The Sun. — London, England, 1867-01-04 00:00:00

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The telly as S commissioned in March, 1863, and since then has passed over upwards of 170,000 miles under steam, and carried 42,000 military passengers —men, women, and children, exclusive of her own officers and crew • The rifle practice returns for the year 1866 of the Royal Marine Artillery, which have just been made up officially, has placed that distinguished corps first of all, whether of the army or navy, in its'' of merit" for sLccning, the lii.;lle2t iignrc of merit yo, t returned as having been mole by any re:iment other corps under the Crown being 126-3, whereas the figure awarded to the Royal Marine Artillery for the year just concluded is 141.7. This splendid rei;ult of artillerymen's shooting with the rifle is made up of the following items :—First period, 40.7 ; percentage of first-class shots, 80 ; volleys, 21.3 ; lesS percentage of third-class shots, 0-26. 31; /-,r cent. of the men exercised earned the marksnie z , s badge, 15 per cent. being consithred high fora line regiment.; 97 per cent. of the men are in the first class in judging distance. The battalion badge wa earned with 38, 4S, and 59 points in the first, second and third class respectively. In any comparison. o the rifle practice of the Royal Marine Artillery with that of line regiments it is necessary to remem ber that the former corps extends its practice through the winter over one of the most exposed ranges in England, while the practice of line regiments only takes place during the most favourable period of the year—i. ee., from April until September. Men de tached from the marine battalion on sea service aro also three and a-half years on the average -witho,ut any practice with the rifle, while on the contrary, with the army this drawback may be said never to Occur. The Ilythe system is looked on very favour ably by the officers of the Royal Marine Artillery On the 13th of June, 1865, it was admitted unanimously in the House of Commons that tho 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 prc•s.,nt neglocted; and to watch Bills introduced into Par liament on these subjecte. _ . THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUA 11 Y 4, 1867. PRICE.. 4d. STAMPED sd, N°. 23,26 The Defection of the auarist Leafiers. plaited a 3 to form five points, that in the middle of the back being much the deepest. These points were surrounded on both sides with white lace, and ornamented with small medallions. QT. GEORGE'S CATHEDRAL, Southwark.— NEXT SUNDAY (the 6th inst.), the Feast of the Epiphany, SOLEMN PONTIFICAL MASS, at 11 a.m., with Fill Instrumental Accompaniment. Music—Mozart's 12th Ilass, Lutz's "Viderunt,"• "Adeste Fideles," &c. cgTODARE, Madame (Widow of the late Colonel S!od ire) OF MYSTERY, Egyptian Hall, Piczatlill.—Tl e new llluaiou, "WHERE IS SHE?" will shortly 1):! produced. NOW really at all the Libraries, ia 3 vol., MADONNA A it Y. New York despatches announced, as a comple ment to the last news relative to the defection of Reform Society is not pledged to clutilge in the Government of the Supp Mein, any specific rhos, who nviy wish to join the Society ere requested to write to J. S. Haly, Ls q., Hon. Sec. L.S.R.S., 88, .St. James's-street, S.W. IV 'Mrs. O. " From first to last. Madonna Mary' is weitten with vigour, and over flows with the beat qu:►btiea of its writer's fancy and humour." —Atlienannn. Hurst and Illackett, lt, Great 31arlborou.4b-street. Gloves for evening wear are invariably long, and there has been some slight idea of introducing long black mittens for young ladies demi-toilette wear. We wish this fashion success, but do not think it will take any stand until the spring, for which sea son it is decidedly more suitable. The parures of flowers, brooch, back comb, and ear-rings, worn to correspond with the dress, are exceedingly pretty when worn by young ladies, but are totally unsuit able after a certain age. ,Q 'l' DAIt E, Madame.—Great Success o f. );:f .4W tiO'S ILK ?" the funnirst N'tntriloquist to the world, 0. W. .1 ESTER, awl Madame Stodare's cilittsT lug DrsritrituTioN of Pit ENTS. Magic, S MINX, MARV r..L 014' /4CC A. anti I;ASKET TRICK, Every Evening at Eig•ht, Wedne,-dny and Stturday Mornings at Three by Mr. Fit-bank Burmae, pupil of Colonel Sto.iare. Admission—ls. and 'is.; stalls, 3s. Schools an I children halt-price. Seat-4 secured at the Box-office, from 11 till 6, and at Mitchell's, 33,01 d Bond-street. MR.-JAMES WEAVER, Manager. the principal Juarist leaders in Mexico, that one of them, Escobedo, had been taken and shot by the troops of Ortega. The following are given as the facts which preceded that military tragedy : " The soldiers of Ortega must havebeen composed chiefly of the corps of Canales, numbering 2,000 men, who were in garrison at Matamoras. Thanks to the intervention of the American General Sedg wick, Canales, representing Ortega, and Escobedo for Juarez, were reconciled, not without great efforts on the part of the United States agent. A first in terview took place between them on the 28th Nov., but it led to nothing, in spite of the two long hours of talk. Escobedo retired, with the intention of marching the following day on Matamoras, which was defended by Canales, and protected by a negro regiment belonging to the Federal army, the flag of which floated ou the Piazza Major. The United States soldiers were there only, General Sedgwiek said, in order to protect American citizens ; but Escobedo afterwards declared that it was solely to the presence of the Federal colours, and the in fluence which the sight of them exercised upon his CONTRACT FOR BEECH WEDGES. Contract Department, Admiralty, Somerset Hons., .14th Dec., 1866. fritiE 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, tile 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 oSpiration 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 accom panied by a Latter signed - by two responsible persons, engaging to become bound with tho Person tendering in the snip. of £2OO for the due perfor mance of the Contract. _ _ I 7 !N.MIAN'S LL WHISKY. DUBLIN t EXHIBITION, 1865. 'This celebrated OLD IRISH WHISKY gained the •ul,lin Prize Modal. It is Pura, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Whole eine. Sold in Bottles, 3s. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London ; .3 . the Agents in the principal towns in England; or ,c-linlPs.n.lA at R, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. Observe the Rad Sell, Pink Label, and Cork branded " Kinaban's LL Whisky." NEW WORK BY THE AUTHOR OF " JOHN HALIFAX." Now ready at all the Libraries, in 2 v ole., 2.s , T wo mARRIAGE S. By the Author of " John Ilalifax, Gentleman," "Christian's Mistake," &o. Hurst and Blaekett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. pHO X F D 6, OXFORD-STREET, W., THE MUSICAL ESTABLISHMENT OF LONDON. MISS BRADDON'S NEW ILLUSTRATED MAGAZINE. Now Publiehin2, price One Shilling, Monthly, ~BELGR AVIA:" "The best Shilling Magazine which England poe- SeS4CS."