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I ~~~~~ / '4 _4'_(v i NEWSPAPER _ •• • ;,•0 1."44 SPIRIT OP THE 1, 7 C A' . jg c t, ) _ • • on gr i.::e sa et t in isgfa o c f ti t o h i . ), _ s , Council which we reported the oth ay c A °l\ l.2 - 6 • Corporation are at length in caincsulnaheir 6 - WI _ , - / 4 " . •%1 OA; • DROLT. , 1 $ , t _ r , - r .l 464 s • . .) Orao , inc.. ! ! ions 4 , OM, O - 5 v•'` t o h b a s T e rt3Nlh- IrONDON must have a SUPPER and MUSIC J ROOll for Gentlemen. Remember, we wait for you at CVANS' after the. Covent-garden Pantomime and the The.itrei. „ • (r 4 \V. . • K iNAI 'S LIN DUBLIN EXHIBITION, W 1(Y. 111 18 8 65 This celebrated Old IRISH WHISKY gained the Dublin Prize Medal. It h Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. Sold in Bottles, 3s. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London; by t he :gents in the principal towns in England ; or wholesale cit GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded lianahan's LL Whisky." NIUTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION (Incorporated by Act of Parliament, 1850), 14, RUSSELL-STREET, COVENT-GARDEN, LONDOF ADVANCES HONEY on Personal Security, Bills of Sale, Freehold or beneficial Leasehold t'roperty, without inquiry reP, or any deduction whatever, for periods of one, two, or three years, repayable weekly, monthly, or quarterly. Dills discounted. The greatest secrecy observed. Advances also Made towards th Purchase of a House, repayable in 5, 10, or 15 years —Forms free on application, or receipt of a stamped e4velopc. EDWARD HARPER, Secretary. IMPERIAL . ME RCANTILE . CREDIT ASSOCIATION (Limited). NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the TRANSFER EOOKS of this Association will be CLOSED from the 10th to the 23d of January next, both days inclusive. By order. W. C. WINTERBOTTOM, Secretary. 27, Lombard-street. Dec. 26, 1865. 1111 E IMPERINT, MERCANTILE CREDIT ASSOCIATION (Limited). Capital subscribed, £5,000,000. Paid up, £500,000. CIIAimfAx—JOHN CHAPMAN, ESQ. MANAGERS. Henry J. Barker, Esq., and T. Fraser Sandeman, Esq. This AFsociatlon makes ADVANCES upon approved Mer cantile and other Securities, and RECEIVES MONEY ON bEPOSIT at interest for short or long periods. For the convenience of DEPOSITORS for a Fixed Term 01 Three Years. DEBENTURES may be obtained under Seal of the Assocktion with Coupons for Quarterly Interest at tached, payable at these offices. W. C. WINTERBOTTOM, Secretary. 27, Lombard-street, E.C. it_ CHOCOLATE.-MENIER'S FRENCH. CHOC dtAT-MENIER, for Breakfast. CHOCOLAT-MENIER is pure, wholesome, and delicious. AfENIER'S FRENCH CHOCOLATE. Warehouse, 23, Henrietta-street, Covent-garden. Sold everywhere. 3OHN HARVEY and SON, Ludgate-hill, send PATTERNS of all GOODS. Ladies waited upon at home by competent assistants. 'I heir STOCK is now well assorted in all branches. SILKS, MANTLES, DRESSES, LINENS. QPANISII FLY is the acting ingredient in k..7‘ ALEX. ROSS'S CANTIIAR IDES O: L. which speedily Produces whit•kers and thickens hair. 3s. dd, ss. 6d., and (Os. 6 .d..; sent tree for 54, 84, and 141 st-mps.— ALEX. ROSS, 248, ukh tiolborn, London: WONDERFUL DISCOVERY.—Corns cured in one thy by using ALEX. ROS CHIROPO. This preparation gradually dissolves the corn in a few hours, removing the very root. Price 4s , sent by post for 60 stamps —248, High Holborn, London. 'ETAIR -CURLING FLUID, 248, High Holborn, London.—ALEX. ROSS'S CURLING curl. Ladies' or Gentlemen's hair immediately it is a FLUlD pp.ied. Sold at 3s. 6d., ss. 6d., an d 10 s . 6d. ; sen t free for 54, 81, and 144 Btainps Ross's Toilet Magazine, ls. ed,, or 20 stamps. aREY HAIR.-248, High Holborn, London.— ALEX. ROSS'S lIAIR EOCE produces a perfect colour Itranediately it is used. It is permanent, and perfeztly na tural in effe t. Price 3s. rd ss. 61., and 10s. 6d. ; sent by Post for 54, e 4, and 144 stamps. 4[AIR DESTROYER, 248, High Holborn, London.—ALEX. ROSS'S DEPIL A CORY removes, Without effect to the skin, superfluous hair from the face, neck, and arms. 3s. 6d., ss. 6d., and 108. 61 ; sent the same day as ordered by post for 54, 84, and 144 stamps. Lately published, Id., sent free by nost for two gt , mps, A N ESSAY upon the HUMAN HAIR : Its 4 -11 Close Analogy to Vegetation. and its Reproduction by the Stimulant Spanish Fly or Cantharides.—By ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London. DDIMPLE REMOVER.—AII diseases of the skin 4 1 -, are improved by one dose of ALEX. ROSS'S VEGE ABLE SKIN PILL. They remove redness, sallowness, 7e 2s. Dd. and 7s. 6d. ; or by post for 40 and 100 st imps.— ALEX. ROSS. 248, High Holborn, London_ NOTHING ThIPOSSIBLE.—The greatest and mostusetal invention of the clay. AGUA A M MIELL l ‘tessrs. JOTIN GOSNELL and CO., Bull Wharf, lto therhithe, London, Perfumers to her Majesty, respect fully offer to the public this truly marvellous flui which gradually rest , res toe human hair to its pristine tote—no butter at what ate. The Agua Amarella has none of the Properties of dyes ; it, on the contrary, a beneficial to tLe , 8 3'stem, and when the hair is once restored one application per month will keep it in perfect colour. Pris:e one 2 uinea per ottle, or in half bottles, lea. GI. Testimonials from artistes of the highest order, and from individuals of undoubted re spectability, may be seen on application. Messrs. John ttnronell and Co. have been appointed Perfumers to her Royal t tighness the Princess of Wales. BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. ILIEALTH WITHOUT MEDICINE. Being the only Sovereign and unfailing* Remedy for Indi kestion, Constipation, Nervousness, Debility, Torpidity of the Liver, Headache, Biliousness, Despondency, Low Spirits, vetpths, Asthma, and Incipient Consumption. Vial particulars sent to any address on receipt of two ~R 4 mps, by Mr. KEARSLEY, 23, Kentish-town-road, Lon 401i, N.W. 12he most efficacious remedy for those diseases extant, a ' , con to the aftlicted."—Medical Review. "This invaluable discovery has attaine i a world-wide cele r dY, being - of inestimable value, field most admirsl aate 0 'remove those maladies which tend to embitte b r y dp lie, andd t horlen its duration."—So,lpeL The unprecedented success of this remedy is without Parallel ; this is demonstrated by the innumerable cures et rected."--Aledical Journal. OYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern IL/Lil l% Terminus, King's-cross. Patron—Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN. vice -Patron—His Royal Highness the Prince of WALES, K.G eresident—Hie Grace the Duke of BUCCLEUCH, K.G. -- ---- --- -- -- -- -- - - - f This Hospital, founded in th e yea r 1828, the first to estab- POI the principle of free admission to th e s i c k p oo r, without ale delay and difficulty of Governors' orders, is wholly de pendent for support o a voluntary contributions and i ; A ::Ca . It affords relief to a large number of in-patients, and, in addition to this, the average number of attenianoe of the 'estitute sick has for a considerable period Averaged between °,OO O and 4,000 weekly. ~.1 he Committee earnestly solicit the ASSISTANCE of the w nevo , ent, as the premises of this Hospital are capable of ;:•) twining several hundred more beds, had the Committee 'tie requisite funds to maintain them. , Contributions are received by the Treasurer, Edward NI as LXrtnan, fesq., Nicholas-lane ; also by Slessrs. Co u tt s an d C o . ; u rtimmond and Co. ; Glyn and Co.;Harries and Co. ; Ransom a nd Co.; Prescott, Grote, and Co .;' Smith, Payne, and Co.; arclay and N i s b et Co.. Deacon, and Co.; Overend, Gur -Ipr, and Co. and Berners-street ;I. Barned and I • Livsrpool ; and at the Hospital. from 10 till 5. ST ikNiefiltD sNIIT H. Secretary. rrHE RESCUE SOCIETY wishes to add another : home to tho 12 now in operation. Last year no fewer t ah 455 poor, f r i en dl ess , y oung f ema l es were re j ec t e d rom \r ant of FUNDS and room, making, a total of 3,087, who have wen sent away in five years. Here are brief details of a few 4 1 the most recent eases:. e z P. , aged 16, Mien, mother dead, deserted by her father. 'IL A. F., aged :3, homelest, both parents dead. 1 ' • 8., aged 17, fallen, father dead, deserted by her mother 2,- D.,_ aged 15, fallen, mother dead. A MI aged 15, fallen. mother dead, Vt. 8., aged 16, fallen, both parents dean. a B. aged 14, homeless, deserted by her parents e.'" If.. aged 17, fallen both parents dead. ' H. aged 17, fatten' both parents dead. it„.. G., aged 18, fallen , ' father dead. B. aged 18, both parents dead, ,"... 13' aged 17, fillen,'both parfnts dead. ' I.S. W. aged 17, fallen, both parents dead. aged 15, fallen, both parents dead. The new home the Committee wish to form would be for O l ing girls, almost children, from the age of a to 15, who ave been led astray from the path of virtue. vi ll! cntributions wilbe recei atefully by the Secretary, II r ' ''. 11 t. , Q nstreet . Cheapside• or by Messrs are , ~ e ...00per, 5, uee , : .