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Lumley's 01 REF PROPERTY r.‘l, LEITER," coutatnieig-it*ried aglection tiers I. anded and house propertes now- in tfie market, Irdm „,,,_obleman's mansion. with its manorial domain, to the with its few acres. bp',OPNERS OP PROPERTIES WiShiag to Sell or Let can em traoerciesthe opportunity that the mediurn of this . Register p B , by sending' the particulars of their properties to the ' a te Offices, 67, ChancPry-lane, London, as the MesSrs. Laniley can in most cases introduce immediate customers, ~."P the property is of an elHble character, thereby Field the disadyantito - es of delay and its attendant incon 'Men". Ti TER °I the: P; NO CHARGE incurred, unless a tent or abduction is introduced through Messrs. Lumley 's Agency, only the usual moderate COMMiFsion. A uction and Land Offices, 67, Chancery-lane, London. THE SUN, LONDON, THUBSDAY EVENINGS DECEMBER 24, 1863, PRICE..... -...4d. STAMPED ....sd. N°. 22,307. lIINAHAN'S LL WHISKY v. COGNAC BRANDY. This celebrated Old IRISH WHISKY rivals the finest FRENCH BRANDY, It is Pule, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. Sold in Bottles, 3s. Sd., at the Retail Houses in London ; by the Agents in the principal towns in England ; or wholesale at of the Peninsula and the Pyrenees, as well as those subsequent to 1810, and remained in the Portuguese service until 1820, when be retired with the rank of major-general. In 1821 he was appointed to the command of the 75th Foot, and he continued in that post until 1824, when he sold oat. In 1827, when Don Miguel took possession of the throne of Por tugal, Sir John Campbell warmly espoused his cause. He was a Knight of the Order of the Tower and Sword of Portugal. He married, first, in 1816, Dona Maria Brigida do Faria and Lacsrdo, of Lisbon; and, second, in 1842, the relict of Major. Ganeral Sir Alexander Dickson, K.C.B. FURNITURE, CARPETS, BEDDING, and FLOORCLOTH, CARRIAGE-FREE to any house in he kingdom, regardless of amount or dis ',mice. 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This costly work also contains complete estimates fur furnishing on the following revised shale ; _ _ FURSUAN l' to a Decree of the High Court of Chancery, made in a cause MORRIS against PITT MAN, The Creditors of and Incumbrancers on the real Estate of William Carlile, late of Bow-lane, in the City of London, warehouseman, who died in or about the month of August, 1853, are by their Solicitors, on or before the x3l day of January, 1864, to come in and provs their debts and claims at the chambers of the Master of the Rolls, in the Rolls Yard, Chancery-lane, Middlesex, or in default thereof they will be peremptorily excluded from the benefit of the said decree. WEDNESDAY, the 27th day of January, 1864, at Twelve o'clock at noon, at the said Chambers, is appointed for hear ing and adjudicating upon the claims. Dated this 23d day of December, 1863. GEORGE HUME, Chief Clerk. ASITURST, MOP. ItIS, and KNIGHT 6, Old Jewry, London, Plaintiff's NORTH BRITISH AND MERCANTILE INSURANCE COMPANY. FIRE DEPARTMENT.—SPECIAL NOTICE. Thi s Company is now prepared to ISSUE POLICIES for Insurances in the Port of London at the reduced "'", , e of rates. It l ' a ree r ticulars may be had at the Offices, 28, Threadneedle t. R, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, W. Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded "Kinahan's LL Whisky." ►I'IHE best TROUSERS for gentlemen to wear Fi are those frlad. - by ELSTOB, of 60, New Bond-street. They are neither so low in price as to necessitate their being carelessly put together, nor so dear as to gain only the wealthy purchasers. "In medio tutleimus ibis." ELSTOB'S TROUSERS, TWENTY-ONE SHILLINGS PER PAIR. NEW PATENT THE E. , KNEE-CAPS, tte., for Varicose Veins andal\Tl-1 eaGseso; LASTIC STocx 'W ca _ ~,, auess and Swellin7 of the Legs, Sprains, moo, c 'f_h_eY are 47", light in texture, and inexpensive, and are __ .an ordinary stpeking. I'rioe la. 61, 78 . 611 , 10s.'' I t I n- °n 'kin. Postage 6d. I t) IG, ___ JOHN WHITE, Manufacturer, 22.5. Piccadilly. RUE MEDAL -INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1862. 1111 ANCIS TUCKER & CO., Wax Chandlers, &C., To the Quten and the P. ince of Wales. (Established 17?0.) t e T r he Jurors' Report on Wax and Church Candles, in 1862. rifles to 'he excellence of the quality of Messrs. Tuckers' ~ a bufaeture. Dkrnitary, in a letter addressed to Francis .cter an d C o., on the subject of WAX CANDLES with PLATTED WICKS, Ws : .whit,i,have found them fully equal to the recommendation recom rnen-',. You gave them, and can sincerely, in my t„,, , h , ' them to the clergy tor the use of the altar. Clia est quality, with Platted Wicks, patented.. 2s. 2d, per lb 'nary quality .. .. •• • • 2.. ed. per lb. V EGETABLE CANDLES, with a Mixture of Wax. hest quality .. .. .. is. lid. per lb. ql.olld qu a l ity • • • • .• per lb. •• •• •• e ir d q u a , y .. •••• . .. .. .. Is. ld. per lb. atria ge Paid in London on Orders of Five Pounds in value. t, FRANCIS TUCKER AND CO., South Molton-street, Grosveno--square. 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Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., A WOMAN'S By P. W. ROBINSONR,ANSOM. Author of " Grandmother's Money," &c. " ' A Woman's Ransom' will fascinate the attention of the reader to the very end."—John BulL Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough street. Now ready, illustrated by Millais, ss. bound, CHEAP EDITION OF LOST AND SAVED, ‘..) by the Ron. Mrs. NORTON, forming the New Vo'ume of "HURST and BLACKETT'b bTANDARD LIBRARY." reAreeltenetfltylth . a brave - Um' speaking Ilirougii it. It Is Mrs. Norton's best prose work."—Examiner. sing •ateB is of one. 320 r 30 ;to' cter. t the bale, peas at a last Is of .Red 7, 65 d to Offices—No. 4, Abzhurch-lsne. s . di 13 0 - 0 _. 0 - 0 20 0 23 0 ;xlB' ; d 111 nda' _....0 ---...... alit/ . of a Nr o . reat, of * E a st Id of ?LC*? titer, e , to [. W. rles- C.S., alto. itor, Fall, tags let, ...... ------ 'XS ,11 9, ty ( f IMPERIAL LIFE INSUR (NOE COMPANY No. 1, Old Broad-street, London, E.C. Instituted 1820. t r ,„ . __ HENRY DAVIDSON, Esq., Chairma n. wARD HENRY CHAPMAN, Eq., Deputy-Chairman. t l ar ad in t l o B6 l 6 `h . ,ttisurances effected before the 31st J4nuary, 1861, will be ree Ycars' Additions in the Profits to be de- SAMUEL INGALL, Actuary. NORWICH UNION FIRE INSURANCE SOCIETY. NOTICE.—CHRISTMAS RENEWALS. Rercantile and Dock Insurances at the reduced rates. The business of the Company exceeds £70,000,000. T 'l6h e duty paid to Government for the year 1862 was J t, 0,086 2, 332 the amount insured on farming sto ck, and r a „„bolltte of three-fifths of the profits periodically made to , 11 :! , ies insuring, who have thus, from time to time, received 4,8 large in te agegate to L 410,000 ; and the Society We holds a Resry applicable to a future Bonus. tth-jhe rates of remium rincip are in offices case higher than those ns P;ed by the o p ther pal making no retur to ' , l' insurers. tt. l'O r Pro ;pectuses apply at the Society's Offices, Surrey- Wet, Norwich ; and 6, Crescent, New Bridge-street, Black- LAST AND WEST INDIA DOCK COMPANY. • lac COURT of DIRECTORS of the East and West India Company hereby vivo Notice, that a Hp-yearly Court 'nneral Meetino• of the said Company will be . heid, pur tiant to the directions by the Act Ist and 2d William IV., 452. at the Dock Souse. Ba, nil titer-square, on FrIDAI. of .ht wiry, 1864. which Ivieetnkfr Diltdend acciired on tho Cipital i'teck of the Company fOrthe '''4- year ending the 31st fist. By order of the Court. GEORGE COLLIN, Secretary. Fast and West India Dock lioase, 8, Bllliter-square. 21st December, 1163. •—•—The Chair will be taken at Two o'clock precisely. THE CONSOLIDATED DISCOUNT (The COMPANY (Limited). -e Directors reserve to hemselves the right of changing the name of the Company.) To be incorporated tinder "The Companies Act, 1562," by Which the Liability of each Shareholder is limited to the amount of share. Capital £1,000,000, in 20,000 Shares of £5O. 