The Sun. — London, England, 1867-02-13 00:00:00

AFTER, Covent-garden Theatre—EVANS' to SUP. After Drury-lane Theatre FVANS' to SUP. After Lyceum Theatre FVANS' to SUP, After Adelphi Theatre FV A NS' to SUP. After Olympic Theatre . .E VANS' to SU t'. After Strand Theatre EVANs' to SUP. After New t:oyalty Theatre --EVANS' to SUP. After St. James's Theatre ..... EVANS' to SUP, After Prince of Wales' Theatre....E VANS' to SUP. London Singing and Supper Club, EVANS', Covent-garden. Vocal Entertainment at Eight. K IN AIIAN'S LI. WHISKY. - DUBLIN EXHIBITION, 1865. This celebrated OLD IRISH WHISKY gained the Dublin Prize Modal. It is Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Whole-- km. le . Sold in Bottles, 3s. 8d at the Retail Houses in London ; Ythe 11A Agents in the " principal towns in England ; or whOi.S: at R. GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. Observe the rim Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded ginalian's LL Whisky." NEUTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION (Incorporated by Aot of Parliament, 1850), 14, I :US - SELL-STREET. COVENT-GARDEN. LONDON. it ._ Cron apt pliestion by letter ADVANCES on all description of Security. Forms p 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, 5 , Agar-street, Strand, W.C., and nearly opposite the Charing Cross Railway Station. . T in---- HE GREAT JAPANESE TROUPE 111 _, are here. This extraordinary Company will ri ake their THIRD APPEARANCE in Feb. at tho `rreat St Martin's Hall, THIS EVENING, Feb. 13, for a limited of representations prior to their appear r.llc() in Paris during the Universal Exhibition.—Stalls, US • ; balco n y ( reserve d seats), 3s. ; area, 2s. Admission ls., which may bo obtained at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33 , Old Bond street; and at the box-office of the ball. Business communications to be addressed to their sole agent, Mr. A. Nimmo, 55, Wiguiore-street, London. W. T I 3 E XF OR D, 6, OXFORD-STREET, W., TILE MUSICAL ESTABLISHMENT OF LONDON. LES DRAGONS DE NULL ARS (Opera Comique), Music by Maillart, in which Miss RUSSELL will appear, as tided by Misses Barrie and Fitz Henry ; Messrs. A. St. Albyn, m ulls, Fox, Husk , Evans, and Bury, with ;extra Band and Chorus ; produced and conducted by air. F. Jongh;nans. 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. Jonglimans. —Times, Jan. 9,1887. COMEDY. by 11lessrs. HARRY SYDNEY, MILBURN, G. W. ROSS, and the celebrated American Gymnasts the PROTHERS HANLON, the Wonders of the World, at Ten o'clock this Evening. lir. ROBT. A.SER, Comedian and Vocalist, will-make his appearance THIS EVENING with his crop of comicalities and his new song, " THE BOY AT 311JGBY." ADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION, BAKER-STREET. CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. NEW ADDI PIONS. —Life-size Models of the ICINGS 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, 18. ; children, under ten, half-price ; extra rooms, 6d. ARGYLL ROOMS. - GRAND CASINO, Windmill -street, Piccadilly. These elegant and popular Rooms, having' been entirelyre decorated, are now OPEN EVERY EVENING for Concert and Dancing. C on d uc t or, Signor Luce CURTL Manager, GRENET: Admission to Promenade, One Shilling. Reserved Seats, Two Shillings. WESTO N' S GRAND MUSIC HALL, HOLBORN. Sole Proprietors, SWEASEY and HOLLAND. , Gra I d Sele c ti on f rom Donizetti ' s favourite Opera of ~. LUCA DI LAMMERMOOR , " on a scale of magni lleonco never attempted at any similar establishment. v ocalists—Edgardo, Mr. H. De Brenwor ; Arturo, , 13 ',!!'; Rowland Lascelles ; Henrico, Mr. P. Corri ; Lucia, s Annie Tromaine. I:v erYbody should see the Irish Minstrels, every even g at Nine o'clock, with songs, dances, and Irish anec dotes,n under the direction of Pat Coml. A new and °rip 410_Overture composed and arranged expressly for the A ye minstrels by Mr. 11. Bakor. Immensa success of 4xrthur Lloyd's new song Chillingowullabadorie," every V ar ° , l ,,ng, at 11 o'clock—Jolly Nash, Georgina Smithson, Ki n g Fannin, Patrick Sellers, and Harry and Kattio 3 ; and Pio Watkini, the Japanaze Juggler. Band of 30 first-class performers, and large Chorus chosen from her stY's and Covent Garden Opera Houses. Musical rjector, Mr. P. CORRI. r ices of ad m i ss i on—Stalls an d Ba l cony, I s. ; A rea, Gd . ; b,,", v ats Boxes, 10s. 6d. Can be secured at the Box Office, e tho hours of 10 and 5 o'clock. Hall open every at 7 o'clock. IVINVILLE'S V.R. OLD IRISH WHISKY BELFAST, Is regularly supplied to the House of Lords. "P.R." IRISH WHISKY. ITXVILLE and CO.'S " V.R." OLD IRISH WHISKY, BELFAST. London Offices and Stores, 4, BEA UFORT-BUILDINGS, STRAND, W.C. Established 1808. Quotations on application. JAArEs DALY and CO., Distillers, John-street, ,:ork.—" The purest spirit and safest drink in E, the World n • — Loudon Offices, 7, Printing-house-square, .C., ext the " Titnes.,, TAMES DALY and CO., Distillers, John-street, I t t , Cork, beg to announce that they are able to supply the ra ,Ue with their celebrated Whiskies, In casks or cases, and 1. L ake orders in bond and for exportation, at their offices, 7, Ma riin g -h ouse-square, London, E C., the only house in the re not occupied by tho "Times." J. D. and Co.'s whiskies tna r b. t . h e highest prices in the Australian and other Colonial Can'--`", as may be observed which to the " Journal of wiszerce of Victoria," by it will be aeon that their best, es fetch Bd. per gallon and ls. per case over the next Inwa rd ls. 6d per gallon and ss. 6d. a case over the lowest Littlow"whlsky Always on hand a large supply of ve• y old in the finest condition, matured in sherry --'', u nsurpassable in quality and flavour, supplied on the most reasonable terms. Just published, 2d; sent by the author for 3 stamps, ITGLINESS and BEAUTY ; being a Pamphlet L-o"ii-toit-47411a-- QPANISII FLY is the acting in gredient in ALEX. ROSS' S CANTHARIDES OIL,, which speedily produces whiskers and thickens hair, 38 6d, 5 s 6d , and lOs ; sent by post f or 51, 84, and 114 stsps.ALEX. ROSS, 248, nigh tioiborn. London, and all Chemists. W ONDE RFUL DISCOVERY. —Corns cure d in one day by usi ncr ALEX. ROSS'S CHIROPO. This preparation gradually di sso l ves the Corn in a few hours, removing the veryroot. Price 4s ; sent by post for 60 stamps. -- 248, ugh Holborn, London, and all Chemists. ..—____ lI[AIR-CITRLING FLUID, 248, High Holborn, L.,, London.—ALEX. ROSS'S CURLING F LUID earls "'tee or Gentlemen's hair immediately it is and Bold at 3e -d as 6d, and 10s d ; sent free for 51, 81, and lit staps. of all Chemists. GREY HAIR.-248, Hi g h Holborn, London._ ' ,,, EX. ROSS'S HAIR DYE produces a perfec t colour turtzlediately it is used. It is permanent, and perfe c tly by post fotl in effe.t. Price 38 6d, Sc 6d, and lOs ed ; sen t _and 141 stamps ; and all Chemists. l I A-IR DESTROYER. -248, High Holborn, ~,,,,, London. —ALEX. ROSS'S DEPILATORY removes teg f illotts hair from the face, neck, and arms, without effect ~, me skin. Price 38 6d, 58 6d, and 105 6d; sent for 51, 84, -.it 111 stamps.—Had of all Chemists. PIMPLE REMOVER.—AII diseases of the t,„..skiu are improved by one dose of ALEX. ROSS'S I,,xSTABLE SKIN PILLS. They remove redness, 5a1...4T,, ...4T,, ato. ROSS,d and 7s 6d ; or post for 40 and 100 stamps. ki nts 4-• 2lB, High Holborn, London, and all Che --____ . -- --- lakilt, C OLOUR WASH.—By was hi ng the uead With this beautif u ll y - perfumed Wash, in seven or ten ds the h a i r assumes its original colour, and remain! Z . 3 0b,7 Ban ayoccasional using. 10 s fid ; sent for stamps.--thALEX . 4, 21 8, High H o lb orn, London, and all Chemis .