The Sun. — London, England, 1863-12-24 00:00:00

rrPERSONS SEEKING LANDED ESTAT D ES, T D OWN AND COUNTRY RESIDENCES, I , E ERO L AN i.EASEHOLD INVESTMENTS. AND 4-11CPER VIES G ENE RALLY— T o RE RAn GRATIS, at the principal Railway Bookstalls thr oughoutv, the kingdom, or at the Auction and Estate Offices , Z.; 6 7, Chancery-lane. London, Messrs. E. and Lumley's { R E' , PROPERTY IZEGISTER," containing a varied selectio n landed and house properties now in the market, from ,2e, nobleman's mansion, with its manorial domain, to the wdatZe with its few acres. "vrNEus OF PROPERTIES wishing to Sell or Let can em brace the opportunity that the medium of this Recisler_ by sending the particiears of their properties to the .. s tate Offices, 67, Chancery-lane, London, as th e Messrs. Where can in most cases introduce immediat e customers, T here th e property is of :I n eligible character , the reb y avoid 'Z the disadvantages of delay and its attendant incon- Veniences. Cllfl6 T IS NO CHARGE incurred, unless a tenant , or pur is introduced through M essr s. Lumley 8 Agency, aald then only the usual moderate commission. Auction and Land Offices, 67, Chancery-lane, London. NORTH BRITISH AND MERCANTILE INSURANCE COMPANY. FIRE DEPARTMENT.—SPECIAL NOTICE. This Company is now prepared to ISSUE POLIC IES for er ticu . motile Insurances in the Port of London at the reduced wal ar e of rates Street. lars may be had at the Offices, 28, Threadneedle- IMPERIAL LIFE INSUR kNCE COMPANY No. 1, Old Broad-streq, London, E.C. Instituted 1820. HENRY DAVIDSON, Esq., Chairman. tlyte v. ARD HENRY CFIAPITAN, q„ Deputy-Chairman. I niurances effected before the 31st January, IROI, will be entitled to Three Years' Additions in the Profits to be de °l4red in 1860 SAMUEL INGALL, Actuary. NORWICH UNION FIRE INSURANCE SOCIETY. NOTICE.—CHRISTMAS RENEWALS. llercantile and Dock Insurances at the reduced rates. The business of the Company exceeds £70,000,000. 48The duty paid to Government for the year 1862 was t ° 67 , and the amount insured on farming, stock, .u,e 86332. A bonus of three-fifths of the profi f s period icall y made to „ ' a rties insuring, who have thus , from t ime to time, received aoB amounting in the aggregate to £ 440,000 ; and the Society I ' 7 holds a large Reserve applicable to a future Bonus. th The rates of premium are in no case higher than those t Orged by the other principal offices making no returns to 'eir insurers. p.Per pro , pectuses apply at the Society's Offices, Surrey plect, Norwich ; and 0, Crescent, New Bridge-street, Black 'l3"l'l3, E.C. LAST AND WEST INDIA DOCK COMPANY. The COURT of DIRECTORS of the East and West India „„ °'3k Company hereby vive Not i c e, that a Hilt-yearly Court ;"`General Meeting of the said Comp an y will be held, pur r,'llant to the directions by t he Act Ist and 2d William IV., 5 2. at the Dock House , No . 8, t;iltiter-square, on FRIDAY. e Bth day of Ja innry, 180, at which Meeting a Dividend 11 111 be declared en the Capital Stock of the Company for the alt-year ending the list inst. By order of the Court. GEORGE COLLIN, Secretary. East and West India Dock bate, 8, Billiter-square. 21st December, 1863. N.B.—The Chair will be taken at Two o'clock precisely. l IIHE CONSOLIDATED DISCOUNT COMPANY (Limited). ( rhe Directors reserve to hemselves the right of changing the name of the Company.) To be incorporated under "The Companies Act, 1562," by which the Liability of each Shareholder is limited to the amount of share Capital .£1,C00,000, in 20,000 Shares of £5O. First issue, 10.000 shares. Deposit on application Li per share, and £2 on allotment. No future call to exceed £5 pr.T share, and at inter /ills of not less than three months. It is not intended to call up more than £2O per share. DIRECTORS. ore Walter Constable, Esq. (Messrs. Henderson and Con. stable\ * Cannon-street. George Denny, Esq. (Messrs. George Denny and Co.), Great Helen's. Gilliam Little, Esq., Director of the Cape Town Railway. gym. M'Arthur, ESQ. (of the firm of Wm. and Alexander - L „M'Arthur, Australian Merchants), 46, Moorgate-street. „J. Sargood, Esq. (Messrs. Sargood, and Sargood), Lonn an. • m d as o Shepherd Melbourne Richardson, Esq., Director of the Buenos ▪ Ayr and Riverate Bank, "aaneses Thompson, Esq. (Messrs. Le Gros Thompson and . T llO ), Gutter-lane. D i i li gh Fraser Sandeman, Esq. * ` , cild. Manners Sanderson, Esq. Messrs. Sandeman & Co. ' a rnalel. Baker, Esq. * Committee of Management. BANKERS. The London and Westminster Bank. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Sole, Turners, and Hardwick. hemBROKERS. e 8 Shepherd, Esq. Auction Mart, Bartholomew - lane . rs- Eaudeman and Dobree, 2, Royal Exchange-building's. Offices—No. 4, Ab.:hurch-lane. PROSPECTUS. Iu forming this Company the Directors have secured the .7, ( Teratbni of Messrs. Sandeman and Co.. of Abchurc h-lane ' , ose well-known and lone-established business it is the %.iect of this Company to take up and develope. fir The Company will conduct all the operations of ordinary scount business. The terms on which the business of Messrs. c audeman and '. 0.. hits been purchased justify the Directors in anticipating . Profit of at least 10 per cent. per annum on the paid-up The Compiny will take possession of the premises now oc- Pied by Messrs. Sandeman and Co., as from the ist day of January, ant the business of the Company will commence from that day. promot'on money has or will be paid, and the expenses Will be strictly confined to the necessary p syments. b l 'rospectuses an.: forms of applications for sharps may be of :incd at the Offices of the Company, of the Brokers, and he Solicitors. bein the event of no allotment being* made the deposits will lott,, t urned in full should a less number of shares at abi:(i. than are applied for, the deposit will be made avail-any toward., the payment on allotment, and the balance, if -, returned to the applicant. FORM OF AITT.MATION FOR SHARES. To the Directors of the Cnsolirla'ed Discount Company (Limited). 