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) 7) '~ ".MMI !- , , -e.--.e,, -e G ~--` ! ! C-G G~ .--) -cam - 1 ---~~-_~ N E i , f .31 3 A1 14.:R ,7,0 , 14. • 141 %;.• breaking of the electric cure - 1 4 , tions of the torpedoes were mar ou l t ?f k 4 ...szu , , gt," , dglik e.g4) 4 \N4 vt{".4 _ 2 telescope guns could be traiZ as' certainly in - - KA - th e e line of the dredging vessels at night as in the ; ,i; . 4„ 3 1, " ' lit ‘. ; ' - 42 4 • kar ..-04* ***' 14t daytime. The details of these arrangements were most lucidly explained and illustrated with practical , • . r 4.-C" . wai l L y, 411 K - N.„., 0 ,7 k it . onorr . --- ' I D/ '-c;rA OnON must have a SUPPER and MUSIC v-4,490x for Gentlemen. Rememb e r, we wait fo r y ou a t 4 ' 41 after the Covent-garden Opera and the Theatres. experiments. LL WHISKY. DUBLIN EXHIBITION, 1865. 71118 Dublin Pbratededal OLD IRISH WHISKY gained the r cele ize X. m-. lt Is . Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and 'very Whole ,-vrae. Sold in Bottles, 3s. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London ; 3''the Agents in the principal towns in England ; or Wl Meettle at 8 - GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. <<Q b serve the red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded le eahan's LL Whisky." MUTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION ( Incorpor4ed by Act of Parliament, ISSO), ", RU SSELL -STREET, COVENT-GARDEN. LONDON. p kr) VANCIIS MONEY on Personal Security, Bills of SalP, t e r e eehold or beneficial Leasehold Property, without inquiry ire: or any deduction whatever, for periods of one, two, or Years, repayable weAly, monthly, or quarterly. Rills scounted. The irreatest secrecy observed. Advances also rede towards the Purchase of a House, repayable in 5, 10, or "4'l—Forms free on application, or receipt of a stamped ermelo Pe. EDWARD HARPER, Secretary. 11ANK OF BRITISH NORTH AMERICA. (Incorporated by Royal Charter.) uTuh° Directors of the Bank of British North America DO lit' l{}l ßY GIVN: NOTICE, that the YEARLY GENEtt of Settle of Proprietors will be held, pursuant to the Peed Settlement, on TUESDAY, the sth June next, at the Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, at One o'clock predsely, °Te en ihree Directors will retire by rotation. two of whom ,r themselves for re-election. a. ritrector will also be elected to su p ply the vsacaneycaused 0 7 the retirement of John Bloxain Elin, Es q. By order of the Court, London, May 14,16G6. C. kI`NAB, Secretary. THE MADRAS IRRIGATION AND CANAL COMPANY. NO TICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the FOURTEENTH o o ftPINARY GENERAL MEETING of the shareholders th.":e.Madras Irritation and Canal Company will be held at L° ol Pany's Office., 8 and 9, Queen-street-01w., Fourh aoll. da -bridge, in the City of Lcndon, on WEDNESDAY, the ei May instant, at One o'clock precisely. Tl'e Transfer Books of the Company will be Closed from .+Le 21st to the 30th, both days inclusive. By order of the Board of Directors, • • JOHN WESTWOOD. Secretary. dos • -*- s • 8 and 9, Queen-street-place, Sonthwark-bridge, London, E.C., May 1, 1866. THE EAST. INDIA IRRIGATION AND Nerpr n C&NAL COMPANY. IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the TENTH ORDI )E "Y GENERAL MEETING of the Shareholders of the Cost India Irrigation and Canal Company will be held at the brfe a nY's Offices, 8 and 9. Queen-street -place, Southwark of ,ge, in the City of London, on THURSDAY, the 31st day " 4 3' instant, at One o'clock precisely. the Transfer Books of the Company will be Closed from e 21st to the 31st inst, both days inclusive. By order of the Board of Directors, JOHN WESTW 00D, Secretary. lies. 8 and 9, Queen-street-place, Southwark-bridge, London, E.C., May 1, 1806. CHOCOLATE.-MENIER'S FRENCH. CITOCOLAT- M_E NIER, for Breakfast. C aO OOLAT-MENEER is pure, wholesome, and delicious. IVIENIER'S FRENCH CHOCOLATE. Warehouse, 23 2 Renrietta-street, Covent-garden. gold everywhere. 1-IYAAI & CO. 1 1 YAM & CO.; 66 and 67, Oxford-street, London. 41 - AAI & CO.'S Tweed Over Coats. YAM .& CO.'S Silk-faced Over Coats. ITYAM & CO.'S Suits. 4y . Am& CO.'S Morning Coats. TIYAM & CO.'S Sandringham Surtouts. tiYAM & CO.'S Trousers. YAM & CO.'S Fancy and Washing Vests. YAM & CO.'S Hosiery, Hats, Caps, &c. & CO.'S Ladies Riding Habits. h r A-A & CO.'S SerVan is Liveries, WA:NI & Co's , =ME . for GENTLEMEN, 66 and 67, Oxford Street, London. 1 374111 and Co's Spring Overcoats c yam and Co's Spring Suits Tam and Co's Spring Silk-faced Capes 255. to 455. 11 34n1 and Co's Spring Jackets / alri and Co's Spring Dress Coats 3os. to 635. 30s. to 70s. / 1 1 3 ' 44 1 and Co's Spring Frock Coats 11, 374n1 and Co's Spring Vests 6s. to 14s. ---.._' 4111 and Co's Spring Trousers ---__l4s. to 255. - YAM & Co.'s BOYS' SPRING CLOTHING, xh e 66 and 67, Oxford Street, London. First Establishment in the Kingdom for Juvenile Clothing. 1313°Y8' Knickerbocker Suits lss. to 355. t3's' Westminster and Osborne Suits lss. to 355. BOYS' Eaton, Harrow, and Rugby Suits 2ss. to 425. 1 0 - 8: Light Cape Overcoats $o e' jackets for the season °3'B Serviceable Vests ":178' Serviceable Trousers -.....„._ Bs. to 14s. I s t r AIVI and Co.'s SELECT DEPARTMENTS. 110 . 1. Gentlemen's Clothing for immediate wear. ~ 2. Bespoke or Order Department. 7, 3. Boys' and Youths' Distinct Department. 4. Hats, Caps, Hosiery, and Outfit Department. trAM'S AND CO.'S ESTABLISHMENTS. LoNnox-66 and 67, Oxford-street; BIRMINGHAM -21, 22, and 23, New-street; LEEDS -42, Briggate ; DAWSBURY—Westgate. S UBS CRIPTIONS for the WIDOW and fo rlo ',-haILDREN of the late Captain R. H. GRONOW, lecti A er 'Y of the Grenadier Guards, and Author sf " and Anecdotes," "Celebrities of London and 'Me j' af fm• Captain Gronow, who lately died in Paris, fiar~a widow and four young children, by his second fnC e a,e utterly destitute, without means to defray his Qr ou rat e xPenses, or even to purchase bread. Captain hi a b °l ° . was disinherited by his father, in favour . of rothe r a° d , a clergyman, and the small income which estate cease the interest of a sum charged on the family o r d with his life ; while the sums he received faaj t ime to time fo r hi s " R eco llections" were expended l evi ding for th e increasing expenses of his young of 1 1 ., Under th ese di s t ress i ng c i rcums t ances th e f rien d s it,"aanie Gr onow i n Paris came to her a id , an d th ey now tv o Pe n al to the liberality of her late husband's friends in e. 04t 4 9 0 , and also to the readrs of his Reminiscences, for childrire butions to enable her e to maintain and educate her n. Co. ).nptions received by Mess r s. SMITH, ELDER, and and 6 ., Cornhill , an d 45, Pall-mall ; and by Messrs. 