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TV DRorr. o ‘\ \ " •,---,...- ' , -..t. ,-, ._.....,... ~- '%.Da „ !_.-4zzi Ti -.1 -10 ,j.PAPgR J Orir Ares C ...J etL,Lti ratizt, - • , , KIN AIIANI I L L WHISKY. DUBLIN 181T11865 This celebrat e d OLD IRISH WHISKY gained the Dublin Prize Medal. It is Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Whole- SOMO. Sold in Bottles, 35. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London ; by the Agents in the principal towns in England ; or wb_nlosal e at ) lit ..) ''.401---4-.:4-7,44"-E.,-,,? 7- ' IA '.0 ,4 4., 'o,z' - rte•, - i f 1, 4 4;" ; - , i 4 /"'s )iS R. GREAT , LONDON, W. nl 'ero fbn R.ld SA 41, Pink WINDMILL-STREET Label, and Cork branded " Kinaban.'s LL Whisky." THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 15, 1867. No. 23,275. PRICE.... 4d. STAMPED sd. ITUTTIAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION Inc,r o or ael by O. of l'arliain POO). 4 . , WS3II f.1..-ST RE ET. COVE T-GL ft DEN. LONDOP. Prompt ADVANCE on all description of Securit. Farms on appli cAt i on by letter to y EDWARD CLASPER. Secretary. DEPOSIT DEPARTMENT.—THE CON SERVATIVE LAND SOClETY.—Persons wishing to invest large or small sums, receiving half-yearly interest warrants at four per cent. per annum, with power of withdrawal at fixed periods, according to amount invested, may deposit sums daily at the offices, No. 33, Norfolk street, Strand, W.C., without becoming members of the Society. CHARLES LEWIS GRUNEISEN, Secretary. Prospectuses of the Share, Deposit, Laud, and Building Advance Departments will be sent free of charge. MR. DIXON'S NEW WORK. AFTER Covent-garden • Theatre—EVANS' to SUP. After Drury-lane Theatre EVANS' to SUP. After Lyceum. Theatre IVANS' to SUP, Alter Anelphi Theatre EVANS' to SUP. After Olympia rheatre . ...... EVANS' to SUP. Alter Strand Them re EVAN' to SUP. Alter New Itoya, ty Theatre E VANS' to SUP. After St. James's rheatr.: ..... EVANS' to SU Alta* Prince of IVales' EVANS' to SUP. London Singing and Supper Club, E VANS', Covent-garden, Voc.ii Entertainment at Eight known in this country; and unless we aro to imitate the Continental Powers in their despotic institutions, we can not follow them by granting universal suffrage. The Colliery Explosions. On Thursday, Jan. 17, in 2 vole ,Bvo., with Illustrations,.! - ICs„ NE W A ME R IC A. By WILLIAII HI:PWO itT 11 DIXON. Hurst and 'Hackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. - Yesterday the members of the Mansion-house Conamittee for raising funds for the relief of the sufferers by the recent fearful and fatal explosions in Yorkshire and Staffordshire, met for the despatch of business. The Lord Mayor presided, and the following gentlemen were also in attendance :—Mr. R. A. Gray, Mr. George Moore, Mr. J. Maxwell, Mr. R. C. L. Bevan, Mr. Alderman and Sheriff Waterlow, Mr. Alderman Finnis, Mr. Samuel Morley, Mr. Alderman Cotton, and Mr. Sheriff Lycett. The qualification for the franchise in counties and boroughs ought to be uniform, a principle which has been affirmed by a majority of the house on Mr. Locke King's motion for a £l.O franchise in boroughs and counties. This great principle will simplify the distribution of seats, which is the most difficult part of any Reform Bill; for in that case it will not signify whether a man's property be included in a borough or in a county, as in either case he will have a vote. So important do I conceive this principle to be that I doubt not it will form the basis of all future Reform Bills. Mr. Gladstone's Reform Bill of last session proposed a £l4 qualification for the counties and a £7 qualification for the boroughs, giving an average qualification of £lo los. Now, as I propose a £6 qualification for both counties and boroughs, my proposal is much more liberal than his. POIINTRY HOTELS, PUBLIC HOUSES, and BUSINESSES. PURNESS and KNEW§ List on application. Partic , dars for insert . io 1 received until the 27th of the month at their AUC:ION AND HOTEL AGENCY OFFICES. A:;ar-street. S rand, W.C., and nearly opposite the Charing Cr-ss Railway Station. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., „ • MM. MARK LE .TUN'S LEY ION HALL, and other Tales. "These volumes tre full of interest, humour, and pathos. They are sure to be popul cr."— Star. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Mirllmoug.:Th-street. I~ANSION-TIOUSE -0-1- of the SUFFERER: EXPLOSIONS. FUND for the RELIEF by the recent COLLIERY T II E 0 X F 0 E 11, 6, OXFORD-STREET, W., DUNVILLE'S V. R. OLD IRISH WHISKY, BELFAST, Ie regularly supplied to the House of Lords. UNDER THE ESPECIAL PATRONAGE OF HER MAJESTY. Now ready, 36th Edition, in 1 vol , with the Arm; beautifully engraved, 31s. 6d., handsomely bound, gilt edze4, TIODGE'S PEERAGE AND BARONETAGE FOR 1867. Corrected by the Nobility. THE 3fUSICAL ESTA.BLISIDIENT OF LONDON. LES DRAGONS DE VILL kttS (Opera Comique), Music by A. Maillart. in which slist RUSSELL wiel appear, as sisted by klisges Barrie and Fitz Henry ; Me,srs. A. St. Align, Huila, Fox, Husk, Evana and Bury, with Kxtra Band and Chorus ; produced and conducted by .h r. F. Jonghtnans. • • - - • • Coate The Right Hon th ITTEE. Le LORD MAYOR. Alderman and Sheriff "V.R." IRISEI WHISKY. DIJNVILLE and CO.'S " V.R." OLD IRISH WHISKY, BELFAST. London 01112e8 and Stores, 4, BEAUFWtT-BUILDINGS, STRAND, W.C. Established 18C8. Quotations on application. R. C. L. Bowan, Esq. , Samuel Morley, Esq. Geo. Moore, Esq. Mr. Alderman Finnis. J. P. Gassiot, Esq. Christopher T. Gabriel, Esq. Frederick Thompson, Esq. R. A. Gray, Esq. Colonel Stuart NVortley. Waterlow. Mr. Sheriff Lycett. Mr. Alderman Besley. Mr. Alderman Dakin. James Hill, Esq. R. N. Fowler, Esq. W.J. Maxwell, Esq. Mr. Alderman Cotton. "A work of great value. It is the most faithful record we possess of the aristocracy of the day."—Post. _ . . - " The minutes of the last meeting of the committee were read by Mr. Gibbs, the hon. secretary, and ordered to be confirmed ; and it was resolved that for the future the committee should meet on every succeeding Monday, at two o'clock. Hurst and Blacketr, 13, Great Marlborough-street. DURATION OF PARLIAMENTS. The present system of seven years' Parliaments is not good, for it makes members too independent of their con stituents. I would, meet this evil by making the House of Commons a continuous body. I would make 70 members, or one-fifth of the whole house, retire annually, their places to be filled up by an annual election of that number. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., , A O By m l•T rs. co l n A ll ANT. M A R Y. TAMES DALY and CO., Distillers, John-street, Cork.