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it at ;sages open 1e en' Tsant mged l oped %iners ietary ) f the repe- of & i tsumEs fail to osers. ?ultsect. 1 good have 3erned rdsou. panese !), are. policy affair )8 who ' mea taken ovoke, at the Kago to our further ,rongly of the a must terests inter- of wheat, per qua rter fullY 811 - 37s 0 396 . 29s to ,32a:22s to 26s '*. is to--- wheat .enoies,alr; as obtamet. a 1s wore vour of th e all, but 31°' d to 45s d to 410 Od d d to 410 v d to Ns C a od Id to 36s ,d to 28s n v ;3l Id to 3 5 s v na Id to 31s " 0 3 Id to 315 )d to 24s v d !id to 1 ,, 3 ,a u to Oal'? c l !id to 0 613 , )d to 433 01 Dd to 4 0 )d to 42s 0 1 Dd to 3 3 s 6 a Dd tc 346 o ci 5d tc 333 ° a m , Od to 34s 01 3LI to 560 0, 1 )d to 52s Od O £0 0 D 9 0 v O 0 0 0 O 510 0 vhite wheat, r 36 stone ; 38 st. . s per ; per qr. ‘ 1 ,4 4 lie; old, -- narket. i a. t" ......16 End. 17 0 ~ 16 7 , • 1 7 V () • • 17 v 19 6 ...... l9 6 18 0 , 18 Th u ..18 r, 17 " r n, the wi f e of o f y-erenerfut B a tor place, , th© wifo of rs, Aug°tio rie tt the P i t Declolt hasten, , u tio folk, to t h o late ("Pr , • t gsri s ' gun ne t io 'sajr:et Will' Jan3 o3 13eecill tile Odibalm d 87. oil., I DYne9 r, the itel. J. rt, Ag ed S°° NV C a pt. Oar/ street, 5001 • ' W 1 e nure fto e. [AND— 02, Dince N ° : o f the Coal" rt ) PERSONS SEEKING LANDED ESTATES, TOWN AND COUNTRY RESIDENCES, FREE HOLD AND LEASEHOLD INVESTMENTS, AND PROPER G ENE RA LL Y— __ It To BE ItAD GRATIS, at the principal Railway Bookstalls ioroughOUt the kingdom, or at the Auction and Estate Offices, • P '. 6 7, Ch ancery - lane , London, Messrs. E. and H. Lumley's " FR EE PROPERTY R EGISTER, " containing a varied selection „ the landed and, house properti es now i n the market, from , aobleman's mansion, with its manorial domain, to the cot' age with its few acres. OWNERS OF PRO PERTIES w i s hi ng to Sell or L e t can em brace the opportunity that the medium of this Register Itfibrds, by sending the particifars of their properties to the Lu -Estate Offices, 67, Chan cer y -l ane, L on d on, as t h e M essrs . mley can in mo s t cases i ntroduce immediate customers, :Where the property is of an e li g ibl e c h arac t er, th ere by avoid the the disadvantages of delay and its attenuant incon- Veniences. THERE IS NO CHARGE incurred, unless a tenant or pur chaser is introduced through Messrs. Lumley's Agency, and then only the usual moderate commission. Auction and Land Offices, 67, Chancery-lane, London. THE LUD GATE HILL VIADUCT.- INFANT ORPHAN ASYLUM, NV ANSTEAD. NOTICE OF REMOVAL. In consequence of the immediate Extension of the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway, the Committee have been c"nelled to REMOVE their OFFICES to 100, FLEE r -6TREET, where all communic Mons are to be addressed. By Order of the Committee, lIENRY W. GREEN, Secretary. Offices-100, Fleet-street, E.C. A.S T LONDON B ANK (Limited). Chief Office (Temporary)-124, Fenchurch-street, E.C. Capital, £600,000, with power to increase. BOARD OF DIRECTORS. Chairman—CHAßLES SALISBURY BUTLER, Esq., M.P., Tower Hamlets. Chairman of the Commercial Gas Com pany, and Director of Kent Water Works Company, Deputy -Chairman—CHAßLES CAPPER, Esq., Victoria (London) Docks, 9, Mincing-lane, E.C., Director of the Thames Graving Dock Company . John George Barry, Esq. (Messrs. Barry Brothers), Meriton's Wharf, Dockhead, S.E. Richard Bradshaw, Esq , Upper Clapton, N.E. Thomas Brushfield, Esq., Director of the Commerial Gas Company. Robert Collura, Esq., Director of the Scottish Union Insur ance Company. James Fennings Esq. (Messrs. R. L. and J. Fennings), Fen nings' Wh ,rf, ' London-bridge, S.E. Edward T. Foord, Esq. (Messrs. Barff and Co.), 9, Fenchurch street, E.C. William B. Greenfield, Esq., Director of the Pernambuco Railway. Albert Pelly, Esq. (Messrs. Pelly and Co.), 18, Finch-lane, E.C. George Smith, Esq., 86, Great Tower-street, E.C., Director of the Walt Water Works Company. Cornelius ord, Esq., Little Park, Enfield, Middlesex. Thomas White, Esq. (Messrs. White and Price), 57, mark lane, E.C., Chairman Bow Brewery Company. F.,OLICITORS.—Messrs. Thomas and Hollams, Mincing-lane, E.C. MAN AGER. —Mr. Henry Joseph Latter (late of the Bank of England). TERMS OF BUSINESS. Current accounts may be opened uven the usu and all ordinary business facilities will be afforded.al terms' Interest will be allowed half-yearly, at the rate of 2 per cent, per annum on the minimum monthly balance, if not below £500; and at the rate £1 per cent. if not below £lOO. When the balance falls below £lOO, no interest will be allowed. Deposit accounts may be opened by the general public, and interest allowed on all sums from £5 upwards, at the full current rate. pecial deposits, trusts, and other accounts, will bs taken, and a fixed rate of interest allowed for specific periods if desired. The Bank will undertake all ordinary Banking business, inch' ling the collection of notes, cheques, bills, Itc., payable in London, a n d th e f orwarding for collection such as are pay able in the country. The Ban , : will take charge of Exchequer Bills, India Bonds, &c., and will receive and pass the interest to account. London, Nov. 13, 18i3. VAST LONDON BANK (Limited).—NOTlCE. —The BUSINESS of this Bank has COMMENCED at No. 124, Feuchurch-street. H. J. LATTER, Manager. EAST LONDON BANK (Limited).—NOTlCE. —This (tank has purchased the premises No. 31, High street, Shoreditch, at the corner of Commercial-street, and hear the Great Eastern . Railway Station, and business will be commenced therein when the necessary alterations are Completed. EAST LONDON BANK (Limited).