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''' / i . i .., . y. , . 41101 r 72 • . . nßar r . 0\ . - , * ".,- • D e 1,,,,,,, 4 , e) -.. ....4., / NI 3 fIVSPAPE I R • -•-•••• I Zt r Z 5. '416 4 knocked down. The Ladders, he very furious, gallopi ng a b ou t a ft er t h J 4 cross-examination, he said it was Humble who told him to come there as a4tneit). at which the audience groaned. Five witnesses were examined, including Cap tains Orred and Le Quesne. Neither of these saw O'Brien killed—one being behind with a troop, and the other coming up late. They deposed that the troops acted with forbearance. The inquest has been adjourned to Monday next. r ONDON STREET REFORM SOCIETY. . 1 4.4 PRF.SIDENT. Sir WILLIAM FRASER, Bart., MA., F.S.A. On the 13th of Juno, 1865, it was admitted unanimously in the House of Commons that the condition of London, as regards Paving, Lighting, and Cleansing, was disgraceful. No improvement has taken place. The Traffic of London becomes every day more un manageable. The Public Vehicles are inferior to those of Provincial and Continental Cities. This Society has been formed to stimulate public atten tion ; to collect, condense, and make known facts ; to Point out defects in the law ; to enforce provisions at Present neglected; and to watch Bills introduced into Par liament nu these subjects. The London Street Reform Society Is not pledged to supp3rt any specific change in the Government of the :Metropoli s . hose who mar wish to join the Society ere requested to Write to J. S. lllly Esq., llon. Sec. L.S.R.S., 88, St. J ames's -street, S.W. .;-. '''-'-'"?'-' - 44:Z - 40. i 6 ... , ~, _ r - .... A - 1 ' .Tv _.2'. THE SUN, LONDON, AIIMDAY EVENING, JANUARY 14, 1867.. No. 23,274. PRICE.... 4d. STAMPED scl. KEN AIIAN'S 1.[., WHISKY. - DUBLIN EXHIBITION, 1865.. _ _ NEW WORK BY THE AUTHOR OF "JOHN HALIFAX." Now ready at all the Libraries, in 2 vols., 2's , r r IV MARII.I...kGE S. By the Anther of "John flarfax, Gentleman," Chri,tian's Mistake," &a liurat and 131aekett, 13, G. eat Marlborough-street. AFTER Covent-aarden. Theatre—EVANS' to sue. e' After Drury-lane Theatre EVANS' to SUP. After Lyceum 'lhcatre EVANS' to SUP. After Adelphi The,tre After Olympic l'heatre . —EVANS' to SUt'. Alter Strand Theatre }WAN& to SUP. Atter New tioyaly Theatre ... .. E Vt.NS' to SUE'. Alter St. Jamui•it Theatr, EVANS' to SU S'. Attr Ptittee of Wa!es' rheatre....E VANS' to SUP. Lontioq Singing and Supper Club, E iANS', Covent-garden. V0e..1 Entertainment at -Eiglit. gunboat Vixen, 4, Commander S. Brett, from Fal mouth, arrived on Thursday evening in Plymouth Sound, and will be placed in dock at Keyham, to make good damages incurred in the late heavy gales. The paddlew eel stea in-vessel Medusa, Staff-Coin. T. Potter, from Falmouth, with the gunboat Ruby in tow, arrived at Plymouth on Thursday afternoon. The Ruby sustained damage in the late gales, and when bound for Ireland had to put back to Fal mouth. This celebrated OLD IRISH WHISKY gained the )üblin Prize Medal. It is Pure,: 3,111 d, Mellow, Delicious, and very Whole emo. Sold in Bottles, 3s. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London ; , y the Agents in the principal towns in England ; or 01(4(43411e at GREA T WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. Observ. the Rad Real, Pink Label, and Cork branded " Kinahan's LL Whisky." The Weather arid the Parks. 4* •• - -_ The frost, which set iu again with great sc.votity On Fri day night last, has continued up to the present time with more or less intensity. Oa Saturday morning the thermo meter registered 26 dog., or 6 Ixdow freezing point, but after the fall of snow it rose to 33 deg., again fulling at e night to 1G deg. Yesterday morning opened clear and firA and continued so throughout the day, the thermometer ; at the receiving-house iu Hyde-park at noon standins at 38 deg. As the day IN ore on, however, the atmosracre be came much col ler, the thermometer at 5 o'clnuk having fallen to 26 deg., with the wind from the N.W. Just pqblii.iied, leap. tivo., cloth price 2s 6d., ONDON SELF-GOVERNED. _ll-1 By Sir WI I,LTAM FRASER.. Bart., 31, A , F.S.A. ?'slo , : Pran , l4 HAT vey, 4, St. J.ianos',,street. 00.JNTRACT FOR BARRACK STORES FOR THE ROYAL MARINES. UTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION (Inc , ri)ortted by Aot of Varliaramit, IgA), 4, KUSSELL-STREET, COVSNT-GARDEN, LONDOI%. Prompt ADV INCH '3 on all description of security. Firms tee on application by letter to H E 0 X F U - it 11, 6, OXFORD-SITEET, W., The crew of the screw steamship Gibraltar, 81, Capt. R. Coote, at Devonport, were paid off on Sa turday. Those men belonging to Portsmouth took passage in the Medusa. THE 31USICAL ES I'ABLISIIIIRNT (IF LONDON. LES DRAGONS DE VILL t RS (Opera Comique), Music by A. in which Mat RUSSELL i 1 appear, as aliteci by Hisses Barrie and Fitz Henry; lie. are. A. St. A him Fox, Husk, .Evanq, e nd Bury, with "xtra Band and Ctorus ; produced and conducted by .11. r. F. Jonglimans. • • - • • EDWARD EtARP ER, Secretary. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., ANNALS of a QUIET NEIGHBOURHOOD. By GEORGE MAC DONALD, .51. A., COUNTRY HOTELS, PUBLIC lIOUSES, and BUSINF,SSES. FURNESS and KNEE'S List on application. Partic,lars for insertion received until the 27th of the fi.onth at their AUCTION AND HOTEL AGENCY OFFICES. 5, Agar-street, Strand, W.C., and nearly opposite the Charing Cross Railway Station. " The charm and value of Mr. Mac Denald's work need not be sought. They present themselves unasked for. Whoever reads the book once will read it miny times . Pill-mall Gazette. The following appointmentswere made on Satur day at the Admiralty:—S. Fisher, paymaster, to the Royal George, for service on shore ; A. Smart, en gineer, to the Asia, for the Orwell ; H. W. R. Pel lew, second-class assist.-engineer, to the Bristol; and E. G. Edwards, assist.-clerk, additional, to the Black Prince. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Contract Department, Admiralty, Somerset House, 9th Jan. 1867. rpriE COMMISSIONERS for , EXECUTING tt- the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRE LAND, Do hereby give NOTICE, that on WEDNES DAY, the 23d inst., at Twelve o'Clock at Noon, they will be ready to treat with such Persons as may be willing to Contract for supplying and delivering into her Majesty's Victualling Stores at Deptford, all such quantities of Long-Hair Broom Heads, and Clamps and Blocks for Long Scrubbin g B rus h es, as may from time to time be demanded for the use of the Royal Marines, under a Contract for twelve calendar months certain, and further until the expi ration of three calendar months' warning. Patterns of the articles may be seen at the Royal Marine- O ffice, New-street, Spring-gardens, between the hours of Eleven and Two o'Clock. No Tender will be-received unless made on the printed form provided for the purpose, and which may be obtained on application in the Lobby of the Department of the Co-- troller of Victualling, Admiralty, Somerset House, where the conditions of the Contract may be seen. No Tender will be received after Twelve o'Clock at Noon on the day of Treaty; and it will not be required that the Party tendering, or an Agent on his behalf, should attend at the Office on the day of Contract, as the result of the offer received from each person will be communi cate,l to him and his proposed Sureties in writing. Every Tender toast be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words " Tender for Barrack Stores ;" and must also be delivered at the Department of the Controller of Victualling, Admi ralty, Somerset House, signed by two responsible persons, engaging to become bound with the Person tendering in the sum of £3OO for the due performance of the Contract. By Order, ANTONIO BRADY, Registrar of Contracts and Public Securities. CONTRACT FOR FRE.3H OX BEEF AND VEGE TABLES AT FOYNES. CONTRACT DEPARTMENT, ADMIRALTY. Somerset,House, 27th December, 1866. rpHE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRE. LAND do hereby Give Notice, that on Tuesday, the 15th January next, at 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 demandel 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. The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty reserve to themselves an unlimited power of selection in accepting the Tenders. Tenders must be made at rates per 100 lb., and no atten tion will be paid to any offers not so made. The Contractor, iu claiming payment for the supplies, is h make out his invoices in pounds at per 100 lb. Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and must also he delivered at the department of the Comptroller of Victualling, Admiralty, Somerset .louse, signed by two responsible persons, engaging to become bound with the person tendering in the sum of £3OO for the due performance of the Contract for Fresh Ox 3130 f, and £lOO for the Contract for Vegetables. The Contractor to pay half the amount of the stamps on the Contracts and Bonds. By order, ANTONIO BRADY, Registrar of Contracts and Public Securities. 0 GUNM AK ER S and Others. T. The SECRETARY of STATE for WAR is desirous of I.ceiving• PROPOSALS from Gunmakers and Others for L ' R EECiI-LOADING RIFLES, either repeating or not lePesting, which may replace the present Service Rifles in fut ure manufacture. M.T. t ary non-rep he following eati are ng Rifl the con es ditions considered essential in ili :— A. WEIGHT. Not to exceed 91b. soz. without bayonet. B. LENGTH. o bo 51 i nc h es, w ith s h or t s t oc k, measure d f rom th e ho T llo wof the butt-plate to muzzle. o. WEIGHT OF AMMUNITION MADE UP. Must not exceed 61b. 4oz. for sixty rounds as packed for service. D. CA Must c arry their own igRTRIDGES. rit;on. P SIGHTS. ito for es i g ht mustE. be snch as to admit of a bayonet Fled according to the present system. F. STOCK. Must be such - as to carry a light metal eleaning.rod, and allow a sling to be used. G. . i RECOIL rust n o t exceed that of the Enfield Rifle by more than 10 Per cent. isc THE AS A HOLE. Must b e as little liable ARM to injury bylo W ng-continued firing, I.° ugh usage, and exposure, as the naval rifles converted to breech -loaders on the Snider system. To be as capable, aloo, of being use d w i t h out accident by imperfectly trained L rorg, illen, qu and li of being manufactured in quantiti es an d o f uni aty. I. THE AMMUNITION AS A WHOLE. Must be as little liable to injury by rough usage, damp, and exposure in all climates, pa the Boxer cartridge for Snider's co nver t e d E nfield rifle- also as little li a bl e t o acci dental explosion as the same cartridge, and as capable of being manufactured in large quantities, and of uniform quality. K. CALIBRE. Optional. L. THE TWIST AND FORM OF GROOVE. Optional. Optional. M. THE LOOK. N. RAPIDITY OF FIRE. Capable of firing at least 12 rounds per minute, without aiming, the cartridges being arranged on a table. • 0. ACCURACY WHEN FIRED FROlf A FIXED REST. The an must give a mean figure of merit.oF not more than 36in. at 1,000 yards, 30in. at 800 yards, 12in. at 500, and bin. et 300. The Mean to be taken upon at le as t fi ve targets of twenty shots each. P. . Not to require at 500 yards anTRAJEOTORY elevation of deg. 80 min. more than 1 Q. FOULING, The shooting not to deteriorate more than 20 per cent. at 1,000 yards after firing 250 rounds. R. PENETRATION. The mean penetration of five shots not to he 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. LN. Wax on bull e t s is indis U pensa ßßlCAT IO ble, but any other lubricant 111 _ 3 7 be supemdded or applied to the cartridge, if thought necessary, by the competitor. __ - . , lge arms w ill b e received without the usual proof marks. pecifications, and drawings of the methods proposed, stating the probable cost per arm, and accompanied by a finished specimen arm, with 20 rounds of suitable ammu nition, should be sent to the "Director of Ordnance, War ° lll , e*. Pall-mall," on or before the 30th March, 1867. 1 -rhe and specimen arms will be considered ,ly tho Ordnance Select Committee and its associate mem ')ll.Bl who will be selected by the Secretary of State for War. and who will, after firing the 2 ) p re li m i nary roun d s, Zssoled and recommend for further t. 411 such of the systems c rY appear to them sufficiently promising, rejecting all v,i, rant nIRY not be considered to offer sufficient merits to ,„ their being included in the competition, the con- EachuEf which are stated in this advertisement. for accepted competitor will then be required to furnish L experiment at Woolwich, six arms :n strict conformity to the specimen arm submitted, with 1,000 rounds of am mnition per arm, within four months after date of de mand Each competitor will be required to disclose to the committee the exact nature of the lubrication he may ern- Ploy. A sum of £3OO will be paid to each of the accepted c‘fampetitore to cover the ex p ense o f t h e six rifles, and of tee supnly of ammunition required. The Secretary of State offers a reward of £l,OOO for the arm which, on confaination of all qualities, is considered by the committee to be the best submitted. A second reward of £6OO for the arm which, while at taining a satisfactory degree of excellence in other particu lars, is selected for merit in respect to its breech mechanism. A third reward of £4OO for the best cartridge. The qua ities which will be principally taken into consideration in awarding this prize will be economy of manufacture, power of sustaining rough usage, freedom fro m deterioration in various climates, and general serviceability. The shooting qualities of the cartridge must be fair; hut as they may depend upon the rifling of the arm with which the cartridge is associated, they will not be so much con sidered as those