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teiONDON must have a Gentlema n ' s SUPPER and MUSIC ROOM " EVAN'S " a ft er Alf re d llon's Concerts. ICNAHAN'S LL WHISKY v. COGNAC BRA NDY. - This ode .trated Old IRISH WHISKY rivals the finest FRENCH BRANDY, It is Pare, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. atein Bottl es, 38. Bd., at the Retail H ouses in London ; by Rents in the principal towns in England ; or wholesale 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, w. " Ob serve the Red Seal, Pink L a b e l, an d Cork branded Einahan's LL Whisky." IitUTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION (Incorporated by Act of Parliament, 1810). 14 , RUSSELL-STREET, COVE NT-GA.R DEN, ' I ' O IDS MONEY on Personal and other Security, in sums Vl£2o to .C5OO, to be repaid by instalments extending over C, two. or three years. The large C ital of this Associa nn enables it to complete Its transac v tions without delay. o directed earn f, 4 !) inquiry or ffice fees. strict secrecy observe!. Bil l a s Yjscounted at o short notice. and Form sent free on receipt of ped envelope. L The Associalso lends ioney for he purchase f a ! te nse by a tenant, or for the li lt quidation t of mortgages, on rise most advant?geous to the borrower. EDWARD HARPER, Secretary. BANK OF ENGLAND, 7th September, 1885. TUE COURT of DIRECTORS of the GOVER NOR and COMPANY of the BANK o f ENGLAND give Notice on hat a GENERAL COURT will be held at TILE BANK iTHURSO 11( next, the 11th instant, at Twelve o 'clo c k i ,! ecirely , to consider of a Dividend ; this will also be one•of Quarterly General Courts appointed by the Charter. (Signed) W. F. TAYLOR, Assistant-Secretary. RMY CONTRACTS. Commissariat Office, Aldershot, 10th September, 1865. PTENDERS win be received at this office, at Twelve (noon) nthe 213111 instant, from persons who may be willing to ter into CONTRACTS for the supply of FORAGE, in Itleb the qus Novem be r , may be requirbd for twelve months, from lllet 1865, to the 31st October, 1866, for the use I her Majesty's Forces stittioned at Aldershot, and within command. 4._Eorras of Tender and Conditions of Contract may be ob 4lued on application at this office, by letter addressed to the ochior Commissariat Officer, or in person, between the hours lof ten and four o'clock. The Tenders must be properly filled I P , Signed,, and delivered at this of fi ce (under dosed enve ,2Pe, _marked on the outside "Tender for Forage"), and no -cetider will be noticed unless made on forms obtained from I,l,lBuesdayffice,the o, and 26th delivered before twelve o'clock (noon) on instant. Contractor will not be required to pay the one r i plly per ration hitherto deducted o n accoun t o f manure, as 'Mire the manure will be taken by Government. W. :11. Deputy Commisrary-General. 11A -Y OF HAVANA AND MATANZAS RAILROAD (in the Island of Cuba). Foam of £400,000 sterling, in Bonds of £lOO, bearing in terest at 7 per amt. per annum, payable half-yearly in Ondon. AGENTS. 11 1 London—Messrs. J. Henry Schroder a n d C o . In Havana—The Bank of Commerce, Francis Fraser, Esq., Manager. This Company was formed in 1857, obtained its conces sion the same year, and in 1861 the main road was corn- Meted from Regla, in the Bay of Havana, to Matanzas, a utstance of 54 miles. „_Since then branch lines of consider a bl e va l ue h a v e bee n ' u rietructed. ti The cost of. construction to this date is £1,056,000 of nis sum £448,000 was raised upon shares subscribed in ' the ' l sland. £ 2 50,000 was raised in London, in 1861, by a first mort gage loan, bearing 7 per cent. interest, and repayable by h ," operation of a Anking of £25,000 per annum, corn £loog 1867, which will redeem the entire loan in 1876. t£loo,ooo was similarly raised in 1863 for the construction °' two branch roads, secured by a second mortgage on the road, and guaranteed by the B an k o f C ommerce, repaya bl e Y the operation of a sinking fund of £4,000 per annum, conimencing in 1873. A considerable portion of the remainder of the capital has been supplied from time to time out of the earnings of the road. The results of the undertaking have been very satisfac tory, and show the following returns :- 1862 Gross receipts £100,700 1863 1861 e And 1865 gross receipts from January to June £93,000 Against same period, 1864 82,000 The Bay of Havana and Matanzas Railroad Company has now effected the purchase of the Coliseo Railroad, l'enning from Matanzas to Bemba, a distance of 35 miles, a Ir erY valuable road. and of immense importance to the Bay ^f Havana an d M a t anzas C ompany, inasmucha it is in direct junction with that road at Matanzas, traversing a v,strict rich in sugar produce ; and being connected at 4ie ltha with the Cardenas and Jucaro Railroad, becomes a ketion of the central road of the island, which will very ~a ll.° rtly reach Villa Clara by the completion of th e Car mesas and Jucaro Railroad. follows The returns of the traffic of the Coliseo Railroad are as :- 1860 Gross receipts £49,100 1862 71 1864 ,200 M the returns of 1865, from Jan. to 20th May...£49,000 against 1864, same time., 45,000 e, • o complete this purchase, the Bay of Havana and ' l ktanzas Company desire to raise a loan in London of t 400,000, bearing interest at 7 per cent. per annum, pay ttble half-yearly in London. As security for this loan, the B a y o f H avana an d Matan tfi Railroad Company will eff ec t a fi rs t mor t gage on t h e Coliseo Railroad, its rolling stock, appurtenances, and all ri°Perties ; and also a mortgage on the Bay of Havana and a tanzas Railroad and its br anc h es , su bj ec t on l y t o th e etisting mortgages of £350,000, of which the first mort- Ne of £250,000 will be paid off entirely in 1876, by the bPeration of the sinking fund which commences in 1867. The property thus mo r t gage d i s as f o ll ows : The Coliseo Railroad to be purchased ou t o f th e p rocee d s of this loan, producing a gross revenue in 1864 of £71,200. is The Bay of Havana and Matanzas Railroad and its *nches, costing £1,056,000, producing a gross revenue in * l -q64 of £143,000 (subject only to the above-mentioned ta° rtgages). It will be noticed that the revenue of the Bay of Havana 1, 14 Matanzas, as well a s th a t o f th e C o li seo R a il roa d , h as some years been steadily increasing at the rate of 20 per yl lit per annum, and it is beyond a doubt that the amalga- Z d i tion of the two roads, by a natural increase of traffic and 'arge saving of expenditure in the administration, will eoclece a far larger revenue, and may be fairly estimated 'or the corning year at £250,000 gross, or fully £lOO,OOO bet revenue. For the repayment of this loan a sinking fund is ar 'Plged for, whereby £20,000 is to be paid off annually, eit her by the purchase of bonds or public drawing, it s ope tation to commence in 1877, by which time the first mort gage loan of X 250,000 will be entirely redeemed. Bonds will be issued in sums of £lOO, and bear in thl? rest coupons, payable 10th June and 10th December, at e counting-house of Messrs. J. Henry Schroder and Co. The first coupon will be payable 10th June next. , ows The subscription price is 90 per cent., payable as fol -1 L 5 on application. 