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"cc Pro on applimpt AD VA cation NCI4S letter to EDWARD HARPER. Secretary. • COUNTRY HOTELS, PUBLIC HOUSES, and BUSINESSES. FURNESS and KNEE'S List on application. Partin Jars for insertio received until the 27th of the month at their Al.lO VION AND HOTEL AGENCY OFFICES. 5 . Azar•street, S raid, NV.C., and nearly opposite the Charing Cr-ss Railway Station. DUNVILLE'S V.R. OLD IRISH WHISKY, BELFAST, • Is regularly supplied to the House of Lords. "P.R." IRISH WHISKY. DUNVILLE, and CO.'S " V.R." OLD IRIS WHISKY, BELFAST. n.,‘ London Offices and Stores, 4. BEAUFORT-BUILDINGS, STRAND, W.C. Establlithed 18C8. Quotations on application. JAMES DALY and CO., Distillers, John-street, Cork.--" The purest spirit and safest drink in , the World."-- ondon Offi h ces, 7, Printing-house-square, .C., next the "L Times." TAMES DALY and CO. , Distillers, John-street, Cork, ben to announce that they tre able to supply the tr'ide with their celebrated Whiskies, in onsiis or cases, and to take orders in bond and for exportation, at t:ieir offices, 7, Printi ng - hone-square, London, KC". the only houre in the s quare not occupied by the " Times." J. I) and Co.'s whiskies brine, the hi g h es t pr i ces i n t h e A us t ra l ian an d e th er C o l on i a l ra,arkets, as may be observed by reference to the "Journal of '` ) Taraerc Of Victoria," by which it will be t that Their Whiskies .e'en 6d. ner gallon sod Is. per c• • e over the next bear, P.nd It .6d ne. - allon ants 6d. aC. J ( ' the lowest ( MTh , tion. Alw., , .vs on hand ie.:,e supply of ye y old mellow whisky in the finest condition, matured in sherry • - casks unsutpas4r4ble hr quality and flavour, stLylfed on the Most - eamonable ;exam CONTRACT FOR BARRACK STORES FOR THE - - ROYAL MARINES. Contract Department, Admiralty, Somerset House, 9th Jan., 1847. THE COMMISSIONEUS for EXECUTING the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL the U NITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and of IRE LAND, Do hereby give NOTICE, that on WEDNES DAY, 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 Lopg-Hair Breom Heads, and Clamps and Blocks for Long Scrubbing Brushes, as may from time to time be demanded for the use of the Royal Marines, under a Contract for twelve calendar months certain, and further until the expi ration of three calendar months' warning. Patterns of the articles may be seen at the Royal Marine office, New-street, Spring-gardens, between the hours of Eleven and Two o'Clock. No Tender will be received unless made on the printed form provided for the purpose, and which may be obtained on application in the Lobby of the Department of the Con troller of Victualling, Admiralty, Somerset House, where the conditions of the Contract may be seen. No Tender will be received after Twelve o'Clock at Noon on the day of Treaty; and it will not be required that the Party tendering, or an Agent on his behalf, should attend at the Office on the day of Contract, as the result 0 the offer received from each person will be communi cated to him and his proposed Sureties in writing. Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words Tender for Barrack Stores ;" and must also bo delivered at t he Departme n t o f th e C ontro ll er of V i ctualling, Admi ralty, S omerset House, signed by two responsible persons, engaging to become bound with the Person tendering in 44 , 0 sum of £3OO for the due porformance of the Contract. By Order, ANTONIO BRADY, Registrar of Contracts and Public Securities. . ° GIJ NMAKERS and Others. The SECRETARY of STATE for WAR is desirous of a -;Yln PROPOSALS from Gnnmakers and Others for r ,"4ECILLOIDING RIFLES, either repeating or not fuePtilearetil ha ng ia w uf h a i c e t h ur ra e. ay replace the present Service Rifles in The foil Owin IL luilitag are the conditions considered essential in 17 n on - repeating Rifles:— A. WIGHT. Not t o exceed 91b. soz. without bayonet. m LENGTH. ho T il e be 51 i nches, with short stock, measured from the ow of the butt-plate to muzzle. hest not exceed 61h. 4oz. for sixty rounds as packed for service. D. CARTRIDGES. lus t ea'" -- ...y their own ignition. ;. SIGHTS. I le for es i g h t must E be such as to admit of a bayonet "zed a ccording to the present system. P. STOC. al be suc h as to carry a light metal cleaning-rod, and a sling to be used. G. . Must no t exceed that of RECOIL the Enfield Rifle by more than 1 0 Per cent x. THE ARM AS A WHOLE. tcniMust be as little liable to injurybylong-continued firing, g li use and exposure, as the naval rifles converted to breech-la de e rs on the Snider system. To be as capable, „ a a of being used without accident by imperfectly trained for m quality a " of being m anu f ac t ure d i n quantities and of uni- L THE AMMUNITION AS A WHOLE. DZust be as little liable to injury by rough usage, damp, meer'xPosure r.ll climates, as th e B oxer cartridge for s converted Enfield rifle—also aa little liable to acci eptal explosion as the same cartridge, and as capable of being manufactured in lar quantities, and of unif orm quality. ge K. CALIBRE. O ptional, L. THE TWIST AND FORM OF GROOVE. Optional. O ptional. M. THE LOOK. N. RAIDITY FIRE. Capable of firing at P least 12 rounds per minute, without aiming, th e cartridges being arranged on a t a bl e. - ACCURACY WHEN FIRED FROM A FIXED REST. The arm must give a mean figure of merit o' not more than 36in. at 1,000 yard; 30in. at 800 yards, 12in. at 500, end Gip. at 300. The mean to bo 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 min. Q. FOULING. The shooting not to deteriorate more than 20 at 1,000 yards after firi ng 250 roun d s. per cent. R. PENETRATION. The 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. s. LUBRICATION. Wax on b u ll e t s i s indispensable, but any other lubricant ~""IY be supemdded or applied to the cartridge, if thought - ' ec e B sary by the competitor. No arms will be received without the usual proof marks. rPecifications, and drawings of the methods proposed, ating the probable cost per arm, and accompanied by a t i t n e , d specimen arm, with 20 rounds of suitable ammu r„ should be sent to the "Director of Ordnance, War '"C`4l Pall-mall," on or before the 30th March, 1867. 