The Sun. — London, England, 1865-01-11 00:00:00

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COGNAC This BRANDY. celebrated Old IRI6 LI WHISKY rivals the finest BRANDY, It ij Pare, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. thSold in Bottles, 38. Bd. , at the Retail Houses in London ; b y iite Agents in the principal towns in England ; or wholesale Yesterdaybrought up p he f Vernon, Naval and Military Intelligence. . ptleadce as d n N flagship and berthed abreast 'dockyard, prepa ratory dock, w o o w l w h i e c r h e , she eli lieu in saffill FO ' lly fri ß g e a a t c e h , to be taken in hand by the m aster-shipwright's de partment par to nt beingand fit t me of the Fisgard, 42. By direction of the Ad m i ra l ty, one of the officials from Woolwich d oc k yard is to attend at Chatham to consult with the master shipbuilder's staff as to the best arrangements for fitting the Vernon for the particular service for which she is designed. The War Department transport Bomarsund hauled off from the Ordnance-wharf, Chatham, yes terday, having on board the armament for her Ma jesty's screw frigate Bristol 39,3,027 tons, 600-horse power, fitting for the first division of the Steam Re serve. The guns shipped yesterday consisted of 14 8- inch:smoothbore guns, each of 65 cwt.,two 20-poun ders, one 12-pounder, and one 9-pounder rifled Arm strong, together with a brass 6-pounder for boat service. L.- THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNL SDAY 'EVENING, JANUARY 11, 1.865. _ . M. 22,638. PRICE 4d. STAMPED 5d PORTUGAL, 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON , W. qp ti s a e h r v a e te t s b L e L ß w ed his S k e v a . l / 4• Plnk Label, and Cork branded NEW NOVEL BY LADY BLAKE. Ready, in 3 vols., T HE HAMMONDS OF HOLY CROSS. By LADY BLAKE. Also now ready, in 3 vols., THE COST OF CAERGWYN. By MARY TIowITT. Hurst and Thackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. CRYSTAL PAL A.CE.-TO-MORROW. --- LUXURIOUSLY WARM and DRY.—Lighted at Dusk.—See the new Pictures in Special Gallery. l o west prices of these latter periods have fluctuated be tween 14f. 50e. and 15f. " The comparison which may be made between present prices and those of 1850 and 1851 is above all conclusive against those who pretend to impute the cheapness of grain to our legislation upon ceneals and to the suppression of the sliding scale, whOse tariffs, in cases of abundance, placed obstacles in the way of importing foreign grain ; for the sliding scale was in full and entire application in 1850 and 1851, and yet could not prevent the fall of prices in far more vexatious proportions to agriculture than at the pre- rudder, and the insurance effected on her by her owners in Liverpool amounted on last Monday to about 20,0041. Capt. Leamon, of the Armenian, sent a boat alongside the derelict, which on exa mination proved to be perfectly tight and sea worthy, as she had only 19 inches of water in her hold. He at once put on board a volunteer crew, under the command of Capt. Mlienzie, who was returning on leave of absence from the coast, where he commanded the African FITIMITURE, CARPETS, BEDDING, and th. ,_, P LOORCLOTH, CARRIAGE-FREE to any house in ":_tongdom, regardless of amount or distance. First • class ,Dods at second-class prices. Terms peculiarly liberal to and Gentlemen. An immense stock to select JO, displayed in Showrcoma occupying an acre of ground. €TrY article warranted. CLERGYMEN and GENTLEMEN ABOUT TO FUR CO .' l 2 l are respectfully informed that Messrs. Cobbett and a re publishing' an entirely New Edition of their un nualled HOUSE FURNISHING GUIDE, illustrated by 410 rierna,"able engravins of every description of Furniture and st eals, with prices attached. A copy sent gi atis and c o st-free on application. This costly work also contains B a n l e p l : e le . estimates for furnishing on the following revised The following is the speech delivered by the King of Portugal at the opening of _the Cortes on the 2d : "Noble Peers of the Kingdont and - Deputieg of the Por tuguese People,—lt is with real pleasure that I come into the midst of the national representation to opell the. first session of the new Legislature. " I receive from the sovereigns, my allies, frequent de monstrations of the good understanding which every du draws closer our friendly relations. "In the year 1863 a difference having arisen between Brazil and Great Britain, a difference which led to the rupture of political relations between the two countries, animated with an eager desire to see a satisfactory termina tion of that conflict between two nations with which we are so intimately connected, I thought proper to offer my me diation, which was accepted 'by the two Courts, and my Minister in London; having been charged with the negotia tion neglected nothing that might lead to a favourable result without wounding the mutual dignity of the two CRYSTAL PALACE.—LAST DAY but ONE of HOLIDAY AMUSEMENTS. TO - MORROW (THURSDAY). - Open frc.m Ten till Six o'clock.—Amuse ments from Morning ti 1 Night. —lmpossible to describe in advertisements. Le PETIT BLONDIN, the juvenile Rope dancer; LE FRERES LA CAVALLIN I , the I alian Clowns and Gymnasts ; SILVESTER, the Charmed Monster, &c. ; the E LLIS rR BROT H ERS. tiieclassical gymnasts; BARNES, the CHAMPION VAULTS! { , in his sixt y comer saula ; JEAN BOND and his wonderful DO G ; HERR WILLIO, the great German Contortionist. J. 11. STEAD, the Cure. Moat amusinz CLOWNS. Comical Pantomimic BALLET, with Mr. STEAD as SIMPKIN, forming an un paralleled variety of Holiday Amusements. At 5.30, Organ Performance by Mr. James Coward. In addition to these :—The Fine Arts Courts, in variety and beauty unequalled in the world. The decorations of the Palace, with the Great Christmas Tree. The Great Fair and Bazaar. Shakspere House. Montanari Models. Swings, Roundabouts, Invigora ors. and other popular amusements. Galleries of dlodels and Ships. Armour-plates lent by offi cial authority. The extraordinary Chimpanzee. The unique Aquariums. All these render the Crystal Palace the one place for holiday enjoyment. EDMOND , ' tlateWombwell's) WINDSOR CASTLE GREAT MENAGERIE is exhibited (for the remainder of the week only) adjoining the 'Palace. All under Cover. Admission to the Menagerie, 6d. Admission to the Palace, One Shilling. Children under twelve, Half-price.. Pala e lighted up at dusk. Wonderfully beautiful effect. Now ready, in 2 vole ., Bro., with Portrait , T HE HON. GRANTLEY BERKELEY'S LIFE AND RECOLLECTIONS. " A book unrivalled in its posltien In the range of modern literature."