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. i. 4 a e ..:-.- I :~ NEWS PAPER REMEMBER ! WE WAIT SUPPE It hot! FOR YOU, a ft er th e P an t om i me , a t EVANS'. - Fail • • '.)1 f 111116 c,O tglEt l t " l 2 • .• • • • n ir 4 0) . • (9 , • , • /- l e , 4 44 t . . A f o • ',"Zialli/g • \-'‘'• • . - prr "". • , 11• , - 0, , A\ 0,4. "nrorr //be .11111 •y\~ -^, ~i li s : a b n u di t n l g 4 ictswtgr. ealvtehresitiriTis.gtchoannyßdhkerl-orM;:uiamCW.liTtoay. some Bor 10 m il es of the cable will sus ;4hde;n '''' water between the points on which it rests at the bottom of the ocean and the ship from which it is being paid out, it will be seen at once how impor tant is this great increase of strength, obtained as it is with so small an addition to its specific gravity. Buoyancy combined with strength has been ob tained in a very satisfactory manner. The hemp which surrounds the protecting covering of the iron wires is much lighter than water, hence the compa ratively low specific gravity. The next important point is the strength or breaking strain. Thi s in the first telegraphic cable was 65 cwt., in the pr e _ sent it is 155 cwt., or considerably morethan twice that of the former. The first stage in the manu facture, that of covering the conducting wires with gutta percha, is carried on at the works of the Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Com pany, formerly the Gutta Perch& Company's works, near the City-road, and here the most extreme precautions are taken to ensure the quality of the insulating material, and the completeness of covering for the surface. There are, as we have said, seven copper wires, which together form the, conductor. The entire length of the telegraph will be 2,300 miles, so that there is 16,100 miles of cop per wire. Every portion of this copper wire is sub jected to electrical tests to ascertain its quality for conduction before it is allowed to be worked. The next stage is to cover these wires with eight suc cessive coats of the insulating material, equal to an coveredaggreg with jute,atelengthofcore 18,400 miles. This is next wound round in - 10 strands, makin g e l ng niiles of jute yarn. Then comes th formed 0fe4410 coveml irott" outer 23, 0 0 °° wires. The iron -*ire its e lf i s 23; miles' in length,, and each wire is covered separately with five stran4 of tarred hemp, 135,000 miles of the latter being re-, quired, making together an aggregate length of , material employed of 115,500 miles, or very nearly. as much as would put 10 girdles round the earth, or form a line that would extend nearly the whole distance from the earth to the moon. As the cable is manufactured it is coiled in large tanks in the factory; from thence it passes into iron tanks fitted up in the carrying ships, and finally it is coiled in the larger tanks which have been constructed on board the Great Eastern. Many alterations have been required to adapt the " big ship " to its new duties. But although the whole of the cable, in cluding the allowance for slack, is 2,400 miles, the space which it requires in the huge vessel is almost ridiculously small when compared with the immense size of the ship. In order to construct the tanks into which the cable will be coiled, it has been ne cessary to remove a considerable portion of the interior, and 'to cut away the decks of the ship. The largest of the three tanks is placed in the after part of the ship, occupying the space formerly de voted to the second-class saloon. This tank is 58 feet in diameter, and 20 feet 6 inches in height. It is constructed of iron, and will, of course, be water tight, the cable being placed in water from the time it is received on board until it is finally deposited in its bed in the Atlantic. The plates of which the tanks are formed are five-eighths of an inch in thickness for three courses from the bottom, and half an inch to the top. They are strongly riveted throughout. The midship tank is 58 feet 6 inches in diameter, and 20 feet 6 inches in depth, allowing for about the same quantity of stowage as the after. tank. The forward tank is 51 feet in diameter, and of the same depth as the other two, the quantity of cable it will hold being calculated at between 600 and 700 miles. This tank is en tirely finished, and is now filled with water, and into this will be coiled the first section of the cable now on its way down the river. In order to sus tain the enormous additional weight which will be placed on the decks when the whole of the nearly 2,400 miles of cable is on board, the decks in which the tanks are erected are strengthened by a system of knees and deckbeams, while the pressure of the cable against the sides of the tanks will be overcome by an arrangement of beams and supports having for their object the confining o,e.dead weight of the cable to the centre of the ship, and preventing, or rather overcoming, the outward pressure of the enormous mass when the vessel is rolling at sea. The three tanks will hold respectively 817, 803, and 663 miles of cable, giving a total length of 2,283 miles ; but it is intended to place an additional length of cable on board, to allow for slack or haps on the way, and thus bring up the entire length to 2,400 miles. The entire weight of cable, tanks, water, and paying -out apparatus, which will be, placed on board the Great Eastern when she starts for the Atlantic will be about 17,000 tons, and it is to be hoped that the " big ship" will so behave when at sea with her precious burden as to establish a claim upon that confidence on the part of the public which she forfeited by her many former vagaries and repeated mishaps. RMTAHAN'S LL WHISKY v. COGNAC BRADY. p b T, lll l ce lebr a t e d O ld IRIS H WHISKY rivals the finest 4‘4DICH BRANDY, It i 9 Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. Sold in the A B ottles, 3er B d., at the Retail Houses in London; by Rt —4en t B in thetrineipal towns m England ; or wholesale 8. GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. „ 2bserve the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded z duallan's LL Whlakv." No. 22,643. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 17, 1865. PRICE 4d. STAMPED 5d NEW NOVEL BY LADY BLAKE. On Friday, January 20, in 3 vole , ORYST AL PALACE. — TO—MORROW—COMBINED ATTRACTIONS.