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linAveo ssed nn ":3 arm,' ?,rvice s t ed 0 n otice is to be ;pieced ry sti l t. -..,corcle‘h )ablicall )mm's" ev et ° ws, be L e nt An suffer- r s h a ll r n l3l our for A•D‘ lent. liell 50 ►n sirbit.. 4O - 4 8s 441 4 . 38 1 ' 363 i 26 bt Pip .nd a 1613 ed of 't 43 4 4!8 3 611 3211 4 0, 380 —A 4 , , 406 5 1 , .30 4 0 ,423 di .404 ,30 ; v n a 3 2 } per e , 38t0 sB6fi arl elc4l - ;0 Pet 90 o. Fess' 11 $1 1 )1111 bushe l ' bush °L ,f 2 8 1 . A .26('-' I pry s a, . a 21 6 16 0 12 IL 9 14 .. --- troPt °l '' son, %, Lag 51 0 r °ot ith' "ri C loocliof ,org- b o y tol3‘ 91 10 . iirAl ' 6too 1, r erP°u" ..._/<" as" 1 , ro. i 'intl " I li Iki LT. : J / 11N ~IIAN'S LL WHISKY. DUBLIN EXHIBITION, 1865. _ Thli is Prize celebrated OLD IRISH WHISKY gained the Dubn M edal' It • pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Whole- Sold in Bottles, 3s. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London ; °3 - the Agents in the principal towns in England ; or wholAsale at R. GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. Observ e th e R e d Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded "Rinahan's LL Whiekv•" MUTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION (Incorporated by Act of Parliament, 18 5 0). ' 7 O I7 SSELL-STREET, COVENT-GARDEN. LONDON. freecn Oxap appl t AD ic V ion by ANCES on all description of Security. Forme at letter to EDWARD HARPER, Secretary. COUNTRY HOTELS, PUBLIC HOUSES, Vur, and BUSINP.SSES. ...NESS and KNEE'S List on application. 'w . „Part leulars for insertloa received until the 27 th of the ill% at their AUCTION AND HOTEL AGENCY OFFICES, ' Agar-street, Strand, W.C., and nearly opposite the Charing Cress Railway Station. CIVIL SERVICE OF INDIA.—A COM be her"ITIVE EXAMINATION of CANDIDATES will an , by the Civil Service t ommiqsione . s on April 9, 1867. t_i; to:lowing days. The competition will be open to all 1241-born subjects of her vi ajesty, who (on the Ist of March next) shell be over 17 and under 21 years of age, and _good hedlth and character. C'L SERVICE • OF INDIA.-EXAMINA -1,, :nom of APRIL, 1867.—Copies of the Regulations ion had up on application to the Secretary, Civil Service 24Entsalondon, S.W. INDIA OFFICE, 30Th Nov., 1866. lir ORDER of the SECRETARY of STATE Isi for INDIA. in COUNCIL. ()TICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Director iron_eral of Stores for India, will be ready on or before wri tday, the 10th December next, to receive Proposals in t o ‘lng', sealed up, from such persons as may be willing auPply CANVAS, a nd that th e C ond i t io ns o f t h e sa id C on t r act may be had o application at the India Store-office, Cannon-row, ber treinster, where the Proposals are to be left id any time 18AP a Two o'clock m. af the sa 10th day of December, after which no p. Tender will be received. GERALD C. TALBOT, Director-General. INDIA OFFICE, 30th Nov., 1866. Itr ORDER of the SECRETARY of STATE for INDIA in COUNCIL. % N OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Director konvera,l of Stores for India will be ready on or before la — 'PAY, the 10th December next, to receive proposals t o 'writing, sealed up, from such persons as may be willing supi y a nd LONG CLOTH AND CLOTH SHEETING, 0. , that the Conditions of the said Contract may be had viriesaPplication it the India Store Office, Cannon-row, be,ol!minster, where the Proosals are to be left any time b e l l. Two o'clock p.m., of t he said 10th day of Decem ' 1866 , after which hour no Tender will be received. GERALD C. TALBOT, Director General. • ° GUNMAKERS and Others. ree Tll . e. SECRETARY of STATE for WAR is desirous of k t elv lng PROPOSALS from and O for re , E CII-LOADING RlFLES, Gunmakers either repeating or ers not f u r a tin°' which may replace the present Service Rifles in " r e InTnufacture. ll non I following epeatin are th cond it ions e considered essential in g ta -r Rifles:— IT • A. WEIGHT. °- to exceed 91b. soz. without bayonet. • T B. LENGTH. h ° Lk. 51 inches, with short stock, measured from the °11 "f of the butt-plate to muzzle. l e. WEIGHT OF AMMUNITION MADE Ur. tervice ut: not exceed 61b. 4oz. for sixty rounds as packed for D. CARTRIDGES. dust carry their own ignition. Th E. SIGHTS. e ` 4 foresight must be such as to admit of a bayonet according to the present system. R ug ,. • F. STOCK. a ow u 6, such as to carry, a light metal cleaning-rod, and a sling to be used. 101411 Per cent Bt a. RECOIL. not that of the Enfield Rifle by more tha n . exceed _ . B. TAE ARM AS A .WHOLE. to l fust be as little liable to injury bylong-continued firing, br *usag, and exposure, as the naval rifles converted to al:eb-loaders on the Snider system. To bo as capable, 21 Q of being used without accident by imperfectly trained . to ' quality being manufactured in quantities and of mu rril . It I. THE AMMUNITION AS A WHOLE. and us t be as little liable to injury by rough usage, damp, enid e Pooure in all climates, as the Boxer cartridge for dental 7 8 converted Enfield rifle—also as little liable to accif bei, explosion as the same cartridge, and as capable o quality, manufactured in large quantities, and of uniform x. CALIBRE. °Ptin na i . n THE TWIST AND FORM OF GROOVE. Optional. M. THE LOCK. N RAPIDITY OF FIRE. ai rn e i a n Pable of fi r i ng at least 12 rounds per minute. without 0, A filo on.rtridgeelpongeti on a table. A CCURACY WHEN FIRED FROM A FIXED REST. - Th e % a! , ~a.rra must give a mean figure of merit of not more tu l e:Pin. at 1,000 yards, 30in. at 800 yards, 12in. at 500, t 300. ahoy• a eh e mean to be taken upon at least five targets of twenty °tB each. _ _ P. TRAJECTORY. degot require at 500 yards an elevation of more than 8 ' 80 lun. Q. FOULING. at l r a shooting not to deteriorate more than 20 per cent. , vv o yards after firing 250 rounds. n. PENETRATION. th at e mean penetration of five shots not to bo less than haof the present service muzzle-loadin Enfield Rifle -12 half-inch elm planks, which have been soaked 48 1.8 Water. Distanc e 30 yards. \lra s. LUBRICATION. to„ i z on bullets is indispensable, but any other lubricant 4,4 superadded or applied to the cartridge, if thought — ssary by the competitor. 