—The Times, Dec. 16. Most and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough street. sent time. "A further fact, which shows more clearly still the in correctness of the accusations against the existing laws upon the import and export of cereals is, that the supply of foreign grain to our inland markets has had but very slight importance since the harvest of 1863. During the 10 first months of 1864 the imports of wheat and wheat flour united have only averaged about 53,000 quintals per month, and of this number more than 31,000 quintals have been monthly imported from Algeria, which reduceS to about 22,000 quintals the quantity of wheat received from foreign countries. t3uch an amount may be considered insignificant if compared with the monthly consumption of wheat in France, which is About six million metrical quintals. " The quantity actually imported from abroad does not represent even a third per cent. of the quantity consumed ; and further, during the same period of time the export of native wheat, including grain and flour, had risen to nearly 156,000 metrical quintals monthly, so that the quantity of wheat our agriculture has sent abroad has been three times larger than that we have received. In presence of such facts it is absolutely impossible to attribute the fall in the price of cereals to the movements of our wheat trade with foreigners. • " The idea causing the adoption of the new system esta blished by the law of June 15, 1861, was that it was above all essential to liberate the grain trade from the uncertainty and fetters imposed upon it by the complicated and variable system of the sliding scale ; that complete freedom of ex port and permanent facilities of import upon payment of a very small entry duty could not but facilitate the pro visioning the country in times of scarcity without offering inconveniences in years of abundance ; and what has taken place since the new legislation has been in vigour has only confirmed the correctness of this opinion. "We saw, after • the bad harvest of 1861, that we had done well to reckon upon the initiative, and activity of trade completely permitted liberty of action to supply the deficit of less productive years ; and, as existing facts tho roughly prove, we need not fear to see upon our inland markets, in years of low price, large quantities of foreign wheat, which, subjected to considerable costs of transport, could not find sufficiently advantageous sale there. " Existing legislation, which may contribute very use fully to the moderation of prices at times when the insuf ficiency of our harvests forces us to have recourse to foreign produce, cannot therefore exercise any influence upon the price when the superabundance of our resources necessarily obviates arrivals from abroad. If agriculturists are just now unable to dispose as advantageously as they could wish of the considerable quantities of grain harvested in the last two years, this must be solely attributed to natural causes, against which all human action is clearly impotent. "We must not further lose sight of the fact that, if the present situation imposes upon our cultivators some sufferings,, which after all are not absolutely without com pensation, it is a great benefit of Providence to the entire country, and especially to the poorer classes. "Receive,. M. to Prefet, the assurance of my most dis inguished consideration. (Signed) " ARMAND BEHIC 7 Minister of Agriculture, Commerce, and Public Works." ' r s ece sh ivi ip ng W a il s ij u a p m ply M o o f ne p y r . ovis C ioi a is Pt ; e r nz op i e e, Pa a f n ant d eYr some sails, was directed to steer north, as the weather was fine, and the wind fresh from the south-west. When boarded the Phryne's hull was in very good order, as were also her masts and yards. She had four sails bent, but, beyond this, the ship was stripped of all her running gear. By this arrival we learn the death of the well known African traveller, Dr. Baikie, who expired, after a very short attack of fever and dysentery, at Sierra Leone, on the 30th November last By the travelling mail gfor six years n ce th d e in th t a ei t Dr. rioroßf Africa, , af a ter nd after having established a native colony some dis tance from the confluence of the Niger, had re turned to Lagos on the 21st Oct. in her Majesty's ship Investigator, which had been up the Niger 400 miles on a cruise. Dr. Baikie intended re turning to Liverpool by the last mail, but in con sequence of being obliged to assort and re-arrange the accumulations of over six years' travel in an uncivilised country, he was compete' Lo postpone his voyage. The deceased gentleman was born at Arbroath, Scotland, and was educated for the me dical profession in Edinburgh. He would at the time of his death be about 40 years of age. A Six -roomed Parsonage £74 3 0 An Eight-roomed ditto A Ten -roomed ditto ........ •• • 259 16 6 A. Twelve-roomed ditto Together with a Price List of purified Bedding, aid a mass ?I valu a b le informationto all requiring househ3ld furniture, Lr'tai,cfPels, or beddi ng. References kindly permitted to Clergy chll and gentlemen in or near Great Malvern, Southampton, Wells, Bury, Ely, Preston, Grimsby, Ryde, Plymouth , Oxford, Brighton, Gainsborough, Margate. Kidder rester, Pi r ellingtou, Croydon Cambridge, Staines, Dorking, Wr e vi. lban. s. Yiroreester, Ipswio . h, Peterborough, St. David's, li tt iani, and above 500 other places in an parts of Great COB - B iITT and CO.. General House Furnishers, Deptford bridge, London, B,E, At all Libraries and Booksellers, with Portrait, 65., MEMOIRS of HENRIETTA CARACCIOLO, of the Princes of Forino, ex-Benedictine Nun. " A work of thrilling interest."—The Times Correspondent "A remarkable narrative. We cannot wonder that in Italy the sale should already count by tens of thousands of copies. In England the interest will hardly be inferior."—Globe. • Richard Bentley, Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty. The Cadmus, 21, 400-horse power, Capt. A. C. Gordon, has had her compasses adjusted and awaits sailing orders from the Admiralty. Should the weather prove favourable she will make her trial of speed, at her deep-sea draught, at the Maplin Sands, near Chatham, to-day, preparatory to taking.her departure from the Nore to join the North Ameri can squadron, under the orders of Vice-Admiral Sir J. Hope, K.C.B. THE NEW NOVEL. On Monday, Jan. 16, in 3 vols.,`price 31s. 6d., "'OUT - TO THE TEST. John Maxwell and Co., Publishers, 122, Fleet-street. Powers at variance. " The Emperor of Mexico, in notifying to me his acces sion to the throne, deigned to accredit to my Court an Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary. I have endeavoured to respond to the sentiments of friend ship manifested by the Sovereign, as I attach the greates importance to the political and commercial relations between the two countries. "My Government will shortly submit to your lucid exa mination and judgment the treaty relative to the frontiers concluded on the 29th September `last between Portugal and Spain. " In the period elapsed since the last session popular suf frage has returned the_ new zezubprs of the Elective Cham ber; the citizens thus peace 6illy-ioxeraTsiiig one of their most invaluable rights. " The preparatory labours for the definitive circumscrip tion of parishes are in an advanced state. This is well knoWn to be the essential basis of a just and regular en dowment of the clergy. On this basis a special bill will be laid before you in due time. The reform of the civil legis lation is a most important question, which the Government has not neglected. Happily, the commission appointed to revise the draught of the Portuguese civil code has so far advanced its labours that the draught will shortly be sub mitted for your approbation. "The reform of the penal laws is not less urgent. My Government, convinced of the indisputable necessity of es tablishing the penitentiary system in the country, has appointed a competent commission to study that important question, which, "owing to its complicated nature, requires a combination of various knowledge. " The bills necessary for solving this grave question will be