• 1)}t• SCOTT'S LIVER AND BILIOUS La r .,, ?Mts.A NEVER FAILING REMEDY.--Pre ." Without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. cr'''' °f Tiroml y- and be found invaluable to all who Inr froin bin e " ' liver eomplaints, indigestion, wind. Spur,. _.,. one oostiva,lettilactlness, dizziness of the eyes, Ac. For habitual ° I the blood " a family aperient medicine , ,and as a purifier tlo n and they are truly exoellen , iict in their opera mote di gr4t erni to the stomach, they create appetite, pro iV.,,, Wart:-.l.Botro!Yet,anccitiarseld by W. T ' ---- e • liti nn, and strengthen the whole_pe o r m v i o s u t s B. sys K te in m i Lambert, Ch pita, t o boxes,ls ng-cross. London, and by most drug ' pica, -Be a and Liver Pills. • lid., and three times the quantity in one, ret ie she to ask for Dr. Scott ' s Bilious _ ,hge4tne are a square green package. with " William r, """"'"'' ", the starer). IE RESCUE SOCIETY wishes to add another th an Lem to the 12 now in operation. Last year no fewer Want 41,,,.P.,,00r. friendless, young, females were rejected 1 Wen , i " -r.uNDS and room, making a total of 3,087, who have Th e ;,°,,f,..4,WaY in five years. Fon ß . „'"' Warne the Comnaittee wish to form would be for uave be— IB' itlinost children, from the age of 8 to 15, who ita p , ont ri t led astray from the irtue. ...." (r • t o anh3" °llB , rlll be reoeived gratefully by the Secretary, iar ela -. Uooper,ss, Queen.stroet.Cheapsid e; or by Messrs Y nd Ce. Lombard -street. R°V-IDENCE ROW NIGHT REFUGE, FOR 11°IVELESS FOR AND CHILDREN, B si x , 14 Y Thomsand A, P rovidence -row, Finsbury, E.C. deBtl r Nic , lit ' Lodelngs, with Suppers and i,,fa,,,,sts, have been ' given in ' this Institution to the night:T, ho otherwise would have had to pass the At p r I t' the bleak streets or under railway arches. d 14w:3f:tent nearly 500 Nights' Lodging's, fro n al , glyen gra mi ous y 'its ' are - t - t I every with Suppers an week. The poor th ey Lt_ Parts are admitted, the only condition being that_ o reeiv'ere homeless and starving. The Manager & _.. illg. tb S n 0 remuneration whatever. Notwithstand nigh t ''-,6 Provision made by the Poor Houses, each aro, fo::"'nlberS of young women, children, and orphans to sett'd.want of refused admittance, and have meet thisnight after night in the cold, wet, and sleet. To ti et .1, n o va, and to provide more ample accornmoda ,Pzork r''''" has boon raised, but to accomplish . the po " ln of at least .El,O 00 more will be .required.. ' 8 sid es l -_. Providing shelter for the homeless, this year it pos,,c,„%d ; as far as the donations obtained for the pur ni . 4 ,, ',.`' al low to give broad and coals to poor families aeen°, Will' you, in your charity, help to carry on and shelreTil'h what has been begun ? Will you help to give l gta rri ,, ,,. t2 the °really homeless, and . food to the roaly and 'nig ht ' rTh smallest donation will be most t welcome, be ofy and morning the prayers of the dectitu e will s„Eged in your behalf'. pin 'i lly eß r i co l' i ll°l\l S . are earnestly requested, and will be vod by the Roy. D. GILBERT:,,D.D., No 29, '814117-circus, EAT, 1r -" 7 No. 23,299. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., ANNALS of a QUIET NEIGHBOURHOOD. By GEORGE MAC DONALD, M.A., " Whoever reads this book onoe will read it many times It shows an almost supernatural inFight into the workings of the human heart."—Pall-Mall Gazette. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Now published at 3d., per post 4d., - - , PAINLESS TOOTH EXTRAC PION ; or, Anaesthesia Locally Applied. By A. ESKICLI,, Surgeon-Dentist, Author of ' Dental Surgery," •• Pure Dentistry," &c. Simpkin, Marshall, and Co.; all booksellers ; or of the author, at his residence, 8, Grosvenor-street, Bond-street. JOHN GOSN T ELL and CO.'S CHERRY TOOTH PASTIC 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. 6(l.—Red Bull Wharf, in, Upper Thames-street. London. T HOMSON'S GLOVE-FITTING" CORSETS. An entirely new principle, with new Spring Fastening. Manufacturers of the " Prize Medal CriAolines." Trade Mark, a "Crown."- MANFIELD'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. ItIMMEL'S PERFUMED VALENTINES.- The largest and most elegant Stock in London. Animated Flowers, Is. on paper ; 2s. 6d. on satin. Mediaeval, . Is ; by post 2d. extra. The Musical Valentine, the greatest novelty ct the season. Lists on application.—RDlMEL, Perfumer to H.R.H. the Princess of Wales, 96, Strand; 128. Regent-street ; and 24, Cornhill. AVALUABLE PACKAGE OF TEA.- A CHINESE CADDY. containing* 18Ibs. of really good Black Tea, sent carriage free to any railway station or market town in England, Ireland, Scotland. or Wales, on re ceipt of Vs., by PHILLIPS and CO., Tea Merchants, 8, King William-street, City, E.C. TEA IS CHEAPER THAN EVER.-Is. 6d., 25.. 2s 6 t. per lb. are the prices at which PHILLIPS and CO., Tea Merchants, 8, King William-street, City , Lon don. E.C., are selling good and fine BLACK TEA. A price current post free. 40s worth carriage free to any railway station or market town in the United Kingdom. All goods carriage free to all parts of London. Observe—ParmaPs and Co. have no Agents. Sugars are supplied at market prices. NOTICE OF REMOVAL. DEFRIES and SONS' J• NEW CITY SHOW ROOMS contain an entirely new and extensive Stock of TABLE GLASS, China, and Chan delier-1.-147, Iloundsditch. NOTICE OF REMOVAL. JDEFRIES and SONS' NEW CITY SHOW VOOMA.—The New Ovid-shaped ALEXANDRA DINNER. SERVICE, from £1 18s. Oct.- 147, Houndsclitelt. NOTICE OF REMOVAL. DEFRIES and SONS • NEW CITY SHOW ROOAS.—BREAKFAST and TEA. SERVICES in gnat variety, from £1 is. upwards.- 147, lloundsditA. NOTICE OF REMOVAL. DEFRIES and SONS' U • NEW CITY SHOW ROOMS contain a beautiful assortment of DESSERT SERVICES, from £1 Is. to 100 guineas. Crests and Monograms engraved on same. -147, Houndsditch. NOTICE OF REMOVAL. JDEFRIES and SONS • NEW CI CY SHOW ROOMS.—CRYSTAL CHAN DELIERS, New Designs for the Drawing-room. either for Gas or Candle, and to suit all kinds of Decorations.-117, Houndsditoh. NOTICE OF REMOVAL. JDEFRIES and S ONS' • NEW CITY SHOW ROOMS.—BRONZM and OR MOLU CHANDELIERS in great variety. New Designs for the Dlning-room.--147, Houndsditeh. NOTICE OF REMOVAL. T DEFRIES and SONS' • NEW CITY SIIOW ROOMS.—The ALEXANDRA FLOWER VASI43. This new and beautiful Vase can be teen in great variety, from 31. to 30s. each-117, Hounds ditch. NOTICE OF REMOVAL. T DEFRIES and SONS' PI • NEW CITY SHOW'ROOTS.—The NEW JET DINING ROO3I VASE. Registered designs, In great variety.-147, Houndsditeh. NOTICE OF REMOVAL. T DE FRIES and SONS' • NEW CITY SHOW ROOMS.—The NEW PATENT ASTRA LAMP, for Petroleum and Mineral Oils; also CRYSTAL LA NIPS and WALL LIGHTS (registered) for IN1)IA.-147, Houndsditch. NOTICE OF REMOVAL. j DEFRIES and SONS' t 1 • NEW CITY SHOW ROOMS. —TAVERN and HOTEL GLASS of the newest pa!tcrns and correct mea sure.-147, Houndsditch. NOTICE OF REMOVAL. DEFRIES and SONS NEW CITY SHOW ROOMS.— ORNASIENTAL CLOCKS tbr the DINING and DRAWING-ROOM-147, Houndsditch. NOTICE OF ItEMOVAL. T EF RI ES and SUNS' PI • NEW CITY SHOW ROOMS.—Merchants and the Trade supplied with PATTERN BOOKS FREE.-147, lloundsditch. Works—London, Birmingham, and Paris. Established 1803. A RTIFICIAT4 T rte`TlT.