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'l-11 . : H 111 1,„ - 16° 5 ,6 ;' .f-kr.:..._,.:11,' li ''' * a.? A, } 1! e a lie ent IN AHAN'S LL WHISKY. DUBLIN EXHIBITION, 186& This celebrated OLD IRISH WHISKY gained tho Dublin Prize Medal. It is Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Whole some. £lO ; Sir John Musgrove, £ £10; E. P., £lO ; Mr. R. Lady, late C.V., £lO ; Mr. S. . Messrs. D. Ilyams & Co., £lOlO3 ; , ostki, Porter, and Co., £lO 10s., and Admiral Sir Win. Bowles, £lO. There were besides many donations of smaller amount, all of which will be duly acknow. ledged by the Mansion House authorities. , Sold in Bottles, 3s. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London ; DY the Agents in the principal towns in England ; or ~l~n]Asala at R. GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. Dhserv A thA Red Sell, Pink Label, and Cork branded Irinahan's LL Whisky." THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 27, 1866. N°. 23,259. kks,• ler the ,he jxi A NSION-HOUSE LA- of the SUFFERER EXPLOSIONS. FUND for the RELIEF S by the scout COLLIERY PRICE..... 4d. STAMPED 5d Murder of Two Children and Euicide of the Mother. THE ITALIAN BISHOPS. ---4. - North Staffordshire Colliery Explosion ItUTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION trnoorporde4 by Act of l'arliain,nt, MO). ' 7, itIISSE t.L-ST RE ET. COVENT-GA It DEN, LONDON'. irPeerompt pplic AD atio VA n by NCES on ter all deadription of Secarity. Firma on a let to EDWARD HARPER, Secretary. COUNTRY HOTELS, PUBLIC HOUSES, and BUSINESSES. PURNTESS and KNEE'S List on application. Panic tiara for insertioi received until the 27th of the otith at their AUC 'ION AND HOTEL AGENCY OFFICES. 5, Agar-street, Strand, W.C., and nearly opposite the Charing - Cr.4ss Hallway St ttiou. THE GUARDIAN' FIRE AND LIFE ASSURANCE COIIPANY. Established 1821. No. 11, Lombard-street, London, B.C. REDUCTION OF FIRE INSURANCE DUTY. üb,cribod Capital, TWo Total Invested Fund. upwards of Z 2 75C,000. Total Income upwards of £320,000. _NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that FIRE POLICIES !ticti expire at CHRISTMAS must be RENEWED vritin Fifteen Days at this Mc-, or with the Company's Agents throughout the Kingdom, otherwise they become void. 0 , 101 Insurances now have the benefit of the Reduced Duty 118 . 6d. per ctusent. Por rosi”. and other informatien apply to the Corn vartY's Agents, or to __ _ _ . T. TALLEMACH. Secretary. PXIIIBITORS at the PARIS EXHIBITION, B who ADVERTISESUN," can have the .",,carVICES of A SPECIAL AGENT in PARIS, whose ~,7d r esa on be obtained at " The Sun" Office. He has a L't fact knowledge of French, is also acquainted with busi 841, and has good connections. On application to " The 0 , 114 " Agent in Paris, either personally or by letter, he will obtain every possible facility for Exhibitors, or persons t l ,"° may have other business in Paris, er who may go jr pleasure only. I)RI N TIN TO- PROPRIETORS OF NE'WS'PAPERS, PERIODICALS, &c.—The Print aud Machining of Newspapers, &c., done ou exceed 4'Y favourable terms. Use Af Editorial and Publishing ees, if required. Estimates forwarded on receipt of PUticulars, with stamped directed envelope for reply. Address —The Manager "Sun" Printing Offices, 3, Church ")vv, Savoy, Strand,W.C. ABRIDGED PROSPECTUS. IS SUE OF 25,000 A PREFERENCE SHARES OF £lO EACH BEARING 8 PER CENT. INTEREST, AND REDEEMABLE AT £l5 PER SHARE. l aE CREDIT FONCIEII ,OF ENGLAND (LIMITED) ARE PREPARED TO RECEIVE APPLICATIONS FOR THE ABOVE SHARES IN THE BELGIAN PUBLIC WORKS COM PANY (Limited). ea,lAtal £350,000, in 35,000 Shares, £lO each. Divided luto 2 5,000 A Preference Shares, £lO each (being the Shares now offered for subscription), and 10,000 B De ferred Shares, of £lO each. DIRECTORS. Forks. Do u lt on , E sq ., M.P., Metropolitan Board of ,Albert Grant, Esq., M.P., London. I, „.ieuts-Ool one l Ed war d Neville, Clarges-streot. John Irving Pascoe, Esq., Highbury New Park. Pownall, Esq., Russell-square. -r- 'award Warner, Esq., M.P., London. CONSULTING ENGINEER. trWßazalgette, Esq., C.E., Engineer-in-Chief to the ',Lopolitan Board of Works. RESIDENT ENGINEER. John Bevan Smith, Esq., C.E. Messrs BAN - I=s. . Smith, Payne, and Smiths, 1, Lombard ...reef, E.C. • Soucrroßs. e e ssrs• West and King, 3, Ch ar l o tt e - r ow, Mansion use, E.C. Pr a • BROKERS. et Fra n c is nms Cope, Esq., 1, Angel-court, Throgmortou E.C. —. essrs. Price and Devot, 54, Threadneedle-street, E.C. OFFICES. Bt• Clement's House, Clement's-lane, London, B.C. SECRETARY. W. J. L. Heriot, Esq. PROSPECTUS. a; The obj e ct o f this Company is to car r y ou t th e conces t'°4B granted by the Municipal Council of Brussel in con rt With th e authorities of the province of Brabant and e Belgi an G overnmen t, f or th e d ra i nage and co i nc i dent i re of the capital of Belgium. he magnitude and value theyh!se concessions will be I,4clerstood byte fact that include subsidies to be , i .",eived by the Company in cash and Annuities, of the ue together of 26,000,0001., or £1,040,000 s t er li ng , ta mh have b een vo t e d by a ll th e au th or iti es an d sane -,17(1 by the Crown. ue original estimates for the principal part of these )3irks were examined and verified by Mr. J. W. Bazalgette, Ch• Board of Work-m--.. Th °tl t , ; tsAPANZil it u a Z i rt,, mr ,.. i -ates have been further tested by months of minute and Ca r eful revision on the part of contractors and th e i r res p ec - N engineers. It is intended that the whole of the works shall be corn- Dieted within four years. The importance of the undertaking is evidenced in the I)pt)tracted official d e bat es i n th e Brussels M un i c ip a l Coun il, and also in the Belgian Chambers • and Senate on the 7 :i nbject, and by the special report thereon from Lord ~,eward do Walden, her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary ii lr ß russels, transmitted by the Earl of Clarend on , throughthrou gh George Grey, to the Metropolitan Board of Works, in prykeUdon, and recorded' in their Minutes under date of 1 8, 1866, an extract of which is annexed to the 1 8, t i i lls Majesty the King of the Belgians has expressed his esire to inaugurate the works by laying the first stone in W ta ts ceremony, which is fixed to take place at Brussels on ednesd a y, the 22nd of January next. It will be at once seen by this brief description of the e teessimi that it is ono of no ordinary characte r . 8-'• he capital of the company is fixed a t £350,000 , i n ' ~°,OOO s h ares o f £lO eac h, divided i n t o 25,000 A Prefer 13.ee Shares and 10,000 B Deferred Shares. 3- -Che privileges attached to the respectiv e s h are cap it a l ~„as follows : „ ‘ zuhe A Preference Shares are to be redeemed out of the sets of the Company, by drawing by lot, and each share be off at 115 per share, being a bonus of £5 per dates, e drawings will take place on the following On the 22nd January, 1870, 6,250 shares, or £62,500, 77 77 1871, 6,250 „ £62 ,5 0 0, It 71 1872, 6,250 „ £62 , 5 00, 1873, 6,250 ~ £62,500, Total shares 25,000 or £250 , 000 Until so drawn and paid off, each share to bear interest ; the rate of 8 per cant. per annum, payable half-yearly, on Ist of January and Ist July m each year, for which laterest warrants will be attached to the shares. Reckoning the redemption at the dates and at the bonus te l oned, the investment will pay subscribers a rate of in jest as follows :—those shares which are drawn, and '"es are To be paid off on 22nd'of January, 1870, will have re ceived a total interest and bonus of 241 per cent. per annum. hose to be paid off on 22d January, 1871, will have re ceived a total interest and bonus of 201 per cent. per annum. Those to be paid off on 22d January, 1872, will have re ceived a total interest and bonus of 18 per cont per annum. The Directors do not pledge themselves to make an allotment to every applicant, nor to allot the whole of the . 