'first issue, 10,000 shares. Deposit on application £1 per share, and £2 on allotment. No future call to exceed £5 p?r share, and at inter:als of not less than three months. It is not intended to call up more than £2O per share. DIRECTORS. 'OrEre Walter Constable, Esq. (Messrs. Henderson and Con etable,, Cannon-street. e °rge Denny, Esq. (Messrs. George Denny and Co.), Great Helen's. Wi lliam Little, Esq., Director of the Cape Town Railway. "Lb- M'Arthur, Eso. (of the firm of Wm. and Alexander el'Arthur, Australian Merchants), 46, 3looate-treet. • Sargood, Esq. (Messrs. Sargood, liar:, rg and s Sargood), it t ,Lendon and Melbourne. raas Shenherd Richardson, Esq., Director of the Buenos J Yrs and River Plate Bank. es Thompson, Esq. (Messrs. Le Gros Thompson and *rfol, Gutter-lane. .14 101 Fraser Sandeman, Esq. ikb Old. Manners Sanderson, Esq. Messrs. Sandeman & Co. uel Baker, Esq. * Committee of Mancement. BANKERS. The London and Westminster Bank. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Sole, Turners, and Hardwick. J 13ROXERS. Shepherd, Esq., A u ction Mart, Bartholomew -lane. 41 111 ell 8 r ra.Eandeman and Dobree, 2, Royal Exchange-buildings, PROSPECTUS. % I n forming this Company the Directors have secured the wi ° Peration of Messrs. Sandeman and Co., of Abchurch-lane 0 , ctse vvell-known and lonot-established business it is the `:.l t let of this Company to take up and develope. 41 ;eo n h e u_n o b m u p A a n n e y s v . ill conduct all the operations of ordinary to. has terms on which the buliness of Messrs. candem . an and been purchased justify the Directors in anticipating e ,P.r o fit of at least 10 per cent. per annum on the paid-up e ti ,., r e Company will take possession of the premises now oc ,ittled by Messrs. Sandeman and Co., as from the ist day of ft -ilu arY, an the business of the Company will commence 'lra that day. Promotion money has or will be paid, and the expenses be strictly confined to the necessary pAyments. t b l :ZsPectuses and forms of applications for shares may be ( )s the (2d . at the Offices of the Company, of the Brokers, and t 6 licitors. lotted than he r n e nt i r e n event of no allotment being made the deposits will able tow: In full should a less number of shares be al any, returned Are applied for, the dep,sit will be made avail the payment on allotment, and the balance, if ed to the applicant. FORM OF AppLi(!ATION FOR SIIARES. To the Directors of the Consolidated Discount Company (Limited). i tG ent,emen,---Havin, I request_ y3u p to al a d llo to t incYhares in the me . Bankers the sum of Consolidated Discount Company (Limited), ani I hereby f l ares o become a member ot the Sootily, and to accept such or An less number that may be allotted to me ; and you to place rny name on the Register of Members 'u re s p ec t of the shares allotted to me. I am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant. Name in full Address Usual signature Date ILI S. D.—The ELECTRO-PLATED GOODS 1 , • are coming to one of the L a rge East - end Drapery kl t ahlis nreditch hments.—EDWAitD: LLOYD and CO., 74, t tc.. _ V6PECTACLES.—The Patent Newly-invented f o b„ i Tinted Spectacles are patronised by the maj o rity of the f)ty, includin ,, Viscount Palmerston. They afford extra oTrlary re .ief to weak, die, and defective Tisiori.—S. and B Opticians, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. lINNKRUPTCY AND COMPOSITIONS.— tit v Mr. WETIIERFIELD. Solicitor, 35, Moomate-street, Altj YRACTPIES in COURT, and effects PRIVATE uIe t ZiNGE3IENTS with creditors, without publicity. ttlr c '; eB , the 1 3 west possible, payable by instalments. Conn lises economically conducted. Di v — DEBTS recovered on commission, free of law co sts. Det s :ree and Probate business conducted at moderate ex- 3 14 TO CURE NO PAY.—The Pr"-eminent success /''LEN.attendinfr the use of KERSHAW'S VOLTAIC cur of BELT, novel in principle and action, the bo n , - nervous and muscular affections, admits of its sale b e Oinade dependent upon verified efilmey. A new Belt can n eu . 4,l 4 3n trial for a month, free of charge, for rheumatism, lu n ,`,a , gla, sciatica, epilepsy, nervous debility, paralysis, ap r , t rgo, tic doloureux, bronchial cough, asthma, spasms, ou ß ' n s , indiaestion, inactive liver, &c. By the mild confirm -I,,,,,lectrie current evolved, exhausted vital enerzzy is dace- ZrY fettered. Prices, 58. to 15s. each ; for extreme cases, 1, e di ng to sire and power. Testimonials sent free.—Depot, ro oked -lane, Kinz William-street, City. N ItUP TURES.—BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. V RITE'S MOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS I , ,xn, (PERFECTED AND EXHIBITED IN TIIE GREAT Two BITIONS OP 1851 AND 1862), is allowed by upwards of 4f.' w Hundred Medical Gentlemen to be the most e ff ective ilention in the curative treatment of 11 EItN I A. .." e h erce ~ofoladsteel spring, so often hurtful in its effects, body, whil v e tn i i —a B the ott bandage being worn round woo -ml 2, p m arequisite resisting power is supplied by th M cl o . enes . th cia Patent Lever, fitting, with so much ease during sleep. truss, which cannot 411 A de tt cannot be detected, and may be worn t r ive circular may be had, and the Oumference of the body, tiv tit, forwarded by post, on the cir sent to the maaufseturer, 0 inches below the hips, being Mr. WRITE, 225, pi A. Single Truss, 165., 21e., 26 e. ed., ° " (1111 3% A Double Truss, 31s. 6d., 42 8. 8 ...,ead 31s. 6d. Postage, is. Is. 10d. An Umbilical Truss, 425. and si c - 6 ' c t ' 11 `;; 6 d. Postage, is Bd. Post-office Orders to be made payable to John ( nee, PiocadillY. Joha White, Post- Hurst and Blackctt, 13, Great Marlborough-street, Now ready, decoy Bvo., with Forty-five fine illustrations, 215., A PEDESTRIAN JOURNEY in CASHMERE and TRIBE r. By Captain KNIGHT, 98th Regiment. "A welcome and valuable addition to our records of daring travel."—Saturday Review. " A delightful niary of travel."—Press. " Supersedes all former works on this subject, and com pletes them."—Dublin Evening Mail. Richard Bentley, Publisher in Ordinary to Her Majesty. NoncE.—CHARLES READE'S Great Story of " HARD CASH" is now Ready, in 3 Volumes, post Bvo., cloth, 31s. 6d., and may be obtained at any Library or Bookseller in the Kingdom. London : Sampson Low, Son, and Marston, 14, Ludgate hill. A GIFT BOOK FOR ALL SEASONS AND FOR ALL TIMES. Now ready, a quaint little Vol., square 12m0., containing Nine Puotographic Illustrations and various Ornamenta tions to each page, in binding of an Elizabethan stamp, price Me Shillings, THE SEVEN AGES OF MAN. Described by IVILLT.Am SHAKESPEARE. Depicted by ROBERT -- , .311RRE. L. Booth, 307, Regent-street, W. NEW ENGLISH DICTIONARY. Just published, with above 800 Engraving 3 on Wood, in one large vol. silver royal Bvo., cloth, 255., THE COMPREHENSIVE ENGLISH DICTIONARY —Explanatory, Pronouncing . , and Ety mological. By JOIIN OGILVIE, LL.D.. EdII4 T of the Imperial Dictionary. The pronunciation by Richard Cull, F.S.A. The work may be had also with Eighteen Supplementary Engravings on Steel, 30s. hackie and Son, 44, Paternoster-row. London ; and sold by all Bookseilers. T HE TEETH, as Supplied by NATURE and Preserved by ART. By AI. C. ROGERS, 11.R.C.5., Surgeon-Dentist. London: 18, New Burlington-street, W. BEAUTIFUL FOR EVER. MADAME RACHEL ON "FEMALE GRACE AND BEAUTY." Just published, ABOOK CIF BEAUTY, By Madame RACIIEL. To be had at 47A, New Bond-street. Price 2s. 6d. ER A d T H E RI , S S T r u r A Y S ' MAJESTY'STHEATRE. The Lessee and Director bees to announce that a Grand Performance of the MESSIAH will take place THIS EVENING, December 24. Principal Vocalists—Madlle. Titiens (most positively her last appearance previous to her dep,rture for Italy), Miss Lascelles, r. Wilbye Cooper, and Mr. Sautley. Conductor, Signor A rditi. The Baud (selected from the Orchestra of Her Majesty's Theatre and the Sacred Harmonic Society) and chorus will e~nsist of 30 Performers. Prices :—Gallery, 2s. ; pit, :is.; dress circle, 7s. ; upper box seats, is ; pit stalls, hall-a-guinea ; private boxes, from one to three guineas. Doors open at half-past scyen, Commence at eight o'clock precisely. Boxes, stalls, and pla^es may be obtained at the Box-office of the Theatre, open daily (under the superintendence of Mr. N agent) from ten till five. T H E 0 X F OR D, e, OXFORD STREET, W. THIS EVENING, will be performed Selections from the following Operas, viz., THE SLAVE, and CLARA, the MAID of MILAN, by Sir 11. Bishop; also, from LA FORZA. DEL DES IINO Verdi ; by the following talented artistes —Misses Russell, Townley, Fitz Henry, ‘l , :dmsley, Tyrrell, and Elbson ; Messrs. Green, Huish, Kimberley, Stuart, &c. Also, Solos on the Violin by VIO COLLINS, the celebrated English Violinist. Flute by Drew Dean. Pianoforte, Miss Bryant. And the marvellous instrument, the ORCHESTRAL PIANO, by Herr SCHALKENBACH, the Inventor. Comedy, by UNSWORTH ("or any oiiier man "), Eugene, W. Randall, W. T. Critchtield T. M a clagan, and the marvel lous Gymnast, J. H enderson. In rehearsal, and will be prodaced on Christmas E e, sup ported by the entire company, a new and original Cantat entitled "King Christmas," written by Litchfield Moseley, Esq., and composed by W. Meyer Lutz, expressly for the estab:lshrnent. Director, Mr. F. Jonghmans. pOLYTECHNIC.