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L ONDON STREET REFORM SOCIETY. PRESIDENT. Sir WILLIAM FRASER, 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, Lighti ng , an d Cl eansing, 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 in 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. Ffaly, Esq., Hon. Soc. L.S.R.S., 88, St. James's -street, S.W. CONTRACT FOR BEECH WEDGES. Contract Department, Admiralty, Somerset House, 14th D 1866. THECOMMISSIONERS for ee, EXECUTING the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRE LAND, Do hereby give NOTICE, th a t 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 three calendar 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 in the sum of £2OO for the due perfor mance of the Contract. By Order, ANTONIO BRAY, Registrar of Contracts and Public Securities. CONTRACT FOR FRESH OX BEEF AND VEGE TABLES AT FOYNES. CONTRACT DEPARTMENT, ADMIRALTY. Somerset House, 27th December, 1866. THE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING - the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRE - LAND do hereby Give Notice, that on 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 demanded from the 15th January to the 30th June, 1867, both days included. Tho 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 payment for the supplies, is to make out his invoices in pounds at per 100 lb. The Contractor to reside on the spot, or to have en 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 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, or to the Postmaster at Foynes, where also the conditions of the contract may be seen. 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 responsible persons, engaging to become bound with the person tendering in the sum of £3OO for the due performance of the Contract for Fresh Ox Beef, and £lOO for the Contract for Vegetables. The Contractor to pay half the amount of the stamps on the. Contracts and Bonds. • By order, ANTONIO BRADT, Registrar of Contracts and Public Securities. T 0 G UWA 11 1. .E17 - g and Others. The SECRETARY of STATE for WAR is desirous of receiving PROPOSALS from Gunmakere and Others for BREECH -LOADING RIFLES, either repeating or not repeating, whi c h may replace the present Service Rifles in future manufacture. The following are the conditiong considered essential in military non -repeating Rifles:_ WIT. Not to exceed 91b. soz. without bayonet. LENGTH. To be 51 in c h es, with short stock, hollow of th e b u tt- p l ate to muzzle. measured from the C. WEIGHT OF AMMUNITION. MADE UP. Must not exceed 61b. 4oz. for sixty rounds as packed for service. D. CAR. Must ca rry th e i r own ignRTitionIDGES. E. SIGHTS The foresight must be such as . to admit of a fired accordin g t o the present system. bayonet F. STOCK . allow a sling to be used. G. Must not exceed that of RECOIL. the Enfield Rifle by more than 10 per cent. 7-- H. THE ARM AS A WHOLE. Must be as little liable to injury by long-continued firing, rough usage, and exposure as the naval rifles breech-loaders on the Snider system. To be ascapable, also, of being used Without accident by imperfectly trained men, and of being manufactured in quantities and of uni form qua li ty. L THE AMMUNITION AS A WHOLE. Must be as little liable to injury by rough usage, damp, and exposure in all climates, as the Boxer cartridge for Snider's converted Enfield rifle—also as little liable to acci dental explosion as the same cartridge, and as capable of being manufactured in large quantities, and of uniform quality. R. CALIBRE. Optional. L. THE TWIST AND FORM OF GROOVE. Optional. M. THE LOCK. Optional. N. RAPIDITY OF FIRE. Capable of firing at least 12 rounds per minute, without aiming, the cartridge s being arranged on a table. o. ACCURACY WIZEN FIRED The arm must give a FROM A FIXED RE ST. more thane 6in. at 1 figure of me r it o f not ,000 yard mean s, 30in. at 800 yards, 12in. at 500, and Gin. a t 3 00. The mean to be taken upon at least five 'Argots of twenty shots each. P. Not to re qu i re at 500 T RAJECTORY. dog. 30 mi n . yards an el evation of more than 1 Q. FOULING Tho shooti ng no t to deteriorate more than 20 at 1,000 ya r d s a ft er f i r i ng 250 rounds.per cont. n. PENETR . The me an 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 ets is indispensable, but any other lubricant may bo superadded or applied to the cartridge, if thought necessary by the competitor. No arms will be received without the usual proof marks. Specifications, and 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 Office, P a ll- mall, " on or before the 30th M arc h , 1867. The sp ec ifi cations and 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 War, and who will, after firin te 20 select and recommend for further trial such of thsystems as may appear to them sufficiently promising, rejecting all such as may not bo 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 w ill then be required to furnish for experiment, at Woolwich, s i x arms in strict conformity to the specimen arm submitted, w i t h 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 competitors, to cover the expense of the six rifles, 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 sele c t e d for merit in respect to it s b reech mechanism. A , third reward of 1.300 for the best cartridge. The qua ities whi c h w ill b e principally taken into consideration in awarding this prize will be economy of manufacture, power of sustaining rough usage, freedom from deterioration in various climates, and general serviceability. The shooting qualities of the 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 mere than one prize ; but such prize will be irrespective of any reward which may bo given to the inventor of the arm finally adopted into the service. IV. MAGAZINE AND REPEATING ARMS. Maemzine and Repeating Arius for Infantry will be re ceived and examined in a manner similar to the Breech_ loading Rifles. They must not be loss in length than 48 inches, including the stock. The limit of weight for these arms is fixed at 911 b. ex clusive of the charges in the magazine. It is indispensable that the arms bo 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 ab@ve couditions ; and in the absence of experience does not at present defin e the standard of accuracy or other conditions to he fulfilled before such an arm can be adopted. Those Magazinecorßepeating Arms, which are accepted for further trial, will be paid fo r a t th e rate of £6O each. This aura is to include 1,000 rounds of ammunition per ann. V. The Secretary of State will take carp that no ingenious novelty produced in answer to this advertisement shall bo ndopted into the service without proper acknowled gmen t, and that th e name of the individual with whom it origi nates shall be recorded in connection with it. If the rifle to which the first prize is awarded is adopted into the service, it will bear the inventor's name. J. ST. GEORGE, Major-General, Director of Ordnance War Office, Oct. 22 1866 ... rz, -__-- jv (, i t . \ ._, \ ~, , , LADY CAMPBELL'S NEW NOVEL. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vole, A WOMAN'S CONFESSION. By LADY CAMPBELL. Hurst and Bleckett, 13, Great Marlborough -street. At all Libraries, i n 2 vo l s., N ODDEBO PARSONAGE. F rom th e D an i s ', _ _ By the Translator o 1 ' ; The Guardian." Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. W 1 HE HE CLOUD AND THE BEAM. By ALFRED GARDNER. Crown. BVO., with Frontispiece and Vignette, price Is. THE NEW DOUBLE ACROSTICS. By A. A. Y. Printed on toned paper, 18mo., cloth, gilt edges. Price 24. ed. London : Lothian and Co., Amen-corner, Paternoster-row. ANEW VOLUME of the " BUILDER."—The "BUILDER," an Illustrated Weekly Journal, con ducted by Mr. Gonwm, F.R.r!.., addresses itself not merely to architects, constructors, and operatives, but to lovers of art, sanitary reformers, and all who are interested in the material progress of the kingdom and the colonies. The first Number for the new year contains some fine en2ravings and numerous papers on important subjects ; 4d., or by post sd. No. 1, York -street. W.C., and all newsmen. IVIANFIELD'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 Savoyateps), London. A VALUABLE NEW-YE it R'S GIFT.- A CHINESE CADDY , containing 161bs. of really good Black Tea, sent carriage tree to any railway station or market town in England, Ireland, ticotiaml, or Wales, on re ceipt of 405., by PHILLIPS and CO., Tea Merchants, 8, King William -street, City, E.C. H E 0 X F . 0 it 11, 6, OXFORD-STREET, W., THE MUSICAL ESTABLISIIIIENT OF LONDON. Cti RISTMAS - ENTER CA INMENTS. LES DRAGONS DE V[i,L MKS (Opera Combine). Music by A. Matikrt (first time in thiscoantry), Tins EVENING, in which Miss RUSSELL will make 11,T Reappearance, as sisted by Misses Barrie and Fitz Henry ; llesars. A. St. Albyn, Hulls, Fox, Husk, Evans, and Bury, with Extra Band and Chorus ; produced and conducted by Atr. F. Jonglimans. COMEDY. by Messrs. Hnrry Sydney, Brierley. and ton, t} Broth( rs Pentland, W. R. Julian (the celebrated Mimic), together with an Entirely New Divertissement, en titled THE OXFORD REVELS, arranged and produced under the immediate superintendence of Mr. W. IL Payne, THIS EVENING. NOTICE -Mr. FRANK HUSSEY. of the NEW AME RICAN MINSTRELS, wil have the honour to make his First Appearance here on MONDAY NEXT, January 7th. T EA IS CHEAPER THAN EVER.-Is. 6d , 25.. 28 6 r. per lb. are the prices at which PHILLIPS and CO Tea Merchants, 8, King William-street, City, L9n don, RC., are selling goo and fine BLACK T EA. A. price current post free. 40s worth carriage free to any railway stition or market town in the United Kingdom.—Observe — PHILLIPS and Co. have no Agents or any connexion with any house in Worcester or Swansea. Sugars are supplied at market prices. R. SCOTT'S LIVER AND BILIOUS PILLS.--A NEVER FAILING REMEDY.—Pre ,ared without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. icott, of Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to all who Duffer from bilious and liver nomplaints, inligestlon, wind, ipasms, giddiness, dizzinew of the eyes, .te. For habitual :ostiveness, as a family a p er i en t me d ic i ne , an d as a purifier of the blood, they are truly excellent; mild in their opera tion and 2rn-teful to ;he stomach, they create appezite, pro mote digestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system. Prepared only and s)ld by W. Lambert, Chemist, King William -street, eharing-cross. London, and by most drug gists, in boxes,ls. lid., and three times the quantity in oue, 2s. lid. Be sure to ask for Dr. Scott ' s Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are a square green package, with " William Lambert." engraved qn the stamp. VIE BEST RESIEDY FOR INDIGE3TION. NORTON'S CAMOMILE PILLS are confi dently recommendeci as a simple bur, certain Remedy for Indigestion, whi.th 1. the cause of wally all the diseases to wWch we are pubject, beluga iredicine so uniformly trrate ful and beneficial, that it is w.th justice called the "Natural Strengthener of the human Stomach." "Norton's Pills" act as a rower} ul tonic and gentle aperient; ar mild in their operation, sate under any circumstances, and ihousands of persons can now bear testimony to he benefits to be derived f'rom their use, as they have been a never-tailing Family Friend for upwards of 20 years. Sold in bottles at Is. lid., 2s. 9d, and lie. each, in every town in the kingdom. CAUTION. Be sure and ask for "NORTON'S PILLS," anti do not be persuaded to purchase any of the various imitations which have sprung up in consequence of the success of NORTON'S CAMOMILE PILLS. HYA4 & Co.'s AI TIRE. RYAN & Co., 66 and 67, OXFORD -ST. FIYAM & Co.'s WINTER OVERCOATS. HYAM & Co.'s SILK-FACED OVERCOATS. 'YAM. aTERS. WAAI sm Hrivu st, COATS, HYAII & Co.'s PROFESSIONAL ATTIRE. HYAM & Co.'s VESTS and TROUSERS. HYAM & Co.'s LADIES' HABITS. NADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION, BAKER-STREET. CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. NEW EDI VIONS. —Life-size Portrait-Models of JOHN BRIGHT, Esq., M.P., and the late MCI/AHD COBDEN, Esq., M.P. Open from 11 a.m. till dusk, and from 7 till 10 p.m.. Admittance, ls. ; children, under ten, half-price; extra rooms, 041. E 1~ i . _. ~" ,N IN I I' IN 'ULAN'S LL WHISKY. DUBLIN EXTTERITTON, 1865. This celebrated OLD IRISH WHISKY gained the )nblin Prize Modal. .- It is Pure, Mild, kielloW, Delicious, and very Whole -40010. Sold in Bottles, 3s. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London ; ..y the Agents in the principal towns in England; or wholesale at GREAT W INDMILL -STREET, LONDON, W. Observe the Red S ea l , P ia Label, and Cork branded " Kinaban's LL Whisky." VIUTUAL LOANFUND ASSOCIATION IL. unoorporAteri by Act of Parliament, l 850), 4, itIISSNLL-STREET. COVICNT-GAR DEN. LONDON. tree on Prompt ADVANCES on all description of secu r it y. F orme application by letter to RDWARD HARPER. Secretary. COUNTRY HOTELS, PUBLIC HOUSES, and BUSINESSES. FURNESS and KNEE'S List on application. Particulars for insertion received until the 27th of the month at their AUCTION AND HOTEL AGENCY OFFICES, 5, Agar street, Strand, W.C., and nearly opposite the Charing Cross Railway. Station. JOHN GOSNELL and CO.'S CHERRY TOO ill PASTIC is greatly superior to any tooth powder; gives the teeih a pearl whiteness, protects the enamel from decay. and i mpar t s a pleasa n t f ragrance to breath. Price is. 6t—lied Bull Wharf. 