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MIJDIE'S L'BRARY MESSENGERS call cn appointed diys to deliver Books at the Residences of Subscribers, in every part of Loadon and the immediate neighbourhood. Proipectused,posta?,e free, on application. CHARLES EDWARD MUDI E, New Oxford-street, London. ~9 :~~ I ~1~ ~` r ~ ~; ~~ Z/,,2 NEWSPAPER • -- , \Ve deen, which was wreclzed duriw' W i te Fife Ness. Various other rewar ((tr,, 1 :111%; to the crews of fishing, boats an dtfifig -( ijr/„.;'11q 0351•71t d . , • •fr'' - , • 4.: _ saripg or attempting to safe, • i ra° 14( . ..t • wrecks on the coast of the ITnited sm. (twos ••• , • 0., * . 4 47 AV . + • o. ; reported that two lifeboats, built tuner the sttpe rintendence of the institution, had been sent to the DROIT• Olt :40;1 ,ON.„ %01l *1 6; 4 • DIE 1401 44 .1: 14 • • - yes of:Sonth liollana and Manedles. PRICE 4d. s XIIIPEn S(L The governor of New Zealand, in a letter to the in stitution of the 7th Oct., stated that the valuable in structions of the institution for the restoration of the apparently drowned would be extensively circulated throughout the colony. Legacies of 400/. from the late Hon. Mrs. Fitzroy. 1001. froth Mr .1. Marchant of Guildford, and 19/ 19s. from Mr. C. King of the National Debt-office, had recently been left to th e institution. Dr. Watson, of Derby. le sent to th e institution the cost of a lifeboat proniisod by his late sister- letter was•read from the vice-president• of the Ana tolian Cotton Commission, Smyrna, stating that the commutation of tithe on cotton is working fairly in those parts, and that Government has redeemed its pledge. The crop is turning out better than was expected, except in the northern districts. A report, on the cultivation of cotton in Greece,•forwarded by the Foreign Office, was received from her Majesty's Minister at Athens, which states that the cotton crop this year is expected to yield about 10,500,0001 b. The price of labour has increased, but there is every probability that cotton cultivation on a considerable scale will eventually be established on a solid and durable footing in Greece. Circular reports wen Miss Watson, of that to had (lied ntastate and somewhat suddenly. During the past aonth the institution hall sent new lifeboats to Piel. ,ancashire, and to New Quay, (!ardiganshire. The ost of the former had been collected by the cont- mercial travellers, and that of the latter by th.! Ancient Order of Foresters. Alem.s. Forrestt. of I.intehouse, had lifeboats building for the insti tution, .the cost of which was between 2,000/. and 2.0001. The cost of a. lifeboat station. was_ altogether 600/., and 50/. a year were required to maintain it in a state of effi ciency. New lifeboats were - ordered to be stationed. at Sunderland, and at 11f aryport, Cumber land. Reports were read from the inspector and the assistant-,inspector. of lifeboats to the institution on their recent visit to the lifeboats of the society on the coast of North Wales, Cornwall,;andlDevon. received from the Foreign .Office on the cultivation of cotton in Panama, Maracaibo, Madagascar, Re union,' Galatz, Br&sa, Smyrna, Jaffa, Trebizond. and Manilla. The area, planted with cotton in the state of Panama has increased from 137 acres in 1863 to 550 . acres in 1864, and the produce which, in the former year,,. was 45,0001 b., is expected to be in the latter 500,0001 b., and still, further progress is anticipated this year. In the state of Zulia. (province .of Maracaibo), Venezuela, 2,400 acres have been planted.with cotton. this year, and, the produce, which was 7,00011.1. :in 1863, is estimated to be this year .about 11,4001 b. The probabilities of an increased production cannot, in the least, be doubted ; and if pecuniary assistance could be ob tained, immense tracts of land would - be brought under immediate cultivation. •The cotton grown in this state from exotic seed obtained a high price in the Liverpool market. In :Aladagascar,, thevian: tity of cotton at present grown. is very small, of 'short.staple, somewhat resembling that of the West Indies, but the production might be greatly increased by the introduction of foreign seed, and by care being bestowed on its cultivation. The present de fective system of local administration is a serious hindrance, the produce being at the mercy of the village chiefs. About 2,000 acres are believed to have been planted with cotton. Reunion has at times produced samples of cotton of finer quality perhaps than any place in the world, and of a class highly appreciated in France ; but though a con siderable extent of land was planted in 1863, the yield was so bad and so small as to make it un worthy.of notice,, and little or no progress has since been made. Her Majesty's consul at Galatz reports that in his district but little seed has been sown, and owing to the weather being unusually wet the plants were either neglected or abandoned altogether. The recent emancipation of the peasants has made the landlords entirely dependent on paid labour, and but little disposed to turn their attention to cotton, and for some years but little ,will be done in this direc tion. Tier Majesty's consul at Brussa states that much of the cotton planted did not come forward from cold and rainy weather in May, but what was resown gave good promise, and was partly in course of being gathered when, in October, an unparalleled inundation occurred. Though .hopes were enter tained of copious crops froth New. Orleans and Egyptian seed, a return of cold weather .makes it. doubtful whether there will be any gathering, and accounts from other parts of the district of Hodo- Vendakian are of a similar import. In the consular report; dated Smyrna, -Nov. 30, it is stated that the quantity realised is as yet. unknown, although it must be far below the anticipated amount, owing to the late continual rains. A larger extent of land' will be prepared for cotton this year than last., as the result is far more profitable to the cultivators than any other agricultural produce, and the far mers have found out the localities favourable to the growth of cotton. and can:guard against future dis appointments. (fins and pm..;ses are at work in the interior