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THE COMMISSIONERS f or EXECUTING .1 the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRE LAND do hereby Give Notice, that on Tuesday, the 15th January next,. at Twelve o'clock at Noon, they will be ready to treat with such persons as may be willing to con tract for supplying all such quantities of FRESH OX BEEF and VEGETABLES, for the us e o f h er M a j esty ' 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. Every T en d er 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 Contraet for Vegetables. The Contractor to pay half the amount of the stamps on the Contracts and Bond& By order, ANTONIO BRADY, Registrar of Contracts and Public Securities. T 0 GII N M AACKll,Bind I. Others. The SECRETARY of STATE for WAR is desirous of receiving PROPOSALS from Gunmakers and Others for BREECH-LOADING RIFLES, either repeating or not repeating, which may replace the present Service Rifles in future manufacture. The following are the conditions considered essential in military non -repeating Rifles:— Not to exceed 91b. soz. without bayonet. n. LENGTH. To be 51 i nc h es, w i th short stock, measured from the hollow of the butt-plate to muzzle. C. WEIGHT OF AMMUNITION MADE UP. Must not exceed 61b. 4oz. for sixty rounds as packed for service. D. CARTRIDGE S. Must carry their own ignition. E. SIGHTS . fixed according The foresight must be such as t o a d m i t of a bayonet to the present system. Must F. STOOK. allow a s li ng to be used. be su c h as to carry a light metal e l ean i ng . rod, and G. Must not exceed that ofRECOIL. the Enfield Rifle by more than 10 per cent. r. THE ARM AS A WHOLE. Must be as little liable to injurybylong-continued firing, rough usage, and exposure, as the naval rifles converted to breech -loaders on the Snider system. To be as capable, also, of being used without accident by imperfectly trained men, and of being m anu f actured in quantities and of uni form quality. I. 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 ity. man ufactured in large quantities, and o f uniform, qual Optional. K. CALIBRE . L. THE TWIST AND FORM OF GROOVE. Optional. Optional. x. THE LOCK. N. RAPIDITY OF FIRE. Capable of firing at least 12 rounds per minute, without aiming, the cartridges bein g arranged on a table. o. ACCURACY WHEN FIRED FR OM A FIXED REST. The arm must give a mean figure of merit of not and bin. a t 30 0. 0 re than 36in. at 1 , 0 00 yard s , 3 0in. at 800 yards, 12in. at m 500, The mean to be taken u shots each. Pon at l eas t five targets of t wenty P. TRAJECTORY. Not to require at 500 yards an elevation of more than 1 deg. 30 min. Q. FOULING. The shooting not to deteriorate more than 20 per cent. at 1,000 yards after firing 250 rounds. R. PENETRATION. - The mean penetration of five shots not to be less than that of the present service muzzle-loading Enfield Rifle— viz., 12 half-inch elm planks, which have boon soaked 48 hours in water. Distance 30 yards. a. LBRICATN. Wax o n b u l lets is indis U IO rensable, but any other lubricant may be supemdded or applied to the cartridge, if thought necessary by the competitor. 111. Ige arms will be received without the usual proof marks. S pecifications, and drawings of the methods proposed, stating the probable cost per arm, and accompanied by a finished specimen arm, with 20 rounds of suitable ammu nition, should be sent to the "Director of Ordnance, War Office, Pall-mall," on or before.the 30th March, 1867. Tho specifications and specimen arms will be considered by the Ogdnance Select 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 as 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 are stated in this advertisement. Each accepted competitor will then be required to furnish for experiment, at Woolwich, six arms in strict conformity to the specimen arm submitted, with 1,000 rounds of am munition per arm, within four months after date of de mand- ' Each competitor will be required to disclose to the committee the exact nature of the lubrication he may em ploy. A sum of £3OO will be paid to 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, wliile 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- Ries 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 deyend 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 cireumstances will a competitor be entitled to mere 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 Nr: MAGAZINE AND REPEATING ARMS. Magazine and Repeating Arms for Infantry will be re eived and examined in a manner similar to the Breech loading Rifles. They must not be less in length than 48 aches, in c l u di ng t h e 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 orßepeatingA rms , w hi ch are accepted for further trial, will be paid for at the rate of VO each. This sum is to include 1,000 rounds of ammunition per arm. The S ecre t a will V. novelty State Y produced in answer to this advertisement shell bo 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 1 14 the service, it will bear the inventor's name. J. ST, GEORGE, Major-Geneml, Director _of Ordnanot /7142 011100 1 Oat so ma L ONDON STREET REFORM SOCIETY. PRESIDENT. Sir WILLIAM FRASER, Bart., M.A., F.S.A. On the 13th of June, 1865, it was admitted unanimously in the House. of Commons that the condition of London, as regards Paving, Lighting, and Cleansing, was disgraceful. No improvement has taken place. The. Traffic of London becomes every day more un manageable. The Public Vehicles are inferior to those of Provincial 'and Continental Cities. This Society has been formed to stimulate public atten tion; to collect, condense, and mako known facts ; to point 'out defects in the law ; to enforce provisions at present neglected; and to watch Bills introduced into Par liament on these subjects. The LOndon Street Reform Society is not pledged to support any specific change in the Government of the Metropolis. Those who may wish to join tho Society aro requested to write to J. S. Hilly, Esq., Hon. Sec. L.S.R.S. 88 St. James's -street, S. W. , , CONTRACT FOR BARRACK STORES FOR THE ROYAL MARINES. Contract Department, Admiralty, Somerset House, 9th 1867. THE COMMISSIONERS for Jan, EXECUTING the OFFICE of LORD ADMIRAL of h UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT HIGH BRITAIN and IRE LAND, Do hereby give NOTICE, that on WEDNES DAY, the 23d inst., at Twelve o'Clock at Noon, they will be ready to treat with such Persons as may be willing to Contract for supplying and delivering into her Majesty's Victualling Stores at Deptford, all such quantities of Long-Hair Broom Heads, and Clamps and Blocks for Long Scrubbing Brnsh , s, as may from time to time be demand , ' for the nso of the Royal Marines, under a Contract for twelve calendar months certain, and further until the expi ration of three calendar months' warning. Patterns of the articles may be seen at the Royal Marine office, New-street, Spring-gardens, between the hours of Eleven and Two o'Clock. No Tender will be received unless made on the printed form provided for the purpose, and which may be obtained on application in the Lobby of the Department of the Con troller of Victualling, Admiralty, Somerset House, where the conditions of the Contract may be seen. No Tender will be received after Twelve o'Clock at Noon on the day of Treaty; and it will not be required that the Party tendering, or an Agent on his behalf, should attend at the Office on the day of Contract, as the result of the offer received from each person will be communi cated to him and his proposed Sureties in writing. Every Tencßr must rve addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words " Tender for Barrack Stores ;" and must also be delivered at the Department of the Controller of Victualling, Admi ralty, Somerset House, signed by two responsible persons, engaging to become bound"with the Person tendering in the sum of £3OO for the due performance of the Contract. By Order, ANTONIO BRADY, Registrar of Contracts and Public Securities. No. 23,271 JOSEPH GIBBS, Secretary. Mansion House, Jan. 7, 1867. UNVILLE'S V.R. OLD IRISH WHISKy, BELFAST, Is regularly supplied to the House of Lords. "V.R." IRISH WHISKY. DUNVLLLE and CO.'S " V.R." OLD IRISH WHISKY, BELFAST. London Offices and Stores, 4, BEAUFORT-BUILDINGS, STRAND, W,a Established 180 S. Quotations on application. JAMES DALY and CO., Distillers, world. , Cork.