4 Gen tlempn,—Havimr paid to your Bankers the sum of c o • I request you to allot me shares in the Discount Company (Limited), and I hereby i;fi l ec to become a member ot the Society, and to accept such ar ". Or any less number that may be allotted to me ; and 1 4 'equest you to place my nrne on the register of Members r espect of the shares allotted to me. • -- - I am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant. Name in full Address Usual signature Date lirS. D.—The ELECTRO-PLATED GOODS -4tab• ate corninz to one of the lArge and CO., 74, &C.. 411 oreditch. .S I PECTACLES.—The Patent Newly-invented Tinted Spectacles are patronised by the majurity of the includinz Viscou Palmerston. They afford extra sgilinary reiief to weak, di n t and detective vision.—S. and B 0 1,0110 N S, Opticians, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. 13 NKRUPTCY AND COMPOSITIONS.- i'ItWETII. Solicitors, M oorgate-street, AIA PRACTI ,, E E z, in RFIELD COURT, and , 3 effects rRIVATE ‘ItANGE.MENTS with creditors, without publidty. t;arges, the lawest possible, payable by instalments. Coun esses economically conducted. .L.—DEBTS reco7ered on commission, free of law costs. Denalveorce and Probate business conducted at moderate ex= .NO CURE NO PAY.—The Pre-eminent success . s l lt, attending the use !of Iiy , II3 : SIIAW'S VOLTAIC tu r ' 'XIBLE BELT, novel in principle and action, in the t o e of nervous and muscular atiections, admits of its sale be einur,alg rnade depenent upon verified efficacy. A new Belt can bad on trial fora month, free of charge, for rheumatism, Is, sciatica, epilepsy, nervous debility, paralysis, s u p r ,VigrO, tic doloureux, bronchial cough, asthma, spasms, oti s - ' n s , Indigestion, inactive liver, .tc. By the mild continu tlectric current evolved, exhausted vital cuer2y is cum- ZIY restored. Prices, Is. to 15s. each ; for extreme cases, ji , r ding to sive and power. Testimonials sent free.—Depot, Cr ooked-lane, n l-street, City. NA RU PTURES. —BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. TRITE'S Vxra n MOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (PEnpEcTED AND EXHIBITED IN THE GREAT T ITIONS OF 1851 AND 1862) is allowed by upwards of inventio w° thi ndrfd Medical Gentlemen to be the most effective The 11 .2 1 211 the curative treatment of 11 EItN I A. Is here avoid °' a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effects, b ody, wu r i v e old e d_ , a Bolt bandage being worn round the mMain, t e requisite resisting power is supplied by the and cins en " and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease [luring Bleep. 6 that it truss, A d odmierence of the cannot be detected, and may be worn • --oh cann o t reriptive circular may be had, and the bod ail to fit, forwarded by post, on the oir -16e., 21s sent to the manuiaat u l4 two inches below the hips, being Mr. NruiTm ... A Sim.v.le Truss, 2 .1 , Piccadilly. A Double Truss, 318. ed.,"4 2 " ° • 6 r 1 ., and 31s. 6d. Postage, le. P J a o g, lcl An Umbilical Truss, 4.25. andtkicartid d' a 525. ost6d. Postage, le Bd. Post-office Orders to be mad e °Mee, Piccadilly. PllYble to John is.e Whitt, Post- NEW PATENT _., ELAST IC . _ KNEE-CAPS, &c., for Varieoad Veins porous, Weakness and Swelling oi The Legs, s prat and all cases of light in texture, and inexpensive, al l d ' k e- They are . 0) ean ordinary stocking. Price 48. 641, 7, 6d. are drawn on ta,th. Postage 6d. , 10s., to 168. _ JOHN WHITE. Manufacturer. 22g. Piccadilly. pRIZE MEDAL -INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1862. FRANCIS TUCKER Az CO., Wax Chandlers, ace., To the Queen and the P 'nee of Wales. (Established 1720.) The Jnrors' Report on Wax and Church Candles, in 1862. testifies to he excellence of the quality Ill anniaetnre. o f Messrs. Tuckers' A distinzuished Dignitary, in a letter addressed to Francis Tucker and Co.. on the subject of VAX CANDLES with PLATTED WICKS, says : "I have found them fully equal t."l the recommenda ti on 'Whi ch You gave them, and can since r ely , in my t uin end them to the clergy for the use of the altaii, • recom mend Or t • o r . „ 8 quality, with Platted Wicks, patented.. 2,, --..• 2d• per lb uinary quality .. • • .. • • • • 2-• ed. per lb. , VEGETABLE CANDLES, with a Mixture of Wax. V e st quality •• • • • • •• • • .. ts. sd. per lb. ir e h e Pnd quality .„ .. •• • • • • is. 3 d. Per lb. i rd qualify . .. ls. id. per lb. i earr age paxl in London on Orders of Five Pounds in value. FRANCIS TUCKER AND CO., 8 , South Molton-street, GrOSVCIIO.-square. Manufactory— Kensington (Established OW). Th e largest Establishm2nt in England forhe Manufacture ot Wax. Candles for the lige of the Altar. LAMBERTS ASTHMATIC BALSAM.-AN o r afr ' 3 2,PECTUAL REMEDY, without confining the bowels taiiecung the head, truly efficacious and pleasant, is ad colighs4 co l ds the best medicine for immediately relieving s tun 4 1, confirmed cases of asthma, and incipieist con- Pro u P c ,„n• It frequent cures persons whom tile facility Pro v ,e c e ilicurable, admix ably allays the tickling vouch es freqcoughing. In approaching consumption e ren. ',FeY l are tru l y beneficial. l'crsons deprived of sleep, or in "Ying down for fear of suffocation, may depend on relief - r ley minutes after taking It. Prepared oniy and sold by ero s E AIBERT, Chemist. 8, King-William-street, Charing thro4 -London, and by all drugOts, in bottles, 130., and et ar.. .!