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'+, , 4 .:- 1 . - , .:416. ..', --- .. \ ..-• t 1 / Aij .7, ~..1 0, -' t i 14 0 ' IN ' Dnorr • ' a -'-',..-',:-:,-- • "... i 4 -,...,,-- DIEL- - ~,,,____„ , J r .llf. 110 f'... 4-, --- , e """""''.. , .:,, , f. - . c.... - , , 1(1 in Bottles, 3s 8(1 at the Retail Houses in London ; , ' , ..,---7 1 .1 . i n° A.gents in ihe at towns in England ; or "aIA at CIP- , Sob It lOy GREA T WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. ( . ) . , ervn 5'.1,1, Pink Label, and Cork branded inaban's LL 'Whisky." N°. 23,245. 11 11 T 1 JAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION t , . .Inc-m-mrotefl by Act of l'arliam-ot, qiisp p r ,, •• .1.1,-STREET. COVENT-GARDEN. LONDOY. fr ee ,MPt ADVANCby ES on all description of .security. Forms ILPplicAtio n letter to EDWARD lIARPER. Secretary. 31 .Ap oi kA s : t i n E, STODARE jareb, ,, m an (widow announce ethat th o e f late , 01 , ' MYSTERY, Et yptian Hall, is OPEN for the SEA SO v. Madame Stodare will present the SPHINX, NIA RV EL OF MECCA, and , 411" f RICK. assisted by Mr. Fir hank !human (ournl of the tits , (1..1,m , I Stodare), in Colonel Stodare's II.'iYAI, ENT :TAIN VEEN of MAGIC. COUNTRY HOTELS, PUBLIC lIOUSES, Doors oen eve , y evening at 7.30 ; edn , aday and Satur day rnoi•nin,!:4 at 2..' t Admisgion-Is. and '28.; 0311 S, 3 ' l. Shoos al 4 eluldr,rn hilt-pr:ee. Seats insy be secured at the Box-office. from 11 till 6, and at )1: tehell's Royal Library, 33, 0 Bond-street. and BUJ - SINN:SSE:3. p and KNEE'S List on application. f),,o47ll7,tiltarlseirfor inser!ioi re,"eivel until the 27th of the 5 :" /t3 '-' lo ‘ , AND AGENCY OFFICES ".:rar-streo, Sra• , ~i,w.G, nearly opooiite the Charing Cr as Railway St.tio, MR. J..0T1 , :- WEAVER, llannzer. ST ARC II MANI - WM - 3'M itERS TO H. It. H. THE PRINCESS OF WALES. L ENFIELD PATENT STARCH, Used in the Royal Laundry, • AND AWARDED THE PRIZE MEDAL. 1162. Sold by all Grocers, Chandlers, &c. ST AND WEST INDIA DOCK COMPANY. Th e r ,_ Co e Court of Dire,:tors of the Fast and West Inditi - ‘ l7!o , ck N)0 I, I Y lIER,E EBY GIV N , , TICE, that the MA Ns} ER is th AS of the said Company will he SHUT on Saturday, tl;e th e daY of December, 1R66, and OPEN again on Tuesday, Ist day of . January, 1867. By order of the Court, GEORGE COLLIN, Secretary. East and West India Dock House, 41liter-square, Dec. 7, Ig6s. INDIA OFFICE, DEC. 7,186 G. TIT SECRETARY of STATE for INDIA in sp„ C OUNCIL Hereby Gives Notice, that the India Sth Cent. Stock, which is redeemable on or after the 188 0 , 41 Y, 1870, will not be paid off before the sth July, terci but will be rede ema bl e a t p ar on or a ft e r the lat- Nei: 4 4 2 on one year's previous notice being given by the ot tzett .:l7 cf State for India in Council in the London JAMES FERGUS S ON. " SINGE g," New Noiseless, Lock-Stitch FAMILY SEWING- MACHINES. k reho se Machines combine all the Lates , Improvements, and. , 41 eh t Exhibiti ut for the first time belt! an improve talkO Dun Singtr's celebrated "Letter A" FamilY , owinz h ave ne, of which over One Hundred and EL,hty Thousand Plied Deep soli in all parts of the world. Inspection in , u„ oro'cL u asers des'rous of securing the bast machines yet tree''ut out should not fail to see them. Cata'o4ues post MANUFACTURINGPr °P U rietors and Manufactureri of the world-renowned " Singer" Sewing Machines. Chief Office for the United Kingdom, 147, Cheapside. London. WRAT IS YOUR CREST AND WHAT IS Se YOUR MOTTO ? rbd - ' 3s. 6d. to CITLLETON'S Heraldic Office for a c re ett oketch, or 6s. for a Coloured ono. The Arms of Th a nd wife blended together in proper heraldic form. bilt 4 t e P r °Per heraldic Colours for servants' liveres, what fe e i „t , s to b e use d , an d l ow the carr i age s h ou ld b e pa i nte d , fi l uB ' Just complee, a very valuabl book, with 3,500 arms, cr t ests, and mottoes of nearly every laj 'n the kingdom, the result of thirty years' labour, g hee 4 10 10s., printed in several colours. Family Pedi ohtti!' traced from authantic records, information as to the bkt e ''„ni,9g of a new grant of arms, how t o c h ange o n e 's flm°Y T. C u ll e t on Engraver to her Majesty and Royal bee r YDiesinker to the Board of Trade 25, Cran 4-street (corner of St. Martin's-lane), W.C. , 11 aN TIN G. —TO PROPRIETORS OF tln' r- AVSPAPERS, PERIODICALS, &c.—The Print blond Machininc , of Newspapers, &c., done ou exceed- Ota,"avourable terms. Use of Editorial and Publishing 8, if required. Estimates forwarded on receipt of A c eilars, with stamped directed envelope for reply. tow r ,ss---The Manamer "Sun" Printing Offices, 3, Church `,...._l"4"37. Strand, 'W.C. U GUNM AK E S and Others. Th„ SECRETARY of STATE for WAR is desirous of 9tp n li g PROPOSALS from Gunmakers and Others for e ' t 4 - 'R - LOADING RIFLES, either repeating or not ,144,,8"/ nlnufacture. 4 ^', which may replace the present Service Rifles in Th A 'allwing are the conditions considered essential in ""tY non-repeating Rifles:— A. WEIGHT. I\l°t to exceed 91b. soz. without bayonet. T o B. LENGTH. b O l - ue hesches, with short stock, measured from the of butt-plate to muzzle. 11, WEIGHT OF AMMUNITION MADE UP. ter y; lB t not exceed Glb. 4oz. for sixty rounds as packed for D. CARTRIDGES. fast Carry their own ignition. Th E. SIGHTS. fixed foresight must be such as to admit of a bayonet ac cording to the present system. ,11„„ F. STOCK. 13 ''' such as to carry a light metal cleaning-rod, and " a sling to be used. 4 4 G. RECOIL. 10 - not exceed that of the Enfield Rifle by more than Per cent. k itst b it.. THE . ARM AS A WHOLE. ( 41 2 1 .1 as little liable to injury bylong- . continued firing, i kee c t u ,sage and exposure, as the naval rifles converted to 41 8 0 "'loaders on the Snider system. To be as capable, fde: ef being use d w i t h out acc id ent b y i mper f ect l y tra i ne d anl 2n - of being manufactured in quantities and of uni cptality. I• THE AMMUNITION AS A WHOLE. 1 „1)i .4 t be as littl e li a bl e t o i n j ury b y roug h usage, d amp, 2atePosure in all climates, as the Boxer cartridge for l'elltgi r converted Enfield rifle—also as little liable to acci '*iC e xplosion as the same cartridge, and as capable of ( la 4 if t inenufactured in large quantities, and of uniform O w ?' E. CALIBRE. 0 L : THE TWIST AND FORM OF GROOVE. Pt ianal. ( hotic nai. M. THE LOCK. , i 0 N. RAPIDITY OF FIRE. ,74 1 ,',,, a ° 1 e of firing at least 12 rounds per minute, without "Ao7,',the cartridges being arranged on a table. n l'h„`'‘J RACY WHEN FIRED FROM A FIXED REST. „Nan a rm must give a mean figure of merit of not more " 1 :41 Cm- at 1,000 yards, 30in. at 800 y a rds, 12i n . a t 500, h in- at 300. I llean to be taken upon at least five targets of twenty each. ktv ,e P. TRAJECTORY. g. 8,, require at 500 yards an elevation of more than 1 rein. 1 1 is % 0 g Q. FOULING. " ehoitin not to deteriorate more than 20 per cent. " Yards after firing 2ao rounds. PENETRATION. b"4l of mean penetration of five shots not to be less than i; pre - sent service muzzle-loading Enfield Rifle— "°l4"; ualf-inch elm planks, which have been soaked 48 bi a ' t , 4l Water. ' knee 30 yards. s. LUBRICATION. 1 7y I° l l bullets is indispensable, but any other lubricant superadded or applied to the cartridge, if thought -.4 ? by the competitor. @ h , 4 armsr.e' will be received without the usual proof marks. et•lcat* • te,,, „lons, and drawings of the methods proposed, h lat i ,Z,Lat probable cost per arm, and accompanied by a ` t ioe - ', 4 Peeimen arm, with 20 rounds of suitable ammo- Tlte sent to the "Director of Ordnance, War 4 ' 4ll -mall," on or before the 30th March, 1867. ti3;tll-e.4„Pecifications and specimen arms will be considered 11,,urclnance Select Committee and its associate State,mm „"o will be selected by the Secretary of for kTeCt; t ll , (l , Who will, after firing the 2 . 0 reliminary rounds, Lehrecommend for further trial such . of the systems p;'tli ,appear to them sufficiently promising, rejecting all 14 11 1)4 1114 y not be considered to offer sufficient merits () '10 11 , 4 their being included in the competition, the con to,.'t‹,°! which are stated in this advertisement. t,',ek r :ccepted competitor will then be required to furnish i Q die7 r utent, at Woolwich, six arms in strict conformity b,. 