—fhe WIZARD of the NORTH and Miss ANDERSON in their WORLD of MMJIC and SECOND SIGHT, including : The Aqua-avial Paradox—The Bonnet from the Clouds— Homological Evaporation—Les livres des recueils choisis Chapeau Cuisinerie—New Bottle of Bacchus -Miraculous Laundry—Second Sight—Anderson's:Great Experiment, &c. Commence at Halt-past Two o'clock. Admission, One Shilling ; Reserved Seats, numbered, One Shilling extra. THE CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA, note of hand, bill of exchange, or otherwise to pay for the remainder, such part only as has been fully acquired by payment shall enter into the Federal lines. This looks like a restriction on the previously existing traffic, and may possibly be so intended by the Treasury Department. Whatever may be the purpose as regards private trading, the Government itself—as I learn on undoubted authority—has no • intention to restrict its own trade, or shut out the staple produce of the South by prohibitory enact ; ment. Such pressure is brought to bear upon it by the cotton manufacturers of New England and the 12 senators who represent that small, but busy and influential corner of the Great Republic in the Upper 'Muse of the Legislature, that, failing to cap ture cotton from the enemy in sufficient quantities to keep the Northern mills in full activity, it is willing to exchange with the South such Northern products as the South may most urgently need for a corresponding value in cotton. The South needs beef, it appears, as hungrily as the North needs cotton; and it was therefore agreed some months .ago that a Northern agent, duly authorised by Mr Lincoln, would exchange with a Southern agent, duly authorised by Mr. Davis, 011,, if not two, million pounds of beef-cattle against a million pounds of cotton. It is possible, therefore, that the mission of Dr. Zacharie to Richmond may 1-e'rer to some matter as This .rather than to the more ims- ' portant question Of peace and war, and.that a new bargain of the kind, equally agreeable to both par ties, and highly profitable to the North, may be the result of this journey to the beleaguered city. Under the incentive of the new, draught called for by Mr. Lincoln in his. proclamation of the 20th ult., New York has resumed the military aspect of the year 1863 and the spring of 1864 which it had tem porarily lost. Again the banners stretch at short intervals across the long line - of" Broadway to notify to the able-bodied passengers the various recruiting offices of celebrated regiments and popular colonels; again large placards flare upon all the walls adapted for advertising, setting forth the advantages of the naval or military service of the Federal Govern ment, and the large bounties, splendid prospects, and paternal treatment offered to the patriotic youth of America (not forgetting the non-patriotic youth of Ireland and Germany) who will take arms to deal the deathblow at the backbone of the rebellion ; again tie wooden shanties of the bounty:brokers are built in public places by permission of the municipal authorities ; again the crimps and kidnappers hocus the unwary, and divert into their own pockets the greenbacks that 'should find their way into the pockets of the willing recruits ; again the consular agents of Great Britain and of the various German States are worried, perplexed, and encumbered with work, in investigating the claims to exemption raised by people who, but for the conscription, would never have thought of asserting any na tionality but that of the new land into which ill fortune in the old had driven them ; and again the rich are opening their purses to remove from this great city all peril of a compulsory draught by the offer of an unprecedented amount of bounty money. Under the last call the county and city of New York would have had to provide 13,884 men ; but as cre dits are claimed and allowed for 9,451, being the number in excess of recruitments over previous liabilities, and of substitutes purchased in the inter val between the last draught and its predecessor, there remains but 4,433 to be raised on this occa sion. At a special meeting of the Board of Super visors on Saturday, the facts and figures having been duly set forth, it was unanimously resolved to in crease the bounty offered by New York to v.,000 per man, and for this purpose to raise by way of loan, on the security and resources of the eitia,n4 county, the sum of four million dollars. All parties being agreed, the resolution was passed without even a dissentient opinion, and the Mayor affixed his signature to the ordinance within a few minutes afterwards. The owners of the real estate will, doubtless, be called upon in, due time to contribute of their superfluity towards the payment of the annual interest on this new debt, and will doubtless very speedily shift the burden from their own shoulders to that of their tenants by increasing the rent of every house, store, shop, tenement, and shanty within the limits of the city. " Great is New York," says an enthusiastic journalist in commenting upon this liberality, "it gives Admiral Farragut $50,000 to purchase a house, and other naval and military heroes as much more, and yet can afford to pay four millions for exemption from a new conscrip tion. This shows the wealth of the metropolis and the public spirit of her citizens." It may, perhaps, show the wealth of the citizens, though in debtedness is not always wealth, as private indivi duals know, if a whole city full may not, but it cer tainly shows a strange kind of public spirit that populous New York cannot provide a single soldier or sailor, native born or alien, to fight for pure enthu siasm in the cause for which their services are in voked, and that nothing but dollars—and large and continually increasing quantities of them—can induce a man to pull a trigger or haul a rope on behalf of that beneficent Government of which the Americans delight to boast as the beau-ideal of all human in stitutions. There is but little chance that New York willnot raise the men required. The average weekly immigration of Irish, German, and other Europeans during the year 1864 was upwards of 3,000, fully one half of whom were youths or able-bodied men in the prime of life. With a thousand dollars as bait, dropped into such a shoal of gudgeons as this, it will not be very long before there will be four thousand four hundred and thirty-three nibbles, followed by four thousand four hundred and thirty three bites, and four thousand four hundred and thirty-three men in shabby blue to rush to victory or to defeat under Grant, Sherman, or Thomas, or any other popular