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14 , I . .0 1 f„. irrr - 7 7- 2 - - - • —l\-F,14 S THE WEATHER. ''or4 - V tit ", (..\ 4 - go - fni 6 ` Y .4. c. , Q131 , , , \ --. 344- .. 1 ,4 ---4 ' o c i •. - e e t n _ , • ... o il' • • _ t - nio` t lot - ?ti' Fl , - 11C7 4 , ail 'N._ ';.•• . et - 1 1 -1 16. 1 -oltorr. • 4 C' lA , tilAr ' L ONDON STREET REFORM SOCIETY. PRESIDENT. Sir 'WILLIAM FRASER, Bart., M.A., F.S.A. On the 13th of June, 1865, it was admitted unanimously in the House of Commons that the condition of London, as regards Paving, Lighting, and Cleansing, was disgraceful. No improvement has taken place. The Traffic of London becomes every day more un manageable. The Public Vehicles are inferior to those of Provincial and Continental Cities. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 7, 1867. 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 prosent neglected; and to watch Bills introduced into Par liament on these f•ubjects. The Loudon Street Reform Society is not pledged to support any specific change in the Government of the Metropolis. Thosc who may wish to join the Society are requested to write to J. S. ifaly, Esq., Hon. Sec. L.S.E.S., 88, St. s-st James' S W , • IL( S.W. No. 23,268. ...... STAMPED 'd K IN AIIAN'S rx EXHIBITION, 1 1 15 q6 19.r. _DUBLIN "This celebrated OLD IRISH WHISKY gained the Dublin Prize Medal. Heating, Rolling, Hammering, and Annealing Metals. - Ir--- CLYDE SHIPBUILDING. It is Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Whole moo. _ _ CON rilAcT FOR BEECH WEDGES. Contract Department, Admiralty, Somerset House, 14th Dec., 1866. mum COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRE LAND, Do hereby give NOTICE, that on THESDAt the Bth January next, at Two o'Clock, they will be ready to treat with such Persons as may be willing to Contract for supplying Her Majesty's Dockyard at Portsmouth with Hewed \Vedges of Beech, under a Contract for twelve calendar months certain, and further until the expiration of three calendar months' warning. The average annual consumption, together with a Form of the Tender and Conditions of Contract., may be seen in the Lobby of the Storekeeper-General's Department, Admiralty, Somerset House. No Tender will be received after Two o'Clock on the day of Treaty, nor will any be noticed unless the Party attends, or an Agent for him duly authorised in writing. Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words " Tender for Beech Wedges ;" and must also be delivered at the Department of the Storekeeper-General, Admiralty, Somerset House, accompanied by a Letter signed by two responsible persons, engaging to become bound with the Person tendering in the sum of £2OO for the duo perfor mance of the Contract. By Order, ANTONIO BRAY, Registrar of Contracth and Public Securities. CONTfaCT FOR FRESH OX BEEF AND VEGE- TABLES AT FOYNES. CONTRACT DEPARTMENT, ADMIRALTY. Somerset House, 27th December, 1866. rIIIIIIE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING .111_ 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 n ex t, a t 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 Foynes as may be demanded from the 15th January to the 30th June, 1867, both days included. The Contractor is to supply good fat well-fed Ox Beef, as no Heifer meat will be admitted. Tho 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 claiming payment for the supplies, is to make out his invoices in pounds at per 1001 b. The Contractor to reside on the spot, or to have an agent resident there. if non-resident, the name 'and ad dress of the agent must be inserted in the Tender. No Tender will be received unless made on the printed form provided for the purpose, and which may be obtained on application in the Lobby of the Department. of the Con troller of Victualling. Admiralty, Somerset House or to the Postmaster at Foy nes , w h ere a l so the conditions of the contract may be seen. No Tender will be received after Noon on the day of treaty, and it will not be required that the party tendering, or an agent on his behalf,'should attend at the Office on the day of Contract, as the result of the offer received from each person will be communicated to him and his proposed sureties in writing. Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and must also be delivered at the department of the Comptroller of Victualling, Admiralty, Somerset House, signed by two resp ons ibl e persons, engaging to become und with the person tendering in the sum of £3OO for the duo performance of the Contract for Fresh Ox Beef, and £lOO for the Contract for Vegetables. Tho Contractor to pay half the amount of the stamps on the Contracts and Bonds. By order, ANTONIO BRADY, Registrar of Contracts and Public Securities. 11 GUNMA K E R S and °them Tho SECRETARY of STATE for WAR is desirous of receiving PROPOSALS from Gunmakers and Others for BREECII-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:— -A. . Not to exce e d 91b . soz. without bayonet. n. LENGTH. To be 51 inches, with 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 their own ignition. E. SIGHTS. The foresight must b 3 such as to admit of a bayonet fixod according to the present system. STOOK. Must be su c h as t o carry a Holt metal cleaning-rod, and allow a sling to be used. G. RECOIL. Must not ex cee d th a t of the Enfield Rifle by more than 10 per cent. zr. THE ARM AS A WHOLE. Must be as little liable to injury by long-continued firing, rough usage, and exposure, as the naval rifles converted to breech -loaders on the Snider system. To be as capable, also, of being used without accident by imperfectly trained men, and of being manufactured in quantities and of uni form quality. z. THE AMMUNITION AS A WHOLE. Must be as little liable to injury by rough usage, damp, and exposure in all climates, as the Boxer cartridge for Snider's converted Enfield rifle—also as little liable to acci dental explosion as the same cartridge, and as capable of being manufactured in large quantities, and of uniform quality. x. CALIBRE. Optional. L. THE TWIST AND FORM OF GROOVE. Optional. M. THE LOOK. Optional. x. APDTY OP FIRE. Capable of firing at least 12 rounds per minute, without aiming, the cartridges being twrr.nged on a table. 0. ACCURACY WHEN FIRED FROM A FIXED REST. The arm must give a mean figure of merit of not more than Cain. at 1,000 yards, 80in. at 800 yards, 12in. at 600, and 6iu. I.:, 300. shots The each. mean to be t a k en upon at least five targets of twenty r. TRAJ . Not to require at 500 yards E an CTORY elevation of more than 1 dog. 30 min. Q. FOULING. The shooting not to deteriorate more than 20 at 1,000 yards after fi r i ng 250 rounds. per cent. R. PENETRATION. The mean penetration of five shots not to be less than that of the present service muzzle-loading Enfield Rifle_ viz., 12 half-inch elm 'planks, which have been soaked 48 hours in water. Distance 30 yards. s. Wax on bullets is indispensable, but any other lubricant ittaY be snperadded or applied to the cartridge, if thought necessary by the competitor. No arms will be received without the usual proof marks. Specifications, and drawings of the methods proposed, stating the probable cost per arm, and accompanied by a finished specimen arcs, with 20 rounds of suitable ammu nition, should be sei-t :he "Director of cirdnance, War Office, Pall-mall," on o: ')afore the 30th Marbh, 1867. The specifications and specimen arms will be considered by the Ordnance Select Committee and its associate mem bers, who will be selected by the Secretary of State for War, and who will, after firing the 20 