1, 'lllO s p e cifications and specim en arms w ill b e considered the Ordnance Select Committee and its associate mem bers' who will be selected by the Secretary of State for t3 "r e r, and who will, after firing the 20 preliminary rounds, eet and recommend for further trial such of the systems ti . e r l_! ,, 37 appear to them sufficiently promising, rejecting all w n. " " may not be considered to offer sufficient merits to aitirorant their being included in the competition, the con :lcsOf which are stated in this advertisement fo r e',„'„a,eeePted competitor will then be required to furnish to tlm7„ -.1: 1 ° Illts at Woolwich, six arms in strict conformity munition en arm submitted, with 1,000 rounds of am• on per arm, within four months after date of tic mend, Each Jo , co ._ . ,ch competitor will be required to disclose to the "'"lttee the exact nature of the lubrication he may em- Ploy A ' sum of £3OO will be paid to each of the accepted til lti P e titors, to cover the expense of the six rifles, and of the Pet of ammunition required. The Secretary of State offers a reward of £l,OOO for the 1 1 1 3 11 1 which, on combination of all qualities, is considered 7 the committee to be the best submitted. tnA second reward of £6OO for the arm which, while at "4ll,l.lg' a frosatisftry degree of excellence in other particu lars, is selected merit in respect to its breech mechanism. A third reward of £4OO for the best cartridge. The qua ities which will be vincipally taken into consideration in awarding this o r will be economy of manufacture, power Of sustainidg rough usage, freedom from deterioration in 'various clim..tes, 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 ho entitled to more than on© Anne; but such prize will b e i rrespective of any reward which may be given to the in ventor of the arm finally adopted into the service. 1 v: MAGAZINE AND REPEATING ARMS. Magazine and Repeating Arms for Infantry will be re eived and examined in a manner similar to the Breech oading Rifles. They must not be less in length than 48 aches, including the stock. The limit of weight for these arms is fixed at nib. ex clusive of the charges in the magazine. bait is indispensable that the arms be m a d e t o t a k e a net. The Secretary of State offers a reward of 800 for the best Magazine or Repeating Arm produced that fulfils the above conditions reso ; and i n th e a b sence of experience does not at entdefine th e s t an d ard of accuracy or other conditions be fulfilled before such an arm can be adopted. fo Those Maga z i ne or ß epeatingArms, which are accepted urther trial, will be paid for at th e ra t e o f £6O each. ar m T his sum i s t o include 1,000 rounds o f ammunition per V. The Secretary of State will take care that no ingenious novelty produced in n.nswer to this advertisement shall be adopted into the service without proper acknowledgment, and that the name of the individual with whom it origi nator shall be recorded in connection with it. if the rifle to hich e first prizo is is in to the service, itw willbear the inventor's awarde name d . adopted J. ST, GEORGE, Major-General, Director War Office, Ordnanc e Office, Oct, 22 iso No. 23,276. IVI L SERVICE OF INDlA.—Candidates VI intending, to present themselves at the OPEN COM PE I ITU bN, commencing on April 9, are reminded that cer tificates of birih, hoaltb,.and character should be sent to the Office of the Civil Service Cemmissiouers on or beLre Ist Ftbrcary. INDEMNITY MUTUAL MARIN ASSUR kl% CE COIIPANY. F 6, Great Winchester-stre.tt, London. NOTICE 13 II EREBY GIVEN, th it the ANNUAL Divipw.NP, due to the sharelydder, on their Capital in this Company to the 31st Decenib.r last, will be PAID • n Mon cloy, the t h day of February next. by Warrants, which will i.e forwarded to ea. h I'roprie or on that city; also, that the Books of toe Company tor•the transfer of shares will be Closed f om Tuesday, the .21 Jacuary, until Thursday, the 2th Febrway. • FRANCIS STEPHENS, Secretary. January 16, 1867. Y-1- ANSION-HOUSE FUND for the RELIEF of the SUFFERERS by the recent COLLIERY EXPLOSIONS. ComarrEE. The Right Hon the LORD MAYOR. R. C. L. Bevan, Esq. I Mr. Alderman and Sheriff Samuel Morley, Esq. Waterlow. Mr. Sheriff Lyoett. IMr. Alderman Besloy. Mr. Alderman Dakin. James Hill, Esq. R. N. Fowler, Esq. W.J. Maxwell, Esq. Mr. Alderman Cotton. Geo. Moore, Esq. Mr. Alderman Finnis. J. P. Gassiot, Esq. Christopher T. Gabriel, Esq. Frederick Thompson, Esq. IL A. G- E .. A. ray, .6sq. Colonel Stuart Wortley. 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 aro known to have perished, there fore ro make a suitable. provision for the families depen dent upon them about .£1.00,000 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 .. £lOO H.R.tt. the Princess of Wales The Corporation of Loddon Amount already advertised £10,461 5 I Subscriptions will bo 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. Rcbarts, 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 Union Bank of London ; London and County Bank ; the National Provincial Bank of England and all their branches; Messrs. Willis, Percival, and Co., Lombard-street; and by the several members of the Committee. JOSEPH GIBBS, Secretary. Mansion House, Jan. 14, 1867. GEOLOG Y.—ELEMENTARY COLLEC TIONS, to illustrate the New Edition of "Lyell's Elements of Geology" and facilitate the important study of Mineralogy and Geology, can be had at 2,5, 10,20, 50 to 500 guineas ; also single Specimens of Minerals, Rocks, Fossils, and Recent Shells, Geological Maps. Hammers. all the recent Publcations, to,. of' J. TENNANT, Mineralogist to Her Majesty, 149, Strand, London. Private Instruction is given in Mineralogy and Geo., ogy by Mr. TENNANT, F.G.S., 149, Strand, W.C. THE OCEAN ST. LEGER of 1866.—What Lard Lyon was to his owner was the Taeping: to her Ca , :fain, viz., winner of the race, havinz d!stanced all com petitors, as the (CAST INDIA TEA COMPANY have in variab y done in their (shot e and sale of fine new season's teas, now sating at importer's prices. Warehouses-9, Great St. Helen's-churchyard. EAU -DE-VIE.--This Pure PALE BRANDY, 18s. per gallon, Is vi ry superior to recent importations of Cognac, recommended by the medical profession, and ex tensively used in hospitals. In bottles, 38s. per dozen, or in a case 396., railway carriage pal I.—HENRY BRETT and CO, Old leurnival's Distillery, Holborn, E.O , and 30, Regent street, S.W. Established 1829. WINSLOW HALL, Winslow, Bucks, having been recently opened and fitted with requisites for the care and comfort of the INSANE, the proprietor, Dr. BOIS RAGON, announces that he has transferred" his Estab lishment from. Birmingham to the above desirable residence, easily accessible, and distant from London about an hour and a-halt by the London and North-Western line, and fit ty minutes from Oxford. Attached to the mansion, situated on a sandy soil, and commanding an extensive and pleasing prospect, are garden, me ,dow, plantation, and recreation grounds. For terms and forms of admission address the proprietor. . HOWARD, SURGEON-DENTIST, 52, AL R Fleet-.treet, has introduced an entirely new descrip tb nof A [all' I CIA L rEET 11, fixed without springs,wires, or ligatures. They so perfectly re , emb'e the natural teeth as not to be distinguished fro a the orirfinals by the closest observer; they will never change colour or decay, and will be foun 1 superior to any te,,th ever before used. This method does not require t +e extraction of roots, or atv pain ful operation, and wilt support and preserve teeth that are loose, and is guaranteed to restore articulation and mastica tion. Decayed teeth stopped and rendered sound and useful in mastication. 