4 tiiti,l 43 einien arm submitted, with 1,000 rounds of am t:4llCll,Per arm, within four months after date of de pr4tilitiflach competitor will be required to disclose to the tr„.°Y. tee the exact nature of the lubrication he may ern -4,94petr,411rn of £3OO will be paid to each of the accepted rs, to cover the expense of the six rifles, and of n' l 3' of ammunition e prequired. t v ' 4 %':eeretary of State offers a reward of £l,OOO for the 'ae n i h, on combination of all qualities, is considered ser,,,Tinittee to be the best submitted. Viiti t ;utld reward of £6OO for the arm which, while at ',Blq2',Batisfactory degree of excellence in other particu lit!‘ ttr r iected for merit in respect to its breech mechanism. k leg v,h(.l reward of £4OO for the best cartridge. Th?qur.i -of4klii,4ll will be principally taken into consideration in ptittiatte.this prize will be economy of manufacture,. power T he 111 . 4 g rough usage, freedom from deterioration in Jilt) _climates, and general serviceability. they'4ooting qualities of the cartridge must be fair; but 4 Etrt;,, a 3 r depend upon the rifling of the arm with which Xl'red l uge is associated, they will not be so much con- 1 i s 4,8 those above-mentioned. ;le eeolibearly.to be understood that under no circumstances p ti Petitor be entitled to more than one prize; bu ae t ‘e 'will be irrespective of any reward which may be " P ic e : 3 the inventor of the arm finally adopted into the Iv: MAG 4; ak a ,. AZINE AND REPEATING ARMS. lo a ,'Nl ' 4 ' lo and Repeating Arms for Infantry will be ro la-N:V examined in a manner similar to the Breech -I,a, i n es• They must not be less in length than 48 q -,ll(4.aeludin the stock. 4l ‘' Inli t of Weight for these arms is fixed at 91b. ex it 4 ° i f the charges in the magazine. -el let' tidis Pensable that the arms be made to take a k i lle to4RAzitiaeretary of State offers a reward of 100 for the best Dtq ll : li tio t 3 ,, ur Repeating Arm produced that fulfils ' the absvo to hl e tit C { , and in the absence of experience does not at ki:hf e une the standard of accuracy or other conditions oß„,tlitled before such an arm can be adopted. farth a gazine or R epea ti ng Arms, which are accepted ‘. 1'„,..q18 . 'st llin trial Nv' be aid for at the is to in lli clude p l,ooo rounds of rate ammu £6u nition per t , o l , I s Ar . V. eltY ~:1 13t arY of State will take care that no ingenious 4 4 -illte-dt:roduced in answer to this advertisement shall be tl ll at a - t hat l i n fi t :the service without proper acknowledgment,. if t s hall be name of the individual t i .n w w i i t t h h whom it origi kto t1 1 :' o tOecvehiacel d the c.g r n n t ec s prize is awarded is adopted -e s rvice, it. will hear the inventor's name. 11.4 t J. ST. GE ORGE, Major-General, Director 0r.410 1 Oet. 22 of Ordnance. , 18G6. DROVIDENCE ROW NIGHT REFUGE, FO HOMELESS WOMEN AND CHILDREN, 14A, Providence-row, Finsbury, E.C. Sixty Thousand Nights' Lodgings, with Suppers and Breakfasts, have been given in this Institution to the destitute, who otherwise would have had to pass the nights in the bleak streets or under railway arches. At present nearly 500 Nights' Lodgings, with Suppers and Breakfasts, are given gratuitously every week. ihe poor from all parts aro admitted, the only condition being that they are homeless and starving. Tho l'Aanager &c., :eceives no remuneration whatever. Notwithstand ing the provision made by the Poor Houses, each night numbers of young women, chil.tron, and orphans Ire, for want accommodation, refused admittance, and have to spend night after night in the cold, wet, and sleet. To meet this evil, and to provide more ample accommoda tion, £2,000 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 prop.ised, as far as the donations obtained for the pur pose will allow; to give bread and coals to poor ramifies 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 gratsf ally received by the Rey. D. GJLRRRT D.D., No ! 22, Finsbury-61os, 8.0. T H 0 X F 0 it I), 6, OXFORD-STREET, W., THE MITSIcAL ESTABLISH %[ EN T rip` LONDON. of Otrenbach's •` SIXTY •SIX." %Hs•es Russo Fitz floury, and Barrie; Jteesrs. St. Allan, Muter, ,tnd Burr. Comedy by TlThrry Sydney (the political Mornusl, Robert Fraser (Buffo Vor'alist acid Comedia, —a great sncees , t, Mons. Peterson with his high y trained troupe of Performing EXTRA. ATTRACTIONS during the CATTLE SHOW WEEK, 4;-Pat success of LES AITAZ')NES AU CHAMPAGNE DIVER. R:Sy•r'ENT, by the Misses '1'1;3:-T and SAGA GUINNE - S. ..ssisted by t eir talented troupe of ariiAte3. Musical Director and Conductor, %!r. F. Jong,limans Admisgion—Area, M.; stalls and balcony, is ; private boxes, with separate entrance, 10s. dd. Open every evening at 8. WESTO N'S GRAND MUSIC HALL, HOLBORN. Proprietors, SwEAsEv and HOLLAND. The most triumphant success ever attained in any Musical Establishment. Grand Selection from Auber's Opera of " MASANIELLO," produced on a scale of mag nificence never before attempted at any Music Hall. Torr fic ovation of the Irish Minstrels, 27 in number, three and four calls nightly. A new and original overture composed and arranged expressly for the above minstrels by Mr. H. Baker. Comic supported by Fred. French, Mrs. Bryan, Miss Fancourt, Paddy Fannin, Patrick Sellers, and Les Freres Risoralis. Majilton as Mesetopolan. Band of 30 first-class performers. and large Chorus chosen from her Majesty's and Covent Garden Opera Houses. Musical Director, Mr. P. CORRT. 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, commencing at Half-past. CATTLE SHOW WEEK. Extra Attractions at WESTON'S GRAND MUSIC HALL, Holborn, the most elegant and comfortable Hall in London, entirely redeco rated. MADAME TUSSALTD'S EXHIBITION, BAKER-STREET. NEW EDITIONS. —A Life-size Portrait-Model of the PRINCESS MARY OF CAMBRIDGE, a Marriage Gr,up of the PRINCESS HELENA and PRINCE CHRISTIAN. Admittance, Is.; children, under ten, half-price; extra rooms, 6d. Open from 11 a 111. till dusk, and from 7 p.m. till 10. A RGYLL ROOMS. - GRAND CASINO, tl Windmill-street, Ph:cadilly. These elegant and popular Rooms, having been entirely re decorated, are now OPEN EVERY EVENIN(Ir for Concert and Dancing. Conductor, Signor LUGI CURTL Manager, M. GRENET. Admission to Promenade, One Shillin:T. Reserved Seats, Two Shillings. D UNVILLE'S V.R. OLD IRISH WHISKY, BELFAST, Is regularly supplied to the House of Lords. "V.R." imsn WHISKY. IyJNVILLE and CO.'S " V.R." OLD IRISH WHISKY, BELFAST. London Offies and Stores, 4, BEAUFORT-BUILDINGS, STRAND, W.C. Established WS. Quotations on application. FALKNER'S OLD IRISH WHISKY, " Real Malt," 19s per eallon, 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 gennina 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. JAMES DALY and CO., Distillers, John-street, Cork.—" The purest spirit and satt , st drink in the world."-1.0,,d0n Offices, 7, Printing-house-square, E.C., next the "Times." TAMES DALY and CO., Distillers, John-street, CP Cork, beg to announce that they sire able to supply the trade with their celebrated Whiskies, in casks or cases, and to take orders in bond rad for exportation, at their offices. 7, Printing-house-square, London, E C.. the only house in the square not occupied by the " Times." .T. D. and Co.'s whiskies bring the highest prices in the Australian and other Colonial markets, as may be observed by reference to the ".Tournal of Commerce r.f Victoria," by which it will be seen that their whiskies fetch 6rl. per gallon and Is. per case over the next best, and is. Gd per gallon and ss. Gd. a case over the lowest quotation. Always on hand a lame supply of ye y old mellow wtilsky in the finest condition, matured in sherry casks, unsurpassable in quality and flavour, su, , plied on the most reasonable terms. THE OCEAN ST. LEGER of 1866.—What Lord Lyon was to his owner was the Tael.ing to her Captain, viz., winner of the race, havincr distance , l com petitors, ns the AS I` IN MA TEA CO3TVANY have in iariab y done in their &tot e and site of tile new season's teas, now sellimr at implrter's prices. War, houses—), Great St. Lielen's-cilurehyard. EAU -DE-VIE.