„, , ay tatt co., Lombard-street. NO MORE PILLS OR, ANY OTHER MEDICINE. I)IIBARRY'S delicious - health-restoring Invalids' and ;,, Infants F, TE TA , to ldS three times 'as m ood uch H assimil ating REVALEN and strengthening ZPI-leishment as the beat meat. and restores perfect digestion, . I.ol lg nerves, sound lungs, healthy liver, refreshing sleep, (%`elictional regularity, and energy to the most disordered or 4 .leebled-removing speediiyeffectually indigestion Ye' epsia) cough, asthma, consumption, habitual coustipa w,„- -, diarrhoea, all gastric derangements, hmmorrhoids, liver p,n l Plalnts, flatulency, nervousness, biliousness, fevers, sore , ' o oats. diphtheria, catarrhs, colds, influenza, noises in the 1:1 4 e s.nd ears, rheumatism, gout, impurities, erruptions, t,sterip., neuralgia, irritability, sleeplessness, acidity, palpi ii:,‘lun, uaartburn, headache, debility, dropsy, cramps, spasms, b,'llsea and sickness even in pregnancy or at sea, sinking fits, renehitis, scrofula, tightness of the chest, pains in the pit of tlblee Of all foods. and suitable for invalids and infants in all aplaiats. thnft quote a few out of' 62,000 Cures :-Cnre No. 58,216, of pi: marchioness de Breh en, of seven yen's' liver complaint, veting away, debility, nervousness, irritability, with a ner e," Palpitation all over, bad digestion, constant sleepless }l4, and the most intolerable nervous agitation. Cure No. ti,, ° t dyspepsia, from the Right Hon. the Lord Stuart de )14,:` 29 , Lord Lieutenant of the county of Waterford :-1 Ste' derived much benefit from your excellent food. - (4111 art de Decies, Dromana, Cappoquin, county Waterford. No. 54,K°, from the Rev. James T. Campbell, Syder sinlle Iteefory, near Fakenham, Norfolk.--In all cases of in 4shew ion, and particularly when the liver i s more th an epi, e , ll Y affected, I consider it the best of all remedies. It re ed L ! , es the bile, and makes it flow in oases which would not ti i t of mercury in any shape, In short, a healthy flow of 4, 1) 0 eis one of its earli es t an d b es t s y m ptoms. Y ou can ti. Q „^,e, What use you please of this communication.- I am, 11,7 4 eMen, James T. Campbell. Cu re No. 52,4: - .2.-Bridge spr t e, Fri mley, Surrey.-Thi r ty-th ree years ' di sea sed lu ngs , ling of blood, liver derangement, deafness, singing in eeb, , e are, constipation, debility, shortness of breath, and 14 4 'w, have been removed by your Revale n ta Arabica. My tr k ,-t l . liver a omach, head, and ears are all right, my hear a,c'perfeet, and my recovery is a mar el to all my acquaint- Of - James Roberts, Timber MerArant. Care No. 49,8 ;2. 1 Y Y - ars indescribable agony from dyspepsia, nery us- tes B F, ' as bma, cough, constipation, flatuleecy, spasms, sick and vomiting.-Maria Joly, of Lynn, Norfolk. Cure i 1ei,;' ,12 1.-Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of extreme nervousness tur e etion, gatherings, low spirits, and nervous fancies. dia e N 0 56,814 -Mr. Samuel Laxton,Leieester, of two years' The' Food is sold in canisters, ilb., 2a 9d; 21b., Ib ; 0 21b., 215.; 241 b 40s. Super-refined quality, lb., 65,; ; 51b., 22s . 01b., 335. The 101 b, 21b., and 241 b 441 1*rO ere, c irriage free on receipt of Post-O ffi ce Order, by Jou liarry and Co 77 Re-ent-street, London also ofm, Tea De 1 rs 8" Kin Wiliam-street • likewise at W 'Pac e /I 1 a e g B' h • I.lthi n urc i-street ;4, Cheeps' e, 49, is opszate-streei 'Ope • 6 : 1 , 50, and 298. Oxford-street ; 330, Strand ; 54, R aker -street; Tottenham-coert-road; 96. Upper (ls I` , Isli ngton N. ; Harvey, Notting-hill ; Close Brothers. oo d, te o street; and Stubbs, Queen's-terrace, St. Jofin's '3epiar, ndcn; and all respe^table Crocus and Chemists,- ' Qt oluirtons imitations. HOME for LITTLE BOYS, Tottenham, N. for the Reception, from all parts of the Kingdom, o Out , ast and Destitute Boys, ;and those verging on crime under 10 years of age. President—ROßEßT HANBURY, Esq., M.P, VICE-PRESIDENTS. Stephen Cave, Esq., M.P. Henry E. Gurney, Esq. Saa.uel Morley, Esq. Peto, Bart., M.P. Abel Smith, Esq., M.P. COMM __ITTEE. Mr Alex. Anderson. Rev. H. M'Sorley. Mr. E. H. Burrows. Mr. W. J. Maxwell Mr. A. D. Chapman. Mr. Alfred Short. Mr. F F. (ledge. Mr. Robert Sinclair. Mr. George Moore. I Mr. E. J. Tabrum. Mr. Francis Lycett. 1 Mr. R. T. Turnbull. Treasurer—W. H. Winans ' Esq., 78, Rasinghall-street. E.O Honorary Secretary—Mr. A. 0. Charles, 1 - .6, Suffolk-street, Pall-Mall East, S.W Bankers—Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smiths, 1, Lombard- street, E.C. The mode of admission to the [louse is twofold, Ist. Hy election of the subscribers. Boys thus admitted are received free, boarded, clothed, educated, and taught till they are 11 years o age. With the view o secure the election of the most deserving cases, the Commit .e have from the first discouraged canvas sing, and they do not print any addresses of the subscribers. The voting papers contain a description of each case, as care fully investigated by the Committee, ant, with Llll5 informa tion the subscribers are able to judge for themselves as to those most eligible for free admission. This Home was opened in April, 1884. It was designed to take , la the little ones whose charact r and circumstances disqualify them for the Orphan Asylums, and whose tender age precludes their admission to the Refuges. Such are these who, from neglect, are already on the road to ruin. Such are those who have been deserted by their natural protectors and left to beecome idle wanderers. Such are those whose parents may have at one time or other received parish relief, and who are now friendless orphans. Such are those whose parents a e breakers of the law, or are in prison, and who train their children in the same path. Such are those whose evil vo3ootationo havo alroady had their painful offoof, and must lead them to a live of crime and misery. There are now 50 '_e inmates from about four years of age to 10. There is room for nearly 10, and the Committee would joy fully see the Home filled at once; they only wait for the necessary subscriptions. The Committee feel constrained to plead for those who cannot thus plead for themselves ; and, referring to the cir cumstances or some who have b?en already admitted, they ask—ls it right to make a widow and her family paupers for lite because one of them (the naughty boy of the family) runs wild in the streets and is beyond her control? Is it kind to tell her, because she has so large a family, that you will not k 1p her to put ooe of them into a Home. but that they must ail go into "the house ?" Is it doing the best we can for the little destitute orphan to send him to the workhouse. Is it doing to others ss we would they should do unto us that when these little ones have unnatural parents who turn them into the streets. or :once them by ill-treatment to "ma away," none o: us shou d be found to care for them, to speak a kindly we'd to them, to befriend them, to house and clothe fir m ? Shall we leave them still on the doorstep, passing by on the other side, or else exclaiming "Am I my brother's keeper ?" The necessity for an Institution for these little ones is evi dent. from the police statistics, which show that in London alone. in one yew., no fewer than 311 boys under 10 years of age, have been apprehended for various offences, 79 of whom were convicted and punished, while the bulk, 232 were dis charged by the magistrates with a rebuke, as being too young to punish, though not ; oo young to learn the beginnings of crime. On the other hand, there are numbers who, but for the timely help afforded by such an Institution, must otherwise become pcupers, awl losing all idecs of self-reli ance ant' self-help ' be permanent burdens to the State. '1 he Home for Little Boys has, therefore, been established to rescue the little ones. to save them fi om the prison on the one hand, and :he workhouse on the other, and to endeavour to make them us - iiul members of society. The daily routine of the lnsi Billion presents all the fea tures of a home, a school, and a workshop. The little ones are cared for as children ; they have their regular meals, their suitable clothing, the "r hours 01 play and amusement, and their singing class. They are t: cared as scholar s ; every morning is devoted to seho , l work—reading, and writing, and ciphering, and Scriptural instruction, with occasional lessons in oljects and other subjects. But they are also trained to work. As they must all, and that at a very early period in lite, earn their living by the sweat of their brow, they are here at once taught habits of industry. So the after noons are occupied with various industrial occupations— making own paper ba g s for bankers, and white I aper b ags for trades m , n, and door mats and servants' kneelers for any who will buy them ; picking the coil for the mats, mending the c othes, &e. Some assist the master in the garden, digging, planting, watering, weeding, and so forth. By degree's they are bein?; made useful in the house, scrubbi ng and sweeping, while the elder ones (lean all the boots, knives, &c. In this way it is sought to fit them for an active working life. . . _ 2d. By payment of ss. a week, made quarterly in advance. All children must be meter 10 y , ars of ago at the time of admission. Those received on payment are admitted at any time as soon as approved by Vie Committee, Elections of children to be ad..ittted free will take place as frequently as the increase in the annual subscriptions will admit, til. the Home is full; they will than be held period:- cally Forms of Application for the admission of children:may be had at the Home, and of the Honorary Secretary, N°. 