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~~ 1 n ~..~ LL WHISKY. DUBLIN EXHIBITION, 1865. This celebrated OLD IRISH WHISKY gained the NTdin Prize Medal. It is Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Whole somo. Sold in Bottles, 3s. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London; the Agents in the principal towns in England ; or wholesale at R GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. (Observe. the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded " Kinahan's LL Whisky." UTUAI LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION " !Inc , rortte.,l by Act of 1S)0). 4 1, 14).33 MLL-STREET. COW: '-GARDEN. LONDON. lre c rom p t ADVANCE.; on all description of Security. le,orms on apprcAtion by letter to EDWARD HARPER. Secretary. OUN'PRY HOTELS, PUBLIC HOUSES, aril BUSINESSES. F URNESS and KNEE'S List on application. Bartle ilars fur insertio t reacivet until the 27th of the tLonth Sit Vieir At7( ;"l')N JI.ND HOTEL AGENCY OFFICES. A , zar- street, S.ra .41, W.C., acar:y oppo3:te 011 Ch , trins, , Crass Railway St-itioa. lUNVILLE'S V. R. OLD IRISH WHISKY, BELFAST, Is regularly supplied to the House of Lords. " V.R." IRISH WHISKY. ITNVILLE and CO.'S " V.R." OLD IRISH w RISKY, BELFAST. London Of ices and Stores, 4, B EAUFORT-BUILDINGS, STRAND, W.C. Established 18(8. Quotations on application. IiAATES DALY and CO., Distillers, John-street, Cork.--‘ , The purest spirit and safest drink in the World." —l.n.,don next the Offices, 7, Printing-house•square, LC, " Tines." TA-MES DALY and CO., Distillers, John-street, 7 Cork, be r,, unnonnce that they are able to supply the trade with tieli• celeora,ed Whiskies, in nasks or cases, and P!ake oene,.s in ; - apiil aao for exportation, at their offices, 7, rrintin..;-house-square I E.C.. the only house in the bi!lare not occupied by 'L. -Tim, " 0 and Co.'s whiskies bra: the itiohest prices in ion Lust .atise and other Colonial markets, P. MOT • obseiver, i , , 1 , ensr.s to the "Journal of ` ju mllierc which a. gilt be t .-sn that their rhlskieeatAd and Is. •se. r :r the next De " arhi l• 6d und • the lowest quotation_ Atw y.. na hand hlr. , e supply .e y old Gawnibkv is toe finest stwittion, ma,need in sherry s a '" unsurpa;oQdle in quality and flavour, saiphed on the Most reasonable tern!, CON-TRACT FOR BARRACK STORES FOR THE ROYAL MARINES. Contract Department, Admiralty, Somerset House, 9th Jan., 1867. TuE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRE LAND, Do hereby give NOTICE, that on WEDNES "JAY, the 23d inst., at Twelve o'Clock at Noon, they will be ready to treat with such Persons as may be willing to Contract for supplying and delivering into her Majesty's Victualling Stores at Deptford all such quantities of Lono•-llair Broom Heads, and Clamps an d Bl oc k s for Long Scrubbing Brushes, as may from time to time be demanded for the use of the Royal Marines, under a Contract for twelve calendar months certain, and further until the expi ration of three calendar months' warning. Patterns of the articles may be seen at the Royal Marine "ace, New-street, Spring-gardens, between the hours of Eleven and Two o'Clock. . No Tend er w ill b e rece i ved unless made on the printed term provided for the purpose, and which may be obtained 911 application in the Lobby of the Department of the Con troller of Victualling, Admiralty, Somerset House, where the conditions of the Contract may be seen. N No Tend er w i ll bo received after Twelve o'Clock at Noo n on th e d ay of Treaty; and it will not be required that the Party tendering, or an Agent on his behalf, should attend at the Office on the day of Contract, as the result of the offer received from each person will be communi cated to him and his proposed Sureties in writing. Ad E very Tende r must b e addressed to the Secretary of the miralty, and b ear i n the left-hand corner the words .Tende r f or Barrack Stores ;" and must also be delivered at the D epartment of the Controller of Victualling, Admi ralty, Somerset House, signed by two responsible persons, + 7Faging to become bound with the Person tendering in sum of £3OO for the due performance of the Contract. By Order, ANTONIO BRADY, Registrar of Contracts and Public Securities. TU GUNM AKER S and Others. The SECRETARY of STATE for WAR is desirous of hi-11 7 , 11 'z PROPOSALS f rom G unm akers and Oth ers f or r,CII-LO AIDING RIFLES, either repeating or not i ii l 3 ` 34ti ng, which may replace the presen t S erv i ce Rifl es i n lire manufacture. military o are the conditi ons considered essential in ry n on - repeating Miles:— A. WIGHT. Not t o exceed 91b. soz. without bayonet. To 1)0 B. LENGTH. 5 1 inch es, w i th short stoc k , measure d from the hollow of the bntt-plate to muzzle. ..... WEIGHT OF AMMUNITION MADE UP._ al ist not exceed Glb. 4oz. for sixty rounds as packed for Service. D. CA.RTRIDGES. Must carry their own ignition. :r 1 E. SIGHTS. f il ( ,10 foresight must bo such as to admit of a bayonet ac cording to the pre , ent system. F. Must b e such as to carry a STOCK. light metal cleaning.roel, and all ow a sli ng to be used. G. . Must not exceed that of RECOIL the Enfield Rifle by more than 10 per cent THE AS A WHOLE. Must b e as little liable AßM to injury bylong-continued firing, 1 1; ough n'ago, and exposure, es the naval rifles converted to also, of on the Snider system. To be as capable, xrisent, li , eingus . ed without accident by imperfectly trained of t o ' and of being manufactured in quantities and of rat quality. THE AMMUNITION AS A WHOLE. Must bo as little liable to injury by rough usage, damp, e xPosure in all climates, as the Boxer t oecartrid for duller's converted Enfield rifle—also ftS little liable el bePtal explosion es the same cartridge, and as capable of elnz, manufactured in largo quantities, and of uniform quality, X. CALIBRE. Optional. L. THE TWIST AND FORM OF GROOVE. Optional. op t i onal. M. THE LOCK. N. RAPIDITY OF FIRE. capable of firing at least 12 rounds per minute, without 4 imieg, the cartridges being ar:anged on a table. °• ACCURACY WIIENFiRED FROM A FIXED REST. The arm must give a mean figure of merit of not more than 3Gin. at 1,000 yards, 30in. at 800 yards, 12in. at 500, and Gil , . A 300. The Inean to be taken upon at least five targets of twenty shots each. r. TRAJECTORY. Not to require at 500 yards an elevation of more than 1 deg. 30 mitt Q. FOULING. The shooting; not to deteriorat e more t h an 20 per cent. atl,ooo yards after firing 250 rounds. n. PENETRATION. The mean penetration of five shots not to be less than that of the present service muzzle-loading Enfield Rifle— "., 12 half-inch elm planks, which have been soaked 48 hours iu water. Distance 30 yards. s LUBRICATION. b ., W ax on bull e t s i s ' indispensable, but any other lubricant nece ss 3 7 be superadded or applied to the cartridge, if thought ary by the competitor,__ No a rms will be received without the usual proof marks. Specifications, and drawings of the methods