—This Pure PALE BRANDY, 18s. per, ,zalion, is vi ry superior to recent importations of Cognac, recommended by the medical profession. and ex tensively used in hospitals. In bottles, 335. per dozen. or in a case 39s , railway carriage pat I.—HEN ICY BRETT and CO., Old Furnivars Distillery, Holborn, E.O , and 30, Regent street, S.W. Established 1829. 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 500 guineas ; also single Specimens of Minerals, Rooks, Fossils, and Recent Shells, G.:ologinal Maps. Hammers, all the recent Pub'ications. Luc. , or .T. TENNANT, Mineralogist to Her Majt sty, 149, Strand, London. Private Instruction is given in Mineralogy and Geology by Mr. TENNANT, F.G.S., 149, Strand, W.C. mR. HOWARD, SURGEON-DENTIST, 52, Fleet-street, has introduced an entirely new descrip tiim of ARTIFICIAL EE r 11, fixed without springs, wires, or ligatures. They so perfectly resemb e the natural teeth as not to be distinguished fro n the originals by the closest observer; they will never change colour or decay, and will be found superior to 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. THE BEST REMEDY FOR INDIGE3TION. NORTON'S CAMOMILE PILLS are confi dently recommendw: as a simple but certain Remedy for Indigestion, which i the cause of nearly all the diseases to which we are subject, being a ii.edicine so uniformly crate 1111 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 any circumstances, and thousands of persons can now bear testimony to he benefits to be derived from their use, as they have been a never-failing Family Friend for upwards of 20 years. Sold in bottles at Is. 14d., 25. 9d., and lls. each, in every town in the kingdom. CAUTION, Be sure and ask for "NORTON'S PILLS." and do not be persu.d9.l to purchase any of the various imitations which have sprung up in consequence of the success of NORTON'S CANIOMILE PILLS. WINSLOW HALL, Winslow, Bucks, having been recently opened and fitted with requisites for the me and comfort of the INSANE, the proprietor, Dr. BOISRAGON, announces that he has transferred his Estab lishment from Birmingham to the above desirable residence, eat,ily accessible, and distant from London about an hour and a-halt by the London awl North-Western line, and flay minutes from Oxford. Attached to the mansion, equated on a sandy soil, an , l commanding an extensive and pleasing prospect, sre garden, me now, plantation, and recreation grounds. For terms and forms of admission address the proprietor. HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.-FUNDS are earnestly solicited for fitting up the TRAINING SHIP. £2,000 required. WM. WILLIAMS, Secretary. Boys' Refuge, 8, Great Queen-street, W.C. 1.4 OMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.-CON a I TR 'BUTTONS are earnestly solicited for establishing the COUNTRY HOME. £1,030 required. WM. WILLI k HS, 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 £4,000, 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, nigh Holborn; Messrs. Ransom and Co., 1, Pall-Mall East; and by WM. WILLIAMS, Secretary. Refuge, 8, Great Queen-street, W.C. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 11, 1866. On Friday, Dec. 14, in Svo., with Illustrations. 155.. TY PILGRIMAGE to EASTERN SHRINES. By ELIZA C. BUSH. TWIN Gtk'NELL and CO.'S CHERRY ,y Too PASTis; is greatly supc - -dor to any tooth Powder: gives the teec.h a pearl whiteness, protects the .?nimel from decay, and imparts a pleasant fragrance to the breath.. ['lgoe Is. 64 —Red Bull Wharf, s 3, Upper Thaniov..t Lon (inn. Hurst and Blacketr, 13, Great Ilarlborou,qh street. MR. MARK LEMON'S NEW WORK. Now ready at ad the Libraries, In 3 vols., E YT ON II A L L, And other Tales. By MA IZK LENION. ITurAt and BlAckett, 13, (;reat 31Arlboronoll-.treat. Now ready, in 2 vols., Svo., SOs. bound, ABOOK ABOUT LAWYERS. By J. C. J E F 1 ,1; ESO g, Barrister-at- Vaw. Prom the Times, Dec. A Pink about L myere ' d - Nerves to be very popular. Mr. Jeaffreson has aclomplislied liis ':orl in a very creditable manner. He has taken pains to collect information from persons as well ae from books, and he wf v ith a sense of keen enjoyment, which greatly en hances the reader's pleasure." Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Ma-lborough-street. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., CHRIS It A E th ' S of FAIT11: "No Church," "Owen," "Mattie," &c. "The interest of this story is so enthralling throughout that it holds the reader enchained during its progress, and the purpose of the story is so admirable that the wisest and best among us may justly consider the time well bestowed that is occupied by Its perusal."—Sun. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Now ready, complete in 2 vols fiv embellit.hed with above 300 beautiful Illw,tra!lons, 425. hound, MIIE LIFE OF JOSIAH WEDGWOOD. From his Private Correspondence and Family Papers. By ELIZA METEYARD. "An admirable. will written, honourably elaborate, and most interesting book."— themen m. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Immediately, in 2 voli . poet Bvo., NODDEBO PARSONAGE. From the origi nal Danish by the translator of " The Guardian " Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. NOW PUBLISHING, MUGBY JUNCTION. Just out, price 2d., by post ad., _ T HE MALT TAX. A new and revised Pamphlet. By WILLIAM RAE SMEE, Esq., F.S.A. Also, by the same Author. Second Edition, price 6d., JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Proposal to secure Deposits placed at Interest. Mann Nephews, Cornhill, OSBORNE'S STILTON Is THE Cheese! IiTANSFIELD'S PATENT PICKLES are per iectly pure and uncoloured. To be had of ail dealers and wholesale of .JOHN BURGESS and SON, 107, Strand (corner of Savoy-steps), London. TEA IS CHEAPER TITAN EVER.-Is. 6cl, 25.. 28. tS I. per lb. are the prices at which PHILLIPS and CO . Tea Merchants, 8, King William-street, City, L,m don. 8.C.. are sellinc , good and fine BLACK TEA. A price current post free. 408 worth carriage free to any railway tqt ion or market town in the United Kingdom.—Observe— Priums and Co. have no Agents or any connexion with any house in Worcester or Swansea. Sugars are supplied at market prices. UTII BLOATERS. —l2 for 2s. Gd. ; 5,4 s. ; 50. r 3. ; 100. 84.7 , 500, 3 ; 1,000, 50s. No earriatle to London. Cash on delivery. Country orde .s mitt in advance.—Porivarded by FREDK. BARNBY, yo of Fish, Great Yarmouth. TINDER THE PATRONAGE OF THE ELITE OF EUROPE AND AMERICA. NO MORE CRUSHING OF DRESSES. THE only PRIZE for any class of TRUNKS at the Duu.iii Exhibition, 1865, was AWARDED to Mr. MYI4 Rs,of CA VA ND IS 1 - 1 HOUSE, Wionore-street, Caven dish-square, London. for his newly-indented Patent Self- Expandinz DR EsS BASKET TRUNKS, which arc secured by Royal Letters Patent in Enzland and France. All Americans visiting London are respectfully recom mended to visit the above Establishment and inspect the various descriptions and lar:ge assortment of Travelling Portmanteaus, Trunks, Atc , &c. Ladies espeCially fin . rin M. Myers's Royal Alexandra Self-Expanding and Collapsing Dress Baskets the ne plus ultra of perfection for their requirements. This Basket com prises every convenience the traveller can suggest. It is constructed to carry a large or small quantity of Dresses, &c. ; and from its eculiar mechanical contrivance will ex pand or collapse by its own action, thereby adapting itself to any size ; and it can therefore be used for either a short journey or a long tour. THE CONSERVATIVE LAND SOCIETY. MEETING THIS DAY. The 14th annual meeting of this society, at which Vis count Ranolagh presided, was held to-day for the first time in the new and spacious premises, being 11, Howard-street, and 33, Norfolk-street, combined in one vast edifice by Mr. Wylson, architect. The entrance to the building is in Norfolk-street, and the frontage extends to near 4 the whole of the northern side of Howard-street. The lower part is devoted to the Society's offices for investments and the