The Sun. — London, England, 1867-01-10 00:00:00

Evening.. tors of tine before the nasters of the colliers shsll !WM ages Seale , announced 3eting was I was nest at, and no part to d 0 trade is 10 own as to nice to 0 0 lay night. tho orders than half 3 puddle's o mill and igipg into verything rich theY Long em reference. ie recent the em' ;d 20s. per le propor as nearlY & accoao in by th e noticed —say lie' ssod state It 7s. o'l upply o • Little advai?c! Fin e little st 1. 00' rather iv at the show 01 -old, 0 31altia erS sorts +° fa,VOlO 3ed fr°, 6 , mos, to to, 131 s. 22 15 4 1 6 2 0 0 22 22 '7 10. 13. , , ------'-' ow_ -. I p• . . , • - 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, aq regards Paving, Lighting, and Cleansing, was disgraceful. No improvement has taken place. The Traffic of London becomes every day more un manageable. The Public Vehicles are inferior to those of Provincial and Continental Cities. This Society has been formed to stimulate public atten tion ; to collect, condense, and make known facts ; to point out defects in the law ; to enforce provisions at present neglected; and to watch Bills introduced into Par liament 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 the Society are requested to write to J. S. Haly, Esq., Hon. Sec. L.S.R.S., 88, St. James's -street, S. W. JuBt pubiudied, icap. tivo., cloth gilt. price 2t4 od LONDON SELF-GOVERNED, By Sir WILLIAM FRASER, Bart, 11LA , F.S.A. London : Frauds Harvey, 4, St. James'B-street, CON TRACT FOR BARRACK STORES FOR THE ROYAL MARINES. Contract Department, Admiralty, Somerset House, 9th Jan., 1867. ripuE COMMISSIONERS f or EXECUTING .111_ the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRE LAND, Do hereby g i ve NOTI CE, that on WEDNES DAY, the 23d inst., at Twelve o'Clock a t N oon, th ey w ill be" ready t o 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 Head; and Clamps and Blocks for Long &tubbing Brushes, as may from time to time be demanded for the use of the Royal Marines, under a Contract for twelve calendar months certain, and further until the expi ration of three calendar months' warning. Patterns of the articles may be seen at the Royal Marine- Office, New-street, Spring-gardens, between the hours of Eleven and Two o'Clock. No Tender will be received unless made on the printed form provided for the purpose, and which may be obtained on application in the Lobby of the Department of the Con troller of Victualling, Admiralty, Somerset House, where the conditions of the Contract may be seen. No Tender will be received after Twelve o'Clock at Noon on the day of Treaty; and it will not be required that the Party tendering, or an Agent on his behalf, should attend at the Office on the day of Contract, as the result of the offer received from each person will be communi cated to him and his proposed Sureties in writing. Every render must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words " Tender for Barrack Stores ;" and must also be delivered at the Department of the Controller of Victualling, Admi ralty, Somerset House, signed by two responsible persons, 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. ;ONTRAOT FOR FRESH OX BEEF AND ,VEGE TABLES AT FOYNES. CONTRACT DEPARTMENT, ADMIRALTY, Somerset House, 27th December, 1866. THE COMMISSIONERS f or EX ECUTING the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRE LAND do hereby Give Notice, that on Tuesday, the 15th January next, at Twelve o'clock at Noon, they will be ready to treat with such persons as may be willing to con tract for supplying all such quantities of FRESH OX BEEF and VEGETABLES, for the use of her Majesty's ships and vessels at Fpynes as may be demandel from the 15th January to the 30th June, 1867, both days included. The as no Heifer meat will is to be admit supplyted good fat well-f e d O x B eef, . The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty reserve to themselves an unlimited power of selection in accepting the Tenders. Tenders must be made at rates per 1001 b., and no atten tion will be paid to any offers not so made. The Contractor, in to make ou t hi s invoices claimiin ng payment for th e su p p li es, i s po at per 100 lb. Every Tender m us t be address e d 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 4300 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 Bonds. By order, ANTONIO BRADY, Registrar of Contracts and Public Securities. TU GUNIIIA E RS and 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:— WIHT. Not to exceed 91b. soz. without bayonet. B. LENGTH. To be 51 i nc h es, w i t h 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. CARTRIDGES . Must carry tlibir own i g nition. SIGEITS. The f ores i ght must be such as to admit• of a bayonet flied according to the present system. P. STOCK. Must be s uc h as to carry a light me t a l eleaning• allow a sli ng t o b e used, rod, and G. Must n o t exceed that ofRECOIL. tho Enfield Rifle by more than 10 per cent. H. THE ARM AS A WHOLE. Must be as little liable to injury bylong-continued firing, rough usage, and exposure, as the naval rifles converted to breech -loaders on the Snider system. To be as capable, also, of beim-, used witho u t acc i dent by imperfectly trained form men ured in quality. , and of ° being manufactured quantities and of uni 1. THE AMMUNITION AS A WHOLE. Must be as little liable to injury by rough usage, damp, and exposure in all climate; as the Boxer cartridge for Snider's converted Enfield rifle—also asliable to acci- dental exp l osion as the same cartridge, l and as capable of being manufactured in lar quantities, and of u n if orm quality. ge ic. CALIBRE. Optional. • L. THE TWIST AND FORM OF GROOVE. Optional. M. THE LOCK. Optional. N. RAPIDITY OF FIRE. Capable of firing at least 12 rounds per 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 yard; 12in. a t 5 00, and CM. at 300. The mean to be taken upon at least five targets of twenty shots each. P. TRY. Not to require a t 300 yards an elevation of more than 1 dog. 30 min. Q. . The shooting not to deteriorate more than 20 pat 1,000 yar d s a f ter firing 250 rounds. er cent. n. 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 e l m p l an k s, which have been soaked 48 hours in water. Distance 30 yards. mNs. LRICAT N. VVas on b u ll e t s is indis lT r ß ensable, lO but any other lubrican I naY u bo superadded or applied to the cartridge, if though ecesaary by the competitor. I CO arms will b e received w III without the usual proof marks. S p e cifications, and drawings of the methods proposed, stating the probable cost per arm, and accompanied by a finished specimen arm, with 20 rounds of suitable ammu nition, should h e sent to the " Director of Ordnance, W ar OXICQ, f all - mall," on or before the 30th March, 1867. The specifications and specimen arms will be considered beby the Ordnance Select Committee and its associate mem who will b e selected by the Secretary of State for , 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 i n the competition, the con ditions of which aro 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, 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 £lOO for the best cartridge. The ua ities whi c h w il l b e principally taken into consideration q in awarding this prize will bo economy of manufacture, power of sustaining rough usage, freedom from deterioration in various climates, and general serviceability. The shooting qualities o f the cartridge must be fair • but as they may dep en d upon the rifling of th e arm with which' the cartridge is associated, they will not be so much con sidered as those above-mentioned. It is clearly to bo understood that under no circumstances will a competitor be entitled to snore than ono prize; but g i such prize will be irrespective of any reward w hi ch may be given to the inventor of the arm service. finally adopt e d i nto the 11 7 : MAGAZINE AND REPEATING ARMS. Magazine and Repeating Arms for Infantry will be re oived and examined in a manner similar to the Breech oading Rifles. They must not be less 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 dies not at present define the standard of accuracy or other conditions to be fulfilled before such an arm can be adopted. Those Magazine orßepeatingArms, which are accqpted for further trial, will be paid f or a t th e rate of £GO each. This stun is to include 1,000 rounds of ammunition per arm. Tho Secretar w V. novelt y of Stateill take care that no i ngen i ous Y 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 hear the inventor's name. J. 'ST. GEORGE, Major-General, Director Par of Ordnance Office, Oct. 22 1866 No. 23,271. KIN AIIAN 'BEXHIILBITII49BB6KSY. --ÜBI. "This celebrated OLD IRISH WHISKY gained the Dublin Prize Medal. It is Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Whole 40IDO. Sold in Bottles, 3s. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London; by the Agents in the principal towns in England ; or wholesale at R. GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded " Kinaban's LL Whisky." nUTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION (Inoorporited by Act of t'arliarn3nt, 18:.0). 