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

rt i PERSONS SEEKING LANDED ESTATES, TOWN AND COUNTRY RESIDENCES, tEEHOLD AND LEASEHOLD INVESTMENTS, AND PROPER TIES GENERALLY— To nn GRATIS, at the principal Rail way Bookstalls V• roughout thno•dom, or at the Auction and tte ffices, Vo. 67, Chance e ry- ki lsne, London, Messrs. K. and Es H. a Lum O ley 's PROPERTY REGISTER," containing a varied selection ( 2t landed and house properties now in the market, from Vie nobleman's mansion, with its manorial domain, to the tottage with its few acres. ,OwlttEns oP PROPERTIES wishing to Sell or Let can ern eil:caetethe opportunity that the medium of this Regis , er ta s, by sending the particWars of their properties to the fices, Chanc.ry-lane, London, as the Messrs. Lumley can in most cases introduce immediate customers, ere the property is of en eligible chars . ter, thereby avoid :l.llZ the disadvantages of delay and its attendant incon lenience,. TH E t h a RE IS NO CHARGE incurred, unless a tenant or pur ser is introduced throug - h Messrs. Lumley's Agency, . 4 ▪ " 1 then only the usual moderate commission. Auction and Land Offices, 67, Chancery-lane, London. IT ALIAN CHURCH, ,„.„ 22 , HATTON-WALL, HATTON-GARDEN. • t raSUN at DAY a , December 13, HIGH MASS, with, full s- , ne. est . SpR I ION, in Italian, by Dr. Faa Di Bruno, on " The Tht3r of Jesus Christ." . 13 Grand - Vespers, at 7 p.m. ' • immediately after will be sung, th,, Y ', th e Choir, Rossini's "STABET MATER," with full — "evtral accompaniment. TLANTIC anti GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.—NEW YORK DIVISION. St C O U PONS due Ist January next will be PAID in London, Lae Consolidatfd Bank (Limited), No. 7, Fenchurch-street, -k,ondon, at the rate of 4s. to the dollar. i f T he Coupons must be left two clear days for examination ; B ent to the Offices of the Company, N 0.2, Old Broad-street, F,.C., by post, a cheque for the amount wid be re 'tied in d ue course . 9 1 e Option to convert Bonds into Shares expires on 31st tuber. London, No. 2, Old Broad-street, Dec. 9, 1863. 4TLANTIC and GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.—NOTICE to BONDHOLDERS. „„.,Conformity with the terms on which the First Mortge Of the Pennsylvania Section of this Rfiiiroad wc ag re sued to the public, the N IRST ANNUAL DRAWING of 4 I:Tr cent of the zross amount of these Bonds will take place 1;- the London Tavern, Bishowate-street, in the presence of Grain., Public Notary, on TUESDAY. January 12, IE6I, ""' "e o'clock precisely. when Bondholders are invited to at tend. The authorised issue is as under, viz. :- 2,000 Bonds of 1,100 dots. each 800 500 ft 3 0 0, 00 ' ) S/ 2,000 „ 100 20•t,000 „ 2,590,000 „ day,r cent. of each denomination will be d. awn on the above and the Bonds so drawn, that have been issued in .ondon, will be paid off at the rate of £221 for every 1,000 dole_ Bond, £ll2 10s. for every 501 dols. Bond, and £22 10s. for O er Y 100 dots. Bond, on presentation at the Company's x4ce. No. 2, Old ttroad-street, E.C., on and after Ist April it u"t , In additio to the Coupo n due on that da y , after which n interest will cease. payrwmt, the drawn Bonds will be cancelled in the pre -lA° of rt. public notary. ul ees, 2, Old Broad-street, London, E.C., Dec. 9, 1863. MIULLIEN'S O.ONCERTS. • HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Positively the Last Night but Six of the Season. Last Night but Two of Sit nor Sivori. TO-NIGHT (for the first time), M. Jullien new GRAN Melodies SS QUADRILLE, introducing 's Nati onal D - Rielodies of different nations. Vocalist, Mdlle. VoLrrwr.—Violin, Signor SIVORI. Grand Orchestra—Three Military Bands, and full Chorus. Conductor—M. JULLIEN. Commence at S.—Admission, One Shilling. M. Jullien's GRAND BAL D'OPERA will take place on MONDAY, December 21. THOXF O R D, 6 , OXFORD STREET, W. THIS EVENING, will be performed Selections from the following Operas, viz., T LIE SLAVE, and CLARA, the MAID of MfLAN, by Sir H. Bishop; also, from LA FORZA. DEC DES ; by the f °Bowing* talented artistes Misses Russell, Townley, Fitz Henry, ‘N almsley, Tyrrell and Elltr3on ; Messrs. Green, Huish, Kimberley, Stuart, &c. Also. S o l os on th e Vi ol i n by 'awn COLLINS, the Ce lebrated English Violinist. Flute by Drew Dean. Pianoforte, Miss Bryant. 1,14,-nd the marvellous instrume n t, th e ORCHESTRAL *LA.IIO, by Herr SCHALKENBACH, the Inventor. Director, Mr. F. Jonghmans. IvComedy, by UNSWORTH ("or any oLher man "), Eugene, • Randall GymnastT Critch son field, T. Maclagan, and the marvel ], W . . , JHender . . T he aALL has been newly Decorated, and is one of the raost Beautiful in the Metropolis. a Open at half-past 7 o'clock. Admission, area, ed. ; stalls Ad balcony, is. ; private boxes, 10s. 6d. spectral tc THE GHOST CLUB" at the CANTERBURY HALL.—New n.nd Interesting Tableaux.—Mr. C. MORTON is enabled to announce t hat, through the medium of Professor Pepper's World of '4/ladows, a "GHOST CLUB" is nightly held at the CAN ." atIRY HALL. The object of the Club is not the re- Pi tping the Haunted Houses of London ; but, through Pit agency of Phantoms, to present vivid (if transient) of the drama of real lite, both in its serious to mirthful aspects ; and, by means of spectral tableaux, 0 7.Zecall, and still further impress on the mind, some 7 ,,,,`te teachings or pleasantries of the best wr tors. At pre the two orders of Slavery—the Slavery of the South, a ,_ . " 1 4 the "White" Slavers , of a more boastful civilisation, - "` - eive emphatic illustration ; and these life pictures will be "Pidly replacel by others. The pages of Shakspere and the feller Dramatists, of Scott, Hood, Ingoldsby, Dickens, &c., 'W I I. in turns, furnish subjects for illustration. All the other Musical and Pictorial attractions as usual, Icluding Operatic Selections, Sic. ; Comedy by Unsworth $.- I ne modern Demosthenes), Eugene, George Hodson, E. al arshall, and George Hutchenson. ROYAL ALHAMBRA.-F RAN C O N I'S GRAND IMPERIAL CIRQUE Every Evening. FRANCONPS GRAND IMPERIAL CIRQUE at the ROYAL ALIIAMBttA Every Evening. -FIRST 'MORNING PERFORMANCE of FRANCONPS GRAND IMPERIAL CIRQUE 'ZEUS DAY, at 12 wo o'clock. ARGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill -street, Piccadilly. During the Concert given by Mons. JULLIEN, at Her tr.Liefsty'a Theatre, the BALL will commence EVERY ' 4 VIasTING at NINE O'CLOCK. Doors open at 8 o'clock. Admission, le. Manager—M. GRENET. 29, GEORGE-STREET, HANOVER -SQUARE. THE LONDON ANATOMICAL MUSEUM. Open daily from 10 till 10. eures at 4 and 7 t'clock . Where may be seen the Ast L e c cs t ; Bushman and wife ; Julia Pastrana and Infant ; Eng and Shang., the Niames. Twins; and upwards of 3,000 Models, N a t ural Pre larations, &c. 'Egyptian Mummies, unwrapped, 4,000 years 4)l d- Admission, One Shilling Itor Gentlemen only). GIVE YOUR HORSE A TREAT.—Two penny ,Pakes of TITOELEY'S delicious CONDIMENT daily, mixed with damped chaff and corn, will, at three Z-, ee kti hence, astonish the owner. Pecked publicly at its, -w.ler,t-btreet City. None genuine without the Inventor's 61'nature engraved on each packet, "Joseph Thorley." Read the Discussion on this Condiment, held in Hanover nuare Rooms, and judge for yourselves how its opponents were Put hors de combat—one an Oil Cake Dealer, the other a Veterinary Surgeon. May be had free on application. BANKRUPTCY AND COMPOSITIONS.- Mr. WETHERFIELD. Solicitor, 35, lloorg,ate-street, ; 4 ,7, PRACTISE in COURT, and effects PRIVATE A RRANGEMENTS with creditors, without publicity. barges, the lowest possible, payable by instalments. Conn cases economically conducted. -,,•B.—DEBTS recovered on commission, f ree o f l aw cos t s. u ivorce and Probate business conducted at mo d era t e ex pense. - xt THE BENEFACTOR OF THE SKIN. OLLARD'S PERFUMED SULPHUR ~, SOAP and CREAM for ordinary toilet purposes, 4. n . EAREGE' SULPHUR CREAM, for Baths, tree -h .thaagreeable odour ; an infallible means of preserving Ie s aln. and body in perfect health ; they are also an effectual Plecir in curing local and cutqleous affections and rheuma.