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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 chango in the Government of the Dretrep o li s. Those who may wish to join the Society are requested to write to J. S. Half, Esq., Hon. Sec. L.S.R.S., 88, St. Ja.mes's-st reet, S. W. he could have understood it. The net earnings of the company for the half-year to 30th June last were only £58,902, and that money ought to have been, available to pay interest on the debentures, and would have to be accounted for. He regretted that Lord Redesdale should have thought fit to enter into correspondence in the Tinier with respect to the pro posal of the directors to raise £1,500,000, making them and other shareholders liable to pay £75,000 a-year. They did not wish to be made liable for other people's debts, and whatever capital might be requisite to complete the metropolitan extensions, he thought they would be all willing to contribute their share towards raising the money to place their line in efficient working condition, and to pay the interest. If it amounted to £501,',000 he hoped the interest of £25,000 a year would be forthcoming. They could then wait the re sult of the proper working and development of their line. Notwithstanding all the mismanagement and something worse, if the line were efficiently workers, and every one of the shareholders and bondholders would put their shoulders to the wheel he believed the Metropolitan Extensions parts of the undertak ing would soon get out of debt, and be a bl e t o pay its way. The committee would have to inquire into the rights of the shareholders, and to enforce their claims against the contractors and others. He greatly regretted that when in June, 1864, Mr. Haggard had called their attention to the raising of the £533,000 on debentures, and placing them be fore the B and C shareholders, that he and others had not responded and taken active measures to op pose it. He himself had no plan to propose, but Mr. Haggard and Mr. Hogarth had. Mr. HAGGARD then read a statement, in wltich he recommended the shareholders of all sections to act together in imoroving,the condition of the whole undertaking, to endeavour to pay their debts, by raising the money among themselves. They had a property, notwithstanding what had been done, that was worth saving, and he calculated that at the end of three years they would have a net receipt of £150,000 per annum to meet their liabilities. N°. 23,272. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 11, 1867. PRICE.... ld. STAMPED sd . AIIAN 'S EXH L IB L IT WHISKY.EXHIBITION, i 8 6- ÜBLIN This celebrated OLD IRISH WHISKY gained the Dublin Prize Medal. It is Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Whole -401110. • ,Sold in Bottles, 3s. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London; by the Agents in the principal towns in England ; or wholesale at 8. GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded " Kinahan's LL Whisks'." AFTER Covent-garden Theatre--EVANS' to SUP. Aster Drury-lane Thea're EVANS' to. SU P. After Lyceum heatre EVANS.' to SUP, Atter Actelphi Theatre I,V ANS' to SUP. Mier Olympic Theatre . ... EVA NS' to After .!..ztrwrio The•Ltr, EVAN:,' to ;slsl'. At:er New trtiya ty Theatre EV ANS' to SUP. Alter St. Jamt.s's ('heatre to SUP. Alter Pi ince of Wa'ea' rheatre...• EVANS. to SUP. London singing and Supper Club, E VAN6', Covent-g,arden, Entertainment at Light. remain in the neighbourhood, in order, if necessary, she might be called as a witness. Mr. Groom, registrar, proved that the death of Allred Grief was registered on Nov. 7. Death was attributed to diarrhcen, and it was registered accordingly, with the re mark, "No medical attendant." On April 16, 1866, he re gistered tte death of Ann Maria Grief, child of Sarah Grief. The cause was attributed to inflammation of the lungs. Mrs. Pitcher, on being further examined, said when she went to register the death of Sarah Grief's child in April, Sarah Grief accompanied her. Witness was not told to assign any cause death. Sarah Grief described the symptoms, and Mr. Groom said, "Do you think it was in flammation ?" Sarah Grief sdd "Yes, it was." Witness supposed that inflammation of the lungs was meant by this. Witness went to register the death of Sarah Grief's child by the prisoner's direction. Just published, icap. M. 0., clnth gat, price 2s. 6.1., LONDON SELF-GOVERNED. BY fir WILLIAM' F RA:iF, ft, Part., M. A, Lord°, : terands Il trvey, 4, St. .Tatnea'F-Ftreet. NEW NOVEL BY THE .A.L;TEIOR OF " EAST LYNNE." In the press, in 3 vols., post Sy°, LADY ADELAIDE'S OATH. By 31 HS. HENRY WOOD, Author of ".Ea.t Lynnr.," "The Charming's," and " llrs. Halliburton's Troubles." Richard Bentley, New Bulling-ton-street. CONTRACT FOR BARRACK STORES FOR THE ROYAL MARINES. Contract Department, Admiralty, Somerset ril II E 0 X F U it 1) , 6, OXFORD-S TLI EET, W., ITUTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION (Inaorporited by Act, of t 850), 4, rZITSSEI.I.-ST RP:ET. COVENT-GARDEN, LONDON. Prompt ADVANCES on all description of Security. Forms free on application by letter to THE MUSICAL Es - I'm - Just.' itENT UP. LONDON, House, 9th Jan., 1867: PE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRE LAND, Do hereby g i ve NOTICE , th a t 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 - "° 11 R-Hair Broom Heads, and Clamps and Blocks for Long Scrubbing, Brushes as may from time to time be demanded for the u se o f they Royal Marines, under a Contract for twelve ca l en d ar months certain, and further until the expi ration of three calendar months' warning. Patterns of the articles may be seen at the Royal Marine "ace, New-street, Spring-gardens, between the hours of Eleven and Two o'Clock. No Tender will be received unless made on the printed form provided for the purpose, and which may be obtained 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 Neon 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 Contrict, as the result of'ib 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 Admiralt for and bear in the left-hand corner the words " Tender 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, eng aging to beco me b oun d w ith th e P erson t en derin g i n the sum of £3OO for the due performance of the Contract. By Order, ANTONIO BRADY, Registrar of Contracts and Public Securities. MISS BIIADDON'S NEW ILLUSTRATED MAGAZINE. Now Pubßahia r, price One Shilling, Monthly, "BELGRAVIA:" "The best Shilling Magazine which England pos ses les."