The Sun. — London, England, 1865-01-06 00:00:00

~~~~, ~~ / ~.. i' ~~~~~ ~~ REMEMBER ! WE WAIT SUP P E R not FOR YOU, after the Pantomime , at EVANS'. Fail ! ICINAHAN'S LL WHISKY v. COGNAC BRANDY. „, 11, ,iq celebrated Old IRI6II WHISKY rivals the finest -4 4NC/E BRANDY, It is Piire, Mild, Mellow; Delicious, and very Wholesome. th Sold in Bottles, 3s. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London; by Azents in the principal towns in England ; or wholesale B, GREAT WINDMILL-STREICT, LONDON, W. 4, n bserve the Red' Seal. Pink Label, and Cork branded Xnahan's LL Wbiskv." ----- • FURNITURE, CARPETS, BEDDING, and kfLooRcLoTH, CAB.ItIAGE-FREE to any house in the tullgdom, regardless of amount or distance. First, class Clergymen at second-class prices. Terms peculiarly liberal to ergymen and Gentlemen. An immense stock to select OUy displayed in Showrcoms occupying an acre of ground. ~erV article warranted. ' 14CRGYMEN and GENTLEMEN ABO UT TO FUR eot are respectfully informed that Messrs. Cobbett and are publishing an entirely New Edition of their un- Ntialled HOUSE FUR,NISIIING GUIDE, illustrated by4lo 1 ;9 11 ) - able env. , ,ravine:s of every description of Furniture and ,easteads, with prices attached. A copy sent gt ells awl Post -tree on application. This costly work also contains complete estimates for burnishing on the following revised sale: _ A Six-roomed Parsonage £74 3 0 An Eight-roomed ditto A Ten-roomed ditto ........ A, T we l v e-roomed ditto 391 11 0 - together with a Price List of purified Bedding, and a mass of valuable informationto all requiring househ3ld furniture, e :_trPels, or bedding. References kindly permitted to Clergy :Vl and gentlemen in or near Great Malvern , Sou t ha m p ton, C hichester, Bury, Ely, Preston, Grimsby, Ryde, Plymouth, "ens, Oxford, Brighton," Gainaborough, Margate. Kidder- Illinster, Wellington, Croydon. Cambridge, Staines, Dorking, A:ban's, Worcester, Ipswich, Peterborough, St. David's, wro th L and above 500 other places in all part s of Great rda. 4 . L COBBETT and CO.. General Home Farnishere.Deptford midge, London, B.E. CHRISTMAS RENEWALS.—NORTII BRI TISH and MERCANTILE INSURANCE COM- Incorporated by Royal Charter and Acts of Parliament. Accumulated and invested funds £2,233,927 Annual revenue 497,263 FIRE DEPARTMENT. ' POLICIES should be RENEWED within Fifteen Days from the 25th inst. Receipt's may be had of the various Agencies and Branches, and at the Head Office. London, 61, Threadneedle-street, E.G., Dec., 1864. THE CREDIT FONCIER and MOBILIER of ' ENGLAND -Ted).—NOTICE" of RE 110VAL.—Notice is hereby given that on and from 2, 1 Jan., 1865 the business of the Company will be carried On at their N4wk,Offices, 17 and 18, Cornhill, instead of at their late offices, -Lombard-street and Walbrook. By.order of the Court of Directors, • ALFRED LOWE, Secretary. London; Dec. 31; 1864, 17 and 18, Cornhill. T HE IMPERIAL MERCANTILE CREDIT ASSOCIATION (Limited). Temporary Offices—Crosby House, Bishopsgate-street; London, January 2, BCS. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the TRAIigFER BOOKS of this A ssociati n will be CLOS ED on and after the oth instant, until the 23d instant, both days inclusive, prcraratory to the General Meeting. By order, W. C. WINTERBOTTOII, Secretary. LAW LIFE ASSURANCE OFFICE. Fleet-street, London, January 5, 1865. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a GENERAL MEETING of the Proprietors of the Law Life Assurance Society will be held at the Society's Office, Fleet-street. London, on THURSDAY, the 2d day of February next, at Twelve o'clock at noon precisely, pursuant to the provisions of the Society's Deed of Settlement, for the purpose of re ceiving the Auditors' Annual Report of the Accounts of the Society up to the list Dem , ' ber last ; to elect two Directors in the room of th e R i ght li on. Sir Goo. Grey, Bart., G.C.8., 31. P., who, at his own request, was not proposed for re cqection in June la s t , and Edward White, Esq , deceased ; and for gene: al purprises. The Directors so to be elected will remain in office until the 21th of June, 1:68. By order of the Directors. WILLIAM SAMUEL DOWNES, Actuary. ATLANTIC AND GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. NOTICE TO BONDIIOLDERS. In nlnfbrmity with the terms on which the first Mortgage ?rtids of the Penn s yl van i a se ction of this Railroad were I sued to the public, the SECOND ANNUAL DRAWING Of 4 per cent. or the gross amount of Oese Bonds will take Place at the Office of Mr. E. F. Satterthwaite, 38, Throg- Th orten-street, in the presence of Mr. Grain, Public Notary, ° ,l THURSDAY, January the 19th, 1805, at One o'clock pre clEely. The authorised issue is as under, viz.:— Dols. 2,000 Bonds of 1,000 dollars each 2,000,101 600 „ „ 2,000 100 „ -.00,000 2,500,000 Four per cent. of each denomination will be drawn on the above day, and the Bonds so drawn that have been issued in London will be paid off at the rate of £225 for every 1,000 dollar Bond. .£ll 10s. for every 500 dollar Bond, and £22 10s. for every 100 dollar Bond, on presentation at the Company's Office, No. 2, Old Broad-street, E.C., on and after Ist April next, in addition to the Coupon due oa that day, after which all interest will cease. On payerent, the drawn Bonds w.ll be cancelled in the presence of a Public Notary. Offices, 2, Old Broad-street, London, E.C., January 4, 18r5. rms.. GRAND HOTEL, B ou l evar d des espueines, Place de No uve ll e O pera, oppos i te t h e ite ela Pam, and near the Theatres. Has been o..ened since July, 1862. It contains 701 bee 12011P, prices from 4fr , to 26fr. ; 70 drawing-rooms, horn 51r. Wet, a magnificent salon, callable ni dining Inure tuau r"olts, and where there is a tae d'hOte at six o'ci:ock. r . „,1" and breakfasts arc served k la carte in the coffee ) ais we 1 as best/Enn the apartments. 'Therereading -14;411 W.th the glish and foreign papers and pithlica v4'B, a music-room and a drawing-room for the use of Ira • without any ndditinnal'charge. - There are also baths, Imo:ard- rooms, smokier divans, post-office; cab, carriages, 4,,,ra i llibuses going to the railway staticu'. The servants , 'nod e - r a n t ; lan:ranges. This superb Hotel, possessing all tha /Rost ,n l Xtiry and comfort can combine, and situ-1W in the tlo -4 alonable art of Paris, is recommended to the atten traveller.p hih e ue P,endently of their Two Hotels, the Compagnie Immo on ti r l ! ;tam established an exteneive Priv xte Furnished House Or and r guleyard des Capucines, opposite the Rotunda of the Privat e -u r where Families can reside as in finding il le U'mo s e t e d o c al n f e c e r gi . and where they may rely upon CITY SH 0 W-ROOMS FOR GLASS AND CHINA, 11 7, HOUNDSDITCIL b ErRI ES end .SON; TABLE GLASS, Cut and Engraved. of the choicest designs. DE/11'ES and SONS' DINNER, DESSERT, and Tea Ware, of the newest patterns. DEFIES and SON; LUSTRES, TAZZAS, Laud Plower vases for the present season. D7RIES DNI„ and SON7' CHANDELIERS, " the ---‘g-roolt, in Bronze, Ormolu, and Silver. DEFRIES and SONS' CHANDELIERS' in cr y s tal, for the Drawing-room, for Gas or Candles. REFRIES and CHANDELIERS, in Crystal, in the Venetian and Grecian designs, for EFRIES and SONS' SPEC -1. AL DESIGNS in Lamps for India. T'EFRIES and S ONS ' WALL LIGHT Chandeliers, in Crystal, for India (Registered). TIEFRIES and SONS promptly execute CLU B . c Mess, and Gen t ral Furnishing Ord ers oi,ghina, Glass, EFRIES and SONS supply MERCHANTS with Pattern Books and Special Designs. 