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bONDON must have a Gentleman's SUPPER and MUSIC ROOM " EVAN'S " after Alfred ellon's Concerts. I,(INAHAN'S LL WHISKY v. COGNAC BRANDY. This ode ?.rated Old iaisa WHISKY rivals the finest FRENCH BRANDY, It Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. Bold in Bottles, 3s. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London ; by the Agents in the principal towns in England ; or wholesale at 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. Observe the Red goal, Pink Label, and Cork branded "Rinahan's LL Whisky." 3.IUTF In A co L ArporLatOedbNy Act F of ASSOCIATION t Parliam,nt.lBso) 14, RUSSE LL-STREET, COVENT-GARDEN, LENDS MONEY on Personal and other Security, in sums Wet° to X. 500, to be repaid by instalments extending over one, two, or three years. The large C ipital of this Associa tion enables it to complete Its transactions without delay. No inquiry or office fees, and strict secrecy observed. Bills Discounted at short notice. Form sent free on receipt of a directed stamped envelope. The Association also lends Money for the purchase of a house by a ter ant, or for the liquidation of mortgages, on terms most advantageous to the borrower. EDWARD HARPER, Secretary. ROYAL NAVAL, MILITARY, and GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY (Esta blished A.D. 1837. under Royal Patronage), 17, Waterloo place, London, S.W. ARTHUR R. HAMILTON, Secretary. Agents wantei in towns not yet represented. SLOW HALL, Winslow, Bucks, having been recently opened and fitted with requisites for the care and comfort of the INSANE, the proprietor, Dr. 130ISRAGON, announces that he has transferred his Estab lishment from Birmingham to the above desirable residence, easily accessible, and distant from London about an hour and a-half by the London and North-Western line, and fluty minutes from Oxford. Attached to the mansion, situated on a sandy soil, and oommanding an extensive and pleasing prospect, are garden, meadow, plantation, and recreation grounds. Nor terms and forms of admission address the proprietor. ARK YOUR LINEN.—BOND'S PERMA NENT MARKING INK, is by far the best for marking CRESTS, NAMES, and INITIALS upon House hold Linen, Wearing Apparel, &c. Price is. a bottle. No 6d. size ever made. Sold by E. R. BOND, 10. Bishopsgate street Within, LOWOn, E C., an•l by all respectable chemists and stationers in the kingdom—N.B. Purchasers should be Careful to observe tne address 10, Bishopsgate-street Within, E.G. —upon the label, without which the Ink is not genuine. THE Duke of SUTHERLAND and PER CENTAGES to SERVANTS.—Write for your TEA direct to the EAST INDIA T COMPLY. China, Assam, and Japan Teas in every variety, from Is. 10d. per lb. upwards. List of prices sent on application.—Ware houses, 9, Great St. Helen's Churchyard, City. DINNEFORD'S FLUID MAGNESIA. The medical prole =skin for Thirty years have approved of this pure solution of llwynesta as the best remedy for Gout and stomach disorders of every kir d ; and as a mild aperient it is esrecially adapted for ladies and children. Prepared solely by DINNEFORD and CO., Chemists, tto., 172, New Bond-street, London ; • Ar d sold throughsut the world by all respectable chemists. CAUTION.—See that " Dinneford and Co." is on each bottle and red label over the cork. THE THREATENING APPROACH OF CHOLERA. THE LONDON '‘..ND GENERAL WATER PURIFYING COMPANY (Limited), SUPPLY on If IRE or SALE in the Metropolis and its suburbs, and on sale in the country, their PATENT CISTERN FILTER, 'which filters and purifies all the water used in the house, Nvhe , her for culinary or drinking purposes, at the rate of half a gallon to four gallons per minute. requiring no filling or attention from servants. Water tested free of charge. Test ing' apparatus easily used. Sold by the Company. _For prices and terms apply to the Secretary , 15, Strand, W.C., where testimonials from Dr. Lethety and other emi bent authorities, and the filters in operation, may be seen, TEETH, 2s. 6d. each.—ESKELL and SONS' improvements in the construction of ARTIFICIAL TI4%ETII enable them to make and fit in from One to a Set, In a few hours, without springs or wires, and without ex tractions, upon the trinciple of self-adhesion, painless and Perfect. Guaranteed, or no fee accepted. Sets, ; stop- Pt ngs, 2s. 6d.; extractions, ls. ; and the same moderate fixed Prices throughout. Punctuality in all appointments, and constant daily attendance from Nine to Eight o'clock. Their Treatiee on the Teeth, with printed terms, and all consulta tions free, on application to ESKELL and SONS, 13, Tich born e- street, Quadrant. Note the address. QPANISH FLY is the acting ingredient in ALEX. ROSS'S CANTHARIDES OIL. which speedily Produces whiskers and thickens hair. Ss. 6d, ss. 6d., and 10s. ad..; sent free for 54, 84, and 141 stamps.—ALEX. ROSS, 248, Sigh Holborn, London. -WONDERFUL DISCOVERY.—Corns cured in one day by using ALEX. ROSS'S CHIROPO. Tele preparation gradually dissolves the corn in a few hours, removing the very root. Price 4s , sent by post for 60 stamps —248, High Holborn, London. FAIR -CURLING FLUID, 248, High Holborn, London.—ALEX. ROSS'S CURLING FLUID curls Ladies' or Gentlemen's hair immediately it is appled. Sold at 3s, ed,, es, M , and 10s. 6d. ; sent free for 51, 81, and 114 'lamps. Ross's Toilet Magazine, Is. Oct., or 20 stamps. 0 HAIR.-248, High Holborn, London.— ALEX. ROSS'S HAIR DYE produces a perfect colour Immediately it is used It is permanent, and perfectly na tural in effect. Price 3s. etl , 6s. 6J., and 10e. Bd. ; sent by DoSt for 54, 84, and 144 stamps. IFIAIR DESTROYER, 248, High Holborn, London.—ALFIX."ROSS'S DEPILATORY removes, Without effect to the skin, superfluous hair from the face, neck, and arms. 3s. M., ss. M., and 10s. 6d. ; sent the same 'in es ordered by post for 61, 84, and 144 stamps. Lately published, id., &nit free by nost for two st , mps, AN ESSAY upon the HUMAN HAIR : Its Close Analogy to Vezetation, and its ReprolaQtion by the Rtimulant Spanish Fly or Cantharides.—By ALEX. -KOSS, 248, High Holborn, London. TEMPLE REMOVER.—AII diseases of the skin are improved by one dose of ALEX. ROSS'S VEGE TABLE SKIN PILL. They remove redness, sallowness, to- 2s. od. and 75. nd. ; or by post for 40 and 100 gimps.— 'ILEX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London. BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. ITEALTEI WITHOUT MEDICINE. Being the only Sovereign and unfailing Remedy for Indi- Res ion, Con.tiratlon, Nervousness, Debility, Torpidity of the Liver, H eadache, Biliousness, Despondency, Low Spirits, Couots, Asthma, and Incipient Consumption. Full particulars sent to any address on receipt of two stamps, by Mr. KEARSLEY, 23, Kentish-town-road, Lon don, N.Y. The most efficacious remedy for those diseases extant, a boon to the afflicted."—Medical Review. " This invaluable discovery has attained a world-wide cele brity, being of inestimable value, and most admirably adapted to remove those maladies which tend to embitter li`e, and shorten its duration."—Solpel. "The unprecedented success of this remedy is without parallel ; this is demonstrated by the innumerable cures frected."—Medical JournaL NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE.—The greatest and most uaef el invention of the day, AGII A AM ABELL A. Messrs. JOHN GOSNELL and CO., 12, Three King-court, Lombard•street, London, Perfumers to her Majesty, respect fully offer to the public this truly marvellous fluid. which gradually restores the human hair to its pristine hue -no flutter at what age. The Aaus Amarella has none of the Properties of dyes ; it, on the contrary, is beneficial to the s Ystem, and when the hair is once restored one application per month will keep it in perfect colour. Price one auinea per bottle, or in half bottles, 10s. 61. Testimonials from artistes of the hiehest order, and from individuals of undoubted re epectability, may be seen on application. Messrs. John %melt and Co. have been appointed Perfumers to her Royal I tighness the Princess of Wales. SAILORS' ORPHAN GIRLS' SCHOOL and no ti.E, Hampstead. Offices. 