—" The purest spirit and Barest drink in the World." —I.o ,don Offices, 7, Printing-house-Knare, E. C., next the " Times." J AMES DALY and CO., Distillers, John-street, Cork, be::: to announce that they are able to supply the ,cacle with th e i r ce l corate d W hi s k ies, i n cas k s or cases, and 11,Ortliling. eordees and at . - t for exportation. at their offices. 7. house-square, London. 1(1.C.. the only house is the square not own led b a 4. Timers . " 0 and Co.'s whiskies brill! the hi,.he P st price:in theust •atia.e . aad other Colonial I,l?arkets, " MRY observe .: re:e•eace to the "Journal of "moletc- of Victoria," I,v whicb NMI be that their whisk a i n es d fid Pe- t ralloo and le. •)er the next 611 Her- and ba. 6d.e, • • the lowest qlWation, A. l w , y- - ;land P supply .1: ve y old wro - skv finest c InatoPed in sherry c asks, unautpas' sacle i' n quality and flavour, supplied on the Most reasonable terms. CONTRACT FOR BARRACK STORES FOR THE ROYAL MARINES. Contract Department, Admiralty, Somerset House, 9th Jan., 1867. THE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the uNITED KINGDOM o f GREAT BRITAIN and IRE LAND,, Do h ere by g i ve NOTICE, that on WEDNES- L'AY, 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 Scrubbing Brushes, as may from time to time be demanded for the use of the Royal Marines, under a Contract for twelve calendar months certain, and further until the expi ration of three calendar months' warning. Patterns of the articles may be seen at the Royal Marine,- Office, New-street, Spring- gar d ens, b e t ween t h e h ours o f Eleven and Two o'Clock. No Tender will be received unless made on the printed form provided for the purpose, and which may be obtained on application in the Lobby of the Department. of the Con troller of Victualling. Admiralty, Somerset House, where the conditions of the Contract may be seen. No Tender will be received after Twelve o'Clock at Noon on the day of Treaty; and it will not be required that the Party tendering, or an Agent on his behalf, should attend at the Office on the day of Contract, as the result of the offer received from each person will be communi cated to him and his proposed Sureties in writing. Evpry Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and bear in the and corner the words " Tende r for Barrack Stores ;"and must also be delivered at the D epartment of the Controller of Victualling, Admi- P;ralty, Somerset House, si gne d by t wo res p ons ibl e persons, Lac sumtendering of £3OO for the due performance of the Contract. By Order, ANTONIO BRADY, Registrar of Contracts and Public Securities. T o GUNMAKERS and Others. The SECRETARY of STATE for WAR is desirous of igi,vinz PROPOSALS from Gunmakers and Others for r„„nerr-LOADING RIFLES, either repeating or not i i ir a "ng, Which may replace the present Service Rifles in future manufacture. military mi non-re The following are the repeating Riflnesditions considered essential in : A. Not t o exceed 91b. soz. with . WEIGHT out bayonet. - B. LENGTH. ti l l ° be 51 inches, with short stock, measured from the ow of the butt-plate to muzzle; m e • WEIGHT OF AMMUNITION MADE UP. servi ce ust not exceed Gib. 4 oz . f or s i x ty rounds as packed for n. CA Must carry their own ig RTRIDGES. nition. T. SIGHTS. he foresight must be such as to admit of a bayonet liZed according to the pre?eut system. P. STOCK. Must he such as to carry a light metal cleaning•rod, and allow a sling to be used. a. Must no t exceed that of RECOIL. the Enfield Rifle by more than 10 p er cent. R. THE ARM AS A WHOLE. Itust be as little liable to injury bylong-continued firing, 1 1 ;°gli u sa - e, K and exposure, as the naval rifles converted to apeeh-loaders on the Snider system. To be as capable, Th B " n, of b eingused without accide n t by imperfectly trained for, and of being m anu f ac t ure d i n quant i t i es and of uni te quality. I. THE AMMITNITION AS A WHOLE. ;11Must be as little liable to injury by rough usage, damp, ,I_, exposure in all climates, as the Boxer cartridge for dental converted Enfield rifle—also as little liable to ental 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. at. THE LOCK. N. RAPIDITY OF FIRE. Capable of firing at least 12 rounds per minute, without aiming the cartridges being areanged on a table. 0. ACCURACY WHEN FiRED FROM A FIXED REST. The arm must give a mean figure of merit of not more than and 61 3 1. . i n 60. at 300. 1 ,000 yards, 30i n . at 8 00 yards, 12in. at 500, The mean to be taken upon at least five targets of twenty shots each. P. TRAJECTORY. Not to require at 500 yards an elevation of more than 1 deg. 30 min. Q. FOULING. The shooting not to deteriorate more than 20 per cent. at 1,000 yards after firing 250 rounds. n. PENETRATION. The mean penetration of five shots not to be less than that of the present service muzzle-loading Enfield Rifle_ ° 'Z• 12 half-inch elm planks, which have been soak e d 4 8 hour s in Water. Dlstance 30 yards. s. LBRCATION. Was on bullets i s indis U pens l able, but any other lubricant usY be supemdded or applied to the cartridge, if thought cossary by the competitor. __ - 111. , ISro arms will be received without the usual proof marks. o p e cifications, and drawings of the methods proposed, I,Ei.tating the probable cost per arm, and accompanied by a illislied specimen arm. with 20 rounds of suitable ammu lacm, should be SM. to the "Director of Ordnance, War Office, Pall-mall," on or before the 30t'a March, 1867. - , the specifications and snesimen arms will be considered . 1 3' the Ordnance Se'ect Committee and its associate mem ..ers, who will be selected by the Secretary of State for War, and who will, after firing the 20 preliminary rounds, tt;Meet and recommend for flirt' , er trial such of the systems ,' TaY appear to them sufficiently promising, rejecting all ey N ; e " a s 'ay not bo considered to offer sufficient merits to lorant their being included in the competition, the con ans of which are stated in this advertisement. . for ell acc'ePtoci competitor will then be required to furnish to ttleP"i RT , e nt, at Woolwich, six arms in strict conformity mu n it. - P ee 'slorl arrn submitted, with 1,000 rounds of am ion per arm, within four months after date of de e?rolcommittee Each competitor will be required to disclose to the uittee the exact nature of the lubrication he may em 11°Y. .. sum of £6OO will be paid to each of the accepted teiplropetitors, 10 cover the expense of the six rifles, and of s m s liPP l 37 (:)' ammunition required. arm -1- he Secretary of State offers a reward of £l,OOO for the 1; which, on