4 DEFRIES and SONS have just added Five • New Snow-Rooms to their extensive 11ranufactory. TL _ y have now on s h ow t h e largest assortment in the world of the above goods of their own manufacture. 31 ANUFACTORY AND SHOW-ROOMS, 147, Houndsditch. IFIL AI L R - CURLING FLUID, 248, High Holborn, -La:LP"' o °,,ndl e o n n ii — cn t en i.lx ia lt r o i s m s m 's ed ug y Lv i G s a F p . i F e l l l3 e s u o r i ll is. 6 ' l ; sent free for 51 stamps. Ross's Toilet Magazine, • or 20 stamps. anEy nAnz.-248 High Holborn, London, — raALEX. ROSA'S charg es for Dyeing the hair perms ion 1 .1 -. 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ROSS, 218, High Holborn, London rip EE T 11 . --Mr. ESKELL'S P ATENT.—The JI- ty p e ght to this Patent was secnred h t e o r A l a r . . "co.ot Giruavenor-street, Groavenor-sqna , 3' only re be b procured at idsl k aol' u n c i,ee (July 17, 1860), and maybe " s n een, and every infor rn.,ti,n eaa b . e l o v bi e fti e n a ci t i g jn e lrer this Patent, Arti fi cial Teeth, to last a lifetime, are made, and fitted in a few hours without pain or ex me, They support loose teeth, and protect tender fy ^ l ulls ; thei iresembfanee to nature is perfect and un detectable, and they r euarantec ' d for mastication and articulation. Treatiseaone the subject sent for seven stamps. Consultations free. OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. "Mr. Eskell, dental -surgeon, has succeeded in producing artificial teeth, and so constructigg them tlfa.t they last their purpose a lifetime. . . t The process has been patented, and promises to be most valuible."—Court Journal, August 4,1860. "A surprising novelty i n the adaptation of artificial teeth othe gum by a patenied principle, which secures the most perfect aid, combined with the greatest ease and agreeable appearance."—Morning Advertiser, A.ugust 9, 1860. Decayed teeth stopped, &o. Terms strictly moderate. 8, G rosvenor -street, Bond-street. N°. 22,634. NEW WORK BY THE AUTHOR OF JOHN HALIFAX. Now ready at all the Libraries. in 1 vol., CHRISTIAN'S MISTAKE. By the Author of "JOHN HALIFAX, GENTLEMAN," &a Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough street. Now ready, at all the Libraries , In 3 vo l s. , MR. STEWARTS'S INTENTIONS. By the Author of "Grandmother's Money," &c. "This entertaining and artistic novel is superior to all the author's previous stories."—Athermum. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Now ready, at all the Libraries , in 3 vols. , THE - QUEEN OF THE COUNTY. By the Author of " Margaret and her Bridesmaids " " The Queen of the County' is a novel of the first class It is a story of exciting interest, and a delightful study of female character."—Post. Burst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. At all Libraries, in Three Vole. post Bvo., DOROTHY FIREBRACE, the Annourer's Daughter of Birmingh im. By the Authc r " White- friary," &c: - Richard Bentley, New Burlington-Street. /7Y , i-' L . /Z,z, THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 6, 1865. CRYSTAL PALACE. -TO -!MORROW.- uxuriously WARM and DRY. Brilliint and Sun shine at the Palace yesterday.—Lighted at Dusk. RYSTAL PALACE AT NIGHT.—" If this C .lighting up. and this alone, were shown as the Christmas attraction, it would be worth a j Jur ney to Norwoo I to see it. We can only cordially recommend our readers to see it for themselves before the wee:, is out"" —Vide Newspapers. Lighted from dusk till half-past six. CRYSTAL PALAC E.-TO-MORROW. - ONLY SATURDAY JUVENILE AF rERNOON of CHRISTMAS A M.US EM EN i 8 and PROM ENA DE. Palace open at Ten. Menagerie, Fancy Fair, Picture Huh leries, &c., &c., open at same time. First Part of Holiday Revels at Half-past. Two o'clock. Second Part at H 1 - -past Four. Palace lighted u for Pro menade. Organ Perio:mance Half-past Five Admission, Helf-a-Crown. Chi dren, One Shilling •, Gnnea season Tickets free; Reserved Seats for all the Amusements, One NOTE.—From other engagements, To-morrow will be the only Saturday at which this year's successful Holiday Amusements can be given. To be more in accordance with the u-ual Saturday Afternoon arrangements they have been fixed to commence at Half-past Two o'clock. 7 COMMODORE NUTT & MINNIE WARREN. ST. JAMES'S HALL, • Piccadilly. THIS DAY and during• the HOLIDAYS.—THREE GRAND LEVEES DAILY, at Eleven and Eight o'clock. "Na ure's Smallest Edition of her choldeat work"—a Bachelor and Belle of mature age, not larger than Two InfaLta! ! ! • At Eleven o'clock they appear in the identical WEDDING COSTUME worn by them at the Marriage of GEN. TOM THUMB; and they also perform Songs, Duets, Dances, &c., giving several Comic personations, with an entire change of programme at each Levee. They will be drawn to and from St. James's Hall in their Lilliputian Carriage by four of the Smallest Ponies in the world, presented to them by General Tom Thumb; Box Office from 10 till 4 o'clock. Admission, ls. and 2s. ; reserved scats, 3s. Children half price to the 2s. and 3s. seats• SECOND ANNUAL PUBLICATION. Crown Bvo., strongly bound in cloth , los. 6 d. , -rHE STATESMAN'S YEAR-BOOK. A :t STATISTICAL, GENEALOGICAL, and lIISTORI ACCOUN r of the STA TES and SOVE REIGNS of the .CIVILIZED WORLD for the YEAR 1815. • By FREDERICK MARTIN. (Times). "The great merit of the Year-Book' is that its matter is so clearly and system ttically arranged. the statistics of any one state or nation may be easily referred to, or those of two or more may be compared with each other without difficulty. It fully merits the support it claims from ail who an -actives interest in politics or commerce." - - (Examiner). LAST WEE K.-ST. JAMES'S HALL, Hwent-street, riecadilly.