—Standard. Office: Warwick Hous, - :, Paternoster-row. London. UTUAL LOAN. FUND ASSOCIATION (Inoorpor tted by .ka of Varlianymt, 1850). aUSSELL-STREET. COVir:vV-GA.II,OEN, LONDOr. Prompt ADVA.NC OS on all description of 6ecarlty. Furms tree on application by letter to EDWARD FIARPEE, Secretary. CHRISTMAS ENTER TAINMENTS , LES DRAGONS DE VLLL thS (Opera Comlque), Music by A. Maillart (first time in this country ), 1118 EVENING, in which Miss RUSSELL %DI - make her Reappearance, as si ;tett by Misses Barrie and Fitz Henry ; Messrs. A. St. Albyn, Hulls, Fox, Husk, Evans, and Bury, with Extra Band and chorus ; produced and conducted by Mr. F. Jonghmans COMEDY..by Messrs. ll, , rry Sydney, Brierley, and Eger ton, the Brothers Pentland, W. R. Julian (the celebrated Mimic), together with an Entirely New Livertissement, en titled THE OXFORD REVELS, 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. Naval and Military Intelligence. NEW DANCES for the PIANOFORTE : Bon Soir Polka. By Fred. Godfrey. 4s. Polka des Demoiselles. 28. 6d. Eosabella Valse. A. Wright. 46. '1 he Belt (;alop. 4s . United Service Galop. Fred. Godfrey. 30. Helena Waltz. By ditto. Piano, solo and duets. 4s. eaoh. United Service Quadrille. Solo and duets, 4s. each. Colleen Aroon Quadrilles. By ditto. Solo and duets, 4s. each. The Harlequinade Quadrille. By ditto. ts, The Flowers of the Season Polka. All at half price, with an extra stamp for postage. London: Robert Cooks and Co., New Darlington-street and of alt musiosellero. COUNTRY HOTELS, PUBLIC HOUSES, and RUSIN ti:SSES. FURNESS and KNEE'S List on application. Particulars for insertion reeelved 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. By Order, ANTONIO BRAY, Registrar of Contracts and Public Securities. OSBORNE'S STILTON ADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION, BAKER-STREET. CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. NEW EDI (lONS..—Life-size Portrait-Models of JOHN BRIGHT, Esq., M.P., and the late RiCIIA.RD COBDEN, Esq., M. P. Open from 11 a.m. till dusk, and from 7 till 10 p.m.. Admi , tame, Is.; •children, under ten, half-price; extra rooms, 6d. Just published, • PROPOSED LONDON RAILWAYS, &c.— STANFORD'S NEW MAP of the. PROPOSED MI RO LIT AN RAILWAYS and MISCELLANEOUS IMPROVEMENTS - for Session 18157 ; showing also the Sanctioned Lines and R .ilwaye in Operation, with a List of the Plans numbered to correspond with this Map, and the Private Bill Offica List; the Names of the Engineers, and the Lengths of the Proposed Lines. The map is on the scale of two inches to a mile ; size, 35 inches by 30, and so mr•telv compiled from the Deposited Plans. Price. in sheet, 2s 6d. ; mounted in case, sa. London : Edward Stanford, 6, Charing-cross, S.W. it being considered an excellent auxiliary training for au artillery regiment, while it is also decidedly popular with the rank and file. _ Is THE Cheese! The Wivern, 4, screw turret sloop, Capt. liug:A Burgoyne, V.C., having had her engineering defect remedied, has anchored again at Spithead, where she awaits orders for her future movements. F4AU-DE-VlE.—This Pure PALE BRANDY, 18s. per ,zallon, is vi ry superio • to recent importations of Cognac, renanmended by the medical profesilon, and ex tensively used in hospitals. In bottles, 395. per dozen. or in a cue 395., railway carriage pal iIEN RY BRETT and CO., Old Furnival's Distillery, Holborn, E.O , and 30, Regent street, S.W. Established 1829. A RGYLL ROOMS. - GRAND CASINO, Windmill-street. Piccadilly. These elegant and popular Rooms, having been entirelyre decorated, arc now OPEN EVEItY EVENINI( 4 for Concert and Dancing. Conductor, Signor LuGt CURTL Manager, M. GRENET. Admission to Promenade, One Shilling. Reserved Seats, Two Shillings. THE OCEAN ST. LEGER of 1866.—What Lord Lyon was to his owner was the Taeping to her Captain, viz., winner of the race, having distanced sil com petitors, as the If AST INDIA TEA. COAPANY have in ♦ =dab y done in their oho' e and sale of fine new season's t'-as, now selling at imp orter ' s prices. War e h ouses-9, Great St. lielen's-cliurchyard. 12m0., roan, Be. WANOSTROCHT'S (N.) Recueil Choisi de V v traits historiques et de Contes moraux ; avec la signification des mots en anglais au bas do cheque page, h l'usage des jounce gene de run et do l'autre sere, quid 6 sirent apprendre le francais. Nouvelle edition, revue, corrigee et suivie d' un choix de poesies • anglaisos et francaises (parmi ` l e e poEsies francaises sont des podmes d'Arnault, de Millevoye, &Emile Deschamps et de Victor Hugo) avec les traductions en regard par Le Chevalier de Chatelain, Traducteur de Chaucer, de Gay, etc. London : -WILLIAM TEGG, Pancras Lane, Cheapside. WESTO N' S GRAND MUSIC HALL, HOLBORN. AVALUABLE NEW-YEAR'S GIFT.- A CHINESE CADDY, containing 161bs. of really good Black Tea, sent carriage tree to any railway station or market town in England, Ireland, Scotland. or Wales, on re ceipt of 10s., by PHILLIPS and CO_, Tea Merchants, 8, King William-street, City, B.C. Sole Proprietors, SIVIIABBY 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 Corn. 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 Holy Poly Eye,"—Jolly Nash, Georgina Smithson, Miss Faucourt, Paddy Fannin, Patrick Sellers, and Harry and Kattie King ; and Pio Watkini, the Persian Juggler. Band of 30 first-class per formers, and large Chorus chosen from her Majesty's and Covent Garden Opera Houses. Musical Director, Mr. P CORRI. Prices of admission - Stalls and Balcony, Is. ' • Area, ad. ; 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. TEA IS CHEAPER THAN EVER.-18. 6d , 25.. 25 B I. 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 line BLACK TEA. A. price current post free. 40s worth carriage free to any railway Ration or market town in the United Kingdom.—Observe— PHILLIPS and Co. have no Agents or any oonnexion with any house in Worcester or Swansea. Sugars are supplied at market prices. ANSION-HOUSE FUND for the RELIEF TA- of the SUFFERERS by the recent COLLIERY EXPLOSIONS. MANFIELD'S PATENT PICKLES are per fectly pure and uncoloured. To be had of all dealers and wholesale of JalIN BURGESS and SON, 107, Strand (corner of Savoy-steps), London. in 6s 54 J. ,d, )r, LI -6s elC ix- lice 57, 4'B, itt. r of - A. WEIGHT. Not to exceed 91b. soz. without bayonet. n. LENGTH. D. C ARTRIDGES. Must carry their own ignition. • M. TILE LOCK. Q. FOULING. R. PENETRATION CONTRACT, FOR FRE.3II OX BEEF AND VEGE TABLES AT FOYNES. CONTRACT DEPARTMENT, ADMIRALTY. Sce%erset House., 27th December, 186 G. 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 T yaw) 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 the 30th June, 1867, both days included. Tho 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 100 lb., 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 100 lb. 