The Sun. — London, England, 1867-03-14 00:00:00

1 Mr; W pApER y zif tecent times havOlkepiltp 'nose . - - • with the tnost choice or curi o u s s p ec i mens o f the a 4P. -44 4 3 Va 0:144 . 40. • , 4 44 - r 4• both at home a n d a b roa d . ; _ AmAY 4- ‘4:\ifa. - Nik • • •t - g. c I g Or -b izarr ....;" - I V7 • DIE* ' ' \ .- •-/ . „ r r\ct,„l._, _LIFTER Covent-garden Theatre—EVANS' to SUP. After Drury-lane Theatre EVANS' to SUP. After Lyceum Theatre EVANS' to SUP, Atter Adelphi Theatre After Olympic theatre .....EVANS' to SUP. After strand Theatre EVANA' to SUP. After New Royalty Theatre ...... EV ANS' to SUP. After St. James's Theatre EVANS' to SUP. After Prince of Wales' Theatre EVANS' to SUP. London Singing and Supper Club, E VANS', Covent-garden. Vocal Entertainment at Eight. The statistics of the manufacture of clocks and watches are made by Mr. Wood to yield some very noteworthy particulars. His account of the succes sive steps towards the determination of the longitude and the gradual perfection of the chronometer is clear and accurate, though of necessity brief and in, a popular form. We have here, in particular, a chapter iu the history of scientific invention which must always retain an interest for Brit'sh readers. From the first offer by Philip TEL in 1598 of ona hundred thousand crowns for the discovery, through the tentative efforts of Hooke and Holmes, son and Graham, to the ultimate precision which the problem has attained in the hands of Arnold, trnshaw, Fro Islam, ae:d later scientific artis`s, th re is scarcely a name, if we exc-pt Huyghens, upon th roll of honour to take aught frOm the exclusive wed of merit which attaches to British enterprise and skill. Here, to ), while dispensing honour where honour is due, Mr. Woecl seems to us no less careful of the claims of historic •1 justice. FHE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 14, 1867. • EN XII N r tilSl Y. DUBLIN This celebrated OLD IRISH WHISKY gained the Dublin Prize Modal. It is Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Whole some. Sold in Reifies, 3s. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London by the Agents in the principal towns in England ; or wbolegale nt ,4` R. GREAT WrsTDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. Observe the Rea Sen,l, Pink Label,-and Cork branded " Kinahan's LL WhiskY." No. 23,324. PRICE 4d. STAMPED sd. Now ready at all the Lbraries, in 3 vols., If A I I) E N II 0 0 D. AL By Mrs. SARA ANNA MARS FE, Author of " Chronicles of Dartmoor," &e. In this story there are many fascinating. spe-imena of Maidenhood, and here and there come bright touches full of lite and in terest.•' - Observer. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great 3farlborough-Ftreet. 011 N G LL and CO.'S CLiERRY TOO 111 PASTE: is greatly sgre.ior to auy tooth ~..owder; gives the te eal a pearl whiteness, protects the .names from decay, and imparts - a otes.s , 4nt tragr4n , e to - he breath. Pri , e 18. &I—Red Bun Wharf. 93, Upper Marne.-street. London. BUNIIILT, FIELDS BURIAL GROUND I'ICE , 3ERVATION —with Inecriotions on the. Tombs Correspondence between, I he Co-poration of London and the rclesiv.twal Counn's-i9ners, and t,ffidal Documents. Price 2d. NEW WORK BY THE AUTHOR OF " JOHN HALIFAX." Now ready at all the Llbrarlep, *n 3 vols., COUNTRY HOTELS, PUBLIC HOUSES, ling RUT':SSF...SI. FURNESS and KNEE'S List on apnlication. Particrilars for insertion received until the 27th of the month at their AUCTION AND HOTEL AGENCY OFFICES. R, Agar•street, S.rand, W.C., and nearly opposite the Charing Crriss Railway Station. T VV 0 MARRIAGE S. By the Author of Hamiltoa, &dam., and 3!, PvernoFter-row. "John Halifax," "Christian's "Mistake," &o. " The author of `John Halifax' cannot help writing grace- Cully ; all her sentiments are pure, refined, and womanly. Her it;ngli,th is always good, and h•-r ski.l in str.lgestim: the tt, spoken details of a story resembles that of the pieces of music called 'songs without " -Athinmum. CONTRACTS FOR MATERIALS FOR SEAMEN'S CLOTHING. Contract Department, Admiralty, Somerset House, March 12, 1867. ITHE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING the OFFICE of LORI) HIGH ADMIRAL of the UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRE LAND DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, That on MON DAY, the Ist April next, at twelve o'clock at noon, they will be ready to tr , at with such persons as may he willing to CONTRACT for Supplying and Delivering into her Majisty's Victualling Stores at Deptford the undermen tioned articles, TiZ. _ _ "A new novel by the author of 'John Halifax' is always welcome. 'rhe Two Marriages' is a very interesting and effective work. The characters are admirably draw u."—Sun Burst and Blaekett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. HEALTH OF LONDON. MUTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION 'lnoqroor steel by Act of Parliament, 1830). 4, RUSSELL-STREET, COVEVT-GARDEN. LONDON'. Prompt ADVANCES on all description of Security. •Forms tree on application by letter to EDWARD HARPER, Secretary. (From the Registrar-General's Report.) Now published at 3d., per post 4d., 'pAINLESS TOOTH Ekrit ACTION ; or, Antesthesia LocAlly Applied. By A. :ESKELL, Surgeon-Dentist, Author of " Dentil Surgery," " fare Dentistry," &C. Simpt.in, Marshall, and Co.; all booksellers; or of the author, at his resideuce, 8, Grosvenor-street, Bond-street. In the week that ended on Saturday March 9 the births registered in London and 12 other large towns of the United Kingdom were 4,420 ; the deaths re gistered 3,15 G. The annual rate of mortality was 27 per 1,000 persons living. In Loudon thebirths of 1,109 boys and 1,044 girls, in all 2,153 children, were registered in the week. In the corresponding weeks of 10 years 1857-66 the average number, corrected for increase of popula tion, is 2,166. Quantities. 1 42 Inches wide 6,500 Yards. 140 do. ... 17,500 „ Hessen 36 do. ... 38.000 ~ 30 do. ... 17,000 „ (27 do. ... 7,500 „ T 11 E 0 X F ORD, 6, OXFORD-STREET, W., TTIE MUSICAL ESTABLISHMENT OF LONDON. Princi; al artistes, Misers Russell, Barrie. and FitzlienrY 31c.srs. A. St. Albyn, hull'. For, husk. Evans, 4nd Bury, With Extra Band and Chorus. Conductor, 31r. F. Jongh mans MANFIELD'S PATENT PICKLES are per fectly pure and uncoloured. To be had of a'l dealers and wholesale of .JOHN BURGESS and SON, 107, Strand (corner of Savoy-steps). London. Black Wlrona Scrga 3,500 Royal Can . 3,000 „ Padding Cloth ... ... 500 „ White Calico ... 4,000 „ Tuts Evir.NING, SIXTH TINTE, the Classical Drama, THE RTHN'S OF ATHENS. Solo Cornet-a-Piston, Mr. REYNOLDS, of the Coldstream Goa' ds. A VALUABLE PACKAGE OF TEA. A CHINESE CADDY, containing Nibs. of really good Black Tea, sent carriage free to any Railway nation or Market Town in England, Ireland, cotiand, or 11 , alca, on receipt of 405., by PHILLIPS and CO., - Tea Merchants, 8, King William-street, City. E.C.. Stay Tape 33,000 White Tape, half-inch ... ... 436,000' „ Osnablirgh ... 