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t #. A ~g :iii; - 4'; PO- / - e r ,~ ~, . 4 1( t . 1 • • • IE4 . 4 Ili • : 1 ;; ;(4• 1 4;" • • - f r , ! 0 P . t / 1 1 4 1 . ) Ts t ' '4 , , , 4,4 r , „„„ 0-5 t r . ~ oßorr. • — 4/IC • lit o' , t`e 141 -of' - ;6. linnah th, de the re tying a ,chains, articles THE SUN, LONDON, TUE6DAY EVENING, DECEMBER 29, 1863, STAMPED ....sd. latisfac- No. 22,311. .isonerg English and other neutral vessels will not go there to run the risk of annoyances similar to what we had to contend with. secuted PERSONS STIr4 ATODlr i to ESTATES, TOWN AND TRY RE Q SIDENCES, FREEHOLD AND LEASER NVESTMENTS, AND PROPER VIES GENERALLI I P I To B E RAD GRATIS, at the principal Railway Bookstalls throughout the kingdom, or at the Auction and Estate Offices, No. 67 Chancery-lane, London, Messrs. E. and H. Lumley's "FREE PROPERTY REGISTER," containing a varied selection of 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 the opportunity that the medium of this Register affords, by sending the particulars of their properties to the Estate Offices, C 7, Chancery-lane, London, as the Messrs. Lumley can in most cases introduce immediate customers, where the property is of an eligible chara^ter, thereby avoid- Inc'. the disadvantages of delay and its attendant Moon 'sentences. MERE 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. COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS' SCHOOL for ORPHAN and NECESSITOUS CHILDREN, Pinner, Middle ex. ATP.ON—H.II.II. the PRINCE OF WALES. PRESIDENT —lt. C. L. BEVAN, Esq. A General Halt• Yearly Court was held at the London Tavern this day, Dec. 2R, 1863, GPo. Moore, Esq.. Treasurer, in the chai r , when an Election of fourteen chidren, seven boys and s. ven girls, took place, The following is the result Of the poll : BOYS. SUCCESSFUL. UNSUCCESSFUL. Cooper, Frank Harry.... 543 B•nfell. Clement 278 llarshall, Wm. Compton, Freak Chas.... 390 Powell, F. W 179 Remington, Herbert .... 381 Bickley, J. II l'io Shenton, Fredk..... ..... 332 Andrew4' J. ri 122 l'amPbell, Ed. Ja5....... 315 Potter, F. J lO7 rode, Clement Anthony, Gerald Claridge, N. A. Hartley, G. N. It 23 Freeman, G. A GIRLS. -- • PhiUlf s, Isabella, K. • • • • 699 Bouts, Cecilia Mary 445 Bayles, Flor , nee M 4Ol Worsfold, Emily Bolton, Isabella Miller, lelorenee Ryder, Emily E 295 Swann, S. R. Hurley, F. Louisa .., 283 Walker, Eliza C. Smith, Harriet E 99 Bernard, Agnes 36 LENDON, Secretary. Dee. 28, 1863. Offices, 76, Cheapside, E.C., NORTH BRITTSH AND MERCANTILE INSURANCE COMPANY. FIRE DEPARTMENT._SPECIAL NOTICE. This Company is now prepared to ISSUE POLICIES for Mercantile Insurances in the Port of London at the reduced scale of rates. Particulars may be had at the Offices, 28, Threadneedle- Street. GUARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. No. 11, Lombard-street,`London, B.C. Established 1821. • Subscribedsspital, Two Millions. DIRECTORS. Sir MINTO FARQUHAR, Bart, M.P., Chairman. CHARLES WILLIAM CURTIS, Esq., Deputy Chairman Henry Hulse Berens, Esq., G. J Shaw Lefevre, Esq.,M.P. Henry Bonham Carter, Esq. John Martin, Esq. Charles F. Devas, Esq. Rowland Mitchell, Esq. Francis Hart Dyke, Esq. James Morris, Esq. Sir Walter R. Farquhar, Bart. Henry Norman, Esq. James Goodson, Esq. Henry R. Reynolds, Esq. Thomson Hankey, Esq., M.P Abraham J. Itobarts, Esq. John G. Hubbard, Esq., M.P. William Steven, Esq. Fredk. H. Janson, Esq. Henry Vigne, Esq. AUDITORS. Lewis Loyd, Esq. Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq. Cornelius Paine, jun., Esq. I Noel Whiting. Esq. Thos.Tallemach, Esq., Secretary I SamL Brown, Esq., Actuary LIFE DEPARTMENT.—UNDER THE PROVISIONS or AN ACT OF PARLIAMENT, this Company now offers to new In f urers EIGHTY PER CENT. of the Profits, at Quinquennial Divisions, or a Low Rate of Premium without participation of Profits. Since the establishment of the Company in 1821, the Amount of Profits allotted to the Assured has exceeded in cash value £060,000, which represents equivalent Reversionary Bonuses of £1,058,000. After the Division of Profits at Christmas, 1859, the Life Assurances in ' force, with existing Bonuses thereon, amounted to upwards of £4,730,000, the Income from the Liie !;ranch £207,000 per annum, and the Life Assurance Fund, independent of the capital, exceeded £1,618,000. • - FIRE DEPARTMENT.—lnsurances are effected upon every description of property at home and abroad at mode rate rates. No expense is incurred in effecting a new Insurance be yond the paym:nt of the Annual Premium and Duty, when the Premium amounts 'to ss. Claims liberally and promptly settled. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that FIRE Policies which expire 'it Christmas must be renewed within fifteen days at this Office, or with Mr. SAMS, No. 1, St. James's— street, corner of Pall-Mall ; or with the Comp an y' s A g ents throughout the Kingdom, otherwise they become void. Application for Prospectuses and Agencies to be made to the Secretary. T HE CONSOLIDATED DISCOUNT COMPANY (Limited). (The Directors reserve to hemselves the right of changing the name of the Company.) To be incorporated under "The Companies Act, 1862," by which the Liability of each Shareholder is limited to the amount of share 4. Capital xionmoo, in 20,000 Shares of £5O. First issue. 10,000 shares. licposit on application £1 per share, and £Z on allotment. No future call to exceed £5 per share, and at intervals of not less than three months. It is not intended to call up more than £2O per share. DIRECTORS. George Walter Constable, Esq. (Messrs. Henderson and Con- stable', Cannon-street. George Tynny, Esq. (Messrs. Georcro nponv and Co.). Great St. Trelerrx: • - William Little, Esq., Director of the Cape Town Railway. M'Arthur, Esq. (of the firm of Wm. and Alexander M'Arthur, Australian Merchants), 46, Moorgate-street. ..... J. Sargo o d, Esq. (Messrs. Sargood, Rim:, and Sargood), London and Melbourne. Th mas Shepherd Richardson, Esq., Director of the Buenos Ayres and River Plate Bank, James Thompson, Esq. (Messrs. Le Gros Thompson and Co ), Gutter-lane. * Hugh Fraser Sandeman, Esq: * ltichd. Manners Sanderson, Esq. Messrs. Sandeman it Co. * Samuel Baker, Esq. * Committee of Ma.nazement. BANKERS. The London and Westminster Bank. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Sole, Turners, and Hardwick. BROKERS. James Shepherd, Esq., Auction Mart, Barthol omew-lane. Messrs. t:andeman and Dobree, 2, Royal Exchange-building's. Offices—No. 4, .A.behurch-lane. PROSPECTUS. In forming this Company the Directors have secured the en -operation of Messrs. Sandeman and Co.. of Abchurch-lane whose well-known and long-established business it is the object of this Company to take up and develope. The Company will conduct all the operations of ordinary discount business. The terms on which the business of Messrs. Faudeman and Co. has been purchased justify the Directors in anticipating a profit of at least 10 per cent. per annum on the paid-up capital. The Company will take possession of the premises now oc cupied by Messrs. Sandeman and Co., as from the Ist qay of January, ani the business of the Company will commence from that day. No promotion money has or will be paid, and the expenses Will be strictly confined to the necessary payments. Prospectuses and for ms of applications for shares may be ob , ain, d at the Offices of the Company, of the Brokers, and Of the Solicit .rs. In the event of no allotment being made the deposits will be returned in full : should a less number of shares be al lotted than are applied for, the deposit will be made avail able toward+ the payment on allotment, and the balance, if any, returned to the applicant. "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; hut, 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 life pictures will be rapidly replace' by others. The pages cf Shakspere and the elcler Dramatists, of Scott, Hood, Ingoldsby, Dickens, &c., will, in turns, furnish subjects for illustration. All the other Musical and Pictorial attractions as usual, including Operatic Selections, ; Comedy by tTnsworth (the modern Demosthenes), Eugene, George Hodson, E. Marshall, and George Hutcherson. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Directors of the Cnnsolidaf ed Discount Company (Limited). £ Gentlemen, —Raving paid to your Bankers the sum of , I request you to allot me shares in the Consolidated Discount Company (Limited), and I hereby agree to become a member of the Society, and to accept such shares, or any less number that may be allotted to me ; and I request you to place my name on the iteg,ister Members in respect of the shares allotted to me. I am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant. Name in full Address Usual signature ........ Date ........................... CONSOLIDATED DISCOUNT COMPANY (Limited). NOTICE IS II E RETIY GIVEN, that no APPLICATIONS for S IIA RES in this Compauy will be received after WED. NE6DAY next, the 30th instant. By order. Temporary Offices, 4, Abchurch-lane, E.O , Dec. 24. 1863. MESSRS. BOTT. JACKSON, AND CO. exe cute COMMISSIONS on all races throughout the year. Market price nmaranteed. Remittances. London and w W e e l s l- t p m a i r n k at" Bank. 'Post-/Ace Orders payable at Camber- N.B.—Betting on the Waterloo Cup. Address — Borr and JAcasow, "Man of the World" Wine Stores, George-street, Camberwell-park, London. IT THIS SHOULD MEET THE EYE of any one troubled with wind in the Stomach, Indigestion, or B i li ous ness, take PAGE WOODCOCK'S WIND PILLS. TP e i r world-wide celebrity proves them o f sterling merit Of all medicine v endors at Is. lid. and 2s. 9d. ; or free bi post for 14 or 33 stamps from Page D. Woodcock, Chemist Lincoln. pRI Z E MEDAL -INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1862. FRANCIS TUCKER ,t CO., Wax Chandlers, &C., &c., To the Queen and the Prince of Wales. (Established 17?0.) The Jurors' Report on Wax and Church Candles, in 1862, testifies to he excellence o f the quality of Messrs. Tuckers' manufacture. A dish .guished Dignitary, i n a letter addressed to Fran cis Tucker and Co., on the subject of WAX CANDLES with says : PLATTED WICKS, " I have found them fully equal f.,, the recommendation Whiah you gave them, and can sincerely, mend them to the clergy fo r the use of l aeaarlly thin, recom mend quality, with Platted W icks, patented e 2.. ed. per lb. Ordinary quality . • • • • • . 2d. per lb. VEGETABLE CANDLES, with a Mixf ur " • • :: l i l i . • t tel: . • a p L er lb. Best quality . • • • • • •• second quality Third quail, y.. • • •• •• •• .. ls. id, Per lb. r lb. Carriage paid in London on orders of Five Pounds in value FRANCIS TUCKER AND CO., 8 , South Holton-street, Grosvenor-square. Manufactory_ Kensington (Established 1730). The largest Establishment in England for the Manufacture of Wax Candles for the use of the Altar. TEETH. —Mr. ESKELL'S INVENTION in the construction of ARTIFICIAL TEETH has the following aavantages :—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 ci mastication and articulation. They are fitted without wires or fastenings, and adapt themselves so perfectly to the Mms, 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 Ilseful, and will last a lifetime. Comfort guaranteed. Trea treet, W ; - 1 2'9 explainin g Esked's Patent, &c., free for 7 stamps. I nspection of s pecimens and consultations iree.-B,Grosvenor street, B on d and at a, Bennett's-hill, Bir minghan2. 29, GEORGE -STREET, HANOVER-SQUARE. THEOpen LONDON ANATOMICAL MUSEUM. daily from 10 till 10. Lectures at 4 and 7 ° .„:,c l .Pck• Where may be seen the Astecs; Bushman and "ire; Julia Pastrana and Infant; Eng and Shang, the Siamese Twins ; and upwards of 3,000 Models, Natural Pre parations, &c. Egyptian Mummies, unwrapped, 4,000 years old. Admission, One t3hilling (tor Gentlemen only). 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 RACHEL'S, 47A, New Bond-street, where she can be consulted daily. All communications are strictly confidential. NO CURE NO PAY.—The Pre-eminent success i a tt e nding the use of KERSHAW'S VOLTAIC FLEXIBLE BELT, novel in principle and action, In the cure Of nervous and muscular affections, admits of its sale being made dependent upon verified efficacy. A new Belt can tul? epilepsy, nervous debty, paralysis, be bad on trial for ft month, tree of charge, for rheumatism, neuralcda, sciatica, 11, CrooT 1 4 . rnbaizo, tic doloureux, bronchial cough, asthma, spasms, ains, indiqestion, inactive liver, ,tc. By the mild continu ousieetric current evolved, exhausted vital energy is eliee aecorYdirestcred. Prices, ss. to 155. each ; for extreme cases, ect-la to size and power. Testimonials sent free.--Depot, lied-lane, Kin.' William-street, City. , ir AmßEßrs BALSAM. --AN • the bowels ju EFFECTUAL REMEDY, without confining ad or affecting the head, t matted to be the best Teydiepacf,ou immediately relieving coughs, colds, confirmed eases O l f e as o t r hma, and incipient con sumption . It frequently d cures persons whom the faculty which provokes frequent coughing. r r , a Y . its effects are truly beneficial. Persons deprived of sleep, or even lying down for fear of suffocation, may depend on relief in a few minutes after taking it. Preparers on ,y and sold by approaching consumption W. LAMBERT, Chemist. 8, King-William-144d, Charing cross, London, and by all druggists, in bottles, 1301., and three quantities in one, 24. Od. each. Be particular. and ask for Laeibert's Asthmatic Balsam, The name and address are engraved en toe stamp. ,CO were the pri tspeetor rnetable spicious )t about prisoner assist- station, raluable veral of ire still Clunie, Lion, St. e owner on with reeeiv- to have nquiries nan and er being —About d watch nt Rail- Lad it 12 to the T, of 10, by ?Ir. a man, nt L 6 on. Nith the louse of in Oo• bour fot ho were L chains, 11:01t the Pterabet ;., eagle :11-close, ook two ins, an d went to .. _ went to t follow' jewelry jewelry his wif e d chains at high a mount. ided told ;d whet s nan sai d 3 said he s hous e, oth sa id where ill t onth e we fo ld tp to the t. I se W Clarke sins pro' o f the ooduced place on ated the ;to found different rrill. asentiog lerself 9 Vi Olnall and the effected and late 38 to 424 ,4s to 354 4s to 264 ller. Old fi►r l ' to 428. 5. oats ld at aSi er 36st. barley , d, 24s 11 to 363. and l ate inac tive; fine, --- to 325. peae► da i t to- a l for e° 8 5 to to s to _0 3 00 Lour, g Per 36 Dd . 13 0 ' 116 0 owne" Jan. 18' j „.l2' Jan. 4, , 2 29. Jan. pec. 2" Dec. 21. Jal l l4 Dec. 4 ",; Dec. 2 , 1 “ Tan. 1" Jan. Dec. Dee. ' 4 * Dec. "`" Dec. 31' Jan 1 ' ;fan. .12 . Jam D e c. 29. Dec. 29. OF AD• do yoll la Fran• ,he other .---•' --_--- i .squaret cheoP ihe, of se Rectal , . s l i ter. surreff Barth& j the l at° apha°3 ; jobn'l Val fß° ° Charles• ird Fail' dositlO Liortri° -O D"- ;c1 62 ' EP . )0 1c " i i , • T o. 000 FURNITURE, CARPETS, B EDDING, and FLOORCLOTH, CARRIAGE-FREE to any house in he kingdom, regardless of amount or distance. First class goods at 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. CL EtiGYMEN 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, illnstrated by4lo admirable engravings of every description of Furniture and Bedsteads, with prices attached. A copy sent giatis and post-tree on application. This costly work also contains complete estimates for furnishing on the following revised scale : A Six-roomed Parsonage An Eight-roomed ditto A Ten-roomed ditto A Twelve-roomed (Lao 194 11 0 Together with a Price List of purified Bedding . , and a mass of valnable information to all requiring liousehAd furniture, carpets, or bedding. References kindly permitted to Clergy men and gentlemen in or near Great 31alvern, Southampton, Chichester, Bury, Ely, Preston, Grimsby, llyde, Plymouth, Wells, Oxford, Brighton, Gainsboroutrh, Margate. Kidder minster, Wellington, Croydon. Cambridge, Staines, Dorking, St. Alban's, Worcester, Ipswich, Peterborough, St. David's, Wrexham, and above 500 other places in all parts of Great Britain. COB BETT and CO., General House Furnishers, Deptford bridge, London, B.E, MRS. MUTER'S TRAVELS. Now ready, in 2 vols., 2 1 5., TRAVELS AND ADVENTURES OF AN OFFICER'S WIFE IN INDIA, CHINA, AND NEW ZEALAND. By Mrs. MUTER., wife of Lieutenant- Colonel D. D. MoTEft, 13th (Prince Albert's) Light Infantry. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough street. Now ready, in 2 vols., 2is., MEMOIRS OF JANE CAMERON, FEMALE CONVICT. By a PRISON MATRON. " A faithful chronicle of a woman's fall and rescue. It is a book that ought to be widely read."—Examiner. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. N 0 T I 0 E.-IVIEA.DOWLEIGH, the New Novel, by the Author of " The Ladies of Bever Hollow," is now ready, in 2 vols., post Bvo. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. • NEW SERIAL BY ANTHONY TROLLOPE. .To be completed in Twenty Monthly Parts, Uniform with " Orley Farm.' On January Ist will be published, Part 1., price Is., CAN YOU FORGIVE HER? By ANTHONY TROLLOPE, _ _ _ Author of " Dr. Thorne," "Rachel Ray," &C. With Illustrations. Chapman and Hall, 193, Piccadilly. NOTICE. —CHARLES READE'S Great Story of " HARD CASH " is now Ready, in 3 Volumes, post Bvo., cloth, 31s. fid., and may be obtained at any Library or Bookseller in the Kingdom. - - - - - • London : Sampson Low, Son, and Marston, 14, Ludgate hill. TEMPLE BAR MAGAZINE. In the January Number (now ready) commences a New Novel, to be continued Monthly, entitled— T" T "DOCTOR'S WIFE. By Authorof "John Marchmont's Legacy," "Lady Audley's Secret," .tc., &c. Office of Temple Bar, 122, Fleet-street, London. NEW NOVEL BY AUTHOR OF " SACKVILLE CHASE." In the January Number (now ready) of the ST. JAMES'S MAGAZINE commences THE MAN IN CHAINS. By C. J. COLLINS. London Kent and Co., Paternoster-row. BEAUTIFUL FOR EVER. MADAME RACHEL ON "FEMALE GRACE AND BEAUTY." Just published, AB 00K OF BEAUTY , By Madame RACHEL. To be had at 47A, New Bond-street. Price 2s. 6d. T H E 0 X F 0 D, A, OXFORD STREET, W. THIS EVENING, will be performed Selections from the following Operas, viz., T EIE SLAVE, by Sir H. Bishop; also, from LA FORZA DEL DESIINO—Verdi ; by the fol lowing talented artistes .—Misses 'Russell. Townley Breen, IV almsley, Tyrrell, and Ellison ; Messrs. Huish, Kimberley, Stuart, &c. Solos on the Violin by VIOTTI COLLINS, the cele brated English Violinist. Flute by Drew Dean. Pianoforte, Miss Bryant. And the marvellous instrument, the ORCHESTRAL PIANO. by Herr SCHALKENBACH, the Inventor. --- Comedy, by UNSWORTH (" or any other man "), Eneene, W. Randall,W. T. Critchfield, T. Maclagan, George Hutchen ,son, and the marvellous Gymnasts, Messrs. Berri, Leach, and Foster. THIS EVENING, will be produced, supported by the entire company, a new and original Cantat3, entitled "King Christmas," written by Litchfield Moseley, Esq., and com posed by W. Meyer Lutz, expressly for the establishment. Director, Mr. F. Jonghmans. 111JOYAL ALHA7VIBRA.—Great Treat during the Christmas HoIidays.—FRANCONPS CIRQUE IMPERIAL.—This, the only thoroughly organised Circus Company in London, comprises the first artistes, selected from the best known Continental Troupes, including Male and Female Equestrians, Gymnasts, Acrobats, and Clowns. The Stud consists of highly-trained Trick and Menage Horses, unrivalled in any establishment in Europe. Crowded audiences nightly attend this splendii entertainment, now renewed with unwonted splendour. Enthusiastic reception of M. Jules Perez, from Madrid. the greatest Bare-backed Rider ever seen, whose wonderful performances create a pro found sensation. Second week of Professor ( ase, the Slack Wire Performer, of World-wide Renown. Arthur and Ber trand, the most amusing and marvellous of Clowns, together with a host of varied talent a'l unequalled in their respective spheres. Morning Performances Daily, during the ensuing Christmas Week, at TWO o'Cleck ; Evening, at Half-past Seven. Admission—R,eserved seats, is.; Stalls and Balcony , 2s. ; Pit. and Promenade, ls. ; Gallery, 6d. Private boxes, to hold six persons, 21s. J OYAL ALTIAMBRA. JULES PEREZ _Lay EVERY EVENING at the ALHAMBRA. lA) OYAL ALHAMBRA.-MORNING PER. FORMANCES EVERY DAY at Two, at the ALHAM. BRA, during the CHRISTMAS WEEK. A RGYLL ROOMS, Windmill-street, Hay market. NOTICE. —M. JULLIEN'S PROMENADE CONCERTS will be continued nightly at the above elegant rooms. Admission is. Conductor—M. JULLIEN. Solo Performers—Messrs. Moses, Tyler, King, M'Kcnney,Snelling , Sloman, Progratski, Baker, ak.o. • Manager, M. GRENET. WHERE CAN WE MEET AF TER THE PANTOMIMES ? My dear Fellow, Gentlemen sup at EVANS', Count-garden. IZINAHAN'S LL WHISKY V. COGNAC, BRANDY. This celebrated Old IRISH WHISKY rivals the finest FRENCH BRANDY, It i 4 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." NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the WELLINGTON is CLOSED for repairs, &c., and will be RE-OPENED on THURSDAY, the 31st December next, at 5 o'clock p.m. By order, JOHN CATES, ,Manager. The Wellington, St. Jamea's-street. Entrance, 60, Piccadilly, W. December 25, 1863. THE VINTAGE WINE COMPANY Supply the Public, at a small advance on wholesale prices, with every description of Wines and Spirits. Terms, Cash. THE VINTAGE COMIDA SHERRY .. at 18s. per doz. THE VINTAGE CHAMPAGNE , 275. „ THE VINTAGE CLARET , lis. „ THE VINTAGE PORT from 20s. „ Medical and Clerical Testimonials, together with the Illus trated Vintage Almanac, containing full detailed Price Lis t, post free on application. Four Dozen Wine sent Carriage Free. 14, Bloomsbury-street, 4 doors south of New Oxford-street. SHORTHAND. -PITMAN'S PHONOGRA PHIC TEACHER. 6d. ; free by post, 7d. SHORTHAND. -PITMAN'S PHONOGRA PHIC MANUAL. Free by post, is. 6d. SHORT HA ND.-"PITMAN'S PHONO GRAPHY forms an exceedingly efficient —probably the MOST efficient—system of Shorthand that exists."—Sir Rowland Hill. London : F. Pitman, 20, Paternoster-row, E.C. SOllO ESTATE, HOUSE, AND GENERAL BUSINESS AGENCY OFFICES.—Persons requiring Freehold or Leasehold Property, or having' Business and Houses to be disposed of, should apply to Mr. CHARLES MURRAY, Auctioneer and Valuer, 26, Gerrard-street, Soho, W. Valuations for Probate Administration, Fire Claims, Rail way Compensations, &c. Rents Collected. BANKRUPTCY AND COMPOSITIONS.- Mr. WETHERFIELD, Solicitor, 35, Moorgate-street, City, PRACTISES in COURT, and effects PRIVATE ARRANGEMENTS with creditors, without publility. Charges, the lowest possible, payable by instalments. Coun try cases economically conducted. N. B.—DEBTS recovered on commission, free of law costs. Divorce and Probate business conducted at moderate ex pense. RIIPTURES.-BY ROYAL LETTERS 'PATENT. IiTHITE'S MOO-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (PERFECTED AND EXHIBITED IN THE GREAT EXHIBITIONS OF 1851 AND 1862), is allowed by upwards of Two Hundred Medical Gentlemen to be the most effective nvention in the curative treatment of HERN I A. The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effects, , s here avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the body, while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the doc-Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease ,nd closeness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn luring sleep. A descriptive circular may be had, and the truss, which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the cir oumference of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manufacturer, Mr. WHITE, 225, Plocadilly. A Single Truss, 165., 215., 20s. 6d., and 31s. 6d. Postage, le. A. Double Truss, 31s. 6d., 425., and 525. 6d. Postage, is Bd. An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 52e. 6d. Postage, is. 10d. Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post office, Piccadilly. NEW PATENT ELAST IC STOCKINGS, KNEE-CAPS, Jrc., for Varicose Veins and all cases of Weakness and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, &o. They are s•orous, light in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on It ean ordinary stocking. Price 4s. CI, 75. CAL, 10s., to 16s, each. Postage Ed. JOHN WHITE. Manufacturer, 228, Piccadilly. The Seizure of the Barque Science by the Federals. TO TIIE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sir,—We beg to enclose for your information copy of a letter received by the owner of the barque Science, from the captain, relative to the seizure of that vessel by the Federals, at Matamoras.—We are, Sir, yours respectfully, JAMES T. BENNET and WAKE. 77, Cornhill, Dec. 28. _New Orleans, Nov. 28, 1863. Dear Sir,—l expect the news of our seizure by the Americans has arrived home before this; but this is the first opportunity I have to write you since our arrival here, and in fact since I wrote you from Matamoros per the Labuan. I will now endeavour to give you some idea of our pre sent situation. We did not complete the discharge of out ward cargo until the 23d of October, and on the sth Novem ber we had on board 344 bales of cotton and about 30 cwt. of copper, and had been three days on demurrage. We wanted about 200 bales more of cotton, and should in all probability have sailed for Liverpool in about a fortnight or so; The weather was sometimes such that lighters did not pass the bar for ten days at a time, and as the season advanced it would have been worse. On the sth Nov., at 10 a.m., the captain of the United States gunboat Virginia came on board and demanded to see my papers, log-books, cargo-books, and in face. every docu ment that was on board the ship. After examining them he told me he should detain the Science for having brought con traband of war ; he retained my papers, but gave me a re ceipt for them. I then told him we had brought no contra band of war; that the whole of our cargo was landed in