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I. j _ _ K. EN ARAN'S LL WHISKY. DUBLIN EXHIBITION, 1865. This celebrated OLD IRLSH WHISKY gained the Dublin Prize Medal. It is Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Whole- SOMO. Sold in Bottles, 3s. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London ; by the Agents in the principal towns in England ; or wboiAsal. at R. GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. ObservA tbA Red SAal, Pink Label, and Cork branded " Kinahan's LL WhiekV." k. TUTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION (Incorporated by Act of Parliament, 1850), 14 , RITSSELL-STREET. COVENT-GARDEN. LONDON. Prompt ADVANCES on all description of 6ecarity. Forms free on application by letter to EDWARD HARPER. 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, 6 , Agar-street. Strand, W.C., and nearly opposite the Charing Cross Railway Station. DIINVILLE'S V.R. OLD IRISH WHISKY, BELFAST, I/ regularly supplied to the House of Lords. " V.R." IRISH WHISKY. J)UNVILLE and CO.'S " V.R." OLD IRISH WRISKY, BELFAST. London Offices and Stores, 4, BEAUFORT-BUILDINGS, STRAND, W.C. Established 1808. Quotations on application. JAMES DALY and CO., Distillers, John-street, Cork.—" The purest spirit and safest drink in the World."—London Offices, 7, Printing-house-square, EX., next the " Times." FAMES DALY and CO., Distillers, John-street, 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, P rinting -house-square, London, E C.. the only house in the square not occupied by the "Times." J. D. and Co.'s whiskies bring' the highest prices in the Australian and other Colonial markets, as may be observed by reverence 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 ss. 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 qua/Hy and flavour, supplied on the Most reasonable terms. CONTRACT FOR BARRACK STORES FOR THE ROYAL MARINES. Contri; Department, Admiralty, Somerset House, 9th Jan., 1867. THE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRE LAND Do hereby give NOTICE, that on WEDNES DAY, the 23d inst., at Twelve o'Clock at Noon, they will be ready to treat with such Persons as may be willing to Contract for supplying and delivering into her Majesty's * Victualling Stores at Deptford all such quantities of Long -Hair Broom Heads, and Clamps and Blocks for Long Scrubbing Brushes, as may from time to time be demanded for the use of the Royal Marines, under a Contract for twelve calendar months certain, and further until the expi ration of three calendar months' warning. Patterns of the articles may be seen at the Royal Marine office, New-street, Spring-gardens, between the hours of Eleven and Two o'Clock. No Tender will be received unless made on the printed form provided for the purpose, and which may be obtained on application in the Lobby of the Department of the Con troller of Victualling, Admiralty, Somerset House, where the conditions of the Contract may be seen. No Tender will be received after Twelve o'Clock at Noon on the day of Treaty; and it will not be required that the Party tendering, or an Agent on his behalf, should attend at the Office on the day of Contract, as the result of the offer received from each person will be communi cated to him and his proposed Sureties in writing. Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words Tender for Barrack Stores ;" and must also be delivered at the Department of the Controller of Victualling, Admi ralty, Somerset House, signed by two responsible persons, °Pgaging to become bound with the Person tendering in the Sum of .£3OO for the due performance of the Contract. By Order, ANTONIO BRADY, Registrar of Contracts and Public Securities. 1O GUNMAKERS and Others. I. The SECRETARY of STATE for WAR is desirous of , ii ce „bring PROPOSALS from Gunmakers and Others for ECIT-LOADING RIFLES, either repeating or not lePeating, which may replace the present Service Rifles in luture manufacture. The following are the conditions considered essential in Military non-repeating Rifles : A. WEIGHT. Not to exceed 91b. soz. without bayonet. B. LENGTH. - hollow O f th To be 51 inches, with short stock, measured from the e butt-. ...C. WEIGHT OF AMMUNITION MADE UP. Must not exceed 61b. 4oz. for sixty rounds as packed for service. D. CARTRIDGES. Must carry their own ignition. E. SIGHTS. The foresight must be such as to admit o f a bayonet fixed according to the present system. ' F. . Must b e suc h as to carry a STOO light metal cleaning rod, and allow a sling to be used. .... G. RECOIL. Must n o t excee d th a t of the Enfield Rifle by more than 1 0 per cent. R. THE AS A WHOLE. Must be as little liable AßM to injury bylong-continued firing, ro ugh Usage, and exposure, as the naval rifles converted to br eech -loaders on the Snider system. To be as capable, 4180 , of being used without accident by imperfectly trained prtaquality. en, and of being manufactured i n quan titi es an d o f uni- t. THE AMMUNITION AS A WHOLE. Must be as little liable to injury by rough usage, damp, and exposure in all climates, as the Boxer cartridge for Snide r ' s converted Enfield rifle—also as little liable to acci dental explosion as the same cartridge, and as capable of b eing manufactured in large quantities, and of uniform quality. x. CALIBRE. Optional. L. THE TWIST AND FORM OF GROOVE. Optional. Optional. M. THE LOOS. N. RAPIDITY FIRE. Capable of firing at least 12 ro OF unds per minute, without aiming, the cartridges being arranged on a table. 0. ACCURACY WHEN FIRED FROM A FIXED REST. The arm must give a mean figure of merit of not more than 36in. at 1,000 yards, 30in. at 800 yards, 12in. at 500, and bin. at 300. shots The each mean to be tak en upon at least five targets of twenty . P. TRAJECTORY. Not to require at 500 yards an elevation of more than 1 deg. 30 min. Q. FOULING. The shooting not to deteriorate more than 20 per cent. at 1,000 yards after firing 250 rounds. R. PENETRATION. The mean penetration of five shots not to be less than that of the present service muzzle-loading Enfield Rifle-- viz., 12 half-inoh elm planks, which have been soaked 48 hours in water. Distance 30 yards. s. LN. Wax on b u ll e t s is indis U pensa ßßlCAT IO ble, but any other lubricant may be superadded or applied to the cartridge, if thought necessary by the competitor. - 111. Sp No arms will be received without the usual proof marks. cifications, and drawings of the methods proposed, stating the probable cost per arm, and accompanied by a finished specimen arm, with 20 rounds of suitable ammu nition, should be sent to the "Director of Ordnance, War Office, Pall-mall," on or before the 30th March, 1867. T• he specifications and specimen arms will be considered ,cy the Ordnance Select Committee and its associate mem "ars, who will be selected by the Secretary of State for War, and who will, after firing the 20 preliminary rounds, Select and recommend for further trial such of the systems Sclay appear t o th em su ffi c i ently promising, rejecting all ell as may not be considered to offer sufficient merits to warrant their being included in the competition, the con ditions of which are stated in this advertisement. • Each accepted competitor will then be required to furnish torteio periment, at Woolwich, six arms i n strict conformity he specinaen arm submitted, with 1,000 roun d s o f am clunition per arm, within four months after date of de- M aud- Each competitor will be required to disclose to the committee the exact nature of the