7,500 Black Linen 4,000 Black Silk Twist ... • 52;000 „ The deaths registered in London during the week were 1,425. It was the 10th week of the year ; - ancl the average number of deaths for the week is, with a correction for increase of population, 1.580. The deaths in the present return are less by 155 than the estimated number. CONTEDY. by Messrs. BARRY SYDNEY. G. W. ROSS, and the celebrated .TAP ANFSE JUGGLERS, the Brothers Bale, the Wonders of the World. at Ten o'clock this Evro ing-. !r. ROBT. FRASER, Comedian and Vocalist, will make his appearance THIS EVENING with his eron of comicalities and his new song, "-HE BOY AT MUG BY." Bine Worsted Tape ... 185,009 White-Dntch Tape ... -... 38,000 Pieces Ravan Sowing Silk 52,000 Skeins White Thread ... 2,200 Lb. Whited Brown Thread... 1,800 TEA IS CHEAPER THAN EVER. is 6 1., 28., 2s 6. 1. per lb. are the prices at which PHILLIPS and CO., Tea Merchants, 8, King William-street. City, London. RC.. are selling good and fine BLACK TEA. & price current post free. 40s worth carriage free to any Railway Station or Market Town in the United Kingdom. all goods carriage tree to all parts of London . Observe— PHILLIPS and Co. have no Agents'. Sugars are supplied at market prices. The deaths registered during the week from zymotic diseases were 275, the corrected average number being 326. Forty-three deaths occurred from typhus ; 2 in Chelsea, 2 in Hackney, 3 in St. Luke, 4 in Bethnal-green, 3 in Stepney, 3 in Poplar, 4 in Lambeth, and 22 in the other districts. Deaths in the London Fever Hospital are referred to the districts from which the patients had been brought. Sixteen deaths from measles were regis tered, 7of which occurred in the Lambeth Work house for children at Norwood. Thirty-two deaths from small-pox, 27 from scarlatina, and 13 from diarrhoea were recorded. 131[ADAME TITSSAUD'S EXHIBITION, BAKER-STREET. CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. NEW AD DI !lONS. —Life-size Mod ,, ls of the KINKS and QUEENS of IeNGL AND, from WILLIAM of NORMANDY to QUEEN VICTORIA Open from ti a.m. till dusk, and from 7 till 10 p.m. Admf'tance, la. ; children, under ten, half-price ; extra rooms. 6d. Black Thread Blue Worsted 1,200 ... 5,000 „ ARGYLL ROOMS. - GRAND CASINO, Windmill-street, Piccadilly. These elq•ant and popular Rooms, haring been entirely re decorated, are now OPE V EVERY EVENING for Concert and Dancing. Conductor, Signor Luca CURTL Manager, M. GRENET. ( - 4 EOLOG Y. _ELEMENTARY COLLEC TION', to illustrate the New Edition of "Lyell's Elements of Geology" and facilitate the important study of Mineralog-y and Geology, can be had at 2,5, 10, 20, 50 t o 50.) guineas ; also single Specimens of Minerals, itolhs, Fossils, aid lte3ent Shells, Geolo , ical 41aps. Hammers. all the recent rub ieasiona , tc., of .CTEN.NANT. Hirieraloaist to Her Majtsty, 149, Strand, London. Private Instruction is given in Mineralogy and Geology by Mr. TENNANT, F.G.S., 149, Strand, W.C. Admission to Promenade, One Shilling. Reserved Seats, Two Shillings. WESTO N' S GRAND MUSIC HALL, HOLBORN. Sole Proprietors, SwEASEY and HOLLAND. Enthusiastic reception of the Grand Selection from Donizetti's favourite Opera of " LUCIA DI L AMMER MOOR." Principal vocalists —Edgard°, Mr. H. De Brenner ; Arturo, Mr. Rowland Lascelles ; Henrieo, Mr. P. Corri ; Lucia, Miss Annie Tremaine. Irish Minstrels, every evening at Nine o'clock, with songs, dances, and Irish anecdotes, under the direction of Pat Corri. ARTHUR LLOYD'S Burlesque Drama, entitled " NUGGET'S BROOK ; or, the Wicked Squire ;" Jolly Nash, Louie Sherrington, Paddy Fannin, Patrick Sellers, and Harry and Battle King, Frank Ellmore, Jig Dancer ; Le Petit Blondin, from the Crystal Palace, engaged for a limited number of nights previous to his departure for the Paris Exhibition. Band of 30 first-class performers, and large Chorus chosen from her Majesty's and Covent Garden Opera Houses. Musical Director, Mr. P. OORRI. Prices of admission—Stalls and Balcony, ls. ' • Area, 6(1. ; Private Boxes, 10s. 6d. Can be secured at the Box Office, between the 'hours of 10 and 5 o'clock. Hall open every Evening at 7 o'clock. SPECIAL NOTICE.—LUCIA DI LAMMER MOOR at WESTON'S MUM HALL—The entire Press are of one opinion that this Selection is the Greatest Hit of the season. Costumes by S. May, Bow-street. Free list suspended. Prices as usual. EAU -DE-VIE.—This Pure PALE BRANDY, 18s. per zallon, is v( ry superior to recent importations of C9cfnac, recommended by the medical profession, and ex tensively used in hospitals. In bottles, 355. per dozen, or in „ a ease 395., railway carrlan•e n.ti J.—HENRY BRETT and Furnivars DistiPery, Ilolborn,E.o , and 30, Regent street, S.W. Established 1529. "THE RUIN OF THE FEW IS THE GAIN OF THE MANY." ripliE Panic of '66 and its consequent depression 111 of the Colonial Markets enaides the "EAST IN 1)14 TEA. 110MPANY" to offer TEAS LOWER THAN EVER. Six Pounds of Goad Tea for 6s. M, can't be dear. The Company's KAISOVirS by the Clipper Ships are really 9 . Great St Helen's Churchyard, Biahopsgate street, Jan. 1. 1867. D UNVILLE'S V.R. OLD IRISH WHISKY, B r.LvAsT, Is regularly supplied to the House of Lords. "V.R." IRTSIT WITTQKY. DIINVILLE and CO.'S " V.R." OLD IRISH WHISKY, BELFAST. London Oflhes and Stores, 4, BEAUFORT-BUILDINGS, STRAND, W.C. Established IV& Quotations on application. irANIES DALY and CO., Distillers, John-street, e , Cork.—" The purest spirit anal safest drink in the w orld"—Loqcion Offices, 7, Printing-house-square, E.('., next the "Times." lAMES DALY and CO., Distillers, John-street, • Cork, ben* to announce that they are able to supply the 'Mlle with their celebrated Whiskies. in casks or cases, and to take orders in bond and for exportation, at their offices. 7, " P rinting -house-square, Lnnlon, 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 relerence to the "Journal of Commerce of Victoria," by which it will be seen that *heir whiskies fetch 6d. per gallon and Is, per case over the next best, and Is. 6d per gallon and ss. 61. s 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. .Tnat published, 2d ; sent by the author for 3 stamps. UGLINESS and BEAUTY; bein g a Pamphlet descriptive of articles and means used for Improving th e a ppearance. By ALEX. BOSS , 248, High Holborn, ,ondon. SPANISH FLY is the actin? ingredient in AJAX. ROSS'S 0&N MAR IDEBO IL. which speedily igqt4nes whiskers and thickens hair, Is 6 d , 5 s B d , and l es 64 ; r s i Tt by post for 54. 84, and 244 atynnt.— &L EX. ROSS, 248. h Holborn. London, and all Chemists. 11V- ONDERFUL DISCOVERY.—Corns cured in one day by nsinkt ALEX. ROSS'S CHIRO PO. preparation gradually disqolyes the Corn in a few hours, e....ipoyin,9: the very root. Prioe 4s ; sent by post for 60 stamps. 4 48. high Holborn, London, and all Chemists. nATR-CURLING FLUID, 248, High Holborn, London.—ALEX. ROSS'S CIJRLING FLUID one edicts' or Gentlemen's hair Immediately it is sp o il e d. Sold 'tag Bd, 5s Bd, ant toe 8d ; sent tree for 54, 81, and 144 stamps ...ja i -ad of all Chemists. (IRBY HAIR.-248, High Holborn, London.— ALEX. ROSS'S HAIR DYM produces a perfect colour le r t'obeltately it i s nqed. It s oermnrnt, and erfe lay ne ur ore al i n Price 38 4d, i 54 6d, and p 6d ; sent by post • . °I, and 14& stamps ; and all Chemists. AIR DESTROYER.-248, High Holborn, London.—ALEX. ROSS'S DEPILA.TORY removes tx,Nlrftuous hair from the face, neck. and arms, erlishost effect a „,, t he skin. Prig!. 3,4 M, $ll. and ; sent for mu 144 eta - nos.