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T his celebrated OLD IRISH , WHISKY gained the uublin Prize Medal. It in o . Puro Mild, Mellow, Delicious, a n d very Whole- Sold i n B ottles, 3s. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London ; b the Agent s i n the principal towns in England ; or -wo m b, at R, GREAT W INDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. "Xina 'Observe the Red S ea l , Pi n k L a b e l , an d C or k b ran d e d hat's LL Whiskv." Arirr----IJAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION :‘4‘ll , IncorporAted by. Let of l'arltaniant, 1 45 0). 41:ISSBLI.-STREET. COV E NTT-Gr RCo EN. LONDON. rerunPt ADVANCE on sll description of Security. Forms application by letter to EDIVA.UD HARPER. Secretary. COUNTRY HOTELS, PUBLIC HOUSES, PIIPv. ani RUSIN e.S.SES. E S 3 and KNEE'S List on apnlic pork: liars for insertio t received until the 27.. h of the %oath their s l / 1 3:ION AND HOTEL AGENCY DEVICES. .4!tr street', S:rand, and nearly opposite the Clutring .t.o DEAPNESS.--The ORGANIC VIBRATOR.— sezor. r o t fits into-the eAr, not perceptible; 111 0 It unpleasant _ 3 tioll 01 .In.zinr, noi••es in the held is entirely rem teed. to _ bear s d rn ,t rn i immediate rel•ti lo deaf persons, and enable' them net l 7 at church an.i public assembles. Every Alb'l!i kind of hearin ingtrument.--SlesErs. SOLOMON, 39, nar le - street, Piccadilly. ....._____ Acidity UNNEFORD'S FLUID MAGNESIA.- 01 thiThe tnedical profession for Thirty years have approved Pure solution of Magnesia as the beat remedy fo tY ot th-. 3 Stomach.. Headache. Heartburn. Gout, and 10r Lad2-I..gestion ; and as a mild aperi e nt it is especially adapted tidies and ehildren. Prepared by DINNEFORD and CO., Chemists, &c., X 72, New Bond - street, London ; etuTlON—ld gold through the world by all respectable chemists. See that " Dinnetord and Co." is on each bottle and red label over the cork. CONTRACT FOR STEARINE CANDLES. CONTRACT DEPARTMENT, ADMIRALTY, THE Somerset House, 7th November, 1866. COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING T ,„ the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the CITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRE -34117,1% do hereby g i ve N o ti ce , th a t, on MONDAY, the b e " - "ecember n ex t, a t T we l ve o ' c l oc k a t Noon, they will 0 ready to treat with such persons as may be willing to r°°tract for supplying and delivering into her Majesty s i ctuallin g Stores at Deptford, all such quantities of . STEARINE CANDLES, { dr t he Ilse of Her Majesty's Indian Troop Ships, as may rPro tim e t o ti me be demanded under a Contract for welve Calendar Months, certain and further, until the "Riration of Three Calendar Months' warning. b e ' 4lll : 3 les (not less than 6 lbs. of each description) must d P r oduced by the parties tendering, and none to be ten ged the material of which is of a solidifying point below T he Fahrenheit. themselves Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty reserve to th e an unlimited power of selection in accepting Lae Tenders. 1 , No Tender will be received unless made on the Printed et 7131 provided for the purpose, and which may be obtained t ro lpPlication in the Lobby of the Department of the Con ti,e".er of Victualling, Admiralty, Somerset House, where conditions of the Contract may be seen. th4,..11_ Tender will be received after Twelve o'clock at en on the day of treaty, and it will not be required that attend rty tendering, or an agent on his behalf, should tL _ tit the office on the day of Contract, as the result of 4 1 4 % 9ffer received from each person will be communicated "u kin and his proposed sureties in writing. A d ZerY Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the 't ir ra ltY, and bear in the left-hand corner the words at t;lneder for Stearine Candles," and must also be delivered erajgoners of the Controller of Victualling, Admi _t7f et House, signed by two responsible persons, thrglog to become bound with the person tendering in 8111 / 1 of £l , OOO for the d p e rformance of the Contract. By order, ANTO N IOII2 BRADY, Registrar of Contracts and Public securities. 1 1 GUNMAKERS and Others. reThaSECRETARY of STATE for WAR is desirous of il' lli g PROPOSALS from Gunmakers and Others for REECgrepe,-41-LOADING RIFLES, either repeating or not manufacture. f utu ' e "ng, Which may replace the present Service Rifles in r Th f , f 7 non-rep rctilita" owing atinre the conditions considered essential in l eag Rifles :—• A. WEIGHT. 1 ' 1(4 to exceed 91b. soz. without bayonet. hol° be 51 i B. LENGT . nches, with short stock, measured from the of the butt-plate to muzzle. i li c • WEIGHT OF AMMUNITION MADE UP. serv iueest.not exceed 61b. 4oz. for sixty rounds as packed for kw •,. ca.— D. CARTRIDGES. their own ignition. T ~ The f B . such a . SIGHS. to admit of 'a bayonet axed f ores i ght musts according to the present system. slle W I lust b e suell carryF. STOCK. as toa light metal cleaning-rod, and a Sling t o be used. G. RECOIL. lo cust not tier cent exceed that of the Enfield Rifle by more than lt ust R. THE ARM AS A WHOLE. rou g h be as little, liable to injury byloug-continued firing, br e u , and exposure, ns the naval rifles converted to als_ -loaders on the Snider system. To be as capable, rae " )) , , of being used without accident by imperfectly trained for m an d of being manufactured in quantities and of uni - quali t y . Muo i C li liE AMMUNITION AS A WHOLE. and .e as littl e li a b le to i n j ury b y ro u g h usage, damp, S n i. ie "Pesure in all climates, as the Boxer cartridge for r (le ntil 8 Converd nfie ld rifle also as little liable to acci _ being explosionte as E the same cartridge, and as capable of quaitinanufactured in large quantities, and of uniform Y. Optional. X. CALIBRE. Opti on ' T . E TWIST AND FORM OF GROOVE. Optional. M. THE LOCK. b CaPal e N. RAPIDITY OF FIRE. aimi n of firing at least 12 rounds per minute, without 0. "l'A thO cartridges being arranged on a table. O T T RACY WHEN FIRED FROM A FIXED REST. t i: l: o ll : 4 „ ts h 6 , i:: a .c rra aht.3 m oo u . st give a mean figure of merit of not more a hri - uin. at 1,000 yards, 30in. at 800 yards, 12in. at 500, The mean to be taken upon at least five targets of twenty P. TRAJECTORY. me g. 8 11 0 t to require at 500 y ar d s an elevation of more than 1 0 tuba. Q. FOULING. The shooting not to deteriorate more than 20 per cent. at 1 ,000 yards after firing 250 rounds. n. PENETRATION. The mean penetration of fi ve s h ots not to be less than t hat of the present service muzzle-loading Enfield Rifle— Nl4 -, 12 half-inch elm planks, which have b een soaked 48 ii o urs in water. Distance 30 yards. - 8. LUBRICATION. Wax on b u ll ets i s indispensable, but any . other lubricant be superadded or applied to the cartridge, if thought necessary by the competitor. 111. 