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3ment 6 Prince rait at )assage n open • be en versant To nged e hoped Stainers =dell of the Le repe- iyCT of whe al ' 9 p qu arter ,y illnY "P' 37s to 399 • i' 2 9 6 to 3 24 • • 226 264 ::' ,. .....s t o o --- h wheat s v° ,, xrenoieti,, 9o- ; was obtalli e ' at is ta° ll , f avou r of 0 1 ; dull, but n° Od to 45$ 0a Od to 416 Od Od to 44s Od to 30$ `6J Oct to 3 63 oi j 6d to os 0 , 3 Od to Os 03 Od to as 0 d Od to ais 03 Od to 24$ 1 120 to 3 1d 13d to 08 1 . g a 120 to O s O d Od to 43s oni Oct to 4.1 s Od Od to 42$ 66 Od to 33s 0 , 3 Od tc 346 04 6d tk 333 Od Od to -- - s Od to 34$ na Od to 56 $ ' o '3 3od to 52 $ 0 to £0 0 0 to 9 0 0 Ito 0 0 0 Ito 510 I AY. r white whe at► per 36 atoll", 388 per 38 ot f o ;2s per qr. 04 s tone; 01d1 3 market. d• N. A . ..... ..16 3 End. 0 17 x 18 ' 0 • 1 7 . l7 u 6 19 19 6 • • , a , 0 111. lO 6 . 18 0 •• 11 : 1, of ton, the vgl o f try-Goner's'? I l a toW e-place, of or, the wi fe Mrs, AllgUBlll4 at the r a , e q., Ch stout a u iia affolk, to .n„ DI the late Lin' Saint 1\151 01 '5 ; CMS )f Great James 13 " °h ° y, Odihaw, tli° ;ed 87. v 4., rd pyre' ,er, the R'E°' narsh:ll d , ~ T 'l >urt, Ors e ,00 WilHaw •Lw li, Copt. s'irri er-stree t, General r Office Q t n the CO' Ua PERSONS SEEKING LAN ED ESTATES, TOWN AND COUNTRY RESIDENCES, 'HEE[I(ILD AND LE ASE INVEST3I EN TS, AND PROPER CIES G ¶tN ERALLY— To RE IrAn GRATIS, at the princthal Railway Bookstalls fhrolighout the bin-'dom. or at the Auction and E,tate No. 6 ?, Chancery-bine, Loudon Messrs. E. and 11. Lumley's "FREE PR OPERTY REGISTER," containing a varied selection ot landed and house properties now in' the market, from the nobleman's mansion, with its manorial domain, to the cottage with its few acres. OWNERS OF PROPERTIES wishing to Sell or Let can em brace th e opportunity that the medium of this Register affords, by sending the partictears of their properties to the Estate Offices, 67, Chancery-lane, London, as the Messrs. Il unleY Can in most cases introduce immediate customers, Where the property i s o f an e li g ibl e c h arac t er , thereby avoid -111 the disadvantages of delay and its attendant incon veniences. THERE IS NO CHARGE incurred, unless a tenant or pur chaser is introduced through Messrs. Lumley's Agency, and then only the usual moderate commission. Auction and Land Offices, 67, Chancery-lane, London. THE LUDGATE HILL VIADUCT.- INFANT ORPHAN ASYLUM, WANSTEAD. NOTICE OF REMOVAL. In col sequence of the immediate Extension of the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway, the Committee have been compelled to REMOVE their OFFICES to 100, FLEET BTRE ET, where all commuuic Mons are to be adiressed. By Order of the Committee, HENRY W. GREEN, Secretary. Offices-100, Fleet-street, E.C. EAST LONDON B ANK (Limited). Chief Office (Temporary)- 124 , Fenchuroh-street, E.C. Capital, £600,000, with power to increase. BOARD OF DIRECTORS. Chairman—CHA RLES SALISBURY BUTLER; Esq., m.p., Tower Hamlets. Chairman of the Commercial Gas Com pany, and Director c oLKatgat c e A r IV r o E rk ß s , Co E m sci pry v . Victoria Dep Ch airm an (London) Docks, 0, Mincing-lane, E.C., Director of the Thames Graving Dock Company. John George Barry, Esq. (Messrs. Barry Brothers), Meriton's Wharf, Dockhead, S.E. Richard Bradshaw, Esq Upper Clapton, N.E. Th oma s Brushfield, Esq., Director of the commeriai Gas C,ompany. Robert Collum, Esq., Director of the Scottish Union Insur ance Company. James Fennings, Esq. (Messrs. R. L. and J. Fennings), Fen nings' Wh •rf, London-bridge, S.E. Edward T. Foord, Esq. (Messrs. Bard' and Co.), 9, Fenchurch street, E.C. William B. Greenfield, Esq., Director of the Pernambuco Railway. Albert Pelly, Esq. (Messrs. Pelly and Co.), 18, Finch-lane, E.C. George Smith, Esq., 86, Great Tower-street, E.C., Director of the Rent Water Works Company. Cornelius Waif ord. Esq., Little Park, Enfield, Middlesex. Thomas White, Esq. (Messrs. White and Price), 57, Mark lane, E.C., Chairman Bow Brewery Company. EOLICITORS.—Messrs. Thomas and Hollams, Mincing-lane. E.C. /KAN AGER.—M r. Henry Joseph Latter (late of the Bank of England). , TERMS OF BUSINESS. Current accounts may be opened noon the 'usual terms; Rad all ordinary business facilities will be afforded. Interest will be allowed half-yearly, at the rate of 2 per cent. per annum on the minimum monthly balance, if not below £100; and at the rate £1 per cent. if not below £lOO. When the balance falls below £lOO, no interest will be allowed. Deposit accounts may be opened by the general public, and Interest allowed on all sums from £5 upwards, at the full Current rate. Special deposits, trusts, and other accounts, will 131 taken, and a fixed rate of interest allowed for specific periods if desired. The Bank will undertake all ordinary Banking business, including the collection of notes, cheques, bills, &c., payable in London, and the forwarding for collection such as are pay able in the country. The Ban'< I take charge of Exchequer Bills, India Bonds, &c., and will receive and pass the interest to account. London, Nov. 13, 1863. -9AST LONDON BANK (Limited).—NOTlCE. —The BUSINESS of this Bank has COMMENCED at No. 124, Fenehurch-street. H. J. LATTER, Manager. EAST LONDON BANK (Limited).—NOTlCE. This dank has purchased the premises No. 31, High street, Shoreditch, at the corner of Commercial-street, and near the Great Eastern Railway Station, and business will be commenced therein when the necessary alterations are completed. EAST LONDON BANK (Limited).—NOTlCE. —This Bank has taken the premises No. 97, High street, Whitechapel, and business will commence therein When the nscessary alterations are completed. EAST LONDON BANK (Limited).—NOTlCE. street i —This Bank has taken the premises No. 2 6, in Tooley there(the corner of llsy's-lane), and will commence business when the necessary alterations are completed. LAST LONDON BANK (Limited). The Directors give Notice to the numerous applicants for p a Pointments that they have engaged the Offi:ers required or commencing bu•iness at the Chief Office. AST LONDON BANK (Limited).— The areprepared to receive statement of terms and tenure, addressed to the Chairman, at the Bank, 121, Fen church -street, E.C. BANKRUPTCY AND COMPOSITIONS._ M. WETIIERFIELD. Solicitor, 35. Moorgate-street, XV, PRACTISE:, in COURT, and effects PRIVATE e i I I 'RANGEMENTS with creditors, witnout publizity. a rges, the lowest possible, payable by instalments. Coun - L I eases economically conducted. TT. Dense p i II. —DEBTS recovered on commission, free of law costs. vorce and Probate business conducted at muderate ex- GIVE YOUR TIO A TREAT.—Two penny s iSE a N-A packets of THORLEY'S delicious CONDIMENT _many, mixed with damped chaff and corn, will, at three weeks hence, astonish the owner. Packed publicly at 145, Fleet-greet, City. None genuine without the Inventor's ' 3 igmature engraved on each packet, " Joseph Thorley." No Constitution Bills or Condition Powders are required where tke Condiment is used. 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 preparations render the hair, teeth, and complexion beautiful beyond comparison. —Can be had only at Madame BACEI ig.L'S, 47A, New Bond-street, where she can be consulted daily. All communications are strictly confidential. A GREAT DRAWING OF PRIZES WILL TAKE PLACE AT T. JOSEPH'S RETREAT, HIGHGATE, LONDON, N., On THURSDAY, the 26th of NOVEMBER, 1863, to aid in liquidating the Debt still remaining on the New Church and Organ ; and to assist in establishing the English Mission of Bt. Nicholas in Paris, now under the charge of the Passionist Fathers. The prizes of the first catalogue consist principally of objects of art and other precious articles, Presented by His Holiness, several Cardinals, Princes, and other persons of distinction in Rome. TICKETS ONE SHILLING EACH. The amount realised will be disposed of as follows :—That arising from the sale of tickets in England will be applied to St. Joseph's, and that from the sale of tickets in France to St. Nicholas', in Paris. THE DRAWING OF PRIZES WILL BE ON THE PRINCIPL E OF THE ART UNIO V. Any one purchasing or aiding in selling 25 tickets will be entitled to a large Engraving, either of the Death of St. Joseph, or of Blessed l'aul of the Cros., which will be forwarded by post upon receipt of 4 postage stamps. Catalogues as well as tickets may be had on application at St. Joseph's Retreat, Highgate, and at 39, Rue de Berri, Paris. P RIZE MEDAL -INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1862. FRANCIS TUCKER & CO., Wax Chandlers, &c., &C., To the Queen and the Prince of Wales. (Established 1720.) The Jurors' Report on Wax and Church Candles, in 1862. testifies to the excellence of the quality of Messrs. Tuckers' manufacture. A distinguished Dignitary, in a letter addressed to Francis Tucker and Co.. on the subject of WAX CANDLES with PLATTED WICKS, : " I have fo und them fully says equal to the recommendation which you gave them, and can sincerely, in my turn, recom mend them t o the clergy for the use of the altar." Finest quality, with Platted Wicks, patented.. 