sale of land. On the first floor is a capacious board room, in which the quarterly and annual meetings will be held, and to which room the Secretary's offices are at tached. The upper portion of the edifice is devoted to the offices of the legal and surveying departments. The facade of the building is simple yet imposing, having the title of the Society and the date of its formation extending along its entire length. It is another largo edifice added to the many erections which have of late years sprung up in the metropolis,showing the great improvements made in street ardlitecture. The Secretary (Mr. Gruneisen) having read the advertisement convening the meeting, the fol lowing annual report was submitted:-- The Executive Committee, in presenting to the share holders of the Conservative Land Society their annual re port, are enabled to submit for their approval the audited statement of accounts and balance-sheet, showing that the completion of the fourteenth financial year on the 30th of September, 1866, has been attended with the most satisfac tory results, and that no cessation in the society's success has arisen from the adverse times in the monetary world of the present year. It is a significant fact that, during the period of the greatest pressure, public confidence in the Conservative Land Society was even more strongly mani fested than previously, by increased investments. The Boari can refer with pride and pleasure to the sub joined tabular returns, showing the shares issued, the total cash receipts for the respective quarters of the year 1865-6, and the grand totals since the commencement of the society in September, 1852. I in Shares Total A VALUABLE CHRISTMAS PRESENT.- 0 enclitic , '' rs ' b progress. Complete. Shares. Receipts. A CHINESE CADDY, containing !Gibs. of really - £ a. d. good Black Tea, sent carriage free to any railway station or market town in England, Ireland, Scltland. or Wales, on re- Dec. 24, 1865 .... , 5 6 3 Si 587' 28,181 it 8 eeipt of 405., by PHILLIPS and CO, Tea Merchants, 8, March 25, 1866 .. 629 66 765 25,623 13 8 King William-street, City, E.C. June 24, 1-66.... 5 9 41 550 34,216 11 8 Sept. 3 , , 1866.... 726 121 817 34,918 10 11 SPLENDID SPECULATIONS. Four Quarters GREAT SUCCESS. eridi:g Ni chse,mas, 1-66 2,437 312 2,749 12 1 ,970 10 11 With a single stake of £l, you can realise £25,000 ! 1 Totals to Sept. With a single stake of £2, you can realise .£27,5'01! 30, 1865 18,226 4,699 22,925 862,619 15 11 With a single stake of £B, you can realise £37.00011 With a single stake of .£lO, you can realise £45,000! ! Grand totals to For iyospiectives and particulars apply without delay to Michaelmas,lB6.; 20,633 5,011 25,674 9&3,620 613 Mr. EUGENE TILLOT, General Merchant, Guernsey. /711 1 • 1 • .• • mr• .. II ......., ..... L 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 tor immediately relieving coughs, colds, tonfirmed cases of asthma, and incipient con sumption. It frequently cures persons whom the faculty “ronounce incurable, admirably allays the tickling* which provokes frequent coughing. In approaching consumption Its effects are truly beneficial. l'ersons deprived of sleep, or even lying down for tear of suffocation. may depend on relief in a few minutes after hiking it. l'reparco on.y and soh by W. L 1 i BF,lt I', Chemist. a, King-W Iliam-street, t.;haring oross, London, and by all drugg . sta. in bottles, 13;c1., and three quantities in one, 2s. 9d each, lie particular. and ask for Laodaert's Asthmatic Balsam. The name and address are engraved on the st :true QPANISH FLY is the acting ingredient in ALEX. ROSS'S CAN riIARIDES 01 L. which speedily Produces whiskers and thickens hair, 38 6d, 58 6d, and lOs 6d ; sent by post for 51, 84, and lit 0 . turns.— AL KIX. ROSS, 248, high Holborn. London, and all Chemists. WONDERFUL DISCOVERY.—Corns cured in one day by 118111 ALEX. ROSS'S CHI ROPO. Thl.4 preparation gradually dissolves the Corn in a few hours, removini the very root. Price 4s; sent by post for 60 stamps. —248, High Holborn, London, and all Chemists. FEAIR-CURLING FLUID, 248, High Holborn, London.—ALEX. ROSS'S CURLING FLUID curls Ladles' or Gentlemen's hal: Immediately It Is appded. Sold at Is 6d, 5s (3d, and lOs 6d ; sent free for 54, 84, and 144 stamps. --Had of all Chemists. fl HEY 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 etre t. Price 3s 0 41, 54 ed, and .08 6d ; sent by post for 54, 81, and 141 stamps ; and all Chemi,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, is 6d, and ins 6d; sent for 54, and 144 stamps.—Had of All Chemists. The last share issued up to Michaelmas, 1866, was No. 25,674. The Reserve Fund to Michaelmas, 1866, amounts t 0... ... £12,564 18 1 Sale of land from the formation of the society to Michaelmas, 1866 £493,091 5 0 The total withdrawals since the formation of the society to Michaelmas, 1866, are... 286,364 16 4 The returns of the register of the order of rights (for the next selection of plots in rotation on the order of .rights) are as follow : Completed. Drawn. Seniority. Total. 6,207 3,305 1,758 11,270 Deduct rights exercised on estates, &c,, ... 8,649 Unexercised rights ... 2,621 The last share number on the registrar by seniority of membership is No. 15,875. The total receipts for 1865-6, the largest since the formation of the Society, were £120,970 10 11 Receipts of 1864-5 ... 80,260 2 1 Total increase on the yoar .. 1 ... £40,710 810 The following was the increase in each quarter:— Christmas . £8,952 5 0 Lady Day 9,374 8 8 Midsummer 15,893 13 0 Michaelmas 6,490 2 2 Increase for 1865-6, as above £40,710 8 10 The Committee, regarding the Reserve Fund as the safest guarantee for the society's permanent prosperity, have raised that fund to £13,000, being an increase of £l,OOO over the amount of the year 1864-5. The general healthy features of the business of the year 1865-6 are, that the actual annual income of the society has risen considerably, owing to the large sales of land, the advances to allotteos exercising the borrowing power having more than doubled in about two years. The amount of the stock of laud on hand (unsold plots on estates) has been reduced from £83,000 to £48,000, sales which indicate the value of the properties acquired by the society. The committee can also congratulate the shareholders on the insignificant amount of losses aceruing from the sales of property held as security for advances. A reference to the balance-sheet will show the increase of business in each department. The four auditors appointed at the quarterly meeting, on the 2d of October last, namely, Mr. Clemow and Mr. Goad, elected by the shareholders, and Mr. Persil Stace and Mr. Winstanley, nominated by the board, met on the 7th of November and subsequent days, and verified the vouchers, books, and securities, and signed the balance-sheet. The exe cutive committee are enabled, after increasing the reserve fund to £13,000, to provide for the interest of 5 per cent. per annum on shares (completed or paid a year in advance), and for the interest of 4 per cent, per annum on deposit investments. The committee are also enabled to add to the accounts of members holding uncompleted invested shares (in respect of which no interest has been paid) a bonns equivalent to 6 per cent. per annum. As regards the addi tional interest of 1 per cent., to which the holders of com pleted shares and shares paid a year in advance will be entitled by the present declaration of bonus, the amount will be included in the half-yearly Lady-day interest war rants, issued and payable on and after May 1 next. Thus, after payment on the shares on the regioter at the present annual meeting, not being in arrear, will realise 6 per cent. per annum for the financial year, ending Sept. 30, 1866. The rate of interest on shares (completed) and shares in progress (paid a year in advance) will remain at 5 per cent. per annum, for which the half -yearly warrants up to Lady-day and Michaelmas will be issued at the customary periods, namely, May 1 and N ovem b er 1 . The rate of interest for the deposit department, that is, in vestors who are not members of the society, will