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A r ... i ...„ i ix , .t . ' ._ 3 :. :f-- 4- ' .-, - ' , * 4 -,.' . -5.`)..... \ 4 .. , : z.---. .a---- / pr ., ..4%.tr/-„-- -T,"041t4-- ~,,k, .. ,......,.•,,, .• 0 , - -,--- , -"-,,,:°'• 7...,4 „.....- / -,, '. N , .. ~...._ - •'Ar-f tr / ail I . v,, . wail 16- u t , „. I P DROrr• ' ' 4 -4 1,..__ _ .c. .....- r Pj74:: .%\'' ;'' '''" - J 1 .t.7"-" V ' - 's , '- `4 ,-* 1, - 1 7 ,4- -4 i I ^- 1 ~~~~ • t' 85V: io L ONDON STREET REI PRESIDENT. tM SOCIETY. Sir WILLIAM FRASER, Bi On thel3th of June, 1865, it was al the House of Commons that the 6 regards Paving, Lighting, and Clea No improvement has taken place. The Traffic of London become manageable. The Public Vehicles' Provincial and Continental Cities. M.A., F.S.A. fitted unanimously in lition of London as ng, was disgraceful. Yesterday morning M. Hu. inquiry, at the Green Gate Tavern,. , -Bad, N specting the death, under very singular circum stances, of Henry Peplar, aged 55 years. The de ceased had been for several years an inmate of St. Luke's workhouse. He expired on the sth ult. For a short time previous to his death he had been under the care of Mr. Harris, the medical officer of the workhouse, for pains in the region of the bladder. After the deceased's death Mr. Harris gave a certi ficate to the effect that the deceased had died from disease of the kidneys, the r,:sult of natural causes. The deceased's brother had misgivings about the cause of his relative's death, and he communicated with the coroner for the district, Mr. Ilutnphreys, who ordered an inquest to be held. A witness deposed that on the day of the deceased's death, he found him deal in the water-closet at the work house. Dr. James Edwards said that in clmse quence of having received directions from the coroner he had made a post-mortem examination of de -ceased's body. As he conl.l discover no natural cause for the deceased's death, he sent the stomach and-intestines to Dr. Letheby for analysis. Witness believed from the first that the deceased had died from the effects of prussic acid. Dr. Henry Letbeby's report of the analysis of the stomach and intestines of the deceased was read to the court. It stated the heart was quite healthy. The kidneys were large and much congested. The stomach was of a deep violet colour, and it con tained 3oz. of an alkaline liquid of a deep colour, bearing the odour of prussic acid. The mucous coat of the stomach was much inflamed, and was of a violet colour from the action of poison. On analy sis he found that it contained nearly three grains of prussic acid, and about 10 _grains of carbonate of potash. There was no doubt, therefore, that the death was occasioned by cyanide of potassium, of which about 12 grains remained iu the stomach. There was no other poison present. Dr. C. H. Harris, the medical officer at the workhouse, said that the deceased had been ill since the 4th of No vember. Witness ordered him to the sick ward of the workhouse. He was therefore granted permis sion to go and see a doctor. He had during the course of his illness been under care of three doe'cors at three hospitals. Witness had made inquiries since the deceased's death, and he had been informed that in none of those doctors' prescriptions had any medicine containing prussic acid been prescribed. The deceased had permission to leave the work house two days every week to see an hospital doc tor, as he preferred their treatment. The jury, after some deliberation, returned a verdict " That deceased died from the effects of having taken cyanide of potassiuna,but under what circumstances it was swallowed there was no evidence to prove." mery day more un- Inferior to those of THE SUN, LONDON, Tti ESDA Y EVENING, JANUARY 1, 1867:. This Society has been formed to tion.; to collect, condense, and ni point out defects in the law ; to' present neglected; and to watch Bi liament on these =objects. The London Street Reform S suppo . rt any specific change in t Metropolis. Those who may wish to join the to write to J. S. May, Esq., lion. James's -street, S. \V. tnulate public atten b known facts; to force provisions at. utrocluced into Par- No. 23,263. PRICE.... id. S 1' t.11,'.1•3 = LADY CAMPBELL'S NEW NOVEL. Now ready at all the Libraries, iu 3 vols , AWOMAN'S CONFESSION. By LADY C MPIIELL. Hurst and Illhekett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. STODAIIts (MADAME) THEATRE ,OF I" ISTERX, Egyptiandlall, Piccadilly. .. " WIT ' :I11 . 1 IS SUE ?" a new Illucion, will shortly be, produced. . IN ARAN'S: LL- WHISKY. - DUBLIN EXHIBITION, M 65 . • Review of the Iron Warket. AUSTRALIA AND NEW !ZEALAND. ty is not pledged to GoVotninent of tho This celebrated OLD IRIS a WHISKY gained The ).ulgin Prize Medal. It is Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Whole .orllo.. Sold in Bottles, 3s. 8,1., at the Retail _Houses in London; •y the Agents in the principal towns in England; or 4-liolosale at R, GREAT WlND)flit-STREET, LONDON, W. 01 serve the - MA 5.411,. Pink Label, and Cork branded Itinahan's LL Whisky." (Front Mc Circular of 211e.srs. C. B. Tom and Co., doled Landon, J in. 1.) We are indebted for the following intelligence to an "extra" of tlo, Pan'ima Stir Reid ILrald, pub lished on the 7th of Decenab:v wiety are requested L.S.R.S., 88, St. T(Widow of the late Colonel ,neat success of W[H)'S BE? and lklarla.me Stod.-tre's 0 18 11TItAs DisTRIBuTtoN of PR TENTS. s ( lo l) d',* t. re ß ). El. Madame 31- 'o' l by ,;‘ 1 „r; l'i , * bank Burman pupil. of Colonel Stodare. m , 3IECC.y. aria RA.SKIC T TRICK., as usual. Every E venina at.Eitrht, Wean , sday and S dur cLiy Morning , at , hre e. Admission—Ts. and vs.; stalls, 3s. Schoo's an en "'ten 11 tlf-pece. Seats secured at the Bux , °lnce, from 11 till. and at Mitchell's, 33, 0:d Bond-stre. t. MR. JANIE:3 WEAVER - , MA.nsger. CONTRACT FOR BEEC WEDGES. Contract Department., ..iralty, Somerset H ou se, 14th riIHE COMMISSIONERS • ,1866. ECUTING , tlie OFFICE of LORD 1111' UNITED KINGDOM of GREATere ..!; , DMIRAI of the LAND Do hb ive NOTICE, ' tTAIN and IRE the, Y g Bth January next, at Two o'Cl. ..TUESDAIT, to treat with such Persons as May.. will be ready for supplying Her Majesty's Dockyard a ug to Contract Hewed Wedges of Beech, under a o,,,,Turtsmouth with calendar months certain, an d furthet t gact for twelve of three calendar months' warning. ' 4l the expiration The average annual consumption, t ' of the Tender and Conditions of Co' the Lobby of the Storekeeper-G Admiralty, Somerset House. No T after Two o'Clock on the day of Tr noticed unless the Party attends, or authorised in writing. Every Tender must be addressed t 4 Admiralty, and bear in the left-hat " Tender for Beech Wedges ;" and .11 at the Department of the Storekeeper Somerset House, accompanied by a responsible persons, engaging to bec Person tendering in the sum of £2O mauce of the Contract. NEW WORK BY THE AUTIIOR OF "JOHN HALIFAX." On Friday, Jan. 4, in . 2 vole., 21s:, The Peninsula and New Zealand and Austra lian Royal Mail Company's steamship Ruahine, Captain Beale, arrived in the harbour on the 6th inst., after the closing of the regular mails for Europe. riIAVO MAR RIA•GES. By Author of • T " Juba Halifax, Gent.eman," "A Noble Life," "Christian's Mistake," &c. Furst and Biackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough street. UTU A L LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION f no,rpor.ted by ziat of i'arliarn,nt, 1850), oiCISSEI.I.-STREET. COVE:4 T-f; Alt OEN, LONPOY. Prompt ADVANCES on all description of ziecnrity. tree on application by letter to "Sydney, Nov. 1, 3 p.m.