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"The Aerated Natural Iron Water is a very pleasant and invigorating effervescent Chalybeate, and may be taken as an oadinary beverage with great advantage. Queen. Six dozen hamper, 365. la. per dozen, allowed on returned empties, and 6s. on hamper. Of all chemists and family grocers; or Richard Davis, 20, Maddox-street, Regent-street. W. Whole sale only of William Whittle and Co., 63, Great Tower-street, E. C. E NTIRE WHEAT FLOUR. (CHAPMAN and Co.'s PATENT.) Is recommended by the Faculty as the best food for INFANTS, as it is very easy of digestion, and contains in due proportion all the sub stances required for a healthy growth. VNTIRE 'VV HEAT FLOUR. (CHAPMAN and Co.'s PATENT.) Is acknowledged to be the most wholesome and nutritious diet for CHILDREN, its richness lu e arthy phosphates ensuring healthy develop ment of the teeth and bony frame. ENTIRE WHEAT FLOUR. (CHAPMAN and Co.'s PATENT.) Is recommended for the use of Invalids, as far more sustaining than Arrowroot, Corn Flour, &c., which are often rejected, when the Entire Wheat Flour is taken with relish. Retail of Family Grocers, &c., in 3d., 6d., and is. packets , and 38. tins. Wholesale of • ORLANDO JONES and Co., 18 Billiter-street, Manufacturers of the GOLD MEDAL RICE STARCH. MI - IE BLOOD PURIFIED,— Old Dr. JACOB . TOWNSEND'S • SARSAPARILLA. This extraordinary medicine has a singular influence over the blood, which it enriches and purifies. It removes all pimples and blotches, purities .the system, and acts like a charm, As a sustaining and purifying tonic it , is invaluable, and highly recommended to long-standing cases of indigestion, nervousness, coughs, scro fula, gout, dropsy, and wasting of flesh. Sold by all druggists. • Chief depot, No. 131, Fleet-street, London.—Caution : Get the red and blue wrapper, with' the Doctor's head in the centre. No other genuine. In bottles 2s. 6(1., 45., .4s. 6d., 7s. 6d., and 11s. The old Dr.'s Sarsaparilla Pills are the most popular medicine known for all bilious affections, liver and stomach complaints, and indigestion, as proved by thousands. Also, Sarsaparilla ,Ointment, the best soother of all sores, burns, and scalds ; each in boxes, is. lid., 2s. 9d., and 4s. 6d. ; by post, 15, 30, and 60 stamps. - NVEST LONDON HOSPITAL Hammersmith, W.—FUNDS are urgently needed, and the Committee earnestly appeal to the benevolent to assist them in earrying•on heir useful work. T. ALEXANDER, Sec. and Sup. SAVIOUR'S HOSPITAL and REFUGE, . Alfred-terrace, Upper Holloway, N.—This Institution affords a Refuge for Women seeking to abandon a life of sin, especially those about to become mothers, and provides a Home for the Children of such. FUNDS are very urgently NEEDED. Bankers, ndon and South Western (Holloway Branch). HUGH R.GOUGH. Hon. Sec. CITY of LONDON HOSPITAL for DISEASES of tht CHEST, Victoria Park. special APPEAL for the NEW WING Amount still required, ?Amp. Number of beds now occupied, 120. \lumber of beds available with proposed addition, 164. lie Hospital is entirely dependent on voluntary support. ankers, Messrs, Barclay, Bevan, and Co., 54, Lombard-street HENRY F,EW,ELL, lion. Scc. Offices, 24, Finsbury-circus. RICHARD ,SLATER, Sec. • NGLOSWISS ONVEN-SED MILK C ""c ) , 111 PA N CHAM, SWITZERLAND AND LEADENHALL ST REET LONDON (ESTABLISHED 1866). • Only Condensed Milk recommended by BARON LrEmo, by " The Lancet," by "The British Medical Journal," approved by the Food Committee of the Society of Arts, and adopted by Her Majesty's Emigration Commissioners. Retailed by Grocers, Chemists, and Italian Warehousemen: wholesaled by the Trade generally, and at 35 4 Leadenhall-street. it f - - E TRADE MARK. THE LONDON TRAMWAYS COMPANY, LIMITED. Forined for Amalgamating the undertakings of the under mentioned Street Tramways Companies, for which special Acts of Incorporation have been obtained. • • • Capital. ,C 250,000, in 25,000 Shares of £lO each, 0,750 Shares will be allotted in exchange for a corresponding number of Shares of the existing Shareholders of one of the COMpanies; Leaving for subscription 15,250 Shares. Deposit on application, it per share ; payment on allotment, £2 per 'share. The Balance payable as follows on. 31st January, 1871; .2'on 31st March, 1871; on 31st Ntay, 1871 ; and £2 on 31st July, 1871. • A portion of the lines have been opened for traffic, and the remainder will be opened in sections, the \(hole of this lines to be completed before