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V I IT IN /MAN'S LL WHISKY. - DUBLIN EXHIBITION, 1865. This celebrated OLD IRISH WHISKY gained the Dublin Prize Medal. It is Pure, dllild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Whole some. Sold in Bottles, 3s. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London ; l'Y the Agents in the prinefFal towns in England ; or wholesale at 8. GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. .ohserfe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded " Kinahan's LL Whisky." 1 1 1UTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION (Incorporated by Act of Parliament, 1850), R USSEr.L-STREET. COVENT-GARDEN. LONDON. it on m a Propt ADVANCES on all description of Security. Forms pplicat letter to EDWARD 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. UNVILLE'S P.R. OLD IRISH WHISKY, BELFAST, Is regularly supplied to the House of Lords. " V.R." IRISH WHISKY. BUNVILLE and CO.'S " V.R." OLD IRISH WHISKY, BELFAST. London Offices and Stores, 4, BEA.EFORT-BUILDINGS,•STRAND, W.C. Established HO& Quotations on application. TAMES DALY and CO., Distillers, John-street, Cork.—" The purest spirit and safest drink in the world."—Loodon Offices, 7, Printing-house-square, E.C., next the "Times." _TAMES DALY and CO., Distillers, John-street, tir Cork, beg to announce that they are able to supply the trade with their celebrated Whiskies, in casks or cases, and to take orders in bond and for exportation, at their offices, 7, Pri nting -house-square, London, KC.. the only house in the squar e not occupied by the "Times." J. D. and Co.'s whiskies bring the highest prices in the Australian and other Colonial markets, as may be observed by reference to the "Journal of Commerce of Victoria," by which it will be seen that their whiskies fetch 6d. per gallon and le. per case over the next peat, and Is. 6d 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. CONTRACT FOR BARRACK STORES FOR THE ROYAL MARINES. Contract Department, Admiralty, Somerset House, 9th Jan., 1867. 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 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 Long -Hair Broom 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 Eleve n 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 of 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 be delivered at the D epartment of the Controller of Victualling, Admi ralty, Somerset House, signed by two responsible persons, the sum of £3OO for the due performance of the Contract. By Order, ANTONIO BRADY, Registrar of Contracts and Public Securities. GUNMAKERS and Others. I. The SECRETARY of STATE for WAR is desirous of rece i ving PROPOSALS from Gunmakers and Others for `"''ziell-LOA.DING RIFLES, either repeating or not l e Peating, whi c h ma y re pl ace th e p r es e nt S er vi ce Rifles in mture manufacture. jl'he following are the conditions considered essential in 141 7 non-repeating Rifles:— A. WIGHT. Not t o exceed 91b. soz. without bayonet. B. LENGTH. , be 51 inches, with short stock, measured from the uo T llo o wOf the butt-plate to muzzle. c• WEIGHT OF AMMUNITION MADE UP. Must not exceed Glb. 4oz. for sixty rounds as packed for service. D. CARTRIDGES. Must carry their own ignition. E. SIGHTS. The foresight must be such as to admit of a bayonet uzed according to the present system. F. STOCK. a sling alloy,Must be such as to carry a light metal cleaning rod, and to be used. Must G. RECOIL. not . exceed that of the Enfield Rifle by more than 10 p er cent R. THE ARM AS A WHOLE. Must be as little liable to injurybylong-continued firing, , (I ngh usage, and exposure, as the naval rifles converted to ileech-loaders on the Snider system. To be as capable, alB ' 3 , of being used without accident by imperfectly trained ipen, anal'of being manufactured in quantities and of uni orto ty. I. THE AMMUNITION AS A WHOLE. Must b e as little liable to injury by rough usage, damp, "Posure in all climates, as the Boxer cartridge for .niier's converted Enfield rifle—also as little liable to acci 2!ptal explosion as the same cartridge, and as capable of being' manufactured in large quantities, and of uniform quality. Optional. x. CALIBRE. L. THE TWIST AND FORM OF GROOVE. Optional. Optional. m. THE LOCK. N. F FIRE. Capabl e of firing at RAPIDITY least 1Z rounds per minute, without tinning, the cartridges being arranged on a table. 0. ACCURACY WHEN FIRED FROM A FIXED REST. The arm must give a mean figure of merit of not more than 36in. at 1,000 yards, 30in. at 800 yards, 12in. at 500, and Gin. at 300. The moan to be taken upon at least five targets of twenty shots each. P. . Not to require at 500 yards an TRAJECTORY elevation of more than 1 dog. 30 min. Q. FOULING. Tho shooting not to deteriorate m ore t h an 20 per cent. at 1,000 yards aftor firing 250 rounds. 