prelimina rou select and recommend for .'ur g er trial such of the systemsnds, as may appear to them sufficiently promising, rejecting all such as may not be considered to offer sufficient merits to warrant their being included in the competition, the con ditions of which are stated in this advertisement. Each accepted competitor will then be required to furnish for ex accepted at Woolwich, six arms iu 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 ho may em ploy. A sire of £3OO will be paid to each of the accepted competitors, *o 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 foi the arm which, while at taining a satisfactory i.egree of excellence in other particu lars, is selected for merit in respect to its breech mechanism. A third reward of £4OO for the best cartridge. The qua- Hies which will he principally taken into consideration in awarding this prize will be economy of manufacture, power of sustaining rough usage, freedom from deterioration in various climates, and general serviceability. The shooting qualities of the cartridge must be fair ; but as they may depend upon the rifling of the arm with which the cartridge is associated, they will not be so much con sidered as those above-mentioned. It is clearly to be understood that under no circumstances will a competitor be entitled to mere than one prize ; but such prize will be irrespective of any reward which may be given to the inventor of the arm finally adopted into the service. MAGAZINE AND REPEATING ARMS. Magazine and Repeating Arms for Infantry will be re ceived and examined in a manner similar to the Breech_ loading Rifles. They must not be 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. `rho Secretary of State offers a reward of 300 for the best Magazine or Repeating Arm produced that fulfils the above conditions ; and in the absence of experience does not at present define the standard of accuracy or other conditions to be fulfilled before such an arm can be adopted. Those Magazine orßepenting Arms, which are accepted for further trial, will be paid for at the rate of £6O each. This sum is to include 1,000 rounds of ammunition per arm. V. The Secretary of State will take care that no ingenious novelty produced in answer to this advertisement shall bo adopted into the service without proper acknoNledgment, and that the name of the individual with whom it origi nates shall be recorded in connection with it. if the rifle to which the first prize is awarded is adopted into the service, it will bear the inventor's name. J. ST. GEORGE, Major-General, Director War °M :of Ordnance; 00, Oct. 22 1866 it MISS BIIADDON'S NEW ILLUSTRATED MAGAZINE. Now Publishing-, price One Shilling, Monthly, “BEL GRAYIA:" " The best Shilling Magazine which England pos sesses."—Standard. Office: Warwick - House, Paternoster-row, London. Crown Svo., limp cloth, is. ; free by post, is. 2d., (11117 RM-I DISCIPLINE (THE LAW RE- L NT LN(T TO), AND T lllt ACTS 3 and 4 VICTOR LA, Csp. SG, with Notices of the chief decisions given thereon in the Ecclesiastical Courts and Judicial Comm,ttee of the Privy Counel. liy CHAS. EGAN, Esq., Barrister-at-law. London : VVillia ui Tegg, Pancras-lane, Cheapside. "THE RUIN OF THE FEW IS THE GAIN OF 711 E MANY." THEPanic of 'G6 and its consequent depression of the Colonial M4r.cets enables the "EAST INDIA. TEA COMPANY" to offer TEAS LOWER TIIAN EVER. Fix Pounds of Good Tea for tis. (d. can't be dear. The Company's KAISO WS by the Clipper Ships are really deli lons. 9, Great St. Helen's Churchyard, Bishopsgate street, Jan. 1, 1867. WINSLOW HALL, Winslow, Bucks, having been recently opened and fitted with requisites for the care and comfort of the INSANE, the proprietor, Dr. tOIS ItAGON, announces that he has transferred his Estab lishment from Birmingham to the above desirable residence, easily accessible, and distant from London about an hour and a-halt by the London and North-Western hne, and fifty minutes from Oxford. Attached to the mansion, situated on a sandy soil, and commanding an extensive and pleasing prospect, are garden, me .dow, plantation, and recreation grounds. For terms and forms of admission address the proprietor. DR- SCOTT'S LIVER AND BILIOUS PILLS.—A NEVER FAILING RESlEDY.—Pre ared without any mercurial ingr,rodient, from the recipe of Dr. Scott, of Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to all who tiller from bilious and liver nomplainta, iniigestlen, wind, , pasms, giddiness, Olzzineas of the eyes, dm For habitual •ostiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier JI the blood, they , ire truly excellent ; mild in their opera tion and g - rateful to the stomach, they create appetite, pro note divestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system. Prepared only and filld by W. Lambert, Chemist, 8, Icing William-street, Ch ar i ng -cross. London, and by most drug gists, i n boxea,ls. lid., and three times the quantity in one, 2s. 9d. Be sure to ask for Dr. Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine aro a square irreon pactrkre. with " William Lambert." engraved on the stamp. NOTICE OF REMOVAL. JDEF RIES and SONS' • NEW CITY SHOW ROOMS contain an entirely new an i extensive Stock of TABLE GLASS, China, and Chan delier=.-147, Houndsditch. Sold in Bottles, 3s. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London ; off' the Agents in the principal towns in England ; or wholPsale at 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. Obsorvn the SAal, Pink Label, and Cork branded Kinallan's LL Whisky." tiUTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION (IncorporAted by Act of 1850), E #, ►.IISSEI,L-STREET. COVENT-GARDEN, LONDON. Prompt ADVANCES on all description of Security. Furms tree on application by letter to EDWARD HARPER, Secretary. . ------- AFfER Covent-garden Theatre—EVANS' to I SUP. Ater Drury-lane Theatre EVANS' to SUP. After Lyceum 't heatre I. VANS' to SUP, After Adelplii Thezdre IVANS' to SUP. After Olympic Theatre . ...... --EVANS' to SUP. After Strait(' Theitre FVAN , ' to SUP. Ater New Itoya.ty Theatre .. EVA NS' to SUP. Alter St. Jatncs's l'heatn. EVANS' to SUP. Alter Prince of \Vales' Theltre.. —EVANS' to SUP. London Singing and Supper Club, E TAN. ', Covent-garden, Voc,d Entertainmmt at Eiglit. H E 0 X - F U it D, 6, OXFORD-STREET, W., THE MUSICAL ESTABLISHNIENT OP LONDON. CHRISTMAS ENTEIICAIN.3II NTS. ---•- LES DRAGONS DE VILL ARS (Opera Combine), Music by A. Mali lart first time in this country), Tins EVENING, in which Misi RUSSELL %NM make her Reappearance, as sisted by Misses Barrie and Fitz Henry ; Messrs. A. St. Albyn, Hulls, Fox, Husk, Evans, and Bury, with Kxtra Band and (71 , 0rus ; produc^d and conducted by Mr. F. Jongiunans COMEDY, by Messrs. Harry Sydney, Bricrley, and Eger ton, the Brothers Pentland W. R. Julian (the celebrated Mimic), together with a n Entirely New Divertissement, en titled THE, OXFORD REVNES, arranced and produced under the immediate superintendence of Mr. W. H. Payne, THIS EVENING. NOTICE. —Mr. FRANK HUSSEY, of the NEW AME RICAN MINSTRELS, will have the honour to make his First Appearance here on MONDAY NEXT, January 7th. MADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION, BAKER-STREET. CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. NEW EDI ('IONS. —Life-size Portrait -Models of JOTIN BRIGHT, En., M.P., and the late It/CHARD COBDEN, Esq., 111. P. Open from 11 a.m. till dusk, And from 7 till 10 p.m.. Admittance, is. ; children, under ten, half-price ; extra rooms, 6d. A RGYLL ROOMS. - GRAND CASINO, Windmill-street, Piccadilly. These elegant and popular Rooms, having been entirsly re decorated, are now OPEN EVERY EVENING- for Concert and Dancing. Conductor, Signor .Luct CURTI. Manager, M. GRENET. Admission to Promenade, One Shillin;r. Reserved Seats, Two Shillings. NOTICE OF REMOVAL. JDEFRIES and SONS' NEW CITY SHOW 1100M,1. —The New Oval-shaped ALEXANDRA DINNER SERVICE, from LI 18s. 6d.