—Standari. Utlioe : Warwick House, Paternoster-row, London. LES DRAGONS DE VII.LII-: S (Opera Comique), Music by A. Maillart, in wh!ch 11ts1 ItUSSELL v,i'l a i nmar, as si itef I by ritis , es Barrie and Fitz Henry ; Messrs. A. St. Allyn, Hulls, Fox, Husk, Evans, end Bury, with hxtra Band and Cl orus ; produced and conducted by Sir. F. Jongiimans. - • - EDWARD HARPER. Secretary. COUNTRY HOTELS, PUBLIC HOUSES, and BUSINESSES. FURNESS and KNEE'S List on application. Particulars for insertion received until the 47th of the month at their AUCL'ION AND HOTEL AGENCY OFFICES, 5, Agar-street. Strand, W.C., and nearly opposite the Charing Cross Railway Station. The strength of Mr. Mm ton lies in his operatic selections, executed by a small but highly efficient band, and a well selected body of vocalists, under the direction of Mr. F. Jon r thmans. '—Times, Jan. 9,1867- COMEDY. by Messrs. Harry Sydney, Brierley, and Eger ton; Mr. G. 11. FRE DERICKS and Mr. FRANK HUSSEY. of the NEW AMERICAN MIMI` RE S; together witn an Entirely New Divertissement, entitled THE OXFORD REVELS, arranged and produced under the immediate superintendence of Mr. W. H. Payne, THIS EVENING. " Of the decorum that prevails throw shout F very section of the Hall it is imposale to s‘ea. too highly.' -Times, Jan. 9, 1867. Mr. Rose, superintendent of police for the Docking dis trict, said he was present at the coroner's inquest on the body of Alfred Grief on the 12th and 22d of Nov. The prisoner was present and made a statement. The coroner duly cautioned her, but she made and signed the follow ing statement, which was put down in writ'ng lam mother of Mary Grief, and the grandmother of the child Alfred Grief, whose body the coroner and jury have seen. I remember the child being taken ill on Saturday evening. I found him sick when I went to look at him that night as he was in bed with the other children. I never gave him, or' any of the other children, any:medicine whatever. I was present when the police found the parcel of white powder now produced. I don't know how it came there. I never saw it before. I never knew my husband to bring arsenic unto the house. He is occasionally employed in dressing sheep for other peophs,..butlie always- mixes the stuff at the house of the people where he is employed. I sent my daughter some time since to Mr. Gowing's, the chemist, for some arsenic to kill mice witb, but she did not get it there, and I never got it from anywhere else." The deposition of MissMarrietto Morden, schoolmistress at Sherborne, taken at a previous stage of the inquiry, was read. It stated that the child Alfred Grief suffered from frequent sickness on the last day he attended school, and that he was sent home in consequence. The child seemed pleased on the same day with a new frock which he said his mother bad given him. Miss Morden also deposed that she sent the child home—that is, to the prisoner's— but to her surprise he returned to school in the afternoon, when he was again very sick. Wm. Wicks, of Lynn, deposed—l am groom and coach man to Mr. Kendall, surgeon, of that town. I took a jar containing viscera to the Lynn Hospital. My master gave it to me. It was a sealed jar, and I took it to Mr. Wilson's bed-room at the hospital, as he was not out of bed. Mr. Wilson is house-surgeon at the hospital. This was some time in November, on a Monday. On the previous day I had driven Mr. Kendall to Sherborne and back. On com ing away he put into his carriage the jar, which I after wards took to Mr. Wilson. pit ON SOIR GALOP, for the Piano. By FRED. LP GODFREY. Finely illustrated ; tree by post for 25 stamps. Also his " Helena Waltz," piano so o and duets; ditto quadrille band ; free by post 26 stamps each. IVI ANSION-HOUSE FUND for the RELIEF -I- of the SUFFERERS by the recent COLLIERY EXPLOSIONS. THE WISHING CAP. New Ballad. W. T. WRIGHTON. Free for 19 stamps. A WEARIED DOVE. New Ballad. W. T. itionToN. Free for 19 stamps. HELENA WALTZ. FRED. GODFREY. Piano isolo and duets; ditto quadrille band. Eala free by post for 20 stamps. COMMITTEE. The Right Hon the LORD MAYOR. R. C. L. Bevan, Esq. Samuel Morley, Esq. Geo. Moore, Esq. Mr. Mr. Alderman Finnis. Mr. J. P. Gassiot, Esq. Mr. AIL Christopher T. Gabriel; Esq. James Hi. Frederick Thompson, Esq. R. N. - row., R. A. Gray, Esq. W. J. Max wc> Colonel Stuart Wortley. Mr. Aldetman The attention of the public is earnestly a, suffering consequent on the terrible calamity pr. the recent colliery explosions. SUBSCRIPTIONS are greatly needed to relieve the numerous families made destitute thereby. The amount required to meet the memorable Hartley Colliery Accident in 1862 was £50,000 ; in that case 204 men and boys lost their lives ; in the present instance double that number are known to have perished, there fore to make a suitable provision for the families depen dent upon them about £lOO,OOO will be needed. At the final distribution of the surplus of the Hartley Fund, £3,140 was ',Hotted to the districts in which the present accidents occurred, and this sum is now available towards the fund novt being raised. H.R.H. the Prince of Wales H.R.H. the Princess of Wales The Comoration of London Amount already advertised £15,531 11 - 11 Subscription will be received by the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor. at the Mansion-house; Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co., 54, Lombard-street; Messrs. Coutts and Co., gtrand ; Messrs. Glyn, Mills, and Co., 67, Lombard street ; Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Co:, 1, Lombard-street ; Messrs. Robarts, Lubbock, and Co., Lombard-street; Messrs. Dimedale, Fowler, and Co., 50, Cornhill ; the Lon don and Westminster Bank, Lothbury; the London Joint- Stock Bank 5, Princes-street; the Union Bank of London ; London and County Bank ; the National Provincial Bank of England tnd all their branches; Messrs. Willis, Percival, and Co., Lcmbard-street; and by the several members of the Committee. I Mr. Alderman and Sheriff Waterlow. Mr. Sheriff Lycett. Mr. Aldnrman liesley. Mr. Alderman Dalin. James Hill, Esq. 1 B. N. Fowler, Esq. W.J. Maxwell, Esq. Mr. Aldobnan Cotton. • die is earnestly drawn to the terrible calamity produced by s. MADAME TUSSAUD'S BAKER-STREET. CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. NEW AD DI ;lONS. —Life-size Ito-leis of the KINI4S and Qtj vENs teNCT,I.ND, tr , ixt WILLI %..111 ot NORMANDY to QUEEN VICTuItIA.. Open from 11 a.m. till dusk, anitirom 7 till 10 p.m. Admittance, la.; children, s4clikt - ten, hall-price; extra rooms, 6d. • TTELENA SONG 9,nd GOD BLESS the K. PRINCE of WALES. Scn.g*. Free by post for W stampß each. .London: Robert Coelce and Co., New Burlington-street, and of all mueicsellers. OSBORNE'S STILT ON A RGYLL ROOMS. - GRAND CASINO, Windmill-street, Piccadilly. These elegant and popular Rooms, having been entirelyre decorated, are now OPEN EVERY EVENING for. Concert and Dancing. Conductor, Signor Lim CURTI. Manager, M. (GENET. Is THE Cheese! DEAFNESS. —The ORGANIC VIBRATOR.— It fits into the ear, not perceptible ; the unpleasant sensation of Pinging noises in the head is entirely removed. It affords immediate relief to deaf persons, and enables them to hear distinctly at church and public assembles. Every other kind of hearing instrument.