proposed, ta.tiug the probable cost per arm, and accompanied by a % s hed specimen arm. with 20 rounds of suitable ammu -1(1;„.,'1011, should be senc, to the "Director of Ordnance, War The Pall-mall," on or be:ore the 30th March, 1867. b specifica.tions and snecimen arms will be considered Y the Ordnance Se'ect Committee and its associate Leis,mem rt who will be selected by the Secretary of State for r, an d who will, after firing the 20 preliminary rounds, s elect and rocommerd for furtt-ee trial such of the systems s a i s i, TaY appear to them sufficiently promising, rejecting all Warrant." theiro be considered to offer sufficient merits to ditobeing included in the competition, the con accepted a u t l°f which. are stated in this advertisement. for competitor w'll then be required to furnish to Jixerreent, at Woolwich, six arms in strict conformity. sPeelmen arm submitted, with 1,000 rounds of am unition p r mand within four months after date of de --aceh competitor ai will be required to disclose to the committee the exact nature of the lubrication he may em- P °Y. A sum of £3OO will be paid to each of the accepted T tr ipetito,s to cover th e ex p ense o f th e s i x r ifl es, and of the supply o;' arumun required. jThe Secretary of State offers a reward of £l,OOO for the , I ',7 l 3 , w hich, on combination of all qualities, is considered ' committee to be the hest. submitted. t A second reward of £6OO for the arm which, while at ainttlg a satisfactory C..egree of excellence in other particu -1 ~a re, is sele c t e d for merit in respect to its breech mechanism. A third reward of £4OO for the best cartridge. The qua ities which will be principally taken into consideration in awarding this prize will be economy of manufacture, power of sustaining rough usage, freedom from deterioration in 'various climates, and general serviceability. The shooting qualities of the cartridTe must be fair; but as they may depend upon the rifling of the arm with which the cartridg e is associated, they will not bo so much con sidered as those above-mentioned. It is clearly to bo understood that under no circumstances will a competitor be entitled to more than ono prize ; but such prize will be irrespective of any reward which may be given to the inventor of the arm finally adopted into the sorvice. 1 V.: MAGAZINE AND REPEATING ARMS. - 111a!z,azine and Repeating Arms for Infantry will bo re eived and examined in a manner similar to the Breech °ruling Rifles. They must not be less in length than 48 including the stock. The limit of weight for these arms is fixed at 9pb. ex clusive of the charges in the magazine. It is indispensable that the arms be made to tako a bayonet. The Secretary of State offers a reward of 300 for the best 111 0.,t-r azi no or Repeating Arm produced that fulfils the ab4ve c onditions ; 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 orßepeatingArms, whi c h are accepted for further trial, will be paid for at the rate of £6O each. This sum is to include 1,000 rounds of ammunition per arm. V. hi novelt The S ecretary of State will take care that no ingenious ndopted din swer to ts advertisement shall be into the serv a i n ce without proper acknowledgment, and that the name of the individual with whom it origi nates shall be recorded in connection with it. If the rifle to which the first prize is awarded is adopted into the service ' it will be ar th e i nven t or ' s name. ST. GEORGE, Major-General, Director "of Ordnance War Office, Oct. 22 1866 t and NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE.—The AGUA AMA RELL S. most useful invention of the day, 51-essrs. JOBN GOSNELL greatest and CO. Red Bull Wharf, 93, Upper T hames-street, Perfumers to CO.,' her Majesty, Upper offer to the public this truly marvellous 1111.0, whioh Zradually restores the human hair to its pristine hue—no respect matter at what age. The Agua Amarella has none of the properties of dyes • it, hairhe contrary, is beneficial to the system, and when 'the is once restored one application per month will keep it in perfect colour. Price one guinea per ottle, or in half bottles, 10s. 61. Testimonials from artistes of the highest order, and from individuals of undoubted re spectabilit Goenell and Co. have Y , maY be seen on application. Messrs. John Highness the Prinoes been appointed Perfumers to her Royal .. of Wales. WHAT IS YOUR CREST AND WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO ? Send 3s. 6d. to CULLETON'S Heraldic Office for a Plain Sketch, or Gs. for a Coloured one. The Arms of man and wife blended together in proper heraldic form. The proper heraldic Colours for servants' liveres, what buttons to be used, and how the carriage should be painted, fee 10s. Just complete, a very valuable book, with 3,500 Engravings, arms, crests, and mottoes of nearly every family in the kingdom, the result of thirty years' labour, price £lO 10s., printed in several colours. Family Pedi grees traced from authentic records, information as to the obtaining of a new grant of arms, how tr change one's name, by T. Culleton, Engraver to her Majesty and Royal family ; also Diesinker to the Board of Trade, 23, Cran bourn-street (corner of St. Martin's-lane), W.C. HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.—FUNDS are earnestly solicited for fitting up the TRAINING SHIP. £2,000 required. WM. WILLIMIS, Secretary. Boys' Refuge, 8, Great Queen-street, W.C. OMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.-CON TRIBUTIONS are earnestly solicited for establishing the COUNTRY ROME. £l,OOO required. WM. WILLI x3lB, Secretary. Boys' Refuge, 8. G rea t Queen-street. W.C. HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON. —The One hundred a tee Commit are most anxious t provide boys. and fifty are now in the for Refuge. Th 4o e a 0 nnual expenditure for supporting the 400 boys is estimated at £6,000, being £l5 a year for each boy. Several kind friends have promised to pay for one boy each year. Subscriptions thankfully received by the London and West minster Bank, 41, Lothbury, an d 214, High H olborn ; Messrs. Ransom and Co., 1, Pall-Mall East; and by Refuge, 8, WM. WILLIAMS, Secr e t ary. CI tr Great Queen-seet, W.U. PROVIDENCE itOW NIGHT REFUGE, FOR 11011TriAlSS WOMEN AND CHILDREN, 14A, Pro v id ence - row, Finsbury, E.O. B _ Sixty Thousand Nights' L o d g i ngs, with Suppers and reakfasts, have beon 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, aro given gratuitously every week. The poor from all parts are admitted, the only condition being that they are homeless and starving. The Manager & c., receives no remune ra ti on whatever. Notwithstand ing the provision made by the Poor Houses, each night numbers of young women, children, and orphans ere, for want accommodation, refused admittance, andhave to spend night after night in the cold, wet, and sleet. To meet this evil, and to provide more ample accommoda tion, £2,000 has beon 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 pro p ,ise - • d, as far as the donations obtained for th e pur : poso will allow, to give bread and coals to poor families in want. Will you, in your charity, help to carry on and accomplish what has been begun ? Will you help to give shelter to the really homeless, and food to the really starving ? The smallest donation will be most welcome, and, night and morning, the prayers of tho destitute will be offered in y our b e h a lf . SUBSCRIPTIONS are earnestly requested, and will be gratefully received by.the Fil3fibig7-CLCOUN ■ k No. 23,275. EPOSIT DE PA RTM ENT.