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It is against such combinations of class leaders, acting on ignorant mobs, that the great Republican party of America—that is, the vast body of the intelligence of the country—bas been directed. The organisation in the South bad many points in com mon with the municipal corporation of New York —the leaders played on an ignorant population to advance their own interests in defiance of all laws of right. If we want instances to show how every available means are used by one body to plunder another there is no necessity to travel out of Lon don. Our Limited Liability Act has enabled what people here call the most respectable class to orga nise a system which defrauded the public of Eug land, in a few months, out of a sum which all the wealth of New York put together would scarcely equal. With such frightful cases of depravity be fore us, from the effects of which the people of this country are now suffering so terribly, it is not for us to read moral lessons to our neighbours. From both instances we learn that there is no body of men into whose hands we can trust large sums of money to be dealt with without curbing them by strong and secure checks, and the history of the world shows that, however strong may be the checks applied, the ingenuity of some clever thief will evade them. It is for the interest of a nation to be governed wisely and honestly. When the people are sufficiently educated and intelligent to appoint their own rulers, it becomes every man's business and duty to see that such abuses are swept away, and they are much more likely to do this than when power is confined to a few. A nation cannot be bribed ; it may be cajoled, though this is highly im probable, when its dominions are extensive, and its interests wide and diversified. The history of Eng land has proved that the narrower the electoral constituencies became the more corrupt they grew. The tendency of all human institutions is to deteriorate. But we feel assured that the soundest and most lasting Government is that broadly based on an intelligent and well educated people. National education on the widest scale is then the object at which the leaders of the people should drive. An oligarchy and a despotism find their fittest tools in the igno rance of the masses. The story of the corruption of the municipal corporation of New York proves nothing but what is well known—that the de pravity of Europe is the depravity of America and of all mankind. A Board of Directors obtained power to levy sums to be applied to certain objects. Like so many of our Boards here they retained a portion of the money for themselves, and misdi rected other portions to objects not intended, till the corruption was forcibly exposed and national indignation aroused. Whatever attempts may be made to turn this story to political account, it has nothing to do with politics, and is only an instance on the other side of the water of what we have lately been learning so forcibly on this, that none can be wholly trusted with the distribution of large sums.—Anglo-American 7 Imes. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 15, 1866. Aimee of a to buy. land, re bang° in Barley o fully 2s isiderable of 4 s per N°. 23,223. PRICE.... 4d. STAMPED sd. 1 t 4' (Incorporated LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION ( Incorporated by Act of Paritameet , 18-SO),), I. _ KIISS ELL - STREET, COVEgT-GAR OEN, LO.NDO/f. free on ADVANCES on a ll descrition of Security. Firms o n applicatio n b y l etter to p EDWARD HARPER. Secretary. • H E 0 X F U it D, 6, OXFORD-STREET, W., THE MUSICAL ESTABLISHMENT OF LONDON. Successful Revival of Offenbach's " ORPHEN AUX EN FERS." and " TROMBALCAZAIt." Comedy by Duriah and Davies, and Harry Sydney (the political Momus). Gymnastic Performances by the Zamezou Family, Les Freres Victorelli, &c. t; rent success of " Les Amazones au Champagne ' Divertissement. by the Misses Tessy and z;ara Guinness, assisted by their talented troupe of artistes. In preparation the Lyric Drama of the "RUINS OF ATHENS," by BEETHOVEN, the argument of which will be read by a distinguished member of the theatrical profession. J OHN GOSNELT. and CO.'S CHERRY enamel from TOO I'll PASTE i s grea tly s uperior to any tooth powder; gives the t ee th a pearl whiteness, protects the the breath. P r i ce Is. 6cl.—Bed Bull Wharf , 83, Upper Thames-street. Lond on . decay, and imparts a pleaaant fragrance to The November Meteoric Shower over the Metropolis. was in this year that the radiant in Leo was first estab lished. It has been found that the average height of the No vember meteors above the earth's surface is, in round num bers, ninety-five miles at first appearance, and sixty miles at extinction. Extraordinary showers may occur in at least two consecutive years ; and though the pr sent No vember, so far as can be foreseen, is likely to offer the most imposing one, the year 1867 may also bring a very unusual shower. The fiery shower foretold by the science of America and Europe for the night of November 13-14 in this year was seen in full splendouryesterday morning between the hours of 12 and 2. From about 11 o'clock occasional meteors might be seen gliding along the 'sky from east to west, but these were only avant-couriers of the great legion that fol lowed at a later hour. , 7s per 3 6 p`- , r 3st• elms, old, COUNTRY HOTELS, PUBLIC HOUSES, FIT and BUSINESSES. - RNESS and KNEE'S List on application. rartic.ilars for insertion receivel until the 27th of the Month at their AUcriON AND HOTEL AGENCY OFFICES. Azar -street, Strand. W.C., and nearly opposite the Charing Cross Railway Station. DEPOSIT DEPARTMENT.—The CONSER VATIVE LAND SOCIETY. - Persons wishing to invest large or small sums, rece i v i n g half-yearly interest warrants at 4 per cent. per annum, with power of withdrawal lit fixed periods, a ccor di ng to amount i nv ested, may deposit sums daily at the o ffl oct i , No. 33, Norfolk - street , Stran d, W.C., without becomin g mem b era o f the society. CHARLES LEWIS GEUNEISEN, Secretary. Prospectuses of the Sh are , D e posit, Land, and Building Advance Departments will be sent free of charge. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., A NNALS of a QUIET NEIGHBOURHOOD. By. GEORGE MAC DONALD, M.A. The numbers increased after 12 o'clock with great rapi dity. From Paddington-green, a fairly open position, 207 meteors were counted between 12 and 12.30, and of these the greater number fell after 12.20. The next 100 was counted during the six minutes that succeeded the half hour. Soon after this it became impossible for two people to count the whole that were visible from this station; and doubtless from positions with a purer atmosphere, and a wider horizon, the spectacle must have been of surpassing splendour. Indeed, from a window at Highgate looking N.N.E., but with a circumscribedview, an observer counted 100 meteors in the four minutes between 12.32 and 12.36, and no less than 200 in the two minutes between 12.57 and 12.59. • Ther e ther over previo us :r articled " The charm and value of Nfr. Mad Donald's work need not be sou_4llt. 'they present themselves unasked for in the ten der beauty of hia descripatns, whether of nature or of life and tharacter ; in his almost supernatural iustght into the workings of the human heart. and in his u• ce , tsing fertility of thought and happy exactitude of illustration. Whoever rea.is the book once will read it many times."--fall-Mall Gt.kette. Musical Director and Conductor, 31r. F. Jonghmans. 