—Messrs. SOLOMON, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. Admission to Promenade, One Shilling. Reserved Seats, Two Shillings. WESTO N' S GRAND MUSIC HALL, noLBOR N. " THE RUIN OF THE FEW IS THE GAIN OF THE MANY." THE Panic of '66 and its consequent depression of the Colonial Marets enables tli! "EAST INDIA TEA COMPANY" to offer TEAS LO WER THAN EVER. Six Founds of Good Tca for 6s. 6d. can't be dear. The Company's KAISO WS by the Clipper Ships are really delkious. 9, Great St. Helen's Churchyard, Bishopsgrate street, Jan. 1, 1667. Sole Proprietors, SWEASEY and HOLLAND. Grand Selection from Auber's Opera of " MASA NIELLO," by 40 vocalists dressed in costume as at the opera. Terrific ovation of the Irish Minstrel; with songs, dances, and Irish anecdotes, under the direction of Pat Corn. A new and original overture composed and ar ranged expressly for the above minstrels by Mr. H. Baker. Comic—Arthur Lloyd's new song " Borachio, Pestachlo, Lablachio, MoustAchio ' and the Roly Poly Eye,"—Jolly, Nash, Georgina Smithson, Paddy Fannin, Patrick Sellers, and Harry and Kattie King ; and Pio Watkini, the Japauaze Juggler. Band of 30 first-class performers, and large Chorus chosen from tier Majesty's and Covent Garden Opera Houses. Musical Director, Mr. P. Coxxi. 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. THE OCEAN ST. LEGER of 1866.—What Lord Lyon was to his owner was the Taeping to her Captain, viz., winner of the race, having distanced all com petitors, R 3 ihe IcAsT DIDIA. TEA. COMPANY have in- Y.triab'y done in their choi e and sale of fine new season's teas, now selling at importer's prices. Warehouses-9, Great St. Helen's-churchyard. Wm. Howard deposed—The prisoner had told him when he called upon her that she had sometimes given the child a piece of something to eat—sometimes one thing and sometimes another. She then made the remark as to her being suspected of poisoning the child, and that if she suffered she did not care for it. .EAU -DE-VIE.—This Pure PALE BRANDY, 18s. per gallon, is wry superior to recent importations of Cognac, recommended by the medical profession, and ex tensively used in hospitals. In bottles, 38s. per dozen, or in tk case 395., railway carriage paiI.—HENRY BRETT and Cu, Old Furnival's Distillery, Holborn, E.O , and 30, Regent street, S.W. Established 1829. J OSEPH GIBBS, Secretary. Mansion Rouse, Jan. 7, 1867. NOTICE OF REMOVAL. D UNVILLE'S V.R. OLD IRISH WHISKY, BELFAST, Is regularly supplied to the House of Lords. DEFRIES and SONS' C.l • NEW CITY SHOW ROOMS contain an entirely new awl extensive Stock of TABLE GLASS, China, and Chan delier 4.-147, Houndsditch. "V.R." IRISH WHISKY. ;ONTRACT FOR FRESH OX BEEF AND VEGE TABLES AT FOYNES. CONTRACT DEPARTMENT, ADMIRALTY. Somerset House, 27th December, 1866. HE COMMISSIONERS f or EXEC UTING T the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the -EXITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRE LAND do hereby Give Notice, that on Tuesday, the 15th 411 nary next, at Twelve o' c l oc k a t N oon, 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 an d VEGETABL ES, for the use of her Majesty's ships and vessels at Foynes as InnY be dem an d e l from the 15th January to the 30th June, 1867, both days included. The Contractor is to supply good fat well-fed Ox Beef, as no Heifer meat will be admitted. The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty reserve to themselves an unlimited p ower o f selection in accepting the T en d ers. 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 hi s i nvoices in pounds at per 100 lb. Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and must also be delivered at the department Comptroller of Victualling, Admiralty, Somerset gouge, signed by two responsible person; engaging to o,2._c_flYne bound with the person tendering in the sum of ;;:0 for the due performance of the Contract for Fresh Ox Tfileand £lOO for the Contract for Vegetables. Contractor to pay half the amount of the stamps on the Contracts and Bonds. By order ANTONIO BRAD/, Re gistrar of Contracts and Public Securities. TO G UN A. KERS and Others. The SECRETARYI. BREEC H' PROP of STATE for WAR i s d es i rous o f 11- LO receivinOSALS from (}unmakes and Others for LOADING RIFLES, either repeating or not r epeating, whicll fut ure manuf actu ma y replace th e present Service Rifles in re. The following are the Conditions militar y non-repe a ti n considered essential in g Rifles:— Not to exceed 9113. A. WE IGHT. A. without bayonet. 11. LENGTH. To be 51 inches, with short stock, measured from the hollow of the butt-plate to m o uzzle. • WEIGHT OF AMMUNITION MADE UP. Must not exceed 61b. 4oz. for sixty rounds as packed for Service. dust carry their D. CARTRIDGES. Ti,© si own imnition. . E. ' SICUIT S. fore ht must be suc h as to admit. of a bayonet fixed according g to the present. system. P. STOCK. allow a s li ng to be used. Must b e such as to ca P rry a li g ht metal cleaning rod, and G. Must n o t exceed that of RECOIL. the Enfield Rifle by more than 10 per cent. Must R. THE A RM AS A WHOLE. be as little liable to injury bylong-continued firing, rou g h usar , e s and exposure, PS the naval rifles converted to bireech-loaders on the Snider system. To be as capable, a lso, of being used Without accident by imperfectly trained flnen, and of being manufactured in quantities and of uni orta quality. Must I. THE AMMUNITION AS A WHOLE. 11Al be as little liable to injury by rough usage, damp, ,11d exposure in all climates, as the Boxer cartridge for 1311ider's converted Enfield rifle—also as little liable to Rad , den tal explosi on as the same cartridge, and as capable of being manufactured in large quantities, and of uniform quality. O ptional. IL CALIBRE. Opti L. ona THE TWIST AND P ORN OP GROOVE. l. Optional. N. THE LOOK. N. RAPIDITY OF FIRE. aimin Capable of firi ng a t l east 12 rounds per minute, without g, the cartridges bein arranged on a t a bl e. 0. ACCU RACY WHEN Fl g RED FROM A FIXED REST. The arm must give a mean figure of ineric of not more than 33ia. at 1,000 yards, 30in. at 800 yards, 12in. at 500, and bin. et 300. The mean to be taken upon at least five targets of twenty shots each. P. TRJEC7ORY. Not to requi r e at 500_yar A ds an elevation of m ore than 1 deg. 30 111i11. Q. FOULING. The sh oo ti ng not to deter i orate more than 20 per cent. at 1 , 0 00 yards after firing 250 rounds. R. PENETRATION. th The mean penetration of five shots not to be less than lat of the present service muzzle-loading Enfield Rifle -114, 12 half -inch elm planks, which have been soaked 48 (3 , s urs in water. -uistance 30 yards. - s. LBRCATION. Wax o n b ullets is indis U pens l able, but any other lubricant ,"laY be superadded o ftessary b y the comPeatitor ied to the cartridge, if thought ppl - . I S r O arms will be received w III without the usual proof marks. Specifications and drawings of the methods proposed, BtaticP; the probable cost per ar m , an d accompanied b y a finished specimen arm, with 20 rounds of suitable ammu -111013, shmild be sent to the "Director of Ordnance, War l'e,", P a ll -mall," on or before the 30th March, 1867. by th e specifications and specimen arms will be considered .7he Ordnanc3 Select Committee and its associate mem .