811 "08 7 it bein g th e i r d es i re to place this small capital in the hands of bona fide investors. Those to be paid off on 22d January, 1873 , will have re ceived a total interest and bonus of 161- per cent. per annum • The IA Deferred Shares represent the Concessionaires' 1 2 1 torest in the Company. These shares will not be en "tied either to payment of any interest or capital until the whole of the Preference Shares have received their capital ; J ack with the interest and bonus before referred to ; there fore the Deferred Shares become practically and virtually guarantee to the Preference Shares. f° Applications for shares may be made in the annexed rill, which must be accompanied by the payment of £2 per share deposit, without which no application will bo considered. 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, l'ayne, and Smiths, the sum of X , being a deposit Of £2 per Share on A Preference Shares in the above Company, Thereby request that you will allot me that n umber, and agree to accept such Shares, or any less ! l umber you may allot to me on the terms of the Prospec- QII; and I agree to pay the deposit on a ll o t men t, an d t o „ s gn the Memorand um an d A r ti c l es o f A ssoc i at i on o f t h e ) eropany, as duly registered, when required. And I au iherise 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 above is only a short extract from the detailed P rospectis, which can be had, with copy of the letter of the British Minister in Brussels to Earl of Clardndon, on a pplication to the Secretary at the offices of the Company. THE BELGIAN PUBLIC WORKS COM PANY (Limited). NOTICE IS HEREBY GIV},N, that the LISTS of APPLICATION for SHARES in the above Company Will be CLOSED TO-MORROW (FRIDAY), the 28th instant, for London, and SATURDAY, the 23th instant, for Country applications. By order of the Board, W. J. L. HERIOT, Secretary. St. Clement's House, Clements-lane, E.C. ITHAT IS YOUR CREST AND WHAT IS YOR MOTTO ? Send 3s. 6d. to CUL U LETON'S Heraldic Office for a 'lain Sketch, or Gs. for a Coloured one. The Arms of man and wife blended together in proper heraldic form. The proper heraldic Colours for servants' liver;es, what buttons to be used, and how the carriage s h ou ld b e pa i nte d , fee 10s. Just complete, a very valuable book, with 3,500 ~.ogra, v ings, arms, crest s , an d mo tt oes o f nearly every family in the kingdom, the result of thirty years' labour, Mee £lO 10s., printed in several colours. Family Pedi grees traced from authentic records, information as to the obtaining of a now grant of arms, how to change one's name, by T. Culleton, ,Engraver to her Majesty and Royal y ; also Diesi m nker to the Board of C. 25, QRII-., 0011111,1trget (cor of st.liartiseo-laze), Tra IITTEE. COMN The Right lion t R. C. L. Bevan, Esq. Samuel Morley, Esq. Geo. Moore, Esq. Mr. Alderman Finnis. J. P. Gassiot, Esq. Christopher T. Gabriel, Esq. Frederick Thompson, Esq. R. A. Gray, Esq. Colonel Stuart Wortley. The attention of the pub] suffering consequent on the the recent colliery explosion he LORD MAYOR. Mr. Alderman and Sheriff Waterlow. Mr. Sheriff Lycott. Mr. Alderman Besley. Mr. Alderman Dakiu. James Hill, Esq. R. N. Fowler, Esif. W. J. Maxwell, E3q. • Mr. Alderman Cotton. )lie is earnestly drawn to the terrible calamity produced by SUBSCRIPTIONS are greatly , needed to relieve the numerous families made destitute thereby. The amount required to meet the memorable Hartley Colliery Accident in 1862 was <£50,000 ; in that case 204 men and boys lost their lives ; in the present instance double that number are believed to have perished, there fore to make a suitable provision for the families depen dent upon them, about £lOO,OOO will be needed. At the final distribution of the surplus of the Hartley Fund, £3,140 was allotted to the districts in which the present accidents occurred, and this sum is now available towards the fund now being raised. H.R.H. the Prince of Wales .... H.R.H. the Princess of Wales The Corporation of London Amount already advertised £9,004 18 0 Subscriptigns will be received by the Eight Hon. the Lord Mayor Ofessrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co. 54, Lom bard-street;- Messrs. C ou tt s an d C o., S tran d ; Messrs. Glyn, Mills,and Co., 67, L om b ar d - s t ree t ; M e ssrs. Smith, Payne, and-Co. 1, Lombard- s t ree t ; M essrs . R o barts, Lub bock, and Lombard-street ; Messrs. Dimsdale, Fowler , and Co., 50, Co.,d ornhill ; the London and Westminster Bank, Lothbury ; the London Joint-Stock Bank 5, Princes street; Union B an k o f L on d on, an d a ll its Branches; Messfs.Willii, Percival, and Co, Lombard-street ; National Provincial Bank of England and all its branches ; and by the several members of the Committee. JOSEPH GIBBS, Secretary. Mansion House, Dec. 20, 1866. ..£lOO AU-DE-VIE.—This Pure PALE BRANDY, 1J 183. per gallon, is ye ry superior to recent importations of Cognac, recommended by the medical profession, and ex tensively used in hospitals. In bottles, 38s. per dozen, or in a. case 395., railway carriage pal RY BRETT and CO.. Old Furnival's Distillery, Holborn, E.O , and 30, Regent street, S.W. Established 1829. CONTRACT FOR,BEECH WEDGES. Contract Department, Admiralty, Somerset House, 14th Dec., 1866. T" COM MISS IONERS for EXECUTING the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRE LAND, Do hereby give NOTICE, that on TUESDAY, the Bth January next, at Two o'Clock, they will be ready to treat with such Persons as may be willing to Contract for supplying Her Majesty's Dockyard at Portsmouth with Hewed Wedges of Beech , under a Contract for twelve calendar months certain, and further until the expiration of three calendar months' warning. The average annual consumption, together with a Form of the Tender and Conditions of Contract, may be seen in the Lobby of the Storekeeper-General's Department, Admiralty, Somerset House. No Tender will be received after Two o'Clock on the day of Treaty, nor will any be noticed unless the Party attends, or an Agent for him duly authorised in writing.. -- Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words Tender for Beech Wedges ;" and must also be delivered at the Department of the Storekeeper-General, Admiralty, Somerset House, accompanied by a Letter signed by two responsible persons, engaging to become bound with the Person tendering in the sum of £2OO for the due perfor mance of the Contract. By Order, ANTONIO BRAY, Registrar of Contracts and Public Securities. U GUNMAKERS and Others. The SECRETARY of STATE for WAR is desirous of receiving PROPOSALS from Gunmakers and Others for BREECH-LOADING RIFLES, either repeating or not repeating, which may replace the present Service Rifles in future manufacture. The following are the conditions considered essential in military non-repeating Rifles A. WEIGHT. Not to exceed 91b. soz. without bayonet. B. LENGTH. To be 51 inches, with short stock, measured from the hollow of the butt-plate to c. WEIGHT OF AMMUNITION MADE UP. Must not exceed 61b. 4oz. for sixty rounds as packed for service. D. CARTRIDGES. Must carry their own ig nition. F. SIGHTS. se r foresi ht mist be such as . ,o f a bavnn.e• ' F. STOOK. Must bo such as to carry a light metal cleaning rod, and allow a sling to be used. kW ' G. RECOIL. Must not exceed that of the Enfield Rifle by more than .0 per cent. H. THE ARM AS A WHOLE. Must be as little liable to injury by long-continued firing, rough usage, and exposure, as the naval rifles converted to breech-loaders on the Snider system. To be as capable, also, of being used without accident by imperfectly trained mon, and of being manufactured in quantities and of uni form quality. t. THE AMMUNITION AS A WHOLE. Must be as little liable to injury by rough usage, damp, and exposure in all climates, as the Boxer cartridge for Snider's converted Enfield rifle—also as little liable to acci dental explosion as the Same cartridge, and as capable of being manufactured in large