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As the constellation Leo rose over the houses north of Paddington-green and cleared itself of the haze, the diver gence of the meteor-paths from a point within it became obvious, not merely in the directions of the streams that shot from or through the zenith, but in those that left their phosphorescent-seeming trails in the sky towards every point of the compass. To; 19 * Leo. 14 * Deo. 4 +WY. 23. icy/. .• 4 OV 19. tor. 21 Box-office open from 10 to 4. Wall open every evening at Seven during the extensive alterations and redecorations. Second Edition, extra cloth, print la. 6d., MADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION, BARER-STREET. Sometimes these rocket-like lines of light would glide out like sparks flying from an incandescent mass of iron under the blows of a Titanic hammer, but with the distinc tive features, first, of those lingering lines of illuminated haze in their track, and secondly, of their rarely appearing as if they originated in the region of the sky from which their courses evidently diverged. Sometimes the meteor was orange and almost red in its colour, whereas the luminous trail seemed almost always, probably by contrast with the surrounding light, of a bluish hue. In one splendid instance the trail, after having nearly disappeared, together with the rocket-head that had produced it, became again lit up and visible coin cidently with a sort of resuscitation of brightness in the body of the meteor. Now and then a little illuminated puffball would appear in the middle of the constellation Leo, generally more or loss elongated or elliptic in form, as it seemed to be more or less distant, and at the same time convergent from an imaginary point that seemed about 3 deg. S. by E. of the star Leonis—and one, as near as could be estimated to such a point, was simply a star that waxed and waned, and disappeared as one looked at it. Sometimes a minute point of light, like a firefly, would dirt with an angular jerking motion and zigzag course hither and thither, but still as if away from Leo. Only about three meteors were seen during an bour and a half to take a direction manifestly opposed to that of these diverging multitudes. The meteors which shot to wards the western horizon seemed more brilliant and larger in their courses than those which dropped into thQ eastern ; indeed, very few seemed even to reach the roofs of the houses from behind which Leo had arisen. This was possibly only an effect of perspective, or it may have arisen from the curtailment of the view. As regards the longlines of light that lingered in the paths of the meteors, it seemed that generally they were more dense and brightest towards the middle of the visible path of the meteor, while the eaeteor itself seemed brightest just before its extinc tion, an effect possibly due to an obscuration in the middle of its course by matter thrown off from it. The meteors seemed also to lose velocity as they went, but this might have been the result of perspective in those passing through the zenith. One singular feature in these celestial fireworks was the rapidity with which the maximum of frequency came on and went off again. About 2 o'clock the meteors seemed to have become as scarce as they were at 12, though they continued in smaller numbers till the verge of daybreak. Prom half-past 12 or a quarter to 1 until about a quarter past or half-past 1 the heavens seemed veritably alive with stars rushing in many parts of the sky, in groups of two or three together or in immediate succession on each other, seeming as though racing over the blue vault, except that their courses so rapidly diverged. The cloudless beauty of the night near London was a happy circumstance, on which wo may congratulate every " watcher of the skies," not only as allowing the forecasts of the astronomers to be thus signally and splendidly veri fied, but still more as having, wo trust, enabled them to take such a store of facts regarding the nature of the light and of the motion of meteors, and so many simultaneous observations of them in different parts of our islands, as may lead to some accurate knowledge of their laws and their nature, and add ono inure chapter to the sublime volume of astronomical physics. THE LITTLE THINGS OF NATURE. By LEO H. GRINDON, Author of "Lite : its Nature," &a "It has seldom been our lot to read a book more beauti fully written and more deeply interesting than the one before Ale2-..--Chriatian New. NEW EDITIONS. —A Life-size Portrait-Model of the PRINCESS MARY OP CAMBRIDGE, a Marriage Group of the PRINCESS HELItNA and PRINCE CEIRISTIA.N. air ten, half-price; exia rooms, 6d. GABRIEL, Mayor.—The first Court of Mayor and Aldermen, holden at tke. Mansion House of the Lord Mayoi of the City of London, on Tuesday, the 13th day of November, 1860, and in the 30th year of the reign of Vic toria of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Queen, ,to., Resolved unanimously— That the sincere and heartfelt thanks of this Court be pre sented to the Right lion. Benjamin Samuel Phillips, late Lord Mayor, for the highly efficient and dignified manner in which he has so satisfactorily discharged the many and im portant duties of the high office of Chief Magistrate of this City. That this Court is desirous of expressing tt;, the same time its deep sense of the energy displayed by him in taking mea sures for the relief of the sufferings of his fellow-creatures in all Darts of the world, and more especially under the recent outbreak of cholera in this metropolis, and tor the prompt and effi _lent measures which were taken under his guidance, and which not only tended to the alleviation of the sufferings of the dying, but to secure provision for the widows and orphans of those who had perished under the calamitous visitation. At the same time this Court cannot but acknowledge in the warmest terms the great satisfaction they feel, in common with their fellow-citizens, at the distinguished compliment. paid to the t ity of London, and to the Lord Mayor as its Chief Magistrate, by the King and Queen of the Belgians, their 'loyal highnesses the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Edinburgh, and other eminent persons, and the admirable manner in which the late Lord Mayor exercised his impor tant functions on those several occasions. This. Court is also anxious to express the hope that he may long continue to exercise, for the benefit and advantage of the Corporation and the citizens of London, the talents and qudifications which have elevated him to the high position he holds in the esteem and regard of his friends and fellow countrymen. WOO DTHORPE. [Ol. 19 ' lov 19 ov. 27. 01.22. 