25 on allotment. 30 on 10th November. £3O Os Less 0 14s interest at 7 per cent. per annum upon previous instalments. 29 6 8 on 10th December. Interest at 5 per cent. per annum will be allowed for pre vaYment of any of the instalments. 1 4Plication for an allotment to be made to Messrs. J. HENRY SCHRODER and Co., 13 145, Leadenhall-street ; 1. to the Br o k ers — Messrs. LAURENCE, SON, and PEARCE. No. 7, Angel-court, Throgmorton-street. 4 5 Lea denh al 1-s tro ot, London, Sept. 7, 1865. SCIENTIFIC AND ORNAMENTAL PRESENTS. ORNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library, aid Dining-room, consisting of a new and eiegant assort ,ent of VASES, Figures, Paperweight Candlesticks,belisks, Ink 'Tantiful inlaid Tables, , &0., in Italian, labastlr, Parian, Marble, Bronze, Derbyshire Spar, dic. I.:l;l2.orted and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Mine 'Lofrist to her Majesty, 149, Stand, W.C., London. At II, J. Tennant arranges elementary collections of ROCKS, y""ERALS, and FOSSILS, to illustrate the new edition t, -, Yell's Elements of Geology ; they will greatly facilitate 4"„ e., I nteresting study of MINERALOGY and GEOLOGY, 4 ' 4 can be had at 2,5, 10, 20, 50, to 500 guineas each. 11,RACTICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and MINE 'LOG Y is given by Mr.TENNANT.F.G.S., at 149. Strand. JO• % SCOTT'S LIVER AND BILIOUS p ar PILLS.—A NEVER FAILING REMEDY.—Pre- Without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. u ut t, of Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to all who irer from bilious and liver nomplaints, indigestion, wind. C l o ▪ )4 , 41 n0, giddiness, dizaineos of the eyes, dm • For habitual is,dveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier il„„`he blood, they are truly excellent; mild in their opera ea.'" and grateful to the stomach, they create appetite, pro ote digestion and strengthen the whole nervous system. t e o ld b y am L 'heft, $, King William-street, Charing-cross. ti r .. ll4o n, and by most druggists , in boxes,ls. 44., and three ir•oo the quantity in one, 2s. 9d. Be sure to ask for Dr. R.Z:tt's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are a square at Package. with " William Lambert," engraved on th e M p, SAlLons' ORPHAN GIRLS' SCHOOL and 110111 E, Hampstead. Offices. 77, COmhill. PATRON—The QUEEN. TRUSTEES. vs" ,the Hon. Francis Maude, I The Rev. Canon Champneys I Thomas Baring, Esq, P TREASURER S. L. Bevan, Esq. I Robert Hanbury, Esq. IN D a Institution is designed to supply a great national the etz, an asylum for the orphan daughters of sailors in tc" , Yal Navy and Merchants Service and of Marines. !ervi_ a lothes, maintains, and educates the m f or d o mestic Oltn„‘',._ and provides a home free of exoense for former teln . "ea while out of situations, thus shieldi ng th em f rom the Trations they might otherwise be exposed to. ~1 1 0- I ,,,,Committee earnestly APPEAL for CONTRIBU 'oce,,-;.' to meet the increasing applications through the ove l iT," Storms and loss of life at sea, andt o enable them I lec ti nli allY to obtain premises more commensnrato with the aq, 'Weil of this great maritime country, which loses 2,000 tvhe 1 ; 8 , annually by casualties alone, without including those „ til i h s aY Perish by war osr e i e rintions thankfully mew by the bankers, Messrs Bevan, and Co., Lombard-street, and by the Score ' at the Offices, No. 77, Cornhill. SWEETTNG, Hon. Sec. CHARL HIS NASH, Sen. It iii k t RESCUE SOCIETY wishes to acid another 4 "„oine to thn 12 now in operation. Last ye; .e r n e o a fe iv w e e m r ;nt ~- ; ',.1:00or, friendless, young females were rej w t he have 'ec t t ''„' FUNDS and room, making. a total of 3,037 the ut -"t away in five years. Here are brief details of a few le!liPost recent cases: It. a 4ed la fallen, mother dead. deserted by her father. A. P, aged 13, homeles4, both parents dead. aged 17, fallen, father dead, deserted by her mother C. T i " aged 15, fallen, mother dead. It A a ged 15, f a ll en , mo th er d ea d, al 8 ., aged 16, fallen, both parents dead. a g e d 14 , hnmeless, de ,, erted by her parents. C. 1 " a ged 17, fallen, both p a rents dead. Afpaged 17, f al l en, b o th paren t s d ea d. A. t l e aged 1 8 fallen, father dead. , S..ll . "._aged 18, fallen, both parents dead, A' - ' 4 1, , ,, e d 1 7, fslien, both parents dead. ". "•• aged 17, fallen. both parents dead. Th e „' aged 15, fallen, both parents deul. Y° , ll)- home the Committee wish to form would be for i lave'.'l ;aria, almost children, from the age of 8 to 15, who e o ,suf!:l led astray from the path of virtue. "", ViOutions will be received gratefully by the Secretary, tarciatitel (.:00per, k 5, Queen .street Cheapside; or by Messrs 41)4 Cc': Lombard-street. HOME- for LITTLE BOYS, Tottenh am , N., for the Reception, from all parts of the Ki ng d om, of Outcast and Destitute Boys, and those verging on crime, underlo years of age. President—ROßEßT HANBURY, VICE-PRESIDENTS. Stephen Cave, Esq., M.P. Sir S. M. Peto, Bart., M.P. I Henry E. Gurney, Esq. Abel Smith, Esq., MX, Samuel Morley, Esq. COMMITTEE. Mr Alex. Anderson. I Rev. H. M‘Sorley. Mr. E. H. Burrows. Mr. W. J. Maxwell. Mr. A. D. Chapman. Mr. Alfred Short. I Mr. E. F. Ledge. Mr. Robert Sinclair. Mr. George Moore. Mr. E. J. Tabrum. I Mr. Francis Lycett. Mr. R. T. Turnbull. Treasurer—W. H. Winans, Esq., 78, Basinghall-street. E.C. Honorary Secretary—Mr. A. 0. Charles, 26, Suffolk-street, Pall-Mall East, S.W. Bankers—Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smiths, l, Lombard- street. EC, The mode of admission to the Ho . use 