The Sun. — London, England, 1865-09-16 00:00:00

1 :-,, 4 LONDON must have- a Gentleman's SUPPER and MUSIC ROOM —" EVAN'S " after Alf re d lon's Conce r t s . RINAHAN'S LL BRA W N I D iI y SKY v. COGNAC Tots cele Irate(' Old IRISH . WHISKY rivals the finest lII IRNCEI BRANDY, It 13 Pure; Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. th Sold in Bottles, 3 s . Bd ., a t th e R eta il H ouses i n London ; by . at Agents in the principal towns in England ; or wholesale 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. O bserve the Red Seal, Pink L a b e l, an d C or k b ran d e d "li inahan'a LL Whisky." 31[ UTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION (Incorporated by Act of Parliament, 1850), 14, RU3SELL-STREET, COVENT-GARDEN, 4 L ENTL)S MONEY on Personal and other Security. in sums 0 . 420 to Z 509, to be repaid by instalments extending over one, two, or three years. The large C tpital of this Associa !Lon enables it to complete Its transactions without delay. fl° , nquiry or office fees, and strict secrecy observer. Bills 1118 Counted at short notice. Form sent free on receipt of a ' n !meted stamped envelope. 'he Associttion also lends Honey for the purchase of a touse by 9a tenant, or for the liquidation of mortgages, on Most advantageous to the borrower. EDWARD HARPER, Secretary. IIAY OF HAVANA AND MATANZAS RAILROAD (in the Island of Cuba). Zoan of £400,000 sterling, in Bonds of £lOO, bearing in terest at 7 per cent. per annum, payable half-yearly in London. AGENTS. In London—Messrs. J. Henry • Schroder and Co. In Havana--The Bank of Commerce, Francis Fesser, Esq., Manager. This Company was formed in 1857, obtained its conces- Con the same year, and in 1861 the main road was com pleted from Regis, in the Bay of Havana, to Matanzas, a ' lB tauce 0f.54 miles. Since then branch lines of considerable value have been constructed. The cost of construction to this date is £1,056,000 ; of this stun £448,000 was raised upon shares subscribed in the island. • £250,000 was raised in London, in 1861, by a first mort sgag, e loan, bearing 7 per cent. interest, and repayable by Operation of a sinking of £25,000 per annum, cora- Inencing 1867, which will redeem the entire loan in 1876. £lOO,OOO was similarly raised in 1863 for th e construction of two branch roads, secured by a second mortgage on the load, and guaranteed by the Bank of Commerce, repayable "3' the operation of a sinking fund of £4,000 per annum, e ,ommencing in 1873. & considerable portion oT the remai n d er - o f th e ca pit a l, tlaeitas been supplied from time to time out of th e earn i ngs o f road. The results of the undertaking have been very satisfac wrY, and show the following returns : 1862 Gross receipts .£100,700 1863 7l 17 And 1864 1865 gross receiptsfrom"January to June 03,000 'against same period, 1864 82,000 The - Bay of Havana and Matanzas Railroad Company h as now effected the purchase of the Coliseo Railroad, 1111 aning from Matanzas to Bemba, a di s t ance o f 35 m il es, a 'very valuable road, and of immense importance to the Bay Havana and Matanzas Company, inasmuch as it is in 'red junction with that road at Matan zas , t ravers i ng a ..stlistrict rich in sugar produce ; and bei ng connec t e d a t 4 seniba with the Cardenas and Jucaro Railroad, becomes a section of the central road of the island, which will very shortly reach Villa Clara by the completion of the Car enas and Jucaro Railroad. Thee The returns of the traffic of the Coliseo Railroad are as returns : 1860 Gross receipts £49,100 1862 \ l7 71 1864 and,, the returns of 1865, f ro m Jan . to 20th May...£49,000 against 1864, same time 45,000 To complete this purchase, the Bay of Havana and Matanzas Company desire to raise a loan in London of b O O,OOO, bearing int eres t a t 7 p er cen t. per annum, pay half-early in London. As security for this loan, the Bay of Havana and Malan- Railroad Company will effect a first mortgage on the u oliseo Railroad, its rolling stock, appurtenances, and all 11°Perties ' • and also a mortgage on th e B a y o f H a vana and atanzas Railroad and its branches, subject only to the existing mortgages of £350,000, of which the first mort gage of £250,000 will be paid off entirely in 1876, by the ° Peration of the sinking fund which commences in 1867. The property thus mortgaged is as follows : The Cohseo Railroad to be purchased out of the proceeds hi this loan, producing a gross revenue in 1864 of £71,200. The Bay of Hav ana and Matanzas Railroad and its branches, costing £1,056,000, producing a gross revenue in 1 864 of £143,000 (subject only to the above-mentioned I°o rtgages). It will be noticed that the revenue of the Bay of Havana ;'1 Matanzas, as well as that of the Coli seo R a il roa d , h as (° r some years been steadily increasing at the rate of 20 per °.311t. per annum, and it is beyond a doubt that the amalga kation of the two roads, by a natural increase of traffic and a large saving of expenditure in the administration, will p r oduce a far larger revenue, a nd ma y b e fairly estimated cir the coming year at £250,000 gross, or fully £lOO,OOO het revenue. ~..Por th e re p a y men t o f thi s l oan a s i nk i ng fund is ar ""hged for, whereby £20,000 i s t o b e pa id o ff annua ll y, either by the purchase of bonds or public drawing; its ope ration to commence in 1877, by which time the first mort gage loan of £250,000 will be entirely redeemed. 1 ,, The Bonds will be issued in sums of £lOO and bear in 7,_rest coupons, payable 10th June And 10th , December, at lue counting-house of Messrs. J. Henry Schroder and Co. The first coupon will be payable 10th June next. The subscription price is 90 per cent., payable as fol le/irs £5 on application. 25 on allotment. 80 on 10th November. £3O Os Less 0 14, interest at 7-per cent. per annum - npue previous instalments. 29 6 s on 10th December. Interest at 5 per cent. per annum will be allo we d f or p re - Y v a ment of any of theinstalments. APplication for an allotment to be made to Messrs. J. HENRY SCHRODER and Co., 145, Leadenhall-street ; 4) t to the Brokers— Messrs. LAURENCE, SON, and PEARCE. No. 7, Angel-court, Throgniorton-street. 1 45 Leadenhall-street, London, Sept. 7, 1865. 1/ AY OF HAVANA AND MATANZ AS RAILWAY (in the Island of Cuba). Loan of £400,000 Sterling. pr,,NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the SUBSCRIP VON LISTS for the above Loan will CLOSE on WED '''SDAY NEXT, the 20th inst., at 12 o'clock. J. HENRY SCHRODER and CO. 145, Leadenhall-street, London, Sept. 16, 1865. NrADAME RACHEL'S ROYAL ARABIAN TOILET OF BEAUTY comprises all the choice ..elicacici which render the 11%1r, teeth, and complexion beau ,,lftil beyond comparison , and gives a soft, youthful blooming g ripearance to person against far advanced in years. The Public are cautioned all persons who are vending gangerous and .purious compou❑ds in imitation of the beau— tiful art of which she is the only professor. -47 A, New Bond- Street BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. tIEALTH WITHOUT MEDICINE. Being te the only Sovereign and unfailing Remedy for Indi te the only nation, Nervousness, Debility, Torpidity of tzl Liver, Headache, Riliousness, Despondency, Low Spirits, pli., Asthma, and Incipient Consumption. ;It, Lill particulars sent to any address on receipt of two donN, by Mr. KEARSLEY, 23, Kentish-town-road, Lon- N. - W. h,.:,! rhe most efficacious remedy for those diseases extant, a - ul,sltt to the afflicted."—Medical Review. This invaluable discovery has at taine I a world-wide cele tclitY, being of inestimable value, and mos t admir4bly adapted remove those maladies whi c h t en d t o embitter lie, and sh orten, its duration."—Soilpel. h 'The unprecedented success of this remedy is without a•krallel • this is demonstrated by the innumerable cures ttected., —Medical Journal. 1", tUPTURES.—BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. W C HITE'S MOM AIN LEVER TRUSS ~. ( PERFECTED AND EXHIBITED IN TILE GREAT ri-BIBITIONs Or 1851 AND 1862), is allowed by upwards of I*o ' c 'ention in Hundred Medical the curative Genflemtr eatment en to tie the of mos fl ER t effect NI A. ive ti l k I " use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its e ff ects, bllopere avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the 4' l Y, while the requisite resisting , power is supplied by the sad-Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much, ease tgcloseness that it cannot be detected, and may be work , ri4 g sleep. A descriptive circular may he had, and the e a - ss. which cannot fail to fit , forwarded by post, on the cir , r eference of the body, two inches below the hips, being eJ lt to.the manufacturer, Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly. A 4 tingle Truss, 165., 215., 265. 