at Minimen, Magnesia. Aidin, and The cotton exported from the port of Smyrna dur ing- 1863 was in value t 1,674,536. From Jaffa 7.01110 fine pods of cotton were received; grown there from American seed by her AlajestY's`Consul, and which present a striking contrast to -the bolls from indi genous seed. The example exhibited in the consular ground has had the effect of prOving to the cultiva tors of the district the great advantage of grow in , this description of ootton.. A gin IVIIS placed at the disposal of the con..ul to encouragehis further effort:. Her Majesty's consul at Trebizond reports that Persia will send to that place, in the course of the winter, 40,000 bales of cotton, equal to 4,000 tons ; and that Georgia will likewise export 20,000 bales, equal to about 1,500. The consular report from Manilla states that cotton is but little cultivated in the Philippine Islands, tobacco having the prefer ence, the Spanish Government possessing a monopoly, and being determined to promote its growth in the "ifferent provinces. Everywhere they found the boats in excellent order, and their crews perfectly satisfied with thou. Pay ments amounting to nearly 1,4001. were ordered to be made on various lifeboat establishMents., Votes of thanks were given by thk, comMittee to the chair man and officers of the institution, and' the proceed ilig terminated. Dr, Livingstone in Notts, MAXSITELD, Wednes.la3. For some time past Dr. Livingstone and Dr. Kirk have been staying at Newstead Abbey, the seat of the late Lord Byron, and now of Mr. Webb. A crowded meeting Ivan field in the Mansfield Townhall last night, under the ens- Aces of the Mechanics' Institute, at which Dr. Livingstone and Dr. Kirk, nnturalist of the Zambesi expedition. were present, Dr. LIVINGSTONE, on rising, wfis received with great • cheering. He said if they looked on the map of Africa they would observe that it, contained an almost unbroken and imple coast line, and tha't no branches or arms of the sea 'an into it, and This probably was the reason why Africa [tad remained so - long 'unexplored. The sea was the great Highway of nations, and !Africa, having no sea running into it, iemained comparatively unknown until within the ast 20 years. Dr. Livingstone then adverteAl to Ids own expeditions and exploration of the interior. In .the first they tray.lled through a well-watered country, and were crossing streams almost every day. They also passed thrOugh dense forests of 'gigantic tiraber,.anit among people who had never seen a white man before. ' They had heard of thorn, and had even Seen some of those prints which were made at Manchester, which they supposed were the work of fairies, or some beings not hnman.iu their character. Al! that they - heard of ns was, that we were white, and enro. out of the sea. His men were rather fond of shoWing hint as a mil white num who hfut 'ome out. of the Reny owl thou pointed to his hair as offering a proof that it had lwen straightened down by the action of water. Prom flier they came back to the Makololo country, taking with them a good supply of beads and calico, but, when they got to their destination they had lost all, and only possessed a few new ideas, Then they tried the east coast with the view of finding a path into'the sea down tlio Zambisi river. In the interior the river was as wide ns 1 1e. ‘Thinnos at Rich mond, and ft number of bi•:anches rail into it before it reached the out coast. The pople through whom they travelled, who had not been engaged _in the slave trade, wore civil, kind, and not at all the savages which they imagined them to be. These people were generally agrieulturists. There were very few who devoted thenlselves entirely to bunting. Amongst them tlioy foimd blacksmiths and smelters of iron from the ore, - who also forged lioes knives, handles, and shears. - lie took n sheep-bAI down to the rape with him, and the people there would ncit believe that it Vl'4ls made by black men, it was weld c 1 so well ; but he had seen them make it. Thoy wows ako p,nal copirrsmiths, awl nuo.lo oppor from malachil-. They cultiv..! ,otton. not in a vo'y largo way, but as our forofathor, colt iyat,al wheat— in little patches, when molt family had it , little patch. So they had thoir pat:lies - of cotton. and the. m»n spun and weaved it. -In almost every pw,ton..; couhl ‘, , n sitting wonving I,inning They :ds; , 'lll - Ma kind , of gr.:in. flllll 1116, ::011 IVAS oxeoo,lingly poopl, fond of trade, :111,1111-y :rreat. 111;Thl order to exoltare„ , :o the - I'ttis. , .l for sotoe thin!, w.l , < 11 z11r111 , 1:111. , ! of I.OlOiYO, WOrt.' oujoyite: die ftc.ll. , s of • thtt favouril, , Now, finding 1:-o;t1, , so far ,anNious to tr z ta e , skilful in Ow art of c . ultiv,:tiun. it ;:pwArect to hint (Dr. Livingstone) t t their 41isposit 1, in It) t r:olt , and work might ht. turned 10 advantage Loth to theta. Iv , -, ;old to this coun try. They saw that on the west mast tho efforts of th e ertti , rs had 'been very slb-e , sqtd indeed in suppressing the slave trade, and giving encouragement to missionaries and traders, and in that respect ',Lord Pal- merston's policy had been attended with considerable suc cess. But they. found that the ports on the east side had been shut up by the Portuguese Government.. The Zam besi.river seemed to be a fairway into the interior, and the Portuguese, were quite willing and professed them selves anxious that he should do what he could to bring the different tribes to a state of civilisation, and a better acquaintance with their fellow-men. That was the abject of, the Zainbesi expedition, and with that idea they went.. by the. Shirw.a. River, and 300 miles up they came to a lake with. the same name, with lwakish water, but with plenty of fish and hippopotami ; 300 miles farther they came to the lake Nyasse, and they sailed up • that lake 280 miles. It was a lake of fresh water from 20 to 60 yards broad, and surrounded by mountains. When they ascended these mountains they found that they only formed the edge of a vast. table land, 3,000 feet. above the,. level of the sea. The continent of Africa was of such vast, size that it. was difficult to give any accurate idea of it to strangers. On