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' da '1"c:-... ' ;ficent worksit Criatiot, '' ' f ?-,:.. 1 n a l d selee k t n ed °w fo le r ai th e e in iu D. In s, the mited isider- 3 were the words which our preside. -- scription of the Royal ExchaoCe; that— " The earth is the Lord's and the .fulness tinned.' " THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 19, 1863. N O . 22,276 PR1CE......-....411. STAMPED ....dd. rontier e ruler overn• el any 'likely ) have of an enarr.ce er.se— ig Go taps to f Doat .ve been not been orted on Pod, and ins were '6 stone. 3e to 31e Is per 24 th of the buy was ranee of 'maybe cable at s. Oats Ind peas average lvance of to 17s Od to 19s Od to 17s Od to 180 Od to 17s 6d to 44s Od to 32s Oil to 38s Od to 24s Od g ;Red .rloy, 43 :3 9d to re-quote s. d. 0 to 13 0 to ) to 0 ) to 25 0 D to 20 0 ) to 28 0 Nov. 18 ' Dec.l 3 . Dec. 4 iov. 29. Nov. 13. gov. 27. coy. 18. Nov. 18. Nov. 27. gov. 26. Nov. 20. Dec. 4. Nov. 18. Nov. 20. Nov. 25. gov. 25 Nov. 20. Nov. --. Nov. 20. Nov. 28. Dec. 28. pu r• . 4d. and ), is the in every ItiMODY I n could fo of Mr of Strad- fordshire, . Herbert lolbrooke M.P., t o eeke , in the 01a 2nnox, t o [olyneux, impstCa3l ath, tire. ne t Esq.' rrace, St, .s., aged 3ath. Dt . ilarrY age, nea r T -- . -„,....... _—_,- D REW 6, No. 112 : ;multi 0, rte) PERSONS SEEKING LANDED E STATES, TOWN AND COUNTRY RESIDENCES, F REE A, LEASEHOLD INVESTMENTS, AND PROP S S GENERALLY— VTo RE HAD G RATIS, at the principal Railway Bookstalls ._ro u ghout the kin g d om, or at the Auction and Estate Offices, 57 Chancery-lane, London, Messrs. E. and H. Lumley's REE 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 !lifords, peedng the particulars,of their properties to the Estate , 67, •L Chancery-lant, London, as the Messrs. u mley can in most cases introduce immediate customers, where the property is of an eligible character, thereby avoid- Ye' ing aie t nc he es. flis adyantages of delay and its a tt en u an t incon- THERE IS NO CHARGE Inc unless a tenant or pur chaser is intr oduced thilloW Messrs. Lumley's Agency, and then only the ristitil moderate commission. Auction and L and Offices, 67, Chancery-lane, London. THE T , 7, UDGATE HILL VIADUCT.- ".PANT ORPHAN ASYLUM, WANSTEAD. Itl e o NOTICE OF REMOVAL. C h t . 1" , sequence of the immediate Ext,ension of the London, co ,„ -119 tn, and Dover Railway, the Committee have been biLIT 11,11 to REMOVE their OFFICES to 100, FLEE f- Ave:ET, where all communie Mons are to be addressed. By Order of the Committee, HENRY W. GREEN, Secretary, Oilices-100, Fleet-street, E.C. EAST LONDON BANK (Limited). Chief Office (Temporary)-121, Fenchuroh-street, E.C. Capital, x 600,000, with power to increase. Chairman—CHAßLES SALISBURY BUTLER, Esq., 31,p., BOARD oF DIRECTORS. Tower Hamlets, Chairman of the Commercial Gas Com pany, and Director of Kent Water Works Company, Deputy -Chairman—CHARLES CAPPER, Esq., Victoria (London) Docks, 9, Mincing-lane, E.C., Director of the Thames Graving Dock Company. Jr,lin George Barry, Esq. (Messrs. Barry Brothers), Meriton's Wharf, Dockhead, S.E. Richard Bradshaw, Esq, Upper Clapton, N.E. Thomas Brushfield, Esq., - Direct or o f t h e c ommeriai Gas Company. Robert Collum, Esq., Director of the Scottish Union Insur arAce Company. James Fennings, Esq. (Messrs. R. L. and J. Fennings), Fen- Wh rf, London-bridge, S.E. Ee.ward T. Foord, Esq. (Messrs. Barff and Co.), 9, Fcnchurch street, E.C. • William B. Greenfield, Eisq., Director of the Pernambuco Railway. Albert Pelly, Esq. (Messrs. Pelly and CO.), 18, Finch-lane, E.C. George Smith, Esq., 86, Great Tower-street, E.C., Director of the Rent Water Works Company. Cornelius Walford, Esq., I .ittle Park, 'Enfield, Middlesex. Thomas White, Esq. (Messrs. White and Price), 57, mark lane, E.C., Chairman Bow Brewery Company. SOLICITORS.—AIessrs. Thomas and Hollams, E.C. MAN AGEn. —Mr. Henry Joseph Latter Mincing-lane. (late of the Bank of England). MIMS OF : 1 9OSIN7S8S. Current accounts may and all ordinary business facilities will be af f orded. be opened neon the 'usual terms; Interest will be allowed halt-yearly, at the rate of 2 per cent. per annum on the minimum monthly balance, if not below £5OO ; and at the rate £1 per cent. it not below £lOO. When the balance falls below £lOO, no inter es t w ill b e allowed. Deposit accounts may be opened by the general public, and interest allowed on all sums from £5 upwards, at the full current rate. Special deposits, trusts, and other accounts, will bl taken, a ired. fixed rate of interest allowed f or specific periods if The Bank will undertake all ordinary Banking business, inctu ling the collection of notes, cheques, bills, &c., payable in Londn, coun try forwarding to collection such as ate pay abie in the The Ilan will take charge of Exchequer Bills India Bonds, &c., and w ill receive and pass the interest to account. London, Nov. 13, 18133. AST LONDON BANK (Limited).—NOTlCE. -IA —The BUSINESS of this Bank has COMMENCED at N. 124, Fenchurch-street. H. 3'. LASTER, Manager. VAST LONDON BANK (Limited ) .—NOTlCE. -IA —This Bank has purchased the premises No. 31, High street, Sho re dit ch, at the corner of Commercial-street, and nbe ear the Great Eastern Railway Station, and business will commenced therein when the necessary alterations are completed. EAST LONDON BANK (Limited).—NOTlCE. — This Bark has taken the p rem i ses N o. 97, High ritreet, Whitecbapel, and business will comme nce t h ere i n 'when the necessary alterations are completed. lEA.ST LONDON BANK (Limited).—NOTlCE. —This Bank has taken the premises No. 26, in Tooley rer,t (the corner of lisy's-lane), and will commence business the rein when the necessary alterations are completed. )AST LONDON BANK (Limited).— The tE Directors give Notice to the numerous applicants for I,2ointments that they have envaged the Offi3ers required ' l / 4 c ommencing bu-iness at the Chief Office. AST LONDON BANK (Limited). The 1, Directors are prepared to receive OFFERS of k unable t 4-6 MISES, accompanied with a statement of terms and nure, addressed to the Chairman, at the Bank, 121, Fen c4urch-street, E.. ANKRUPTCY AND COMPOSITIONS.- t ,, f Mr. WETIIERFIELD. Solicitor, 35, Moorp,;ate-street, PRACTISE:I in COURT, and effects PRIVATE ci;`",ANGEMENTS with creditors, without publicity. try ar'es, the lowest possible, payable by instalments. Cowl eases economically conducted. j;.DEBTS recovered on commission, free of' law costs. p ens i e v . °ree and Probate business conducted at moderate ex- 9-IVE YOUR HORSE A TREAT.—Two penny , Packets of TIIORLEI"S delicious CONDIMENT daily, mixed with damped chaff and corn, will, at three reeks. i%ence, astonish the owner. Packed publicly at 1,5, leet-.areet, City. None genuine without the Inventor's '',,igliature engraved on each packet, " Joseph Thorley." No 4 ,"llF,titution B.lls or Condition Powders are required where 'de Condiment is used. 13EAUTIFUL 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 RACH ti:L'S, 47A, New Bond-street, where she can be consulted daily. All communications are strictly confidential. A GREAT DRAWING OF PRIZES WILL TAKE PLACE AT ST. JOSEPH'S RE TREAT, HIGHGATE, LONDON, N., On THURSDAY, the 261 h of NOVEMBER, 1863, to aid in liquidating the Debt still remaining on the New Church and Organ ; and to assist in establishing the English Mission of St. Nicholas in raris, now under the charge of the Passionist Fathers. The prizes of the first catalogue consist principally of objects of art and other precious articles, presented by His Holiness, several Cardinals, Princes, and other persons of distinction in Rome. TICKETS ONE SHILLING EACH. The amount realised will be disposed of as follows :—That arising from the sale of tickets in England will be applied to St. Joseph's, and that from the sale of tickets in France to St. Nicholas', in Paris. THE DRAWING OF PRIZES WILL BE ON THE PRINCIPLE OF THE ART UNION. Any one purchasing or aiding in selling 25 tickets will be entitled to a large Engraving, either of the Death ot St. 'Joseph, or ot Blr'ssed l'aul of the Cross, which will be forwarded by post upon receipt of 4 postage stamps. Catalogues as well as tickets may be had on application at St. Joseph's Retreat, Highgate, and at 39, Rue de Berri, Paris. PRIZE MED A L.-INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1862. FRANCIS TUCKER Sr CO., Wax Chandlers, &c.,100, To the Queen and the Prince of Wales. (Established 17Z0.) The Jurors' Report on Wax and Church Candles, in 1862, testifies to the excellence of the quality of Messrs. Tuckers' Manufacture. A disting - uished Dignitary, in a letter addressed to Francis Tucker and Co., on the subject of WAX CANDLES with PLATTED WICKS, says:-- I have found th em fully equal to the recommendation men , e t Y,o e n gavu them, and can sincerely, in my tuin, recom- F m to th e clergy for the use of the altar." Finesta quality, with Platted Wicks, patented.. 