The Sun. — London, England, 1866-12-29 00:00:00

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N a I , :t;\ .'- - 1 -- ,,,t, - ~,, .- '.r6- tiv 4 W I NINIIk -'- . ....,,,,,;";-* ?'!! 4'...14 - --, 04-- - ,__4o !....„ attire for every age and ! \ i; , .."-' ..g- . - , =7, I also new rules for self- . \ :- - 1 _,; f - i- !:- . 5 40: e 7.3 *-A‘ I t 'i! - ..ti' l% =•.` lif -1' • 7 ' ' . ..111 4 -,.6.0 - ~die., ik -:,,,, 0 , ~,,,> ' 8 : 0 ":',.. ---- ''' _ _ .__/5 ; 4.,.f •'x:'• /--' as condition a her cession, _. ....,„ a ,--..st-4 , DI E Ii 4:1'4 ,)3 • g!' *.kir ; .13 .. .4. ••• is, deducted from a pur :L.i.:4-z,*`,/ '''''. .1 ___. merchant tailors, 50, tXI : ENT '')11001i). 4GENY ORTY-T WO PHOTOGRA, being portraits of Kings and most fashionable and becoming a all occasions. The book contains Measure. Post free for six stamp: chase.—SAMUEL, BROTHERS, Ludexate-hill. the King's Gov the communication ti I pointed out to the King's Government vr:, at this oppo r t un it y, and __ should have made reserves with regard to the Roman question —a question we considered as being settled by the convention of Sept. 15, 1864, concluded be tween Italy and France. I added that the term Venetia ought, iu the opinion of the King's Go vernment, to comprehend the district of Trentino, which is situated upon the Italian slope of the Alps, and inhabite I by an entirely Italian population. These considerations, I repeat, were put forward by me without prejudice t) the resolutions the King and his Government shall take in presence of the unforeseen proposal of tLe Emperor Napoleon." IV RaoA.r.3s., 158.- OVERCOATS kl for BOYS.—Read' following 80 advertisements.— Ludgate-hill. 50.— SAMUEL, BROTHERS. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 29, 1866. No. 23,261. PRICE.... ....... 4d. STAMPED....Sd VERCOATS, 125., 145., 16s.—OVERCOATS \-1 for BOYS.—Read first and last advertisements.- 50.—SAMIIEL. BROTHERS. I~A.NSION-HOUSE FUND for the RELIEF I IY-1- of the SUFFERERS by the recent COLLIERY EXPLOSIONS. Now rimy, in Svo., with Illustration+, Ihs. 313: PILGRI B MA EL G I EIo c E I3 A u S s I i TRN SIIIIINES. Mug and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough street. TODAItE'S (MADAME) THEATRE OF MYSTERY. Egyptian "113111, " e:RE IS SHE ?" a new Ili:Rion, will shortly 1) , ! prcduced LONDON STREET REFORM SOCIETY. PRESIDENT. blished between the two Governments. The de spatch says : OVERCOATS, 175., 195., 21s.—OVERCOATS for BOYS.— Note prices throughout tho 50.— SAMUEL, BROTHERS. COMMITTEE. The Right Hon the LORD MAYOR. IOD ARE (Madame), IVidow of the late Colonel Studare. (;:eat sticeeis of \V)IO'. 11E? and Madame Stud tre's CII `,l IST ‘I AS ins r Itl BUT lON of PitESE %TS. 31 , 1eiti - SPHINX. 3111.11VEL OF 31 r.CC t. and BA,,Kicr THICK. as usual. Every EVeliille: at Eight, 'Wednesday and S ,turd,ty Evenings at Ttirte, by Mr. Firbauk Ilunt.an tpuptl of Coloi.el Stodarel. Adinise , i46 —ls. and stalls, 34. Schoies an t cluldr,n b ilf-price. Seat.tt secured at the Box office. from 11 till 6, and at .ilitehell's Royal Library, 33, o.d Bond sire, t. Sir WILLIAM FRASER, Bart., M.A., F.S.A. On the 13th of June, 1865, it was admitted unanimously in the House of Commons that the condition of London, as regards Paving, Lighting, and Cleansing, was disgraceful. improvement has taken place. The Traffic of London becomes every day more un manageable. The Public Vehicles are inferior to those of Provincial and Continental Cities. This Society has been formed to stimulate public atten tion ; to collect, condense, and - make known facts ; to point out defects in the law ; to enforce provisions at present neglected; and to watch Bills introduced into Par liament on these subjects. The London Street Reform Society is not pledged to support any specific change •in the Goveruthent of the Metropolis. Those who - inny wish to join the Society-are requested to write to J. S. Haly, Esq., lion. Sec. L.S.R.S., 88,• St. James's-street, S.W. • " Animated by the desire of guaranteeing and consolidating general peace, and taking into account the needs of their nations, the two Sovereigns con clude an alliance to advance the progress of Libera institutions by the exclusion of Austria. 1. To support, should it be necessary, the proposals made by his Prussian Majesty with regard to reform of the Federal Constitution in a sense adapted to the wants of the German nation. 2. To obtain the cession to the Kingdom of Italy of all the Italian territory subject to Austria. The Government expresses the desire that the work of Italian liberation, coin n3enced in 1849, with the aid of France, should be accomplished by means of a war of independence in common with the Prussian army. Italy will be happy to assist Prussia against the designs of Aus tria, Prussia placing herself at the head of the national party in Germany by convoking the Par liament which has long been the desire of the Ger man nation, and by effecting in Germany what has been done in Italy." Upon the 7th of May the Chevalier di Nigra wrote to General Lamarmora to inform him that, conformably to his instructions, he has told M. Drouyn de Lhuys that Italy had no intention of taking the initiative of war against Austria. Cheva- (AVE:I:COATS, 11s., 134., 15s.—OVERCOATS N-1 in groat variety, nt the above prices,.for BOYS.— Ludgate-hill, 50. —SAMUEL, BROTHERS. . IL C. L. Bevan, Esq. Mr. Alderman and Sheriff Samuel Morley, Esq. Waterlow. Geo. Moore, Esq. Mr. Sheriff L}-nett. _ _ Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., Mr. Alderman Finnic. Mr. Alderman Bosley. I%i AI) O N N A rs A R Y. By Mrs. ()MPH 4NT. • • 31adonra Mary' with the best gull ties of its wr,ter's Lu.cy and autnour."—Atlteuxurn. " A Look of great pow...r and beauty."—Po.rt. Aura and illackett, 1 1 , Great Matiborou4h-street. VERCOATS, 17s 218.LOVERCOATS ‘- 7 in superior texturt4i and newest. style for BOYS.— Ludgate -hill 59.— SAMUEL, BROTHERS. • VELWOATS, I Is., 135., 15s. —0 VERCOATS VI in vary useful cloths, at above prices, for BOYS.— Ludgate-hill, 50.