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Ile-ONDON must have a Ge n tl eman ' s SUPPER and MUSIC ROOK " EVAN'S " after Alfred tlon'a Concerts. ____ ICINAHAN'S LL WHISKY v. COGNAC BA NDY. _Tnis oele *rated Old IR I S LI WHISKY rivals the finest Fit NNcii BRANDY, It 13 Pure, Mild, Mellow, Deliolous, and very Wholesome. „Bold In Bottles , as. Bd., at the Retail Houses in Lo n d on; b y it In e dents in the princ ipal al towns in England ; or wholesale 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. ~ Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded liinahan's LL Whisky." % N IUTUAL LOAN FUND A SSOCIATION (Incorporated by Act of Parliament, 1850), 14, R USSE LL-STRE ET, COVE NT-GAR DEN, AIONEY on Personal and other Security. in sums o w C2O to .£5OO, to be repaid by instalments extending over No t wo , or three years. The large C tpital of this Associa ,aoU enables it to complete its transactions without delay. I.l° Inquiry or office tees. and strict secrecy observed. Bills Vscounted at short notice. Form sent free on receipt of a directed stamped envelop c. h rhe A.ssochtion also lends Money for the purchase of a „.ouse by a tenant. or for the liquidation of mortgages, on 4 8 Most advantageous to the borrower. EDWARD HARPER, Secretary. BANK OF ENGLAND, 7th September. 1865. RE COURT of DIRECTORS of the GOVER- T NOR and COMPANY of the BANK of ENGLAND "j'a Notice— !),,That a GENERAL COURT will be held at THE BANK THURSD tY next, 'he 14th instant, at Twelve o'clock v„recisely to consider ot a Dividend; this will also be one of Quarierly General Courts appointed by the Charter. (Signed) W. F. TAYLOR, Assistant-Secretary. ROYAL NAVAL, MILITARY, and b h GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY (Bata hehed A.D. 1837. under Royal Patronage), 17, Waterloo p, London, S.W. ARTHUR R. HAMILTON, Secretary. Agents wante 1 in towns not yet-represented. 11A.Y OF HAVANA AND' MATANZAS RAILROAD (in the Island of Cuba). tean of £400,000 sterling, in Bonds of £lOO, bearing in terest at 7 per cent. per annum, payable half-yearly in London. AGENTS. In London—Messrs. J. Henry Schroder and Co. In Havana—The Bank of. Commerce, Francis Fraser, Esq., Manager. This Company was formed in 1857, obtained its conces -1;on the same year, and in 1861 the main road was com pleted from Regla,- in the Bay of Havana, to Matanzas, a ulstance of 54 miles. Since then branch lines of considerable value have been co nstructed. The cost of construction to this date is £1,056, ;of L l4ll sum £448,000 was raised upon shares subscribed ooo in the £250,000 was raised in London, in 1861, by a first mort- Pge loan bearing 7 per cent. interest, an d repaya bl e b y th e operation of a sinking of £25,000 per annum, com leenciug 1867, which will redeem the entire loan in 1876. £lOO,OOO was similarly raised i n 1863 f or th e construct i on 61 two branch roads, secured by a second mortgage on the t re ad, and guaranteed by th e B an k o f C ommerce, repaya b le 3' the operation of a sinking . fund of £4,000 per annum, Ntmencing in 1873. tA considerable portion o f the remainder of the capital ee been supplied from time to time out of the e arn i ngs o f he road. - , The results of th e un d er t a ki ng h ave b een very satisfac ",,- and show the following returns :- 1862 Gross receipts £100,700 1863 -• „ " - 1864 • 41, . nd 1865 gross receipts from ” January to June £93,000 ' ll gainst same period, 1864 82,000 L_The Bay of Havana and Matanzas Railroad Company now effected the purchase of the Coliseo Railroad, ''e,unin g from Matanzas t o B em b a , a di s t ance o f 3 5 miles, a : e e l,' valuable road, and of immense importance to the Bay ' Ilavana and Matanzas Company, inasmuch as it is in direct junction with that road at Matanzas, traversing a ,' - 'igtrict rich in sugar p ro d u c e ; an d b e i ng connected at "'elnba, with the Cardenas and Jucaro Railroad, becomes a section of the central road of the island, which will very , e hortly reach Villa Clara by the completion of the Car ttenas and Jucaro Railroad. T• he return of the traffic of the Coliseo Railroad aro as 1860 Gross receipts £49,100 1862 77 !I e nd the returns of 1865, from Jan. to 20th 71 May...£49,900 Against 1864, same time 45,000 Mo.'6 complete this pur c h ase , th e B ay o f Havana and b a tanzas Company desire to r a i se a l oan i n L ondon of 00 ,000, bearing interest at 7 per cent. per annum, pay -6• half-yearly in London. Al - security for this lo an , th e B a y o f H avana an d Matan pas Railroad Comp an y will effect a first mortgage on the t"Also() Railroad, its rolling stock, appurtenances, and all pPerties • and also a mortgage on the Bay of Havana and atanzas Railroad and its branches, subject only to the cXisting mortgages of d £350 of which the first mort gage of £250,000 will be paid off entirely in 1876, by the °Pera.tion of the sinking fund which commenc es i n 1867. The property thus mortgaged i s as f o ll ows : The Coliseo Railroad to be p urc h ase d ou t o f t h e proceeds ' 32 this loan, producing a gross revenue in 1864 of £71,200. L The Bay of Havana and Matanzas Railroad and its "ranches, costing £1,056,000, producing a gross revenue in moo of £143,000 (subject only to the above-mentioned rt gages). Plt Will be noticed that the revenue of the Bay of Havana d Matanz as , as we ll as that of the Coliseo Railroad, has or some years been steadily increasing at the rate of 20 per cent. per annum, and it is beyond a doubt that the amalga- Illatio n of the two roads, by a natural increase of traffic and 4 l arge saving of e x p en dit ure i n t h e administration, will fee a far larger revenue, and may be fairly estimated r thoming year at £250,000 gross, or fully £lOO,OOO net revenue. i'or the repayment of this loan a sinking fund is ar 'nged for, whereby £20,000 is to be paid off annually, either by the purchase of bonds or public drawing, its ope ration to commence in 1877, by which time the first mort 's loan of £250,000 will be entirely redeemed. The Bonds will be issued in sums of £lOO, and bear in- Tl'est coupons, payable 10th June and 10th December, at '043 counting-house of Messrs. J. Henry Schroder and Co. The first coupon will be payable 10th June next. 