77, CornhilL PATRON—The QUEEN. TRUSTEES. cant. the Hon. Francis Maude, I The Rev. Canon Champneys Thomas Baring, Esq , M.P. TREABITRER S. _R. C. L. Bevan, Esq. I Robert Hanbury, Esq. .._This Institution is designed to supply a great national zTant, viz., an asylum for the orphan daughters of sailors in the Royal Navy and Merchants service and of Marines. It clothes, maintains, and educates them for domestic ervice and provides a home free of exuense for former ortmates while out of situations, thus shielding them from the ''lTlptations the? might otherwise be expose to. The Committee earnestly APPHIA.L tor d CONTRIBU TIONS to meet the innreasi • g applications through the ___'ecent storms and loss of life at sea, an o enable them 'ventually to obtain premises more commensurate with the n ecessities of this great maritime country, which loses 2,000 &lois annually by casualties alone, without including those w 1) 0 may perish by war „Subscriptions thankfully renew by the bankers, Messrs :'arolay, Bevan, and Co., Lombard-street, and by the Seere "arY, at the Offices, No. 77, Cornhill. R. SWEETTNG, Hon. Soo. CHARL ES NAS H. Sea 11HE RESCUE SOCIETY wishes to acid another than 455 to the 12 now in operation. Last year no fewer awl 455 poor. friendless, young females were rejected rom but of FUNDS and room, making a total of 3 , 0 87, who have b een , sent away in fire years. Here are brief details of a few he most recent cases: A. agedlien, mother dead, doserted by her father. aI. A • A. F., a g ed 13, homeles , both parents dead aged 17, fallen, father dead, deserted by her mother aged 15, fallen, mother dead. * aged 15, fallen, mother dead, • azed 16, fallen, both parents dead. aged 14, homeless, deserted by her parents, R.,11:. aged 17, fallen, both parents dead. • aged 17, fallen, both parents dead. ' aged 18,en, father dead. aged 18, fallen, both parents . - lead, • 15. aged 17, fallen, both parents dead. • W.. aged 17, fallen, both parents dead. aged 15, fallen, both parents dead. The new home the Committee wish to form would be for i l s., 4l nß' girls, almost children, from the age of o to 15, who aye been led astray from the path of virtue. lkt,.. ( Vributions will be received gratefully by the Secretary? ft: Daniel 17ooper, 85, Queen •street Chcapside; or by Messrs ' , relay a n d ce,, Lombard-street. OPAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern,Rail- Way A errainus, King's-cross. vi Patron—Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN. leQ-Patron-11 is Royal Highness the Prince of WA LE , K.G President—His Grace the Duke of BUCCLEUCH, li.G. 14 11 4 1 , 5 nospital , foundel in the year 1828, the tirst to fstab lh, ,'"? Principle of frea admission to the sick poor, without pei,,relaY and difficultiof Governors' orders, is wholly.de ,,kkent for support on voluntary contribution s anal- :f I.ltei ,fiZji ff Grds relief to a large number of in-patients, and, in lestirn to thi s, the average num b er of attenlance of the ~000 ute sick has for a con ,iderable period averaged between ' l ' h end 4,000 weekly. ben4.,. Co mmlttee earnestly solicit the ASSISTANCE of the co, t a f"ent, as th e p rem i ses o f this Hospital are capable of th e several hundred more beds, had the Committee eorffinisite funds to maintain them. t(sr m ": ll ptions are received by the Treasurer , Edward Mas bro ra ;;;_Asl., Nicholas -lane; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co.; apdand and Co. ; Glyn and Co. ; Ilerries and Co. ; Ransom • , 1 rescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, iii3,:'27,and Co. ; W Maras, Deacon, and Co.; Overend, Gur- Qo CI Co.; Nisbet and Co. , Berners-street T. Banned and '"r1 ) 001; and at the Hospital. from 10 till 5. Br&Nrow) skin% Secretary. TABLE GLASS, CHINA, and EARTHENWARE, CLUB, MESS, and FURNISHING ORDERS for the above GOODS promptly executed. T DEFRIES and SONS supply Designs and J • Pattern Books Free. Works—LONDON and BIRMINGHAM. STARCH MANUFACTURERS TO H. R. H. THE PRINCESS OF WALES. GLENFIELD PATENT STARCH Used in the Royal Laundry, AND AWARDED THE PRIZE MEDAL, 1862. Sold by all Grocers, Chandlers, &a. &o. WOTHERSPOON and CO., Glasgow and London. ~'~~ N°. 22,800. MISS KING'S NEW NOVEL. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., THE LADY OF WINBURNE. By ALICE KING, Author of "Eveline," &e. "This novel possesses, a deep and abiding interest, and will be certain of a large number of readers."—Observer. Burst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. THE LADY'S MILE.—The Opening Chapters of this New Novel, by the author of "Lady Andley's Steret," &c , appear in the September No. of the ST. JAMES'S MAGAZINE. Price Is. Sold by all Bookse.lers. THE NEW NOVEL BY MR. W. G. WILLS, AUTHOR OF "THE WIFE'S EVIDENCE," ready, in 3 vols. DAVID CHANTREY. "A work of decided interest and merit."—Observer. John Maxwell an i Co., 122, Fleet-street. NEW NOVEL BY MR. MORTIMER COLLINS. This day, in 3 vols., at all Libraries, WH O IS THE HEIR? ► (Reprinted from the "Dublin University Magazine.") John Maxwell and Co., 122, Fleet-street. NEW NOVEL BY MR. HAZLITT. This day, in 3 vole., at all Libraries, SOPHY LAURIE. " This novel is one of the most promising works of fiction that we have seen for a considerable period."—Stan dard. "It is very rarely that we meet with a story of greater force and power. "—Bell's Messenger. John Maxwell & Co., 122, Fleet-street. Sold by Simpkin, Mar-hall, and Co., price 7d., in cloth 13d., a New Work on the Teeth, entitled PURE DENTISTRY, and WHAT IT DOES FOR US. By A. E; 4 IOELL. Grosvenor-street, W. '• From the great success of the previous work on Dental Surgery by the same ..uthor we anticipate the above will be read with avidity by all classes who are interested in discri minating between pure and meretricious dentistry." John C. Clements, Little Pulteney-street. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in - 8 vols., LIFE : Its Ist attire, Varieties, and Phenomena. Ry LEO El. GRINDON. The Publisher begs to announce the issue of the Third Edition of the above popular work in sixpenny monthly parts. Parts I. to IX. now ready. The work can be hal complete, in cloth, price 6s. 6d. " To those who delight in the exercise of their intellectual powers, these very thoughtful and beautifully-written reflec tions will be a welcome boon, and the source long afterwards, we may rest assured, of many fruitful meditations and plea sant memories." —Sun. London: F. Pitman, 20, Paternoster-row, E.C. ' Cloth, price 28. 6d., AHANDBOOK for the MAN of BUSINESS, applicable to all Departments of Commercial Engage ments. _ _ London : P. Pitman. 20, Paternoster-row, E.C. Extra cloth, price 58., QCEP TI C ISM AND SPIRITUALISM. The experiences of a Sceptic. By the Authoress A " AURELIA." London : F. Pitman, 20, Paternoster-row, B.C. SELF-INSTRUCTION IN SPELLING, THE ESSENTIALS OF SPELLING is admirably adapted to aid adults whose early education has been neglected, in mastering the diffioulties of English Orthography, without a teacher. Sent post free for 12 stamps. London: F. Pitman, 20, Paternoster-row, E.C. Now ready, boards, price Is. 6d., .• HITS; a Collection of the Best Tales contri buted to "Temple Bar," " Once a Week," " Cham bers's Journal," &c. By L RIWIS HOUJH, M.A. With Two Illustrations by W. Schwench Gilbert. London; F. Pitman, 20, Paternoster-row, E.C. Demy 4to , cloth, price 70. 6d., TPSYCHON OMY of the HAND ; 1 or, the Hand an Index of Hental Development. London : F. Pitman, 20, Paternoster-row, E.C. GLASS, CHINA, EARTHENWARE, and CHANDELIER SHOW ROOMS. Notice of Removal in consequence of the late Fire. T DEFRIES and SONS' Temporary SHOW cy . ROOMS. 16 and 17. COMMERCIAL-STREET. WHITEC EIAPEL, Five Minutes' walk from their Late Establishment, 147, HOUNDSDITCH. CRYSTAL and BRONZED CHANDELIERS, New Designs, for the Dining and Drawing-room, either for Gas or Candle. DEFRIES and SONS, 16 and 17 , tx • colin tiRCIAL-STRE ET. PETROLEUM LAMPS and WALL LIGHTS, MIRRORS (for India). jr . DEFRIES and SONS, 16 and 17. COMMERCIAL-STREET. TAVERN AND HOTEL GLASS. Newest Patterns, Correct Measure. T DEFRIES and SONS, tfi • 16 and 17 ,COMMERCIAL-ST tt EET. ALEXANDRA DINNER SERVICES, For 12 Persona, £1 18s. 6d. DEFRIES And SONS. Cl • 16 and 17. COMMERCIAL-oTREET. HOME for LITTLE BOYS, Tottenham, ' N., for the Reception, from all parts of the Kingdom, of Outcast and Destitute Boys, and those verging on crime, under 10 years of age. President—ROßEßT HANBURY, Esq., M.P, VICE-PRESIDENTS. Stephen Cave, Esq., 31:1). I Sir S. hi. Peto, Bart., MP Henry E. Gurney, Esq. Abel Smith, Esq., 31,P. Samuel Morley, Esq. 1 COMMITTEE. Mr Alex. Anderson. I Rev. H. M'Sorley. Mr. E. H. Burrows. Mr. W. J. Maxwell. Mr. A. D. Chapman. I Mr. Alfred Short. Mr. E. F. Gedge. Mr. Robert Sinclair. Mr. George Moore. I Mr. E. J. Tabrum. Mr. Francis Lycett. I Mr. R. T. TurnbulL Treasurer—W. H. Willem, Esq., 78, Basinghall-street. B.C. Honorary Secretary—Mr. A. 0. Charles, £6, Suffolk-street, Pall-Mall East, S.W Bankers—Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smiths, 1, Lombard street, i-.C, The mode of admission to the House is twofold, Ist. By election of the subscribers. Boys