—THE CON SERVATIVE LAND SOClETY.—Persons wishing to invest large kr small sums, receiving half-yearly interest warrants at forir per cent, per annum, with power of withdrawal at fixed periods, according to amount invested, may deposit sums daily at the offices, No. 33, Norfolk street, Strand, W.C., without becoming members of the Society. CHARLES LEWIS GRUNEISEN, Secretary. Prospectuses of the Share, Deposit, Land, and Building Advance Departments will be sent free of charge. ANSION-TTOUSE FUND for the ROLIEF 11JL o f the SUFFERERS by the receut COLLIERY EXPLOSIONS. COMMITTEE The Right ion t R. C. L. Bevan, Esq. Lie LORD MAYOR. Mr. Alderman and Sheriff Samuel Morley, Esq. Geo. Moore, Esq. Mr. Alderman Finnis. J. P. Gassiot, Esq. Christopher T. Gabriel, Esq. Frederick Thompson, Esq. B. A. Gray, Esq. Colonel Stuart Wortloy. Waterlow. Mr. Sheriff Lycett. Mr. Alderman Besley. Mr. Alderman Dakin. James Hill, Esq. R. N. Fowler, Esq. W.J. Maxwell, Esq. Mr. Alderman Cotton. The attention of the public is earnestly drawn to the suffering consequent on the terrible calamity produced by the recent colliery explosions. SUBSCRIPTIONS are greatly needed to relieve the numerous families made destitute thereby. The amount required to meet the memorable Hartley Colliery Accident in 1862 was £50,000 ; in that case 204 men and boys lost their lives ; in the present instance double that number are known to have perished, there fore to make a suitable provision for the families depen dent upon them about £lOO,OOO will be needed. At the final distribution of the surplus of the Hartley Fund, £3,140 was allotted to the districts in which the present accidents occurred, and this sum is now available towards the fund now being raised. H.R.H. the Prince of Wales H.R.H. the Princess of \Vales The Corporation of London Amount already advertised £1.9,461 5 Subscriptions will be received by the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, at the Mansion-house ; Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co., 54, Lombard-street ; Messrs. Coutts and Co., Strand; Messrs. Glyn, Mills, and Co., 67, Lombard street; Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Co., 1, Lombard-street; Messrs. Robarts, Lubbock, and Co., Lombard-street ; Messrs. Dimsdale, Fowler, and Co., 50, Cornhill ; the Lon don and Westminster Bank, Lothbury; the London Joint- Stock Bank, 5, Princes-street ; the Unio❑ Bank of London ; London and County Bank; the National Provincial Bank of England and all their branches; Messrs. Willis, Percival, and Co., Lombard-street; and by the several members of the Committee. _ . JOSEPH GIBBS, Secretary. Mansion House, Jan. 14, 1867. OSBORNE'S STILTON Is THE Cheese! AVALUABLE NEW-YEAR'S GIFT.- A CHINESE CADDY, containing 161bs. of really good Black Tea, sent carriage free to any railway station or market town in England, Ireland, Scotland, or Wales, on re ceipt of 405., jy PHILLIPS and CO, Tea Merchants, 8, King William-liteet, City, E.C. TEA IS CHEAPER THAN EVER.-Is. 6d , 25., os. 61. per lb. a - e the prices at which P [TULL PS and CO , llerchanl a, 8. King William-stree ,- , City, Lon don, }.C., are selling good pad fine BLACK Th: A. A price current post tree. 40. Y;orth carriarze free to iay r: ilway station ur merle. town the United Xing - dom.—Observe-- PHILLIPS ard , Co have co Agents or any connexion with any house Li Wore sLer or Swansea. Sugars are supplied at market prices. THE OCEAN ST. LEGER of 1866 . — What Lord Lyon w.'s to his owner was the Taeping , to her Captain, viz., winner of :le race, having distanced all com petitors, as ST INDIA TEA COSIPANY hae , d in variab y done 'n their choi e and sale of tine new season's teas, now selling at importer's prices. Warehouses-9, Great St. Llelen's-churchyard. EAU -DE-VIE.—This Pure PALE BRANDY, 18s. per zallon, is vt ry superior to recent importations 01 Cognac, recommended by the medical profession, and ex tensively used in hospital.. In bottles, 335. per dozen, or in cr se 395.. railway carriage pal I.—HEN Rl' BRETT and W., Old Furnival's Distillery, Holborn, E.O , and 30, Regent street, S.W. Established 1829. SPLENDID SPECULATIONS GREAT SUCCESS. With a single stake of Li, you can realise .£25,00 ! 1 With a single stake of X 2, you can realise ..£27.5'0 !! With a single stake of £B, you can realise £:17.000! ! With a single stake of £lO, you can realise £15,000! ! For prospectuses and particulars apply without delay to Mr. EUGENE TILLOT, General Merchant, Guernsey. LAMBERT'S ASTHMATIC BALSAM.-AN EFFECTUAL BENI EDY, without confining the bowels or affecting the head, truly efficacious and pleasant, is ad mitted to be the beat medicine tor immediately relieving coughs, colds, onfirmed cases of asthma, an .I 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 art truly beneficial. Persons deprived of sleep, or even lying down for tear of suffocation, may depend on relief in a few minutes alter taking it. Prepares on.y and sold by W. L AMBERT, Chemist. A, King-W,lliam-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. RUPTURFS.-[3Y ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. WHITE'S MOO-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (PERFECTED AND EXHIBITED IN THE GREAT EXHIBITIONS of 1851 and 1862), is allowed by upwards of two Hundred Helical Gentlemen to be the most effective invention in the curative treatment of HERNIA. The use of a steel spring, so otten hurtful in its effects, is here avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the body, while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the Moe-Main Pad and l'atent Lev, r, fitting with so much ease and close ness that It cannot be detected, and may be worn during sleep. A descriptive circular may be had, and HP truss, which cannot fail 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 Sinv.le Truss, Vs., 215., 'Ms 6d., and 31s. 6 , 1 Postage, Is. A. Double Truss, Us. 6d., 42s , an.l 525. 6d. Postage, Is. Bd. An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6.1. I' , 'stage, Is. 10d. Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post ale°, Plccaddly. NEW PATENT PLASTIC STOCKINGS, I J KNEE-CAPS, &c., for Varicose Veins and all cases of Weakness and Swelling of the Legs, . 4 prains, .tc. They are porous, light in texture, and inexpen,ivo, and are drawn on like an ordinary stocking. Price 4s. 6d., is. 8d.,105. and 18s. each. Postage, 6cl. JOHN WHITE, ➢Lanufacturer, 228, Piccadilly. ~~ :`'~~~ • (, r - , • V • .