The Sun. — London, England, 1866-12-22 00:00:00

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" "ix- E * l4llllllllll l' 1, , re V*7,lO. e-e..- --..r...~. _.-a NEW BOOK on GENTLEMEN'S AT T IRE PORTY-T WO PHOTOGRAPHIC FIGURES (36 " 1- - being portraits of Kings and Princes) represent the roost fashionable and becoming attire for every age and CI occasions. Tho book contains also new rules for self rneasure. Post free for six stamps, deducted from a pur cPase•—SAMUEL, BROTHERS, merchant tailors, 50, THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 22, 1866. (OVERCOATS, 11s., 135., 15s.— OVERCOATS \-- 1 for BOYS.—Read following 80 advertisements.— Ludgate-hill, 50.— SAMUEL, BROTHERS. No. 23,255. PRICE.... ....... id. STAmpED....Sd OVERCOATS, 125., 145., 16s.—OVEROOA.TS for BOYS.—Read first ad last advertisements.- 50.—SANETJEL, BROTHFRS. P. GEORGE'S CATHEDRAL, Southwark.— t;n CHRISTMAS-DAY solemn PONTIFICAL MASS at Eleven a.m., with Full InArumental Accompaniment. Music—Gounod's Mass, Lutz's " Viderunt," " Adesti Fideles," &c. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., T II E 0 X F 0 it I) , 6, OXFORD-STREET, W., - Li IN ARAN'S LL WHISKY. - DUBLIN _ _ _ EXHIBITION, 1865. VERCOATS, 175., 195., 21s.—OVERCOATS for BOYS.— Note prices throughout the column.- 50.— SAMUEL, BROTHERS. mit MARK LEMON'S LEYTON HALL, ITJL and other Tales. " We commend ' Leyton Halt' most heartily to our readers. The story Is an extremely good one, extremely well told, and the shorter tiles are all of a very effective character. There is not one that is not cheery and pleasant."—lllustrated News. THE MUSICAL ESTABLISHMENT OF LONDON. Brilliant Revival of Offenbach's " SIX rY•six." Misses Russell, Fitz Henry, and Barrie; Messrs. St. Albyn, ➢iarler, and Bury. that the nd pros ely inex the pre rovides a v, which he whole asure, it summer ? More Thion of ent pro d to the :e of the Empire le world r ground reverses nittined -apoleon. rit which the ia 'ars, but e a g reat force of lias beep. 101.11.1 ellig seell , develOp- And yet Li in !Or all the and the pproVab Cost of makes c apable of all opinion all re l. all but Jour onclence organs pa pers oat Ca' - at to a act Of of dc and And ion2,Tess you are trrack. Tady ?" mind in 11111 St i oil the ituesseS he true 2 eoverY would pire to is anti; l ent 0 by ti.! o expedl OLIN 35 by the Li unde r w itiOa Empire peace. lens ob Tipti(. o6 this 1111-i was ll )ats qie,tper. English hit not ur go: id po' Eng" per LJI. 31.1 t "..33 L s dozo tf all'; tlatS g:tiZ` ) which 2s. per .ample r i n the Oati, ; e't" 1 f i o ir w as 11. bezt/..2 OVERCOATS, lls., 133., 15s.—OVERCOATS in great variety, at the above prices, for BOYS.— 51). —SAMUEL, BROTHERS.' OVERCOATS, 17s, 195., 21s.—OVERCOATS s . in superior textures and newest style for BOYS.— L udgate-hill, 50.— SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, lls. ' 135., 15s.—OVERCOATS in very useful cloths, at above prices, for BOYS.— .1-44,1 gate-hill 50 —S 4.IIIUEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 175., 195., 21s.—OVERCOATS for immediate use, at all pnees to 355., for BOYS.— 50.— SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 215., 285., 33s.—OVERCOATS, , at all prices, have silk velvet collars.—Lud g at e -hill, ' - ' O . — SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS 425., 555., 63s.—OVERCOATS hill, made to order by new self-measure rules.—Ludgate 50.—SAM1JEL, BROTHERS. 0 VERCOATS, 215., 285., 33s.—OVERCOATS are ordered from patterns sent post free.—Ludgate- IL . 11 , 50 —SAMUEL BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, --SAM 423., 555., 63s.—OVERCOATS nil] not appr ov UEL, BROTHERSi taken back and others made.—Ludgate -50 . OVERCOATS, 215., 285., 33s.—OVERCOATS -SAM hill for clerical use, in all fabrics and prices. - Ludgate "l, 50. I UEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 555., 63s.—OVERCOATS professional, in all fabrics and prices.—Ludgate -111 50 --S AMUEL, BROTHERS. 0 VERCOATS, 215., 285., 335.-0 VERCOATS, for every purpose, in the suitable fabrics.--Ludgate- QM, 50.— SAMUEL, BROTHERS. VERCOATS, 425., 555., 638.-0 —Ada', N.-4f made from thoroughly ahrgokolgths only.—Lrecfoe :lill, 50.— SAMUEL, BROTHERS. E.llO OVERCOATS, 215., 285., 33s.—OVERCOATS in the new brown and gold mixed Meltons.—Ludgate hill, 50.- SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 425., 555., 63s.—OVERCOATS in beautiful fur-faced. ffold-mixed beavers.—Ludgate bill, 50. SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OOVERCOATS, 21s, 285., 33s.—OVERCOATS in every kind of plain and fncy coatings.—Ludgate hill, 50. —SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 425., 558., 635. —OVERCOATS in the new rich bronze and gold mixtures.—Ludgate hill, 50.--SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 215., 28s, 33s.—OVERCOATS hilt in all weights for every season and climate.—Ludgate 50.—SAMUEL, BROTHERS. VERCOATS, 425., 555., 33s.—OVERCOATS in rich gold and olive mixed treble beavers.—Ludgate hill, 5 0.— SAMUEL, BROTHERS. O VE RCOATS, 215., 285., 33s.—OVERCOATS of the now reefer shape, beautifully made.—Ludgate hill, 50 S I.3IUEL, BROTHERS. k-I VERCOATS, 425, 555., 63s.—OVERCOATS in very beautiful West of England fabrics.—Ludgate bill, 50.— SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 215., 285., 33s.—OVERCOATg in elegant, double-breasted Chesterfields.--Ludgate hill, 50, SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 425., 555., 63s.—OVERCOATS in rich brown, Oxford, black and steel cloths.- 50.—SAMITEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS 215., 285., 335. OVERCOATS in new style sinzle-breasted Chesterfields.—Lud gate-hill, t.49.—SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 425., 555., 63s.—OVERCOATS in new stylo Albions and all other shapes.—Lud gate-hill 50.— SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 215., 285., 33s.—OVERCOATS this season are excellent value for the money.- 50.-SAMUEL, BROTHERS. UVERCOATS, 425., 555., 638.—OVERCOATS at these prices are made of very choice fabrics.— l 'udgate-hill, 50.—SAIIITEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 215., 285., 335.- -OVERCOATS are very necessary in this variable. clitnate.—Lud gatA-hill, 50.—S AMTJEL, BROTHERS. VERCOATS, 425., 555., G3s.-0 VEROO &TS in black Beavers, thoroughly tested and shrunk.- 50.— SAMUEL BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 215., 285., 33s.—OVERCOATS in Melton cloths, thoroughly tested and shrunk. — Ludgate -hill, 50.—SAMI7EL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 425., 555., 635.-07ERCOATS in black Melton cloths, west of England make.— Ludgate-hill, 50.— SAMUEL, BROTIIERS. OVERCOATS, 215., 28s, 33q.—OVERCOATS , in Pilot cloths, for hard, serviceable wear.—Ludgate uin. 50.—SAillUEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 423., 555., 63s.—OVERCOATS in very beautiful west of England Petershams.— 'udgate-hill, 50.—SAMIIEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 215., 285., 33s.—OVERCOATS sent to any part of the kingdom. Patterns free. 50.— SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 428., 555., 63s.—OVERCOATS in high-class Witney textures. Patterns free.— Ludgate -hill, 50.— SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 215., 28d, 33s.—OVERCOATS made with every regard to strength and comfort.— L 'udgate-hill, 50. —SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 425., 555., 63s.—OVERCOATS in very rich, heavy, seal-black black beavers. — Ludgate-bill, 50.— SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 215., 285., Ms.—OVERCOATS at these prices are in the most fashionable style.- - Lticigmte-hill, 50.— SAMUEL, BROTHERS. -- - , OVERCOATS, 428 55s 63s.—OVERCOATS in very rich, heavy, sea?-back brown beavers.- -141 dgate-b ill, 50.- S A.MIIEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 21s 285., - Ms. OVERCOATS aro represented in the new illustrated boob.—Lud gate-hill, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 425., 555., 635. OVERCOATS in very rich, heavy. seal-back Oxford beavers.- 1 4ndgate-hill, 50.— SAMUEL. BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 425., 555., 635. OVERCOATS lined with silk. and very beautifully quilted.