- 4 3 . Highly patronised and recommended by the most ignent physicians (see Testimonials). Tablets of Soap, from - • 1 to so 5, according to the degree of sulphur they contain, at the depot, 2 R , --ope!t-street, , dat all chemists. Prospectuses andtestimonials sent or, application. how that 50,0oloo_ye_ranna annually IjEATING'S COUGH chest, and the resn' ' ruclin _ monary Disorders, wintry season, witiei, taheretore, ir consu ually fall victims to Pul beer than cure ; - f at°rY °rgana. i pption, diseases of the Prepa r r e e v c f tation is at all times LUZ ENGES, which oss s e u sr alike for the you Y of of curing a cough or cold; thtel; tir e t i ) ue Cl 4. REwr il ix ring ! s he wet and rorriantation ; and for imng avertiGog, as C COUGH of or for the aged—they soothe bronchial ar ,Proving the voice, the preacher, states have long patronised them. , singer, and actor " St. Paul's Cathedral, 30th November, " Sir , —I have much pleasure in recommending 3 - ,3iii. 1. 1 ' 1P49 . to tho'se who maybe distressed with hoarseness. Thoezenges alrOre.ed me relief on several occasions when scarcely tinges ~B i ng from the effects of catarrh. I think they would be ve ° m 3 L'' fill to clergymen, barristers, and public orators. rY "I am, Sir, yours faithfully, " Triomas FRANCIS, Vicar Choral. "To Mr. Keating." Prepared and sold in boxes , Is lid, and tins, 2s 9d, 4s 6d, 1.,: 1 „ 10 s 6d each, by Thomas Keating, chemist, &c., 7, St. -11 '. a Churchyard, London. Retail by all druggists and patent medicine vendors in the world. RUPTURES.—BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. WHITE'S MOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (PERFECTED AND EXHIBITED IN THE GREAT ~,.;'}eXnunTioNs OF 1851 AND 1862), is allowed by upwards of xtvo Hundred Medical Gentlemen to be the most effective invention in the curative treatment of HERNI A. he use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effects, 8 here avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the ledy, while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the ' t oy -Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease a nd closeness that it cannot be deteeted, and may be worn t r ,_ ll-r ing sleep. A descriptive circular may p ost, , and the 0 ,7. 8 , which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by on the cir- L'lnference of the body, two inches below the hips, being - ` 1 " to the manufacturer, Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly. —. .. _ k - lk.Sthgle Truss, 168. 215., 268. 6d., and 31 .. kid. Postage, ls ar r ~ Umbilical Truss, 318. '6d., 425., and 52 5. 6 d. Postage, is Bd. Truss, 428. and 526 . 6d. Posta g e, is. io d. P est -office Orders to be made p a y able to John White, Post office, Piccadilly. NEW PATENT PLAST IC STOCKINGS, ( 7 4 ,.. KNEE -CAPS, &c., for Varicose Veins and all cases of sio r :Viess and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, &c. They are hir e ' B l light in texture, :Ind inexpensive, and are drawn on eit ea ordinary stocking - . Price 4s. 6d., 7 s. 6 d ., 10s., to 168. '.. Postage 6d. JOHN WHITE. Manufacturer. =. Piccadilly. lANIBERT'S ASTHMATIC BALSAM.-AN or afrFECTUAL REMEDY, without confining, the bowels toiti:ecting the head, truly efficacious and pleasant, is ad' cou,d to be the best medicine for immediately relieving hi , 'sus, colds, confirmed cases of asthma, and incipient con rirniptiou. it frequently cures persons whom the faculty ° " li nce incurable, adm i ra bly allays the tickling ‘thich Its effects Irequent coughing. In a pp roachin g consumption : n t rcts are truly beneficial. Perso ns deprived of sleep, or in a f qinZ down for tear of suffocation, may depend on relief L e A w minutes after taking it. Preparea onLy and sold by cross '''-,, AI BERT, Chemist. 8, King-Wdliam-street, Charing cross Landon, .- , endon, and by all drugg-,sts, in bottles, 13A., and for fluaailties in one, 2s. 9d. each. Be particular. and ask 'nhert's Asthmatic Balsam, The name and address arc wted on the stdmp. PECTACLES.—The Patent Newly-invented K..) Tinted Spectacles are patronised by the majority of the Nobility, including Viscount Palmerston. They afford extra ordinary relief to weak, dim, and detective ♦ision.—S. and B SOLOMON S, Opticians, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. /315 , tb, ;hole ° ond°J3/ ovio' ce stel ag e Back- : apti N O . 22,297 FURNITURE, CARPETS. BEDDING, and FLOORCLOTH, CARRIAGE-FREE to any house in the 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 C'LEuGYMEN 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, illustrated by4lo admirable engravings of every description of Furniture and Bedsteads, with prices attached. A copy sent gt atis and post-free on application. This costly work also contains complete estimates for furnishing on the following revised scale A Six-roomed Parsonage £74 3 0 An Eight-roomed ditto A Ten-roomed ditto A Twelve-roomed d:tto 391 11 0 Together with a Price List of purified ,etiding, and a MASS of valnable information to all requiring househ )1d furniture, carpets, or bedding. References kindly permitted to Clerey men and gentlemen in or near Great Malvern, Southampton, Chichester, Bury, Ety, Preston. Grimsby, Iyde, Plymouth , Wells, Oxford. Brighton, Gainsborou , h, Margate. Kidder minster, Wellington. Croydon, Cambridge, Staines, Dorking, St. Alban's, Worcester, Ipswich, Peterboroueh, St. David's, Wrexham, and above 500 other places in all parts of Great Britain. COBBETT and CO., General House Furnishers, Deptford bridge, London, S.E, Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., BARBARA'S HISTORY. By AMELIA B. EDWAItDS. "This story will take rank among the very best produc tioßs of the class of literature to whirl it belongs. In read ing Barbara's History' we are again and again reminded of the authoress of 'Jane Eyre.' We have met with nothing of equal p ,wer or merit since the decease of Charlotte Bronte."—Messenger. - • • Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. IN OTICE. THE CHEAP EDITION OF LOST AND SAVED, by the Hon. Mrs. NORTON, illustrated by Millais, price is. bound, will be ready Dec. 15, forming the New Volume of " HURST and BLACKETT's sT ANDARD LIBRARY of POPULAR MODERN WORKS." Hurst and Blackttt, 13, Great Marlborough-street CHEAP EDITIONS OF FAVOURITE NOVELS. • Each Volume Embellished with Two Illustrations. EAST LYNNE. By Mrs. Woon. 6s. The CHANNINGS. By Mrs. WOOD. 6s. MRS. HALIBURTON'S TROUBLES. By Mrs. WOOD. 6s. The INITIALS. By the Author of "Quits" and "At Odds." 6s. The LAST of the CAVALIERS. 6s. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. On Wednesday will be published, CAPTAIN - - SPEBE'S JOURNAL of the DISCOVERY of the SOURCE of the NILE. In one volume. octavo, price 21s. With Portraits and Map, and numerous Illustrations chiefly from Drawings by Captain GRANT. William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. This day, at all Libraries, in one vol., price 10s. 6d., ETON SCHOOL DAYS. London : John Maxwell and Co., 122. Fleet-street. This day, at all Libraries, in two vols., price 218., TERRIBLE WOMAN. A London: John Maxwell and Co., 122, Fleet-street. This day, at all Libraries, in two vols., price 215., A UTOBIOGRAPHY OF AN ENGLISH DETECTIVE. London : John Maxwell and Co., 122, Fleet-street. Thia day, at all Libraries, in 2 vols., price 215., FOR BETTER FOR WORSE. Edited by EDMUND YATES. London : John Maxwell and Co., 122, Fleet-street. Fcap. Bvo., 289 pp., cloth, lettered, 3s. free by post, T HE PRINCIPLES and PRACTICE of VEGETARIAN COOKERY, Founded on Chemical Analysis, and embracing the most approved Jilethods of the Art. By the Author of " Fruits and Farinacea the Proper Food of Man." London : F. Pitman, 20, Paternoster-row, E.C. T HE TEETH, as Supplied by NATURE and Preserved by ART. By M. C. ROGERS, M.R.C.S., Surgeon-Dentist. London : 18, New Burlington-street, W. BEAUTIFUL FOR EVER. MADAME RACHEL ON " FEMALE GRACE AND BEAUTY." Just published, ABOOK 6F BEAUTY, By Madame RACHEL. To be had at 47A, New Bond-street. Price 2s. 6d. IT THIS SHOULD MEET THE EYE of any one troubled with Wind in the Stomach, Indin - estion, or Biliousness, take PAGE WOODCOCK'S WIND PILLS. Their world-wide celebrity proves them of sterling merit. Of all medicine vendors at is. 14d..nd 2s. 9d. ; or free by post for 14 or 33 stamps from Page D. Woodcock, Chemist Lincoln. MESSRS. BOTT, JACKSON, AND CO. execute COMMISSIONS on all races throughout the year. Market price guaranteed. Remittances. 