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may u ntry selves evince whole e ars' could ~~ --,_ US UR OP MAU A PRRPERENnE MUMS OV ~teff BEARING 8 PER CENT. INTEREST, AND REDEEMABLE AT .zl5 - PER SHARE. CREDIT FONCIER OF ENGLAND (LIMITED), ARE PREPARED TO RECEIVE APPLICATIONS FOR THE ABOVE SHARES IN THE BELGIAN PUBLIC WORKS COM PAY . t9iit a l £35 0,000, in 35, N 000 (L Shares, ) £lO each. Divided into 25,000 A Preference Shares, £lO each (b e i ng th e Shares now offered for subscription), and 10,000 B De ferred Shares, of £lO each. Frederic D ou lt on , E sq . ~ M.P DIRECTORS Metropolitan Board of Works. Albert Grant, Esq., M.P., London. Lieut.-Colonel Edward Neville, Clarges-street. Jelin Irving Pascoe, Esq., Highbury New Park. Henry Pownall, Esq., Russell-square. tdward Warner, Esq., M.P., London. CONSULTING ENGINEER. J. kV. Bazalgette, Esq., C.E., Engineer-in-Chief to the k etropolitan Board of Works. BANKERS. Messrs. Street, E.O. Smith, Payne, and Smiths, 1, Lombard- SOLICITORS. Aloars. West and King, 3, Charlotte-row, Mansion t iona.; E.C. BROKERS. Prancis Cop, E3q., 1, Angel-court, Throgniorton street E.C. Messrs. Price and Devot, 54, Threadneedle-street, E.C. OFFICES. St. Clemeut's House, Clement's-lane, London, E.C. SECRETARY. W. J. L. Heriot, Esq. PROSPECTUS. The object of this Company is to carry out the conces -Binne granted by,the Municipal Council of Brussels, in con -0 with the authorities o f th e p rov i nce o f B ra b an t an d !fißelgian Government, for the drainage and coincident fulprovements of the capital of Belgium. The concession, for the due execution of which £50,000 caution money has been lodged on behalf of the Company, , c i nt uprises the constru c ti on o f an un d ergroun d c h anne l f or he river Senne (at present an open main sewer) running th rough the City, together with a broad thoroughfare or Bo ulevard above that c ourse; a com pl e t e sys t em o f M a i n se wers, and import an t b ranc h es above, through, and below the City ; the rectification of the river channel, and an o utfall station for exhaustion of the sewage ; it provides 1110 0 for the erection of an Exchange, a Market-place, a 4€l uurnental Fountain, and such works as may be nacos -147 in connection therewith. , The co ncess i ons a l so g i ve the exclusive valuable right ' 0 the sewage for a period of sixty-six years, subject to the ntenance of the recantation Works iu connection therewith. The magnitude and value of these concessions will bo nuderstood by the fact that they include'subsidies to be teceived by the Company iu cash and Annuities, of the va lue together of 26,000,000 f., or £1,040,000 sterling, Which have been voted by all the authorities and sanc tioned by the Crown. The caution money will be repaid to the Company in Proportions as the works progress. , Ihe concession also gives the right confirmed by Royal decree of expropriation along a belt embracing frontages 00 both sides and in the vicinity of the proposed new ad t own ; an d, i n a ddi t i on, the free grant (fee simple) of ad town and suburban land derived from diverted streets, ° Pen public places, and closed river courses, that are in cluded within the limits of the concession. The value of thos e s tip u l a ti ons w ill b e rea dil y di scerne d ' f oul the f ac t th a t ( apart f rom the land, not to be paid for I , t , t alli being received as f ree g ift) , th e t own bl oc k s t o b e ..enrchas e d and cleared are at present mostly occupied by at `Try indifferent buildings, whereas the site will become °ace the most important Boulevard for traffic, busineSs, and residential puToses, opening up, as it does, a direct th ro ad between the North and South Railway Termini, and e land w ill b ecome saleable by the Company at the r gely-enhanced anticipated value. The many thou san d s o f our coun t rymen w h o h ave re cently visited Brussels cannot but have observed a srcity ° , l •nuoccupied dwellings; in addition to the existing scarcity °'.unocupied dwellings; in addition to the existing want °, additional accommodatio n , it s h ou ld b e considered as fleeting the after value of vacant town blocks in such t.rn i nently desirable •situatio ns , th a t th e wor k s a l one w ill , ` l ' is estimated, displace upwards of 1,200 families. ,After a long cours e o f laborious official inquiry, extend t'', g over s evera l years, as to the most effectual sanitary an to be adopted, the Belgian Government finally accepted the upon whi c h th e p resen t concess i ons are b ase d , upon e report of a special Government deputation commis „Tiled to mak e a p ersona l exam i nat i on o f t h e i mportant all bug, and main drainage works of Loudon and the rbs. *0 ks The original estimates for the principal part of these were examined and verified by Mr. J. W. Bazalgette, l i n gineer-iu-Chief to th e M e t ro p o lit an B oar d o f W or k s o f hsoudon, under the sancti on o f th a t b o d y; an d th ese esti 'gates have been further tested by months of minute and f ef l revision on the part of contractors and their respec ve engineers. d The contracts for the execution of the whole of the main drai nage works, and the formation of the Boulevard, have t ZU concluded with experienced and responsible Belgian I I "Motors, approved by th e B e l g i an authorities, and who , a ve Placed at the disposal of the Company suffi c ient gua rantees for the du e penormance of their engagements. ~,It is intended that the whole of the works shall be cora rioted - within four years. h. T he importance of the undertaking is evidenced in the ;" ; ', ° fracted official debates in the Brussels Municipal on the and also in the Belgian Chambers and Senate on the Vieet, and by the special report thereon from Lord it,nward d e W a ld en, h er M a j esty ' s Minister Plenipotentiary B russels, transmitted by the Earl of Clarendon, through t r Georg e G rey , t o t h e M etropolitan Board of Works, in nadon, and recorded iu their Minutes under date of 1 ,` 4 3' 18, 1866, an extract of which is annexed to the t „ ° 'Pectus. 1 ,;. 4 he late distinguished Monarch, Leopold 1., to whose k i siont and sagacity Belgium is so deeply indebted, al was eanifested the warmest interest in these projected woks; rnese reigning Sovereign, his Majesty Leopold If., after iitly forwarding every stage of the negotiation from be inception, has further testified his conclusive approval having expressed his desire to inaugurate the works by Li ttrig the first stone in State ceremony, which is fixed to seat.o place at Brussels on Wednesday, the 22nd of January It will be at once seen by this brief description of the i t e l l cession that it is one of no ordinary character, whether t.,18 considered in the importance of the work to be done— t:lo identification with its success—the the al character of its object—and the directors believe k cY May fairly add without entering into details (which 4, 1 4 Public statement they cannot do), from its prospect of !ncial success. 