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 1 o 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 ease, as care ! y investigated by the Committee, and with thisinforma tion the subscribers are able to judge for themselves as to those most eligible for free admission. This Home was opened in April, 1664. It was designed to take 1n the little ones whose charact r and circumstances disqualify then for the Orphan Asylums, and whose tender age precludes their admission to the Refuges. Such are these who, from neglect, are already on the road to ruin. Such are those who have been deserted by their natural protectors and left to beecome idle wanderers. Such are those whose parents may have at one time or other received parish relief, and who are now friendless orphans. Such are those whose parents 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 theneeesAary subsoriptionT. _ _ _ _ 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 for life 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 help her to put one of them into a Home, but that thee must ail go into "the house ?" Is it doing the best we can for the little destitute orphan to send him to the workhouse. Is it doing to others es 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 "run 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 them ? 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 the beginnings of crime. On the other hand, there are numbers who, but for the timely help afforded by such an Institution, must otherwise become paupers, and losing all ideas of self-reli ance and self-help be permanent burdens to the St a t e . The 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 Bello , 1 work—reading. and writing, and 'ciphering, and Scriptural instruction, with occasional lessons in ol.jects 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. So the after noons are occupied with various industrial occupations— making brown paper bags for bankers, and white taper bags for tradesmen, and door mats and servants' kneelers for any who will buy them ; picking the coil for the mats, mending the c other, drc. Some aisist 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 clean all the boots, knives, &e. In this way it is sought to fit them for an active working life. 2d. fry payment of ss. a week, made quarterly in advance. All children must be under 10 years of age at tha time of admission. Those received on payment are admitted at any time as soon as approved by the Committee, Elections of chiloren 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 of application for the admission of children may be had at the Home, and of the Honorary Secretary, d down noffew boo bad lis last en it is so fre ,. Be. d as a n Earl at the zthori h.enati- batioas Times, dan ardell Jnited ritnese who rhape io are IrroW, ward/5 5.. email ►f the nort No. 22,850. CAPTAIN KNOLLY'S NEW NOVEL. • Just ready, in 3 vols., nSWALD HASTINGS; or, The Adventures o f kJ a Queen's Aide-de-Camp. By Capt. W. W. KNOLLYS, 93d Sutherland Highlanders. Hurst and Blaakett, 13, Great Marlborough- street NOTICE. —THE BUCKLYN SHAM; or, The Goblin of the Brook. the New Novel, by the [Ton. Mrs. ALFRED MONTGOMERY, IS NOW READY at all Libraries, in 2 vols., post 8 vo. 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"Almost miraculous."—Vide Times, April 18,1865. T " OXFORD. 6, OXFORD STREET, W. The Oxford and Canterbury Hall Company (limited). _ _ SIXTY-SIX, by J. Offenbach, performed by Misses Russell, Barrie, Waimealey, Tyrell ; Messrs. A. ht. Albyn, Rusk, and Green, with full Band and Chorus. Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans. Ballot, Comedy, Burlesque, arc., by the celebrated D'An ,baes, Messrs. Duriah and Davis, and the Misses TESSY and SARA. GUr.NISS. NOTICE.—The Oxford has been entity Redecorated, Altered, Newly Lighted, and Ventilated, and now is one of the most agreeable places of resort in the kingdom.—OPEN EVERY EVENING at Eight o'clock. • The Classical Ballet, entitled THE BRIDAL of BEAUTY, in which Miss TESSY GUNNISS will make her re appear ance THIS EVENING. Admission—Area, 6d.; stalls and balcony, Is. ; private boxes. 10s. 6d. CANTERBURY HALL. KO RO RI KO. 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Purchasers should be careful to observe toe address 10, Bishopsgate-street Within, E.C.—upon the label. without which the Ink is not genuine. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-i nn , in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail way Terninus, King's-cross. Patron—Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN. Vice-Patron—His Royal Highness the Prince of WALES, K.G 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 legacies. It afr)rds relief to a large number of in-patients, and, in Addition to this, the average number of attendance of the Jestitute sick has for a oon.iderable period averaged between 3,009 and 4,000 weekly. The Conimittee earnestly solicit the ASSISTANCE of the benevolent, as the premises of this Hospital are capable of containing several hundred more beds, had the Committee the requisite funds to maintain them. Contributions are received b-' the Treasurer, Edward Has Lerman, Esq., Nicholas-lane; also by ilessrs. Contts and Co. ; Drummond and Co. ; Glyn and Co. ; Herries and Co. ; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; W .111 ams, Deacon, and Co.; °mend, Gur ney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co. , Berners-st ree t ; I. Barned and Liverpool ; and at the Hospital. from 10 till 5. STANFORD SMITH. Secretary. CAUGHT IN HIS OWN TRAP.—Not long ago a worthy farmer went to his landlord to pay his rent, put ting on a long face to suit the occasion. On entering the house he said times were so hard he could not raise the money, and, dashing down a bundle of notes, exclaimed, " There, that's all I can pay." The money was taken up and counted by the landlord, who said, "why, this is twice as much as you owe me." "Hang it, give us't again," said the farmer, " I've gone and got hold of the wrong kauulle." 4 —Wigton Advertiser. British Association for the Advancement of - :Pcience. _ 131 - RmINGHAm, Tuesday. The labours of the Congiess are drawing towards a close. 