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This costly work also contains P i ete estimates f ur f urn i s hi ng on the following revised A Six -roomed Parsonage An Eight-roomed ditto A Ten -roused ditto , .9g A. Twelve-roomed d:tto ; et her with a i'rice List of purified Bedding, and a mass valuable informationto all requiring househ 31d furniture, r n ,etg, or bedding. References kindly permitted to Clerll7 W e ,pes c ter, Bury, Ely, ,-...ae.aud gentlemen in or near Great Malvern, Southampton, IT!ster, Wenin Preston, Grimsby, Ryde, Plymouth, -.4,,,,,xfurd. Brioliton, Gainsborough, Margate. Kidder- NkA.ban's. oto'n, Croydon Cambridge, Staines, Dorking, Wo e r'oester, ipswic . h, Peterborough, St. David's, firi; a ' (ll " l , and above 500 other places in all parts of Great COIfBP kid, -TT and CO., General House Furnishers , Deptford - London. S.E. --____ THE CITY OF MILAN IMPROVEMENTS comPA.NI (Limited). NoTTri TI IS HEREBY GIVEN, that NO APPLICA- Ay,' for SHARES in this Company will be received I, o „‘Hlt Four o'clock on THURSDAY, the )9th in 4ant for °n, and Twelve o'clock on FRIDAY, 20th instant, for ' IItr Y applications. By order of the Board, J. D. O'BRIEN, Secretary pro tem. Temporary Offices, 17 and tB, Cornhill, January 16, 1865. ATLANTIC AND GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. NEW YORK-PENNSYLVANIA-OHIO. CIRr. \AIL AR TO BONDHOLDERS OF THE ATLANTIC AND GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. NEW YORK SECTION. for -E IS HEREBY GIVE v, that the sum . set apart lag e redemptim of Bonds under the operation ot the Sink rsetend, has been applied to the purchase of the under co loned BONDS of the New York Section of the said fo i nds, Nos 1 44, 02, 112, 227, 302, 303, 331, 400, 420, 146 oten Bonds of 1,000 dollars each that the Bonds, together with the half-yearly Coupons 14-Interests Warrants, from July 1, 145, to July 1, 1879, both be e "e, attached to each of said Bonds respectively. have Ude day cancelled by the undersigned William Grain, ' n th ) ), Notary Fublic. SAMUEL GURNEY, ) JN O. P. KENNARD, Trustees. CHAS. MOZL EY, L ondon, 14th January, 1865. = ILLIAII GRAIN, Notary Public. TUE PALL-MALL GAZETTE. An Evening Newspaper and Review. •,,, , tt_ is difficult to des - ribe the plan of an enterprise like the deer 4 I 1.-11 A LL GAZETTE without seeming to boast, or to ' Y the efforts of others. But we are unwilling to lose the advantage of a few worth of exp'anation, and we therefore one trust the c andour of the reader for a just interpretation of meaning,. The PALL-MALL GAZETTE will contain all the . n .. ew , s proper to an Evening' journal But, addressed as it w ni . M . to educated men and women th space of the paper .a . be occupied by t r im , e c d s s troy " s t w h ile , ii,nng to the interest of newspaper . records, : lo h n ic e li w itadli i h n ei g r ehrenicies, nor by hat excess ot words in pins 011 id deterriline nito have our News Reports written si , nificance. Literary considerations less ton but beyond these there is the fact that the soci al to be found in a an accident of human life o 00 ,,, WARY are lost in the m turgid language inweich they are —manly narrated, tu_ i,s.,aveents made known by the Morning Paps may be d a is y - , nt ~d in the PALL-MALL GAZETTE ot worth_vdces f rom ul tr q _ l 4'l not be reported anew.' Trusty ad 1 b ay the money Market will be included in the News of the the tho" upiniti.etteis,pti of the paper (by far the greater nart) will be made nal articles, upon the many things which engage n t ,,,,. give, or employ the energies, or amuse the leisure cf inelid. public Affairs, Literature, the , Arts, and all the tle hees Whi cussed b eh streu,ithen or diimi tin ues i men whose independence a are l equally d i 8 . - p n a d e a ' Ut 9 go l e r t i ex, r_. INnable, and who are accustomed to regard the public aim 0 7 81 0 n of opinion as a serious thing. _This ring is in th th e .d el a i il e y f kei t he PALL-MALL GAZETTE :to b 401realistri. that full measure of thought and culture which is .z.tf?,,!nd only in Reviews. Dap er ute same time, we by no mea i n s s t i o n n t p en n d we t ri o n Ta n k s e w t e h i e l .8 ~,_ Pedantic or solemn. Humour design ; toi;rpleasant, to be left out of the d/l lose ean be ,W,t,the a, vantages of occasional trifling. whichlf a thingw will k r , ifr q pettier in verse than in prose, it will be said in verse. ot vule'arity—will be e n a,n , ,, but not spite—burlesque, but come ittLillustrative as an argument , oftotruitY admitted into its columns ; a nd since a joke is It win, good a jukes will be wel nro s ia be understo,d that this advertisement th,,..laation of idea and of effort than of promise. But tisement is rather a weq-e'rrianiation is not made bet , re a large number of able the %,I;rpave accepted the idea, and pledged themselves to Ott, • - e of the .. Pall-Mall Gazette," • r i S alisbury-street, Strand, W.C. a1 1 :_1%, , ,,,, T R.—IMPROVED MECHANICAL .. 111 hav - Tv.`lS tRY.— Professional abilities and great a u rt e l,t o l n o "L ART,'ueen most successfully combined in the V eal Valu e r,..e•ICIAL TEETH. upon a new principle._ The enceet,,th,Perfection of the art of Dentistry will be . expert nalilfa'„ 1111 Wishing to avail themselves elf proiessional , reet . - Y Hosulting Mr. ALBERT, 34, Great Russell effvet . lhncirnaburv. whose experience has enabled him to tne,,oB:neh dtnirrible' convenient contrivances by artifizial an d Which are so pet fectly efficEnt. Way (317,1 CAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, itai 'cane I mmediate vicinity of the Great Northern p. -- , `hug, King's -cross. lisp l ids 13."A1--Efer Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN. th —°8 1 )1 tal ft b ih e (1 4 pri neiv , e n o t un f i r d e e e i admission to the sick poor, without in the year 1828, the first to es a - 1 Cies. Pende4 for da difficulty of Governors' orders', is whol_ de- It ads . - uPport on voluntary contributions and _ n addit ir , 4rds relief to a large number of in-patients, and,i desiityn to this, the ver über of attendance of tn an d 4 000 for a s con weekly. a ' °°° lite Bi(lt has iderable period averaged between tContrib ' ortr ia , ~llllons are received by the Treasurer. Edward Mar urnrara'n''scl., Ni cholas -lane; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co.; kid e mood acs CO. • Glyn and Co. ; Herries and CO. ; Ransom liarelayu-; I .:cott, ' Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co.;C 11% and CO. ; W Iliams, Deacon, and Co.; Overend, Gur eo., Li Nisbet and Co, Berners-street iI. Barned and verp ool ; and at Me Hospital, from 10 till 5. STANFORD SMITH, Secretary. ro-ArE for LITTLE BOYS, Tottenham, N., 1 for the Reception, from all parts of the Kingdom, of ()"'ast ;zll.rpoctstaitute Boys, and those verg:ng on crime, Under 10 President—fleOßEßM HANBURY, Esq. , 31.1', Stephen Ca p VICE-RESIDENTS. henry E. (.3l e r' n 4N ll,ll ;P. 1 Si r S. M. pea, Bart. M.P. Samuel Morl e y, '1,1,,N* Abel Smith, Esq., I"' Treasurer —W. D. Willans Its Mr Alex. Anderson.c"' --in'lTT' r t , il ßasinghall-street. E.C. Mr. E. H. Burrows. Tr. 31 4 Sorley. Mr. A. D. Chapman. Mr. E. P. sedge. M. W. j, maxwell. Mr. Alfred