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r-~: r :'. ',. AFTER Covent-garden Theatre—EVANS' to SUP. After Drury -lane Theatre —EVANS' to SUP. After Lyceum Theatre EVANS' to SUP, After Adelphi Theatre After Olympic Theatre . ....... ....EVANS' to SUP. After Strand Theatre EVAN,' to SUP. After New Royalty Theatre ......EV ‘NS' to SUP. . After St. J ames ' s Theatre . . . to SUP. After Prince of Wales' Theitre....EVANS' to SUP. London Singing and Supper Club, E VANS', Covent-garden. Voa4lErdertainment at Ei irz bdIAN'S LL WHISKY. = DUBLIN EXTTIRTTTON, 1865. A. Phis celebrated OLD IRISH WHISKY gained the Dublin Prize Modal. It is Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Whole some. Sold in flottleq, Rd., nt the Itonses in London hY the Agents in the principal towns in England; or wholesnle nt R• GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. OhAervA thA RArl St‘q,l, Pink Label, and Cork branded " iCinahan'e LL? :Musky." • riOUNTRY HOTELS, PUBLIC HOUSES, )• RITSTN'I;SSES. PURNESS and KNEE'S LW, on o.pnlication. Partiallara for insertioa reoeivei until the 27th of the month at their AEC ['ION AND HOTEL AGENCY orrmEs. -- K . Azar-streek S.rancl, W.C., and nearly opposite the Charing Cr- sa Railway Station. /TUTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION ( incurgor,tei by Ant of parliarannk 1 , .0) q5 17 1i . ,14-STREFIT. COYPI , TT.-CIA.RDEN. LONDON,, ADP I~Tr,hlS 111 NF, V' noon Perslnal Security, Pills of Salo renholl or Leusehol I Pro - ,er y, for one, two, or three years, "naYabie we.irly , monthly, or quurterly Bills promptly dis counted. Form . s free on receipt of stamped envelope . EDWARD HARPER. Secretary. II E X F O R D, 6, OXFORI9-STREET, W., TrrE MUSICAL EST .A.TILISII NIENT or LONDON. Tj r ,,Tv_Oneretti. by .T Ofronl.arb, rntitied MR. AND MRS. " TS. and T.A. T RAVE AT %. Ate. Prineb al artistes, litiii9ffi Russell, Barrie. and Fitz Henn. ; Ifesrst. A. qt. Albyn. roe. Tinsk, Eyani. Rum Si 'nor Tivol, with Extra Band and Chorus Conductor, Ur. F. Jonah 'sns Colt-EDY. by Mpssrs. TTARRY SYDNEY. LITTLE - ,, RVITE an I pikT rr NINA, NIARCUA WI" KINSON ; ltd!le. GF.RTRUDE and her Troupe of Performing Dogs. this Eyonitig% tr. Rowr. FRA.SETI, ComMian. with his new Entertain zmtitled " NOTIONS OF THE BURLESQUE." NOTICE.—The Bros. TIA.NT.ONT. Hin celebrated American Acrobats, will appear THIS EVENING. • ARGYLL ROOMS. -GRAND CASINO, Windmill-street, Piccadilly, These eleYant and unnnlar nnornm, havinry been entirely re decorated, are now OPE NI EVERY EVENINTfI for Concert and llincincr. Conductor, Signor LUGI CURTL Manager, GRENET. Admission to Promenade, One Shilling. Reserved Seats, Two Shillings. WESTO N'S GRAND MUSIC HALL, HOLBORN. Sole Proprietors, SWEASEY and HOLLAND. Grand Selection from Verdi's favourite Opera "1 L TROVATORE." Principal vocalists Manrico, Mr, De Brenner; Count di Luna, Mr. P. Corri ; Leonora, Miss Annie Tremaine ; Azucena, Miss Ellen Read ; and Douglas Mellon; in costume as at the opera. ARTHUR LLOYD, with New Songs; Mille. Colonna, and Jolly Nash ,• Jean and Victor, the Sensation of Lon dot. Crowded Houses and Immense Success of the PICCANINY MINSTRELS, 12 in number, inclnding those Wonderful Children who played at the Royal Haymarket Theatre as the "Living Miniatures." Band of 80 first-class performers, and large Chorus chosen from her Majesty's and Covent Garden Opera Houses. Isfusical Director, Mr. P. CORR!. „ Prices o f a d m i ss i on— S ta ll s an d Ba l cony, Is.• Promenade, ° ,1 .• Priv a t e B oxes, 10 s. 6d . C an b e secured' at the Box Odce, between the hours of 10 and 5 o'clock. Hall open every Evening at half-past 7, commence at 8. EASTER HOLIDAYS. MADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION, BAKER-STREET. , 4 k New Portra't Model of HER MAJESTY the QTTREN ;;1 110 added Alsg, Portrait Models of their Royal Hug .- y ) °_eg fit^. Princesses li-lene, Louise, and Beatrice, the 1 0 4 ,.." Cimbrithre, and Princess Mary A eommemor .tlye n i ,, nre of the late Prince Conslrt, illusfra lye or Ws Roal h n r 'sq ag the or'grinator and founder of International A drni'fance 1s • children, under ten, half-price; extra ?room s. g et • • PRICIe 4cl. STAMPED sd. her Majesty's Ship Minotaur. On the 9 nth of September of last year the Mino taur made her light-draught trial of si.eed, drawing 23ft. lin. of water forward, and 2-Ift. lin. aft . With an indicated power of her engines of 6,31 G she then realised a mean speed of 14.779 knots, tint mean of the engines' revolutions being 57.533 per minute. Reduced ffoni full to half boiler power, the mean speed of the ship was 12:387 knots, with an indicated horse-power of 3,541, and mean revo lution of the engines of 47.375. On that occasion we fully described the engines of the ship, it is there fore only necessary to repeat here that they are by John Penn and Son, on the well-known and hori zontal two-cylindar principle of the firm, of 1,350- horse power, nominal. The ship is the first vessel of her class that has yet been placed in commission, and is also the largest ironclad in commission afloat. She stands on the Navy List, with her sisters, the Agincourt and the Northumberland, as a ship of 6,621 tons, and her length is 400ft.'between per pendiculars. Her rig is five masted, which may either be described as bow, fore, main, wizen, and jigger masts, or fore, main, mizen, forward jigger and after jigger masts. Four of her masts carry each a lower yard, double topsail yards, and a top gallant yard. The fifth, or after jigger, carries fore and aft sails. The hull is entirely incased with armour, and finished off externally in as bare and fighting a condition as may be possible. The arma ment of the ship consists of four 121 ton and 18 62 ton muzzle-loading rifled wrought iron guns, mounted on the main deck on wrought iron car riages and slides, and four other 4-ton guns on the upper deck as chase guns. The carriages and slides for the 12k-ton guns weigh 75 cwt. The 12i-ton gun throws a solid shot of 2501 b., with a battering charge of 431 b. of powder. The 6i-ton guns throw a solid shot of 1151 b., with a battering charge of 221 b. of powder. There is no ironclad afloat in the navies of Europe or America whose sides or tur rets could resist Pallisser's shot from the Minotaur's I largest guns, and there are but two orperhaps three of the heaviest plated of the American turret-ships that could resist the same kind of shot from her 6}- ton guns. The Minotaur was docked on Tuesday last, and the pitch of her four-bladed screw altered to its finest set. On the following day she was undocked, and -on the Thursday she steamed out of harbour to Spithead in readiness for. her trials on Friday, tak ing a preliminary two hours' steaming off the east end of the Isle of Wight before anchoring at Spit ' bead, and working her engines up to 60 revolutions. On Friday she weighed her anchor from Spithead shortly after noon and entered upon her trials, which lasted until past sunset, the results proving very successful, as will be seen by a reference to mile figures. The draught of water was 25ft. Bin. forward, and 26ft. 11in. aft. Her four-bladed screw was set at a pitch of 22ft. 2in., the length of the blades being at the periphery lft. 7in., and at the root 2ft. 3in. The depth from the under part of the ship's keel to the upper edge of the screw was 241t.11in. The coal in bunkers and the coal on deck for the trial (Steam Navigation Coal) was as nearly as possible 700 tons. Wind on the mile, light from the south-east. Water perfectly smooth. In making the circles, after the conclusion of the runs over the mile, off the east end of the island, the wind freshened to a-force of from 3 to 4, and there was sufficient swell to give the great ship quite a lively motion. The subjoined figures give the main results of the trials with full and half boiler power on the measured mile, and in making circle's. The ship was timed throughout by a Benson chro nograph, and the greatest possible care was taken in making the observations : birds. . .