presented to you. You will also be informed of the dif ficulties which have delayed the execution of the law on mortgages but the obstacles are now disappearing, and ere long the country will be effectively endowed with this im portant amelioration, from which the most advantageous results may be expected. " Having successively carried into execution the plan of military organisation sanctioned by the law of June 23, 1854, my Government will present you with divers bills tend ing to ameliorate certain branches of the military service, so worthy of the solicitude of the public power. The grave period of monetary and commercial crisis, which is well known to you, has passed away—the credit of our public funds has been maintained. _ . IMPERIAL MERCANTILE CREDIT ASSOCIATION . NOTICT , NA R , IS HEREBY GIVEN, that (Limited) the FIRST DRDI -1 strte (8 , 0 „; c4LNERAL MEETING at of the Shareholders in this ra!ion will be held the London Tavern, Bishop' gate ja„ , in the City of London, on MONDAY, the 23d day of pir u arY, 1865, at Twelve o'clock at noon precisely, for the Qose of receiving the Report of the Directors and State 13urptosota Accounts, of declaring a Dividend, and for general At fung Year 3 Me ill take eting the Election of Two Auditors for the en w place. CRYSTAL PALACE AT NIGHT. — " If this ligh•ang up, and this alone, were shown as the Christmas attraction, it would be worth a journey to Norwool to see it. We can only cordially recommend our readers to see it for themselves before the weex is out "—Vide Newspapers. Lighted from dusk till half-past six. NEW NOVEL BY HENRY J. BYRON. On Monday, JIM. 16, in 3 vols., price 31s. 6d., A I D IN F U L L. P John Maxwell and Co., Publishers, 122, Fleet- street. The contract for the construction of the iron lower masts for the frigate Bellerophon, 14, 4,246 1,000 -horse power, building at Chatham, has been taken by the Woodside Ironworks Company for the sum of 1,4431. The upper masts and yards are to be of steel, the Belleroplierie first veli.3l,the royal navy in which that material will be used for yards and masts. Should the results of the experi ment be satisfactory, of which there is little doubt, the adoption of steel will follow in the future A NEW NOVEL. This_ day, in 2 vols., price 215., THE HAWKSHAWES, .By K A. BIRD. John 11faxwell4.ftnd Co.,'Parblishers, 122,Tleet-strser. MR. and Mrs. GERMAN REED, with Mr. JOHN PARRY, in THE RIVAL COMPOSERS, in which the Sisters Pry will appear, with THE BARD and HIS BIRTHDAY; to cone ude with MRS. SELE ALF AT THE SEA-S WE.and By Mr. John Fury. Every Evening (except Saturday) at Eight ; Saturday Afternoon, at Three. - -ROYAL GALLERY 014' ILLUSTRATION, 14, Regent street. Unreserved seats, Is., 2s. ; stalls, U. ; stall spring chairs, 58. OPERA DI CAMERA, the SOLDIER'S LEGACY, by Mactarren, and TOO MANY COOKS, by Offenbach. Every TUEDAY and T HURSDAY, at Three. By order of the Board, • ere% W. C. WYNTERBOTTOIIT, Secretary. bY House, 95, Bishopagate-street, Jan. 10, 1865. NEW DRAMATIC NOVEL. Price 2s. Never before Pr in t ed . THE DEAD HEAR T. *** This Novel is founded upon Mr. Watts Philli p s' celebrated Adelphi Drama. John Maxwell and Co., 122, Fleet-street. NEW DRAMATIC NOVEL. Price 2s. Never before Printed. THE ORANGE GIRL. *** This Novel is founded upon the new popular Melo drama recently 1. reduced at tne Surrey Theatre. John Maxwell and Co., 122, Fleet-street. Railwity and other Companies, T H X F O R D, 6, OXFORD STREET, W. The Oxford and Canterbury Hall Company (limited). ORPHEE AUX ENFERS (Offenbach's brilliant Opera Comique), is achieving an unprecedented success. Vide, the Song: "King of Bceotia ;" " The Hymn to Bacchus ;" and the spirited "Hilliho " Chorus, by Eurydice, Diana, Cupid, and chorus; the side-splitting "Couplets," by Minerva, Diana, Venus, Cupid, Pluto, and Chorus; acd flaal Minuet and Galop. Principal characters by Misses Russell, Fitz h@n Barrie, Tyrrell, and Walmsley; Messrs. Greene and Lascelles. Also, the new Cantata, KING CHRISTMAS, written by Litchfield Mosely, Esq., and composed by Herr Meyer Lutz, expressly for tnis estaulishment ; and NORMA. Norma, Miss Russell ; Adalgisa, Madame Maria. Musical Director, Mr. F. Jonghmans. LONDON AND GREENWICH. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held yesterday at the office, Gresham-house, Old Broad-street ; Mr. T. Corney in the chair. Mr. ADRON, the secretary, read the notice con vening the meeting. The CHAIRMAN read the financial statement, which showed that the balance from the preced ing account amounted to 2991., the half-year's rent from the South Eastern Company to 22,5001., and the transfer fees to 31., making to gether 22,802/. From this was deducted 4,428/., for interest on bonds, 5,568/. for interest on preference shares, 3381. for income-tax, 3981. for expenses, and 1001. for interest on loans, leaving a balance of 11,9701. for dividend on 861,5401. ordinary stock, which at 1/. 7s. id. per cent. would absorb 11,6661. and leave a balance of 3041. He concluded by pro posing that the accounts be approved, and that a dividend at the rate of 1/. 7s. ld. per cent. or ss. sd. per old share, be declared for the half-year ending 31st of December last, payable by warrant on and after the 16th inst. NEW NOVEL. Just ready, in 2 vols., at all the LibrarleY, NELL Y DEANE: A STORY OF EVERY-DAY LIFE. " Nelly Deane' is a beautiful story of sorrow and suffer big, and of sin, too ; but so mixed up with such genuine goodness—even where one might least look for it—and such bright happiness, that the story can leave no mournful im pression on the reader's mind."—John Bull. " This is a novel that most readers will be pleased with. and o many it will afford great delight. It is a simple story of love, in its many phases, false and true ; its hopes and fears, disappointments, obstructions, and final happiness ; and it is told so winningly, as to secure attention when the writer's power is least under the control of her judgment.— News of the World. " It has not been our fortune to read for a longtime anovel which, upon the whole, can be said to be better conceived, more pleasingly and carefully developed, and at the same time more intensely interesting, than Nelly Deane.' " Caledonian Mercury. "A very charming heroine is Nelly Deane—one of those artless, loveable characters whom Wordsworth hai cele brated. . . The wicked wiles of Stella Morton. the foolish confidence of the young heir, the shipwreck the mistaken identity, and, last of all, the extraord nar y rencontre of the Scottish rervant and the dying sinner, make up altogether a story of considerable interest. Old Dr. Brown is a very de lightful, and not an impossible character." The Sun. Edinburgh : William I'. Nimmo. London Simpkin, Mar shall, and Co. Comedy, by Mr. WILLIAM RANDALL, Mr. GASTON MURRAY, LITTLE 808, SEST IL LION, and all the pro curable Talent of the day. CANT.ERBURY H ALL. The Oxford and Canterbury Hall Company (limited). HODGE PODGE, the most extraordinary Christmas Entertainnent in Lon don (inelulng the whole strength of the establishment), evory evening at hall-past sine o'clock. The usual Operatic Selections by Misses Russell, Barrie, Hays, Godden, sc.; Messrs. Lascelles, Harland, Beaumont, Kimberley, &c. Musical Director, Mr. F. Jonghmans. Extra Comedy by Mr. and Mrs. Randal', Mr. Hilton, Stacey, Woodman, Little Bob, &c. 1 1 PALL-MALL GAZETTE. An Evening Newspaper