_ yea t?e o r ix ti t s i ls a t t hm aro fo r L 4 , l 3 l lntities in one, 2s. Od. each. Be particular. and ask a p t . io Balsam, The name and address are # THE SUN, LONDON, THUBSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 24, 1863. VURNITURE, CARPETS, BEDDING, and FLOORCLOTH, CARRIAGE-FREE to any house in he kingdom, regardless of amount or dieance. First class goods a t second-class prices. Terms peculiarly liberal to Clergymen and Gentlemen. An immense stock to select from, displayed in Showrcoms occupying an acre of ground. Every article warranted. CLERGYMEN and GENTLEMEN ABOUT TO FUR NISH are respectfully informed that Messrs. Cobbett and Co. are publishing an entirely New Edition of their un equalled HOUSE FURNISHING GUIDE, ill , istrated by ilo admiraMe engravings of every description of Furniture and Bedsteads, with prices attached. A copy sent gt atis and post-free on application. This costly work also contains complete estimates for furnishing on the following revised scale : A Six-rcr.med Parsonage An Eight-roomed ditto A Ten-rorimen ditto A Twelve-roomed ditto 501 11 0 Together with a trice List of purified tedding, and a mass of valnable information to all requiting househ.ild furniture, carpets, or bedding. References kindly permitted to Cler2y men and gen du:len in or near Great Malvern. Southampton, Chichester, Bury, ET, Preston, Grimsby, ityde, Plymouth, Wells, Oxfor.i, Brighton, Gainsbormerh, Margate. Kidder minster, Wellington, Croydon. Cambridge, ~taines, Dorking, St. Alban's, 'Worcester, Ipswich, Peterborough, St. David's, Wrexham, and above 510 other places in all parts of Great Britain. COB BETT and CO., General House Furnishers, Deptford bridge, London, S.E, pultsuANr to a Decree of the High Court of Chancery, made in a cause MORRIS against PITT MAN, The Creditors of and Incumbrancer 4 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 A moist, 1853, are by their Solicitors, on or betore the 23 i day of January, 1861, to come in and prow) the'r 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 Demmber, 1863. GEORGE HUME, Chief Clerk. ASHURST, DIOIt RIS, and KNI3IIT, 6, Old Jewry, London, Plaintiff's Solicitors. JjINAHAN'S LL WHISKY v. COGNAC BRANDY. This celebrated Old IRISH WHISKY rivals the finest FRENCH BRANDY, It is Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. Sold in Bottles, 3s. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London ; by the Agents in the principal towns in England ; or wholesale at 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, W. Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded "Kinahan's LL Whisky." THE best TROUSERS for gentlemen to wear are those mad. by ELSTOB, of 60, New Bond-street i hey 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 inedio tutisimus ibis." ELSTOII'S TROUSERS, TWENTY-ONE SLIILLINGS PER PAIR. pou'rEcHNlc.—Patron : H.R 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—LThe Christmas Tree—The Iwrovcd Chinese Fireworks. The Entertainments and Lectures provided this year are on the most liberal scale. AT Christmas many suffer from IN 3) IGESTION , and require some little assistance. PA RR'S LIFE PILLS stimulate the digestive organs, and remove, without the sligh , est pain, uneasy or nauseous sensations, so familiar to those,who have indulged a little too freely in good Christ mas fa - e. May be obtained of any medicine vendor, in boxes, is lid, 2s Od; and in family packets, lls each. 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, to, Open 12 to 5 and 7 to JO. 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 bad only at Madame HACH 47A, New Bond-street, where she can be consulted daily. All communications are strictly confidential. DA. CUMMING'S NEW WORK. Now ready, in 1 vol., 7s. 6d., DESTINY OF NATIONS, AS INDICATED IN PROPHECY. By the Rev. JOHN CUMMING, D.D. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborownt street. T HE GALLERY—DA T U S S E A st U ab D' li siSled 2811 I S Years at n O t t ß he lg AL z i nar, Laker-street.—GßEAT A r TRACTION for the JUVE NILES DURING the HOLIDAYS. The Seri , sof 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. Admit ante ie. ; Extra Rooms, 6d. Open on Boxing-day, from 11 a.m. till 10 p.m. Naval and Military Intelligence. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., A WOMAN'S By F. W. ROBINSONR,ANSOM. Author of "Grandmother's Money," &c. " . A Woman's Ransom' will tascinate the attention of the reader to the very end."—John BuIL Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough street. 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 in 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, are 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, tkfter 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 elf Lanaka, in the island of Cyprus, on the 6th o' 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 frigate 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 essistance 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. George; Capt. T. A. B. Spratt, C.B , of the Hydra; and Capt. W. Armytage, of the Msgicienne ; Mr. Har rington It. 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 Copt 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 coastof Albania. The proceedings were merely formal, and the commander and officers were of course exonerated from all Warne. 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 Firefly, of which latter ship Lieut. G. R. Wilkin son, First Lieut. of the Hydra, took the command the same day, instead of Commander Mansell. While at Tripoli the opportunity was taken by Capt. Spratt of ascertaining by ohronometrical reck oning, and by signa ls exchanged entbatplace and Malta, as Mansell, t t hou h r ee g x h he ae t tdi t ff e e le r - . a a ena n tdw d :r . At the request of the Pasha, e revious occasion with Alex andriageh nra tele graph Pe bees o e f w eau l i o n t edhdgatCi done Commander m s d o e i m sln b Capt. Spratt laid down several buoys for the guid ance of ships entering and quitting Tripoli, and made suggestions which, if adopted, would at a very sma ll expense render the harbour a safe anchorage in all weathers. Captain 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 proves that the statement tion made by a Tuni sian ca p tain of an island havi n g m been thrown up t here must have be en