—Patrnn : Hit H. the PRINCE of WALES.—The Ghost Effects and Spectral Illusions, being Professor Pepper's adaptation of the original and most startling Illusion of Henry Dircks, Esq., C.E.—The Illustrated Fairy Tales—The Shadow Pantomime—The Christmas Tree—The Improved Chinese Fireworks. The Entertainments and Lectures provided this year are on the most liberal scale. POLYTECHNIC. —Patron H.R.H. the PRINCE of WALES,—Grand Juvenile Morning and Evening next Thursday, December 3 at, and Gratuitous Distribution of Thousands of Toys, Ornaments, &c., amongst the Juvenile visitors.—All the Amusements. The Fairy Tale The Shadow Pantomime -The Chinese Fireworks, &c. Open 12 to 5 and 7 to 10. 31ADAME TUSSAUD'S HISTORICAL GAL L E R Y— Established 28 Years at the Bazaar, Faker-street.—GßEAT ATTRACTION for the JUVE NILES DURING the HOLIDAYS. - The Sert-s of life size Models of the Kings of England, from the Conqueror to that of Her present Majesty, attired in the magnificent cos tumes of the respective periods, is now nearly complete ; and in the Chamber of Physiognomy are several new figures. .A omit ance le. ; Extra Rooms, (Id. Open on Boxing-day, from 11 a.m. till 10 p.m, OYAL AGRICULTURAL HALL, Islington. tl) Grand Christmas Entertainments on a sctle of magni ficence hitherto unattempted in this country, Immense as semblage of Metropolitan, Provincial, Continental, and Colonial Artistes in every class of Amusements. New deco rat'ons elegant fittings, and brilliant 0 BOXING-DAY this commodious hall will be OPENED with a selected and talented company of 350 Performers and nearly 100 Horses i nits lot brass-and steel armour, for the purpose of introdalng he most perfect Tournament ever arranged, vieing in splendour the olden sports of the "Field of the Cloth of Gold.' The Cirque will be represented by the first star riders in the world. 'the Hippodrome programme will include chariot races, steeplechases, Roman races on bare backed steeds, daring and graceful acts of equestrianism, great vaulting competition. assault of arms, comic scenes, and entertaining interludes. Crockett, the celebrated Lion King, who has been the great feature of attraction in Paris and other principal cities on the Continent for the last two years, will make his first appearance in London with his wonderful Troupe of Lions. A Grand Military Band of eo performers, selected from the principal Regiments of the Service, will be under the directi n of Mr. Hurd ; and WilLs's mam moth international I'rizc Organ, erected at an enormous cost, will be performer upon by a celebrated Organist. The whole of the extensive galleries will be appro , printed to promenades, first and second class refreshment saloons, bazaar, and fancy fair, wherein will be found every description of article suitable for presents or the decoration of Christmas-trees. The reading room will be supplied with newspapers and the leaning periodicals of the day. The hippodrome, which is 300 ft. long by 150 ft. wide, will be surrounded by seats for the accommodation of 10,000 per sons, and the additional resources of the ever .popular pro menade will give ample nom for at least 10,000 visitors. The refreshment saloons, which are situated in the first and second-class prcmenades, will be under the sup arintendenc3 of an able manager. Daily morning and evening performances will t ,ke place during the Christmas Holidays. For a detailed programme and lists of artistes see following advertisements. Prices of admission s—Reserved number ed stalls, 35.; raised seats, 28.; amphitheatre and first-class promenades, is.; bal cony and second-class promenade, 6d. Performances at half past two and half -past seven. Lessees, Messrs. Strange and Pulleyn. ROYAL AGRICULTURAL HALL , GRAND ROMAN AMPHITHEATRE and sports of the Arena. Gladiatorial, Gymnastic, and Equine Exercis9s, by P 0 male and female artistes. On BOXING. DAY, at half-past two and half 'past seven, ROYAL AGRICULTURAL HALL. MONSTER STEEPLE CHASE, CHARIOT RACING, and scenes on the mimic Race Course, by a field of 50 mounted male and female riders. On BOXING-DAY, at half-past two and half-past seven. ROYAL AGRICULTURAL HALL. MAGNIFICENT CHIVALRIC TOURNAMENT, emblematical of the Sports of the Ancients, with Cava'cade of the Queen of Beauty, Tilting, and tontest by the Knights in real Armour, DO mat , and female artistes and 100 horses. On BOXING-DAY, at half-past two and half-past seven. ROYAL AGRICULTURAL HALL. FRANK PASTOR, the justly celebrated Premiere horseman of America, in his wonderful Somersault Act. Oa BOXING-DAY, at half-past two and halt-past seven. DOYAL AGRICULTURAL HALL. ILL' Herr Herr WELLBY, the daring Equestrian, known as the Weird Horseman of the Prairie, on his bate-backed flying ste.td. On BOXING-DAY, at half-past two and half-past seven. A.T Christmas many suffer from INDIGESTION, and require some little assistance. PARR'S LIFE PILLS stimulate the digestive organs, and remove, without the slight est pain, uneasy or nauseous sensations, so familiar to those who have indulged a little too freely in good Christ mas fate. May be obtained of any medicine vendor, in boxes, is l e id, 28 Od; and in family packets, ns each. BEAUTIFUL WOMEN.—Alabaster Powder, and the Magnetic Rock Dew Water from Sahara. Cir cassian Bloom, Arabian Soaps, and Alabaster Liquid. These costly and inimitable toilet . . preparattons render the hair, teeth, and complexion beautiful beyond comparison.—Can be had only at Madame RACLIN:VS, 47A, New Bond-street, where she can be consulted daily. All communications are strictly confidential. ROYAL AGRICULTURAL HALL. Mr. JOHN HENDERSON, the eminent professor of the Corde Elastique. from Le Folle Dramatinue, Paris, On BOXING-DAY, at half-past two and half-past seven. ROYAL AGRICULTURAL HALL. Mr, ARTTI UR BARNES; the Champion Vaulter, who has accomplished the unprecedented fe t of throwing nearly 100 consec 'five somersaults. will appear, On BOXING-DAY, at half-past two and half-past seven. OYAL AGRICULTURAL HALL. The DELAVANTIS, in their unique and graceful per ormance on the Horizontal B r. On BOXING-DAY, at halt-past two and half-past seven, - 1D OYAL AGRICULTURAL HALL. JIM GREAT P R ENCFI CHALLENGE VAULTING ACT, by the Champion Vaulters ant Gymnasts of all countries,3 o in number. On BOXING-DAY, at half-past two and half-past seven. ROYAL AGRICULTURAL H ALL. ENGLISH CLOWNS, Parisian Grotesque, Italian Pierrots, Chinese Drolls, and Ancient Jesters, in the laugh able comic sketches, and mirth-moving . mimicry. On BOXING-DAY, at halt-past two and halt-past seven. ROYAL AGRICULTURAL HAL L. MadIIev.VALENTIA., SELINE, and AUGUSTI, from the Great Hippodrome, Paris. On BOXING-DAY, at half-past two and hal-past seven. ROYAL AGRICtJLTURAL HAL L. JOEL GHEE, the wonderful Trick Act Rider, will appear in the great sensation scene of the Cirque, in which he stands unriivalled. On BOXING-PAY, at half-past two and hall-past seven. ROYAL AGRICULTURAL HALL. Mons. HENRI FRANCONI, of the Cirque Napoleon, at I'aris (the only member of this ceb>brated family in Lou den), will introduce his beautiful and highly-trained palfrey, " Chanticleer." On 130XING-DAY, at half-past two and half-past seven. "THE GHOST CLUB" at the CANTERBURY HALL—New and Interesting Spectral Tableaux.