commander whom the war may produce. Under the circumstances, however, the less that is said of patriotism the better. It should, perhaps, be explained for the enlightenment of Europe that the municipal authorities of New York who vote these large sums on the credit of the city have little property of their own ; that the funds of the corporation are grossly squandered ; that more money is paid for paving and cleaning the streets than is devoted to these purposes anywhere else, and that, notwithstanding this extravagance, New York is dirtier and worse paved than any city in the world; and that wealthy and reputable Ameri cans rarely condescend to any participation in the city government. The Atlantic Telegraph• T° _,PERSONS SEEKING LANDED Pite , ) KATEs, TOWN AND COUNTRY RESIDENCES. pp„,,,,110LD AND LEASEHOLD INVESTMENTS, AND yr-ER rIES GEN ERALL Y— % ° D E IlAn GRATIS, at the principal Railway Bookstalls k:oughout the kingdom, or at the Auction and Estate Offices, 67, Chancery-lane, London, Messrs. E. and H. 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(From the Times' Correspondent.) NEW YORK, Jan. 3. The great Wilinington expedition is at an end, both as regards the military and navallorces, Gen. Butler is back again at the Dutch Gap Canal, con fident that he was right in not attempting to carry Fort Fisher by assault, though General Grant is of the contrary opinion. Admiral Porter is at Beau fort awaiting orders, amusing himself till they come in venting adverse criticism upon the conduct of his over-prudent coadjutor. The joint expedition has, it appears, cost the Federal Government the large sum of $30,000,000, from its conception four months ago to its close, or, at the present deprecia tion of greenbacks, nearly 3,000,006/. sterling. Its achievements have been nil, unless itbe an achieve ment to show that a large explosion of gunpowder may produce a very small effect, and that a fort constructed by such an engineer as Beauregard, aided by nature and position, may successfully defy a much greater amount of pounding than 60 war ships and 10,000 men can inflict upon it in two or three days, or as many months. It is generally supposed that the attempt upon Wilmington will not be renewed, and that the Armada will be or dered to co-operate at an. early day with the-force under General Sherman, marching via Augusta to Charlesfon. This is a project which, , though seriously entertained by the • Government, and strongly advocated by the military authorities, de pends upon the defenders of Augusta in the first in stance, and: upon many. other contingencies after wards ; and•which, moreover, even if it were suc cessfully carried to completion, would not be of much material advantage. There is no doubt that Charleston:captured would be of a sweet-smelling savour in the nostrils of the North, would serve to round some thousands of periods in leading articles and oratious.to the effect that the " serpent of the rebellion had been smothered in its cradle," and others to the like effect ; but whether it would in reality do anything to hasten the end of the war or add to Northern conquest a square yard of territory more than would be commanded by the guns of the Federal garrison is a matter on" which some of the most ardent patriots of the North hold irreconcilable opinions. With the exception of an inland movement against Mobile undertaken by General Gordon Granger, of which the details are vague, confused, and contradictory, there is a lull of military operations. Gen. Hood, defeated but not subdued, continues his retreat to the Tennessee river, which he has succeeded in crossing at Florence, unimpeded by Gen. Thomas ; and Gen. 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SONS' WALL LIGHT Chandeliers, in Crystal, for India (Registered). 41.16 DEFRIES and SONS promptly execute CLUB Mess, and General Furnishing Orders of China, Glass, RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. e direLeooNrlr of N th A is N oo D olp S a o n U y T ifi n te - n W d E to ST as E k ß t N h, . 3 proprie_ tors Th on the 19th instant for authority to amalgamate the Exeter and Exmouth and the Thames Valley Railways with their system. They also intend to submit arrange ments for the use in perpetuity of portions of the metro politan lines and city undertaking of the London,Chatham, and Dover Company. The Exeter and Exmouth line is 1031 miles in length, and the capital consists of 36,800/. ordinary shares, 27,000/. 5 per cent. preference shares, 16,600/. debenture debt, together 80,400/., and liabilities of 1,8001. By the proposed terms of amalgama tion the ordinary and preference shares are to be exchanged for 45,0001. 41 per cent. preference shares of the South- Western Company, the latter are also to assume the deben ture debt, and to pay in cash the liabilities of 1,800/. Tho amalgamation is to take effect on Jan. 1, 1866. The Thames Valley line extends from the Kingston Railway, near Twickenham, to Shepperton, is 91 miles in length, has a, share capital of 110,000/., and was opened for traffic on Ist Nov. last. By an authorised agreement the South-Western Company are to work the line in perpetuity, rendering to the Thames Valley Company a minimum return of 4,6501. a year with half its net profits beyond that sum. The directors propose to give in exchange for the 110,000/. share capital the sum of 400,9101. of 41 per cent. South-Western preference stock. The directors recommend the shareholders to adopt these arrangements. The arrangement with the London, Chatham, and Dover Company provides for the use of their railway between the Clapham, the Long-hedge, and the Knight's-hill junctions respectively, and the city terminus of the London, Chat ham, and Dover Company's line at the foot of .Ludgate hill. The London, Chatham, and Dover Company are, with all despatch, to complete all their still uncomp l e ted c._ lines between the Ludgate terminus on the one hand,acr the three several junctionson the other ; and between arse . 