2s. 2d. per lb. Ordinary quality 2,. Od. per lb. VEGETABLE CANDLES, with a Mixture of Wax. Best quality • • • • .. is. sd. per lb. Third quality • • ,Second quality • • •• is. 3d. per lb. • • • • • . is. id. per lb. Carriage paid in London on O r d ers of Five Pounds in value. FRANCIS TUCKER AND CO, 8, South MORT - e s n t s r i e n e g ti o G n ri (Es =s h y d rui;. 3o) M . anuf &story— The largest Establis hment in En g land for the Manufacture Candles for the use of the Altar. of Wax RUPTURES.—BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. WHITE'S MOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (PERFECTED AND EXIIIIIITED IN THE GREAT LEDIBITIONS OF 1851 AND 1862), is allowed by upwards of Two Hundred Medical Gentlemen to tie the most effective Invention in the curative treatment of HERNI A. The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effects, is here avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the body, while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the Mes.m a i i i Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease and closeness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn during sle e p. A descriptive circular may be had, and the truss, which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by p ost, on the cir cumference of the body, two Inches below the hips, being sent to the manufacturer, Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly. A Single Truss, 165., 215., 265. 6d., and 31s. 6d. Postage, I s. o üble Truss, 31s. 6d., 425., and 525. 6d. Postage, is An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. Postage, Is. Nth _Post_-_ofilce Orders to be made payable to John White, Post ()ince, Piccadilly. NEW PATENT ELASTIC STOCKINGS, HNEE-CAPS, Am, for Varioose Veins Vi a. al oases of Weakness and Swelling ot the Legs, Sprains, dm They are !Porous, light in te x t ure, an d i nexpensive, and are drawn on Mire an ordinary stocking prim to. Bd., 78. Bd., 108., to lee. eadh. Post age 6d. JOHN WRITE. MannfaCturcr. 226. It-r) t3yAL FR E E HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, in the !'mediate vi cro i nes i ty. greattpD ici — t u z k i - a e mt or o metropolis, t B r o UC: 8 . . of the Great Northern Rail way Terminus, at :2tig , o ,. h tr e on l'he QUEEN President- 1 ; a el di l et ian si t s a i r s t o u te d t u e rra c s e:t n k, h ' e E lv p s i ri t il i Treasurer— LEUCit, K.G. This was the first hos entirely devoted to desti and instant admission to the d that which is sworn ociuptlet the freef or - mality of eovernors' letters, tution in its most pitiable forni_ v i o ro f p s ot u o ffi butflc i n : : 0 : : panted by sickness and disease, 7 1.. magnitude that, with adequate suPPort is g e p capable of admitting. into its wards a yo r yj fl uty be rendered the casual sick of this funds in order to have 500 beds available Mr l equ i L res ,,„ the these the most wretched of our fellow-creaturhe: --- v" °11 et it gratuitously affords medical advice and medicine Moeover, on the average, than 3,000 out-patients a week. The Weekly Board feel it their imperative duty t o o „, EARNEST APPEAL to the p ublic for c ontinued sTr,„" e an to enable them to admit and relieve the distressin g ot, ses that t'PQrt, daily present themselves. Contributions are received by the Treasurer, Edward Mas[erman, Esq., Nicholas-lane; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co.; Drummond and Co.; Herries and Co.; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co. ; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Glyn and Co. ; Jones Loyd and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; Denison and Co. I W dliams, Deacon, and Co. ; Overend, Gurney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co. ; Messrs. J. Barned and Co., Liverpool and at the Hospital sza.DIFWIDS, SMITH georetarir No. 22,276. T. ly) NOW FORG at EVANS', ET Covent- A ,a P ra l: n ol a ' f. N .e T r l‘ ir l u E l " N Concert. NEW NOVEL BY MISS EDWARDS. Just ready, in 3 vols., ARB AR A'S HIS T OR Y. By AMELIA B. EDWARDS, Author of "My Brother's Wife," &c. Hurst andßlackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Now ready, in magnificent Emblematic Cover, designed by John Leighton, F.S.A., 215.; or in morocco, 31s. 6d., THE INGOLDSBY LEGENDS. An Illustrated 14:di:ion, from no less than 6') Original Drawings by George Cruikshank, Leech, and Tenniel. Also now ready, 54th Thousand, The CHEAP EDITION of INGOLDSBY LEGENDS, ss. Lichard Bentley, New Burlington-street NOTICE. —ETON SCHOOL DAYS will be ready at all the Libraries on Wednesday, Nov. 25. In one vol., post Bvo., price 10s. 6d. London : John Maxwell and Co., 122. Fleet-street. NOTICE. -A TERRIBLE WOMAN ; OR, STRONG AND TRUE.—The New Novel, by AUSTYN Olt &HAM, will be ready, in two vols., post svo., price 2 a, on Wednesday, Nov. 25. London: John Maxwell and Co., 122, Fleet-street. DTICE -AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF AN ENGLISH DETECTIVE, by WATERS, will be ready at all Libraries, in two ♦ols., post Bvo., price 21s. London : John Maxwell and Co., 122, Fleet-street. Early in December will be published, in Two Volumes Bvo., printed with old-faced type, on Hall's best tuned laid paper. Portrait. Ornamental binding. THE LIFE AND TIMES OF BERTRAND DU GUESCLIN. A History of the Fourteenth Century. By D. F. JAMISON, of South Carolina. London : Trubner and Co., 60, Paternoster-row. PUBLISHED BY HER MAJESTY'S GRACIOUS PERMISSION MEDITATIONS on DEATH and ETERNITY. Translated from the German by FREDERICA ROWAN. Bvo., pp. 386, cloth boards, price 10s. 61 DITTO. Smaller Editon, crown Bvo., printed on toned paper, pp. 352, price Os. DEDICATED, BY PERMISSION, TO HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCESS OF WALES. THE LORD'S PRAYER. Illustrated in a Series of Etchings by LORENZ FROLICH. In one hand some quarto volume, appropriately bound in cloth, price 15s. " M. Frolich's `Lord's Prayer' (with an etched dedication plate and prefatory plate, and ten etched designs illustrative of the text) is dedicated to the Princess Alexandra, as in duty bound, the artist being a loyal Dane, and is about to be pub lished in this country. It is a work worthy to be laid at the feet of so fair and gracious a lady. . . Nothing is more in genious in these designs than the way in which tee earthly and the heavenly are combined and contrasted."—Times. DEDICATED TO HER ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCESS LOUIS OF HESSE. MEDITATIONS on LIFE and its RELIGIOUS DUTIES. Translated from the German by FREDE RICA ROWAN. Published by Her Majesty's gracious Per mission. Being the Companion Volume to "Meditations on Death and Eternity." One Volume, Bvo., price 105.6 d. DITTO. Smaller Edition, crown Svo , printed on toned paper, pp. 338, price 6s. DEDICATED, BY PERMISSION OF HER MAJESTY, TO H. R. H. THE PRINCESS BEATRICE. New Work by , the Illustrator of "The Lord's Prayer," " Mademoiselle Lilli," &c., &c. In 1 vol., small 4to, handsomely bound in cloth , price 5 5. , THE LITTLE DARLING at the SEA-SIDE. A Series of Drawings by LORENZ FROLrcII. Text by her Mamma. London : Trubner and Co., 60, Paternoster-row. This day, Never Before Published, price 25., BEL DEMONIO. A LOVE STORY. By P.A.ULFEVAL, Author of "The Duke's Motto." London : Ward and Lock, 158, Fleet-street. BEAUTIFUL FOR EVER. MADAME RACHEL ON " FEMALE GRACE AND BEAUTY." Just published, ABOOKOFB E A U T Y. By Madame RACHEL. To be had at 47A, New Bond-street. Price 2s. 6d. JULLIEN'S CONCERTS. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE, EVERY EVENING at 8. Vocalist, Mdlle. VOLPINI.—VioIin, Signor SIVORI. THE BRITISII ARMY QUADRILLE—SeIection from FAUST—Grand Orchestra—Three Military Bands, and full Chorus. Conductor, M. JULLIEN. Promenade and Gallery, is. ; Boxes, 2s. 6d. ; Private Boxes, los. 6d., £ls. is., and £1 lls. 6d. Places may be secured at the Box-office of the Theatre. T HE THIRD GRAND EVENING CONCERT OF ST. CECILIA'S AMATEUR CHORAL SOCIETY will take place at ST. JOSEPH'S HALL, Tottenham-road, Kingsland, On TUESDAY, N0v.24, 1863, at 7 30 p.m. Miss Koppers, pupil of Charles Halle, pianoforte. Principal Vocalists -Miss Ellen Lyon (who will sing, by particular desire, a MS. B illad, called " The Song of Other Days," composed by J. P. Knight). Miss Edith Evelyn, Miss Butler, Mr. Buhler, Mr. George Henning, Mr. Lanvin, Mr. Neighbour, and Monsieur Chantre. The Choruses will be selected from the works of Auber, Verdi, Bellini, Batfe, Gounod, Sir H. Bishop, Mactarren, Pearsall, and Martini, including the Chorus from" Faust." The Band will perform the Overture, " Pra Diavolo," and "Le Dieu et la Bayadere," Auber. Full Band and Chorus. Conductor, Mons. Leman. Tickets, 2s. each : body of the hall, ls. ; a limited number of reserved seats, 3s. each—to be obtained at 89, Culford-road North ; of Mr. Gray, 6, Clarence-place, Culford-road North ; or of A. Masset, it sq., Hon. Sec., 13, Sandford-place, Stoke N ewing - ton- common, N. T " 0X F OR.D, 6 , OXFORD STREET, W. THIS EVENING, will be performed Selections from the following Operas, viz., THE SLAVE, and CLARA, the MAID of MILAN, by Sir Hy. Bishop; also, from E RNANI and LA SONNAMBULA; by the following talented artistes : —Misses Russell, Townley, Fitz Henry, S almsley, and Elli son ; Messrs. Green, Huish, Kimberley, Stuart, (to. Also, Solos on the Violin by VIOPTI COLLINS, the celebrated English Violinist. Flute by Drew Dean. Pianoforte, Miss Bryant. _ _ And the marvellous Instrument, the ORCHESTRAL PIANO, by Herr SCHAL KENBACH, the Inventor. Director, Mr. F. Jonghmans. Comedy, by UNSWORTH ("or atii Other man "), Eugene, W. Randall, E. Marshall, G. Hutchenson, The HALL has been newly Decorated, and is one of the most Beautiful in the Metropolis. Open at half-past 7 o'clock. Admission, area, 6d.; stalls and balcony, is. ; private boxes, 10s. t3d. "THE GHOST CLUB" at the CANTERBURY HALL.