remain unchanged at four per cent. per annum, payable half yearly, at the same period as the interest warrants on shares. The ordinary quarterly meetings were duly held on the 27th of March, the 3d of July, and the 28th of November. The following members of the executive com mittee retire by rotation, viz. :—Viscount Ranelagh, Col. Brownlow Knox, M.P., Viscount Ingestro, Major Jervis, M.P., and T. K. Holmes, Esq., and, being eligible, offer themselves for re-election. The new estates and ground rents allotted in 1865-6 were :—New Ferry (Cheshire), opposito Liverpool, St. Austell (Cornwall), 30th Novem ber, 1865; Moorfield's Estate, Hereford (Herefordshire) 21st February, 1866 ; Castle Church Estate, Stafford (South Staffordshire), 28th March, 1866; West London Estate, North End, Fulham (Middlesex), 25th July, 1866 ; Rams gate Estate (East Kent), Sandown Estate, No. 2 (Isle of Wight), Ipswich Ground Rents (West Suffolk), 29th August, 1866 ; and Deal Estate, 2d portion (East Kent), 14th November, 1866. Of the above properties, the West London and the Ramsgate estates, as also the Ipswich Ground Rents, have been entirelydisposod of, and the greater portion of the Hereford estate has been sold. The roads and works on the St. Austell, Stafford, and Hereford Estates have been completed ; those on the Deal estate are on the eve of completion ; the contract for the New Ferry works is in progress ; and tenders will be soon obtained for the roads on the West London, Rainsgate, and San down No. 2. Deputations of the board have attended at public meetings at Hereford (Viscount Ranolagh, Colonel Knox, M.P., Colonel Meyrick, and Mr. Win- Stanley); at Stafford (Viscount Ranolagh, Viscount Ingestre, and Colonel Knox, M.P.); at Ramsgate (Colonel Knox, M.P., the Hon. and Rev. W. Talbot, and Mr. Winstanley) ; and at Deal (Mr. Winstanley). Reso lutions of confidence in the society's system, after explana tions of the working thereof, were unanimously passed at all these provincial meetings. The committee have given a free site for the erection of a district church at Hereford, in pursuance of a desire expressed by some of the leading inhabitants of that city. The following estates have been closed this year in the society's books—Seven Sisters, DIMPLE REMOVER.—AII diseases of the skin are improved by one dose of ALEX. ROS,'S VErIETA.BLK SKIN PILLS. They remove redness, eal lownees, Aru. 28 9d and 7s Ad ; or poet for 40 and 100 stamps. —ALEX. ROSS, 248. High Holborn, London, and all Che mists. HAIR COLOUR WASH.—By washing the head with this beautifully-perfumed Wash, in seven or ten days the hair assumes Its original colour, end remains so by an oce*slonal usinz. 10s ed ; sent for stamps.—AL EX. ROSS, 24k, High Holborn, London, and all Chemists. Just published, 2d ; sent by the author for 3 stamps. I.IGLINESS and BEAUTY; being a Pamphlet descriptive of articles and means used for improving the appearance. By ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London. THE RESCUE SOCIETY wishes to add another Lome to the 12 now in operation. Last year no fewer ban 455 poor, friendless, young fernalea were rejected trom want of FUNDS and room, making a total of 3,087, who have been sent away in five years. Me new home the Committee wish to form would be for young girls, almost children, from the age of a to 15, who nave been led astray from the path of virtue. 4'ontributions will be received gratefully by the Secretary, Kr. Daniel Cooper, Q 5. Queen •street. Cheapaide; ur by Messrs Barclay and Co.. Lombard-street. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern hall way Terminna, King's-arose. Patron—Her Mont Gracious Majesty the QUEEN. Vice. Patron—His Royal Highness the Prince of WALE g,R G. President—Big 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 pendent for support on voluntary contributions andi,:za es. 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 considerable period averaged between 3,000 and 4,000 weekly. The Committee earnestly solicit the ASSISTANCE of the benecolent,-as the premises of this Hospital are capable al ,?ootaining several hundred more beds had the Committee e requisite tunds to maintain them. Con tr buttons are received by their bankers. Messrs. Brown, Janson, and Co., Abehureh•lune; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co.; Drummoni and Co. ; G;ytt and Co. ; Berries and CO. ; Hansom and Co.; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; illianis, Deacon, and Co.; Nisbet and Co, Bernere-etreet : and at the Hospital. from 10 till 15. STANFORD SMITH, Searefxy, Tottenham, and Bishop's Stortford, Herts. The new Kemp Town Railway, which crosses the Round Hill Estate, Brighton, is progressing rapidly; and if a now station be not placed on the society's property, the site will be in close vicinity to it, as the neighbourhood has recently much increased. The next estate to be allotted, the day fixed being the 13th inst., is one of the most valuable building properties ever acquired by the society iu the suburban districts. It will be called the East London Estate, and is close to the West Gate Station on the Great Eastern Railway. This fine property is adapted not only for villas and houses of a superior class, but for dwellingsfor the working-classes, like the Society's West London Estate. The allotment of the first portion on the 13th inst. will be confined to the largo field front ing the road leading to Wanstead-common, which is within two minutes' walk of the land. As Forest Gate is only five miles from the centre of the City, and there are 22 trains daily, at cheap fares to and from the Bishopsgate station, the committee anticipate that the East London estate, bordering on Wanstead Flats and Epping Forest, will meet the wants and wishes of all classes of the com munity. After the routine business of the annual and quarterly meeting (this day) there will be a drawing of 100 share numbers, to be placed on the Register of Rights, to settle the priority of choice for plots on the society's estates, should the holders of such rights elect to buy land. Fifty share numbers will be taken from the Seniority List, according to date of membership, provided such shares be not in arrear, and be added to the Order of Rights. The Executive Committee have to congratulate the purchasers of land on the Society's estates upon the marked success which has f attended the claims made by the allottees in the Regis tration Courts, supported, as usual, free of expense. The executive committee confidently anticipate that, in enter ing upon their fifteenth year, a new era of success is in sured for the prosperity of the Conservative Land Society, by the opening for public business of the new offices at 33, Norfolk-street, Strand, with which the adjoining pre mises, 11, Howard-street, have been combined, so as to form a large edifice, within which all the different branches of the society's yearly extending operations can be carried on. The opening in due course of the Thames embankment, and of the new law courts, will render the Norfolk-street neighbourhood a central position for metropolitan busi ness. In concluding their report, the executive committee feel that they ought to renew their acknowledgments to the shareholders, who have honoured them with theircon fidence and support on all occasions; for it is owing to the kindly feeling which has thus existed that the board has been enabled to carry on the society's affairs with such permanent success financially, combined at the same time with social, moral, and political advantage. Naval and Military Intelligence. Orders have been issued to fit out the Royal Alfred, ironclad, as a flagship for Sir R. Mundy, to replace the Duncan, which is come home with Sir J. hope. The Royal Alfred carries a very heavy armament. The Wivern, 4, screw turret sloop, Capt. H. Bur goyne, V.C., has been placed in the Warrior dock at Portsmouth yard, where her valves have been exa mined, hull cleaned below the water, and a renewed coating of the Hay compoSition given her at the water line. She was to be undocked this morning, in readiness to sail and join thelrish