—Lud gate-hill 50, SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 215., 285., 335. OVERCOATS in all the plain, strong, and most useful styles.- 4 4 11 (1gate-hill, O. —SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 425., 555., 635. OVERCOATS lined with Italian cloth, and thickly quilted.—Lud ate-kill, 50.—SAMIIEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 215. , 285., 335. OVERCOATS reduced in price by a strict ready-money system.— I'2ll , lgate-bill, 50. SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 425., 555., 635. OVERCOATS at these prices are fit for any gentleman.—Ludgate- Lill, 50.— SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 215., 285., 335. OVERCOATS with warm wooll©n linings, for winter wear.—Lud- Rate-bill, 50.— SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 215., 285., 33s.—OVERCOATS of all weights, to suit every kind of climate.—Lud gate-hill, 50. —SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 425., 555., 635.--OVERCOATS made to measure by high-class scientific men.—Lud hill 50.— SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 215., 285.. 33s.—OVERCOATS for liveries are made of well-shrunk cloths.—Lud gMe-hill, 50.— SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 425., 555., 63s.—OVERCOATS Luc e h guaranteed to fit by the new self-measure rules.— 5Q.-SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 215., 285., 33s.—OVERCOATS i . can be ordered from patterns, which are sent free.— 4411 dgate-hill, 50. SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 425., 555., 638.—OVERCOATS have become an immense business in this house.- 50.—SAMITEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 215., 285., 33s.—OVERCOATS exceeding five pounds value are carriage paid.—Lud- Rate-hill, 50. SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOA'T'S, 425., 355., 63s.—OVERCOATS ordered from the country are always prepaid.—Lud 50.—SAMIIEL BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 215., 285., 33s.—OVERCOATS sent to France and any part of the Continent.—Lud gate-hill 50. SAMUEL BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 425., 555., 63s.—OVERCOATS I sent to New York and any other part of America.— 50.—SAMIIEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 215., 285., 33s.—OVERCOATS sent to all parts of British North America.—Lud fiate-hill, 50.— SAMUEL. BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 425., 555., 63s.—OVERCOATS sent to Tasmania and every part of Australia.—Lud kate-hill, 50.— SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 215., 285., 33s.—OVERCOATS in a variety of undressed cloths, for hard wear. —.Lud 50.—SAMIIEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 425., 555., 63s.—OVERCOATS of thelnverness cape class in Whitney cluths.—Lud 50.—SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 215., 285., 33s.—OVERCOATS of the Inverness cape class in Melton elass.—Lud 50.—SAMUEL, BROTHERS. (VERCOATS, 425., 555., 638.-0 VERCOATS -) made plain or with lap seams, velvet eollars.—Lud ate-hill, . J'o S 1 1 1117EI . BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 425., 555., 63s.—OVERCOATS made up with velvet edges and velvet collars.—Lud ato-hill, 50.— SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 215., 285., 33s.—OVERCOATS in every description of plain and fancy cloth.—Lud 50.—SAMTIEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 11s., 135., 15s.—OVERCOATS fo boys. The new Reefer and Pri L udgAte r till 50 SAMUEL BROTHERSnceIef coat. —. OVERCOATS, 17s, 195., 21s.—OVERCOATS 414;0 for e-hill boyN.i —SAMUEL,s n every fashionab lßßOTHEßS.e and useful shape.— • REAL FUR-SEAL WAISTCOATS, 255., 355., hill 42s.—Ri c hly l us t re d an d li ned scarlet.—Ludgate- R , 50 . — SAMUEL, BROTHERS. EAD the SYSTEM SAMUEL, BROTHERS, conduct their business upon in the Illustrated Price ,I.at described at head of column. The firm has been esta 41,shod 20 years on the principle of charging the lowest 11„ico possible for ready mon e y, an d mar ki ng t h e same 14 l'ou e ac h art i cle in plain figures, from which no deviation BRITISII AND FOREIGN ART UNION.— ..1-P A Special Meeting of the Shareholders will be held at the Offices, No. 30, John-street, Bedford-row, on Friday, the 4th day of January, 1867, for the drawing of the Special Lottery.l IFE FUND for the RELIEF illA NofS t i h ( a N S - U H F O FERERS by the recent COLLIERY EXPLOSIONS. CommirrEE. The Right Hon the LORD MAYOR. IL C. L. Bevan, Esq. Mr. Alderman and Sheriff _ Samuel Morley, Esq. Geo. Moore, Esq. Mr. Alderman Finnis. J. P. Gassiot, Esq. Christopher T. Gabriel, Esq. Frederick Thompson, Esq. R. A. Gray, Esq. Colonel Stuart Wortley. Waterlow. Mr. Sheriff Lyeett. Mr. Alderman Besley. Mr. Alderman Dakin. James Hill, Esq. R. N. Fowler, Esq. J. H. Maxwell, Esq. Mr. Alderman Cotton. The attention of the public is earnestly drawn to the suffering consequent on the terrible calamity produced by the recent colliery explosions. SUBSCRIPTIONS are greatly needed to relieve the numerous families made destitute thereby. The amount required to meet the memorable Hartley Colliery Accident in 1862 was £50,000 ; in that case 204 men and boys lost their lives ; in the present instance double that number are believed to have perished, there fore, to make a suitable provision for the families depen dent upon them, about £lOO,OOO will be needed. At the final distribution of the surplus of the Hartley Fund, £3,140 was allotted to the districts in which the present accidents occurred, and this sum is now available towards the fund now being raised. Amount already advertised £2,967 11 1 Subscriptions will be received by the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor ; Messrs. Roberts, Lubbock, acrd Co., Lom bard-street; Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co., 54, Lom bard-street ; Messrs. Glyn, Mills, and Co., 67, Lombard street ; Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Co., 1, Lombard-street ; Messrs. Dimsdale, Fowler, and Co., 50, Cornhill ; the London and Westminster Bank, Lothbury; the London Joint-Stock Bank, 5, Princes-street; Messrs. Coutts and Co. ; Messrs. Willis, Percival, and Co., Lombard-street ; and by the several members of the Committee. JOSEPH GIBBS, Secretary. Mansion House, Dec. 20, 1866. ABRIDGED PROSPECTUS. ISSUE OF 25,000 A PREFERENCE SHARES OF .£lO EACH BEARING 8 PER CENT. INTEREST, AND REDEEMABLE AT £l5 PER SHARE. THE CREDIT FONCIER OF ENGLAND (LIMITED) ARE PREPARED TO RECEIVE APPLICATIONS FOR THE ABOVE SHARES IN T HE BELGIAN PUBLIC WORKS COM PANY (Limited). Capital £350,000, in 35,000 Shares, £lO each. Divided into 25,000 A Preference Shares, .£lO each (being the Shares now offered for subscription), and 10,000 B De ferred Shares, of £lO each. DIRECTORS. • The Right Hon. Viscount Bury, Rutland-gato. Frederic Doulton, Esq., M.P., Metropolitan Board of Works. Albert Grant, Esq., M.P., London. Lieut.-Colonel Edward Neville, Clarges-street. John Irving Pascoe, Esq., Highbury 32Tew Park. Henry Pownall, Esq., Russell-square. Edward Warner, Esq., M.P., London. CONSULTING ENGINEER. J. W. Bazalgette, Esq., C.E., Engineer-in-Chief to the Metropolitan Board of Works. BANKERS. Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smiths, 1, Lombard street, E.C. - - SOLICITORS. Messrs. West and King, 3, Charlotte-row, Mansion House, E.C. _ BROKERS. -- - Francis Cope, Esq., 1, Angel-court, Throgmorton street, E.C. Messrs. Price and Devot, 54, Threadneedle-street, E.C. OFFICES. St. Clement's House, Clement's-lane, London, E.C. SECRETARY. W. J. L. Heriot, Esq. MISS BRADDON'S NEW ILLUSTRATED MAGAZINE. On December 18th, Price One Shilling. "11EL GRAVIA:" 1.11 ALondon Magazine, Conducted by M. E. BRADDON. CONTENTS OF THIRD NUMBER :- 1. " BIRDS OF PREY." A Novel. By the Author of Lady Audley's Secret," &c. Illustrated by M. Ellen Edwards. Book the Second :—The Two Macaires. Chap. 111. " Heart bare, heart hungry, very poor." Book the Third :—" Heaping up Riches." Chap. I. A Fortunate Marriage. Chap. 11. Charlotte. 11. Lyrics of the Months : January. Illustrated by Alfred Thompson. 