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f carrying to make It population is obviou s be devised, ding some ;nee. ye in . ; dod 'tins 18 held for comp l y' 9 . Oats r supply ranee of held for offering / a b°llt qr . ad logo . ' por sir. to-dAY:. f is pe,- e L e tracl per qr. • I uupp• duwn' don'°• ; ~= ~ ~ , R t' ~ t°' y ---) 14 'nB67. I I`I4HAN'S LL WHISKY. DUBLIN This EXLBITTON, 1865. celebrated OLD IRISH WHISKY gained the i t ' , ll 4 Prize Modal. eor no. l3 P are, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Whole %,lll_ ill Bottles 3s. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London; 141R,_,A- gents in the principal towns in England; At 0 8 i 1 GREA T WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. nal'ans L tha It L ed W Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded hiskv." rT 'SAL LOA,N FUND ASSOCIATION 1 4 , tincurpor a t e d by Act of Varliam,ct, 2.350). Pro,2" n .L-STREET COVENT-GARDEN. D at io LONDN. fre e O,'"Pt.A a pp icVAn by lett NCli: 3on all description of Security. Fu O rms er to EDWARD HARPER. Secretary. CCU` HOTELS, PUBLIC HOUSES, Ptr p ant BGIJTESSE3. and KNEE'S List on applintion. tto rtic liars fo- insertio . t received until the 27th of the vieir is ) A 4IIO ZION AND HOT RL AGENCY OFFICES. lar-street. s ra id, W.C., and nearly opposite the Charing Cr as Railway Station. STARCH MANUFACTURERS TO R. R. H. THE PRINCESS OF WALES. bi-1-'4NFIELD PATENT STARCH, • Used in the Royal Laundry, 411 D AWARDED THE PRIZE MEDAL. 1862 Sold by all Grocers, Chandlers, &o. &o. INDIA OFFICE, 11th December, 1816. IR Y ORDER of the SECRETARY of STATE tiofor INDIA. in COUNCIL. lend r`j,C l4l IS HEREBY GIVEN, that it is intended . to etl , , ea ,, , adia, at the tad 01 1R69, five young men, trained and the V-11 for:ultimate employment in the higher branches of 1,0„, jPartment for the conservation and management of the under the Government of India. !leD e „`rtlary will be at first .£.360 a year, and promotion will hl upon Upon efficiency, and the occurrence of vaeaneks in the b h ,Frades. 'lll;,"ata must be British subjects above 17 years of age. . 41 1sed, I Past produce satisfactory certificates of being.pos ,„."‘ a competent knowledge of the tollowin,r inejects, th aaar i...t. h . : e ar t e i d, if required, to undergo an examination in A "Bil c omposition. Al geb -eta, r r a. elementary principles. simple and quadratic eq c. geo , --. 41 )8 and proportions, logarithms, arithmetical and oZtrical progression. Ilail e T e trY. Ist, 2 1 , 3d 4th , and 6th books of Euclid, and kiL r _. l4.°llo lnetry the f colloquial knowledge of French or German. with tlaßsiteepity readiv and translating the works of some A pre, w riter in one of those languages. ktwk,erenc.e will be given to those candidates who have a l utre e '"ge of Chemistry and Physics, and who are practised I t a hand and plain drawing. t ears- lected they will be further required to go through a „ sei ellee Bff training and instruction in forestry and cognate le as or two years and a halt in France or Germany pre- their departure for Ina ; and the Secretary of StAte etDe'entribute £3l at the end of each halt year town. ds the f arou r te i f this training in the-case of such candidates as are fo ra reported on by their the.instruoors. e detailed informat.on as to qualifi-ations sought b t4 fi i n d .,,. t he advantages held out, may be had on application ;lotori un der -Secretary of State for India, India Offic, dress ~street. Westminster, to whom candidates must ad wleir andiCatians before tile is: February, 1867. JAMES FERGUSSON. IS YOUR CREST AND WHAT IS S end YOUR MOTTO 'lai n - °s• 6d. to CULLETON'S Heraldic Office for a iii h, or 6s. for a Coloured one. The Arms of bit „ ail d Wife blended to ge th er i n proper heraldic form. ulitt e ' r° Per heraldi c C o l ours f or ser vants' liveries, what fe e , in nEr to b e used, and how the carriage shoul d b e painted, Just complete, a very valuable book, with 3,500 ' 4 4lll7, iti gs, arms, crests, and mottoes of nearly every Prie,' i n the kingdom, the result of thirty , Rre e ,, l o 1 0$., printed in several colours. Family Pedi obt4Waced from authentic records, information as to ti s 'kke tug of a new grant of arms, how to change one's 'atolf "Y . Culleton, Engraver to her Majesty and Royal be ti jl also Diesinker to the Board of Trade, 25, Oran "t-street (corner of St. Martin's-lane), W.O. t l 'LIN TIN G.—TO PROPRIETORS OF ti ing ar, — PWSPAPERS, PERIODICALS, &c.—The Print- Machining of Newspapers, &c., done ou ei . tce . ed- Ofa,"avourable terms. Use of Editorial and Publishing lizte,Vf required. Estimates forwarded on receipt of Itcld i r -ll 'ars, with stamped directed envelope for reply. ro4B--he Manager "Sun" Printing Offices, 3, Church 'avoY, Strand, W.C. ° GUNMAKERS and Others. Th, 1, 4 46 , -; SECRETARY of STATE for WAR is desirous of 451 1tp' r , t1 R,.PROPOSA.LS from Ganmakers and Others for lepel,;'ti-LOADING RIFLES, either repeating or not 1 4t 4 .g, 'which may replace the present Service Rifles in Manufacture. Th e foli o kiiite.win epg are the conditions considered essential in I : 7 nen-reating Rifles— -I'l(4'f-° A. WEIGHT. exceed 91b. soz. without bayonet. T B. LENGTH. ` 41 11,. "' 5 1 inches, with short stock, measured from the nf the butt-plate to muzzle. Ite;27EIGHT OP AMMUNITION MADE UP. kr v f e ' o l - not exceed 61b. 4ov. for sixty rounds as packed for k uo D. CARTR:IDGES. " Carry their own in•nition. Th E. ' SIGHTS. tkece 'l oresight must be such as to admit of a bayonet cording to the present system. F. STOCK. alloy " 9 ' SUCh as to carry a light metal cleaning-rod, and a slin g; t o be used. I G. RECOIL. 10 tt 114eetotexceed.that of the Enfield Rifle by more than 1 10, , it. THE ARM AS A WHOLE. ue as little liable to injuryby long-continued firing, "t e i, ll , B ago, and exposure, as the naval rifles converted to IS ;leaders on the Snider system. To be as capable, 15 ` be in used without accident by imperfectly trained 11, and g ark of being manufactured in quantities and of uni claalitv. tr, IHE AMMUNITION AS A WHOLE. ti t , d at be as little liable to injury by rough usage, damp,- %iti e e Posure in all climates, as the Boxer cartridge for ~etit,9 " 8 converted Enfield rifle—also as little liable to acci °xplosion as the same cartridge, and as capable of (1441111anufactured in large quantities, and of uniform b", • onal, x. CALIBRE. On i tt TRE TWIST AND FORM OF GROOVE. O M . 410 4,1. M. THE LOCK. N. RAPIDITY OF FIRE. kirti.tillable of firing at least 12 rounds per minute, without 0 . Aoß e ,'.,:tho cartridges being arranged on a table. s , Th A 'u RACY WHEN FIRED FROM A FIXED REST. a,rna must give a mean figure of merit of not more 4 1:41 c ': lun. at 1,000 yards, 30in. at 800 yards, 12in. at 500, h'Il• at 300. Nlot ° Illean to be taken upon at least five targets of twenty 8 each. N ot p. TRAJECTORY. reqlu'ro at 500 yards an elevation of more than 1 3 ° Izin. The FOULING. "'L 1 A shooting not to deteriorate more than 20 per cent. ' OOO Yards after firing 250 rounds. Th e R. PENETRATION. "At mean penetration of five shots not to be less ithan ;'l2 -,-„` the present service muzzle-loading Enfield R fle 4 04',, 5 ' half-in c h e l m p l an k s , w hi c h have been soaked 48 — 11 1 Wate r . - ' a ttee 30 yards. Vir a , s. LUBRICATION. is •d' s.ible but any other lubricant kay b bullets ID Is pen Il ece B , e superadded or applied to the cartridge, if thought by the competitor. k No , "Ns will be received without the usual proof marks. ttt?,,ißeations and drawings of the methods proposed, !Illef a t t he probable cost per arm, and accompanied by a " r ,itio ] ;', B Pecirnen. arm, with 20 rounds of suitable ammo ,".ould be sent to the "Director of Ordnance, War Thp,' " 11 -mall," on or before the 30th March, 1867. . • th e s pecifications and specimen arms will be considered ',.