Short Mr. Robert Sinclair. Mr. George Moore. Mr. E. J. Tabrnm. Honorary Mr. Francis La sett, Mr. T. Turnbull. SecretarMr. AO. Charles , R26 Suffolk-street„ Pall-Mall E a st, S.W. ' nankers—Mesars. Sra,th, Payne, and Smiths, I, Lombard- Atreet, t' .0, take Thi s Home was o in April, 1564. It was designed to lis the little opene dhose charact r and circumstances tak e the e for the Orphan Asylums, and whose tender ne precludes their admission to the R„fuges. Such are th re e ,ve o let„ , from neglect, are already on the roari to ruin. Such are V lO BB who have been deserted by their natural protectors and to beecome idle wanderers Such are those whose Parents may have at one time or other received parish relief, and who are now friendless orphans. Such are those whose parents are breakers of the law, or are in prison, and who 'rain their children in the same path. Such are those evil associati ons h ave already had their painful ewhose ffect, a n d must le a d them to a life of crime and misery. , The n ecessity for an Institution for these little ones is evi alonnent from the police statiirics which show that i n L ondon F e have bee n apprehended for various offences, 79 of in one ye ar , no fewer t h an 311 boys u n d er 10 years of __ze m. a r r e g eOnvicted and punished, while the bulk, 232 were dis a by th e magistrates with a rebuke, as being too ' 43 ong to punish. though not too young to learn the beginnings 9f crime. On the other hand. there are numbers who, but tor the timely help a ff orded by such an Institution, must otherwise become paupers, and losing all ideas of self-reli• ante and self-help, be permanent burdens to the State the Rome for Little v Boy s has, therefore, been est to r eue the littl e ones, to save them from the prison on lished the one hand, and the workhouse on the other, and to endeavour to make them useful members of society. , The daily routine of the Institution present,' all the fea tures of a home, a school, and a workshop. 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 Inornincr is devoted to scho,l w ork —reading,. and writing, rt:siocilirp;nrinocl and Scriptural instruction. with occasional ect& But they are also trained to work. As theOytinetfs:buaYihar that at a very early period in life, earn their livin g taught habit s of insClvZttr of heir brow„ industrial' they are here at once . 00c o u lh a e t j ai ter noons are occupied with variou s making brown paper bags for bankers, and white Cliper°;.:;!; for tradesmen, and door mats and servants' kneelers to en s who will buy them ; picking the coil for the mum, rnendinyg the c othes, arc. Some a , sist the master in the g arden, digging, planting, watering, weeding, and 80 forth. By degrees they are being made useful in , scrubbing and sweeping' , while the elder Ones (lea n all the boots, knives, &c. In this way it is sought to fit them for an active Working life. t t h f e ou c r om ye m ar it s to o f Committ ee There are now 50 littl e i nma t es from a a bo nd u age to 10. Th ere i s room for nearly 1 0', would joyfully see the Home filled at once ; they only wait for the necessary subscriptions. The Committee feel cons t ra i ne d t o p l ea d f or th ose who c annot thus plead f or th emselves ; and, referring to the cir cumstances of some wh o h ave b een already tisupers for admitted, they ask—is it r i ght to make a widow and her UM y P life because on e o f th em (the naughty boy of the fam ly) runs Wild in the streets and i s b eyon d her control ? Is it kind to tell her, b you will not help her to put one of them into a Home, but that ail go into "the house ?" Is it doing the b.st we can e f e or_th . e little destitute orphan to send him to the workhouse. I it doing to others as we would they should do unto es tha t when th ese little o nes h ave unnatural parents who turn them in t o the streets, or force the m by ill- treatment to " tun away, n° na et us shou d be found to care for them, to speak a kindly shad to th em, to befriend them, to house and clothe them ? ll we le ave t h em still on the doorstep, I assay!, by on the pe ether r? Side, or el se exclaiming "Am I my brother's lce" The mode of a d m i ssion to the House is twofold, 1. By election of the subscribers. Poys thus admitted Sre received free, boarded, clothed, educated, and taught 1 ill they are 11 years of age. With the view to secure the election of the most deserving !' lie i a ses, the C ommitte have from the fi rst discouraged canvas s'and they d o not print any addresses of the subscribers. n voting papers contain a description of each case, as care tionul y investigated by the Committee, and with this informa the subscribers are able to judge for themselves as to hose most eligible for free admission. 2d. By payment of 5& a week, m a d e quarterly in advance. All Ch i n ldren must be under 10 ye ars o f age at rho time of Those I . l. rass' . r eceived on p a y ment are admitted at any time as soon as approved by the Committee, I , lT ementiv as the increase in the El ections of child ren to be adiaitted free will t a k e p l ace as oamit, till th e Home is full ; the annual subscriptio ns w ill y will then be h e ld period:- ally 4 Zor ms of _application for the admission of children may be at the H - ome, and Of the Honorary SeoretAry, re See ‘Ol C bAr C 50 , 00 , ) Of St' c to Al' 1' looe r, oarverf Cli o a r e i d e ' of •tO O Cf or 01; o 001 No. 22,644. Now ready, in 2 vols., Bvo., with Portrait, • THE HON. GRANTLEY BERKELEY'S 'LIFE AND RECOLLECTIONS. " A clever, freespoken man of the word, son of an earl with £70,000 a year, who has lived from boyhood the life of a club man, sportsman, and man of fashion, has thrown his best stories about himself and his friends into an anecdotic au o biography. Of course, it is em nently readable. 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Essay pimpLE REMOVER.—AII diseases of the skin TABL a re improv e d b y one dose of ALEX. ROSS'S VEGE &c 2 s , S KIN PILL. Th ey remove redness, sallowness 9d.; by post for 40 st imps.—ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London. AA.Ex• - I - MSS , FACE pc -- ---yvDER, ;sent for 14 stamps ; Eye Colour, :is. sd., or 54 stamps. Skin tonic Produces a transcendent complexion, 45., or so stamps. Bloom of Roses, 3s. 6d., or 51 stamps.—ALEX. ROSS. 218, High Holborn, London. oper t-wishes to add another g Iton. Last i r is n o o f fewer wf few females were rejected from T HE RESCUE SoZ - TE -------- ----------r r y_ . a total of 3,087, who have home to the 12 now in Here are brief d y e e ta a • ha 455 poor, friendless, youn a o r t a h ' er dead, deserted by her father. want of FUNDS and room, maktn her mother. been k... i s o e . , n a t g a e w a a i y i, , in fallen, ire y n i t of the roost recent cases i M. A. F., aged ' f 3 a , ll h e o n m , fealteisl;,rbdoetandr dreesnerttseddebayd. S. D., aged 15, fallen, mother dead. C. 8., aged 15, 1 allen, mother dead, A 8., aged 16. fallen, both parents dead. IT. S., aged 14, homeless, de- erted by her parents, M. H.. aged 17, fallen, both parents dead. C. H., aged 17, fallen, both parents dead. A. G., aged 18, fallen, father dead. B. H„ aged 18, fallen, both parents eead, S. 8., aged 17, fallen, both parents dead. M. A. W. aged 17, fallen, both parents dead. S. D., aged 15, fallen, both parents dead. The new home the Committee wish to form would be for , °nog girls, almost children, from the age of 8 to 15, who have been led astray from the path of virtue. Contributions will be received gratefully by the Secretary, liffr. Daniel Cooper,Bs, Queen .street, Cheapside; or by Messrs. Barclay and Co.. Lombard-street. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 18, 1865. pRYST AL PALACE.- ‘..) TO—MORROW—Lighted up from Dusk till half-past Six. "A sight alone well worth a journey to Norwood to see."—Vide Times. COMBINED ATTRACTIONS. -- fhe WIZARD of the NORTH and Miss ANDERSON in their WORLD of MAGIC 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, dm. No extra charge. - - Commence at half-past Two o'clock, Admission, One Shilling; Reserved Seats, numbered, One Shilling extra. THE CRYSTAL PALACE.—SUMMER in WINTER.—LUXURIOUSLY WARM and DRY OR YSTAL PALACE.- v To-MORROW to FRIDAY ONLY.—UNUSUAL AMUSE .11 EN TS. Arrangement :-- Band of the Company r.t The Wizard's Performance 3 • 2.30 Le Petit Blondin and Pantomime 4.15 Great Organ Performance The Menagerie Open all day. • - NOTE.—The above combined attractions cannot be con tinued alter Friday next. Open for Admission from Ten till Six. SHILLING DAY. MR. and Mrs. GERMAN REED, with lir. JOHN PARRY. in THE RIVAL COMPOSERS. in which the Sisters rry will appear, with THE BARD and HIS BIRTHDAY; and to cone ude with MRS. ROSELE AF AT THE SEA-S 10E. By Mr. John Parry. Every Evening (except Saturday) at Eliht ; Saturday Afternoon, at Three. - -R0 YAL GALLERY Or ILLUSTRA LION, 14, Regent street. Unreserved seats, is., 28. ; stalls, Is. ; stall spring chairs, ss. OPERA DI CAMERA, the SOLDIER'S LEGACY, by Macfarren, and TOO MANY COOKS, by Offenbach. Every TUESDAY and T lIURSDAY, at Three. THE U X FORD, A, oieFott-D STREET, W. The (Word and Canterbury Hall Company (limited). ORPHEE AUX ENFERS (Offenbach's brilliant Opera Comique), is achieving at) unprecedented success. Vide, the Song : "King of Bceotia ;" " The Hymn to Bacchus ;" and the spirited "Hilliho " Chorus, blr Eurydice, Diana, Cupid, and horus ; the side-splitting " Couplets," by Minerva, Diana, Venus, Cupid, Pluto, and Chorus ; at.d flaal Minuet and Cr-slop. Principal characters by Misses Russell, Fitz henry, Barrie, Tyrrell, and Walmsley; Messrs. Greene and Lascelies. Also, the new Cantata, KING CHRISTMAS, written by Litchfield Mosely, Esq., and composed by Herr Meyer Lutz, expressly for tnis estaulishment ; and NORMA. Norma, Miss itu,sell ; Adalgisa, Madame Maria. Musical Director, Mr. F. Jonghmans. Comedy, by Mr. WILLIAM RANDALL, Mr. GASTON MURRAY, LITTLE 808, SESTIL LION, and all the pro curable Talent of the day. CANTERBURY HALL. The Oxford and Canterbury Hall Company (limited). HODGE PODGE, the most extraordinary Christmas Entertainment in Lon don (inclulng the whole strength of the establishment), ever evening at half-past Nine o'clock. The usual Operatic Selections by alisses Russell, Barrie, Hays, Godden, duo.; Messrs. Lamelles, Harland, Beaumont, Kimberley, &c. Musical Director, Mr. F. Jonghmans. Extra Comedy by Mr. and Mrs. Randal', Mr. Hilton, Stacey, Woodman, Little Bob, &c. R OYAL CAMBRIDGE MUSIC HALL, Commercial-street, Shoreditch. (Close to the Great Eastern Terminus`. Sole Proprietor, Mr. G. W. NuGENT. SPECIAL ATTRACTIONS. Operatic Selections, &o. Prima Donna, Miss ELLISON. The Comic strength of the Company includes ANNIE ADAMS, NELLY POWER, J. G. FORDE. WEST, GEO. LEYBOURNE, Mr. HERBERT, J. F. ALEXANDER and Family; LES FRERES CAVALLINL the great Italian Clowns and Gymnasts, from the Cirque Napoleon, Paris, their first appearance in England. Permanent prices —Area, 4d. ; balcony, 6d. ; stalls, is. Manager and Conductor, Mr. C. Gas VILLE. MADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION. established 29 years at the Bazaarasaker-street. NEW AD DITION.—A Full-length PORTRAIT MODEL df MULLER, taken from life, and corrected from the Cast taken by Doctor Donovan, is now added to the Chamber of Physiognomy. Open, on Boxiny, Day only, from 10 a.m. till 10 p.m,; other days from 11 a.m. till 5 p.m., and from 7 ill to. Admittance, One Shilling ; extra rooms, Sixpence. ARGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street, Piccadilly. GRAND CASINO. CONCERT. First time in England, Gungl's new German Toy Waltz. Prince Imperial Quadrille, Huguenots, Robert le Diable, William Tell, and a variety of Dance Mut ic. Conductor, M. LUIGI CURTI. Admission, One Shilling. Manager, M. GRENET. CITY SHOW- ROOMS FOR GLASS AND CHINA, 147, HOUNDSDITCH. REFRIES and SONS' TABLE GLASS, Cut and Engraved, of the choicest dcsi,gns. DEFRIES and SONS' DINNER, DESSERT, and Tea Ware, of the newest pAtterns. DEFRIES and SONS' LUSTRES, TAZZAS, L and Flower Vases for the present se.ison. DEFRIES and SONS' CHANDELIERS, for the Dining-room, in Bronze, Ormolu, and Silver. DEFRIES and SONS' CHANDELIERS' in Crystal, for the Drawing-room, for Gas or Candles. riEFRIES and SONS' CHANDELIERS, .1.1 in Crystal, in the Venetian and Grecian designs, for India. D EFRIES and SONS'SPECIAL DESIGNS in Lamps for India. DEFRIES and ' SONS' WALL LIGHT Chandeliers, in Crystal, for India (Registered). REFRIES and SONS promptly execute CLUB 111, Mess, and General Furnishing Orders oiShina, Glass, DEFRIES and SONS supply MERCHANTS with Pattern Books and it-pedal Designs. DEFRIES and SONS have just added Five ei • New Snow-Rooms to their extensive Manufactory. They have now on show the largest assortment in the world of the above goods of their own manufacture. MANUFACTORY AND SHO W-ROOMS, 147, Houndsditch. PRIZE ME D A L.-INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1862. FRANCIS TUCKER & CO., Wax Chandlers, &a., kO., To the Queen and the Pi 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 WAX CANDLES with PLATTED WICKS, says:— "1 have found them fully equal to the recommendation which you gave them, and can sincerely, in my turn, I com mend them to the clergy for the use of the altar." Finest quality, with tatted Wicks, patented.. 2s. id. per lb. Ordinary quality .. ;s. od. per lb. VEGETABLE CANDLES, with a Mixture of Wax. Best quality .. .. Is. sd. 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. THE BENEFACTOR OF THE MN:— 31GL LARD'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 N os. 2 to 5 in all cases of cutaneous affections or rheumatism. Perfumed toilet cream, cold cream, and pomatam for the hair. Barege cream for sulphur baths, without any disagreeable odour. 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, Jozeaunetti, and all chemists. Pamphlets and testi monials tree on a plication. Agent for Edinbargh—Mr. John MtKay, chemist. 119, George-street. DR. SCOTT'S LIVER AND BILLIOUS PILLS.—A NEVER FAILING RESIEDY.