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n 74. 35 , AC Ait • . I . . 4 dtkkil ,rfr /. ,2 seated in the litosian capital, no onyin e and national point of view, but even whe f ats ' . 1 • by the most fastidious rules of hospitali4 tocratic elegance. T4' etvo.s-50 • ammo 7 , A • The AnthracitFs Coalfields of Pennsylvania. /4. ' Amir 4. t 7 11 andri ) , '"•• vz „ .^ o ff \k v %els DizolT• 41 ' I .00 4: t. " 4 -^ ••••• • - • • Ne• -• /‘ 4 1 : J• .l I f --~, Ott Eby BOOK on GENTLEMEN'S ATTIRE. tin Ar e2O sed An s rviceS► ;d vlb ° ) notice s to be hieved ry ga r : corded üblicas THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 5, 1866. N°. 23,240. PRICE.... 4d. STAMPED sd. 1 These fields are in Carbon and Schuylkill coun ties. Coal is wood and other vegetable matter Carbonised. Fire and squeezing are the main features of the process. Peat is vegetable fibres getting ready to be made into coal in nature's laboratory. The familiar making of charcoal from wood is ano ther form or step of the process as man performs it. Bituminous coal is a fuller development of car bonisation done by nature ; and man makes coke from bituminous coal, as he does charcoal from wood, by a slow, smouldering fire. The bitumen or volatile elements are expelled, and cake is man's anthracite coal. The latter, as nature, not man, furnished it, is the highest stage of the transforma tion—the perfection of wood carbonised. The diamond goes on many steps further, and is super refined, double-distilled, extra-polished, and over poweringly hardened carbon. Scientific people will tell you how the diamond is made ; but they never made it—anthracite coal is about as far as they ever got. K IN ARAN S LL WHISKY. 6 DUBLIN EXHIBITION, This celebrated OLD IRISH WHISKY gained the Dublin Prize Medal. It is Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Whole- Sold in Bottles, Bs. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London; by the Agents in the principal towns in England ; or wbnlesale at 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded " Kinahan's LL Whisky." Now ready, in deny Bvo., with plans, 18s., TIIE THIRD AND CONCLUDING VOLUME OF T HE HISTORY OF THE LATE AMERICAN WA R. By Lieut.-Colonel FLETCHER, Scots Fusilier Guards. Tr H 0 X F It 1) , 6, OXFORD-STREET, W., 'NATIONAL PROVINCIAL BANK OF I_l EN(ILAND. THE MUSICAL ESTABLISHMENT OIL` LONDON. Brilliant Revival of Offenbach's "SIXTY-SIX." Misses Russell, Fitzlienry, and Barrie; Messrs. St. Albyn, Muter, and Bury. 112, Bishopsgate-street, London, Dec. 4, 1863. The Directors of the National Pro facial Rank of England lII,REBY GIVE NOTICE, that a HALF-YEARLY DIVIDEND, at the rate of Eight per Cent, per Annum, and a HALF-YEARLY BONUS of Seven per Cent., will be PAYABLE on the Company's Stock on arid after the 10th day of January next, when the Dividend and Bonus Warrants may he obtained at the Company's Office, No. 112, lashops gate-street (corner of Threadneedle-street), or at the different Branches. The Transfer Books will be Closed on and after Saturday, the Bth last., until the Dividend and Bonus become payable. By order of the Court of Directors, A. ROBERTSON, Agent and Manager. Richard Bent:ey, New Builington-street. Comedy by harry Sydney (the political Momus), Robert Fraser (Buffo Vocalist and Comedian—a great success), Mons. Peterson with his high:) , trained troupe of Performing Dogs. Crown Bvo , cloth, price Is., STRIKES AND LOOK-OUTS, or the Law of combination ; with a Summary of the Law of Arbitra lions of Disputes between Masters and Workmen. 13y a BARRISTER. London : William Tegg, Pancras-lane, Cheapside. Great success of LES AMAZONES AU CHAMPAGNE DIVERTISSEMENT, by the Misses TESSY and SARA GUINNESS, assisted by their talented troupe of artistes. Musical Director and Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans. - - - - - fUTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION (Incorporated by Act of Parliament , 1S50), 4, aUSSELL-STREET. COVENT-GARDEN, LONDON. Prompt ADVANCES on all description of Security. Forms free on application by letter to . _ Admission—Area, 6d. ; stalls and balcony, le. ; private boxes, with separate entrance, 10s. 6d. Open every evening at 8. Fcap., ()1011, price la., free by post is. 2d., AW (THE) RELATIVE to the SALE and J A PURCHASE of H ORS ES : comprising Notices of the Chief Statutes and Decisions thereon, collated to the Present Time, and the Leading Cases on Warranties : with aCopious Index, and Table of the Authorities cited, and Observations on Letting, Hiring, and Driving Horses &c. By CHARLES EGAN, Esq., Barrister-at-Law. JOHN GOSNELL and CO.'S CHERRY TOOTH PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth powder; gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the enamel from decay, and imparts a pleasant fragranoe to the breath. Price Is. 6d.—Bled Bull Wharf, fps, Upper Thames-street, London. EDWARD HARPER, Secretary. WEST ON'S GRAND MUSIC HALL, HOLBORN. COUNTRY HOTELS, PUBLIC HOUSES, and BUSINESSES. FURNESS and KNEE'S List on application. Particulars for insertion received until the 27th of the month at their AUCTION AND HOTEL AGENCY OFFICES, 5, Agar-street. Strand, W.C., and nearly opposite the Charing Cross Railway Station. Proprietors, SNVEASEY and HOLLAND. London: William Tegg, Pancras-lane, Cheapide. YARMOUTH BLOATERS.-12 for 2s. 6d. ; 25, 4s. ; 50, 6s. ; 100, 88. ; 500, 308. ; 1,000, 508. No charge for carriage to London. Cash on delivery'. Country orders paid in advanoe.