—Mr. C. MORTON is enabled to announce that, throulli the medium of Professor Pepper's World of Shadows, a "GIIOST CLUB" is nightly held at the CAN TERBURY HALL. The object of the Club is not the re peopling of the Haunted Houses of London ; but, through the agency of Phantoms, to present vivid (it' transient) pictures of the drama of real life, both in its serious and mirthful aspects ; and, by means of spectral tableaux, to recall, and still further impress on the mind, some of the teachings or pleasantries of the best wr . ters. At pre sent, the two orders of Slavery—the Slavery of the South, and the "White" Slavery of a more boastful civilisation, receive emphatic Illustration ; and these life pictures will be rapidly replacel by oth. rs. The pages cf Shakspere and the elder Dramatists, of Scott, Hood, Ingoldsby, Dickens, &c., wi 1, in turns, furnish subjects for illustration. All the other Musical and Pictorial attractions as usual, including Operatic Selections, &c. ; Comedy by Unsworth (the modern Demosthenes), Eugene, George Hodson, E. Marshall, and George Ilutchenson. ROYAL AGRICULTURAL HALL. Mona. EDWARD and Madlle. ADELE, in the ele guilt, graceful, and rapid act, on two fleet course's, entitled "The Pursuit of the Sylph," On BOXING-DAY, at half-past two and half-past seven. ROYAL AGRICULTURAL HALL. M. and Signor FRANCATELLI will appear in the Hippodrome, each managing four bare-backed steeds, an performing the most daring feats in the " Contest of the Couriers." On BOXING-DAY, at half-past two and half-past seven. ptJOYAL ALHAMBRA.— CONTINUED and IMMENSE SUCCESS of FRANCONI'S CIRQUE IMPERIAL.—This Renowned Troupe, comprising the best Stud of Trick and Manage Horses in the "World - together with the First Star Male and Female Equestrians, Gymnasts, Clowns, and Van tern in either Hemisphere ' at tracts enthusiastic and delighted audiences nightly to this Magnificent Building, who behold with wonder ind admira tion the Marvellous Feats of this far-famed Company. Change of Programme Nightly. Morning Performances, Mondays, Wednesda3 s, and Saturdays, at TA o. Two Grand Performances on Boxing Day, viz , Two and Half-past Seven. Admission—Private boxes, one guinea ; Reserved seats, 35.; Stalls and Balcony, 2s. ; Pit and Promenade, ls. ; Gallery, 6d, Box-office open doily. from m M a o d n r d i a d y , , th D e ec G . r 2: a s t t e , slitristtidaeprpoertahnecaegoef. M. Jules Perez, ARGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street, Piccadilly. During the Concerts given by Mons. JITLLIEN, at Her Mitiegty's Theatre, the BALL will commence EVERY EVENING at NINE O'CLOCK. Doors open at 8 o'clock. Admission, Is. Manager—M. GRENET. 29, GEORGE -STREET, HANOVER-SQUARE. T H E LONDON ANATOMICAL MUSEUM. Open daily f rom 10 till 10. L ectures a t 4 an d 7 o'clock. Wh ere may be seen the Astecs ; Bushman and 7iame iie se Ji,rwiaiilnsastrana and Infant; Eng and Shang, the SP and upwards of 3,090 Models, Natural Pre parations, & Egyptian Mummies, unwrapped, 4,000 years old. Admission, One bhillin,g (tor Gentlemen only). TOYAL AGRICULTURAL HALL , Lee PRIMES CONRAD will appear in their supris. lug performances on the Double Corde Tension, On BOXING- DAY, at half-past two and half-past seven. JACKSON, throughout the XESSRS. BOTT. j execute COMMISSIONS on all races ' Tear. Market price guaranteed. Iteinittanees N CO. . AP IVestminster Bank• Bost-alLe Orders payable at Can n uale and r well-park. - N.B.—Betting on the Waterloo Cup. Address—Boar and JACKSON, "Man of the World" wi ne Stores, George-street, Camberwell -park, London. ROYAL AGRICULTURAL HALL, CROCKETT, the great Lion King, will appear On BOXING-DAY, at half-past two and half-past seven. IF THIS SHOULD MEET TH E EYE 0 4 ' any one troubled with Wind in the S tomach, Tndigestion, or Biliousness, t a k e PAGE WOODCOCK'S WIND P I LLS. : 1 9elr world-wide celebrity pro ves them of sterling merit. ot all medi c i ne vendors at and '2s. Oil. or free by post for 14 Or 33 Lincoln. stamps from Page D. Woodcock, Chemist TEETH,.. -M r . ESK ELL'S INVENTION i n the constru c ti on of ARTIFICIAL TEETH has th e following advantages :—A set of teeth, of excellent work manship and mechani sm, can be made and fitted with the most perfect accuracy and success, in a few hours, without pain or extraction of stumps, and to answer all the purposes of mastication and articulation. They are fitted without wires or fastenings, and adapt th emselves so perfectly to the hums, tl ums te ar t N i il a e tt e i r i . ey are quite im movea b le, except at the option of Invalids or residents in the country can ad just these teeth fa many cliiingcs of the mouth w ith out th e aid o u loot a lifetime. Comfort gua ranteed. Trea tise Mr. ]sled's Patent, &c., f ree for 7 stamps. aid e f l ' a pnnladin V dentist . i Inspection of specim e,ns and COn saltation s : ree.-8,13 rosvenor st.eef, Botaciiitrect, li x 7 n il g• They are not so liable t o i n j ury, are always t r ; slid la :), Bentattt'e-hill, 13ir min,ghara, ROYAL AGRICULTURAL HALL. The Wonderful Troupe of PERFORMING LIONS, the great attraction of the French capital for the past two years, On BOXING-DAY, at half-past two and half-past seven. ROYAL AGRICULTURAL HALL. Master PERKS, the Infant Wonder, with his highly trained ➢iiniature Steed, will take part in the entertainment On BOXING-DAY, at half-past two and half-past seven. R OYAL AGRICULTURAL HALL. GRAND BAZAAR. and FANCY FAIR for the SALE of all kinds of Christmas Presents, Ornaments, Toys, and Fancy Articles, will OPEN On BOXING-DAY, at half-past two and half-past seven. OY A L AGRICULTURAL HALL. 111) ➢ir. FREDERIC ATICIIER will commence his DAILY PERFORMANCES on WILLIS'S GREAT' ORGAN On BOXING-DAY, at halt-past two and half-past seven. ROYAL AGRICULTURAL HALL. The READING and REFRESHMENT ROOMS, fitted with every comfort, will be OPEN On BOXING-DAY, at half-past two and half. past seven. ROYAL AGRICULTURAL HALL, MORN ING EXIT IBITIOIsT of all the Monster E n t er : taiuments will tyke place on BOXING-DAY. Doors open at two. Commence at half-past two. OYAL AGRICULTURAL HALL lit) The EVENING PERFORMANCES of the Tourna• went, Cirque, and II ippodrome will commence ON BONING -DAY. Doors open at seven. Commence at half-past seven. OPAL AGRICULTURAL HAL L, 4.) The BOX-OFFICE, w h ere places may be secured f or witnessing the great Tournament , &c., will be at the Liver pool-road en t rance of the G re at Hall. Plans and tick e t s seedy To-day. Open from ten till four. Entertainment will be on the following' Raised Seats, ROYAL AGRICULTURAL HALL moderate scale : Nrultni,CbeErSediosrtAaDllsMrlrShSrleeONEittointihnetr. Grand Christmas Reserv i e l d ie Two tibillim:s ; Amphitbea , tre and First-Class Promenade, One 61iill . ing it 1 ' '---a-c °nY and Second-c ass Promenade, Six pence. Tickets ready To-day. - - 0 Y Ali A GRI(`ULTURAL HALL. tt, ALL OMNIBUSES passing; The Anpzel,' Isl in g ton, s et d o wn within a few yards of th e G rea t Hall. Entr9.nees : m for Carriages and Malls ) Li, erl-road k and Islin ;ton green. OYAL AGRICULTURAL HALL The MORNING . and EVENING PERFORMANCES of the Great Christmas Enterthinment•will b e continued on MONDAY, De?. 2S, and daily during the week. Morning at hat-past two, evening' at half-past : , eves : . Lessecr, Atebore, p,',TRANVrE and PULLVYN, Mrs. Smyth also returned to Malta by the Hydra. The Prussian gunboats Basilisk, 2, Commander A. Schen, and Blitz, 2, Lieut. A. Maclean, arrived here last week from Greece, having received orders to return to Prussia. The Blitz was taken into the naval dock to-day, having been ashore. These two vessels are awaiting the arrival from Constanti nople of a third Prussian war steamer (a corvette), and on her joining them all three will take their departure, homeward bound. The knowing mer of-war are now here ;—The Marlborough, 121 (bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral R. Smart, Kai.); the Hibernia, receiving s hip (bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral H. T. Austin, C. 8.); the St. George, 86 ; the Trafalgar, 70; the Phoebe, 35 (this ves sel is cruising outside for target practice) the Magicienne, 16 ; the Cossack, 20; the Chanticleer, 17, (cruising outside for target practice) ; the Hydra, 3, surveying -vessel; the Firefly, 3, sur veying vessel ; the Psyche, 2, despatch vessel ; and the Growler, tender. Foreign—The Prus sian gunboats Blitz, 2, and the Basilisk, 2. Several fresh cases of fever have broken out on board the Trafalgar. The rest of the ships continua healthy. I The following officers have arrived during the week —Col. Carruthers; Capt. Monk and Capt. Norris, 22d Regiment ; Capt. R. Whiting, Bth Regiment ; Capt. E. Tanner, Gen. Dickson, Capt. Dudgeon, Capt. Everett, Col Anderson, 22d Regiment, and wife. Sir John Lawrence, the newly appointed Governor-General of India, arrived here by the last English packet from Marseilles, and left a few hours afterwards in the same steamer for Alexandria, on his way to India. His Excellency did not land during his short stay here. Yesterday an unsuccessful attempt was made at Chatham dockyard to launch the iron frigate Achilles. It was originally intended to launch the vessel to-day, but as it was thought the operation might interfere with the Christmas holiday of the workmen, the day was subsequently altered, with the consent of the Admiralty, to the 23d inst. On Tuesday the tide in the harbour was one of the highest known at Chatham for several years past; and had it been possible to remove the caisson at the entrance to the dock, and to cut away the project ing granite sides of the dock within the time, the Achilles might have been floated out at noon with out the least difficulty. During the whole of Tues day night several hundred workmen were employed in completing the necessary arrangements for the launch, and in removing the ponderous caisson which held back the water from entering the dock. By midnight the tide had again risen to a great height, in consequence of the strong northerly wind, and at that time there were 24 feet of water in the dock. After rising a few inches higher, the Achilles was lifted from the blocks and floated. It was found that she drew 20ft. 2in. aft, and exactly 20ft forward, showing that she was on a nearly even keel. At this time she had 2ft of water clear between her outer keel and the blocks, and she could thus have been removed from the dock with out any difficulty had the work of cutting away the projecting sides at the entrance been completed. As it was, she was allowed to settle down again on the blocks, and the operation of shoring her up to be effected to await the rising of the tide at noon yes terday. During the night the wind veered from the north to the southwa rd, from which direction it blew rather strong during the morning. This, it was feared, would have the effect of keeping back the tide, which proved to be correct, as at the time of high water, a few minutes before noon yesterday, there were only 21ft of water in the dock, the tide rising no higher than 18ft Gin above the blocks, or nearly 2ft less than was required to float the vesse l. In anticipation of the attem p t being successful, the number of visitors to the yard was very large. Shortly before the hour fixed for the launch Rear- Admiral R. S. Robinson, Controller of the Navy, with Rear-Admiral E. G. Fanshawe, Capt. J. K. Hall, C. 8., commanding the Steam Reserve, and other officials, arrived at the dockyard, and went over the vessel, the visitors to the yard being ad. mitted to every part of her. The Adder, Bristler, Monkey, Sheerness, and Locust steamers were in attendance with their steam up to assist in towing the Achilles out of dock as soon as sbe was found to float. The whole of the hands employed on the ship were ordered to remain in the dockyard all last night, as an effort would again be made to undcck the Achilles at one o'clock this morning, should there be a sufficient rise of the tide to allow of that operation being successfully carried out. The Lyra, 9 gun screw corvette, of 488 tons and GO horse p o wer of engines , w as commission ed at Portsmouth on Tuesday for Commander R. A. Parr. The Lyra's last service was in the Mozambique, where she proved herself a very useful vessel, although but of small capacity of stowage or poet er of engines. The royal mail steamer Briton, which arrived on Monday night at Plymouth, brought among her passengers, from Cape Town, Captain Dixon, 11th Regiment, and Capt ain Madison ; from East Lon don, Major and Mrs. Wellman ; and from Algoa Bay, Lieut. Gould, 96th Regiment. The Briton biings the news that in Simon's Bay were her Majesty's ships Hecate, from Vancouver Island, and the Gorgon, from Madagascar, both bound for Eng land ; and the Valorous, from Ichaboe, bound to the Mozambique Channel. Her Mejesty's ship Zebra, from the West Coast of Africa for Ascension, was at St. Helena on November 28. The Federal steam ship Vanderbilt, en route for New York, was off St. Helena on November 10. She had captured, at Angra Pequena, the merchant bark Saxon, of Cape Town, under the supposition that the Saxon was laden with wool, part of the cargo of the Sea Bride, a Federal merchant ship taken by the Confederate cruiser Alabama a short time previously. The crew of the Saxon are said to have been transferred to the British bark Good Hope. At Ascension there were the guardship Meander, the gunboat Philomel, the Snipe (refitting) the Wye, with stores, from Eng land for Ascension and the West Coast, and the Dromedary, shipping old stores. The Rattlesnake left Ascension on the 4th of November for the 'West Coast, and the Dart on the same day for the South Coaft, to refit. The troopship Louisa and Copen hagen left Table Bay on the 11th of October for Hongkong and Calcutta. The French ships of war Iris from L'Orient for New Caledonia, and the Garonne, from Suez for Cherbourg, were in Table Bay. Commander Chapman, having repaired his ship, the Arid, at the Mauritius, has returned to the Seychelles islands, and resumed command of his squadron, consisting of the Rapid, the Penguin, and the Gorgon. Commodore Hugh Dunlop, C. 8., late senior officer and Commodore in the West Indies, and appointed to succeed Sir Frederick Nicolson (now Rear- Admiral), on Tuesday went down to Woolwich and inspected the stores and departments of the dock yard, preparatory to assuming the duti eshe of co in the co mmand, which he will enter upon at t mencement of the new year. ( 7 / 1 ;04 ,5 e t -dee:oT c:', 2 l Zed:,,i r ---jec en e... ..- * I:2 frele ?- 411 1. 014/4 " 4° IN ',.• i: 6.E..5.:iP an I, 2ft. wide, an 2ft. from the deck. The ii:,410 *-elqiuti- ..,,,-Z311%r 1 - ,,L0...,.' 4 , , , ,k, deck, unimpeded fore and aft by trii`nieverOsi afe . /,,tV. - 1 ' '44 1 . - 4 '7„ • , • / ,••5 1 ,, ..,`, 4' moaned bulkheads, gives the ship's battier' elk it s:: , .. ' ' ,4 ts '''!•;:, ta lit " s k ....t.C.. • ,1 4. 1 ,4 4 /4 5 4 `V0 ' -':':Ot1M„ ' - 5 ;'t i - A., A" more effective appearance inboard thaltAvb - . ' l ' ~ e.eft- 7 /e,• . ;,,, ~,' k • 4. -..., 44 Ty the case if the ship carried the armour c s teii s er - , i .. :- ' ' )" l' ' :.: . * teNv., is , a s ~ 4. 