lubrication he may em- Ploy. A sum of £3OO will be paid to each of the accepted T mo petitors, to cover the exp ense o f th e six rifles, and of BcPpiy of ammunition required. The Secretary of State offers a reward of £l,OOO for the arm which, on combination of all q ua liti es, i s cons i dered by the committee to be the best submitted. , A second reward of £6OO for the ar m w hi c h , w hil e at 'aicil?g a satisfactory degree of excellence in other particu lars, is selected for merit in respect to its breech mechanism. A third reward of £4OO for the best cartridge. The qua ities which will be principally taken into consideration in awarding this prize will be economy of manufacture, power of sustaining rough usage, freedom from deterioration in various climates, and general serviceability. The shooting qualities of the cartridge must be fair; but as they may depend upon the rifling of the arm with which the cartridge is associated, they will not be so much con sidered as those above-mentioned. It is clearly to be understood that under no circumstances will a competitor be entitled to mere than one prizo ; but such prize will be irrespective of any reward which may be given to the inventor of the arm finally adopted into the service. 1V; IMAGAZINE AND REPEATING ARMS. Magazine and Repeating Arms for Infantry will be re eived and examined in a manner similar to the Breech olding Rifles. They must not be less in length than 48 riches, including the stock. The limit of weight for these arms is fixed at 9}lb. ex clusive of the charges in the magazine. It is indispensable that the arms be made to take a bayonet. The Secretary of State offers a reward of 300 for the best Magazine or Repeating Ann produced that fulfils the above conditions; and in the absence of experience does not at Present define the standard of accuracy or other conditions to be fulfilled before such an arm can be adopted. Those Maga z i ne or ß epea ti ng A rms, which are accepted for further trial, will be paid for at the rate of £6O each. This sum is to include 1,000 rounds of ammunition per ann. The Secr e t ary o f State will . take care that no ingeni ous bovelty produced in answer to this advertisement shall be adopted into the service without proper acknowledgment, and that th e name of the individual with whom it origi nates shall berecorded in connection with it. if the rifl e t o which the first prize is awarded is adopted l a to the service, it will bear the inventor's name. J. ST. GEORGE, Major-General, Director IWof Ordnance ar Office, Oct. 22 1866 PIMPLE REMOVER—AII diseases of th e skin are improved by one dose of ALEX. ROSS'S VE ;ETABLE SKIN PILLS. They remove redness, sal lowness, die. 2s 9d and 7s ed ; or pest for 40 and 100 stamps. —ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London, and all Che mists. H AIR COLOUR WASH.—By washing th e head with this beautifully -perfumel Wash, in seven or ten days the hair assumes lts original colour, and remains so by an occistonal 10s ed ; sent for stamps.—ALEX. ROSS, 24k, High Holborn, London, and all Chemists. T HE RESCUE SOCIETY wishes to add another Lome to do. 12 now in operation. Last year no fewer than 455 poor, friendless, young females were rejected 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 world be for young girls, almost children, from the age of S t o 15 , w h o have been led astray from the path of virtue. Contributions will be received gratefully by the Secretary, 11r. Daniel Cooper, 85, Queen -street Cheapside; or by Messrs Barclay and Co.. L ombard street . R OYAL FREE 110SPITAL, Gra dy o Northern t in the immediat e v i c i nity of the t = reat nerarliaall! way Terminus, King's-otos& Patron—Her Most Gracious Majesty the QTJHEN. Vies-Patron—His Royal Highness the Prince of WALES, KG. President—His Grace the Duke of BUCCLEUCH. 1i G. 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' order ,, is wholly de pendent for support on voluntary contributions and es . It affords relief to a large number of in-parnnts, 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 ear estly solicit the ASSISTANCE of the benevolent, as the pr mises of this Hospital are capable of containing several h.ndred more beds had the Committee the requisite funds to maintain them. Contributions are received by their bankers. Messrs. Brown, .Janson, and Co., Abchurch-lane ; also by Messrs. Coutts and Cu.; Lerummona and Co. • GLyn and Co. ; Berries and Co. ; Ransom and Co.; PresoOtt, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; Williaras, Deacon, and Co.; Nisbet and Co.. Berners-street : and at the Hospital. from 10 till 5. --- STANFORD SMITH. Regret try, PROVIDENCE ROW NIGHT REFUGE, FOR HOMELESS WOMEN AND CHILDREN, 14A, Providence-row, Finsbury, E.O. 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. The 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, chilaren, and orphans are, for want accommodation, refusedadmittance, andhave 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 gratefully received by the Rev. D. GILBERT D.D., Finsbury-circus, 8.0. _ • PRINTING. --TO PROPRIETORS OF NEWS PAPERS, PERIODICALS, &c.—The Print ing and Machi n i ng 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 "Sue Printing Offices, 3, Church row, Savoy, Strand, W.C. No. 23,278. NEW REVISED AND CHEAPER EDITION. Now ready, in 2 vols., post Svo., 245. bound, ABOOK ABOUT LAWYERS, By J.C. JEAFFItESON, Barrister-at-Law. From the Times.—"‘ A Book about Lawyers' deserves to be very popular. Mr. Jeaffreson has accomplished his work in a very creditable manner." Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. NEW NOVEL BY TIIE AUTHOR OF " EAST LYNNE.", In the press, in 3 vols., pest Bvo , L ADY ADELAIDE'S OATH. By MRS. HENRY WOOD. Author of" East Lynne," "The Charming's," aid " Mrs. Halliburton's Troubles." Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. JOHN GOSNELL and CO.'S CHERRY ey TOOTH PASTE 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. Price is. tld.—Red Bull Wharf, i 3, Upper Thames-street, London. MANFIELD'S PATENT PICKLES are per fectly pure and uncoloured. To be had of all dealers and wholesale of JOHN BUttUESS and SON, 107. Strand (corner of Savoy-steps), London. THE OCEAN ST. LEG-ER of 1866.—What Lord Lyon was to his owner was the Taer ing to her Caotain, viz., winner of the race, having distanced sit com petitors, as the K AST INDIA TEA COMPANY have in garish y done in their clioi e and sale of fine new season's teas, now selling at importer's prices. Warehouses-9, Great St. Helen's-churchyard. IT I AU-DE-VlE.—This Pure PALE BRANDY, 18s. per zallon, is ry superior to recent importations of Cognac, recommended by the medical profession, and ex tensively used in hospitals. In bottles, 388. per dozen, or in a case 395.,- railway carriage paid.—HENlt'Y BRETT and CO., Old Furnival's Distillery, Holborn, E.O , and 30, Regent street, S.W. Established 1821 AVALUABLE NEW-YE NR'S GIFT.- A CHINESE CADDY, containing 161bs. of really good Black Tea, sent carriage free to any railway station or market town in En,gland, Ireland, Scotland, or Wales, on re ceipt of 405., by PHILLIPS and CO , Tea Merchants, 8, King William-street, City, E.C. TEA IS CHEAPER THAN EVER.-Is. 6d., 25.. 2s 61. per lb. are the prices at which PHILLIPS and CO., Tea Merchanis 8, Kim.; William-street, City, Lon don. E.C.. are sellin , r rzood and fine BLACK Ti A. A price current post free. 403 worth carriaae free to any railway , tation or market town in the United Kingdom.