6d., and 31s. 6d. Postage, ls. I_l3ouble Truss, 31s. 6d., 425., and 525. 6d. Postage, ls Bd. -‘" Umbilical Truss, 425. and 528. 6d. Postage, Is. 10d. tZ o st-offfee Orders to be made payable to John White, Post- NEW IC PATENT STOCKINGS, , KNEE-CAPS, Am., for Varicose Veins and a ll cases of boeacliess and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, &o . They are o •h ua, light in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on elan ordinary stocking. Price Is. Bd., 78. 6c1., 105., to 16s. . Postage 6d. ~.,...... JOHN WHITE. Manufacturer, 228, Piccadilly. It OYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, wit in the immediate vicinity of the G rea t N or th ern Rail -1 T erminus, King's-cross. ..,„ P atron—Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN. lit,ip,is nospital, founded in the year 1828, the first to estab lhe ,`,h,e principle of free admission to the sick poor, without Det t raY and difficulty of Governors' orders, is wholly de- It ent for support on voluntary contributions and legacies . atiaolTrds relief to a large number of in-palents, and, in htegti'Ptl. t'i this, the average number of atten lance of the I,oo o ol te sick has for a considerable period averaged between l'h a , n d 4,000 weekly. b14,,e Committee earnestly solicit the ASSISTANCE of the eo„aolent, as the premises of this Hospital are capable of the I .'"'flog several hundred more beds, had the Committee e„elnisite funds to maintain them. t,<,, ulat ributions are received by the Treasurer, Edward Mae , 1.) 1 4 1 ' 4 11, Esq., Nioholas-lane; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co.; anarnniond and Co. ; G;yn and Co.;Herries and Co. ; Ransom ereie.u• end rete, and CO.; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; 1 1,ey .tt 'Y . , Co. ; wilt nse, Deacon, and Co.; Overend. Gur vo. 1- 11 ,u. Co. ; Nisbet and Co. , Berners-street : I. Banned and • Liverpool ; and at tie Hospital, from 10 till 5. STANFORD SMITH, Secretary. ,V l -1 t RESCUE SOCIETY wishes to add another 2aan, 4 13 , 0 Tne to thn 12 now in operation. Last year no fewer nflt ~74,3300 r, friendless, young females were rejected irom uers t , rIINDS and room, makinT, a tal of 3,087, who have th,: a at away in five years. Here arc brief details of a few - fe ~ ,aleat recent cases: A" ~aged. 15, fallen , mother dead, deserted by her father. 4, n aged :3, homeles, both parents dead. 3./co" aged 17, fallen, father dead, deserted by her mother tk). II" aged 15, fallen, mother dead. A aged IS, fallen, mother dead, g'a'zed 16, fallen, both parents dead. al. aged 14, homeless, deserted by her parents, •, aged 17, fall e n, b o th parents dead A. G. , " aged 17, fa l len , b o th paren t s d ea d. ll * ' e d 1 8, fallen, father dead. 8 a ged 18, fallen, both parents dead, red 17, fallen both par nts dead. S• I) W . aged 17, fallen, both parents dead. The'eged 15, fallen, both parents dead. aun g t ,7 home the Committee wish to form would be for aNre bee, almost children, from the age of sto 15, who ,ou tri . led astray from the path of virtue. -""' ntll3llS will be received gratefully by — the Secretary. 411ty,,„coPer, RIS, Queen -street. Chcapside; or by Iklcssrs %,e., Lmbard-btreet. HOME for LITTLE BOYS, Tottenham, N., for the Reception, from all parts of the Kingdom, of Outcast and Destitute Boys, ,and those verging on crime, under 10 years of age. President—ROßEßT HAN BURY, Esq., M.P, VICE-PRESIDENTS. Stephen Cave, Esq., Id: P. Sir S. M. Peto, Bart , M.P. Henry E. Gurney, Esq. Abel Smith, Esq., MX. Samuel Morley, Esq. N°. 22,853. MISS KING'S NEW NOVEL. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., THE LADY OF WINBURNE. By ALICE KING, Author of " Eveline," " This novel possesses a deep and abiding interest, and wil be certain of a large number:of readers."—Observer. Hurst and Blackett,l3, Great Marlborough-street. THE NEW NOVEL BY MR. W. G. WILLS, AUTHOR OF " THE WIFE'S EVIDENCE," &C. This Day, in 3 vols., at all Libraries, DAVID CHANTREY. John Ma,xwell ani Co., 122, Fleet-street. NEW NOVEL BY MR. MORTIMER COLLINS. This day, in 3 vols., at all Libraries, WH 0 IS THE HEIR T T (Reprinted from the "Dublin University Magazine.", John Maxwell and Co., 122, Fleet-street. NEW NOVEL BY MR. lIAZLITT. This day, in 3 vols., at all Libraries, io OPHY L A URIE. "This novel is one of the most promising works of fiction that we have seen for a considerable period."—Stan dard. "It is very rarely that we meet with a story of greater force and power."—Bell's Messenger. John Maxwell & Co., 122, Fleet-street. Sold by Slmpkin, Marshall, and Co., price 7d., in cloth 13d., a New Work on the Teeth, entitled PURE DENTISTRY, and WHAT IT DOES FOR US. By A. ESKELL. Grosvenor-street, W. " From the great success of the previous work on Dental Surgery by the same author we anticipate the above will be read with avidity by all classes who are interested in discri minating between pure and meretricious dentistry." John C. Clements, Little Pulteney-street. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vole„ LE : Its Nature, Varieties, and Phenomena, By LEO H. GRINDON. The Publisher begs to announce the issue of the Third Edition of the above popular work in sixpenny monthly parts. Parts I. to IS. now ready. The work can be had complete, in cloth, price 6s. 6d. " To those who delight in the exercise of their intellectual powers, these very thoughtful and beautifully -written reflec tions will be a welcome boon, and the source long afterwards, we may rest assured of many fruitful medit a ti ons an d plea sant memories." —Sun. London : F. Pitman, 20, Paternoster-row, E.C. Cloth, price 2s. 61, AIIANDBOOK, for the MAN of BUSINESS, applicable to ail Departments of Commercial Engage ments. London : P. Pitman, 20, Paternoster-row, E.C. Extra cloth, price 5e., SCEPTICISM AND SPIRITUALISM. The experiences of a Sceptic. By the Authoress 31 " AURELIA.' London : F. Pitman, 20, Paternoster-row, E.C. SELF-INSTRUCTION IN SPELLING. THE ESSENTIALS OF SPELLING is admirably adapted to aid adults whose early education has been neglected, in mastering the difficulties of English Orthography, without a teacher. Sent post free for 12 stamps. London: F. Pitman, 20, Paternoster-row, E.C. Now ready, boards, price Is. 6d., Tir ITS ; a Collection of the Best Tales contri buted to "Temple Bar," " Once a Week," " Chain beis's Journal," ko. By LI4.:WIS *IOUGH, M.A. With Two Illustrations by W. Schwench Gilbert. London: F. Pitman, 20, Paternoster-row, E.C. Demy 4to , cloth, price 7e. 6d., THE PSYCHONOMY of the HAND ; or, the Hand an Index of Mental Devel o p men t _ _ London : F. Pitman, 20. Paternoster-row, G LASS, CHINA, EARTHENWARE, and CHANDELIER SHOW ROOMS. Notice of Removal in consequence of the late Fire. T DEFRIES and SONS' Tempo r a r y SHOW C.l • ROOMS. 16 and 17. COMMERCIAL -STREET, WHITEC !TAFEL Five Minutes' walk from their L a t e Establishment, , 147, HOUNDSDITCH. CRYSTAL and BRONZED CHANDELIERS, New Designs, for the Dining and Drawing-room, either for Gas or Candle. T DEFRIES and SONS, 16 and 17, tl • COMM itRCIAL-STRE ET. PETROLEUM LAMPS and WALL LIGHTS, MIRRORS (for India). JDEFRIES and SONS, 16 and 17, . COMMERCIAL-STREET. TAVERN AND HOTEL GLASS. Newest Patterns, Correct Measure. DEF - RIES ana sa N s 16 end 1,, COMMERCIAL-STREET. ALEXANDRA DINNER SERVICES, For 12 Penang, Z 1 18s. 6d. DEFRIES and SONS, • 16 and 17. COMMERCIAL-STREET. TABLE GLASS, CHINA, and EARTHENWARE. CLUB, MESS, and FURNISHING ORDERS for the above GOODS promptly executed. JDEFRIES and SONS supply D es i gns an d • Pattern Books Free. Works—LONDON and BIRMINGHAM SCIENTIFIC AND ORNAMENTAL PRESENTS. ORNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library, a a Dining-room, consisting of a new and e'egant assort meat of VASES, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, 0 belisks, Ink stands, -,eantiful inlaid Tables, Paperweights, &a., in Italian, Alabast3t, Parian, Marble, Bronze, Derbyshire Spar, &o. Imported and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Mine ralogist to her Ilajesty, 119, Stand, W.C., London. Mr. Tennant arranges elementary collections of. ROCKS, AI [NE RALS, and FOSSILS, to illustrate the new edition of Lyell's Elements of Geology; they will greatly f wilitate the interesting study of MINERALOGY and GEOLOGY, and can be had at 2, 6. 10, 20, 60, to SDO guineas each. PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and HINE- R kLOGY is given by Mr.TENNANT,F.G.S., at 149. Strand. COMMITTEE, 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. (ledge. Mr. Robert Sinclair. Mr. George Moore. 