--Pre ,ared without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. Scott, of Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to all who suffer from bilious and liver complaints, inligestion, wind, spasms, giddiness, dizziness of the eyes, &c. For habitual costiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier 01 the blood, they are truly excellent; mild in their opera 'ion and grateful to the stomach, they create appetite, pro mote digestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system. Sold by W. Lambert, 8, King William-street, Charing-cross. London, and by most druggists, in boxes,ls. lid., and three times the quantity in one, 2s. 9d. Be sure to ask for Dr. Saott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine arc a square green package. with " William Lambert," engraved on the stamp. DINNEFORD'S FLUID MAGNESIA. The medical profe don for Thirty years have approved of this pure solution of Ma2nesia as the best remedy for Gout and stomach disorders of every kir d ; and as a mild aperient it is est . ecially adapted for ladies aro children. Preparei sole y by DINNEFORD and CO., Chemists, &c., 172, New Bond-street, London ; And sold tbrouginut the world by all respectable chemists, CAUTION —See i hat " Dinneford and Co." is on each bottle and red label over the cork. ORNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library, cud Dining-room, consisting of a new and megant assort ment Di "VASES, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obelisks, Ink stands, beautiful inlaid Tables, Paper weights, duo., in Italian, Alabas er, Paean, Marble. Bronze, Derbyshire Spar, &o. Imported and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Mine. ralogist to her Majesty, 149, Stand, W.C., London. Mr. Tennant arranges elementary oollectlons of SHELLS, MINERALS, ROCKS, and FOSSILS, which will greatly facilitate the interesting study of MINERALOGY, CON CHOLOGY, ind GEOLOGY, at 2, 5,10, 20, 50, to 100 guineas each. PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and MINE RALOLIr is given by Mr. TENNANT, at 149, Strand, W.O. The Disastrous Fire at Edinburgh. The fire brigade continued their operations on the burn ing theatre from the outbreak of the conflagration on Fri day evening till Sunday morning. All Saturday, Sunday, and Monday crowds continued to visit the scene of the disaster, but the streets on both of the open sides of the theatre had to be barricaded owing to the dangerous state of the walls. On Monday a body of men were engaged in battering down the south wall, but, although a considerable breach was made, the cornice was still unbroken. The most part of the north7nd west walls had fallen during - the progress of the fire, but the south and east walls and also an interior division wall were left almost intact. On Satur day morning the standing walls were found to be deflected outwards about 18 inches, but as they cooled down they recovered, and by and by showed an inward inclination to the extent of about six inches. Tile spectacle presented by the roofless and gutted theatre after the fire was most melancholy. In the area of the theatre, nearly 20 feet below the street level, was a deep pool of water, on which pieces of wood were floating, while at the edges were seen all sorts of ragged and broken remains of building material, pipes, and metals. The division wall, though still stand ing, was jagged, shattered, and stripped. The outlines of the different tires of boxes, galleries, and pit were only to be traced by the structural marks left upon the walls. Strange to say the lamps in the south-east corner fronting Leith-walk depending from the first balcony were quite uninjured, and large placards of the pantomime on either side of the centre window over the box entrance were quite untouched. The injury done to the Roman Catholic chapel and adjoining building were very extensive. The fall of the north wall had smashed in the roof of the cloister for fully 30ft„ and hail made three great holes in the roof df the chapel itself., 4estroying the pews and altar rail inside, ' and breaking in the windows and part of the 'roof of the clerical residence. The whole of the property on that side had sustained a serious shock. On Sunday the gable of the house in Little King-street, adjoining the west wall of the theatre, showed symptoms of giving way, and the inmates of the densely populated tenement had to remove. The escape of several of those who were in the cloister when the north wall fell was almost miraculous. Mr. Mitchell, the fire-master, who had bean urging Mr. Lorimer and those working with him to desist from the effort to extricate the man Leeke, who was still alive after the falling of the chimney had fixed him to the spot, had observekthe wall to oscillate. He ran up to Mr. Lorimer and caughthim by the arm to draw him away. He ran back himself, and got within the arched vestibule of the cloister, and looking behind saw the tremendous mass fall upon the unfortunate gentleman, who, he thought, seemed to be unconscious that it was coming down. Mr. Lorimer's body was disinterred from the pile about 10 hours afterwards, and his watch was still going. It appears that Mr. Mitchell had withdrawn the firemen from the cloister about half-past 5 on account of the threatening state of the north wall. The fall of the chimney upon Sweeny and Leeke took place shortly after wards, while they were assisting to remove a carpet, and but for the humane efforts made to rescue them, the cloister would probably have been cleared. A watch had been Put on the cloister-door to keep it open for retreat and to pre vent more getting in, but the door from the sacristy was still open, and Clark, one of the deceased, had only entered the cloister half a minute before he was killed. About a dozen persons were in the cloister as the wall fell, two thirds of whom escaped, partly by the sacristy door, and partly by the vestibule. The funeral of Mr. Lorimer is to take place to-day, and is to be attended by the magistrates and council, the guildry, and other public bodies. A meeting was held on Monday afternoon in Queen street-hall, to adopt measures for the relief of the sufferers. Bailie CASSELS, acting chief magistrate in the absence of the Lord Provost, presided, and stated the object of the meeting. He read a number of letters which had been re ceived on the subject—namely, from Mr. George Lorimer, son of the deceased Dean of Guild, tendering a subscription of five guineas to the fund ; from Lieut.