above-mentioned. It is clearly to be understood that under no circumstances will a competitor be entitled to more than one prize ; but such prize will be irrespective of any reward which may he given to the invent or o f th e arm finally adopted into the service. MAGAZINE AND REPEATING ARMS. Magazine and Repeating Arms for Infantry will be re eived and examined in a manner similar to the Breech oading Rifles. They must not be less in length than 48 aches, including the stock. The limit of weight for these arms is fixed at 911 b. ex clusive of the charges in the magazine. It is indispensable that the arms be made to take a bayonet. The Secretary of State offers a reward of 300 for the best Magazine or Eepeating Ann 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 he fulfilled before such an arm can be adopted. Those Magazine orßepeating 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 noingenious zzvelty produced in answer to this advertisement shall be adopted into the service without proper acknowledgment, and that the name of the individual with whom it origi nates Shall be - ecorded in connection with it. If the rifle to which the first prize is awarded is adopted zio the service, it will bear th e i nven t or ' s name. J. ' ST. GEORGE, Major-General, Diredor *of Ordnance W ar Office, Oct. 22 1866 PALMERS FON-BUILDINGS. THE CITY OFFICES COMPANY (Limited) are now prepared to LET first-class light and spacious SUITES of OFFICES in Palmerston-buildings, their re cently erected block of offices, extending from Old Broad street to liishopsgate-street. Theze is also extensive cellar ueder the whole area, arched in brick, and perfectly dry. For particu'a's apply at the Office of the Company, Pal mersti n-buildings, January, 1867. THE OCEAN ST. LEGER of 1866.—What Lord Lyon was to his owner was the Taeping 10 her Ca:frl ain, viz. winner of the race, having distanced all com petitors, as Like icAS PIMA TEA. COAPANY have in gariab y done 'n their chol e and sale of tine new season's teas, now selling at importer's prices. Warehouses-9, Great St. tielen's-churchyard. MANSION -HOUSE of the SUFFERER EXPLOSIONS. 'UND for the RELIEF by the recent COLLIERY OOMN Tho Bight Hon tl R. C. L. Bevan, Esq. 1 Samuel Morley, Esq. Geo. Moore, Esq. Mr. Alderman Finnic. i .11TTEE. he LORD MAYOR. Mr. Alderman and Sheriff Waterlow. Mr. Sheriff Lycett. Mr. Alderman Besley. Mr. Alderman Dakin. James Hill, Esq. R. N. Fowler, Esq. W.J. Maxwell, Esq. Mr. Alderman Cotton. lic is earnestly drawn to the terrible calamity produced by J. P. Gassiot, Christopher T. Gabriel, Esq. Frederick Thompson, Esq. R. A. Gray, Esq. Colonel Stuart Wortley. The attention of the pub] suffering consequent on the 1 the recent colliery explosions. SUBSCRIPTIONS are greatly needed to relieve the numerous families made destitute thereby. The amount required to meet the memorable Hartley Colliery Accident in 1862 was £50,000 ; in that case 204 men and boys lost their lives ; in the present instance double that number are known to have perished, there fore to make a suitable provision for the families depbn dent upon them about £lOO,OOO will be needed. At the final distribution of the surplus of the Hartley Fund, £3,140 was allotted to the districts in which the present accidents occurred, and this sum is now available towards the fund now being raised. H.R.H. the Prince of Wales ......... £loo H.R.H. the Princess of Wales The Corporation of London Amount already advertised £15,531 11 11 Subscriptions will be received by the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, at the Mansion-house; Messrs. Barclay , Bevan, and 'Co., 54, Lombard-street ; Messrs. Coutts and Co., Strand ; Messrs. Glyn, Mills, and Co., 67, Lombard street; Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Co., 1, Lombard-street; Messrs. Robarts, Lubbock, and Co., Lombard-street; Messrs. Dimsdale, Fowler, and Co., 50, Cornhill •, the Lon don and Westminster Bank, Lothbury . ; the London Joint- Stock Bank, 5, Princes-street ; the Union Bank of London ; London and County Bank ; the National Provincial Bank of England and all their branches; IJessrs.Willis, Percival, and Co., Lombard-street; and by the several members of the Committee. JOSEPH GIBBS, Secretary. Mansion House, Jan. 7, 1867. DUNVILLE'S V.R. OLD IRISH WHISKY, BELFAST, Is regularly supplied to the House of Lords. "V.R." IRISH WHISKY. • DUNVILLE and CO.'S " V.R." OLD IRISH WHISKY, BELFAST. London OM va and Stores, 4. BEAUFORT-BUILDINGS, STRAND, W.C. Established 1808. Quotations on application. FAMES DALY and CO., Distillers, John-street, Cork.—" The purest spirit and safest drink in the Oinces, 7, Printing-house-square, L.C., next the "Times." TAMES DALY and CO., Distillers, John-street, Cork, be!. to announce that they ,re able to supply the trade with their ceeb:ated Whiskies. in casks or cases, and to take orders in bond and for exportation, at their dikes, 7, Yrintinz-house-square, London, EC. the only house in the square not occupied by sirt " Times." .T. D. and Co.'s whiskies brinz the highest prices in the Aust alien and ()the , Colonial markets, as may be observed by re;erence o .1 , , "Journal of Commerce of Victoria," by which it will UC reen that their wlVskies ...1•;it 6d. per gloan and Is. per 0... e (~ e r the next best, and Is. Gd r,et t•allan anti ss. 6d. s tu.o o - • the lowest quotatiou. Altieys on hand a h.e4e supply u: ye y old mellow wivsky hi toe finest condition, matu....d in sherry casks, unsurpassaole in quality and flavour, supplied on the most reasonable terms. MANFIELD'S PATENT PICKLES are per fectly pure and uncoloured. To be had of all dealers and wholesale of JOHN BURGESS and SON, 107, Strand (corner of Sao ....cps). London. DEAFNESS. —The ORGANIC VIBRATOR. — It into the ear, not perceptible; the unpleasant sensation o singing noi4es in the herd entirely rem.rved. It affords harnedia'e rel.ef to deaf pe-sons, and enables them to hear distinctly ab church and public . ssemh ies. Every other kind of hearing instrument.—Messrs. SOLOMON, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. AVALUABLE NEW-YE A.R.'S GIFT.- A CHINESE CADDY, containing !albs. of really good Black Tea, s • t carriage lice to any railway station or market town in En land, Irelant 7 2,cotland, or VI ales, on re ceipt of 405.. Ly PHILLIN al,. CO., Tea Merchants, 8, King William-street, City, E.C. TEA IS CHEAPER THAN EVER.-Is. 6d, 2a.. °s 6+. per Pi. e the prices at which PHILLIPS and CO Tca Mercha S liing• William-atree City, L',n don. E. C., are sellinir Icod end fine BLACK Tr t. A price current post IrPe. 40. worth carriage free to any railway .tition or rna:rkei, loo,n 'a the United ...i . ;n,c,dom.-01,s. rye— PoriLLIPs and Co. Ivy, ro Agents u” any connexion with any house in Wore s.er or F, mint:ca. . - .'w,;ar3 are supp'ied at kct pace:. PA TENT VENTILATING CHIMNEY TOP.