- 147, Houndsditch. NOTICE OF REMOVAL. J DEFRIES and SONS • NEW CITY SHOW ROOMS.—BREAKPAST and TEA SERVICES in great variety, from LI ls. upwards.- 117, Houndsditch. NOTICE OF REMOVAL. JDEFRIES and • SON S' T. , • NEW CITY SHOW ROOMS contain a beautiful assnrlment of DESSERT SERVICNS, from Ct Is. to 100 enineas. Crels and Monograms engraved on came. -147, Floundsditch. NOTICE OF REMOVAL. T DEFRIES and SONS' ei• NEW CRY SIIO RCONIS.—CitYSTAL CHAN DELIERS, New Designs for the, Drawinfr,-room either for Gas or Candle, and to suit all kinds of Decorations. -117, Ho an dad Itch. NOTICE OF REMOVAL . T DEFRIES and SONS' MOLU CHANDELIERS in PI • NEW CITY SHOW ROOMS.—BRONZE and OR great variety. New DesignB for the Dining-room-147, Houndsditeh. NOTICE OF REMOVAL. DEFRIES and SONS' • NEW CITY SHOW ROOMS.—The ALEXANDRA FLOWER VASE. This new and beautilul Vase can be sem in great variety, from 33. to 30s. each.-117, Hounds ditch. NOTICE OF REMOVAL. T DEFRIES and SONS' tfi•NEw. CITY suovr ROWIS.—The NEW JET DINING ROOM VASE. Registered designs, in great vat lety.---H7, Eloundsditch. NOTICE OP REMOVAL. JDEFRIES and SNS' • NEW CITY SHOW ROOMS. The NEW O PATENT ASTRA LAMP, for Petroleum and Mineral Oils; also ettYSTAL LA MPS and WALL LIGHTS (registered) for , INDIA. —147 Houndaditch. NOTICE OF REMOVAL. DEFRIES and SONS' t- , • NEW CITY SHOW ROOMS. —TAVERN and ROTEL GLASS of the newest pa'terns and correct mea sure.-147. Houndsditch NOTICE OF REXIOVAL. DEFRIES and SONS' 'T. NEW CITY snow ROOMS. ORNAMI.NTAL CLOCKS for the DINING and DRAW — ING-R0031.-147, Houndsditch. NOTICE OF ItEMO VAL. DEFRIES and SONS' J NEW CITY SHOW ROOMS the Trade supplied with PATTERN BOOKS!F REE .-It7, Heuudsditch. Works—Loneon, Birmingham, and Paris. Established 1803. Just published, 2d; sent by the author for 3 stamps, UGLINESS and BEAUTY ; being a Pamphlet descriptive of articl es and means used for improving London ' the aßy ALF.x , ROSS, 248, High llolborn, k... 7 U FLY is th e act i ng ingredient in ALEX. ROS'B CA.N VEARIDES OIL. which speedily sent b produces whiskers and thick ens hair, Es 6d, 5e 6d, and 10s 6d; y post for 64, 84, and 144 stiamps.—ALEX. ROSS. 248, nigh Holborn. London, and all Chemists. wO I ND n onEeRZyUbLy Ti)S, u CAOLE/cßlTiss'CsocrHnsmeourreod. This prinv eparati the on gradually dissolves the Cor n i n a f ew h ours, remov very root. Price 45 ; sent by post for 60 stamps. —248, High Holborn, London, and all Chemists. HAIR -CURLING FLUID, 248, High Holborn, London.—ALßX. ROSS'S CURLING FLUID curls Ladies' or Gentlemen's hair immediately It is applied. Sold ab as sd, 5s 6d. and 10s 6d ; sent free for 54, 84, and 144 stamps. —Had of all Chemists. CI_REY AATR.-248, High Holborn, London.— ura XJ4 ALES. RO SS 'S H A I R DYE produces a perfect c o l our Imm ediately it is used. It is perman e nt, an d p er f ec t ly na t b), effe I. Price 3s 6d, Se 6d, and 10s 6d ; sent by p os t for 54, 84, and 141 stamps ; and all Chemists. HAIR DESTROYER. -248, Hi g h Holborn, London. —AL EX. S'S DEPILATORY removes auPerfluous hair from the aces neck. and arms, without effect to the skin, Price 3s 6d, 5s 6d, and 10s 6d ; sent for 54, 84, and 144 stamps —Had of all Chemists. ........_ PIMPLE REMOVER.—AII diseases of the skin are improved by one dose of ALEX. ROS‘4II3 VEGET ABLE SI NN PILLS. They remove redness, sal lowness, dm 2 5 Ad and 7s ed ; or pest for 40 and WO stamps. —AL X. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London, and all Che mists. HAIR COLOUR WASII.—By washin g the head with this beautifully-perfumed Wash, in seven or ten days the hair assumes its original colour, and remains so by an occu3lonal using. 10s sd ; sent for stamps.—ALEX, ROSS, 24A, High Holborn, London, and all Chemists. T HE RESCUE SOCIETY wishes to add another Lome to the 12 now in operation. Last reje c ted ewer ban 455 poor, friendless, young females werefrom 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, almost children, from the age ofd to 15, who have been led astray from the path of virtue. Contributions will be received gratefully by the Secretary, Bar nr. olaDan! el Cooper, ,z 5, Queen -strwt, Cheap s id e; or b y Messrs y and Co.. Lombard -street. OYAL TIOSPITAL G , Gra's-inn-rood R in the iaim e d tate vicinity of the Great N orthern Itall , Ira y Terminus, Bing's arose. Patron—Tler Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN. Vice-Patron—llls Royal Highness the Prince of WALE 9, KG. President—His Grace the Duke of BUCCLEUCH. K.G. This Hospital, founded in the year 1828, the first to esta u b , i firth the principle of free admission to the sick poor without delay and di ffi culty of Governors' orders. Is wholly de pendent for support on voluntary contributions and i-ga•i es It affords relief to a large number of in -patients, in addition to this, the average number of attend ance of the destitute nick has for a censiderable period averaged between 3,000 and 4,000 weekly. The Committee ear catty solicit the ASSISTANCE of the benevolent, as the pr ~mass of this Hospital are capable of containing several ti. udred more beds had the Committee the requisite funds to maintain them. Contributions are received by their bankers, Messrs. B rowe, Janson, and Co., Abchurch -lane ; also by Messrs. Coutta an d Co.; Drummond and Co. ; Glyn and Co. ; Berries and Co. ; Ransom and Co.; Prelim% Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, ' and Co. ; Barclay and Co. • Williams, Deacon , and Co.; Nisb et and Co., Beruers-street : and at the He.apital. from 10 till is. be STANFORD_ Wage gety, .eIOUNTI Y 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. AIANSION-HOUSE FUND for the RELIEF of the SUFFERERS by the recent COLLIERY EXPLOSIONS. COMMITTEE. The Right Hon tho LORD MAYOR. R. C. L. Bevan, Esq. I Mr. Alderman and Sheriff Samuel Morley, Esq. Waterlow. Geo. Moore, Esq. I Mr. Sheriff Lyeett. Mr. Alderman Finnis. I Mr. Alderman Bosley. J. P. Gassiot, Esq. Mr. Alderman Dakiii. Christopher T. Gabriel, Esq. James Hill, Esq. Frederick Thompson, Esq. R. N. Fowler, Esq. R. A. Gray, Esq. W. J. Maxwell, Esq. Colonel Stuart Wortley. Mr. Alderman Cotton. Tho attention of the public is earnestly drawn to the suffering consequent on the terrible calamity produced by the recent colliery explosions. SUBSCRIPTIONS aro 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 w make a suitable provision for the families depen dent upon them about £lOO,OOO will be needed. At the final distribution of the surplus of the Hartley Fund, £3,140 was allotted to the districts in which the present accidents occurred, and this sum is now available towards the fund now being raised. H.R.H. the Prince of Wales H.R.H. the Princess of Wales The Corporation of London Amount already advertised £14,554 1 10 Subscriptions will be received by the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, at the Mansion-house ; Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co., 54, Lombard-street ; Messrs. Coutts and Co., Strand; Messrs. Glyn, Mills, and Co., 67, Lombard street ; Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Co., 1, Lombard-street ; Messrs. 