coast squadron. The Virago, 6, paddle sloop, Commander Bing ham, sailed from Spithead yesterday morning for Queensto wn, Ireland. Her Majesty's screw troopship Orontes, Capt. Hire, sailed from Portsmouth at 1 p.m. yesterday for Queenstown, Ireland, with the 48th Regiment on board, under the command of Col. J. G. R. Aplin. The regiment arrived at Portsmouth by special train on the London and South-Western Railway, from Farnham and Aldershot. The Himalaya, screw iron troopship, is drawing near the completion of her repairs and alterations at the hands of the factory and shipwright depart ments of Portsmouth yard, and will then be again available for the public service in the transport of troops. The Himalaya, has gone through a most ex tensive course of repairs both in her hull and ma chinery, and the arrangements of her internal fit tings have been materially altered. The construc tion of a line of offices on the upper deck, abreast and forward of the funnel, will give additional cabin room below on the main deck, over and above what she previously possessed there. When next com missioned for service the Himalaya will be a stronger and a roomier ship than she was when first pur chased by the Admiralty. The Ariadne, unarmoured screw frigate, 3,214 tons, 800-horse power, is being put through a course of very heavy repairs to her hull in No. 8 dock at Portsmouth. The Terrible, paddle frigate, 1,850 tons, 800- horse power, Capt. J. Commerell, V.C., is having a thorough overhaul and refit in preparation for further service. The Urgent, screw iron troopship, Capt. J. H. Henderson, is coaling in the steam basin of Ports mouth yard for trial of her machinery, in prepara tion for further foreign service. After her trial and the completion of her stores, the Urgent will sail on troop service to China, calling at the Cape of Good Hope on the voyage out. The Bellerophon riflemen disembarked from that frigate alongside Portsmouth Dockyard yesterday, and, headed by their band, marched out into the country for a long afternoon's drill. The steadiness of the riflemen under arms and their proficiency in rapid execution of light infantry maneevres is some thing astonishing. In this instance, seamen have become soldiers of the highest excellence. But few bands are now at work upon the Blanch, 4, 1,268 tons, 300-horse power, and the Myrmidon, 4, 695 tons, 200-horse power, the only wooden ves sels under construction at Chatham. A number of the workmen have been withdrawn and placed on the iron ships Hercules and Monarch, which to gether employ nearly 3,000 hands. Notwithstanding that very few weeks have elapsed since the turret ship Monarch was commenced in the dock in which she is building, so rapid has been the progress made in her construction that the operation of fixing her armour-plates along her broadside• will be begun before the close of the present month. At the pre sent time there are upwards of 1,000 tons of 9-inch, 7-inch, and other armour-plates stacked in Chatham Dockyard, and in readiness for fixing to the armour plated ships now in course of construction. Yesterday the War Department transport Marl borough went alongside the Ordnance-wharf at Chatham, and commenced the shipment of 100 cases containing the old pattern Enfield rifles from the armoury, being the first consignment of rifles for the Tower, for the purpose of being converted into breech-loaders. The want which has been so long experienced by the dockyard workmen at Chatham, of a suitable building in which those who t are compelled to do so may dine in the yard, is at length likely to be sup plied. Hitherto there has been a difficulty in pro ' viding a suitable site for a building of the dimen sions required for accommodating about 2,000 work men—the number who now take their dinners in the yard—where every foot of space has to be appro priated for the requirements of the daily increasing establishment. In a report on the subject made by Capt. Stewart to the Admiralty, the vacant ground near the entrance to the dockyard, adjoining the block of buildings erected as quarters for the officers of the Royal Marines, is recommended as a site. Should the Lords of the Admiralty approve the re commendation, there is nothing to prevent the building being at once proceeded with, when the necessary contracts could be made for furnishing the men daily with a substantial dinner at a cheap rate. Capt. the Hon. Arthur Cochrane, C. 8., has been engaged for some time past at Woolwich, on board her Majesty's 17-gun sloop Chanticleer, iu perfect ing his patent vertical tube boiler. The space oc cupied by Capt. Cochrane's and the service boiler in the Chanticleer is the same. The weight of the patent boiler when filled with water for service is 8.3 per cent. less than the ordinary boiler. The time for raising steam from similar temperatures was, on an average of five trials, 9 per cent. quicker in the patent than in the service boiler; and, when working to the utmost, the evaporative power, with equal weights of Welsh coals consumed in the same time, was 10 per cent. 4d. STAMPED sd. in favimr of the patent boiler. When tried for economy, it produced 12 per cent. more steam with a similar weight of coals burnt in the same amount of time. With the Admiralty mixture of two-thirds Welsh and one-third north country coal the patent boiler was 84 per cent. more powerful, and when tried fur economy produced 8.3 per cent. more steam. with an equal consumption of fuel. There was no priming. The boilers were tried under atmospheric pressure, and the coals and water used accuratgly weighed. An element of success in the patent boiler was observed in the violent upward current of water passing through the vertical water tubes thus pre venting incrustation. The patent boiler has 600 ft. less heating surface than the ordinary boiler, the working of which was dispensed with, in order to carry out the principle of a large combustion cham ber in the patent boiler. The trials were under the supervision of Commodore Edmonstone, C. 8., and were witnessed with much interest by the various naval officers and other officers of the dockyard. Mr. Richardson, who is instituting experiments in burning petroleum and other oils, with a view of superseding the use of coals for steam purposes, has received permission from the Lords of the Admiralty to use a service boiler in Woolwich dockyard for one week, in order to demonstrate the advantage of shale oil as fuel. The trial has been requested by a number of shale oil manufacturers in Wales and Scotland and some scientific persons. The 71st Highland Light Infantry, under the command of Col. W. hope, C. 8., arrived at Ports mouth Dockyard yesterday afternoon from Alder shot, via Farnborough, by special train on the Lon don and South-Western Railway, and immediately embarked on her Majesty's screw troopship Tamar, Capt. Francis W. Sullivan, C. 8., for transport to Ireland. The Tamar was appointed to sail from Portsmouth at daylight this morning. The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty :—William F. Law, master addi tional, to the Indus, for the Liffey ; Dr. David Duncan, surgeon, additional, to the Wellesley, for service in Chatham Dockyard; Richard F. Bridge ford, assist.-surg., to the Hector ; Henry Hadlow, assist.-surg., to Greenwich Hospital ; Edwin W. G. Hilliard, master's-assist., to the Fox, as super numerary ; and George S. Newton, second class assist.-engineer, to the Bristol. ich So/d b e '' riro- • offele d ;heaperl 33g 4 0 4 . 13 483 388 42' 36s 42'; Pl ls Y7 uv and also iispose 4:3 431 3288 _ 8 3 2 408 s a .35s 42 , 23 461 .103 445 436 j n°l Bar' ) 34S P er per 2 ;8 stout). ,Gs ; old B a rley per : 30 .1 s tole. 3. Peas, ; p retty 0 Is an ) ushel• bushel. ) ushel. if 230. 6 • A '?3J.' ' . w h e at. 4.. 6 21 2111 b on fa of )11' aburg b ' Lb° 1/11° r r ofoss ° ' 140 P 3,04 9 00 '140 IrteoS'a°). vloet . ; -1 ' 01 J• oc , 1 1 3 113 - aitc l l l° ' ;es, t• is wort bt we, late • _!= • 1. - eaty s id e. RUt"rUtticS.