1 r Ludgate and Herne-hill stations inclusive them arearte to four lines of way. The South-Western Company_ station, via the Knight's-hill, the Long-hedge, e have full powers to run their trains to and f & at through ham junctions, with the use of all s ta n tio o n f s' the Government rates, to be divided after the retention in equal duty, and and 25 pe'r cent. for worokirvanta a ge to the London, in the division of fares for a r onpnadint the C dg la a p- te age proportions, but with a bes distancesinformedgs Chatham, f o exceeding partlyxnded ep partly ti o nol v ygn e rol2aCnonmnlal. the relief of the Ludgate station and for use by acquired by the South . of the two companies are to the engines and carriages acquired by the Dover lon y and maintaining the sidings, Company " Western Company, near the Ludgate station, each com pany p in ay te i re ng st it 10-ennt for working the respective expenditures of the two compan i e s in proportion to the use of the sidings by each of the two companies. In consideration of these privileges the South Western Company are to pay the Dover Com alinerdnse Company' from n e 1 the Ludgate sta. Com pany upon the completion of the uncompleted portions of their railways between Ludgate-hill and the respective junctions, 316,0001., and in respect thereof to be for ever free of any payment for the use of the Dover Company's lines, stations, &c., in exercise of their powers up to 11,060/. a yeax, but being subject to pay the proper apportionment of rates, so far as it exceeds in any year that sum. In case the Dover. Company shall hereafter make a station north of their Ludgate, the South Western Company is to have the option of joining in the work, and in that case is to have the running powers extended thereto, upon terms having reference to the peculiar circumstances and cost of that portion of the railway. 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They have now on show the largest assortment in the world of the above goods of their twn manufacture. MANUFACTORY AND SHOW-ROOMS, 147, Houndsditch. A e Do' ,r O , too TEETH. --DENTAL SELF-MANAGEMENT. A brief exposition of Mr. ESKELL'S patented in vention in the construction of Artificial Teeth. Free on ap plication, or by post on receipt of one stamp.-8, Grosvenor street, Bond-street. PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and MINE. itALOGY is given by Mr. TENNAN r, at 149, Strand W.C. PRIZE ME D A L.-INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1862. FRANCIS TUCKER it CO., Wax Chandlers, 10., 10., To the Queen and the Pr ince of Wales. (Established 1720.) The Jurors' Report on Wax and Church Candles, in 1862, testifies to the excellence of the quality of Messrs. Tuckers' manufacture. A distinguished Dignitary, In a letter addressed to Francis Tucker and Co., on the subject of N °T" TG IMPOSSIBLE.—The greatest and most useful invention of the day, AQUA A.MARELL A. Messrs. JOHN GOSNELL and CO., 3, King-court, Lombard street, London, Pertumors to her Majesty, respectfully offer to the public this truly marvellous fluiti. which gradually restores the human hair to its pristine hue—no 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. 105.63. Testimonials from artistes of the highest order, and from individuals of undoubted respectability, may be seen on application. Messrs. John Gosnell and Co. have been appointed Perfumers to her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales. WAX CANDLES with PLATTED WICKS, says " I have found them folly equal to the reoommendation which you gave them, and can sincerely, in my turn, I com mend theta to the clergy for the use of the altar." Finest quality, with lattod Wicks, patented.. is. td. per lb. Ordinary quality .. is. Od. per lb. VEGETABLE CANDLES, with a Mixture of Wax. Best quality .. ls. bd. per lb Second quality Is 3d. per lb. Third quality .. is. id. per lb. Carriage paid in London on Orders of Five Pounds in value. FRANCIS TUCKER AND CO., South Molton-street, Grosvenor-square. Manufactory— Kensington (Established 1730). The largest Establishment in England for the Manufacture of Wax Candles for the use of the Altar. HAIR -CURLING FLUID, 248, High Holborn, London.—ALEX. ROSS'S CURLING FLUID ourle Ladies' or Gentlemen's hair immediately it is app tied. Sold at 3s. 6d.; sent free for 51 stamps. Ross's Toilet Magazine, Is. &1., or 20 stamps. 0 it reill GREY HAIR.-248, High Holborn, London.— ALEX. ROSS'S charges for Dyeing the hair perma nently— Ladies' Hair from 7s. 6d. ; Gentlemen's from 6s. The Dye is sold at 3s. 6d ,or sent free for 54 stamps. It 1 s moat easy of nee. HAIR DESTROYER, 248, High Holborn, London.—ALEX.:ROSS'S DEPILATORY removes, without effect to the skin, superfluous hair from the face, neck, and arms. 3s. 6d.; sent the same day.as ordered by post for 54 stamps. THE BENEFACTOR OF THE SKIN.- MOLLARD'S perfumed Toilet Sulphur Soap and Cream, highly patronised by the faculty, nobility, and gentry. Nothing equals the properties and qualities of the Soap No. 1 for ordinary toilet purposes, and of Nos. 2 to 5 in all cases of cutaneous affections or rheumatism. Perfumed toilet cream, cold cream, and pomatum for the hair. SPANISH FLY is the acting ingredient in ALEX. ROSS'S CANTHARIDES OIL, w hi c h spee dil y stain produces W hiskers and thickens hair. 3s. 6d.; sent free fors4 3 n Rair, ld. A LEX. R OSS , ,High Holborn, London. Essay ______. Barege cream for sulphur baths, without any disagreeable odour. The inauguration of the statue erected by the town of Commercy (Meuse) and the departments of Old Lorraine, to the memory of Dom Calmet, the learned historian of that province, took place three days ago with much ceremony. The Minister for Public Instruction was represented on the occasion by M. Jourdain, member of the Institute, and chief of a division at the Ministry, who de livered an address in which he sketched the life and ac quirements of the historian. Others speeches were made by M. Longle, sub-Prefect of the arrondissement ; M. Cla verie, Mayor of the town ; and the Abbe Trippier, cure of the parish. At a banquet which followed toasts were drunk to the Emperor, the Empress, and the Prince Imperial, as also the Minister of Public Instruction. All these preparations may be had at the central depot, 221 A, Regent-street, London, W. ' • and at Messrs. Newbery and Sons, Barclay and Sons. Edwards, Keating, Sanger. and Son, J onaunetti, and all chemists. Pamphlets and testi monials tree on a plication. Agent for Edinbargh—Mr. John 31`Kay, chemist, 119, George-street. parpLE REMOVER.—AII diseases of the skin are im proved by one dose of ALEX. ROSS'S VEGE drc. 2s. 9d.; ndon TABLE SKIN pax.. They remove red n ess, s a llo wness Holborn, Lo by post for 40 e t i mps. —ALEX. ROSS, 248, High A l 4 stamps ; Eye LEX. ROSS' FACE POWDER is. ; sent for tonic produces a transcend ent complexion, 4 5. , or 60 stamps. Colour, 3s. 6d., or 54, stamps. Skin Bloom of Roses, 3R. High Holborn, London.6d., or 54 starnps.