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i ~ LONDON STREET REFORM SOCIETY. PRESIDENT. Sir WILLIAM FRASEII Bart., M.A., F.S.A. On the 13th of June, 1865, it was admitted unanimously in the House of Commons that the condition of London, as regards Paving, Lighting, and Cleansing, was disgraceful. No improvement has taken place. The Traffic of London becomes every day more un manageable. The Public Vehicles are inferior to those of Provincial and Continental Cities. This Society has been formed to stimulate public atten tion ; to collect, condense, and make known facts ; to point out defects in the law ; to enforce provisions at present neglected; and to watch Bills introduced into Par liament oirthese subjects. Tho London Street Refonn Society is not pledged to support any specific change in the Government of the Metropolis. Those who may wish to join the Society are requested to write to J. S. Haly, Esq., Hon. Sec. L.S.R.S., 88, St. James's -street, S. W. CONTRACT FOR BEECH WEDGES. Contract Department, Admiralty, Somerset T House, ,14th Dec. 1866. ITE COMMISSIONERS for , EXECUTING AA the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRE LAND, Do hereby give NOTICE, that on TUESDAY, the Bth January next, at Two o'Clock, they will be ready to treat with such Persons as may be willing to Contract for supplying Her Majesty's Dockyard at Portsmouth with Hewed Wedges of Beech, under a Contract for twelve calendar months certain, and further until the expiration of three calendar months' warning. The average annual consumption, together with a Form of the Tender and Conditions of Contract, may be seen in the Lobby of the Storekeeper-General's Department, Admiralty, Somerset House. No Tender will be received after Two o'Clock on the day of Treaty, nor will any be noticed unless the Party attends, or an Agent for him duly authorised in writing. Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words " Tender for Beech Wedges ;" and must also be delivered at the Department of the Storekeeper-General, Admiralty, Somerset House, accompanied by a Letter signed by two responsible persons, engaging to become bound with the Person tendering in the sum of .£2OO for the duo perfor mance of the Contract. • By Order, ANTONIO BRAY, Registrar of Contracts and Public Securities. CONTRACT FOR FRESII OX BEEF AND VEGE- TABLES 'AT FOYNES, CONTRACT DEPARTMENT, ADMIRALTY. Somerset House, 27th December, 1866. 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 Tuesday, the 15th January next, at Twelve o'clock at Noon, they will be ready to treat with such persons as may be willing to con tract for supplying all such quantities of FRESH OX BEEF and VEGETABLES, for the use of her Majesty's ships and vessels at Foynes as may be demanded from the 15th January to tho 30th June, 1867, both days included. The Contractor is to supply good fat well-fed Ox Beef, as no Heifer meat will be admitted. The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty reserve to themselves an unlimited power of selection in accepting the Tenders. Tenders must be made at rates per 1001 b., and no atten tion will be paid to any offers not so made. The Contractor, in claiming payment for the supplies, is to make out his invoices in pounds at per 1001 b. The Contractor to reside on the spot, or to have an agent resident there. If non-resident, the name and ad dress of the agent must be inserted in the Tender. 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, or to the Postmaster at Foynes, where also the conditions of the contract may be seen. No Tender will be received after 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 communicated to him and his proposed sureties in writing. Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and must also be delivered at the department of the Comptroller of Victualling, Admiralty, Somerset House, signed by two responsible persons, engaging to become bound with the person tendering in the sum of £3OO for the due performance of the Contract for Fresh Os Beef, and £lOO for the Contract for Vegetables. The Cont rac t or t o pay half the amount of the stamps on 'the Contracts and Bonds. By order, ANTONIO BRADY, Registrar of Contracts and Public Securities. T° GUN M AKE R S and 0 thers. The SECRETARY of STATE for WAR is desirous of receiving PROPOSALS from Gunmakers and Others for BREECH-LOA.DING RIFLES, either repeating or not repeating, which may replace the present Service Rifles in future manufacture. I The following ar e the cond i tions considered essential in military non -repeating Rifles:— A. WEIGHT. Not to exceed 91b. soz. _without bayonet. ___ B. LENGTH.' To be 51 inches, with short stock, measured from the hollow of the butt-plate to muzzle. c. WEIGHT OF AMMUNITION MADE UP. Must not exceed Glb. 4oz. for sixty rounds as packed for service. D. D Itriifit carry thei r own ignitiCARTRIon:GES. T 'SIGHS Tim foresi g ht must E. bo such as . to admit of a bayonet fixed according to tho present system. F. STOCK. Must such as to carry a light metal c l ean i ng ro d , an d allow a slin g t o b e used. • G. RECOIL. Must not excee d t h at of tho Enfield Rifle by more than 10 per cent. THE ARM AS A WHOLE. Must be as little liable to injury by long-continued firing, rough usage, and exposure, as the naval rifles converted to breech -loaders on the Snider system. To be as capable, also, of being used without accident by imperfectly trained men, and of being manufactured in quantities and of uni form quality. L THE AMMUNITION AS A WHOLE. Must be as little liable to injury by rough usage, damp, and exposure in all climates, as the Boxer cartridge for Snider's converted Enfield rifle—also as little liable to acci dental explosion as the same cartridge, and as capable of being manufactured in large quantities, and of uniform quality. H. CALIBRE. Optional. L. THE TWIST AND F ORM OF GROOVE. Optional. Optional. NOTICE OF REMOVAL. cjDEFRIES 'and SONS' • EW CITY SHO ROOMS. an HOTEL GLASS of the ne w est patterns and TAVERN correct mea d sure. -147, Houndsditch. M. THE LOCK. N. OF FIRE. Capable of firing at RAPIDITY least 12 rounds per minute, without aiming, the cartridges being arranged on a table. O. ACCURACY WHEN FIRED FROM A FIXED REST. The arras must give a mean figure of merit of not more than 36in. at 1,000 yards, 30in. at 800 yards, 12in. at 500, and Gin, at 300. The mean to be taken upon at least five targets of twenty shots each. r. TRAORY. Not to require at 500 yards JE a C n T elevation o.f 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-inch elm planks, which have been soaked 48 hours in water. Distance 30 yards. a. LUBRICATION. Wax on bullets is indispensable, but any other lubricant may be supemdded or applied to the cartridge, if thought necessary by the competitor. No arms will be received without the usual proof marks. Specification; and dr aw i ngs of the methods proposed, statin g 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 Offico, Pall-mall," on or before the 30th March, 1867. The specifications and specimen arms will be considered by the Ordnance Select Committee and its associate mem ber; 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 as may appear to them sufficiently promising, rejecting all such as may not bo considered to offer sufficient merits to warrant th e i r b eing included in the competition, the con ditions of