—Forwarded by FREDK. BARNBY, Purveyor of Fish, Great Yarmouth. On December 10 will be published, stitched in a cover, price 4d., MUGBY JUNCTION, the Extra Christmas Number of ALL THE YEAR ROUND. Conducted by CHARLES. DICKENS. ORTY-TWO PHOTOGRAPHIC FIGURES (36 being portraits of Kings and Princes) represent the lost fashionable and becoming attire for every age and all occasions. The book contains also new rules for self 111a8are. Post fr e e f or s i x s t am p s , d e d uc t e d f rom a pe r - L•-SAMUEL BROTHERS, merchant tailors, 50, 2 .t i gate-hill. OVERCOATS , 11s., 135., 155.-OVERCOATS T for BOYS.-Read following 80 advertisements.- 50.-SAMUEL, BROTHERS. O V ERCOATS, .125., 145., 165.-OVERCOATS Lad for BOYS.-Read first and last advertisements.- 50.-SAMUEL BROTHFRS. OVERCOATS, 175., 195., 215.-OVERCOATS T for BOYS.- Note prices throughout the column.- 50.-SAMUEL, BROTHERS. O V ERCOATS, 11s., 133., 155.-OVERCOATS . Lq in great variety, at the above prices, for BOYS.- - "gate-hill, 50. -SAMUEL, BROTHERS. O V ERCOATS, 17s, 198., 215.-OVERCOATS L id in superio so.- tr SAMUEL, BROTHERS. extures and newest sle for BOYS.- OVERCOATS, lls 135., 155.-OVERCOATS L„, in very useful cloths , at above prices, for BOYS.- ""gate-hill, 50.-SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 175., 193. 215.-OVERCOATS for immediate use, at all prices to 355., for BOYS.- " I gate-hill 50 SAMUEL BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 218., 285., 335.-OVERCOATS, So. at all p r i ces , have silk velvet collars.-Ludgate-hill, BROTHERS. O V ERCOATS, 425., 555., 635.-OVERCOATS L ill mad e to order by new sell-measure rules.-Ludgate fx' ° C ) . -SAMUEL, BROTHERS. iiVERCOATS, 215., 285., 335 .- OVERCOATS b ` rd MUELfr 50 a , BRO S re oered om atterns THERS sent post free .- Ludgate- OVERCOATS,. A 425., 555., 635. -OVERCOATS hill not approved taken back and others made.-Ludgate , BROTHERS. O VE RCOATS, 215., 285., 335.-OVERCOATS - ~for cle r i ca l use, i n a ll fabrics and prices.-Ludgate- SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 425., 555., 635.-OVERCOATS Professional, in all fabrics and prices.-Ludgate- AMU BROTHERS. O V ERCOATS, 215., 288., 335.-OVERCOAT, h ., for every purpose, in the suitable fabrics.-Ludgate -111, 50 -SAMUEL, BROTHERS. -5 t COATS T 425., 555., 635.-OVERCOA made f rom thoroughly shrunk cloths only.-Ludgate "--1, M.-SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OV,ERCOATS 215., 285., 335.-OVERCOATS h i „ IC the new brown and g old mixed Meltons.-Ludgate- EL, BROTHERS. UVERCOATS, 425., 558.,. 635.-OVERCOATS tip in beautiful fur-faced. gold-mixed beavers.-Ludgate- SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 21s. 285., 335.-OVERCOATS b„, in eve r y kind of plain and fancy coatings.-Ludgate =l.!! 0.-SAMUEL, BROTHERS. O V ERCOATS, 425., 555., 635. -OVERCOATS v• in the new rich bronze and gold mixtures.-Ludgate tall, 5 - SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 215., 285., 335.- OVERCOATS bill in all weights for every season and climate.-Ludgate ,,' BROT ,, HERS. vERCOATS, 428., 555., 335.-OVERCOATS ,3 rich gold and olive mixed treble beavers.-Ludgate , BROTHERS.._ OVERCOATS • 21s 285., 335.- OVERCOATS of the neII w reefer BROT shap e, HEßS beautifully made.-Ludgate- UVERCOA. 5513., 635.-OVERCOATS hil in very beautiful West of England fabrics.-Ludgate ---_A-SAMUEL, BROTHERS. O V ERCOATS 21s. 285., 335.-OVERCOATS h i in elegant, donble-breasted Chesterfields.-Ludgate -11, 50, SAMUEL, BROTHERS. O V ERCOATS, 425., 555., 635.-OVERCOATS in rich brown, Oxford, black, and steel cloths.- 50.-SAMUEL, BROTHERS. O V ERCOATS 215., 285., 335.- OVERCOATS A li , in new style single-breasted Chesterfields.-Lud ill, 50.-SAMUEL, BROTHERS. O V ERCOATS, 425., 558., , 638.-OVERCOATS gate- in new style Albions and all other shapes.-Lud -50.-SAMUEL, BROTHERS. vet o r 0 , be ont all ;tiger' shall Marl ,ur for thing - A•P' cut• >f b e , t , a fa' iture s, nor' lodern It ha tea i° L itab lo ~es °f i i ninv ~ ba t ) , Ina!' , ' on fi t ) f th e 1:01011 ell so l4l w hit • 'lO Wet' z s 4 06 ig 38 4- 3 , 40 it; s WI a 1 ,15 c: 1. of "' 34 1 1 ; 36: , o 3 30 -0 " 4 - ;, DS 41 , J 4 4 11 , )11 • fl ew 3.30 , per .stou°' 8 0 10/ old r 3 st o ne. Peas' preiti Awl. Lsbe l ' shot• 2SOM . 28011)* price ° s. cl o 21 6 10 19 ° 14 9 p tOV La dy vilth arc% p his/ )1101- loch of ot iov WO. 5 ° C. r tole OW! , 1 slf to ga now' ......•.' ---- Vr 6 ' I Qi OVERCOATS 21s , 28s . 7 335.-0 VERCOATS Ludgate-hi this season BA are IUEL,e BROTHERS. eXcellnt value for the money.- O V ERCOATS, 425., 555., 635.-OVERCOATS L r , at these priqes are made of very choice fabrics. - 50.-SAMUEL, BROTHERS. O V ERCOATS, 215., 28s, 338.--OVERCOATS are ve r y necessary in this variable climate.-Lud -50.-SAMUEL BROTHERS. U V ERCOATS 425:, 555., 635.-OVERCOATS L nd in black Beavers, thoroughly tested and shrunk.- 50.-SAMUEL BROTHERS. V ERCOATS, 215., 285., 335.-OVERCOATS hi Melton cloths, thoroughly tested and shrunk.- 50.-SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 425. 555., 635.-OVERCOAT S t„,, in black Melton cloths, west of England make.- 50. -SAMUEL, BROTHERS. O V ERCOATS, 21s 28s , 335.-OVERCOATS hii i r ie Pilot cloths, for hard, serviceable wear.-Ludgate "-SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 425., 555., 635.-OVERCOATS Eu`‘ll very 50.-SAMUEL, BROTHERS. beautiful west of England Petershams.- --..tto-la, O V ERCOATS, 215., 285., 335.-OVERCOATS L ud o- ent to any part of the kingdom. Patterns free. 50.-SAMUEL, BROTHERS. U V EICOA.TS, 425., 558 635.-OVERCOATS ~ high-class Witney textures. Patterns free.- 50.-SAMUEL, BROTHERS. U VERCOATS, 215., 28a., 335.-OVERCOATS Lui Made with every regard to strength and comfort.- 50. -SAMUEL, BROTHERS. Ov.ERCOATS, Vs., 555., 635.-OVERCOATS L egate --hill, in very n'ch, heavy, 50.-SAMUELs,BROTHERS eal-black black beavers.- . OVERCOATS, 215., 285., 335.-OVERCOATS L at these pri c es are in the most fashionable style.