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it • ~~~ _~~ G• - • , - -~ ~, _~~ i 1 i NI.AAISPAREIi vx , ri. ; - 1 / 4 c t:44- 4 3" were simply blown forward a few ya nions and outer jacket remained in the cailege S injured and fit for further use. As the gun was doomed to destruction, to prove its extreme power of endurance, the experiment was carried out with the usual caution in the bursting cell, but the nature of the rupture of the gun was such that had no cau tion been observed, and the gunners remained at the gun, no injury could have been sustained. The man ner in which the gun gradually gave way is held to be a satisfactory proof of its superiority. The repair of the gun in an early stage of the experiment, which was easily practicable by the insertion of a new tube, was not adopted, as the object was to test the endurance and safety of the gun with a split tube. The gun has fired upwards of 2,200 rounds. The screw frigate Leander, 39, 400-horse power, from the Pacific, having been dismantled, and the whole of her naval stores returned into the dock yard, and her War Department stores into the Ord nance wharf, Chatham, will be put out of commis sion, her crew being paid off this morning. The Leander will afterwards be placed in the third divi sion of the Steam Reserve. ~_ _ i --~~-~ I r A XIN ARAN'S LL WHISKY. DUBLIN EXHIBITION 1865. T his celebrated OLD IRISH , WHISKY gained the Dublin Prize Medal. It is Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Whole some. Sold in Bottles, 35..8d., at the Retail Houses in London : by the Agents in the principal towns in England ; or WholAsslA a t Ft. GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. Observ e the Tied Seal, Pi n k L a b e l, and Cork branded "Binaban's LL Whisky." 4: 4 \ • 1.4 • c r ,„r44 4 • r . — IA • Nr A ,_ • • di ; • L •." - - • IP . " \ - trY,•;:4- - - • •f Caf • • \ . 14 144\1% . / •- . .41 .7. I vl " DIE .. To';' - DRO IT. 14 ; - /\ , N°. 23,198. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 17, 1866. PRIMP 4d. STAMPED sd. MUTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION - (Incorporated by Act. of Parliam MO), 14 RU SSELL -STREET, COVE N'T-GAR. DEN, LONDON. . I Pro mpt ADVANCES on a ll d escr ipti on o f Security. Farms I ee on application by letter to EDWARD HARPER, Secretary. THE WELLINGTON, ST. JAMES'S-STREET Tir J. and D. NICOLL, tailors to the Queen, (Entrance 160, Piccadilly). 1 11 • Royal Family and the Courts of Europe. Set Dinners as usual. The ci.rte varied. ( hoice, and mode- Messrs. NIcoLL have for inspection specialities for the rate. Turtle, thick and clear, always ready. season for ladies. The Billiard Booms now conducted by J. Roberta, the Jackets, Coats, Overcoats, &c. champion. Parade Jackets, trimmed h la Militaire. Parade Frock Coats ditto ditto. House Jackets. Marine Cloaks of Waterproof Tweed and Melton Cloths. The new Cape-hooded Killarney Cloak, ditto, ditto. Linsey Jackets and Skirts. Waterproof Tweed Cloaks, One Guinea. Patent Velvet Jackets and Skirts. • The New Marine Cloth Jacket and Skirts. Real Fur Seal Jackets. Riding Habits, &c., &c. H. J. and D. NICOLL, 111 to 120, Regent-street ; 22, Cornhill, London ; 10, Mosley-street, Manchester ; 50, Bold-street, Liverpool. Visit of the Volunteers to Belg•um. Athritio Telegraph Expedition. MR. MAC DONALD'S NEW NOVEL. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., NNALS of a QUIET NEIGHBOURHOOD. - By GEORGE MAC DONALD, N.A., Author of "Alec Forbes," "David Elginbrod," Szo. Hurst and Black ett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. (From the Times Special Correspondent.) BRUSSELS, Tuesday Morning. Silt,-It has been represented to me by several friends, whose opinions I respect, that the officers of her Majesty's service connected with the recent ex pedition have not had that public recognition of their services they were entitled to, and that it is due to them, as well as to myself, that I should express publicly what I uniformly say in private. At the Liverpool banquet I did my best to speak of the cordial zeal and ability of all the officers en gaged, but somehow the London press only reported that I " made a characteristic speech" (whatever that meant), and the Liierpool newspapers said I proposed as a toast "The officers of her Majesty's Navy employed in laying former cables." These were very concise reports of what I said, and no measure at all of what I wished to convey, or of what they deserved should be said of them at a banquet specially meant to honour the successful completion of the enterprise. OIJNTRY HOTELS, PUBLIC HOUSES, Suppers until One a.m. Elegant Saloon Dinimr It• oms for Ladies. and BUSINESSES. PUIMESS and KNEE'S List on application. Particulars for insertion received until the 27th of the Month at their AUC :lON AND HOTEL AGENCY t)FFICES, 5, Agar-street, Strand, W.C., arid nearly opposite the Charing Cross Railway Station. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vole., R ACHEL'S SECRET. By the Author of "The Master of Marton." T II E 0 X F 0 It D, 6, OXFORD-STREET, W., TIIE MUSICAL ESTABLISH stENT OF LONDON. Successful Revival of Otrenbech's " ORME& AUX ENTERS." snd"TI:O'MBALCAZAR." Comedy by Millet and Davies, and Harry Sydney (the political Momus). Feats of Atlas by the Thothers Pentland, and Gymnastic P itormances by the Zamezou Family, Les Freres A' ictorellt, &e. Great suceeia of " Les .A mazones an Champagne " Di vertissement, by the 3lisses Jessy and Sara Guinness, i.s-isted by t, eir talented troupe of artistes. In preparation the Lyric Drama of the "RUINS OF AT tl ENS." by L. - Slaw REtTtiovgN, the arguments in which will be read by a distinguished member of the thestric.l prof( scion. Musical Director and Conductor, Mr. F. Jongltmans. A•hnission—Area, 6d. ; stalls and balcony, is ; private boxes, with separate entrance, 10s. 6d. • Open every evening at 8. "A deeply,interestin.g and affecting story, artistically and powertully wrought. Whoever takes up the first of these de lightful volumes is sure to read them all."—Morning l'ost. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. pARIS EXHIBITION, 1867. • UNIVERS I.L TOURIST COMPANY. Central Offices, 26, Henrietta-street, Covent-garden, London, W.C. ,X;tablished for enabling alt persons frnm any part of and ht any heytime, to the ,by increasing facilities for travel! ng. and bringing Continent it within the reach Of every class. To give to all travellers availing themselves of the Com pany's accommodat;on Tickets at almost nominal fees, all the advantages, too long to be named in an advertisement, such as Guides, interpreters, Board and Lodging, U desired, &c. The Company is directing its attention more particularly to the forthcoming Paris Exhibition, for which it is offering teculiar ad vantages to the Indus;rial Classes, for which see 411 ;' , Pectus. G A Every lo ß formation about R AIL WAYS STEAM NAVI- OTEL, and the EXHIBITIO N GRATES. `nuees in Paris and in the Country will be uponed shortly. By order, ALF. DUBOYS DF, LAVIGEItIE, General Manager. N• l 3 - Evt•ry kind of scientific, commercial, and agricultural information given The Company will, in the course of a few days, be regis tered under the Limited Liability Act. In the Press, in Two Vols., post Bvo., LETTERS FROM lIELL. By a Lost Soul. Yesterday . the workmen at Chatham dockyard commenced preparing No. 3 dock, and laying down the blocks for building the iron-clad turret-ship Monarch, 6, 5,100 tons, 1,100-horse power, the work of clearing the dock of the accumulations of mud and sand formed during the construction of the coffer-dam at the entrance having been completed. A number of mechanics have also commenced taking to pieces the keel plates of the Monarch, which were temporarily put together in the work-- shop adjoining the dock, in readiness for their being re-fitted in the dock. During the progress of the work of building the Monarch an iron caisson will be constructed in the same dock, and the old wooden caisson and coffer-dam now at the entrance re moved, the new caisson being fitted in its place. This arrangement has rendered necessary the for ("; the large '•affer-dam at the dock entrance, in the construction of which all the pait summer has been occupied. From tho Danish. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. Immediately, in post Bvo., -- • CHARLES TOWNSEIEND: Wit and Statesman. By PERCY FITZGERALD, M.A., Author of "Charles Lamb, his Haunts, his Friends, and his Books," &c. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. A RGYLL • ROOMS. - GRAND CASINO, Windmill-street, Piccadilly. These elegant and popular Rooms, having been entirely re decorated, are now OPES 141VEltY EVENINti for Concert and Dancing. _Conductor, Signor Loot CURTL Manager, PJ. GRENET. Admission to Promenade; One Shilling. • Reserved Seats, Two Shillings. No one can appreciate more than I can the for mer efforts on board the Niagara and Agamemnon, with ships so unadapted, and cable appliances so immature, as compared with the Great Eastern and the cable machinery of 1865 and 1866, and I hope the officers employed in those former struggles will not do those of the late expedition the injustice of supposing that we claim more thaa that the oppor tunity was ours to complete what they had begun. In Staff-Commander Moriarty. one (4 the leading officers of her Majesty's ship Againemnon in the former expedition, I had the support of au officer of mature judgment, rare accuracy, and industry, and between usthere was the most cordial co-operation. I should like here to recall the readiness with which the Lords of the Admiralty gave us permission to apply to the officers of her Majesty's dockyard at Sheerness for any reasonable assistance, and the ready zeal with which Captain King Hall, C. 8., met all our requests, taking a broad national view of the enterprise, and carrying out our wishes with an energy characteristic of himself. I take this oppor tunity publicly to express my personal thanks to the officers of her Majesty's dockyards at Sheerness and Chatham for so many instances of their ready de sire to aid us. DHSS BRADDON'S NEW ILLUSTRATED MAGAZINE. On Oct. 24, Price One Shilling. "13 E.L GR A VI A:" A L on don Magazine, conducted by M. E. BRADDON. CONTENTS OF No. I.:— I. BIRDS or PREY. A Novel. By the Author of " Lady Audley's Secret," Ste. Illustrated by M. Ellen Edwards. BOOK THE FIRST :—FATAL FRIENDSHIP. Chap. I. The House in Bloomsbury. ~ 11. Peter Sheldon reads the "Lance." „ 111. Mr. and Mrs. Halliday. ~ IV. A perplexing Illness. IT. Swells. Illustrated by E. K. Johnson. II f. frican Martyrotozy. Ely W. Winwuod Reade. IV. An Adventurous Investigation. V.. Schools Quad : an Oxford Sketch. Belgravian Prose Ballads. No. I. The Chaperone. VII. An Indictment. Illustrated by C. J. Staniland. VIII. A Fireside Story : Told by the Poker. IX. Market-street. Manchester. By Geo. Augustus Sala. X. Feast of St. Partridge at Park Hall. XL Slain at Sadowa. By Rev Blomfield Jackson, M.A. XII. The Iron Casket. A Tale 'of the Travaux Forces. Part the First. Illustratedby mu. Love in November. By Mortimer Office : Warwick House, Paternoster-row, London. HJ. and D. NICOLL, Tailors to the Queen, • Royal Family, and the Courts of Europe. Messrs. Mewl, have for inspection the following specialities for the season:-- HUNTING COATS of Scarlet Milled Cloth; also of Milled and Treble WaterObof Devon and Melton Cloths. OVERCOATS for DRIVING of Milled and Treble Devon and Melton Waterproof Cloths. These Coats are Made with double-stitched edges and seams, in a new form with great style and neatness. WATERPROOF DRIVING APRONS of Milled and Treble Devon Cloths, very handsomely finished, and lined either with Cloth or Fur. OVERCOATS for the PROMENADE or Demi-Dress of light, warm, fine, soft Cloths, lined throughout with Silk quilted in Swans-down. OVERCOATS, WRAPPERS for Evening or Travelling, of Waterproof - milled Pilot and Cheviot Cloths. REEF NG JACKETS of their CELEBRATED Water proof PORTSMOUTH PILOTS. HUNTING BREECHES, Riding and Walking Trousers of Buckskin, and Angolas in great variety. OVERCOATS OF WATERPROOF TWEED ONE GUINEA. Overcoats of Milled Melton, or Pilot Cloth, two, three, or four Guineas. For every article one fired and moderate price is uniformly charged for cash pay ments. In each department garments are kept ready for immediate use, or made to order at a few hours' notice. H. J. and D. NICOLL, 114 to 120, Regent-street ; 22, Cornhill, London; 10 , Mosley-street, Manchester; and 50, Bold-street, Liverpool. ADAMS E TU R T R_T A s UI I I S EXHIBITION, 1A EET. _ . A.D. 1720. ]OPAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE CORPORATION (Established by Charter of his Majesty. George the First, FOR SEA, FIRE, LIFE, AND ANNUITIES. • Offices, Royal Exchange, London. Branch Office, 29, Pall-mall, S.W. OCTAVIUS WIGRAM, Esq., Governor. JAMES STEWART HODGSON, Esq., Sub-Governor. CHARLES JOHN MANNING, Esq., Deputy-Governor. DIRECTORS. NEW EDITIONS. —A MARRIAGE GROUP of their Royal Bizhnesses the PRINCESS HELENA and PRINCE CHRISTIAN; also a variety of COURT DRESSES of the most magnificent and cost.) , description. Several-life-size Portrait Models of the most distinguished Men of the Day arc likewise to be seen. _ • _ Admittance, ls. ; children, under ten, helf-price ; extra rooms, 6d. Open from 11 a.tu. till 10 p.M. The name of Sub-Lieut. Andrew Ross, appointed to the Sylvia, owing to a clerical error, appeared as " Cross" in our Naval and Military Intelligence of Monday. ' NV ESTON'S GRAND MUSIC HALL, HOLBORN. Under New Management. • Proprietors—Messrs. Sweasey and Holland. Grand Selections from TROVATORE and ROB ROY by 50 vocalists and a band of 30, conducted by P. Corti. Enthusiastic reception of GEORGE LEYBOURNE, the Lion Comic—GEORGINA smunsoN, the Chara3teristic Singer and Dancer—EMMA WEST, Burlesque Actress and Serio-Comic—JAMES H _OMEN GS in his Wonderful globe entertainment—Great Success of the Eighteen STAR MIN STRELS—W. WEST (Stump Orator), Principal Comedian — J. E. ALLIBONE, the celebrated Basso of the original Christy's Minstrels, and S. REDDEN, Champion Tambour— C. MADDEN, Prize Jig Dancer—Songs, Duets, Glees, and Choruses by a company of first-class taientel artistes never before heard in IN egro Minstrelsy. Box-office open from 10 till 4. Doors oven at Seven. Commence at Half-past. Robert Barclay, Esq. John Garratt Cattley, Esq. Mark Currie Close, Esq. Ed ward .tames Daniell, Esq. William Davidson, Esq. Thomas Dent, Esq. Alexander Druce, Esq. Fredk. Jos. Edlrnann, Esq, Char:es H. lioschen, lsq. RiversdaleW. Grenfell, Esq. Francis Alex Hamilton Eso. Rohr. Amadeus Heath, Esq. Medical Referee, SAmt FIRE and LIFE ASSURA vantageous terms, f Ti re Duty on Fire Assurances has been reduced to the nal orm rate of Is. 61. per cent. per annum. charg,e is made by this Corporation for Fire Policy or ''' a rsi), however small th,.! As , urance may be. 41!'ARN1ING-STOCK.No extra charge is made for the use o. hteem Thrashing Machines. The Reversionary Bonus on British LIFE POLICIES has " :,,, era Zed nearly 2 net' cent. per annum on the sum assured. Equivalent reductions have been made in the Premiums P a Yable by persons who preferred that form of Bonus. The divisions o: Profit 'ale place every Five years. Lit i lY sum not exceeding X 15,000 may be insured on one This Corporation affords to the Assured— a Libe ral participation i n P ro fit s — w i t h th e guaran t ee o f Royal invested C •pital Stock, and exemption, under Charter, trom the liabilities of partnership. OfThe advanta,,ce of modern practice,—with the security an Offce whose ' resources have been tested by the ex perience of nearly a CENTURY AND A HALF. ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON. RO BT. P. STEELE, Secretary. Major - General Lord Frederick Paulet, C. 8., commenced the half -yearly inspection of the several battalions of Foot Guards on Monday by the in spection of the Ist Battalion of Grenadier Guards, and yesterday inspected the Ist Battalion of Fusilier Guards. The different battalions will be inspected as follows :—To-day (Wednesday), the 2d battalion of Coldstream Guards; Thursday, the 2d battalion of Grenadier Guards ; Friday, the 2d battalion of Fusilier Guards ; and Saturday, the 3d battalion of Grenadier Guards. Wm. Totlow Hibbert, Esq.' Wiimot Holland, Esq. Ncvi;e Lubbock, Esq. Geo. F. Malcoimson, Esq. Henry Nelson, Esq. Lord Josceline W. Percy. Charles Robinson, Esq. Samuel Leo Schuster,Esq. Eric Carrington Smith, Esq. Joseph Somes, Esq. William Wallace, Esq. Chas. Baring Young, Esq. rzt. SOLLY, Esq., F.R.S. NOES may be effected oh ad. WALTZ, HELENA. FRED. GODFREY. Per formed fifteen nights at Mr. Alfred itellon's distin guished Concerts. Piano solo and duet, ditto quadrille band. each free for 26 stamps. London . Robert Cocks and Co. L-7HYLIE BAWN. Sung at the Saturday Even ing Concerts, Glasgow. 4 ` . . Madame Lemmens-Sherrington, whose warbling of the ballad Bawn ' was truly charming. and cilltd forth an enthusiastic encore." Glasgow Daily Jan. 30. Price of the song, 38.; free for 19 stamps. London : Robf'rt Cocks and Co., New Burlington-street, W. • 0.11 N..& • S:RNEP ' ~And CO.'S • OugmAx . Tahiti'. TOTE 'greatly , f¢- superior to nay , tooth powder. - gives thk t.eett'ic Pearl - Whiteness, protects the enamel from decay, Ant) inaParts a pleasant fragrance to the breath. Price is. 6L —Red Ball Wharf, 93, Upper Thames-street, London. The following appointments have been made at the Admiralty :—Commander F. H. Stevens, to be governor of Malta prison ; C. C. P. Bawden, mas ter's-assist., to the Sylvia ; J. Murphy, surg., to the Sylvia ; Dr. W. R. Bennett, surg., to the Star ; J. Walsh, engineer, additional, to the Cumberland, for service in the Rosario ; Dr. E. Bogg, assist.- surg., to the Duke of Wellington ; and R. Poore and F. Strickland, nominated naval cadets. 15.110-OOL&TA.--BMNIXTvS-IRraWt. „ CHOOOLAT-MENIER, for Breakfast. STARCH MANUFACTURERS - TO H. R. H. TILE PRINCESS OF WALES. GLENFIELD PATENT STARCH, Used In the Royal Laundry, AND AWARDED THE PRIZE MEDAL. 1862. Sold by all Grocers, Chandlers, &o. CHOCOLAT-MENIER is pure, wholesome, and delicious. COLD BATIL—ne. celebrated OLD ROMAN BATH is RE-OPENED with great improvements. Strand-lane. near Somerset House.—Admission. Is. 1- TENTER'S FRENCH CHOCOLATE. .LY_L Warehouse, 23, Henrietta-street, Covent-garden. ORIGINAL and superior ESSENCE of AN cilovixs, SAUCES, PICKLES, , pure and good, as supplied by JOKY BURGESS and SON (for inqre than a hundred years), 107, Strand, corner of Savoy-steps, London. Sold everywhere.' Court of Aldermen. YARMOUTH BLOATERS. —l2 for 2s. 6d. ; 25, 4s. ; 50, 6s. ; DO. Bs. ; 600, 31s. ; 1,000, 50s. No charge for carriage to Lond on. Cash on delivery. Country orde; s paid in advance.—Forwardeu by FREDK. B&RNBY,' Purveyor of Fish, Great Yarmouth. A Court of Aldermen was holden yesterday at Guildhall, under the presidency of Alderman Finnis, who sat as locum tenens for the Lord Mayor. ;O: D. fe. 0 i'l • 'a n ' ; 08 .' ATKINSON & CO., 198 200, 202, 204, 206, 208 , an d 210 , WESTMIN STER - BRIDGE-ROAD, LONDON ATKINSON & CO., WESTMIN STER-BRIDGE-ROAD, ~2 . 0 0, 202, 204, 206, 208, and 210 -'• I.N S TER-BRIDGE -ROAD, LONDON, tii n V 9 , tv .t, wir. , !: A1i ,, ,, Li" <0 t ., sti ° %6 0 f door 3 t 10° !tw i tg' Y 019 o r, „aa at ;11PRIZE of TEN GUINEAS is offered for , L the best short ESSAY upon the evils exposed ina 80 e ,ent work entitled " Search," published by Mr. Booth, ‘, tegent-street, W. The Essay must be legibly Writ ton, fit for popular perusal, and signed by a Motto. It bloat contain practical suggestions, and be addressed post Paid, a before the Ist of December, 1866, under a cypher to Ti t l 'e of Captain C. Tucker Caldecott-hill, Bushey, Herts. t,h, paeublillioetto of the successful essay will be advertised in Opinion" and other papers in February, 1867, and Tu c k er of of the prize will be paid through Captain E c4 er upon receipt of a copy of the first page of the se ay. bonors of a florin or more to the Female Medical , Society, 4 , Pitz getdi_Y-kpiare, can obtain a copy of " Search ' gratis by T ucker, the Treasurer's receipt and their address to Capt. WHAT IS YO-UR CREST AND WHAT IS So t o 3 YOTTR MOTTO ? Phi, • 6d. to CITTALETON'S Heraldil Office for a_ .„, Sketch, or 6s. for a Coloured one. The Arms of . Ti,,t, a nd wife blended together in proper hfraldic butt ot l3 l °Per heraldic Colours for servants' liver es, w o hat En 10 8 to be used, and how the carriage should be painted, , -L-, 8. Just complete, a very valuable book, with 3 ,JUQ -'-'nravin 9 ,s fa_tri , ily in raving arras' crests, and mottoes of nearly every vglireiceestla.° I°4• ' • kinglom the result of thirty yen. 7 _. .., printed in several colt r,. obtaininu 4 Family Fedi eed authentic records, information as to the b arno ,_ gnf fromnew grant of arms, how to change on miry;fa, °Y T. Culleton, Engraver to her Majesty and Royal bou Diesinker to the Board of ru-street (corner of St. Martin's-lane), W.C. Trade, 25, Cran- A.TxiNsON ITPITOLR, CABINET MAKERS. PHltzsiisiro6.l,EßEßS, CARPET WAREHOUSEMEN, ----"G DRAPERS, and HOUSE AGENTS, t WESTMI NSTER-BRIDGE-ROAD. A. ,I„EAITTIFUL DESCRIPTIVE CA.TA FI3RiV,GITE. With Illustrative Sketches of CABINET sent i 1 - I JRE and DECORATIVE UPHOLSTERY, cor reB r „ e _e_ tier post or given on application. The Stock, eernpgreg to the List, is marked in plain figures, and In te DRAWING ROOM FURNITURE 1,...._ ' c ilv and elegant designs, covered in Rep, Terry Cloths, e n.tr,:;;lin o a tcc nd D. S a il v k en D po a rt m s :s a ks, c. &c. This department is also le-V e iled with the latest Parisian Novelties, Cabinets, `-4-eed Solid Dining Room Sets in mahogany and oak. The Iron and Brass Bedsteads in great variety. I li patent Spring Mattress still stands alone for The Bedding che a p ness and comfort. is all made on the premises and under Th eir personal inspec tion. fam ous Polished Pine Bed Room Suites demand special attention. ti: tv Extract from `The Builder." • ,- e Were shown a short time since a bed room fitted d ` - '3; an Earl for his own occasional occupation at the sea m..-",_,ea Which every piece of furniture, save the iron bed a", was made of the white wood in question. Dressing - "le, Wash tad, drawers, towel rails, and chairs were as thslz!tless as t s he n crest of the waves beating on the shore, and " very height of cleanliness seemed attained." T. THE STOCK OF CAR PETS ''' One of the choicest in London, embracing Turkey, Velvet Pile, Bruss e l s , Kidd er, Felts, &c. Pl ° , :e* Cloth, Kamptulicon, Linoleum, and Cork Carpet, cut, fitted, and laid down to any size and plan. ba,,,,. Furnishing Drapery of every description. - ` mu sici Rep, and P e ki n Cl o th s, French. and English Isl, &c. .. STOCK OFChintzes HOUSEHOLD LINEN e° THEwI worthy the attenti on o f c l u b s, h otels, and large 11silere, Who will b e t reate d with on most liberal terms. and Co TO CHARITABLE DONORS, the Managers , of Public I nst i tut i ons, Asylums, and Homes. tary" Peculiar circumstances of this year, the late mone ih th eri sis, and the consequent depression of the markets, ca sh luidst of Which ATKINSON and Co. made large t.