— SAMUEL, BROTHERS. J. P. Gassiot, Esq. Mr. Alderman Dakiu. Christopher T. Gabriel, Esq. aLI mes Hill, Esq. Frederick Thompson, Esq. R. N. Fowler, Esq. R. A. Gray, Esq. W.J. Maxwell, Esq. . Colonel Stuart Wortley. Mr. Aldernian Cotton. The attention of the public is earnestly drawn to the suffering consequent on the terrible calamity produced by the recent colliery explosions. SUBSCRIPTIONS are g - eatly needed to relieve the numerous families made destitute thereby. The amount required to meet the memorable Hartley Colliery Accident in 1862 was £30,000 • in that case 204 men and boys lost their lives ; in the present instance double that number are known 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 £11,451 14 11 SIGNOR VISCONTI VENOSTA TO CHEVALIER DI NMI:Lk. " FLORENCE, July 8. " I have summed up in my despatch of the sth inst. the sensa in which the King's Government would be able to accept the French proposal. W e have not rejected the armistice in principle ; we have only made known the conditions that would render it possible. Austria, by cedingVenetia to France, bas wished to indemnify Italy for the results of tile Prussian alliance, and, by thus putting an end to the war in Venetia, to dispose of all her forces to recompense herself for this cession at the expense of Prussia. She seems, therefore, under existing cir cumstances, to have for her object, not peace, but the continuation of the war, by destroying at oue blow the alliance between Prussia and Italy. The Emperor Napoleon, in proposing an armistice to the King's Government, wishes that it should be pro posed in Germany at the same time. Thus be de monstrates his perfect impartiality, and we are g l a d to see in this fact a proof that the Imperial Govern ment, by exercising its powerful influence in favour of the re-establishment of peace, justly appreciates the exigencies and the duties of our situation. These -exigencies and duties cannot be felt less strongly by us, and Italy would fail in her obligations if she laid down 'her arms without consent of - her ally, a con sent which depends upon the conditions of peace Austria will be disposed to accept in Germany." MR. J131E5 WEA.VEII, Manager. ( VEIi,COATS, 178., 19g., 215.-0 VEROO ITS N-1 for iimnodiate use, at all prices to 35g., for BOYS.- 50.— SAMUEL, BROTHERS. T E• 0 X F 0 it l), 6, OXFORD-STREET, W., THE MUSICAL EST ADZ. T 01 1 'LONDON. CHRIS r HAS ENTER rAINMENTS. OVERCOATS ; 2 1g., 285., 33s.—OVEROOATS, at all prices, have silk velvet collars.—Ludgate-hill, 50 . — SAMUEL, BROTHERS. • LES DII. 3 ,GONS VII.L US (Opera Comique). rdusio by A. Maithrt ;first time in this Country), THIS EVENING, in which Miss RUSSELL v.i'l make 11,r Reappearance. as si+te,t by .1118, , es Barrie and Fitz Henry ; Ate,srs. A. St. Albyn, Fox. Husk, Evan. and Bury, with Extra Band and Chorus ; produced and conducted by .dr. F. Jonghinans. - • - - - • VERCOATS 425., 555., 63s.—OVERCOATS V made to order by new self-measure rules.—Ludgate blll. RROTHERS. T HE CLERGY, CLUB, AND lIOTEL CO3IYANY (Limited. NOTICE Il HEREBY GIVEN, that a SPECIAL GENII RAL MEETING of the it ember!' of the Clergy, Club, and Hotel Company (Limited), will be held on TUEBDAY, the Bth day of January, 1867. at Two o'clollt p.m., at the Offices of the Corn any, for the purpose of considering the Propositions, a copy of which were annexed to the circular notice c,ouvehing such meeting. Notice is also hereby given, that another Special General Sleeting of the Members of the Company will be held on Thursday, the 24th day of January, WV, at the same t me and place, to confirm the Resolutions which may be passed at the first-named meeting. By order of the Board, A. WNAUGHTON, Secretary. • Offices of the Company, 24.' Charles-street, St. James's-square, Dec , 1866. OVERCOATS, 215., 285., 335. 7 OVERCOATS are ordered from patterns sent post free.—Ludgate -50.-SAMIIEL, BROTHERS. kow ready, in royal SVo , %kith 15 full-paged ilusti acions, 215.. IMPRESSIONS OF SPAIN IN 1866. By the Right Hon. Lady HERBERT OF LEA. Richard Bentley, Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty. COMEDY. by 31,sars. tl.rry Sydney, Brierlcy. and Eger ton, W. J Adams, the iirethcrs Pentland, %V. It. Julian (the celebr•tied Mimic). F. Evans, and ‘113,3 Amy Rosalind, to gether with al Ent!rely New uivertissement, entitled E 0/CloottD REVELS, arranged and produced under the immediate superintendence of sir. IV. 11. P.syne, THIS EVENING. • OVERCOATS, 42a., 555., 635. - OVERCOATS , not approved taken back and others made.—Ludgate- Lill, 50.— SAMUEL, BROTHERS. MADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION, BAKER-STREET. CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. NEW EDI (lONS. —Life-size Portrait-Models of JOHN BiLIGHT, Esq., M.P., and the late RICHARD COBDEN, Esq., bl. P. Open from 11 a.m. till dusk, and from 7 till 10 p.m.. Admillance, la. ; children, under ten, half - price; extra rooms, mi. OVERCOATS, 215., 285., 3 3s.—OVERCOATS for clerical use, in all fabrics and prices. - Ludgate hill, 50.— SAMUEL, BROTHERS. Now ready, price 363., with Hap, POST -OFFICE LONDON DIR E CTORY for 1837. Also a New Edition of the SIX 110 ME WESTIN:B DIRECTORY, now publishing, price 303. , Kelly and Co., Old Boswell-coUrt, Strand, W.C. ; Simpkin Marshall, and Co.; and all nomuellers. OVERCOATS, 425., 555., 63s.—OVERCOATS N-1 professional, in all fabrics and prices.—Ludgate bill, 50.—S A.31.13EL, BROTHERS. Subscriptions will be received by the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor ' at the Mansion-house; Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co., 54, Lombard-street ; Messrs. Coutts and Co., gtrand ;• Messrs, Glyn, Mills, and Co., 67, Lombard street; Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Co., 1, Lombard-street ; Messrs. Roberts, Lubbock, and Co., Lombard-street ; Messrs. Dimsdale, Fowler, and Co., 50, Cornhill ; the Lon don and Westminster Bank, Lothbury; the London. Joint- Stock Bank, 5, Princes-street ; the Union Bank of London ; London and County Bank ; National Provincial Bank of England; Messrs. Willis, Percival, and Co., Lombard-street; and by the several members of the Committee. JOSEPH GIBBS, Secretary. Mansion House, Dec. 28, 1866. Tier di Nigra at the same time stated to the French Minister that it was not a question of Italy under taking any engagement, which, in fact, nobody had asked, but that he was simply desirous of making OVERCOATS, 215., 285., 33s.—OVERCOATS, for every purpose, in the suitable fabrics.—Ludgate hill, 50.—SA3IIIEL, BROTHEAS. Air ETROPOLITAN RAILWAY—Trains every five minutes. OVERCOATS, 425., 555. 635.-0 \Ina:OATS made from thoroughly shrun k cloths only.—Ludgate hill, 50.— SAMUEL, BROTHERS. A RGYLL ROOMS. -GRAND CASINO, Windmill-btreet. Piccadilly. These elegant and popular having ly!en entirely re decorated, aro now OPEN EVEttY 14.1VMNINki for Concert and Da.ncing. Conductor, Signor Luc[ CURTL Manager. M. GRENET. Admisslim to Promenade, One Shilling. Reserved Seats, Two Shillings. 31ETROPOLITAN RAILWAY— Moorgate street Station... • ~s , , .. g r AVERCOATS, 215., 285., 33s.—OVERCOATS = N-r in the new brown and gold mixed Melton.—Ludgate bill, 50:—SAMITEL; BROTHERS. E ttOPOLITAN R AlLWAY—Aldersgi‘e street Station. NA - ETROPOurAN R.VlLWAY—Farringdon -211. street Station. (VVEROOAT S, 425. 555., 635.-- .OVERCOATS in beautiful fur-fwd, gold-mixed beavers. —Ludgate - SAMUEL, BROTHERS. F.4AU-DE-VlE.—This Pure PALE BRANDY, 185. per gallon, is vs ry superior to recent importations of Cognac, recommended by the medical profession, and ex tensively used in hospitals. In bottles, 355. per dozen. or in a case 305., railway carriage pat I.—HEN IVY BRETT and CO., Old Furnival's Distillery, Holborn, E.O and 30, Regent street, S.W. Established 1821 WE ST ON'S GRAND MUSIC HALL, HOLBORN. OVERCOATS, 215., 285., 33s.