The Sun. — London, England, 1866-12-26 00:00:00

-..--. r. If submis- a raaS, produce a 'en. He lendment 6011 ; 110 r tains. the ission of course of It thinks, a broader ;ouch the at as the ement. univer . een this long re- for sil ls it for that we tr letters ige of a , w York carrying nen and iccumU - to urge eduction opens. tion for ild like )ry P ear . übli , public light iu )ause a nark of S. In atify a a yment human is bad an an- his is a neWS ;ue Of repro prague It was ocratio wading prague L. He , e .with war. served chosen L e re to the while dways ) have who Le es' E ! ~ ~ "......, BOOX - on - bESITLEUEN'S ATTIRE FORTY-TWO PHOTOGRAPHIC FIGURES ( 36 being portraits of Kings and Princes) reprosent the most fashionable and becoming attire for every ago and all occasions. The book contains also new rules for self- - Measure. Post free for six stamps, deducted from a pur chase•—SAMUEL, BROTHERS, merchant tailors, 50, Ludgate -hill. OVERCO A.TS, lls., 135., los.— OVERCOATS Vv for BOYS.—Read following 80 advertisements.— .____ :___ udfrate-1 1 '11 50 SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 12s. ' 145., 16s.—OVERCOATS vv for BOYS.—Road first and last advertisements.- - -iildamte-hin 50 SAMUEL BROTRFRS. ( VERCOATS, 175., 195., 21E4—OVERCOATS .‘./ for BOYS.— Note prices throughout the . column.— Ludgate -bill 50.— SAMUEL, BROTHERS. Q . ..ACOA.TS, Its., 135., 15s.—OVERCOATS in great variety, at the above prices, for BOYS.— l iudgate-hill, 50. —SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 17s, 195., 21s.—OVERCOATS in superior textures and newest style for BOYS.- 50.— SAMUEL. BROTHERS. EiiCOATS, I Is., 135., 15i. —0 VE ROO A.TB iu very useful cloths, at above pric4..s, fur BOYS.- 50.— SAMUEL, BROTHERS. IVEIZOOATS, 173., T 135., 21s.—OVERCOATS •- 1 fur ha:l - In:hate use, at all prices to 355., for BOYS.— • 50.—SAMVEL, BROTHERS. • , _ _ OVERCOATS, 215., 285., 33s.—OVERCOATS, at all prices, have silk v e lv e t co ll ars . —L u d gate -hill , 0--SANIU•EL, BROTHERS. IVERCOATS 425., 553., 63s.—OVERCOATS bill made to order by new selfmeasure rules.—Ludgate 50.—SAMIIEL, RROTHERS. .-- - - OVERCOATS, 215., 285., 33s.— OVERCOATS ,ill are ordered from patterns sent post free.—Ludgate -50.--SAMIIEL, BROTHERS. VERCOATS, 425., 555., 635. OVERCOATS ,Y not approved taken back and others made.—Ludgate 50.—SAMUEL, . 1 , 50 SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 215., 285., 338.—OVERCOATS hill for clerical use, in all fabrics and prices. - Ludgate 'l", 50.—S AM UE L, BROTHERS. VERO OAT S, 425., 555., 635.-0 VERO OA TS "ill, 50. p —SAMUEL, BROTHERS.rofessional, in all fabrics and prices.—Ludgate- VERCOATS, 215., 285.; 335.-0 VERCOATS, for every purpose, in the suitable fabrics.—Ludgate nip 50 SAMUEL BROTHERS. , - (A VEROOATS, V63s. —OVERCOATS 55s , V made from thoroughly shrank cloths only.—Ludgate 50.—SAMIIEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 215., 285., 33s.—OVERCOATS , in the new brown and gold mixed Meltons.—Ludgate nil], 50.--SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 425., 555.,. 635. OVERCOATS , in beautiful fur-faced. gold-mixed beavers. —Ludgate .lll 50 —SAMUEL BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 215., 285., Ms.—OVERCOATS VV in every kind of plain and Lamy coatings.—Ludgate hill, 50 -SAMUEL BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 425., 555., 635. —OVERCOATE in the new rich bronze and gold mixtures.—Ludgate. .ill 50 —SAMUEL BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 215., 285., 335. OVERCOATS in all weights f or ever y season an d climate.—Ludgate -11111, 50. —SAMUEL, BROTHERS. VERCOA'TS, 425., 555., 33s.—OVERCOATS , in rich go ld an d o li ve mixed treble beavers.—Ludgate -11 50 —SAMUEL, BROTHERS. 0 VERCOATS, 215., 285., 335.- OVERCOATS of the new reefer sape, beautifully made. - Ludgate 'on, 50. SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 425., 555., 63s.—OVERuOA I'S hil in very beautiful West of England fabrics.—Ludgate 1. 50.— SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 215., 285., 33s.—OVERCOATS in elegant, double-breasted Chesterfields.—Ludgate bill, 50. SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 425., 555., 635. OVERCOA TS in rich brown, Oxford, black, and steel cloths.- 50.— SAMUEL, BROTHERS. - - - OVERCOATS 21s. 285., 335.-OVERCOATS in new style single-breasted Chesterfields.—Lud g4te-hill, eO.—SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 425., 555., 638. 0 VERCO ATs in new style Albions and all other shapes.—Lud gate-hill 50.— SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 215., 285., 33s.—OVERCOATS y this season are excellent value for the money.— "dgate-hill, 50.— SAMUEL, BROTHERS. VERCOATS, 425., 555., 635.-0 E/V — iTOT r— FS y at these prices are made of very choice fabrics.- 50.— SAMUEL, BROTHERS. V.I7tIRocIATS, 215., 28g., 335.-- -OVERCOATS are very necnssary in this variable climate.—Lud- MA-hill, 50.— SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OVEROOATS, 425., 555., 635. —0 VERCO .TS r in black Beavers, thoroughly tested and shrunk.— 50.— SAMUEL BROTHERS. rOVERCOATS, 215., 285., 33s.—OVERCOATS in Melton cloths, thoroughly tested and shrunk.— 50.— SAMUEL, BROTHERS. VERCOATS, 425., 555., 63$.—OVERCOATS in black Melton cloths, west of England make. Ludgate -hill, 50.— SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 215., 28s, 335. OVERCOATS h , in Pilot cloths, for hard, serviceable wear.—!Ludgate -1 S 'I.—SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 425., 555., 63s.—OVERCOATS in very beautiful west of Eneland Potershams.- 444 thmte-hill, 50.— SAMUEL, -BROTHERS. AVERcOATS, 215., 285., Ms.—OVERCOATS sent to any part of the kingdom. Patterns free. -L udgate-hill. 50.—S AMITE E., BROTHERS. ..... ...„. VERCO4 e l; T s ' , s 42 i t .3 n . , v , u re 6 6 3 3 . — 1) a O t t V e r kIL 0 S 14 1-1, - .;-tt-hill, 50. —S IMUEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 215., .28.3., 335. —OVERCOATS L made with every r' and to strength and comfort.-- .. 414 ate-hill, 50. —SAMUEL, BROTHERS. • OVERCOATS, 425., 555., 63,,. —OVE RCO A.TS in very rich, heavy, seal-black black beavers.-- IJlldgate-bill, 50.— SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 21q., 285., 33s.—OVERCOATS T at these p 0 . cri —SAMUEL h , BROTHERS.es are in te mnst fashionable style.— 5 OVERCOATS, 425., 555., 63s.—OVERCOATS in very rich, heavy. seal-beck brown beavers.- - ' 4l idgate-hill, 50.— SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 213., 285.,333. OVERCOATS aro represented in the new illustrated book.—Lud- Rate-hill, 50.—S AMIIEL, BROTHERS. VERCOATS, 425., 555., 635. OVERCO ATS in very rich, heavy. seal-back Oxford beavers.— r ;ate-hill, 50.— SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 425., 555., 635. OVERCOATS lined with silk, and very beautifully quilted.—Lud gate-hill, 50 , SAMUEL , BROTHERS. „ OVERCOATS, 215., 285., 83s. OVERCOATS 1 . in all the plain, strong, and most useful styles.— 'ildgate-bill, 50.—S ANUE h, BROT HERS. OVERCOATS, 425., 555., 635. OVERCOATS lined with Italian cloth, and thickly quilted.—Lud "te-liill, 50.— SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 215., 285., 335. OVERCOATS reduced in rice 1v a rea `2.l__Ogate-hill, 50. p SAMUEL, strict BROT HERS.dy-money system.— OVERCOATS, 425., 555., 635. OVERCOATS at these prices are fit for any gentleman.—Ludgate -1", 50.—SAMIIEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 215., 285., 335. OVERCOATS with warm woollen linings, for winter wear.—Lud 50.—SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 215., 285., 33s.—OVERCOATS . of all weights, to suit every kind of elimate.—Lud te-hill, 50. —SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 425., 555., 63s.—OVERCOATS made to measure by high-class scientific men.—Lud 50.—SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 215., 280., 83s.—OVERCOATS for liveries are made of well-silrunk 50.— SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 42s 555., 635. OVERCOATS I guaranteed to fit by the new self-measure rules.— ""higate-hill, P.—SAMUEL, BROTHERS. • OVERCOATS, 285., 83s.—OVERCOATS ocan2ls., be ordered from patterns, whieh are sent free.- 50.—SAMITEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 425., 555., 63s.—OVERCOATS have become an immense business in this house.— -,... t j . !u ate-hill, 50.— SAMUEL, BROTHERS. VERCOATS, 215., 285., 33s.—OVERCOATS exceeding five pounds value are carriage paid.