—tiY ROYAL LETTICKS PATENT, WHITE'S 1110 C-MAIN LEVER TRUSS V (PERFECTED AND EXHIBITED IN TILE GREAT Exult - a rfoN s of 1'351 and 18(12, is allowed by up.vards of Ino hundred Me final Gentlemen to be the mot effectire invention in Ile curative treatment of ii ERN lA. The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effects, is here avoided—a soft b.ndage being worn round the body, while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the Moe-Main Pad and Patent Lev r, fitting with so .nuels ease and cloie ness that it cannot be detected, and In•Iy be worn during sleep. A descriptive circular may be had, and th•! truss, which cannot fall to fit, forwarded by post, on the circum ference of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manufacturer, Mr. WHITE,:'2S, Piccadilly. A Single Truss, Pis., 215., 26s 6d., and :11s. 6d Postage, Is. A Double Truss, Ms. 6d., 42s , and 525. 6d. Posta , re, is. Bd. An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. Postage. Is. 10d. Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post office, Piccadilly. NEW PATENT VLASTIC STOCKINGS, J KNEE-CAPS, &a., for Varicose Veins and all cases of Weakness and Swelling of the Legs, h , prains, &c. They are porous, 11.cfht in texture, and inexpen‘ive, and are drawn on like an ordinary stocking. Price 4s. 6d., 7s. 6d., 10s., and 16s. each. Postage, 6d. JOHN NVIIITE, Manufacturer, 228, Piccadilly. XTOTHING IMPOSSIBLE.—The greatest and 111 most usef nl invention of the day. AGUA AM A HELL A. Messrs. JOHN GOSNELL and Red Bull Wharf, 93, Upper Thames-street, Pe r f umers to CO.. her Majesty, respect fully offer to the public this truly marvellous fluid, which zradually restores the human hair to its pristine hue—no matter at what age. The Ague 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, 108. 6i. Testimonials from artistes of;,the highest order, and from individuals of undoubted re spectability, may be seen on application. Messrs. John Gosnell and Co. have been appointed Perfumers to her Royal Richness the Princess of Wales. Reform Meeting at Burton-on-Trent. On Friday evening last, a public meeting was held in Messrs. Bass and Co.'s large branding room, Station-street, to hear addresses on the question of reform from Mr. Edmond Beales, Mr. Geo. Potter (London), Mr. George Mantle (Birmingham), the Rev. E. Browning, and a number of townsmen. The Rev. D. B. Joseph (Particular Baptist), presided, and in the body of the room were, amongst others, Mr. Bass, M.P. for Derby ; Mr. R. S. Tomlinson, J.P. ; Mr. Hamor Bass, Mr. W. 11. Worthington. The chairman opened the meeting with an excellent speech, and afterwards stated that the committee had received letters from various gentlemen and local members of Parliament; and he read the fol lowing:—" Old Palace-yard, S.W., Nov. 29, 1866. —Sir, I have to acknowledge the receipt of the in vitation of the Working Men's Reform Committee to take part in the proceedings of the Reform meet ing to be held at Burton on the 7th of next month, which I regret to be obliged to decline. Though I supported the bill introduced last session by Mr. Gladstone to the utmost of my power, and spoke in favour of it, and regret that it was unsuccessful, I am not prepared to adopt the sweeping condemna tion of the House of Commons contained in the first resolution to be proposed at the'me,ting; nor can I pledge myself to be satisfied with nothing less than manhood suffrage and vote by ballot as the only just basis of representation. If present, therefore, I should be obliged, either by silence apparently to adopt the resolution, and expose myself to much misrepresentation, or by protesting against it in terrupt the unanimity and harmony of the meeting. On the whole, therefore, I beg to decline the i❑vita tion, and hope to have a more favourable opportu nity of explaining and defending my views on some future occasion.—l remain, &c., " EDWARD M. BULLER. " To Mr. T. Metcalfe." " Raugemoor, Burton-on-Trent, Nov. 21, 1866. —Mr. T. Metcalfe—Sir, absence from home during the past week has prevented my replying sooner to your letter of the 16th inst., in which you are good enough to invite me to take a part in the re form meeting proposed to be held at Burton on the 7th proximo. I regret that, after due consideration, I feel compelled respectfully to decline the honour you propose to me ; and I do so because, while 1 will yield to no one in my sincere wish to promote both the material and moral welfare of the working classes, and while I am most anxious to assist in passing a measure of reform which will concede to them that increased influence in the representation of the country to which I believe them to be justly entitled, and which will attempt to deal with the gross inequalities at present existing between popu lation and representation, I cannot consent to ap pear, in however direct a manner, as a supporter of a meeting pledged to and conducted by gentlemen who are the leading advocates of manhood suffrage. It is possible that at some distant period the spread of education and intelligence may bring about the changes you desire ; but at the present 1 am con vinced that the feeling of the great majority of the electoral body—of the wealth, of the intelligence of the country, is opposed to any extension of the franchise which does not recognise either pro perty or education as its basis ; and for myself, I must confess that I would far rather remain as we are, unfair as I consider our present electoral system in many respects to be, than adopt so un certain and revolutionary a measure as manhood suffrage. You must forgive•me for saying, in con clusion, that the difficulties which now obstruct the passing a liberal and generous, but not sweeping measure of reform, are far more likely to be in creased than diminished by the public advocacy of such extreme opinions as those contained in the re solutions you propose to submit to the reform meeting on the 7th.—l have the honour to be, &c., M. A. Bass. _ Mr. EDWARDS proposed the first resolution, and Mr. G. B. Capes seconded the same. It was to the effect that the present House of Commons, by their rejection of Mr. Gladstone's Reform Bill, was utterly unworthy of their confidence, and they were determined to agitate for, and use all lawful means to secure, registered residential manhood suffrage, and vote by ballot, to protect electors from undue influence and intimidation at elections. Mr. BEALES supported the resolution, and urged upon the working men of Burton to form a branch of the Reform League, and join with them in the great national movement for the restoration of their own rights and those of their fellow-countrymen. Mr. BASS, M.P. for Derby, although he bad de-. clined to take part in supporting or seconding aDY resolution contained in the programme, rose at the opposite side of the room to the platform, and made some remarks amidst considerable inte.zruption. Mr. MANTLE, of Birmingham, supported a reso lution recommending a redistribution of seats, and replied to the speech of Mr. Bass, amid the cheers of the auditory. Other resolutions followed. THE PARIS EXIIIBITION.—In consequence of the numerous a pplications for assi s t ance which are being continually made to the British Charitable Fund of by workmen who have been disappointed in obtain ing employment at the Exhibition building, we are re quested by the committee of that charity to caution work men against going to Paris to seek such employment, un less they have obtained beforehand a positive engagement through persons officially connected with the Exhibition. The committee of the British Charitable Fund positively decline to afford assistance of any kind to this class of applicants. 117 "( NEWSPAPEE. 