—OVERCOATS V/ in every kind of plain and fancy coatings.—Ludgate hill, 50. —SAMUEL, BROTHERS. Sole Proprietors, SWEASEY and HOLLAND. _METROPOLITAN RAILWAY—King's-cross station. BILLS OF LADING. OVERCOATS, 425., 555., 635. —OVERCOATS in the new rich bronze and gold raixtures.—Ludgate idiL 50. —SAM UEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 215., 285., 335. OVERCOATS in all weights for every season and climate.—Ludgate bill, 50.— SAMUEL, BROTHERS. n VERCOATS, 425., 655., 33s.—OVERCOATS V in rich gold and olive mixed treble beavers.—Ludge.te hill, 50.—SAMIJEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 215., 285., 335. OVERCOATS of the new,reefer shape, beautifully made.—Ludgate hill, 50.— SAMUEL, BROTHERS. RCoATS. 425, 555„ 638. t3OA S 0 in very beautiful West of England fabrics.—Ludgate bill, BROTHERS. VRC ATS, 215., 285., 838.-0 A S in elegant, double-breasted Chesterfields.—Ludgate hill, 50. SAMUEL, BROTHERS. fIVEROOATS, 425., 555., 63s.—OVEROOA TS kJ in rich brown, Oxford, black, and steel cloths.— Ludgate-hill, 50.— SAMUEL, BROTHERS. . • OVERCOATS 215., 285., 33s.—OVERCOATS in new style sinzle-breasted Chesterfields.—Lud gate-hill, t O.—S AMUEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 425., 555., 638.— (OVERCOATS in new style Albions and all other shapes.—Lud gate-hill, 50.— SAMUEL, BROTHERS. VERCOATS, 215., 285., 33s.—OVERCOATS this season are excellent value for. the money.— Ludgate-hill, 50.—SAMIIEL, BROTHERS. 1 1 ERCOATS, 425., 555., 635.—0VEn0 A. TS NJ at these priles are made of very choice fabrics.— Lud 50. —S A.MIIEL, BROTHERS. EROVC)O,MM., 83., 335.- -OVERCOArs ire very necAssary in this variable climate.—Lud gate-hill, 50.—SAMIIEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 425., 555., 63s.—OVERCOATS in black Beavers, thoroughly tested and shrunk.— Ludgate-hill, 50. -SAMUEL BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 215., 285., 335. —OVERCOATS in Melton cloths, thoroughly tested and shrunk.— Ludgate-hill, 50. -SAMUEL, BROTHERS. O VERCOATS, 425., 555., 635.--OVERCOATS in black Melton cloths, west of England make. 50.— SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 215., 28s, 335.-OVERCOATS in Pilot cloths, for hsrd. serviceable wean—Ludgate hill, 50. —SA.IIIUEL, BROTHERS. OVERGOATS, 425., 555., 635. —0 VE ROO AT S in very beautiful west of Eneland Petershams.— LutWte-11 1 111. 50, —SAMUEL, BROTHERS. RCOA.TS, 215., ' 285., 33s.—OVERCOATS 83nt to any part of the kinethm. Patterns free. 50.— SAMUEL. BROTHERS. (1 VE RCO A.TS, 425., 555., 635. —OVEIL)O A.(28 k.. 1 in hiOt-class Witney textures. Patterns free.— Ludgate-hill, 50. —SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 215., 288., 335. —OVERCOATS made with every regard to strength and comfort. — Ludgate-hill, 50. —SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 425., 555., 635. —OVERCOATS in very rich, heavy, seal-black black beavers. — Ludgate -hill, 50.—SAMIIEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 215., 285., 33s.—OVERCOATS at these prices are in the mnst fashionable style.— Ludgate-hill, 50.— SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 425., 555., 63s.—OVERCOATS in very rich, heavy, seal-back brown beavers.— Lndgate-hill, 50.— SAMUEL , BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 215., 285., 535. OVERCOATS are represented in the new illustrated book.—Lud gate-hill, 50.— SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 425., 555., 635. °VERO! , ATS in very rich, heavy, seal-back Oxford beavers. — Ludgate-bill, 50.— SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 425., 555., 635. OVERCOATS lined with silk. and very beautifully quilted.—Lud gate-hill, 50, SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 215., 285., 83s. OVERCOATS in all the plain, strong, and most useful styles.— Ludgate-hill, A.—SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 425., 555., 635. OVERCOATS lined with Italian cloth, and thickly quilted.—Lud gate-14111, 50.—SAMIIEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 215., 285., 335. OVERCOATS reduced in price by a strict ready-money system.— Ludgate-hill, 50. SAMUEL, BROTHERS. rIVERCOATS, 425., 555., 635. OVERCOATS ./ at those prices are fit for any gentleman.—Ludgate 59.—SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 215., 2813., 335. OVERCOATS with warm woollen linings, fur winter wean—Lud gate-bill, 50.— SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 215., 285., 338.—OVERCOATS of all weights, to suit ovary kind of climate.—Lud gate-hill, 50. -SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 425, 555., 63s.—OVERCOATS made to measure by bizh-class scientific men.—Lud ate-hill, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 215., 285.. 33s.—OVERCOATS for liveries are made of well-shrunk oloths.—Lud- Rate-hill, 50.—S AMILTEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 425., 555., 635. OVERCOATS , guaranteed to fit by the nAw self-measure rules.— Ludgate•hill, 5 1 .—SAMIIEL. BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 215., 285., 33s.—OVERCOATS , can be ordered from patterns, which are sent free.— Ludgate-hill, 50. SAMUEL, BROTHERS. nVERCOATS, 425., 555., 63s.—OVERCOATS VV have become an immense business in this house.— Ludgate-hill, 50.— SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OVeExcßeCegAngT% pounds 2ls. value axe 335.--OVERCOATS exceeding gate-hill, 50. SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 425., 355., 63s.—OVERCOATS ordered from the country are always prepaid.—Lud gate-hill, 50.— SAMUEL BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 215., 285., 33s.—OVERCOATS sent to France and any part a the Continent. —Lud gate-hill, 50.- SAMUEL BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 425., 555., 63s.—OVERCOATS sent to New York and any other part of America.— Ludgate-hill, 50. SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, .218., 285., 33s.—OVERCOATS sent to all parts of British North America.—Lud gate-bill, 50. — SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 425., 555., 68s.—OVERCOATS sent to Tasmania and every part of Australia.—Lud 50.—SAMITEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 215., 285., 335.--OVERCOATS ‘..1 in a variety of nndressed cloths, forhard wear.—Lud gate-hill, 50.— SAMUEL, BROTHERS. • OVERCOATS, 425., 555., 63s.—OVERCOATS of the Inverness cape class in Whitneycloths.—Lud ato-hill, 50.— SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 215., 285., 83s.—OVERCOATS of the Inverness cape class in Melton class.—Lud gate-hill, 50.— SAMUEL, BROTHERS. j'IVERCOATS, 425., 555., 63s.—OVERCOATS J made plain or with lap seams. velvet collars.—Lud-. gate -hill, N.—SAMUEL. BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 425., 555., M.—OVERCOATS kl made up with velvet edges and velvet collars.—Lud gate-hill, 50.— SAMUEL, BROTHERS. tlvNucoAvi, 215., 28a., 33s.