--The Royal Mail steamer Ruahine arrived here on the 10th ult., but her advices were anticipated by those via the Torres Straits mail, which arrived two days previously, and the Peninsula and Oriental Company's mail, which arrived at Adelaide on the same morning. " The Peninsula and New Zealand Company's last new steamer Mataura arrived at Melbourne on Sunday last, ,aftr3r a passage of over 70 days from Plymouth ; defects in machinery caused the delay. She will be repaired here and leave with the mails on the Ist proximo. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., Cl II It I S the l A E uti ' m S r of FAIT 11. T II E o X F 0 it 1) , 6, OXFORD-STREET, W., THE I USICAL ESTABLISH 3IEN T OF LONDON. C ti.EIST4 A.S ENTER rAIN.I.I ENTS EDWARD HARPER. Secretary. 4 •No Church," "Owen," "Mattie," dr,c. --- LES DRAGONS ttE VI LL k RS (Opera Comique), Mule. by A. Malitart (first time in this country), THIS EVENING, in which nifig ItUSS ...LL wit make h:r Reappearance, as sisted by Mis.es r% Bar , and Fitz Henry ; Messrs. A: St. Albin, Huila, Pox. Husk, r-ivans, and Bury, with Itixtra Band and Chorus ; produced and conducted by lir. F. Jonghmans. C 3l l 4s tß. IP , rry Sydney, Btierley..ind Eger ton, WP. DY VI.EJ: by Adams. the Rrothirs Pentland, W. It. Julian (the celebrated Mimic), F. P.vans, and Miss Amy Rosalind, Entirelyto- New Divertissement, entitled THE g o e x tl l, l s e , r ) li w p i with a', REVELS. arranged and produced under the H. Payne, THIS izymEedsilaNtecr.superintendeace of mr. N. COUNTRY HOTELS, PUBLIC HOUSES, and BUSINESSES. FURNESS and KNEE'S List on application. Particulars for insertion received until the 27th of the month at their AucrioN AND HOTEL AGENCY OFFICES, 5, Agar street, Su and, W.C., and nearly opposite the Charing Cr:sse Railway Station. with a Form a ct, may be seen in bepartment, er will be received T, nor will any be 'gent for him duly "This book deserves to be singled out from the ordinary run of novels on more than one account. The design and execution are both good, the latter, indeed, is excellent in several respects. The eharicterd are original, clearly con ceived, and finely as well as strongly delineated. Christie herself is a delightful sketch." —Pall Mall Gazette. te Secretary of the corner the words also be delivered aneral, 'Admiralty, ter signed by two o bound with the )r the due ricrfor- Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. OSBORNE'S STILTON " The Victoria Government has recently shown a disposition to enter into arrangements with that of New south 'Wales for payment of a portion of the Panama mail subsidy. If they do so the line may be looked upon as likely to be carried on for some years, unless the company fails to carry out the tontract. They have despatched the Prince Alfred AyADAME TtigsAUD'S EXHIBITION, BARtg-STREET. Is THE Cheese! By Order, .A,NTM Registrar of Co Semi CIIR_ISTMAS HO-LIDAYR. (N OOD APPETITE and Increased BODILY ENJOYMENT'fnay be insured by a gentle course of PARR'S LIFE PILLS. ) BRAY, [acts and Public !es. Now ready, in imall 3t price one shilling, CILUM— GLUM. A Fairy Romance. For N..)1 chit , ren, goo 4,..nad bad, their pretty Aunties, and their sensible papa , . Richard-Bentley, New Burlington-street. NEW EDUIONS. - Life-size Portrait-Models of JOHN BRIGHT, Esq., M.P., and the late RICHARD COBDEN, Esq., 3f. P. 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THE NEW DOUBLE ACROSTICS. By A. A. Y. Printed on toned paper, It4rno., cloth, gilt edges. Price 24. ed. London: Lothian and Co., A.nen-corner, Paternoster-row. AVALUABLE NEW-YEAR'S GIFT.--- A CHINESE CADDY, containing 16Ibs. of really good Black Tea, sent carriage free to any railway station or market town in England, Ireland, Z 4 cattand, or Wales, on re ceipt of Os.. bj PHILLIPS and CO, Tea Merchants, 8, King William-street, City, E.C. WESTO N'S GRAND MUSIC HALL, 1101,110R/4.. EAU -DE-VIE.—This Pure PALE BRANDY, 183. per gallon, is vi ry superio- to recent importations of Cognac, recommended by the medical profession, and ex tensively used in hospitals. In bottles, 335. per dozen, or in a case 395., railway carriage pal i.—II.ENRY BRETT and CO., Old Furnival's Distillery, Holborn, E.O , and 30, Regent street, S.W. Established 1829. Sole Proprietors, Switurr and HOLLAND. Grand Selection from Aub er , s Opera of " MASA NIELLO," by 40 vocalists dr t , esed in costume as at the Ish Minstrels, with songs, opera. Terrific ovation of the 1. .. , dances, and Irish anecdotes, timer the direction of Pat .Corri. A now and original ov(*ture com p o s e d an d ar minstrels by Mr. H. Baker. Comic—Arthur Lloyd's now soll "Borachio, Pestachio, ranged expressly for the above . Lablachio, Moustschio, and the ltoly Po'y Eye,"—Jolly Nash, Georgina Smithson, Miss N ucou rt, Paddy Fannin, Patrick Sellers, and Harry and " lCattie King ; and Pio ~ Watkini, the Persian Juggler. aid of 30 first-class per formers, and large Chorus chosen from her Majesty's and Covent Garden Opera Houses. X ltsical Director, Mr. P. CORRI. Prices of admission - Stalls and Bla co ny, ls.; Area, 6d. ; Private Boxes, 10s. 6d. Can be seclked at the Box Office between the hours of 10 and 5 o'cloCk. Hall open every Evening at 7 o'clock. TEA IS CHEAPER THAN EVER.-Is. 6d , 25., 25 6 t. per lb. are the prices at which PHILLIPS and CO , Tea Merchants, 8, King William-street, City, Lon don, E.C., are selling goof and fine BLACK Ti A. A price current post free. 40s worth carriage free to any railway station or market town in the United Kingdom.—Obscrve— PHILLIPS and Co. have no Agents or any connexion with any house in Worcester or Swansea. Sugars are supplied at market prices. THE OCEAN ST. LEGER of 1866.—What Lord Lyon was to his owner was the Taeping to her Ca , ,tain, viz., winner of the race, Ihiving distanced all com petitors, as the EAST IN , DIA TEA. CONIPANY have in- Yiriab y done in their choi e and sale of fine new season's teas, now selling at importer's prices. Warchouses-9, Great St. Helen's-churchyard. SPLENDID SPECULATIONS. GREAT SUCCESS. With a single stake of £l, you can rea'ise £25,000 1 With a single stake of .£2, you can realise £27,5)011 With a single stake of £B, you can realise £37.000 ! With a single stake of £lO, you can realise £45,000! ! For prospectuses and particulars apply without delay to Mr. EUGENE TILLOT, General Merchant, Guernsey. EXHIBITORS at the PARIS EXHIBITION, I 2 who ADVERTISE in " THE SUN," can have the SERVICES of A SPECIAL AGENT in PARIS, whose address can be obtained at " The Sun" Office. He has a perfect knowledge of French, is also acquainted with busi ness, and has good connections. On application to " The Sun" Agent in Paris, either personally or by letter, he will obtain every possible facility for Exhibitors, or persons who may have other business in Paris, or who may go there for pleasure only. • B OYS' ATTIRE. Were the Directors of Overend, Gurney, and Co. to Blame 1 MANFIELD'S PATENT P. - de had of all dealers wholesale of JOHN BURGESS akd SON, 107, Strand (corner of Savoy•steps). London ICKLES are per fectly pure and uncoloured. J4.AMBERT'S ASTHMATIC BALSAM.