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HOME for LITTLE BOYS, Tottenham, N. for the Reception, from all parts of the Kingdom, 01 Outcast and Destitute Boys, and those verging on crime, under 10 years of age. President—ROßEßT HANBURY, Esq., M.P, V I OE-PRESIDENTS. Stephen Cave, Esq., M:P. I Sir S. M. Peto, Bart., M.P. Henry E. Gurney, Esq. Abel Smith, Esq., M,P. Samuel Morley, Esq. COMMiTTEE. Mr Alex. Anderson. Rev. H. M'Sorley. Mr. E. H. Burrows. Mr. W. J. Maxwell. Mr. A. D. Chapman. Mr. Alfred Short. Mr. E. F. Gedge. Mr. Robert Sinclair. Mr. George Moore. Mr. E. J. Tabrum. Mr. Francis Lycett. Mr. R. T. Turnbull. Treasurer—W. H. Willans, Esq., 78, llasinghall.street. E.O Honorary Secretary—Mr. A. O. Charles, :'.6, Suffolk-street, Pall-Mall East, S.W. Bankers—Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smiths, 1, Lombard- street, E:C, The mode of admission to the House is twofold, Ist. By election of the subscribers. Bays thus admitted are received free, boarded, clothed, educated, and taught till they are 11 years of age. With the view t o secure the election of the most deserving cases, the Committe have from the first discouraged canvas sing, and they do not print any addresses of the subscribers. The voting papers contain a description of each case, as care ful y investigated by the Committee, and with this informa tion the subscribers are able to judge for themselves as to those most eligible for free admission. This Home was opened in April, 1861. It was designed to take in the little ones whose charact r and circumstances disqualify the n for the Orphan Asylums, and whose tender age precludes their admission to the Refuges. Such are those who, from neglect, are already on the road to ruin. Such are those who have been deserted by their natural protectors and left to beeoome idle wanderers. Such are those whose parents may have at one time or other received parish relief, and who are now friendless orphans. Such are those whose parents are breakers of the law, or are in prison, and who train their children in the same path. Such arc those whose evil associations have already had their painful effect, and must lead them to a life of crime and misery. There are now 50 little inmates from about four years of' age to 10. There is room for nearly 100, and the Committee would joyfully see the Home filled at once ; they only wait for the necessary subscriptions. The Committee feel constrained to plead for those vsho cannot thus plead for themselves ; and, referring to the cir cumstances of some who have been already admitted, they ask—ls it right to make a widow and her ritmily paupers for life because one of them (the naughty boy of the family) runs wild in the streets and is beyond her control ? Is it kind to tell her, because she has so large a family, that you will not h'lp her to put one of them into a Home. b u t th a t th ey must ail go into '' - the house ?" Is it doing the best we can for the little destitute orphan to send him to the workhouse. Is it doing to others as we would they should do unto us that when these little ones have unnatural parents who turn them into the streets, or force them by 111-treatment to "run away," none of us shou'd be found to care for them, to speak a kindly word to them, to befriend them, to house and clothe thsm ? Shall we leave them still on the doorstep, passing by on the other side, or else exclaiming "Am I my brother's keeper ?" The necessity for an Institution for these little ones is evi dent from the police statistics. which show that in London alone. in one year, no fewer than 311 boys under 10 years of age, have been apprehended for various offences, 79 of whom were convicted and punished, while the bulk, 232 were dis charged by the magistrates with a rebuke, as being too young to punish, though not too young to learn the beginnings of crime. On the other hand, there are numbers who, but for the timely help afforded by such an Institution, must otherwise become paupers, and losing all ideas of self-reli ance and self-help, be permanent burdens to the State. file Home for Little Boys has, therefore, been established to revue the little ones, to save them from the prison on the one hand, and the workhouse on the other, and to endeavour to make them useful members of society. The daily routine of the Institution presents all the fea tures of a home, a shoot, and a workshop. The little ones are cared for as children; they have their regular meals, their suitable clothing, their hours of play and amusement, and their singing class. They are treated as scholars ; every morning is devoted to Bello. 1 work—reading, and writing, and ciphering. and Scriptural instruction, with occasional lessons in oljects and other subjects. But they are also trained to work. As they must all, and that at a very early period in life, earn their living by the sweat of their brow, they are here at once taught habits of industry. So the after noons are occupied with various industrial occupations— making brown paper bags for bankers, and white taper bags for tradesmen, and door mats and servants' kneelers for any who will buy them ; picking the coil for the mats, mending the c'othes, Asc. Some assist the master in the garden, digging, planting, watering, weeding, and so forth. By degrees they are being made useful in the house, scrubbing and sweeping. while the elder ones clean all the boots, knives, Zse. In this way it is sought to fit them for an active working life. 2d. By payment of ss. a week, made quarterly in advance. All children must be under 10 years of age at the time of admission. Those received on payment are admitted at any time as soon as approved by the Committee, Elections of children to be admitted free will take place as frequently as the increase in the annual subscriptions will admit, till the Home is full ; they will then be held periodi cally Forms of application for the admission of children may be had at the Home, and of the Honorary Secret Am %~ ' 7 ' '4,.1147,414.••;,4-, , .. id P . ' ' 4' '''' , V . l . r•O 1 , . ‘,. ' ' AD S / 4 ) ' •.' ''',-... - , . / =4 , • i.. ;4 es .'4 ,--,- - 4 , t e "kt .: .1 ...-..„. ' ,'" t ~. • q l / 4 * \ ,l : . 0.10 - 1 • A r . ‘, . ~ . L. , V „,,,, . . ? V* ( .s , 11''' . ::- ,m ~..„,„ '?4 ~/1. & ii rl u---- - .1'4. ff d • - ./. • ••• .1 0 ' 1 .% ,-,.: • '. l '• . • t'• ...*, 41 _ ... ' - ' f_:.•,.',.;'4,,,, ra '''''''. ..../. . • 4,-• 0 ,1 47 , ' '" 6 . 5.." 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It is worthy of remark that the charge of 201 b., whi c h i s nearly half the shot's weight, gives an increase of velocity of only 271 ft., and only 200 yards, or thereabouts, of addi tional range, over the charge of 121 b., which latter charge, with the small windage allowed, gives a considerably higher velocity than that of the service 32-pounder or 68- pounder shot. The committee have now placed the Secre tary of State in possession of all the data that aro requisite for comparing those five systems of rifling as applicable to heavy battering guns using a charge of 1-sth or 1-4th the weight of the shot. The gun rifled on the French system, with arrangement of the studs suggested by Major Pallisser, gives by far the best result, so far, in point of accuracy, the trial not having proceeded beyond solid shot of the forms and weights specified. It was the easiest to load, and although somewhat inferior to Commander Scott's gun in respect to firing round shot, is in every other respect equal or superior to it. The committee also prefer it to Lancas ter's, although Mr. Lancaster has subsequently shown how, in his opinion, his shot may be made very easy to load without increase of mean windage, by taking the windage allowed chiefly off the third quadrant of the shot. The committee are confirmed in the preference expressed above by the superiority which the French system of rifling evinced over the former plans of the same gentleman when tried in rifled cast iron 32-pounder guns in 18G2. For rea sons already given they reject both the systems of lead coated projectiles.as unsuitable for heavy charges." Railway Collision. ..