—ALEX ROSS. 218, AMBERT'S ASTHMATIC BALSAM.-AN 1.4 EFFECTUAL REMEDY, without confining the bowels 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 tv 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. Prepared only and sold by W. LAMBERT, Chemist. 8, King-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 Aeithmatic Balsam. The name and address are engraved on the stamp• BED .ROOM CANDLES. • t 4 PRICE'S CANDLES, Which will not drop grease when carried."—Thin, very hard candles sold in boxes la . and 3s. each, are recommended as the bee carriers. " EXTRA HARD 5.12 CHAMBER CANDLES," sold in boxes 2s. eseh. Thicker candles intended for those who will not burn thin. IijOYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern hail. way Terminus, King's-cross. Patron—Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN. Vice-Patron—His Royal Highness the Prince of WALES, E.G President—Hie Grace the Dnke of BUCCLEUCH, K.Q. ii7bWEETING, nor. S ec.. CHARLKS NASH, Sec r t inE R ESC UT SOCIETY b no n , , Last year no fewer 1 ,1 l 45 , - -- • ' 0 the 12 now in operation. 1 were rejected • rom add another Out 04,1),^r, f riendless, young lema•e s fof 3 0 8 7, w ho have Wiehe,S to ,e,tl,_ sereNDS and room, making' a total details of a few the 41 4W4 in seesears. Here are P t o ost r e cent - by her father. A '. ,a P .''' la, titlem other dead , deserte d --••• If „;„' 'Zed l'3 h 0 n ,,, , i es J, both parents dea d. her mother. '• D . ' - 'sed 17 ' --- dead, deserted by r, aged , , fallen, father -. 13..' l5, fallen , mother dead. A ll' -Zeclls, fallen: mother dead, li , •' a .•-ed 16, fallen. both parents dead. ts • ``gecl 14, hemeless, de y her parents e. g • a ged 17, fallen, both p ar e nt s dead . A. 0," aged 17, fallen both parents dead. Ii b.* , aged 18, fallen, father dead. kie.. , aged 18, fallen, both parents read, t 'i , . t,t , ? , • ed 17, f 'lien, both parents dead. _s. I) Z' e • d agd 17, fallen, both parents dead. \ 0.1:111,,,;;Le‘Y horne t l e en de b m o m th paren ts e itt ewish to 'form would be , for have t e , '• ll.lB , almost children, from the . age ot ES to 1., who e 0.... en led astray from the path of virtue. li'An% ;Irributions will be received gratefully by the Secretary, u, aniei cooper, 85, Queen •street Cheapside; or by Messrs. ure taY and Co.. Lonaba.rd-street. ' 110. ME for LITTLE BOYS, TOttenham, N., o._„ ,ca for the Reception, from all parts of the Kingdom, of „', , ,,n . s and agateof Boys, and those verging on crime, .utler 10 years ot e.President— ROBERT BANBURY Esq 31.? •, , VICE-PRESIDENTS. Stephen Cave, Esq., M.P. I Sir S. M P • eto, Bare, M.P. Henry E. Gurney, Esq. I Abel Smith, Eaq 3S ;p Samuel Morley. ER% 1 Treasurer —W 11. Winans, Esq., 78, Basin Mr g hal l - street, E.C. Mr Alex. Anderson. I COMMITTEE. Rev. li. M`Sorley . . E. IL Burrows. Mr. W. J. M axwell. Mr. A. D. Chapman. I Mr. Alfred Short. Mr. E. P. Gedge. I Mr. Robert Sinclair. Mr. George Moore. I Mr. E. J. Tabrum. „ Mr. Francis Lycett. • I Mr. 11, T. Turnbull. 4ionorary, Secretary —Mr. A. 0. Charles, 16, Suffolk -street, l3a Pall-Mall East, S.W nkers—Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smiths, 1, Lombard street, I, .c , Thish, Rome was opened r osepril, 1861. It was designed to Lombard take in the little ones wh cheviot r and circumstances ~,18quality the , . for the Orphan Asylums, and whose tender ,i'vee precludes their admission to the It, fuges. Such are those f),00, from neglect, are already on the road to ruin. Such are left who who have been deserted by theirnatural protectors and ti to beecome idle wanderers. Such are those whose I)areets may have at one time or other received parish relief, pad Who are now friendless orphans. , Such are those whose barents are breakers of the law, or are in prison, and who 'aill their children in the same path. Such are those whose ~II associations have already had their painful effect, and altist lead them to a life of crime and misery. The necessity for an Institution for these little ones is dentevi -1 from the police statistics, which show that in London acir ls ae, in one year, no fewer than 311 boys under 10 years of ,::,ec, have been apprehendeda for various o ff ences, 79 of whom gre convicted punished, while the bulk, 232 were dis ,sarged by the magistrates with a rebuke, as being too ',Ting to punish, though not too young to learn the beginnings to ennui. On the other hand, there are numbers who, but „ s t the timely help afforded by such an Institution, must '"" etivise become paupers, and losing all Ideas of self-rell • "ere and self-help be permanent burdens to the State. . the Home for Little Boys has, therefore, been established toeLo retpue the little ones, to save them from the prison on the hand , and the workhouse on the other, and to endeavour .- • qualm them useful members of society. , The daily routine of the Ins'itution presents all the fea tures of a home, a school, and a woloillop. The little ones are cared for as children ; they have their regular meals, th ir suitable clothing, their hours of play and amusement, and their singing class. They are treated as scholars ; every naorninz is devoted to school work—reading and writing, and ciphering. and Scriptural instructio with occasional lessons in oljects and other subjects. But they are also teamed to work. As they must all, and that at a very early period in lite, earn their living by the sweat of their brow, they are here at once taught habits of industry. So the after noons are occupied with various industrial occupation.