which are stated in this advertisement. Each accepted competitor will then be required to furnish for experiment, at Woolwich, six arms in strict conformity to the specimen arm submitted, with 1,000 rounds of am munition per arm, within four months after date of de mand. Each competitor will be required to disclose to the committee the exact nature of the lubrication he may em ploy. A sum of £3OO will be paid to ea c h o f th e accepted competitors, to co ver the expense of the six rifles, and of the supply of ammunition required. The Secretary of State offers a reward of £l,OOO for the arm which, on combination of all qualities, is considered by the committee to be the best submitted. A second reward of £6OO for the arm which, while at taining a satisfactory degree of excellence in other particu lars, is selected for merit in respect to its breech mechanism. A third reward of £4OO for the best cartridge. The qua- Mos which will be principally taken into consideration in awarding this prize will be economy of manufacture, powerof sustainin g roug h usage, freedom from deterioration in various climate; 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 bo understood that under no circumstances will a competitor be entitled to more than one prize ; but such prize will be irrespective of any reward which may bo given to the inventor of the arm finally adopted into the service. IV: MAGAZINE AND REPEATING ARMS. Magazine and Repeating Arius for Infantry will be re ceived and examined in a manner similar to the Breech loading Rifles. They must not be less in length than 48 inches, including the stock. The limit of weight for these arms is fixed at 011 b. ex clusive of the charges in the magazine. It is indispensable that the arms be made to take a bayonet. The Secretary of State offers a reward of 300 for the best Magazine or Repeating Arm produced that fulfils the above conditions ; and in the absence of experience does not at present define the standard of accuracy or other conditions to be fulfilled before such an arm can be adopted. Those Magazine orßepeatingArms, which are accepted for further trial, will be paid for at the rate of £6O each. This sum is to include 1,000 rounds of ammunition per arm. V. Tho Secretary of State will take care that no ingenious novelty produced in answer to this advertisement shall be adopted into the service without proper acknowledgment, and that the name of the individual with whom it origi nates shall be recorded in connection with it. if the rifle to which the first prize is awarded is adopted Into the service, it will bear the inventor's name. J. ST. GEORGE, Major-General, Director Warof Ordnance, Waco, Oct. 22 186 G j NOTICE OF REIIOVAL. DEFRIES and SONS' .T. NEW CITY SHOW ROOMS.—ORNAIIteNTAL CLOCKS for the DINING and DRAWING-R 0031.-147, Houndsditeh. NOTICE OF ItEMO VAL. rj" DEFRIES and SON S' • NEW CITY SHOW ROOMS.—lferehanti and the Trade supplied with PATTER N BOOKS FREE.-117, Houndaditch. Works —London, Birmingham, and Paris. Established 1803. Just published, 2d ; sent by the author for 8 stamps, UGLINESS and BEAUTY ; being a Pamphlet the a descriptive of articles an d means used for improving London.PPearance. By ALEX. R OSS, 218, High Holborn, QPANISH FLY is th e act i ng ingredient in ALEX ROSS'S CANTHARIDES 011... which speedily produces whiskers and thickens hair, es 6d, be 6d, and lOs 6d sent by post for 54, 84, and 144 stamps.--A.LEX ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London, and all Chemists. DISCOVERY.—Corns cured In one day by usincr ALEX. ROSS'S CHIROPO. This preparation gradually dissolves the Corn in a few hours, removing the veryroot. Price 1s ; sent by post for 60 stamps. —248, High Holborn, London, an d all Chemists. NDE: ITAIR- CURLING FLUID, 248, High Holborn, 11. London.—ALEX. ROSS'S CURLING FLUID curls Ladies' or Gentlemen's hair immediately it is applied. Sold at 3s Bd, 5s 6d, and 10s 6d ; sent free for 51, 84, and 144 stamps. —Had of all Chemists. CIREY HAIR.-248, High Holborn, London.— N.JI ALEX. ROSS'S HAIR DYE produces a perfect colour immediately it is used. It is permanent, and perfectly na tural in effect. Price 3s ed, 5s 6d , and tos 6d ; sent by post for 54, St, and 144 stamps ; and all Chemiets. 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, 8s 6d, and les 6d; sent for 51, 84, and 144 stamps.—Had of all Chemists. PIMPLE REMOVER.—AII diseases of the skin ars improved by one dose of ALEX. ROSo'S VEriETABLE SKIN PILLS. They remove redness, sal lowness, Sze. 2s 9471 and 7s 6d ; or post for 40 and 100 stamps. mists. —ALEX. ROSS, 248, Hi g h H o lb orn, London, and all Che- HAIR, COLOUR WASH.—By washing the head with this beautifully-perfumed Wash, in seven or ten days the hair assumes its original colour, and remains so by an occasional 10s Sd ; sent for stamps.—ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London, and all Chemists. T HE RESCUE SOCIETY wishes to add another Lome to the 12 now in operation. Last year no fewer ban 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 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 he reoeired gratefully by the Secretary, Sir. Daniel Cooper, s 5, Queen-street Cheapeide; or by Messrs Barak) , and Co.. Lombard -street. R OYAL FREE d in the immedi a t e vicinity of the (,`rest Northern Rail! way Terminus, King'e-erose. Patron—Her most Gracious lifelesty the QUEEN. Vies-Patron—His Royal Highness the Prince of WA LE 3 , G . President—His Grace the Duke of BUCCLEUCH, K.G. This Hospital, founded in the year 1828, the first to estab lish the principle of free admission to the sick poo r, without the delay and difficulty of Governors' orders, is wholly de pendent for support on voluntary contribution s and t 4act es . It affords relief to a largd number of in -Pa tlen ts, an d , in addition to this, the average number of attendance of the lestituto sick has for a caneiderable period averaged between 3,000 and 4,000 weekly. The Committee ear estly solicit the ASSISTANCE of the benevolent, as the pr nixes of this Hospital are capable of ocrutaining several hwudred more Ms had the Committee the requisite funds to maintain them. _ Gontilbutions are received by their bankers. Messrs. Brown, Janson, and Co., Abehurch-lane ; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co.; Drummond and Co. ; Giyn and Co. ; Herries and Co. ; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; W Mann, Deacon, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co, Bernera-street and at the Hospital. from 10 tin 5. STANFORD BILITII, SeOtetuy, THE OCEAN ST. LEG-ER of 1866. —What Lord Lyon was to his owner was the Taeping to her Captain, viz., winner of the race, having distanced all com petitors, as the EAST I DIA TEA. COMPANY have in vAriab'y done in their choi.e and sale of fine new season's teas, now selling at importer's prices. Warehouses -9, Great St. Helen's-churchyard. • AVALIJABLE NEW-YEAR'S GIFT.- A CHINESE CADDY, containing 161bs. of really good Black Tea, sent carriage free to any railway station or market town in England, Ireldnd, Scotland, or Wales, on re ceipt of 405., by PHILLIPS and CO., Tea Merchants, 8. King William-street, City, RC. TEA IS CHEAPER THAN EVER.-113. 6d 25., 2s 61. per lb. are the prices at which PAIL LI and CO ., Tea Merchants, 8, King William-street , City, Lon- PS don, E.C., are selling good and fine BLACK TEA. & price current post free. 40s worth carriage free to any railway station or market town in the United Kingdom.