—Messra. AIYER,i and 'CODART with coon (14 rice recommend thei' CH 1 31NEI 1 1 01' as an effectual CURE of SMOKE. !t has an advantar , ,e over all others, as it can be sweeped. 't 4 s alike p.eittl ant• ornamental. Prices for foreign end home orders oa applicatioa at 11?, Strand, W.C., Ns here testimonials can be .;een. DR- SCOTT'S LIVER AND BILIOUS PILLS. —A NEVER FAILING RE3IEDY.—!re • ' are ° without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. cott, of Bromley, uffer from bilious and liver nom T aints, inligesticrl, wind, Kent, will be found Invaluable to all who 'Puling, reddiness, dizalneGs of t e eyes, &a For habitual he astiven b ess, as a f amily aperient medicine, and as a purifier t tland. they are truly excellent ; mild in their opera tton and Yrsteful to ,he stomach, they create appetite, pro mote dipection, and strengthen ' the whole nervous system. Prepared only and s )Id by W. Lambert, Chemist, 8, King Williatu-street, Charing-cross. London, and by most drug .tats, in boxes,ls. 10., and three times the quantity in one, is. 9d. Be cure to ask for Dr. Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. rite zennine see a square zreet: package, with .. William (.xin t s „,..t . . , eniteaved en the Stamp. B . HOWARD, S URGEON-DENTIST, 52, lest-street, has Introduced an entirely new descrip ti, nof ARTIFICIAL TICE 11, fixed without springs, wires, ue ligatures. They so perfectly rep.emb'e the natural teeth as not to be distingui. hed fro a the originals by the closest o. server ; they will never change colour or decay, and will be found superior to any teeth ever before used. This method does not require the extraction of roots, or any pain ful operation, and will support and preserve teeth that are loose, and is guaranteed to restore articulation and mastica tion. Decayed teeth stopped and rendered sound and useful In mastication. 52. Fleet-street. At home from 10 till 5. HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.—FUNDS are earnestly solicited for fitting up the TRAINING SUM £2/%00 required. _ _ - WI4I. WILLIAMS, Secretary. Boys' Reiage, 8, (Treat Queen-street, W.C. OMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.-CON , TRIBUTIONB are earnestly solicited for establishing the COUNTRY HOME. £l,OOO required. WM. WILLI,IIIS, Secretary. Poys' Refuge, 8. Great Queen-street, W.C. HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON. The are anxious to provide bos. One hundred Committee and fifty most are now In the Refuge. for Th 4o e 0 annu y al expenditure for supporting the 400 boys is estimated at £.,000, being. £l5 a year for each boy. Several kind friends have promised to pay for one boy each year. Subscriptions thankfully received by the London and West minster Bank, 41, Lothburv, and 214, high Holborn; Messrs. Ransom and Co., 1, Pall-Mall East; and by WM. WILLIAMS, Secretary. Refuge, 8, Great Queen - street, W.C. PROVIDENCE ROW NIGHT REFUGE, POE Sixty Thlo4lA,lsaPhrod vNidigenhct.eirLoowd.,glF.hinssbuwryahEs.Ou.ppers HOMELESS WOMEN AND CHILDREN, Breakfasts, hand destitute, , Lave been gtven in this Institution to the . who otherwise would have h d nights in the bleak streets or under a to pass the ratiillway arches. At present nearly 500 Nights' Lodgings, Breakfasts, are given gratuitously eve N" Suppers and ry week. The poor from all parts are admitted, the only condition being that they are homeless and starving. Th e y am , receives no remuneration whatever. Notwa r sta i t t a c e ing the provision made by the Poor Houses, each night numbers of young women, children, and orphane are, for want accommodation, refused admittance, andhave to spend night after night in the cold, wet, and sleet. To meet this evil, and to provide more ample accommoda tion, £2,000 has been raised, but to accomplish the work a sum of at least £l,OOO more will be required. Besides providing shelter for tho homeless, this year it is proposed, as far as the donations obtained for the pur pose will allow, to give bread and coals to poor families in want. Will you, in your charity, help to carry on and accomplish what has been begun ? Will you help to give shelter to the really homeless, and foocl to the really starving ? The smallest donation will be most welcome, and, night and morning, the prayers of the deutitute will be offered i n y our b e h a lf. SUBSCRIPTIONS are earnestly requested, and will be gratefully received by the Rev. P. Gu.Bzu;;D,D., No L 22, 1 Finsbury-circus E.V. . - THE RESCUE SOCIETY wishes to add another Lome to th' 12 now in operation. Last year no fewer :ban .165 poor, friendless, young females were rejected from want of FUN DS and room, making a total of 3,087, who have been sent away in dye years. The new home the Committee wish to form would be for young Ole, almost children, from the age of et to 11, who have been led astray from the path of virtue. Contributions will be received gratefully by the Secretary. llr. Daniel Cooper, T 5, Queaa•street, Cheapside; ur by Messrs Blrclay and Co.. 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Naval and Military Intelligence• At Aldershot% during the past week, military movements have been for the most part suspended, owing to the state of the weather, and the camp has exhibited a dulness little in keeping with its ordi nary life and activity. On Tuesday Lieut.-Gen. the Hon. Sir James Yorke Scarlett, K.C.8., re turned from leave of absence, and reassumed the command of the division. Thursday being the first favourable day which presented itself, the Ist In fantry Brigade, consisting of the 66th (Berkshire) Regiment, and 81st Loyal Lincoln Volunteers, were exercised on the G en e r al's parade, South Camp. Shortly after 10 o ' c l oc k they were inspected by Brigadier-Ge n . R enny, and marched past in slow, quick, and do u bl e t i me. Th e y were then put through several fi e ld movemen t s , which, like the marching past, were executed in a highly satis factory manner. On the same day A and B Batteries, C Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery, were exercised in route marching, proceeding to Farn ham by way of Hungry-hill, and returning to quarters by the turnpike road. On Friday the fol lowing was published in the Camp " Divisional Orders :"--" Extract from Circular Memorandum to Barrackmasters.—t War-office, Pall-mall, Jan. 5, 1867.—The Se cre t ary o f S ta t e f o r War, in concur rence with his Royal Highness the Field Marshal Commanding-in- Chief, having decided that during the present severe weather the troops at home sta tions may obtain from barrackmasters anyquantity of fuel in excess of that issued by regulation, on the requisition in each case of the officer commanding the regiment or corps, and on immediate payment by the troops, through the commanding officer, of the value at half the contract price of the fuel issued on each requisition, barrackmasters are directed to make issues accordingly. In giving publicity to the above very great boon to the service, the Lieut.