—Had of sli Chemists_ I)IMPLE REMOVER.—AII diseases of the Rkin are improved hy one dose of ALEX. ROSS'S SKIN PILLS. They remove re•infeßs, sal ‘,,';',)ess. Are. vs 9d and 78 Rd or post for 40 and 100 stamps. s--4 LEX. ROBS, 248, High Holborn, London, and all Che -411.t5. TIAIR COLOUR WASH.—By washing the 0 , 4 _ head with this beantifyilly -Perfumed Wash. in seven so to days the hair assumes its orizinal colour, end remain, 40 an oce , sionstl whiz. ins ; sent for stampo.—AL EX. "SS. 20, High Holborn, London, and all Chemists. TAE BOARD of MANAGEMENT of the et t i i LONDON HOIREIPATHIC TIOSPETAL wish to D....the attention of their friends t its politlon—durinc; the th:',Year the beds have been almost cons t an tly fill e d, an d N.,' "l ain nn the resources of the Hospit a l h as consequen t. y h, e ,n crest. They trust. therelbre, that all the friends of th e 7e pathy, both in town and connt.y. will rally round n, and th us p reven t the necessity of curtailine the use- Rt i n ,pil of the Hospital by the admission of fewer f atients 'SO , t IPT lONS earne•tly needed. Banker s Ar—elt lace and Co., Threadneedle-street; and Union Bank, 43,11-p, Regent-street. JOHN R. WARREN, Clerk. .40 • 02. Great Ormond-street. W.C. 0 1-1 ,1 1 SHIPWRECKED SEAMEN and their or 41 RE A VED WIDOWS and ORPHANS. — . CowArds ‘11,1:„I' British vesse'9 are annually wrecked, about 2,000 of T o ar e on the Rridsh Isles I kART „,'RS' 14 ^0 part of the eoa , t where the SHIPWRECKED SOCIE l'Y is not represented by an [lon. w uo cinte4 (when naked) and ands to their homes elbi r f r eeked persons of alt n Alone. and is the channel of its 7 ,, tY to the bereaved wilow.4 and orphans of the drowned. t e,3s,7ornmittee earnestly APPEAL, fir HELP. The dis last ahrhYs instant The Vociety relieved 11.221 persons Year, Viz • shipwrecked men, widows, end orphans. VGin,tions and subscriptions thankfullyreoeived by Messrs. 41'18 ' Dea con, and Co.; and by the undersigned, FRANCIS LEAN, Secretary rata-ch ambers, London-bridge S.E. CUR RESCUE SOCIETY wishes to add another tlu zi gems to th e 12 now to operation. Last year no fewer to&ht Door. friendl ess, young females were rejected from l* inThs and r making a total of 8,087, li _m enr away in lire r oom, rs. who have you",e, home the Committee wish to form woald be . tor almoat children, f rom t h e age o f .a to 15. he astray from Vie path of virtue. will be rewired zratefully by the ecretarv. ii2 3r Wel Cooper, 85, Q ueen s treat, Cheapside; or by Messrs ."4 " GI, Lombard -street. NOTICE OF REMOVAL. D E E S and SON S' r- , • NEW CITY SHOW it. 'OHS contain an entirely new ant extensive Stock of TABLE GLASS, China, and Chau- Houndaditch. NOTICE OF REMO VAL. DEFRIES and SONS , J NEW CITY SHOW itOOMi.—The New Oval-shaped ALEXANDRA DINNER SERVICE, from X 1 18s. 147, Houn&ditch. NOTICE OF REMOVAL. DEFRIES and SONS J • NEW CITY SHOW R:IO3IS.—BREAKFt.ST and TEA , ERVICES in great variety. from Li le. upward B.— !47, Houndsditch. NOrICE OF REMOVAL. JT DEFRIEF , and SONS' • NEW CITY SHOW ROOMS eontaln a beautiful assortment of DESSERT SERVICES, from Li Is. to 100 guineas. Crezts and Monograms engraved on same. -147, Houndsditch. NOTICE ON REMOVAL. JD EF RIES and- SONS . NEW CI l'Y SHOW ROONIB.—caYsrAL CHAN DELIERS, New Deahvis for the Drawing-room. either for Gas or Candle, and to suit all kinds of Decorations. —ll7, Houndsditch. NOTICE OF REMOVAL. JDEFItIES and S ONS' . NEW CITY SHOW ROOMS.—BRONZE and OR MOLU CHANDELIERS in great variety. New 11e , 414,rng for the Dining-room-147, lioundsditch. NOTICE OF REMOVAL, JDE•FRIES and SONS' . NEW CITY SHOW RoollS.—The ALEXANDRA FLOWER VASI'. This D. , nv and beautiful Vase can be P e 11 in great variety, from 31. 0 Ws. each-117, Hounds ditch. NO'nem OF REMOVAL. (PTD EFit 1 ES and SONS' . NEW CITY SETO Ar ROOMS.— The NEW JET DINING ROOM VAST. Registered designs, in great ra , iety.-14 7 , Houndsditch. NOTICE OF REMOVAL. T DEFRIES and SONS' tJ • NEW CITY SHOW Roo3l.3.—The NEW PATENT ASTRA. LAMP, for Petroleum and Mmeral ; also i;ItYSTAL LA MPS and WALL LILUITs (registered) for Floundsditeli. NOTICE OF REMOVAL. JDEFRIES and SONS' • NEW CITY SHOW ROOIIS. TAVERN and HOTEL GLASS of the newest patterns and correct mea sure.-147, Houndsditch. NOTICE OF REMOVAL. DEFRIES and SONS' J.. NEW cm' SHOW ROONTS. °RNA IiENTAL CLOCKS for the DINING and DRAWING-RJO3I. —ll7, U oundsditch. NOTICE OF hEMOVAL. DEFRIES . and SONS , J. NEW CITY SHOW RolllS—Werehant 4 and the Trade Fu, plied with PATTERN BOOKS FREE.-117, Houndsditch. Works—London, Birmingham, and Paris. Established 1803. Rurrunics.—BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. VITHITE'S MOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS PERFECTED AND EXHIBITED IN THE GREAT EXHIBITIONS Of 1851 and 1852 , , is allowed by upwards of Iwo Hundred He 'inal Gentlemen to be the most effective invention in the curative treatment of HERNIA. The use of a steel spring, so often h.rrtful in its effe , its. is hoe avoided—a soft bandage mein_ worn round the body, while the requisite resisting power ii supplied by the Hoe-Main Pad and Patent Lev, r. fitting with so nuch ease and close ness that it cannot be detected, and mly be worn during ,leep. A descriptive circular may be had, snd th . truss, which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the circum erence of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manufacturer, Mr. WHITE. 228, Piccadilly. A Slade Truss, lAs., 215.; Ms 64., and 31s. fid Postage, ls. A. Double Truss, 31s. 6d., 42s and 625. 6d. Porartwe, Is. Bd. An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. P-statre, is. 101 Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post office, Piccadilly. NEW PATENT ELASTIC STOCKINGS, KNEE-CAPS, dm., for Varicose Veins and all cases ~f Weakness and Swelling of the Legs, .praina. 'Cc. They are porous, light in texture, and inexpen , tve, end are drawn on like an ordinary stocking. Price 4a. 6d., 7 s. B d ., 10s.. and 16g. each. Postag6d e, . JO FIN WHITE. Manufacturer. 228, Piocidilly. NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE.—The greatest and most useful invention of the day, AGLTA AMA ItRLL Messrs. JOAN GOSNELL and CO. ' Red Bull Wharf, 93, Upper Thames-street. Perfumers to her rtfajesty, respect fully offer to the public this truly marvellous flui which gradually restores the human hair to Its pristine hue— to matter at what age. The Agua Amarella hue 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. Pri , :e one guinea per bottle, or in half bottles, 10s. 61. Testimonials from artistes of the highest order, and from Individuals of undoubted re spectability, may be seen on application. Messrs. John Goenell and Co. have been appointed Periumers to her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales. THE LONDON FEVER HOSPITAL has 11 URGENT NEED of FUNDS.—Donations and Sub scriptions will be thankfully received by Messrs. Dimsciale and Co., 50, Cornhill ; Messrs. Drummond and Co., Ch cross; Messrs. Coutts and Co.. Strand; 3/lessrs. Umpire, Fleet-street; and by the undersigned, at the Liverpool-road, N., CHARLES I"INN, Sec. HELP for the DESTITUTE SICK.