110 arms will be received without the usual proof marks. specifications, and drawings of the methods proposed, statin th efinishf, probable cost . per . arm, and accompanied by a biti o u specimen arm, with 20 rounds of suitable ammu fe 11 , should be sent to the "Director m a Ordnance, War Trebe, Pall-mall," on or before the 30th arch, 1867 . . by t r s Peeificationkand specimen arms will be considered e Ordnance Select Committee and its asso f cia s t t e ate me ro; \V a l: who will be selected by the Secreta . ry . o sel4, ', an d who will, after firing the 20 preliminary rounds, n " e ' and recommend for further trial such of the systems nin sn e CY appear to them sufficiently promising, rejecting . all 11 , 48 may not be considered to offer sufficient merits to di'tl!rant their being included in the competition, the con k" of which are stated in this advertisement nth accepted competitor will then be required to furnish . t o o tZPeriment, at Woolwich, six arms in strict conformity s Peeiroen arm submitted, with 1,000 rounds of am katiaiti" per arm, within four months after date of de c(4.l-. Each competitor will be required to disclose to the plop, the exact nature of the lubrication he may comi,,,,A, sum of £3OO will be paid to each of the accepted "'°rs, to cover the expense of the six rifles, and of 1,0 3 P1y of ammunition required. n.r ti me ,_Secretary of State offers a reward of £l,OOO for the by t;: c uloh, on combination of all qualities, is considered A committee to be the best submitted. taitiCcood reward of £6OO for the arm which, whil d e .c a u t : l ara, , a satisfactory degree of excellence in other . pa n ! sm 4 !!If;elected for merit in respect to its breech mechanism. iitiesL.,, reward of £4OO for the best cartridge. Thequ . awarZ hi ch will be principally taken into consideration in of snst_.g.this prize will be economy of manufacture, power in tt ml.fig rough usage, freedom from deterioration 1 ,, 4anones climates, and general serviceability. ag u r l ' e shooting qualities of the cartridge must be fair; but tb , ° 3 ; 41 4 3 ' depend upo n th e rifling of the arm with which nZa— ns ho rnu associated, they will not be so much con- Itse abov e - men ti one d . p nii l a clearly to be understood that under no circumstances such e 9MPetitor b e ent i tled to more than one prize ; but prize will be i service. en t o rrespective of any reward which may be th einvento r of the arm finally adopted into the IV )4a MAGAZINE AND REPEATING ARMS. be re _ ama i n and Repeating Arms for Infantry II lerali u a nd examined in a manner similar to th w e Breech incii:g 11410 8. They must not be less in length than 48 Th e i.ncluding the stock. baYonseti. QIN li ndt of weight for these arms is fixed at 9ilh. ex ie 5 the charges in the magazine. It take a nclisPensable that the arms be made to ii . r r ha R,, 'agw —er nlarY of State offers a reward of 300 for the best coud it ilne or R e p eating Arm produced that fulfils the above Pre s , 13118 ; and in the absence of experience does not at to b e ll l define the standard of accuracy or other conditions ri ll fulfilled before such an arm canbe adopted. for f,i°2a Magazine orßepeating Arms, which are accepted Th.,ther trial, will be paid for at the rate of £6O . e ach. . Itral. 18 81113 :1 is to include 1,000 rounds of ammunition per Iloilyspecretary will . take State take care that no ingenious adjl t e _ into in answer to this advertisement shall be 4 ,,,P,L. cl into the service without proper acknowledgment, 411 , 1. t ._ that the name of the individual with whom it origi -17 shall be recorded in connection with it. i llt, the rifle to whi c h the first prize is awarded is adopted u the service, it will bear the inventor's name. J. ST. GEORGE, M a j or -General, Director War of Ordnance. ° Mee, Oct. 22, 1866. New Fdition, now ready, price Is.. W TO GET FAT ; or, Leanness, its Causes J and Cure. y n, & lIVEY, M.D., F.A.S., L.S.A., London. TEL ,e Barns Author, price 2e. 6d. ; Cheap Edition. Is. I'reB4:II4NEWING OF LIPE. A Practical Guide for S e e s lf s - Lim_ryation, embracing. the Treatment of Nervousn . — " l tion, and various Affections of the Nervous System. London: Dean and Bon, 65, Ludgate hill, A.C. No. 23,218. 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It affords relief to a large number of in-patients, and, in addition to this, the average number of attendance of the lestitnte 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 tunas to maintain them. Contributions are received by their bankers, Messrs. Brown, Janson, and Co., Abchurch lane; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co.; Drummond and Co. ; Glyn and Co. ; Berries and Co. ; Ransom and Co.; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; Williams,Deacon, and Co.; Nisbet itUd CO., Bernerß-street ; and at the Hospital, from 10 till 6. STANFORD BAUTH, Secretary. G"-' - . „' ••;; // a • N I . . _ 4 c• c e l z - 00, . 44 - -yor GOLDEN HAIR. 0 ` . Y S. \g%• 41 ". k 02 4 , • f, • . IL' tt '1) I - r N7.1"41( - ""•-; _ „.0 00 I 1 x • • L - . '‘ ‘V + / • • ) / • We must return to the inexhaustible subject C hair-dressing, if only to point out that the new fashal(setn. s by the Parisian demimonde) of yellow or golden hair, with a tinge of red or auburn, is simply the revivalof one which began under more respectable auspices towards the corn mencement of the reign of Louis XIV. The two Queens, Anne and Maria Theresa, dowager and regnante, the se ductive heroine of the Fronde, the Duchess de Longueville, and the two first favourites, bidets. de la Valliere and de Fontagnes, were blondes; so, for all the aspiring beauties 4d. STAMPED sd. few shillings short of £l2O. The responsibility naturally falls on the owner, but. it is stated to be the intention of the Board of Admiralty not to press their claim. whom nature had made a shade too dark, there was no alternative but to wear a wig or dye. The men fell into the custom, as may be learnt from Moliere, who makes the Misanthrope exclaim to Celimene " Vous etes-vous rendue, avec tout le beau monde, Au merit° eclatant de sa perruque blonde." The assumption of the perruque by Jean Baptiste, the son of Racine, secretary of embassy in Holland, is regularly discussed between him and his mother-in-law : " Your father deeply regrets the necessity which you say you are under of wearing a wige. He leaves the decision to the ambassador. When your father is in better health he will order M. de Marguery to make you such a ono as you re quire. Madame la Comtesse do Gramont is very sorry for you that you should lose the attraction which your hair gave you." The entry in Pepy's Dairy for May 11, 1667, runs thus : "My wife being dressed this day in fair hair did make me so mad that I spoke not one word to her, though I was ready to burst with anger. After that Creed and I went into the Park and walked, a most pleasant evening, and so took coach, and took up my wife, and in my way home disco vered my trouble to my wife for her white locks, swearing several times, which I pray God may forgive me for, and bending my fist, that I would not endure it." They renewed the discussion the next day, Sunday, and came to an understanding that she should give up her white locks on his agreeing to give up keeping company with one Mrs. Knipp, of whom there is frequent and rather compro mising mention in the Diary. There was no concealment nor fear of detection on the part of either sex. The false hair was put on or off by the women like a bonnet or a cap ; and a court lady would have felt little abashed at an accident such as recently happened to a fair equestrian, who had the misfortune