1 1 4 5 4 -day, according to the programme, is the last occasion of the sitting of the Sections, but there are several business meetings yet to take place befoie this part of the proceedings is wound up, while several pleasure excursions are to follow as a finale. THE MAYOR'S BANQUET. At the banquet given to the members of the As sociation by Mr. Wiggin. the mayor, and which was still proceeding when our yesterday's parcel was despatched, there was a brilliant assemblage. We have already mentioned the names of the leading noblemen and gentlemen who were present, and we now append a report of the speeches. After the-usual loyal and other introductory toasts, . The MAYOR propbsed 44 The Army and Navy and Volunteers,'!. (Cheers.) Sir H. RANKLIN%qx, in responding on behalf of the army, said—lf they run their eyes down the lists of that Association they would find they were largely recruited frbm the ranks of the army,. He need only refer to such names as those of Capt. Douglas Galton or Col. Sykes, and he might mention his esteemed friend. Sir Roderick ➢iurchison—(cheers) —and also that great luminary of science of the present age, the wearer of its blue riband, General Sabine, the President of -the 'Royal Society. (Cheers.) _ Sir E. BELCHER said in former times their ships were hearts of oak arid were built at the seaside, but now he fancied the people of Birmingham knew much more about their iron walls than the sailors did themselves. (Laughter.) If, however, they asked him how he liked them, he would say, " We don't like them at all." (Laughter.). The makers of the iron ships had deprived them of all the powers of distinguishing themselves. If they took an enemy's vessel they could not board her, and when they were sick of firing at one another they could just head off and look at each other. Colonel MASON responded on behalf of the vo lunteers. Sir JOHN BOWR LNG briefly proposed "The Houses of Lords and Commons." Lord LEIGH having acknowledged the toast on behalf of the House of Lords, Lord STAILEY responded on behalf of the House of Cothirions. He said,—l rise, in obedience to the call of your Mayor, to return thanks on behalf of the House of Commons, and yet I do so, with some hesitation, because I cannot forget that in this room, and at this table, you have a member, although an ex-member of that House, older and far more experienced than I can claim to be—Lord Houghton, who may have been long enough in the Lords to forget that he ever listened to a Budget or passed through the ordeal of a public election. But any one who has once seen him can never forget his accomplished speeches, or his kindly and pleasant manners. (Cheers.) I always respond with plea sure on behalf of the House of Commons. I have sat in the House for nearly 17 years, and I can say with pride that the longer I have known it the higher has risen my respect for its ability and its common sense. I believe the opinion of the House of Com mons collectively is generally better than that of any individual member of it. (Cheers.) I say this for the benefit of young members. (Laughter.) The House, as long as I have known it, has always shown a marvellous tact, almost approaching to instinct, in discerning who are those who are likely to con tribute anything to its debates, and who are those who merely get up to waste time, and air their vocabulary. (Laughter.) I have heard men who have spoken with real fluency and eloquence ; in a word, men of that kind who are described as having great command of language, when probably it would be truer were you to say that language has great command of them ; because they have as much command of it as a man has of a runaway horse. (Laughter and cheers.) Men of that class I have heard described as not knowing what they were going to say when they got up, not knowing what they were saying when on their legs, and not know ing what they had said when they, sat down. (Cheers and laughter.) Many and many a man of that sort is left to declaim to empty benches, while you have the ear of 400 or 500 members listening in silent respect to some one else, who certainly hadn't the gift of oratory, and brought his sentences out head foremost, or tail foremost, until you almost wondered how it was possible that a man could speak such bad grammar. (Cheers and laughter.) The House of Commons soon found out the distinction between the man who only spoke commonplaces and the other man, who, though very awkwardly and uncouthly, really sought to contribute some new idea to the discussion that was going on. (Cheers.) I recollect, about a dozen years ago, when the dis cussions about competitive examinations for the public services first came on, somebody said, by way of a sneer, " Oh, if this principle of competitive examination is such a good thing, why do you con fine it to the clerks? Why not have it also for the Secretaries of State and Chancellors of the Exche quer?" Well, my answer was and is, this is exactly what we do; no man could obtain a leading position in the House of Commons without passing through a competitive examination of this kind. (Cheers.) It is a trial of physical strength and endurance; a trial of patience and of temper; it is a trial of readiness, of thorough and accurate knowledge, and, last and chief of all, it is a trial of common sense and knowledge of the world. (Cheers.) If a man fails entirely in any one of these particulars, but more especially if he fails in the last, he may do very well elsewhere, but he is not the man who will take a leading part in the House of Commons. I suppose there is no popular assembly that ever existed among men that has commanded so much respect and exercised so much power as the English House of Commons. (Cheers.) Now, why is it? To give you all the causes would be too long a story to tell here. It is because there never has existed in the world a legis lative body whose component members were so thoroughly independent in social position and in feeling. (Hear, hear.) Take the whole house easily do it--the num ber to be aspi r i ng t o hi g h through,of h political t office, those countse who up—you arededuct a maygaknownn and I am happy to say they are very few—those who are supposed to come in on the speculation that they may drop in for a comfortable place somewhere ; deduct both these classes, and they still leave behind a great ma jority in the house. I again say, the great majority of the house on both sides is composed of men who have nothing to fear and nothing to gain from any Minister, and who can therefore follow a Minister without servility and oppose hint without asperity. (Cheers.) As