--- ---'---, -.-_ - -I—.-e-...--- . _ _.,....,,,,.. - - __--- -- 7 -c„,:u—e—,,...• NE W SPA PE R ~-.-&'-' ___„...„7/.... , -b " "--// e- •- , --- -75 ..,-------- --- .. --- 1 ---- - - cot ~-,- F . .-.. - 1 r - ,---- g./ ' ,..,•,--.--,______....i rri AL ,M ,,, ~.;•,•_=- t. l a•" . : \ - 1 \,, - - •••..._ • --- .__) • .----. 1 • - ...A-inl s. :3. 4C,.... 7 49i . --- , ri.`ha members of PIGEON SIIOOTL 4 1 4 • ; • , ."' , 41 - ...% • GITN CLUB ..‘..,-, - .... .6il aN/"U54,., l! “.. `mot .41,.. ; 1,, --, . 0- z . *... ' 41.14t ='4k _ _ _...., , • ~ : • ,3.:*ik. •. - . ...: , th .„... 0 ic. : „ . . _ ri_ ...... s . Ir. Igik:„ .. N't . (4.161 . 44 4% ' -:' -' 1 ' , t *'' • „10 , 4t. 1 ' , Gun Club met in gretkiforefpn g ( I vi, i k i , -- '''t 4. jr, • , ) .1...... • ,:: NOii . ~.. • ~' • 'WI 4 . I WI i ... _ .( ' .-. "J... 0 i — rk t ~%_,..- .7; 2., , 4 , t,* . :7• : ::: „As_ , I S. uturday las% on their shooting ground in Shepher s \ ,l f I,: 1 —f , - -,- .;*l 4 7e., - -, 0,44, .-.l' -,. ,Il ,:, _.)., i ih'' -,: 174p.yr ''''' .1 3 . . 43 4 ,z Z , . I tt, • - i b 2.8 b, and a fine afternoon's sport took place. The betting, • f.g . " i 1 I " \ ----, r ,, /,), , ~,-.,- 4 ' -- Nl* , - as: - usual, ruled at 7t04 on the "gur " ___ ... 0. „ 4 ,. , , . 3 ,.. I I _,...,:, , 1 : -.01- D IF t.., ~,,,c , „i .., . ~ ~ ~ t ... 6 i d, ,- , e• DROI_I L S.,: • \ ~ '4 --. ' ' ~,,4 1 ' ' ' ''' ' ----- - ,, ,'''''7 l ,' - ' - v:--'O4-:,. : 4* , -,-`. _ \i .: .\> (R : - • 2----7:t \ ft. , -,. -.-..; i _ .... 4,4 1 . ' . •..1----- - - .st -. I' --..., , :' '1 _ - guns,. and even monei R - 11 s offered that certain gentlemen did not kill their next tw a birds. 'First Sweepstakes—Six gentlemen contended in this ;weep, which, after five ties between Mr. Norris, 27k, e.aptain Talbot, 26, Captain Fredericks (the winner of the great Aristocratic Handicap at Cremorn e last season), 2 4 3, Captain A. Burnand, 26, an , : Borltl?y Luey, resulted :ill a division between Captain Talbot and Captain 9. alurnanl. 5,,e,m.1 Sweepstakes -No less than 19 contested in this s‘reep, and out of the 59 hir,is that xver, shut . at 12 were proving that the majority ,if the shooters are in fine " form" this season. Captain Taz:or, 27, Captain Frede ricks, - 2 , i, Sir C. Legarti, 2fii, Lard Stormont, 28, and ',amour, M.P., 2G, each k:11,1 their three birds ; and in shootieg off J. Lamont missed his secend bird. Captnin Tally a his fourth, Captain Feed:nicks his fifth ; Sir Chas. L 'gard and Lord Stormont eLch killed six, so they cifirided. Third Sweepstakes—There were three ties in the first instance, and in shooting off J. L•timont, 26, missed his second bird; Mr. Norris, 27, arid Berkley Lucy, 27k, killed two, and they agreed to divide. Fourth S weepstaesi-A score of competitors contested for this sweep ; four gentlemen killed three each, and in shooting. off the ties Captai❑ A. Burnand, 26, killed his bird before it bad left tho ground, and after a short con sultation between the secretary, presideut, and other gentlemen of the committee, it was decided that it should be a lost bird ; 31r. Rudd, 28, failed to bring down his se cond ; Berkley Lucy, 27i, and Mr. Davis, 26, ultimately divided. \tk,V Fifth SNVeepstakes—Mr. Norris, 27; and Major Longley, 261, killed three each and divided; Lord Stormont 28 , Mr. Davies, 27, and Mr. llobertson, 26; missed their last Open from 11 a.m. till 10 p.m. TSIANFIELD'S PATENT PICKLES are per- F t , , featly cure ani uneqinnre4. To be had of V dellera "r (c_nwn ho'esale of JOHN BET R4ESS and SON, 107, Strand Of Savoy-stepe), London ---- ipiAti_DE-VlE.—This Pure PALE BRANDY, 18's of co , • per zallon, is by super - in- to recent I upartations t e , s , , uae, r.eiromended by the medical profes4ion. and ex ca,.`velv used in hospitals. In bottles, lqa. per dozen. or in :"iqg , railway earrlame nal —HENRY TIRE TT an B ._ • Old F l urnival's E.O , and 30, Re.";ent ".eet.l3.ll-. Established 182). : " "IE RUIN OF TUE FEW IS THE GAIN OF FILE MANY." TUE Panic of '66 anj its consequent depres4on TcColon;al .rcets th- tST Tvr)(A, '''' II PA.NY" V) °Ter Ti o —ki LOWER, Tff POT EVIM. of (=o-A Tea for gq. 117.11't h' deli hi o KATSO !)-; the :li.iper Ships are really 9 , Great St. TTeien , s; ch,,T-thvard, 1. 1'47- t0.1 ,- .11.h,t . 2.1 ; gPn t, by th. anthor for 1 sta-onq, rGLINESS anal BE.VUTY; being a Pamphlet th-e) desorintlye of nrttolea rneAns wie.l nor invy•ovinT Lonr )e ‘rillee. By A.Lla. ROSS, 213, High flolborn, g rI ANTSH FLY is the acting ingredient in Dr,, i ,, A .LTroC. ROSS'S CANT PITAR IDES Of L.vvllot, spo".1117 wa n t h -3 whiikora and thicken.; lrtir, 83 Sa44, and .os ; Eli , 7 for %4, S 4, and 144 it , onnk— &LEX. ROSS. 21s. thorn, London, and all Chernista. -WONDERFUL DISCOVERY. —Corns cured Thit , in one d nsin ALEX. 1/ ( l3i'S car ttf)pl. Preparation gradually dissolves Oka Corn in a tom hou-s, the very root. Prile 4s : sent by post for tiO stamps. " 213, nigh Tiolborn, London, and all Chemists. rtAill-CI7RLING FLUID, 248, High Holborn, L ondon.—ALßX. ROSS'S CURLING FLUID earls La , ... ; 4 ) 1 or Geotlemen's hair immediately it is apoile4. Sold " 11 , Ss Ad, and 108 64 ; sent free for 54, 84, and 141 stamps " — Etat of all Chemists, CIRRI" HAIR.-24 High High Holborn, London.— . itFIX. ROSS'S TIA.IIt DICIII produces a perfect nolonr I TEtraeliatelv it is used. It is permanent, and perfeltly ns tnral in eire t. Price 3s Ad. 3s ed. and !Os ; sent by post for St, St, anti 14 t stsmps ; and all Chemists. jAIR DESTROYER. -248, high Holborn, tondon.—A.LX. DMPTLATORY remow.s snoerfluons hair from the f ann. neck. ‘TI4 arrs, wlshnnt ea - eat to the skin. Peen 3s nd, 55 and Ins nd ; sent for St, st, and 141 starnoS.—Had of all Chemists. * DIMPLE REMOVER.—AII diseases of th e skin aro ininroved by one dose of ALF:X. Ros 4 , a V.F3I-ICTAIILE SKIN PILLS. They remove rg.loss, Am. 2g 9d and 7sCl : or or•st for 41 and to) atvrtng -- ALPIX. ROSS, 213, High Holborn, London, and all Ch,. RAIR COLOUR WASH.—By washin g the 0 ,., heal with this beantifully-nerfnmei Wash, in sev en Bo ' pi days the hair assumes its original colour, and remain, It 0 "4, 111 nonstonal usinz. 108 ad ; smt for stamos.—A.Lba. , 243 , High 'Holborn, London, and all Chemists. RITISH ORPHAN ASYLUn, Mackenzie st• tuted 182 Park. 7 %tot Bucks (formerly at Clapham-rClapham-rise`.ln t nost Gracion3 ittAJESTY the QUEEN. ta this I'II3MM-ion will be ladly releived by the '``tftrY. at the Moen. No. 7, Cheap z side, E.O. ITENRY SYKES THORN ro)7. Treasurer. TM - MA S TILSON..T.P. chßirmqn of the Board. STE , fIVIN RF,Ff CATTLEY. ILA., Hon. Sec. ALFRED MACKENZIE, Secretary.. rttRE BOARI) of MANAGE\IENT of the ealth t(i NTlONT HONICEOPAT BIC HOSPITAL wish to h as . e attention of their friends t - ) its pa:lion—di:rine; the th e ", l ;_ v oßr the hods have been almost constantly filled, and b ee.. rain on the resources of the Rosnital has consequent ,y goat. They trust, therefore, that all the friends of then,'PathV both in town and count-y, will rally round 11 1 1, 1 ;, and tt;ue proven: - the necessity of curtailing the use- Sfi ll '4, o . f the Hospital by I;ie admission of fewer nation's ,f,IPTiONS mime:fly needed. Bankers nectars. A t , ,O,tt and _ ,Co , Threadneedle-street; and Union Bank. 'Yu - Place, Regent -street. IsTo. JOYIN R. WARREN, Clerk. 5 • 2 . Great Ormond-street, W.C. STTTPWRECKED SEAMEN awl their Of 4 ,o) '%Riii A VED WIDOWS and 0 at' ANq. ' r hi_ Br itish vessels are annually wrecked, about 2 . 