-AN JILA EFFECTUAL REMEDY, without confining the bowels or airecting the head, truly efficacious and pieasaut, Is ad mitted to be the best 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 provokes 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. Prepared oniy and sold by W. LAMBERT, Chemist. B.lling-WAllam-street, Charing cross, London, and by all druggists, in bottles, 130., and three quantities in one, 2s. 9d. each. Be particular. and ask for Lambert's Asthmatic Balsam. The name and address are engraved on the stamp. D UNVILLE'S Y. R. OLD IRIsH WHISK Y, BELFAST._ Is regularly supplied to the [Dust of Lords. BOYS' & HYAM and CO. " V.H." IRISH WHISKY. T\UNVILLE and CO.'S "V.R." OLD IRISH WHISKY, BELFAST. BOYS' at 66 and 67, OXFORD-ST. London Offices and Stores, 4, BEAUFORT-BUILDINGS, STRAND, W.C. Established 1808. Quotations on application. CONTRACT FOR FRESH 01'13 TABLES AT FOY • CONTRACT DEPARTMEN * DMIRALTY. Somerset House, 27th D b.r, 1866. rr HE COMMISSIONERS fo aEcurrlNG SI the OFFICE of LORD HIGH UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT B , MIRAL of the LAND do hereby Give Notice, that oi!,,,Asol.aay Na , nd IRE- January next, at T we l ve o'clock at they will be tract 15th ready to treat with such persons as mason, ewilling to con tract for supplyi ng a ll suc h quantities c FRESH OX BEEF and YEW, ABLES, for the use of her Ma j est y 's shi p s and %Is at Foynes as may be demandel from the 15th Januan lo the 30th June, 1867, both days included. The Contractor is to supply good fat 'ell-fed Ox Beef, as no Heifer meat will b e a d m itt e d. The Lords Commissioners of the Ad themselves an unli m it e d power o f selec r ,,, it ,y reserve to the Tenders. -- m in accepting Tenders must be made at rates per 10( tion will be paid to any offers not so mac' and no atten- The Contractor, in claiming payment f - the supplies, is to make out his invoices in pounds at P e 1 001 b. The Contractor to reside on the spot . ~... have an agent resident there. If non-resident, t La dress of the ag en t mus t b e i nser t e d i n the received ame and ad- No Tender will be unless mad ender. form provided for the purpose, and whi c h on application in the Lobby of the Depart n y the printed be obtained r e of the ouse, or to troller of Victualling, Admiralty, So me H Con the Postmaster at Foynes, where al so the contract may be seen, conditions of No Tender will be received after Noo the day of treaty, and it will not be re qu i re d th a t the ' _ or an agent on his • behalf, should attend ty-tendering, the Office on the day of Contract, as the r esu lt o f the off ___, ved from each person will be communicated to him ""'" sureties in writing. his proposed Every Tender must be addressed to the Admiralty, and must also b e d e li vere d a t tary of the of the Comptroller of Victualling, Admi y,Somerset department House, signed by two respons ibl e perso to in to i of become bound. with th e p erson tenderinrfl " £3OO for the due p er f ormance o f t h e Contr the sum Beef, and £lOO for the C ont rac t f or V ege t a or Fresh Ox The Contractor to pay half the amount of e the Cont rac t s an d B on d s. stamps on By order, ANTONIO BRAD Registrar of Contracts and Publi securities. ITO GUNMAKERS I. , Others. The SECRETARY of STATE for SPAR,; a receiving: PROPOSALS from Gunm a k ers a d e sirou s f BREE CH - LOADING RIFLES, eith er rep Others for repeating, whi c h may rep l ace the present Se ng or not future manufacture. Rifles in 11. Tho following are th e conditions considered military non-repe a ti ng Ri f l es:— 8.501.1 u ....•ai i i n - A. WIGHT. Not to exceed 91b. soz. without bayonet. n. . To be 51 i nc h es, w i th shortL ENGTH stock, measur hollow of th e b utt-piste to muzzle. from the c. WEIGHT OF AMMUNITION MAII up . Must not exceed Glb. 4oz. for sixty rounds sl acked f or service. ownARTRIDGES. Must carry their in•nition. E. ' SIGHTS. The foresight must bo such as to admit of fixed according to the present system. P. STOOK. Must be such as t o carry a light metal cloani , allow a sling , to be used. G. ECOIL. Must not exceed th a t of the Enfield Rifle by 10 per cent. bayonet rod, and Ire than H. A A A OLE. Must be as little THE liable RM to inj S ury byWH long-eontin rough usage, and exposure, as the naval rifles co breech-loaders on the Snider system. To be also, of being used without accident by imperfec men, and of being manufactured in quantities a form quality. 1. THE AMMUNITION AS A WHOL Must be as little liable to injury by rough usa damp, and expo sure i n a ll cl i mates, as the Boxer car for Snider's converted Enfield rifle—also as littl e liab 4, ffe, dental explosion as th e same cartridge, and as t ( a„i_ blo of being manufactur e d' i n l arge quantities, and a iniform quality. K. CALIBRE. Optional. L. THE TWIST AND FORM OF GROOI B. Optional. Optional. M. THE LOCK. kl firing, -erted to capable, L trained 'I of uni- N. RAPIDITY OF FIRE. Capable of firing at least 12 rounds per minute, iithout aiming, the cartridges being arranged on a table. o. ACCURACY WHEN FIRED FROM A FIXEDIES T. The erm must give a moan figure of merit of ni m ore than 36in. at 1,000 yards, 30in. at 800 yards, 12in it 500, and 6in. at 300. The mean to be taken upon at least five targets of wenty shots each. P. TRAJECTORY. Not to require at 500 yards an elevation of more 1 1 , 02 1 deg. 30 min. Q. FOULINEt. The shooting not to deteriorate more than 20 Pi at 1,000 y ar d s a f ter firing 250 rounds. cent. It. PENETRATION. The mean penetration of five shots not to be ten than that of the present service muzzle-loading Enfield 8i fie-- viz., 12 half-inch elm planks, which have been soakod 4 8 hours in water. Distance 30 yards. s. LUBRICATION. • Wax on bullets is indispensable, but any other luVi can t may be superadded or applied to the cartridge, if tibught necessary by the competitor. 111. No arms will be received without the usual proof ;arks. Specification; and drawings of the methods nosed, stating the probable cost per arm, and aecompameo by a finished specimen arm, with 20 rounds of suitable %mu nition, should be sent to the "Director of Ordnance War Office, Pall-mall," on or before the 30th March, 1867. The specifications and specimen arms will be consikered by the Ordnance Select Committee and its associate bom bers, who will be selected by the Secretary of Stat e for War, and who will, after firing the 20 preliminary rounds, select and recommend for further trial such of the sYttores as may appear to them sufficiently promising., rejectin g all such as may not be considered to offer sufficient merit s to warrant their being included in the competition, con ditions of which are stated in this ,theadvertisement Each accepted competitor will then be required to furnish for experiment, at Woolwich, six arms in strict confortoity to the specimen arm submitted, with 1,000 rounds of am munition per arm, within four months after date of de mand Each competitor will be required to disclose to t h e committee the exact nature of the lubrication he may em ploy. A sum of £3OO will be paid to each of the accept e d com petitors, to cover t h e expense of the six rifles, and of the supply of ammunition required. The Secretary of State offers a reward of 41,000 for the arm which, ozi combination of all qualities, is considered by the committee to be the best submitted. A . second reward of £6OO for the arm which, while at taining a satisfactory degree of excellence in other partic n _ Lars, is select. (1 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 i n awarding this prize will be economy of manufacture, pos er 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 d epend upon the rifling of the arm with w h the cartridge i s associated, they will not be so much con sidered as th ose above-m„tinned. It is Clearly to bo understood that under no circumstances will a competitor be entitled to_ mere than one prize ; but such prize will be irrespective of any reward adoptedfinally into the service. IV. MAGAZINE AND REPEATING ARMS Magazine and Reie;ting Arms for Infantry will be re ceived and examined in a manner similar to the Breech loading Rifles. They must not be less in length than 48 inches, including the stock. The limit of weight for these arms is fixed at 911 b. ex cltgive 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 Arm produced that fulfils the above conditions; and in the absence of experience does not at present define the standard of accuracy or other conditions to be fulfilled before such an arm can be adopted. Those Magazine orßeeatinArms, which are accepted for further trial, will be p aid for at the rate of Ott each. This sum is to include 1,000 rounds of ammunition per arm. The Secr e t ary of State will V take care that no ingenious novelty produced in answer to this advertisement shall be , adopt e d into the service without proper acknowledgment, and that th e name of the individual w ith whom it origi 'nates shall be recorded in connection with it. •lf the flue to whi c h the first prize is awarded is adopted into th e service, it w i ll bear the inventor's name. J. ST. GEORGE, Major-General, Director Wkr Om of Orduancv — c'el Oct. 22 1866. 