thus admitted are received free, boarded, clothed, educated, and taught till they are 11 years of age. With the view t o secure the election of the most deserving cases, the Committe have from the first discouraged canvas sing, and they do not print any addresses of the subscribers. The voting papers contain a description of each case, as care ful y investigated by the Committee, and with this informa tion the subscribers are able to judge for themselves as to those most eligible for free admission. This Home was opened in April, 1864. It was designed to take in the little ones whose charact r and circumstances disqualify them for the Orphan Asylums, and whose tender age precludes their admission to the Refuges. Such are these who, from neglect, are already on the road to ruin. Such are those who have been deserted by their natural protectors and left to beecome idle wanderers. Such are those whose parents may have at one time or other received parish relief, and who are now friendless orphans. Such are those whose Parents are breakers of the law, or are in prison, and who train their children in the same path. Such are those whose evil associations have already had their painful effect, and must lead them to a life of crime and misery. There are now 50 little inmates from about four years of age to 10. There is room for nearly 10., and the Committee would joyfully see the Home filled at once ; they only wait for the necessary subscriptions. The Committee feel constrained to plead for those who cannot thus plead for themselves ; and, referring to the cir cumstances of some who have been already admitted, they ask—la it right to make a widow and her family paupers for lire because one of them (the naughty boy of the lam ly) runs wild in the streets and is beyond her control? Is it kind to tell her, because she has so large a family, that you will not h 1p her to put one of them into a Home. but that they must ail go into "the house ?" Is it doing the best we can for the little destitute orphan to send him to the workhouse. Is it doing to others as we would they should do unto ;is that when these little ones have unnatural parents who turn them into the streets, or force them by ill-treatment to "run away," none of us shoo d be found to care for them, to speak akin - dip word to them, to befriend them, to house and clothe the m ? Shall we leave them still on the doorstep, passing by on the other side, or else exclaiming "Am I my brother's keeper ?" The necessity for an Institution for these little ones is evi dent from the police statistics, which show that in London alone, in one year, no fewer than 311 boys under 10 years of age, have been apprehended for various offences, 79 of whom were convicted and punished, while the bulk, 232 were dis charged by the magistrates with a rebuke, as being too young to punish, though not too young to learn the beginnings of crime. On the other hand, there are numbers who, but for the timely help afforded by such an Institution, must otherwise become paupers, and losing all ideas of self-reli ance and self-help, be permanent burdens to the State. The Home for Little Boys has, therefore, been established to rescue the little ones, to save them from the prison on the ' one hand, and the workhouse on the other, and to endeavour to make them useful members of society. The daily routine of the Institution presents all the fea tures of a home, a school, and a workshop. The little ones arc cared for as children; they have their regular meals, their suitable clothing, their hours of play and amusement, and their singing class. They are treated as scholars ; every morning is devoted to schoel work—reading, and writing, and ciphering:, and Scriptural instruction, with occasional lessons in objects and other subjects. But they are also trained to work. As they must all, and that at a very early period in life, earn their living by the sweat of their brow, they are here at once taught habits of industry. So the after noons are occupied with various industrial occupations— making brown paper bags for bankers, and white; aper bags for tradesmen, and door mats and servants' kneelers for any who will buy them ; picking the coil for the mats, mending the c other, &c. Some assist the master in the garden, digging, planting, watering, weeding, and so forth. By degrees they are being made useful in the house, scrubbing and sweeping, while the elder ones clean all the boots, knives, &c. In this way it is sought to fit them for an active working ilfe. 2d. By payment of ss. a week, made quarterly in advance. All children must be under 10 years of age at the time of ' admission. Those received on payment are admitted at any time as soon as approved by the Committee, Elections of children to be admitted free will take place as frequently as the increase in the annual subscriptions will admit, till the Home is full; they will then be held periodi cally • Forms of application for the admission of children may be had at the Home, and of the Honorary Secretary, NE,vspAp ER earip-FrA Frightful t i c ig ictig n o nail n the ; _ eiork* 14 • . :wp - 0 • ONE MAN KILLED AND SEVERALACJUITD. s • e' . „ %ita: _ 7 l / 4 Zy • 4. , . ,mlO 6 , 5 • . • An accident of a very serious cha r act er; and rn an i d n -1: \ ) fortunately, has been attended with fatal results to at least ,„ a nt . L - , / • 7 - ~ 1 41 ,0 N „:„1 : ', 0 -5 0 11 . 1 u , 411 ,d•ii, . • ~ .‘ cv _---/ one or r o h f ap er p e e e n t e i d a th t u e r ij 0 n g w l lu as d ; at u th n e • cis DIE - e 1 6 - ...• DLO T. , ~ purse works in col ion for , South Coast Railway at Battersea. lon, Brighton, and PRICE 4d. a STAMPED 5d.: It appears that during the last six months—in fact, since it was determined to double the width of the Victoria Rail way Bridge over the Thames, rendered necessary for the, great traffic to and from the Victoria Station—two addi tional lines to meet the requirements of the increased traffic have been in course of erection, one being an extension of the London, Brighton, and South Coast, and the other, which runs alongside and adjoins the extension, the West London Railway, from Victoria to Clapham Junction. Both pieces were wwaerrnetihnejgo'pintoheoder across these an n t railways rhu e ce l mi v ißbs,htt.ote rsea- Battersea-fields, s, carriedthe brickwork on hig h b e b i r n i g c brick extremely vilt.du cts thick, and up till Saturday, notwithstanding the fact that great difficulties had to be encountered by the builders in ofth e fo f r o m rn i i n a a ti a o n n d of the road, no accident had happened. The works having been completed as far as the Battersea-road, over which tho railway is to be carried by an arch 50 feet s i m e n e e ": h o o f centre M r. eaTaylor, constructedshould alf dy o iu f n:usg b e rnetiohe commenced A r , mc i ee t ern i no v te e r e dpd employedi e oe t e n ensin,irfnioder Friday inl yt t h h ene a ri t egf c t oh h ti e nla w sga otoi theorakr formation large wide,othe staging, i m ng o , rn & in c g .,. in A t t h t e h p at re t not to . cause an interruption to the traffic of the road. Ac cordingly, about nine o'clock at night, by the aid of gas a the works, and Mr. Williams, the ganger, and all went on satisfactorily till about a quarter to two o'clock on Satur day ccha piecesrwry i ti t hh h ‘gvi e te.r t l e g l e t oar r : of i . . laid, when suddenly, and, as described by a witness i o r f on th v e lat o in cc g 7 b e y nce w , hic w h ith th ou e t c t e h n e tre sli together snapped in two, and the whole mass of timber work, weighing many tons, fell to the ground with fled by the occurrence, and by the announcement that se veral of the men had been struck down, and were buried beneath the broken timbers, the workmen, under the di faellthownisbwlehocrwaesrt On at th t e he cen sa tr m e o e f the tim di rection of Mr. Taylor and Mr. Williams, immediately set to work to extricate them. Those who had sustained serious injuries were, as soon as cabs could be found, conveyed to the hospital, and with the exception of one are in a fair way to recovery. A man named Henry Flood, about 30 years of age, was killed on the spot, the front part of his skull being completely smashed. It is understood that he leaves a wife and three children, who are totally unprovided for. Another man, named Smith, had his thigh and collar bone broken, and received fearful injuries about the head and shoulders. It is believed he will not recover. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. MANCHESTER AUTUMN MEETING—SATURDAY. The Grand Stand Plate (Handicap) of 60 sovs ; winners extra. Five furlongs. Mr. Wilkinson's The Inca, 3 yrs, ist 81b (inc. Sib ex.) (Carroll) 1 Mr. Bilham's Gamecock, aged, 7st 51b (inc. 71b extra) (Morgan 2 Mr. Fowler's Cobbler, 5 yrs, Gst 121 b (Hoystead 3 Mr. Jones's Victress, 2 yrs, sst 101 b (W. Sleigh 4 Mr. Barratt's Miss Kirk, 3 yrs, sst Blb (Kenyon 5 Mr. George's Wallett, 2 yrs, sst 71b (car. sst 81b) (Huxtable) 0 Betting.-9 to 4on Gamecock, 3to 1 agst The Inca, and 100 to 8 agst any other. Won by a length; three lengths between second and third ; a bad fourth. Wallet threw his jockey at starting and took no part in the race. The Trafford Handicap of 5 sous each, with 50 added; winners extra. One mile. • Mr. Turner's Desdemona, 4 yrs, Est 101 b (Carroll) 1 Captain Gray's Castanet, 2 yrs, Est 71b (inc. 71b extra) (Huxtable) 2 Mr. Slater's Dart, 2 yrs, Est 21b (inc. 71b ex.) (Canning) 3 Mr. Barber's Cutaway, 4 yrs, 7st 101 b (Ward l 4 Mr. Kelly's Golden Drop, 6 yrs, 7st 81b (Kelly 5 Mr. Samuel's Twilight, aged, Bst 101 b (Hibbard) 0 Betting.-7 to 4 agst Twilight, 9to 4 agst Cutaway, sto 1 agst Golden Drop and Castanet, and 7 to 1 agst Desde mona. Won by half a length ; a length bet seen second and third ; a bad fourth ; Twilight was left at the post. The Northern Metropolitan Handicap Plate of 100 sovs ; certain winners extra. One mile 260 yards. Mr. Morris's Siva, 4 yrs, 6st 131 b (Carroll) 1 Captain Gray's Windham, 4 yrs, Bst 111 b (Challoner) 2 Mr. Stevens's Fisherman's Daughter, 4 yrs, 7st 51b (inc. 51b ex.) Mr. Buckley's Wynnstay, aged, Bst 41b Ftton) 4 Mr. Samuel's Twilight, aged, Bst 71b ( ibberd) 5 Betting.-6 to 4 asst Windham, 3to 1 agst Wynnstay and Fisherman's Daughter, 5 to 1 agst Twilight, 100 to 15 agst Siva. Won by two lengths; the same between s&cond and third ; half a length between third and fourth. The Two-year-old Selling Handicap of 3 sovs each, with 50 added. About half a mile. Mr. George's Wallet, 7st 51b (Britton) Mr. Phillips's Jolly Boy, 7st 51b (Ho stead Mr. Merone's Lightfoot, ist 41b (Carroll Mr. Cliff's Grace Clitheroe, 7st 61b (car. 7st 81b) (Lomas - • --• • • The roadway was, of course, blocked up by the broken Betting-7 to 4 agst Grace Clitheroe, 2 to 1 agst Jolly Boy, 5 to 2 agst Wallet. Won by a length ; a head between second and third; a bad fourth. The winner was not sold. The Scurry Handicap of 3 sovs each, with 30 added. One timbers, and on their removal to the sides of the railway arches it could be seen at a glance that the accident was caused by the weakness of the materials employed. The timber by which the centre pieces were formed was joined together by small plates of iron only about a qwtrter of an inch in thickness, which, it is asserted by the workmen, are not by any means strong enough, and instead of being placed on both sides of the timber they were only on ono. It is also said that there were not sufficient bolts in the mile. Lord Westmoreland's Orloff, 3 yrs, 7st 91b (Kenyon? 1 Inheritress, 2 yrs, 6st 71b (lluxtabll 2 East Lynne, 3 yrs, Bst 21b (Challoner 3 Cutler, 6 yrs, Bst 101 b (Warn 4 The following also ran :—Humphrey, Charles Fox, and Pera colt. timber ; and when it is considered that the wooden frame works would not sustain their own weight, much less that of the tons of bricks which it would have had to bear, it is quite clear that there is gross carelessness somewhere, which it is hoped will be elucidated at the inquest. Betting opened at.s to 4 agst Orloff, but closed at 6 to 4 agst East Lynne, 2 to 1 agst Orloff, and 5 to 1 agst Pera c. Won by a head ; two lengths between second and third ; a length between third and fourth. BETTING ON THE COURSE. CESAREWITCH. 100 to 8 agst Privateer (taken) 100 to 6 agst Nuneaton (taken) 25 to 1 agst John Davis (taken) 28 to 1 agst Farce (taken) 33 to 1 agst Grinder (taken) 33 to 1 agst Breeze (taken) 50 to 1 agst Solon (taken) 50 to 1 agst Zephyr (taken) 50 to 1 agst Paris (taken) 50 to 1 agst Lansdown (taken) DERBY. 1000 to 80 agst Lord Lyon (taken) THE P. R. CHAMPIONSHIP.—A FORFEIT.--.We regret to state that, after all, this match, which had bsen looked forward to with so much interest, has ended in a forfeit on the part of the youthful champion. There have been rumours for some weeks that there would be no fight, but the money was put down with such regularity that we were in hopes our suspicions were un founded. On Friday, however, the murder was out, and it became clear to us that Joe's chance of fighting at present has long been a forlorn ono. On that day Wormald called on us with the following certificate : " St. Bartholomew's Hospital, Sept. 23, 1865.—1 do hereby certify that Joseph Wormald is under my care at St. Bar tholomew's Hospital, as an out-patient, suffering with periostitis of the right humerus, consequent on an injury. —JOHN ASTLEY BLOXAM, House Surgeon." He showed us his right arm, which is perfectly stiff at the elbow, and utterly useless ; and also exhibited a wound made for the purpose of injecting morphia twice a day, in order to deaden the pain; and he assured us that for several weeks he has been under this treatment, and has been compelled to lie up, suffering the greatest agony. He had hoped by care and rest to get round in time to do justice to his backers, but now, finding that there was no chance of his getting the use of his arm for months, he thought it his duty to delay no longer, but to come at once to us to prevent the match from going on, and his friends from being deceived. The poor fellow, who is reduced almost to a skeleton, seemed deeply mortified at the state of things, and ex pressed his regret that he had not come forward sooner to make known the real state of affairs ; ho did not, however, despair of yet having another tussle for the belt he so much coveted, and which, of course, now reverts to our hands ; and he requested us to state that whoever may bo fortu nate enough to secure it during his retirement must look forward to a challenge from him so soon as his state will justify it. On questioning Joe as to the cause of the injury we ascertained that some weeks since ho was performing with the dumb-bells at Bob Travers's, after making one of his deposits, when he contrived to strain his arm and to lacerate the membrane surrounding the bone ; and inflam mation coming on upon this had brought his arm to its pre sent state. Jem Mace pockets the forfeits of £l2O without a struggle. It is unfortunate for Jem that the affair has terminated in this way, as it has deprived him not only of all chance of once more wearing- the Champion's Belt, but also of the possible eclat which a victory over Wormald would have shod over his intended visit to America. — Bell's Life. QUININE, AND THE INLAND REVENUE.—A curious instance of the vigilance of some of our officials has occur red with reference to Waters' Quinine Wine. Hearing how extensively the consumption of this wine has in creased, a bright thought appeared in the mind of one of Mr. Gladstone's indefatigable understrappers, that the taxa tion of the country might be increased with substantial advantage, by subjecting this useful article for even the middle and poorer classes to an impost in some form or other, and so anxious were the officials to profit by the hint that Acts of Parliament have been ransacked, pre cedents looked up, and a remarkable correspondence en sued, showing an official determination upon the failure of one enactment to produce and combat the force of another. The commissioners, however, decided on the 31st August that it cannot be retailed unless the shopkeeper holds a British wine license. Some little misapprehension has existed, but this will now be removed. The decision of the board will, there is n doubt, be considered rather op pressive by the chemist a druggist, but it is hoped that the Exciso will not make any distinction, but enforce the license on all medicated wines, whether sold by druggist or grocer. GOVERNMENT INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES.—The following additional post-offices in England and Wales will be open on and after the 25th of September for the receipt of proposals for the insurance of lives or the purchase of Government Annuities, under the Act 27 and 28 Victoria, cap. 43, and for the receipt of the premiums becoming due to the Postmaster-General, from time to time, under con tracts for the insurance of lives or the purchase of Govern ment Annuities, and for the payment of any sums which shall become payable by tho Postmaster-General under the said contracts :—Batley (Leeds), Beckenham, Berkhamp stead, Biggleswade, Burnham (Bridgewater) Cardigan, Chertsey, Coleshill (Birmingham), Corbridge (Gateshead), Driffield, Edenbridge, Halstead, Harrogate, Honiton, Idle (Leeds), Ilchester (Taunton), Kimbolton (St. Neot's), Mal vern, Market Drayton, Northwich, Nuneaton, Padstow (Bodmin), Poulton-le-Fylde (Preston), Redditch (Broms grove), Ruabon, St. Neot's, Saltley (Birmingham), Sleaford, Solihull (Birmingham), Stratford-on-Avon. These offices will be open for such purposes during the hours appointed for the transaction of money order business. A handbill containing the principal rules of the Government Insurance and Annuity office and of the Post-office Savings Banks has been printed for gratuitous distribution, and copies may be obtained at the above named offices. The measure will, from time to time, be extended to other post-offices than those named above, and due notice will be given of such extensions. If application be made to any postmaster for the extension of the measure to his office, he will at once report the circumstance to the Secretary. WIDTH OF LONDON STREETS.—The widths of some of the main thoroughfares of London are ex tremely insignificant. Fleet-street, between the piers at Temple-bar, is 28ft 4in ; opposite Lynn's, the oyster shop, it is 35ft 9in ; and at the corner of Fetter-lane it is 40ft 10in. The narrowest part of Ludgate-hill, which is opposite St. Martin's Church, is only 24ft 4in;and at Farringdon-street, and near St. Paul's, it is only a few inches more than 26ft. The entrance to Cannon-street by St. Paul's is 30ft 6in between the kerbs ; Cheapside, at entrance, 39ft 2in ; oppo site Bow Church, 31ft ; the Poultry, 24ft 2in, and near the Mansion-house only 22ft wide. Indeed, the amount of traffic at this point is enormous, and the danger incurred by pedestrians is attempting to cross the road is painful to witness. Generally, it is best, in making a new thorough fare, not to exceed 70ft in width, which is, we believe, the width of the new Southwark-street, and the width gene rally adopted by the Metropolitan Board of Works in making their new roadways. Streets wider than this are invariably difficult to cross, and it would be better to open up two streets than to make one inordinately wide. It is, however, a mistake to suppose that police regulations are a sufficient check to accidents ; and we agree with Sir R. Mayne in thinking that their employment should be sup plemental.—Building News. SPONTANEOUS GENERATION.—This theory has found a determined and talented advocate in M. Victor Meunier. Little more than a fortnight ago he de scribed an apparatus and a series of experiments, which utterly overthrew M. Pasteur's assertion to the effect that no spores from the atmosphere could find their way into a receiver provided with a sinuous; neck, 'and last week he described a second series with which he silences another opponent. Having put three halves of cooked crawfish and 35gras. of beans into a ba lloon provided with 10 sinuous tubes, and containing a sufficient quantity of Seine water, he, observing all the oth er minute precautions already de scribed by us is a former article, obtained in the course of 34 days a considerable number of bacteria and monocles, but no mic ro p h y tes (small plants like mould, &e.). This is contra di c tion to Dr. Lemaire's assertion, viz., that ma cerations like the preceding one display the same harmony we remark in the vegetable and animal kingdoms, the mi crophytes being the natural food of animalcules. 31. Meunier, on the contrary, shows that even the largest animalcules will thrive and multiply in infusions where there is no trace of any plant whatever. In every other respect this experiment only confirms the dilemma esta blished by the former, viz., that either spores from the atmosphere can pass through crooked tubes, or that the creatures obtained are the results of spontaneous generation, M. Meunier next remark s very p e rtinently that even though it were proved beyond a doubt that in all experiments of this kind, eggs and spores are conveyed by the air, this would not be sufficient to establish any incontrovertible argument against spontaneous generation, since the latter theory does not by any means suppose either plants or animalcules of ovules and spores, which, once formed, fol low the laws of ordinary development. Now it is evident that if the gases resulting from fermentation and emana ting from marshes pour reproductive elements into the atmosphere, there is no adducible reason why they should not pour in spontaneous elements likewise. " Care should be taken," he adds, " not to fall into the error of wanting to prove that a species cannot be reproduced by spontane ous generation because it is produced by ordinary genera tionP—Galignani, PANIC IN ST. ANDREW'S CHURCH, HOLBORN. Last night, just as the minister was closing the ser vice at St. Andrew's, Holborn, the congregation was thrown into a painful state of excitement, owing to some man standing in one of the aisles ;falling on the floor and then screaming out "Fire" as loud as he was able. In an instant there was a fearful rush made from the different pews both up and down the church. In the confusion that prevailed many persons were thrown down and some were injured ; but the scene behind the choir, devoted to the accommoda tion of the children belonging to the parochial school, w as quite harrowing. No sooner had the cry of fire been raised than the juveniles rose in a body and rushed one after the other in terrible confusion, and some of them jumped from the gallery on the stairs. The choristers and teachers tried but in vain to convince the congregation that no fire had taken place in the church or near it, but the people still con tinued to rush out and tumble over one another. A young lady who was in the body of the church was pressed down by the people in their anxiety to get out of the building, and was obliged to be removed in a cab. Several ladies who were unable to leave their pews fainted upon their seats. It is to be regretted that during the confusion which prevailed the fellow who made the alarm got clear off, but, having left his hat in the church, it may possibly lead to his identity and due punishment. A telegraphic message was sent to all the fire brigade stations to stop the firemen from taking their engines to the church. THE BRAEMAR GATHERING.—This the chief meet ing of the Highlanders to contend in trials of strength, speed, and nimbleness, was held in front of the old castle of Mar on Thursday. The weather was favour able, and as English tourists and others who intend taking the upper valley of Dee in their summer journey generally contrive to be about Braemar when the gathering comes round, the attendance of strangers was numerous. The games commenced between 1 and 2 o ' clock in presence of parties from Mar-lodge and In vercauld-house, the guests of the Earl of Fife and Colonel Farquharson respectively, and the Duff and Farquharson Highlanders. Shortly after the games had begun the appearance of outriders bespoke the approach of Royalty, and the proceedings were at once brought to a stand to enable the assemblage to loyally re ceive the distinguishe d visitors. The y were the Prince and Princess of Wales , w ith the Princess Hilda of A n h a lt , an d in su g it i e n , including abouthalf Col. anh o fi u e r p , pe ca l, m f e ro t m he A pin be r rg e e e l s d s i e e s Beatrice, and the Prince and Princess Louis of Hesse, with suite, including General Grey, Sir Charles Phipps, &c., from Balmoral Palace. Having witnessed the feats of the Highlanders for some time, the Royal party became the guests of Colonel Farquharson, and partook of luncheon served in his romantic old castle. About five o'clock— shortly before the termination of the contests—the Royal visitors left amid the hearty cheering of the spectators. In the feats of strength, such as throwing the stone and hammer and tossing the caber (a ponderous tree), Donald Dinhie, lo the Deesid w e h champion, ec lipsed all rivals, as als o embracedin the the ability to jump a dozen hurdles and fo rd the Dee at a place where the river ng race, i which ran 7 feet deep ! The honours of the dancing—always the most interesting of these Highland meetings —were carried off by a smart and graceful clansman named Gruer, or, as the local lassies fondly styled him, " Charlie." In the evening a grand ball took place in the old castle, when the merriment was kept up till daybreak of Friday. ELOPEMENT.