—OVERCOATS kl in every description of plain and fancy cloth.—Lud ate hill, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, lls., 135., 15s.—OVERCOATS V for boys. The new Reefer and Princelet coat.— Ludgate-hill, 50.— SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 175., 195., 21s.—OVERCOATS for boys in every fashionable and useful shape.— Ludgate-hill, 50.—SA1S(UEL, BROTHERS. REAL FUR-SEAL WAISTCOATS, 255., 355., 42s.—Richly lustred and lined scarlet.—Ludgate 50.—SAMUEL, BROTHERS. READ the SYSTEM SAMUEL,' BROTHERS, conduct their business upon in the Illustrated Price List described at head of column. The firm has been esta blished 20 years on the principle of charging the lowest Price possible for ready money, and marking the same upon each article in plain finres, frQPI Whicl4 no deviation kaglgwed.-60, Ludgate-W.' • CONTRACT FOR BEECH WEDGES. Contract Department, Admiralty, Somerset House, 14th Dec. 1866 • THE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT..BRITAIN and IRE LAND, Do hereby give NOTICE, that on TUESDAY, the Bth January next, at Two o'Clock, they will be ready to treat with such Persons as may be willing to Contract for supplying Her Majesty's Dockyard at Portsmouth with Hewed Wedges of Beech, under a Contract for twelve calendar months certain, and further until the expiration of three calendar months' warning. The average annual consumption, together with a Form of the Tender and Conditions of Contract., may be seen in the Lobby of the Storekeeper-General's Department, Admiralty, Somerset House. No Tender will be received after Two o'Clock on the day of Treaty, nor will any bo 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. TO GUNM AK ER S and Others. The SECRETARY of STATE for WAR is desirous of receiving PROPOSALS from Gunmakers and Others for BREECH-LO &DING 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. m LENGTH. To be 51 inches, with short stock, measured from the hollow of the butt-plate to muzzle. c. WEIGHT OF AMMUNITION MADE Up. Must not exceed 61b. 4oz. for sixty rounds as packed for service. D. CARTRIDGES. Must carry their own i g nition. . E. SIGHTS. The foresight must ba such as to admit of a bayonet fired according to the present system. F. STOCK. Must be such as to carry a light metal cleaning-rod, and allots a sling to bo used. - _ G. RECOIL. Must not exceed that of the Enfield Rifle by more than 10 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 men, and of being manufactured in quantities and of uni form quality. i. 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. OALIME. Optional. L. THE TWIST AND FOWL' OF GROOVE. Optional. _ _ M. THE LOCK. Optional. 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. rHIS DAY is Published the First Number of "T HE WESTMINSTER GAZETTE," the 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—ecclesiastical, philosophical, and social—which are now agitating the intellect and heart of the country; and, second, a truthful statement of facts as to tha condition, political and religious, of Catholicism in the various min tries of Europe. Foreign writers of note in France, Italy, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and Spain are engaged as contributors to " The Westminster Gazette." The true in terests of Ireland, its struggles for its unquestionable rights as a Catholic nation to a Catholic system of Education, shall bo discussed always in a spirit free from the prejudice or passion of mere political partisanship. An important feature of the New Paper will be the large space especially allotted to reviews of books, both English and foreign, non- Catholic as well as CathOlic. Orders received by all booksellers and news-agents, and at the office, 112, Strand, London. Price 265. per annum. Single copies, sd. ; stamped, Gd. r. TiIAJECTORY. Not to require at 500 yards an elevation of more than 1 deg. 30 min. Q. FOULING. The shooting not to deteriorate more than 20 per cent. at 1,000 yards after firing 250 rounds. It. PENETRATION. The mean penetration of five 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 id yards. s. LUBRICATION. Wax on bullets is indispensable, but any other lubricant may be superadded or applied to the cartridge, if thought necessary by the competitor, No arms will be received without the usual proof marks. Specifications, and drawings of the methods proposed, stating the probable cost per arm, and accom p an i e d by a finished specimen arm, with 20 rounds of suitable ammu nition, should be sent to the "Director of Ordnance, War Office, Pall-mall," on or before the 30th March, 1867. The specifications and specimen arms will be considered by the Ordnance Select Committee and its associate mem bers, who will be selected by the Secretary of State for War, and who will, after firing the 20 preliminary rounde, select and recommend for further trial such of the systems as may appear to them sufficiently promising, rejecting all such as may not be considered to offer sufficient merits to warrant their being included in the competition, the con ditions of which 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 to the committee the exact nature of the lubrication he may 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 of State offers a reward of £l,OOO for the arm which, on combination of all qualities, is considered by the committee to be the best submitted. A second reward of £6OO for the arm which, while at taining a satisfactory degree of excellence in other particu lars, is selected for merit in respect to its breech mechanism. A third reward of £4OO for the best cartridge. The qua ities which will be principally taken into consideration in awarding this prize will be economy of manufacture, power of sustaining 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 clearlyto be understood that under no circumstances will a competitor be entitled to more than one prize ; but such prize will. e irrespective of any reward which may be given to the inventor of the arm finally adopted into the service. JOHN GOSNELL and CO.'S CHERRY TOO IEI PAST► is greatly superior to auy tooth Powder; gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, proteots the enamel from deoay, and imparts a pleasant tragranoe to the breath Prise Is. 6d.—lied Ball Wharf, u 3, Upper Thames-street, London. pArENT VENTILATING CHIMNEY TOP—Messr. , . AiYER•3 and TODART with eonfl dtnce recommend their CI - MINN/ POP as an effectual CUM , : of :-MOK E. It has an advantage over all others, as it oan be sweeped. It is alike aletui and ornamental. Prices for foreign and home orders on application at 112, Strand, W.C., where testimonials can be seen. ASPHALTE ROOFING FELT, 0 'Ol PENNY per Square Foot. CROGGON and C 0., Manufacturers, y 63, New Earl-street, I London, B.C. 34, Bread- s trt et, s', George-square, Glasgow; 2, Goree Piazvia, Liverpool. THE OCEAN ST. LEGER of 1866.