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 Lours in water. Distance '3O yards. s. LUBRICATION. Wax on b u ll e t s is indispensable, but any other lubricant Il laY be superadded or applied to the cartridge, if thought necessary by the competitor. I No arms will be received without the usual proof marks. s pecifications, and drawings of the methods proposed, 4 1 441 4. the prob a bl e cos t per arm, an d accompan i e d by a 'nished specimen arm, with 20 rounds of suitable ammu nition, should b e sent to the " D i rector of Ordnance, War `'ln, n , ce Pall-mall," on or before the 30th M arc h, 1867. b ' llO specifications and speci men arms w ill b e considered Y the Ordnance Select Committee and its associate mem "; who will be selected by the Secretary of State for vari and who will, aft er fi r i ng th e 20 pre li m i nary roun d s, select and recommend for further trial such of the systems „„ 8 TaY appear to them sufficiently promisin g , re j ec ti ng a ll - "en as may not be considered to offer sufficient merits to ti ‘: 4 Trant their being included in the advertisement. the con- Thous of which aro stated in this advertisement. f aeli accepted competitor will then be required to furnish 1 01. "Perinient, at Woolwich, six arms in strict conformity 0 the specimen arm submitted, with 1,000 rounds of am nillnition per arm, within four months after d a t e of de bland. 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 eepetitors, to cover the expense of the six rifles, and of ° , B uPPly of ammunition required. ;tr-Oho Secretary of State offers a reward of £l,OOO for the ill which, on combination of all qulities, is considered by the committee to be the best submi a tted. A second reward of £6OO for the arm which, while at , lars, aini ryg a satisfacto degree of excellence in other particu- Is selected for merit in respect to its breech mechanism. A. third reward of £4OO for the best cartridge. The qua ities which will bo principally taken into consideration in a warding this prize will be ec o n om y o f manu f ac t ure, power of s ustaining rough usage, freedom from deterioration in various climates, and general serviceability. The shooting qualities of the cartridge must be fair; but as they m ay d epend upon the rifling of the arm with w hi c h the cartridge is associated, they will not be so much con sidered as those above-mentioned. It is clearly to be understood that under no circumstances Will a competitor be entitled to more than ono prize ; but such prize will be irrespective of any reward which may be given to the inventor of the arm finally adopted into the service. 1 V: MAGAZINE AND REPEATING ARMS. Magazine and Repeating Arms for Infantry will be re oived and examined in a manner similar to the Breech ending Rifles. They must not be less in length than 48 tales, including the stock. Tho 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 be made to take a bayonet. The Secretary of State offers a reward of 300 for the best llagazine or Repeating Arm produced that fulfils the above conditions ; and in the absence of experience does not at present define the standard of accuracy or other conditions to be fulfilled before such an arm can be adopted. Those Magazine orßepeating Arms, which are accepted for further trial, will be paid for at the rate of £OO each. This sum is to include 1,000 rounds of ammunition per arm, V. The Secretary of State will take care that no ingenious novelty produced in answer to this advertisement shall be adopted into the service without proper acknowledgment., and that the name of the individual with whom it origi nates shall ho recorded in connection with it. if the rifle to which the first prize is awarded is adopted i nto the t service, will tho hear ( inventor's name. J. ST. GEORGE, Major-General, Director of Ordnance War Off ice , O ct. 22 1866 No. 23,276. CIVIL SERVICE OF INDlA.—Candidates intending to present themselves at the OPEN COM FETITI' ►N. commencing on April 9, are reminded that cer tificates of birth, health, and character should be sent to the Office of the Civil Service Commissioners on or before Ist February. INDEMNITY MUTUAL MARINE ASSUR•INCE COMPANY. 36, Great Winchester-street, London, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, tint the ANNUAL DIVIDMND, due to the.shareholdera on their Capital in this Company to the 31st December last, will be PAID (11 Mon day, the 4th day of February next. by Warrants, which will be forwarded to each Proprie' or on that day; also, th,at the Books of the Company for the transfer of shares will be Closed f: om Tuesday, the :2d January, until Thursday, the 7th February. January 16, 1867. FRANCIS STEPHENS, Secretary. MANSION -HOUSE FUND for the RELIEF of the SUFFERERS by the recent COLLIERY EXPLOSIONS. COMMITTEE. The Right Hon the LORD MAYOR. R. C. L. Bevan, Esq. . . Samuel Morley, Esq. Geo. Moore, Esq. Mr. Alderman Finnis. Mr. Alderman and