—NOTlCE. —This B an k h as t a ke n th e prem i ses N o. 97, High street, Irnitechapel, and business will commence therein When the nacessary alterations are completed. LAST LONDON BANK (Limited).—NO ricE. —This Bank has taken the premises No. 26, in Tooley teet (the corner of lliy's-lane), and will commence business therein when the necessary alterations are completed. tAST LONDON BANK (Limited). The Directors give Notice to the numerous applicants for iPPuintments that they have engaged the Offi:ers required 'or commencing bu , iness at the Chief Office. 'EAST LONDON BANK (Limited). The Directors are prepared to receive OFFERS of Suitable t Pttg MIsE, accompanied with a statement of terms and ,:nure, addressed to the Chairman, at the Bank, 121, Fen 'march-street, E.C. ANKRUPTCY AND COMPOSITIONS.- AItRAN Gr EM EN Mr. WETIIERFIELD, Solicitor, 35, Moorgate-street, ` -4 t Y, PRACTISE:). in COURT, and effects PRIVATE TS with creditors, without publi3ity. .;.! l arges, the lowfAt possible, payable by instalments. Conn ',vases econordically conducted. B —DEBTS recovered on commission, free of law costs. Divorce and Probate business conducted at moderate ex- Perm e. • GIVE YOUR HORSE A TREAT.—Two penny dally, mixe packedts with dampedof T chair ORLEY'S delic and acorn, ous CONDIMENT will, a three weeks hence, astonish the owner. Packed publicly at 1.t5, Fleet -street, City. None genuine without the Inventor's signature engraved on each packet. " Joseph Thorley." No Constitution lhlls or Condition Powders are required where tio J Condiment is used. BEAUTIFUL WOMEN.—Alabaster Powder, and the Magnetic Rock Dew Water from Sahara. 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 RACIIkL'S, 47A, New Bond-street, where she can be consulted daily. All communications are strictly confidential. GREAT DRAWING OF PRIZES WILL TAKE PLACE AT ST. JOSI - 43PIPS RETREAT, HIGHGATE, LONDON, N., On THURSDAY, the 26th of NOVEMBER, 1863, to aid in liquidating the Debt still remaining on the New Church and Organ ; and to assist in establishing the English Mission of St. Nicholas in Paris, now under the charge of the Passionist Fathers. The prizes of the first catalogue consist principally of objects of art and other precious articles, rresented by His Holiness, several Cardinals, Princes, and other persons of distinction in Rome. TICKETS SHILLING EACH. The amount realised ONE 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 . Any one purchasing or aiding in selling 25 tickets will be entitled to a large Engraving, either of the Death of St. Joseph, or of Blessed Paul 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 & CO., Wax Chandlers, ac., To the Queen and the Prince of Wales. (Established 17?0.) The Jurors' Report on Wax and Church Candles, in 1862, testifies to the excellence of the quality of Messrs. Tuckers' mann' twture. A distinguished Dignitary, in a letter addressed to Francis Tucker and Co., on the subject of WAX CANDLES with PLATTED WICKS, : " I ha ve found them u Ily says equal to the recommendation mend them wich you gave them, and f can sincerely, in my turn, recom to the clergy for the use of the altar." Finest quality. with Platted Wicks, patented.. 2s. 2d. per lb. Ordinary quality . 2e. Od. per lb. •• VEGETABLE CANDLES, with a Mixture •• •• • ure of Wax. second quality Lest quality Is. 3d. per lb. Third quality .. is. 3d. per lb. .. is. id. per lb. Carriage paid in London on Orders of Five Pounds in value. FRANCIS TUCKER AND CO.. 8, South Molton-street, stabuh Grosvenor-square. sedl3o) M . anuf actory— Kensington (E Englandeof the Altar. for the Manufacture The largest ot E lv s ax tab c li a s u hm dl e e n s t in for the use RUPT URES.-BY ROYAL LETTERS :PATENT. - - WHITE'S MOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (PERFECTED AND EXHIBITED IN THE GREAT I., xflinrrioNs OF 1851 AND 1862), is allowed by upwards of Two Hundred Medical Gentlemen to be the most effective invention in the curative treatment of HERN I A. '1 he use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effects, hi here avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the b ody, while the requisite resistingpower is supplied by the 810c -Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease And closeness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn t '_!_ ir ing sleep. A descriptive circular may be had, and the °fuss, which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the dr umference of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manufacturer, Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly. A Single Truss 18s. 21s. 265. 6d., and 31s. 6d. Postage , i s. A Double Truss, '3ls. '6d., '425., and 525. 6d. Postage, is Bd. A n Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. Bd. Postage, ie. VI Post -office Orders to be made payable to John White, otßce, Piccadilly. Post- NEW PATENT ELASTIC STOCKINGS, , '4 4 rdiuV o KNEE-cApS, &c. , for Varioose Veins and all oases of }porous I e an altness an o d Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, &a They are ight in te x t ure, and inexpensive, and are drawn on uv eft 43ll - Postag e ' E d 7king; Price 4s. 6d., 7s. 6d., 10s., to 168. JOIIN WRITE. Manufacturer. VA Piccadilly. It r - in p RF , in the innon,:i r ' HOSPITAL G ' *nn-road, way Terminu s, -- " , te vicinity of the ttward Masterman, Es Great Northern Rail s-cross Presidett a t— t I.) T i c r e ' D n---- uk T Treasurer—E d Itgo introduce cl. Duke of BUCCLEUCH, K.G. The cyu EEN. destitute sick, without the This was the first hospital and instant admission to mality of governors' letters. the principle of free that which is acco a m ti e .. ntir ely devoted todefor tution in its most pitiable forrn t 1 „ 8 1 panted by sickness and disease,-- requires but the magnitude that, with adequate s4, o (l is now of sufficient capable of admitting into its wards a .