a Mexican port, and that I protested against his detaining the ship, and should hold him, together with his government, responsible for all losses that might arise through his de tention of my ship. He then returned to his ship, leaving an officer in charge, and about noon, same day, he sent on board four armed men, and removed six of the crew of the Science to the Virginia, leaving me, the mate, cook, and one o. s. The next day, the bar being passable, I asked him to allow me to go on shore, which he granted, and I went. On getting on shore I found that the communication to Matamoras was interrupted, the governor that morning had been shot, and the city had changed their rulers, so that I could not see the consul. However, I saw my consignee, who gave me a letter for Captain Brown, of the Virginia, in which he stated that he was the consignee of the Science, and the sole owner of her outward cargo; that he had brought no contraband, and what she had brought, as could be proved by the Mexican authorities, was still in store at Matamoras, and that the United States consul at Matamo ras, or any person appointed by him were quite at liberty to inspect the cargo of the Science at any time they wished, and satisfy themselves that it was nothing but what was represented. He also stated that the cotton on board the Science was the property of Mexican merchants, and had passed through,the Mexican Custom-house, paying the usual export dues; that the United States consul at Matamoras had granted certificates bearing the consular seal to that effect, and in fact that Captain Brown, of the Virginia, had no right to detain the Science, and that he should hold him, together with his Government, responsible for all losses that might arise through the detention of the ship. He, after reading this letter, and hearing all I had to say, replied that he was determined on sending the Science to New Orleans, together with the brigs Volant and Dashing Wave, and schooner Matamoras, all British, captured and ' detained on the same day. Nothing further occurred until the 11th, when he sent the remainder of his prize crew on board, and on the 12th we sailed for this place, where we arrived on the 25th, having been detained several days in the river for steam. Immediately on our arrival here I was allowed to go and see the consul, and brought before the prize commissioner, who put to me on oath 43 questions. I thoaght it best to answer them, and did so to the extent of my knowledge, when I was told I could go where I liked, and that I, together with the remainder of the crew, which were still on board, must quit the ship— where we went was no business of theirs, we might starve if we liked. I, together with the crew, then went to the consul, who sent the crew to a place (boarding house), and I, with the captain of the Volant, of Jersey, are staying in the house of a widow woman, with whose family we take our meals. Yesterday I saw the consul, who recommended me to go and engage Mr. Briggs, an English lawyer here, a very able man (so he says), to take up our case, and defend it in the Prize Court. I did so, and noted my protest, which will be forwarded to Lord Lyons at Washington. I do not think there is a chance of their being able to condemn the ship, and the greatest difficulty will be to be able to make them pay damages; it will, I expect, become another affair for the Government to take up. The expenses here will be heavy, without possibility of avoiding them, and I hope I shall be considered by the owners of the Science to have done right in anything I may have to do. To await instructions from you from England would not answer, as the case may be finished before they could arrive here. To obtain money I shall require a letter of credit, I ex. pect. If you think it well to send me one you will no doubt do 8 0 . _ I need not say how sorry lam this affair should have taken place; but the absence of an English man of war enables the Yankees to annoy the English or other neutral vessels as much as they please, as the trade to Matamoras is BA eyesore to therm, and they want to, make it so that We, at the time of our capture, had been at anchor exactly twelve weeks, and had been boarded several times by American vessels of war. On the 3d of October the same vessel that sent us here, the Virginia, boarded us and saw all my papers, and also the cargo fore and aft, the hold about half discharged then ; he left me on that date apparently satisfied, and then a month after (sth Novem ber) he seiz3s us for having brought contraband of war, which, when he could have satisfied himself of the contents, it was not worth his while, as ho expressed himself, and appeared to be quite satisfied that we had on board nothing but harmless and legal merchandise. The mail closes this day and leaves weekly for New York. I shall write you every mail, and trusting that all will end well, I am, with best respects, yours very truly, (Signed) JOHN READ, Master barque Science, of Waterford. Mr. John Angel. Naval and Military Intelligence. ~_~~~_. THE NAVY. The orders given by the Admiralty for the Bellerophon target, recently tested at Shoeburyness, to be repaired under the superintendence of Mr. Buskcombe, one of the foremen at Chatham dockyard, under whose direction it was constructed, have been countermanded, and it will consequently be allowed to remain in its present condition until subsequent instructions have been received. Arrangements have been entered into by the Lords of the Admiralty with the proprietors of the Medway Company's steamers for two of-their vessels—the City of Rochester and the Alma—to be employed, in conjunction with the steam tender Adder, in conveying the mechanics and work people employed on the iron frigate Achilles to and from the dockyard at Chatham to Gillingham, where the Achilles is being completed for sea. By this arrangement 1,340 of the workmen can be conveyed to and from the dcckyard at the same time—namely, 560 in the Adder, 400 in the City of Rochester, and 380 in the Alma. During the time the Achilles is stationed at Gillingham, Assistant-Surgeon J. A. Yule, M.D., of the Cumberland, 24, is to be in constant attendance for the purpose of giving Immediate attention to any of the workmen who may meet with an accident. The screw gunboat Charger, 2, 60 horse power, attached to the first division of the Chatham steam reserve, having completed her experimental trials with the Curtis steering screw with which she has been fitted, a report has been made by the dcckyard officials, under whose superintend ence the trials took place, on the result of the experiments. The iron paddlewheel steam tender Locust, employed on harbour service between Chatham and Sheerness, is ordered to have one side of her bottoms coated with Peacock's com • position, by way of experiment. An investigation has taken place at Chatham dockyard by order of the Lords of the Admiralty into the circum stances attending the accident which occurred to the iron frigate Achilles, on the occasion of her being floated out of dock on Wednesday night, an account of which was given in The Sun. The decision of the Lords of the Admiralty upon the facts laid before them is not yet known, but it is understood in the dockyard that the official who was re sponsible for the proper management of the ship will be re moved from his appointment, and granted a superannua tion allowance. Mr. Oliver W. Lang, who for upwards of five years past has held the responsible position of master sbipbuilder at Chatham dockyard, has tendered his resignation to the Lords of the Admiralty, and yesterday ceased to perform the duties in connection with his office. Some three or four months since Mr. Lang placed his resignation in the hands of the Admiralty, and requested to be relieved of his appoint ment, but at the express desire of their Lordships he con tinued to discharge the duties connected with the office of master shipwright at Chatham until the completion and un docking of the iron frigate Achilles. During the time Mr. 