The Sun. — London, England, 1866-12-18 00:00:00

I. N • EN •, , 7 ; tL ° 6' .l/ C f • The Cattle Plague. I\2‘--: _ • •-... • . ; d re , . - • •• • _ r • 41; • 4,g); 4 . . G . • Artit #)I ) • 4 . • \ 4 7' 0 0 ' ,;)„‘ I , . Yesi 4 i 4:4 - t\ • ijklilk ) 3 .PO4 , • „ 400ft0.0 0 I} 0 • s t : /.4.6. 4 „„ IL „ • A• • pot ," 4\ 4 --..t a4111 t .• mor• WV, ' 4 id IVSPIpEiit: 1-14ALY, '\;t 4 but atend3 AHAN'SExiFILBITII4IIIIB96KSY. DUBLIN T celebrated OLD IRISH WHISKY gained the Dub hls lin Prize nodal. It is p er, mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Whole- . ▪ or ne. Sold in Bottles, 3s. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London ; , the Agents in the principal towns in England ; or w holos)0A at R. GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. Observe the Rod goal, Pink Label, and Cork branded liinahan's LL Whisky." J )rm of ing its by an DENT; Id the In the more of the THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 18, 1866. N°. 23,251. PRICE.... ld. STAMPED sd. then, itional RAILWAY INTELLIGENOE. STODARE'S THEATRE OF MYSTERY, Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly. littiTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION k • (Incorporated by Act of Parliament, 18,50), “ITSSELL-STREET, COVENT-GARDEN. LONDOY. Ip 'rompt ADVANCES on all description of security. F:rms 'ee Ou application by letter to EDWARD HARPER, Secretary. COUNTRY HOTELS, PUBLIC HOUSES, and BUSINESSES. F URNESS and KNEE'S List on application. P artienlara for insertioa received until the 27th of the Month at their A.UCPION AND HOTEL AGENCY OFFICES, 5 . Agar•atreet, Strand, W.C., and nearly opposite the Charing Cross Railway Station. TANFIELD'S PATENT PICKLES are per fectly pure and uneAlnured. To be had of all dealers and who'esale of TOIIN BURGESS and SON, 107, Strand (corner of Savoy-steps), London. PXIIIBITORS at the PARIS EXIIIBITION, p,7 4 who ADVERTISE in "THE SUN," can have the 't'RVICES of A SPECIAL AGENT in PARIS, whose address can be obtained at " The Sun" Office. He has a Perfect knowledge of French, is also acquainted with busi ness, and has good connections. On application to " The Ile Agent in Paris, either personally or by letter, he will e w btai n every possible facility for Exhibitors, or persons may hare other business in Paris, or who may go there for pleasure only. PRINTING. --TO PROPRIETORS OF i NEWSPAPERS, PERIODICALS, &c.—The Print 11g and Machining of Newspapers, &c., done on exceed ingly favourable terms. Use of Editorial and Publishing _ () Caces, if required. Estimates forwarded on receipt of Particulars, with stamped directed envelope for reply. A ddress—The Manager "San" Printing Offices, 8, Church t°l';', Savoy, Strand, W.C. VVIIAT IS YOUR CREST AND WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO ? b,ai Sood 3s. 6d. to CULLETON'S Heraldic Office for a Sketch, or 6s. for a Coloured one. The Arms of beand (heraldic bended together in proper heraldic form. i" go proper Colours for servants' liveries, what b uttons to be used, and hoW the carriage should be painted, t ee Os- Just complete, a very valuable book, with 3 , 500 ~ ugravings, arms, crests, and mottoes of nearly every family in the kingdom, the result of thirty years' labour, ?Ilea £lO 10s, printed in several colours. Family Fedi 6fees traced f. era authentic records, information as to the 2 0 taining of a new grant of arms, how to change one's 'true, by T. Culleton Engraver to her Majesty and Royal fault' • • y ; tiso Diesuaker to the Board of Trade, 25, Oran -uourn-street (wrner of St. Martin's-lane), W.C. CONTRACT FOR BEECH WEDGES. Contract Department, Admiralty, Somerset House, 14th Dec, 186 G. • rruE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the uNITED KINGDOM o f GREAT BRITAIN and IRE LAND,,, Do her e by gi ve NOTICE, that on TUESDAY, the Bth January next, at Two o'Clock, they will be ready to treat w ith suc h P ersons as ma y be willing to Contract f or supplying Her Majesty's Dockyard at Portsmouth with liewed Wedges of Beech, under a Contract for twelve calendar months certain, and further until the expiration of three calendar months' warning. The average annual consumption, together with a Form () the Tender and Conditions of Contract, may be seen in the Lobby of the Storekeeper-General's Department, A dmiralty, Somerset House. No Tender will be received after Two o'Clock on the day of Treaty, nor will any be noticed unless the Party attends, or an Agent for him duly a uthorised in writing. • A„Eve iral ry ty Tender bear must in addressed to tho Secretar of the , be left the lefand corner the words me Tende r for Beech Wedges ;" and must also bo delivered s t t the Department of the Storekeeper-General, Admiralty, "cunereet House, accompanied by a Letter signed by two re sponsible persons, engaging to become bound with the b • arson tendering in the sum of £2OO for the due perfor tuance of the Contract. By Order, ANTONIO BR AY, Registrar of Contracts and Public Securities. r ilU GUN M. AKERS and Others. The SECRETARY of STATE for WAR is desirous of ,`eceivine: PROPOSALS from Gunmakers and Others for 44 EECII-LO &DING RIFLES, either repeating or not r epeating, which may replace the present Service in future manufacture. The following aro the conditions considered essential in railitary non-repeating Rifles : A. WEIGHT. Not to exceed 91b. soz. without bayonet. B. LENGTH. To be 51 inches, with short stock, measured from the h ollow of the butt-plate to muzzle. C. WEIGHT OF AMMUNITION MADE UP. 2 1ust not exceed Mb. 4oz. for sixty rounds as packed for service. D. CARTRIDGES. Must carry their own ignition. E. SIGHTS. The foresight must be such as to admit• of a bayonet "led according to the present system. F. STOCK. llust be such as to carry a light metal cleaning-rod, and allow a sling to be used. G. RECOIL. Must not exceed that of the Enfield Rifle by more than 10 per cent. IL THE ARM AS A WHOLE. Artist be as little liable to injury by long-continued firing, rough usage, and exposure, as the naval rifles converted to b reech-loaders on the Snider system. To be as capable, also, of being used without accident by imperfectly trained Pen, auualitil of being manufactured in quantities and of uni 'OM qy. 1. THE AMMUNITION AS A WHOLE. Must be as little liable to injury by rough usage, damp, !,nd exposure in all climate as th Boxer cartridge for Eliier's converted Enfield rifle s, —also e as little liable to acci dental explosion as the same cartridge, and as capable of be ing manufactured in large quantities, and of uniform quality. x. CALIBRE. Optional. L. THE TWIST AND FORM OF GROOVE. Optional. Optional. that expen - It con- would I that L tz Lu ob las t ess Pe r : , ve waY alities 0 aittot e ighing O 521 b), 33s t . O 3t4 111 0 ;vas ' 1 q uarter butt"'' A 'Pia a offer p rices P er qt. S. 010 ovi '1 'n, A', 4" rdlY 5 , 1 ° is acte.7 or sorts er wore rad°, at ld 6 . ; _ o 13ta ;to 45 5 per 24 3 stou°' r oxko t value° not Bt late 7 1001. i per 3ndio 6 4 stone' to 7°13. 'o. 0 . 28. 2° ' Kt 14 3. 14. 3 , 2 u. ; 14 ' C. 14a. 2 r , " 14, C. C. 19* 0. 14" C " . 14 a 10. C. ' 29 a. 19 ~ ;0 4 ' eligile' f Cilt. 0 11. of eld e st , tor "4 vet 000 - t yeroo I .o' Igo sto to 401' 1 r borif 0. 11" atl x. THE LOCK. N. RAPIDITY OF FIRE. Capable of firing at least 12 rounds per minute, without kitting, the cartridges being arranged on a table. 0 . ACCURACY WHEN FIRED FROM A FIXED REST. The arm must give a mean figure of merit of not more than 3Gin. at 1,000 yards, 30in. at 800 yards, 12in. at 500, Egli/ Gin, at 300. , The mean to be taken upon at least five targets of twenty hats each. P. TRAJECTORY. Not to require at 500 yards an elevation of more than 1 "g. 30 nun. „ Q. FOULING. The shooting not to deteriorate more than 20 per cent. at 1,000 yards after firing 250 rounds. R. PENETRATION. The mean penetration of five shots not to be less than that of the present service muzzle-loading Enfield Rifle— Vz., 12 half-inch elm planks, which have been soaked 48 Flours in water. Distance 30 yards. s. LUBRICATION. 