1 Mr. E. J. Tabrum. Mr. Francis Lycett . I Mr. R. T. Turnbull. Treasurer—W. H. Willans, Esq., 78, Basinghall-street. E.C. Honorary Secretary—Mr. A. 0. Charles, £B, Suffolk-street, Pall-Mall East, S.W Bankers—Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smiths, 1, Lombard ... sired, E.C. The mode of admission to the House is twofold, Ist. By election of the subscribers. Boys thus admitted are received free, boarded, clothed, educated, and taught till they are 11 years o, age. With the view 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 ful y investigated by the Committee, and with this 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 is the little ones whose charact r and circumstances disqualify them for the Orphan Asylums, and whose tender age precludes their admission to the Rtfuges. 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 109, and the Committee would joyfully see the Home filled at once ; they only wait for the necessary subscriptions. The Committee feel constrained to plead for those who cannot thus plead for themselves ; and, referring to the cir cumstances of some who have been already admitted, they ask—ls it tight to make a widow and her family paupers for life because one of them (the naughty boy of the famly) 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 , 1p her to put one of them into a Home, but that they must ail go into "the house V' 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 tis that when these little ones have unnatural• parents who turn them into the streets, or force them by ill-treatment to Inn 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 statis:ics ' which show that in Lond on alone, in one year, no fewer than 311 boys under 10 years of Rae, lave 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 thebeginninp;s 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 sell-help, be permanent burdens to the State. 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 scho-1 work—reading, and writing, and cipherine-, and Scriptural instruction, with occasional lessons in otjects 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 l aper 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, &c. Some assist the master in the garden, gigging, planting, watering, weeding, and so forth. By degrees they arc being made useful in the house, scrubbing and sweeping, while the elder ours (lean all the boots, knives, &c. In this way it is sought to fit them for an active working llfe. 2d. By payment of ss. a week, made quarterly in advance. All children must be under 10 years of age at tho time of admission. Those received on payment are admitted at any time as soon as approved by the Committee, Forms of application for the admission of children may be had at the Ilome, and of the Honorary Secretary, • • I 4141 .4..• a / • , I ,eteu. ‘• ca m ‘,. 7./ N.: - • ,„ 11111111111EI V. 4-4 14 41a_r„ tt f 7 \ ) • , -! 7 4414k\ , ,w ed txtietf,s• •.• bow \ 44C -- 11' !IL , •4 4 . 0 0 0 • i\-\* =l - 1-...r.:„ 4 • ci tc, 2 , 4 , - "ki-- 511.6 Z4t . i110 u - Plzo ' ca‘ - R. tit THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 16, 1865. GREAT ST. JAMES'S-HALL.—WORLD of MAGIC, Second Bight, and " Begone, Dull Care," every evening at 8. A Day Performance, Saturday, at 3. " The most varied entertainment in the metropolis."—Vide the Press. Admission, is. PROFESSOR and the Misses ANDERSON.— Farewell season. World of Magic. Second Sight, and the original Indian Basket Trick, in conjunction with Fre deric (the great) Maccabe, the unrivalled ventriloquist, mimic, and character actor. VREDERIC MACCABE, Ventriloquist, Mimic, &c., in his orio•inal entertaiument, "Begone, Dull Care," "Miss Mary May," "Early in the Morniug. ' Balcony, 2s. ; reserved seats, Ss. ; stalls, Ss. ; at Mr. Austin's office, St. James's-hall, 23, Piccadilly. A. NIMMO, Acting Manager. H T 0 X FORD. 6, OXFORD STREET, W. The oxford and Canterbury trail Company (limited). SIXTY-SIX, by J. Offenbach, performed by . Misses Russell, Barrie, Walmealey, Tyrell, Ellen Reid, Ma dame Maria, and Miss Fitzlienry ; Messrs. A. St. Albyn, Husk, and Green, with full Bandland Chorus. .Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans. Bale+, Comedy, Burlesque, &n, by the celebrated D'Au bans. Messrs. Duriah and Davis, and the Misses TEiSY and SARA GUANISS. NO VICE —The Oxford has been entirely 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 PEAUTY, in which the Misses TESSY and SARA GUNNISS will make their re appearance THIS EVENING. Admission—Area, 6d.; stalls and balcony, is. ; private boxes, 10s. 6d. CANTERBURY HALL, KO KO RI KO. This wonderful entertainment, having proved the greatest hit ever made, will be repeated EVERY EVENING, in ad dition to the Operatic Sele3tions, supported by the whole talent of the establishment, Comedy, Burlesque, and Ballet by Mrs. and Mr. Randall, Messrs. Duriah and Davies, the D'Aubans, and Arthur Lloyd. Director, Mr. F. Jongmans. All visitors to London at this season should see the above entertainment. MADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION.- Established 30 years, at the Bazaar, Baker-street. NEW ADDITION'N.—In accordance N ith the season, the Exhibition has been entirely re-embellished. The whole of the ancient Court Dresses of the most costly description, faithfully copied from the most minute pictures, have been renewed. Modern Court Dresses of the most splendid de scription, selected from the first houses in Paris and London, and prob.mbly never equalled or surpassed, are now on view. Life-size Models of DOCTOR E. W. PRITCHARD and CONSTANCE KENT are now added. Open from 11 a.m. till 10 p.m. Admittance, One Shilling; Extra Rooms, Slxpenoe. ARGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street, Piccadilly.—GßAND CASINO and MUSICAL PRO MENADE is No W OPEN for the Season. Musical Director, M. LUIGI CURTI. Manager, MODEL GRENET. The Band plays nightly Selections from the most eminent Composers. Doors open at half-past 8 o'clock; close five minutes to 12 o'clock. SPANISH FLY is the acting ingredient in ALEX. ROSS'S CANTHARIDES 0 EL, which speedily produces whiskers and thickens hair. 3s. 6d, ss. 6d„ and 'Os. 6d..; sent free for 54, 84, and 144 stamps.—ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London. WONDERFUL DISCOVERY.—Corns cured in one thy by using ALEX. ROSS'S CHIROPO. This preparation gradually dissolves the corn in a few hours, removing the very root. Price 4s , sent by post for 60 stamps, —248, High Holborn, London. HAIR -CURLING FL lall, 248, High Holborn, London.—ALEX. ROSS'S CURLING FLUID curls Ladies' or Gentlemen's hair immediately it is appded. Sold at 3s. 6d., 55. 6d., and fOs. 6d. ; sent free for 54, Bf, and 144 stamps. Ross's Toilet Magazine, Is. 6d., or 20 stamps. rII_,,REY HAIR.-248, High Holborn, London.— ALEX. ROSS'S HAIR DYE produces a perfect colour immediately it is used. It is permanent, and perfectly na tural in fife t. Price 35. rd , ss. 6 1., and 10P. 6d. ; sent by post for 51, 84, and 144 stamps. HAIR DESTROYER, 21.8, T-Tigh Holborn, London.—ALEX.`ROSS'S DEPIL TORY removes, without effect to the skin, superfluous hair from the face, neck, and arms. 3s. 6d., 58. 6d.. and 108. 6d. ; sent the same day as ordered by post for 51, 84, and 144 stamps. Lately published, ld., sent free by r'ost for two stamps. AN ESSAY upon the HUMAN HAITI: Its Close Analogy to Vegetation, and its Reproduction by the Stimulant Spanish Fly or Cantharides.—By ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn. London.. PIMPLE REMOVER.—AII diseases of the skin 1 are Improved by one dose of ALEX. ROSS'S VEGE TABLE SKIN PILL. They remove redness, sallowness, rte. 2s. od. and 7s. Bd. ; or by root for 40 and 100 stamps.— ALEX. ROSS, 248, nigh Holborn, London. STARCH MANUFACTURERS TO H. R. H. THE PRINCESS OF WALES. GLENFIELD PATENT STARCH, Used in the Royal Laundry, AND AWARDED THE PRIZE MEDAL, 1862. Sold b all Grocers, Chandlers, &c. &c. WOTITERSPOON and CO., Glasgow and London. TEETH, 2s. 6d. each.—ESKELL and SONS' improvements in the construction of AR I'IFICIAL T ti.ETH enable them to make and fit in from One to a Set, in a few hours, without springs or wires, and without ex tractions, upon the principle of self-adhesion, painless and perfect. Guaranteed, or no fee accepted. Sets, ; stop pings, 2s. 6d. ; extractions, Is. ; and the same moderate fixed prices throughout. Punctuality in all appcintments, and constant daily attendance from Nine to Eight o'clock. Their Treatise on the Teeth, with printed terms, and all consulta tions free, on applicati on to li3SKELL and SONS, 13, Tich borne-street, Quadrant. N o t e th e address. SAILORS' ORPHAN GIRLS' SCHOOL and IMRE, Hampstead. Offices, 77, CornhilL PATRON—The QUEEN. TRUSTEES. Capt. the Hon. Francis Maude, The Rev. Canon Champpgz I R.N. Thomas Baring, Esq., m.r. TREASURERS. R. C. L. Bevan, Esq. I Robert Hanbury, Esq. This Institution is designed to supply a great national want, viz., an asylum for the orphan daughters of sailors in the Royal Navy and Merchants Service and of Marines. It clothes, maintains, and, educates them for domestic service, and provides a home free of expense for former inmates while out of situations, thus shielding them from the temptations they might otherwise be exposed to. The Committee earnestly APPEAL for CONTRIBU TIONS to meet the inereasilg applications through the recent storms and loss f life at sea, andt o enable them eventually to obtain premises more commensurate with the necessities of this great maritime country, which loses 2,000 sailors annually by casualties alone, without including those who may perish by war. Subscriptions thankfully receiv by the bankers, Messrs Barclay, Bevan, and Co., Lombard-street, and by the Secre tary, at the Offices, No. 77, Cornhill. R. SWEETTNG, Hon. See. CHARLES NASH. Sea British Association for the Advancement of Science. .................................._ _.......