founded on some fkeai6or mirage, e° as misconception--perhaps the ap pearanceis no such island on the spot i ndicated ; nor do es there appear to h a ve been any disturba n c e 07 upheaving of Keith's Reef, the near est shoal to S keoki , to indicate any recen t volcanic erupti on . Her Majesty's frigate mistake mag i c i m ee, 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 Msgicienne returned with her charge on the eveniog 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 Bey, which ran in here to escap e the violence of a gale at Tripoli, left on re turn on Friday last, taking with her as passengers Mr. Goot, of the Malta and Alexandria Telegraph, to replace Mr. Smyth, who arrived at Malta per Hydra, a n d Mr. Stacey, superintendent; of the Ben• ghazi station. Trim, Tufr.ell, Miss Gostling, and ROYAL AGRICULTURAL HALL, Islington. Grand Christmas Entertainments on a scale of magni ficence hitherto un ittempted 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 illuminations. 0 BOXING-DAY this commodious hall will be OPENED with a selected and talented company of 350 Performers and nearly 100 Horses; also 50 suits ot brass and steel armour, for the purpose of introducing the 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 en ertaining 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 60 performers, selected from the principal Regiments of the Service, will be under the directi , n of Mr. Hurd ; and Wilbs's mam moth international Prize Organ, erected at an enormous cost, ,will be performer upon by a celebrated Organist. The •fvhole of the extensive galleries will be appro priated 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 leading periodicals of the clay. 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 r ,om for at least 16,000 visitors. The refreshment saloons, which are situated in the first and second-class promenades, will be under the sup:sintendenco of an able manager. Drily morning and evening performances will take place during the Christmas Holidays. For a detailed programme and lists of artistes see following advertisements. Prices of admission ;—R eserved numbered stalls, 35.; raised seats, es.; 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. Now ready, illustrated by Millais, ss. bound, CHEAP EDITION OF LOST AND SAVED. by the Hor. Mrs. NORTON, forming the New Vo'ume of "HURST and BLACKETT'6 bTANDARD LIBRARY." " A novel of rare excellence, with a brave soul speaking through it. It is Mrs. Norton's best prose work."—Examiner. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-stree4. Now ready, dewy Svo., with Forty-five fine illustrations, 215., A PEDESTRIAN JOURNEY in CASHMERE ti and TRIBE r. By Captain KNIGHT, 4Sth 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."—llublin Evening Mail. Richard Bentley, Publisher in Ordinary to Her Majesty. NOTICE. —CHARLES READE'S Great Story of " HARD CASH " i 3 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, 1.1, Ludgate hill. A GIFT BOOK FOR ALL SEASONS AND FOR ALL TIMES. Now ready, a quaint little Vol., square 12m0. ' containing Nine Photographic Illustrations and various Ornamenta tions to each page, in binding of an Elizabethan stamp, price Pive THE SEVEN AGES OF MAN. Described by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE. Depicted by ROBERT :31111MM. L. Booth, 307, Regent-street, W. NEW ENGLISH DICTIONARY. POYAL AGRICULTURAL HAL L, GRAND ROMAN AMPHITHEATRE and sports 01 the Arena. Gladiatorial, Gymnastic, and Equine Exercise 3, by I.( 0 male and female artistes. On BOXING-DAY, at half-past two and half-past seven. Just published, with above 800 Engraving , on Wood, in one large vol. sneer royal Bvo., cloth, 255., THE COMPREHENSIVE ENGLISH DlCTlONARY—Explanatory, Pronouncing, and Ety mological. By JOAN OGILVIE, LL.D.. Eclit,r 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. Blackie and Son, 44, Paternoster-row. London; and sold by all tiookseders. - ROYAL AGRICULTURAL HALL. MONSTER STEEPLE CHASE, CHARIOT RACING, and scene 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 CROCKETT, the great Lion King, will appcar On BOXING-DAY, at half-past two and half-past seven. ItOYAL AGRICULTURAL HALL. The Wonderful Troupe of PERFORMING LIONS, the groat 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 Miniature Steed, will take part in the entertainment On BOXING' -DAY, at half-past two and half-past seven. pOYAL 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. OYAL AGRICULTURAL HALL. IN Mr. FREDERIC ARCHER will commence his DAILY PERFORMANCES on WILLIS'S GREAT ORGAN On BOXING-DAY, at half-past two and half-past seven. YA L AGRICULTURAL HALL. The READING and REFRESHMENT ROOMS, fitted with every comfort, will be OPEN On BONING - DAY, at half-past two and half past seven. ROYAL AGRICULTURAL HALL, MORNING EXIIIBITICT of all the Monster Enter tainments will take place on BOXING -DAY. Doors opea at two. Commence at hall-past t no. OYAL AGRICULTURAL TIAI'I. Th e EVENING PE RFORMANCES of the Tourna• ment, Cirque, and Hippodrome 7111 commence ON BOXING-DAY. ,en at seven. Commence at half-past seven_ Doors o; where places may be secured for ROYAL AGRICULTURAL HALL. ready To-day, The BOX-OFFICE , witnes,,i n cr th e great TournamCrlt• &C., will be at the .Liver pool-road of the Great Hall. Plans and tickets peen from ten till four. ..._ __ WYAL AGRICULTURAL HALL .i it The PRICES for ADMISSION to the Grand Christma s Entertainment will be on the following- moderate scal e : Reserved 'Numbered Stalls, Three Shillings ; liaised Seats, IwShillings; Amphitheatre and Firs t-class Promena de , One biniling : Balcony and Secoud - c ass Promenade, Six pence. Tickets ready To-day. OYAL AGRICULTUItAL HALL. a t ALL OMNIBUSES Passing The Angel, Islington, set down within a few yards of the Great Hall. Entrances : Li.erpwo l-road for Carri ages an d S talls) and Islington green, ROYAL AGRICULTURAL H ALL The MORNING and EVENING PERFORMANCES of tile Great Christmas Entertainment will be continued on MON DAY, De:. 