111. Enough at Christmas. By W. Blanchard Jerrold. IV. My Love Amy : a Now-Year's Gift. By the Author of " Kiddie-a-Wink." V. Snowflake. Illustrated by H. A. Hebblethwaito. VI. How I Won Polly and a Postmastership. By Tom Hood. VII. Actors in the Great Play. By the Author of "Bitter Sweets," &c. VIII. At Daggers DraWn. By Babington White. IX. New Year's Day. By Octave Delepierre, LL.D. X. A Christmas Vision. Illustrated by C.J. Staniland. XI. Eveline's Visitant. By the Editor. XII. Dykwynkyn at Work. By the Author of "Society," " Ours," &c XIII. The Iron Casket: A Tale of the Travaux Forces, in Three Barts. Part the Third. XIV. A Christmas Carol. By Mortimer Collins. Office : Warwick House, Paternoster-row, London. SPLENDID SPECULATIONS. GREAT SUCCESS. With a single stake of £l, you can rea'ise £25,000 ! I With a single stake of £2, you can realise £27,510 !! With a single stake of £B, you can realise £3?.00011 With a single stake of £lO, you can realise £45,000! ! For prospectuses and particulars apply without delay to Kr. EUGENE TILLOT, General Merchant, Guernsey. FALKNER'S OLD IRISH WHISKY, " Real Malt," 19s. per gallon, is sold in bottles and jars, bear ing his label and trade mark. Most liberal terms are offered to the trade for the sale of thii zenaina old spirit, which is coming into universal consumption through England. For price lists aoply at Offices, 14, Strand, London, W.C. Established in Grafton-street, Dublin, A.D. 1780. PA TENT VENTILATING CHIMNEY TOP.—Messrs. ItIYERS and .PTODART with confi dence recommend their CHUMMY TOP as an effectual CURE of SMOKE. It has an advantage over all others, as it can be sweeped. It is alike useful and ornamental. Prices for Koreign and home ordersonappiicaiion at 112 Strand, W.C., where testimonials can be seen. PROSPECTUS. The object of this Company is to carry out the conces sions granted by the Municipal Council of Brussels, in con cert with the authorities of the province of Brabant and the Belgian Government, for the drainage and coincident improvements of the capital of Belgium. The magnitude and value of these concessions will bo understood by the fact that they include subsidies to be received by the Company iu cash and Annuities, of the value together of 26,000,000 f., or £1,040,000 sterling, which have been voted by all the authorities and sanc tioned by the Crown. The original estimates for the principal part of these works were examined and verified by Mr. J. W. Bazglgette, Engineer-in-Chief to the Metropolitan Board of Works of London, under the sanction of that body ; and these esti mates have been further tested by months of minute and careful revision on the part of contractors and their respec tive engineers. It is intended that the whole of the works shall be com pleted within four years. The importance of the undertaking is evidenced in the protracted official debates in the Brussels Municipal Coun cil, and also in the Belgian Chambers and Senate on the subject, and by the special report thereon from Lord Howard de Walden, her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary at Brussels, transmitted by the Earl of Clarendon, through Sir George Grey, to the Metropolitan Board of Works, in London, and recorded in their Minutes under date of May 18, 1866, an extract of which is annexed to the Prospectus. His Majesty the King of the Belgians has expressed his desire to inaugurate the works by laying the first stone in State ceremony, which is fixed to take place at Brussels on Wednesday, the 22nd of January next. It will be at once seen by this brief description of the concession that it is one of no ordinary character. The capital of the company is fixed at £350,000, in 35,000 shares of £lO each, divided into 25,000 A Prefer ance Shares and 10,000 B Deferred Shares. The privileges attached to the respective share capital are as follows : _ The A Preference Shares are to be redeemed out of the assets of the Company, by drawing by lot, and each share paid off at £l5 per share, being a bonus of £5 per share ; the drawings will take place on the following dates, viz. : On the 22nd January, 1870, 6,250 shares, or £62,500, 77 11 1871, 6,250 „ £62,500, /1 /7 1872, 6,250 „ £62,500, 1873, 6,250 „ £62,500, II li Total shares 25,000 or £250,000 Until so drawn and paid off, each share to bear interest at the rate of 8 per cent. por annum, payable half-yearly, on the Ist of January and Ist July in oach year, for which interest warrants will be attached to the shares. Reckoning the redemption at the dates and at the bonus named, the investment will pay subscribers a rate of in terest as follows: —those shares which are drawn, and thus are To bo paid off on 22nd of January, 1870, will have re ceived a total interest and bonusvf 241 per cent. per annum. Those to be paid off on 22d January, 1871, will have re ceived a total interest and bonus of 20f per cent. per annum. Those to be paid off on 22d January, 1872, will have re ceived a total interest and bonus of 18 per cent. per annum. The Directors do not pledge themselves to make an allotment to every applicant, nor to allot the whole of the shares, it being their desire to place this small capital in the hands of bona fide investors. Those to be paid off on 22d January, 1873, will have re ceived a total interest and bonus of 164 per cent. per annum The B Deferred Shares represent the Concessionaires' interest in the Company. These shares will not bo en titled either to payment of any interest or capital until the whole of the Preference Shares have received their capital back, with the interest and bonus before referred to ; there fore the Deferred Shares become practically and virtually a guarantee to the Preference Shares. Applications for shares may be made in the annexed form, which must be accompanied by the payment o f £2 per share deposit, without which no application will be considered. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To be retained by the Bankers. No.— To the Directors of the Belgian Public Works Company (Limited). Gentlemen—Having paid to your Bankers, Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smiths, the sum of £ , being a deposit of £2 per Share on A Preference Shares in the above Company, 1 hereby request that you will allot me that number, and I agree to accept such Shares, or any less number you m a y a ll o t t o me on t h e t erms of the Prospec tus, and I agree to pay the deposit on allotment, and to sign the Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company, as duly registered, when required. And I au thorise you to insert my name on the register of members of the shares allotted to me. Usual Signature Name in full Residence Protession Date December, 1866 The above is only a short extract from the detailed Prospectus, which can be had, with copy of the letter of the British Minister in Brussels to Earl of Clarendon, on application to the Secretary at the offices of the Company. DIMPLE REMOVER.—AII diseases of the skin are improved by one dose of ALEX. ROSs's VE 3ETARLE SKIN PILLS. They remove redness, sal lowness, &u. 2s 9d and 78 6d ; or post for 4.1 and 100 stamps. —ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, rondon, and all Che mists. HAIR COLOUR WASH.—By washing the head with this beautifully-perfumed Wash, in seven or ten days the hair assumes its original colour, and remains so by an occasional lOs Ad ; sent for stamps.—ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London, and all Chemists. Just published, 2d ; sent by the author for 8 stamps, TIGLINESS and BEAUTY; being a Pamphlet descriptive of articles and means used for improving the appearance. By ALEX. BOSS, 248, High Holborn, , London. HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.