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..,.. 1J ~... LONDON STREET REFORM SOCIETY. PRESIDMIT. Sir WILLIAM FRASER y Bart., M.A., F.S.A. On the 13th of June, 1865, it was admitted unanimously in the House of Commons that the condition of London, as regards Paving, Lighting, and Cleansing, was disgraceful. • No improvement has taken place. The Traffic of London becomes every day more un manageable. The Public Vehicles are inferior to those of Provincial and Continental Cities. This Society has been formed to stimulate public atten tion ; to collect, condense, and make known facts ; to point out defects iu the law ; to enforce provisions at present neglected; and to watch Bills introduced into Par liament on these subjects. The London Street Reform Society is not pledged to support any specific change in the Government of _the Metropolis. Those who may wish to join the Society are requested to write to J. S. Italy, Esq., Hon. Sec. L.S.R.S., 88, St. James's -street, S.W. Just I) . ll)H:shed, Icap. Svo., cloth wlt. price 2K 64 I.ONDON SELF-GOVERNED ALAI By Sir WILLIAM FRASER, Bart, . F.S.A. London : Fran is Ihrvey, 4, St. James'E—street. CONTRACT FOR BEECH WEDGES. Contract Department, Admiralty, Somerset T House, ,14th Dec. 1866. HE COMMISSIONERS for , EXECUTING the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRE LAND, Do hereby g i ve NOTICE , that on TUESDAY, the Bth January next, at Two o'Clock, they will be ready to treat with such Persons as may be willing to Contract for supplying Her Majesty's Dockyard at Portsmouth with Hewed Wedges of Beech, under a Contract for twelve calendar months certain, and further until the expiration of thr ee ca l endar months' warning. The average annual consumption, together with a Form of the Tender and Conditions of Contract, may be seen in the Lobby of the Storekeeper-General's Department, Admiralty, Somerset House. No Tender will be received after Two o'Clock on the day of Treaty, nor will any be noticed unless the Party attends, or an Agent for him duly authorised in writing. Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words " Tender for Beech Wedges ;" and must also be delivered at the Department of the Storekeeper-General, Admiralty, Somerset House, accompanied by a Letter signed by two responsible persons, engaging to become bound with the Person tendering hi the sum of X2OO for the duo perfor mance of the Contract. • By Order, ANTONIO BRAY, Registrar of Contracts and Public. Securities. CONTRACT FOR FRESH OX BEEF AND VEGE TLES AT FOYNS. CONTRAC AB T DEPARTMENT, E ADMIRALTY. Somerset House, 27th December, 1866. THE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING the OFFICE ef LORD HIGH ADMIRAL the UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and of IRE LAND do hereby Give Notice, that on Tuesday, the 15th January next, at Twelve o'clock at Noon, they will be ready to treat with such persons as may be willing to con tract for supplying all such quantities of FRESH OX BEEF and VEGETABLES, for the use of her Majesty's ships and vessels at Foynes as may be domande] from the 15th January to the 30th June, 1867, both days included. The Contractor is to supply good fat well-fed Ox Beef, as nO Heifer meat will be admitted. The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty reserve to themselves an unlimited power of selection in accepting the Tenders. Tenders must be made at rates per 100 lb., and no atten tion will be paid to any offers not so made. The Contractor in claiming pay men t f or th e supplies, is to mak e ou t his invoices in pounds at per 100 lb. The Contractor to reside on the spot, or to have an agent resident there. If non-resident, the name and ad dress of the agent must be inserted in the Tender. No Tender will be received after Noon on the day of treaty, and it will not be required that the party tendering, or an agent on his behalf, should attend at the Office on the day of Contract, as the result of the offer received from each person will be communicated to him and his proposed sureties in writing. Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and must also be delivered at the department of the Comptroller of Victualling, Admiralty, Somerset House, signed by two respodible persons, engaging to b ecome bound with the person tendering in the su m of .£eef 3 00 for the due parformae of the Cont rac t forFresli Ox b, and £lOO nc for the Contract for Vegetables. The Contractor to pay half the amount of the stamps on the Contracts and Bonds. By order, ANTONIO BRADY, Registrar of Contracts and Public Securities. T GUNMA K E R S and Others. The SECRETARY of STATE for WAR is desirous of receiving PROPOSALS from Gunmakers and Others for BR EECH -LOADING RIFLES, either repeating or not repeating, which may replace the present Service Rifles in future manufacture. The following are the conditions considered essential in military non -repeating Rifles:— Not to exceed 91b. Soz.WEGHT without bayonet. R. LENGTH. To be 51 inch e s, w ith short stock, measured from the hollow of the butt-plate to muzzle. c. WEIGHT OF AMMUNITION MADE UP. Must not exceed 61b. 4oz. for sixty rounds as packed for service. D. CARTRIDGES . Must carry thbir own E. ' im SIGHTS. fixed acc or di n nition. The foresight must be such a s t o a d m i t of a bayonet g to the present system. Must be s uc h as to car F. STOCK.ry allow a sli ng t o b e used. a light met a l c l ean i ng rod, and a. Must not exceed that of RECOIL. the Enfield Rifle by more than 10 per cent. x. THE ARM AS A WHOLE. Rust be as little liable to in jurybylong-continued firing, rough usage, and exposure, as the naval rifles converted to breech -loaders on the Snider system. To be as capable, also, of being used without accident by imperfectly trained for men, and of b e i ng manufactured in quantities and of uni m quality. L THE AMMUNITION AS AugLE. Must be as little liable to injury by rogh usage, damp, and ex r'sureerpos in all climates, as the B oxer cartridge for Snide convted Enfield rifle —also as little liable to acci dental explosion as the same cartridge, and as capable of being manufactured in large quality, quantities, and of unif orm Optional. CALIBRE. L. THE TWIST AND FORM OF GROOVE. Optional. Optional. M. THE LOCK. N. RAPIDITY OF FE. Capabl e of firing at least 12 rounds IR per minute, without aiming, the cartridges being arranged on a table. 