8 5 1, 11 e capital of th e company i s fi xe d at £350,000, in 4 ,,1v 0 0 shares o f £lO each, divided into 25,000 A Prefer "ce Sha res an d 10 , 00 0 B Deferred Shares. Preference Shares represent the capital to be sub latqhfid by the public for working out the concession, and c Deferred Shares are accepted by the Concessionaires Of c onsideration of the assignment by them to th e C om p any 4he concession. t 0 .6 he follow Privileges attached to the respective sha r e c a pit a l REI ▪ he A Preference Shares are to be redeemed out of the 1 , 4 48 °,_,ts of the Company, by drawing by lot, and each share %lc , off at £l5 per share, being a bonus of £5 per share ; vi! drawings will take place on the following dates, `. • the 22nd January, 1870, 6,250 shares, or £62,500, 1871, 6,250 „ £62,500, 1872, 6,250 „ £62,500, 1873, 6,250 „ £62,500, 17 17 77 If U ntil shares 25,000 or £250,000 ,q,i_atu so drawn and paid off, each share to bear interest ue rate of 8 per eent. per annum, payable half-yearly, .on 1 44 _ 8 Ist of Jazuary and Ist July in each year, for which Loa'urest warrants will be attached to the shares. repayment of the shelve of £l5 each, the shares will th,„ ,to be given up with all interest warrants attached off " e 'e that have not become due, and the shares so paid tnl are to be transferred for the benefit of the B SharF rs. Should the realisation of the concession permit, at Directors reserve to themselves th e r i g ht o f ma ki ng , etitheir discretion, eithe r ear li er or l arger d raw i ngs, b ut i n O i h case the X 5 bonus per share is still to be p a id, not •,t e, 4 : , standing such earlier or larger redemption of share to tal. 4 4 „, e lroning the redemption at th e d a t es an d a t th e b onus t er 'ed, the investment will pay subscribers a rate of in fols arelows :—those shares which are drawn, an d NYC' be paid off on 22nd of January, 1870, will ha v e re je4 per cent. interest and at tLe rate of 14 per cent. 1147118, or total of 243 per cent. per annum on amount of i s tnient for the period o f 3 y ears . tej l ose to be paid off on 22 n d J anuar y, 1871, w ill sh ave s ent red 8 per cent. interest and at the rate of 14 per Of • uenus, or total of 24 per cent. per annum on amount prestment for the period of 4 years. tv,„,ese to be paid off on 22 n d J anuary , 1872 , w ill h ave h o — t , I ved 8 p er cen t. i n t eres t an d at t h e rate o f 1 0 per cent. ip,"us, or total of 18 per cent. per annum on amount of ,lestrnent for the period of 5 years. te ( .l, llo se to be paid off on 22nd January, 1873, will have bon 8 per cent. interest and at the rate of per cent. 14, 118 , or total of 16+ per cent. per annum on amount of rptment for the period of 6 years. for base A Preference Shares are now offered to the public su bscription. The payments are to be made as follows : s. d. 2 0 0 per share on application. 8 0 0 on allotment. 210 0 ~ „", on Ist March, 1867. 210 0 „ on Ist July, 1867. • .or £lO 0 0 11T,„ 1 flay be paid s ubscribe r at once either on application or dii °- 'ent, at option of —interest accruing from t , f payment in all cases. 9 0 ," Directors do not pledge themselves to make an hili t , in cot to every applicant, nor to allot the whole of the t4 e ce, it being their desire to place this small capital in , / ,', e alads of bona fi de investors. B Deferred Shares represent the Concessionaires' titi„ - 7 8 in the Company. These shares will not b? hod eithe r either to payment of any interest or capital until the of the Preference Shares have received their capital iote,,ThWith the interest and b onus b e f ore re f erre d t o ; there k-„le Def erre d Sh ares b ecome pract i cally and ' v i rtually V r autee to the Preference Shares. 141,,,(te Concessionaires having thus expressed their wil efi'hileee to endorse substantially their opinion of the value , (1 41 b ,„ e c oncession, it follows that the Deferred Shares will receive the surplus, whatever it may amount to after 4 „',.?"euiption of the preference capital, the concession e r °Perty then remaining will belong to the Deferred ~1, 1.° 0 hold ers a l one. Nil Purchase-money for the concession and no propo likitlll°ney will be paid, and th e ex p en se s wi ll,b e strictly tp ed to the actual preliminary disbursements necessary eib e4l ,,„ ll iring the concession and the establishment of the 4 41`",;` 11 3' • the Credit Fonder of England (Limited) re , 4, - '1 th'eir profit entirely from the B Deferred Shares. li tu e Preferenco Shares are intended to be paid up e 4 y 1 , 4-, Re before mentioned, no further liability after such titi,-,etutg will exist, and power will be taken to inem:p,o thobbice Company according to Belgium law, a societ4 u eiti• 11110 , with a view to having the shares issuable to ti01i,,,r37 i nformation can be learnt by 'applying to the Av i ei t) „“ )l73 , both as t o th e concess i on, plans, Articles and lit t , al idurn of Association, &c. ; and it is the wish of c ` ii et tr t c're applicants should inform themselves on any t A .desire information. er ib, ei!tions for shares may be made in the annexed ter ehieh must be accompanied by the payment of £2 1 1 /I c i ar e deposit, without which no application will be q4l:,d• Should a less number of shares be allotted 411041 4 tPlied for the deposit will, so far as required, be wwards the payment due on allotment. Should THE I No. 23,253. no allotment be made the amount paid will be at once re turned, without deduction. ' Prospectuses (which contain a copy of the Memo randum of Association) and Forms of Application for Shares, and Memorandum and Articles of Association, may be had of the Bankers, Brokers, Solicitors, or of the Sec retary, at the Offices of the Company, St. Clement's House, Clement's-lane, London, E.C.; also of the Credit Foncier of England (Limited), Clement's-lane, E.C. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To be retained by the Bankers. No.-- To the, Directors of the Belgian Public Works Company (Limited). Gentlemen—Having paid to yo u r Bankers. Messrs. S :pith, Payne, and Smiths, the sum of £ , being a deposit of .£2 per Share on. A Preference Shares iu the above Company, lhereby request that you will allot me that number, and 1 agree to accept such Shares, or any less number you may allot to me ou the terms of the Prospec tus, and I agree to pay the deposit on allotment, and to sign the Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company, as duly "registered, when required. And I au thorise you to insert my name on the register of members of the shares allotted to me. Usual Signature Name in full Residence Profession Date December, 1866 THE BELGIAN PUBLIC WORKS COMPANY. (Limited). EXTRACTS from MINUTES of the METROPOLITAN BOARD of WORKS, of 18th MAY, 1866, and RE FERRED to in PROSPECTUS. 