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 Tend; r. 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 Ox Beef, and £lOO for the Contract for Vegetables. The Contractor to pay half the amount of the stamps on the Contracts and Bends. By order, ANTONIO BRADT, Registrar of Contracts and Public Securities. TO GUN MA ER S and Others. Th 3 SECRETARY of STATE for WAR is desirous of rpceiving PROPOSALS from Gunmakers and Others for BREECH-LO &DING RIFLES, either repeating or not repeating, which may replace the present Service Rifles in future manufacture. 11. The following aro the conditions considered essential in military non-repeating Rifles:— To be 51 inches, with short stock, moasured from the hollow of the hutt-piste to muzzle. c. WEIGHT OF AMMUNITION MADE UP. Must not exceed Gib. 4oz. for sixty rounds as packed for service. TSIGHS The foresi g ht must be such as . to admit of a bayonet fixed according to the present system. .P. . Must be s uc h as t o carry.a STO light metal cleaning-rod, and allow a sling to be used. G. RECOIL. Must not exceed that of tha Enfield Rifle by more than 10 per cent. H. 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-loadors 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. K. CALIBRE. Optional. L. THE TWIST AND FORM OF GROOVE. Optional. • Optional. N. RAPIDITY OF FIRE. Capable of firing at least 12 rounds por minute, without aiming, the cartridges being arranged on a table. o. ACCURACY WHEN FIRED FROM A FIXED REST. The arm must give a mean figure of merit of not more than 36in. at 1,000 yards, 30in. at 800 yards, 12 n. at 500, and 6in. at 300. The mean to be taken upon at least five targets of twenty shots each. P. TRAJECTORY. Not to require at 500 yards an olevation of morn than 1 deg. 30 min. The shooting not to deteriorate more than 20 per cent at 1,000 yards after firing 250 rounds. 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 80 yards. a. LUBRICATION. Wax on bullets is indispensable, but any other lubricant may be superadded or applied to the cartridge, if thought necesFary by the competitor. __ - . No arms w ill be received 111 without the usual proof marks. Specifications, and drawings of the methods proposed, stating the probable cost per a r m, a n d accom p an i e d by a finished specimen arm, with 20 rounds of suitable ammu nition, should be sent to the "Director of Ordnance, War Offfe,, Pall-mall," onor before the 30th March, 1867. The specifications and specimen arms will be considered by the Orclnance t oSelect Committee and its associate mem bers, 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 m may appear to them sufficiently promising, 'rejecting all such as may not be considered to offer sufficient merits to warrant their being included in the competition, the con ditions of which aro stated iu 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 mutt Each competitor will be required to disclose to the committee the exact nature of the lubrication he may em- Ploy A sum of £3OO will be paid to each of the accepted competitors, to cover 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 ities which will be principally taken into consideration in awarding this prize will be economy of manufacture, power of sustaining rough usage, freedom from deterioration in various climates, and general serviceability. The shooting qualities of the cartridge must be fair; but as they may depend upon the rifling of the arm with which the cartridge is associated, they will not be so much con sidered as those above-mentioned. It is clearly to be understood that under no circumstances will a competitor be entitled to more than one prize ; but such prize will be irrespective of any reward which may be given to the inventor of the arm finally adopted into the service. 1 7 ; MAGAZINE AND REPEATING ARMS. :Magazine and Repeating Arms for Infantry will be re ceived and examined in a manner similar to the Breech loading Rifles. They must not be loss in length than 48 inches, including the stock. The limit of weight for these arms is fixed at 911 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 orßepeatingArnis, 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. The 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 of Ordnance War Office, Oct. 22 1866 ConfirrEz. R. C. L. Be T va h n e , R E ig sq. ht Hon the LORD MAYOR. Mr. Alderman and Sheriff Samuel Morley, Esq. Waterlow. Geo. Moore, Esq. Mr. Sheriff Lycett. Mr. Alderman Finnis. Mr. Alderman Besley. J. P. Gassiot, Esq. Mr. Alderman Dakin. Christopher T. Gabriel, Esq. James Hill, Esq. Frederick Thompson, Esq. 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 amoiintregiTiTod to meet the memorable Hartley Colliery Accident in 1832 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 surplus of the Hartley Fund, £3,140 was allotted to the districts in which the present accidents occurred, and this sum is now available towards the fund now being raised. H.R.H. the Prince of Wales £lOO H.R.H. the Princess of Wales The Corporation of London Amount already advertised £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. Roberts, Lubbock, and Co., Lombard-street; Messrs. Dimsdale, Fowler, and Co., 50, Cornhill ; the Lon don and Westminster Bank, Lothbury; the London Joint- Stock Bank, 5, Princes-street ; the Union Bank of London ; London and County Bank ; the National Provincial Bank of England and all their branches; Messrs. Willis, Percival, and Uo., Lombard-street; and by the several members of the Committee, JOSEPH GIBBS, Secretary. Mansion Rouse, Jan. 4, 1867. DINNEFORD'S FLUID MAGNESIA. The medical profession for Thirty ye krs have approved of this pure solution of Magnesia as the best remedy for Acidity of the Stomach, Headaotte, Heartburn, Gout, and Indigestion ; and as a mild aperient it is especially adapted for ladies and children. Prepared by DINNEFORD and CO., Chemists, &0., 172, New Bond-street, London ; And sold throughtut the world by all respectable chemists. CAUTION. --See that " Dinneford and Co." is on each bottle and red label over the cork. " THE RUIN OF THE FEW IS THE GAIN OF THE MANY." 911 HE Panic of '66 and its consequent depression .1~~ of the Colonial Bl•rzets enables the " EAST INDIA TEA COMPANY" to offer TEAS LO WER THAN EVER. Six Pounds of Good Tea for 6s. td. can't be dear. The Company's KA.ISO W 3 by the Clipper Ships are really delicious. 9, Great St. Helen's Churchyard, Bishopsgate street, Jan. 1, 1867. GEOLOG Y.