- Binmmaum, Friday. The members of the Association, before dispersing to their homes in all parts of the kingdom, yesterday made a series of excursions to Dudley and South Staffordshire, to exa mine the geological features of the district and inspect its great manufacturing establishments. Nearly 1000 persons in all took part in these trips, a large proportion of the number being ladies. The whole of the excursionists, headed by the President and Sir Roderick Murchison, left Birmingham by the London and North-Western Railway shortly before 9 a.m., and arrived at Dudley in about three quarters of an hour. They were there received by Mr. F. Smith, the Mayor, and other gentlemen, and immediately escorted through the shady avenue that winds round the base of the precipitous Castle-hill to the entrance of the famous limestone caverns, which were specially illuminated for the occasion by order of Lord Dudley, the proprietor of the grounds. The way to this subterranean region lay down a small flight of stone steps. On entering, the eye of * the visitor met the word " Welcome," traced in luminous characters with oil lamps. A band of music preceded the party, and they had advanced but a few paces under ground when a scene of singular grandeur burst upon their view. A long vista of magnificent chambers and galleries, high arched and vaulted like a colossal crypt, was revealed to their delighted gaze by the light of 10,000 candles and nu merous coloured lamps, the strange weird beauty of the spectacle being enhanced by the reflection of the conti nuous rows of lights in the dark waters of a canal a mile in length, which runs along the lower side of the caverns, and used to afford the miner a convenient mode of trans porting the excavated material to the pit's mouth. This Acherontic stream was fenced off for the protection of the visitors, who, notwithstanding the innumerable glowworm• like lights that twinkled along both sides of the uneven and sometimes narrow path by which they groped their way into the cavernous recesses, might easily have missed their footing, and perhaps have needed the friendly aid of the dark boatman who could be discerned paddling about and putting the finishing touch to the illu minations as the bewildered visitors invaded his murky do main. The caverns appeared to be divided into three distinct galleries, parted from each other by jagged edged columns and huge masses of dark limestone rock. The lowest gal lery of all, through which the canal runs, is the grandest and gloomiest. The second rune parallel to the brat, and le Isituate on an irregular l e d ge , an d i n t o it a t di s t ant i ntervals a stray beam of sunlight struggles for admittance through the cloister-like openings or shafts connecting it with the third or uppermost gallery, which has been excavated down wards from the surface of the hill, and is not therefore, strictly speaking, a cavern at all. The whole series of gal leries, with their endless succession of massive pillars, but tresses, and arches, have been hewn out of the solid lime stone rock in the course of many ages by the hand of the sturdy miner, who now, finding this vast subterranean quarry pretty nigh exhausted, has sought more productive fields hard by for his adventurous labours. The caverns are nearly a mile in extent, but the excursionists contented themselves with penetrating scarcely one half this distance. A halt having been made in a spacious chamber—where the lofty rock showed the peculiar slab-like stratification of the superincumbent rock to great advantage. Professor PHILLIPS took up his position on a jutting ledge overhanging the dark canal, where a temporary ros trum had been placed, and addressed a few words to the assemblage. He said that the hill in the interior of the rocky base of which they were standing was not always the property of the Dudley family. It belonged in former times to an ancient, numerous, and distinguished family, from which it had descended lineally to a gentleman now by his side, who had of right taken possession of the old "King dom of Siluria." (Cheers and laughter.) " Therefore," ex claimed the President, "0! chief of Siluria, rightful de scendant of the trilobites, deign to tell us something of your ancestral domain." (Cheers and laughter.) Sir RODERICK MURCHISON, thus invoked, said it was 16 years since he had last addressed an assemblage in those caverns, when he had on his right M. Drouyn de Lhuys, then the first Ambassador of the second French Republic, and now Prime Minister of the 'second French Empire. That distinguished statesman on that memorable occasion made his first speech to the English people in their own tongue through the same speaking trumpet which he now held in his own hand, and which he would now use him self if his hearers thought he could not otherwise make himself audible. (No, no, and laughter, amid which Sir Roderick laid aside the instrument.) M. Drouyn de Lhuys told his audience that he had then seen both the inside and the outside of England, and that he really could not say with which of the two he was most gratified. (Cheers and laughter.) Sir Roderick then proceeded to relate how he had discovered " the Kingdom of Siluria" in the strata lying under Montgomery, Radnor, and Salop ; how he had verified it in Germany, Norway, Sweden, and beyond the Ural Mountains ; how, in admirati on o f the gallant Came tacus, the ancient King of the Sil ur i an race, h e had adopted the name of Siluria for his geological discoveries in their district ; and how in Dudley the strata, upheaved as it was among the coal-measures, was broken and dislo cated, probably by volcanic action, being made up of com plete disjecta membra. Yet it was, nevertheless, surpass ingly rich in the fossils of Siluria—perhaps presenting to the geologists more perfect specimens than ',the rocks of any other region. He then explained the "dipping" of the rocks on either side of the caverns, observing that through their being " tilted up" man was enabled to delve among them almost without cost or trouble, and to obtain a supply of limestone that was practically inexhaustible. Sir Roderick next referred to the proba bility of fresh coal-measures existing in that neighbour hood. There was, he said, no natural connexion between the Dudley limestone and coal. The Dudley limestone was part of his Silurian kingdom, and in no part of that king dom was there or could there be any coal which was formed from decayed vegetation. The Silurian rocks were far be neath the coal-measures. The Old Red Sandstone or Permian of South Staffordshire had been confused with the New Red Sandstone, whereas the two were perfectly distinct and greatly separated. As to their future supplies of coal, his firm belief was that under all the rocks mapped as Permian around that coalfield they would find thickeror thinner coal. Twenty years ago he came to the conclusion, not upon mere theory, but after observation, that there was coal under the Permian, and that it could be found at a depth of 600 or 700 feet at the most. Not only so, but he had induced Lord Dartmouth to sink for it, and that nobleman found it two miles away from the edge of what was called the coalfield, and two miles nearer to Birmingham than any existing coalpit. The coal found there was not a thin, worthless seam, but the 10-yard coal ; and although Lord Dartmouth was obliged to cease working it because the people of West bromwich did not like to find their houses sinking beneath them (a laugh), the fact remained that there was an untold store of coal lying under the Old Red Sandstone. Throe cheers having been given for the King of Siluria, the visitors threaded their way out of the caverns, and ascended the Castle-hill. While toiling under a blazing sun up this acclivity they could not help contrasting regretfully thokcool atmosphere of the grotteealttgrhaciltist left with that of the sultry error air. Most of the party, however, climbed the narrow winding staircase leading to the parapet of the keep, of which only two