0 6 . j- - 1. - - ,: I - 2c -- , reto• ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL • Yesterday evening the third meeting ofis n s ciety was held in Burlington House—Mr. John Crawfurd in the chair. The first paper was a communication from Col. Tremenheere, R.E., " On the Physical Geography of the Lower Indus," in which he particularly no ticed the conditions of the mouths of the Indus, in reference especially to the harbour of Kurrachu. The immense quantity of mud and silt brought down by the Indus causes a deposit in the plain through which it flows, for an extent of 500 miles, which has raised the banks of the river about 30ft. above the level of the country. This silt, carried out from the mouths of the Indus, has formed bars that render it impracticable for ships to enter. There are, in fact, only four harbours on the Ir dian peninsula, that of Bombay being the best, and Kur rachee is considered the next available for ships. Large sums of money have been expended in im proving the harbour, and the principal object of the paper was to show that it has been nevertheless de teriorating, an I a current sits in along the coast during the south-west monsoon which carries the silt brought down by the Indus along the sloping north-west coast directly towards the harbour of Kurrachee, and will ultimately choke it up. It was stated that numerous experiments had been made by throwing bottles into the sea at some distance from the land, and they were nearly all washed ashore on the north-west coast, proving, as Colonel Tremenheere conceived, that there was a prevailing current which would carry back the deposits from the river. Mr. ANDREW', a gentleman connected with one of the Indian railways which has the harbour of Kurrachee for a terminus, controverted the opi nions expressed in the paper, and adduced several facts to show that the harbour has greatly improved and is improving ; as an instance of which he men tioned that as many as 300 ships, bringing materials for the railway, had come into the harbour within a short period. The town of Kurrachee has been extending and improving, its imports have largely increased, and it resembles an English town more than any other town in India. Mr. Parker, a civil engineer, who assisted Mr. Walker in improving the harbour, explained the nature of the works that had been effected. The chief work was the, construction of a wall two miles in length on the east shore ex tending out to sea, which had increased the depth of water at the bar, and rendered the harbour more accessible. Ile denied that there was a current towards Kurrachee, and contended that the south west monsoon blows directly against the coast and not obliquely. Captain CONSTABLE spoke to the same effect, and from comparisons of the actual state of the harbour, as recorded at different periods during the last 40 years, he showed that instead of filling up, as Colonel Tremenheere predicted it would do, it had greatly improved. Capt. Ahura . said that judging from the manner in which the bars were formed at the mouths of the great rivers in America, he conceived that where there is a current, as at Kurrachee, the silt would be carried away, and he inferred, from what had been said by the preceding speakers, and from the direction of the shore, that the current would carry the silt from the harbour and not into it. Major GORDON, R E., briefly defended his fellow officer from some of the attacks that had been made on his paper. A second communication was then read on Pan gong Lake, Thibet, from Captain Godwin Austen. The lake lies in 31 deg. north latitude, and about 79 deg. east longitude, and is situated among the lofty mountains of Thibet, at an elevation of 13,900 ft. There is an upper and a lower lake, connected by a small stream, the former of which is 43 miles long, and the latter about 30 miles. tending in a direction from north-west to south-east. The most remarkable fact concerning these lakes is that at such an eleva tion, among granite mountains, they are brackish, the upper one being too salt to be drinkable; the lower lake is less so. They are only supplied by small rills from the glaciers and the surrounding mountains, some of which are 20,000 feet high. It was i❑ the month of July that Capt. Austen visited the lake, in' making a survey of the country, and at that time the water was no-, frozen ; one of the lakeq, indeed, contained abundance of fish resembling tench. There were no inhabitants, and the only animals were two wild asses. At the conclu,ion of the paper the meeting ad journed to the 14th January. Agricultural Prospects. The week opened with a wet morning ; it was afterwards fair for the most part of the day, but rain set in at night. Monday was an unsettled and showery day, wind south-west.. Nothing in the shape of out- door work could b e done, where there was yet anything left to do. The early-planted wheat has become tolerably strong where not too much attacked with the slug, and there are instances of its having become patchy; but sharp frost of the previous Friday night was very useful in checking the ravages of this enemy. Tuesday was an ex tremely wet day, blowing a gale throughout from S.W.; thermometer 52 deg., barometer 29.60 in. From Northumberland our advices stated :—" The weather since our last report was fine up to Satur day; since then it has been dull and showery, wind varying from N.W. to S.W. and S. With this sort of weather, and so thick an atmosphere, wheat thrashing could not be proceeded with to advantage; yet the farmers are anxious to secure the present satisfactory prices, being such as they have not ex perienced for a long time past, and a favourable change in the weather would be very acceptable for this process." Our Suffolk correspondent, on that day, merely says, " Mild weather." From the East Riding of Yorkshire our advices states :—" Weather continues mild and open, and a good deal of rain has fallen during the week. The wheat plant comes forward slowly, especially on heavy soils, and farmers complain of its appearance." An other very wet day on Wednesday, with a strong gale of wind from the S.S.W., still continuing to blow, causing great disasters at sea, flooding the country again in all the low-lying districts, and tending to injure the wheat plant where covered by water. From the west coast of Scotland it was stated : " The weather continues wet and boister ous." Farm work has gone on pretty well north of the Tweed, and a good portion of the wheat bas been sown : one dry week more will finish it ill Scotland, and a greater breadth than last year will have been planted, in the expectation of good Pri ces ruling next year, from the closely worked up of that u p stocks at harvest tim e ; at l eas t th ere is a prospe looming in the distance. Our present position is that the whe a t at s ea f r om various places, added to the stocks on hand at the outports, here and in the farmers' hands, may carry us safely over to the end of April, when springshipTmheunrstsdfary thewomas a north of Europe will commence . wet and boisterous day, being the fifth in succession with more or less rain, and a good deal of water out again in many parts of the country. During that time the barometer remained without any material variation, and iu some partg of the country it has been steadily rising. On this account a correspon d how n w t i t n h i t s h e e comeso f alb\oriugth.t vi s a o n f t a s r so a l s ne o o u n r e e t x o p e e x r p i n a i c n e tdghoi distance n. ewoeeek,os time,f u Id say it f orebodes frost at no great Friday was the first dry day of wind being W. to N.W., but yet the baro meter had g one d own h ere . S a t ur d ay morn i ng was cold, the day proving fine, thermometer then 37 deg., with a rapidly rising barometer all day. This would prove a favourable day for the thrashing of wheat, and a supply may now be looked for, to pay the rents coming due at Christmas. From Warwick shire our advices stated, " Weather this week has been very foggy, wet, and miserable. Except wheat Except on the heavy and wet lands, where the early o p f lan i t ts is noootnvdeirtiyoo and promising,gtrhoewretharetogootdhorepporrets sent time. The deliveries of barley have this to market i i s no b r e e in t g ha p n us l h vl e i d eat, showing that w w h ee i tthbse been l h 4 e , former x 3 e 2 e sg ll r e ga n ir t l3l. prices can be made, and the Burton ale brewers are still buyers of the most choice qualities, at comparatively high prices. Marla-lane Express. 'O. ;0. ;C, K .. 14 , e . 14. 3.;• 2) • C. 21 !C. 11 ' ;e. 2 3 C. 14. 3C. 2•) ec. 19• C. 13. , e , 14 .2 'c. 14. Pc 15' ;.1. 19