93, Upper Thames street, London. ESTO N' S GRAND MUSIC HALL, ITOLBORN. Solo Proprietors, SWEASEY . and HOLLAND. Grand Selection from Auber's Opera of " MASA NIELLO," by 40 vocalists dressed iu costume as at the opera. Terr , fic ovation of the Irish Minstrels, with songs, dances, and Irish anecdotes, under the direction of Pat Corri. A now and original overture composed and ar ranged expressly for the above minstrels by Mr. H. Baker. Comic—Arthur Lloyd's new song " Borachio, Pestach!o, Lablachio, Moustachio,. and the Roly Poly Eye," —Jolly Nash, Georgina Smithson, Miss Fancourt, Paddy Fannin, Patrick Sellers, and Harry and Kattie King ; and Pio Watkini, the Persian Juggler. Band of 30 first-class per formers, and large Chorus chosen from her Majesty's and Covent Garden Opera Houses. Musical Director, Mr. P. CORRI. Prices of admission Stalls and Balcony, Is.; 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. EAU -DE-VlE. —This Pure PALE BRANDY, 18s. per zallon, ry superio- to recent importations of Cognac, recommended by the medical profession, and ex tensively used in hospitals. In bottles, Ms. per dozen, or in a case 399 , railway carriaze pal I.—HENRY BRETT and CO, Old Furnival's Distillery, fiolborn, E.O , and 30, Regent street, S.W. Established 1829: THE OCEAN ST. LEGER of 1866.—What Lord Lyon was to his owner was the Taei•ing to her Caotain, viz.. winner of the race having distanced i•lt com petitors, as the le AS 1' I DIA TEA COM PAN Y have in ♦ Lriab y done in their choi e and ssle of the new season's teas, now sellit4.7, at importer's prices. War houses-9, Great St. Helen's-churchyard. NOTICE OF DIVIDEND. T HE JOINT STOCK COAL COMPANY (Limited), 49, FLEET STREET, E.C. At the Second Annual Meeting of Shareholders, held at Radley's Hotel, Doc. 31st, It was Resolved:— " That the Report be adopted and printed, and that a dividend and Bonus equal to 10 per cent. per annum to Shareholders, together with an additional Bonus of 4 per cant. to coal-consuming Shareholders, be paid on and after Jan. 31st, 1867." D IINVILLE'S' V.R. OLD IRISH WHISKY, BELFAST, Is regularly supplied to the House of Lords. "V.R." IRISH WHI SKY. DUNVILLE and CO.'S " V.R." OLD IRISH WHISKY, BELFAST. London Offi.!ei find Stores, 4, BEAUF ORT - BUILDINGS, STRA ND, W.C. Established 18(8. Quotations on application. By order, FREDERICK A. NEW, Managing Director, • THE JOINT STOCK COAL COMPANY (Limited), Incorporated under the " Companies' Act, 18p," by which the liability of each Shareholder is limited to the amount of his Shares. Capital, .£lOO,OOO, in 100,000 Shares of £1 each. Fi rs t I ssue o f 50 , 0 00 fully subscribed. ss. per Share to be paid on Application, ss. on Allotment, and the remainder, if required, in calls of not less than ss. per Share, at intervals of not less than three months. CHAIRMAN.—JOHN WHITE ORAM, Esq. MANAGING DlRECTOR.—Frederick A. New, Esq. BANKERS.—The London and County Bank, Lombard street; and Metropolitan an d P rovincial Branches. Chief Office • 49, Fleet-street, E.C. West-end .. 157, Great Portland -street. Dublin Liverp00l Office Colchester Hythe Quay. Brighton p -street. The Company is now in full operation, having seven depots in London, also depots and wharves at Dublin, Liverpool, Colchester, and Brighton. The Directors are also supplying trucks of Coal to the various stations in the Eastern Counties, the Home Counties, and also on the South line of rails. To supply their trade promptly and independently, the Company has in constant working up wards of 300 railway trucks, and also owns a large stock of horses and vans in excellent condition. The liability of Shareholders is limited to the amount of shares taken. From the rapidity with which the first issue of 50,000 Shares was subscribed, and the applications al ready on hand, the Directors anticipate being obliged at an early period to close the Share List for the Second Issue. Applications for detailed Prospectuses and Shares to be made to the Managing Director at the Offices or Depots of the Company. MES DALY and CO., Distillers, John-street, next Cork.—" The purest spirit an d safest drink in the od: the "Times. "--1 o-don " Offices, 7, Printin g -h onse - square, E.C., TAMES DALY and.oo., Di s till ers, John-street, Cork, beg. to announce that they're able to supply the trade with their celebrated Whiskies. in casks or case., and to take orders in bond at d for explrtation, at their offices, 7, printing -hoe-square, London, E S C., the o n l y h ouse ia the square not occupied by the " Times. J. D. and Co.'s whiskies bring the highest prices in the Australian and other Colonial markets, as may b observed by reference to the "Journal of Commerce of Victoria," by which it will be seen that their whiskies fetch 6d. per gallon and Is. per case over the next best, and Is. 64 per gallon and ss. 6d. a case over the lowest quotation. Always on hand a large supply of ve y old mellow whisky in the finest condition, matured in sherry casks, unsurpassable in quality and flavour, supplied on the most reasonable terms. ASPHALTE ROOFING FELT, OVE PENNY per Square Foot. CROGGON and C 0., Manufacturers, 63, New Earl-street, London, B.C. 34, Bread-str,et, 59. George-square, Glasgow; 2, Goree Piazzas, Liverpool. G E O L O G 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 s, Fossils, and Recent Shells, Geologkal liar's Ham m ers. alt the recent Pub'ioations, tc., o' J. TENNANT, Mineralogist to Her Majesty, 119. Strand, Lou-ion. Private Instruction is given in Mineralogy and Geology by Mr. TENNANT , F.G.S., 149, Strand, W.C. NOIICE Or REMOVAL. DEFRIES and SONS' T-o• NEW CITY SHOW ROOMS contain an entirely new and extenrive Stock of TABLE GLASS, China, and Chan tioundaditch. W INSLO W HALL, Winslow, Bucks, ha v i ng been recently opened and fitted with requisites for the care and mfort of the INSANE, the proprietor, Dr. BOIS RAG ON Cannounces that he h is 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 fifty minutes from Oxford. Attached to the mansion, situated on a sandy soil, and commanding an extensive and pleasing prospect, are garden, me , 'low, plantation, and recreation grounds. For terms and forms of admission address the proprietor. NOTICE OF REMO VAL. T DEFRIES and SONS' tl • NEW CITY SHOW R 0 0111.4. —The New Oval-shaped ALEXANDRA DINNER SERVICE, from £1 18s. ed. 147, Houndaditch. NOTHING IMPOSsIBLE._The greatest and LI most useful invention of the day, AGUA AMA BELL A. Messrs. JOHN GOSNELL and CO. lied Bull Wharf, 93, Upper Thames-street. Perfumers to CO., Majesty, respect- Wily offer to the public this truly marvellous fluid, which gradually restores the human hair to its pristine hue- no matter at what age. The Agus Amarella has none of the properties of dyes ' • it, on the contrary, is beneficial to the system, and when the hair is once restored one application per month will keep it in perfect colour. Price one guinea per bottle, or in half bottles, /os. 