- iId AMUEL,-hill, BROTHERS. OV E RCOATS, 425., 555., 635.-OVERCOATS Lna very rich, heavy. seal-back brown beavers.- - "gate-hill, 50. -SAMUEL, BROTHERS. O V ERCOATS 21s , 28s, 335. - OVERCOATS ~, are represented in the new illustrated book.-Lud ate-hill 50 SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 425., 555., 635. - OVERCP ATS t„,, in very rich, heavy, seal-back Oxford beavers.- [UEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 425., 555., 635. - OVERCOATS lined with silk, and very beautifully quilted.-Lud- TIL . e - hill, 50, SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 215., 285., 335. - OVERCOATS L in all the plain, strong, and mos t u s e ful styles.- U dgate-hill, 50. -SAMUEL, BROTHERS. - OVERCOATS, 425., 555., 635. - OVERCOATS lined with Italian cloth, and thickly quilted.-Lud '4e-hill, 50.-SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS , 21s 285., 338. OVERCOATS reduced in price by a strict ready-money system._ 1 = ate-hill, 50. — SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 425., 555., 635. OVERCOATS h ip at these prices are fit for any gentleman.—Ludgate- BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, .215., 288., 335. OVERCOATS gate-„ with warm woollen linings, fur winter wear.—Lud hill, 50.— SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 215., 285., 33s.—OVERCOATS of all weights, to suit every kind of climate.—Lud ill, 50. -SAMUEL, BROTHERS. O V ERCOATS, 425., 555., 63s.—OVERCOATS made to measure by high-class scientific 50.— SAMUEL, BROTHERS. O V ERCOATS, 215., 285.. 33s.—OVERCOATS Rate for liveries are made of well-shrunk cloths.—Lud- BROTHERS. OVERCOATS 425., 555., 63s.—OVERCOATS guaranteed to fit by the new self-measure rules.— Late hill, BROTHERS. O V ERCOATS, 215., 285., 338.—OVERCOATS Can be ordered from patterns, which are sent free.- 50.— SAMUEL, BROTHERS. O V ERCOATS, 425., 555., 63s.—OVERCOATS ti l d h ave become an immense business in this house.- 50.—SAMITEL, BROTHERS. O V ERCOATS, 215., 285., 33s.—OVERCOATS R ate exce 50eding.—SAMU five pounEL, d BROTHERS. s value are ag© OVERCOATS, 425., 355., 63s.—OVERCOATS Ratt ordered from the country are always prepaid.—Lud 50.—SAMUEL BROTHERS. O V ERCOATS, 215., 285., 33s.—OVERCOATS g ate, ,sent to France and any part. of the Continent.—Lud f\-Z.l, 50. SAMUEL BROTHERS. k) V ERCOATS, 425., 555., 635.—OVERCOATS sent to New York and any other part of America.- 50.— SAMUEL, BROTHERS. O NT ERCOATS, 215., 285., 33s.—OVERCOATS gatA.A.,B6, lit so .o t all parts o,f BROTHERS . h British Nort America.—Lud - O V ERCOATS, 425., 555., 63s.—OVERCOATS wtte_ ellt toTasmania and every part of Australia.—Lud -50.— T SAMUEL, BROTHERS. -ERCOATS, 215., 285., 335 .--OVERCOATS R. t in a variety of undressed cloths, for hard wear.—Lud -1, 50.— SAMUEL, BROTHERS. O V ERCOATS, 425., 555., 63s.—OVERCOATS R - p4_ , 50.— n SAMUEL, BROTHERS of the Inverness cape class in Whitney cloths.—Lud -. O V ERCOATS, 215., 285., 33s.—OVERCOATS g at of the Inverness cape class in Melton class.—Lud -.--..2-1.. 50.— SAMUEL, BROTHERS. O V ERCOATS, 425,, 555.; 63s.—OVERCOATS Ra t a "kule plain or with lap seams, velvet collars.—Lud i.-C,4i11, 50.— SAMUEL. BROTHERS. O V ERCOATS, 425., 555., 638.—OVERCOATS Rst e Pade up with velve edges and velvet collars.—Lud -e , 5,0. —SAMUEL, t BROTHERS. v ERCOATS, 215., 285., 33s.—OVERCOATS gat4n iii every description of plain and fancy clotli.—Lud - SAMUEL, BROTHERS. O V ERCOATS, 1 ls., 135., 15s.—OVERCOATS tod 'or boys. The new Reefer and Princelet coat.- 50. OVI'IICOATS, 17s. 195., 21s.—OVERCOATS 1 .410 4 , 'or boys in every ' fashionable and BROTHERS. useful shape.— SA REAL FUR-SEAL WAISTCOATS, 255., 355., lustred and lined scarlet.—Ludgate- R OO —SAMUEL, RoTHERs. EA D the SYSTEM SAMUEL, BROTHERS, mist , c onduct their business upon in the Illustrated Price bii sh u oscribed a t h ea d o f co l umn. Th e fi r m has been esta- Pri,: (l 20 Years on the principle of charging the lowest Up on Possible for ready money, and. marking the same ie tal , ' eval ed article in plain figures, from which no deviation W.-50, Ludgate-hill. mR. HOWARD, SURGEON-DENTIST, 52, Fleet-street, has introduced an entirely new descrip tion of ARTIFICIAL TEETH, fixed without springs, wires, or ligatures. They so perfectly resemble the naturaLteeth as not to be distinguished fro .n the originals by the closest observer; they will never change colour or decay, and will be found superior to any teeth ever before use& This method does not require tne extraction of roots, or any pain ful operation, and will support and preserve teeth that are loose, and is guaranteed to restore articulation and mastica tion. Decayed teeth stopped and rendered sound and useful In mastication. 82. Fleet-street. At home from 104111 5.. own, SERVICE OF INDIA.-A COM PETITIVE EXAMINATION of CANDIDATES.wiII be held by the Civil Service Commissioners on April 9, 1867, and following days. The competition will be open to all natural-born subjects of her Majesty, who (on the Ist of March next) shalt be over 17 and under 21 years of age, and of good health and character. CIVIC SERVICE OF INDIA.-EXAMINA TION of APRIL, 1867.—Copies of the Regulations may be , bad upon application to the Secretary, Civil Service Commission, London, S.W. INDIA OFFICE, 30TH Nov., 1866. 13Y ORDER of the SECRETARY of STATE for INDIA in COUNCIL. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Director- General of Stores for India will be ready on or before Monday, the 10th December next, to receive Proposals in writing, sealed up, from such persons as may be willing to supply CANVAS, and that the Conditions of the said Contract may be had on application at the India Store-office, Cannon-row, Westminster, where the Proposals are to be left any time before Two o'clock p.m. of the said 10th day of December, 1866, after which no Tender will be received. GERALD C. TALBOT, Director-General. INDIA OFFICE, 30th Nov., 1866. BY ORDER of the SECRETARY of STATE • for INDIA in COUNCIL. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Director- General of Stores for India will be ready on or before MONDAY, the 10th December next, to receive proposals in writing, sealed up, from such persons as may be willing to supply LONG CLOTH AND CLOTH SHEETING, and that the Conditions of the said Contract may be had on application at the India Store Office, Cannon-row, Westminster, where the Proposals are to be left any time. before Two o'clock p.m., of the said 10th day of Decem ber, 1866, after which hour no Tender will be received. GERALD C. TALBOT, Director General. T 0 GUNMAK ER S and Others. I. The SECRETARY of STATE for WAR is desirous of receiving PROPOSALS from Gunmakers and Others for BREECH-LOADING RIFLES, either repeating or not repeating, which may replace the present Service Rifles in future manufacture. 11. The following are the conditions considered essential in military non-repeating Rifles : A. WEIGHT. Not to exceed 91b. soz. without bayonet. B. LENGTH. _ _ To be 51 inches, with short stock, measured from the hollow of the butt-plate to muzzle. c. WEIGHT OF AMMUNITION MADE UP. Must not exceed 61b. 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 fixed according to the present system. r. STOOK. Must be such as to carry a light metal cleaning rod, and allow a sling to be used. G. RECOIL. Must not exceed that of tho Enfield Rifle by more than 10 per cent. ir. THE ARM AS A WHOLE. Must be as little liable to injury by long-continued firing, rough usage, and exposure, as the naval rifles converted to breech-loaders on the Snider system. To be as capable, also, of being used without accident by imperfectly trained men, and of being manufactured in quantities and of uni form quality. I. THE AMMUNITION AS A WHOLE. Must be as little liable to injury by rough usage, damp, and exposure in all, climates, as the Boxer cartridge for Snider's converted Enfield rifle—also as little liable to acci dental explosion as the same cartridge, and as capable of being manufactured in • large quCALIBRE antities, and of uniform K. quality. Optional. L. THE TWIST AND FORM OF GROOVE. Optional. • M. THE LOCK. Optional. N. RAPIDITY OF FIRE. Capable of firing at least 12 rounds per minute, without aiming, the cartridges being arranged on a table. o. ACCURACY WHEN FIRED FROM A FIXED REST. The arm must give a mean figure of merit of not more than 36in. at 1,000 yards, 30in. at 800 yards, 12in. at 500, and 6in. at 300. The moan to be taken upon at least five targets of twenty shots each. r. TRAJECTORY. Not to require at 500 yards an elevation of more than 1 deg. 30 min. Q. FOULING. The shooting not to deteriorate more than 20 por cent. at 1,000 yards after firing 250 rounds. n. PENETRATION. The mean penetration of five shots not to be less than that of the present service muzzle-loading Enfield Rifle — viz., 12 half-inch elm planks, which have been soaked 48 hours in water. Distance 30 yards. s. LUBRICATION. Wax on bullets is indispensable, but any other lubricant may be superachled or applied to the cartridge, if thought necessary by the competitor. 111. No arms will be received without the usual proof marks. Specifications, and drawings of the methods proposed, stating the probable cost per arm, and accompan i e d by a finished specimen arm, with 20 rounds of suitable ammu nition, should be sent to the "Director of Ordnance War Office, 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 bers, who will be selected by the Secretary of State for War, and who will, after firing the 20 preliminary roun d s , select cud recommend for further trial such of the systems as may appear to them sufficiently promising, rejecting all such 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 to the specimen arm submitted, with 1,000 rounds of am munition per arm, within four months after date of de mand. Each competitor will be required to disclose to the committee the exact nature of the lubrication he may em ploy. A sum of £3OO will be paid to each of the accepted competitors, to cover the expense of the six rifles, and of the supply of ammunition required. The Secretary of State offers a reward of £l,OOO for the arm which, on combination of all qualities, is considered by 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 lities which will be principally taken into consideration in awarding this prize will b e econom y o f manu facture, power of sustaining rough usag e , f ree d om f rom deterioration in various climates, and general serviceability. The shooting qualities of the cartridge must be fair; but as they may depend i upon the rifli ng o f th e arm w ith w hi c h the cartridge s 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 mere than one prize; but such prize will be irrespective of any reward which may be given to the inventor of the arm finally adopted into the service. IV - MAGAZINE AND REPEATING ARMS. Magazine and Repeating Arms for Infantry will be re ceived and examined in a.manner similar to the Breech loading Rifles. They must not bo less in length than 48 inches, including the stock. The limit of weight for these arms is fixed at 91,1 b. ex clusive of the charges in the magazine. It is indispensable that the arms be made to take a bayonet. The Secretary of State offers a reward of 300 for the best Magazine or Repeating Arm produced that fulfils the above conditions ; and in the absence of experience does not at present define the standard of accuracy or other conditions