quantities, and of uniform quality. x. CALIBRE. Optional. L. THE TWIST AND FORM OF GROOVE. Optional. Optional. M. THE LOOK. N. RAPIDITY OF FIRE. Capable of firing at least 12 rounds per minute, without aiming, the cartridges being arranged on a table. o. ACCURACY WHEN FIRED FROM A FIXED REST. The arm must give a mean figure of merit of not more than 36in. at 1,000 yards, 30in. at 800 yards, 12in. at 500, and 6in. at 300. The mean to be taken upon at least five targets of twenty shots each. P. TRAJECTORY. Not to require at 500 yards an elevation of more than 1 dog. 30 min. Q. FOULING. Tho shooting not to deteriorate more than 20 per cent. at 1,000 yards after firing 250 rounds. R. PENETRATION. The mean penetration of live shots not to be less than that of the present service muzzle-loading Enfield Rifle— viz., 12 half-inch elm planks, which have been soaked 48 hours in water. Distance 30 yards. s. LUBRICATION. Wax on bullets is indispensable, bit any other lubricant may be superadded or applied to the cartridge, if thought necessary by the competitor. _ No arms will be received I w l i l t . hout the iisual proof marks. Specifications, and drawings of the d methods proposed, stating the probable cost per arm, an finished specimen arm, with 20 rounds of accompanied aBi:Aanble by a ammu nition, should be sent to the "Director of Offi T c h 9 e , P specifications all - m al' on a o n r d a before pe n irntehl arms3Oth 14 wi l r l 1 e b b e considered er e d r by the Ordnance Select Committee and its associate mem bers, who will be selected by the Secretary of State for War, and who will, after firing the 20 preliminary rounds, select' and recommend for further trial such of the systems as may appear to them sufficiently promising, rejecting all such as may not be considered to offer sufficient merits to warrant their being included in the competition,lthe con ditions of which are stated in this advertisement. Each accepted competitor will then be required to furnish for experiment,.at Woolwich, six arms in strict conformity to the specimen arm submitted, with 1,000 rounds of am munition per arm, within four months after date of de mand. Each competitor will be required to disclose,tp the committee the exact nature of the lubrication ho em ploy. A sum of £3OO will be paid to each of the accepted competitors, to cover the expense of the six rifles, and of the supply of ammunition required. The Secretary o: State offers a reward of £l,OOO for the arm which, on combination of all qualities, is considered by the committee to be the best submitted. A second reward of £6OO for the arm which, while at taining a satisfactory degree of excellence in other particu lars, is selected for merit in respect to its breech mechanism. A third reward of £4OO for the best cartridge. The qua,. ities which will be principally taken into consideration in' awarding this prize will be economy of m anufacture, p ow er of sustaining rough usage, freedom from deterioration in various climates, and general serviceability. The shooting qualities of the cartridge must be fair; but as they may depend upon the rifling of the arm with which the cartridge is associated, they will not be so much con sidered as those above-mentioned. It is clearly to be understood that under no circumstances will a competitor be entitled to mere than one prize; but such prize will be irrespective of any reward which may be given to the inventor of the arm finally adopted into the service. 1V; : MAGAZINE AND REPEATING ARMS. Magazine and Repeating Arms for Infantry will be re ceived and examined in a manner similar to the Breech loading Rifles. They must not be less in length - than 48 inches, including the stock. The limit of weight for these arms is fixed at Vb. ex clusive of the charges in the magazine. It is indispensable that the arms bo made to take a bayonet. Tho Secretary of State offers a reward of 300 for the best Magazine or Repeating Arm produced that fulfils the absve conditions ; and in the absence of experience does not at present define the standard of accuracy or other conditions to be fulfilled before such an arm can be adopted. Those Magazine orßepeatingArms, which are accepted for further trial, will be paid for at the rate of £6O each. This sum is to include 1,000 rounds of ammunition per arm. V. The Secretary of State will take care that no ingenious novelty producsd in answer to this advertisement shall bo adopted into the service without proper acknowledgment, and that the name of the individual with whom it origi nates shall be recorded in connection with it. if the rifle to which the first prize is awarded is adopted into the service, it will bear the inventor's name. J. ST. GEORGE, Major-General, Director of Ordnance. War Office, Oct, 22 - 1866. - ON SATURDAY, the 29th of December, will be published, at No. 112, Strand, "THE WEST MINSTER GAZETTE," a new Catholic Weekly Paper, supported by a large number of known and approved writers. Its two main objects are, first; the exposition of Catholic principles on all those great questions—ecclesias tical, philosophical, and social—which are now agitating the intellect and heart of the country; and, second, a truthful statement of facts as to th 3 condition, political and religious, of Catholicism in the - various countries of Europe. Foreign writers of note in France, Italy, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and Spain are engaged as contributors to " The Westminster Gazette." The true interests of Ireland, its struggles - for its unqUestionable rights asr. Catholic nation to a Catholic system of Education, shall be dis cussed always in a spirit free from the prejudice or passion of mere 'political partisanship. An important feature of the Now 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, 6d. Now ready, price 364., witii Map, POST -OFFICE LONDON DIRECTORY for 1817. Also a New Edition of the SIX HOME COUNTIES DIRECTORY, now publishing, price 365. Ii xll4 and Co., Old Boswell-court, S'rand, W.C. ; Simpkin, Marshall, and Co.; and all I.;ookvellers. 31ETROVOLITAN RAILWAY—Trains every five minutes. ltr ETROPOLITAN RAILWAY Moorgate LVJ. street Station. METROPOLITAN RAlLWAY—Aldersgate street Station. VirETIZOPourAN RAlLWAY—Farringdon. IVA_ street Station. ATETROPOLITAN RAILWAY-:—King's-cross I_Y_it. Station. METROPOLITAN RAILWAY—Gower-street Station. METROPOLITAN RAIL WAY Portland. road Station. ME TR 0 P OLITAN • RAILWAY Regent circus Station (opposite the Polytechnic Institution, 288, Regent-street). The METROPOLITAN RAILWAY CO IIPANY'S SPECIAL OMNIBUSES to and from Port— land-road Station meet every Train. • VIETROPOLIrAN RAILWAY—Baker-street _—YJL Station. ATETROPOLITAN RAILWAY Edgware. _o_l_ road Station. METROMETROPOLITAN RAILWAY -- Bishop's. POLITAN road Station. NETROPOUTAN RAILWAY—Trains every fire minutes. MYLES FENTON, General Manager. mETROPOLITAN and GREAT WESTERN A,l LWA RISTMAS HOLIDAYS.—Extra Trains between the City, King's-cross, tiower-street, nat. land-road, Regent-circus, Baker-street, Edgware-r•ad and Paddington, Hammersmith, Kenaingtin, Shepherd's-bush, Notting,-hill, and Westbourne-park. JOHN GOSNELL and CO.'S CHERRY ITOO ril. 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WINSLOW HALL, Winslow, Bucks, having been recently opened and -. fitted with requisites for the care and corn foq of the ANSRT&ltlglropcktgar z - ?lshrnent from Birminu ham to the above desirable reside: cc, easily accessible, and distant from London about an hour and a-halt by the London and North-Western line, and ility minutes from Ox!ord. Attached to the mansion, squated on a sandy soil, and commanding an extensive and pleasing prospect, are garden, me (tow, plantation, and recreation grounds. For terms and forms of admission address the proprietor. • SAUCE. —LEA: and PERRINS' WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE. This deliolou condiment, pronounced by connoisseurs "THE ONLY GOOD SAUCE," prepared solely by LEA and PERRINS. The publio are respectfully cantioned against worthless Imitations, and should see that Lea and Perrins' names are on wrapper, label, bottle, and stopper. ASK for LEA and PERRINS' SAUCE. Sold wholesale and for export by the Proprietors, Wor cester; Messrs. Crosse and Blackwell; Messrs. Barclay and Sons, London, dm. &o.; and by Grocers and Oilmen uni versally. T AMBERT'S ASTHMATIC BALSAM.