and Review. PALL difficult to des-ribe. the plan ot an enterP to rise like the -M ALL GAZETTE without seeming boast, or to decry the efforts of oth e rs. But we are unwilling to lose the "trtage of a few w o r ds of explanation. and we therefore our trus vt the c an d our of the rea d er f or a j u st interpretation of the t iir hQ PALL-MALL GAZ ETTE will contain all the news iotoper to an Evening journal. But, addressed as it will be b e e ftated men and women, the space of the paper will not wh e,ecupied by trifling chronicles, nor by hat excess of words „melt adds nothing to the interest of newspaper records, htle it destroys their sionificance. Literary considerations l ,vould determie us to have our News Reports written Pia in English but beyond these there is the fact that the eason s , to be found in many an accident of human life or 'id polity are lost in the turgid language in wnich they are Inmonly narrated. plase t vents made known by the Morning Papers may be dis d in the -MALL of the same day, hut they will not PAL b L e reported anew. GAZETTE Trustworthy advice@ Daythe Money Market will be included in the News of the The rest of the paper (by far the greater part) will be made UP of original articles, upon the many things which engage the thoughts, or employ the energies, or amuse the leisure of Mankind. Public Affairs, Literature, the Arts, and all the Influences which strenc , then or dissipate Society, will be dis cussed by men whose independence and authority are equally Unquestionable, and who are accustomed to regard the public ext revision of opinion as' a serious thing. This is the chief aim of the PALL-MALL GAZETTE i to bring into daily journalism that full measure of thought and culture which is now found only in Reviews. At the same time, we by no means intend to make the Paper pedantic or solemn. Rumour is too powerful, as well s too pleasant, to be left out of the design; which will lose none of the advantages of occasional trifling. If a thing can be said better i n verse th an i n prose, it will be said in verse. ;Epigram, but not e s pite—burlesque, but not vulgarity—will 99 readily admittd into its columns ; and since a joke is mien as illustrati, e as as argument, good jukes will be wel come too. It will be understo.ml that this adfertisement is rather a pp 3 larnation of idea and of before than of promise, But Writers have on is not made o a large number of able the have accepted the idea, and pledged themselves to e Opilee of the "Pall-Mall Gazette," I t, Salisbury-street, Strand, W.C. SAILO.YS' ORPHAN GIRLS' SCHOOL and 11 011E,.Ffempstead. Offices, 77, Cornhill. PATRON—The QUEEN. lt.N Can t h e TRUSTEES. . -e 11012. Francis Maude, I The Rev. Canon Champneys as Baring, Esq., M.P. • L. Bevan, Esq T . It. r; REA S 11 R T E h R o S na . This Institution is designed l want, viz(Teat national t he Ito ~ an asylum for the orphan dailgyhtersof Marines. in It Jal Navy and Merchants service and of sp ill e othes, maintains and educates them for domestic lertia:Z provides a' home free of exoense for former es while out of situations, thus shielding them from the Th e 8 they might otherwise be exposed to. TioN.otrinaittee earnestly APPEAL for CONTRIBU even zutorminseet the tumuli g applications through the teeent sto and loss i f life at sea, and to enable them hee emitle Y tet obtain premises more commensurate w th the ', a g ora BOf this great maritime country, which loses 2,000 Wi lo maanhuallY by CaBR t:ties alone, without including these 8.. , cY Perish by war n ar ' e TZ ilptions thlnkf ally received by the banker'', Messrs. ta,'i'„l3ean, anCo., bd t eet and by the Secre ,at une oni on . ~ om ar -8 I' , "' 77 Cornhill. •--- R. &MEETING, Hon. Sec. CitikitkPlS rusii, see. . , :wa.n tl,---_------______ fewer h an i 4 ll s . , rn it et:n ie llE SOCIETY wishes to add another oi tpoor, friendless , in ope,rfactinioaniesLwaesrteyreelecr n te o ci trom be en se lINDs and ess, youn of the m nt a waY i brief details of a few , room, making a total of 3,087, IP, 1 0 - est re ee 4Ar s e years. Here are who have M. l ilW'l 15, fallen , mother dead, deserted by her father. A . ja , aged ~ , S . to , a,9;ed 17 ~,, nomeles., both parents dead. c . ~ ag e d 1 ., fallen, father dead, deserted by her mother. II 0, allen th r dead. A. . i „, aged 15 mo e , Callen, mother dead, ll' '4' , a;ed 16 fall '' • a.. d • eh. both parents dead. itl, I': ~e 14, hemeless, de•erted by her parents. C, p- , aged 17, fallen, both parents dead. N. r:' aged 17, farlen, both parents dead. 11 . i - I'.; aged 18, fallen, father dead. S, E , aged 18, fallen, both parents dead, I t A , . , , , _'.:'',ed 17, fallen, both parents dead. S. f; , Y, aged 17, fallen, both parents dead. ll e " a ged 15 allen, both parents deid. )o n , flew borne the Committee wish to form would be for h a _ g gine, almost children, from the age of 8 to 15, who y_e been led astray from the path of virtue. 1„.!-:entributions will be received gratefully by the Secretary, ;. Daniel Cooper,Bs, Queen •street, Cheapsidel or by Messrs. •oarelay and Co.. Lombard-street. 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, Eaq., up, VICE - PRESIDENTS. Stephen Cave, Esq., M.P. Sir S. M. Pete, Bart, M.P. Henry E. Gu'ney, Esq. Abel Smith, Esq., H,p, Samuel Morley, Esq. Treasurer—W. H. Willans, Esq., 78, Basinghall-street. E.C. COMMITTEE, Mr Alex. Anderson. V I , Rev. Er.M`Sorley. Mr. E. H. Burrows. Mr. W. J. Maxwell. Mr. A. D. Chapman. Mr. Alfred Short. Mr. E. F. Gedge. Mr. Robert Sinclair. Mr. George Moore. Mr. E. J. Tabrnm. Mr, Francis Lycett. Mr. R. T. Turnbull. Honorary Secretary—Mr. A. 0. Charles, 26, Suffolk-street, Bankers—Messrs Pall-Mall East, S.W. . Smith, Payne, and Smiths, 1, Lombard- i, E.C, This Home was opened in stree April. 1564. It was designed to take in the little ones whose charact T and circumstances disqualify them for the Orphan Asylums, and whose tendar ate Precludes their admission to the Refuges. Such are these who, from neglect, are already on the road to ruin. Such are t hose who have been deserted by their nat ura l pro t ectors an d left to beecome idle wanderers. Such are those whose Parents may have at one time or other received parish relief, arid who are now friendless orphans. Such are those whose Darents are breakers of the law, or are in prison, and who train their children in the same path. Such are thoscwhose evil associations have already had their painful effect, and raust lead them to a life of crime and miser. The necessity for an Institution for these y little ones is evi dent from the police statistics, which show that in London alone, in one y ear, no fewer than 311 boys under 10 years of a tfe, 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-rell ance and self-help, be permanent burdens to the State. flue Home for Little Boys has, therefore, been established to rescue the little ones, to save them from th e p r i son on the one band, and the workhouse on the other, and t o en d eavour to make them useful members of society. The daty routine of the Institution 13resent9 ail the fea tures of a home, a school, and a workshop. The little ones are cared for as children ; they have their regular meals, th it suitable clothing, their hour s of p lay and amusem en t , and theirsinr,ing Class. They are treated AR scholars ; ev er y morning is dev o t ed to sehil Nivnoßrtk—reading, and writing, ructiotA.uwith occasional and cipherin,-, and Scriptural lessons in objects and other subjects.all, and that t a t t h a ey verya r e earlyalso trained to work. As they must period in life, earn their living by the sweat of thir they are here at once taught habits of industry, so baWewr noons are occupied with various industrial occupations: making brown paper bags for bankers, and white p aper bags for tradesmen, and door mats and servants' kneelers for any who will buy them; picking the coil for the mats, mending the is othes, &c. Some assist the master in the garden, digging, planting, watering, weeding, and so forth. By degrees they are kin.