-,,;,-..., it cane to ~, large Proportion of funds in order to have SOO beds available I these the most wretched of our fellow-cre a 7„ th _e reception of , mooeod Ci ca ut l- p a a d t r it ee nt a s n a d vrt -e e l k . scin. it crratuitously affords?. on tae average, than The Weekly Board feel it their imperative duty t o „„ EARNEST APPEAL to the public for continued"`ake an to enable them to adm it and relieve the distr ess i ng 'uPPort, cases that daily present themselves. Contributions are received by the Treasurer, Edward l‘las., , rr n an, Esq. Ni c holas-lane; also by Messrs. Coutts a Co. ; Drummond . a nd Co. Co.;; Berries and o. Co.;; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Gl yn and Co. ; Jones Loyd and Co. ; Barcla y and Co. ; De nison and Co. ; W Mains, Deacon, and Co. ; Overend, Gurney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co. ; Messrs. J. Barred and Co., Liverpool and at the Hospital. 6TA.NFORD S. WITH Secretary ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. - IM theNEC and BERTRAND, 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 FOUNTAlN—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 MCOSIA, 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 EVERY EVENING at NINE O'CLOCK. Doors open at 8 o'clock. Admission, is. - Manager—M. GRENET. 29, GEORGE-STREET, HANOVER - SQUA RE. THE LONDON ANATOMICAL MUSEUM. Open daily from 10 till 10. Lectures at 4 and 7 o'clock. Where may be seen the Astecs ; Bushman and Wife ; Julia Pastrana and Infant ; Eng and Shang, the Siamese Twins; and upwards of 3,000 Models, Natural Pre parations, (tc. Egyptian Mummies, unwrapped, 4,000 years old. Admission, One shilling iior Gentlemen only). MR. A. B. HOLLINGSWORTH, COMIC VOCALIST. SUBSCRIPTIONS RECEIVE at the OFFICE of THIS PAPER for the above artist, suddenly afflicted with Blind ness, and, in his helplessness, having a wife and child de pendant on him. L_AMBER'rS ASTHMATIC BALSAM.—AN it EFFECTUAL REMEDY, without confining the bowels or affecting the head, truly efficacious and pleasant, is ad mitted to be the best medicine for immediately relieving coughs, colds, confirmed cases of asthma, and incipient con sumption. It frequently cures persons whom the faculty pronounce incurable, admirably allays the tickling which provokes frequent coughing. In approaching consumption its effects are truly beneficial. Persons deprived of sleep, or even lying down for fear of suffocation, may depend on relief in a few minutes after taking it. Prepared on,y and sold by , N L AMBERT, Chemist. 8, King-William-street, Charing zress, London, a nd by all druggists, i n bottles, 1301_, and e quantities in one, 2s. 9d. each. B e p ar ti cu l ar , an d ask for Lamberts Asthmatic Balsam, The name and address is engraved ou the stamp, No. 22,276. - "AO NOT FORGET YOUR APPOINTMENT. XI —We Sup at EVANS', Covent-garden, after Jullien's Concert. NEW NOVEL BY MISS EDWARDS. Just ready, in 3 vols., B A.RB AR A'S HISTORY. By AMELIA B. EDWAItDS, Author of "My Brother's Wife," &c. Hurst andßlackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Now ready, in magnificent Emblematic Cover, designed by John Leighton, F.S A., 215.; or in morocco, 31s. 6d, THE INGOLDSBY LEGENDS. An Illustrated Edi - lon, from no less than 6? Original Drawings by George Cruikshank, Leech, and Tenniel. Also now ready, 54th Thousand, The CHEAT EDITION of INGOLD3BY LEGENDS, ss. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. NOTICE. —ETON SCHOOL DAYS will he 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 GRAHAM, will be ready, in two vols., post tvo., price 2 is., on Wednesday, Nov. 25. London: John Maxwell and Co, , 122, Fleet-street. NOTICE. -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 Bco., 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 Edition, crown Bvo., printed on toned paper, pp. 352, price 6s. DEDICATED, BY PERMISSION, TO HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCESS OF WALES. THE LORD'S PRAYER. Illustrated in a Series of Etchings by LORENZ FROLICII. In one hand some quarto volume, appropriately bound in cloth, price 15s. " M. Frolich's ' Lord's Prayer' (with an etched dedication plate and prefatory plate, and ten etched designs illustrative of the text) is dedicated to the Princess Alexandra, as in duty bound, the artist being a loyal Dane, and is about to be pub lished in this country. It is a work worthy to be laid at the feet of so fair and gracious a lady. . . Nothing is more in genious in these designs than the way in which tne earthly and the heavenly are combined and oontraited."—Times. DEDICATED TO HER ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCESS LOUIS OF HESSE. MEDITATIONS on LIFE and its RELIGIOUS DUTIES. Translated from the German by FREDE RICA ROWAN. Published by Her Majesty's gracious Per mission. Being the Companion Volume to " Meditations on Death and Eternity." One Volume, Bvo., price 108. 6d. DITTO. Smaller Edition, crown Bvo , printed on toned paper, pp. 338, price 6s. DEDICATED, BY PERMISSION OF HER MAJESTY, TO H. R. H. THE PRINCESS BEATRICE. New Work by the Illusfrator of "Tile Lord's Prayer," " Mademoiselle Lilli," Sze. In I vol., small 4to, handsomely bound in cloth , pr i ce 5 5. , THE LITTLE DARLING at the SEA-SIDE. A Series of Drawings by LORENZ FnoLrcu. 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, 15S, Fleet-street. 