- Making brown paper bags for bankers, andwhite raper bags for tradesmen, and door mats and servants' kneelers for any Who will buy them; picking the coil for the mats, mending the c oth es, & c. Some assist the master in the garden, forth.B and so y digging, planting, watering, weeding, the house, scrubbing degrees they are being made useful in all the boots, told Si while the elder ones clean for an active 'raves, dm. In this way it is sought to fit them Working life. ut four years There are now 50 little inmates from abo Committee of a ge to 10. There is room for nearly 10 , and the o r .Weuld joyfully see the Ho me fill ed at once ; t hey only wait r the necessary subscriptions. for those who The Committee feel constrained to p'ead the cir cumstances thus plead for themselves ; and, referring to they cumstances of some who have been already admitted, rs for life -18 it right to make a widow and her family paupe r j i r because one of them (the naughty boy of the fam k i nd to tell Wild in the streets and is beyond her control ? Is it her, b,cause she has so large a family, that you will not ~,,1 1 ) her to put house them into a Home, but that they mus 1 - ' go into "the ?" Is ► it doing the b. st we can for the 'tile destitute orphan to send him to the workhouse. Is it th ese to others ss we would they should do unto us that when the little ones have unnatural parents who turn them into ,„_e Streets, or force them by ill-treatment to "tun away," '_ u _ ll . e of us shou d be found to care for them, tospeak a kindly .irj,° d to them, to befriend them, to house and clothe them ? we leave them still on the doorstep, teasing by on the k'egrer r ,;;;Ie, or else exclaiming "Am I my brother's The Ist mo de of admission to the Rouse is twofold, ar o • 11 )7 election of the subscribers . }toys thus admitted fh_ received free, boarded, clothed, educated, and taught till 'Tr are 11 years of age. ease s lth the view t o secure the election of the most deserving stun. t h e he have from the first discouraged canvas se and they do not print any addresses of the subscribers. 101 e voting papers contain a description of each case, as care iob3: Investiaated by the Committee, and with this informa ih the subscribers are able to judge for themselves as to I)_!!triost eligible for free admission. "„ By payment of ss. a week, made quarterly in advance. ..,,Ti children must be under 10 y. ars of age at the time of elolsslon. Those received on payment are admitted at any dile aa sOO O approved by the committee, Electio as h en __ _no of children to be ad:aitted free will take place as eatadz.,‘4Tu.t.l . r as the increase in the annual s ubscriptions will or , till the Horne is fill ; they will then be held period!- , P onta of m ai at t he Dlication for the admission of children may be e pa pule, and of the HOrtOrat y 860retsry, " SHERWOOD ECONOMIO BED LIGHTS," in packets of 36 candles for one shilling, intended for use where cheapness 14 a great object, will be found an improve ment on the ordinary candles, as they gutter less. Special candle ticks to fit thin candles, 18. and 2s. 6d. each • reducing sockets, making them fit any candlesticks, 2d. each TOILET SOAPS. Sherwood Brown Windsor Soap, with a pleasant scent. Belmont Glycerine Soap, contains Yrice's Glycerine. Camphor and Glycerine Soap, fo tender skins in winter. GLYCERINE. SHERWOODOLR • Price's Glycerine" may be Cleans gloves and removes had from any Chemist, in grease and other stains. capsuled bottles, lettered Perfumed, in capsuled bot " Prica's Patent," from 6d. ties, 6d. and is. each. upwards. Impure Glycerine has been sold , axt the state ment that it is "equal to Prices." Retail throng Wholesale by Prtoe a Patent Low ill any Grocer. t Candle Company (Limited) Ldon. 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 pendent for support on voluntary contributions and Lgacies. It affords relief to a large number of in-patients, and, in addition to this, the ave ra ge number of attendance of the destitute sick has for a con iderable period averaged between 3 ,000 and 4,000 weekly. Contributions are received by the Treasurer. Edward Mas ten/lan, 14:sq., Nicholas-lane; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co. ; Drummond and Co. ; Giyn and Co. • Herries and Co. ; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co'. ; Smith, Payne , and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; W.Hiams, Deacon, and Co.; Overend, Gur ney, and Co.; Nisbet and Co. , Berners-street ; L Barned and CO., Liverpool; and at the Hospital. from 10 till 5. 6TANFORD SMITH, beorotary, Considerable interest has been excited during the last two days by the announcement in the Washing ton journals, and thence copied by those of New York, that Mr. Blair, sen., the guide, counsellor, and friend of Mr. Lincoln, and his son, Mr. Mont gomery Blair, late Postmaster-General, and a mem ber of the Cabinet, had gone to the army of Gen. Grant with instructions from the President to pro ceed to Richmond under flag of truce. It was as- Belted that these gentlemen were the bearers of a proposition to the Southern President, and that the proposition they conveyed was a return to the Union and the old Constitution, coupled with amnesty, forgiveness, oblivion, or whatever else it might suit the pride of the South to call, for all the events of the last four years ; a junction of the two great armies of the North and the South, under Lee as the generalissimo, a defiant proclamation of the Monroe doctrine, and then a triumphal march upon Mexico for the expulsion of the French and the Emperor Maximilian. The wildness of this idea was no ha pediment to its popular acceptance, though if Wall street had believed that the South would listen to such, terms, which it assuredly did not, gold would have risen to a much higher premium than it has yet attained, to mark the sense entertained by men of business of such a reckless change of a civil to a foreign war of inappreciable magnitude. Whatever may have been the object of the Messrs. Blair in proceeding to the Army of the Potomac, whether it were merely to gratify their own curiosity, or to make some sort of a proposition to the authorities of Richmond, to which Mr. Lincoln was privy, they did not pass the Federal lines, but, after remaining two days at General Grant's head quarters, returned to Washington. So far there seems to be an end of all the speculation founded upon their journey. They were not, however, the only distinguished visitors that have made their way to the Federal army, supposed to be charged with a message to Richmond. High as Mr. Blair, sen., may stand in the confidence of Mr. Lincoln, there is another person, who, if common rumour be not an arrant impostor, stands higher than he, and who exercises on the President's mind au influence akin to that exercised over . Louis XI. by Olivier le Dain, the barber. The gentleman in question is a Dr. Zacharie, appointed some time ago by Mr. Lincoln " Chiropedist in general to the armies of the Union," and who in this capacity acquired a considerable fortune in a very short space of time. Dr. Zacharie was despatched to Richmond a year ago or more, and crossed the line under a flag of truce. What was his mission no one knew at the time, though no one suspected that he had gone into the enemy's camp merely to perform