4 BOYS' NEW STYLE OVERCOATS. BOYS' NEW STYLE REEFERS. B OYS' KNICKERBOCKER SUITS. p OYS' OSBORNE SUITS. 130YS' HARROW SUITS. BOYS' JACKETS for ALL PURPOSES. B oys , TB( "`►:RS and. VESTS. B OYS' lIOSIERY and SHIRTS. BOYS' HATS, CAPS, &c., &c. H YAM & Co.'s BOYS' WINTER CLOTHING, 66 and 67, Oxford-street, London. The first establishment in the kingdom for Juvenile Clothing. Boys' Sandringham Overcoats Boys' Prince Alfred Reefer Boys' Overcoats for Little Boys Boys' Knickerbocker Suits lss. to 355. Boys' Westminster and Osborne Suits lss. to 355. Boys' Eaton, Harrow, and Rugby Suits Boys' Jackets for School and Home 9s. to 21s. HYAM & Co.'s ATTIRE for GENTLEMEN, 66 and 67, Oxford-street, London. Hymn & Co.'s Winter Tweed Overcoatg 21s. to 30s. byam & Co.'s Winter Overcoats. 'r•• Abs to 84s. & Co.'s Winter Reefer 2ss. to 555. '[yam & Co.'s Winter Suits 42s. to 70s. '[yam & Co.'s Winter Jackets 2ls. to 425. Hymn & Co.'s Winter Frock Coats llyam & Co.'s Winter Vests 6s. to 145. Hymn & Co.'s Winter Trousers l4s. to 255. HYAIII & Co.'s SELECT DEPARTMENTS. 1. Gentlemen's Clothing for immediate wear. 2. Bespoke or Order Department. 3. Boys' and Youths' Distinct Department. 4. Hats, taps, Hosiery, and Outfit Department. TTYA M & Co.'s ESTABLISHMENTS. LONDON -66 and 67, OXFORD-STREET. BIRMINGHAM -21, 22, and 23, NEW-STREET. LEEDS-42, BRIGGATE ; and DEWSBURY—WESTGATE. Just published, 2d; sent by the author for 3 stamps, UGLINESS and BEAUTY; being a Pamphlet descriptive of articles and means used for improving the appearance. By ALEX BOSS, 248, High liolborn, London. QPANISH FLY is th e acting ingredient in ALEX. ROSS'S CANTHARIDEB OIL, which speedily produces whiskers and thickens hair, 3s 6d, Ss 6d, and tOs 8d; 84 and all Chemists., and 144 stumps.— AL ROSS, 248, sent uigh by Holborn,post fo r 54,London, 'WONDERFUL DI SCOVERY.—Corns cured in one day by using. ALEX. ROSS'S CHIROPO. This preparation gradually dissolves the Corn in a few hours, removing the very root. Price 4s ; sent by post for 60 stamps. —248, High Holborn, London, and all Chemists. VOCAIR-CITRLINTG FLUID, 248, High Holborn, )7-1 London.—ALEX. ROSS'S CURLING FLUID ourl4 ~adiere or Gentlemen'e hair immediately it Is spotted. Sold "21Ellsal(lOt5a8116ddhaenmdlitt.6d sent tree for 54, 84, and 144 dtamps. IN,REY HAIR.--248, High Holborn, London.- ``, ILOSs'S HAIR DYE prodnoes a perfect colour tr nmediately it is used. It is permanent, and perfectly us -,ral in effe t. Price 3s ^it 58 Bd, and 108 6d ; sent by post For 54, 81, and 141 stamps ; and all Chenthts. RArit DESTROYER. -248, High Holborn, London.—ALKX. ROSS'S DEPILATO ay remows suPetfiuons hair rrovn the lace, neck. end arms, wittout effect to th -" skin. Price 3s f3d, 118 Rd, and les ed; sent for 54, :•1, and 144 stamps.—Dad of .11 Chemists. PIMPLE R EMOVER.—AII diseases Ross of the lownes s s kin are improv e d b y one dose of ALEX, RoS F., , VE 3 ItTA SKIN, PILLS. Th e y remove redness, sal _A LI, kis. 2s 9d and 7 s ed ; or p< et for 4't and 100 tamps. mists. 7c 218, High lloiborn, London, and all Che • ____ • HAIR COLOUR. WASH.—By Washing the Chenaits. head with this beautifulls -perfumel Wash, in seven or ten days the hair assumes itA orizinal O(44:Tr, slid remains so by an ma 'atonal usin rtes d sat for BLarilPs.—ALhX. 24?, 114.4. b. Holborn, L•)ndon, and al ROSS, T IIE RESCUE SOCIETY wishes to add another Loma to th n in operation. Last yea r .11 0 fewer female* were rejected frona whaannt tosfsFPlrlirosfriftheliclooLvims'.Ymouankging a total of 3,0a7 wh o have ebe n e e n w i. h l u been ran ftWay i n fiye ears. nunittee wlah to form Woald be to rn a :t rtsahee'e° young he R m , t , 'Aitken, pa the age ot bto us, who ha: from the path of virtue. . • y t•ontributions voill be received gratefully b y the Secretary. ST.r. is lel Cooper, 8: - ., Queen •Rtmet.Cheapalde; ur by klesbrh nar?lay mad. Co.. Lombard-street. ROYAL FREE s -m lIOSPrEirt r y ) —a. ' ' n -road, in the immediate vicinity of the Gre way Terminus, Kin g 's-cxotts. at Vorthe rn R ail- Patron—Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN. Vine-Patron—His Royal Highness the Prince of W ALE S,RG . President—His Grace,. the Duke of BUCCLEUCH. K.G. This Hospital, found e d i n t h e y ear 1828, tbc Unit to estab lish the principle of free admission to the sick poor, without the delay and difficulty of Governors' orders, is Wholly de_ pen dent for support ou voluntary c ontributions ands f 4 gete e . It affords relief to a large numbe r of in-patients, and in addition to this, foveath average number of attendan ce of 'the iestitute sick has 3,000 and 4,000 W ee kly, period averaged b etween The Committee ear estly solicit the ASSISTANCE of tht 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 thtir bankers. Messrs. Brow n Janson, and Co., Abehurch-l ane; also by Pdessrs. Contta and, Co.; Urtunmond and Co. ; Giyn and Co. ; /Terries and Co.; Ransom and Co.; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, d Co. Barclay and Co. ; A Mms, Deacon, and Co. ; Nisbet an , a nd co., Bernera-street : and at the M.:vital. from to till 5. STANYOUD MITA, ftetury, HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.—The Committee are most anxious to provide for 400 boys. One hundred and fifty are now in the Refuge. The annual expenditure for supporting the 400 boy.; is estimated at £4,ODb, being. £l5 a year for each boy. Several kind friends have promised to pay for one bay each year. Subscriptions thankfully received by the London and West minster Bank, 41, Lothburv, and 214, High Holborn; Messrs. Ransom and Co., 1, Pall-Mall East; and by WM. WILLIAMS, Secretary. Refuge, 8, Great Queen-street, W.C. pROVIDENCE ROW NIGHT REFUGE, FOR HOMELESS WOMITIN AND CHILDREN, 14A, Providence-row, Finsbury, B.C. Sixty Thousand Nights' Lodgings, with Suppers and Breakfasts, have been given in this Institution to the destitute, who otherwise would have had to pass the nights' in the bleak streets or under railway, arches. At present nearly 500 Nights' Lodgings, with Suppers and Breakfasts, are given gratuitously every week. The poor From all parts are admitted, the only condition being that they are homeless and starving. The Manager &e., :ecoives no remuneration whatever. Notwithstand ing the provision made by the Poor Houses, each night numbers of young women, children, and orphans are, for want accommodation, refused admittance, and have to spend ni g ht a ft er n i g h t in the cold, wet, and sleet. To meet this evil, and to provide more ample accommoda tion, £2,000 has been raised, but to accomplish the work -a sum of at least £l,OOO more will be required. Besides