22,941. Price Is. 6d. ; for Presynts or the Drawing-room, 2s. ed. "EVERYBODY'S BUSINESS!" .4 Dedicated, by permission, to the Right Honourable William Ewart Gladstone, IMP., Chancellor of tte Ex chequer, Szc... Ate., (to . Ask your bookseller for "Everybody's Business." London: Simpkin, Marshall, and Co. Now ready, price 2i. 6d., by poet 2e. 80„ BAILY'S TURF GUIDE. Winter Edition. 1866. At the Railway Stalls, and by all Booksellers. Office 3, Royai Exchange-buildings: Published by J. Clements, Little Pulteney-street, price 7d., in cloth 13d., a New Work on the Teeth, entitled PURE DENTISTRY, and WHAT IT DOES FOR US. By A. ES KELL. Surgeon• Dentist, Grosvenor-street, W. " fhe present may be looked upon in some measure as a popular supplement to the author's former work, 'A Treatise on Dental surgery ;' and should b.: perused by those who aro troubled with their teeth."—Morning Advertiser, Ang. 31, 1865. Sold by Simplan and Marshall, and may be had of all book sellers. HYAM and CO.'s OVERCOATS and SUITS. Morning and Lounging Coats, Half Dress, Undress, and Full Dress Suits, Trousers, Vests, &a, in all the fashion able styles and seasonable materials. HYAM and CO., 66 and 67, OX FORD-STREET, W. YAM and CO.'S PRICES and GARMENTS. Overcoats and Capes,2ls. to fis. ; Jackets, 21s. to 425. ; Prince of Wales 'oats, 30e. to 635.; Trousers, ready made and to measure, 148.6 d. to 255. ; Vests, 6s. 61. to 218. ; Suits, 425. to 84s. and CO., 66 and 67, OXFORD-STREET, W. HYAM and CO.'S BOYS' SUITS and CAPES. Overcoats and Capes, ;Zs 6d. to Vs. ; Knickerbocker, Eton. Harrow, and Osborne Suits, 15s. 6d. to 455. ; Jackets, Bs. 6d. to 255. ; Trousers, Bs. 61 to 15s. 6d. ; Vests, 4s. 6d. to 7s. 6d.; jackets and Vests alike, 15s. 6d. to 278. 6d. IIiCAIE and CO it . 4nd 67 Os FORD-STREET, W. TJYAM and CO.'S SELECT DEPARTMENTS. No. I. Cloihing for imrnf diate wear. No. 2. Ordered Department. No. 3. Boys and Youths. Distinct Depart ment. No. 4. Hats, Caps, Hosiery. and Outfit Department. HYAM and CO., 68 and 67, OXFORD-STREET, W. Branch Establishments—Birmingham, Leeds, and Dewsbury COUNTRY HOTELS and INNS WANTED.— Mr. STKANSOM begs to call attention of roprietor4 wishing to dispose of this class of Property to the facili ties offered by the extensive and free circulation of his MONTHLY LIST, awl invites them to forward particulars for insertion in the next publication, upon the express under standing that no charge will be made unless a purchaser is found through his agency.—Country Hotel Agency Offices, 42, Hart-street, Bloomsbury-square, W.C. WHAT DO THE WILD WAVES .SAY NOW? - That the FIi,RY CROS has arrived. bringing some magmilicent )W CONGOUS of delicious flavour. and which may I.ow be had, at a mere commission on the import price, of the MAST INDIA TEA CO a PAN Y, No. 5, Great St. Helen's C“urchyard, Bishopsgate-street. STARCH MANUFACTURERS TO H. R. H. THE PRINCESS OF WALES. GLENFIELD PATENT STARCH, Used in the Royal Laundry, AND AWARDED THE PRIZE MEDAL, 1802. Sold by all Grocers, Chandlers, Ste. &c. WOTHERSPOON and CO., Glasgow and London DR. SCOTT'S LIVER AND BILIOUS PILLS.—A IS EVER FaILING REMEDY.—Pre • srell wi thout any mercurial ing - rcdient, from the recipe of Di. -con, of Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to all who utter from bilious and Liver complaints, inligesticn, wind, spasms, giddiness, tizzine,a of the eyes, &c. For habitual •ostiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier the blood, they are truly excellent; mild in their opera tion and grateful to the stomach, they create, appetite, pro mote digestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system. Sold by W. Lambert, t, King William-street, Charing-cross. London, and by most dritgosts, in boxes,ls. lid., and three times the quantity in one, 2s. ltd. Be sure to ask for Dr. Sxtt's Bilious and Liver Pilla The genuine are a square green oaokatze. with " William Lambert." engraved on the stamp. A.D. 1720. R OYAL EXCHANGE ASSINANCE CORPORATION Established by Charter of his Majesty George the First) FOR SEA, FIRE, LIFE, AND ANNUITIES. Offices, Royal Exchange, London. Branch Office, 29, Pall-mall, S.W. OCTAVIUS WIGRAM, Esq., Governor. JAMES STEWART HODGSON, Esq., Sub-Governor. CHARLES JOHN MANNING, Esq., Deputy-Governor. DIRECTORS. Henry Bainbridge, Esq. Wm. Tetlow Hibbert, Esq. Robert Barclay, Esq. Wilmot Holland, Esq. John Garratt Cattley, Esq. 'Nevile Lubbock, Esq. NI - ark Currie Close, Esq. Geo. F. Malcolmson, Esq. Edward James Daniell, Esq. I Henry Nelson. Esq. William Davidson, Esq. Lord Josceline W. Percy. Thomas Dent, Esq. Charles Robipson, Esq Alexander Druce,.Esq. I Samuel Leo .t.cliuster, Esq Frcdk. ,Jos. Edlmann, Esq. Eric Carrington Smith, Esq Charles H. (iosc;sen, b.sq. Joseph Somes, Esq., M.P. ttiversdaleW. Grenfell, Esq. William Wallace, Esq. holm.. Amadeus Heath, Esq. Chas. Baring Young, Esq. Medical Referee, SAMUEL SOLLY, Esq., F.R.S. NOTICE.—The usual fifteen days allowed for payment of FIRE PREMIUMS falling due at Christmas will expire on 9th January. FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected with thin orporation on advantageous terms. The Duty on Ftre Assurances has been reduced to the Ira form rate of Is. 6d. per cent. per annum. No charge is made by this Corporation for Fire Policy or Stamp, however small th;..Asiurauce may be. FARMING-STOCK.—No extra charge is made fo7 the use of Stearn Thrashing Machines. The Reversionary Bonus on British LIFE POLICIES has averaged nearly 2 per cent. per annum on the sum assured. Equivalent reductions have been made in the Premiums payable by persons who preferred that form of Bonus. The divisions of Profit take place every Five years. Any sum not exceeding £15,000 may be insured on one Life. This Corporation affords to the Assured — Liberal participation in Profits—with the guarantee of a large invested Capital Stock, and exemption, under Royal Charter, from the liabilities of partnership. The advantages of modern practice,—with the security of an Office whose resources have been tested by the ex perience of nearly a CENTURY AND A HALF. ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON. ROBT. P. STEELE, Secretary. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 27, 1865. TODARE. - CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS.- THEA.VRE OF MYSTERY. y; GYPT lAN HALL. MARVELS in MAGIC and VEST RILOQUISNI, as per formedny command before her 31sjesty the Que n and the Royal Family at Windsor Castle, Tuesday Evening, Nov. 2 1 , 1865. Great attractions for CHRISTMAS. Magic, Ventri loquism, Inexhaustible Showers of Christmas Pre.ents, the marvellous SPHINX, the BIRTH of FLOWER T REES, and STODAIU6'S onlebrated INDIAN BASKET FEAT, as only performed by him. Every evening at 8 ; Wednesday and s , aturday at 3. Stalls at Mitchell's, Old Bond-street, and Box-office, Egyptian Hal , . Admission, Is., 25.; and stalls, 3s. "Almost miraculous."—Vide Times, April 18, 1865. nEIRISTY MINSTRELS, St. James's Hall, Piccadilly.—The only original and veritable legitimate CHRIST Y MINSTRELS Every Night at 8, Wednesdays ana Saturdays at 3 and 8, retaining all the specialties and old favourites who originally created the reputation of the Com pany. Fauteuils, 55.; stalls, 3s ; unreserved seats, 2s. ; gal lery, is. Tickets at Austin's, 28, Piccadilly.—Manager, Mr. Frederick Burgess. T HE O X F O R D. 6, OXFORD !STREET. W. The Oxford and Canterbury Hall Company (limited). BOXING-NIGHT, and during the Week, EXTRA..PER FORMANCES by all the available talent. Opera, Bur lesque, Pantomime, Ballet, and Comedy Every Evening, performed by the entire company, including Misses Russell, Fitz Henry, Barrie; Messrs. A. St. Albyn, W. Williams, Spagnoli, ac. The HUNGARIANS in their new entertain ment; Messrs. Duriah and Davies's illustrations of Negro Life ; Herr Preskow, the wondrous posturer from the Grand Theatre, St. Petersburg; the D'Aubans, Herr Berrani and his talented family; the ENCHANTED HASH, eleven characters performed by Mr. E. Marshall (his first appear ance here', the entertainment written expressly for him by Mr. W. T. Vandervell ; and a host of other talent, for which see programme and small biIIs.—EVERY EVENING. - - - - - • Admission—Area, 6d.; stalls and balcony, Is. ; private boxes. 105. 