4, tiUSSELL-STREET, COVES T-G AR DEN, LONDON'. Prompt ADVANCES on all description of Smutty, Forms 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 month at their AUCTION AND HOTEL AGENCY OFFICES, 5, Agar street, Strand, W.C., and nearly opposite the Charing Cross Railway Station. tu ANSION-HOUSE FUND for the RELIEF of the SUFFERERS by the recent COLLIERY EXPLOSIONS. COMMITTEE The Right Hon t R. C. L. Bevan, Esq. Samuel Morley, Esq. Geo. Moore, Esq. Mr. Alderman Finnis. ie LORD MAYOR. Mr. Alderman and Sheriff Waterlow. Mr. Sheriff Lycett. Mr. Alderman Besley. Mr. Alderman Dakin. James Hill, Esq. R. N. Fowler, Esq. W.J. Maxwell, Esq. Mr. Alderman Cotton. ic is earnestly drawn to the errible calamity produced by J. P. Gassiot, Ecq. Christopher T. Gabriel, Esq. Frederick Thompson, Esq. R. A. Gray, Esq. Colonel Stuart Wortley. The attention of the pub] suffering consequent on the I the recent colliery explosion_ SUBSCRIPTIONS are greatly needed to relieve the numerous families made destitute thereby. The amount required to meet the memorable Hartley Colliery Accident in 1862 was £50,000 ; in that case 204 men and boys lost their lives ; in the present instance double that number are known to have perished, there fore to make a suitable provision for the families depen dent upon them about £lOO,OOO will be needed. At the final distribution of the 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.11. the Princess 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 Provincial Bank of England and all their branches; Messrs. Willis, Percival, and Co., L om b ar d- s t ree t ; an d b y th e severa l mem b ers of the Committee. JOSEPH GIBBS, Secretary, Mansion House, Jan. 7, 1867. D UNVILLE'S V. R. OLD IRISH WHISKY BELFAST, Is regularly supplied to the House of Lords. " V.R." IRISH WHISKY. DUNVILLE and CO.'S " V.R." OLD IRISH WHISKY, BELFAST. London Offizes and Stores, 4, BEAUFORT-BUILDINGS, STRAND, W.C. Established 1808. Quotations on application. JAMES DALY and CO., Distillers, John -street world. , Cork.—" The p ures t sp i r i t an d saf e st drink in the —Loudon Offices, 7, Printing-house-square, Ex., next the " Times." JAMES DALY a n d CO. , Di st ill ers, J ohn-street, trade Cork, beg t o announce that they are able to supply the with their celebrated Whiskies, in casks or cases, and to take orders in bond at d for exportatioe, at their (aces, 7, Printing-house -square, London, E C., the only house in the square not occupied by the " Times." J. D. and Co.'s whiskies bring the highest prices in the Australian and other Colonial markets, as may be observed by reference to the "Journal of Commerce of Victoria," by which it will be seen that their whiskies fetch 6d. per gallon and is. per case over the next best, and Is. 6d per gallon and 55. 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, uusurpassable in quality and flavour, sn,,phed on the most reasonable terms. AfANFIELD'S PATENT PICKLES are per fectly pure and uncoloured. To be had of all dealers and wholesale of JOHN BURGESS and SON, 107, Strand (corner of Savoy-steps). London. SAUCE.—LEA acid PERRINS' WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE. This delicious condiment, pronounced by connoisseurs "THE ONLY GOOD S UCE," Is prepared solely by LEA and PERRINS. The public are respectfully cautioned against worthless imitations, and should see that Lea and terrine' names are on wrapper, label, bottle, and stopper. ASK for LEA and PERRINS' SAUCE. Sold wholesale and for export by the Proprietors, Wm cester; Messrs. Crosse and Blackwell; Messrs. Barclay and Sons, London, etc. dic.; and by Grocers and Oilmen uni versally, R. HOWARD, SU RGEON-DENTIST, 52, Fleet-street, has introduced an entirely new descrip tion of ARTIFICIAL TEETH, fixed without springs, wires, or ligatures. They so perfectly resemble the natural teeth as not to be distinguished fro n the originals by the closest observer; they will never change colour or decay, and will be found superior to any teeth ever before used. This method does not require the extraction of roots, or any pain ful operation, and will support and preserve teeth that are 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 14:PFECT UAL REMEDY, without confining the bowels or affecting the head, truly efficacious and pleasant, is ad mitted to be the best medicine for 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 which pliovoke s f a rerequent coughin g' g. In approaching consumption its effects truly beneficial. Persons derived ofp, or even lying d own for fear of suncation, may depend on e relief in a few minutes after taking it. l'reparea on,y and sold by W. LAMBERT, Chemist. R. Kin