—Obs. rve— PHILLIPS and Co. have no Agents or any connexion with any house in Worcester or Swansea. Sugars are supplied at market prices. GEOLOG Y.—ELEMENTARY COLLEC TIONs, to illustrate the New Edition of "Lyell's Elements of Geology" and facilitate' the important. study of Mineralogy and Geotogy, ran be had at 2,5, 10, 20, 50 to 50) guineas; also single St.,ecimens of Minerals, Hoes, Fossils, and lte:ent Shells , G ologiral \laps. Hammers. al' the recent Publoations, rm., of J. TENNANT, Miueralogist to Her Majf sty, 119, Strand, London. Private Instruction is given in Mineralogy and Geology by Mr. TENNANT, F.G.S., 149, Strand, W.C. NO 1 ICE OF REMOVAL. DEFRIES and SONS' tx• NEW CITY SHOW ROOMS contain An entirely new awl extensive Stock of TABLE GLASS, China, and Chan delier 4.-147, floundsditch. NOTICE OF REMO VAL. JJDEFRIES and SONS' NEW CITY SHOW ROOMS.—The New Oval-shaped ALEXANDRA DINNER. SERVICE, from XI 18s. 6d.- 147, Houndaditch. NOTICE OF REMOVAL. DEFRIES and SONS t.-1 • NEW CITY SHOW 1100315. BREAKFAST and TEA SERVICES in great variety. from £1 ls. upwards.- 147. Houndsditeli. NOTICE OF REMOVAL. JDEFRIES and SONS' • NEW CITY SHOW ROOMS contain a beautiful assortment of DESSERT SERVICES, from Li Is. to 100 guineas. Crects and Monograms engraved on same. -147, Houndsditcb. NOTICE OF REMOVAL. PDEFRIES and SONS' • NEW CI SllOl 7 ROCOIS.—CaYSTAL CHAN DELIERS, ew Designs for the Dravring-room. either for Gas or Candle, and to suit all kinds of Decorations. —147, Houndsditch. NOTICE OF REMOVAL. T DEFRIES and SONS' t/ • NEW CITY SHOW ROOMS.—BRONZE and OR MOLU CHANDELIERS in great variety. New Designs for the Dining-room-147, Hounds('itch. NOTICE OF REMOVAL. JT DEFRIES and SONS' • • NEW CITY SHOW ROOMS.—The ALEXANDRA FLOWER 'VASE. This new and beautiful Vase can be se , n in great variety, from 34. to 30s. each-137, Hounds ditch. NOTICE OF REMOVAL. JDEFRIES and. SONS' . NEW CITY SHOW" ROWIS. The NEW JET DINING ROOM VASE. Registered designs, in great satiety.-14 7 , Houndeditch. NOTICE OF REMOVAL . JDEFRIES and SONS' • NEW CITY SHOW ROOMS.—The NEW PATENT ASTRA LAMP, for Petroleum and Mineral Oils; also CRYSTAL LA MPS and WALL LIGHTS (registered) for INDIA.-147, Houndsditch. NOTICE OF REMOVAL. JDEFRIES and SONS' . raw CITY SHOW ROOMS. TAVERN and HOTEL GLASS of the nowest patterns and correct mea sure.-147, Houndsditch. NOTICE OF RE3IOVAL. DEFRIES and SONS' J. NEW crry SHOW ROOMS.— ORNAMP NTAL CLOCKS for the DINING and DRAWING-ROOM.-147, Houndeditch. NOTICE OF REMOVAL. JDEFRIES and SONS' efi• NEW CITY SHOW ROOMS —Sferehanti and the Trade supplied with PATTERN BOOKS FREE.-147, Houndsditch. Works—London, Birmingham, and Paris. Established 1803. Just published, 2d ; sent by the author for S stamps. UGLINESS and BEAUTY ; bein g a Pamphlet the a d escriptive of articles and means used for improving Lond ppearance. By on. ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, SPANISH FLY is the a c ti ng i n g r edie n t in ALEX. 11088'8 CANTHARIDEB OIL. which speedily pro centSc y post for 54. 84, and 144 stamps.—ALEX. ROBB, 248, High Holborn, London, and all Chemists. WONDERFUL D ISCOVERY.—Corns cured in one day by using' ALEX. ROSS'S CHIROPO. This preparation gradually dissolves the Corn in a few hours, removing* the very root. Price 4s ; sent by post fo r 60 s t am p s . —248, High Holborn, London, and all Chemists. FIAIR-CURLING FLUID, 248, High Holborn, London.—ALEX. ROSS'S CURLING FLUID owls Ladies' or Gentlemen's hair immediately it to applied. Sold at 3s 6d, 5s 6d, and 108 6d ; sent free for 54, 84, and 144 stamps. —Had of all Chemists. REY HAIR.-248, High Holborn, London.— AT ALEX. ROSS'S HAIR DYE produces a perfect colour immediately it is used. It is permanent, and perfectly na tural in effe t. Price 3s 6d, 6s 6d, and 108 6d ; sent by post for 64, 84, 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 f3d, 5s 6d, and lOs 6d ; sent for 51, 64, and 144 stamps.—Had of all Chemists. ~..~. :,'+ • M • • • • . A r i;s - to - Fe'As Avz-, , - e .• •, - - . . 4 ( 5 - 71ff:1 4c. -7 Veog. ' f ~1. 1 6 . • .. 11119 4, " DI,OIT. (31 ' G °, 4 ). <, • . Difidraw • ;At: fos - 7: t rir ^ 4 L 4 • ! PRICY 4d. STA3IPED sd. experienced for nearly 30 years. Up to Wednes day afternoon there was no prospect of a thaw to clear away the snow, which is thick on the ground in all parts of the country. Many of the roads are impassable. At Truro on Tuesday the thermometer was at B—lowe'r by one degree than on the 231 of January, 1859 ; by two degrees than on the 19th January, 1855 ; and by many degrees than on any day for the last 28 years. On Wed nesday, the 16th inst., the thermometer was at 11. Public subscriptions have been started at Truro, Falmouth, Penzance, Bodmin, Redruth, and other towns in order to supply coals to the poor during this inclement season. Out-door labour is in a great measure suspended. The grand Scottish national curling match, an nually appointed by the Royal Caledonian Curling Club, when there is frost, but so often frustrated by the intervention of a thaw, took place with great success on Tuesday, at the club's pond at Carse breck, near Blackford, Perthshire. It had been fixed for the previous Tuesday; but a thaw set in, and a postponement necessarily took place. The renewal of the frost, however, gave at length an opportunity for holding the mat3h, the first that has occurred for three years. There was a great concourse on the ice, about 1,200 being engaged in the game, and about 2,000 spectators or more gathered on the great pond, remote as it is from all town population. Special trains from Edinburgh, Glasgow, Perth, and more distant quarters left be fore daylight for the scene of the game, and all the ordinary trains stopped at the temporary station near the pond. The ice, which is formed by flood ing a large piece of pasture land, was in excellent condition, and sides were formed in the usual way between South and North of Scotland. The North being more numerously represented, the sides were balanced by a number of rinks being taken off for a special match, headed by the president (Earl Dun more) on one side, and the president elect (the Duke of Athole) on the other. The game began at noon, and terminated at three o'clock. At the close the numbers were—for the South, 1,885 ; for the North, 1,786 ; majority for the South, 99. The e was rsn left si x u , n a d n e d e i t d h e e d . N o T r the in South o p h r a e d sbpeeecni a t l h n e i a w t i c n h n vious matches. The weather was all that could be desired, being clear and frosty, and the " roaring game" was keenly enjoyed. Statistical Society. The third ordinary meeting of the present session was held on Tuesday, Mr. S. Brown, V.P., in the chair. The following gentlemen were elected fellows of the-society, viz. :—Charles E. Lewis, Alexander Bremner, R. L. Watson, and 11. L. Reid. Dr. MouiT, inspector-general of gaols in Lower Bengal, read a paper of unusual interest upon the " Prison discipline in Bengal." The principal con clusions at which he arrives appear to be these— That the silent and solitary systems are altogether inapplicable to Indian prisoners. That a prison should be rendered a terror to evil-doers, by inflict ing as much pain as can be inflicted without injury to health of body or mind, and without resorting to punishments that err from excess of severity. That punishments for breaches of gaol discipline should be summary, and should be such as are known to deter most effectually. No restriction of diet, soli tary confinement beyond 