52. Fleet-street. At home from 10 till 5. THE BEST REMEDY FO INDIGESTION. 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 w;lich we are subject, being a medicine so uniformly crate tut and beneficial, that it is with justice called the "Natural Strengthener of the human Stomach." "Norton's Pills" act as a powerful tonic and gentle aperient; are mild in their operation, sate under any circumstances, and thousands of persons can now bear testimony to the benefits to be derived from their use, as they have been a never-tailing Family Friend for upwards of 20 years. Sold in bottles at le. lid., 2s. 9d, and ile. each, in every town in the kingdom. CAUTION, Be sure and ask for "NORTON'S PILLS," and do not be persu.deit to purchase any of the various imitations which have sprung op in consequence of the success of NORTON'S CAMOMILE PILLS. DR. SCOTT'S LIVER AND BILIOUS PELLS.—ia NEVER FAILING REMEDY..--Pre- Pared without any mercurial Ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. icon, of Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to all who uffer from bilious and liver complaints, indigestion, wind, ipasms, giddiness, dizzirterdi of the eyes, dm For habitual ostiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier if the blood, they ere truly expellent; mild in their opera tion and ccretetid to the stomach, they create appetite, pro ,note dizenion, and strengthen the whole nervous system. Prepared only and s 31,1 by W. Lambert, Chemist, 8„ King William -street, Charing-cross. London, and by most drug vista, in boxesas. lid., and three times the quantity in one, 9d. Re sure to ask for Dr. Soott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are a square greet:, packs.ge. with " William Laml , ert " enreaved en the stamp. NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE.—The g reatest and k I most nue( ul invention of the day, AGUA AM A RILLL A. Hessrs, JOHN GOSNELL and ed Bull Wharf, 93, U pper Thamea-st ree t , P er f umers to CO.,'her Majesty, respect tullY ofler to the public this truly marvellous fluid, which gradually restores the human hair to its pristine hue- no at what age. The Agna Amarella has none of the Properties of dves it, on the contrary, is beneficial to the B Y Bt eln, and when 'the hair is once restored one application per month will keep it in perfect colour. Price one gnineUper bottle, or iu half bottles, 10s. 61. Testimonials from artistes of the highest order, and irons individuals of undoubted re spectebilitY, may be lihrhness the Princes. of " W n alel n a Messrs. John application Gosnell and Co. h ave been appointed Perfumers to her Royal . WHAT IS Y Y I OUR CREST AND WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO? Send 3s. 6d. to CULLETON'S Heraldic Office for a Plain Sketch, or 6s. for a Coloured one. The Arms of man and wife blended together in proper heraldic form. The proper heraldic Colours for servants' liveries, what buttons to be used, and how the carriage should be painted, fee 10s. Just complete, a very valuable book, with 3,500 Engravings, arms, crests, and mottoes of nearly every family in the kingdom, the result of thirty years' laboßr, price .£lO 10s., printed in several colours. F am i ly Pedl-1 „ grees traced from authentic records, information as to the obtaining of a new grant of arms, how to change one's name, by T. Culleton, Engraver to her Majesty and Royal family ; also Diesinker to the Board of Trade, 25, Oran bourn -street (corner of St. Martin's-lane), W.C. HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.—FUNDS are earnestly solicited for Mug up the TRAINING SHIP. X 2,000 required. WM. WILLIAMS, Secretary. Boys Refuge, 8, Great Queen-street, W.C. E 4 OMELE SS BOY S OF LONDON.--CON *-a TRI BUTIONS are earnestly solicited for establishing the COUNTRY ROMR. Ll,OOO required. WM. WILLI MS, Secretary. Soya' Refu,ge, 8. Great Queen-street. W.C. HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.—The Committee are most anxious to provide for 400 boys. One hundred and fifty are now In the Refuge. The annual expenditure for suppo r ti ng th e 400 boys is estimated at ZA,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, Lotbbury, and 2t4, High Holborn; Messrs. Ransom and Co., 1, Pall-Mall East ; and by WM. WILLIAMS, S ecre t ary. Refuge, 8, Great Queen-street, W.C. PROVIDENCE ROW NIGHT REFUGE, poll HOMELESS WOMEN AND CHILDREN, 14A, Providence-row, Finsbury, E.G. Silt Thousand Nights' Lodgings, with Suppers and BreallfYasts, have been given in this Institution to the destitute, who otherwise would have had to pass the n A i t gb present 4i i tnheearlbyl bleak k 0 streetsg 11 s'L or o d guinndr railwaySua r r s e h andearches. Breakfasts, are given gratuitously every week. from all parts are admitted, the only condition being ptraz; they are homeless and starving. The Manager &c , receives no remuneration whatever. Notwithstand bag the provision made by the Poor Houses, each night numbers of young women, chilaren, and orphans are, for want accommodation, refusedadmittance, and have to spend night after night in the cold, wet, and sleet. To meet this evil, and to provide more ample accommoda tion, £2,000 has been raised, but to accomplish the work a sum of at least £l,OOO more will be required. Besides providing shelter for the homeless, this year it is proposed, as far as the donations obtained for the pur- pose will allow, to give bread and coals to poor families in want. Will you, in your charity, help to carry on and accomplish what has been begun ? Will you help to give shelter to the really homeless, and food to the really starving ? The smallest donation will be most welcome, and, night and morning, the prayers of the destitute will be offered in your behalf. S ÜBSCRIPTIONS are earnestly requested, and willbe gratafully received by i the Rev. D..G4BERT , Finsbury-circus DIMPLE REMOVER. All diseases of the akin are improved by one dose of ALEX. ROSS'S VE.;ETA 13LE SKIN PILLS. They remove redness, sal lowness. /hi. 2s 9d and 7s Rd ; or post for 40 and 100 stamps. —ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London, and all Che mists. HAIR COLOUR WASH.—By washing the head with this beautifully-perfumed Wash, in seven or ten days the hair assumes its orielnal colour, and remains so by an °cantonal usinz. los 6d ; sent for stamps.