—Lud- Rate-hill, 50. SAMUEL, BROTHERS. ---- OVERCOATS, 425., 355., 63s.—OVERCOATS ordered from tho country are always prepaid.—Lud- RA te-bill, 50.-SAMIIEL BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 215., 285., 83s.—OVERCOATS sent to France and any part of the Continent.—Lud 6ate-hilt, 50. SAMUEL BROTHERS. OVERCOATS,_ 425, 555., 63s.—OVERCOATS , sent to New York and any other part of America.— 50. —SAMUEL, BROTHERS. - - - OVERCOATS, 215., 285., 83s.—OVERCOATS sent to all parts of British North America.—Lud hill, 50.— SAMUEL. BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, - 425., 555., 63s.—OVERCOATS sent to Tasmania and emery part of Australia.—Lud hill, 50.— SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 215., 285., 335. 0 VERCOATS in a variety of undressed cloths, for hard wear.—.Lud &te-hill, 50.—S AMITE L, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 425., 555, GU-OVERCOATS of the Inverness cape class in Whitneycldths.—Lud ato- li 'IL 50.— SAMUEL, BROTHERS. CrEfIOOArI:S, 215., --- ;8;., --- 33;.—OVERCOATS of the Inverness cape class in Melton class.—Lud- Rate-hill. 50.—SAMIIEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 425. ' 555., 63s.—OVERCOATS „, made plain or with lap seams, velvet eollars.—Lud k4lte-hill, o'o SAMUEL. BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 428., 555., CU—OVERCOATS „. made up with velvet edges and velvet eollars.—Lud 'ato-hill, 50.— SAMUEL, BROTHERS. VE ROO ATti, 215., 285., 335. 0 VERCOATS in every description of plain and fancy eloth.—Lud *S-liill, 50.— SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 135., 158.—OVERCOATS 1. - for boys. The new Reefer and Princelet coat. 51— SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 17s. 19s. 21s.— OVERCOATS , for boys , in everyfashionable and useful shape.— u,l 'gate-hill, 50.— SAMUEL, BROTHERS. EAL FUR-SEAL WAISTCOATS, 255., 355., b l ji 425. Richly lustred and lined scarlet.—Luclgate -SAMUEL, BROTHERS. READ the SYSTEM SAMUEL, , BROTHEIIS, conduct their business upon in the Illust r at e d P r ice blisathdescribed at head of column. The firm bas been este.- ed 20 years on the principle of charging the lowest u ,ee Possible for ready money, and marking the same .4,lloWed each article in pla te-in figures, from which no deviation .-50, Ludgahill. - , f t - 0 7 W *t? 1 r 1 I _ • blicans may di• wh i' ,t• t • • 7 6 .1.:4; - ;•-• des udeiVe • - *). f i b by t • , 0,141 • 71t 4 ,, / Ito of the Una --(•• 1 / 4 (( 0.0 e • I '. 4 _ ( Ti 474 , r v. \ • 'No 7• 4-) , •. o c, • L - 1 / - , .0 1 --wd, DR OIT II 1113 - -31 "1" 1. 4 7 4 AU-DE-VlE.—This Pure PALE BRANDY, 18s. per gallon, is very superior to recent importations of Cognac, recommended by the medical profession, and ex tensively used in hospitals. In bottles, 3Ss. per dozen, or in a case 39s , railway carriage pat I.—HENRY BRETT and CO., Old Furnival's Distillery, Holborn, E.O , and 30, Regent street, S.W. Established 1829. CONTRACT FOR BEECH WEDGES. Contract Department, Admiralty, Somerset House, 14th Dec., 1866. /11HE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING IL the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of iho UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRE LAND, Do hereby give NOTICE, that on TUESDAY, the Bth January next, at Two o'Clock, they will be ready to treat with such Persons as may be willing to Contract for supplying Her Majesty's Dockyard at Portsmouth with Hewed Wedges of Beech, under a Contract for twelve calendar months certain, and further until the expiration of three calendar months' warning. The average annual consumption, together with a Form of the Tender and Conditions of Contract, may be seen in the Lobby of the Storekeeper-General's Department, Admiralty, Somerset House. No Tender will be received after Two o'Clock on the day of Treaty, nor will any be noticed unless the Party attends, or an Agent for him duly authorised in writing. Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and boar in the left-hand corner the words " Tender for Beech Wedges ;" and must also be delivered at the Department of the Storekeeper-General, Admiralty, Somerset House, accompanied by a L;tter signed by two responsible person; engaging to become bound with the Person tendering in the sum of £2OO for the due perfor mance of the Contract. By Order, ANTONIO BRAY, Registrar of Contracts and Public Securities. PRICE.... ....... 4d. STAMVED....Sd VIETROPOLITAN RAILWAY—Trains every AZ. five minutes. ETRO POLITAN RAILWAY Moorgate AA_ street Station. BOYS' ATTIRE. i TETR OITAN RAlLWA Y — Aldersgat POL e ta street Station. TimEs.—lt would perhaps be premature to say hat the Government of the United States is about to undergo a *complete.. change ; but the more we hear of the proceedings of the current Session of Congress the more apparent is it that elements are at work which must speedily transform the Consti tution, unless their action is checked by the national opinion. The Republican party, flushed with vic tory and overwhelming in strength, hurries on to its ends without listening to a word of remonstrance. It is for a time the uncontrolled and uncontrollable master of the situation. The minority which passes for an Opposition in the Senate and House of Re presentatives is litera!ly silenced. The power of the President is gone. Unable to reckon upon a suffi cient number to support. his veto, he sits at the White House an i mpo t ent witnrss, of a legislative action which h e cannot i mpede. The powers con ferred upon hi s o ffi ce are taken away from him one by one, and his - duties are reduced to those of the most formal character. The small remnant of autho rity which he might exercise during the interval be tween successive Sessions of Congress he will not enjoy, as an act has been already passed making the next Session follow immediately o n th e termination of the present. The Republican supremacy is thus • complete. But perfect as their position now is, the leaders of the party are conscious of its insecurity. They have endangered, if they have not sacrificed, the Constitution that they might turn to the utmost profit a triumph probably temporary. Their victo ries in the autumn were iu the most important States the direct consequence of - a reaction against the violence of the Chicago tour, and the majorities won by the indiscretion of their principal opponent may be lost by the extreme course they have them selves taken. Without 'considering the possibility of the admission to the national Legislature at no distant time of representatives from the excluded Southern districts, it is manifSst that - the Republi can party cannot depend on the continued fidelity of the middle States. It is. not unnatural, there fore, that they should be eager to consummate all their projects now, in their time of power; although should delay from any cause intervene, it is possible that their eagerness may prove their own destruc tion. The present Congress may not have time to complete its plans, but enough has been done to show the essential character *of the changes the majority desire. The L .gislative has conquered the Executive I.),Tartment of the Government, a.al would now proceed to absorb all other power through out the country. It is not difficult to see that a collision between C _ingress and some of the middle States is the thing to be next apprehended. The policy of the Republican party in dealing with the conquered South must be supplemented by consti tutional changes in the Sates still in the Union, and it is certain that these changes will not be accepted without as opposition which mast first be crushed by enlarging the sph,re of Congress. One of the great—perhaps- we should say the great —question in relation 'w the South is that of the suffrage. Last spring Congress was willing to allow the reconstituted States to settle the suffrage at their own discretion as heretofore, subject to the proviso that representatives should be - allot ted in proportion to the electors, and not to the inhabitants, of a district. No such compromise is now posale. The acees.,:ion of strength which the Republican party has received emboldens its leaders to insist upon " impartial " suffrage,in the South— that is to say, a suffrage limited, it may be, by property or educational qualifications, but admitting of no dis tinction of race.. It would, however, be wholly in consistent to insist upon an impartial suffrage in the South so long as it is not conceded in