1, ,, nd0n and Westminster Bank. Post-dace Orders payable at Camber well-park. N.B.—Betting on the Waterloo Cup. Address—BoTT and JACKSON, " Man of the World" Wine Stores, George-street, Camberwell-park, London. ORNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library, And Dining-room, consisting of a new and eiegant assort ment of VASES, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obelisks, Ink stands, beautiful inlaid Tables, Paperweights, &c., in Italian, Alabas er, Parian, Marble, Bronze, Derbyshire Spar, &a Imported and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Mine ralogist to her Hajesty, 149. Stand, W.C., London. Mr. Tennant arranges elementary collections of SHELLS, MINERALS, ROCKS, and FOSSILS, which will greatly facilitate the interesting study of MINERALOGY, CON CHOLOGY. old GEOLOGY, at 2,5, 10, 20, 50, to 100 guineas each. PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and MINE. RALOGY is given by Mr. TENNANT, at 149, Strand, W.C. 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 b e yond comparison. —Can be had only at Madame RACH EL'S, 47A, New Bond-street, where she can be consulted daily. All communications are strictly confidential. PRIZE MEDAL-INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1862. FRANCIS TUCKER & 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 of the quality of Messrs. Tuckers' manufacture. A distinguished Dignitary, in a letter addressed to Francis Tucker and Co., on the subject of WAX CANDLES with PLATTED WICKS, says : " I have found them fully equal to the recommendation which you gave them, and can sincerely, in my turn, recom mend them to the clergy for the use of the altar." Finest quality, with Platted Wicks, patented.. 2s. 2d. per lb . Third qu Ordinary quality , , ~ .. .„ .. 2e. Od. per lb. VEGETABLE CANDLES, with a Mixture of Wax. Best quality la sd. per lb. B eeond ,:v a 1 v '• • • • • • • • • • • ' Paid ai t - le in i t L 4 o N n c d . London on TUCKERd er Orders o AND Five N .. D Pounds cO . is. natty 3d.inpvealrulbe.. ls. ld. per lb. Carriage • 00 00 00 00 00 of Wax Candles for t he The largest Ilmtablishm 8, South 31 ° 1 tnn-atr n (Established 1730).. , Kensi eZ o Grosyenor-square. Manufactory— _Flngland for the Manufacture the use of the Altar. LCIAL TEETH has th INVENTION in made eh, of excellent work manship and fitted with the are all the TEtEhTelloonTtrMuortionEoBf following anvantag,es :—A set ot K AR P T L I L : 6 fitted without l e ves s r o e /le ctPlyurPto°tshees and mechanism, can be most perfect accuracy and success , in pain or extraction of stumps, and to ansawielv hours , without of i r m e s a o s r ti t e g a s t t l o en n in a z n s d , articulation . aniada p them T e Th ey option gums, that they are Tate immoyeable, except ' injury, are always tise explaining, /qr. Eskell's Patent, &c., free for 7 stamp; Inspection of specimens andconsultationsiree.-B,Grosvenor: street, Bond-street, W ; and at 39, Bennett's-hill, Bir mingham. _____----------- ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail way Terminus, King's-cross. Patron—Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN. Vice-patron —His Royal Highness the Prince o f WALE 7,,K.G resident—His Grace the Duke of BUCCLEU cn, Treasurer—Edward Masterman, Esq. ' The numerous and urgent appeals of the sick poor for ad mission compel the Committee to entreat the bounty of the affluent and humane, as the medical officers are daily obliged t ) treat as out - patients many distressing cases which. with more adequate tun dm, they would gladly admit into the warts. The premises of the Hospital are capable of containing 500 beds. The Hospital is not endowed, but is wholly dependent on voluntary contributions and legacies, which are received by the Treasurer, Edward At.. email, Esq., Nicholas-lane; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co.. Drummond and Co. ; Herries and Co. ; Ransom and CO. ; Prescott, Grote. and Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co.: Glyn and Co. ; Jones Loyd and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; Denison and Co. ; W 'lianas, Deacon, and Co. ; Overend, Gurney, and Co.; Nisbet an d Co., Ber ners - s t ree t ; th la e s it te o rm sp a it n al e:n ir d om co i 0; L flamed and Co., Liverpool; and at till 5. STANFORD a SMITH Secretary. ',,, >;%L - d mi t s h t e . r L ► _ •••••• ••-• • • r-1 V the sea rough. The trial was considers t o Vv( s f ( g4 l 4f I/ -• satisfactory. The vessel will be inspec led t t•*•1??4";:iz; , .0.?' , \N , A do . ge - '-. 1 4144 ;,•A‘c • = • , „ , N' % Zvir" # . ie 4 - -m.0..' An -- `. ,: 4 1 4 41k,:t t mander-in-Chief at Sheerness, and will ail on Mdf Thefri h g e a r te d sh es i t p i ii na a t p io: i , m by Vice-Admiral Sir G. R. Lambert,.K .C. 8., 05n ay for 1 .7 z • . • • 4. ro, 4•11 '*•4 n-;r: • 4 ,11 1 1111 N. 1%. .f;' / V%t ; DIE ' 4 ' , -16.0 - IntOrr• 611 has, arrived at Woolwich, and yesterday con imeneei w a , ill 3 d o d a a ll 3' d s from w a ~~~•:~ discharging a, her cargo, consisting of obsolet e stores —namely, guns, shot, ammun iti o n, and To wet. stores. PRICE..... ~..4d. STAMPED ....6d. The Smithfield Club Cattle Show. a e hs r e n fi tu brue e dt n t t , i n fourthtd h : I n them Gato l have v vt withstood y e s t : w l o ` r h k e s f t o o u rt the e 0 otrodnehrgno of s e c a a p s t t . at t 1 a t t h e e i y L , o f w o rmtohoer I Rus sianlron Wr or k s , to the order of Cspt. Bakely, for the Rus rvdelbyeeewnitphrtohveedotrmdis:taci:spsirvone:, Woolwich Arsonal. Three of cylinder. The gun undr „ d a,nd into ns test satisfactorily ; the power, a wad, and a 6001 b.. charge,aapn paaexaminationr e : i s z t i . viz.,--501b. success, : 1 i bur u . of way 0 at : s h' cle ir a l' i ad perceptible. the md : apk e e. t ic.. .. n t e. t h fi e rs t round with the gun was section at the head of the breec‘fr- e d t h a t u usual whichh s survey bta,hsee : n b d u a tto la n r ' g ' e ap r p e e n a t r o s r to spl l i ) t e s w cr a e s we given way, The woof was, of course, at an e n d, :' 5 , 4 afterwards hoisted on one of the heavy-11.4- trucks,. to which EOMe 70 or 80 men belonging to ~he Store department were attached, and was e , on s'eYed to the wharf for transhipment. Dr. Burton, staff assist.-surg in the Royal. Ar senal Infirmary at Woolwich , ba yin g been promoted and appointed sung. on the staff in New Zealand, has been permitted to retire from the service. H e will be succeeded at Woolwich by Staff Assist, Surg. Cullen, from Chatham. Dr. Burton's retire tßa class ne ment is occasioned by continued indisposition, th e effect of overwork during his Indian campaign. The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty :—Dr. Alexander Rattray, sur geon, to the Salamander; Richard. Cannon, acting assist.-surg., to the Salamander; Benjamin Barber, • chief engineer, to the Salamander; Seha R..C3oper, engineer, to the Conqueror ; John Westen ineer t to the Asia, for the Tyrian ; James Orchard, engi neer, assist: an d engineer, john R . D. .t T o 0 ii the em E a c u h r e y , a u l u o to the Salamander; James W. E. Baron, first . enner, second-class assist.-engincer, to the Sala-. mender ; Alfred G. Hill, assist-clerk, to the R.esis naval cadetship. 