—Obser ve — PHILLIPS and Co. have no Agents or any connexion with any house in Worcester or Swansea. Sugars are supplied at market prices. GE O L O G Y.-ELEMENTARY COLLEC TIONS, to illustrate the New Edition of "Lyell's Elements of Geology" and facilitate the important study of Mineralogy and Geology, can be had at 2,5, 10, 20, 50 to 500 guineas; also single Specimens of Minerals, Rocks, Fossils, and Recent Shells, Geological Slaps. Hammers. all the recent Publications, dm, of J. TENNANT, Mineralogist to Her Majesty, 149, Strand, London. Private Instruction is given in Mineralogy and Geology by Mr. TENNANT. F.G.S., 149, Strand, W.C. WHAT IS YOUR CREST AND WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO? Send 3s. 6d. to CULLETON'S Heraldic Office for a Plata Sketch, or Gs. 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 pa inted, fee 10s. Just complete, a very valuable book, with 3,500 Engravings, arms, crests, and mottoes of nearly every family in the kingdom, the result of thirty years labour, price £lO 10s., printed in several colours. Family Pedi grees traced from authentic records, information as to th e obtaining of a new grant of arms, how to change one's name, by T. Culleton, Engraver to her Majesty and Royal family; also Diesinker to the Board of Trade, 25, Cran bourn-street (corner of St. Martin's-lane), W.C. _____ HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.-FUNDS are earnestly solicited for fitting up the TRAINING SHIP. X 2,000 required. WM. WILLIAMS, Secretary. Boys' Refuge, 8, Great Queen-street, W.C. H OMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.-CON TRIBUTIONS are earnestly solicited for establishing the COUNTRY HOME. £l,OOO required. WM. WILLIAMS, 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 £a,ooo, beim. £l5 a year for each boy. Several kind friends have promised to vay for one boy each year. Subscriptions thankfully received by the London and West minster Bank, 41, Lothbury, and 214, High Holborn; Messrs. Ransom and Co., 1, Pall-Mall East; and by WM. WILLIAMS, Secretary. Refuge, 8, (Treat Queen-street. W.C. PROVIDENCE ROW NIGHT REFUGE, FOR HOMELESS WOMEN AND CHILDREN, 11-4 A, 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, children, and orphans are, for want accommodation ' refusedadmittance, andhave to spend ni g ht a ft er n i g h t 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 br the Rev. D. GELBEAT, D.D., No 22, FiFinsbury-circus," E.O. .. EXHIB IT ORS a t th e PARIS EXHIBITION, .112.4 who ADVERTISE in "THE SUN," can have the SERVICES of A SPECIAL AGENT in PARIS, whose address can be obtained at " The Sun" Office. He has a perfect knowledge of French, is also acquainted with busi ness, and has good connections. On application to " The Sun" Agent in Paris, either personally or by letter, ho will obtain every possible facility for Exhibitors, or persons who may have other business in Paris, or who may go there for pleasure only. PRINTING. —TO PROPRIETORS OF NEWSPAPERS, PERIODICALS, &c.—The Print ino. and Machining of Newspapers, &c., done ou exceed inglyt favourable terms. Use of Editorial and Publishing Offices, if required. Estimates forwarded on receipt of p ar ticulars, with stamped directed envelope for reply. Address—Tho Manager "Sun Printing Offices, 3, Church row, Savoy, Strand, W.C. Advices from Miramar announce that the Em press Charlotte received direcb from her husband a telegram, dated Orizaba, December the 13th. The Emperor Maximilian excuses himself for not hav ing sent any news of himself by the last two mails, as he had been suffering from intermittent fever, from which he has only just recovered ; he adds that he had written a long letter by the last English steamer, and which should reach Miramar about the 30th of December. The representation of Racing Plate, Testimo nials, &c., promises to be very complete at the Paris Exhibition. The following noblemen and gentlemen have already signified their intention of contributing pieces of plate, &c., in their posses sion :—The Puke of Newcastle, the Earl of Zetland, the Earl of Annesley, the Comte de Lagrange, Colonel C. H. Lindsay, Colonel Townley, Mr. George Angell, Mr. W. Blenkiron, Mr. E. Brayley, Mr. Henry Chaplin, Mr. W. S. Cartright, Mr. J. H. Douglas, Mr. F. Fisher, Mr. I'Anson, Mr. J. Jackson, Mr. Lafitte, Mr. A. Lupin, Mr. A. de Montgomery, Mr. I'. Masterman, -Mr. Parr, Mr. Newry Padwick, and Mr. R. Sutton. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —Holloway's Ointment and Pills.— There is no question whatever that rheumatism, neuralgia, and such like painful maladies are more rife this season than for some years past. The number of testimonials of cures effected by Holloway's remedies is unprecedented and should bo enforced on the attention of all sufferers from these complaints. The parts in pain should be fomented for some minutes with warm wine, dried, and immediately well rubbed with the Ointment. It will pass into tho pores of the skin and give the greatest relief. Many valuable lives are annually lost which might bo saved, if early recourse in illness were mado to those re markable remedies which must necessarily prove beneficial and cannot do harm. No. 23,268. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vets., MADONNA MARY. By Mrs. OLI I'II &NT. From first to last Madonna 3lary' is written with vigour, and overflows with the best qualities of its writer's fancy and humour."—Athenocum. 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THE ACTS 3 and 4 VICTORIA, Cap. 86, with Notices of' the chief decisions given thereon in the Ecclesiastical Courts and Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. By CHAS. EGAN, Esq., Barrister-at-Law. London : Tegg, Pancras-lane, Cheapside. "THE RUIN OF THE FEW IS THE GAIN OF IHE MANY. " THE Panic of '66 and its consequent depression of the Colonial M +ricets enables the "EAST INDIA TEA COMPANY" to otter TEAS LOWER THAN EVER. Six Pounds of Good Tea for 6s. 6d. can't be dear. The Company's KAISO%VS by the Clipper Ships are really deltious. 9 , Gred.t St. Helen's Churchyard, Bishopsgate street, Jan. 1, 1867. LSLOW HALL, Wi ns low, Bucks, having en recently opened and fitted with requisites for the care and comfort of the INSANE, the proprietor, Dr. I3OISRAGON, announces that he has transferred his Estab lishment from Birmingham to the above desirable residence, easily accessible, and distant from London about an hour and a-halt by the London and North-Western line, and fifty minutes from Oxford. , Attached to the mansion, situated on a sandy soil, mid commanding an extensive and pleasing prospect, are garden, me idow. plantation, and recreation grounds. For terms and forms of admission address the proprietor. DR. SCOTT'S LIVER AND BILIOUS PILLS.—A NEVER FAILING, REMEDY.—Pre- Jared without any mercurial Ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. Scott, of Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to all who •uffer from bilious and liver complaints, inligestien, wind, 4pasms, giddiness, dizzine.,6 of the eyes, &c. For habitual costiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier the blood, they are truly excellent; mild in their opera tion and grateful to the stomach, they create appetite, pro 'iota dißestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system. Prepared only and slid 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, 2e. 9d. Be sure to ask for Dr. Scott's ililioas and Liver Pills. The genuine are a square ffreer. package. with " William Lambert." ens-raved on the stamp. NOTICE OF REMOVAL, DEFRIES and SONS' J• NEW CITY SHOW ROOMS contain an entirely new an extensive Stock nt TABLE GLASS, China, and Chan delier 4.