6d. CANTERBURY HALL. RI-FUM! TI-FUM! The Music composed and arranged by Willem Vandervell, will be produced on BOXING-NIGHT (Tuesday), December the 26th, 1865. Mr. E. MARSHALL will make his first appearance these two years in RI-FUM TI-FUM! Mr. and Mrs. W. RANDALL will make their Re-appear ance in RI-FUM TI-FUM! LES FRERES D'ETOILE in RI-FUM TI-FUM! Lee MONTAGNARDS will make their first appearance in this Country in RI-FUM TI-FUM! - The FLIGHT of MERCURY by the renowned TALLIoT r in RI-FUM Signor TESCANO, the Cousin and laval of the late DONATO, in RI-FUM TI-FUM! The MYSTERIES OF MABILE in RI-FUM TI-FUM! Les TABLEAUX D'AMOUR, illuminated by the 3lagneiium Light, in RI-FUM TI-FUM! The Beautiful BALLERINES in RI-F UM TI-FUM! LE GALOP INFERNAL in El-FUM T I-F UM! The Fairy Orchestra, designed and painted by Mr. W. Gowrie, in RI-FUM TI-FUM! Upwards of ONE HUNDRED PERSONS will appear in RI-F UM TI-FUM! MADAAM TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION, Baker-street. NEW ADDITIONS.—In the Chamber of Horrors are fall length Portrait Models, taken from life, of CHARLOTTE WINSOR and STEPHEN FORWOOD, alias ERNEST SOUTHEY. Open from 11 a.m. till 10 p.m. Admittance, One Shilling; Children under 10, half-price ; Extra Rooms, Sixpence. ARGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street, Piccadilly.—GßAND CASINO and MUSICAL PRO MENADE is NOW OPEN for the Season. Musical Director, M. LUIGI CURTI. Manager, Mons. GRENET. The Band plays nightly Selections from the most eminent Composers. Doors open at half-past 8 o'clock; close five minutes to 12 o'clock Admission to Promenade, One Shilling. THE WELLINGTON, ST. JAMES'S-STREET. Set DINNERS served, at five minutes' notice, from Four to Nine p.m.. at 23. - 6 d., 3s 6d., 4s. 61, and 7s. each. ELEGANT SALOON DINING ROOMS, for Ladies and Families, Prices on the "Carte" moderate. Private Roo 143 for Lame or Small Partici , . Reading, Smoking, and Billiard Rooms. BREAKFASTS and LUNCEIEONS. D. CAMERON. Entrances —l6O, Piccadilly, and 49, St. James's-street. JDEFRIES and SONS beg to call the special • attention of Merehant3 and the Trade to their NEW PATENT ASTRA BURNER, With Circular Wick, xvhi Ai for simplicity of cons ruction, great brilliancy of light, perfect combustion, and its entire freedom from heat, sur passes everything that has yet been introduced. IX. A STRA LAMPS can be obtained from the METROPOLITAN LIGHT COMPANY, 417, Strand, and from all Ironmongers and Lamp Warthousea id Town and Country ; and the Patentee, 16 and 17, Commercial street, WhitechapeL A STRA, PETROLEUM, and KEROSINE LAMPS on SHOW. (New Designs.) ASTRA (Patent) ( J / MP, for MINERAL AS TR A LAM P.—Five Hundred NEW PATTERNS for the Sea Hon now on Show. TABLE GLASS, ENGRAVED AND CUT. DEF RIES and SONS, • 16 and 17, COMMERCIAL-ST itEET. TAVERN AND HOTEL GLASS. Newest Patterns, Correct Measure. T DEFRIES and SONS, • 16 and 17, COMM LRCIAL-STREET. ALEXANDRA DINNER SERVICES, For 12 Persons, .81 18s. 6d. BREAKF .I.ST and TEA SERVICES in great variety, £1 is. DEFRIES and SONS, J • 16 and 17. COMMERCIAL-6TREET. CRYSTAL CHANDELIERS, In the Grecian and Venetian Designs. T DEFRIES and SONS, ti • 16 and 17. COMMERCIAL-STREET. BRONZED AND ORMOLU CHANDELIERS, New designs, for the Dining-room. JDEFRIES and S ONS, • 18 and 17, COMMERCIAL-STREET. CRYSTAL LAMPS AND WALL LIGHTS (Registered) for India. JDEFRIES and SONS, • 16 and 17, COMMERCIAL-STREET. CLUB, MESS, AND FURNISHING ORDERS for the above Goods promptly executed. Works —LONDON and BIRMINGHAM. JDEFRIES and SONS, • 16 and 17, COMMERCIAL-STREET. T DEFRIES and SONS • Supply Merchants with Pattern Books Free. T DEFRIES and SONS' t 1 • TEMPORARY SHOW ROOMS. 16 and 17. COMMERCIAL-STREET, WHITECFIAPEL, Five Minutes' walk from the Late Establishment, 147, HOUNDSDITCH. TOHN GOSNELL and CO.'S CHERRY TOO VII PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth powder; gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the enamel from decay, and imparts a pleasant fragrance to the breath. Price Is. 6d.—Bull Wharf, Rotherhithe, Lon don. SAILORS' ORPHAN GIRLS' SCHOOL and 11011 E, Hampstead. OfTice3, 77, CornhilL PATkos— T hi Q I; E'EN. TRUSTEES. Ca pt. the Hen. Francis Maude, I The Rev. Canon Champreyt R.N. Thomas Baring, Esq., M.P. TREASURERS. R. C. L. Bevan, Esq. I Robert Banbury, Esq. This Institution is designed to supply a great national want, viz., an asylum for the orphan daughters of sailors iu the Royal Navy and Merchants Service and of Marines. It clothes, maintains, and educates them for domestic service, and provides a home free of expense for former inmates while out of situations, thus shielding them from the temptations they might otherwise be exposed to. The Committee earnestly APPEAL for CONTRIBU TIONS to meet the increasing applications through the recent storms and loss f life at sea, and: o enable them eventually to obtain premises more commensurate with the necessities of this great maritime country, which loses 2,000 sailors annually by casualties alone, without including those who may perish by war. Subscriptions thankfully received by the bankers, Messrs Barclay, Bevan, and Co., Lombard-street, and by the Secre tary, at the Offices, No. 77, Cornhill. R. SWEETTNU, Hon. Sec. CHARLES NASH, 800. LT J. an D. NICOLL, Tailors to the • Queen, Royal Family, and Courts of Europe.— For GENTLEMEN the FASHIONS for the SEASONS, for the promenade or demi-dress—Superfine frock coats, with rich silk breast facings, or morning coats of superfine Melton cloths, the charge for the former being 3? 2 , - to 4 guineas; for the latter 21 to 31 guineas. For neglige purposes, morning coats with pocket flaps at the waist, also the neglig6 jackets ; these are of Melton, fancy coat ings, Angola and Cheviots, the prices from 255. to 4 guineas. The Angolas and Cheviots are also made in suits, at prices from 2 to 4 guineas; evening dress, black cloth of the finest quality. For Overcoats—Melton, Beaver, and Witney cloths, from 2 to 8 guineas. For young gentlemen from eight years of age—The morning coat and neglige jacket ; also suits of Angola and Cheviot, the prices according to size, commencing at 31s. 6d. the suit. For boys from four years of age—The Knicker bocker and Highland costume of black velvet, or fine cloth for dress, and of Angolas and Cheviots for morning, the price of the first size Knickerbocker, 1 guinea the suit. For Overcoats—Melton, Beaver, and Witney cloths, from Ito 2 guineas each. Foreigners and visitors to London, Manchester, and Liverpool will find at Messrs. Nicholl's garments ready for immediate use, or made at a few hours' notice.—H. J. and D. Nicoll, 114, 116, 118, 120, Regent street; 22, Cornhill, London; 10, Mosley-street ; Man chester; and 50, Bold-street, Liverpool. TEETH AND PAINLESS DENTISTRY. Messrs. LEWIN and SIMEON MOSELY and SONS,Dentists, 30, Berners-street, Oxford-street, and 448, Strand, Opposite Charing-cross Railway Station. Their painless artificial teeth are unequalled for economy, durability, comfort, and all purposes of articulation and mas tication. Operations of every kind being unnecessary, the most nervous patient can be supplied without fear of pain or inconvenience. Consultation free. Teeth from ss, Sets from 5 to 25 gs., warranted. For the efficacy, utility, and success of their system, vide " Lancet." Daily attendance at 30, Berners-street, Oxford-street, and 448, Strand, London ; 15, Whltefriargate, Hull; 10, Norfolk street, Sheffield ; 4, East-parade, Leeds ; and 14, St. Nicholas street, Scarbro'. Observe—Established 1830. No connection with any of the same name. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. would pay a dividend beyond the guaranteed inte rest, was approaching realisation. CALEDONIAN, NORTH BRITISH, AND GLASGOW AND SOUTH-WESTERN. An influential meeting of shareholders in these railway companies was held on Thursday in Glasgow, to consider the numerous and extensive schemes of which the above three companies had given notices of promoting in the ensuing Session of Parliament ; Mr. J. Hozier was called to the chair. Mr. J. WHITE explained that the meeting was convened for the purpose of affording the share holders of the three companies an opportunity of considering the policy which the directors were pur suing, and what, if any, means could be devised to prevent the great increase of capital which, if sanc tioned, the new schemes would necessitate. These schemes would involve the outlay of about £10,000,000 of additional capital for hostile and aggressive purposes. He believed that the share holders present held a large amount of stock in those companies and were therefore deeply interested in the matter. He knew there were two gentlemen present who held stock to the amount of £200,000, another gentleman had stock to the amount of £50,000 in one of these companies, and many other shareholders were similarly situated, holding smaller sums in the stocks of those companies. It was pro posed to run double lines parallel to each other to such places as Beith, Dalmuir, Paisley, Troon, and Morningside. He could not understand how the directors of thoe companies could sanction and pro mote such