The Sun. — London, England, 1866-12-31 00:00:00

S 4 RECEIO:-= I L ONDON STREET REFORM SOCIETY. PREsiiikN T. Sir WILLIAM FRA.SER, Bart., ILA., F.S.A. On thel3th of JunejB6s, it was admitted unanimously in the Hcluse of Commons that the conditi 4 London, as regards Pliving, I fighting, and Cle 4sgraceful. No improvement has taken place. ..4. The 'Tra ffi c. of litfidqu- becomeg`; - 6 • ..n&t , day more un manasgeable. The Public Vehicles ark in or to those of andCOnlineli - 0 Cities.. This Society.hits bean formed to stiirtiAttbiymblic atten tion ; to collect, condense, and - make dinown facts ; to point:out defects in the law ; to enfoivcinoVisions at present neglected; and to watch Bips:intpirdttged into Par liaMent on these :4,ubicets. - The London Steeet Reform SOO' ayfis:iot pledged to support any sptific : phango in thb, goye4tittent of the Metropolis. Those who may wish to join the Soc.:. quested to write to J. S. Ilalv, - Esq., lion. 88, St. Jaines's-street, CONTRACT FOR BFAI — i-Wig:o4-S. Contract Departnnt, - Adinii: Somerset House, 14th Dec., 1848. THE COMMISSIONERS, ; for AXECUTING the OFFICE of LORD HIGII ADMIRAL of the UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRE LAND, Do hereby give NOTICE, that on TUESDAY, the Bth January next, at Two o'Clock, they 01' be ready to treat with such Persons as may be willing,,t4 Contract for supplying Her Majesty's Dockyard at Portsmouth with Hewed Wed3-,es of Beech; under a Contract-A twelve calendar months certain, and further'nntil ,expiration of three calendar months' warning. The average annual consumption, togethor*itira, Form of the Tender and Conditions of Contract, •! v • .oen in the Lobby of the Storekeeper-General'S I' , rtment, Admiralty, Somerset House. No Tender Areceived after Two o'Clock on the day of Treaty, nor will any be noticed unless the Party attends, or au Agent for him duly authorised in writing. Every Tender must be addressed to the Secry Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner .156 "-Tender for Beech Wedges ;" and must:also bVdeli'. at the Department of the Storekeeper-General, A4tuira, Somerset House,- accompanied - by a Letter signedtby ' responsible persons, engaging to become bound VII Person tendering in the sum. of £2OO for the dtia.irri num° of the Contract. By Order, ANTONIO BRAY, *- Registrar of Contracts and la Securities. Cr'-- of the words 'vered two the 'for- Atnis Jut / there. cfv,aftof the agentimustbeAtserked in the Tender. - No Tender will be received unless made on the printed Rrtrififovlded for the pu-pose, and which may be oblained olktiplicat;An4 the lieW4of. the Department of the-Con .4.#4.rift, Somerset House, or to the7o4triksTer ter oynesi-where also the ~Coliaitions of theAontriet may fie • ' • NoTethl9r, will4e',o4o.ridgter..Noon . on .thd, Any of treaty,. and itprill,nothaxectUired that t te.prty tendering, or an agent on his behalf,' shofildiitterfd*lf the Office on the day of Contract, as'the result of thetfferrectrivazt from each person will be communicated to him and his proposed sureties in writing. .'Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiraltyoind must also be delivered at the department of the Comptroller of 'Victualling, Admiralty, Somerset Ilgutie, - .--*digned by two respOn§ibie :persons, engaging to become bound with the pemon..tendering.hrthe sutn of 4.1Q.0,fg . r. the duo perforaiance.of the Contract for Fresh Ox 1341tItiid £lOO for the. Cbaiita . for Vegetables. The CoUtirattor.to paY•lsitilf the amount of the stamps on gae Contracts and Bonds. -- ANTONIO BRADY, - of•OCAtiracts and Public' Securities. 'TV G K, E S and - Others.' ' ,110 SECRETARY or-STATX for:WA - BO& tiosirous of Keceiving PROPOSALS from Gunmakirs . and Othcirs for BR , ERCH-LOADING RI4ES,, either rebeathig o'r not reP.ol44o4,3efligbgmat re/208311e present Servicellifles in future wa4iuragtur& z. ,4, t , • t - • The following At , tJie • carkditions cOnsMeted - essential in military non-repeating 13V:— Not to exceed 91b. soz: with bayonet. 33.1 TSFS . qTEL To be 51 inches, with Aiort stock, measured from the hollow of the butt-plate to: 10 c. WEIGHT OF AMMUNITION MADE UP. Must not exceed Glb. 4oz.for sixty rounds as packed for service. „ D. CARTRIDGES. it own ignition. • in a "1bi 1 44, 1 051+ 69AR Must,ca.rry ti ...emu', Ann- . - 'L - fixed according to the present system. - F. STOOK. Must be such as to carry a light metal cleaning-rod, ani allow a sling to be used. G. RECOIL. Must not exceed that of the Enfield Rifle by more than 10 per cent. ill THE ARM AS A WHOLE. Must be as little liable to injury by long-continued firing, rough usage, and exposure, as the naval rifles converted to breech-loaders on the Snider system. To be as capable, also, of being used without accidant by imperfectly trained men, and of being manufactured in quantities ana of uni form quality. THE AMMUNITION AS A WHOLE. • Must be as little liable to injury by rough usage, damp, and exposure in all climates, as the Boxer cartridge for Snider's converted Enfield rifle —also as little liable to acci dental explosion as the same cartridge, and as capable of being manufactured in large quantities, and of uniform quality. X. CALIBRE. Optional. L. THE TWIST AND FORM OF GROOVE. - Optional. M. THE LOCK. Optional. N. RAPIDITY OF FIRE. Capable of firing at least 12 rounds per minute, without aiming, the cartridges being arranged on a table. o. AC - di:MACY WREN FIRED FROM A FIXED REST. The arm must give a mean figure of merit of not more than 36in. at 1,000 yards, 30in. at 800 yards, 12in, at 500, and bin. at 300. The mean to be taken upon at least five targets of twenty shots each. P. TRAJECTORY. Not to require at 500 yards an elevation of more than 1 deg. 30 min. Q. FOULING. The shooting not to deteriorate more than 20 per cent, at 1,000 yards after firing 250 rounds. it. PENETRATION. - - - The mean penetration of five shots not to be less than that of the present service muzzle-loading Eufield Rifle— viz., 12 half-inch elm planks, which have been soaked 48 hours in water. Distance 30 yards. s. LUBRICATION. Wax on bullets is indispensable, but any other lubricant may be superadded or applied to the cartridge, if thought necessary by the competitor. No arms will be received without the usual proof marks. Specifications, and drawings of the methods proposed, stating the probable cost per arm, and accompanied by a finished specimen arm, with 20 rounds of suitable ammu nition, should be sent to the "Director of Ordnance, War Office, Pall-mall," on or before the 30th March, 1867. The specifications and specimen arms will be considered by the Ordnance Select Committee and its associate mem bers, who will bo selected by the Secretary of State for War, and who will, after firing the 20 preliminary rounds, select and recommend for further trial such of the systems as may appear to them sufficiently promising, rejecting all such as may not be considered to offer sufficient merits to warrant their being included in the competition, the con ditions of which are stated in this advertisement. Each accepted competitor will then be required to furnish for experiment; at Woolwich, six arms in strict conformity to the specimen arm submitted, with 1,000 rounds of am munition per arm, within four months after date of de mand. Each competitor will be required to disclose to the committee the exact nature of the lubrication he may em ploy. A sum of £3OO will be paid to each of the accepted competitors, to cover the expense of the six rifles, and of the supply of ammunition required. , - The Secretary of State offers a reward of £l,OOO for the arm which, on combination of all qualities, is considered by the committee to be the best submitted. A second reward of £6OO for the arm which, while at taining a satisfactory degree of excellence in other particu lars, is solected for merit in respect to its breech mechanism. A third reward of £4OO for the best cartridge. The qua ities which will be principally taken into consideration in awarding this prize will be economy of manufacture, power of sustaining rough usage, freedom from deterioration in various climates, and general serviceability. The shooting qualities of the cartridge must be fair • but as they may depend upon the rifling of the arm with Which the cartridge is associated, they will not be so much con sidered as those above-mentioned. It is clearly to be understood that under no circumstance s will a compeator be entitled to mere than one prize ; but such prize will be irrespective of any reward which may ke given to the inventor of the arm finally adopted into the service. I.ripEA .IS C REAPER THAN EVER.