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. JULLIEN'S CONCERTS. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE, EVERY EVENING at 8. Vocalist, Mdlle VOLPINI.—VioIin, Signor SIVORI. .THE BRITISH ARMY QUADRILLE—SeIection front FAUST—Grand Orchestra—three Military Bands, and full Chorus. Conductor, DS. JULLIEN. Promenade and Gallery, Is. ; Boxes, 2s. 61; Private Boxes, 10s. 6d., Lis. Is., and £llls. 6d. Places may be secured at the Box-office of the Theatre. T RE 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 pan. Miss Koppers, pupil of Charles Halle, pianoforte. Principal Vocalists -Miss Ellen Lyon (who will sing, by particular desire, a MS. B Iliad, called " The Song of Other Days," composed by J. P. Knight). Miss Edith Evelyn, Miss Butler, Mr. Buhler, Mr. George Henning, Mr. Larwill, Neighbour, and Monsieur Chantre. The Choruses will be selected from the works of Auber, Verdi, Bellini, Batte, Gounod, Sir H. Bishop, Maciarren, Pearsall, and Martini, including the Chorus from" Faust." The Band will perform the Overture, " lora Diavolo," 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, Culford-road North ; or of A. Masset, Esq., Hon. Sec., 13, Sandford-place, Stoke Newington-common, N. T " OXFO R D, 6, OXFORD STREET, W. THIS EVENING, will be performed Selections from the following Operas, viz., THE SLAVE, and CL ARA, the MAID of MILAN, by Sir Hy. Bishop ; also, from E MAT I and LA SONNA MBULA; by the following talented artistes : —Misses Russell, Townley, Fitz Henry, s slmsley, and Elli son ; Messrs. Green, Huish, Kimberley, Stuart, dm Also, Solos on the Violin by VIOrTI 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 HALL has been newiy Decorated, and is one of the most Beautiful in the Metropolis. Open at half-past 7 o'clock. Admission, area, 6d. ; stalls andbaloony, Is. ; private boxes, 10s. 6d. "THE GHOST CLUB" at the CANTERBURY HALL.—New and Interesting Spectral Tableaux.—Mr. C. MO RTON is enabled to announce that, through the medium of Professor Pepper's World of Shadows, a "GHOST CLUB" is nightly held at the CAN TERBURY HALL. The object of the Club is not 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 life, both in its serious and mirthful aspects ; and, by means of spectral tableaux, to recall, and still further impress on the mind, some of the teachings or pleasantries of the best 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 d rapidly replacer emphatic eefrruaitb iyoui sshstothers.caeslelillustrationSelections , cnodnt ss Thefaoanrpdialt Pictorial g;lhue Comsedy t i ts : eo e hdna p y. c sbo t pyn u r es r eft s :a . cin v uw i olutr usual, lhe e , elder Dramatists, of Scott, Hood, Ingoldsby, Dickens, &c. w in i ill d in t in hro n o th s ; (the modern Demosthenes), Eugene, George Marshall, and George H u t c h enson. Hodson, E. , , /i-zZ , e,/ , (.(-• .. , • -, ~ , ~ t. , ? - 1..., ..q.. 4, ‘-' . 4 ... •• • i t • ......, , ~,•. 1 .. ,. ,. t., _ ~ I' ~4..,''''41,44\41 '§'.,..„._ .. e...= ,1.. ..Wol.4ltit;•({ i", "0 • •ii. , -.., 0 ~.. 1 . ,': • _......... • , , i , , , , .:: r i 5 , lio , : ;1:: _ 8 ;:,..-'..--1.))7.:"...0.••:;--17.,,, 0 . , 4,• (177131:72'77,0_ , ;tom, ~ . • . 1 7 , :...r i i... , 1 : V.,1 . --.. , 50°1.J ~7 c,-). 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TEETI - I.—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 ace 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 arc not so liable to injury, are always useful, and will last a lifetime. Comfort g uaranteed. Trea tise explaining Mr. Eskell's Patent, &c., free for 7 stamps. Inspection of specimens and consultations tree. —B,Grosvenor street, Bond-street, W. ; and at 39, Bennett's-hill, Bir mingham. The Relief of Distress in the Manufacturing Districts. The following is the report of the Central Emu- 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 £1,979,36 9 ; tho outlay of the Boards of Guardians in excess of previous years being in this sum combined with the expenditure of the local relief committee. Of this total the extra charge on the parochial rates in 1862 and 1863 was £823,470, and that derived from strictly local subscriptions to either the local or central funds amounted to £535,898, irrespective of the large sums ex• pended in private charity. Notwithstanding that the diminution of the number of persons dependent on the parochial rates has up to the time been progressive, and amounts to 288, 551 since January last, your committee cannot rely on the continuance of the present amount of employment. It therefore expects to encounter an increased outlay to meet legitimate claims from the diminution of work, or from the inclemency of the sea- son in some of the winter months. Having regard to the various contingencies affecting the urgency and the duration of the distress, your committee has pleasure in reporting that the balance held by Messrs. Heywood Brothers and Co. on the 14th inst. amounted to £258,392 4s Id, by the Bridgewater House Fund £8t3,270 17s, 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 tho winter without the outbreak of any serious epidemic, or the appearance of any of those grave forms of disease, such as scurvy, diarrhcea, or dysentery, which commonly follow low diet, with little variety of food and the use of inferior kinds of aliment." In confirmation of this statement, the medical officer of the Privy Council, in his report presented the 31st of March, 1863, says—" It was a most satisfactory issue to the anxieties of 1863 that typhus did not become extensively prevalent in the cotton districts, and that, so far as the facts are yet known, there was no other great local derange ment