28, and daily during the week. Morning at half-past two, evening at half-past seven. Lessees, iteasrs. STRANGI; and ruLLAYN. -..r • ,t * . filt' • . rl/4......:....; --N--.. ,-... ._- . :?:,, .',.i,•:,.,, _ . • . ' :, , ,f , . , , ~,,,,,,... yrs. r, vof 7 • ' . 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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 men of-war are now here ;— sl ' i l i ' p he (4 l: B l r a i r n lb g er t o h u o gh fl ,. g l2 o l f (hearing the flag of Vice-Admiral R. Smart, 1e.,H.) ; the Hibernie, receiving Rear. Admiral H. T. Austin, C. 8.); the St. George, 86; the Trafalgar, '7O ; the Phew, 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 Fire fl y, 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 continue healthy. The following o ffi cers have arrived during the week —Cal. 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 holidey 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 di ffi culty. 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 di ffi culty 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 southward, 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 vessel. In anticipation of the attempt being successful, the number of visitors to the yard wes very large. Shortly before the hour fixed for the launch Rear- Admiral It. 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 wen t over the vessel, the visitors to the yard being a d. remain mthaioni n hands t he employed dockya Br o dB n t t oa h nl e ls ship lastctn mitted to every part s of her. The Adder, Bristler, Monkey, Sheerness, and Locust steamers were in attendance with their steam up to assist in towing the Achillee out of dock as soon as she was found t o the Achilles at one o'clock this morning, should fi n w i e g ar l te :t o , Tr a lal s ee a rw n e dh e ot ff ol effort t would again beim a d e to und o ck power there be a sufficient rise of the w t a i s de c t ooo o muft a m4. ll i o s ve sio o n f ed fisa a t t operation r e ihi r h a o e t r isLoen;pr power w, being 9er gunof successfull ysecnrgeiwn 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, The royal mail steamer Briton, which arrived on o al f t e h n o g u i g n h es b . ut of small capacity Monday night at Plymouth, brought among her passengers, from Cape Town, Captain Dixon, 11th Regiment, and Captain Madison ; from East Lon don, Major and Mrs. Wellman; and from Algoa Bay, Lieut. Gould, 96th Regiment. The Briton brings 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 Majesty's ship Zebra, from the West Coast of Africa for Ascension, was at Ft. 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 laud 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 Ariel, 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,e preparatory to assuming t he co mmand, which ho will enter upon at the cam mencement of the new year. duties of th of the Peninsula and the Pyrenees, as well as those subsequent to 1810, and remained in the Portuguese service until 1820, when he retired with the rank of major-general. In 1821 he was appointed to the command of the '7sth Foot, and he continued in that post until 1824, when he sold cut. 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 de Feria and Lunde, of Lisbon; and, second, in 1842, the relict of Major- General Sir Alexander Dickson, K.C.B. T HE TEETH, as Supplied by NATURE and Preserved by ART. By 31. C. ROGERS, 3LR.C.S., Surgeon-Dentist. London: 18, New Burlington-street, W. BEAUTIFUL FOR EVER. MADAME RACHEL ON " FEMALE GRACE AND BEAUTY.' _ . _ Just published, ALBOOK OF BEAUTY, By Madame RACHEL, To be had at 47A, New Bond-street. Price 2s. dd. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. CHRISTMAS EVE. 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, Wilbye Cooper, and Mr. Saatley. Conductor, Signor Arditi. The Band (selected from the Orchestra of Tier Majesty's Theatre and the Sacred Harmonic Society) and k horus will c3nsist of 500 Performers. Prices :—Gallery, 2s. ; pit, Cs.; dress circle, 7s. ; uoper box seats, Os ; pit stalls, half - a - guinea ; private boxes, from one to three guineas. Doors open at half-past seven, 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. agent) from ten till Aye. T II E 0X F 0 It , , R, OXFORD STREET, W. THIS EVENING, will be performed Selections from the following Operas, viz., THE SLAVE, and CL SRA, the MAID of MILAN, by Sir 11. Bishop; also, from LA FORZA DE I, DES I INO—Verdi ; by the following talented artistes . —Misses Russell, Townley, Fitz Henry, W slmsley, Tyrrell, and Ellison ; Messrs. Green, Huish, Kimberley, Stuart, &c. Also, Solos on the Violin by VIOTH 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 UNSWORTII ("or any oilier man "), Enzene , W. Randall, W. T. Critchfield, T. Maclagan, and the marvel lous Gymnast, J. B enderson. , In rehearsal, and will be produced on Christmas Eve, sup ported by the entire company, a aew and original Cantat entitled "King Christmas." written by Litchfield Moseley, Esq., and composed by W. Meyer Lutz, expressly for the establishment. Director, Mr. F. Jonghmans. "THE GHOST CLUB" at the CANTERBURY HALL.—New and Interesting Spectral Tableaux.