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The official value of our total imports (official values are, it is well known, mere measures of quantities, and use ful only for comparison) was—in 1842, £65,000,000; in 1853, £123,000,000 ; in 1865, £181,000,000. The official vitlue of our exports was—in 1842, £113,000,000 ; in 1853, £242,000,000 ; in 1865, £363,000,000—a threefold increase in less than a quarter of a century. The real value of our commerce annually has only been ascertained since 1854. Since that period the increase has been as follows :—lmports—in 1854, £152,000,000 ; in 1863, £249,000,000 ; in 1865, £271,000,000. Exports —in 1854, £115,000,000 ; in 1863, £196,000,000 ; 1865, £2t8,000,060: The real or " declared " value of British and Irish manufac tures exported has risen thus: In 1842, £47,000,000; in 1853, £99,000,000 ; in 1865, £165,000,000, or fourfcld in a quarter of a century. Within the , same period our " tonnage inward and outward " with cargoes (the measure of our aggregate trade) has risen from £7,346,000 in 1842 to £25,000,000 in 1865, and our "registered tonnage" (our shipping) from 2,990,000 tons to 5,760,000. The consump tion of some of our chief articles of demand has in creased even faster. Thus U C E. - (DR. SOUTIIWOL _ -DIGESTIVE.) Delicious with every dish. Wholesale and Export by A. S. Stocker, Lamb's Conduit-street; Barclay and Sons, Batty and Co., London; and George Ed mon d s , Crown _ chambers, Liverpool. Retailed everywhere. Ask for " The" Sauce. B. LENGTH. ho T ll ° be 51 i nc h es, with short stock, measured from the hero be of the butt-plate to muzzle. dust . WEIGHT OF AMMUNITION M ADE UP . orrice.not exceed 61b. 4 oz . f or s i x ty roun ds as packed for VI - YAM and Co.'s FASHIONABLE REEFERS. To Gentlemen who object to a general adoption of an OVERCOAT, the Reefer is specially recommended, being designed to serve the double purpose of OVER or UNDER COAT, in Witneys, Pilots, Napped and Fur Beavers. Prices, 30s. to 50s. M y D. CARTRIDGES. ust Carr their own ignition. YARMOUTH BLOATERS.-12 for 2s. 6d. ; 25, 4s. ; 50, 6s. ; 100. Ss. ; 500, 31s. ; 1,000, 50s. No charge for carriage to Loadon. Cash on delivery. Country orders paid in advance.—Forwarded by FREDK. BARNBY, Purveyor of Fish, Great Yarmouth. SAUCE. —LEA and PERRINS' WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE. This delicioui condiment, pronounced by cninolsseurs "THE ONLY GOOD SAUCE," Is prepared solely by LEA. and PERRINS. The public sre respectful.) , ca , itioned alzainst worthless imitations, and should see that Lea and Terrine' names are on wrapper, label, bottle, and in opper. ASK for LEA and PERRINS' SAUCE. So'd wholesale and for export by the Propr etors, Wor cester; Messrs. Crosse and Blackwell; Messrs. Barclay and Sons, London, Sc. &c.; and by Grocers and Oilmen uni versally. T . SIGHS fix,s_, for esight must be such as . to admit of's bayonet "*u according to the present system. F. STOCK. allow st be s'ach as to carry a light metal cleaning rod, and a sling to be used. G. . 10Musrt not ex cee d that of RECOIL the Enfield Rifle by more than Pe c ent. K. THE ARM AS A WHOLE. r n „ i " De as little liable to injuryhylong-continued firing, h ° r e ; u sage, and exposure, as the naval rifles converted to als_eb-loaders on the Snider system. To be as capable, nle u , of being used without accident by imperfectly trained 6, 13 ; a nd of being manufactured in quantities and of uni -4 qu a li ty. t4I. TILE AMMUNITION AS A WHOLE. ust be as little liable to injury by rough usage, damp, Sni4 e e x Posure in all climates, as the Boxer cartridge for tle„,;r converted Enfield rifle—also as little liable to acci help,"`" explosion as the same cartridge, and as capable of '"R qual manufactured in large quantities, and of uniform ity. o ptional. x. CALIBRE. Optio SHE TWIST AND FORM OF GROOVE. l. HYAM and Co.'s OVERCOATS and CAPES, In all the leading Styles and Materials for the pre sent Season. Prices, 21s. to 80s. ORIGINAL and superior ESSENCE of AN CHOVIES. SAUCES, PICKLES, &a, pure and good, as supplied by JOHN BURGESS and SON (foi more than a hundred years), 107, Strand, corner of Savoy-steps, London. -m— -rr HE OCEAN ST. LEGER of 1866.—What I Lord Lyon was to his owner was the Taeling to her Captain, viz., winner of the race, having d:stanced ~11 com petitors, as the AST I s DIA TEA. CONI PAN Y have in rarlab y done in their c;iol e and - sale of fine new season's teas, now &Ming at importer's prices. Warehuuses—), Great St. He!en's-citur ch y -rd. HYAM and Co.'s WALKING COATS, In Melton, Tweeds, Venetians, and Satarah Cloths. Prices, 21s. to 425. T" " SINGER," New Noiseless Lock-Stitch FAMILY SEWING MACHINES. These machines combine all the Latest Improvements, and are now ou Exhibitim for the first time been, an improve ment upon Singer's celebrated "Letter A" Faintly , ewintr Machine, of which over One Hundred and h:llity Thousand have been eol L in all parts of the world. Inspectionln vited. Purchasers des'rous of securing the best machines yet brought out should not fail to see then. Cata'o,,ues post free. TUE SINGER MANUFACTURING COMPANY, Proprietas and Nlanuf ac t urers c f the world-renowned "Singer" S ew i ng M ac hines. Chief Office for th e U n i ted King d om, 147, Cheapside. London. ETYAM and Co.'s UNDRESS SUITS, In all the Newest Materials, thoroughly shrunk. Prices, 425. to iios. TTYAM & Co.'s TRUE-FITTING TROUSERS, In Tweeds, Angolas, Deerskins, and Doeskins. Prices, 14s. 6d. to 255. Vests, Bs. 6d. to 14s. 6d. EAU -DE-VIE.—This Pure PALE BRANDY, 18s. per gallon, is ra ry auperio- to recent importations of Uo,znac, recommended by the medical protes4ion, and ex tensively used In hospitals. In bottles, 3•;s. per dozen, or in a case 3% , railway carriage p‘i RY BRETT and CO.. Old Furnival's Distil 'ery, fiolboru , E.O , and 30, Regent street, S.W. Established 182). ITYAM and Co's DRESS and FROCK COATS, In Woaded Yorkshire and West of England Fabrics. Prices, 355. to 755. HYAM and Co.'s FASHIONABLE VESTS, In Sealskins, Plushes, Cashmeres, Silks, Satins, &c. Prices, Bs. Gd. to 425. STARCH MANUFACTURERS TO H. R. H. THE PRINCESS OF WALES. GLENFIELD PATENT STARCH, Used in the Royal Laundry, Mr. J. R. Hind writes to The Times respecting the meteor shower which took place yesterday morn- ° Dtional. THE LOCK. N. RAPIDITY rounds It i,,, Cl Pable of firing at least 12 per minute, without o the Cartridges being arranged on a table. 1 1 ,'OURACY WHEN FIRED FROM A FIXED REST. thati'„rill. aritt must give a mean figure of merit of not more to a d at 1,000 yards, 30in. at 800 yards, 12in. at 500, 6 1n. at 300 Th e eh ots . e r h an to be taken upon at least five targets of twenty R. HOWARD, SURGEON-DENTIST, 52, Meet-street, has Introduced an entirely new desgrip lion of ARTIFICIAL TEET H, fixed without springs, wires, or ligatures. They s o perfectly reeemb e the natural teeth as not to be distinguished fro n the originals by the closest ooserver ; they will never change colour or decay, and will be found buperior to any teeth ever before used. This method does not require tue extraction of roots, or any pain ful operation, and wil l support and preser ve teeth that are loose, and is guarant ee d to restore articu l at ion and inz,si tea tion. Decayed teeth stopped and rendered sound and tielul in mastication. ing : H YAM and Co.'s PROFESSION AL SUITS, In Materials specially adapted. Prices, 50s. to 105 s. AND AWARDED THE PRIZE MEDAL. 