regards the character of the House of Commons, I for one am not afraid it will ever lose the position it now holds in public opinion. (Loud cheers.) The MAYOR then rose to propose the toast of the evening, " The health of the President of theßritish Association for 1865, Professor Phillips." (Loud cheers.) In the course of his prefatory remarks, his Worship said—l feel that in this company, above all others, I need say very little in proposing to you the health of Professor Phillips, our President. Wherever the science of geology is cultivated there the name of Professor Phillips is known as that of one of its most elevated students and ablest exposi tors. (Cheers.) With the name of the British Association Professor Phillips is inseparably linked as one of its founders, and for many years one of its most valued and important officers. (Hear, hear.) But for him the association would never have been called into existence, and but for him it would never have attained that position of dignity, useful ness, and prosperity which it now enjoys, and which it greatly owes to his zealous energy, his remarkable tut ; his incessant devotion to the maintenance of its interests and the promotion of its objects. I speak only the general sentiment when I say that the hon our of the presidency is a fitting reward for Mr. Phillips's services as assistant secretary, and had it been possible earlier to have spared him from the latter post he would long since have received the distinction of the former. The toast was received with great cordiality. Professor PHILLIPS, after returning thanks for the great kindness shown to the Association in that town, said—Gratitude has, I believe, been defined by some ingenious inquirer into the mysteries of human nature as being a strong expression in anti cipation of benefits to come. (Laughter.) Well, if in that sense I use the phrase, it is because, though this is the third meeting of the British Association in Birmingham, you may take my word for it—and I am not loth to say it—this will not be the last. (Cheers.) Where is there a public object greater or more useful than the advancement of science ?- Where could we hear and see such a thing better than in this town of Birmingham ? Why, only put back the clock 1,000 years, which for a geologist is nothing. (Laughter.) What do you see then in Bir mingham ? Science ? No. Practice ? Yes ; but of what nature was the practical ? What was the use of those fellows then coming down from the moun tains of Wales and joining with the mighty chiefs of the kingdom of Mercia to harass the people of Wes sex and the people of Northumbria ? You would have had-more trouble in entertaining those people than even the trouble you have had in entertaining the' 4dlsoeiation—(laughter)--but you would not have had the same reward. (Hear, hear, and laughter.) What was the reward? Smoking villages, ' ruinedtoWns; burned abbeys, and, I am afraid; burnt, ecclesiastics ; while, at the very worst, we only startle you with the declarations of the immensity, of the glory of creation, and of the magnificence of the works of the great God we worship. (Cheers.) The learned Professor again rose, and proposed " The Mayor and .Corporation of Birmingh4m, ,, warmly acknowledging their kindness and hospi tality towards the Association. The MAYOR having returned thanks, • . Mr. ADDERLEY, M.P., gave the next toast, "The Royal Society," which was cordially received. Professor MILLER responded. • Sir W. G. ARMSTRONG, in proposing " The Founders of the British Association," said that that institution had done much for science ; it had given to science a social position it did not previously possess ; it had bound scientific men in a brother hood having a weight, an influence, a power which combination always conferred. It had given a force to scientific inquiry, and had assisted every scientific investigation requiring pecuniary aid. They might congratulate, therefore, the surviving founders of that institution ; he was obliged to use the word " surviving," he was sorry to say. He saw many of the original founders in the room; but, without further mentioning names, he would propose " the health of those fathers of science to whom they were indebted for founding the insti tution under which they were assembled that day." (Cheers.) Sir R. MURCHISON, in responding, said a few of the founders of the association were still left. He was one of them, and he thought he had still a little work left in him. (Cheers.) Afterrecapitulating the services rendered to the association by many distin guished men since its establishment, Sir Roderick observed in conclusion that it warmed the hearts of old fellows like himself, whom they might describe as one of the palwozoic order—(laughter)—to have such a reception as they had met with in the town of Birmingham. (Cheers.) Lord HOUGHTON proposed " Our Foreign Visi tors." He thought some recognition was due to the visitors who had come from different parts of the world to meet at those hospitable tables. He hoped' that those present would, at a future time, meet again, and at some other tables renew their ac quaintance, (Cheers.) Mr. Von DECKEN, of Bohn, responded. The Rev. C. EVANS proposed the next toast; " The Presidents of Sections." Mr. SPOTTISWOODE responded, expressing his pleasure at the excellent arrangement for the recep tion of the Association. Sir J. LUBBOCK proposed " The Local Secretaries and Treasurer." Professor CHAMBERLAIN returned thanks, and said the labours of himself and colleagues had been much lightened by the cordial and hearty co-opera tion of the great mass of the inhabitants of Birming ham. Lord MILTON proposed " The Ladies," and the company broke up. Naval and Military Intelligence. The Channel Fleet, under the command of Rear l i - Admiral Sir S. Colpoys Dacres, K.C.8., consisting.' of the Edgar (flagship), Capt. Brandreth ; Hector, Capt. Preedy, C.B. ; Defence, Capt. Phillimore ; Black. Prince, Capt. Lord F. Kerr ; Achilles, Capt. Vansittart ; and Prince Consort, Capt. Wiles, C. 8., sailed from Spithead at 4 p.m. yesterday for Bantry Bay and other ports in Ireland. The fleet left Spit head by the east or Nablight channel, all under re duced boiler power. The Edgar led with the others following at equidistant intervals, and in order as they are named, the Price Consort closing up the line. Wind, E.S.E., light, with thick banks of fog setting