'SI. Testimonials from artistes ofthe highest order, and from Individuals of undoubted re spectability, may b e seen on application. Messrs. John Gosnell and Co. h ave b een appointed Perfumers to her Royal llighness the Princes. of Wales. A.D. 1720. ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE CORPORATION (Established by Charter of his Majesty George the First\ FOR SEA, FIRE, LIFE, AND ANNUITIES. Offices, Royal Exchange, London. Branch Office, 29, Pail-mall, S.W. OCTAVIUS WIGRAM, Esq., Governor. JAMES STEWART Honasori, Esq., Sub-Governor. CHARLES JOIIN MANNING, Esq., Deputy-Governor. DIRECTORS. Robert Barclay, Esq. Wm. Tetlow Ilibbert, Esq.' John Garratt Cattle_y, Esq. Wiimot Holland, Esq. Mark Currie Close, Esq. Nevile Lubbock, Esq. Edward James Daniell, Esq. Geo F. Malcolmson, Esq. William Davidson, Esq. Henry Nelson, Esq. Thomas Dent, Esq. Lord Josceline W. Percy. Alexander Druce, Esq. Charles Robinson, Esq. Fredk. Jos. Edlmann, Esq. Samuel Leo Schuster, Esq. Charles 11. Goschen, Esq. Eric Carrimrton Smith, Esq. Riversdale W. Grenfell, Esq. Joseph Somes, Esq. Francis Alex. Hamilton, Esq. William Wallace, Esq. Roby. Amadeu s H ea th , E sq. Chas. Baring Young, Esq. Medical Referee, SAMUEL SOLLY, Esq., F.R.S. NOTICE. - The usual Fifteen Days allowed for Payment of FIRE PREMIUMS falling due at CHRISTMAS will ex pire on the 9th of January. FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected on ad vantageous terms. The Duty on Fire Assurances has been reduced to the uni form rate of is. 6d. per cent. per annum. No charge is made by this Corporation for Fire Policy or Stamp, however small the Assurance may be. F ARMING -STOCK.—No extra charge is made for the use of Steam Thrashing Machines. The Reversionary Bonus on British LIFE POLICIES has averaged nearly 2 per cent. per annum on the sum assured. Equivalent reductions have been made in the Premiums payable by persons who preferred that form of Bonus. The divisions of Profit take place every Five years. Life Any sum not exceeding £15,000 may be insu r ed on one This Corporation affords to the Assured— Liberal participation in Proflts—with tuarantee f a large Invested Capital Stock, and exem he pt g ion, under Royal Charter, from the liabilities of partnership. The advantages of modern practice,—with the security of an Office whose resources have been tested by the ex perience of nearly a CENTURY AND A HALF. ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON. ROBT. P. STEELE. Secretary. NOTICE OF REMOVAL. T REFRIES and SONS • NEW CITY SHOW ROOMS—BREAKFAST and TEA SERVICES in great variety, from £1 ls. upwards.- 147. Houndsditeh. J NOVICE OF REMOVAL. FRIES and SONS' assor!ment • NEW DE CIP of DEY SHOW ROOMS contain a b eaut if u l SSERT 4:S from Li is. to 100 guineas. Cr e is and Monog,rams SEßVlCl engraved on earne.-147, Iloundsditch. NOTION Me REMOVAL. J D EFRIES and S ONS NEW CI I Y SIIO w ROOMS.—CRYSTAL CHAN' D I 'LIERS, New Devig-ns for the Drawing-room, either for Gas or Candle, and to suit all kinds of Decorations. -117, Hone dsditch. NOTICE OF REMOVAL. ‘-' DEFRIES and SONS' • NEW CITY SHOW ROOMS.—BRONZE and OR MOLU cHAND ELIERS in great variety. New D es i gns for the Dining-roorn.-147, Houndsditch. NOTICE OF REMOVAL. J D EFRIES and •SONS' T-- , • NEW CITY SROW ROOMS.—The ALEXANDRA FLOWER VASE. This new and beautiful Vase can be seen in great variety, from 3s. to 30s. each.-147, Hounds ditch. NOTICE OF REMOVAL. J. 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ViXIIIBITORS at the PARIS EXHIBITION, JU.4 who ADVERTISE in " THE SUN," can have the }eidreanteh " , T is h aelso acquainted with b SERVICES of A SPECIAL AGENT in PARIS, whose Sun" Office. He has a r i t )e d r d f r e e e s t s ness, and has good connections. On application to "The in Paris, either Sun" Agent obtain every possible facility for Exhibitors, or persons who may have other business in Paris, or who may go krw be led o g b e ta o i f n there for pleasure only. HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.—FUNDS are earnestly solicited for fitting up the TRAINING SHIP. £2,000 required. WM. Boys' Ref age. 8, G reat Que en-street, W.C.WILLIAMS, Secretary. HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.—CON TRIBUTIONB are earnestly solicited for establishing the COUNTRY ROME. £l,OOO required. wair. WILLI A MB, Secr e t ary . Boys' Refuge, ft Great Queen-street, W.C. HOMELESS BOYS OF provide LONDON.—The it Comme are most anxious to 40 bos. One hundred an te ford fifty are now i n th e Refuge. The annual expenditure for supporting; the 400 boys is estimated at £ 5 ,000, being. £l5 a year for each boy. Several kind friends have promised to pay for one boy each year. Subscriptions thankfully received by the London and West minster Rank, 41, Lothbury, and 214, tli„crh Holborn; lffessre. Ransom and Co., 1, Pall-Mall East; and by WM. WILLIAMS, Secretary. Refuge, 8, Great Q uee n-street, W.C. ROVIDENCE ROW NIGHT REFUGE, FOR HOMELESS WOMEN AND CHILDREN, 14A, Providence-row, Finsbury E.C. Sixty Thousand Nights' Lodging; wit , h Suppers and Breakfasts, have been given in this Institution to the destitute, who otherwise would have had to pass the nights in the bleak streets or under railway arches. At present nearly 500 Nights' Lodging; with Suppers and Breakfasts, aro given gratuitously every week. The poor from all parts are admitted, the only condition being that they are homeless and starving. The Manager &c., receives no remuneration whatever. Notwithstand ing the provision made by the Poor House; each night numbers of young women, children, and orphans are, for want accommodatio n , refusedadmittance, andhave to spend night after night in the cold, wet, and sleet. To meet this evil, and to provide more ample accommoda tion, X 2,000 has been raised, but to accomplish the work a sum of at least Xl,OOO more will he 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 deotituto will be oered in your behalf. SU offered in your behalf. SUBSCRIPTIONS are earnestly requested, and will be &Pratafully received by tho Eov. D. GILBERT D.D. No .22, Finsbury-circuo," E.V. PRINTING. —TO RIN TING. TO PROPRIETORS OF PERIODICALS, a o 4c r r e d i . a: 3 and d , & c.