-Is. 6d , 2s. ‘'s 6 . per lb. are the prices at which PHILLIPS 'it CO • Tea lierchanis, 8, Kin; William-street, City, L,:in .E.4 .o.re'setiiiiv, good and fine BLACK T; , .A. A. price I,ost tree.: 4Os worth ear. laze „free to any.railway ion or market itr.va in the United Xingdom.—Obstrve— 'LLlPS anu . Co. hive no 'Agents or any connexion with house in Wortester or Swansea. - Sugars are supplied at 7ei, prices. _ ,XITIBITORS at "the PART4TXHIBITION, ' who ADVERTISE in "THE SUN," can have the .{VICES of *A:: SPECIAL AGENT in PARIS, whose -tress can obtaiii.ed at " The tin," Office. Ho has a rf . e'et'kridiil4ige a French, is also acquainted with busi • and .hairgoeiVeonnections. On application to " The . Agent in Pi*, either personally or by letter, he will obtain every poisible facility' for Exhibitors, or persons who May - have otfi - ir business in Paris, er who may go there for pleaspre only. • . pR IN TIN—TO PROPRIETORS OF NEWSPAXXUS, PERIODICALS, &c.---The Print ing and MachiuikV :Newspapers, &e. 4 done ou exceed ingly favourable:lsms. Use of Editorial and Publishing Offices, if required. ..Estimates forwarded on .receipt of particulars, with' - stamped directed envelope for reply. Addre s—Th'Manager "Sun" Printing ()MOS; $; Church row, Savoy, iiltriuid, . • B OYS' ATTIRE. . BOYS' lIYAM and CO. . , ftit›! i H E OCEAN ST. LEGER of 1866.—What By Order, ANTONIO BRAY, Lord Lyon was 10 his owner was the meting to her Ca, : t.ain, viz., winner of the race, having distanced 41 ' Registrar of Contracts and Public com- petitors, as ihe t'.AS. I' I • DIA TEA COMPANY have in- Securities. ntriab y done in their citoi e and sale of fine new season's CONTRACT FOR FRESH OX BEEF AND VEGE- teas, now selling et importer's prices. Wanhouses-9, Great . TABLES AT FOYNES. St. Helen's-churchyard. CONTRACT DEPARTMENT, ADMIRALTY. 4. Ho - th Desemher. I:St31;. 1--- .A. l i'i 7,T,. _ 14114,g .-CH1R15T.3. 1 .4 ....'; Plt ESE...NT, :,,,i X:,:,t4A 2 , -ittiti& - 'foti.)::CCIT - .1711NG A C I.ESIi.: CADDY, containing 161bs. of real , ~'fil" the VitFl ~- "Till ItOOD HIGH' AD2iIIIIAZ :of2 the good Black 'Yea, sett carriage free to any railway , sta ion or -I ' - "'' s- ITNITE I -El o_ , : '•OM qf GRVA T. BRITAIN e•TRE -*" marKet town in England, Ireland, ••eottsnd. or ‘N ales, oi re- ceipt of , a.. b PHILLIPS and CO Tea ;..- LAND • a s h • .4. • Give Notice, that on Tuesday,.the loth linag William-a l treet, City, E.C. ' Merchants, - 8 • 4 , 1 - anu ~•-•, .- '' at Twelve o'clock at Noon, they,4ill be,"'.. • ' ,•••=•, . At `-twith such persons as,mayle willing-to con - - ' . , ~ I * 7• '.-1 , - * , ft . ,,, ract ft ,:upplying all such qqaptities of • - - -,--, T EA • IS CHEAPER THAN EVER.-I.s. 6d , . .eI I RESH OX BEEF 104 - VEGETABLES ' °- ‘'s 6 • per lb. are the prices at which PHILLIPS and CO . Tea Merchanis, 8 Kiii - T . William-street, City, Lon- feir the use of her Majesty"Qatps and . vesspk4t Poynes as dot. EA o.r e -settin_ ,,, gooland tine BL V.:a ;• A. A. price .4- iuiw be demandel from the r 41.1 Jangiary: titite4Oth June, - ,t (mei, t, host free': 40s worth c‘ir. laze' „free to 'any, railway, 1*67, both days. included. '' , : - i,V., , i .- .!:-.,- i :4'il: . • 1t..-tion or market town in the Uni , ed Xingdom.—Obst rye— Thu Contractor is to . suirtgoo4 -fat well.7fed.Ox Beef, - - Pnimars &nu Co. hive no 'Agents or any connexion with tt no Heifer meat will be 1 witted. . ,-.....,., - 1,. - '. . t ra nY atk h eT isehWQrb, ... The Lords Commiiisioneri.of theAdthirllty*.reserve to prices. ,ii , - theiiiselves an unlimited power of selection in accepting .., the Tenders. , , .„,... ~ . ester or Swansea. - Sugars are supplied at __ VXITIBITORS at "the PARIS' EXHIBITION, Tenders must be made ithrste's per 1001 b., and no at.ten- 11...4 who ADVERTISE in "THE MIN," can have the lion will be piddle any - offZ•rAlst so niart. . - . SERVICES of A: SPECIAL AGENT in PARIS, whose The Contractor, in claiming payment for the supplies, is address con le obta,iii.ed at " The uit" Office. Ho has a to ,nAtke otit'llisrinvoltes in'poungs at per 1001 b. - - - perfeCtlndwledge of French, is also acquainted with busi- `The C . (in - Ctictor to - Jaiiide on the spot, or to have an ness, and. hairgoo&connections. On application to " The agent residehigh' r' e. i s f - non-resident, the name and ad- Sue Agent in Pir,ii, either personally or by letter, he will d e roxof the agent mustbeinserted in the Tender. . ._, , obtain ,every possible facility' for Exhibitors, or persons 'No Tender will be received unless made on the printed who May - have other business in Paris, er who may go ..._.. ~_ 1v; MAGAZINE AND REPEATING ARMS. Magazine and Repeating Arms for Infantry will be re ceived and examined in a manner similar to the Breech loading Rifles. They must not be less in length than 43 inches, including the stock. The limit of weight for these arms is fixed at 911. b. ex clusive of the charges in the magazine. It is indispensable that the arms bo made to take a bayonet. The Secretary of State offers a reward of 800 for the best Magazine or Repeating Arm produced that fulfils the above conditions ; and in the absence of experience does not at present define the standard of accuracy or other conditions to be fulfilled before such an arm can be adopted. Those Magazine orßepeatingArms, which are accepted for further trial, will be paid for at the rate of £6O each. This sum is to include 1,000 rounds of ammunition per arm. The Secretary of State will take care that no ingenious rovolty produced in answer to this advertisement shall be adopted into the service without proper acknowledgment, and that the name of the individual with whom it origi nates shall bo recorded in connection with it. if the rifle to which the first prize is awarded is adopted into the service , it will bear the i nven t or ' s name . J. GEORGE, Major-General, Director 0 ()Aimee War Oftico, Oct. 22 180.3 DIMPLE REMOVER.—AII diseases of the akin are improved by one dose of ALEX. ROSB I B V 1 , ETABLE SKIN PILLS. They remove redness, sal lownem &it 2s 9d and 78 ed ; or post for 41 and 100 stamps. —ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London, and all Che mists. IT AIR, COLOUR WASH.—By washing th e IJ. head with this bc9.ntifull3-perfume3 Wash, in seven or ten days the hair assumes its oridnal oolour, and remains so by an occasional usinz. 10s ed ; sat Tor stamps.—ALEX. ROSS, 24. , , ugh Holborn, Loudon, and all Chemists. ryinE RESCUE SOCIETY wishes to add another Lome to the 12 now in operation. Last year no fewer han f 55 poor, friendless, young females were rejected from want of FUNDS and room, making a total of 3,087, who have been sent away in five years. fhe new home the Committee wish to form would be for young girls, almost children, from the age of •‘.) to 15, who have been led astray from the path of virtue. Contributions will be received gratefully by th 3 Secretary, 11r. oaniel Gooper,S.Queea•etreet.Claeapaide ; ur by litessra Barclay and Cr.. Lombard-street. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, in tha immediate vicinity of the Orest Northern itit.ll - Tertninne, King's-cross. Patron-11er Most Gracious Majecty the QUEEN. GIN-Patron—His Royal Highness the Prince of ‘ 7 4' LE 6. KG. President—llls Grace the Duke of BUCCI:EUCH, K.G. l'his Hospital, founded in the year 1828, the iirst to estab t.ish the principle of free adimeslon to the sick poor, without .he delay and difficulty 01 Governors' orders, is wholly de pendent for support on voluntary contributions and it affords relief to a large number of in-patients, and, in addition to this, the average number of attendsnoe of the lestitute sick has for a considerable period averaged between 3,000 and 4,000 weekly. The Committee ear eatly solicit the ASSISTANCE of the benevolent, an the r nines of this hospital are capable of Cer taining• several Es,uclred more beds had the Committee the requisite funds to maintain them. Contributions are received by their bankers. Messrs. Brown, Janson, and Co., Abehuroh lane; also by Messrs. Coutta and Co.; mammon.' and Co. • ClAya and Co. ; Herries and Co. ; Ransom and Co. ; Presco tt, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; VE Mares, Deacon, and Co.; Nisbet and Oa, Bern#rs-street and at the Hospital. from 10 till 5. STANFORD BMITE BtQYetUy, _ Now ready at all the Libtarice, in 3 vo's., 114,/fR. MARK LESION'S LEYI'O.I - TI LL, leg and other Tales. "We commend Leytoa Hall' most heartily t•I our readers. I hm story :s an extremely good one. extremPly w , •11 told, and he shorter tiles are all of a very elfeotive character. There is not one tint is not cheery and pleasant."