—What Lord Lyon was to bis owner was the Taeping, to her Ca ain, viz., winner of the race, !Living &stance' 41 com petitors, as the DIA TEA COMPANY have in iariab y done in their °hot e and sale of fine new season's teas, now selling at importer's prices. Warehouses-9, Great St. tfelen's-cnnrchydrd. AVALUABLE • CHRISTMAS PRESENT.- A CHINESE CADDY, containing I6lbs. of really good Black Tea, sent carriage free to any railway station or market town in England, Ireland, Scotland. or wales, oa re ceipt of Os., by PHILLIPS and CO, Tea Merchants, 8, King William-street, City, E.C. TEA IS CHEAPER THAN EVER.-Is. 6cl , 25.. 'is 6 per lb. are the prices at which PHILLIPS and CO Tea Merchants, 8, King Waliam-street. City, Lon don, E.C., hre selling* good and line BLACK T price current post tree. 40s worth carriage tree to any railway t-t &Von or market town in the Uni , ed Kingdom.—Observe— PHILLIPS and Co. have no Agents or any connexion with any house in Worcester or Swansea. ugars are supplied at market prices. GEOLOG Y.-ELEMENTARY COLLEC TION,, to illustrate the New Edition of "Lyeirs Elements of Geology" and facilitat the important study of Minentlo,J and Gleoiogy, can be had at 2,5, 10, 50 to 501 guineas ; also single Specimens of Minerals, Roaks, Fossils, iteztut shells.G.?.olmttcal %laps. Hammers. al , the recent Pub iccions, sc. J. TENT ANT, Miueralogist to Her 111aj,sty, 149. Strand, London. Private Instrualon is giVen in Mineralogy and Geo!ogy by Mr. TENNANT. F.G.S., 149, Strand, W.C. "LAMBERT'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 ior 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 toughing. 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 after taking it. Prepare° oniy and sold by W. LAMBERT, Chemist. 8, King-W Riam-street, Oharing cross, London, and by all drumsts, in bottles. 134 d., and three quantities in one, 2s. 9d. each. Be particular. and ask for Lambert's Asthmatic Balsam. The name and address are engraved on tile st LIXIIIBITORS at the PARIS EXHIBITION, ILI who ADVERTISE in "THE SUN," can have the SERVICES of A SPECIAL AGENT in PARIS, whose address can'be obtained at " The Sun" Office. Ho has a perfect knowledge of French, is also acquainted with busi ness, and has good conneotions. On application to " The Sun" Agent in Paris, either personally or by letter, he will obtain every possible facility for Exhibitors, or persons who may have other business in Paris, or who may go there .for pleasure only. PRIN TIN G. —TO PROPRIETORS OF NEWSPAPERS, PERIODICALS, &c.—The Print ing and Machining of Newbpapers, &c., done on exceed ingly favourable terms. Use of Editorial and Publishing Offices, if required. Estimates forwarded on receipt of particulars, with stamped directed envelope for reply. Address—The Manager "Sun" Printing Offices, 3, Church row, Savoy, Strand, W.C. Just published, 2d; sent by the author for 't stamps, UGLINESS and BEAUTY; being a Pamphlet descriptive of articles and means used for improving the appearance. By ALEX.•BOSS, 248, High Holborn, London. SPANISH FLY is the acting ingredient in ALEX. ROSS'S CANTHABIDES 01L.whioh speedily otoduoes whiskers and thickens hair, 3a 6d, 5s 6d, and tOs 6d ; sent by post for 4, 84, and lit 4t .mps. —ALMA. ROSS. 248, iiiQb tiotborn. London, and all Chemists. . WONDERFUL DISCOVERY.—Corns cured in one day by nein: ALEX. ROSS'S CHIROPO. TM- preparation gradually dissolves the Corn in a few hours, removing the very root. Price 4s ; seat by post for 60 stamps. —248, High Holborn, London, and all Chemists. Grand Selection from Auber's Opera of " MASA NIELLO," by 40 vocalists dressed in costume as at the opera. Terr,fic ovation of tho Irish Minstrels, with songs, dances, and Irish anecdotes, under the direction of Pat Corri. A new and original overture composed and ar ranged expressly for the above minstrels by Mr. H. Baker. Comic—Arthur Lloyd's new song " Borachio, Pestachio, Lablachio, Moustachio, and the Roly Poly Eye,"—Jolly Nash, Georgina Smithson, Miss Fancourt, Paddy Fannin, Patrick Sellers, and Harry and Kattie King ; and Pio Watkini, the Persian Juggler. Band of 30 first-class per formers, 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 open every Evening at 7 o'clock. FALKNER'S OLD IRISH WHISKY, " Real Malt." 19s. per oalion, is sold in bottles and jars, bear ing his label and trade mark. Most liberal terms are offered to the trade for the slte of this aennin a old s winch 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. TUNVILLE and CO.'S " V.R." OLD IRISH wRISKY, BELFAST. London 0111;es and Stores, 4, BEAUFORT-BUILDINGS, STRAND, W.C. Established in& Quotations on application. JAMES DAL•Y and CO., Distillers, John-street, Cork.—" The purest spirit and Barest drink in the world."— Loudon Offices, 7, Printing-house-square, E.G., next the "Times." TAMES DALY and CO., Distillers, John-street, Cork, beg to announce that they are able to supply the trade with their celebrated Whiskies, in casks or cases, and to take orders in bon at d for exportation, at their (dikes, 7, Printinz-house-square, London, E C , the only house in the square not occupiedby tit. "Times." J. D. and Co.'s whiskies bruit; the highest prices in the Australian and one^ Colonial markets, as may b 3 observed by reAerence to the "Journal of Commerce of Victoria," by whkh it wi►l be seen that their whiskies fetch 6d. per gallon and is. per case over the next h.st, and Is. 6d per gallon anct ss. 6d. a case over the lowest quotation. Always on hand a large supply of ve y old mellow whisky in t:►e finest condition, matured in sherry casks, unsurpassable in quality and flavour, su, , pbcd on the most reasonable terms. SPLENDID SPECULATIONS. GRICAT SUCCESS. With a single stake of El, you can rea'ise £25,0(0 I With a single stake of X?, you can realise £27.5 0!! With a single stake of X.S, you can realise £37.000! ! With a single stake of £lO, you can realise £45,000! ! For vospectuAes and particulars apply without delay to Mr. hUGENE TILLOT, General Merchant, Guernsey. THE BEST REMEDY Fki INDIGESTION. NORTON'S CAMOMILE PILLS are confi dently recommended •as a simple bnt certain Remedy for Indigestion, which i the cause of nearly all the diseases to which we are i.ubject, being a medicine so uniformly grate Jul and beneficial, that it is with justice called the "Natural Strengthener of the Human Stomach." " Norton's Pills " act as a powerful tonic and gentle aperient; are mild in their operation, safe under r.ny circumstances , and thousands of persons can now bear testimony to Ihe benefits to be derived from their use, as they have been a never-tailing Family Friend for upwards of 20 3 ears. Sold in bottles at ls. 14t, 2s. 9d, and lie. each, in every town in the kingdom. Iv; MAGAZINE AND REPEATING ARMS. Magazine and Repeating Arms for Infantry will be re coived 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 ireight for these arms is fixed at 911. b: ex clusive of the charges in the magazine. It is indispensable that the arms be made to take a bayonet. / The Secretary of State offers a reward of SOO for the best Magazine or Repeating Arm produced that fulfils the above 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. Thoso Magazine orßopeatingArms, which are accepted for further trial, will be paid for at the rate of £GO each. This sum is to include 1,000 rounds of ammunition per arm. The Secretary of State will take care that no ingenious novelty produced in answer to this advertisement shall be adopted into the service without proper acknowledgment, and that the name of the individual with whom it origi nates shall be re cor d e d 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 osoo, Oct. 22 RN. -• • LT AIR-CURLING FLUID, 248, High Holborn, I London.