—ALLX. ROSS, 2F, High Holborn, London, and all Chemists. THE RESCUE SOCIETY wishes to add another Lome to thA 12 now in operation. Last year no fewer 'ban 455 poor, friendless, young females were rejected from want of KINDS and room, making a total of 3,087, who have been sent away in fire years. The new I.mine the Committee wish to form would be for young girls, almost children, from the age of 8 to if, who have been led astray from the path of virtue. Contributions will be received gratefully by the Secretary, ITr. Daniel Cooper, 85, Queen .street.Cheapside; or by Messrs Barclay and Co., Lombard-street ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail way Terminus, King's-cross. Patron—Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN. Vice-Patron —His Royal Highness the Prince of WALES, KG. President —His Grace the Duke of BUCCLEUCH, K.G. This Hospital, founded in the year 1828, the first to estab lish the principle of free admission to the sick poor, without the delay a n d diffi culty of Governors' orders, is wholly de pendent for support on voluntary contributions and I.?gacies. It affords relief to a large number of in-patients, and, in addition to this, the average number of attendance of the lestitute eick has for a considerable period averaged between 3,000 and 4,000 weekly. The Committee ear estly solicit the ASSISTANCE of the benevolent, as the pr nises of this Hospital are capable of containing several h‘ndred more beds had the Committee the requisite lends to maintain them. Contributions are received by their bankers. Messrs. Brown, Janson, and Co., Abchurch-lane ; also by Messrs. Contra and Co.; bee nmond and Co. ; Giyn and Co.;Berries and Co.; Ransom and Co. ; rresooft, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; Deacon, and Co. ; Nfab e t an d Co., Berners-atreet : and at the Hospital. from 10 till 5. OTALIFORR Wags giecrehry, THE. SUN, LONDON, WE DA EsDAY EVENING, JANUARY 16, 1867. NEW WORK BY THE AUTHOR OF " JOHN HALIFAX." Nov ready at all the Libraries, in 2 vols., 2's., T ‘" MAR R I A G E S. By the Author of "John flalifax, Gentleman," " Chrittian's Mistake." Sze. Ilurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. MR. MASON JONES'S NOVEL. On Friday next, in 3 vols., post Bvo., OLD TRINITY. A Story of Real Life. By T. MASON JONES. Richard Bentley, New Burlingt . on•street. MISS BRADDON'S NEW ILLUSTRATED MAGAZINE. Now Publishinz, price One Shilling, Monthly, “BELGRAVIA:" " The best Shilling Magazine which England poa sesles.”—Standari. Office: Warwick House, Paternoster-row. London. THOMSON'S gtOLOVE-FITTING" CORSETS, ON IST FEBRUARY. ANFTELD'S PATENT PICKLES are per fectly pure and uncoloured. To be had of all dealers and wholesale of JOHN BURGESS and SON, 107, Strand (corner of Savoy-steps). London. WINTER Coughs, Colds, Asthma, and In fluenza fire . sneedily cured by the use of SPENCER'S PULMONIC . ELfxut. Maybe had of any chemist. ASPIIALTE ROOFING FELT, OYE PENNY per Equare Foot. CROGGON and C 0., Manufacturers, 63, New Earl-street, London, t 34, Bread-street, 59, George-square, Glasgow; 2, Goree Piazzas, Liverpool. A VALUABLE NEW-YEAR'S GIFT.— ..cm_ 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., by PHILLIPS and CO., Tea Merchants, 8, King William-street, City, E.C. TEA IS CHEAPER THAN EVER.-Is. 6d , 25.. 2s. 61. per lb. are the prices at which PIIILLITS and CO , Tea Merchants, 8 King William-street, City, Lon don, L.C., are selling good and fine BLACK TEA. A. price current post free. 40s worth carriage tree to any railway station or market town in the United Kingdom.—Observe— Prirmaps and Co. have no Agents or any connexion with any house in Worcester or Swansea. Sugars are supplied at market prices. " THE RUIN OF THE FEW IS THE GAIN OF THE MANY." THE Panic of '66 and its consequent depression of the Colonial Marxets enables the "EAST INDIA TEA COMPANY" to offer TEAS LOWER THAN EVER. six Pounds of Good Tea for Bs. M. can't be dear. The Company's KAISOWS by the Clipper Ships are really delicious. 9, Great St. Helen's Churchyard, Bishopsgate street, Jan. 1, 1867. NOTICE OF REMOVAL. DEFRIES and SONS' j NEW CITY SHOW ROOM—The New Oval-shaped ALEXANDRA DINNER SERVICE, from 41 18s. 6d.- 147, Houndaditch. NOTICE OF REMOVAL. T DEFRIES and SONS 'V • NEW CITY SHOW ROO3IS.—BREAKFAST and TEA. SERVICES in great variety, from £1 is. upwards.- 147, Houndaditch. NO rrc OF REMOVAL. JDEFRIES and SONS' • NEW CITY SHOW ROOMS contain a beautiful assortment of DESSERT SERVICES, from ZI Is. to 100 euineas. Crete and Monograms engraved on same. -147, lloundsditch. NOTICE OF REMOVAL T DEF RIES and . SONS' cir• NEW CITY SHOW ROOMS.—The NEW PATENT ASTRA. 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To these demands Count Bismark gave a firm and de cisive negative answer. It is not difficult to under stand what importance these revelations, giving the seal of authcnticif y to what was hitherto mere vague rumour, may have in the eyes of the Germans. Coupled with the declarations made by Count Bis mark in Parliament with respect to the deference paid to French mediation in the terms granted to Austria, to Saxony, and the inhabitants of the Danish districts in North Schleswig, they arc calculated greatly to enhance the merits of the statesman who knew both how to yield and how to hold fast according to opportunity. For what concerns the rest of Europe all that there is to be learnt from those negotiations of Nikolsburg is the fact that, without the moderation of the two great men at the head of affairs, those negotiations might rather have led to the prolongation and extension than to the close of the German contest ; for, had either the Emperor Napoleon been really in earnest about territorial indemnity, or had Count Bismark shown himself inflexible about Saxony or North- Schleswig—had not, in short, France and Prussia been actually afraid of each other, the collision between them was inevitable. Not a little, in our opinion. may also be built on the mutual dread of those two military States for the future tranquillity of Europe ; and, indeed, on the almost perfect equality of their forces a more durable balance of power may be grounded than the one that was dis turbed by the cannon of Koniggratz. Were the Emperor Napoleon to carry into full effect his scheme for the organisation of the French army, all his efforts would not establish in his favour such a superiority as could justify a venture on a single handed conflict. It is so evident that a mortal duel between the Gaul and the Teuton can not enter into the boldest calculations of French statesmanship that endless rumours are in circulation about Franco-Austro-Italian alliances against Prussia, which have as little foundation on fact as on probability. The only chance that France can have against Germany lies in those divisions which have at all times thrown open the Rhine frontier to her inroads. And we are by no means surprised at the importance given by the Ger mans to the alleged advances of M. de Moustier to the Government of Wurtemberg and to the other south German States