schemes, which must tend to the great injury of the shareholders' property. The directors appeared to be led by the lawyers and engineers, whose trade it was to project such schemes. If the directors, instead of being thus misled by hostile projects, would devote their energies to the develop ment of existing lines, by giving the public good station accommodation, proper approaches to the stations, and comfortable carriage accommodation the result would be much more satisfactory.. If they would also attend to the requirements of traders on the various lines, they would be much more use fully employed than in promoting competing lines. It was well known that on many of the existing lines these companies had not adequate means to carry the enormous amount of traffic they had already. While the directors appeared to grudge the outlay of half a million of money to provide station accommodation and sufficient rolling stock to develops the traffic, they did not hesitate to spend millions on new schemes, which would not only be unprofitable to themselves, but injurious to their neighbours. The Caledonian company proposed 18 1 new schemes, for making in the aggregate 132 miles of railway and raising £4,933,500 ntw share capital, together with £1,644,500 borrowing powers. The North British had 12 schemes, for making 90 miles of railway, and raising £2,815,000 additional capital on shares and £938,300 on loan. The Glasgow and South-Western proposed four new schemes, for 105 miles of railway, requiring "£1,972,000 share capital and £657,300 borrowing powers. He then described the nature of the various schemes, and the impro bility:of their ever being completed for the proposed capital. In the last Session of Parliament the Cale donian were authorised to raise £2,041,500 share capital for new schemes ; the North British to raise £1,780,990, and the Glasgow and South-Western £1,826,600, making together an additional share capital of £5,649,000, and with the £12,000,000 they proposed for new schemes in the ensuing Session something like £18,000,000 of new share capital would be required from the :shareholders if those proceedings were not stopped. After some discussion, in which Mr. Tow ers- Clark, Mr. J. Bain, Mr. Burges, Mr. M•Gavin, and other shareholders took part, resolutions were passed ap pointing a committee, consisting of Mr. J. Hozier, Mr. J. White, Mr. J. Jamieson, Mr. G. Smith, jun., Mr. D. Burgess, and Mr. J. Bain, with power to add to their number; expressing concern at so many schemes being promoted by the three companies for the next Session of Parliament, involving an enor mous expenditure of capital ; deprecating an aggres sive warfare carried on between the different railway companies ; recommending the directors to imme diately reconsider the various schemes, and endea vour, by conference and mutual concession, to with draw many, if not all, of their bills, at least for the ensuing Session ; to suspend proceedings in carrying out projects authorised by Parliament last year; and requesting shareholders to refrain from granting proxies in favour of any measures, unless previously satisfied that they were warranted and likely to prove advantageous to the proprietors. The proceedings concluded'with a vote of thanks to the chairman. MANCHESTER,SHEFFIELD,AND LINCOLNSHIRE. The total expenses of the company's railways and canals, including rents, tolls, duty, &c, from July 1 to December 17, 1865, amounted to £220,335, as against £204,103 for the corresponding period of 1864. The proportion of the South Junction re ceipts accruing to this company from July 1 to December 17 amounted to £18,857, as against £17,851 for the corresponding period of 1864, and the expenses to £9,653, as against £9,283. Forthern Valour and Chivalry. Before our unhappy conflict broke out it had become so deep and settled a conviction among the people of the South that it had almost grown to be a maxim that our fellow citizens of the North would not and could not fight ; that by a long, persistent, and exclusive devotion to the acts and labors of peace, they had become effeminate and timid, and that the nobler and essential qualities of manhood had been eviscerated from their organisations. But this ridiculous idea has now, by the progress of events, been thoroughly and, we trust, for ever falsified. The South have found (and from the generosity of their nature we believe are not ashamed to own) that in council or on the battle field, in silent endurance and in active strife, their fellow countrymen of the North are fully their equals —that in the recent struggle no obstacles discouraged, and no disasters appalled them—that, thoroughly imbued with the dominant idea of the integrity of the Union, no sacrifice was too great to be made, no privations or suf ferings too great to be endured to maintain it. Hence, in the minds of our people as well as of foreign nations, there has been awakened a deep and abiding respect— the respect which alivays follows success—and the more especially when that success is an evolution of the noblest and brightest attributes of humanity, the existence of which, in the one people, had not only been not suspected, but emphatically denied by the other. We have for our guarantees of a sincere and lasting peace and final perfect reconciliation both the teachings of the history of our common race for centuries past, and of every feeling and sentiment of self-interest—respect and honor that can control the minds and direct the con duct of men. If we ask more than this we aro certainly inconsistent and unreasonable, and if we demand more, we shall reject a certain present good for an uncertain and gloomy future, the end of which no man can fore tell.—Savannah Republican. CONVICTED BY A COD.—A rather curious instance of conviction by evidonco from the mouth of a cod occurred in Scrabster Roads the other day. The captain had some fresh herrings for breakfast, and some of those that were left worn thrown overboard by the cook, who was either too lazy or too careless to put them away as ho was told to do. The herrings being subsequently asked for, as the cap tain wished to fish for cod, the cook declared he knew nothing at all about them, but that he was certain they had not been thrown overboard. No sooner wale the words out of his mouth than the captain, who had felt a pull at his line, drew in a great bouncing fellow of a cod, and the moment the cod fell on deck ono of the identical herrings in dispute fell out of its mouth at the storyteller's feet, thus convicting him by the mouth of a witness whose stomach, when taken out of his native element, was more tender than the cook's consciencb.—John 0' Groat Journal. LADTERTISEMENT.]—HoIIoway's Ointment and Pills.— There is no question whatever that rheumatism, neuralgia, and such like painful m a ladies, are more rife this season than for some years past. The number of testimonials of cures effected by Holloway's remedies is unprecedented, dud should be enforced on the attention of all sufferers from these complaints. The parts in pain should be fo mented for some minutes with warm brine, dried, and im mediately well rubbed with the ointment. It will pass into the pores of the skin and give the greatest relief. Many valuable lives are annually lost which might be saved if early recourse in illness were made to these remarkable remedies, which must necessarily prove beneficial, and cannot do harm. PRICE 4d., S TAMPED sd. Naval and Military Intelligence. -0- A telegram has been received from India an nouncing that the Ilydaspes arrived on the 10th of December, and that all were well on board. She took out the A, B, and C batteries, A Brigade, Royal llorse Artillery. Au order received at Chatham garrison from the Horse-Guards directs 60 non-commissioned officers and men of the 2d Battalion of the 4th King's Own Regiment, and 58 men of all ranks of the 29th Regiment, to be held in readiness to embark for Malta to augment the service companies of those regiments. 85 non-commissioned officers and men of the 2d Battalion of the 15th Regiment are also placed under orders to hold themselves in readiness to join the head-quarters of that regiment at Gibraltar. The screw corvette Charybdis, 21, 400-horse power, attached to the third division of the Steam Reserve in the Medway, has been removed into the steam basin, where she will undergo a survey at the hands of the master shipwright's staff, previously to undergoing a thorough repair to both hull and ma chinery. She is to be brought for the first-class Steam Reserve, in readiness for commission. The paddlewheel steamer Virago, 6, 300 horse power, belonging to the third division of the Chat ham Steam Reserve, has been placed in No. 1 dock at Sheerness, for the purpose of being repaired and brought forward for commission. The estimated cost of the repairs required to be effected in her hull and machinery is £12,000. The Admiralty have directed the 12- ton broad side gun-carriage of the Admiralty wooden pattern, but fitted with improvements suggcsttd by Captain Astley C. Key, C. 8., now on board the iron frigate Minotaur, to be fitted with Mr. Cunningham's run ning in and out gear. The carriage is already fitted with Cunningham's single chain training gear. The weather continues much too fine for the contem plated cruise of the frigate on her trials of the three competitive carriages fitted on her main deck. We have to reeord the death of Lieut.