—:l MONTH'S p nvfnelar .em, lid, and undetectable the money returned withotirilUte.M7 Mr. DAY, Dentist (many years with Mr. Eskell, Surgeon- Dentist, of 8, Grosvenor-street, W.), offers, as above, the most convincing proof of the unerring and painless principles upon which he constructs incorrodible bIINERAL ARTI FICIAL TEETH, whether singly or in partial or complete sets, to serve the purposes of mastication, articulation, and personal appearance. His terms will be found the most moderate of any advertised, compatible with pure materials and first-class workmanship, but they are apart from the ridiculous and tempting prices put forth to attract mere attention. lie guarantees painless manipulation, and in the generality of cases will make from one tooth to a complete set in a iew hours. Extractions when necessary, and all the ordinary painful operations performed without giving the slightest pain by a new process, and without the use of chloroform or other dangerous ingredient, Stopping decayed teeth, and discoloured teeth restered, dm Attendance, 10 to 6. All consultations free.-291 REGENT-ST BEET, three doors from the Polytechnic. VOTHING IMPOSSIBLE.--The AGUA ADL&RELLA. N m most useful invention of the day, Messrs. JOHN GOEINICLL and CO., Red Bull Wharf, 93, greatest and Upper Thames -street. Perfumers to her Majesty, respect fully offer to the public, this truly marvellous fluid. which gradually restores e human hair to its pristine hue—no matter at what ag e, The Ague Amarella has none of the properties of dyes ; it, on the oontrary, is beneficial to the system, and when the hair Is once restored one application per month will keep it in perfeot colour. Prioe one guinea*per bottle, or In half bottle s . 10s. 63. Testimonials from artistes e of the highest order. and f rom individuals of undoubted re -6 potability, may be seen on a pplication. Messrs. Joh n Gosnell and Co. have been appointed Perfumers to her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales. EXIIIBITORS at the PARIS EXHIBITION who ADVERTISE in "THE SUN," can have th SERVICES of A SPECIAL AGENT i n PARIS,w e address can be obtained at " The Sun" Office. H e has ') a perfect knowledge of French, is also acquainted with busi ness, and has good connections. On application to " The Sun" Agent in Paris, either personally or by letter, he will obtain every possible facility for Exhibitors, or persons who may have other business in Paris, or who may go there for pleasure only. P RINTING. -TO PROPRIETORS OF NEWSPAPERS, PERIODICALS, &c.—The Print ing and Machining of Newspapers, &c., dons on exceed ingly favourable terms. Use of Editorial and Publishing Offices, if required. Estimates forwarded on receipt of particulars, with stamped directed envelope for reply. Address—The Manager "Sun" Printing Offices, 3, .Church row, Savoy, Strand, W.O HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.--;-FUNDS are earnestly solicited for fitting up the TRAINING SHIP. £2,000 required. - Boys' Ref age, 8, gre a t Que W. W en- M street, W.C. Secretary. 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 £6,000, being £l5 a year for each boy. Several kind friends have promised to nay 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 byj WM. WILLIAMS, Secretary. Refuge, 8, Great Queen-street, W.C. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail way Terminus, King's-oroas. Patron—Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN. Vice-Patron—His Royal Highness the Prince of W ALES, HG, President—His Grace the Duke of BUCCLEUCH. K.G. This Hospital, founded in the year 1828, the first to estab lish the principle of free admission to the sick poor, without the delay and difficulty of Governors' orders, is wholly de pendent for support on voluntaryoontributions and L-_ , gaclies. It affords relief to a large number of in-parients, and, in addition to this, the average number of attendance of the destitute 31ck has for a considerable period averaged between 3,000 and 1,000 weekly. The Committee ear estly solicit the ASSISTANCE of the benevolent, as the pr nises of this Hospital are capable of containing several h‘udred 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. Contts and Co.; Drummond and Co.;Giyn and Co.;Berries and Co. ; Ransom and Co. ; Presoott , ' Grote, and Co.;Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; Williams , Deacon, and Co.; Nisbet and CO, l ierllers-street: and at the Hospital. from 10 till IS. STANFOILD aiIITII, tkoretsry, 7 l ~' `G%/ / - 14 1/)/7 c , {: • • 44 r , t• , • ' 4- 3t ,) , :t , (46.0 •-• ALk‘4 o • • • 4; • _ • 41- 6 7 -‘1°1111( Dj , . 1 4 1/ 04,,: "111111 ).t.r . , • i ? lk nor ./ 11 ; .. .,.. ' :,`` ,--I %i , .1/ THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 13, 18G7. NOTICE. sleepers they would save another £lO,OOO a-year, and a further large sum would be saved in the sup ply of gas. Something had been done in respect of rating, which would also reduce their expenSes. The accounts as now made out would not compare with the corresponding period, but they formed the basis of future accounts. The true policy of the Great Eastern would be to get someof the traffic over their lines from Yorkshire and the north to London. Be fore the board comm i tte d t h e compan y t o any o f those new arran gements, they would be submitted to the shareholders f or t h e i r approva l. If th e y cou ld chrry out the negotiations now pending, the result would be very advantageous to the shareholders in the company. He hoped soon to be able to congra tulate the company on their trains being in York shire. He then adverted to the proposal made to Mr Laing to join their board for the purpose of con ducting the financial matters of the company, and placing them in a sound and safe position. They had to raise £4,000,000 on the best terms they could. Although the £5,000 m i g ht seem large as compen sation he prefer re d to pay that openly than to com pensate Mr. Lai ng i n any o th er way. The direct saving of £30,000 a year of the ex t ra i n t eres t now p a id in respect of the floating debt would•of itself be a great advantage to the company. He hoped the proprietors would give the board and Mr. Laing their cordial support, and all the assistance in. their power to bring the conart4npaut of its difficulties. He thanked his colleagues for the assistance they had given him, and said they were doing everything to the best of their knowledge and ability to benefitthe company. (Cheers.) Mr. G. SMITH seconded the motion for the adop tion of the report. Mr. C. LEGG thought the saving in the report argued well for the future of the now Board. Ho was not so well pleased with the new form of ac counts, and alluded to the enormous cost forinterest on the temporary loans, amounting for the half-year, on £731,000, to £40,000 for interest and £3,000 for commission. They had spent on new works of 1861 £631,000, andupon the metropolitan lines £400,000 —then they had to pay large amounts on leased lines. When he saw dividends on the old shares he would believe in the saving on working expenses. Ele was a mndidate for a seat at the Board, but would ver willingly withdraw toserve the company. They propo dto get the assistance of Mr. Laing, and he believed he would be the right man in the right place. Mr. Sergeant SPINKS said that a vast amount of their stock was held by his friends. It was impos sible to make a comparison of the present with for mer accounts of working expenses ; but it appeared to him that £35,000 of the saving on working expenses had come out of the permanent way. He contended that nothing would tend more to IRELAND. C. F. HANCOCK, SON, & CO., DueLT::, Feb. 12. The commission of oyer and terminer for the city and county of Dublin was opened yesterday at the Court-house, Green-street. Baron Fitzgerald, Baron Hughes, and the Lord Mayor took their seats soon after 1.1 o'clock. Baron Fitzgerald addressed the grand juries, and referred particularly to