1 ing deck in the same manner as the Deleniet awn SA ' Warrior description of armoared vessels. Oa this ~ deck is placed the principal part of the ship's arma ment, in fact all the gans that could be fought at close quarters-24 68 pounder smoothbores, cast iron, of 95ewt. each, and six 110 pounder rifled Armstrongs. On the upper deck she carries four 110 rifled Armstrongs, not fitted as pivot guns, but as transporting guns, firing either out her broadside, or divided in a line with the keel, either at the hews or stern. She also carries two 20 pounder rifled Armstrongs, one 9 pounder Armstrong rifled, one 12 pounder rifled Armstrong field piece, and one 6 pounder brass smoothbore for boat and shore service. The screw of the ship lifts into a well, b e t wee n th e outer stern,;e riee p t o , ste'but neithe r comes c l ear up on to the nor is it a decided tiseure and in on the end of the shaft, in this differing w i t h th e n upper Minotaur, Warrior, and Defence, but agreeing iu principle with the Royal Oak. The tiller, owing to the absence of a Eerew well in the captain.'s after cabin, is a long straight powerful lever, the old fashioned gunroom tiller in use preVious to the in troduction of the screw, and this with a steering_ wheel exceeding the average size gives ample corn mead over the rudder. The rig of the ship is the same es that, adopted in the Resistance, Defence, and Royal Oak—fore and main courses, double tap. sail yards, and topgallant sails, and bark-rigged abaft. The lower topsail is fixed to the cap on the lower mast head, and the upper topsail is fitted with Cunningham's patent reefing gear—a bastard sys tem, and spreading about 60 yards less canvas than a single yard fitted on the Cunningham system. We may here close our general description of the ship, and confine our further remarks to yesterday's trial premising that the official estimated speed of the ship at the time she was designed was 11.75 knots. Shortly after daylight yesterday morning the Hector steamed ahead from alongside Portsmouth dockyard , and, at slow speed, left the harbour to make her trial at the measured mile, under the supervision of Capt. H. Broadhead, commanding the steam reserve of the port, and his subordinate officers, the ship drawing 24ft; 1-lin. of water forward and 25ft 4in. aft, the height of her portsills—the lower edge of her gun ports—being :—Aft, on the bluff of the quarters, 7ft. 7in. ; amidships, 7ft. 2in.; bridle port, 9ft. 7in. Looking at the ship's draught of water amidships, she was deeper in the water than was designed in her drawings, and, looking at the ship as - she appeared on the water clear of the dockyard and in open water, she was certainly any thing but a handsome or lively-looking craft. She buried her nose in the sea, as she felt the power of her engines, while at the same time her heavy but tocks dragged on the water, and acted as a towing weight against her speed. In fact, she is anything but a fast inn armoured ship as she should be as an ' addition to the British navy at the close of the year 1863. The results of yesterday's trials were as follows: — No. of Time. Speed of ship- Ream- Revolutions Buns. m. b. Knots. Lbs. Vacuum. o e„ ginu. 1 546 10.465 21 26 55 2 456 12 . 162 22 26 671 3 5 34 10'778 22 26 5G 4 5 1 11.160 221 26 571 5 5 17 11'356 22 26 57 6 521 11.215 22} 26 57 These figures give the first means, in knots as before, 11.313, 11.470, 11.369, 11.653, and 11.265; the Q 471 • . second means 11 . 39 1 , 11419, 11.510, and 11. i mean of means, or true speed of the ship, 11.448 knots. The boilers supplied an abundance of steam throughout the trials, but the results as to the speed of the ship will show that the Hector is not so suc cessful a speculation on the part of the Admiralty for the country as was the wooden framed ironcased frigate Royal Oak. The latter ship on her trial rea lised 12.528 knots, and it must be remembered, in comparing the speed of our ironclads, that a frac tion of a knot in the ship's speed is of far greater actual importance than a fraction of an inch in her defensive armour. In turning, or steering, power the ship was as perfect as could be desired, the long straight tiller giving all the command that could bo desired over the rudder, and the circles being made as follows : With the helm hard a starboard and 34 , turns of the wheel the rudder was got to an angle of 24 deg„ the half circle made in 2 min. 45 sec., and the full circle in 5 min. 40 see., the revolutions of the engines ranging from 57 to 51 ; with the helm hard a port and 21 turns of the wheel the rudder was got to en angle of 20 deg., the half circle made in 3 min. 13 sec., and the full circle in 6 min. 36 sec., the revo lutions of the engines being from 56 to 52. The ventilation of the ship below during her trial was found to be fearfully faulty; a complicated sys tem of cowls and up and down shafting as fitted on board is useless. Yesterday was terribly cold, wheal the ship was going ahead at full speed against below, n wind; but the following temperatures, tak d en stokers' will speak to the heat in the engineers' and first run quarters. Temperatures taken during e . at the measured mile:—Oa deck, 46 , :I :: 76deg. engine room, fore, 75 deg.; middle, 72 0 de.• • a f t, middle, 117 Stokehole, Ist run—Forepart, deg . ;7Forept, 76 deg, ; deg. ; aft, 100 deg. ; 6th rune middle, 130 deg. ; aft, 107 deg. will be made t o - The half boiler trials and cir cle s day, weather ... Lsea:2 TRADE STAT;E: OF . CARDIFF, Dec. 23 : -. ----Th—e demand for steam Continues g rea ter than the rn su frin il y the iron 'remain crowded. There is a great ., ee- - market, Which, is with d iffi cu lty satisfied. Scotch warrants have advan ce d t o 65 s 6d cash, and 67s 3d eye • Bars and rails continue high, th e former arti cle bein g quoted at £ 7 io s., and there is a probability t h a t the price may bef ore l ong reach XS per ton. Freights continue about the same, both foreign and coastwise; Duspv, 22d.--A quiet feelinp; pervaded the market to day, and the tendency in prices is slightly downward. Fin° fl a x, tow, and cedilla maintain their value, but medium and common are rather in favour of buyers. A public sale of about 80 tons of damaged Riga goods brought fair prices, and it filled the hands of the smaller buyers to -day. The f e w transactions in sound goods reported to.•daY are unim portant, and scarcely sufficient to test the market fairly as to prices. Little has been done in jute since last report, and prices are nominally unchanged. Consumer° will not . buy h till they must, and holders do not press 01°' k h nowin h gt l at many spinners are bare of stock, and rowt purchase s but in y. Both parties therefore look on for the 111° T m h e e L re t, w b as u li n t little week or two there will be-more deizig' but some dis position to buy yarns to-day at prices,forinpveerdhusiness, while spinners gave and did, way a little, 11:demand for linens, others who were firm sold litt le. shipment, continues good, both fur the home market and t for ricea which pay the menu and orders are placed daily as u sually du'l, but it is nut so facturer well. This soao n _ d country makers aro all busily this year, as both town ly a :gaged for some timo into neat employed, g and elicral advices to-day report a fair business year. The Anterior. ea _ goods, but at rather irregular in burlaps and efhe is vY placed in the proposals for peace in prices. No creditd as received per Hibernia. America, report:3th_ Considering the advanced period of LniersTlut, . a fair amount of business doing in the there is the yea r, warehouses trade is quiet, and in the trade. In the hosiery here is not much doing. The wool - market county( districts t is not much doing in material. Prices i s quiet, and there . Yarns are high in • ce. 'n however, about the same. price. remain , 23d—The lace trade in most branches is NOTTINGIIAM. f e• ac ti v e as it usually is just e The plain as a before Christmas- net tra d e c ontinues quiet, a few orde r s for stiff g oc fl, for foundation purposes having been executed this week. Silk quisli ng s and Mechlin continue in demand, b u t th ere is no improvement in the black lace and narrow edging trade ; more is, however, expected to be done in these goods when the new year has commenced. In hosiery there is fully an average amount of business doing both for shipping and tar rho home market. There are no sleeks of either hosiery or ace on hand. Yarns are without material change. Ilorniman's Tea is choice and strong, moderate ii, prier., and wholesome to use. These aavantages hare secured for this Tea a general preference. It is sold iu packets by 2,250 Agents. EXHIBITION CLOC:Ii.—" The entire finish is of the highest caste,"—D a ily "N ews, M ay 29, 13G2. cl oc k s do signed by the ;first artists of Ate clay for the drawing rc' . :" , ' . , ( lining roorli, bed room, library, hall, staircase, bri n x t l i - , ..