- On Saturday a destructive collision took place at the Hoghton station, near Preston, on the East Lan cashire section of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Rail way. About 7 o'clock a heavy goods train, consist ing of 25 waggons, from Liverpool, arrived at Hoghton. Eight of the waggons belonging to it had to be shunted upon a siding on the lower side of the station, and without any delay this work was proceeded with as soon as the train landed. They were " tailed" into the siding with an old rope, which was in such a very bad state that it had to be pieced three times before the waggon could be got across the line. Immediately after they had been run into the siding, some of the officials observed that they had been scarcely run up far enough. A signal to this effect was given to the en gine-driver, and he thought it would be best to push them up properly, instead of pulling them on with the rope which had been previously used. In order to do this he had to run across the line, with a num ber of waggons at the rear of his engine, and then cross obliquely to the siding. Aboutthis time a goods train from Normanton, in Yorkshire, to Preston and Fleetwood was due at Hoghton, and as the danger signals along the line it was travelling upon had been on during the previous shunting it was thought best by the officials at the station to allow them to remain up for a moment or two until the waggons had been pushed back by the engine which was then about to cross the line. But it so happened that the foreman of the platelayers on the Hoghton portion of the line was near the signals—which are some dis tance from the station—at the time, and as he saw that the line past the station was clear, and not knowing that it was intended just then to run the engine and the waggons behind it across for the purpose of driving the already shunted waggonsfur ther into the siding, he turned the danger-signals off and the approaching goods train, which would have stopped if they had been on, ran past at a brisk speed. Directly it had passed the signals the other engine crossed the line at Hoghton station, and was then reversed to drive up the trucks. The driver of the now approaching train could not, however, see what was being done here, in consequence of a sharp curve between the place where he was at and the sta tion, and as the signals indicated a clear road he drove on, down the decline ahead, at a speed of be- tween 15 and 20 miles an hour. In a few moments afterwards he noticed the engine and waggons across the line at the station, but the distance was so short —he was only about 100 yards off—that he had no possible chance of bringing his engine to a standstill or of materially checking its speed. The cmsequence was that his train dashed along, and as the engine and waggons ahead could not by any contrivance be then got out of the way there was nothing in prospect but a terrific collision. The ticket clerk (Thomas King) at lloghton station shouted out to the guard, a man named Cleeves, that there was danger immediately ahead ; and the latter managed to jump out of his van a few yards before the col lision took place. The engine of the train which was running up caught two of the waggons across the line, and dashed them to pieces. It then became entangled among the wheels,of one of the waggons, was thrown off the rails, and after rushing onward for about 10 or 15 yards it turned completely off the road, ran down the embankment, went into a hedge, and was almost overturned. The driver (Henry Vickers, of Preston), and the stoker, held on to the railing of the engine after it left the metals, and remained at their post until fairly off the foot plate by the overturning of the engine. Fortunately neither of them sustained serious injury. The driver received a cut on the side of the head, but it is not of a dangerous character ; while the stoker received nothing beyond a smart shock, consequent upon the violence of the collision. The van out of which the guard had jumped, and which was next to the engine, was forced right upon the tender. While being thrown up in this manner, the top of it came in con tact with the broken edge of the tender, and it was completely torn off. The body of the van was nearly broken to pieces ; the springs framework, and one or two of the wheels were smashed and crushed up, and the articles it contained were strewn about in every way—in fact, the van was fairly torn to atoms. The two waggons which were struck by the engine were in a similar state—they were com pletely smashed up, and their contents, between 50 and 60 bales of cotton, several bags of bran, and some hampers of potatoes, were thrown about in the wildest confusion. Six other waggons were also broken more or less; some had their sid es staved in, others had their buffers smashed, and a few had their connecting rods, wheel boxes, springs, &c., broken. • SEBASTor o .—A communication from Sebastopol in the Union says—" It is difficult to imagine a more d eso l a te place than this poor town ; it is a positive sepul chre. Its sloping hills, once covered with picturesque gar dens, are transferred into arid wastes ; one can no longer distinguish the places where the vines grew, and a barren moss replaces all the verdure which formed, 10 years ago, such a charming panorama. The country is depopulated, and despoiled of all its commerce. The factories are de serted; the cultivation of tobacco, which might compete with that of the Turkish, declines every day ; and the landed proprietors have almost entirely renounced making wine. We were accustomed to see a whole fleet of barges full of fruit issuing from our port ; the importation now is nearly double the exportation. In 1864 there entered the harbour 888,000 robles worth of merchandise, two-thirds of it corn, and only 140,000 roubles worth went out. This year the difference threatens to be still more formidable, for the choking-up of the water courses has dried up the meadows and caused great prejudice to the rearing of cattle. The French ought to come and make a new campaign hero, but one entirely of peace and industry. This time they would gain large profit, after an ordeal much more speedy and less painful than that of a siege. We have an especial want of some superior vine-dressers. Viticulture is4n distress from the following circumstance :—Since the emigration of the Tartars, the care of the vines is confided to the soldiers sent here to form the garrison ; there are some from Arch angel, Helsingfors, and Polotzk, who have never seen a grape in their own country, and are there incapable of turn ing the vine to profitable account. Instead of wine, they make a blackish sort of liquor, alike devoid of name and taste. With respect to tobacco it is the same ; whilst the Crimea would suffice to supply the whole of Russia with these two essential objects of contemporary consumption, and even to export them to foreign countries. Seriously, for European traders, there are enormous profits to be realised in this country without any risk, and I think it can never recover itself without the aid of such intelligent adventurers. We should want hands from the South of Europe chiefly, for the Germans are only good at corn. Much corn cannot be produced here ; the sun parches the ear before it comes to maturity ; but the same sun produces all sorts of fruit in great abundance and of prodigious size. Without exaggeration, there is a harvest of millions to be reaped in the Crimea, in fruit and tobacco, and nothing would be easier than their exportation." THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER, 11, 1865 VBEAT ST. JAMES'S-HALL.