— METROPOLITAN FREW. HOSPITAL. Devon shire-Square, City. Instituted for the immediate gratuitous Relief of the Sick Poor of every Nation and Creed, without letters of recommendltion. FUND 6 are urgently needed to maintain its efficiency. BANKERS—Mesons. Barnett, Hoares. and Co . 62, Lombard street. JNO. GURNEYSR Y, Chairman. GEO. c ;tOXTON. Secretary. Sewing Cotton ... ' 200 Buttons, Stained Bone ... ... 5,300 Gross Do. White Metal, Largo 12,000 -„ Do. do. Small ... 3,500 ~ Do. Crown and Anchor, Middling 400 „ Do. do Small ~. 160 „ Linen Thread for Shirts (Reels of} 750 Yards each) ... 7,500 Reels To be delivered within four calendar months from the date of the acceptance of the Tender. Their Lordships reserve to themselves the power,when the Tenders are opened, of contracting either for the whole or for such part thereof only as they may deem fit, or for a greater quantity, or of not contracting for any, and also an unlimited power of selection in accepting the tenders. No Tender will be received unless made on the printed form provided for the purpose, which may be obtained on application in the Lobby of the Department of the Control ler of Victualling, Admiralty, Somerset House, and at the Victualling Yards at Gosport and Plymouth. Tenders will be admitted for any portion of the above quantities. ~ Separate tenders must be made far ,each' article, as none will be entertained unless so made. Samples of the articles may be -seen in the Lobby above mentioned, between the hours of ten and two only; and also at the Victualling Yards at Gosport and Plymouth. Particular attention is called td the revised conditions of the Contracts (especially as regards the penalty for non delivery in time), which may also be seen in the said Lobby, as well as at the Victtialling Yards at Gosport and Plymouth. _ _ _ _ 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 communicated to him and his proposed sureties in writing. Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words "Tender for ," and must also be delivered at the Department of the Controller of Victualling, Somerset House. The Contractors will have to pay one-half the amount of the stamps on their contracts and bonds. By Order, ANTONIO BRADY, Registrar of Contracts and Public Securities. MY D E R. R 6 S s 'S s BAS 'S O FO OI: T3 T u R N A T V E TRAVELLING INGManu factory, CAVENDISH HOUSE, Wi,, , ,nfwe-strect, Cavendish -squire, corner of Marylebone lane, London, W. ADAM_E RACHEL'S Recirs for Youth, Redutv, race, and Elegance, which give golden tresses. spa , k i i „ a c ye'. ruby l'pA. and a soft peach-like corn , lexion to ladies vrrintled freckled, scarred, or aged, which have Yalu d for le , r the patronage of t 7 ie Crowned (leads of Europe and her win - 11-renowned name, can be forwarded on receipt c f .£1 la.-47,x, New B , nd-street- Beware of B,,tirtous Imitations. SAUCE. —LEA and PERRINS' WO RCESTERSH IRE SAP :R. This deliciou , condiment, uxonounced by c nnolsseurs "THE ONLY GOOD S k CCP," Is prepared - sOle'y by LEA and PERRINS. 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I TimEs.—Magistrates exist, or ought to exist, as a terror to cvild,,ers, and the loyal classes of the Irish people are not without excuse if th-y complain that the lam in their country is too weak to fulfil its pro per mission. It seems toler.ihly certain that the customary penalties of disloyalty in Ireland do not restrain men from being disloyal, and the first im pulse is, of course, to increase the severity of their. punishment, and at the same time to wake it more swift in its infliction. Much may, at all events; lie forgiven to the loyal p - eopleof Irelar,dif tlriy clamour for arbitrary dealing with the disturbe.ls of their peace. We in England have some d.clicUlt,y . iu rea , lising their position. None of us live in a " proj claimed" county. No Londoner goes to btid queer-, taro whether he may not be roused in the - middle of the night by a demand for arms and ammunition: The extent of his auticipatiOns is a startling para- - - graph to be read at breakfast time, and he does not suffer that to disturb the comfort of his morning meal: When we advise our fellow-subjects across. the Irish Channel. to be calm and t). rely upon the. securities for.safety they possess, we are very wise, but we are also some w h a t lik e the well-known ab sentee who sent the comforting message to his steward—" ll the tenants that no threats to shoot you will terrify me." If we have underrated the apprehension among some of the influential classes in Ireland, we have consequently failed t© estimate the pressure which has been put upon the Irish Go, vernment. .The Lord-Lieutenant and his advisers deserve, in fact, much credit for their steady resist- - ance .to the demands that have been made upon them. No course was too truculent for some of their amateur advisers, and we can well understand the mischief Which must have ensued had any countenance been given to their sugge-tions. The. Irish Government have used the power the law gives them, and it has been proved sufficient to re press disorder, but they have not been tempted to overstep the constitutional limits of their functions. Happily for us, indeed, the law under which we live, gives the Executive no'such powers as the Irish Go vernment has,been adjured to exercise. The Lord Lieutenant, 'even if he desired it, could no more carry fire and slaughter into Munster than into Middlesex. He cannot even restrain the personal • liberty of a single Irish Man, under the pro visions of an . extraordinaey and temporary act of Parliament. He could, no doubt, as a matter of fact, proclaim martial law, or, in other words, de clare the lives and property of all Irishmen to be at the discretion of himself and his subordinates, but the proclamation would be the ground for instant impeachment, and either principal or subordinate would be responsible before the ordinary tribunals of the country for any act done under it. It is strange any one,should be-called upon to enuuciato now these elementary truths, which were inscribed• in our 'statute book and sanctioned by the blood of a elviVwar two *centuries ago. It is stranger that Englishmen, not : lriShmen alone, should hold these essential articles our peace of such little account, as if they: might. be disregarded as obsolete. The fact, however, is that the Irish Government has not desired, and we are glad to know doeS not desire, to possess the arbitrary powers for which a few excited loyalists clamour. It is equally certain the Impe rial Parliament would not concede any such privi leges. If it were disposed to do so, a case would be made out for reform such as no one has yet ventured to suggest. Parliament has, on the representations of the Ministers of the Crown—representations which have,.unfortunately, been too fully verified by subsequent events—placed for a season the per..