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LONDON must have a SUPPER and MUSIC (WWI for Gentlemen. Remember, we wait for you xt EVA.NS' after the Covent-garden Pantomime and the The Ltres. EZ INA lIA.N"S LL WHISKY. - DUBLIN EXHIBITION, 1865. This celebrated Old IRISH WHISKY gained the Dublin Prize Medal. It Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. Sold in Bottles, 3s. Sd., at the Retail Houses in London ; by the Agents in the principal towns in England ; or wholesale at • 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON', W. Observe the Red Real, Pink Label, and Cork branded Kinahan's LL Whisky." 4JUTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION (Inc Arpor tted by Act of Parlianymt, 1810), 14, RUSSELL-STREET, COVENT-GARDEN, LONDON ADVANCES HONEY on Personal Security, Rills of Sale, Freehold or beneficial Leasehold Property, without inquiry fee, or any deduction whatever, for periods of one, two, (T three years, repayable weekly, monthly, or quarterly. Bills tgscounted. The greatest secrecy observed. 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Beyond 12 months and up to 24 months Forms of application can be obtained of the Secretary, to whom all communications mast be addressed. By order of the Court, ALFRED LOWE, Secretary. No. 17 and 18, Cornhill, London, Deo. 28,1865. MUTUAL LIFE 'ASSURANCE WITHOUT INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITY. T HE PROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE ASSOCIATION. Established, 1840. TRUSTEES Thomas Baring, Esq., M.P. R. W. Crawford, Esq , M.P. Thomson Hankey, Esq., M.P. Baron L. N. de Rothschild, M.P. At last division of profits the bonus added to policies gave the following results for the past five years : To members aged 20 .. 55 per cent. on their premiums. „ 3) .. 44 „ fft 32 „ Annual income, X 65,000. Invested capital, £265,000. Free or Paid-up Policies.—Assurers of five years' stand ing, who have paid not less than £2O on their policies, may, if they desire to discontinue their premiums, receive a free or paid-up policy for the whole amount contributed. Wm. THOMAS LINFORD, Secretary, No. 15, Moorgate-street, E.C„ Dec. 1,1865. ROYAL NAVAL, MILITARY, and GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY (Esta blished A.D. 1837. under Royal Patronage), 17, Waterloo place, London, S.W. ARTHUR R. HAMILTON, Secretary. Agents wanted in towns not yet represented. AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND.—Messrs. ALEX. F. RIDGWAY and SONS, General Agents to the Provincial Government of Auckland, 41, Leicester square, London, W.C., give notice that they continue to grant orders to enable eligible Emigrants of all classes to choose for themselves FREE GRANTS of LAND, for 40 or 20 acres for each person, in this the best of her Majesty's colonies No person is entitled to a land order as a right. Assisted passages granted to a very limited number of eligible married persons and single females. Messrs. A. P. Ridgway and Sons will not be responsible for any -tatement nixie by any other persons than them selves respecting emigration to Auckland, New Zealand. STARCH MANUFACTURERS TO H. R. H. 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It re gulates the bile, and makes it flow in oases which would not 'pita of mercury in any shape, In short, a healthy flow of c bile is one of its earliest and best symptoms. Tou can n"take what use you please of this communication.— I am, g e ntlemen, James 'l'. Campbell. Cure No. 52,422. —Bridge !louse, Frimley, Surrey.—Thirty-three yediseased lungs, ;pitting of blood, liver derangement, deafness, singing in n gl e ears, constipation, debility, shortness of breath, and l h u nkh, have been removed by your seaßvalenta Arabica. My t un's, liver, s'omach, bead, and ea re all right, my hear- Pcrfect, and my recovery is a mar:el to all my acquaint o• ec B . —James Roberts, Timber Menhant. Cure No. 49,832. fifty years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, nervr.us b,", asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, spasms, sick- No 5 , and vomiting.—Maria Joly, of Lynn, Norfolk Cure i0.47,121.—Mi5s Elizabeth Jacobs, of extreme nervousness, gatherings, low spirits, and nervous fancies. 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This Work contains Reseirts for above 400 dishes, pre pared without the use of animal food. It possesses an espe cial interest at the present time on account of the high price 01 meat, and the prevalence of disease among cattle. London; F. Pitman, 20, Paternoster-row. 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. "The 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 bcperused by those who are troubled with their teeth."—Morning Advertiser, Aug. 31, 1865. Sold by Simpkin 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, &0., in all the fashion able styles and seasonable materials. 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Branch Establishments—Birmingham, Leeds, and Dewsbury IVOTIIING ThIPOSSIBLE.