—WORLD of • MAGIC, Second Sight, and " Begone, Duff Care," every evening at 8. A Day Performance, Saturday, at 3. " The most varied entertainment in the metropolis."—Vide the Press. Admission, ls. PROFESSOR and the Misses ANDERSON.— Farewell season. —World of Magic. Second Sight, and the original Indian Basket Trick, in conjunction with Fre deric, (the great) Maccabe, the unrivalled ventriloquist, mimic, and character actor. , VREDERIC MACCABE, Ventriloquist, Mimic, &'., in his original entertainment, "Begone, Dull Care," "Miss Mary May, " Early in the Morning." Balcony, 28. ; reserved seats, Se. ; stalls, ss. ; at Mr. Austin's office, St. James's•hall, al, Piccadilly. A. NIM3IO, Acting Manager. QTODARE.-159TH REPRESENTATION.- THEA ruE OF MYSTERY, EGYPTIAN HALL MAR VELS in MAGIC and VENTRILOQUISM. by Col. STODARE. The REAL INDIAN BASKET TRICK, and INSPANTANEOUS GRO TH of FLOWER TREES, as introduced for the first time in this country on Easter Mon day, April 17, 1865, by Colonel Stodare, and only performed by him and the Indian Magicians. Every evening at 8 (Saturdays included), also on Wednes day and Saturday Afternoohs at 3. Stalls at Mitchell's, 33, Old Bond-street, and Box-office, Egyptian Hall. Admission, ls., 25., and 3s. "Almost miraculous." • I —Vide Times, April 18,1885. T II 0 X F O R D. 6, OXFORD :STREET, W. The Oxford and Canterbury Hall Company (limited). SIXTY-SLY, by J. Offenbach, performed by Misses Russell. Barrie, Walmealey, Tyrell ; Messrs. A. St. Albyn, Husk, and Green, with full Band and Chorus. Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans. Belle', Comedy, Burlesque, &c., by the celebrated D'Au bans, Messrs. Duriah and Davis, and the Misses TESSY and SARA. GUisIIs.TISS. NO ricE —The Oxford has been entirely Redecorated, Altered, Newly Lighted, and Ventilated, and now is one of the most agreeable places of resort in the kingdom.—OPEN EVERY EVENING at Eight o'clock. The Classical Ballet, entitled TH 1 BRIDAL of BEAUTY, in which Miss TESSY GUNNISS will make her re appear ance THIS EVENING. Admission—Area, 6d.; stalls and balcony, ls. ; private boxes, 10s. 6d. CANTERBURY HALL. KO KO RI KO. This wonderful entertainment, having proved the greatest hit ever made, will be repeated EVERY EVENING, in ad dition to the Operatic Selections, supported by the whole talent of the establishment. Comedy, Burlesque, and Ballet by Mrs. and Mr. Randall, Messrs. Duriah and Davies, the D'Aubans, and Arthur Lloyd. Director, Mr. F. Jongrnans. All visitors to London at this season should pay a visit to ,he above establishment. MADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION.- Established 30 years, at the Bazaar, Baker-street. --- NEW ADDITIONS.—In accordance with the season, the Exhibition has been entirely re-embellished. The whole of the ancient Court Dresses of the most costly description, faithfully copied from the most minute pictures, have been renewed. Modern Court Dresses of the most splendid de scription, selected from the first houses in Paris and London, and probably never equalled or surpassed, are now on view. Life-size Models of DOCTOR E. W. PRITCHARD and CONSTANCE KENT are now added. Open from 11 a.m. till 10 p.m. Admittance, One Shilling; Extra Rooms, Sixpence. ARGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street, Piccadilly.—GßAND CASINO and MUSICAL Pito- MENADE is No W OPEN for the Season. Musical Director, M. LUIGI CUBTL Manager, Mons. GRENET. The Band plays nightly Selections from the most eminent Composers. Doors open at half-past 8 o'clock; close five minutes to 12 o'clock. NIARK YOUR LINEN.--BOND'S PERMA NENT MARKING INK is by far the best for marking CRESTS. NAMES, and INITIALS upon House hold Linen, Wearing Apparel, &c. Price ls. a bottle. No 6d. size ever made. Sold by E. R. BOND, 10. Bishopsgate street Within, Lon'on, E C., and by all respectable chemists and stationers in the kingdom—N.B. Purchasers should be careful to observe tae address 10, Bishopsgate-street Within, E.G.—upon the label. without which the Ink is not genuine. CATTLE DISEASE.—Why stand by and see your Cattle die. when the remedy lies in the four -ounce penny packet of THORLEY'S TONIC STIMULATING POOD. Alter all the scientific twaddle and b undering— nay, diaholica: treatment practised by the Vete. of this coun try - it will be proved beyond doubt that the only man who cam rope with the at:le Plague is your humble servant, JOSEPH THORLE Y.—Spice Mills, Thornhill-bridge, King's cross, London. N.B.—The U nuine Article can only be had in pcnt.y packets, wi•h the Inventor's signature, jOSEPH THORLEY, engraved thereon. Sold by a ll corn chandlers. lIAIR-CURLING FLUID, 248, High Holborn, London.—ALEX. ROSS'S CURLING FLUID curls Ladies' or Gentlemen's hair immediately it is applied. Sold at as. ed.; sent free for 51 stamps. Ross's Toilet Magazine, Is. 6d., or 20 stamps. _Naval and _Military Intelligence. The Euryalus, screw frigate, arrived at Spithead yesterday morning from Plymouth Sound and China. She is ordered into Portsmouth harbour to be dismantled and paid out of commission. The Channel Fleet, under the command of Rear- Admiral Sir Sydney C. Dacres, K.C.8., will sail from Spithead for Bantry Bay, probably to-morrow morning. The hired sailing transport Devonshire, one of Messrs. Wigram's fleet, has arrived at Spithead from Calcutta with 78 invalided and 18 insane sol diers on board. The invalided men were trans ferred by Government steamer to Netley Hospital, after which the Devonshire sailed for London, taking the insane men round with her to land them at Gravesend. The screw steam corvette Satellite, Capt. Stephen S. L. Crofton, which arrived at Plymouth on Thurs day from Montevideo; was inspected on Friday by Port-Admiral Sir Charles Fremantle, and on Satur day morning was towed from the Sound into Hamoaze, where she will be dismantled, and her crew will be paid off. Major-Gen. A. B. Stransham, Inspector-Gen. of Royal Marines, Completed his half-yearly duties at Plymouth, on Friday, when the internal arrange ments of the division and its civil departments were inspected. The Major-Gen. left by the South Devon Railway on Saturday morning for London. The last of the 8-inch rolled armour plates for the Bellerophon was fitted in its place on Saturday, and the orders from the Admiralty are that under any circumstances this frigate must be sufficiently completed by Saturday afternoon next to be in readiness for floating out of dock during the early spring tides on the following Monday. The old screw liner Cornwallis, 200-horse power, for many years attached to the third division of the Chatham Steam Reserve, has been undocked after having had her upper deck removed, her machinery taken out, and otherwise altered previously to being moored at the end of the dockyard jetty, to facilitate the operation of docking and undocking ships. The Calypso, 18, attached to the sailing reserve squadron in Chatham harbour, has been surveyed at the hands of the dockyard officials, preparatory to being sold out of the service. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales's yacht Osborne, Staff Commander D'Arcy . , after coaling, sailed on Saturday from Woolwich for Portsmouth, under orders for Antwerp. The War Department steam storeship Lord Pan mure, Mr. Moore commander, has completed her shipment of stores for Portsmouth, consisting of 18,000 tents, 90 tons of bedsteads and other hos pital furniture, and Armstrong shot and shell. She is under orders to sail from Woolwich this morning. Major C. B. Roche, paymaster of the depot bat talion at Colchester, succeeds Capt. Summerfield as paymaster of the Ist depot battalion at Chatham. Capt. Summerfield retires on full pay. The division at Aldershott had a field-day on Wednesday. The troops were formed up in line of contiguous columns on Edmore-hill shortly before 11 o'clock, and on the arrival of the Lieutenant- General-Commanding marched past, the Artillery, cavalry, Royal Engineers, and Military Train in open columns of batteries, squadrons, sections, and and troops respectively, at a walk, and the infantry in open columns of grand divisions in quick time. A sham fight followed, the force on the field con sisting of D battery Royal Horse Artillery ; B bat tery, 9th brigade, Royal Artillery; 3d, Bth, and 14th Hussars ; A and B troops Royal Engineer Train ; Ist battalion 13th (Prince Albert's) Light Infantry ; Ist battalion 17th Regiment, Ist batta lion 21st Royal Scots Fusilier, 31st, 63d, 69th, 74th, 85th, and 92d Regiments ; and the Military Train. The following appointments were made on Satur day at the Admiralty :—Capt. J. C. Prevost to be additional Capt. of the Skylark, for services at Gibraltar from date of the Procris leaving the sta tion ; Commander George D. Broad to the Cormo rant, when recommissioned in China ; Commander 11. L. Round to the Argus, Commander John W. - Webb, to the Rattler, and Commander Charles E. Stevens to the Perseus, to be appointed to those ships when recommissioned in China ; Lieutenant given him the highest amount of pleasure not only to have witnessed the smartness of the regiment, but to express his admiration of the zeal, which he felt fully assured the mem bers of the 2nd Surrey Artillery must have exercised, in order to enable them to attain the efficiency which he had, generally speaking, witnessed that evening. There was one little matter, to which he desired to direct attention, and which struck him with no little amount of surprise, and that was to see so admirably-equipped a battalion in other respects appear, on such an occasion, on parade without arms. The first thing an inspecting officer usually did was . to watch very narrowly not only the state, but how the regiment he was inspecting appeared under arms. It was an admirable weapon of warfare, of which, no doubt, they were all aware by practice, and therefore he should have been glad to have seen them in use, for, judging from what he had seen, ho was convinced there was sufficient intelligence in their ranks to do anything in the world. (Cheers.) He (Colonel Maberly) begged them not to cheer too soon, for although he was highly pleased with the creditable manner in which the corps had gone through its inspection, he by no means intended to con vey by the observation he had made that they were per fect. They had a very great deal to learn before it could be said they had arrived at perfection. It was only by adopting and attending their drill as a habit that they could hope to arrive at that climax.. He (Colonel Maberly) was well aware that volunteers could not bring their minds to believe it was necessary that they should be drilled in such a way as to make them, as it were, a mere piece of machinery, yet such was really the fact, if they desired to make good soldiers. The reason a man usually became a dead shot with his firelock was, because he so drilled him if to its use as to render it a force of habit, and hence force of habit became in the mind of thatparticular man his duty, and he thus became, as it were, a piece of machinery, and consequently an efficient soldier. After offering a few further observations on the subject of discipline, and com plimenting the regiment again on its zeal and its smart ness, he called upon them to stand to their flag and stick to their duty, and they would find as volunteers that not only would they receive the good opinion of their friends, but that their country would stick by them. (Loud cheers.) Lieut.-Col. DURNFORD expressed his thanks to Colonel Maberly for the very kind remarks he had made use of towards the regiment, and begged to assure him that the suggestions he had offered should on a future occasion be rigidly adhered to. He then proposed three cheers for the inspecting officer, which were cordially given. Col. MABERLY was much obliged to them for this com pliment. It would be his duty to make a most favourable report to the War-office, and ho only hoped that the in specting officer another year would find them even more perfect than he had done, although he must confess he had never seen a smarter or better-drilled body of volunteers in his life. The proceedings then closed with three cheers for the commanding officer. THE GREAT NATIONAL BELGIAN RIFLE CONTEST. The second great national Belgian rifle contest, open to all comers, is appointed to commence on the 24th instant, under the patronage of the King of the Belgians, the Duke of Brabant, and the Count de Flandres ; and a committee, representing the volunteers of England, has been formed for the purpose of making arrangements for taking part in so interesting a competition. The aggregate value of the prizes to be awarded amounts to about 70,000 f. Tho com petition is to be divided into two series of prizes, the first being for military rifles of any bore, and the second for any rifles of any bore, this latter competition to be open to rifles of all kinds, without artificial rests. In accordance with the programme of the arrangements, the contest will commence at nine a.m., a salvo of five guns to announce the opening of the meeting. ;The shooting will, commence immediately afterwards at gun fire. Subsequently the shooting is to commence at eight each morning, be dis continued from twelve till one, and close at six p.m. Tho range will be 246 yards, or 225 metres. For competitors 1, 2, and 3, the targets are to be circular, of a diameter of 11 yard, with a bull's-eye of 74 inches. Targets to be divided into five circles. Bull's-eye to count 5 ; second circle, 4 ; third circle, 3 ; fourth circle 2 ; and the fifth circle one point. When the bullet hits the line of demarkation of a circle the point nearest the centre of the target, judging of the centre of the bullet, will be given at the value. When the same competiton shall have one high point and a good bull's-eye in the same competition he will take the highest prize—in the case of a tie it will be decided by the best bull's-eye. Each competitor is to load his own rifle, and the prizes are to be shot for in