—New and Interesting Spectral Tableaux.—Mr. C. MORTON is enabled to announce that, through the medium of Professor Pepper's World of Shadows, a "GHOST 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 (if 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 writers. At pre sent, the two orders of Slavery—the Slavery of the South, and the " White" Slaery o a more boastful civilisation, receive emphatic illustration, and these life pictures will be subjects for illustration. rapidly replacel by others. The pages of Shakspere and the elder Dramatists, of Scott, Hood, Ingoldaby, Dickens, &c., &c Selections,andctorial attractions as usu al, w in i A c c L u ll d in t in h t g e ur o ns otherefurnishr a t Operatic mMusicall&c. ; Comedy by u th (the modern Demosthenes), Eugene, George Hodson, E. Marshall, and George Hutchenson.nswor ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. - IM MENSE SUCCESS.—ARTHUR and BERTRAND, the celebrated French Clowns, will appear every evening in an entertainment reserved expressly for their engagement at this establishment -The MARVELS of PERU, the most wonderful Performers in the WorId—LANGLOIS, the great Indian Juggler—The FAIRY FOUNT A lN—Operatic Selec tions —Grand Comic Divertissement, by the Francesco Family and Mons. Ratel, assisted by 12 Young Ladies. Doors open at 7—commence at half-past 7. ItOYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. Great 3fusical Attraction Immense success of SIGNOR NICOSIA, the eminent Violinist, who will appear Every Evening. A RGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street, Piccadilly. During the Concerts given by Mons. JULLIEN, at Her EV Maj ENlestNG's T atheNlNatre, E O'CLOCK. the BALL will commence EVERY Doors open at 8 o'clock. Admission, is. Manager—M. GRENET. 29, GEORGE-STREET, HANOVER - SQUARE. THE LONDON ANATOMICAL MUSEUM. Open daily from 10 till 10. Lectures at 4 and 7 o'clock. Where may be seen the Astecs ; Bushman and Wife; Julia Pastrana and Infant; Eng and Shang, the Siamese Twins ; and upwards of 3,000 Models, Natural Pre parations, to. Egyptian Mummies, unwrapped, 4,000 years old. Admission, One Shilling (for Gentlemen only). MR. A. B. HOLLINGSWORTH, COMIC VOCALIST. SUBSCRIPTIONS RECEIVE a at the OFFICE of THIS PAPER for the above artist, suddenly afflicted with Blind ness, and, in his helplessness, having a wife and child de pendiatt on him. LAMBERT'S ASTHMATIC BALSAM.—AN EFFECTUAL REMEDY, without confining the bowels or affecting the head, truly efficacious and pleasant, is ad mitted to be the best medicine for immediately relieving coughs, colds, confirmed cases of asthma, and incipient con sumption. It frequently cures persons whom the faculty pronounce incurable, admirably allays the tickling which provokes frequent coughin. In aroaching consumption its effects are truly beneficia g l. Persons deprived of sleep, or even lying down for fear of suffocation, may depend on relic:A for Lambert's I .L I a few rainutes Chem taking it. Prepared only and sad by three W LAMBERT, ist. 8, King - Waliam-street, Charing- Cross, London and by all druggists, in bottles, 130., and Asth ma tic Delfiglll, The AU= iiild MicireNfi in quantities in one, 2s. 9d. each. Be particular, and ask COMM oil the stamp. - ~.........,.......T. ,:4. ,;,42.,,...1:. -1' INE"W S PA PER (4: ---_ ,m,..------zi•rs;--,,,,, 7r --eko, L-,,,...,-.\,.•,7.1, 4 , 43 , k :-.-;? ~/. . ..g ...r e„ ,::: : /.,: . . - 4 : ,:,r tc, 1 xt,ab iti,,t,,,-,.•;i.,...5k..,472.7, '..=7 ./.:, ~ ) „ -)/ ii..4 .....,...., 04 •. . s 'T': ll 7 ll "' ► ~,., „ .. ~, .....,, „...._: ..),.., ~..,.., 14 0 *. ' ~4 1k uy_. ... .. - b. , 4 • ;4.1 e . -.-- . 4 , .' , .. 4 41110 k, . -ss..§.. •-•,-. , ewfAc::* '. *. ...t . • . 4• •-,' ~. . , , 1 t! ' _ 4 , ~,)-.., -411‘ \ \ ',) : , qi, ....j.40,e7e,' DiEi kT4 ft4 4l lllt'et4l • ~. . ...,.._ ••••...i 4 ' ',, r ' 0 '1: 1 ikA ‘ t*LZAIWZII. i ll ~.... '„ • , -.I cultivation of the understanding, and; more fully to appreciate the woni of Gad—whether manifested in th. plgt ous development of life in the smallest .. t taaT- r -r culm, visible only through the miscroscope, ertt the " grandest and most magnificent works of Creation —so that all alike may feel and acknowledge, in the words which our president selected for the in scription of the Royal Exchange, that— "' The earth is the Lord's and the tainess thereof.'" Pit 10E. STA-111PED VIE PROPOSED CONGRESS. (Applause.) The CHAIRMAN said it now koame his duty to distribute the Prince Consort's prize awarded at the last examination, and the prizes awarded to the artist workmen who were successful competitors b t the wood carving exhibition held in June last. The first-mention e d prize, which was £25, was awarded to Mr. Wm Vaughan, aged 22, City of London College, clerk, who had obtained the follow ing first-class certificates, in arithmetic, geometry, book-keeping, mensuration, algebra, trigonometry, and in conic sections. In'awarding this p r i z? , Rurafries, The CHAIRMAN complimented Mr. Vaughan on his industry and ability in reference to his studies in connexion with the above subject©. The following are the names of' the successful competitors in the wood-carving exhibition, to whom prizes were awarded :—Mr James Meikle john, William•street, Regent's Park ; Mr G. Rum. G l.:i e m en li , c a o n ; d M iu r r cv W. . ford, Eecleston - street, S.W. ; Mr Mark Rogers, Perry, 5, Mr J H Baylis, Judd-street, Brunswick-square; ... . Kindall, of Warwick ; Mr R. Flipping, Mr J. Nr. Horly, of Camden-place, South.street, aunton, for admission a s N A1I1 o r1 ;; F h T. i ll aie. u hK d b l re e °ll ; d - k it ls r lt e 'r e l‘e t el , tr' Grosvenor• square ; Mr T. it. read over by th e members of the Society werethen secretary, and the meeting separated. Le T ac h h e , n o a f m L es o o a f th th , enewe Lincolnshire andida : e a s n d Taunton. o M r C. J.. No one who has looked with attention at the tone of public opinion among the French can have failed to observe a certain degree of lurking discontent with Ihe foreign policy of tho Government. Like our own it has failed in conciliating all parties. It has incurred great expense, and is even now me naced across the Atlantic; and with the people of France, the artisans, the labourers, the lower classes, the war in Mexico is unpopular to the last degree. It happens also that throughout France generally, iEmperorwhich h finds n d would o himself a gladlyl. there is, if not a sympathy, at least a reluctance to quarrel with the Northern States: They have no wish to see a second La Fayette contending for the liberties of the South. In thi s point, therefore, the in importance. hbpeeopre sence sustained of b by the difficulty nvoice of Europ©. Yet thi s diffi cu lty i s aggrava t e d by . another of still d greater Europe is w e ll aware t h at i n t h e matter o f P o l an d France ha s b een restrained by the moderation of the Emperor, defeat. N a o nd w, t f h abt a t t md o e o e ir in es s to the e h e eaf whole e c e o o n tg. creditra e d s s i F o w l: oa a nu t el i de c would obtain ate,would at all e vents ga i n a consti tution Poland, if Nip venture o Emperor, onßent to i ee who onnt fvrooinc te originated ohfimE uinr o i hp t ; eeßSpns ur remain with th e tained there by th e s not erected into an independentse s e i a n w t o a u t l t d i t uhardlydes. State, of her own, and would occupy with regard to Russia somewhat the same position that Hungary occupies with regard to Austria. If, on the other hand, Russia should refuse to make - concessions, all those States which had acted with Prance in the important solemnities of a Congress would be pledged to follow her in an almost inevitable war; and is it to be believed that France would engage in a continental war without endeavouring to secure material advantages ? Can we think of such a war as anything else but the most terrible of disasters ? ' Reflecting for an instant on the state of affairs in the Western Hemisphere, is it not clear that it would be suicidal in the last degree to waste our strength here when it may be so soon called for there ? It comes to this, then. This Congress, so far as Poland is concerned, will either extort compliances from Russia, of which France, or perhaps the Emperor, would reap all the glory, or it will lead to a war which France will have the honour of leading, and from which she is sure to gain either in territory or prestige. It may be said that there are minor ques tions of very grave importance, but that is an assertion which we are ready to dispute. For our own part, we can see nothing in any quarter of the globe which calls for a step of such magnitude ; step, moreover, of which no one can foretel the issue. We see no sign that such emphatic inter• vention is demanded.