providing shelter for the homeless, this year it is proposed, as far as the donations obtained for the pur pose will allow, to give bread and coals to poor families in want. Will you, in your charity, help to carry on'and accomplish what has been begun ? Will you help to give shelter to the really homeless, and foodto the really starving ? The smallest donation will be most welcome, and, night an d morning, the prayers of the destitu t e will be offe re d i n your behalf. - SUBSCRIPTIONS are earnestly requested, and will be gratefully received by the Rev. D. GILBERT D.D-, No. 122, Elus bUri - cirPtiro," E.Q, - _ The 'Lyons and Mediterranean Railway have drawn up an official account of the accident which I mentioned. It appears from this statement that the number of killed was 14, and not 12, as was first supposed. Five were Baden soldiers, and the rest commercial travellers and Persons employed on the Railivay. The Siecle, alluding to the advice given to the l ik, , c or depart purely Emperor Maximilian, by the F rench General, to abdicate, treats that result as ,fealmostw formalities"anaccomplis tohed fulfil.fact, y pu young g t h i e ,t r ,u e 7b b i e hd i e n et g ,te srnowsays se the osnh ~a should abdicate in fav our of , only and pimply, the abdication, mud take place." Since our circular of the 13th September last, the course of prices for British malleable iron has tended so continuously downwards, fro:n the extreme slack ness of demand, that it has appeared useless to con tinue ringing merely verbal changes upon the same series of uniformly discouraging facts. Railway bars have now fallen to a point in South Wales that has not been touched since 1861, when the civil war in America broke out, which, by sud denly arresting large shipments, paralysed our ex port iron trade for a time ; Welsh manufactured iron therefore being at present cheaper in situ, than any other in the world (not excepting Belgian), such orders as may come upon the.market will na turally flow to the Principality for execution, pro vided nothing under the head of fiscal regulations, place of delivery, specification, or payment, tends to create a preference for, or give advantage to, other sources of supply. Whenever the cup shall overflow in Wales, and orders there become plenti ful enough to enable makers to get better prices, Cleveland will again obtain a share of busi ness to employ its too numerous mills, forges, and furnaces, but not till• then. On the Thames in activity pervades the engineering establishments and shipbuilding yards, while the artificers have fallen from high prosperity into utter destitution. It was expected that the large Soane bridge, for the East India Railway Company, would have been constructed here, but the tenders from Yorkshire and the Tyne carried the day. Contracts for all kinds of iron work are now very hotly con tested, and the ironmasters themselves are entering the arena. Orders for iron steamers can be placed with builders on our river upon much easier terms than for some time past, owing to the reduced cost of material and labour ; and the Government is wisely availing itself of pre sent circumstances to increase the British navy at Chatham Dockyard. As to prospects, let us not forget that " if speech be silvern, silence is golden." Russia is purchasing rails in our markets ; America halts till duties are settled ; India will become yearly a larger and better customer ; Italy buys of those who will grant credit ; Canada's consumption is good, healthy, and profitable ; and the whole world, in our era, must have iron, in spite of all the disas ters and disgraces in commercial practice which the past year has disclosed, and the personal wrecks it has left behind. The situation of the iron trade, however, at this conjuncture is unique, and its sufferings are (Erectly traceable to an enormous over-extension of works, chiefly on the Tees ; to the payment of wages on a scale exceeding by one third what the sale price of finished iron has justi fied; and to the sudden collapse of the demand for shipbuilding as well as railway construction, occa sioned by the frightful events in the English money market last summer. The ancillary causes of the present state of things have doubtless been the con stant strikes of the workpeople, and the state of perpetual menace and alarm in which employers have consequently been kept by them and their unions, led by brawling and unprincipled dema gogues, themselves living upon the ignorance and infatuation which prevail, while effecting those arti ficial combinations for maintaining wages which have well-nigh ruined the productive industry of Great Britain. Notwithstanding recent complaints of mischief having arisen from foreign competition— complaints which sound like the whining agricultural cries that preceded the repeal of the corn laws—our actual imports during the past year of finished mer chant bars, rails, and plates from France have been in ' signiKrant, from Belgium inconsiderable ; but foreign ironmasters have, it is true, obtained certain large engine and rail orders for lines on the continent, for which orders we competed in vain, some special cir cumstances having given them the advantage ; we have, however, been left undisputed furnishers of those large quantities of rails used in the East Indies ; and in the American market English rails have been sold on a very much heavier scale than those of Belgian manufacture. It ought also to be stated that in a competition last month for 10,000 tons of Dutch State-Railway rails, Welsh and Middlesborough houses were successful in securing contracts, in spite of the circumstance that proximity of delivery was so favourable to the Belgian works ; there is no reason therefore to sit down in despon dency and declare the game up, for all time, with the British ironmaster, but every ground exists for confidence in the future, provided only that he diminishes the cost of production, so as to enable him to meet present market prices without loss. For rails of high quality, such, for instance, as the Brighton or East Indian Railways would lay down, we have nothing to fear at present from Belgium, because the tests employed are declared insupport able at the foreign works, and it is only in common iron that their prices even approach those of Wales. They have not secured the 40,000 tons of rails for Russia, as stated. Another point which deserves attention when discussing the continental iron trade is the heavy shipments of Cleveland and Scotch pig iron which have gone into consumption lately in Belgium and France, from which it must be inferred that those countries possess no superiority whatever over the United Kingdom in smelting the ores of iron, or they would not be importing forge pigs from us. On the other hand, it would equally appear some advantage must lie in the cheaper labour which foreigners can command for the subsequent mani pulatory processes by which malleable iron is pro duced. In other words, we have paid a great deal too much money to our puddlers, milimen, and forge men, as indeed was strikingly proved and brought out by the facts published at Middlesborough during the late stubborn and senseless struggle of the iron workers to support a false and extravagant rate of remuneration, far beyond what many educated gentlemen either receive or expect iu professional and mercantile life. All this will, no doubt, be remedied in future, if the men shall emancipate themselves from the tyranny of those organised conspiracies called " Unions," and begin to discover that they must themselves sink or swim along with the ironmasters, because