-AN 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 oases 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 arc truly beneficial. Persons deprived of sleep, or even lying down for fear of suffocation, may depend on relief in a few minutes after taking it. Prepared on,y and sold by W. LAMBERT, Chemist, 8, King-Wdliam-street, Charing cross, London, and by all druggists, in bottles, 133 d., and three quantities in one, 2s. 9d. each. Be particular. and ask for Lambert's Asthmatics Balsam. The name and address are engraved on the stamp. MR. HOWARD, SURGEON-DENTIST, 52, Fleet-street, has introduced an entirely new &scrip tlun of ARTIFICIAL 'FEET H, fixed without springs, wires, or ligatures. They so perfectly resemble the natural teeth as not to be distinguished fro a the originals by the closest observer; they will never change oolour or decay. and will be found superior, t o any teeth ever before used. This method does not require the extraction of roots, or any pain ful operation, and will 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. SPANISH FLY is the acting ingredient in ►J ALEX. ROSS'S CAN fHARIDEB 0 IL, which speedily produces whiskers and thickens hair, 3s 6d, is 6d, and 10s 6d ; sent by post for 54, 84, and 144 stamps.—ALNX. 11.088, 248, High Holborn. London, and all Chemists. WONDERFUL DISCOVERY.—Corns cured in one day by using ALEX. ROSS'S CHIROPO. This preparation gradually dissolves the Corn in a few hours, removing the very root. Price 4s ; sent by post for 60 stamps. —243, High Holborn, London, and all Chemists. FAIR -CURLING FLUID, 248, High Holborn, London.—ALEX. ROSS'S CURLING FLUID curls Ladies' or Gentlemen's hair immediately it is app►ied. Sold at as lid, 5s 6d, and lOs 6d ; sent free for 51, 84, and 144 stamps. —Had of all Chemists. fIREY HAIR.-248, High Holborn, London.— _ ALEX. ROSS'S HAIR DYE produces a perfect colour Immediately it is used. It is permanent, and perfectly na tural in effe I. Price 38 cd, 5s 6d, and toe ed ; sent by post for 54, 81, and 141 stamps ; and all Cheml•ts. HAIR DESTROYER.-248, High Holborn, London.—ALEX. ROSS'S DEPILATORY removes superfluous hair from the face, neck, and arms, without effect to the skin. Price 3s 6d, 58 6d, and 10s 6d; sent for 51 84, and 144 stamps.—llad of all Chemists. DIMPLE REMOVER.—AII diseases of the r t _ skin are improved by one dose of ALEX. ROS:i'S VE 4ET,A 13LE SKIN PILLS. They remove rminpss, sal lownm4, aril 2s 9d and 7s 6d ; or pclit for 0 and 100 stamps. —ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London, and all Che mists. HAIR COLOUR WASH.—By w as hi ng t h e head with this beautifully-perfumed Wash, in seven or ten days the hair assumes its original colour, and remains 'so by an ea aslonal usinz. 108 6d ; sent for stamps.—ALEX. ROSS, 243, High Holborn, London, and all Chemists. 91111 E RESCUE SOCIETY wishes to add another Lome to the 12 now in operation. Last year no fewer Chan 465 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. the new home the Committee wish to form would be for young glrls, almost children, from the age of 8 to 16, who have been led astray from the path of virtue. Contributions will be received gratefully by th e Secretary, Ur. Daniel Cooper, 45, Queen •strect, Chcapside; or by Messrs Barclay and Co.. Lombard-street BuOYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, in the launediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail way Tervainuft, King'o.oross. Patron—Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN. Vies-Patron—His Royal Highness the Prince of WALES,ItG. _ _ President—His Grace the Duke of BUCCLEUCH. 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' orders. is wholly de pendtnt for support on voluntary contributions ands gaci ea . It affords relief to a large number of in-patients, and, in addition to this, the average number of attendance. of the lestitute sick has for a oensiderable period averaged between 3,000 and 4,000 weekly. The Conimittee earnestly solicit the ASSISTANCE of the bum:cant, as the premises of this Hospital are capable of containing several hundred more beds had the Committee the requisite funds to maintain them. Contributions are reoeived by tbdr bankers. Biessrs. Brown, Janson, and Co., Abchurch-lane; also by Messrs. Coltts an d Co. ; Drummond and Co. ; Giyn and Co. ; Ber r i es a n d Co. ; Ilansom and Co.; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, ; and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; Williams, Deacon, an d Co. Nisbet and Co, •Berners-street and at the Hospital. from 10 tin 5. STLATORD. 1141TEr, booretlay, QTODARE'S (MADAME) THEATRE OF ysTERY. Egyptian Hail, Piccadilly. "WHO'S HE?" TO-DAY, TO-3LIRROW. and SATURDAY MORNINGS and EVENINGS at Three and Eight. T II E 0 X F U it D, 6, OXFORD-STREET, W., THE MUSICAL ESTABLISHMENT OF LONDON. IS r 3IAS ENTER 1%1 INMENTS LES DI XG(/`:S . DE `'ILL > lt S (Opera Comigle), Music by A. Mailirt .IDsttime in this conntrO, rills EVENING, in wneh Misi RUSSELL wi•l make IRT Reappearance, as si.tel by Mis.es Barrie and Fitz I I enry ; Me,srs.'A. St. Aloyn, FNMA, Fox, Husk, Evans, and Bury, with Extra Band and ; produced and conducted by .Ir. F. Jonghmans. COMEDY. by Messrs. ll,rry Sydney, Brierlcy, and Eger ton, W. J. Adams, th e t t ru t lurs Pent l an d, W. R. J u li an ( the celebrated Mimic), F. E vaus and MIAs Amy Rusilind, to nether with ai Entirely New , Di ve rtissement, entitled THE OXFORD REVELS, ar range d an d produced under the immediate sunerintendence of Mr. W. 11. Payne, THIS EVENING (MONDAY). MADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION, BAKER-S TREE T. • CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. NEW EDITIONS. —Lif e - s i ze P or trait-Models of JOHN BRIGHT, Esq., Esq., M.P. M.P., and th e late RICHARD COBDEN, Open from 11 a.m. till d us k , an d f ro m 7 till 10 p.m.. Admittance, rooms, 6d.is. ; children, under ten, half-price; extra ARGYLL ROOMS. - GRAND CASINO, Windmill -street. InceaclillY• These elegant and popular Rooms, having been entirely re decorated, are now OPEN EVERY EVENING for Concert and Dancing. Conductor, Signor Luar Cuarr. Manager, M. (GENET. Admission to Promenade, One Shilling. Reserved. Seats, Two Shillings. WE ST pN'S GRAND MUSIC MALL, HOLBORN. Sole Proprietors, SWEASEY and HOLLAND. The most triumphant success ever attained in any Musical Establishment. Grand Selection from Auber's Opera of " MASANIELLO," by 40 vocalists dressed in costume as at the opera. Terrific -ovation of the Irish Minstrels, with songs, dances,. and Irish anecdotes, under the direction of Pat Corti. A new and original overture composed and arranged expressly for the above minstrels by Mr. H. Baker. Comic supported by Arthur Lloyd, Jolly Nash, Georgina Smithson, Miss Fancourt, Paddy Fannin, Patrick Sellers, and Harry and Kattie King. Majiltou as Messestophles ; and Pis Watkin, the Persian Juggler. Band of 30 first-class mers, and large Chorus chosen from her Majesty's and Covent Garden Opera Houses. Musical Director, Mr. P. CORRI. Prices of admission - Stalls and Balcony, ls.; Area, 6d. ; Private Boxes, 10s. 6d. Can be secured at the Box Office, between the hours of 10 and 5 o'clock. Hall opon every Evening at 7 o'clock, commencing at Half-past. VALKNER'S OLD IRISH WHISKY, " Real IL Malt," 19s. per gallon, is sold in bottles and jars, bear ing his label and trade mark. Most liberal terms are offered to the trade for the sale of this genuine old spirit, which is coming into universal consumption through England. For price lists apply at Offices, 14, Strand, London, W.C. Established in Grafton-street, Dublin, A.D. 1780. DUNVILLE'S V.R. OLD IRISH WHISKY, BELFAST, Is regularly supplied to the House of Lords. "V.R." IRISH WHISKY. D UNVILLE and CO.'S " V.R." OLD IRISI WHISKY, BELFAST. London Ofll.3es find Stores, 4, BEAUFOR,T-BUILDING:, STRAND, W.C. Established 180& Quotations on application. FAMES DALY and CO., Distillers, John-street, Cork.