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Ni ca ci t s icle Most digestible of all foods and suitable f w e and infants in all complaints. of v .° quote a few out of 62,000 Cures :—Ctire No. 58,216_ plaiue Marchioness de Brehan, of seven years' '"Ttearbeilpir_, tvitillt, 'muting away, debility, nervousness, irritability, sta rt a nervous palpitation all over, bad digestion, m con ' u.i...,. sleeplessness, and the most intolerable nervous the h• Cure No. 71, of dyspepsia, the county frothe Right Hon. of ri,-,.'ord Stuart de Decies, Lord Lieutenant of exe",aterfOrd :-1 have derived much benefit from y o ur .n e,enellent oo d.—Stuart de Decies, Dromana, 'Cappoqui , T . ;ItY Waterford. Cure No. 54,816, from the Rev. James 44,arnTi/beil, Syderstone Rectory, near Fakenham, Nor , th e i i ,... -n all cases of indigestion, and particul . arly when hest - e r is more than usually affected, 1 consider it the t fiew of all r emedies. 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Cu re C J2l_ e4tti on Ali ssElizabethJacobs, of extreme nervousness, gatherings, low spirits, and nervous tan e c s ie r , s; di rrifl°. 56,814. —Mr. Saml.Laxton,Leicester, ojtwoy 9d -21 b 1 8 4 . C a ce a• The food is sold in canisters, lib. ' e,.. - c; ; 121 b., 215.; 241 b., 40s. Super-refined s quality,' 11b . ' 111 and e,.. 21b,, 125. ; 5113., 225. ; ni b 3, ta c rrt, a ll i r,ters, carriago fres lO o l n b. r , e 3 c 3 e s ip . t T of helOb., Post-office O'rder, °L. l so i, - 4-'u Barry and Co , 77. Regent-street, Londpn Wis o -11 "Ps, Tea Dealers, 3, King William-street ; like ke..at 65, Gracechurch-street • 4, Cheapside ; 49, Bishops- Stil street Within ; 63, 150, and 298, Oxford. street ; 330, 1.0 4 111 9 ; 5,..4,17Pper Baker-street; 163, Tottenham-co9rt: ,Clos ( ; Pl' udoner-street, Islington N.; Harvey, Notting-hill , terra __ rot ers, ~,,, uu High-street ; and Stubbs, Queen'ti Gro,'" , S. John's -wood London • and all respectable '43 1144 Che ' l "-- - &—iewaro of spurious umtataons. N°. 23,061. NEW NOVEL BY TIIE PRISON MATRON. Now ready, in 2 vas., 215., PRISON CHARACTERS : drawn from Life. By A PumoN MATRON, Author of " Female Life in ison," &c. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Variborough-street. Now ready, in 1 vol., with Illustrations, 15s. bound, SPU R T AND SPORTSMEN. By CHARLES STRETTON, Eq. " Mr. Stretton has succeeded in producing a work descrip tive of home scenery, characters, and sports, which is full of excitement, and will interest the reader as much fri most de scriptions of foreign adventure. A charm this book un doubtedly hap, and few who begin and care at all for field sports, will lay it aside till it is fiuished."—Sunday -- • • Elurst and Blackett, 13, Great 3larlborongh-street , NEW NOVEL BY THE AUTHOR OF " UNCLE SILAS" AND " GUY DEVERELL" Just ready, in 2 vols.. post Bvo., ALL IN THE DARK. A Novel, By J. SHERIDAN LE FANU. Author of "Uncle Silas" and "Guy Deverell." Richard Bentley. New Burlington-street. New Edition, now ready, price Is., H OW TO GET FAT ; or, Leatness, its Causes and Cure. By JOHN HARVEY, M.D., F.A.S., L.S.A., London. By the same Author, price 2s. 6d. ; Cheap Edition. Is. THE RENEWING OF LIFE. A Practical Guide for Self- Preservation, embracing the Treatment of rervousness, Indigestion, and various Affections of the Nervous System. London : Dean and Son, 65, Ludgate-hill, E.C. Limp cloth, priec . lB., SYSTEMATIC MEMORY ; or, How to Make Bad Memory Good, and a Good Memory Better. By T. M.a.oLAnzig. • London: F. Pitman, 20. Faternoster-row. 240 pages, i:)firds Is. N., cloth 25., VEGETABLE COOKERY; including a com plete Set of Recipes for Pastry, Preserving, Pickling, the preparation of Sauces, Soups, Beverages, Sm, 10 . London: F. Pitman, 20, Paternoster-row. Just published. extra cloth gilt, gilt e Vv., price 3s. 6d., D M 0 ND DUS T. Collected by ELIZA COOK. London : P. 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Pitman, 20, Paternoster-row. E.C. T)HILLIPS AND COMPANY'S TEAS ARE BEST AND CHEAE'EST. STRONG to PINE BLACK TEA, ls. 6d., 25., 2s. 6d., 38., 3s. 4d. Most Delicious Black Tea is now only 3s. 6d. cer pound. Pure, Rich, Rare, Choice Coffee, is. 4d., Is. 6d Is. Bd. PHILLIPS and CO., TEA MERCHANTS, 6, King William-street, City, London, E.C. A price current free. Sugars at market prices. PHILLIPS and CO. ,end all goods Carriage Free within eight miles of No. 8, King William-street, 40s. worth Car riage Free to any Railway Station or Market Town in Eng land. Phillips and Co. have no Agents, nor auy connection with any house in Worcester or Swansea. SCIENTIFIC. AND ORNAMENTAL PRESENTS. (ARNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library, N.. 7 an t Dining-room, eonsisting of anewand e.eganz assort cue t of VASES, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obelisks, Ink stands, mautifnl inlaid Tables, Paper weights, Am, in Italian, Alabaster, Psrian, Marble, Bronze, Derbyshire Spar, &c. Imported and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Mine• ralopist to her Vlajesty, 149, Strand, W.C., London. &Ir. Tennant arranges elfmentary collections of ROCKS, INERALS, and FOSSILS, to illustrate the new edition Of Lyell's Elements of Geology; they will greatly f time interesting study of MINELtALOGY and GEOLOGY, e , be find et 2. e. 10, 20. 50. to 540 enitnt.tin each. ranuncei. INSTRUCTION' In Gaatt.,,u 1 «ma iin •t_lav,ta elven by Mr_ TENNAN r.F.IJ.S., at 149. strata. JDEFRIES and SONS beg to call the special • attention of Merchant) and the Trade to their NEW PATENT S PRA BURNE With Circubsr Wick, which for simplicity of construction. great brilliancy of light, perfect combustion. and its entire freednm frum heat, sur passes everything that has yet been introduced. A STRA LAMPS can be Obtained from the mmitoPom CAN LIGHT COM kNY, 417, Strand, and from all ironmongers and Lamp Wart houses in Town and Country; and the Patentee, 16 and 17. Commercial street, WhltechapeL ASTRA, PETROLEUM, and KEROSINE LAMPS on SHOW. (New Designs.) ASTRA (Patent) LAMP, for MINERAL OIL. AS TR A LAM P.—Five Hundred NEW PATTERNS for the Season now on Show. TABLE GLASS. ENGRAVED AND CUT. T REFRIES and SONS • , 16 and 17. COMMERCIAL-STREET. TAVERN AND HOTEL GLASS. Newest Patterns, Correct Measure. JDEFRIES and SONS, • 16 and 17, COMMERCIAL-STREET. ALEXANDRA DINNER SERVICES, For 12 Persons, Z 1 18s. 6d. BREA SF , IST and TEA, SERVICES in great variety, Z 1 ls. DEFRIES and SONS, J• 16 and 17. COMAIERCIAL-bTREET. CRYSTAL CHANDELIERS, New designs, for the Drawing-room. either for Gas or Candle. DEFRIES and SONS , J 16 and 17. COMMERCIAL-STREET. CItYSTAL CHANDELIERS, In the Grecian and Venetian Designs- JDEFRIES and SONS, •16 and 17. COII3IERCIAL-STREET. BRONZED AND ORMOLU CHANDELIERS, New designs, for the Dining-room. JDEFRIES and S ONS) • 18 and 17, COMMERCIAL-STREET. CRYSTAL LAMPS AND WALL LIGHTS (Registered) for India. JDEFRIES and SONS, • 16 and 17, COMMERCIAL-STREET. CLUB, MESS, AND FURNISHING ORDERS for the above Goods promptly executed. Works - LONDON and BIRMINGHAM. T DEFRIES and SONS, • 18 and 17, COMMERCIAL-STREET. "T DEFRIES and SONS v• Supply Merchants with Pattern Books Free. JDEFRIES and SONS' .TEMPORARY SHOW ROOMS. 