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All our past experience to prove that h ar d -made armour plating is the most easily destroyable of any, and even with ordinary cast iron shot each single blow will " star" it with deep fissures in a startling manner. 'Fbe Admiralty have put a premium upon the skill and judgment of the two firms named, and there can be no doubt they will each do their utmost to excel all their former work of the kind on the present occasion. The IVar-office has intrusted to the Messrs. Cam men the contract for the manufacture of 20 iron shields for the embrasures on the sea-face of the for tifications at Malta and Gibraltar. n Fenians. Lrties, there alf of those the money iices. But faces the ztil '' after As that o be before statements for parties forty days : 4 a man et very short se, it would assist the 7! 1 4.1 t ; 4 ~~~~ ---_ . _ -_.., , KIN ARAN'S LL WHISKY. —1 DUBLIN EXHIBITION, 1865. This celebrated OLD IRISH WHISKY gained the Dublin Prize Medal. It i s pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Whole some. Sold in Bottles, 3s. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London ; 1 1 the Agents in the principal towns in England ; or WholA sal A at R. GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded "Rinahan's LL Whisky." Z~ -~ THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 4, 1866. N°. 23,239. PRICIC. 4d. STA3IP ED sd. WITUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION , { lncorporated by Act of Parliament, 1850), % lI I:NULL-STREET. COVENT-GARDEN, LONDON. t r i- rotupt ADVANCES on all description of Security. name ce on application by letter to EDWARD HARPER, Secretary. THE NEW AND POPULAR NOVELS. Now ready at all the Libraries, MADONNA MARY. By MRS. OLIPIIANT, author of "Agnes," A.C. 3 vels. "A book of great power and beauty."—Post. CHRISTIE'S FAITH. By the Author of "No Church," " Owen," "Kittle," ,te 3 vols. ANNALS OF A QUIET NEIGHBOURHOOD. By GEORGE ➢IAC DONALD, KA. 3 vols. " A novel pure, good, and beautiful."—Daily News. KINGSFORD. By the Author of " Son and Heir." MAD AME STODARE (widow of the late Col, Stodare) begs to announce that the THEATRE Or MYSTERY, Egyptian Hall, is OPEN for the SEA SO N. Madame Stodare will present the SPHINX, MARVEL OF MECCA, and BASKET TRICK, assisted by Mr. Fir bank Burman (pupil of Colonel Stodarc), in Colonel Stodare's ROYAL ENTE RTAIN MEN't' of MAti IC.—Admission — ts. and 28. ' • stalls, 35., which may be secured at the Box-office, from 10 till 5, and at Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond street. JOHN GOSNELL and CO.'S CHERRY la TOOTH PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth powder; gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, n, roteets the enamel from decay, and imcarts a pleasant fragrance to the breath. Price le. 61—Bed Bull Wharf, 113, Upper Thames-street. London. would have been prevented by age or weak health from encountering wintry weather. Hence, we repeat, an actual attendance of 200,000 men would have been " a great fact." But if the procession consisted of only 30,000 or 40,000, the non-appear ance of 11 out of every 12 is an evident proof,—or will be taken to be an evident proof,—that the bulk of the working men of London do not take any very warm interest in the matter. If this view of the case is not taken by the Conservative journals, we shall be very much surprised. classes of workmen at that establisl invent, especially as this boon has been conferred on t' he bands belong ing to some others of the public dock yards, where the number of workmen prevented goin.g to their homes to dinner is nothing like so large am, is the case at Chatham. COUNTRY HOTELS, PUBLIC HOUSES, and BUSINESSES. I ZT-TRNESS and KNEE'S List on application. rar ticalars for insertion received until the 27th of the Month at their AUCTION AND HOTEL AGENCY OFFICES, 5, Agar-street, Strand, W.C., and nearly opposite the Charing Cress Railway Station. _ • YARMOUTH BLOATERS.-12 for -2s. 6d. ; 25, 4s. ; 50, 68. ; 100. 88. ; 500, 308.; 1,000, 508. No charge for carriage to London. Cash on delivery. Country orders paid in advance.—Forwarded by FREDK. BARNBY, Purveyor of Fish, Great Yarmouth. MR. JAMES WEAVER, Manager. were :givcn with which would be then). In ith much ► donations id that the mint of the in Boston nds. The for sagacity the latter n, we must ►f the Irish ply of ,beat, but finding lilted to mak° . good supPlY )eing quite 0 r for all de- old red aitto, :o (weighing ey (weighing 511 b to 521 b), • 521 b), 36s to 3 (maple), au. le condition less was less ood supPlY °f A small sill , ' emand at the tde at prices 1 to 6Ss ; nevi stone. Oats, Beans, 01( 1 , ino flour, 433 most of 010 ere the , gras s inquiry for fllits, 2s per 4 1 * quiet dernan d alities. Os ° rather dearer. to 62s ; stone. lye Lg 32s to 3 65 to , 3 4 s per ' 24 per 38 stone. this marlcet fair ; but late v demand 0 *, and priceS do, at recent ; to 62s per 3 6 griuding, per 24 stone• it, 6Ss to 70s• .Dec. = 0 • .Dec. t 4. Dee. 4. .11eZ. 22 •--- ,„ —.Deo. •=a• on..llea 3. 11 • Dec. 3 • ...Des 3 ..Dec. 27 ..Dec. 14 • Dee. S ..DJC. 3 . Dec 8 .. Dec. 20 ' 4 ..Dec. 5 . ..Dec . Dec. 5• y Dec. 7 ..,Deo. 12. ,Dce. -- ..Dec 15. ..Dee. Dec. 19 ent has pro ibition to Le show of a rt ) gical orde r, ss made by Lestabile, th e i n a letter convenien ce tese preciou s Ts that unlY S and bac k • vhat mann er is of Berlin , rsburgh a re French Go' ............ le-park-street+ aughter• 0 ;tory, the 5c, 11 . . [all, Chesil' r" -street, f twin sons . vet, Portlana ghtcr. lianoVo r : astle, riot, to o Bowles, 5(11 East Sbel: o late Cap ' to Dragoo es,, tuauuen ' pelt lax Ria u° e st las, young 1 C. 't'• 1)31' 'ithaiD, Esse 5t MUD, rector ,rsley, ESq" a owrazii• tANDR— gifS )Ifoc, No. 1 of the Cotalti • C I VIL SERVICE OF INDIA.—A COM bc PET UN VE EXAMINATION of CANDIDATES will held by the Civil Service Commissioner s on April 9, 1867. and fo:lowing days. The competition will be open to all natural-born F llbjeCtS of her Majesty, who (on the Ist of March next) shall be over 17 and under 21 years of age, and " good he tith and character. CIVIL SERVICE OF INDIA.-EXAMINA TION... of A PHIL, 1867.—Copies of the Regulations may be had u p on app li ca ti on to the Secretary, Civil Service r alnission, London, S. W. INDIA OFFICE, 30nr Nov., 1866. EY ORDER of the SECRETARY of STATE for INDIA in COUNCIL. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Director -leneral of Stores for India will be ready on or before aonday, the 10th December next, to receive Propo willing supply CANVAS, and that the Conditions of the said Contract may be bad aPplication at the India Store-office, Cannon-row, , V estminster, where the Proposals are to be left any time before Two o'clock p.m. of the said 10th day of December, 1866 , after which no Tender will be received. GERALD C. TALBOT, Director-General. INDIA OFFICE, 30th Nov., 1866. BY ORDER of the SECRETARY of STATE for INDIA in COUNCIL. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Director- Ge neral of Stores for India will be ready on or before ••ONDAY, the 10th December next, to receive proposals In writing, sealed up, frorq such persons as may be willing Le s upply LONG CLOTH AND CLOTH SHEETING, and that the Conditions of the said Contract may be had 9 ‘ ,1 1 1 , application at the India Store Office, Cannon-row, , estminster, where the Proposals are to be left any time liefore Two o'clock p.m., of the said 10th day of Decem 'ler, 1866, after which hour no Tender will be received. GERALD C. TALBOT, Director General. GUNMAKERS and Others. I. The SECRETARY of STATE for WAR is desirous of ji D e t i ving PROPOSALS from Gunmakers and Others for "'' , ECII-LOADING RIFLES, either repeating or not r epeating, which may replace the present Service Rifles in future manufacture. The following are the conditions considered essential in tt►iiitary non-repeating Rifles: — A. WEIGHT. Not to exceed 91b. soz. without bayonet. B. LENGTH. "- ), To be 51 inc wof th e butt-plate to m with srt stock, measured from the Mo. • C. 'WEIGHT OF AMMUNITION MADE UP. Must not excoed Glb. 4oz. for sixty rounds as packod for Rervice. D. CARTRIDGES. Moa t Carry their own ignition. E. SIGHTS. The foresight must be such as to admit of a bayonet uzed according to the present system. r. STOCK. dust be such as to carry a light metal cleaning-rod, and " 11(1 W a sling to be used. G. . Must not exceed that of RECOIL tho Enfield Rifle by more than v Per cent. H. THE ARM AS A WHOLE. Must as little liable to injury by long-continued firing, b"g 11 usage, and exposure, as the naval rifles converted to arech-loaders on the Snider system. To be as capable, of being used without accident by imperfectly trained f , e n , and of being manufactured in quantities and of uni 'llll quality I. THE AMMUNITION AS A WHOLE. Must 40 , be as little liable to injury by rough usage, damp, E,'.` exposure in all climates, as the Boxer cartridge for ,"Pler's converted Enfield rifle—also as little liable to acci- Cltal explosion as the same cartridge, and as capable of bei ng manufactured in largo quantities, and of uniform quality. K. CALIBRE. Optional. L. THE TWIST AND FOR3I OF GROOVE. Optional. Optional, M. THE LOCK. N. RAPIDITY OF FIRE. ai C.apable of fi r i ng at least 12 rounds per minute, without the cartridges being arranged on a table. AOCURACY WHEN FIRED FROM A FIXED REST. " arrn must givo a mean figure of merit of not more "ul 36in. at 1,000 yards, 30in. at 800 yards, 12in. at 500, knd bin. at 300. the moan to be taken upon at least five targets of twenty gliets each. r TRAJECTORY. del ot o min. d _ to require at 500 . yards an elevation of more than 1 g• 3 Q. FOULING. at 1,000 shooting not to deteriorate more than 20 per cont. 1 , 0 00 yards after firing 250 rounds. it. PENETRATION. th a' T . h° moan penetration of five shots not to bo less than Vi of the present service muzzle-loading Enfield Rifle -41 12 half-inch elm planks, which have been soaked 48 h ours in water. D 'stanco 30 yards. s. LUBRICATION. Wax on bullets is indispensable, but any other lubricant d ay be s upera dd e d or a pplied to the cartridge, if thought 'ecessary by the competitor. 111. No arms will b o re ceived without the usual proof marks. s pecifications, an d d r awings of the methods proposed, L ' ati ng the prob a ble cost per arm, and accompanied by a ill 'shed specimen arm, with 20 rounds of suitable ammn lisition, should be sent to the "Director of Ordnance, War "filee, Pall-mall," on or before the 30th March, 1867. The specifications and specimen arms will be considered Vby the Ordnance Select Committee and its associate mein tra, who will be selected by the Secretary of State for war, and who will, after firing the 20 preliminary rounds, Ned and recommend for further trial such of the systems 4 may appear to them sufficiently promising, rejecting all Su ch as may not bo considered to offer sufficient merits to N'arrant their being included in the competition, the con ditions of which are stated in this advertisement. f Each a cce pt e d co mpetitor will then be required to furnish 1 0r o° thxpe erient, a arm submitt Woolwich, six arms in strict conformity spe m cimen ted, with 1,000 rounds of am 19unition per arm, within four months after date of de „llland- Each competitor will be required to d isclose to th o °r amittee the exact nature of the lubricatio n he ma y em ploy- A sum of £3OO will be paid to each of the accepted ii l s, 49 Petitor to cover the exense of the six rifles, and of ° supply of ammunition req p uired. The S ecre t ary of State offers a reward of £ l , OOO for the t i lz which, on combination of all qualitie, is considered Y the committee to be the best submitted.s second reward of £6OO for the arm which, while at ,atui 1 4 , 9g a satisfactory degree of excellence in other particu 8, is selected for merit in respect to its breech mechanism. third reward of £4OO for the best cartridge. The qua ities - which will be principally taken into consideration in \ f va rding this prize will be economy of manufacture, power ‘ , --8 -istaining rough usage, freedom from deterioration in 4 r , l °, Lis climates, and general serviceability. "- m tie shooting qualities of the cartridge must be fair; but th ' l4e Y may depend upon the rifling of the arm with which ...13 cartridge is associated, they will not be so much con wlered as those above-mentioned. 4,t is clearly to be understood that under no circumstances iia competitor be entitled to more than one prize ; but h prize will b e i rres pe c tive of any reward which may be °l ' l en to the inventor of the arm finally adopted into the service. IV , MAGAZINE AND REPEATING ARMS. „.'"-apzine and Repeating Arms for Infantry will be re d and examined in a manner similar to the Breech- C a "ing Rifles. They must not be less in length than 48 uches, including the stock. , I .The limit of weight for these arms is fixed at 911 b. ex- L.Lisive of the charges in tho magazine. ' t is indispensable that the arms be made to take a ba ronet. l ho Secretary of State offers a reward of 30 0 for the best agazine or RepcatinArm produced that fulfils the absve I ,° l lditions ; and in the absence of experience does not at 4 e sent define the standard of accuracy or other conditions I t ) ? fulfilled before such an arm can be adopted. f o ,. pose Magazine orßepeatingArms, which are accepted - I ,Trt. her trial, will b., paid for at the rate of .£6O each. ant : 4 s sum is to include 1,000 rounds of ammunition per T he Secretary of State will . take care that no ingenious 11 a,° relty roduced in answer to this advertisement shall be Pted into the service without proper acknowledgtnent, ti a that e nae of the indivival with whom it origi atea shall be recorded in connec d tion with it. qf the rifle to whice first prize is awrded is adopted the s erv i ce, it will the bear the inveitor'd a name. J. ST. GEORGE, Major-General, Director Iv of Ordnance. . - r Office, Oct. 22, 1866. R UPTURES.