—Professor ANDERSON mutt positively terminate his most brilliant season on SATURDAY NEXI', when ha will have given more than 130 representations in 18 cons( cutive weeks to crowded and fashionable audiences. More than 250,00) spectators have witnessed the " World of Magic" by the great Wizard of the North. The greatest treat in London for the holiday gifts for the children. Santa Clauses. Admission.l..; balconies, 25.; stalls, 35., which may be secured at the Hall. "After a year's use of the previous issue of this book we have begun to wonder bow men ever did without it. The issue for 1865 is full of new work, and has prefixed to it some com p a r a tive tables that wi I suggest here and there new thoughts, born of a clearer knowledge, to the best informed politicians." Macmillan and Co., London and Cambridge. MR. and Mrs. GERMAN REED, with Mr. JOHN PARRY, in THE RIVAL comrosEtts, in which the Sisters Pry will appear, with THE BARD and HIS BIRTHDAY; and to cone ude with MRS. ROSELE ,tIF AT THE SE A-S OE. By Mr. John Parry. Every Evening (except Saturday) at Eight ; Saturday Afternoon, at Three. - -ROYAL GALLERY OF ILLUSTRA LION, 11, Regefit street. Unreserved seats, is., 28. ; stalls, 38. ; stall spring chairs, 58. OPERA DI CAMERA, the SOLDIER'S LEGACY, by inciarren, and TOO MANY COOKS, by Offenbach. Every TUE,,DAY and T RURSDAY, at Three. NEW FRENCH SILKS, in COLOURS and BLACK, at 2s. 64d. tbe yard, made of bright Italian silk, wi►h the guarantee for durability of eminent firms in Paris and. Lyons. The Silk ' Department includes all the ri.hest and most costly productions. • Patterns sent free. . HARVEY and CO., Lambeth House, Westminster, S. Demy Bvo., extra cloth, Os. ed., IFE : Ita NATURE,. VARIETIES, and _ILA PHENOMENA. IV LEO H. GRINDON. Third Edition. FRENCH MERINOES at 2s. per yard, double width, including all the new and brilliant colours at the same price. adies would do well to send immediately for patterns, addressed to Messrs. HARVEY and CO., Lambeth House, Wes' minster, S. _ _ . This firm during last autumn executed orders for their Merinoes from more than Twenty Thousand families, and in every instance gave entire satisfaction. DINNEFORD'S FLUID MAGNESIA.- The Medical Profession for thirty years have approved of this pure solution of alllgnesia as the best remedy for Gout and stomachic disorders of every kind; and as a mild aperient it is especially adapted for Ladies and Children. Prepared solely by DINNIMORD and CO., Chemists, Ito, 172, New Sond-street,London ; and sold throughout the world by all respectable Chemists. Caut on. - See that " Dinneford and Co." is on each battle and red label over the cork. Naval and Military Intelligence. •• Mr. Grindon's book has reached, but will not stop at, the third editon. It is the work of a a holar, a Christian, and a man of real seence."--Morning Herald. •• To those who delight in the exercise of their intellectual pourers, these very thoughtful and b autifully-written reflec tions will be a welcome boon, and the source long afterwards, we mey rest assured, of many fruitful meditations and plea sant memories." —Sun. " The reader will find in it much thoutht and much read= ing. There is plenty to think up- n, plenty to study, plenty Jo entertain."—lllustrated London News." London ; F. Pitman, 20, Paternoster-row, E.C. Her Majesty's screw corvette Cadmus, 21, 400 horse-power, Capt. Alexander C. Gordon, intended 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 "Klig, of Bceotia ;" The Hymn to Bacchus ;" and the spirited "Hilliho " Chorus, bir Eurydice, Diana, Cupid, and t horns ; the side-splitting " Couplets," by Minerva, Diana, Venus, Cupid, Pluto, and Chorus ; acd fiaal Minuet and Galop. Principal characters by Misses Russell, Fitz henry, Barrie, Tyrrell, and Walmsley; Messrs. Greene and Lascellcs. Also, the new Cantata; KING CHRISTMAS, written by Litchfield Itosely, 14:Eq., and composed by Herr Meyer Lutz, expressly for this estaulishment. Musical Director, Mr. F. Jonghmans. THE DESCENT OF MERCURY, by Mr. Jas. Talliitt. LE' MONSTRE CIIARME, by M. SILVESTRE. Comedy, by Mr. WILLIAM RANDALL, Mr. GASTON MURRAY ; LITTLE 808, and all the procurable Talent of the day. 'or service with the North American squadron, in VANTERBURY HALL. ‘../ The Oxford and Canterbury Hall Company (limited). HODGE PODGE, he most extraordinary Christmas Entertainment in Lon don ng the whole strength of the establishment), should be seen to be appreciated. The usual Operatic Sele:tions by Misses Russell, Barrie, Hays, Godden, &c. ; Messrs. Latcelles, Harland, Beaumont, Kimberley, &a _ • • - attempting to leave Chatham harbour early on Wednesday morning on a falling tide, unfortunately grounded on a bank of sand and mud, which, by the fresh of the tide at the spot, had accumulated --- Lear the entrance to No. 2 dock. Two of the steam tenders were immediately brought out with the hope of floating her off, but all attempts to effect this were fruitless, and as the tide ebbed she settled down heavily, and, it was feared, seriously strained herself. Fortunately, the spot where she took the Musical Director, Mr. P. Jonglunans. Extra Comedy by Mr. and Mrs. Randal', Mr. Hilton, Stacey, Woodman, Little Bob, dm. Evory even7ng at. 7 o'clobk. " " 11OPAL CAMBRIDGE, MUSIC HALL, Commercial-streer, Shoreditch. (Close to the Great Eastern Terminus'. Sole Proprietor, Mr. (iic W. NUGENT., SPECIAL ATTRACTIONS UP TO CHRISTMAS. Operatic Selections, &c. Prima Donna, Miss ELLI:ON. The Comic strength of the Comp - ivy inclUdes ANNIE ADAMS, NELLY POWER, J. G. FORDE, WEST, GEO. LEY BOURNE, Mr. HERBERT, J. F. ALEXANDER and Family; LES FRERES CAVALLINI, the great Italian clowns and Gymnasts, from the Cirque Napoleon, Paris, their first uppm.ran.e in England. Permanent prices—Area, 4d. ; balcony, 6d. ; stalls, Is. Manager and Conductor, Mr. C. GitE VILLE. CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. IU - ADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION. established 29 years at the Bazaar,:Baker-street. NEW D DITION.—A Full-length PORT RA IT MODEL of MULLER, taken from life, and corrected from the Casi taken by Doctor Donovan, is now added to the Chamber of Physiognomy. ground was chiefly mud, so that little apprehension was entertained that serious harm would result from the accident. At flood tide on Wednesday after noon the vessel was got off, and, in order_ to ascer tain whether she had sustained any damage, was floated late in the day into one of the vacant docks, a number of the officials and workmen remaining in Open, on Boxing Day only, from 10 a.m. till 10 p.m,; other days from 11 a.m. till 5 p m., and from 7 .111 10. Admittance, One Shilling; extra rooms, Sixpence. ARGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street, Piccadilly. LEVY will appear at nine, ten, and eleven o'clock during the week and play new music nightly. • • "z.• - 1:11, \\ 46 . • .1 1". - • . ••4: . ,) - r -'@ - .4•••• ) 1 1 . 01 . 4" .. '4 , 7 • - Fr -c - ( '‘. . 