52. The Clerk laid before the Board the following com munication : May 14, 1866. Sir, —1 am directed by Secretary Sir George Grey to transmit to you, for the information of the Metropolitan Board of Works, a copy of a despatch from her Majesty's Minister at Brussels, respecting some important improve ments which are about to be made in that city, and which have been contracted for on the part of the English Credit Fonder and Mobilior Company. I am, &c., (Signed) H. WADDINGTON. The Chairman of the Metropolitan Board of Works. (Enclosure.) Brussels, May 4tb, 1866. My Lord,--A great public work in Brussels of remark able extent and proportions has just been contracted for on the part of the English Credit Foncier and Mobilior Com pany. The object is to arch over the river Senne, which runs through the lower part of the city, and is in fact an immense open drain, receiving the greater part of the sewage of the town, which is, at present, most dangerous to health, and often the cause of destructive epidemics. The plan combines lateral drains to intercept the sewage, reservoirs outside of the town for deodorising and collect ing for manure, and works to prevent inundations. An extensive Boulevard is to be run over the vaulted course of the Senne quite through the town. The houses on each side, which are now of the most inferior class, are to be pulled down, new ones of a superior character, on a widened way, are to be erected all along the new Boulevard, with great facilities for lateral access to it on either side. A. building, which is to unite Halls for an Exchange and Gal leries for artistic exhibitions, is also to be constructed. The estimated cost of these works is 26 millions of francs. The amount is contributed by the town of Brussels, by the province of Brabant, and by the State, in the following proportions -the Town, 16 millions; the Province, 3 mil lions; the Government, 7 millions. I enclose herewith a copy of the Report presented to the Chamber of R. 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Peterson with his Itigh'y tra!ned troupe of Performing* Dopro.. .EXTRA ATTRACTIONS during Tuff; WEEK. rfreat success of LES AMAZ , iNES AU CHAMPAGNE DIVERTiSSEMENT. Musical Director and Conductor, Mr. F. Jongimam. TU. E BOY AT MUG BY, a M us i ca l Sk , founded on Mr. Charles Dickens's Ch r i s t mas S tory, w nby Mr. N ' . Green. composed by %Ir. ipt . Coot°, perso n , ted y Mr. ROBT. FRA.-Eft, by permission of Charles Dickens, Esq , will r•liortly be produced. WESTO N'S GRAND MUSIC HALL, HOLBORN. Proprietors, SWEASEY and HoLLANn. The most triumphant success ever attained in any Musical Establishment. Grand Selection from Auber's Opera of " MASANIELLO," produced on a scale of mag nificence never before attempted at any Music Hall. Terrific ovation of the Irish Minstrels, 27 in number, three and four calls nightly. A new and original overture composed and arranged expressly for the above minstrels by Mr. H. Baker. Comic supported by Fred. French, Miss Fancourt, Paddy Fannin, Patrick Sellers, Watkini, the Persian Juggler, and Les Freres Risoralis. Majilton as Messestophles. Band of 30 first-class performers, and large Chorus chosen from her Majesty's and Covent Garden Opera Houses. Musical Director, Mr. I'. Corm. Prices of admission - Stalls and Balcony, ls.; Area, Gd. ; Private Boxes, 10s. Gd. Can be secured at the Box Office, between the hours of 10 and 5 o'clock. Hall open every Evening at 7 o'clock, commencing at Half-past. IiEADAME TIJSSAUD'S EXHIBITION, BAKER-STREET. NEW EDMO I NS. —A. Life'-size Portr&R_-Model of the Pin VCESS' MA.KY Ole CA-3181{11Y; E, Marriaze GrJnp of the PRINCESS lINLENA and PRINOO RIS'fIAN. AdmiLtance, ls.; children, under ten, half-pece.4„, extra rooms, dd. Open from 11 a n►. till dusk, and from 7 p.m. till 10. ARGYLL ROOMS. - GRAND CASINO, Windmill-street, Piccadilly. These elegant and popular Rooms, having been entirelyre decorated, are now OPEN EVE Icy EVENING. for Concert and Dancing. Conductor, Signor Luai Crum Manager, M. GENET. Admission to Promenade, One Shilling. Reserved Seats, Two Shillings. ArETROPOLITAN RAILWAY—Trains every five minutes. METROPOLITAN RAILWAY Moorgato street Station. viETROPOLITAN RAlLWAY—Aldersgate -171 street Station. METROPOLITAN RAlLlVAY—Farringdon street Station. lIE LATE MR. T. E. Founder of the "LAMP," _ _ BRADLEY, having left a Widow and y o u ng F am ily t o t a ll y un p rov id a d for, a SUBSCRIPTION has been started to enable her to opona small busiin•ss. Subscription::: received by tho Father Lockhart, St. Seholastica'sAreat, Loudon-road, Glapton, N.E.; George White, Esq., -Bellevue - house, Kentish-town-road, N.W. ; Mr. Dillon, 12, Fulhani-road, S.W. NEW AND REVISED EDITION OF " LADY LISLE." This day. thoroughly revised and in part 3 re-written, uni form with Library Edition of Miss Braddoa's Novels, price es., EADY L I S L E. By i he Author of "Lady Audley's Secret," &a. _ _ _ • " :Vise Braddon has written nothing stronger or fuller of human interest. . . The story is intensely readable to its last line." —The Globe. Dec. 8, 186 i. Ward, Lock, and Tyler, Paternoster-row. A CHARMING ILLUSTRATED GIFT BOOK. THE. BOOK of PERFUMES. By EUGENE RIMMEL. With upwards of 250 11 , ustJations. Octavo, extra gilt and gilt edges, ss. (frec by post for 63 stamps). An amusing, and not only amusing but also instructive, history of perfumery."—Times. London : Chapman andlTall, 196, Pico tdilly. To be had also of the Author, EUGENE RimmEr.., 96, Strand; 128, Regent-street; and 24, CornhilL METROPOLITAN RAILWAY Regent circus Station (opposite the Polytechnic Institution, 288, Regent-street). The MET ROPOLI I'AN RAILWAY COMPANY'S SPECIAL OMNIBUSES to and from Port— land-road Station meet every Train. Ilk/(R. HOWARD, SURGEON-DENTIST, 52, Fleet-street, has introduced an entirely new desert!). ti..n of ARTIFICIAL TEE D 11, fixed without springs, wires, or ligatures. They so perfectly re.crable the natural teeth as not to be distinguished fro n the originals by the closest observer; they will never change colour or decay, and will be found superior to any teeth ever before used. This method does not require toe extraction of roots, or any pain ful operation, and will support and preserve teeth that are loose, and is guaranteed to restore articulation and mastica tion. Decayed teeth stopped and rendered sound and useful in mastication. 52, Fleet-street. At home from 10 till 5. SAUCE. —LEA and PERRINS' WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE. This delicioni condiment, rionounced by c , nnolsseurs "THE ONLY GOOD SAUCE," Is prepared solely by LEA and PERRINS. The public sre respectfuliy ca.ttioned asfainst worthless Imitations, and should see that Lea and rerrins' names are on wrapper, label, bottle, and s•opper. A 'zit' for LEA and PERRINS' SAUCE. So'd wholesale and for export by the Propr - etars, Wm_ center: Messrs. Crosse and Blackwell; Vossrs. Barclay roll Aorta. London, tc. ac.; and by Grocers and ()Amen uni versally. METROPOLITAN and GREAT WESTERN RAI LWAYS.—CH HIST HAS HOLIDAYS.