some of the hills ice and frost were seen ; in one place grain was planted so plentifully that it could be obtained at. the cheapest rate ; while in another partfood could not be obtained for love or money. In any place where the rainfall amounted on the average to 35 inches per annum, they could cultivate without irrigation ; but the crops, if allowed to re main, run rapidly into seed. Cotton would _go on for three years without replanting. The crops w,.re of good quality, and never injured by frost. Indigo id ent s reached the height of a 'man, and sugar in some places was as prolific without guano as it was in the Mauritius with it. After alluding to the'tempting but delusive offer of land at a low rate, which the Portuguese Government made, bnt which land really be longed to a Zulu tribe, who regularly exacted tribute front the PortUgnese. D iVin gst one went on t e notice the labour supply question, and said whenever you come to a slave , colony you find labour dear. It was so in the neighbourhood of. • the Zambesi and the Shirta, because all the labinif that could be obtained was exported into slavery, and solikeP the goose and the golden eggs—there was nobody left, to do the necessary labour at home. A gentleman had been lately endeavouring to prove iu the papers that slavery was the right sort of thing for 'us, and indeed for all the world. Now let. them take the article of coal. In this country there was considerable difficulty in working it ; they had to go to immense depths and make a great: outlay in machinery. But in Africa, and by the Zambesi, they. found a - Very extensive coalfield which was believed to be hundreds of miles in extent, and to extend into the in terior. The late Dom Pedro the Fifth employed smalL steamer and a lot of slaves to get some of that, coal, and the officer in charge gave them some accurate information as to the expense thus incurred, and they found it very much dearer to have the work done by slaves than by English free labour. We could carry coals to the mouth of the Zambesi, and undersea the Portuguese, who had only to bring the coals down 'the river. The effect of slave labour upon the slave was also worthy of remark, for they, poor fellows, did the best they could, and that was never to do anything if they could help it. (Laughter.) It was very natural, and ho should do the same himself. But when they hired them by the mouth, they were the most oblig ing and civil servants possible. Slavery was altogether it great mistake. Dr. Livingstone concluded by describing some of the other productions - and characteristics of Africa, and protested against that narrowness of mind which, while continually crying out. " Charity begins at home.' neither exercised the virtue there nor anywhere else, and h urging the claims of Africa upon this country. ' Pr. KIRK afterwards adireal t ineetiu!!. Fttom THE SEA.—A fisherman recently hauled up silver fork, marked "Atlantio." near the spot in Long Island Sound where the steamer .:Itiontie was wrecked on November 27, 1846. It is iii scribed as a very heavy ol.d fashioned silver forl, bearing marks of long immersion in water [AbvEßTisEmENT.]—Hollow'fs Ointment and .Pills. — Dangerous Diseases.—How many life-long maladies spring from neglecting trifling symptoms. The pimple readily curable in the nursery becomes, through carelessness, the irremediable torment of after life. With, a knowledge of the curative powers of Holloway's Ointment and Pills, those who fail to use them for extirpating the first seeds of hereditary ailment, will have to bear the punishment re sulting,from their folly. Holloway's remedies will remove eruptions of the skin, scorbutic diseases, and scrofula, and heal every description of ulcer, sore, wound or abrasion. By the employment of Holloway's excellent, speedy, a nd safe medicaments, much pain and immense experience will be saved, and a great benefit conferred on the present and snc6eeding-generations. Royal National Life-Boat Institution, A meeting of this institution was held yesterday at its house, John-street, Adelphi ; Mr. T. Chapman, F.R.S., Vice-President, in the chair. There were also present, Captain Sir Edward Perrott, Bart., Admiral M'llardy, Col. Fitzroy Clayton, Mr. W. 11. Harton, Capt. Egerton, Mr. John Griffiths. Capt. Ward, inspector of life-boats to the institu- tion, and Mr. Richard Lewis, the secretary. The minutes of the previous meeting having been read, a reward of 251. was votcd to the crew of the Yarmouth large life-boat of the institution for going `off on the night of the 7th December, and saving the crew of 12 men from the Austrian brig Lornizza, of Lucine, which struck, and afterwards became a total wreck on the Scroby Sands, during .a strong wind from the S.S.W. ; also, 14/. to the crew of the Parsee lifeboat, stationed at Palling, on the Norfolk coast, for going off in reply to signals of distress, and saving the crew of six men from the French schooner Idas of Nantes, which was stranded during a gale of wind opposite Palling Gap, about midnight on the 22d nit. ; also, 71. to the crew of the •Penmon lifebbat for • putting off and bringing ashore the crews of the smacks Pearl andSpeedwell, - of Carnarvon, which were in distress. near the Dutchman's Bank, Anglesey, during a heavy gale of wind. on the 11th ult.. The vessels fortunately held together during the night, and the next Morning the crews were again put on board. 8/. 10s. to the crew of the Sister's• Memorial lifeboat of the institu- tion, at Llandudno, for rescuing the fiat Morning Star and her crew of three men, near the Little Orme's Head, during a strong wind on the 7th ult. 451. 