—The Committee are most anxious to provide for 400 boys. One hundred and fifty are now In the Refuge. The annual expenditure for supporting the 400 boys is estimated at £5,000, being £l5 a year for each boy. Several kind friends have promised to pay for one boy each year. Subscriptions thankfully received by the London and West minster Bank. 41, Lothbury, and 214, LI igh Holborn; Messrs. Ransom and Co., 1, Fall-Mall East; and by WM. WILLIAMS, Secretary- Refuge, 8, Great Queen-street, W.C. VIXHIBITORS at the PARIS EXHIBITION, who ADVERTISE in " THE SUN," can have the SERVICES of A SPECIAL AGENT in PARIS, whose address can be obtained at " The Sun" Office. He has a perfect knowledge of French, is also acquainted with busi ness, and has good connections. On application to " The Sun" Agent in Paris, either personally or by letter, he will obtain every possible facility for Exhibitors, or persons who may have other business in Paris, er who may go there for pleasure only. T HE BELGIAN PUBLIC WORKS COM PANY (Limited). NOTICE IS HEREBY 6IV/S, that the LISTS of APPLICATION for SHARES in the above Company will bo CLOSED on FRIDAY NEXT, the 28th instant, for London, and SATURDAY, the 29th instan, for Country applications. By order of the Board, W. J. L. HERIOT, Secretary. St. Clement's House, Clements-lane, E.C. WHAT IS YOUR CREST AND WHAT is YOUR MOTTO ? Send 3s. Gd. to CULLETON'S Heraldic Office for a Plain Sketch, or 6s. for a Coloured one. The Arms of man and wife blended together in proper heraldic form. The proper heraldic Colours for servants' liveries, what buttons to be used, and how the carriage should be painted, fee 10s. Just complete, a very valuable book, with 3,500 Engravings, arms, crests, and mottoes of nearly every family in the kingdom, the result of thirty years' labour, price £lO 108., printed in several colours. Family Pedi grees traced from authentic records, information as to the obtaining of a new grant of arms, how to change one's name, by T. Culleton, Engraver to her Majesty and Royal family ; also Diesinker to the Board of Trade, 25, Cran bourn-street (corner of St, Martin's-lane), W.O. I THE RESCUE SOCIETY wishes to add another Lome to the 12 now in operation. Last year no fewer ham 155 poor, friendless, young females were rejected Irom want of FUNDS and room, making a total of 3,087, who have been sent away In live years. The new home the Committee wish to form woxid be for young 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, Mr. Daniel Cooper, 85, Queen •strect, Choapaide; or by Messrs Barclay and Co.. Lombard-street. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern nail way Terminus, King's-cross. Patron—ller Most Gracious Majesty the QIJFIEN. Vice-Patron—Ms Royal Highness the Prince of WA LE S, KG. President—His Grace the Duke of BUCCLEUCH. K.G. - - • This Hospital, founded in the year 1828. the first to estab lish the principle of free admission to the sick poor without the delay and difficulty of Governors' orders, is wholly de pendent for support on voluntary contributions ands acies • It affords relief to a large number of in-patients, and, in addition to this, the average number of attendance of the lestitute sick has for a considerable period averaged between 3,000 and 4,000 weekly. The Committee earnestly solicit the ASSISTANCE of the benevolent, as the premises of this Hospital are capable of containing several hundred more beds had the Committee the requisite funds to maintain them. Contributions are received by their bankers, Messrs. Brown, Janson, and Co., Abehurch-lane; also by Messrs. Contts and Co.; Drummond and Co.;GAyn and Co.;Berries and Co. ; Ransom and Co.; Presc ot t, Grote, and do.; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Barclay and-Co. ; Williams, Deacon - , anclCo:l Nisbet and Co., Berners-street : and at the Hcapital. from 10 till 5. 814.185, t3eaCtaly, PROVIDENCE ROW NIGHT REFUGE, FOR HOMELESS WOMEN AND CHILDREN, 14A, Providence-row, Finsbury, E.C. Sixty Thousand Nights' Lodgings, with Suppers and Breakfasts, have been given in this Institution to the destitute, who otherwise would have had to pass the nights in the bleak streets or under railway arches. At present nearly 500 Nights' Lodgings, with Suppers and every week. The poor condition being that f ß r r o e m akf al a l st p s a , r a ts re a g re iv a e dni n gra itte t d, uit t o h u e sl o y nly they are homeless and starving. The Manager &c., receives no remuneration whatever. Notwithstand ing the provision made by the Poor Houses, each night numbers of young women, children, and orphans are, for want accommodation, refusedadmiitance, and have to spend night after night in the cold, wet, and sleet. To meet this evil, and to provide more ample accommoda tion, £2,000 has been raised, but to accomplish the work a sum of at least £l,OOO more will be required. Besides providing shelter for the homeless, this year it is proposed, as far as the donations obtained for the pur pose will allow, to give bread and coals to poor families in want. Will you, in your charity, help to carry on and accomplish what has been begun ? Will you help to give shelter to the really homeless, and food to the really starving ? The smallest donation will be most welcome, and, night and morning, the prayers of the destitute will be offered in your behalf. SUBSCRIPTIONS are earnestly requested, and will be grat9fully received by - thejlev..l). t'hafibury-eireuo, E.U. A CHARMING ILLUSTRATED GIFT BOOK. THE BOOK of PERFUMES. By EUGENE RIM'dEL. With upwards of 250 Illustrations. Octavo, extra gilt and gilt edges, 53. (free by post for 68 st imps). "An amusing, and not only amusing but also instructive, history of perfumery."—Times. London : Chapinan and Pail, 193, rice 'dilly. To bl had alan of the Author, EUGENE ItimmEr„ 98, Strand; 128, Regent-street; and 24, Corahill. ARGYLL ROOMS. - GRAND CASINO, Windmill-street, Piccadilly. These elegant and popular Rooms, having been entirely re decorated, are now OPEN EVERY EVENING for Concert and Dancing. Conductor, Signor Luos CURTL Manager, M. GRENET. Admission to Promenade, One Shilling. Reserved Seats, Two Shillings. BL4.CRWOOD'S DIARIES, 1867. TILACKWOOD'S SHILLING SCRIBBLING and six other useful DIARIES are now ready, various sizes, from Is. to 2a. 6d. in price. Inquire at any stationer's for them. London : James Blackwood and Co., Lovell's-court. I U,ETROPOLITAN RAILWAY—Trains every .I.YI five minutes. MOTIIING IMPOSSIBLE.—The greatest and i most useful invention of the day, AGUA ,t MA RE LL A. Messrs. JOHN GOSNELL and CO. ' Red. Bull Wharf, 93, Upper Thames-street, Perfumers to her Majesty, respect icily offer to the public this truly marvellous Mill. which gradually restores tne human hair to Its pristine hue—no matter at what age. The Agua Amarella has none of the properties of dyes ' • it, on the contrary, Is beneficial to the system, and when the hair is once restored one application per month will keep it in perfect colour. Price one guinea per bottle, or in half bottles. 10s. 6i. Testimonials from artistes °lithe highest order, and from individuals of undoubted re spectability, may be seen on application. Messrs. John G °Buell and Co. have been appointed Perfumers to her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales. RUPTURES.-BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. WHITE'S MOO-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (PERFECTED AND EXHIBITED IN THE GREAT EXHIBITIONS of 1851 and 1862), is allowed by upwards of Two Hundred Ile lioal Gentlemen to be the most effective invention in the curative treatment of HERNIA. The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effects, is hete avoided—a soft bondage being worn round the body, while the requisite resisting power i s supplied by the Moc-Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease and close ness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn during sleep. A descriptive circular may be had, and till truss, which canr.ot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the circum ference of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manufacturer, Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly. A Single Truss, Vs., 215., 26s 64., and 315.64 Postage, Is. A Double Truss, 31s. 6d., 425., and 525. 6d. Postage, Is. Bd. An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. Pista.ge, is. 10d. l'ost-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post office, Piccadilly. NEW PATENT 11. 4 LASTIC STOCKINGS, KNEE-CAPS, &c., for Varicose Veins and all oases of Weakness and Swelling of the Legs, , praing, to. They arc porous, light in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on like an ordinary stocking. Price 4s. 6d., is. 6d., 10s. and 16s. each. Postage, 6d. JOHN WHITE, Manufacturer, 228, Plocadilly. AVALUABLE CHRISTMAS PRESENT.