—Extra Trains between the City, Kin4's-cross, tower-street, Purt land-road. Rezent-circus, Baker-street, Ed..ware-r ad and Paddington, Hammersmith. Ken.ingt in, Shepherd's-bush, Notting-hid, and Westbourne-park. FALKNER'S OLD IRISH WHISKY, " Real Malt," 19s per gallon, is sold in bottles and jars, bear ing his label and trade mark. Al ()St liberal terms are offered to the trade for the sa e of tlik p•enfiin a old sArlt, which is coming into universal consumption thron , 24l Enzl ind. For price lists apply at OM ies, , 4, Stran I. London, W.C. Established in Grafton-street, Dublin, A.D. 170. TKINSON .AND CO. Cabinetmakers, Upholsterers, Carpet Warehousemen, Furnishing Drapers, and House Agents, Westminster Bridge-road. RUPT(IMS.-Ity tt')YAr r. NTT h: 'T. WHITE'S MOO-MAIN LEVER TRUSS !PERCECTED ANT) EXHIBITED IN TIIE GREAT EXTHRITIONB of ISSI and 1862 , , is allowed by upwards of wo Hundred Me :foal Gentlemen to be the most effective invention in the curative treatment of RELIVE A. The use of a bteel sprinz, so cote,' hurtful In its elreots. is bete avoided—a soft b.nclage heinx worn round the bo.iy, while the requisite resisting power supplied by the Moe-Alain Pad and Patent Lev r Win,' with so nuch ease and alo.te twos that it cannot be detected, and mty be torn during ileep. A descriptive circular may he had, sn.l tit t truss, which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the circum 'erence of the body, two inches below the hips. being sent to the manufactuter, Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly. A staAe Truss, 14., 215., 26a 6ii.. and 31s. 6,1 Postaze, is. A Double Truss, 318. 64., 42s and 525. Bd. Polo a. ! e, Is. Bd. An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. P.istaze, 18. 10d. Post-office Orders to be made payable toJohn White, Post office, Piccadilly. NEW PATENT TI 4 L A S TI C STOCKINGS, iu KNEE-CAPS, &c., for Varicose Veins and all cases ~f Weakness and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, &o. They are porous, light in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on like an ordinary stocking. Price 4s. 6d., 78. 6d., 105. and 16s. each. Postage, 6d. JOHN WHITE, Manufacturer, 228, Piccadilly. "V.R." IRISQ WHISKY. DUNVILLE and CO.'S "V.R." OLD IRISH W HISKY, BELFAST. London Oillees and Stores, 4, BEAUFO UT - BUILDING:I, STRAND, W.C. Established 1808. Quotations on application. JAMES DALY and GO., Distillers, John-street, Cork.—" The purest spirit and safest drink in the world."—i.oudon Offices, 7, Printing-house-square, E.C., next the " Times." ITOTHING IMPOSSIBLE.—The greatest and L mostuseful invention of the day, A.GUA AMA RELL A. • Messrs. JOHN GOSNELL and CO., Red Bull Wharf, 93, Upper Thames-street, Perfumers to her Majesty. respect fully offer to the public, this truly marvellous Mita, which gradually restores the human hair to its pristine hue---to matter at what age. The Agua Amarella 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 colour. Price one guinea per bottle. or in half bottles, les. Si. Testimonials from artister oflthe highest order, and from individuals of undoubted re spectability, may be seen on application. Messrs. John Gomel' and Co. have been appointed Perfumers to her Royal Highness the Princes, of Wales. SPANISH FLY is th© a c ti ng i ngre di en t i n ALEX. ROSS'S CANrITARIDES OIL, which speedily produces whiskers and thickens hair, 3s 6d, 5s 6d, and tOs 6d; sent by post for at. 84, and 11t 4t4ning.— ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn. London, and all Chemists. WONDERFUL DISCOVERY.—Corns cured in one day by usinsr ALEX. ROSS'S CUERO PO. Thi+ preparation gradually dissolves the Corn in a few hours, removine the very root. Price 4s ; sent by post for 80 stamps. —248, High Holborn, London, and all Chemists. ITAIR-CURLING FLUID, 248, High Holborn, London.—ALEX. ROSS'S CURLING FLUID earls Ladies' or Gentlemen's hair immediately it is apoded. Sold it As 4d, 5s 6d, and lOs 6d ; sent free for 54, 84, and 144 stamps —Had of all Chemists. CIREY HAIR.-248, High Holborn, London.— ' ALEX. ROSS'S HAIR DYE produces a perfect colour Immediately it is used. It is permanent, and perfectly na tural in effe t. Price 3s id, Si fid. and 10s Gd ; sent by post for 54, 81, and 141 stamps ; and all Cheml•ts. HAIR DESTROYER.-248, High Holborn, London.—ALEX. ROSS'S DE PILA.TO RY removes superfluous hair from the face, neck, and arms, without effect to the skin. Price 3s 6d, 5s 6d, and 10s 6d; sent for 54, .14, and 144 stamps.—Had of all Chemists. PIMPLE REMOVER.—AII diseases of the skin are improved by one dose of ALEX. ROWS VE3ETARLE SKIN PILLS. They remove rednoss, sal lowness, Au. 2s 9d and 7s ed or or st for 40 and toe stamps. —ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London, and all Che mists. HAIR COLOUR WASH.--By washing the heal with this beautifully-perfumed Wash, in seven or ten days the hair assumes its original colour, and remains so by an occ.sional usinn. les ed ; sent for stamps.—ALEX. ROSS, 243, High Holborn, London, and all Chemists. Just pnblished, 2d ; sent by the author fort stamps. UGLINESS and BEAUTY; being a Pamphlet descriptive of articles and means used for improving the appearance. By ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London. MITE RESCUE SOCIETY wishes to add another R. home to the 12 now in operation. Last year no fewer ban 155 poor, friendless, young females were rejected lrom want of FUNDS and room, making a total of 3,087, who have been sent away in five years. 1' he new home the Committee wish to form woeld be for young girls, almost children, from the age of b to 15, who have been led astray from the path of virtue. Contributions will be received gratefully by the Secretary, 'frit Dante' Cooper, Q 5, Queen •street.Cheapsidez or by Ifessrs Barclay and Co., Lombard-street ItOYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Hall way Terminus, King's-aroma. Patron—Her ttost Gracious MaJeaty the QUEEN. Pico-Patron—llis Royal Highness the Prince of WA.LE' , .F.G _ _ - - President—ills lArace the Dake of BUCCL - - This Hospital, founded In the year 1828, the first to estab lish the principle of free admission to the sick poor, without the delay and difficulty of Governors' orders, is wholly de pendcnt for support on voluntary contributions and t zzaci es . It affi.-rds relief to a large manber of in-parients, and, in addition to this, the average number of ttteodanoe of the festitute sick has for a oensiderable period averaged between 3.000 and 4,000 weekly. The Committee earnestly solicit the ASSTSTA NCE 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 tilt ir bankers, Messrs. Brown, Janson, and Co., Abchurch-lane; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co.; Drummond and Co.;Giyn and Co. ; Herries and Co. ; Ransom and Co.; Presoat, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; Williams , Deacon, and Co.; Nisbet and Co., Bernal-street 3 and at the Hospital. from 10 till b. STLEIYOW 8)11711, fkorviery, ATETROPOLITAN RAILWAY—King's -cross _LTJL Station. TUE TR OP OLITAN RAILWAY—Gower-street Station. j[ETROPOLITAN RAIL WAY ---Portland road Station. ETROPOLITAN RAILWAY—Baker-street Station. • METROPOLITAN RAILWAY Edgware road Station. METROPOLITAN RAILWAY Bishop's road Station. METROPOLITAN RAILWAY Trains every fire minutes. MYLES FENTON, General Manager. D UNVILLE'S V.R. OLD IRISH WHISKY, BELFAST, Is regularly supplied to the House of Lords. TAMES DALY and CO., Distillers, John-street, Cork, her to announce that they are able to supply the trade with their celebrated Whiskies. in casks or cases, and to take orders in bond at d for exportation, at their offices, 7, Printing--hou.e-square, London, E C.. the only house in the square not occupied by the "Times." J. D. and Co.'s whiskies bring the highest prices in the Australian and other Colonial markets, as may be observed by reference 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 55. 