18s. to pay the expenses of the lifeboats of the institution at Caister, Pakefield, Filey Teignmouth, andliirkeudbright,for different services on occasions of wrecks. itwas reported that the Pakefield lifeboat had gone off during a strong gale of wind, and bad assisted, in conjunction with a steam-tug, to save , .. the barque Jenny Lundin, of Quebec, and her crew of nine men from destruction. It was stated that the • Cape of 'Good . Hope lifeboat, stationed at Port Elizabeth, had been instrumental in saving a ship wrecked crew during a heavy gale of wind in October last. The silver medal of the institution and a copy of its vote on parchment were presented to M r. Andrew Lusk, farmer; near Kirkcudbright , a nd 51. to his five servants, in admiration of their conduct in wading into the surf and attempting to rescue the schooner Havelock's crew, of Pres ton, -who, • however, unhappily perished. On e of the sal vors, named M'Quin, with a rope in his hand , plunged into the sea and reached a rock, caught a line thrown from the wreck, and was in the act of making it fast when a wave came upon him and swept him away. • He has . left a widow and several children. The institution vo t e d 101.• in aid of the local subscription now making for their consisting a fi h n e g avy relief. A reward of 10/. *as also voted to the crews of the smack Breeze and of a dredge boat; both of Tenby, for their gallant services in going gale of . wind and saving the ° m il ' of 12 men, from the brig Union of Milford, the schooner Sydney Trader of Cork, which were wrecked in Caldy Roads, off Tenby, on 18th flov. A reward of 6!. was voted to the crew of a fishing coble for putting off and rescuing the crew • of - four men - from the 'fichoonei - 'Euphemia; of Aber evidysn, daring THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 6, 1865. CRYSTAI, PALACE. -WORROW.- luxuriously WARM and DRY. Brilliant and Sun shine at the Palace ye•gerdar. 7 Lighted at Dusk. CRYSTAL PALACE AT NIGIIT.—" If this lighting up, and this alone, were shown as the ChristmaS attraction, it would be worth a j .utney to Nortvoo to see IL We ean only cordially recommend our readers to see it for themselves before the wee- is ( ut " - Vide Newspapers. Lighted from dusk till• half-past six. CRYSTAL SATURDAY JUVENILE AF TERNOON of CHRIST3IAS AIiUSEMEN and PROMENADE. — Palace open at Ten. Menagerie, Fancy Fair, Picture Gal leries, &c., kc , open at same time. First Part of Holiday Revels at Half-past Two o'clock. second Part at 11 1 -past Four. Palace lighted u for Pro menade. Organ Perfwmance Halt-past Five Admission, Half -a-Crown. Chi dren, One Sliiihng ; Gu nea - eason Tickets free ; Reserved Seats for all the Amuserlients, o.e NOTE.—From other engagements, To-morrow will be the only Saturday at which this yeae's successful lioilday Amusements car be given. To be more in accordance with the u nal Satnrl"y Afternoon arrangements they have been fixed to commence at Halt-past Two o'cicck. COMMODORE NUTT & MINNIE WARREN. ST. JAMES'S HALL, Piccadilly. THIS DAY and during the HO LIDAYS.—THREE GRAND LEVEES DAILY, at Eleven and Eight o'clock. "Na ure's Smallest Edition of her 'choicest work"—a Bachelor and Belle of mature age; not larger than Two Infants ! ! ! At Eleven o'clock they appear in the identical WEDDING COSTUME worn by them at the Marriage of GEN. TOM THUMB ; and they also perform Songs, Duets, Dances, &c., giving several Comic personations, with an entire change of programme at each Levee. They will be drawn to and from St James's Hall in their Lilliputian Carriage by four of the Smallest Ponies in the world, presented to them by General Tom Thumb; Box (Rice from 10 till 4 o'clock. Admission, is. and 2s. ; reserved seats, 3s. Children half price to the 2s. and 3s. seats• LA ST WEE K.-ST. JAMES'S HALL, Regent-street, Piccadilly.—Professor • ANDERSON meet positively terminate his most brilliant season on SATURDAY NET r, when he will have given more than 130 representations in l 8 conircutive weeks to crowded and fashionable audiences. More than 210,00 ► spectators have witnessed the "World of Magic" by the great Wizard of the North. The greatest treat in London ior the holiday gilts for the children. Santa Clauses. Admission,ls.; bal:onies, 25.; stalls, Is., which may be secured at the Hall. MR. and Mrs. GERMAN REED, with Mr. JOHN PARRY. in THE RIVAL COMPOSERS, in which the Sisters Pry will appear, with THE BARD and HIS BIRTHDAY; and to cone nde with MRS. ROSELE AP AT Tli E SEA- S I LA:. By. Mr. John Parry. Every Evening (except Saturday) at Eight ; Saturday Afternoon, at Three.- - —ROYAL GALLERY or ILLUSTIIA LION, 14, Regent street. Unreserved seats, ls,, 28. ; stalls, Zs. ; stall spring chairs, ss. OPERA DI CAMERA, the SOLDIER'S LEGACY, ty Maetarren, and TOO MANY COOKS, by Offenbach. Every TUESDAY and THURSDAY, at Three. HEOXF 0 r D, 6, OXFORD STREET, W. The Oxford and Canterbury Hell Company (limited). ORPH ER AUX ENFERS (Offenbach's 'brilliant Opera Comique), is achieving an unprecedented success. Vide, the Song : "King of Bceotia ;" " The Hymn to Bacchus ;" and the spirited "Hilliho " Chorus, by Eurydice, Diana, Cupid, and t hems ; the - side-splitting " Coupiets," by Minerva, Diana, Venue, Cupid, Pluto, and Chorus ; d iiaal Minuet and G4lop. Principal characters by Misses Russell, Fitz henry, Barrie, Tyrrell, and Walmsley ; Messrs. Greene and Laseelles. . Also, the new Cantata, KING CHRISTMAS, written by Litchfield Mosely, Eq. and composed by Herr Meyer blitz, expressly for this cstaulishment. Musical Director, Mr. F. Jonghmantf. THE DESCENT OF MERCURY, by Mr. Jas. Tallijtt. LE MONSTItii CHARME, by M. SILVESTR E. Comedy, by Mr. WILLIA.A RANDALL, Mr. GASTON MURRAY, LITTLE 808, and all the procurable Talent of the day. VANTERBURY HALL, NJ The Okford and Canterbury Hall Company (limited). • BODGE PODGE, he most extraordinlry Christmas Entertainment in Lon don (inclui n 7, the whole strength of the establishment), should be seen to be apprke:ateci. The usual Operatic Eeleztions by Hisses Russell, Barfe, Hays, Godden, ..te.; Messrs. Laeelles, Harland, Velumont, Kimberley, &c. Musical Director, Mr. F. Jonghmnns. Extra Comedy by Mr. and Mrs. Randal', Mr. Hilton, Stacey, Woodman, Little Bob, &c. . Every even"ng at 7 o'clock. R OYAL CAMBRIDGE MUSIC HALL, Commercial-street, Shoreditch. (Close to the Great Eastern Terminus\ Sole Proprietor, Mr. G. W. NOW - NT. SPECIAL ATTRACTIONS UP TO MiI:IST:WAS. Operatic SeleAims, &c. Prima Donna, Miss ELM ON. The Comic strength of the Commny includes ANNIE ADAMS, NELLY TOWER, J. G. FORDE. WEST, GEO. LEY BOURNE, Mr. HERBERT, J. P. ALEXANDI.At and Family; LES FRERES CAVALLINT, the great Italian tlowns and Gymnasts, from the Cirque Napoleon, Paris, their first appe.ran,e In England. Permanent prices—Area, 9d. ; balcony, &I. ; stalls, ls. Manager and Conductor, Mr. C. GAB VILLE. CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. A_DAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION . II established 29 years at the Bazaar,,Baker-street. NEW A D DIT I ON.