—The greatest and II most useful invention of the day, AGUA AMARELL 3. Messrs. JOHN GOSNELL and CO., Bull Wharf, Ro therhithe, London, Perfumers to her Majesty, respect fully offer to the public this truly marvellous flu!", which gradually restores the human hair to its pristine hue—no matter at what age. The Agna Amarella has none of the properties of dyes ; it, on the contrary, is beneficial to the system, and when the hair is once restored one application per month will keep it in perfect colour. Price one g uinea per bottle, or in half bottles, ios. 61. Testimonials from artistes of the highest order, and from individuals of undoubted re spectability, may be seen on application. Messrs. John Gosnell and Co. have been appointed Perfumers to her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales. THE RESCUE SOCIETY wishes to add another home to the 12 now in operation. Last year no fewer han 455 poor, friendless, young females were rejected I rom want of FUNDS and room, making a total of 3,087, who have been sent away in five years. Here are brief details of a few of the most recent cases: F. v., aged 16, Wien, mother dead, deserted by her father. M. A. F., aged )3, homeless, both parents dead. A. 8., aged 17, fallen, father dead, deserted by her mother S. D., aged 15, fallen, mother dead. C. 8., aged 15, fallen, mother dead, A. 8., aged 16, fallen, both parents dead. S., aged 14, homeless, deserted by her parents. M. 11., aged 17, fallen, both parents dead. C. 11., aged 17, fallen, both parents dead. A. G., aged 18, fallen, father dead. E. K„ aged 18, fallen, both parents dead, S. B. aged 17, fallen, both parents d ea d. M. Al W. aged 17, fallen, both pare n t s d ea d. S. D., aged 15, fallen, both parents dead. The new home the Committee wish to form would be for young girls, almost children, from the age of 8 to 15, who have been led astray from the path of virtue. Contributions will be received gratefully by the Secretary, Mr. Daniel Cooper, 65, Queen •street. Cheapside; or by Messrs Barclay and Co.. Lombard-street. HOME for LITTLE for the Reception, from Outcast and Destitute Boys, underlo years of age. President—ROßEßT B VICE-PRE! Stephen Cave, Esq., M.P. Henry E. Gurney, Esq. Samuel Morley, Esq. BOYS, Tottenham, N. all parts of the Kingdom, o And those verging on crime TANBURY, Esq., ALP, :SIDENTS. Sir S. M. Peto, Bart., M.P. Abel Smith, Esq., M,P. TTEE. Mr Alex. Anderson. Rev. H. M'Sorley. Mr. E. H. Burrows. Mr. W. J. Maxwell. Mr. A. D. Chapman. Mr. Alfred Short. Mr. E. F. Gedge. Mr. Robert Sinclair. Mr. George Moore. Mr. E. J. Tabrum. Mr. Francis Lycett. I Mr. R. T. Turnbull. Treasurer—W. H. IVillans, Esq., 78, Basinghall-street. E.O Honorary Secretary—Mr. A. 0. Charles, 16, Suffolk-street, Pall-Mall East, S.W. Bankers—Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smiths, I, Lombard __. comm: street, The mode of admissiontoilieliOuse is twofold, Ist. By election of the subscribers. Boys thus admitted are received free, boarded, clothed, educated, and taught till they are 11 years of age. With the view to secure the election of the most deserving cases, the Committe 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, anti with thlo informa tion the subscribers are able to judge for themselves as to those most eligible for free admission. This Home was opened in April, 1864. It was designed to take ita 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 those 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 are breakers of the law, or are in prison, and who train their children in the same path. Such are those whose evil associations have already had their painful effect, and must lead them to a life of crime and misery. There are now 50 little inmates from about four years of age to 10. There is room for nearly 10_, and the Committee would joyfully see the Home filled at once ; they only wait for the neces'ary subscriptions. The Committee feel constrained to plead for those who cannot thus plead for themselves ; and, referring to the cir cumstances of some who have been already admitted, they ask—ls it right to make a widow and her family paupers fbr file 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 h-ip her to put one of them into a Home, but that they must all 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 as we would they should do unto us that when these little ones have unnatural parents who turn them into the streets, or force them by ill-treatment to "luta away," none of us shou d be found to care for them, to speak a kindly word to them, to befriend them, to house and clothe thPrn ? 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 year, 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 too young to learn thebeginnings of crime. On the other hand, there are numbers who, but for the timely help afforded by such an Institution, must otherwise become paupers, and losing all ideas of self-reli ance and self-help, be permanent burdens t o th e St a t e. '1 he Home for Little Boys has, therefore, been established to rescue the little ones, to save them from the prison on the one hand, and the workhouse on the other, and to endeavour to make them useful members of society. The daily routine of the Institution 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, their hours of play and amusement, and their singing class. They are treated as scholars ; every morning is devoted to scho9l work—reading, and writing, and ciphering, and Scriptural instruction, with occasional lessons in ()fleets and other subjects. But they are also trained to work. As they must all, and that at a