— A CHINESE CADDY, co ntaining 16lbs. of really good Black Tea, sent carriage free to any railway station or market town in England, Ireland, Scotland, or 1,% ales, on re ceipt of 405., by PHILLIPS and •CO , Tea Merchants, 8, King William-street, City, E.C. SPANISH FLY is the acti n g i ngr edient in ALEX. ROSS'S CANTHARIDES OIL. which speedily produces whiskers and thickens hair, 3s 6d, ss6d, end 10s 6d ; sent by post for 54, 84, and 144 stamps.—ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London, and all Chemists. WONDERFUL DISCOVERY.—Corns cured in one day by nsinsr ALEX. ROSS'S CHIROPO. Thl-4preparation gradually dissolves the Corn in a few hours, removing' the very root. Price 4s ; sent by post for 60 stamps. —248, High Holborn, London, and all Chemists. HAIR -CURLING FLUID, 248, High Holborn, London.—ALßX. ROSS'S CURLING FLUID curls Ladies' or Gentlemen's hair immediately it is applied. Sold at 36 6d, 5s 6d, and 10s 6d ; sent free for 54, 84, and 144 stamps —Had of all Chemists. fa REY HAIR.-248, High Holborn, London.— .J ALEX. 11088'8 HAIR DYE produces a perfect colour Immediately it is used. It is permanent, and perfectly na tural in effe t. Price 3s 6d, 5s 6d. and +OB 6d; sent by post for 54, 84, and 141 stamps ; and all Chemists. HAIR DESTROYER.-248, High Holborn, London.—AL NA. ROSS'S DEPILATORY removes superfluous hair from the face, neck, and arms, without effect to the skin. Price 3s 6d, 68 6d, and 10s 8d; sent for 54, 84, and 144 stamps.—llad of all Chemists. Burst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. ON SATURDAY, the 29th of December, will be published, at No. 112, Strand, " THE WEST MINSTER GAZETTE," a new Catholic Weekly Paper, supported by a large number of known and approved writers. Its two main objects aro, first, the exposition of Catholic principles on all those great questions—ecclesias tical, philosophical, and social:—which are now agitating the intellect and heart of the country ; and, second, a truthful statement of facts as to the condition, political and religious, of Catholicism in the various countries of Europe. Foreign writers of note in France, Italy, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and Spain are engaged as contributors to " The Westminster Gazette." The true interests of Ireland, its struggles for its unquestionable rights as a Catholic nation to a Catholic system of Education, shall be dis cussed always in a spirit free from the prejudice or passion of mere political partisanship. An important feature of the New Paper will be the large space especially allotted to reviews of books, both English and foreign, non- Catholic as well as Catholic. Orders received by all booksellers and news-agents, and at the office, 112, Strand, London. Price 265. per annum. Single copies, sd. ; stamped, q. WESTO N' S GRAND MUSIC HALL, HOLBORN. Sole Proprietors, SWEASEY and HOLLAND. The most triumphant success over attained in any Musical Establishment. Grand Selection from Auber's Opera of " MASANIELLO," by 40 vocalists dressed in costume as at the opera. Terrific ovation of the Irish Minstrels, with songs, dances, and Irish anecdotes, under the direction of Pat Corti. A new and original overture composed and arranged expressly for the above minstrels by Mr. H. Baker. Comic supported by Arthur Lloyd, Jolly Nash, Georgina Smithson, Miss Faue,ourt, Paddy Fannin, Patrick Sellers, and Harry and Kattie King. Majilton as Messestophles ; and Pis Watkin ' the Persian Juggler. Band of 30 fi rs t- c l ass mere, and large Chorus chosen from her Majesty's and Covent Garden Opeia Houses. Musical Director, Mr. P. Com Prices of admission —Stalls and Balcony, ls.; Area, 6d.; Private Boxes, 10s. 6d. Can be secured at the Box Office, between the hours of 10 and 5 o'clock. Hall open every Evening at 7 o'clock, commencing at Half-past. This celebrated OLD IRISH WHISKY gained the Dublin Prize Medal. It is Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Whole some. Sold in Bottles, 3s. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London ; by the Agents in the principal towns in England ; or Wholesale at 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded " Kinabau's LL Whisky." tiUTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION LT IL (Incorporated by Aot of Parliament, MO), .4, iiIISSICLL-STREET. COVENT-GARDEN. LONDON. Prompt ADVANCES on all description of Security. Forms free on application by letter to EDVirARD lIARPEIC. Secretary. COUNTRY HOTELS, PUBLIC HOUSES, and BUSINESSES. FURNESS and KNEE'S List on application. Particulars for insertion received until the 27th of the month at their AUCTION AND HOTEL AGENCY OFFICES, 5, Agar-street, Strand, W.C., and nearly opposite the Charing Cross Railway Station. Comedy by Thrry Sydney (the political Momus), Robert Fraser (Buffo Vocalist anti Comedian—a great success), Mons. Peterson with his high'y trained troupe of Performing Dogs. EXTRA ATTRACTIONS during THIS WEEK. Great success of LES AIIAZONES AU CHAMPAGNE DIVERT ISSEMENT. Musical Director and Conductor, Sir. F. Jonghmans. T BOY AT MUG BY, a Musical Sketch, founded on Mr. Charles Dickens's Christmas Story, written by Mr. F. Green, composed by Mr. it. Coot e, person Lted by Mr. ROBT. PRA;;ER, by permission of Charles Dickens, Esq , will shortly be produced. 31[ADAME TIISSAUD'S EXHIBITION, BARER-STREET. NEW EDITIONS. —A Life-size Portrait-Model of the PRINCESS M kRY OF CAMBRIDGE, a Marriage Group of the PRINCESS HELENA and PRINCE CHRISTIAN. Admittance, Is.; children, under ten, half-price; extra rooms, 6d. Open from 11 a.m. till dusk, and from 7 p.m. till 10. IUETROPOUTAN RAILWAY Moorgate ff_i_ street Staticn. METROPOLITAN 'R AIL WAY—Altiersgate street Statloi. itirETROPOLETAN RAlLWAY—Farringdon -171. street Staticn. ArETROPOLITAN RAILWAY—King's-cross 171 Station. METROPOLITAN RAILWAY—Gower-street Stat.on. METROPOLITAN RAILWAY Portland -ITI road Sfatiol. METROPOLITAN RAILWAY Regent circus Station (opposite the Polytechnic Institution, 288, Regent-street The MI TROPOLII'AN RAILWAY CO3IVANY'S SPECIAL 03INDIUSES to and from Pert— land-road Station fleet every Train. 1% ETROPOLI'FAN RAILWAY—Baker-street IT Station. METROPOLITAN RAILWAY Edgware -151 road Station. METROPOLITAN RAILWAY -- Bishop's- ITA. road Station. METROPOLITAN RAILWAY—Trains every S►e minutes MYLES FENTON, General Manager. METROPOLITAN and GREAT WESTERN It A I LWA 1.9.—C II itisTnAs lIOLIDAYS.—Extra Trains between the City, King's-cross, Gower-street, Port land-road, lieffent-3ircus, Baker-street, E'l ware-read and Paddington, Hamtrersmith, Kenmingt n, Shepherd's-bush, Notting-hill, and Westbourne-park. D UNVILLE'S V. B R E . Lv ia IRISH WHISKY, Is regularly supp-11—ed—iOihe'Ilouse of Lords. "V.R." IRISH WHISKY. DUNVILLE and CO.'S g , V.R." OLD IRISH WHISKY BELFAST. _ London OflloTes and Stores, 4, BEAUFORT-BUILDINGS, STRAND, W.C. Established 1808. Quotations on application. JAMES DALY and CO , Di s tillers, John-street, Cork.—" The purest spi r it and safest drink in the world."—London Offices, 7, Printing-house-square, 8.C., next the " Times." TAMES DALY and CO ' , Distillers, John-street, tl Cork, beg to announce that they are able to supply the trade with their celebrated Whiskies. in casks or cases, and to take orders in bond and for exportation, at their offices, 7, Printing-house-square, London, - KC.. the only house in the square not occupied by the " Times." J. D. and Co.'s whiskies brim! . the highest prices in th e A us tralian and other Colonial markets, as may b 3 observed by re ierence to the "Journal of Commerce of Victoria," by which it will be seen that their whiskies fetch 6d. per gallon and Is. per case over the next best, and Is. 6d per gallon and 6s. 6d. a case over the lowest quotation. Always on hand a large supply of ve y old mellow whisky in the finest condition, matured in sherry casks, unsurpassable in quality and flavour, su, , plied on the most reasonable terms. THE OCEAN ST. LEGER of 1866.—What Lord Lyon was to his owner was the Taeping to her Ca ,tain, viz., winner of the race having distanced sll com petitors, as the a AST I `ZDIA 'PEA COIII'ANY have in eariab y done in their e and sale of fine new season's teas, now selling at importer's prices, Warehouses-9, Great St. Helen's-churchyard. TEA IS CHEAPER THAN EVER.