—" The purest spirit and safe s t d r i nk in the "—London Of f ices, 7, Printing-house-square, E.C., next the " Times." TAMES DAF 4 y and CO., Distillers, John-street, Cork, beg to announce that they are able to supply the trade with their celebrated Whiskies. in casks or caseq, and to take orders in bond and for exportation, at their aloes, 7, Printing-house -square, London, E C., the only house in the square not occupied by thq " Times." J. D. and Co.'s whiskies bring the highest prices in the Australian and other Colonial markets, as may ha observed by reverence to the "Journal of Commerce of Victoria," by which it win be seen that their whiskies fetch 6d. per gallon and is. per case over the next best, and Is. 6d p ee gallon and ss. 6d. a case over the lowest quotation. Always on hand a large supply of ye y old mellow whisky in the finest condition, matured in sherry casks, unsurpassable in quality and flavour, supplied on the most reasonable terms. MANFIELD'S PATENT PICKLES are per fectly pure awl uncoloured. To be had o all dealers and wholesale of JO HN BURGESS and SON, f 107, Strand (corner of Savoy-steps), London. AUCELEAA and PE R RIN S' WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE. This delicious condiment, pronounced by connoisseurs "THE ONLY GOOD SAUCE," Is prepared solely by LEA and PERRINS. The publics 're respectfully cautioned azahist worthless imitations, and should see that Lea and rerrlns' names are on wrapper, label, bottle, and stopper. Sold whAolesale SK for LEA and PERRLNS' SAUCE. and for export by the Proprietors, and Sons, Messrs. Crosse and Blackwell; Messrs. Barclay Sons, London, &c. &O. ; an d by Grocers and ()amen uni versally. Yr: R. HOWARD , SURGEON-DENTIST, 52, nFle estre et, has int ro d uced an entirely new descrip tic, ART t-IFICIAL TEETH, fixed without springs, wires. or ligatures. They so perfectly re,•embte the natural teeth as not to be distinguished fro ii the originals by th e c l oses t observer ; they will never change colour or decay, and will be found superior to any teeth ever before used. This method does not require t:,e extraction of roots, or any pain ful operation, and wilt support and preserve teeth that arc loose, and is guaranteed to restore articulation and mastica tion. Decayed teeth stopped and rendered sound and useful in mastication. 52. Fleet -street. At home from 10 till 5, LAMBERT'S ASTHMATIC BALSAM.---AN or aff ec LIITE GT UAL ItESIEDY, without confining the bowels ting. the head, truly efficacious and pleasant, is ad- Mated to be the best medicine tor immediately relieving coughs, colds, confirmed cases of asthma, and incipient con sumption. It frequently cures persons whom the faculty pronounce incurable, admirably allays the tickling v.hlch ry.s e °y ff o ec kes ts fre quent coughing. In approaching consumption it are truly beneficial. Person s d epr i ved of sleep, or even lying down f or fear of suncation, may dep en d on re li ef in a few minutes after taking it. Prepareo on.y and sold by W. LANIBRItT, Chemist. 8, Kin ?; - W.lllam-street, Charing cross, London, and by all drug; sts, in bottles, 131 d., and three quantities in one, 2s, thi each. Be particular. and ask for Lamberts Asthmatic Balsam. The name and address are engraved on the stamp. WHRUPTURES. —BY ROYAL L ETTERS PATENT. ITE' S MOO-MARC LEVER TRUSS (PERF ECTED AND E XHIBITED IN THE GREAT Extuntrioss ot 1851 and I 862), is allowed by upwards of I' wo if undred Metical Gentlemen to be the most effective invention in the curative treatment ot HERNIA. The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effe,,ts, is here avoided—a sort bsndag-e being. worn round the body, while the requisite resisting' power is supplied by the Moe-Main Pad and Patent Lev,r, fitting' with so much ease and close ness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn during sleep. A descriptive circular may be had, and tin truss, which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the circum ference of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manufacturer, Mr. WHITE. 228, Piccadilly. A. Sinale Truss, lit., 215., 265 11.1., and Sls. 64 Postage, Is. 31s. 6.1., 42s , and 525. ed. Postage, 18. Bd. Truss, 425. and 525. 61 Postage, Is. 10d. A A. n D u o m ub b l i e il l oa `r i uss, Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post office, Piccadilly. _ _ NEW PATENT 'LASTIC STOCKIN GS, ANEE-CAPS, Sze., for Va r i cose V e i ns and all cases o f Weakness and Swelling . of the Legs, prains, &o. They are li porous, light in t exture, and Inexpensive , and ar e d rawn on Ike an ordinary stocking. Price 48. 6d., 78.6 d., 10s., and 16s. each. Postage, 6d. JOHN' WHITE, Manufacturer, 228. Piccadilly. ROMELESS BOYS OF LONDON. -FUNDS afp. ar z e 2, e no ar o n r e e s q tl u y ir s e o d. lietted for fitting up the TRAINING Boys Refu W3l. WILLIA.MS, S ecretary. ' ge, 8, (4reat Queen-street, W.C. 14 OA RLESS BOYS OF LONDON. -CON it he COURT TR I BUTIONS are earnestly so li c i ted for establishing RY UOMJj. £l,OOO required. Boys' Ref WM. WILLI XII% Secretary. uge, 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 £5,000, being £l5 a year for each boy. Several kind friends have promised to pay for one boy each year. Subscriptions thankfully received by the London and West minster Bank, 41, Lothbury, and 214, High Holborn; Messrs. Ransom and Co., 1, Pall-Mall East ; and by wNr. Refs WILLIAMS , Secretary. ge, 8, Great Queen -street, W.C. pROVIDENCE ROW NIGMr' REFUGE, p E r S o S v i d W on o o 3l o; E rL l o N7A p N io D sb O u ll ry ll :E D .o ß . EN , Sixty Thor' nd N w i iht w o o u r iti n ha t e w l ath Institution S e r t s o and Breakfasts, have been g given s destitute, who other pass the nights in the bleak streets or ender rail to arches. At present nearly 500 Nights' Lodgings, withruy Breakfasts, are given gratuitously every week. Yr rs and from all parts are admitted, the only condition bein:Pr they are homeless and starving. The Manager Sec that receives no remuneration whatever. Notwithstane ling the provision made by the Poor Houses, each night numbers of young women, chilaren, and orphans are, for want accommodation, refusedadmittance, and have to spend night after night in the cold, wet, and sleet. To meet this evil, and to provide more ample accommoda tion, £2,000 has been raised, but to accomplish the work a sum of at least £lOOO more will he required. Besides providing shelter kir the homeless, this year it is prop..)sed, as far as the donations obtained for the pur pose will allow, to give bread and coa l s t o poor tanailies in want. Will you, in your charity, help to carry on and accomplish what has been begun 1 Will you help to give shelter to the really homeless, and food to the really starving ? The smallest donation will bo most welcom e, and, night an d morning, the prayers of the destitute will be offered in your behalf. SUBSCRIPTIONS are earnestly requested, and will be gratefally received by,the.uev,A . G4Esitv„D,ll, No : 2; Finaury-dreus E.Q. KIN IRAN'S LL WHISKY. DUBLIN EXHIBITION, 1865. This celebrated OLD IRISH WHISKY gained the Dublin Prize Modal. It is Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Whole 3orno. Sold in Bottles, 3s. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London ; .1. the Agents in the principal towns in England ; or cludesalA at 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. Observo tb Piuk Label, and Cork branded Kluaban'a LL Whisky." ' ‘IUTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION (Inomporated by Act of Parliam?nt, 1850). _ . 4, 1:178S14.: U.-STREET, COVt ST-CiAll. DEN. LONDOIf. Prompt ADVANCES on all description of security. F..rms tree on application by letter to EDWARD HARPER, Secretary. COUNTRY HOTELS, PUBLIC HOUSES, and BUSINESSES. FURNESS and KNEE'S List on application. Particulars for insertion received until the 27th of the rronth at Vick AUC :lON AND HOTF.L AGENCY OFFICES, 5, Agar-street. Strand, W.C., and nearly opposite the Charing Cross Railway Station. 11-1- A NSION - HOUSE FUND for the RELIEF of the SUFFERERS by the recent COLLIERY EXPLOSIONS. COMMITTEE. The Right Hon the LORD MAYOR. R. C. L. Bevan, Esq. Mr. Alderman and Sheriff Samuel Morley, Esq. Waterlow. Geo. Moore, Esq. Mr. Sheriff Lycett. Mr. Alderman Finis. Mr. Alderman Besley. J. P. Gassiot, Esq. Ntr. Alderman Dakin. Christopher T. Gabriel, Esq. James Hill, Esq. Frederick Thompson, Esq. R. N. Fowler, Esq. E. 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 collierry explosions. S UBSCRIPTIONS are greatly needed to relieve the numerous families made destitute thereby. The amount required to meet the memorable. Hartley Colliery Accident in 1862 was £50,000; in that case 204 men and boys lost their lives ; in the present instance double that number are known to have perished, there fore to make a suitable provision for the families depen dent upon them about £lOO,OOO will be needed. At the final distribution of the 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 H.R.H. the Prineess of Wales The Corporation of London Amount already advertised £15,531 11 11 Subscriptions will be received by the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, at the Mansion-house ; Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co, 54, Lombard-street ; Messrs. Coutts and Co., Strand ; Messrs. Glyn, Mills, and Co., 67, Lombard street ; Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Co., 1, Lombard-street; Messrs. Robarts, Lubbock, and Co., Lombard -street ; Messrs. Dimsdale, Fowler, and Co., 50, Cornhill ; the Lon don and Westminster Bank, Lothbury; the London Joint- Stock Bank, 5, Princes-street ; the Union Bank of London London and County Bank ; the National Pro v i nc i a l Bank of England and all their branches; Messrs. Willis, Percival, and Co., Lombard-street; and by the several members of the Committee. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 10, 1867 Next week, in 3 vols., post Bvo., OLD TRINITY. A Story of Real Life. By T. MASON JONES. _ Richard Bentley, New Buriing:On-strcet. In a few days, fn 1 v. 1., post 870 . A RMSTRONG- MAGNEY. A Story, By lIERACIA CBS GREY. ItLhard Bcntiey, New Burlington-Street. MISS BRADDON'S NEW ILLUSTRATED MAGAZINE. Now rublishin,x, price One Shilling, Monthly, “BELGRAVIA:" "The best Shilling Magazine which Entrland poa ses , es."—Standard. Offi:e : Warwick Ifous3; Paternoster-row Loadon. I\TEW DANCES for the PIANOFORTE:— Boa Soir Gilop. By Fred. Godfrey. 4a. Polka des Demoiselles. vs. 6d. Ro3abella Valse. A. Wriht. Is, '1 he Bell tialop. J. Waterson, 4s. United Service Galop. Fred. Godfrey. 3s. Helena Waltz. By dittl. Piano, sole and duets, 4s. each. United Service Qqadrille. Solo avvi duct 4, 4s e .ch. Colleen Aroon Quadrilles. ksy ditto. Solo and duets, 48. each. The Harlequinade Quadrille. By ditto. 4s, The Flowers of the Season Polka. 3s. The Awfully Good Polka. By Henri Desormes. 3s. All at half price, with an extra stamp for postage. London : Robert Cocks and Co., New Burlington-street, and of all musiesellcrs. Just published, PROPOSED LONDON RAILWAYS, &c.— STANFORD'S NEW MAP of the PROPOSED METROi-'OLITaN R.IILWAT.S and MISCELLANEOUS IMPROVEMENTS for Session 1857; showinEr, a's3 the Sanctioned Lines and It ilways in Operation, with a List of the Plans numbered to correspond with this Map, and the Private Bill 011ica List; the Names of the Engineers, and the Lengths of the Propose . d Lines. 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Private Instruction is given in Mineralogy and Geology by Mr. T2NNANT, 149, Strand, W.C. NOI ICE OF REMOVAL. DEFRIES and SONS' tl • NEW CITY SHOW ROOMS contain an entirely new and extensive Stock of TABLE GLASS, think and Chan deller4.-147, floundsditch. NOTICE OF REMOVAL. JJDEFRIES a n d S ONS' NEW CITY SHOW ROOMi.—The New Oial-shaped ALEXANDRA DINNER SERVICE, from £1 18s. 6d.- 147, Roundsditeli. NOTICE OF REMOVAL. DEFRIES and SONS t/ • NEW CITY SHOW ROOMS. — BREA.KFAST and TEA SERVICES in great variety, from £1 is. upwards.-- 147, Houndsditoh. NOTICE OF REMOVAL. • T DEFRIES and SONS' tr • NEW CITY SHOW ROOMS contain a beautiful assortment of DESSERT SEKVICES, from £1 Is. to 100 euineas. Crests and Monograms engraved on same. —147, Houndsditch. NOTICE OF REMOVAL. T DEFRIES and SONS' • NEW CITY SHOW ROOMS.— TAVERN and HOTEL GLASS of the newest palerns and correct mea sure.-147. Houndsditch. NOTICE OF REuovAL. 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DEPOSIT DEPARTMENT.—THE CON SERVATIVE LAND SOClETY.—Persons wishing to invest large or small sums, receiving half-yearly interest warrants at four per cent, per annum, with power of withdrawal at fixod periods, according to amount invested, may deposit sums daily at the offices, No. 33, Norfolk street, Strand, W.C., without becoming members of the Society. CHARLES LEWIS GRUNEISEN, Secretary. Prospectuses of the Share, Deposit, Land, and Building Advance. Departments will be sent free of charge. E AST AND WEST INDIA DOCK COMPANY. The Court of Directors of the East and West India Dock Company HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that a HALF YEARLY COUR P or GENERAL MEETING of the said Company will be held, pursuant to the directions of the Act 1 and 2 William IV, cap. 52, at the Dock-house, No. 8, Bilfiter-square, on FRIDAY, the 18th day of January, 1867. at which meeting a Dividend will be declired on the capital stook of the Company for the halt year ending the 31st day of December, 1866. The business of the Company to be submitted to the Court or General Meeting will also include the augmenting. the present capital stock of the East and West India Dock Com pany by a further sum of £120,000, such sum to be raised in accordance with the provisions of the East and West India Dock Company's Acts 1 and 2 William IV., cap.. 52, and 28 Viet., cap. 30, and other the Comnany's Acts, and for decidirg the terms upon which such further sum of capital stock shall be is =tied, and the passing the resolutions, and the taking of all other steps necessary to effect all or any of the above purposes. _ By order of the Court, GEORGE COLLIN', Secretary. East and West India Dock-house, 8, Milner square, Jan 4, 1867. N.B.—The chair will be taken at Two o'clock precisely. INDIA OFFICE, ltth December, rem. BY ORDER of the SECRETARY of STATE for INDIA in COUNCIL. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that it is intended to send to India, at the (rid of 1869, five young men, trained and educated for:ultimate employment in the higher branches of the Department for the conservation and management of the Forests under the Government of India. The salary will be at first £3OO a year, and promotion will depend upon efficiency, and the occurrence of vacancies in the higher grades. Applicants must be British subjects above 17 years of age. They must produce satisfactory certificates of being pos sessed of a competent knowledge of the following suijects, and prepared, if required, to undergo an examination in them : Eng.ish composition. Arithmetic. Algebra. elementary principles, simple and quadratic equa tions, ratl and proportions, logarithms, arithmetical and geometrical progression. 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If selected th ey will be f u Aer required to go through a course of training. and instruction in forestry and cognate sciences for two y ears and a half in F rance o r G erma ny pre wilt contribut e £3 ► at the end of each half year town ds the expense of thi s training. in the case of such candidates as arc f avourably reported on b y the i r i ns t r uctors. departure for India; and the Secretary of State More detailed infiirmat on as to the qualifi•ations sought for, and the advantages held out, may be had on application to the Under-Secretary of State for India, India Office, Victoria -street - Westminster, to whom candidates must ad cit ess their al pheaihns before tue Ist February. 1867. JAMES FERGUSSON. JOHN GOeiNELL and CO.'S CHERRY TOO PAsTg 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 ter 61—Bed Bull Wharf, 93, Upper Thames-street. London. 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The proper heraldic Colours for servants' liveries, what ery buttons to bo used, and how the carriage sho u ld b e pa i nted, fee 10s. Just complete, a very valuable bo o k, w i t h 3 , 5 00 . Engravings, t,zinilyink th arms, iug crests, and m o tt oes of nearly ev dom, the result o f t hi rty years' labour, price £lO 10s., printed in several colours. F am il y Pedi grees traced from authentic record; information as to the name,obtaining by T. n ew grant of arms, h ow to change one ' s Culleton, Engraver to her Majesty and Royal family ; also Diesinker to the Board of Trado, 25, Oran bourn-street (corner of St. Martin's-lane), W.C. " EIXHIBITORS at the PARIS EXHIBITION, SrEAwChEo A S address can be obtained at " The Sun" Office. He has a perfect knowledge of French, is also acquainted with busi ness, and has good connections. On application to " Th e o f D A V ADVERTISE in THE SUN," can h ave the AGENT in PARIS, w h ose SERVICES 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. PR IN TING. —TO PROPRIETORS OF NEWSPAPERS, PERIODICALS, &c.—The Print ing and Machining of Newspapers, &c., done on exceed ingly favourable terms. Use of Editorial and P u bli s hi ng Offices, if required. Estimates forwarded on rece i p t o f particulars, with stamped directed envelope for reply. Address—The Manager "Sun" Printing Offices, 3, Church row, Savoy, Strand, W.C. MUST HAVE BEEN AN IBISHMAN:—. 44 I never shot a bird in my life," said some ono to his friend, who:replied, "I never shot anything in the shape of a bird, but a squirrel, which I killed with t stone, when•it fell into the river, mut Wall drowned." AFTER Covent-garden Theatre—EVANS' to SUP. Aler Drury-lane Theatre EVANS' to SUP. A f;er Lyceum Theatre EVANS' to SUP, Atter Adelphi Theatre EVANS' to SUP. After Olympic theatre . ....... EVANS' to SUP. Alter Strand Theatre EVANS' to SUP. After New Roya'ty Theatre .. EVANS' to SUE'. After :4t. James's Theatrz , FVANS' to SUP. After P, lace of Wa!es' 'fbeatre VANS to SUP. London Singing and Supper Club, E VANS', Covent-garden, Voc;tl Entertainment at LIZA. T H E 0 X F U it 1), 6, OXFORD-STREET, W., THE JIUSICAL ESTABLISIIMENT OF LONDON. ell iIISTMAS EN E'ER f.t INM EYE'S. LES DRAGONS DE VILL S (Opera Comique), Music by A. Maid art ;II:st time in thiscountry), Tins EVENING, in wh.cli Misi RUSSELL aid make 11;..r Reappearance, as sisted by SUS , es Barrie and Fitz ti enry ; Messrs. A. St. Albyn, 111111, Fox, Husk, Evan', a nd Bury, with B:xtra Band and i.:l.orus ; prod uce d and conducted by 11. r. P. - Jonghmans. COMEDY, by Messrs. Harry Sydney, Brierley, and Eger ton, the Brothers Pentland, W. R. Julian (the celebrated Mimic), together with Ent:rely New I it ,, ‘rtissement, e-- t:i:rd TILE O.X.Fu.u.D VE .s, arranged and produced under the immediate superintendence of Mr. W. H. Payne, TIIIS EVENING. NOTICE. -Mr. FRANK HUSSEY, of the NEW AME RICAN MINST it t s l I .S , h avinz made a great success, will have the honour to make his appearance agate this evening MADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION, BAKER-STREET. CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. NEW ADDI PIONS. —Life-size Models of the KINGS and QUEENS of ENGLAND, from WILLI 151 of NORMANDY to QUEEN VICTORIA Open from 11 a.m. till dusk, an I from 7 till 10 p.m. Admilfance, ls. ; candren, under ten, half-price; extra rooms, 6d. i f i RGYLL ROOMS. - GRAND CASINO, Windmill-atrect, Piccadilly. These elegant and popular Rooms, having been entirelyre decorated, are now OPEN EVERY EVENlisiti for Concert and Dancing. Conductor, Signor Luar CRIME Manager, M. GRENET. Sole Proprietors, SWEASET and HOLLAND. Grand Selection from Auber's Opera of " MASA NIELLO," by 40 vocalists dressed in costume as at the opera. Terrific ovation of the Irish Minstrels, 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 Roly Poly Eye,"—Jolly, Nash, Georgina Smithson, Paddy Fannin, Patrick Sellers, and Harry and . Katie King ; and Pio Watkini, the Japanaze Juggler. Band of 30 first-class performers, and large Chorus chosen from her Majesty's and Covent Garden Opera Houses. Musical Director, Mr. P. CORRI. The Late Gale. VENTNOR, Jan. 8, POOLE, Jan. 8. The very heavy south-east gale of Saturday last did more damage to the staging connected with the breakwater than was at first anticipated. A portion of the temporary staging at the outer extremity of the breakwater on which the engine and stone trucks travel was completely demolished, the im mense blocks of timber forming the " uprights" being in many instances severed into shreds and washed seawards. One-third also of the staging across what is intended to be the passage between the two breakwaters was entirely washed away, thus laying open a passage into the roads. A large por tion of the foot track, or gangway, was displaced, rendering it unsafe to traverse the hitherto substan tial walk to the extreme end of the breakwater. Mr. Coode, the engineer in chief of the breakwater, has been busily employed in superintending the collec tion of the numerous piles, or blocks of timber, floating in the harbour with evident success. We understand that the operations have been in pro gress for several months past for the removal of the staging so much affected by the recent gale, in consequence of the advanced state of the break water, and is considered unnecessary to restore any portion of the parts demolished, as large quantities of the material have for some time past been con- . veyed away as scaffolding, &c., at other Govern ment works. The permanent works and masonry of the breakwater appear not to have suffered in the least from the unprecedented gale, and all the ships in the harbour weathered the storm safely under its