-Col. Alex ander Murray, commanding the Bth (Royal Irish Fusileers) Regiment, quartered at Portsmouth, on the 24th inst., after a short illness. Col. Murray served in the 18th on the China Expedition (medal) and was present at Canton, Amoy, Chusan, Chin hae, Ningpo, Segoan, Chapoo (wounded), Shang hai, Woosung, and Chin-Kiang-Foo. The deceased officer will be buried at Portsmouth, and the fune ral, it is anticipated, will be conducted with mili tary honours. CRYSTAL CHANDELIERS, New designs, for the Drawing-room, either for Gas or Candle. JDEFRIEF.I and SONS, • 16 awl 17, COMMERCIAL-STREET. SCIENTIFIC AND ORNAMENTAL PRESENTS. O RNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library, V an.' Dining-room, consisting of a new and eiegant assort ment of VASES, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obelisks, Ink:. stands. oeautiful inlaid Tables, Paper weights, &a, in Italian, Alabaster, Parian, Marble, Bronze, Derbyshire Spar, &o. Imported and manufactured by JAMES TENNA.NT, Mine ralogist to her Majesty, 149, Stand. W.C.. London. Mr. Tennant arranges elementary collections of ROCKS. bI INE EA LS. and FOSSILS, to illustrate the new edition of Lycil's Elements of Geology ; they will greatly f teilitate tt.e interesting study of MINERALOGY and GEOLOGY, and can be had at 2,5, 10, 20,50. to 500 guineas caeh. PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and MINE- R %LOGY is Riven by Mr.T ENNAN f ,F.G.S., at 149. Strand. EAST INDIAN. The report of the directors states that when the last meeting of the company was held the line had been opened throughout, with the exception of the great bridge over the Jumna, at Allahabad, from Calcutta to the left bank of that river opposite Delhi. After an exercise of the highest engineering skill during nearly eight years the Allahabad Jumna bridge was completed and opened for traffic on the 15th of August last. The board most thoroughly concurred in the encomiums passed by the Government autho rities upon the company's officers—namely, Mr. Sibley, engineer in chief ; Messrs. Collet and Dunn, the district and assistant engineers ; and the subor dinate staff employed on the Jumna bridge. This work, from its inception to its final completion, re flected the greatest credit upon all parties concerned. Mr. Sibley anticipated that the line from the left bank of the Jumna into the city of Delhi might be opened after the rains of 1866. The works on the Jubbul pore line were progressing to the entire satisfaction of the board. At the last meeting the board reported that the Government of India had proposed that a considerable portion of the main line should be doubled, and that after due consideration they had come to the conclusion that the subject of doubling a certain portion of the line, at all events, would be better effected by the construction of the chord line from Baiirackur to Luckieserai. The cor respondence which had taken place on the subject had been explained to the shareholders. The board had required that the capital for the chord line should be kept distinct from that of the main line during construction, and the Secretary of State for India had insisted that the line and the capital should be considered part and parcel of the main line. The board, supported by the opinion of the meeting, lost no time in again urging their views upon the Secretary of State, but without effect. After much anxious deliberation they came to the unanimous conclusion—looking to the exigencies of the traffic, and to the importance of an early econo mical supply of fuel—that it was for the intareete of the shareholders that they should adopt the latter alternative. The practical working of the question was this—if the main line as a single line could not earn a net revenue equal to more than 5 per cent., and if to secure a larger revenue either the linemust be doubled, or the chord line made, no injury could result to the shareholders from the concession they had made. If the receipts of the opened line in any half-year were more than sufficient to cover the guaranteed interest which the Secretary of State had to provide in respect of such half-year, one moiety of the surplus would become the property of the shareholders, in addition to the guaranteed interest. In those circumstances, and viewing the prospect there was of this result being soon attained, the board did not doubt that the shareholders would be of opinion that they had exercised a wise discretion. The board had accepted a tender from Messrs. Brassey, I'Vythes, and Perry, for the construction of the chord line, at a cost considerably within their engineer's estimate, and it would be their care not to call up capital for the workmore rapidly than was in their opinion necessary. Since the last meeting the board had been invited by the Secretary of State to furnish him with their views upon the question of bridging the Hooghly, establishing a metropolitan terminus in Calcutta, and forming junctions with the Eastern Bengal and the Calcutta and South- Eastern Railways, and, after fully considering the subject in consultation with Mr. Bendel, had re corded, and had communicated to the Secretary of State the following minute : " That this board are prepared to recommend to the shareholders to un dertake upon the terms of the existing contracts as to land, &c., and a guarantee of 5 per Cent. from the Secretary of State, the construction of the pro posed bridge over the river Hooghly, and central terminus station in Calcutta, according to the plans referred to in Mr. Renders report, or such other plans as may be agreed upon ; but, considering the magnitude and special character of these works, the fact that they will be undertaken upon metropolitan and imperial considerations as well as for the purposes of the company, and that it is not possible to define either the time which will be required for the com pletion of the works or the return which the expen diture may be expected to yield, the board are of opinion that the company is entitled to expect that the account of the expenditure so incurred be kept separate and distinct from the general capital ac count for a term of ten years, calculated from the completion of the works, unless in the meanwhile the works shall have yielded a net profit of more than 5 per cent. on the cost of their construction, computed upon a basis to be agreed upon hereafter or determined by arbitration." The board did not consider that the condition which the Secretary of State insisted upon, and under which the ohordline had been undertaken, was at all applicable to this work ; and in the hope that the reasonable terms they had proposed would be agreed to they sug gested that the shareholders should give them au thority to conclude a contract upon the basis set out. The cost was estimated at from £1,250,000 to £1,500,000. The average length of the line in work during the half-year ending June 30 was I,lllf miles, and the average length in work during the half-year ended June 30, 1864, was 1,020 miles. The permanent way and works had been main tained in efficient working order during the half-. year at a cost of 101 d. per train mile. For the half year ended June 30 last the working expenses had been 42.30 per cent., against 49.72 per cent. in the corresponding half of last year. The gross traf fic receipt for the half-year ended June 30 last had been £821,676, against £652,147 in the correspond ing half-year, showing an increase of £169,529, and the net receipts £474,083, as compared with £327,877 in the corresponding half-year, showing an increase of £146,206. The net traffic receipts from the opening of the line to June 30 last had been £2,664,421. In the first 19 weeks of the cur rent half year the approximate gross receipts had been £555,378, as compared with £384,671 in the corresponding half-year, showing an increase of £170,707. Those results were in the opinion of the board highly satisfactory, and encouraged them to hope that the expectation which had been,indulged in, that when the line was opened throughout it BRUTAL MURDER NEAR NEWCASTLE On Sunday morning a hind, named John Cook, murdered his wife at Wideopen, about five miles from Newcastle. The appearance of the murdered woman's body indicates that she must have beenassaultedin a savage and inhuman manner, and it appears that even after the assault from which she died was committed the victim was treated in a madly cruel way. Cook had been engaged as a hind on the farm of Mr. John Davison, Wideopen, and had been in this service for about seven months. He and his wife had lived together. in