to - drop the whole of her back hair or chigiwn in -antton , row. The fashion of powdering the hair with gold dust, which has recently found votaries both at Loudon and Paris, was commenced by Poppet, the wife of Nero, and also by Lucius ti erus (the adapted son of Aurelius), who was ex travagantly vain of his hair. Authorities are not wanting to prove that the golden and auburn tints which we admire in the portraits of Titian, Tintoret, and Paul Veronese were produced by a tincture in vogue at Venice in the sixteenth century. The collections.show that other shades of colour, especially brown and bla‘:;k, have had their day ; and it is a disputed question in connoisseurship whether the highest degree of beauty has not been attained by the brunettes. Red or carroty (which is the corrector trans lation of roux or rousse) has been at a discount in all ages. It was thought ominous of evils by the ancients, and typical of villany during many ages of the Christian era. "Judas-coloured hair" is the spiteful reproach of Pope. " Aussi, dans tout notre muse de coiffure, pas un cheveu roux ardent couleur de carotte." The reason why Racine put off ordering his son's wig is obvious enough, when we find that the price of ono of the fashionable colour was a thousand French crowns. The gentlemen whom Sydney Smit h, in reference to the length and redundancy of his cu rls, accused of growing hair for sale, might have driven a p rofitable trade at that time. —Edinburgh Review. SOME CLUB MEN.—The other London guests may just be " observed," as the reporters say. Doddy Dalston —let us save the honour of his sponsors by mentioning that he was christened Theodore was not thought to have much ima gination ; but if he had a dim idea of a future state, it was held that Doddy's visions were of some place where nobody has to ply debts. His earthly power of incurring obligations of the kind, notoriously never meeting them, and yet of always looking like a gentlemaN, and having money for everybody but creditors, amounted to . a financial and social miracle. His utter ruin had long ceased to be matter of prediction and had taken its place in history ; but there Doddy sat, ex ceedingly well dressed, and listening with an air of complacency to solvent men, and as if his only doubt was whether he should buy the house which one of them wished to sell, or to beg the other to invest the money for him in Madagascar Passives. Moreover, whether Doddy Dalston got hold of his money by burglaries, as some of his friends insisted, or by picking the pockets of bankers' clerks in the City, as others contended, he got it, and never sponged. It need not be said, therefore, that Dalston was _ _ _ much liked. So was Jemmy Rydon, for other causes, the most salient perhaps being the capital parties which he was fond of giving at a certain secluded villa in a north-western suburb, where Mr. Rydon, who always intended to marry, but never did, was rehearsing domesticity. So was little Walter Latrobe, because he had been a gallant soldier, and in an emergency had held a fort with a handful of men against a raging mob of Indian Huggers, and with his own small white hand had Mont a dozen of them to Padalon, before the relieving force of cavalry came down to the slaughter. Ile had a gentle feminine voice, and was loved of women fur his beauty and valour, and of children because his busi ness in life was the invention of child-games. It may be that he was wicked at odd hours. Then there was the instructive Dick Marsden, who knew everything, and the indolent Toni Alford, who . knew nothing ; and the remain iug typo was Willy Daimes, who went in for politics, and was always standing for some place or other, and always losing because he made his agents leave off bribing just at the point when another three hundred pounds would have sent their principal into the British Legislature. —"Sooner or Later: by Shirley Brooks. THE BANDA AND KIRWEE PRIZE MONEY.—In a very few days the Royal warrant for the first distribu tion of the Band% and Kirwee prize money will be issued. The troops which will be entitled to share are those which accompanied General Whitlock to Jubbulpore, Saugor, Banda, or Kirwee, and which were still under his com mand on the 19th of April or the 6th June, 1858. The corps which are included in this category are the follow ing :—The left wing of her Majesty's 12th Lancers, No. 8 field battery Royal Artillery; also of the East India Company's army—The A troop European Horse Artil lery, the F troop Native Horse Artillery, the C com pany of the 4th battalion of Artillery (horse battery), the B company of the 4th battalion of Artillery, the L company of Sappers and Miners, the 3d European Regt., the Ist Regt. of Madras Native Infantry, a detachment of the 50th Regt., Madras Native India, and a squadron of the 2d Regt. of Cavalry, Hyderabad Contingent. To these must be added her Majesty's 43d Regt. Light Infantry and the 19th Regt. of Madras Native Infantry, as these joined them under the command of Brigadier M'Duff, and by a detachmentof Sikh Cavalry under Lieutenant Metje, known as Metje's gorse.d Besides these we must include those portions of the „ y r, and European Regiment, the 50th Madras Native other portions of the Madras army and which Gene ral Whitlock before he met the enemy at Ban_ , of t h e c apture of were still under his command at the denial w ander in chief Banda or Kirwee. The share of of th etch: late Lord Clyde, will be paid to the representativess ffare likewise entitled to and the general and divisional ic s o ta y.. .... participate.—Homeward Mail , Nov week the which had joined Gene-. —Last THE TIN TRADE IN C ll 2 0 ton, and the value of per ton, ton ; for common, £43 p in every mining district in of better. Mine agents and ad- Cornwall is worse inst ead wits, end. Work as close as they venturers are at th a m re ak n i o n w g totphr the best 5. tin The tino rae s g t isaa now o o wf f eS things l few mines ina lg e bo c th ou e n n try ds wmheieath. areThenreot very indeed are paying even the shadow of a calls, and few dividen • before long. Persons best informed dividend. Eventually there must be a stop to these large and continuous calls may they cannot m . on these matters can only express a hope that in some s i x m onths the price of metals m a y b e hi g her. Worki ng m i ne rs are still leaving the country, and they must e ith e r leave or starve. At a large mine 70 men were paid off last Friday for a month's work with about £ lOO , and this mine has been most liberally supported for years by large-hearted and rich adventurers for the solo purpose of giving employment. At present the existence of the mine hangs on a very slight thread, and a meeting is to be held next week to determine as to the carrying on of the opera tion. Meanwhile the tributers have been ordered to close their bargains and finish up their work as soon as possible, and many of them have been dischfirged. The reports of meetings held lately tell an almost universally dismal tale. At Wheal Margery there was a balance of £1,195 against the mine, and a call of £1 per share was made. At Pen deenConsols there was a loss on the quarter of .E 785, and a call was made of 4s. per share. Clearly, Cornish miners must seek work elsewhere. The sooner they do this the better. Winter is close upon them. If they can obtain work such as they can perform in any part of the kingdom it is to be hoped that their more intelligent and well-to-do neighbours will help them. The choice in many cases lies between this and the union workhouse. Merchants au ..1 holders of metals cannot command prices at will. Demand and supply aro the only governing principles in this case, and demand can no more be created by our millionaires than by our paupers. Manifestly, then, we must wait patiently. Meantime, our population cannot, must not starve. Already there is poverty, if not absolute distress, retstheand nothing but prompt and energetic action can save time.