* 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 life. 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 sak—ls it right t o ma k e a w id ow and her fam i ly paupers f or llie because one of them (the naughty boy of the fam ly) runs wild in the streets and is beyond her control ? Is it kind to !ell her, b - cause she has so large a family, that you will not help her to put one of them into a Home, but that they must 511 go into " the house ?" Is it doing the b. st we can for the tittle destitute orph an t o sen d hi m to the workhouse. Is i t !ieleg to others as w e wou ld th ey s h ou ld d o unto es that when little ones have un na t ura l p aren t s w h o t urn t h em i nto lenstreets, or force them by ill-t rea t men t t o " run away, " 6?_ of us shoo ' dbe found to care for them, t o s p ea k a ki n dly ~,ci to them, to befriend them, to house an d c l o th e th em ? other we leave them still on the doorstep, passing by on the keep er ;l;le, or else exclaiming "Am I my brother's Tribe B ode of admission to the House is twofold, h are rec ts / election of che subscribers. Boys thus admitted eived free, boarded, clothed, educated, and taught till the years 01 age. the view to secure the election of the most deserving as the Committe have from the first discouraged canvas sing, an d „ they do not print any addresses of the subscribers. e voting papers contain a description of each case, as care- Anvestigated by the Com m itt ee, and with this informa nen the subscribers are able to judg e f or th emselves as to t hose most eligible for free admission. 2d. By Payment of ss. a week, made quarterly in advance. All children must be under ie adages:on. Those rece ive as soon as approved dbyouthepa j r a om eg t a t r e e e, admitted at any time Elections of children to be admitted free will t a k e p l ace as fre q u ently As the i n c rease in the annual subscriptions will adroit, till the Home is full; they will then be held periodi caly had at th e Forms of Some, for the admission of childr en l iOnael and of the Honorary Secretary, may be THE INVESTOR'S MONTHLY MANUAL In connection with the "Economist."—ADVEß VISE MNNTS for This Month's "Manual" must be sent to the Offic 240, Strand, on or before THURSDAY, 12th inst. 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Od. per lb. VEGETABLE CANDLES, with a Mixture of Wax. Best quality .. • . le. sd. per lb Second quality .. is. 3d. per lb. Third quality .. Is. ld. per lb. Carriage paid in London on Orders of Five Pounds in value. FRANCIS TUCKER AND CO., South Molton-street, Grosvenor-square. Manufactory— Kensington (Established 1730). The largest Establishment in England for the Manufacture of Wax Candles for the use of the Altar, IVOTIIING DIPOSSIBLE.—The greatest and most useful invention of the day, A GILA. AMARELL A. Messrs. JOHN GOS NE LL and CO.. 3, King-court, Lombard street, London, Perfumors to her Majesty, respectfully offer to the public this truly marvellous fluid. which gradually restores the human hair to its pristine hue—no matter at what age. The Agua Amarell a has none of the properties of dyes ; It, on the contrary, is beneficial to the system, and when the hair is once restored one application per month will keep it i n perfect colour. Price one guinea per bottle. or in half bottles, 10s. Testimonials from artistes of the highest order, and from individuals of undoubted respectability, may be seen on application. Messrs. John Gosnell and Co. have been Wales a ppointed Perfumers to her Royal Highness the Princess of . DR- SCOTT'S LIVER AND BILLIOUS PILLS.—A N EVE It FAILING REMEDY.—Pre ,ared without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. Scott, of Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to all who suffer from bilious and liver complaints, inligesticu, wind. Tams, giddiness, dizziness of the eyes, &c. For habitual of 7ostthiveness bloods a family a perient medicine, and as a purifier e, the y are truly excellent ; mild in their opera lon and grateful to the stomach, they create appetite, pro mote digcstion mbert , and strengthen th e w h ole nervous system. La, 8, King William-street, Ch ar i ng -cross. most drugguts, in bo xes,ls. lid., and three times the quantity in one, 28. 9d. 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LMANUFACTORY AND SHOW-ROOMS, 117, Houndeditch. HAIR -CURLING FLUID, 248, High Holborn, London.—ALEX. ROSS'S CURLING FLUID curls Latices' or Gentlemen's hair immediately it is applied. Sold at 3s. Bd.; sent free for 51 stamps. Ross's Toilet Magazine, is. 6d., or 20 stamps. GREY HAIR.-248, High Holborn, London. — ALEX. ROSS'S charges for Dyeing the hair perma nently— Ladies' Hair from 7s. 6d. ; Gentlemen's from ss. The Dye is sold at 3s. 6d ,or sent free for 54 stamps. It I s most easy of use. lIAIR DESTROYER, 248, high Holborn, London.—ALEX.:ROSS'S DEPILATORY removes, without effect to the skin, superfluous hair from the face, neck, and arms. 3s. 6d.; sent the same day:as ordered by post for 54 stamps. SPANISH FLY is the acting ingredient in l I ALEX. ROSS'S CANTHARIDES OIL, which Epeedily produces whiskers and thickens hair. 3s. 6d.; sent tree fors4 stamps.—ALEX. ROSS, 248 ,High Holborn, London. Essay %mi, Hair, Id. PIMPLE REMOVER.—AII diseases of the skin are improved by one dose of ,ALEX. ROSS'S VEGE TABLE SKIN PILL. They remove redness, sallowness &c 2s. 9d.; by post for 40 stiomps.—ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Holboro, London. • ALEX. ROSS' FACE POWDER, is. ; sent for 14 stamps; Eye Colour, 3s. 6d., or 54 stamps. Skin tonic produces a transcendent complexion, 45., or so stamps. Bloom of Roses, 3s. 6d., or 54 stamps.