for the establishment c.f a common standard of coinage, weight, and measure, which is construed into an attempt to detach those States from the Zollverein and to bring about be tween them and France commercial relations which may easily lead to political combinations. Perhaps Teutonic imagination runs rather too fast in this matter. If, indeed, the French Minister by this proposal hopes to introduce the thin end of the wedge that is to split up the Fatherland, it is always in the power of Prussia and the Zollverein to baffle his designs by the timely adoption on their part of that system which would place them on a common footing with four of the most thriving European communities—France, Italy, Belgium, and Switzer land. In any other respect, we are not aware of any great endeavour of France to win over any of the German States of the South or North to a policy which ought to be repugnant to their national feelings. The Fearful Accident in the Regent's Paik. The following is a more detailed acoount of this mel ancholy accident than appeared in our late edition of last evening:— Yesterday afternoon a fearful accident took place on that part of the Ornamental Water in the Re gent's Park immediately opposite Sussex-terrace, by which a large number of persons have lost their lives. On this part of the lake, which is the broadest, several thousand persons had been skating during the forenoon without any accident taking place, athough the ice was looked upon by the experienced icemen on duty as very unsafe, from its being principally snow-ice. At about half past three o'clock in the afternoon there were near the same spot about 500 skaters, among whom were Many ladies, there being at the same time on the banks from 2,000 to 3,000 spectators. Suddenly, and without any warning, the ice at the sides of the bank became loosened, and was drawn from the edge. Within a minute the whole sheet of the ice over the full width of the lake gave way, and split up into fragments of a few yards square. The con sternation and alarm of the skaters and other per sons on the ice may be well imagined, and a general rush was made for the banks. Unfortunately this broke up the soft ice into still smaller pieces. Num bers of persons fell through the crevices into the water, which is at least 12ft. deep, and several ap peared at once to be sucked under the ice. At least 200 persons were struggling in the water, and screaming for help. A few, with great presence of mind, threw themselves flat upon the surface of the pieces of ice, and were thus not onlyinstrumental in saving the lives of many of those in the water, but preserved their own until assistance came to them. The screams of those struggling and sinking in the water, and the shouts of the people on the banks, added to the horror of the scene. The icemen, of whom the full number were on duty, did all that it was possible to do under the circumstances, and three of them narrowly escaped from drowning, having when in the water, helping the people out, been seized by others drowning and pulled under the ice. Several of the park keepers and spectators rendered all possible aid, and more than 100 persons within a few minutes of the accident were got on shore, the great number of whom were so much ex hausted that they had to be taken to the Humane Society's tent and placed under medical treatment. While this was going on several persons who were in the water in the middle of the lake, and whom it was impossible for the icemen to reach, the ladders and boats being rendered almost useless -owing to the state of the ice, were seen to sink back exhausted, evidently.benumbed with cold, after vainly endea vouring to support themselves by clutching at the rotten ice, which crumbled away in their grasp. What made the scene the more dreadful was that the female relatives of many of those who fell into the water Air their struggles from the bank without the possibility of saving them. One lady saw her husband sink and lose his life, while two sisters were sending forth piercing screams and calling on the people to save their brother. He was drowned, and the two ladies were taken away in a most pitiable state, and sent to their home in a cab. Shortly after 4 o'clock a strong body of the D division of police, and an additional number of icemen from Hyde park, arrived, but too late to render any aid except in getting out the bodies of those drowned, all the persons alive having by this time been rescued and taken to the tent. Some had suffered simply from the immersion and fright, but 40 were lying more or less exhausted. Several of the medical men in the neighbourhood had hastened to the scene of the ac cident on hearing the news, and by unremitting at tention on their part, under the direction of Dr. Obre, of Melcombe-place, Dorset-square, surgeon of the district for the Humane Society, had sufficiently recovered by 5 o'clock to be taken away in cabs, some to their own homes, some to the hospital, and others to the workhouse. The inhabitants of Sussex-terrace vied with each other in sending over to the tent all the necessaries required by the medical men. The most mournful part of the accident has now to be recorded. As soon as the ice was cleared, a body of icemen and labourers with great difficulty got out the boats to that portion of the water where it was known several persons had sunk. Before dusk seven bodies had been recovered, but it was known that there were many more under the ice. These wereto be dragged for until this morning, as it:was quite certain life must be extinct. Itis the opinion of the icemen who witnessed the accident that there are at least 20 persons drowned. The bodies, as they were brought one by one to the shore, were taken to the tent, and their pockets searched for the means of identification, but in no case was this suc cessful. One body was that of a gentleman aged 30. The others were those of young men, appa rently in the middle class of life, from 18 to 20 years of age. All the bodies when recovered had skates upon their feet. At seven o'clock the bodies were removed on stretchers to Marylebone Workhouse, where they will lie for identification. 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The NEW JET in great variety.-14', Houndsditch. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS, -- e . MMES.