The Sun. — London, England, 1867-12-30 00:00:00

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After Adolph Theatre EVANS' to SQP. After Olympic Theatre EVANS' to SUP After Strand Theatre After New Royalty Theatre EVANS' to'SUP. After St. James's Theatre EVANS' to SUP. After Prince of Wales' Theatre EVANS' to SUP. „Aiwa Singing and Supper Club, EVANS', Covent-garden. Vocal Entertainment at Eight. _ Mr. gaiiiiiWres exceedingly interesting and valuable %4 Mkt " on the industries and systems of technical edu "calm abroad is now before us. Himself a practical iron- Inaste,r, and familiar from habitual observation with the comparative merits of the processes of general manu factures in England and on the Continent, Mr. Samuelson is eminently qualified to frame a really trust worthy and valuable report upon such subjects ; and when Lord Robert Montagu, the Vice-President of the Com mittee of Council for Education, requested him to plays at the services of Parliament the results of his recent visits to many of the great industrial centres of France, Switzerland, Germany, and Belgium, his lordship made a choice which is no less creditable to his discrimination than it is likely to prove valuable to the country. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 30, 1867. 9d. STAUPED sd. No. 23,572. ground, Potrero Obello, supposed to contain largo MAISON DOREE, THE NOW FASHIONABLE RESTAURANT AND ON and Afterthe Opening of the QueeresTheatre, Long-Acre, EVANS' to SUP. After Queen's Theatre ' EVANS' to SUP. After Queen's Theatre EVANS' to SUP. After Queen's Theatre - EVANS' to SUP. After Queen's Theatre - EVANS' to SUP.. After Queen's Theatre FVANS' to SUP. LONDON SINGING AND SUPPER CLUB. AT EVANS' COVENT GARDEN VOCAL ENTERTAINMUM At Eight o'Clock. Nov ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., UIL D C U U R T • By GEORGE MAC DONALD, M.A. FURNISTIED HOUSES, from £2 28. to £2O per Week.—D. S. 110.11)1IttlES 11 is at all timos a n imber of Fire -class :- - z-E7ilDi , ; • CE3 to be LET. furnished or unfurnished. or ,01 I, more 7 articularly in the nel4libiur hoods of sycl, iih tin, Upp:r .horvrool. Forest-hill, and vici nity.—Particulars may b;.; had at the unice, Printing Dause square. .... . -z-, , , -- herds* of cattle for the supply of Ilumaita. This place was taken, al well as the military guard-house LUNCHEON BAR, GLAS SHOUSE-STREE— (One door from Regent-street), "A very entertaining story, abounding with wholesome inte rest -- and wise counsel."Athemeum. , to 1„ Hurst and Blaekett, 13, Great 111arlborougn-, connected with it, called on tLe banks of the river Paraguay. On the Ist of November SJO CUISINE FRANCAISE, Scet-- • • - HOUSES and APAR r r s AvAsrle.D. and t,) Too LET or SOLD, 81361 N'ESSES for DISPOSAL, .to. PROPERTY, FREEHOLD or LEASEHOLD. D. T. IfUll VII It I r!S has - contin••al applications for a:l descriptions cd PR _I'JCIITY which will ply Cool interest tor outlay. Houses out ot,r,p s ir not object,al to. T. D Humphries can ut all tirn , 3,ll:tit customers for all des-1: ip ti,nis of htsiaessis. liotets, hots s, A:1, sold and transicrr d. Apply, D. T. liainphries, Estate Agent. Print ing louse-square. Panguayan eoldiers lande I from three steamers to retake this position ; they fortified themselves in an incredibly short time, according to the BraziliAn ac- High-class Wines at wholesale prices. Spirits and Beers, dec. Private room for Parties. HAMPERS PREPARED AND SENT OFF TO ORDER. Terms, CASH. NEW NOVEL BY MRS. W. GREY. Now ready at all Libraries, in 3 vols., LOVE'S SACRIFICE. By Mrs. W. GREY. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Df the vast number of important facts and valuable suggestions which this letter contains, we can only, within our limits, 'present a brief abstract. Mr. Samuelson seems to have directed his attention to two distinct classes of facts—the processes of manufacture in the workshops of the Continent, and the distinctive and special features of the technical schools in which the workmen are practically taught those processes. On and after MONDAY, Dec. 9, SUPPERS from Nine p.m. to One a.m. COMPA.GNIE GENERALE TRANS ATIANTIQUE, 8, Place Vendome, Paris. NEW YORK, via HAVRE and BREST. The undermentioned Steamers will sail every 14 days, as fel; lows:— FrOm HAVRE-19th December, 1867. From BREST-21st December, 1867. NAPOLEON 111 Paddle VILLE DE PARIS Screw PEREIRE Screw ST. LAURENT Screw EUROPE Paddle RATES OF PASSAGE. Havre or Brest to New York, Ist class, £33 0 0 ~ ~ 2d class, 17 0 0 3d class, 14 0 0 Agents—STRINGER, PEMBROKE, and CO., 8, Anstinfriars, E.C. counts, and to dislodge them some 4,000 men were sent. According to the account of the Commander in -Chief, Marquis de Caxias, the attack was made with the bayonet and without one shot being fired, Manager, CHARLES CASTLE. Now ready, in 2 vols., Bvo., with Portrait, COs., - - THE LIFE AND coßßEsroisueEtidt OF THOMAS SLINGSBY DUNCOMBE, Late M.P. for Finsbury. JjINAHAN'S LL WHISKY. - DUBLIN EXHIBITION, It ‘5. Tata celebrated OLD IRISH WHIStr gained the Dublin Prize Medal. It is Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and 'le Wholesome. Bold in Bottles, Rs. Bd., at the Retail Rouses in London; by the Agents in the principal towns in England; or wholesale at 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, I s i . .ONDON, W. Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and (bit Brandin'. "Kina han'3 LL Whisky," and the result was nearly " one thousand" out of the 800 Paraguayans, were killed, taken prisoners, or drowned by trying to regain their ships, 'which, according to the smile authority, have been sunk and burnt. By HIS SON, THOMAS H. DUNCOMBE. "•Mr. Duncombe's biography is enriched by a store of various and amusing anecdotes of most of the public characters and fashionable celebrities with whom he came in contact."—Post. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. P_kINLE DENTISTRY. E a. VIESSRS. GAI3III , DENTISTS ( stabushed itit- ), of Loudon 5B, Harley-dreet, Cavendish-square, 64, Ludtate-Hill, E.G., Liverpool 34, Dulze-r,treet, and . Brighton have just published a NEW PAMPHLET explaining their Pain less System of Dentistry, and self-adhesive Tceth without springs, at MOD.EIIArn CIIAIta)3;,S, which may be had. fro° by post for four stamps. MUTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION ((ii by Act of Parliat, 1850), 1 4, RITSSELL-STREET, COYENT-GAR^N, LONDON, AD VANCES MONEY upon personal securiti: Bills of Sale, Free hold or Lent,eliold Property, for one, two, AI three years, repay able weekly, monthly, or quarterly. Bill' " Tomptly discounted. Forma free on receipt of stamped envelo EDWARD rk.RPEIt. Secretary. 3 IADA MP. 1 lISSAUD'S EXHIBITION, BAKER- STREET. A Life-size PORTRAIT MODEL of THEODORE, KING of ABYSSINIA, is now added; also all the Kings and Queens of Engllnd, American Celebrities, &c. Room of Horrors. Open from 11 in the morning till 10 at night. Admittance, Is.; children under 10, 6d. Extra rooms, 6d. MADAME.. TUSSAVDS _EXIILBITION.