the North, and at present, with some exceptions iu New Eng land, persons of colour are hindered in acquiring, if not absolutely debarred from, political privileges in the North. Congress has accordingly shown its temper bya Suffrtvi ° e Bill for the district of C o l um b ia. In this peculiar district-:specially subject to the National Legislature—negroes will, after the pre sent Session, be admitted to vote like the other in habitants. The next step will be the application of the same law to the Northern States. At present it is uncertain in what proportions the Senate would be disposed to support a bill interferino , with the liberty each State has to d e t erm i ne who shall have the privilege of the suffrage within it, and until it is well ascertained that a sufficient number of Senators would favour the proposal t o pass i t over t h e Presi dential Veto, it sintroduction will be delayed. But already there is a cry that the Senate is a clo g to the House. Its tend enc i es are too conservat i ve for the extreme Republicans in the House and, thy. country ; and it is very possible that some wavering Senators may give way rather than p r ovoke a hostile feeling. Events are at p resen t marching fast in that direc tion, and we may ,anticipate that the 40th Congress, if not the 39th, will pass a law which will be a more striking innovation than anything of which we have yet heard. The threatened interference of Congress with the qualification of voters in every State will, if effected, be an essential alteration of the charac ter of the Federation, and the first instance of the aggrandisement of the central authority by the re moval of the checks which were designed to limit its power. The tendency of Congress to encroach on the functions of the separate States is a sequel to its absorption of the Presidential powers, and is i n compl e te agreement with the conduct of the majo rity tow ards the minority within itself. The " Caucus" has always been a great institution at lir as sington, but never hitherto has its power been • anything like what it is this Session. The " Caucus" is King. It supersedes discussion in House and Senate. In this conclave of the dominant party the measures are hatched which are then brought to light in the Legislature, and hurried through without debate. A dissident in the ranks of the Republican party itself must give way in every par ticular to the resolutions of his associates, as he knows that otherwise his name would not be in cluded in the " ticket" of his party at the next election, and his political career would be sum marily closed. In the " Caucus," however, there may be debate, though it is a debate in secret. In the Legislature there is no discussion worthy of the name. The bill, for example, providing that when the present Congress conies to an end on the 4th of March the new Congress shall immediately assemble for the despatch of business was carried in the House of Representatives, after scarcely half an hour's dis cussion, by a majority of 127 to 3J. If the bill be important, and an attempt at opposition is expected time " previous question" is called into play. This device absolutely precludes debate, since when it is demanded a vote is immediately taken whether the discussion shall be confirmed. If the majority de cides this in the negative, a vote is at once taken on the bill itself, and :a measure thus becomes law, al though no opportunity has been given to its oppo nents to argue against it. The minority is thus sub ject to the caprice of the majority, and the temper of intolerance fostered which forbids any expression of independent opinion. The man who is in a party is its slave ; the man who is in a beaten party is a silent slave ; the man who attempts to be indepen dent of party is nowhere. In observing the change which American institutions are suffering, it must be obserired that we pass no opinion on the immediate objects of thogiornivant party in Congress. The BOYS' & HYAIII and CO. TO GUNMAKERS and Others. The SECRETARY of STATE for WAR is desirous of receiving PROPOSALS from Gunmakers and Others for BREECH-LOADING RIFLES, either repeating or not repeating, which may replace the present Service Rifles in future manufacture. OYS' at 66 and 67, OXFORD-ST. BOYS' NEW STYLE OVERCOATS. The following are the conditions considered essential in military non -repeating Rifles:— A. "WEIGHT. Not to exceed 91b. soz. without bayonet. n. LENGTH. To be 51 inches, with short stock, measured from tho hollow of the bUtt-plate to muzzle. c. WEIGHT OF AMMUNITION MADE UP. Must not exceed 61b. 4oz. for sixty rounds as packed for service. 3IETROPOLITAN RAlLWAY—Farringdon. street Station. D. CARTRIDGES. BOYS' NEW STYLE REEFERS. Must carry their own ignition E. SIGHTS. The foresight must be such as to admit of a bayonet fixed according to the present system. r. STOOK. Must bn such as to carry a light metal cleaning-rod, and allow a sling to be used. _____ G. RECOIL. Must not exceed that of the Enfield Rifle by more than 0 per cent. n. THE AIM AS A WHOLE. Must be as little liable to injury by long-continued firing, rough usage, and exposure, as the naval rifles converted to breech-loaders on the Snider system. To be as capable, also, of being used without accident by imperfectly trained men, and of being manufactured in quantities and of uni form nays , KNICKERBOCKER SUITS. 413 BOYS' OSBORNE suns. _A) BOYS' HARROW SUITS. BOYS' JACKETS for ALL PURPOSES. METROPOLITAN RAILWAY—King's -cross S La Li o n. BOYS: TROUSERS and VESTS. OYS' HOSIERY and SHIRTS. OYS' HATS, CAPS, &c., &c. 11 - ETROPOLITAN RAILWAY—Gower-st ree t al. Station. ETROP 0 LITAN RAILWAY— Portland road Station. E circusß oP s p at L io l n T (o AN R ti eg t e i nt:- 283, Regent-street). en t-s tree t). TE ) COMeAIgY'S SPECIAL OMNIBUSES to and from Port— land-road Station meet every Ttain. (opposite Polyte chnic oliA.N I t n A s . II.V111:. H YAM & Co.'s BOYS' WINTER CLOTHING, 66 and 67, Oxford-street, London. The First Establishment in the Kingdom for Juvenile Clothing. Boys' Sandringham Overcoats lss. to 355. Boys' Prince Alfred Reefers Boys' Overcoats for Little Boys Boys' Knickerbocker Suits lss. to 355. Boys' Westminster and Osborne Snits lss. to 355. Boys' Eton, Harrow, and Rugby Suits Boys' Jackets for Sch o ol an d Home Os. to 21s. HYAM and Co.'s ATTIRE for GENTLEMEN, 66 and 67, Oxford-street, London. THE BELGIAN PUBLIC WORKS COM PANY (Limited). NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the LISTS of APPLICATION for SHARES in the above Company will be CLOSED on FRIDAY NEXT, the 28th instant, for London, and SATURDAY, the 29th instant, for Country applications. By order of the Board, W. J. L. lIERIOT, Secretary. St. Clement's House, Clements-lane, E.C. WHAT IS YOUR CREST AND WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO ? Send 3s. 6d. to CULLETON'S Heraldic Office for a Plain Sketch, or 6s. for a Colohred one. The Arms of man and wife blended together in proper heraldic form. The proper heraldic Colours for servants' liver'es, what buttons to be used, and how the carriage should be painted, fee 10 s. Just complete, a very valuable book, with 3,500 Engravings, arms, crests, and mottoes of nearly every family in the kingdom, the result of thirty years' labour, price XlO 10s., printed in several colours. Family Pedi grees traced from authentic records, information as to the obtaining of a new grant of arms, = how to change one's name„ by T. Culleton, Engraver to, her Majesty and Royal family ; also Diesinker to the Board of 'Trade, 23, Cran ourn-street (corner of St. Martin's-lane), W.C. Hyam and Co.'s Winter Tweed Overcoats 21s. to 30s. Hyam and Co.'s Winter Reefer Capes 3os. to 81s. Ilyam and Co.'s Winter Overcoats Hyam and Co.'s Winter Suits Hyam and Co.'s Winter Jackets Hyam and Co.'s Winter Frock Coats Hyam and Co.'s Winter Vests Hyam and Co.'s Winter Trousers YAM and Co.'s SELECT DEPARTMENTS. 11. 1. Gentlemen's Clothing for immediate Wear. 2. Bespoke or Order Department. 3. Boys' and Youths' Distinct Department. 4. Hats, Caps, Hosiery, and Outfit Department. QPANISH FLY is the acting ingredient in ALEX. ROSS'S CAN ITEARIDES OIL. which speedily produces whl,kers and thickens hair, 3s 6d, Ss Bd, and iOs 8d; sent by post for Si, and 141 at , tnips. -ALEX. H OB B. 248, nigh Holborn, London, and all Chem!sta. WONDERFUL DISCOVERY.