1862. Sold by all Grocers, Chandlers, &o. cc. LEXTINCTE UR PATENT PORTABLE SELF-ACTING FIRE-ENGINE. YAM and Co.'s RIDING HABIT 8, 11 In Medium Cloths, Melton Cloths, Cashmeres, &e. Prices, from 3 to 6 Guineas. Sole Licensee—EDWAßD CASPER, 33, Poultry, E.C. . . HEIRLOOMS, ART TREASURES, ARTICLES Prized BEYOND MONEY VALUE may at any moment be DE STROYED BY FIRE. Even though danger be avertel it is by violent exertions and floods of water, at the expense of UT TER DE.;TRUC I'M& to DELICATE FABRICS, of IRRE TRIEVABLE DAMAGE to PRICELESS PRO DUCTIONS. Xot to P. TRAJECTORY. deg. 30 req u ire at 500 yards an elevation of more than 1 52. Fleet-street. At home from 10 till 5. L'EXTINOTELIR is a very small and very elegant orna rrent for Halls, Landings, dm , contains the volume of MO KE THAN HALF A TON OF WATER in a compound, HARMLESS to life or property, but which the first comer snatches up with ease, and by mere ly turning a tap projects an infinitely small jet with immense force on the beat of flame and instantly extinguishes it. The Licensee will be happy to forward (post paid) details of severe tests to which this admirable Invention has been submitted, and of its approval and adoption by gentlemen distinguished in science, social position, and commerce. Th e Q. FOULING. at 1 shootin g not to deteriorate more than 20 per cent. ' OOO Yards after firing 250 rounds. R. PENETRATION. tl iAt e , inean penetration of five shots not to be less . than o ' the Present service muzzle-loading Enfield Rifle— ', t• 12 half -inch elm planks, which have been soaked 48 "Mira i n wter 3)ia tance a 3O yards. Wa s. LUBRICATION. b csi bullets is indispensable, but any other lubricant lle ee , soperadd by thecompetied or applied to the cartridge, if th oug ht -sal ? tor. EtZlrca., a rms 'will be received without the usual proof marks. , e ,'acations, and drawings of the methods proposed, A . ,,a . g the probable cost per arm, and accompanied by a NEI;7 I specimen arm, with 20 rounds of suitable ani_mu °fa 86 uld b to the "Director of Ordnance, War Pall-mall „ s on or before the 30th March, 1867. . 3 Y B Peciffcations and specimen arms will be considered. b;,. --e Ordnance Select Committee and its associate me f m er - W a a l ! who will be selected by the Secretary of State sel,,, a nel who will, after firing the 20 preliminary rounds, a s and recommend for further trial such of the systems sn e h a ! appear to them sufficiently promising, rejecting all Nva r " B roaY not be considered to offer sufficient merits to clitiaat their being included in the competition, the con i,llB, of which are stated in this advertisement. fo r e - :" accepted competitor will then be required to furnish to th - R Peri nicot, at Woolwich, six arms in strict conformity rtrunth a Pecimen arm submitted, with 1,000 rounds of am kate°ll,Per arm, within four months after date of de tein • - c'ach competitor will required to disclose to the ttuttee the exact nature of the lubrication he may em thipe. ti k a re, ll m of £3OO will be paid to each of the accepted to cover the expense of the six rifles, and of a s h Se re of ammunition required. arilimwelecretary of State offers a reward of £l,OOO for the hi t' alic h, on combination of all qualities, is considered • co mmittee to be the best submitted. tail l i,7mid reward of £6OO for the arm which, while at lars g a satisf ac t ory d egree of excellence in other particu- A' elected fo r merit in respect to its breech mechanism. 1116 "i i rd reward of £4OO for the best cartridge. The qua 4wft-r,Pclich will he principally taken into consideration in 01 8 , s p.g this prize will be economy of manufacture, power V ario aint ag rough usage, freedom from deterioration in Th e Vimates, and general serviceability. ,Se th,, e , S aooting qualities of the cartridge must be . fair; but ' 1 1!, c .4, 113 ,aY depend upon the rifling of the arm with which 14 (ler,;" -i dge % associated, they will not be so much con it as those above-mentioned. dill 8 clearly t o b e understood that under no c i rcumstances sucks. e°l4 Petitor be entitled to mere than one prize; but tiv e ,Plize will be irrespective of any reward which may be Ser r F ee uo . the inventor of the arm finally adopted into the 1 V Mai kAGAZINE AND REPEATING ARMS. _ re_ teivetzine and Repeating Arms for Infantry will be _ - I nuditt e n tlcl . n ,examin e d in a manner similar_ . to the Breech I nelie ß; I n' cu. They must not be less in length than 48 T - e ' 'lnluding the stock. cl uei omit of weight for these arms is fixed at 9/Ib. ex- If lt v•e:eethr eetacryharges in the magazine. ba Yentt tucli sPensable that the arms be made to take a Th e r, of State offers a reward of 300 for the best e°n3 -- ga rlitl i o lle °r ßepeatingArm produced that . fulfils the above lues eet , i l ls and in the absence of experience does not . at, tc Voss f r e fine the standard of accuracy or other conditions ulled before such an arm can be adopted. top fe liagazine orßepeatingArms, which are accepted Thpber trial, will be paid for at the rate of £6O each. a ttn. 8 611111 is to include 1,000 rounds of ammunition per Th e V. Ittiberalt Preduce :'°°retitry of State will take care that no ingenious opte'cld in answer to this advertisement shall be ent ilazlethatinto the service without proper acknewledgm . ~ Ifti!the name of the individual with whom it °rim all be recorded in connection with it. i tto t):: ri ne .1-0 which the first prize is awarded is adopted service. it will bear the inventor's name. J. ST. GEORGE, Major-General, Director War Oct. 22, 1866. of Ordnance. ° Mee, , t f A R M I , ..13itT'S AgrnmArric BALSAM.—AN °r arre-el,'' 4CTUAL itENI EDIT, without confining the bowels taitt ed wwg' the head, truly efficacious and pleasant, is ad- Pro to ts ,_,-e the beat medicine tor andsimmeditely relieving . alirapteo.us, confirmed cases of asthma, incipielPccuT: Pron ouu n• lt frequently cures persons whom the a . c y Provek„.?! incurable, admirably allays the ticklingmpnl n it s etref irequent couh.,__. air benefi l ci n a g t. I n 'er a s p o p n r s o d a even y in, are tr o n _in a f eb , , down for fear of suffocation, may depend on relief e c p hi r g ed co o n t s s u lee tio r VV Linif!utes after taking it. Prepares °my and , sold ny . cross, Lo ndon Chemist, 8, King-W,lliam-street, (;haring tor three qu ° , ll : l t p, and by all drugg - ists, in bottles, 134 d., a a n s g f or Lar n b ;lea in one . 9d. each. Be articular. and it engr tyea e o r n t %%ta, _nraatic2s Balsam, The name and address are 0 Ktrap. A ltal" alc a l 01 1. • r top too ct• 11 0 1 so . oon• dr 0 re, a o°l1 9 ' P 934511 of rod 00Seer, j. v a rr • .c.J3.1 )tir.iliellTY z ea l3 l34 ' tg ed 47 11' lael veu e l l ' t Regi° a ckbet°' o 1 E' of FA' toe ea • ;,-A, • r s.sfte ' Li, 1-I N i ;cunt/ a t HYAM and Co.'s SERVANTS' LIVERIES, In every required shade and style. Pages' Suits, from 30s. ; Footmen's, 60s. ; Coachmen's, 65s ({YAM and Co.s SELECT DEPARTMENTS. 66 ani 67, OXFORD-STREET. The attention of gentlemen is invited to the following arrrngoments into which HYAM and Co.'s Establishment is laid out for public accommodation : No. 1. Clothing for Immediate Wear. No. 2. Select Order Department. No. 3. Juvenile and Youth's Department! No. 4. Hat, Hosiery, and Outfit Department. The most experienced cutters and workmen are em ployed, and the newest and best materials, with due regard to economy, are guaranteed. HYAM and Co's ONLY ESTABLISHMENTS. LONDON-66 and 67, OXFORD-STREET.: BIRMINGHAM-21, 22 and 23, NEW-STREET. LEEDS-42, BRIGGATE, and DEWSBURY—WESTGATE. QYA.NISH FLY is the acting ingredient in ALEX. ROSS'S CANTHARIDES OIL, which speedily produces whiskers and thickens hair, 3s 6d, Ss 6d, and iOs 6d; sent by post for 64.84, and 141 stamps.— ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London, and all Chemists. WONDERFUL DISCOVERY.—Corns cured in one day by using ALEX. ROSS'S CHIROPO. This preparation gradually dissolves the Corn in a few hours, removing the very root. Price 4s; sent by post for 60 stamps. —248, High Holborn, London, and all Chemists. HAIR -CURLING FLUID, 248, High Holborn, London.—ALES. ROSS'S CURLING FLUID curia Ladies' or Gentlemen's hair immediately it is applied. Sold at 5s 6d, 5s 6d, and 10s 6d ; sent free for 54, 84, and 144 stamps —Had of ail Chemists. el REY HAIR. —248, High Holborn, London.