—Social Science Review. A Safety Locomotive for Sharp Curves. Mr. Cross, the engineer of tke St. Helen's Rail way, Lancashire, has been tor some time occupied with the construction at the compan y's new class of engine, the result of which in practice datum in railvvay so well corresponds to sound theory that it is likely to exercise a material influence on the structure of new railways, by the substitution of sharp curves for tunnels in mountain regions, and also for facili tating junctions between lines and the entrance into cities and towns. cons r t o r u u n ct d io It is a works of a fact seldom adverted to that the governing the engine for or inclines. pass ing ßith ter o, t he construction of engines curves r i s v e t s h a e n de capaci t y ei grades ty o f has only adapted them for running wit h f r ee roll ing movement on straight lines, even when accu rately made, and only capable of running on curves by dint of grinding or sledging friction of the wheel tires. To diminish as Snuck as possible the amount of this friction the practice has been to keep the engine as short as possible—i.e., the axles as close together as possible. The result of this has been an unsteady base and a topheavy superstructure, liable to constant oscillation from two affecting causes—the alternate motion of the pistons on the crank and the irregularities of the rails. On curves binding the rails closer to the wheel flanges the oscillation would ba less, but the grinding friction would be more, and the greater the risk of the wheels escaping from the rails in case of a sudden impediment or a deflected rail. The enormous weight of the engines has tended to counterbalance this risk, but at the cost of greatly increased de structive wear. The St. Helen's line, miming through a hilly mineral district, is a remarkable sample of sharp curves and gradients. In a length of about 30 miles it has a constant succession of curves, varying from 500 feet radius down to 170, and it has gradients from one in 85 to one in 35, and it has, moreover, a large number of " points and crossings" opening into the various mineral deposits. This line has been usually worked by short engines on six wheels with four coupled wheels as drivers, and connected to separate tenders for the supply of fuel and water, the length of the wheel base of the engines being about 12 feet. Even this comparatively short length of engine was disadvantageous on curves, involving much impedimental friction ; and a still greater disadvantage was that tender engines are only adapted to run safely with the tender behind, and in the working and shunting the loss of time and labour, and expense, was considerable. For this reason Mr. Cross set about the construction of an engine that should be capable of running freely and without impedimental friction in a straight line, and either end foremost, and also pass with free rolling movement round curves of as sharp a curve as a radius of 132 feet, or what engineers call two chains. To say that it was pronounced impractica ble by men of routine is merely to say that it was out of th© category of most working improvements. The en gine is on eight wheels, covering a base of 22 feet in length, and the length of a solid frame resting on it 32 feet. The four central wheels have their axles passing through before, and behind th e engine fire-box as usual, the axles being about 8 fe e t apart. It is obvious that so long an eng i ne could scarcely pass round curves at all, even at any cost of friction, with the ordinary construction of wheels and axles. The difficulty is obviated by a very simple four pro process. ess. The central parallel to each other. Consequently, in the ordinary mode of construction, they could not move in a curved line without a good amount of impedimental fric tion. This friction is avoided by a very simple pro cess of construction. Th e wheel tires are applied on hoop springs of el as ti c steel placed between the wheel On thes e spr i ngs the tires can slip or revolve andolve ti without sliding on the rails, and thus the revolutions of the tires are adjusted to the varying length of the rails on curves by self-action. This sliding of the Wheels on the ti res i s no t f oun d is any way to imped e th e tractive power of the en gine, but the contrary. The extreme wheels at either end h ave their tires applied in the same mode, b u t another movement is also supplied—the axles have very which long bearings, and the boxes in they run, instead of being para llel to the axles, are formed in curved lines struck from cen tral points, and are permitted to move i n this cur vature through the hornpl a te s and asi Onv-gui-A ss •be neath the spring shoe s . Th e resu lt of gi s that the of wheels and flanges are free to follow the course crves, with the very important advantage the rails both on the straight lines and ° curves, with a point of carves' always safety that the extreme axles point truly to the centre of . though the conse quently are square to the r ails, S, requiring the axle curve may be in the form a of directions. There is, axle to radiate in opposite theecovnnerhve, and w heels to escape from the traight lines, and though fore no tendency in the rails either on curves radii,or straight the great length of pie adapted to such small trols the action of the pistons frame governs and the wheels are deprived f ral oscillation, while by the removal' cif their the cranks, and . preventseee both vertical and late ral of their vicious irregularity friction, and the wear thy. and is reduced to th ' e minimum. tear of tires and rex . . ocess is simple for rendering osu s Thus, the pr . heavy co'stly and danger. powerful engines practicable by increasing and their wheel base, and distributing the load for the a scent of heavy gradients. A mountain sid e m ays t h us be traversed by a series of zigzags, lik e tho o f the old horse paths , and narrow a n d tortuouse valleys may be threaded along the course of tain streams. The highlands of Scotland moun- Wales, of Derbyshire and the L a k e and of , the mountain regions of Italy, Switzerland , are all within the reach o f a cheap system and S p ain l o comotion, dispensin g w i th eaP sYstem of steam costly tunnels and pro tracted periods of time; and it becomes easy to deal with the streets an d roads of a powerful en g i ne capable of towns large and cities, when speeds can move freely loads and t igh of the 0 xford-stree t round a curve similar t o th a t circus. If any of our H elen's line and judge for themselves where they w ill find an engine, not a principle capable'but with. merely not costly,.. Hitherto, engines been well has of adaptation to existing stock. _ for lines . of sharp curves have not adapted to high speed, but that difficulty ceased. The same engine may traverse the plains and make its journey through—or rather over—the mountains with equal facility, with the exception that it cann o t carry so h eavy a l oa d u phill as on the plain. And it has the additional advantage that the blending a sharp curve with a steep ascent—the most difficult of all railway problems under present circumstances—will in noway interfere with flee rolling movement, or absorb 6t n y po v ,e r beyond that L due to gravitation and axle friction. , —Tirncs, SOCIETY OP ARTS, The one hundred and tenth session of this society commenced last evening at the society's house, John street, Adelphi, and was numerously attended. Since the last meeting of the institution the hall in which the meetings are held has been remodelled, and by the addition of the ante-room has been much enlarged, thus materially increasing the accommo dation required by the members generally. Amongst those present we noticed Vice-Chancellor Page Wood, Sir Thomas Phillips, Mr. Harry Chester, Mr. John Dellion, Mr. H. Cole, &c. W. HAWES. Esq., the Chairman of the Council, presided on the occasion. Mr. LE NEVE FOSTER, the secretary, read the minutes of the last meeting of the society, which were confirmed. The CHAIRMAN then delivered, in accordance with the usual custom, the opening address of the session. He commenced by expressing his regret that he had to follow so able a chairman as his friend Sir Thos. Phillips, and after adverting to the alteration and improvement of the hall in which the society were held, he adverted to the losses which the society had recently sustained by death, alluding especially to the late president, Mr. William Tooke, Mr. Alderman Cubitt, Mr. Joshua Field, Mr. Joseph Glynn, and Mr. Mulready. Mr. 