—lllustrated News. Hurst and Bllekett, 13, Great Ilirlborough.street. Now ready, in clomp Rvo . 128.. [IREE P H ASES OF CHRISTIAN LOVE. By the ,light Hon. Lady I ERBEnt OF LEE: "This is an exquisite btiok, and" mrn and women of all sects and shades of religious fnith will thank Lady Herbert fur her labotir of love."—Athinmu,n. Richard Bentley, Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty. PA TENT VENTILATING. CHIMNEY TOP.—Mesers. MYER s and TODART with confi dence recommend their CIII.IINEI C.OP as an effectual CUttlil of SMOKE. It has an advantage over all others, as It can be sweeped. It is alike useful and ornamental Prices for foreign and home orders on application at 112, Strand, W.C., where testimonials can be seen. ItOYS" OSBORNE SUITS. BOYS' HARROW SUITS. BOYS' JACKETS for ALL PURPOSES. BOYS' HATS, CAPS, &c., &c. H YAM & Co.'s BOYS' WINTER CLOTHING, 66 and 67, Oxford-street, London. The first establishment in the kingdom for Juvenile Clothing. Boys' Sandringham Overcoats Boys' Prince Alfred Reefer Boys' Overcoats for Little Boys - Boys' Knickerbocker Suits lss. to 355. Boys' Westminster and Osborne Suits lss. to 355. 13,ys' Eaton, Harrow, and Rugby Suits Boys' Jackets for School and Home 9s. to 21s. H YAM & Co.'s ATTIRE for GENTLEMEN, 66 and 67, Oxford-street, London. Hymn & Co.'s Winter Tweed Overcoats 21s. to 30s. hyam & Co.'s Winter Overcoats 3os. to 84s. Hyam & Co.'s Winter Reefer 2ss. to 555. Hyam & Co.'s Winter Suits 42s. to 70s. Hyam & Co.'s Winter Jackets 2ls. to 425. Hyam & Co.'s Winter Frock Coats Hyam Sc Co.'s Winter Vests 6s. to 14s. Hyam & Co.'s Winter Trousers l4s. to 255. TTYAM & Co.'s SELECT DEPARTMENTS. 1. Gentlemen's Clothing for immediate wear. 2. Bespoke or Order Department. 3. Boys' and Youths' Distinct Department. 4.. Hats, Caps, Hosiery, and Outfit Department. TTYAM & Co.'s ESTABLISHMENTS. LONDON-66 and 67, OXFORD-STREET. BIRMINGHAM-21, 22, and 23, NEW-STREET. LEEDS-42, BRIGGATE ; and DEWSBURY—WESTGATE. Just published, 2d; sent by the author for 1 stamps, UGLINESS and BEAUTY; being a Pamphlet desorktive of articles and means used tor improving the appearance. By London. ALEX. ROSS, 248, high Holborn, QPANISH FLY is the acting ingredient in ALEX. ROSS'S CAN I'HARIDES 01L.whioh speedily iroduces whiskers and thickens hair, 3s 6d, Ss 6d, and 10s 6d; sent by post for 55. 84, and 144 qt. %raps. —AL EX. ROSS, 248, WO Holborn. London, and all Chemists. WONDERFUL DISCOVERY.—Corns cured in one day by usilw ALEX. ROSS'S CHI EOPO. Thi, preparation gradually dissolves the Corn in a few hours, removlnlr the very root. Prbe 4s; sent by post for 80 stamps. —248, High Holborn, London, and all Chemists. 'HAIR-CURLING FLUID, 248, High Holborn, London.—ALßX. ROSS'S CURLING FLUID curl- Ladies' or Gentlemen's hai: immediately it is apptled. Sold 4 es 6d, es 6d, and 10s ed ; sent free for 54, 84, and 144 stamps. —Had of all Chemists. fl 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 cilb.t. Price 3s id, 58 ed. and 108 6d ; sent by post for 51, 84, and 141 stamps; and all Chemists. I_TAIR DESTROYER.-248, High Holborn, London.—ALEX. ROSS'S DEPILATORY removes superfluous hair from the face, neck. and arms, without street to the skin. Price 3s 6d, Ss 6d, and toe 6,1; sent for 51, ss, and 144.stamps.—Had of all Chemists. N° ' , V N°. 2 ~_ ~ -y~~- , y,/, _.... _ ._... ' • ..._,- : r - ~.. • ! ... . ~ uit a . ~F ~,, -. ~, ..1- t •4,- T ir ....) , ~., Irv- - 7 ' - ‘ l 2--- - -c _....."----iff.:?..------ays--4:A(.-.--- ) ''' • ~, - I`,._ - A' , 1, .?. f .':•14•Tk:•: - . r . el - ''...,; • ',...-. lf--- .;=- I '''' • 0"* . t T-41- 4 1 • , ri.,er / ~ ( kr;44 -°B* --4- • p pin • ivr,,.._ '., - ! ..r, IT . '.• a . ),.. , 72:7:1:.1 . -L :T r d e. :7 4 ;, , : : :: , ;fi; l l- . 141;............, H, 1111111111111' : - _. :s.:, . .:.,.. , t. , ;---,,--- - E'.7•;i " L . " - 2 - - 1 b . . . ,z i g ~ . , . _ ,• - . ks.#' 44llll . l kl!-. 4.„A, et P ,.. .., 4Y Mfg . N....... , I, c: - - - ‘b , • 0. ' , , . ' 1 -9. 1 , - . i , ' 1 - . 1 4 , t !'fin;l4. ' 4_ k 2 P - - ' ‘-, El lIP. " A. -- . ---:-- '''' :: ..=,. 7' 6 ,* 4 \.e•! ~,- t - A --- -- 14 Oblll lW , - A l < 1 1- • -:-.. - -,::'y ` . :::`,44.f.tv0.' ; - 9:'' , ..---• ' "`" ---- 4,, , ,„9.W- - -...7Y - --... .L....ll___Tl, liPfre, ,,z,t -__ ...,. !it . 0 :;-, v. ~. ~,e , -, - ny,Ol.T. ...„, ~,,,,,,, _...... -- N - '- - , , 1. - /Pit* /*V . - -4°' i . . . • . _ 'Y'=x. PRICE.... ....... 4d. Sf ...it —"lf How that committee - acquitted itself in the per formance of its patriotic duties the res:* - of the election may,. bear witnes3. The thanks of the Governor elect and of the State Central Committee have - been publicly teuderei to the League, on more than one occasion for our assistance in their canvas, and the deep satisfac tion which each one of us feels at the issue of the arduous contest is a sufficient reward for our volun tary labours. " The most powerful adjunct to the Committee of Seventy-six was, as it has always been, the intelli gent action of the Board of Publication. Previous to the election of 'October, that Board had distri buted eight hundred and sixty-seven thousand and fifty-eight documents, consisting of eighteen millions and sixty-four thousand eight hundred and seven teen pages of sound Union doctrine. All this great literary work has been quietly accomplished ; but of its value in the grand result no man can form an adequate estimate. ' "The report of the Library Committee is little more than a list of losses occasioned by fire and water to the perishable property which they have in charge. Great damage was done to the voluminous files of newspapers and magazines which had been accumulating since the organisation of the League, and which were stored in the upper part of the building. This loss cannot be supplied without great trouble and expense. Our members are ear nestly requested to co-operate with the committee in - the pr'oPirst9i. ltva`c3 pie thateit may not only became a useful department of our institution, but a collection of mark in the city. " The report of the Committee on Fine Arts and Troph4ei is also little more than an array of losses incident to the fire. As soon as our rooms are in proper pair most of the works which we pos sessed, wd those which were loaned to us by our members, will again ornament the walls, in as good condition as the careful exertions of the committee have been able to accomplish.. ". The thanks of the League are due to Mr. Jas . . ITHeKtry, of I. 4 oridon,•forthe excellent marble bust of the 'great English; Liberal, Richard Cobden, with which Mr. PHenry has adorned our house, in com memoration of the pleasant visit which he and his Engboh. friends paid to us during the present year. Our .tha9ks should also be rendered to the generotis donors of the admirable portrait of that wise and steadfa4statesman the Hon. Thaddeus Stevens, . whose visible form has at length followed his patrio trie-spirit into a house where that spirit has long been domesticated and deeply reverenced. The Committee on Membership report that dur ing this year they have recommended to the Board of. Directors three hundred and thirty-nine candi . dates for admissiOn to membership of the League. The Board returns its thanks to the Committee for the care and fidelity with which their trust has been discharged, and renews to the Committee the ex pression of confirleswy: contained in our last annual report. On the lst.of ,D L gee . tube r, 1866, the roll of the League contained the. names of nineteen hundred and seventy members: Of these two hundred and