-147, Houndaditch. NOTICE OF REMOVAL. JJDEFRIES and SONS , NEW CITY SHOW ROOMS.—The New Oval-shaped ALEXANDRA. DINNER SERVICE, from £1 18s. 61-- 147, Houndaditch. NOTICE OF REMOVAL. DEFRIES and SONS J. NEW CITY SHOW ROOMS.—BREAKF.4ST and TEA SERVICES in great variety, from £1 ls. upwards.- 147. Houndsditoh. NOTICE OF REMOVAL. -- - - DEFRIE-E and SON S' c_P• NEW CITY SHOW ROOMS contain a beautiful assortment of DESSERT SIIRVICI4IS, from £1 fa. to 100 guineas. Cre,ts and Monograms engraved on same. -147, Houndsditeb. NOTICE , : OF REMOVAL. tDEFRIES an d SONS' • NEW CI l'Y SHOT ROOIIS.—CRYSTAL CFIAN DEMERS, New Destg - ns for the Drawinv-room. either for Gas or (7andle, and to suit all kinds of 'Decorations. —ll7, lloundsditch. NOTICE OF REIiOVAL. T DEFRIES and SONS' P./ • NEW CITY SHOW* ROOMS.—I3RONZE and OR AIOLU CHANDELIERS in great variety. New Designs for the Dining-room.--147, Iloundsditch. NOTICE OP REMOVAL. :I- DEFRIES and SONS' tr • NEW CITY SHOW ROOMS.—The ALEXANDRA FLOWER VASE. This new and beautiful Vase can be seen in great variety, from 3s. to 30s. each.-Is7, Hounds ditch. NOTICE OF REMOVAL. JDEFRIES and SONS' • NEW CITY SHOW ROOM.S.—The NEW JET' DINING ROOM VASE. Registered designs, in great variety.—]U7,Houndsditch. NOTICE OF REMOVAL. _T ,DEFRIES and SONS' T-P• NEW CITY SHOW ROOMS.—The NEW PATENT ASTRA. LAMP, for Petroleum and Mineral Oils; also eitYSTAL LAMPS and WALL LIGHTS (registered) for INDIA. -147, Houndsditch. , ,_ • - 7 -7 - „ ) , Zt ors 4 • ,vo,:'" 71241 ' , 4— t 7-1 * THE WPATHE 211.4 i r-7 - . . . • , ( i t ) , -.laP .„„ A sudden and most unexpected k•44 411. '"'\, v, 1141- 1141- _ t f k.. weather occurred yesterday iu London. filu (4 1( .4"7. - 4 "' ;`..f.t. day afternoon a slight thaw set in, the therm „,„ =4. , 01, having risen to 8 deg. above freezing point. - P\ , " D ' of 7 o'clock in the evening the frost set in agi, 4 4 °1 % , ` - c , Ito s lIR r • IE 0 , _ strongly, and the slipper. state of the ro I'F pavement made them very danuereui fur pa,,seugcrs, PRICY Id. EAT AM PED d. awl many aecident, - ; th::eurred. At Lni , ini,gbt a strong and biting wind set in, accompanied by a fall of snow for about half au hour ; this was fol lowed by a complete hurricane of wind, hail, and sleet, which continued until au early hour yesterday morning, and then another change took place ; the wind ceased, the atmosphere became many degrees warmer, and a heavy fall of rain occurred, which continued more or less during the remainder of the day. As might be expected the streets were iu a frightful state, the rain and melting snow mixing together and forming a slush ankle-deep. The omnibus and cab traffic was almost entirely sus pended. The change in the weather was a great disappointment to the lovers of skating ; but, not withstanding, several hundred persons assembled on the ice in the different parks early in the forenoon of Sunday, although it was in some places very rot ten and dangerous, and in all parts covered with water to the depth of from two to three inches. The rapid melting of the vast quantities of snow caused much inconvenience and some damage in low-lying districts. CLYDE S UIPBUILDING-1. e- As usual at the end of the year, we present our readers with statistics showing the number of vessels built on the Clyde during 1866, and the vessels now in hand. The result, as might have been anticipated, is unfavourable for the past 12 months as compared with the preceding year. In 1865 the number of vessels built was 263, repre senting a total of 151,998 tons and 23,857 horse power, while there were building or contracted for 185 vessels, with a tonnage of 140,548, and 18,750 horse power, making in all 448 vessels, 292,546 tons, and 42,607 horse power. This year the re turns show a considerable falling off, especially as regards vessels in hand. There have theen built, excluding a few fishing and other boats of unim portant character, 239 vessels, representing a total of 132,619 tons and 16,974 horse power ; while there are building or contracted for 109 vessels, with a tonnage of 81,511 and 9,337 horse power— making in all 348 vessels, 214,130 tons, and 26,311 horse power. This shows a decrease from 1865 of 100 vessels, 78,416 tons, and 16,29 G horse power. This striking deficiency may be easily accounted for by the partial depression in the shipbuilding trade which followed the cessation of the war in Ame rica ; by the subsequent monetary panic, which, from the prevailing want of confidence has had such an effect in limiting operations in so many branches of business, and also by the variances which have existed between employers and workmen in different departments, and particu larly in the shipbuilding trade itself, the dis organised state of that portion of the labour market having, we are informed, been the occasion of a loss to the Clyde of orders which, in the condition of matters, could not be undertaken, to the extent of at least £350,000. The amount which from this cause the workmen in the shipbuilding trade have lost in wages has been estimated at from £150,000 to £160,000. Of that sum about £65,000 applies to the period of the look-out ; but it should be ex plained that only one-half of that amount was ef fected by the resolution of the masters, as one-half of the men would have been on strike at anyrate during that time. The loss of the other portion of the £150,000 is due to the action of the workmen, in some of them remaining out after they had the option of returning to their employment. But these statements do not show all the injury which has been occasioned by this unfortunate dispute, and if we calculate on the extent to which other branches have suffered who contribute to the get up of a ves sel, it is believed the actual loss in the value of ship ping will not be much short of a million sterling. The struggle has now terminated, the men being now paid for;the hours they work,although 57 aweek is considered the standard. The carpenters were the last to yield, having remained out on strike from 16 to 18 weeks, and during that period the re pairing trade was almost at a complete stand, and orders had to be taken to other ports. At present the ship-building trade c ontinues ver y dull. Few orders are coming in. An immense number of d eg of inupeunteteidgled and some of the mas town ships to keep the n from 2s. to Gs. a week h as taken p lace in the wa g es heiarensn ares at are t h work iinnkcioli duringconsequence s the winter. A reduction of of all classes employed in shipbuilding. Masters are using every means to pay the men according to their merits ; and while some have been reduced by ss. or Gs., probably others have experienced no re duction at all. There is a general feeling enter tained that the trade will experience a great revival in the spring of next year ; but before the winter is over there is little doubt that much and increasing distress will be experienced by the workmen and their families.