shelter. CORNWALL, Jan. 8. It is ascertained that 11 persons were drowned and 13 vessels totally wrecked on the Cornish coast during Saturday's storm. There is intelligence from the Lizard district of the loss of the schooner Margaret, Capt. Bowden, of Teignmouth. Three of her crew were washed overboard just be fore the vessel went down, and the captain sank while swimming towards the shore. No help could be rendered the poor fellow, and he died in the pre sence of at least 2,000 persons, and within a few yards of a crowd of anxious men endeavouring to get a rope within the captain's reach. The schooner Cherub, of Swansea, and another vessel, name un known, went down about the same time as the Mar ' garet ; but the crews were saved—one in their own boat, the other being rescued by ,a steamer. At Land's End a schooner came into collision with a brig ; the former was at once deserted by the crew who got on board the brig, and the much disabled schooner drifted out to sea. At Mevagissey many valuable fishing nets and some strong fish cellars were washed away. A large extent of land is under water in the St. Austell district, and also in the neighbourhood of Helston, the valley below which town is completely inundated. SHIELDS, Jan. 8. The snow has about disappeared from this part of England, and this afternoon there were copious showers of rain. The ice broke loose on the upper reaches of the, Tyne last night, and this morning Shields Harbour was full of it. Navigation between the two seaport towns was stopped several hours, but no injury was done to shipping. In the western part of the county of Northumberland the snow lay very deep during the latter part of last week, and for three days several large villages on the Cheevy Chase turnpike, on the edge of the:Carter Fell,were cut off from all communication with the outer world. The weather was very fearful on the range of hills known as the backbone of England, and on Saturday night there was a considerable smash up on the South Durham and Lancashire Railway on Stainmoor. A goods train got drifted up by the snow, but the engineman, after attempting to take away his waggons in sections, and failing to do so, managed to get away with his engine. The stand ing waggons brought up two trains which fol lowed ; but a fourth which followed ran into the standing trains, and it is said drove some of the waggons over the battery side. No one was hurt, but a good deal of damage was done. _ _ SUNDERLAND, Jan• 9• The damage done to shipping on the Wear yester day morning by the breaking up of the ice in the Upper Reaches is estimated at from £15,000 to £16,000. One vessel is sunk, but it is hoped she will be raised without any serious damage; but over 30 vessels have been more or less in peril. The follow ing is a list of some of them :—The Percy, of Lon don, lost anchor and chain ; the Dart and the Aist, of Sunderland ; the Goliab, dredger; the Cochrane, the Seaton, the Sarah Downs, of Colchester ; the Rebecca and Jane, 166 t rigging and bowsprit ; the Test, holed by another vessel and hauled aground in a sinking state ; the Royal Consort, of Banff ; the Earl of Durham, the Countess of Durham, the Eco nomy, of Harwich, stern damaged, masts broken, deck swept; the Lambton, steamtug; the Tom Bow line, steamtug; the Vivid, of Sunderland, bow stove; the Ann Brass, of Sunderland, .stern carried away ; the Vulcan, of Aberdeen, loss of topgallant mast, • rail, and stanchions ; the Eclipse, of Shoreham, da mage to stern rail and stanchions ; the Admiral, of Jersey; a new vessel of Messrs. Austin and Co.'s ; the Albert Locke ; the Parthlan ; the William and John, loss of foretopmast; the Arun, of .Aruridel ; the South Sand, stern stove; the Sara;fi; the Reho both, stanchions carried away; the 'wig Thornle i y, loss of bulwarks, cabin, and corn, ion driven ill s KINGSGATE, KENT, Jan. 8. Captain Isaacke reports that a vessel went ashore on Foreness Rock.. between this place and Margate, on the sth inst., with a signal of distress flying. The King gate lifeboat, belonging to the National Life boat Institution, at once went out to her, but did not succeed in reaching the ship on account of the heavy seas and the strong gale. The night was very dark, with a strong wind and drifting snow. Fortunately, the master and crew of the vessel, which was the Italian brig Olga, were enabled to walk ashore the next morning. The Margate life boat the Friend of All Nations also went out to this vessel. WALMER, KE.NT, Jan. 8. Daring a gale from the southward, with snow and hail, on the night of the sth inst. (states Capt. Dicey), the Gull Stream Light-vessel was observed to fire guns and throw up rockets in a north-easterly direction, indicating a vessel on the Goodwin Sands. ThelValrner lifeboat, of the National Lifeboat In stitution, was promptly launched, and proceeded towards the sands, and on inquiring at the lightship was informed that a flashing light had beeh seen in the neighbourhood on the sands, but that it had disappeared. The lifeboat was, however, not able to find any distressed vessel, and she, therefore, returned to her station. The schooner Johanna, bound from Hamburg for the West Indies, was driven ashore on the back of the Isle of Wight, near the Niton Lighthouse, about six o'clock on Tuesday morning. She is a total wreck, and her valuable cargo of general merchan dise has been completely washed out. Her captain, a boy, and a mau are reported drowned. The re mainder of her crew, consisting of three men, were with difficulty rescued. We have bad a very stormy night. At daylight the Prussian brig Antores was seen on shore at the Poole Sand, with a signal of distress flying. The Manley Wood lifeboat, of the National Lifeboat Institution, was thereupon at once launched, and proceeded to the vessel, over which the sea was break ing. On arriving alongside the crew of the brig would not leave her, but requested the boat to re main by them. After taking the master of the ves sel to a steamtug the lifeboat returned to the ship, and remained by her until he returned from Poole. If the weather keeps fine, the vessel will be light ened, and will probably come off—but if the gale continues she may break up, and the crew be glad of the services of the Manley Wood lifeboat again. PORTLAND, Jan. 9. NOTICE OF REMOVAL. JDEFRIES and SONS' . NEW CI FY SHO v ROO3IB.—CRYSTAL CHAN DELIERS, New Designs for. the Drawing-room, either for Gas or Candle, and to suit all kinds of Decorations. —ll7, Houndsditch. NOTICE OF REMOVAL. T DEFRIES and S ONS' v• NEW CITY SHOW ROOMS.—BRONZE and OR MOLU CHANDELIERS in great variety. New Designs for the Dining-r00m.—147, Boundsditch. NOTICE OF REMOVAL. JDEFRIES an d SONS' • NEW CITY STIOW ROOMS.—The ALEXANDRA FLOWER VASE. This new and beautiful Vase can be seen in great variety, from 3.4. to 3Ps. each—l 47, Hounds ditch. NOTICE OF REMOVAL. DEFRIES and SONS' T-Y• NEW CITY SHOW ROWIS. The NEW JET DINING ROOM VASE. Registered designs, in great variety.-14', Houndsditeli. NOTICE OF REMOVAL. T DEFRIES andSONS' • NEW CITY SHOW ROOMS.—The NEW PATENT ASTRA LAMP, for Petroleum and Mineral 0115; also CRYSTAL LAMPS and WALL LIGHTS (registered) for INDIA.-147, Hounds ditch. HAIR DESTROYER.-248, High Holborn, London.—AL EX. ROSS'S DEPILATORY removes superfluous hair from the ace, neck. and arms, without effect to the skin. Price 3s 6d fis 6d, and 108 6d ; sent for 54, 84, and 144 stamps.—Had of all Chemists. DIMPLE REMOVER.