0. ACCURACY WHEN FIRED FROM A FIXED REST. The arm must give a mean figure of merit of not more than 36in. at 1,000 yards, 30in. and 6in. at 300 . at 800 yard; 12in. at 500, The mean to be taken upon at least five targets of twenty shots each. ........ P. TRAJECTORY. Not to require at 500 yards an elevation of more tllati 1 deg. 30 min. ULING . The shooting Q. FO not to deteriorate mo at 1,000 yards after firing 250 rounds. re than 20 per cent. R. PENETRATION. T he mean penetration of five shots not to be less than that of the present service muzzle-loading Enfield Rifle— viz., 12 half-inch elm planks, which have been soaked 48 hours in water. Distance 30 yards, a. N. Wax o n b ullets is ind LUBRICAT IO ispensable, but any other lubricant may be supemdded or applied to the cartridge, if thought necessary by the competitor. No arms -will be received without the usual proof marks. , P e cifications, an d drawings of the methods proposed, stating the probable cost per arm, and accompanied by a finished specimen arm, with 20 rounds of suitable ammu nition, should be sent to the "Director of Ordnance, War Oftlce, on or before the 30th March, 1867. , Th e specificati ons an d specimen arms will be considered by the Ordnance Select Committee and its associate mem bers, who will be selected by the Secretary of State for SelecWar and who will, after firing the 20 preliminary rounds, t and recommend for further trial such of the systems tia may appear to them sufficiently Promising, rejecting all such as may not be considered to offer sufficient merits to 'warrant their being included in the competition, the con ditions of which are stated in this advertisement. Each accepted competitor will then be required to f urn i sh for experim en t , at W oolwich, six arms in strict conformity 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 the committee the exact nature of the lubrication he may em ploy. A sum of £3OO will be paid to each of the accepted c ompetitor; to cover the expense of the six rifle; and of the supply of ammunition required. The Secretary of State offers a reward of £l,OOO for the arm which, on 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 particu lars, is selected for merit in respect to its breech mechanism. A third reward of 4400 for the best cartridge. The qua 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 cartridge must be fair; but as they may depend upon the rifling of the arm with which the cartridge is associated, they will not be so much con sidered as those above-mentioned. It is clearly to be understood that under no circumstances will a competitor be entitled to more than one prize ; but such prize will be irrespedtive of any reward which may be given to tie inventor of the arm finally adopted into the service. Iv. MAGAZINE AND REPEATING ARMS. Magazine and Repeating Arms for Infantry will be re eived and examined in a manner similar to the Breech loading Rifles. They must not be less in length than 48 nches, including the stock. The limit of weight for these arms is fixed at 911 b. ex cluv,ive 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 f u lfi lled before such an arm can be adopted. Those M agaz i ne orßepeatingArms, which are accepted for further trial, will be paid for at the rate of ..£6O each. This sum is to include 1,000 rounds of ammunition per arm. The Secrets V. /loyalt ry of State will take care that no i ngen i ous y produ in a.nswer to tis advertisement shall be adopted into the ced service without h proper acknowledgment, and that the name of the individual with whom it origi nates shall he recorded in connection with it. if the rifle to which the first prize is awarded is adopted i nto the s erv i ce, it will bear the inventor's name. ST. GEORGE, Major-Genera; Pfreetor W" Qfileat Oct. 22 /866 °L Ordnance N°. 23,270. KIN 'S EXIT L I L BITIO W N HIS B6 K S Y. DUBLIN This Celebrated OLD IRISH WHISKY gained the Oublin Prize Medal. It is Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Whole- Sold in Bottles, 3s. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London; y the Agents in the principal towns in England ; or rholesaln at 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. Observe the Tted Saal, Pink Label, and Cork branded " ICinahan's LL W hisky." UTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION J (Inclrpor 'Led by An of t'arlia►nent, IMO), -1, ti - USSELL-STREET, COVENT-GARDEN. LONDON. Prompt ADVANCES on all description of Security. Forms tree on application by letter to EDWARD HARPER. Secretary. COUNTRY HOTELS, PUBLIC HOUSES, vv and BUSINESSES. FULLNESS and KNEE'S List on application. Particulars for insertion received until the 27th of the a:onth at their Aucrios AND HOTEL AGENCY OFFICES, 5, Agar-street, Strand, D.C., and nearly opposite the Charing Cross Railway Station. ANSION-HOUSE FUND f or t h e RELIEF 111. of the SUFFERERS by the recent COLLIERY EXPLOSIONS. COMMITTEE. The Right Hon the LORD MAYOR. IL C. L. Bevan, Esq. Mr. Alderman and Sheriff Samuel Morley, Esq. Waterlow. Geo. Moore, Esq. Mr. Sheriff Lycett. Mr. Alderman Finnis. Mr. Alderman Besley. J. P. Gassiot,,Esq. Mr. Alderman Dakin. Christopher T. Gabriel, Esq. James Hill, Esq. Frederick Thompson, Esq. R. N. Fowler, Esq. R. A. Gray, Esq. • W. J. Maxwell, Esq. Colonel Stuart Wortley. 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 thorn about £lOO,OOO will be needed. At the final distributio n o f th e 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 . • • £lOO H.R.H. the Princess of Wales The Corporation of London Amount already advertised £15,531 11 11 Subscriptions will be received by the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, at the Mansion-house ; Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co., 54, Lombard i 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- S tock Bank, 5, Princes-street ; the Union Bank of London ; London and County Bank ; the National Provincial Bank of England and all their branches; Messrs. Willis, Percival, and Co., Lombard-street; and by the several members of the Committee. 6/-) -C THE SUN, LONDON, WED.NESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 9, 1867. AFTER Covent-garden Theatre—EVANS' to SUP. After Drury-lane Theatre FVANS' to SUP. After Lyceum 'I heatre NV et.NS' to SUP. After Adelphi Theatre ]';VANS' to SUP. After Olympic theatre . . I.WANS' to :-UP, After Stra , l,lThemre EVA No' to STIP. Atter New Voya'ty Theatre .. EVANS' to SUL'. Alter St. James's Theatr , fi'VANS' to SUP. Atter Pr ince of Wales' rhe arc EVANS • to SUP. London Singing and Supper Club, EVANS', Covent-garden, Vocal Entertainment at Eight. • In II E '0 X F 0 it D 6, OXFORD-STRI4.:ET, W., NEW NOVEL BY THE AUTHOR OF " EAST LYNNE." In the press, in 3 vols., post Bvo, L ADY ADELAIDE'S OATH. By MRS. HENRY WOOD, Author of" East Lynne," "The Channings," and " Mrs. Halliburton's Troubles." Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. JOSEPH GIBBS, Secretary. Mansion House, Jan. 7, 1867. , DCrNVILLE'S V.R. OLD IRISH WHISKY BELFAST, D Ls regularly supplied to the House of Lords. "V.R." IRISH WHISKY. DUNVILLE and CO.'S " V.R." OLD IRISH WHISKY, BELFAST. London Offices and Stores, 4, BEAUFORT-BUILDINGS, STRAND, W.C. Established 18C8. Quotations on application. JAMES DALY and CO., Distillers, John-street, Cork.—" The purest spirit and safest drink in the world."— London Offices, 7, Printing-house-square, Ex., next the " Times." JAMES DALY and CO., Di s till ers, J o h n -street, Cork, ber to announce that they cre able to supply the trade with their celebrated Whiskies, in casks or cases, and to take orders in bond and for exportation, at their offices, 7, Pri ntinn•-house-square, London, E C., the only house in the square not occupied by the " Times." J. D. and Co.'s whiskies brinz the hi , :hest prices in the Australian and othe- Colonial markets, as may be observed by reverence to the "In Jour Gmerce of Victori a ," b y w hi ch it will be seen that n th al eirof whiskies • fetch 6d. per gallon and is. per case over the next b , st, and Is. 6d per gallon anti 58. 6d. a cite over the lowest quotation. Always on hand a large supply of ye y o ld mellow whisky in th e fi nest condition, matured in sherry casks, unsurpassable in quality and flavour, supplied on the most reasonable terms. B OYS' ATIIRE. BOYS' & HYAM and CO. BOYS' at 66 and 67, OXFORD-ST. BOYS' NEW STYLE OVERCOATS. OYS' NEW STYLE REEFERS. Boys, KNICKERBOCKER SUITS. BOYS' OSBORNE SUITS. BOYS' HARROW SUITS. OYS' JACKETS for ALL PURPOSES. MISS BRADDON'S NEW ILLUSTRATED MAGAZINE. Now Publishing, price One Shilling, Monthly, "TIELGRAVIA:" • iffi " The best Shilling Magazine which England pos sesses.'*--Standard. Offize : Warwick House, Paternoster-row. London. DR. SCOTT'S LIVER AND BILIOUS PILLS.—A NEVER FAILDiG REslEDY.—Pre wed without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. leott, of Bromley, Kent. will be found invaluable to all who ,uffer from bilious and liver complaints, indigesticn, wind. tpasms, giddiness, cizzinebs of the eyes, &o. For habitual asti7eness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier )1 the blood, they are truly excellent; mild in their opera tion and grateful to the stomach, they create appetite, pro -note dizesfion, and strengthen the whole nervous system. Prepared only and s by W. Lambert, Chemist, 8. King William-street, Charing-cross. London, and by most drug gists, in boxes, is. lid., and three times the quantity in one, 2s. 9d. Be sure to ask for Dr. Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are a square greet package. with " William Lambert." one-raved on the stamp. BOYS' TROUSERS and VESTS. BOYS' HOSIERY and SHIRTS. ,OYS' HATS, CAPS, &c., &c. TT YAM & Co.'s BOYS' W INTER CLOTHING, ALL 66 and 67, Oxford-street, London. The first establishment in the kingdom for Juvenilo Clothi. Boys' Sandringham Overcoatsng .... l s s. t o 85 . 5 . Boys' P r i nce Alfred Reefer l ss. to 30s. Boys' Ov ercoats for Little Bo .ys ls. to 30s. Boys' Kni c k er b ocker Suits l s os. to 355. Boys' Westminster and Osborne Suits lss. to 355. Boys Eaton, Harrow, and Rugby Suits Boys' Jackets for School and Home I_IYAM & Co.'s ATTIRE for GENTLEMEN, 66 and 67, O x f or d -street, London. Hymn & Co.'s Winter Tweed Overcoats 21s. to 30s. Hyiiyam & Co.'s Winter 0ver c0at5........... 30s. to 84s. am & Co.'s Winter Reefer................ 255. to 555. Hyam & Co.'s Winter Suits.... .............. 425. to 70s. Hyam & Co.'s Winter Jackets .......••••"• 21s. to 425. Hyam & Co.'s Winter Frock C0at5........ 30s. to 70s. Hyam & Co.'s Winter Vests ................ 6s. to 14s. Hyam & Co.'s Winter Trousers .......... 14s. to 255. TTYAM & Co.'s SELECT DEPARTMENTS. 1. Gentlemen's Clothing for immediate wear. 2. Bespoke or Order Department. 3. Boys' and Youths' Distinct Department. 4. Hats, Caps, Hosiery, and Outfit Department. NOTICE OF REMOVAL. DEFRIES and SONS J • NEW CITY SHOW ROOMS.— , BREAKFAST and TEA SERVICES in great variety, from £1 is. upwards.- 147. Houndsditeb. NOTICE OP REMOVAL T DEFRIES a nd S - ONS' cr• NEW CITY SHOW ROOMS.—The NEW PATENT ASTRA LAMP, for Petroleum and Mineral Oils; also CRYSTAL LA MPS and WALL LIGHTS (registered) for Houndsditeh. YAM & Co.'s ESTABLISHMENTS. LONDON-66 and 67, OXFORD-STREET. B IRMINGHAM -21, 22, and 23 NEW-STREET. LEEDS-42, BRIGGATE ; and DEWSBURY—WESTGATE. TIOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON. —FUNDS are earnestly solicited for fitti ng up the TRAINING 42.(100 required. Boys' Ref uge, 5, (great Qu ee n- street, een-street, W.C. Secretary. OARLESS BOYS OF LONDON.—CON TRIBUTIONB are earnestly solicited for establishing the COUNTRY ROME. £I,OOO required. Boys' WM. WILLI.UIS, Secretary. Refuge. 8. Great Queen-street, W.C. HMIELE SS BOYS OF LONDON.. The Committee are most anxious to provide for 400 boys. One h undred and fifty ar e now in th e Refuge. The annual expenditure for supporting the 400 boys is estimated at £B,OOO, 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, and 214, High lIolborn; Messrs. Ransom and Co., 1, P a ll-M all East ; and by WM. WILLIAMS, Secretary. Refuge, 8, Great Queen -street. W.C. PR OVIDEN CE ROW NIGHT REFUGE, FOR sixty phlo4oA,oal:ardoviisldtoenhctoerLoowd.,gyo. ignssbnwryit,hE HOMELESS WOMEN AND CHILDREN, Breakfasts, have been' Suppers'°• and 'venoutind have Institution to the odeigshtitotutein, w th h o o l t e h a e k r yr i s tce o w t s or u nvdee had .i to pass the railway and At present nearly 500 Nights' Lodgings,r arches. Breakfasts, are given gratuitously every week. from all parts are admitted, the only condition being pear they are homeless and starving. The Manager &c, feceives no remunerati on w h atever. Notwithstand , ing the provision made by the Poor House; ea c h night numbers of young women, children, and orphans Ire, for want accommodation, refusedadmittance, 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 been raised, but to ac comp l ish the work a sum of at least £l,OOO more will be required. Besides providing shelter for the homeless, this year it is prop, mod, as far as the donations obtained for the pur pose will allow, to give broad 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 ? Tho smallest donation will be most welcome, and, night and morning, the prayers of the destitute will be offered in your behalf. SUBSCRIPTIONS are earnestly requested, and will be gratefully received bythe,,Rov. CIIIXERT;D.D., No 22, Finsbury-oirm NOTICE OF REHOVAL. DEFRIES an d SONS' .T. NEW CITY SHOW ROOKS.