41 40 • - • .3 13 ,v7o , /.., 4 11: ••• •", • 4- 7)., E Aim A _ the yard all Wednesday night employed in the operation of placing her on the blocks and shoring her up. On the wafer being pumped out of the dock an examination of every part of the vessel was made by her master-shipwright's staff, but no injury could be discovered, the only defect apparent being the tearing off of a portion of her copper sheathing and the breaking of her martingale, which probably occurred during the opeßation of undoeking. At an early [hour yesterday morning the Cadmus was again undocked, , and shortly before daylight left the harbour for the Nore, where she will have her com passes adjusted, and be inspected by the naval Com mander-in-Chief, at the same time making another trial of her engines at the measured mile, in order to satisfy the officials of the steam reserve that her machinery is in all respects satisfactory before she passes out of their hands. At the time of the dock ing of the Cadmus Mr. Hatch, the foreman of riggers, on whom devolved the responsible duty of placing the vessel -in her position in the dock, was found to be in such a helpless state of intoxication that Capt. Stewart, C. 8., directed his ejection from the yard, pending the decision of the Admiralty. A testimonial, in the shape of a handsomely wrought silver goblet, has been presented to First class Master-Gunner Alexander Miller, Royal Artillery, as a token of respect on the occasion of his retirement from the army, after a period of 31 years' service in the Royal Regiment of Ar tillery, the testimonial being presented by his com rades belonging to the first division of the Depot and Coast Brigade, in the Chatham district. Mr. Miller has very efficiently discharged the important post of master-gunner at Sheerness for upwards of 11 years. The screw gunvessel Torch, 5, 80-horse power (nominal), having undergone repair at Chatham dockyard and been fitted for the first-class steam reserve, was yesterday taken to the measured mile at the Maplin Sands for the purpose of testing her engines. She is fitted with a pair of 80-horse power direct-acting trunk engines by Messrs. Napier and Son, with most of the recent improvements. The trial yesterday was under the superintendence of Capt. W. K. Hall, C. 8., commanding the steam reserve, the other officials on board being M r . Baker, chief inspector of machinery at Chatham Dockyard ; Mr. Rumble, chief inspector of ma chionery afloat ; and Mr. Hutchens, assist. -master shipwright at Chatham. The vessel drew 9ft. 10in. forward and lift. 1 lin. aft. The Torch is fitted with a Smith's propellor of Oft. 10in. in diameter, with the leading corners cut off, and set at a pitch of 12ft. 4in. The wind duringthe trial was westerly, with a form of 3. • Six runs were made at the mea sured mile with the following result :—First run— time, 6 min, 6 sec. ; speed in knots. 9.830 ; second run—time, 7 min. 46 sec. ; speed,y7.72s knots ; third run—time, 6 min. 22 sec. ; speed, 9.421 knots ; fourth run—time, 7 min. 23 sec. ; speed, 8•12€ knots ; fifth:run—timo, 6 min. 32 sec. ; speed, 9183 knots; last run—time, 6 min. 42 sec. ; speed, 8.955 knots—giving the true mean speed of the ship 8.731 knots per hour. The mean pressure of steam during the trial was 201 b., and the load on the safety valve 241 b. The mean number of the 'revolutions of the engines was 98 per minute. At half-boiler power the mean speed at tained was 6.857 knots per hour. After the comple tion of the runs the vessel was tried in making circles, when at full speed the_ complete circle was made in 4m. 11s., and at half speed in 4m. 31s. At the close of the trials the vessel steamed back to Chatham harbour, and was handed over to the officials of the steam reserve. Earl de Grey and Ripon, her Majesty's Secretary of State for War, arrived at Portsmouth yesterday morning in her Majesty's steam-tug Sprightly, Commander G. Allen, from Osborne. The Earl landed at the dockyard, and entering the carriage of Col. Shadwell, Deputy-Quartermaster-General, which was in waiting, was driven to the Landport Railway Station, whence he proceeded by the 11 a.m. South-Western train to London. The llighflyer, 20, screw corvette, Capt. Pasley, made her trial yeaterday at the measured mile in Stokes-bay, near Portsmouth, under the officials of the dockyard steam factory and reserve. She realized a mean speed of 9.48 knots with full-boiler power and of 6.95 knots with half-boiler power. At the conlusion of the trials the Highflyer again an chored at Spithead, where she awaits her final orders from the Admiralty. The following appointments were made yester day at the Admiralty :—Edward B. D'Arcy, mas ter, to the Fisgard, for the Mutine ; Edward A. Richmond, naval cadet, to the Achilles ; S. J. Meiclejohn, surgeon, to the Columbine ; and Fre. derick A. Smith, clerk, to the Frederick William. PRICE 4d. STAMPED sd. letter was read from the vice-president of the Ana tolian Cotton Commission,, Smyrna, stating that the commutation of tithe on cotton is working fairly in those parts, and that GoVernMent has redeemed its pledge. The crop is turning out better than was expected, except in the northern districts. A report on the cultivation of cotton in GreeCe, forwarded by the Foreign Office, was received from her Majesty's Minister at Athens,- which states that the cotton crop this year is expected to yield about 10,500,0001 b. The price of labour has increased, but there is every probability that cotton cultivation on a considerable scale will eventually be established on a solid and durable footing in Greece. Circular reports were received from the Foreign Office on the cultivation of cotton in Panama, Maracaiba.,' Madagascar, Re union, Galatz, Brussa, Smyrna, Jaffa, Trebizond, and Manilla. The area planted with cotton in the state of Panama has increased 'froth 137 acres in 1863 to 550 acres in 1864; and the produce which, in the former year, was 45,0001 b., is expected to be in the latter 500,0001b.,' and still further progress is anticipated this - year. In the state of Zulia (province of Maracaibo), Venezuela, 2,400 acres have been planted with cotton this year, and the produce, which was 7,0001 b. in 1863, is estimated to be this year about 134001 b. The probabilities of an increased production cannot, in the least, be doubted ; and if pecuniary assistance could be ob tained, immense tracts of land would be brought under immediate tultivalon. The cottortvoivn in this state from exotic seed obtained a high price in the Liverpool market. In Madagascar, the quan tity of cotton at present grown is very small, of short staple, somewhat resembling that of the West Indies, but the, production might be greatly increased by the introduction of foreign seed, and by care being bestowed on its cultivation. The present de fective system of local administration is a serious hindrance, the produce being at the -mercy of the village chiefs. About 2,000 acres are believed to have been planted with cotton. Reunion has at. times produced samples of cotton of finer quality perhaps than any place in the world, and of a class highly appreciated in France ; but though a con siderable extent of land was planted in 1863, the yield was so bad and so small as to make it un worthy of notice, and little or no progress has since been made. Her Majesty's consul at