the,end of, 1871. •• • , • • DIRECTORS.: William Evans, Esq. Z Directors of the Metropolitan ' John Humphreys, Esq: f 'Street Tramways Company. A.; J. Mundella; Esq., M.P. James Reynolds,' Esq., Pornbridp,•e Gardens, Bays Water. Adolphus W.. Young, Esq., M.P. . BANKERS. Bank of Scotland, No. 11, Old BrOad-street, London, and Edinburgh, and Branches in Scotland. SOLICITORS. Metsrs. Ash Ant, MOrris and Co., 6, .Old Jewry, E.C. BROKRRS. • ' • Messrs. Walker and Lumsden, 25, Austin Friars, E.C, SECRETARY. John Foutston aunt, Esq. —Cark.c.E& No. 35, Parliament-street, ,_ _ . PROSPECTUS. The object , of this CompanY 4 is to acquire and work as one con solidated undertaking two separate Metropolitan Tramways, incorporated under special Acts of Parliament passed in the two last sessions, viz., those of—, 1. Ihe Metropolitan Street Tramways Company (the first Company 'which obtained an Act for Tramways in London, 2. The - Millie°, Peckham, and GreenWich Street Tramways . Coinpany. The Two Tramway Companies , before mentioned are, by their present .Acts, empowered to construct and work Tramways in nearly all the main thoroughfares on the south side, and extending to Victoria Station, Pimlico, on the north side of the Thames, 'comprising .25 *miles of street, partly; single, but . principally double lines, making altogether about 451 miles of Tramways. The accompanying map shews the authorised Tramways marked red, from which it will be seen that they traverse very populous districts and are important, not only as local, but also as trunk lines. The Metropolitan Company' has constructed and opened - for traffic the lines from Brixton and Clapham to near the south end of Westminster Bridge; by direct cash outlay, ant' these lines .are, bythe terms of the Amalgamation Agreement, to be made over'to this Company by the exchange of the Shares of the MetropOlitan Company for shares in this Company at par. The Pimlico Company engages to hand over their portion of the lines completed to this Company in sections free of all' ex penses, risks, or contingencies, at the, same mileage cost as that Of the Metropolitan Company. ',the total estimated out lay on all the authorised lines on this basis; including equip. anent, will be provided by the share capital of £250,000 and an intended issue of 'debentures £70,000, -lea.ving• an 'ample margin for working capital. . : The first section of the Greenwich line, viz., from Blackheath Hill to New Cross, has been e,pened.for traffic,' and the continua tion of that line to East Greenwich is, under construction, and Will be in operation by the end of the year (1870). ' By this tine the above arrangements, the capital will ,be 'remunerative as soon as called up. The returns from the working of the fragmentary portion of the lines from Brixton to Kennington, which 'alone has been opened for any length of time, have been audited. .by Mr. Broome, of the firm of Broome, Son, and Hays, public ac countants, and Mr. Tendrcin; who are the auditors, and 'for the' first three months, of, the opening, were found to yield a net return at the rate of ten per cent. per annum on the capital expenditure.. The,subsequent results are equally satiSfactery, and the traffic is steadily increasing. The - only other experience of. Tramway working In London is the line which is now open between„WhitechaPel and Bow, and the result, from the audited 'accounts; shews 12 per cent. net profit. . . • Street :Tramways, although but little known in this country, have been in very profitable operation for many years. in most . of the large, cities of America and Canada, and also on the Conti nent of Eutope, in 'St. Petersburgh, Vienna, Brussels, Copen hagen, &0., paying dividends generally of not less than 10 per cent. on the Capital invested, and the shares command good. premiumi. The Capital Account of most of the American Com panies shews an expenditure per mile greatly exceeding that requited by this Company, and with the easy gradients in the Metropolis (a most important item in the economy of working), and by the judicious administration which experience has brought to bear, there can be no doubt that Tramways will prove highly profitable here. By the improvements effected in construction by Wing the groove rail, the objections previously existing to the American Tramways have been removed. Last Session the WhOle subject Of Tramways was investigated by Select Committees of both. Houses of Parliament, and in the result' a