turreted round towers and the connecting wall between them now remain to tell the tale of its ancient grandeur. From the parapet what once must have been a splendid prospect is commanded ; but no landscape can retain more than half its natural charms that is encroached upon by the "black country," of which this is the very centre. The excursionists now divided off into several separate sections, one of which went to inspect the ironworks and collieries at Tipton ; another to visit Cannock Chase ; an other to b 3 conducted over the Bessemer steel works of Messrs. Lloyd, Foster, and Co., and other establishments at Wednesbury; another to Stourbridge, to see the glassworks at Amblecote, and the ironworks of Mr. W. 0. Foster, M.P. ; another to Round Oak, to visit the ironworks of Lord Dudley ; and another to Oldbury and Westbromwich, to witness certain specialities in " puddling" at the works of the Eagle Company. Tho section led by the President and Sir Roderick Mur chison adhered throughout the day to a geological pro gramme. From the Castle-yard they bent their steps towards the Wren's-nest, a hill about a mile and a half from Dudley, which derives its name from its peculiar conformation, having a curious nest-like hollow on its summit. Taking a hurried glance at the Priory ruins on their way, they speedily reached the hill, which is chiefly remarkable for its lime stone caverns. Picturesque and scientifically interesting as these are, however, they are but secondary to those under Dudley-castle, already described. They have been dug downwards from the surface, and vast openings, clad with verdure towards their summit, admit the broad daylight into their rocky recesses. Under one of their finest arches the President's party mustered to hear a brief lecture on the geology of the district, illustrated with diagrams, deli vered by the Mayor of Dudley. This discourse concluded, some of the savans went in search of fossils, and considered themselves particularly fortunate if they found a tiny tri lobite the size of a pea. The good folks of Dudley know the value of these primmval relics, and have by this time tolerably well denuded their rocks of their best and most accessible specimens, so that many a zealous geologist whose hammering yielded but small results was fain to buy with money what he could not win by labour if he desired to carry away some trophy of his visit to these regions. The party then returned to Dudley and inspected a rich mineralogical and geological collection displayed in the local museum. By the liberality of the Mayor and a committee of his townsmen, who seemed bent on giving the savans a perfect ovation, an excellent dinner was provided for them in the large hall of the Mechanics' Institute. His worship pre sided, and, after the usual introductory toasts, proposed " the Health of tho President of the British Association," expressing the delight which the people of that district felt in entertaining such distinguished men of science. The toast was drunk with enthusiasm. Professor PHILLIPS returned thanks and warmly ac knowledged the kindness which he and his fellow excur sionists had received from the people of Dudley. Alderman COCHRANE gave "the Health of Sir R. Mur chison," and expressed the satisfaction with which, after the rather desponding tone adopted by Mr. Jukes on the subject, of their future supplies of coal in the Midland Counties, he had listened to the reassuringlanguage held to them that day by so pre-eminent a geologist as " theXing of Siluria." respect and aff ec ti on f or t h e Pre aretisoPr! lie and P r of essor Phillip s , Sir. R. liuncinsoN, in acknowledgin g th e comp li men t , s s i p d o e k n e t v o e f ry th f e e ß el ri in ti g s l li y Ass of hi oci s he said, were joint founders of that association, which had now attained such influence and popularity, and he might, he thought, look upon himself and his friend Professor Phillips as a sort of Siamese twins. (Cheers and laughter.) Reverting to a subject which lay near to the heart of the Dudley folks—viz., their future coal supply—he said that some persons had gone away from Mr. Juke's lecture with the impression—an erroneous one, he thought—that Mr. Jukes wished to dissuade them from boring through the red sandstone in search of coal. They might rely upon it that immediately under the great mass of red sandstone—the lower or old red sandstone of his own Silurian system, and called Permian—and particularly under the old red' sand- stone which surrounded the immediate Dudley district, they would in future find great and productive coal-fields. (Cheers.) Sir Roderick spoke of the pleasure with which he had listened to the lecture delivered by his worship--the first chief magistrate chosen by Dudley since its recent in corporation as a municipality—observing that at Bath last year the Association found a model Mayor, at Birmingham this year it found a perfect Mayor,and that day it had found the most perfect Mayor of all—viz., one who was himself a geologist. (Cheers and laughter.) The health of the Mayor was drunk with the greatest cordiality, and, in returning thanks, his Worship remarked that he did not see why Mayors, who had some reputation for turtle, should not have a reputation for trilobites aswell. :Laughter and cheers.) " The Health of the Foreign Visitors," proposed by the Bev. C. Evans, of Birmingham, and responded to bySignor de Negri, wound up the list of toasts, and the excursionists shortly afterwards returned to Birmingham. The arrangements for the day, which to all parties passed off most pleasantly, were made by the South Staffordshire Local Committee of the Association, and reflected the greatest credit on their management and liberality. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE• -t EAST SOMERSET. The report states that the traffic returns for the half-year ending June 30 last shows a very slight increase over the amount received in the correspond ing half of last year. The gross earnings amounted to £3,153, which, after deducting the fixed sum of £1,032 applicable for interest on debenture debt and rent charges, leaves £1,272, or 60 per cent. of the balance to the Great Western Campany, and £B4B or 40 per cent., to this company. Out of this sum the directors advise that a dividend be declared on the preference shares at the rate of 3 per cent. per annum, free of income tax, leaving the remainder to go towards the liquidation of the balance due to the bankers on income accounts. They propose the con tinued application of such dividend towards the liquidation of the liabilities on capital account, and to credit the account to each preference shareholder with the amount of his dividend, for which a prefe rence share shall be issued in his name when the sum so credited shall amount to £lO. The capital account shows a total receipt of £156,104, and a total ex penditure of £148,263, leaving a balance of £,2,159 due to bankers. PRICE 4d. STAMPED sd. Cattle Disease. MEETING OF THE CATTLE TRADE ASSO- CIATION. A meeting of cattle salesmen was held yesterday, at Mr. Rudkiu's, Salutation Tavern, Newgate-street, when an association was formed nudely the title of the Foreign Cattle Trade Association, and Mr. Charles Hicks was elected chairman of the association for the year ensuing. A meeting of salesmen was held in the same place some time since, when a committee was appointed to obtain in formation as to the nature and outbreak of the cattle disease. The secretary of that committee, Mr. IRWIN, now re ported that they had met from time to timo, and particular attention had been bestowed on the cargoes of cattle from Revel, in which they had received much assistance from Messrs. Honck and Baker, who were personally connected with the importation. It was proved to the satisfaction of the committee that the cattle in question were shipped at Revel in a state of perfect health, were in the same condi tion on their arrival in England, and that no case of infec tion could in any manner be ascribed to any part of this cargo. Having made the preliminary inquiries, the com mittee applied to Sir G. Grey to receive a deputation for the purpose of discussing the question of the origin of the disease and the means best adapted to repress it. Tho deputation having been appointed for the 19th, was on that day received by Mr. Waddington, and during an interview of about two hours the matters were fully discussed in the presence of Professor Symonds and Mr. Helps, secretary of the Privy Council, during which time the views of the committee were most courteously received by Mr. Waddington. The effect of the interview had been that relations of a satisfactory character had been established with the Government, which the committee believed would prove of great eventual. ser vice to the trade. In addition to frequent