„:, who will be selected by the Secretary of State for `''' r, and who will after firing the 20 preliminary rounds, select and recommend for further trial such of the systems 111 , ay appear tothemffi • tlpromising , rejecting all su men y . . . such as may not e considered to offer sufficient merits to 'warrant their being included in the competition, the con ditions of which are stated in this advertisement. for Each accepted competitor will then be required to furnish to experiment, at Woolwich, six arms in strict conformity the specimen arm submitted , with 1,000 rounds of am- Munition per arm, within four months after date of de- Eachlarl competitor will be required to disclose to the committee the exact nature of the lubrication be may em- P l °3 7 . A sum o f £ 3OO will be paid to each of the accepted trP s titcra, to co ver the expense of the six rifles, and of e s upply of ammunition required. ar ra The Uecretary of State offers a reward of £l,OOO f or th e which, on comination of ll qualitie is by the co mmittee to b be the best a submitted.s, considered A s econd reward o f £6OO f or the arm which, while at taini9g a satisfactoegree of excellence i n o th er particu lars, Is selected former t in respect to its breech mechanism. A third reward of £4OO for the best cartridge. The qua ities whic% will be principally taken into consideration in awarding this nrize 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 fai r; b u t as theytrmide:ay depend u p on t h e rifling of the arm with which the car o is associated, they will not be so much con sider,ed as those above-mentioned. It is clearly to be understood that under no circumstances will a competitor be entitled to mere than one prize ; hut such prize will be irrespective of any reward which may be given to the inventor of the arm finally adopted into the service. I V; MAGAZINE AND REPEATING ARMS. Magazine and Repeating Arms for Infantry will be re-. eived and examined in a manner similar to the Breech oading Rifles. They must not be less in length than 48 Aches, including the stock. The limit of weight for these arms is fixed at 9ilb. ex clusive of the charges in the magazine. It is indispensable that the arms be made to take a bayo net. ...The Secretary of St a t e o ff ers a reward of 300 for the best Magazine or Repeating Arm produced that fulfils the above Pconditions ; and in the absence of experience does not at resent define the standard of accuracy or other conditions to be fulfilled before such an arm can be adopted. Those Mag az i ne or ß epeatingArms, which are accepted for further trial, will be p aid for at the rate of f6O eac h . This sum i s to include' 1,000 rounds of ammunition per arm. T he Secrets V. ry of State will take care tht no inenious nov elty produced in answer to this advertisement g shall be and i n t o the service without proper acknowledgment, rld 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 nto the service, it will bear the inventor's name. J. ST. GEORGE, Major-General, Director War Office, O c t. 22 l of Ordnance os DUNVILLE and CO.'S " V.R." OLD IRISH WHISKY, BELFAST. London Offices and Stores, 4, BEAUFORT-BUILDINGS, STRAND, W.C. Established 1808. Quotations on application. JAMES DALY and CO., Distillers, John-street, Cork.—" The purest spirit and safest drink in the world."—i.oneon Offices, 7, Printing-house-square, E.C., next the "Times." TAMES DALY and CO., Distillers, John-street, CI Cork, bee to announce that they ere 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, Printing-house-square, London, E C., the only house iu the square not occupied by the " Times." J. D. and Co.'s whiskies brim: 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 fetlli 6d. per gallon and is. per case over the next beat, and Is. 6:1 per gallon atm ss. 6d. cse over the lowest quotation. Always on hand a larke supply of ve y old mellow whisky in the finest condition, matured in sherry casks, unsurpassaule iu quality and flavour, supplied on the most reasonable terms. ANFIELD'S PATENT PICKLES are per- I ectly n.ire rll'i uncplottreri. To be had of all dealers and who!cse!e c f .101114 . 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Boys' Sandringham Overcoats Boys' Prince Alfred Reefer Boys' Overcoats for Little Boys Boys' Knickerbocker Suits Boys' Westminster and O s b orne Suits 155. to 355. Boys' Eaton, Harrow, and Rugby Suits 255. to 425. Boys' Jackets for School and Home 9s. to 21s. ( 'YAM and Co.s SELECT DEPARTMENTS, 11 1. Gentlemen's Clothing for Immediate Wear, 2. Bespoke or Order Department. 3. Boys' and Youths' Distinct Department. 4. Hats, Caps, Hosiery, and Outfit Department. H YAM and Co's ONLY ESTABLISHMENTS. LONDON -66 and 67, OXFORD-STREET. BIRMINGHAM -21, 22, and 23, NEW-STREET. LEEDS —42, BRIGGATE, and DEWSBURY—WESTGATE. HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.-FUNDS are earnestly s o li c it e d f or f i tting up the TRAINING SHIP. £2,000 required. WM. WILLIAMS, Secretary. Boys' Ref age, 8, Great Queen-street, W.C. 1.4 OMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.-CON : TRIBUTIONS are earnestly solicited for establishing the COUNTRY ROME. £l,OOO required. WILLI4IIIS, Secretary. Boys' Refuge. 8 • Great Queen-street. W.C. HOMELESS BOYS OF provide LONDON. —The Comm are anxious to boys. Ow.; hundred ittee and fifty most are now In the Refuge. tor The 400 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 pay for ono boy each year. Subscriptions thankfully received by the London and West minster Bank, 41, Lotlibury, and 214, High Holborn; Messrs. Ransom and Co., 1, Pall-Mall East; and by Refuge fl WM. WILLIAMS, Secretary, , , Urea Queen-street, W.C. PRO VIDENCE ROW NIGHT REFUGE, FOR en h c t e; r L o i lv d , gin Fin g s e, bury wit , h E s .C o . ppe HOMELESS WOMEN AND CHILDREN, Sixty Thlo4A'usaPnrd°viNcli rs and Breakfasts, have been g ' s destitute, who otherwise given in havethis If i l a sltution to the to pass the nights in the bleak streets or under ' railway arches. At present nearly 500 Nights' Lodgings, with Su ppe d Breakfasts, are given gratuitously every week, The-spaen fm all parts are admitted, the only condition being thatu they are homeless and starving. The Manager &c receives no remuneration wh a t ever. Notwithstand ing the provision made by the Poor Houses, each night numbers of young women, chilaren, and orphans are, for want accommod a ti on , refusedadmittance, and have to spend night aft er n i g ht i n th e co ld , 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 mum of at least £l,OOO more will be required. Besides providi ng 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 tanailies in want. Will you, in your charity, help to carry on and accomplish what has been began ? 