111. Sp, ~4 1111 S will be received without the usual proof marks. st ing the and drawings of the methods proposed, Tg the probable cost per ann, and accompanied by a bi ti B ucd specimen arm, with 20 rounds of suitable arnmu of,On, slimild be sent to the "Director of Ordnance, "War `'„c, o, Pall-mall," on or before the 30th March, 1867. specifications and specimen arms will be considered w‘.''he Ordnance Select Committee and its associate mem `B, who will be selected by the Secretary of State for , elee , and who will, after firing the 20 preliminary rounds, aBt and recommend for further trial such of the systems may appear to them sufficiently promising, rejecting all :ch as may not be considered to offer sufficient merits to d .arrant their h ei aro stated in this advertisem entng included in te competition, . the con- Each lt ° ,l s ofA ac cep t e d co mpetitor will then be required to furnish to, e ,lPetiment, at Woolwich, six arms in strict conformity sPecimenrm submitted, with 1,000 rounds of am ialik-,tim per arm, within four months after date of de e —ll, - Each competitor will be required to disclose to the ipmitA sumtee t exact nature of the he may em . 3% he of £3OO will be paidlubrication to each of he accepted ti ° l "Tetitors, to cover the expense of the six rifles, and of The Sec of ammunition required. Secretary of State offers a reward of £l,OOO for the Which, on combination of all qualitie, is considered he committee to be the best submitted.s tamingond reward of .£6'oo for the arm which, while at lara satisfactory deeTee of excellence in other particu- A " , Is selected for m erit in respect to its breech mechanism. le third reward of £4OO for the best cartridge. Tho qua awl" which will be principally taken into consideration in of arc ling this prize will be economy of manufacture, power varsistaining rough usage, freedom from deterioration in r,l° ll B climates and general serviceability. E t , 1,,10 shooting 'qualities of the cartridge must be fair; but th, uo Y may depend upon the rifling of the arm with which si t f e ,. ear tridge is associated, they will not be so much con /9t, as those above-mentioned. Iv 4 is clearly to be understood that under no circumstances se e b a competitor be entitled to more than ono prize ; but glo Prize will be irrespective of any reward which may be er y i e en to the inventor of the arm finally adopted into the e. IV MAGAZINE AND REPEATING ARMS. teit ,Lgazine and Repeating Arms for Infantry will be re -104,V and examined in a manner similar to the Breech ineblng Rifles. They must not be less in length than 48 r r „'s, Including the stock. t b;::!ae limit of weight for these arms is fixed at 91 1 b. ex rtive of the charges in the magazine. is indispensable that the arms be made to take a ba yonet. diti ons It a a Secretary of State offers a reward of 300 for the best coe az ine or Repeating Arm produced that fulfils the above and in the absence of experience does not at teit e 3 4 t define the standard of accuracy or other conditions fulfilled before such an arm can be adopted. f O . c'se Magazine orßepeating Arms, which are accepted Tk 4 rther trial, will be paid for at the rate of .£6O each. Ettk.4iB sum is to include 1,000 rounds of ammunition per V. no bs , Secretary of State will take care that no ingenious ad o , e tY produced in answer to this advertisement shall be Itte,,ed into the service without proper cknowledgme.n! , t at ,Lilat the name of the individual with whom it °rip rshall be recorded in connection with it. Late the rifle to which the first prize is awarded is adopted " 1 0 service, it will bear the invader's name. J. ST. GEORGE, Major-General, Director of Ordnance. War Office, Oct. 22, 1866. --__ KU PT urtEs.—BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. RITE'S MOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (PERFECTED AND EXHIBITED IN THE GREAT Tw o " - "TIONS of 1851 and 18621, is allowed by upwards of ro pe Hundred Me deal Gentlemen to be the mos t effective n oon in the curative treatment of HERNIA. The use fivei a h teel spring, so often hurtful in its effects . is here ted—a soft bandage being worn round the body, while laed'equisite resisting power is supplied by the Moe-Main 1i e , 8 4 , Patent Lev..r. fitting with so much ease and close eleepLaat it cannot be detected, and may be viorn during *hid, A. descriptive circular may be had, and till truss, fer e , Cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post. on the circum the y„ce of the body, two inches below the hi p s, bein g sent to `" 4ll llfcut er, A 8, Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly. ' 3l Zie Truss, , 215., 26s 6d., and 31s. 64 Postage, is. Truss,3ls..6d., 425.. ami 625. 6d. Postage, Is. Bd. I,utabilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. Postage, Is. 10d. 016 e V„ - ofilce Orders to be made payable to John White, Post , riecadillY • NEW PATENT , LASTIC STOCKINGS, Weeki"'NEE-CAPS, &c., for Varicose Veins and all cases uf Por e ,. e.,. 88 and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, 47. c. They are ught in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on a lto n ordinary stocking. Price 4s. Bd., 70. 6d., los., and 16e. POStage, 6d. J OHNitannIO.OtUTOT, 228, ricodflly. Just published, 2d ; sent by the author for I stamps, UGLINESS and BEAUTY; being a Pamphlet descriptive of articles and means used for improving the appearance. By ALEX. ROSS, 248, high Holborn, London. MR. HOWARD, SURGEON-DENTIST, 52, Fleet-street, has introduced an entirely new descrip tion of ARTIFICIAL TEETH, fixed without springs, wires, or ligatures. They so perfectly resemble the natural teeth as not to be distinguished fro n the originals by the closest observer; they will never change colour or decay. and will be found superior to any teeth ever before used. This method does not require the extraction of roots, or any pain ful operation, and will support and preserve teeth that are loose, and is guaranteed to restore articulation and mastica tion. Decayed teeth stopped and rendered sound and useful in mastication. No. 23,239. THE NEW AND POPULAR NOVELS. Now ready at all the Libraries, MADONNA MARY. By MRS. OLIPHANT, author 01 " Agnes," &c. 3 vols. "A book of great power and beauty." CP" '—Post. ARISTIE'S FAITH. By the Author of "No Chu: ch," "Owen,'.' "Mottle," dc.: 3 vols. ANNALS OF A QUIET NEIGHBOURHOOD. By GEORGE MAC DONALD, M.A. 3 vols. "A novel pure, good, and be:intitul."—Dally News'. KINGSFORD. By the Author of " Sou and “A mOit interesting and nthrallln, wort.”—Sun. LEYTON HALL AND OTHER TALES. By MARK LEMON. 2 vole. 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TFIE SINGER MANUFACTURING COMPANY, Proprietors and Manufacturers of the world-renowned " Singer" Sewing Machines. Chief Office for the United Kingdom, ited Kingdom, 147, Cheapside. XTOTHING IMPOSSIBLE.