- 7 , ---7 ," ( ~'--- ---7 f1 9 < - 2,-----z., ~- ) s ; , /:4 i" , ‘ .- . . , .. .._ .. , LA, -$ 1 = .„ can • Ar 44... , i;PCIRs, %., I .. . i .., 4 . s.•?\•• ' *., ~..2 , „ 40, 4i p , ,a ' .. " 111 : 0r ..,-- -- .. -- „,.. 1 ------ ,-.x .0 , \';'\'*\-*--- 4111 \ '''' Ir ' i s • L' i as' gir.,,- , ~4, - • ...... ••li ' " ... i , k ll S - , .. - • . , . • t; 1 , :,,,-,, • . 4. 11 V ~ .<7 .41 1 . --,_ mii i. ........ e s t. , ,, ,,_ .... ,4 , ~..,...„, . , ' ; ',.., --, .- , . ... ~ 4-• .- ... ..? 1 ,... -••-, . Atalit.-"- 1 6(Stv 9 liA I. 'DRorr ' 4 ' '' ../ tt.'` 6 .,.,.. , .'" ----..-,,.,! ' D i ---. , V 15% •-f,,, - -, (.9? • • , 4 1P !* ''' ' ' 'kt ------ ,a ' ° Iff, P *\ :,,,_,__';•..'''fil::;fr.,:: THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 15, 1867. PRICE. 4d. STAMPED sd. AFTER Covent- g arden Theatre—EVAN S' to suP. After Drury-lane Theatre EVANS' to SUP. A fter Lyceum Theatre EVANS' to SUP, Alter Aoelphi Thehtre INANS' to SUP. After Olympic Theatre . . EVANS' to SUP. Alter Strand theatre ..... EVA N.S' to SUP. Atter New Itoya'ty Theatre .. .. t VANS' to SUP. Alter St. James's Theatrt EVANS' to SUP. After Prince of Wales' `rhei:re....EVANS' to SUE'. London Singing and Supper Club, EVANS', Covent-garden, Voc4l Entertainment at Eight. known in this country ; and unless we are to imitate the Continental Powers in their despotic institutions, we can not follow them by granting universal suffrage. The qualification for the franchise in counties and boroughs ought to bo uniform, a principle which has been affirmed by a majority of the house on Mr. Locke King's motion for a £lO franchise in boroughs and counties. This great principle will simplify the distribution of seats, which is the most difficult part of any Reform Bill; for in that case it will not signify whether a man's property be included in a borough or in a county, as in either case he will have a vote. So important do I coneeive thiq priociple to be that I doubt not it will form the basis of all future Reform Bills. Mr. Gladstone's Reform Bill of last session proposed a £l4 qualification for the counties and a .£7 qualification for the boroughs, giving an average qualification of £lolos. Nowt, as I propose a .D 3 qualification for both counties and boroughs, my proposal is much more liberal than his. The Colliery ExplosionE. Yesterday the members of the Mansion-house Committee for raising funds for the relief of the sufferers by the recent fe4rful and fatal explosions in Yorkshire and Staffordshire, met for the despatch of business. The Lord Mayor presided, and the following gentlemen were also in attendance :—Mr. R. A. Gray, Mr. George Moere, Mr. J. Maxwell, Mr. R. C. L. Bevan, Mr. Alderman and Sheriff Waterlow, Mr. Alderman Finnis,' Mr. Samuel Morley, Mr. Alderman Cotton, and Mr. Sheriff • Lycett. The minutes of the last meeting of the committee were read by Mr. Gibbs, the hon. secretary, and ordered to be confirmed ; and it was resolved that for the future the committee should meet on every succeeding Monday, at two o'clock. A report was presented from Mr. Ball, the cashier and accountant, from which it appeared that the total amount received by the committee was £19,461 ss. ld., of which sum £15,000 re mained in the hands of Messrs. Bevan, the bankers of the committee, by whom it was now resolved that of that sum £13,000 should be placed at interest, at seven days' call. It was further mentioned that speaking in round numbers the receipts in London were £20,000, in Yorkshire X 10,290, and in Stafford shire about £5,000, giving a total of £35,000. In the course of the sitting of the committee the Lord Mayor communicated the tenour of a report received from the local committee of the Oaks Colliery Relief Fund at Barnsley, from which it appeared that the col liery proprietors had paid to the representatives of the deceased miners a full week's wages, and other gratuities. It also sets forth that the great majority of the deceased miners were members of the Miners' Association, a body which up to the present time had honourably fulfilled their duties towards the survivors. To the widows whose husbands had been recovered the sum of £8 each had been paid, and to those widows whose husbands still remained in the pit the sum of £4 each had been paid, whilst each widow had received ss. per week, and Is. per week for each child. All this was from the same source, and in this way the Miners' Association had already expended about £1,600 upon the sufferers from this calamity. The Lord Mayor added that the commu nication from the Oakhill Relief Committee disclosed the following facts relating to the numbers of the sufferers :—Women 156, children 330 ; total, 486. Parents who were supported by their sons-4 men, 12 women, and 1 child ; total, 17. Orphans--4 children. Single women 5, children 3 ; total, 8. Families of men burnt-4 men, 4 women, and 12 children ; total, 20. And other per sons-2 women and 4 children ; total, 6. These figures give a total of 60 men, 236 women, and 362 children ; total 658, showing the calamity had been to a much greater extent than at first had been anticipated ; and the local committee added, that to give efficient relief not less than £75,000 would be really requisite; and towards this the local committee held cash £7,927 lie. 6d., and they had received promises to the extent of £2,365 4s. Bd., giving a total of £10,292 16s. 2d. Information had reached the committee from the Staffordshire district that the total sufferers were 195. The report from Barnsley urged that the distribution of their funds would in no way be allowed to interfere with the relief granted by the poor-law guardians, and they invited the London committee to frame a sys tem by which a permanent fund for relief in similar cases should be established. After some discussion it was arranged that the local committee should be requested to send up their plans for that object, and with this the committee adjourned. It may be added that during the day a donation (first instalment) was received from the gentlemen of the London Commercial Sale-rooms of £l3O, and a donation of £lO 10s. from the Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The Riots at Dungarvan. DUBLIN, Jan. 14. On Friday, the sth day of the inquest at Dun garvan, to inquire into the cause of O'Brien's death, Mr. Heard, sub-Inspector of Constabulary, was the first witness examined. He deposed that he saw stones thrown among the Lancers from the crowd within the railings—about 40 people. He saw one Lancer prodding at a man through the rails with his lance ; he could not say with what end. The en closure was cleared, and the people escaped into a meadow, from which they continued to throw stones. The constabulary cleared them away, without stab bing them or harming them in any way, and they received no injury themselves. Daniel Connor, a constable, stated that he was one of the escort of the -voters coming over