0 00 of - eh,,Vre on the British Isles lltkp r ,', l „ " i no nart of the coast where the SRIPWREC,'RED MS' SOCIETY is not represented by an Ron. Ilhi;;; elo'hee (when naked) and sonde t th.ir hom e . c harit y Persons of all nations And is the channel of it s Tt Y to the bereaved widow. and orphans of the drowned. tr eae e ienrnmittee earnes`iy APPS kr, en. HELP. Th e dig last-v„8 always instant, ' The society relieved 11,221 persons viz , shin'xrecked men, widows, snd . ornbane. W in : , 'lien and subscriptions thankfully reee;y . eel be 3fessre. ' ar na. Deacon, and Co.; and by the undersigned, FRANCIS LEAN, Secretary _ iiibernia-chambere, London-bridge S.E. RESCUE SOCIETY wishes to add another 4 ;' , ,'ne to the 12 now I n o p er ation. Last year no fewer '"'ket :' n"or, friendl es s, young females were re tecte d . m PIT.N - 1)s 4 o, hive y 0 a total of 3 , 087 , who an rom away In flTe years. Vo""v° horn,, the Committee wish to form worild a _be ,c. f . o e r hay.4 l ',C l r l ., almost children, from the age of a to 10 : 2 led astray from the path of virtue. - 'tiorte will he received eratsfully by the Se,lretary. tta,; el. Qtleen -street Cheapside; or by ltessr, snd Co T,omhzri-street. • YAL FREE HosprrAL, oad, Gray's-inn-r N W , ::: : :f t i t h nu a l I i s 31 . n d e. t . e a I. 0 , °La t y of the Great Northern Rail --ner Host Gracious Majesty the QUEEN. atr on—His Royal Highness the Prince of WA LE e,KG. - ri t i ::'Aldent orace the Duke of RUCCLEUCH. K.G. l eh tlZAltoepital, founded in the year Ine, the first to estah '4t 4 1 -I.na aultple of free admission to the sick poor, without pe a4 : 0 2 , 7 and difileulty of Governors' • I t _ll , for atilanort on voluntary :iontributions and ea • orders. is whollyde edditriorda relief to a large number of in-pa eta, and, In 4"atit°4 to this, the average number of attendance of the :3,oe h sick has for a considerable period averaged between The 1 ') 0 weekly. be Committee ear , estly solicit the ASST'STANCE of the "iitafha t, as the pr nises of this Hospit.;... are capable of t1;"_ eeyerat n..mdred more beds had the Committee Cl onq i et‘ I '''" l raid e to m al ntain them. tni "nnfi are received h; their bankers. sressrs. Brown. 'll...and Co., Abohn . rch-lane ; also by itier.srs. Contte and I tenie4; u 'urnntin and Co.: G;rn nod Co.: fler!ie . s and ro. • an d and Co.; Prescott. 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FAMES DALY and CO., Distillers, John-street, Cork.—" The purest spirit and safest drink in the world."—Loudon Offices, 7, Printing-houle-square, E.C. next the "Times." , JAMES DALY and CO., Distillers, John-street, Cork, beg; to announce that they rare .ibie to supply the trade with their celebrated Whiskies. in casks or CaB3% and to take orders in bout tit d tor exp)rtatio 1, at their offices, 7, Printing-house -square, London, E C.. the may house in the square not occupied by the "Tirrvs." J. D. and Co.'s whiskies brin-r. the hi.4host prices in the Australian and ()the • Colonial markets, as may b : observed by reverence to the "Journal of C , tnimetce of Victoria;" by which it will b scan that their whiskies fetch 6d. per gallon and Is. per case over the nex: best, and is. 6d per gallon and 51. 61. a else over the lowest quotation. Always on hand a large supply of ve y old mellow wuisky in the finest erudition, matured in sherry casks, unsurpassable in quality and flavour, sa,•phed on the most reasonable terms. CONTRACT FOR SOUTH WALES COALS FOR GIBRALTAR. CONTRACT DEPARTMENT, ADMIRALTY, SOMERSET HOUSE, May 8, .1867. 11llE COMMISSIONERS foe EXECUTING the OFFICE of LORD HIGII ADMIRAL of the UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRE LAND, Do hereby give Notice, that on TUESDAY, the 28th inst., at Two o'clock, they will be ready to treat with such Persons as may be willing to CONTRACT for sup plying and delivering into Store at her Majesty's Naval Yard, at Gibraltar, 1,300 Tons of Smokeless South Wales COALS, fit for the service of her Majesty's steamships and vessels. A Form of the Tender and Conditions of the Contract may be seen in the Lobby of the Storekeeper-General's Department, Admiralty, Somerset House. No Tender will be received after Two o'clock on the day of treaty, nor will any be noticed unless the party attends, or an agent for him duly authorised in writing. Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words " Tender for Coals for Gibraltar," and must also bo de livered at the Department of the Storekeeper-General, Admiralty, Somerset House, accompanied by a letter signed by two responsible persons, engaging to become bound with the person tendeeng in the sum of £25 per cent. on the value foi the due performance of the Contract. By order, ANTONIO BRADY, Registrar of Contracts and Public Securities. CONTRACT FOR APPOINTMENTS FOR THE ROYAL MARINES. CONTRACT DEPARTMEN T , HousE3a, A 3, DM I I B R. 6 A 7 L . TY, SOMERSET THE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING t'ie OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRE LAND do hereby give Notice, that on THURSDAY, the 16th instant, at Twelve o'clock at noon, they w ill b o ready to treat with such persons as may be. willing to CON TRACT for supplying and delivering into her Majesty's Victualling Stores at Deptford, all such quantities of MUSKET SLINGS (Light Infantry), Do. (Artillery), DRUM SLINGS, DRUMMERS' SWORDS, and CHIN STRAPS for FORAGING CAPS (Light Infantry), as shall from time to time bo demanded for the use of the Royal Marines under a contract for twelve calendar months certain, and further until the expiration of three calendar months' warning. Patterns of the Articles may be seen at the Royal Marine Office, Now-street, Spring-gardens between the hours of Eleven and Twelve O' c l ock. , 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 Depaitment 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 communicated 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 Appointments for the Royal Marines," and must also be delivered at the Department of the Controller of Victualling, Admiralty, Somerset House, signed by two responsible persons, engaging to become bound with the person tendering in the sum of £2OO for the due perform ance of the Contract. By Order, ANTONIO BRADY, Regi3trar of Contracts and Public Securities. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MAY 13, 1867. H E CITY OFFICES COMPANY o.tot,d). N't /TICE F. RP:RI:11Y IV EN, that at a 3teetlng of the Voard a CALL of .t:5 per share h been made tilt day on the ,-hares f ths Company. payable on the 20 h June next, at the London and CoJnty Bank, Ao. 21, Loutbatd-street, London. By order, 0. W. P,ENWELL, Secretary. Palmerston-buildlngs, Old Broad-street, - London, May 9, )E97. iANIC OF BRITISH NORTH AMERICA. 11:1 !incorporated by Royal Charter). The Dtrertorat ct the Wank of o , th Arne lea DO IT I.: ItY GIVE NOT IC E, that the Y it LY G • IN M 0:E fl N G at Proprietors wall b, helo pursnaq t to the Deed of Settlement, on TIio:SDAY, the 4th June nest, at the London Tavern, lahops , zate-street, at tine o elo,k precisely, when the Eta etton of Three D.reet.:rs in the ro.nn of those going out by the provisiona of the Deed will take place. By order of the Court, C. M'NAB, Secretary. 