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 morn i ng, the prayers of the destitute will be offered in your behalf. SUBSCRIPTIONS are earnestly requested, and will be gratefully received by ‘ the.itsv-;,D._GILBERT..D.D., No t 22, rinsbw-cirou4 N.V. QPANISH FLY is the acting ingredient iD ALEX. ROSS'S CANTHARIDES OIL, which speedily produces whiskers and thickens hair, 810 6d, 586 d, and Ws 6d; gent by post for 54, 84, and 144 stamps.—ALEX. ROSS, 248, High tiolborn. London, and all Chemista. WONDERFUL DISCOVERY.—Corns cured Y.Y in one day by using' ALEX. ROSS'S CHIROPO. 'llls preparation gradually dissolves the Corn in a few hours, removing. the veryroot. Price is ; sent by post for 60 stamps. —248, High Holborn, London, and all Chemists. RAIR-CURLING FLUID, 248, High Holborn, London.—ALEX. ROSS'S CURLING FLUID curia Ladies' or Gentlemen's hair immediately it is appded. 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HAIR COLOUR WASH.—By washing the head with this beautifull) -perfumed Wash, in seven or ten days the hair assumes its original colour, and remains so by an occasional usinz. lOs 6d ; sent for stamps.—ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London, and all Chemists. THE RESCUE SOCIETY wishes to add another Lome to the 12 now in operation. Last year no fewer :ban 455 poor, friendless, young females were rejected irom want of FUNDS and room, making a total of 3,087, who have been sent away in five years. The new home the Committee wish to form would be for young girls, almost children, from the age of 8 to 16, who have been led astray from the path of virtue. Contributions will be received gratefully by the Secretary, dr. Daniel Cooper, 85, Queen •street. Cheapside; ur by Messrs Barclay and Co.. Lombard-street. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail way Terminus, King's-cross. Patron—ner Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN. Viers- ratkon—ii is Royal Highness the Prime of WALES, KG. President —His Grace the Duke of BUCCLEUCH, LG. This Hospital, founded in the year 1828, the first to estab lish the principle of free admission to the sick poor, without the delay and difficulty of Governors' orders. is wholly de- Pendent for support on voluntary contributions and I dgactes It affords relief to a large number of in-patients, and, in addition to this, the average number ot attendance of the Aestitute sick has for a oensiderable period averaged between 3,000 and 4,000 weekly. The Committee ear eatly solicit the ASSISTANCE of the benevolent, as the pr mises of this Hospital are capable of i c l uta blieg several hi.ndred more beds had the Committee _e requisite funds to maintain them. Contributions are received by thEirbankers.liessrs. Brown, Janson, and Co., Abchuroh-lane; also by Messrs. Coutta and Drummonu and CO. - Glyn and Co. ; Berries and Co. ; Ransom and Co. ; rresoat, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; • B arc l ay an d ; Deacon, and CO.; Nisbet and Co., BernerE , strcet ; and at the Hospital. from 10 till 5. .STAITFORD BUMF, begrettiry, PR IN TIN G. —To PROPRIETORS OF NEWSPAPERS, PERIODICALS, &c.—The Print ing and Machining of Newspapers, &c., none ou exceed ingly favourable terms. use of Editorial and Publishing Offices, if required. Estimates forwarded on receipt of particulars, with stamped directed envelope for reply. Address —The Manager "Sun" Printing Offices, 8, Church row, Savoy. Strand, W.O. The Poisoning Case in Norfolk. [DocKING, Thursday. Further proceedings took placeto-day in regard to the charges of poisoning illegitimate children, preferred against four persons, named John Grief, Susan Grief, Mary Grief, and Sarah Grief. John Grief and Susan Grief are husband and wife, and the two other prisoners are their daughters— the mothers of the children alleged to have been poisoned. John Grief was again brought up in custody from Norwich Castle, and the other prisoners from Wymondham Bride well. Mr. Wilken, of Lynn, appeared for the prosecution; and Mr. Ford, barrister, instructed by Mr. Spanton, of Hunstanton, for the prisoners. The magistrates present were—Major Hare, Major Hollvvay, and Mr. C. F. N. Rolfe. Mr. Wilkon, in commencing the proceedings, said he had given the matter the best consideration, and he was not prepared to press the charge against the prisoner John Grief or his two daughters ; but ho should ask for the com mittal of Susan Grief, the grandmother of the deceased children, on the charge of poisoning them. These remarks applied to the children Ann Maria Grief and Alfred Grief. It was important to show a motive for the act imputed to the remaining prisoner, and in this case the children who bad died were a burden to the household, in which there were already eight legitimate children ; they had also never been affiliated. As regards the third child Jemima Grief, who died in 1860, little more than a quantity of mould had been found in the coffin, and the analysis would be a work of considerable time ; it had not yet been completed by Mr. Sutton, and he should not refer further to that branch cf the subject at present. As regards the remaining prisoner he should be in a position to cffer very strong evidence. The deresitions of varicus witncsses examined 0.1 pre vious occasions were read over. The first deposition was that of Mrs. Pitcher, of Shernborne, who stated the cir cumstances which attended the death of the child Alfred Grief, which she attributed to poison. The second deposi tion was that of Mr. T. M. Kendall, surgeon, of Lynn, who confirmed the conclusion. The third deposition was that of Mr. Sutton, analytical chemist, of Norwich, who stated he had found arsenic in the body of the deceased child. The fourth deposition was that of W. Howard, policeman, who said the prisoner Susan Grief had said to him, with out his saying anything to call for the remark, "I know you suspect me of poisoning the child, but if I have to suf fer for it 1 don't care a about it." This witness also said that he found a packet of arsenic lying on the .top of the bed in which Sm,an Grief and her husband slept. The prisoners Sarah and Mary Grief, and John Grief 'g) thou set at liberty. Sarah Grief was told, however, to Mr. F. Sutton, analytical chemist, of Norwich, deposed —The arsenic which I found in the body of the deceased child Alfred Grief could not have been mixed with any thing else ; certainly not with spirits of tar such as is used in sheep-dressing. I analysed the powder found on the prisoner's bed, and discovered it to be arsenic—the ordi nary arsenic of commerce. It was also precisely the same kind of arsenic I found in the body of the deceased child. I found three particles of undissolved arsenic in the body of the deceased. We always look for undissolved arsenic, and in this case I found it on the coats of the stomach. I removed it with my