'William', Tcoke had, he remarked, filled every office of the society, and even when he was not able to take an active part in its affairs, he always evinced a great anxiety for the welfare of the institution. In speaking of the policy which the council proposed to follow during the ensuing session, the chairman referred to the action of the society in the cause of education. That some system for encouragineprivate study after leaving school had become absolutely necessary from the universality of education, was never, he said, so apparent as now, when the attractions of sensation novels were, if not absolutely injurious, tending to excite feelings and sentiments, calculated to lower rather than to elevate the tastes and prin ciples of their readers. Many of the objections to the competitive examinations did not apply to those adopted by the society. Cramming could not be adopted before their examiners. The examina tions were not entered upon to give a particu lar position in a college, or in military or naval life, but were pursued by those who hoped to gain the notice of their employers by great sacri fices and severe labour after their day's business was over. The working classes formed the base of our industrial fabric, and too high a value could not be attached to any step which enabled them to obtain an acquaintance with sound principles of political economy, which would influence their own conduct and enable them to influence that of others. The first exhibition of specimens of wood carving was held in June last, and a second exhibition would be held in that room in a few days. In pro viding papers for their Wednesday evening meet ings they would endeavour as much as possible to select subjects interesting to the members. Arts, manufactures, commerce, and agriculture, will all meet with attention during the session, but the council would particularly urge the co-operation o f the members in finding good and interesting pap ers to be read at these meetings. Those announced for the evenings before Christmas were likely t o b e more than usually interesting; but, besides these papers, they had arranged three courses of lectures by professiona l g entlemen emi nent in theirspecial departments. They would be delivered on Monday or on Thursday evenings, as mi g ht b e found most conve nient. The first cours e , b y i n gs, D.C.L., is on " Internati onal Law. G and Wi t 's Com mercial Relations," and will begin before Christmas. The others, by Mr. Crate Calvert, F.R.S., an d M r . Burgess, on "Chemi s t ry Applied to "Fine Arts Applied to Industry, the Arts," and will follow in suc cession. The council have this year, in conjunction with the Colle ge o f quin quennial e swine Physicians, to award the Y Prize," consisting of a silver cr..p, value £lOO, conta i ning a purse of £lOO in gold., for the best published treatise on urispriudence. The council will also, at the end of the session, award, for the first time, the society's gold Albert medal for distinguished merit in arts, ma.nufactuws) or com merce, the new dies the for which are in progre ss, likeness of the Prince Consort ha ving been submitted for the approval of her Majesty. The chairman then adverted to the bust of the Piince Consort, by Mr. Theed, which was placed in the room, and when the pictures ordered were completed, they would have in sculpture and on canvas, the, very best likeness that could be had of the P rinca Consort, as well as a likeness of her Majesty. The chairman then paid a high compliment to th.e Prince Consort for his desire to promote the riocial ond intellectual 6. s After some im provementfur- ther of the working . ther observations, the. e hairmi In , in conclusion, said that the society had u great dmy to perform. Let us strive, he said, to release industry from the shackles of prejudice and ign orance —to encourage the greatest freedom for the terci se of talent, come from whence it may, and thus to maintain this so ciety in the foremost rank of th 013 e 'who are striving to extend the operation of thcl e humanising and peaceful influences which inq af f y ollow the THE SUN, LONDON, _THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 19, 1863, K INAHAN'S LL WHISKY v. COGNAC BRA NDY. This celebrated Old IRISH WHISKY rivals the finest FRENCH BRANDY, It is Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. Sold in Bottles, 3s. 8d , at the Retail Houses in London ; by the Agents in the principal towns in England ; or wholesale at 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, W. Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded " Rinahan's LL Whisky." TEETH. —Mr. ESXELL'S INVENTION in the construction or ARTIFICIAL TEETH has the following advantages :—A set or teeth, of excellent work manship and mechanism, 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 themselves so perfectly to the gums, that they are quite immoveable, except at the option of the wearer. Invalids or residents in the country can ad just these teeth to many changes of the mouth without the aid of a dentist. They are not so liable to injury, are always useful, and will last a lifetime. Comfort guaranteed. Trea tise explaining Mr. Eskell's Patent, &c., free for 7 stamps. Inspection of specimens and consultations iree.-B,Grosvenor street, Bond-street, W. ; and at 39, Bennett's-hill, Bir mingham. Naval and Military Intelligence, IHE NAVY. A number of condemned 32-pounder cast iron naval guns, 8 feet in length, and weighing 42 cwt. each, 21 of which were formerly on board h, r Majesty's screw steam frigate Liverpool, 29'guns, at Devonp ftt, were yesterday landed at Woolwich from the War Department vessel Alma, Among the number was a 45-pounder Armstrong gun with one sido of the muzzle carried away. A cargo of cast iron ordnance, weighing 50 tons, and con sisting of guns minus one of the trunnions, broken off during proof, was yesterday shipped at Woolwich for transport to Messrs. Pegg's works, at Brentford, to be broken up. A largo amount of war stores for China is now awaiting transport at Woolwich, including 8 .inch 52 cwt. guns for Shanghai, 20 and 24-pounder howitzers, and 20-pounder naval guns, &c., for Hongkong. The heavy shaft, weighing 22 tons, manufactured by Messrs. Penn, at Greenwich, for her Majesty's iron screw ship Minotaur, 6,621 tons, and 1,350-horse power, now building at the Thames Ironworks, at Blackwell, was yes terday shipped at Woolwich for conveyance to the building yard. The Minotaur is now in a forward state for being launched, Instructions were yesterday received at Woolwich to commence a tripping the paddlewheel sloop Ardent, brought home from the South-East Coast of America, as well as the iron stem-tug Kite, from Bermuda, in order to their being sold by public tender. A number of other ships at Wool wich known to be in a condition unfit for service are also in progress of being stripped —namely, the Banshee, Flying Fish, Firebrand, and Spiteful ; they will, in all probability, likewise be ordered for sale. The Fly, dockyard barge, having been damaged by a collision at Woolwich, has been hauled up on the slip for repairs, which are estimated to require an expenditure of upwards of £I,OOD. Her timbers are quite rotten, so that a very small portion of the old barge will be found useful for future service. The hired sailing transport West Derby, Capt. Sargent, arrived at Spitheal yesterday morning with the left wing of the 31st Regiment on board, from Shanghai. She sailed thence on the Ist of July, and called in at the Mauritius on the 3d of September, and at St. Helena on the 7th of Octo ber. The names of the officers and number of men are as follows :—Capt. Mitchell, Bayley, Pepper, and Thompson; Lieuts. M'lntyre, Maynard, and Haxham ; Ensigns Lam bert, Townsend, Bateman, and Hill ; Assist.