6m;i:atellitaolna Yesterday, the last day of the show, was the least attended of any shilling day. The numbers who paid for admittance on Thursday were 39,383, and the numbers who paid yesterday were 19,872. Although vast numbers have entered the building during the week there has not been one person taken up charged with theft ; nor has there been any accident, save that a boy was tossed by the first class winner in class 3, but he was more frightened years than hurt. old, No. 55, The sales up to last night had been a s follows : first prize, had been sold to Mr. In cl a s s 7, Hereford steers, not exceeding three J Grant, of 41, Caledonian-road. In class 11, short-horned heifers, not exceeding four years old, No. 102, the winner of the £4o silver cup as the best heifer or c o win any of the classes, and also the winner of the fir st prize . in the class, had been I sold to go abroad. class 13, Sussex steels under three Fears , the winner of the second prize, No. 119 , Clements, had been sold to Mr. of Croydon ; and No. 1 34 , the winner of th e prize in class 14, Sussex steers or oxen above three years, had been sold to t he same gentleman. In class " 20, Scotch horned s t e ers or oxen of any age, No. 163 , the winner of the second prize, had been sold t o Messrs. George Hay ward and Son , Ashford, Kent. In class 30, cross o r mixed breed heifers, not exceeding four years old, No. 204, the winner of the second pr i z e, had of b e en sold to Mr. James Hooke, 2, Vrederick street, Hampstead-road. Among the sheep the sales had been as follows : In class 34, fat wethers under 23 months, No. 260, pen winning the third prize, had been sold to M r . Nash, of Three Colt-street, Limehouse; in class 36, Romney-marsh fat wether, No. 264, the pen winning the second prize, had been sold to Mr. Newbury, Hall-street, Walworth; in class 46, cross-bred fat wethers, No. 387, the winner of the third prize had been sold to Mr. J. Haudford, of Bridge- road, Bat- tersea. Among the pigs, No. 42 1 , the pe n ginning the second prize in class 48, bred by the Countess of Chesterfield, had been sold to Mr. James Hooke, of first prize winning pen in class 50 , an d to whi ch the Hampstead - road, andNo.43l, t he the gold medal had been awarded as the best pen of pigs in any of the classes, had been sold to Mr. William Nickels, of Camden-town. The pigs in this pen were exhibited by Major-General the Hon. A. N. Hood, and bred at the late Prince Consort's farm at Windsor. Among the prize stock not notified as sold at the last thing last night were the following:—No. 21, the winner of the first prize in class 3 ; No 26, the first prize winner in class 4 ; No. 37 and No. 36, the second prize winner in class 5 ; No. 40, the second prize winner in class 6 ; No. 57, the second class winner in class 7 ; No. 62 and No. 60, first and and third class winners in clan 8; No. 76 and No. 79 (the latter bred by Sir A. de Rothschild), the first and third prize winners in class 9; No. 96 ' and No. 95, the first and third prize winners in class 10 ; Nos. 100 and 103, the second and third prize winners in class 11; Nos. 109 and 111, second and third class winners in class 12; Nos. 154 and 153, first and second prize winners in class 17; N 0.155, the Second prize winner in class 18 ; and No. 158, the second prize winner in class 19. Among the sheep the following prizes were un sold :—No. 265, the first prize winner in class 35 ; No. 323, the second prize winner in class 40; and No. 364, a silver medal winner in the extra stock of short wools (bred by Lord Waleingham). Among the pigs only one lot, No. 422, third prize winner in class 48, remained unsold. During yesterday a well-dressed man was dis covered sticking the pigs with a sword cane, but he managed to escape. These animals had been sub ject to so much annoyance during the crowded days by persons teasing them that the directors, who were on duty by rota in all parts of the build ing, ordered that no persons should touch the obese creatures. Naval and Military Intelligence. THE NAVY. Mr. James Stansfeld, M.P., the Junior Lord of the Admiralty, who has been actively employed all the week at Devonport dockyard examining the public accounts, paid an official visit on Thursday to the Royal William Victualling-yard at Stonehouse. The screw steam frigate Aurora, 35, went yester day from Hamoaze into Plymouth Sound, and will shortly ship her powder so as to be ready to join the Channel Fleet. About 170 joiners, smiths, and labourers have been ordered to be entered in the dockyard at Devonport to complete work in hand. After remaining several hours on Thursday out side Plymouth Sound, and communicating with Mr. Fox, the Consul, the United States screw steam sloop Kearsage, 7, Commander Windslow, proceeded on ter cruise. The paddlewheel steam storeship Dee was placed yesterday alongside the jetty at Devonport dock yard to receive stores for the dockyard at Pembroke. The sailing of the eastern division of the Channel Fleet from Spithead for Plymouth Sound was de ferred from yesterday until this morning. The Tamar, screw troopship, Capt. Sterling, is , Alb e rta making h . ordered to proceed from Spithead to Devonport, for the purpose of being placed in dock, the Warrior dock at Portsmouth, the only one that would receive her, being occupied by her sister vessel, the Orontes, troopship, Capt. W. H. pio y H ferd i o r ni e u . potnhe t a te,. Royal Clarence her final Stokesm Bay, po T w h e e r, Capt. Wasp , W 1 . 7 13 -g o u w u de e n e , r y ew este e r trial of speed at the measured The ship drew prior to sailing on foreign service. ft. Sin. aft. A 14ft. 7in. of water forward, and 15 aine .. ha h l sa - read ear horse d g y e ' mean speed of 6.701 knots was fromtt 60 to 62. The re her in the steam The new Royal paddle yachtmile o d r a v y e i doc volutions of the engines ranged basin number of of Portsmouthhands fo convey Her Mai" o Osborne on e t inst. The J t and constructed D yacht, as a :royal yacht, has created • s' eeially use, considerable Sur for the aneen' B the w i n ds of all who have visited her. prise in The k is almost entirely covered with upper deo saloons, 0 &c., and but a very confined hatchwaY ,space after saloon in deed between the and bulwarks is set apart for promenading in fine weather. She is deeper in the water than she was intended to be w hen laid down, and is anything but • a credit to her Admiralty designers.kyard The Sparrowhawk, 5, screw despatch vessel, has been taken into dock at Portsmouth, to undergo a thorough repair, in readiness for commission. Her Majesty's screw steam line-of-battle ship Conqueror, 78 (late Waterloo), 2,845 tons, 500 horse power, recently commissioned by Captain W. G. Luard at Sheerne ss, the for employ men t on China station, and to take out marines and super numeraries,steamed this her 'moorings in day from the harbour to the measured mile off Maplin Sands, for a final trial of her engines, p reparatory tole v ing for Ply mou th. The vessel was in chargof Sheerness Captai n W. K. Hall, comma n ding the e ship steam reserve, and the chief engineer of th mac hi n ery. There superintended the worki n g of the were also present Mr. G. nißlriarid, c hi e f engineer ess rs. Urquhart a-. of Sheerness dockyard, ands a atta ched to the steam Greathead, chief engineer de at the measured mile reserve. Six runs were in The flowing were the results : at full speed. 1 , 11 f l , ° 395 knots ; the revolutions of An average spee d °• - , 62, mean 60.5 per minute ; pres , . engines, m ax i , ~, 181 b. ; vacuum, 251 b. ; draught of rsure of stea—, the trial, forward 2 3ft. 3 in., aft 26ft. water during en gines are built by Messrs. Ravenhill, 4in• tire T he eng id an d Co., and are fitted with Griffiths' s a I screw, diame t e r 18ft., pitch 20ft., immersion sft. 10in. There was a strong bre( zo blowing from north-west, the force of wind being from 6 to 7, aud .:::FIPER, ) ,„,..y.32,W,..:: 1 77 1 --- ~--......;t1mir---- ovf xl4 di a S 4 / THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 12, 1861 DO NO I` FORGET YOUR APPOINTMENT. —We Sup at EVANS', Covent-garden, after Jullien's Concert. Fdirest and most interesting of Cabbys—Drive Country Gentlemen to the Rue de Kydney, Covent-garden. KINAHAN'S LL WHISKY v. COGNAC BRANDY. This celebrated Old IRISH_ WHISKY rivals the finest FRENCH BRANDY, It i r Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. Sold in Bottles, 3s. Sd., at the Retail Houses in London ; by the Agents in the principal towns in England ; or wholesale at 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, W. Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded "Kinahan's LL Whisky." ARIS.-GRAND HOTEL DU LOUVRE. 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They especially recommend their improved Family Tea, reduced to 35. 