—AII diseases of the A_ skin are Improved by one dose of ALEX. ROSo'S VE r IETA.BLE SKIN PILLS. They remove redness, sal lowness, dto. 2s 9d and 7s ad or post for 49 and 100 stamps. —ALEX. ROSS, 243, High Holborn, London, and all Che mists. HAIR COLOUR WASH.—By washing the head with this beautifully-perfumed Wash, in seven or ten days the hair assumes its original colour, and remains so by an occasional using-. 10s 6d ; sent for stamps.—AL l•J%. ROSS, 248, Mot Holborn, London, and all Chemists. N OTHING INIPOSSIBLE.—The greatest and most usef al invention of the CO., AGUA A MARE LL Messrs. JOHN GOSNELL and Oed Bull Wharf, 93, Upper Thames-street. Perfumers to ' her Majesty, respect fully offer to the public this truly marvellous fluid, which gradually restores tn a human hair to Its pristine hue—no matter at what age. The Agua Amarella has none of the properties of dyes ; it, on the contrary, is beneficial to the system, and when the hair is once restored one application per month will keep it in perfect colour. Price one guittea'per bottle, or in half bottles. 10s. 61. Testimonials from artistes of ;the highest order, and from Individuals of undoubted re spectability, may be soon on application. Messrs. John Oosnell and Co. have been appointed Perfumers to her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales. lIE RESCUE SOCIETY wishes to add another L outs to the 12 now in operation. Last year no fewer I an 155 poor, friendl ess , y oung f ema l es were re j ected from want of FUND S and room, making a total of 3,087, who have 1 1 been sent away in five years. The new home the Committee wish to form would be for yDung girls, almost children, frem the age of 8 to 15, who have been led astray from receivedth of virtue. Bar C o o :r y i a b n u a tio co ns .. vr L l o l m l b b e ard.stroet g . , ratefully by the SecretarY. Hr. lhniel Cooper, 85, Queen•sxrcet,Cheapeidei or by Megan ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail way Terminus, King's-cross. Patron —Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN. Vice-Patron —His Royal Highness the Prince of W ALE 3, R G. President —Ills Grace the Duke of BUCCLEUC H. 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 pendcat for support o:t voluntary anntribti Hens and ! ,acres. It afil:rds relief to a large number of iu-paticuts, and, in addition to this, the average number of attendance of the ie3titute sick has for a considerable period averaged between 3 , 00 0 and 4,000 weekly. The Committee ear estly solicit the ASSISTANCE of the benevolent, as the pr nines of this Hospital are eapab'e of containing eeveral licndred more beds had the Committee the requisite funds to maintain them. Contributions are received by tilt ir bankers, Messrs. Brown, Janson, and Co., Abehurch-lane; also by blesses. C ou tt s and CO. ; Drumm ond and Co. • Glyn and Co. ; Henries and Co. ; R ansom and Co. ; l'reseat, Grote, and Co. ; S m ith , P ayne, and Co. • Barclay and Co. ; Wiliiams, Deacon, and Co. ; Ni s b e t andco.: nervers-gmet : and at the 11pital, from 10 till S. ‘Mbiro 01.1111, koretay, PRICE.... 4d, STAMPED sd, the Favourite, of London; the Arab, of Portsmouth, with rigging entangled on deck; the Lady Constance, of Littlehampton, stern carried away ; the Express, the Riga; the Mildenay, of Swansea ; onion Grove, of Portsea ; the Norway; the Jane, of Whitstable ; the Jenny, the Lurline, the Hannah, and the Henry. The channel of the Wear at Sunderland is some what narrow, and is generally crowded with ship ping and other craft, especially in the winter months, when many vessels lie by. It unfortunately happened that the first effect of the heavy floes of ice coming down the river was upon the G-oliah dredger and some other large craft in the upper part of the harbour, which broke their moorings and came thundering down upon other ships, which, of course, broke their moaringi, and they broke others away, until a scene of the wildest confusion oc curred, and the mischief continued until the channel got more expansion, when most of the ships were brought to. The Lambton and some other colliery staiths, with quayage and other river -side works, were much damaged, but though many persons had very narrow escapes, no one was seriously hurt, and no lives were lost. The ice is now out of all the northern rivers, and there is no cause to fear any further injury, though they are a good deal swollen by the heavy (g freshets." WICKLOW (Irel..nd), Jan. 5. A smack was observed in the bay about 10 o'clock, making signals of distress. Th'ere was a heavy gale blowing at the time, and she was riding with her topmast and bowsprit gone. The R. T. Garden, lifeboat, of the National Lifeboat Institution, was promptly launched, and was happily the means of rescuing the crew of three men of the smack, which proved to be the Shamrock, of Arklow. THE CANADA CLUB. The Canada Club entertained at dinner last even ing, at the Albion, Aldersgate-street, the delegates from the British North American Provinces now in this country, consisting of the Hon. Messrs. Mac donald, Cartier, Houland, and Galt from Canada ; the Hon. Dr. Tupper and Messrs. Henry, Ritchie, and Archibald, from Nova Scotia ; and the Hon. Messrs. Mitchell, Tilley, Fisher, Johnson, and Wil mot from New Brunswick. Mr. Watkin, M.P., presided, and the company included, besides those already mentioned, the Earl of Carnarvon, Sir J. Pakington, Lord Bury, Mr. Kinnaird, M.P., Mr. T. Baring, M.P., Mr. Roebuck, M.P., Lord Wharn cliffe, the Lord Mayor, Sir E. Head, Sir F. B. Head, Vice-Admiral Sir R. Mundy, Sir C. M. Simpson, Sir Daniel Gooch, Governor Ilineks, and about 60 other gentlemen. After dinner " The Health of the Queen" and of " The Prince and Princess of Wales and the rest of the Royal Family" were drunk amid cheers. The CHAIRMAN then proposed the toast of " Her Majesty's Ministers," observing that he felt assured it would be responded to in no party spirit. Al though he might differ from the present advisers of the Crown on particular questions, still it must be admitted that the Government of the day represented in high ability and true patriotism the best traditions of the political section to which they belonged. They had, he might add, inherited three questions of great difficulty with which they would have to deal. The first, comprising our relations with the continent of America, might be divided into two parts—the posi tion which we occupied with respect to our own pro vinces in that continent, and that which we held in regard to the United States. The other two questions bad reference to Ireland and the subject of reform. On the two latter lie would not venture to make any remark, but as to the first he might say that if that great authority, the Times, spoke the truth—and the information obtained from that journal was gene rally correct —an offer had been made to the Go vernment at Washington to submit the disputed claims between the two countries to fair and hon ourable arbitration. (Hear.) For himself, he re gretted that a similar offer made from the other side of the Atlantic had not been met, as he thought it would be well it should have been by the Govern ment of the day. (Hear.) As to the British North American Provinces he would simply express a hope that they would not look upon themselves as the elder sons of a family who might think it time to set up on their own account, and get married, but rather as partners in a concern which was one and indivisible. He believed he might add that nothing could be more unfortunate than that our fellow subjects in those provinces should think that we in England were indifferent to the connexion with them, or