°,:rdnance Select Committee and its associate mem :l_4" „"`, will he selected by the Secretary of State for ''le r t ' I li who will after firing the 20 preliminary rounds, 4 i na and recommend for further trial such of the systems 1 „ 1311 q. - I, 4 PPear to them sufficiently promising, rejecting all .4 re a i ll ay not be considered to offer sufficient merits to diti tit their being included in the competition, the con , 4 1:1 ,. 8 h 0 f Which are stated in this advertisement. - I °l ' ex,l.ecepted competitor will then be required to furnish . t• h e v e in/lent, at Woolwich, six arms in strict conformity , t i l a l t ii tiiLi o s p e ll eitnen arm submitted, w:th 1,000 rounds of am- Per arm within four months after date of de tblilt,; Each , competitor will be required to disclose to the I ,,.. l os."' t tee the exact nature of the lubrication he may ern ;"4l 4 - slim of £3OO will be paid to each of the accepted die le)netitors, to cover the expense of the six rifles, and of Th WY of ammunition required. Ittillu.e,Secetary of State offers a reward of £l,OOO tho tl 3 ; ui eh, on combination of all qualities, is considered ,;„ committe e to be the best submitted. Oi r t -cc nid reward of £6OO for the arm which, while at izr a satisfactory degree of excellence in other particu i. A tb!telected for merit in respect to its bre!mh mechanism. 1 „ 1 , 11 reward of £4OO for the best cartridge. The qua of. - tt lt 8 r will be principally taken into consideration in f• iti: i "g this prize will be economy of manufacture, pow!sr ' 41 1 0 ,; 4 ' 731 ng rough usage, freedom from deterioration in T 1• 1:8 mooting and general serviceability. th tlae,',,,staeoting ' qualities of the cartridge must be fair; but dependupon the rifling of the arm with which is e a n ssociated, they will not be so much con ,lt as those above-mentioned. Z l ll a . ' Cl early to be understood that under no circumstances • h e , l, Petitor bo entitled to mere than one prize i 've la Tzb will be irrespective of any reward which may be -ei lie,; the inventor of the arm finally adopted into the IV- Ita,,,M,A-GAZTNE AND REPEATING ARMS. r ?er t ne and Repeating Arms for Infantry will be re i,‘"acl'„-,4,11d examined in a manner similar to the Breech- Tli'ey must not be less in length than 48 I.iteludi te stock. limit of weight for these arms is fixed at 91lb. ex t j e t ° ,f h . e charges in the magazine. 43',31,„ lil dispensable that the arms be made to take a rt h e ft ia •Ra '3 ,•„ e eretary of State offers a reward of 300 for the best b;r41.f,," or Repe• i ti ng Arm produced that fulfils the above tout de ; and in the absence of experience does not at f u l fi ," o o the standard of accuracy or other conditions f°Thos led before such an arm can be adopted. fin-tt ' i agazine or Repeating Arms, which_ar_e__ac e c a e e pt . ed Ails uer trial, will be paid for at the rate of X6O . h 4 N. Bll ra is to include 1,000 rounds of ammunition per T he V. 4"°‘,eft" secretary of State will take care that no ingen l ioli x s , 4,1 ° 1 0 t1,1 P r oduced in answer to this advertisement shall ," (1 , h - 'nto the service without proper acknowled . gine . nt, mote t 4 ,t the name of the individual with whom it ongi ,at° the tislhall be recorded in connection with it. r ifle to w hi c h t h e fi rst pr i ze i s awar d e d is adopted s ervice it will bear the inventor's name. J. ST. GEORGE, Major-Genera], Director ••az of Ordnance. eel Oct. 22 1866. THE RESCUE SOCIETY wi s h es t o a dd ano th er home to th , . 12 now in operation. Last year no fewer han 455 poor, friendless, young females were rejected iron want of FUNDS and room, making a total of 3,087, who have been sent away in five years. The new home the Ciimmittee wish to form would be for youngls, almost children, from the age ofd to If. who have been led astray from the path of virtue. Contributions will be received gratefully by the Secretary. lir. ()ante] 1;ooper, 44 5, Queen•street.Cheapside ; or by Messrs Barclay and Co.. Lombard-street.. No. 23,248. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., 3 R „ A L I ARK HALL,"N N a Sd other E Tales.W WORK, Hurst and Bla,eitett, 13, Great Marlblrougli-street. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vole , MA 1) O By NoLnA.II INT. M AR " From first to last Madonna Mary' is written with even ness an•t vig:our, and over flows with the best qualities of its ti writer's fancy and humour."—Athenwum. Hurst and illaekett, 13, Great Mariborout-street. iCow ready, in crown Sim, Ws. 6 , THE CURIOSITIES OF CLOCKS AND WA rcliES, from the Early Timer. By EDWARD J. WOOD. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. PRESENTATION EDITION. This day is published a New Edition of FELIX HOLT, THE RADICAL. Py Gr3OI{GE ELIOT. Handsomely printed in two volumes, in extra cloth binding, suitable for presentation. Price 12s. William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. INthe LONDON HERALD for SATURDAY, the I;th December, vill appear the opening Chapters of an entirely New Tale of deep domestic interest, by Mrs. GORDON SMYTHIES 'Author of "Cousin Geoffrey." " The Jilt," "Hope Evermore," "The Woman in Black "!, entitled ANGELA; Oli, THE WIFE OF HIS BOSOM. The Tinvm. in a critique on this popular and charming writer's works, says :—• The style is perfect. the moral ex cellent, the dialerue sparkling, the stories interesting and amusing in the extreme, and every page bears witness to the writer's roundness of heartand shrewdness of discernment." And the greatpoet and critic, rhomas Campbell, justly styles Mrs Gordon Smythies " The Queen of Domestic Novel." Published at 13, Catherine s'reet, Strand; and to be had at all booksellers and stationers. ROBERT COCKS and CO.'S NEW MUSIC. THE WISHING CAP. Song. Words by CHARLES ‘I A CRAY. Music by W. T. WRIGHTON. 33. THE WEARIED DOVE. Ballad. Music by W. T. WRIGHTON. 38. VALSE HELENA. Piano 'Solo, Duets, and Quadrille Band, each free by pot for 26 stamps. VALSE ROSABELLA, for Piano. By ADAM WRIGHT. Free for 6 stamps. London : Robert Cocks and Co.. New Burlington-street. MANSFIELD'S PATENT PICKLES are per fectly pure and uncoloured. To be had of all dealers and wholesale of JOHN BURGESS and SON, 107, Strand (cornet' of Savoy-steps), London. riIEA. IS CHEAPER THAN EVER.-Is. 6d , 1 25.. 2s. 61. per lb. are the prices at which PHILLIPS and CO., Tea Merchants, 8, King William-street, City, Lon don. E.C., are selling' good and fine BLACK TEA. A price current post free. 40s worth carriage free to any railway t , tstion or market town in the United Kingdom.—Observe— PHILLIPS and Co. have no Agents or any connexion with any house in Worcester or Swansea. Sugars are supplied at market prices. H YAM & Co.'s ATTIRE. HYAM & Co., 66 and 67, OXFORD-ST. HYAM & Co.'s WINTER OVERCOATS. H YAM & Co.'s SILK-FACED OVERCOATS. HYAM & Co.'s REEFERS. HYAM & Co.'s SUITS. H YAM & Co.'s MORNING COATS. HYAM & Co.'s PROFESSIONAL ATTIRE. H YAM & Co.'s VESTS and TROUSERS. H YAM & Co.'s LADIES' HABITS. H YAM & Co.'s LIVERIES. H YAM & Co.'s HATS and HOSIERY. FT YAM & Co.'s ATTIRE for GENTLEMEN, 1- 66 and 67, Oxford-street, London. Hyam & Co.'s Winter Tweed Overcoats 21s. to 30s. Ii yam & Co.'s Winter Overcoats 3os. to 84s. Hyam & Co.'s Winter Reefer 2ss. to 555. Hyam & Co.'s Winter Suits 42s. to 70s. Hymn & Co.'s Winter Jackets 2ls. to 425. Hyam & Co.'s Winter Frock Coats Hyam & Co.'s Winter Vests Gs. to 14s. Hyam & Co.'s Winter Trousers l4s. to 255. IT YAM & Co.'s BOYS' WINTER CLOTHING, IT 66 and 67, Oxford-street, London. The first establishment in the kingdom for Juvenile Clothing. Boys' Sandringham Overcoats Boys' Prince Alfred Reefer Boys' Overcoats for Little Boys Boys' Knickerbocker Suits lss. to 355. Boys' Westminster and Osborne Suits lss. to 355. Boys' Eaton, Harrow, and Rugby Suits .., 255. to 425. Boys' Jackets for School and Home 9s. to 21s. HYAM & Co.'s SELECT DEPARTMENTS. 1. Gentlemen's Clothing for immediate wear. 2. Bespoke or Order Department. 