—BY R')YAL LETTERS PATENT. JUTE'S MOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (PERFECTED AND EXHIBITED TN THE GREAT „'n l Tfoys ot 1351 and 1862), 14 allowed by upwards of i nve v trundred Medical Gentlemen to be the most effective or , n tion in the curative treatment ot HERNIA. The use sp ot steel spring, so otten hurtful in its effects. is here th e r d —a soft bsndage being worn round the body, while equiaite resisting power is supplied by the Moo-Main hc om a t r Patent Lever. fitting with so much ease and close 'lee, uat it cannot be detected, and may be worn during WIQ, A descriptive circular may be had, and the truss, fere t i 4 cannot tail to fit, forwarded by post. on the &tram tile co of the body ' two inches below the hips, being sent to co A Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly. sibs At, le Truss, ifs., 215., ?Bs 6d., and 31s. 6,1 Postage, Is. An gnble Truss, 31s. 6d., 42s . and 525. 6d. Postage. Is. Bd. p'nlbilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. Postage, Is. 10d. Oft ee °B t. L .. - nelce Orders to be made payable to John White, Post , Pi ccadilly. NEW PATENT P . 4 1-I ,,ASTIC STOCKINGS, Weak..,;'NEE-CAPS,&c., for Varicose Veins and all cases of por ot - e; 4 3 and Swelling of the Legs, •-prains , 61c. They are 'tight in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on eaelk. 4ll °rdlnary stocking Price 4s. 6d., is. 6d.,108., and 16e. Postag e 6 d . Joax WHITE, Manufacturer, 228, Piccadilly.' "A most interesting and (nthrallimz work."—Sun. LEYTON HALL AND OTHER TALES. By MARK LEMON. 2 vOIS. RACHEL'S SECRET. By the Author of " The Master of Marton." 3 vols. Also just publishe , l. in 2 vols., '218., LIGHTS AND SHADOWS of LONDON LIFE. By the Author of " Mirk Abbey," &c. Burst and Blw.,kett, 13, Great Marlborough-street Now ready, In 2 vols., Bvo., 30s. bound, ABOOK ABOUT LAWYERS, By J. C. JEAFFItESON, Barrister-at-Law. " These volumes will afford pleasure and instruction to all who read them, and will increase the reputation which Mr. Jeaffreson has already earned by his large industry and by his great ability."—Athenaeum. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Immediately, in 3 vols., post Bvo., OLD TRINITY. A Story of Real Life. By T. MASON JONES. Richard Bentley, New Buriington•street. Crown Bvo , cloth, price ls., STRIKES AND LOCK-OUTS, or the Law of Combination ; w ith a Summary of the Law of Arbitra tions of Disputes between hiaste•s aad Workmen. By a BAARISTER. London : William Tegg, Pancras-lane, Cheapside. Few.. cloth, price le., In e by poet le. 2d., y ASV (THE) RELATIVE to the SALE • and PURCHAnE of HORS ES : comprising Notices of the Chief Statutes and Decisions thereon, collated to the Present Time, and the Leading Cases on Warranties : with a Copious Index, and Table of the Authorities cited, and Observations on Letting, Hirin,3', and Driving Horses &c. By CHARLES EGAN. Esq., Barrister-at-Law. London : William Tegg, Pancras-lane, Cheapside. On December 10 will be published, stitched in a cover, price 4d., MUGBY JUNCTION, the Extra Christmas Number of A LL I'llE YEAR ROUND. Conducted by CHARLES DICKENS. CONTENTS. - - Barbox Brothers Barbox Brothers and Co Italia Line. f The Boy at I By Charles Dickens. t Mugby No. 1 Branch Line. The Signalman. By Charles Dickens. By Andrew Halliday. No. 2 Branch Line. t Driver-- • • i The Engine No. 3 Branch Line. T . i li e o nt e u n s s e a- No. 4 Branch Line. I Thillin.gi rywaA rd m B. Ed s.elia By Ilesba Stretton. Post-office No. 6 Branch Line. The Engineer London: 24, Wellington-etreet, Strand, W.C. • Chapman and Hall, 193, Piccadilly, W.; and all Railway iook-Stalls, Booksellers, and Newsmen. By Charles Collins. CAVENDISH HOUSE. (Establi s hed 1795). D EBENHAM AND FREEBODY, GENERAL WAREHOUSEMEN AND IMPORTERS OF FOREIGN GOODS. Messrs. DEBENIIAM and FnEnnonv invite the attention of Ladies to their extensive STOCK, comprising every novelty of the season in SILKS, SH kw LS, DttES6ES, LACE, Recent extension of Premises has enabled them to add new Rooms for Lingerie. Mantles, and Millinery. Separate De partment for FAMILY and GEN E ttAL MOURNING. 42, 43. and 44, Wigmore-street, and 2,3, and 4, Welbeek street, London. Also at Promenade, Cheltenham. WINSLOW HALL, Winslow, Bucks, having been recently opened and fitted with requisites for the care and comfort of the INSANE, the proprietor, Dr. 130ISRAGON, announces that he has transferred his Estab lishment from Birmingham to the above desirable residence, easily accessible, and distant from London about an hour and a-half by the London and North-Western line, and fifty minutes from Oxford. Attached to the mansion, situated on a sandy soil, and commanding an extensive and pleasing prospect, are garden, me ,dow, plantation, and recreation grounds. For terms and forms of admission address the proprietor. GE O L O G Y.-ELEMENTARY COLLEC TIONS, to illustrate ;he New Edition of "Lyell's Elements of Geology" and facilitate the important study of Mineralogy and Geology, can be had at 2,5, 10,20, 5 , 1 to 501 guineas ; also single Specimens of Minerals, 1103 k s, Fossils, and itezent Shells, Geologllal Slaps. Hummers. all the recent Pub icalions, ac., ot J. 'PENNANT, Mineralogist to Her Maj, sty, ill), Strand, London. Private Instruction is given in Mineralogy and Geology by Mr. TENNANT.Y.G.S., 149. Strand, W.U. T HE " SINGER," New Noiseless Lock-Stitch FAMILY SEIVINfI MACHINES. These machines combine all the Latest. Improvements, and are now on Exhibition for the first time. ben an improve ment upon Singer's celebrated "Letter A" Family .!'cwitiz Machine, of which over One Hundred and Ei,,hty Thousand have been sol L in all parts of the world. Inspection in vited. Purchasers des'rous of securing the bat machines yet brought out should not fail to see them. Cata'o . 4ucs post free, -- THE SINGER MANUFACTURING COMPANY. Proprieturs and Manufacturers of the world-renowned " Singer" Sewing Machines. Chief Office for the United Kingdom, 147, Cheapside. London. NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE.—The greatest and most useful invention of the day. AGUA AMARELL A Messrs. JOHN GOSNELL and CO., Red Bull Wharf, 93, Upper Thames-street, Perfumers to her Majesty. respect hilly offer to the public this truly marvellous Iluta, which gradually restores the human hair to Its pristine hue--no matter at what age. The Ag - ua Amarella has none of the properties of dyes ; it, on the contrary, is beneficial to the system, and when the hair is once restored one application per month will bo ttl es it perfect colour. Price one guinea per bottle, or in half . Ios. 61 Testimonials from artistes of the highest order, and Irons individuals of undoubted re spectability, may be seen on application. Messrs. John Goanell and Co. have been appointed Perfumers to her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales. SPANISII FLY is the acting ingredient in ALEX. ROSS'S CANTHARIDES OIL, which speedily produces whiskers and thickens hair, 3a 6d, 5s 6d, and 10s Gd; sent by poet for 54. 84, and 144 qtxraps.— ALEX. ROSS, 248, Eligh Holborn. London, and all Chemists. WONDERFUL DISCOVERY.—Corns cured in one day by using ALEX. ROSS'S CHIROPO. Tht+ preparation gradually dissolves the Corn in a few hours, removing the veryroot. Price 4s ; sent by post for 80 stamps. —248, High Holborn, London, and all Chemists. HAIR -CURLING FLUID, 248, High Holborn, London.