Sheriff Waterlow. Mr. Sheriff Lycett. Mr. Alderman Besley. Mr. Alderman Dakin. James Hill, Esq. R N. Fowler, Esq. W.J. Maxwell, Esq. Mr. Alderman Cotton. _ die is earnestly drawn to the terrible calamity produced by is. J. P. Gassiot, Esq. Christopher T. Gabriel, Esq. Frederick Thompson, Esq. R. A. Gray, Esq. Colonel Stuart Wortley. The attention of the puh suffering consequent on the the recent colliery explosion SUBSCRIPTIONS are greatly needed to relieve the numerous families made destitute thereby. The amount required to meet the memorable Hartley Colliery Accident in 1862 was £50,000 ; in that case 204 men and boys lost their lives ; in the present instance double that number are known to have perished, there fore to make a suitable provision for the families depen dent upon them about £lOO,OOO will be needed. At the final distribution of the surplus of the Hartley Fund, £3,140 was allotted to the districts in which the present accidents occurred, and this sum is now available towards the fund now being raised. H.R.H. the Prince of Wales H.R.H. the Princess of Wales The Corporation of London Amount already advertised £19,461 5 I Subscriptions will be received by the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, at the Mansion-house ; Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co, 54, Lombard-street ; Messrs. Poutts and Co., Strand ; Messrs. Glyn, Mills, and Co., 67, Lombard street ; Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Co., 1, Lombard-street; Messrs. Robarts, Lubbock, and Co., Lombard-street ; Messrs. Dimsdale, Fowler, and Co., 50, Cornhill ; the Lon don and Westminster Bank, Lothbury; the London Joint- Stock Bank, 5, Princes-street ; the Unio❑ Bank of London ; London and County Bank ; the National Provincial Bank of England and all their branches; Messrs. Willis, Percival, and Co., Lombard-street; and by the several members of the Committee. -------- JOSEPH GIBBS, Secretary. Mansion House, San. 14, 1867. 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HOWARD, SURGEON-DENTIST, 52, Fleet-street, has introduced an entirely new descrip ti.n of ARTIFICIAL THE rH, fixed without springs, wires, or ligatures. They so perfectly re, , emble the natural teeth as not to be distinguished fro n the originals by the closest observer; they will never change colour or decay. and will be found superior to any teeth ever before used. Thifi method does not require the extraction of roots, or any pain ful operation, and will 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. 62. Fleet-street. At home from 10 till 5. THE BEST REMEDY FOR 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 which we are subject, being a medicine so uniformly grate • 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, safe 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-failing Family Friend for upwards of 20 years. Sold in bottles at is. lid., 2s. Pd., and lis. each, in every town in the kingdom. CAITT lON. Be sure and ask for "NORTON'S PILLS." and 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. DR. 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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' labour, price £lO 10s., printed in several colours. Family Pedi grees traced from authentic records, information as to the obtaining of a new grant of arms, how to change ono's name, by T. Culleton, Engraver to her Majesty and Royal family ; also Diesin ' • ker to the Board of Trade, 25, Cran bourn-street (corner of St. Martin's-lane), W.C. HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.-FUNDS _ are earnestly solicited for fitting up the TRAINING SHIP. £2,000 required. WM.. WILLIAMS, Secretary. Boys' Refuge, 8, Great Queen-street, W.C. OMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.—CON TRIBUTIONS are earnestly solicited for establishing the COUNTRY HOME. £l,OOO required. WK. WILLIXIIB, Secretary. Boys' Refuge, 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 supporting the 400 boys is estimated at £6,000, being £l5 a year for each boy. Several kind friends have promised to Day for one boy each year. Subscriptions thankfully received by the London and West minster Bank, 41, Lothbury, and 214, High Holborn; Messrs. Ransom and Co., 1, Pall-Mall East; and by WM. WILLIAMS, Secretary. Refuge, 8, Great Queen-street, W.C. PROVIDENCE ROW NIGHT REFUGE, FOR HOMELESS WOMEN AND CHILDREN, 14A, Providence-row, Finsbury, E.O. Sixty Thousand Nights' Lodgings, with Suppers and Breakfasts, have been given in this Institution to the destitute, who otherwise would have had to pass the nights in the bleak streets or under railway arches. At present nearly 500 Nights' Lodgings, with Suppers and Breakfasts, are given gratuitously every week. The poor from all parts aro admitted, the only condition being that they are homeless and starving. Tho Manager d c., receives no remune ra ti on whatever. Notwithstand ing the provision made by the Poor Houses, each night numbers of young women, chilaron, and orphans are, for want accommodation, refused admittance, 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 broad and coals to poor tamilies in want. Will you, in your charity, help to carry on and accomplish what has been begun ? Will you help to give shelter to the really homeless, and food to the really starving ? The smallest donation will be most welcome, and, night and morning, the prayers of tho destitute will be offered in your behalf. SUBSCRIPTIONS are earnestly requested, and will be gratefully received by the Rev. 1). CULBERT. D.D.,;No-.22 Finsbury-circus E.O. .. ~~~ ~~ • " r rrr I P••• 1~~ '. , " 7 - ..