- 1 , carriage, church, turret, railways, warehouse, house, n►usical, and astronomical. Church clocks specially estimated for. Benson's illu :ith duct ip. pam phlet on clocks (free by post for two stamy:) an , tions and prices, enables those who live world to select a clock. Also a short pre' v. dre.l and public clocks, free for and honourable mention in.clasiiseosndon. son, 33 and 34, Ludgate-hill, . Watch anti clock miler by sPe° l _ a _ ' to his Ii 11,11. the Prince of Wale. y part of the i miphlet on cathe- Prize medal G 133 and 15. J. W. Ben tle.lnteed:lll..rt Established 1749. 1 warrant of appointment Naval and Military Intelligence. THE NAVY. VALETTA, Dec. 17.—The naval Commander.in- Chief, Vice-Admiral Robert Smart, has taken up his residence in Valetta for the winter, and a consi derable number of line-of-battle ships, frigates, and small craft belonging to the fleet under his com- mand are is the harbour. There is likelihood of some changes occurring shortly among the ships here, as 'intelligence was received a few-days ago, rather un expectedly, that the St. George, 86, Capt. the Hon. F. Egerton, and the Trafalgar, 70, Capt. T. Mason, aro to go home, to be replaced by the iron-clads Resistance, 18, Capt. W. C. Chamberlain, and Royal Oak, 50, Capt. F. Campbell, from England. A Court of Inquiry, consisting of Capt. C. Fellowes, commanding the Marlborough, and Capt. the Hon. F. Egerton, commanding the St. George, was held last week on board the Cossack, 20, Capt. W. R. .• Rolland, to ascertain the cause of that vessel getting ashore at Ayas, in the Gulf of Iskanderoon, some short time back. It appears that, owing to the darkness of the night and threatening weather, the high land of Cape Khanzir could not be seen. The officers were at their posts and the lead was going at the time the vessel touched on a sandy spit that runs out of the Gulf. She was soon got off again without having suffered any damage, and it will not be necessary for her to be docked, as was at first ex pected. No blame was found to attach to the captain or officers. The Cossack left Beyrout on the 25th November, after being relieved by the Liffey, 35, G. Parker, which arrived there on the 22d from Corfu. The Pelican, 17, Commander Comber, was also at Beyrout, having arrived there from Athens on the 17th of November. When off Lanaka, in the island of Cyprus, on the 6th 01 November, the Cossack observed the Austrian Lloyds' packet Europa on shore. She had a large quantity of water in her hold, and had been aground three days. Men were sent on board to pump her out, which, with the assistance of a portion of the crew of the French frigat e Imperueuse, and by working night and day, was successfully acorn plished, and she was towed into the anchorage of Lanaka. Had it not been for timely help thus afforded, the Europa must have been totally wrecked. The cargo was nearly all spoilt, and she had on board a large sum of money in specie, shipped for Beyrout. Before the Cossack left Cyprus, an Austrian gunboat and a steamer, which had been telegraphed for, arrived to render assistance to the stranded vessel. On the 11th inst. a court martial was held on board the Hibernia, in Malta harbour, to try John Chapel, second class boatswain of the Cossack, for being drunk and unfit for duty. The Court consisted of Capt. T. Mason, of the Trafalgar, president ; Capt. C. Fellowes, of the Marlborough ; Capt. the Hon. F. Egerton, of the St. Gorge; Capt. T. A. B. Spratt, C. 8,, of the Hydra ; and Capt. IV. Armytage, of the Magicienne ; Mr. Har rington H. Jones, secretary to the Commander-in- Chief, officiating as judge-advocate. The Court found the prisoner guilty, but, in consideration of the good testimonials produced, only sentenced him to be placed at the bottom of the list of his class, and to be dismissed his ship. It is expected the Cossack will leave some time next week for Tripoli, and pro bably Tunis, to visit the consulates on the coast of Barbary. Capt. C. Fellowes and Capt the Hon. F. Egerton also held an inquiry on board the surveying ship Firefly, for the purpose of ascertaining the cause of that ship touching on a rock, not laid down in. her charts, during her late survey of the Corfu channel, and coast of Albania. Theproceedirgs were merely formal, and the commander and officers were of course exonerated from all blame. The Firefly has performed a very important and extensive survey during the last few months of that part of the lonian waters, which is very incorrectly given in the published charts, it never having been properly surveyed, She has carefully examined and ad justed a long line of coast, and discovered five or six dangerous sunken rocks previously unknown. It was while taking soundings in going to an anchor age that she touched slightly on the Osprey Rock, given in the latest charts, but which charts had not been issued to the Firefly. Some of the rocks re cently discovered by this vessel lie in a sea which was sailed over a year or two ago by the greater part of Vice-Admiral Sir William Fanshawe Mar tin's fleet, and nobody on board at the time was conscious of the proximity of danger. This survey is to be resumed at the commencement of next spring. Yesterday Capt. Spratt gave over the com mand of the Hydra, which had returned on the 10th inst. from Tripoli, to Commander Mansell, of the Wilkin son, First Lieut. of the Hydra, took the command ship same Firefly, e of wdhayie,hilnasttteeardo Lieut. G. R. f Commander Mansell. While at Tripoli the opportunity was taken by Capt. Spratt of ascertaining by chronometrical lace and Malta, as reck oning, and by signals ex chan g e d , t t h h r e ou e g x h ac th t casion with Alex differ- for the guid ancegeh nra tele graph bees e of longitude with o ndgoidone Commander doenb between t wp er ee thato a u n s s e o l pc l a c Ti a prt ofa Spratt and psrha this h sl i a s i di enterings downan island. At seavn t ed h r a e lqr buoysuitting Tripoli, and of the Pasha, made suggestions which, if adopted , would at a very small expense render the harbour a safe anc horage in all weathers. Ca ptain Spratt leaves to-day in the Euxine for Marseilles and England. He retires at his own request, after an honourable and useful service of 32 years on the survey of the Levant and Mediterranean. The surveying tender Growler, Staff Commander J. Stokes, returned on the 11th inst. from surveying the Skerki Rocks. The result of her labours p rove s that the statement madebyaT un isian captain of a n i s l an d h av i ng been thrown up there must have been founded on some mistake or misconception—perhaps the ap pearance of a mirage, as there is no such islan on the spot indicated; nor does there appear to have been any disturbance 0.7 upheaving of Keith's Reef, the nearest shoal to Skeoki, to indicate any recent volcanic eruption. her Majesty's frigate Magicienne, 16, Capt. W. Armytage, was suddenly ordered to sea on the night of the 11th inst., to tow in the French packet Vatican, which had broken down near Cape Passaro, and had tele graphed for assistance. The Magicienne returned with her charge on the evening of the following day, and the Vatican has since left for Messina and Marseilles in tow of the French steamer Indus, which had been telegraphed for. The Turkish frigate Taif, Capt. Selim Be y, Which ran in here to escape the violence of a gale at Tripoli, left ou re turn on Friday last, taking with her as passengers Y Mr. Goon of the Malta and Alexandria Telegraph, to replace Mr. Smyth, who arrived at Malta per Hydra, and Mr. Stacey, superintendent of the Ben • ghaei Station. Mrs, Tufnel!, Miss Goetling, and TRIAL OF THE HECTOR. THE ARMY. We have to record the death of Sir John Cam hp bell, who who in the courso of the present, century seen much military service. He was born in the Royal dockyard at Chatham in 1780, and catered the army in 1800. In 1807 he served as a brigade major in the e x p edition under Brigadier-General Crawford, and was in the action of the Miaerere and t h e attack on Buenos Ayres, which, having b ee founded by Don Pedro de Mendoza. in 1535, w it ns taken possession of b y the British in 1800. • was retaken six weeks after by the inhabitants and a new' attempt to