3. Boys' and Youths' Distinct. Department. 4. Hats, Caps, Hosiery, and Outfit Department. HYAM & Co.'s ESTABLISHMENTS. LONDON-6G and 67, OXFORD-STREET. BIRMINGHAM-21, 22, and 23, NEW-STREET. LEEDS-42, BRIGGATE ; and DEWSBURY—WESTGATE. DR. SCOTT'S LIVER AND BILIOUS PILLS.—A NEVER FAILING REMS.DY.—Pre 'ired without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. Scott, of Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to all who 4uffer from bilious and liver nomplaints, indigestion, wind. spasms, giddiness, dizziness of the eyes, Sm. For habitual ostiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier of the blood, they are truly excellent; mild in their opera tion and grateful to , he stomach, they create appe ite, pro :note digestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system. Sold by W. Lambert, Chemist, 8, King William-street, Char ing -cross. London, and by must druggists, in boxes.ls. and three times the quantity in one, 2s. Be sure to ask for Dr. Soott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are a square green package. with " William Lambert," engraved on the stamp. SPANISH FLY is the acting ingredient in ALEX. ROSS'S CAN THARIDES OIL, which speedily produces whiskers and thickens hair, Si 6d, 586 d, and tOs 6d; sent by post for 54, 84, and 144 %itsmps. —ALEX. ROSS. 243, 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 veryroot. Price 4s; sent by post for 60 stamps. —248, High Holborn, London, and all Chemists. FEAIR-CURLDTG FLUID, 248, High Holborn, London.—ALEX. ROSS'S CURLING FLUID curls Ladies' or Gentlemen's hair immediately it is appried. Sold st 38 6d, 5s Qd, and los 6d ; sent free for 54, 84, and 141 stamps —Had of all Chemists. faREY HAIR.-248, High Holborn, London.-- ..A. ALEX. ROSS'S HAIR DYE produces a perfect colour Immediately it is used. It is permanent, and perfectly na tural In effe t. Price 3s Rd, 5s Id, and :08 6d; sent by post for 54, 84, and 141 stamps ; and all Chemists. HAIR DESTROYER.-248, ugh Holborn, London.—AL KM ROSS'S DEPILATORY removes superfluous hair from the face, neck, and arms, without effect to th, skin. Price 3s 6d, 5s 6d, and 10s 6d ; sent for 54, 84, and 144 stamps.—Had of .dl Chemists. DIMPLE REMOVER.—AII diseases of the c skin are improved by one dose of ALEX. ROS.'S VE ;ETA RLE SKIN PILLS. They remove redness, sal lowness, &O. 23 gd and 7s ed ; or post for 40 and 100 stamps. —ALEX. ROSS, 245, High Holborn, London, and all Che mists. HAIR COLOUR WASH.—By washing the head with this beautifully -perfumei Wash, in seven or ten days the hair assumes its original colour, hnd remains so by an oecislonal usin.r. lOs d ; sent for stamps.—ALEX. ROSS, 24R, 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. pc, OYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, in the launediate vicinity of the Great Northern }tail way Terminus, King's-cross. Patron—Her ;lost Gracious' Majesty the QUEEN. Vice-Patron—His Royal Highness the Prince of Vi ALES, R G. President—His Grace the Duke of BUCCLEUCH, K.G. This Hospital, founded in The year 1828, the Urst to estab lish the principle of free admission to the sick poor, without the delay and difficulty of Governors' orders. is wholly de pendent for support on voluntary contributions and; It affords relief to a large number of in-patients, and, in addition to this, the averae number of attendanoe of the destitute sick has for a considerable period averaged between 3,000 and .1,000 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. Contributtoiiii are received by the ir bankers, Messrs. Brown, Janson, and Co., Abchurch-lane; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co.; Drummond and Co. ; G.yrt and Co. ; Berries and Co. ; Ransom and Co.; rresoott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; Deacon, and Co.; Nisbet and Co. ,Berners-street and at the Hospital. from 10 till 5. STANFORD ULM, &COPY, L--- ) 2 I 2 /v- - d 9 - • -- • 1"; k i r ti ,„ t e. 3 roiv • • om-L• I , • 0; , 7 , I c, I I 4 ‘vo z -v, . 0 tv MAU" -.t ( lg. ) - 0 5 s 4 ' lii j 4,C;4% _F27I „ -- •,y1,,w . “ l• DROIT t'r THE SUN, LONDON, FIIIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 14, 1866. 11A C D . A 1 ,illioEurelTbOogps toA. R an E non w ee id ti o i w at thoef T i t i h m e A. T llateKb: OP MYSTERY, Egyptian 11411, is OPENI for the S EA SO , I. Madame Stodare wi It preikent the SNI FIX, MARVEL OF MECCA, and BASKS t' TRICK, assisted by Mr. Fir bank Burman (pupil of the late Culon. 1 Stodare), in Colonel Sindare's ROYAL ENT E TIN NI:i:N i' of 3IAGIC. _ . A NGLO-AMERICAN TELEGRAPH • CO3IPANY (Limited). CHANGE OF OFFICES. NOTICE 13 HEREBY GIVEN, that the Offices of this Company are ME ‘lO V U from 72, Cornhill, E.C., to 26, OLD RO .I.D-S T t-LE ET. E.C. By order, JOHN C. DEANE, Secretary. London, Dec. 14, 1866. gerous proximity" to the Lea, at a point where that tidal river is full of foul sewage ; the deaths here were at a very different rate—namely, 63 in Beth nal-green, 65 in Mile-end Old-town, .93 in St. George's-in-tha-East, 85 in Poplar, 78 in White chapel, 111 in Stepney. There are two sub-districts on the east side of the Lea, also supplied by the East London Company, and the deaths were at the same rate as on the west side. Doors o en every evening at 7.30 ; S ednesday and Salur 'ay mwnine.s at 2.31. Admission —ls. and 25.; stalls, 3s. choo' an , ehildron h lf-pr!ce. Seats may be secured at the Box-ofliee, tr.un l l till 6, and at Ilitehell's Royal Library, 33, o,d Bond street. MIL JA%IKS WEAVER, Manager. T II E 0 X F 0 It I) , 6, OXFORD-STREET, W., THE MUSICAL ESTABLISHNIENT OF LONDON. Brilliant Revival of OfTenbaeles •` SIX CY•SIY." Mis.es Russel, Fitz Henry, and Barrie; Messrs. St. Albyn, Marler, and Bury. Comedy by lfl.rry Sydney (the political Momus), Robert Fraser (Buffo Vocalist and Comedian—a great success). Mons. Peterson with his high'y trained troupe of Performing Dogs. EXTRA ATTRACTIONS during the CATTLE SHOW WEEK, ---- Great success of LDS AMAZONES AU CHAMPAGNE DIVERTISSEMENT. by the Misses TESSY and SARA GUINNESS, assisted by their talented troupe of artistes. Musical Director and Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans. Admission —Area, 6d. ; stalls and balcony, 18 ; private boxes, with separate entrance, 10s. 6d. Open every evening at 8. R OYAL CAMBRIDGE MUSIC HALL, Commercial-street, Shoreditch, N.E. Proprietor—Mr. G S. PAGE. GREAT ATTRACTIONS for CATTLE SHOW WEEK. The ROCKI-MOUNTAIN WONDERS (four in number) in their astounding gymnastic performances at 9 and IL o'clock—RU(lßA FOOLAK, the - Marvel of the East— Lillian Lascelles, Mr. and Madame Hertert, J. H. Stead (the "Cure"), Rnssell Grover, Jerry .Wood, and Dpriah and Davies.—Mbnager and Conductor, Mr. C. drevilie. WESTO N' S GRAND- MUSIC HALL, HOLBORN. Proprietors, SWEASEY and HOLLAND. The most triumphant success ever attained in any Musical Establishment. Grand Selection from Auber's Opera of " MASANIELLO," produced on a scale of mag nificence never before attempted at any Music Hall. Terr fic ovation of the Irish Minstrels, 27 in number, three and four calls nightly. A new and original overture composed and arranged expressly for the above minstrels by Mr. H. Baker. Comic supported by Fred. French, Mrs. Bryan, Miss Fancourt, Paddy Fannin, Patrick Sellers, and Les Freres Risoralis. Majilton as Mesetopolan. Band of 30 first-class performers, and large Chorus chosen from her Majesty's and Covent Garden Opera Houses. Musical Director, Mr. P. Coma. Prices of admission Stalls and Balcony, Is. ; Area, 6d. ; Private Boxes, 10s. 6d. Can be secured at the Box Office, between the hours of 10 and 5 o'clock. Hall open every Evening at 7 o'clock, commencing at Half-past. CATTLE SHOW WEEK. Extra Attractions at WESTON'S GRAND MUSIC HALL, Holborn, the most elegant and comfortable Hall in London, entirely redeco rated. 