16 and 17, COMMERCIAL-STREET, WHITEC HAPEL, Five Minutes' walk from the Late Establishment, 147, HOUNDSDITCH. TVOTHING IMPOSSIBLE.—The greatest and Li most useful invention of the day, AGUA AMARELL A. Messrs. JOHN GOSNELL and CO., Red Bull Wharf, 93, Upper Thames-street, Perfumers to her Majesty. respect fully offer to the public this truly marvellous Anil, which gradually restores tne human hair to its pristine hue—no matter at what age. The Agua Amarelia has none of the properties of dyes ; it, on the contrary. is beneficial to the system, and when the hair is once restored one application per month will keep it in perfect colour. Price one guinea per bottle, or in half bottles. 10s. 61. Testimonials from artistes of the highest order, and from individuals of undoubted re spectability, may be seen on application. Messrs. John Gosnell and Co. have been appointed Perfumers to her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales. THE RESCUE SOCIETY wishes to add another home to th , s 12 now in operation. Last year no fewer than 455 poor, friendless, young females were rejected trom want of FUNDS and room, making a total of 3,087, who have been sent away in five years. The new home the Committee wish to form wonld be for young girls, almost children, from the age of 8 to 15, who have been led astray from the path of virtue. Contributions will be received gratefully by the Secretary, Mr. Daniel Cooper, 85, Queen 'street. Cheapside; ur by Mesas Barolay and Co., Lombard-street. OYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, IL In the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail way Terminus, King's-cross. Patron—Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN. Vice-Patron—Tile Royal Elighnese the Prince of WA LE", MG President—flis Grace the Duke of BUCCLE UCH. 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 di ffi culty of Governors' orders. is wholly de pendent for support on voluntary contributions and t :44-nes. It affords reliet to a large number of in-patients, and, in addition to this, the average number of attendance of the destitute sick has for a considerable period averaged between 3,000 and 4,000 weekly. The Committee earnestly solicit the ASSISTANCE of the betterment, as the premises of this Hospital are capable of containing several nundred more beds, had the Commil the requisite funds to maintain them. Contributions are received by the Treasurer, Edward 1143 ,ermau, Esq., Nicholas-lane; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co.; Drummond and Co. ; Giyn and Co. • II rtes and Co. ; Ransom and Co.; Prescott, Grote, and CO.; Smith, Payne, and Co.; Barclay and Co. ; W.lliatas, Deacon, and Co.; Overend, Gur ney, and Co.: /s4labet and Co., Berners-street ; I. Barned and CO, LiVerpool3 said at the Hospital, from 10 till 5, STADIFOUD bMITII, seoretary, THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, _MAY 15, 1866. C'RENCII GALLERY, 120, PALL-MALL.- The THIRTICENTH ANNUAL EXHIBITION 0I PICTURES, the Contributions of Artists of the French and Ilent'sh Schoole, IS' OPEN THIS DAY. Admission, le. Catalogue, ed. I N TERNATIO NAL HORTICULTURAL EX H I BITION . Tickets may be obtained of the principal Nurserymen, and at— Austin's, St. James's nalL Letts and Son's, Royal Ex- Chappell s, New Bond-street. change. Cock, Add son, and Co.'s, 011iviees, New Bond-street. ltegent—dreet. Sam's, St. James's-street . Keith and Prowse's, Cheap- Wekerton*e, St. George's side. place. La cell and 011'er's, New The Royal Horticultural G ar- Bon (1-st-cet. dens, Kensington. Mitchell's, Bond-street. And at the Offices, 52, St. G: o : ;rg,; l B-place, Albert-gate, S.W. GREAT COMIC FESTIVAL, ST. JAMES'S BALL. TO-NIGHT (TUESDAY), May 15. when the following 'celebrated Comedians will perform all their most favourite SONGS, BURLESQUES. and SCENAS, in costume and character :—Mr. Arthur Lloyd. The Great Vance, Mr. John Na,h, Mr. Albert Steele, Mr. Fred. French, Mr. W. Randall, the Sisters Dashwood, and Mr. W. Lingard. Ac oompqnylst, Herr Louis Lee. Stalls, os. Tickets, 39., 25., and 1.., to be had of Mr. Anqtln, at the Hall; Messrs. Chappell, New Bond-street; Mr. Mit chell, Old Bond-street ; and Messrs Keith, Prows% and Co., Cheapside. • 31 - R. W. S. WOODIN'S BADEN-BADEN _IL and UP IN TILE AIR, an entirely New Entertain ment, EVERY EVENING, at Eight (except Saturday); Saturday Mornings at Three. POLYGRAI'HIC HALL, King William-street, Charing-cross Luxurious sofa stalls, bs.; balcony. stalls, 35.; area, 25.; amphitheatte,ls.—A plan of stalls may be seen and seats secured at the Hall from Eleven to Five. 11 H E 0 X F 0 It 1) , 6, OXFORD-STREET, W. ' • The Oxford and Canterbury Ilall Company (Limited', EXTRA NOVELTIES for the DERBY WEEK. Operatic Select!ons performed by Misses Russell, Barry, Fitzllenry ; Messrs. A. St. Albyn, Hush, Bury, Dalton, and Tivoli, with full band and chorus, canducted by Mr. F. JoNcumAns. Comedy, Burlesque, Gymnastic, and other performances, by all the moot talented Foreign and English artistes. The great Negro Trio, Joe Brown (his first appearance), and Messrs. Duriah and Davies. Admission—Area, 6d. ; stalls and balcony, is ; private bo.xce, with separate entrance, 108. 6d. Open every evening at 8. trADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION, IT't BAKER-STREET, EASTER HOLIDAY. NEW 'ADDITIONS.—SeveraI life-size Portrait Models of the most distinguished Personages of the day (including those of the late LORD PALMERSTON and GUS TAVUS V. BROOKE) have been added since the last Holidays ; and in the Chamber of Horrors are Effigies, taken from life, of SOUTHEY alias FORWOOD, and the notorious CHARLOTTE WINSOR. Open from 11 a.m. till 10 p.m. Admittance, Is. ; children, under ten, half price ; Extra Rooms, 6d. A RGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street, Piccadilly. elections from all the favourite Operas will be performed by the celebrated ARGYLL BAND every Evening. Chef d'Orchestra, Signor L. CURTI. M. LEVY, the Great Cornet Player, at Nine, Ten, and Eleven o'clock. Doors open at half-past Eight o'clock. Admission, Is. TvHAT. 