2m. 2d. per lb. Ordinary quality Od. per lb. • • .. • VEGETABLE CANDLES, with a Mixture of Wax. Best quality Second quality .. .. ls. sd. per lb. Third qualify .. 14 . . 1 3 d d : p p e e r r l l b b . . Carriage paid in London on Orders of Five Pounds in value. FRANCIS TUCKER AND CO, 8, South Molton-street, Grosvenor-square. Manufactory— Kensington (Established 1730). The largest Establishment in England i thefor AtheltMaranufacture of Wax Candles for t he tie of RUPTURES.—BY ROYAL LETTERS 'PATENT. WHITE'S MOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (PERFECTED AND EXHIBITED IN TIIE GREAT EXHIBITIONS OF 1851 AND 1862), is allowed by upwards of Two Hundred Medical Gentlemen to be the most effective invention in the curative treatment of HERNI A. 'l'he use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effects, ig here avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the L e dY,lwhile the requisite resisting power is supplied by the mi e d e - ain Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease an Closeness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn tr `ring sleep. A descriptive circular may be had, and the ...: I _‘ B tit which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the cir- Pztezntreomf manufacturer, ac b tur ody e , r, two inches below the hips, being Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly. A Single Truss, 16a., 215., 265. 6d., and 31s. 6d. Postage, Is. A Double Truss, 31s. 6d 425., and 525. 6d. Postage, is B d. An Umbilical T russ, 42a. and 525. 6d. Postage, ls. 10d. I 'ost-0810e Orders to be made payable to John White, Poet °lnce, Piccadilly. NEW PATENT ELAST IC STOCKINGS, KNEE-CAPS dm, for Varfoose Veins and all oases of i Weakness an d Swellng of the Legs, Sprains, &a. They are orous, light in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on ean ordinary stocking Pri Is 6d., 7s. ed., 10s., to 16s. cub. Postag e 6d, --* JOlll,l WRITE. Manufacturer, 22. PlouadillY• ______ ROYAL pß nv in the t Eninedi '' HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, way Terminus --nlis, at Ri a u t g e, V cini tY of the Great Northern nail- Treasurer— duke of BUCCLEUCH, K.G. Patron —The Masterman, Eacl• the introduce the President_Tne Duke QUEEN ' This was the first hoepitw"d and instant admission to for It is entirely devoted to desti zt.. that which i ,it mality of governors' letters. destitute sick , without of free the for tution in its most pitiable pulled by sickness and disease,vi, lame for requires but the magnitude that, with adequate sup i 8 nOW Of lll acw fficie ni ni capable of admitting into its wards a Pnrt may be rendered the casual sick of this great metropoi v ir large proportion of funds in order to have 500 beds avai these the most wretched of our fellow- nre V r he reception of it gratuitously affords medical advice and nc ec i i s • Moreover, on the average, than 3,000 out-patients a w ee k . ei ne to more, The Weekly Board feel it their imperative d u +.4 4 EARNEST APPEAL to the putdie for on nt iW tte ic 4 ; ) make an to enable them to admit and relieve the distressi n uPPor, daily present themselves. g cases that dmCationretrrtnibanut, Esq.ions ar e received by the Treasure r, Edward Co. ; Drummond' Ni c h o las-lane; also by Messrs. Couttsand Co.;_ Herries and Co. ; Ransom aand Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co. ; Smith, Payne, and Co. Gl n in ; Jones Loyd and Co.' Barclay and and Co. Co.Denison , • and Co. ; W iliams, Deacon, and Co. ; Overend, Gurney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co. ; Messrs. J. Barned and Co., Liverpool and at the Hospital. STI-DIFORD B. SMITH Secretary r h o NOT FORGET YOUR APPOINTMENT. I, —We Sup at EVANS', Covent-garden, after Jullien's Concert. NEW NOVEL BY MISS EDWARDS. Just ready, in 3 vols., BARBARA'S HISTORY. By AMELIA B. EDWARDS, Author of "My Brother's Wife," &o. Hurst andßlackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Now ready, in magnificent Emblematic Cover, designed by John Leig,htou, F.S.A., 215.; or iu morocco, 31s. 6d., THE INGOLDSBY LEGENDS. An Illustrated Etli , ion, from no less than 60 Original Drawings by George Cruikshank, Leech, and Tenniel. Ai€o now ready, 54th Thousand, The CHEAP EDITION of INGOLDSBY LEGENDS, ss. Eiehard Bentley, New Burlington-street. NOTICE. —ETON SCHOOL DAYS will be ready at all the Libraries on Wednesday, Nov. 25. In one vol., post Bvo., price 10s. 6d. London : John Maxwell and Co., 122. Fleet-street. NOTICE. —A TERRIBLE WOMAN ; on, STRONG AND TRUE.—The New Novel, by AUSTYN GR ARAM, will be ready, in two vols., post Svo., price 2 ,s., on Wednesday, Nov. 25. London: John Maxwell and Co , 122, Fleet-street. N9TICE -AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF AN ENGLISH DETECTIVE, by WATERS, will be ready at all Libraries, in two vols., post Bvo., price 21s. London : John Maxwell and Co., 122, Fleet-street. Early in December will be published. in Two Volumes Bvo., printed with old-faced type, on Hall's best tined laid paper. Portrait. Ornamental binding. THE LIFE AND TIMES OF BERTRAND DU GUESCLIN. A History of the Fourteenth Century. By D. F. JamisoN, of South Carolina. London: Trubner and Co., 60, Paternoster-row. PUBLISHED BY HER MAJESTY'S GRACIOUS PERMISSION MEDITATIONS on DEATH and ETERNITY. Translated from the German by FREDERICA ROWAN. Bvo., pp. 386, cloth boards, price 10s. 6d. - DITTO. Smaller Edit Lon, crown Bvo., printed on toned paper, pp. 352, price Os. DEDICATED, BY PERMISSION, TO HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCESS OF WALES. THE LORD'S PRAYER. Illustrated in a Series of Etchings by LORENZ FROLICH. In one hand some quarto volume, appropriately bound in cloth, price 15s. " K. Frolich's 'Lord's Prayer' (with an etched dedication plate and prefatory plate, and ten etched designs illustrative of the text) is dedicated to the Princess Alexandra, as in duty bound, the artist being a loyal Dane, and is about to be pub lished in this country. It is a work worthy to be laid at the feet of so fair and gracious a lady. . . Nothing is more in genious in these designs than the way in which toe earthly and the heavenly are combined and contrasted."—Times. DEDICATED TO HER ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCESS LOUIS OF HESSE. MEDITATIONS on LIFE and its RELIGIOUS DUTIES. Translated trim the German by FREDE RICA ROWAN. Published by Her Majesty's gracious Per mission. Being the Companion Volume to "Meditations on Death and Eternity." One Volume, Bvo., price 10s. &I. DITTO. Smaller Edition, crown Bvo, printed on toned paper, pp. 338, price Os. DEDICATED, BY PERMISSION OF HER MAJESTY, TO H. R. H. THE PRINCESS BEATRICE. New Work by the Illuvrator of " The Lord's Ptayer," "Mademoiselle Lilli," Amc. In I vol., small 4to, handsomely bound in cloth, price Is., THE LITTLE DARLING at the SEA-SIDE. A Series of Drawings by Ll:norm FRC:olden. Text by her Mamma. London : Trubner and Co., 60, Paternoster-row. This day, Never Before Published, price 25., BE L DEMONIO. A LOVE STORY. By PAUL FEVAL, Author of "The Duke's Motto." London : Ward and Lock, 158, Fleet-street. BEAUTIFUL FOR EVER. MADAME RACHEL ON "FEMALE GRACE AND BEAUTY." Just published, ABOOK OF BEAUTY, By Madame RACHEL. To be had at 47A, New Bond-street. Price 2s. 6d. JULLIEN'S CONCERTS. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE, EVERY EVENING at 8. Vocalist, Mdlle. VOLPINL—VioIin, Signor SIVORI. THE BRITISH ARMY QUADRlLLE—selection from FAUST—Grand Orchestra—Three Military Bands, and full Chorus. Conductor, M. JULLTEN. Promenade and Gallery, is. ; Boxes, 2s. 6,1. ; Private Boxes, 10s. 6d., £l.s. is., and £1 11s. 6d. Places may be secured at the Box-office of the Theatre. THE THIRD GRAND EVENING CONCERT OF ST. CECILIA'S AMATEUR CHORAL SOCIETY will take place at ST. JOSEPH'S HALL, Tottenham-road, Kingsland, On TUESDAY, N0v.24, 1863, at 7 30 p.m. Miss Koppers, pupil of Charles Halle. pianoforte. Principal Vocalists -Miss Ellen Lyon (who will sing, by particular desire, a MS. Billed, called " The Song of Other Days," composed by J. P. Knight). Miss Edith Evelyn, Miss Butler, Mr. Buhler, Mr. George Henning, Mr. Larwill, Mr. Neighbour, and Monsieur Chantre. The Choruses will be selected from the works of Auber, Verdi, Bellini, Balfe, Gounod, Sir H. Bishop, Mactarren, Pearsall, and Martini, including the Chorus from " Faust." The Band will perform the Overture, " Fra Dlavolo," and "Le Dieu et la Bayadere," Auber. Full Band and Chorus. Conductor, Mons. Leman. Tickets, 2s. each : body of the hall, Is. ; a limited number of reserved seats, 3s. each—to be obtained at 89, Culford-road North ; of Mr. Gray, 6, Clarence -place, Cultord-road North ; or of A. Masset, hog., Hon. Sec., 13, Sandford-place, Stoke N e wington- common, N. 11" OXFOR D, 6, OXFORD STREET, W. THIS EVENING, wiil be performed Selections from the following Operas, viz., THE SLAVE, and CLARA, the MAID of MILAN, by Sir Hy. Bishop ; also, from ERNANI and LA SONNAMBULA; by the following talented artistes : --Misses Russell. Townley, Fitzllenry, slmsley, and Elli son ; Messrs. Green, Huish, Kimberley, Stuart, &c. Also, Solos on the Violin by VIO I'TI COLLINS. the celebrated English Violinist. Flute by Drew Dean. Pianoforte, Miss Bryant. And the marvellous instrument, the ORCHESTRAL PIANO, by Herr SCHALKENBACH, the Inventor. Director, Mr. F. Jonghmans. Comedy, by UNSWORTH ("or any other man "), Eugene, W. Randall, E. Marshall, G. Ilutchenson, &c. The LULL has been newly Decorated, and is one of the most Beautiful in the Metropolis. Open at half-past 7 o'clock. Admission, area, 6d. ; stalls and balcony, ls. ; private boxes, 10s. 6d. "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 TERBURY HALL. The object of the Club is not there peopling of the Haunted Houses of London; but, through the agency of Phantoms, to present vivid (if transient pictures of the drama of real lite, both in its serious and mirthful aspects ; and, by means of spectral tableaux, to recall, and still farther impress on the mind, some of the teachings or pleasantries of the best wr;ters. At pre sent, the two orders of Slavery—the Slavery of the South, and the " White" Slavery of a more boastful civilisation, receive emphatic illustration ; and these life pictures will be rapidly replaced by others. The pages of Shakspere and the Musical and b a jec ud ts pi to o r to il r l i v a s eluer Dramatists, of' Scott, Hood, Ingold s by, Di c k ens , &c., ,tc., willilinthteuronths, furnish including Operatic Selections, die ltraatttiroano ; Comedy by Unsworth iions as usual, (the modern Demosthenes), Eugene, George 11'48 on, E. Marshall, and George Hutchenson. l i INAHAN'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. 8d , at the Retail Houses in London ; by the Agents in the principal towns in England ; or wholesale at 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, W. Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded Kinahan's LL Whisky." TEETH. —Mr. ESKELL'S INVENTION in the construction of ARTIFICIAL TEETH has the following advantages :—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 without the aid of a dentist. They are not so liable to injury, are always 'useful, and will last a lifetime. Comfort guaranteed. Trea tise explaining Mr. Eskell's Patent, &c., free for 7 stamps. Inspection of specimens and consultations ree.-B,Grosvenor street, Bond-street, W. ; and at 39, Bennett's-hill, Bir mingham. ROYAL ALHAIVIBRA PALACE. IM MENSE SUCCESS.—ARTHUR and BERTRAND, the celebrated French Clowns, will appear every evening in an entertainment reserved expressly for their engagement at this establishment -The MARVELS of PERU, the most wonderful Performers in the WorId—LANGLOIS, the great Indian Juggler—The FAIRY FOUNTAIN -Operatic Selec tions -Grand Comic Divertissement, by the Francesco Family and Mons. Ratel, assisted by 12 Young Ladies. Doors open at 7—commence - at half -past 7. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. Great Musical Attraction —lmmense success of SIGNOR IN ICOSIA, the eminent Violinist, who will appear Every Evening. A RGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street, Piccadilly. During the Concerts given by Mons. JULLIEN, at Her Majesty's Theatre, the BALL will commence EVEUY EVENING at NINE O'CLOCK. Doors open at 8 o'clock. Admission, is. Manager—M. GRENET. 29, GEORGE-STREET, HANOVER-SQUARE. THE LONDON ANATOMICAL MUSEU M. 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. Egyptian Mummies, unwrapped, 4,000 years old. Admission, One ;Shilling tor Gentlemen only). MR. A. Be HOLLINGSWORTH , ' COMIC VOCALIST. SUBSCRIPTIONS RECEIVE') at the OFFICE of THIS I'APER for the above artist, suddenly afflicted with Bhnd ness, and, In his helplessness, having a wife and child de pendent on him. LAMBERT'S ASTHMATIC BALSAM.—AN EFFECTUAL RE3IEDY, without confining the bowels or affecting the head, truly efficacious and pleasant, is ad mitted to be the best medicine for immediately relieving coughs, colds, confirmed cases of asthma, and incipient con sumption. It frequently cures persons whom the faculty pronounce incurable, admirably allays the tickling which provokes frequent coughing. In approaching consumption its effects are truly beneficial. Persons deprived of sleep, or even lying; down for fear of suff oca ti on, may d epen d on re li e f in a. few minutes after taking it. Preparea only and sold by W. LAMBERT , Chemist. 8, King-William-street, Charing 7oss, London, and by all druggists, in bottles, 130., and hree quantities in one, 2s. 9d. each. Be particular, and ask for L ambert's Asthmatic Balsam, The name and address is engraved on the stamp. The Relief of Distress in the Manufacturing Districts. The following is the report of the Central Execu tive Committee to the General Committee:— Town-hall, Manchester, Nov. 16. The Central Executive Committee has to report that from a table compiled by the honorary secretary, and appended hereto, it ascertains that the outlay for the relief of indi gence caused by the distress in the 28 Unions of the cotton districts up to Michaelmas last amounted to £1,979,369; tho outlay of the Boards of Guardians in excess of previous years being in this sum combined with the expenditure of the local relief committee. Of this total the extra charge on the parochial rates in 1862 and 1863 was £823,470, and that derived from strictly local subscriptions to either the local or central funds amounted to £535,898, irrespective of the large sums ax• pended in private charity. Notwithstanding that the diminution of the number of persons dependent on the parochial rates has up to the time been progressive, and amounts to 288, 551 since January last, your committee cannot rely on the continuance of the present amount of employment. It therefore expects to encounter an increased outlay to meet legitimate claims from the diminution of work, or from the inclemency of the sea son in some of the winter months. Having regard to the various contingencies affecting the urgency and the duration of the distress, your committee has pleasure in reporting that the balance held by Messrs. Heywood Brothers and Co. on the 14th inst. amounted to £258,392 4s Id, by the Bridgewater House Fund £86,270175, and by the Liverpool Committee £39,355 17s 6d, besides subscriptions in large towns in Yorkshire and elsewhere promised but not yet transmitted. At the close of the year 1862 your committee reported that it had "reached the middle of the winter without the outbreak of any serious epidemic, or the appearance of any of those grave forms of disease, such as scurvy, diarrhoea or dysentery, which commonly follow low diet, with little ' variety of food and the use of inferior kinds of aliment." In confirmation of this statement, the medical officer of the Privy Council, in his report presented the 31st of March, 1863, says—" It was a most satisfactory issue to the anxieties of 1863 that typhus did not become extensively prevalent in the cotton districts, and that, so far as the facts are yet known, there was no other great local derange- meat of the public health." Every month of 1863 has been marked by the increase of employment and wages, and the diminution of indigence. And the last report of the hon. secretary states that " there are now 288,551 more persons dependent on their own resources, and " 120,000 persons more in full work," than in January, 1863. Your committee has carefully watched for any indica- tious which might arise in the population of the loss of power to resist endemic or epidemic disease, and it has ex• amined with solicitude the quarterly reports of the Regis• trar-General, as well as those of the Local Sanitary Asso• ciations, to ascertain whether ,the health and strength ol the cotton workmen has been seriously impaired. The subject is one to which vigilance may be so pro perly directed, that your committee solicits public attention to the following extracts from the Quarterly Reports of the Registrar-General for 1863 : On the 30th of January, 1863, after remarking that the North-Western Counties, Yorkshire, London, the Northern Counties and the West Midland are five divisions in which the highest rate of mortality prevails, he states " that the history of the distress is