— ki ALEX. ROSS'S HAIR DYE produces a perfect colour Immediately it is used. It is permanent, and perfectly na tural in effe Price 3s 6d, 5s 6d. and iOs 6d ; sent by post [or 54, 81, and 141 stamps ; and all Chemists. HAIR DESTROYER.-248, High Holborn, London.—ALEX. ROSS'S DEPILATORY removes superfluous hair from the lace, neck, and arms, without effect to the skin. Price 3s 6d, 5s 6d, and lOs 6d; sent for 54, 84, and 144 stamps.—Had of a lt Chemists. DIMPLE REMOVER.—AII diseases of the akin are improved by one dose of ALEX. ROSS'S VE;;ETABLE SKIN PILLS. They remove redness, sal lowness, arm. 2s 9d and 75 ed ; or post for 40 and 100 stamps. —ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London, and all Cue mists. HAIR COLOUR WASH.—By washing the head with this beautifully-perfumed Wash, in seven or ten days the hair assumes its original oolour, and remains so by an occasional usinc , . 10s lid ; sent for stamps.—ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London, and all Chemists. Just published, 2d ; sent by the author for 3 stamps, UGLINESS and BEAUTY; being a Pamphlet descriptive of articles and means used for improving the appearance. By ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London. /VOTHING INIPOSSIBLE.—The greatest and L.\ most useful invention of the day, AG-IJA AMA RR LL A. Messrs. JOHN GOSNELL and CO., Red Bull Wharf, 93, Upper Thames-street, Perfumers to her Majesty, respect tully offer to the public this truly marvellous iluift, which zradnally restores the human hair to its pristine hue--no matter at what age. The Agua Amarella has none of the properties of dyes ' • it, on the contrary, is ben e fi c i a l t o t h e system, and when the hair is onoe restored one application per month will keep it in perfect colour. Price one guinea per bottle, or in half bottles, 10s. 61. Testimonials from artiste& the highest order, and from individuals of undoubted re speotability, may be seen on application. Messrs. John Goenell and Co. have been appointed Perfumers to her Royal Fitehness the Princess of Wales. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, in the immediate vicinity of the Great northern Rail way Terminus, King's-cross. Patron—Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN. Vice-Patron—His Ti oval Highness the Prince of WA LE EG. 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 di ffi culty of Governors' orders. is wholly de pendent for support on voluntary contributions and I 3 , .t . actes 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 fora conaielerable 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 their bankers. Messrs. Brown, Janson, and Co.. Abchureh• lane; also by Messrs. Contts and Co.; Drummond and Co. • Giyn and Co.;[Terries and Co.; Ransom and Co . ; Presc ot t, Grote ., and ao.; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; Williams, Deacon, and Co.; Niabet and Co., Bernere-street ; and at the Huipital. trom 10 till 5. BTAIRMBD bAWI HL_astretarY. RUPTURES.-BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. WHITE'S Moe-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (PERFECTED AND EXHIBITED IN THE GREAT EXHIBITIONS ot 1851 and 1862), is allowed by up wards of Iwo Hundred Meiioal Gentlem en to be the most effective invention in the curative treatment ot fIE LIN lA. The use of a steel spring, so ofters hurtful in its effects, is bete avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the body, while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the Moe-Hain Pad and Patent Levr, fitting with so much ease and close ness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn during sleep. A descriptive circular may be had, and th 3 truss, which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post. on the circum 'erence of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manufacturer, WIIAT IS YOUR CREST AND WHAT . IS YOUR MOTTO ? Send 3s. 6d. to CULLETON'S Heraldic Office for a Plain Sketch, or 62. for a Coloured one. The Arms of man and wife blended together in proper heraldic form. The proper heraldic Colours for servants liveries, what buttons to be used, an d h ow the carr i age s hould be painted, fee 10s. Just complete, a very va luable book, with 3,500 Engravings, arms, crests, and mottoes of nearly every family in the kingdom, the result of thirty years' labour, price £lO 10s., printed in several colours. Family Pedi grees traced from auth en ti c recor d s, i n f o rmation as to the obtaining of a new grant of arms, how to change one's name, by T. Cullet on, E ngraver to h er Majesty and Royal family ; also Diesi n k er t o the Boar d o f Trade, 25, Civil bourn-street (com er o f St . M art i n ' s -l ane ), W.O. Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly. A Single Truss, 14., 215., 26s 6d., and 31s. 6cl Postage, Is. Double Truss, 31s. 6d., 425., and 625. 6d. Posrsze, Is. Bd. An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. Postage. is. I'd. Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post office, Piccadilly. NEW PATENT rLASTIC STOCKINGS, KNEE-CAPS, &c., for Varicose Veins and all cases of Weakness and Swelling clic the Legg, Sprains, ekc. They are porous, light in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on like an ordinary stocking. Price 4s. Bd., 7s. Bd., 103., and 16s. each. Postage, 6d. JOHN WHITE, Manufacturer, 228, Piccadilly." HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.-FUNDS 1. are earnestly solicited for fitting up the TRAINING £2,000 required. WM. WILLIAYIS, Secretary. Boys' Ref age, 8, Great Queen-street, W.C. OMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.-CON TRIBUTIONSIL are earnestly solicited for establishing the COUNTRY ROME. £l,OOO required. WM. WILLI &MS, 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, Lothburv, and 214, High Holborn; Messrs. Ransom and Co., 1, Pall-Mall East; and by W/1 WILLIAMS, Secretary. Refuge, 8, Great Queen-street, W.C. THE RESCUE SOCIETY wishes to add another Lome to tho 12 now in operation. Last year no fewer han 455 poor, friendless, young tamales were rejected from want of FUNDS and room, making a total of 3,087, who have been sent away in five years. The new home the Committee wish to form woald be for young girls, almost children, from the age of 8 to 15, who have been led astray from the path of virtue. Contributions will be received gratefully by the Secretary, %f r. Daniel tJooper,Bs, Queen•street.Cheapside; or by 311essrs Barclay and Co.. Lombard-street. PROVIDENCE ROW S 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. The poor from all parts are admitted, the only condition being that they are homeless and starving. The Manager &c., receives no remuneration whatever. Notwithstand ing the provision made by the Poor Houses, each night numbers of young women, chilaren, and orphans are, for want ac commodation, rofusedadmittance, andhave to spend night after night in the cold, wet, and sleet. To meet this evil, and to provide more - ample accommoda tion, .£2,000 has been raised, but to accomplish the work a sum of at least £l,OOO more will be required. Besides providing shelter for the homeless, this year it is proposed, as far as the donations obtained for the pur pose will allow, to give bread and coals to poor families in want. Will you, in your charity, help to carry on and accomplish what has been begun ? Will you help to give shelter to the really homeless, and food to the really starving? Tho smallest donation will be most welcome, and, night and morning, the prayers of the destitute will be offered in your behalf. sUBSORIPTIONS are earnestly requested, and will be gratefully received by the _Rev. D. GILBERT ;D.D.Alio. 22, Fiusbury-circus, P RIN TIN G.