-Surg. Giraud; 19 sergeants, 5 drummers, and 282 privates. Four deaths occurred during the voyage. The 31st aro ordered into garrison at Plymouth, and yesterday a telegram was de spatched there from the Admiralty, ordering the Geyser, 6, paddle, to proceed at once round to Portsmouth, and receive on board the left wing from the West Derby and convey it to Plymouth. In consequence of a large number of lads having recently been transferred from the Wellesley, 72, training ship in Chatham harbour, to various ships of war, there are now a number of vacancies on board that vessel. The limit of age at which candidates for entering the navy are taken is lb years. They must be over 4ft Bin in height, free from phy sical defect, and able to read and write well. The necessary forms of application are forwarded direct to applicants by the commanding officer of the Wellesley. Sir R. Mayne, Chief Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, accompanied by Mr, Mallalieu, principal superin tendent of the police forces at the Royal dockyards, visited Chatham dockyard on Tuesday for the annual inspection of the police at that establishment. After mustering the whole of the officers and men who could be spared from their ordi nary police duties, Sir R. Mayne saw the men go through their drill, which is now a regular part of their duty. He also inspected their clothing and accoutrements, and after examining the books and documents of the division, and transacting some business with Superintendent Richardson he left the dockyard and inspected the recently erected quarters of the married police, the internal arrangements and all the details connected with which he found most satisfactory. Orders were received yesterday at Devonport to pat into commission the screw steam frigate Aurora, 35, now in the first class of the steam reserve in Hamoaze. She is to have a complement of 615 men, is to be fully stored and provi sioned, and for the present will be attached to the Channel squadron. The paddlewheel steam tender, Princess Alice, M. Dyer Master, has been placed in No. 1 dock at Devonport to have her bottom cleaned. The iron screw steamship Defence, 16, Capt. Augustus Phillimore, went yesterday outside Plymouth breakwater to make a trial of her engines at the measured mile. The screw steam corvette Pelorus, 22, Capt. Boys, got up steam yesterday, and went from Hamoaze into the Sound, where she will receive her powder and ammunition. To- day she will make a trial trip. The screw steam frigate Constance, 39, was removed yes terday from Haraoaze into the Prince's dock, at Devonport, to have her bottdra cleaned and valves overhauled, prepara tory to hor being placed at moorings in the first division of the steam reserve, in place of the Aurora. The India Department has proposed, and the Admiralty has approved of, an allowance of 50 rupees a month being given for services as interpreter to one officer in each of her Majesty's ships so long as they may remain on the East India station. Any officer who may pass the Staff test in Hindustani, or a good colloquial examination in Arabic or Persian, will receive a sum of 180 rupees, being equivalent to six months' allowance at 30 rupees a month, drawn by interpreters of regiments for the entertainment of a moon shee, or instructor of native languages. The Government of Bombay will communicate to the senior naval officer on Ile East India station as to the place where the proposed examination will be held, and the regulations under which it will be conducted, The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty :—Sub-Lieut. Augustus H. B. Bradshaw, to the "Wasp ; Reginald 0. B. Carey, naval cadet, to the Pelorus ; Edward A. Amphlet, paymaster, to the Curagoa, additional, for transport service at New Zealand ; Dr. F. B. Hurley, assist.-surgeon, to the - Warrior ; and Isaac B. Liddell, in the Shearwater, promoted to acting engineer. Dreadful Explosion at East Greenwich. parish and private firms. Brick and timber buildings, used as alum stores, boiler and engine houses, about 70ft by GO and GO by 21, severely damaged by explosion, and stuck in open yard seriously damaged by fire. W. Anson, one of the workmen, killed, and four others severely injured and taken to the hospitals. The property was insured in the Leeds and Yorkshire and Northern Fire-offices." A very searching inquiry was made during the day by the brigade authorities for the purpose of ascertaining, if pos sible, how the explosion occurred, but nothing satisfactory could .be gleaned, but the prevailing opinion is that it was caused from the anxiety Of the men to generate steam. The Relief of Distress in the Manufacturing Districts. The following is the report of the Central Execu tive Committee to the General Committee : Town-hall, Manchester, Nov. 16. The Central Executive Committee has to report that from a table compiled by the honorary secretary, and appended hereto, it ascertains that the outlay for the relief of indi gence caused by the distress in the 28 Unions of the cotton districts up to Michaelmas last amounted to £1,979,369; tho outlay of the Boards of Guardians in excess of previous years being in this sum combined with the expenditure of the local relief committee. Of this total the extra charge on the parochial rates in 1862 and 1863 was £823,470, and that derived from strictly local subscriptions to either the local or central funds amounted to £535,898, irrespective of the large sums ex pended in private charity. Notwithstanding that the diminution of the number of persons dependent on the parochial rates has up to the time been progressive, and amounts to 288, 551 since January last, your committee cannot rely on the continuance of the present amount of employment. It therefore expects to encounter an increased outlay to meet legitimate claims from the diminution of work, or from the inclemency of the sea son in some of the winter months. Having regard to the various contingencies affecting the urgency and the duration of the distress, your committee has pleasure in reporting that the balanee held by Messrs. Heywood Brothers and Co. on the 14th inst. amounted to £258,392 4s Id, by the Bridgewater House Fund £86,270175, and by the Liverpool Committee £39,355 17s 6d, besides subscriptions in large towns in Yorkshire and elsewhere promised but not yet transmitted. At the close of the year 1862 your committee reported that it had "reached the middle of the winter without the outbreak of any serious epidemic, or the appearance of any of those grave forms of disease, such as scurvy, diarrhoea, or dysentery, which commonly follow low diet, with little variety of food and the use of inferior kinds of aliment." In confirmation of this statement, the medical officer of the Privy Council, in his report presented the 31st of March, 1863, says—" It was a most satisfactory issue to the anxieties of 1863 that typhus did not become extensively prevalent in the cotton districts, and that, so far as the facts are yet known, there was no other great local derange ment of the public health." Every month of 1863 has been marked by the increase of employment and wages, and the diminution of indigence. And the last report of the hon. secretary states that " there are now 288,551 more persons dependent on their own resources, and " 120,000 persons more in full work," than in January, 1863. Your committee has carefully watched for any indica tions which might arise in the population of the loss of power to resist endemic or epidemic disease, and it has ex amined with solicitude the quarterly reports of the Regis trar-General, as well as those of the Local Sanitary Asso ciations, to ascertain whether :the health and strength of the cotton workmen has been seriously impaired. The subject is one to which vigilance may be so pro perly directed, that your committee solicits public attention to the following extracts from the Quarterly Reports of the Registrar-General for 1863 : On the 30th of January, 1863, after remarking that the North-Western Counties, Yorkshire, London, the Northern Counties and the West Midland are five divisions in which the highest rate of mortalitp.prevnils, he states " that the history of the distress is not written in the death registers of the year that is closed" (1862). On the 30th of April, 1863, occur the following remark able passages :—" On comparing the returns of the deaths in the 11 divisions (of England) attention is immediately drawn to the fact, that in all divisions, with one exception, the deaths were more numerous last quarter than in the March quarter of 1862—and the single exception is found in that division where the staple industry in which half a million of persons are dependent is overthrown, and for a twelvemonth four-fifths of that number have sub sisted, unless the pittance has been added by previous earn ings or sale of household stock, on less than 4d a day per head." It will be gratefully admitted that the legal pro vision for the distress and the spontaneous liberality of their countrymen have hitherto sufficed to maintain the people in health." A paper read by Mr, Frederick Purdy, of the Statistical Department of the Poor-law Board, before the British As sociation, after Mn elaborate comparison of the statistics of mortality in the distressed districts, arrived at conclusions in harmony with those of the Registrar-General. The Registrar-General's Report of the 30th June, 1863, records the prevalence of measles and scarlatina iu Lanca shire and Yorkshire, in common with many southern