—Mr. C. MORTON is enabled to announce that, throu.:h the medium of Professor Pepper's World of Shadows, a "GHOST CLUB" is nightly held at the CAN TER BURY 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" Slavery of a more boastful civilisation, receive emphatic illustration ; and these lite pictures will be rapidly replace Iby others. The pages of Shakspere and the elder Dramatists, of Scott. Hood, lnpoldsby, Dickens, &c., &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 Hutchenson. ROYAL 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, Acrobats, Gymnasts, Clowns, and Van tern in either Bemis' here ' at tracts enthusiastic and delighted audiences nightly to this Magnificent Building, who behold with wonder tnd admira tion the Marvellous Feats of this far-famed Company. Change of Programme Nightly. Morning Performances, Mondays, Wednesdal s, and Saturdays, at T «o. Two Grand Performances on Boxing Day, viz , Two and Half-past Sev en . Adm i ss i on —Private boxes, one guinea ; Reserved seats, 35. ; Stalls and Balcony, 9 .5. ; Pit and Proraenade, le. ; Gallery, ad. . Box-ofll:e open daily.froOmn m M a o d n r d i a d y , , t h D e e c G . r 2Ls t t e , s li t r R s t id a e p r p o e a t r t a h n e c a e goof M Jules Perez, ARGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street, Piccadilly. During the Concerts maven by Mona. JULLIEN. Her Majesty's Theatre, the' BALL will commence EVER EVENING at NINE O'CLOCK. Doors open at 8 o'clock. Admission, is. Manager—M. GREN ET, 29, GEORGE-STREET, lIANOVER-SQUARE. 9pHE LONDON ANATOMICAL MUSEUM. -,E- 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, &c. E g y pt i an Mummies, unwrapped, 4,000 years old. Admission, One bhilling (tor Gentlemen only). MESSRS. BOTT----. JACKSON ' AND CO. execute COMMISSIONS on a l l races throughout the year. Market price guaranteed. Remittances . Westminster Bank. Post-oll:e Orders payable at Camber well-Marl:. N.B.—Betting on the Waterloo Cup. Address-130TT and JACKSON, "Man of the World" Wine Stores, G corge-street, Camberwell -park, London. IF THIS SHOULD MEET THE EYE of any one troubled with Wind in the Stomach, Indigestion, or biliousness, take PAGE WOODCOCK'S WIND PILLS. Their world-wide celebrity pr oves them of sterling merit. medicine vendors at lid. 2s. 94. ;or free by post for 14 or 33 stamps from Page D. Woodcock, Chemist Lincoln. TEETH. —Mr. ESKELL'S INVENTION in the construction of ARTIFICIAL TEETH has the following aavantuges :—A set of 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 witho u t the aid of a dentist. They ar e not so dable 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 canondsuhlttatBi9o:as.Bier4e.e—uVhu4 Bir mingham.rosvenor street ,Boud-strett, W ; DOY AL AGRICULTURAL HALL. MAGNIFICENT CHIVALRIC TOURNAMENT, emblematical of the Sports of the Ancients, with Cavacade of the Queen of Beauty, Tilting, and ,ontest by the Knights in real Armour, 350 mal' 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 Przlniere _horseman of America, in his wonderful Somersault Act. Oa BOXING-DAY, at half-past two and half-past seven. )OPAL AGRICULTURAL HALL. Herr WELLBY, the daring. Equestrian, known as the Weird Horseman of the Prairie, on his bate-backed flying On BOXING-DAY, at half-past two and half-past seven. ROYAL AGRICULTURAL HALL. Mr. JOHN HENDERSON, the eminent professor of the Gordo Elastique,tcm Le Polie Dramatique. Paris, On BOXING-DAY, at half-past two and half-past seven. ',OYAL AGRICULTURAL HALL. Mr, ARTHUR BA S, the Champion Vaulter, who has accomplished the unprecedented to t of throwing nearly 100 corm° , live somersaults. will appear, On BOXING - DAY, at half-past two and half-past seven. OYAL AGRICULTURAL HALL. XA) The DELAVANTIS, in their unique and graceful per formance on the horizontal B r. On BOXING-DAY, at half-past two and half-past seven. 4" OVAL AGRICULTURAL HALL. _km GREAT FRENCH CHALLENGE VAULTING ACT, by the Champion Vaulters anu Gymnasts of all countries, 30 in number. On BOXING-DAY, at half -past two and half -past seven. 14. OYAL AGRICULTURAL HALLalian. ENGLISH CLOWNS, Parisian Grotesques, It Picrrota, Chinese Drolls, and Aecient Jesters, in the laugh able cunic sketches, and mirth-moving mimicry. On BOXING-DAY, at hall-past two and halt-past seven. TIOYAL AGRICULTURAL HALL. MadIIei.VALENTIA, SELINE, and AUGUSTI, from the Great Hippodrome, Paris. On BOXING—DAY, at half-past two and half •past seven. IifIOYAL AGRICULTURAL HALL. _ILI) JOEL GIIEE, the wonderful Trick Act Rider, will appear in the great sensation scene of the cirque, in which he stands unrilvalled. On BOXING-PLY, at half-past two and halt-past seven. 110YAL AGRICULTURAL HALL. Mons. HENRI FRANCONI, of the Cirque Napoleon, at Paris (the only member of this celebrated family in Lon d,n), will introduce his beautiful and highly-trained palfrey, " Chanticleer." On BOXING-11AI, at half- past two and half-past seten. ROYAL AGRICULTURAL HALL. Mons. EDWARD and Madlle. ADELE, in the ele gant, graceful, and rapid act, on two fleet coursers, 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 I performing the moat daring feats in the "Contest of the Couriers." On BOXING-DAY, at half-past two and half-past seven. ROYAL AGRICULTURAL HALL. Les FRERES CONRAD will appear in their suprls. Ing performances on the Double Corde Tension, On BOXING- DAY, at half-past two and half-past seven. TRIAL OF TILE RECTOR. He idnwohz a aa s 13 ii l born o a r nl n :. ntah was e a THE ARMY. We have to record the death of Sir John Camp served as a btigade. sbeeelln, mushwho in mtilliiet military course r v o i f e the e. presentl7Bo, c a e n n a t u e r n y itte h rw a e d ads Rthoeyaarlindyoctiknylasrodoa.t Clhnalthmain7 hien insjor in the expedition under Brigadier-General t on n o t ß ak ue e n i o t s b A y y th re e s, B w ri h t i i c s: (in h av i v i:l li g i c been i r Crawfurd, and was in the action of the Miserere and p ll acted a brilliant part) after l they had t ln h e. , the wc Campbell attempt bm c e k taken re,eiv epdosrseeisnsfioorneoe o f failed British with i t i t : g l .r B e o a . 