—A few mornings since a young lady of 18, whose friends are at present staying at Waterloo-crescent, failed to make her appearance at the breakfast-table, but as she was in the habit of taking early walks not much was thought of the circumstance. The morning wore on, however, and as no tidings were heard of miss, papa and mama were left to all sorts of uncomfortable conjectures. Messengers were sent in quest of the missing fair one to all the haunts she was in the habit of frequent ing, but in vain, no trace of her was to be found. Later in the day a telegraphic message solved the mysterious dis appearance. The message explained that the young lady had left Dover by an early train of the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway, and was at that moment linked in the rosy bonds of Hymen. The bridegroom is a gallant cap tain of militia, more than twice the age of the fair bride, whose impetuous flight to the haven of matrimonial bliss is explained, we believe, by the fact that the gay Lothario did not find favour in the eyes of the young lady's parents. 3 —Dover Express. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 25, 1865. TO BRISTOL COLSTON BOYS.—A Bristol Colston Boy, who is now in great DISTRESS (through severe domestic calamities), would be glad to receive any ASSISTANCE in the shape of Money or Postage Stamps, which can be sent to EDWARD COLSTON, No. 6, James street, Covent-garden. GREAT ST. JAMES'S-HALL.—WORLD of MAGIC, Second Sight, and " Begone. Dull Care," every evening. at 8. A Day Performance, Saturday, at 3. The most varied entertainment in the metropolis."—Vide the Press. Admission, is. • PROFESSOR and the Misses ANDERSON. — Farewell season. World of Magic. Second Sight, and the original Indian Basket Trick, in conjunction with Fre deric (the great) Maccabe, the unrivalled ventriloquist, mimic, and character actor. VREDERIC MACCABE, Ventriloquist, Mimic, tico., in his original entertainment, "Begone, Dull Care," "Miss Mary May," " Early in the Morning." Balcony, 2s. ; reserved seats, 3s. ; stalls, ss. ; at Ur. Austin's office, St. James's • hall, 28, Piccadilly. A. NIMMO, Acting Manager. °HANG, the Great FYCHOW GIANT, and NJ Suite, at the EGYPTIAN HALL, Piccadilly. First LEVEE THIS (MONDAY) EVENING, 2511, from Eight till Ten o'clock. STODARE.-175TH REPRESENTATION.- THEA ELLE OF MYSTERY, EGYPTIAN HALL. MARVELS in MAGIC and VENTRILOQUISM. by Col. STODARE. The REAL INDIAN BASKET TRICK, and INS CANTANEOUS GROWTH of FLOWER TREES, as introduced for the first time in this country on Easter Mon day, April 17, 1865, by Colonel Stodare, and only performed by him and the Indian Magicians. Every evening at 8 (Saturdays included), also on Wednes day and Saturday Afternoons at 3. Stalls at Mitchell's, 33, Old Bond-street, and Box-office, Egyptian Hall. Admission, Is., 25., and 3s. Almost miraculous."—Vide Times, April 18,1885. 11" 0 X F O R D. ,6, OXFORD STREET. W. The Orford and Canterbury Hall gompany (limited). SIXTY-SIX, by J. Offenbich, performed by Misses Russell. Barrie, Walmesley, Tyrell, Ellen Reid, Ma dame Maria, and Miss FitzFlenry ; Messrs. A. bt. Albyn, Husk, acid Green, with full Bandland Chorus. Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans. Ballet, Comedy, Burlesque. &c., by_ the celebrated D'Au bans, Messrs. Duriah and Davis, and the Misses TE3SY and SARA. GIJANISS. . NO PILE.—The Oxford has been entirely Redecorated, Altered, Newly Lighted, and Ventilated, and now is one of the most agreeable places of resort in the kingdom.—OPEN EVERY EVENING at Eight o'clock. The Classical Ballet, entitled THE BRIDAL of BEAUTY, in which the Misses TESSY and SARA GUNNISS will make their reappearance THIS EVENING. Admission—Area, 6d.; stalls and balcony, ls. ; private boxes, 10s. 6d. • CANTERBURY HALL. KO KO RI KO. This wonderful entertainment, having proved the greatest hit ever made, will be repeated EVERY EVENING, in ad dition to the Operatic Sele3tions, supported by the whole talent of the establishment. Comedy, Burlesque, and Ballet by Mrs. and Mr. Randall, Messrs. Duriah and Davies, the D'Aubans, and Arthur Lloyd. Director, Mr. F. Jongmans. . .. All visitors to London at this season should see the above entertainment. IV7ADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION.- IIL Established 30 years, at the Bazaar, Baker-street. NEW ADDITIONS.—In accordance pith the season, the Exhibition has been entirely re-embellished. The whole of the ancient Court Dresses of the most costly description, faithfully cooled from the most minute pictures, have been renewed. Modern Court Dresses of the most splendid de scription, selected from the first houses in Paris and London, and probably never equalled or surpassed, are now on view. Life-size Models of DOCTOR E. W. PRITCHARD and CONSTANCE KENT are now added. Open from 11 a.m. tllllO p.m. Admittance, One Shilling; Extra Rooms, Sixpence. ARGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street, Piccadilly.—GßAND CASINO and MUSICAL PRO MENADE is DT( )W OPEN for the Season. Musical Director, M. LUIGI CURTI. Manager, Mons. 0-BENET. The Band plays nightly Selections from the most eminent Composers. Doors open at half-past 8 o'clock; close five minutes to 12 o'clock. 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FAILING REMEDY.—Pre 'Jared without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. Scott, of Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to all who ,uffer from bilious and liver complaints, indigesticn, wind. ipaBMS, giddiness, elizzinew of the eyes, &o. For habitual •ostiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier A the blood, they are truly excellent; mild in their opera tion and grateful to the stomach, they create appetite, pro mote digestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system. Sold by W. Lambert, B. King William-street, Charing-cross. London, and by most druggists, in boxea,ls. lid., and three times the quantity in one, 2s. gd. Be sure to ask for Dr. Soott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are a square green package. with " William Lambert." engraved on the stamp. CRUMLIN VlADUCT.—Considerable alarm has been manifested for some weeks past in consequence of ru mours that Crumlin Viaduct was not in a secure state. These rumours soon reached the ears of Lord Llanover, Lord Lieutenant of the county of Monmouth, who consi dered it his duty to communicate on the subject with the Board of Trade. The authorities very properly, and without delay, deputed Captain Tyler, one of their most eminent inspectors, to make the necessary examination, and to apply the requisite tests, with a view of as certaining the stability of the bridge. This examination took place on Thursday morning. There were present Lord Llanover, Capt. Tyler, Mr. Owen, C.E., Great Western Railway; Mr. G. Armstrong, district locomotive superin tendent; Mr. Jas. Kelly, superintendent of the South Wales division; Mr. J. F. Relton, district superintendent, and other officers of the company, by whom the matter was regarded as one of great interest and importance. The first test ap plied was that of running a train of seven engines and their tenders (weighing together 210 tons), from one end of the viaduct to the other at different rates of speed. This train exactly covered two spans of the viaduct, and the appear ance of so many engines linked together, with their polished work reflecting the rays of a bright sun, was a spectacle re markable even to men experienced in the railway world. The moment, as might be supposed, was one of no ordinary excitement, but the results, as will be seen, were as gratifying as the most sanguine could desire. After this great load had been many times passed and re-passed over the line, as already described, and the effect duly noted by the inspector, a much severer test was resorted to. Seven engines with their tenders were placed on one line, and one powerful engine and its tender attached to 15 large trucks heavily loaded with coal and iron (each truck and its contents weighing 15 tons), were placed on the other line. Those enormous masses, the greatest that could be put on, were simultaneously moved backwards and forwards at various rates of speed, the deflection and lateral oscilla tion being carefully noted. It is pleasing to find that after eight years' wear, the deflection of the girders does not exceed what it was when the viaduct was first tested prior to its being opened for traffic purposes. It appears that there has been some slight wear upon several of the bolts, which had been in course of repair, and this will probably account for the prevalence of the alarming reports upon which the Lord-Lieutenant so promptly acted. The public will heartily rejoice to hear that there was not a shadow of foundation for such reports, and the scientific tests now applied are well calculated to inspire increased confidence in the safety of this remarkable structure, which has so appropriately been designated the chef d'oeuvre of the Messrs. Kennard Brothers. During the examination all traffic on this part of the lino was suspended, but it was resumed immediately on the termination of the experi ments. The official report will of course be sent direct to the Board of Trade, and will probably not be made public for some days.