the law affecting the Fenian prisoners, whose cases would be brought before them. In alluding to the Act of Parliament under which the habeas corpus was sus pended, he could not mention it without congratu lating them on the intimation lately made by our gracious Sovereign that probably the continuance of that Act may, under the circumstances of the coun try, be dispensed with. No other matter of im portance demanded their attention. At an adjourned meeting of the Corporation yes terday Sir John Gray made a statement on the pre sant condition of the Vartry Waterworks. There is a substantial leak; but in what part of the em bankment they do not .know. Probably theie is a flaw in some portion of the work in immediate con nection with the culvert that passes from the reser voir towards the filter beds. The valve house passes backward through the centre of the embankment under a puddled trench, and there are 20ft. of solid brickwork and cement_ through which the pipes pass. An arch from that extends perhaps 150 feot towards tho valve house. The leakage is through the top of that arch, where there are several spit tings of water, some as large as a quarter inch pipe, and some taking the shape of a fan. There is a subsidence of about 4ft. in diameter at the front of the embankment over the tunnel, and about 40ft. behind where the water is oozing out. The probabi lity is that some of the water has got under the middle of the arch, and that the extent and good ness of the material used-40 or 50 feet of puddle and solid material over the arch—kept it down, and forced it out through the chinks of the arch. So far as the engineers could estimate they thought that all the water that came in got out, and that no damage whatever was at present being done to the back of the embankment. The back of the embank ment was the portion on which the strength, soli dity, and security of the whole structure depended. Sir John Gray further explained that a sluicing valve, which had been specially provided for such contingencies had, unfortunately, got out of order. An accident occurred to it in this way :—:The gear for opening the valve was found to work stiffly, and it was determined to take it out and send to Glasgow for other gear. The gear was taken out and the valve was, as was thought, secured ; but in opening the back valve to let off some water the other almost broke the pipe and flooded the whole place. In order to stop the flow of water through the pipe, at the suggestion of Mr. Simpson, a ball was floated down to the aper ture in the pipe. This ball had been got into the pipe, and now the object was to get it out. Its diameter was 7in. greater than that of the pipe, and it was kept to it by a water pressure of 251 b. to the square inch, equivalent to about 18 tons. They had been deprived of the means which this valve afforded of regulating the escape of water from the reservoir. They had also been obliged to get leave for the mak ing of fresh castings, which were required in con nexion with the valves from the assignee of the con tractor who had supplied their pipes, and who was in the Bankrupt Court. From a conversation that followed it appeared that over £l,OOO will be re quired to cover the cost of the necessary alterations. Sir John Gray's statement gave satisfaction, and it was felt that he and the committee had done all in their power in the matter. The Daily Express is happy to be enabled to an nounce that the Ecclesiastical Commissioners have resolved to allocate £12,000 for the purpose of in creasing the incomes derived from small benefices. This resolution is an evidence of the careful manage ment of the fund intrusted to the Commissioners. The writ for the election of the county of Cork arrived on Saturday. The nomination of candidates is fixed for the 21st inst. Mr. Smith Barry has ad dressed the electors on Liberal and independent was also expected, but had not arrived yesterday. Mr. Vincent Scully seems deter ofoi.d principles. A n A na n iy, address from Col. Luke White, son deter mined to go to the poll. The Cork Examiner thinks Mr. Pope Hennessy will not come forward. At a meeting of the Royal Irish Academy yester day a report of the Committee of Council was read, stating that the existing grant was totally insuffi cient for carrying on the work of the Academy. At present the provision for the custody of the col lection and u s be el 111 " h s e ta r t i t ot nr inspect in cae that tt it.h Celtic e lp l u t n i c bt hlaienn library cb q or u na i lr t d i y e antiquities"— n— w not d n safely Parliamentary osnibo u important p o t a nd a rsmt r aa t it i nti articles admitted unsatisfactory E Committee the tom MSS. department the whole of the £2OO granted was absorbed rsbnedtniant tnrnatnhsicnrgibirnegm,atirnaendslfaotrinpgr,inaldgcaatil i‘glisvisn.g, to w the h ile w a o t r dt this eimn moment n s _Ateimportant there w o of s t hseu esuch mate rials anug e contained ntde m demand d in the p h every e l e y e t p i o a n r t of of lris ht he philologists in world for the publication of such materials. The Committee of Council, therefore, ,thought that a special sum, to be spread over a certain number of years, ought to be added to the grant of £2OO already allocated for work on Irish manuscripts. The half -yearly meeting of the shareholders of the Belfast and Northern Counties Railway Com pany was held at the company's offices, Belfast, yesterday. The report of the directors, which was of a very favourable character, showing an increase of upwards of £l,BOO in the traffic, compared with the corresponding period of 1865, was adopted. A dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum was declared. JEWELLERS AND SILVERSMITHS TO TILE QUEEN AND PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES, And by Special Appointment to the principal Sovereigns and Courts of Europe, Beg respectfully to state that their only Address 13 38 & 39, BRUTON-STREET, CORNER OF BOND-STREET. AWARDED TO C. F. HANCOCK : Great Exhibition, 1851—Council Medal for Originality and Taste. Paris Exhibition,lBss —Gold Medallic) d'Honnour. International Exhibition, 1862—Prize Modal, for *great Excellence of Design and Manufacture. MANUFACTURERS OP THE VICTORIA CROSS. EUROPEAN ASSURANCE SOCIETY. Empowered by Spocial Act of Parliament. CHAIRMAN—Gen. Sir FREDERIC SMITH, F.R.S. Policies payable during life, indisputable, not liable to forfeiture. Tho ROYAL NAVAL, MILITARY, and EAST INDIA Life Department, affording peculiar advantages to Officers and others in the Navy and Army, is under the especial patronage of • HER MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY THE QUEEN. Annual Premium Revenue upwards of £310,000. New Premium Income i n 1865 exceeded £62,000. Life, Fire, Guarantee, and Annuities at advantageous rates. The European is the only Society authorised by the Im• peril Parliament to Guarantee the Fidelity of Gorern• ment Officials. Full particulars of the popular principles of this Society will be found in the New Prospectus, which will be for warded to applicant; post free. Offices-316, Regent-street; 17, Waterloo-place, Pall mall; and 69, Kin.- William-street, City. HENRY LAKE, Manager. EAU -DE-VIE.