—ALEX. ROSS'S CUR LING FLUID otirls Ladies' or Gentlemen's hair Immediately it is app►ied. Sold at :31; 6d. 5s 6d, and les 6d ; sent tree for 54, 81, and 141 stamps• —Had of all Chemists. CI_REY HAIR.-248, High Holborn, London. — ALEX. ROSS'S HAIR DYE produces a perfect colour Immediately it Is used. It is permanent, and perfectly na tural in effe;t. Price 3s Id, 5s Bd, and lOs 8d; sent by post for 54, 81, and 111 stamps ; and all Clietulqs. HAIR DESTROYER.-248, High Holborn, London. —AL Pa. ROSS'S DEPILATORY removes superfluous hair from the lace, neck, and arms, without effect to the skin. Price 3s 6d, 58 6d, and 108 6d ; sent for 54, b 4, and 144 stamps.—Had of all Chemists. DIMPLE REMOVER.—AII diseases of the ma n are Improved by one dose of ALEX. ROSS'S VEGETABLE SKIN PILLS. They remove redness, sal lowness, Au. 2s 9d and 7s ad or poet for 40 and tOO stamps. —ALEX. ROSS, 218, High Holborn, London, and all Che mists. HAIR COLOUR WASH.—By washing the head with this beautifully-perfumed Wash, in seven or ten days the hair assumes its original colour, and remains so by an occasional using. 105 fid ; sent for stamps.—ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London, and all Chemists. Just published, 2d ; sent by the author for S stamps, UGLINESS and BEAUTY; being a Pamphlet descriptive of articles and means used for improving the appearance. By ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London. MR. HOWARD, SURGEON-DENTIST, 52, Fleet-street, has introduced an entirely new descrip tion of ARTIFICIAL TEET H, fixed without springs, wires, or ligatures. They so perfectly resemble the natural teeth as not to be distinguished from the originals by the closest observer; they will never change colour or decay, and will be found superior to any teeth ever before used. This method does not require the extraction of roots, or any pain ful operation, and will support and preserve teeth that are loose, and is guaranteed to restore articulation and mastica tion. Decayed teeth stopped and rendered sound and useful in mastication. 52, Fleet-street. At home from 10 till 5. THE RESCUE SOCIETY wishes to add soother Lome to the 12 now in operation. Last year no fewer ban 465 poor, friendless, young females were rejected from want of FUNDS and room, making a total of f,087, who have been sent away In fire years. The new home the Committee wish to form would be for young girls, almost children, from the age of 8 to 15, who have been led astray from the path of virtue. Contributions will be reoeired gratefully by the Secretary, Hr. Daniel Cooper, Queen•street.Cheapside ; or by M essrs Sudsy and Ca.. Lombard-street. ROY©L FREE HOSPITAL, Gray'd-inn-road, in the Li:mediate vicinity of the tireat Northern hall way Terminus, King'e•oro°s. Patron—Her Most Gracious Majesty the QuEEN. Vies-Patron—HU RoyalHighnees the Prince of WALES,B.G. President—Hla Grace the Duke of BUCCLEUCH. K.O. This novae], founded in the year 1828, the first to estab lish the principle of free admission to the sick poor, without the delay and difficulty of Governors' orders, is wholly de pendent for support on voluntary contributions and l , galles. It affords relief to a large number of in-patients, and, in addition to this, the average number of ateendanoe of the destitute sick has for a considerable period averaged between 3,000 and 4,000 weekly. The Committee earnestly solicit the ASSISTANCE of the benevolent, as the premises of this Hospital are capable of containing several hundred more beds had the Committee the requisite funds to maintain them. Contributions are received by their bankers, Messrs. Brown, Janson, and Co., Abchurch-lane ; also by Messrs. Coutte and Co.; Drummond and Co.; Glyn and Co. ; Berries and Co.; Ransom and Co.; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; Williams, Deacon, and Co.; Nisbet and Co., Bernere-street : and at the Hospital. from 10 till 5. STANFORD /1111111, Secretary, T H E 0 X F OR D, 6, OXFORD-STREET, W., THE MUSICAL ESTABLISH SIENT OF LONDON. Brilliant Revival of 01Tenbach's "SIXTY-SIX." Misses Fitzlienry, and Barrie; MeEsrs. St. Albyn, 3larler, and Bury. Comedy by Harry Sydney (the political Momus), Robert Fraser (Buffo Vocalist and Comedian—a great success). Mona. Peterson with his high'y trained troupe of Performing Dogs. Great success of LES AMAZONES AU CHAMPAGNE DIVERTISSEMENT, by the Misses TESSY and S AAA G L'INNESS, assisted by their talented troupe of artistes. Musical Director and Conductor, Mr. F. Jonglimans. Admission—Area, 6d.; stalls and balcony, 15 ; private boxes, with separate entrance, 105..6d. Open every evening at 8. WEST ON' S GRAND MUSIC HALL, HOLBORN. 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TIMES.—The great political Demonstration: of the London Trades, which was to be the crown and chief of all the Reform gatherings, has passed over, and beyond the inevitable interruption to business no inconvenience has taken place. A more orderly set of people never came together in any country. There was no complaining, no irritability, no press ing or pushing. The men halted at the bidding of their commanders, and would stand for a quarter of an hour together without stirring, and then patiently move forward a score or two of yards only to be brought to another stop. The people in authority did rightly in closing Beaufort House Grounds before they had become densely and dangerously full. The proceedings were thus brought to an early termination. If the grounds, instead of being a patch of 8f acres, had been ten times the size, the whole procession could not have entered through the front gate before dark ; as it was, the word was no sooner given to turn the heads of the advancing column towards Parson's-green than the crush was ended, and in a reasonable time pafetrehnavpasrdtshethmeorperorceefledecitningg of the working mens were all concluded. themselves will admit by this time that a Monster Demonstration such as was proposed would have been more difficult to manage than they expected, and that the inconvenience it would have inflicted on the public would have been unattended by any corresponding advantage. What was done yester day, though on a comparatively small scale, is amply sufficient to show that a large number of the artisan class desire the franchise, and that there is no reason to believe they will abuse it. All classes are anxious for a fair settlement of this question, and the work ing men ought to be disabused of the idea that there is any order or party in the country which • would deny them a share of political power. What the middle classes shrink from is, not from giving a part, but front giving the whole power of the country into the hands of the class which is numerically the largest. But after the discussions of so many years the time has come for the question to be finally set tled, and we think that the London working men may now be satisfied with the gatherings of the last few months, and be. content to await, like other classes, the action of Parliament. POST.