Galatz reports that in his district but little seed has been sown, and owing to the weather being unusually wet the plants were either neglected or abandoned altogether. The recent emancipatiOn of the peasants has made the landlords entirely dependent on paid labour, and but little disposed to turn their attention to cotton, and for some years but little will be done in this direc tion. Her Majesty's consul at Brussa states that much of , the, cotton planted did not come forward from cold and rainy weather in May, but what was resown gave good promise, and was partly in course of being gathered when, in October, an unparalleled inundation occurred. Though hopes were enter tained of copious crops - from New Orleans and Egyptian seed, a return of cold weather makes it doubtful whether there will be any gathering, and accounts from other parts of the .district of liodo vendakian are of a similar import. Iu the consular report, dated Smyrna, Nov. 30, it is stated that the quantity realised is as yet unknown, although it must be far below the anticipated amount, owing to the late continual rains. 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It clothes, maintains, and educates them for domestic service and provides a home free of expense for former inmates while out of situations, thus shielding them from the temp`ations they might otherwise be exposed to. Tee Committee earnestly APPEAL for CONTRIBU TIONS to meet the increasi g applications through the recent storms and loss f life at sea, and to enable them even wally to obtain premises more commensurate w th the necessities of this great m aritime country, which loses 2,000 sailors annually by casualties alone, without including those who may perish by war. Subscriptions thankfully received by and, Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co., Lombard-street, by the Secre tnry, at tile Offices, No. i 7, Cornhill lr . R. biEETING, Hon. Sec. CHARLES NASH, Sec. THE RESCUE SOCIETY wishes to add another home to the 12 now in operation. 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The new home the Committee wish to form would be for young girls , almost children, from the age of 8 to 15, who have been led astray from the path of virtue. Contributions will be received gratefully by the Secretary, Mr. Daniel Cooper, 85, Queen •street, Chearside; or by Messrs. Barclay and Co.. Lombard-street. Royal National Life-Boat Institution, A meeting of this institution was held yesterday at its house, John-street, Adelphi ; Mr. T. Chapman, F.R.S., Vice-President, in the chair. There were also present, Captain Sir Edward Perrott, Bart., Admiral M'llardy, Col. Fitzroy Clayton, Mr. W. H. Barton, Capt. Egerton, Mr. John Griffiths, Capt. Ward, inspector of life-boats to the institu- ion, and Mr. Richard Lewis, the secretary. The minutes of the previous meeting having beer read, a reward of 251. was voted to the crew of the Yarmouth large life-boat of the institution for going off on the night of the 7th December, and saving the crew of 12 men from the Austrian brig Lornizza, of Lucille, which struck, and afterwards became a total wreck on. the Scroby Sands, during a strong wind from the S.S.W. ; also, 14/. to the crew of the Parsee lifeboat, stationed at Palling, on the Norfolk coast, for going off in reply to signals of distress, and saving the crew of six .men from the French schooner Idas of Nantes, which was stranded during a gale of wind opposite Palling Gap, about midnight on the 22d ult. ; .also, 71. to the crew of the Penmon lifeboat for putting off and bringing ashore the crews of the smacks Pearl and Speedwell, of Carnarvon, which were in distress near the Dutchman's Bank, Anglesey, during a heavy gale of wind on the 11th ult. The vessels fortunately held together during the night, and the next morning the crews were again put on board. 8/. 10s. to the crew of the Sister's Memorial lifeboat of the institu- tion, at Llandudno, for rescuing the flat Morning Star and her crew of three men, near the Little Orme's Head, during a strong wind on the 7th ult. 451. 18s. to pay the expenses of the lifeboats of the institution at Caister, Pakefield, Filey Teignmouth, andKirkcudbright,for different services on occasions of wrecks. It was reported that the Pakefield lifeboat had gone off during a strong gale of wind, and had assisted, in conjunction with a steam-tug, to save the barque Jenny Lundin, of Quebec, and her crew of nine men from destruction. It was stated - that the Cape of Good Hope lifeboat, stationed at Port Elizabeth, had been instrumental in saving a ship wrecked crew during a heavy gale of wind in October last. The silver medal of the institution and a copy of its vote on parchment were presented to Mr. Andrew Lusk, farmer, near Kirkcudbright, and 5/. to his five servants, in admiration of their conduct in wading into the surf and at to rescue the schooner Havelock's crew, of Preston, who, however, unhappily perished. One of the sal with a rope in his hand, vors, named M'Quin, plunged into the sea and reached a rock, caught a line thrown from the wreck, and was in the act of making it fast when a wave came upon him and swept him away. He has left a widow and several children. The institution voted 101. in aid of the local subscription now making for their relief. A reward of 101. was also voted to the crews of the smack Breeze and of a dredge boat, both of Tenby, for their gallant services in going off during a heavy gale of wind and saving the crews, consisting of 12 men, from the brig Union of Milford, the schooner Sydney Trader of Cork, which were wrecked in Caldy Roads, off Tenby, on 18th Nov. A reward of 61. was voted to the crew of a fishing coble for putting off and rescuing the crew of four men from the schooner L'aphemia of Aber- Cotton Supply Association. At the meeting of the executive committee, held on Tuesday, a letter was read from Tortola, West Indies, containing grateful acknowledgments for the aid rendered by the association to the cultivation of cotton in that island, and stating that the writer, who has already shipped 3,5001b5. of cotton, expects this year to be able to ship 15,0001b5. A letter from the Kingston Cotton Company, which was esta blished in May, 1863, for the purpose of testing the cultivation of cotton in Jamaica, and to provide em ployment for the boys and girls attached to the reformatories at Kingston, states that there have been seasonable rains, which have made the Sea Island cotton look very promising, and handsome returns are anticipated, if not again blighted. In some parts of the island the long drought has been very injurious to most kinds of Jamaica products. the report states that Cuban or vine-seed cotton has begun to give a second crop, and that five bales are ready for shipment. The second crop from this seed, however, does not seem so good as the first ; the bells are