finger and also with a feather. I as certained the presence of dissolved arsenic in the stomach by means of hydrochloric acid. Mrs. Pitcher, recalled, stated that the prisoner was the mother of 12 children, and they were nearly all at home in November. There were also two illegitimate children of the eldest daughter in the house at the time. One ille gitimate child of one of the daughters is still living. Cross examined--All the prisoner's own children had lived, and all but three are earning their own living. Superintendent Rose said, on the 12th of November, when the prisoner was apprehended, she said, " I have been troubled with children all my lifetime; they have kept me in great poverty, and if you were to look in my house now you would not find a piece of bread." The re mark was made quite voluntarily by the prisoner, and was not the result of any observation made by witness. The deposition of Mr. Gowing, chemist, of Snottisham, taken at a previous stage of the inquiry, was put in and read. It stated that on the 26th of October, William Grief, commonly called "Valentine Grief," came to wit ness's shop and bought some arsenic. Mary Grief told witness that her child died from cholera, and that she had told the registrar that it was diarrhcea. She showed sor row for the death of the child. The evidence was proceeding when this account was de spatched. (By Telegraph.) • The prisoner Susan Grief was committed for trial on the charge of poisoning both children. The Late Gale. TElGNarotrm, Jan. 9. This morning (states Mr. G. P. 11. Rowell) information was brought here that a large vessel was on shore near the Parson and Clerk rocks. It was blowing a heavy gale from the S.W. at the time. The lifeboat China, belonging to the Na tional Lifeboat Institution, was thereupon"about to be launched, when fortunately the vessel got clear, and was observed to be standing out. Shortly after wards a bark made for the harbour with a signal of distress flying in the rigging. The lifeboat was then launched and proceeded to the vessel, shipping some heavy seas as she crossed the bar, of which, however, she readily relieved herself. On arriving alongside they found she was a Norwegian bark, bound to France, with timber. The master had quite lost his reckoning, and, as his ship was rapidly drifting tcOeeward, he was of course anxious to get into a port of safety, and a steamtug went to his assistance. HOLYHEAD, Jan. 10. Last night again this port was visited by a severe storm. On the 3d the wind was west ; then it veered gradually from west to south. Yesterday and last night it turned to east and north-east,which is its direction at present. Several of the large fleet of vessels that left this port on Thursday last have been lost on the Irish coast and the Isle of Man. About 30 vessels reached the harbour of refuge yes terday and last night. FERRYSIDE, CARMARTHEN BAY, Jan. 9. Intelligence was received here yesterday (says Capt. Arengo Cross) that a ship was on shore on the Middle Match, on Carmarthen Bar. It was blowing strong at the time from the westward, with occasional heavy squalls. The City of Manchester lifeboat, of the National Lifeboat Institution, was launched, and proceeded towards the wreck. On nearing the spot it was observed that there was a signal of distress flying on the only mast standing, that her hull was under water, and that two men were clinging to the masthead. As there were portions of wreck washing about in the vicinity of the vessel, the lifeboat experienced some difficulty in getting along side, but after repeated attempts she succeeded in effecting a communication and rescued the two poor fellows, who were much exhausted. They were safely anded on shore, and are now doing well. One of them was the mate, who stated that his vessel was the schooner Gem, of Hull, bound from Greenock for Southampton, laden with pig iron and machi nery. Owing to the extremely boisterous state of the weather the Gem had lost all her sails but one, and, the master mistaking the Caldy light for St. Anne's, she had gone on the sands about midnight and filled almost immediately. As the night was stormy, and the sea running high, the master, his wife, and the four men who composed the crew, lashed themselves to the cross trees, but at daylight there were only two of them living, the others being drowned in their lashings, and their bodies being fearfully mangled. There were evidently no means on boards the wreck to show a night signal for the assistance of the lifeboat. SHIELDS, Jan. 10. Another very heavy gale from the E.N.E. has blown on this coast since last night, and it is un abated. The sea is very high. No casualties have occurred, however, except that the large bell buoy at the south pier has been washed away. A few steamships arrived during the night, and this morn ing the steamship Dudley, from Hamburg, is the only vessel which has entered the port. Last night 'theDanish sloop Makrelen arrived in the Tyne. She lost a man overboard at sea, who was drowned, her decks were wept, and for eight due the crew were unable to kindle a fire. For three days they were under hatches, and durst not come on deck. Ter rible accounts are being received from the Tyne. On Wednesday the D u tch schooner Dolphin brought nine of the bark Newcastle, of Newcastle, Captain I larrison, into llartlepool-bay, and they were landed in a coble. The bark left the Tyne last week, coal Men, bound for Alexandria, and during the gale of Saturday night her cargo shifted. On Sunday morning, as the vessel was unmanageable, she struck with terrible force on the Hasborough Sands, between Cromer and Yarmouth. From the force with which she struck it was evident she would speedily break up. The crew, therefore, launched the long boat, and nine of them, named Wm. Kemp, George Stewart, John Storey, Wm. Crockett, John Robson, Edward Hartell, Alfred Sinnebolt, John Vardy, and John Forster, all be longing to Shields, got into it, together with John Marshall, the mate. The captain, who also belongs to North Shields, refused to leave the vessel, and his son, a lad about 16 years, said he would remain with his father. The boat, without either water or provi sions on board, bad scarcely pulled away from the side of the ship when the vessel parted, and the cap tain and his son were drowned. When the vessel struck it was about half-past 6 o'clock, and the sea was so boisterous that the crew in the longboat never expected it would live in such a storm. As it-igas she filled twice with water, and several seas that struck her carried away all the cars except two, which were comparatively useless in the midst of a tempest, and the boat had to be allowed to drive before the sea. All Sunday was passed without a hope of rescue, and as night approached the craving for water began to manifest itself among the poor fellows, who were also suffering from wet and cold. The mate, John Marshall, exhibited symptoms