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., Lombard-street; and by the several members of the Committee. J OSEPH GIBBS, Secretary. Mansion House, Jan. 4, 1867. DUNVILLE'S V.R. OLD IRISH WHISKY, BELFAST, Is regularly supplied to the louse of Lords. "V.R." IRISH WHISKY. T\UNVILLE and CO.'S " V.R." OLD IRISH WHISKY, BELFAST. London Offices and Stores, 4, BEAUFORT-BUILDINGS, STRAND, W.C. Established 1808. Quotations on application. JAMES DALY and CO., Distillers, John-street, Cork.—" The purest spirit and safest drink In the world."—London Offices, 7, Printing-house-square, E.C., next the "Times." TAMES DALY and CO., Distillers, John-street, G Cork, beg to announce that they are able to supply the trade with their celebrated Whiskies, in casks or cases, and to take orders in bond and for exportation, at their offices, 7, Printing-house-square, London, E C., the only house in the square not occupied by the "Times." J. D. and Co.'s whiskies brin7x the highest prices in the Australian and other Colonial markets, as may ba observed by reference to the "Journal of Commerce of Victoria," by which it will be scan that their whiskies fetch 6d. per gallon and is. per case over the next bee, and Is. Gd per gallon and ss. Gd. a case over the lowest quotation. Always ou hand a large supply of ve y old mellow whisky in the finest condition, matured in sherry casks, unsurpassable in quality and flavour, supplied on the most reasonable terms. MANFIELD'S PATENT PICKLES are per feetly pure and nnc.loured. To be had.of all dealers and wholesale of JOHN BURGESS and SON, 107, Strand (corner of Savoy-steps). London. pATENT VENTILATING CHIMNEY TOP.—Messrs. MYERS' and '''CODA.RT with confl &nee recommend their CHIMNEY TOP as an effectual CURE of SMOKE. It has an advantage over all others, as it can be sweeped. It is alike useful and ornamental. Prices for foreign and home orders on application at IV, Strand, W.C., where testimonials can be seen. 1F DAU-DE-VlE.—This Pure PALE BRANDY s 18s. per gallon, is N 4 ry superior to recent importation of Cognac, recommended by the medical profession , and a case 395., railway carriage ex tensively used in hospitals. In bottles, 335. per dozen. or in CO., Old Furnival's Distillery, Holborn, E.O ,and 30, Regent street, S.W. Established 1829.pa14.—HEN ity BRETT and THE OCEAN ST. LEGER of 1866. —What Lord Lyon was to his owner was the Taeping to her Ca otain, viz.. winner of the race havincr distanced all com petitors, as the EAST INDIA. TEA. eOMPANY have in- V triab'y done fa their choi e and sale of tine new season's tes now selling at importer's prices. Warehouses -9 . Great stau , elen's-churchyard. AVALUABLE NEW-YEAR'S GIFT.- A CHINESE CADDY, containing Nibs. of really good Black Tea, sent carriage free to any railway station or market town in En-fland, Ireland, Scotland, or ales, on re ceipt of 405., bf PHILLIPS and CO•, Tea Merchants, 8, King William -street, City, E.C. TEA Is CHEAPER THAN EVER. -Is. 6d, 25.. 2s 61. per Th. are the prices at which PHILLIPS and CO Tea iterchanls. S. Kin William-street, City, Lon don. E.C.. are Zoni rnd fine BLACK TEA. & price current post free. 40s worth carriage free to any railway tition or market town is the United Kingdom.—Obs erv— Pnii.r.ips and Co. have no Agents or any connexion with any house in. Worcester or Swansea. Sugars are supplied at market pr;cca. GEOLOG Y.—ELEMENTARY COLLEC TIONS, to illustrate the New Edition of " 14011's Elements of Geology" and facilitate the important stud y of Mineralogy and Geology, can be had at 2,5, 10,20, 50 to 509 guineas; also single Specimens of Minerals, Rost e c Fossils, and Recent Shells, Geological Maps. Hammers, alt the receat Pub'iostions, &c., of J. TENNANT, Mineralogist to Iler MO sty, 149, Strand, London. Private TEN NANrF.G.s Instruction Strand,fnY.C. Mineralogy Mr. WIIAT IS YOUR CREST AND WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO? Send Be. 6d. to CULLETON'S Heraldic Office for a Plain Sketch, or Cs. for a Coloured one. The Arms of man and wife blended together in proper heraldic form. The proper heraldic Colours for servants' liveries, what buttons to be used, and how the carriage should be painted, fee 10s. Ju s t com pl e t e , a very valuable book, with 3, 500 Engravings, arms, crests, and mottoes of nearly every family in the kingdom, the result of thirty years' labour, price £lO 10s., printed in several colours. Family Pedi grees traced from authentic records, information as to the obtaining of a new grant of arms, how too change one's name, by T. Culleton, Engraver to her Majesty and Royal family ; also Diesinker to the Board of Trade, 25, Cran bourn-street (corner of St. Martin's-lane), W.C. HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.-FUNDS are earnestly solicited for fitting up the TRAINING SHIP. £2.n00 required. WM. WILLIAMS, Secretary. Boys' Ref age, 8, Great Queen-street, W.C. OMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.-CON ik-s- TM BUTTONS are earnestly solicited for establishing the COUNTRY ROME. £l,OOO required. WM. WILLUNS, Secretary. Boys' Refuge, 8, Great Queen-street. W.C. HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.—The Committee are most anxious to provide for 400 boys. One hundred and fifty are now . In the Refuge. The annual expenditure for supporting the 400 boys is estimated at £s,ooo, being £l5 a year for each boy. Several kind friends have proaliscd to ray for one bly each year. Subscriptions thankfully received by the London and West minster Bank, 41, Lothbury, and 214, High Holborn; Messrs. Ransom and Co., 1, Pall-Mall East; and by WM. WILLIAMS, Secretary. Refuge, S. Great Queen-street, W.C. PROVIDENCE ROW NIGHT REFUGE, FOR • HOMELESS WOMEN AND CHILDREN, 14A, Providence-row, Finsbury, E.C. Sixty Thousand Nights' Lodgings, with Suppers and Breakfasts, have been given in this Institution to the destitute, who otherwise would have had to pass the nights in the bleak streets or under railway arches. At present nearly 500 Nights' Lodgings, with Suppers and Breakfasts, are given gratuitously every week. The poor from all parts are admitted, the only condition being that they aro homeless and starving. The Manager Ac., receives no remuneration whatever. Notwithstand ing the provision made by the Poor Houses, each night numbers of young women, children, and orphans are, for want accommodation, refusedadmittanco, 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 be required. Besides providing shelter for the homeless, this year it is proposed, as far as the &mations obtained for the pur pose will allow, to give bread and coals to poor tamili es in want. Will you, in your charity, help to carry on and accomplish what has been begun ? Will yon 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;lloV D. GILBERT, D.D,, No 22, Einaury-cizow,.roo, WESTON'S GRAND MUSIC HALL, HOLBORN. Sole Proprietors, SWEASEY and HOLLAND. Grand Selection from Auber's Opera of " MASA NIELLO," by 40 vocalists dressed in costume as at the opera. Terrific ovation of the Irish Minstrels, with songs, dances, and Irish anecdotes, under the direction of Pat Corri. A new and original overture composed and ar ranged expressly for the above minstrels by Mr. IL Baker. Comic—Arthur Lloyd's new song "Borachio, Pestachio, Lablachio, Moustachio, and the Holy Poly Eye,"—Jolly Nash, Georgina Smithson, Paddy Fannin, Patrick Sellers, and Harry and Kattie Xing ; and Pio Watkini, the Japanaza Juggler. Band of 30 first-class performers, and largo Chorus chosen from her Majesty's and Covent Garden Opera Houses. Musical Director, Mr. P. QORRI. Prices of admission—Stalls and Balcony, Is. ' • Area, 6d.; Private Boxes, 10s. 6d. Can be secured at the Box Office, between the hours of 10 and 