smaller, and the cotton of an inferior kind. It has, therefore, been resolved to clear away the first year plant from some of the fields, and to sow fresh seed, with a view to deter mine whether the vine cotton will . ratoon, or whe ther it will be more profitable to plant fresh seed for each succeeding crop. A letter forwarded by the Bombay Government was received from the com misioner in Scinde, detailing the results of an expe riment made with Peruvian cotton in the different collectorates of that province. It is stated that the experiment was made in so unsystematic a manner that it is impossible to arrive at any decision as re gards its failure or success. In one case, in Kurra chee, the produce, though small, was pronounced by the Chamber of Commerce to be superior to Can dahar cotton, which is the best that comes into that market. Experiments were also made at Hydrabad, Halla, Mahomed, Khan's Tanda, and Shikarpoor. The results, though as yet , unsatisfactory, indicate the adaptability of the Scinde climate and soil to the Peruvian cotton ; but a more decisive opinion Will be formed from the crops of the present year• THE WAR IN AMERICA. (Front to Index) We may congratulate our readers, after the loud jubila tions of the French organs during the past week, on the important fact that Savannah is not taken, and that Hood's army is not destroyed. No dOubt the escape of Sherman to the coast is a misfortune, but is one which must have been nicely calculated on and prepared for by the Richmond authorities as soonag,the Bogerttl aaay. started_southward from Atlanta; nor is it to be concealed that the defeat and retirement of Hood from. Tennessee have caused a feeling of deep disappointment amongst the friends of the South. But it must be borne in mind that the Confederate army in Tennessee was not so much defending territory invaded by Northern hosts as endeavouring to recover a State which has for more than two years been in Federal pos session; and that Sherman has simply exchanged a base of operations in the heart of the cotton States, which, if he could have held it, threatened at least the whole of Geor gia with the fate of Tennessee, for another on the seacoast, which he might have taken up whenever it suited Grant to despatch 25,000 troops; by sea to Georgia, and whence, for months to come, he will have very little chance of in flicting any serious blow on the Confederacy. True, he has devastated a vast tract of country, destroyed some 200 miles of railway, captured many negroes, and inflicted in calculable misery on many peaceful communities, but he has failed to take Macon, Augusta, or Savannah. His army has passed through Georgia like an arrow through the air; the country which he purchased at the cost of a year's pre paration, a six months' campaign, and 50,000 men, has escaped from his grasp; and he has to commence, de novo, the conquest of Georgia by the siege of a strongly fortified town, held by a powerful garrison under the command of one of the ablest Confederate generals. If to the moral effect produced by his comparatively unimpeded march through one of the richest Southern States be opposed the fact that he has called into being another Southern army, that the whole of Georgia is in arms, the balance of gain will per haps be found to be not altogether on the side of the North. We know not that the triumph which sent New York into ecstacies three weeks ago was limited to the capture of Fort M'Allister, a feat which Sherman describes as proudly as if he had taken a town. But Fort M'Allister was gar risoned at the outside by 200 men, and the storming of a position, however strong, held by such a force, is not a wonderful exploit for an army of 50,000 men. The import ance of the capture lies in the fact that it placed Sherman at once in communication with the Federal fleet, and secured to him the supplies and material necessary for the conduct of the siege operations against Savannah; otherwise its possession by the Federals will not advance them one inch towards the reduction of Savannah. The question re- mains,What are the defensive capabilities of this threatened city ? They are reported to consist of triple lines of forti fication on the land side, and these are not mere earth works. On the east and south the country round Savan nah is a network . of streams running through marshes almost impenetrable to an army. On the north there is no possibility of a lodgment being made; for the Confederate. gunboats on the Savannah'River, and available reinforce ments from Charleston, can prevent the passage of the river. What the direct eastern approaches offer in the way of ob stacle we are unable to say ; but we may rely upon it they have not been neglected, and wo have very good'proof that t .3 - were effective in Sherman's march to the mouth of the Ogeechee River. An army of A4o° men would not have. been turned by Weak defences._ As to the sea approaches, their strength has been dernonstrited by the unwillingness of Federal naval commanders to encounter them, and we believe they are quite as impassable as the fortifications at Mobile and Wilmington. Of course Sherman's military force may take them in the rear, but that will be a work of time. Such swamps as protect Port Jackson and the river batteries eastward of Savannah can be held with a very small force. It has been said that Savannah is invested. This is a mere assumption. Sherman cut the Charleston and Savannah Railroad south of the Savannah, but there is still communication with both Augusta and Charleston, and through them with the whole Confederitcy. Sherman could not get at the north bank of the river, and Foster and Dahlgren had failed in their repeated attempts to cut the Charleston Railroad. What is there, then, to prevent the constant despatch of supplies ana reinforcements by both these roads until 'both banks of the Savannah are occupied by the Federals, and a real invelitment takes place ? The strength of the garrison can only be guessed at. Sherman estimates it at 15,000 men, and such a force ought to be able to hold it against a coup' de main. But it can be readily reinforced, if the necessity arises, even in the not improbable event that Butler's 25,000 men and Porter's fleet should finally find their way to Savannah. For Wilmington will be relieved of all fear of attack ; Charleston will have only her ordinary assailants to deal with, and surely if Lee's army was strong enough to cope with Grant's forces when Butler's 25,000 men who were in the Federal lines before Petersburg, he can spare 10,000 or 15,000 men for the defence of Savannah. We do not pretend to say that the town will not be taken ultimately. But we have very liltle doubt, now that Sherman has declined to risk an assaUlt, that the siege will be a very tedious one, and that the Federal general's winter campaign will be far costlier and longer than