combination of all qualities, is considered Y the committee to bo the best submitted. L A. sec ond reward o f £6OO f or th e arm w hi ch, 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 pr•ze 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 more 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. iv. MAGAZINE AND REPEATING ARMS. Magazine and Repeating Arms for Infantry will be re_ eived and examined in a manner similar to the Breech ()ruling Rifles. They must not be less in length than 48 nches, including the stock. The limit of weight for these arms is fixed at 9i113. ex clusive of the charges in the magazine. It is indispensable that the arms be made to take a bayonet. The Secretary of State offers a reward of 300 for the best Magazine or Repeating Ann produced that fulfils the above conditions ; and in the abs ence o f exper i ence d oes no t a t Present define the standard of accuracy or other conditions to be fulfilled before such an arm can be adopted. Those Magazine orßepeatingArnas, 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. noThe Secr e t ary o f State will V. take care that no i ngen i ous he produced in answer to this advertisement shall be ltdepted into the service without proper acknowledgment, and that th e name of the individual with whom it origi nates shall be recorded in connection with it. Into the ilfle to whi c h th e fi rst pr i ze i s awar d e d i s adopted Intlo the service, it will bear the inventor's name. J. ST. GEORGE, Major-General, Director War of Ordnance Once, Oct. 22 180' - - . The attention of the public is earnestly drawn to the suffering consequent on the terrible calamity produced by 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 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 £19,461 5 T Subscriptions will be received by the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, at the Mansion-house ; Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co., 54, Lombard-street ; Messrs. Contts 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. Dirosdale, Fowler, and Co., 50, Cornhill ; the Lon don and Westminster Bank, Lothbury; the London Joint- Stock Bank, s,.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. JOSEPH GIBBS, Secretary. Mansion House, Jan. 14, 1867. OSBORNE'S STILTON Is THE Cheese! AVALUABLE NEW-YE AR'S GIFT. - A CHINESE CADDY, containing 181bs. of really good Black Tea, sent carriage free to any railway station or market town in England, Ireland, Scotland. or Wales, on re ceipt of 405., by I'HILLIf'S and CO., Tea Merchants, 8, King William-street, City, E.C. TEA IS CHEAPER THAN EVER.-Is. 6d , 25.. "s 6 1. per lb. a e the prices at which PHILLIPS and CO , lierchan!s, 8 liing William-street, City, Lon don, 8.C.. Are selling good rad fine BLACK Ti A. A. price current post free. 40., north carriacte tree to ny rvilway station or marke, town i.l the United iiingdote.—Observe— PHILLIPS anti Co have ro Agents ur.* any connexion with any house id Wore si.er or Swansea. Sugars are supplied at market prices. THE OCEAN ST. LEGER of 1866.— WW Lurd Lyon w:s to his owner was the Taeping td Captain, viz., winn..r of :'.le race, having. distanced all cenv. petitors, as tUe EST INDIA TEA COMPANY haNe in variab y done In their shot e and sale of fine new season's teas, now sOltug at importer's prices. Warehouses-4), Great St. Helen's-churchyard. FAU-DE-VlE.—This Pure PALE BRANDY, 18s. per gallon, is vi ry superior to recent importations of Cognac, recommended by the medical profession, and ex tensively used in hospitals. In bottles, 38s. per dozen, or in crse 395., railway carriage pat i.-,HILNttY fiRETT and cO.. Old Furnival's Distillery, Holborn, E.O , and 30, Regent street, S.W. Established 1821. SPLENDID SPECULATIONS GREAT SUCCESS With a single stake of £l, you can realise £25,0001 1 With a single stake of £2. you can realise £27,5" 0!! With a single stake of £B, you can realise L:17.000!! With a single stake of $lO, you can reabse £45,000! ! For p^ospectuFes and particulars apply without delay to Mr. EUGENE TILLOT, General Merchant, Guernsey. LAMBERTS ASTHMATIC BALSAM.-AN EFFECTUAL TtE M E DY, without confining the bowels or affecting* the head, truly efficacious and pleasant, is ad mitted to be the beat medicine for immediately relieving coughs, colds, confirmed cases of asthma, and incipient con sumption. It frequently cures persons whom the faculty pronounce incurable, admirably allays the tickling which Kovokes frequent coughing. In approaching consumption its effects are truly beneficial. Persons deprived of sleep, or even lying down for fear of suffocation, may depend on relief in a few minutes atter taking it. Prepares my and sold by W. LAMBERT, Chemist. 8, King-Wiliam-street, Charing cross, London, and by all druggists, in bottles, 130., and three quantities in one, 2a. 9d. each. Be particular. and ask for Lambert's Asthmatic Balsam. The name and address are engraved on the stamp. RUPTURES.-BY ROYAL LETT !CRS PATENT. WHITE'S MOO-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (PERFECTED AND EXHIBITED IN THE GREAT EXHIBITIONS 01 1851 and 1862), is allowed by upwards of rwo Hundred Metical Gentlemen to be the most effective invention in the curative treatment of HERNIA. The use of a steel spring, so o , ten hurtful in its effects. is hem avoided— a sot t bAndage being worn round the body, while the requisite resisting power 13 supplied by the Moo-Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease and close ness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn during sleep. A descriptive circular may be had, and the truss, which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the circum 'erence of the body, two inches below the hips. being sent to the manufacturer, Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly. A Single Truss, Va., 215., 26s 6d., and 31s. 64 Postage, is. A Double Truss, 31s. 6d., 425., and 525. 6d. Postage, Is. Bd. An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. Postage, ls. 10d. Post-oillee Orders to be made payable to John White, Post office, Piccadilly. NEW PATENT VLASTIC STOCKINGS, 1_.:1 KNEE-CAPS, &c., for Varicose Veins and all cases ut Weakness and Swelling of the Legs, ' , prattle, &c They are porous, light in texture, and inexpensive. and are drawn on like an ordinary stocking. Price 43.6 d., 7s. 6d., 10e., and 16s. each. Postage, 6d. JOHN WHITE. Manufacturer, 228, Piccadilly. NOTHING ThIPOSSIBLE.