'Lang has been at the head of the shipbuilding department at Chatham several of our largest and best vessels of war have been constructed, equipped, and despatched to sea under his superintendence, including the Royal Oak and the Achilles. The Irresistible, 80, screw steam line-of-battle ship, 2,642 tons, 400 horse power, belonging to the third divisien of the Sheerness steam reserve, was taken into dock at Sheer ness yesterday, to be brought forward and fitted for com mission as a Coastguard vessel. The Cumberland, 24, guardship of the steam reserve squadron at Sheerness and in the river Medway, Capt. W. K,'Hall, C.D., commanding, is ordered to be paid off at Sheerness on Thursday next, after having been in commis sion since October, 1859. She will be recommissioned on the following day, resume her duties at Sheerness with the same officers and crew, and be provided with an entire set of new books. Admiralty inot.uctic,,‘ have been received by the autho rities at Sheerness that the ithadraanth,.. storeship, 813 tons, 220 horse power, is to be removed from Woolwich to that port, there to be taken to pieces and com pletely broken up. The Medusa, paddlewheel vessel, 889 tons, 312 horse power, Master Commanding John IL Allard, sailed from Sheerness yesterday, in accordance with Admiralty orders, for the mouth of the Texel, to relieve the Lively gunboat, said to be on shore at that place. Vice-Admiral of the Red Sir G. R. Lambert, K.C.B„ Commander-in-Chief at the Nore, received his promotion to the rank of Admiral on Monday, when he hoisted his flag, blue at the main, on board her Majesty's ship Formidable, stationed at Sheerness. Admiral Lambert obtained the rank of Captain on the Bth Aug„ 1825; of Rear-Admiral on the 21st Jan., 1854; and of Vice-Admiral on the 18th Dec., 1858. It is reported that he will leave Sheerness at the end of February next, and that he will be succeeded by Vice-Admiral . Sir Charles Talbot, S.C.B. The Alberta, new paddlewheel steam yacht, built for the use of her Majesty, went out of Portsmouth harbour yes terday morning for a trial of her speed at the measured mile in Stokes Bay, under the superintendence of Capt. H. Broadhead, of her Majesty's ship Asia, and commanding tht steam Reserve at Portsmouth, and other officials of the Steam Reserve and dockyard. On arriving at the measured mile the yacht was turned to an even keel at seven feet draught of water, and made two circles—first, with helm at starboard, in 2 min 44 sec; the other, with helm at port, in 2 min 54 sec. She proceeded to run the measured mile and made two runs, realizing an average speed of 15'24 knots when her port paddlewheel became defective, and she was obliged to return into harbour. The damage appears to be considerable, and it will take sumo time before it can be made good. The engines of the Alberta, 160-horse power nominal, are from Messrs. Penn and Sons, who were repre sented at the trial by Mr. Matthews. There was also on board the yacht during the trial Captain the Prince of Leiningen, of the Royal yacht Victoria and Albert. The Octavia, screw steam frigate, was placed in No. 5 dock yesterday afternoon, to be brought forward for com mission. Her Majesty's steam sloop Mutine (Capt. Graham, pro moted yesterday to post rank) was taken into basin at Woolwich to commence stripping. The whole of the ship's company on leave of absence yesterday returned to their duties. Capt. Graham has been promoted in testimony of much valuable service over a period of 22 years. The steam store ship Supply,Master-Commander Bowden, yesterday went to Deptford, from Woolwich, to load with victualling stores for the Mediterranean. An important part of Dr. Edmonds's ventilating appa ratus has been fitted to the Royal Sovereign cupola-ship at Portsmouth, in which, by a simple arrangement, from 300 to 350 natural channels actually existing in every large ship have been made available for the ventilation of the ship's bilges and the timber spaces. This i s done by connecting these latter into a long air shaft on eac h s id e of the sh i p, through which a draught is created by commun i ca ti ng it by a cross shaft into the funnel. The efficacy of this plan has been already tested in the Royal Sovereign, a very ' slight increase of temperature in the funnel sufficing to draw a current of air through the air shafts, and necessarily through the whole framework of the ship f rom t h e bil ges , which, passing into the funnel, is carried hi g h i nto t h e open air. Shipowners view this mode of ventilation with great favour, as it promises to prevent dry rot by the free circu lation of air which it creates over th e i nter i or ti m b er sur faces, a desideratum which has hith erto b affled the sk i ll o f scientific men to accomplish. Even those who advocate the substitution of iron for timber in th e i r construct i on o f s hips must admit that while we have timber ships it is not w ise to neglect taking the best means to preserve them-- b u t another part of the invention included in th e p a t en t i s pecu li a rly adapted even to iron steam -ships, and consists of air channels which are made to form part of the deck itself and act immediately below it. These are either united with the previously described air shafts or ventilated separately— both alike by exhaustion of foul air—but i n woo d en ships these maybe dispensed with, although highly useful. Those who have been a voyage to India or the colonies have un pleasant recollections of the foulness of the air and close ess between the decks and in the cabins, from bilge effluvia being vented into them through the open timber spaces, f here can be no excuse for thi s nu i sance cont i nuing, as the means for preventing it are, by means of this inven tion, made easy of adoplon, and applicable to all ships, as any of the ordinary methods of ventilation can be used in connec ti on with it where the funnel d raug ht i s no t av ailable. Those destructive fevers which frequently occur and cause such ravage s in our ships of war serv i ng i n the tropics, if they are not ten sed, are often, doubtless, aggravated by into fatal influences arising within the ship, fomented mto fatal activity by a hig h te mperature, and the more insidious equally inveterate forms of di sease , su ch as occurred in , but equal the St. Jean d'Acre and Cressy, described in Dr. Bryson 's statistic a l report on the health of the navy just published, were, in the opinion of the medical officers of these ships, gencies, When Dr. Edmonds's to be attributed to similar a system of ventilation is in operation, all such causes of disease must be prevented or removed. In ships destined for tropical service it must be invaluable, both for the com fort and health of the crews and passengers. Dr. Edmonds, now surgeon of the Victory flag-ship at Portsmouth, was surgeon of the St. Jean d'Acre in the Mediterranean during her last commission, and it was probably the experience acquired in that sickly ship which led to the discovery of these obvious means of removing endemic causes of disease from ships generally. In the St. Jean d'Acre malaria was clearly traced to arise from decaying matters lodged in the timber spaces, the injurious effects being aggravated by the usual deficient ventilation of the sleeping deck. The result was that a large proportion of her ship's company were invalided for pulmonic diseases and cachesia, with m any deaths during one short commission on a healthy station, FISH CULTURE IN FRANCE, The art of fish breeding has been extensively ,ractised in France during the last 20 years, and has recently been brought to a focus in the esta blishment constructed for the reception and distri bution of fish ova at Huningue, near Basle, on the Rhine. The artificial system of spawning fish (i.e., by hand manipulation) owes its success to th 3 fact of the fecundation of fish eggs being an external act—in other words, the roe of the female is not fecundated by the milt of the male fish till after it has been deposited in its watery bed. An observ- ant fisherman of the department of La Bresse, in the Vosges, was the first in France to discern that the natural principle of fish fecundation could be easily imitated, and so be turned to profitable ac count in the pursuit of his business. Joseph Remy, the re-discoverer of pisciculture, was an unlettered peasant, and therefore unac quainted with the fact that fish-breeding had been Practised in China from the remotest times with such success as to make fish one of the cheapest luxuries of that great country, or that the art was known in its utmost perfection in the classic days of Italy. Nor was he aware that one Gottlieb had practised is Germany a century before him, and most likely he was even ignorant of the salmon breeding experiments of Mr. Shaw at Drumlanrig Castle in the years 1837-9. Remy, so far as the breeding of fish for commercial purposes is con- cerned, is undoubtedly entitled to all the praise of an original discoverer, and his own narrative of how he came to try the artificial system is explanatory of what is still a grievance and a misfortune—viz,, ;he growing scarcity