very early period in life, earn their living by the sweat of their brow, they are here at once taught habits of industry. Sothe after noons are occupied with various industrial occupations— making brown paper bags for bankers, and white raper bags for tradesmen, and door mats and servants' kneelers for any who will buy them ; picking the coil for the mats, mending the c'othes, Ste. Some a , sist the master in the garden, digging, planting, watering, weeding, and so forth. By degrees they are being made useful in the house, scrubbing 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 under 10 years of age at the time of admission. Those received on payment are admitted at any tlint.. as soon as approved by the Committee, Elections of chitdren to be admitted free will take place as frequently as the increase in the annual subscriptions will admit, till the Home is full; they will then be held periodi cally Forms oflpplication for the admission of children - m may be nlid at the Hume, and Of the Hexterary Secretary, 4 , ....,,........meg am //, -1 0 4- va . 4 't.4 ) . '- o. '- 13 - : 7- At ej .. . i 114117661 , ,, '-ri) ( s , - _ ( A . , ~., nt ' , >,- . ~..,-. ( \ t, 2. -- *,' .w .' • :/ 0.. '...llifili .: '1 f IP , ~, ..,,tiA 1 / 4 \ , ' VOO Ai g ? rslZ,,,- 4, sk, , ~ . - ...-- 1,..„2- ?-,- --:'^4ft .-- • e,•::, ....' - - -- ''''''' , i , Z-7,,:t.i.-., - , ... • -.. : ;i -. ")- . . ~, , „,,..„. --, ) it ..----.....„„.. -.. 4 ,, , , , ~..- , ..._ .0,.,„ ~;=%., A., kerAtir Ez l atiow o skM 4,1. fi , -‘ o . rorr ,4 ". ..-- , - \-.-4,,.„ .., ...,.. ~ V."; ..1, , ..2- - , • '" ' fk --..w. '' -IMl' PRICE 4d., STAMPED sd. ciently rapid, would produce a musical note, and the unusual sound of a stretched string is occasioned by the regularity of its vibrations. The number of vibrations, or the pitch of the note, varies with the force that stretches the string—the greater the force the more rapid the vibrations and the sharper the note. By increasing the force four times the vibrations are doubled, and they are also increased by diminishing the length of the string in the same manner as the vibrations of a pendulum are increased by shortening it. Violin players thus raise and lower the pitch of their instruments by moving their fingers along the strings. Professor Tyndall illustrated the production of musical notes by successive regu l ar soun d s i n a v a ri e ty of experiments, the sound produced by bringing a card to bear against a toothed wheel when rotated being, perhaps, the most instructive one. When the wheel was rotating slowly, successive taps were heard, which as the speed was quickened became converted into a low musical note that increased in shrillness as the rotation became more rapid. Every note is produced by a given number of vibrations, and by the sound of a note the number of vibrations that produce it can be ascertained with great accu racy. This was illustrated with an apparatus which recorded the number of rotations in a minute of a wheel that produced a musical sound by the rapidity of its revolution ; and when the note thus produced corresponded with that of a tuning-fork the number of revolutions were estimated, and were found to agree with the previously ascertained vibrations of the fork. One of the most interesting experiments was an ocular illustration of the different vibrations of various tuning-forks. Four of them were placed in a row, and when put in vibration a piece of smoked glass was made to fall down in front of them in such a manner that the smoked surface could be scraped off by points on the tuning-forks. The lines thus traced on the glass were then mag nified by the electric lamp on a screen, and pre sented zig-zags of different angles, those made by the tuning-fork of the highest pitch being much more numerous and shorter than those traced by the forks with the graver notes. DISTRESSING SUICIDE. Yesterday evening the deputy coroner for West Middlesex held an inquest on the body of Captain E. C. Symonds, aged 57 years, who committed suicide under the following painful circumstances. It appears that on Tuesday evening two little girls observed the deceased distributing tracts at the houses in the neighbourhood of Brook-green, Ham mersmith. After he had handed a tract to a gentle man he suddenly darted across the road and walked quickly into the middle of Brook-green, and plac ing his back up against a tree, he drew from his pocket a large double-barrelled pistol. One of the girls attracted the attention of the passers-by by calling out, " Look, the gentleman is going to shoot birds," but before they could rush to the de ceased he placed the barrel of the pistol in his mouth, and, drawing the trigger, blew the roof of his skull completely off. His brains were scattered about the grass, and the unfortunate man fell upon thekround in a pool of blood. The noise of the explosion caused the police to hasten to the spot, and police - constable Dillon, 293 T, instantl sent for Mr. Barrett, M.R.C.S., but that gentle man's services were of course of no avail, the whole skull of the deceased being completely shattered. The deceased's body was then removed by the police on a stretcher to the district dead house. The deceased was a married man, re siding at No. 15, Elm-grove, Hammersmith, and he had served in India as