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To Meet this evil, and to provide more ample accommoda tion, £2,000 has been raised, but to accomplish the Work a sum of at least £l,OOO more will IAo required. Besides providing shelter for the homeless, this year it is proposed, as far as the donations obtained for the pur- Tose will allow, to give bread and coals to poor tamilies in want. Will you, in your charity, help to carry on and accomplish what has been begun ? Will you help to give shelter to the really homeless, and food to the really starving? The smallest donation will be most welcome, and, night and morning, the prayers of the destitute will be offered in your behalf. SUBSCRIPTIONS are earnestly requested, and will be gratefully received by the Rev. D. GILBERT D.D., No. 22, Finsbury-circus E.O. J. AND D. NICOLL, • Tailors to the Queen, Royal Family, and the Courts of Europe, 114, 116, 118, 120, REGENT-STREET, and 22, CORNHILL, LONDON; 50, BOLD-STREET, LIVERPOOL; and 10, MOSLEY-STREET, MAN CHESTER. 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It cannot, however, be pretended that these points offer insoluble diffi culties; it would be possible in a single afternoon, much more in a fortnight, to arrive at a practical, if not complete, solution of every one of them; and as Mr. Disraeli declares that there is no difficulty in legislating for want of time, there is some reason to believe that the session of 1866 may see the termi nation of an agitation which has existed with vary ing fortunes for 15 years. TIIE " SPECTATOR" ON THE BRITISH MUSEUM READING-Roo3l.—lt is a rather curious story that of the way in which the great book manufactory known as the British Museum Reading-room came to grow up in free-trading London. More than a century ago, that model philanthropist, naturalist, physician, architect, and antiquary, Sir Hans Sloane, after having gathered some fifty thousand volumes of books----without looking, probably, into a tenth part of them—conceived the idea of leaving his hoard to posterity, " for the manifestation of the glory of God, the confutation of mankind." In his last will and testament, Sir Hans ordered that his fifty thousand books, together with an immense store of "dried samples of plants, miniatures, draw ings, prints, medals, and the like," should become public property, under the condition of the public paying for them "at the rate of twenty thousand pounds sterling of lawful money of Great Britain." The testamentary proposition , was duly laid before the keepers of the public purse, and after a long de liberation and much honestly expressed scepticism as to the beneficial use of so many old books arid dried plants, it was decided-26th George 11. cap. 22, or, in unparliamentary figures, April 5; 1753 that the Sloane gatherings should be taken, if the national mind would show sufficient interest in the subject to raise the necessary money in a lottery. The idea of thus combining the love of literature and of gambling was very fine, and it had all the success it deserved. Instead of only £20,000, as expected, the lottery realised £95,194, which large surplus was invested in the purchase of more books, and of a mansion in Bloomsbury, called Montagu House, to serve as a repository. The Government at the same time appointed a committee of manage ment for this entirely novel description of national property, the members of which held their first meeting at the Cockpit on the 17th December, 1753. From these slow beginnings, with the lottery at the bottom, arose that marvellous omnium gatherunz known to modern civilisation as the British Museum. The committee at the Cockpit, from the very commencement of their activity— long before gorillas, stuffed parrots, mummies, Polar bears, and Nineveh lions, had cometo encroach upon printed matter—felt a tender sympathy for book making creatures, and as early as the year 1750 a solemn resolution was put on the minutes, " that the corner room in the base story of Montagu House be appropriated for the reading-room, and that a proper wainscot table, covered with green baize, be prepared for the same, with 20 chairs." The kindness was deeply appreciated by the literary world of England, and there came as many as half a dozen readers and students of books to sit down at the green baize table. Among the half a dozen was one Samuel Johnson, who did little reading, but a great deal of talking—and kindred souls joining the conferences, the study with the 20 chairs soon became a very agreeable place of gossip. Thus it went on for a number of years, when new faces made their appearance, which so much disturbed the comfort of the older members that they insisted upon a second room being set aside for their accom modation. As the old "readers" wereinostly men of note, and tremendous grumblers besides, their de mand had to be granted; and a few more chairs and tables - having been gottogether, the new two-roomed establishment was thrown open in 1774. For nearly half a century it proved abundantly large, furnish ing a pleasant retreat, with its windows overlook ing the garden of Montagu House, tc many a toil ing bookwright, besides being of real service as a library of reference. For this assistance to litera ture the English nation paid at the rate of £9OO a year, including " coals, =ales, and o:licr ehlrges"—set down at £2O. At present that is, for the financial year 186ti-67, the British Mu seum cost £102,744, or more thap a hundr-d times as much. , However, the " readers" have increased at a mum iugner tuan tne nunaredtold rate. Ac cording to the poet Gray, the number of students at the British Museum Library on the 23d of July, 1759, amounted to five, he himself being one of the company. In the year of grace 1865, as stated in the official returns, the number of readers was 100,271, averaging 349 a day. Who can doubt, looking at these figures, the progress of English literature? The growth of the im mense book-store, the foundation of which was laid by the Sloane lottery, was very rapid. Gray's five readers had about 80,000 volumes to look at ; but Samuel Johnson, who came a few years later,found already nearly 100,000, and thenceforth 'the mass of books increased in much faster propor tion than the population of Great Britain. The Cotton and Harley collections were the first to be added to the stock, which was soon after largely swelled by 30,000 political tracts presented by George 11. Besides these great streams of printed matter, driblets kept flowing in from all directions. Speaker Onslow bequeathed a large selection of Bibles ; Sir Joseph Banks gave Icelandic works on theology; the Rev. 