—North British, Mail. Among the phenomena of the past week a most singular fact is the lowness of the temperature in London, as compared with other places in a higher latitude. On the 3d inst. London was returned in the meteorological reports as having enjoyed a minimum temperature of 18 deg., while at Aber deen the thermometer did not fall below 28 deg., Shields 30 deg., Scarborough 32 deg., Yarmouth 33 deg., while at the Helder the temperature was 36 deg. On the following day the minimum tem perature at the Helder was 39 deg., and in London 19 deg.—an adverse difference of 20 deg. of tempe rature, with about 2 deg. of latitude in favour of our metropolis. At Portland a furious gale from the south-east prevailed during the whole of Saturday, causing a tremendous sea, by the violence of which about 130 f t. of the staging which connects the inner with the outer breakwater was carried away. A more violent sea has not been experienced since the formation of the breakwater commenced, 12 years since, but the adequacy of the work for its intended object was proved by the comparative safety in which the ves sels anchored in the harbour rode out the gale, one vessel only, the Celeste bark, having dragged her anchors. The force of the wind was equally great at Weymouth, where the light at the mouth of the harbour was washed away. Yesterday the wind veered to the south-west, and was much less violent. The thermometer had risen to 51 deg. From Portsmouth we learn that the sharp, clear weather of Friday last on the south coast was suc ceeded on Saturday by a south-cast gale, which swept the Channel and coasts all that day and the greater part of the following night, heavy falls of sleet and hail taking place at short intervals. Her Majesty's turret sloop Wivern, Captain 11. Burgoyne, V.C., lying at Spithead, rode out the gale safely, with two anchors ahead and au enor mous length of cable veered out. One merchant vessel dragged her anchor for some distance past the Mother-bank, but was ultimately got up without suffering any damage. No casualties had been re ported from sea at Portsmouth up to sunset yester day. As daylight broke yesterday the wind lost its greatest strength and veered to S.S.W., the atmo sphere gradually clearing as the day advanced, and the wind veering further round, with the sun, to south-west and west. A telegram from a Falmouth correspondent dated yesterday inforns us that one of the heaviest gales ever remembered visited that port for nearly 22 hours, commencing on Friday about midnight and not abating till 10 p.m. on Saturday, during all which period the sea was terrifically high, accoin panied with rain and wind blowing from the south east. The only casualties within the port arc as fol lows :—The schooner Enterprise, a coaster, clay laden, strained under Trefusis-house after parting her cables, and lies on the rocks entire of ter being scuttled. The bark Vulcan, Ilarpa master, from Bahia, with piassava, and bounded to Liverpool, parted both cables from her anchorage near the Black Rock, and after touching the ground near the eastern breakwater and breaking her rudder drifted again into deep water and brought up with spare bower and stream in the inner harbour ; vessel not leaky. A Spanish brig and a coasting schooner came into collision, and both received damage. The Swedish brigantine Carola, Christensen master, from Rio Janeiro, coffee laden, and which sailed from this port on the 3d inst. for Altona, in being driven back in the gale missed the harbour, and on Saturday, at 7 p.m., drove ou the rocks near Swan pool, at high water, and bilged; the crew, except the cook, were most providentially saved, and the cargo landed on the rocks. The wind yesterday veered to the south-west, and the weather mode- `SPAPER ` e ': 4 :1::::: . (-) --: 4:l4Z_ 4 - fi t te S Aar loweter Alunt ain very cads and rated. From Plymouth we are informed by telegraph that snow fell there on Thursday and Friday. On Saturday there was a severe frost. Warm rain was followed yesterday by a strong gale from W.N.W., which is increasing. On Saturday morning some 30 trawl sloops belonging to Plymouth were caught by a storm from the south-east. In Whitesand bay four lost their nets, and two ran to Falmouth. The Emblem, Capt. Williams, got embayed .off Seaton. A boat in attempting to enter Looe-har bour was capsized and the three men in her were drowned ; the remainder of the crew, two lads, arc supposed to have perished in the Emblem, which was dashed to pieces at noon. The ketch Hearty, Capt. Allen, from Swansea for Treport, put in and landed Capt. Jones and the crew of the iron schooner Ebbw Vale, which had been run into by the schooner Cherub. The True Briton, with pas sengers for Melbourne, left Plymouth Sound on Friday evening. The steamer Peninsula, from Cadiz for London, put in this morning short of fuel. We learn by telegraph from North Shields that yesterday a severe gale prevailed, in which the Mary, the M'Cora, and the Merghee, all of Whit stable, and the Lucerne, of Blyth, became total wrecks at the South Pier. The crews were saved, with the exception of two lads. The gale was abating last evening, but the barometer was low. A thaw was proceeding. The weather in Yorkshire during the past week has been very severe, the cold having on two nights been within a few degrees of that of the Christmas eve, 1860. The lowest registers have been :—At Malton—Monday night, 20 deg. ; Tuesday -1 deg . ; Wednesday, 21 deg. ; Thursday, 10 deg. ; Friday, 4 deg. At Wellaam, and also at Welborn, the temperature has been even colder. A thunder storm occurred on Thursday morning during a shower of snow, and there was lightning the same evening, and also the aurora. On Saturday night the wind had changed to S.E., and the weather was warmer, the thermometer marking 33 deg. A thick fog prevailed. The weather was intensely cold iu Northumber land on Saturday morning, and a dense fog prevailed, which put a stop to traffic in Shields harbour during several hours of the forenoon. The upper reaches of the Tync are entirely covered over with ice, and information has reached Newcastle that the Elbe is frozen over. Saturday morning was the coldest experienced on the north-eastern coast this winter. The intense frost and the quantity of snow which lies on the ground has put a stop to building and all out-door employment. At Liverpool on Saturday night a heavy ga l e , ac companied by snow, blew over the town. The snow drifted in several places to two and three fee s t deep, and traffic, particular l y on the railways, wet much impeded. Yesterday morning a thaw com menced. DESTRUCTION OF MR. JOHN DAY'S STABLES. — Intelligence was received on Friday night by Mr. John Day (who was then in London) that the entire range of his stabling at Banstead had been burnt to the ground. The cause of the fire is as yet unknown, and the almost impass able state of the roads rendered it difficult for any of the engines to render any effective assistance. Wu du not know whether the buildings were insured, but in any case the loss to Mr. Day will be very great. Railway Traffic Returns for the Week, Miles Opened. Receipts ...., 1860. 1865. 1866 1855 £ Z Belfast and N. Counties 931 991 2,233 2.251 Belfast and County Down 49 414 1)81 5 5 Blyth and Tyne . 36 'e6 1,708 1,761 Brecon and Merthyr ........ 