the bridge, and he saw the stones flying right and left. lie saw one Lancer raise his left arm to avoid a stone. _ . John Cole, another policeman, deposed that he was one of the escort iu charge of the voters coming over the bridge ; that he saw 20 or 30 stones thrown at the military, police, and voters from inside the railings ; and that the military were doing nothing to the people at the time. At this stage one of the jurors remarked that they had no doubt stones were thrown, but they wanted to have some one produced as a witness that was hurt by them. Where were the wounded ? Mr. Julian replied that they had none of the wounded people on the other side. Mr. Hatchell, resident magistrate from the county of Galway, was on duty on Dec. 29, escorting into the town 200 voters, having with him a troop of Lancers, under the command of Capt. Orred. They were met by a troop of Lancers under Capt. Le Quesne, Major Wombwell, and Mr. Greene. Ile saw stones thrown before the advanced guard had crossed the bridge. He saw them in the air. The Lancers then wheeled round, but did nothing un necessarily offensive to the people. The voters went on protected by an infantry escort and some of the Lancers. Those who remained behind were received with volleys of stones. Witness's horse was struck in several places. He saw three or four Lan cers struck with stones, and the shako of one knocked off. He never saw such large stones thrown in his life anywhere. Before the Lancers went down the quay they were pelted with stones. The whole thing lasted about a minute or two. Surgeon Gulleno, of the 6th Regiment of Inof - fantry, stationed at Fer mo y , examined several the soldiers on duty on the occasion in qu lr e stomb and made the following return :—":tlljiolrioirßromw lleeyl: contusion of right hand ; Sergea contusion, back of bead,t.(Zoorleifitantenmonpl,e,cucltitotno bridge of nose ; Ser g ean right hand; Farrier -sergeant Filler, contusion over right eye ; Private Richard Owen, cut, left hand ; Private Charles Barber, contusion, right eye ; Pri vate John Kinnier, contusion, left elbow ; Private Richard Hamerton, contusion, left wrist ; Private James Hamerton, contusion, right knee, ditto, ab domen." Witness—There were 20 others who stated that they had been struck with stones and bottles, but did not show me any injuries, and I did not examine them. The contusion on the head of Sergeant Bromley was on the left part of the occipital bone, and was severe ; it is not quite healed yet. The con tusion over his left temple caused a black eye, and he had a cut over the bridge of his nose. I was only speaking of the detachment of the Lancers at Fermoy. I know nothing of the Cork detachment of the Lancers that were at Dungarvan. Captain J. C. Orred deposed that there was no truth in the statement that the 12th Lancers ran away in India. The professional gentleman who made it had apologised. He was in command of his troops on the day of the election, and he saw what he would call a shower of stones and black bottles thrown at them from a hous3 at the right hand corner of William-street and the square. Two of the men were struck, one cut in the hand, and the other in the right eye. 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In a letter addressed to FRANCIS TUCKER and CO., on the subject of WAX CANDLES with PLATTED WICKS, th© lato Cardinal Archbishop writes:— " I have found them fully equal to tho recommendation you gave them, and can sincerely, in my turn, recommend them to the Clergy for the use of the Altar." E Finest quality, with Platted Wicks patented 2s. 2d. perlb. Ordinary quality 2s. Od. per lb. 2d. per lb. charged extra if a credit be taken over three months. PRIZE MEDAL VEGETABLE CANDLES. Bost quarty is. sd. per lb. Second quality Third quality Carriage paid in London on Orders of Five Pounds in value. FRANCIS TUCKER and CO., 18, South Molton-street, Grosvenor-square; Manufactory—Kensington. (Established 1730.) The only Catholic Establishment in England for the Manufacture of Wax Candles for the use of the Altar. EXHIBITORS at the PARIS EXHIBITION, 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. Ping and Machining Newhapers, &c., RINTING.—TO PROPRIETORS OF N EWSPAPERS, PERIODICALS, &c. — The Print ofingly favour a bl e t erms. Use of Editorial and Publishing Offices, if r equ i re d . Estimates forwar d e d o n receipt of d o ne on exceed particulars, with stamped directed envelope for reply. Address—The Manager "Sun" Printing Offices, 3, Church row, Savoy, Strand, W.O. Proposed Parliamentary Reform Bill. TO THE EDITOR Or THE SUN. Sfit,—All parties being now prepared to entertain the question of a Reform of the Rouse of Commons, I venturo to lay before you a plan for carrying out that groat and most desirable object. Our Currency Laws, which have not been reformed for twenty-two years, are sadly in want of reform, for they are the main cause of those monetary convulsions so ruinous to tho country, and especially to the industrial classes, by throwing hundreds of thonsands of them out of employment. The Irish Church calls loudly for reform, as it prevents the pacification of Ireland, and causes much loss to Government, thereby increasing taxation. The borough of London has never been re formed, and the maladministration of metropolitan affairs shcws the need of it. The Church of England, which is falling to p ie ces for want of reform, has never been reformed. The H ouse of Commons , as now cons tit u t e d, is incapable of entering ou any on e of these great reforms so ossential for the peace, p rogress, an d we lf are o f th e na ti on . The:present house is able to deal with minor reforms of no national import; but as for great and comprehensive re forms, such as those I have named, it is tatally incompetent to deal with them. Here we have the proof.that the House of Commons itself stands in want of reform, for a house that cannot deal with national questions is not an institution fitted to rule this great country ; and such are my reasons for now proposing a thorough reform:of the house. NUMBER OP MEMBERS. The great number of members composing the House of Commons is a serious impediment to the transaction of its business. The object of a Parliament is to obtain good and ready legislation, but that object, as the experience of the present crowded house has shown, cannot be obtai n ed. I n France they manage th eir public business with a house of 230 members, and France is a larger country than England. I think a house of 850 members would be amply sufficient ot for Great Britain. I the r e fore p r opose to reduce the num ber of members from 638 o t fo responsibility 3 more sO. responsible,T To edu reduce fore and thed numb erhirig of members so n 1 lcle dutiesgtrue attention to Mob law is alway s to be dreaded, and the l e gislation of a the°Y will g m o thef make their feelinge themof house numbering 830 members ma y al most be called such. To reduce the nu mber of members will be an