—The greatest and IA most useful invention of the day, AGUA AMA R ELL A Messrs. JOHN GOSN ELL and CO., Red Bull Wharf, 93, Upper Thames-street, Perfumers to her Majesty, respect fully o ff er to the publics this truly marvellous fluid. which gradually restores too 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. l'rice one guinea per bottle, or in half bottles, los. 61. Testimonials from artistes of the highest order, and from individuals of undoubted re spectability, may be seen on apptication. Messrs. John Gosnell and Co. have been appointed Perfumers to her Royal Highness the Princes. of Wales.• SPANISH FLY is the acting ing redient in ALEX. ROSS'S CANTHARIDES OlL.whiohspeedily Produces whiskers and thickens hair, 35 6d, 5s 6d, and IN 6d; sent by post for 54, 84, and 141 st , Amps.— ALEX. ROSS, 248, High tlolborn, London, and all Chemists. ONDERFUL DISCOVERY. —Corns cured in one day by usimr ALEX. ROSS'S CHIRON). Thi4 preparation gradually dissolves the Corn in a few hours, removing the very root. Price 48; sent by post for 60 stamps. —248, High Holborn, London, and all Chemists. HAIR -CURLING FLUID, 248 Hi g h Holborn, London.—ALEX. ROSS'S CURLING FLUID curls Ladies' or Gentlemen's hair immediately it is applied. Sold at 3s td, 5s 6d, and les ed ; sent free for 54, 84, and 144 stamps. —Had of all Chemists. rl REY HAIR.-248, High Holborn, London. — ‘3l ALEX. ROSS'S HAIR DYE produces a perfect colour Immediately it is used. It is permanent, and perfectly na tural in effe :t. Price 35 Id, 5s Id. and los 6d ; sent by post for 54, Si, and 141 stamps ; and all Chemists. HAIR DESTROYER.-248, High Holborn, London.—ALEX. ROSS'S DEPILATORY removes superfluous hair from the face, neck. and arms, without effect to the skin. Price 3s 6d, 5s 6d. and 10s 8d ; sent for 54, 64, and 144 stamps.—Had of all Chemists. PIMPLE REMOVER.—AII diseases of the skin are improved by one dose of ALEX. ROWS VEGETABLE SKIN PILLS. They remove redness, sal lowness, Ate. 2s 9d ann igh H olb o rn, or for 40 and 100 stamps. —ALEX. ROSS, 248, mists. H AIR 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 using. 105 ed ; sent for stamps.—ALEX. ROSS, 24k, High Holborn, London, and all Chemists. 52, Fleet-street. At home from 10 tlll5. THE RESCUE SOCIETY wishes to add another. Lome to the 12 now in operation. Last year no fewer ban 455 poor, friendless, young females were reject2d from want of FUNDS and room, making a total of 3.087, who have been sent away in five years. The new home the Committee wish to form would 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 •street. Cheapaide; or by Messrs Barclay and Co.. Lombard-street. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road in tha immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail way Terminus, King'S-CrOBS. Patron—Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN. Vice- Patron—His Royal Highness the Pri ace ot W ALE S, R G. President—His Grace the Duke of BUCCLE UCH, This Hospital, founded in the year 1828, the first to estab lish the principle of free admission to the sink poor, without the delay and difficulty of Governors' orders , is wholly de pendent for support on volunt ar y contributions and I :gacies. It affords relief to a large number of in-patients, and, in addition to this, the averaire number ot attendance of the destitute sick has fora 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 tunas to maintain them. Contributions are received by thtir bankers, Messrs. own, Co.; Drummond and Co. ; G ly n an d Co. ; flerrles and Co. ; Janson, and Co., Abchurch-lane; also by Messrs. Br anud Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; Williams, Deacon, and Co.; Nisbet and CO., Berners-street: and at the Hospital. from 10 till 5. STANITBD SETH, tileaotay, 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. OMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.—CON t COUNTRYBUT la l l are la i T o e o st r l e y qu s? r li e c i l i ted for establishing WM. WILLI AMS Secretary. Boys' Refuge, 8. Great Queen-street. W.C. HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.—The Committee are most anxious to provide for 400 boys. One hundred and fifty are now in the Refuge. The annual expenditure for supporting the 400 boys is estimated at £s,ooo, being £l5 a year for each boy. Several kind friends have promised to pay for one boy each year. S u b scr ipti on s thankfully received by the London and West minster Bank, 41, Lothbury , and 214, Moil Holborn ; Me ssrs . Ransom and Co., 1, Pall - Mal l East ; and by WM. WILLIAMS, Secretary. Refuge, 8, Great Queen -street, W.C. PROVIDENCE ROW S NIGHT REFUGE, FO HOMELESS WOMEN AND CHILDREN, 14A, Providence-row, Finsbury, E.C. Sixty Thousand Nights' Lodgings, with Suppers and Breakfasts, have been given in this Institution to the destitute, who otherwise would have had to pass the nights in the bleak streets or under railway arches. At present nearly 500 Nights' Lodgings, with Suppers and Breakfasts, are given gratuitously every week. Tho poor from all parts are admitted, the only condition being that they are homeless and starving. The Manager &c., receives no remuneration whatever. Notwithstand ing the provision made by the Poor Houses, each night numbers of young women, children, and orphans are, for want accom modation, refusedadmittance, 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,OO 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 gratefully received by the Rev. D. GILBERT, D.D., No. 22, Finlibury-oh CUP, E.G. 7,z 6 • ; ' , , ~tlo,to : 4 s ts , e rr i • ‘.‘ . „ etir ".tirtk. 4 1 . . i; 17 : - 1 • .44# • ( ' . . X 4. 1 * , ‘. • C S ' " I 41It • \\\.• erzY> • -" R (IT •• • / DIE \ - 2 - ,- ii 61/ ‘ ; 6,-e THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 4, 1866. MADAME STUD ARE (widow of the late Cot. Stodare) begs to announce that the THEATRE OF MYSTERY, Egyptian Hall, is OPEN for the SEA SO N. Madame Stodare will present the SPHINX. MARVEL OF MECCA, and BASK E C TRICK, assisted by Mr. Fir bank Bunnell (pupil of Colonel Stodare), in Colonel Stodare's ItftYAL ENTFItTAINIIION r of MA G IC.—Admission —1 s. and 2s. ; stalls, 34., which may he secured at the Box-office, front 10 till 5, and at Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond street. MR. JAMES WEAVER, Manager. TII E 0 X F 0 It v, 6, OXFORD-STREET, W., THE MUSICAL ESTABLISHMENT OF LONDON. Brilliant Revival of Offenbach's "SIXTY-SIX." Misacs Russell, Fitz Henry, and Barrie; Messrs. St. Albyn, Mader, and Bury. Comedy by Harry Sydney (the political Momus), Robert Fraser (Buffo Vocalist and Comedian—a great success), Mous. Peterson with his high'y trained troupe of reriOrMillg Dogs. • Great success of LES AMA ZONES AU CHAMPAGNE DIVERTISSEMENT. by the Misses TES6Y and SARA GUINNESS, assisted by their talented troupe of artistes. Musical Director and Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans. 