2d. ; Souchong, reduced to 3s. 6d. ; mixed Assam, re duced to 3s. Bd. ; and the finest Assam, reduced from 4s. 4d. to 3s. 11d. per lb. MOORE BROTHERS, 35, London-bridge, City, E.C. this time at Christchurch, except Sidney Herbert, who was at Oriel=Canning, Gladstone, Lord Lincoln, Ramsay, George Cornewall Lewis, Bruce. The latter, the subject of this notice, took a first class in Literis Humanioribus in 1832, and was shortly afterwards elected Fellow of Merton College, pro- eeeding M.A. in 1835. But anew career was soon to be open to him. George, Lord Bruce, his half-brother, died unmarried in 1840, and the young Fellow of Merton became heir to the earldom. In the fol- lowing year he stood at the general election in the Conservative interest for Southampton ; and his success was one of the first fruits of Sir Robert Peel's tactics—the votes being for Lord Bruce (Tory) 648, for Mr. C. C. Marty n (Tory) 645, for Captain Mangles (Liberal) 554, for Mr. E. J. Hutchins (Liberal) 552. fle was early called upon to prove his mettle in the House. Lord Melbourne's Ministry, long moribund, had thought fit to appeal to the country for a verdict in their favour, which had been denied them by the House of Commons, with universal approbation. Sir Robert Peel had now a chance of his revenge, and of realising the results of his memorable cry, Register ! register ! register !" On the address Mr. Stuart Wortley moved, and Lord Bruce seconded,'the famous amendment which brought the Viscount to the mis hap which even his friends had long foreseen. Lord Bruce said that, as representing an important com- mercial town, he would not be silent at such a crisis. He attacked the Ministry for retaining office, and, while it was notorious that they did not possess the c onfidence of the country, for allowing the stream of dignities and emoluments still continually to well forth, acid to well forth, as copiously as, if not more profusely than, before. Did Lord John Russell say a word about surrendering his trust, having lost the reality of power P In reference to an indignant remark of some Whig member about public honesty and candour, Lord Bruce replied with spirit and force, "In a day when all monopolies are denounced, I must be permitted to say that to my mind the monopoly which is most intolerable and odious is the pretension to a monopoly of public virtue." This remark was a home thrust. Jo the Lords the verdict had long gone against the Ministry by a majority of 72 ; in the Commons the division showed a majority of 91. Lord Bruce did not retain his seat in the House of Commons long, as his father's death and his suc- cession to the title took him from the House. In 1842 he became Governor of Jamaica—a trouble some office—on the nomination of the present Earl of Derby. His predecessor in this office was Sir Charles Metcalfe, whose popularity had been so great that a new parish in the island was named after him. During the four years that he held office he carried out a conciliatory policy, such as had endeared his predecessor to the people, and showed both judgment and good feeling as well as sagacity in developing the resources of the island. Though a Conservative, he was appointed by Earl Grey, Colonial Secretary in Lord John Russell's Ministry, Governor-General of Canada in 1846, in royal reporters crowded round the distinguished group to catch the words. When the Chinese powers were read in turn, "every mandarin's eye," says Mr. Oliphant, "kept slily turning towards Lord Elgin as his look grew more and e ca i captive but in mo re severe" when he heard that th e comm i ss i oners were env veeredered to do anything which might not infringe on the di g nity of the Celestia l Em p ire, W hen this document bad by th li e y v Yeh had been felled a letter from this worthy to the Emperor, e been read, Lord Elgi n sternl y ordered his chair, and told the astonished Chinese th at their commission was unsatisfac tvoariyn., inasmuchH i lordship sh a i am p was among again g the besiegedpapers advising him not to bind h imself to the treaty of Nankin of 1843. So vigorous and so firm was Lord Elgin that Key ing was at once disavowed an d recalled, better counsels prevailed with the Emperor, and on the 26th of June—tho a of 15th anniversary of the exchange of the ratifications of the treaty of Nankin between Sir Hen r y Pottinger and Keying —the treaty was at last signed. ho in g to break From China Lord Elgin went to Japan, p up the odious monopoly which had excluded a ll foreigners except the Dutch from commerce or intetcourse with that unknown land. His excuse for entering Japanese waters was the presentation of a steam yacht to the Emperor of Japan. He reached Nagasaki on the 3d of August, and was joined the day following by Admiral Sir Michael Seymour with two men-of-war. He went up the gulf of Jeddo to Jeddo in the new yacht. Beyond Kanagawa, however, no foreign vessel was allowed to pass, and here he found at anchor the Russian squadron which had preceded him from the Chinese waters. Still Lord Elgin's little fleet went on till it came to a line of forts erected for the seaward defences of Jeddo, and anchored a mile and a half from the city. The Japanese were thunderstruck at the apparition. Boats were sent off begging Lord Elgin to re turn at once to Kanagawa; but there was no help for it, so the Japanese ceased to interfere. The flotilla passed up to Jeddo in royal state, four paddle-box boats, each with a 4- pound howitzer in her bows, enclosing the Ambassador's barge—the officers all in lull dress, the band playing God Save the Queen. The Treaty of Jeddo was signed on the 26th of August, 1858. How it was kept on the side of the Japanese recent events have shown only too plainly. Lord Elgin, having returned home, took his seat in the House of Lords on the first day of the session of 1859. He had been made a G.C.B. in 1858, and a D.C.L. of Oxford two years previoudy, at the Grand Commemoration. Lord Derby was now Prime Minister, and highly complimented him on "the zeal, tkill, and ability" with which he had fulfilled his functions, adding, that he congratulated him self on having introduced Lord Elgin to public life. Lord Grey said that he had appointed him to Canada, imagining that this was the office to which Lord Derby alluded ; but Lord Derby, undoubtedly, when Sir R. Peel's Colonial Secretary, took Lord Elgin from private life, and sent him to Jamaica. When Lord Palmerston came into office Lord Elgin ao cepted the office of Postmaster. General. In 1860 it was again necessary that the Emperor of China should be compelled to fulfil the engagements into which he had en tered with the British, but which he was determined, if possible, to evade. Lord Elgin went out, retaining the office of Postmaster-General till September, 1860. On his voyage he was shipwrecked at Ceylon, and had a nar row escape from death, but was put on board another vessel, and proceeded to Hong Kong, and then to Shanghai. The Taken forts were taken, the Chinese submitted them selves, and in November, 1860, the allied forces left Pekin. In January, 1862, Lord Elgin was selected with uni versal approbation to succeed Lord Canning, his friend and schoolfellow, as Governor-General of India. How he has pacified angry feelings, established loyalty among doubt ful chiefs, promoted education, furthered religion without offending the faith of the natives—all these things are matters of recent history. Though his viceroyalty has been short, it will have left its mark for good in Indian history, and few Governor-Generals will have earned a higher character for hearty zeal and warm liberality, as well as for consummate administrative ability, than the Earl of Elgin. Lord Elgin could hardly be called a great orator. In truth he bad little opportunity of either showing himself or making himself an orator, since his services were chiefly administrative and in distant countries, while,when in Eng land, he rarely spoke in the House of Lords, in which he had a seat for 14 years. One speech of his, however, must be noticed, in which he displayed that entire freedom from partisanship and that true patriotism which distin guished his whole career. When Lord Ellenboreugh moved his famous "grandiloquent" resolutions of the 14th of May, 1855, in favour of a more vigoroas prosecution of the Crimean