to be fulfilled before such an arm can be adopted. Those Magazine orßepeatingArms, which are accepted for further trial, will be paid for at the rate of £6O each. This sum is to include 1,000 rounds of ammunition per arm. V. The Secretary of State will take care that no ingenious novelty produced in answer to this advertisement shall be adopted into the service without proper acknowledgment, and 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 into the service, it will bear the inventor's name. J. ST. GEORGE, Major-General, Director of Ordnance. War Office, Oct. 22, 180. CONTENTS. Barbox Brothers By Charles Dickens. Barbox Brothers and Co Main Line t i The Boy at I By Charles. Dickens. Mb No. I Branch Line. The Si g nalman By Charles Dickens. No. 2 Branch Line. The Engine IBy Andrew Halliday. Driver No. 3 Branch Line. The Compensa tion House No. 4 Branch Line. c The Travelling t cost-oilloe No. 5 Branch Line. The Engineer By Charles Collins. By Tresba Stretton. IBy Amelia B. 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After showing their strength and organisation in the streets, the Reformers have been naturally desirous of rivalling the great provincial cities by the dignity and influence of a public meeting held in a more convenient place, and attended by a more select class. Mr. Bright was accordingly engaged, and made his first appearance this season before a Lon don audience. But there must be something politi cally deadening in metropolitan life. If the pro vinces have been really as enthusiastic as has been reported, they must be strangely different from us apathetic Londoners, who are mere " Needy Knife- Grinders" in political indifference. Neither demon strations out of doors, nor democratic eloquence within, seem to draw as theyshould. After a" whip" of a couple of months from 23,000 to 23,000 men marched in procession on Monday, while last even ing Mr. Bright made what was expected to be the chief Reform speech of the campaign before an audience which far from filled St. James's llall. Mr. Potter was in the chair, and there were the usual League celebrities who figured at the meetings in the summer. But though, even at this period of the year, when public amusements do not abound, few would be likely to pay for hearing these gentlemen's eloquence, we certainly did expect that Mr. Bright's name would have crowded the hall. But it was not so. For an hour the people came in gradually, but at last, when the chair was taken, about a fourth of the front and highest priced seats, which extended over a large part of the hall, were untenanted, and the people from behind took possession of them. The galleries were fairly filled near the platform, but at the end they were two-thirds empty. At no time was there the slightest crowding in any part ; indeed, the hall would have held with ease some two or three hundred more than it contained last night. Mr. Bright seems, unlike any one else we have met with, to consider the success of Monday's demonstration so complete as to justify him in claiming credit for the idea which the leaders of some of the Trades' Unions endeavoured to carry out. He began by telling his audience how eight years ago he suggested that the trade and friendly societies should use their organisation for political purposes. For a long time this advice was neglected, but under the stimulus of the present agitation the leaders of the working classes have, he tells us, taken his counsel. The burden of his speech last night was that this organisation should be strengthened and made universal, so that all the power which the artisans are able to use in industrial matters, in questions of labour or wages, should be available for political action. We cannot imagine what Mr. Bright has found in his experience of the present movement, so far as regards the London people at least, which should encourage him in giving this advice. He met the argument of those who said that it was better the Trade and Friendly Societies should not become political organisations by declar ing that this was a question for the members them selves. Exactly so ; it is a question for the mem bers; any association, as we all know, may be made political, if the members who agreed in the original object of the association also agree in political views, or if the political agreement be a condition precedent to admission. But this is not the case with the Asso ciations of the working men, and it is to a disregard of this fact that the failure of the Reform leaders to carry the working population in their train on Monday is to be attributed. The great body of the working classes no doubt sympathise with the Reform movement, the views of those who walked in the procession were shared by thousands who took no part in it. But it is now plain that a great number of Associations stood aloof, on the ground that they were forbidden by the terms of their incorporation from becoming political bodies, and that those Associations which did join in the Demonstration were unsupported by a large number of their members for a similar reason. We must confess that we hold the opinion Mr. Bright stigmatises, and believe it is not desirable that the Trade or Friendly or Co-Operative Societies should be used as political machinery, either to ob tain a Reform Bill or any other political purpose. In the first plce, such a perversion of object, such a mixture of character, would be an economical error in the case of Friendly Societies, and militate against their financial success as much as if the middle classes were to establish political banks, po litical trading companies, or political insurance offices. In the next place, it would excite still more the jealousy of the middle