— Western population from the latter in a very short Weste7n Morning News. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —Holloway Ointment.—Turn please, for this Ointment. For ds way you will, go where you chaps, chafes, scalds, bruise s, and sprains , it is an invalu abley accident or cold, it b 'npersons will bo found who have a ready word of p raise remedy • for bad legs, p o o f swelled ankles, erysipelas, Holloway's Ointment gives the p erman ent cure. In cases gout, and rheumatis m, may be confidently relied u caused d for effecting a sound and grea t es t comfort for reducing the inflammation, cooling This Ointment should have an d e xpelling the imp un ' le ft . will cure the long list of skin a place in every nursery, the blood, soothing the .itrr,ves,adjustinagntahecircsutlationth, affections, which originate in childhood, gain strength with the child's growth. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 9, 1866. NKr Em us WARD.-EGYPTIAN HALL.- TUESDAY, Nov. 13.—Mr. ARTEMUS WARD will make his first public appearance in England, at the Egyptian flail, on the above date. His illustrated narrativ will b; entitled ARTE%IUS WARD AMONG THE MORMONS; or, a Trip from New Yoik to Salt Lake City. The pictures by Mormon Artists.—Admission, 35., 2s , and 18.--Reseryed stall, at Mitch 11's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street; Anis•in's Ticket Office, St. James's Hall; and at tile Egyptian WESTON'S HGOLRABONRDN. MUSIC HA Under New Management. Proprietors-Messrs. Sweasey and Holland. Grand Selections from TRO cATORE and ROB ROY, by 50 vocalists and a band of 30, conducted by P. Corti. Enthusiastic retention of GEORGE LEYBOURNE, the Lion Comique-GEOROINA S3IITH , ON, the Characteris tic Singer and Dancer-CHARLES SLOMAN, the Great Improvisitore-JAMES HEMMINGS in his Wonderful (41obe eotertainment -Great swress of the 1S STAR MIN STRELS-PELL, the Original Bones- . J. E. A LLIBONE, the celebrated Basso of the Original Christy Minstrels - S. REDDEN, in his Great Banjo , 010 And Original Song and Dante, :and C. MADDEN, Prize Jig Dancer.-Songs, Du. ts. Glees, and Choruses by a company of first-class talented artistes never before heard in Negro Minstrelsy. Box-office open from 10 to 4. Hall open every evening at Seven during the extensive alterations and redecorations. .LL, itTADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION, BAKER-STREET. NEW EDITIONS. —A Life-size Portrait-Model of the PRINCESS MARY OF CAMBRIDGE, a Marriage Group of the PRINCESS HEL '.NAi and PRINCE CHRISTIAN. Admittance, ls. ; children, under ten, half-price; extra rooms, 6d. Open from 11 a ni till dusk, and from 7 p.m. till to. A RGYLL ROOMS. GRAND CASINO, Windmill-street, Piccadilly. These elegant and popular Rooms, having been entirely re decorated, are now OPEN EVERY EVENING for Concert and Dancing. Conductor, Signor LUGI CURTL Manager, GRENET. Admission to Promenade, One Shilling. Reserved Seats, Two Shillings. ThUNVILLE'S V.R. OLD IRISH WHISKY, BELFAST, Is regularly supplied to the House of Lords.' " V.R." IRISH WHISKY. DUNVILLE and CO.'S " V.R." OLD IRISH WHISKY, BELFASt London Offices and Stores, 4. BEAUFORT-BUILDIIIGS, STRAND, W.C. Established 1808. Quotations on application. FALKNER'S OLD IRISH WHISKY, " Real Malt," 19s. per gallon, is sold in bottles and jars, bear ing his label and trade mark. Most liberal terms are offered to the trade for the sale of this genuine old spirit, which is coming into universal consumption through England. For price lists apply at Offices, 14, Strand, London, W.C. Established in Gratton-street, Dublin, A.D. 1780. JAMES DALY and CO., Distillers, John-street, Cork.—" The purest spirit and safest drink in the world."—i ohdon Offices, 7, Printing-house-square, E.G., next the "Times." TAMES DALY and CO., Distillers, John-street, Cork, be.* to announce that they are able to supply the trade with their celebrated Whiskies. in casks or cases, and to take orders in bond ar d for exportation, at their offices, 7, Printing-house-square, London, E•C.. the only house in the square not occupied by the "Times." J. D. and Co.'s whiskies bring the highest prices in the Australian and other Colonial markets, as may be observed by reverence to the " Journal of Commerce of Victoria," by which it will be seen that their whiskies fetch 6d. per gallon and Is. per case over the next best. and Is. 6d per gallon and is. 6d. a case over the lowest quotation. Always on hand a large supply of ve , y old mellow whisky in the finest condition, matured in sherry casks, unsurpassable in quality and flavour, supplied on the most reasonable terms. yARAMUTH BLOATERS.-12 for 2s. 6d.; 25, 48.; 50, 6s. ; 100. Bs. ; 500, 3)5.; 1,000, 50s. No charge for carriage to London. CaAlt on deltve‘y. Country coi dere paid in advance.—Forwarded by F.I.LEDK. BARN BY, Purveyor of Fish, Great Yarmouth. ORIGINAL and superior ESSENCE of AN ciTOVI ES, SAUCES, PICKLES, , pure and good, as supplied by TOIT'T BURGESS and SON (for tru,re than a hundred years), 107, Strand, corner of Savoy-steps, Loudon TIIE OCEAN ST. LEGER of 1866.—What Lord Lyon was to his owner was the Taeping to her Ca fain, viz., winner of the Paco, hiivina distanced >ll com petitors, as the F AST DIA TEA CONIPANY have in tariab y dor:e In their oho' e and s tie of fine new season's teas, no .v sellinz at imp zLer's prices. Wardiouses-1, Great St. tfelen's-eiurchy.ird. I_l l AU-DE-VIE.---This Pure PALE BRANDY , -1 18s. per gallon, is v 4 ry superio^ to recent importations of Cognac, recommended by the medical protes4don, and ex tensively used in hospitals. In bottles, 3Se. per dozen. or in a case 395., railway carriage pat I.—HES IIY BRETT and CO., Old Furnival's Distil: ery, Holborn, E.O , and 30, Regent street, S.W. Established 1829. STARCH MANUFACTURERS TO H. R. H. THE PRINCESS OP WALES. GLENFIELD PATENT STARCH, Used in the Royal Laundry, AND AWARDED TUE PRIZE MEDAL. 1862. Sold by all Grocers, Chandlers. &o. 4to. GEOLOG Y.—ELEMENTARY COLLEC TIONS, to illustrate the New. Edition of "Lyell's Elements of Geology" and facilitate the important study of Mineralogy and Geology, can be had at 2,5, 10, 20, 50 to 500 guineas ; also single Specimens of Minerals, How. s, Fossils, and Itez.ent Shells, Geological Mars. Hammers. all the recent Publeations, &c., o! J. TENNANT, Mineralogist to Her Maj. sty, 149, Strand, London. Private Instruction is given in Mineralog y and Geo!ogy by Mr. TENNANT, F.G.S., 149, Strand, W.C. DR. SCOTT'S LIVER AND BILIOUS PILLS.—A NEVER FAILING REMEDY.