eikhty-nine 'were elected during the current year. We deplore the loss-of twenty-two of our members by death. There have been fifty-four who have resigned. their membership,. and six, after having been susperlde4 from membership for non-payment of, their annual dues, were finally dropped from the roll, in accordance with the by-laws." A preaMble and resolution ware offered by Robert A. Corson, Esq . . The preamble set forth that since the restriction in reference to liquor had been taken off several cases of drunkenness had occurred which had cast odium on the house, and that on one or more occasions per sons had been taken from the restaurant in it state ordilnk - Ztes3. Wits ably. supported by J. P. Wetherill, Frederick Fraley, Esqs., and other prominent gentlemen. The resolution reads as follows :—" Resolved,—That the house committee be, and they are hereby in structed to adopt and enforce the provision formerly in force at the organisation of the League, whereby the sale and use of liquors were restricted, and some prohibited being sold on the premises." The resolution was laid on the table by a close vote. Another resolution was offered by Charles Gib bons, Esq., proposing that the question be put to vote by all the members of the League as the Sunday question was submitted, which resolution was finally withdrawn. It was understood that the Board of Directors would be petitioned to take a vote on the question. The ticket known as the Director's ticket was elected. NEWSPAPER. 0 1 4 es Its W " ve Ve 1. , tb with the conventional duty whi Lilted, subsists in principle • general law, it were decided to the special taxes successively consent of the different Powers into agreements with us, .we should singular result that the ships of countries remaining outside the conventional duty would be better treated than the - ships of Powers who have drawn to us by the tie of a contract. "In fact, it is comfortable both to the spirit and to the letter of the laW of May 19, 1866, only to re quire from foreign Governments re:iprocity of national treatment, even when, in consequence of the application of this principle, - foreign vessels should, like French ships, enjoy complete immunity in France, while French ships, like all native and other vessels, should remain subj e cted to naviga tion dues in a foreign part. "This principle once laid down, the execution of the law upon the mercantile marine coald not en counter any difficulty, and the only thing remaining would be to consider in what form the application ought to be made. "It has happened, Sire, that a decree from your Majesty was necessary to settle the questions apper taining to your conventional system. In fact., as treaties of commerce and navigation can only be ap plied in the Empire by virtue of imperial decrees, nothing but an act equa ll y emanating from the Sove reign can modify these sauna treaties, even although the modification is an advantage and not a burden to the contracting party. " It is in this sense that the annexed draught of a decree has been drawn up, which I have now the honour to submit to your Majesty : " I. replaces in the common dutyall the coun tries which had consented to the establishment in our ports of a compensating tax for the duties levied upon ous ships as upon their own in their ports. " Art. 2 suppressesthetounageduty which French - alikßingliolt ships, as has hden sai abost,i our ports by virtue of the treaty of Jan; 26, 1826; r• and which equally affects all flags assimilated ti:4 l ours by acts of convention. "The Government of her Britannic Majesty hav ing undertaken to present to Parliament in its next session a law for the purpose of abolishing' all local taxes impressed with any differentialcharacter, there was no longer any reason for maintaining a tonnage duty which affected our own flag quite as much as the English flag. It is, moreover, to be observed that the English Government does not dispute our . right to reimpose tonnage duties in the improbable event of the bill in question not receiving the sanc tion of the Parliament. Finally, Art. 3 retains upon all vessels of the United States of America arriving in our ports the duty of sf. per ton established by the treaty of June 24, 1522. There is no question of reprisals, Sire ; it is purely and simply the maintenance of an existing fact, w hi c h it d e p en d s upon the GOverninent of the United States to cause to disappear, by granting to our ships the same treatment which their own ships enjoy in the ports of the American Union. Already negotiations with this object in view are in progress at Washing ton, and there is every reason to hope will termi . nate successfully. Such, Sire, is the object of the draught decree which your Majesty is solicited to sanction by your signature. It is conformable to the liberal character of the law concerning the mercantile marine, the object of which is to attract into our ports the greatest possible amount of busi ness. It is evident that merchandise will go by pre ference to those places where it has the least charges to bear, and the suppression of tonnage dues in all the ports of the empire is a powerful means of .at traction. If this truth needed any demonstration, ' I should ask your Majesty to permit me to cite the : example of Marseilles. In that great port tonnage dues were suppressed after the re-establishment 'of gateral• peace by au ordinance of the 17th of Sep tember, 1817, and this equality of conditions be- tween French and foreign vessels has caused no in jury to the French marl ne,whose proportional share in the maritime business of Marseilles has always been increasing. There is there for the future of .our commercial navy a point of comparison, and an example which should give security to am, tke., " Arrm.‘N D B:: The Alleged Steeplechase Cruelty. -~ At the Croydon Petty Sessions on Saturday, Mr. Craw shaw appeared to answer a summons by the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, who charged him with having been guilty of cruelty to his horse, which broke its back as he rode it at the late steeplechase meet ing at Croydon. Much interest existed among sporting circles upon the subject, and the court was well attended. Amongst others present were the Duke of Hamilton and Sir F. Head, Bart., author of ,4 The Horse and his Rider" (who was there to give evidence, if needed, for the defence). Tho magistrates on the bench were Mr. E. R. Adams (chairman), Mr. J. Sutherland, Mr. J. R. Edridge, Mr. E. Foss, Dr. Hood, and Mr. J. S. M. Churchill. Mr. J. Nl*. Eastley, Captain Remmis, and Mr. S. Gurney, M.P., with drew before the commencement of the case. Mr. Merewether, instructed by Mr. William Jaquot, of Sergeants'-inn, Temple, appeared for the defence. The facts of the case aro as follows:—On the first day of the Croydon steeplechase meeting, Mr. Crawshaw rode Voightlander in the race for the Stewards' Plate, and upon arriving at the water-jump, the first time round, the horse fell and broke his back. Mr. Colam, th e secre t a ry for the Society for the Preven tion of Cruelty to Animals, said proceedings were taken under the 2d section of the 12th and 13th Viet., charging Mr. Crawshaw with cruelly beating, ill-treating, over riding, abusing• and torturing a horse named Voightlander, and causing it to be done, thus making himself liable to a penalty not exceeding £5. Ho said that Mr. Crawshaw rode Voightlander at the Croydon Steeplechases, on the 27th November, and "persevered" with the horse to make it take a leap at a sensation water-jump, consisting 'of a fence 5 feet high with water beyond it. The h or se leaped the fence, but failed to reach the other side; and in consequence fell, broke its back, and dislo cated its hip joint. The prosecution was not got up with the view of putting down steeplechasing, but they could not overlook cruelty under whatever auspices they found it. George Brewer, a knacker's slaughterer, said ho attended the steeplechases with his cart, and stood at the "sensation water jump." The fence would be about 5i or 6ft. from the ground. Ho saw Voightlander go over the fence and fall into the water. Ho took it away in his cart. The horse could not see the polo which was laid on the top of the furze. The ground was slippery. When asked by the