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Be particular. and ask for Lambert's Asthmatic Balsam. The name and address are engraved on the stamp. Naval and Military Intelligence. There are few who visited Cherbourg or Ports mouth last year during the presence in those parts of the combined fleets of France and England but will remember the beautiful little steam launches at tached to the French ships. It may have been owing to the comparisons then drawn of the power and efficiebey of these Miniature steamers of the two countries that our own authorities became convinced of the errors of their own system. At all events, scarcely 12 months had elapsed since the great iron clad exhibition than our Admiralty had despatched two vessels on foreign service each supplied with a steam launch as superior to thosein use in the French and Russian navies as theirs had been to ours 12 months ago, and this very creditable fact, we be lieve, is mainly owing to the exertions of the present Controller and Chief Constructor of the Navy. The two vessels are her Majesty's screw sloop surveying vessels Sylvia and Nassau, and the two boats sup: plied to them are not only steam launches possess ing all the excellent qualities of lightness and speed, but are also lifeboats. They were built for the Ad miralty, hull and engines, by Mr. John. S. White, of Cowes, and their trials took place under the su pervision of the officers of the steam reserve, steam factory, and shipwright department of Portsmouth yard, the results being as nearly as possible alike in both cases. In the last, under the Supervision of Capt. W. C. Chamberlain, commanding the steam re serve at Portsmouth, the boat was 27ft. long. 7ft. 3in. broad, and 3ft. 2in. in depth. Her weight was as follows :—Hull, 17 cwt. ; engine, 4 cwt. ; boiler, 12 cwt. ; water, 4 cwt. ; coals, 4 cwt. ; stores, 1 cwt. total weight, 2 tons 2 cwt. The hull is built of mahogany of two thicknesses, the inside worked diagonally, and the outside thickness fore and aft. Capacious air-trunks run fore and aft on each side of the boat. The draught of water was Ift. 10/in. forward and 3ft. aft; midship section, 14.2 square feet ; displacement, 10.57 tons. The speed was 6.722 knots, with exceedingly little vibration, and the consumption of fuel at this rate of steaming, estimated by the officers conducting the trial at not more than cwt. per hour. In testing her qualities as a lifeboat extra men were taken on board, mak ing a total of 30 people, in addition to all her other weights, and the water then let into the boat ; but even under these severe conditions the water would only flow to the under side of the thwarts, and the boat remained suspended by her air-tubes and cas ings, with her gunwale nine inches out of the water. The last experiment made was with 15 men standing on the boat's gunwale—the water still having free admission to the interiorof the boat—when the water could only be brought to within liin. of the gun wale's upper edge. This concluded the trials, which were pronounced by the officials to have been throughout exceedingly satisfactory and interesting. A boat on the same principle as those supplied to her Majesty's ships Sylvia and Nassau has been built by Mr. White for his Royal Highriess the Prince of Wales. The Reindeer, 7, screw sloop, Commander E. Wares, 200 horse power, has gone into Portsmouth harbour from Spithead to remedy some defects in her galley, after making an official trial of her speed over the measured mile in Stoke's Bay. At the Lin!, snip arew OL Water iorWaru :mu r,_ was loaded at 251 b., and the wind was at a force of four, but off the land, and the water, therefore, smooth. The six runs made with full-boiler power gave speed in knots of 10401, 9420, 10.595, 9.651, 10401, 10.021 ; mean speed of the ship, 10 knots ; average steam pressure, 221 b. ; ditto vacuum, 23 inches ; with half-boiler power four runs were made, giving 9.045, 8.108, 8.612, and 8.430 ; mean speed of the ship, 8451 knots. At full power a complete circle was made to starboard in 4min. 30sec., and to port in 4min. 34sec. At half power a complete circle was made each way in smin. 4sec. The trial was quite satisfactory. In contrasting this trial with one the Reindeer made off the Maplin Sands on the 24th ult. it will be found that on the present occasion, with full-boiler power, the vessel attained an excess of speed of over nine-tenths of a knot over that at tained at the Maplin trial, but the half-power trials were about equal. This is accounted for by the fact that the load on the safety-valve was different on each trial, and that the pressure of steam was much greater on the Stoke's Bay trial than on the previous one. The time occupied in making the circles was about the same. The Reindeer had been very carefully and beautifully fitted by the officials of Chatham yard. Indeed too much pains and money appear to have been expended upon an unarmoured and, therefore, non-fighting vessel. The paddlewhe el steamer Virago, 6, 1,059 tons, 220 horse power (nominal), lately attached to the third-class steam reserve in the Medway, has been commissioned by Commander 11. M. Bingham (Feb. 19, 1862), late of the Formidable, flag-ship of Vice- Admiral Sir B. W. Walker, Commander-in-Chief at the Nore, and her officers appointed, nearly the whole of whom had joined and taken up their com missions yesterday afternoon. Tier A B.'s and ordi nary seamen arrived on Saturday from the Fisgard, 42, at Woolwich, and the other receiving ships at the various ports, and her seamen gunners from the Excellent. Her Royal Marines were sent on board yesterday from the Chatham division. Workmen are employed on the Virago night and day, in order that she may be ready for being despatched to the west coast of Ireland, and should she be completed in time she will leave the Nore to-day, proceeding direct to Queenstown to await further orders. Although the want of a suitable building in which the workmen employed on the iron ships under con struction at Chatham dockyard might take their midday meal has been repeatedly urged upon the Admiralty, nothing whatever has yet been attempted in the way of providing proper accommodation for the hundreds of workmen who, under the existing Admiralty regulations, are compelled to take their dinners in the dockyard ; and, incredible as the state ment may appear, some 600 or 800 of the best work men of their class in this country may daily be seen eating their dinners huddled together in corners in the open air, on the staging up the vesse l s b u ildi ng , among the dirt and filth of the