—" The purest spirit and safest drink in the world."—London Offices, 7, Printing-house-square, E.C., next the " Times." - FAMES DALY and CO., Distillers, John-street, tl Cork, beg to announce that they are able to supply the trade with their celebrated Whiskies, in casks or cases, and to take orders in bond tad for exportation, at their offices, 7, Printing-house-square, London, E C., the only house in the square not occupied by the "Times." J. D. and Co.'s whiskies bring the highest prices in the Australian and other Colonial markets, as may be observed by reference to the "Journal of Commerce of Victoria," by which it will be seen that their whiskies fetch 6d. per gallon and Is. per case over the next best, and Is. Gd per gallon and 55. GI a case over the lowest quotation. Always on hand a large supply of ye y old mellow whisky in the finest condition, matured in sherry casks, unsurpassable in quality and flavour, sa; , phed on the most reasonable terms. TFIE OCEAN ST. LEGER of 1866.—What Lord -Lyon was to his owner was the Taering to her Ca.tain, viz., winner of the racy, hiiving• &stance , ' ull com petitors, as the h:AST I DIA TEA. CO3II'ANY have in fetaLligivllin MP, aitirp"inWeirloU:l4tniSit's7l: l 9 — , (VA ' St. tielen's-ohurchyard. _ itVALUABLE CHRISTMAS PR ESENT.- A CHINESE CADDY, containing 10tbs. of really good Black Tea, sent carriage free to any railway station or market town in England, Ireland, F.cltland. or Wales, 0.1 re ceipt of 405., b, PHILLIPS and CO, Tea Merchants, 8, King William-street, City, E.C. TEA IS CHEAPER THAN EVER.-Is. 6d , 25.. 2s 61. per lb. are the prices at which PHILLIPS and CO , Tea Merchants, 8, King William-street, City,-Lon don, E.C.. are selling good and fine BLACK TEA. A. price carrent post free. 40s worth carriage free to any railway qttion 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. GEOLOG Y.-ELEMENTARY COLLEC TIONS, to illustrate the New Edition of "Lyell's Elements of Geology" and facilitate the important study of Mineralogy and Geology, can be had at 2,5, 10, 20, 50 to 503 guineas; also single Specimens of Minerals, Hooks. Fossils, and Itezent Shells, Grological iJaps. Hammers, all the recent Publications, Am, of J. TENNANT, Mineralogist to Her Majesty, 149, Strand, London. Private Instruction is given in Mineralogy and Geology by Mr. TENNANT, F.G.S., 149, Strand, W.C. RUPTUKES.-BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT, U'NITE'S MOO-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (PERFECTED AND EXHIBITED TN THE GREAT ExurstrfoNs of 1851 and 1882), is allowed by upwards of Iwo Hundred life lieal Gentlemen to be the most effective invention in the curative treatment of HERNIA. The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effeats, is hers avoided—a soft b indage teing worn round the body, while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the Moo-Main Pad and Patent Lev,r, fitting with so much ease and close ness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn during sleep. A descriptive circular may be had, and tila truss, which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post. on the circum terence of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manufacturer, Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly. A Single Truss, 165., 21.5., 26s 6c1., and 316.6 d Postage, Is. A Double Truss, 3ls. 6d., 42s , and 625. 6d. Postage, 18. Bd. An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 12s. 6d. Postage, Is. 10d. Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post. office, Piccadilly. NEW PATENT pLASTIC STOCKINGS, 124 KNEE-CAPS, &c., for Varicose Veins and all eases a Weakness and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, Act. They arc porous, light in texture, and inexpensive. and are drawn on like an ordinary stocking. Price 4s. 6d., is. 6d., 105- and 16s. each. Postage, 6d. JOHN WHITE, Manufacturer, 228, Piccadilly.' NOTHING ThIPOSSIBLE.—The greatest and Messrs. moJOUNs t usef aIGOSNBLL invention of and CO the day, . A Red QU ABuI &M l Wharf, AR ELL 93A. , Upper Thames-street, P er f umers to her Majesty, respect fully offer to the public this truly marvellous which gradually restores trio human hair to Its pristine hue—no matter at what age. The A gua 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, los. 61. Testimonials from artistes O; highests e t c h t c abillt7. m o s rd y er b , e an g d ee f n rorc on ln a d p i p v l ie c u at a i l o s n o . f u m nd e ozb rs t . e orhen sGosnell and Co. have been appointed Perfumers to her Royal Efizhness the Princess of Wales. H OMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.-FUNDS r. ri 2, e n a o r o n r e e s q tli ire solteited for fitting up the TRAINING SHIP. WM. WILLIAMS, Secretary. Boys' Ref age, 8, Great Queen-street, W.C. rj OMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.-CON- L I TRIBUTIONS are earnestly solicited for establishing the COUNTRY ROME. £l,OOO required. WM. WILLIkIi3, Secretary. Boys' Refuge, 8, Great Queen-street, W.C. HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.—The Committee are most anxious to provide for 400 boys. One hundred and fifty are now in the Refuge. The annual expenditure for supporting the 400 boys is estimated at Pl,OOO, being £l5 a year for each boy. Several kind friends have promised to pay for one boy each year. Subscriptions thankfully received by the London and West minster Bank, 41, Lothbury, and 214, iligh Holborn; Messrs. Ransom and Co., 1, Pall-Mall East and by WM. WILLIAMS, Secretary. Refuge, 8, Great Queen-street, W.C. pROVIDENCE ROW NIGHT REFUGE, FOR HOMELESS WOMEN AND CHILDREN, 14A, Providence-row, Finsbury, E.O. Sixty Thousand Nights' Lodgings, with Suppers and Breakfasts, have been given in this Institution to the destitute, who otherwise would have had to pass the 500 Nights' Lodgings, with Suppers and nights in the bleak streets or under railway arches. nearly given gratuitously every week. The poor At presentßreakfasts,ar e from all parts are admitted, the only condition being that they are homeless and starving. The Manager 4rc , re ceives no remunerat ion wha tever. Notwithstand ing the provision made by the Poor Houses, each night numbers of young women, children, and orphans are, for want accommodation, refused admittance, and have to spend night after night in the cold, wet, and sleet. To moot this evil, and to provide more ample accommoda tion, £2,000 has been raised, but to accomplish the work a sum of at least £l,lOO more will be required. Besides providing shelter for the homeless, this year it is proposed, as far as the donations obtained for the pur pose will allow, to givo bread and coals t o p oor fam ili es in want. Will you, in your charity, help to carry on and accomplish what has been begun andill you help to give shelter to the really homeless, 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 theROVV. GILBERT, D.D.,,N0-L22, Finsbury-circus, E.C. FLoitExcE, Dec. 22. The bishops who were exiled from their sees by decree of the Italian Government, and subsequently took up their residence at Rome, addressed a letter to Baron Ricasoli after the issue of his circular of the 22d October. The bishops were under the im pression that the permission to return, announced iu the 'Ministerial circular, did not apply to these ecclesiastics residing in Rome, and complained of this exclusion in their letter to the President of the Council. Baron Ricasoli's reply, which follows beneath, was not originally intended for publica tion, but since the letter of the