-Colonel Macleod, commanding the 74th Highlanders, re-enclosing a check for £l5 1.55., which had been sent by the magistrates to the non-commissioned officers and men who had assisted at the fire, and expressing their unanimous wish that as they had only been present in discharge of their duty the sum should be applied to the relief of the sufferers; from Mr. Paterson, manager of the Royal Princess's, offering a night's service of the company in relief of the fund, without deduction of expense ; and from the Mid-Lothian Rifles, offering t to give one of their Volunteer entertainments. A dramatic read ing, by Miss Murray, and a night's performance by Mis s Emma Stanley are also to be given to the fund. The LORD ADVOCATE, in moving that a fund be collected for relief of the sufferers, stated that it was not a large sub scription that was asked from individuals, as it wits believed that it would be a very general one on the part of the com munity. In concluding his speech, his Lordship made pathetic reference to the death of Mr. Lorimer, who had been a class fellow with him at the Edinburgh High School. He said that no event had ever struck him more deeply than his death. They might deplore that impulse which led him on to save the life of a fellow creature, to turn a deaf ear to the remonstances of his friends, and to exert himself regardless alike of the warning cries of the crowd beneath, and of the nodding terror that threatened him from above ; but it was a noble impulse, and no soldier on the field of battle, no captain going dowii the last man in his ship, ever found a more honourable or a more heroic grave than did George Lorimer on that occasion. (Loud applause.) Mr. DUNCAN DULAitEs seconded the motion, and the other practical resolutions were moved by Mr. BlaCk, M.P., Dr. Alexander Wood, the Rev. Dr. Hanna, &c. HEALTH OP LONDON, (From the Registrar-General's Weekly Return) In the ten principal cities or towns of the United King dom 3,838 births and 3,287 deaths were registered in the week that ended on Saturday last. In the seven cities or boroughs of England the mortality was at the rate of 30 per 1,000 annually ; and the deaths of the week were 2,713. The deaths may be compared with the meteorology of the week, and demand the careful study of the authorities, and of all persons who are solicitous about the health of the population of great cities. For death does not fall upon communities like the wind, over which they can exercise no control, but its epidemic storms are to a large extent of human creation. The causes of the deaths in childhood and in manhood are known, and are often generated in great cities by flagrant violations of the laws of nature; to such an extent that, taking the year round, to every three deaths one death is the result of causes which do not prevail in the healthy districts of the country. In the healthy districts of England the mortality is at the annual rate of 17 in 1,000 ; in our seven cities or boroughs it is at the average annual rate of 25 in 1,000. During the last week the rate was 30. This excess is partly the result of the cold weather, and varies from 26 per 1,000 in Bristol to 41 in Liverpool. The causes of death require careful investigation in each town, and the local authorities will probably be induced to follow the example of Liverpool and London by appointing health officers, after carefully considering the figures which the registers bring every week under their notice. In the week that ended on Saturday, 1,669 deaths were registered in London. In the corresponding weeks of ten years, 1855-64, the average number of deaths is, with a cor rection for increase of population, 1,653. The deaths in the present return, therefore, slightly exceed the estimated number. Zymotic diseases in the aggregate destroyed 859 lives. Sixteen deaths were caused by small-pox, 48 by measles, 55 by scarlatina, 77 by typhus, and 73 by whooping-cough. From diseases of the respiratory organs (exclusive of phthisis) 428 persons died ; of this number bronchitis carried off 267 persons, pneumonia 99, and asthma 25. 161 deaths occurred from phthisis, 70 from diseases of the heart, and 180 from diseases of the brain and nervous system. 738 persons died under 20 years of age, 222 were 20 and under 40, 290 were 40 and under 60, 358 were 60 and under 80, and 61 wore 80 years and upwards. The deaths of nine nonagenarians were recorded, the oldest of whom was a widow, who attained the age of 94 years. 65 persons lost their lives by accidents, 33 died from frac tures or contusions (of this number six were killed by vehicles in the street), 11 infants and one adult were suffo cated, and 13 deaths ensued from burns or scalds. A woman, aged 30 years, died at New-street, Cloth-fair, from taking cyanide of potassium by mistake for medicine. A type founder, aged 66 y ears, di ed on the I st of Januar y Essex-street, Shoreditch, from inflamation of the l a u t acce l era t e dby want of food and necessaries of life. n L g6 as 7s: t week the births of 1,035 boys and 967 girls, in all 2,002 children, were registered in London. In the ten cor responding weeks of the years 1855-64 the average number (corrected) was 2,013. At the Royal Observatory,Greenwicb, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29-290 in. The barometrical reading decreased from 30-08 in. at the beginning of the week to 21-39 in. by noon on Saturday, a point lower than any since February, 1848, when it was 28-30 in. The mean temperature of the air in the week was 42.8 deg., which is 6.8 deg. abovt the average of the same week in 50 years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher). The highest day tempe rature was 50.2 deg. on Tuesday. The lowest night tempe rature was 32.0 deg., on Friday. The entire range of temperature during the week was therefore 18/ deg. The mean of the highest temperatures of the water of the Thames was 89.7 deg. ; that of the lowest was 38.8 deg. The difference between the mean dew-point temperature and air temperature was 31 deg. The mean degree of humidity of the air was 87, complete saturation being repre sented by 100. A heavy gale of wind occurred on Satur day, in which a pressure of 291 b. on the square foot took place, and very heavy pressures were frequent between the , hours of 4 a.m. and 5 p.m. The direction of the wind at this tine was S.W. and W. A Live Porpoise at Last. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN, Sir,—Your readers will, doubtless, be as much pleased as I am (on my return from various salmon egg collecting expeditions) to find that at last Mr. Bartlett has succeeded in placing in the Zoological Gardens a porpoise, which is now in perfect health and vigour. It arrived on the 29th of December from Deal, where it had been caught in a sprat net, but it was determined not - to say anything about its arrival in town until'it had recovered from its jour ney. For several days it was very unwell, and would not eat, rolling lazily along the side of the pond ; but on the 11th day it began to eat some sprats which, tied to thin and easily broken string, were gently made to wabble about in front of its nose by means of a jack spinning rod. It now, however, eats 31b. of sprats and 51b. of eels every day. This morning it had two fresh herrings and a whiting for breakfast. It will feed in the presence of visitors and, as it will be observed, seizes the fish by the middle and then jerks it down head foremost. The live eels, however, show the porpoise excellent sport, but I should be sorry to be an eel in front of his nose when he is hungry. His or her name (for we do not know the sex) is " Ceta," and the beast apparently recognises the whistle (the signal for dinner) of the keeper ; and we are going to erect a proper cinner. bell. It is highly interesting, to see the quiet and velvet-like motion with which our new friend dives about in his pond, occasionally showing his snow-white sides as he turns to catch a fugitive and much frightened eel. It seems now pretty cer tain that the porpoise will do well in the gardens, and it is only after making