0s 8 . H e foundedretaken six by w Don eelcs a r f e te d r ro by do t M h n served at Roleia and Vimieria, and 1 with the cavalry year he entered the Por under Lord Anglesey at Salia taguese army as a British major and Portuguese gun and Benevente in 1808, In the following lic4tenW'col o nel , He served in all the campaigns The official trial of this frigate commenced at 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 ; is one of an intermediate class as to tonnage between the Warrior and Defence classes, and is an intermediary as to armour between the Warrior and Minotaur classes. For these reasons, some description of her is necessary pre vious to recording her performances yesterday. The Hector was laid down in Messrs. Napier's l buildingyard at Glasgow in March, 1861, the draw ings, &c., being furnished from the Controller's Department of the Admiralty, and was launched on the 21st Septembe r, 1862. Her principal dimen sions are —length between perpendiculars, 280 ft.; breadth, ex t re me, 56ft. 3in.; 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, lsft. Ni n. forward, 19ft. Bin. 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 tons. The propeller is a two-bladed Griffith, hav ing a varying pitch from 22ft. Gin. to 27ft. Gin., and set now at 26ft. bin. 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; fore 17 tons; mizen, 5 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 to dash 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 Oft. The boilers are six in num ber, three on each side the stoke hole ; each boiler having four firer, 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 iron tunnel some 10ft. or 12ft. in diameter, with burning fur neces on each side, and all but literally roasted alive. Sonic day 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 figures, 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 is the position of the boilers, 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 upwarls 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, &e., 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 np internally at about 3ft. in depth, and 'with the longtitudinal girders 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 lin. plates, over which are two layers of teak, the outer layer being Bin. thick and fixed perpendicularly, the inner layer being 10in. thick and fixed longitudinally , and thus next the ship's inner skin. On the teak cushioning rest the armour-plates, 41in. ill thick ness on the broadsides, and tapering round the stem r and stern. So far the ship is very similar to but other iron-armoured ships afloat and building, in the disposition of her armour she, w ith her sisterFo For a vessel, the Valiant, differs fro m all others. length of 220 out of her 280 feet the Hector carries her armour-plating from the level of her upper deck down to 5 feet below.her estimated low-water of plating 9 feet in band line, and continues a s t e rn, thus nciosinn• width round the st em and i Used externally on the the gun deck with armoron each b ow ship, but leaving the lower edge of the gun-deck about 30 feet and quarter from strengthened by a mass water line below the• unpro- armo ur band s e t this weakness or aPParent weak- o andne teete d. T o me nes s, the ends o f the ship are l sta., perpendicular and transverse, o f b u lkheads rising high as the under part of the as main deck. Her p l a te bulkheads, which in armo ur- the Warrior and other iron ships in commission extend across the gu n deck and confine the fighting • portion of t h eship i n 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 the se she carries athwartships at each end of the 220 ft, of 1 p ating which protects the ship below the water line, and would thus arrest any shot or shall before or abaft the coming in from the broad belt or armour. It is a question, however, whether the armour plates on these transverse bulk heads in plat would nut be more sensibly used u p Plat ing the unprotected portions of the bow and stern. As the Hector is built to act as a ram when engag ing an enemy of less speed than h er self, a strong semi-circular bulkhead is built up across her foree ' castle and just inside he r stern, and plated with 4 1 her upper inch armour plates , i ntended to preventbrondside when compareddeck being raked b y the enemy• 's broadside of the running down °Pun ' 6 l. i s n te l m a o °nft3 ak planking, laid on shin are compared of - 1-in. rolled iron beams, the whole suppor ted on 12- beanie The height between in. and 15 - in.r ollediron u n deck is 71ft. in the clear. Ther e decks on the g water-tight compartments in the ship's bat are nine has also the usual w in g p assa g es, torn, and shen divided by bulkheads, running fore and aft at the beck of the armour plating and its teak backing. IThe ships maindeck is open throughout its entire length. The port holee are,l3ft. apart, 311. Gin. deep, N O . 22,307 ~ . • ~~ .. ~•. STAMPED ....sd. ~ i 'f./~ //~- 45"~ _ k' :',: ° ,l 2ft. wide, and 2ft. from the deck. The 'view of this a e.eeeseeseas. v: ae seee ea e aeses - deck, unimpeded fore and aft by transveisei47S;a#:a ‘ te‘ mowed bulkheads, gives the ship's hatteryiklanitthal, l ,-,M, ';' - iai,'" , " ) more effective appearance inboard than Wanittr:VW3l4l, the case if the ship carried the armour of liki.,fiitif a a,..„ 'L.* efq ing deck in the same manner as the Deferretienikatt l epr i Warrior description of armoured vessels. On ikat a s deck is placed the principal part of the ship's arma ment, in fact all the guns that could be fought at close quarters-24 68 pounder smoothbores, cast iron, of 95cwt. each, and six 110 pounder rifled Armstrongs. On the upper deck she carries four 110 rifled Armstrongs, not fitted as pivot guns, bat 4 8 transporting guns, firing either out her broadside, or divided in a line with the keel, either at the bows 0 : stern. She also carr:cs two 20 pounder rifl?d Atirtarenge, 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 shij lifts into a well, between the outer inner stern posts, but neither comes clear upo and ntothe i, riper decg, nor is it a decided fixture on the end et the shaft, in this differing with the Minotaur,lVa tti °r, and Defence, bat agreeing in principl© with the Royal Oak. The tiller, owing to the absence et a screw 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 steeritg wheel exceeding the aaerag, size gives ample com mand over the rudder. 