124, Bishopsgate-street Within, London, May 13, 1867. CLERICAL, MEDICAL, ANI) GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. BONUS MEETING, 1867. The Report presented at a Meeting held on the 3d January last, for the declaration of the EIGIMI BONUS, showed, 1. As TO THE PROGRESS OP THE SOCIETY, that, during the quinquennial p3riod which terminated on the 30th June, 1866, NEW ASSURANCES for a total sum of £1,518,181, and yielding £50,497 in Annual Premithus ' had been effected, of which sums the former exce e d e d by £31,811, and the latter by £2,392, the corresponding items of any previous period; that THE INCO HE had increased from £195,400 to £215,327 per annum; and that THE ASSURANCE FUND, after plyment of £85,303 on account of Bonus at the last Division, had risen from £1,422,191 to £1,619,339. - 2. As TO THE FINANCIAL POSITION OF THE SOCIETY. That the Assets on Juno 30, 1866, were £1,619,539 14 8 And tho Liabilities on the same date ... 1,343,708 19 2 Leaving a surplus of £275,830 15 6 and that, after setting aside £50,000 as a special Reserve Fund, THE AVAILABLE PROFIT was £225,830 15s. 6d., of which sum £225,000 was recommended for division. 3. As TO THE RESULTS OF THE DIVISION. That the portion of this sum of £225,000—viz., five-sixths, or £lB7,soo—which fell to the Assured, would yi e ld a REVERSIONARY ADDITION TO THE POLICIES of £272,682, averaging 45 per Cent., or varying, with the different ages, from 32 to 85 per Cent. on the premiums paid sinco the last division; and that the CASH BONUS, which is the exact equivalent of such Reversionary Bonus, would average 26 per Cent, of the liko premiums. The Report explained at length the nature of the In vestments and the bases of the Calculations, the results of which, as above shown, are eminently favourable. The next DIVISION OF PROFITS will take place in January, 1872, and Persons who effect NEW POLICIES BEFORE THE END OF JUNE NEXT will be entitled at that Division to one year's additional share of Profits over later Assurers. Prospectuses, Forms of Proposal; the Report above men tioned, and a detailed account of the proceedings of the Bonus Meeting, can be obtained from any of the Society's Agents; or of GEORGE CUTCLIFFE, Actuary and Secretary, 13, St. James's-square, Loudon, A ESKELL, SURGEON-DEXTIST, author of "Dental Surgery,' " I'dre DthiListry," " Dental Anmsthcsia," may be CONSUL l'E D DAILY as hitherto from 10 to 4 o'clock, at his ONLY re,idence, 8, Grosvenor street, Bond-street. ART rFicIAL TEETH !—For price unequalled. For use, comfort, and appearan , e unsurpassed. PAINLESSLY supplied (in a few hours when required) by Mr. DAY, DENTIST. 2fll, Regent-street (3 doors from the Polytechnic% Late principal assistant to 111-. 141sKELL, of 8, Grosvenor- street, W. DEAFNESS. —The ORGANIC VIBRATOR.— It fits into the ear, not pews ptible, removes singing noises in the tiemi, and enables iiCal pereons to hear at public assemh les. Every other kind or oeari:oz iipriTontent. 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Private Instruction is given in Mineralogy and Geology by Ur. TENNANT, F.G.S., 149, Strand. W.C. R. SCOTT'S LIVER AND BILIOUS PILLS.—A NEVER. FAILING RE3IEDY.—Pre- Jared without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. oot:, of Biomley, Kent. will be found invaluable to all who Iffer from bilious and liver complaints, inligestion, wind, , paean, giddiness, BrAinerms of the eyes, &v. For habitual votiveness, as a tamily aperient medicine, and as a purifier /I the blood, they arc truly excellent; mild in their opera tion and ‘:, , rcteful to the stomach, they create appe ite, pro note digestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system. Prepared only and s old by W. Lambert, Chemist, g. King William-street, Uharing-cross. London, and by most drug gists, in boxes,ls. lid., and three times the quantity in one, za. ltd. Be sure to ask for Dr. Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. rhe genuine are a square green package. with " William Lambert." ens - raved the stamp. THE Fathers of St. Peter's Italian Church have kindly given the use of the ROOM, Back-hill, Hatton-garden, in which the meetings of St. Peter's Ca tholic Total Abstinence Society are held, for the purpose of a READING by Mr. SOMERVILLE on the Evening of May 17 —Subject: Mr. Charles Dickens' " PICKWICK PAPERS"—in AID of a FUND for the WIDOW and FAMILY of the late T. E. BRADLEY, Founder of " The Lamp." TiCkets, Fourpence each, to be had of Mr. W. D. Scott, at the Presbytery, Our Lady and St. Joseph's, 170, C ulford road, Kingsland, and of Mr. James Duffy, publisher, 22, Paternoster-row. Also of Mr. Charles M'Carthy and other members of St. Peter's Catholic Total Abstinence Society. Doors opened at half-p.tst 8, to commence at a quarter before 9 precisely. Entrance in Back-hill. PAINLESS SYSTEM OF DENTISTRY. Just published, price 3d. Post free four stamps. TOTAL ABOLITION OF PAIN H. IN DENTISTRY. By Messrs. GARRIEL, the old established DENTISTS, 61, LUDGATE- RILL, CI VIC, 56. A itLI:I7-sr it l; w., London. 131, DUKE-31'RP; E I', LIVERPOOL. A convention of shipbuilders and shipowners was held at Portland on Tuesday, April 16, to consider the action taken by Congress for their relief. A comparison between the provinces and this country, in regard to ship building, showed that here the builder is hampered by everything in the shape of duties, while in the provinces he is fostered by favourable legislation and aided in pro curing every article for his use at the lowest rate. A re solution was passed asking Congress to permit the ship builders of the country to go to the cheapest market for the purchase of their materials, and for a steamer to be ad mitted free of duty and all Government taxation. Hartford is probably the richest city of its size in America. A list of over four hundred citizens is published who are taxed on over $20,000 of property, and as we all know the amount for which a rich man is taxed usually only approximates to what he is really worth. The heaviest tax-payer is James Goodwin, who is taxed on $676,801. Mrs. E. H. Colt is taxed on $480,480 ; A. S. Beckwith's est.►ta on $406,000 ; the Colt arms company on $430,000 ; E. A. Bulkley on $308,000 ; H. and W. Ke eney on p 06,000 ; Mary A. Warburton on $308,000 ; Hunger ford and Cone on $261,000; T. M. Allyn on $252,000; Charles 11. Brainard on $248,000 ; Sharp's rifle company OD $226,000; and there are forty others who pay a tax on over $lOO,OOO. The Springfield Republican says :—" Our State Superior Court, as just reconstructed by vacancies and new appo Julius li A us mos, Rock well,obi nor of d m p g e e i n t , t t s s Ichief e i l s d j ; c u o o s m t d i e s o s ; p e a.dssaosc Lord,i: follows justices- In : - S ; e. MarcusMor to n , of Andover; Ezra Wilkinson, of Dedham ; Henry Vote, of Boston; John P. Putnam, of Boston; Lincoln F. Brigham, of New Bedford; Charles Devons, jun., of Wor cester; Chester I. Reed, of Taunton. The salary of the chief justice is $3,700, and of the associate justices $3,500; but a bill is now going through the Legislature raising those salaries to $4,500 and $4,200 respectively. The Lowell papers say that many young, enter prising men, owners of real estate in that city, are leaving for the West. Prom other places in New England, we learn, a great many are following a similar course. Gas FROM PEAT.