68 64 1,275 1,5 5 Bristol and Exeter 1341 1211 5,692 5.'243 Caledonian, Scottish Central, 552 562 32,242 32,855 Cambrian l3O 130 2,020 2,132 Cocaermouth K & Penrlth .. 318 318 361 235 Cork and Bandon 2O 20 333 191 Cork, Blackrock, &Passagre 6B 61 144 128 Cork and Limerick Direct - - Cornwall 658 638 1,519 1.495 Deeside . 17 17 215 295 Do Extension Dublin & Belfast J unction.... 63 63 1,561 1.499 Dublin and Drogheda 75 75 1,4 • 6 1.449 Dublin and Meath Dub. & Wicklow and Wextd lO6 100 2..60 2.420 Forth and Clyde Junction Furness, &c B5 85 3,9,69 3.9J2 Glasgow & South-Western Gt. Eastern,Nrik.,&E. Union Great Northern 422 101 32.454 30,097 Great North of Scotland 212 241 2,84( 2,641 Gt. Nortlin. & Westn.(lrel.) Bll 711 780 588 9t.Southn. & Westn.(lrind.) 4191 8871 - - Great Western l3llt 12804 62,304 60.818 Highland Hoylake - - - Irish North-Western 145 145 1,839 1,7 97 Isle of Wight ....... ...•• .. 12 8 279 66 Lancashire & Yorkshire 4u3 403 46,373 42,202 Limerick and Ennis.. Limerick and Foynes 261 261 73 1,9 Llanelly 461 161 615 170 Llynvi Valley London & North-Western London & South-Western Lond. Brighton, &S. Coast London, Chatham, & Dover ; i 1351 la 1 9,435 8.207 all Metropolitan Extension j 124 1 i 2,234 2,360 Do. Kent Coast Lon., Tilbury, & Southend Londonderry and Coleraine 364 351 380 369 Ilau.,Sheffield,& Lincolnsh .. 246 246 22,587 21,561 Manch. S.J un.& Altrincham.. 91 91 1,557 1,656 Maryport and Carlisle Metropolitan . 4l 34 14,781 4,021 Midland (incl. N.-Western).. 697 6171 52,331 51,136 Midland GtWestn. of Irind... 2601 2661 3,951 3.302 Monmouthsh. Rail. & Canal.. 44 44 2.187 2,636 North British, Edin., Perth and Dundee N-Eastern and Stock. & Dart 12201 North London ll North Staffordshire 258 Pembroke and Tenby 278 Rhymney 224 Scottish North-Eastern 143 Somerset and Dorset 66 South Devon ...... 1101 South-Eastern 330 Taff Vale ............ Ulster Vale of Clwyd. Waterford and Kilkenny 3l Waterford and Limerick 77 West Cork. •... l7l Wrexham, Mold, &014 W'haven,Cleator,& Egrmnt lO FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. Austrian 822 Bahia and San Francisco Belgian Eastern J unction 268 Bombay, Baroda, & Cen. India 306 Detroit and Milwaukie lB9 Dutch Rhenish lOBl Eastern of France Eastern Bengal llO East Indian .... 11291 Grand Trunk of Canada 1377 Great Central of Belgium 285 Great Indian Peninsula 784 Great Luxembourg 134 Great Southern of India Great Western of Canada 315 Madras Madrid. Saragossa itAlicant BBB Northern of Canada .....• •• •• 9_4 Northern of France ...... •• • . 701 Norwegian Trunk Ottoman Paris, Lyons, & Mediterrn 2151 Itt'aecrii f s e a a n n d d O s r a l n e 0r1ean5 ........ i n . r s a . n . 0 . i 8 . 0 . 0... ie Sclnde... ... . Do. Punjab, ... .. . 1253 South Austrian, &c. ....... Do, l'iedmont lines 619 Southern of France 960 Victoria 25 Welland .. . .... f F West & N-15'n. orance .. 1215 Railways. 7173 12)7} II 258 11; 191 138 25,259 26,892 70,209 70, t 32 4,737 4.307 13,z03 8.777 219 lu4 961 791 1.693 1,0 8 3,849 3. 501 23,681 19 485 4,654 5,z30 2,570 2.657 1.9 140 128 237 1,191 988 10Si 10 14 10 633 67, 822 53,7)9 50,870 701 799 b 72 261 312 372 306 8,314 7,378 189 4,. 75 5, , i36 108/ 6,052 6, 'l3 1551 7',0:33 6 461 110 2,216 2,810 1129 42,263 4 ,7U4 1377 56,203 28,418 2.,5 6 310 6.993 590 16,383 21.846 134 5,344 5,63 79 1,2 6 717 315 9,669 '10,377 6il 1 7,698 10,377 778 2 ,7 , 7 17,974 N 1,0)8 724 44 - 48} 908 76: 20 6 148,952 147,956 IS 8 76,814 74,456 77) 1,116 927 105 1,893 1,193 253 1.296 1,452 1691 71,009 6 ,075 619 19027 16,583 823 30,336 3u,01! 254 10, , 18 11,064 25 66t 1151 44!;3% It a ppears that the ascertained stock of cotton at Liverpool at the end of the year proves, as usual, to be considerably above the estimate, the amount being 516,778 bales, an excess of 90,020. Intelligence has been received at Constantinople of the surrender of two fortified places occupied by the insurgents in the western part of Candia. The Cretans lost 200 men, and the remainder fled in confusion to the coast, seeking refuge on board vessels lying in readiness to receive them. The total value of the prizes to be given at the Paris Exposition is $160,000 in gold. In the de partment of arts there arc sevepteen grand prizes, valued at $4OO each ; thirty-two first prizes, valued at $l6O each; forty-four second prizes, valued at $lOO each ; and forty-six third prizes, valued at $BO each. Besides these there arc to be various other grand prizes and allowances of money, of a total value of $10,000; 100 gold medals, $2OO each . ; 1,000 silver medals, 3,000 bronze medals, and over 5,000 "honourable mentions." THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 7, MI. DUBLIN K IN ARAN 'BEXIILIiIi'ITIIO‘erri"ISB6I(SY. "Phis celebrated OLD IRISH WHISKY gained the Dublin Prize Medal. It is Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Whole- some. Sold in Bottles, 3s. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London ; by the Agents in the principal towns in England ; or wholesale at 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. Observe the lied Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded Kinaban's LL Whisky." if ; UTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION Lug_ (Incorporated by Aot of Parliament, 1850). ,4, RUSSELL-STREET. COVENT-GARDEN. LONDON. Prompt ADVANCES on all description of Security. Forms tree on application by letter to EDWARD HARPER, Secretary. AIANSION-HOUSE FUND for the RELIEF of tho SUFFERERS by the recent COLLIERY EXPLOSIONS. COMMITTEE. The Right Hon the LORD MAYOR. R. C. L. Bevan, Esq. I Mr. Alderman and Sheriff Samuel Morley, Esq. I Waterlow. Geo. Moore, Esq. Mr. Sheriff Lycott. Mr. Alderman Finnis. I Mr. Alderman Besley. J. P. Gassiot, Esq. Mr. Alderman Dakin. Christopher T. Gabriel, Esq. James Hill, Esq. Frederick Thompson, Esq. I R. N. Fowler, Esq. R. A. Gray, Esq. W.J. Maxwell, Esq. Colonel Stuart Wortley. Mr. Alderman Cotton. The attention of the public is earnestly drawn to the suffering consequent on the terrible calamity produced by the recent colliery explosions. SUBSCRIPTIONS are greatly needed to relieve the numerous families made destitute thereby. The amount required to meet the memorable Hartley . Colliery Accident in 1862 was £50,000 ; in that case 204 men and boys lost their lives ; in the present instance double that number are 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 surp'us 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 H.R.H. the Princess of Wales The Corporation of London Amount already advertised £14,554 1 10 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. Dimsdalc, 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. 