factory, and in other places without the least approach to shelter, and that, too, in all weathers. The expense of erecting an appropriate dining-room for the workmen can not for a moment be considered by the Admiralty when there are daily to be seen vast sums of money squandered in our dockyards, and therefore the con tinued neglect on the part of the Admiralty to pro vide a suitable building for their workmen must be sought 'for in another quarter. The importance of the matter has been frequently brought under the notice of the Board by the present superintendent of the dockyard, and hopes were entertained that before the present winter had set in a suitable place would be provided for the workmen. At the present moment several convenient spots coul d be found in the dockyard suitable for the erection of commo dious dining-halls, in which every comfort and con venience might be provided for t he workmen during the brief period now allotted them . for then hasty meal, while private persons a re willing to furnish a good, cheap dinner for the hands on the same plan as that so successfully carried out at Glasgow. Few things would give greater satisfaction to the work men at Chatham Dockyard than the Admiralty taking this matter in hand and providing what has been long felt to be a great desideratum among an nucie 4d. STAMPED sd. classes of workmen at that establishment, especially as this boon has been conferred on the hands belong ing to some others of the public dockyards, where the number of workmen prevented going to their homes to dinner is nothing like so large as is the case at Chatham. An order has been received at Chatham Dockyard directing that in future the leading-man employed in the sawmills is to be an assistant-convertor, the duties of the engineer at the sawmills being at the same time performed by an engine -driver. On the occasion of a vacancy occurring in the appointment of assistant-convertor the office will not be filled up. The order ah:o directs that when, from a scarcity of work or other causes, the hands employed in the sawmills are temporarily reduced to labourers they arc to be paid their full wages, but when perma nently reduced they are to receive the pay of first class labourers—viz., 2s. 6d. per day. Mr. Fox, the Secretary of the United States Navy, has paid a lengthened visit to Chatham Dockyard, and was occupied for some time in the inspection of the various vessels under construction at that es tablishment. During his visit he was attended by Mr. Thornton, master shipwright, and other heads of departments, who accompanied him on board the ironclad ship Hercules and the turret ship Monarch, the inspection of both of which occupied him a con siderable time, the drawings and plans of both ships being very minutely examined. The deaths of the following officers have been officially reported at the War-office since the Ist ult. —Gen. Sir William Robert Clayton; Major-Gen. Sir Charles Warren, K.C.8., colonel of the 96th Regiment ; Col. J. T. Maulever, C. 8., 30th Regi ment; Lieut.-Col. James Tedlie, ,35th Regiment ; Major Thomas Clark, 24th Regiment ; Captains C. W. Willis, 33d Regiment; Francis Mitchell, 41st Regiment ; A. Mac Cay Dumares, 63d Regiment ; Henry Arkwright, 84th Regiment ; R. lI.W illcocks, 2d West India Regiment ; J. C. Fielding, Ceylon Rifle Regiment ; James Birch, Royal Engineers ; Charles Cox, 41st Regiment ; and John Chancellor, 61st Regiment. Lieuts. C. J. Prothero, Royal Ar ' tillery ; H. E. Baines, Royal Artillery (from inju ries received during the fire at Quebec) ; Geo. W. Barber, 2d battalion 10th Regiment ; C. Denford, 95th Regiment ; S. Sargent. Ist Veterinary Batta • lion ; B. De Lisle, Canadian Infantry ; and T. D. Broughton, Royal Marines. Ensigns Henry A. Wyat-Edgall, 13th Regiment; Robert W. Hill, 2d battalion 21st Fusiliers; John Le Marchant Sey mour, 41st Regiment ; Chas. Stevens Ward, 64th Regiment ; Alfred Wilson Cooper, 86th Regiment, and Mark Thomas, 98th Regiment. Paymaster C. Cox, 75th Regiment. Deputy-Commissary -Gen. C. A. Clarke. Assist.-Commissary-Gen. Charles Gar row Blanc. Deputy-Inspectors Gen. of Hospitals Thos. Hull and John Collis Carter, M.D. Surgeon James Young M.D., 48th Regiment. Assist.-Surgs. Coote F. Hutchinson, 'William B. Ross, M.D., sth Royal Veterinary Battalion, and Chas. Gemtnellaro. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. TlMES.—the great politicai Demonstration of the London Trades, which was to be the crown and chief of all the Reform gatherings, has passed over, and beyond the inevitable interruption to business no inconvenience has taken place. A more orderly set of people never came together in any country. There was no complaining, no irritability, no press ing or pushing. The men halted at the bidding of their commanders, and would stand for a quarter of an hour together without stirring, and then patiently move forward a score or two of yards only to be brought to another stop. The people in authority did rightly in closing Beaufort House Grounds before they had become densely and dangerously full. The. proceedings were thus brought to an early termination. If the grounds, instead of being a patch of 8f acres, had been ten times the size, the whole procession could not have entered through the front • gate before dark ; as it was, the word was no sooner given to turn the heads of the -advancing column towards Parson's-green than the crush was ended, and in a reasonable time afterwards the proceedings were all concluded. of the working men will Is time that a Monster Perhaps them se l v e t s h o a r d e m r i t e f b e y c t i t n h Demonstration such as was proposed would have been more difficult to manage than they expected, and that the inconvenience it would have inflicted on the public would have been unattended by any corresponding advantage. What was done yester day, though on a comparatively small scale, is amply sufficient to show that a large number of the artisan class desire the franchise, and that there is no reason to believe they will abuse it. All classes are anxious for a fair settlement of this question, and the work ing men ought to be disabused of the idea that there is any order or party in the country which would deny them a share of political power. What the middle classes shrink from is, not from giving a part, but from giving the whole power of the country into the hands of the class which is numerically the largest. But after the discussions of so many years the time has come for the question to be finally set tled, and we think that the London working men may now be satisfied with the gatherings of the last few months, and be content to await, like other classes, the action of Parliament. POST.