___TO PROPRIETORS OF NEWSPAPERS, PERIODICALS, Szo.—The Print ing and Machining of Newspapers, &c., done ou exceed ingly favourable terms. Use of Editirial and Publishing Offices, if required. Estimates forwarded on receipt of particulars, with stamped directed envelope for reply. Address—The Manager "Sun" Printing Offices, 3, Church row, Savoy, Strand, W.C. GREAT DISTRESS AMONGST WORKING MEN AT THE EAST-END.---A large meeting of working men out of employment was held last night in the Catholic School room, Wade-street, East India-road, for the purpose, as stated in the placard convening the meeting, "of taking into consideration, as the winter is coming on, the best means of relieving the distress which prevails among the working classes who are thrown out of employment through scarcity of work which at present prevails at the East-end of London." Mr. Fail, an East-end tradesman, presided. He said the meeting had been convened by the working men themselves, no less than 12,000 of whom at the East-end alone were at the present moment out of employment. He had been asked to preside, because he had lately been ac tively engaged in assisting to relieve the distress by which at this end of London they wero surrounded. He had col lected nearly £3O, and amongst 130 families distributed the money, 'raking in all 250 visits, and in each case giving from 2s. to ss. and 6s. Nis idea of the matter was, that those who were in distress would not be able to do much for themselves, but that they would have to appoint a deputa tion from among themselves to wait upon the influential classes of the neighbourhood, and try to aro use th em t o a sense of the miserable situation in which the working classes were placed. They must also endeavour to induce i re n li w ef o . rk in to th give 250 sa vi y sits he made their week fellowseaeeach towardswh ols. or 2s. a there were many which caused him . much pain. He found many families who were before . in a tolerably comfortable position, but who were now in extreme want. The whole of the things they once possessed were now at the pawn brokers' or the leaving-shops. For the contents of several w th er e e ir cottages he would not give more than 55., whereas before this distress those cottages were tolerably well furnished. Mr. Cavanagh said there were as many as 14,000 men out of work, without taking the lads into account. At Mill wall Ironworks the number at one time was so large that the streets were impassable during the dinner hour ; now those streets were deserted. At Westwood and Bailey's shipyard there used to be 5,000 employed ; now not a single hand. He hopod that sympathy and assistance would be extended to the East-end now as was extended to Lanca shire, and that the Queen, who had sent £3OO to Quebec, would be moved to a similar act towards the carpenters and others who were out of work at the East-end. Several suggestions were made, and a resolution passed appointing a committee to devise means for obtaining substantial re lief, and to make the Government acquainted with the cir cumstances of the case. I ADVERTISEMENT.] - ll olloWft y ' S Ointment and Pills.— All afflicted with bad legs, sores, ulcers, and skin diseases, who, from want of means or other reasons, can not avail themselves of surgical treatment, may avail them selves of their complaints by using Holloway's purifying, cooling, and healing remedies. In every outward ailment this wonderful ointment brings about the most beneficial results by checking inflammation, cleansing ulcerations, and restoring soundness. Internal pains, rheumatic and gouty tortures, enlarged joints, scrofulous swellings, and contracted sinews, may be overcome by diligently rubbing this cooling unguent into the skin. In all malodies of un usual severity or excessive duration the pills should be taken internally to root put the last seeds of the disorder, and to Laden the desired VIM • During the night of Tuesday next, Nov. 13-14, there is reason to expect a remarkable display of shooting stars, one of a series which occur at intervals of about 33 years. Since the extraordinary shower in November, 1833, chiefly witnessed on the North American continent, much atten tion has been paid to the subject of periodical meteors, and the grounds upon which the prediction of a grand exhibi tion during the night between Tuesday and Wednesday next is founded appear worthy of some confidence. Professor Newton, of New Haven, United States, has shown that the principal recorded showers of meteors at. this epoch accommodate themselves to a cycle of 33f years, and that these bodies in all probability emanate from a vast group extended round the sun in the form of a ring of unequal density, nearly circular, and with an annual period of 365.27 days for the meteors composing it, which revolve in a retrograde direction, or opposite to the earth's motion in her orbit. The inclination of the ring to the plane of the ecliptic is about 17 deg., and its point of intersection there with has an annual progressive motion from the mean equi nox of about 1.7, in consequence of which movement the shower takes place on a later date now than formerly. The November meteors diverge chiefly from apoint in the constellation Leo, situate nearly midway between the stars marked Epsilon and Eta, 8i degrees north of the ecliptic. This divergent point or radiant will be on the horizon in London at 10.12 p.m. on Tuesday, and 'on the meridian at 6h. 18m. the following morning. As it ascends in the sky the number of meteors may be expected to increase, and may reach a maximum towards daybreak. Professor New ton's calculation would rather indicate that the display will be most remarkable on the Western Atlantic, but this pre • diction is necessarily open to some degree of uncertainty. The grand and imposing character of the phenomenon when the earth has been involved in the denser portion of the meteoric ring may be gathered from a few extracts of the many descriptions we possess of these exhibitions. Thus, on the morning of October 13, 902, it is related— " There were seen, as it were lances, an infinite number of stars, which scattered themselves like rain to the right and left, and that year was called the year of stars.' " On Oct. 19, 1202, "on the last day of Muharrem, stars shot hither and thither in the heavens, eastward and westward, and flew against one another like a scattering swarm of locusts, to the right and left ; this phenomenon lasted till daybreak ; people were thrown into consternation," &c. This shower was witnessed at Bagdad, and is recorded by several of the Arabic writers. In 1366, "22 days of the month of October being past . . . There was in the heavens a movement of the stars such as men never before saw or heard of. From midnight onward all the stars moved from the east to the west, and after being together they began to move, some in one direction and others in another; and afterwards they fell from the sky in such 1 numbers and so thickly together that as they descended low in the air they seemed large and fiery, and the sky and the air seemed to be in flames, and even the earth appeared as if ready to take fire. That portion of the sky where there were no stars seemed to be divided into many parts, and this lasted for a long time." So we are informed in a Portuguese chronicle quoted by Humboldt in his " Cosmos." The ex traordinary shower on the night of Nov. 12, 1799, was wit nessed by this celebratedphilosopher and his fellow-travel ler, Bonpland, at Cumana, in South America. 