-1% e are sincerely pleased to be able to congratulate the committee which managed the Re form Demonstration, not less than the public in general, that the demonstration of yesterday passed off harmlessly. The events of yesterday teach more than one lesson well worth learning, and which it is to be hoped will not be lost sight of. They show that the working classes can safely be trusted to meet and march through the streets of the metro polis, at any rate, in certain numbers—though, as this was never seriously denied, it perhaps is not necessary to insist upon it. 'they also show that the interest taken by the working men of London in the question of Reform is much less than was sup posed by those who know them best ; and they finally show that, while it is possible to manage a demonstration composed of 25,000, it would have been utterly impossible to manage 250,000 ; and it is to be hoped that the proper inference will be drawn by the promoters of such things—that it is better for the cause they seek to promote to assem ble a comparatively small and orderly, rather than a large and unmanageable, body of men, when the object is to display their sympathies without a viola tion of law and order. HERALD.—Not even Mr. Beales, M.A., will, we should think, venture to argue that a muster of 19,200 men for a "Reform holiday" is evidence of any such deep and universal feeling as the Reform League would fain have us suppose. Reform may be very advisable and very necessary, but if the working classes of London were very violently bent upon anything very speedy and very sweeping, a canvass so skilful and so energetic as that to which the metropolis has just been subjected would turn out more than 19,200 men. W hat the gathering of yesterday really has demonstrated is something very different. It h as s h own t h a t, w hatever may be the political feelings o f th e rea l wor king man, he has nothing in common with either the rioters in Hyde park or their friends and patrons the unscrupulous demagogues of the Reform League. Obedient to the call of their chiefs, and in many instances, no doubt, agreeably to their own political prepossessions, nearly 20,000 men yesterd a y gave up a day's work and marched a long and t o il esome marc h of many mil es over a muddy road to declare in favour of Reform. But they went quietly, orderly, good-humouredly. The mob which four months ago smashed the win dows of obnoxious statesmen, and wrecked the fairest of our London parks, stood by to gaze as they passed. The Reform League, which had done its little best to discredit the caus e , f o ll owe d h um bly in th e rear . Between them they had managed to arouse from his ordinary condition of passive acquiescence in a not uncomfortable state the working man, whose name they had so long taken worse than in vain, and once the lion shook off his slu m b er th e ass quickly dropp e d the Royal skin, and slunk quietly away. Let all true Reformers be thankful that it is so. The work ing men of London have done much to retrieve the discredit which the roughs of London had thrown upon the cause, and if the demonstration of yester day has not shown any very overwhelming zeal for Reform, and can hardly put the question exactly where it was before the disgraceful riots of last sum mer, it will at least have done something to efface their recollection. DAILY NEWS.—The artisans who defiled yester day through the streets of London in peaceful ex pression of their desire for the franchise exceeded in number the electors who return a sixth part of the House of Commons. More than a hundred mem- I hers of Parliament are chosen by five-and-twenty thousand voters. If the electors of 75 of our smaller boroughs had been brought forward together and ' marshalled by their representatives or patrons in the Mall they would not have formed a more numerous, nor, we may venture to say, a more respectable and politically trustworthy body than that which was assembled there, craft by craft, after our old Eng lish fashion yesterday.. Can any one who saw the procession affect to believe that the enf ranc hi s ement of the men who formed it would deteriorate the constituencies? That the twenty-five thousand who have no member are inforior to the twenty-five members. Was there so strangely selected himself is shocked, tLa t h h no o ayw u t se sign wanh hasde in w ndt h ethis o l ecey h r aibsva vast e3r e dt e a array , to d eor hundred e s d t hh ee qualities which Mr. and protests that he is libelled by having the ideas they convey imputed to him? . Any one " who wanted venally, who wanted ignorance, who wanted e is ntis drunkenness and facility. for . being intimidated"— thisnow reversed, and a the . favourite accusation; dispositioncount of to the i ti i or who " wanted even impulsive, unreflecting, and violent people," would assuredly not have found what he wanted at the Reform demonstration. Tt is sufficient to contrast the election scenes at many of the small boroughs to which we h ay , alluded, m nd id le a t t m e . their riot and drunkenness, with th e d emeanour an d appearance of the artisans yesterday, in order to appreciate what Mr. Lowe admires, and what he fears. Perhaps if he had been prea:2±l I; yesterday to observe from what some coign of vantage what passed, even he might have been half-converted. The impression made upon some Tory and Muria mite lookers-on seems to have been very sa l u t ar y. A DVERTISER .—The working men of thi s metro polis may be variously estimated at from 500,000 to 800,000. Had 200,000 of them taken part in this demonstration, the fact would have been an impor tant one, Of the absentees, many would h ave b ee n kept away by positive hindrances, th e i r presence being necessary in various factories, &c. Others Naval and Military Intelligence. There are few who visited Cherbourg or Ports mouth last year during the presence in those parts of the combined fleets of France and England but will remember the beautiful little steam launches at tached to the French ships. It may have been owing to the comparisons then drawn of the power and efficiency of these miniature steamers of the two countries that our own authorities became convinced of the errors of their own system. At all events, scarcely 12 months had elapsed since the great iron clad exhibition than our Admiralty had despatched two vessels on foreign service each supplied with a steam launch as superior to those in use in the French and Russian navies as theirs had been to ours 12 months ago, and this very creditable fact, we be lieve, is mainly owing to the exertions of the present Controller and Chief Constructor of the Navy. The two vessels are her Majesty's screw sloop surveying vessels Sylvia and Nassau, and the two boats sup plied to them are not only steam launches possess ing all the excellent qualities of lightness and speed, but are also lifeboats. They were built for the Ad miralty, hull and engines, by Mr. John. S. White, of Cowes, and their trials took place under the su pervision of the officers of the steam reserve, steam factory, and shipwright department of Portsmouth yard, the results being as nearly as possible alike in both cases. In