uniform. The prizes are to be distributed on Sunday, the 22d October, at noon at the " Temple des Augustins," and those not distributed on that day can be claimed at the " Tir National," on the 29th October and sth November, from 10 to 12 a.m., and all prizes not claimed on either of those days will be returned to the Government. It is understood that a considerable number of our well-known volunteer crack shots have already sent in their names to the`London committee as intending to take part in the forthcoming contest. • Frederick P. Doughty to command the Weasel Lieut. Howard Kerr and Frederick W. Read, mas ter, to command the Manilla, to be appointed to those ships when recommissioned in China ; Staff- Commander J. C. Hutchings, promoted to the rank of retired captain ; Lieut. B. S. Hamilton and Lieut. J. F. Baker to the Revenge ; Lieut. W. W. Smyth to the Impregnable ; Lieut. Uved ale C. Singleton and Lieut. R. S. Hunt, to the Princess Royal; W. L. Dodds, master, to the Bulldog; Haben B. Hunt, Francis B. Christiana, and Wm. H. James, masters, additional to the Princess Royal ; Sub-Lieut. C. D. Ryder, to the Formidable ; Ernest R. Rolfe, John R. Prickett, John D. Deane, Ed ward Goldney, William Henry Monckton, William H. Bristow, Charles Edward Huggins, Phillip E. Cresswell, and Herbert S. 'Taylor, midshipmen, to the Princess Royal, for disposal ; Richard B. Sayce and Richard Keown, naval cadets, to the Princess Royal, for disposal; George F. Elliott and' Ray mond H. Carrall, surgeons, additional to the Prin cess Royal ; Frederick A. P. Hans, John N. Stone, and George Curtis, additional to the Princess Royal ; I George H. Maunsell, Assist-Surg., to the Salamis ; Thomas N. W. Colahan, Assist.-Surg., additional to the Cumberland ; William Lockhart, Assist.- Surg., to the Helicon ; Robert Towers, Second Master, additional to the Princess Royal ; William R. Stevens, Second-Master, to the Dee ; and Thos. B. H. Rapson, Second-Master, to the Dromedary. The Volunteers. INSPECTION OF THE SECOND SURREY ARTIL- LERY. On Saturday the official inspection of the Second Surrey Artillery took place at Brpomswood, the residence of Sir Charles Forbes, Bart., on the western or Tooting side of Clapham-common, in the presence of a large though select body of spectators, wliawere admitted by ticket only into the grounds, as well as a great number of local gentry who were in their carriages. Colonel Moberly, C. 8., 8.A., was the inspecting office; and the regiment, under the command of Lieut.-Col. C. A. Durnford, assisted by Major Jenkins and Captains Spark, Sturges, Freshwater, M'Lean, and Thos. Porter, mustered, 820 men, and had a full battery of six nine-pounder field guns. The ground was kept by a strong detachment of the Second Middlesex (her Majesty's Customs) Artillery, under command of Captain Englebach. The battalion having received the inspecting officer in review order, the batteries being fully horsed and equipped for field service, the evolutions commenced. The battery formed in line at full interval, and gave the general salute, and marched past in column of divisions, and then wheeled up to the left, halted action, fronted, and fired independently. Front limbered up, battery advanced and halted, formed column of divisions in the rear of the right, and then formed line on the leading division. When sufficiently to the rear the battery formed on the right reverse, and then by divisions left wheeled and formed line to the left on the leading column, advanced from the right along the front in column of divisions, right divisions left wheel up, and halt, action front. The battalion movements consisted of opening the ranks for inspection, and then again forming in close order, opened column right in front, and marched past in quick time, left wheel into line, close column in rear of No. 1, deploy on the leading company, quarter distance column in front of the left company, deploy on the rear company, open column left in front from close column on the rear company, change column to the rear by the wheel o€.-subdivisions round the centre, open out to wheeling distance from the rear. company, right wheel into line, and stand at ease. The infantry movements having been first gone through in a very creditable manner, the field battery opened fire with very great precision as well as rapidity, and limbered up, and performed the whole of the field artillery move ments allotted to them in a manner which elicited thogood opinion of a number of Royal Artillery officers who were on the ground, which was by far too circumscribed to enable them to fully develope the efficiency with which they had evidently learned their gun drill and practice. After firing some 40 or 50 rounds, until it became quite dark, the regi ment was formed up in square, the battery and Mounted officers in the centre. Colonel MABERLY then addressed them. He said it had Rifled Artillery. The report of the Ordnance Select Committee which con ducted the trial of the competitive guns rifled on three dif ferent systems contains the exact results of the experi mental practice with each gun. Those results are noted so minutely in the tables appended to the text of the report, that every detail of every shot fired can be referred to. As the trial has ranged over three years, it may be supposed that the tables and diagrams make up the greater portion of the volume. The experiments to which the first part of the report re fers were made with 7-inch wrought iron guns rifled on the French system, and the competing systems of Commander Scott, R.N., Mr. Lancaster, Mr. Jeffery, and Mr. Britten. On these weapons the committee make the following re- marks , " The difference between the systems of Messrs. Jeffery and Britten consisted substantially in the method of attach ing lead to the base of the projectiles, and one gun only was prepared for these two gentlemen. The French gun was added at the request of the Committee. The Committee, warned by experience of the former competition, determined on this occasion to limit the trial strictly to the rifling of the guns, and they therefore endeavoured to eliminate all other sources of difference, and themselves fixed a uniform weight and form and windage of shot, and also the charges of powder. Mr. Lancaster's shot are slightly shorter than the others, because the Committee had previously deter mined that the term ' 7-inch' gun should mean a gun down which a 7-inch spherical shot could be rolled, and under that definition the internal sectional area of an oval-bored gun must necessarily be larger than that of a grooved gun of the same nominal calibre. The committee would gladly have confined the competition to the same amount of twist, but it was clear that the expanding projectiles of Messrs. Jeffery and Britten would be unfairly treated if fired from a gun with as sharp a spiral as would suit the other com petitors; and, moreover, the French system is that of an increasing twist, while that of the others is uniform. They therefore allowed each competitor full latitude in this respect." The following paragraph gives a more detailed description of the guns : " The guns are muzzle loading. They have solid steel tubes 3 inches thick, a solid forged breeched piece, and ex ternal strengthening coils. Their weight averages 149 cwt., and the length of bore is 10ft. 6in. Oammell's steel is used in Scott's, Lancaster's, and the Jeffrey and Britten guns, and Firth's steel in the other. They are vented 5.75 in. from the end of the bore, being the position to give the greatest initial velocity with a charge of 201 b." - The shot used were solid, weighing 1001 b. and 1101 b. The powder used was A 4, and the cartridges were made up to an uniform diameter of 6 inches and five-tenths. The charges varied in weight from 121 b. to 251 b. The following are stated as the "general results" of the trial : " Lead-coated expanding projectiles.