4, 1867. __ --- - - AFTE It Covent Garden 'Theatre--EVANS' to SUP. After Drury-lane Theatre EVA).TS' to SUP. After Lyceum Theatre yvANS' to SUP, After Adelphi Theatre - EVANS' to SUP. Atter Olympic Theatre . Alter Strand Theatre EVAN:4' to SUP. Atter New Roya:ty Theatre --EVANS' to SUP. Alter St. James's Theatre EVANS' to SUP. Alter Prince of Walea"Theatre EVANS' to SUP. London Singing and Supper Club, EVANS', Covent-garden. Vocal Entertainment at Eight. T H OXFORD, 6, OXFORD-STREET, W., THE MUSICAL ESTABLISH AIENT OF LONDON. CEIRISTMAS ENTERrAINMSNTS. LES DRAGONS DE VILL IRS (Opera Comique), Music by A. Malllan (first time in this country), THIS EVENING, in which Miss RUSSELL witl make her Reappearance, as sisted by Hisses 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. Jonglimans. COMEDY. by Messrs. Harry Sydney, Brierlev, and Eger ton, the Brothers Pentland, W. It. Julian (the celebrated Mimic), together with an Entirely New Divertissement, en titled THE OXFORD REV LS, arranged and produced under the immediate superintendence of Mr. W. 11. Payne, THIS EVENING. NOTICE. -Mr. FRANK HUSSEY, of the NEW AME RICAN MINSTRELS, will have the honour to make his First Appearance here on MONDAY NEXT, January 7th. MADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION, BAKER-STREET. CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. NEW EDI PIONS. —Life-size Portrait -Models of JOIIN BRIGHT, Esq., M.P., and the late ItICII&RD COBDEN, Esq., M.P. Open from 11 a.m. till dusk, and from 7 till 10 p.m.. - Admittance,ls.4.,cialldren. 4 nnder ten, half-price ; extra rooms, 6d. ARGYLL ROOMS. - GRAND CASINO, Windmill-street, Piccadilly. These elegant and popular Rooms, having' been entitely re decorated, are now OPEN EVERY EVENING for Concert and Dancing. Conductor, Signor LUG' CURTL Manager, M. GRENET. Admission to promenade, One Shilling. Reserved Seats, Two Shillir s. T E ST 0 N' S H grl 3 - , 1 11? 1, N MUSIC HALL, Sole Proprietors, SWEASEY and HOLLAND. Grand Selection from Auber's Opera of " MASA NIELLO," by 40 vocalists dressed in costume as at the opera. Terr fic ovation of the Irish Minstrels, with songs, dances, and Irish anecdotes, under the direction of Pat Corgi. A new and original overture composed and ar ranged expressly for the above minstrels by Mr. H. Baker. Comic—Arthur Lloyd's new song " Borachio, Pestachio, Lablachio, Moustachio, and the Roly Poly Eye,"—Jolly Nash, Georgina Smithson, Paddy Fannin, Patrick Sellers, and Harry and Kattio King ; and Pio Watkini, the Japanazo Juggler. Band of 30 first-class performers, and large Chorus chosen from her Majesty's and Covent Garden Opera Houses. Musical Director, Mr. P. Coi t us. Prices of admission - Stalls and Balcony, ls. ' • Area, 6d.; Private Boxes, 10s. 6d. Can be secured at the Box Office, between the hours of 10 and 5 o'clock. Hall open every Evening at 7 o'clock. Heating, Roiling, Hammering, and Annealing Metals. Elaborate experiments and careful observations have developed many interesting and important facts with regard to the variations of density, &c., which different metals undergo in different degrees in the operations of heating, drawing, rolling, hammering, and annealing. At a temperature rather above a cherry-red, iron will remain three months, surrounded with charcoal, without cementation taking place, while a white heat will in five minutes render brittle a square bar of malleableiron, eight-tenths of an inch in diameter. Wires of copper, and of alloys of copper and zinc, are increased in diameter, and diminished in density, by annealing. The operation of rolling conduces metals more than that of wire drawing. The density of iron and copper will be greater if the metals are heated before being passed through the rollers. The reverse is the case with alloys of copper and zinc. The density of metals is greatest when drawn into very fine wires. Hence two small wires are stronger than one large one of the same transverse area with the united areas of the small ones. This result grows out of the fact that the particles of the smaller wires are com pacted throughout their entire cross section, while those of the latter are thus compacted for a certain depth only. Wires may be increased in length in two ways —first, by diminution in the case of its cross sec tion ; and, second, but only in a slight degree, by increasing the distance between the component particles. When wire is lengthened by the latter process, it returns to its former length by anneal ing. Again, wires of certain different metals, after passing though the same hole in the wire-draw ing plate, have different diameters, but all such subsequently acquire equal diameters during the process of annealing. The diameter of a wire is said to increase very slowly by time after passing through a wire-drawn plate. Wires which have been bent, and Subsequently straightened, have a tendency to re-acquire the same curvature by time. Wires exposed to a high heat lose part of their tenacity. They require to be annealed in wire drawing, not to render them more tenacious, but to allow the particles to resume the positions from which they may again be displaced. Hydrogen has an action on copper and silver, at • high temperatures, which permanently separates their particles. On alloys of copper and zinc, and even silver and copper, it has no such action--Iron t Age. DUNVILLE'S V.R. OLD IRISH WHISKY, BELFAST, Is regularly supplied to the Souse of Lords. "V.R." IRISH WHISKY. TUNVILLE and CO.'S " V.R." OLD IRISH W RISKY, 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, E.C., next the Times." TAMES DALY and CO., Distillers , John - street, effi • 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 explriatlon, at their offices. 7, Printing-house-square, London, E C . the only house in the square not occupied by thq "Times." J. D. and Co.'s whiskies Win.' the highest prices in the Australian and other Colonial markets, as may be observed by reference 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 last, and Is. 6d per gallon and 55. 6,1. a case over the lowest quotation. Always on hand a la , ge supply of ye y old mellow whisky in the finest condition, matured in sherry casks, unsurpassable in quality and flavour, supplied on the most reasonable terms. NIANFIELD'S PATENT PICKLES are per fectly pure and uncoloured. To be had of all dealers and wholesale of JOHN BURGESS and SON, 107, Strand (corner of Savoy-steps). London. PATENT VENTILATING CHIMNEY TOP.—Messrs. MYERS and ' TODART with confi dence recommend their CHIMNEY TOP as an effectual CURE of SMOKE. It has an advantage over all others, as it can be sweeped. It is alike useful and ornamental. Prices for foreign and home orders on application at 112, Strand, W.C., where testimonials can be seen. EAU -DE-VIE.—This Pure PALE BRANDY, 18s. per gallon, is very superior to recent importations of Cognac, recommended by the medical profession, and ex tensively used in hospitals. In bottles, 38s. per dozen, or in a case 395., railway carriage paiI—HENRY' B RETT and CO., Old Furnival's Distillery, Holborn, E.O ,and 30, Regent street, S.W. Established 182 h EAST AND WEST INDIA DOCK COMPANY. The Court of Directors of the East and West India Dock Company HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that a HALF YEARLY CoUlt r or GENERAL MEETING of the said Company will be held, pursuant to the directions ot the Act 1 and 2 Wildam IV , cap. 52, at the Dock-house, No. 8, Biliiter-:criare, on FRIDAY, the 18th day of January, 1867, at which meeting a Dividend will be dechred on the capital stock of tl.e Company for the halt year ending the 31st day of December, 1866. The business of the Company to be submitted to the Court or General Meeting will also include the augmenting the present capital stock of the Ea-t and West India Dock Com pany by a further sum of £:'20,000, such sum to be raised in accordance with the provisions ot the East and West In lia Dock Company's Acts 1 and 2 Wiltiam IV., cap. 62, and 28 Vict., cap. 30, and other the Company's Acts, and for deciding the terms upon which such further sum of capital stock rhall be is 'lied, and the passing the resolutions, and the taking of all other steps necessary to Effect all or any of the above purposes. By order of the Court, GIC@RGE COLLIN, Secretary. East and West India Dock-honie, 8, Billiter sqaare, Jan 4, 1867. N.B.