—ELEMENTARY COLLEC TION, to illustrate the New Edition of "Lyoll's Elements of Geology" and facilitat.: the important study of Mineralogy and Geology, can be had at 2,5, 10, 20, 50 to 500 guineas ; also single Specimens of Minerals, R03;48, Fossils, nod ite.ent Shells, G.xdogieal slaps. Hammers al' the recent Pub toa:ions, .to.. of J. TENNANT, Mineralogist to Ilex Majesty, 149, Strand, London. Private Instruction is given in Mineralogy and Geology by Mr. TENNANT, F.G.S., 149, Strand, W.C. WINSLOW HALL, Winslow, Bucks, having been recently opened and fitted with requisitesroprietor for the c‘re and comfort the INSANE the ,r. tiOIS RAGON, an n ounc e s that he has tr , ansfer p red his Estab lishment from Birmingham to the above desirable residence, easily accessible, and distant from London about an hour and a-halt by the Lond'oifand North-Western line, and fifty minutes from Oxford. Attached to the man4ion, situated on a sandy soil, and commanding an extensive and pleasing prospect, are garden, m e ,now, plantation, and recreation grounds. For terms and forms of admission address the proprietor. DB,. SCOTT'S LIVER AND BILIOUS PILLS.—A NEVER FAILING REMEDY.—Pre )ared without any mercurial ingr,dient, from the recipe of Dr. ioott, of itromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to all who uiler iron, bilious and liver complaints, inligestic.n, wind, giddiness, ' ll/1 "" 01 the eyes, &o. For habitual mitiveness, as a fa:nily aperient medicine, and as a purifier 31 the blood, they are truly excellent; mild in their opera tion and ;rueful to ..he stomach, they create appetite, pro note Aio-eation, and strengthen the whole nervous system. Prepared only and s )14 by W. Lambert, Chemist, 8, King William-stn-et, Charing-cross. London, and by most drag. gists, in boxes.ls. lid., and three times the ridautity in one, 25. lad. Be sure to ask for Dr. Soott's =ions anti Liver rills. The genuine area square erect package. with " William Lambert" en:Frayed on the stamp. EXHIBITORS at the PARIS EXHIBITION, who ADVERTISE in "THE SUN," can have the SERVICES of .A SPECIAL AGENT in PARIS, whose address can be obtained at "The Sun" Office. He has a perfect knowledge of French, is also acquainted with bush 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. PRI NTIN G. —TO PROPRIETORS OF NEWSPAPERS, PERIODICALS, &c.—The Print ing and Machining of Newspapers, &c., done 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. WHAT IS YOUR CREST AND WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO ? Send 3s. 6d. t o CULLETON'S Heraldic Office for a Plain Sketch, or 6s. for a Coloured one. The Arms of man and wife blended together in proper heraldic form. The proper heraldic Colours for servants' liveries, what buttons to be used, and how the carria g e s h ou ld b e p a i n t e d , fee 10s. Just complete, a very valuable book, with 3,500 Engravings, arms, cr es t s , an d mottoes o f 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 now grant of arms, how to change one's name, by T. Culloton, Engraver to her Majesty and Royal family ; also Diosinker to the Board of Trade, 25, Oran bourn-street (corner of St. Martin's-lane), W.C. THE BEST REMEDY Foa INDIGESTION. NORTON'S CAMOMILE PILLS are confi_ dently recommendec; as a simple but certain Remedy for Indigestion, which i , the cause of nearly all the diseases to w:tich we are subject, being a medicine so uniformly grate Jul and beneficial, that it is with justice called the “Natural eteenvtherer of the human Stomach." " Norton's Pills act as a powerful tonic And gentle aperient; ar • mild in their operation, sale under any circumstances, and thousands of persons can now bear testimony to ihe benefits to be derived from their use, as they have been a never-failing Family Friend for upwards of 20 years. Sold in bottles at Is. lid., 28. 9d, and Us. each, in every town in the kingdom. • CAUTION. Be sure and ask for "NORTON'S PILLS," and do not be persuodsil to purahase any of the various imitations which have sprung up in consequence 01 the success of NORTQII'd CA6IOMILE DUNVILLE'S V.R. OLD IRISH WHISKY, BELFAST, Ie regularly supplied to the House of Lords. " V.R." IRISH WHISKY. DUNVILLE and CO.'S "V.R." OLD IRISH WHISKY, 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. Loudon Offices, 7, Printing-house-square, E.C., next the "Times." TAMES DALY and CO., Distillers , John - street , Cork, be to announce that they tze able to supply the trade with their celebrated Whiskies. in casks or cases, and to take orders in bond and for exportation, at their offices. 7, Printing-house-square, London, E C., the only house in the square notoocupied by the "Times." J. D. and Co.'s whiskies brim.: the highest prices in the Australian and other Colonial markets, as may be observed by reierence to the "Journal of Commerce of Victoria," by which it will be seen that their whiskies fetch 64. per gallon and is. per case over the next 13,s+, and Is. 6d per gallon and ss. 64. a case over the lowest quotation. Always on hand a large supply of ve y old mellow whisky in the finest condition, matured in sherry casks, unsurpassable in quality and flavour, supplied on the most reasonable terms. B OYS' ATTIRE. BOYS' & HYAM and CO. BOYS' at 66 and 67, OXFORD-ST. BOYS' NEW STYLE OVERCOATS. BOYS' NEW STYLE REEFERS. BOYS' KNICKERBOCKER SUITS• _-- BOYS' OSBORNE SUITS. BOYS' HARROW SUITS. BOYS' JACKETS for ALL PURPOSES• BOYS' TROUSERS and VESTS. BOYS' HOSIERY and SHIRTS. BOYS' HATS, CAPS, &c., &c. FIYAM & Co.'s BOYS' WINTER CLOTHING, 66 and 67, Oxford-street, London. The first establishment in the kingdom for Juvenile ' Clothing. Boys' Sandringham Overcoats Boys' Prince Alfred Reefer Boys' Overcoats for Little Boys Boys' Knickerbocker Suits lss. to 355. 85s. Boys' Westminster and Osborne Suits l5B. to Boys' Jackets for School and Home s. to 41s. 2s. Boys' Eaton, Harrow, and Rugby Suits 9s. to 2 HY - AM & Co.'s ATTIRE for GENTLEMEN, 66 and 67, Oxford-street, London. Hyam & Co.'s Winter TWeed Overcoats 21s. to 30s. hyam & Co.'s Winter Overcoats Hyam Sr Co.'s Winter Reefer 2ss. to 555. Hyam & Co.'i; Winter Suits Hyam & Co.'s Winter Jackets 2ls. to 428. Hyam & Co.'s Winter Frock Coats Hymn & Co.'s Winter Vests 6s. to 14s. Hyam & Co.'s Winter Trousers l4s. to 255. -.-------. T.TYAM & Co.'s SELECT DEPARTMENTS. " A-I- 1. Gentlemen's Clothing for immediate wear. 2. Bespoke or Order Department. 8. Boys' and Youths' Distinct Department. 4. Hats, Caps, Hosiery, and Outfit Department. TYAM & Co.'s ESTABLISHMEN TS LONDON-66 and 67, OXFORD-STREET. BIRMINGIIAM-21, 22, and 28, NEW-STREET. LEEDS-42, BRIGGATE ; and DEWSBURY—WESTGATE. HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.—FUNDS are 2 earn r e e s q tl u y ir e ad. oltedt , d for fitting up the TRAINING snip. x.im WM. WILLIAMS, Secretary. Boys' Refuge, 8, Great Queen-street, W.C. OMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.