—A very short ex perience showed that the systems of Messrs. Jeffery an d Britten were unsuited for heavy charges ; large pieces of lead were blown off the shot, and the shooting was so Wild as to throw these systems entirely out of the competition. " Endurance.—About 350 rounds have been fired from each gun. This is sufficient to text the endurance of guns such as these, but it is sufficient to indicate that with steel lined guns there need be no fear of the breaking down of the grooving by the abrasion of the ribs or'studs iu either of these systems ; at all events when in Commander Scott's system soft bearings are used. The committee can see no reason at present for placing one gun before the other in point of endurance. " Easiness of loading. —The French gun was certainly the easiest to load ; but there is nothing to complain of in this respect in Commander Scott's gun. Mr. Lancaster's shot were all got home with more or less difficulty, and in some cases a metal rammer had to be used. "Liability of the projectiles to injury from rough usage. —None of these descriptions of shot are liable to injury from knocking about, but the Lancaster should take the first place in this respect ; Commander Scott's first plan the second place ; the French shot on Palliser's system the third ; and Commander Scott's second plan the last. "Recoil.—There seems no practical difference between the guns in this respect. In the early part of the trial the Scott gun had the greatest recoil, but on an exchange of carriages with the French gun their places in this respect w'ere reversed." There is no difference worth mentioning in the Admission to Promenade, One Shilling. 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Patron—Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN. Vice-Patron—His Royal Highness the Prince of WALES, H.G President—His Grace the Duke of BUCCLEUCH, K.G. This Hospital, founded in the year 1828, the first to estab lish the principle of free admission to the sick poor without the delay and difficulty of Governors' ord ers , is wholly de pendent for support on voluntary contributions and legacies. It affords relief to a large number of In-patients, and, in Addition to this, the average number of attendance of the destitute sick has for a considerable period averaged between 3,000 and 4,000 weekly. The Committee earnestly solicit the ASSISTANCE of the benevolent, as the premises of this Hospital are 'capable of containing several hundred more beds, had the Committee the requisite funds to maintain them. Contributions are received by the Treasurer. Edvrard Bias • terman, Esq., Nicholas-lane; also by Messrs. Contts and Co.; Drummond and Co. ; Giyn and Co. ; Berries and Co. ; Ransom and Co.; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co. Barclay and Co. ; W Iliams, Deacon, and Co. ; Overe n d, Gur ney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co. , Berners-street ; I. Barned and 'Jo.. Liverpool and at the Hospital. from 10 till 5, STANFORD SMITH, Secretary. NEW RAILWAY SHACKLE.—Messrs. Freeman and Grundy, of 78, Cross-street, Manchester, engineers and machinists, invited their friends on Saturday to in spect a new shackle or coupling apparatus for railway carriages, waggons, and other vehicles, which they have invented and patented with the view of superseding the coupling chains now in use. Every one who has travelled much on railways has seen the system of attaching engines and carriages now in use, which requires a man to go in between two carriages approaching each other in opposite directions, at considerable risk to his per sonal safety, to affix a link on one of the carriages at the proper moment to a hook on the other. The risk is well known. Great numbers of men are crushed and maimed, if not killed, every year by the present system, and it would no doubt be desirable to adopt an easier and safer mode of accomplishing the same purpose. The model of the apparatus by which Messrs. Freeman and Grundy seek to effect this object is very simple. Each car riage has a reversible screw• wedge and bell-mouthed cone, so that by the working of a lever over it either may be put in position, as wanted. Supposing two carriages approach ing each other, one with the bell-mouthed cone in a hori zontal position and the other with the screw wedge in a similar position, they are self-acting. The wedge goes within tho bell mouth, where there are four spring catches, which at once seize the screw and:hold it, so that the coup ling is effected in an instant, without the intervention of a railway servant to guide it in any way. To uncouple the carriages a porter at either side the line is within reach of short levers, which liberate the screw from the spring catches, and the uncoupling is effected in an instant. For the sake of humanity one cannot help hoping that the in vention may prove so successful as to meet with the ap proval of railway engineers and directors. In the model it appears to work admirably and efficiently enough. / ! y/ .14 EWSPAPP.Ft ' The Young Lady and her ' nl GrOO. (Front the Solicitors' Journa The strange case of alleged abcluc 'on heard on 454 , Wedaesday before Mr. Ingham, even if it hokild. lead to the conviction of a man more sinned agaitgt thi4 sinning, will probably have one good result : that of clearing up the rather hazy ideas of that worthy magistrate on the subject of carrying off young women. It is difficult to make out from the news paper report what the precise charge was which was intended to be brought against the Rev. Mr. Crosse's late gr.oom, but it is quite clear that the only indict ment which could be sustained would be under the latter part of the 53d section of 24 and 25 Viet., c. 100. The first part of that section is designated for the protection of women of any age who have any sort of property in possession or expectancy to lose, and stamps with felony any one who, from motives of lucre, takes away or detains any such woman against her will, with intent to marry, or, &c. The provision must be dismissed at once, since the young lady herself stated that she went at her own suggestion, and stayed of her own accord. The section, however, goes on to declare that whosoever shall fraudulently allure, take away, or detain such woman, being unde r th e age o f 21 years, out of the possession and against the will of her father or mother, or of any other person having the lawful care or charge of her, with intent to marry or carnally know her, or to cause her to be married or