General Act was passed under which local authorities can purchase. Tramways in their district on a valuation (ex cluding goodwill) at the end of twenty-one years, but in the case of the • Companies above - Mentioned, this period is extended to Twenty-eight years, in consideration• of their having been the pioneets for the introduction of Tramways into London, and as an equitable eqUivalent'for these exceptional privileges, and in consideration of these Companies transferring their interest without goodwill, there is reserved to the original Chareholflers one-half of the surplus . profits of , the Company after payment of a dividend' of six percent. per annum, so that the originators of the scheme continue interested in the undertaking, and are remunerated according to its success. Important ,extensions of the existing. lines are being applied for, the benefit of which is made'evor to this Company. If no allotment be made the' Deposits will be returned in full, The Acts of Incorporation and the Agreement for Amalga mation can be inspected at the Offices of the *elicitors of the Company. The Agreement is dated the 9th day of December, 1870, and the names of the parties to it are as follows :—The Metropolitan Street Tramways Company and the Pimlico, Peck ham, and Greenwich StreetTramways Company of the first part, John Fonlston Hunt on behalf of this Company then intended to be formed of the second part, and certain Shareholders of the Pimlico, Peckham, and Greenwich Street Tramways Com pany of the third part. Application for Shares may be made to the Bankers. Pros pectuses with Forms of Application can be .obtained of the Brokers, and'at the Offices of the Company. THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH SCHOOLS A_ of INSTRUCTION,IG4 and IGO, City-road, London, E.C:— Established IE6B. —Evening ClaSses. The usual WINTER EVENING CLASSES have now COMMENCED, whereby gen tlemen who are engaged during the day will have the advantage of being instructed in every practical part of telegraphy. T. EVANS.LUNDY, Secretary. MIDNIIIHT MEETING MOVEMENT. Office, 5, Red Lion-square, W.C., Loudon.—During the last 10 years this Institution has been instrumental in rescuing a vast number of poor girls from a life of degradation and misery. The plan adopted has been to seek the wanderers in the streets of London and gather them together at the midnight hour, when short and faithful addresses have been given. During the present year the Meetings have been held nearly every week in some of the most frequented districts of the metropolis. The promoters have a bundant evidence that these efforts have been most successful in effecting a great moral change in many fallen Ames. , To enable them to continue' their important work, FUNDS are earnestly solicited, and will be thankfully rec on eived by Mr. at the John Stabb, Ron. Sec., 5, Red Lion-square, don ; and Union Bank of Minion (Carey-street Branch), W.C. • SOCIETY for ORGANISING CHARITABLE RELIEF and REPRESSING MENDICITY. President—The Lord Bishop of LONDON. Chairman—The Earl of LICHFIELD. Treasurer -H. B. Freed, Esq. Hon. Secs.-Alsager Hay Hill and George M. Hicks, Esqs. Object of the Society.—The establishment of a Charity Office in every Poor Law pistrict in the metropolis, such office to be the recognised centre of charitable organisation in each district. D I STRI CT COMMITTEES in union Marylebo n withe- ro the Sot N.W. : ST. MARYLEBONE.--office, 151, ad, . ST. GEORGE'S,, Hanover-square.—Office, 28, Mount-street, Grosvenor-square, W. WK SZMINSTER.-oflice, 38, James's-street, S.W. PA,DDINGTON.—Office,'3, Leinster-street, W. MILE,END„ OLD-TOWN.--Office, Vestry-hall, Bancroft-road, Mile-end-road, E. 13ATTERSEA.-office, 3, Verona-street, York-road, S.W. LAMBETH. — Office, 49, Upper Kennington-lane, S.E. C L APHAM .—Office , 11, Polygon, S.W. CHELSKA.—Office , 57, Flqod-street, S.W. KENSINGTON. —Office, 39, liolland-street, W. HAMPSTEAD.-office, corner of Church-lane, High-street, N.W. DEPTFORD.—Office, St. John's Mission-hall, King-street, Broad way,,S.E. ST. MARY, NEWINGTON.—Office, 188, Walworth-road, S.E. ST, GTLES'S-IN-THE-FIELDS.-office, 7, High-street, St. Giles'. ST. PANCRAS.—Office, 17, NN oburn-buildings, W.C. CONTRIBUTIONS toward" the extension of this organisation throughout the metropolis may be paid at the office of the Society, or to Messrs. Coutts and Co., 50, Strand, W.C. The funds of the central office are for purposes of organisa tion only, not for relief. C. B. P. BOSANQUET, Secretary C. J. RIBTON-TURNER, Organising Secretary. Office, 15, Buckingham-street, Strand. W. PR „ PRESENT VROII THE QUEEN TO THE VICEROY OF EGYPT.