—The greatest and most useful invention of the day, AGUA AMA BELL A. Messrs. JOHN GOSNELL and ed Bull Wharf,' 93, U pper Thames -street, Pertumers to CO.,'her Majesty, respect- WHY Offer to the public this truly marvellous iluio. which gradually restores tna human hair to Its pristine hue—no a Ysteln. and when matter at what age. The Agua Amarella has none of the properties of dyes • it, on the contrary, is beneficial to the of the'lll in 'the hair is once restored one application C o er tt r in e onih will keep it in perfect colour. Price one guinea per half bottles, 10s. 81. Testimonials from artistes of Wales. %etabighest order. and from Individuals of undoubted re ven eI I t Y• may be seen on application. Messrs. John flighnesansthdeCAinhaoLe„been anointed Perfumers to her Royal WHAT IS YOUR CREST AND WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO ? Send 3s. 6d. to CULLETON'S Heraldic Office for a Plain Sketch, or 6s. 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. Just complete, 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 to 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. UTOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.—FUNDS -I -I- are earnestly solicited for fitting up the TRAINING SHIP. £2,(100 required. WM. WILLIAMS, Secretary. Boys' Refuge, 8, Great Queen-street, W.C. OMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.-CON t TRIBUTIONS are earnestly solicited for establishing the COUNTRY HOME. .Cl,OOO required. WM. WILLI X MS, Secretary. Boys' Refuge, 8. Great Queen-street. W.C. I OMELESS 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 £6.000, being. £l5 a year for each boy. Several kind friends have promised to nay for one boy 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, 8, Great Queen-street, W.C. pROVIDENCE ROW NIGHT REFUGE, HOMELESS WOMENAND CHILDREN, 14A, Providence-row, Finsbury, E.O. Sixty Thousand Nights' Lodgings, with Suppers and Breakfasts, have been given in this Institution to the destitute, who otherwise would nights in the bleak streetsor underhave hadrailway to r) pass the BArteparfaest, naeraerglyivtono gratuitouslyNi hts' Lodgings,ev witehk.Sukpers and from all parts are admitted, the onlyecroyni;lo beinghe poor that thoy are homeless and starving. The Manager sta & nd , Ing the provision made by the Poor Houses, each night numbers of young women, chiluren, and orphans are, for want accommodation, refused admittance, and have 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 requi re d . Besides providing shelter for the homeless, this ye ar i t is pror,osod, as far as the donations obtained for the pur pose will allow, to give bread and coals to poor families in want. Will you, in your charity, help to carry on and accomplish what has been begun ? Will you help to give shelter to the really homeless, and food to the really starving? The smallest donation will be most welcom e , and, night and morn i ng , th e p ra y ers o f the destitute will be offered in your behalf. 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Last year no fewer than 05 poor, friendless, young females were rejected from want of FUNDS and room, making a total of 3,087, who have been sent away in five years. the new home the Committee wish to form world be for young girls, almost children, !rem the age of 8 to 16, who young girls, almost children, from the age 01 S to l, who bave been led astray from the path of virtue. Contributions will be received gratefully by the Secretary, dr. Daniel Cooper, 85, Queen-street. Cheapside; or by Hems Barclay and Co.. Lombard-street ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail way Terminus, King's-orosa. Patron—Her Most Gracious Majesty the QITEEN. Vice-Patron—His Royal Highness the Prince of WALES,KG. President—lite Greets the Duke of BUCCLEUCH, K.G This Hospital, founded in the year 1828, the first to estab lish the principle of free adinission to the sick poor, without the delay and difficulty of Governors' orders, is wholly de pendent for support ou voluntary contributions and i It affords relief to a large number of in-pa dents, and, in addition to this, the average number of attendance of the destitute sick has for a oensiderable period averaged between 3,000 and 4,000 weakly. The Committee ear estly solicit the ASSISTANCE of the benevolent, as the pr 'niece of this Hospital are capable of containing several hundred more beds had the Committee the requisite funds to maintain them. Contributions are received by their bankers, Messrs. Brown, Janson, and Co., Abchurch-lane; also by Messrs. Contts and Co.; Drummond and Co.;Glyn and Co.;Berries and Co. ; Ransom and Co. ; Presoo'tt, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; williams, Deacon, and C 0.,. 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PRINTING. —TO PROPRIETORS OF NEWSPAPERS, PERIODICALS, Stc.—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 Manager "Sun" Printing Offices, 3, Church row, Savoy, Strand, W • . Proposed Parliamentary Reform Bill. TO THE EDITOR OF TIIE SUN. parties being now to entertain the question of a Reform of the House of Commons, I venture to lay before you a plan for carrying out that great and most desirable object. Our Currency Laws, which have not been reformed for twenty-two years, are sadly in want of reform, for they are the main cause of those monetary convulsions so ruinous to the country, and especially to the industrial classes, by throwing hundreds of thonsands of them out of employment. The Irish Church calls loudly for reform, as it prevents the pacification of Ireland, and causes much loss to Government, thereby increasing taxation. The borough of London has never been re formed, and the maladministration of metropolitan affairs shows the need of it. The Church of England, which is falling to pieces for want of reform, has never been reformed. The House of Commons, as now constituted, is incapable of entering on any one of these great reforms so essential for the peace, progress, and welfare of the nation. The'sresent house is able to deal with minor reforms of no national import; but as for great and comprehensive re forms, such as those I have named, it is totally incompetent to deal with them. Here we have the prootthat the House of Commons itself stands in want of reform, for a house that cannot deal with national questions is not an institution fitted to rule this great country ; and such are my reasons for now proposing a thorough reform:of the house. NUMBER OF MEMBERS. The great number of members composing the House of Commons is a serious impediment to the transaction of its business. The object of a Parliament is to obtain good and ready legislation, but that object, as the experience of the present crowded house has shown, cannot be obtained. In Franco they manage