incalculable b en efit conferred on the constituencies, and I am only sur prised that so obvious an improyoreent should not have been proposed before. If it be said that the necessary rail way committees could not be overtaken by so small a number of members, I point to France, which has as many railways as we have; and the best proof that they manage their railway business better than we do is, that their railways pay double the dividend that ours do. Franco has a board through which all railway bills must pass before they can enter Parlia ment, which board reduces their number and prepares Parliament for those they recommend to bo passed, and the sooner England adopts this plan the better. Our loose way of managing railway business has been one great cause of the present monetary crisis, for Parliament has passed .pore bills than there is spare money in the (min try to make railways. This has robbed trade and industry of their resources to a fearful extent, an error which Par liament could not have fallen into if it had had its Legis lative Council. THE FRANCHISE. I hold that every man is entitled to vote for members of Parliament, so far as that principle can be carried out without safety to the State. In France and Germany they have " universal suffrage," but that power is counteracted by a highly centralised Government, backed by a vast military WO raised by cougcriptign, which ig happily Un- DURATION OF PARLIAMENTS. The present system of seven years' Parliaments is not good, for it makes members too independent of their con stituents. I would meet this evil by making the House of Commons a continuous body. I would make 70 members, or one-fifth of the whole house, retire annually, their places to be filled up by an annual election of that number. OPEN VOTING. I have a decided objection to voting by ballot, which is neither more nor less than anonymous voting. No right minded man would write an anonymous letter. Now the very same principle which withholds the pen from the anonymous letter will withhold the hand from the ballotbox. If it be said that the ballot is the only protection to the voter, I answer that the influence of one man over another, either by writing or personal canvass, is legitimate and right; and to do away with that right, either by the ballot or any other means, would bo most injurious to the inte rests of the commonwealth. Theio are many things that admit of no legislative remedy, and the abuse of influence is one of them. The only remedy for the evil is the force of public opinion, and that, I think, will be found more potent than secret voting. FREEMEN. The Election Commissioners of last year show the orror that Earl Grey committed in not depriving the freemen of their votes by his Reform Bill of 1832, for ever since that time the boroughs of England have disgraced themselves by bribery and corruption, owing mainly to the venality of the freemen. If we wish to remove this foul blot on our history, we will at once and for ever disfranchise this class of voters. By so doing we shall provo tho wisdom of not allowing the franchise to bo reduced too low; for what would become of this country with a body of freomon for its governing power? SMALL BOROUGHS. I object to the system of joining smallboroughs together, as in Scotland and Wales, which keeps up nests of bribery and corruption, to the great injury of the boroughs them selves. What has made the rotten boroughs what they are but giving members to towns too small to make a good use of the privilege ? If these towns desire to rise from their ashes, they will not only oppose the disfranchisement clause of the new Reform Bill, but petition Parliament in favour of it. Let the small boroughs be thrown into the counties, where their votes, minus the freemen, will not be felt in the largo constituency of a county. As it would not be desirable to swamp the counties, I wculd extend tho boundaries of the large boroughs so as to transfer as many votes to the large towns as possible. BRIBERY AND CORRUPTION. A general election, with its parade, hustings, and polling booths, is a great evil, for it excites the passions and takes the attention of the people from their ordinary avocations. But this is not all, for the drinking and demoralisation con current on so much fuss and parade is beyond conception Let the names of candidates be sent to the returning officer one month before the election, and let him publish a list of of the candidates, fixing the time and places of polling. After the polling is over the lists will be made up, and the result published in the Gazette. The candidates will issuo their printed addresses, hold meetings, and canvass the voters personally ; but there will be no hustings or polling booths, and all will pass over almost as quietly as town council elections. This improvement will do more to put down bribery and corruption than any other means. LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. I proposo that this board should consist of 50 members, elected by the corporations of the large towns and the ma gistrates of the chief counties, say, 25 members from the towns, and 25 from the counties. The duties of this board will be to prepare bills for the consideration of Parlia ment; both the bills, public and private, submitted to thorn by others, and bills they originate themselves. As this board will be constituted by Act of Parliament, it will be competent for Parliament to reform or abolish it at any time. In tho administration of its duties the Tp,gis lative Council will bo independent either of the Parliament or the Crown, as much so as the bank of England or the Metropolitan Board of Works. With the proposed board to assist it the House of Commons, with its 350 members, will have ample time to get through its work without nightwork, as at present; and as rogards its acts, compared with those of the present house, it may be expected to throw all past legislation into the shade. The following are tho heads of the proposed bill: Ist. The House of Commons to consist of 350 members, elected by the boroughs and counties of the United King dom. There will be no necessity to make distinctions be tween the three portions of the kingdom, but to treat Eng land, Scotland, and Ireland as one country. 2d. Seventy members of the house to retire annually in rotation, their places to be filled up by an annual election. 3d. The right of the Crown to dissolve Parliament to remain unchanged. 4th. The freemen in boroughs to be disfranchised. sth. The qualification for the franchise to be a rental of six pounds in towns and counties. 