--M e are sincerely pleased to be able to congratulate the committee which managed the Re form Demonstration, not less than the public in general, that the demonstration of yesterday passed off harmlessly. The events of yesterday teach more than one lesson well worth learning, and which it is to be hoped will not be lost sight of. They show that the working classes can safely be trusted to meet and march through the streets of the metro poli4, at any rate, in certain numbers—though, as this- was never seriously denied, it perhaps is not necessary to insist upon it. lhey also show that the trio - questionof iteform (4.1-'949...i . R. posed by those who know them best ; and they finally show that, while it is possible to manage a demonstration composed of 25,000, it would have been utterly impossible to manage 250,000 ; and it is to be hoped that the proper inference will be drawn by the promoters of such things—that it is better for the cause they seek to promote to assem ble a comparatively small and orderly, rather than a large and unmanageable, body of men, when the object is todisplay their sympathies without a viola tion of law and order. HERALD.—Not even Mr. Beales, M.A., will, we should think, venture to argue that a muster of 19,200 inen for a "Reform holiday" is evidence of any such deep and universal feeling as the Reform League would fain have us suppose. Reform may be very advisable and very necessary, but if the working classes of London were very violently bent upon anything very speedy an d very sweeping, a canvass so skilful and so energetic as that to which the metropolis has just been subjected would turn out more than 19,200 men. What the gathering of yesterday really has demonstrated is something very different. It has shown that, whatever may be the political feelings of the real working man, he has nothing in common with either the rioters in Hyde park or their friends and patrons the unscrupulous demagogues of the Reform League. Obedient to the call of their chiefs, and in many instances, no doubt, agreeably to their own political prepossessions, nearly 20,000 men yesterday gave up a day's work and marched a long and toilesome march of many miles over a muddy road to declare in favour of Reform. But they went quietly, orderly, good-humouredly. The mob which four months ago smashed the win dows of obnoxious statesmen, and wrecked the fairest of our London parks, stood by to gaze as they passed. The Reform League, which had done its little best to discredit the cause, followed humbly in the rear. Between them they had managed to arouse from his ordinary condition of passive acquiescence in a not uncomfortable state the working man, whose name they had so long take n worse th an in vain, and once the lion shook off his slumber the ass quickly dropped the Royal skin, and slunk quietly away. Let all true Reformers be thankful that it is so. The work ing men of London have done much to retrieve the discredit which the roughs of London had thrown upon the cause, and if the demonstration of yester day has not shown any very overwhelming zeal for Reform, and can hardly put the question exactly where it was before the disgraceful riots of last sum mer, it will at least have done something to efface their recollection. DAILY NEWS.—The artisans who defiled yester day through the streets of London in peaceful ex pression of their desire for the franchise exceeded in number the electors who return a sixth part of the House of Commons. More than a hundred mem bers of Parliament are chosen by five-and-twenty thousand voters. If the electors of 75 of our smaller boroughs had been brought forward together and marshalled by their representatives or patrons in the Mall they would not have formed a more numerous, nor, we may venture to say, a more respectable and politically trustworthy body than that which was assembled there, craft by craft, after our old Eng lish fashion yesterday. Can any one who saw the procession affect to believe that the enf ranc hi sem e n t of the men who formed it would deteriorate the constituencies ? That the twenty-five thousand who have no member are inforior to the twenty-five thousand who have a hundred members. Was there any sign in the vast array of the qualities which Mr. Lowe has described in words so strangely selected that when they are quoted he him se lf i s s h oc ked, and protests that he is .libelled by h av i ng th e id ea s they convey imputed to him? Any One 4‘ who wanted venalty, who wanted ignorance, w h o wan ted drunkenness and facility for being i n ti m id a t e d"_ this count of the indictment is now re verse d, an d a disposition to intimidate is the favourite accusation; or who " wanted even impulsive, unreflecting, and violent people," would assuredly not have found what he wanted at the Reform demonstration. it is sufficient to contrast the election scenes at many of the small boroughs to which we h ave a ll u d e d, their riot and drunkenness, with the demeanour and appearance of the artisans yesterday, in order to appreciate what Mr. Lowe admires, and what he of vantage what fears. Perhaps if he h ad been . present yesterday to observepassed even n m h m e , h inatighsotm heavcemgnri. half-converted.t u e The impression made upon some Pory and Adulla mite lookers-on seems to have been ve r y sa l u t ary . A DVERTI SER.—The working men o f thi s metro polis may be variously estimated at from 500,000 to 800,000. had 200,000 of them taken part in this demonstration, the fact would have been an impor tant one, Of the absentees, many would h ave b een kept away by positive hindrances, th e i r presence being necessary in various factories, &c, palm PALLISER'S SHOT. Some very interesting firing at armour-platesfrom a 7-inch muzzle loading wrought-iron rifled gun, with Palliser chilled elongatedshot, fired with powder charges of 121 b, 141 b, and 221 b, took place on board the Thunderer, experimental target ship, yesterday, in Porchester Creek, near Portsmouth, under the superintendence of Capt. A. Hood, of her Majesty's ship Excellent. The armour plates fired at were specially selected for the experiment from having exhibited unusual excellence of material and of ma nufacture in a former trial, to which one end of each of them had been subjected with iron and steel bolts from the same description of gun as was used for the trial yesterday. The two plates were bolted in the usual manner on the testing bulkhead of the LASAUW, tIIL Vl ZVIIIA L 1 ;111Jtil ported at the back by massive iron knees and timber struts and tail pieces