„, sonal liberty of every Irishman under the abso lute control of the Irish Executive ; but further than this there is no necessity, and there would be no justification for going. If, however, the Go vernment has been called upon to exercise powers it does not possess, it is not for want of weapons which the law has already placed in the hands of the loyal. A Memorandum has been seasonably issued from the Castle instructing magistrates on the powers and duties devolving - upon them at a crisis like the prevent. It beAns with a statement of the conditions. under which special cnistables may be sworn in, which ought to quiet the alarms of some o` those who are flocking from their houses in the country to towns and the neighbourhood of constabulary barracks. The conditions were discussed so recently, on the occasion of the march to the drill ground at Brompton, that they are well known here, but it is well that Irish gentlemen should be reminded that they may defend themselves. When ever credible persons depose to reasonable agprehen sion of riot, tumult, or insurrection and thelustices are of opinion that the p o li ce, military, and other regular forces of the country are not sufficient for the present protection of persons and property, special constables may be enrolled. The power and duty of swearing in constables at any crisis are the same throughout the kingdom, but there are special provisions for maintaining the peace of Ireland, which have been publisbed by the Lord Lieutenant in the Memorandum to which we have referred. No One can complain that they •are too restricted, and, indeed, it may be questioned whether they are not too wide. All persons armed with any weapon, or appearing in any disguise, or wearing any uni form or badge, or assuming any name or denomi nation not usually assumed by ordinary persons in their lawful occasions, who shall assemble or who shall appear, alone or with others, by day or night, are guilty of a high misdemeanour, sub jectiug them to penal servitude, imprisonment, and o an m y a i g )e i r s se tra e t t e e s b h e a g v e in il g ty r e e f as t o h n e - s able whip c p a i n a g s to A s u s n y p e t c w t assembling or appearing, or of having been at such assembly, or of intending so to be, are required to summon them, and bind him over to appear at the Assizes, and, in case of refusal, to commit him to gaol ; and every magistrate has authority to sum mon a ny person in his jurisdiction whom he may think capable of giving material evidence, and coin— pel him, under the same penalty,• to answer an ex amination on oath. These powers are almost wide enough to repress -the conception of treason, but the Whiteboy Acts stricke at much more than mere appearing, or the intention so to do. heard of—such as attacking h o uses and carrying off horses, or weapons, or other T as h s e en d ib ee li d n s g w or e hay.e property; the writing or g i v i ng an y no ti ce , letter, or message exciting a' riot, or threatening violence, or demanding arms or ammunition, or requiring a by noises, fires, or signals —are all high misdemean ours, promoting meetings person to quit any and the rest ; an d a ll ma gistrates and ours, subject' to the same pun i s h men t s o f p ena l ser vitudecon- stables are bound to apprehend, disperse, and oppose persons so engaged, and may call on any one to assist them, and are fully indemnified for happening to kill, maim, or hurt any person in discharging such a duty. A mere statement of these means of enforcing order is sufficient; they are so stringent a s to call for the greateit circumspection in their exercise ; and -they take away all excuse for de manding further powers, if they do not suggest that ' a revision of the laws .in force in Ireland for the maintenance of the peace should be one of the first thingis undertaken after the establishment of order. We may reasonably hope that the Fenian out break will soon exhaust itself. Day after day but rumours, whi c h p rove un examined ; and th e or di nary b s u r b i n s g ta s u t i s a i n o m t h h i e n n g powers of the Irish Executive, supplemented by the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act, have been sufficient to maintain the 'peace. If there were any reason—and there is none—to sup pose that these will prove insufficient, the pro visions of the Whiteby Act take away any necessity for giving arbitrary privileges to the Government. We wish we could stop there. Unfortunately, history warns us too clearly against the craving for unlimited power in the Executive Government, be c tuse it shows that it is impossible, to prevent its abuse in the hands of subordinate officers. The rising of 1798 was a real rebellion, compared to which the demonstrations of out time are but child's play, and so far there was some excuse for excesses then ; but whoever will even now refer to the action against Sir•Judkin Fitzgerald in the State Trials, and the debates which followed it in the Irish Par liament, must feel ashamed of what was and might again be done in - the name of law. Nothing but imperative necessity should make us willing to uu dergo the risk of a repetition of such deeds, and where the necessity is absolutely wanting we cannot go a step beyond the safeguards which have been proved amply sufficient. THE WESTMINSTER GAZETTE ON " REFORM AND THE WORKING CLASSES."—The late divisions in the Cabinet of Lord Derby are striking indicationS as to the great diVersity WhiCh still exthts in the edu cated mind of the country - as to Reform. Reform is no longer, a question of :parties, but a question as to the future relations' between the different claises.:of society in England. This question, as to the relation' bettfeen ' class And class, goes very deep and effects such momentous interests that we are not at all surprised at the hesitation which men feel in dealing with what is more a social, perhaps, than a political difficulty. Whether the character of the English Government should be come more. democratic, or less ; whetherthe Con , stitution should be widened at the base or nar rowed z whether the Conservative or the Libtrol party Should - gain in strength, is, after all, not sol grave a question as what is the conduct and the capacity of that class to which a larger share of the governing pOwer is to be transferred, or what would be the effect on the working classes of a re fusal of such a participation in political power. Almost all men are agreed that a refusal would not only be most dangerous as affording popular demagogues an opportunity of preaching up a war betwem the classes, but also unjust, inasmuch as Vve interests of the-working classes are not repre ,inted with sufficient directness, nor is their desire to take:part in political life sufficiently recognised. It is the duty Of „the statesman—one which re sfuires,,, however, consummate skill and knowledge of the Anin&ples of oiit Constitution—so to adjust, ,thelriew element with the - old; that one class shall I not, overlplance tbe,other, nor alter the essential character of the 'House' of Commons, as presenting as periVt and domplete a reflex as possible of the (millions,: principles, and interests of the country at large:::. But we - can easily conceive that men should hesitate for the sake of a theoretical perfec- tion in the'Constitution to admit to political power and to the futurA government of the country classes whose tendencies and principles they might not unjustly deem as likely to be subversive of existing institutions, and therefore injurious to the well-being of the State.. They might argue in this fashion : it is true that the working classes of England are