—The dangers of a general war from which Europe had a narrow e sca p e l a st sum m er, immedi ately after th e signature of the Nikolsburg prelimi naries, form th e th eme o f som ewhat lengthy publi cations in the German papers, of which a summary is given in th e l e tt er o f our B er lin Correspondent published in another column. The success of the Emperor Napoleon in his Italian policy of 1859-60 was but too obviously calculated to inspire him with confidence as to the practicability of adopting a similar course i n th e treatment of the German ques tion. The conclusion of the interview of Plombieres may well be allowed to remain a secret to the end of time; but there is every reason to believe that, as it was then asserted, an agreement was there entered into between Napoleon and Cavour, by which the latter should have ceded Savoy to France as soon as by the aid of the former Italy was enabled to drive the Austrians from theSoir of the Peninsula as far as the Adriatic. The war of Lombardy had, however, a different termination from what was anticipated. The enterprise broke down half way. Lombardy was made over to King Victor Emmanuel as an entirely free gift, and the compact about the cession of Savoy, if it ever was really made, was fairly and • de finitively abandoned. Had the Italians been content to abide by the terms of the Peace of Villafranca, France would have made good her boast that she had gone to war for somaevororraey. and Nice an idea. Nit the Italians broke through the con ditions of that treaty. They aspired to a fusion of Piedmont and Lombardy with the /Emilia and Tus cany, and it was then that France, in consideration of her consent to those annexations , put forth her claims not only to Savoy, but also o Nice, about which not one word had in all probability been said at Plombieres, and grounded them not on the blood she had bravely shed for the Italian cause, but simply on a principle of compensation due to her in consequence, of Italy's aggrandisement. We think it necessary to go back to so well-known a chapter in recent history, both ;on account of the analogy between the case of Italy and that of Germany, and also because in her claims upon the latter country France was encouraged by the ready admission of her pretensions by the former. Whatever may have passed between Napoleon and Bismark at Biarritz, uponat:Yu ,outspoken doctrine it is evident that the conversation between those two personages exercised no material influence b eceonn fromsai consistent about the un tt on subsequent events. was,Napo nk le eh o ne n haand afforded a pre cedent, that no State in Europe, or, at least, none Italy. t w l beginning, l i e ti c e s s respect H i on bordering on France, could aspire to any significant accession of either power or territory, without, as it were, compounding with that mighty Empire by paying some such tithes on its acquisition as had been exacted from Italy. Words to that effect were spoken by the French Monarch at a time in which he might still hope they could have power to stay the movements and shake the resolutions of the Ger man belligerents, and in which, at any rate, he might by those very words still reckon upon winning over public opinion in France to that policy of ex pectant neutrality which seemed, if not the most generous, at least the most plausible. Napoleon's policy turned out a failure, in spite of its apparent wisdom, but the Emperor, loth to acknowledge him self thoroughly beaten, as the world held him, threw out just one word about compensation, partly on the obvious maxim, " No harm in trying," partly with a view to allay, however momentarily, the angry excitement then rife throughout France ; partly, finally, for the purpose of establishing even the merest shadow of a pretext for future reclama tions. The demands put forth by France under those dircuirstances turn out to be perfectly identical with what was generally bruited or confidently sur mised at the time. From Prussia the German jour nals now positively assert that France would only have taken the districts of Saarlouis and Saarbruck with their renowned and long coveted coalfields ; but she expected either Prussia's help, or at least her connivance, to obtain from Bavaria and Hesse Darmstadt their provinces on the left bank of the Rhine, with the fortresses of Landau and Mayence. She also wished for a renunciation on the part of Prussia and Germany of their right to garrison the Federal stronghold of Luxembourg. In other words, besides the cession of lands inhabited by about one million of Germans, France was to gain possession PILICE.... STAMPED sd. Inside the hat was a letter without au envelope, dated " High Ford Mill, Burnley," and signed "'l'. Grimshaw," beginning " Dear Richard." Inquiries were being hourlylnade at the workhouse and the police-station by persons who had relatives missing. At 10 o'clock last night it was reported that some . more bodies had been taken from the water, making 10 in all. The officials of the Humane Society loudly complain that they do not have the aid of the police in keeping people off the ice when it is in a dangerous state, and say that if police aid is given after an accident has_taken place, it ought also to be given to prevent accidents taking place. ANOTHER ACCOUNT. Yesterday one of the most awful calamities ever known in the metropolis took place in the Regent's Park, where, by the simultaneous giving way of the whole of the ice on the lake, at least 200 people were thrown into the water at once and from 20 to 40 persons drowned. The:scenes were most startling and harrowing. Women rushed about on the banks screaming out that their children, or husbands, or brothers were drowning, and imploring the by standers to save them. Boys and girls stood hyste rically crying and wringing their hands, and be tween their sobs exclaiming, " Oh, look at father ! Oh, father ! father !" and giving expression to other heartrending exclamations ; and strong men con vulsively appealed to those who had no means of help, and pointed out friends and relations strug gling in the agonies of death. Otily those who, like the writer, were on the spot, and saw with their own eyes what took place, can - fOrm an adequate idea of the calamity which in an instant placed 200 persons at the very gates of death, almost within arms' reach of those whO were related to them by the closest ties, but who were yet in most cases obliged to stand helplessly by and see them fighting desperately for life, and gradually succumbing or waiting passively, clinging to pieces of ice till they became insensible and lost their hold. Whil e sym pathy and regret moves all who hear of the sudden and painful death of so many human beings, it must be recorded that the death they met with was the result of their own excessive foolhardiness in re maining upon the ice to steal a few extra moments' enjoyment at a fearful risk, when thousands of per sons saw and appreciated the fearfully unsafe con dition of the ice, and congregated on the banks with the certain expectation of seeing large numbers immersed in the water. By half-past 3 o'clock the ice showed unmistakeable signs of breaking up. It was cracked to such an extent that there was not a sound piece of more than a foot or so broad, and the cracks were clearly marked by the water