11 0 1[ADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION, BAKER-STREET. NEW EDITIONS. —A Life-size Portrait-Model of the PRINCESS M A.RY OF CAMBRIDGE, a Marriage Group of the PRINCESS HELENA and PRINCE CUItISTIAN. Admistance, Ss.; children, tinier ten, half-price; extra rooms, 6d. Open from 11 a.m. till dusk, and from 7 p.m. till 10. A RGYLL ROOMS. - GRAND CASINO, Windmill-street. Piccadilly. These elegant and popular Rooms, having been entirely re decorated, are now OPEN EVERY EVENING for Concert and Dancing. Conductor, Signor Loci CURTL Manager, M. GRENET. Admission to Promenade, One Shilling. Reserved Seats, Two Shillings. OSBORNE'S STILTON CITY OFFICES COMPANY lIJJ (Limited). NOTICE IS HEREBY GI VENT, that at a Meeting of the Board a Cat L t .£5 per share has been made this day on the shares of this Company. payable on the 31st January next to the London and County Bank, No. 21, Lombard street, London. By order, G. W. BENWELL, Secretary, St. Clement's House, Dec. 13, Md. . F AST INDIA IRRIGATION AND CANAL COMPANY. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the TRANSFER BOOKS of this Company will be CLOSED from the 29th instant to the 11th day of January next, both days inclusive, for the purpoie of making up the Interest Accounts to the 31st instant. Interest Warrants will, on or about the 11th proximo, be forwarded to those shareholders whose names shall appear registered in the Books of the Company on the 31st inst. Deeds of Transfer will not be registered whilst the Books arc closed. JOHN WESTWOOD, Secretary to the Company. 8 and 9, Queen-street-place, Southwark-bridge, London, E.L.. Dec. 6, 186 t. Is THE Cheese ! EW YORK viaVRE and BREST, by A-1 the COMPAGNIE A GENERALE TRANSAT LANTIQUE STEAMERS, NAPOLEON 111. (paddle) l,OOO-horse power. EUROPE (paddle) 9OO-horse power. VILLE DU PARIS (screw) l,OOO-horso power. PEREIRE (screw) ST. LAURENT (screw) l,OOO-horse power. The following dates are fixed for the sailing of these Steamers FROM HAVRE. From BREST. Gth December. Bth December. 20th do. ! 22d do. Fares—First class, £2B ; second, £l6 ; third, £l2. For particulars apply to STRINGER, PEMBROKE, and CO., 8, Austinfriars,'and 54k, Old Broad-stiTet„London, E.C. \VEST INDIES, souTil AMERICA, PANAMA, PACIFIC. THE Magnificent STEAMERS of the COM PA GNIE GENERALE TRANSATLANTIQUE leave St. NAZAIRE on the Bth of each month for PANAMA, MARTINIQUE, Santa Martha, Colon, Aspin wall, Guadeloupe, Sainte Lucie, Saint Vincent, Grenada, Trinidad, Demerara, Surinam, Cayenne, Central America, California, Equador, Peru, and Chili. On the 16th of each month for SAINT THOMAS, Havana, Vera Cruz, Porto Rico, Capo Hayti, Santiago do Cuba, Jamaica, Guadeloupe, And Martinique. For freight or passage apply at 12, 'Boulevard des Capucines (Grand Hotel); 108, Rue du Faubourg, St. Denis, Paris ; or to M. Bourbean, St. Nazaire; MM. Iselin and 0., Havre ; MM. Kerjegu and Villeferon, Brest ; or to STRINGER,.PEMBROICE, and CO., 8, Austinfriars, and 54k, Old Broad-street, E.G., London. D IINVILLE'S V.R. OLD IRISH WHISKY, BELFAST, Is regularly supplied to the House of Lords. "V.K" IRISH WHISKY. DUNVILLE and CO.'S " V.R." OLD IRISH WUISKY, BELFAST. London Offi :es and Stores, 4, BEAUFORT-BUILDINGS, STRAND, W.C. Established 18(8. Quotations on application. FALKNER'S OLD IRISH WHISKY, " Real Malt." 19s. per gallon, is sold in bottles and jars, bear ing his label and trade mark. Most liberal terms are offered to the trade for the sale of ME+ geniiin a old soirit, which is coming into universal consumption through England. For price lists apply at Offices, 14, Strand, London, W.C. Established in Grafton-street, Dublin, A.D. 17SO. MADRAS IRRIGATION AND CANAL COM?ANY. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the TRANSFER BOOKS of this Company will be CLOSED from the 29th instant to the 11th day of January next, both days inclusive, for the purpose of makinip the Interest Accounts to the 31st instant. Interest Warrants wiifott or about the 11th proximo, be fo'wifded to those shareholders whoSe names shall appear reAstered in the Books the Company on the 31st inst. Deeds of i ransler will not be registered whilst the Books are closed. JOHN WRSTWOOD, Secretary to the Company. 8 and 9, Queen-street-place, Southwark-bridge, Lot Alon, E.C., Deo. 6, 1866. AVALUABLE CHRISTMAS PRESENT.— A CHINESE CADDY, containing 16lbs. of really good Black Tea, sent carriage free to any railway station or market town in England, Ireland, Scotland. or Wales, oa re ceipt of 405., bf PHILLIPS and CO., Tea Merchants, 8, King William-street, City, E.C. YARMOUTH BLOATERS.-12 for 2s. 6d. ; 25, 4s. ; 50, 6s. ; 100. Bs. ; 500, ; 1,030, 50s. No charge for carriage to London. Cash on delivery. Country orders paid in advance.—Forwarded by FRED& BAANBY, Purveyor of Fish, Great Yarmouth. GEOLOG Y.—ELEMENTARY COLLEC noNs, to illustrate the New Edition of "Lyell's Elements of Geology" and facilltatr the important study of Mineralogy and Geology, can be had at 2,5, 10, 20, 50 to 600 guineas; also single Specimens of Minerals, Rocks, Fossils, and Recent Shells, Geological daps. Hammers, all the recent Pub:ioations, Sc., of J. TENNANT, Mineralogist to Her Majesty, 1 t 9, Strand, London. Private Instruction is given in Mineralogy and Geology by Mr. TENNANT. F.G.S., 149, Strand, W.C. DINNEFORD'S FLUID MAGNESIA.- years have approved the best remedy for of this Th p e ur m e Acidity of the Stomach. Headache, Heartburn, Gout, and ed i solutioncat prof e o s t s i b o i n ag f o n r e T si h a i asrt Indigestion ; and as a mild aperient it is especially adapted for ladies and children. Prepared by DINNE FORD and CO.. Chemists, etc., 172, New Bond-street, London ; And sold throug,h , :nt the world by all respectaUe chemists. CAUTION.—See that " Dinnetord and Co." is on each bottle and red label over the cork. The New Liverpool Underwriters' Rooms. TAMES DALY and CO., Distillers, John-street, Cork.—" The purest spirit and safest drink in the world." —Loudon Offices, 7, Printing-house-square, E.C., next the "Times." TAMES DALY and CO., Di s till ers , J o h n - s t re et, eCork, be, to announce that they are able to supply the trade with their celebrated Whiskies, in casks or cases, and to take orders in bond and for exportation, at their offices, 7, Printing-house-square, London, E C.. the only house in the square not occupied by the "Times." J. D. and Co.'s whiskies bring: the hi hest prices in the Australian and other Colonial markets, as may be observed by relerence to the "Journal of Commerce of Victoria," by which it will be seen that their whiskies fetch 6d. per gallon and Is. per case over the next best, and Is. 6d per gallon and ss. 6d. a case over the lowest quotation. Always on hand a large supply of ve y old mellow whisky in the finest condition, matured in sherry casks, unsurpassable in quality and flavour, supplied on the most reasonable terms. The west wing of the new Liverpool Exchange Buildings is fast approaching completion, and will in a short period be completely occupied by public institutions and private offices. In this portion of these buildings are located the Exchange News room and the Newsroom and various offices con nected with the Liverpool Underwriters' Associa tion. The Underwriters'-rooms and offices are so far advanced that they are to be occupied next week, as the following notice intimates : Thaderwriters'-rooms, Liverpool, Dec. 11, 1866. Members and subscribers are requested to take notice that the new premises taken by the association in the op posite wing of the Exchange Buildings will be opened next week, and that the business of the association will from that time forward be carried on there. Subscribers are further informed that Mr. Court, who has held the of of secretary for nearly 31 years, has now re tired from the service of the association, under an arrange ment mutually satisfactory to himself and the committee, and that Mr. M. W. Rundoll has been appointed his suc cessor. 