'Paz on bullets is indispensable, but any other lubricant may be superadded or applied to the cartridge, if thought 'accessary by tho competitor. 111. No arms will be received without the usual proof marks. s pecifications, and drawings of the methods proposed, BLating the probable cost per arm, and accompanied by a fi nished specimen arm, with 20 rounds of suitable ammu nr,ition, should be sent to the "Director of Ordnance, War 'fileg, Pall-mall," on or before the 30th March, 1867. The specifications and specimen arms will be considered by the Ordnance Select Committee and its associate mem -I,;rs, wh o will be selected by the Secretary of State for ar, and who will, after firing the 20 preliminary rounds, selec't and recommend for further trial such of the systems as may appear to them sufficiently promising, rejecting all s uch as may not be considered to offer sufficient merits to Warrant their being included in the competition, the con ditions of which are stated in this advertisement. Each accepted competitor will then be required to furnish for: experiment, at Woolwich, six arms in strict conformity (c) the specimen arm submitted, with 1,000 rounds of am munition per arm, within four months after date of de- Maud. Each competitor will be required to disclose to the a n, c ommittee the exact nature of the lubrication he may em 11°Y, A sum of £3OO will be paid to each of the accepted ,_ °ll.l Petitors, to cover the expense of the six rifles, and of t he supply of ammunition required. The Secretary of State offers a reward of £l,OOO for the l OU which, on combination of all qualities, is considered Y the committee to be the best submitted. A second reward of £6OO for the arm which, while at taining a satisfactory degree of excellence in other particu lars, is selected for merit in respect to its breech mechanism. A third reward of £4OO for the best cartridge. The qua 'ties which will be principally taken into consideration in a Wardin ts prize will be economy of manufacture power I 5 sustaining rough nsage, freedom from deterioration in Various climates, and general serviceability. The shooting qualities of the cartridge must be fair • but Its they may d epen d upon th e r ifli ng of the arm with Which th e cartridge is associated, they will not be so much con sidered as those above-mentioned. It is clearly to be understood that under no circumstances Will a competitor be entitled to more than one prize ; but al jell prize will be irrespective of any reward which may be given to the inventor of the arm finally adopted into the .ervice. Iv , MAGAZINE AND REPEATING ARMS. Magazine and Repeating Arms for Infantry will be re rlved and examined in a manner similar to the Breech nling Rifles. They must not be less in length than 48 "cues, including the stock. The limit of weight for these arms is fixed at 91b. ex clusive of the charges in the magazine. It is indispensable that the arms be made to take a "Varlet. 1,-The Secretary of State offers a reward of 300 for the best '"gazine or Repeating Arm produced that fulfils the abeve conditions ; and in the absence of experience does not at r e sent define the standard of accuracy or other conditions be fulfilled before such an arm can be adopted. Those Magazine orßepeating Arms, which are accepted ° r further trial, will be paid for at the rate of £6O each. This sum is to' include 1,000 rounds of ammunition per attn. noThe Secretary of State will take care that no ingenious he produced in answer to this advertisement shall be "opted into the service without proper acknowledgment, 411 d that the name of the individual with whom it origi nates shall be recorded in connection with it. if the rifle to which the first prize is awarded is adopted l ate the service, it will hear the inventor's name. J. ST. GEORGE, Major-General, Director far Office, Oct. Ordnance. Oct. 22 1866. Now ready, in Bvo., with Illustrations, 15s. bound, m y PILGRIMAGE to EASTERN SHRINES. By ELIZA C. BUSH. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. UNDER THE ESPECIAL PATRONAGE OF HER MAJESTY. Now ready, 36th Edition, in 1 vol , with the Arm beautifully engraved, 31s. 6d., handsomely bound, el it dzes, L ODGE'S PEERAGE AND BARONETAGE FOR 1867. Corrected by the Noliility. "The best peerage and baronet •ge "—Herald. Hurst and Blanket% 13, Great Marlborough-street. ON SATURDAY, the 29th of December, will be published, at No. 112, Strand, " THE WEST MINSTER GAZETTE," a new Catholic Weekly Paper, supported by a large number of known and approved writers. 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Price 265. per annum. Single copies, 5d.; stamped, 6d. ' NEW AND REVISED EDITION OF " LADY LISLE." This day. thoroughly revised and in parts re-written, unt form with Library Edition of Miss Braddou's Novels, price Cs., LA L I -S L E. By the Author of "Lady Audley's Secret," dze. "Miss Braddon has written nothing stronzer or fuller of human interest. . . The story is intensely readable to its last line." —The Globe, Dec. 8. 186& Ward, Lock, and Tyler, Paternoster-row. EAU -DE-VIE.—This Pure PALE BRANDY, 18s. per gallon, is vi ry superior to recent Lriportations of Cognac, recommended by the medical protesmion, and ex tensively used in hospitals. In bottles, 335. per dozen, or in a case 395., railway carriage pal I.—HEN RY BRETT and CO., Old Furnival's Distillery, Holborn, E.O , and 30, Regent street, S.W. Established 1829. SPLENDID SPECULATIONS. GREAT 6UCCESS. With a single stake of £l, you can realse £25,000 ! With a single stake of £2, you can realise £27,5' , 0! ! With a single stake of .f.B, you can realise .C 37.000 ! ! With a single stake of .ClO, you can realise .£45,000 ! ! For prospectuses and particulars apply without delay to Hr. EUGENE TILLOT, General Merchant, Guernsey. UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF THE ELITE OF EUROPE AND AMERICA. NO MORE CRUSHING OF DRESSES. T _ HE only PRIZE for any class of TRUNKS at the Dublin Exhibition, 1865, was AWARDED to Mr. MYERS, ot CAVENDISE3 110 USE. IV igmore-s treet, Caven dish-square, London. for his newly-invented Patent Self- Expanding DRESS BASKET TRUNKS, which arc secured by Royal Letters Patent in England and France. All Americans visiting London are respectfully recom mended to visit the above Establishment and inspect the various descriptions and large assortment of Travelling Portmanteaus, Trunks, !cc , Arc. Ladles especially will fin in M. Myers's Royal Alexandra Self-Expanding and Coilapsino• Dread Baskets the ne plus ultra of perfection for their requirements. This Basket com prises every convenience the traveller can suggest. It is constructed to carry a large or small quantity of Dresses, Arc. ; and from its I,ecultar me. hanical contrivance will ex pand or collapse by its own action, thereby adapting itself to any size ; and it can therefore be used for either a short journey or a lung tour. ITOTHING IMPOSSIBLE.—The greatest and most useful invention of the day, AGUA &MARE LL A. Heelers. JOHN GOSNELL and CO., Red Bull Wharf, 93, Upper Thames-street, Perfumers to her Majesty, respect fully offer to the public this truly marvellous fluid, which gradually restores the human hair to its pristine hue- no matter at what. age. The Ague Amarella has none of tLe 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, 10s. 81. Testimonials from artistes of,the highest order, and from individuals of undoubted re 3peotability, may he seen on application. Messrs. John Govnell and Co. have been appotnted Pert tamers to her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales. RUVTITRES.