6th. Small boroughs and boroughs now joined together as one to be disfranchised and thrown into the counties. The boundaries of large boroughs to be extended so as to relieve the counties as much as possible. ith. Population, property, and special circumstances to bo considered in distributing the seats for boroughs and counties. Bth. The nomination of candidates on the hustings and other useless formalities to be abolished. Having now given the outlines of my scheme of Parlia mentary Reform, I will conclude with one or two remarks. Past experience has shown that wo cannot have a Reform Bill oftoner than once in thirty years. That being so, I have looked to the probable wants of the next generation in drawing up the bill as well as present wants. _ . Electoral Reform has occupied the attention of the voters for the last forty years or more to the exclusion of almost every other national reform,which has retarded the progress of legislative reforms,an evil which cannot be exaggerated. At last we may expect peace and contentment, for when a bill so comprehensive and liberal as that now proposed is passed, the attention of the voters will be taken off Electoral Reform and directed to Legislative Reform, the one being only a means to the other. That the Reform of Parliament now proposed will prove a real boon to the country I do not doubt ; neither do I doubt that it will greatly strengthen the Constitution and promote the interests of all classes. At present wo have a great many private bills passed every year, but very few public bills, but when wo have the Reformed Parliament and the Legislative Council we shall have all this reversed, for then we shall have more public bills than private bills. The great reduction of the number of members will be supported out of doors, but opposed in the house, as it will throw so many out of their seats. But this is a difficulty which a dissolution of Par liament will remedy. The minister who opposes the bill must give the house to understand that it is their intention to recommend a dissolution in the event of the bill being thrown out, whfch will show the house that it will be useless to oppose the bill on selfish grounds. I have only further to say that if my plan of Parliamen tary Reform is favourably received, I will then proceed to complete it by giving a list of the boroughs and counties to be disfranchised snd represented, and as I am not con nected with any political party the impartiality of the work may bo relied on. A. ALISON. 41, York-terrace, Regent's-park, Jan. 12, 1867. THE KING OF PRUSSIA AND COLONEL WALKER. —On Christmas-eve Colonel Walker, Military Attache at Berlin, received an autograph letter from the King of Prussia, conveying to him, with warm expressions of regard and goodwill, the war medal of 1866, permission to accept which had arrived on that day from England. Shortly afterwards a servant of the Crown Prince brought Colonel Walker a parcel containing a most kindly expressed autograph letter, his portrait, and a black marble paper weight engraved with the names and dates of the battles of Nachod, Skalitz, and Kouiggratz. 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Last year no fewer than 455 poor, friendless, young females were rejected from want of FUNDS and room, making a total of 8,087, who have been sent away in five years. The new home the Committee wish to form woald be for young girls, almost children, frem the age Of 8 to 15, who have been led astray from the path of virtue. Contributions will be received gratefully by the Secretary, Mr. Daniel Cooper, 95, Queen •street, I:heap/Ade; or by Messrs Barclay and Co., Lombard-street ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, in the tannediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail way Terminus, King's-cross. Patron —Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN. Vice-Patron —His Royal Highness the Prime of WA LE S, K G. President —His Grace the Duke of BUCCLEUCH. K.G. This Hospital, fonndel in the year 1828, the first to estab lish the principle of free admission to the sick poor, without the delay and difficulty of Governors' orders, is wholly de pendent for support on voluntary contributions and I :gacies It affords relief to a large number of in-pa:lints, and, in addition to this, the average number of attendance of the destitute sick has for a considerable period averaged between 3 , 0 00 and 4,000 weekly. The Committee ear estly solicit the ASSISTANCE of the benevolent, as the pr nines of this Hospital are capable of containing several h.ndred more beds had the Committee the requisite funds to maintain them. Contributions are received by their bankers, Messrs. Brown, Janson, and Co., Abchurch-lane ; also by afessrs. Contts and Co.; Drummond and Co.;• Giyn and Co. ; Berries and Co. ; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; PF ilhams, Deacon, and Co.; Nisbet and ("Q., I: Wave-street and at the Hospital. from 10 till 6, STAXFORR MAriff OeCietui, _ NEWSPI . 1. "4 P - R . Z 4 he saw showers of stones at the bridge struck himself on his shako, which iv, lite --/. '"%' None of his men used their lances. One o %-- 4 a bruise on the wrist. The conduct of the c exceedingly violent, violent, the conduct of the men c'his a ,erti regiment exceedingly forbearing. If a lancerrode up and stabbed Capt. Kiely as described, he would say he was a disgrace to his flag. If a lancer was struck with a stone by a man who then ran away, and the lancer pursued him, knocked him down and killed him, witness would say he was justified, not in kill ing him, Unit he thought human flesh and blood could not endure injury like that without acfng in. self-defence. .W,_.- - ,,z__,e,e...,... , Z ----- *P c * . -- ),=:-• - .1 ::::i) 41,1 7 .4t ir. . : - 4) --r y ~~ e. The Coroner—You think that if a stone was thrown by a man at alancer, thelancer was jus - u pi e d in striking, though not in killing him ?-lAiltat I said was that T believed he was nut justified iu kill ing the man, but human flesh and blood could not stand being stoned without retaliating in self-de fence. He saw no troops injured that day. When a trooper does retaliate, he is not justified in using hia lance. He saw no lances used that day, nor did th,e lancers charge. He saw no blood on any lance. Saw one of his men strike at a green flag with his lance, and did not check or reprove him. The lancers were not insulted with the party cry, " Down with the Tories !" for soldiers have no politics. A lancer is, not justified in using without orders either end , jf his lance, if he is stoned volley after volley, unl,e ss at the imminent risk of his life, and there is no. offi cer present. Capt. Le Quesne deposed that his men we.rc.; sober on the election day. Ile saw no bottles thKown. lie was not struck himself, nor did he see any of the men struck, or hear offensive expressions. At the bridge he saw stones thrown on both sides from the crowd. No military inquiry was made about the death of either of the two men, Capt. Kiely and W. O'Brien, nor was any report made by the officers. It was not witness'sbusiness to make any inquiry to assist that court in finding the names of his men, who went down the quay. Mr. Arundel, whom tie left in charge of his troop during a few minutes he was absent, is a Roman Catholic. The inquiry was then adjourned till this