of the public health." Every month of 1863 has been marked by the increase of employment and wages, and the diminution of indigence. And the last report of the hon. secretary states that " there are now 288,551 more persons dependent on their own resources, and " 120,000 persons more in full work," than in January, 1863. Your committee has carefully watched for any indica- tions which might arise in the population of the loss of power to resist endemic or epidemic disease, and it has ea• a mined with solicitude the quarterly reports of the Regis• trar-Genoral, as well as those of the Local Sanitary Asso. ciations, to ascertain whether the health and strength of ,he 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 awl the West Midland aro five divisions in which the highest rate of mortality prevails, ho states " that the history of the distress is not written in the death registers of the year that is closed" (1862). On the 30th of April, 1863, occur the following remark able passages :—" On comparing the returns of the deaths in the 11 divisions (of England) attention is immediately drawn to the fact, that in all divisions, with one exception, the deaths were more numerous last quarter than in the March quarter of 1862—and the single exception is found in that division where the staple industry in which half a million of persons are dependent is overthrown, and for a twelvemonth four-fifths of that number have sub sisted, unless the pittance has been added by previous earn ings or sale of household stock, on less than 4d a day per head." It will be gratefully admitted that the legal pro vision for the distress and the spontaneous liberality of their countrymen have hitherto sufficed to maintain the people in health." A paper read by Mr. Frederick Purdy, of the Statistical Department of the Poor-law Board, before the British As sociation, after an elaborate compar►son 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 diarrhea i " widely diffused over the country, were the chief immediate causes from which the increase of mortality, then reported 4; s p r ung." "The un favourable influences that were at work pervaded the coun try generally, and Lancashire did not suffer more than most parts, but less than some." And again, "notwithstanding the distress which still prevails" in Lancashire, " and the greater distress it has suffered, it will be seen that in the present returns it may be compared with Yorkshire with out disadvantage." Prior to the reception of this last Quarterly Report from the Registrar-General your committee had before it a report, obtained by Mr. Farnall, from the medical officers of the several Poor-law Unions of the cotton districts. This report exhibited a remarkable concurrence of opinion among these gentlemen that, apart from epidemic maladies whose origin and progress have been similar to those of other counties in which no distress exists, the health of the popu lation is in a satisfactory condition, there being no ascertain able connection between the origin, character, or spread of these diseases and the distress. In the Ashton-under-Lyne Union alone, in which the duration and pressure of the distress have been exceptionally great, did the medical officers report that the tone of the general health retarded convalescence from exhausting dis eases, and the recovery of women from child-birth, Dr. Noble, in a report to the Manchester Statistical Society, says concerning Manchester—" I have a certain well- grounded conviction that, within the last two years, there has been nothing as to the mortality of the cotton districts in any respect unusual, and assuredly nothing to establish a relation of cause and effect between it and the distress." Your committee has borne in mind the " almost singular milchiess of the winter" of 1862-3 (see " Report of Medical Officer of Privy Council), and would call the attention of the committees of all relief districts in which want of employ ment and consequent distress still prevail extensively, to the expediency of precautions against a winter of greater seve rity. An allowance for fuel and the distribution of clothing are necessary wherever the family has been long mainly de pendent on the relief funds, and these may be provided from the general grants. Having regard, also, to the more remote rather than the immediate consequences of a prolonged period of privation, your committee has, in the " Manual" recently published, called the attention of the local authorities to various sani tary precautions, especially the immediate emptying of cesspools and ashpits; the lime-washing of the houses ; the removal of all nuisances; and a house to house visitation to secure cleanliness and ventilation in the dwellings of those in the receipt of relief, as well as to the arrangements required to prevent the spread of infectious andicontagious 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" al.4s. 4d. (formerly 4s. Bd.), is the strongest and most delicious imported. Agents in every town supply it i. 14 Acketo4 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 Devonpart, 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 works, at Brentford, to be broken up. A large amount of war stores for China is now awaiting transport at Woolwich, including 8 -inch 52 cwt. guns for Shanghai, 20 and 21-pounder howitzers, and 20-pounder naval guns, &c., for Hongkong. The heavy shaft, weighing 22 tons, manufactured by Messrs. Penn, at Greenwich, for her Majesty's iron screw ship Minotaur, 6,621 tons, and 1,350-horse power, 110 W building at the Thames Ironworks, at Blackwell, was yes terday shipped at