coun ties, but remarks that "in reviewing the whole facts of the present return they will be found to support the conclusion which former reports tended to establish, that sickness has not been aggravated, nor mortality increased, by the dis tress which has prevailed, and which, happily, to a certain extent has now been subdued." In the report dated the 30th of October, 1863, the Regis trar-General states, as to the sanitary condition of England, that "scarlatina and diarrhoea" widely diffused over the country, wore the ehief immediate causes from which the increase of mortality, then reported "sprung." " The un favourable influences that were at work pervaded the coun try generally, and Lancashire did not suffer more than most parts, but less than some." And again, "notwithstanding the distress which still prevails" in Lancashire, " and the greater distress it has suffered, it will be seen that in the present returns it may be compared with Yorkshire with out disadvantage." Prior to the reception of this last Quarterly Report from the Registrar-General your committee had before it a report, obtained by Mr. Farnall, from the medical officers of the several Poor-law Unions of the cotton districts. This report exhibited a remarkable concurrence of opinion among these gentlemen that, apart from epidemic maladies whose origin and progress have been similar to those of other counties in which no distress exists, the health of the popu lation is in a satisfactory condition, there being no ascertain able connection between the origin, character, or spread of these diseases and the distress. In the Ashton-under-Lyne Union alone, in which the duration and pressure of the distress have been exceptionally great, did the medical officers report that the tone of the general health retarded convalescence from exhausting dis eases, and the recovery of women from child-birth, Dr. Noble, in a report to the Manchester Statistical Society, says concerning Manchester—" I have a certain well-grounded conviction that, within the last two years, there has been nothing as to the mortality of the cotton districts in any respect unusual, and assuredly nothing to establish a relation of cause and effect between it and the distress." Your committee has borne in mind the " almost singular mildness of the winter" of 1862-3 (see " Report of Medical Officer of Privy Council), and would call the attention of the committees of all relief districts in which want of employ ment and consequent distress still prevail extensively, to the expediency of precautions against a winter of greater seve rity. An allowance for fuel and the distribution of clothing are necessary wherever the family has been long mainly de pendent on the relief funds, and these may be provided from the general grants. Having regard, also, to the more remote rather than the immediate consequences of a prolonged period of privation, your committee has, in the " Manual" recently published, called the attention of the local authorities to various sani tary precautions, especially the immediate emptying of cesspools and ashpits; the lime-washing of the houses ; the removal of all nuisances ; and a house to house visitation to secure cleanliness and ventilation in the dwellings of those in the receipt of relief, as well as to the arrangements required to prevent the spread of infectious and contagious disease. Your committee has likewise informed the various local committees that it is prepared to take into consideration applications for clothing suitable for the cotton operatives about to be employed on public works: The fluctuations of employment will require the utmost vigilance both from your executive committee and from the local committee of relief. in order to meet the real wants of the unemployed, Signed on behalf of the committee, DERBY, Chairman. JOHN WM. MACLURE, Hon. Sec. Full benefit of reduced duty obtained by pur chasing Horniman's pure Tea; very choice at 35. 4d. and 4s. "High Standard" at 45. 4d. (formerly 4s. Bd.), is the strongest and most delicious imported. Agents in every town supply it in packets. LOSS OF LIFE AND SEVERAL PERSONS SERIOUSLY INJURED. The utmost excitement was occasioned yesterday through out the borough of Greenwich, arising from a terrible ex plosion by which a great amount of property was reduced to ruin, and one man was killed, and several persons se riously, and, it is feared, fatally injured. The scene of this disaster was the extensive manufactory of Mr J. Bother, of 38, King William- street, City, but whose works are situated at East Greenwich. The premises formed 'nearly a parallelogram, and were used as steam saw mills and creo sote and alum works. That part of the building comprised the steam-boiler house, 70 feet by 60 feet; the engine house and alum stores, 50 feet by 60 feet, tapering off at the end to only 21 feet. From the inquiries made of the offi • cials at the works, it appears that the workmen commenced their work at the usual hour in the morning, and the steam being up the work progressed in its usual way, and not the l eas t danger was apprehended of any part of the machinery being out of working order, but all of a sudden, just as the clock chimed half-past seven in the morning, a fearful scene presented itself. In the first place, a loud explosion oc curred, resembling the discharge of a piece of artillery, but upon looking out of their windows the inhabitants were convinced that a fearful occurrence had taken place in the vicinity of Greenwich, for the frag ments of the boiler and engine-house, as well as the alum stores, were falling to the ground, after having been blown high into the air. At the same time, immense vo lumes of dust were hovering over the buildings, and it was some minutes before the exact nature of the catastrophe could be learned. A g lare of light shining throu g h t h e clouds of dust showed that a fire and also an explosion had taken place, and the neighbours and police at once rushed to the scene. They then beheld as the dust cleared away a fearful sight—the boiler-house and engine .house, two substantial brick and timber buildings, hurled to pie ces, th e b oiler blown into a mis-shapen form, and the alum store similarly de stroyed. The cries of Several men told at once that the work men had not received sufficient warnin g to enabl e th em to escape with their lives before the explosion took place. The rubbish was removed as quickly as possible, when one man who was employed on the premises, named Anson, 35 years of age, was foun d frightfully burned and sca ld e d , The medical gentlemen of the district promptly attended, and upon examination of the poor fellow he was pronounced to be quite dead. The body was removed for an inquest tQ be held by the coroner. Four other workmen were next extricated, who were also most frightfully injured, so that they were obliged to be re moved to the Dreadnoug ht and Gu y's Hospital, b u t th e nature of the burns and scalds they have received leave little hope of their recovery. How the other persons working near escaped appears quite a miracle. The engines from Penn's engineering works and other firms in the town, as well as those of the parish quickly at tended, and an express was sent off to London for the aid of the brigade. Mr. Henderson, chief officer of the D district, upon receiving the news started with a couple of engines to the spot. A plentiful supply of water having been obtained, the firemen and the inhabitants at once went to work, but the stock in the open yard having become ignited, to get the fire out was a work of difficulty. Alrhands, however, kept to their work, and eventually they succeeded in getting the fire extinguished. The total damage is very considerable, I and is thus officially reported by Mr. Henderson to the in surance companies forming the London Brigade: — "Nov. llB, 1863—Called a t half- past 7 a.m. tc!