--ALEX. ROSS'S OURLISG FLUID curls Ladies' or Gentlemen's hair immediately It is applied. Sold et 3s 6d, 5s 6d, and 10s 6d ; sent free for 54, 84, and 144 stamps. —llad of all Chemists. a REY HAIR.-248, High Holborn, London.— ALEX. ROSS'S 11AIll DYIt produces a perfect colour Immediately it Is used. it is permanent, and perfectly na fnral In effo t. Price 3s Rd, Cs ad. and .Os ed ; sent by post for 54, 84, and 141 stamps ; and all d'hemi-ts. HAIR DESTROYER.-248, High Holborn, London.—AL k.X. ROSS'S DEPILATORY removes superfluous hair from the ism, neck. and arms, without effect to the skin. Price 3s 6d, 5s 6d, and 105 6d ; sent for st, s 4, and 144 stamps.—Had of all Chemists. DIMPLE REMOVER.—AII diseases of the skin aro improved by one dose of ALEX. ROSa'ls VE ;ETABLE SKIN PILLS. They remove redness, sal !owners, &u. 2s 9d and 7s Rd • or poet for 4') and 100 stamps. —ALEX. ROSS, 243, High Holborn, London, and all Che mists. HAIR COLOUR WASH.—By washing the heal with this beautifully-perfumed Wash, in seven or ten days the hair assumes its original Colour, .nd remains so by an me *atonal, usint. tus fd ; sent for stamps.—ALEX. ROSS, 2IS, High Holborn, London, and all Chemists. THE RESCUE SOCIETY wishes to add another Loma to din 12 now in operation. Last year no fewer ban 455 poor, friendless, young females were rejected 'rota want of FUN DS and room, making a total of 3,057, who have been sent away in five years. The new home the Committee wish to form would be for young girls, almost children, from the age of 6 to 15, who have been !ed astray from the path of virtue. Contributions will be received gratefully by the Secretary, Mr. Daniel Cooper, 45, Queen. street, Cheapside; or by Messrs Barclay and Co.. Lombard-street. IttOYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail- Way Terminus. King's-cross. Patron—Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN. Vice-Patron—His Royal Highness the Prince of WALE R, KG. President—His lime the Dahl of BUCCLE UCH. This Hospital, foundel 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 pendent for support on voluntary tiontributions and t .qactes. It affUrda relief to a large number of in-patients, and, in addition to this, the average number of attendance of the lestitute sick has for a considerable period averaged between 3,000 and 4,000 weekly. The Committee earnestly solicit the rISSISTA NCE of the oenement, as the premises of this Hospital are capable of containing several hundred more beds had the Committee the requisite funds to maintain them. Contributions are received by thbir bankers. Messrs. Brown, Janson, and Co., Abchuroh-lane ; also by aleasrs. Coutte and Co. ; urummonu and Co.;Giyn and. Co. ; Her: and Co. , Ransom and Co.; Presc ott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne. and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; Williams, Deacon, and Co.; Nisbet and Co, Scree-street : and at the Hospital. from /0 till IS. • STANFOEID 81441)3, d&aetvy, OMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.-CON TRIBUTIONSthe COUNTRY I r e 21708rtelyqus? r li e lted for establishing WM. WILLIAMS, Secretary. Boys' Refuge, 8. Great Queen-street, W.C. HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.—The Committee are moat 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 £5,000, being £l5 a year for each boy. Several kind friends have promised to pay for one bay 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. WILLIAMS, Secretary. Refuge, 8, Great Queen-street, W.L. 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 nights in tho bleak streets or under railway arches. At present nearly 500 Nights' Lodgings, with Suppers and Breakfasts, are given gratuitously every week. The poor from all parts are admitted, the only condition being that they are homeless and starving. The Manager &c., receives no remuneration whatever. Notwithstand ing the provision made by the Poor Houses, each night numbers of young women, children, and orphans are, for want accommodation, refusodadmittance, andhavo to, spend night after night in the cold, wet, and sleet. To meet this evil, and to provide more ample accommoda tion, £2,000 has been raised, but to accomplish the work a sum of at least £l,OOO more will be required. Besides providing shelter for the homeless, this year it is proposed, as far as the donations obtained for the pur- pose will allow, to give 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 Tv. D. GTLBERT . AD., No 22 ruisbuig-ciroue, Italian Diplomatic Correspond-nce. FLORENCE, Dec. 25. The Green-book recently laid before the Italian Parliament contains the following interesting docu ments bearing upon the late war : THE MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS TO TILE ITALIAN MINISTER AT BERLIN. " FLORENCE, March 9. " Signor Conte—General Govone, the bearer of this despatch, is charged to fulfil a mission of special importance towards the Prussian Government. He possesses the entire confidence of the King and of his Government, and I beg you, Signor Ministro, to present him in this quality to his Excellency Count Bismarck, and, according to circumstances, to his Majesty King William. General Govone knows the views of the King's Government as to the respective situation of Prussia and Austria. You are aware, Signor Ministro, that our resolu tions depend upon those that may be taken by Prussia upon the engagements she is disposed to contract, and lastly upon the extent of the aim she pursues. If Prussia is ready to enter with decision and thoroughly upon a policy which would ensure her greatness in Germany; if, in presence of Aus tria's persistence in following a hostile policy to wards Prussia and towards Italy, war is an even tuality really accepted by the Prussian Government; if, lastly, they are disposed at Berlin to come to an effective agreement with Italy in view of definite ends, we believe the time has come for Prussia no longer to delay in frankly opening her mind to us, and we are ready to enter with her into an exchange of communication which will enable her to appre ciate how far cur intentions are serious. The of General Govone's mission is to assure himself of the military combinations which, in