-iIY ROYAL GETTERS PATENT. WHITE'S MOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (PERFECTED AND EXHIBITED IN THE GREAT EXHIBITIONS of 1851 and 1812), id allowed by up vards of wo hundred Me deal Gentlemen to be the molt effective invention in tl:o curative treatment of HERNIA. The use of a steel spring, so coteu hurtful in its effe..ts. is here avoided—a soft b .ndage beinz worn round the body, while the requisite resisting power supplied by the Moe-Main Pad and Patent Lev. r. fitting with so .nuch ease and clew nese that it cannot be detected, and m.ty be worn during sleep. A descriptive circular may be had, and th..e truss, which cannot fall to fit, forwarded by post, on the circum ference of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manufacturer, Mr. WHITE. 228, Piccadilly. A Single Truss, las., 21e., 26s 6(1., and 31s. ad Postage, Is. A Double Truss, 31s. 6d., 42s , and 525. 641. Postafze, is. Bd. An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. Postage, is. 10d. Net-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post office, Piooadilly. NEW PATENT ELASTIC STOCKINGS, KNEE-CAPS, Ace.. for Varicose Veins and all cases of Weakness and Swelling of the Legs. Sprains, &O. They are porous, light in texture, and Inexpensive, and are drawn on ike an ordinary stocking. Price 4s. 6d., is. 6d., 10s., and 166. each. Postage. 6d. JOHN WHITE, Manufacturer, 228, Piccadilly. J4AMBERT'S ASTHMATIC BALSAM.-AN EFFECTUAL REMEDY, without confining the bowels or affecting the bead, 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. Prepares only and sold by W. LAMBERT, Chemist, 8, Kin z-William- street, Charing cross, London, and by all druggists, in bottles. 134 d., 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. SPA.NISII FLY is the acting ingredient in ALEX. ROSS'S CANTHA.RIDES OIL, which speedily produces whiskers and thickens hair, as 6d, 586 d, and 10s 6d; sent by post for 54, 84, and 144 stamps.—ALEX. ROSS, 248, High liolborn. London, and all Chemists. WONDERFUL DISCOVERY.—Corns cured in one day by using' ALEX. ROSS'S CHIROPO. This preparation gradually dissolves the Corn in a few hours, removing the very root. Price 4s ; sent by post for 60 stamps. —248, High Holborn, London. and alt Chemists. HAIR -CURLING FLUID, 248, High Holborn, London.—ALEX. ROSS'S CURLING FLUID ourle Ladies' or Gentlemen's hair immediately it is applied. Sold at 3s 6d, 5s dd. and 10s 6d ; sent free for 54, 81, and 144 stamps. —Had of all Chemists. 0 REY HAIR.-248, High Holborn, London.— Or ALEX. ROSS'S HAIR DYE produces a perfect colour immediately it is used. It is permanent, and perfectly na tural in effe Price 3s Bd, 5a 6d. and 108 ed ; sent by post for 54, 81, and 141 stamps ; and all ChemiAs. HAIR DESTROYER.-248, High Holborn, London.—AL EX. ROSS'S DEPILATORY removes superfluous hair from the lace, neck, and arms, without effect to the skin. Price 3s 6d, 5s 6d, and 10s 6d; sent for 51, 64, and 144 stamps.—Had of all Chemists. PIMPLE REMOVER.—AII diseases of the skin are improved by one dose of ALEX. ROSS'S VEJETARLE SKIN PILLS. They remove redness, sal lowness, dro. 2s 9d and 7s nd ; or pest for 49 and WO stamps. —ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London, and all Che mists. HAIR COLOUR WASH.—By washing the head with this beautifully-perfumed Wash, in seven or ten days the hair assumes its original colour, and remains so by an occisional usino.. lOs Mel ; sent for stamps.—ALEX. ROSS, 244, High Holborn, London, and all Chemists. Just published, 2d ; sent by the autho r for 3 stamps. ETGLINESS and BEAUTY ; bei n g a Pamphlet descriptive of articles and means used for improving the appearance. By ALEX.. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London. THE RESCUE SOCIETY wishes to add another Lome to the 12 now in operation. Last year no fewer ban 455 peor, friendless, young females were rejected fro m want of FUNDS and room. making a total of 3,087, who have been sent away in five years. The new home the Committee wish to form woald be for young girls, almost children, from the age of s to 15, who have been led astray from the path of virtue. Contributions will be received gratefully by the Secretary. Sir. Daniel Cooper, 85, Queen •street. Cheapaide; vo by Items Barolay and Co.. Lombard-street. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, In the Immediate vicinity of the Great Northern BAH way Terminus, King's-crow. Patron—Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN. Vice. Patron—l 3 is Royal Highness the Prinoe of WA LE " 4 , K G President—His Graoe the Duke of BUCCLEUCH. K.G. This Hospital, founded in the year 1828, the tint to estab lish the principle of free admission to the sick poor, without the delay and difficulty of Governors' orders, is wholly de pendent for support on voluntary contributions and t .2, a :zee. It affurds relief to a large number of in-patients, and, I n addition to this, the average number of attendance of the destitute sick has for a considerable period averaged between 3,000 and 4,000 weekly. The Committee earnestly solicit the ASSISTANCE of the benevolent, as the premises of this Hoapital are capable of containing several hundred more beds had the Committee the requisite funds to maintain them. Contributions are received by their bankers, Messrs. Brown, Janson, and Co., Abchurch-lane; also by alessrs. Coutts and CO.; Urummono and Co.; Glyn and Co. ; Herries and Co. ; Ransom and Co.; Presc ott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; W Mims, Deacon, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co., Bernere-street ; and at the Hospital. from 10 fill STANFORD SKIM &foretop, "WHO'S HE?" STODARE (Madame), widow of the late Colonel Stodare, will present the SPHINX, MARVEL Or MECCA, and BASKET TRICK, assistvd by Mr. Firbank Burman (pupil of Colonel Staare), in Col. Stodare's It; IVA L ENTEIITAINMENT ot Au IC, at the THEATRE OF MYSTERY, Egyptian Hill, every eviiiing at 8 ; N cdnesday and Saturday mominus at 3 Admission—ls. and 25.; stalls, :Is. Schools and children hilt-price. Seats secured at the Pox-office, from 11 till 6, and at Mitchell's Royal Librsry, 33, Old Bond-street. MR. JAMES WEAVER, Manager. T E 0X F It D, 6, OXFORD-STREET, W., THE MUSICAL ESTABLISIDIENT OF LONDON. --- Brilliant Iltviyal of Offenbach's "SIXTY-SIX." Misses Busse 7 l, Fitz lienry, and Barrie; Me.ers. St. Albyn, Mader, and Bury. Comedy by llgrry Sydney (the political Momus), Robert Fraser (Buffo Vocalist and Comedian—a great success). Mons. Peterson with his high' y trained troupe of Performing Dogs. EXTRA ATTRACTIONS during THIS WEEK. (great success of LES AHAZONES AU CHAMPAGNE DIVERTISSEMENT. Musical Director and Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghosians._ THE BOY AT MUG BY, a Musical Sketch, founded on Mr. Charles Dickens's Christmas Story, written by Mr. E. Green, composed by Mr. It. Coot e, personated by Mr. ROBT. FRA .41 , 3 E, by permission of' Charles Dickens, Esq , will shortly be produced. WESTO N'S GRAND MUSIC HALL, HOLBORN. Proprietors, SWEASEY and HOLLAND. 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 y Musia IT - Terrific ovation of. the Irish Minstrels, 2 7 in numbei, three and four calla 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. P. Colal. Prices of admission -- Stalls and Balcony, ls.; Area, 6d. ; Private Boxes, 10s. 6d. 