classes, already seusitive enough, by the prospect of a vast organisation_ for political control against which they th_ in ems el themselves would have no power unless they resorted turn to combinations unknown in our constitutional his tory. The chief cause of the postponement Re form from year to year has been the tacit of cit fear felt by the middle class of this very organisation of the (artisans. Their numbers , t heir docility, we might say their submission to their leaders, the ease with which they can be wielded , a nd the strength they possess to coerce both their employers and the re cusant members of their own body, are the causes of the passive hostility with which their claims have been met, and which they may rest assured is stronger among the higher trading class which em ploys artisan labour than among other country gentlemen or the members of professions who are popularly supposed to furnish the Tories of the country. We do not think, then, that Mr. Bright is a wise counsellor when he bids the working classes resort to means which would excite such jealousies and animosities. He chose to sneer at the opinion we expressed yesterday that after the meetings of the summer and the procession of Monday the Lon don working men might be content to keep quiet till the meeting of Parliament. But we still venture to believe that it is better advice, and more likely to lead to a liberal and satisfactory settlement of the Reform question, than any new enterprise for con solidating and extending to political matters the tyranny of the Trades' Unions. As little can we agree with Mr. Bright in his eulogy of the scheme of a Franchise Bill without one for the Redistri bution of Seats. lie takes credit to himself for having furnished the late Government with this idea ; but there is, indeed, little reason for satisfaction, for it was primarily to this unfortunate error, and to the manner in which the Government persevered in it until it had alienited the more moderate of its supporters, that the disasters of the late session were due. It is difficult to imagine Mr. Bright's purpose in disinterring a plan which was so generally con demned, and telling us that it ought to form part of the Liberal programme. Whatever passes, we will venture to say that a franchise bill without a redis tribution of seats will not pass. Whatever views may prevail in the House of Commons, the idea of a Reform Bill spread over a series of years will never be seriously entertained. No future statesman will endanger office and reputation by a scheme the only ;result of which must be - to — keep undecided one of those questions which, as Mr. Bright says, have no respect for the repose of nations. We hope for an easier and speedier settlement. This year has been one of trouble and confusion owing chiefly to the unskilful conduct of affairs in Parliament by the late Ministry. Whoever may be in power, it is not likely that such errors will be repeated. We have no doubt that a bill can be proposed which will content mode rate men of all classes, and that the two houses will be willing to pass it. Festivities at St. Petersburg. The fetes on the occasion of the marriage of the Czarewitch were continued on Monday by a ball given at the British Embassy, which was acknow ledged to have been a magnificent reunion, and to have been extremely animated and most successful in every respect. The invitations, issued to a some what restricted number, about 300 of the elite of St. Petersburg, named nine o'clock as the time of the ball, and many of the guests paid their hosts the compliment of coming at the time appointed. Lady Buchanan and the Ambassador, in his gold embroidered uniform of office, received the guests at the door of the reception-room. The fete pre sented the appearance of a Court ball ; the guests were in full state uniforms, with their decorations, as at the late ball at the Winter Palace. The toilettes of the ladies were of great richness and brilliancy, and withal remarkable for the exquisite taste which they displayed. The apartments of the British Embassy, though not of remarkable extent, are handsome and well proportioned. They are in general decorated in white and gold, relieved here and there by fine Sevres vases filled with beautiful flowers. The ball-room is pure white, decorated with rich mouldings and caryatides. By an admirable arrange ment the refreshment room was in the Ambassador's room at the end of the apartments opposite to the ball room. In an adjoining room was the private tea table for the royal vititors. This decentralisa tion of the fete, so to speak, added to the relative position of the rooms, which were admirably adapted for the circulation of the company, prevented crowding at any one point. At about ten o'clock the imperial family and the foreign princes made their appearance. The Prince of Wales, as a mark of courtesy to Sir A. Buchanan—who is a Scotch man—wore the Highland dress, a red vest, and plaid and kilt of Stuart tartan. He also wore the grand cordon of the Danish Order of the Elephant. A gentleman of the prince's suite also appeared in a Highland costume, the vest of black velvet. The ball was opened by the Cz Irewitch at about half-past ten with Lady Buchanan, the Grand Duchess Maria Feodorona dancing with the Prince of Wales, the Grand Duchess Alexandra Joscphovna with the English Ambassador, and the Prince Royal of Denmark with the Grand Duchess Catherine Mi hailovna. About half an hour later the Emperor appeared, looking very well, and quite au Emperor, iu his red uniform of Horse Guard officer, and his helmet surmounted by the golden spread eagle. After a turn or two round the saloon his Majesty approached M. Larrainzar, the Mexican