-OENANIPNT AL CLOCKS for the DINING and DRAWING-HOWL -147, Houndeditch. NOTICE OF RE3IOVAL. T DEFRIES and SONS' u• NEW CITY SHOW ROOMS.-11ferchant4 and the Trade su- plied with PATTERN BOORS FREE.-11 7 . Houndsditch. Works—London, Birmingham, and Paris. Established 1803. Just published, 2d; sent by the author for 3 stamps. UGLINESS and BEAUTY; being descrittive of articles and means used for improving the appearance. By ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London. a Pamphlet SPANISH FLY is the acting ingredient in ALEX. ROSS'S CANMARIDES 0 IL. which speedily produces whiskers and thickens hair, 38 6d, 5s 6d, and 10s 6d ; sent by post for 54, 84, and 144 stamps.—ALKX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn. London, and all Chemists. WONDERFUL DISCOVERY.—Corns cured in one day by using ALEX. ROSS'S CHIROPO. This preparation gradually dissolves the Corn in a few hours, removing the veryroot. Price 48 ; sent by post for 80 stamps. —248, High Holborn, London, and all Chemists. InAIR-CURLING FLUID, 248, High Holborn, I_ll. London.—ALlCX. ROSS'S CURLING FLUID earls Ladies' or Gentlemen's hair immediately it is applied. at 3s lid, 58 6d, and lOs 6d ; se n t fre e f or 54 , 84 , an d 144 stamps. —Had of all Chemists. Sold aREY HAIR.-248, High Holborn, London. — LA ALEX. ROSS'S HAIR DYE produces a perfect colour Immediately If is need. It is permanent, and perfectly na tural in effe t. Price 3s 6d, 5a 6d, and 10s 6d ; sent by post for 54, 84, and 141 stamps ; and all Chemizts. THE MUSICAL ESTABLISHIIK.NT OF LONDON. CURISTII.A.S EN rEItrAINMENT.i , _ LES DRAGONS DE VILL t HS (Opera Comique), Music by A. Mail! irt (first time in this country), THIS EVEN IN G, in which bits,' RUSSELL will make her Reappearance, as silted by Misßes Barrie and Fitz Henry ; Messrs. A. St. Albyn, Fox, Husk, Evans, and Bury, with Kxtra Band and Chorus ; produced and conducted by air. F. Jonghruans. COMEDY, by Messrs. ll , rry Sydney, Brierley, and Eger ton, the droners Pentland, W. R. Julian (the celebrated Mimic), together witn an Enttrely New Divertissement, en titled THE OXFORD REVELS, arranged and produced under the immediate superintendence of Mr. W. 11. Payne, THIS EVENING. HAIR DESTROYER.-248, High Holborn, London.--ALEX. ROSS'S DEPILATORY removes superfluous hair from the face. neck, and arms, without effect to the skin. Price Se 6d, 5s Bd, and 105 8d ; sent for 81, fit and 111 stamps.—Had of all Chemists. DIMPLE REMOVER.—AII diseases of the it skin Ara improved by one dose ofLEX. RSS'S VEGETABLE SKIN PILLS. They remov A e redness, O sal lowness, Am 2s 9d and 7s 6d ; or post for 40 and 100 stamps. —ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London, and all Che mists. NOTICE. -Mr. FRANK HUSSEY, of the NEW AME. RICAN lIIINSTREI.S, having made a great success, will have the honour to make his appearance again this evening HAIR COLOUR WASH.—By washing the head with this beautifully-perfumed Wash, in seven or ten days the hair assumes its original colour, and remains so by an occasional using. 10s 0d ; sent for stamps.—ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London, and all Chemists. -MADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION, 111 L BAKER-STREET. CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. NEW AD DIrIONS. —Life-size 14o , iels of the KINGS and QUEENS of ENGLAND, from WILLIAM of NORMANDY to QUEEN VICTORIA. Open from 11 a.m. till dusk, and from 7 till 10 p.m. Admiaance, Is.; children, under ten, half-price; extra rooms, 6d. ARGYLL ROOMS. - GRAND CASINO, Windmill-street, Piccadilly. These elegant and popular Rooms, having , been entirely re decorated, are now OPEN EVERY EVENING for Concert and Dancing.' Conductor, Signor ',um CURTL Manager, M. GRENET. Admission to Promenade,`One Reserved Seats, Two Shilik,gs. WE ST ON'S H GRAND N MUSIC HALL, Sole Proprietors, SWEASEY and HOLLAND. Grand Selection from Auber's Opera of " MASA NIELLO," by 40 vocalists dressed in costume as at the opera. Torr.fic ovation of the Irish Minstrels, with songs, dances, and Irish anecdotes, under the direction of Pat Corri. A new and original overture composed and ar ranged expressly for the above minstrels by Mr. IL Baker. Comic—Arthur Lloyd's new song " Borachio, Pestachlo, Lablachio, Moustachio, and the Roly Poly Eye,"—Jolly, Nash, Georgina Smithson, Paddy Fannin, Patrick Sellers, and Harry and Kattie King ; and Pio Watkini, the Japauaze Juggler. Band of 30 first-class performers, and large Chorus chosen from her Majesty's and Covent Garden Opera Houses. Musical Director, Mr. P. CORRI. Prices of admission - Stalls and Balcony, ls. ' • Area, 6d.; Private Boxes, 10s. 6d. Can be secured at the Box Office, between the hours of 10 and 5 o clock. Hall open every Evening at 7 o'clock. INDIA OFFICE, 11th December, 1866. BY ORDER of the SECRETARY of STATE for INDIA in COUNCIL. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that it is intended to send to India, at the end of 1869, five young men, trained and" educated for:ultimate employment in the higher branches of the Department for the conservation and management of the Forests under the Government of India. The salary will be at first 4300 a year, and promotion will depend upon efficiency, and the occurrence of vacancies in the higher grades. A ppi_lcm's nlu - t be Britt subj .cts above 17 years of age. They must produce satisfactory certificates of being.pos sessed of a competent knowledge of the 1 °flowing . sut jests, and prepared, if required, to undergo an examination in them :-- English composition. Arithmetic. Algebra, elementary principles, simple and quadratic equa tions, ratios and proportions, logarithms, arithmetical and geometrical progression. Geometry, Ist, 21, 3d, 4th, and 6th books of Euclid, and plane trigonometry. A good colloquial knowledge of French or German, with the facility of readii,g and translating the works of some classical writer in one of those languages, A preference will be given to those candidates who have a knowledge of Chemistry and Physics, and who are practised in free hand and plain drawing. If selected they will be further required to go through a course of training and instruction in forestry and cognate sciences for two years and a halt in France or Germany pre vious to their departure for India; and till Secretary of State wilt contribute £3) at the end of each half year town• ds the expense of title training in the case of such candidates as are favourably reported on by their instructors. More detailed informat on as to the qualifi mtions sought for, and the advantages held out, may be had on application to the Under-Secretary of State for India, India Office, Victoria-street. IV estminster, to whom candidates must ad dress their alp:lca:l)ns before the let February, 1867. NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE.—The greatest and most useful invention of the day, AGUA /MARE LL A.. Messrs. JOHN GOSNELL and CO, Red Bull Wharf, 93, Upper Thames-street. 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Civil administration and public instruction among a free people vary in their different branches, but are identical in the general system which should control them—the spirit of liberty, the direct co-operation of the nation in the development of the country's resources, and in the public administration and the culture of intelligence in all its aptitudes. The general reform in these matters which will be sub mitted to you by my Government embraces the various branches of the civil administration and public instruction, and is modelled .upon these ideas. The obstacles opposing the immediate execu tion of the law of the 6th June, 1861, have been removed, and the result obtained corresponds to the expectations of the Government, and has pro moted the interests held in view in framing the law. The visit to all the administrative districts of the kingdom enjoined upon the civil governors, the inspection of the schools of primary instruction, and the spontaneous co-operation of the nation in all that can generalise the instruction of the people, are important facts which you will be able to appreciate upon examining the documents which will be laid before you. Difficulties of execution which always precede a new organisation of the public service, particularly in a branch which requires the services of a numerous staff, have pre vented the definitive installation of the land registries. I hope, however, that in a very short time the country will be in the enjoyment of the benefits secured by the law of the Ist of July, 1863. My Government will submit to your exami nation the project for a penal code and bills for the reform of the prison system, the organisation of the public Ministry, the endowment of the clergy, and upon other matters of equal public interest. By virtue of the authority conferred by the law of 27th July, 1855, and 19th June, 1866, the Govern ment called out for effective service the reserve of the army, and opened two extraordinary credits with the Minister of Finance for the purchase of armaments, equipments, and war material to the amount of 600,000,000 reis. The reserve was again disbanded by decree of the 21st November last. My Government will account to you for the manner in which their authority was employed, and you will be enabled to estimate the grounds for the measures which they considered it advisable to adopt. I direct your attention, however, to the organisation of the army, which needs reform. To give it a better constitution, to facilitate the development of its strength, and to make these ob jects compatible with the severest economy and the general interests of the people will form the subject of special propositions which the Ministry will lay before you. Other bills will be submitted relative to the penal military code, the disciplinary code, and the laws of process and jurisdiction ; and you will give these matters all the attention re quired by their great importance. The state of the , public finances demands your most serious atten tion, and I recommend it to your solicitude. My Finance Minister will lay before you a statement of the general receipts and expenditure of the State. , Various bills will also he submitted to you with the object of sustaining public credit, continuing moral and material improvements throughout the country, ; and diminishing the charges upon the public trea sury. I trust that you will discuss these important matters guided by your enlightened patriotism, and , I rely entirely upon the concurree cc of the legisla tive body to carry out the reforms required. in this important branch of the State administration. , Important measures have been decreed relative to , the colonies by virtue of the powers conferred upon the Government by law. These will call for your enlightened examination. The question of free labour in our Portuguese dominionfi u Africa occu- .1 'THE RUIN OF TH2 FEW IS THE GAIN O F THE MANY." THEPanic of '66 and its consequent depression of the Colonial Markets enables this "EAST INDIA TEA COMPANY" to offer TEAS LOWER THAN EVER. Six Pounds of Good Tea for 60. 6d. can't be dear. The Company's SAISOWS by the Clipper Ships are really delicious. 9, Great St. Helen's Churchyard, Bishopegute street, Jan. 1, 1867. 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The text of his Majesty's speech from the throne, of which a telegraphic summary has already been forwarded, is as follows :-- "Honourable Peers and Deputies of the Portu guese nation—l come to-day to open a new period of your parliamentary labours. I always feel great pleasure in being among you to fulfil the prescrip tions of the political institutions which happily govern the country. To them the nation owes the prosperity whiCh the national alliance of the prin ciples of progress, liberty, and order produces among a people who know how to adopt them with security and to generalise them liberally. As repre sentatives of the country you are called to watch over the guardianship and the fulfilment of the Constitution, and to take that part in the orga nisation of the laws which belongs to you as one of the great powers of the State. You will discharge this difficult and important mission, examining the acts of my Government, and studying the reforms and improvements urgently required for the public good. The war which appeared imminent at the close of the last legislative session broke out soon afterwards between Italy and Prussia on the one side, and Austria