chairman whether any horses had gone over before, he said there might be one or two. They cleared the water about 4ft. Voightlander did not struggle at all. We took him up on a gate. We found its milt ten times larger than it ought to he, and the lights and other things were injured. The size of the milt could not have been caused by the jump. It must have had that some time. Benjamin Charming said he was a bricklayer, and was standing beside the water jump when Voightlander fell. The pole laid along the furze would be about 4ft. high, and the furzo itself about sft. or more. Simeon Lell, an officer of the Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, said ho measured the width of the water jump on the Gth Doc. with a string. lle hero pro duced the string, but did not knew its length. Some one in court said the length of the string was about 15ft. 6in., and on Mr. 3lerewether asking him if ho would swear it was more than 12ft. sin., witness could not say. Witness ascertained the depth of water by placing a string with a stone attached to the end of a stick, and holding it out like a fishing rod, to b 3 3ft. 6in. or 3ft. Bin. Similar evidence was given by this intelligent officer. Ile said ho " had no other measurement, no tape, no nothing." Arthur Cherry, veterinary surgeon, was next called, and described the injury to Voightlander. When asked if he would consider it an act of cruelty to allow a h orse to jump a fence from Oft. to Eft. and water 151 t. Gin, in width, witness replied it would, and the horse must inevitably suffer some kind of injury, though it might not be perma nent. The injury might bo transient. Ile thought 3ift. or 4ft. a proper jump. Mr. Budden, ono of the lessees of Croydon Steeplechase, understood the fence was trimmed before Volg-btlaude , r jumped; at any rate he had given orders to Mr. Williaws to do it. Mr. Goodwin, another lessee, said the polo was r emoved after Voightlancler fell. Tho polo was 21t. 6in• from the ground, and the furze above it would m ote it 4ft. Giu. or Oft. 9in., and was not sf t. Mr. Edward Smith, of &irs 14/ 7 ' , said the fence was sft. Gin. or sft. gin. The pole would ba about 3ft. 10in. or so, and the furze placed above it for the horses to take a better spring would make it the sft gin. The water jump at Liverpool was much higher and more difficult to jump f l o ik r e a t h h o e rs r z t w o if f u t o h s e s u s t t . tid, \V “ li N e o n ; asked neith neither f than that at Cro y don. If Voightlander had been clever ho would it bras a v e N°'er got jumpver for man nor horse." This was tho last witness for the prosecution, and on Mr. Merowether saying that they had no defence to MAO the magistrate dismissed the case. COW were allowed to the defendant. Abolition of French Tonnage Dues. The Illoniteur of Saturday published the follow ing Report from M. Behie, the Minister of Com merce, to the Emperor : "Paris, Dec. 27. "Sire,—The law of the 19th of May, 1866, upon the mercantile marine suppresses in principle ton nage dues in all the ports of the Empire from the Ist of January, 1867, and only retains exceptionally their collection in the cases of those vessels belong ing to nations which in their ports subject French ships to differential tonnage is, charges dues --that from which their own vessels are exemp t e d . Under the influence of the legislation now in force, and previously to the law of the 19th of May, 1866, the tonnage dues in Breneli ports are differential —that is to say, they are only levied upon foreign vessels, while French vessels are not liable to them. The navigation treaties which France has concluded with different maritime Powers have generally had the effect of according to the vessels belonging to those Powers the national treatment—that is, to immunity from tonnage dues. But certain of these Powers levied t onn age rates at home not onl y u p on foreign vessels but also u pon their own vessels, so that in reciprocally granting to us in their countries the national treatment, they gave us less than they received, our vessels having to continue paying ton nage dues in their ports, while their ships were exempt therefro m in ours. rea son the treaties in question stipu lated,"For this with regard to countries placed in this situa tion, the payment of a special tonnage duty, called compensa tion tax. We have even gone so far as to h a ve the compensation-tax paid in France not only to English ships, but to French ships themselves and those of all assimilated nations coming from England. "Your Majesty's Government has asked itself whether this complicated system ought to subsist in presence of the precise terms of the law of the 19th of May, 1866, and of the liberality of the doctrines which have guided the drawing up of that law ; and it has taken into consideration whether, with regard to Powers allied to us by special maritime conventions, there was room to subordinate the immunity granted by the new mercantile marine system, not only to the abolition of all differential tonnage dues in the ports of those Powers, but to the abolition of the duties of the same kind which they levy upon their own navigation, so that freedom should be every where absolute and reciprocal. " An attentive examination has led us to decide this question in the negative. " Upon the one hand, in fact, the stipulations of the law. of May 19, 1866, arc conclusive in spirit as in letter, to show that freedom from tonnage duty in French ports ought to be complete, dating from the Ist of January next, save with regard to nations which impose differential taxes upon our navigation in their waters. "It is to be remarked, indeed, that the interest of foreign nations is not the nature of the tonnage dukes abolition, but certainly the interest of French maritime commerce, which has everything to gain by seeing the greatest possible competition of the ships of all nations drawn into our ports by intelli gq►t liberties. From another point of view if in conformity _ THE SUN, LuNDON, dsiDAY 'EVENING, DECEMBER 31,. 1860. K IN AIIAN'I XH L IkITI ‘ O VV 6 IY. - DUBLIN This celebrated OLD IRISH WHISKY gained the I)ublin Prize Medal. It is Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Whole 4orno. Sold in Bottles, 3s. 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Mail trt (first time in this country ), 'PHIS EVENING, iu wh , ch Miss RUSSELL will make h,: , r Reappearance, - as shte i by Alis. , es Barrie and Fitz Henry; Me: srs. A. St. Albyn, Hulls, Fox, Husk, Evan. and Bury, with ...xtra Band and Chorus ; produced and conducted by Mr. F. JonghmAns COMEDY. by :Messrs. fi 'rry Sydney, Brieulcy, and Eger ton, W, .1 Adams, the tiroth. rs Pentland, W. It. Julian ithe c- ,3 ebrafed Mimic). F. Ev_ars, and vliss Amy Rosalind, to gel her with`, Entirely Nevalvertimseme ;t, tif.d THE OXFORD - OPT, TWA, , ' - r siefforfisteadence ut 11r. IV. H. ,Wayne, THIS 'EVEN G. MADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION, BAKER-STREET. CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. NEW EUI [IONS. —Life-size Portraif-Models of JOHN gRIGHT, Esq., ILP., and•the late RICHARD CODUIsIN, iq., Al P. - • open from 11 a.m. till duc , k, awl from? Cif 10 p.m.. - AdmUtance, ls.; children, under ten, half-price ; . extra rooms. 6d.. A RGYLL ROOMS. GRAND CASINO, Windmill-street, Piccadilly. These elegant and popular Rooms, having been entirely re decorated, are. now OPEN EVERY EVENIN , 4 for Concert and DkincincT. Conductor, Signor Luca CURTL Manager, GRENET. Admission to Promenade', One Sidlllll4% Peserv,d Seats, Two Shill! gs. FALKNER'S OLD IRISH WHISKY,. Malt." 19s. per gallon, is sold in bottles and jars, bear ing his label and trade mark. Most liberal terms are offered to file trade for the sale of this 2enaina old spirit, which is coming into universal consumption through England. For price lists apply at Ofil.es, 14, Strand. London, W.O. Established in Qratton-street, Dublin, A.D. 17M0. UNVIL V.R. OLD IRISH WHISKY , BELFAST, 'lt • Ls regularly supplied to the House of Lords- " V.R." IRISH - WHISKY. DUNVTIJ,F, and CO.'S "V.R." OLD IRISH IVIIISKY, BELFAST. London Offices and Stores, 4, BEAUFORT-BUILDINGS, STRAND, W.C. • • EstabllelAed 1808. Quotations on application. • JAMES DALY and CO, , Distillers, John - -street, Cork.