not written in the death registers ot the year that is closed" (1862). On the 30th of April, 1863, occur the following remark able passages :---" On comparing the returns ot the deaths in the 11 divisions (of England) attention is immediately drawn to the fact, that in all divisions, with one exception, the deaths were more numerous last quarter than in the March quarter of 1862—and the single exception is found in that division where the staple industry in which half a million of persons are dependent is overthrown, and for a twelvemonth four-fifths of that number have sub sisted, unless the pittance has been added by previous earn ings or sale of household stock, on less than 4d a day per head." It will be gratefully admitted that the legal pro vision for the distress and the spontaneous liberality of their countrymen have hitherto sufficed to maintain the people in health." A paper read by Mr, Frederick Purdy, of the Statistical Department of the Poor-law Board, before the British As sociation, after an elaborate comparison of the statistics of mortality in the distressed districts, arrived at conclusions in harmony with those of the Registrar-General. The Registrar-General's Report of the 30th June, 1863, records the prevalence of measles and scarlatina iu Lanca shire and Yorkshire, in common with many southern coun ties, but remarks that " in reviewing the whole facts of the present return they will be found to support the conclusion which former reports tended to establish, that sickness has not been aggravated, nor mortality increased, by the dis • tress which has prevailed, and which, happily, to a certain extent has now been subdued." In the report dated the 30th of October, 1863, the Regis trar-General states, as to the sanitary condition of England, that "scarlatina and diarrhoea" widely diffused over the country, were the chief immediate causes from which the increase of mortality, then reported “ s prung." " The un favourable influences that were at work pervaded the coun try generally, and Lancashire did not suffer more than most parts, but less than some." And again, "notwithstanding the distress which still prevails" in Lancashire, " and the greater distress it has suffered, it will be seen that in the present returns it may be compared with Yorkshire with out disadvantage." Prior to the reception of this last Quarterly Report from the Registrar-General your committee had before it a report, obtained by Mr. Farnall, from the medical officers of the several Poor-law Unions of the cotton districts. This report exhibited a remarkable concurrence of opinion among these gentlemen that, apart from epidemic maladies whose origin and progress have been similar to those of other counties in which no distress exists, the health of the popu lation is in a satisfactory condition, there being no ascertain able connection between the origin, character, or spread of these diseases and the distress. In the Ashton-under-Lyno Union alone, in which the duration and pressure of the distress have been exceptionally great, did the medical officers report that the tone of the general health retarded convalescence from exhausting dis eases, and the recovery of women from child-birth, Dr. Noble, in a report to the Manchester Statistical Society, says concerning Manchester—" I have a certain well- grounded conviction that, within the last two years, there has been nothing as to the mortality of the cotton districts in any respect unusual, and assuredly nothing to establish a relation of cause and effect between it and the distress." Your committee has borne in mind the "almost singular mildness of the winter" of 1862-3 (see " Report of Medical Officer of Privy Council), and would call the attention of the committees of all relief districts in which want of employ ment and consequent distress still prevail extensively, to the ekpediency of precautions against a winter of greater seve rity. An allowance for fuel and the distribution of clothing are necessary wherever the family has been long mainly de pendent on the relief funds, and these may be provided from the general grants. Having regard, also, to the more remote rather than the immediate consequences of a prolonged period of privation, your committee has, in the " Manual" recently published, called the attention of the local authorities to various sani tary precautions, especially the immediate emptying of cesspools and ashpits; the lime-washing of the houses ; the removal of all nuisances; and a house to house visitation to secure cleanliness and ventilation in the dwellings of those in the receipt of relief, as well as to the arrangements required to prevent the spread of infectious andleontagious disease. Your committee has likewise informed the various local committees that it is prepared to take into consideration applications for clothing suitable for the cotton operatives about to be employed on public works. The fluctuations of employment will require the utmost vigilance both from your executive committee and from the local committee of relief, in order to meet the real wants of the unemployed , Signed on behalf of the committee, DERBY, Chairman. JOHN WM. MACLURE, Hon. Sec. Full benefit of reduced duty obtained by pur. chasing Horniman's pure Tea; very choice at 3s. 4d. and 4s. "High Standard" at 4s. 4d. (formerly 4s. Bd.), is the strongest and most delicious imported. Agents in every town supply it iu packets. Naval and Military Intelligence. THE NAVY. A number of condemned 32-pounder cast iron naval guns, 8 feet in length, and weighing 42 cwt. each, 21 of which were formerly on board her Majesty's screw steam frigate Liverpool, 29 guns, at Devonport, were yesterday landed at Woolwich from the War Department vessel Alma, Among the number was a 45-pounder Armstrong gun with one side of the muzzle carried away. A cargo of cast iron ordnance, weighing 50 tons, and con sisting of guns minus one of the trunnions, broken off during proof, was yesterday shipped at Woolwich for transport to Messrs. Pegg's .7/mks, at Brentford, to be broken up. A large amount of war stores for China is now awaiting transport at Woolwieh, including B.inch 52 cwt, guns for Shanghai, 20 and 24-pounder howitzers, and 20-pounder naval guns, &c., for Hongkong. The heavy shaft, weighing 22 tons, manufactured by Messrs. Penn, at Greenwich, for her Majesty's iron screw ship Minotaur, 6,621 tons, and 1,350-horse pawer, now building at the Thames Ironworks, at Blackwall, was yes terday shipped at Woolwich for conveyance to the building yard. The Minotaur is now in a forward state for being launched. Instructions were yesterday received at Woolwich to commence stripping the paddlewheel sloop Ardent, brought home from the South-East Coast of America, as well as the iron steam-tug Kite, from Bermuda, in order to their being sold by public tender. A number of other ships at Wool wich known to be in a condition unfit for service are also in progress of being stripped—namely, the Banshee, Flying Fish, Firebrand, and Spiteful ; they will, in all probability, likewise be ordered for sale. The Fly, dockyard barge, having been damaged by a collision at Woolwich, has been hauled up on the slip for repairs, which are estimated to require an expenditure of upwards of £l,OOO. Her timbers are quite rotten, so that a very small portion of the old barge will be found useful for future service. The hired sailing transport West Derby, Capt. Sargent, arrived at Spithead yesterday morning with the left wing of the 31st Regiment on board, from Shanghai. She sailed thence on the Ist of July, and called in at the Mauritius on the 3d of September, and at St. Helena on the 7th of Octo ber. The names of the officers and number of men are as follows :—Capt. Mitchell, Bayley, Pepper, and Thompson; Lieuts. M'lntyre, Maynard, and Hasham ; Ensigns Lam bert, Townsend, Bateman, and Hill; Assist.