—The c o . n — Tr receipt i P p Print ing i n o t f done ou exceed ingly f figg l e and ey fMachiningsivoruergaub NEWSPAPERS,lreed.forms.o fE stitirast oNewspapers , fE elvit partictilars, with stampod directed envelope. for reply. Addross—The Manager "Sun" Printing Offices, 3, Church row, Savoy, Strand, W.C. WHAT IS YOUR CREST AND WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO ? Send 3s. Gd. to CULLETON'S Heraldic Office for a Plain Sketch, or Gs. for a Coloured one. Tho Arms of a very valuable book, with 3,500 man and wife blended together in proper heraldic form. ts, and mottoes of nearly every The proper heraldic Colours for servants' liver'es, what buttons to be used, and how the carriage should be painted, complete,gsd,ocmr,)he result of thirty years' labour, fEftetnmo mil es in inn gt Just ka in price £lO 10s., printed in several colours. Family Pedi grees traced from authentic records, information as to the obtaining of a new grant of arms, how to change ono's name, by T. Culleton, Engraver to her Majesty and Royal family; also Diesinker to the Board of Trade, 25 Cran bourn-street (corner of St. Martin's-lan e ) , W .c ~ It is announced that the section of the railway from Nantes to Napoleon Vend6e and that of Napo leon Vendee to Sables d'Olonne will be opened for traffic on Saturday next. SMALL-PDX INMARYLEBONE.—Yesterday a special meeting, convened by requisition of tho representative vestry of St. 31arylebone, was held at tho court-house, to receive and decide on a request made by tho board of guardians for the immediate use of the iron house in the stone yard for the reception of small-pox cases, for which there is no accommodation either in the workhouse or Small-pox Hospital. After some discussion, in the course of which the necessity for increased small-pox and fever j hospital accommodation was enforced, the application was . granted unanimously. , • t / I . ''''. - , / - -2 n z. L= -tom ..--- e'l . ._ - • - 2--e - ___----z.----t.. --- 2'''' • .4,.., , ,I. *sm., -,,i. ..... ~,,, -- t *AZ , : . 1 of ., ~.„., ... .. „... ~„. ..„,., ~, • ‘,...... , ) , • „ ~.n• AT kl g • ~ . ~ f ' 4 , 1 ' 1 4 . - • i , , • ____._,__„.. _,,,,,,,,, ~,,, ,r: :.,,,,„„.,.5.„,.„,,, - _ _,,,,,, _. ~,,_____.,,....=,, ..,._,, 4, ______. ~,........:„.......:_.;;„„„: ~ ...,,, ~,. c , ... ; ,' . 4 47 r-. , )i - -',. -- . • ..,---" ~.• _ - .4tWattino ' f.,-F.:7 , -Nt,..,.. , ' - - -,..,a •• ____s.'_ . -- w..,,,..... ~.. •-•,..,.., d.k:-ef.: --,--) A , , .i. —2- ....,..1 : r i ot '-itiv, , , ee. I q" v. 71 1. 1 HE ,. ..rzw.T. , :;.....-- . iPL.-_-_ , uf. ~ ...1 . ...::: - --- Airap........ • ~,---- I _,___,._....._ `........... SUN. i A tivritlx-T. rr AN TIIROPOLOGICAL SOCIETY. A inyqerioir, and, according to what known of the circumstances at present, an unprovoked murder took place in the burgh of Govan on Satur day night. The whole affair at present is a mys tery, although the police have been making every endeavour to unravel it, they have hitherto met with but little success. The information which they are in possession of at resent is of the most meagre description, and is somewhat as follows: On Saturday evening, about 40 apprentice carpen ters in the employment of Messrs. R. Napier and Sons, met in Mr. Alexander M'lnroy's public-house, Rutland-place, Paisley-road, for the purpose of going through the ceremony known under the name of " brothering of apprentice carpenters." The deceased, a young man named John Young, aged 20, formed one of the party, and seems to have partaken. freely of liquor. About nine o'clock he left the house, and proceeded on his way home. Nothing is known as to what followed afterwards, except what fell from his own lips, shortly before he expired ; but the next time he was seen in the vicinity of Govan, he was then seen staggering helplessly along the road. Two boys who ob served him put some inquiries to him as to where he was going, and who lie was, but he seems to have returned very unsatisfactory answers, and they, fearing that something might befall hiul if they allowed him to wander about, con veyed- Min to a house at 58, Main-street,' mew; pied by 'Wm. Johnstone. After remaining there for some time, he stated that he lodged with an engine keeper named Denham, residing at 12, Three-Ell road, and he was removed there about 2 o'clock on Sunday morning. Deceased at that time made no complaint of being injured, but the people with whom he lodged, suspecting from his faintness that there was something more than drink wrong with him, made an examination, and found two deep wounds in his abdomen, which were supposed to have been inflicted either with a knife or carpen ter's chisel. Medical assistance was procured, but notwithstanding everything that could be done, inflammition commenced, and he died shortly after 3 o'clock on Sunday afternoon. Before his death lie stated that, after leaving M'lnroy's public-house, he proceeded in the direction of Govan, and on reaching Bainstreet, he stopped for a few minutes close to a house occupied by a Mrs. Stenhouse. Two men came up at the time, with whom he en tered into conversation ; but he could not remember what passed between them, and was unable to give any description of what the strangers were like. It would appear, however, that they must have stabbed the unfortunate young man, although he seems to have been unaware of the fact. His as sailants, after committing their" cowardly attack, must have made off, as deceased was seen wander This society held its annual general mooting at its rooms in St. Martin's-place yesterday. Dr. Hunt occupied the chair, and the usual formal business was gone through. The SECRETARY read a very lengthy report, which gave in considerable detail an account of the pro gress of this young society. The balance-sheet for the year showed a small sum to the credit of the association ; the receipts were £1,515145. 10d. ; the expenditure £1,413 25., leaving a balance of £lO2 2s. 10d. There are at present 706 fellows on the books, 42 corresponding members, and 49 local secretaries in Great Britain. The Rev. Dr. ICING (formerly prominent in the Ethnological Society) moved the adoption of the re port. The motion having been seconded, was at once agreed to. The Rev. Dr. HEATH then moved the adoption of certain amended rules, and the motion was agreed to. Votes of thanks were returned to the presidents, vice-presidents, hon. secretaries, treasurer, and other officers of the society. Dr. HUNT, F.R.S. (who now retires from the office of president, and assumes the position of di rector of the general management of the society, which now will have no hon. secretaries), then read his farewell address. Ile commenced by congratu lating the anthropologists on having now secured a position inone of the sections of the British Asso ciation. He did not accept that position as final ; but he should not recommend that the society should at present take any steps to alter it ; he felt that they should rather wait until they had fully established