—From the Star of Gwent. ARTIFICIAL INCUBATION.—M. Dabry, French Consul at Han Keoo, in China, has just published an inte resting paper in the Bulletin de la Societe de Acclimatation on the process employed by the Chinese in hatching eggs. AMERICA. By the arrival of the Africa we have received our private correspondence and Ales of papers from New York to the 12th of September, and by telegram to the 14th. The following is the letteX of our own cOrrespori- dent : " WASHINGTON, Sept. 12. ~ There are more traces here than 'in any other Northern city of the misery and distress occasioned by the late war. The place is full of persons from the South who come to make application for pardon, and almost every woman one meets is clad in deep black. It is a literal description of Washington that ' the mourners go about the streets.' The President's ante-rooms are crowded with ladies whose worn, thin, white faces tell a painful history of the suffering and wretchedness they have experienced. They wait there day after day, going early in the morning, and leaving only when the White House is.elosed to visitors, and returning next day, and so continuing she dreary round until their turn has come to see the President. It is no fault of Mr. Johnson's that their cases cannot be disposed of more quickly. The rule is that all applications for pardon should come to him through the office of the. Attorney-General ; but many hope to prevail upon the President by personal supplications, and hence his house is be- sieged by Southern visitors who, a few months ago, thought no language too hard for Mr. Johnson and his advisers. The President of the United States is at this moment a harder worked man than any porter in the streets of London. I had an interview With him on the morning of a Cabinet Council, when the throng of applicants is excluded from the White House, and his appearance was that of a man who finds no rest night or day, and who is con sumed with anxiety and care. ' There is almost more than one man can do,' was his.simple description of the never-ending duties of his post. He spoke with hope and confidence of his efforts to complete the work of restoration in the South ; and it happened that later in the day I had an opportunity of judg ing by Southern testimony how that work was progressing. " The amount of labour which is accomplished every day by the President and his principaladvisers is almost incredible. In this respect, at any rate, Ido not think the Old World yet surpasses the New. It must be remembered that, in addition to the severe routine work of the office, a crowd of persons flock all day to the chief public officials, and in America the heads of departments must not set up barric;des of policemen, porters, or clerks round their doors. Thp frayed carpeting of the staircase which leads to the President's chamber gives some idea of the number of feet which are constantly ascending and descending. There is a room set apart for ladies, and thus they are partially protected from that ex temporized carpeting of tobacco juice which the men are always laying and renewing for themselves in the hall where they stand about and wait. In the Treasury is the Attorney-General's office, also thronged with men and women anxious to be purged of their offences and get back to the South. When the day's work is limited to 12 hours it must be a sort of holyday to Attorney-General Speed. The pardoning business, indeed, overworks all the offi cials, and no doubt it also causes great irritation to many who have to dawdle about this stifling and uncomfortable city. It arises, as you are aware, out of the clause of the proclamation of amnesty which ex cepts from its benefits all persons whose incomes exceed $20,000 a year. As that exception clause has been misunderstood in England, as well as in some parts of the States, an explanation of it, which you may accept as representing the true views of the Administration, may not be unserviceable. " When the clause was introduced the Govern ment was quite aware that it would give rise to mis conception of its purposes at home and abroad. It was also aware that the clause would for a time tie up the resources of the South, check enterprise, and delay the recovery of .the lately seceded States from the blow they have received. The Government did not wish to produce any of these results ; on the con trary, it earnestly wished, every member of it, from the President downwards, to bring the South back again into the Union as early as was consistent with safety. Its motives, then, for introducing the clause in question must obviously have been very pressing and cogent. They may be briefly described. If, when the war was over, an action was brought in the Supreme Court to test the legality and authority of Mr. Lincoln's proclama tion abolisoing slavery, it is doubtful whether the proclamation could have been sustained. Each State has a right to make its own laws ; the President can not make laws touching their internal organisation. Now, the only persons who could have brought such an action as that I speak of were the persons pos sessing over $20,000 a year. It was resolved to de prive the m e ofany power, here or hereafter, of re viving question of slavery, by requiring each one to apply separately for pardon, and in the pardon which they receive, a copy of which lies before me, there are these two conditions 1. This pardon to be of no effect until the said— shall take the oath prescribed in the proclamation of the President dated May 29, 1865. 2. To be void and of no effect if the said shall hereafter, at any time, acquire any property whatever in slaves, or make use of slave labour.' Should, than, any planter question the validity of the Emancipation Proclamation, and at tempt to revive slavery in any form, he at once brings upon himself the pains and penalties of trea son. Thus individuals are secured, and States are not admitted back into the Union until they have passed an ordinance declaring slavery abolished within their limits —as Mississippi has just done. None, I suppose, will blame Mr. Johnson for taking care that the object and end of the war on the part of the mass of Northern people should not be jug gled out of their hands at the moment of victory. " There is no difficulty in obtaining these pardons. The system is purely one of routine, and I was as sured that the Attorney-General now very seldom even reads the applications. The applicant takes signs s his acceptance of the pardon is given (the two just quoted); and the whole tuck as th e p rocess i s it t a k es temho most sd y ti mi e s o pn c r i os r t b n e na d nd te oaths,rlwhich have t a i ff m a e ir t is o c a o t m an ple e te nd it, b Q ut twenty pardons, and often a larger number, are got through every day. And as to the States returning, they can do it just as soon as they please, and the Government cannot help them forward by a single hour. During my stay here Mr. Seward kindly gave me the oppor tunity of meeting a large deputation of Southern as they said, to pay They represented all the t g h e e n ir tle ee r m e s e States lately in arms as the Confederacy,' and every man in the company —there were about 60 of them altogether — was a prominent and lead pnts who to desired, him., lead ing man in'his State. Many of them belonged to the old Whig party,' and consequently were for mer friends of Mr. Seward's, and they were all re ceived with the dry pleasantry and plain speech which the Americans understand better than any other form of communication. We have come,' said the spokesman, to pay you our 'respects.' ' Well, gentlemen,' replied Mr. Seward, you will not object to my saying that it is pretty nearly time you did.' They all laughed, and confessed that it was. Mr. Seward to them, ' When I told my son, Mr. Frederick Seward, that I was about to receive a deputation of rebels, he said that unless they came with a very different object from that which prompted the last rebels he saw he would rather not be pre sent.' The laSt rebel' thus referred to was the man who nearly murdered Mr. Seward and his son, and whose handiwork is still seen in Mr. Seward's disfigured face and in his son's still feeble health. We mean what we say, sir,' said a gentleman from Georgia ; ' we intend to be loyal and good Union men.' Several repeated this very emphatically, and then they referred to the $20,000 exception clause. The Secretary of State told them that they knew as well as he did that it was the $20,000 men who got up the rebellion, and who supported the war. Did the Government ask too much whenitrequired some proof that they were loyal now ? 