'thousands of fire-balls and shooting stars fell during a period of four hours, the number attaining a maximum about four a.m. Some of the larger meteors bore comparison with the moon in apparent magnitude, and it is recorded that a few were visible even after sunrise. This one display was observed as far north as Labrador and Greenland, where "it greatly frightened the Equimaux." It is not commonly kaown, I believe, that the shower was remarked in this country. Generally, the weather appears to have been cloudy in England ; but at Hartlepool and Hull the sky was clear. At or near the former place meteors and balls of fire 'were first observed between five and six o'clock in the morning in an eastern direction, and continued falling in succession and together till daybreak. The atmosphere was very clear, and the moon, which was full, shone with un common brilliancy. The fireballs continued nearly two hours, and were succeeded till nearly eight o'clock by align flashes of lightning. The general appearance was sublimely awful, particularly to the Hartlepool fishermen then at sea.' At Hull "the heavens exhibite d an awful and grand app ante" r ance" from the number of the meteors and their sparkling trains. Remarkable exhib itions occurred in November, 32 and 1833. particularly i n the latter year. In 1832 the meteors were chiefly seen in Europe ; in South Russia they were so numerous as to be compared to "a raiu of fire ;' and the eminent astron omer M. Leverrier, who observed them in France, bears testimony to their astonishing num ber. The splendid display on 13th November, 1833, pro bably obscured by cl ouds in Europe, was seen over a great extent of the North American continent, and will he found detailed in many of our popular works on astronomy. It In the course of a very beautiful criticism upon the I philosophy of Epictetus, the Saturday Review remarks that —Perhaps the most remarkable thing about Epictetus is the degree in which the religious element becomes pro minent in his teaching, and the way in which his morality is combined with it and grows out of it. The Stoical schools had been the founders of what we call natu ral theology—the attempt to ascertain and establish the grounds in reason for religious belief. But in Epic tetus the belief has become an energetic practical prin ciple of the most pervading kind. His whole teaching rests on the idea of the great system and constitution of things, governed by the wisdom and goodness of God, in which man 'fills his part, and in which he is watched and helped by God his Father. No Christian teacher could be more penetrated with this thought, or could have it more constantly present to his mind ; and it is expressed by Epictetus in words which, for their devout earnestness and faith. it is not easy to road for the first time without won der. Thus he exhorts to the praise of God: —" Are these the only works of Providence with regard to us ? And what speech can fitly celebrate thoir praise ? For, if we had any understanding, ought we not, both in public and iu private, incessantly to sing and praise the Deity, and re hearse his benefits? Ought we not, whether we dig, or plough, or oat, to sing this hymn to God? Great is God, who has supplied us with these instruments to till the ground; great is God, who has given us hands and organs of digestion; who has given us to grow insensibly, to breathe in sleep. These things ought we for ever to celebrate; but to make it the theme of the greatest and divinest hymn, that he has given us the power to appreciate these gifts and to use them well. But because some of you are blind and insensible there must be one to fill this station, and lead, in behalf of all men, the hymn to God ; for what else can I do, a lame old man, but sing hymns to God ? Were I a nightingale, I would act the part of a nightingale ; were I a swan, I would act the part of a swan. Bat since I am a reasonable creature, it is my duty to praise God. This is my business. Ido it. Nor will I ever desert this post so long as it is permitted me ; and I call on you to join in the same song." (I. 16). So he represents morality as an offering of the whole man to God :—" Boldly make a desperate push, man, as the saying is, for prosperity, for freedom, for magnanimity. Lift up your head at last, as be ing free from slavery. Dare to look up to God, and say, ' Make use of me for the future as Thou wilt. lam of the same mind. lam one with Thee. I refuse nothing that seems good to Thee. Lead me whither Thou wilt. Clothe me in what dress Thou wilt. Is it Thy will that I should be in a public or a private condition ; dwell hero, or be banished ; be poor or rich ? Under all these circumstances I will testify unto Thee before men." (IL 16.) Does any good man fear that food should fail him ? It does not fail the blind ; it does not fail the lame. Shall it fail the good man ? Is God so negligent of his own institutions, of his servants, of his witnesses ? What, then, If God does not bestow food ? What else than that, like a good general, He hath made me a signal of retreat ? I obey, I follow ; speaking well of my leader, praising His works. For I came when it seemed good to Him, and again, when it seemed good to Him, I depart ; and in life it was my busi ness to praise God within myself, and to every auditor, and the world. Doth He grant me but few things ? Doth Ho refuse me affluence ? It is not His pleasure. He did not grant it to Hercules his own son." (111. 26.) His language is equally impressive when ho looks forward to the end of life, and describes the temper in which it should find men :—" At what employment would, you have death find you ? For my part, I would have it bo some humane, beneficent, public-spirited, noble action. But if I cannot be found doing any such great things, yet at least I would be doing what I cannot be re strained from, what is given me to do—correcting myself, improving that faculty which makes use of the phenomena of existence toproduce tranquillity, and render to the seve ral relations of life their due ; and if I am so fortunate, advancing still further in the security of judging right. If death overtakes me in such a situation, it is enough for me if I can stretch out my hands to God and say, " The opportunities I have received from thee of comprehending and obeying Thy administration I have - not neglected. As far as iu me lay, I have not dishonoured Thee. See how 1 have used my perceptions; how, my convictions. Have lat any time found fault with Thee ? Have I boon dis contented with Thy dispensations, or wished them other wise ? Have I transgressed the relations of life ? thank Thee that Thou hast brought me into being. lam satisfied with the time that I have enjoyed tilt) things Thous hast given me. Receive them back again ; and distribute them as Thou wilt. For they were all Thine, and Thou gayest them me." (111. 10.) I would be found studying this, that I may be able to say to God, "Have I transgressed Thy commands! Have I perverted the powers, the senses, the instincts which Thou hast given me ? Have I ever accused Thee, or Censured Thy dispensations ? I have been sick because it was Thy pleasure, like others ; but I willingly. I have been poor, it being Thy will; but with joy. I have not been in power, because it was not Thy will ; and power I have never desired: Host Thou ever seen mo saddened because of this ? Have I always approached Thee with a cheerful countenance; prepared to execute Thy commands, and the indications of Thy will ? Is it Thy pleasure that I should depart from this assembly? I depart. I give Thee all thanks that Thou hest thought me worthy to have a share in it with Thee; to behold Thy works, and to join with Thee in comprehending Thy government." Let death overtake me while I am thinking, while I am writ ing, while I am reading such things as these. (111. 