61 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 most reasonable terms. THE OCEAN ST. LEGER of 1866.—What Lord Lyon was to his owner was the Tacping to her Captain, viz., winner of the race, having distanced all com petitors, as the EAST INDIA TEA COMPANY have in fariab y done in their choi e and sale of tine new season's teas, now selling at importer's prices. Warehouses-9, Great St. ifelen's-churchyard. AVALUABLE CHRISTMAS PRESENT.- A CHINESE CADDY, containing Nibs. of really good Black Tea, sent carriage free to any railway station or market town in England, Ireland, Scotland. or Wales, on re ceipt of 405., by PHILLIPS and CO., Tea Merchants, 8, King William-street, City, E.C. TEA IS CHEAPER THAN EVER.-18. 6d , 28.. 2s 61. per lb. are the prices at which PIIILLIPS and CO , Tea Merchants, 8, King William-street, City, Lon don. E.C., are selling good and line BLACK TEA. A. price current post free. 40s worth carriage free to any railway nation or market town in the United Kingdom.—Observe — Fulmars and Co. have no Agents or any connexion with any- house in Worcester or Swansea. Sugars are supplied at market prices. LAMBERT'S ASTHMATIC BALSAM.-AN EFFECTUAL REMEDY, w ith ou t con fi n i ng the b owels or affecting the head, truly efficacious and pleasant, is ad mitted to be the best medicine for immediately relieving coughs, colds, confirmed cases of asthma, and incipient con sumption. It frequently cures persons whom the faculty pronounce incurable, admirably allays the tickling which provokes frequent coughing. In approaching consumption its effects are truly beneficial. Persons deprived of sleep, or even lying down for fear of suffocation, may depend on relief in a few minutes after taking it. Preparea on.y and sold by W. LAMBERT, Chemist, 8, King,-Wdliam-street, u'haring cross. London, and by all druggists, in bottles. 134c1., and three quantities in one, 2s. 9d. each. Be particular. and ask for Lambert's Asthmatic Balsam, The name and address are engraved on the stamp. IJOMELESS 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. HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.-CON TRIBUTIONSa-a- are earnestly solicited for establishing the COUNTRY ROME. £l,OOO required. WM. WILLIAMS, Secretary. Boys' 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 £a,ooo, being £l5 &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 Ca., 1, Pall-Mall East; and by WM. WILLIAMS, Secretary. Refuge, 8, Great Queen-street, W.C. PROVIDENCE ROW NIGHT REFUGE, FOR __ ____ . ___ 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 the nights in the bleak streets or under railway arches. At present nearly 500 Nights' Lodgings with Suppers and Breakfasts, are given gratuitously every week. The poor from all parts are admitted, the only condition being that they are homeless and starving. The Manager &c., receives no remuneration whatever. Notwithstand ing the provision made by the Poor Houses, each night numbers of young women, children, and orphans are, for want accommodation, refusedadmittance, andhave to spend night after night in the cold, wet, and sleet. To meet this evil, and to provide more ample accommoda tion, .E 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 proposed, 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 yod help to give shelter to the really homeless, and food to the really starving? The smallest donation will be nost welcome, and, night and morning, the prayers of the destitute will be offered in your behalf. SUBSCRIPTIONS are earnestly requested, and will be gratefully received by the.Rev._ _ D. GILBERT4D.D.,INo,22, Ziusbury-circus, E.O. DEPOSIT DEPARTMENT. THE CONSERVATIVE LAND SOCIETY. Persons wishing to Invest Large or Small Sums, ro calvinglf-yearly laterest Warrants at Four per Cent. per Annum, with Power of Withdrawal at fixed pariods, according to amount Invested, may Deposit Sums Daily at the Offices, No. 33, Norfolk-street, Strand, W.C., with out becoming Members of the Society. CHARLES LEWIS GRUNEISEN, Secretary. Prospectuses of the Share, Deposit, Land, and Building Advance Departments will be sant free of charge. T HE EAST INDIA IRRIGATION an d CANAL COMPANY. NOTICE OF CALL.—Notice is Hereby given, that in in pursuance of a resolution duly passed by the Board of Directors, the Shareholders of this Company are requested to PAY at the Company's Bankers, Messrs. Ransoms, Bouverie, and Co., No. 1, Pall-mall East, London, S.W., a CALL of £1 108. per SHARE, making £l6 10s. per share paid, on or before the 15th day January next, upon which sum of £1 10s. per share interest at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum will be paid from that date. Interest at the rate of 5 per cent. will be charged upon such portions of the above call as shall not be paid by the day named. JOHN WESTWOOD, Secretary to the Company. 8 and 9, Queen-street-place, Southwark- bridge, 'Loudon, E.C., Dec. 6, 1866. K INAIIAN'S LL WHISKY..,— DUBLIN EXITIBITION, 18G5. This celebrated OLD IRISH WHISKY gained the Dublin Prize MAI It is Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Whole iolllo. Sold in Bottles, 3s. Bd., at the Retail houses in London ; . - )y the Agents in the principal towns in England ; or wholesale at 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. Observe the Red Real, Pink Label, and Cork branded " Kinaban's LL Whisky." WUTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION (Inclrpor4ted by Act of Parliament, 1850). 4, HUSSELL-STREET. COVENT-GARDEN. LONDOY. Prompt ADVANCES on all description of Security. Forms free on application by letter to EDWARD HARPER, Secretary. COUNTRY HOTELS, PUBLIC HOUSES, and BUSINESSES. FURNESS and KNEE'S List on application. Particulars for insertion received until the 27th of the month at their AUCTION AND HOTEL AGENCY OFFICES, 5, Agar-street, Strand, W.C., and nearly opposite the Charing. Crass Railway Station. rOHN GOSNELL and CO.'S CHERRY UP TOO 111 PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth powder; gives the teed' a pearl whiteness, protects the enamel from decay, and imparts a plead mt fragrance to the breath. Price is. 6.l.