--Is. 6d , 25.. 2s 6 s. per lb. are th e pr i ces at which PHILLIPS and CO Tea Merchants, 8, King William-street, City, Lon don. E.C., are selling" good and fine BLACK TEA. A price current post free. 40s worth carriage free to any railway Ftßtion or market town in the United Kingdom.—Observe— PHILLIPS and Co. have no Agents or any connexion with any house in Worcester or Swansea. Sugars are supplied at market prices. LAMBERT'S ASTHMATIC BALSAM.--AN EFFECTUAL REMEDY, without confining the bowels or affecting the head, truly efficacious and pleasant, is ad mitted to be the best medicine for immediately relieving coughs, colds, confirmed cases of asthma, and incipient con sumption. It frequently cures persons whom the faculty pronounce incurable, admirably allays the tickling which provokes frequent coughing. In approaching consumption its effects are truly beneficial. Persona deprived of sleep, or even lying down for fear of suffocation, may depend on relief In a few minutes after taking it. Prepared on iy and sold by W. LAMBERT, Chemist. 8, King-William-street, Charing cross, London, and by all druggists, in bottles, 130., and three quantities in one, 2s. 9d. each. Be particular. and ask for Lanibert's Asthmatic Balsam. The name and address are engraved on the stamp. HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.-FUNDS are earnestly solicited for fitting up the TRAINING SHIP. £2,000 required. WM. WILLIAMS, Secretary. Boys' Refuge, 8, Great Queen-street, W.C. H OMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.-CON TRIBUTIONS are earnestly solicited for establishing the COUNTRY ROME. £l,OOO required. WM. WILLIAMS, Secretary. Boys' Refuge, 8, Great Queen-street, W.C. mA NF IE LD'S PATENT PICKLES are per fectly pure and uncoloured. To be had of all dealers and wholesale of JOHN BUKGESS and SON, 107, Strand (corner of Savoy-steps). London. LUCERNE -MEWS—a New Block (private mews for gentlemen only', the Mall, close to Ken‘ing ton-palace-gardens, - First-class STABLE, coach-house and rooms ever, fitted up with every modern improvement, to be LET, on LEASE, direct from the free holder. For terms apply to Messrs. Swain and Son, the Lodge, Nottin4-11111; or to Mecsra. Debenham, Tewson, and Farmer, 80, Cheapside. FOHN GOSNELL and CO.'S CLIERitY if TOOTH PASTN is greatly superior to any tooth powder; gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the enamel from decay, and imparts a pleasant fragrance to the breath. Fries Is. 64.1.—Red Bull Wharf, e 3, Upper Thames-street, London. ALL the year round, and year after year, PARR'S LIFE PILLS are used by thousands, who thus insure good heal' h without pain, inconvenience, or scarcely expense This medicine mtty be resorted to at any time— good effects will result. ASPHALTE ROOFING FELT, ONE PENNY per Square Foot. C ROGGON and C 0., Manufacturers, f 63, New Earl-street, London, E.C. I 34, Bread-street, 52. George-square, Glasgow; 2, Goree Piazzas, Liverpool. EAU -DE-VIE.—This Pure PALE BRANDY, 188. per gallon, is Art ry superior to recent importations of Cognac, recommended by the medical profession, and ex tensively used in hospitals. In bottles, 38s. per dozen, or in a case 395., railway carriage paiI—HENRY BRETT and CO., Old Furnival's Distillery, Holborn, E.O , and 30, Regent street, S.W. Established 1829. GEOLOG Y.-ELEMENTARY COLLEC TIONS, to illustrate the New Edition or" Lyell's Elements of Geology" and facilitate the important study of Mineralogy and Geology, can be had at 2,5, 10, 20, 50 to 500 guineas; also single Specimens of Minerals, Hocks, Fossils, and Recent Shells, Geological Maps. Hammers. al! the recent Pub'inal ions, die., of J. TENNANT, Mineralogist to Her Majtsty, 149, Strand, London. Private Instruction is given in Mineralogy and Geology by Mr. TENNANT, F.G.S., 149, Strand, W.C. TRE BEST REMEDY FOE INDIGESTION. N•ORTON'S CAMOMILE PILLS are confi dently recommended as a simple but certain Remedy for Indigestion, which i the cause of nearly all the diseases to which we are subject, being a medicine so uniformly grate • ful and beneficial, that it is with justice called the "Natural Strengthener of the Human Stomach." " Norton's Pills " act as a powerful tonic and gentle aperient; ara mild in their operation, safe under any circumstances, and thousands of persons can now bear testimony to the benefits to be derived from their use, as they have been a never-falling Family Friend for upwards of 20 years. Sold in bottles at ls. led., 2s. lid , and Ils. each, in every town in the kingdom. CAUTION. Be sure and ask for "NORTON'S PILLS." and do not be persuaded to purchase any of the various imitations which have sprung up in consequence of the success of NORTON'S CAMOMILE PILLS. PRIN TIN G. —TO P a ROPRIETORS OF NEWSPAPERS, PERIODICALS, &c.—The Print ing and Machining of Newspapers, &c., done ou exceed ingly favourable terms. Use of Editorial and Publishing Offices, if required. Estimates forwarded on receipt of particulars, with stamped directed envelope for reply. Address—The Manager "Sun" Printing Offices, 3, Church row, Savoy, Strand, W.C. The Explosion in North Staffordshire. The repairs to the pump were completed yester day, and the work of pumping the water from the " sump," and the bottom of .the mine was at once proceeded with. This will probably occupy some time, and it may be a couple of days before the " sump" •is searched. There have been no more inquiries for dead on the part of relatives, and the managers of the colliery appear confident that all the bodies have been recovered from the mine. The full extent of the fatality may therefore be consi dered to be now known, amounting, as stated yes terday, to the loss of 91 lives. The immediate wants of the widows and orphans are being relievel by the Rev. M. W. M'Hutchin, and when the Relief Committee are in a position to estimate the amount of the funds likely to be placed in their hands they will adopt some plan of per manent aid according to the means at their com mand. The shape the relief will take is as yet only talked of, but it will probably take the form of weekly allowances to widows in proportion to their families, and the orphans will most likely be sent to an orphan asylum. The subscriptions to the local relief fund con tinue to come in. Among the fresh contributions sent to Rev. M. M‘Hutchin are £lOO from Mr. C. Wickstead, Bewdley ; £2O from Miss Child; and £lO each from Miss Blunt, Mr. Blunt, and Mr. J. D. Mort. A public subscription has been opened at New castle-under-Lyme, and since Wednesday night about £4OO has been collected there. Last night a meeting was held at Hanley, where a subscription was also opened. The county fund (for Barnsley and Talk), started on Wednesday, had reached £l,lOO yesterday, and a considerable sum is being raised in small amounts in Birmingham, where a public meeting, called by the Mayor, was held yes terday to open a town subscription. Mr. Wynne, the Government inspector, has not concluded his examination of the mine.; MANSION-HOUSE RELIEF FUND. The subscription in the city of London towards the relief of the widows and orphans of the men who perished in the recent colliery explosions near Barns ley and in North Staffordshire proceeds with, if pos sible, increased vigour. During yesterday alone snms amounting in the whole to about £2,000 were sent to the Mansion-house, including those returned by some of the bankers who have kindly consented to receive donations, and up to last evening the total amount received by the Lord Mayor from the beginning was estimated at about £7,800, a week only having elapsed since the fund there was set on foot. The great City companies have come nobly forward on the occasion, and have more than main tained their ancient renown for munificent benevo lence. Yesterday the Mercers' Company sent £2OO to the Lord Mayor, the Grocers' Company £2OO, and the Merchant Taylors' Company £5O. The Goldsmiths' Company contributed £lOO a few days ago, and the Fishmongers' Company £52105. A sum of £354 17s. has been collected among the members of the Coal Exchange, and forwarded to the Lord Mayor, through Mr. Frederick Thompson, a member of the Mansion-house Committee. Yesterday Messrs. Truman, Hanbury, Buxton, and - Co., contributed £lO5 ; Messrs. James Walton and Son, £lOO ; Messrs. Harrison and Crossfield, through Mr. Alderman Finnis, £5O ; the Blaenavon Iron Com pany, £5O ; Sir Francis Goldsmid, M.P., £3O ; Lady Goldsmid, £10; Messrs. William Cory and Son, £26 ss. ; Lord Overstone, £25 ; Lord Egerton of Tatton, £2O ; Messrs. E. Moses and Son, £2O ; Messrs. Bevan, Harris, and Co., £2l; Mr. Frede rick Youle, £2l; Mr. J. C, Bowring, .