—This Pure PALE BRANDY, 18s. per gallon, is vt ry superior to recent importations of Cognac, recommended by the medical profession, and ex tensively used in hospitals. -In bottles, 38s. per dozen, or in a case 395., railway carriage pail—HEN ltY BRETT and CO., Old Furnival's Distillery, Holborn, E.O , and 30, Regent street, S.W. Established 1829. " THE RUIN OF THE FEW IS THE GAIN OF THE MA NY. " THE Panic of '66 and its consequent depression of the Colonial Kiricets enables 0 , , "EAST INDIA TEA COMPANY" to offer TEAS 1.0 WE R THAN EVER. Six Pounds of Good Tea Tor 6s. %d. can't be dear. The Company 'a KAISOWS by the Clipper Ships arc really delkious. t, Great St. Helen's Churchyard, Bishopsgate street, Jan. 1, 1867. GEOLOG 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 50 ) guineas ; also single Specimens of Minerals, IZo,II, a, Fossils, and Recent Shells, Geological Nfaps. Hammers, all the recent Pub'ications, &c., of J. TENANT. Mineralogist to Her Majesty, 149, Strand, London. Private Instruction is given in Mineralogy and Geo!ogy by Mr. TENNANT, F.G.S., 149, Strand, W.C. 1% ADAME RACHEL is the great and only IVA. Restorer of Youth and Beauty, Grace and Elegance. whose talents in giving the appearance of youth and beauty to persons' however far advanced in years has cruscd her name to stand the Marvtl of the Age. Her Royal Arabian Toilet requisites can only te obtained at 47A, New Bond street. BeWare of Spurious Imitations. the establishment of confidence than enabling the public to see the affairs of the company were ad ministered with economy. They should shut up useless stations, run no unnecessary trains, and reduce the very high salaries. He believed that great advantages wculd arise to them on the com pletion of the metropolitan lines of the company. They would have an excellent station in the city of London, the suburban and main line traffic would e greatly increased, the blocks to traffic would be removed, and they would have a shorter and better WHAT IS YOUR CREST AND WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO ? Send 3s. 6d. to CIILLETON'S Heraldic Office for a Plain Sketch, or 6s. for a Coloured one. The Arms of man and wife blended together in proper heraldic form. The proper heraldic Colours for servants' liveries, what buttons to be used, and how the carriage should be painted, fee 10s. Just complete, a very valuable book, with 3,500 Engravings, arms, crests, and mottoes of nearly every family in the kingdom, the result of thirty years' labour, price £lO 10s., printed in several colours. Family Pedi grees traced from authentic records, information as to the obtaining of a new grant of arms, how tp change one's name, by T. Culleton, Engraver to her Majesty and Royal family ; also Diesinker to the Board of Trade, 25, Cran bourn-street (corner of St. Martin's-lane), W.O line to the north. He wished every success to the pending negotiations, and hoped they would be brought to a satisfactory issue. The capital cost of the steamboats was £lBO.OOO, and they had already lost by them £31,000. They would require a profit on the working of the steamboats of £22,500 a year to pay interest on capital and 71 per cent. for de preciation to save the company from loss. He moved an amendment to the effect that a committee of three shareholders be appointed to investigate the steamboat accounts, with f 13.11 powers, and to report the result to a meeting of shareholders on March 12 next. Mr. AUSTEN said it would be very desirable to pay off the floating debt as soon as possible. With every respect for the great ability of Mr. Laing in financial matters, he thought £5,000 too large a sum to pay at once. Mr. ROBINSON seconded the meeting. Mr. LEGG, of Leeds, said that, although the di rectors had reduced the working expenses by 51 per cent. during the past half-year, they were now more than the average of railways in the United King dom. Considering the state of the money market, he was not surprised that the directors had 111 per cent. to pay for the £700,000 temporary loans. He thought it would be very cheap indeed to have the T },:et. ;00 +ha Inonno&o.7 , capital to construct the metropolitan linos and sta tion, and to bring the whole of the property into a sound and paying condition. He hoped the share holders would assist the directors and Mr. Laing in their efforts to redeem the property and place their affairs in a good position. (Hear.) The CHAIRMAN replied to the various observa tions, which resulted in Mr. Sergeant Spinks with drawing his amendment, and Mr. Cyrus Legg with drawing his name rs a candidate for a seat at the Board in favour of the election of Mr. Laing. The report and statement of accounts were then unanimously adopted. On the motion of. Mr. Cyrus Legg, seconded by Mr. Sergeant Spinks, M. S. Laing was unani mously elected a director of the company, and it was agreed that £5,000 should be paid to him for special services mentioned. The proceedings concluded with a vote of thanks to the chairman ; and it was intimated that imme diately after the general meeting Mr. S. Laing was elected deputy ch a i rman of company. In the report upon the case of the steamboat Commodore, of the Stonington line, lost on the Long Island coast on the night of December 27, the in spector made the startling remarks " that the boat was a rotten old tub, unfit for navigation, lacking esworked by an in com p e t ent crew, sailed equipme nts, iledbya reeless and incompetent captain, and taken to sea without a license, in violation of law and regulations, and in a n unseawort h y con company to which she of the dangerou s belongedo nT testifiedthe i d b te o hn a at t t , o fh a t n eh d ek new hesitated in trusting his life on board. The N ew York H era ld justly remarks—" Yet innocen t passengers, con fiding in the reputation of the company over which he presides, were allowed to crowd her decks and cabins as freely as they pleased. Men, women, and children were enticed by agents and advertise ments to take passage by her, with th e k nowledge on the part of the captain and the company that they stood a better chance of going to th e b o tt om than of arriving safely at their destination. Is it not about time that crimes such as these men have been guilty of should be punished? Are those who thus wickedly and wilfully jeopardise human life to go wholly free? Recommendations for more strin gent laws arc all very well, but if such a case as that of the Commodore is to be passed over with a report, and a few indignant comments by the press, all the laws that can be enacted will not make a traveller's life worth an hour's purchase." Mr. Peter Tait, Mayor of Limerick, has accepted an invitation to a public banquet to be given on the 21st inst., "as some acknowledgment of the respect and regard entertained for him, and in recognition of his exertions as Mayor for the welfare of the city, the many benefits he has conferred on it and the people, his munificicnt gifts of charity, and un bounded and graceful hospitality." The requisi tion is signed by nearly all the leading men of the city and county, without distinction of party. The banquet is to be given in the Theatre Royal, the boxes of which will be reserved for ladies. In consequence of telegraphic communications received by the Government G 7 men were arrested this morning at the North Wall, on board the Elolyhead and Liverpool steamer as soon as she arrived. It is supposed that they threw their arms and ammunition overboard on seeing the police. The river is to be dragged for revolvers. Three were found concealed on deck. The prisoners have been lodged in Richmond Bridewell. They wore shabbily dressed, and looked reckless and dee- Aerate. True bills have been found by the grand jury against Stephen Meany for treason-felony ; also against Denis Downey and others, for having arms in a proclaimed district. The Solicitor-General was unanimously elected to-day for Dublin University ; he was proposed by Rev. Dr. Carson and seconded by the Hon. and Rev. C. Plunket. _ _ _ A few brief particulars are given respecting the new cornet discovered at Marseilles in the constella tion of the ram. It is nearly round and has a brilliant nucleus, which almost neutralises the lightof the tail. It could not be seen on the night of the 25th in consequence of the bad weather. On the nights of the 26th and 28th of January regular observa tions were made at Marseilles, when the cornet appeared to be increasing in brilliancy. At Paris the state of the atmosphere has hitherto prevented any observation, but there was a slight view of it on the night of the 31st. The Attorney-General was this day re-elected for she borough of Galway without opposition. The Grand Council of Berne, in Switzerland, has voted 7,000,000 francs for the Jura Railway. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —Holloway's Pills.—These pills are bettor for strengthening a debilitated constitution than any other medicine in the world. Persons of a nervous habit of body, and all who are suffering from weak digestive organs, or whose health has become deranged by bilious affections, disordered stomach, or liver complaints, should lose no time in giving these admirable pills a fair trial Coughs, colds, asthma, or shortness of breath, are also within the range of the sanative powers of this remarkable medicine. Tho cures effected by these pills aro not super ficial nor temporary, but complete and permanent, and may be giver; with conficlenco to delicate females and young children. Colonel Alareehal, Baron of the Empire, has just died at Chalons-sur-Saone at the age of 103 years. lie gained all his ranks upon the field of battle, and Was engaged on several daring and gallant enter prises. /9 7 2.A - PKIC L^ 4d. STAMPED sd. HEALTH OF LONDON. The following is the weekly return of the Regis trar-General of births and deaths in London and in 12 other largo towns of the United Kingdom : General Register-office, Somerset-house, Feb. 11. I❑ the week that ended on Saturday, February 9, the births registered in London and 12 other large towns of the United Kingdom. were 4,629 ; the deaths registered, 3,375. The annual rate of mor tality was 28 per 1,000 persons living. In London the births of 1,173 boys and 1,125 girls, in all 2,299 children, were registered in the week. In the corresponding weeks of ten years 1857-66 the aTerage number, corrected for increase of population, was 2,252. The deaths registered in London during theweek were 1,567. It was the sixth week of the year, and the average number of deaths for that week is, with a correction for increase of population, 1,527. The deaths in the present return exceed the estimated number by 40. Under the influence of a milder temperature the mortality has decreased ; but the effects of the recent severe cold are still perceptible in the returns. The deaths from bronchitis in the last three weeks were 399, 271, and 204 ; from pneumonia, in the same periods, 95, 92, and 87 respeeti % ely. The tleatki; of 36 nonagenarians have been registered in London during the last three weeks. 47 deaths from small pox; 22 from scarlatina, 68 from whooping-cough, and 42 from typhus were registered last week. Hol born—Saffron-hill—ln the Casual Ward of the West London Union, Charterhouse-lane, on Jan. 20, the son of a porter, aged two years, " inflam mation of lungs, caused by exposure to the weather and want of proper nourishment ; post mortem ; inquest. Whitechapel—North.—At IP, Commer cial place onFeb.4, son of a tailor, aged six mouths, " insufficient nourishment and exposure to cold ;" post mortem ; inquest. St. Olave, Southwark—St. John—At 14, Parish-street on the 4th of February, the widow of a shoemaker, aged 73 years, " inflam mation of lungs,accelerated bywant of medical assist ance and suitable nourishment ;" post mortem ; inquest. Stepney—Limehouse.—At 10, Gun - square, on the sth of February, the daughter of a cab-driver, aged five years, " disease of lungs, accelerated by unhealthy condition of house and neighbourhood ;" post mortem ; inquest. Green wich—East.—At the Union Workhouse, on the 24th of January, a female, aged about 39 years, " disease of the lungs, accelerated by exposure to the weather ; post mortem ; inquest. The following is a list of 40 persons who were drowned in the deep waters of Regent's Park on Tuesday, January 15, in consequence of the ice breaking :—Son of a colonial broker, aged 16 years ; son of an esquire, 15 ; a medicol student, 22 ; a warehouseman, 24 ; son of a lieut.-colonel, 16 ; sou of a printer, 13 ; a clerk, 29 ; a gentleman, 29 ; a bedstead maker, 17 ; a butler, 30 ; son of an un dertaker, 14 *on of a harness-maker, 10 ; a coster monger, 28 ; an organ metal pipe maker, 18 ;,,,a costermonger, 22 ; an upholsterer, 18 : a gasfitter, 20 ; son of a carpenter, 9 ; a house decorator, 21 ; son of a coachman, 13 ; a silk merchant, 26 ; son of a bricklayer, 11 ; a student of arts, 17 ; son of a butcher, 14 ; a dentist, 23 ; a house painter, 35 ; a wood turner, 20 ; sou of a tailor, 14 ; a house painter, 20 ; an orphan Loy, 16 ; a law student, 20 ; a clerk, 23 ; a commercial traveller, 25 ; a corn seller, 21 ; son of an emigrant, 14 ; a solicitor, 26 ; an organ builder, 26 ; a railway porter, 23 ; a coach joiner, 22. The annual rate of mortality last week was 27 per 1,000 in London, 30 in Edinburgh, and 37 in Dublin, 23 in Bristol, 24 in Birmingham, 32 i iu Liverpool, 30 in Manchester, 27 in Salford, 26 in Sheffield, 21 in Leeds, 29 iu Hull, 44 in Newcastle upon-Tyne, and 32 in Glasgow. The rate in Vienna was 31 per 1,000 during the week ending the 2d inst., when the mean temperature was 3.9 deg. Fahrenheit lower than in the same week in London, where the rate was 28. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29.452 in. The barometrical reading decreased from 30.36 in. on Sunday to 28.65 on Wednesday. The mean temperature of the air in the week was 43.4 deg., which is 4.9 deg. above the average of the same week in 50 years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher). The highest day temperature was 54.8 deg. on Saturday. The lowest night temperature was 32.9 deg. on Sunday. The entire range of temperature in the week was, therefore, 21.9 deg. The mean of the highest temperatures of the water of the Thames was 43.0 deg. ; that of the lowest was 39.8 dog. The difference between the mean dew-point temperature and air temperature was 5.2 deg. The mean degree of humidity of the air was 82, complete saturation being represented by 100. Rain fell to the amount of 0.48 in. The general direction of the wind was S.W. Violent gales of wind occurred on Wednesday and Friday. On Wednesday the greatest pressure of the wind on the square foot was 331 b., and on Friday 411 b. According to a return furnished by the engineer of the Metropolitan Board of Works, the average daily quantity of sewage pumped into the river Thames at the Southern Outfall Works, Cross ness, was 44,866,199 gallons, or 203,847 cubic metres, equivalent to about as many tons by weight. The committee has been formed, and is about to commence its .investigation into the affairs of the Atlantic and Great Western Railway, which will now be fully and fairly brought out for the infor mation of the public. The run against the railway was so strong that the only alternative open to the representative of the company in England was to suppress the attacks by actions for libel, or to obtain the aid of au independent committee. It amounted simply to this, whether the company was to be at :he expense and risk of establishing its position by a 'lades o trials in a court of justice, or by the less expensive and more