-CON ; TRI BUT lONS are earnestly solioited for establishing the COUNTRY HOME. £l,OOO required. WIT. WILLI Nll5, 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 Di,ooo, being £l5 a year for each boy.' Several kind friends have promised to pay for one bay each year. Subscriptions thankfully received by the London and West minster Bank, 41, Lothbury, and 214, High liolborn; Messrs. Ransom and Co., 1, Pall-Mall East; and by WM. WILLIAMS, Secretary. Refuge, 8, Great Queen-street. W.C. pROVIDENCE ROW NIGHT REFUGE, FOR HOMELESS WOMEN AND OHILDREN, 14A, Providence-row, Finsbury, E.O. Sixty Thousand Nights' Lodgings, with Suppers and Breakfasts, have been given in this Institution to the destitute, who otherwise would have had to pass the nights in the bleak streets or under railway arches. At present nearly 500 Nights' Lodgings, with Suppers and Breakfasts, are given gratuitously every week. The poor from al/ parts are admitted, the only condition being that they are homeless and starving. The Manager etc., 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, refused admittance, andhavo to spend night after night in the cold, wet, and sleet. To meet this evil, and to provide more ample accommoda tion, £2,000 has been raised, but to accomplish the work a sum of at least £l,OOO more will be required. Besides providing shelter for the homeless, this year it is proposed, as far as the donations obtained for the pur pose will allow, to give bread and coals to poor families in want. Will you, in your charity, help to carry on and accomplish what has been begun ? Will you help to give shelter to the really homeless, and food to the really starving ? The smallest donation will be most welcome, and, night and morning, the prayers of the destitute will be offered in your behalf. SUBSCRIPTIONS are earnestly requested, and will be gratefully received by theIiev.;D.GRABERT, D.D., N0.:22, Fiaebnry-circus,"EX. NOTICE OF REMOVAL. DEIFIES and SONS' J • NEW CITY SHOW ROOMS contain an entirely new an 1 extensive Stock of TABLE GLASS, China, and Chan deliers.-147, Boundsditch. NOTICE OF REMOVAL. JDEFRIES and SONS' • NEW CITY SHOW ROOXS.—The New Oval-shaped ALEXANDRA. DINNER SERVICE, from £1 AIL 6d.- 147, Houndsditch. NOTICE OF REMOVAL. DEFRIES and SONS t./ • NEW CITY SHOW ROOMS.—BREAKFAST and TEA. SERVICES in great variety, from £1 le. upwards.— !47. Houndsdltoh. NOTICE OF REMOVAL - - JDEFRIEg and S . O NS' • NEW CM' 8110 W ROOMS contain a beautiful assortment of DESSEKT SEKVICNSI, from £1 Is. to 100 guineas. Cie.:ts and Monograms engraved on same.-147, lloundsditch. NoricE OF REMOVAL. JhEFRIES and SONS' • NEW CI 1 Y SEW ItC,OIIS.—CaYSTAL CHAN- D F LIERS, New Designs for the DraWinz-room. &dm. for Gas or Candle, and to suit all kinds of Deoorat!ons. —ll7, lioundsditoh. NOTICE OF REIIO I 7AL. JDEFRLES and SON S' • NEW CITY SHOW R00315.--BRONZE and OR MOLU CHANDELIERS in great variety. New Designs for the Dlning-room.--117,11oundaditvh. NOTICE OF REMOVAL. JDEFRIES and SONS' • NEW CITY SHOW ROOMS.—The ALEXANDRA FLOWER VASE. This new and beautiful Vase can be to n in great variety, from 34. to 30s. each.—li7, Hounds ditch. NOTICE OF REMOVAL. JDEFRIES and SONS' • NEW CITY SHOW ROOKS.—The NEW JET DINING ROOM VASE. Registered designs, in great variety.-li7,Houndsditeli. NOTICE OF REMOVAL. DE FRIES and SONS' J• NEW CITY SHOW ROOMS:—IIie NEW PATENT ASTRA LAMP, for Petroleum and Mineral Oils; also CRYSTAL LAMPS and WALL LIGHTS (registered) for Houndsditeli. NOTICI4: OF REDIOVAL. S 0 N S' DEF -R I E S and J• NEw CITY SITOW 80031 S. TAVERN and HOTEL GLASS of the newest pa'terns and correct mea sure.-147, Iloundsditoh. NOTICE OF ItEIIOVAL. DEFRIES and S' NS' .1 - • NEW car( snow - ROOMS. ORNAII,NTAL CLOCKS for the DINING and DRAWING-IVJOAL -117, Hound: ditch. NOTICE OF REMO VAL. DEFRIES and SONS' t , • NEW CITY SHOW RO XS —Merchant i and the Trade pit , plied with PATT ERN BOONS FREE. —147, licundiditch. Works— London, Pirmingharn , and Paris. l'stabli s hed 1803. Just published, 2d; sent by the author for 3 stamps, UGLINESS and BEAUTY; being a Pamphlet descriptive of arttoles and means used for improving the appearance. By ALEX. BOSS, 248, High Holborn, London. QPANISH FLY is the acting ingredient in produoes whiskers and t hi c k ens h a ir, ALEX. ROSS'S CANTHARIDHS OIL, which spee dily sent by poet for 54. 84, an d 141 s t um ps.—ALEX. ROSS, 248, }Ugh Holborn. Londo n , an d a ll Chemists. 55 6d, 5s 6d, and Ms 6d ; WONDERFUL DISCOVERY.—Corns cured in one day by usin•a ALEX. ROSS'S CHIROPO. ThiA preparation gradually dissolves the Corn in a few hours, removing the very root. Price 4s ; sent by post for 60 stamps. —248, High Holborn, London, and all Chemists. Fr AIR- CURLING FLUID, 248, lligh Holborn, London.—ALEX. ROSS'S CURLING FLUID ourlt Ladies' or Gentleman's hair immediately it is applied. Sold at 38 6d, 55 6d. and I ts.d ; sant free for 54, 84, and 144 stamps. —llati of all Chemis TREY HAIR.-248, High Holborn, London.— ALEX. ROSS'S HAIR DY iC produoes a perfect colour aumediately it Is used. It is permanent, and perfectly na tural in effect. Price 3s 6d. 5 6d, and iOs ; sent by post for 54, 81, and 141 stamps ; and all Chemists. HAIR DESTROYER.--248, High Holborn, London.—ALEX. ROSS'S DEPILATORY removes superfluous hair from the faCe. neck. and arms. without effect to the skin. Prioe 311 Bcl, 6s ,1 , 3 d, and iOs 84:1;, sent for H. 81, and 144 stamps. — of all (lei:nista. PIMPLE IOI ,,:r,A.I I i,t B SR 9 K d EI a iVIN.sIIEd PILLS. R REMOVER.—AII diseases They remove redne o L High Holborn, London, and all Che stpahlse: akin are improved by one done of ALEX. ROSS'S mits.LEX. BOSS, 248. H AI washing the -peri tuned Wash, in seven or ten days the hair as sumes its original co l our, an d rema i ns so by an occoalonal mow!. Loud ; eon t for stamps.--ALEX. ROSS, 24 8 , High Holborn, n, and all Chemists. head with C OijtOhiUs beßsu WASH.. wishes to add another 1111!ZEtoStChPliE2 n S 3 C l33. lE op T er Y acion. Last year no fewer • ban 455 toor, friendless, young females were rejected Irmo want of zips and roo m, making a total of 3,087, who have beer: sent away in S•e years. gratefully by the Secretary, The new home the Committee wish to form would be for Cheapaide; or by MusD young girls, almost children, from the age o f 8 to 15, who have been led astray from the path of virtue. BYfal:DllatanyrilbaenciltdCi°&°l3B!ewlr..lsl3'begartried;alitry.seeeLdrtt" Gray's-inn-road, °lnYALthe 132FmilEsediEntelivto?rdStPyrrof Ph:4 reat Northern Rail way Most Gradous Majesty the QUEEN. way Terminal, Vice. Patron--niE Royal Highness the Prince Of W LES,RG. President—Hlo Graoe 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 King'o-oross the delay and difficulty of Governors' orders, is wholly de pendent for support oa voluntary contributions and a..;scles It affords relief to a large number of in-patients, and, in addition to this, the average number of attendance of the lestitute sick has for a oensiderable period averaged between 3 AOO and 4,000 weekly. tile Committee ear estly solicit the ASSISTANCE of Ult. benevolent, as the pr 'allies of this Hospital are capable of containing several 11,..udred more beds had the Committee the requisite lands to maintain