5 o'clock. Hall opon every Evening at 7 o'clock. E ST AND WEST INDIA DOCK COM ['ANY. The Court of Directors of the East and West India Dock Company HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that a HALF YEARLY COUR or GENERAL MEETING of the said Company will be held, pursuant to the directions of the Act 1 and 2 William IV., cap. 52, at the Dock-house, No. 8, Billiter-square, on FRIDAY, the 18th day of January, 1867, at which meeting a Dividend will be declired on the capital stock of the Company for the halt year ending the 31st day of December, 1866. The business of the Company to be submitted to the Court or General Meeting will also include the augmenting the present capital stock of the East and West India Dock Com pany by a further sum of £i20,000, such sum to be raised in accordance with the provisions of the East and West India Dock Company's Acts 1 and 2 William IV., cap. 52, and 28 Viet., cap. 30, and other the Company's Acts, and for deciding the terms upon which such further sum of capital stock shall be is , ued, and the passing the resolutions, and the taking of all other steps necessary to effect all or any of the above purposes. By order of the Court, GEORGE COLLIN, Secretary. East and West India Dock-house, 8, Minter square, Jan. 4, 1867. N.B.—The chair will be taken at Two o'clock precisely. H YAM & Co.'s ATTIRE. HYAM & Co., 66 and 67, OXFORD-ST. H YAM & Co.'s WINTER OVERCOATS.. H YAM & Co.'s SILK-FACED OVERCOATS. IJYAM & Co.'s REEFERS. HYAM & Co.'s SUITS. H YAM & Co.'s MORNING COATS. 11YAM & Co.'s PROFESSIONAL ATTIRE. 11YAM & Co.'s VESTS and TROUSERS. H YAM & Co.'s LADIES' HABITS. HYAM & Co.'s LIVERIES. HYAM & Co.'s HATS and HOSIERY. lIYAM and Co.'s ATTIRE for GENTLEMEN, 66 and 67, Oxford-street, London. Hyam & Co.'s Winter Tweed Overcoats 21s. to 30s. Hyam & Co.'s Winter Overcoats ......... 30s. to 84s. Hyam & Co.'s Winter Reefer ............ 25 5. to 55 5 . Hyam& Co.'s Winter Suits ............... 425. to 70s. I lYarrt & Co.'s Winter Jacket; .............. 21s. to 425. Hyam & Co.'s Winter Frock Coats. 3os. to 70s. Hyam & Co.'s Winter Vests ............ 6 s. to 14 s. Hyam & Co.'s Winter Trousers .......... 14s. to 255. HYAM & C o. ' s BO YS ' WINTER CLOTHING, 66 and 67, O x f or d- s treet, London. The first establi s h men t i n th e kingdom for Juvenile Clothing. :Boys' Sandringham Overcoats 15s. to 355. Boys' Prince Alfred Reefer .... Boys' Overcoats for Little Boys Boys' Knickerbocker Suits 0 lss. to 355. Boys' Westminster and Osborne Suits los. to 355. Boys' Eaton, Harrow, and Rugby Suits 255. to 4 2 5. Boys' Jackets for School and Rome 9s. to 21s. HYAM and Co' s ONLY ESTABLISHMENTS LONDON -66 and 67, OXFORD-STREET. BIRMINGHAM -21, 22 an d 23, NEW-STREET. LEEDS-42, BRIGGATA and DEWSBURY—WESTGATE. EXHIBITORS at the PARIS EXHIBITION, who ADVERTISE in "THE SUN," can have the SERVICES of A SPECIAL AGENT in PARIS, whose address can be obtained at " The Sun" Office. He has a perfect knowledge of French, is also acquainted with busi ness, and has good connections. On application to " The Sun" Agent in Paris, either personally or by letter, he will obtain every possible facility for Exhibitors, or persons who may have other business in Paris, or who may go there for pleasure only. PR INTIN G. —TO PROPRIETORS OF NEWSPAPERS, PERIODICALS, &o.—The Print ing and Machining of Newspapers, &c., done ou exceed ingly favourable terms. Use of Editorial and Publishing Offices, if required. Estimates forwarded on receipt of particulars, with stamped directed envelope for reply. Address—The 31anao "Sun' P r i n ti ng Offi ces, 3 , Church row, Savoy, Strand, W•o* Advices from Miramar announce that the Em press Charlotte received direct from her husband a telegram, dated Orizaba, December the 13th. The Emperor Maximilian excuses himself for not hav ing sent any news of himself by the last two mails, as he had been suffering front intermittent fever, from which he has only just recovered ; he adds that he had written a long letter by the last English steamer, and which should reach Miramar about the 30th of December. The representation of Racing Plate, Testimo nials, &c., promises to be very complete at the Paris Exhibition. The following noblemen and gentlemen have already signified their intention of scioonn :—The trbtit contributing piecesuk the Earl of Annesl e y , the -Comte de Lagrange, Colonel C. 11. Lind sa y , Col onel Townley, Mr. Puke of Newcastle, o f at e the Earl of Zetland, , &c., in their posses- George Angell, Mr. W. Blenkiron, Mr. E. Brayley, Mr. Henry Chaplin, Mr. W. S. Cartright, Mr. J. H. Douglas, Mr. F. Fisher, Mr. I'Anson, Mr. J. Jackion, Mr. Lafitte, Mr. A. Lupin, Mr. A. de Montgomery, Mr. T. Masterman, Mr. Parr, Mr. Newry Padwick, and Mr. R. Sutton. [ ADVERTISEMENT.] —l lollo wars Ointment and Pills.— There is no question whatever that rheumatism,neuralgia, and such like pa i n f u l maladies are more rife this season than for some years past. The number of testimonials of cures effected by Holloway's remedies is unprecedented and should be enforced on the attention of all sufferers from these complaints. The parts in pain should be fomented for some minutes with warm wine, dried, and immediately well rubbed with the Ointment. It will pass into the pores of the skin and give the greatest relief. Many valuable lives are annually lost which might be saved, if early recourse in illness were made to these re markable remedies which must necessarily prove beneficial and cannot do harm. Elaborate experiments and careful observations have developed many interesting and important facts with regard to the variations of density, &c., which different metals undergo in different degrees in the operations of heating, drawing, rolling, hammering, and annealing. At a temperature rather above a cherry-red, iron will remain three months, surrounded with charcoal, without cementation taking place, while a white heat will in five minutes render brittle a square bar of malleable iron, eight-tenths of an inch iu diameter. Wires of copper, and of alloys of copper and zinc, are increased in diameter, and diminished in density, by annealing. The operation of rolling conduces metals more than that of wire drawing. The density of iron and copper will be greater if the metals are heated before being passed through the rollers. The reverse is the case with alloys of copper and zinc. The density of metals is greatest when drawn into very fine wires. Hence two small wires are stronger than one large one of the same transverse area with the united areas of the small ones. This result grows out of the fact that the particles of the smaller wires are com pacted throughout their entire cross section, while those of the latter are thus compacted for a certain depth only. Wirer may be increased in length in two ways —first, by diminution in the case of its cross sec tion ; and, second, but only in a slight degree, by increasing the distance between the component particles. When wire is lengthened by the latter process, it returns to its former length by anneal ing. Again, wires of certain different metals, after passing though the same hole in the wire-draw ing plate, have different diameters, but all such subsequently acquire equal diameters during the process of annealing. The diameter of a wire is said to increase very slowly by time after passing through a wire-drawn plate. Wires which have been bent, and subsequently straightened, have a tendency to re-acquire the same curvature by time. \\Tires exposed to a high heat lose part of their tenacity. They require to be annealed in wire drawing, not to render them more tenacious, but to allow the particles to resume the positions from which they may again be displaced. Hydrogen has an action on copper and silver, at high temperatures, which permanently separates their particles. On alloys of copper and zinc, and even silver and copper, it has no such action.