upon the feet of the Southern President, his secretaries, and his generals the same professional service he had rendered to Mr. Lincoln and the halting heroes of the army of the Potomac. Immediately after the occupation of Savannah by Sherman Dr. Zacharie was, it is asserted—thoughthefact has not yet found its way to the newspapers—despatched by Mr. Lin coln on a second embassy to Richmond. What his mission may mean it is idle to conjecture ; but the fact that Mr. Lincoln should make choice of such a negotiator, either for a great object or a small one is certainly singular, and as such deserves passing mention in the history of the time. Dr. Zacharie is reported to be a person of varied attainments, of refined manners, and of a persuasive address, with materials enough at the tip of his tongue to add a few supplementary sheets to the next addition of " Joe Miller's Jests" that any enterprising book seller in the Old World or the New may think it profitable to publish. It is, perhaps, the last of these accomplishments that has recommended him to the congenial President. Although the blockade by sea of the Southern cities is well maintained everywhere except at Wil mington, the commercial intercourse of North and South by land is freer than might be ,supposed. Se veral regulations of the Treasury Department granting permission under certain circumstances to Northern traders to purchase cotton, sugar, and other commodities in the " rebellious" States have been issued from time to time under Mr. Chase and his successor. On the 22d of December Mr. Fessenden published an amended regulation, No. 55, setting forth the future practice to be observed, which was approved and signed by Mr. Lin coln on the same day. From this document it appears that all " permits" previously granted to Federal citizens to trade with the South are to be held valid on one main and three subsidi ary conditions. The main condition is that such permits have not been violated or abused. The sub sidiary conditions are that goods purchased under such permits shall be removable from the South to the North without liability to seizure or confisca tion on the part of the Federal authorities ; first, if they have been wholly paid for prior to the 4th of July, 1864 ; and second, if they have been partly paid for and a legal obligation duly entered into to pay the balance on remainder. If, however, only a portion of such goods has been paid for, and the purchaser bar entered into no legal obligation by BREAKFAST BEVERAGE.—Homceopathie practitioners, and the medical profession generally, recommend cocoa as being the most healthful of all beverages. When the doc trine of homoeopathy was first introduced into this country, there were to be obt .fined no preparations of cocoa either at tractive to the taste or acceptable to the stomach ; the nut was either supplied to the crude state, or so unskilfully manufactured as to obtain little notice. J. Epps, of London, Homoeopathic Chemist, was induced in the year 1834 to turn his attention to this subject, and at length succeeded, with the assistance of elaborate machinery, in being the first to produce an article pure in its composition, and so refined by the perfect trituration it receives in the process it passes through, as to be most acceptable to the delicate stomach. For general use Epps's Cocoa is distinguished as an invigo rating, grateful breakfast beverage, possessing a most deli cious aroma. Dr. Hassall, in his work, "Food and its Adulteratiols," says -"Cocoa contains a great variety of im portant nutritive principles—every ingredient necessary to the growth and sustenance of the body." Again: " As a nutritive, cocoa stands very much higher than either coffee or tea." Directions—Two teaspoonfuls of the powder in a breakfast cup, filled up with boiling water or milk. Secured in tin-lined ilb., fib:, and 11b. labelled packets, and bold by all grocers, confectioners, and chemiste.---EADTT.] Yesterday the first instalment of the Atlantic Telegraph was despatched on its way, and thus a most important step forward was taken in the means of providing a telegraphic communication between England and America. Her Majesty's ship Amethyst, an old sailing corvette, which for some years past has lain at moorings in the Medway, had received in the iron tank which has been constructed in her hold a coil of 279 miles of the cable, and was duly towed down to the Medway, where she will be laid alongside the Great Eastqrn to deliver up this first instalment of the Atlantic cable. Ten years will have elapsed since the first agreement was en tered into with a view of carrying Out this great in ternational work, and before six months have elapsed there is every reason to - believe that the great ship will be on its way to the Atlantic to de posit in the depths of the ocean a second submarine cable. Never, perhaps, was any work taken in hand which attracts to itself more readily the best wishes on the part of the public for its perfect and complete success. The events which imparted so much interest to the short-lived success of the un dertaking in 1858 still exist with even greater,force at the present time. It was on thp-Pld of , AVlst, 1858, that her Majesty e , ongratulated the Pr&u.id.ent of the United States upon the successful comple tion of .the great international work, and ex pressed her conviction that " the President will join with her in fervently hoping that the electric cable. which now already connects Great Britain with the United States will prove an additional link between the two nations, whose friendship is founded upon their common interest and reciprocal esteem. The Queen has much pleasure in thus directly communicating with the President, and in renewing to him her best wishes for the prosperity of the United States." The President, in reply, sent a message which would certainly be as appro priate now as it was some years ago, and, referring to the success of the enterprise, he said—" It is a triumph more glorious, because far more useful, to mankind than was ever .won by a conqueror on the field of battle ;" and he went on to hope that " the Atlantic Telegraph might, under the blessing of Heaven, be a bond of Perpetual peace and friend ship between the kindred nations, and an instru ment destined by Divine Providence to diffuse re ligion, civilisation, liberty, and law throughout the world. In this view," he said, "will not all the nations of Christendom spontaneously