an officer in the Hon. East India Company's service. He was well known and much respected throughout the locality in which he resided. Latterly he had devoted much of his time to religious subjects, and had written several tracts and pamphlets. In his pocket was found a card on which was inscribed "E. C. Sy monds." A police-constable discovered in the coat pocket of the deceased 150 pamphlet headings, " Symonds' Recommendations." The melancholy occurrence was quite unexpected by the deceased's friends, for on Christmas-day he was in high spirits and gave a party. Mr. Henry Stock, an architect residing at N 0.45, Bedford-gardens, Kensington, said that the de ceased was his brother-in-law. He was a gentle man living on his property, and up to 1859 had been a captain in the Bengal Artillery. After he left the army he joined the South Middlesex Volun teers. He became insane, in consequence of a sun stroke by which he was attacked at the siege of Mooltan, and in 1852 he returned to England de ranged. He then married without the knowledge of his family. Dr. Sutherland was called in by the family, and he pionounced him insane, but said that it was unnecessary to put him under restraint, as the best attendant he could have would be his wife. When the Indian mutiny broke out, the de ceased said, " I will go to India and do my duty," acid the doctor thought he might recover if he went out. A commission was got for him, and he went out to India. During the mutiny he marched 200 men 900 miles to Cawnpore. In 1859 he sold out, and returned to England in a very depressed state of mind, And was in the habit of saying, "It is a burthen to me to live." He was very mad upon political and religious subjects. He showed witness an article written by a Jersey newspaper editor upon himself, in which it was said—" He is a jolly looking person of about 60 years of age ; a regular specimen of a John Bull." Deceased said to wit ness, "Shall Igo over to Jersey and shoot the man who wrote it ?" William G. Brice, a boy living at No. 2, Lower Vale-place, Hammersmith, said that on Tuesday afternoon he saw the deceased walk up to a tree in the centre of Brook-green, Hammersmith. He leant his back against it, and then placed a double-bar relled pistol to his mouth. Witness then heard a loud report, and saw the deceased fall on the grass, covered with blood. A doctor and the police came to the spot, and found deceased dead. Dr. Barrett proved that the roof of deceased's skull had been blown off by the explosion. Inspector Serrell said he found a bullet in the bark of the tree near which the deceased shot him self. Just previous to the commission of the fatal act the deceased had been distributing tracts in the houses in the neighbourhood. The jury returned a verdict that deceased killed himself while in a state of chronic unsoundness of mind. 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The board met at 11 o'clock (says Saunders' News) on Wednesday, at the Bride well, for the purpose of holding the investigation ; and the following summary of what took place on the occasion will show the reason why the inquiry was not proceeded with, and of the opinions ex pressed on the subject by the several members. The chair was occupied by the Lord Mayor, who, in opening the proceedings, said that he did not feel that the board were in the position of persons who were blameable in this matter, and he expressed his opinion that in conducting the inquiry they should simply confine themselves to vindicating the elm ' racter of the board, without casting censure upon the Government.—Mr. Magrath did not think it I possible they could carry on an investigation with ' out implicating others.—Mr. Casson said it was not .the intention of the board to cast censure ou the Government, but having regard to the facts that they had been refused a copy of the en- I tries taken by the inspectors-general of prisons, and that one of their privileges had been with drawn, they were bound to take every means to remove the censures which had been cast upon them. —Mr. Davittexpressed his concurrence in what had fallen from the Lord Mayor, and his belief that the board would be able to vindicate all its proceedings in the most complete manner. —Alderman M'Swiney said they should seek the truth, and they would accordingly be obliged to say which of three parties —namely, the Government, the governor who was appointed by the Government, or the board of superintendence--was to blame.—Alderman Tarpey Complained that the board had been insulted, and said he would reserve to himself the right of judging as to who was accountable for the escape of Stephens. Mr. Martin, secretary to the board, mentioned, at the request of the Lord Mayor, that a notice of the intention to hold the inquiry had been given to Mr Gavin, the local inspector ; Mr. Marquis, the late governor ; Mr. Philpotts, the deputy governor ; Mr. Maher, the warder ; the night watchman, and the police who were on duty on the night of Stephens's escape, with an intimation of the necessity of their attending ; and he read a letter from the office of the inspectors-general of prisons to the effect that they did not feel it their duty to attend the inquiry. —Mr. R. D. Kane, solicitor, said he attended on the part of Mr. Marquis, the late governor, who, without