—There has just been submitted to her Majesty the Queen a most beautiful and complete set of architec tural and coloured drawings (comprising plans, elevations, sections, exterior prospective, and all important decora tivet and constructive details) of the Royal Dairy and Dairy Farm Buildings is the Home Park, 'Windsor, which were erected during the lifetime of the late Prince Corii3ort. These drawings have been sketched from the existing works for' his Highness the Viceroy of Egypt, and were most artistically executed by Mr. Alfred Nutt, of the Office of Works, Windsor Castle. The drawings are very complete, both in architectural sketching and artistic skill. . POISONING or FOXES.—Lady Theodore Grosvenor has just addressed a letter to her steward, Mr. Beckett, complaining of the poisoning of foxes on the Dorsetshire estate of the Dowager Marchioness of Westminster. Seve ral foxes, she says, have lately been poisbned—one on the very day that Mr. Portman's hounds were at King's Court. She adds—" Poisoning foxes is a dastardly action, and one which brings a very bad name on a country, and is also dangerous to the hounds;_ ce rtainly no master would care to risk bringing his hounds into a country where it is made a practice of. Were the hunting stopped the farmers would be the first to suffer. I believe myself that most of the tenants are friendly to the hunting ; I am still more sure that few, if any, would willingly annoy Lady West minster or myself. But this poisoning must not go on. I reckon confidently on the cordial assistance of the farmers in our endeavour to discover where the foul play is going on, and I trust they will all work together and do their utmost to bring to light the authors of a practice which has, I am vexed to say, already biougut our part of the country into bad repute.' AMERICA'S GREATEST ENGINEERING WORK.— The proposed suspension bridge over the Hudson River, near .New York, will extend across the river from Fort Clinton, on the west side, to Anthony's Nose, on the east, with one clear span of 1,600 feet, and an elevation of 155 feet above high-water mark. The total length of the bridge, including approaches, will be about 2,500. feet. The entire structure will be composed of steel combina tion truss and cable work, of great strength and graceful appearance. There will be four systems of twenty cables deeply rooted in the rock and abutments of the towers on either side of the river. Each cable will be about 14 inches in diameter, interlaced and secured by innumerable small cables, and will contain altogether 371,165,750 feet, or 70,302 miles, of steel wire. The esti mated weight of the iron and steel in the bridge will be about 17,000 tons, and the total suspended weight 9,651 tons. For the towers and approaches 50,084 square yards of solid masonry will be required. It is believed that the bridge, when completed, will be able to sustain the aggre gate weight of sixty locomotives, or more than six times the weight that ever can be crowded upon it at one time. The estimated cost of the work has not yet been an nounced. Best Advertising Paper in the Western Counties. THE' WESTERN MORNING NEWS. A. First-Class Daily Paper, the oldest in the district. Inde pendent in opinions. The earliest and fullest in news. Circu lates among all classes and parties and the best medium for Advertisers. Rates of charges and copies of the paper sent free upon appli cation to the Publisher, Edward Ilawkings, 81, George-street, Plymouth. Just published, price is 6d., by post 18. Sd., the Second Edition with Addenda, containing additional Facts and Oases. in Bins. tration of the nefarious proceedings of the Advertising Quacks. D EVE LATIONB OF QUACKS AND JlLti QUAOkERY By DETECT() Reprinted from the 4, Medical Oiroblar." , London: H. Bather°, il9, Regent - street. The nuraoroua reviews of this startling wo rk by the SatardaT Review, Punch, Weekly Dispatch, Public Opinion, $r other journals, recommending its universal perusal, are reprinted with We edition. Di. scO'rrs BILIOUS and LIVER PILLS.— A -FAILINe REMEDY. —Prepared without any mercurial ingredient,will be found invaluable to all whosuffer from bilious and liver complaints, indigestion, wind, spasms, giddiness, dizziness of the eyes, &c. For habitual costiveness, as a family apericnt•medicine, and as a purifier of the blood, they are truly ex celldnt ; mild in their operation and grateful to the stomach, they create appetite, promote digestion, and strengthen the whole ner vous system.