many attempts and meeting with many failures that our knowledge of the mode of conveyance and treatment of these creatures has at last enabled us to place before the world the first living cetacean ever seen in captivity in London. We shall be glad to increase our stock of living porpoises, and shall therefore be obliged if any reader of this would kindly communicate the whereabouts of any fresh prisoner from the sea, and if within a reasonable distance from the gardens— say, 150 miles—every attempt will be made to re lieve the solitude of poor " Ceta," whose nearest neighbour at present is the offended sturgeon, who about a year ago complained of the insults he re ceived from porpoises in general in the columns of Punch. FRANK Buc KLAND. THE WAR IN 1864. (From the New York Daily News.) General Banks moved since the commencement of last year toßio Grande. He occupied Browns ville ; and we were told that the rebellion had been strangled in Texas. What are the facts now ? H e has withdrawn nearly all his troops from the State; and now the whole line of the Rio Grande is again open for the transportation to neutral ports of Con federate cotton. In this one of its great move ments the war, during the past year, has proved a failure. A Federal expedition moved up Red River. A fleet of guhboats led the van. A flotilla of trans ports followed with regiments, brigades, divisions ; and co-operating armies moved overland under a system of crushing concentration. Louisiana was, we were assured, about to be " cleaned out," Texas to be overrun, Arkansas brought into subjugation ! And what came of all these high promises ? The invasion, army and navy, was hurled back in dis aster ; some of the vessels captured or destroyed, large masses of the troops killed, wounded, or taken prisoners, and the whole followed up in hot pursuit until the remnants succeeded in reaching the Mis sissippi. In this great movement of the past year the war has proved a failure. Sherman, at the beginning of the past year, gathered an army at Vicksburg. Having moved to the eastward, he reached Jackson. He pressed the Confederates back until he reached the Mobile and Ohio Railroad to Meridian. A co-operating expedition of cavalry, designed to feed his army from the rich prairies of Eastern Mississippi and Central Alabama, having been driven back, the Federal chief retraced his steps. Harassed on the way by Stephen Lee's horse, he returned to Vicks burg, and, after a march of upwards of 250 miles, presented the country with another instance in which the war has proved in 1864 a failure. Sherman commenced his advance into Northern Georgia during the year just closed. Fighting and maneuvering he pressed on from Ringgold to Dal ton, from Dalton to Kingston, from Kingston to Marietta ; and finally, at a sacrifice of probably 50,000 men, planted the Federal flag within the de fences of Atlanta. Whether or not he may have learnt from the movements of the Confederates that his operations from Atlanta had become impracti cable need not be considered here ; but the actual fact is beyond question that, having reached that city, he has declared its possession, and the posses sion of all the places for which he had fought on the way to it of no avail. Even brilliant success does, thus, not redeem the operations of General Sherman in Northern Georgia from the conclusion which de clares all the great movements of the war in 1864 practically failures. Hunter moved last spring against Lynchburg. His advance was designed as a co-operative movement for the reduction of Richmond, and was heralded as one of the finishing touches of the work of subjuga tion. And what were the features of that expedi tion ? Early hurled upon its rear, it could not retrace its steps; but, seeking safety in flight, retreated, hungry, exhausted, and demoralised, to the Kana wha ? Here, again, one of the great movements of the campaign of 1864 proved, in keeping with all the others, a miserable failure. Sheridan succeeded Hunter in the design on Lynchburg. Successful in driving back the Confe- derate advance, he moved up the Valley of the Shenandoah. Early threatening his flank - from the Blue Ridge, the Federal chief did not dare to pro ceed beyond Staunton. The Southern General having after a time assumed the offensive Sheridan fell back, and, notwithstanding that he saved his army at Cedar Creek, has not again advanced be yond Winchester. As a movement upon Lynchburg the successes of Sheridan's campaign in the valley have not saved it from the fate which has declared it in common with all the other great movements of the campaign of 1864 to have proved a failure. Grant commenced during the past year his ope rations against Richmond. High hopes and confi dent assurances declared his advance to have sealed the fate of the "rebellion." Paper victories brought him, after a bloody slaughter, to a point which he might have reached by water without the loss of a man. The chicanery and falsehood touching his operations, from that day to this, meet now their correct interpretation, in the fact that General Grant still tugs and strives against Richmond in vain. Be the " key" of that city in whose pocket it may, there can be no doubt that at the close of the year 1864 the Federal onslaught on the " rebel" capital remains, like every movement of the cam paign, a failure. The Butler-Porter expedition against Fort Fisher ! In charity we would pass over that miracle of loud mouthed promise ; but we must include it in the judgment which pronounces every great undertak, ing of the campaign of last year a failure. The attack on Charleston was one of the grounds of the false hopes of the Ist January, 1864. Fort Sumter has been battered down, but still its ruins remain unconquered. A bombardment in conflict with all the restraints of humanity and law rained destruction on Charleston ; but still that city re mains covered by unapproachable defences. This year has witnessed all the false hopes of which Char leston was made the subject 12 months ago settle down into the conclusion that the attack on that is a failure. Florida was to have been subjugated in 1864 ! A State was, to have been restored by the logic of artii- PRICE 4d. STAMPED 5d lery into the " Union !" Federal troops congregated on the St. John's ; and, massed into an army, moved into the interior. Hurled back at Olustee, they retreated, shattered and bleeding, to their ships, and added thus another instance of the general truth, that every large operation of the campaign of last year has resulted in failure. Ships and troops gathered like storm clouds around the harbour of Mobile. That city was, we were assured, about to be captured, and a co-operat ing force, moving for that base, we were told, would immediately afterward go up the Alabama to repeat the apparently harmless process of " cutting the rebellion in two !" What arc the facts to-day ? Mobile is still a " hotbed" of secession ! The Federal army and the Federal fleet have seen proper to give its torpedoes and its artillery and its rifles a " wide berth," and even that gallant old sailor, Farragut, while able to look upon its church spires in the dis