-Gen. commanding is pleased hereby to notify to the Generals and commanding officers of the divi sion that the expression severe weather' may be adopted when the thermometer descends to 35 deg. Fah., or when there is a very long continuance of wet weather." On Saturday a detachment, consisting of 101 non commissioned officers and gunners of the Ist Divi sion Depot Brigade Royal Artillery, left head quar ters and proceeded to Shoeburyness, for the purpose of going through an extensive course of instruction at the School of Gunnery, previously to embarking for foreign service. The detachment under instruc tion at Shoeburyness for some time past rejoined head quarters ou the same day. An order was yeste rd ay received at Chatham, directing Capt. E. L. Robertson, 106 th Bombay Light Infantry, to join the depot of that corps at the garrison; Lieut. A. C. Mauriee has also received orders to join the same depot at Chatham. The detachment of non-commissioned officers and sappers of the Royal Engineers placed under orders for service in Bermuda received orders yesterday to be in readiness to leave Chatham garrison for embarkation on Saturday next. Lieut. H. W. R. Coetlogon, Ist battalion 15th Regiment, will em bark in command, and Assist.-Surg. J. V. Seddall, M.D., Royal Engineers, in medical charge of the detachment, which will number 32 men of all ranks. The chartered troopship New Era arrived in the Thames, at Gravesend, on Saturday, from Madras, having on board a large number of time-expired and invalid troops, both cavalry and infantry, on board, ' from the several corps serving in the Madras Presi dency, the whole of,whom disembarked to-day, and were forwarded to their respective depots, the inva lids being sent to the military hospital, Chatham. Her Majesty's screw corvette Barrosa, 21, 1,700 tons, 400-horse power, Capt. Boys, arrived at the Nore yesterday from China, and saluted the flag of Vice-Admiral Sir B. Walker, K.C.8., naval Com mander-in-Chief. She afterwards steamed into the Medway for the purpose of being inspected, previ vious to being put out of commission, after carrying the penant four years and three months. The crew steam corvette Racoon, 32, Captain R. Purvis, was placed on Thursday in No. I dock at Devonport to be overhauled and cleaned, The iron and wood armour-plated dog* screw MUSKETRY INSTRUCTION IN THE ARMY. -~- The annual report of the progress of musketry instruction in the army, prepared by Major-Gen. Hay, the Inspector-General of Musketry, for the information of his Royal Highness theField-Marshal Commanding-in-Chief, has just been issued. From the report it appears that the total number of men exercised in the yearly, course of 1865-6 were— cavalry,. 7,079 (exclusive of recruits, and not in cluding the Household cavalry), infantry, 88,550 (in cluding the Royal Engineers and Commissariat Staff Corps). A synopsis is given of the percentage of men in the several classes in shooting and judging distance ; also the percentage of marksmen to the number exercised, and to the number that practised in the first class, &c. With regard to the details therein contained we cannot do better than quote General Hay's OWR words : The cavalry soldiers who fired in the first class belonged to the Bth and 14th Hussars. The former are armed with the Westley Richards' breech-load ing carbine, sighted to 900 yards, hence executed the second and third periods of individual firing. The men of the latter practised at the School of Musketry. In the cavalry there is a considerable . decrease in the number of non-exercised men, while in the infantry the number has slightly increased. Of the 17,467 third class shots at the final classifi cation—i. e., after firing 60 rounds individually, to 300 yards, 1,995 fired 20 rounds more to 300 yards, after further instruction, of which number 642 passed into the second class, thus reducing the per centage of third class from 20 to 19. The per centage of first class shots has increased, being now equal to one-fourth of the number trained, one seventh of whom actually fired in the first class, from 650 to 800 and 900 yards, at which distance the shooting has much improved, the average points per man being 16.39, as compared with 14.27 last year. The marksmen in the infantry have increased more than 10 per cent. on the number who fired in the first class, and nearly 2 per cent. on the number exercised. The rapid file-firing is bad, although the mean average time taken in executing this practice is less than last year, and the skirmish ing practice is only moderate. The results in both these firings have fallen off, evidencing deficiency somewhere. The shooting of the army, as a whole, has improved—in the cavalry by nearly three points, and in, the infantry by seven and a half points. A. much greater improvement may be looked for when more pains are taken with this branch of efficiency, and when the preliminary drills are executed in earnest by all concerned, and not in the mechanical and meaningless way which is too frequently the case at present. Let the company officers Make themselves thoroughly acquainted with the subject, and show themselves interested in the matter—let them see that The non-commis sioned officers understand their work as drills,' and let the minds of the men be appealed to ; then the efficiency in shooting will be increased and be come equal to other branches of the regimental economy. The performances in judging distance are very satisfactory, there being 81 per cent. in the first class, and only 1 per cent. in the third class." Respecting the cavalry at home the instruction has been conducted regularly, and the shooting in each case has improved, although it is far from being good. The percentage of third class shots is very high. Rea sons are assigned for the omission or non• completion of the musketry training of the 4th, sth, and 6th Dragoon Guards, Ist Dragoons, 4th, 10th, 11th, 13th, and 15th Hussars, which principally arose from there being no range available where they were stationed. Of the Royal Engineers, it is stated that " the shooting of the corps has fillen off this year princi pally in individual firing. Only 20 out of 40 com panies have been trained this year." Regarding the division of Guards, Major-General Hay remarks :—" The instruction in the several battalions of Guards has been conducted regularly. The shooting has fallen off, except in the 2d batta lion Coldstream Guards and Ist battalion Scots Fusilier Guards, in which it has improved. The third class shots are excessive in the first battalion Scots Fusilier Guards, Ist battalion Coldstream Guards, and in the 3d battalion Grenadier Guards. The non-exercised men, although on the whole much less than last year, are still numerous in the Ist bat talion Scots Fusilier Guards, Ist battation Cold stream Guards, and