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. I T VIADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION, BAKER-STREET. NEW EDITIONS. —A Life-size Portrait-Model of the PRINCESS MARY OP CAMBRIDGE, a Marriaze Gr•mp of the PRINCESS HELENA and I'RENCE CHRISTIAN. Admittance, Is.; children, under ten, half-price; extra rooms, 6d. Open from 11 a nt. t.ll dusk, and from 7 p.m. till to. A RGYLL ROOMS. - GRAND CASINO, Windmill-street, Piccadilly. These elegant and popular Rooms, having been entirely re decorated. are now OPEN EVERY EV EN ING, for Concert and Dancing. Conductor, Signor Luca CURTL Manager, (GENET. Admission to Promenade, One Shilling. Reserved Seats, Two Shillings. IiTETROPOLITAN RAILWAY—Trains every —.91 five minutes. fET ROPO LITAN RAILWAY Moorgate iviL street Station. IMETROPOLITAN RAlLWAY—Aldersgate- IYI street Station. METROPOLITAN RAlLWAY—Farringdon street Station. METROPOLITAN RAILWAY—King's-cross Station. ATETROPOLITAN RAILWAY—Gower-street .IY_IL Station. ATETROP 0 LITAN RAIL WAY Portland- IVA. road Station. METROPOLITAN RAILWAY Regent circus Station (opposite the Polytechnic Institution, 288, Regent-street). The MET ROPOLI CAN RAILWAY COMPANY'S SPECIAL OMNIBUSES to and from Port— land-road Station meet every Train. m ETROPOLI FAN RAILWAY—Baker-street .11_L Station. vrETROPOLITAN RAILWAY Edgware roadL Station. AfETROPOLITAN RAILWAY -- Bishop's- IvJL road 6tatioft. NEETROPOLITAN RAILWAY—Trains every five minutes. MYLES FENTON, General Manager. NEETIZOP 0 LITAN and GREAT WESTERN itISTNIAS HOLIDAYS.—Extra Trains between the City, Kin. Cs-cross, tower-street, Port land-road, Refzesit-eirots, Baker-street, Edmiware-r- ad and Paddington, Hammersmith, Kenqingt ,n, Shepherd's-bush , Nottinz-hill, and Westbourne-park. FALKNER'S OLD IRISH WHISKY, " Real Malt." 19s per frallon, is sold in battles and jArfl, bear ing his label and trade mark. Most liberal terms arc offered to the trade tor the sate of this trennina old spirit, which Is coming into universal consumption through England. For price lists apply at Offices, 14, Strand, London, W.O. Established in Graf ton-street, Dublin, A.D. 1780. JAMES DALY and CO., Distillers, John-street, Cork.—" The purest spirit and safest drink in the world."—l.ondon Offices, 7, Printing-house-square, EC, next the "Times." JAMES DALY and CO., Distillers, John - street , Cork, be; to announce that they are able to supply the trade with their celebrated Whiskies. in casks or cases, and to take orders in bond at d for exportation, at their o ffi ces, 7, Printing-house-square, London, E C.. the only house in the square not occupied by the "Times." J. D. and Co.'s whiskies brio; the highest prices in the Australian and other Colonial markets, rs may be observed by reference to tie "Journal of Commerce of Victoria," by which it N rill be bean that their whiskies feted 6d. per gallon and Is. per c, se ufer the next best, and is. 6d per gallon and Ss. 6d. a c,..e 43 , .r the lowest quotation. Alway., on hand e lar;.,e supply of ve-y old mellow wuisky in the finest condition, matured in suerry casks, unsurpassable in quality and flavour, supplied on the most reasonable terms. THE OCEAN ST. LEG-ER of 1866.—What Lord Lyon was to his owner was the Taeping to her Captain, viz., winner of the race, having distanced all com petitors, as the LAST INDIA TEA. COMPANY have in fariab'y done in their oho' e and sale of line new season's teas, now selling at importer's prices. Warehouses-9, Great St. Helen's-churchyard. AVALUABLE CHRISTMAS PRESENT.- A CHINESE CADDY, containing I6lbs. 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-s►reet, City, E.C. TEA IS CHE &PER THAN EVER.-Is. 6d , 25.. 2s. 6 I. per lb. are the prices at which PHILLIPS and CO , Tea Merchants, 8, King William-street, City, Lon don, E.G.. are selling good and fine BLACK TEA. A. price current post tree. 40s worth carriage free to any railway station or market town In the United Kingdom.—Observe — PHILLIPS and Co. have no Agents or any connexion with any house in Worcester or Swansea. Sugars are supplied at market prices. GEOLOG Y.-ELEMENTARY COLLEC TIONS, to illustrate the New Edition of "Lyon's Elements of Geology" and facilitate the important study of Mineralogy and Geology, can be had at 2,5, 10, 20, 50 to 500 guineas ; also single Specimens of Minerals, Rocks, Fossils, and Rezent Shells, Geological Maps. Hammers, all the recent to., of J. TENNANT, Mineralogist to Her Majesty, 149. Strand, London. Private Instruction is given in Mineralogy and Geology by Mr. TENNANT, F.G.S., 149, Strand, W.C. HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.-FUNDS are earnestly solicited for fitting up the TRAINING SHIP. £2,A00 required. WM. WILLIAMS, Secretary. Boys' Refuge, 8, Great Queen-street, W.C. ii OMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.-CON t I PRI BUTIONS are earnestly solicited for establishing the COUNTRY ROMR. £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 Za,0r.,1 , , being £l5 a year for each boy. Several kind friends have promised to pay for one boy each year. Subscriptions thankfully received by the London and West minster Bank, 41, Lothbury, and 214, High Holborn; Messrs. Ransom and Co., 1, Pall-Mall East ; and by WM. WILLIAMS, Secretary. Refuge, 8, 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 giveh 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, chilaren, and orphans are, for want accommodation, refusodadmittanco, andhave to spend night after night in the cold, wet, and sleet. To meet this evil, and to provide more ample accommoda tion, £2,000 has been raised, but to accomplish the work a sum of at least £l,OOO more will lee 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 you help to give shelter to the really homeless, and food to the really starving ? The smallest donation will be most welcome, and, night and morning, tbo prayers of the destitute will be offered in your behalf. SUBSCRIPTIONS are earnestly requested, and will be gritof ally received by the Rev. D. GI BERT D.D- No 22 Fiusbury-circus, E.C. lOHN GOSN ELL and CO.'S CHERRY CP TOO NI PA.STIC 1113 greatly Pupa - I°r to any tooth powder; gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the enamel from decay. and imparts a pleasant tragranne to the breath. Price is. 6d.—lted Bull Wharf. V 3, Upper Thanes-street. London. OSBORNE'S STILTON Is THE Cheese! LUCERNE -MEWS—a Ncw Block (private mews for gentlemen only) the Mall, close to Kensing ton-pabee-gardenv, Notting-hill. - First-class STABLES, coach-house and rooms over, fitted up with every modern improvement, to be LET, on LEASE, direct from the free holder. For terms apply to Messrs. Swain and Son, the Lodge, Notting-hill ; or to Messrs. Debenham, Towson, and Farmer, 80, Cneapside. pUNVILLE'S V.R. OLD IRISH WHISKY, BELFAST, _ _ Is regularly supplied to the House of Lords. " V.R." IRISH WHISKY. TUNVILLE and COT'S ti V.R." OLD IRISH , WHISKY BELFAST. _ London Ofßzes and Stone, 4, BEAUFORT-BUILDINGS, STRAND, W.C. Established 1808. Quotations on application. ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE OFFICE. Royal Exchange, London, November 21, 1866. The Court of Directors of the Corporation of the Royal Exchange Assurance DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that their TRANSFER BOOKS will be SHUT from Thursday, the 13th of December next, to Thursday, the 3d of January following; that the ANNUAL GENERAL COURT ap pointed by their Charter will be holden at their Office on the " ^ TP I EXellaneo. on WY,r)NIC.SDAY, the 19th of December, az Tivviie o'clock at inahl, and that a Dividend will be wr.