Woolwich for conveyance to the building yard. The Minotaur is now in a forward state for being launched. Instructions were yesterday received at. Woolwich to commence 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, theßanshee, 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 Railing 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 Harrham ; 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 4ft Sin in height, free from phy sical defect, and able to read and write well. The necessary forms of application are forwarded direct to applicants by the commanding officer of the Wellesley, Sir R. Mayne, Chief Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, accompanied by Mr. Mallalieu, principal superin tendent of the police forces at the Royal dockyards, visited Chatham dockyard on Tuesday for the annual inspection of the police at that establishment. After mustering the whole of the officers and men who could be spared from their ordi nary police duties, Sir R. Mayne saw the men go through their drill, which is now a regular part of their duty, He also inspected their clothing and accoutrements, and after examining the books and documents of the division, and transacting some business with Superintendent Richardson he left the dockyard and inspected the recently erected quarters of the married police, the internal arrangements and all the details connected with which he found most satisfactory. Orders were received yesterday at Devonport to put into commission the screw steam frigate Aurora, 35, now in the first class of the steam reserve in Hanioazo. She is to have a complement of 515 men, is to be fully stored and provi sioned, and for the present will be attached to the Channel squadron. The paddlewheel steam tender, Princess Alice, M. Dyer Master, has been placed in No. 1 dock at Devonport to have her bottom cleaned. The iron screw steamship Defence, 16, Capt. Augustus Phillimore, went yesterday outside Plymouth breakwater to make a trial of her engines at the measured mile. The screw steam corvette Pelorus, 22, Capt. Boys, got up steam yesterday, and went from Hamoaze into the Sound, where ehe will receive her powder and ammunition. To day she will make a trial trip. The screw steam frigate Constance, 39, was removed yes- terday from Hamoaze into the Prince's dock, at Devonport, to have her bottom cleaned and valves overhauled, prepara tory to her being placed at moorings in the first division of ,he 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 _ . . udia station. Any officer who may pass the Staff test in Hindustani, or a good colloquial examination in Arabic or Persian, will receive a sum of 180 rupees, being equivalent to six months' allowance at 30 rupees a month, drawn by interpreters of regiments for the entertainment of a moon shee, or instructor of native languages. The Government of Bombay will communicate to the senior naval officer on I,he 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 IL 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 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 GO feet ; the engine house and alum stores, 50 feet by 60 feet, tapering off at the end to only 21 feet. From the inquiries made of the offi dais 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 linger 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 sevenin 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 o ut 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 o f th e catas t ro ph e could be learned. A g lare 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 louse, two substantial brick and timber buildings, hurled to pieces, theboiler blown into a mis-shapen form, and the alum store similarly de stroyed. The cries of several men told at once th a t t h e 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 eraployed o n 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 poor fellow helves pronounced to be quite dead. The body was 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 reco very. How the other persons working n e ar escaped appea rs quite a miracle. Th e 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. Hend erson, chief officer of the D district, upon receiving the news started with a couple of engines to the spot. A plentifu l supply of water havi n g been obtained, the firemen and the inhabitants at once went to work, but the stock in the open yard having become ignited, to get the fire out was a work of difficulty. All hands, howeves, kept to their work, and even tually the y succeeded in getting the e, fire extinguished. Th e total dama g e is very considehrabl and is thus officially rep orted by Mr. Henderson to t e in surance companies forming the London Brigade:— " Nov. 18, 1863—Called at half-past 7 aG a.m.w mtoillapfirore. alum works, at the promises of Mr. J . B other , steam st E prietor, and creosote a nd reenwich - L engines that attended, two ca_D district an those of the parish and private firms. Brick and timber buildings, used as alum stores, boiler and engine houses, about 701 t by 60 and 60 by 21, severely damaged by explosion, and stock in open yard seriously dam age d b y fi re . W. Anson, one of the workmen, killed, and four others severely injured and taken to the hospitals. The property was insured in the Leeds and Yorkshire and Northern Fire-offices." A very searching inquiry was made during the day by the brigade authorities for the purpose of ascertaining, if pos sible, how the explosion occurred, but nothing satisfactory could be gleaned, but the prevailing opinion is that it was caused from the anxiety of the men to generate steam. THE