their public business with a house of 250 members, and France is a larger country than England. I think a house of 350 members would be amply sufficient for Groat Britain. I therefore propose to reduce the num ber of members from 658 to 350. To reduce the number of members will make them more responsible, for nothing so much:destroys the feeling of responsibility and due attention to tho duties of their office as a multitudinous assembly. Mob law is always to be dreaded, and the legislation of a house numbering 650 members may almost be called such. To reduce the number of members will be an incalculable benefit conferred on the constituencies, and I am only sur prised that so obvious an improysment should not have been proposed before. If it be said that the necessary railway committees could not be overtaken by so small a number of members, I point to France, which has as many railways as we have ; and the best proof that they manage their railway business better than we do is, that their railways pay double the dividend that ours do. France has a board through which all railway bills must pass before they can enter Parlia ment, which board reduces their number and prepares Parliament for those they recommend to be passed, and the sooner England adopts this plan the better. Our loose way of managing railway business has been one great cause of the present monetary crisis, for Parliament has passed more bills than there is spare money in the coun try to make railways. This has robbed trade and industry of their resources to a fearful extent, an error which Par liament could not have fallen into if it had had its Legis lative Council. THE FRANCHISE. I hold that every man is entitled to vote for members of Parliament, so far as that principle can be carried out without safety to the State. In France and Germany they have "universal suffrage," but that power is counteracted by a highly centralised Government, backed by a vast military bace raised by conooriptical, which is haPPiIY un- OPEN VOTING. I have a decided objection to voting by ballot, which is neither more nor less than anonymous ♦oting. No right minded man would write an anonymous letter. Now the very same principle which withholds the pen from the anonymous letter will withhold the hand from tho ballotbox. If it be said that the ballot is the only protection to the voter, I answer that the influence of one man over another, either by writing or personal canvass, is legitimate and right; and to do away with that right, either by the ballot or any other means, would be most injurious to the inte rests of the commonwealth. Thole are many things that admit of no legislative remedy, and the abuse of influence is one of them. The only remedy for the evil is the force of public opinion, and that, I think, will be found more potent than secret voting. FREEMEN. The Election Commissioners of last year show the error that Earl Grey committed in not depriving the freemen of their votes by his Reform Bill of 1832, for ever since that time the boroughs of England have disgraced themselves by bribery and corruption, owing mainly to the venality of the freemen. If we wish to remove this foul blot on our history, we will at once and for ever disfranchise this class of voters. By so doing we shall prove the wisdom of not allowing the franchise to be reduced too low; for what would become of this country with a body of freemen for its governing power? SMALL BOROUGHS. I object to the system ofjoining small boroughs together, as in Scotland and Wales, which keeps up nests of bribery and corruption, to the great injury of the boroughs them selves. What has made the rotten boroughs what they are but giving members to towns too small to make a good use of the privilege? If these towns desire to rise from their ashes, they will not only oppose the disfranchisement clause of the new Reform Bill, but petition Parliament in favour of it. Let the small boroughs be thrown into the counties, where their votes, minus the freemen, will not bo felt in the large constituency of a county. As it would not be desirable to swamp the counties, I would extend tho boundaries of the large boroughs so as to transfer as many votes to the large towns as possible. BRIBERY AND CORRUPTION. A general election, with its parade, hustings, and polling booths, is a great evil, for it excites the'passions and takes the attention of the people from their ordinary avocations. But this is not all, for the drinking and demoralisation con current on so much fuss and parade is beyond conception Let the names of candidates be sent to the returning officer one month before the election, and let him publish a list of of the candidates, fixing the time and places of polling. After the polling is over the lists will be made up, and the result published in the Gazette. The candidates will issue their printed addresses, hold meetings, and canvass the voters personally ; but there will be no hustings or polling booths, and all will pass over almost as quietly as town council elections. This improvement will do more to put down bribery and corruption than any other means. LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. I propose that this board should consist of 50 members, elected by the corporations of the large towns and the ma gistrates of the chief counties, 'say, 25 members from the towns, and 25 from the counties. The duties of this board will be to prepare bills for the consideration of Parlia ment; both the bills, public and private, submitted to them by others, and bills they originate themselves. As this board will be constituted by Act of Parliament, it will be competent for Parliament to reform or abolish it at any time. In the administration of its duties the Legis lativo Council will be independent either of the, Parliament or the Crown, as much so as the bank of England or the Metropolitan Board of Works. With the proposed board to assist it the House of Commons, with its 350 members, will have ample time to get through its work without nightwork, as at present; and as regards its acts, compared with those of the present house, it may be expected to throw all past legislation into the shade. The following are the hoads of the proposed bill :- Ist. The House of Commons to consist of 350 members, elected by the boroughs and counties of the 'United King dom. There will be no necessity to make distinctions be tween the three portions of the kingdom, but to treat Eng land, Scotland, and Ireland as one country. 2d. Seventy members of the house to retire annually in rotation, their places to be filled up by an annual election. 