—A Fall-length PORT RA I MODEL of MULLER, taken from life, and corrected front the Cast taken by Doctor Donovan, is now added to the Chamber of Physiognomy. Open, on Boxin r Day only, from 10 n.m. t*ll 10 p.m,; o her days from 11 a.m. till 5 p m., and from 7 ill to. Admittance, One ; extra rooms, Sixpence. ARGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street, LEVY will appear at nine, ten, and eleven o'clock during the week and play new music nightly. Admission, One Shilling. MEET 11.- IMPROVED MECHANICAL DENTIS r RY.— Professional abilities and great artistic skill have been most successfully combined In the production of ARTIFICIAL TEETH. upon a new principle. The real value of the perfection of the art of Dentistry will be experi enced by all wishing to avail themselves of professional Fa ;istance by c:nsulting Mr: ALBERT, 34, Great Russell street, Bloomsbury. whose experience has en.bled him to effect such admirable, convenient contrivances by artificial means, and which are so perfectly efficient. ORNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library , aid Dining-room, conststlng of a new and etegant assort ment id VASES, Figures, G roups, Candlestlaks,Olielisks, Ink stands, beautiful inlaid Tables, Paperweights, &0., in Italian, Alabas cr, Parian, Marble, Bronze, Derbyshire Spar, &a. Imported and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Mine ralogist to her lljesty, HO, Stand. W.C., London. Mr. Tennant arranges elementary collections of SHELLS, MINERALS, ROCKS, and FOSSILS, which will greatly facilitate the interesting study of MINERALOGY, CON• CHOLOGY, ind GEOLOGY, at 2,5, 10, 20, 50, to 100 guineas each. PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and MINE- R. A.LOG Y is given by Mr. TENNAN r. at 149, Strand W.C. PRIZE ME D A L.--INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1862. FRANCIS TUCKER. & CO., Wax Chandlers, fko., &0., To the Queen and the Film of Wales. (Established 1720.) The Jurors' Report on Wax and Church Candles, in 1862, testifies to ihe excellence of the quality of Messrs. Tuckers' manufacture. A distinguished Dignitary,in a letter addressed to Francis Tucker and Co., on the subject of WAX CANDLES with PLATTED WICKS, says : " 1 have found them fully equal to the recommendation which you gave them, and can sincerely, in my turn, I com mend them to the clergy for the use of the altar." Finest quality, with tatted Wicks, patented.. 9s, td. per lb. Ordinary quality .. • • .. s. od. per lb. VEGETABLE CANDLES, with a Mixture of Wax. Best quality .. is. sd. per lb second quality .. 0. • • .. is. 3d. per lb. Third quality .. .. • • .. ls. id. per lb. Carriage paid in London on Orders of Five Pounds in value. FRANCIS TUCKER AND CO.. South Molton-street, sington Grosven (Establishedor-square. Manufactory— Ken 1730). The largest Establishment in England for the Manufacture of Wax Candies for the use of the Altar. SAILORS' ORPHAN GIRLS' SCHOOL any HO ILE, Hampstead. Offioei. 77, Cornhill. PATRON—The QUEEN. TRUSTEES. _ _ Capt. the Hon. Francis Maude, I The Rev. Canon C hampneys R.N. Thomas Baring, Esq., M.P. TREASURERS. R. 1. L. Bevan, Esq. Robert llanbury, Esq. This Institution is designed to supdly a great national want, viz., an asylum for the orphan daughters of sailors in the Royal Navy and Merchants Service and of Marines. It clothes, maintains, and educates them for domestic service and provides a home free kd expense for former inmates while out of situations, thus shielding them from the temp' ations they might otherwise be exposed to. T..e Committee earnestly APPlia I, for CONTRIBU TIONS to meet the increasi g applications through the recent storms and loss f life at sea, and to enable them even ually to obtain premises more commensurate w th the necessities of this great maritime country, which loses 2,000 sailor s annually by casualties alone, without including tt.ose who may perish by war Subscriptions thankfully received by the bankers, ?trews. Barclay, Bevan, and Co., Lombard-street, and by the Score tAry, at the Offices, No. ;7, Curnhill. R. bWEETING, llon. Sec. CHAIM NS NASH, Sec. THE RESCUE SOCIETY wishes to add another home to the 12 now In operation. Last year no fewer han 455 poor, friendless, young females were rejected from wan t of FUNI)B and room, making a total of 3,087, who have been sent away in fire yt ars. Item arc brief details of a few of the most recent cases : if., aged 15, fallen, mother dead, deserted by her father. M. A. I'., aged 3, homeles., both parents dead. A. 8., aged 17, fallen, father dead, deserted by her mother. S. 1)., aged 16, fallen, mother dead. C. 8., azed IS, fallen, mother dead, A. 8., a zed 1(1, fallen, both parents dead. IL S., ag( d 11, homeless, de erted by her parents. H.. aged 17, fallen, both parents dead. C. IL, aged 17, fatten, both parents dead. A. G., aged 18, fallen, father dead. E. K„ aged 18, fallen, both parents c'ead, S. 8., aged 17, fallen, both par nts dead. M. A. W., aged 17, fallen, both parents dead. S. D., aged 16, fallen, both parents dead. The new home the Committee wish to form would be for be irls, almost children, from the age ot a to 15, who have n led astray from the path of virtue. tr Ibu t on s will he . /eceived (gratefully by the Secretary, Mr. t.;ooper;i3, Queen Btrect,Cltcsps.i.le; v: by Mesrf, , . alae. Lombard-at.reet.• - - • - -- - - 'MEW FRENCH *ILKS, in. COLOURS and 11 BLACK, at 2s. Bid. the yard, made of bright Italian silk, wish the guarantee for durability of eminent firms in Paris and Lyons. The Silt Department includes all the ri hest and most costly productions. I'atterns sent free. BAK VEY and CO., Lambeth House, Westminster, S. FRENCH MERINOES at 2s. per yard, double width, including all the new and brilliant colours at the same price. adics would do well to Fend immediately for patterns, addressed to Messrs. HARVEY and CO., Lambeth [louse, Wes!minster, S. _ _ _ • . This firm during last autuina executed orders for their Merinoes from more than Tw,nty Thousand families, and in every instince gave entire sail:dad-ion. DINNEFORTYS - FLUID MA SIA.