Ist battalion Grenadier Guards. The best shooting battalion in the division this year is the 2d battalion Coldstream Guards." A less number of recruits have been trained in the cavalry, Royal Engineers, battalions of Guards, in fantry of the Line, and depot battalions than last year. The results of the shooting are not good. The third class shots, after making every allowance for the omission of the third period, which recruits do not execute, are numerous, and the volley firing—a true criticism of good platoon drill—is bad. Major- General Hay remarks, " This deficiency is quite within the power of commanding officers to remedy, without occupying, as a rule, more time for the training of the recruit than is at present authorised." The weapons with which the annual training was executed by the different branches of the service are as follows :—The cavalry—Westley Richards's, Sharp's, Terry's breech-loading carbines, and the East India pattern, Enfield and interchangeable muzzle-loading carbines. The Royal Engineers— Lancaster's elliptical rifle. Rifle Battalions—Whit worth, short Enfield, pattern 1856, and naval pat tern, 1858, rifles. Battalions of Guards and Line —long Enfield rifle, pattern 1853. The best shot in the army for 1865-6 is Private Wm. Fruit, 47th Foot, who scored 102 points with the Enfield rifle at distances from 400 to 800 yards. The best judge of distances is Colour-Sergeant R. Blackinore, 2d Battalion 20th Foot, who scored 26 points in the first class ; Corporal Dempsey, 98th Foot, obtained a higher score by judging more fre quently within the distance prescribed for the thirl class than the regulation allows, for by no other means could he obtain the score recorded against his name. The best shooting , company in the army is D company, Ist battalion 13th Light Infantry, its " figure of merit" being 146 points. The Ist Dragoon Guards is the best shooting cavalry regiment, a position which it has held four consecutive 3 ears ; which, obser7es Major-General Hay, " speaks much for the interest the command ing and troop officers must have taken to maintain that post of honour ;" its " figure of merit" is 32.97. The 7th Hussars, nest oh the list, was eighth last year, the 7th Dragoon Guards, second last year, is now placed third. The 2d Dragoon Guards, third last year, is now fourth on the list. Of course there are losses and gains in the infantry regiments. The 4th battalion 60th Rifles is the best shooting battalion of the infantry , its " figure of merit" be ing 126.38. Last year the battalion stoqd No. 2 in order of merit. The Coldstream 2cl bat talion, ninth on the list last year, is now second in the " order of merit," and the Scots Fusilier Guards, 2d battalion, now eighth in the " order of merit," wok. first last year. The Grenadier Guards, 14 battalion, not• ninth, was third last year, which number this year is occupied by the 101st Fusiliers, v►hich jumped 153 last year. The 2d battalion Grenadier Guards stands in the same "order [of merit" as last year—namely, 12, and the Scots Fusilier Guards, Ist battalion, now 25, was last year 51. The Coldstream Guards, Ist battalion, now 26, was last year 19 ; and the 3d bat talion Grenadier Guards, last year 24, is now 39. Twenty-one battalions of infantry did not execute the prescribed course of training. Although the num ber of men of the infantry trained this year is less by 8,000 than in the previous one, the number of marksmen is 1,310 more, the percentage being 5.22 of the number exercised in all parts of the empire. Sixteen battalions and corps have over 10 per cent. of paid marksmen, showing also an increase in this particular. The following regiments, having been prevented executing or completing the annual course of 1865-6 from the causes specified, have been recommended to continue receipt of the rewards granted for the year in which the men practised :-6th Dragoon Guards, 11th Hussars, and 13th Hussars—Not ex ercised, being at a station where there was no range. No. 1 Company, Royal Engineers—Not exercised, being employed on the public works.. 9th Foot, Ist Battalion—Not exercised, being employed on board ship en route to the Cape of Good Hope, where the battalion arrived too late to commence the practice for the year. 11th Foot, 2d Battalion—Not exer cised, in consequence of the sickly state of the bat talion ; specially recommended. 12th Foot, Ist Battalion—Not exercised, being on field service in New Zealand. 14th Foot, 2d Battalion —Not exer cised, being on field service in New Zealand ; a second continuance. 22d Foot, 2d Battalion—Not exercised, being on board ship en route to the Mau ritius, where the battalion arrived too late to com mence the practice for the year. 40th Foot—Not exercised, being on field service in New Zealand ; a second continuance. 50th Foot—Not exercised, be ing on field service in New Zealand. 57th Foot— Not exercised, being on field service in New Zealand; a second continuance. 58th Foot—Four companies not exercised, being where there was no range. 60th Rifles, 3d Battalion—Nine companies nbt exercised, the arms having been damaged by a cy clone during the passage of the battalion from Ran goon to Madras. 65th Foot—Not exercised, being on field service in New Zealand ; a second continu ance. 80th Foot—Not exercised, being at a station where there was no range. Rifle Brigade, 4th Bat talion—Not exercised, being employed on public works. 2d West India Regiment (Right Wino_ Not exercised, being detached in small parties throughout Jamaica, in consequence of the disturbed state of the island. IRELAND. DUBLIN, Jan. 12. The offi , ers of the detective police to-day made three arrests. John Dowling was arrested at Portland-row. He is a lecturer on chemistry, botany, and other branches of natural philosophy, and was a rather distinguished student of the scientific school at tached to the Museum of Irish Industry, St. Ste phen's-green. William Joseph Smith was arrested at Summer hill. He is stated to have held the rank of colonel in the American army. When the Habeas Corpus; Act was suspended in 1865 his brother was arrested, and the police were on the watch for himself, but he contrived to escape to America. He has re turned within a short period, and has since been without ostensible means of earning a livelihood, although appearing to have no lack of money. Denis Cashman was arrested in Preston-street. He is a law-clerk, and for sonic time has been under the surveillance of the police. The three prisoners were conveyed under the Lord Lieutenant's warrant to Kihnainham Gaol. The evidence given at Dungarvan, on Thursday, enables us to understand tolerably well the nature of the collision between the troops and the people. Dr. Hunt, the medical officer of the workhouse, de posed that he had examined the head of the deceased Wm. O'Brien, and saw no marks or wounds of any kind. Mr. John Butler Green, who is