—Prepared only and sold by W. Lambert, chemist, 8 ging Williatn-street; Charing-cross, London, and by most drug gists, in boxes, , and three times the q uantit y in one, 25. 9d. 13. e sure to ask for Dr. Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine #e in a square green package, with "William Lambert, it, Ring William-street, Charing-cross," engraved on the Government stamp. ANGLO - AMEIpCNN AND FRENCH ATLANTIC CABLES. " NOTICE.—In consequence of the accumulation of messages upon the French Atlantic Cable, owing to the interruption of the' AngloArnerican Company's two Cables; it has been found necessary for the due performance of the service to temporarily increase the Tariff. • On and after December 12th, 1870, the following will be the chaiges for the transmission of messages from any Telegraph Station in Great Britain, Ireland,. or France to New York I For Ten. Words, including Addresses , £3 0 0 For every additional Word .. • .. 0 6 0 Fier charges to other places the. rates will be those given in the Tariff Book of October 31st, 1870, plus £1 10s. for the first tentwords, and 3s. for each additional word. Press . •MeSsages,-. consisting of Political and General News only, written•in plain unabbreviated words, and used exclusively for publication in the Press,. will be transmitted, at the follow ing rates : From Great Britain, Ireland, or France to New York :,- For Ten Words, including Addresses .. £1 10 0 For every Additional Word.. .. 0 3 0 All Messages are limited to 50 words as a maximum, including Addresses. ' The,Company 's repairing ship is now off Newfoundland, en 'gaged in the repairs of the Anglo CoMpany's Cables. immediately upon' the repair, of either of the Anglo Com pany's Cables being completed, so that two cables shall be in working order, the tariff, as per Tariff Book of October 31st, 1870," will again come into force. • By order of the Joint Board. London : 26, Old Broad Street, E.C., December, 1870. QOUSCRIPTION FRANCAISE.-FRENCH SUBSCRIPTION for the VICTIMS of the WAR.--The Committee will be thankful to RECEIVE further DONATIONS, and, without any unnecessary eipenses, to undertake their safe and fair , application to the most deserving cases of distress amongst the folloisirig ---4jaieSlCii.. and. WOUNDED SOLDIERS. The STARVING and HOMELESS PEASANTRY and WORK MEN in the invaded provinces. • The DESTITUTE PRISONERS in Germany. Ais heretofore, subseriptions will be thankfully received by the twelve members of the Committee only. Cheques to be made payable to Messrs. h. Devaux and Co. Publication in the news paws Will serve as' a receipt. • • • Total amount received up to the 7th December, £ 4 , 183 B s. lld. The distributions amount to ".3,848 Cs. 9d: PAUL PIERRAILD, Hon. Secretary, 44, Coleman-street, E.C. - VAST AND WEST INDIA DOCK COMPANY. LIL,I The COURT of DIRECTORS of the East and West India Dock Company hereby Give Notice that the Transfer Books of the said Company will be shut on WEDNESDAY, the 14th day of DECEMBER, and open again on SATURDAY, the 31st day, of DECEMBER, 1870. By order of the Court, J. L. DU PLAT TAYLOR, Secretary. East and West India Dock Ilbuse," Billiter-square, 6th December, 1870. EUROPEA-N ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 1 s KnaPoWerpdhy ppgeial Acts of Parliament. For Life Assurance, Annuities, and Cuarantee of Fidelity in Situations of Trust. , I Chief Office- - -. 17, AVaterleo-place, Pall-mall, - London. Annual Income, d 360,000. • Capital, subscribed by more than 1,600 Shareholders, nearly , .' . • *k..500,000. . • ' DIRECTORS. , • CHAIRMAN—GeneraI Sir -FREDERI.O SMITH, K.H., F.R.S. The Rev. A. Alston, D.D. ' 1 lt IL Carter, Esq., M.P. E.i Hamilton Anson, Esq. ' - Edmund Ileeley, Esq. AJ, $.: Bristow, Esq. I Reg inald head, Esq.; MD. I.lig Society are now_ ISSUING. COMPLETE LIFE POLICIES. T e peculiar features of these Po licies are as follow t— • • The Paymejits Cease alter Ten er,Twenty Years.. 