of our fresh water fishes Remy, knowing how enormously prolific all kinds of fish naturally are, most of them yielding their eggs by tens of thousands, could not understand how they were yearly becoming less plentiful, but setting his eyes to observe and his wits to work out the question, he found—lst, that immense proportion of the ova was never properly fecun dated; 2, that even if all the eggs obtained the benefit of the milt, a vast proportion never came to life from being deposited in places where they were ultimately bereft of water, that others were eaten by waterfowl, or devoured by other fishes, and a proportion swept away to the sea, and so lost for ever. Then, again, Remy found out that however large a proportion of the eggs might ripen, and so become fish, a high percentage of these never became of any food value, as they were killed in their infancy by juvenile anglers, or preyed upon by larger fishes. There fore Remy soon saw that the best way to increase the sup ply was by obtaining the eggs and protecting the young fish till they were able to take care of themselves. Having arrived at these conclusions, Rem y _ set to work to collect in the various rivers of his native district the spawn of such fish as could most readily be obtained ; these were hatched into life and protected and fed while young. But, not contented with this laborious plan, Reney was wont to watch for and obtain the gravid fish, and so acquire the ova, in what we may term wholesale quantities by the system of artificial spawning. Having assum e d M. Gehin as a partner in his art, his experiments were largely ,r a b teeyd i n d o n ea tended, and were early crowned with a suedceemssfas far what he ever anticipated, as was sp eedil y on the constantly increasing fish supp l y of his native streams. Messrs. Gehin and Remy were at once rewarded with a sum of money, and a handsome bronze medal was unanimously voted to them by the Socikid dEinulat i on des Vosges. Be sides these rewards, the fishermen were handsomely noticed in 1849, in a paper communica ted b y Dr. llaxo, of Epinal, to the Academy of Sciences at Paris, which at once fixed public attention on the art of pisciculture,and attracted to it the patronage of the French Government, whose first act, it is , r' .or to eay, wag t o reward and employ the tw e fisher men whose names we have mentioned. After the matter was taken in hand by the Government the spread of pisciculture was rapid. It would take up far too much space to detail minutely what has been accom. plished in the art of fish breeding in the fresh water streams of France ; suffice it to say that at present no stream need be without a plentiful supply of .fish, as any quantity ot eggs can be obtained from the establishment at Huningue for the mere asking, and from that source many of the rivers are now leaping with fish. Indeed, we know from information supplied at Huningue that the annual distribu tion of fish eggs is numbered by millions, the quantity o f ova supplied last year to va rious applicants was over 17,000,000, some of which came to England and were de posited in the river Thames. Much of the success of this artificial culture of fish in France must be attributed to the great personal interest taken in the advancement of the art by Professor Coate, ot the Institute. It is not too much to say that he has re created the French fisheries, both in the fresh waters and in the sea. lie has made several voyages and explorations to distant places in order to study the best modes of improving the fisheries, and to his enthusiasm is due a great portion of the success which has attended the spread of pisciculture, His " Voyage of Exploration" is a most interesting work; it has been printed under the auspices of the French Go vernment, and contains a very detailed account of the eel fishery of Comacchio, the mussel beds in the Bay of Aiguil lon, and the green oyster grounds of Marennes. A year or two ago might be seen in the College of France an appa ratus, contained in a marvellously small space--a space about 16ft. square, which was capable of hatching 150,000 salmon eggs. The ponds at Stormontfield for the breeding of salmon are constructed to hold about double that quan tity of ova, but even that number cannot be hatched annu ally, because there was only one reception pond ; and, as i s well known, a portion of the salmon in every hatching re, quire to be two years in the pond before being sent to sea. An immense deal, however, can be done in fish hatching in a small space. Ample evidence of this may be had at the Etablissement de Pisciculture, near Basle. The boxes con taining the eggs are there arranged in pyramids groups, the water flowing from the one on the top to those beneath it; and, of course, flooding all the eggs which are nicely disposed on little glass gratings or frames. This establishment does not breed any fish, except for the purposes of study and acclimatizing—it is more a depot for the collection and distribution of eggs. Fish eggs when first deposited by the fish will not bear to be much handled or carried to a great distance ; carefully packed in wet moss they may be sent a day's journey, hence the necessity for having the piscicultural establishment at the boundary of the two countries—i. e., France and Switzerland, the greater proportion of the eggs being obtained from the latter coun ery. They are collected by agents in the lakes and streams of Switzerland, and paid for at so much per thousand by the authorities. The various buildings at Huningue were specially erected by M. Coumes, the chief 'engineer of the Rhine, for the purposes of pisciculture, and they are admirably adapted for their work, The series of egg boxes are well supplied with a constant stream of water, of which there is a large supply, both from a spring in the grounds and from the Rhine itself. A series of little streams at the back of the buildings contain Rhine salmon and river and lake trout, in various stages of growth—that is, from the age of a few weeks to four years; and it is interesting to watch their habits as they are fed by their keeper. The total cost of erecting the suite of buildings at Huningue was little over £ll,OOO, and the annual charge is about £2,000. A few figures will show what has been achieved at Huningue in the distribution of ova during thela r w re two years. The winter operations of the seas on 186 -6 begun on October 20, 1860, and finished on March 17, h 0 1861, thus occupying a period of 159 days. The 1. of fish distributed from Huningue w ere the various great lake and salmon trouts, the Rhine salinou, the sopmebeireeschthee yeller, and the fain Of the fire five ofthese been estimated at total quantity of ova provided has per cent. perished nearly 6,000,000, of which about during the period of incubat i on. Of the t remainder abo u t 3,500,000 were forwar ded to differen pans of the eon. tinent, and a little more than 500,000 were retained for experiment at the e stablishment: The quantity of ova despatched from Huningue in the season ot 1860-61 was sent in reply to 278 demands from establish meats scattered over 70 departments of Fra nce, and there were 29 demands from establishments in oth er parts o f E urope , principally in Belgium, Switzerland, Bavaria, and Wirtemburg. The hatching of the fera is carried on sepa rately from that of other species, ,1 1 --- operations connected with the distribution of the fera occupied a period of 46 days, commencing on the 14th November. The quantity of ova of the fera forwarded far exceeds that of the other five species taken together, and for th e season o f 1860. 