72 hours, or other practices injurious to health, should be permitted or prac tised. That prison dietaries should be restricted to the smallest quantity and coarsest quality of food found to be absolutely necessary for the mainte nance of health in confinement. That however de sirable it may be to maintain the inviolability of judicial sentences, it is absolutely necessary to hold out to the Indian prisoner the same inducements to good conduct in prison as are found necessary in other countries; for which reason they have been introduced into the Bengal gaol code in opposition to the opinion of the prison discipline committee of 1864. That prison buildings should be so constructed as to maintain a high standard of health, and to admit of such classification and separation of con victs as will secure them from avoidable contamina tion, and send them forth on the completion of their sentences, if not better, at least not worse than they went in. That while, on the one hand, no measures of discipline should be enforced which are really offensive to the religious prejudices of natives of India, no false pleas of caste should be permitted to interfere with the full execution of judicial sentences. That short sentences, rigorously enforced in secure and properly constructed prisons, are more deterrent than longer sentences passed in district gaols, where the means of enforcing discipline do not and never can exist. That prison returns in India should be kept on a uniform system, and should embrace every detail necessary to throw light upon the subject in all its relations ; and that these returns should be published annually, as soon after the close of the year as possible. That the broad general principles which should regulate prison discipline in India differ in no way from the principles adapted for other countries, and merely need such modifications of detail as may be required by local circumstances. These modifications need never, so far as his experi ence entitles him to express an opinion, set aside the principle on which they are based. The principles of human nature, which connect disgrace with crime and punishment, are universal ; and although the shame and discredit attached to conviction and im prisonment are not at present as strongly felt and exhibited in India as they are supposed to be in more advanced countries, he had not the least doubt, from his long and intimate acquaintance wifh the educated and criminal classes of Bengal, that, as education extends, and the 93 per cent. of uninstructed criminals diminishes, the feelings of Bengalis will not differ very materially from those of Englishmen l on the subject of crime—its disgrace, and its punish ment. RAILWAY ACCIDENT NEAR GUILD- FORD. An accident occurred yesterday morning on the lines of the South Western and South Eastern Rail ways, near Guildford, which affords a remarkable instance of escape from what appeared to be almost certain death. It seems that the train which leaves Reading at 7.25 for London (due at Guildfo o r f d s a ix carriage t 8.29) and which yesterday morning consisted guard's van, a f i et las f ca ar rr ast e he junction oftheAlton arrived d branch e with the main line near Guildford station. Isere, however, the connecting rod betw een the engine and tender unable to go broke, and the engine w as consequently forward with the train. Knowing the Alton train to be nearly due (its time of arrival at Guildford being 8.36), the guard of the Reading train hastened along the line with a danger flag in his hand, but the attempt to avert an accident was too late. The engine driver and guard of the Alton train seemed to have observed the flag and the train, both hid from them for some time by a curve, within a short distance of the Reading train, but beyond promptly putting on all the brake power they could, nothing could be done to stay the apparently fatal progress of the Alton train, and on it rushed down an incline of something like one in eighty, until it smashed into the South-Eastern train, which stood helpless, and broke and destroyed nearly the whole of one end of a second class carriage in it, overturned the seat annexed, and broke portions of the woodwork of the end of the first-class carriage adjoining. The force of the collision was so great as to knock several of the carriages off the line, and the noise was dis tinctly heard at the station, about 300 yards off. Nearly the whole of the buffers were broken or twisted, and the gua,:rd's van received a good deal of injury in broken glass and the woodwork of the steps, &c. None of the South Western train was injured, but the engi ne and tender box were slightly damaged. None of - the passengers in this train it appears were hurt, 'bu t eight or nine in the Read ing train were inju red. A Mr. Ingram, of • a iIjkIETK - PA rt PE ,---- c 't4i , M ..... tl-1 :. ...,-,. Blackwater, h a d hi s -- and was taken to the Surrey dntyliospitil, where his wounds were dressed. A Mr. Matthews, of Ash-vale, had his shoulder dislocated, but on being medically attended to, returned home. Mr. Catch pole, of Blackwater, was slightly injured in the knee. A couple of soldiers from Aldershot were hurt., one very much about the face ; and four other persons were bruised and shaken. The sufferers were taken first to one of the waiting-rooms at the Guildford station, where Mr. Lyson, the station master, whq had hurriedly proceeded to the scene of the catastrophe, had them attended to, having previously sent for and obtained the services of Mr. Sells, surgeon. Several of the injured persons were thus enabled to go on to London. The South- Western passengers went on by the 8.37 train from Godalniing. The chief explanation at present offered for the accident takes the following form :--It ap pears that all trains (South-Western) on the Alton branch pass a signal station named Pink's Hill, about two miles from Guildford, but should not proceed until the man there gives those in charge of the train a signal that the line is clear. The man in charge at the time in question seems to have been one named Childs, a comparatively young hand. He said he had the " All clear" signal from the man at Guildford (named Smallbones) and signalled ac cordingly to the Alton train. But the strange part of the story is that Smallbones is stated to assert that he did not signal to Childs at all. That a frightful loss of life did not ensue appears to be due principally to the fact that very few persons were in the train which was injured. A curious instance of personal escape is told. A gentleman was quietly sitting in the Reading train after its stoppage, when suddenly he was thrown from one side of the car riage to the other, and his hat sent flying through the window. He was not hurt, but another occu pant of the compartment had his face cut. Several of the principal officers both of the South-Western and South-Eastern lines were telegraphed for, and came down in the course of the day to investigate into the unfortunate affair. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JANITARY 18, 1867. CIVIL SERVICE OF INDlA.