—Corns cured in one day by usinz _ALEX. ROSS'S CHIROPO. This preparation gradually dissolves the Corn in a few hours, removing the veryroot. Price Is ; sent by post for 80 stamps. —248, High Holborn, London, and all Chemists. FIAIR-CURLING FLUID, 248, High Holborn, London.—ALEX. ROSS'S CURLING FLUID curl, Ladles' or Gentlemen's hair immediately it is applied. Sold at :is 6,1, 6s 6d, and 10s 6d ; sent free for 51, Si, and 141 stamps. —Had of all Chemists. ri REY HAIR.-248, High Holborn, London.— ijr ALEX. ROSS'S HAIR DYE produces a perfect colour immediately it is used. It is permanent, and perfe3tly na tural in effo I. Price 3s ed, be td, and .08 ed ; sent by post for 54, 84, and 144 stamps ; and all Chcmi,ts. HAIR DESTROYER.-248 High Holborn, London.—AL EX. ROSS'S DEPILATORY removes superfluous hair from till lace, neck. and arms, without effect to the skin. Price 3s Sel, 5s 6d, and 108 6d; sent for 51, 84, and 144 stamps.—li ad of all Chemists. DIMPLE REMOVER.—AII diseases of the It skin are improved by • one dose of ALEX. ROS,'S VE ;ETAJILE SKIN PILLS. They remove re inoss, sal lowness, Ate. 2s 9d and 78 ad ;or post for and WO stamps. —ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London, and all Che mists. iVASii.—BY Wash, iu seven washing the or head s ssu ß ine beautifully-perf umed s its origin a l colour, ,nd remains so by an owsional usin 2*. 10,3 , 4 ; s nt T or s t amps. —ALEX . ROSS, 24e, High Holborn, Londmi, and Ali Chemists. Just published, 2d; sent by the author for i stamps, UGLINESS and BEAUTY; being a Pamphlet descriptive of articles and mea ns used for i mprov i ng the appearance. By ALLX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London. THE RESCUE SOCIETY Lome to tho 12 now in operation. L as t y ea r no fewer han 455 poor, friendless, young females wer e rejected trom wishes to add another want of FUNDS and room, making a total of 3,0b7, who have been sent away in fire years. Me new home the Committee wish to form woald be for hyoavuengbegeinrllsedastrayalmost ch from lontributioas will be received gratefully by th e S ecre t ar y, Nir. I )aniel Cooper. , z 5, Queen •screet• Cheapside; or by Messrs il dre t i t , from the age of 6 to 15, who e path of virt ue . Barclay and Co.. Lombard-street. Ai th„ 14 22y zi ' o s r - t i l la e n r; T , V i. , 9r ß ay r t :i Y rmi n ItktuiLeusi.:lF.naßilenEtlig.,st.e:vrioic°:o.nSiryiTof Patron--lier nost Graciotta Majesty the QUEEN. Vlea-Patron--1118 Royal Iflghnees the Prince of W NLE 8, H G President-131s race the Duke of BUCCL RUCH.. K.G. This Hospital, lot:tide - I in the year 1828, the. lrat estab ' fish the principle of free admission to the sick poor, without the delay and difficulty of Governors' orders. is wholly de pendent for support nu voluntary contributions and t .43.;; es . It affords relief to a large number of in-pailents, and, in addition to this, the average number of attendance of the destitute sick has for a considerable period averaged between 3,000 and 4,000 weekly. The Committee earnestly solicit the ASSISTANCE of the benevolent, as the premises of this Hospital are capable of containing several hundred more beds had the Committee the requisite funds to maintain them. Contributions are received by their bankers, Messrs. Brown, Janson, and Co., Abchurch-lane; also by Messrs. Coutte and Co.; Drummond and Co. ; Giyn and Co. ; Berries and Co. ; Ransom and Co.; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; ilhatas, Deacon, and Co.; Nisbet and Co., Berner's-street and at the Hospital, from 10 till 5. srikruroxiD 82411T11. FALKNER'S OLD IRISH WHISKY, " Real Malt," 19s. per ffallon, is sold in battles and jars, bear ing hia label and trade mark. Most liberal terms ar, oiThre4l to the trade for the sale of this geniiina old s,lri t, which is coming into universal consumption through England. For price lists a,ply at Offices, 14, Strand. London, W.C. Established is Gratton-street, Dublin, A.n. 17,••0. D UNVILLE'S V.R. OLD IRISII WHISKY, ELP.A.3T, 31ETROPoLITAN RAILWAY—Baker-street station. ETROPOLITAIN RAILWAY Edgware- H. Station. 31ETROPOLITAN RAILWAY Bishop's road Station. TAAr ETROPOLITAN RAILWAY--Trains every fire minutes. MYLES FENTON, General Manager. 111 E 1 1:1 4 Z I O L P w 0 A. L y t a is n .r d lf G A ß s E l i o lL o ll A r E y. 9 ,, R t N ra Trains between the City, liini-i's-eross, cower -str ee t, land-road, Regent-circu,t, Baker-street, Edgware -r• ad and Paddington, Hammersmith, Kensingtin, Shepherd's-bush, Notting-hill, and Westbourne-park. SPIRI r OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. Is regularly supplied to the House of Lords. "P.R." IRISH WHISKY. DUNVILLE and CO.'S " V.R." OLD IRISH WHISKY, BELFAST. London OM es and Stores, 4, DEA.CFORT-BUILDING.S, STRAND, W.C. Establi3hed 18C8. Quotations on application. JAMES DALY and CO., Distillers, John-street, Cork.—" The purest spirit and Pft'eSt drink in the world."—l.oi.don Offices, 7, frinting,-honie-square, E.C., next the "Times." TAMES DALY and CO., Distillers, John-street, /..Y Cork, beJ to announce that they LIT able to supply the trade with their celebrated Whiskies, in casks or cases, and to take orders in bond .trd for exportatio,, at their (aces, 7, Printing-house-square, London, E C.. the only house in the equare not occupied by th , , "Times." J. D. and Co.'s whiskies brim: the highest prices in the Australian and °the , ' Colonial markets, as may b.: observed by reverence to the "Journal of Ct.mmetce if Victoria," by whkh it wits be seen that 'tt,ir whiskies fetch 6d. tier alloti and Is. pA• cisc over the next best. and Is. 6rl per gallon atm ss. 6.1. c tse over 'lie lowest quotation. Always on hand a large supply itt ye y old mellow w'ofsky in the finest condition, matured In slurry casks, unsurpassable in quality and flavour, sa, plied on the most reasonable terms. jkaVALUABLE CHRISTMAS PRESENT.- ... A CHIN .t.:SE CADDY, crlitta'ninz Itilm. or really 00 Illack 'tea, se ,4 c , arriag,e Ince to Ray railway sta ion or market town in Inland, Ireland, -eltkiri. or tVsle., o , re r,•ipt of 1 0s., b; i'IIILLIPS and CO , Tea 31ere:iants, 8, li:ng WilUarn-street, City, E.C. TEA IS CHEA.PER THAN EVER.-Is. 61, t. per lb. are the prices at whi.h Pti IL LI I'S and CO Tea Merchants, 8, Kim!: Wllliam—ttreet, City, L tn don, E. 1.1., :.re selliny good and fine BL VIC A price currettt post tree. 40a worth c:ir.iat.te tree to any ntilway t lion or market town in the Uni•ed Kinvitm.--o'm rye— Purr,Lirs ar,d Co. have no Agenta or any oonnextoa with any house in Worcester or Bwaneea. Su.viri ace stippled at market prices. GEOLOG Y.—ELEMENTARY COLLEC ', to illustrate th Edition ot "Lyell's Elements floss of Geology" and facilitat e the important study of Mineralogy and Geology, can be had at 2,5, 10, •40, 51 to 50) guineas ; also tingle Specimens of Minerals, Roaks, Fossils, aid Iteant Shells, Gcologi,al Itav s. Hammers, al' the recent Publealons, tc, o' J. TENNANT, Miaeralogist to Her Maj, sty, 119. Strand, Lon ion. Private Instruction is given in Mineralog; and Geo'ogy by Mr. TENNANT, F.G.S., 149, Strand, W.C. R. scorrs LIVER AND BILIOUS PILLS.—A NEVER FAILING ItElls:DY.--Fre ,ared without any mercurial Ingredient trots the recipe of Dr. Scott, of Bromley, Rent, will be found invaluable to all who offer from bilious And liver nomnlaints, indigeatten, wind, pasms, giddiness, thtzinew of the eyes, &a. For habitual cetiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier .1 the blood, they <tre truly excellent; mild in their opera tion and grateful to :he stomach, they create appe•ite, pro note dlgeaticn, and strengthen the whole nervous system. Prepared only and told by W. Lambert, Chemist, t 3, King WLiiarn-street, Charing-cross. London, and by most dreg gists, in boxes,ls. lid., and three times the quantity in one, es. 9d. Be sure to ask fir Pr. Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are a square green package. with " William Lambert" enzrsved OT, the stamp. NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE.—The greatest and most use( .11 invention of the day, AGUA 4MARFLLA. Ntessrs, JOHN GOSNELL and CO. ' Red Bull Wharf, 9:3, Upper Thames -street, Perfumers to her Majesty. respect tully offer to the public this truly marvellous Ifni 1. which gradually restores tne human hair to its pristine hue- no matter at what age. The Agus Amarelta 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. its. 6.1. Testimonials from artistes ofthe highest order, and from individuals of undoubted re spectability, may be seen on application. Messrs. John Gomel' and Co. have been appointed Perfumers to her Royal Highness the Primus of Wales. IVSp 4 4 , FE - - views of the Repu but the means by >14t 04 46 tain them appear t o b e ffp_e2etf eee , Go vernment'designed timt'W•ittiNf_e anon. Government . it wills h is not a representative is;Governmet Tongress our is not a deliberative body. These are facts of obser vation, and to insist upon them no more implies a criticism of the Republican policy than to say that the Government of Russia is autocratic involves a condemnation of the Imperial regime. But the failure of Congress as a deliberative body and of the representative institutions of the States is a fact of the highest importance, and it may he questioned whether any ends can be worth such a cost. We have been accustomed to believe free o.overn ment to be of more va l ue t h an any perfectio n of administration, and to think it the peculiar glory of Parliament or Congress that every opinion could find an utterance in it, every class could secure a representative and a hearing. America is in danger of losing, if it has not lost, this inheritance. Its Congress is engrossing power to itself mi all sides, and yet it is not Congress that is supreme, but a power behind Congress--secret, irresponsible, al most unknown. The decrees of this self-elected Council, matured in private, are launched upon the Legislature, which accepts them without discussion, and the destinies of the nation are committed to the keeping of a few unseen men, who direct the ma chine of legislation. To what lengths the trans formation of the American Government thus begun may be carried we know not ; individual members of Congress are powerless to resist it, and the only hope of arresting its progress lies in a recoil of national opinion such as has landed the Repub lican party in its present triumphant position. POST.—If there is, as Mr. Newdegate seems to think, ," something very inconvenient in old Tory notions," many people who read the speech which he delivered at Birmingham the other day, in the light and heat thrown out by a Christmas log, m a y be of opinion that, so far from being either incon venient or inopportune, it was a seasonable stimu lant. The plain truth is that the question which Mr. Newdegate expatiated upon never has been, and. we trust never will be, a mere question.of party. Injeed, seeing that he insisted on the European status of this country, and humorously protested against the British Parliament meeting in Calcutta, his tent may be said to be pitched on neutral ground. Isolated it certainly is not, for the flag which covers it still inspires respectful consideration in every quarter of the'world, but national principles stand alone in the sense that their proper position is high over the heads of parties. However, Mr. New degate's remarks on the events of the year which is now fast drawing to its close, together with the augury which they have suggested, claim attention from another point of view. Some of those events have been explained and in on the public mind by the prescient states man who shaped their course ; and it is noticeable, in the first place, that the effect of Mr. Newdegate's exclamation, " Alas ! for the p ro ph ec i es o f peace, " is to a certain extent neutralised by Count von Bismarck's declaration that Prussia halted in her victorious career and modified her high-handed policy to avoid a war the end of which could not possibly be foreseen. This statement, which appears to have been made somewhat ',gratuitously, should surprise no one; but it proves— if proof w e r e want ing—that there are limits to the abuse of interna tional forbearance, and Mr. Newdegate can, if he is so minded, give it a more comprehensive. inter pretation. For our part, we are content to take note of the fact, as the Prussian Minister has done, and to hope that it affords the security for peace which Mr. Newdegate despairs of finding. Ile says the treaties of Vienna have been torn into shreds, which is perfectly true in so far as there was any thing left to tear up in the tattered threadbare rem nant of the European settlement which they esta blished. It is, too, matter of history that the great Powers parties to those treaties created or resuscitated certain small States for the purpose of strengthening the guarantee which they desired to obtain; but Mr. Newdegate omitted to mention how they departed from the rule by compelling Austria to bear again the burden of her former Italian dependencies, and how, in effect, that mistake eventually opened up the opportunity which Prussia improved. The treaties of Vienna apparently gave Europe peace for over 30 years, and yet, inasmuch as during that period their irovisions were repeatedly violated, it may be thought that, practically, they contributed to bring about what has since come to pass, and therefore, which if really the matter to be considered, that their destruction may lead to a better state of things. At present it is impossible not to perceive that the situation is dangerously complicated by the very measures which it exacts. All the Powers of Europe are reconstructing their armaments, and, as Mr. Newdegate puts it, i n h ome ly p h rase ology, " if c-gt•rybody io afrnia, ;,,,,tutfLittily tiZ.`l+ thin), anau somebody means to break somebody else's head." No doubt that is the csse. Count von Bismarck admits as much, and it is manifest that liberty of action represented by formidable armies allows of no other construction. What took place immedia tely aftar the battle of Sadowa, when " negotiations were impracticable," leads, however, directly to the conclusion that such an understanding, abnormal es it, is, may be effective and worth its cost. Of course, in any emergency of the kind a great deal would depend on the nature of the ultimatum. If condi tions of peace are imposed, the power so exereist d should be susceptil.le of no miagiving. Whatever negotiations may be possible under the circumstances ought to be positive and intelligible, and sustained by a force which could be brought to bear in stantly. Such, then, is the requirement, and Mr. Newdegate argues, as from an accomplished fact, that what France and Ilus,da are doing we must do. But the point, after all, is whether when a country has done everything that is prescribed—when its second and third lines of defence are organised—it with will be suffe re d to li ve in peace its neigh b and, if not, what is to become of PoWers that can not compete with France and Russia ? This ques tion, however, suggests another, for if the change to which it relates is not for the better, it does not fol low that it is for the worse. Mr. Newdegate rea sonably enough concludes that the prospects of peace are precarious, but is there actually mo la re st uncer tainty th an . prevailed this time or at any time s ince the invasion of Denmark ? The independent German States were then in existence, and the Bund was nominally intact. We cannot but think, therefore, that too much importance is attached to the supp r e ss i on o f t h e t r eaties of 1815. They are confessedly obsolete, even in Germany, and no one is bound by them, because no one cared to enforce them. From first England alone, a mong t h e contracting powers, observed their p rov i s i ons. I t i s true that they were, ae l si N ' • ts ere, as Count von Bismarck says, intended t o protect the Continent against France, but he seems to forget that they were discredited at the outset by the formation of the Holy Alliance, very much as Mr. Newdegate fails to recollect that the first step to what is called our policy of non-inter vention was taken by the Tory Government, which declined to do more than formally dissent from the principles acted upon at Troppau and Laybach. Rightly or wrongly, Lord Castlereagh laid the foun dation of the policy which, although sensibly modi fied by Mr. Canning and Lord Palmerston, was re cently carried out to the advantage and instruction of Prussia. Count von Bismarck saw his . way from Duppel to Sadowa, and, as he himself expresses it, Prussia stopped there rather than jeopardise her success. The statement speaks for itself. It is not for us to appraise an admission on the part of Prus sia that France was competent to arbitrate in the late war ; 'but, taking it at Count von Bismarck's valuation, we can conceive that it might be made the basis of an arrangement from which the aggran disement of the Prussian monarchy, or the restora tion of the German empire, could be regarded with equanimity. Treaties which were ignored with im punity may only be described as a delusion and a • snare, and it remains to be ascertained if the substi tutedwhich is at any rate substantial, c an b e security, realised a s the assets of their failure. NEW THEORY ON THE ORIGIN OF COAL AND COAL OlL—The origin of coal and petroleum has awakened much discussion. A writer in the New York T rz .. bvne takes a decidedly original view of the ease, and argues that there is no other p oss ibl e way to aaed count for the deposit of coal, in the situations where it is now found, than to suppose that an impure liquid carbon—what is petroleum or asphaltum but that ?