2. The Policy IS not forfeited by t he non- p a y ment of renewal pre ium during the ten or twenty years. . • 3. The Assurer is entitled ,for each yearly payment he has made to a paid-up policy for - one-tenth or one-twentieth of the sum' Assured ' i HENRY B. PARMINTER, Manager. ROYA R L oya E I XExCehIainA,reNGEndASSURANCE OIBF7OFIOE, The Court of 'Directors' Of the Ocottion of the ROYAL EX- - CH/OWE ASSURANC do hetieby give Notice that their Transfer Books will be shutTrom Tuesday, the 13th of December next, to TueSday, the 3rd of January following; that the Annual General Court appointed by their Charter wilt be holden at their Office on the Royal Exchange, on Wednesday, the 21st of December, at Twelve o'clock at Noon ; and that a Dividend will be considered of at the said Court ItOliEltT P. STEELE, Secretary. THE GOLDFIELDS OF VICTORIA, Ans tralia.-3lany of the Gold Mining Companies in this colony pay from 500 t 06,000 per cent. oh the subscriped capital (see the Government Returns • periodically issued from the Department of Mines). Full particulars of a first-class paying GOLD MINE in this. district, fully proVed, in shares limited to £1 each, may be had on application to THOMAS THOMPSON, jun., 6, Whitehall, S.W. 17IGHTEENTH-ANNUAL WINTER EMIL JU.J BITION of CABINET PICTURES by British and Foreign Artists is now OPEN, at the FRENCH GALLERY, 120, Pall Mall, from nine till half-past five o'clock. Admission, Is. Cats logues, 6d. HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON, EFUGES FOR HOMELESS AND DESTI TUTE CHILDREN and CHICHESTER TRAINING Still. —Upwards of 500 Boys and Girls are now being supported in these Refuges and Ship, Owing to the benevolent and praiseworthy exertions which have for several months been made to aid the sick and Wounded in the present War, the funds for the support of these Refuges and Ship have decreased considerably. An urgent appeal is therefore made for assistance to support the inmates. £l5 will keep a boy or a girl for one year, and £1 ss. for a month. Contributions thankfully received by the London and West minster Bank, 214, High Holborn, and 41, Lothbury E.C., and by WILLIAM 'WILLIAMS, Secretary. No. 8, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's Inn Fields, W.C. A LEXANDRA ORPHANAGE for INFANTS, llornsey-rise, near Highgate. N. Children eligible from any part of the Kingdom. Under the immediate patronage of Their Eoyal •Highnesses the PRINCE and PRINCESS of WALES, and the CROWN PRINCESS of PRUSSIA. A 'MEETING of Governors was held on THURSDAY, November 17, 1870, at the City Terminus Hotel, Cannon-street, for the ELWPION of TEN INFANTS, Two of whom to be retained until sixteen years of age. ROBERT JONES, Esq., Sheriff of London and Middlesex, in the Chair. At the close of the Ballot the following were declared to be SUCCESSFUL: — ELECTED TO CONTINUE UNTIL SIXTEEN X EARS OF AGE. 1. Scarlett, Alice Maud ... . 635 12. Bloom, Louisa .... ELECTED TO CONTINUE UNTIL NINE YEARS OF AGE. 3. Richards, Henry William 648 7. Stevens, Elizabeth 452 4. Leigh, Charles Edward.. 576 8. Mather, Selina Agnes 439 5. Eyles, Alfred Henry . ... 490 9. Bennett, Louisa Mary 431 6. Childs, Alice Rebecca 458 10. Curtis, Elizabeth Maud 42g A Vote of thanks to the Chairman and to the Scrutineers terminated the proceedings.. JOSEPH SOUL, Hon. Secretary. 73'4 Cheapside. . U*,. GENT APPEAL.—The Committee ver y earnestl y appeal for Contributions in aid of the BUILDING FUND especially, as well a.s for the general purposes of the Charity, which has no funded property, but depends wholly upon voluntary support. No salaries are paid but to the household. The Orphange is open to visitors. ORPHAN WORKING SCHOOL—The next ELECTION for this Charity will take place in January, when 25 Orphans will be admitted. Children for nomination should be at once put upon the list. As the Charity depends upon voluntary benevolence for four fifths of its annual income, Contributions are earnestly solicited. JOSEPH SOUL, Secretary. Offices, 73, Cheapside, E.C. • 'the cOrrespondent of the Ind4pendance Beige at *Yoko barna says that the two belligerents, France and Prassia, are both represented there. There are two Prus sian •war ships, the frigate Herta and the cor vette Medusa, and three vessels under the orders of Vice Admiral Dupr6. The rival vessels are about equal in point. of artillery. The Prussians have beides sixteen merchant ships which dare not leave port in presence of the French vessels, while the French merchantmen pass freely to ,and fro in sight of the Prussian commanders, who shesi the same prudence as their merchant captains. Under these circumstances, the Prussian representative, Herr von Brandt, thought it desirable to take the precaution of placing his marine under the protection of Japanese