effective mode of submitting all its operations to the searching test of aninvestiga tion by a body of competent men of business. If the agent felt that there was any weakness in his case, and had been actuated by vindictive motives, he would have chosen the legal process, but the bond holders, and those interested, may themselves see that the course taken by Mr. M'llenry is in itself a ground of confidence. It is not improbable that the legal action will follow the Report of the at Com mittee, but whatever may beMr.M'llenry, s intention, e str s o b n o g u l l y d of be of which we have no knowledge, we arebee k opinion that it is time that a severe engaged in plotting administered to the conspirato rs and assassins who for the last year have been open to an attack. l a lrl in ar st e ainndhsotpaebsbtinhag all tlproperty we may obtain early and re liable information on the affairs of this railway, so that the questions causing so much anxiety may speedily and for ever be set at rest. We have lately heard a great deal of the effects of the ill-advised strikes in England, ruining our iron and other trades, while they fostered those of our continental competitors. Cheap and steady work was represented as drawing orders to Belgium which could not be undertaken in England at the price offered, owing to the increased cost of labour, and to the uncertainty which attends its control. The contented workmen c,f 11,A; ; ium were said to be building up an enormous trade, attracting capital, and turning their country into a huge workshop. Late accounts, however, prove that these statements shown about the same amount of truth as are contained in the glowing pictures of the Golden Age. Formidable riots have broken out at Mar chienneg.e. thirty miners haVe been arrested, and order, atter much trouble, has been restored, again to break out with increased violence. The fact is, that in the continually increasing cost of the necessaries of life,. there is a difficulty in adjusting wages, and the struggle is pretty sure to be felt on the continent as well as in England till the price of food becomes more permanently fixed. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. ~ --- GREAT EASTERN. The half-yearly general meeting of this company was held yesterday at the London Tavern ; Mr. Charles 11. Turner, the chairman, presided. Mr. Owen, the secretary, having read the notice convening the meeting, the report, a copy of which appeared in The Sun, was taken as read. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report and statement of the accounts, said he was exceedingly glad to see so large an attendance of proprietors, as it showed they felt an interest in the affairs of the company. He had to thank the pro prietors, both present and absent, for their expres sions of confidence, sympathy, and support. The shareholders had also responded by sending their proxies, but at the same time he hoped the day was far distant in that undertaking when proxies would be used. He regretted that the issue of the report had been delayed, but they hoped to have been enabled to announce the final arrangements for carrying out a measure that would benefit them. He might an , "" rnr^rf uue emu part, cr. Luz spew."... flat occasion. Th ey had suffered in their district from plague, pestilence, and famine. The cattle plague had caused great loss to their customers, and injuriously affected their cattle traffic. The cholera had affected the pleasure traffic, and the late storm had stopped their goods traffic for three days, and the passenger traffic had also been blocked up far a short time by the snow. They had suffered not only from the cattle plague, but from the money plague. (Hear.) While he had warned them of difficulties in the hour of danger, he could now tell them they might look forward to satisfactory resu lt s . They had saved in the past half-year £50,000 in working ex penses, as compared with the corresponding period. It was not a saving on necessary expenses, but a saving of wasteful and extravagant expenditure. He hoped the shareholders would not consider that as theultimate result of their saving, but accept it as an instalment of what they would do. Their thanks were due to those who so far reduced the expendi ture; and they looked forward hopefully to further reductions when they could be made. If the company's securities could have been placed at a moderate rate of interest, it would have made up the £30,000 de ficient in paying interest on the preference stock. To give them some idea of what the ordinary shareholders might look forward to in the shape of dividend, he mentioned that in the past half year they had £30,000, which,'under other circumstances, would have been available for ordinary dividend, to which should be added £15,000, the extra high rates of interest for floating capital they had paid; and there was also £5,000 for compensation belonging to previous half years, but only then come into account, so that there was something like £50,000, which, under ordinary circumstances, would be available for dividend to the Great Eastern ordinary share holders. With regard to the Whitechapel coal de pot, he was happy to say they had money enough to complete it by July 1 next, when they would have a large coal trade from the north, via Spalding and March. Six trains a day would bring a quantity of coal to that depot that would raise their traffic re ceipts £2,000 a week, which would give them a considerable surplus —say, of 11 per cent. on the old stock. Then, again, on the import of cattle being resumed, they would have an addition from that source, so that they might look hopefully to the future. The steamboat traffic had also suffered, and they were anxious to utilise those boats and make them pay, by running to other ports when necessary. With regard to the metropolitan lines, they had done all they could under the circumstances ; those extensions would add 11 miles to their system, and, on going into an analy s i s an d comparison with other metropolitan lines, he found that those lines, when completed, would be amply remunerative. The com pany's metropolitan lines would not only develope the local traffic, but increase the traffic on the whole of the company's system. In the locomotive depart ment they found the contract system existing, by which many men got an addition of £9 a month to their wages, but this had been abolished. Another matter was the stores' department, in which it was usual to keep £250,000 worth of stores. The direc tors found, by the assistance of Mr. Swartrick, the general manager, that £lOO,OOO or £150,000 worth of stores would be ample for everything, and thus save the interest on the difference, which would be about £lO,OOO a-year. By not creosoting all the • ;~;: %/ i 1 /// ~~~ ~--- /Naval and Military Intel Home. The Terrible, 19, paddle fri4.7,ate, Capt. T. R. COM. nerell, V.C., C. 8., which returned to Spitheadfrom the Channel on Tuesday, is ordered into Portsmouth harbour to await Admiralty orders relative to her future movements. In steaming down Channel against the late S.W. gale, off the Start Point and on a weather tide, the entablature of the engine split across, and Capt. Commerell found himself com pelled to bring his ship back to Spithead. It is not improbable that the Admiralty, considc-ring the. ex tent of the damage to the entahl:lture and the amount of reliable work that may be fairly estimated to remain in the ship's engines, may order the Ter rible to be paid out of commission, and Capt. Com merell, with his officers and crew, turned over to some other ship. The ironclad Valiant, of 