entitled, by their numbers, know ledge, and wealth, according to the theory of the. Constitution, to a larger share of political power, but it is likewise true that their principles'and tendencies are hostile to institutions—politicar, and ; social—so long held sacred in England, but which would not long survive the increase of popular power; therefore they would prefer rather to do violence to the theory of the Constitution than run the risk of sacrificing ancient institutions to theoretical completeness. Without stopping to in quire how far the working classes are hostile to such institutions as the House of Peers, the established religion, or the law of primogeniture, it seems to us as clear as the summer sun at noon that the exclusion, on such a plea of the working classes from such pri vileges as the Constitution might confer on them, would bring on a collision of classes which would not only lead to the overthrow of the most cher ished institutions, but endanger the stability of the Empire. ow to deal with the working classes, powerful by their numbers, by their or ganised combinations, abandoned to the pursuit of material interests and enjoyments, and un guided by the light of religion, is the most diffi cult problem of modern society ; and we are not, therefore; surprised, when it presents itself under one form or !another, that men shrink from at tempting its solution. Reconciliation and not col lision is evidently the wisest and most Christian course to be adopted., A collision such as that between the socialistic working men and the Emperor Napoleon, which deluged the streets of Paris with blood in 1852, is a dangerous cure, and one likely to have sown in blood seeds of future mischief. What we have now to do at home to avoid a like alienation of classes, is to give generously and ungrudgingly to the working classes their fair share of political power, so ar ranged that it shall in no wise trespass on the po litical rights or swamp the due influence of any other class entitled to political power. Whether household suffrage and cumulative votes and lateral .extension, taking taxation and education as the bases of the electoral privilege, will effect the well-ordered gradation.necessary in our Consti tution, are questions requiring, at the hands of our legislators, the most careful and impartial consideration. In their hands rests the future welfare of the country. After having devised the most generous reform compatible with the general safety, we must put confidence in the working classes and seek to reconcile them to the existing institutions, so far, at least, as such in stitutions answer the end of justice and good government. The late conference at the London Coffee House showed what little hold the religion of the country had upon the people ; other confer ences, if they were to be held, would, doubtless, show the extent of the alienation of classes, or what little sympathy many of the working people have with the House of Peers, or with our system of primogeniture, or with our military system or civil administration. When our institutions are intertwined with the roots of the Constitution or answer the end of good government, we should do our utmost temperately, but firmly, to recon cile the working classes to these ancient safe guards of our country ; but where our institu tions, religious or political, cease to answer a wise purpose Or to fulfil their proper end—the moral and material well-being of the nation—we must not allow prejudice or old habit to blind our in tellectual vision or stay the reforming hand. In stitutions, however venerable by age or by (asso ciations, unless they are rooted in the heart and in the intelligence of the people, are mere shadows of a departed power, remnants of a lost glory soon destined to be numbered among the ruins of a nation's greatness. CLOCKS AND WATCHES. In commenting upon Mr. Wood's entertaining work on the Curiosities of Clocks and Watches the Saturday Review gives the following able summary of all the various means employed from the earliest period in the measurement of time by water, air, shadows, sand, fire, and machinery. Unhappily, the records and monuments of the most primitive races known to us (says the writer) yield but little information. Though the gnomon, or sun-dial, cer tainly seems to have been in use among the Egyp tians, we are not aware of any example of the kind having been met with in that country. By Herodo tus the invention is attributed to the Babylonians. The earliest actual notice of it we possess is the well known one of the sun dial of Ahaz. Its introduction into Greece is generally attributed to Anaximander. The dial, 7 Witcov, was probably, in its origin, no more than an upright pillar or staff, the hours being measured by its shadow, which was marked off into feet along the ground where the shadow fell. It was, of course, extremely imperfect as an indi cator of time; and it was impossible by it to divide the day into 12 equal spaces. The 7rolor or 7)XiorpOircov, of which our museums :contaiu several, was of a more scientific construction. It consisted of a basin' (XeKauls) of stone or marble, in the middle of which the staff or index (yvt'ottow) was erected, throwing its shadow upon six or twelve meridian lines drawn from it .as a centre to the circumference of the concave surface. The general name for instalments, of whatever kind, for mea suring time was ( . o,3oXOytov (horologium),. whether it referred to a sun-dial, clepsydra, sand-glass, or clock. The period of the first introduction of the clepsydra is not known, but these con trivances are said to have been common in Egypt before they are met with in Greece. , Mr. Wood has missed the fact that Plato made himself a night-clock of that sort, and that Bato, the comic writer, a century later, speaks of them as in common use, according to Atheineus. The clepsydra was used in the courts of justice at Athens to measure the time allowed for speak ing, as we learn from the 'amusing pas sages in Aristophanes, as well as from allu sions by the orators. lts form and construction may be seen very clearly from a passage in the Problems of Aristotle. A great improvement was introduced in the 6poXOrov in3paacK6v of Ctesibius of Alexan dria about B.C. 150, which is elaborately described for o V f ir v‘ g ,a iii t t er u , s. a l u t co dt m bo bin b e o d u w ra he vi el e - r mok o • p r oi l o v t i o tl d t t o he action utbya small statue, holding a wand. The so - called Temple of the Winds at Athens , besids exhibitin g a dial,appears to have been a clepsy dra o n a lar g e scale. The first horologiunz in use at Rome was a sun-dial, solarium, set up, according to some by Papirius Cur sor, B.C. 292 ; according to others, by M. Velerius Messala, from the booty of Catana, B.C. 263. This was made for a different meridian, and showed time very incorrectly. The first dial regulated to the meridian of Rome was set up by Q. Marcius Phil lipus. P. Scipio Nasica in his censorship B.C. 159 established the first public clepsydra. Water-clocks were in general use in Caesar's time for measuring the night-watches, and by a law of Cn. Pompeius, B.C. 52 they were introduced into the' Courts of home, as at Athens, as a cheek