'William Cole presented genea logical manuscripts : and even a Jew broker Of Am sterdam sent, gratis, " a choice lot" of llebrew books. But the two largest accessions to the Mu seum store were obtained in the present century, the first being the library of George 111., number ing about 70,000 volumes, and the second the mag nificent collection of 'Thomas Grenville, containing more than 20,000 books, some of them exceedingly valuable. Both these libraries are still kept, to some extent, distinct from the rest, in special rooms and with separate catalogues. To accommodate the books of George 111., or " the King's library," a large building had to be erected in the rear of Montagu House ; but notwithstanding this exten sion of ground, the old mansion was soon stuffed with books, to such a degree that it became nigh impossible to get at them. The most valuable works were hidden in dark nooks and corners, the shelves were filled two and three deep, and classification became all but impossible. Still the flood kept pouring in—a very Niagara of print tumbling into the old mansion at Bloomsbury. In 1838 the books were counted, one by one, as they stood on the shelves, and found to number 235,000 ; at the pre sent moment they are believed to be near upon 900,000. The actual increase now is at the rate of between 75,000 and 76,000 per annum. During the year 1865 the department of printed books was augmented by 75,565• numbers, of which 28,644 were complete works; 19,335 were purchased, 915 presented, and 8,894 acquired under the copy right laws. The latter figure, it is to be surmised, represents the result of the book manufacture of Preat Britain in the course of this one year : and a very considerable portion of it must be fruit of the Museum tree. That books beget books is an old truth, and there is not in the world another place where the process of generation and incubation is encouraged as it is in that temple of concentrated learning known as the new Reading-room of the British Museum. The substitution of this magnifi cent rotunda for the plain two old rooms at the back of Montague-house came to mark an important era in the history of the British Museum library. We well remember the two rooms, with all their homely simplicity of furniture and shelves ; and remember with particular pleasure the number of well-known faces that used to assemble there to consult rare and important books, to read, to study; and to take occasional notes. All this came to an end in 1857, when the new temple of literature—" second to one only, in point of size, of the cupola buildings which have been erected by the genius of man," as the enthusiastid compiler of the " IlandbOok for Readers" has it--was given to the public. The visitors and students of the old library transferred themselves with some misgivings to the " magnificent salon"— to quote the " Handbook" again—and sat down under the big dome " the ceiling of which is coloured in azure, with gilded mouldings." A few of the younger students at first thought the azure dome might possibly be inspiring; but they soon found out their mistake when they saw an army of com pilers, copyists, schoolboys, and clerks out of work take possession of the " magnificent salon," engross every one of the 300 bolstered chairs, and lay hold of all the cyclopmdias, gazetteers, dictionaries, and picture-books on the shelves. The frequenters of the two old rooms now perceived that their quiet studies had come to an end, and, like discreet men, they retired from the field, leaving it to the com pilers. ANCLO-AMERICAN TIMES.—To the impatient, who delight in penetrating at once to the marrow of an argument, it is no pleasure to wade through' a long diplomatic correspondence in order to arrive at the main points of a controversy. The fashions of diplomacy are peculiar. 'Watchful care must be taken to notice every matter of importance, so that nothing worthy of notice shall be passed over. Hence there is in each clause of au off= cial despatch considerable repetition. Not only the representations of the party to whom reply PARIS. THE GRAN,D HOTEL, Boulevard des Capueines, Place du Nouvel Opera, opposite the Rue de la Paix, and near the Theatres. Has been o: ened sines Jdly, 1862. It contains 701 bed rooms, prices from 4fr. to 25fr. ; 70 drawing-rooms, from 5f r. to 30fr. ; a magnificent salon, capable of dining more than 300 persons, and whcre4here is a table d'hôte at six o'c ock. Dinners and breakfasts are served h la carte in the coffee rooms, as well as in the apartments. There is a reading oom w.th the best English and foreign papers and publica tions, a music-room and a drawing-room for the use of tra • Yellers without any additional charge. There are also baths, billiard-rooms, smoking diyaus, past-013e ; cabs, carriages, and omnibuses going to the railway ststidn The servants spe.,k all languages. 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TimEs.—We know not whether the House of Commons was satiated with Reform by the number less speeches on the Franchise Bill, or whether Foreign Affairs or the Panic in the City have dis tracted its attention, but it is somewhat remarkable that the debate on the Bill for the Redistribution of Seats should have collapsed during the dinner-hour on the very first night of the discussion. Mr. Dis raeli began yesterday with an elaborate speech on the distribution of political power in our represen tative system as proposed to be affected by the Go vernment Bills. Mr. Cardwell followed him, and there it may be said that the debate ended. The announcement made by the Chancellor of the Ex chequer, in reply to Sir Stafford Northcote, that the Ministry had resolved upon accepting Mr. Bouverie's suggestion for fusing the Seats Bill and the Franchise Bill in Committee, effectually allayed the faint curiosity which up to that time held the house together, and directly it was made the sub ject was dropped. On Monday week, the 28th, the House of Commons will go into committee upon both bills, and members have until that time to make up their minds what they will support and what they will oppose, the points on which they are willing to accept a compromise and those which they deem so essential that they cannot be modified. Mr. Disraeli's verdict on our present position is plain, if idiomatic. We are all in a " scrape" on this Reform question. The phrase is classical, ac cording to Mr. Disraeli, for Dean Swift often used it, and it is the only phrase which expresses the posi tion of all parties. This Reform problem, which every one has talked about and Ministry after Ministry has attacked, is still not understood ; it is not understood by the country, it is not understood by the House of Commons, and it is not understood by her Majesty's Government. The Ministers of the Crown are, indeed,. particularly backward, for they are ignorant of their ignorance, although it is an ignorance of facts as well as of principles. The only thing to be done is for the Chancellor of the Exchequer to withdraw the bills he has laid upon the table, and to begin the study of the prin ciples' of Reform. He may then, if he is dili gent., be able to introduce a comprehensive and well-considered measure next Session. Ignorance, Mr. Disraeli declares—and the