4,063 tons and 800-horse power, now in dock at Portsmouth and ready for commission, would be a very suitable vessel for the purpose. The armament ordered for the Valiant under the new scale is—main deck, two 9-ton Bin. and 12 6-ton 7in. muzzle-loading rifled guns, with four of the latter on the upper deck as chase guns. Admiral Sir T. S. Pasley, port admiral and commander-in-chief at Portsmouth, accom panied by Rear-Admiral Superintendent G. G. Wel lesley, C. 8., went on board the paddle yacht Fire Queen yesterday, and paid a visit to the ironclad frigate Lord Clyde, Capt. Roderick Dew, C. 8., at Spithead anchorage. The Cossack, 20, screw corvette, 1,296 tons, 250-horse power, Capt. R. D.White, has arrived at Sheerness from Spithead, and has commenced un loading her stores. In a feW days she will be brought into the basin and paid off, after having been nearly four years in commission on the Medi terranean station. The Eclipse, 4, screw gun vessel, 700 tons, 200- horse power, Commander E. R. Fremantle, from the Australian station, has been paid out of commis sion in Sheerness dockyard by Capt. S. S. L. Crofton, of the Naval Barracks. The crew were granted the usual Admiralty leave. The ship has been dismantled and placed in the third division of the steam reserve. The Rodney, 78, screw ship, 2,770 tons, 500- horse power, Capt. A. C. F. Heneage, flagship for the China station, has been undocked and placed in Sheerness harbour, where she will remasn till her crew are completed and she is ready for sea. Yesterday Major-Gen. Freeman Murray, com manding the forces in the Chatham district, made an inspection of the Ist division of the Depot Brigade, Royal Artillery, at the head-quarters of the divi sion. The Major-Gen., who was accompanied by Capt. F. S. Herries, aide-de-camp, and Brigade- Major W. W. Lynch, was received by Col. S. H. Crofton, in command of the Royal Artillery, Col. S. Westmacott, commanding Royal Engineers, and other officers connected with the staff at head -quar ters, and at once proceeded to make an inspection of the four brigades, together with the Coast Brigade, the officers and men composing which were drawn up on the parade-ground within the fortifications. At the close of this portion of the inspection Gen. Murray visited the barrack quarters, gymnasiums, schools, recreation rooms, library, and hospital, and also inspected the Royal Engineer works in progress, quitting the garrison and returning to head-quar ters in the afternoon. On the previous day Gen. Murray inspected the troops of the line and other forces quartered at Milton Barracks, Gravesend, together with the forts and batteries in that dis trict.. The troops were drawn up in front of their quarters, under command of Col. W. L. Stewart, at Milton Barracks. There the non-commissioned officers and men were inspected by corps by Gen. Murray, who subsequently crossed the Thames and inspected the troops quartered at Tilbury Fort, as well as the outworks and other parts of the fortifi cations at that station. Before closing his inspection Gen. Murray visited New Tavern Fort, in which a few troops are quartered, and late in the afternoon he returned to headquarters, Chatham. The whole of the corps under the command of Major-General Murray have now been inspected, with results which are understood to be highly satisfactory. An order has been received at Chatham garrison directing Ensign Bell and Ensign Malony, 4th West India llegimcont, to join the service companies of corps at Cape Coast Castle. The Rev. S. Mead has been appointed acting chaplain at Chatham, and has commenced his duties at that garrison. Lieut. G. G. Peterkin, attached to the depot of the 45th company at Chatham garrison, has been ordered to join the service companies of that regi ment in India. The following appointments have been made at the Admiralty :—Lieut. 11. St. V. Jenkings to the Niobe ; Lieut. R. C. Jolliffe to the Racoon ; Sub- Lieut. Alfred C. Loveridge to the Research ; G. H. Moore, midshipman, to the Hector, as supernu merary; W. Harvey, midshipman, to the Charybdis, as supernumerary ; Walter F. C. Bartlett, surgeon, to the Zebra ; G. W. Jones, paymaster, to the Niobe ; IL IL P. Shanks, paymaster, to the Zebra ; Edward Parsons, chief engineer, to the Niobe ; J. Jessop, engineer, to the Royal Alfred ; G. Lynch, engineer, to the Niobe ; 11. Parry, engineer, to the Zebra ; John T. Comerford, assistant surgeon, to the Lion ; C. L. Ridout, assistant surgeon, to the Zebra ; W. H. Keats, first-class assistant engineer, to the Niobe ; John W. Nelson, first class assistant engineer, to the Zebra ; Daniel C. Stephens, clerk, to the Niobe ; and J. Taylor, clerk, to the Zebra. TIIE NEW INDIAN lIOSTILITIES.—The Nation gives an article on the late horrible massacre near Fort Philip Kearney. The Indians in the United States territories are computed to number between 300,000 and 350,000, and for this great class no fixed governmental policy has been laid down, and in a pending suit at law it is still [ a question, whether hostile Indians are foreign enemies or domestic rebels. The Cheyennes are a tribe among whom Colonel Chiyington and his command, according to the Committee on the con duct of the war, committed hideous barbarities two years ago. The Sioux are a powerful tribe, who have been in open hostility ever since the out break of the civil 'war. Expeditions against them have cost millions of dollars, without accomplishing any good result. If the Cheyennes, or rather the friendly bands of the Cheyennes, have been wronged by too harsh treatment, the Sioux have been injured by too much leniency. The Sioux of the Upper Missouri number about 15,000, and were re-enforced some years ago by the Sioux of the Mississippi to the amount of 5,000. These were expelled for their savagery from Minnesota, and have ever since be threatened r amongear t e e g n at e hr d de e dl o B u t r ts o i n u af t a p o n nt s re t s yw . and leaguee 2dlatefor cavalry u n o u l r d p lsil massacre de and not an indication of a grand combination of Indians for a war of races. The Nation blames the present system, which in order to afford safe routes for travellers induces the Indians to exchange tracts of desirable land for annuities—paid half yuelearlyll—idiinanmiosnesyurarnodunmdeedrchhaynd, s l e a , n d a - t s h w a h r e s h ,, time gamblers, who scheme to rob him as they would a soldier or a sailor. Unable to wait till his income is again due he takes to marauding and massacre, and falls upon the unprotected emigrant and soldier wherever he can. But besides this object of imme diate gain, he may have begun hostilities in the present case to extract a formal treaty of peace, accompanied with more goods and greenbacks. The remedy proposed is to transfer the Indian Bureau from the Department of the Interior to the War-office. This has been urgently recomm ended by General Gra n t, based on the report of Gene r a l o Sherman, and was proposed two years a g o by General Pope. It would simply be a return to the previous arrangement, as the W B ar y -office heldmea means st thetill responsible for the transferred to the Interior. military authorities would b e good conduct of the Indians, whereas civi lians and military each a scribe th e other. It is believed that the troops c)u l 1 corra l Indians establish ; keep every now calamity the e to the prior action of h aw ay from emigrant utes; a healthy ten l routes the state of non-intercourse ; remo v e the temptation to r plunder, by forcing the Indians from prescribed regions; and thus effectually police the "short route" to Montanas and the Pacific.