-Surg. Giraud; 19 sergeants, 5 drummers, and 282 privates. Four deaths occurred during the voyage. The 31st are ordered into garrison at Plymouth, and yesterday a telegram was de spatched there from the Admiralty, ordering the Geyser, 6, paddle, to proceed at once round to Portsmouth, and receive on board the left wing from the West Derby and convey it to Plymouth. In consequence of a large number of lads having recently been transferred from the Wellesley, 72, training ship in Chatham harbour, to various ships of war, there are now a number of vacancies on board that vessel. The limit of age at which candidates for entering the navy are taken is lb years. They must be over 4tt Bin in height, free from phy sical defect, and able to read and write well. The necessary forms of application are forwarded direct to applicants by the commanding officer of the Wellesley. Sir R. Mayne, Chief Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, accompanied by Mr, Mallslieu, principal superin tendent of the police forces at the Royal dockyards, visited Chatham dockyard on Tuesday for the annual inspection of the police at that establishment. After mustering the whole of the officers andmen who could be spared from their ordi nary police duties, Sir R. 4ayne saw the men go through their drill, which is now a regular part of their duty. He also inspected their clothing and ace , utrements, and after examining the books and documents of the division, and transacting some business with Superintendent Richardson he left the dockyard and inspected the recently erected quarters of the married police, the internal arrangements and all the details connected with which he found most satisfactory. Orders were received yesterday at Devonport to put into commission the screw steam frigate Aurora, 35, now in the first class of the steam reserve in Hamoaze. She is to have a complement of 515 mon, is to be fully stored and provi sioned, and for the present will be attached to the Channel squadron. The paddlewheel steam tender, Princess Alice, M. Dyer Master, has been placed in No, 1 dock at Devonport to have her bottom cleaned. The iron screw steamship Defence, 16, Capt. Augustus Phillimore, went yesterday outside Plymouth breakwater to make a trial of her engines at the measured mile. The screw steam corvette Pelorue, 22, Capt. Boys, got up steam yesterday, and went from Hamoaze into the Sound, where she will receive her powder and ammunition. 'lo day she will make a trial trip, The screw steam frigate Constance, 39, was removed yes terday from Hamoaze into the Prince's dock, at Devunport, to have her bottom cleaned and valves overhauled, prepara tory to her being placed at moorings in the first division of the steam reserve, in place of the Aurora. The India Department has proposed, and the Admiralty has approved of, an allowance of 50 rupees a month being given for services as interpreter to one officer in each of her Majesty's ships so long as they may remain on the East India station. Any officer who may pass the Staff test in Hindustani, or a good colloquial examination in Arabic or Persian, will receive a sum of 180 rupees, being equivalent to six months' allowance at 30 rupees a month, drawn by interpreters of regiments for the entertainment of a moon shoe, or instructor of native languages. The Government of Bombay will communicate to the senior naval officer on the East India station as to the place where the proposed examination will be held, and the regulations under which it will be conducted. The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty :—Sub-Lieut. Augustus 11. B. Bradshaw, to the Wasp ; Reginald 0. B. Carey, naval cadet, to the Pelorus ; Edward A. Amphlet, paymaster, to the Curagoa, additional, for transport service at New Zealand; Dr. F. B. Hurley, assist.-surgeon, to the Warrior ; and Isaac B. Liddell, in the Shearwater, promoted to acting engineer. Dreadful Explosion at East Greenwich. LOSS OF LIFE AND SEVERAL PERSONS SERIOUSLY INJURED. The utmost excitement was occasioned yesterday through- 1 out the borough of Greenwich, arising from a terrible ex- plosion by which a great amount of property was reduced to ruin, and one man was killed, and several persons se- ' riously, and, it is feared, fatally injured. The scene of this disaster was the extensive manufactory of Mr J. Bether, of 38, King William•street, City, but whose works are situated at East Greenwich. The premises formed nearly a parallelogram, and were used as steam saw mills and creo sote and alum works. That part of the building comprised the steam-boiler house, 70 feet by 60 feet ; the engine house and alum stores, 50 feet by 60 feet, tapering off at the end to only '2l feet. From the inquiries made of the offi dials at the works, it appears that the workmen commenced their work at the usual hour in the morning, and the steam being up the work progressed in its usual way, and not the least danger was apprehended of any part of the machinery being out of working order, but all of a sudden, just as the clock chimed half-past seven in the morning, a fearful scene presented itself. In the first place, a loud explosion oc curred, resembling the discharge of a piece of artillery, but upon looking out of their windows the inhabitants were convinced that a fearful occurrence had taken place in the vicinity of Greenwich, for the frag ments of the boiler and engine-house, as well as the alum stores, were falling to the ground, after having been blOwn high into the air. At the same time, immense vo lumes of dust were hovering over the buildings, and it was some minutes before the exact nature of the catastrophe could be learned. A glare of light shining through the clouds of dust showed that a fire and also an explosion had taken place, and the neighbours and police at once rushed to the scene. They then beheld as the dust cleared away a fearful sight—the boiler-house and engine•house, two substantial the boiler blown brick and timber buil din g s, hurled to pieces, into a mis-shapen form, and the alu m s t ore s i mi l ar l y de stroyed. The cries of several men. told at once that the work men had not received sufficient warning to enable them to escape with their lives before the explosion took place. The rubbish was removed as quickly as possible, when one man who was employed on the premises, named Anson, 35 years of age, was found frightfully burned and scalded, The medical gentlemen of the district promptly attended, and upon examination of the polow he was pronounced to be quite dead. The body was o removed for an inquest to be held by the coroner. Four other workmen were next extricated, who were also most frightfully injured, so that they were obliged to be re moved to the Dreadnought and Guy's Hospital, but the nature of the burns and scalds they have received leave little hope of their recovery. now the other persons working near escaped appears quite a miracle. The engines from Penn ' s engineering works and other firms in the town, as well as those of the parish quickly at tended, and an express was sent off to London for the aid of the brigade. Mr. Henderson, chief officer of the D district, upon receiving the news started with a couple of engines to the spot. A plentiful supply of water having been obtained, the firemen a nd the inhabitants at once went to work, but the stock in the open yard having become ignited, to get the fire out was a work of difficulty. All hands, however, kept to their work, and eventually they succeeded in getting the fire extinguished. The total damage is very considerable, and is thus officially rep orted by Mr. Henderson to the in surance companies forming the London Brigade :--- t _ re " Nov. 18, IS63—Called at half-past 7 a.m. m o ill a flro at the premises of Mr. J. Bather, steam s prictor, and creosote and alum works, eialwes that attended, two of B district an ta 1 • as tl those of th Greenwich; parish and private firms. Brick and timber buildings, used as alum stores, boiler and engine houses, about 70ft by 60 and 60 by 21, severely damaged by explosion, and stock in open yard seriously damaged by fire. W. Anson, one of the workmen, killed, and four others severely injured and taken to the hospitals. The property was insured in the Leeds and Yorkshire and Northern Fire-offices." A very searching inquiry was made during the day by the brigade authorities for the purpose of ascertaining, if pos sible, how the explosion occurred, but nothing satisfactory could be gleaned, but the prevailing opinion is that it was caused from the anxiety of the men to generate steam. TORTURE IN SICILY. The Precursore of Palermo publishes the follow ng extraordinary and very painful communication be statements put forth in which are all the more remarkable, as coming from one who is manifestly numbered among the bitterest opponents of the Parti Pretre and the old Bourbon dynasty. It is with extreme regret (says the Precursore, in publishing the communication), that we give pub licity to the following atrocious facts, of which we have been apprised by a letter from Signor Anto- nioo Morvillo : Sir, —Every one who knows anything of the condition into which our country has fallen, whether by inheritance from the deposed Government, or through the errors of the actual Administration, in which ignorance and stupidity have been substituted for reason and good sense, is aware that unfortunately enthusiasm for the destinies of nations has been replaced by that universal discontent which the enemies of liberty distort into distrust in the future