PROPOSED CONGRESS, ------ No one who has looked with attention at the t, 11 1 ofpublic opinion among the French can have Me, ' 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 Eihwnamisswhpihenir to liberties c co of incurred sr rred great expense, and is ev en now me naced across the Atlantic; and with the p eo p le of France, the artisans, the labourers, the low er classes, the war in Mexico is unpopular to the l ast de g ree. ofl thappens also that throughout France gen erall y , there is, it not a sympathy, at least a reluctan ce to quarrel wiih the Northern States: They have no ehfie he a t h e dw s s t . „ohce South. aiolmndtdshgeLlilisaad In ndifficulty lgladly theFayettetb e i p spoint, sustainedesronnc iseio ntcteegno therefore, ry i aa n vdt g haif afteoecvra by uo t ti voice atcy another the , Europe. .it of still greater importance. Europe is well aware that in the matter of Poland France has been restrained by the moderation of the Emperor, and that too in the face of a diplomatic defeat. Now, if by would obtain what it p m d ee e rs a oi n rr es,B wh o , o the h :0 wr i C hg o ei n nl ega credittr e e d s s it. F wr Sus tainedea n u c l d e m ain th w e i r t e h b t y he th E e consentient voice of Europe,Rus rseiamwould hardly venture to confront him in her pre p that Hungary if all terected into an io, all independent t epe a n tt d i e t n ud t es.tatPlae,owenud, would at events gainae other hand, consti tutionßussiaofeehmerewowhant, and the w ea o m n e ld Occupy with ollce s regard sns to these o ccupies with regard to Austria. If, on th Russia st o.tes should w hieh refuse h a d acted e t t o e d make c with France i n th e 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 en gagein 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 P 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 OF 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 FcSTER, the secretary, read the minutes of the last meeting of the society, which were confirmed. The CHAIRMAN then delivered, in accordance with the usual custom, the opening address of the session. He commenced by expressing his regret that he had to follow so able a chairman as his friend Sir Thos. Phillips, and after adverting to the alteration and improvement of the hall in which the society were held, he adverted to the losses which the society had recently sustained by death, alluding especially to the late president, Mr. William Tooke, Mr. Alderman Cuhitt, Mr. Joshua Field, Mr. Joseph Glynn, and Mr. Mulready. Mr. 'William Tcoke had, he remarked, filled every office of the society, and even when he was not able to take an active part in its affairs, he always evinced a great anxiety for the welfare of the institution. In speaking of the policy which the council proposed to follow during the ensuing session, the chairman referred to the action of the society in the cause of education. That some system for encouraging 'private study after leaving school had become absolutely necessary from the universality of education, was never, he said, so apparent as now, when the attractions of sensation novels were, if not absolutely injurious, tending to excite feelings and sentiments, calculated to lower rather than to elevate the tastes and prin ciples of their readers. Many of the objections to the competitive examinations did not apply to those adopted by the society. Cramming could not be adopted before their examiners. The examina tions were not entered up on to give a particu lar position in a college, or in military or naval life, but were pursued by those who hoped to gain the notice of their employers by great sacri fices and severe labour after their day's business was over. The working classes formed the base of our industrial fabric, and too high a value could not be attached t o any step which enabled them to obtain an acquaintance with sound principles of political economy, which would influence their own conduct and e nable them to influence that of others. The first exhibition of specimens of wood carving wa s held in J un e last, and a second exhibition would be held in that room in a few days. In pro viding p a pers for the ir Wednesda y evenin g meet ings they would endeavour as much as possible to select subjects interesting to the members. Arts, manufactures, commerce, and agriculture, will all meet with attention during the session, but the council would particularly urge the co•operation o f the members in finding good and interesting papers to be read a t these meetings. Those announced for the evenings before Christmas were likely to mor e than usually inte r e s t in g ; but, besidesf - lectures these papers, they ha d arran g ed thre e courses o by professional gentlemen eminent in their special departments. They would be deliveredhtt on Monday o r on Thursday evenings, as might be found most convenient. The first course, b ings, D.C.L., is on " I nternationa y lLaw and its r. G. W. H as te and b Com mercial Relations," gin before Christmas. The others, by Mr. Creep e on " Chemistry A Calvert, F.R.S., Burgess,and Mr. "Fine Arts Applied Applied to the Arts," and to y lndustry, will follow in suc cession. The council have this year, in conjunction with the Colle ge o f quennial Physicians, to award the quill " Swinev Prize," consisting of a silver cup, value £lOO, eont j t • • ming the best p u bli s h a purse of £lOO in gold, for council will also, treatise ou Jurisprudence. The also, at the end of the session , a ward, for the fi rs t t i me, - the society's gold Albert medal for distinguished c merit in arts, manufactures, or com merce, the new dies for which