- stdered of at the said.CourE. ROBERT P. STEELE, Secretary. CARDIFF'S BRIDGE IRON MILLS, COUNTY bUBLIN. HIGHLY IMPORTANT TO CAPITALISTS, IRON MANUFACTURERS, SPADE AND SHOVEL MAKERS, AND POUNDRYMEN GENERALLY. SALE OF VALUABLE, LEASEHJLD k 7 INTEREST in Piece of Land, containing three acres, or thereabouts, upon which several MILLS and DWEL LING-HOUSES have been erected; VALUABLE MACHINERY, PLANT, STOCK-IN-TRADE, &c. &c., TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, on the Promises, On THURSDAY, 27TH DECEMBER., 1866, if not previously disposed of by private treaty. By directions of Mrs. CATH - ERINE TYRRELL, Executrix of the late Mr. JAMES TYRRELL, The Interest in the Lease of Land, Mills, and Dwelling houses, Machinery, Plant, &c., at Cardiff's Bridge, consist ing as follows, viz.:— STEAM MILL, with large Metal Hammer, on cast iron chairs, stand, and Portable Anvil, Iron Shaft, Metal Fly Wheel, Coupling Box,. &c.; Scrapping Hammer, and Plating do. ; Shafting, Fly Wheel, Stands, Anvils, &c. _ ROLLING MILL contains one pair of Working Rolls, Pillars, Carriages, Boxes, and Bed; two Metal Cog Wheels, Shaft, and Coup ling Box; large Shears; small do.; Shovel Sinking Press; Bevel Wheel and Crank; large Furnace and Crane ; large Grindstone, and powerful Water-wheel for driving. PLATING and SCRAPPING MILLS, consisting of two Wheels, two Hammers, two Metal Shafts and Tappet Rings; Stand and Crane ; Fires, Fau Shoots and Pipes, Punching Press, &c., &c. SMITHS' FORGE, containing two pairs of Bellows, Tools i Anvil, Troughs, and Vices; Metal Block for Forging Axles; Fan Pipes, and Fan Shoots ; two Scrapping Fires, &c. FINISHING SHOP. Four Fires and Bellows ; Blocks, Anvils, Vices, Hand Punching Press, Forge Tools, &c., &c. All is held by lease fora term of years, 89 of which aro unexpired, subject to f7O per annum; a portion of the Land, several Dwelling-houses, which let, reduces the rent to a very low sum. The valuable Miscellaneous Machinery, Plant, and S tock in-trade comprises as follows, viz. :—A powerful fourteen horse power Condensing Engine and Tubular Boiler ; Saw Bench and Circular Saw Blades; smaller do., , and Betty do. ; several Grindstones, large Lathe for Iron turning, with all Fittings, Tools, Vices, &c., can bo driven by steam or manual power, by porter wheel ' • Taps, Stocks, Dies, &c. ; Carpenter's Bench and Chest of Tools; Frame, Cross cut, and Whip Saws; large Crane; six Iron Wheelbarrows; ' four Wooden do. • four tons of old Iron Hoops ; Iron and Wooden Trucks; Fittings for a Metal Water-wheel, includ ing two Naves, twelve Segments, and Sheet-iron Buckets; largo Wooden Crane ; three Wooden Rollers ; Stand for Scrowing Bolts, Nuts, &c.; a Frame Truck, on four wheels; a pair of Iron Gates!; an Oval Boiler, equal to 12-horse power, three smaller sized do. ; a powerful Metal Sinking Press, a pair of Grooving Rolls, and four pairs of Shovel Rolls ; a numerous variety of Pattern Shovels, Spades, Forks, Ifook-s, ; four tons weight of Scrap and Old Iron • 100 Bars a Plating Iron, various silos; one ton or Mix ;run one do. Scrap and Iron Bars, and two Groove Rollers. SHED AND FIRE FOR SINKING SCAVENGING SHOVELS. Five tons of Old Metal, or thereabouts; one ton of Steel; four tons of Coal; one ton of Waste Spring Steel; Iron Pallisading ; Plato and Sheet Iron ; some pieces of Elm and Ash Timber; twelve dozen Spade Handles; twenty do. Wasters : seven dozen Garden Spades, half finished ; twenty dozen Sligo Spades ; seven dozen Gravel Shovels, various sizes ; eighteen Locomotive Shovels, - two large Beams, Scales, and Weights; a quantity of Old Iron, in bar and scrap ; Metal ; Bound Timber, &c., &c. Sale to commence with Leasehold Interest at One, Machinery, Plant, kC., at Half-past One o'clock; the Stock in-trade and Miscellaneous Property immediately after. Auctioneer's Commission to be paid by purchasers. Application for Statement of Title and Conditions of Sale to be made to JOHN MARTIN, Esq., Solicitor, No. 45, Lower Gardiner-street. MICHAEL CROOK, Auctioner, 10, Lo ger Ormond-quay, and Navan, co. Meath. Agricultural Prospects. The week opened with a damp morning, the day holding up tolerably dry; but the night proved a very wet one, with a cold wind from S.S.E. to S. Monday morning was more favourable ; day dry, and the night starlight and frosty. Wind, W. ; thermometer, 38 deg. at mid-day ; barometer, 30in. This was a tolerably favourable day for the thrash ing of wheat ; but a more keen frost would be still better, and enable the farmers to bring forward corn in a drier condition, now so much wanted. Tuesday was cold, with a slight frost; wind, S.E. Our ad vices from the East Riding of Yorkshire stated : " Weather fine and mild for this season of the year, and not much appearance of winter as yet. From Northumberland :—" The weather was wet and stormy up to Saturday, when it turned to frost. On Sunday it was again damp, but since yesterday it has been very fine ; wind varying from south-west to north-west." On Wednesday it was much milder, with rain. Wind, S.W., and the thermometer up to 51 degrees; barometer down to 29.60 inches, threatening a fall of rain. From the west coast of Scotland it was said—" The weather continues wet." In many parts of the north beyond the Tweed wheat sowing had been suspended by the state of the weather, and there is yet a good deal to be done be fore a finish can be made of this important work ; whilst one dry and suitable week would enable the farmers to make a finish, and, although late, yet the seed would go into a well-prepared . soil, and would soon vegetate with the present mild temperature. Thursday was a very wet day, with occasionally some drenching showers. Wind S.W., thermometer 48 degrees, and barometer down to 29.40 inches. Our advices from Warwickshire stated—" Weather dur ing the week has been changeable, with little or no appearance of winter. The land continues in a very unfit state for out-door labour, the result of recent rains." From Suffolk it was remarked—" During the week the weather has been variable, with consi derable rain and occasional frost." Friday was a wet and showery day, totally unfit for the thrashing of wheat ; and this work must be either wholly stopped, or the condition of the samples will be unfit for grinding. Many farmers, however, will n3t open their stacks until the March winds have penetrated them, as so much having gone up badly such for bearance, in numerous instances, will be requisite ; and in the meantime the growers look to a steady improvement in value. Saturday was about the worst day of all the week, heavy rains at intervals, and all out-door work on the farm suspended. The returns of wheat have been 6,218 qrs. more than last week, and ls. 7d. higher, the average prices being 61s. 7d., and consequently higher than for years past, thus helping to remunerate for the heavy expenses of last harvest. If the weather were dry up to the close of the year a still larger amount would be returned to prepare for the heavy demand at the close of the year, mainly for Christmas rents. Ac regards barley the supply returned is rather larger this than last week, but at only 6d. more money. This corn will be pressed to market during the malting season, be the price what it may. The decline submitted to during the past two weeks will most probably bring buyers forward again freely, particularly for the most select samples, as the attempt to send these down to 50s. per qr. has not yet succeeded ; while the Burton ale brewers are still on the various mar kets in the barley districts, although not quite so brisk or lively as heretofore.