- ...- - rs, r .... -kr- 6..... s ~ . .I , '.....4 ILL 1. I .11. ~.--'•- , . ______ - _ . . . . . ', I „..., :. 44.,, .,;,, ,.;..v ' ~.- k 1 .... . Ms', ..,.., • 4 " :4St. ''? b . . , ...,.., , ,e,,, . ~, 4? „,) . 03:11 • Ar.' . a *; - , -L: . ' k, r A - - ' .o'' - ,- a .. 4 ; . , -->.--. a (i' '"" .. .1 E.. '''\4-2. . „.,.. „vim • ...,,, I , . ~..„%t .. .„ lThlf 1, • _ ••' , • I , -1 , 17: .e. 7:- , aza ,... ~.. 7 ,' ", . .:..k1 ,i+. ,z . ~ / 1— ..." ---.' 1 . ., %‘ '‘‘.•,:"."' •. 11 ,-,,,, - . , t,.., ~,,,. , ~.: V s A I ‘ q , -_,. v , ... 7 4,„ r t ." - ~..*O6- _ - ')...t , - ''' ' _;:-- - ' ;-- - - ,li l `-‘ - .•-•- , - - --- -- : ti e" .91 - ....._ -1 , 6- 0 -0 • #O, 0-. Dia:.ol.T. . 4 ....... • '4,- .. - - li AIN:. ' -.1•1 , 't.- - , - '\\ e• P ,---------/\, W I '' - ' 4 !. •.4 ......, ....- \\,_ „ -L,- , -4"- DrE - ../.., _:. ' "t i r 0 ...,........ ..... _.„..- _ __ THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 16, 1867. AFTER Covent-garden Theatre—EVANS' to SUP. After Drury-lane Theatre EVANS' to SUP. After Lyceum Theatre EVANS' to SUP, After Adelphi Thehtre EVANS' to SUP. After Olympic Theatre . After Strand Theatre EVANo' to SUP. After New 'loyalty Theatre VANS' to SUP. After St. James's Theatre . . ... ...EVANS' to SUP. After Prince of Wales' Theatre....EVANS' to SUP. London Singing and Supper Club, EVANS', Covent-garden, Vocal Entertainment at Fight. of the whole strength of the Rhine frontier. 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 authenticity 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 w ith res p ec t t o the deference paid to French mediation in the terms granted to Austria, to Saxony, and the inhabitan ts of the Danish districts in North SchlesWi e , they are 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 kelt() 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 Hale, 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 disz. turbed by the cannon of Koniggratz. Were the Emperor Napoleon to carry into full effect his scheme for the organisation of the French army, atl 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 Gf 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 Zollvereiu 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 F6arful Accident in the Regent's Paik. The following is a more detailed account of this mel ancholy accident than appeared in our late edition of last evening: Yeste'rdaY' after:l - I'6'6n a fearful accident took place •on that part of the Ornamental Water in the Re-- gent's .Park immediately opposite Sussex-terrace, by 'Whie.h - 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" w-as 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 saw 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 success of the Emperor Nap o l eon i n hi s I ta li an policy of 1859-60 was but too obviously calculated to inspire him with confidence as to the practicability, of adopting a similar course in the 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 the soil 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 an idea. But the Italians broke through the con ditions of that-treaty. They aspired to a fusion of Piedmont Tus cany,ancleLo and it wa s th 2n t h at F rance, i n consideration l:abardy with the Emilia and Of her consent to those annexations, put forth her - 61 aims not only to Sivoy, but also to Nide, 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, it is evident that the conversation between those two personages exercised no material influence on subsequent events. Napoleon was, from the beginning, far more outspoken and consistent with respect to Germany than he had been about Italy. H e stood upon the doctrine for which the cession of Savoy and Nice afforded a pre cedent, that no State in Europe, or, at least, none 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 and in which, at any rate, h e the movements and shake the resolutions of the Ger man still re c k on upon w i nn i ng very in France to th a t p o li cy o f ex pectant over an might p public belligerents, yb choopinionse 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 circumstances 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 - PRICE.... 