them. Contributions are received by their bankers, Messrs. Brown, Janson, and Co., Abohurch-lane ; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co.; Drummond and Co. ; G4n and Co. ; Berries and Co. ; R a nsom and CO.; Prescott, Grrote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; Wit iams, Deacon, and Co.; Nisbet and Co- 1 Berners-street : and at the Hcspital. from 10 till /I. SLIM( 0 D 811ITH, Beoretuy, troops, that he had to attribute their defeat. Thus, the starry banner, which Gen. Sherman himself in his report states to have weighed so greatly . againit the destinies of the Mexican Empire, had become a cause of terror for the Juarist troops of Escobedo. On the day following his first and fruitless inter view with Canales the former attacked Matamoras and failed. He therefore retreated, closely pursued by the latter, who left his fortifications. In the pursuit, the partisan of Ortega had his brother killed by his side, while crossing a bridge over which the Juarists were flying, and turning from time to time to send back a Parthian shot. After this defeat Gen. Sedgwick succeeded in bringing about another conference between the two Liberal chiefs, and on this occasion the interview ended in a reconciliation. Escobedo, the Juarist, 'and Canales, the adherent of Ortega, embraced each other in presence of their troops with demonstrations of friendship, described ironically and at full length in the Mexican corres pondence of the New York papers. An announce ment was then made that the brothers-in-arms who, the day before, were enemies, were about to set out together to march upon San- Luis-Potosi and the other places occupied by the Imperialists. The result of this ' fraternal' expedition is now known. Canales, whose brother had fallen under the bullets of Escobedo, was evidently unable to become so suddenly the sincere friend of the Juarist leader. He had feigned a reconciliation in order the better to revenge himself upon his former enemy, and the more easily to reunite the Escobedists under his orders. Nothing, besides, was easier, since, in the battle before Matamoras, according to the American letters, Canales had taken prisoner one of his op ponent's soldiers, whom he at once ordered to turn face about, and fire upon his former comrades. Those captured by Escobedo acted in that way, for the Mexicans care little to know on which side they fight." It is therefore probable that, at the time when these two leaders, apparently reconciled, were marching on Sax-Luis-Potosi, or still holding revel at Matamoras, Canales must have summoned Ortega, who being sustained by the united troops of both chiefs lost no time in causing Escobedo to be shot. Fashions for January. (From Le Follet.) The weather having at last become more season able, the winter materials decided upon and exhi bited for the last two months are now brought into requisition. We are very glad to welcome the re turn of brocaded silks; there is hardly any dress more suitable for an elderly lady. Young ones have not yet adopted it, excepting for tunics or portions of a dress. Satin is also very much in favour for all purposes. There is scarcely any fabric so elegant or essentially " grande dame." Velvet, that used to be reserved for toilettes of ceremonies, is now mak ing its appearance for all kinds of occasions ; and the velveteen, so fashionable this autumn, is rapidly giving way to plush and poplin. The plush dresses and mantles en suite look very elegant and season able, and require little or no trimming. Stripes are still in the ascendancy, but arc no longer plain ; they are formed by medallions or small patterns. Black is most fashionably worn, but grey and violet seem the favourite colours. Several beautiful shades of blue have appeared. Very little green is seen, excepting for in-door wear. Fur is very much worn as trimming, the species preferred being Astra kan, sable, chinchilla, martin, miniver, and squir rel ; the two latter being preferred for very young ladies and children. Grebe is also in great favour, as are most kinds of feather trimming. Lace is, of course, kept for in-door and evening wear. Grelot and chenille fringes are also much used as ornaments; velvets worked with beads or em broidered in floss silk likewise make a most elegant addition to a toilette. For evening wear satins and silks are much worn; but for young ladies who dance lighter materials are considered preferable—such as gauze, nets, tarlatanes, or tulles, worn over silk or satin under-skirts. The usual trimmings for these dresses are ruches, beads, and flowers. Many young girls- wear foulard tunics and corselets over muslin bodies and skirts. This forms a very pretty, young, and by no means expensive dress. With tw3 or three muslin dresses with low and high bodies, a :young lady can make a very nice appearance through the winter evenings, either for demi-toilettes or small dances, as with the addition of a silk or foulard corselet and plastron the toilette is complete, and can be constantly diversified. Hardly any alteration worth mentioning has taken place in the form and trimmings of the mantlts worn this mouth. They are still ornamented with small bands of fur, and have long handsome guides at the back of the neck. The long hanging sleeves are likely to come into great favour for cloaks, espe cially if made of velvet or satin. If the mantle is of velvet or satin, trimmed with fur or feathers, the muff is invariably made to correspond. We do not see many shawls, but those are never worn trian gularly as they used to be, but always folded straight like a scarf. We do not consider this at all an elegant fashion ; but as the mode it is our duty to chronicle it. A few attempts have been made to introduce some very ugly forms for bonnets, but those at pre sent in wear—the " Catalano" and the " Lamballe" —are so very becoming :and elegant that we sin cerely trust they will not be replaced. Criholine, in spite of all the abuse and prognos tications against it, is still worn. The form is very much altered, but the skirt, let it be of what mate rial it may, invariably has a few steels, but only round the bottom. For out-door wear, with the short dresses, a small round crinoline is worn (no lady ever attempts to appear in a short dress with e - out one). With an in -door or evening dress th crinoline is long behind, an made with a train. Linen collars and cuffs with mdedallions of lace are much worn ; very fine tatting is also much in favour for this purpose. The hats worn are exactly the same as those in troduced last month, and aro ornamented in the same manner, the materials being generally velvet, felt, or beaver. There is an endless variety of lace and muslin bodies, both high and low, intended to be worn with corselets. Some are exceedingly elegant ; none more so than those formed of alternate medallions of lace and satin- stitch embroidery. We have seen several very elegant muslin and lace peplums, also some of black figured net with lattice-work of coloured velvet spotted with co loured beads. One peplum basque shown to us was formed of black velvet, about four iucheii wide, The following general orders from the Horse Guards have been issued by command of the Duke of Cambridge : " The Field-Marshal Commanding-in-Chief hav ing, with the concurrence of the Secretary of State for War, represented to the Queen that it would be highly desirable, and for the good of the service, to extend the system of five years' Staff appoint ments to field officers of the Depot Battalions, tak ing care, however, that the application of this spe cial staff rule should press as lightly as possible on the officers now serving in Depot Batta,ions, her .Majesty has been pleased to approve the following regulations taking effect from the Ist of October, 1866, viz. : " 1. The present lieut.