---At the Glenn's Falls Gas works in Troy, New York, the experiment of substituting peat for coal in the manufacture of gas has been tried with considerable success. The Troy Time. says that 150 pounds of dried peat, taken from a bed not more than three feet below the surface yielded 784 feet of gas, or five and eighty one-hundredths of gas to the pound, while from the best coal used at the works the yield of gas does not ex ceed four feet and forty one-hundiedths to the pound. The cost of peat is much lesS per ton than that of the coal usually employed in the manufacture of gas. SPIRIT OF TilE PUBLT JOURNALS. THE " SATURDAY- liKVIEW" ON TILE MONEY-MAR KEL—A year .has just passed since the fall of fittat.cial panic s 'iNIIFS . our times Ov , -Tend, Gurnall Co. commence 1 the worst have producA . and, notwithstanding an ap i u r ent abundance of *capital, the effects of the crisis arc very far from having . been worked off. Thos, t couoinists who take into account . nothing whatever hut the law Of demand and supply Must be Somewhat trouble .I to explain the distrust which has lingered so long after the markets have recovered more than ordinarily favour able conditions. Mouey is to he had at three per cent. or less, the Bank has more bullion than it knows how to employ, the great majority of rotten companies and tottering firms must have been weeded out ; and yet securities of the highest cha racter fail to comman d t h e i r or di nary p r i ce , an d some which w ere once t h ought scarce l y i n f er i or t o Consols are n ow looked upou with a suspicion which a year ago would not h ave b een app li e d t o th e scr ip of the most utterly worthless association. At the same time, ordinary trade is dull beyond all prece dent when the prevailing rate of discount is consi dered, and indeed is less vigorous than it was even in the midst of last year's crisis. There has been enough of mismanagement, and sometimes of worse than mismanagement., in railway matters to account for some of the depreciation of ordi nary stocks, but only the continuance of ex- CCBSliro alarm- could have involved many thoroughly sound companies in the difficulties which have been brought about by the disinclination of the public to renew the debentures which were once the favourite security of the market. That even with money as plentiful as, the current rates would seem to show, it should be impossible for the soundest scheme. of joint-stock enterprise to be brought out with success, is perhaps intelligible enough, in the face of the mass of commercial cor ruption disclosed by the proceedings of hundreds of companies now' happily in course of winding-up. But the caution that now prevails is as fatal to com mercial progress as the reckless spirit which preceded the crisis, and it almost seems as if the true mean between foolish credulity and helpless timidity could never be preserved. It seems as if we were always either manufacturing the next crisis, or slowly re covering tone after the prostration of the last; and it would probably be quite as easy to judge of the state of commercial and monetary affairs from no other data than the severity of the last disturbance, and the time that has since elapsed, as it is to arrive at any safe conclusion from a mere know ledge of the relative demand and supply of money. The one happy circumstance of • the present time is the fact that every month places us further from the influence which originated all the evils experience justifies the ile considerable all l interval of years must c h o o m pe pl t a h in a e t d a of, wli pass before we need fear the recurrence of the periodical malady of trade. And of late there have been some indications of a decided improvement in the languid tone of commercial affairs. Exports, indeed, may be less than they were when our ghtbut this is a matter their causes slowly ; and i t n rou w b h le ic s h we e r ff e ec attstlfollow e i there is no need to doubt that the present revival in the money-market, by the restoration of capital, will in due time produce its full measure of foreign trade. Whether joint-stock enterprise will ever recover any vitality until the commencement of a new epoch of wild speculation is much more doubt ful. There are times when no one will touch a share in a new company, and there are times when any sort of company, however absurd, can place its capital without the smallest difficulty; but it is very. rarely, and only for brief intervals, that the public has at once the sense . to eschew bubble spe culations and the courage to embark in legitimate undertakings. It is one •of the most lamentable features of the game of speculation that there is so little discrimination between good and bad ad venturers. Two or three years of extravag ant gambling lead to a crisis, and are followed by two or three years of sluggish abstention from a form of investment which, however discredited by its abuse, is the backbone of all the great enterprises of modern tunes. If anything great is done, it is a compthy that does it. 'lle world is covered with railways entirely by associated capital, except where Governments have taken the business of road-mak a. ing and traffic into their own hands. The audacious. enterprise of uniting England and America by a telegraphic cable has succeeded through the per a stency of a company, or rather a series of com panies, and it is well even now, when shares of all kinds are despised and depreciated, to remember that no substitute for joint-stock enterprise has yet been discovered, and the alarm which is the reaction from the follies of past years is itself preparing the way for an inevitable reaction in future. Still it may be long before the waters that have ebbed can resume their natural level, and it insist be expected that, of all the forms of property which have suffered from the crisis, share-property will be the list to recover the blow. This is not very material to proprietors who can wait, with something like certainty that no sound investment can fail, iu a few years, to com mand its market value, and in a few years more to be again inflated to some extravagant price, in com pany with a host - of spurious i m it a ti ons which will equally serve the purpose of the next great gambling crisis. The panic about railway debentures, as it is for the most part without foundation, ought to be especially short-lived. The worst of the railway companies will probably have their affairs adjusted upon such terms as plundered creditors and deluded shareholders may find it expedient to agree upon. Improved financial machinery will avert in future the pressure which even good companies hare felt when called upon to pay debentures, the power of renewing which at will had always been calculated on ; and as trade revives and population grows, and the lesson taught by adversity limit the ambition of Railway Boards, a period of gradually increasing traffic, and of peace and goodwillamong neighbouring companies, ought to last until the universal recovery shall once more stimulate the spirit of encroachment and specula tion. Whether the recovery may in any case be rapid or slow, it is tolerably certain that, in the absence of such misfortunes as bad harvests and foreign wars; trade must improve, railways prosper, and miscellaneous companies be once more recog nised as occasionally within the pale of legitimate investment. And ther:i is some reason to think that this improvement will henceforth be less tardy than it has hitherto seemed. Though in ordinary times political difficulties at home, and foreign wars in which we are not engaged, have a comparatively slight effect on commercial affairs, the dread of them is a powerful influence at a time when people are in a state of mind, and look rather at the gloomy threatenings than the brighter prospects of the future ; and it has seemed as of late as if the markets, struggling to recover from their long de pression, were kept down from day to day by the rumours of war abroad, and by agitation at home, which have been so rife during the present year. All at once war promises to make way for peace; even Mr. Walpole's blunders, however pregnant with future mischief, have failed to produce do mestic disturbance; the probability of getting the awkward Reform business finished this year is visibly increasing ; and a burst of glorious weather, just when it was most wanted, en courages th e h ope of se ai c n o o nary rdethalusually good h arvest. Th us a ll the influences of the market are for the moment working in a favourable direction ; and if this cheerful prospect should continue, it cannot fail to hasten the recovery from that state of uneasy stagnation which has survived the symptoms that originally justified it. It is not to be supposed that a shock so exceptionally severe as that of last year can fail to leave its mark upon the country for some time yet to come; butif we cannot look for unheard of expansion in trade, with all the apparent wealth that accompanies a period of inflation, everything points to steady, if not rapid improve ment, and to the restoration of credit upon a basis a good deal sounder, if somewhat less magnficent, than that which preceded the year - of collapse. A DOMESTIC ROMANCE.