—" The purest spirit and safest drink in 'he mid."— .oacion Offices, 7, Printing-house-square, E.C., - ne.kt the '• Times." TAMES DALY and CO., Distillers, John-street, Q-Cork, beg to announce that they are able to supply the trade with their celebrated Whiskiesi in casks or case.t, and t6lake orders in bond tad for exportation, at their (Slices, 7, Pittilting-house-square, Londori, N.C.. the only house hi the square not occupied by " Times." J. D. and Co.'s whiskies britrz the highest prices in the Australian and uthe- Colonial markets, as may be observed by reverence to' he "Journal of CoMmerce of Victoria," by which it will be seen that their whiskies fetch Gd. per gallon and Is. per case over.the next b:: at, and Is. 6d per gallon and ss. ad, a case over the lowest quCtation. Always on hand a large supply of ye y old mellow wulsky in the finest condition, matured in sherry casks, unsurpassable in quality and flavour, sir plied on the most reasonable terms. . MANFIELD'S PATENT PICKLES are per fectly pure and uncAloured. To be had of ail dealers a.,d who►esale of JOHN BURGESS and SON, 107, Strand (corner of Savoy-steps). London VATT:DE-VlE.—Tbis Pure PAIZITTVICTVr .11_11 [B6 per gal:on, is v. ry Fupei io to recent laportations of Cognac, me mmended by the medical protesAon, and ex tensively used in hospitals. In bottles, 335. per dozen, or In a case .39s railway carriage pal I.—,HENRY BRETT and CO., Old Furnival's Distil'ery, Holborn, E.O , and 30, Regent street, S.W. Established 1829. 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This method does not require t , ke extraction of roots, or any pain ful operation, and wilt 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. 62. Fleet-street. At home from 10 till 5. INNEFORD'S FLUID MAGNESIA.- ir The medic% profession for Thirty ye rs have approved of this pare solution of Magnesia as the best remedy for Acidity 01 th Stomach, Headache, Heartburn, Gout, and Indigestion ; and mi a mild aperient it is especially adapted for ladies and children. Prepared by DINNEFORD and CO., Chemists, &a., 172, New Bond-street, London ; A-d sold through-_ut the world by all respectable chemists. CAUTION.—See that " Dinnetord and Co." is on each bottle and red label over the cork. WINSLOW HALL, Winslow, Bucks, having been recently opened and fitted with requisites for the dare and comfort of the INSANE, the proprietor, Dr. BOIS It AGON, announces that he has transferred his Estab lishment from Birmingham to the above desirable reside-ce, 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 410 w, plantation, and recreation grounds. For terms and forms of admission address the proprietor. DR. SCOTT'S LIVER AND BILIOUS PILLS.—A NEVER FAILING RESlEDY.—Pre ,ared without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. Cott, of Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to all who offer from bilious end liver somplaints, inligestlon, wind. vatims, giddiness, Itaaine..4 of the eyes, &c. For habitual ostiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier A the blood, they ire truly excellent; mild in their opera tion and grateful to he stomach, they create appe C ite, pro -note digestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system. Prepared only and s)ld by W. Lambert, Chemist, S, King sharing-cross. London, and by most drug gists, in boxes,ls. LK, and three times the quantity in one, 2s. ifd. Be sure to ask for Dr. Scott's Bilbao end Liver Pills. The genuine a square erect. poiekkee. with " William Lambert." mErraved the stamp. HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.-FUNDS are earnestly solicited for fitting up the TRAINING SHIP. £2,n00 required. - - - WM. WILLIAMS, Secretary. Boys' Reine s 8, Great Queen-street, . OMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.--CON TRIBUTIONS are earnestly solicited for establishing the COUNTRY ROME. 41,000 required. WM. W1LL1.1.3L.3, Secretary. Boys' Refuge, 8, Great Queen-street, W.C. HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON. The Committee are meat anxious to provide for 400 boys. One hundred and fifty are now in the Refuge. The annual expenditure for supporting the 400 'boys is estimated at £i,ooo, being £l5 a year for each boy. Several kind friends have promised to pay for one boy each year. Subscriptions thankfully received by the London and West minster Bank, 41, Lothbury, and 214, LI igh llolbooi; Messrs. Ransom and Co., 1, Pall-Mall East; and by WM. WILLIAMS, Secretary. Refuge, 8, (Great Queen-street, W.C. pRoVIDENCE ROW NIGHT REFUGE, FOR HOMELESS WOMEN AND CHILDREN, 14A, Providence-row, Pillsbury, E.O. Sixty Thousand Nights' Lodgings, with Suppers and Breakfasts, have been given in this Institution to the destitute, who otherwise would have had to pass the nights in the bleak streets or under railway arches. At present nearly . 500 Nights' Lodgings, with Suppers and Breakfasts, are given gratuitously every week. The poor from all parts are admitted, the only condition being that they are homeless and starving. The Manager &c., receives no remuneration • whatever. Notwithstand ing the provision made by the Poor Houses, each night numbers of young women, children, and orphans are, for want accommodation, refusedadmittance, andh ave to spend night after night in the cold, wet, and sleet. To meet this evil, and to provide more ample accommoda tion, £2,000 has been raised, but to accomplish the work a sum of at least £l,OOO more will lie required. Besides providing shelter for the homeless, this year it is proposed, as far as the donations obtained for the pur pose will allow, to give bread and coals to poor tamilies in want. Will you, in your charity, help to carry on and accomplish what has been begun ? Will you, help to give shelter to the really homeless, and food to the really starving ? The smallest donation will be most welcome, and, night and morning, the prayers of the destitute will be offered in your behalf. SUBSCRIPTIONS are earnestly requested, and will be gratefully received by the . RoV i ll. GILBERT No 22 Finebury-cirouo, E.O. _ ANSION-HOUSE ILL of the SUFFEREE EXPLOSIONS.. FUND for the RELIEF 3 by the scent COLLIERY Co'3 The :tight Hon tl R. C. L. Bevan, Esq. Salauel Morley, Esq. Geo. Moore, Esq. Mr. Alderman Finnis. J: P. Gassiot, Christopher T. GabriA, Egg.: Frederick Thompson, Esq. H. A. Gray, Esq. Colonel Stuart Wortley. !TWEE. ' hOLOIID MAYO% fir:Alderman and Sheriff Watalow. Mr: Sheriff Lycett. Mr. Alderman Besley. Mr. Alderman Dakiu. James Hill, Esq. R. N. Fowler, I , ],q. W. J. Maxwell, Esq. Ur. Alderman Cuttop. I The attention of the public is earnestly drawn to the suffering consequent en the terrible calamity produced by the recent colliery explosions. SUBSCRIPTIONS aro g eatly needed to relieve the numerous families made destitute thereby. The amount required to meet the memorable Hartley Colliery Accident in 1862 was £30,000 • in that case 204 men and boys lost their lives; the present instance double that number are known to have perished, there fore w make a suitable provision for the families &pen -dent upon them about £lOO,OOO will be needed. At the final distribution of the surplus of the Hartley Fund, £3,140 was allotted to the districts in which the present accidents occurred, and this sum is now available towards the fund now being raised. H.R.H. the Prince of Wales H.R.H. the Princess of Wales to The Corporation of London. Amount already advertised Subscriptions will be received by the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, at the Mansion-house ; Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co., 54, Lombard-street ; Messrs. Gnats and Co., Strand; Messrs. Glyn, Mills, and Co., 67, Lombard street ; MessrS. &pith, Payne, and Co., 1, Lombard-street ; Messrs. Robarts, Lubbock, and. Co., Lombard-street ; Messrs. Dimsdale, Fowler, and 50, Coruhill ; the Lon don.and Westminster BaPir s ,A,Shhuly; , the London Joint .llq.k, 5, Prinees--s,treel, linipu tank of London ,• 6TllawZfld C 01 1 11 ;3- of England and all. their brailhei:; Messrs. Willis, Percival, and Co., Lomb:ard-street; and by the 'several members of the Committee. JOSEPH ,GIBBS Secretary. 3fausion House, Dec. 29, 1866. -'" QT. CROIX AND LAKE * SUPERIOR'. RAIL ROAD .COMPANY.