Minister, and asked him if he bad news from the Emperor lle next spoke to M. de Moira, the Porthuese Minister, who bowed low and often in response, thanking the Emperor for the favours he had lately conferred on him. He had that morning received the Grand Cordon of the Order of the White Eagle, one of the first of the Russian orders. The Count of Redern, the Prussian Minister, who is about to leave St. Petersburg, likewise received that day the Order of St. Alexander Nevski. The Em peror then sat down at the whist-table with Prince Basil Dolgorouky, Baron de Lieven, and Count John Tolstoi, Postmaster-General. Besides the illustrious guests above named the ball was honoured by the presence of the Grand Duke Nicolaievitch, the - G G r r a a u n d d DDuukkee Michael V l adimir Alexandrovitch, the Grand D u k e Con stantine nd Duchess Ol ga F eo d o - N N i i c c h h e o l l a a i i e e v v i i t t e c i b l: a s n e d n i t o h r e , G t a e rovna, his Grand Ducal Highness Duke George Mecklenburg-Strelitz, th e i r I mperial Ili bir:raes s o e s f Prince Nicholas Maximilianoviteb, Duke Leuch tenberg,ofDachessof and the eu e Princess ht e nb er b,k Eugenieis Highness a Prince l i a n o vn c a e , Alexander of Hesse, his Imperial Highness Prince Peter of Oldenburg, their IliothnessesPrince Herman of Saxe-Weimar, and Prince Albert of Saxe-Alten burg, Duke of Saxe. The dances proceeded without interruption for some time, the august visitors taking part in them with a spirit fully equal to that displayed by them at the fete recently given by the Princess Helen Kotchoubey. It was remarked by some that the number of youthful countenances and showy shoulders seemed to be in excess of those displayed on former festival evenings. This was attributed to the number present from the "British Colony" in St. Petersburg. As for the dresses of the ladies, it would pass the limits of any reasonable space to attempt to describe them. Suffice it to say that poplin was the preponderating material—velvet poplins, silk poplins, satin poplin! , poplins of every colour of the rainbow. An exception must, however, be made in favour of the marvellously beautiful attire of the Grand Duchess Alexandra Josephovna. Let our readers picture t o themselves a white dress with three floun ces rolling in vaporous folds, and confined with garlands of algae and other sea weeds, which were also to to be seen in the head dress ; the whole surrounded and, so to speak, flooded with waves of light, with green flashes from the most perfect and magnificent parure of emeralds that the eye has seen—necklace, bracelets, ear rings, c haplet, and ornaments for the corsage , &c. The harmony of this whole display, which at the same time was perfectly in keeping with the style of ball dress, and in no sense suggested that- of a fancy ball, enhanced a grace and beauty too well known to need mention. The august lady appeared almost a vision of a goddess of the sea surrounded with the beauties of her native element. The supper was served to the guests seated at table, and after wards dancing recommenced, and w that the as spiritedly a ted i l: ke l p t t i u s p i t ie il e l d t l h e r s e s e t o o 'cl a o d c d k morning. Ambassador Lady Buchanan did the honours of the embassy with a graceful heartiness, and were unweari e d, an d , i t might almost be said, übiquitous in their attention to the guests, from the commencement to the close of the fete. They were ably seconded by the per sonnel of the embassy, who evinced a zeal and readi ness which in no small degree contributed to the complete success of this brilliant fete. It was felt • that the great power of Britain was worthily repre- Pennsylvania has almost the monopoly of anthra cite coal. There are bits of it in Wales and Virginia, and faint streaks along the edges of bitu minous coal beds elsewhere, where_the old fires sur- Ivived the flood a little longer than in the rest of the neighbourhood. Down in Rhode Island, too, there are mines of anthracite coal, into which a good deal of money has gone. The anthracite coal-fields of Pennsylvania are comprised in 400 square miles of territory, and lie within the - counties of Schuylkill, Carbon, Luzerne, and Wyoming, all adjoining each other among the easternmost foot hills of the Alleghany mountains, and in the valleys of the Lehigh; Schuylkill, and upper Susquehanna rivers. They lie in three masses, the lower or Schuylkill, the middle or Lehigh, and the upper or Wyoming, and amount to 640 square miles of land. All the glittering black coals that make furnace fires all over New England and New York, and get up steam for shops and mills, come from this little section of country, and can and could be found nowhere else. Canals and railroads penetrate and thread this region in all directions. Ten years ago there were 758 miles of canals, and 1,030 miles of railway open and in operation to and among the anthra cite coal-fields of Pennsylvania. Since then the coal production has nearly doubled, and railway ac commodation must have grown in nearly as great a degree. Railways are fast superseding canals. The Lehigh Navigation Company is substituting a railway for its canal through the Lehigh valley—destroyed in part by a freshet four years ago--and the great Pennsylvanian Canal has not paid a dividend since the Reading Railroad was opened. The gross product of anthracite coal is about 10 millions of tons a year, nearly two millions of which are consumed in the neighbourhood, the rest goes to Philadelphia, adjacent tide water ports, and New York. New York and New England are the chief consumers, only a small quantity goes west from the northern coal field by the Erie Railroad and its branches. Port