bishops has appeared in the Unita Cattolica, it was considered necessary that the public should be made acquainted with the terms in which the Minister replied. The letter of Baron Ricasoli bears date 26th November, and is as follows Monsignori,—l have only to-day received the letter which you have done me the honour to address to me from Rome, beating date 15th inst., on the subject of the recall of the bishops to their sees. This letter was doubly agreeable to me from the important reasons for whist' your lord ships approve that measure,_and in which jam happy to concur with you, andirom the request that the permission to return to their dioceses, conceded to the bishops by the circular of the 22d Oct., should be also extended to the bishops residing at Rome, thus demonstrating your goodwill and reverence towards the institutions and the laws under whose shadow you desire to live. I rejoice that I antici pated your wishes in this matter, and interpreted your sentiments aright by deciding, on the same day as that on which your letter was despatched, that the exception complained of should be removed. Of this I believe your lordships will already have had full and official cognisance. " The decision adopted by the Government arises, as your lordships state, from the desire that perfect liberty in the relations between Church and State should pass from the abstract region of principle in which it had hitherto remained to the reality of fact. The Government, therefore, no less earnestly than your lordships, desires that Italy may very soon en joy/the magnificent and imposing religious spectacle now afforded to the free citizens of the United States of America by the National Council of Baltimore, wherein religious doctrines are freely discussed, and whose decisions, approved by the Pope, will be pro claimed :and executed in every town and village without exquatur or placiti. I therefore beg your lordships to consider that it is liberty which has produced this admirable spectacle ; liberty professed and respected by all, in principle and in fact, in its amplest application to civil, political, and social life. In the United States every citizen is free to fellow the persuasion that he may think best, and to wor ship the Divinity in the form that they may seem to him most appropriate. Side by side with the Catholic church rises the Protestant temple, the Mussulman mosque, the Chinese pagoda. Side by side with the Romish clergy the Genevan consistory and the Methodist assembly discharge their office. This state of things generates neither confusion nor clashing. And why is this ? Because no religion asks either special protection or privileges from the State, each lives, developes, and is followed under the protection of the common law, and the law, equally respected by all, guarantees to all an equal liberty. The Italian Government wishes t 3 demonstrate as far as possible that it has faith in liberty, and is desirous of applying it to the greatest extent compatible with the interests of public order. It therefore calls upon the bishops to return to their 159:1U1ICU Trey -- Were --- renrcrrect - uy -- t - nest — very mo tives of public order. It makes no conditions save that one incumbent upon every citizen who desires to live peaceably, viz., that he should confine him self to his own duty and observe the laws. The State will insure that he be neither disturbed nor hindered, but let him not demand privileges if he wishes no bomb. The principle of every free State, that the law is equal for all, admits of no distinc tions of any kind. The Government would be glad to cast off all suspicion and abandon all precaution, and if it does not now wholly act up to this wish, it is because the principle of liberty which it has adopted and put into practice is not equally adopted and practised by the clergy. " Let your lordships remark the difference between the condition of the Church in America and the con dition of the Church in Europe. In those virgin re gions the Church is established in a new society, but which carried with it from the mother country all the elements of civil life. Representing the purest and most sacred of the social elements, the religious feeling which sanctions right and sanctifies duty, and carries human aspirations far above earthly things, the Church has there sought only that empire pleas ing to God, the empire of souls. Companion of liberty, the Church has grown beneath its shelter, and has found all that sufficed for free development and the tranquil and fecund exercise of its ministry. It has never sought to deny to others the liberty , which it enjoyed, nor to turn to its exclusive advan tage the institutions which protected it. In Europe, on the other hand, the Church arose with the deca dence of the great empire that had subjugated the earth. It became constituted amid the political and social cataclysms of the barbarous ages, and was com pelled to form an organisation strong enough toresist the shipwreck of all civilisation amid the rising flood of brute force and violence. But while the world, emerging from the chaos of the middle ages, re-en tered the path of progress marked out by God, the Church impressed upon all having any relation with it the immobility of the dogma entrusted to its guardianship. It viewed with suspicion the growth of intelligence and the multiplication of social forces, and declared itself the enemy of all liberty, denying the first and most incontestable of all, the liberty of conscience. Hence arose the contest between the ecclesiastical and the civil power ; since the former represented subjection and immobility, and the latter liberty and progress. The conflict, from peculiar circumstances, has greater proportions in Italy, be cause the Church, thinking that a kingdom was necessary to the independent exercise of its spiritual ministry, found that kingdom in Italy. The eccle siastical power from the same reason is here in con tradiction not only with the civil power, but national right. From these causes originated the distrust and precaution described in my circular which provoked your, censure, but which were only dictated by necessity. The bishops cannot be considered among us as simple pastors of souls, since they are at the same time the instruments and defenders of a power at variance with the national aspirations. The civil power is therefore constrained to impose those mea sures upon the bishops which are necessary to pre serve its rights and those of the nation. how is it possible to terminate this deplorable and perilous conflict between the two powers—between Church and State ? Liberty can alouo bring us to that happy state of things which your Lordships consider so enviable in America. Let us render unto Cesar the things that are Caesar's; and unto God the things that are God's, and peace between Church and State will be troubled no more. I desired to pay deference to these principles in removing the prohibition to the return of the bishops, and their residence in their sees. I believe that liberty is good in profession and practice, and, further, that it has the virtue of converting those who are called to enjoy its benefits. I trust that your lord ships, returning to your dioceses with the sincere sentiment of respect for the law expressed in your letter, among a people who wish to remain Catholic without relinquishing the rights and aspirations of the nation to which they belong, will bless that liberty which protects them, and upon which the reconciliation of interests hitherto appearing ir reconcilable can alone be based. RicAsoLi." HANLEY, Wednesday Evening. The sump at the North Staffordshire Coal and Iron Company's pit at Talke has been emptied, and together with the entire workings, been completely examined, without the discovery of any additional corpses. The exact number of deaths by the ex plosion is, therefore, 91. e e g rea en v eral comruitteefortherelief of th' ; p Mr.r- so