31r. Court, in retiring, is desirous that his thanks should be conveyed to the gentlemen who frequent the rooms, not only for their kindness to him individually, but also for their readiness at all times to supply him with any information he might need in the discharge of his duties. THE OCEAN ST. LEGER of 1866.—What Lord Lyon was to his owner was the Taeping to her Ca , ,tain, viz., winner of the race, having* distanced all com petitors, as the li'AS l' N DIA '['EA CONIPANY have in garish y done in their shot e and sale of fine new season's teas, now selling at importer's prices. Warehouses-0, Great St. Helen's -churchyard. EAU -DE-VIE.—This Pure PALE BRANDY, 18s. per gallon, is vi ry superio- to recent importations of Conac, recommended by the medical profession, and ex tensively used in hospitals. In bottles, 335. per dozen, or in a case 395., railway carriage pal I.—HENRY BRETT and CO., Old Furnival's Distillery, Holborn, E.O , and 30, Regent street, S.W. Established 1829. HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.-FUNDS are earnestly solicited for fitting up the TRAINING SHIP. £2,n00 required. WM. WILLIAMS, Secretary. Boys' Refuge, 8, Great Queen-street, W.C. WM. lIY. JONES, Chairman. In the above intimation our readers will observe that Mr. Court retires from the secretaryship of the association. Holding the position that Mr. Court has done for the third of a century, that gentleman must be widely known—certainly in every seaport of the world,--and very many of our readers will recognise in the graceful acknowledgment Mr. Court makes to the frequenters of the news-room that geniality by which, throughout the past 34 years, he called forth the individual kindness he received and the information proffered him. We write this as journalists who have always received every facility the underwriters'-rooms could give for the public information, and from personal acquaintance with Mr. Court over the whole of the long period he has so ably filled the position of secretary of the Underwriters' Association. —Liverpool ChM n icle. OMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.-CON TRIBUTIONS are earnestly solicited for establishing the COUNTRY ROME. £l,OOO required. WM. WILLI kMB, 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 £5,00e, being . £l5 a year for each boy. Several kind friends have promised to nay for one b )y each year. Subscriptions thankfully received by the London and West minster Bank, 41, Lothbury, and 214, High Holborn; Messrs. Ransom and Co., 1, fall-Mall East; and by WM. WILLIAMS, Secretary. Refuge, 8, Great Queen-street, W.C. PROVIDENCE ROW NIGHT REFUGE, FOE 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., feceives no remuneration whatever. Notwithstand ing the provision made by the Poor Houses, each night numbers of young women, chilaren, and orphans are, for want accommodation, refusedadmittance, andhavo to spend night after night in the cold, wet, and sleet. To meet this evil, and to provide more ample accommoda tion, £2,000 has been raised, but to accomplish the work a sum of at least £1,300 more will be required. Besides providing shelter for the homeless, this year it is proposed, as far as the donations obtained for the pur pose will allow, to give bread and coals to poor families in want. Will you, in your charity, help to carry on and accomplish what has been begun ? Will you help to give shelter to the really homeless, and food to the really starving ? The smallest donation will be most welcome, and, night and morning, the prayers of the destitute will be offered in your behalf. SUBSCRIPTIONS are earnestly requested, and will be gratefully received by the Rev. D. GILBERT:„D.D., No. 22, Zin.Oury-circus, 8.0. - A most gratifying and conclusive proof of the good effects of improved water supply is afforded by the experience of the South London districts, which were undrained and were supplied with the foul sewage water of . the Thames by the Southwark and Lambeth Companies in 1849. The Lambeth Company got purer water from the Thames above Teddington Lock before 1854, but the Southwark Company only succeeded in supplying the purer water after the year 1854. In the present year, both companies have supplied this better, if not per fectly pure water, of the Thames ; while the shallow pumps have been dried up by the drains—with the following remarkable results :—The deaths by cho lera to 10,000 inhabitants of South London were 120 in the year 1849, 87 in 1854, and 8 in the year 1866. From cholera and diarrhoea the deaths out of the same numbers living were 142, and 104, and 15 ! As the water improved the deaths declined to this marvellous extent. Similar, if less striking, evidence of the effects of pure and impure waters is supplied by the experience of the other London. companies. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29.68 in. The barometrical reading increased from 29.37 in. on Friday to 30.34 in. by the end of the week. The mean temperature of the air in the week was 46.9 deg., which is 4.8 above the average of the same week in 50 pars (as determined by Mr. Glaisher). The highest day temperature was 56.3 deg., on Thursday. The lowest night temperature was 30.9 deg., on Saturday. The entire range of tempera-. ture in the week was, therefore, 25.4 deg. The mean of the highest temperatures of the water of Thames was 44.5 deg. ; that of the lowest was 414 deg. The difference between the mean dew point temperature and air temperature was 3.5 deg. The mean degree of humidity of the air was 88, complete saturation being represented by 100. Rain fell to the amount of 0.99 in.: The general direction of the wind was south-west. According to a return furnished by the engineer of the Metropolitan Board of Works, the average daily quantity of sewage pumped into the river Thames at the southern out fall works, Crossness, was 222,840 cubic metre;. Dr. Frankland's analysis of East London water taken, on Nov. 8, from the Stamford-hill Reservoir of the company gives the following results :—The solid matter in 100,000 parts, 31.30 ; organic and other volatile matter included in the preceding, 1.28 ; oxygen required for oxydation of organic matter, •0467 ; degrees of hardness, 21.7. ~~.LLt"~ ld. STAMPED 54. from Spithead, called at Plymouth on Tuesday to ship stores, and left in the evening for Ireland. The War Department screw steamer Lord Pan mure, from Woolwich, arrived at Devonport on Wednesday with military stores for tha gun-wharf. The iron screw steamship Achilles, 26, Capt. E. Vansittart, will be placed in the long dock at Devon port to-day, to have her bottom cleaned and valves and screws overhauled. Her decks are fitting with larger radius plates for the use of her new guns. The paddlewheel steam tender Medusa having the gunboat Nightingale in tow, from Ireland, arrived in Plymouth Sound on Wednesday evening. She brings old muskets exchanged for modern breechloaders. The Nightingale will be placed in Devonport dockyard for repairs. The Ist Battalion 18th Royal Irish Regiment, under command of Col. G. Call, arrived at Alder shot yesterday afternoon from Shorncliffe. Two special trains on the South-Eastern Railway were provided for the conveyance of the regiment. Major-Gen. C. Hay, Commandant and Inspector- General of Musketry, has been engaged at Chatham in the half-yearly inspection of the records and re turns of the firing of the officers and men of the several corps at the garrison, previously to the classification of the several depots, and the distribu tion of the prizes and badge 3 to the most experi enced marksmen. -----N \ 41..4...,,,,,,.., „,.... peace establishme n t, an d w ill rei 1 '. e*- . ,'..1q5-X K , iz , ,_ as may be required. Of the two Vtiniiilth)&lZ , „ ., K-1 serve, the first will be under the co trgigAl* l ll7 4 .