z - Waliam-street, Charing cross, London, and by all druggists, in bottles, 131 d., and three quantities in one, 2s. 9d. each. Be particular. and ask for Lainbert's Asthmatic Balsam. The name and address are engraved on the stamp. ---- WRUPTURES. -11Y ROYAL GETTERS PATENT. HITE'S MOC-MAIN LEVER T (PERF ECTED AND EX HIBITED IN THE GREAT RUSS EXHIBITIONS of 1851 and 1862), 18 allowed by upwards of Ivro Hundred Medical Gentlemen to be the most e ff ective invention in the curative treatment of HERNIA. The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effects, is here avoideda soft bandage beinv; worn round the body, while the requisite resisting power ii supplied by the Moc.3lain Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease and close ness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn during sleep. A descriptive circular may be po s t , on tin truss, which cannot to fit, forwarded by post, on the drown 'erence of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manufactu - er, Mr. WRITE, 228, Piccadilly. A Singe Umbilical Truss , ussrle Truss, 10, 8.,6d, 218., 2s 268 6d an t., and 528. 316.6 d Postage, Is. , 4 , 425. and 525. 6 6d. Postage, ls. Bd. d. Postage. 18. 10d. A A n D u ou m b b l 31s. Post-office Orders to be made payable toJohn office, Piccadilly, White, Post- - NEW PATENT pLASTIC STOCKINGS, 42.4 KNEE-CAPS &c ., for Varicose V e i ns and all cases of W eakness and Swelling of the Legs, ' , prang, &c. They are porous, light in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on like an ordinary stocking. Price 4s. 6d., 78. 81, 108., and 16e. each. Postage, Od. JOLT& WHITE. Manufacturer, 228, Piccadilly. HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON. -FUNDS are earnestly so li c i ted for fitting up the TRAINING oink% x2.n00 required. Boys' WM. WILLIAMS, Secretary. Refuge, 8, Great Queen-street, HOMELE SS BOYS OF LONDON. -CON TRIBUTIONS are earnestly solicited for establishing the COUNTRY ROME. £l,OOO required. Boys' Ref u WM. WILLI 11113, Secretary. ge, 8, Great Queen-street, W.C. HOMELESS BOYS OF LOND ON. —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 £4,000, 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, Lothb ur y , and 214, High Holborn; Messrs. Ransom and Co., 1, Pa/1-Mall East ; and by WM. WILLIAMS, S ecre t ary. Refuge 8, Great Queen -street, W.C. PROVIDENCE FOR Sixty Th l o 4 HOMELESS WOMEN AND CHILDREN, u a, sa P iarde v g e n h ct se riac virdgFinigllsBbUwryit,h.Es.Cu.ppers and Breakfasts, have boon given°. in this Institution to the destitute, who otherwise would have had nights in the bleak streets or undor railwtha pass At present nearly 500 Nights' Lodgings, with Suppers ar and Breakfasts, are given gratuitously every week. Suppers and Breakfasts, are given gratuitously every week. The pear from all parts are admitted, the only condition being that they are homeless and starving. The Man - ager &c., receives no remuneration whatever. Notwithstand ing the provision made by the Poor Houses, ea c h night numbers of young women, children, and orphans are, for want accommodation, refusedadmittance, andhave to spend night after night in the cold, wet, and sleet. To moot 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 he required. Besides providing shelter for the homeless, this year it is proposed, as far as the donations obtained for the pur pose will allow, to give bread and coals to poor families in want. Will you, in your charity, help to carry on and accomplish what has been begun ? Will you help to give shelter to the really homeless, and food to the really starving ? The smallest donation will be most welcome, and, night and morning, the prayers of the destitute will be offered in your behalf. SUBSCRIPTIONS are earnestly requested, and will be gratefully received by the.Rev.;D. GILBEET. ,D.D., No, 22, Finsbury-circus E.Q. SPANISH FLY is the ac ti ng i ngre dient in ALEX. 11088's CANTHARIDES 011... which speedily produces whiskers and thickens hair, 3a 6d, 5s 6d, and iOs 6d; sent by post for 54, 84, and 144 stamps.—ALlllX. 8088, 248, High Liolborn, London, and all Chemists. WONDERFUL DISCOVERY.—Corns cured in one day by using ALEX. ROSS'S cHruoro. This preparation gradually dissolves the Corn in a few hours, removing the veryroot. Price is ; sent by post for 60 stamps. —248, High Holb orn, L on d on, and all Chemists. HAIR -CURLING FLUID, 248, High Holborn, London.—ALEX. ROSS'S CURLING FLUID ourle Ladies' or Gentlemen's hair immediately it is applied. Sold at 3s 6d, 5s 6d, and 10s 6d ; sent free for 54, 84, and 144 stamps. —Had of all Chemists. GREY HAIR.