war than he thought the Liberal Ministry of Lord Palmerston had urged on, Lord Elgin, then, as ever, a moderate, but independent Conservative, felt himself bound to interpose in favour of the Government. He made the best speech of the day by far, at times rising even to eloquence. Beginning with the admission that, from having been so many years absent in the foreign service of the Crown, he was nearly a stranger to the proceedings of Parliament, his lordship mentioned his present relations to the Ministry. Not very long back, he said, he had thought it his duty to state to Lord Palmerston that he was resolved to maintain an independent position in Parliament, and yet his desire and intention, subject to that qualification and reserve, were to support the Premier, not only because on questions of public policy his sentiments coincided with his loroship's, but because he owed to Lord Palmerston and his colleagues a debt of obligation for the support they had uniformly given him at critical periods in his foreign career. It was true, he must owr, that the successes of the Minis try, whether in the Crimea or elsewhere, had been few ; and the germ of his hope in Lord Palmerston had not yet ripened into public confidence. The resolutions spoke of " firm alliances of brotherhood in arms of a sympathetic and enthusiastic people." Was there no word of regret "for national friendships of old standing broken, for desolation carried into thousands of happy homes, for Europe in arms, Asia agitated and febrile, America sullenly expectant ?" The grandest sentence was that in which Lord Elgin, in earnest tones, contrasted the devotion of our soldiers and sisters of charity with the unpatriotic conduct of certain people who " sat at home at ease," not far, perhaps, from their lordships' house. After speaking of the gallantry of the soldiers of all ranks, he said:—" To look to another quarter, to contemplate another class of virtues which are not less essential than those to which I have referred, to the happiness and glory of nations, I have heard from en thusiastic, even bigoted, votaries of that branch of the Christrian Church which sometimes prides itself on having alone retained in its system room for the exercise of the heroic virtues of Christianity—l say I have frequently heard from the frank admission that the hospitals at Scutari have proved that the fairest and choicest flowers of Christian charity and devotion may come to perfection even in what they are pleased to call the arid soil of Protestantism. People at home should show the same indifference to small and personal motives, the same generous patriotism, the same disinterested devotion to duty which have charac terised our soldiers in the field, and the women of Eng land at the sick bed." The following year, about the same time (May 27) his lordship spoke somewhat em phatically in deprecation of the despatch of 10,000 troops to Canada, and the general increase of the mili tary establishments in British North America, as if is anticipation of a war with the United States, which had just voted a million with apparently warlike de signs. Ile said he had seen a great deal of the people of the United States during his administration of Canada, and he spoke in the interest of the North American colo nies, which would be the first to suffer from war. He deeply regretted the unfriendly feeling which existed be tween the two nations—but he insisted that only the governing classes of America, chiefly foreigners or of foreign extraction, and of no very reputable character, were our enemies ; whereas the better classes, who abnegated their duties as citizens, and allowed Irish rowdies to govern them, were anxious to continue on friendly relations with us. Beyond a short explanation of his treaty with China after this, we do not find that Lord Elgin took part in the proceedings of the Upper House. We have already mentioned his lordship's first marriage. He married secondly, Nov, 7, 1846, on the eve of his journey to Canada, Lady Mary Louisa Lambton, eldest daughter of one of the moat eminent and most unfortunate Governors._ General of that Province—John George, first Earl of Durham, G.C.8., previously Ambassador at St. Peters burg, and Lord Privy Seal in the first Reform ment, at the head of which was his father-in josnrs and a Grey. By her he has bad issue, with two other :, born at daughter, an heir, Victor Alexander, Lord t ru e ° and estates Montreal in 1849, who succeeds him in the t! easing photograph Most Londoners are familiar with the leasing man bend in many shop windows of the venerate apparently, in his ing over a little boy, and helpings hilllustrious Viceroy and studies. It is a photograph of th Gt° Earl hope to his liberality, of the successor to his title —let laesselfacrificing devotion his unsullied character, his noble Elgin has as much died to the welfare of his countrY. soldier who has fallen on a consolation that his country field of battle, with the only life in administering her - tor his country as any will honour him who lost his great whose arms preserved it-- empire equally with those , fr KaAos evi pLotaxotcrt recr6vra " Teesripevat YN ) tivaßov irEpl varp ikapvcip.Ev o „. ,, Lord Elgin fought the good fight for England, and he has the foremost of the great chatalpions of her fallen among sovereign t y' brave THE COCOA NIIT TREE IN ENGLAND.—This noble tree, which has hitherto been universally b a rren in Europe, has at length been enabled to yield its fruit. In the conservatory of the Duke of Northumber land's garden at Sion House there is a beautiful specimen of this graceful palm, with a nut securely set, and a d va ncing steadily to maturity. It has been obtained from a flowe r which opened last J u l y, and it nt, , w m easures 10i 'I inches circumference. THE LATE LORD ELGIN, (From the Morning Post.) The announcement which it is our painful duty to make this morning of the death of the Governor- General of India is provocative of the most melan choly feelings. The Marquis of Dalhousie and Earl Canning only left India to see their native country and die; to Lord Elgin it has not been allowed even to breathe his last, wearied out and exhausted, on British soil, or to rest in Westminster Abbey—like his illustrious predecessor in the splen did viceroyalty —among the noble of all ages— - 44 heroes not yet dead, But in old marbles ever beautiful." The Viceroy died at Dhurmshalla, on the 20th of November, of what has been erroneously called "dropsy of the heart"—the strict term being "peri carditis," or an effusion of fluid into the cavity of the pericardium. In February last Lord Elgin went on a tour through the North-Western Provinces of Bengal, reviewed troops, and gave audiences to native chiefs, completing his " royal march" before the summer. In September his lordship left Simla to make another progress—this time through the Punjsub. He intended to reach Peshawar by way of Lahore, and was to open the Punjsub Exhibition at Lahore early in the next year. His lordship had been suffering from disease of the heart for some time past, and while on his way to meet Sir Hugh Rose he ascended the Rotang Pass, 13,000 feet high. The mountain air affected his breathing, and mate rially increased his disorder. Becoming rapidly worse, he telegraphed for Sir William Denison, Governor of Madras, to act as Viceroy in his room, and sent home his resignation of his office. He sank rapidly, and expired, as we have said, on the 20th of November. Lord Elgin was chief of the Bruce family. Sir Robert de Bruse, descended from Eynor, fourth Earl of Orkney, brother of Rollo, who conquered Normandy i❑ 912, and built the castle of Le B ruse, now Brix, near Valagues, in Normandy, had two sons, the elder of whom, Allen de la Bruse, remained in Normandy, while the younger, William, " came over with the Conqueror," became a baron in York shire, and possessed, before the close of the Con querors life, 94 lordships in Yorkshire, besides the castle and manor of Skelton, with Hert and H ert ress, in the bishopric of Durham. His son made a great figure at the Court of Henry 1,, and was an intimate friend of the King's brother-in- law, Prince David of