he intended. In commenting upon the state of affairs in Tennessee we must premise that at present no accounts have reached us from Southern sources of the real character of the battles which have taken place, or of the losses or condition of Hood's army. But we know enough even from Federal reports to assert with confidence that there has been the most disgraceful "lying" in the Northern bulletins. We will cite two instances, and leave our readers to draw their own inferences from them. At the battle of Franklin the Federal losses were officially fixed at 500 men ; they turned out to be at least 3,500 killed and wounded, and 1,000 prisoners. In General Thomas's report of the battle near Nashville, published with that general's signature, and endorsed by Mr. Stanton, the casualties of the Federal army are fixed at 300, and the special interposition of the Almighty is suggested as the cause of this unprecedented contrast between the results attained and the lives expended. But a later despatch ad mits a most :desperate battle, and the loss of 3,000 men, whilst private accounts estimate the wounded alone at 6,000. This would bring the total casualties to something very like 8,000 men. On the other hand, it is admitted by the North that the Confederates, in killed and wounded, suffered less than heir opponents. We do not cite these facts as negativing Hood's defeat, but we are at least entitled to refuse our credence to the Federal accounts until we learn something from the other side. It would appear, indeed, that the great battle took place on the 15th ult., and that the subsequent engagements were merely the encounters of Thomas's pursuing columns with the troops left to cover Hood's retreat. We are told that Hood withdrew his forces from the immediate front of Nashville on the 13th, two days before the attack, and took up a strong defensive position. It was in the effort to drive ethe following day, him thence that the Federa l s suffered so severely, but they u ti n re d , o a u nd bte d i l t y s succeeded. rearguar Hood'sattackd on army was compelled to re seems to have lost heavily in prisoners and guns. As to the condition of Hood's army, nothing can be known. Since the commencement of the war there has never been a Federal victory in which the Confederates were not de scribed as routed, demoralised, throwing away their arms, and abandoning their leaders ; and, of course, at the pre ' sent moment, the North is assured that Hood's army is de stroyed, and that there is nothing but the force behind the defences of Richmond to fight with. This will deceive no one who has watched the war. We have been told the same thing half a dozen times of the south-western army, and more than once of the army of Virginia. What is tolerably certain is, that Hood had reached Pulaski ; that he had been joined by Forrest with his force from Murfreesboro'; that he was some distance ahead of Thomas ; that he had his pontoons ready for crossing the Tennessee, if it should be necessary, and that there was every prospect of Thomas being compelled to discontinue the pursuit. In the mean time, it is reported from Confederate sources that Chatta nooga and Bridgeport have been abandoned by the Fede rals, and that Burbridge has been beaten and driven out of Western Virginia by Breckenridge. These events would materially affect the situation in Tennessee, and if reports prove true, then undoubtedly the advantage will be on the side of the Confederacy, which will have wrested from the Federals, in a two months' campaign, the results of two years' hard fighting, and throw them back, so far as Ten nessee and Alabama and Northern Georgia are concerned, to the position they held in the winter of 1862. //, 5 r- S.P.APEI'I "Th r~i_r - \ v"?, deer, Which rag wrecked ditri Fife Ness. Various other reward. 'l ; irie.,...4i - 3.0*"8 , /,' 2 . to the crews of fi s hi ng b oa t s anAtit 1 - 01i4•41_!4';' ,)- saving or attempting to safe, life trgm diferei wrecks on the coast of the United Kingdom. 1t wa reported that two lifeboats, built under the supe rintendence of the institution, had been sent to the lifeboat societies of South Holland and Marseilles. The governor of New Zealand, in a letter to the in-: stitution of the 7th Oct., stated that the valuable in:: structions of the institution for the restoration of the apparently drowned would he extensively circulated throughout the colony. Legt, cies of 400/. from the late Hon. Mrs. Fitzroy, 1001. from Mr J. Marchant of Guildford, and 19/ 19s. from Mr. C. Icinm of the National Debt-office, had recently been left to the .institution. Dr. Watson, .of Derby, had sent to the institution the cost of a lifeboat promised by his late sister—Miss Watson, of that town—who had died intestate and somewhat suddenly. 15uring the past month the institution had sent new lifeboats to Piel, Lancashire, and to New Quay., Cardiganshire. The cost of the former had been collected by the com mercial travellers, and that of the latter by the Ancient. Order of Foresters. Messrs: Forrestt, of Limehouse, had lifeboats building for the insti tution, the cost of which was between 2,000/. and 3,000/. .The cost of a lifeboat station was altogether 600/., and 50/.. a year were .required to maintain it in a state of effi ciency. New lifeboats were ordered to be stationed at Sunderland, and - at Maryport, Cumber land. Reports were read from the inspector and the assistant-inspector of lifeboats to the institution on their recent visit to the lifeboats of the society on the coast of North Wales, Cornwall, and Devon. Everywhere th ey found the loats in excellent order, and their crews perfectly satisfied with them. Pay ments amounting to nearly 1,400/. were ordered to be made on various lifeboat establishments. Votes of thanks were given by the committee to the chair man and °thews- of the instftrititgiMid the proceed ing terminated. 