morning. RAILWAY INTEL LIGE NOE. i o , f ac i i n fic ter co t in ast array be sta T tes he of all o - u a r bs u or n b i i o n n g o si n tbj t e h c e t THE PACIFIC RAILROAD . es those said to be the construction of a railroad across the continent, while the future prosperity of the terri tories lying between the Missourri river and the Sierra Nevada mountains hangs entirely upon it. The work itself is the greatest which the engineer ing skill of the century has devised or the extraor dinary enterprise of this nation grappled with. The idea of connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans by an iron road is grander than the wildest dreams of the earlier navigators; and the visions of the North-west passage, so long the lode-star of dis coverers, pale their ineffectual fires before this prac tical, sober design of nineteenth-century contrac tors. The short cut to Cathay which Columbus dreamed of, and Cabot and Hudson sought to find, is to be achieved not by discovery of navigable bays or rivers, but by surmounting nature's most rugged difficulties, by traversing desert wastes and climb ing mountain heights. And that this great work will be accomplished in our day and generation we seem to have the strongest proof. It can be re tarded by the universal passion for stealing which marks all railroad enterprises ; but it will be accom plished. And yet we have fears that the work, apparently progressing so rapidly, is in danger of suspension from this very cause. Our railroad magnates are, unfortunately, possessed of the idea that they must make large fortunes in the prosecu tion of the work. They are not willing to await its completion and the natural effects which would inevitably arise out of so grand an enterprise. They think they must bag immense sums as they go along. The Government has granted to three roads now in progress from this side subsidies of $16,000 per mile and enormous gra;its of the public lands, and the whole policy of the ':,.mtleinen into whose hands these grants have fallen seems to be directed towards getting all they can and doing for it as little as possible. The Central route from Atchison west ward is completed forty miles, and the contractors and their friends have just returned from a grand jollification over the opening. We should consider it better taste in those gentlemen to postpone their junketing until the length of road they had finished bore some decent proportion to the work they had yet to do. But Congress is to be importuned again this winter for fresh grants, and Indian treaties are to be made, and this is one of the methods used to blow their own trumpets and exalt their particular work. This same Atchison and Pike's Peak Rail road is contracted for to a distance of one hundred miles, the contractors in general being the president and directors of the company and their friends. To the contractors has been turned over the immense grant of lands, the $16,000 per mile given by the Government, and a like sum of first mortgage bonds. It is calculated by these gentlemen that their profits on the work of building this one hundred miles of road will exceed the princely sum of five million dollars. And yet these greedy people are not con tented. They want more. They sigh after fresh fields and pastures new. They already possess the regal domain of the Kickapoo Indians, for which they have promised to pay the red men one dollar and a quarter per acre, and which they now hold at ten dollars per acre. But they are too astute to offer their lands for sale. If they did, the aboriginal owners of the tracts for which they pine might have their sleepy eyes opened to the fact that their patri monial acres were worth more than a dollar and a quarter each. Congress will be importuned this winter,g and accomplished lobbyists will pervade the n ational Capital, to provide fres h profits for these p hil an th ro pic gentlemen. It is time that the whol e subject received the attention which it deserves. It would be well to know wha t Senators and what Senators' friends are interested in these schemes, and it would be desirable to have a committee ap pointed to examine into all of this Pacific Railroad business. It needs examination. If one hundred miles pay a profit of five million dollars, almost all of which is derived from the national exchequer, what will the whole road cost ? It is a very simple sum in common arithmetic, which it does not need an acquaintance with the higher branches of mathe matics to demonstrate. The objections to great works undertaken by the Government are great and many, but we doubt if the construction of the Pacific Road by the Government could produce a worse re sult than this. And this is only the beginning. This is only for a small part of the distance. These persons who have made so pleasant a specu lation over the first hundred miles will and do desire a fresh lease of power and new opportunities for obeying the Shakespearean precept, " Put money in thy purse." So long as Congress can be pur suaded into sixteen thousand dollars a mile, and a credulous public will take bonds to a like amount, and so long as these two items cover the cost of building the road, the gentlemen interested will continue to build. Why should they not do so? By such a course they secure the magnificent land grant on either side of the road for nothing. But a time will come when mountain passes have to be cut and tunnelled, and impetuous rivers bridged, afar out in the plains, when the cost will be larger than the two items we have just mentioned. Labour will be more costly, subsistence dearer, and the great difficulties of the enterprise before them. The lands, too, in these distant deserts are not so much sought after as the fertile slopes that border the Missouri. When this state of facts exists the fol lowing question will become a pertinent one : Will the gentlemen who have secured without cost those fertile axles care to obtain at a considerable price barren and sterile ones ? We think it needs no great amount of foresight t o enable us to answer this question in the negative. Th ere fore we think l tion by which the public that any further legislation domain or the public money may be granted for the purpose of build in g the Pacific Railroad should be coupled with conditions w hich shall render the grants nugatory s hould the work for any reason fail to be completed. We would make all grants upon conditions, and in the event of the conditions failing we would have the grants fail also.—Tlic Ro and Table. MR.. DIXON'S NEW WORK. On Thursday, Jan. 17, in 2 vols ,Svo.. with Illustrationa, "Os„ VE W A M ER IC A. By WILLIAM lIEBWOItTII DIXON. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., MADONNA MARY. By Mrs. OLI I'll ANT. " From first to last' Madonna Mary' is written with vigour, and overflows with the best quAlities of its writer's fancy and humour. The story is thoroughly original."—Athenaeum. Hurst and Blaekett, 13, Great Marlborough-street.