„._Purchases, enable them now to offer unusual advan +qui th e Supply of DI)ING, BLANKETS, COUNTERPANES, and besid es SHEETINGS, eve l 7 description of material for warm Winter Clothing. WZIJitES.—BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. le —l-'- "E'S MOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS ...,„..0 (PERFECTED AND EXHIBITED IN THE GREAT Tw,,, IrrIONS ot 1851 and 1862), is allowed by upwards of fhve,t,.!ledred Medical Gentlemen to be the most effective Or I T , is the curative treatment of HERNIA. The use ay * , iel to,. ea -.,..L1R', so o,ten hurtful in its effects , is while here th e r ' e -,--a soft hindage henct, worn round the body, P ad ItTlisite resisting power I 5 supplied by the Moo-lain Pass the Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease and close _lneep. at 11 cannot be detected, and may be worn during which __ fiescriptive circular may be had, and the truss, teretieatitot fail to fit forwarded by post, on the c re tu the raZ:ufl aclhteubreordy, two inches below the hips, being sent A g in , Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly. A rieubLie Truss, 183., 215., ?6s 64., and 318.64 Postage, i l IF 4 " B lbij russ, 31 8. 6.1., 428 , and 625. 6d. Postarge, 18. Bd. IN :it. ~.'BBl Truss, 425. and 528. 6d. P.nstage, Is. 1. d. Mee , I.7`uce Orders to be made payable to John White, Post- ec adilly. pf LA TI NEW PATENT v,i, KNEF r. STOCKINGS, eakn e „, -,A Ps, &c., for Varicose Veins and all oases of P ° rous h a ild Swelling of the Legs, •prams , Atm They are 'lke an ' gilt in texture and inexpensive, and are drawn on 4°4 . ilordtillarY stocking. Price 4s. 6d., 7s. 6d., 10s., and 16s. " age, 6d. JOrrro• --...‘ WHITE, Manufacturer, 228, Piccadilly. NVIXSLOW HALL, Winslow, Bucks, having th e ~,i . been recently opened and ilf , ted with r r n eg r u t i e s t i n t r esLo r r . tiOin it e and comfort of the INsAIS E. ti e P P ilithrt'te„l4oN, a nnounces that he has trans i ferred his Eatab "N-, 1 trent Birmin2ham to the above desirable residence, 'tad a_b:,,essible, and distant from L about an hour 1111410 es 4 '..! by the London and North-Western line, and fifty 4 and-1m Oxiord. Attached to the man.ion, situated on Dtosp e ,4 'oil, ard commanding an extensive and pleasing and recreation Eirol oa ,,--, SIN m,me ,dow. pla . ,ntat in io in , n . Dl•oprr s t : o Por tertns and forms of ad si n address the ru.........:_&z. t 4 E -------------- h RE DC LIE SOCIETY wishes to add another Rapt l6 o s rae to th.) 12 now in operation. Last year no fewer ac..e_be:t,e.niie, 1 %. ,:1it ot• Ftr. friendless, young . females were rejected , rom 'a seu t ''' DS and room, making a total of 3,087, who have Th. away i n - nevi, uve years. s a t y c f h r i o l m d r e t h n e , 4° 1 14. , orne the Committee wish to form would be for d i i a n: t o r titin 4 " o3 litio n • i p r e a t in h otthvie r e t ge ue. of 8 to 15, who li a Lrout e i ( .2 will be received gratefully by the Secretary, y . "'"'Ver, 85, Queen •street i Cheapelde ; or by Messrs tu e•— ~s,” Lombard -street. THE RKST REMEDY Foa, INDIGE3TION. NORTON'S CAMOMILE PILLS are confi dently recommender, as a simple but certain Remedy for Indigestion , which i < the cause of nearly all the diseases to which we are subject. being a niedicine so uniformly grate fu' and beneficial, that it is with justice called the "Natural Strengthener of the human Stomach." " Norton's Pills " act s a powerful tonic and gentle aperient; are mild in their operation, sate under any circumstances, and thousands of Persons can now bear testimony to the benefits to be derived from their use, as they have been a never-failing Family Friend for upwards of 20 ears. Sold in bottles at Is. led., 2s. Pd., and Ils. each, in every town in the kingdom. CAUTION. Be sure and ask for "NORTON'S PILLS." and do not be persuuded to purchase any of the various imitations which have sprung up in consequence of the success of NORTON'S CA.SIOMILE PILLS. WAIT & CO. HYAM & CO., 66 and 67, Oxford-street, London. HYAM & CO.'S Tweed Over Coats. 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BB Boys'ooyyßoys's Jackets bightEs ae a cr v i t 1 c o e n . et , eaaf bop :,:e Harrow, toThver oes a usre n caoe d sa: R stns u g . by Suits 258. to 428. 12s. to 21s. 10s. to 21e. Boys' Serviceable Vests Bs. to 14s. HYAM and Co.' s SELECT DEPARTMENTS. No. 1. Gentlemen's Clothing for immediate wear. „ 2. Bespoke or Order. Department. „ 3. Boys' and Youths' Distinct Department. 1, 4. Hats, Caps, Hosiery, and Outfit Department. I_IYAM AND CO.'S E STA BLISHMENTS. LONDON -66 and 67, Oxford-street; BIRMINGHAM-21, 22, and 23, New-street; LEEDS-42, Briggate ; DEwsBuRY--Westgate. SPANISH FLY is the acting ingredient in ALEX. ROSS'S CANTHARIDES OIL, which speedily produces whiskers and thickens hair, 36 6d, 5s 6d, and tOs 6d; sent by post for 51, 84, and 144 stAmps.— ALEX. ROSS, 248, High flolborn, London, and all Chemists. WONDERFUL DISCOVERY.—Corns cured in one day by using' ALEX. ROSS'S CHIROPO. This preparation gradually dissolves the Corn in a few hours, removing the very root. Price 48; sent by post for 60 stamps. —248, High Holborn, London, and all Chemists. HAIR-CURLING FLUID, 248, High Holborn, London.—ALEX. ROSS'S CURLING FLUID curls Ladies' or Gentlemen's hair immediately it is appded. Sold st 38 6d, 5s 6d, and 10s 6d ; sent free for 54, 84, and 144 stamps. —Had of all Chemists. aREY HAIR.-248, High Holborn, London.— vi ALEX. ROBS'S HAIR DYE produces a perfect colour Immediately it is used. It is permanent, and perfectly na tural in effect. Price 3s Id, 55 6d, and 108 ed ; sent by post for 54, 84, and 144 stamps ; and all Chemicts. HAIR DESTROYER. -248, High H o lb orn , London. —AL ROS S'S DELATORY removes superfluous hair from EX. the face, neck , and Pl arms, without effect to the skin. Price 3s 6d, 55 6d, and 108 6d; sent for 54, 84, and 144 stamps. —g a d of ell Chemists. DIMPLE REMOVER.—AII diseases of the skin are improved by one dose of ALEX. ROSS'S VEGETABLE SKIN PILLS. They remove redness, sal lowness. dm. 2s 9d and 78 ed ; or pest for 40 and MO stamps. —ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London, and all Cue mists. H AIR COLOUR WASH.—By washing the head with this beautifully -perfumed Wash, in seven or ten days the hair assumes its original oolour, and remains so by an occasional using,. lOs Sd ; sent for stamps.