a resident or stipendiary magistrate in the county of Monaghan, deposed that he was on duty at Dungarvan on the day of polling, and that the Lancers, who escorted the voters on that day, were under his direction as a magistrate. He went to meet the voters in com pany with Lord Hastings, and brought in about 100. Half a mile out of the town they were taken off the cars and were placed in a mass between half a troop of Lancers in front and half a troop in the rear. When they came to the bridge they observed a crowd on each side at the town end. Witness directed Major Wombwell to divide the troops so as to keep back the crowd and allow the voters to pass in. This was done accordingly by backing the horses. When they came to the square he saw stones flying from the crowd towards the troops. There were a thousand people about the spot—men, women, and 1 children. The whole affair, stone-throwing and the scuffle, did not last more than ten minutes. The troops got no order, except to keep back the people. What occurred afterwards way, instantaneous. In placing the men, Major Wombwell had said to them, " Keep steady, and don't be skedaddling." One of the men said, " Sure, Major, we can't stand to be battered with stones ; sure flesh and blood cannot bear it ?" To which the Major replied, " Oh, we must all bear it, and keep steady." Hundreds of stones were thrown, they were like hail. They were stones laid down for macadamising the streets, and witness said he never was in a town that he did not see the same, especially at an elec tion. He saw only one man struck, and that was Major Wombwell. From all that came under his own eyes that day he considered that the troops had acted with wonderful forbearance and temper under the treatment they got. The stone-throw ing, he said, continued while he was crossing the square, and when he put the voters in a yard near the Devonshire Arms Hotel, and whoa he retired to the square there was some excitement there, and stones still throwing. The troops then kept the people back, and the stone -throwing ceased in a few minutes. He kept the troops going round and round the square. H e remained with them about 15 minutes. The troops remained in the square while he was going to the y ard with the voters. Mr. In his cross-exami nation by. Waters, witness said that he did not see even a scratch upon any one of the troops, ex ce p t Major Wombwell. In the w hole of the election he saw nothing that would justify him as a resident magistrate in order ing the soldiers to use deadly weapons or to fire, or to lower their lances ; but, if he had a deadly weapon in his hand, and was pelted with stones, he did not know what he might have done. Human nature is human nature, and a soldier is flesh and blood like any other man. The next witness was Mr. S. E. Maguire, a magistrate of the county of Waterford. H e stated that almost immediately upon the military clearing, the way on this side of the bridge they were as saulted with a volley of stones. That was from the Shandon side. There were, perhaps, over 100 stones thrown. They were principally macada mising. stones. He saw others, one a huge stone; it must have required a perfect Hercules to wield it. The Lancers within his observation behaved with remarkable forbearance. But if a Lancer rode against a crowd of unoffending men and struck them, or pierced an unoffending gentleman at his own door, he would consider it a most outrageous thing. A man named Patrick Daly was the next witness. He was produced to prove that the deceased man threw a atone at the military just before he was The fineness of the morning caused large numbers of people to assemble in the various parks, but the ice on the waters was very weak, owing to the wind having kept the surface of the water in constant motion and preventing its being frozen except in the more sheltered parts. There was hardly any ice on the Serpentine, and the waters in the Regent's-park, the Long Water in Kensington -garden; and the ornamental water in St. James's-park were only partially frozen, and printed placards were posted up by orders of the Humane Society warning persons of the dan.. gerous condition of the ice. Despite this warning and %a personal cautions given by the icemen on duty, several foolhardy men and boys ventured upon it, the majority of whom fell in before they had been on many minutes. At the Regent's-park water and at the Long Water in Ken sington-gardens, where the water is about 9ft. deep, seve ral persons were only saved from drowning by great efforts on the part of the icemen and the use of the apparatus. In St. James's-park a number of the more thoughtless people amused themselves'by throwing halfpence on the ice, ar.d inducing boys to go on after them, and, then, when tl ae y broke through, indulging in a hearty laugh at their p i a - 0 - The water here is so shallow, however, that them is no fear of loss of life by drowning. In the afternoon the crowds assembled in the parks wore very large. Regent's-park was thronged by promenaders. The icemen reported that, if it continued to freeze during the night the ice would be in good condition for a moderate number of skaters this day, but not for any large numbers of people. The number of persons in St. James's-park from 2 until 5 o'clock was very great, the keepers reporting that up wards of 250,000 people had passed in at the various gates during those hours. A great proportion of these persons were respectable tradesmen and mechanics, with their families; but there was also an immense assemblage of roughs and young blackguards of both sexes. Not being able to amuse themselves on the ice, they found amuse ment in other ways, by snowballing and bonneting each other, varied by a sham fight here and there, which col lecting a crowd gave the light-fingered gentry an oppor tunity of plying their vocation. When tired of this rough play with each other, as might be expected in the absence of the police, they turned their attention to any respectably dressed person, male or female, who came in their way, and maltreated and insulted them in the most disgraceful way, few escaping without the loss of hat, shawl, pin, or some other article. The foot-bridge over the ornamental water, however, was the chief scene of their exploits. This bridge on these occasions is always crowded by people pass ing from one side of the enclosure to the other. Gangs of these roughsa,nd thieves assembled to the number of several hundreds at each end of the bridge, and at a given signal. when the bridge was crowded with respectobly-dressed per sons, they rushed on pell-mell, hustling and bonneting all who came in their way, watches, purses, and pins changing owners with extraordinary quickness. This disgraceful scene was repeated almost every half-hour until it grew dark. Tho park-keepers did all they could to repress the disorderly scene, but they were