- The The Medical Projesslon for thirtyyears have approved of this pure solution of a3lgnesia as the best cmedy for Gout and stomachic disorders of every kind; and as a mill aperient it is especially adapted for Ladies and Children. Prepared solely by DINNEFORD and CO., Chemists, fic, 172, New Bond-street,London ; and told throughout the world by all respectable Chemists, l ant on.. See that " Dinneford and Co." is on each battle an,d red label over the cork. THE WAR IN AMERICA. (Fi'ona the Index) We may congratulate our readers, after the loud jubila-. tions of the French organs during the past week, on the important fact that Savannah' is.not taken, and that Hood's army is not destroyed. NO doubt the escape of Sherman to the coast is a misfortune, but is one which must have been nicely calculated on and prePared for by the Richmond authorities as.soon as the Federal army started southward from Atlanta; nor is it to. betoncealed7that the defeat and retirement of Hood from Tennessee have caused a•feeling Of deep disappointment amongst the friends of the South. But it must be borne in mind that the Confederate army in Tennessee was,not so much defending territory invaded by Northern hosts as endeavouring to recover a State which has for more than two years been in Federal pos session; and that Sherman has simply exchanged a base of operations in the heart of the cotton States, which, if he could have held it, threatened at least the whole of Geor gia with the fate of Tennessee, for another on the seacoast, which he might have taken up whenever it suited Grant to despatch 25,000 troops by sea to Georgia, and whence, for months to come, he will have very little chance of in flicting any serious blow on the Confederacy. True, he has devastated a vast tract of country, destroyed some 200 miles of railway, captured many negroes, and inflicted in calculable misery on many peaceful communities, but he has failed to take Macon, Augusta, or Savannah. His army has passed through Georgia like an arrow through the air; the country which he purchased at the cost of a year's pre paration, a six months' campaign, and 50,000 men, has escaped from his grasp; and he has to commence, de novo, the conquest of Georgia by the siege of a strongly fortified town, held by-a powerful garrison under the command of one of the ablest Confederate generals. If to the moral effect produced by his comparatively unimpeded march through one of the richest Southern States be opposed the fact that he has called into being another Southern army, that the whole of Georgia is in arms, the balance of gain will per haps be found to be not altogether on the side of the North. We know not that the triumph which sent New York into ecstacies three weeks ago was limited to the capture of Fort WAllister, a feat which Sherman describes as proudly as if he hadtaken a town. But Fort M'Allister was gar risoned at the outside by 200 men, and the storming of a. position, however strong, held by such a force, is not a wonderful exploit for an army of 50,000 men. The import ance of the capture lies in the fact that it placed Sherman at .once in communication with the Federal fleet, and secured to him the supplies and material necessary for the conduct of the siege operations against SaVannah; otherwise its possession by the Federals will not advance them one inch towards the reduction of Savannah. The question re mains,What are the defensive capabilities of this threatened city ? They are reported to consist of triple lines of forti fication on' the land side, and these are not mere earth works. On the east and south the country round Savan nah is a network of streams running through marshes almost impenetrable to an army. On the north there is no possibility of a lodgment being made; for the Confederate gunboats on the Savannah River, and available reinforce ments from Charleston, can prevent the passage of the river. What the direct eastern approaches offer in the way of ob : - stacle we are unable to say ; but we may rely upon it they have not been neglected, and we have very good proof that they were effective in Slterman's march to the mouth of the Ogeechee River. An army of 50,000 men would not have been turned by weak defences. Aspto the sea approaches, their strength has been demonstrated by the unwillingness of Federal naval commanders .to engounter them, and we believe they are quite as impassable as the fortifications at Mobile and Wilmington. Of course Sherman's military force may take them in the rear, but that will be a work of time. Such swamps as protect Port Jackson and the river batteries eastward of Savannah can be held with a very small force.. It has been said that Savannah is invested. .This is a mere assumption. Sherman cut the Charleston and Savannah Railroad south of the Savannah, but there is still communication with both Augusta and Charleston, and through them with the whole Confederacy. Sherman could not get at the north bank of the river, and Foster and I Dahlgren had failed in their repeated attempts to cut the Charleston Railroad. What is there, then, to prevent the constant despatch of supplies and reinforcements by both these roads until both banks of the Savannah are occupied by the Federals, and a real investment takes place ? The strength of the garrison can only ly.; guessed at. Sherman estimates it at 15,000 men, and such a force ought to be able to hold it against a coup de main. But it can be readily reinforced, if the necessity arises, even in the not improbable event that Butler's 25,000 men • and Porter's fleet should finally find their way to Savannah. For Wilmington will be relieved of all fear of attack ; Charleston will have only her ordinary assailants to deal with, and surely if Lee's army was strong enough to cope with Grant's forces when Butler's 25,000 men who were in the Federal lines before Petersburg, he can spare 10,000 or 15,000 men for the defence of Savannah. We do not pretend to say that the town will not be taken ultimately. But we have very liltle doubt, now that