—ALLX. ROSS, 24e, High Holborn, London, and all Chemists. Just published, 2d ; sent by the autho r f or t stamps, UGLINESS and BEAUTY; being a Pamphlet descriptive of articles and means used f or i mproving the appearance. By ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London. -road, p OYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-in n t in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail way Terminus, King's-cross. Patron—Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN. Vies-Patron—His Royal Highness the Prince of WALES, ILG President—His Grace the Duke of BUCCLE UCH. K.G. This Hospital. foundel in the year 1828, the first to estab lish the principle of free admission to the sick poor, without ;he delay and difficulty of Governors' orders, is wholly de pendent for support cm voluntary contributions and I :genes . It affords relief to a large number of in-patients, and, in addition to this, the average number of attendance of the lestitute sick has for a considerable period averaged between 8,000 and 4,000 weekly. The Committee earnestly solicit the ASSISTANCE of the benevolent, as the premises of this Hospital are capable of containing, several hundred more beds, had the Committee the requisite funds to maintain them. Contributions are received by the, Treasurer, Edward Mas !crman, Esq., Nicholas-lane; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co.; Drummond and Co. ; Glyn and Co. ; Harries a, d Co. ; Ransom and Co.; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co.; Barclay and Co. ; W Manss, Deacon, and Co.; Ovorend, Gur ney, aud Co.; Nisbet and Co.. Berners-street; 1. Barned and Co.. Liverpool; and at the Hospital. from 10 till 5. STANFORD ITS, Searetsty. THE OCEAN ST. LEGER of 1866.—What Lord Lyon was to his owner was the Taeping to her Captain, viz., winner of the race, having, distanced com petitors, as the 14 AST INDIA TEA CONIYANY have in garish y done in their °hot e and sale of fine new season's teas, now selling at importer's prices. Warehouses-0, Great St. Helen's-churchyard. - LI 4 AU-DE-VlE.—This Pure PALE BRANDY, ' .18s. per gallon, is vt ry superior to recent importations of Cognac, recommended by the medical profession, and ex tensively used in hospitals. In bottles, 38s. per dozen, or in a case 395, railway carriage pat 1.-11 EN RY BRETT and CO., Old Furnival's Holborn, E.O , and 30, Regent street, S. W. Established 1829. D U.NVILLE'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." 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TAMES DALY and CO., Distillers, John - street , TAMES Cork, ben; to announce th-tt they are able to supply the trade with their celebrated Whiskies, in casks or case*, no to take orders in bond aid for exportation, at their (aces, 7, Printing-hou..e-square, London, RC., the only house in the square not occupied by thP "Times." J. D. and Co.'s whiskies brin‘r the highest prices in the Australian and other Colonial markets, as may b 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 ss. 6d. a case over the lowest quotation. Always on hand a large supply of ye y old mellow whisky in the finest condition, matured in sherry casks, unsurpassable in quality and flavour, supplied on the moat reasonable-terms. T HE " SINGER," New Noiseless Lock-Stitch JL FAMILY SEWING MACHINES. These machines combine all the Latest Improvements, and are now ou Exhibitim for the first time. beim.' ment upon Singer's celebrated "L e tt er A" F a mily z-ewinc* Machine, of which over O ne H un d re d an d Ei g hty Thousand have been sol in all parts of the world. Inspection in vited. an improve- Purchasers desirous of securing the best machines yet brought out should not fail to see then. Catan.gues post free. THE SINGER MANUFACTURING COMPANY, Proprietors and Manufacturers of the world-renowned "Singer" Sewing Machines. Chief Office! the United Kingdom, 147, Cheapside. London. SCIENTIFIC AND ORNAMENTAL PRESENTS. ORNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library, Lnd"Dining-room, consisting of a new and eiegant assort meat of VASES, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obelisks, Ink staads, leautiftil inlaid Tablas, Paper weights, are., in Italian, Alabaster, Parian, Marble, Bronze, Derbyshire Spar, O. Imported and manufactured by JAMjES T F.DINANT, Mine ralogist to her Slaiesty, 114, Strand, W.C.. London. Mr. Tennant arranges elementary oolleotionii of ROCKS, 81 N RATA, and FOSSILS, to illustrate the new edition of Lyell's Elements of Geology they wil! greatly facilitate the interesting study of MINERALOGY and GEOLOGY, and can be had at 4.5. 10, 20, 50, to 500 guineas eaoh. PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION In GEOLOGY and MINE- R A 1,0t4 Y is given by ALr.TENNANT,F.G.S.. at 149. Strand, NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE.—The greatest and most usef n 1 invention of the day, AQUA &MAR ELL A. Messrs. JOAN GOSNELL and CO. ' Red Bull Wharf, 93, Upp er Thames - street. Perfumers to her Majesty. respect fully offer to the public this truly marvellous fluff 1 , which gradually restores tile human hair to its pristine hue—no matter at what age. The Agua Amarelia has none of the properties of dyes ' • it, on the contrary, is beneficial to the system, and when the hair is once restored one application per month will keep it in perfect oolour. Price one guinea per bottle, or in half bottles, lOs. 61 Testimonials from artistes of the highest order, and from Individuals of undoubted re spectability, may be seen on application. Messrs. John G osnell and Co. have been appointed Perfumers to her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales. 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. 1.4 OMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.-CON TRIBUTIONS are earnestly solicitgd for establishing the COUNTRY HOUR. £l,OOO required. WM. WILMA:3IB, Secretary. I3oys' Refuge, 8. Great Queen-street. W.C. HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.—The Committee are most anxious to provide for 400 boys. One hundred and fifty are now in the Refuge. The annual expenditure for supporting the 400 boys is estimated at £6,000, 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, Lothbury. and 214, High Holborn; Messrs. Ransom and Co., 1, Pall-Mall East; and by WM. WILLIAMS, Secretary. Refuge, 8, Ureat Queen-street, W.C. pROVIDENCE ROW 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 had to pass th© nights in the bleak streets or under railway arches. At present nearly 500 Nights' Lodgings , w ith Suppers and Breakfasts, are given gratuitously every week. The poor from all parts are admitted, the only c on d i tion being that they are homeless and starving. The Manager Arc., receives no remuneration whatever. Notwithstand ing the provision made by the Poor Houses, each night numbers of young women, children, and orphans are, for want accommodation, refused admittance, a n dh ave to spend night after night in the cold, wet, and sleet. To meet this evil, and to provide more ample accommoda tion, £2,000 has been raised, but to accomplish the work a sum of at least £l,OOO more will be required. Besides providing shelter - for, the homeless, this year it is prork)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 are earnestly requested, and will be gratsf ally received by the Rev. D. 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SCOTI"S LIVER AN I) BILIOUS PIL LS.—A EVE It I ENG RESIN DY. —Pre oared without any nits:Atrial ingredient, from the reel pe of Dr. Scott, of Bromley, .Kent. will be found Invaluable to all who suffer from bilious and liver momplalnts, itritgelition, wind, ipaams, giddiness, dizzimens of the eyes, &a For habitual tostivoness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier of the blood, they are truly excellent; mild in their opera tion and grAtelul to , he stomach, they create appe , ite, pro uote digest:on, and strengthen the whole nervous system. 'Sold by W. Lambert, S, King William-street, Charing-cross. London, and by most druggists, in boxes, Is. lid., and three times the quantity In one, 2s. Vd. Ile sure to ast for Dr. Scott's Bilious and Liver Pais, The genuine are a square green paokage. with " wwiam Lambert," engraved on the stamp. PRI Nl.' ING. TO PROPRIETORS OF NEWSPAPERS PERIODICALS, &c., done &c.