-colonels of the Depot Battalions shall remain in undisturbed possession of their appointments until removed by casualties of service—i.e., promotion to the rank of general officer, appointment to the Staff, or any other bene ficial position, voluntary retirement on full or half pay, death, &c. " 2. The majors shall, in like manner, retain their appointments until removed by promotion to lieut.- colonelcies on full or half-pay, or to the Staff, or other beneficial position, or by death, &c. If, how ever, the promotion bo to a Depot Battalion, the command of the battalion shall be vacated at the end of five years. "3. Field-officers appointed at any period here after to Depot Battalions, whether from half-pay or from some full-pay position, shall be removed, as a matter of course, at the end of five years, except in cases of reappointment at the discretion of the Field-Marshal Commonding-in-Chief. "4. As a general rule, every lieut.-colonel re moved from the Depot Battalions to the half-pay list shall be replaced, in the usual manner, by an officer from half-pay, to serve or sell ; but the eligi bility of the senior major, if he has been appointed under the new rule, to succeed to a vacancy so caused shall be left as a matter for consideration, dependent upon that officer's standing and service in the army, and the probability of the lieut.-colonel removed to the half-pay list obtaining the rank of major-general within a period of two years. " 5. The present -adjutants of depot battalions shall, in the same manner as the field officers, be al lowed to retain their appointments until removed by promotion to majorities on full or half-pay, or (upon application) to half-pay majorities after six years' service as adjutants, or to the Staff or other benefi cial position, or by death, &c. ; but the adjutants appointed at any future period shall, after six years' service as such, be removedby promotion to half-pay majorities, when, if deemed eligible, they may, on opportunities occurring, be appointed to majorities in the depot battalions, and be allowed to hold such appointmentefor the qualifying period of five years, it being understood, however, that the adjutants aro not to be considered as having any claim to re-ap pointment to the staff of the depot battalion. " By command of his Royal Highnesa the Field- Marshal Commanding-in-Chief, 66 WILLIAM PAULET, Adjt.-Gen." " It having been brought to the notice of the Field-Marshal Commanding-in-Chief that the prac tice of issuing commissions to officers of line regi ments, Royal Artillery, and Royal Engineers serv ing in India, who have been granted local ranks in that country, entails upon them thepayment of extra stamp duty, and, as the rank in question was con ferred to meet purely local requirements, his Royal Highness has submitted the case to the Queen, and her Majesty has been pleased to approve a discon tinuance of the system of granting local commis sions to the regimental officers in question. " In future, therefore, these promotions will only appear in general orders by the Commander-in- Chief in India, and will not be subject to confirma tion by her Majesty. "The lieut.-colonels, majors, and captains who hare been gazetted tolocal rank in India since July 4, 1865, inclusive, will not receive commissions for such rank. " By command of his Royal Highness the Field- Marshal Commanding-in-Chief, Wthuali PAULET, Adj t.-Gen." The examination of candidates for commissions in the Royal Artillery and Royal Engineers for ad mission to the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich,- under the regulations dated Horse Guards, Ist June, 1865, commenced yesterday at Chelsea Hospital, before Major-Gen. W. C. E. Napier, vice-president, and the members of the Council of Military Educa tion. The examination will occupy several days. The deaths of the following officers have been officially reported at the War-office since the Ist ult.:—Lieut.-Gen. Richard T. King, Royal Ar tillery; Major-Gene. John Tylden, Royal Artillery; and George Freeman Murray, 65th Regiment John Henderson, 16th Regiment ; Lient.-Colonel Barclay Thomas, 27th Enniskillens; Lieuts. Charles Platt, 2d battalion 16th Regiment ; and James B. Smith, 21st Dragoons ; Ensigns Walter F. Riddell, 2d battalion 16th Regiment ; and Hamlet Wade Thompson, 2d battalion, 25th Regt. (accidentally shot) ; Paymaster Thos. Bird, 101st Royal Bengal Fusiliers ; Quartermaster I'. Kelly, 2d \Vest India Regiment ; Deputy Assist. -Commissary-Gen. John Peter C. Lawder ; Surgeon Charles Coombe, Cold stream Guards. Capt. F. S. Herries, 65th Regiment, has been ap pointed aide-de-camp to Major-Gen. F. Murray, in command of the Chatham district. The officers of the Ist and 2d battalions of infantry at Chatham garrison entertained Major-Gen. Fre: s man Murray at dinner on Wednesday evenin n di st r ic t. assuming the command of the Chatham Col. J. W. S. Smith , C.B. i n command of the I st Depot Battalion, presided, the whole of the o ffi cers of the battalion at head -quarters being present. On the previous evening Major-Gen. Murray was en tertained at dinner by the officers of Royal Engineers at Brompton Barracks. An order was yesterday received at the Royal Engineer establishment, Chatham, directing a de tachment of 31 non-commissioned officers and men of the Royal Engineers,to be held in readiness for embarkation for Bermuda. Her Majesty's iron screw troopship Orontes, Capt. 11. W. llire,• was paid out of commission at Portsmouth yesterday, and will this morning be re-commissioned by Capt. henry Helps and a new staff of officers, the, latter, however, includ ing her senior lieutenant, surgeon, and several others under Capt. Hire's command. Capt. the Hon. F. Egerton, H.M.S. Victory, aide-de-camp to the Queen, superintended the payment of the ship's company, who were granted 28 days' leave. George Macarthy, quartermaster, having served his full terms of service, was recommended to the Admi ralty