—Mark-lane Express. NORTH BRITISH. A meeting of shareholders and others interested in the North British, Border Union, Carlisle and Silloth, and Port Carlisle Trailways, was held on Thursday at Carlisle to consider the propriety of memorialising the North British directors as to the appointment of a director at their board resident at Carlisle or in the neighbourhood. The Mayor (Mr. R. Creighton) presided. Capt. FERGUSON gave an account of an interview he and two others (who formed the deputation from the Silloth board) had with the directors. The depu tation represented, Ist, the amount of shares held in the neighbourhood of Carlisle—nearly half a million; 2d, the very considerable amount of traffic put on the line by the merchants and traders of Carlisle, and the importance of their having some one there with whom they could confer; and finally, what was the chief point, and concerned the whole of the shareholders throughout the kingdom—that con sidering the large amount of traffic interchanged at Carlisle in the interests of the line, there should be some director resident there. The chairman of the North British told them there were only three vacancies, but if the Carlisle shareholders would agree in selecting some one possessing the necessary qualifications, with a large stake in the line and time at his disposal, they would giv- the matter a fair consideration before filling up the next vacancy. He now moved, " That in the opinion of this meet ing it is desirable that there should be a director of the North British Company resident in of near Carlisle." Mr. J. ROPE seconded the motion, which was unanimously agreed to. After some discussion, Mr. John Irving, a member of the late Committee of Investigation, was elected by the meeting to represent the interests above re ferred to at the board of the North British Railway Company, and the proceedings terminated. ATLANTIC AND GREAT WESTERN. The total earnings on this company's line, 507 miles in length, amounted, for the three weeks end ing Nov. 23, to $388,665, against $171,144 for the corresponding three weeks of last year on 490 miles, showing a decrease of $82,479. GRAND TRUNK OF CANADA. The report of the directors of this company on the Buffalo and Lake Huron agreement states that the Buffalo Company had unanimously accepted. the Act legalising and confirming that agreement at a special meeting held on the 25th of October last. Explanations had from time to time been afforded to the bond and stock holders of the Grand Trunk Company since the special meeting held on the 9th of June, 1864, when the heads of the arrangement with the Buffalo and Lake Huron Company were approved, and the directors now added that the ex perience of the working of the agreement made them regard it, all things considered, as mutually satisfac tory ; and were it not for the notion entertained in some quarters, that the American Bonding Act might be suspended, little question could arise. Taking the figures as they had been from time to time stated in the report and accounts, they showed that in two years ending June last £63,536 had been the total sum paid to the Buffalo Company under that agreement, and that the net receipts on the Buffalo line amounted to £51,282, or a loss of £12,251, and to which must be added some loss on a portion of the through traffic. The traffic, however, which origi nated on the Buffalo and Lake Huron line, and was transferred to the Grand Trunk, or originated on the Grand Trunk, and was transferred to that line, and which might not pass over any portion of the Grand Trunk at all unless this company had the euntrol of the Buffalo line, must be caleulatei and taken into credit on the other side. In addition to to this, the agreement enabled the Grand Trunk Company to make arrangements for through traffic passing between the eastern and western States of America by interchange with the New York Cen tral and Erie lines via Buffalo. It secured, in short, to this company a rapid and " all rail" communica tion between the west and New York and Boston and other eastern cities, and so assisted in maintain ing their position as owners of a great trunk line, available for the traffic of the United States as well as of Canada. The Buffalo and Lake Huron line was 161 k miles in length, the Grand Trunk 1,131 miles, and the Champlain 84 miles, making the total of the united system 1,378 miles ; thus the Buffalo mileage was one-eighth of the united Grand Trunk and Buffalo and Lake Huron mileage. The distance between Detroit and Buffalo by the Buffalo and Lake Huron line was 259 miles, as against the dis tance from Detroit to the suspension-bridge of the Great Western of 229 miles ; thus practically the Buffalo gave as good a through route for east and west through traffic as the Great Western of Canada. Railway Stations in the Metropolis. - - Various calculations and comparisons have been made with the view of illustrating the extent of the metropolis, and the number of inhabitants ; but we know of no plan by which an adequate idea of the vast magnitude of the great metropolis may be brought home so vividly as by a statement of the ex tent of its railway system, and the number of its sta tions. A reference to "Bradshaw's Itinerary" shows that there are in the United Kingdom very nearly 4,000 railway stations, while in the metropolis alone the number already constructed, or sanctioned, ex ceeds 300, and taking into account different lines using the same stations the number would consider ably exceed 1,000. The mere enumeration of the several stations within the metropnlitan district conveys a very in adequate idea of the actual accommodation provided within the area by means of local lines and junctions, and the arrangements of the companies for running powers over them and the use of stations. It is clear that every station beyond its own to which a company has access is practically an additional station. Taking this view, it will be found that the actual number within the metropolitan district has been enormously increased, and particularly by the North London and West London lines. Taking the North Lon don, for instance, it will be found that many of its stations serve trains by which there is continuous railway communication with all parts of Great Bri tain. In illustration of multiplied use of stations it will be found that Broad-street, Chalk-farm, Cam den-road, Caledonian-road, Islington, Newington road, Dalston Junction, Fenchurch- street, Shore ditch, Poplar (two stations), Stepney, West India Docks, Limehouse, Blackwall, Hackney, Bow, and Victoria Park stations are served by trains from the North London, the London and North-Western, the Great Eastern, the London, Tilbury, and South end, the South-Western, the South-Eastern, and the Brighton—an increase practically of 124 stations in a single batch. In like manner the stations on the West London line—Kensington, West Brompton, Chelsea, and Battersea—are used by the trains of the Great 'Western, the London and North-Western, the South-Western, the South-Eastern, and the Brighton. The Victoria Station is used by the London, Chatham, and Dover, the Brighton, and the Great Western. The South-Western and the South-Eastern reciprocally use each other's stations, for certain trains at Waterloo and London-bridge. There is, or shortly will be, a double use by the Brighton, and the London, Chatham, and Dover, of the stations from Peckham to Victoria—five in number. Reverting to the Metropolitan, the Great Western uses nine, and the Great Northern and London, Chatham, and Dover four of its stations. In the east and several other stations, such as Strat ford, Barking, Lew Leyton, and Leytonstone, used by more than one company. There are numerous other stations ; such as the great junctions, Willes den and Clapham, used by two or more other coin parries that might be enumerated ; it may perhaps suffice to say that the metropolis has now, or will have when the works in progress are completed, the benefit of considerably more than 300 passenger stations, about 30 of them being within the walls of the city of London proper.. Railwag News. Unprincipled Concoctors of Lying Rumours on the Stock Exchange. The correspondence which we append exhibits the daring temerity of the unprincipled concoctors of "lying rumours" for Stock Exchange operations, and it is to be hoped that the efforts of Mr. Wat kin to bring to justice the perpetrators of these out rages will be seconded by all who can in any way asssist him in this endeavour. The members of the] Manchester Stock Exchange deserve every credit for the prompt assistance they rendered Mr. Wat kin as soon as the matter was brought under their notice. They have thoroughly cleared themselves from having had anything whatever to do with the dastardly plot, which has not only succeeded in de pressing the stocks of the companies of which he is the chairman, causing a fall of 2 to 3 per sent. in South-Eastern and Sheffield, and a corresponding fall in the shares of the Great Western Company, with which he is also intimately connected, but likewise to ruin his character and credit ; and it now remains for the London Stock Exchange, as no doubt they will, to render an equally prompt as sistance to have the originator of the slander, who ever he may be, brought to the bar of justice. Annexed is the correspondence : __ No. 1. • London-road Station, Manchaater, Dec. 14, 1866, 4.45 p.m. _ _ My dear Sir,—l have just been informed that some person has sent, and some person on your Stock Exchange has received, a message to the effect, " that the chairman of the South-Eastern has failed." I hardly need say that it is an iniquitous falsehood. I appeal to you, as Chairman of the Manchester Stock Exchange, at once to aid me in finding out the scoundrel who set afloat this rumour. I hope you will read this note to the Stock Exchange on its assembling to-morrow. I am, my dear sir, yours very faithfully, (Signed) EDWARD W. WATKIN. Henry Rawson, Esq., Chairman, Stock Exchange, Manchester. No. 11. 