of our Italy. This position of affairs, which is unhappily growing worse, is a source of great grief to those who love their coun try, and who strive on the one hand to warn the Govern meat of its fatal errors, and on the otber, to modify public resentment by offering suggestions which may guide the opinion of the vulgar, and prevent their proceeding to ex tremes. Day by day the difficulties of such a mediation grow in number and weight, and your readers will learn something of them from the following facts. About a month ago an acquaintance told mo how a lad sawed Antonio Cappello, the son of a poor widow in the Via Macqueda, had been tortured at the Military Hospital at Pa lermo. They had tortured him because, having been born dumb, they asserted that he pretended to be unable to speak in order to avoid the conscription. I laughed at this story as a fabrication only worthy of laughter; and then, thinking I ought to prevent the danger of such a story gaining credit, I went in search of the widow Cappello, and found her in a little house in the Via Banchera. Her name was Rachel Fuggita Trischitta ; shehad been born at Naples, and settled at Palermo since 1820. Her age, 63 years, made her vene rable in my eyes. I asked her for her dumb son, and she replied, showing me a blood-stained blouse, " He is at the Military Hospital ; they took him from me as a recusant conscript, and tried to force him to speak by starvation, blows, and fire." I was horrified at her words, and felt I must be satisfied of their truth, so I asked her to repeat them, and to inform me to the full extent of her knowledge. The poor mother then said, "I asked for news of my An tonio, and could not get any; I sought it with the anxiety of a mother for her son, and heard that from a lane behind the Larnpeausa Palace he was heard crying, as if under• go i n g martyrdom. And then I went to find my Antonio, and saw him. He showed me his wounds, he made signs, that he had been fasting, and told me by gesticulations that he had been beaten and burned. 1 gave him some bread in a handkerchief which he gave back to me bathed in his blood." At these words I felt a thrill which I cannot de scribe; these words spoken by a mother, by a woman of the people, and 63 years old, could not f a i l to leave a deep im pression on my mind. I took leave of her, and under the strong impulse of my feelings, returned home to write a s t a t eme nt of all I had heard. If I sent it to the journals of h ar dly restored to o r d er —l reasoned with myself g i ve—I pleasure to the A rmen i a, to the Stesulardo, the c s o h u o n u t l r d y Cattalico, and other retrograde journals, and thus furnish fresh arguments to the i.ropaganda of our enemies, adding to the discontent of the masses. No, I sa id to myself, I must controlfrom m public y nfe feelings, and think o f I ta l y, which must suffer scandals, and so I decided on destroying that which I had written. Still the unhappy man, groaning. under the torture, the bloody garment shown to me by the mother, were like epectres following me about, and I felt it an imperative duty to interfere in th e i n t erests of Antonio Cappello, s o I went immediately t o th e Qutestor, accom panied by my friend Signor Antonio C as t e lli n i , to secure his aid for this unhappy man. He perfectly understood our motive in refraining from publishing the matter, and full of horror at the occurrence, promised to interfere at once. On the following day he came to tell me that he had inte rested the delegate Ferro in the facts, and that he would call on me for detailed information. I wetted for him in vain, and began to fear that the Signor Serafini had no power iu the matter. But the case was urgent, and ad mitted of no delay, so I bethought myself of turning to the Procuratore Regio, Signor Sismondi, in order to have the facts investigated, and steps taken for the punishment of the guilty. I spoke boldly to the honourable magistrate, and told him the story of Cappello, as I had heard it from his mother and from her employers, and I added that I would have made it known through the public press, but it con tained too powerful an argument for publi c anger, and I did no t wish to excite that, I might also have taken up the mother's cause, and appealed formally in her name, but I preferred leaving the honour of the initiative to the indepen dent magistrate, in a case of crime commit te d b y agents of the Government. It is necessary that the people should learn that if there are men in the employment of the Go vernment c apable of such deeds, there are also magistrates who know how to punish them. Sismondi appeared to appreciate the gravity of my rt quest, and p rom i se d to attend to it immediate l y and solicitously; he asked me to leave the blood stained garment with him, which I did, and when I requested him to appoint a time at which I might learn the result of the instruction, he asked for my address, and promised to apprise me. He did not write to me, but I still hoped that he would hold to his promise to act with energy in the verification of the crime, and the punishment of the guilty : this was the real matter of importance. I hoped that the process could speedily commence, but no notice reached me, and I have learned only one additional fact, o f which I have been inf o r med this day. Some days ago, , after the visit o f the ex p ert sur g eo ns after the exami nation of Cappello's mother, after, by means of an inter preter they had taken the depositions of the wounded man, and the dumb creature had been taken away and thrown into prison, the old mother asked at the military hospital if she might see her son. She was received with angry rudeness, and told, first by an official and then by a military surgeon, that she need not hope to see her son,who must pay the penalty of having complained against them. Vain were the tears of the desolate mother, she could neither see her son, nor obtain any intelligence of him. Yesterday evening the poor old woman came to me, and when she told me these communications, I recognised that the time had come to throw aside my reserve, and that it would henceforth be a crime on my part to main tain silence respecting a deed, which has been not only left without reparation, but has been rendered still more hide ous. As I before believed that I was consulting the welfare of Italy by remaining silent—now when I see the peace and the life of a poor working man ruthlessly menaced, I trust that I am doing right in bringing the facts which I have narrated to the knowledge of the public, and thus I denounce them to public opinion, to the Deputies and Senators who are at Palermo, that they may rise u p and f cry rom against th e htahneis which a utors of h a s v u e c such torturedinigui them a young mant y, It is time to wr e st whose crime is that he was born dumb. Torture in 1863, under a liberty which has been bought by blood and sacri fice, is a disgrace to a Government born of the suffrages of the people. The gag , th e stri p es, the burnin g seal, are not n written in the plebiscite wh ich we voted, and w hich we wi sustain. The honour of the militia, to whom these deeds are imputed, must be repaired. The offence to the rights of society, injured by this crime, which is a disgrace to the age and to civilisation, must be repaired. In holding up this black deed to public retribution, I hope that the know ledge of it will reach Turin, and find an echo in P an ar lia here t —there where little is known of our misfortunes, d is less intention of remedying them. ANTONINE I‘IOItVILLO. Palermo, Nov. 5, 18G3. AN IMPERIAL STAG HUNT. —The Progres de Z' Oise publishes the subjoined intelligence from Compiegne :—" The stag hunt, which e had ather been fi was xed fo un r Wednesday, took p lace, although twe favourable, rain having fallen heavily during all the morn guests part of is ing. The place of meeting was the Carrefour du Puits-du- Empr a e n s ci s, t i h n e a walking dress, Roi, and a considerable crowd assembled to witness the sport. The Emperor was not present at the hunt, but hisaccompanied Majesty 'o ltohcek Empressthe and the guests, among whom were Flinn Na Atitiaei:taYy.t Napoleon, the Princess Clotilde, and the Princess Anna Murat, arrived, and were greeted with the acclamations of the crowd. of a superb st ag , Shor tly after the houn ds g ot o n the scent near the Carrefou r do r Embuseade,where it was killed. e Th e cur6e could not take place the same o f the weather , but was effected onthevening on account O n Thursday the Court and the following evening. guests th e chateau of Pierrefounds, the works of which have took an excursion to b ee n carried on this year w ith there was a battue in the great activity. On Friday reserved g ame were killed, of which 175 park, where 900 head of 175 fell to the Emperor's gun. The courts and passages lighted by oil, butorders of the Palace have hitherto been have been just given for gas to he everywhere laid on."