themselves and shown that the im portance of their science entitled it to a separate section at the meeting of the British Association. He, in complimentary terms, mentioned the assist ance Professor Huxley had afforded the anthropo logists in getting them acknowedged by 'the associa tion, and adverted to some differences of opinion that existed between him and the learned professor. The president then detailed what had been done in the way of meetings, translations, &c., and said it was now proposed to considerably increase the number of fellows. He pointed out that at one time certain persons condemned them and denied their right to attempt to trace the origin of man ; that right Ind now been almost universally admit ted, provided they did not put forward crude and undigested theories, and this they had no desire to do. He described the opponents of the science of anthropology as those suffering from religious mania, who were pretty nearly harmless ; those suffering from the "rights of man" mania,which led them to Plit(11! PE L Mysterious Murder near Glasgow. the belief that every one was equal. Human equality was one of the most unwarrantable assumptions, in his opinion, that ever existed, and in the science of comparative anthropology no justification for that assumption would be found by the philoso phers of the class of Mr. John Stuart Mill. He trusted that the time was not far distant when the importance of such a society, and the science it dealt with, would be acknowledged by philoso phers, philanthropists, and politicians, and that it would be seen that nations could be better governed by the deductions from natural facts than by assump tions. He concluded by remarking on the progress anthropology had made in England and abroad, and ing alone about the streets in the manner we have described above. Capt. Young and his officers have been making every inquiry into the case, but they have been unable as yet to find any trace of the party or parties who committed the assault.—Vori • • - -- -- - - - British Daily Mail. Extraordinary Law Suit in Paris, A very extraordinary family law suit concerning the custody of two young ladies, aged respectively 20 and 17, occupied one of the Paris courts last week. The plaintiff, M. Baisson, a gentleman of property, living in the Rue St. Honore, is the father of the minors in question by a first wife, who died many years ago. M. Baisson has several children by a second marriage. Immediately after the death of his first wife he placed his two children, then in fants of tender years, under the care of his mother in-law, the defendant, a widow. This lady became passionately attached to the girls, took the utmost care of their education, treated them in all respects as her adopted children, relieved the father of all expenses for their maintenance, and made no secret of her intention to leave them the whole of her very large fortune. Under these apparently most happy circumstances the utmost harmony prevailed be tween M. Baisson and the mother of his first wife ; he was able to devote himself to his new family with the knowledge that his elder children were in the hands of a tender, judicious, and wealthy relation, whose greatest object in life was their welfare. But a few months ago it happened that the eldest Madlle. Baisson fell in love-_a most improper thing for any young lady to do according to French no tions. The rule of good French society is that a girl until married is never to speak to any man un less in the presence of her parents or guardians, and then only in monosyllables. A well-bred French girl knows that she is one day to be married, and looks forward to the event with pleasure, as one which will give her an opportunity of making many old schoolfellows jealous by the display of her trous seau. But she is to have no preference on the sub ject. One day her father comes to her and says, "My love, I have found you a husband." To which she replies, kissing her father on the forehead, "Merci, mon pare !—who is it?" He gives the name, mentions a proximate day for the wedding, and then the young lady consults with her mother about the wedding outfit. These well-known rules were not regarded in the case of Aladlle. Baisson's attachment. Yes !--she absolutely formed an at tachment, and her rich grandmother, who had brought her up and was prepared to do everything requisite, humanly speaking, to make her future life happy, was privy to it. The object of her at tachment is an army surgeon, a man of merit both personally and through his foregoers. His father was a distinguished general officer, and he himself wears upon his breast a constellation of medals and decorations attesting his good services. But his only fortune •is his commission, and on this sole ground M. Baisson, when informed of the engage ment by his mother-in-law, peremptorily declared that the army surgeon was no fit match for his daughter. The father, who had been content to delegate to her grandmother the entire care of his daughter from her earliest infancy, came forward re solutely to exercise the stern parental authority which the law gives him in order to prevent the marriage of a girl almost of age with the man of her choice, who had courted her with the approbation of the relation who stood in loco parentis, and had been throughout her life her best friend. M. Baisson went to his mother-in-law's house, saw his daughter, told her that he would never give his consent to the marriage ; and, moreover, that ho would no longer allow her to live with her grandmother, and that she must come away with him directly. The young lady, in obedience to this parental command, packed up her trunks and got into her father's carriage, which was in waiting, but the carriage had only gone a few yards, when she suddenly opened a door, at the risk of breaking her neck, jumped out into the street, and ran back to her grandmother's. M. Baisson thought it undesirable to make a scene by attempt ing then and there to bring his daughter away by f or ce. He contented himself by saying that he was inflexible, and she would hear from him in a few days. When next he went to the house he was in formed that the whole family had gone away, and had left no address. M. I3aisson went over almost all Europe in search of his daughters. He inquired at all the German watering-places and at every town in Belgium, but without any result. At length he hit upon the expedient of sending a money letter to the grandmother at her old address in Paris, and he learned through the post-office that this letter was delivered to the very army surgeon whose pretensions to his eldest daughter's hand foamed the casus Ile afterwards found that the two girls were con cealed