state ment commands our assent—never settles any ques tion; but it must be added there are qualities with out which knowledge seems equally powerless. Mr. Disraeli avoided the errors of Mr. Gladstone's speech of 1858, and the arguments he advanced in defence of small boroughs were sound and just, and free from the suspicion of partisanship. He was equally forcible in showing the anomalies created by the principle of grouping when applied only to boroughs already represented. On the other hand, his arguments against increasing the political power of the largest counties and towns by increasing the number of their members were fanciful, and in pro posing to group unrepresented boroughs alone he would introduce anomalies compared to which those incident to the Government plan are trifles. Criti cism is no doubt the proper function of an Opposi tion, and in criticism Mr. Disraeli was strong; but as soon as he came to practical suggestions he was powerless. Fortunately, however, the position of the question is well understood. The Reform Act of 18G6, if by and by it appears, as we hope, in the Statute-book, will be a compromise, the leading ' features of which are now known, ar,d all that re mains is to settle its details. The worst that can be said of the proposed act is that it is a sop ; but even a sop has its uses. If the Opposition be wise, they will offer all possible assistance in disposing of the question. Some debate and division may reasonably be expected on the particular figure of the county andperhaps of theboroughqualification ;,the borough leaseholders must certainly be withdrawn, leaving the borough freeholders in the possession of their present anomalous privileges; and a more satisfac tory settlement of the question of boundaries must PRICE.... 4d. STAMPED sd. is made must be noticed, but quotatiims must be given of the exact language which is referred to, and in reply frequently counter quotations must be made from previous epistles. These things make diplomatic papers. tedious, and those who skim over them do not always mark the precise features of the discussion. The cor respondence upon the Mexican question, between Mr. Se war d and M. D the views rouyn de l'Huys, M. de Montholon, Mr. Biael and r. Motley, is imp ext remelyortant7no n t w ;o much m in the re-enun elation of of the United States Govern ment and those of France, as in the c onc l us i ons s w e h w ic a h rd ar t e n arrived Di.Aelnoattnt.holoT,P,enffirFsethdrueaspryat,clttho,fisilalrn. el h a b i c o h r ate precededar, m in uponf reference all tothethe F re nc correspondencehpnlipolicy w in Mexico and the views d o esp t a h t e ch U es ni n te f d i‘ S i t . a d tes e itlhieuryes on. The tone of th e is defensive rather tharnencenl and h not nter emphatic. He desires to establish that the French intervention was for French interests only, with the design of interference with the i ns ti tutions of th w e as M e e h x n ic s a en n people. He avers that Maximilian by the Mexican nation to be their ruler , and that in order to obtain satisfaction fo r French'claims , t was necessary to support him. - kr . , iEWARDis 0 1 f o pinion that the Austrian was n ever fairly called o to ut th th e a t t hr it on w e as by im t po he ss lk ib le le xi t c o an obtain people a and points n expression of the natural will in the presence of the French army, whichoverawed thefree expression of opinion. The arguments, traced through the affirmations and: counter reasonings of both parties, approa c h finally the delicate point, how NAPOLEON can get out of the scrape without seeming to compromise French honour. The great point of anxiety with the French Emperor has been to know whether the United StateS would intervene upon the withdrawal of the French troops, to drive MAXIMILIAN from Mexico by force of arms. He desires a formal guaranty that nothing of the kind will be attempted. To this request Mr. SEWARD says that the United States would not consent to make a treaty guaran teeing non- intervention, because that would authorise an inference that they intended to act dishonestly in . the affair. This idea is not sanctioned, but Mr. SEWARD says—and this is the great point in the despatch of February 9—that France need not for a moment delay her promised withdrawal of mili tary forces from Mexico, and her putting the prin ciples of non-intervention into full and complete practice in regard to Mexico, through any appre hension that the United States will prove unfaithful to the principles and policy in that respect which it has been the duty of the Secretary to maintain throughout the entire correspondence. This is really the important part of the despatch. It is a promise that if the French withdraw from Mexico, the people of that country will be left to settle the question with MAXIMILIAN according to their own desires, and - that no interference by the United States in any fair expression of their sentiments, whether they elect to retain the usurper or to expel him from the coun try, will take place. This is really all that France could ask. The reply of M. DE L'Huvs, of the sth of April, comes, therefore, " to Hecuba," avoiding, as far as possible, those points in the argument which may be considered as of no importance in view of the final understanding. He finds in the lan guage of Mr. SEWARD a sufficient guaranty to authorise the adoption of definite measures for the withdrawal of the French troops ; and he an nounces that the first detachment will be withdrawn in the ensuing month of November, the second in May next, and the third in the ensuing November. Upon this determination no reply has yet been made by Mr. SEWARD further than to acknowledge reception of the information. But we imagine that it will be thought best to acquiesce in it, although the delay is not pleasant to bear. It will be seven months before the first detachment is withdrawn, but if the troops then withdrawn should be one third of the whole,,the question will be practically settled, so that MAXIMILIAN will have to write home to have his castle prepared for his reception in 1867. A most important kart of the correspondence is 'that which brings Austria upon the scene. Whe ther:the Convention which, it is said, pledges Aus tria to supply MAXIMILIAN with ten thousand sol diers, has been secretly made 'by an understanding with NArouloN. or whether it. is an independent proposition of FRAYCIS JosErii, the effect will be, unless the movement is stopped, to render the French withdrawal of no effect. It would be " change for change, a black dog for a monkey," and subject the Mexican people merely to a substitution of Aus trian for French tyrants. Against this project Mr. MOTLEY is instructed to emphatically protest at Vienna, and Austria is to be at once notified