both are in the same boat, and the natural relations between capital and labour, and supply and demand, cannot be divorced with impunity by either party. The growth of metal lurgical industry abroad during the past twenty years has not, however, escaped observation any where out of Staffordshire; nor have its evidences, at the Exhibitions of London and Paris, passed without recognition and comment by the trade in general on various other occasions. Every annual visit to the continent has confirmed the impression that our national supremacy in the applications of iron may not last for ever, because skill and genius have been more widely distributed than our insular conceit has liked to admit, but in the production of the raw material nature has so richly dowered Great Britain that we have never thought our trade therein pregnable, and it is as certain as it is satis factory to note that British exports of iron during the past year have still exceeded those of every other nation on the globe. The abundance of money with which the new year opens, coupled with a re suscitation of credit, may, as we have seen hereto fore, re-awaken enterprise, and cause business again to brighten in an article whose range of fluctuation is nearly cent. per cent., but which, all things, con sidered, was, we suppose, never affording a lees re munerative return for the capital employed in its production than at this present moment, while its sister mineral product, coal, is yielding handsomer 1 profits than at any former period. The Hanoverian postal authorities have received orders to put on the Prussian uniform from the Ist of January. The average cost of a Prussian soldier, including the pay of officers, &c., is estimated at 200 dialers (£3O) a year ; of a French soldier, 1,000 francs (£4O) a year. to Panama with a cargo of coals, and to be used as spare boat should occasion arise to use one. " The Royal Mail steamer Ruahine leaves in a few minutes, mid takes a fair number of passengers, but no specie. The latter is attributable to the fact that the banks here have reduced exchange on _England to l per cent. premium. In Melbourne they are drawing on London at per cent. premium. Ever since the departure of the last mail via Panama, per Kaikoura, commercial affairs have been in' an unsatisfactory position. Several large houses have succumbed to the pressure and and brought down a number of smaller ones. The aggregate liabilities of those who have sus pended payment amounts in round numbers to about half a million sterling. The greater portion of this sum as represented by the estates of Messrs. L. E. Threlkeld and Co., and Messrs. Wilkinson Brothers, an American house doing business chiefly with Bos ton, Valparaiso, and California. These two firms are almost the only ones that were engaged in foreign trade; the debts owing by the others are nearly all local. The feeling at present is that we have seen the worst of it ; and although the losses incurred by many of our commercial houses have been very large, there does not appear to be any probability of any old established firms being ob liged to suspend payment. The crisis through which we have passed was unusually severe, and it speaks well for our commercial stability that so trying a test has not been attended by any worse results. No fresh failures have occurred since the departure of the last overland mail. It is only reasonable to expect that the circumstances just referred to would depress business and weaken confidence. They have done so.. Merchants have declined to force their goods on the market at ruinous prices, and consequently stocks of all kinds arc accumulating, and must do so until shipments hence are checked. The prospects of an unusually good harvest, now almost ready, and the fact that unless something very extraordinary occurs we shall have sufficient grain in the colonic.; for the year's consumption, give a cheering aspect to the future. The amount of hard cash which has gone out of the Australian colonies for breadstuffs during the past three sea sons cannot have been less than a million and a half sterling. Under more favourable circumstances the whole of this money would have passed into the _hands of our farmers, without the exponditure of any more capital than they lost in efforts which drought, blight, rust, and floods renderel useless. It is cal culated that S3uth Australia alone will this season have a surplus of over 100,000 tons of breadstuffs, and the crops of our own colony will be much larger than was anticipated a month ago. "NEW SOUTH WALES.—After a fierce struggle, the Legislative Assembly has passed through all its stages a bill making education more unsectarian, and extending the public school system into thinly populated districts. The Bank of New South Wales has declared a dividend of 9 per cent. for the past half-year ; the New South Assurance Company a dividend of 5 per cent. fur same period; the Sydney Insurance a similar divi dend. The Sussex-street mystery has been cleared up. The police have arrested the murderer, and the limbs and other missing portions of the remains have been found in a water-closet. The victim was a woman named Scott. The murderer, a butcher named William Henry Scott, was her husband. lle recently married another wife in Melbourne, hence the incentive to one of the foulest deeds ever perpetrated in Australia. The Tenter field bank robbers have all been convicted. The ringleader, a German, got ten years on the roads. Great preparations have been made for the ade quate representation of the industry of the colony at the world's fair at Paris. A large quantity of the exhibits have been shipped to London per Nine veh. Madame Jaffa, the pianiste, has sailed for California, per Golden Sunset. The report of Pan Setchell, the American comedian, having arrived safely is unfounded ; no tidings have ever been re ceived of the ship in which he sailed. Large num bers of unemployed men have solicited the Ame rican Consul for free passage to America. Over 2,000 are now in this city seeking work. The 50th Regiment has arrived here. Her Majesty's ships Curagoa and Eclipse have sailed for England. " VICTORIA.—The Intercolonial Exhibition, pre paratory to that of Paris, was opened with great pomp on the 25th ult., by his Excellency Governor Manners Sutton, who is becoming very popular. Bourke, the bushranger, who was chased out of New South Wales by the police, reappeared near Melbourne and commenced his outrages. He visited a farmhouse near Melbourne, and attempted to shoot the son of a settler named Hurst, who at once fired, but missed, and was sh)t dead by Bourke. The latter was at once secured and committed for trial for murder. The ship Result, belonging to Messrs. Phillips, Shaw, and Maxton, of London, has been destroyed by fire at Sandridge, while load ing for England. About 500 tons of cargo were consumed. The goldfields continue very prosperous. Trade dull; failures numerous. Flour selling at 110 to 112 ; wheat, 4s. 3d. to 53. Parliament is further prorogued to February next. The bulk of the new wool clip has been shipped, or is now going on board, and will reach England in time fur the February sales. The Melbourne Cup will be run for to-day, value about £l,OOO. Twenty-four horses will start. " ADELAIDE.—The Government has decided upon abandoning the new settlement at Cape York. APR:inlay, the explorer, reports that the whole affair has been badly managed. A resolution has passed Parliament urging reciprocity between the colonies in all colonial manufactures. Harvest prospects splendid. The crop promises to be the largest for years. Emigration from England at Government expense has been stopped. " QUEENSLAND.