3, Exchange-arcade, Manchester, Dec. 14, 1866. My dear Sir,--I received your lotter this evening. You may rest assured that I will use my best endeavours to assist you in tracing out the author or authors of the re port you refer to. At the present timo I am sorry to say there are base efforts made to damage many public undertakings, both by insidious statements through the public Press, and the cir culation of all kinds of false reports, including dastardly attacks on private credit like the one you complain of. I take this opportunity of stating that I fool sure I shall have the assistance of tho members of our Stock Exchange as far as possible the originators of these scandalous in exposing rumours. I am, dear sir, yours truly, (Signed) HENRY RAWSON. Edward Watkin, Esq. ,M.P. _ _ _ 3, Exchange-arcade, Manchester, Dec. 15, 1866. My dear Sir,-- I enclose you copy of a resolution passed by the Committee of the Manchester Stock Ex change, and the telegram referred to. I trust the information given will enable you to trace the author of the report. I have no doubt you will receive every assistance from the respectable London house named in the accompanying telegram. Yours very truly, (Signed) HENRY RAWSON. Edward Watkin, Esq., M.P. No. 111. Manchester Stock Exchange, Manchester, Dec. 15, 1866. Sir,— I have the pleasure to furnish you with a copy of the resolution adopted this morning by the Committee of the Manchester Stock Exchange with reference to the subject brought by you under their notice, viz. : " Resolved, " That the committee having made full inquiry with re spect to the report having reference to Mr. Wetkin, M.P., find that it did not originate on the Manchester Stock Ex change, and was thoroughly discredited there; but the committee have ascertained that a telegram was received in Manchester from London making en im;uiry on the sub subject, and enclose to Mr. Watkiu a copy of the same." I am, sir, yours most obediently, (Signed) Joux EywAnns, Secretary. Henry Rawson, Esq., Chairman of the Manchester Stock Exchange. No. IV. Stamp Office-buildings, 9, Cross-streot, Manchester, Dec. 15, 1866. B.enry Rawson, Esq., Chairman of the Manchester Stock Exchange. Dear Sir,—No beg, agreeably to your request, to annex the copy of a telegram wo received from London yesterday. Yours faithfully, (Signed) FIELDING and HATES. Cory OF TELEGRAM. Manchester, Dec. 14, 18GG. Grisewood to Fielding. . I hear the B. Chairman has failed—please say if true or no. COPY OF REPLY TO TELEGRAM. Fielding to Grisewood. Not named here—B. one to qr. No. V. At Manchester, Dec. 15, 1866. Sir,—A report was circulated here yesterday that I, the chairman of the South-Eastern Railway, had failed. Having traced the statement to a member of the Man chester Stock Exchange, I immediately appealed to the chairman, Mr. Henry Rawson, who convened a committee of the exchange for the earliest possible hour this morning, and I enclose you copies of the correspondence which has passed between us, and of the resolution of the committee, with copy of a telegram from London accompanying the same. I must now call upon you, as chairman of the London Stock Exchange, one of your body being implicated in this base and too successful attempt to depreciate the property of the South-Eastern proprietors, to trace out the real author of the rumour ; and, in the belief that you will do so, and that 1 shall hear from you on Monday, I suspend any proceedings in the matter, fully determined, however, to thoroughly expose a system of which I fear this is but an instance. I need not say there is not a shadow of foun dation for this vile report, as I have no personal engage ments of any kind.—l am, sir, your obedient servant, (Signed) EDWARD WATIEIN. Tho Chairman, London Stock Exchange, Thregmorton-street, No. VI. London Stock Exchange, Share and Loan Department, Dec. 17. My dear Sir,—Your note a nd correspondence arrived too late for a committee on Saturday. They will, how ever, be gone into this afte rnoon ; the chairman and de puty chairman have alr ead y seen the papers, they fully o f the case, and I need scarcely investigation of the whol e mat teroansstuerre m y dear sir, yours truly, will follow. —I am , (Signed) i y n o te u t t h h a e t a hr s g e:r h c c h y ing M. SLAUGHTER. E. Watkin, Esq., 3ii•P• An enormous steam engine, which has been made at Indret for the Universal Exhibition, has been s hipped a t St. Nazaire on board two Gove rnmen t vesse ls, which are to take it to Havre. Thence it will be brought to Paris by the Seine. This engine, nominally of 960-horse power, but really of about 4,000, is intended to work several large pumps. It will be placed in position by means of an immense crane now being erected in front of the Champ de Mars. The working classes will be well cared for during their visit to the Paris Exhibition. A "committee of encouragement for the studies of working men" in the Exhibition, has been formed under the presidency of M. Dcvinck. Members of the various trade societies of Europe are to be in vited to send representatives, who will be formed into sub-committees, to look after the moral and intellectual wants of the visitors of the labouring class. These visitors will be taken to all the great industrial establishments in Paris, where the various manufactures will be explained to them by CJlllpe tent persons. Similar explanations will be given to them of the various departments of the Exhibition. The committee will also take steps not only to obtain cheap board and lodging for the workmen, but to secure their conveyance to and from the Exhibition at the lowest possible expense. There is a special international jury sitting at Paris to consider the best systems o f the physical, intellectual, and moral condition of the working classes. Jterday afternoon a deputation from the Royal Agricultural Society of England held an interview by appointment with the Lord President of the Council (the Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, K.G.), to draw attention to the following points Firstly, the importation of foreign cattle ; secondly, the re-opening of fairs and markets ; and, thirdly, the necessity of extending the time during which the powers granted to the Privy Council under the Acts of the last session may he exercised. The de putation consisted of Mr. E. I). Holland, M,p., C. S. Read, M.P., and Mr. Albert Pell, of !Easel beach, Northamptonshire. His Grace entered frA y into all the points, the opinion of the deputation being evidently in favour of the abolition or altera tion of the present restrictions upon the importation of cattle, and the embodiment in a Government bill of the recent Orders in Council, so that the English producer should be placed on the same footing with his continental