—Red Bull Wharf, e., Upper Thames-street, London. MANFIELD'S PATE NT PICKLES are per t ectly pure and uncoloured. To be had of all dealers and wholesale of JOIIN BURGESS and SON, 107, Strand (corner of Savoy-steps), London _UCERNE-MEWS a New Block (private mews for gentlemen only), the Hall, close to Ken,ing ton-palace-gardens, Notting-hill. Fmt-class STABLES, coach-house and rooms over, flttet up with every modern improvement, to be LE T', on LEASE, direct from the free holder. For terms apply to Messrs. Swain and Son, the odge, Nottin,-h1►1 ; or to Messrs. Debenham, Tewson, and Farmer, 80, Cheapside. SPLENDID SPECULATIONS. GREAT SUCCESS. With a single stake of £l , you can reailse £25,0G0 ! ! With a single stake of £2, you can realise £27,5 0!! With a single stake of £B, you can realise £37.000 !! With a single stake of £lO, you can realise £45,000! ! For p.ospectuses and particulars apply without delay to Mr. EUGENE TILLOT, General Merchant, Guernsey. A . BEAUTIFUL DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE, with illustrative Sketches of CABINET FURNITURE and DECORATIVE UPHOL STERY, scut free perjpost, or given on application. The Stock, corresponding to the List, is marked iu plain figures. ' l lO CHARITABLE DONORS, the Managers of Public Institutions, Asylums, and Homes. The peculiar circumstances of this year, the late mone tary crisis, and the consequent depression of the markets, in the midst of which ATKINSON and CO. made largo cash purchases, enable them now to offer unusual advan tages in the supply of BEDDING, BLANK PS, COUN TERPANES, and SHEETINGS, besides every descrip tion of material for warm Winter Clothing. Atkiuso•i and Co., 198, 200, 202, 204, 206, 208, 210, and 212, WestminSter Bridge-road, London. The Explosion in North Staffordshire. Yesterday morning six more bodies were found in the workings by the men employed in repairing the damage done by the explosion to the ventilation of the mine. Four of these were lying behind a sheet which had been put up for temporary ventilation purposes in the extreme part of the seven-feet seam, and two near the bottom of the shaft. All six men had been suffocated, and were but little injured by burns. The bodies were, however, much decom posed, and the features scarcely recognisable. The " sump" still remained to be explored, for the re pairs of the pump-pipes were not nearly finished. The manager of the colliery (Mr. Johnson) was of opinion that not above one more body would be found in any part of the mine, and this corresponded with the number recovered and claimed. It was by no means certain, however, that there were not fur ther remains in out-of-the-way places, and hitherto passed by, as had been the case with the four bodies found behind the sheet yesterday morning. The inquest was opened on the newly-recovered bodies yesterday, but the evidence was confined to their identity. It was stated that the four first re covered were found 100 yards from their proper place of work. The Coroner said at the adjourned inquiry a plan would be produced showing the places where every man in the pit ought to have been, and where he was found. The further inquiry before the Coroner was ad journed until the pit has been cleared of water, the sump searched, and Mr. Wynne, the Government inspector, has concluded his examination of the mine. The number of deaths up to yesterday was 91, and there are 11 suffering from injuries. Subscriptions to the fund for the widows and orphans continue to be received. The Rev. M. W. Mllutchin's fund amounted yesterday to £1,135, and among the fresh contributions were £lOO from Messrs. Minton and Co. ; £25 from Mr. Alderman Copeland, and a number of smaller sums. The letter and subscription of the Queen received yesterday appeared to produce the most heartfelt gratifica tions throughout the district. The total amount of subscriptions to the local fund reported up to yes terday afternoon was £3,185 10s. The Barnsley Colliery Explosion. BARNSLEY, Wednesday Afternoon. There is no news of much importance to commu nicate to-day. The filling of the upcast or drawing shaft is going on with as much activity as can be brought to bear upon the work, which is attended with both difficulty and danger. Explosions con tinue to take place from time to time, three or four have occurred since last night ; one to-day about 10 o'clock, and another shortly after 12 were of a heavy character, and for some time after their rever - berations had ceased black smoke ascended from the pit. The pumping engine is kept at work, and it is not too much to say that everything is being done that can be to quench the fire which still rages in the mine. The Archbishop of York yesterday visited the village of Hoyle Mill and delivered an affectionate and sympathetic address to a great number of the widows, children, and other relatives of the dead. Some festive meetings, including the inauguration of a co-operative company at Barnsley, have been postponed in consequence of this lamentable catas trophe. Among the additional subscribers to the relief fund at Barnsley are Mr. Winn, of Nostell Priory, £lOO ; and Mr. R. Micklethwaite, of Ardsley, £l5O. The coroner's inquest will be resumed to-morrow (Thursday); it is not expected, however, that much MANSION-HOUSE RELIEF FUND. Yesterday £1,300 was received by the Lord Mayor, in aid of the fund for the relief of the widows and orphans and aged parents of the miners who perished in the colliery explosions near Barnsley and in North Staffordshire. The total amount re ceived at the Mansion-house up to last evening was about £4,500 in round figures, and subscriptions were coming in rapidly. The Corporation of Lon don at the meeting of the Court of Common Coun cil yesterday made a vote of £3OO to the fund, and it was stated by Mr. R. N. Phillips that a sum of over £2,000 was set apart by the Committee of the Hartley Relief Fund for any colliery accidents that might happen in the Yorkshire district, so that sum or part of it may be applied for the relief of the suf ferers by the Barnsley accident. Among the sub scriptions received at the Mansion- house yesterday were the Goldsmiths' Company, through Mr. Alder man Copeland, £100: Messrs. Baring, Brothers, £100; the Illustrated London News, £52 10s. ; Messrs. Fortnum and Mason, £25 ; Sir De Lacy Evans, G.C.8., £2G ; Mr. William Fox; £2O ; Messrs. 11. E. and M. Moses, £l5 15s. ; the Messrs. Solomon Moss Gideon and Co., £l5 15s. ; the Lord Chancellor, £lO ; Sir John Hay, M.P., £lO ; Messrs. Doulton and C0.,:£10 103. ; Messrs. T. Brankston and Co , £lO 10s. ; Messrs. Samuel, Montagu, and Co., £lO 10s. ; Messrs. 