-A PORTRAIT MODEL of FREDERICK BAKER, the Alton Murderer, is now added to the Chamber of Horrors. Open from 11 in the morning till 10 at night. Admission, ls.; children under 10 years of age, 6d.; extra rooms, 6d. ARGYLL ROOMS, WINDMILL-STREET, Piccadilly Sole Proprietor, Mr R. R. BratrELL. This magnificent Terpsichorean and Musical Establishment, having been Re-decorated in the highest style of Italian art by Messrs. Rubardt and other eminent artists, is NOW OPEN for the AUTUMN SEASON. Solo Euphonion. Signor Moses. Solo Cornet, M. Graves. Conductor, Signor Curti. Doors open at half-past 8. Admission, ls.; Reser vea Seats, 2s. T HE 0 X F O RD, 6, OXFORD-STREET, W. • During the Week will be given a GRAND SELEC TION from Offenbach's Comic Operetta, ORPHEE ATJX ENFERS, LA TROVATORE, and the New Cantata MERRY CHRISTMAS. Principal Artistes : Misses Russell, Rivers, and Fitz- Henry ; Messrs. Bury, Mader, R. Greene, and De Brenner. Full - Band and Chorus: Instrumentalists: Miss Bryant ; Messrs. Patine, Melling, and Plumpton. COMEDY, ezc by the LEVITES, Miss and Mr. FOS TER;HARRY "SYDNEY, FRED. FRENDII, Mr. H. RICHARDS, and ALFRED PERRIER. Mr. E. W. *AIACKNEY will positively make his first appearande this evening. STODARE'S MARVELS of MAGIC THIS EVENING. Conductor—Mr. F. Jonghmans. Private boxes, 10s. 6d. ; stalls, balcony, and grand pro monade, Is.—THIS EVENING. E STO N'S GRAND MUSIC HALL, v v Proprietor, Mr. J. S. Sweasey. Mr. SWE ASEY begs to inform the public, in consequence of the flattering patronage he has received, he has engaged the fol lowing talented Company:—The Great VANCE; GEORGE LEY BOURNE, the Lion Comique; JEAN BOND, the unrivalled Equili brist ; GEORGE Elan, the A ustralianßuffo ; the Brothers DANIELS (who are allowed by the Press to be unapproachable by any other artiste in their performances); SIDNEY BARNES (his first appearance); Miss ALICE DUNNING, the most fascinating Serio- Comic Singer and Dancer at the present time; Miss LIZIZE PEARSE (her first appearance in London), allowed to be by the provincial press the most rising artiste of the day: Miss ANNE TREMAINE, the English Ballad Singer, is re-engaged after a most successful provincial tour. Full Orchestra, in which Mr. H. Baker, the unrivalled Cornet Player, will appear, in conjunction with Mr. J. Young, the great Flute Player. • The whole under the direction of Mr. P. COREL _ . . Special Notice.—ln consequence of the length of entertain ment, the doors will open at 7, commence at 7.30. No alteration in the prices of admission. Private boxes, 10s. 6d., to be secured at Mitchell's Royal Library, Old Bond-street; and Sams' Library, St. James's; also at the Box-office at the Hall from 10 until four o'clock. SPANISH FLY is the acting ingredient in ALEX. ROSS'S CANTHARIDES OIL, which speedily produces whiskers and thickens hair, Price 3s. 6d., ss. 6d., and 10s. 6d.; sent by post for 54, 84, and 144 stamps,—ALES. ROSS 243, High Holborn, London, and all Chemists. "Tale of a Hair," 6d. WONDERFUL DISCOVERY.—Corns aired in one day by using ALEX. ROSS'S CHrROPO. This preparation gradually dissolves the Corn in a few hours, re moving the very root. Price 45.; sent by post for GO stamps.- 243, High Holborn London, and all Chemists. Face Powder, is. 'TAM -CURLING FLUID, 248, High Holborn, London. ALEX. ROSS'S °LULLING FLUID curls Ladies' or Gentlemen's hair immediately it is applied. Sold at Bs. 6d., ss. ed., and 10s. 6d.; sent free for 54, 84, and 144 stamps. Had of Chemists. Advice upon all subjects of the Toilet. GREY HAIR.-248, High Holborn, London.— ALEX. ROSS'S HAIR DYE produces a perfect colour immediately it is used, It is permanent, and perfectly natural in effect. Price 38. 6d., ss. 6d., and 10s. 6d; sent by post for 54, 84, and 144 .tamps; and all Chemists. Bloom of Roses, 3s. 6d. EXAM DESTROYER.--248, High Holborn, London.—ALEX. ROSS'S DEPILATORY removes super fluous hair from the face, neck, and arms, without effect to the skin. Price 3s. 6d., ss. 6d., and 10s. 6d.; sent for 54, 84, and 144 stamps.—Had of all Chemists. Skin Tonic, Ss. 6d. PIMPLE REMOVER. All alseases of the skin are improved by one dose of ALEX. ROSS'S VEGE TABLE SKIN PILLS. They remove redness, sallowness, &c. 2s. 9d. and 7s. 6d.; or post for 40 and 100 stamps.—ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London, and all Chemists. Advice upon the Toilet. Fee, 2s. Bd. IRAIR COLOUR WASH. —By damping the head with this beautifully-perfumed Wash, in seven or ten days the hair assumes its original colour, and remains so by an occasional using. 10s. 61: sent fot stamps.—ALEX ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London, an 1 all Chemists. Just published, 2d.; sent by the author for 3 stamps, GIANESS and BEAUTY; being a Pamphlet descriptive of articles and means used for improving the appearance. By ALEX. ROSS. 248. High Holborn. London, Had of all booksellers. GREAT NORTHERN HOSPITAL, Caledonian-road, Islington, N. Supported by Voluntary Contrib . :a :am This Hospital has relieved 481,951 pat;, n t, s i nce it was estab. tithed at King's-cross in 1856. Patio ;us are free. Bankers—Bankers—Messrs.Barnet,i.-,, .1 and Co., 60, Lombard-strewq Messrs. Ransom and B cuver Esq. 4Plal-mall.—Hon. admitted Sec., F. Smith, GEO. REID. Sen. DRrrisii ORPHAN ASYLUM, Mackenzie Park ; Slough, Bucks (formerly at Clapham-rise). Insti .uted, 1827. Patron—Her Most Gracious MA.:EsTir the Quzint. Aid to tW:e Institution will be gladly received bythe Secretary, It 140 cm•,iee, No. 73. Che‘phide. E.C. HENRY S. THORNTON, Treasurer, TuOtu;; Tirsom, J.P., Chairman of the Boar& STEPHEN It. CATTLEY, MA., Hon. Sec. ALFRED MICKENZIE,SetTetary. THE BOARD of 111 A :ZAGEAIENT of the LONDON Ill , vrFoPATHic TlosriTal, wish to call the attention 3f their friends to 4 ts posi-iou. Daring the past year the beds nave been almost c /11,tanily filed, ,ud the drain on the resources of the Hospital laic cou•eci , :itly '.)Con great. They trust, there fore, that all the frieu.ls o: it..ll , ....eupaily, both in town and coun try, will rail/ roue., than. And thus prevent the necessity of Curtailing the uscfuln.3B4 of the Hospital by the admission of fewer patients. Subs:xitions earnestly requested. Bankers—. Messrs. Prescott a - 4 , - .1 'ilreadneedil-strect, and Union Bank. Ar1147 11 -Place, lie,gent-stre,,t JOHN B. WARREN, OlerX No: 62, cares t Ormond-xreet. R'.;ALTH RESTORED WITHOUT MEDICINE OR EXPENSE. DU BARRY'S delicate Izelth-restoring Invalids and Infants' Food. THE REVALENTA ARABICA saves fifty times its cost in other remedies, and restores perrec digestion, strong nerves, sound lungs, healthy liver, refreshing sleep, functional regularity, and energy to the most disordered or enfeebled—removing speedily and effectually. indigestion (dy spepsia), cough, asthma, consumption, habitual constipation. diarrhoea, all gastric derangements, haemorrhoids, liver com plaints, flatulency, nervousness, biliousness, fevers, sore throats, diphtheria, catarrhs, colds, influenza, noises in the head and ears, rheumatism, gout, impurities, eruptions, hysteria, neuralgis, ir ritability, sleeplessness, acidity, palpitation, heartburn, headache, debility, dropsy, cramps, spasms, nausea and sickness even in pregnancy or at sea, sinking fits, bronchitis, scrofula, tightness of the chest, pains at the pit of the stomach and between the shoulders. It is the most digestible and nourishing of all foods, and suitable for invalids and infants in all complaints. biPORTANT CAUTION.—Beware of the many unsavoury and Snore than sloppy imitations to which, without authority, Baron Liebig's name is most audaciously attached. Henceforth none will doubt the valuable properties of Du Barry's health-res,toring Revalenta Ambles Invalids' and Infants' sod, since to the thousands of blessings it has already received 'trona invalids whose position had been deemed hopeless, we may how add that of his Holiness the Pope, whose health has been Perfectly restored by it after thirty years of unsuccessful medical treatment. We quote from the "Gazette du Midi," July 25th (Cure No. 68,413):—" Rome, July 21st, 1863.