rivals in trade. Mr. Pell called the attention of his Grace, inter alia, to the constant evasion of the Orders in the inland districts, which drew from the Lord President the observation that the evasions of the Orders were almost en tirely confined to Great Britain, the foreigners being much more scrupulous. Sundry suggestions were made with reference to carrying into opera tion the existing state of the law, the Lord Pre sident regretting that th ere was such great laxity on the part of the local authoriti es , who thwarted, instead of assisted, in carrying out the Govern ment regulations. His Grace said finally, i n thanking the deputation for calling on him, th a t the present state of the cattle plague would necessi tate some Parliamentary legislation in the ensuing Session ; but that, meanwhile, the Lords of the Privy Council would be glad to receive intima tion of any infractions of Orders, so that speedy remedial measures might be adopted, and also such further suggestions as agricultural societies could furnish those bodies, bearing in mind how much they could aid the Government by enforcing in their own localities those regulations which had been framed for the benefit of all parties. The deputa tion then withdrew. BRUSSELS, Dec. 14. The Belgian Moniteur publishes thefollowing par ticulars concerning the cattle plague in Holland " The cattle plague appears - to be making dreadful ravages among the cattle in Holland. The number of fatal cases do not cease to increase, and if the progress observed to have been made by the disease since the end of November continue, the losses of the Dutch farmers will soon exceed those of the English cattle owners when the plague was most violent. According to the official reports the num ber of cases among cattle were for the weeks ending Nov. 3, 1,443 ; 10, 1,551; 17, 1,595 ; 17, 3,257 ; and Dec. 4, 7,162. The last number is more than double that which was recorded when the epidemic was at its worst in Dec., 1865, and everything tends to show that it does not indicate the greatest height of the disease. The cattle plague was especially virulent in the provinces of Utrecht and Southern and Northern Holland, but it has also shown itself in Frieslandand Overyssel, and has lattery attacked many parishes of Guelderland and North Brabant. Belgium having such extended and frequent traffic with the Netherlands is especially menaced by these circumstances. She will only succeed in keeping her self free from contagion by never for a moment re laxing the most rigorous vigilance and circumspec tion. The authorities and farmers on the frontier especially ought never to lose sight of this line of conduct." Yellow Fever at Demerara. The Demerara Royal Gazette of the 22d ult. says : —" We regret to say that yellow fever has played sad havoc among the troops in the garrison, particu larly among the men of the 16th Regiment. On the 10th inst. such of them as survived and were capable of removal were shipped off to Barbadoes in a brig antine, as their only chance of safety. When the disease first made its appearance, had the troops been at once removed to Berbice, the Arabian Coast, or the neighbourhood of the Penal SAtlement, the probability is that they would now have been en joying good health, as it is a remarkable fact that, although yellow fever is among the shippisg, not a single case has occurred in Georgetown or the neigh bourhood, except at the garrison. Lieut. Platt was attacked on the night of the ith inst., died on the 10th, and was buried on the following afternoon with military honours. The unfortunate outbreak of yellow fever at the garrison has led to much discus sion, not only in the Court of Policy, but out of doors. A committee was appointed to confer with the military authorities, but in consequence of the removal of the troops the action of the committee has been practically checked. This is to be re gretted, as it is very desirable that the cause of the prevalence of yellow fever at the garrison should, if possible, be ascertained, with a view to prevent the recurrence of the evil at some future day, and for the credit of the colony, which will probably suffer. When the great mortality among the troops comes to be reported in England every one will at once ascribe it to the climate, and British Guiana will be looked upon as a soldier's grave,' because no proper efforts have been made to investigate the matter. Some of the members of the Court of Policy were inclined to think that the fever was to be ascribed to the flushing of the garrison trenches with salt water, but, as long itthe trenches in Ki ngs t on havefora of time, probably a l ways, b water, taondthletowwceso westward d i t that althougheen liushe h e happens, period sout h- wes tward of the garrison grounds, an d th e t district is well p o p ulated, the fever has not touched a single victim in Kingston ? The remarkable fact d withr are salt streets l't that, while the troops were more than decimated by yellow fever, not a solitary case occurred in George town, not even among those who live in the imme diate vicinity of the garrison, shows beyond all doubt that the mortality is owing not to the climate but to some special local cause which the military authorities have not taken the trouble to investi gate, or have not had the keenness to discover. It is hard that the sickness should be ascribed to the climate, when there are strong facts to show that the climate has nothing to do with it, beyond this, perhaps, that European troops are brought from a country where the cold is severe direct to a warm country, instead of the change of their position being gradual. It is said that the garrison doctor objected at first to the men being removed to another locality; Lf so, much of the blame of the mortality which fol [owed must be laid on his shoulders." A number of French and Italian artists are con tinually engaged in painting and otherwise decorat ing the interior walls of the Prince Consort's iS tel li p ch orar mausoleum at Frogmore. The Queen in terested in the progress of the works, which are almost daily inspected by her Majesty, but it if / expected they will not be in a sufficient state o f completion for the next twelve months to allow of the removal of the Prince's coffin from its abode to its final resting-place in the granite sar c"AhNagls. INCIDENT —A LESSON FOR TILE POLITICIANS. —Whilst the old country has been suffering from the old feuds, born originally of the war, and kept alive by vengeful politicians, a scene was witnessed at the great horse Fair at Baltimore, which should set these mischief breeders to thinking. It hap pened that General Grant was present at the fair, and occupying one of the was called to th e fact that General n ne l r i a e I n j h o i .s Johnston attentio n was upon the other—the question being put— " Would he like to see him ?" " Certainly," was the reply of the General. " There is no man on the ground I would be more pleased to see !" General Johnston wa3 sent for, and a cordial greeting took place betwixt the distinguished sol diers ; and whilst this was going on, Gen. Stone man also made his appearance, a like cordial meet ing occurring, the three occupying the stand for a couple of hours in company. Now this may seem a trifle ; but it nevertheless conveys a deep and much-needed lesson; for until the masses of our people can in like manner consent to bury old antagonisms, none need ever expect that we shall have a Union to be proud of and worth cherishing. —Baltimore Weekly Commercial. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols.. CHRISTIE'S FAITH. By the Author of "No Church," "Owen," "Mattie," "This story is well worth reading for other things than lucre amusement."—Athenaeum. "The interest of this story is enthralling."—Sun. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street.