1116 tic" of the ship is the same as that adopted in the Resistance, Defence, and Royal Oak—fore and main courses, double top sail yards, and topgallant sails, and bark-rigged abaft. The lower topsail is find to the cap on the lower mast head, and the upper topsail is fisted 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 or t h e ship at the time she was designed was 11'75 knots. Shortly after daylight yesterday morning thellectar steamed ili'eal fronirgiigiiidelqinfiftelettalty cal" - 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: 12 in. of water forward and 25ft 4in. aft, th e h e i g ht o f h er por t s ills—the lower edge of her gun p or t s —b e i ng : —Aft, on the bluff of the quarters, 7ft. Tin. ; 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 hands ome buried her nose in theosrelaiv a e s ly sh -l e oo f k e i l n t g th e e ra p f o t. we S r h o o f 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 iron armoured ship as she should be as an addition to the British navy at the close of the year e 1863. The result s of y ester day's trials were s follows: — No. of Time. Speed of ship. Steam . Revolutions Runs. M. s. Knots. Lb s. vacuum of engines. 1 546 10 . 465 21 26 55 2 4 56 12.162 22 26 571 3 5 31 10'778 22 2G 50 4 5 1 11.160 221 26 57i 5 517 11.356 22 26 57 6 521 1P215 221 26 57 These figures give the first means, in knots as before, 11.313, 11.470, 11.369, 11.658, and 11.285 ; the second means 11.391, 11.419, 11.513, and 11 . 4 71 ; 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 troncased 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 be desired over the rudder, and the circles being made as follows : With the helm hard a starboard and 31 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 sec., the revolutions of the engines ranging from 57 to 54 ; with the helm hard a Dort and 21 turns of the wheel the rudder was got to an angle of 20 deg., the half circle made in 3 min. 13 see., end the full circle in 6 min. 3G sec., the revo lutions of the engines being from 50 to 52. • The ventilation of the ship below during her trial was found to be fearfully faulty; a complicated sys tem of cowla and up and down shafting as fitted on board in useless. Yesterday was terribly cold, when the ship was going ahead at full speed against the wind; s l ut the following temperatures, taken below, will speak to the heat in the engineers'and stokers' quarters. Temperatures taken during the first run at the measured mile:—On deck, 46 deg. ; engine room, fore, 75 deg.; middle; 72 de g .; aft, 76 deg. Stokehole, Ist run—Forepart , 70 deg.; middle, 117 deg. ; aft, 100 deg. ; 6th run, —Forepart, 76 deg. ; middle, 130 deg. ; aft, 107 deg. have steamvlerails to. The half boiler trials and circles will be mad e day, weather pern....„....„ continue coalcontinues STATE. OF TRADE, greater than the supply , and ironthe docks remain crowded. CARDIFF, Dec. a 531 23 0 - "Thependemand Pars and n f d oi advanced t high,o being quoted at £7 lOs , and there is a market, which is with difficulty satisfied. Scotch warrants h There is a great demand in the Gd cash, and probability that the price may before pro long • reach 48 per ton. Freights continue about the same b the former article Oth foreign and coastwit;e: DUNDEE, 22d.—A quiet feeling d the.tendency in prices i 8 pervaded the market to day, an slightly downward. Fin! g ax , tow, and cedilla maintain their value, but medium and i common are rather in favour . of buyers. A public sale of about SO tons of dam age d and it filled the hands of Riga goods brought fair prices,__ e few transactions in sound the smaller buyers to- day unim portant,Th and scarcely goods reported to day fairly as to prices. Little has been done to teat the miarsktetrefplog and prices are no u n n ch o e in d jut e e since sine o rs nominal] will not buy till they must, and holdersandgoenot pre ss s ales, knowing that many spinner s ar e b are o f s t o ck a nd must purchase shortly. Both parties th ere f ore l oo k on e for the moment, but in a week or two will d ing• There was little there be more • dis • • Position to buy yarns today at former prices, but some SPimiers gave way a little, and did a good business, while others who were firm sold little. The demand for linens, both for the home market and for shipment, continues good, and orders are placed daily at prices which pay the manu facturer well. This season is usually dull, but it is not so this year, as both town and country makers are all busily employed, and genera lly engaged for some time into next Th e American advicea to - day te p ort a fair business year. in burlaps and other heavy goods, but at rather irregular prices. No credit is placed in the proposals for peace in America, reported as received per Hibernia. LEICESTER, 231 —Considering the advanced period of the year, there is a fair amount of business d t, oingand in the hosiery trade. In th e warehouses trade is quie then coun t r y districts there is n ot much doing. material The wool-market is quiet, and there i s not much doing in . Prices remain, however, about the same, Yarns are high in price. NOTTINGHAM. 23d—The lace trade in most branches is as active as it usually is just before Christmas. The plain net trade continues quiet, a few orders for stiff g o d s or foundat i on purposes having be e n exec uted this week. Sill; qu illi ng s and Mechlin s continue in deman d , but there is k improvem ent in the black lace and• narrow ed g ing trade ; mo re is, however , e x p ected to be d one in theee goods when the now year has com m e n c e d. In hosiery ther e i s f u ll y average amount of business doily both for shipping and for the home market. There are no stocks a ce on hand. Yarns are without material chance. Hornitnan's Toa is choice and strong, moderate in price, and Wholesome to use. These advantages halo secured for this Tea a general preference. 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