unite in the declaration that it (the Atlantic Telegraph) shall be for ever neutral, and that its communications shall be held sacred in passing to the place of their des tination, even in the midst of hostilities." Strange commentaries upon all this desire of neutrality, this sacredness of telegraphic messages in the midst of hostilities ; this depreciation of the victories of the conqueror on the field of battle ; this de sire for the diffusion of liberty, civilisation, and law have been offered in the contest now being waged on the American continent since first the in fant telegraph carried those words of mutual con gratulation between the Old and New World. There is every probability that the first messages which the line now about to be laid will bring to us will be of some fresh victory or some addition to that useless slaughter and wholesale destructiOn Of life and property which have marked the progress of. the pre sent civil war. Nevertheless, the work is one of im mense national importance, and it is not possible to value too highly the enterprise, the perseverance, and the untiring energy of the men who, in the face of unparalleled difficulties, have once more set on foot the project of an Atlantic cable, and brought ch., , ct rip. communication betwet,n Anacritia and Bator:: - within the range of possib;lity. Up to last night there had been manufactured at the works of the " Telegraph Construction and Maintenance," formerly Glass, tlliot, and Co., 902 miles, or about 100 miles more than one-third of the entire length required to be laid between Valentia and Newfoundland. The form of cable which has been adopted was only decided upon after very ma ture and careful consideration on the part of a com mittee consisting of Capt. Galion, Mr. W. Fairbairn, Mr. Whitworth, Professor Wheatstone, and Profes sor Thompson, and the cable is now being made ac cording to the conditions and in the manner recom mended by the committee. In connection with the present undertaking, neither the Government of this country nor that of the United States affords, as ' was the case in the first attempt, any assistance to the enterprise in the shape of vessels for carrying the cable across the Atlantic, but her Majesty's Government have lent to the company the Amethyst and the Trio, two old sailing ships, for carrying the cable in sections, as it is manufactured, from East Greenwich to the Medway. Our own Government, as well as that of the United States, however, still give to the company a grant of 4 per cent. each on a capital of 350,0001. while the cable continues in working order, and of this sum 20,0001. per annum is to be considered as an actual payment on the cost of Government despatches. With no other public aid than this the Atlantic Telegraph Company has, however, succeeded in getting the work fairly in hand. The amount of capital subscribed on the part of the public is not more than one-half of that which will be actually expended ; the remainder is undertaken at the risk of the contractors, who, hav ing so large a portion of their remuneration con tingent upon success, must naturally do all in their power to achieve such a result. The present cable has a centre or core formed of seven copper wires—six laid round one. The weight of copper in these wires is, however, 300 lb. for each nautical mile, as against 1061 b. in the first cable. This is in itself an important point of dif ference, the weight of copper for the conducting wires in the whole length being more than 200 tons greater than in the first cable. The gauge of the wire used_ is that known as No. 18. These con ducting wires are insulated by four layers of gutta percha, laid on alternately with four thin layers of the material known as Chatterton's compound, the diameter of the core thus covered being rather less than half an inch, the exact figures being -464 inches, and the circumference F 392 inches. In the first cable the core was protected by three coverings of gutta percha, weighing 2611 b. per nautical mile—the difference between the nautical and geographical mile is in the proportion of 2,126 to 1,760 yards—the weight of the insulator in the first cable was 2611 b., in the present one it is 400 lb. per mile. For the protection of the core and the insulating portions there is a " padding " or coat ing of a soft jute yarn, saturated with a pre servative mixture, which is wound round and next to the insulating outer surface of gutta percha. This will help to resist the strain brought to bear upon the cable when a great length is paid out in deep water. Outside of this .pad dinge is the coating employed only for protective purposes, purposes, and forming, of course, no part of o wires, telegraph proper. This consists of 10 of the gauge -095, drawn from homogeneous Each of these wires is surrounded separately of these 10 five-strand tarred manilla. The wholeround the padded strands are then laid spirally such a manner twill when and they are formed in s withrn it the wires will when a heavy strain h c to o the cable.eawa:lriskoteibige:f wires, give greater strength charcoal • n co t r hr e 18 strandsf e a iron wire, round and upon the core. be elegreffaepeltet effected ebypro teocsteido noofztelovi f e each strand comp ir ca all bl Y e the whole strain came upon portion, and not upon this outer g 01.1 t These lhnepean ren, were n r laid itn tnhe s er p coating of wire, which really served only to in crease the specific gravity without giving addi tional strength. The line now in hand has a vast superiority over the former one in regard to its specific gravity. The first weighed in air 20 dwt. ; this weighs 34 cwt. to the nautical mile ; in water, however, the weight - of' the first was 13.4 cwt, per mile; the specific gravity of the second, notwith- PUNJAB. The traffic receipts on this railway for the fortnight end ing Nov. 6 last amounted to 9714 and for the corresponding fortnight of 1863 to 521/., showing an increase of 450/. SCINDE. The traffic receipts on this company's line for the fort night ending Nov. 13 last amounted to 4,4241., and for the corresponding fortnight of 1863 to 3,5991., showing an in. , crease of 825/. Now ready, in royal Svo., with numerous beautiful Coloured I luitrations, 425., bound, AJOURNEY FROM LONDON TO PERSE VOLIS : including WANDERINGS in DAGHESTAN, GEORGIA, ARMENIA, KURDISTAN, MESOPOTAMIA, and PERSIA. By J. lISSHER, Esq., F.R.G.S. Hurst and Blackett, 13. Great Marlborough-street.