—Issue of Seven per-Cent. First Mortgage Sinking Fund Land Grant Bonds for £1;300,000, secured by a Land Grant of 1,50400 acres,:- The .railroad and all the property now owned, 45 . r to be owned, by the Company. 'The Bonds are £2OO eack due Ist January, 1900. Principal and interest .payable at -the City Bank, in 1 4 0 n- - Coupons, duo Ist January an'a Ist July, are attached to the Bonds:: . , The price of issue of each Bond of £2OO sterling, bearing interest from the Ist January, 1867, is £125, and accrued ihterest payable as follows : • on application. . • on allotment. £55 £6O . The definitive bonds will be deliverid in exchaugnfOr scrip as soon•as the whole is paid up. • Subscribers paying in full derive the advantage of.im mediate interest at above 11 per cent. per annum. BANKERS - The City Bank in London. William 11. Swift, Esq., Hon. Salmi& J . ,: Tilden, and Hon. Andrew H. Green, are the trustees for the first mort gage bondholders, and all moneys received from' the lift mortgage bonds sold are to be paid to them-in trust, to be by them disbursed (upon such vouchers as they may deeni sufficient, and satisfactory) for work done and materials furnished in and about the construction and equipment Of the road, and forsuch other expenses of the company as the said,trustees may deem proper to be paid. All cash 'receipts from the sales of lands are to•be- - uSed as a sinking,futtd in liquidation of the principal and inte— rest,of the,bebt, until a sufficient amount, is absolutely in' the hands of the trustees to provide for the entire mortgade debt. • - A full statement, with all the particulars of this road, as made bythe President and Direct Ors of the Company, an . estimate of the ultimate cost cf construction and equip ment of -the road, as also an estimate of earnings, with a copy of the Acts of the Legislature of Wisconsin and of the Congress of the United States, relative to the St. Croix and Lake Superior Railroad Company, with a copy of the deed of trust of mortgage, of the form of the mortgage bonds, and of all the other documents relating to the pre sent issue:of bonds, are to be had.at the office of the agency of the company, 14, City Bank Chambers, London. - Applications:for these Bonds will be received up to . sth January, 1867; In London 2 at the City Bank, as Bankers of the Com . 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Family Pedi grees traced from authentic records, information as to the obtaining of a new grant of arms, how to change one's name, by T. Culleton, Engraver to her Majesty and Royal family ; also Diesinker to the Board of Trade, 25, Oran bourn-street (corner of St, Martin's-lane), W.C. THE ELAND. (From Wild Sports of the World) This noble antelope, the largest of his tribe, is met with in most parts of Africa, but more especially on the borders of the Great Kalahari desert. The full-grown male mea sures six feet high at the shoulder, and is about twelve feet in length. Its horns are about two feet long, with a ridge ascending in a spiral direction about half-way up, the spiral making two perfect turns when the male is full grown. Its tail is between two and three feet long, and it has a dewlap hanging to its knees. Its general colour is ashen grey, and in bulk it equals an adult Hereford ox ; indeed, a troop of eland bulls in full condition is likened by an ex perienced African hunter to "a herd of stall-fed oxen." The eland cow has no dewlap, she is altogether more graceful and slenderly built than her mate, and her horns are slighter, and without ridge. Despite the rapid strides which civilisation has made among us, there is one of our institutions that a Bechuana, wild from the verge of the Great Kalahari, can afford to laugh to scorn—our roast beef. Eland flesh, so say tra vellersall, is more delicious than that of any other animal running on four legs ; and no traveller, whose experience has extended beyond the quadrupedal, ever ventured to dispute the eland's supremacy. The animal is fit for drebs ing the moment it is killed ; its lean is sweet-scented, ten der, and mellow, and its fat delicious. Moreover, in such splendid condition is the eland generally found, that the Bechuana could, if they pleased, hold a " cattle show," compared with which our Baker-street Bazaar would seem a mere skin market. "At the end of a severe chase," writes Mr. Gordon Cumming, " I have repeatedly seen an eland drop down dead, owing to his plethoric habit." It roams the desert plains in troops of from ten to a hundred strong, and is, " like the gemsbok, independent of water." The eland has less speed than any other va riety of antelope, and falls an easy prey to the stealthy savage "stalker," with his assegai or poisoned arrows. On account of this lack of speed the eland suffers much more than any other antelope from the attacks of that terrible fellow the " wildo honden" as he is called by the Boers, in other words, the gaunt, mangy, ever-hungering wild dog. This animal would seem to be a connecting link between the wolf and the hyfera, combining the stealth and cun ning of the latter, with the blood-thirstiness, the untiring, long-strided and loisutely gallop, and the disposition to act in concert evinced by the former. The females bring forth their whelps in holes and underground burrows. They have three different cries, each being used on spe cial occasions. " One of these cries is a sharp angry bark, usually uttered when they behold an object they cannot exactly malce'ont ; another resembles a number of monkeys chattering 'together, or men conversing, while their teeth are clashing with cold. This cry is emitted at night when large numbers of them are together, and they are excited by any particular occurrence, such as hearing the voice of the domestic dog. The third cry, and that most commonly used among them, is a sort of rallying note to bring the various members of the pack together." They hunt in packs, fifty or sixty strong, the leading hounds when fatigued falling to the rear, when others, who have been "saving their wind," take their place, and the entire troop inspired anew, utter their appalling yell and lengthen their strides. Let the object of pursuit be what it may; eland, or gnoo, or gemsbok, he will surely succumb to the dogged perseverance of the " wild° honden," and being once brought to bay the business is soon settled. Nave you have the panting and bedraggled eland, helplessly contending against the death that awaits him in eac h of fifty pair of bloody jaws by which he is encircle d, and within ten minutes not A trace of eland is in lgo, not a scrapof flesh, nor a strip of skin, not a smear of blood i upon the ground even—nothing but a reclining posse of blinking, weary, pot-bellied "wild° honden." Should the huntsman approach a horde of wild dogs, nothing of the fear displayed under such circumstances by other carni vorousanimals is apparent. They. will merely emerge from their holes or rise from the ground on which they are reclin ing, yawn, shake themselves, and slowly moveoff, stopping at every few steps to look back. as though not quite sure that the intruder is an - enemy, and inclined to corns to an ex .plartation with him. But against the hunter's dogs, th , y bear. the deadliest animosity, seeming to regard then as renegades and voluntary slaves, deserving the hatred of every free cur in the country. Singly, however, the " wilde honden" would be no watch against the domestic hound ; and with this fact the former seems well acquainted and to specially bear - in mind. Should the hunter, or the Boer, Whose defenceless sheep-flock has been ravaged by t t o h e o o murderous h p t t h ic o k,. „ w loose ndo h h i o s o w d t o t t o eh s;: d t e h g e s s , e a l n a d tte u r rg: il t l he no n t i budge an inch, lest cUthe-flight one of Their weak members, falling in the roar, might be surrounded and come to grief. Steadily they keep their ground, and when the avenging farm dogs approach, open on either side to admit, and then as suddenly closing up again, tear thorn limb from limb, eat up every scrap of their carcases, and then trot off triumphant. The speed of the eland is only slow as compared with that of antelopes generally—seventeen miles an hour can scarcely be called a jog-trot pace, and that is the rate, we. aao assured by