£25 ; Mr. Charles M`Garel, £2l; Messrs. Davie, Thompson, and Alder, £2l ; Messrs. Hill, Wood, and Hughes, £2l; Messrs. Dixon and Harris, £2l ; Messrs. Lambert, Son, and Scott, £2l; Messrs. Lea and Co., £2l ; Messrs. Cl a t er and Webster, £2l ; Messrs. Booth, Brothers, £2l ; M essrs. T. and S. Parry, £2l ; Mr. Herbert Clark, £lO 10s. ; M essrs . Finney, Seal, and Co., £lolos. ; Messrs. Rickett, Smith, and Co., £lO 10s. ; Messrs. G. J. Cockerell and Co., £lO 10s. ; Messrs. Charrington, Sills, and Co., £lO 10s. ; Messrs. Locket and Judkins, £lolos. ; Messrs. Horne and Hinton, £lO 10s. ; Sir John Stuart Hippesley, £lO ; the Hon. Emily Eden, £lO ; Mr. George Stagg, through Mr. George Moore, £lO 10s.; Mr. J. H. C. Wyndham, £lO ; Admiral Price, £lO ; Sir J. S. Menteath, £lO ; Dr. Ferguson, £10; and Mr. and Mrs. Vade Wal pole, £lO. On Wednesday the Lord Mayor received a letter from Sandringham, written by General Knollys, and enclosing a donation of £lOO from the Prince of Wales and £5O from the Princess. Their Royal Highnesses at the same time availed themselves of the opportunity to express their deep sympathy with the bereaved families of the unfortunate men who perished in the recent explosion. By a slight typographical error in the report of yesterday, the expression "future allowances" as applied to the money set apart in 1863 by the com mittee at Newcastle-upon-Tyne as a provision for the widows and orphan* of the men who pe e iLtnd by the accident at klartiey Colliery,- was retretered " profuse allowances," in a statement made by the Lord Mayor, and thus the meaning intended to be conveyed was not only defeated, but an implied re flection which was never intended was cast upon the Executive Committee at Newcastle. Naval and Military Intelligence. VALETTA, Dec. 16.—The inhabitants of Malta are making preparations to give Sir H. Storks a warm welcome on his return to the island. Nume rous addresses from the elected members, the Cham ber of Commerce, the nobility, the clergy, the bar, the notarial professions, and the learned societies are in course of preparation. The town will be bril liantly illuminated on the evening of his arrival, and a great concourse of people are expected to be pre sent to greet him on landing. His Excellency has been again delayed on public business by Govern ment, but he writes that he has every reason to hope that it will not be beyond the period of a few days. He at the same time desired it to be publicly known how much gratified he felt at the marks of confidence and sympathy which it was proposed to display on this occasion, and that he is deeply sensible of the kind feeling which the inhabitants of Malta are anxious to show on his return among them. He in timated his intention of telegraphing the date of his departure from Marseilles in the Psyche. The En terprise, 4, screw steam ironclad sloop, Commander G. S. Bosanquet, left port on the 10th inst. for Pa tras. She will there relieve the Tyrian, 2, screw steam gunboat, Lieut.-Commander the Hon. V. Montague, and send her to Malta. The Wizard, 2, screw steam gunboat, Lieut.-Commander P. J. Murray, left the same day for Canea, to replace the Assurance, 4, screw steam gun vessel, Commander W. H. Pym, which will on being relieved return to this island. The Caradoc, 2, paddlewheel steam de spatch vessel, Lieut.-Commander E. H. Wilkinson, has been admitted to pratique, after undergoing five days' quarantine, and is now in the hands of the dockyard, where she is likely to remain for a month or six weeks, to be thoroughly repaired. The Prince Consort, 35, screw steam ironclad frigate, Capt. E. A. Ingletield, is also in the hands of the dockyard, having a forecastle built like that which has been found to answer so well on board the Royal Oak, in order to afford better accommodation for the sick. The Commander-in-Chief has lately inspected seve ral ships of the fleet. The last two inspections were of the Enterprise and the Cruiser, 5, screw steam sloop, Commander Morgan Singer. Both ships were found to be in excellent condition as regards order and discipline, and the crew of the Cruiser were particularly complimented on the state of the gun drill on board. The Cockatrice, 2, screw steam gunboat, Commander A. G. Bogle, having been frozen out of the Danube, was to leave the station on the 20th of Nov., and is daily looked for at Malta. The Prussian screw corvette Gazelle, 28 guns, Capt. Henk, arrived on the 11th inst. from Portsmouth and Cadiz. There is at present another Prussian vessel of war in port, the Blitz, 4, screw gunboat. Both vessels are awaiting orders from Berlin. Be sides Sir H. Storks, Rear-Admiral Kellett (who has been on a visit to the south of France) is expected to return to Malta in the Psyche. The following ap pointments have made by the Commander-in-Chief during the past month :—Mr. F. Bosanquet, mid shipman, from the Resistance to the Gibraltar, and Mr. Wm. Tottenham, engineer, from the Royal Oak to the Gibraltar. Assist-Sorg. Jas. W. Arnott, of her Majesty's ship Wizard, died on the Ist of Dec. at the Royal Naval Hospital, where he hadbeenad mitted the previous day, suffering from an attack of apoplexy. Mr. Charles Herring, midshipman of the Endymion, passed his examination on the sth inst., qualifying him for promotion as lieutenant. The announcement that the Malta and Al exandria Submarine Telegraph had resumed working had scarcely been made public when a new rupture of the cable took place, and telegraphic communica tion is again suspended. The interval between the reopening of the line for messages and the last rupture was about only 50 hours, and as the tele graph steamer Hawk and her Majesty's ship Cos sack have not yet returned to Malta, it is inferred that a suspicion must have prevailed in the minds of the operators that their services might be required again very shortly, as, in fact, has proved to be the case. These frequent interruptions cause great pub lic inconvenience, and induce the belief that the cable is far from sound, if it is not altogether worn out. The time has arrived for immediate steps to be taken for replacing it by a new one which will com mand the confidence of the public. After recent Atlantic experience this desirable object would be best attained by a deep-sea line direct to Alexan dria. All the numerous interruptions with the pre sent cable have occurred on the Benghazi-Alexan dria section, where the coast is much exposed to the influence of the prevalent gales. It appears that a requisition wa s made through a letter from the United States' Consul to the then Acting-Chief S ecre tary to G o vernment, between 9 and 10 a . m. o f the 19th Nov., stating that he had received a tele gram from the United States' Consul at Naples, to the effect that Surratt, a conspirator against the life of Mr. Lincoln, was on board the steamer Tripoli (then in quarantine, bound to Alexandria), dressed a s a papal Zouave, and passing either by the name of Walters or Watson. The application was re ferred to the Government legal adviser, who was engaged in court in a Crown case, and, not having there the Act of Parliament respecting the Extradi tion Treaty, deferred his opinion till he went to hia office. At about 1 o'elock of the same day he stated that, unless some evidence could be produced to show that Surratt was one of the conspirators—that the man described by the Consul was Surratt, and that he so acted as to make himself responsible for a murder, or assault with intent to commit murder —he, if arrested, would shortly afterwards be dis charged, and he would have against those who arrested him the right of an action for damages. At the same time the head of the police was in structed to inquire whether there