the last, under the Supervision of Capt. W. C. Chamberlain, commanding the steam re serve at Portsmouth, the boat was 27ft. long. 7ft. 3in, broad, and 3ft. 2in. in depth. Her weight was as follows :—Hull, 17 cwt. ; engine, 4 cwt. ; boiler, 12 cwt. ; water, 4 cwt. ; coals, 4 cwt. ; stores, 1 cwt. total weight, 2 tons 2 cwt. The hull is built of mahogany of two thicknesses, the inside worked diagonally, and the outside thickness fore and aft. Capacious air-trunks run fore and aft on each side of the boat. The draught of water was lft. 101 in. forward and 3ft. aft; midship section, 14.2 square feet ; displacement, 10.57 tons. The speed was 6.722 knots, with exceedingly little vibration, and the consumption of fuel at this rate of steaming, estimated by the officers conducting the trial at not more than cwt. per hour. In testing her qualities as a lifeboat extra men were taken on board, mak ing a total of 30 people, in addition to all her other weights, and the water then let into the boat ; but even under these severe conditions the water would only flow to the under side of the thwarts, and the boat remained suspended by her air-tubes and cas ings, with her gunwale nine inches out of the water. The last experiment made was with 15 men standing on the boat's gunwale—the water still having free admission to the interiorof the boat—•when the water could only be brought to within liin. of the gun wale's upper edge. This concluded the trials, which were pronounced by the officials to have been throughout exceedingly satisfactory and interesting. A boat on the same principle as those supplied to her Majesty's ships Sylvia and Nassau has been built by Mr. White for his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. The Reindeer, 7, screw sloop, Commander E. Wares, 200 horse power, has gone into Portsmouth harbour from pithead to remedy some defects in her galley, after making an official trial of her speed over the measured mile in Stoke's Bay. At the trial the ship drew 13ft. sin. of water forward and loft. aft. The safety-valve was loaded at 251 b., and the wind was at a force of four, but off the land, and the water, therefore, smooth. The six runs made with full-boiler power gave speed in knots of 10401, 9420, 10.595, 9.651, 10.401, 10.021 ; mean speed of the ship, 10 knots ; average steam pressure, 221 b. ; ditto vacuum, 23 inches ; with half-boiler power four runs were made, giving 9.045, 8108, 8.612, and 8.430 ; mean speed of the ship, 8.451 knots. At full power a complete circle was made to starboard in 4min. 30sec., and to port in 4min. 34sec. At half power a complete circle was made each way in smin. 4sec. The trial was quite satisfactory. In contrasting this trial with one the Reindeer made off the Maplin Sands on the 24th ult. it will be found that on the present occasion, with full-boiler power, the vessel attained an excess of-speed of over nine-tenths of a knot over that at tained at the Maplin trial, but the half-power trials were about equal. This is accounted for by the fact that the load on the safety-valve was different on each trial, and that the pressure of steam was much greater on the Stoke's Bay trial than on the previous one. The time occupied in making the circles was about the same. The Reindeer had been very carefully and beautifully fitted by the officials of Chatham yard. Indeed too much pains and money appear to have been expended upon an unarmoured and, therefore, non-fighting vessel. The paddlewhe ei steamer Virago, 6, 1,059 tons, 220 horse power (nominal), lately attached to the third-class steam reserve in the Medway, has been commissioned by Commander H. M. Bingham (Feb. 19, 1862), late of the Formidable, flag-ship of Vice- Admiral Sir B. W. Walker, Commander-in-Chief at the Nore, and her officers appointed, nearly the whole of whom had joined and taken up their com missions yesterday afternoon. Her A B.'s and ordi nary seamen arrived on Saturday from the Fisgard, 42, at Woolwich, and the other receiving ships at the various ports, and her seamen gu nners from the Excellent. Her Royal Marines were sent on board yesterday from the Chatham division. Workmen are employed on the Virago night and day, in order that she may be ready for being despatched to the west coast of Ireland, and should she be completed in time she will leave the Nore to-day, proceeding direct to Queenstown to await further orders. Although the want of a suitable building in which the workmen employed on the iron ships under con struction at Chatham dockyard might take their midday meal has been repeatedly urged upon the Admiralty, nothing whatever has yet been attempted in the way of providing proper accommodation for the hundreds of workmen who, under the existing Admiralty regulations, are compelled to take their dinners in the dockyard ; and, incredible as the state ment may appear, some 600 or 800 of the best work men of their class in this country may daily be seen eating their dinners huddled together in corners in the open air, on the staging up the vessels building, among the dirt and filth of the factory, and in other places without the least approach to shelter, and that, too, in all weathers. The expense of erecting an appropriate dining-room for the workmen can not for a moment be considered by the Admiralty when there are daily to be seen vast sums of money squandered in our dockyards, and therefore the con tinued neglect on the part of the Admiralty to pro vide a suitable building for their workmen m ust be soughtjfor in another quarter. The importance of the matter has been frequently brought under the notice of the Board by the present superintendent of the dockyard, and hopes were entertained that before the present winter had set in a suitable place would be provided for the workmen. At the present moment several convenient spots could be found in the dockyard suitable for the erection of commo dious dining-halls, in which every comfort and con venience might be provided for the workmen during the brief period now allotted them for their hasty meal, while private persons are willing to furnish a good, cheap dinner for the hands on the same plan as that so successfully carried out at Glasgow. Few things would give greater satisfaction to the work men at Chatham Dockyard than the Admiralty taking this matter in hand and providing *what has been long felt to be a great desideratum among all An order has been received at Chatham Dockyard directing that in future the leading-man employed in the sawmills is to be an assistant-convertor, the duties of the engineer at the sawmills being at the same time performed by an engine -driver. On the occasion of a vacancy occurring in the appointment of assistant-convertor the office will not be filled up. The order ato directs that when, from a scarcity of work or other causes, the hands employed in the sawmills are temporarily reduced to labourers they are to be paid their full wages, but when perma nently reduced they are to receive the pay of first class labourers—viz., 2s. 6d. per day. Mr. Fox, the Secretary of the United States Navy, has paid a lengthened visit to Chatham Dockyard, and was occupied for some time in the inspection of the various vessels under construction at that es tablishment. During his visit he was attended by Mr. Thornton, master shipwright, and other heads of departments, who accompanied him on board the ironclad ship Hercules and the turret ship Monarch, the inspection of both of which occupied him a con silerable time, the drawings and plans of both ships being very minutely examined. - The deaths of the following officers have been officially reported at the War-office since the Ist ult. —Gen. Sir William Robert Clayton; Major-Gen. Sir Charles Warren, K.C.8., colonel of the 96th Regiment; Col. J. T. Maulever, C. 8., 30th Regi ment; Lieut.