carnally known by any other person, shall be guilty of felony and liable to penal servitude not exceeding 14 years. This enactment, we may observe, is new, and there is at present but one decision on its interpretation, which, however, does not throw much light on the real meaning of the statute (" Reg. v. 131=4,, 12 W. R. 149). The essential ingredients of the offence are that the woman should have such an in terest in real or persOnal property as is defined in the earlier part of the section, that she should be under twenty-one years, and that the person in dicted should allure, take away, or detain her out of the possession, and against the will of her guardians, with the intent, &c. ; and lastly, that the alluring, taking away, and detention, should be fraudulent. From the evidence given in the present case, it is indisputable that Miss Crosse, being over twenty and under twenty-one, was such a woman as is contem plated by the section, that she was allured, taken away, and detained, out of the possession of her father, and against that gentleman's will. Butit is equally clear that the person who so allured, took away, and detained her was herself, and that if any fraud at all was practised, it was in all probability contrived and executed by her alone. She " arranged the row" by which the groom was dismissed, she told him to come to her bedroom ; she prepared the burnt offering, which served as a beacon to summon and to light him to his love; she suggested the elopement, and would have eloped had there been no " George" at all. She did not even require his assistance in scrambling out of the window. " I think I was slip ping down, and he held me." That appears to have fairly represented the relationship between them. She was always slipping, and he occasionally held _ her up. Mr. Ingham appears to consider that the passive, not to say lamb-like, part which the groom, a boy - of eighteen, played in this performance, was a taking away within the meaning of the statute. It was suggested that the abduction must be fraudulent, while here there was no fraud. It will probably puzzle a higher tribunal than Mr. Ingham's to put a satisfactory interpretation on this word. It is not " feloniously," nor is it "by false pretences ;" but though the word " fraudulent" does not at first sight seem to imply so grave a moral offence as either of the other expressions, yet we strongly suspect that it will be much more difficult to define, and there ' fore a conviction under it will be more doubtful. Indeed the case Of " Rex v. Burrell (übi. sup.) proves how difficult - it will be to fix a definite mead ing on the word " fraud." Mr. Ingham, indeed, seems to consider that an important question in the case was whether a woman under 21 could " consent." With all respect to him, that mist which so often hangs over our police courts must have obscured his mental sight. There cannot be the slightest doubt that a woman under 21 can consent ; but the awkward part of the case is, that it is utterly immaterial whether she consents or not ; since, if the offence is complete without her consent, it is equally complete with it. The part of the sec tion which we are now considering does not make the dissent of the woman an element in the crime, so that however clear the merits may be on the side of the groom and against the young lady, he really stands in some peril should the minds of the Court of Criminal Appeal be as Mr. Ingham's mind ; of this, however, there is, perhaps, not much cause for apprehension. As to the payment for the railway tickets, that was provided out of their common fund, of which she did not contribute the larger portion. Is this, too, " a fraudulent taking away ?" It only remains for us to ask why on earth was this prosecution instituted ? There are causes and reason for all things, we are taught, if we only look deep enough or high enough for them. Why does the father of a young lady, whose name has been tarnished, and her own reputation jeopardised by a boy whose chief fault is that he is not a " Joseph Andrews," prosecute for abduction and charge with wholesale robbery his intended son-in-law, who with extraordinary generosity, or still more marvellous prudence, begs his lover not to apply her private fortune to his support ? Why does this father, the mischief being complete and irretrievable, gratui tously publish his sorrow - to the world ? On inquiry being made on Saturday of Inspector Lovelace, who took the groom into custody, it was ascertained that the young lady remained in Wands worth until Friday afternoon, when she left with her father and his brother for some place of security. On the termination of the judicial examination on Wednesday last, which occupied the magistrate's attention until long after the usual hour of closing the court, the young lady, as was reported, was taken, with her friends, through ,the private way, while her intended husband was removed down the public staircase ; but she positively refused to re turn to Ockham Rectory. A compromise was eventually made, the young lady consenting to re main with the family of Inspector Lovelace, who is a very respectable officer, for a few clays, and who promised that she should not have any com munication with her youthful lover. The in spector appeared to have undertaken a somewhat arduous task, for the groom discovered her tempo rary abode, and was found early and late prome nading in front of the house. So determined was he to remain in the sight of the girl, who was able to see him through the window, that he defied the inspector to remove him, telling him at the same time that it was a public highway, and that he had a right to be there. He, however, consented to go away if desired by Miss Crosse, who then in the presence of the inspector said, " George, go away, I don't wish to see you." He implicitly obeyed her injunctions and returned to the old lodgings at Mrs. Wiggins's, in Love-lane. The inspector states that Miss Crosse conducted herself with propriety while in his house. It is a singular circumstance in the case that in selecting Wandsworth as their place of abode they should select lodgings within a few doors of the police-station and court. It is expected that on the day appointed for the next examination, viz., Wednesday next, the case will not be proceeded with. ANTIQUITY OF TIIE PYRAMIDS.—Mahmud Bey, astronomer to the Viceroy of Egypt, has issued an interesting treatise as to the date of the building of the Pyramids, tracing their connexion with Sirius, the Dogstarl The late Viceroy, Said Pasha, ordered him to work out this problem. He found the exact measurement of the largell to be 231 metres at the base, and 146.40 from tho ground to the apex. Hence follows, that the sides are at an angle 51 deg. 45 min. Mahmud Bey found that the angles of the other three pyramids, near Memphis, were on an average inclination of 52 deg. The fact that the sides of monu ments are placed exactly true to the four le in com- pass, stiemed to point to some connexion v - ith the stars, and Mahmud Bey found Sirius sends his ne.u!y verti, cally upon the south side, when passing the niridian of Ghizeh. 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