—The Print ing and Machining of done on exceed ingly favourable terms. Use of Editorial and Publishing Offices, if required. Esti ma t e s forwarded on receipt of particulars, with stamped directed envelope for reply. Address—The Manager "Sun" Printing Offices, 3, Church row, Savoy, Strand, W.C. The Electric Telegraph• • The following letter appeared the other day in the columns of the Times:—Sir, —Having the honour of being a friend of Mr. Wheatstone, and feeling much gratified with the letter of "J. D." in your paper, and also your just and complimentary remarks in reference to his part in the dis covery and introduction of the electric telegraph, I beg you will allow me to state that the discovery a rose, I believe, from the circumstance of M r . Wheatstone, w hen first ap pointed lecturer at King's College, having seven miles of wire in the lower part of that building which abuts upon the river Thames, for the purpose of measuring the speed of lightning, or the electric current, and upon one occasion, when explaining his experiments to me, he said, "I intend one day to lay some of this wire across the bed of the Thames, and to carry it up to the top of the Shot Tower on the other side, and so make signals ;" and this was, I be lieve, the first idea or suggestion of a submarine telegraph. We are also indebted to Mr. Wheatstone for the electric bell, for long before this telegraph came before the public, in explaining the machinery to me, he said, as it was pos sible that one party might be asleep at one end of the wire, he had so arranged the working that the first touch should ring a bell at the other end, even if t housands of miles apart. This, it will be admitted, is an important past of the discovery, and therefore I am sure that every one wit feel that the man who has done such wonders for the public advantage in introducing such instant communication with the " wide, wide world" well deserves the honours and re wards which your correspondent and yourself have sug gested should be conferred upon the old and highly esteemed friend of your obedient servant, GEORGE CR GIKSHANK. 263 : Hampstead-road, Oct. 13. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Australia and New Zealand, via Bouthr,mpton.,...oet. 20. Ditto, via Marseilles . Nov. 13. Brazil and Capa `rads. by British paoket ...... ....Nov. 5. Ditto, by French packet . Oot. 22. Cape of Good Hope, Asocnsion, and ,St. Helena....Oot. '2B China, Penang. and Sing.tpore. via Southampton—Oct 20. Ditto, via Museilles Oct. ZlB. Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton Oct. 20. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton— Oot. 20 _ _ Ditto, via Marseilles • ''''''''' ....Oct. 28 India (Bombay), via Southampton. Oct. 29 . Ditto, viakarseilles . Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Oct. 20. Ditto, via Marseilles Oct. 23 Mauritius, via Southampton Ditto, via Marseilles. Nov. 13 Newfoundland .. . .................. . .... ... Oct. 21. Portugal Nov. 5 Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon. United States and British North America, by Bri- tish packet . ..........Oct. 21. Ditto. by United Stat es packet, via Sontbamp- ton •• .......... Ditto, Ttii Cork ................. . Ditto, by Canadian packet, via Londonderry ..Oct. 18 West Coa.t of Africa, Madeira, and T..meriffe West Indies and Pacific (except Bahamas and Honduras) .................. . ................ ....Oct. 20 Cuba and lifexioo .................................. Cod. '29 Bermuda, via Halifax Oct. 24 Bahamas, via New Y ark. Nov 15 SLAUGHTERHOUSES IN THE METROPOLIS.—At a special session held yesterday for the division of the Strand Union, before Mr. Antrobus and Mr. Sambrooke, magistrates, at the Vestry-room of St. Martin's in-the- Fields, several applications were made for renewal of licences for slaughterhouses within the districts. There was no opposition ; the parties had not obtained other places for the slaughter of cattle, and wished the licencee to be continued.. The Chairman (Mr. Autrobus) said the licences would be granted, but he would impress on the applicants that some means might be adopted for carrying on their bnsiness, instead of having slaughterhouses in the metropolis. He fully believed that the Legislature in tended to deal with the matter in the next session, and he had no doubt that all slaughterhouses would be pre vented being licensed within the metropolitan district. • In no place out of England is a horserace enjoyed as we enjoy it. The love of horses is indigenous to the English soil, and the mixture of business with pleasure, which is the great characteristic of an English racecourse, is witnessed nowhere out of our country in anything like the extent to which it pre vails among us. There is only one Derby, and that is at Epsom ; but the best gathering to witness the running for the Grand Prix in the Bois de Boulogne falls far short of that at Ascot, and Newmarket and the St. Leger are quite as peculiarly English insti tutions as even the Derby itself. There are races here every year, and races with the break-neck re commendations of a steeplechase, but rarely are they attended by very large numbers, and one half of those who do go to them don't know the names of the horses and don't look at the running. Things took a more English turn on Sunday last, owing to the presence at the Champ des Manoeuvres, the Brussels racecourse, of so many hundred Volunteers, and there was very considerable interest prevailing in the immediate neighbourhood of the temporary fences, some of which were' over six feet high, one of which was a "double," but none of which were very dangerous, though there did occur a couple of what would be called in Ireland " very pretty falls." The course is on the ground where the garrison of Brussels and the Garde Civique are exercised, and an admirable one it is. The soil is as nice as tan for the horses' feet, and from any spot you can see the whole way round. There aretwo large stand-houses, with a box for the Royal family between them, but this was vacant on Sunday owing to the circum stance to which I alluded in my last letter as the one which would make it so,— the illness of the Empress of Mexico. The stands were not very well filled, but there were, perhaps, 10,000 people round the running ground, and a pretty strong muster of com pany in carriages and on horseback. " Correct cards," or, as they call them here, " progranintee des courses," were hawked about the course; but there were no dealers in " cigars and lights." The programme is a very neat affair, and contains a plan of the course, in addition to all the other particu lars to be found on our cards. In every race the 11PrAectWent twice round the4iStlanee ;- but solittlk intexest did the starting exeitti - tho; no one seemed . to be aware of its having taken place till the horses were already in full swing. The pace was not nearly so rapid as at our races, and the principal noise made when the winner came to the post was by the music of a band stationed opposite the grand stand. There was one fence nearly seven feet high, but it consisted of light branches covered with leaves, on which a horse might alight with comparatively little harm to himself or the rider. The two leaps at the double hurdles were about 20 feet apart ; the fences were of wicker-work, lightly placed in position, and in the intermediate space between the two tan was thickly strewn. The fences themselves were about four feet high. All the horses bnt one went safely over both ; the exception came to grief in crossing the first, and, threw his rider. He mounted again in an instant or two, but his steed bolted subse quently, and was " nowhere" when the horses were coming to the post. The race was, how . ever, a good one, and afforded