comparatively powerless. A dozen police-constables would have been effective for the purpose, but they were not there, and so the roughs had uncontrolled possession of the park until all respect able people had left at dusk, and there was no more plun der to be obtained or persons to be hunted down. COCK-FIGH7 IN G 1N SOU 7 HiVARK. At the Southwark police court on Saturday, Jas. Green, Wells-road, Sydonham ; Chas. Thomas Whitd, Camber well ; Wm. Lawrence, John Brooks, potman ; John Free stone, carpenter; R. Pearce, fitter; H. Gibbons, 10, Wor cestor-street, Walworth, gentleman ; John Cleave, 57, Stamford-street, gentleman; F. Doane, 9, Camberwell lane, Brixton; S. Howlett, Maida-hill ; Wm. Gillbanks, 5. Bow Church-yard; G. Church, Kent-street, turner; R. Roberts, coffee-house keeper; Wm. Garner, Peckham, gentleman Wm. Keene, Ship Hotel, Charing-cross; Goo. Edwards, Peterborough-villa, St. John's-wood; S. Taylor Camberwell; W. Stevens, Jas. Jones, John Hillman, Geo. Stone, Wm. M'Pherson, Thos. Dorrington, John Costello, John Taylor, John Armitage, Joseph Matthews, Fredk Wallace, Joseph Deane, Henry Webb, James Greene, and John Brown, were brought before Mr. Burcham, the latter being the landlord of the Two Brewers, Ewer-street, Gravel-lane, charged with keeping a place for cock-fight ing and dog-fighting; and the first-named defendants, with aiding and abetting in cock-fighting and dog-fighting. Mr. Sleigh, instructed by Mr. J. Colam, the secretary of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Ani mals, attended to prosecute, and in opening the case said that the defendants Brown and Brooks were charged with using, keeping, and having tho management of a place for dog and cock-fighting; and the other defendants were charged with aiding and assisting. Tho 3d section of the act empowered .the magistrate to inflict a penalty of .f.. 5 ; and the 18th section authorised the magistrate to com mit the guilty parties to the House of Correction for three months, with or without hard labour. The defendant Brown was the principal, and kept the Two Brewers beer-house, in Gravel-lane, and was well known by the cognomen of the King of the Dog-. fighters, which business he carried on successfully for some time past. However, through the activity of the police, and the exertions of the Royal Society for the Pro vention of Cruelty to Animals, the detection took place, and all the defendants were apprehended by the police. He should be able to show that Brown charged ss. each to the parties, who were considered to be select. Mr. Bradbury, on the part of Brown and Brooks, pleaded guilty, but, as for the others, they denied the charges. Jesse William Mohun, of the Royal Society for the Pre vention of Croelty to Animals, said that on Wednesday last he went to the Two Brewers beer-shop, kept by the defendant Brown, and purchased two tickets for a cock fight, and paid Brown 103. On Friday evening he went to his house, and at the roar ho found a groat number of peo ple. They were in the bar at first, but afterwards pro ceeded into the back room. He recognised some of the defendants. Brown, Deane, and Brooks too k a v er y ac tive s, andto o m fought was part. T T he he cocks ad teel h s e p fiugrll t k pla about place boardedtwelve up inutes. space where One was wounded, and bled very much from had stool the head; the other also bled, and was taken away. Two more were brought in, but they would not fight. After that some rats were put into the pit and were killed. Then two more cocks wore brought forward, and after fighting for 15 minutes they were withdrawn, fearfully injured. One of them was cut on the side, and its leg was broken. The other was mangled. In answer to Mr. Burcham, witness said that the place was a kind of skittleground at the rear of the premises, and appeared to be specially fitted up for cock and dog fighting. The spectators wore betting money with each other. _ ------ The defendants were hero ranged in a sort of line, and after an investigation 14 wore discharged. The remainder were fined 10s. each, and Brown and his man £5 and 40s. The fines wore paid. A WELSH SALMON TRAP.—Visitors to Snowdon their"first course" at the table which nature who have sojourned at that romantic retreat Bettys-y-C oe d entirelyignorant t a favourite resort of tourists and lands ca p e pa i n t ers, are Perhaps subservient to o f art he in ingenuity providing with is made d'hote. Tho visit last week of the special commissioners for inquiring into the legality of the fixed engines on the rivers of England and Wales threw some light on the process. On Thursday last at their sit ting at Conway the commissioners decided on a claim by John Jcnes, of Tanralt, to use a fishing basket at a certain spot on the river Sledr at Bettws-yeCoed. The claimant is the owner of a small farm on the banks of the Sledr a tributary of the Conway), at a spot where the river falls over one of the picturesque waterfalls of that remote dis trict. At this point the river on Jones's side tumbles off a rock into a natural hollow or chasm, and thence by a smaller fall--about a yard—into a lower level. The fish in ascending the riser easily jump up the lower fall into the natural basin above, but hero they aro stopped by a barrier only passable in high floods. Tho water running entirely through rock is almost always clear, so that the salmon can be scan from above when lying in the natural basin. John Jones, therefore, when he sees a fish between the two falls, first places a man on the top of the rock, holding by a rope a wide-mouthed basket which rests against the outlet of the second fall, while with a long wand ho tickles the snout of master salmon, who is vainly waiting to get higher up the river, on which the affrighted fish immediately turns tail sad rushes down stream head first into the basket, where ho is trapped, This trap it was provedtad been used for g enerations by the same family, and so was certified by the commissioners. MUSICAL ON DITS.—Tile Orchestra mentions that one of the first features of the next season at Covent- Garden will be the production of Verdi's "Don Carlos ' 111dlle. Tietjens, who is now in Paris, is about to sing at Vienna, whera " Antigone," with3lendelssohn's choruses, will shortly be given. During the past year 23 new operas have been produced in Italy; of which only four survived fiest-performance! It is expected that "Don Carlos" wil not be ready for production at the Paris Opera before the end of the month, as Von.li is making certain changes in the score. Now ready at all tl►e Libraries, in 3 vols., C RISTIE'S FAITH. By the Author of No Church," "Owen," "Mattis," 3rc. "The design and the execution of this bo , k are both good. The characters are original, clearly conolved, and fin ly as will as etrongly dclineated."—Pall-Mall Gazette. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great 3larlborough-strect.