--Pre ;wed without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. ioott, of Bromley, Kent, will be found Invaluable to all who suffer from bilious and liver nomplaints, wind. spasms, giddiness, dizzinews of the eyes, &o. For habitual yistiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier of the blood, they are truly excellent; mild in their opera tion and grsteful to the stomach, they create appe ite, pro mote digestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system. Sold by W. Lambert, 8, King William-street, Charing-cross. London, and by most druggists, in boxes,ls. lid., and three times the quantity in one, 2s. M. 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. %WINSLOW HALL, Winslow, Bucks, having been recently opened and fitted with requisites for the care and comfort of the INSANE, the proprietor, Dr. BOISRAGON, announces that he has transferred his Estab lishment from Birmingham to the above desirable resider ce, easily accessible, and distant from London about an hour and a-halt by the London and North-Western hne, and duty minutes from Oxford. Attached to the mansion, situated on a sandy soil, mil commanding an extensive and pleasing prospect, are garden, me •(low, plantation, and recreation grounds. For terms and forms of admission address the proprietor. HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.-FUNDS are earnestly solicited for fitting up the TRAINING SHIP. £2,000 required. WM. WILLIAMS, Secretary. Boys' Refuge, 8, Great Queen-street, W.C. OMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.-CON- Lx TRIBUTIONS are earnestly solicited for establishing the COUNTRY ROME. WM Zl,OOO W required. . ILLI VIIS, Secretary. Boys' Refuge, 8. Great Queen-street, W.C. HOMELESS BOYS OF LOND ON. —The Committee are most anxious to provide for 400 boys. One hundred and fifty are now in the Refuge. The annual expenditure for supporting the 400 boys is estimated at £4,000, being £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, Lothburv. and 214, Eligh Holborn; Messrs. Ransom and Co., 1, Fall-Mall East; and by WM. WILLIAMS, Secretary. e, R, Great Queen -street , W.C. Refug , THE RESCUE SOCIETY wishes to add another Lowe to thA 12 now in operation. Last year no fewer ban 455 poor, friendless, young females were rejected from want of FUNDS and room, moWng a total of 3,087, who have been sent away in five years. the new home the Committee wish to form would be for young girls, almost children, from the age of 8 to 15, who have been led astray from the path of virtue. Contributions will be received gratefully by the Secretary, Mr. Daniel Cooper,Bs, Queen •street.Cheapside; or by Messrs Barclay .toe. Co.. Lombtrd-gtreet. PROVIDENCE ROW S NIGHT REFUGE, FO HOMELESS WOMEN AND CHILDREN, 14A, Providence-row, Finsbury, E.C. Sixty Thousand Nights' Lodgings, with Suppers and Breakfasts, have been given in this Institution to the destitute, who otherwise would have h a d to pass the nights in the bleak streets or under railway arches. At present nearly 500 Nights' Lodgings, with Suppers a n d Breakiasts, are given gratuitous l y every week. The poo r 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 are, for want accommodation, refused admittance, andhave to spend night after night in the cold, wet, and sleet. To meet this evil, and to provide more ample accommoda tion, X 2,000 has been raised, but to accomplish the work a sum of at least £l,OOO more will lie required. Besides providing shelter for the homeless, this year it is prop,,sed, 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 aro earnestly requested, and will be gratefully received by the - Rev. D. GILBERT,;D.D.,°IsTo. 22, Finsbury-circus, 8.0. THE VICTORIA TOWN ESTATE, Deal.- 1 A PUBLIC MEETING will be held at the Guildhall, teat, next WEDNESDAY. the 14th inst., at Seven in the Evening, at which a DEPUTATION of the Executive Com mittee of the Conservative Laud Society will attend to ex plain the mode of Allotment of the Second Portion of the %Ictoria Town Estate, and the generrl system of the Society as to investment, and as to securin , to a 1 classes of the com munity frt ehold land at a cheap rate, payia,g for the plots in easy instalments. _ _ By order of the Board, CHARM , : 4 LEWIS GRUNEISEN. Secretary. Offices, 33, Norfolk-street, Strand, London, W.C. BANK OF BRITISH NORTH AMERICA. Incorporated by Royal Charter. 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THE CESAREWITCII DAY AT NEWMARKET.—The Second October was one which will never be for gotten, either at Newmarket or Danebury, for never before was the argument that the Heath was the pleasure ground of the Jockey Club, to be used for themselves and their particular friends, so completely demolished, as, from an early hour, the excursion trains, north, east, west, and south, poured in their hundreds of third-classers, who roamed about on the heath when and where they liked, understanding nothing they saw, and being as ignorant of the manners and customs of that sacred spot as the late Captain Cook of the Atlantic cable. Bad as was this sample, when the bs. Shoreditch train came in, matters were ten times worse, as the shopkeepers afterwards found to their cost. First came the smashers of Clerkenwell, then the bird-fanciers of Bethnal -green, who, as was natural, backed the Birdcatcher blood throughout the afternoon. To these succeeded "the cracksmen of the Hackney-road," a stal wart race of men, whose legs, if their stockings had been taken off, would all of them have disclosed the ring mark. Fit and ready for any enterprise, they would have nailed up the favourite in his box, or broken into it and got at him for a fiver. The dock labourers of East Smithfield, not quite so dangerous, but more larking in their character, were the next division, and their animal spirits led them into no end of breaches of etiquette, which made some of the natives shudder, and almost anticipate an earthquake. For they poked fun at Martin Starling, who was redder than his own coat, and when he heard unique epithets applied to names hitherto mentioned in his presence with breathless awe and veneration, anxious fears were entertained lest apoplexy should come on ; and the humane and clever Mr. Fair dough refused to leave the heath until all fear of danger possession of the ,y e , re to in the annoyance of se rather convert it into that was t removed. eeatniodn koe fp I t t n hi f ac t, we leu bn t h we e ehd p o e n o wo p to l e ustl w d Kensington-gardens than Kennington-common. Powerless they sat on their hacks, and watched the course broken into, and their own forces being as unable to cope with them as Custance would be with Jem Mace or Joe Goss. But in truth nowhere has the spirit of progress made such way as at the metropolis of the turf, and all its agremens on which it prided itself so justly are swept away never for November' , to return.—" Our Van," in Bays magazine Naval and Military Intelli,;ence. It was yesterday announced in the garrison at Woolwich that arrangements are ordered to be made forthwith for the reception of Prince Arthur, who will commence his probationary studies as Gentle- man Cadet, at the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich, probably in January next, for admission to the Regiment of the Royal Artillery or the Corps of the Royal Engineers. A stable-yard, for the special accommodation of the Prince and his suite, with the necessary outbuildings, &c., is ordered to be prepared adjoining the gunnery sheds at the back of the Academy. A son of the Duke of Beaufort it is stated will also enter at the same term. Major- Gen. H. Sandham (Commandant Royal Engineers), Lieut.