-248, High H o lb orn , L on don.— ALEX. ROSS'S HAIR DYE produces a perfect colour Immediately it is used. It is permanent, and perfectly na tural in effe t. Price 3s ad, 38 bd. and ied 6d; scut by post for 54, 84, and 141 stamps ; and all Chemists. H.AIR DESTROYER.-248, High Holborn, London.—AL EX. ROSS'S DEPILATORY removes superfluous hair from the face, neck, and arms, without effect to the skin. Price 3s 6d, 6e 6d, and 103 6d ; sent for 51, 84, and 144 stamp s .—H ad of all Chemists. DIMPLE REMOVER.—AII diseases of the skin aro imroved by one dose of ALEX. ROSS'S VEATI`AI3LE SK I N PILLS. They remove redness, sal lowness, &o. 2s 9d and 7s 0d ; or post for 40 and 100 stamps. —ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London, and all Che mists. H AIR COLOUR WASH.—By washing the head with t beautifull-perfumed ash, in seven or ten days the hair hi a s ssumes its o r i g inal colour W , and remains so by an occasional using - . 10s 6cl; sent for stamps.—ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London, and all Chemists. NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE.—The gr ea t es t an d most useful invention of the day, AQUA AKAR/ILL A. Keller& JOHN GOSNELL and ed Bull Wharf, 93, Upper Thames-street, Perfu mers to CO.,'her Majesty, respect fully offer to the public this truly marvellous fluid, which gradually restores tna human hair to its pristine hue—no matter at what age. The Agna 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 colony'. Price one guinea per ottle, or in half bottles. 10s. GI Testimonials from artistes oflthe highest order, and from individuals of undoubted re spectability. may be seen on application. Messrs. John Gosnell and Co. have been appointed Perfumers to her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales. THE RESCUE SOCIETY wishes to add another Lome to the 12 now in operation. Last year no fewer than 455 poor, friendless, young females were rejected from want of FUNDS and room, making a total of 3,087, who have been sent away in five years. The new home the Committee wish to form would be for young girls, almosttray children, from the age of 8 to 18, w h o have been led as from te ath of virtue. Contributions will be r ec e iv ed gratefully by the Secretary, Hr. Daniel C o.. Lom b ard n -street, Cheapside; or by Messrs Barclay and C o..street. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail way Terminus, .Ki ng ' s-erosa. Patro n — Her Most Gracio us M a j es ty the QUEEN. Vice-Patron —His Royal High ness th e P r i nce o f WALE S, KG. President —His Grace the Duke of BUCCLEUCH. K.G. This Hospital, founded In the year 1828, the Unto estab lish the Principle of free admission to the sick poor, without the delay and difficulty of Governors' orders. Is wholly de pendent for support on voluntary contributions and I,4acles 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 considerable period averaged between 3,000 and 4,000 weekly. The Committee ear estly solicit the ASSISTANCE of the benevolent, as the pr vi ses o f thi s H os pit a l are capable of containing several n,ndred more beds had the Committee the requisite funds to maintain them. C ontributions are received by their bankers, Messrs. Brown, Janson, and Co., Abchurch-lane ; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co.; Drummond and Co. ; Glyn and Co.; Berries and Co. ; Ransom and Co. ; P rescott, Grote, and do.; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; W fliianas , Deacon, and Co.; Nisbet and Co., Berney's-street : and at the Hospital. from to till 5. .STANFORD ONITE, gienetuy, 77 7' ( :1 a°. 9 7 7 21,494 4 1. 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Maillart , first time in this country), THIS EVENING, in which Miss KUSSELL wi l make her Reappearance, as sisted bEMis.es Barrie and Fitz Henry ; news. A. St. Albyn, H ull s, Fox. Husk, Evans and Bury, with 14.:xtra Band and Chortts ; produced and conducted by Ar. F. Jonglimans. COMEDY, by Messrs. Hurry Sydney, Briericy, and Eger ton, the Brothers Pentland, w. R. -Julian (the celebrated Mimic), together with an Entirely •New Divertissement, en titled THE . OXFORD REVELS, arranged and produced under the immediate superintendence of Mr. W. H. Payne, THIS EVENING. NOTICE. -Mr. FRANK HUSSEY, of the NEW AME RICAN MINSTRELS, having in t.t great success, will have the honour to make his appearance again this evening MADAME • TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION, RAKER-STREET. CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. NEW ADDI !lONS. —Life•size Models of the KINGS and QUEENS of KNGLAND, from WILLIAM of NORMANDY to QUEEN VICTORIA.. 