for the silver medal and £l5, gratuity for long service and good conduct, and receives a pension of £35 15s. per annum. Captain Hire improve& the occasion by addressing the ship's company in a short yet effective address, exhorting them to follow the excellent example of their old shipmate Macarthy. Some dissatisfaction was subsequently expressed by the men at receiving only 28 days' leave in lieu of the usual six weeks, but the reason of this depar ture from the ordinary usage on paying a ship's Her Majesty's screw troopship Tamar, (;.apt. F. Sullivan, C. 8., is under orders to proceed kir Ports mouth to Queenstown, to embark them the 64th Regiment for conveyance to Malta. From Malta the Tamar will convey the 84th Regiment, relieved by the 61th, to Halifax and Bermuda, and return from the latter place to England with a regiment relieved by the 84th. The following appointments have been made at the Admiralty :—Lieut. F. De V. Sanders, to the Irre sistible, for service in tender ; Lieut. Francis A. D. Radcliffe, to the Bellerophon ; W . W. 'Kiddie, master, to the Asia, for the Royal Alfred ; George Patterson, master, to the Bristol ; John H. Tully, master and pilot, to the Princess Royal, additional ; Frank Inglis, master, to the Asia, for the Warrior; F. Piper, master, to the Asia for . the Himalaya ; It. M. Bryant, second master, to the Princess Royal, addi tional ; Alfred Swain de Ridder, second master, to the Princess Royal, additional ; Francis Itowlatt, second master, to the Princess Royal, additional ; Herbert G. T. Packer, second master, to the Tamar ; J. N. Robinson, paymaster, additional, to the Bri tannia ; Alfred J. Tout, first-class assist.-engineer, to the Irresistible ; Robert G. Gordon, assist.- paymaster, to the Royal George ; Allen F. Gain, assist.-paymaster, to.the Fisgard, as supernumerary, and Norman Maclean, nominated a naval cadet. THE VOLUNTEERS. Lieutenant-General the Hon. Sir J. Y. Scarlett, K.C.8., ',presented last Saturday the prizes to the members of the Burnley Rifle Volunteer Corps which they had won last September at their annual contest. The corps consists of 777 men, of whom 663 had entitled themselves to the capitation grant, and 14 had obtained the 20s. having distributed the prizes, Sir James said that, as honorary colonel of the Burnley Volunteers, he took a deep interest in them, and though the position was merely a complimentary one, a sinecure, giving him no privi lege to interfere with the internal discipline or with the drill of the regiment, still it did not diminish the interest he took in the corps. (Applause.) The pleasure of having seen the corps in the field last August gave him additional reason. for being de sirous of presenting the prizes they had won. Ile had been particularly struck with the efficiency of the corps, and he attributed it to the fact mainly that they were accustomed to leave their homes for a few days' training at Lytham, and live in tenth every year. He believed that encamping was the principal reason of their efficiency. Every man was bound to defend his own home, for patriotism was no thing more than the desire to defend hearth and home. Every man in this country had that feeling, and therefore, if he were not able to do it himself he should do it by 'substitute, or by some other mode. There fore, the Volunteers were of the greatest import . ance in this country. (Applause.) It was a movement which ought not to be allowed. to decline ; but, ou the contrary, every soldier young enough and capable enough ought to do his best to attend a cer tain number of drills. If that there were the ease, we should want very little organisation in England ; and with our own regular troops, with our Militia, with our Volunteers, and with our pensioners wo might look in the face of any foreign nation without shrinking fur a moment. (Applause.) He need scarcely say that England was not an aggressive na tion. " Peace and goodwill to all" should be the motto of England. (Hear, hear.) That was what she wanted; and all she required with her troops was that they should protect her dominions, and check all disposition to invade her shores. The principle of preparing for war, even in time of peace, was a very sound one, and he thought the autho rities were very much inclined to take the proper course. England wished for no aggrandisement. She did not wish to extend her dominions. It might happen sometimes that the best defence was made by taking the initiative and attacking. Of course, in that point of view our regular army would come in, and would be well supported by the Militia and Volunteers. In such a case he did not see the need of any new organisation in England. (Applause.) On Saturday afternoon the newly appointed com manding officer of the Blackburn (2d Lancashire) Rifle Volunteers, Lieut.-Col. Starkie, late M.P. for Clithcroc, assumed the command of the corps after it had paraded so that the prizes which they had won during the last autumn's competition in rifle shooting might be distributed to the successful competitors. The corps mustered upwards of 500 strong, and marched to the Town-hall, where, in the presence of the Mayor and several members of the Corporation, Lieutenant-Colonel Starkie made the presentations to the respective winners, and in doing so expressed the pleasure it gave him to assume the command of the Blackburn Rifle Volunteers that day, and while he could not be ex pected to say much as regarded their efficiency from his own knowledge, he must admit that the score which they had made in the recent annual competi tion showed that they were pretty good shots. That was an important thing for rifle Volunteers, as it was by good shooting that opposing armies brought down their enemies, and it would be of service to them supposing they were called out for the defence of the nation and were attacked. He then proceeded to present the prizes, which were of the value of £145, and included three silver cups. These prizes, he said, showed that everbody in the town took an interest in the welfare of the corps. lie hoped that during the new year they would all be very assiduous in their duties, and show to those who had kindly helped them that they were not un grateful for such kindness. Ile bad very great pleasure in saying that, so far as he bad seen , the drill of the corps w as creditable to tnem, and though he had only assumed the c ominand of the reg i m ent that day, and was not acquainted w itli d e t a ils, he had prev i ous ly seen their movements in he field, and could speak creditably of them. Applau.s . ), ...............................—.....-. ____------ ___ SUICIDE OF A AiILITIA SERGEANT.-011 Wednes day morning, about 9 o'clock, a staff sergeant in the sth Royal Lancashire Militia, named John Johnson, committed suicide by shouting himself through the head with his rifle. 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