Richmond, near Philadelphia, and Elizabeth-port, near New York, are the chief centres of the coal trade on the coast. It is calcu lated that the yield of the mines could be doubled, to produce 20 millions of tons a year. But the supply is calculated to last, even at this rate, several hundreds of years, when recourse could be had to mines of bituminous coal scattered profusely, not only through Pennsylvania, but in other States of the Union. The cost of mining and starting the coal varies from $l-04 to $2-60 per ton ; an average of $2-12 on leaving Maunch Creek, the central point of the Lehigh mines. This includes the pay of the miner, which varies from 35c. to 75e. a ton. The rest of the $lO to $2O paid per ton for the coals in New England is for carriage, and for the profits of intermediate dealers. The various names by which anthracite coals are known in the market, as Lehigh, llazelton, Peach Mountain, Lackawanna, Beaver Meadow, &c., only indicate the mines, or groups of mines, from which they are taken. There are shades of difference be tween many of them, sometimes of hardness, some times of purity, and often only in the care with which they are prepared, and the slate culled before being sent to market. Apart from the land con taining the coal, it costs $150,000 to open a coal mine, to bring it fairly into operation, to provide it with timber, and tracks, and cars ; to erect the building and put in the machinery for breaking up and separating the coal for the market. It is a peculiarity of the anthracite coal veins that they lie wrinkled and bowed between the red sandstones and conglomerates that are their inse parable companions. The bituminous coals lie in even, parallel strata ; but the convulsions of heat and force that manufactured the anthracite coal turned its beds into the bow shapes in which they are found, sometimes coming out to the surface for light and to announce themselves, and again hidden beneath their neighbours and protectors. But the presence of the latter is a sure sign of their hiding places. The anthracite veins are of all sizes, from two to three feet to near 50 and 60 feet, though the latter are in fact several coal seams separated by thin layers of slate and conglomerate. The usual cDurse is to open from the side of a hill through the amb th en to o u outer coveringavnte the into co n l i then galleries, middle o, or fa vent,inch and chambers, , alld the directions, i w o nasli walls. leaving co l um ns of the mineral to sup port lle The Police Perjury Case. JUDGES'CHAUBERS-COITRT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. TIIE QUEEN V. BARRY AND II tY2S. This was an action_ con ontwo er p o a f rs w o l n io s, ni ß w arx r a i n el d la Hayes, two p o ta an d c onvicted of perju r y at the last sessi ons of the Central C r iminal Court, a risin g out of evidence g iven by hint and licosilta(ltfh of e latterof the prisoner Barry at the trial of two lads, namad Dye and P earc e, who were tried and acquitted for an attempted bur glary, at the Central Criminal Court), for a writ of certio rari to remove an indictment found against them, and which charged them with conspiring together by commit ting perjury to procure the conviction of Dye and Pearce. Mr. Sergeant Ballantine appeared to support the applica tion, instructed by Messrs: Ellis and Ellis, solicitors to the commissioners of police ; and Mr. SleighXinstructed by Mr. Edward Lewis, of Groat Marlborough-street) appeared for the prosecution. The application was founded upon an affidavit which set forth that the prisoners Barry and Hayes had each boon tried for perjury upon substantially the same facts, and whereas one was acquitted the other was convicted of the charge, and further that tho Recordcr,who presided at each of such trials, had intimated his opinion that the indictment for conspiracy might very properly be removed into the Court of Queen's Bench and tried by a special jury. Mr. Sleigh said he was not instructed to oppose the appli cation. Of course the usual order requiring the defendants to give security for costs would be made, and he should ask that sufficient time should be allowed for inquiring into the sufficiency of the proposed sureties. . _ Mr. Sergeant Banautili() said the commissioners of police wore instructing him, and he thought his learned friend (Mr. Sleigh) could scarcely press that application as against them. Mr. Sleigh, referring to the affidavit made on behalf of the defendants, remarked that in point of fact there was a discrepancy between the two verdicts, inasmuch as on the second trial further and material evidence was adduced for the prosecution. Mr. Justice Shoe made an order that the indictment bo removed to the Court of Queen's Bench, the defendants to find two sureties in £2OO each, and that 48 hours' notice be given to the prosecution for inquiry este the substantiality of the sureties. The trial will come on in February next before the Lord Chief Justice and a special jury. A LADY BURNED TO DEATH IN CLERKENVELL.-- Last evening Mr. W. Payne, the coroner for the City, held an inquest at St. Bartholomew's Irospital relative to the death, by fire, of Mary Ann Andrews, aged 65 years. From the evidence it appears that the deceased was a maiden lady and was living tit No. 9, Easton-street, Clerkenwell, and at a quarter to 7 o'cicck on Monday morning ono of her lodgers, hearing a noise, entered her room, when he found the poor creature lying on tire floor in the corner of the room nearly dead. T here were two match boxes on the floor alight. 'Hex clothes were entirely burnt off her back. De ceased was conveyed in a cab to the above hospital, where she died from the effects of the burns. Verdict, accidental death by fire.