Sherman has declined to risk an assault, that the siege will be a very tedious one, and that the Federal general's winter campaign will be far costlier and longer than he intended. In commenting upon the state of affairs in Tennessee we must premise that at present no accounts have reached us from Southern sources of the real character of the battles which have taken place, or of the losses or condition of Hood's army. But we know enough even froni Federal reports to assert with confidence that there has been the most disgraceful "lying" in the Northern bulletins. We will cite two instances, and leave our readers - to draw their own inferences from them. At the battle of Franklin the Federal losses were officially fixed at 500 met"; they turned out to be at least 3,500 killed and wounded, and 1,000 prisoners. ln General Thomas's report of the battle near Nashville, published with that general's signature, and endorsed by Mr. Stanton, the casualties of the Federal army are. fixed at 300, and the special interposition of the Almighty is suggested AS the cause of this unprecedented contrast between the results attained and the lives expended. But a later despatch ad mits a most :desperate battle, and the loss of 3,000 men, whilst :private accounts estimate the wounded alone at 6,000. This would bring the total casualties to .something . very like 8,000 men. On the other hand, it is admitted by the North that the Confederates, in killed and wounded, suffered less than heir opponents. We do not cite those facts as negativing Hood's defeat, but we are at least entitled to refuse .. our credence to the Federal accounts until we learn something from the other side. It would appear, indeed, that the great battle took place on the 15th ult., and that the subsequent engagements were merely the encounters of Thomas's pursuing columns with the troops left to cover Hood's retreat. We are told that Hood withdrew his forces from the immediate front of Nashville on the 13 t , position t w o days . It b e wasifore t n h e t h a e t attack, effortk and to drive Federals suffered so severely, but they uiulpnimdaotsnhtbertonenc;lytdhesaufetcntc.hseieeNded. Hood's army was compelled to re tire, and its rearguard, attacked on the following day, seems to have lost heavily in prisoners and guns. As to the condition of Hood's army, nothing can be known. Since the commencement of the war there has never been a Federal victory in which the Confederates were not de scribed as routed, demoralised, throwing away their arms, and abandoning their leaders; arid, of course,, at the pre sent moment, the North is assured that Hood's army is de stroyed, and that there is nothing but the force behind the defences of Richmond to fight with. This will deceive no one who has watched the war. We have been told the same thing half a dozen times of the south-western army, and more than once of the army of Virginia. What is tolerably certain is, that Hood had reached -Pulaski; that he had been joined by Forrest with his force from Murfreesboro' ; that he was some distance ahead of Thomas ; that he had his pontoons ready for crossing the Tennessee, if it should be necessary, and that there was every prospect of Thomas being compelled to discontinue the pursuit. In the mean time, it is reported from Confederate sources that Chatta nooga and Bridgeport have been abandoned by the Fede rals, and that Burbridge has.been beaten and driven out of Western Virginia by Breckenridge. These events would materially affect the situation in Tennessee, and if reports prows true, then undoubtedly the advantage will be on the side of the Confederacy, which will have wrested from the Federals, in a two months' campaign, the results of two years' hard fighting, and throw them back, so far as Ten nessee and Alabama. and Northern Georgia are.concerned, the:tioa the winter of 1862. •- - Naval and Military Intelligence. Her Majesty's screw corvette Cadmus, 21, 400 horse-power, Capt. Alexander C. Gordon, intended for service with the North Ainerican squadron, in attempting to leave Chatham harbour early on Wednesday morning on a falling tide, unfortunately grounded on a bank of sand and ,mud, which, by the fresh of the tide at the spot, had accumulated near the entrance to No. 2 dock. Two of the steam tenders were immediately brought out with the hope of floating her off, but all attempts to effect this were fruitless, and as the tide ebbed she settled sown heavily, and, it was feared, seriously strained herself. Fortunately, the spot where she took the ground was chiefly nu - 4,s° that little apprehension was entertained that serious harm would result from the accident. At flood tide on Wednesday after- noon the vessel was got off, and, in order to ascer tain whether she had, sustained any damage, was floated late in the day iiito one of the vacant docks, a number of the officials and workmen remaining in he yard all Wednesday night .employed in the .operation of placing her on the blocks .and shoring her up. On the wafer being pumped. out of the dock an examination of every part of the vessel was made by her master-shipwright's staff, but no injury could be discovered, the only defect apparent being the tearing off of a portion of her-copper sheathing and the breaking of her martingale, which probably occurred during the operation of undockiug. At an early Ihour yesterday morning the Cadmus was again undocked,'Nand shortly before daylight left the harbour for,the Nore, where she will have her com passes adjUsted, and be inspected by the naval Com mander-in-Chief, at the same time making another trial of her engines at the measured mile, in, order to satisfy the officials of the steam reserve that her machinery is in all respects satisfactory, before, she passes out of their hands. At the time of the dock ing of the Cadmus Mr. Hatch, the foreman of riggers, on whom devolved the responsible duty of placing the vessel in her position in the dock, was found to be in such a helpless state of intoxication that Capt. Stewart, C. 8., directed his ejection from the yard, pending the decision of the Admiralty. A testimonial, in the shape of a handsomely wrought silver goblet, has been presented to