Captain Drayson, at which the eland rushes down the steepest hills pausing not 'Should it encounter rocks and boulders impossible to the 'tleverest chaser, but clearing them with ease, and-.without in thn, least diminishing its speed. "No idea can be formed," says DM:kJ-Son, "" of the activity Of the eland .from 'the ap `pettra-11:1.3 spcciraentrtxniblied in the Regent's -Park - Zool.og,ical Gardetis. Give thekima t good run, and they j would nearly leap over the palings that there surround them." Captain Drayson, lehii'lltpont a considerable time in Kaffirland, hunting ever - kitting worth hunting, furnishes the.followit*graphic ins Wp of an eland chase. Being out with, a jolly company of t - oers, he . had the misfortune - to be thrown front his horse ; but with n 1 worse result than a few bruises, and the breakage of the stock of big gun. This, however, was bad enough, as it involved the necessity either of retracing many miles back to the camp to procure a fresh piece, eiof accompanying the hunting party for the cold satisfaction of seeing.tlamn bring down the game. Of the two evils, the former seemed the least, and so back to camp galloped, 'the captain. Too much 'granite!, however, had been lost to admit ore,- chance of his overt king his party, so, alone . in the wilderness, he • resolved to essay a little eland hunting on his own account. ‘.‘ After diligent search I suddenly noticed'somo animals. nearly a mile distant, that looked . eitreinely like elands, 'therefore I turned in their direction, which was nearly op posite to that which I had first pursued. As I approached them I made out a couple of bulls and four cow elands, with five or six half-grown calves. They were away as soon as they noticed me, and crossed a little muddy hollow that seemed soft enough to hold them fast ; they got over, however,ltit sunk to their bellies in the attempt, and came out on theother side with black mud-stockings. 1 know that their instinct had shown them the best place for a crossing, anefthat if I tried.iitany other I might get pounded completely ; I therefore went dowii to the spot and tried my horse at, it. He would not stir a step into the bog, but smolt at it in a suspicious manner ; spurs and whip had no , effect on hini, he would not face ff. "I saw that the quiet plan Was nagood with my nervous brute, so turning round, I gave him a little:canter and brought him down again to the muddy crossing with a rush. When he found what I purposed, he tried to refuse; but I let drop bah . kopties - into licsAank with a vigorous dig, and at the awe tinie applied the jantbok behind with such good effeet,lhat ho floundered into the 'bog, sinking to the girths. He Ortiggleddesperately, and could scarcely rhove. j There were'little round hard tufts of grass in places that afforded hba a slight footing. I therefore dismounted, and byshouting and lifting with the bridle, managed to get him across 'the score of yards, the breadth of this horrid place. Thl struggle took a good deal out of him, and ha was none of thelresitest when I remounted and followed the elands, which I saw steadily trotting along a mile in advance. "I at length closed with them,• end turned a bull from the hoard. - benind, and obliged him to keep at a gallop, as this pace was more distressing to him than the trot. Seeing another muddy place a short distance in front :r - ,11,-1 up, and as the bull *ls il ,, undering through. it•-4--gtereArinv-tht- -fell- contents.,ef. „ stern. He did not fall, althouz;li I could s_.e that ho was very badly wounded. I managed to get over this difficulty with greater ease than the first, as the mud was not so deep, and commenced loading as I rode. Upon taking out my bullets I discovered that they were for my broken-stocked gun, the bore of which was nearly two sizes larger than the one 1 now had with me, and this difference I had forgotten in my hurry of changing. I put the bullet in my mouth, and kept biting it to reduce its size, and at last managed just to put it into the barrel. With the aid of a flint on the ramrod I hammered the bullet about half-way down, but farther it seemed determined not to go. "The eland had trotted down to some water that flowed from a rocky ravine near, and formed a sort of court or semicircle, the back of which was high, and like a steno wall. Ho stood in the water, and as I approached could not retreat, as ho was in a sort of cul de sac, and did not like coming past me. I felt inclined to go in at the bull with my clasp-knife, but a threatening kind of pawing, and a shake of the head when I came near, ma de me think it more prudent to keep off. "I now remembered a Dutchman's plan for a ' sticks bullet' as they call it—viz., dropping a little water in the barrel, I soon found the good result, for the ball began to move, and at each blow from the ramrod went lower and lower, until the clear ring and springing of the ramrod showed it to be home, I then laid my impatient prisoner low with a shot behind the shoulder. Ho was a fine young bull, about fifteen hands in hoight." ANNUAL MEETING OF THE UtTION LEAGUE OF PHILADELPHIA. The annual meeting of the Union League was held in their building on Broad-street ; a large number of members were in attendance. The Board of Directors presented their fourth annual report, which, after referring to the late war and regarding the coming history of the country as fixed for a term of years, says : " But in the inscrutable wisdom of God our na tion was doomed to suffer from another, and, if pos sible, more detestable treachery than that which had inspired the recent rebellion. The maA whom our votes had elevated to the second place in the gift of the nation, and whom the hand of the assas sin raised to the first, almost from the day that he assumed supreme power, set himself about proving that he was worthy of the manner of his succession. Not only did he betray every trust that we had re posed in him, but he became false to his own re cord, his own pledges and protestations, and in the very words which we had applauded in his first message to Congress." Referring to the recent Convention of Southern Unionists in that city the Board say— ,c w e are grateful to the loyal Southern men, whom we welcomed to their Convention, for the wise and temperate resolutions which expressed the sense of their meeting, and proved how little gall was in their nature, even after they had suffered through years of persecution, and were well aware that, on returning to their homes, they wo uld be subjected, both in their persons and their families, to a worse renewal of their trials. The effects of their visit to our Institution have also been produc tive of good to their cause in the South. Taking copy by our association, and recognising the strength and capabilities of organisation, since their return they have instituted Union Leagues amongst them selves." Speaking of the fire at the League• house, they say that, notwithstanding the loss and the incon venience occasioned by the fire, no work in which the League was then engaged was in any way pre vented or even postponed for a single day. To guard against another fire The Board say :—" they have made the building as nearly fire-proof as possible. The brick partition walls were run up above the roof and lormed into battlements, thus dividing the roof into separated sections, and the whole was covered with metal. The changes could not be accomplished without a large outlay of money, and the Board of Directors has therefore increased the annual tax for the year 1867 by the sum of ten dollars. "At a special meeting of the League, held on the 22d August in this year, a committee of seventy-six members of the League was appointed for the pur pose of employing the energies and resources of our MACPciatio4 in the approaching political campaign. I „_~. iui,..._..,. Y'Zu' f i r ".'-'"=„",`_~`~r~ , ...., Q u~~ NEW WORK BY THE AUTHOR OF ` 4 JOHN HALIFAX." On Friday. Jan. 4, in 2 vols.; 2 s , T ° MARRIAGES. By the Aully:T of • "John. flalifs,x, Gent,eman," " A Noble " Christian's Mistake." &o. •Burst an 3 B!ao - ett, 13, o,eat Marlborough-street. BOYS' at 66 and 67, OXFORD-ST. BOYS' NE KYLE OVERCOATS: BOYS' NEW STYLE REEFERS. BOYS' KNICKERBOCKER SUITS. BOYS' TROUSERS and VESTS. tti . .ll(grM a S.