that such "an intervention cannot be regarded otherwise than as a matter o f serious concern by the United States," and that, if the intention is carried out," the United States will feel themselves at liberty to regard those hostilities as constituting a state of war by Austria against the Republic of Mexico, and in regard to such war waged at this time, and under existing circumstances, the United States could not engage , to remain as silent or neutral spectators." This will be an intimation to the House of Hapsburg by no means agree able, but which must have its effect. Austria has probably as much to do in Germany as she can attend to, and now that France, by the mere pressure of remonstrance from the United States, deems it advisable to withdraw from an experiment which has cost dearly in lives and money, it will scarcely be prudent for Austria to attempt to involve herself in the expensive failure in which a much stronger nation has been involved. The best thing that FRANCIS JOSEPH can do is to sing-fondly the gentle ballad, " Brother, come home." Royal United Service Institution. Mr. N. J. Holmes delivered an important lecture last evening, Admiral Codrington presiding, " On the Construction and Management of the Electric Torpedo." The details were mainly novel, having been the result of the private experiments of himself and Captain Maury. The electro torpedo was a weapon of defence against which both rifled guns or iron-clad ships were powerless, and it could be used alike for nines or submarine purposes. But to be effective it must be certain in its explosion at the very instant desired. General Grant had planned to use it in his attack on Petersburgh, but the explosion was not effected at the right time, and the plan miscarried. The Confederates used the li torpedo with great success on the James River, giving cause for,the making of the Dutch gap canal, and delaying for a week the progress of the Federal fleet. At Wilmington where the Federals captured 210 guns, the only iron-clad vessels destroyed were by the torpedoes. In 1854 the Russians laid down torpedoes, which were to be exploded by the mechanical fracturing of a tube containing sulphuric acid, which then inflamed chlorate of potash and fired the torpedo. In 1859 the Aus trians laid down electric torpedoes in the Bay of Venice, and by registering the sites where they were moored on a view of the bay thrown down on a table by a fixed camera obscura the passage of a vessel over any of them could be seen by the ob server and the torpedo fired. In those the Abel fuses were used, but the torpedoes could not be tested, as the passage of even a faint current of electricity would explode the weapon. This difficulty was completely surmounted by Mr. Holmes and Captain Maury, by the application of a bridge of platinum wire over the fuse. Through this bridge the current from a Wheatstone exploder and other magneto-electric instruments of strong power could be harmlessly the fuse from sent, and telegraph messages transmitted through the torpedo itself from one fort to another. But if . a shock of frictional electricity.was would not pass by the bridge, and By this means of transmitting orderci transmitted, it fired. it was manifested to the officer to moment b could certainly station to station, the proper cha r i :: e f the htehem,and torpedo e fusaahcoarmizoeniii their action at the il crit t i h c e a lines of direction of the be relied upon, e t n h e e n t l a y l , i s. le y o e tal telescope, torpedoes beintigjelvatehi coincidence with the fine wires crossing the field of telescopeth of the observer at one Station, could d o moment N n v t n a o u n as at the eeertain by the telegraphic message when she wa s i n li n e with the wire of another telescope corresponding observing station, and then at the very period of the intersection of the directional lines, at the exact instant the vessel was over the torpedo, it could be unerringly exploded by the fric tional electricity of the firing apparatus, by the ob server himself merely pressing do . ;vn a key attached to hie telescope, which brought th© exploding elec- - tricity into play. If the wires were cut by dredg ing boats or vessels an alarm-bell was rung by the ;ongresslonal Plan of Reconstruction. The report of the joint onComm o ltt n e t e ry.l Recon struction, of the United S tates Senate and House of will awaken pro- intense o- Representatives in ter interest st is o throughoutf a character the whichcu poses the terms upon which it is expected that Con gress will be willing to admit the people of the seceded States to participation in the affairs of the Government, and its provisions are of such a nature as will cause intense feeling among the participants in the late rebellion, as well as in the breasts of Union men who stood by the Government during the war. Hence the manner in which the report of the committee will be received at the North and the South is likely to be entirely different. The ex rebels are unwilling to endure any penance, to sub mit to any terms, or to agree to any compromises. They claim a right to go back to power with all the privileges which they relinquished in 1861, and if anything is due to them they rather intimate that rewarding them for their treason would be just and generous. The report of the Reconstruction Com mittee does not propose any such liberality. It pre sents to the country certain terms necessary for the safety of the Union as it was, and is as the basis of what may be called a treaty of peace. The first matter of importance is the settlement of the status of all persons in the United States under the Second—Thato regulate male citizensth e s e i m e a op t r t , ee e sr r Indians od o tu n ihas s etn s t iu i t t u u nnt t iio i to o ten n d ; the second is the nature of represen tationi First—Thatcfthteheqpn according r ali fi i e ° t s o n and 9 erectors; tation ; the third the conditions of representation ; c tors; and the fifth e s t n h t the t a i v g the subject of the annulment of thwilebel debt.. To certain cesoin a f m 2C e l n o d ny m grea ents to the s oft taxeda tt States psh U roa ni llli t db e ed d e a, S li t k a e te. i s a aarlle the States. Congress shall be be - a pp ortioned po i p m u m la u t n io it n ies o f citizens that if 'any excludi ngportion excluded from voting, except from the participation in the rebellion, or other crime, the basis of repre sentation in such State shall be reduced in the pro portion which such male citizens excluded shall bear to the whole number of male citizens over 21 years of age. For instance, in a State where male citizens of all colours vote the representation will be o n t h e whole population, excluding Indians not tax e d. Where there are negroes above 21 years o f a