—lron Age. Street Tramways in London. METROPOLITAN TRAMWAYS.* (With Explanatory Statement and Map.) The above pamphlet shows the advantages of tramways as applied to the traffic of the metropolis, with tables giving the width of American streets compared with those of London, and the traffic re turns along the streets of this metropolis, on which it is proposed to lay down the tramways and the principal thoroughfares of New York. The pro moters have deposited plans and sections of their proposed routes, in compliance with the " standing orders" of the Lords' Committee of the last session. These routes embrace four lines. 1. The Holloway, Islington, and Finsbury tramway, commencing in the Archway-road, and proceeding thence along the Holloway-road, Upper and High-street, Islington, and the City-road to Finsbury-place. 2. The Hornsey, Camden-town, and Tottenham-court road Tramway proceeds along Seven Sisters'- road, Park-road, Camden-road, High-street, Cam den-town, Hampstead-road, and Tottenham court-road, terminating where the last-mentioned road joins Oxford-street. 3. The \Vkitechapel, Mile-end, Bow, and Stratford tramway proceeds through Whitechapel High-strut, Whitechapel road, and Mile-end-road, to Bow and Stratford, terminating at Leyton, in Epping Forest. 4. The Clapham and Kennington tramway proceeds along High-street, Clapham, and Clapham-road to Ken nington-park-road, where it joins No. 5, the Brixton tramway, which proceeds along Effra and Brixton-road to the termination of No. 4, where both join No. 6—The Kennington-park and West minster-bridge tramway, which proceeds along Kennington-green, Kennington-road, and West minster-bridge-road, to its junction with West minster-bridge. These three lines will form, when complete, the Brixton, Clapham, Kennington, and Westminster-bridge route. If the figures given be correct, the width of theomnibus in ordinary use, tak ing the outside of the wheels, is 7f t. 3in., the widthin- - side being 4ft.9in. The tramway carriage is 6f t. 10in. in extreme width, and sf. 9in. inside, thus having the double advantage of occupying five inches less space in the street, and giving the passenger the benefit of one foot more accommodation where it is most required. In the former the wheels are out side the body of the vehicle, in the latter they are beneath it, and the space thus saved is utilised. The projectors, knowing that the leaders of the op position against them will be the General Omnibus Company, are severe on the carriages they run, and they contrast those they are prepared to supply in comfort to the disadvantage of the Omnibus Com pany. They are careful also to point out that in stead of tearing up the street, as these lumbering vehicles do, they will keep that portion over which their carriages ply in repair, and, run ning on rails, the carriages cannot damage the paving. They call the attention of the ratepayers to the fact, and also to the circumstance that although the omnibuses damage the streets so much they do not pay anything towards repairs. The promoters promise better accommodation, with a more smooth and comfortable drive, reduced fares, more easy access, quicker means of stoppage, and greater safety. They show that the introduction of street railways into the United States was opposed as violently as it is now here, but their advantages have proved so great that people would no more think of discontinuing them than they would rail ways and steamboats. In the year 1673 the writer of a pamphlet, called " The Grand Concern of England," gravely depicted the misery and ruin to trade occasioned by the introduction of stage coaches ! The vested interests of the pack-horses were then the main causes of opposition. The rails are not to project above the level of the street, and will offer no obstruction whatever to vehicles passing along and over that portion where they are laid down. The main thoroughfares in New York, where these cars form the principal means of. loco motion, are no broader than the streets selected for the tramways in London, while the traffic in New York is, on the whole, greater than in these streets of this metropolis. In Dublin the street rail has been tried and has answered ; also at Liverpool and at Birkenhead. In an action tried by a special jury at Chester, in which the Birkenhead Street -railway Company was indicted for a nuisance, the plaintiffs failed altogether, and the feeling of the town was shown to be strongly in favour of the company. The objections raised have been quoted au d if-an swered. The project is not an experiment, and it can be shown to have answere d admirably in the large cities of America, which is certainly the CM, there can be no reason why it should not answer here. 4 I'. S. King, 3.1, Parlitunent-stroat. 1867, THE SUMTER.—ThiS once famous Confederate privateer, transformed into a quiet and paaceablc merchant steamer, is now in the Tyne discharging what our American cousins would call a cargo of " notions," or, in other words, a general cargo, from Ilaniburgli. The vessel is not known by her old name, but that of the Gibraltar. FOXHOUNDS FOR AMERICA.—Last week a - pack of young foxhounds, consisting of 40 couple, ar rived in London from Warwickshire, to be shipped a to America fog wolf bunting, s Is u ss s n u o a lw‘ l , a t t iiin ti s i l e tizat e tii i is i d c t l .ic o s f the year, we present our Tshheo result,ing the a s might numberha have vesselsvel ben snt built ai sepe compared mt o e rd i r t eihsde unfavourablelvClydeth u e d u r r r i n e e g ef od l ri n8..6t6h year.pa past t ll ll 2l e i e e a s A s d e 185 the number of ve sse l s b u il t was b 263, oeG repre senting a total of 151,998 tons and 23,857 horse power, while there were building or contracted for 185 vessels, with a 'tonnage of 140,548, and 18,750 horse power, making in all 418 vessels, 292,516 tons, and 42,607 horse power. This year the re turns show a considerable falling off, especially as regards vessels in hand. 'There d representingf have or o e sheen a vessels, built, oa l excluding a few fishing and other boats of unim portant htlo with errs ela,power. a tro:sweenl ensbr, character, ug7iieBd 04ihn building vessels,ho,o9sronlws 81,511 and contracted i t of 132,619 tons and 16,974 horse power ; while a aa n n dd decreasel96, 3 2 3976 h fromho o r s r e s e power— making r e — or .f making in all 348 vessels, 214,130 tons, and 26,311 This striking deficiency may be easily accounted for by the partial depression in the shipbuilding trade which followed the cessation of the war in Ame rica ; by the subsequent monetary panic, which, from the prevailing want of confidence has had such an effect in limiting operations in so many brandies of business, and also by the variances which have existed between employers and workmen in different departments, and particu larly in the shipbuilding trade itself, the dis organised state of that portion of the labour market having, we are informed, been the occasion of a loss to the Clyde of orders which, in the condition of matters, could not be undertaken, to the extent of at least £350,000. The amount which from this cause the workmen in the shipbuilding trade have lost in wages has been estimated at from £150,000 to £160,000. Of that sum