( - )k).' ster of War, to meet the necessities - o . CtlitittatiW .../ force. The second can only be called orlt.tby areeB In addition a Mobile National Guard, the strength of which is estimated in the project at 300,000, will be destined for internal defence; that is to say, the defence of the frontiers, strong places, and the coasts. In time of peace the Mobile National Guard will be relieved from all service and all displacements. With respect to the principle of exemption it is maintained, and its application will be regulated in proportion to the re-engag,enents of the preceding year, since exemption only applies to the active army. But this does not prevent any extensive system of substitution being authorised between the an 1 those of the reserve )'ol in o e f n bo o t f h theaesc. active Th a e rm re y serve service will ho rendered still less onerous by the greatest facilities for marriage being accorded to the young soldiers. Further, all those will be relieved from duty at the depots who shall have been declared sufficiently in structed in the manual exercise. The reception which public opinion will accord to such a project is not doubtful.. The public, let us repeat, know with what scrupulous care it has been elaborated and discussed, and with what information the Em peror was provided. His Majesty himself has made military matters the study of his whole life, and possesses a familiar knowledge of the organisation of all the great armies of Europe. The public will, above all, appreciate in this project the perfect con sonance with which he adapts himself to the require ments of our intellectual and democratic society, while meeting the necessity for the defence of our territory. If we are a military nation by tempera ment and aptitude, we are no less a nation inclined to the noble labours of the mind, and the profitable application of the sciences, agriculture, industry, and the arts. There could be no piestion, then, of making a soldier of every French citizen, of bri gading all France, as some journals at first pre tended to believe. But it was necessary, without overthrowing the admirable system of our army, to revise and adjust it to the necessities created by the military progress of neighbouring nations and new circumstances. To attain this end without wound ing the sentiment of equality and justice so deeply rooted among us, without injuring the other great interests of the country, without placing useless obstructions in the path of youth, or in the develop ment of individual aptitude, such was the. difficulty. It has been resolved, and this happy solution will certainly obtain the adhesion of the whole country, who will find in it fresh motives for gratitude to wards Napoleon III." Major-Gen. E. Hodge, C. 8., has assumed the command of the division at Aldershot during the absence on leave of Lieut.-Gen. the Hon. Sir J. Yorke Scarlett, K.C.8., until the sth of January, 1867. Col. Boyle, 89th (Princess Victoria's) Regiment, has assumed command of the 3d Infantry Brigade at Aldershot, vacant by the temporary absence on duty in Ireland of Brigadier-Gen. Sir A. Horsford, K.C.B. CRYSTAL PALACE COMPANY. The report of the directors, to be submitted to the general meeting on the 21st inst., shows a bal ance to credit of £59,211 10s. 11d. on the revenue account, 'which, when added to £1,284 6s. 2d., the balance carried over in January last, makes a total amount of £60,495 17s. ld. applicable to dividend. After deducting the dividends on the preference and debenture stocks, and the balance of interest account a not sum of £23,339 3s. remains to the credit of re venue. Out of this the directors recommended that a dividend of 2} per cont. be declared on the ordi nary stock, which will leave a balance of £3,272 sa. 6d. to be carried forward to next year. The num ber of visitors during the year has been 2,067,598, a number larger than during any previous year, and exceeding those of the preceding twelve months by no less than 309,082, of whom 149,525 were visitors paying the price of admission for the day. The directors continue to keep a careful watch over the expenditure in all departments of the palace and grounds—both the ordinary working expenditure of the establishment, and the special outlay for at tractions. The former of these, when not before the full board, is in the charge of a committee of directors, whose endeavour is to keep it down to the lowest level reached in former years, without neglecting the works necessary to maintain the undertaking in full efficiency and repair. The amount under this head has been swelled during the past yoar by the renewal of the boilers for heating the building, by the completion of the internal illumination, the enl argement of the con cert-room, and other works, amounting in all to about il,ooo—works which, as necessary and as ma terially improving the palace, are satisfactory in themselves, and might very fairly have been charged to capital. Under the heal of outlay for special attrac tions, the expenditure during the past year also calls for remark. These undertakings are invariably submitted to the full board, who have for their guidance a complete system of returns represent ing the outlay and results of similar events in former years. It would be gr a tif y i ng t o t h e b oar d to dispense with many of these special events, but it is evident that the company's returns, direct and l e a c r t , a t i t n r c a r c e t a i o s e n s are p r p e r s o e p n o t r e t d i n a a ri t d e t r h a e t i o u e a o s e s s such i p n o d p i u r, ina for their continuance, in a greater or less degree, as circumstances arise, is therefore obvious. The board think it requisite thus specially to allude to the cost of these attractions, as they caused the re ceipts of the past year to exceed those of any former year except 1862, when the Exhibition took place, in which (as was also the case in 1864-5), the pro fits of the Handel Festival were included. The change in the mode of issuing the guinea sea son tickets, by which they date from the commence ment of the month in which they are purchased, has continued to work well, and 3,000 more have been sold than in the previous 12 months. The attraction of the Saturday concerts is still on the increase, as is conclusively shown by the crowded state of the concert room on every occasion, and by the large advance in the amount taken for reserved seats. The exhibitors' department has fully maintained its position, and the receipts show a slight increase over those of former years. The refreshment department part i c i pa tes in the general increase in the number of visitors, and it will be observed that the revenue from this very importan source has reached the large sum of £19,613 16s. 7d. The directors con tinue to be satisfied with the manner in which the service of this department is conducted by the con tractors. Since the meeting in June last, the com pany has sustained a truly severe loss in the decease of Mr. Thos. Newman F arqu h ar, th e chairman, who died after a very short ill ness on th e 30 th July' last, after having filled th e c h a i r f or n i ne years. The board do not recommend that the vacancy created by Mr. Farquhar's decease shall be filled up before the June meeting, th e regu l ar t i me f or t h e e l ec ti on of directors. In the meantime the directors have elected Mr. Arthur Anderson as their chairman. KING GEORGE OF HANOVER.—The National Gazette of Berlin says that King George of Hanover does not consider hi mse lf as a t a ll d e p r i ve d de facto of his sove reign functions. He has jtist dismissed Colonel Gundell, who had invited his officers to state if they wished to enter the Prussian service. General Bulow-Stolle has obeyed this order, and transmitted Colonel Gundell's command to the senior officer in the regiment. CLOSE OF THE GROUSE SHOOTING IN LANARK SHIRE.