---The , new taxes are found very oppressive, and large numbers of newly arrived im migrants arc leaving the colony. Parliament has been prorogued. New diggings have been discov ered near Bowen. The Crocodile mines are yield ing largely. Numerous incendiary fires recently occurred in and about Brisbane. A large reward has been offered for the perpetrators. A terrific hailstorm passed over Brisbane on last Friday night. The Ipswich coach was upset and one passenger killed ; a boat on the river swamped and drowned one man. Great destruction to house property. A subterranean telegraph wire now gives instant communication between the Bourse and the Grand 'iota on the Boulevards, so that the residents may have quick knowledge of the price of the funds and of any news officially posted up. The Times, after some shifting, has entered the field as the apologists of the directors of Overend, Gurney, and Co. (Limited). In the City Article of Wednesday an attempt is made to show that the business was not insolvent at the time it was formed into a Limited Liability Company.. We believe the motives of the City Editor to be good. He knows that at the root of the unequalled depression which has lasted for so many months is the want of belief on the part of the public in the honesty of those who have directed the affairs of their Joint-Stock Companies. The most prominent and notorious scandal was that of this celebrated Discount House. If he can prove that the directors were not to blame in this affair, the directors of no others need de spair of showing themselves as innocent as lambs being led to the slaughter. We fear, how ever, that the attempt will not do; and that no amount of writing will wipe out the stain. The liabilities taken over were £4,199,000, and the assets handed in by the old firm amounted to £4,887,000, leaving a surplus of £688,000. Among these assets is the sum of £500,000 for goodwill. This the Limited Company paid. The company also paid £1,000,000, together with a large portion of another million, being the proceeds of the call of £lO, which, when fully paid, will realise a million. Yet there are not sufficient funds in the hands of the liquidators seven mouths and a-half after the failure to pay more than ss. in the pound. The partners of the old firm could not, unaided, have carried on their business. This they saw and knew even in a time of unparalleled buoyancy. They had either to stop or take the course they did. That course would not have been available had they honestly told the truth. None of their shareholders were aware that the private estates of the partners, the balance due to them in the books of the old firm, and the goodwill, were all thrown in to make up an acknowledged defi ciency in the assets to cover the liabilities. Had they known this they would have been aware of the insolvency of the old house. It is argued that the principal losers consisted of relations, connections, and faithful friends of the old firm— that one of the most active directors not only sub scribed for 700 shares and held them to the last, but was at the moment of stoppage also a depositor to the extent of £3o,ooo—and that one of the managing directors made, a few weeks before the final crash, an investment in the shares of the con cern of money he could ill spare. No doubt all - this is true. It was the " relatives, connections, " and faithful friends," who were directly interested in staving off the insolvency, and in making a vigorous attempt to tide the concern over its diffi culties. Those who saw their own ruin in the ruin of the house might fairly be expected to play a deep game to avert that ruin. It was well known that the GURNEYS used every possible means to support the shares on the Stock Exchange against the full force of the run by the speculators previous to the failure. They induced their friends to aid them ; nor did they stop there—as many an unfor tunate knows to his cost. The Directors announced a meeting when a dividend was to be declared, a few weeks before the company failed with such disastrous ruin to all concerned. Here was another gross deception. But it may be proved that the directors saw their way to a dividend, and were justified in making this declaration. Nothing could more tend to strengthen confidence than the free purchase of shares by the directors, and no doubt not one, but many, endeavoured thus to frighten the " bears" from their prey. This, together with the bold proposal of a dividend, were the only steps open to those who at all hazards were bent on sup porting the company, and were utterly regardless of the means by which this end was to be accom plished. It is alleged that the company was formed upon misrepresentation, amounting almost to fraud, and that the last act of the directors was in keeping with the first—viz., a shameful attempt to deceive the public. Mr. J. 11. GURNEY affirms that the prospectus was intended to give —and, to the best of his belief, does give—the honest opinion of the directors as to the probable results of taking over the business. Now we have some knowledge of what the results have been. Had the directors, or even the old partners, anticipated this result they would not have formed the limited company. The firm would have failed, the shock would have been severe, and the ruin awful. But some of the frightful t , alatniCies that have sprung from the Limited Liability Company would have been averted. The names of GURNEY and OVEREND would not now have been a bye-word indelibly branded on the greatest commercial scandal that Irks yet transpired to disgrace the English name.— Anglo-American Times. It is reported that arrangements have been made with the Bristol and Exeter Railway Com pany for the continuing of the construction of the Devon and Somerset Rail way, and it is expected that the works will be proceeded with in a week or two. rADVERTISEMENT.] Holloway's Pills.— Conscientious Conviction.—No investment of money can be so profitable as that which insures good health. 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CO., Distillers, 30 0.1/ Cork, bee; to announce that they are able 1- N supply the trade with their celebrated Whiskies, in casks tr hcna-BSetsr:aentd, to take orders in bond aid for exportation, at thti r offices, 7, Printing-home-square, London, E C.. the only house in the square not occupied by the "Times." J. D. and Co.'s whiskies brim: the highest prices in the Australian and other Colonial markets, as may ba observed by reverence to the "Journal of Commeice of Victoria," by which it will be seenthat their whiskies fetch 6.1. per gallon and Is. per case °vet the next best, and Is. 6d per gallon and ss. 6 , 1. a case mer Ilkc lowest quotation. Always on hand a large supply of oe y old mellow Waisky to the finest condition, matured itlsherry casks, unsurpassable in quality and flavour, sq,plledm the most reasonable terms. (-1 E 0 L 0 G Y.—ELEMENTARY cOlicEC ‘34- 'floss:, to illustrate the New Edition of Elements of neology" and faellitat: the important stmy of Mineralogy and Geology, can be bad at 2,5, 10. 