-Col. James Tedlie,',3sth Regiment; Major Thomas Clark, 24th Regiment ; Captains C. W. Willis, 33d Regiment; Francis Mitchell,4lst Regiment ; A. Mac Cay Dumares, 63d Regiment ; Henry Arkwright, 84th Regiment ; R. H.Willcocks, 2d West India Regiment ; J. C. Fielding, Ceylon Rifle Regiment ; James Birch, Royal Engineers ; Charles Cox, 41st Regiment ; and John Chancellor, 61st Regiment. Lieuts. C. J. Protbero, Royal Ar tillery ; H. E. Baines, Royal Artillery (from inju ries received during the fire at Quebec) ; Geo. W. Barber, 2d battalion 10th Regiment ; C. Denford, 95th Regiment ; S. Sargent. Ist Veterinary Batta lion ; B. De Lisle, Canadian Infantry ; and T. D. Broughton, Royal Marines. Ensigns Henry A. Wyat-Edgall, 13th Regiment; Robert W. Hill, 2d battalion 21st Fusiliers; John Le Marchant Sey mour, 41st Regiment ; Chas. Stevens Ward, 64th Regiment ; Alfred Wilson Cooper, 86th Regiment, and Mark Thomas, 98th Regiment. Paymaster C. Cox, 75th Regiment. Deputy-Commissary -Gen. C. A. Clarke. Assist.-Commissary-Gen. Cliarles Gar row Blanc. Deputy-Inspectors Gen. of Hospitals Thos. Hull and John Collis Carter, M.D. Surgeon James Young M.D., 48th Regiment. Assist.-Surgs. Coote F. Hutchinson, William B. Ross, M.D., sth Royal Veterinary Battalion, and Chas. Gemmellaro. PALLISER'S SHOT. Some very interesting firing at armour-platesfrom a 7-inch muzzle loading wrought-iron rifled gun, with Palliser chilled elongated shot, fired with powder charges of 121 b, 141 b, and 221 b, took place ou board the Thunderer, experimental target ship, yesterday, in Porchester Creek, near Portsmouth, under the superintendence of Capt. A. Hood, of her Majesty's ship Excellent. The armour plates fired at were specially selected for the experiment from having exhibited unusual excellence of material and of ma nufacture in aformer trial, to which one end of each of them had been subjected with iron and steel bolts from the same description of gun as was used for the trial yesterday. The two plates were bolted in the usual manner on the testing bulkhead of the Thunderer, a wall of solid timber 45 in. thick, sup ported at the back by massive iron knees and timber struts and tail pieces of immense stoutness. The gun was mounted in the iron-faced battery built across the ship's deck, opposite the testing bulkhead, and the distance from the muzzle of the gun to the face of the plates fired at was 25ft. One of the plates was manufactured by C. Cammell and Co., of Shef field, measuring 16ft. in length by aft. 2in. in width and 6in. in thickness ; the other was manufactured by John Brown and Co., of Sheffield, and measured 16ft. 3in. in length by 3ft. 4iin. in breadth, and was 7in. in thickness. The first course of firing took place against Camtnell's 6-inch plate, as follows : _ No. 1 Shot—Palliser chilled, or " hard pointed ;" weight, 1151 b ; powder charge, 121 b. This shot broke up in the hole, after penetrating to half its length. Front of shot left in the hole, and the after end of the shot thrown back into fragments. No. 2 Shot—Same description of shot as before ; powder charge, 141 b. The result of this shot in no wise differed from the previous one. Neither of the shots had done the work due to the gun. There were no cracks in the plate from either shot, and in each instance the metal was only squ eeze d out in a lip round the indent of the shot. No. 3 Shot—Same description of shot , powder charge, 221 b. This shot was the most remarkable one of l thea teand series also fired. through It the 4 passeds inchesthrough of t timberh e 6- inch plate backing behind the plate, and broke up again s t an iron bulkhead built up in the rear of the timber bulkhead to check the further progress missiles. T his was the first of suc h s t ray instance of any shot from any gun having performed such a feat on board the Thunderer. There was, however, no crack in the plate, and the hole was cut through sufficiently clean to allow of its being easily plugged from the outer face of the plate. No bolts were started by any of the th ree s h ots. firing at Camm 11' This last shot concluded the e S plate,, and the remainder of the firing was devoted to John Brown's 7-inch plate, which was carried •in the following order : ht Shot.--Pallise ' • r s chilled, or " hard pointed; weight, 1151 b ; powder charge, 121 b. This shot penetrated the plate 5.63 inches, and fell back on the deck broken up. 2d Shot—Same descriptionofshot • powder , charge, 141 b. The penetration • o f the shot in this case was just so much greater than the last as was due to the extra powder burnt, the depth of the in dent being 6 . 9 in., or within one-tenth of the plate's entire thickness. As was the case with the first two shots fired at Cammell's p l a te, neither of the first two shots at Brown's p l a te had done the work due to the gun—a penetration of 7in., in equality ' with the diameter of the guns bore. 3d Shot —Same description of shot; powder charge, 221 b. This shot struc k the plate at an angle owing to the position o f the part of the plate aimed at, and it was, therefore, considered that the effect of the blow was somewhat mitigated. The penetration was 7•45 in., or nearly half an inch beyond the back of the plate, and also nearly half an inch beyond what was simply due from the gun in its ordinary work. The shot broke up. The blow took effect at one end of the plate, and a crack opened through a bolt-hole to the plate's edge. As it was considered this shot had not possibly delivered its blow as fully as it might have done, it was determined to fire another shot of similar character and weight,with ' • a similar powder charge, at another and uninjured part of the plate. _ _ _ This, the last shot fired, only partly made its way into the plate, the rear part breaking up, and the fore part remaining stuck in the face of the plate, and preventing any exact measuretnent being taken of the indent. The general results of yesterday's firing at Ports mouth may be thus summarized :—Of the seven shots fired, one only sustained the Palliser character as given by Shoeburyness results. The remaining six shots produced no results beyond those of the ordinary character. The Admiralty have ordered Messrs. J. Brown and the Messrs. C. Cammell each to manufacture one large iron plate, of a special and harder nature Royal Institute of British Architects. A. meeting of this association took place last even - ing at the