meaning the slightest disrespect to the board, and with every desire to afford all the information in his power to the board, had been advised to de cline attending to give evidence, for the following reasons--first, that he was the principal witness in a criminal prosecution against one of the officers of the prison, who was committed on a charge of as sisting in the escape of Stephens ; secondly, that he had been already examined by the Inspectors-Gene ral of Prisons who had taken evidence from him on oath, a copy of which evidence he had been re fused ; and, thirdly, that the copy of his journal and other material documents were not in his pos session. Alderman M'Swiney said under those circumstances to proceed with the inquiry that day would be like the play without the character of Hamlet.—Mr. Devitt concurred in this view, and mentioned that Mr. Philpotts, the deputy-governor, was at present in Scotland, giving evidence in a criminal trial. He moved that the inquiry be ad journed sine die. Mr. O'Brien seconded the resolu tion. Alderman M'Swiney, Mr. Devitt, and Mr. O'Brien expressed their belief that the public would be of opinion that the board had done all they could to vindicate themselves, and that the obstacles they had met in so doing were a perfect justification for their not proceeding any further that day. Mr. Magrath did not at all concur in this view, believing that there existed abundance of documentary and other evidence which it was in the power of the board to adduce. He moved that they proceed with the evidence at their command. Alderman Tarpey seconded the amendment. The local inspector, lie said, was present, and could be examined. He (Alderman Tarpey) thought, with Mr. Magrath, that the public would not be sstisfied unless the board took the course indicated in the amendment. Alderman Atkinson did not believe that the public in general looked upon the board as being blameable in reference to the escape of Stephens. He thought it would be unwise to proceed with the inquiry that day under the circumstances. Mr. Casson was also in favour of an adjournment. The Lord Mayor, before putting the amendment, said he had no doubt that the inquiry at present would be ineffectual. He considered Mr. Marquis an essential witness, and the documentary evidence would keep until the proper time for holding the inquiry had arrived. The amendment was then put and negatived by a majority of 6 to 2, the members voting for it being Alderman Tarpey and Councillor Magrath ; and those against it Alderman Atkinson and M'Swiney ; Councillors Deivtt, Casson, O'Brien, and the Lord Mayor. The motion for adjournment sine die was then declared carried, and the board rose. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 29, 1865. QTODARE. - CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS.- THEA VRE OF MYSTERY, EGYPTIAN HALL MARVELS in MAGIC and VENTRILOQUIST, as per formedlby command before her Majesty the Que n and the Royal Family at Windsor Castle, Tuesday Evening, Nov. 2 1 , 18135. Great attractions for CHRISTMAS. Magic, Ventri lcquism, Inexhaustible showers of Christmas Presents, the marvellous SPHINX, the BIRTH of FLOWER TREES, and STODARE'S cnlebrated INDIAN BASKET FEAT, as only performed by him. Every evening at 8 ; Wednesday and =aturdvy at 3. Stalls at ➢fitchell's. Old Bond-street, and Box-offi:e, Egyptian Hal , . Admission, is., 2s. ; and stalls, 3s. 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Daily attendance at 30, Berners-street, Oxford-street, and 448, Strand, London; 15, Whitefriargate, 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. Naval and Military Intelligence. Her Majesty's iron store-ship Industry, laden with returned stores fromsthe west coast of Africa, has arrived at Woolwich, and yesterday commenced unshipping at the dockyard. The War Department steam store-ship Lord Panmure, Mr. Moore commander, yesterday com pleted shipping a cargo of stores for the western yards, consisting of 120 tons of Armstrong guns, shot and shell, and four wrought-iron gun carriages for the 12-ton guns supplied to her Majesty's iron clad cupola ship Wivern, at Portsmouth. The Lord Panmure will sail from Woolwich Arsenal this morning, calling at Purfleet to ship 2,000 bar rels of powder for Tipner, near Portsmouth. The Thames, Mr. llornsee commander, also in the ser vice of the War Department, will sail with the Lord Panmure from Woolwich this morning, laden with shot and shell, for Shoeburyness. The Lord Raglan, Mr. Wilkin commander, yesterday com menced taking in 700 7-inch shell, shot, and other war stores for the Channel Islands. The Malacca, 17, screw corvette, Capt. R. Old field, was officially inspected at Spithead yesterday by Admiral Sir M. Seymour, G.C.8., Port Admiral and Naval Commander-in-Chief at Portsmouth, and her crew put through a thorough course of great gun and small-arm drill, with satisfactory results, preparatory to her trial of speed at the measured mile and departure on foreign service. The Dart, 5, screw gun vessel, Commander Richards, which arrived at Spithead on Wednesday from the West Coast of Africa, was inspected yes terday by Admiral Sir Michael Seymour, G.C.8., and afterwards steamed into Portsmouth harbour to be dismantled, and return stores, preparatory to being paid out of