in on the land from the Channel. The Research, Capt. Wilmshurst, and the Terrible, Capt. Napier, remain at Spithead. Her Majesty's screw-frigate Bristol, 39, 600 -horse power (nominal), fitted for the first division of the steam reserve in the Medway, is, according to orders received at Chatham, to be finished with all possible despatch. The paddlewheel steamer Virago, 6, 300-horse power, belonging to the Chatham Steam Reserve, is to be taken in hand and brought forward for a four years' commission at sea. The iron paddlewheel steamer Recruit, 6, 160- horse power, upon which so many experiments were recently tried at Chatham with the various descrip tions of anti-fouling compositions, all of which were, more or less, found to be failures, is ordered to be docked and coated with a covering of the Hay com position. The Prince of Wales's yacht Osborne, Staff Com mander D'Arcy, sailed from Woolwich dockyard yesterday morning, and proceeded to her moorings. at Spithead to await orders. The sailing transport Barlow, Capt. Balmer, chartered by the War Department, was yesterday made fast inside the Royal Arsenal pier at Wool wich, in readiness to ship 700 tons of stores for Bermuda, to consist of hutting materials, naval stores, and provisions. Commodore Hugh Dunlop, C. 8., superintendent of Woolwich dockyard, hauled down his flag on Monday at sunset, and left Woolwich yesterday on leave of absence for six weeks. The duties of the yard will be conducted in the interim by Com mander George Biddlecombe, and those afloat will be superintended by Commander Geo. W. Towrey, the senior officers in succession. ,act in eoun a nu d tm d o i b t f i e o rt n ,h a iet l number of shipwrights were yesterday ordered to be taken on to complete the ships under construc tion and repair for commission. Notwithstanding that is st stated, c a o tc u h l d r e n ci o t t n b r required wasd ma d e only up ,o 3 n o briskness of work and the preference for private yards. Garrison orders were yesterday issued at Wool wich notifying " a march out" to-day, the whole of the available troops to assemble for that purpose in command of their respective officers, and to march by afferent routes (to be pointed out by the De puty Assist.-Quartermaster Gen., Capt. Nangle) to Dartford-heath. The march to commence at seven o'clock a.m. and to terminate at 11, when tents will be pitched, and, after a short interval for rest and ,/ Z • ~~~ PRICE 4d ., STAMPED sd. refreshment, a series of field-day manoeuvres will be carried out on the heath. First Lieut. B. D. Kennicott, Royal Marine Light Infantry, /yesterday left headquarters, Wool wich, on a month's leave of absence. HEALTH OF LONDON. • (From the Registrar-General's Weekly Report.) In the week that ended on Saturday, September 9, the births registered in London and ten other large towns of the United Kingdom were 3,787 ; the deaths, 2,528. The annual rate of mortality in the week in those eleven towns was 23 per 1,000 persons living. In London the births of 973 boys and 932 girls, in all 1,905 children, were registered in the week. In the corresponding weeks of ten years, 1855-64, the average number, corrected for increase of popu lation, was 1,888. The deaths registered in London during the week were 1,179; It was the thirty-sixth week of the year, and the average number for that week was, with a correction for increase of population, 1,228. The actual return was, therefore, less by 49 than the estimated number. The deaths from diarrhoea in the week were 89, the same number as in the previous week, and less than a third part of the weekly number in July. This decrease will appear the more remarkable when the heat of the last week is considered, which was unusually great for September. In the first and last week of July the mean temperature of the air was 66 deg. ; last week it was 67.4 deg. The ave rage number of deaths from diarrhoea in the corre sponding week of ten years (corrected for increase of population) is 125. • Besides the 89. cases of diarrhoea, 9 deaths are re ferred to cholera .or choleraic diarrhoea, 3 of which occurred to adults. In Russell-street, Sydenham, a jobbing gardener, aged 67 years, died of " chole raic diarrhoea" after 48 hours' illness. At 2, Col ton's-cottages,Neate-street,Camberwell, on the Bth inst., a gardener's labourer, aged 48 years, died of " cholera" after 11 hours' illness. At Oxford place, - New Hatcham, Peckham, a widow died of " choleraic, diarrhoea.". The following five fatal accidents were caused by carriages :—On Sept. 5, a labourer, aged 25, run over by a waggon ; died in Poplar Hospital. At 1, Mockford-buildings, Bethnal-green, on August 11, a cowkeeper, aged 40 years, fell from a waggon. In Bouverie-street, Paddington, on August 31, the son of an-omnibus driver, aged 8 years, run over by a van. In Church-street, Deptford, on August 22, the son of a labourer, aged 2 years, run over by a cart. On Sept. 5, a labourer, aged 17 years, jammed by a timber carriage ; died in Guy's Hospital. A lieutenant in the army died from chloroform, administered with a view to an operation. A child, aged one year, died on the 3d inst. from sunstroke. A horsekeeper died from glanders caught from a diseased horse. The rate of mortality last week was 29 per 1,000 i .in London, 24 in Edinburgh, and 23 in Dublin ; 29 in Liverpool, 31 in Manchester, 35 in Salford, 21 in Birmingham, 32 in Leeds, 20 in Bristol, 26 in Hull, and 24 in Glasgow. In Liverpool the births were 407, the deaths 263 ; in Manchester the births 244, the deaths 211 ; in Salford the births 95, the deaths 74 ; in Birming ham the births 178, the deaths 135 ; in Leeds the births 241, the deaths 136 ; in Bristol the births 106, the deaths 62 ; in Hull the births 84, the deaths 51 ; in Edinburgh the births 102, the deaths 79 ; in Glasgow the births 273, the deaths 196 ; and in Dublin the births 152, the deaths 142. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29 . 