'William Ritchie and Son, £lO 10s. ; Mr. J. Dunnington Fletcher, £lO 103. ; Mrs.AdmiralThornborough,£lo ; Mr. John Fuller Maitland, £lO ; Mr. William Henry Poynder, £10; Mr. George Smith, £lO 10s. ; Mr. Octavias Wig ram, £lO ; Messrs. Rucker and Co., £lO 10s. ; Messrs. Randells, Howard, and Co., £lO 10s. ; Messrs.',Gebhardt, Rottman, and Co., £lO ; and the gentlemen of the Alliance Bank, £8 3s. 6d. COURT OF ALDERMEN. Yesterday a court of aldermen was held in the Council Chamber, Guildhall (the aldermen's court being occupied by one of the courts of law), for the despatch of business. The report of the sheriffs as to the state of the City prisons showed that in Newgate there were 119 prisoners, of whom two only were in the infirmaries; in the Debtors' Prison, Whitecross-street, there were 124 prisoners, of whom four were in the infirmaries ; and at the llolloway House of Correction there were 338 prisoners, and only 10 inmates of the infir maries. After some routine business and the swearing of brokers had been disposed of, Mr. Alderman SIDNEY requested to know why _ there did not appear on the paper of business for to day the question as to the swearing in of additional constables by the magistrates, which had been in terrupted at the last court in consequence of the insufficiency of members. The TowN CLERK—I beg to say that the Lord Mayor is the party to whom the omission was to be attributed. The LORD MAYOR—I beg to reply, Mr. Town Clerk, that I did not give any directions on the sub ject. The Town CLERK said he wished to expl.tiu that _ _ _ he had been requested to ask his lordship Co appoint this as a special session simply for the admission of brokers and other routine business, and his lordship had consented to that arrangement on the ground that business likely to create a discussion should not be brought in during the sittings of the Central Criminal Court, when the Recorder and the Com mon Sergeant would necessarily be engvged in their judicial capacity. The LORD MAYOR remarked that the town clerk must have been mistaken in what he had stated. His recollection was that he had given no such di rections as to the paper of business for that day, and certainly the town clerk must have misunder stood him. The Town CLERK reminded the Lord Mayor that he had spoken to him on the subject in the pre sence of Mr. Alderman Wilson at the last court, and it was then arranged that the order of the court should not be interfered with. A somewhat personal and acrimonious conversa tion ensued amongst the members of the court, in the course of which the Town Clerk repeated his declaration, when The LORD MAYOR, with some warmth, declared hat he had already made his statement of his re membrance of the facts, and, having done so, he would not submit to be contradicted by any officer of the court. (Sensation.) After considerable discussion, the adjourned question as to the power to swear additional con stables by the aldermen was resumed on the ad journed report, when eventually the report was agreed to on a division of 11 to 4, with the amend ment moved *by Mr. Alderman Wilson that from the report should be excepted the officers employed at the justice-rooms at Guildhall and the Mansion House, and that the power should ba reserved to the magistrates to swear their own officers, with an appeal to the commissioner of police. The court then adjourned. Combinations and Strikes. . _ At the second ordinary meeting of the Statistical ' Society for the present session on Tuesday evening —Col. Sykes, M.P., one of the vice-presidents of the society, in the chair—there was a pretty num e mus attendance of fellows. s ev eral gentlemen having been elected fellows of the society, and other business having been disposed of, Mr. Jacob Waley, M.A., read a paper " On Combinations and Strikes, with reference to the Rate of Wages." The lec turer in the first instance considered the question whether strikes were in any case economically jus tifiable, and laid down the principle that unless by this means the workmen could obtain any important advantage, or any advantage which could not be more readily and beneficially obtained by other means, strikes could not be economically justified. Upon this point there existed the greatest difference of opinion. Some persons who were enabled to speak with authority upon the subject had asserted that strikes were never attended with advantage to the workmen, while the investigations of the Social Science Association and the authority of other writers tended to an opposite conclusion. The in fluence of a strike depended a good deal upon the condition of a trade. In some instances, no doubt, demands for the increase of wages might prevent the profitable carrying on of a trade ; but in the in stance of the building trades, the iron and coal trades, the ceramic manufactures, and the cotton manufacture, there had been, notwithstanding the disturbing influence of strikes, a constant increase of production. There was also a good deal of doubt as to whether wages were ever increased or the hours of labour diminished except through the influence of strikes; and the balance of evidence cited by Mr. Waley appeared to be that such increase of wage s or diminution of hours of labour were generally ob tained as the result of strikes. Strikes against the introduction of machinery were always unjustifiable, iand could not be too strongly condemned, and, therefore, it was not necessary to consider them minutely in reference to this question. In order to deduce some inferences as to the real influence of strikes, the lecturer briefly narrated the circum stances of several important strikes. Among these were the engineers' strike in 1852, the Preston strike in 1853-54, that in the building trades in London, 1859-60 ; the flint-glass makers' strike in 'SPA PER The Institution of Civil Engineers. The annual meeting of this institution was held on Tuesday—Mr. Charles H. Gregory, vice-presi dent, in the chair. In submitting a report upon the present state of the institution, the council commented upon the in creased interest manifested in the meetings by the members of all classes, from which it was inferred that the subjects selected for consideration had met with approval. Although, from the length to which the discussions had been extended, it had only been possible to bring forward a limited number of papers, yet it was but fair to the authors to state that others .of equal merit had been thus unavoidably postponed. There had been 24 ordinary general meetings, when 10 papers were read, all of which had been deemed worthy of reward. It was remarked that, as a rule, the communications, both written and oral, were ac companied by an elaboration of detail, and' by a profuseness of illustration, testifying at once to the care with which they had been prepared, and to the desire to sustain the character of the proceedings. During the recess all the volumes of the minutes of proceedings that were in arrear, as well as the volumes for the last session, had been issued to the members. These volumes together contained 2,325 pages of let terpress. and 90 plates, besides numerous woodcuts. Since the last annual meeting there bad also been printed and circulated to the members a new cata logue of the library, in itself an Bvo. volume of 412 pages. With regard to a resolution passed at the last annual general meeting, the council stated that they had still under their earnest consideration the ques tion of the best and most feasible means for provid ing additional accommodation for the meetings and for the other uses of the members of the institution, and that they were engaged in the investigation of the various plans which had been suggested for that purpose —but they were