commission. The Lords of the Admiralty have been pleased to notify to Col. Maxwell, commandant of the Royal Marine division of Light Infantry at Woolwich, that their lordships have granted leave of absence to the following named officers of his division : Lieut. and Quartermaster D. Connor ; First Lieut. Allnutt ; Second Lieut. J. F. Laxmoore ; Second Lieut. J. N. Emra ; and Second Lieut. B. C. P. Hamilton. A horse Guards' order was received at Chatham yesterday by Major-Gen. Sir Robert Walpole, K.C.8., directing the depot companies of the 65th (2d Yorkshire, North Riding) Regiment to b e held in readiness to proceed to Devonport to join the headquarters and service companies of that regi ment on their arrival from New Zealand. The 65th Regiment has been absent from England nearly 20 years, it having embarked for Now South Wales in the early part of 1846. The 25th Company of Royal Engineers attached to the Royal Engineer establishment at headquar ters, Chatham, has received orders to move, early in the ensuing month, from that garrison to Dover, for the purpose of being employed on the fortifications and other works in progress for the defence of that part of the coast. The 7th Company of Royal En gineers, which has been doing duty at Dover for some time past, will rejoin at headquarters, Bromp ton-barracks, where the non-commissioned officers and men will be employed on the Royal Engineer depot field works. On the occasion of the Duke of Somerset and the other members of the Board of Admiralty paying their official annual visit to Chatham dockyard some time back they had interviews with several deputa tions from the workmen at that establishment, who pointed out the alleged grievances under which they labour. The chief complaint is the inadequate rate of pay they receive as compared with that given in the leading private shipbuilding firms. Their lordships on that occasion, after hearing the statements of the members composing the several deputations, pro mised that the subject matters brought before them should receive attention, with the object of any real grievances being redressed_ An Admiralty circular was accordingly roceived at Chatham dockyard yes terday. In it they ann ounce that, after carefully and anxiously considering the subject of a proposed increase of wages to the wcrkmen generally, and having had the opportunity of hearing the frank and respectful statements of - the deputations from the various classes of workmen at the recent annual visitation of the dockyard, and at the same time comparing the rates of payments for labour in the royal dockyards with those of private establish ments, they cannot recommend Parliament to grant any increase of wages to the workmen. A similar order has, it is understood, been forwarded to all the other naval establishments. In consequence of some misunderstanding having arisen between Rear-Admiral Seymour, C. 8., Su perintendent of Devonport dockyard, and some of the officials at that establishment relative to the time for the workmen employed in the smithy leaving their work—which has led to the master smith being suspended by Admiral Seymour, and the case re ferred to the Admiralty—a minute has been issued by the Lords of the Admiralty, and received. at Chatham, calling attention to the principal regula tions of the Boakl of Admiralty, previously issued. By it the mechanics employed in the smithy are allowed to leave their work ten minutes before the time for leaving the dockyard, to enable them to wash themselves and change their clothes before quitting the workshops. The funeral of Col. A. Murray, lately command ing the 87th (Royal Irish Fusiliers) Regiment, is appointed to take place at Portsmouth on Satur day with full military honours. A fall of four-tenths in 24 hours in the baro meter, accompanied by the rising of a strong wind from the south-west at Portsmouth yesterday, gives promise, if the barometer continues its downward course, of a favourable opportunity speedily occur ring for the Minotaur frigate to make her anxiously looked for cruise into the Channel for the trial of the three 121 ton competitive broadside gun car riages she has on board. Yesterday at the meeting of the Windsor Local Board of Health, held at the Town-hall, the Mayor in the chair, Mr. Phillips, the clerk, read a letter received from Col. Nicholson, R.E. It referred to the widening of Love-lane, a narrow thoroughfare in the borough, as a compensation for the loss of Barrack-lane, at the back of the infantry barracks, which the War Department is desirous of closing for the purpose of altering the present building. In this communication Col. Nicholson said the Secre tary of State requested, as the Windsor Local Board of Health had greater facilities for the for mation of a road at the spot named than the War Department, that that body should forward an esti. mate of the amount of money required for the pur chase of the necessary land for the formation of the road. After some discussion, the clerk was ordered to obtain the information and send it to the military authorities. The following appointments have been made at the Admiralty :—Lieut. Arthur H. Gilmore to the Canopus ; Lieut. John C. Burnell to the Liver pool ; Lieut. Francis G. Shaw to the Frederick William ; Douglas M. Forsyth, midshipman, to the Gladiator ; Charles G. Burney, paymaster, to the Fisgard ; Dr. Peter W. Wallace and William T. Carr, surgs., to the Flora, additional, for dis posal ; Donald M'Alpin, assist.