—The health of the Holy Father is excellent, especially since, abandoning all other reme dies, he has confined himself entirely to Da Barry's :Bevalenta Arabica Food, of which he consumes a plateful at ss It has produced a surprisingly beneficial effect on his health, an. His Holiness cannot praise this excellent food too highly." Cure No. 58,216 of the Marchioness de Brehan, of seven years liver complaint, wasting away, debility, nervousness, irritability, with a nervous palpitation all over, bad digestion, constant sleep lessness, and the most intolerable nervous agitation. Cure ? o. 78, of dyspepsia, from the Right Hon. the Lord Stuart de Decies, Lord-Lieutenant of the County of Waterford :—" I have derived much benefit from your excellent food.—STUARTnn D.ECIES, Dromana. Cappoquin, County Waterford." Cure No. 49,832.—0 f fifty years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, spasms, sickness, and vomiting. Maria Jolly, of Lynn, Norfolk. Cure No. 47,121.—Mi5s Elizabeth Jacobs, of extreme nervous Item, indigestion, gatherings, low spirits, and nervous fancies. Cure No. 56,814.—Mr. Samuel Limon, Leicester, of two years' diarrheas. The Food is sold in Oanisters, at Is. lid.; 11b., 2S. 9d.; 21b., Is. 6d.; 121 h., 225.; 241 b., 40s. The 121 b. and 241 b. canisters, l a lri„a'e free on eceipt of Post-office Order, b BARRY DU "-ull s Y and Co.. r 77, Regent-street, London; also at Fortnum and Almon's, and sold by all respectable larocers and Chemists. THE GUARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. Established 1821. No. 11, Lombard-street, London, E.C. Subscribed Capital.. Two Millions. Total Invested Funds upwards of X 2,750,000. Total Income upwards of £320,000. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that FIRE POLICIES which expire at CHRISTMAS must be Renewed within Fifteen Days at this Office, or with the Company's Agents throughout the Kingdom, otherwise they become void. All Insurances now have the benefit of the Reduced Duty of ls. 6d. per cent. For Prospectus and otheriuformation apply to the 00M pany's'Agents, or to T. TALLEMACH, Secretary. lIT F. THOMAS & CO.'S PATENT SEWING • MACHINES. The celebrated No. 2 Machine, unequalled for general work. £lO. The new Domestic Machines complete (Lock Stitch), £6 6s, 16 Ge., and £B. Catalogues free. W. F. Thomas and Co., 1 and 2. Cheapidde, and Regent-circus, Oxford-street. London. T" SINGER" NEW FAMILY MACHINE Is fitted with a new PATENT TUCK MARKER, _ which GAUGES and MARKS each succeeding' TUCK while !sewing, a MOST VALUABLE ACCESSORY, net to be had with any other Machine. TTHE "SINGER" NEW FAMILY SEWING 154.0412fre are the most complete, with all as:memories HE fstaS, seamstress, manufacturers of shirt oollars, shirts, cloaks, m es, children's clothing, caps, corsets, linen and silk goods, umbrellas, parasols, &c. Catalogues and Samples of Wolk poet free. THE SINGER MANITAOTIURING OOMPANY, 147, CHEAPSIDE, LONDON. ittANFIELD'S PATENT PICKLES are per fectly pure and uncoloured. To be had of all dealers, and wholesale of. JOHN BUEG/ESS and SON, 107, Strand (ooraor of Savoy-steps), London. WALKER'S CRYSTAL CASE 'WATCHES • are superseding all others. Prize medals, London., 1862; Parts, 1867. Gold from £l5 155.. silver from 46 69.-69, Cornhill, and 230, Regent-street. CANDLES. —A Hint to Purchasers.—Do not make sure that you know what price you are paying per pound for your candles until you have stripped them and put them in the scale. Some candles are right weight with out the wrappers, some with moderately thick wrappers, some with very thick wrappers, and some are not nearly right weight with wrappers however thick. PRICE'S "G' )LD MEDAL PALMITINE," " SHERWOOD PALMITINE," " BELMONT SPERM," and " BEL MONT WAX," "BEST," " No. 2," "No 3," and " BAT TERSEA" COMPOSITES, "PRICE'S PARAFFINE," and " BELMONTINE," and all other candles of Price's Patent Candle Company Limited, are full weight without the wrappers. POWELL'S BALSAM OF ANISEED, for COUGHS, COLDS, ASTHMA, BRONCHITIS, Sore Throat, Difficulty of Breathing, and all similar affections of the Respiratory Organs. Sold by Chemists and Medicine Vendors throughout the World. In Bottles only, price ls. lid., 2a. 3d., and Ils. each. Established nearly half a Century. SATISFACTORY LETTER. 5, Wood-street, Millhank, Westminster, October 5, 1867 Sin,—Some months back I had an attack of Bronchitis, which :aft at time:, a tickling in the Throat, with other unpleasant feel ings. 1 was advised to try the BALSAM OF ANI3ZED; I did so, and have found very great relief; it is most comforting in allay. ing the irritation, and giving strength to the voice. You are at liberty to mtire usc of this as you think proper, -, te. I earnestly hope that others may benefit by it as I have lime. With many thanks from your obedient servant, SAMUEL DE 111, Dean's Verger, Westminster Abbey. To Mr. Puw.;:l. - Ask for POWELL'S BALSAM of ANISEED r E ARTRIDGE AND COOPER WHOLESALE MANUFACTURING STATIONERS, 181 T-STRICET (CORNER OF CHANCERY-LANE), LONDON, E,O, THE PUBLIC SUPPLIED AT VIIIOLESALE PRICES. CARRIAGE PAID TO THE COUNTRY ON ORDERS OVER 203. _ Per ream. e. d. Fine Cream Laid Note: a cheap paper - 0 Superfine Cream Laid Note: much approved 4 0 Superfine Thick Cream Laid Note; especially recom mended 6 6 Extra Superfine Double Thick Cream Laid Note 7 0 Straw Paper, " Patent ;" adapted for rapid writing Large Commercial Note Papers 35., 45., 55., and 6 0 Foolscap Papers, blue or cream 103. Gd., 12s. Gd., and 14 0 Outsides Foolscap, thick hand-made Letter Paper for scribbling plain, 45.; ruled ditto 4 6 Tinted Lined Note . Jive quires is. Gd., or 5 6 per 1,000 Superfine Cream or Blue Envelopes 4s. 6c1., ss. 61, and 6 6 Extra Thick ditto, "Registered Secure" 9 0 Large Blue Wove Commercial Envelopes 4 6 Cheap Bu ff Colour, for circulars, &c. 3 6 COLOUR STAMPING (Relief) reduced to is. per 100. Polished steel dies sunk by the best artists in the trade at about half the prices charged by the retail houses. An ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE, containing full descrip tion, with prices of Account Books, Copying Presses, Inkstands, Stationery Cabinets, Postage Scales, Despatch Boxes, Travelling 1 Writing Cases, Desks, Bags, fie., post free. SCIIi:NTIPIC AND 'ORNAMENTAL PRESENTS. ORNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library, and Dining-room, consisting of a new and elegant as sortment of VASES, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obelisks, Inkstands, beautiful inlaid Tables Paper weights, &c., in Ita lian, Alabaster, Parian, Marble, Bronze, Derbyshire Spar, &c. Imported and manufattured by JAMES TENNANT, Mineralo gist to her Majesty, 149, Strand, W.C., London. MI Tennant arranges elementary collections of ROCKS, MINERALS, and FOSSILS to illustrate the new edition of Lyell's Elements of Geology; they will greatly facilitate the in teresting study of MINERALOGY and GEOLOGY, and can be had at 2,5, 10, 20, 50, to 500 guineas each. PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and MINE RALOGY is eten by Mr. TENNANT. F.G.S., at 149. Strand. DR SCOTT'S LIVER AND BILIOUS PILLS.—A /NEVER-FAILING REMEDY.—Prepared without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. Scott, of Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to all who suffer from bilious and liver complaints, indigestion, wind, spasms, giddi. ness, dizziness of the eyes, &c. For habitual costiveness, as a faintly aperient medicine, and as a purifier of the blood, they aro truly excellent; mild in their operation and grateful to the stomach, they create appetite, promote digestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system. Prepared only and sold by W. Lam. bert, Chemist, G, King William-street, Charing-cross, London, and by most druggists, in boxes, ls. lid., end three times the quantity in one, 2s. 9d. Be sure to ask for Dr. Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills: The genuine are a square green lockage, with William Lambert" engraved on the stamp. RETPTURES.—BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. WHITE'S MOO-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (PERFECTED AND EXHIBITED IN THE GREAT EXHIBI TIONS of 101 and 1862), is allowed by upwards of Two Hundred Medical Gentlemen to be the most effective invention in the curs. tire treatment of HERNIA. The use of a steel spring, so often krttul in its e ff ects, is here avoided — a soft ban da g e bein g worn found the body, while the requisite resisting power is supp lied b y the Moo-Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease and closeness 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 circumference of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manufacturer, - • Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly. A Single Truss, 165., 215., 26e. 6d., and 31s. 61 Postage, ls. A Double Truss, 31s. 6d., 425., and 525. 6d. Postage, ls. Bd. An Umbilical Truss, 425., and 82s. 6d. Postage, is. 101 Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post . Mee, Piccadilly. NEW PATENT FLASI IC STOCKINGS, KNEE-CAPS, &c., for Varicose Veins and all eases of Weakness and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, &c. They are porous, light s in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on like an ordinary tocking. Price 4s. 6d., Th. 6d., 10a. and 16s. each. Postage 6d. JOHN WffiTE. Manufaciurer. 228. Piccadilly ri RINT IN G. -TO PROPRIETORS OF NEWSPAPERS, PERIODICALS, ttc.—,The Printing and achining of Newspairs, &0., done on exceedingly favourable terms. Use of Editorial and Publishing Offices, if required. Estimates forwarded on receipt of particulars, with stamped directed envelop for reply. Address—The Manager "SW Printing Offices, 3, Church-row, Savoy, Strand, W.o. ANE lIUNDRED AND SIXTY-SEVEN ‘.7 Destitute Orphans arein maintained in the Albert Orphan Asylum, Collingwood Court, Bagshot, Surrey. Fun la greatly needed for their support. CIiA.BLZS A, WALEEn, Sec. Offices, 96, Cheapside, E.C. 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All the good medical authorities abroad as well as at home order " PRICE'S" as the only Glycerine to be used. " PRICE'S NEW PATENT. NIGHT LIGHTS" for burning in the wide glasses, are believed to be the very best Night Lights made. " PRICE'S CHILD'S NIGHT LIGHTS" are known everywhere, and are excellent for burning without a glee. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, ST. ALBANS STEEPLECHASES. — SATURDA Y. Th© Whittiugstall Plate (Handicap) of 40 sous. Two miles. Mr. Lindsney's Helice, by Muscovite - lonica, 5 yrs, list 71b . ......(J....... Potter) 1 Mr. Ellison's The Guide, 5 yrs, list 101 b (Rickaby) 2 Mr. E. Rickard's Sportsman, aged, 10st 71b (Owner) 3 Mr. F. G. Hobsou's Ace of Trumps, aged, lOst 12Ib (0 wner) 0 Mr. Mswell's Gorsehawk, aged, lOst 101b...(J. Forster) 0 Mr. W ithers's Merry Horn,. yrs, lOst 81b (Hyland) 0 Mr. 11111's BedlanfitA, 3 yrrl.oat (Flack) 0 Mr. E. Appleford's Ganymede, aged, lOst 811) (H States) 0 Betting-3 to 1 each agst Helice and Ace of Trumps, 4 to 1 each agst Sportsman and Tho Guide. Wou easily by a length. Sportsman was a bad third, Ace of Trumps pulled up fourth, Merry Horn fifth Ganymede sixth Gorsehawk seventh, and Bedlamite last. The Selling Handicap Plate of 30 sovs ; winner to be sold for 40 sovs. Two miles. Mr. Jarvis's Love-in-a-Mist, by Martext —Wings of a Dove, aged, lOst 91b Mr. Cox's Penelope, 6 yrs, lOst, 41b (Mr. F. G Hobson) 2 Mr. Gilkes's Sir Stephen, aged, lOst 101 b (Kennedy) 3 Mr. Martha's Beverley, aged, lOst 71b (J. Foster 4 Mr. C. itigby's Alice Mar y , 3 y rs, lOst (J. Knott) 0 Betting-6 to 4 agst Alice Mary, 4to 1 . each agst Beverley and Penelope- 10 to 1 each agst Love-in-a-Mist. Won easily by a length; Sir Stephen was a bad third, and Beverley was last. The St. Albans Open Steeplechase Handicap of 15 sovs each, 10 ft, with 100 added; the winner of the Grand Metropolitan Steeplechase at Croydon 101 b, and the second in the same 51b, or any other winner after Nov. 22 (at nine a.m.) 71b extra ; weights not to be accumu lative ; about three miles and a half ; 25 subs. The highest weight accepting being list 121 b, it has been raised to 12st 71b, and the others in proportion. Mr Lynton's Hornet, by Lord of the Isles—Wasp, aged, 1 llst 111 b (Griffiths) Sir W. Call's Laur ence (late Maelstrom) (h b), l Yates list 121 b (in 6 71b extra) (Mr. A. Mr. Ellison', Arle scott, a g ed, list 101 b (inc 71b extra (0n 0 Mr F. G. Hobson' aishopton, 5 yrs, 10st 91b (Owner) 0 Betting-5 to 4 agst 2to 1 agst Laurence, 6to 1 agst Arlescott. Won after a good race by a length. 13ishopton, who was pulled up half amile from home, did not i ;:).ss the post. The Maiden Steeplechase Plate of 30 sovs; list 7h, :ach ; if beaten three times previous to the time of starting. allowed 71b, twice 51b ; winners after the day of entry 51b extra ; the winner to be sold for 50 sovs ; about two miles. Mr Wodehouse's Panther, by Rochester (h b), aged, list 51b (inc 51b extra) bir Cox's Penelope, 6 yrs , llst (Grant) 2 Mr. Ducrow's Byfield, ag ed, list (I Knott) 3 Mr Ellison's Miss Frankl in, 5 y rs, list (Mr. Vallender) 0 Bettiog-6 to 4 agst Byfield, 5 to 2 agst Panther, 4 to 1 agst Penelope, sto 1 agst Miss Franklin. Won easily by a length. The Local Cup (the gift of the licensed victuallers in the town and neighbourhood of St. Albans), for horses the property of persons residing within 40 miles of 5t Albans, except winners of a handicap steeplechase ; llst each ; and any winner over country 71b extra. Once round the Steeplechase Course, starting in frcnt of the Grand Stand. Mr W. H. Cooper's Horace Walpole, by Teddington Kitty-cut-a-dash, 5 yrs, 11st (A. French) 1 Mr Clark's Clarina, 6 yrs, list (Rickaby) 2 Mr I 's Killarney, 4 yrs, llst 21 b (H. States) 3 (Hyena) ' -vis) Irwin , Mr Fuller's Wild Bee, 5 yrs, list (Iliscol 0 Mr. Wales's The Cripple, aged, l i st (Jarvis 0 Betting—Even on Horace Wapole, 2 to 1 agst Clarina, 4to 1 agst Wild Bee. Horace Walpole got in front and won by a length, which distance separated the second and third, Killarney being in the latter position. The other two did not pass the post. (From the Newmarket Correspondent of the Racing Times.) Baron Rothschild has five horses entered in next year's Derby, and only three of them h ave yet appeared in public viz., Suffolk, Restitution, and King Alfred. Macleod I have never seen, but Northerner I noticed in the spring as likely to make a racehorse some day, though he wanted time. His darn, Mincemeat, has bred some win ners, of which I think Tomato , was the best, as she won the One Thousand Guineas for the Baron, and ran second to Fills de l'Air for the Oaks. lam afraid the son of North Lincoln and Mincemeat will never do the Baron so much service as did his half sister Tomata—however, that remains to be seen. Suffolk is a brown colt by North Lincoln out of Protection, therefore is own brother to Magpie, who once ran pretty well as a two-year-old, but turned out to be worthless at three years old, as he was claimed in a selling race at Newmarket for £lOO, and from his running since has proved a very dear bargain. Suffolk made his