which rose through them. These alarming symptoms were noticed by everybody, and many who had sense enough made the best of their way off, expressing their opinion as they did so that the ice would not last many minutes longer. Even these in many instances got a wetting in getting out of dan ger, for with hardly an exception the ice had parted from the shore right round the lake. Notwithstand ing the warning signs, more than 200 persons still remained on the ice skating and sliding. Shortly before 4 o'clock three children and two men went through the ice together at about a dozen feet from the south-western shore. A gentleman immediately plunged in and brought to the shore the three chil dren, who clung round so as almost to drown him. Hero one of the Royal Humane Society's men ex cited a great deal of indignation. He went a foot or so into the water, and there waited till the Child ren were brought to him, and then, with another, claimed to have rescued them. One of the men who had fallen in scrambled out, and the other was taken from a boat by a Royal Humane Society's man. Immediately after this several other people fell in, but they were soon got out. Somewhat awakened to their position by these accidents and the shouts of the people on the banks, a few other persons left the ice, not, however, without in most cases falling through when near the shore. At this time a dozen people on the north-eastern side, near the boat-house, who were standing close together, watching the misfortunes of the others, next fell in together. This was witnessed from all parts, and created a panic among alt who remained on the ice, and they all with one accord rushed towards the op posite shore. Before this movement commenced numbers were seen dropping through the ice in all parts. As the frightened groups made for the banks the whole field of ice gave two or three heaves, and then simultaneously broke up over the whole of the broad part of the lake. In an instant 200 men and children were thrown into the water. A fearful cry of dismay proceeded from them as they fell, which was mingled with a shout of horror from the thousands who lined the banks. Then all was confusion and dis traction. For several minutes nothing effectual was even thought of, and there in the water could be seen children of from eight to 12 years of age clinging to the edges of the broken ice, crying every moment in frantic voices for the assistance which those who witnessed their sufferings were powerless to render them, and in a brief time giving up their short lease of life with a few last faint waves of the hands above the water. Those who witnessed these scenes cried and shrieked with even greater exhibition of feeling than the sufferers themselves. The first shock over, men rushed wildly about, seiz ing upon everything in the shape of a rope or spar to throw to the struggling and drowning ; but by this time all direct communication with them was cut off by the general breaking-up of the ice, and very few were reached for a long time. A cry was raised of "The boats, the boats !" and hundreds of willing workers ran off to return with the boats on their shoulders, but when they got them into the water the greatest difficulty was experienced in forc ing them through the ice. Ropes were rapidly joined, and then one end of each being carried across the bridge they were stretched from shore to shore and dragged along. A few pe rson s managed to grasp them, but they could not be dragged ashore, and had to remain holding on to them till the boats picked them up. Some of them failed to hold on long enough, and the spectators were horrified to see, every now and then, a man thoroughly ex hausted gradually relax his hold and sink. Many instances of individual gallantry took place. One man, at the most imminent risk, plunged in and brought several children safely out. A gentleman, who broke through near the south-western shore, fell so that his head and chest rested on a large block l o a f y i ice, smoking h h i i e s p f e i e p t e fwoerrae long g t h t e i mwea whilete. r Th the e r h e o ats were farther out picking up as fast as p ossible those in a worse position. He began , however, to realise his position, and , removing his p o ipe e from his mouth, he called out , " 150 to a who will fetch me out !" Several abortive attempts were made to reach him w ith ro p es, p oles, and ladders. A man with the aid of a ladder reached a small piece of sound ice, and endeavoured to throw a rope to him, but it fell short. lie then managed to push the ladder on to a piece af ice further out, and stand- ing on the former he again threw the rope. In do ing so be fell, and in clinging to the ladder he hurt himself, and was drawn ashore. A gentleman then got into au escape fitted up with barrels at the end. When pushed out as far as possible he got into the water and endeavoured to push the escape along, but he did not succeed. Eventually a man stripped to his shirt and trousers, and a rope being fixed to his waist, he desperately fought his way through the ice, i and seizing the skater round the body, they were both dragged to land amid tremendous cheers . . A man named Moore, who received a medal two year* ago for saving people under similar circumstances, was very active, and saved several persons. Just as one of the boats approached a sufferer he sank, but a young man in the boat plunged after him into the water, and brought him up. They were both got into the boat. Mr. Wenzell, the proprietor of the boat,was most energetic in his efforts, and many persons are indebted to him for their lives. A young man stood on a solitary piecd of ice the lake for an hour and a half, fetched off by a man who reached Within about half an hour of .the brez. Alizof ice large bodies of police began to arrive, and rezp dered great assistance in dragging ropes that had been caught by some of those in the water, in fetch ing and launching boats, and keeping idlers back. All this time the excitement was kept up by the fre quent- sinking of those who had lost all power to support themselves. Up to 8 o'clock eight bodies, recovered from under the ice, were deposited in the deadhouse of Maryle. bone Workhouse, while there were 14 inmates of the infirmary, miler the care of Drs. Randall mi x t Fuller, the surgeons of the institution. Amr, og the visitors about this period was Dr. Hardw:,eke, the deputy coroner for Contral Middlesex, ', no of whose pupils, known to have gone to the park for the purpose of skating, was missing, but I .te was not among those lying in the dead-house, a.ad was sub sequently identified at S. Mary's Hospital, t o which it appears he had been conveyed. Mr. Inspector Burrows (acting superintendent of the D division of police), with Mr. Inspector Hines, attended to take descriptions of the eight deceased persons