Scotland, who, when King, conferred on him the lordship of Annandale. Sir Robert de Bruce, his descendant, was a competitor with Baliol for the throne of Scotland; and he was the father. of Robert Bruce, King of Scotland, and Edward Bruce, King of Ireland. From this Sir Robert sprang the Braces of Kennet, the Bruces of Clackmannan, and the Bruces of Airth Stenhouse. Sir Edward Bruce of Kinloss was a Scotch Lord of Session towards the end of the sixteenth century ; was deputed by James VI., in 1600, in company with the Earl of Mar, to congratulate Queen Elizabeth on the suppression of Essex's rebellion ; was a Privy Councillor; and, after settling his master's peaceable succession to the English throne, was created, at the close of his mission, Baron Bruce of Kinloss an of Torry, in the Scotch peerage, besides obtaining the Mastership of the Rolls for life. His younger son was created Earl of Elgin of Elgin, in 1633, and Baron Bruce of Whoriton, Yorkshire (this latter in the English peerage), in 1640. The great-grandson of thisfirst earl (the second earl was created Baron Bruce of Skelton, Yorkshire, Viscount Bruce of Ampthill, Bedfordshire, and Earl of Ailesbury) procured a patent of remainder to Baron Bruce of Tottenham, with a remainder to his nephew, Thomas Bruce Brudenell, who was created Earl of Ailesbury in 1774 ; but the Elgin title, in default of heirs male of his body, came to Charles, ninth Earl of Kincar dine, a descendant of Sir George Bruce of Carnock, M.P., who was one of the commissioners for nego tiating the Scotch treaty of union with England, and who was an elder brother of Sir Edward Bruce of Blairhall, the father of the first Earl of Elgin, under the creation of 1633. The most distinguished representative in modern times of this distinguished family, the Viceroy whose death all of us are now deploring, James Bruce, eighth Earl of Elgin, and twelfth Earl of Kincardine, Baron Bruce of Torry, in the Peerage of Scotland, Baron Elgin of Elgin, in the peerage of the United Kingdom, Lord Lieu tenant of Fifeshire, was born on the 20th of July, 1811. He was the second son of Thomas, seventh earl—who, while ambassador at Constantinople, collected, at a cost of nearly £75,000, the splendid Grecian antiquities, taken mainly from the Acro polis at Athens, between 1801 and 1812, and known as the " Elgin marbles," and purchased by Govern ment for £35,000 for the British Museum—by his second marriage with Elizabeth, youngest daughter of Mr. James Townstiend Oswald, of Duanikeir, Fifeshire. The earl, by the way, had been married previously to Mary, on l y child of Mr. Hamilton-Nisbet, of Dirleton, Haddingtonshire, and had by her a son, George Constantine, Lord Bruce, born in 1800, and Lady protectionistin L ord Derby's o n Mge.Prfirst son for of North Lincolnshire from a n Mary B ruce , marr i e d to t h e p r esent Right Hon. R. A. Chri s t op h er H am i lton• Ni s b et , th e w e ll k nown 1837 to 1857, Ch ancellor of the D uc h y o f L ancaster Ministry. ot Born a younger over wealthy Scotch family, a son, t oo , o f a second marriage, L ord Elgin began life with no very b r illi ant prospects. H e h ad to make a reputation for hi mse lf, an d , w h en h e h ad done so, hereditary rank and possession of the ances tral estate gave the young Fellow of Merton a chance of emulating his school-fellows, William Ewart Gladstone and the present Duke of Newcastle, i n their already promising Parliamentary career. H e distinguished himself both at Eton and at Oxford. At the university he added the late lamented Marquis of Dalhousie, Viceroy of India, and the late v b i e a l n o v s , e d L totohred list erfl o b f e h r i t o s friends. f L ea, b ri o ,h t h popular a twasa a rr o- brilliant constellation of future statesmen who were about succession to Lord Cathcart. His chief troubles in Canada arose from his unflinching impartiality, and his determination to deal with both the vexatiously hcstile sections of the Queen's subjects—the Upper and the Lower Canadians—on a footing of equality. After the rebellion of 1837-8 the Upper Canadians, who were loyalists, demanded and obtained com pensation for their losses; the Lower Canadians were refused, as the rebellion was chit fly fomented and notoriously supported by them. When Lord Elgin was compelled by an adverse N ore of the Assembly on his Ministers to form an administration from the French section of the community, the Lower Canadians determined to take their revenge, and accordingly they brought in their bill of indemnity. Great excitement prevailed in Mon treal., When the Governor-General gave his assent to the bill the loyalists showed their loyalty by booting the Queen's representative, by burning down the Parliament house, by setting some valuable libraries on fire, and by summoning an inflammatory meeting for the purpose of procur ing the recall of Lord Elgin, as having "seriously impaired her Majesty's royal authority, and endan gered the' peace and tranquillity of the province." Her Majesty's Government replied to this demon stration by creating (1849) the obnoxious Governor- General a peer of the United Kingdom, as Baron Elgin of Elgin. The Governor-General soon entirely reversed, by his sound wisdom and calm judgment, the unfavourable opinions of the Canadians; and he left his high office with universal esteem, having also acquired the respect and approbation of the Home Government, and of six successive colonial secretaries, for his unrivalled administrative capa city. He had promoted the best interests of Canada, he had developed its commercial and agricultural resources, and he was the author of the famous reciprocity treaty with the United States of June 5, 1854. He returned from Canada June 9, 1855, was appointed Lord-Lieutenant of Fifeshire, and was entertained at a splendid banquet, attended by men of all parties in the State. His lordship was at home but for a few years. Troubles arose in China towards the end of 1856, which caused a second war with that country, besides convulsing parties at home, and plunging the nation into the muddy whirl pool of a general election—all on account of the lorcha Arrow, which the Chinese boarded as a vessel under native register, and the British, impersonated by Sir John Bowring, a distinguished member of the Peace Society, claimed as bearing the British flag. It is little use telling once more the disagreeable tale of the kid., nappings and assassinations by the Chinese, and the hunt ing down of the Chinese in their creeks by the British. Lord Elgin, a man of singularly impartial and judicial mind, was sent out as special Ambassador in 1857. At Galle he met General Ashburnham, who startled the party with an alarming story of the disaffection of the North-Western Provinces of India. At Singapore he took it on himself to ayto China, and sent them resolved not to leave Singa poreodnivetrot I B u r d i i t a is , h w t h r i o l o o p h s e o bi n ni th s e e i i r f W till ample and complete arrangements had been made for the transmission of this fsyee to the scene of mutiny. Vessels also were specially sent by his lordship's orders to the Straits of Anjier to divert the transports of the 90th and 82d Regiments, so as to avoid the detour through the Straits of Malacca. After providing completely against the contingency of a rebel attack at Calcutta, Lord Elgin went on to China, and arrived at Hong Kong on the 6th of July. The resistance of Delhi was prolonged, and the rebellion rapidly spread throughout India. Baron Gros, the French Plenipotentiary, was not likely to join his English colleague for some months. There were three courses open to Lord Elgin—to remain at Hong Kong to take Canton, or to render an important service to Lord Canning at Cal cutta. He chose the third course. Within 36 hours after the disastrous intelligence from India had been received L'ord Elgin was on his way to India, on board the Shannon, com manded by the noble and still lamented Captain William Peel. Arrived at Singapore, his lordship was encouraged in his resolves by a flattering addles,: from 28 leading English merchants at that place, cordially concurring in the steps he had taken to divert the