—Candidates intending to present themselves at the OPEN COM PETITIi commencing . on April 9, are reminded that cer tificates of birth, health, and character should be sent to the Office of the Civil Service Commisisfoners on or before Ist February. AFTER Covent-garden Theatre—EVANS' to SUP. After Drury-lane Theatre EVANS' to SUP. After Lyceum Theatre EVANS' to SUP, After Adelphi Theatre EVANS' to SUP. After Olympic theatre After Strand Theatre }'VAN& to SUP. After New !loyalty Theatre ... —EVANS' to SUP. After St. James's Theatnt FVANS' to SUP. Alter Prince of Wales' 'fheatre....EVANS' to SUP. London Singing and Supper Club, E VANS', Covent-garden. Vocal Entertainment at Eight. T E 0 X F 0 it D 6, OXFORD-STREET, W., THE MUSICAL ESTABLISHMENT OF LONDON. LES DRAGONS DE VILL ARS (Opera Comique), Music by A. 31aiilart, in which Miss RUSSELL will appear, as sisted by Misses Barrie and Fitz Henry ; Messrs. A. St. Albyn, Hulls, Fox, Husk, Evans, and Bury, with Kxtra Band and Chorus ; produced and conducted by Mr. F. Jonghmans. •• " The strength of Mr. Morton lies in his operatic selections, executed by a small but highly efficient band, and a well selected body , of vocalists, under the direction of Mr.. F. Jonghmans. —Times, Jan. 9,1867. COMEDY, by Messrs. Harry Sydney, Brierley, and Eger ton; Mr. G. H. FREDERICKS and Mr. FRANK HUSSEY. of the NEW AMERICAN 31INSTRELS ; together with an Entirely New Divertissement. entitled THE OXFORD REVELS, arranged and produced under the immediate superintendence of Mr. W. H. Payne, THIS EVENING. " Of the decorum that prey tils throughout (very section of the Hall it is impos.lble to s e eat too highly.' —Times, Jan. P, 1897. ADAMS TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION, BAKER-STREET. CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. NEW AD DI LIONS. —Life-size Models of the KINGS and QUEENS of ENGLAND, from WILLIAM of NORMANDY to QUEEN VICTORIA. Open from 11 a.m. till dusk, and from 7 till 10 p.m. Admittance, Is.; children, under ten, half-price; extra rooms, 6d. ceed on to Devonport with engineers from the Portsmouth Steam Reserve for the screw frigate Bristol, Capt. Leveson E. 11. Somerset, now refit ting at Devonport for flagship duties on the West Coast of Africa. ,The St. Lawrence, hired screw steamship, sailed from Portsmouth on Wednesday with two batteries of artillery and detachments of other troops on board for Gibraltar. The keel pieces and timbers for the frame of the uuarmoured screw sloop Sirius, 1,268 tons, are being collected under No. 1 building shed at Ports mouth dockyard in readiness for setting up on its slipway. The Sirius is one of the two vessels ordered to be built at Portsmouth dockyard on the lines of the Danae, now building there on the adjoining slipway. The first instalment of the 5,000 of the converted Snider breech-loading rifles, for naval service, has arrived at the armoury, Chatham, from the Royal Small Arms Factory, for issue to the ships in com mission. About 20,000 stands of the Enfield rifles for land service are undergoing the process of con version to breech-loaders on the Snider principle, the first supply of which will shortly be shipped for issue to the troops at Chatham. The names of the two officers of the 2d battalion 15th Foot who embarked on the 15th inst., on board the St. Lawrence at Portsmouth for Gibraltar, are Major Hopkins and Ensign Lacy, not Hopkinson and Tavy. V. It.-TOWER. GALE OF STORES.—By Order of the SECRE TA RY of STATE for WAR, Mr. GEORGE SPILL MAN will Sell by Public Auction, in the Tower, on TUES DAY, the 22d January, 1867, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon precisely, the following Stores:— Saltpetre Bags. Fire Engines. I Surgical Instruments. Brass. Hose Pipe. Tools. Accoutrements. Iran. Tin. Chains, Fetlock May be viewed at the Tower, from 10 to 4 o'clock, the three days previous to the day of sale; and catalogues may be had at the War-office, Pall-Mall ; the Tower ; and Royal Arsenal, Woolwich. T HE LIVERPOOL AND LONDON AND G LOBE _INSUR ANCE COMPANY. Offices-1, Dale-street, Liverpool; Nos. 20 and 21, Poultry; 7, Cornhill, and Charing-cross, London. Invested Funds Fire Premiums received in 1865 739,3.32 Life Premiums received in 1865... 250,103 The following are a few of the advantages attaching to the Life Policies of this Company: Moderate rates cf premium for all descriptions of insur ance. _ _ Fixed bonuses guaranteed by the numerous proprietary of an unlimited company, Whole-world leave - granted on reasonable terms. Policies held as securities are not considered void by this Office, although the assured should leave the prescribed limits, provided the holder inform the Office so soon as it comes to his kno vledge, and pays the adequate extra pre mium. Claims are payable thirty days after admission. JOHN ATKINS, Resident Secretar y. MANSION -HOUSE of the SUFFEREE EXPLOSIONS. 'UND for the RELIEF by the recent COLLIERY COMN The Right Hon ti Le LORD MAYOR. R. C. L. Bevan, Esq. 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. Mr. Alderman and Sheriff Waterlow. Mr. Sheriff Lycett. Mr. Alderman Besley. Mr. Alderman Dakiu. James Hill, Esq. R. N. Fowler, Esq. W.J. 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 Accid , :nt in 1862 was ,E 50,000 ; in that case 204 men and boys lost their lives ; in the present instance double that number are known 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. H.R.H. the Prince of Wales • £lOO H.R.H. the Princess of Wales The Corporation of London Amount already advertised £19,461 5 Subscriptions will be received by the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, at the Mansion-house ; Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co., 54, Lombard-street ; Messrs. Coutts and Co., Strand ; Messrs. Glyn, Mills, and Co., 67, Lombard street; Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Co., 1, Lombard-street; Messrs. Robarts, Lubbock, and Co., Lombard -street ; Messrs. Dimsdale, Fowler, and Co., 50, Cornhill ; the Lon don and Westminster Bank, Lothbury; the London Joint- Stock Bank, 5, Princes-street ; the Union Bank of London ; London and County Bank; the National Provincial Bank of England and all their branches; Messrs. Willis, Percival, and Co., Lombard-street; and by the several members of the Committee. JOSEPH GIBBS, Secretary. Mansion House, Jan. 14, 1867. OSBORNE'S STILTON Is THE Cheese ! WINTER Coughs, Colds, Asthma, and In fluenza are speedily cured by the use of SPENCER'S PULMONIC ELIXIR. May be had of any chemist. "THE RUIN OF THE FEW IS THE GAIN OF IHE MANY." THEPanic of '6G and its consequent depression of the Colonial 21,ncets enables the "EAST INDIA TEA COMPANY" to Wier TEAs 1.0 WER THAN EVER. Six Pounds of Good Tea for 6s. (d. can't be dear. The Company's KAISO W by the Clipper Ships are really delicious. t, Great St. Helen's Churchyard, Bishopsgate street, Jan. 1, tB6?. ARTIFICIAL TEETH.-A MONTH'S TRIAL GIVEN.—If not perfectly comfortable, use ful, and undetectable the money returned without hesitation. Mr. DAY, Dentist (many years with .Ir. Eskeli, Surgeon- Dentist, of 8, tirosvenor-street W.), offers, as above, the most convincing proof of the unerring and painless principles upon which he constructs incorrodible MINERAL ARTI FICIAL TEETH, whether singly or in partial or complete sets, to serve the purposes of mastication, articulation, and pers mal appearance. His terms will be found the most moderate of any advertised, compatible with pure materials and first-class Norkmanship, but they are apart from the ridiculous and tempting prints put forth to attract mere attention. Ile guarantees painless manipulation, and in the generality of cases will make from one tooth to a complete set in a few hours. Extractions when necessary, and an the ordinary painful operations performed without giving the slightest pain by a new process, and without the use of chloroform or other dangerous ingredient, St o ppi ng decayed teeth, and discoloured teeth mitered, dme. Attendance, 10 to 6. All consultations free.