about £65,000 applies to the period of the look-out ; but it should be ex plained that only one-half of that amount was ef fected by the resolution of the masters, as one-half of the men would have been on strike at anyrate during that time. The loss of the other portion of the £150,000 is due to the action of the workmen, in some of them remaining out after they had the option of returning to their employment. But these statements do not show all the injury which has been occasioned by this unfortunate dispute, and if we calculate on the extent to which other branches have suffered who contribute to the get up of a ves sel, it is believed the actual loss in the value of ship ping will not be much s hort of a million sterling. The struggle has now terminated, the men being now paid for: he hours they work,although 57 aweek is considered the standard. The carpenters were the last to yield, having remained out on strike from 16 to 18 weeks, and during that period the re pairing trade was almost at a com p lete stand, and orders had to be taken to other p orts. At p resent the ship-building trade con tinues ver y dull. Few orders are coming in. An immense number of hands are in consequence idle, and some of the mas ters are thinking of putting down ships to keep the men at work during the winter. A reduction of from 2s. to Gs. a week has taken place in the wages of all classes employed in shipbuilding. Masters are using every means to pay the men according to their merits ; and while some have been reduced by ss. or Gs., probably others have experienced no re duction at all. There is a general feeling enter tained that the trade will experience a great revival in the spring of next year ; but before the winter is over there is little doubt that much and increasing will be N ex o p r e a r t i v en r c i e ti d sh bl ia t i h l. e workmen and dthisetirrefsas Railway Traffic Returns for the Week. 5111 es Opened. Receipts Railways. ---,... ,-_,........,,,... ..„, 1866. 1865- 1866 1865 .£ 4 Belfast and N. Counties...... 931 99t 2,23 2.251 Belfast and County Down.... 49 19 681 5)5 Blyth and Tyne 36 6 1,708 1,751 Brecon and Merthyr ........ 68 64 1,276 1,5Q5 Bristol and Exeter l3ll 1215 5,692 5,213 Caledonian, Scottish Central 562 562 34,242 32,855 Cam b r ian l3O 130 2,020 2,132 361 235 Cockermouth K. & Penrlth .. 311 31i Cork and Bandon 2O 20 333 ',91 Cork, Blackrock, &Passage di 61 141 128 Cork and Limerick [Area - Cornwall 655 651 1,519 1.495 Deeside l7 17 2;5 295 Do Extension Dublin & Bell ast J unction.... 83 63 1,501 1.459 Dublin. and Drogheda 75 75 1,4 6 1.419 Dublin and Meath Dub. & Wicklow and Wextd lO6 106 2,760 2,120 Forth and Clyde Junction Furness, &c B5 85 3,9)9 3.992 Glasgow & South-Western .: 249 £49 10,215 10,8 8 Gt. Eastern,Nrik~& E. Union Northern.. Great Norti• Great North of Scotland 242 241 2,83 L 2,643 tit. Northn. & Westn. (Irel.) Bll 711 789 658 r irt•Southn. & Westn.( l r lnd.) 419/ 3871 - - Great Western 13114 12804 62,304 30.878 Highland Hoylake - - - Irish North-Western 145 145 1,839 1,797 Isle of Wight ....... ....• .. 12 8 279 66 Lancashire & Yorkshire 493 403 16,378 42,202 Limerick and Ennis. Limerick and Foynes 261 261 73 E 9 Llanelly 46 461 615 570 Llynvi Valley London & North-Western London & South-Western Lond. Brighton, &S. Coast 314 j 2931 22,437 i 8,59 Loudon, Chatham, & Dover; i 1351 134 1 9,433 8.207 all sletropolitan Extension 1 121 12 j 2,2-11 2,360 Do. Kent Coast Lon., Tilbury, & Southend Londonderry and Coleraine 361 331 380 369 Man.,Shetlield, & Lincolnsh .. 246 246 22,587 21,591 Manch. S.J un.& Altrincham.. fii 91 1,557 1,636 Maryport and Carlisle 2B 28 1,333 f,' 96 Metropolitan Midland (incl. N.-Western) 697 6/71 52,331 54,136 Midland Gt. Westn. of hind. - 3,951 ffonmouthsh. Rail. & Canal 4 42601 2602 211 .187 2,636 North British, Edin., Pertn and Dundee N-Eastern and Stock. & DarL 12201 12171 70.209 70,132 North London ll 11 4,737 4.307 North Staffordshire 258 258 8,208 8.777 Pembroke and Tenby 271 116 219 104 Rhymuey 221 191 961 791 Scottish North-Eastern . . 113 138 -- - Somerset and Dorset 66 66 1.693 1,0 8 South Devon South-Eastern 330 315 23,631 19 435 Taif Vale 63 63 4,654 5,230 Ulster Vale of Clwyd. Waterford and Kilkenny 3l 31 128 237 Waterford and Limerick 77 77 1,191 988 West Cork • • - - -- `rexham, Mold, &.3 . 14 14 -- - 1,1 W'haven,Cleator,& Egrmnt.. 10 10 633 671 FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. Austrian 822 822 53.7-9 50.879 Bahia and San Francisco 3 72 B e lgian Eastern J unction 261 261 312 72 Bombay, 13aroda,& Cm. India 306 306 8,314 7,378 Detroit and Milwaukie Dutch Rhenish lOBl 11431 6,052 13, /3 Easturn of France Eastern Bengal East Indian Grand Trunk of Canada 1377 1377 "..6,263 26,148 Great Central of Belgium 285 285 6310 6.993 Great Indian Peninsula 784 590 16,383 5,63 24.896 Great Luxembourg 134 131 5,341 ) Great Southern of India Great Western of Canada 345 315 9.C6 1 :12,915 Madras Madrid. Saragossa &Alicant BSB 7 ; S 2 ' . 7 . 7 17 . 971 Northern of Canada .... 4 724 Northern of France ...... .. •. 76 -.- 44 - - Norwegian Trunk Ottoman 20 6 148,952 147,956 Paris, Lyons. & Mediterrn.... 2151 Paris and 0r1ean5 .......... .. 1621 18:8 76 1 , , 8 1 1 1 4 6 78, 0 4 2 5 7 6 Recife and San Francisco . & 0• 771 771 Sc•nde ....... • ............... 1(9 253 1° 1 1 . ' 2 8 9 9 6 3 1,15 9 2 3 Do. Punjab, &c. .............. 253 South Do Austrian, ped m 0 nt I ezi 1ine5........ ~., ........ : : : .. 179 8 1594 71,009 6 3 0 0: 0: 1 5 4 619 619 19,527 16,583 Wn. 2 %3 30, elo Victoriauthe r . n ...... .. .. ................. 25 25 . 661 52 ... 2 9 5 6 1 0 10048 11,061 Welland .. . ..... .......... . West &N- of France .. 1218 1154 50,223 4 ',31 : , It appears that the ascertained stock of cotton at Liverpool at the end of the year proves, as usual, to be considerably above the estimate, the amount being 516,778 bales, an OXCC3S of 90,020. intelligence has been received at Constantinople of the surrender of two fortified places occupied by the insurgents in the western part of Candia. The Cretans lost 200 men, awl the remainder fled in confusion to the coast, seeking refuge on hoard ve,rksels lying in readiness to receive them. Tho total value of the prizes to be given at the Paris Exposition is $160,000 in gold. In the de partment of arts there are seventeen grand prizes, valued at ply) each ; thirty-two first prizes, valued at $l6O each; forty-four second prizes, valued at $lOO each; and forty-six third prizes, valued at $BO each. Besides these there are to be various other grand prizes and allowances of money, of a total value of $10,000; 100 gold medals, poo each ; 1,000 silver medals, 3,000 bronze medals, and over 5,000 " honourable mentions," A sudden and most unexpected weather occurred yesterday in Londe day afternoon a s li g ht th aw set i n, the , having risen to 8 deg. above freezing poin, boa " 1 7 o'clock in the evening the frost set in again very strongly, and the slippery state of the roads and pavement made them very dangerous for passengers, and many accidents occurred. At midnight a strong and biting wind set in, accompanied by a fall of snow for about half an hour ; this was fol lowed by a complete hurricane of wind, bail, and sleet, which continued until an early hour yesterday morning, and then another change took place ; -the wiud ceased, the atmosphere became many degrees warmer, and a heavy fall of rain occurred, which continued more or less during the remainder of the day. As might be expected the streets were in a frightful state, the rain and melting snow mixing together and forming a slush ankle-deep. Th e omnibus and cab traffic was almost entirely sus pended. The change in the weather was a great disappointment to the lovers of skating ; but, not withstanding, several hundred persons assembled on the ice in the different parks early in the forenoon of Sunday, although it was in some places very rot ten and dangerous, and in all parts covered with water to the depth of from two to three inches. The rapid melting of the vast quantities of snow caused much inconvenience and some damage in low-lying districts. Among the phenomena of the past week a most singular fact is the lowness of the temperature in London, as compared with other places in a bighez latitude. On the 3d inst. London was returned in m th i e nil m nu e m teo t r e o m lo p g e i r c a a t l ur r e ep o o f rt l s B as deg h ., av vi ii i i i g ile en a j t o A y edbera deen the thermometer did not fall below 2S deg., Shields 30 deg., Scarborough 32 deg., Yarmouth 33 deg., while at the Helder the temperature was 36 deg. On the following day the minimum tem perature at the Helder was 39 deg., and in London 19 deg.