—The season for grouse shooting closed on Tuesday, and notwithstanding its rough preface a most wild, particularly i n th e successful season's sport has been g enerall y obtai ned th roug hout the country, and bird s u p on the whole have regionsbeen of t h Up per Warduniisuaanlld other exposed sit ua ti ons. In consequence of the wet and unfavourable weather which rapidly improved prevailed during the two opening days, it was anything but easy to obtain a bag. On the Leamington Carmichael, e f o o u r u t t h e , last other. :s, season t e t t :he n and Crawford ranges, birds, however, slso h nl o ut t ch f oo a f r n to e hr x cti c h e h- e ei d lal e ss d ,teu t ru l n i v a ( t silu i s n ,ttlrl a iye n t y ss and b . in condition, and the quantity of grouse and game . S . Ix . years. county grouse Is as, on . 011 other shooting grounds iu the 'torth -I:esstsr7oll.;'olNvsl'efirlee abundant, and sportsmen bagged large numb7rß. On all the moors in the LismahagoCand Avondale districts the sport was excellent. The Walston range prodtmd but a small number, and s h oo ti ng was, i n a great measure , aban doned in that quarter by the end of August. In the south eastern parts of the shire the sport was pretty fair, though not so good as formerly; but grouse shooting altogether was better than on average seasons. The cover shooting with regard to number and condition of game has not been equalled for years, and tho keepers and others represent that, notwithstanding the great slaughter, all kinds of game are still plentiful. On the lands of Douglas Castle, Car stairs, Carnwath, Wishavr, Milton, Hamilton, and Drum peller alone there wore bagged within a few days nearly 2,500 head of game, including pheasants, woodcocks, par tridges, snipes, hares, rabbits, &c. The season has been highly favourable for game of all kinds, and on protected grounds they are reported to be thriving well.—Scotsman. ~~~ THE PUBLIC HEALTH. The following is the weekly return • of the Registrar-General of Births and deaths in London and in 12 other large towns of the United King dom : General Register-office, Somerset-house, Dec. 10. In the week that ended on Saturday, Dec. 8, the births registered in London and 12 other large towns of the United Kingdom were 4,018 ; the deaths registered, 3,330. The annual rate of mor tality was 28 per 1,000 persons living. In London the births of 983 boys and 987 girls, in all 1,970 children, were registered in the week. In the corresponding week of ten years 1856-65 the average number, corrected for increase of popula tion, was 2,001. The deaths registered in London during the week were 1,584. It was the 49th week of the year, and the average number of deaths for that week is, with a correction for increase of population, 1,525. The deaths in the present return exceed the estimated number by 59. The excess is amply accounted for by bronchitis, a disease of cold weather. Only one death from cholera was registered in the seven days ; it was the death of a labourer's child, aged 2} years, at 37, Church-street, Poplar. The deaths from cholera in the last five weeks have been 67, 32, 8,3, and 1. The supplement gives definitively the deaths by cholera in each district to every 10,000 inhabitants, and the results may be thus briefly summed up ; in St. George, Hanover-square, 12 in 10,000 died of cholera ; Chelsea, 4 ; Westminster, 6 ; Marylebone, 3 ; Kensington, 4, all on the north side of the Thames, and supplied with water by the Grand Junction, the Chelsea, and the West Middlesex Companies. The following districts on the south side of the river were supplied by the Southwark and by the Lambeth Companies, and the deaths by cholera to 10,000 inhabitants were in Newington, 3 ; St. George, Southwark, 7 ; Wandsworth, 5 ; Camber well, 6, Rotherhithe, 9 ; Lambeth 7 ; St. Olave, ; Bermondsey, 8 ; St. Saviour, 7. The New River, taking about 82 per cent. of its water from the river Lea, supplies St. Martin-in the-Fields, where the deaths were 4 by cholera in 10,000 inhabitants ; in fhe City of London, 5 ; West London, a part of the city without the walls, 12 ; Strand, 7 ; Islington, 4 ; Holborn, 6 ; St. Luke, 16 ; St. Giles, 10 ; Clerkenwell, 11. In Pancras, chiefly supplied by the New River, the deaths were Hampstead, 1. 6 ; St. James's (Westminster), 4 ; The East London Company draws all its water from the river Lea, but it has pumps at two dif ferent stations, the one at Lea-bridge, and the other two miles below at Old Ford, where it has a small covered reservoi; and two open reservoirs in 44 dan- Naval and Military Intelligence. VALETTA, Dec. B.—Her Majesty's despatch ves sel Caradoc, 2, Lieut.-Commander E. N. Wilkin son, which had been ordered by the Admiraltyfrom Constantinople to Marseilles to convey Sir Henry Storks to Malta, broke down in her machinery on the passage, and put into Zante and Messina. She arrived here on the afternoon of the 4th inst. Not having communicated with Sicily she has been placed in only 10 days' quarantine, the term imposed on arri vals from Constantinople. As the Psyche, despatch vessel, 2, Lieut.-Commander Sir Francis Blackwood, had already been sent to Marseilles on other ser vice, she will remain there to carry out the Cara. doe's original orders, and may be expected at Malta with Sir 11. Storks, who has written to say he hopes to land on the morning of the 17th inst. Orders were received a few days ago by telegraph from the Admiralty to send home the Gibraltar, 81, screw line-of-battle ship, Capt. Coote, to be paid off. This vessel has been upwards of three years on the sta tion. The Ocean, 23, ironclad, Capt. C. Stanhope, is expected from England to relieve her on this sta tion. Her Majesty's screw storeship Megmra, Capt. Dann, left Malta on Friday last for Spithead. The Enterprise, 4, screw ironclad, Commander Bosan quet, will sail on Monday for Patras, to relieve the Tyrian, 2, Lieut.-Com. Hon. V. Montague, which will probably be ordered to Malta. The Wizard, 2, Lieut.-Com. Murray, is under orders to proceed to Candia. It is reported that the Cruiser, 5, screw sloop, Commander M. Singer, will also leave port soon. Her destination is said to be the coast of Syria, to relieve the Racer, 11, screw sloop, Com mander L. Brine. The Bishop of Gibraltar and family returned last night from England, via Mar seilles, by the Poonah. The Malta and Alexandria telegraph has been repaired by the Hawk, and com munication by the cable has been re-opened to the public. Much of the delay was occasioned by the late tempestuous weather. An official trial trip of a ship's launch intended for the Spanish Government took place on Wednes day down the river. The craft is similar to those in use in her Majesty's navy, and was engined by the Thames Ironworks, Shipbuilding, Engineering, and Dry Dock Company, at Blackwall. The boat got under way at 12 30 p.m. from the Thames Iron works yard, and proceeded down to the measured mile in Long Reach, doing the run from Roff's wharf, Woolwich, to Erith-pier, against a strong flood tide, in 55 minutes. Four runs were made on the measured mile, with following results :—First run against the tide, 7.004 ; second ditto, with the tide 10.112 ; third ditto, against the tide, 7.143 ; and the fourth, with the tide, 9.626, giving a mean speed of 8.548 knots per hour. ',['he engines made from 340 to 350 revolutions per minute, which, with a pressure of from 751 b, to 801 b. per square inch at the gauge, gave 55 indicated horse-power. The total weight of boat and engines ready for steam is 9 tons 0 cwt. 2 qrs. 91b. The weight of machinery, water, and chocks is only 1 cwt. 3 qrs. 141 b. per indicated horse-power, which, it is stated is the lowest weight yet obtained in this class of engines. The boiler, it should be remarked, is made of wrought-iron throughout. The boat is to be at tached to the Spanish ironclad frigate Victoria, launched recently from the same yard, and near completion in the Victoria Docks. The boat drew 2ft. of water forward'and 3ft. aft, with one ton of coals, some stores, and 16 persons