945 in. The barometrical pressure rose to 30.07 in. on Sun day, and fell to 29.76 in. on Friday. The mean tem perature of the air was 67.4 deg., which is no less than 9.4 deg. above the average of the same week in 50 years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher)• It was above the average on every day, and on Friday this excess was 14.3 deg. The mean temperature on Friday (72.1) was higher than the mean tempera ture of any day as far back as Aug. 12, 1861, when it was 72.9 deg. ; and the maximum temperature (86.0 deg.) was higher than the maximum tempera ture of any day in the month of Sept. so far back as authentic records extend, with the sole exception of Sept. 6, 1846, when the recorded value was 66.4 deg. The difference between the mean dew-point temperature and mean air temperature was 7.8 deg. in the week ; it was 13.3 on Friday. The mean degree of humidity of the air was 76, complete sa turation being represented by 100. The general direction of the wind was south-westerly. No ram was measured. There was a storm of thunder and lightning early on Saturday morning, but accom panied with little rain. Sanitary Condition of the City of London. Yesterday at the meeting of the City commis sioners of sewers, held at Guildhall, Mr. Deputy De Jersey in the chair, Dr. Letheby, the medical officer of health for the City, reported on the state of 529 houses, and of all the lodging-houses in the City, and he submitted a list of 188 places for sanitary improvement. He also submitted certificates of the indecent and unwholesome over-crowding of se veral houses, and of the filthy and neglected condi tion of the graveyard of St. Mary Mounthaw, on old Fish-street-hill. He likewise reported that the houses in Thompson's-court and Thompson's rents were not in a fit state for human occupation. The houses had become the property of the North London Railway Company, and pending the time of their demolition the company had permitted them to become a dangerous nuisance. The water butts were broken, the closets overflowing with filth, the dust bins out of order, and indeed the whole place was becoming so unwholesome that fever had begun to appear in it with unusual severity. Dr. Letheby therefore urged the necessity for immediate reme dies. Dr. Letheby also reported on the state of the slaughter-houses and cowsheds of the City. He stated that in the course of the last seven weeks there had been a large quantity of diseased and otherwise unwholesome meat condemned in the City markets. Altogether as much as 89,8211b5., or upwards of forty tons, had been destroyed. It consisted of 148 sheep, 12 calves, 40 pigs, 849 quarters of beef, and 1,488 joints and pieces of meat, 250 rabbits, 25 hares, and.6s head of game. A large proportion of this meat was from animals affected with the prevailing epidemic of contagious typhoid fever;andhe stated that he should take an early opportunity of bring before the commission the lead ing facts connected with the outbreak and spread of the disease. He said, however, that the manifesta tions of its action within the City of London had not been severe ; for at the very first appearance of it in the dairies of London prompt measures were taken within the City for the exclusion of it from the cowsheds, the inspectors paid daily visits to them, and enforced great cleanliness and constant use of chloride of lime. The result had been that until the end of last week there had not been a single case of the disease in any of the 19 cowhouses of the City. And with the view of carrying out, in the fullest manner, the Order in Council, Dr. Letheby obtained from the Lord Mayor the appointment of the two City inspectors in accordance with the provision of the last Order. This had given them power of deal ing with diseased animals in a summary manner, and of otherwise acting in checking the spread of the disease; and he reported that in the exercise of this power one of the inspectors seized on Tuesday last, the sth inst., at a slaughter-house in Aldgate, the carcase of a cow which had just been slaughtered whilst suffering from the prevailing disease. He dis infected the hide and destroyed the flesh, and on in quiry it appeared the cow had been brought in a cattle conveyance from a shed in Spitalfields, where there had been many deaths from the disease, so that the owner had violated the 3d section of the Order in t , / , „..., ,,, , , T 4 E+'lV S PAPE ---4.-, .._ - - 7 . -.:7-,• , - -, ~ Council of Friday, Aug. "11, and ad rendered hnn self liable to a penalty of £2O. eiherefore advised the Court to put the matter int ;the hands of their ( legal adviser, with a view to ft ther procei,:iiigs. He also reported that in Aug. la Charles limiin, sen., and his son, cowkeepers, of Pec h . -rie- Welk.' " - fined by Mr. Alderman Gibbons in as e sum or £lO each, and expenses, for sending a quantity of diseased meat to Newgate-market for sale as human food ; and that a man named Samuel Seamans, a jobbing butcher, of lloldsworth, Suffolk, was tried before Mt. Commissioner Kerr, at the Central Criminal Court, for sending a quantity of diseased ' meat to Newgate-market for sale as human food ; and although there was abundant proof that the ~' meat was diseased, and that the defendant knew it .to be diseased, and that he sent it to the market, , yet he was acquitted, and the case has been a subject of comment in the public papers. In the course of the past seven weeks there had been 259 births and 296 deaths registered in the City' of London. The mortality returns were very much below the average (346) for the corresponding period of the last nine years, and excepting that there had been a very slight excess in the pro portion of fever deaths, there had been no particular manifestation of zymotic disease-122, or nearly one-half of all the deaths, were among children of less than 5 years of age, and 55 were among persons of GO and upwards. The chief causes of death were as follow :—Phthisis, 27 ; atrophy and mesenteric disease, 36; hydrocephalus, 6 ; pneumonia, 9 ; bronchitis, 13 ; continued fever, 17 ; scarlet fever, 10 ; whooping cough, 9 ; croup and diphtheria, 7 ; measles, smallpox, and erysipe las, of each 1 ; diarrhoea --of adults, 4, and of in fants, 21—making together 69 deaths from tuber cular diseases, and 70 from diseases of a zymotic character. The average number of the last class of diseases for the same period in 10 years is 90, and therefore there had been no remarkable activity of the zymotic force during the last seven weeks— indeed, he had no apprehension of an approach of cholera, notwithstanding that it had been pre sent in an epidemic form in the _ eastern arm of the Mediterranean, for the disease had not exhibited a single sign of the many which characterised - it in its former visitation ; but of this he should re port more fully at the end of the quarter. The Crystal