1~, _ Dr, Livingstone in Notts, MANsnELD, Wednesday. - For some time past Dr. Livingstone and Dr. Kirk have been staying at Newstcad Abbey, the Seat of the late Lord Byron, and now of Mr. Webb. A crowded meeting was held in the Mansfield Townhall last night, under the aus pices of the Mechanics' Institute, at which Dr. Livingstone and Dr. Kirk, naturalist, of the Zambesi expedition, were present. Dr. TATINGSTONE, on rising, was received with great cheering. He said if they looked on the map of Africa they would observe that it contained 'an almost unbroken and simple coast - line, and that no branches or arms of the sea ran into it, and this probably was the . reason why Africa had remained so long unexplored. The sea was the great highway of nations, and Africa, having no sea running into it, remained comparatively unknown until within the last 20 years. Dr. Livingstone then adverted to his own expeditions and ;exploration of the interior. In the first they travelled through a well-watered country, and were crossing streams almost every day. They also passed through dense forests of gigantic timber, and among people who had never seen a white man before. They had heard of them, and had- even seen some of those prints which were hey* supposed were the work o n f ia f c a le iri a e t M s,o a r n s c o l ln eS e te b r, ein - U g i s ti en l o t t t htuuan in their character tAll tra - they heard of us was that we were white, and came out of the sea. His men were rather fond of showing hint as a real white man who had come out of the sea, and then .pointed to his hair as offering a proof that it had been straightened down by the action of water. From there they came back to the Makololo country, taking with them a good supply of beads and calico, but. when they got to their destination they had lost all, and only possessed a few new ideas. Then they tried the east coast, with the •view of finding a path into the sea down the Zambesi river. In the interior the river was as wide as the Thames at Rieh mond, and a number of branches ran into it before it reached the east coast. The people through whom they trivellCd, who had not been engaged in the slave trade, were civil . kind, and;not at all the savages which they imagined them to be. These people were generallyagriculturists. There were very few who devoted themselves entirely to hunting. Amongst them they, found blacksmiths and smelters of iron from the ore, who . also forged hoes, Drives, handles, and shears. He. took a sheep-bell, down to the Cape with him, and the people there would not believe that it wets made by black Men, it was welded so well ;' but he had' seen them Make it. They were also good coppersmiths; and made copper from malachite. They cultivated cotton, not in a very large way, but as our forefathers cultivated wheat — in little patches, when each family, had its little patch.. So they had their little patele , s ,if e• ; on, and the Ineli spun and weaved it. In almost. every village persons could. be seen sitting weaving and spinning cotton. They also cul tivated a great many kinds of oa•a-io,•,a wi the soil in many parts was exceedingly rich. ts• p,ople als., were exceed ingly. fond of trade. ;old they 1,-,:velle•t g reat distances in order to exchange the productions ilvy raised for some thing else. Th•ro was an alonslan.• • i.f tobaeco, and they were fond of enjoying, 'the fumes of that favourite weed. Now, finding people so far civilised, anxious to trade, and skilful in the art. of cultivation, it appeared to him (Dr. Livingstone) that tls•ir disposition to trade and work might be turned to advantage both to themselves and to this coun try. They saw that, on the west coast the efforts of the Government cruisers had been very sneeessful indeed in suppreSsing the slave trade, and giving eneouragement to missionaries and traders, and in that. respect Lord Pal merston's policy had been attended with considerable suc cess. But they found that the ports on the east, side had been shut up by the Portuguese Government. The Zam besi liver seemed to be a fairway into the interior, and the portuguese were quite willing and professed them selves anxious that he should do what he could to bring the different tribeS to a . state of Civilisation, and a better aequaintance • with their fellow-mon. That was the object -of Alto/Zambesi expedition, and with that idea they went .by the Shirwa River, and 300 miles up they came to a lake with the same name, with brakish water, but with plenty of fish and hippopotami ; 300 miles farther they came to the lake Nyassa, and they sailed up that lake 280 miles. It was a. lake of fresh water from 20 to 60 yards broad, and surrounded by mountains. When they ascended these mountains they found that they only formed the edgo of avast. table land, 3,000 feet above the level of • the sea. The continent of Africa was of such vast size that it was difficult to give any accurate idea of it. to strangers. On some of the hills ice and frost were seen ; in one place grain was planted so plentifully that it could be obtained at the cheapest rate ; while in another part food could not be obtained for love or money. In any place where the rainfall amounted on the'average to 35 inches per annum, they could cultivate without irrigation ; but the crops, if allowed to re main, run rapidly into seed. Cotton would go on for three years without replanting. The crops were of good quality, and never injured by frost. Indigo plants reached the height of a man, and sugar in some places was as prolific without . guano as it was in the Mauritius with it. After alluding to the tempting but delusive offer of laud at a low rate, which the Portuguese Government made, but which land really be longed to a Zulu tribe, who regularly exacted tribute from the Portuguese. Dr. Livingstone went on to notice t helabour supply question, and said whenever you come to a slave colony you find labour dear. It was so in the neighbourhood of the Zambesi and the Shirwa, because all the labour that could be obtained was exported into slavery, and so—like the goose and the golden eggs—there was nobody left to do the necessary labour at home. A gentleman had been lately endeavouring to prove in the papers that slavery was the right sort of thing for us, and indeed for all the world. Now let them -take the article of coal. In this country there was considerable difficulty in working it ; they had to go to immense depths and make a great: outlay in machinery. But in Africa, and by the Zambesi, they found a very extensive coalfield which was believe to behundreds of miles in extent, and to extend into the in terior. The late Dom Pedro the Fifth employed a small steamer and a lot of slaves to get some of that coal, au c t the officer in charge g ave them some accurate informati on as to the expense, th us incurred, and they found it very much dearer to have th e work done by slaves than b y . Englis n English free labour.a undersell Wecould uldccoals to the mouth o f the Zambesi, Portuguese, who had only U./ bring the coals down the river. The effect of slave labour upon the slave was also worthy of remark, for they, poor fellows, did the best they could, and that was never to de , a nything if they could help it. (Laughter.) It was very natural, and he should do the same himself. But when they hired them by the mouth, they were the most oblig ing and civil servants possible. Slavery was altogether a great mistake. Dr. Livingstone concluded by describing some of the other productions and characteristics of Africa, and protested against that narrowness Of mind which, while continually crying out, " Charity begins at home,' neither exercised the virtue there nor anywhere else,. and by urging the claims of Africa upon this country. Dr. KIRK afterwards addressed the meeting. 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