that we should ever willingly give up one , acre of ground in that quarter over which the flag of Great Britain had ever floated. (Cheers.) He begged, in conclusion, to couple with the toast which he had the honour to propose the names of the Earl of Carnarvon and Sir J. Pakington. The Earl of CARNATIVON, who, on rising to re spond to the toast, was received with cheers, said a good many years had elapsed since he had had the pleasure of dining with the Canada Club, and that it was with much satisfaction he found himself once more in the position of their guest. Ile felt thank ful to them for the compliment which they had just paid to his colleagues as well as to himself, and it was with great satisfaction he saw around him seve ral gentlemen whom he had already met in private, who had come as delegates across the Atlantic on a most important mission, and to whose friendship he hoped he might lay claim. The gentlemen to whom he alluded had visited us as the representatives of that responsible Government with which we were so familiar that. we were sometimes in danger of forgetting that it was the excep tion, and not the rule, and that out of England there were few countries in which it had free play and had endured a long time. It was in a certain sense in the colonies that the great problem involved in the question was now being tried, and it was there that we looked for the exhibition of those great qualities which alone made constitutional government possible. (Hear, hear.) It was some times said that responsible government must be fatal to the connexion subsisting between this country and her colonies. In the truth of that assertion he, for one, did not believe. On the con trary, the connex ion, so far from being destroyed, would in his opinion be saved and confirmed by its agency. When about a quarter of a century ago responsible government was given to our colonies, it was conceded amid, he might almost say, the wreck and ruin of the colonial system which then prevailed. The great dependencies of the Crown in the East had not at that time started up in all their wealth and prosperity; the capability of development of our Australian possessions was almost unknown ; the West Indies were reeling under the effect of emanc ipation, and even Canada, now so prosperous, was passing under a cloud of internal discord. When we looked around and contrasted that which was with that which now presented itself to our v i e w, we had, he thought, every reason to con- gratulate ourselves on the change which bad taken place. (Cheers.) It was occasionally stated, and stated sometimes in a tone of reproach, that respon sible government was a very easy matter, but his answer to that statement was, " If it be so simple, how is it that we do not see a greater number of illustrations of it all over the world ?" (Hear.) The fact was it was not found to be a thing which was at all easy in practice. It had taken us a long time to construct the great fabric of constitutional government in England ; it required the exercise of the highest and most statesmanlike qualities to maintain that fabric in equilibrium ; and when we came to transplant that system—which meant a system of changing Ministries and uncertain Par liaments—to distant colonies, and to connect it, after all, with but slight bonds, with a similar system of changing Parliaments and Ministries at home, the marvel was that it had been found to work so harmoniously and with so much success. It must ho borne in mind that quesaons must arise from timo to time of grave constitutional principle and grave practical importance, and that the linos of imperial policy , or interest, or ali t. as to require the ex, kindly and affectioL other. (Hear, hear.) add, was, no doubt, like every other form of government, subject to change in different countries and under different conditions ; but so long as the spirit of moderation, there spect for the authority of the judicial bench, and the re gard for law and existing institutions continued to be pre served as th e y h a d hi therto been in our colonial possee sions, the result would, he felt confident, be found to be the same. " Ccelum non anirnum mutant qui trans mare currunt." Such a change as that which he meant to indi cate was the great proposal for the confederation of our North American Provinces. It WAS sometimes urged egaiust that pr o p osa l t h at i t involved a E,,igantic revol of the existing s t a t e o f thi ngs. For his own part, putting aside all other o bj ec ti ons, and looking upon the scheme on its own merits, ho could nut concur in that opinion. There would still subsist the same institutions in many respects, while the same men would have to work, with the same bond of union of loyalty to the Sovereign as a matter of feeling, while in point of practice there would be the same representative sent out by the Sovereign to rule on her be half. It therefore seemed to him that there would, if the propokd change were to be carried into effect, be very little departure from the existing principles of constitu tional government, while there would be a broader theatre and a larger body of electors. It must, on the other hand, be admitted that a federative government such as that in con templation was in its very nature a delicate and artificial arrangement, that it had been at all times the product of a later civilisation, and that it was suited only to those States which were so far akin that they could without,diffi culty be united to ono another, while they were also so dissimilar as to be incapable of being fused into n, single body politic. The change, however, involved nut only the compromise of rights and interests, but that, of a small with a great State. There was, of course, &certain virtue in a small as well as inn large community. History taught us that small States had a tendency to develope individual character, and to raise up a high standard of culture. We learnt., upon the other hand, that the life of such States were but short; that in them the fire of national existence burnt out rapidly, and that they needed the resources of a great society to supply:(::: - em Ititit •!_elesuffictei.t to protect their national existence. The first condition, then, neces sary to such a Federal Government as that of which he was speaking, was, in his opinion, that it should provide carefully for the relations which must subsist between the parts and the whole, and that while on the one hand the parts—by which he meant the several States—willingly entered the union, retaining all the powers requisite for the duo discharge of their local functions, the central Go vernment ought, on the other hand, to be invested with ample powers not only to uphold the dignity, but also to secure the proper cohesion of the entire body. (Hear.) He had during the last few weeks deemed it to be part of his duty to read throughout all, or nearly all, thathad been written on the important question to which he was ad dressing himself, and he must as an outsider bear his tes timony to the great ability with which the literary war on the subject had been conducted on all sides. The objec tions urged in the controversy might be divided into two classes, and to all those objections which went to the struc ture of the proposed confederation, and which suggested real and practical difficulties in the working of it, ho was bound to lend a ready ear. When, also, it was alleged that there was a disinclination on the part of a portion of the population of British North America to enter into