-291, REGENT-STREET, three doors from the Polytechnic. DR. SCOTT'S LIVER AND BILIOUS PILLS.—A NEVER FAILING REMEDY.--Pre 'fired without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. ,cott, of Bromley, Kent. will be f oun d invaluable to all who .offer from bilious and liver co m pl a i n t s , traige3ticn, wind, spasms, giddiness, dizziness of the eyes, &a. For habitual votiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier if the blood, they are truly exoellent ; mild in their opera tion and grateful to the stomach, they create appetite, pro mote digestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system. Prepared only and sold by W. Lambert, Chemist, 8, King William-street, Charing-cross. London, and by most drug gists, in boxes,ls. lid., and three times the quantity in one, 2s. 9d. Be sure to ask for Dr. Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are a square green package. with " William Lambert" anzraved fm the stamp. NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE.—The greatest and most useful invention of the day, AGUA AMARBLL A. Messrs. JOHN. GOSNBLL and CO. ' Red Bull Wharf, 93, Upper Thames-street. Perfumers to her Majesty, respect fully offer to the public this truly marvellous fluid, which gradually restores the human hair to its pristine hue—no matter at what age. The Ague Amarella has none of the properties of dyes ' • it, on the contrary, is beneficial to th e 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 of the highest order, and from Individuals of undoubted re spectability, may be seen on application. Messrs. John Gomel and Co. have been appointed Perfumers to her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales. THOMSON'S' tGLOVE-FITTING" CORSETS, ON IST FEBRUARY. WHAT IS YOUR CREST AND WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO? _ . Send 3s. 6d. 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 108. 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 -610 10s., printed in several colours. Family Pedi grees traced from authentic records, information as to the obtaining of a new grant of arms, how t k o 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-lan e ), W.C. HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.-FUNDS are earnestly solicited for fitting up the TRAINING SHIP. £2,000 required. WM. WILLIAMS, Secretary. Boys' Ref age, 8, Great Queen-street, W.C. H OMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.-CON TRIBUTIONS are earnestly solicited for establishing the COUNTRY ROME. £I,OOO required. WM. WILLIAMS,i 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 .E6,ooo,.being £l5 a year for each boy. Several kind friends have promised to pay for one boy each year. Subscriptions thankl ully received by the London and West minster Bank, 41, Lothbury. and 214, if igh Holborn; Messrs. Ransom and Co., 1, Pall-Mall. East; and by WM. WILLIAMS, Secretary. Refuge, 8, Great Queen-street, W.C. A RGYLL 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 Loot CURTL Manager, M. GRENRT. Admission to Promenade, One Shilling. Reserved Seats, Two Shillings. WESTON'S GRAND MUSIC HALL, HOLBORN. Sole Proprietors, SWEASEY and HOLLAND. Grand Selection from Auber's Opera of " MASA NIELLO," by 40 vocalists dressed in costume as at the opera. Terrific ovation of the Irish Minstrels, at 9, with songs, dances, and Irish anecdotes, under the direction of Pat Cond. A new and original overture composed and ar ranged expressly for the above minstrels by Mr. H. Baker. Arthur Lloyd at 11, with anew song " Borachio, Pestachio, Lablachio, MoustAchio, and the Roly Poly Eye "—Jolly Nash, Georgina Smithson, Paddy Fa nn i n , P a t r i c k S e ll ers, and Harry and Kattie King; and Pio Watkini, the Japanaze Juggler. Band of 30 first-class performers, and large Chorus chosen from her Majesty's and Covent Garden Opera Houses. Musical Director, Mr. P. Coma. Prices of admission—Stalls and Balcony, ls. ' • Area, Gd. ; Private Boxes, 10s. Gd. Can be secured at the Box Office, between the hours of 10 and 5 o'clock. Hall open every Evening at 7 o'clock. LONDON and SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the next HALF YEARLY GENERAL MEETING of this Company will be held at this Station on THURSDAY, the 14th day of February, 1867, at Ono o'clock p.m., pre'dsely, when the Directors will submit a Report on the affairs of the Company ; a Dividend will be declared, and the general business of the Company will be transacted. And Notice is Hereby further Given, that it is proposed to submit to the consideration of the meeting the matters following, viz. :- 1. Arrangements for the working by this Company of the Railway and undertaking of the Salisbury and Dorset Railway Company. 2. The Borrowing of the sums authorised by the South- Western Railway (General) Act, 1865, and the Dover and South-Western Companies Act, 1865, and the Thames Valley Railway Act, 1862, respectively, to be borrowed, and the creation of Debenture Stock in exercise of the same powers. 3. Traffic and other incidental arrangements between this Company and other Companies interested in the traffic of the South-west of England. And Notice is Hereby Further Given, That at the said Meeting there will be au Election of three Directors in the places of the Right Hon. Viscount Bury, John Lewis, Count Eyre, and Lieutenant-Colonel John Luard, who retire at this time i❑ the usual rotation, and, being eligible, offer themselves for re-election. The Transfer Books of the Company will be Closed from Thursday, the 24th January, 1867, until after the Meeting. BY Order, FREDERICK CLARKE, Secretary. Waterloo Bridge Station, London, Jan. 10, 1867. A . TKINS ON AND CO., - Cabinetmakers, upholsterers, Carpet Warehousemen, Furnishing Drapers, and House Agents, Westminster Bridge-road. ABEAUTIFUL DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE, with Illustrative Sketches of CABINET FURNITURE and DECORATIVE UPHOL STERY, sent free per post, or given on application. The Stock corresponding to the List Di marked in plain figures. TO CHARITABLE DONORS, the Managers of Public Institutions, Asylums, and Homes. The peculia r c i rcumstances o f thi s year , th e l ate mone tary crisi s , an d the consequent depress i on o f the markets, in the mid s t o f which ATKINSON an d CO . made large cash purch ases, enable them now to offer unusual advan tages in the supp l y of BEDDIN G , BLANKETS, COUN TERPANES, and SHEETINGS, besides every descrip tion of material for warm Winter Clothing. and 193, 200, 202, 1 2 04, 206, 208 C C0.,0. , 210, and 212, Westminster Bridge-road, London. EXHIBITORS at the PARIS EXHIBITION, who ADVERTISE in " THE SUN," can have the SERVICES of A SPECIAL AGENT i n 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 hav e o th er business in Paris, or who may go there for pleasure only. Naval and Military Intelligence• An official notification was received at Chatham dockyard, from the Admiralty, after the ordinary working hours on Wed n esday, that the contract had that afternoon been signed at the Admiralty for the construction of the basins, docks, factories, and other works connected with the intended enlarge ment of Chatham dockyard. The estimated outlay is a million and a quarter sterling. Although several of the most eminent of the railway, engineering, and other firms in England were invited to give in ten ders for the execution