under false names in a Catholic convent in Glasgow. Thereupon he brought an action against his mother-in-law, requiring her to bring the girls Nick to France and hand them over to his custody. The Tribunal of First Instance made a decree in his favour, and ordered the young ladies' grandmother to pay I,ooof. a day for two months unless the girls the yet lamentable ignorance that prevailed of the science of man, and thanking the society for the support he had received in his position as president during the past four years. Mr. HIGGLNS moved a vote of thanks to Dr. Hunt, as their ex-president, and that his address be printed. Mr. W. H. WESLEY seconded the motion, and it was agreed to. Dr. HUNT acknowledged the compliment, and the proceedings terminated. SirG.l3owyer, M.P., on the Roman Question The hon. member for Dundalk addressed a meet ing of Roman Catholics in the Exchange, Wolver hampton, on Monday night. He said that lately a great deal had been heard in the newspapers and elsewhere about the " solution of the Roman ques tion." He, however, denied, that there was any Roman question at all. (Cheers.) He could not better illustrate this Roman question than by the following question. Supposing any of them going home that nightshould be met by two or three stout ruffians who were to say—" Your money or your life !" (Laughter and applause.) That was the Roman question. (Renewed laughter and ap plause.) It was simply a question of robbery. (Applause.) The Piedmontese, the Government of Victor Emmanuel, were acting in the most hypo critical manner possible. They talked about the desire of the Pope to introduce reforms into his government, but they did not want reforms at all. II hat they wanted was to take Rome, and no re forms would satisfy them. Then they talked about the impossibility of a reconciliation between the Pope and the Government of Florence. He thought that he could illustrate that proposition in a man ner which would rather resemble the illustration he had just given. It was just precisely as if a man, after robbing them of their watch and their money, were to say--" I will be reconciled to you, provided you will make over to me all the rest of your pro perty." (Laughter and applause.) Their reconcilia tion was this—They said, " Give us Rome ; give us the whole of your dominions ; give us everything you have got left ; we have taken the greater part of it ; give us all the rest, and we will be reconciled to ' you." (Laughter and applause.) Now, how very kind that was, was it not ? (Laughter.) But he would not give much for such reconciliation. Then they, said, " We will not take the whole of your power from you ; we will have a garrison in Rome." That was very much like the wolf protecting the sheep. Such a protec tion could not be listened to, and it could not be offered without a great deal of bad faith and dis honesty. If the Pope allowed those people to have possession of Rome he would be a prisoner, and he would be compelled to leave his capital and lose the independence absolutely necessary for the perform ance of his sacred duties. But there was another object; they did not only want territory and that magnificent city of Rome, but they wanted another thing. Rome was the centre of the whole civilised world. In that city were all the threads by which the affairs of Christendom were managed. Every thing centred at Rome. They wanted to get hold of that centre of the Catholic Church. It was the ob ject of the impious people who composed the secret society to effect the complete destruction of the reli gious orders. They foolishly thought that they could destroy the Church by getting hold of Rome and of the bead of the Church. If they should do this they would subvert the providence of God. (Cheers.) But they did not want them to get hold of Rome, for if they did they would produce a great deal of mis chief and plunder the rest of the Church. In proof of this let them bear in mind what had just happened in Venice. The people who had been deprived of their livelihood because of the departure of the Aus trian troops cried for "Bread, bread," at the doors of the Government offices. Upon that there came out one of Victor Emmanuel's officers and said the Government would do everything they could; and, in order that they might have work, the Govern ment had ordered the destruction of two religious houses. If these people were allowed to get hold of Home the devastation of the Church would follow, and a great and serious calamity to the Catholic Church would ensue. Sir George discountenanced the habit of some in denouncing the Emperor of the French, who, he said, had promised to send his sol diers back to the relief of the Pope if their aid should be required; and he concluded by urging the assem bly to contribute Peter's pence, by which hitherto the Holy Father had been enabled to fulfil punctu ally and exactly all demands as they became due, whiilt the spoiler and the robber, King Victor Eni manuel, remained _upon the verge of bankruptcy. (Cheers.) "? ~,~ NEWSPAPER were restored to their fat!' the penalty of this decree wi matter, let the two months e: the lar ge sum of 60,000 f. into couiti- aam List she was prepared to sacrifice rather than surrender the girls to their obdurate father. But then he brought a further action, laying datulges at a mil lioo fidoc.s.. I l . l . De.tuare:st, the hidy',-; couns4 told her that the law W:ti altogether on father's side, and that if she did not give the children up he might go ou bringing actions until he utterly ruined her. Acting upon D.I. l ) esmarest's advice, the grand mother has now brought the young ladie3 back hem Glasgow. The father has gAillel 1113 point, they are now in his custody. The only question ulti mately before the court was, what damages she should pay to the father for interfering with his authority. This, after his counsel (M. Jules 1' vivre) had bnn heard, was fixed at 5,000 f., and the balance of the 60,000 f. interest is to be refunded to the lady. As.matters now stand Madlle. Baissou cannot marry in France till 25 without her father's consent—but in a few mouths she will be 21, and then he will have no legal right to prevent herfrom living where she pleases. *- per. 5 •oul 136:th i , xpir anc Anne Taylor's Death. The last of " the Taylors of Ongar" has gone to ler rest. On the 20th ult. died, at Nottingham, in ►cr 85th year, the above-named lady, the widow of he late Rev. Joseph Gilbert, but who was better known in literature as Anne Taylor of Ongar. Anne Taylor was a member of an essentially lite rary family. She was the daughter of the Rev. Isaac Taylor, of Ongar, whose wife was the author of works that were popular in the last century. Her uncle, Charles