-clerk, additional, to the Revenge ; Edward Hickson, assist.-clerk, to the Formidable, as supernumerary ; James A. Bell and W. R. Rae, assist.-clerks, to the Royal Adelaide ; and Andrew J. Ramsay, assist.-clerk, additional, to the Frederick-William. Francis J. Wildman has been nominated to a naval cadetship. Christmas Lectures at the Royal Institution The usual Christmas lectures at the Royal Insti tution are delivered this year by Professor Tyndall, the subject being " Sound," and they are more fully attended than on any previous occasion. In the in troductory lecture, on Tuesday, Professor Tyndall explained the cause of sound and the effect producedy by sonorous vibrations of the air on the auditory nerve. The sound-wave, he stated, is composed of two parts, in one of which the air is condensed, and in the other it is rarified ; and he compared the propagation of sound through air to the transmis sion of a push through a crowd, for, though com municated to great distances, each particle of air that serves to transmit sound merely oscillates to and fro. On the length of those oscillations the sensation of sound and the variations of it entirely depend ; for beyond a certain length, when the vi brations are slow, no sound is audible, and as the waves increase in rapidity and diminish in length the sound increases in shrillness until it ceases to be heard. The velocity of the sound-wave in air of the freezing temperature is 1,090 feet a second, and in warmer air its velocity increases at the rate of one foot and 6-10ths for every degree of temperature of the Centigrade thermometer. Professor Tyndall said that in the transmission of sound one portion of the air constituting the sound-wave is warmed by the condensation caused by the impulsion, and the other portion is cooled, and by these changes of tempera ture the velocity is increased, 1-6th of the velocity being due to those changes. The elasticity of the air is the cause on which the velocity of the trans mission of sound through the atmosphere depends, and it travels with greatest rapidity through the gas that has most elasticity and least weight. The velocity of sound through liquids is greater than through air, and it travels more rapidly through solids than through either. Through river water sound is transmitted at the rate of about 5,000 ft. in a second ; through firewood at the rate of 15,000 ft. in a second ; through iron at the rate of 17,000 ft. ; and in lead the velocity does not exceed 4,000 ft. i n • • a second, the velocity;depending On the - elasticity of the medium through which it ia conducted. In wood, sound passes more rapidly along the fibres than across them. Professor Tyndall observed that there is no mistake more common than that of supposing the velocity of sound to be increased by the density of the body through which it is transmitted. The cause is attributable to the greater elasticity in one than in another, for if the elasticity of water did not exceed that of air, the transmission of sound through the fluid would be only 1-28th part as rapid as it is through air. The transmission of sound through solid bodies was illustrated by a very strik ing experiment. A rod of wood that passed through the floor was connected with musical instruments in a room beneath, and with a sounding board in the lecture room. A piano and other instruments played below were entirely inaudible when the connection with the wooden rod was broken, but when they touched they could be heard very distinctly. Pro fessor Tyndall also explained and illustrated the diffusion of sound, which produces echoes, and its concentration to a focus by a concave mirror, in the same manner as the convergence of the rays of light. Sound may be also refracted; and this was attempted to be shown by interposing a globe filled with gas between a watch at one end of the lecture table and an ear trumpet at the other. When the globe re fracted and concentrated the wave the tick of the watch could be heard, but when the globe was re moved the sound was inaudible. The experiment was not, however, altogether satisfactory. Yesterday Professor Tyndall explained more fully and illustrated by numerous experiments the diffusion of sound by communication with various bodies, and the cause of the production of musical notes. A.still wire stretched and vibrated when not in com munication with any body that can augment and transmit the sound is inaudible, or nearly so ; but on placing the same wire across a board the sound is distinctly heard, and it becomes more loud when the board is hollow. In these cases the effect is produced by communicating to the board the vibra tions of the wire, and by thus exposing a larger sur face to the air the amplitude of the sound is increased. Many curious and interesting experiments were per formed to illustrate the increase of sound in that manner, and among them was a small apparatus contrived by Mr. Kilburn. A small musical snuff box was enclosed in a box lined with felt to deaden the sound, and then again in another box; a wooden rod, with a disc of wood fixed at the top, was pushed through holes in the boxes until it touched