—ALEX. ROSS. 218, High Holborn, London. THE BENEFACTOR OF THE SKIN._ MOLLARD'S perfumed Toilet Sulphur Soap and Cream, highly patronised by the faculty, nobility, and gentry. Nothing equals the properties and qualities of the Soap Ito. 1 for ordinary toilet purposes, and of Nos. 2 to 5 in all cases of cutaneous erections or rheumatism. Perfumed toilet cream, cold cream, and pomatum for the hair. Barege cream for sulphur baths, without any disagreeable odour. All these preparations may be had at the central depot, 22 1 A, Regent-street, London, W. ; and at Messrs. Newbery and Sons, Barclay and Sons. Edwards , Kea tin g , San er and Son, Jozeaunetti, and all chemists. Pamphlet s and testi monials tree on a plication. Agent for George-street, Edinburgh--Mr. John 31`Kay, chemist, 119, " All the public expenditure will be covered without any necessity for recurring to the loan authorised, owing to the ameliomtion in the payment of taxes and the extraordinary receipts from the farmers of the tobacco contract during the last half-year. In the organisation of the service for collecting town dues it has been found necessary to conci liate fiscal necessities with the convenience of commerce, and special attention has been paid to the new economical conditions of the country arising from railway communica tion and iudustrial development. " A reform has been effected in the Mint, in accordance with the indications of science and in conformity with the object of that establishment. The budget of the receipts and expenditure, with a statement of the financial situation of the country, will be presented to you. The increase in the receipts happily allows, nothwithstanding the augmen tation of expenses arising from the development of the ser vices, the complete cessation of the reduction imposed on the persons in the employ of the State, and there is reason to hope that the ordinary budget will not show a deficit. " It has been indispensable, in presence of unforeseen circumstances, in order to facilitate the definitive and most useful institution of the national colonial bank, to have recourse to extraordinary measures, which will be commu nicated to you, as well as the others adopted with regard to several colonies in virtue of art. 15 of the additional act. •" Naval. c...n.tractiona tin nd to occupy t attention of my Government, c© they aro of notorious advantage for our social and maritime development. The studies which have for their object the revision of the postal and telegraphic conventions are still continued. The Bank of the Credit Foncier has been founded. " Contracts on new bases have been made for the steam navigation to Africa, the Azores, and Algarves. An im pulse has been given to surveys for railways. In pursuance of the authorisations granted by the legislative power, "decrees have been issued for reorganising the Ministry of Public Works and the different services dependent thereon. " Lastly, the Government will present to you, in due time, certain provisions relating to the trade in corn and wine, and others tending to the greater development of the ordinary resources in the next economic year, to the ame lioration of public instruction, and of different branches of the Administration. " The last Parliamentary periods have been signalised by notable improvements and productive activity. A field no less vast, no less active, no less:fertile for great and useful measures, is open to the enlightened patriotism of the new Legislature; the nation has great expectation from it, and I have the same confidence in it, praying God to protect and guide it in its high and laborious mission. I declare the session to be now opened." Circular of the French Minister of Agricul ture to the Prefects. PARIS, Jan. 9. The following circular has been addressed to t he prefects by the Minister of AgTicultluv, Commerce, and Public Works : " M. le Prefet,—During the last half of the year 1863 and the whele of 1804 the price of grain has remained at a low rate, and especially for some months past has expe rienced a downward movement, which has given rise to some apprehensions with regard to agricultural interests. " But, instead of attributing the diminution in the price of cereals to its real cause, which is no other than the existence of considerable supplies resulting from the abun dance of produce harvested within the t two years, at tempts have been made in some quartersl as to tracelhe cause in the legislation which now regulates the import and ex port of grain, and which has replaced the system known as the sliding Scale. " It has been pretended that the law of June 15, 1861, in l e a v ing importation permanently free upon payment of a very slight duty upon entry , had the effect of throwing foreign cereals in large quantities upon our inland markets, where their presence exercised upon the price an influence prejudicial to our agriculture. Some have made this asser tion in perfect good faith, although allowing themselves to be guided by ill-digested impressions or preconceived ideas; others have possibly put it forward in a party spirit, to cause the responsibility of a situation at which some inte rests have shown themselves alarmed to weigh upon the Emperor's Government. "It is requisite, therefore, from all points of view to rec tify so manifest an error. Whenever the opportunity has presented itself I have already taken care to do this in spe cial instructions addressed to some of the prefects. I con sider it my duty further, in the present circular, to forward to you, as well as to all your colleagues, a few considera tions of which you may make use if, upon the occasion of the low price of cereals, complaints should be made in your department of the system upon which our grain trade with the foreigner is now conducted. you are aware, M. le Pre ‘ f T et h , e a h h a al tZ st t of of exceptional as alabundance. The total of its produce is the largest hitherto recorded, and the average for the whole of F rance per hectare sown in wheat was higher by upwards of 23 per cent. than the average of the 10 previous years. The reports I have received as to the harvest of 1864 show from another quarter that the wheat crop was approximately above the average by about five to six per cent. "It is true that in the late harvest this favourable result is an average established, according to reports furnished from all departments of the empire, and that certain points have been less favoured than others. But in examining questions of this nature, it is clear that the Government can onlylbe guided by general:appreciations of the state of the country upon the whole, and it is impossible to take all local or special circumstances into account. "One definite, incontestable fact is, that French agricul ture has drawn from the soil, during a year of extreme abundance, followed immediately by a more average year a considerable mass of cereal produce. This fact suffices to explain the fall which has taken place in the price of grain, especially if it is considered that this fall is far from having descended to as low a level as it would have done under other circumstances in consequence of much less produc tive harvests. We have seen, in fact, in 1857 and in 1858, in 1850 and in 1851, the price of wheat descend in certain parts of France to 13f., and even to 12f. per hectolitre, although the produce of the harvests in these different years has been inferior to that of 1863, while, notwith standing the extraohliniry abuclance of the supply, the WEST COAST OF AFRICA• The Royal Mail steamer Armenian, Captain Leamon, arrived at Liverpool yesterday morning, with the West African mails, 50 passengers, 1,000 bales of African cotton, 1,308 ounces of gold dust, 9,029 dols., 1,900 fr., and 2,472 sovereigns. Tier dates are--Benin, Dec. 7 ; Fernando Po, Dec. 2 ; Brass River, 4th ; New Calabar, 6th ; Bonny, 7th ; Lagos, 10th; Accra, 11th; Cape Coast Castle, 14th ; Sierra Leone, 21st ; Bathurst, 25th ; Tene riffe, 31st ; and Madeira, Jan. 2d. The Armenian brings 27 passengers in the cabin, and 25 distressed seamen, being portions of the crews of the wrecked vessels Laughing Water, Governor Elias, and Bag- dad Packet. Trade was brisk at Fernando Po, notwithstanding the smallpox still prevailed to a great extent among the - native -population. The serew-„.steasner St.. Patrick, with convicts on board for the south'coast, had put into Fernando Po in a disabled condition — her machinery damaged. The vessel would