of madness, and cried out piteously for water. He be gan to tear his hair, and fretted about his " canny wife and bairns," and at last he jumped overboard. He was, however, picked up, and the immersion had the effect of calming ihim for a time, but on the Monday he again manifested the same symptoms. He sprang out of the boat a second time, and was nearly lost, but he was again rescued. Another soli tary day of hunger and thirst, in the midst of a heavy sea, and almost starved to death, was passed by the boat's crew, and as night approached they expected it would be their last. The mate became worse, and it took all the exertions of his companions to keep him in the boat. There being nothing on board tofasten him down he overcame their strength, and in a state of raving madness sprang out of the boat again and was drowned. When daybreak of Tuesday appeared the nine remaining of the crew were almost prostrate, and it was with difficulty they could man age to keep the boat facing the sea. Their hands and feet were all swollen with the cold, and the condition they would be in from want of water and food for three days and two nights may be better imagined than described. On Tuesday, at noon, they gave up all hopes, but late in the afternoon of that day the D,uteh schooner Dolphin sighted them, and eventually got them all safely on board. The New castle was a first-class ship, and was the property of the Middle Dock Company. CARNSORE, IRELAND, Jan. 8, We have had two very bad wrecks here on the west beach (states Mr. John Barrett, the officer of Coastguard), and I regret to say that all on board perished from one vessel, and that three others were also lost from the other wreck. No lifeboat would have been of the least service on the beach, as the seas there were awful. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. LONDON, CHATHAM, AND DOVER, A meeting of B and C shareholders in the Me tropolitan Extensions undertaking of this company was held yesterday at the London Tavern, for the purpose of appointing a committee of their own body to represent them and protect their interests ; Mr. H. D. Warter in the chair. The CHAIRMAN said they had been called to gether to consider their position, and to devise means to protect their interests. They could not protect their interests without protecting the interests of the bondholders, and being of great service to the holders of A shares. In 1860 an Act was passed for making the Metropolitan Extensions Railway of the London, Chatham, and D over Company, extend ing from Beckenham to Farringdon station, and from Herne-hill to the Victoria station at Pimlico. The capital authorised consisted of £1,650,000 di vided into A and B shares-1825,000 in A shares, and £825,000 in B shares ; the latter were to have a preference dividend of 6 per cent. per annum before the holders of the A capital got anything. The contractors undertook to pay the interest on the B shares during construction, and for 12 months after the opening of the line for traffic, at the end of which time it was expected the traffic would be suffi cient to pay the interest on the borrowed money and on the B shares. The debenture capital authorised by the act was £550,000. When the prospectus was issued he made every inquiry of the secretary and others as to the nature of the guarantee on the B shares. He was informed that the capital of the A shares had been taken up, and would be expended on the works before the B capital would be touched, and that the interest on the B shares would be gua ranteed by Messrs. Peto, Betts, and Crampton dur ing the construction of the line, and for 12 months after the opening of the line for traffic. He was thus induced to become a large holder of the B stock. In 1862 it was proposed to issue the C stock, and a prospectus was issued stating the progress of the works; that two-thirds of the line had been com pleted ; that the line from Herne-hill to Victoria had been opened for traffic, and that the line would shortly be opened to the Elephant and Castle. In 1863 it was proposed to issue £1,500,000 in shares to make the bridge over the Thames, and to com plete the line to Blackfriars. He had been induced from various representations to take a large stake in the C shares. He subsequently found that there was power to raise an additional sum on debentures to the amount of £533,000, which he opposed because it would take precedence of the B and C shares. But he was persuaded to withdraw his opposition on the ground that the line could not be completed without the additional capital, especially as Sir M. Peto, on . the part of the contractors, had guaranteed the in terest of 6 per cent. on B and C shares until a up ye t a o r after the opening of all the lines, w Dec. 31, 1866. He was also a debenture-holder in those Extension lines. In- May last year he was askedthem, butby thehe declined secretary to w h s e e t , 11 e a r n dh the would ese cr would uatlrdye, ib 2d renew ne reply, informed ohffimotehadtebtehnetacroems,pabuuyt on oth prepared to pay of July he receive d a circular stating that the company could not pay off the debentures, and that they had no money available to pay the interest then due. Instead of the line being extended to Farring don station, it was cut off at Earl-street, Black friars; and there were various debts now due, amounting to £250,000. Instead of realising £825,000 by the issue of the A shares, there was only £420,000 realised on them, having been issued at about 50 per cent. discount. The debentures for which the holders had paid £lOO lawful money for every £lOO debenture were only credited to the company as £75, and the £25 went to somebody else. This was a matter that required explanation, and there were other matters which the committee would have toinquire into aud consider. Debentures were issued at a discount of 25 per cent. to the con tractors. He had given £B7 10s. per cent. for his £30,000 C shares. In 1864 £1,600,000 shares were created, in respect of which £533,000 in debentures were issued at a rebate of 5 per cent. This was what he could not understand—to issue debentures at a discount to the contractors of 25 per cent. when the credit of the company was good, and when it was not good to issue other debentures at adiscount of only 5 per cent. If the reverse bad been the case Mr. SURGEY maintained that the Metropolitan Extensions would become a valuable property if the lines were properly worked and the traffic developed. He stated that Mr. Fenton, the general man ager o f the Metropolitan Railway, who had great experience in the requirements of that traffic, was of opinion that the traffic on their extensions could be conside rably increased if proper facilities were provided. Mr. HOGARTII then explained his plan for improv ing the position of the company. He proposed that, in the first instance, the debenture holders should agree to take 4 per cent. in cash