61 is esti mated at close upon 9 , 00 0,000 of eggs, of which 5,573,000,. or 62 per cent., was distrib u t e d as a b ov e, while upwards of 3,000,000, or 33 Per cent,, were retained for the experiments connected with the establishment. The loss of eggs while the operations connected with distribution of the fern was being conducted was only 22,000—a mere trifle in such a large quantity. The total number of eggs provided for the season 1860-61 was 14,726,160, of which 131 per cent. were lost, 691 per cent. distributed, and 27 per cent. retained at head-quarters. When we consider the enormous repro ductive power of all kinds of fish we have no cause to think this distribution of ova large. A female salmon yields her eggs by the thousand for every pound of her weight. The carp, the trout, the perch, and all other kinds are equally prolific, and give their eggs in tens of thousands. Twenty-fourth Annual Report of Births, Deaths, and Marriages in England. The annual budget of the Chancellor of the Es.. chequer is of very inferior interest to the annual report of the Registrar-General, though the former is looked forward to with much livelier expectation than the latter, for the popular mind attaches itself more earnestly to pounds, shillings, and pence than to the health and strength of those by whom the revenue is contributed. We never hear any gene- ral complaint of too much money, but there ar e c onstant regrets at an i mputed excess o f popula tion. A deficiency of coin is regarded as a national calamity, but a decline in the numbers of the people is considered a blessing by a certain school of political philosopher,. There are financiers w ho think that machinery, which neither eats nor drinks, and _never rebels,ia a morn favourable in strument to civiliised' socleti . thireVja-wtich- r e: quires food and clothing, and is apt to grow sedi tious. These condemn ea rl y m arriages, and preach up the .doctrine of moral r estraint ; and some of the more heartless among them have hot hesitated to include epidemics and other causes of early mortality among the list of desirable agencies rather to be allowed free scope than to be prevented. However, this class is happily becoming extinct, and public opinion has most strongly decided in favour of sani, tary reform. Men have learned the obvious truth, for a long time concealed, that if every mouth is a consumer every hand is a producer, and that of all taxes the fever tax is the more severe. Free trade, though still a doctrine to be realised—for it only yet exists in a narrowly exceptional form—has taught that the whole human race, however scattered on the surface of the globe, form one co-operative society, and this truth will be universally recog nised when each nation can get rid of its local prejudices and jealousies. Then it will be acknow ledged that the health of the people is ,as worthy of the solicitude of Government as the cultivation of the soil and the improvement of machinery. The Anglo-Saxon family have proved themselves vigorously prolific in offspring, for while we have populated distant regions, and thus founded future empires, we have been adding a million souls to the mother country in each quinquennial period. We read in the report that "in 1836.40 the popu lation was rising through its 16th million; in 1841-45, through its 17th in 1846-50, through its 18th; in 1851-55, through its 19th; and in 1856-60, through its 20th million. In the middle of 1861 it is estimated to have reached 20,110,496. The English registration now comprehends within its scope a population greater by the present popu lations of London and the three Ridings of York ahire combined than it was when the 'national system was established in 1837." After such a statement we cease to wonder at the enormous extension of the builded area of the metropolis and the enlargement of the principal provincial towns. It is very certain that we have not become poorer by the process, nor has our self-sustaining power shown any sign of diminution. Where it will end is one of those speculative theories into which we are not called upon to enter, and it would be a mere waste of time to indulge in barren conjectures. We can trace back the querulous tone of over-population, over-production, and over-trad ing, and the lachrymose whine over colossal cities, to the reign of Elizabeth, and we may safely leave the future to provide for itself. The present report refers to the year 1861, and is confined to Englana, in vzh;oli vierb 163,706 marriages. Of these 130,699 were solem nised according to the rites of the Church of Eng land; and for one married after licence five were married after banns. There were only 16 cases of special licence. A fact well worthy of notice is that, " although the eleventh division (Monmouthshire and Wales) does not contain half the population of London, there are 710 religions buildings regis tered for marriages in that division, while in Lon don there are but 309. Cheshire and Lancashire have little more than the population of London, but the registered buildings in these counties are twice as numerous as those of the metropolis." It m ay be interesting to our fair readers to know that there were more than twin as many marriages between widowers and spinsters as between bache lors and widows ; the respective numbers were 15,067 and 7,034. There were, however, more widows married by widowers than by bachelors. In the marriages of minors the softer sex predo minated in the ratio of three to one. The exact numbers were 31,927 to 10,415. These early espousals largely predominated in the country, for in London the proportion was small. This has been referred to the mode of living in the metro polis; but others attribute it to the dearness of house accommodation, which is adverse to matrimony. The marriage register becomes a test of elemen tary education, from which it appears that 26,333 men and women were unable to attest their signa tures in writing. However, there has been an im provement in the last 20 years, since the mark sig natures have fallen from 41 per cent. in marriages, at whicii they stood in 1841, to 30 per cent.in 1861; of 100 men and 100 women, 75 of the former and 65 of the latter wrote their names in the registers. In this educational test London is superior to all other parts of England in regard to both sexes. Of those who marry in London, 89 men in 100 and 82 women can sign their names. In several E n g lish counties the proportion of men similarly qualified inks cent. In the Welsh division , whic h i n cludes Mon mouthshire, it falls to 60 and 65 per cent. As a general rule, the north is better educated than the south, and it may be m entioned as a fact, perhaps unexpected by many readers, that the women i n as for the i t r e e s , t, h Essex, Lancashire are not b etter educated than the women in North Wales. If w e take the marriage Signa turee women in Sussex, Berkshire. sh x Suffolk and No r f o lk , llertd t and a f e w other coun ties not Specified, are better educated the indefatigable industry we consider th an the men. i n dustry now m anifested in the S un d ay schools we confidently expect that i n may coe fide the next twenty e ven in lees time, years, an d l there will be few mar riages without written Signatures in 1861 the births of °A Dra 406 children were reg i s tered. The birth rate was ' 3.461 per cent. of the population, or one birth to 29 persons living. The males were to the proportion of females in the 104.6 to 100. Thi s must be taken as an average, for there we f r om the rule. re local divergences Thus in R tl b o ys was 110 to andshire the rate o f 100 girls; in Somersetshi r e it fell 99 . 9 t o 100. It is a curie -11a that more childrenarc always born fact in the first six than in the last sic months of the year.fl Of those born o ut of wedlock the average is " 3 per cent. In Lond on the pro portion 4 of the ille gitimate 4 per cent.; inCum berland it was hig hest, is lowest , b ein g only . o r 11.2 per cent. The pro portion of boys born out o f wedlock compred to those born in wed lock is higher in relation to girls. Speaking generally and without reference to the di s tinction between legitimate and illegitimate , the birth rate is below the average in districts adjoining the metropolis. It is lowest in North Wales, or 2.953 ; and highest in 'Warwickshire, 3.69 ; in Lancashire, 3.77 ; but reaches its maximum in Staf fordshire and Durham, where it is 4.02 and 4,03. The death rate was 435,114. Of the male popu lation the rate was 2.268, of the female 2.063. In 1861 England was generally healthy, and mortality below the average in each quarter. Annexed to the report are some valuable cbserva- • _ 4., . vt:WSPAPER, 5 4, - . • • - -a% ik T 43 "4 1 !A11a - ‘ 4 " - tions, addressed to the Registrar-Gener Acland, the Regius Professor of Mediel , • University of Oxford, in reference to t - that city, and in the region extendierov • - bi Thames Basin. It appears that there were two ca of typhoid fever in Worcester College which were registered. The site of the college is low and not well-drained, but these defects apply to the whole city. There is no systematic drainage, and the whole subsoil is infiltrated with filth from cesspools and other reservoirs of putrescent matter. The evil is too great and ramified to be cured by local improve ment, and Dr. Acland assigns this as a reason why the inhabitants are apparently so indifferent, they deeming it useless to engage in minor plans which advises, " that the drai n n a a d g t e cl o a f ey. would