on board. She was in command of Capt. Gammence, who will com mission the Victoria, and who was present on behalf of the Spanish Government to inspect the proceed ings. The trial was very satisfactory. It was yesterday announced at Chatham that the screw wooden frigate Galatea, 2G, 3,227 tons, 800- horse power (nominal), is to be at once placed in commission by Captain his Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh, for whom she is to be forth with prepared for a cruise in the Mediterranean. The Galatea has been attached to the Steam Reserve since she was last in commission, and but few of her bulkheads and fittings having been disturbed when paid off, a short time only need elapse before she can be made ready for sea. The line-of-battle unarmoured screw steamer Rodney, 78, 500-horse power, Mr. W. It Harris, master in charge, is being hastened forward for com mission, in the fitting basin at Sheerness, a large number of shipwrights and other hands being em ployed on board in preparing her for the pennant. She is being fitted with additional cabins and offices for a flag-officer's retinue, as she is intended as the flagship for the China station. Her lower and run ning rigging has been set up, and she is nearly com plete aloft. The screw steam sloop Rapid, 11, Commander W. B. Stubbs, from the Cape of Good Hope, and the Gibraltar, 81, Capt. Robert Coote, and the storeship Megacra, 4, Capt. Montague B. Dunn, both from the Mediterranean, are hourly expected at Plymouth. The armour-plated screw steam sloop, Research, 4, - - THE VOLUNTEERS. On Wednesday evening the spacious board-room of the Euston station was the scene of an interest ing ceremony, an occasion for which it was gaily festooned and decorated, that of the presentation of prizes to the 20th Middlesex Rifle Volunteer Corps. Colonel Erskine, the Inspector-General, presided, and among the numerous company present were : Lord Ranelagh, Mr. Harvey Lewis, M.P., Mr. Thomas Chambers, M.P., Colonel Bigge, the Com mandant, Colonel Hodgson, of 79th Highlanders, Captain Scovell, of the 96th, Captain Mahon, of 9th Royal Lancers, Captain Rogers, late of the Came ronians, and other officers and gentlemen. Colonel Erskine opened the proceedings by giving the gene ral comparative statistics of the corps, showing that its effective strength remained exactly the same as last year, that the " paper men"--i.e., the non effi cients who had not reported themselves for drill, had been struck off the rolls, and that the shooting capabilities of the regiment had greatly increased this year, there being 58 marksmen against 15 of last year, and 102 first-class men as against 47 of last year. He pointed out that there were still a great number of non-efficients on the rolls, and he urged several points for the consideration of the non-efficicnts, with a view of showing them the ne cessity for their rendering themselves efficient. He stated that the comparatively small numbers who attended drill at one time led many people to sup pose that the Volunteers were not in earnest, and though he was fully convinced that England in the hour of danger, if such an hour should ever arrive, would have no lack of her sons in the field, yet he thought that for the honour of the service all who had enrolled themselves as Volunteers should prove their love of it by attending as often as possible on the parade ground. Mr. Harvey Lewis, M.P., then addressed the assemblage on the occasion of presenting sonic special prizes. He expressed the great pleasure with which he took part in that ceremony, and the deep interest he took in the great movement of which this corps was so creditable a part. He said nothing had shown the determined independence of the English character more than this movement, and it had proved that they were so attached to their institu tions and their country as to be ready to uphold them with their lives. He looked upon the Volunteer in stitution not only as important in proving the at tachment of Englishmen to their country, but as of importance in training the young men of the nation to the use of arms, as they thus gained physical strength, and were imbued with the most patriotic feelings. He assured his hearers that Parliament as well as the country knew the value of the force, and regarded it as a most valuable auxiliary of the army, and he was sure that it would be most heartily sup ported. He concluded by saying that he was con vinced that if the country required her sons they would prove themselves in every way worthy of their forefathers. The prizes, which were very numerous, were then distributed. The champion of the year was Sergeant Rudd, and the winner of the chief bat talion prize was Lance-corporal Snowdon, who re ceived a gold watch, value ten guineas, given by Col. Bigge, and the honour of a few bars of a triumphal march. Thanks having been voted to the prize donors, Lord Ranelagh was called upon to speak, and, after claiming acquaintance with the regiment as one he had met on many a muddy field, he went on to speak of the relative force of the great Powers of Europe, and said it was unquestionable that we were rather behindhand, and thatwe must put our fighting house in order. He was sorry that the Conservative Go vernment, which in former days had dcne good ser vice in strengthening the fighting power of the coun try,s had not yet shown any sign of life, an d h e h o p e d the press would call upon the Government to show what was being done in this respect. He went on to speak of the great advantage given to the country in having the breechloading rifle, and concluded by observing that the force would be greatly strengthened by having one uniform for all infantry regiments of Volunteers, and this uniform, he urged, should be of the national colour—namely, red. His lordship was warmly cheered, and the proceedings concluded after a pleashnt speech by Mr. Chambers, M.P. The New Organisation of the French Army. PARIS, Dec. 11. The Constitutionnel of to-day publishes the fol lowing article, signed by M. Limayrac, upon the new organisation of the French army : " The important events recently accomplished in Europe have produced a strong feeling in France, which should neither be misrepresented nor under rated. Whatis the signification of thisfeeling spread among all classes? Is it a mean thought of jealousy? No. France is too great to be envious, and re j o i ces to see ideas of p ro g ress and civilisation develop them selves amon g other nations—if necessary, she assists in the development. is it a menace, or a thought of revenge ? Still less. France has been M no way con cerned. Neither her honour nor her interests have been engaged. What agitates the country is a pa triotic movement, and the most legitimate national feeling. New facts have been revealed, new forces have manifested themselves in Europe, and it be came a question, as M. de Lavalette stated in his circular, of maintaining intact our rank and influ ence in the world. The Emperor and his Govern ment have thought and felt with the public mind ; and we know with what care, what wisdom, and with what patriotism the high commission has ela borated the project the principal bases of which have been settled to-day. 800,000 men, such is the strength of the effective considered necessary, after mature deliberation, to assure the defence and maintain the dignity of the country; 400,000 or 420,000 men form the active force, and nearly the same number con stitute the reserve. The period of military service is reduced by one year, and will be six years in all, either in the active army or the reserve. The re serve, exercised during a certain period every year, and divided into two portions, will be incorporated in the event of war with the active army of the 20. 4. , 22. 2). 4 11 14 10. 2 9 . 19 )lil l° w ith Ist °f 1 0..' olds , [lot , I ii so r. J • Doi, ag e ! ase• rttY' 6 .act , s alcis