neutrality. The Japan ' authorities are not acquainted with the Enropean laws respecting neutral• ports. The envoy of King William undertook to inform them of the custom, and was re quested himse:f to draw up the convention he requi:ed. The principal clause forbade any war • ship to leave the port within twenty-four hours after a ship of the other Power. This was entirely to the advantage of the Prussian; who did not want to fight. The French Admiral, however, agreed to it, and the Japanese Government gave its consents It was, therefore, hoped that nothing would occur to create a disturbance in these distant waters, when a Prussian steamer, the Rhein, having left the port, and finding herself followed by the French corvette Linois took alarm, and hastily returned to the station to complain to the chief authority. He addressed the French admiral QC the subject, and was answered that the Convention said nothing at all about merchant ships. The Echo du Japan, a paper published iu French, says that the Minister went straight to Yedo and threatened to bombard the town if a clause including merchant ships were not immediately added to the procla mation of neutrality. The Japanese Foreign Minister was intimidated, and instead of one clause he added three. The Prussian Minister came off victorious, but the French Minister declared he would only recognise the pub lished proclamation as valid. Great was the wrath of Herr von Brandt, who suddenly discovered that neu trality was infringed - by the presence of a detachment of marines on shore, as well as a hospital and a French store hotise. In vain it was represented to him that these es tablishments were not new, and that it was as easy for him as for the French 'to supply himself with coals, provisions, and other matters, while as for the hospital, it might serve for Prussian wounded as well as French. The Prussian would listen to nothing, and openly proclaimed that if a German ship were touched by a French ship in thoSe waters, he would with his ships burn the French hospital and barracks, and would cannonade without mercy the French vessels in port, Admiral Dupr6 undertook to reply to the bellioose Minister. He 'inti mated that the little French squadron would be ready to start at break of day, and he invited the Prussiass to follow them, when he would be glad to see if' the rho domontade of Herr von Brandtlwas as terrible in action as in words. The tranquillity which Japan has hitherto en joyed has thus been disturbed by the Russian Minister, who has set the two commanders of the ships at mutual defiance. The conclusion of the affair is not given in the letter. NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. Colonel Acland, M.P., speaking at a Volunteer meeting . at Exeter, said army efficiency depended on our mecha nical inventions keeping pace With the age, also on the moral condition of our soldiers. He defended Mr. Card well, a.nd said he had authority to state that it was untrue that Mr. Cardwell refused to entertain artillery improvements and had stopped discussion. As to recruiting, it was now going on at the rate of 50,000 men a year. Officers in high positions at Aldershott told him they never saw better recruits than at present. He advocated the country Volunteers being put on a similar footing to the Yeomanry Cavalry, and having annual training. He was convinced that neither interest of any kind, nor even economy, would be allowed by the English people to stand in the way of army efficiency. By the death of Admiral Michael Quin on Monday last a flag officer's service pension is placed at the disposal of the First Lord of the Admiralty. The hired steam troopship Parana, Captain Wilkinson, froni London, arrived in Plymouth Sound on Thursday morning, where she will be surveyed by a board of officers, including Commander Brownlow, surveyor of shipping, from the Department of the Director of Transports, Whitehall. On the completion of the survey a draught of the 75th (Stirlingshire) Regiment will embark for Hong kong and Singapore, with Captain R. Wadeson, V.C., in command ; Lieutenant Wilson, Ensigns Baynes, Pain, and ,Beaumont ; Staff Assistant-Surgeon Dick, two staff sergeants, two sergeants, 96 rank and file, six women, and 11 children; and the Parana will sail for her destination via the Suez Canal. Mr. Cardwell has within the last few days had inter views with officers on the subject of the reserve forces, and also the necessity for a more efficient system of re crui ;lug for the army. One of the suggestions made was that the male rural population of the country of ages raniing between 18 and 40 should be trained like the militia at certain periods of the year, and should re ceive pay at the rate of Gd. for every drill attended, or £1 for 40. UNIVERSITY OF LONDON.