-Governor of the Academy, will retire after the forthcoming half-yearly examination and dis tribution of prizes, and will be succeeded by Major- Gen. John William Ormsby, R.A., whose commis- sion dates the sth of April, 1866. Gen. Ormsby will enter upon his appointment on the reassembling of the classes after the expiration of the Christmas vacation. The post of Lieut.-Governor and Com mandant of the Academy has been sought after by numerous officers of high standing in the Royal Artillery, whose claims and qualifications would render them in every way available ;• consequently, the disappointment is greatly felt. The salary is £l,OOO per annum, with an appropriate mansion and grounds-faeirrg — ttre - eastern wing of the esta blishment. Major Hon. George Watson, Paymaster, ap pointed to the Woolwich division of Royal Marines July 1, 1853, and purveyor to the Royal Marine Infirmary, has been permitted to retire from the service on superannuation. Captain James Con way Travers, aide-de-camp to the Inspector-Gene ral, has been appointed Major Watson's successor. The Bellerophon, iron frigate, Capt. E. Tatham, steamed into Portsmouth harbour from Spithead on Wednesday, and was berthed alongside the sheer jetty of the dockyard, where she is now discharging her old guns and other weight ballast preparatory to receiving her armament. The Research 4, armoured screw sloop, Com mander R. E. Scott, yesterday steamed into Ports mouth harbour from Spithead for refit, after her cruise with the Channel squadron. The Wivern, 4, screw iron turret ship, Capt. H. T. Burgoyne, V.C., yesterday steamed into Ports mouth harbour from Spithead for alterations and refit after the Channel squadron cruise. The altera tions to be made on board will include the construe- tlon of a spar or hurricane deck, from poop to fore castle, and an additional depth of nearly aft. to all her hatchway and skylight coamings. The Scorpion, the sister ship to the Wivern, is undergoing simi lar alterations in dock at Portsmouth. We would, however, venture to suggest that the added depth of coamings given to the Wivern, especially to her engine-room hatchway, should be fitted on the pat tern of those on the deck of the American turret ship Miantonomah, instead of those adopted on board the Scorpion. In the American ship the up per edge of the deep coamings have an outward curve of about one-eighth of a circle, and are thus well calculated to throw off any sea which may run up when the ship's deck may be flooded in rough weather, or when the vessel may lurch over to a great angle. The coamings being given to the Scor pion have no such curve, and their efficiency in pre venting the entrance of the water from the deck to below will depend solely on their height above the deck. The Wivern has had a thorough and continuous " washing" during her cruise with the Channel squadron, the water on one occasion gaining entrance to the engine-room in such volume as to damp the fires and materially reduce the pressure of steam. A portable cnfferdam, intended for use on the bottoms of ships, to examine a valve or injury be low the water line, and avoid, where possible, the necessity for placing the vessel in dock, the inven tion of Capt. 11. F. 111.'KiIlop, R.N., is being prac tically tested at Portsmouth dockyard, under the superintendence of the officials there by order of the Admiralty, and yesterday met with its first de cided success on the bottom of the paddle steam ship Terrible, Capt. Commerell, V.C., now refitting in the ship-basin of the yard. The upper Kingston valve required examination, and the portable coffer dam was lowered into position over it yesterday morning in order to thoroughly test its efficiency. In the forenoon the attempt was not successful, owing to some error in fixing the pontoon, which prevented a clearance of the water from the interior of the pontoon. A second attempt in the after part of the day, however, proved completely successful, the pontoon being pumped out clear, and a perfectly dry dock formed on the ship's bottom in which the workmen could examine and repair, if found ne cessary, the Kingston valve. Although a great suc cess has been thus attained with Capt. M'Killop's very useful invention in the experimental trial of its capabilities made yesterday afternoon, the whole apparatus is undoubtedly capable of being greatly improved upon in many of the details of its fittings. It is obvious also that if the invention becomes an established success in its application to the bottoms of ships, it also becomes at once applicable for the examination and repair of the submerged walls of docks or basins without emptying them of their water or removing their shipping. Capt. I\l‘Killop's cofferdam resembles in size and appearance one of the paddlebox boats carried by the Terrible, but with one end cut off. It is formed of semi-circular iron ribs, at fixed distances apart, covered with water proof canvas and fitted on a flexible iron frame. This iron frame is covered with an air collar or cushion, and this latter is also covered, as a protec tion, with thrum matting. The cofferdam is lowered into the water with, if we still consider it as a boat by way of illustration, the cut-off end of the boat uppermost, and as it descends the water, of course, presses the frame with its air. cushion, and thrum mat facing against the ship's side. When lowered to a sufficient depth, the hose from the ship's deck pump is passed into the dam through its open end projecting above the level of the water, and then, if the dam has been properly fixed and other con ditions are favourable, the water is pumped out from the inside of the dam, increased pressure comes upon its exterior, jamming the framing or edge of the boat's gunwale closer upon the ship's side with its air cushion, &c., and a water-tight joint completes a dry dock in the water and round that part of the ship's bottom requiring examination or repair. The apparatus tried yesterday weighs, when dry, about 20cwt., and, having a jointed frame, it can readily be taken to pieces and stored away in a very small space. It has been constructed of dimensions suit able for its use on a ship drawing 17t. of water. The length of one of these portable cofferdams taken to sea by any ship must, of course, depend upon the ship's depth or draught of water. The masts of the screw steam corvette Racoon were taken out on Wednesday, and she was removed from Hamoaze into Keyham-yard to have her boilers taken out and repaired. The screw steam gunvessel Star, 4, Commander Bradshaw, left Plymouth on Wednesday for the East Indies. The paddlewheel steamfrigate Gladiator, 6, Capt. Elphinstone, was placed alongsid e the sheer hulk in Hamoaze yesterday morning, to receive a steam launch for Coastguard service in Ireland. Her Majesty's hydraul ic ironcased g unves_s o e r l Waterwitch was yesterday docked