was indeed on board the Tripoli any man answering the descrip tion given in the Consul's letter, and in the course of the afternoon of the same day he reported that there was a man on board the Tripoli dressed in the uni form of a Papal Zouave, that his name, or the name he was passing by, was John Agostena, and that there was no man on board named Walters or Wat son, or anything like those names. The consul offered no evidence whatever. The whole case rested on his letter or the telegram he had received, by _' a he po fo r ll ts o niut s o ing h is extracted f rom a l e t ter received correspondent from Montevideo, dated the 14th November :—" We are daily expect ing her Majesty's ship Narcissus, with the flag of Admiral Ramsay, and the Spiteful, Nassau, and Sharpshooter. Her Majesty's gun vessel Spider remains senior officer's ship in the Rio de la Plata. The gunboat Dotterel is at Buenos Ayres and the Linnet at Rio Grande. There have been several court-martials at Rio Janeiro ; one on a Lieuten ant of the Spiteful, who was fortunate enough to obtain an acquittal on all the charges brought against him. A seaman of the Narcissus has been sentenced to 10 years' penal servitude, and another seaman of the same ship to two years' penal servi tude. An engineer of the Narcissus was also tried by the same court, but escaped with a reprimand and a loss of one year's seniority. The war in Paraguay may be considered at an end." The usual Christmas holiday will be observed 'this year at Portsmouth in the dockyard and other pub lic establishments on Monday, the 24th inst. The dockyard will remain closed, therefore, from Sa turday at the close of the working hours until Wed. nesday morning. The screw troopship Himalaya, at Portsmoutt i , is ordered to be completed for sea, under the command of Captain Thomas B. Lethbridge, by the 31st of January, 1867. Thescrew troopship Urgent, Capt. S. 11. Hendee son, now completing her outfit in the steam basin s o f Portsmouth dockyard, is ordered to be ready for sea by the 19th of January. The Warrior, iron screw frigate, in the bas in with the Urgent, is ordered to be out of the dockyard hands 1: ' but she will be then incomplete in. her new armament and its deck 'fitting.. The Scorpion screw turret sloop, undergoing con siderable alterations and repairs in No. 3 dock of . Portsmouth dockyard . , has the date of her comple tion fixed for March 31 next, and the Ariadne screw unarmoured frigate, repairing in No. 7 dock, for May 15. Capt. F. Herbert, lately commanding the turret ship Royal Sovereign, will be appointed shortly by the Admiralty to the iron clad frigate Royal Alfred, as flag captain to Vice-Admiral Sir G. Mundy, K.C.8., the successor of Sir J. Hope, K.C.8., i n , the North America and West India command. Com mander Nicholson is to be commander of the Royal Alfred, and Mr. W. Kiddie is to be master of the ship, displacing the present master, Mr. F. Inglis. This change of masters for the ship inflicts a griev ous injustice on Mr. Inglis. It is the custom to allow flag officers to select their officers to a certain extent from among their "followers," and Mr. Inglis has had the misfortune now to have been ejected—supposing that he is superseded in the Royal Alfred—from two ships in succession, his last ship A master is appointed' to a ship long before any other officer by the Admiralty, in order that he may to been the the t o yaMinotaur, Alfred fre d from nosm i which r transferredgrounds. personally superintend the stowage of the ship be low, and make himself perfectly master of every thing below the water-line. Mr. Inglis did this duty, and when it was all completed he was super seded. Sir J. Pakington must admit that the Mi nister of Marine manages such matters better in France. HAMPSTEAD HEATH. Hampstead-heath is one of those commons which come under the provisions of the Metropolitan Com mons Act of last session (29 and 30 Vic., c. 122), but it is rather difficult to discover in what manner those who require to enjoy the benefits of the com mon are to obtain them. Although the inhabitants of the neighbourhood of the heath have recently been meeting and agitating in consequence of Sir T. M. Wilson having let part of it on building leases, and houses being in course of construction, we don't see what good can be done unless money can be found to purchase the interest of the present pro prietor. Parliament has, we believe, more than once refused to give Sir T. M. Wilson the powers he has asked, viz., to grant building leases for long terms of years, and he is now doing his utmost by granting leases for 21 years. On the one hand we see the pro prietor of the soil doing his best to make it profitable during his life tenancy, and on the other hand we have the public, weakly represented by the inhabi tants of Hampstead and the neighbourhood, endea vouring to cause the heath to be retained for ever as an open common. Now is the time or never, for it will be too late when the heath is covered with houses, as it seems likely to be in a few years, un less immediate steps are taken to insure it for the public. The act of last session will not probably afford much assistance in obtaining the desired ob ject, for by it the onus of moving in the matter is thrown on the local authorities, andso far aswe un derstand the rights of the case, in the instance of Hampstead-heath, a considerable sum must be pro vided before the public can call the heath its own. If the inhabitants of the locality are patriotic enough to lay down the money themselves the diffi culty may be overcome, or if theyarepowerful enough to collect it among their friends they may suc ceed, but they may ask with public, rsehaosounldwbe lefthythetyo, a very small portion of the pie do what is in reality for the benefit of the public at large, and more immediately of a very different class of people than that of which they are as a body composed. It appears, indeed, only reason able, if the heath be necessary for the public, that the public should pay for it, and that the public mon ey should be devoted to this purpose. We do not, however, by public money mean the Consoli dated Fund, but a rate imposed on the metropolitan district by parliamentary authority. We are anxious to disclaim the too prevalent notion that it is ju to tax the country at large for the benefit of London and the neighbourhood. We see no reason why the money of the state should be expended in the im provement of London any more than of Glasgow, or Liverpool, or Belfast. Thus explained, however, we do not pretend to advocate this plan, neither do we see any ground for opposing it should it be entertained, but it seems certain that if the purchase of the heath is to be de pendent on private means alone, without the aid of the public, the act of last session must remain, so far as regards Hampstead-heath, a dead letter till the end of time.--Solicitors' Journal. A KIND WORD FOR CARLorrA.—Charlotte is beloved by the whole population of the valley of Mexico. She has worked unceasingly to improve the poorer classes—she has founded schools and hospitals, supporting them from her own purse, and sincere mourners in thousands would lament her death, should that be the result of her dangerous illness. To the shame of Protestant England and America this noble and royal lady has been the only missionary that has ever visited the poor of the valley of Mexico ; hers the only hands to distribute charity and toil for the elevation of the tens of thousands of the half-clad and most numerous portion of the Mexican people. I have seen her in the suburban Pueblos of this single lady of hono ur , a calling at the accompaniedmud huts by of the poor, and s t o ppi ng for a moment to review one of our recently founded schools. Whatever may be said of Maximilian and his sad effort to govern these people, nothing can be said of Charlotte of Belgium that will lessen the opinion of thousands of her, and that is that she is one of the noblest-minded women of the century. — Letter from Mexico. _ _ The University of the city of New York has re cently received a donation of SIOO,OOO from "one of our liberal and prosperous merchants." 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