5). We cannot read Epictetus without being continually struck with the coincidence of his thoughts, and even phrases, with many of the sayings which we are familiar With in the New Testament. Manhood Suffrage in New York. - ', -- 40--_ The article in the North American Review on the corruption of the municipal boards of New York is too stroag a card not to be played as effectively as possible in England by the opponents of manhood suffrage. It might be supposed a new discovery had been made, and the article in question contained the proofs, so triumphantly has it been paraded before the people of England. The story is indeed a very old one ; the old, old tale of plunder and corruption recorded in the annals of every nation. Wherever one body of men can with impunity plunder another body of men they will most as suredly do so. The means by which this is generally accomplished is by a combination of the leaders with the refuse of society, the former acting on the ignorance and cupidity of the latter, and drown ing the remonstrance of intelligence and honesty by the noisy clamour of an interested mob. The Con servative papers have not taken up the story of corruption told by the Republican periodical, though directed against the evils of manhood .ed su b ff y ra c g i be cause the whole plot has been organised of New York, who called themselves Conservatives. found in the Conservatism in America has always rters. most ignorant Irish its strongest supporters. tyranny, suffrage, Uni versal suffrage is a sure means of i and plunder in the hands of an . 'it distinctly recognised dis o : No where is this fact more populace. than in America. The aimgreattthe people that they patriotic to educa . h statesmen there is rivilege of ruling properly the big p lies m alfoarlfliatthe fact may exercise prop n difficulty m the the country. The c i n :l,l with a constant influx of that they have to New York is the great recep ignorance and vice. tacle for this stream, an d most of the dregs of the flow, which tends so much to f e rtilise the U ni on , In the hands of an unscrupulous settles in that city. par ty this ignorant mass of poverty could easily be turned to account, and this is just what has hap d w hich will happen wherever a similar pen ed, an offers, until the vice grows unb eara bl e, opportunity and it becomes the lesser of the two evils to face the iniquity and suppress it at all hazards. The body organised for the plunder of the property holders of New York is simply a combination to use the quickest means open to them of enriching them selves at the expense of their neighbours. The readiest way was to obtain votes for those who had no property, and use those votes to overwhelm the opposition of those who represented property. The property-holders were few and wealthy, and on them the taxes were levied. The votes which gave the corporation the power of levying the taxes represented no property. The corpora tion plundered the property, and distributed a portion of the plunder to those who had 1842. 1853. 1865. Sugar (cwt.) 3,868,000 ... 7,272,000 ... !10,187,000 Tea (lb.) 37,C00,000 ... 58,800,000 98,000,000 Tobacco (lb.) 22,000,000 29,350,000 88000,000 Wine (gallons) 4,815,000 ... 6,813,000 12,000,000 And to crown the whole, while our aggregate re venue has risen from £52,763,000 in 1842 to £67,812,000 in 1865, the aggregate amount of taxa tion repealed over that imposed has been £21,000,000. With regard to France the results have been to the full as remarkable and encou raging. Her total exports have risen from 2,266,000,000 of francs in 1859 to 2,924,000,000 in 1864, and the increase in certain specified articles has been as follows : Cotton Tissues. Linen Tis. Woollen Tis. Yarns. Francs. Francs. Francs. Francs. 1859 67,000,000 15,000,000 186,000,000 8,000,000 1864 93,000,000 24,000,000 356,000,000 43,000,0 00 Her exports to Great Britain have been : ` 1859. 1864. Woollens ...francs 39,000,000 Cottons Yarns " 400,000 Metals " 4,400,000 ...... 8,900,000 Fish " 1,000,000 ...... 3,000,000 ' Upwards of twenty million pers ons have visited the Crystal Palace during the eleven years and a half it has been open to the public, m aking a daily average of over five thousand per day. • From some remarks made by M. Delangle, the Procureur-General, at the opening of the French Courts of Jnstice for the winter session,it is inferred . L i g ht is flow thrown on the Porte that duelling will be more severely dealt with for M. Seguin, the man who was killed, was the son of a banker established at St. Peters burg. On the evening of the duel he went to the A ti l le aill f o u t t auffrea.ir. 3 Cafe Frontin, where he met Lieutenant Leca, a the Zouaves, who owed him forty francs. M. Seguin claimed this sum, and whilst the lieutenant's hand was in his pocket he struck him. M. Leca said, ~ Seguin, you have committed a brutal action, and you will regret it to-morrow." M. Seguin repeated the blow, and demanded a duel on the spot. Friends stepped forward, but the matter had gone too far, and principals and seconds got into a cab and drove to the Poissoniere barracks for rapiers ; the mai • tre d'armes refused them at so late an hour, but ur, ...ut gave some foils, which were taken to an armour ' er s where the buttons were removed and the • nts sharpened. Thence the party went to the Porte M poi aillot and got to work. Almost at the first P touched in the arm, a n d Leca wished Seguin was is stop there. Segui n , however, declaredhe affair to that if he did not defend him se lf h e would spit him like a dog. After a few more passes the unfortunate provoker rushed on to his adversary's swo r d, an d ex pi re d almost imm e d l un der arrest for Leca has been placed THE NEW FORM OF ' THANKSGIVING.—The Arch bishop of Canterbury, in accordance with instruc tions from the Cr own, has sent to the clergy the h ces following be form of thanks g i v i ng, w hi c h i s t o used in all churches in his Gra ce ' s prov i nce on S un d ay nex t, instead of . the prayer which has been used for a long time past :--,‘ 0 Almighty Lord, Father of mercies and God of all comfort, we give Thee humble and hearty thanks for that Thou hast vouchsafed to assuage the severity of the plague and pestilence with which wo have been visited. We blossTby holy name for having thus far restored to our dwellings health and the voice of gladness, and spared for our suste nance the remnant of our flocks and herds. Continuo, wo pray Thee, these Thy acts of Providence over us; and although, by reason of our manifold transgressions, w e have worthily deserved Thy chastisements, yet be pleased of Thy groat g oodness, and in compassion to our infirmi ties, wholly to withdraw from us this plague and grievous sickness, to our relief and Thy glory, through Jesus Christ Our Lord. Amen." MRS. OLIPHANT'S NEW NOVEL. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 y MA DONN A MAR Y. By Mrs. OLIPH A_NT, Author of "Agnes," Ric. " A book of great power and beauty, a perfect work of its "A. story told with exquisite simplicity and beauty, and of toe deepest inter. est."—S tar, Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street.