and various German States on the other. Portugal maintained the rigorous neutrality counselled by the national interests, preserving with all the Powers during the war, as she now pre serves, peace being concluded, relations of sincere and unalterable friendship. A few days ago I had the satisfaction of receiving the visit of her Majesty the Queen of Spain, accompanied by his Majesty the King, and their Royal Highnesses the Prince of the Asturias and the Infanta Donna Isabella. The presence of these august guests afforded me the highest gratification. .In the reciprocal manifesta tions exchanged on this auspicious event I am pleased to see a testimony of the cordial esteem which hap pily subsists between , the two Crowns, and the ten dency which, while' strengthening the friendship between two nations, kindred from their historical origin and the glory of their traditions, respects nationalities consolidated by ages, and encourages the development of the ample resources which Pro vidence has bestowed upon the peninsula. My Mi nister of Foreign Affairs will lay before you the settlement of two interesting matters _.that were pending between Portugal and the Holy See. I refer to the extension of the ecclesiastical jurisdic tion conferred on the archbishopric of Goa by virtue of the concordat upon the rights of my royal patronage in the East, and the question re lative to the mission recently sent to Congo. The satisfactory result of these negotiations gives reason to hope that the same con ciliatory spirit will prevail in the settlement of other difficulties, thus re-establishing the definitive and complete exercise of my patron age in the regions of Asia and Africa subject thereto. An important treaty of commerce and navigation has been concluded between my Go vernment and his Majesty the Emperor of the French, inaugurating the commercial policy which we are bound to_follow in the sense of discreet and progressive liberty, and opening up a larger market to our productions while we facilitate importation to foreign. commerce. I entertain the' hope that other treaties of a similar character will be submitted to you during the present session. Conventions with France respecting consular powers and prero gatives, and with France and Belgium for recipro cally guaranteeing literary and artistic copyright, will be equally submitted for parliamentary ex amination. The boundary and transit treaties be tween Portugal and Spain have .been ratified, as also the appendices to the former, establishing con venient regulations for the execution of some of its prescriptions. The necessary bills for ameliorating the foreign service in its various branches, and re- ~~ ~ PRICE.... 4d. STAMPED sd . pies the attention of my Government. With this question is bound up in great measure the moral, commercial, and economical development of those possessions, which I hope will become one of the most important sources of the public wealth. Bills will be introduced for ameliorating the condition of the colonies and of our marine ; to generalise rapidly the network of roads upon a system which shall afford all possible facility for ordinary travelling ; to continue the development of acccelerated communi cation by completing the general railway system of the country ; to formularise in laws the general principles of the constitution of joint-stock and banking companies ; to devclope credit in localities by creating a convenient representation for all secu rities by means of appropriate banking institutions, which will carry out the intention of the law of 22d June, 1866 ; to organise a system of sav ings banks and establishments of popular credit ; to give to rural industry the proper impulse due from the admininistration ; to create resources fq draining the marshes and utilising the rich lands at present lost to agriculture. Such is the general scheme of the proposals that will be laid before you by the Minister of Public Works. In the political condition of the nation, with internal tranquillity undisturbed and the public liberties constituting the basis of Government, administrative perfection and the profitable employment of the ample resources of the country form the problem the solution of which most interests the community. I confide it to your devotion for your country's good. Enlightened ini tiative on the port of the Government, energy and liberality in its action, efficacious concurrence by the representatives of the country—these are the conditions which will enable us to fulfil happily and successfully the lofty mission that devolves upon every State in the age of movement and progress in which we live. The session is opened." Lord Teynham on Reform. A meeting convened by the members of the Ro therham and Masbro' Branch of the Reform League was held in the large hall of the Mechanics' Institute, Rotherham, a few nights since, under the presidency of the Rev. W. Blazeby. It was announced that Lord Teynham, Mr. Plimsoll, Mr. Edwards, and others would address the meeting, but the two latter gentlemen were prevented attending from sickness, and his lordship did not arrive until an hour after the proceedings had commenced. The room was not more than two-thirds filled. The CHAIRMAN proposed, in suitable terms, " That this meeting expresses its gratitude to the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, John Bright, John Stuart Mill, E. Beales, and others for their honest and noble advocacy of the rights of the industrial classes of this country." (Cheers.) Mr. GEORGE NEWSOME seconded the proposition with very greatpleasure, because those four gentle mea were no lukewarm friends, but had always proved themselves the champions of the people. (Cheers.) The resolution was adopted unanimously. Mr. J. WRIGHT proposed, "-That this meeting protests against the perpetuation of class govern ment by the exclusion of the great majority of the people from the franchise, and pledges itself to sup port the present movement for a very liberal exten sion of the suffrage with the protection of vote by ballot." Mr. THOMAS NEWSOME seconded the proposition, which was then carried. Lord TEYNHA3I, on rising, was received with vo ciferous cheering. lie commenced by accounting for the absence of his friend Mr. Plimsoll. That gentleman, he said, went to London by the night train on Thursday, and got such a severe cold that he dared not venture to Rotherham that night. His lordship was with them, however, heart and soul. (Cheers.) Be