at Woolwich for the purpose of making some alteration in her valves, with a view of increasing her rate of speed. She will shortly go down the river on a second official trial with a light d rau g ht of water, after which the trial will be repeated with a heavy baast. An estimate was yesterday made by by the Ship wright Department, Woolwich, of the damages sus tained by the Admiralty yacht Enchantress on Sun day last, by collision with a Jersey schooner, at a DIRECTORS. Cn m A O h tf ig S a r io , Esq., Chairman of the Irrigation Company. James Spicer, Esq. (Messrs. J. Spicer and Sons), Vice aißdMArasNafdAEMasEt Slnidilia Vice- President and Trustee of the Equitable Assurance Society. Robert Slater, Esq. (of the late firm of Morrison, Dillon, and Co.), Director of the Fore-street Warehouse Company. John Stewart, Esq., Director of the Imperial Ottoman Bank. J. Carrington Palmer, Esq. (Messrs. M'Killop, Stewart, and Co.), Colonel the Hon. H. B. Dalzell, late Bengal Artillery. BANGERS—Messrs. Glyn, Mills, Currie, and Co. MANAGER—Macintosh Balfour, Esq. SOLICITORS - Messrs. Ashurst, Morris, and Co. Aunrrons—David Chadwick, Esq., and a second Auditor to be appointed. The objects of the BankVre—to take over the assets and liabilities of the Agra and Masterman's Bank (Limited), and liquidate the same as a working bank, and to continue that portion of the business formerly carried on by the Agra and United Service Bank (Limited). The proposed plan for this purpose is explained in the statement which has bean already circulated, and which, at a numerously attended meeting of the shareholders of the Agra and Masterman's Bank (Limited), held at the London Tavern, on the 18th October, 1866, was unani mously and cordially adopted, and a committee of share holders appointed to "carry out the necessary arrange ments to give effect to the proposal, with power to make such modifications therein as the committee may find necessary." A copy of that statement, with the modifications therein already agreed to by the committee, can be obtained on application as at foot. The committee have nominated the six above-named Directors, and it is intended to add not exceeding three additional Directors, to be selected by the beard from the subscribers to the new capital, making the number of original Directors not exceeding nine, but with power to increase afterwards, if found desirable. The business which it is proposed to•carry on has been tested by the experience of the past to be both safe and profitable. From the establishment of the Agra and United Service Bank in 1833, up to the end of 1863, when it changed its name and entered upon an extended field of operations, it proved itself a growing and unchecked suc cess, and durThg the years 1862 and 1863, respectively, paid to its shareholders clear net dividends of 18 and 20 per cent. • The advantages which the proprietors of the shares now offered will receive are : (1). The benefit of an old-established and profitable business, without any payment for goodwill. (2). They will, have a preference dividend out of pro fits for two years of ten per cent. per annum on their paid up capital. (3). They will have the option at once, or at any of the before-named periods, of paying up the whole amount of £lO per share : dividends being allowed on all payments pro rata. The liability on the shares will therefore be ac tually, and not nominally, limited. The subscription list will be closed for London on the 12th, and for the country on the 13th day of November, 1866, and applications will be considered in the order of their receipt. Forms of application and further particulars may be ob tained on application to M es srs. Chadwick, Adamson, M'Kenna, and Co. 40, Old B r oad-street, London, E.C. ; I or to the "Shareliolders' Committee," No. 35, Nicholas lane,' Lombard-street, London. THE GREAT FIRE AT QUEBEC. The following is a copy of the despatch in which Lord Monck, Governor-General of Canada, an nounces the great fire at Quebec : ‘` GOVERNOR VISCOUNT MONCK TO LORD CARNARVON. " Quebec, Oct. 22, 1866. "My Lord,—lt is with much regret that I have to inform your lordship that a terrible fire took place at Quebec on Sunday, the 14th inst., by which a large portion of the city lying outside the fortifications was completely destroyed. " Nearly all the houses in the:district of St. Sauveur and St. Roch, where the fire occurred, were built of wood, and a strong gale of wind was blowing at the time. Consequently the conflagration soon attained such dimensions as defied all attempts to chuck it, though the most strenuous and gallant exertions to do so were made by the troops of the garrison under Col. Lord Alexander Russell, and by the crew of her Majesty's ship Aurora, under Captain Liddell. The progress of the flames could not be arrested, and the fire finally burnt itself out, after consuming almost the whole of the suburbs situated to leeward of the street where it commenced. These suburbi wore densely inhabited by the poorest class of the population, consisting chiefly of French Canadians, and though there has not yet been time to procure details in the matter, I have reason to believe that upwards of 2,000 houses hive been destroyed, and nearly 18,000 persons rendered homeless. Every effort has been made byAhe Mayor and citizens of Quebec to alle viate the sufferings of these unfortunate people, and to provide the vast inultitude suddenly thrown for support on the charity of their neighbours with food, clothing, and temporary shelter—but such is the magnitude of the cala mity, and so wide-spread the distress consequent upon it, that I look forward with much apprehension and anxiety to the early approach of winter, and to the unprepared condition of the sufferers by the late disaster to meet it. ' " Subscriptions have been set on foot throughout the o to me Quebec in by the General Committee of Relief, p ra y in g for a grant of e t public money, is now under the co nsideration of m y Minis pthroisvpinrce pressing for ing theem emergency, purpose ency, of and sen a ding memorial assitan presented Minis ters. " I have the honour to transmit herewith a copy of an address issued by the Mayor of the city, the Bishops of the diocese, and other principal persons, immediately after the occurrence of the fire. " Precise statistical information in regard to the extent of the destruction caused by the conflagration shall be sent to your lordship as soon as it can be obtained.