_ THE PROPOSED CONGRESS, No one who has looked with attention at the tone of public opinion among the French can have failed to observe a certain degree of lurking discontent with the foreign policy of the Government. Like our own it has failed in conciliating all parties. It has incurred great expense, and is even now me naced across the Atlantic; and with the people of France, the artisans, the labourers, the lower classes, the war in Mexico is unpopular to the last degree. at all events gain alt happens also that throughout France generally, ofth e ß re u i r s o , p if not a sympathy, at least a reluctance to quEarurreolpweii well the Northern States. They have no iEwn liberties i wish which t os o e li e f o a t hwseeocsaolondudtahLl South. In Il F yn a byt this i t ss t u e ps to c ai o in n nt t e, e at n hb d ey i rnetgfhoferoevr, voice i h hc e e ' e p r o has oa finds n b d e s been stillhimselfn greater importance; the presence Emperor, e a . nd Y t e difficulty is aggravated by would obtain what it tt d ro France another m aware aea is n t i i h rene a ds t b: i hty n hete t hfhaaecmme wholeaoa df t oft eca e rr r aedtdii pio tln P owm o o lofaaut diplomatic Poland defeat. Now, Emperor, who originated it. Sus tainedht r a e t t s hi s remain with the E there byitfhbeycomnseeanntsi confront 00 i nete ohfimE Congress ui Europe , 0 phee F rance ßpuree: s ind e pendenti aw on l d hardly State, a o sent attitude. Poland, if - not erected into an consti tution of her own, and would occu py Russia somew hatthe same with regard to position that Hungary occupies with regard to Austria. If, on the other hand, Russia should refuse to make concessions, all thoSe States which had acted With - Frances in-the important solemnities of a Congress would be pledged to follow her in an almost inevitable war; and is it to be believed that France would engage in a continental war without endeavouring to secure material advantages ? Can we think of such a war as anything else but the most terrible of disasters ? Reflecting for an instant on the state of affairs in the Western Hemisphere, is it not clear that it would be suicidal in the last degree to waste our strength here when it may be so soon called for there ? It comes to this, then. This Congress, so far as Poland is concerned, will either extort compliances from Russia, of which France, or perhaps the Emperor, would reap all the glory, or it will lead to a war which France will have the honour of leading, and from which she is sure to gain either in territory or prestige. It may be said that there are minor ques tions of very grave importance, but that is an assertion which we are ready to dispute. For our own part, we can see nothing in any quarter of the globe which calls for a step of such magnitude ; a step, moreover, of which no one can foretel the issue. We see no sign that such emphatic inter• vention is demanded.—Social Science .Review. SOCIETY OP ARTS, The one hundred and tenth session of this society commenced last evening at the society's house, John street, Adelphi, and was numerously attended. Since the last meeting of the institution the hall in which the meetings are held has been remodelled, and by the addition of the ante-room has been much enlarged, thus materially increasing the accommo dation required by the members generally. Amongst those present we noticed Vice-Chancellor Page Wood, Sir Thomas Phillips, Mr. Harry Chester, Mr. John Dellion, Mr. H. Cole, &c. _ W. HAWES, Esq., the Chairman of the Council, presided on the occasion. Mr. LE NEVE FeSTER, the secretary, read the minutes of the last meeting of the society, which were confirmed. The CHAIRMAN then delivered, in accordance with the usual custom, the opening address of the session. He commenced by expressing his regret that he had to follow so able a chairman as his friend Sir. Tiles. Phillips, end after adverting to the alteration and Improvement of the hall in which the society were held, ho adverted to the losses which the society had recently sustained by death, alluclingespecially to the late president, Mr. William Tooke, Mr. Alderman Cubitt, Mr. Joshua Field, Mr. Joseph Glynn, and Mr. Mulready. Mr. William Teoke had, he remarked, filled every office of the society, and even when he was not able to take an active part in its affeirs, he always evinced a great anxiety for the welfare of the institution. In speaking of the policy which the council proposed to follow during the ensuing session, the chairman referred to the action of the society in the cause of education. That some system for encouraging'private studs after leaving school had become absolutely necessary from the universality of education, was never, he said, so apparent as now, when the attractions of sensation novels were, if not absolutely injurious, tending to excite feelings and sentiments, calculated to lower rather than to elevate the tastes and prin ciples of their readers. Many of the o bjections to the competitive examinations did not apply to those adopted by the society. Cramming could not be adopted before their examiners. The examina tions were not entered upon to give a particu lar position in a college, or in military or naval life, but were pursued by those who hoped to gain the notice of their employers by great sacri fices and severe labour after their day's business was over. The working c lasses formed the base of our industrial fabric, and too high a value could not be attached to any step which enabled them to obtain an acquaintance with sound principles of political economy, which would influence their own conduct and enable them to influence that of others. The first exhibition of specimens of wood carving was held in June last, and a second exhibition would be held in that room in a few days. In pro viding papers for their Wednesday evening meet ings they would endeavour as much as possible to select subjects interesting to the members. Arts, manufactures, commerce, and agriculture, will all meet with attention during the session, but the council would particularly urge the co-operation of the members in finding good and interesting p apers to be read at these meetings. Those announced for the evenings before Christmas were likely to b e e mor e than usually in t erestin g ; but, besides these pa pers, they h ad arran g ed three cours es of lectures se by professional gentlemen eminent in their spe c i a l departments. They would be delivered on Monday ; o r on Thursday evenin g s, as might b • conven ient, The first course, by m e r . G . W. Hast found most i n gs, D.C.L., is on " International Law and its Coco will begin me rcial Relations," and before Ch r i s t mas . Th e others, by Mr. Crace Calvert B ur gess, on " Chemistry Applied , Fats., and Mr. "Fine Arts Applied to Industry, to the Arts," and suc cession. The coun c il have this with the College of Ph year, in conjunction s winey ysicians, to award the quin quennialprize," consisting of a silver cup, value £lOO, containing a purse of £lOO in gold, for the best publi s h ed t council will treatise on Jurisprudence. The also, at the end of the session, award, for the first time, the society's gold Albert medal for nistinriuished merit in arts, manufactures, or com merce, the new dies for which are in progress, the likeness of the s ubmitted Prince Consort having be en for the approval of her Majesty. The chairman then adverted to the bust of the Prince Consort, by Mr. T heea, which was placed in the room, and when the pictures ordered were completed, they would have in sculpture and on canvas the very best s likeness s that could be had of the P rince Consort, a well paid a likeness of her Majesty . The chairman then a high compliment to the Prince Consort o his desire to promot e the social and intellectual im provement of the w orkin g clas ses. After some fur ther observations, the chairman, in conclusion, said that the society had a great duty to perform. Let us strive, he said, to release industry from the shackles of prejudice and ignorance—to encourage the greatest freedom for the exercise of talent, come from Whence it may, and thus to maintain this sQ aiety i n the foremost rank of those who are striving a n d peaceful ex tend the o p eration of those humanising -- peaceful intluvnces which invariably follow the distribute the Prince Consort's (Applause.) The CHAIRMAN said it now becen2e his duty ;the last examination, and the prizes awarded to O le , artist workmen who were successful cornpek`itors .at j ag first-class certificates, the wood-carving exhibition held in June last. The first-mentioned prize, which was 125, wm awarded to Mr. Wm. Vaughan, aged 22, City of London College, clerk, who had obtained the follow-- the above subjects. The CHAIRMAN complimented Mr. Vaughan on and in conic sec m ti e o n n s s u , his industry and ability in reference to his Studies book-keeping,inconnoxion with The following are the names of the successful co ppetiters in the wood-carving exhibition, 10 prizes were awarded :—Mr James Meiklo who m William-street, Regent's Park ; Mr G. Rum-- john, -- t et S.W.; Mr B e ,,cleston - s re , M ar k Rogers, ford, r a i t i n o mensuration-, in arithmetic,a r p d r a lgebra, i iz n s g r L this lV'lr trigo nometry, d e geometry, prize, at 1 , reet, Pimlico; Mr C. Itumfries, 111, 1 Mr Green, and Mr W. Perry, 6, Mr T. H. Kendal I . treet, Grosvenor•-sruare , Mr T. H. North Audley-1 1 t, Brunswick-squore ; Mr T. H. Baylis, Judd-stree. it ; Mr It. Flipping, Mr J. M. Kindall, of WarwleL Lincolnshire; and to Mr C. J. Leach, of Loath, , South•street, Taunton. Horly, of Camden-place for aemission as The names of the new candidates the then read ova er bY T ac tibroo- - st members of the Society were secretary, and the meeting separated. A Safety Locomotive for Sharp Curves. 1 ..--.--- way, Lanca...i.i., ...lao ~.... Mr, Cross, the engineer of thik St. Helen's Rail with the construction at tali comparifsirnrks of a new class of engine, the result of which in p ractic 0 so well corresponds to sound theory that itis likely to exercise a material influence on the st ructure of new railways, a soma thge occupied for tunnels i n mou ntain regions, arid also for facili tating unction j by the substitution of sharp curves s between lines and the entrance into cities and towns. h a aso m nly in ad r a a p il t w ed a It is a fact seldom adverted to that the' governi n g dtu railway them construction i running g s with the it h c a a 'O f r a e c e i t , Y roll of the engine f or passing round curves and up wades or inclines. Hitherto, the construction of en.gines ing movement on t s raight lines, even when se eu rately made, and only capable of running on cuzrves by dint of grinding or sledging friction of the wheel tires. To diminish as much as possible the amount of this friction the practice has been to keep the engine as short as possible---i. e., t he axles as closer together as possible. The result of this has been. an unsteady base and a topheavy superstructure, liable to constant oscillation from two affecting causes—the alternate motion of the pistons on the crank and the irregularities of the rails. On curves binding the rails closer to the wheel flanges the oscillation would be less, but the grinding friction would be more, and the greater the risk of the wheels escaping from the rails in case of a sudsien impediment or a deflected rail. The enormous weight of the engines has tended to counterbalance this risk, but at the cost of greatly increa3ed de-. straictive wear. The St. Helen's line, running through a ,'filly mineral district, is a remarkable sample of sh.\rp curves and gradients. In a length of about 30 mil es it has a constant succession of curves, varying fronts 500 feet radius down to 170, and it has gradients from one in 85 to one in 35, and it has, moreover, a large number of " points and crossings" opening into the various mineral deposits. This line has been usually worked by short engines on six wheels' with four coupled wheels as drivers, and connected to separate tenders for the supply of fuel and water, the length of the wheel base of the engines being about 12 feet. Even this comparatively short length. of engine was disadvantageous on curves, involving much- impedimental friction ; and a still greater disadvantage was that tender engines are only adapted to run safely with the tender behind, and in the working aed shunting the loss of time and labour, and expense, was considerable. For this reason Mr. Cross set about the construction of art engine that should be capable of running freely and without impedimental friction in a straight line, and either end foremost, and also pass with free rolling movement round curves of as sharp a curve as a radius of 132 feet, or what engineers call two chains. To say that it was pronounced impractica ble by men of routine is merely to say that it was out of the category of most working improvements. The engine is on eight wheels, covering a base of 22 feet in length, and the length of a solid frame resting on it 32 feet. The four central wheels have their axles passing through before, and behind the engine fire-box as usual, the axles being about 8 feet apart. It is obvious that so long an engine could scarcely pass round curves at all, even at any cost of friction, with the ordinary construction of wheels and axles. The difficulty is obvi a t e d b y a very simple process. The four central wheels have their axles rigidly parallel to each other. Consequently, in th e or di na ry mode of construction, they cou ld not move in a curved line without a good amount of impedimental fric tion. This friction is avoided by a pro cess of construction. The wheel very simple tires are applied on hoop springs of elastic steel placed between the wheel and tire. On these springs or revolve without sliding the onthe tires can slip rails, and thus the revolutions of the tires are adjusted to the varying length of the rails on curves by self-action. This sliding of the h w eels on the tires is not found in any way to impede the tractive power of the en gine, but the contrary. Th e ex t reme w h ee ls at either end have their tires applied in the name mode, but another movement is also supplied—the axles have very long bearings, and the boxes in which they run, instead of being para llel to the axles, are f ormed in curved lines struck from cell ' i l ra,,, points, and are permitted to move in this cur vature through the hornplates and axle-guides be neath the spring shoes. The result of this is that the wheels and flanges are free to follow the course of the rails both on the straight lines and on curves, with the very important advantage in point of safety the curv e , that the extreme axles on curvensdalways point truly to the centre of thou gh the conse quently are square to the r ails, a ve, h a u eve uirin o the axle curve may be in the form o f a S, eciTheregis, there. to radiate in opposite d irections. fore no tendency in the wheels to escape from the rails either on curves or s.t.ra;gleit lines, and though 1 --- , great length of the adapted to such small radi' frame governs and control s the action of the pistons ° and late on the cranks, and preven t s both l vertical ral oscillation, while the wheels are deprived of their vicious irregularity by removal of the cost ly and danger ous friction, and the wear an d tear of tires and rails is reduced to the minimum. Thus, the process is simple for renderin g h eavy an d powerfu l en g ines practicable by increasing their wheel base, and distributing the load for the ascen t of heavy gradie nts. A mo untain side may thus be trave rsed b y a series of zi g z ags , like those j o f the old horse pa ths, and narrow and tortuous valleys may be threaded along the course of moun tain streams. The highlands of Scotland and f Wales, of Derbyshire and the Lake districts °-- , Switzerland, mountain regions of Italy, , the system of steam are all within the reach of a cheap and, and Spain tunnels and locomotion, dispensing with costly and it ' h pro tracted periods of time ; with the streets and roads of towns and cities, when (Tomes easy to deal capabler of large a powerful engine loads and 1 igh speeds can move freely ound a curve similar to that of the Oxford -street circus. If any of our read iieus. Helen's line and 'ad e i rs (1°111)1.1 let them visit the St will find an engi n j „ , , not mortly not edge fur thetrkelves, where they a ll i i i t r h il e i_e , i principle; rc,i,tab e of costly, hut with adaptation to existing stock been well"u -b nes for lines of sharp curves have not has ce ase d . ..ti adapted to high speed, but that difficulty and make r . 0 same engine may traverse the plains its journey through—or rather over—the mountains with equal f Tty with the exception that it cannot so h aci i , l d hill as on the plain. And it has the e a a d vgl i t a i n o a a l advantageu o that the blending asharp . curve with a steep o asce—the most difficult of all railway problems under present circumstances—will in noway interfere with flee rolling movement, or absorb any power beyond that due to gravitation and axle friation.—Ttinzes,