rooms of the institute, Conduit-street, r. of f r rr i o d o f e ve n i sd t s onr i g n i t E h Re Dwellingsßc raei Regent-street—Mr. I3e res f or d H ope, M . P ., t h e for ad a papertepoo" tr." ~ihlelePlreaobrnleemd gentleman commenced by reminding his audienc% that they had already model dwelling-houses which presented many features which he thought were ad vantageous to the interests of the labouring class es . They were comfortable and wholesome habitations, and were fitted with appliances to meet the require ments of the poor ; and, so far as these conditions went, they had been highly successful and extremely creditable to the present age. But a complaint had arisen from those persona who had become the to. nants that the rents were beyond their means, and the builders of the tenements complained that, in a business point of view, they received inadequate re turns for their money. These dwellings were se cured by a class altogether superior to the class for whose accommodation they were intended, so that the poor people, properly so called, were at the pre sent moment as unprovided as they ever were. It was only by continuous efforts in various directions that they were enabled in the course of time to ar rive at a solution of the question, and he had brought the subject forward on this occasion, because the problem was one that could best be solved by, archi tects if they would consent to give their attention to it. In his present paper he would confine himself to the dwellings of the poor in towns, but would re mark, in passing, that in the country wooden dwell ings were built for about £3O each. There were two divisions of the question as regarded towns, because there were two sections of the labouring portion of the community in towns—the superior and the in ferior class. He now called attention to statistical returns, which showed that the results of the visits. tion of 1,500 houses in the parish of St. George, llanover-square, were that families occupying three rooms and upwards amounted to 8i per cent. ; two rooms, 28 per cent. ; one room, 63/ per cent. From this he naturally drew the conclusion that a very large proportion of the working classes occupied single rooms. The persons possessing three beds and more were 13 per cent. ; those occupying two beds, 44 per cent. ; and those possessing one bed, 43 per cent. The idea that three bed-rooms were the most encouraged in those dwellings was therefore not a correct dogma ; and urged that model plans were seldom adapted to the superior, and never to the inferior, class. In his opinion the argument was in favour of the adoption of single-room accommodation at a rent not above 4s. a week. If a labouring man was asked what he wanted he pointed instinctively to a single room, and it was only right that they should consider that the habits and wishes of the labouring people were extremely simple. The plan he would suggest was to constructsingle rooms of large space ; 20 feet in length and 17 feet in depth, with a balcony in front 4 feet wide for access, and a balcony behind 8 feet wide, as a back yard, which would be serviceable for drying clothes and useful as a play-ground for the children. There must be one common staircase for all, and when necessary they could have shifting partitions for bed-room accommodation. He believed that one of these rooms, without cross partitions, could be built for £7O, and lie calculated that his plan would pro duce 9 per cent. to the capitilist —a consideration which was doubtless of much importance, seeing that people were not often satisfied with 5 per cent. for their money. A vote of thanks was passed to Professor Kerr for his interesting paper, and the discussion thereon was adjourned till the 17th inst. Agricultural Prospects. Last week opened with a wet morning up to 8 a.m., when it cleared, but was showery again in: the afternoon. Monday morning was of a doubtful fell.ch araclt\erri,adbuN. but theNv. ; weather held up, and no ra i n thermometer, 42 deg. ; baro meter down to 29.60 in. Field -work has progressed where in late districts it had not been finished ; while the wheat first got into the ground has come up well, with a strong and healthy appearance. Some very fine samples of Chidham have always been met with, and of the red sorts Nursery has been very prime ;. both these descriptions are now very valuable to the millers, and from the advanced rates, strong efforts have been made to plant as much as possible, in anticipation of such paying well another year. The farmers are now thrashing more imports of and with l arger deliveries and larger of foreign a pause in the upward experienced. It is just the time, te n too, den fora little been dulness, and the course the trade will take mu s t hen sums r are between this and Christma s, w of the farm. Tuesday required for various purposes depend on the extent of the supp l y from the farmers generally. In Northumberland it was stated on well last re was a thick but favoura ble day, and late work went 4' The weather since our ort has, upo n th e p w h o le, been fine for the time of the year." On th e wes t coast of Scotland the weather was reported t o , have been very unsettled. Thursday was dull and cold, inclining to frost. The weather in Warwick shire has been variable during the week—lieavy fogs, a few hours' rain, and changeable winds ; but on the whole favourable for out-door work. Now that autumn sowing is nearly completed, we may look for better supplies from the farmers. As re gards barley, those growers who succeeded in secur ing any samples without rain, of a fine and bright colour, can command their own prices ; for the pale ale brewers will have such, be the rate ever so high, and so long as any can be found. Intermediate sorts are more plentiful, and these sell at irregular rates, and mostly on lower terms than of late. The deliveries of this corn have been 6,380 quarters more than those of wheat, showing that the farmers are anxious to bring it more freely than any other, and with the present prices they must be at least satisfied this season. The brewers complain, how. ever, of the high prices of malt, and are finding out a substitute to bring the cost of beer down to about the usual rate. Many of them have resorted to the purchase of sugar, and the use of this extending th e e h m ou a should meet good among the large metropolitan b rewers as more suit tahbelemfoars mpourctieir as shan possible,foria andsecure le.Farmers customers for the remainder of the season. Friday month farm. proved a fine day, sunny at times, nicely closing the o afrNovember, morningbeil g suitableregistered ster for e d 5 all deg.r pork on the m. Saturday and of frost, wind E. ; thermometer at noon, 35 deg., and barometer down to \ 29 70 in., and still falling.— Mark Lune Express'of yesterday. The Imperial yacht the Aigle has been ordered to prepare for a short voyage on the Italian coast. It is said that this order is connected with the visit to Rome of the Empress Eugenie. Her Majesey is ex pected to embark on the 4th of December. 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