a cottage a few hundred yaids from the farm-house. The farm-house is situated near tho north road leading to Morpeth, and is entered by a lane which leads at the same time to the cottage in which Cook and his wife lived. The cottage was doubly tenanted, Cook occupying one half, and a Mrs. Thompson the other half. With Mrs. Thompson lived a nephew and niece, Peter and Catherine Conlin ; and it seems from the testimony of these people, who will constitute important witnesses in the pro ' secution, that Cook and his wife had had frequent quarrel- Hogs. Both are said to have been addicted to some extent to drink, and, as may be supposed, it was generally while under the influence of liquor the quarrellings took place. Cook generally finished his work for the day at an early hour in the evening. He stopped on Saturday evening about eight, and after looking after some horses on the farm pro ceeded home, where his wife was waiting for him. He spent some time in his house, and left about nine, accompanying his wife to SeatOn Burn, for the purchase of groceries. Leaving Seaton Burn they took the road home, but stopped at the half-way public-house, where drink was ordered. They sat drinking together, and when the wife rose to de part the husband seemed disinclined to go. Ultimately she left him and went away herself. Whether she wont home at first or not has not been clearly ascertained, but at any rate she called at the farm-hOuse at a late hour, and stayed there until 2 o'clock on the Sunday morning. She had evi dently taken a quantity of drink, but did not seem much the worse for it. It was different with the husband. He did not leave the public house till 12 o'clock, when he was forced to go, it being the hour for closing. When he reached home he appears to have been exasperated at the absence of his wife, and left in a violent passion for the farm house, where he hoped to find her. Here they both met, and sat together for upwards of an hour, and eventually they rose to go home at two o'clock, the woman carrying a lantern. After going along the lane for some distance—for fully 200 yards, and far enough from the high road and the farm to be out of observation, if not of hearing—the man must have commenced the assault upon his wife. How he proceeded, or whether the assault was all committed at one spot, there is no clear evidence to show, the woman, although she lingered for several hours, remaining utterly unconscious the whole time. At this particular spot, how ever, there are clear cases of a desperate scuffle. The night was frosty, and the marks of the scuffle that were discovered on the ground were only too indubitable. At this spot the murderer seems to have rendered his victim insensible, and had afterwards attempted to drag her home. He must have seized the poor woman by the hair, and have pulled her along in the direction of his house in this horrible manner ; this appearing to have been the case from the fact of quantities of the wife's hair being found along the road. His intention seems to have been to take her home and place her in bed, judging from his after conduct ; but when he had taken her about half way his strength seems to have failed him, or he must have taken another thought, for leaving his senseless victim at the road side ho went on to the cottage himself, and wakened up his neighbours, getting Peter and Catherine Conlin to come back with him and help his wife home. They found the poor woman quite senseless, and unable to move almost, but strangely enough, notwithstanding her bruised and bleeding condition, they merely carried her into the house, leaving her lying at the fire and went to their beds. It would now be about three o'clock in the morning. Cook does not seem to have gone to bed himself, but to have sat up dozing by the fire. The effect of the drink he had consumed gradually wore off, and lifting his wife from the position in which she was placed he laid her in bed, and beginning to get frightened, called upon Mrs. Thompson at an early hour and asked her to come in. Mrs. Thompson found his wife in a dying state, but still insensible ; and it was ultimately agreed to send for medical assistance. Drs Hislop and Hays, of Dudley, arrived at tho house early in the forenoon, but all that could be done to prolong life was useless, and Mrs. Cook died at eleven o'clock. She con tinued insensible all the time. Cook himself seemed to feel his position acutely. He made no effort to leave the place, and was apprehended in the afternoon by Police-constable (50) Robinson. The body of the murdered woman is in a fearfully bruised condition. The left arm is broken, with several upon by the form of a lantern , w h ile there ar e marks which r so o ma t r ura are d ,sb i n fr a g o ck ; ee therebroken re aas such ui f a c are hf e r ao twosmw kicking uc u l kd t nh o ga n v e t hTbe been h ee a be d ma , u a i ss n ee and could alone have been caused by the rough perforations on such an article. The lantern, the woman's cap, bon ne t eb°ra th ln e eri w pb and handkerchief were found next morning lying at the spot where the scuffle is supposed to have taken place. Cook is a little, thick-set man, about forty years of age. His wife was about the same age, and was a fine looking woman. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —That the fearful annual mortality of 60,000 young children and delicate persons of all ages may be arrested, if, instead of flying blindly to pills and medicines, which, though apparently relieving the patient, have in reality no o.her tendency than that of increasing debility, and with it the danger of life, we were simply to study how to increase the vital force by imparting new and pure blood, upon which the harmonious development of the whole frame depends, has been successfully proved by Du Barry's Inva lids' and Infants' Food, the Revalenta Arabica, and its thousands of cures annually. It yields three times as mush easily assimilated nourishment as the best meat, and for e l l: 0 1 u ! d t h i ) t , 8 f i ; ,i t n h e t b t e h s e t s s o u m b a s t r i i t t u a n t e n i o o s r p ihtaulm foran W m o i e . n and Children—the best authority on such matters —in his admir able publication on Food, says—Amongst the vegetable sub stances, th it which comes closest to milk in its composition is, without doubt, Du Barry's Revaienta Arabica Food, con- Rifling both phosphoric acid in abundance and chloride of potassium ; it alio includes casein, the same principle u hich is found in milk in its constituent parts. No wonder, there fore, that under its influence many children affected with atrophy (wasting away of the body , , and marked debi 11, have completely recovered. I have given it with the greatest advantage in such cases; and so far as I may judge from my own experience, practice fully carries out what theory, from a knowledge of its composition, led us to anticipate.— In tins,l lb., 2s. 9d. ; 21b., 4s. 6d ; 51b., lls. ; 121 b., 225. ; 'l4lb. 405.—Barry 'A)u Barry and Co., No. 77, Regent-street, London; also Phillips, tea dealers, 5, King William-street ; likewiie at 61, Graceolturch-street ; 4, Cheapside; 49, Bishoptigate street Within ; 63,150, and 298, Oxford-street ; 330, Strand; 54, Upper Baker-street ; 103, Tottenham-court-road ; 96, Upper-street, Islington, N. ; Harvey, Notting-hill ; Close Brothers, 65, High-street; and Stubba, Queen's-terrace, St. John's •wcod, London ; and all respectable grocers and elle miste.—Beware of spurious imitations. proposals for regulating the traws, The effort has, indeed, ih, been far too lo ng a el _ The obstruction and insecurity of the street' of London have furnished for years the most urgent occasions for remonstrance, and it is reproach to our powers of organization that the evil has been allowed to grow to such a height. The streets were always too narrow, even in the comparatively quiet days of former genera ti ons ; b u t the i n t ro d uc ti on of railways has multiplied their insufficiency in even a greater proportion than it has multiplied their traffic. T he conveyance of passengers and goods to a City terminus is now almost as great a feat as the conjuror's pe r f ormance of putting a full grown pigeon down the neck of a wine bottle. There is plenty of space for it when it reaches the broad part of the bottle, but how it passes through the neck is a mystery. The Strand, Fleet-street, the Poultry, and even sonic streets at the West-end are just like so many necks of bottles, through which, by some means or other, their solid contents have to be forced ; and as a num b er of persons are all trying to introduce these at once, without the least regard to order, it is in evitable that there should be an almost con stant deadlock. Meanwhile it is hard if some means cannot be found of modifying the evil by regulating the order of transit, and, in fact, if the public can not enforce upon its own members rules which would be for the common advantage of all. Something has been done by the mere