—The chair wi►l be taken at Two o'clock precisely. HYAM & Co.'s ATTIRE. H YAM & Co., 66 and 67, OXFORD-ST. HYAM & Co.'s WINTER OVERCOATS. H YAM & Co.'s SILK-FACED OVERCOATS. H YAM & Co.'s REEFERS. 11YAM & SUTTS. HYAM & Co.'s MORNING COATS. HYAM & Co.'s PROFESSIONAL ATTIRE. 11YAM & Co.'s VESTS and TROUSERS. HYAM & Co.'s LADIES' HABITS. HYAM & Co.'s LIVERIES. HYAM & Co.'s HATS and HOSIERY. lIYAM and Co.'s ATTIRE for GENTLEMEN, 66 and 67, Oxford-street, London.. llyam & Co.'s Winter Tweed Overcoats 21s. to 30s. Hyam & Co.'s Winter Overcoats 3os. to 84s. Hyam & Co.'s Winter Reefer .........••••• 255. to 555. Hyam & Co.'s Winter Suits • 425. to 70s. Hyam & Co.'s Winter Jackets 2ls. to 425. Hyam & Co.'s Winter Frock Coats 3os. to 70s. Hyam & Co.'s Winter Vests. Hyam & Co.'s Winter Trousers l4s. to 255. HYAJNI & Co.'s BOYS' WINTER CLOTHING, 66 and 67, Oxford-street, London. The first establishment in the kingdom for Juvenile Clothing. ;Boys' Sandringham Overcoats - lss. to 355. Boys' Prince Alfred Reefer Boys' Overcoats for Little Boys Boys' Knickerbocker Suite • Boys' Westminster and Osborne Suits lss. to 358. Boys' Eaton, Harrow, and Rugby Suits 255. to 425. Boys' Jackets for School and Home 9s. to 21s. HYAM and Co.s SELECT DEPARTMENTS. 1. Gentlemen's Clothing for Immediate Wear. 2. Bespoke or Order Department. 3. Boys' and Youths' Distinct Department. 4. Hats, Caps, Hosiery, and Outfit Department. H YAM and COl3 . ONLY ESTABLISHMENTS, LONDON-66 and 67, OXFORD-STREET. BIRMINGHAM -21, 22 , and 23, NEW-STREET. LEEDS-42, BRIGGArE, and DEWSBURY—WESTGATE. Street Tramways in London. METROPOLITAN TRAMWAYS.* (With Explanatory Statement and Map.) The above pamphlet shows the advantages of tramways as applied to the traffic of the metropolis with tables giving the width of American streets compared with those of London, and the traffic re turns along the streets of this metropolis, on which it is proposed to lay down the tramways and the principal thoroughfares of New York. The pro moters have deposited plans and sections of their proposed routes, in compliance with the " standing orders" of the Lords' Committee of the last session. These routes embrace four lines. 1. The Holloway, Islington, and Finsbury tramway, commencing in the Archway-road, and proceeding thence along the Holloway-road, Upper and Iligh-street, Islington, and the City-road to Finsbury-place. 2. The Hornsey, Camden-town, and Tottenham-court road Tramway proceeds along Seven Sisters'- road, Park-road, Camden-road, High-street, Cam den-town, Hampstead-road, and Tottenham court-road, terminating where the last-mentioned road joins Oxford-street. 3. The Whitechanel, Mile-end, Bow, and Stratford tramway proceeds through Whitechapel hitechapel road, and Mile-end-road, to Bow and Stratford, terminating at Leyton, in Epping Forest. 4. The Clapham and Kennington tramway proceeds along High-street, Clapham, and Clapham-road to Ken nington-park-road, where it joins No. 5, the Brixton tramway, which proceeds along Effra and Brixton-road to the termination of No. 4, where both join No. 6—The Kennington-park aad West minster-bridge tramway, which proceeds along Kennington-green, Kennington-road, and West minster-bridge-road, to its junction with West minster-bridge. These three lines will form, when complete, the Brixton, Clapham, Kennington, and Westminster-bridge route. If the figures given be correct, the width of the omnibus in ordinary use, tak ing the outside of the wheels, is 7f t. 3in., the widthin-- side being 4ft. 9in. The tramway carriage is 6ft. 10in. iu extreme width, and sf. 9in. inside, thus having the double advantage of occupying five inches less space in the street, and giving the passenger the benefit of one foot more accommodation where it is most required. In the former the wheels are out side the body of the vehicle, in the latter they are beneath it, and the space thus saved is utilised. The projectors, knowing that the leaders of the op position against them will be the General Omnibus Company, are severe on the carriages they run, and they contrast those they are prepared to supply in comfort to the disadvantage of the Omnibus Com pany. They are careful also to point out that in stead of tearing up the street, as these lumbering vehicles do, they will keep that portion over which their carriages ply in repair, and, run ning on rails, the carriages cannot damage the paving. They call the attention of the ratepayers to the fact„ and also to the circumstance that although the omnibuses damage the streets so much they do not pay anything towards repairs. The promoters promise better accommodation, with a more smooth and comfortable drive, reduced fares, more easy access, quicker means of stoppage, and greater safety. They show that the introduction of street railways into the United States was opposed as violently as it is now here, but their advantages have proved so great that people would no more think of discontinuing them than they would rail ways and steamboats. In the year 1673 the writer of a pamphlet, called " The Grand Concern of England," gravely depicted the misery and ruin to trade occasioned by the introduction of stage coaches ! The vested interests of the pack-horses were then the main causes of opposition. The rails are not to project above the level of the street, and will offer no obstruction whatever to vehicles passing along and over that portion where they are laid down. The main thoroughfares in New York, where these cars form the principal means of loco motion, are no broader than the streets selected for the tramways in London, while the traffic in New York is, on the whole, greater than in these streets of this metropolis. In Dublin the street rail has been tried and has answered ; also at Liverpool and at Birkenhead. In an action tried by a special jury at Chester, in which the Birkenhead Street -railway Company was indicted for a nuisance, the plaintiffs failed altogether, and the feeling of the town was shown to be strongly in favour of the company. The objections raised have been quoted and an swered. The project is not an experiment, and if it can be shown to have answered admirably in the large cities of America, which is certainly the else, there can be no reason why it should not answer here. * P. S. King, 31, Parliament-street. 1867. THE SUMTER.— This once famous Confederate privateer, transformed into a quiet and peaceable merchant steamer, is now in the Tyne discharging what our American cousins would call a cargo of " notions," or, in other words, a general cargo, from Harnburgh. The vessel is not known by her old name, but that of the Gibraltar. • FOXHOUNDS FOlt AMERICA.—Last week a pack of young foxhounds, consisting of 40 couple, ar rived in London from Warwickshire, to be shipped off to 'America for wolf hunting. COUNTRY HOTELS, PUBLIC HOUSES, and BUSINESSES. FURNESS and KNEE'S List on application. Particulars for•insertiou received until the 27th of the month at their AUCTION AND HOTEL AGENCY OFFICES, 5, Agar-street. Strand, W.C., and nearly opposite the Charing Cross Railway Station. s