afternoon Smith Child in the chair ; a t w hi c h th e f o ll owing iTs h b e ed, held a meeting this resolution was adopted :—" That in the opinion of this committee the following scale of relief should he adopted, subject to alteration by this committee if circumstances arise to render it desirable, viz. : To each widow, ss. per week ; to each child, is. 6d. per week ; to any infirm adult dependent at the time of the accident on one of the killed, in each case a sum not exceeding ss. per week. The com mittee will require the children on whose account they make payments be sent to school, the school fees being provided out of the fund. In case of this. rule not being strictly complied with the weekly payment will be discontinued." It will be seen by this resolution that the amountof relief to be granted is much smaller than in the caseof the Hartley acci dent, and that there is no danger of the poor people ~ bein g ; pampered, as was alleLred i n th e cas e of H ar tl ey . This committee has also decided that a marriage portion of £5 shall be given to each widow marry ing again, whereas at Hartley the marriage portion to each widow was £2O. It was further resolved, " That this committee desires to record its sympathy with the directors and shareholders of the North Staffordshire Coal and Iron Company (Limited), and with their resident manager, Mr. Johnson, and to express its admiration of the liberality with which they have come forward to relieve the dis tress caused by the late disastrous explosions at their colliery." In the course of conversation, Mr. Gemmell, the treasurer, stated that he had received a letter from the Rev. Charles liemble, rector of Bath, reporting that £467 6s. ld. had been col lected in that city, of which one-fifth, or £9l 9s. 3d., would be appropriated to Talke. The Rev. C. P. Wilbraham inquired upon what principle one-fifth had been allotted to Talke, and the chairman replied that as 360 lives had been lost at Barnsley and 90 at Talke, the proportion of loss at the latter place was just oife-fifth of the whole. Mr. Roden, mayor of Hanley, said he had received a letter from Mr. Patrick Beales, Mayor of Cam bridge, asking whether it was true that there was a large surplus from the Hartley Relief Fund, which was available for the sufferers by this explosion. Such an impression existed at Cambridge, and tended to check subscriptions. The chairman said the impression was certainly an erroneous one. The amount appropriated to the North Staffordshire mining district from the surplus of the Hartley fund was between £5OO and £6OO, and the in terest on the sum, which was all that was avail able, was rather more than £BO. Additional subscriptions, amounting to about £5OO, have been received. The Oaks Colliery Explosion. -- BARNSLEY, Wednesday Evening. Facts with regard to this sad event are only few to-day. Nevertheless. the interest is kept up by various means. A story, which to some seemed most credible, obtained circulation to-day that several French engineers, with a sort of diving-bell, had descended, or were about to descend, the shaft. We need scarcely say that no such thing was ever attempted. The work of carrying out the resolution passed at a meeting of engineers on Monday is being carried out. 'The scaffolding which is to be ?owered down the No. 2 shaft is being constructed as quickly as possible, as well as the pipe to allow the gas to escape. A meeting of local engineers was held at the office this morning, when means for carrying out the former resolution was discussed, and the necessary orders were given. The state of the mine is about the same as it was on Monday and yester day. The spoil in the furnace and No. 1 shafts sub sides only a little. Mr. Normansel, the secretary of the South York shire Miners' Association, at a meeting held yester day evening in Barnsley, made an interesting speech, which shows that the association is taking the ques tion of relief up in a very liberal manner. He said that the executive had allowed each widow ss. per week since the explosion, and each child ls. whose father was a member of the union. The funds had become distressed, but they hoped that with the as sistance of the trades unions throughout the coun try to be able to carry their rules. Subscriptions were coming in, and that day £3OO had been sent from a Sheffield trade union unasked for. Each widow whose husband had fallen a victim to the explosion, and whose bodies had been recovered, had received £8 funeral money, and those whose husbands were still in the pit had received £4, the other half being reserved until the bodies were recovered, or for a time. The Executive had also made grants to the widows and relatives of those who were not members in sums varying from 30s. to £2. Not less than £6O had also been spent in meat for Christmas dinners, which were dealt out in 4lbs. to each widow, and 11b. to every child. Members and non-members were alike the recipients of this charity. The relief committee had not as then given a penny in relief. The Executive hoped to be able to meet the wants of the widows and orphans, and would do all in their power to do so. At the fortnightly meeting of the poor-law guar dians a number of applications for relief were made yesterday afternoon. In addition to the usual elected guardians, the Rev. 11. B. Cooke and E. B. Beaumont, Esq., two ex officio members, were pre sent. The guardians, after a short discussion, which took place in private, determined to deal liberally with the applications. The number of those who applied was not so large as it was expected, but it seems that the poor sufferers understood that the meeting would be held at the usual hour, one o'clock, instead of which it was held at nine, in con sequence of the Christmas holidays and market day. MANSION-HOUSE RELIEF FUND. The fund now being raised in the City of London by the Lord Mayor and a committee of gentlemen continues materially to increase from day to day. Last evening it amounted to about £lO,BOO, of which £7SG was received in the course of the day. In eight churches and chapels £l2B odd was col leCted on Sunday and Christmas-day, and subscrip tions came in front clerks in places of business, and from private families, not great in amount in any case, but still not the less welcome on that account, and all going to swell the fund for the humane ob ject in view. Poor widows send their mites, and working men small sums, spared in not a few cases by cheerfully foregoing some accustomed treat or little luxury at this festive season. Noblemen, bankers, merchants, and others, at the same time contribute sums ptoportionate to their means from day to day, and by the constant accretions from these various sources the committee hope in the end to raise an amount sufficient with the local subscrip tions, and those collected by some of the large pro vincial towns, for a substantial provision for the widows and orphans, such as was made in the case of the Hartley calamity. Among the principal subscribers yesterday and on Christmas-day were Messrs. Matheson and Co., £lOO ; Lord Dynevor, through Messrs. Hoare and Co" £5O; Capt. John Gordon of Clunie. £5O; Mr. M. P. W Boulton, £5O; Messrs. Jacomb, Son, and Co., £3O ; Mr. Thomas Bridges, £25 ; the clerks and assistants of Messrs. Waterlow and Sons, £2l 10s. ; Messrs. Bryant and May, £2O ; Mr. F. 11. Toone, £2O ; llon. A. G. Tollemathe, £2O ; Dr. C. Collier, £2O ; the Rev. Chas. A. Belli, £l5 ; Messrs. Charles Candy and Co., £lOlOB. ; Mr. J. C. Brown, Yesterday morning a terrible tragedy took place at Lower Edmonton. It appears that for some years past a coachsmith named William Gudgeon and his wife, a very quiet hardwm king woman, Anne Gud geon, have occupied a six-roomed house opposite the Great Eastern Railway Station at Lower Edmon ton. They had five children, the eldest of them being a girl of 14 years of age. On Christmas_ day the mother of the children complained to her