of immense stoutness. Thegun was mounted in the iron-faced battery built across the ship's deck, opposite the testing bulkhead, and the distance from the muzzle of the gun to the face of the plates fired at was 25ft. One of the plates was manufactured by C. Cairn-nen and Co., of Shef field, measuring 16ft. in length by 3ft. 2in. in width and Gin. in thickness ; the other was manufactured by John Brown and Co., of Sheffield, and measured 16ft. Sin. in length by 3ft. 41in. inbreadth, and was Tin. in thickness. _ . The first course of firing took place against Cammell's 6-inch plate, as follows : No. 1 Shot—Palliser chilled, or " hard pointed ;" weight, 1151 b ; powder charge, 121 b. This shot broke up in the hole, after penetrating to half its length. Front of shot left in the hole, and the after end of the shot thrown back into fragments. No. 2 Shot Same description of shot as before ; powder charge, 141 b. The result of this shot in no wise differed from the previous one. Neither of the shots had done the work due to the gun. There were no cracks in the plate from either shot, and in each instance the metal was only squeezed out in a lip round the indent of the shot. No. 3 Shot—Same description of shot ; powder charge, 221 b. This shot was the most remarkable one of the series fired. It passed through the 6- inch plate and also through the 45 inchesofaitnismt an backing behind the plate, and brok e up against iron bulkhead built up in the rear of the timber bulkhead to check the further progress of such stray missiles. This was the first instance of any shot from any gun having performed such a feat on board the Thunderer. There was, however, no crack in the plate, and the hole was cut through sufficiently clean to allow of its being easily plugged from the outer face of the pl a t e . N o bolts were started by any of the three shots. This last shot concluded the firing at Cammell's plate,: and the remainder of the firing was devoted to John Brown's 7-inch plate, - which was carried in the following order Ist Shot.—Palliser's chilled, or " hard pointe d ;" weight, 1151 b ; powder charge, 121 b. This shot penetrated the plate 5.63 inches, and fell back o n the deck broke n up . 2d Shot—Same d escr i p ti on of shot ; pow der charge, 141 b. The penetration of the shot in this case was just so much greater than the last as was due to the extra powder burnt, the depth of the in dent being 6.9 in., or within one-tenth of the plate's entire thickness. As was the case with the first two shots fired at Cammell's p l a t e , neither of the first two shots at Brown's p l a t e bad done the work due to the gun—a penetration of 7in., in equality with the diameter of the gun's bo r e . descri p tion of shot ; powder charge, 221 b. 3d Shot —Same des cri p o la f te th a e t p a l n ate a a n i g m le ed ow at ing an to d the this position sh ot struckof f the the par t blow was somew hat mit g . it was, therefore , conaild. eraeteddthTathetpheeneefftreacttiooni was inchhalf an be y i n o enhd beyond the back a o t f th e plate, and a lf nearly an 7.45 in., or nearllsyoha due from the gun in its ordinary work. The was ssibinYoPtibroke up. The blow took effect at one end of the plate, and a crack opened through a bolt-hole to the plate's edge. As it was considered this shot had not possibly delivered its blow as fully as it might have done, it was determined to fire another shot of similar character and weight, with a similar powder charge, at another and uninjured part of the plate. This, the last shot fired, only partly made its way into the plate, the rear part breaking up, and the fore part remaining stuck in the face of the plate, and preventing any exact measurement being taken of the indent. The general results of yesterday's firing at Ports mouth may be thus summarized the seven shots fired, one only sustained the Palliser character as given by Shoeburyness results. The remaining six shots produced no results beyond those of the ordinary character. The Admiralty have ordered Messrs. J. Brown and the Messrs. C. Cammell each to manufacture one large iron plate, of a special and harder nature NEW' firtif-AA a the dVic,:tl [lined PkiOlif 'SPAPER than is usually observed in the plates, with a - view of testing : bility of breaking up these ch LOW orle, - Ya as the Pallisers, before they can effect - pftetralV of a plate. This will be a difficult problem forfite Messrs. Cammell and Messrs: Brown to solve, and especially so if they are to make the attempt with hard iron plates only. All our past experience goes to prove that hard-made armour plating is the most easily destroyable of any, and even with ordinary cast iron shot each single blow will " star" it with deep fissures iu a startling manner. The Admiralty have put a premium upon the skill and judgment of the two firms named, And there can be no doubt they will each do their utmost to excel all their former work of the kind on the present occasion. The War-oliice has intrusted to the Messrs. Cam mell the contract for the manufacture of 20 iron shields for the embrasure; on the sea-face of the for tifications at Malta and Gibraltar. Royal Institute of British Arohitects. A nmetilig of this association took place last even - ing at the rooms of the institute, Conduit-street, Regent -street—Mr. Ecresford Hope, m.P., the president, in the chair. Professor KERR read a paper " On the Problem of Providing Dwellings for the Poor." The learned gentleman comnienced by reminding, his audience that they had already model dwelling-houses which presented many features which he thought were ad vantageous to the interests of the labouring classes. They were comfortable and wholesome habitations, and were fitted with appliances to meet the require ments of the poor ; and, so far as these conditions went, they had been highly successful and extremely creditable to the present age. But a complaint had arisen from those persons who had become the te nants that the rents were beyond their means, and the builders of the tenements complained that, in a business point of view, they received inadequate re-- turns for their money, 'These dwellings were se cured by a class altogether superior to the class for whose accommodation they were intended, so that the poor people, properly so called, were at the pre sent moment as unprovided as they ever were. It was only by continuous efforts in various directions that they were enabled iu the course of time to ar rive at a solution of the question, and he had brought the subject forward on this occasion, because the problem was one that could best be solved by archi tects if they would consent to