expeditionary army. Here he heard the awful details of the massacre at Cawn pore. Within 21 hours 400 tons of coal were taken in, 300 men of the troops wrecked in the ill-fated Transit were picked, up, and his lordship telegraphed to Lo r d Can n i ng his imminent arrival with 1,700 men, including the blue-jackets, for the defence of Calcutta. Lord Elgin was received -en thusiastically at Calcutta, and he remained there till his Chinese force was replaced by 1,500 marines. He arrived at Hong Kong again, after a voyage of 17 days, on the 20th of September ; on the 16th of October his colleague, Baron Gros, also arrived. All the world knows the story o f Chinese treachery , an d the con sequent bombardment of Canton. The Ch inese accounts of Lord Elgin, and their treatmen t of him and Baron Gros, are characteristio. A spy was placed on h is movements, t o record the daily exer cise of the troops, to watch his lor dship's countenance, to mark and so on. Yeh told Lord the ot to be opened by treaty, and advised h im to " adopt the p o li cy o f B on h am ," so that, like that worthy but not astonishingly great he might Go vernor of Hong Kong , " get the B a th." Lord number Egn o n of o e thatt the B Canton ritish ve ships, 81gin's life was only saved at Mang-ga-ta by French men et- w ar ; his lordship was "grateful to Go-loso-lun (Baron Gros) and merrily feasted him, praying him to drink wine with him." " Elgin passed day after day at Hong Kong, stamping and sighing." That must have be an uncommonly peculiar scene in which his lords Lip took the chief part on the 4th June, 1858. Kweiliang and Hwa-Shama, two pleni potentiaries of high rank, arrived at Tien-tsin to confer with the two foreign " barbarians." Lord Elgin met the two celestials in a joss-house. L or d Elgin's powers were first read out to the Chinese, who eagerly listened while the EXPERIMENTS AT SHOEBURYISIESS. The smashing powers of Sir Wm. Armstrong's 600 pounder shunt gun were tested yesterday at Shoeburyness against the Warrior floating target. The target is an exact counterpart of a sec\ *ion of the Warrior's aide, awl measures 18ft. long by 10ft. in height. IC is constrnc:ed of iron plates o fthe best homogeneous metal 41 inches thick, boito d to a b ac king of teak 18 inches 4;1 depth. Behind this come two sets of 31-inch plates,. rivetted to massive ribs of T iron, the whole being shored up by slanting beams of fir of immense thickness. The target was moore d a t 1,000 yards distance froi.l the fi r ing points of the 600 and 300-pounder Arms;rongs, and wooden targets for ascertaining the correct eleva— tion far this range floated close by, a little clear of the iron one. The first shot from " Big Will'l was a dummy caist iron shell weighing 6001 b, and was levelled with such unerring aim at the wooden target as to smash it literally to powder. The elevation of the piece in this i ns tance was 2 deg. 5 mi n., and the charge 70th. The next shot was a steel shell with a cast-iron .head weighing 6101 b, and containing no less than 241 b of powder, which is only four-fifths of its nor. lel charge, Before firing this shot a consultation to ok place among the artillerists present as to the ele vation to be given, it having been discovered that the wooden target demolished by the first shot had been moored at 1,020 yards instead of at 1,000 as had been originally intended. After some discussion the gun wus fired at 2 deg, 10 min. elevation, the shell passing just over the top of the target a littl e to the ' right of the central lines. The next two shots-- live steel shells similar in all respects to No. 2— de monstrated in a most surprising way the wonderful accuracy of the gun in obeying the s:ightest change in elevation. For shot No. 3 the piece was depressed to 2 deg. 3 min., the shell pissing through the exact centre of the top of the target, and carrying away a piece of the wood framing of a semicircular ,shape. The fourth shot was fired at only 3 minutes less ele vation and struck the target as near the cen tfc as possible, making daylight through it, and expl oiling at the very moment of impact. 'nose who diii not mind getting a wet jacket from the spray masts a rush far the boats , t he more p rudent making use of the steamtug Bustler. On boarding the target the havoc made by the ponderous missiles was found to to have surpassed all expectation. A hole 2 feet by 20 inches yawned iu the 41-inch plate, level with and a. few inches left of the bull's-eye' The teak backing. was splintered into fragments from the size of a cocoa nut to the merest fibre, and the ;Finch plates t or n away like and one of the ribs were completely so much paper. In front , below the hole, the r e lay three or four a huge mass of iron pla te, weigi:ing all pres,mt hundredweight, and looking like a piece of aumpled. black rag. Thep late above the one which w as pierced aas started from its place and bulged out holtatiefaheft, ward, nearly the whole of the bolts holding it to the gun versos t a l li r o g w et ed b t e h i a n t g si b n i c • o e k t e h n e plate had begun to be waged there had never been plate e n a Y t . such a complete triumph for the former combatant . At first it ha d been intended to try the effects of the 600 pounder upon the Warrior target at 2,000 yards, but the first blow at 1.000 yards BO disabled it as to render a new target necessary, Ou returni n g to the firin g point - the 300 pounder was next tried , four shots b eing fired, but owing to severa l causes only one of them t oo k e ff e ct. The c h a rges for this gun were f ,oan s hort, the consequence of dtobe a few inches Which was that in thre e instan ces the target Was missed. At the fourth sh ot t h e charge for whi c h s hell struck the was of the proper size, the right ing but not top corner of the plate, smash- Penetraf Illgit. this shot wa s no The slight effect taken by ha v ing been slo wed d oubt greatly owing to the target degrees with th wed round to an angle of nearly 40 " Big `rill. '' line afire by the fourth shell from Wh en the his concluded the firing for the thoseday e tide had ebbed sufficiently. man.° °f present all revisited the smashed target. aroundl,--- it, to the extent of 200 or 300 feet, lay masses of iron and steel of different sizes, which g a ve one a perfect idea of the damage that Would have been caused to the "between decks and opposite aide of any vessel u nlucky enoug h to receive such a shot. On closely exam ining the breach made, it seems clear that the projectile must have exploded when about halfway through the target. This was m ade peculiarly evident by the way in which the bole gradually enlarged after passing through the miter iron plate, and by ,the appearance of the splinters in the teak backing,. One of the massive bulks of timber was split in, two, another was blown upwards apparently by the mere force of the explosion. In the mischief d one everything betokened a great excess of power-- there is consequently every certainty of the effe ct being almo st e q ually great at 2,000 yards, as the velocity of the shot at that distance is only dimi nished by about I'2o feet per minute. A large number of gentlemen, includ ing mem bers of the Ordnance Select Commi ttee, several the Special C ommittee on and Iron, t hroughout the experiments. Were present Capt. Noble ascertained the ' • the projectiles fired fro / initial yeloeit. les of found them to differ wily n , t ., 11e , t) ° . l ) ou already given in The S : very slightly 11 ' der' those c.nd During the whole '."" _ from wind were driv;ra of lbe day left, but seemmi to h a ve the ran g egnst.s of rain and curacy of the firine• aye little from right to nd •.,• influence on the ac- JUSTICE WIGIITMAN'S DEATH.—In allusion to this melancholy occurrence, the Law !slims of to dayto (just published) remarks :--,, On The eve of going press we have received a telegram announcinfrj o h rk. This death of Mr. Justice Wightman this day, at : ost the pro intelligence will cause profound regret . ar r a tiy esteemed fes siell, by whom his Lordship was no' he y u niversally dis for the urbanity and kind feeling which wing him. 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