Palace. Yesterday will be memorable .in the annals of the Crystal Palace. On that day the Princess of Wales paid her first visit to this popular place of instruction and amusement. It was also the second occasion this season on which there were a large, number of French excursionists present. By recent arrange ments of the London, Chatham,and Dover Railway Company—which were business-like, because they were calculated to be advantageous to themselves and attractive to the public—the French visitors were enabled to come in the company's steamboats and trains and have a day's enjoyment for the small sum of five francs. This can hardly fail to be the commencement of an Anglo-French interchange of friendly visits. The former effort of the Crystal Palace Company in this direction was fromßoulogne. The visitors on Tuesday were from Calais. At 4 o'clock in the morning that town was allbustle; the company's steamers were ready for departure, the voyagers thronging to the place of embarcation, and their wives, sisters, and friends taking leave of them, as if they were bound for the antipodes. It was a feat for the company to bring them to and fro 200 miles, including the sea passage within a day. Nearly 2,000 were thus conveyed altogether, and had not the sail of tickets been stopped in France, owing to an apprehension that there would be too many applicants, there would have been more. The first batch of our neighbours arrived at half past 10, the second at 11 o'clock a.m. There were many Frenchwomen of the working classes, in their quaint and picturesque costume—white and starched caps, bright shawls over the shoulders, earrings some inches long, and remarkable petticoats. These were chiefly fishwomen and lace girls, many of whom had never before been three miles from home. What a sudden and rapid transition it must have been for them, from that home to the Crystal Palace, strange in itself, in a strange country. They appeared to enjoy the attractions of the Palace much more than ordinary English visitors do, and in a different man ner. They seemed especially to criticise the statuary and other works of art. Between 11 and 12 o'clock their Royal High nesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, accompanied by the Prince and Princess Louis of Hesse, the Princess Hilda, of Anhalt, Lieut.-Colonel Keppel, who has succeeded Major Teasdale as Equerry in Waiting to the Prince of Wales, and a large suite of ladies and gentlemen, arrived at the Palace, and were shown privately through the various courts by Mr. Bowley, the manager. Owing to the larger number of visitors in the building at the time of the arrival of the Royal party being French they were not recognized until they reached the great transept. Their Royal Highnesses and suite subsequently par took of luncheon in the new dining-room, from the windows of which they witnessed the display of the great fountains. The air being still, these were seen to great advantage, the water being thrown to a great height. The French band, that of the Sapeurs Pompiers of St. Pierre, which had performed in the orchestra and been warmly applauded after each piece, when they heard of the presence of the English Royal party, expressed a desire to serenade them under the windows of the dining-room. They played there for half an hour, ending with " God Save the Queen," which was splendidly performed. They afterwards " Vive la Reine," with regu l ar cheers. errince was much pleased w i t h their The gave demonstrations of amity, and deputed Mr. Bowley to express his thanks to the members of the band. The Royal party left as they had come, by a special train on the high level line to Victoria-station, at about half-past 4 o'clock. The fine band of our own Royal Marine Light Infantry was also present, and performed alter nately with that of the Sapeurs Pompiers during the day, as did also Mr. Mann's Crystal Palace band. The French band oonsists of about 70 men. It 15 Composed of artisans from St. Pierre, who are likewise volunteer firemen. They are a most re spectable and well-mannered set of men, quite a credit to their class. Many of them wore large gold medals, which they had obtained at musical con tests, which are held in the north of France on a principle somewhat similar to our English rifle. matches. The band was entertained in the afternoon by the Crystal Palace Company at a dinner. The health of the Queen and the Royal Family were drank with real enthusiasm, our French neighbours seeming to take great delight in our English Hip, hip, Hurrah ! At our toast, however, they supplemented this with a perfect novelty to the stay at home Englishmen. We mean a sort of hand clapping, done with perfect regularity, and ending like a volley. There was a strange and unintended musical per formance at the gathering of the foreign visitors for departure by the trains. First, a drum gave a few beats ; then othe r i n st r u m ents of walking stragglers sounded a few notes evidently at random. Pre sently, as the members of the band assembled —all walking rapidly towards the station—snatches of various tunes were to be heard from all sorts of instruments. But the curious part of the clever performance was, that it finally blended into the marseillaise." It was really a bright and happy day for all the French and English who were present; and the more of such days Ave have the better for both nations. At 6 o'clock the French visitors left the Palace, expecting to arrive at Calais between 10 and 11 o'clock lastnight. If he succeeds in performing this, it will be the greatest feat of Captain Daniel, the manager of the London, Chatham, and Dover excursionz. FURTHER DEMOLITION OF HOUSES IN THE CITY. — Yesterday workmen commenced pulling down the ex tensive block of buildings formerly known as the York Hotel, and situate at the corner of New Bridge-street, Blackfriars, and Ludgate-hill, the site being required by the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway Company for the approach to the Ludgate station and the ornamentation of the Ludgate railway bridge. Notices of removal were served upon the occupiers of those premises on the north side of Ludgate-hill and on the east side of Farringdon street, the whole of which will be immediately pulled down for the same purpose. at for 0810 6d tO rtes. CO of only eX less. aSes full -heat r old eaus e :--" oats, )1- SO r q r. old, ctore ired spe* t 4 lg