give their attention to it. In his present paper he would confine himself to the dwellings of the poor in towns, but would re mark, in passing, that in the country wooden dwell ings were built for about £3O each. There were two divisions of the question as regarded towns, because there were two sections of the labouring portion of ' the community in towns—the superior and the in ferior class. He now called attention to statistical returns, which showed that the results of the visita tion of 1,500 houses in the parish of St. George, llanover-square, were that families occupying three rooms and upwards amounted to 85 per cent. ; two rooms, 28 per cent. ; one room, 634 per cent. From this he naturally drew the conclusion that a very large proportion of the working classes occupied single rooms. The persons possessing three beds and m ore were 13 p er c e n t. ; those occupying two beds, 44 per cent. ; and those possessing one bed, 43 per cent. The idea that three bed-rooms were the most encouraged in those dwellings was therefore not a correct dogma ; and urged that model plans were seldom adapted to the superior, and never to the inferior, class. In his opinion the argument was in favour of the adoption of single-room accommodation at a rent not above 4s. a week. If a labouring man was asked what lie wanted hepointed instinctively to a single room, and it was only right that they should consider that the habits and wishes of the labouring people were extremely simple. The plan he would suggest was to constructsinglerooms of large space, 20 feet in length and 17 feet in depth, with a balcony in front 4 feet wide for access, and a balcony behind 8 feet wide, as a back yard, which would be serviceable for drying clothes and useful as a play-ground for the children. There must be one common staircase for all, and when necessary they could have shifting partitions for t les° rooms, without cross partitions, could be built for £7O, and he calculated that his plan would pro duce 9 per cent. to the capit list—a consideration which was doubtless of much importance, seeing that people were not often satisfied with 5 per cent. for their money. A vote of thanks was passed to Professor Kerr for his interesting paper, and the discussion thereon was adjourned till the 17th inst. Agricultural Prospects. Last week opened with a wet morning up to 8 a.m., when it cleared, but was showery again in, the afternoon. Monday morning was of a doubtful character, but the weather held up, and no rain fell. Wind N.W. ; thermometer, 42 deg. ; baro meter down to 29.60 in. Field-work has progressed where in late districts it had not been finished ; while the wheat first got into the ground has come up well, with a strong and healthy appearance. Some very flue samples of Chidham have always been met with, and of the red sorts Nursery has been very prime ; both these descriptions are now very valuable to the millers, and from the advanced rates, strong efforts have been made to plant as much as possible, in anticipation of such paying well another year. The farmers are now thrashing more imports of and with larger deliveries and la r g er t of foreign a pause in the has upw e ar ti d m t e eu t d e e e n , cfyoralittle been experienced. It is just h dulness, and the course the trade will take must between this and Christm as, when large w w o as rk st w a e teri "The weather sinc e our last nt required for various purp o ses of the farm. Tuesday depend on the extent of the supply from the su fa m r s m a e r r e s on well generally. I n n rl dla d te it report has, upon the was a thick but favourNabolrethduamy,baean wes t coast of Scotland the weather was reported to I w h o le, been fine for the time of the y ear." On the have been very u nsettled. Thursday was dull ande Id, inclining to frost. Th e wea th er in Warwick schire has been variable during the week—heavy fogs, a few hours' rain, and changeable winds ; but on the whole favourable for out-door work. Now that autumn sowing is nearly completed, we may look for better supplies from the farmers. As re gards barley, those growers who succeeded in secur ing any samples without rain, of a fine and bright colour, can command their own prices ; for the pale ale brewers will have such, be the rate ever so high, and so long as any can be found. Intermediate sorts are more plentiful, and these sell at irregular rates, and mostly on lower terms than of late. The deliveries of this corn have been 6,380 quarters more than those of wheat, showing that the farmers are anxious to bring it more freely than any other, and with the present prices they must be at least satisfied this season. The brewers complain, how ever, of the high prices of malt, and are finding out a substitute to bring the cost of beer down to about the usual rate. Many of them have resorted to the purchase of sugar, and the use of this extending among the large metropolitan brewers as more suit able for porter than forlaJe. Farmers should meet them as much as possible, and secure them as good customers for the remainder of the season. Friday proved a fine day, sunny at ti mes, n i cely closing the n on ion o th e November,foafrm.s:aurday morning and being suitableregster forregistered d 5 d all evg o work on the farm. Saturday morning registered 5 deg. of frost, wind E. ; thermometer at noon, 35 deg., and barometer down to 29 70 in., and still falling.— Mark Lane E x press of yesterday. prepare folTlleiltir)a short erialyacllt theAigle has been ordered to is said th a t thi s order voyage isco n o n n e c t t l e i the Italian with t h c e oa l s ,to Home of the Empress Eugenic. Her :Majesty is ex pected to embark on the 4th of December. ii t :M LADVERTISEMENT. - 1 —Holloway's 0111 Uncu t and Pills.— The Joys of Home. —How of ton-does it happen that happi nossis d r iven from our hearths by illness ? Sickness and sorrow aro constant companions; though in most cases their tenure is short when Holloway's remedies are used to dispossess them. These medicaments can be confidently and heartily recommended to all invalids as the most easy, safe, and certain means of preserving all that is good, and casting out all that is corrupt externally and internally. They are universally applicable to both sexes in every dis ease.. Holloway's m edicaments do not deteriorate by being kept., nor aro their properties changed by climate. They can be purchased everywhere, and the price at which they aro F sold is moderate. • CAVENDISH HOUSE. (Establi s hed 1705). D EBENHAM AND FREEBODY, GENERAL WAREHOUSEMEN AND IMPORTERS OF FOREIGN GOODS. Messrs. 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