fail throu g h a the wleheo,lethTerheafmorees, t tcomm ck iss o i u o g n h ., " t ri o l b is e i i s n ev t e h n o b v e d y s e a fboavG m e o ri v ' e e r d n di n e g n on le scheme d , t t h h a o n u g t h h e i t m reallyet rop o f e l i r a m n d a r e r i a n r a t g, e e f a now a b n e d i e n r g it, for unless the upper Thames be conserved in purity the lower Thames must be foul with constant descending filth. Under proper regulations each town on its banks would divert its sewage from the river. It is true that some drainage works have been during many years in progress on the upper Thames and its tributaries, but they have not b een prosecuted on any concerted plan. There can be no doubt that the gigantic works superintended by Mr. Bazalgetto will conduce most powerfully to th e health of London, but his labours cannot be co rn ., plete if, from the higher grounds, the Thames be tween the bridges is liable to daily invasion by corrupt waters, which poison the supplies of the water companies. Dr. Acland insists that the ele ments of disease are conveyed in water, though the distance may not be accurately known. He also thinks that "the soil modifies in a high degree the effects of the surface waters." There are other evils eepmeimpureaelyaterewt2ie4 cannot-he expressed in the death rate, because they do not actually extin guile* Hsi "feeble 'sewer, tardy conval eac'‘iite, distress, and discomfort i nca l cu l a bl e ." Of course ail these are fatal to labour as a productive power, be it physical or intellectual, and therefore fatalie national wealth. On-the Bth April, 1861, when the census was taken-,-- the- population of London was 2,803,989. If we take the difference between the two lust c ensuses- as the guide to calculation, it would appear that the daily increase to the population of London is 121 souls; but its natural increase, that is the excess of births over deaths, was about 72 only; thus it received daily an • immigrant population of 50 who settled p ermanen tly. Here is a fertile text for - those • speculative and ingenious statisti cians who anticipate limit the builded area of citi •es according to their • fancy, their hopes, and their fears. Of course much depends on the sani • tary state of lccalities ; fever, the offspring of overcrowding and imperfect ventilation, rapidly thins numbers, and cholera and influenza smite their thousands and tens of thousands. But, as in the past 20 years so in time to come, that increased regard for human lit© which attends civilisation is not likely to fa il , and there fore it may be presumed that population will con tinue to increase. But much yet remains to be done in the direction of preventive measures, The streets must be widened and better cleansed ,the rivers purified, dead the dwellings of the poorer classes im proved inireeommodation ; though the greatest of all reforms must be affected by individuals them selves, in strictly adhering to habits of temperance, the great conservator of life and health. An appendix to the report of Dr. Farr is most valuable in a medical point of view. It refers to the public health in 1861. He shows that since 1832 there has been an unusual prevalence of diarr -I,CC3, passing into cholera or dysentery, and in 1861, these diseases killed more than 20,000 persons, while fever immolated more than 15,440 victims. Dr. Farr confirms the views of 1)r. Acland as to water, soiled by impure admixtures, being one of the vehicles of disease. He says :—" The ova of worms and the seeds of various diseases aro thus diffused among children ; while great numbers of men and women in the prime of life also suffer, and often die of the maladies which are the inevitable consequences of violations of natural laws." Dr. Farr also refers incidentally but significantly to the sewage of towns, and shows it to be a part of the economy of nature to restore to the land, the source of food, the refuse arising from it after consumption. In common with all other natural laws its viola tion is attended with heavy and certain penalties, for not only does subsistence frequently fail incon sequence, but putrid dirt, through its accumulation, generates pestilence. Dr. Farr refers to Dr. Murchison's book on the " Fevers of Great Britain," and divides those which are well known, and capable of exact defini tion, into the three distinct heads of typhus, typhinia, and typhoid, or typhia. These are chiefly generated by overcrowding, and are often diffused by infection. Of typhus, 21 in 100 cases die in 'the London Fever Hospital, but second at■ tacks are very rare. Typhinia a • is form of relaps ingitfever. The patient attacked by / after being n d apparently recovered at the e n ays, is d of save fever again prostrated on the fourteenth day • epidemic, and infectious, prevails in time of famine. It is generally fatal in th e ratio of one case out o f 49. Typhoid, or typhia , is endemic in charact er , and its presence may be known by ,the erupti on of rose spots on the a• kin ha the London Fever Hos pital te rminate fatally. I t attacks 19 cases in 100 the young, but ra rely recurs a second time. Filth and the exhalat ions arising from it generate this disease. Th e prevalence of this sco urge, greatly by cleanliness in dwellin preventible g.houses, has en ter on these details i n duced to to as warnings to the working classes, who cannot be too much on guar d a gainst its insidioustheir approaches in close and unventilated neighbourhoods. In 1861 there died in London of fever 1,770 persons, but the ave rage of deaths from thi s cause is larger in the whole kingdom. The chief metropolitan fever fields cover ehoreditch, W hitechapel,4Ste ney, mile-end, Pop lar, and Bernaond se y. The ho P s l is in Islington, Pop where the deaths ere registere c il-but they are not due to Islingto n , the patients b e ing sent to it from all parts of L ondon Quitti ng the I s an metropo • a entering the pro vinces • a Island and Alver lo quest of fever Portse stoke, Portsmouth and,Gosport, the great seats of military and naval power, are described as fatal fever districts; tion for healthiness, exempt. enjoys a popularreputa Valley toWinches ter.the Itchen f Fever travelled up a nother centre, rom which it Abined" woaraanad Eton. It was typhoid which spread to Windsor of the lamented Prince Albert. deprived the mortality in the 12 years ending in The range 0- was from 6.63 to 10.41 in 10,000 1861, from fe ver, persons. t h e rit! is a comparatively new form of dis. Dipb an d on its first appearance its true; character ewaasse' on ly recognised by the ablest medical practi tioners, it being generally confounded with putrid sore t h r oat and scarlatina. This epidemic was at its h e i g ht in 1859, and has since slowly subsided. It is chiefly fatal to the young. "In seven yeaas 1553 adults died of the disease at 25 and upwards ; under that age 28,216 died." The ravages of scar latina are chiefly felt in the coal districts of the north of England, and it is recommended that the cause should be investigated. Small-pox is said now to exist "by sufferance." The legislature ha s provided for the protection of helpless children by vaccination,wbich is either neglected or inefficiently Performed, but where the blame lies it Kelt a t o be impossible to determine. Another fatal di et es , which entirely depends on individual free will is alcoholism, described as " slow poisoni ng spirits." It not only kills , but those by who sur vive its insidious attacks are sure to become en feebled in body and mind. The annual mortality from derangement of the respiratory organs is peculiarly fatal. Of these the most dangerous are bronchitis and pneumonia. It appears that the latter has not much varied last ten years, but within the same period the former has increased from 17,073 to 30,986. Been chitis is chiefly fatel to the old ; pneumonia to thB young. From heth these inflammations girls are more free than boys, It is remari:able how ninny meet their deaths from burns and scalds, and burns have increased given superficial in recent pears. skin injuries from these causes, followed by sick ness, are frequently fatal after many . weeks. These are popularly ascribed, in the mewrity of cases, to accidents, but the more correct term would be carelessness. It is a dvised that all open fires, liithts, and kettles of hot water, should be eur , rounded by good guards, and that dresses should be starched with such chemicel tneteriele as render them incombustible. • UNDER THE ESPECIAL PATRONAGE OF HER MAJESTY. 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