the musi cal box inside, when the tune it was playing became distinctly audible. A great part of the lecture was occupied in illustratingthe difference between a noise and a musical note. When the succession of the waves of sound is irregular and confused, the effect is to produce a noise such as was made by rattling together the tools and nails in a tool-box. When, hoNN ever, the sounds follow each other in a perfectly regular and rapid succession they produce a musical cote. Thus the vibrations of a pendulum, if suffi- CRYSTAL CHANDELIERS, New designs, for the Drawing-room, either for Gas or Candle. DEFRIES and SO NS, T-F• 16 and 17, COMMERCIAL-STREET. President—His Grace the Duke of BUCCLEUCH. K.G. -- -- --- This Hospital, founded in the year 1828, the first to estab lish the principle of free admission to the sick poor, without the delay and difficulty of Governors' orders, is wholly de pendent for support on voluntary contributions and t ,!gacies It affords relief to a large number of in-patients, and, in addition to this, the average number of attendance of the destitute sick has for a considerable period averaged between 3,000 and 4,000 weekly. The Committee earnestly solicit the ASSISTANCE of the benevolent, as the premises of this hospital are 'capable of et:subduing several hundred more beds, had the Committee the requisite funds to maintain them. Contributions are received by the Treasurer, Edward Mas • terman, Esq., Nicholas-lane; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co.; Drummond and Co. ; Glyn and Co. ; Fu ries and Co. ; Hanso m and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; NV Mares, Deacon, and Co.; Overend, Gur ney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co , Berners-street ; I. Barned and Co., Liverpool ; and at the Hospital, from 10 till 5. STANFORD SMITH, Secretary. The Attempted Suicide of a Prisoner. A second edition of the Leeds Mercury of Tues - day says :—" We published this morning, so far as we had been able to gather them, the circumstances connected with the attempt to destroy himself made by Sykes, who is at present confined at Armley under sentence of death for the murder of Hannah Brook. We have since obtained some additional and more accurate particulars. The prisoner, after his conviction, was placed in the cell which was occupied by Sargisson, one of the men exe cuted after the first asszes held in Leeds. This is a corner cell of the first storey, and is appropriated as the condemned cell because of its being somewhat larger than the • others, and being therefore better suited for the reception of more than one inmate. The rule adopted by Mr. Keane, the governor, in such cases is to place a warder in the cell with the condemned prisoner. The cell is doubly locked from the outside, and it is the duty of any person leaving it to see that the door it properly secured. On Saturday evening the chaplain of the gaol, in the discharge:of his solemn duty to condemned men, visited Skyes. During his visit the warder continued in charge. The rev. gentleman retired from the cell about half -past six o'clock. By some inadvertence the door was slightly left open, andSyke.s seems to have been ready to avail himself of the first opportunity which presented itself of escaping from the awful death which he knew awaited him, rushed past the warder, ran up to the second landing, and deli berately threw himself over the balustrades to the floor beneath, the fall being about 25 or or 26 feet. The officer in charge having recovered from the surprise which the conduct of Sykes had produced ran to his assistance, and found him lying insensible. He was taken up and conveyed to his cell, and Mr. Price, the surgeon of the gaol, and subsequently Mr. Wheelhouse, were called in. Sykes regained consciousness in about half-an-hour, and, although seriously injured, he is not, it will be seen, from the letter we subjoin, in that hopeless condition which the exaggerated reports which have been circulated might lead the public to suppose :-- 6 Having ob served the paragraph in the Leeds Mercury of this morning respecting the injuries sustained by Sykes at the gaol, 1 regret that your informant was not careful to ascertain the true facts of the case. I have only to do with its medical aspect. Both legs are not shattered from the ankles to the knees. The feet have sustained some injury; in the left ankle there is a compound fracture of one of the bones, and there is some contusion and a small wound of the right. Not only is the brain not ex posed, as stated, but it is yet doubtful whether the skull is seriously fractured at all. So far from his being at present insensible, he never was so for more than half-an-hour, and he is now perfectly clear and intelligent.—l am, &c., Wm. NI CHOLSON PRICE, Surgeon. Borough Gaol, Leeds, Dec. 26.' " Two hundred convicts have just left France for New Caledonia. The first cargo sailed last year, and con sisted of 72 assassins, 115 robbers, with a fair sprinkling of men convicted of forgery, indecent assaults, and other offences. These figures prove that capital punishment, though it may be awarded by a majority of seven to five in the jury-room, is the exception, and not the rule, where murder has been proved. land, pa id n t to :en if I n ot Leh a 3,295 98 01 )1 96 I I 1 U