he de- ,wined at least a month for repairs. There is nothing of importance to report from she Cameroons. The river was healthy, but busi- ness was at a complete stand-still. A slight improvement has occurred in trade at Old Calabar since the sailing of the last steamer. The ship Moult= sailed for Glasgow on the 28th of November. When off the bar, her commander, Captain Kiddie, committed suicide by jumping over board. His body came up alongside the vessel the next day. The chief officer of the ship Golden Age was put in charge, and the vessel sailed from the bar lon the 30th. The Navigator arrived from Glasgow on the 28th of November. Trade has much improved at Bonny during the month of December, oil being freely brought down from the interior. The ship Flora M'lvor arrived on the 27th of November, and the Rattler on the same day. The Elizabeth Tatham entered the Bonny river on the 2d of December. The captain and part of the crew of the ship Laughing Water, wrecked on Bonny bar, came home in the Armenian. Brass was healthy, but there was very little busi ness doing in oil. Trade at Benin still stopped in consequence of the fine imposed by Commodore Wilmott on the natives for outrages committed on Dr. Henny's estsblish ment not being paid. There is a balance of 30 pinicheons of oil still owing, which the traders were n hopes would be settled during the month of January. Trade very brisk at Lagos since the dads from Abeokuta had been opened. A great quantity of cotton was daily arriving. There were at least 4,500 bales in the town when the Armenian sailed ; she brought 1,200 bales. There were 1,500 slaves in irons at Wydah ready for shipment. Her Majesty's ship Zebra was sta tioned off the port, and had her boats cruising in search of the vessel, which is said to be a large steamer, the same that has made several voyages with large cargoes so successfully, and the one that has given our cruisers upon more than one occasion such annoyance. The schooner Commodore, from London to Lagos, passed Addah on the 11th of December. At Accra trade had slightly improved, and several lots of cotton had arrived from the Volga. The brig Governor Elias was totally wrecked on the 27th December. The crew were saved and landed at Accra. An average amount of business was doing at C a p e coast C a stle during December, and a good trade is looi:01 for in the coming season. Her Majesty's ship wa s tiv sail on the 16th for Lagos. The mail steamer McGregor Laird arrived from England and sailed for the leoVard on the 16th December: The barque Manners Suttak passed the Cape on thelsth. Business was very dull at Sierra Leone. Great preparations were being made for the races and the Exhibition. Lieut. Hawkins, of her Majesty's ship Pandora, died on the 24th of November. There is not much of importance to report from Bathurst. Several small lots of cotton of A. very superior staple had arrived from the interior. The brigantine Monarch, laden with cotton, had been towed in by the steamer Saxon to Teneriffe, dis masted, and mate washed overboard. The mail steamer Calabar arrived from England on the 30th ult., and sailed same day from Teneriffe. The steamer Bagdad Packet, from Liverpool for Matamoras, put into Madeira, was surveyed and condemned, and the crew sent home in the Armenian. Not less than eight blockade runners had arrived, en route for Bermuda, from England diiring one week. On the afternoon of the 6 th January the Armenian fell in with the new ship Phyrn e, abandoned a t sea. The ship is 1,300 tons register, and was bound from St. John's, N. 8., to Liverpool, w ith a cargo of timber. The Phyrne was abandoned about the 10th December, off the rortuguese coast, with loss of Mr. MACLAURIN suggested that the bankers' book should be made up in future to the day previous to the half-yearly meetings, so that the balance in the accounts and at the bankers might agree. He had no doubt the accounts were all right, but thought it would be more satisfactory. The SECRETARY said it should be so in future. and the motion was carried unanimously. The retiring directors, Mr. T. Barker and Mr. T. Corney, were re-elected. _ On the motion of Mr. MACLAURIN, seconded by Mr. LETCHWORTH, a vote of thanks to the chair man concluded the proceedings. SOUTH WALES JUNCTION. A meeting of merchants, traders, and others was held on Friday at Bristol, to consider the proposal for constructing a railway and tunnel under the river Severn at New Passage—the Mayor presided. _ Mr. -G. WILLS stated that several projects were proposed some time ago for crossing the Severn ; one was for a bridge at a place about two miles above the Old Passage, to carry a railway aceoss in the direction of Chepstow, and on the other side from the banks of the Severn to the Great Western Railway at Wootton Bassett. It was proposed to build that bridge at a high level over the Severn, in connection with a railway 35 miles in length, at an expense of 1,800,0001. Thebridge would, he thought, prove inconvenient to the navigation of the river, although it was proposed to give a seaway of 650 ft. between the main piers for the passage of large ships to the port of Glocester. If they could effect the crossing of the river by a tunnel under it, as pro posed by Mr. Richardson, who had had great expe rience in constructing tunnels, they would have a means of communication for all time. There would be no obstruction to the navigation, and no risk to Passengers or ships, and, as compared with the pro posed bridge, there would be a saving in distance of 10 miles between Bristol and the important district of South Wales. The cost of the tunnel line was estimated at 750,0001. The gradients of the tunnel scheme were not quite so good as those connected with the bridge line. He believed that the tunnel scheme would answer the purpose for railway com munication just as well as the bridge scheme, par ticularly for Bristol ; but in another respect it would carry the traffic for London eight miles round if brought by the tunnel scheme to Bristol. That would be the only disadvantage, while there would be a saving in the cost of about 1,000,000/. He concluded by moving a resolution that in the opinion of the meeting the construction of a tunnel under the Severn, near the New Passage, connect ing the railway system of South Wales with that of the English side of the Severn, was a work of the greatest importance and advantage in a national point of view, especially as to the trade and com merce of Bristol and the west and [south-west of England, and that the meeting, being satisfied with the report of the engineer and the practicability of the scheme before Parliament of a South Wales Junction Railway, approved and adopted the pro spectus. Mr. E. S. RosiNsoN seconded the motion, which after some discussion was adopted. Mr. RICHARDSON said he was completely satis fied as to the practicability of the work, and stated that the contractor was perfectly confident that the works could be done for the amount estimated. The tunnel, passing through rock, would occupy five years in construction, and he believed the railway Would carry the largest traffic of any railway in the kingdom, with the exception of the Metropolitan Railway. It should be constructed as a double line, with broad and narrow gauge rails upon it, to accommodate the traffic. Mr. M. WHITWILL proposed a resolution to the effect that it was