on the speakers. A kind of water-clock was found in use in Britain by Caesar, and there is good presumption, from the arithmetical treatise of one Bhascara Acharya writ ten in the 12th century, that they were early used in India. A wondrous account is given by Abbot Eginhart, an aye-witness, of the timepiece sent by Abdalla, Kin;. , of Persia, in A.D. 810, or by the Caliph Harouu al-Raschid in 807, to the Emperer Charlemagne. The .caul-'/lass, in which sand took the place of water, was a modifieation of the clepsydra. These time-keepers were called clepsanimia. They were in use before the tune of Jerome, A.D. 331-420. The candle-clocks of Alfred are well-known. Martinelli of Spoleto, in a curious work, 1663, speaks of clocks going by earth, air, fire, and watee. In the.fiec clack the motion was produced upon the principle of a modern smoke-jack, the wheel., being moved by stwt i ehe e teer a aeah n tio s of a lamp, n measured proper sso rpbuoeeurriegndiiginbgatyei tvlrwtevi orificeinhaeliosch descent s a l el l ei s illi o tilitti he g aoe a ef tx v aua e pibrlN l eoN i r,cse g liig i (og : t tiol o the ltfeghxceiprna choclolktiui dial, enorrg motion to wheel-work. In 1669 the Grand Duke Cosmo was astonished to see, at the Royal Society's rooms in London, a clock the movements of which were derived from the vicinity of a loadstone. This was the earliest precursor of the modern electrical clock. It seems impossible to fix the date when clocks with wheels and weights were first invented. Boethius is said to have made one in the year 510 A.D. Pope Paul I. is reported to have sent a wheelclock to King Pepin in 756. We are told that the Arabians first made clocks to strike in 801. Rabanus Manrus is said to have sent a clock with a 'bell to a friend about the year 840. The honour of inventing a wheel-clock is also given to Pacificus, Archdeacon of Vienna, who died in the middle of the ninth cen tury. Gerbert of Fleury, afterwards Pope Sylves ter If., has credit for a similar invention about the year 1,000. It is not clear whether the allusion of Dante is to a mechanical clock or to a sun-dial, or whether the orologiarn insigne, given to Sherborne Abbey by William the Sacrist, in the 12th century, was of either nature. St. Paul's Cathedral, as evidenced by the compolus bracerii for A.D. 1256, and its °rola giarius-or clock-keeper, and an agreement for alter ing and completing the wheel-work of the cloak is extant in .Norman French, dated Nov. 22, 1311, be tween the Dean and Chapter and Walter the " Or goner" of Southwark. The great Clock-house at Westminster was set up by Edward I. iu 1288-9, ont of a fine of seven thousand marks for corruption and malpractice levied upon Sir Ralph de Hengham, Chief Justice of the King's Bench. Another clock tower was erected there by Edward 111. in 1365-6. As we get upon more historical ground, Mr. Wood's notices multiply with a profusion and a minuteness tkhich defy selection. There is hardly a timepiece of any note, either for mechanical ingenuity or artistic excellence, that he has failed to enumerate and to describe. The great clOck at Strasburg, a woodcut of which forms the frontispiece, with its imitation at Ratisbon, the experiments of Charles V., the marvels of Italian, French, and Dutch taste, those of Nuremberg, Venice, and Prague, the dis covery of the pendulum, the attempts at perpetual motion, the idea of a longitude-clock, notices of the most famous makers, the symbolical functions held by the clock in the imagery of poets, divines, and moralists—these are but a few samples taken at ran dom from the mass of curious lore which the writer has to offer for the entertainment of his readers. Then comes the history of watches, or portable time pieces. The origin of the watch, though not readily to be assigned to any particular date, is certainly not of the same antiquity as that of the fixed or sta tionary clock. The first step towards it was obvi ously the invention of a coiled spring, as the mo tive power, insi cad of a weight and pendulum. And this appears to have been made during the last quar ter of the 15th century. Nuremberg has generally had the credit of the earliest pocket clocks"— Nuremberg eggs, as they were called from thAr oval shape. The same honour has been claimed by Blois, upon less plausible grounds. Even China is said to have introduced the invention into Germany, whence it passed into France, and so into England. Peter Hele, of Nuremberg, who died iu 1540, as early as 1490 made small watches of steel, which pointed out and struck the hours, and might be worn on the person. By the year 1500 the manu facture was so far improved as to describe seconds of time, at'which period such watches were used for astronomical purposes by George Purbach, a ma thematician of Vienna. In 1544 the guild of Mas ter Clockmakers in Paris secured from Francis I. the exclusive privilege of making clocks and watches, both large and, small. Our own Clockmakers' Company was incorporated by charter of Charles I. 1631. The performance of these early specimens of the watchmaker's art was, we may suppose, very im perfect. About the year 1650 metallic chains were commonly substituted for the catgut cord previously in general use. A great improvement was intro duced in the year 1658 by the invention of the spiral or pendulum spring applied to the arbor of the balance. The first idea of this spring is attributed to the ingenius mathematician, Dr. Hooke. It was thoroughly carried out in 1665, under his directions, by the celebrated watchmaker, Thomas Tompion. A watch of that kind made for Charles 11. bears that date, together with the names of both inventor and crnstructor. A rival claim to the invention was indeed set up by Huyghens, and also by a French man, Jean Hauteville, who was born at Orleans in 1647, and died iu 1724. But the priority seems fairly to rest with our own country, as does also the addition of the minute hand ; for, until nearly the close of the seventeenth century, watches had only one band—namely, that which pointed to the hours. This improvement is said to have been made by Daniel Quare, a Quaker, and a famous clock maker of that period. Many old watches were then altered to receive the spiral springs, with the addi tional hand, and other improvements. The first repeater was made by Quare in 1676. In 1680 Clement, a Londoner, invented the anchor-escape ment, and in 1695 Tompion gave the idea of the cylinder escapement, which plan was not, however, brought into use till the following century. To Brequet is due the touch watch, or montre (le touche, for night use or for the blind. To Nicolas Faccio, of Duillcr, who was born at Geneva or Basle, Feb ruary 16, 1664, belongs the merit of having first applied the art of piercing rubies to receive the pivots of the balance-wheel about the year 1700. Faccio was a clever inventor and a good scholar, who got himself into the pillory by dabbling in the quackeries and sham prophecies set on foot by a clique of Frenchmen about that time. The horizontal e t n o t whome d we e 724 are byal also indebtedon i o n 's foraopvrteehnmet eiescapementcn e t ' s mercurialcwasGraham,y erll i nao Graham's i tiro e n ns o t fi clocks. o dt n eha ed p -me The edhaauett valuableul