then wished every person present a happy new year—the poorest among them, as well those who were in better circumstances and paid the highest rent. (Applause.) They had wished one another " A happy New Year," and he would ven ture to say there was not one of them when be gave hat greeting to his neighbour had paid any respect whatever to the amount of money he possessed, or what was the rent he paid. (Hear, hear.) And when their little children went forth singing their carols—" Glory togrod in the highest, and on earth peace and goodwill towards men"—they meant peace and goodwill to the poor as well as to the rich. (Cheers.) Not indeed peace to men in doing ill ; not peace to the stepfather in cruelly using his step-children ; not peace to the drunken man who robbed his home of all comfort ; but peace to men of probity, and to those whom they esteemed as men until they were proved guilty of crime before their neighbours. (Hear, hear.) In pleading for manhood suffrage, then, did they plead against the well-being of man or religion ? God forbid. (Applause.) They pleaded for religion, but they did not plead for taking away a poor man's goods under pretence of religion. (Applause.) They ask for manhood suffrage that men in matters of religion might be treated as men. (Ilear, hear.) It had been tried in the House of Commons over and over again, but it had failed, and would fail, and therefore the people must stand forward and say it should not be so any longer. (Cheers.) Neither were they pleading against the laws when they asked for manhood suffrage. (Hear, hear.) On the contrary, they were pleading for the law, for the principle of English law was that there was the same law for the rich as for the poor. (Hear, hear.) If two men, one rich and the other poor, were drowned, they . were treated alike at the coroner's inquest, and the same inquiries were made as to the cause of their death. But were the living bodies of the rich and the poor treated alike ? As the law at present stood they were not, and they asked for manhood suffrage that the poor should be dealt with the same as their rich neighbours. (Applause.) They had laws with reference to debtor and creditor ; but let the debtor have been worth his thousands he would obtain what was called protection, and never see the inside of a prison ; but the case was very different with a poor man. While he was absent at his work his wife might have run him into debt, and he is brought into the county court, and perhaps imprisoned because he is unable to meet the claim. They asked for manhood suffrage that the rich and the poor in the matter of debt and credit may be treated alike. (Cheers.) If the poor man has his cherries eaten by blac kbirds he may shoot them ; but if he destroyse would the hares h res e ieandearraebebriatstetd in get to his cabbages, he prison. The rich man, however, was treated very differently, and they wanted manhood suffrage in order that the poor man may shoot that which de stroys the produce of his garden, for which he paid rent, and on which he had bestowed his labour, and still have his liberty the same as the rich man who did the same thing, and went home to enjoy his port and eat his game. (Applause.) Then there was the farmer who had corn in stack. If he found that rats were consuming it he was at liberty to destroy them ; but if he attempted to shoot the pheasants which destroyed his corn while it was growing, he would be imprisoned. They wanted manhood suffrage, so that an Englishman, if he found the fruits of his industry, and for which he had paid the labourer's wages, was being ruined, he might shoot the destroyers, and still be accounted an honest man the same as the rich. (Applause.) And had this nothing to do with the food of the people ? If they read the newspapers they would find there was a small supply of corn at the market. Corn had risen, and their wives would see when they purchased their flour that it had risen also. If the farmer was asked how it was he had brought so little to market they would receive for answer that he could have had 100 quarters more had it not been for the pheasants. But it was not the farmer alone that was robbed ; the men of Itotherhaui were also robbed, and they THE BEST RE3IEDY'FOR INDIGE3TION. NORTON'S CAMOMILE PILLS are confi dently recommended as a simple but certain Remedy for Indigestion, which I , the cause of nearly all the diseases to which we are subject, being a medicine so uniformly grate fu! and beneficial, that it is with justice called the "Natural Strengthener of the human Stomach." 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JDEFRIES and SONS' • NEW CITY SHOW ROOMS. —'TAVERN and HOTEL GLASS of the newest pa'terns and correct mea sure.-147. Houndsditch. 'NEWSPAPER - - ftm a rh s oea k i nnt e d t toh f or rpi wrong,nma jr a ul n sant h t ndi o c od suffrage tit • fi , 4:5 Z • •-• e ew n o t ofu w hld h a o vailsn w go o dh u eis l i d i , a g n a d m y e. ea ( rs C , h a e n e 7 rs. l ) vou S l u d ch co th n i t n in gs ue ha t d o e exist so f4Y long eal a l s the limited suffrage existed. (Hear, hear.) It was only by the people having a voice in the matter that would cause an alteration in the law. (Hear, hear.) They were not against the laws, and, above all, against the poor law ; but he knew by the Word of God there was but one test ; that was the labour test, and not the workhouse test. If a man would not work let him not cat ; but they had no light to say to him, " Unless you part from your wife and children you shall not eat." (Hear, hear.) Yet that was the law brought in by a Parliament elected the same as the present one. They asked for man hood suffrage that the poor man might be assisted by his fellow-countrymen when they stood in need of it, 'and not be obliged to break up his house, to separate from his wife, and to turn his back on his:offspring. (Great cheering.) He abhorred this system of separation, and contended that the workhouse as at present reg,a lated was anything but a blessed place. (Hear, hear.) Then as to the measure of outdoor relief that was granted, was it not, he asked, a shame and - a lie? Speaking, as doubtless he did, to men of liberal hearth, he knew they were only gratified when they gave more than was expected from them. by those who were the recipients of their kindness. But when John or Mary went before the guardians they were relieved with what prevented them from starving just at the moment, but which