expedient that snbscriptions should be entered into to meet the expenses to be incurred in promoting the South Wales Junction Railway and Tunnel. Mr .RAVENHILL seconded the motion, and it was carried, A vote of thanks to the Mayor of Br i s t o l for pre siding concluded the proceedings. BEVERLEY AND MARKET IVEIGHTON. I A special train ran over this line last week, con istrates and othe rs to the East veying the mag Riding Sessions ,at Beverley. The line will soon pec be ready for t he ins of the Government ed that it will be open e d f or o ffi ce r, and it is exp ect public traffic in March next. ILLINOIS CENTRAL. It appears that the directors of this company, at a board meeting held in New York on the 22d ult., resolved that a dividend of 5 per cent. in cash, free of Government tax, be paid on the Ist of February next to the holders of full,paid shares of the com pany on the register to the 23d of January inst. The financial statement for October showed that 17,157 acres of land had been sold by the company during that month for $207,746, and that the cash iron-cased vessels. It was originally proposed to place four masts in the Bellerophon, and the vessel was designed to carry that number, but recent ex perience has proved that in vessels of little more than 300 feet—which is the length of the Bellero phon—no advantage whatever is obtained, but rather the contrary, by their having a fourth mast. The first step towards the extension of Ports mouth dockyard has been taken in the commence ment of the new public landing-place, or " hard," at Landport. This is intended to supply the place of the present landing-place at Anchor-gate, adjoin ing the dockyard, the latter being within the area of the dockyard extension. The new binnacle lamp, invented by Mr. C. W. Brown, an officer of the Civil Department of the Navy, having been admitted to a series of official trials at Deptford and Woolwich, with a view of testing its efficiency, has been approved by the Lords Commis missioners of the Admiralty; and by a special order of the Storekeeper-General of the Navy the first of the kind is now fitted on board her Majesty's steam storeship Buffalo, Master-Commander J. Pook. The Buffalo sailed yesterday, laden with a full cargo of victualling and dockyard stores, for Portsmouth and Plymouth. The new lamp was lighted and kept burning l 5 hours without trimming before the ship's departure from Deptford, for the inspec tion of Capt.-Superintendent, Capt. Noddell, the Master-Attendant, and other officials of the yard. They all spoke in favourable terms of the merits of the new lamp, the entire face of the dial being clearly seen, and the indicators manifest under all the circumstances of the trial. A favourable report was accordingly forwarded to the Board of Ad miralty. _ _ The two new guns in course of construction after the specifications submitted to the War Department by Mr. R. S. Fraser, Assist.-Inspector of Machinery and Director of the Royal gun factories at Wool wich, are nearly completed. They will be ready for proof early in March next. The weight of the guns is about 13 tons, and the service charge will be about 401 b. or 501 b. of powder and a shot of 2501 b. The cost of material and manufacture of the guns amounts to less . than one-half of thjtt usually in curred. S TATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER, Jan. 10.—The market opened ex ceedingly quiet,. but the interpretation given to the news by the North American steamship caused some slight improvement in the afternoon. In ship- ping yarns there was nothing doing in the early part of the day, but a report from Liverpool at noon that the American steamer brought word there were only 13,000 bales of cotton, instead of 33,000, in Savannah had the effect of improving the feeling in the market. The published telegrams say nothing of this, but the report, whether well or ill-founded, taken along with the news of the failure at Wil mington, has had a good effect, :and towards the close of business the holders of yarns showed more confidence, and there was more disposition for business. In home-trade yarns also the downward tendency of prices was checked, but the little busi ness done was at 2d. to 3d. decline on the highest prices ruling in December. The cloth market opened very flatly. The publication of the stock account in Liverpool at the end of the year, show ing a great excess of quantity, and the recent news of Federal successes, combined, had induced buyers to withdraw from the cloth market, and there was a total indisposition to operate up to the middle of the day, and though the news by the steamer has somewhat improved the feeling among sellers of cloth, as among spinners, it has not led to an im proved business. There have been no additional offers for cloths, and there is no improvement as re gards values. Prices are fully as low as at the close of last week, but, on the other hand, manufacturers do not appear disposed to press the sale of goods so as further to affect prices. The market has been extremely flat. LEEDS, 10th.—The weather has been damp and unpleasant, and has in a slight degree checked the attendance of both buyers and sellers in the cloth halls this morning. For a Tuesday's market a mo derate business was done, and that in ordinary plain cloths, as well as in spring meltons and tweeds. There is little improvement in the demand by both the home trade and the export houses, and the pros pects of the spring trade are generally deemed satis factory. The country manufacturers report that they have a fair amount of orders in hand, thong rather less than in brisk times. There is no change er l e ctive ins t cl h a: : s modera . e Y in the price of wool, and for most kindstethi moderate e f rlb.be l a o t w t e steady demand. The flax trade and the principal mills are runnin NOTTINGHAM, and the demand for lace ante on 'Change to-daY, yarns was limited, at The inquiry for hosiery yarns rates of last week. was dull, and prices bad a tendency to recede. For silks higher prices were paid. The demand for brown nets was ver y inactive, and prices, if anything, w ere abouthaldd.a rather in favour of the buyer. R e cupALE, 9th.—The flannel trade keeps rather q uiet, purchases being made cautiously and in rather smaller quantities than is usual. To-day's market has been but thinly attended amount of transactions was comparatively small. The goods bought were of a miscellaneous character, including a f • air portion of both heavy and light fabrics. P • rices, however, were well maintained. Little was done in Yorkshire goods, many of the manufacturers of such, having agreed to attend the new market opened last Saturday at Halifax, were not represented. There were, however, a fair num ber present. In wools there is no change. There is a quiet demand at late prices. PRESERVATION OF IRON PLATES ON SEAGOING VESSELS.—The French iron-clad frigate Invincible has just been taken into the dry dock at Castigneau, which has afforded an opportunity of judging of the efficacy of the system applied to that vessel for preserving her iron plates. A band of zinc, which by isolating the electric currents guarantees the plates from that green coating which causes injury, has transformed the nature of that vegetation, and, instead cf a casing of marine herbs, there was foiu3d at• tacked to the frigate's bottom a fine collection of corals.—