—l " MoNcx. " The Right Hon. the Earl of Carnarvon, &c." " gTO THE PEOPLE OF CANADA, TO THOSE OF THE MOTHER COUNTRY, AND TO THE GENEROUS HEARTED OF EVERY LAND. "'Twenty-one years ago two conflagrations, separated from each other by an interval of but 30 days, reduced to ashes about two-thirds of our city, and left naked and on the smoking highway upwards of 20,000 human beings. At the sight of so much suffering the whole civilised world was moved to profound compassion, and abundant contributions flowed in from all sides to the sufferers of such heart-rend ing misfortune. Canada subscribed liberally, the Mother Country was superabundant in her gifts, and foreign nations were not behindhand in sympathy and generosity. Our agricultural population, though impoverished by adverse seasons, was moved to compassion and contributed all that it could in money, but more especially in produce. We we were then at the beginning of summer, at the sight of the brilliant sun overhead, promising opportunity and reward to industry and toil, and of such universally expressed sym pathy, hope and courage, took possession of the hearts of so many thousands struck by misfortune. Soon the subscrip tions poured in so abundantly that the Relief Committee appointed by the citizens were enabled to aid them in rebuild ing, and this assistance was given on the condition that nothing but incombustible materials should be employed in the reconstruction of their houses. Thus it was that nearly 3,000 wooden houses were replaced by as many of stone and brick, and saved from total destruction on Sunday last the entire quarter destroyed by fire in 1845. " But the high wind which prevailed blowing in a con trary direction, a considerable portion of the St. Rock's su burbs, also built of wood, has escaped the disaster of 1815. Since that period au entire town has been built iu wood beyond the Quebec city limits, and in a locality over which our municipal authorities could axe-raise no control. " On Sunday last, at about half-past 4 o'clock in the morning, a fire broke out on the west side of Crown-street, on the limit of the quarter whence proceeded the coati...gra tion of 1845, destroying all that lay before it to the eastward of the same street for a length of over a mile, and covering a width of about half a mile. The easterly wind, blowing a furious hurricane, carried the fire in every direction with desolating rapidity, hurling to a great distance the burning materials, and multiplied the centres of destruction to such a degree as to baffle every expedient and render futile all efforts to stay the terrible ravages of the destroying ele ment. The military authorities and the men of H.M.S. Aurora lent, under the circumstances, to the municipal body all the assistance within their power, and many times even risked their lives in efforts to save property, and to them we owe, in a great measure, that we have not to de plore a still greater disaster. In a great number of cases blowing up with powder was had recourse to, in the hope, by creating wide breaches, to isolate and circumscribe the fire, but without success, for the flames did their work of ruin with the impetuosity of a torrent, bounding from place to place as if to avoid obstacles and overleap distance. Al most 2,500 dwellings were thus reduced to ashes in a little less time than 12 hours, and from 15,000 to 18,000 persons, at the approach of a rigorous winter, left without food, without clothing, and without shelter. Men even perished in the flames, whose calcined skeletons were rescued from the smoking ruins after the day's destruction was over. The heart bleeds at the sight of so much desolation and of so many thousand unfortunates clamouring for bread shelter, and warmth. On the night following the disaster the municipal authorities caused food to be distributed, and on the day following the citizens met, under the presidency of the Mayor, to organise relief. About $30,000 have already been subscribed among our citizens, and the subscription is still going on, and even some distant localities have, with spontaneous generosity, already lent us their assistance ; but how insufficient will this be to cover losses which do not fall far short of $2,000,000 ! The law, which within the city limits, compels those sufferers to rebuild with in combustible materials, will be for them equivalent to a forced expropriation unless we can assist them to a certain degree in complying with its terms. " To the generous-hearted of all countries, then, we direct our appeal, and in the recollection of the compassion bestowed upon us in 1845 we place our hopes to be enabled to surmount the appalling misfortune of 1866. For the present the sufferers fiad refuge in the undestroyed por tion of the city, in the surrounding parishes, and in the public buildings, where food is distributed daily by the Relief Committee. If, as already narrated, some among them have perished in the conflagration, how many others must succumb to the rigours of a Canadian winter, or to those diseases which develops themselves and often propagate in a terrible manner in large and crowded agglo merations of human beings! Some of the places in which they are sheltered are now so overcrowded as to endanger alike morality and existence. In a month hence our city will be covered with the snows of a long winter, and, ter rible as was the scourge of 1845, from that fact alonesaitnw day less calamitous than the conflagration whichodneso_a___. last threw over our city so much mour nin g and t ap- For this reason, then, we humbly crave permission r sym pathy peal to you in our distress, and to implore and your generous contributions towathyrrelief of our unutterable misfortune. A "'JOSEPH CALTCHON, Mayor of Quebec, of the uebee• " C. F. ETEQ 4 .. UE DE THOU, drar Diocese. " J. W. QUEBEC. " 'J. DuvAL, C hief Justice, Q.O Canada. B.L.C. `" W. J. TE SSIER, Speaker, L.., " 'IV. C. MEREDITu, Chief Justice, S.C.L.C. " C. F. CAZEAU, Vicar-General. -"Div COOS, D.D., Minister of St. Andrew's Church. GEORGE V. liousmAN, M.A., Rector of Quebec - )u behalf of the Executive Committeel " (0: T Queen,he followingiletter, written by command of her Majesty thebeen addressed to Mr. Watkin, M.P., as c hairman of the committee of the fund now being raised in a aid of the sufferers by the recent terrible conflagration at Quebec. The subscriptions received in London up to last evening amount to about .0,500 " Windsor Castle, Nov. 7. "Sir,—lt having come to the knowledge of the Queen that a public subscription is being raised for the relief of the sufferers by the late calamitous fire at Quebec, her Ma jesty has commanded me to address you as chairman of the committee formed in London to receive contributions, and to express her Majesty's sympathy •for the unfortunate persons who, in aninclement seLson, are deprived of shelter and the means of subsistence. " The Queen is gratified to notice the efforts which are being made for their relief, and desires me to announce to you a subscription of £3OO from her Majesty. —I have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient humble servant, " T. M. BIDDITLFIL " To E. W. Watkin, Esq., M.P., Chairman of the Committee of the Quebec Fire Relief Fund." F 11 FI E X F ORD, 6, OXFORD-STREET, W., THE MUSICAL ESTABLISH ME NT OF LONDON. Successful Revival of Offenbach's " °LIPLIKE AUX ENFERS." and " TROMBALCAZAR." Comedy by Duriah and Davies, and Ii irry Sydney (the political Momus). Gymnastic Performances by the Zamezou Family, I.es Freres Victorelli, &c. great success of " Les &mazones an Champagne " Divertissement, by the Misses TessY and Sara Guinness, assisted by their talented troupe of artistes. In preparation the Lyric Drama of the " RUINS OF AT LIENS," by BEETHOVEN, the argument of which will be read by a distinguished member of the theatrical proftssion. Musical Director and Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans. Admission—Area, 6d.; stalls and balcony, is ; private boxts, with separate entrance, 10s. 6d. Open every evening at 8.