—On Monday last an in quest was held at Sheffield on the body of Samuel Platte, whose death took place under the following singular cir cumstances. About 17 years ago he deserted hig wife and family, and wont to America. A few years afterwards his wife was told that'll() had died, and as no tidings were re ceived from him it was supposed that this statement was true. Nothing more was heard of him till lust Thursday week, when he came to Sheffield from America, and made himself known to his wife, who was still living, and to his two children. Since his return he seems to have suffered a good deal of remorse for having left his wife and family, and he frequently told his wife that the day for amend ment was past. The night after his return home ho was taken ill, and gradually got worse till the following morn ing-, when he died. The result of a post mortent examina tion showed that he had died from taking a large quantity of powdered opium. The jury returned a verdict that the deceased died from poison administered by himself whilst in a state of unsound mind. Mr. Cartier, Attorney-General of Lower Canada, had an interview with lord Stanley at the Foreign (ghee on Tuesday last. OCEAN CABLES. to Ile English appe f rbi: in(i, satisfied tai s n silo i • r The scientific journ a l s o f A mer i ca are occup i ed in discussing an inve n ti on o f M r. Th omas Silver with t e i n e tly double increasingbut. e. for p!yitn.; out with perf e ct secur it y ocean ca bl es. o i t ) t lie l Jail to o j(ii u attention given o the telegraph communication with America. it is not so, however, on the - . other side. Bt,sides the Florida and Cuba and the Florida and Lisbon cables, a charter has just been granted by the New York Legislature to a company who propose laying a cable from New York to Brest. The American brain is busy devising schemes for laying new lines to connect New York with Europe. It is there thought that a cable of less diameter, cheaper in construction, capable of being laid by a smaller vessel than the Great Eastern, and therefore far less costly, could be carried across the Atlantic. In paying out such a cable two great difficulties would have to be overcome. In the first place, the thinner cable, which could be taken by a much smaller ves sel, woull be weaker, and more liable to part under the strain of a sudden jerk. In the second place, a smaller vessel would be less steady than the Great, Eastern, and more quickly acted on by the huge waves of the ocean. The attention, therefore, of scientific men has been drawn to devise some mechanical contrivance by which the pressure will be carefully regulated to the strength of the line. Captain S. Samuels, of New York, has patented an invention by which the cable will pass through an p s o te e m n e t r h n e , bottomwhere e re o t he f r t e h i e s vessel,least .ay between _ ing tube runs from this hole to the deck, on which the paying out machinery is placed, and serves both to exclude the water and prevent the bend of the cable in passing out from assuming too abrupt an angle. Mr. Silver's plan is given both by the Scienqfic American and the American Artisan at considerable length, and is well worth the space accorded to it. The latter journal states—" The machinery used from the first attempts to lay the cable of 1857 to the consummation in 1866 was partly subject to serious certain objections, and well calcu lated, in the opinion of many, to destroy the cable. The heavy weight of some hundreds of pounds used as a dynamometer that stretched the cable taut between two pulleys, restrained on the one hand by the break and On the other by the weight of the portion overboard, was an unfit load upon it at any time; but when the toss of a ship on a high sea drew upon the great length of it clinched by the water against prompt relief, the cable, of necessity, contended with counter restraint in this weight, and when an apparent dancing' would have been seen had a spring-balancebeen substituted for the weight, the latter served so arbitrarily to regulate the move ment of the cable that one unfamiliar with mecha nical CALM and effect would as little appreciate the frequent severity of strains imposed upon the rope as the variable forces of an engine that drives the fly-wheel imparting, from same principles, evenness of motion. Various proposed plans for avoiding the evil effect of a rough sea upon the cable have been the subjects of English and American patents." The Scientific American says :—" Should a fisher man, whose float is some distance from the end of his rod jerk - up suddenly a portion of his line that. may have sunk between himself and the float, the resistance of the water to the movement of the slender line will bend his pole, and the writer has in his experience broken his fishing tackle without gaining a fish. The generality of ships are liable to pitch and tumble at sea, and even the Great Eastern can perform a " grand swing." Thezie movements, which are irresistible, or even a violent cross sea, are severe on a cable of any ordinary thickness, which, on the other hand, is subjected in its movements frequently to some miles of friction in the water, and much of it at great depth. Being liable to the strains and tension of these contending mechanical and elementary forces and resistances, a cable needs to be paid out from some contrivance that will yield readily and neutralise their effect." The details of the new invention are thus given : —Mr. Thomas Silver, of New York, exhibits a working model, which is a modification of one plan of his marine engine governors, that demonstrates the paying-out of a cable automatically without re ference to the speed of a ship, in quantity adaptable to the various depths of the sea, and registers the weight hanging upon the ship at all times, and can be arranged for drawing a profile of the bottom; by the same apparatus, also, drawing in for the purpose of repairing can be accomplished without a possible overstrain upon the cable ; in short, as it is not within human control to select to any cer tainty suitable weather for the purpose, the appa ratus is prepared for all probable or even possible contingencies in the laying submarine cables. The paying -out is performed from a drum of suit able diameter, around which the cable is wound a sufficient number of times to prevent slipping, but instead of the periphery of the drum being flat, and using as heretofore a so-called: knit to force the coils of the cable laterally to prevent its overriding itself, or a duplicate drum to control its direction, the drum in the present case has a crescent or semi circular groove, on to one side of which the cable is guided, from where it naturally creeps to the lower part of the crescent and prevents the possibility of overriding itself. The shaft on which this drum is keyed is geared by means of a system of differen tial through coiled