3d. The right of the Crown to dissolve Parliament to remain unchanged. 4th. The freemen in boroughs to be disfranchised. sth. The qualification for the franchise to be a rental of six pounds in towns and counties. 6th. Small boroughs and boroughs now joined together as one to be disfranchised and thrown into the counties. The boundaries of large boroughs to be extended so as to relieve the counties as much as possible. 7th. Population, property, and special circumstances to be considered in distributing the seats for boroughs and counties. Bth. The nomination of candidates on the hustings and other useless formalities to bo abolished. Having now given the outlines of my scheme of Parlia mentary Reform, I will conclude with one or two remarks. Past experience has shown that we cannot have a Reform Bill oftener than once in thirty years. That being so, I have looked to the probable wants of the next generation in drawing up the bill as well as present wants. Electoral Reform has occupied the attention of the voters for the last forty years or more to the exclusion of almost every other national reform,which has retarded the progress of legislative reforms,an evil which cannot be exaggerated. At last we may expect peace and contentment, for when a bill so comprehensive and liberal as that now proposed is passed, the attention of the voters will be taken off Electoral Reform and directed to Legislative Reform, the one being only a means to the other. That the Reform of Parliament now proposed will prove a real boon to the country I do not doubt; neither do I doubt that it will greatly strengthen the Constitution and promote the interests of all classes. At present we have a great many private bills passed every year, but very few public bills, but when we have the Reformed Parliament and the Legislative Council we shall have all this reversed, fur then we shall have more public bills than private bills. The great reduction of the number of members will be supported out of doors, but opposed in the house, as it will throw so many out of their seats. But this is a difficulty which a dissolution of Par liament will remedy. The minister who opposes the bill must give the house to understand that it is their intention to recommend a dissolution in the event of the bill being thrown out, whfch will show the house that it will be useless to oppose the bill on selfish grounds. I have only further to say that if my plan of Parliamen tary Reform is favourably received, I will then proceed to complete it by giving a list of the boroughs and counties to be disfranchised end represented, and as I am not con nected with any political party the impartiality of the work may be relied on. A. ALISON. 41, York-terrace, Regent's-park, Jan. 12, 1867. THE KING OF PRUSSIA AND COLONEL WALKER. —On Christmas-eve Colonel Walker, Military Attache at Berlin, received an autograph letter from the King of Prussia, conveying to him, with warm expressions of regard and goodwill, the war medal of 1866, permission to accept which had arrived on that day from England. Shortly afterwards a servant of the Crown Prince brought Colonel Walker a parcel containing a most kindly expressed autograph letter, his portrait, and a black marble paper weight engraved with the names and dates of the battles of Nachod, Skalitz, and Koniggratz. The ornament on the top of the paper weight is the decoration of the second-class of the Red Eagle, with crossed swords, which the King had previously requested through the British Go vernment to be allowed to confer on Colonel alker, but that permission to accept had beeh re fused. The Italie states that it may be considered as certain that the Pope has come to an understanding with M. Tonello, the Envoy from the Italian Go vernment, upon the principal points of his mission. The only point which remains to be settled regards the reduction of the number of Dioceses, but the delay only turns upon an obstacle of form, and it is expected that the difficulty will very shortly be overcome. A report was presented from Mr. Ball, the cashier and accountant, from which it appeared that the total amount received by the committee was £19,461 ss. Id., of which sum £15,000 re mained in the hands of Messrs. Bevan, the bankers of the committee, by whom it was now resolved that of that sum £13,000 should be placed at interest, at seven days' call. It was further mentioned that speaking in round numbers the receipts in London were £20,000, in Yorkshire .£10,290, and in Stafford shire about £5,000, giving a total of £35,000. In the course of the sitting of the committee the Lord Mayor communicated the tenour of a report received from the local committee of the Oaks Colliery Relief Fund at Barnsley, from which it appeared that the col liery proprietors had paid to the representatives of the deceased miners a full week's wages, and other gratuities. It also sets forth that the great majority of the deceased miners were members of the Miners' Association, a body which up to the present time had honourably fulfilled their duties towards the survivors. To the widows whose husbands had been recovered the sum of £8 each had been paid, and to those widows whose husbands still remained in the pit the sum of £4 each had been paid, whilst each widow had received ss. per week, and ls. per week for each child. All this was from the same source, and in this way the Miners' Association had already expended about £1,600 upon the sufferers from this calamity. The Lord Mayor added that the commu nication from the Oakhill Relief Committee disclosed the following facts relating to the numbers of the sufferers :—Women 156, children 330 ; total, 486. Parents who were supported by their sons-4 men, 12 women, and 1 child ; total, 17. Orphans--4 children. Single women 5, children 3 ; total, 8. Families of men burnt-4 men, 4 women, and 12 children ; total, 20. And other per sons-2 women and 4 children ; total, 6. These figures give a total of 60 men, 236 women, and 362 children ; total 658, showing the calamity had been to a much greater extent than at first had been anticipated ; and the local committee added, that to give efficient relief not less than £75,000 would be really requisite; and towards this the local committee held cash £7,927 11s. 6d., and they bad received promises to the extent of £2,365 4s. Bd., giving a total of £10,292 16s. 2d. Information had reached the committee from the Staffordshire district that the total sufferers were 195. The report from Barnsley urged that the distribution of their funds would in no way be allowed to interfere with the relief granted by the