communications with the Home Government, the committee, in the interest of the general body, had addressed itself to the Russianand French authorities, requesting assistance to substantiate facts in the interest of the foreign cattle trade, and to cor rect errors which bad been made for want of more practical information. The committee having thus opened a sphere of usefulness, in laying down the honour which had been entrusted to it, hoped the Foreign Cattle Trade Association would follow out and improve the opportunity, and they had no doubt but that a combined action of all members of the trade would not fail to place the commerce in foreign cattle upon a certain and satisfactory foundation. The report having been received, Mr. Brewster was appointed deputy-chairman. A committee of ten gentlemen was then elected to draw up a code of rules to be presented at a future meeting of the association. Mr. John Irwin, of 1. and 2, Fenchurch-street, was ap pointed secretary, and The proceedings closed with a vote of thanks to the secretary. The Cholera in Constantinople, (From the Levant Herald.) Though the hope of the total disappearance of this epidemic has not been literally realised, the return of the capital to convalesence is, perhaps, as rapid as can be reasonably expected. The decrease in the mortality during the week has been relatively much greater than that of the previous seven days, and, with continued improvement in the temperature, the absolute exhaustion of the malady may now—if no unforeseen cause of its revival intervene—be re garded as certain within the interval between this and our next publication. A statement of the death returns of the week will best show how great has been the falling-off in the mortality as compared with the number in our last report. On the 30th, the official reckoning was 33 ; on the 31st, 25 ; on Sept. 1, 17 ; for the 2d, 19 ; for the 3d, 16 ; and for the 4th, 9. But for the relaxation of the rigid veto against the sale of certain kinds of green fruit, and the consequent over-consumption of grapes, there is reason to believe that even this last small return would have dwindled down to a solitary case or two, of which examples may probably still be expected for ten days or a fortnight to come, like the last straggling shots on the outskirts of a battle field, long after the main carnage is over. That the evil, however, is now virtually past is testified by per"h"a'p's` higher autiforityThan that - of:211F-ufilelar returns. The birds, which of every find, fiom the sparrow to the sea gull and kite, absolutely disap peared from the capital within a week after the outbreak of the disease, have, during the past week, nearly all come back. This singular incident of the visitation appears to have escaped general notice ; but the fact that these feathered health-inspectors are again amongst us is conclu sive as to the returning salubrity of the atmosphere. From the provinces the news is equally favourable. The official reports from Smyrna, Salonioa, Varna, Kustendjie, and Trebizond, tell of the rapid abate ment of the malady at all these points, and warrant hope of its entire disappearance from the whole within the next 10 or 15 days. This happy poverty of incident in connection with the epidemic during the week gives us room to notice an absurd corres pondence which has been foisted on the Times, and through it on Galignani, by the credulous friends of some local English observer, who is described by 14s sponsor as " a resident whose avocations pre vented his leaving the spot at which he had been stationed. This (continues the correspondent) was in the midst of the pestilence, mid in close proximity to the hospitals recently established by the Govern ment. He professes himself to have been an obser ver uninfluenced by the panic almost universally prevalent, and the statements he makes are, there fore, untinged with the excitement which fear pro duces." Some extracts are then given, and the article concludes as follows :—" Detailed contradic tion of such statements as these would be waste of space, but to place our contemporary on its guard against further stuff of the kind, we may briefly characterise the whole as a tissue of the most absurd exaggeration. The writer may have meant it for a study' after Defoe or Boccacio, but he should at least have kept within the decent range of the facts. The visitation has been bad enough-0 our own columns have honestly testified—but at no time has its ravages been half so horrible as this courageous young gentleman would have his anxious friends at home believe." In view of the now proximate disappearance of the epidemic, and of the consequent close of its present functions, the Medical Commission has ad dressed the following report to the Grand Vizier On the 16th of last July your highness, the illustrious interpreter of the noble intentions of our august Sovereign, appointed the Extraordinary Commission of Public Health, an d assigned it the duty of combatingby all possible means the pest which had invaded the capital. Your commission, during the six weeks just elapsed, has occupied itself in undertaken conquering the na large scale; b y m measures Ire the e s for mo h st t ad e n p .s u a b b l l i e c pre health, ven_ e s; hospitals, t he establishment of houses of refuge, ambulances, tiveineasur &c. ; by the organisation of a service of domiciliary assistance ; in short, by all the means of which the utility, under such circumstances, is undoubted. These measures preserved the healthy, relieved the suffer ing, saved many from being victims, and re-established the courage of the population bytheirresults. Allthe measures taken by your commission during the first period of its action have received the high approval of your highness. They will be forthwith brought to the notice of Europe and of the scientific world, as well asthe resultsobtained, to the glory of our august Sovereign and of his enlightened Go vernment. Meanwhile your commission considers itself happy to be able at present to inform your highness that the epidemic, combated in spite of its extreme virulence, driven back step by step, is in full retreat from all its posi tions. In a short time the last trace of its odious pre sence will have disappeared from our beautiful capital The relieved people will bless the inexhaustible benevo lence of its powerful monarch. Your commission finds itself on the point of entering on a new period of its existence, much more important than the former, and much more difficult to bring to a successful issue. Before entering upon it, all the members of the com mission feel the necessity of informing your highness that, up to the present time simple instruments of the will of your highness, they have throughout endeavoured to be come imbued with your unconquerable energy. Your high intelligence and your sure penetration have been their guides in this painful struggle. We attribute the success of the measures of the commission solely to your highness, for more than once, exposed to hostile and unjust criticiswve should have abandoned the struggle but for the generous support of your highness and the powerful enouragement which at different times you have afforded us through the agency of our vice-president. No one is ignorant that the scourge under which we have groaned for two months has for the fourth time visited our capital, and that on each of . its former appearances, though its virulence was much less, II E IN' S PAPI; R (it remained in the country a long peri I qtfniitit****,, 1 : -17-4 the object of the second phase of th eptiei,e4oo:; " :: * 7Q:1,4,' 4 _, commission to prevent the evil from t - iiiiei c . '' gering, as heretofore, and to set in ties . a. 11.. - . means to hi. lei. __ , ....,;urrence and return o - kir e members of your commission l as tl y consider i t i thei ty,' before separating, to indicate to the Imperial Government the general measures of public health without which a me tropolis so large, and in such constant communication with countries which have the fatal privilege of spreading or engendering epidemic diseases, would be at every moment exposed to imminent perils. The intelligence of your highness will guide us in this last duty. Many praise worthy and laudable acts of devotion have been stated to your commission during the painful crisis we have just passed, which it will hereafter bring under the no tice of your highness. But it would be wanting in its most sacred duty if, before terminating its present re port, it omitted to pay a just tribute of sincere and warm acknowledgment to the indefatigable activity, the zeal, and the wisdom of its honoured president, Mehemed Enda Pasha, Minister of Police. This high functionary has from morning till night, and at every hour of the day, afforded his personal aid, and that