first appearance at Lincoln in the Brocklesby Stakes, and, as I have stated before, was one of the best furnished two-year-olds I over remember having seen so early in the spring, and it will be seen I selected him to win coupled with Ninny ; and I think that Lad he get off on good terms with the latter he would have won, as the next time they met at Epsom he won in a canter; but I know Ninny was all wrong on that occasion, and as the remainder of the field were very moderate, as Cork Jacket got second to him, we must not place much confidence in his performance on that occasion. His next appearance was at Northampton, where he met Lady Elizabeth, but she was then as ragged as a sheep, and had not shed her coat, and as they walked rouhd the saddling paddock it looked a hundred to one on him beating her ladyship, but she won all the way. Lady Highthorn ran him to a head, and from her performance since it would not seem that the Baron's chance of win- ning the Derby is very rosy. We next saw him canter away from a lot of wretches in the Two Year Old Plato at Newmarket; Sister to Maid Marian was second—in fact there was nothing behind him for that event that could win a Derby with sst. 71b. on their backs. His next appearance was at Ascot, and with 3 to 1 laid on him, it took him all his time to beat a lot of horses that were at that time very backward. Vale Royal ran a close race with him from the distance, and # was evident that Wells bad to ride him to win. The Earl was not within 101 b. of the form he showed later in the season. We now go with Suffolk on to his own ground at Newmarket, where he could only get a bad third to Formosa and Leonie ; the latter beat him by three lengths, and as there was only albs. between them, that performance is very moderate. He then had a long rest until the Newmarket September Meeting, when The Earl beat him in a canter by four lengths, but he beat The Earl afterwards by ahead in the October Meeting, when, to my thinking, the latter was as stale as a post horse, for when Suffolk came out again his performance was so wretched that it is too bad to be true: however, it will be seen from the above remarks that I have no fancy for Suffolk for the Derby, for whenever he met with a pretty good horse he always got beat, and yet we are told we have not seen the best of him ; but in ray opinion we saw the best of him at Ascot, where his brother Magpie showed us his best form, and was never worth £5 for racing purposes afterwards. faro se ldom or ever hav e seen a two-year-old so well fur nished and fit to run as Suffolk was last March that over did much afterwards, and in my opinion he will turn out just like his brother did at , three years old -o S ch—a regula olar's r duffer. King Alfre d b y to is u Dam, therefore he is own broths: to Kin big of Diamonds brothers cowl and King of the V ale ; and as his fay.:g g allop, I shall not be s u r p rised to see 11,21 turn out a Let t er three-year-old than Suffolk , as he was clary back ward all the year, and like most of the King ToiLls he wants time. His first appearance was at Epsom, when.; like his stable companion Suffolk, he suffered defeat from Lady Elizabeth, and only got third to her ladyship and Gritnston, who ran a dead heat. He next ran second to Orion, giving him 4lbs., and, as ho was only beat three quarters of a length from Mr. Beadsman's horse, it was thought by the stable to be a pretty good performance at the time, as he was very backward ; and Mr. Markham, the Baron's stud groom, laid the Baron the large amount of £5 that he would turn out a better horse than Suffolk, and, in my opinion, Mr. Markham will win. He next ran at Ascot, where he ran third to Lady Eliza beth again, but was a long way before the great French favourite, Rabican, that was backed for hundreds, both for that race and the Derby ; but the readers of the Racing Times would be prepared for the defeat of Rabi , 3an, as I stated, the week before the 'race, that he was what an Irishman would call a Barron, which signifies a horse that is only fit for dog's meat ; and two sporting writers need not have kicked up such a row about which of them wins best favourite with the French trainer to be allowed to see the horses, as.they will have to look a long time before they will see another Gladiateur ; and I am afraid it will be a long time before Mr. Jennings will be able to fulfil the promise he made to the bookmakers when they invited him to a grand, dinner after scratching Gladiateur for the Goodwood Cup. But to return to the subject. King Alfred's best performance was in the Criterion, when Loonie only beat him a head for second place to Rosicrucian; but, as I stet d last week, Leonio was not herself on that occasion, which made Sir Joseph's horse look such a clinker, but it 'should be re membered that Lictor beat King Alfred the same week, giving him 51bs., nearly aseasy as Ro.)icrucian did, and Lictor cut up very, badlyat S hrewsbury, about a week after. Never ' theless I shall expect King Alfred topay his way next year. Restitution by King Tom out of Rest's darn is the best loAing colt of the lot, and ono that is most likely to im prove with time—his first appearance was in the Wood cote Stakes, when he ran respectable, considering Isis backward condition, Innerdale was made a rattling favourite, but was disappointed in the race, as Edwards said he got shut in and never could get through his horses, or he would have won nevertheless. Restitution did not disgrace himself, but his two next performances were only moderate, as he was last in the July Stakes to Lady Elizabeth; he is in the Two Thousand as well as King Alfred, and I fully expect both those horses will win races before the year is over, and if they should improve with time, some good ones too ; and I promise your readers to keep them well posted with their doings from Newmarket, as "he that will have a cake out of wheat must tarry the grinding." AQUATICS. SCULLERS' RACE FOR £lOO. A scullers' race for £5O a-sideVas rowed on Saturday afternoon, over theruMBl7l7ltrinb - urse, between Benjantin Edwards, of the Tower, and D. Coombes, of Horselydown, and notwithstanding the dismal state of the weather was largely attended. The men are about the same age, and both watermen, but there is a great disparity in their height and weight, Edwards weighing considerably over 11 stone, while his opponent is well under nine stone, and stands four or five inches lower. Each has attained consider able notoriety, Coombes having won Doggett's Coat and Badge, and figured well in other matches; while Ed wards' principal victory has been over Toni Pocock, and the fact of his having displayed great improvement within the last twelvemonth, caused his friends to lay 2 and 3 to lon him freely. Citizen B accompanied and conveyed the umpires, Mr. Wilcox for Edwards, and J. A. Cal in for Coombes; Mr. C. Bush being referee. Edwards won the station, but did not get the load, although he was soon alongside his man. They then rowed a capital race to the London Boat-house, where Coombes spurted half a length ahead, and presently they were indistinctly observed fouling in the log. Coombes got away to the Crab Tree, where they fouled again, and after this they were all over the river, fouling repeatedly, and although Coombes maintained his lead to the end, on the umpires appealing to the referee, that functionary gave the race to Edwards, with good reason. A SPECIAL AMATEUR THEATRE. The change of St. Martin's Hall into the Queen's Theatre, and that of St. George into a novel Opera House, together with the loss of the theatre known as the Bijou, in the destruction by fire of Her Ma jesty's, have greatly restricted our amateur dramatic friends in their selection of a stage, for their repre senLations, in anything like a•central position of the metropoiit:. Whilst we deplore the loss of the last, and cordially virLsh success to the spirited authors of the transformations just mentioned, in alluding to them as restrictions to our friends, we must can didly admit that when they were extant and open to 'temporary engagements, there was but one of them, the Bijou, which was really sultabll for the ti amateur 11. The stages and auditoriums at St. Marn's Ha (for there were two), as that at Langiiom-place, were better suited for musical entertainrnentr; than for dramatic representations, and it is a theatre aria not a makeshift that is now required. 