ouch interest to the lovers of sport who witnessed it. In the evening there was a grand fete in the gardens of La Societe Royale de Zoologie. There were brilliantilluminations, and an admirable concert was executed by the band of the Regiment of Carbineers. The entertainment of the night was, however, the ball of La Societe Royale de la Grand Harmonic, which was one of the most mag nificent ever organised by any of the societies of this city. There was an enormous assembly of ladies and gentlemen present on the occasion, the rooms were gorgeously decorated, and champagne and other wines, as well as a profussion of light refreshments, were served to the guests almost unceasingly from 9 o'clock in the evening till 3 in the morning. At 10 o'clock M. Anspach, the bourgmestre, entered the reception-room, accom panied by Colonel Loyd-Lindsay and M. Le Chef de Bataillon Deherpe, commandant of the French riflemen. They were received by the president and council of the society, who led them up the room, and delivered an address of welcome, to which both gallant gentlemen returned suitable replies. The cheers which greeted Colonel Loyd-Lindsay and M. Deherpe were general and enthusiastic. At Laeken the King and Queen gave a dinner party, at which Colonel Loyd-Lindsay, M. Deherpe and the several officers of the French Guard, the captains of the Volunteers, the bourgmestre, the commandant of the Garde Civique, Dr. Eustace Smith, of London, physician extraordinary to his Majesty, the president and vice-president of the Tir, and several other gentlemen were present. Unfortunately, at about the time the inspection of the troops by their Majesties was taking place in the daytime, a fire broke out in the King's palace here, and before it could be extinguished one of the finest of his pictures, a Raphael, was destroyed ; with this exception very little damage was done. So quiet was the matter kept, lest it might occasion any discomfort to the foreign visi tors, that no one outside the palace had heard of it for some hours after it had occurred. None of the Volunteers fired at the Tir on Sun day, but yesterday they were there in great numbers. As I explained in my last letter, there are two ranges ; one is about 250 and the other 110 yards. In the former the white disc, or bull's eye, is of some 8 inches diameter ; in the latter it is only half that size. For certain prizes one is allowed to fire h volonte, or as many shots as he likes. The finest shot wade yet has been by a rifleman named Constance Colet, of Lesve, near Namur. His small rifle ball went as directly through the centre of the inner ring as if its passage had been regulated by a pair of compasses. The best English shot has been by E. Phillips, of Surrey, but capital marks have been made also by Woolley, of Chester; Self, of Bucks ; and Field, of Arundel. The long range, however, is what the Volunteers delight in, and this was opened this morning under the direction of Sir Paul Hunter, whose efforts were efficiently seconded by Mr. E. Bourlant, secretary of the Belgian Tir Commission. The long-range. ground is situated at a somewhat greater distance from town than the Tir. It is admirably chosen. The competing riflemen, standing on one hill, fire across a valley at the targets which are put up in a trench on another height, the distance being 500 yards. Besides the sighting one, there are two tar gets for the Volunteers and one for the Belgians. The system of marking is precisely the same as that carried out at Wimbledon, and the men of the Garde Civique told off to raise and lower the tar gets and work the signals at once fell into their business directly it was explained to them. When all the men entered for the long distance shall have fired at the range of 500 yards, the half having the highest scores will be selected to bring the contest to a conclusion at the range of 600 yards. The avenue leading from the high road to the shooting ground is handsomely decorated with flags of the Belgian colours, and there is a very neat little sican teen just behind the spot where the marksmen stand. stand. The Belgians are immensely interestedw to the Jong-range shooting, which is quited neester them. The greatest number of points ma e Ns y ,as _ l, day at the target reserved for the Belgtaoufsl6 1 were M. Andre being the marksman ; scores d I made by MM. Goa,verts, L. Colette, of 15 points by E. Sacre, Aanineinanisuertis).; k A. Jansen, Monami. and J. MaNsin ; and P. pointsl;y A. Paulet, C. Colet, A. Vaumeerbroo , Tb. Heeren, and L. Sotteau. Cow-liousEs.—An application was made yester day by a cowkeeper carrying on business in St. Clement Danes, at the special session of the Strand Union, for a licence to keep a cow-house hear Drury-lane, at which he intended keeping some 50 cows. lie had formerly kept as many as 90. The Bench (11r. Antrobus and Mr. Sam brooke) refused a licence. Every officer and man of the expedition will have pleasapt recollection of the cheerful zeal of Captain Commerill, V.C., and officers of her Majesty's ship Terrible. Captain Commerill frequently visited us in his boats, both in high seas and calms, and his cheery way of saying " You'll do it yet," " What can I do ?" and " I'll do it," was truly characteristic of him. We felt we could not ask what he would not do. It was sufficient for him to learn a single want that he could aid in accomplishing, and " I'll do it!" was his ready word, and it was done as a matter of course. The officers of the Terrible would do any thing for their captain, and entered heartily into the object of the voyage. I shall but do scant justice to Commanders Prowse and Batt, R.N., and Captains Eddington and Harris, Mercantile Marine, of the Medway and Al bany, if I recall the three weeks spent upon the " grappling ground," where we were often separated by fog, gale, or darkness ; yet whenever day dawned, or the fog cleared, there the squadron were to be seen converging from different points towards the Mark Buoy, a small spot looking no bigger than a man's hat on the surface of the ocean. Unless all had concentrated their minds and watched their ships and compasses night and day, no such beautiful illustration of nautical science could have been possible. The vessels of the squadron keeping always together, and commanded by men who knew the importance of keeping close enough to begin work whenever it was possible, and yet to avoid collision in fog, was of the greatest importance, and we owe much to that invaluable system of signalling by night and day invented by Captain Colomb, R.N., which enabled us even in dayk nights, when two or three miles apart, to communicate or ascer tain anything we desired. I hope Captain Richards, hydrographer, Captain Evans, of the Compass Department, and many others of her Majesty's service, will do me the justice to believe that I esteem more than I can publicly ex press their readiness to aid the late enterprise with out any reserve, and with a cheerful friendliness to myself personally that I shall never forget. I tried as a duty to say in substance all this when I had an opportunity of speaking publicly at Liver pool ; doubtless, I said it indistinctly ; but, as far more than what I can say as representing the nauti cal department of the expedition is due to these gentlemen, I hope my attempt to do this much justice to them will be sufficient apology for taking up - so much of your space ; and if I did not at the banquet, and do not now, say anything of any other department, it is because they all know we only claim credit for doing all that seamen could do to aid in effecting the one grand object we all had in view.