husband of being unwell, and she went to bed r.,t 7 o'clock in the evening. At 11 o'clock at night Fshe got up and went down stairs and joined her husband and children. They remained together for an. hour, and then the whole family retired to rest. The hus fbraonndt s t t o a p t states o t I n a t o l f i e th a e n d h o h n i s s e i , v a if n e d slept that i i n n a a b e e o d r n in e r the of the same room a bed was made up for three of the children. When the woman was going to bed she looked very wild, and she said to her husbanr " The light of th e can dl e stares in my eyes; put it out." He did so, and he then fell asleep. At that time the youngest child, a baby aged six months, was alive, and w as lyi ng as l eep i n the father's bee;, At 2 o'clock yesterday morning one of the children, Selina, aged 10 years, was awoke by a quantity of blood being squirted over her face. She states that when she opened her eyes she was horrified at seeing her mother kneeling upon the dead body of her little brother, Timothy George, who had been lying asleep alongside her sister, Sarah Anne. The little boy's throat was cut in a most fearful manner, and blood was gushing from the wound. The mother looked very excited, and she held an open razor covered with blood in her right hand. When she saw that she had awoke the girl Selina she leaned over towards her and caught hold of her. The girl screamed, and a fearful struggle then ensued. Selina, for the pur pose of protecting her throat, caught hold of the bed clothes and held them over it. She cried out, " Oh, mother, why do you not put that razor down? You have killed Timothy, and now you want to murder us. Why do you want to cut our throats ?" The girl then wriggled and slid out of the bed, ran through the doorway, and rushed down the stairs, followed by her mother, who continued to hold the open razor in her hand. When the girl reached the bottom of the stairs she ran into the lower front room. Her mother rushed past her, and ran to the fireplace. The little girl felt in the dark and found a match box lying on thetable. She struck a light, and then she saw her mother by the light of the match cutting her throat, and the blood flowing from the wound. The girl gave a loud scream, and she says that the light then went out, and she heard her mother fall upon the floor. The girl then ran up stairs, and went into her father's room. ner father was in a sound sleep, and by his side lay the dead body of the little baby, six months old. The child's throat was cut from ear to ear. Selina caught hold of her father and shook him violently. She had nearly to pull him out of bed before she could awake him. The girl than quickly told him that her mother had murdered two of her brothers. The father became most excited, and hurriedly dressing ran out of the house and called in a Mrs. Robertson, the wife of a railway employe, who lived near. While he was thus engaged the girl ran to another room in the house, where two. of her uncles slept and awoke them. One, Thomas Gudgeon, instantly went to the police-station. Sergeant Howlett, who was on duty there, instantly accompanied him to the scene of the tragedy. When they entered the front parlour they found the dead body of the wretched mother lying near the fireplace. Her head rested on the fender, and there was an open black-handled razor lying on her breast. There was a severe gash across her throat An iron - pail, partly filled with blood, lay near her head. Dr. O'Brien, of Church-street, Edmonton, who was called in at the time, said that the wound was self inflicted, and that it must have caused almost in stantaneous death. The police and the doctor then went upstairs, and in the front bed-room they found the dead bodies of the two children. The doctor examined the bodies, which were lying in pools of blood. In the bed, in the corner, which was di rectly facing the street lamp, they found Timothy George Gudgeon, a boy aged four years, lying dead. His throat had been cut, and it was the opinion of the doctor that his death must have been in stantaneous. The little baby bad been killed in a similar manner. • The police then questioned Selina. Gudgeon, and then she gave the account of the dreadful occurrence which we have nar rated. When the father returned, he said that he had neither heard nor seen anything before he was awoke by his daughter. It was the opinion of several persons that if the little girl had not been accidentally awoke by her brother's blood falling upon her face, all in the house would have been murdered by her mother. The family have very respectable connections in the locality, and the father of the deceased, who was a coach-smith, had a workshop of his own. His wife was a very sober person, but the habits of her husband may be judged from the fact that, yesterday afternoon, he fell drunk on the railway platform. The deceased woman was latterly very ill, and she was under the care of a doctor. Some short time ago a brother-in-law of the deceased woman died, and he left a widow and five children, and the fact that they were badly off, and that she could not do as much as she desired to do for than, preyed very much upon the deceased's mind. SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY.-EXETER HALL.- The thirty-fifth annual Christmas performance of the " Messiah" takes place on Friday evening next, the 28th inst., when Mr. Sires Reeves will re-appear for the first time since his recent severe illness. TAUNTON AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION.—The annual meeting and dinner of the members of the above association took place on Saturday, under ,the pre sidency of Mr. E. A. Sandford. At the dinner the chair man was supported by Sir Alex. Hood, Bart., M.P., and Mr. W. Gore Langton, M.P. After the loyal and constitu tional toasts, the chairman proposed " The Members of the Western Division of the County of Somerset." Sir Alex. Hood, in responding, expressed the satisfaction he felt that, although they had not that day the usual attraction of a cattle show in Taunton, Somerset had distinguished itself at the Smithfield Club Cattle Show, and that Mr F, 'arthing, a tenant of his father-in-law, had brought home with him live prizes. The present Government were taking every precaution against the disease being reimported, and the agriculturists of England must be contented to bear those restrictions which were so necessary at the present moment to eradicate the disease. He rejoiced to see that the events of the present moment were bringing men of mode rato opinions together, and he hoped that junction would continue to be formed. Sir Alexander next alluded to the overthrow of Austria by Prussia, which has led to a united Italy and a united Germany, and which, in its re sult, more nearly balanced power, which afforded an ad ditional security to the peace of Europe. It would not do, however, for England not to take a lesson from what had occurred. She should be prepared, in case of sudden at tack, to hold her own, without trusting to the friendly interference of other nations. Besides, looking to the military and naval forces of the country, there Was ono thing of paramount importance, viz., that they should be a united, contented, and loyal people. He truated that the question which had excited so much interest in some parts of England would be treated in the next session of Parlia ment in a large, wide, and liberal spirit, such as would be consistent with the best interests of the country. Ho did not himself think that the present Parliament would last long, perhaps not after next autumn. In conclusion, Sir Alexander intimated that at the next election it was not his intention to ask for a renewal of that confidence now reposed in him by his constituency, an announcement that was quite u nexpected, and create d some sur p r ise. m . r Langton, M.P., also briefly responded. 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