consequence of the existing political situation, the Government of his Majesty the King of Prussia might wish to concert with us for common defence. The members of the Berlin Cabinet, or the Court personages who should be appointed by the King or the President of the Council to enter into relations with Gen. Govone, will be able (and you will give the formal assurance of this fact to whomsoever it should be necessary) to come to an understanding with him with all the clearness and precision the object of this mission requires, and with the certainty of the especial im portance we shall attach to whatever may be trans mitted to us through his medium. Your good offices and your enlightened suggestions, Siguur Ministro, will be very useful to General Govone, and I beg you to let him have them without reserve. He, upon his part, is not unaware of the personal authority you enjoy, and how highly your counsels deserve consideration. The distinguished qualities of General Govone, and the missions he has already fulfilled, are an additional guarantee to me that this mission will attain the end marked out for it, and which consists, as I have just observed, in clearly defining the respective situations of Italy and Prussia in presence of the pending complications in Europe. —Receive, &c., " DE LAMARMORA." Upon the 3el of April General de Lamarinora wrote to Count Barral, at Berlin, communicating the bases upon which an agreement might be esta --known what —were the intentioaa of the % 1 i ; Government up to*that time. Upon the 20th Gen. de Lamarora wrote to Corknt Banal at Berlin that the provocative movements of Austria had forced Italy to put her army upon a war footing. After having led to the expectation of an attack upon Italy and Prussia, Austria wished to deny the threatening situation she had created. She affected a defensive attitude in face of armaments of which she was the cause. The Italian army had taken up a purely defensive attitude upon the Po. If Prussia and Italy were at war with Austria, the Italian army would second all the movements of the Prussian troops. King William had deigned to express the conviction that nothing would destroy the tics of amity uniting Italy to France. General de Lamarmora confirmed this view and hoped that the friendship of France would be considered by Prussia as a new pledge for the efficaciousness of the Prusso-Italian alliance. Upon June 17 General de Lamarmora telegraphed to Count Barral that, taking note of the official announcement of the opening of hostilities in Germany, Italy would de clare war against Austria without delay. The fol lowing documents refer to the armistice and the peace : THE ITALIAN MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS TO CAVALIERS DI NIGRA. (Extract.) " F LORENCE, July 5. '• His Majesty the King received the following telegram to-night from the Emperor of the French : " Paris, July s. —Sire, the Emperor of Austria, adhering to the ideas pointed out in my letter to M. Drouyn de Lhuys, cedes me Venetia, declaring him self ready to accept a mediation to bring about peace between the belligerents. The Italian army has had the opportunity of proving its valour. Bloodshed becomes useless, and Italy may attain in an honour able way the object of her fitting aspirations by means of an agreement with me, upon which it will be easy to come to an understanding. I have written to the King of Prussia, to acquaint him with this situation, and to propose to him for Ger many, as I do to your Majesty for Italy, the con clusion-of an armistice as preliminary to negotia tions for peaca. " ' NAPOLEON." llis Majesty replied by thanking the Emperor for the interest he took in the cause of Italy, reserving to himself to consult his Government, and to learn the intention of his ally, the King of Prussia, upon this very serious proposal : " As to an armistice or a suspension of arms, the Government of the King must remain faithful to its twofold duty—first towards Prussia, which, not having yet notified to us her acceptance, has the right to expect upon our part the continuance of military operations ; secondly, towards the Italian populations subject to Austria who are not com prised in the administrative confines of Venetia, and whose deliverance must be the object of all our efforts." SIGNOR VISCONTI VENOSTA TO COUNT BARRAL AT BERLIN. FLORENCE, July 5. " Be good enough to ascertain with the greatest solicitude the intentions of the Prussian Govern ment as to the proposal of mediation and armistice made by the Emperor of the French. I have for warded you by telegraph the reply made to this proposal by his Majesty the King. "Our loyalty and the unanimous wish of the Italian nation assure the Prussian Government' the continuance of our Prussia, co-operation as far as it may wish to ask it. W e desire in every way and without delay toeot un derstanding with it upon the conditions to be and established in common between Italycome to an to be in in a position to reply to the proposal of the Emperor of the French." CHEVALIER DI NIG RA TO SIGNoR v-ISCONTI VENOSTA. " PARIS, July 5. "M. Drouyn de Lhuys begged me to-day to call at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs upon business. He told me fi rs t o f all that it was ilnP°s- sible to let me know ear li er what had ta k en place, speak as the facts about w hi c h h e wished to urgent to me happened late in the night. He informed me that Prince Metternich had received a telegram from Vienna last night, by which be was placed in a posi tion to state that Austria, acceding to the ideas ex pressed by the Emperor Napoleon in his letter of June 11, ceded Venetia to France, and accepted French mediation to bring about peace between the Th e Emperor Napoleon had belligerent P owe rs. accepted this proposition, and had addressed the Kings of Prussia and himself directly to Italy to obtain an armistice. For this pur pose the EMperor bad forwarded unabbreviated telegrams to both sovereigns. In that ad dressed to the King of Prussia, the Emperor ap pealed to sentiments of generosity and moderation. In that sent to the King of Italy, the Emperor spoke of the cession of Venetia made to him by Austria, and added that agreement as to handing the pro vince over to Italy would not be difficult. M. Drouyn de Lhuys asked me if I knew what the King had re plied. I told his excellency that the King had hastened to reply, and had thanked the Emperor for the interest he took in Italy. That, as to the pro posal, it was too serious to decide upon without con sulting his Government, and before coming to an arrangement with his Majesty the King of Prussia, with whom he was leagued by alliance and a com mon war. The Minister for Foreign Affairs then proceeded to explain to me the considerations which should incline the King and his Government to ac cept the Emperor's proposal. He said that the valour of the Italian army had had the opportunity of