'We are well aware that most all of our dramatic buildings are occasionally procurable, and the amateur can seize the opportunities (now here, now there) as they present themselves. In so doing, however, he enters upon each fresh stage an entire stranger, unfamiliar with its size and arrangements, and unaeivaintA with its power of conveying sound. Such ignorance interferes with the propriety of his movements, whilst it leaves to hazard the modulation of his voice. It is therefore not merely a stage oil which the amateur can appear on chance occasions that is required, but one that shall be devoted exclusively to his class ;—one not merely to be the scene of his representations, bat also the school of his rehearsals; and looking at the increasing numbeeof amateur Thalian clubs and the growing predilection for amateur performances, we think such necessity might be supplied with profit, to the necessary out lay, as certain as it would be advantageous to the amateur. Among the benefits that a special building would confer on amateur theatricals, that of drawing the various clubs together would not be the least. This wauld render them familiar with each other's strength, and create a spirit of emulation. Each ' club might profit from the other's progress, and on particular occasions a concentration of talent might be effected. If this were done the most fastidious audience would be contented ; for there is ability enough amongst our friends to place any drama on the boards in a style worthy of high professional skill. Unfortunately it is now too dis persed—too widely scattered—and consequently its effect is generally hampered and frequently spoilt by a vast preponderance of incapacity. All that tends to promote the welfare of amateur theatricals is of more general interest than the casual observer would imagine, for it leads to the cultiva tion of a branch of education too frequently ne glected. How many there are who, but for the amateur stage, would not have devoted their spare time to dramatic literature, and therefore to the study of this educational branch known as the art of reading; for there are "readings and readings," as Moliere tells us there are " Fagots et des fagots." There may be but few who attain anything like success upon the board, ; but how many acquire thereby a ready facility in seizing the thoughts of an author, and a correct and pleasing delivery of his language. Thus many an hour that might otherwise pass dull and unprofitably in the family circle, the amateur is able to render cheerful and advantageous, and thus even a Special Theatre, as it would tend to increase their number, should be an object of public interest.—Racing Times. On the morning of the 3d of November, "without any previous warning," as the Buenos Ayes Stan dard very naively expresses itself, " the strongly fortified and by near 1,400 men defended camp of Tujuti, the base of all the military operations, as well as the depot of all the military stores of the Allies, was successfully surprised by a Paraguayan force, variously estimated at from 5,000 to 8,000 men. For over seven hours the Paraguayans were com plete masters of Tujuti, burning and everything they could not carry off. The panic of the Brazilians was such that, according to the Buenos Ayres Standard Army Correspondent, the soldiers threw away their art acid knapsacks and fled: At last the officers commanding the Brazilians were able to rally their troops, and succeeded with a superior force in dislodging the Paraguayans, but only after a hard fight of three hours, and not be fore the Paraguayans were able to carry away 26 guns and nearly 2,000 prisoners. The loss at the surprise of Tujuti to the Allies has been very great and very difficult to replace. The amount of stores in provisions, ammunition, buildings, &c., destroyed at Tujuti, is estimated at over £2,000,000. Nearly 5,000 soldiers, amongst them a great many officers, fell, and were wounded by the victorious troops of Marshal Lopez. General Porto Allegre, commanding at Tujuti, was seriously wounded, and General Barreto killed. The loss of the Paraguayans was also heavy, and is reported by the Brazilians to be 2,000. At Tujuti, besides the Government stores, there existed also a very large trading community from Buenos Ayres, Monte video, Rosario Corrientes, and even Rio de Janeiro, all attracted by the large profits from supplying the Allied Army. The establishments of nearly all these traders and merchants have been burned, destroyed, or pillaged, and the loss must have been very heavy ; one private firm alone had the provisions for 20,000 men destroyed. This great calamity which befel the Allies on the 3d of Nov. the journals of the River Plate and Brazil try to bide as much as possible, and even go so far as to try to make the world believe that Tujuti was a victory. But some of the Buenos Ayres journals had spirit enough to tell its readers the naked truth. The merchants of Buenos Ayres finding the statement as to the battle of Tujuti, as •represented by the Pueblo, one of the independent journals of Buenos Ayres, not only correct, but identical with their own private advices, hundreds of the most pro minent members of the Stock Exchange sent a letter to the editor of the Pueblo, thanking him for [ his independent spirit and veracity. " TO THE EDITOR OF THE 'PUEBLO.' " Your publication of yesterday gives us the true and frank exposure on behalf of the public, in consequence of which we authorise the person who called our attention to th; 'otter you published yesterday to subscribe from the Ist D e 'ember of the current year. " The at:vices published yesterday in the Pueblo agree with ours, and is so much the more meritorious for you that your reporter does not mislead the public, as is gene rally the ease. " Signed by 100 Merchants on the Stock Exchange of Buenos Ayres." The article referred to reads as follows, and needs no comment as to the complete rout and defeat of the Allies at Tujuti : " The Paraguayan column that defeated the army of Baron Porto Alegre iu the night of the first November, iu the rear of the fortified lines, arrived by a road unknown to the allies. "At 3.33 on the morning of theld a part of the column attacked that of Baron Porto Alegre, while another fired the barracks, houses, and stores of the Allies. The surprise was from the rear. The battle was desperate. " The Brazilians had no option but to die or fight, and suffered a heavy loss. " The Allies have been utterly routed, and have suffered great slaughter on the field of battle. The Paraguayans also lost heavily. Among the prisoners wero many field offh:ers. Many of the guns were spiked and others taken away. " The party who wounded Baron Porto Alegre, and who died by his hands, was not the commander of the expedi tion, nor the colonel of the same name, but a subordinate officer. It is believed Baron Porto Alegre is now dead; if not it is one Manna Bareto. " The rout was complete. We are witlout guns, bar racks, houses, or provisions, from which it is presumed they are in want of munitions of war and common neces saries; and this is confirmed by the Standard of Buenos Ayres." All the other news from the River Plate are insig nificant as compared with the above. The Brazilian ironclad fleet is still in the same dangerous position as for the last few months, unable to move, and exposed to the raking fire of Curupaity and Humaita. Business in the River Plate is .nearly at a standstill. --Anglo-American Times. MERCANTILE SHIP NEWS. Deal, Dec. 21.