—an adverse difference of 20 deg. of tempe rature, with about 2 deg. of latitude in favour of our metropolis. At Portland a furious gale from the south-east prevailed during the whole of Saturday, causing a tremendous sea, by the violence of which about 130 ft. of the staging which connects the inner with the outer breakwater was carried away. A more violent sea has not been experienced since the formation of the breakwater commenced, 12 years since, but the adequacy of the work for its intended object was proved by the comparative safety in which the ves sels anchored in the harbour rode out the gale, one vessel only, the Celeste bark, having dragged her anchors. The force of the wind was equally great at Weymouth, where the light at the mouth of the harbour .was washed away. Yesterday the wind veered to the south-west, and was much less violent. The thermometer had risen to 51 deg. From Portsmouth we learn that the sharp, clear weather of Friday last on the south coast was suc ceeded on Saturday by a south-east gale, which swept the Channel and coasts all that day and the greater part of the following night, heavy falls of sleet and hail taking place at short intervals. Her Majesty's turret sloop Wivern, Captain H. Burgoyne, V.C., lying at Spithead, rode out the gale safely, with two anchors ahead and an enor mous length of cable veered out. One merchant vessel dragged her anchor for some distance past the Mother-bank, but was ultimately got up without suffering any damage. No casualties had been re ported from sea at Portsmouth up to sunset yester day. As daylight broke yesterday the wind lost its greatest strength and veered to S.S.W., the atmo sphere gradually clearing as the day advanced, and the wind veering further round, with the sun, to south-west and west. A telegram from a Falmouth correspondent dated yesterday informs us that one of the heaviest gales ever remembered visited that port for nearly 22 hours, commencing on Friday about midnight and not abating till 10 p.m. on Saturday, during all which period the sea was terrifically high, accom panied with rain and wind blowing from the south east. The only casualties within the port are as fol lows :—The schooner Enterprise, a coaster, clay laden, strained under Trefusis-house after parting her cables, and lies on the rocks entire after being scuttled. The bark Vulcan, Harper master, from Bahia, with piassava, and bounded to Liverpool, parted both cables from her anchorage near the Black Rock, and after touching the ground near the eastern breakwater and breaking her rudder drifted again into deep water and brought up with spare bower and stream in the inner harbour ; vessel not leaky. A Spanish brig and a coasting schooner came into collision, and both received damage. The Swedish brigantine Carole, Christensen master, from Rio Janeiro, coffee laden, and which sailed from this port on the 3d inst. for Altona, in being driven back in the gale missed the harbour, and on Saturday, at 7 p.m., drove on the rocks near Swan pool, at high water, and bilged; the crew, except the cook, were most providentially saved, and the cargo landed on the rocks. The wind yesterday veered to the south-west, and the weather mode rated. From Plymouth we are informed by telegraph that snow fell there on Thursday and Friday. On Saturday there was a severe frost. Warm rain was followed yesterday by a strong gale from W.N.W., which is increasing. On Saturday morning some 30 trawl sloops belonging to Plymouth were caught by a storm from the south-east. In Whitesand bay four lost their nets, and two ran to Falmouth. The Emblem, Capt. Williams, got =bayed off Seaton. A boat in attempting to enter Looe-har bour was capsized and the three men in her were drowned ; the remainder of the crew, two lads, are supposed to have perished in the Emblem, which was dashed to pieces at noon. The ketch Hearty, Capt. Allen, from Swansea for Treport, put in and l an ded Capt. Jones and the crew of the iron schooner Ebbw Vale, which had been run into by the schooner Cherub. The True Briton, with pas sengers for Melbourne, left Plymouth Sound on Friday evening. The steamer Peninsula, from Cadiz for London, put in this morning short of fuel. We learn by telegraph from North Shields that yesterday a severe gale prevailed, in which the Mary, the M'Cora, and the Merghee, all of Whit stable, and the Lucerne, of Blyth, became total wrecks at the South Pier. The crews were saved, with the exception of two lads. The gale was abating last evening, but the barometer was low. A thaw was proceeding. The weather in Yorkshire during the past week has been very severe, the cold having on two nights been within a few degrees of that of the Christmas eve, 1860. The lowest registers have been :—At Alalton—Monday night, 20 deg. ; Tuesday-1 deg. ; Wednesday, 21 deg. ; Thursday, 10 deg. ; Friday, 4 deg. At Welbarn, and also at Welburn, the temperature has been even colder. A thunder storm shower evening,occurred of asnn do wai s oa o and sd the Tthaheuurrreorwaaa.ys morning during a On lightnin g Saturday the wind had changed to S.E., and the weather was warmer, the thermometer marking 33 deg. A thick fog prevailed. The weather was intensely cold in Northumber land on Saturday morning, and a dense fog prevailed, which put a stop to traffic in Shields harbour during several hours of the forenoon. The upper reaches of the Tyne are entirely covered over with ice, and information has reached Newcastle that the Elbe is frozen over. Saturday morning was the coldest experienced on the north-eastern coast this winter. The intense frost and the quantity of snosv which lies on the ground has put a stop to building and all out-door employment. At Liverpool on Saturday night a heavy gale, ac companied by snow, blew over the town. The snow drifted in several places to two and three feet deep, and traffic, particularly on the railways, was much impeded.. Yesterday morning a thaw com menced. DESTRUCTION OF Mn. JOHN DAY'S STABLES.—. Intelligence was received on Friday night by Mr. John Day (who was thou in Loudon) that the entire range of his stabling at Banstead bad boon burt to the ground. The cause of the fire is as yet unknownn, and the almost impass able state of the roads rendered it difficult fur any of the engines to render any effective assistance. We de not know whether the buildings were insured, but in any case the los to Xr. Day will be very great. 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