interference of the police, and the ease with which a few constables are able to distribute the traffic on a crowded place like Lon don-bridge might have led, before this, to a more constant employment of similar means. The City, it must be allowed, have displayed good intentions in the matter, though they cannot as yet be credited with anything more effectual. An act, indeed, was passed in 1863 with the same general object as the bill upon which we commented the other day, but, from some unexplained reason, it has remained practically a dead letter. Some by laws have been au th or i sed i n pursuance o f i ts pro visions, but omnibuses, unhired cabs, laundresses' carts, draymen, load s o f t i mber, coals, and b eer, vtehearnefdoreo,mrnighipoutyentthoaus thought it some more effectual necessary'al fe l ie C j s o r t p o t a r o s a t o oi obtain t [ n l a u , powers., and it is to be hoped that the bill they have now proposed will prove sufficiently compulsory in its character. POST. —The Report of the Commission on Capi tal Punishment is now before us. It recommends that the punishment of death be retained for all murders deliberately committed with express malice aforethought—such malice to be found as a fact by the jury—and also in cases of treason as distin guished from treason-felony. In the case of murder being committed in perpetrating, or in the attempt to perpetrate, or to escape after having perpetrated, arson, rape, burglary, robbery, piracy, or murder, the punishment of death is also recommended to be retained. In other cases of murder, such as those in which, although not committed after posi tive and evident premeditation, the law infers or assumes general malice, through the absence of legal provocation, the punishment suggested is penal servitude for life, or for a term not less than seven years, according to the discretion of the court. With reference to the particular species of murder known as infanticide, which the present law does not distinguish from murder generally, thereby apparently causing repeated failures of justice, the commissioners recommend that to inflict grievous bodily harm or serious injury upon an in fant, either during its birth or within seven days afterwards, shall bo constituted an offence at law punishable with penal servitude or imprisonment at the discretion of the court. In such case no proof of the child having been born alive should be re quired. Persons should not be convicted of con cealment of birth upon an indictment for child murder, but the offence should be tried upon a se parate indictment of its own. In neither of these cases should the accused be acquitted if, instead of the Crime charged, the facts should be found to amount to murder or manslaughter. The power of ordering sentence of death to be recorded should be restored to the judges. The report recommends that executions should not be public, but private— within the precincts of the prison—such regulations being made as would prevent abuse and satisfy the public that the law had been carried out. With re ference to the expediency of allowing an appeal ou matters of fact to a court of law in criminal cases ; to the mode in which the Crown is advised to exer cise the prerogative of mercy by the Home Secre tary ; and the preseht state of the law as to the nature and degree of insanity which is held to re lieve the accused from penal servitude in criminal cases, the commissioners observe that these difficult questions are not confined to capital offences only, but pervade the whole administration of the crimi nal law, and therefore require a more general and comprehensive treatment than the terms of the commission under which they act will admit. They confine themselves therefore to the suggestion that these important points are deserving of further in vestigation. Such, in substance, are the recom mendations of the report. The commissioners for bear to enter upon a discussion as to the expediency of the abolition of capital punishment, considered in the abstract. On this point differences of opinion exist among them ; but they are unanimous in thinking that the alterations stated above should be made in the present law. Mn. THACKERAY AT THE SECOND FUNERAL OP NAPOLEON.—Now the company began to arrive thicker and thicker. A whole company of Conseillers d'Etat came in, in blue coats, embroidered with blue silk; then came a crowd of lawyers in toques and caps, among whom were sundry venerable judges in scarlet, purple velvet, and ermine—a kind of Bajazet costume. Look there ! there is the Turkish Ambassador in his red cap, 'turning his solemn brown face about and looking preternaturally wise. The deputies walk in in a body. Guizot is not there ; ho passed by just now in full ministerial costume. Presently little Thiers saunters back ; what a clear, broad, sharp-eyed face the fellow has, with his grey hair cut down so demure ! . . . Bang, bang ! At about half past two a dull sound of cannonading was heard with out the church, and signals took place between the commandant of the Invalids, of the National Guards, and the big drum major. Looking to these troops (the fat Nationals were shuffling into lino again) the two commandants uttered, as nearly as I could catch them, the following words :—"Harrum Hump !" At once all the National bayonets were on the present, and the sabres of the old invalids up. The big drum major looked round at the children, who began very slowly and solemnly on. their drums, Bub-dub-dub--rub-dub-dub—(count two be tween each)—rub-dub-dub, and a great procession of priests came down from the altar. First, there was a tal o height ere like f man, handsome cross bearer, bearing a long gold cross, of which the front was turned towards his grace the Archbishop. Thenmoon when All the Then came a double row of about 16 incense boys, dressed n thea A l fol lowed in white surplices ; the first boy, about six years old, th e a regiment of priests with bl ac k ti ppets, and of whitel ast withg were, aind whiskers, f h a and t o ob o fl ) d themselves. the black hoods, v she is at her third quarter, whe rew ith t h ose who were bald (many reverend men held their heads meekly down, and affected to be reading in their breviaries. After the priests came some bishops of the neighbouring districts, in purple, with crosses sparkling on their episcopal bosoms. Then came, after more priests, a set of men whom I have never seen. before—a kind of ghostly heralds, young and handsome men, some of them in stiff tabards of black and silver, their eyes to the ground, their hands placed at right angles with their chests. Then came two gentlemen bearing remark able tall candlesticks, with candles of corresponding size. One was burning brightly, but the ,wind (that chattered libertine) had blown out the other, which nevertheless kept its place in the procession—l wondered to myself whether the rev. gentleman who carried the extinguished candle felt disgusted, humiliated, mortified—perfectly con . - scious that the eyes of many thousands of people were bent upon that bit of refractory wax. We all of us looked at it with intense interest. . . . At last the real procession came. Then the drums began to beat as formerly, the Nationals to get under arms, the clergymen were sent for and went, and presently—yes, there was the tall crossbearer at the head of the procession, and they came back ! They chanted something in a weak, snuffling, lugubrious manner, to the . melancholy bray of a serpent. Crash ! however. Mr. Habeneck and the fiddlers in the organ-loft pealed out a wild shrill march, which stopped the rev. gentlemen, and in the midst of his music—and of a great trampling of feet and clattering, and of a great crowd of generals and officers in fine clothes, with the Prince de joinville marching at at the head of the procession, and while everybody's heart was thumping as hard as possible—Napoleon's coffin passed! It was done in an instant. A box covered with a great red cross—a dingly-looking crown lying on the top of it—seamen on one side and invalids on the other. They had passed in an instant, and were up the aisle.—Cornhill Magazine. THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE.—No. document, says the New York Tribune, discussing so many diverse questions of grave moment., seriously affecting so many vital inte rests as the first Annual Message of President Johnson, could reasonably be expected to accord in every respect with the convictions or prepossessions of a majority of its readers; yet we doubt whether any former Message has, on the whole, contained so much that will be generally and justly approved, with so little that will or should provoke dissent. It is a State paper of signal ability and of un usual frankness, dealing unreservedly with every great question of internal or international policy, and calculated to increase the hold of the author on the regard and confi dence of the American people. var be m ue- old doy r 30 one. 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