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Comic—Arthur Lloyd's new song " Borachio, Pestachio, Lablachio, Moustachio, and the Roly P o l y E ye, " — J o l ly, Nash, Geo rg i na Smithson, Paddy Fannin, Patrick Sellerp, and Harry and Kattio 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. Prices of admission - Stalls and Balcony, ls. ' • Area, 6d.; Private Boxes, 10s. 6d. Can be s ecure d a t the Box Office, between the hours of 10 and 5 o'clock. H a ll open every Evening at 7 o'clock. The Late Gale. a boy, and a man are reported drowned. The re mainder of her crew, consisting of three men, were with difficulty rescued. • POOLE, Jan. 8. We hare had a very stormy night. tilt daylikht e , the Prussian brig Antores was seen on re at the Poole Sand, with a signal of distress (I g. The Manley Wood lifeboat, of the National ifeboat Institution, was thereupon at once launclied, and proceeded to the vessel, over which the sea warbreak ing. On arriving alongside the crew of th e brig would not leave her, but requested the boat4d 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. 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 i 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 .itarbour 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, Df 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 Goliah, dredger; the Cochrane, the Seaton, the Sarah Downs, of Colchester; the Rebecca and Jane, lost 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 Parthian ; the William and John, loss of foretopmast; the Arun, of Arundel ; the South Sand, stern stove; the Sarah; the Reho both, stanchions carried away; the brig Thornley, loss of bulwarks, cabin, and companion driven in ; KINGSGATE, KENT, Jan. 8. Captain Isaacke reports that a vessel went ashore on Forene ss Rorke between this place and Margtte, 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 succeod in reaching the ship on account of the heavy secs 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, KENT, Jan. 8. During a gale from the southward, with snow and hail, on the night of the sth inst. (states Capt. Dicey), the Gul 3 / 4 ,Stream Light-vessel was observed to fire guns and throw up rockets in a north-easterly direction, indicating a vessel on the Goodwin Sands. TheWalwer 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 been 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. 411tENTNOR, Jan. 8. The, schooner Johanna, boun 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. 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New Designs for the Dining-room.-147, Roundsditch. - , , or interest, or obligation, occasionally so crossed each other e other. t s i Inl t ed o rl .y r c a q (n i l i e r , e aarff : h ell:et aieorx.n)haitbeirtt Responsible o es n in tracing them o f th e most feeling on G th ov e er o n n m e e s n i t d , e be an m d ig th b e t 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 they had hitherto been in our colonial posses sions, the result would, he felt confident, be found to be the same. " Ccelum non animum 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 sgainst that proposal that it involved a gigantic revolution of the existing state of things. For his own part, putting aside all other objections, and looking upon the scheme on its own merits, he could not 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 proposed 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 one another, while they were also so dissimilar as to be incapable of being fused into a single body politic. The change, however, involved not only the compromise of rights and interests, but that of a small with a great State. There was, of course, a certain virtue in a small as well as in a 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 them with fuel sufficient 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 due 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 ther proper cohesion of the entire body. (Hear.) Ile had during the last few weeks deemed it to be part of his duty.to read throughout all, or nearly all, that had 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. Tho objec tions urged in the controversy might bo 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, he 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 . he 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 hea r d it sa id th a t t h e w h ole 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 celfid 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 consolidstion 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 