displaying itself, and that the enemy himself had done justice to the arms of the King ; that from the moment Italy received Venetia her aspirations would find themselves satisfied, and that there was no longer cause why fresh bloodshed should be pro voked upon our part ; lastly, that the cession made to France would constitute a moral guarantee for the preservation of Venetia by Italy—a considera tion which should have weight in the minds of the King's Government. I replied that for the moment I coulc only confirm what his Majesty had written to the Emperor, and I specially pointed out to M. Drouyn de Lhuys that Italy, being bound b n y : an alliance, could not either conclude armistice separately. Further, without prejudice to the resolutions that might be arrived at in this resTeet by the King and his Govern' (Front the Solicitor's Journal.) Thecase recently decided in the Court of Common Pleas, and published in the last number of the Weekly Reporter (15 W. R. 173), is one of interest and im portance as regards bills of lading ; and as it has we believe given rise to some misapprehension in the mercantile world, we think it right to draw our readers' attention to what is really involved in the decision. A bill of lading may be described as an instrument signed by the master of the ship in which the goods are loaded on behalf of the ship owner, and it contains an acknowledgment of the receipt of the goods, and a contract to deliver them, on payment of freight, at the port of destination, the goods being made deliverable to the consignor or his assigns. If the goods are resold whilst at sea, it is ob viously almost impossible for the purchaser to take possession of what he has bought, either actually or constructively ; and therefore it has been. the custom of merchants from very early times to attach, as a master of convenience in business, peculiar power to the endorsement and delivery of the bill of lading itself, so that the transfer of it came to be recognised by law as equivalent to an actual deli very of possession of the goods to which it related. A bill of lading, however, was not yet strictly nego tiable, for though the indorsement transferred the property in the goods, it was held that it did not pass the contract. This defect in its operation was remodelled by 18 and 19 Vict., c. 111, which en acts that the consignee or indorsee to whom. the property passes by such consignment or indorse ment sh have the same rights of suit, and be sub ject to the same liabilities in respect of the goods, as if the contract contained in the bill of lading had been made with himself. Such is a brief history of bills of lading, and a summary of their pro perties ; but cessante ratinne cessat ipsa and when the physical difficulty of transferring posseasion of the goods is at at sn crud, the ' peculiar powers of the bill of lading are at an end also, and it becomes no more than a delivery order, or a piece of waste paper. The ques tion raised in Meyerstein v. Barber was, at what precise point this change takes place. The transac tions between the parties had been of a complicated nature, but as far as our present purpose is con cerned the facts may be stated very simply. The shipper who had consigned goods from Madras to London drew against them on the consignee, and then discounted the bills with a banking company, annexing as security the bill of lading, which he had drawn in three parts, one being accomplished the rest to be void, the goods being made deliverable to himself or assigns, and each part being indorsed in blank. After the arrival of the goods in London they were warehoused by order of the consignee at a sufferance wharf, and as he failed to pay freight the master put a stop on them under the Merchant Shipping Act of 1862. While the goods still re mained in this position the consignee paid off the bills of exchange in the hands of the banking com pany, and obtained from them the bill of lading, two parts of- which he gave to the plaintiff as se ' curity for a n a dvance to the full value of the goods. A few days afterwards he got an advance to nearly the same amount on the same goods from the de fendant, and gave him as security the third part of the bill of lading. The defendant then, hearing that the stop for freight had been taken off, took his part of the bill of lading to the wharf, had the goods transferred into his name, and got delivery orders. The question was which of the two, the plaintiff or the defendant, was to suffer by the con signee's fraud. For the defendant it was said that, the goods having been landed, the bill of lading lost its power before the plaintiff made his advance, and that its transfer could no longer carry the possession of the goods, but only a right to delivery ; that quoad hoc neither the plaintiff nor the defendant had a valid pledge to which possession by the pledgee was essential ; but that the defendant, by having the goods transferred into his name,. and by getting delivery orders, had obtained actual posses sion of the goods themselves, and so had perfected his invalid pledge, and completed his title. The Court, however, held that awe had been a valid pledge to the plaintiff, because, at the time when the two parts of the bill of lading were transferred to him, complete delivery had not been made to any person claiming under it, and it was therefore an operative instrument, with the specific qualities of a bill of lading, as much as if the goods had been at sea, so that its transfer passed the possession of the goods. The fact of the bill of lading being in throe parts had nothing to do with the decision, though it is obvious that, if the plaintiff had ob tained all three of them, the question never would have arisen ; it seems, however, that he imagined the third part was retained by the master to cover freight. In the particular case the reason why the goods had not been delivered under the bill of lading was because a stop had been put on for freight ; but the Chief Justice intimated that the law applicable to the case would have been the same if there had been no such stop. The result of the case therefore is this—a bill of lading does not be come extinct on the landing of the goods,but remains in full force till they are completely delivered to some one claiming under it ; and so long as this has not been done, from whatever cause, the transfer of the symbol of ihe goods will carry the possession of them. As bills of lading are so frequently used to obtain advances nibn, it is strange that the point slieuld never have arisen for judicial decision before; th e o p era ti on o f these instruments has no signed to it by merchants ; an d doubt been extended beyond the lfionriittshousfuuatlillyreasist will be possible for g° ora po lo si n t g io t a im es e after they have been 1 andd3etdo in remainthe same f if o cu they d were st ill afloat. 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