poor-law guardians, and they invited the London committee to frame a sys- ' tern by which a permanent fund for relief in similar cases should be established. After some discussion it was arranged that the local committee should be requested to send up their plans for that object, and with this the committee adjourned. It may be added that during the day a donation (first instalment) was received from the gentlemen of the London Commercial Sale-rooms of £l3O, and a donation of £lO 103. from the Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The Riots at Dungarvan. DUBLIN, Jan. 14. On Friday, the sth day of the inquest at Dun garvan, to inquire into the cause of O'Brien's death, Mr. Heard, sub-Inspector of Constabulary, was the first witness examined. He deposed that he saw stones thrown among the Lancers from the crowd within the railings—about 40 people. He saw one Lancer prodding at a man through the rails with his lance; he could not say with what end. The en closure was cleared, and the people escaped into a meadow, from which they continued to throw stones. The constabulary cleared them away, without stab bing them or harming them in any way, and they received no injury themselves. Daniel Connor, a constable, stated that he was one of the escort of the voters coming over the bridge, and he saw the stones flying right and left. He saw ono Lancer raise his left arm to avoid a stone. John Cole, another policeman, deposed that he was one of the escort in charge of the voters coming over the bridge ; that he saw 20 or 30 stones thrown at the military, police, and voters from inside the railings ; and that the military were doing nothing to the people at the time. At this stage one of the jurors remarked that they had no doubt stones were thrown, but they wanted to have some one produced as a witness that was hurt by them. Where were the wounded ? Mr. Julian replied that they had none of the wounded people on the other side. Mr. Hatchell, resident magistrate from the county of Galway, was on duty on Dec. 29, escorting into the town 200 voters, having with him a troop of Lancers, under the command of Capt. Orred. They were met by a troop of Lancers under Capt. Le Quesne, Major Wombwell, and Mr. Greene. He saw stones thrown before the advanced guard had crossed the bridge. He saw them in the air. The Lancers then wheeled round, but did nothing un necessarily offensive to the people. The voters went on protected by an infantry escort and some •of the Lancers. Those who remained behind were received with volleys of stones. Witness's horse was struck in several places. He saw three or four Lan cers struck with stones, and the shako of one knocked off. He never saw such large stones thrown in his life anywhere. Before the Lancers went down the quay they were pelted with stones. The whole thing lasted about a minute or two. Surgeon Gulleno, of the 6th Regiment of In fantry, stationed at Fermoy, examined several of the soldiers on duty on the occasion in question, and made the following return :—" MajoriV ombwell, contusion of right hand ; Sergeant-Major Bromley, contusion, back of head, ditto left temple, ditto bridge of nose; Sergeant-Major Hannon, cut on right hand; Farrier-sergea nt Filler, contusion over right eye ; Private Richard Owen, cut, left hand ; Private Charles Barber, contusion, right eye ; Pri vate John Kinnier, contusion, left elbow ; Private Richard Harnerton, contusion, left wrist ; Private James Hamerton, contusion, right knee, ditto, ab domen." wi tnes s—There were 20 others who stated that they had been struck with stones and bottles, but did not show me any injuries, and I did not examine them. The contusion on the head of Sergeant Bromley was on the left part of the occipital bone, and was severe ; it is not quite healed yet. The con tusion over his left temple caused a black eye, and he had a cut over the bridge of his nose. I was only speaking of the detachment of the Lancers at Fermoy. I know nothing of the Cork detachment of the Lancers that were at Dungarvan. Captain J. C. Orred deposed that there was no truth in the statement that the 12th Lancers ran away in India. The professional gentleman who made it bad apologised. He was in command of his troops on the day of the election, and he saw what he would call a shower of stones and black bottles thrown at them from a house at the right hand corner of William-street and the square. Two of the men were struck, one cut in the hand, and the other in the right eye. On a second occasion he saw showers of stones a-the struck himself on his shako, whiet Ett None of his men used their lances: One`bYthc a bruise on the wrist. The conduct of the crowd was exceedingly violent, the conduct of the men of his regiment exceedinglyforbearing. If a lancerrode up and stabbed Capt. Kiely as described, he would say he was a disgrace to his flag. If a lancer was strnek with a stone by a man who then ran away, and the lancer pursued him, knocked him down and killed him, witness would say he was justified, not in kill ing him, bit he thought huihan flesh and blood could not enders injury like that without acting in self- defen co. The Coroner—You think that if a stone was thrown by a man at a lancer, thelancer was justified in striking, though not in killing hint ?—What said was that I believed he was not justified in kill ing the man, but human flesh and blood could not stand being stoned without retaliating in self-de fence. He saw no troops injured that day. When r, trooper does retaliate, he is not justified in using I l i a lance. He saw no lances used that day, nor did the lancers charge. He saw no blood on any lance, S aw one of his men strike at a green flag with hls lance, and did not check or reprove him. The lancers were not insulted with the party cry, " Down with the Tories !" for soldiers have no politics. A lancer is not justified in using without orders either end of his lance, if he is stoned volley after volley, unless, at the imminent risk of. his life, and there is no 0f6,- cer present. Capt. Le Quesne deposed that his men were sober on the election day. He saw no bottles thrown. He, was not struck himself, nor did be see any of tae men struck, or hear offensive expressions. At the bridge he saw stones thrown on both sides from the crowd. No military inquiry was made about the death of either of the two men, Capt. Kiely and W. O'Brien, nor was any report made by the officers. It was not witness'sbuiwass,to make eny inquiry to assist that court in finding the names of his men. who went down the quay. Mr. Arundel, whom 1a, 3 left in charge of his troop during a