weans of ono 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 ono of them for the advantage of another, he must at once frankly admit that he could not follow such a lino of argument, nor could he see the smallest ground by which such a proposition—and it was no more than a proposition —could be suppoited. (Cheers.) He had, he thought, 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. PAxmazoN 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 hisnoble friend near him in carrying oat a similar policy towards those great depen dencies, which constituted our glory and pride. The CHAIRMAN next gave " The Health of the Delegates from the British North American Provinces." Mr. MACDONALD returned thanks, as the "presentative 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, he 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 18G4, 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 ono 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 Now 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 6 Mayor," who, having duly responded to the toast, gave that of " The Rouse of Lords," to which Lord WHAM-. CLIFFE replied. Mr. ROEBUCK, in returning thanks for " The House of Commons," said that it was, in his opinion, an assembly which not only represented the people of England, but re 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, ho 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 Rouse of Commons of neglect of duty know 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. A m ong 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 TILE TuAmES.—Th e 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 barque Mary, caused by an error in judgment on the part of the captain of the steamer, which we consider highly censurable." THE LATEISNOWSTORM. —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 groat 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 Lythamin many and places;Kir k t h h a e m pa w s as senger completely traia w b h lo i c c k i.i ed sh u o p u ty i s h n a. oz d s rd ri n e o d t f l r e o a m ve the until former aiter place and half-pastwa 8 8 2 1 no;cmkobrenflonrge - • - it got to Preston. The high wind which prevailed during the snowstorm blew a waggon laden with merchandise out of a siding at the Preston 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 siie of an ornamental stone bridge, which it smashed considerably. The East Lancashire Railway, at floghten, was blocked up with snow, and some of the trains were detained for au hour or two. The Longridge Railway was impassable for seven hours on Sunday. In some parts the snow was sft. deep, and it took twenty men nearly the whole day to completely clear the rails. ; PRICE.... 4d. STAMPED 541. the Favourite, of Loudon; the Arab, of Portsmouth with rigging entangled on deck; the Lady Constance, of Littlehampton, stern carried away ; the Express, the Riga; the I\llldt:clay, of Swansea ; Union 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 draft, especially in the winter mouths, 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 Goliah 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 moorings, 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 " freshets." IVlclaow (Ireland), Jan. 5. A smack was observed in the bay about 10 o'clock, making signals of distress. There 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 ng, 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 lion. 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, Si r J . Pakington, Lord Bury, Mr. Kinnaird, M.P., M r . T . Baring, M.P., Mr. Roebuck, M.P., Lord Wham cliffe, the Lord Mayor, Sir E. Head, Sir F. B. Head, Vice-Admiral Sir R. Mundy, Sir C. M. Simpson, Sir Daniel Gooch, Governor Hincks, 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 had reference to Ireland and the subject of reform. On the two latter he 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. lie 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 CARNARVON, 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. He felt thapk 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 connexion, 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 emancipation, 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 view, we bad, he thought, every reason to con gratulate ourselves on the change which had 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 be borne in mind that queslions must arise from time to time of grave constitutional principle and grave practical importance, and that the linos of imperial policy , I • MIMI ng. r''' .~ 16. 1 4 I' , ‘2S 16,