__a fire at the premises of Mr. J. Bether, steam saw mill pro prietor, and creosote and alum works, East Greenwich; eDgila94 that attended, two Of D district and til9oe of the TORTURE IN SICILY. The Precursore of Palermo publishes the follow ing extraordinary and very painful communication the statements put forth in which ar© all the more remarkable, as coming from one who is manifestly numbered among the bitterest opponents of the Parti Pretre and the old Bourbon dynasty. It is with extreme regret (says the Precursore, in publishing the communication), that we give pub licity to the following atrocious facts, of which we have been apprised by a letter from Signor Anto nin° Morvillo : Sir, —Every one who knows anything of the condition into which our country has fallen, whether by inheritance from the deposed Government, or through the errors of the actual Administration, in which ignorance and stupidity have been substituted for reason and good sense, is aware that unfortunately enthusiasm for the destinies of nations has been replaced by that universal discontent which the enemies of liberty distort into distrust in the future of our Italy. This position of affairs, which is unhappily growing worse, is a source of great grief to those who love their coun try, and who strive on the one hand to warn the Govern ment of its fatal errors, and on the other, to modify public resentment by offering suggestions which may guide the opinion of the vulgar, and prevent their proceeding to ex tremes. Day by day the difficulties of such a mediation grow in number and weight, and your readers will learn something of them from the following facts. About a month ago an acquaintance told mo how a lad named Antonio Cappello, the son of a poor widow in the Via Macqueda, had been tortured at the Military Hospital at Pa lermo. They had tortured him because, having been born dumb, they asserted that he pretended to be unable to speak in order to avoid the conscription. I laughed at this story as a fabrication only worthy of laughter ; and then, thinking I ought to prevent the danger of such a story gaining credit, I went in search of the widow Cappello, and found her in a little house in the Via Banchera. Her name was Rachel Fuggita Trischitta ; she had been born at Naples, and settled at Palermo since 1820. Her age, 63 years, made her vene rable in my eyes. I asked her for her dumb son, and she replied, showing me a blood -stained blouse, " He is at the Military Hospital; they took him from me as a recusant conscript, and tried to force him to speak by starvation, blows, and fire." I was horrified at her words, and felt I must be satisfied of their truth, so I asked her to repeat them, and to inform me to the full extent of her knowledge. The poor mother then said, "I asked for news of my An tonio, and could not get any; I sought it with the anxiety of a mother for her son, and heard that from a lane behind the Lampeausa Palace ho was heard crying, as if under. go ing martyrdom. And then I went to find my Antonio, and saw him. He showed me his wounds, he made signs, that ho had been fasting, and told me by gesticulations that he had been beaten and burned. 1 gave him some bread in a handkerchief which he gave back to me bathed in his blood." At these words I felt a thrill which I cannot de scribe; these words spoken by a mother, by a woman of the people, and 63 years old, could not fail to leave a deep im pression on my mind. I took leave of her, and under the strong impulse of my feelings, returned home to write a statement of all I had heard. If I sent it to the journals of the country, hardly restored toorder—l reasoned with myself —I should g ive pleasure to the A rmenia, to the Stendardo, Cattalico, and other retrograde journals, and thus furnish fresh arguments to the propaganda of our enemies, adding to the discontent of the masses. No, I said to myself, I must con trol my own feelings, and think of Italy, ° which must suffer from public scandals, and so I decided on destroying that which I had written. Still the unhappy man, groaning under the torture, the bloody garment shown to mo by the mother, were like spectres following me about, and I felt it an imperative duty to interfere in the interests of Antonio Cappello, so I went immediately to the Q uies t or, accom panied by my friend Signor Antoni o Cast e lli a i , to secure his aid for this unhappy man. He perf ec tl y understood our motive in refraining from publishing the matter, and f u ll of horror at the occurrence, promised to interfere at once. On the following day he came to tell me that he had inte rested the delegate Ferro in the facts, and that he would call on me for detailed information. I waited for him in vairl, and began to fear that the Signor Serafini had no power in the matter. But the case was urgent, and ad mitted of no delay, so I bethought myself of t urning to the P r ocuratore Regio, Signor Sismondi, in order to have the facts investigated, and steps taken for the punishment of the guilty. I spoke boldly to the honourable magistrate, and told him the story of Cappello, as I had heard it from his mother and from her employers, and I added that I would have made it known through the public press, but it con tained too powerful an argument for publi c anger, and I did not wish to excite that , I might also have taken up the m other's cause, and appealed formally in her n ame, b ut I preferred leaving the honour of the initiative to the indepen dent magistrate, in a case of crime committed by agents of the Government. It is necessary that th e p eople should l e arn that if there are men in the employment of the Go vernment capable of such deeds, there are also magistrates who know how to punish them. Sismondi appeared to appreciate the gravity of my request, and promised to attend to it immediately and solicitously ; he asked me to leave the blood stained garment with him, whi c h I di d, and when I requested him to appoint a time at which I might learn the result of the instruction, ho asked for my a dd ress, and promised to apprise me. He did not write to me, but I still hoped that he would hold to his promise to act with energy in the verification of the crime, and the punishment of the guilty : this was the real matter of importance. I hoped that the process could speedily commence, but no notice reached me, and I have learned only one additional fact, of which I have been informed this day. Some days ago, after the visit of the expert surgeons after the exami nation of Cappello's mother, after, by means of an inter preter they had taken the depositions of the wounded man, and the dumb creature had been taken away and thrown into prison, the old mother asked at the military hospital if she might see her son. She was received with angry rudeness, and told, first by an official and then by a military surgeon, that she need not hope to see he r son , who must pay the penalty of having complained against them. Vain were the tears of the desolate mother, she could ne i t h er see her son, nor obtain any intelligence of him. Yesterday evening the poor old woman came to me, and when she told me these communications, I recognised that the time had come to throw aside my reserve, and that it would henceforth be a crime on my part to main tain silence respecting a deed, which has been not only loft without reparation, but has been rendered still more hide ous. As I before believed that I was consulting the welfare of Italy by remaining silent—now when I see the peace and the life of a poor working man ruthlessly menaced, I trust that I am doing right in bringing the facts which I have narrated to the knowledge of the public, and thus I denounce them to public opinion, to the Deputies and Senators who are at Palermo, that they may rise up and cry against the authors of such iniquity. It is time to wrest from the hands which have tortured them a young man whose crime is that he was born dumb. Torture in 1863, under a liberty which has been bought by blood and sacri fice, is a disgrace to a Government born of the suffrages of the people. The gag, the stripes, the burning seal, aro not written in the plebiscite which we voted, and which wo will sustain. The honour of the militia, to whom these deeds are imputed, must be repaired. The offence to the rights of society, injured by this crime, Which is a disgrace to the age and to civilisation, must be repaired. In holding up this black deed to public retribution, I hope that the know ledge of it will reach Turin, and find an echo in Parliament —there where little is known of our misfortunes, and there is less intention of remedying them. ANTONINE AlouvaLo. Palermo, Nov. 5, 1863. AA IMPERIAL STAG HUNT.—The Progres de l'Oise publishes the subj3ined intelligence from Compiegne :—" The stag hunt, which had been fixed for "Wednesday, took place, although the weather was un favourable, rain having fallen heavily during all the morn ing. The place of meeting was the Carrefour du Puits-du- Roi, and a considerable crowd assembled to witness the sport. The Empe ror was not present at the hunt, but his Majesty accomp anied the Empress and the g ue sts part of inee Murat, arrived, Napole on , t h e the way. At one o' clock the Em p ress, i n a walking dres s , p an r d in t c h e o ss guess, and th slda, among gw e rinhromweeerse Prince Princess Anna and were greeted with the acclamations of the crowd. Shortly after the hounds got on the scent near the Carrefour de l'Embuscade, of a superb stag, where The cure could not take plac e the same it was killed. of the weather, but was effected evening on account on t On Thursday the Court an d the guests took an excursion to , the been carried on thi s y ear with works of which have there was a battue h i the reserved park, where 900 head of The courts which 175 fell to the E m peror's gun. and passages of the lighted by oil, but orders Palace have hitherto been have been justgiven f for gas to be cYCrYWhere laid on. '',