few minutes he was absent, is a Roman Catholic. The inquiry was then adjourned till this merning. RAILWAY INTELLIGENOE. THE PACIFIC RAILROAD. Tjie all-absorbing subject of interest in those states of our Union on the Pacific coast may be said to be the construction of a railroad across the continent, while the future prosperity of the terri tories lying between the Missourri river and the Sierra Nevada mountains hangs entirely upon it. The work itself is the greatest which the engineer ing skill of the century has devised or the extraor dinary enterprise of this nation grappled with. The idea of connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans by an-iron road is grander than the wildest dreams of the earlier navigators ; and the visions of the North-west passage, so long the lode-star of dis coverers, pale their ineffectual fires before this prac tical, sober design of nineteenth-century contrac tors. The short cut to Cathay which Columbus dreamed of, and Cabot and Hudson sought to find, is to be achieved not by discovery of navigable bays or rivers, but by surmounting nature's most rugged difficulties, by traversing desert wastes and climb ing mountain heights. And that this great work will be accomplished in our day and generation we seem to have the strongest proof. It can be re tarded by the universal passion for stealing which marks all railroad enterprises ; but it will be accom plished. And yet we have fears that the work, apparently progressing so rapidly, is in danger of suspension from this very cause. Our railroad magnates are, unfortunately, possessed of the idea that they must make large fortunes in the prosecu tion of the work. They are not willing to await its completion and the natural effects which would inevitably arise out of so grand an enterprise. They think they must bag immense sums as they go along. The Government has granted to three roads now in progress from this side subsidies of $16,000 per mile and enormous grants of the public lands, and the whole policy of the gentlemen into whose hands these grants have fallen seems to be directed towards getting all they can and doing for it as little as possible. The Central route from Atchison west ward is completed forty miles, and the contractors and their friends have just returned from a grand jollification over the opening. We should consider it better taste in those gentlemen to postpone their junketing until the length of road they had finished bore some decent proportion to the work they had yet to do. But Congress is to be importuned again this winter for fresh grants, and Indian treaties are tg be made, and this is one of the methods used to blow their own trumpets and exalt their particular work. This same Atchison and Pike's Peak Rail road is contracted for to a distance of one hundred miles, the contractors in general being the president and directors of the company and their friends. To the contractors has been turned over the immense grant of lands, the $16,000 per mile given by the Government, and a like sum of.first mortgage bonds. It is calculated by these gentlemen that their profits on the work of building this one hundred miles of road will exceed the princely sum of five million dollars. And yet these greedy people are not con tented. They want more. They sigh after fresh fields and pastures new. They already possess the regal domain of the Kickapoo Indians, for which they have promised to pay the red men one dollar and a quarter per acre, and which they now hold at ten dollars per acre. But they are too astute to offer their lands for sale. If they did, the aboriginal owners of the tracts for which they pine might have their sleepy eyes opened to the fact that their patri monial acres were worth more than a dollar and a quarter each. Congress will be importuned this winter,' and accomplished lobbyists will pervade the national Capital, to provide fresh profits for these philanthropic gentlemen. It is time that the whol e subject received the attention which it deserves. It would be well to know what Senators and what Senators' friends are interested in these schemes, and it would be desirable to have a committee ap pointed to examine into all of this Pacific Railroad business. It needs examination. If one hundred miles pay a profit of five million dollars, almost all of which is derived from the national exchequer, what will the whole road cost ? It is a very simple sum in common arithmetic, which it does n2t need an acquaintance with the higher branches of mathe matics to demonstrate. The objections to great works undertaken by the Government are great and many, but we doubt if the construction of the Pacific Road by the Government could produce a worse re sult than this. And this is only the beginning. This is only for a small part of the distance. These persons who have made so pleasant a specu lation over the first hundred miles will and F. can nt d o bme d o e p s nu i er r y in e .. a fresh lease of power and new opportunities for obeying thy p purse. r h s e e . S ” hake s s o p Shakespe as arean c precept,oogr Congress suadcd into sixteen thousand dollars a mile, and a credulous public will take bonds to a like amount, and so long as these two items cover the cost of building the road, the gentlemen interested will continue to build. Why should they not do so? By such a course they secure the magnificent land grant on either side of the road for nothing. But a time will come when mountain passes have to bo cut and tunnelled, and impetuous rivers bridged, afar out in the plains, when the cost will be larger than the two items we have just mentioned. Labour will be more costly, subsistence dearer, and the great difficulties of the enterprise before them. The lands, too, in these distant deserts arc not so much sought after as the fertile slopes that border the Missouri. When this state of facts exists the 'fol lowing question will become a pertinent one : Will the gentlemen who have secured without cost those fertile aci es care to obtain at a considerable price barren and sterile ones ? We think it needs no great amount of foresight to enable us to answer this question in the negative. Therefore we think that any further legislation by which the public t domain hepu r p o o r s e the of b p u u i b l d l ic ing m t o n n e ey maypaeifie Railroad granted the be coupled with conditions which shall render the grants nugatory should the work for any reason fail to be completed. We would make all grants upon conditions, and in the event of the conditions failing we would have the grants fail also. —The 100 and Table. ~~.~, 'st ~'