and deferred divi dend warrants for the remainder until the traffic could pay them. There was due for land and other matters 1350,000, which he proposed should be paid off partly by arrangements for sale of pro perty and by raising £250,000 on equipment bonds of £lO each, at 7 per cent. per annum, redeemable in five years at 10 per cent. premium. He then showed, by the gradual development of the traffic, that in three or four years there would be a surplus, after paying all working and preference charges. Mr. BILLINGS said there would be no diffizulty with the debenture-holders if they could get their interest regularly paid, and the mass of them would renew the debentures for several years to come. If the committee, when appointed, would only fix on a rateable proportion for the various classes to sub scribe towards completing the line and placing it in good working condition he believed they would get the money requisite for developing the traffic and getting out of debt. Mr. REAM remarked that out of the whole capital of £5,789,150 £2,075,860 consisted of re bates and allowances, leaving the remainder to re present the actual property. Ile thought it pos sible to make some of those who took the shares pay up in full, and that was a matter the committee should carefully consider. The next great duty would be to protect the shareholders from future legislation. The CHAIRMAN proposed that Mr. George Chance, Mr. Frederick I'. Haggard, Mr. George Hogarth, Mr. R. R. Isherwood, and Mr. H. D. Walter be elected a committee, with power to add to their number, to represent the B and C shareholders, to hold communications with the Board of Directors, to watch over the interests of the B and C share holders especially in reference to Parliamentary proceedings affecting them, to consider any claims of those shareholders against the contractors and others, and to take the necessary steps to enforce them, and generally to protect the interests of the shareholders, with power to employ professional an d other assistance necessary for that purpose ; also, that Is. per cent. be paid forthwith, to provide for present expenditure. Mr. AMBER seconded the motion. It was proposed as an amendment that two com mittees be appointed—one to represent the B share holders, and the other to represent the C share holders. The CHAIRMAN said he held £20,000 in the B shares, and £20,000 in the C shares, and thoughtit much better to have only one committee. The amendment was negatived, and the original motion was carried unanimously, and the proceed ings concluded with a vote of thanks to the chair man. LORD MACAULAY ON REFORM DEMONSTRATIONS. —The Scotsman publishes a letter by Lord Macaulay, dated February, 1846. It wasaddressedto one of his constituents in Edinburgh, in reply to a letter referring to some remarks made by Mr. Macaulay in Parliament. The petition refer red to in the letter was the monster Chartist petition boasting of 3,000,000 signatures, presented by Mr. Dun combein July, 1842. Macaulay says You do not at al I shake my opinion—indeed, you confirm it. You tell me that most of those who put their names to the petition presented by Mr. Duncombe did not know what it con tained. Now, I need not remind you that this was no com mon petition. It was described as the national petition, as the manifesto of the unrepresented millions. It was carried to Westminster with extraordinary pomp. The procession of banners and devices stretched more than a mile. A very unusual motion was made on ,that occasion in the House of Commons. It was proposed that the petitioners should be heard by their deputies at our bar. I think therefore that this was a document of very great im portance—a document which no man ought to have sub scribed without understanding its purport. You assure me, however, that the hundreds of thousands who signed this solemn confession of political faith had never looked at it. It was so long, you say, that they could not read it. Why, ten minutes would have sufficed for the purpose. But ten minutes, it seems, would have been more than these people, who wanted us to put the whole Government into their hands, could spare for the consideration of a matter so grave. Rather than take the trouble of informing themselves, they set their hands to any atrocious absurdity that was put before them by a de magogue in whom they reposed an unmerited confidence. Observe, it is you, not I, who say all this. I give full credit to your statement. But what is the inference ? Is it not t v sh a ha n atr ta iet g i e osf t f o opr t o h twh e themselves e ,v e l bry v u e t s ol a ta n hs d es te i t twl n vo h hr heo g i at whole s ' e f lee e t t ee l h h p oe l sge o a oto t i almc v vi m bt - hmeli c a o airaosunnrhulntienii;sdtetut Chartists T e n. : 1 7 tAcil e oan ta n nidms a no n : are not t n eoh o r o t f v t aae o d a u t r presentin dustri o q u u s, al w ifi e e l d l -m w ea ex n- - , nt s o u f eh th p e e S rs t o A n te s . asFtohr,osifeuwnihvoe signed suffrage were national petition without knowing what it was, would form the majority of every constituent body, and would return, not 10 members of Parliament, or 100, but all the 656 ! Can amen of sense like you doubt on what candidates the choice of such electors would fall ? Can you doubt that they would give their votes, as they gave their signatures, iu blind reliance on worthless leaders? You say that our present legislators have committed errors. No doubt all Governments err, for all Governments are composed of men ; and you can no more make perfect Governments out of such imperfect materials than you can make a marble palace out of bricks. But between \ the errors into which our Parliaments have too often fallen and the errors of the Chartists, there is, in my opinion, a great distinction. The errors of our Parliaments, however great, have not been such as to kill the very root of national prosperity. On the contrary, you would, I apprehend, admit that there is a general tendency towards improvement; that civilisation advances; that science makes constant progress; that many abuses which were in full force within our owu memory our have disappeared, or are fast disapp earin g ; that, in short, better.most o f t he therefore, changes thoughwhichl are do nmadeotthai think e changes present the sys tem perfect, look on it with hope and complacency. But the Chartist system, as set forth in the national petition, would, I am certain, in no long time, reduce us to a depth of misery and degradation of which it is not easy to form an idea. It would make Great Britain, in three genera tions, as barbarous an island as Madagascar. The, only chance of escape would be that some Cromwell or Napo poleon might be able to establish a vigorous, orderly, mili tary despotism, NOTICE OF REMOVAL. JJDEFRIES and SONS' NEW CITY SHOW ROOMS.—The New Oval-shaped ALEXANDRA. 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