take it by the British 1:1 r• Which Sir aft, -b e ll acted a brilliant part) th had p. - . ...er :ey . J. Cam with great loss. He received reit,f"cements f4ilcd served at Roleia : ad Vim ieria, and with the cavalry at Saha gun and Benevento in under Lord Ang le sey I n th e f o ll ow i ng year he entered the Par 180S. tnguese army as a British •th:rvior and Portuguese lieutenant-colonel, He Bme d'i n ~- 11 the eamPeigns The official trial of this frigate commen ce d a t Portsmouth yesterday, and will be completed to day, weather permitting. The Hector is the first vessel of her class, at present confined to herself and the Valiant, that has been put through the test of the measured mile; tonnage is one of an intermediate class a between the Warrior and Defence is an intermediary as to armour between M the Warrior and - classes, sto ]Minotaur classes. For these reasons, some description of her is necessary pre vious to recording her performances yesterday. The Hector was laid down in M essrs. Napier's i buildingyard at Glasgow in March, 1861, the draw ings, &c., being furnished from th e C on t ro ll er ' s Department of the Admiralty, and was launched on the 21st September, 1862. Her principal dimen sions are —length between perpendiculars, 2801 t.; breadth, extreme, 56ft. 3iu.; depth from under side of keel to spar-deck, 40ft. Tonnage, builders' measurement, 4,123 tons. Launching weight, 3,050 tons. Draught of water when launched, 15ft. 81-tn. forward, 191 t. Bie. aft. Displacement at load water line, 6,400 tons. Weight of iron used in construc tion of hull, exclusive of armour, 2,588 tons; weight of armour-plates, 873 tons ; weight of armoured shield on upperdeck inside stem, 121 tons ; weight of rudder, 91 tons; weight of engines, 165 tons; do. boilers, 220 tons; do. water in boilers, 90 tons; do. propeller and shafting, 641 tons; do. coal boxes, 37 tons ; do. cupola for hot shot, 7 tons ; do. spare fans, 12 tens ; weight of coal railway for transport. ing coal from coal bunkers to furnaces, 5 tons weight of auxiliary engines, 91 tons ; do. spare engine gear, 20 tons; do. sundries, 23 to ns. The propeller is a two-bladed Griffith, hav ing a varying pitch from 22ft. 6in. to 27ft. 6in., and set now at 26ft. 6in. Space for coals in bunkers, 450 tons, the amount she had at the com mencement of her trial yesterday. The masts are of tubular iron, and weigh—main, 171 tons; Tore 17 tons; wizen, 51 tons. When the ship came round from Scotland she was also fitted with an iron tubu lar bowsprit, which could be topped up by means of a massive brass hinge, fitted on the stemhead, weighing 251 cwt. Since the ship has been lying at Portsmouth, however, this complicated affair has been taken out of her, and she is now fitted with a running bowsprit, simple and light in character, and that can be run in and laid along the vessel's deck with the greatest ease at any time it may be wished todash the ship's "beak" into the broadside of an enemy. The engines are 7ft. below the ship's esti mated water line, as shown in the drawings, and occupy a space of 27ft. longitudinally. They are on Messrs. Napier's horizontal trunk air-pump principle of 800 horse-power, nominal, and are mar vels of engineering work and beauty in casting. The cylinders have a diameter of 82 inches, and the pistons a stroke of 4ft. The boilers are six in num ber, three on each side the stoke hole ; each boiler having four fires, or 24 in all. The arrangement of the boilers in the Hector is precisely the same as in others of her Majesty's ships,—the fires face each other, and the stokers work in a kind of irce tuneel some 10ft. or 12ft. in diameter, with burning fur naces on each side, and all but literally roasted alive. Some clay this may be remedied by simply placing the boilers back to back, when the fires would then face the coal bunkers, and save the cost and trouble of transporting, as is now the case, the coals from the bunkers to the different furnaces in the stokehole and for the accomplishment of which an overhead railroad has to be fitted to transport the coal bags,—in the Hector, as shown by foregoing figure?, weighing in the aggregate five tons, The difference of temperature, and comfort to the men in their work and improvement in its healthfulness, would, under the proposed alteration in the position of the bonus, be almost beyond belief. The means existing on board for assisting in the ventilation of the stokehole is a fan wrought by a 40-horse power auxiliary engine, which is also used for general ventilating purposes, clearing the main deck of smoke when in action with an enemy, and supplying the blast to the cupola furnace, and supplies the liquid iron for hol low shot. The pumps on boards consist of Down ton's patent, from 9 to 12 inches in diameter, worked by cranks on which upwards of 100 men can be employed at one time. In the formation of the or dinary iron hull, the Hector is very similar to the Black Prince and the Warrior; her frame, floor, bulkheads, outside planking, &c., being nearly of the same dimensions with those two ships through out. Like our other iron ships, she has no external keel, it being built up internally at about 3ft. in depth, and with the longtitudinal gieders and floors form sections of cells which are plated internally and externally, and thus bind together the bottom and frame of the ship. The topsides are built of 10-inch - angle iron frames, with tin. plates, over which are two layers of teak, the outer layer being Bin. thick and fixed perpendicularly, the inner layer being 10in, thick and fired longitudinally, and thus next the ship's inner skin. On the teak cushioning rest the armour-plates , 4 1 in. in thick nees on the broadsides, and tapering round the e t o e u m r and stern. So far the ship is very sihala. r o but other iron-armoured ships afloat and building,. ith her sister in the disposition of her armour she, vr For a vessel, the Valiant, differs from all others. _ ec tor carries 1 length of 220 out of her 280 fee t _ the Hector her armour-plating from the sed low-water deck down to 5 feet belovnher e line, and continues a band of estimate of her upper plating 9 feet in width round the st em and stern,i thus nclosing the gun deck with armour fixed externally on the about 30 feet on each how ship, but leavi n g the lower edge of the gun-deck and quarter tomf A b elow thewater line unpro armour band an- et this weakness or apparent tected. To ale weak of the ship are strengthened DeSS, the endsby a mass of bulkheads perpendicular and transverse, rising m t he under part of the ma • as high as deck. Her armo ur -plate bulkheads, which in the Warrior and other iron ships in commission extend across the deck and confine the fighting portion • gun in close action to a rectangular box, rise only to a level with the under part of the gun deck from the orlop deck. One of these she carries athwartships at each end of the 2201 t. of l • p ating which protects the ship below the water line, and would thus arrest any shot or shell ' in or abaft the coming from before the broad belt or armour. It is a question, however, whether the armour plates on these transverse bulk heads would not be more seneiblY used u p in plat ing the unp ro t ec t e d portions of the b o w and stern. As the Hector is built to act as a ram when engag ingherself a strong au enemy of less speed than ' for bulkhead is built up across her . i castle and just inside her stern, and inch armour plates, intended deck being raked running 1 ship are coal to plated with d i prevent her upper e's broadside when by the enemy • The decks of the Lawn u pon hrr stem . posed of 6-inch oak planking, laid on , the whole supported on 12- 4--in. rolled iron reams' the anis The height between in. and 15-in.rollediron e .. is 7- 1 -ft. in the clear. There the gun deck 2 decks on comp in the ship's bet are nine Water-tight co has also the usual wing passages, tom , and sh e divided by bulkheads, running fore and att at the back of the arm our p latin g and its teak backing. The ship's maindeck is open thrOughout its entire l e ugth. The port levies are left. t,prt, 3it, Sin. deep,