—Arrived, the Forest Queen, from Hali fax. Arrived from the River, the Prince George, for New Orleans. Liverpool, Dec. 21.—Arrived, the Cathedral, from Mobile; the Beatrice, from Savannah. Sailed the Cuba, screw steamer, from Boston. Amsterdam, Dec. 20.—The Oquenda, which arrived here, Dec. 12, from Havannah, had encountered very severe weather throughout the voyage, during which she strained very much, and made a good deal of water from the decks and upper works; her cargo is coming out with considerable damage. Hooksiel, Dec. 16.—The two barrels of petroleum that were driven ashore near Inhansersiel and saved are marked, the one "B W 097 R i 4 M 242," the other " 8.W., a 99, R M 132," and painted blue and white. Clyde, Dec. 19.—Sailed the Britannia, screw steamer, for New York. Leith, Dec. 19.—Sailed the Reymont for New York. Kingroad, Dec. 20.—Arrived, M. W. Brett, from New York. Broomielaw, Dec. 20.—Sailed the H. L. Routh for New York. Custom House, Lonion, Dec.2l._Entered inwards, the Marcia Greenleaf, from New York ; entered outwards, the E. H. Taylor, for New York; the Rusoer, for Phila delphia. Cardiff, Dec. 21.—Sailed the Addie M'Adams for Havannah. Liverpool, Dec. 23.—Arrived, the Floris, from San Francisco ; the Donna Maria, from Mobile ; the Persia, mail steamer, from New York. Sailed, the Garibaldi, for Havannah; the Margaret Pollock, for Savannah. Custom House, London, Dec. 23. - Vessels entered inwards, the Forest King, from Halifax ; the Jenny Lind, from Balti more ; the John Mann and the Alpha, from New York; the Forest King, for Halifax. Li ve rpool, Dec. 23. Sailed, the Ulidea, for Havannah; the Northern Empire and the Jas. Keeler for Mobile. Dec. 24.—Arrived, the Cultivator, from New York. Sailed, the Emerald, for Mobile. Gloucester, Dec. 23.—Arrived, the Martin W. Brett, from New York. Newport, Dec. 21.—Arrived, the Kong Sverre, from Tvedstrand, for Now York: New York, Dec. 9.—The Hecht, steamer, from Liver pool, reports having left the Sacramento, of Boston, with mainmast gone and jury enizenmast rigged, on Dec. 8, in lat. 41. N., long. 73 W., heading S.W., wind N.W. Had stood by her 32 hours, having her in tow three times, ropes parting each time. Dec. 24 (per Atlantic cable). The Panther, from Baltimore to St. John's, is ashore at Cape Prospect, Nova Scotia. The Beau tiful Star, of and for Liverpool, from Laguna, was abandoned on December 11 ; crew saved by the Rhine, arrived in the river from New York. The Herald sailed from Shields on March 16 for Hongkong, and has not since been heard of. Tho Enoch Bonier, which sailed from Li verpool on August 22 for Boston, was off the Smalls on the 27th, and has not since been heard of. Savannah, Dec. 9.—The Consul, bound to Liverpool, which caught fire Dec. Ist, burnt to the water's edge as she lay on the bank, and the tide afterwards flowed over and put the fire out. About 180 bales of cotton have been saved, slightly injured by its breaking out, and it is sup posed 1,000 to 1,200 bales will be saved damaged. Vessels Spoken With.—The Ellen Southard, American ship, San Francisco to Liverpool, Nov. 27, lat. 18 N, long. 31 W. ; the Arnold Bollinger, Shields to New York, Dec. 7, lat. 33 N., long. 26 W. Bristol, Dec. 26.—Arrived, the Artistic, from Charleston. Queenstown, Dec. 25.—Arrived the France, steamer, from Now York, and proceeded to Liverpool. t'he first point to which Mr. Samuelson draws attention is that of the evil effect of strikes supported by trades unions. Instances are given of cases in which strikes have taken place in English factories, employed mostly by foreign firms, and the result of which was that the business of such factories was transferred to foreign countries and could not be won back again. The enforced uniform rate of wages per week to men of different degrees of skill was another retarding influence. In the manufacture of cotton and woollen machinery that has not been subject to strikes, English manufacturers held their own. in foreign markets. But,. no doubt, the inferior' education of the English artisan as compared with the artisn.--: of the Continent generally accounts for what :s und— 2.1 y the fact, that in many, alincLt all, branches -- " of manufacture in which complicated machinery and the latest scientific appliances are required, the workmen a the Continent are taking the lead. This is exerapliked by the cases of Leeds and Bradfinll.; In the Avoolleli . manufacture in Leeds yi'er s Ything has stiffened iett . l, tradition and routine; old-fashioned forma are adhered to; anti even when au enterprising wool-spinner introduces improved machinery into his factory, he finds that his " hands " will nut or cannot work it to the utmost advan tage. " One result is that the spinners and manufacturers of Belgiuni are exporting woollen yarns and cloths valued at nearly two millions annually to this country, produced from wools a great portion of which are first imported from our colonies into London and shipped thence to Antwerp." At Bradford the woollen manufacture is carried on with the newest appliances, by energetic masters and unprejudiced work people, and is consequently a most thriving branch of industry, which has nailing to fear from continental com petition. Nottingham has suffered quite as much as Leeds, but in this case the chief cause has been the differences between masters and workmen. The trade here, in every thing except cotton lace and net, is rapidly being trans ferred to France ; and unemployed English lace machines of £4OO to £BOO in value have been bought by manufac turers from Calais, and are now in full operation in that town. In the hosiery and carpet trades of the Nottingham district, and in the steam-coal trade of the north of England, "Boards of Conciliation" for the settlement of differences between masters and men have been established, and are working with the happiest effects, so that the hosiers of Nottingham compete successfully with the extremely low paid labour of Saxo'ny. In lace curtains there has been no decline at Nottingham ; in fact, quite the reverse. The success in this branch is due to the excellent local school of art. Mr. Samuelson saw beautiful designs by pupils of the school, which were being executed in one of the fac tories, and he was informed that the English patterns in this branch are preferred to those of France. The thriving lace-factories of St. Pierre les Calais contrast most favourably with the decaying establishments of Nottingham. One of the most successful Calais manufac turers said to Mr. Samuelson that the Nottingham lace makers had relied too much on their acquired position, and had ceased to give that close attention to details without which the lace manufacture cannot be can-led