'lf you want this clause rendered harmless to you,' he continued, in God's name, gentlemen, go home and organise your own States—repeal your Act of Secession, and pass an ordinance abolishing slavery—do as Mississippi has just done, and there will be no one in all the South more glad than I to have every one of you back again.' Several of these gentlemen came up to me to tell me their opinions, knowing and intending that I should repeat them. They one and all said, ' We want to get to work again, and we cannot do it till this clause is done away with.' But you can get pardon easily ?" Yes, but while the Govern- Ment think we are not sincere in our professions of loyalty, there will be delays. We want it to under stand that we are sincere, and that is why we are • here to-night.' " These gentlemen had an audience with Mr. Johnson yesterday, and from the President they heard a few home truths, but withal theywere kindly received. He told them that it was not long ado they were battling against the principles he held, but that he bore nothing but good feeling towards the whole South. And he also said, in a passage which I quote from the reports : " Gentlemen,—We have passed through this rebellion. I say we,' for it was us who are responsible for it. Yes, the - South made the issue, and I know the nature of the Southern people well enough to know that when they have become convinced of an error they frankly acknowledge it in a manly, open, direct manner, and now in the perform- ante of that duty, or, indeed, in any act they undertake to perform, they do it heartily and frankly ; I stand to day, as I have ever stood, firmly in the opinion that if a monopoly contends against this country, the monopoly must go down, and the country must go up. Yes, the issue was made by the South against the Government, and the Government has triumphed; and the South, true to her ancient instincts of frankness and manly honour, comes forth and expresses its willingness to abide the result of she decision in good faith, While I think that the rebellion has been arrested and subdued, and am happy in the con sciousness of a duty well performed, I want not only you, _ _ but the people of the world, to blow that while I dreaded and feared disintegration of the States, lam equally op- posed to consolidation or concentration of power hero, under whatever guise or name they bear ; and if the issue is forced upon us, I shall endeavour to pursue the same efforts to dissuade from this doctrine of running to ex- trenles, but I say, let the same rules be applied. Let the Constitution be our guide. Let the preservation of that and the union of States be our principal aim.' " One other passage is important : " Tha institution of slavery is gone. The former status of the negro had to be changed, and we, as wise men, must recognize so potent a fact and adapt ourselves to circum stances as they surround us. (Voices —'We are willing to do so." Yes, sir, we are willing to do so.') I believe you are. I believe when your faith is pledged—when your consent has been given, as I have already said—l believe it will be maintained in good faith, and every pledge or pro mise fully carried out. (Cries—' It will.) All I ask or desire of the South or the North, the East or the West, is to be sustained in carrying out the principles of the Constitu- tion. It is not to be denied that we have been great sufferers on both sides. Good men have fallen on both sides, and much misery is being endured as the necessary result of so gigantic a contest. Why, then, cannot we come together, and around the common altar of our country heal the wounds that have been made ? Deep wounds have been inflicted. Our country has been scarred all over. Then why cannot we approach each other upon principles which are right in themselves, and which will be productive of good to all ?' " The first thing that will be urged in answer to all this by those who still fancy they see the fire of Secession smouldering in the South is this—' Of course these men speak thus because they want to save their money and estates, and when they have done that they will go away and hate - the Government worse than ever, and prepare secretly for another struggle for independence.' Does anybody suppose the Government at Washington is so blind as not to see that there may be this scheme in view ? It does see it fully, but in spite of it the President resolves, if I may be allowed to quote his own words to me, to go squarely on in the work of restoration,' as suming that the South mean to act in good faith. It is a wise and noble resolution, for any other would carry ruin and despair into every corner of the South. The position of the Government was put even more forcibly by Mr. Seward to some of the deputation I have spoken of. The Southern gentlemen were pressing upon him their intention to beloyal. '.Well, gentlemen,' said Air. Seward, 'lmust tell you frankly that I am not much concerned about the sincerity of your professions. I hope you mean them as I receive them ; you have done what you could against us, and all I can say is that if you mean fair play I am your man, and if you mean cheating we are not afraid of you.' There was not a man in the crowd who did not understand Mr. Seward perfectly when he said this. My own impression is that many Southern men who are loud in their professions of loyalty are not sincere. But what is that to -the Go vernment ? Should it hang such men, or pardon them and let them go ? It chooses the latter course. I hope English people will not think that it is blameworthy for doing so. Is the United States Government strong enough to keep down disloyal men should measures of repression ever be called for? That is the essence of the whole matter, and let the results of the last four years answer the question. Any one who sup poses that Mr. Johnson or his advisers are going to play any risks in provoking a war with France on account of Mexico, or with England on account of anything, is foolishly mistaken. The Government can see its way better than that. It means to keep out of mis chief abroad, and settle its difficulties at home. No doubt—let it be acknowledged 20 times over—there will be for years many in the South who would gladly see the Government overthrown. But what can they do? It does not matter what they say. As to England, there will never be war between Ame rica and her while Mr. Seward is alive. Strange as it may sound to some English ears, there is no man in America who understands better the necessity and advantages of keeping at peace with us, and who desires more earnestly to see the entente cordiale re stored between the two countries, than Mr. Seward at this moment. " Before closing this letter I must allude to a very serious cause of irritation which the English Go vernment still gives to the Government and the people of the United States. Every week there come tidings of whole fleets of whalers destroyed by the Shenandoah—a British cruiser,' as the papers de light to impress upon the popular mind. These poor wretches of whalers find their boats taken from them, and all their means destroyed, months after the war is over, and no one can lay hold of the Shenandoah to stopher. Several of the captain's cap tives have told him the news of the fall of the Confe deracy, but he says he refuses to believe it.' Only within the last fortnight another batch of ten or a dozen vessels are reported to have been destroyed by this craft, and thus the anger of the Northern people towards England is constantly beingkept alive. What is specially complained of is this : While Spain, France, and other Power's have withdrawn their re cognition of the South as belligerents, England still, gives ' Confederate' vessels the benefit o f 21 hours' shelter in her ports, ' so that,' as an of ficer of the Go vernment said to me, ' even if our vessels followed the Shenandoah into any of your ports, in any part of the world, we should not be allowed to tak her.' I cannot exaggerate the ill feeling which this occa sions. If it be donein accordance with international law (which of course is denied here), it is not the less to be regretted that this miserable ship still stands between the English and the American Governments. 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