tance, was unable to break the spell which appears to have decreed that each expedition of the war in 1864 should turn out a miscarriage. But what shall we say of Sherman's raid across Georgia ? Beginning at his confession of the prac tical failure of even the splendid successes which brought him to Atlanta in the vain hope of strang ling the rebellion, the movement of that officer to the seaboard was, such as it is, a success. The measure of that success is simply the occupation of the previously sealed city of Savannah, and of about 20 miles of the lower part of the Ogechee-Savannah peninsula ; but, while this is literally the sunftotal of its results, that march is the only instance in which any one of the great movements of the cam paign of last year has not proved an utter failure. Court of Aldermen. A Court of Aldermen was held yesterday at Guildhall, the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor in the chair. Several brokers were sworn, and there was a number of names on the list of gentlemen apply ing to be allowed. _ _ _ Mr. Alderman WATERLOW said there was a report to be brought up from the General Purposes Com mittee, and he suggested the report should be read before those gentlemen were allowed, so that they might have the benefit of the alterations proposed. The suggestion was agreed to, and the report was read, and was upon a reference relative to the sworn brokers of the city of London, and recom mended that certain fees taken in the Town Clerk's office upon the admission of brokers, amounting to nearly £6, should be abolished, and that the only charges to be made on admission should be ss. upon the application, the rent of £5, and the charge for the Government stamps. The persons to be ad mitted as brokers be required to attend the Court of Aldermen only when sworn in ; so that instead of as at present having to attend the court to be allowed, when certain questions are put to them as to whether they have ever been otherwise than sol vent, the ' necessary inquiries will be made by the Solicitor and the Town Clerk, and the list of ap plicants, with the necessary certificates, will be sub mitted to the Court, and, if approved, they will merely have to attend to be sworn. The report also recommended that the practice of not allowing brokers to become sureties or to sign certificates should be discontinued. Mr. Alderman WATERLOW, in moving the adop tion of the report, said it had been said that the committee, in taking certain steps in reference to the brokers of the city, had been prompted by mo netary considerations ; but he hoped the report would show that they had not made it a money question, but that their only desire was to continue their control for the benefit of the public, and to carry out the law impartially to all. The report was unanimously agreed to in committee, and he hoped the same unanimity would be shown in the Court. Mr. Alderman SIDNEY - , - With regard to the fees which were recommended to be abolished, asked whether those fees were paid into their chamber, or whether they went in part payment of the officer's emoluments. Mr. Alderman WATERLow said that previous to the appointment of Mr. Woodthorpc, the present Town Clerk, those fees were the property of the Town Clerk, but since that time they had been paid into the chamber as City's cash, and it was thought expedient that the Town Clerk should receive a stated salary, so that they now formed part of the general revenue. The report was unanimously agreed to. Those of the gentlemen whose names were on the list to be allowed who were present were, upon the Town Clerk laying before the Court the usual cer- tificates, duly allowed as brokers. Two gentlemen, however, did not answer to their names, and the Town Clerk informed the Lord Mayor that, pursu ant to the resolution just passed, it was not neces sary for them to be present, and the certificates having been laid before the Court they were also admitted. Censure of the Poor-law Board by the Directors of the Poor of St. Pancras. • At a meeting of the directors of the poor of St. Pancras, held yesterday, Mr. Churchwarden Law ford in the chair, a communication was received from the Poor-law Board, acknowledging a previous communication from the directors in reference to the surcharge by the Poor-law auditor of the half crowns given to each of the children apprenticed from the workhouse, in which it was stated—" There is nothing in the general law or the rules of the Poor law Commissioners to prohibit reasonable relief in money as well as in clothes to young persons under the age of 16 years on leaving the workhouse, whether to be apprenticed or otherwise ;" and urging the board to reconsider their former decision, that the sums so paid were paid without lawful autho rity. The Poor-law Board now stated—" As re gards the board's decision upon the previous appeal, it proceeded on the ground that the sums of money paid over to the apprentices were given by way of gratuities and donations on their leaving the work house. The board considered that such gratuities and donations were not legitimate relief. If, how ever, in the present cases the sums granted were not gratuities or donations, but that the apprentices re quired the money to relieve them from actual desti tution, the board will be prepared to consider your appeal upon that view of the facts. If the facts be altogether similar to those • upon which the board gave their previous decision, the board must suggest for your consideration whether you had not better _make your appeal to the Court of Queen's Bench, under the 7th and Bth Viet., cap. 101, sec. 35, so that the decision of that court may be obtained as to what is the proper interpretation of the law ap plicable to the payments out of the poor rates of the nature now in question." Mr. TURNER moved—" That the members of this board having heard the letter addressed by the Poor law Board to the churchwardens, beg to inform the Poor-law Board that they consider the surcharges tyrannical and vexatious, and will subscribe amount suiv, themselves i n stead of involving t e parish in a law been going Churchwarden ROBSTOpNo: going on very well w ith the a they had better not ins ult them by ilcalw such the ßyo hadar resolution,da iid but pay the money. Mr. SHEFFIELD t b pocketthetheeoinndsuuld conduct o o f f the e Poor-law aht e' motion woul do no ..011,, , goo , Poor -l aw Board. Mr. J. S A LT d and they considered had EJi be tyrannical, a B o ard to e tterth and he quite con curred with the motion. Mr. TURNER then substituted the word " frivo lous" for " tyrannical," and the resolution was agreed to. A further communication was then read from the poor-law Board, asking the directors for their rea sons against the surcharge for the amount of the luncheons on Fridays. Mr, Turner and several other directors then A subscription was then entered into to defray the amount of the surcharge, which will be paid into the bank to the poor-rate account. THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE- (REUTER'S EXPRESS.) BREST, Jan . 