Themanufacture-of iron of. the highest class, fit for the construction of British engines, is still almost a monopoly in England, but in France it can be obtained from a great variety of workshops, and at prices considerably below ours. " For instance," says Mr. Samuelson, " I found that the iron tyres or hoops for the wheels of locomotive engines made at the Great Yorkshire Works ranged in price from £ll ss. to £l9 IGs., while iron tyres of equal quality, and of corresponding weight and size, but made in France, cost only from £6 3s. to £l3 45.; and I have good reason for stating that the routine and prejudices of our railway superintendents akne prevent the latter from being more extensively introduced than they have yet been on our railways. At the great ironworks of Creuzot the coal and cres are raised On the spot, manufactured into iron, and this again into the most powerful and elaborate machinery. The works cover 300 acres, the workshops and forges 50 acres; the mines yield annually 250,000 tons of coal, and 300,000 tors of iron ere. The ironworks produce more than 100,000 tons of iron, machinery, locomotive, and marine iron bridges and viaducts ; and even iron gunboats and river steamers of an average yearly value of £600,000. 9,930 workpeople are employed at the works of Creuzot, and receive in wages the sum, in all, of £370,000 a year. The steam engines worked are equal to a duty of 10,000 horse power. The machinery in use is made after the best English designs ; but no appliances for producing perfect work, or for economising the cost of production, have been omitted, and the great forge is " probably unequalled in the world." Excellent schools— bctli primary and special or technical—have been established in connection with het works, and by means of these unfailing supplies of skilled, scientifically trained workmen are obtained. Mr. Samuelson went over the works of the Terre Noire Company, and saw the process of manufacturing Bessemer steel from the iron— a simplification of the Bessemer pro cess as compared n ith the - practice in England—which involves such economy that the Terre Noire Company are supplying one of the great French railway companies with 20,000 tons of steel rails at a price below their prime cost in England, in spite of comparatively dear fuel and ores. At these works no precaution is omitted that success may be ensured, and measurements and qualities are looked upon with as much anxiety as if the great iron works was a chemical laboratory. " The most careful chemical daily analysis of all the raw material and products is one of the conditions of the success of Terre Noire in their manu facture. At the steel works of Firminy, near St. Etienne, another modification of the making of steel is followed, and steel rails are manufactured at an extraordinarily cheap rate. The ingots run from the furnace are simply rolled, and the rails produced are of so excellent a quality that the waste ends arc used in the works for turning tools and chisels, without being re-melted or subjected to any other process except that of ' tilting' or hammering. The works of Terre Noire and Firminy are unsurpassed in the world for economy in the production of ordinary steel." But the most marvellous steel works in the world are those of Krupp and -Essen in the Wupper Valley, West phalia. They consume 800 to 1,000 tons of coal per day, raised from pits within the walls of the works or immedi ately adjoining, the cost of the coals being less than ss. per ton. " The machinery of every department is as perfect as the magnificent products of the works would lead one to expect. The range of crucible furnaces is a sight of its kind unparalleled in the world, except, perhaps, at the neighbouring works of Bockum. At the time of Mr. Samuelson's visit a steel 1,000 -pounder breech-loading gun was nearly completed for Russia, and several 200 and 300 steel breech-loading guns, hooped and rifled, for the German navy. Thousands of steel breech-loading guns were in course of manufacture for all nations." Besides these, Mr. Samuelson noted a number of forged cast-steel cranked axles—one of them of enormous size for a Transatlantic steamer then being built at Greenock by the Messrs. Caird. Eight thousand • men are employed in these works, and 60,000 tons 'of steel —more than twice the entire export of steel from the United Kingdom—are produced annually. While the continental workmen are better educated than the workmen of Britain, they are also apparently more peaceable in disposition. " Nowhere in France aro the hindrances felt which the abuse of trades unions is placing in the way of several trades in England ; and this for the simple reason that unions such as we have here do not exist." " There are no trades unions in the north of Germany." The workmen save their wages, buy a pieo of land, which they and their families cultivato.. Thus they become attached to localities, and are interested supremely in the preservation of amicable relations be tween them and their employers. Strikes do not enter into their heads, though it is undoubtedly true, that while as a rule they are better educated than British workmen, they work longer hours for considerably less pay. STORM WARNINGS,—The Board of Trade and the isreteorologieal Committee appointed by the noial Society have decided on issuing cautionary signals to the following places, viz. :—Hayle (Cornwall), Grimsby, Morecambe, Fleetwood, Aberystwith, Caarvon, Poston, Liverpool, Goole, and Leith. These places have sent in applica,tione to receive telegraphic information respecting the weather, and have undertaken to hoist the drums and keep the gear in order , Other places ha v e a lso applied, and their t1i;p1,11419174 ATe Vtill under maiderati9p, -- _. _ ~ _ _-~ THE WAR IN PARAGLAY. The news from the Brazils and the seat of war in Paraguay, brought by the French packet via Bor deaux, are of the greatest importance, not only to the belligerents themselves, but to the commercial world at large, and particularly so to England, who has so vast an amount of capital invested in these countries. The finances of the Allies, particularly Brazil have suffered to an enormous extent through this long-protracted war, which as yet has brought them no laurels. According to a speech made by one of the Brazilian Deputies in the Chambers at Rio, Senator Silveira da Motta, voting for an issue of of 145 millions of paper money, said :—" I vote for the proposition of the noble Minister. I vote for this pest of paper money. I vote for the emission of 145 millions, and if the Minister asks for more i r will still vote for more. This war, this frightful ca i a , - 21ity, which could so easily have been avoided, must ap2ear in history followed by all its misfor tunes, like an immens e funeral cortege." And this war is far from 'Wing ended. We do not believe there is in the whole world a country with so scant a population ao Brazil which has such an enormous amount of paper money in circulation, amounting now to the immense sum of five hundred millions. The news by the French mail are a series - up to the latest of military operations, which have date ended in a fatal defeat of the Allies and the complete destruction of all their Acores, provisions, barracks, and magazines. On the 29th of October last the bsrazilians sent a force of nearly 5,0 00 men, infantry aod cavalry, to take possession of a large Paragua Yan pasture U. t r- 11, to s; tii, by of [Vig in 17 dill ° ? ell" co• l a :1 3 j ham of, OA' Iva - car d tot, vet? ... 0 "_, ..-- sff9. i, , of