--I remain, Sir, yours truly, JAMjS ANDERSON. Steamship Great Eastern. Naval and Military Intelli,;enee. The Vulcan iron screw troop-ship, after having been nearly two years in Portsmouth harbour since her return from Chink was removed to the steam basin yesterday with a view of her being thoroughly surveyed and inspected as to her fitness for being repaired and brought forward for further troop ser vice. The War Department steam storeship Earl De and Ripon, H. T. M oore , mas ter in command, Grey yesterday discharged about 400 tons of returned military stores at the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, in cluding the 121-ton gun which has undergone a course of experimental firing on board the gunnery ship Excellent at Portsmouth, and is now returned to the Royal gun factory to be re-vented. The cargo also comprised several thousand Armstrong shot in transit from Bermuda, Montreal, and other foreign stations, now ordered out of stock, and to be re placed by Major Palliser's chilled shot for service. The Earl De Grey and Ripon will immediately com mence loading with the new pattern shot and shell. Her Majesty's 2-gun double-screw iron-clad wooden gunboat Vixen, commissioned on the lst inst., at Woolwich, by Commander Spencer. P. Brett, was yesterday undocked and brought intots the fitting basin to receive the fin al arrangemennd and to take over her complement of seamen a Royal marines in readiness for sea. lady Miss Shaw Stewart and eight aptitetani nurses from the Royal Military }l l s e i n firmary at have taken up quarters in the Fein t they have per- Woolwich, and for some daysd patasies at the Herbert d a a t n lg t etley formed a portion of the t iday on t h e invalid soldiers, d G is e p n e e n ra si l :g lo na s ending The inmates complain, 84 : h oweve r, that necessar ily deprived of the pr i v il e ge of havi▪ ng they are unnecessarily wan t s attended to by nurses t ovided by the well-organised o f their own sex pr s to w hom they have been ac- Army hospital Corp cus t o med ;and i▪ t appears to be generally considered th a t the introduction of the lady nurses is au inno vation from whic h nobene it can possibly be derived. It was stated yesterday that the number of 'patients in the Herbert Hospital amounted to about 300, and that 19 in 20 had been understood to have expressed a dislike to the attendance of female nurses being thrust upon them contrary to their desire. The further test of one of the 64-pounder rifle guns constructing on Mr. Fraser's plan, as suggested by Col. Campbell, superintendent of the Royal gun factories at Woolwich, for testing the exterior or jacket of the gun, has been completed in the mos+ satisfactory manner according to the usual systematic proof. During the whole course of the experiments the outer jacket of wrought-iron had to sustain the brunt of the explosion, as the inner tube had been worn and split in three places by the severe test to which it had been formerly applied. Notwithstand ing, however, the inner tube and muzzle of the gun THE CITY GAOLS. Mr. Alderman and Sheriff WATERLow brought up a report of the state of the City gaols, by which it appeared there are at present in Newgate 112, in the Debtors' prison (Whitecross-street) 124, and in Holloway prison 291 prisoners. Upon the motion of Alderman WILSON, the ser mon preached by the Rev. M. Gibbs, the Lord Mayor's chaplain, on Michaelmas-day, was ordered to be printed, and a copy sent to each member. LORD MAYOR'S DAY. The usual orders having reference to the preven- tion of obstructions in the streets on Lord Mayor's day were then made, and Colonel Frazer, the com missioner of police, was authorised to make any arrangements he might think proper with regard to the employment of the police, and the closing of certain thoroughfares in the line of the procession, subject to their being approved of by the General Purposes Committee. THE CORPORATION PLATE. Ald2rman COPELAND gave notice of a motion at the next Court that a committee be appointed to examine the condition of the plate at the Mansion house, and also whether it would be advisable to make some additions to it. He said that formerly it was the custom for £lOO worth of additional plate to be purchased upon the occasion of every mayoralty, but the practice had been discontinued; and he believed that at present the plate at the Mansion-house was not in the condition it should be, and that it was not equal to what was possessed by many other corporations in the country. His object, therefore, was that the subject should be inquired into. EMLPOYMENT OF EXTRA CONSTABLES. An application was made on behalf of the South Eastein Railway Company that the Court should sanction the swearing in of certain persons to act as extra constables at their station in Cannon-street. Alderman WILSON opposed the application on the grounds, principally, that these extra constables, as they were termed, were totally irresponsible and be yond the control of the magistrates of the City, and if they misconducted themselves the public had no remedy, so far as the magistrates of the city of London was concerned. The police commis sioner of the City he knew had a strong objection to the practice that had hitherto prevailed, and he (Col. Wilson) had a strong opinion that it would be much better that policemen under the control of the com missioner and the magistrates of the city of. London should be employed to perform the duty of preserv ing order at a railway station than that those extra f h o o rm ti m m.tatthta ellyerailway station would constables should be so employed. Jic W 513 awarelon that the practice had been carried on for a v t e t r l Y ilt ho g time, but it had now gone to such an put a stop ae n ca r. R ,L o ha s e E wa rr t .e o )n o c k e , t t l o m i u t. ght ai th e e ar C .) ourt ought to interfereA icierzn and the Asl viewssame e man C o o r f E t L h A e N m n a r t c d r. (AldermanhcaodurntoeGxoatfceborni control, o ) l , said b Aldermen by m the e n t p or presence s t e h n o c s e e ex traof a The LORD MAYOR Elect he was also of opinions e o ff tvoil e ep e re t t u ob a et l lhi i ee n ve p edin re tp v hl e oa n yt ting robberies and o p u ri g v h cao t t ne t s o t apbta, bodies. police disturbance than the present system of railway com panies employing their o Ivn officers, who were re nmstoto in uniform s b pin in s u ih ec ! to no one but themselves. At all events, if a police constable misconducted himself the magis trate(j:tone supported could punish him, which under the present ansiLd:ewyr,eanneed, Alderman n n system they had no power to do. Alderman Alderm the application, and the Court was reminded that the whole matter was at present under the conside ration of a committee, and it was urged that, at all events, until that committee had made its report it would not be advisable to alter the system that had so long prevailed. An amendment was ultimately proposed by Alder man WILSON that, pending the report of the com mittee referred to being brought up, the considera tion of the application be postponed. Upon a division this amendment was declared to be carried by a majority of one, the numbers being seven in favour of it, and six against. Mr. Alderman STONE then moved another amend ment, that pending the consideration of this subject by the committee the application of the company should be granted. This amendment was negatived, and the applica tion, therefore, stands over for further consideration. The court shortly afterwards adjourned. 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