of opinion that it would be premature to enunciate any definite views in the temporary absence of the president, of whose fur ther advice the assistance the council were anxious to avail themselves. The council had much plc tsure in complying with a requ_.st made by the Lords of the Committee of Council o❑ Education, to allot to the intending exhibitors of machinery in the British section of the Paris Universal Exhibition of 1867 the space set apart by the iniperial commission for that purpose. The council regretted that, as the actual net area available for division was only one-tenth of that asked for, they were unable to accede to a larger number of the applications, and that they were obliged greatly to limit the space assigned in other cases. In order to show the pro gress of the institution during the latter half of its existence, extending over a period of 24i years, or from June 30, 1842, to November 30, 1866, two tables had been compiled, from which it ap peared that at the former date the total number of members of all classes was 525, as against 1,339 at the 30th November last, showing an actual increase of 814, or 155.2 per cent. The annual increase per cent. during the past six years had been 1 . 61, 5.81, 4.00, 5.29, 9.86, and 11.39 respectively. During the same period the honorary members had been relatively diminished from 6.6 to 1.5 per cent., and the graduates from 12.9 to 0.5 per cent. ; while the number of members had been increased from 34.5 to 40.4 per cent., and of associates from 45.9 to 57• G per cent. Or, in other words, taking the honorary members and the gra duates together, they had, at the first date re ferred to, amounted to nearly ono-fifth of the whole number of members, whereas at the present time they only constituted the one-fiftieth part of that number. Nearly one-half of the members and associates were resident in London and its vicinity, one-third in the other parts of the United King dom, and the remainder in British possessions abroad and in foreign countries. An analysis of the statement of receipts and expenditure for the year ending Nov. 30, 1866, showed that there had been received, including in each case dividends on invest ments, £4,945 on the general account, £994 in re spect of the building fund, and £360 on trust funds, making together £6,299. The expenditure had been £4,153 on the general account, and £l3l for pre miums under trust, while £2,971 had been invested, on different accounts, in Consols, and in debenture stocks of the Great Northern, the North Eastern, and the London and North Western Railway Com panies. This showed an excess of disbursements over receipts of £956, by which amount the avail able balance at the bankers had been reduced. The nominal value of the different funds now belonging to the corporation together amounted to £26,709 lls. 2d. as against £24,983 ls. 6d. at the date of the last report. After the reading of the report Telford medals and Telford premiums of books were presented to Messrs. R. Price Williams, J. Grant, and E. Clark ; a Telford medal to Sir C. T. Bright, M.P. ; a Tel- ford medal and the Mauby premium in books to Mr. R. Manning; and Telford premiums of books to Messrs. W. Humber, G. R. Burnell, W. Ridley, T. A. Rochussen, and W. H. Mills. The thanks of the institution were unanimously voted to the president for his attention to the duties of his office ; to the vice-presidents and the other members and associates of council for their co-ope ration with the president, and their constant atten • dance at the meetings ; to Mr. C. Manby, honorary secretary, and to Mr. J. Forrest, secretary, for the manner in which they had wrformed the duties of their offices ; as.also to the auditors of the accounts and the scrutineers of the ballot for their services. The faowing gentlemen were elected to fill the several ofli.les on the council for the ensuing year : John Fowler, presi lent ; Joseph Gallia, C. Hutton Gregory, Thomas liawksley, and John Seottßus sell, vice-presidents ; J a mes Abernethy, William . Beardmore, James Brunlees, Thomas Henry Barlow, John Frederic Ba o ter s an E , Har rison, George Willoughby I I George Robert Stephenson, and em Charlesns Murray, V ign o les membersandthe Richard Charles Lucas, associates. ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS.—It has been arranged that the oration in honour of the memory of the late John Hunter shall be delivered on the 14th of February next by Professor Hilton, F.R.S. Henceforth an oration will be delivered in alternate years. ii kt ; t*, 9 i * , ir.:.-,44-'4 ;„ :, -; : y - ''- - 7,1,:t• Jf4: - , IS B.B§ thet et the Sthikrislat , 4 iQ U tras 1806 ; the recent strike and look-out in the Potts.. ries, which terminated last November ; the strike in the northern iron trades, which terminated on the 23d of the same month. The more these great strikes were considered the 11101'0, he said, was one impressed with the loss and misery which they oc casioned to both masters and workmen. They might well be coinpared to war, and it should not be for gotten that the prize for which both sides were con tending might be borne off for the benefit of a third party. The frequency of strikes argued some an ! soundness in the relations betw een masters and I workmen, in which the blame was not all on one Ride ; and the magnitude of the evil had naturally excited a &lire to find some remely for it. At on 3 time great importance was attached to the establish meet of courts of conciliation, on the model of the French conseils des prad'hommes, but after further consideration it was found that these tribunals had no judicial authority, and it was ncognisel that the establishment of tribunals of arbitration, which should fix rates of wages or hours of labour, would be incompatible with the free•lom of bargaining between employers and employed. At present some attempts were being male to obviate the evils of strikes by allowing workmen to participate with their employers in the busi ness which they were mutually engaged in carrying on ; and, although there had not yet been sufficient experience to show how this system would operate, it was possible that in some form of combination of the sort the solution of the question might be found. Upon the whole, the conclusions at which the lecturer arrived were that strikes might be justifiable, or even necessary, and that, to pre vent their occurrence or mitigate their evils, greater forbearance than had hitherto been exhibited should be shown to each other by both masters and work men, and that trades' unions should avoid meddling and officious interfcreue between them. The read ing of the paper was followed by a discussion, in which-the views of . the lecturer were pretty gene rally accepted as'sound, and the proceedings termi nated with the usual vote of thanks. 0 OW Of ,h or p a te V. it, )r all -bite , v do )d re ,t, top fro nt to 46 u 133. Fin e se er let at 1! , • b ut A rent red, ,riort ;, 2" 595; 0 5 ' [eat', an t. . 610 , on° pe r !4.9t. a. ; 9 0 0 ; 0 0 " ov• eA rtb