4d. STAMPED sd. Inside the hat was a letter without an envelope, dated " High Ford Mill, Burnley," and signed "'l'. Grimsbaw," beginning " Dear Richard." Inquiries were being hourly made 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 stoed 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. Only 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 au 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. While 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. Here one of the Royal Humane Society's men ex cited a great deal of indignation. Ile 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 all 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 madefor 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 thebanks. 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 persons 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 of ice, while his feet were in the w ater. There he lay smoking his pipe for a long time while the boats thosew ere i na farther worseou out position.picing up p H beg a's e an however, fast as possible to realise his position, and , removing his pipe from his mouth, he called out, " £5O to any one who will fetch me out !" Seve ral abortive attempts were poles, made to reach him with ropes, and ladders. A man with the aid o f a ladder reached a small piece of sound ice, and endeavoured to throw a rope to him, but it fell short. Ile then managed to push the ladder on to a piece of ice further out, and stand ing on the former he again threw the rope. In do ing so he fell, and in clinging to the ladder he hurt himself, and was drawn ashore. A gentleman then got into an 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, 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 years 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. Wenzel], the proprietor of the boat,was most energetic in his efforts, and many persons are indebted to him for their lives. A young G~~~~~~ man stood on a solitary piece of ice in the centre of the lake for an hour and a half, and was at last fetched off by a man who reached him in a boat. Within about half an hour of the breaking of the ice large bodies . of police began to arrive, and ren dered great assistance in dragging ropes that had been caught by some of those hi the water, in fetch and launqhing boats, and keeping idlers back. All this time the excitement was kept up by the fre quent sinking of those who bad lost all power to support themselves. Up to S 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, under the care of Drs. Randall and Fuller, the surgeons of the institution. Among the visitors about this period was Dr. Hardwick e, the deputy coroner for Central Middlesex, one of whose pupils, known to have gone to the park for the purpose of skating, was missing, but he was not among those lying in the dead-house, and was sub sequently identified at St. Mary's Hospital, to 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 Harvey, 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 of 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 had a considerable amount of property on his person. He wore 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 13, fresh complexion, dark brown hair, two scars on lips as if from cold; dress,- slum t black jacket and vest, brown mixed trousers, and Balmoral boots, clumped. A man about 26, sft. 10iu. in height, fair com plexion, scar on chin, light early 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 boots ; on person, a sovereign, 7s. in silver, Hid. 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. Maryleboue 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. ilardwicke, the deputy coroner, as his missing pupil, AV. 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. CRA3fP and SON. .. _ _ _ ... _.. ... 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. ller 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 fi c t o t n i n f e g d a e t r a ß t e s e a ü b f o r o r t u g a again n th a e t ii the Fort, when the fleet w ithd rew, and after re fitting F po o w rt e F rf i ti s l he g r o . n T s The bear against her, but their Arm t s rongs had no effect on the New Ironsides, though 20 bolts struck the ship. The fortfell, 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 cause. Mr. WASHBURNE, of Illinois, asked Mr. BRANDEGEE to state the facts connected with the destruction, upon which Mr. BRANDEGEE shook his head ominously, and protested that it woul d be in decorous for him to say what he knew u p on ex part s testimony. The object is to excite suspicion, which of ccurse would point to a Southern conspi racy. It is certainly imprudent to place such ves sels• tchmen under the safeguard of a cou p le of watchmen exposed in an open riv er —Anglo-Anzerican Times. 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