20 , 5° to 500 guineas; also single Specimens of Minerals, Rol l, s , 1 0 4 41 s and itezent Shells, Gcologilal slaps. Hammers. al' the r"eni Publefoions, &a.. of J. TENNANT, 141Ineralogist to H er Majt sty, 119, Strand, London. Private Instru.:tion is given In Mineralogy and Geo!ogy by Mr. TENNANT, F.G.S., 149, Strand, W.C. UNDER THE PATRONAGE THE ELITE OF EUROPE AND AMERICA. NO MORE CRUSHING OF DRESSES. THE only PRIZE for any class of TRUNKSjtt the Dublin Exhibition, 18Gi was AWARDED to 21 e, MYE RS, of CA VE N D H. HOUSE.' Wl:more-street, Cavurks dish-square, London. for his newly-invented Patent Seits Expanding DRESS BASKET TRUNKS, which arc secured by Royal Letters Patent in England and France. All Arnericar.s visiting London are respectfully rte mended to to visit the ab . ove Establishment and inspect the various descriptions and large assortment of ['ravelling Portmanteaus, Trunks, ,to , c. Ladies especially will fin i in M. Myers's Royal Alexandra Self-Expanding and Collapsing Dress Baskets the ne Plus ultra of perfection for their requirements. This Basket com prises every convenience the traveller can tuivesr. It i s constructed to carry a large or small quantity of DreFE" &c. ; and from its t ecullar meAtanical contrivance will ex pand or collapse by its own action, thereby adapting itself to any size ; and it can therefore be used for either a short journey or a long tour. NOTHING ThIPOSSIBLE.—The greatest and L® most useful invention of the day, AGUA AMA R ELL A. Messrs. JOHN GOSNELL and CO., Red Bull Wharf, 93, Upper Thames-street, Perfumers to her Majesty. respect hilly offer to the public this truly marvellous fiuil, which gradually restores tits human hair to Its pristine hue—no matter at what age. The Agua Amarella has none of the properties of dyes ; it, on the contrary, is benedoial to the system, and when the hair is once restored one application per month will keep it in perfect colour. Price one guinea per bottle, or in half bottles, 10s. 63. Testimonials from artistes °tithe highest order, and from individuals of undoubted re spectability, may be seen on application. Messrs. John Gosnell and Co. have been appointed Perfumers to her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales. RUL'TUR,ES.-I3Y ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. H M I P T ER E' rE S CTE M E. O A C-M NDE A x I*N iimiT l ER E , D EV INTnE TR G R U E S A S T EximairroNs of 1851 and 18621, is allowed by upwards of two Hundred Me :foal Gentlemen to be the most effective invention in the curative treatment of HERNIA. The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effects, is here avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the body, while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the Moc-Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ea.e 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 tail to fit, forwarded by post. on the circum ference of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manufacturer, Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly. A Single Truss, Vs., 215., 268 6d., and 31x.6.1 Postage, Is. Double Truss, 31s. 6d., 42s , ant 525. 6d. Postage, Is. Bd. An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. Postage, Is. 10d. Post-of:Bee Orders to be made payable to John White, Post office, Plcoad.lly. NEWPATENT VLASTIC STOCKINGS, VA KNEE-CAPS, &c., for Varicose Veins and all cases of Weakness and Swelling of the Legs, Qprains, &e. They are porous, light in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on like an ordinary stocking. Price 4s. 6d., 7s. 6d., 10s., and 16s. each. Post age. 6d. JOHN WHITE. Manufacturer, 228, Piccadilly. HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.-FUNDS sihr... arlar o n r e e s q tli ire sorited for fitting up the TRAINING WM. WILLIAXS, Secretary. Boys' Refuge, 3, Great Queen-street, W.C. OMELESS_ BOYS OF LONDON.—CON telcoirA'rirßßuYitilitre r i tr o st r l e y qu ecgigted for establishing WM. WILLI k ITS, Secretary. Iloys' Refuge, 8. Great Queen-street. W.C. A. D. 1720. R OYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE CORPORATION (Established by Charter of his Majesty George the First`, FOR SEA, FIRE, LIFE, AND ANNUITIES. Offices, Royal Exchange, London. Branch Office, 20, Pall-mall, S. W. OCTAVIUS WIGRA3I, Esq., Governor. JAMES STEWART HODGSON, Esq., Sub-Governor. CHARLES JOHN MANNING, Esq., Deputy-Governor. DIRECTORS. Wm. Tetlow ilibbert, Esq.' Wiimot Holland, Esq. Nevi:e laibbock, Esq. Geo. F. Malcoimson, Esq. Henry Nelson, Esq. Lord dosceline W. Percy. Charles Robinson, Esq. Samuel Leo Schuster, Esq. Eric Carrington Smith,, Esq. Jos•epli Somers, Eaq._ William Wallace, Esq. Chas. Baring Young, Esq. 'EL SOLLY, Esq., F.R.S. en Days slowed for Payment due at CHRISTMAS will ex- Robert Barclay, Esq. John Garrett Carney, Esq. Mark Currie Close, Esq. Edward James Daweil, Esq William Davidson, Esq. Thomas Dent, Esq. Alexander Druee, Esq. Fredk. Jos. Edlmann, Esq. Char:es H. ( , :oscnen, Esq. Rivers Pale W. Greaten, Esq. rraneis Alex. Hamilton. Esq. Rob,. Amadeus Heath, Esq. Medical Referee, Sue NOTICE. The usual Flit of Fr RE PRE NI IU MS fallin pire on the oth of January. FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected on ad vantageous terms. The Duty on Fire Assurances has been reduced to the uni form rate of Is. 6d. per cent. per annum. No charge is made by this Corporation for Fire Policy or Stamp, however small the Assurance may be. FAR ING-STOCK.—No extra charge is made for the use of Stearn Thrashing Machines. The Reversionary Bonus on British LIFE POLICIES has averaged nearly 2 per cent. per annum on the sum assured. Equivalent reductions have been made in the Premiums payable by persons who preferred that form of Bonus. The divisions of Profit take place every Five years. Any sum not exceeding .£15,000 may be insured on one fife. This Corporation affords to the Assured — Liberal participation in Profits—with the guarantee of a lame invested Capital Stock, and exemption, under Royal Charter, from the liabilities of partnership. The advantages of modern practice,—with the security of an Office whose resources have been tested by the ex perience of nearly a CENTURY AND A HALF. ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON. ROBT. P. STEELE, Secretary. MANSION -HOUSE FUND for the RELIEF of the SUFFERERS by the recent COLLIERY ERKOSIoNs. COUMITTEE. The Right Hon the LORD MAYOR. IL C. L. Bevan, Esq. Mr. Alderman and Sheriff Samu e l Morley, Esq. Waterlow. Goo. were; Esq. Mr. Sheriff Lycett. lir- Alderman Finnis. Mr. Alderman Besley. Oassiot, Esq. Mr. Alderman Dakiu. Christ op her T. Gabriel, Esq. James Hill, Esq. Frederick Thompson, Esq. R. N. Fowler, Esq. -A-• Gray, Esq. W. J. Maxwell, Esq. Colonel Stuart Wortley. Mr. Alderman Cotton. The attention of the public is earnestly drawn to thb suffering consequent on the terrible calamity produced by the re c ent n colliery explosions. SU B SCRIPTIONS are greatly needed to relieve the numerous families made destitute thereby. The amount required to meet tho memorable Hartley Colliery Accident in 1862 was £50,000 • in that case 204 m e n sud b o ys 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 onnUrred, and this sum is now available towards the fund DOW; being raised. MRS. the Prince of Wales H.R.g. the Princess of Wales • The Co r poration of London Amount already. a d ver ti se d £12,774 5 2 Subseriptiona will be received by the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor,l at the Mansion-house; Messrs. Barclay, Bevan and °. 54, Lombard-street ; Messrs. Coutts and Co., Strand; Messrs . Glyn, Mills, and Co., 67, Lombard street.;" Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Co., 1, Lombard-street; Me Robarts, Lubbock, and Co., Lombard-street; Messrs. ssrs. Dimsdaie, V o wler, and Co., 50, Cornhill ; the Lon don and Westminster Bank, Lothbury; the London Joint- Stock Bank, 5, Princes-street ; the Union Bank of London ; London and County Bank; the National Provincial Bank of England and all their branches; Messrs. 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