ge , in States where negrocs do not vote, the reduction will be in the proportion which they bear to the white voting population. If, for example, there are one million of white voters in a State, and one hundred thousand adult male black, in ascertaining the basis of representation, counting white men, women, and children, and black women and children, there shall be a reduction of one-tenth, and the representation shall be settled according to the usual Congres sional apportionment. Where, as in some of the Southern States, the proportion of black to whites is heavy, the reduction will be very considerable, but in those States there will be a representation founded on the black population, women and children. By this plan all attempts to compel the admission of blacks to suffrage will be avoided ; it will be a ques tion for each State, founded on political necessity, or the changes which time may bring in the ideas of the people. The third amendment proposes to. punish the crime of rebellion by excluding from political privi leges in Federal elections for five years, or until July 4, 1870, all persons who participated in the Rebellion, or gave it aid and comfort. This will not affect the rights of such persons to participate in elections for State officers. The fourth amendment proposes that the Con federate debt shall never be assumed by the United States, and that no compensation shall be made for slaves freed by the result of the war. As accompaniments to these proposed amend ments, are two laws, one of which declares that, when the amendments are ratified, any State lately in insurrection may be admitted to Congress upon modification of its Constitution accordingly, and hi such case the State so ratifying the amendment . _ shall be allowed to assume the direct tax due the i United States, and be allowed ten years for pay ; ment. Another proposes to exclude the leaders of the Rebel Government from eligibility. to Fe• deral offices, also of West Point officers who participated in the rebellion, and officers of the rebel army above the grade, of colonel, and of the rebel navy a b ove t h e grade of master '• also all who maltreated Union prisoners during the war. This proposition would exclude from office nearly all the old politicians who led in the rebellion and insure the choice of new men. The former would still have power as voters, however, after 1870, but they would not be able to distribute the Federal offices among themselves. These propositions are of very grave import. In some particulars they agree with what the President has recommended. In others they may be at variance with his policy. Presuming that they are ratified by Congress, they will go before the coun try the most exciting issues which have been brought to their attention for many years. STAFF APPOINTMENTS.—SeVeraI desirable appoint ments on the Staff at home will become vacant in the course of the autumn. Lieut.-Gan. Sir S. Cotton and Sir L. Garrott give up the Northern and South-Eastern districts on the Ist October, in consequence of their promo tion to their present rank. Sir R. Walpole's period of Staff service expires about thesamo time, and the Chatham com mand will be at the disposal of the Horse Guards. The Ca valry Brigade in Ireland and an infantry brigade in the same country will be open, as Majors-Gen. Key and Hon. A. Gordon will have completed their time in September. Geus. Cotton and Garrett have not been a year lathe enjoy - ment of their commands, and their removal, after so short a time, would seem to suggest the selection for these posts of Major-Generals so far down the list that they might look forward to holding their places for a longer period. Be sides, at places like Shorncliffe, where regiments returning f e r h ern ath l a o m ng , forrecruits, smartened u, t a w n o d u would seem that younger and more active officers, with tolerably recent regimental experience might be advantageously chosen. The Manchester command is scarcely of so much consequence, and there an older officer, one perhaps whose health had not allowed him to complete his Staff service abroad, might be chosen. But advantage would follow not only to the troops, but to the general officers themselves, by having these appointments given among the junior major generals, for each officer would find his employment lasting to about the time at which he might exp ect his regimental might colonelcy, and from the date of his employment income calculate upon the same :mo unt of professional during the rest of his cat eer.—AllnYa _ratly Gazette. DEAD -MEAT MARK W THE METROPOLITAN DEAD -3 length some prospect of a e are glad to learn that there atis s ith the Dead-meat Market in commencement being mad° w ll ears the corporation . have Smithfield. For more than y Smithfield t allowed the valuable site of . to remain one of the waste places of the city o . f London, yielding nothing to the t' funds, and existing only as a nuisance to the corporate which h oo d. Ihe del ays haveneighbour been interposed h av e caused great inconvenienceand by the city unneces nse to the Metropolitan sary e xpe nse and Great Western Rail way Companies, who have been unable to complete their works up to the point where they • might deliver the moat f ro m their trucks at once into the market. i So far as the public interests are con cerned, the too, fully sacrificed in thi s matter, and gr i e l a v t e e r he c e o n n d s e h rna e - - tion of the conduct of the city authorities can be afforded than is give n b y a visit to that filthy den of Newgate market, into which so large a portion of the supply of meat for the met ropolis is now is not a to wn _ huddled every morning. There England which is so wretchedly served in this matter of meat markets as London, and there is, on the other hand, no place in the world in which greater facilities exist for receiving and distributing the supplies of meat as London. Had the city authorities permitted it, the railways from all parts of England would long before this have been able to bring the meat into Smithfield. As now finally arranged, the meat conv,‘yed by the Great Northern, Groat Western, and other lines, will be lifted from the rails bolcw Smithfield to the hero! of the market, and be unloaded direct into the salesmen's shops, and without any of that unnecessary handling and that repul sive and disgusting treatment which it receives in New gate-market. It is bail enough that the public should have the chance of eating diseased meat ; it is insufferable • that they should be compelled to eat food which has passed through the defilement of the existing market.--/?aihray News. The police of New York are detecting milk men who put water with their milk, and publishing their names in the papers. the ...t.- 'S. of 12.