emv escapemente r i and so the only dead-beat tph e application escapement,o of to a watch. The inventions of Graham and Harri son gave to English watches a pre-eminence over those of every other country, and led to many spurious imitations abroad. One . of the msc-icrouotip:esnbuau push esisfanith;aoauiattrfttenciring, singu lar freaks of the art was the lilliputian repealer, no 11. s he ibsfAp was. Arnold, ol g si o7etnm e In6 r i,eailt4ied t ,doo h ebi tfanfaitoupoorrlurveaeGihvf:silver which rrot etir2hstgilacxxe hlvs t e rrpi p sytinl en, simple bslpinynstr7rpuyi Strand. piece, hnig4snedo gl11.) sy,ti ntuapue, set-in watches n u but b .vas ou t the fusee. It required no win e d p i repeater. k ti n ia o t b, p l e ik ri e od the ti s ie trti v n p g e s r p y ri o n f g of a wearing r came into Vogue, and was speedily followed by the ladies. To avoid expense, however, a dummy, or fausse montre, of some showy material often took the place of a real one. In Paris all sorts of whim sical toys were turned out by Julien le Roy, entitltd etrennes clironcimetriques ; and he was even outdone in this line by J. B. Baillon, horologier de la mine, who, by falling in with the luxurious and wasteful fashions of the Court, died the richest watchmaker in Europe. Mr. Wood's pages contain an ample catalogue of instances in which the skill and taste Dr. Frankland has analysed specimens of the water of each London company during the month of February. In 100,000 parts he found in the various waters foreign substances, ranging from 2 9 to 40 parts of solid matter, while the hardness ranged from 16 in the Lambeth to 23 in the Kent waters. Dr. Frankland has also determined the amount of organic carbon, and of combined nitrogen in the respective waters, and has estimated the se veral amounts or its equivalents from which the changed organic matters were taken originally. In reference to the question reported in the news papers, whether it was the intention of her Majesty's Government to introduce any measure tending to obviate the loss consequent on the theory of infec tion, the Secretary of State, Mr. Walpole, answered in the negative. Should any such measure ever be introduced, it must be extended as to obviate such losses both of life and property as have been sus tained by the people of East London. The principle of compensation applied to the accidents of railway companieS may probably admit of useful extension to fatal accidents of another kind. The annual rate of mortality last week was 24 per 1,000 in London, 27.iu Edinburgh, 31 in Dublin, 24 in Bristol, 23 in •Birmingham, 33 in Liver pool, 30 in Manchester, 31 in Salford, 29 in Shef field, 29 in Leeds, 18 in Hull, 30 in Newcastle-upon- Tyne, and 32 in Glasgow. The rate in Vienna was 30 per 1,000 during the week ending •the 2(.1 when the mean temperature was 2.5 (leg. Fahrenheit lower than iu the same week in London, where the rate was 22. At the Royal Obsery ►tory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29.774 in. The barometrical reading decreased from 30.59 in. at the beginning of week to 29-20 in. by the end of the week. The mean temperature of the air in the week was 35.3 deg., which is 4 9 deg. below the average of the same week in 50 years (as deter mined by Mr. Glsisher). The highest day tem perature was 48.7 deg. on Tuesday. The lowest night temperature was 27.6 deg. on Sunday. The entire range of temperature in the week was, there fore, 211 deg. The mean of the highest tempera tures of the water of the Thames was 40.6 deg. ; that of the lowest was 38.0 deg. The difference between the mean dew-point temperature and air temperature was 4.4 deg. The mean degree of humidity of the air was 84, complete saturation be ing represented by 100. Rain fell to the amount of 0.52 in., of which 0.34 in. fell on S.►turday. Ac cording to a return furnished by the engineer of the Metropolitan Board of Works, the average daily quantity of sewage pumped into the river Thames at the southern outfall works, Crossness, was 46,386,468 gallons, or 210,755 cubic metres, equi valent to about as many tons by weight. STATE OF TRADE. CARDIFF, llth.—Since last report there has been a slight improvement in the demand for steam coal on former account, and in consequence of the long prevalent easterly winds, wnich have prevented shipping coming up Channel, there is a brisk in quiry for ready tonnage. Coal freights to most of the foreign markets, including the long voyages, have advanced. There is a lack of that vitality and activity which characterised business some three or four months since to be observed throughout the district, but it is hoped that the foreign demand will shortly resume somewhat its old proportions. The advices from the Continent lead to the belief that the stocks which had accumulated there towards the close of last quarter are being gradually reduced, and that foreign consumers will again enter the market for large supplies. The requirements of the home trade continue to be heavy, and business is tolerably active. No change has taken place in the inquiry for house coal, either for local consumption or shipment coastwise. The iron trade generally is in a lethargic state, and there is no vitality evinced in the placing of orders ; as a rule, however, the future prospects of trade with the foreign markets arc of an encouraging character. Home consumers purchase very sparingly, and it is feared that some time must elapse before any permanent revival takes place. LEEDS, 12th.—There has been a moderate attend ance of buyers in the cloths halls this morning, but we cannot report trade to be much more active than last week. The weather, keeping very cold, tends to check the sale of spring goods,*and the demand for such to-day has been very moderate. The pur chases, indeed, taking the market as a whole, were miscellaneous, and included a few job lots purchased at rather low prices. In the general quotations, however, no change can be noted. Indeed, the firmness of the wool market, as shown by the cur rent sales of colonial wools, has tended rather to harden the prices of both woollen yarns and cloths. ItocIIDALE, 11th.—The flannel market to-day has been no more active than for sortie time past ; and, though there was a good attendance of buyers, they showed no great disposition to buy beyond almost immediate wants. Fancy goods are the most easy of sale, and the manufacturers of such are well em ployed, having an average amount of orders in hand. Prices are steady. There is no change in the York shire goods trade, which is quiet. Wools are gene rally quoted at last week's prices, with a rather slow demand. THE POMPEIAN HOUSE BUILT FOR PRINCE NAPOLEON in the Avenue Montaigne has passed into the hands of M. Arsene Houssaye, the well-known author and editor o f theArciftp, who is now engaged in preparing an ex hibition of portraits. 7 It is said that the project has been well received, and that the collection islikely to he a highly interesting, one, including many fine and curious works, especially of the revolutionary period. M. Arsene Llouii saye's position in the administrative department of the Beaux Arts, and his reputation as an art critic, give him peculiar advantages for such an undertaking.