springs, with a f r iction-clutch h actin ; gearingioecor break that may be made to limit e tn the degree of resistance considered prudent to re strain the cable ; and a dial is moved with the ac tion of the springs to indicate exactly the weight of cable suspended overboard. When paying -out, the drum is allowed to turn only in the paying-out di rection ; any slack of cable that may accrue from the sudden lifting and fall of the stern of the ship, or lateral blow of a sea, will be absorb , :d by the for ward movement of the vessel. At the stern of the vessel the cable passes over a shieve and through a tube widened horizontally at the bottom end, the tube being attached to a rock shaft which serves as the axle of the shieve, and its position being controlled by the varying angle at which the cable may be running out. The oppo site end of the shaft, which is rocked by the motion of the above tube, moves a pointer that indicates to the engineer in charge of au adjustable governor that limits the egress whether the cable is running out too slack or too taut, so that he may adjust the governor accordingly, and this avoids the ne cessity of any consideration as to the speed of the ship. In case of hauling in cable, steam or other power is applied to a shaft carrying a pinion that gears into the differential arrangement, and, while it turns the drum and winds inward, the latter may, never theless, cease its motion when the cable reaches its limited strain, or will even allow it to run out again rather than it shall be injured, reassuming its in ward motion again as soon as the cable is relieved, the engines or driving power working on in the meantime irrespective of the action of the drum. It was the want of an equivalent device to this for hauling in, that the cable of 1865 was lost, but it is of the first importance that means be employed in paying out that will avoid the damage that causes the neessity for hauling in. It is to be hoped that the different submarine cable companies now organising may appreciate the danger of a fatal moment to their undertakings, and will employ the best appliances of any kind to i secure success. Although it is prudent to select the. most favourable season of the year for the work, it is quite clear that the dangers of stormy weather may be greatly diminished, and also the I I necessity for the use of a Great Eastern, may be obviated. The New York Senate has passed the eight-hour law by a vote of 22 to 5. The Assembly has passed a bill giving to all new railroads 0 miles jength built in tho Ptata $5,000 per mile, ROYAL LONDON EICBT CLUB. The opening trip of this great and prosperous club took place on Saturday, when several yachts rendezvoused at Erith Pier at 10.30 a.m. The Wolverine, 50 tons, a twin screw, Major Brandram, carried the commodore's flag ; Oak Apple, 36, rear-commodore's; the Circe, 120 tons, Geo. Harrison ; the Eva, 22, Messrs. Lowe and Bulmer (who, by the bye, found us a berth and gave us a splendid sale) ; the Patsie, screw, 26, Cr. W. Morris ; the Amazon, 46, 11. F. Smith ; the Poryne, 56, T. Grooves, and a host of others. With a fair wind they left Erith at 11 o'clock, and cruised as far as Hole Haven, some going below the Chapman, and returned to Gravesend at 5 o'clock, Dinner was served at the Union Yacht Club-house at 6 o'clock "a la Rune," and gave every satisfaction, as did the wines, &c. The commodore, Andrew Arcedockne, Esq., was in the chair, supported by Messrs. Charlewood (rear), J. F. Belaney, and Major Brandram on the left, and Messrs. C. F. Farmer, Eagle (treasurer), &c., on the right. After dinner the usual toasts were given. The club was shown to be in a very flurishing condition, and the members were assured that they had only to stand by their officers to meet with every success. A pleasant evening was spent. WORKING MEN'S COLLEGE ROTVING CLUB. On Saturday afternoon last a sculling race in connection with this club took place in the presence of a strong muster of the friends and members of the college, among whom for some time past it has excited great interest. The course was from Putney-aqueduct to Hammersmith bridge. The stations were as follows --Mr. J. Francis, Middlesex; Mr. George Powsland, centre; and Mr. Staley, the Surrey side. After seine little delay an even start was effected, Mr. Francis, from the Middlesex station, getting rather the best of it. Opposite Simmonds's boat house he showed in front by nearly a quarter of a length, Powsland and Staley rowing scull and scull, until passing Bishop's-creek, where the latter, putting on a spurt, took the lead, which he increased at the Crab-tree by about a length. Here a slight foul was occasioned by Powsland's rowing across the aft of Staley's boat, but, being ordered by the umpire to row on, Staley, getting clear, gradually increased his leak to the finish, winnig by about three lengths. Time, 10 min. 10 sec., with indifferent tide and cross wind. Francis having slipped a scull was out of the race half-way. The race was for a handsome prize, the gift of the committee. Mr. A. Naughty, the captain of the club, officiated as starter and umpire, in a four manned by J. Gratton (stroke), G. Godfrey, 0. Benton, and H. Meech. A SWEEPSTAKES BILLIARD TOURNAMENT.—As there is a very general desire to see the representative billiard-players of England, France, and America—John Roberts, Charles Burger. and Joseph Dion—come together; and as experience has shown that there is little likelihood of either French or English player meeting the American singly, why cannot Dion, who has twice proposed to play Roberts or Burger at three established games of billiards (English, French, and American) offer to play both of them in a tournament for the championship of the world? The stake might be $15,000 in gold a piece, as Dion has stipu lated in his last cartel to Roberts, or more, or even less. We commend the suggestion to the consideration of the three 'great players, but most of all to the clubs of London and Paris, as it is only through the agency of the latter that an international contest can be Lrought about. — Wilkes' Spirit of the Times. THE DEATH OF ELIJAH SIMMONS.—We are sorry to have to announce the death of Elijah Simmons, of Albany. He was a well-known citizen, an upright man, and a gallant sportsman. Years ago he was one of the owners of the fatuous trotting-horse Mac, who was cele brated on the turf in connection with Tacony.-11ete York paper. ATHLETIC GATIIERISGS.-Several athletic meet ings are announced. The most important aro the follow , ing; - The Civil Service, long known as the most success ful of all London meetings, and which, held on the 17th and 18th May, at Beaufort [louse, offers an open 600 yards, for which six of the best amateurs of the day, viz., Messrs. Colbeck(L.A.C.), flogarth (Liverpool), Chinnery(L.A.C.), Willoughby (L.A.C.), Iloare (Tuubridge), and Collett i (L.A.C.), have entered, and will probably finish in the, order named; the Norwich Gymnastic Society's annual hurdleN () r vro and ed half lo ' r feteace s(;:ply10024; th yards,e 2CoaoutcyrabrudrsyhAutrhdlleetst,c asnpdorhtsalf(-ompeilne quarter mile and two miles handicaps), on the 11th of June, yards South f h ,s i ) g , h on 15th of June; the National Olympian for very valuablejumprpizaensd; 3thoe g, gymnasticss, ; fi C a lu t b ha (o u pg e n ,, 26, and 27 ; and the Association Festival at Birmingham (open 100 yards, 200 yards, half mile, mile, and two miles races, and competi -1 a ti c o . n , s fo a r t jumping, wrestling, only), wres t o li n ug iu fe n n e ci 2 7, i l a e l l fl o a p t 0 a n n ), d o la n u trhd swimming e - G r t a h e e r j s au , c ley h s. a l l v f e - Tr tn eh i efi l exLeaodnndodnomnii_il