Taylor, was the learned editor of Camille,. Her brother Isaac was the well-known author of the "Natural History of Enthusiasm," and numerous other* philosophical and religious works. Her second brother, Jeffrey, was the author of many anonymous productions, the chief perhaps of which was The Apostolic Age in Britain.' lier sister Jane shared with her the authorship of a very celebrated little work, older than the century in which it still lives, ' Original Poems for Infant Minds.' One peculiarity respecting this work is, that while poetry much more pretentious, but once popular, has perished, these original poems continue to be republished. From the period of their first appearance down to the present year they contri buted a handsome annuity to the authors,—of late years to the survivor of the two. This work was among the first on which Anne Taylor was en gaged, and her last labour was devoted, as the readers of the Athenxtun will remember, to the emendation of a verse in the most popular poem of the whole collection, My Mother.' Anne Taylor married, in 1813, the Rev. Joseph Gilbert, author of The Christian Atonement, its Bask Nature, and Bearings,' and member of a Lincolnshire, family that contributed two officers to Captain Cook's expeditions, one of whom has left in manuscript his account of the voyage of the Reso lution and Discovery (1776-1780) in search of a North-West passage. Although the Taylors of Ungar have now all passed away, the literary spirit of the family survives. Mrs. Gilbert's son Josiah is, with Mr. W. Churchill, the author of the work on the Dolomite Mountains, of which we had recently to speak with much commendation. Another son, Dr. Henry Gilbert, is known by his Elucidations of Agricultural Chemistry ;' and her nephew, the Rev. Isaac Taylo r , h as t a k en lite- rary rank by his " Words and Places." Few whole families have so completely belonged to literature as that of the aged lady of whose death we make record. The daytime of her life wai one of varied and useful labour; with labour, rest, and recreation heartily enjoyed, and an exercise of abounding hos pitality in as pious and gly a home as ever illus trated the bright cheerfulness of a religious and intellectual life. The evening of such a life was. most appropriately, the calm evening of a long d.►y of sunshine and of shade, blending so quietly with the night that it was hardly possible to say when the one ended or the other began. In the loving memories of her family and friends Anne Taylor will not die.—Atheneum. In addition to the models of the various ironclad broadside, turret, and other vessels built during the last few years at Chatham dockyard which are now in course of preparation to be transmitted to Paris, to be placed in the French Exhibition, an order has been received at the establishment directing a speci men of every description of boat used in the British navy to be constructed at Chatham dockyard, for forwarding, with the models, to Paris. The boats will include the various descriptions supplied to a man-of-war, from the 42-feet launch down to the smallest dingey, all of the exact size. Besides one of the ordinary ship's launches a specimen of a steam launch is also to be sent to Paris, with the high pressure engines complete fitted on board for driv ing the double screws. Two of the models of the vessels in course of preparation have been completed at Chatham dockyard, and transmitted to the Ad miralty for approval. An official letter has since been received at the yard expressing their Lordships' un qualified satisfaction at the execution and finish of the models, and directing that those in hand may be completed and finished in precisely the same manner. The boats and models are to be ready for transmission to the French Exhibition by the Ist of February. The Journal des Debals has an interesting article upon the subject of M. de Ricasoli's letter to the Bishops of Rome who had left their dioceses, but who have now returned. The Debats compares the doctrines propounded by the Italian Minister in his letter to the celebrated formula of Count de Cavour —" A free Church in a free State." It then illus trates M. Ricasoli's principles by the following extract from his letter :—" By the side of the Ca tholic church a Protestant church is erected, the Mussulman mosque and the Chinese pagoda. By the side of the Catholic clergy the consistory of Geneva and the Methodist congregation fulfil their functions. Such a state of things does not en gender either confusion or lukewarmness. Why? Because neither religion demands from the State either special protection or special privilege. Each religion exists and is developed under the shield of the law common to all ; and the law, equally respected by all, guarantees to each equal liberty." In conclusion, the Debate charac terises the letter as "a programme of reconciliation between the Church and modern society." A widow lady named Gravis, whose husband was an army surgeon, is now residing at Calais, who, although 99 years old, is in full possession of all her faculties, and is in excellent health. She has in her possession a relic, of which she takes great care. Is is a spoon of boxwood, which was used by Maria Antoinette while she was in prison at the Con ciergerie in 1793. Madame Gravis was in that prison at the same time, having been incarcerated by the Revolutionists. The spoon came into her possession in this way. After the death of Robe• spierre, Madame Gravis was sent from the Con- ciergerie to the College du Plessis, which was converted into a prison. A Savoyard woman, who had been cordemned to death, attended upon the Queen in the Conciergerie, was also sent to the College, where sly) also offered her services to Madame Gravis. This woman sold her several articles, and amongst them this spoon, which was used by Marie Antoinette who!' her plate was taken from her. Madame Gravis, regarding it as an his torical relic, purchased the spoon of the woman and gave her for it the sum of 25 francs in assignats. The Steele, in reference to the Speech of M. Bis marck, relative to the annexation of the Duchies, says : " In whatever way the sense of the speech may be tortured, it is difficult not to discover in it the expression of the desire felt by the whole of Ger many to remain upo n t e rms of peace and friendship with France. Th e con d uc t of Prussia during re cent events may be judged with severity, it may even be appreciated in the least flattering manner as regards the feeling which we all entertain of the influence which Prussian aggraudisment may have in deteriorating the power of France ; but one con clusion must be arrived at. 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