of his administration. his ex ample and counsels have been a constant and valuable sup port to us. The commission has, at the same time, great . satisfaction in calling to mind the constant zeal of the Mustechar of the Police, Remzi Effendi, who has assisted at many of the most laborious meetings ; and the remark able readiness, good will, and intelligent energy of the commander-in -chief of the gendarmerie, Muetapha Pasha. But the commission cannot sufficiently praise the perse vering devotion, the indefatigable zeal, the conduct, and the intelligence shown by the police force—that excellent body which does so much honour to its chiefs." ''' SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. DONCASTER RACES -FmiaY The last day of Doncaster was as successful as any of the " off " days in point of attend ance, though it was an evident relief to all when the racing was concluded. The enervating nature of the weather du r i ng the week, and the feverish excitement prior to the St. Leger, have r en d ered the Doncaster week one of the most exhausting of the sea son. The sun was even more powerful than on any of the previous days of the meet/11r as tlia'heat came pouring down, as it were, and almost suffocated the " ring." The programme for the final day contained eight events for decision, but a walk over for the Sweepstakes of 200 sovs, over the St. Leger Course, by Archimedes, reduced the actual sport to seven races. It was imagined that Gladia teur would be unopposed for the Doncaster Stakes, but Mr. Chaplin determined to run Breadalbane. It was then ar ranged between Count Lagrange and Mr. Chaplin that Gladiateur should walk over and the stakes be divided ; but a third candidate appearing in Reginella, the numbers were hoisted for a race. Gladiateur carried a penalty of 101 b for his victories, and some infatuated individuals imagined this would give Breadalbane a chance ; but although making a semblance of a race at the distance, he was in difficulties immediately the Frenchman increased the pace, and the Leger winner won in a canter by three lengths, amidst great cheering from the Tykes, who are positively enthu siastic in their admiration for Gladiateur. Ten went to the post for the Town Plate, and Lord Douglas and Gulnara were equal favourites at 4 to 1, while Salliet was in great demand at 6 to 1; but the favourites were all out of it at the distance, and the issue was left to Blue Mantle and Effie. Capt. Lane's horse seemed to have all the best of it, but would not struggle a yard when called on by Daley, and Effie won by a length. Nineteen of the forty-three on the card for the Nursery went to the post, Crown Prince, Raunds, and Staghound being warm favourites. Sweet Anne was also supported at prices down to 9 to 1, and cut ting down her opponents 200 yards from home, she can tered in a winner three lengths in front of Crown Prince. The talent laid odds of 6 to 5 on Trapeze agst White Duck in the Park Hill Stakes, but Lord Glasgow's filly won cleverly by three-quarters of a length. The Scurry Stakes produced an exciting race between Lady Abbess and Lady Sophie, the latter winning cleverly by half a length. The Cup resulted in a match betweenAckworth and Hippolyta, odds being paid on the Marquis of Hasting's representative, who won after a splendid race by a length and a half. The following are details of the running : The Don Stakes of 50 sovs. each, h. ft. for three-yr-olds ; colts, Bst. 101 b.; filles, Bst 71b. Last mile. 8 subs. Lord Stamford's Archimedes, Bst 101 b (Carroll) 1 Lord Falmouth's Reginella, Bst 71b (T. French) 2 Betting-100 to 15 on Archimedes. The non-favourite made the running to the Red House, where she was headed by Archimedes, who won in a canter by three-quarters of a length. The Doncaster Stakes of 10 sovs each, with 100 added, for three-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 101 b ; fillies, Bst 61b. ; certain winners extra ; the owner of the second horse to receive 50 sovs out of the stakes. Last mile and a half. 73 subs. Count F. Lagrange's Gladiateur, 9st 61b (in. 10 lb ex.) (H. Grimshaw) 1 Mr. W. I'Anson's Breadalbane, Bst 101 b (Custance) 2 Lord Falmouth's Reginella, Bst 61b (T. French) 3 Betting-5 to lon Gladiateur. They were together for a few strides, when Breadalbane took a clear lead, Gladiateur going on second, and Regi nella last ; the Frenchman, however, soon being eased -atuppcd-n.orn, and a mile from home 17e ginella ford the pace and on sufferance took a long lead, which she held till within a quarter of a mile from home, when she retired beaten, and Gladiatur and Breadalbane came on into the straight close together. At the distance Griinshaw let out the Frenchman, who at once quitted Mr. Chaplin's horse and won easily by three lengths ; Reginella, was a bad third. The Town Plate (Handicap) of 100 says, for three-yr-olds and upwards. Red House in. Mr. Jackson's Effie, 4 yrs, Bst 21b (Whiteley 1 Captain Lane's Blue Mantle 5 yrs, Bst 81b (J. Daley 2 Mr. J. Steph enson ' s Sallist, , 3 yrs, ist 101 b (Morris 3 Mr. T. Thellusson's Lord Douglas, 4 yrs, Bst 111 b _ _ . (Fordham) 4 The following also ran :—Molly Carew, Little Gentle man, Gulnara, Gazza Ladra, Cadiz, and Fair Melrose. Betting-4 to 1 each agst Gulnara and Lord Douglas, 6 to 1 agst Salliet, 10 to 1 each agst Blue Mantle, Cadiz, and Molly Carew, 12 to 1 each agst Fair Melrose and Little Gentleman, and 100 to 8 agst Effie. The disinclination of Blue Mantle to approach his horses caused some delay at the post, but upon the flag being lowered the lot got away on good terms, Salliet having Gazza. Ladra and Gulnara as her immediate followers, at once made play, the next division being headed by Blue Mantle and Effie till reaching the bend, where Gazza Ladra gave way, and Salliet at the distance was joined by Effie, and Blue Mantle, who ran as soft as usual, being de feated by a length ; Salliet finished third, a neck in the rear of Captain Lane's horse, Lord Douglas close up was fourth, Gulnara a good fifth, Molly Carew and Gazza Ladra next, Cadiz last a long way in the rear. The Nursery Plate (handicap) of 200 sous, for 2-yr-olds. Last mile. Marquis Sweet Anne, 7st 71b (J. Gri ms h aw 1 1. Crown Prince, Bst 101 b ...(Goater 2 Mr. Wallace's Shamrock , Est bi b (Kenyon 3 Th e following also ran :—Raunds, Queen M ary, M arco o a r r d iso f Westmoreland's lHastings' _ S pa d a , Miss Williams, The Czar, Haphazard, Cecrops, Hawkswell, Terror, Diadem, Strathfieldsaye, Staghound, Violent, Gold Pen, Royal Tartan, and Polka. Betting-5 to 1 agst Crown Prince, 6to 1 each agst Staghound and Raunds, 9 to 1 agst Sweet Anne, 10 to 1 each agst Royal Tartan and Haphazard, 100 to 6 each agst Czar and Strathfieldsaye, 20 to 1 agst Queen Mary, and 25 to 1 apt Polka. Shamrock jumped off with the lead, followed by Raunds, Gold Pen, Marco Spada, Sweet Anne, and Staghound. These composed the front division to the Red House ; Sweet Anie, Crown Prince, Shamrock, and Raunds draw ing away abreast from these points to the distance, where Sweet Anne quitted her opponents and won in a canter by three lengths ; a similar distance separating second and third ; Queen Mary and Raunds ran a dead heat for fourth place, a head in the rear of Shamrock ; Royal Tartan, Terror, and Hawkswell were next ; the last two being Staghound and Violent. The Park-hill Stakes of 50 sovs each, h ft, for three-yr olds ; fillies, Bst 101 b ; certain winners extra ; the owner of the second to receive 100 sovs. SL Leger Course. Lord Glasgow's White Duck, Bst 101 b ....... ..(CustanCe) 1 Mr. E. Brayley's Trapeze, Bst 101 b (Cannon) 2 Betting: 6 to 5 on Trapeze. They ran in close company at a slow pace to the T.Y.C. post, where Trapeze took up the running, but upon en tering the straight was joined by White Duck, who came out at the centre of the stand enclosure, and won cleverly by three parts of a length. The Scurry Selling Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 50 added, for two-yr-olds and upwards ; weight for age, with sell ing allowances. Red House in. 5 furlongs 152 yards. 7 subs. Lord Westmoreland's Lady Sophie, 2 yrs, sst 111 b (.£5O (Kenyon 1 Mr. Robert Osborne na Lady Abbess, 5 yrs, Bst 71b (.£5O (Whiteley 2 Marquis of Hastings' Sisyphus, 3 yrs, 7st 101 b (Z5O (J. Grimshaw 3 Betting opened at 6 to 4 on but closed at 5 to 4 agst Sisyphus; 2 to 1 agst either of the others. Lady Abbess made play into the straight, where Sisyphus was beaten, and Lord Westmoreland's filly challenging Lady Abbess at the commencement of the enclosure, won by half a length ; three lengths separated the second and third. The winner was bought in for 265 guineas. Mr. Osborne claimed Sisyphus, and the Marquis of Hastings Lady Abbess. The Doncaster Cup, value 300 sovs ; three-yr-olds, 7st ; four, Bst 51b ; five, Bst 121 b ; six and aged, 9st 21b ; mares and geldings allowed 31b; certain penalties and allow ances. Cup Course, about two miles and five furlongs. Marquis of Hastings' Ackworth, 4 yrs, Bst 21b (Fordham) 1 lhron llothschild's Ilippolyta, 4 yrs, Bst 21b (Daley) 2 Betting.