who lay in the dead-house, but while in the performance of this labour five out of the eight were identified. They were : Thomas llarvey, jun., about 18, of 38, Spring.. field-place, Leeds, but staying with friends at 56, Torrington-square. A young gentleman named Woodhouse, aged 17, of Bedford-house, Tavistock-square. Charles Jukes, aged 9 years, of 8, Dorset-build. ings, New-street-mews, Dorset-square. Shortly after 9 o'clock, when the doors of the dead-house were opened under the direction Qf Mr. Douglas, the master of the Marylebone 'Work house, to the public, the third body identified was that of a Mr. Macintyre, of 48, Highbury-crescent, Islington. He is stated to be a merchant in the City, and bad a considerable amount of property ou his person. He wrote a gold signet-ring with cameo stone engraved with the crest of a hand and dagger, surrounded by a garter, bearing the motto, " Perdura," and on the inside an engraved inscrip tion, "F. B. to J. D. M., 11th March, 1861." His gold watch had stopped at precisely a quarter past 4, while a silver watch on another deceased person had stopped at 9 minutes past 4. The fifth body was identified as that of Mr. James Crawley, of 28, Sherborne-street, Blandford square. The following are still lying at St. Marylebone Workhouse, not having. been identified : A ,lad aged about 15, fresh complexion, dark brown hair, two scars on lips as if from cold; dress, short black jacket and vest, brown mixed trousers, and Balmoral boots, clumped. A man about 26, sft. 10in. in height, fair com plexion, scar on chin, light curly hair, blue eyes ; dress, black overcoat, velvet collar, black under coat, black silk tie, black and white striped cloth trousers, white linen shirt, opal studs, thigh boots ; on person, 3s. 6d. silver, 4d. copper, three keys, meerschaum pipe and case, and letter addressed— " Mr. Luckman, Jan. 11, Addle-street, City, E.C." A man about 32, height sft. Bin., fair, light whiskers and moustache, pilot jacket lined with quilted silk, mixed cloth vest and trousers, fine linen shirt, flannel do., skates on sidespring booth ; on person, a sovereign, 7s. in silver, 110. in cop per, and bunch of keys on split ring, two knives, ivory rule, silver watch, Albert chain, seal and key, pair of dividers (compasses), eyeglass, some papers, name on envelope—" Mr. Smith, Margaret-street, Cavendish-square." These are the whole of the bodies lying at St. Marylebone Workhouse. It was stated that a large number of persons had been conveyed to St. Mary's, the Middlesex, and other hospitals, but on inquiry it was ascertained that but three had been conveyed thither. One was a gentleman living in Elgin-crescent, Bayswater, who was -recovered and enabled to be conveyed home. The other two were dead on their arrival, and have since been identified—the first by Dr. Hardwicke, the deputy coroner, as his missing pupil, W. Davis, who resided with him at 70, Morning ton-road; the second as John Broadbridge, about 10 years old, of Little Exeter-street, Lisson-grove. The state of the ice prevented the attempt being continued yesterday to search for more bodies after 8 o'clock, but it was to be resumed early this morning. The greatest excitement prevails, and it is feared the number of victims will reach from 30 to 40. Destruction of the New Ironsides by Fire. The New Ironsides was a broadside ironclad frigate of the United States Navy, built at Phila delphia in the yard of Messrs. CRA3IP and Sox. Her length was 232 feet ; beam, 57 feet 6 inches ; depth of hold, 17 feet; tonnage, 2,436 ; battery, 16 11-inch Dalgren guns; 200 lbs. Parrot rifle guns and 424 lb. howitzers. Her frame was of white oak, her plating commenced 4 feet below the water line, and extended to the spar deck, protecting the battery. Though the bow and stern were unpro tected by outer plates, the bulk-heads at each end of the gun-room were bomb-proof. Her plates were 4 inches thick, 24 in width, and 15 in length. This vessel, which has been called the Queen of the United States' navy, now lies a mass of ruins in the Delaware river, opposite League Island, having been destroyed by fire. On Saturday night, De cember 15th, one of two watchmen, who had charge of the vessel, discovered smoke arising from the after hold, when he communicated the alarm to other ironclads of the fleet. Assistance was ob tained, but too late to save the vessel, which, on Sunday morning, became a complete wreck. It will be seen from the description that the New Ironsides was, on a small scale, similar to the Eng lish man-of-war Defence. She was first employed on actual service in the attack on Fort Sumter, April 7, 1863. During the contest she became unmanageable, and retired from action. She was struck on this occasion between sixty and seventy times, and received comparatively little damage. Her next conflict was with Fort Moultrie, when the Ironsides was anchored a few hundred yards from the fort—the artillery of which was concentrated upon her. After a few hours terrific cannonade the fort was silenced, and the frigate retired comparatively uninjured, and the officers much pleased with the ability of their vessel to brave every storm of shot and shell. She was next employed against Fort Fisher. When off the har bour the fleet encountered a violent gale, which for four days blew with the greatest fury. The New Ironsides was then thoroughly tested as a sea-going vessel, and proved herself to be a trustworthy ship. For two days the New Ironsides maintained the fight with the Fort, when the fleet withdrew, and after re fitting at Beaufort again attacked Fort Fisher. The Confodoratoo br.)tifslit their moo 6 powerful guns to bear against her, but their Armstrongs had no effect on the New Ironsides, though 20 bolts struck the ship. The fort fell, and the iron-plated vessel was not again brought into action. The position she achieved in the United States' fleet should be con soling to the British navy, whose great strength lies in vessels of similar model, and vastly more power ful. The origin of the fire is as yet a mystery. Grave doubts are entertained whether it arose from an accidental cause. Mr. BRANDEGEE, of Connec ticut, moved on Wednesday, 19th December, in the House of Representatives, that the Committee on Naval Affairs be instructed to inquire into the Mr. WASIIBURNE, of Illinois, asked Mr. RANDEGEE to state the facts connected with the cause. destruction, upon which Mr. BRANDEGEE shook his head ominously, and protested that it would be in decorous for him to say what he knew upon exparte testimony. The objet is to excite suspicion, which of ccurse would point to a Southern conspi racy. It is certainly imprudent to place such ves sels under the safeguard of a couple of watchmen exposed in an open river.—.Anglo-American Times. 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