of the works, they either shrank from the undertaking, or tendered on terms which the Admiralty deemed to be inadmissible, and the contract was accordingly passed into the hands of Mr. Gabrielli, the head of an Italian house, whose terms were considered to be the most advantage ous. Mr. Gabrielli , we believe, is not kno wn i n n e public undertakings i n this e ncountry, th any although la has executed several he large im portant works in various parts of E urope, includ ing the enlargement of the naval establi s h men t s a t eeetiw the Royal Dockyard , Malta. Yeste r d ay , M r. Gabrielli attended at the dockyard and had an in terview with the principal heads of departments re lative to the necessary preparations:for commencing the works, which will be taken in hand in a few weeks,when 2,000 hands will be taken on in the first instance for the preliminary excavating operations. The Royal Alfred, 18, armoured screw frigate, Capt. F. 11. Herbert, fitting at Portsmouth as the flagship of Vice-Admiral SirG. R. Mundy, K.C.8., for service in the \Vest Indies and North America, has commenced receiving her armament in the ship ment yesterday of her upper deck 6- ton guns, under the steam crane of the steam basin of the yard. The gallant Admiral has temporarily struck his flag at Portsmouth, and proceeded on leave of absence. The Medusa, paddle steamer, Staff Commander T. Potter, hAs arrived at Portsmouth from the east ward, and will sail thence again this morning for Sheerness with men for the Rodney. A large quantity of copper specie for llong Kong arrived at Portsmouth yesterday from London, and was shipped on board her Majesty's screw troopship Urgent, Capt. S. H. Henderson, for conveyance to the colony. The Urgent will make her official trial of speed over the measured mile to-morrow, and will, according to present arrangements, sail from Portsmouth for China about the 24th inst. The Dee, paddle steamer, Master Commander G. Raymond, is expected to arrive at Portsmouth this morning from Sheerness, and will afterwards pro- THE WEATHER. The thermometer at the Receiving-house in Hyde park at midnight on Wednesday, and up to nine o'clock yesterday morning, registered 25 deg., or 7 deg. below freezing point ; at noon it had risen to 32, but at nine o'clock last night it was again down to '26. A biting north wind prevailed yesterday, and several times a cloudy sky seemed to indicate the approach of a .snowstorru. In spite of the keen ness of the weather there were large crowds in all the parks. On the Round Pond, Kensington, ac cording to the official report, there were during the day upwards of 5,000 persons. The ice was firm, and there was no accident of any description. On the Long Water, Kensington-gardens, about 6,000 persons were present ; the ice on it was also very good, and no casualties took place. On the Serpen tine there were about 7,000 persons. Two immer sions took place, but they were successfully attended to at the Receiving-house. During the afternoon a serious accident happened to a gentleman while skating. His skates twisted, and he fell heavily on his face, breaking the bridge of his nose, besides re ceiving other injuries. Ile was taken up and carried into the Receiving-house, where his wounds were at once attended to by Mr. Williams, the superinten dent. Several persons experienced injuries from falls, but, with the above exception, none were serious. At nine o'clock last night, it being moon light, several hundred persons were skating, and the banks of the water were crowded with spectators. During the whole day the promenade and carriage drive were crowded. About 15,000 persons were on the ice in St. James's-park, but no accident of any consequence took place. None was reported from any of the suburban parks or waters, or from the Crystal Palace. Icemen are now on duty at the latter place by request of the company. The river navigation is still totally suspended, and will remain so till the frost breaks up, the river being full of ice. Mr. L. Young, the secretary of the Humane Society,yesterday hal an interview with Lord John Manners, the Commissioner of Works, and Sir Richard Mayne, the Police Commissioner, for the purpose of obtaining the assistance of the police to aid the officers of the society in preventing night skating on the Serpentine. He was promised that his request should be complied with. A deputation is also to wait upon the Home Secretary by appoint ment, with the object of obtaining the aid of the police generally for the purposes of the society. A heavy fall of snow has taken place since Wed nesday morning between Ashford and Dover, the effects of which have been more felt near Shorncliffe. At the latter place the snow lies more than a foot deep, and the railway traffic between that point and i Dover is suspended. There have been no trains from London to Dover since Wednesday morning, Ashford being the furthest station to which the South-Eastern Company could despatch the trains. The railway authorities have employed a number of soldiers at the camp at Shorncliffe and others to clear the snow from the lines, but it is no sooner removed than the wind drifts it back. A very severe snowstorm has visited East Kent, and has been especially severe in the neighbourhood of Canterbury. The snow now lies nearly 2ft. deep, and in many places the roads, from the drif t ing of the snow, are quite impassable. The mails have been very much delayed, and the trains, both on the London, Chatham, and Dover and South- Eastern Railways, have been much behind time. In places on the line where the snow has drifted locomotion was very difficult. The snow fell during a great part of yesterday. The snow plough was sent through all tho streets of Canterbury yesterday morning to clear a passage for the carts and ear -1 riages, and it may safely be affirmed that the fall of snow here is greater than it has been for many years past. A melancholy accident occurred on the ice in the pond of Godmersham-park. A young lady, aged 14, the daughter of Viscount St. Vincent, was sliding on the ice along with some other members of his lordship's family, when she fell heavily on her left side, and lay on the ice. Lady St. Vincent went and lifted up her daughter, who was found to be insensible. Without loss of time she was con veyed to the house, and medical aid was immedi ately called in. She, however, did not rally, but died at midnight. An inquest was held on the body yesterday afternoon, and the jury returned a ver dict of " Death from a fall received on the ice." The return of frost when the meadows of the Cherwell, Isis, and Thames made one vast lake in the neighbourhood of Oxford has left a most extensive field for sports on the ice, which have been largely indulged in during the week. Christ Church meadow has been so thronged with people as to resemble a fair ; sleighs have been driven over the snow which covers it, and skating has been continued by torchlight. On the ice of another college meadow a cricket match has been played. Many persons have skated from the mouth of the Cherwell in Long Meadow, Oxford, to Iffiey, crossed the river in a ferry, and, passing through the Isis Tavern, have continued the journey along the Berkshire shore. Others have gone from Mr. Ward's wharf, along the canal, to Thrupp and back, a distance of 12 miles. The running water has not been frozen over, and a girl 9 years of age has been drowned through slipping off a sloping ledge of ice at the side of Tumbling Bay. One