the proposed union, the allegation was one which he thought ought to be measured with the aid of all the lights which be could command. But there was another and a different class of objections on which he must frankly say, with all the respect for the ability with which they were urged, he looked with a very different eye. When for instance, he heard it said that the whole of the great scheme of confederation to which he was adverting was to be attributed to the lust of territory on the part of a single State—to the overweening desire of Canada to exercise a mastery over her neighbours—he could not, he must con fess, accept the assertion as correct. (Cheers.) Again when he was told that there was no advantage to be reaped from the intimate consolidation of existing interests either in a commercial, a political, or a social point of view, from the superseding of various systems of jurisprudence and legislation by means of one or nearly one system, or from the throwing open the industry, the schools, and profes sions of the different provinces by applying the resources of one of them for the advantage of another, he must at once frankly admit that ho could not follow such a lino of argument, nor could ho see the smallest ground by which such a proposition—and it was no more than a proposition —could be supported. (Cheers.) lie had, ho though; said sufficient on that portion of the American difficulties referred to by the chairman which came immediately within the cognizance of the department over which he had the honour to preside. The other portion belonged, happily, to the Foreign, and not to the Colonial -office. There was sufficient labour connected with the administra tion of the affairs of some 50 colonies, not to mention a re cent addition to the number in the shape of the Strait settlement, to lead him to wish for no increase to the bur den. He would simply say in conclusion, that the whole question of the Confederation of the North American Pro vinces was under the consideration of the Government, and that whatever measures in their opinion would tend to make these provisions at once more competent and more powerful would secure not only their warmest sympathy, but their most zealous support. (Cheers.) Sir J. PARINOTON also spoke briefly in reply to the toast, observing that it had been his good fortune when at the Colonial-office to lay the foundation of that system of free dom in the case of our colonies which had been productive of such satisfactory results, and that he would be happy to lend all the aid in his power to his noble friend near him in carrying out a similar policy towards those great depen dencies, which constituted our glory and pride. ' The CHAIRMAN next gave " The Health of tho Delegates from the British North American Provinces." Mr. MACDONALD returned thanks, as the representative of Canada, remarking that, after the speech of the noble lord the Secretary for the Colonies, but little remained for him to say on the subject which had brought him to this country. The Canadians, ho added, were warmly attached to England, and they felt that the proposed union of the provinces would, instead of being a source of weakness, tend greatly to strengthen the empire. Ile might further state that when, in 1864, delegates from all the North American provinces met at Quebec, the first resolution they passed, after that declaring the proposed union to be expedient, was one to the effect that the supreme executive authority over those provinces should ever continue to be vested in Queen Victoria, her heirs, and successors. That resolution was carried amid cheers which almost frightened out of its propriety the ancient metropolis of Canada. (Hear ; hear.) Mr. ARCHIBALD returned thanks on behalf of Nova Scotia, and Mr. FISHER for New Brunswick. Lieutenant Colonel CUMBERLAND and Vice-Admiral Sir R. MUNDY returned thanks for the army and navy. The CHAIRMAN then gave " The Health of the Lord Mayor," who, having duly responded to the toast, gave that l of " The H ouse of Lords," to which Lord WHAM-. CLFFE replied. Mr. ROEBUCIE, in returning thanks for "The House of Commons," said that it was, in his b an assemblyut re - which not only represented thepeoplof England, presented them well, and that any attempt at what was called reforming it would not improve it, although it might make it more acceptable to the people of this coun try. The House of Commons had of late been made the object of much clamour, but in what one instance, he would ask, had it failed to do its duty ? That was a challenge which he fearlessly threw out, confident that it could not be answered. Those who made the charge against the House of Commons of neglect of duty knew that it could not be sustained, and the real truth was that all the clamour which was now raised against it was got up for private ends. (Cheers.) Adverting in the next place to our colo nies, the hon. and learned gentleman pointed out that England had given those great dependencies our language and institutions, and that all she demanded in return was that they should furnish advantageous markets for her commodities—a privilege which Canada had by her tariff arrangements done her best to neutralise. Among the other toasts given were "The distinguished Guests present," for which Lord BURY returned thanks. The company separated shortly after 11 o'clock. FATAL COLLISION ON THE THAMES.—The ad journed inquiry into circumstances connected with the collision between the General Steam Navigation Com pany's steam packet Velocity, on her passage up the river from Calais, and the barque Mary, bound for Tobago, was held before the borough coroner at Gravesend yesterday. The collision occurred off Coalhouse Point, on the 19th of December last, when John Alfred Squire, aged 14, sus tained injuries which resulted in his death a few hours afterwards in the Gravesend Infirmary. The jury, having heard the remainder of the evidence, returned the follow ing verdict :—" We find that the boy John Alfred Squire was accidentally killed by a collision on the river Thames, between the steamer Velocity and the barquo Mary, caused by an error in judgment on the part of tho captain of the steamer, which we consider highly censurable." THE LATE SNOWSTORM. —ln North and East Lan cashire railway traffic was impeded for hours. A goods train proceeding from Carlisle to Preston was stopped at Brock by the snow, which was several feet thick. The snow threw six waggons off the rails, and for hours great confusion prevailed. Many trains were detained in the rear for miles, and the mail for London was thrown five hours late through the stoppage at Brock. The railway between Lytham and Kirkham was completely blocked up by snow ill many places; the passenger train which should have started from the former place at half-past Sin the morning did not leave until after dinner, and it was " o'clock before it got to Preston. The high wind which prevailed during the snowstorm blew a waggon laden with merchandise out of a siding at the Freston station ; it ran some distance upon the main line, until at length the wheels got blocked up with the snow, and it was thrown off the metals against the side of an ornamental stone bridge, which it smashed considerably. The East Lancashire Railway, at Iloghton, was blocked up with snow, and some of the trains were detained for an hour or two. The Longridgo Railway was impassable for seven hours on Sunday. In some parts the snow was sft. deep, and it took twenty men nearly the whole clay to completely clear the rails,