insured that they should starve a few weeks hence. It was false to call this relief ; it was simply a pretence of charity; and they asked for manhood suffrage in order that if relief be given at all it might be worth/. of the name. He thought he had said sufficient to prove to every thoughtful mind and every fee - ling heart that a change was necessary, and that the law should be equal as regards rich and poor. (Hear, hear.) But to accomplish this end the people must have votes, and they must therefore join heart and hand with those who were seeking to get them admitted to the exercise of the franchise. (Applause, and a Voice, " What is your opinion of the ballot ?") Lord Teynham said his interrogator should have everything in season. (Laughter.) He had been connected with the Northern Reform Union a long time, and their motto flag had al ways been, " Manhood suffrage and vote by ballot," and it had not changed. (Applause.) His lord ship considered he had said sufficient to persuade every one, and it was his duty, as an Englishman, to help in carrying out the cause, for the happiness of their homes was at stake in the question of a limited or universal suffrage. There was reason for asking that every man in England should be in favour of manhood suffrage, and he trusted the reformers would obtain that gratifying result before they ceased agitating. They must not trust to anybody else, but obtain it for themselves. (Hear, hear.) He had no faith in turning to a Tory Government and saying " Please, Tories, bring in a Reform Bill." (Laughter.) He had no faith, much as he honoured Mr. Gladstone, in bending theknee to that gentle- - man, and ask him if he would- bring in such a bill as he did before. The men of England must bring - in their own bill. (Applause.) He was in favour of manhood suffrage, and nothing less; and what over might be the extension of the franchise given by the Conservatives or by the Liberals, if it did not embody this, he should be prepared to stand on that platform and still cry out that there were those be fore him who had not the franchise, but who were worthy of it, and as it was their right, he shcwld ask them to go to Parliament for a new Reform Bill, and trample under foot that which left millions of their countrymen without a vote. (Applause.) Every party was crying out for a settlement of the ques tion, but there could be no settlement short of man hood suffrage, and so long as he lived there should be no settlement short of that.. (Applause.) Lord Teynham was again asked his opinion about the ballot, and whether he would support it in the House of Lords, but he continued his remarks, stat ing that every man was bound to take his share in the work without attempting to shirk it. (Hear, hear.) There should be no money qualification for membership in a Reform League. (Hear,'hear.) If there was to be no money qualification for a man to vote for a member of Parliament, there ought to be no money. qualification for a member of the Reform League. A man that professes the same ends, and would work to gain those ends, should be a member whether he gave something or nothing, and should be looked upon as a brother and a friend of the cause. (Applause.) He felt satisfied that, if in the course of the work money was required, it would be forthcoming from those who had the means to contribute. He recommended them to do the work like men. If they were to make a clock, let them work it until it struck the time ; if they were making an engine, let them work it until it dragged the train along ; and if they were in favour of reform, let them work, and work, and work until every man had a vote. (Applause.) Their work would not be done until the whole of the com munity was represented, and the evils which pressed chiefly upon the poor were altogether set aside. (Hear, hear.) Adverting to the question of the ballot, his lordship observed that his first politi cal visit to Yorkshire was on that errand, and he was still unchanged. (Applause.) He believed the spirit of oppression more or less belonged to all men, and they had therefore a right ftoooplreodteacntd slaves themselves, o otfhahtythtelywame whoight hd not a bebe- thou sands in their pockets to spend. (Cheers.) Onc© made s for all, he was for the ballot. (Hear, hear.) He believed there were numbers of quiet, calm , domestic ,simply because they were quint t men in the country who did not vote o r tak e an y public political par men, and would not undergo the turmoil that was connected with the present system of electing mem bers of Parliament. (Hear, hear.) His lordship said he would not detain the meeting longer, but in conclusion asked them calmly to think the matter over, and reminded them that they would be doing wrong to their homes and their country unless they put their shoulders to the wheel and urged on the chariot of reform until manhood suffrage and vote by ballot were possessed by our happy land. (Loud and prolonged cheering.) Mr. ORTON said they had the same difficulties to encounter in Sheffield with referenc3 to the middle classes that their brethren in Rotherham had to deal with. A certain number of reformers held aloof from the League, alleging that the members went too far for them ; but they intended to go on, aad if the middle classes would not join them they would do without them. (Applause.) But they must work hard for themselves, and they might depend upon it if they did this the time was not far distant when they would be admitted to the fran chise and enjoy the rights and privileges of citizen ship. (Great applause.) aeyo t ) 'p~~~'- Votes of thanks having been passed to Lord Teynham, Mr. Orton, and the chairman, the meet ing separated. Mr. James Mcllenry has addressed a circular to the holders of the securities of the Atlantic and Great Western Railway, of which he is the finan cial agent, and which will be found in our columns. The lino was opened in May, 1865, for 507 miles. During the present month the consolidated freight line:through from New York to St. Louis, in "con nection with the Erie, Ohio, land Mississippi Rail ways, will commence running. The liabilities are first the mortgage debt of the railway, £600,000 sterling ; second, the certificates of debenture, £2,800,000 ; third, the share capital, £6,000,000. The interest required for 1867 amounts to $351,813, together with £513,037, while the net revenue is estimated at $3,200,000. 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