man has broken his leg, and another his arm, and a third nearly bled to death from falling down while skating ; but the still waters are too strongly frozen to permit of any one falling through in the present state of the frost. Much damage was done by the flood when at its height. The new walk, made by the University authorities between Mar ston-lane, and the parks in particular, has been washed away in many places ; a nd it is believed i that a porter was carried away and drowned n the swo ll en waters at the foot of Magdalen Bridge. Northern wild fowl, driven in by the frost, have been shot near Oxford. At Malton the temperature rose considerably on Tuesday night, only 10 deg. of frost being registered. The following day, however, was one of continued heavy snowfall, and on the moors the depth of snow is greater than for many years past. The railways have been tolerably punctual under the circumstances, the chief blocks having occurred at Sherburn, on the Scarborough and Malton, and at Speeton, on the East Coast of Yorkshire lines. A strong wind causes the snow to drift greatly. In Cornwall such a severe winter has not been Royal National Lifeboat Institution. Yesterday a special meeting of this institution was held at its house, John-street, Adelphi, to take into consideration a communication from General Knollys, as well as the unusually numerous ship wrecks that had taken place during the first days of the present month; T. Baring, Esq., M.P., F.R.S., in the chair. There were also present T. Chapman, Esq., F.R.S., J.P., Sir E. Perrott, Bart., Admiral Al'llardy, Capt. Richards, R.N., hydrographer of the Admiralty, J. Griffith, Esq., Admiral Ryder, W. H. llarton, Esq., Capt. Ward, R.N., the in. spector of lifeboats to the institution, and R. Lewis, the secretary. Gen. Knollys stated in his letter that his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales would have much satisfaction in acceding to the request of the com mittee to take the chair at the forthcoming annual meeting of the institution next month. The com mittee expressed their high appreciation of the Prince's kind and prompt response to their appli cation. The Lord Mayor had in the most obliging manner placed for the occasion the Egyptian Hall in the Mansion House at the disposal of the institu tion. Reports were read from different branches of the institution detailing the noble services of the lifeboats of the institution during the late gales. It appeared that 31 lifeboats had been used on these disastrous occasions, and that 113 lives had been rescued from various shipwrecks in addition to three vessels saved from destruction. The expense of these services amounted to £390. It is satisfac tory to find that throughout those disastrous gales not a single accident had happened to any of the brave lifeboat men. The honorary secretaries of the branches had also been as usual most zealous and active on the occasion. The committee voted the silver medal of the institution to Mr. Samuel Higgs, the French vice consul at Penzance, for his brave services in going off in the lifeboat to save six men from the schooner Salome, of Brixham ; five men from the schooner Selina Ann, of Looe, and six men from the schooner Heiress, of Teignmouth. The thanks of the institution, inscribed on vellum, were also ordered to be presented to Mr. N. B. Downing, honorary secretary of the Penzance branch, for his able and untiring exertions on the above and other occasions, when the lifeboat saved 30 men from four different wrecks. The gold medal of the institution was ordered to be presented to the Rev. C. Cobb, in acknowledgment of his intrepid services in wading into the surf and rescuing, at much risk of life, one man who was in the rigging of the French lugger Courrier de Dieppe, which was wrecked off Dym church, Kent, in a heavy sea, on Sunday, the 6th inst. The committee voted the silver medal of the in stitution to a coastguard named Bathurst, who ably assisted on the occasion. Mr. Cobb nobly plunged into the surf, and was followed by Bathurst, the latter having a rope round him, and Mr. Cobb hav ing succeeded in reaching the vessel, got the poor fellow down, and with the assistance of the coast guard man who had joined him brought him safely ashore. Other business having been transacted, the proceedings closed. Alderman Salomons, M.P., on the Reform Question. Last night at 8 o'clock, Mr. Alderman Salomons, M.P., addressed a densely crowded public meeting of electors and non-electors of the borough of Greenwich, at the Literary Institution, High-street, Deptford. The proceedings were at various points of a most uproarious description, in consequence of the presence of a large body of members of the local Reform League and other advocates of manhoodsuf frage, who took exception to the alderman's views on the reform question. The chair was taken by Mr. B. Duval,who briefly referred to the objects of the meeting, and was then followed by Mr. Alder man Salomons, expressed his views on various pub lic questions, as at a previous meeting held at Greenwich. He was in favour of a reform of a uniform rating for the whole of the metropolis, and considered that some legislation was required to render the capital embarked in railways and other great works more secure. With regard to the reform question, he did not think that its settlement would be promoted by the holding of noisy street meetings and other objectionable means that had been pro posed. (Cries of " When you were here last year you told us to make a noise about it," " Turncoat," &c.) Parliament was not to be intimidated, and the re form question must be considered in an amicable spirit. i‘r . 0 (Cries wew as a o m f n ‘ l o V f h g a r t e a a t about ability o , a w n e d ? ' the Well, work ing classes might be proud of him. (Great uproar, and cries of "Heis a recreant.") He was himself in favour of a comprehensive reform bill, but did not go the length of registered manhood suffrage. (Cries of "We must and will have it.") Well, they might get it some time, but it would be at least 20 years first. He would go as far as giving the fran chise to householders who paid taxes, and to lodgers in certain cases, and should be glad to accept a good bill whether from the Liberals or the Tories. He quite believed that the Government would introduce a reform bill during the next session. (Cries of " They will go out of office," and great uproar.) In reply to questions, Alderman Salomons said he was in favour of the ballot, because it would lessen the expense of elections. (Cries of " flow about bribery?") He was opposed to bribery, and believed that the ballot would tend to prevent it. He had al ways found the unavoidable expense of elections to be rather heavy ; and if they would be kind enough to return him free he sliould be very glad to build them a school or an institution of some kind at a cost of £2,000. A working man named Roberts ad dressed the meeting at some length in favour of manhood suffrage, &c., and at the close of the pro ceedings, on the motion of Mr. Norfolk, seconded by Mr. Marchant, a vote of continued confidence in Alderman Salomons was adopted. PROPOSED CONSERVATIVE DINNER AT FALMOUTH. —Active stops aro being taken at Falmouth by the prin cipal supporters of the Conservative party to insure an influential attendance at a dinner in connection with the Conservative cause to bo held on the 24th instant, at the Polytechnic Hall, Falmouth. 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