—Dr. •Debus, F.R.S., has t been appointed Examiner in Chemistry, vice Dr. Matthiessen, F. R. S. , deceased. Ai meeting of the Diocesan Board of Education was i held at Wakefield on Thursday. The Bishop of ' Ripim stated 180 Church schools in the diocese were de- Solent in accommodation, of which 95 were in Bradford, Halifax, Huddersfield, Dewsbury, and Wakefield. Sevimty to eighty thousand pounds would be necessary to sup ly the deficiency, but he considered it hopeless to atte pt to raise such a sum within the diocese. i t the Manchester assizes, John Peacock was bro ht up for trial on a charge of having feloniously slah a man named John Plant, in a 1 odging house in. Shepley-street, Manchester. After hearing the case stated, the jury found the prisoner not guilty, on the groind of insanity, and, he was ordered to be detained during her Majesty's pleasure. 41IGRATION FROM IRELAND.-.-ACCOrdillg to the returns obtained by the enumerators, the number of emi ants who left the ports of Ireland during the . qua er ended 30th September last amounted to 16 , 919 - 1 9,28 male, and 7,631 females—being 665 more than the nu er %ho emigrated during the corresponding quarter of 1 A 16:. HINDOO MEDICAL STUDENT.—The examina tionhich has just taken place at the Royal College of Surgeons for the fellowship of that institution presents a featire of unusual interest to the medical profession and the Public generally, it havine , afforded the• first instance of a native Indian gentleman, Mr. Gopaul Chunder Roy, havihg been admitted to that distinction. 1 SMALLPDX. IN LIVERPOOL. —Although the health returns in Liverpool shew a slight diminution in the fatality from fever, smallpox and scarlativa are upon the increase. The medical officer of health (Dr. Trench) stated with regard to smallpox that it was in a great measure due to the want of vaccination. He considered thata rigid sysem of vaccination would localise the dis ease at the nor t h end, where it is most prevalent, and ultimately stamp it out. CHRISTMAS PRIZE LOTTERIES AND GOOSE CLUBS. - The police authorities have notified that prize lotteries held in public-houses in the Christmas week for turkeys, geese, and other prizes, are illegal, and will be suppressed under an Act of Parliament, specially provided. The goose clubs, &c., which have contributed weekly sub scriptions for a distribution of Christmas fare, and where there is no drawing of blanks and prizes, are not to be interfered with. OPEN COMPETITION.—After all, open competition is not going to prove altogether a myth, although it is true that quite nine-tenths of the civil appointments under the Crown have been withdrawn from its opera tions. The Civil Service Commissioners have at length been permitted to announce that they will hold, in January next, preliminary test examinations, under the regulations published in our number of the sth of Novem ber in Loudon, Edinburgh, and Dublin.. —Civilian. A. Dublin correspondent writes that Mr. Fortescue has addressed a letter to Mr. Vere Foster for the purpose of correcting an inaccuracy in the statement furnished by Mr. Foster. of what Mr. Fortescue said in reply to the recent deputation of national school teachers. Mr. For tescue says that on the principal subject—the increase of the salaries of the teachers -he stated that he was notpre pared to state officially the intentions of the Government, but that the question was receiving and would continue to receive careful consideration, both from himself and the Government. THE GREAT COMMERCIAL FRAUD.—From in quiries made it has been ascertained that while on Tues day the investigation at Paddington, resulting in the discovery of fraudulent scrip, issued to the amount of about £25,000, the aggregate had on Thursday afternoon increased to nearly £37,000 nominal value. What the exact fraud is which this amount represents it is impos sible at present to say, as some of the scrip is pledged, and what the portion is that may be claimed for is not at present known. Mr. Adcock's whereabouts have not yet been discovered. A rumour reached Worcester that he had been seen at Oxford, but this has not been verified.