—was ejected from the interior of the earth in such quantities that it overwhelmed small districts, and in some instances districts where an immense growth of vegetables already existed. Some very few of these floated upon the surface of the mass, where they were afterwards embedded in the shower of ashes, which afterwards became slate, and retained the imprint of these vegetable forms. To suppose that coal was formed out of carbon that. had previously been embedded in trees, vines, and herbaceous plants like ferns, or of mosses of such as form the peat beds, will bring us constantly in con tact with such stubborn facts as this. The coal fields of Pennsylvania, like those of all other coun tries, are made up of a succession of seams, one above another, separated by intervening strata, sand stone, iron ore, and other mineral substances, to the depth, perhaps, of 800 feet. Were these veins of coal formed of successive growths of peat or other vegetables which must in turn have been covered with earth to produce new deposits of vegetable Carbon until the whole superstructure was built up Journal. to its present height ?—Pittsburghltining N°. 23,258. Ii~ANSION-HOUSE FUND for the RELIEF of the SUFFERERS by the recent COLLIERY EtPLOSIONS. COMMITTEE. The Right Hon the LORD MAYOR. R. C. L. B, , van, Esq. Samuel Morley, Esq. Geo. Moore , Esq. Mr. Alderman and Sheriff Waterlow. Mr. Sheriff Lve,ett. Mr. Alderman J. P. Gassiot, Esq. 3.fr. Mr. Alderman Dakiu. Christopher T. Gabriel, Esq. I Junes Hill, Esq. Frederick Thompson, Esq. R. N. Fowler, .Esq. R. A. Gray, Esq. W. J. Maxwell, Esq. Colonel Stuart IVortley. Mr. Alderman Cotton. The attention of the public is earnestly drawn to the suffering consequent on the terrible calamity-produced by the recent colliery explosions. SUBSCRIPTIONS are greatly needed to relieve the numerous families made destitute thereby. Th© amount required to meet the memorable Hartley Colliery Accident in 1862-was-X50,000 ; in that case 204 men and boys lost their lives ; in the present instance double that number are believed to have perished, there fore to make a suitable provision for the families depen dent upon them, about £lOO,OOO will be needed. At the final distribution of the surplus of the Hartley Fund, £3,140 was allotted to the districts in which the present accidents occurred, and this sum is now available towards the fund now being raised. H.R.H. the Prince of Wales . H.R.H. the Princess of Wales The Corporation of London Amount already advertised.. .. .£lOO, 300 £9,004 i 8 0 • Subscriptions will be received by the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor; Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co., 54, Lom bard-street; Messrs. Coutts and Co., Strand; Messrs. Glyn, Mills, and Co., 67, Lombard-street; Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Co., 1, Lombard-street ; Messrs. Robarts, Lub bock, and Co., -Lombard-street ; Messrs. Dimsdale, Fowler, and Co., 50, Cornhill ; the London and Westminster Bank, Lothbury; the London Joint-Stock Bank, 5, Princes street; Union Bank of London, and all its Branches; Messrs. Willis, Percival, and Co., Lombard-street; National Provincial Bank of England and all its branches ; and by the several manners of the Committee. JOSEPH GIBBS, Secretary. Mansion House, Dec. 20, 1866. i. THE AMMUNITION AS A WHOLE. Must be as little liable to injury by rough usage, damp, and exposure in all climates, as the Boxer cartridge for Snider•'s converted Enfield rifle—also as little liable to acci dental explosion as the same cartridge, and as capable of being manufactured in large quantities, and of uniform quality. K. CALIBRE. Optional. L. THE TWIST AND FORM OF GROOVE. Optional. _ _ M. THE LOOK. Optional. x. RAPIDITY OF FIRE, Capable of firing at least 12 rounds per minute, without aiming, the cartridges being arranged on a table. o. ACCURACY WHEN FIRED FROM A FIXED REST. The arm must. give a mean figuro of merit of not more than 36in. at 1,000 yards, 30in. at 800 yards, 12in. at 500, and Gin. at 300. The mean to be taken upon at least five targets of twenty shots each. r. TRAJECTORY. Not to require at 500 yards an elevation of more than 1 deg. 30 min. Q. FOULING. The shooting not to deteriorate more than 20 per cent. at 1,000 yards after firing 250 rounds. it. PENETRATION. The mean penetration of five shots not to bo less than that of the present service muzzle-loading Enfield Rifle— viz., 12 half-inch elm planks, which have been soaked 48 hours in water. Distanco 30 yards. - -S. LUBRICATION. Wax on bullets is indispensable, but any other lubricant may be superadded or applied to the cartridge, if thought necessary by the competitor. No arms will be received without the usual proof marks. Specifications, and drawings of the methods proposed, stating the probable cost per arm, and accompanied by a finished specimen arm, with 20 rounds of suitable ammu nition, should be sent to the "Director of Ordnance War Office, Pall-mall," on or before the 30th Mar c h, 1867 . The specifications and specimen arms will be considered by the Ordnance Select Committee and its associate mem bers, who will be selected by the Secretary of State for War, and who will, after firing the 20 preliminary ro un d s , select and recommend for further trial such of the systems as may appear to them sufficiently promising, rejecting all such as may not be considered to offer sufficie,nt merits to warrant their being included in the competition, the con ditions of which are stated in this advertisement. Each accepted competitor will then be required to furnish for experiment, at Woolwich, six arms in strict conformity to the specimen arm submitted, with 1,000 rounds of am munition per arm, within four months after date of de mand. Each competitor will be required to disclose to the committee the exact nature of the lubrication he may em ploy. A sum of £3OO will be paid to each of the accepted competitors, to cover the expense of the six rifles, and of the supply of ammunition required. The Secretary of State offers a reward of £l,OOO for the arm which, on combination of all qualities, is considered by the committee to be the best submitted. A second reward of £6OO for the arm which, while at taining a satisfactory degree of excellence in other particu lars, is selected for merit in respect to its breech mechanism. A third reward of £4OO for the best cartridge. The qua ities which will be principally taken into consideration in awarding this prize will be econom y o f manu f ac ture, p ower of sustaining rough usage, freedom from deterioration in various climates, and general serviceability. The shooting qualities of the cartridge lilust bo fair; but as they may depend upon the rifling of the arm with which the cartridge is associated, they will not be so much con sidered as those above-mentioned. It is clearly to bo understood that under no circumstances will a competitor bo entitled to more than one priz3 ; but such prize will be irrespective of any reward which may be given to the inventor of tho arm finally adopted into the service. MAGAZINE AND REPEATING ARMS. Magazine and Repeating Arms for Infantry will be re ceived and examined in a manner similar to the Breech loading Rifles. They must not be less in length than 48 inches, including the stock. The'limit of weight for these arms is fixed at °fib. ex clusive of the charges in the magazine. It is indispensable that the arms be made to take a ,yonet, The Secretary of State offers a reward of 300 for the best Magazine or Repeating Arm produced that fulfils the above conditions; and in the absence of experience does not at present define the standard of accuracy or other conditions to be fulfilled before such an arm can be adopted. Those Magazine or Repeating Arms, which aro accepted for ftirther trial, will be paid for at the rate of £GO each. This sum is to include 1,000 rounds of ammunition per arm. The Secretary of State will take care that no ingenious novelty produced in answer to this advertisement shall be adopted into the service without proper acknowledgment, and that the name of the individual with whom it origi nates shall be recorded in connection with it. if the rifle to which the first prize is awarded is adopted into the service, it will b ear th e i nven t or 's n ame . J. ST. GEORGE, Major-General, Director of Ordnance. j War Office, Oct. 22 1866. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 26, 1866. KIN ARAN'S LL WHISKY. - DUBLIN EXIILBITION, 1865. This celebrated OLD IRISH WHISKY gained the Dublin Prize Medal. It is Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Whole iome. Sold in Bottles, 3s. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London ; ly the Agents in the principal towns in England; or , vlinlnsalA at 8, GREAT WINDIiII4L-STREET, LONDON, W. ObservA the Rad E 4 , 4 ,11, Pink Label, and Cork branded " Kinaban's LL Whisky." 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Its two main objects aro, first, the exposition of Catholk., principles on all tho'so great questions—ecclesia,s tical,tplailosophical, and social—which are now agitating the intellect and heart of the couniry ; and, second, a trut'eful statement of facts as to tha condition, political and reli , ;ious, of Catholicism in the various countries of Europe. Foreign writers of note in France, Italy, Germany Austria, Switzerland, and Spai n are engage d as contributors to " The Westminster Gazette.'' The true interests of Ireland, its struggles for its unquestionable rights as r. Catholic nation to a Catholic system of Education, shall be dis cussed always in a spirit free from the prejudice or passion of mere political partisanship. An important feature of the New Paper will be the large space especially allotted to reviews of books, both English and foreign, non- Catholic as well as Catholic. Orders received by all booksellers and news-agents, and at the office, 112, Strand, London. Price 265. per annum. Single copies, 5d.; stamped, 6d. JOHN GOSNELL and CO.'S CHERRY. TOOTH PASTI is greatly superior to any tooth powder; gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the enamel from decay, and imparts a pleasant fragrance to the breath. Price Is. 61—Ited Bull Wharf, 93, Upper ThameQ-street, London. 11HE OCEAN ST. LEGER of 1866.—What it. Lord Lyon was to his owiser was the Taeping to her Cit:Aain, viz., winner of the race;h:.vinz distance 4 411com petitore. as the r. ASV I YDIA TEA COMPANY have in pariah y done In their ehoi e and sale of fine new season's teas, now selling at impor.er's prices. Warehouses —it, Grew St. Helen's-churchyard. ASPTIALTE ROOFING FELT, 0 IE PENNY per Equare Foot. c R OGG 0 N and C 0., Manufacturers ; 63, New Earl-street, ILondon, 1 34, Bread-street, E.C. 59, George-square, Glasgow; 2, Goree Piazzas, Liverpool. RUPTURES.-11Y ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. WHITE'S MOO-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (PERFECTED AND EXHIBITED IN THE GREAT EXHIBITIONS Ot ISSI and 1862(, is allowed by upwards of Iwo Hundred Helical Gentlemen to be the most effective invention in the curative treatment of HERNIA. The use of a steel spring, so otten hurtful in its effects. is here avoided—a sot t bandage being worn round the body, while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the Moe-Hain ['ad and Patent Lever, fitting with so .nuch ease and close ness that it cannot be detected, and my be worn during sleep. A descriptive circular may be hal, and the truss, which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by poet, on the circum erence of the body, two Inches below the hips, being sent to the manufacturer, TOD A RE'S ( Madam e) - CHRISTMAS DIS - KY TR I RUTION of PRESE ATS for the Juveniles, Magic and Mystery, SPHINX, MARVEL Ole MECCA, BASKET r RICK, c , assisted by Mr. Firbank Berman (pupil of Col. Stodare). Admission—is. and 25.; stalls, 3s. Schools and clphiren half-price. Seats secured at the Box-office, from 11 till 6, and at Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street. MR. JAMES WEAVER, Mann.ger. T 0 X F 0 It D, 6, OXFORD-STREET, W., THE MUSICAL ESTABLISH RENT OF LONDON. CtIKISTMAS ENTER CA INM ENT& _ _ _ LES DRAGONS DE VIOL k RS (Opera Comique), Music by A. Maillart (first time in this country), T HIS EVENING, in which Miss RUSSELL wi 1 make h,r Reappearance, as sisted by Mis.es Barrie and Fitzlienry ; Meesra. A. St. Albyn, Hulls, Fox, Husk, Evan. and Bury, with 'extra Band and Chorus ; produced and conducted by Ar. P. Jonghtuans COMEDY, by Messrs. Barry Sydney, Brierlcy, and Eger ton, W. J. Adams, the brothers Pentland, W. R. Julian (the celebrated Mimic), F. Evans, and Miss Amy Rosalind, to gether with an Entirely New Divertissement, entitled THE OXFORD REVELS, arranged and produced under the immediate superintendence of Mr. W. H. Payne, THIS EVENING (MONDAY). IiTADAILE TUSSAUD'S • EXHIBITION, BARER-STREET. CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. NEW EDI [IONS. —Life-size Portrait-Models of JOHN BRIGHT, Esq., M.P., and the late ItICHA.RD COBDEN, Esq., M.P. Open during Christmas Week, viz., on Monday and Boxing Day from 10 a.m. till 10 p.m., and the remainder of the week from 11 a.m. till 10.p.m. Admittance, is: children, under ten, half-price ; extra rooms, 6d. A RGYLL ROOMS. - GRAND CASINO, Windmill -street, Piccadilly. These elegant and popular. Rooms, having been entirelyre decorated, are now OPEN EVERY EVENING for Concert xnd Dancing. Conductor, Signor Luot Conn. Manager, GRENET. Admission to Promenade, One Shilling. Reserved Seats, Two Shillings. WESTO N' S GRAND MUSIC HALL, LBORN. Sole Proprietors, SWEASEY and HOLLAND. The most triumphant success ever attained in any Musical Establishment. Grand Selection from Auber's Opera of " MASANIELLO," by 40 vocalists dressed in costume as at the opera. Terrific ovation of the Irish Minstrels, with songs, dances, and Irish anecdotes, under the direction of Pat Corri. A new and original overture composed and arranged expressly for the above minstrels by Mr. H. Baker. Comic supported by Arthur Lloyd, Jolly Nash, Georgina Smithson, Miss Fancourt, Paddy Juggler.Xlajilton a ß s a n M d e s o s f e stod hl es first-class;a nd P in i e s r l: a a n tk d i n iar t g h Fannin, Pat r i c k S e ll ers, and - Harry and Kettle King. ee ICPersian s chosen from her Majesty's and Covent Garden Opera Houses. Musical Director, Mr. P. CORRI. Prices of admission - Stalls and Balcony, Is. • Area, 6d. ; Private Boxes, 10s. Gd. C an b e secured at the Box Office, between the hours of 10 a nd 5 o ' c l oc k . H all open every Evening at 7 o'clock, commencing at Half-past. ABRIDGED PROSPECTUS. ISSUE OF 25,000 A PREFERENCE SHARES OF £lO EACH BEARING 8 PER CENT. INTEREST, AND REDEEMABLE AT £l5 -PER 'SII ARE. THE CREDIT FONCIER OF ENGLAND (LIMITED) ARE PREPARED TO RECEIVE APPLICATIONS FOR THE ABOVE SHARES IN THE BELGIAN PUBLIC WORKS COM PANY (Limited). Capital £350,000, in 35,000 Shares, £lO each. Divided into 25,000 A Preference Shares, £lO each (being the Shares now offered for subscription), and 10,000 B De - ferred Shares, of £lO each. • DIRECTORS. Frederic Doulton, Esq.; M.P., Metropolitan Board of Works. Albert Grant, Esq., M.P., London. Lieut.-Colonel Edward Neville, elm-m b os-street. John Irving Pascoe, Esq., HigllburyNew Park. Henry Pownall, Esq., Russell-square. Edward Warner, Esq., M.P., London. CONSULTING ENGINEER. J. W. Bazalgette, Esq., Q.E., Engineer-in-Chief to the Metropolitan Board of Works. BANKERS. Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smiths, 1, Lombard street, E.C. SOLICITOUS. Messrs. West and King, 3, Charlotte-row, Mansion House, E.C. _ BROKERS. Francis' Cope, Esq., 1, Angel-court, Throgmorton street, E.G. Messrs. Price and Devot, 51, Threadneedle-streot, E.C. OFFICES. St. Clement'3 House, Clement's-lane, London, E.C. SECRETARY. - W. J. L. Heriot, Esq. PROSPECTUS. Tho object of this Company is to carry out the conces sions granted by the Municipal Council of .Brussols, in con cert with the authorities of the province of Brabant and the Belgian Government, for the drainage and coincident improvements of the capital of Belgium. The magnitude and value of th E;(3 concessions will bo understood by tho fact that they include subsidies to be received by the Company in cash and Annuities, of the value together of 26,000,000 f., or £1,010,000 sterling, which have boon voted by all the authorities and sanc tioned by the Crown. Tho original estimates for the principal punt of these works were examined and verified by Mr. J. W. Baz4lgette, Engineer-in-Chief to the Metropolitan Board of Works of London, under the sanction of that body; and these esti mates have been further tested by mouths of minute and careful revision on the part of contractors and their respec tive engineers. _ _ It is intended that the whole of the works shall be com- . pleted within four years. The importance of the undertaking is evidenced in the protracted official debates in the Brussels Municipal Coun cil, and also in the Bel;-ian Chambers and Senate on the subject, and by the special report thereon from Lord Howard do Walden, her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary at Brussels, transmitted by the Earl of Clarendon, through Sir George Grey, to the Metropolitan Board of Works, in London, and recorded in their Minutes under date of May 18, 1866, an extract of which is 'annexed to the Prospectus. • His Majesty the King of the Belgians has expresSed his desire to inaugurate the works by laying the first stone in State ceremony, which is fixed to take place at Brussels on Wednesday, the 22nd of January next. It will bo at once seen by this brief description of the concession that it is ono of no ordinary character. The capital of the company is fixed at £330,000, in 35,000 shares of £lO each, divided into 25,000 A Prefer anon Shares and 10,000 B Deferred Shares. The privileges attached to the respective share capital are as follows : The A Preference Shares are to be redeemed out of the assets of the Company, by drawing by lot, and each share paid off at £l5 per share, being a bonus of £5 per share ; the drawings will take place on the following dates, viz. : On the 22nd January, 1870, 6,250 shares, or £(2,500, 17 1871, 6,250 „ £62,500, 77 1872, 6,250 „ £62,500, 17 71 1873, 6,250 „ £62,500, Total shares 25,000 or £250,000 Until so drawn and paid off, each share to bear interest at the rate of 8 per cent. per annum, payable half-yearly, on the Ist of January and Ist July in each year, for which interest warrants will be attached to the shares. Reckoning the redemption at the dates and at the bonus named, the investment will pay subscribers a rate of in terest as follows :—those shares which are drawn, and thus are To bo paid off on 22nd of January, 1870, will have re ceived a total interest and bonus of 241 per cent. per annum. Those to be paid off on 22d January, 1871, will have re ceived a total interest and bonus of 201 per cent. per annum. Those to be paid off on 22d January, 1872, will have rs ceived a total interest and bonus of 18 per cant. per annum. The Directors do not pledge themselves to make an allotment to every applicant, nor to allot the whole of the shares, it being their desire to place this small capital in the hands of bona fide investors. Those to be paid off on 22d January, 1873, will have re ceived a total interest and bonus of 164 per cent. per annum The :2 Deferred Shares represent the Concessionaires' interest in the Company. These shares will not be en titled either to payment of any interest or capital until the whole of the Preference Shares have received their capital back, with the interest and bonus before referred to ; there fore the Deferred Shares become practically and virtually a guarantee to the Preference Shares. Applications for shares may be made in the annexed form, which must be accompanied by th e p a y men t o f £2 per are deposit, without which no application will be considered. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To be retained by the Bankers. No.-- To the Directors of the Belgian Public Works Compaby (lAnilted). Gentlemen—Having iaid to yolir Bankers, Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smiths, the sum of £ , being a deposit of .E 2 per Share on A Preference Shares in the above Company, Thereby request that vau will allot me that number, and I agree to accept such Shares, or any less number you may allot to me on the terms of the Prospec tus, and I agree to pay the deposit on allotment, and to sign the Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company, as duly registered, when required. And I au thorise you to inseri my name on the register of members of the shares allotted to me. Usual Signature Name in full Residence Profession Date December, 1866 Tho above is only a short extract from the detailed Prospectus, which can be had, with copy of the letter - of the British Minister in Brussels to Earl of Clarendon, on application to the Sscretary at the offices of the Company. Mr. WHITE. 28, Piccadilly. A Single Truss, ths., 215., 26s 6d., and 31s. 64 Postage, Is Double Truss, 31s. 6d., 42s , an•t 628. 6d. Pomo*, Is. 8d• An Umbilical Truss, 425. and s?s. 6d. I ), ,sture. Is. 10d. l'ost-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post office, Piccadilly. NEW PATENT I,7ILASTIC STOCKINGS, II KNEM-CNl'?+, ttc., for Varicose Veins eind all cases of Weakness and Swel , n , 4 or the Legs, , prains, lc. They arc porous, light in texture, and inexpeniive, and are drawn on ;ike an ordinary stocking. Price 4s. 6d., 78. 6d., 10s., and 16s. each. Posta;e, 6d. JO [IN WHITE. Manufactuxer, 228, Piotadllly. THE BEST REMEDY F.)H, INDIGE3TION. NORTON'S CAMOMILE PILLS are confi dently recommenderr, as a simple but certain Remedy for Indigestion, which i the cause of nearly all the diseases to which we are subject, being a 0:e/thine so uniformly crate in! and beneficial, that it is with justice called the "Natural Strengthener of the human Stomach." "Norton's Pills" act as a powerful tonic and gentle aperient; era mild In their operation, sate under any circumstances, and thousands of persons can now bear testimony to he benefits to be derived from their use, as they have been a never-failing Family Friend for upwards of 20 years. Sold in bottles at Is. lid., 2s. lid, and Its. each, in every town in the kthgdom. • CAUTION. Re sure and ask for "NORTON'S PILLS." and do not be persusdel to pur3hase any of the various imitations which have sprung up in consequence ot the success ot NORTON'S CAMOMILE PILLS. H OMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.-FUNDS are earnestly solicited for fitting up the TRAINING SIIIP. £2,1100 required. WM. WILLIAMS, Secretary, Boys' Ref age, 8, Great Queen-street, W.C. OMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.-CON TRIBUTIONS are earnestly solicited for establishing the COUNTRY 11011 E. £l.OOO required. WM. WILLI 411.5, Secretary. Boys' Refuge, 8. Great Queen-street. W.C. HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.—The Committee are most anxious to provide for 400 boys. One hundred and fifty are now in the Refuge. The annual expenditure for supportmg the 400 !Joys is esr.imatel at £4,000, beinsz £l5 a year for each boy. Several kind friends have promised to pay for one boy each year. Subscriptions thankfully received by the London and West minster Bank, 41, Lothbury. and 214, 11 lei Holborn; Messrs. Ransom and Co., 1, Pall-Mall East; and by WM. WILLIAMS, Secretary. Refuge, 8, Great Queen-street, W.C. PROVIDENCE ROW NIGHT REFUGE, FOR HOMELESS WOMEN AND CLULDREN, 14A, Providence-row, Finsbury, E• - Sixty Thousand Nights' Lodgings, with Suppers and Breakfasts, have been given in this Institution to the destitute, who otherwise would have had to pass the nights in the bleak streets or under railway arches. At present nearly 500 Nights' Lodgings, with Suppers and Breakfasts, are given gratuitously every week. The poor from all parts are admitted, the only condition being that they are homeless and starving. The Manager &c., receives no remuneration whatever. Notwithstand ing the provision made by the Poor Houses, each night numbers of young women, chilaren, and orphans tro, for want accommodation, rofusedadmittance, and have to spend night after night in the cold, wet, and sleet. To meet this evil, and to provide more ample accommoda tion; £2,000 has boon raised, but to accomplish the work a sum of at least £l,OOO more will be required. Besides providing shelter for the homeless, this year it is propsed, as far as the donations obtained for the pur pose will allow, to give bread and coals to poor families 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 if) I) N0.'22 • • Finsbury-eircuP, E.O. l' "1 son's vevert of 0 0 fist unfit°