First class Master-Gunner Alexander Miller, Royal Artillery, as a token of respect on the occasion of his retirement from the army, after a period of 31 years' service in the Royal Regiment of Ar tillery, the testimonial being presented by his com rades belonging to the first division of the Depot and Coast Brigade, in the Chatham district. Mr. Miller has very efficiently discharged the important post of master-gunner at Sheerness for upwards of 11 years. • The screw .gunvessel Torch, 5, 80-horse :power (nominal), having undergone repair -at Chatham dockyard and been fitted for the first-class steam reserve, was yesterday taken to the measured mile at the Maplin Sands for the purpose of testing her engines. She is fitted with a pair of 80-horse power direct-acting trunk engines by Messrs. Napier and Son, with most of the recent improvements. The trial yesterday • was under the superintendence of Capt. W. K. Hall, C. 8., commanding the steam reserve, the other officials on board being Mr. Baker, chief inspector of machinery, at Chatham Dockyard ; Mr. Rumble, chief inspector of ma, chionery afloat ; and. Mr. Ilutchens, assist. -master shipwright at Chatham. The vessel drew 9ft. 10in. forward and lift. llin. aft. The Torch is fitted with a Smith's propellor of 9ft. 10in, in diameter, with the leading corners cut off, and set at a pitch of 12ft. 4in. The wind dining the trial was- west , ;Tbr, with a force of 3.. Six runs were made at the mea sured mile with the following result :—l'irst run— time, 6 min, 6 sec. ; speed in knots. 9.8301. second run—time; 7 min. 46 see. ; 5p.''.7.725 knots ; third run—time, 6 min. 22 sec. ; sp e ed, 9.424 knots fourth run—time, 7 min - . 23. sec. ; - speed ; 8126 knoti; fifth:run—time, 6 min. 32-see. ; speed, 9.483 knots ; last run—time, 6' min. 42 see..:; - :: speed, 8.955 knots—giving the true mean speed of the ship 8.731 knots per hour. The mean pressure of steam during the trial was 201 b., and the load On the safety valve 241 b. The mean number of the revolutions of the engines was 98 per minute. At -half-boiler power -the mean, speed -at tained was 6.857 knots per hour. After the comple tion of the runs the vessel was tried in making circles, when at full speed the complete circle was made in 4m. 11s., and at half speed in 4m. 31s. At the close of the trials the vessel steamed back to Chatham harbour, and was handed over to the officials of the steam reserve. • Earl de Grey and Ripon, her Majesty's Secretary of State for War, arrived at Portsmouth yesterday morning in her Majesty's steam-tug Sprightly, Commander G. Allen, from Osborne. - The Earl landed at the dockyard, and entering the carriage of Col. Shadwell, Deputy-Quartermaster-General, which was in waiting, was driven to the Landport Railway Station, whence he proceeded by the 11 a.m. South-Western train to London. The Highflyer, 20, screw corvette, Capt. Pasley, made her trial yesterday at the measured mile in Stokes-bay, near Portsmouth, under the officials of the dockyard steam factory and reserve. She realized a mean speed of 9.48 knots with full-boiler power and of 6.95 knots with half-boiler power. At the conlusion of the trials the Highflyer again an chored at Spithead, where she awaits her final orders from the Admiralty. The following appointments were made yester day at the Admiralty :—Edward B. D'Arcy, mas ter, to the Fisgard, for the Mutine ; Edward A. Richmond, naval cadet, to the Achilles ; S. J. Meiclejohn, surgeon, to the Columbine ; and Fre derick A. Smith, clerk, to the Frederick Williaui.. Cotton Supply Association. At the meeting of the executive committee, held on Tuesday, a letter was read from Tortola, West Indies, containing grateful' acknowledgments for the aid rendered by the aSsociation to the cultivation of cotton in that island - , and stating that. the writer, who has already shipped 3,5001b5. of cotton, expects this year to be able to ship 15,0001b5. A letter from the Kingston Cotton Company, which was esta blished in May, 1863, for the purpose of testing the cultivation of cotton in Jamaica, and to provide em ployment for the boys and girls attached to the reformatories at Kingston, states that there have been seasonable rains, which have made the Sea Island cotton look very promising, and handsome returns are anticipated, if not again blighted. In some parts of the island the long drought has been very injurious to most kinds of Jamaica products. the report states that Cuban or vine-seed cotton has begun to give a second crop,_ and that five bales are ready for shipment. The second crop from this seed, however, does not seem so good as the first ; the bells are smaller, and the cotton of an' inferior kind. ,It has, therefore, been resolved to clear away the first year plant from some of the fields, and to sow fresh seed, with a view to deter mine whether the vine cotton will ratoon, or whe ther it will be more profitable to plant fresh seed for each • succeeding crop. A letter forwarded by the Bombay Government was received from the corn . misioner in Scinde, detailing the results of an expe riment made with Peruvian cotton in , the different collectorates of that province. it is stated that the experiment was made in so unsystematic a manner that it is impossible to arrive at any decision as re gards its failure or success. In one case, in Kurra chee, the produce, though small, was pronounced by the Chamber of Commerce to be superior to Can dahar cotton, which is the best that comes into that market. Experiments were also made at Hydrabad, Halla, Mahomed, Khan's Tanda, and Shikarpoor. The results, though as yet unsatisfactory, indicate the adaptability of the Scinde climate and soil to the Peruvian cotton ; but a more decisive opinion will 1-be-formed from the crops of - the present year.. A' GCHRISTMAS RENEWALS—NORTH. ' 'USTI and MERCANTILE INSURANCE COM 'ANY, Incorporated by Royal Charter and Acts of Parliament. Accumulated and invested funds £2,233;927 A nnu al revenue 497,263 FIRE DEPARTMENT. POLICIES should be RENEWED within Fifteen Days ',tom the 25th inst. Receipts may be had of the var i o us Agencies and:Branches, and at the Head Office. London, 631, Threadneedle-street, E.C., Dec., 1864.