15. The French steamer Japon has arrived here from the Cape of Good Hope. She left Table Bay on the 3d December, and brings 13 days' later news than the last English mail steamer. The 'dispute between the Free State and the Basutos was still unsettled. No definite reply hav ing been received from _Moshesh to Nov. 24, a second messenger has been despatched from Bloemfontein to Thaba Bosigo, his capital, for his answer. A rumour prevailed at Bloemfontein that at a great council of the Basuto nation it had been deter mined by a majority to respect Sir P. Wodehouse's arbitration, and to give up the disputed lands rather than incur a war. This pacific resolution was said to have been supported by Moshesh and his son Sebea, but opposed by Molappo and Moperi, chiefs whose followers are the aggressors in the Witte bergen, being the occupiers of the disputed lands. Although the month allowed for the withdrawal of those Basutos had nearly expired, they remained quietly squatting on the Wittebergen farms which they had reclaimed and cultivated, hoping yet to rea lise the profits of their labours, and the impression that war would result was general. The burghers of the Free State were assembling with an alacrity never before displayed by them. 400 had come in from YOrgsrctitb, AnstPhilippplis, and.Wgre to be accompanied by the President to Winburg on November 25. Private advices received, however, yet stated that there probably would be no war. A meeting of the Constitution Defence Associa tion.was to be held at the Commercial Exchange, Cape Town, on the day the Japon sailed, , 4 to take into consideration the reply said to be received from the Home Government to a petition of the inhabi tants of the western districts against Act No. 1, 1864 (the Customs Duties Protection and Indemnity Act), and to resolve on what further measures should be adopted." The Diamond Company's steamer Kaffraria was to leave Table Bay on Dec. 23 with the regular monthly mail, and may be expected in England about Jan. 25. By an arrangement with the Postmaster-General in London, the Union Company have been freed from their obligation of sending any steamer home to reach England in January with the usual mails on account of their vessel, the Athens, being required for the new extension of the mail line to Mauritius. The Kaffraria, however, brings the mails under her own contract with the Colonial Government, and not on any special arrangement with the Union Company. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT MANCHESTER-T UESDAY. WATERLOO (COURSING) CUP. 100 to 6 agst Mr. J. Jardine's nomination (t) 25 to 1 agst Mr. Croft's nomination (t) 33 to 1 agst Mr. Jones's nomination (t) 33 to 1 agst Mr. Spink's nomination (t ) 33 to 1 agst Mr. Bland's nomination (t) 40 to 1 agst Mr. Blanshard's nomination (t) CHESTER CUP. 50 to 1 agst Mail Train (wanted) 50 to 1 agst Commodore (wanted) 50 to 1 agst Retainer (wanted) RACING FIXT TM »•ow FEBIC Birmingham l6 Lincoln Spring 2l URES FOR 1865. 'AMY. AP.Y. MAE Derby Spring 2 Liverpool Spring 7 ShrowsburT Spring 9 Doncaster Spring Nottingham Spring 2B Northampton 4 Croxton Park 7 Newmarket Craven l7 Durham Warwick Spring Chelmsford Spring 2B Barham BO Catterick Bridge l9 Abergavenny 2o► Thirsk 2l Epsom Spring Bath Harpenden Epsom MAY Newmarket Ist Spring... 1 Chester ... 9 York Spring Salisbury Manchester Chelmsford 7 Arot l3 Alexandra Park 2O Hampton 2l Newton Liverpool Newmstle Odiham Bidbury Stockbridge JULY. Newmarket July Carlisle Worcester Hereford l3 Nottingham lB Winchester lB Pontefract Abingdon Stamford 3l Goodwood AUGUST. Brighton 1 Brighton Club 3 Huntingdon 8 Readin lO Egham g 15 Oxford l7 SEPTE York 22 Plymouth 24 Lichfield 2B Devon and Exeter 29 Derby Summer 3O Weymouth 3l. Monmouth 2l Manchester Autumn 22 Newmarket let Oct. 26 Walsall 27 Leicester Doncaster 12 Brecon lB Richmond 19 OCTOBER. Northallerton Newmarket 2d Oct 9 Worcester Autumn 3l NOVEMBER , Shrewsbury V Y 13 IXTURES FOR 1865. Harrow STEEPLE CHASE F . - JAN Aberystwith Hunts, 24, 26 FEBRUARY. Harrow Carniarthenshire 7, 9 I Datchet l6, 17 • MARCH. Liverpool .................. 8 Chertsey 16, 17 Shrewsbury Scarborough 16, 17 Torquay 2B West Somerset 5 EtIL. 1 Abergavenny 20, 21, Foreign Mail Packet List. ..-- Australia and New Zealand, via Southampton Jan. 18. Ditto, via Marseilles., Feb. 12. Brazil and Cape Verds, by British patnet Feb. 3. Ditto, by British packet • Jan. 2% Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena Feb. 18. China, .Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton. Jan 18. Ditto, via Marseilles Jan. £6. Falkland Islands Jan. -- Gibraltar, via Southampton India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton....Jant 18. Ditto, via Marseilles India (Bombay), via Southampton. ................. Jan. _26: Ditto, via Marseilles ..................... 11. Mauritius, via Southampton .................... Feb. 5. Ditto, via Marseir e 3. ....................... ........ Jan. 18. Newfoundland .. . . .Feb... Feb 3. ..... .................. Portug .1 ...................................• Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon.. ...... .• .... United States and British North AlileriCA, by Bri tish packet ........................ •. ......... . • an. 18. Ditto, by United States packet, via Southamp. t0n...... . ................................ Ditto, via Ccrk ................. . Ditto,ydbliayttNoCcainvaidioarnkp..:k..e.ti.v.i.a. ......................... . e b 9, t'Y•,dan. 20. West Ccast of Africa, Madeira, and ...................... West Indies and Pacific (except Bahamas , lu. Cubs,, and Mexico .................. ....... ..... ..... ...Jan. 28. Bermuda,Bahamas. Cuba and Mexico .................... The pleadings in th e act i on brought by the Mont morency family ag a i nst Count Adalbert de Talley rand-Perigord f or usurping the name and arms of Mont morency were on Saturday resumed before the Civil Tribunal by M. Berryer, counsel for the plaintiffs. The learned gentleman stated that his clients had no intention to attack the exercise o f th e Sovere i gn ' s power, b u t t o d e f en d th e ir right to the name and arms of their ancestors against an unjust usurpation. The right of a family to its name was Sacred, inalienable, inviolable, and no one had a right to confer it on a stranger without their consent. He reviewed at great length all the legal precedents bearing on the case, and concluded by expressing his convic tion that the Tribunal would do justice to his clients, and never sanction the usurpation attempted by a young man who, not content with bearing the name of Talleyrand Perigord, which was his own, had rashly thought that it would not be too much for him to bear the name of Mont morency. After hearing M. Berryer, the tribunal again ad journed the cause for a week, when the Advocate-Imperial Aubepin will give his opinion. A HIGH PRICE for TURKEYS.—Mrs. Goring, of Traverston, has given the sum of eight guineas for three turkeys that won the first prize at the Dublin, Cork, and Sligo poultry shows this season. They were bred by Boyle, of Dwadrinn.—Neniagh Guardian. 4 .. ~.,. - ti 1 thP of 110 ; - d ,ol q o )or.,.' e pp' I'o th` l 1 ant 3 ,54 5 3 44 3 5 4.29 0 3 6 5 ..,,J 9 A S s 3) 40,1 I a" t '[(>o'e 30 PO is 30 is 513 0 50 wile ''