Friday d f l t ht a y- t Manchester Athletic Festival (220 yards flat an d h ur dl e races, 120 yards flat, four leaps ; a mil e s t eep l ec h ase , l q .a u e a e r s t : sz r- e n . i , t le o ti t c ak C e lu p b t a m e e e n o i b n e r t s h ' e 25th of July, at Toddington. The distance will bo 200 yards (non-winners only), and a half -omile handicap. There will also b 3 a diving competition. The news from Buenos Ayres and the River Plate is interesting and important. Everything wasgoins I o n most satisfactorily at Buenos Ayres, and by the vast increase of colonisati on, an d t h e i ntro d uc ti on of British and European capit a l , it was expected that the rise of that republic would soon be as rapid as that of the United States. Numerous emigrants, and of the best character, were arriving by every mail from Great Britain, Ireland, and the countries of Europe, and the new land law was coming into operation, embracing and accomrlishing the double purpose of enabling emigrants to make investments with great advantage to themselves, and at the same time also benefiting the government by immediately filling its coffers and prospectively improving and enriching the country. The best proof of the continuance of public ?onefid dence which had so long existed was the _c t o ch t had rise in price of the national bonds, which the 26th March by the last mail, being on _ . it doing a good from 55 to 57. The niilways Were a T td . advanced 6 or 7 per cent. since the w advices prevailed in the wool market, and cow great animation fortnielit from $122 to I hides had risen during during the node to subscribe fol. , business on the sailing of the packet. rt e was brisk $l4O currency. An offer hard been cent. stock (with ' perbank. . the whole of the loan at par in a the privilege in a certain comlitions of possessing few years) required by the Government to carry out its excellent plan i n regaid to the paper . dollar. The esta blishment of the Provincial Bank Exchange Office had effectually fixed the value of the paper dollar, so that pata bad ceased to be subjects of specu or two of the provinces tieltel:gruezliae::,lll3ys heattdrrdieLlliotluPetd-. clelf°t?oensii.nntnpl(ol.rilit'eaain(lc.ile.s t,nutitrnbnd:n::en; irnegtuhiereidntaerlii(t)trlowtehrietehte.oblbetopubt° which would have been done at once but for the ,d'stances to be traversed by the troops before arriv ing 8 t t h e sce ne of action. In one iblgtd'ulrolitvewliofiturtuolni.:l hie la t , l i i t e 6 E i a j t ' s o l s v t::lt l e a d i l ih i l u a: g t i ce, schemes for more rapid colonisation, and the develop_ on the ground that t 'l h ' ehtPreo'ffvnerseudonileedwitsit(i)ofniomfP:hretaU"n°itefdroSulta te ll ; f s o l' r at f immediate which could alone have of ar The discipline and general peace between the allies and Paraguay, woalci,lported excellent, and position. w m a r s . \ a y bo as u h t b to m i .n n , v h ad ad e been beneficial to Lopez. condition of the allied army therefore,th e Brazilian i. 0 b G a e b n i General Marshal oM t o tt n •sh t a i l li Paraguayan territory in a new P sons t e k d in e . eisive result takes place. The United States Minister, with the ent' The war would, and had had some inter viewsopinion that terms of generaliss i m o , At Buenos Ayres thewhich had favoured the visted the allied encampm ent, be in favour of peace peaceuniversal were on the eve of negotiation. with honour and credit to the whenever desire still continued to nit:IT:SI:1 abnedbwroittlghhstecaubr(i)tu: for the future against any invasion of their territories by Lopez. MEASURED MILE.-FULL BOILER POWER First Run.—'l'inie, 4 min. 6 sec. ; speed of the ship, 14.631 knots ; revolutions of engines, 61-5. Second Run.—Time, 4 min. 18 sec. ; speed of ship, 13-953 knots; revolutions of engines, 61-5. Third Ilan.—Time, 3 min. 58 sec. ; speed of ship, 15.126 knots ; revolutions of engines, 62-5. Fourth Run.—lime, 4 min. 30 sec. ; speed of ship, 13.333 knots ; revolutions of engines, 61-5. Fifth Run.—Time, 3 min. 53 sec. ; speed of ship, 15.450 knots ; revolutions of engines, 62. Sixth Run.—Tinie, 4 min. 35 sec. ; spied of ship, 13.043 knots ; revolutions of engines, 61-5. Steam pressure, 251 b. ; vacuum, mean, 25in. ; mean speed of the ship with full-boiler power, 14.357 knots ; indicated horse power of the en gines, 6,956. HALF BOILER POWER. First Run.—Time, 4 min. 20 sec. ; speed of ship, • 13.846 knots ; revolutions of engines, 49.5. Second Run.—Time, 6 min. 8 sec. ; speed of ship, 9.783 knots ; revolutions of engines, 50. Third Run.—Time, 4 min.l.9 sec. ; speed of ship, 13.900 knots; revolutions of engines, 49.5. Fourth Ruu.--Time, 6 min. 14 sec. ; speed of ship, 9.890 knots; revolutions of engines, 50. Mean speed of the ship with half boiler-power, 11.897 knots. As soon as the ship had her last run with half-power over the mile she was steamed out from ~pithead until outside the Nab Light, and with Dunnese-held broad on her beam, when she was put through her circling exparhnents, there not being sufficient space for the purpse between the shoals inside the island. Two circles were first taken with full-boiler power : Helm aport.—Relieving tackles on the tiller with 60 men, 30 on each side. Men at wheel, 18. Helm up in 1 min. 7 sec., 31 turns of wheel ; angle of rudder, 40 deg. Half-circle made in 3' min. 21 sec. Full circle, 7 min. 19 sec. Revolutions of engines on circle, 55. Helm to starboard.—Without the aid of relieving tackles.—Men at wheel, 18. Helm up in 2 min. 20 sec., 21 turns of wheel. Angle of rudder, 23 deg. Half-circle. made in 3 min. 50 sec. ; full circle in 7 min. 38 sec. Revolutions of engines on at three circle, 55. Hydraulic steering Apparatus.—Three sec., menree the; upper deck lever. Helm up in 31 turns of wheel. Angle of the rudder, 33 deg. to 37 deg. Half-circle made in 3 min. 39 see. ; full circle in 7 min. 4 sec. ; revolutions of the engines on the circle, 55. With half-boiler power the half-circle, helm to port, was male • in 3 min. 21 sec., and the full in 6 min. 41 sec. With helm to starboard the time was, half-circle, 3 min. 52 sec. ; full, 7 min. 38 sec. The l as t ex p er i men t ma d e was in testing the action of the engines in answer to any sudden and unexpected order. , They were stopped from full speed ahead •in 13 seconds, started ahead to full speed in 19 seconds, and reversed to full speed astern in 11 seconds. This concluded the day's trials. The magnificent machinery of the ship acted . perfectly from first to last, and in a manner that must be highly gratify ing both to the contractors and the Admiralty. The temperature was very high below, the f we stokehole thermometer recording from 135 deg. to their maxi mum point, 142 deg. The after stokehole was 120 deg . to 135 deg.., and the engine-room reached 108 deg. The ship was under the command of Capt. Jamcs G. Goodenough, fiat , - captain to bear- Admiral F. Warden, C. 8., but the trials were made under the ; superintendence of the Captain of the Steam • Re serve of the port. Mr. J. Harding, Trinity and Queen's pilot, piloted the s hi p . Mr. Mathews and Mr. Anderson, of the firm of John Pe ad nn and Son, the makers of the ship's machinery, Dial charge of the engines during the trials. Mr. E. J. Reed, the Chief Constructor of the Navy, was on board dur- , ing the full-boiler power trials over the measured mile. The Minotaur anchored at Spithead after her trials had been concluded for the night, but on Saturday morning, soon after daylight, she steamed into Portsmouth harbour again to complete some fittings by the shipwright department, &C., prepara tory- to entering actively upon her duties as the flag- Ch a nnel squadron for 1867, ship of the British r.