-6 to son Ackworth. They ran together till reaching the distance, when Hip polyta seemed to havo the best of the struggle, which was close and exciting till half way up the enclosure, where Ilippolyta tired, and Ackworth drawing away, won cle verly by a length and a half. A Sweepstakes of 200 sovs each, h ft, for three-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 101 b ; fillies, Bst 51b ; the whiner of the Derby or St. _Leger to carry 71b extra. Lord Btamford's Archimed e s, B s t 101 b (Carroll) WM. GREAT L UXEMBOURG. The report of the directors states that the gross receipts for the half-year ending June 30 amounted to £122,374, against £106,249 for the correspond ing half of 1864, showing an increase of £16,125. The net earnings for the past half-year amounted to £64,656, against £55,222 for the same half of last year, showing an increase of £9,434. Not withstanding the utmost economy it had not been possible to keep the working expenses below 47f per cent. of the gross receipts, including the payment of £1,557 for hire of foreign waggons, owing to a deficiency in the company's rolling stock. The rate of wages and the price paid for fuel and other articles of daily consumption were higher than dur ing the corresponding period of 1864. There had been an addition of £90,000 miles to the train mile age, involving an extra expense of £2,280. The average cost per train mile, including repairs, was 111 d. The permanent way and rolling stock had been maintained in good repair. The increase of traffic had rendered indispensable a considerable augmentation of engines and waggons, as well as of siding and other station accommodation. The ex pectations expressed in the last report relative to the development of the traffic had been amply realised. The directors had every reason to believe that, large as was the increase, the traffic would yet exhibit a much greater development. The opening of the Ourthe line, by which the coal basin of Liege would be placed in direct communication with the indus trial parts of France, formed a further and very important element in the prospects, now so en couraging, of the Great Luxembourg company. Since the last report upwards of eight miles had been entirely completed and opened for traffic. The directors anticipated that the line would be ready for opening throughout at an early period of next year. The net earnings of the canal amounted to £705. After deducting £35,701 for interest and reimbursement of obligations, there remained a balance of £27,649, out of which the directors pro posed to declare a dividend of ss. 6d. per share, and to apply £1,049 towards the repayment of £15,535, advanced by the Belgian Government as guarantee of interest on the line from Namur to Arlon. Railway Traffic Returns for the Week. Mlles Opened. Receipts. eatlwayil. 1865. Belfast and N. Counties 9)4 Belfast and County Down 444 Blyth and Tyne 2B Bristol and Exeter 1214 Caledonian, Scottish Central Cambrian l3l Cockermouth K & Penrlth Cockermouth and Workin Cork and Bandon 2O Cork, Blackrock, & Passage 64 Cork and Youghal Cornwall 654 Deeside l7 Dublin & Belfast Junction 63 Dublin and Drogheda 75 Dublin and Meath Dub. & Wicklow and Wexld lO5 Forth and Clyde Junction Furness, &o 5O Glasgow & South-Western Gt. Eastern,Nrik.,&E. Union Great Northern lO4 Great North of Scotland 994 (.1 t. Northn. & Westn. (Irel.) 7ll qt.Southn. & Westn.(lrlnd.) 3874 Great Western l2BO Hull & Hornsea Highland Irish North-Western 145 Lancashire & Yorkshire 403 Limerick and Ennis... 244 Limerick and Foynes 264 Llanelly 404 Llynvi Valley London & North-Western London and Blackwall 54 London & South-Western Loud. Brighton, &S. Coast 272 London, Chatham, & Dover ; f 134 all Metropolitan Extension / 12 Do. Kent r oast Lon., Tilbury, & Southend slan.,Sheffteld,& Lincolnsh 2464 Manch. S.Jun.&Altrincham 94 Maryport and Carlisle 2B Metropolitan Midland (incl. N.-Western) 6721 Midland Gt. Westn. of Irind 2604 Monmouthsh. RaiL & Canal 44 North British, Edin., Perth and Dundee N-Eastern and Stock. & DarL 11944 North London 9 North Staffordshire 258 Pembroke and Tenby ll4 Rhymney 194 Scottish North-Eastern l3B Somerset and Dorset 66 South Devon South-Eastern 315 Taff Vale 6l Ulster 1054 Vale of Clwyd. Waterford and Kilkenny 3l Waterford and Limerick 77 W'haven,Cleator,& Egrmnt lO Whitehaven Junction l3 Whitehaven & Furness Jun 35 FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. Austrian ... B2B Bahia and San Francisco .... 764 Belgian Eastern J unction.... 264 Bombay, Baroda, & Cen. India 306 Detroit and Milwaukie lB9 Dutch Rhenish lOB4 Eastern of France .. ll7 6 Eastern Bengal East Indian Grand Trunk of Canada 1377 Great Central of Belgium 285 Great Indian Peninsula 590 Great Luxembourg 134 Great Southern of India Great Western of Canada 345 Madras . • • • Madrid, Saragossa &Alicant 6B) Northern of Canada . . 94 Northern of France 728 Norwegian Trunk Ottoman Paris, Lyons, & Mediterrn 1967 Paris and Orleans 1616 Recife and San Francisco. &c. 774 Sande lts Do. Punjab, &c 253 South Austrian, &c 2307 Southern of France 623 Victoria Welland West & N-Wn. of France Admission to Promenade, One Shilling. THE WELLINGTON, ST. JAMES'S-STREET. Set DINNERS served, at five minutes' notice. from Four to hive p.m., at 2e. 6d., 3 8 6d., 48. 6d , and 7s. each. E LEGANT SALOON DINING ROOMS, for Ladies and Families, Prices on the "Carte" moderate. Private Rooms for Large or Small Partier, Reading, Smokincr, and Billiard Rooms. BREARFASrS and LUNCHEONS. D. CAMERON. Entrances —l6O, Piccadilly, and 40, St. James's-street. 1864. 1865 1864 9gt 2,140 2.0 .1 44 65 603 28 2,496 1,922 121} 7,709 7,470 408 27 699 27,2 6 121 2,813 2.197 484 399 - - 610 533 65,E 2,007 2.00 17 989 47.3 63 1,7.6 1.465 75 2,004 1.680 35 317 252 30k 3,906 3,020 5) 3,774 8.2E4 243 1Q,5t1 9,913 663 36,534 33,364 865 40,149 38,289 991 2,986 3,e00 74 867 556 387} 10,286 9.032 1236 77,626 75,13! 13 203 ' l4 246 4,696 4,461 145 1,845 1,638 403 14.922 41,610 241216 193 26t 146 121 46 732 74 20i 3 9 i 6% 12714 1,3,420 115,509 51 2,185 .2,016 154 i 28,865 27,853 2678 26, 74 23,489 127 1 13,880 12,2 4 114 2,650 2,345 27 3,400 3,010 42t 2,602 2,588 216 20,460 19,035 91 1092 1,69 28 1,640 1,519 8 1 2,627 2,'22 681 53,937 51,419 2601 6,077 5.264 44 2,680 2,705 556 11691 9• 258 11i 191 138 79; 306 105 i 10 27,700 26,251 73,295 70,138 1,3,6 0 3,0 8 8,2 0 8.554 163 130 952 953 5,990 5,656 1,175 954 5.70 $ 4,940 31,490 29,974 0,009 5,779 2,774 Z 378 236 230 516 387 1,765 1,507 689 667 1,103 975 911 917 43,579 42,000 373 298 356 294 4,259 2,593 7,627 6,799 6,276 5,622 80,962 69,712 ;2,032 1,313 25,139 23,413 2 /.021 22,091 7, - 82 6,227 15,029 6,783 5,965 5.027 1652 485 15,343 12,083 6,842 6,370 17,741 19,195 - _ 70,781 63,670 481 1784 147,4 1 130,329 1614 78,859 72.880 77f 813 e 95 105 32 1.3 4 8 ,1 8 1527 81.337 54,856 770 83,599 34,326 196 9,355 L 8.788 25 - - 959 66,229 57,688 VACCINATION.—Sir,—See Medical Times of Sa turday, 9th inst., page 277, where it appears as a fact "that more than 60 per cent. of the patients admitted with smallpox at the London Smallpox Hospital last year had been previously vaccinated. So much for Jenner and his vaccination.—Yours, &c., ANTI- VACCINATOR. THE POTATO DISEASE.—The potato disease is computed to have destroyed half the crop in the neighbourhood of Spalding. A Boston report states, how ever, that in that part of Lincolnshire 'the disease is very partial in its effects. Rocks and Regents are nearly all bad in some districts, while flukes and seedlings are generally well spoken of. There is a good supply of potatoes about Godmanchester ; unfortunately, however, the disease prevails to some extent, and increases its ravages the longer the roots are kept in the ground. [ADVERTISEMENT.—HoIIoway's Pills and Ointment.— Be not Deceived.—Trhere is a giant marching onwards from the East who threatens to invade our prosperous country— his name is Cholera, and his cohorts consist of Impurity, Irregularity, Debility, and Despondency. Each of these provocatives of this dire disease may be overcome without danger by Holloway's remedies, provided they bo resorted to without delay the moment listlessness, looseness, fever ishness, or pain betrays disordered action. The " direc tions" will enable the least cultivated to treat successfully and subdue completely these warning symptoms of cholera. When confidence in Holloway's preparations has once been established, each believer in their virtues will humanely recommend them to his acquaintances, that none may fool ishly harbour the foe's friends within his own fortress. // Z ing L of t is ffaS