aro in progress, the likeness of the Prince Consort having been submitted for the approval of her Maiesty. The chairman then adverted to the bust of the Prince Consort, by Mr. Theed, which was placed in the room, and when the pictures ordered were completed, they would have in sculpture and on canvas the very best likenesss that could he had of the Prince Consort, as a likenc•F,s of her Majesty• chairman then paid n high compliment to the Prince .Consort for his desire to promote the social nd intellectual After some fur provement of the working elas a es. he r o b s ervations, th e chairman, in conclusion, said that the society ha d a g reat duty to perform. t Let us strive, be said, to release industry f rom the shackles of prejudice and ignorance—to encourage t h e greatest freedom for the exercise of talent, come f ro m whence it may, and thus to maintain this so ciety in the foremost rank of those who are striving to e xtend the operation of those he humanising and L s' peace ful influences which invari a bly f o ll ow - the TORTURE IN SICILY. The Precursors of Palermo publishes the follow ing extraordinary and very painful communication the 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- vino Morvillo :-- Sir,—Every one who knows anything of the condition into which our country has fallen, whether by inheritance from the deposed Government, or through the errors of the actual Administration, in which ignorance and stupidity have been substituted for reason and good sense, is aware that unfortunately enthusiasm for the destinies of nations has been replaced by that universal discontent which the enemies of liberty distort into distrust in the future of our Italy. This position of affairs, which is unhappily growing worse, is a source of 'great grief to those who love their coun try, and who strive on the one hand to warn the Govern ment of its fatal errors, and on the otber, to modify public resentment by offering suggestions which may guide the opinion of the vulgar, and prevent their proceeding to ex treraes. 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 me how a lad named Antonio Cappello, the son of a poor widow in the Via maequeda, had been tortured at the Military Hospital at Pa lermo. They had tortured him because, having been born dumb, rmo they asserted that he pretended to be unable to speak in order to avoid the conscription. I laughed at this story as a fabrication only worthy of laughter ; and then, thinking I ought to prevent the danger of such a story gaining credit, I went in search of the widow Cappello, and found her in a little house in the Via Banchera. Her name was Rachel Fuggita Trischitta ; she had been born at Naples, and settled at Palermo since 1820. Her age, 63 years, made her vene rable in my eyes. I asked her for her dumb son, and she replied, showing me a blood -stained blouse, " He is at the Military Hospital; they took him from me as a recusant conscript, and tried to force him to speak by starvation, blows, and fire." I was horrified at her words, and felt I must be satisfied of their truth, so I asked her to repeat them, and to inform me to the full extent of her knowledge. The poor mother then said, "I asked for news of my An toni o La nd could not get any ; I soug h t it w ith th e anx i e ty of a mo ther for her son, and h ear d t h at f rom a l ane b e hi n d the am peausa Palace he w as h ear d cry i ng, as if under going 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 fail to leave a deep im pression on my mind. I took leave of her, and under the strong impulse of my feelings, returned home to write a statement of all I had heard. If I sent it to the journals of the country, hardly restored to order—l reasoned with myself —I should give pleasure to the Armonia, to the Stendardo, Cattalico, and other retrograde journals, and thus furnish fresh arguments to the propaganda of our enemies, adding to the discontent of the masses. No, I said to myself, I must control my own feelings, and think of Italy, which must suffer from public scandals, and so I decided on destroying that which I had written. Still the unhappy man, groaning under the torture, the bloody garment shown to me by the mother, were like spectres following me about, and I felt it an imperative duty to interfere in the interests of Antonio Cappello, so I went immediately to the Qumstor, accom panied by my friend Signor Antonio Castellini, 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 waited for him in vain, and began to fear that the Signor Serafini had no power in the matter. But the case was urgent, and ad mitted of no delay, so I bethought myself of turning to the Procurators 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 public anger, and I did not 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 committed by agents of the Government. It is necessary that the people should learn that if there are men in the employment of the Go vernment capable of such deeds, there are also magistrates who know how to punish them. Sismondi appeared to appreciate the gravity of my request, and promised to attend to it immediately and solicitously; he asked me to leave the blood stained garment with him, 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 reaehed me, and I have learned only one additional fact, of which I have been informed this day. Some days ago, after the visit of the expert surgeons after the exami nation of Cappello's mother, after, by means of an inter preter they had taken the depositions of the wounded man, and the dumb creature had been taken away and thrown into prison, the old mother asked at the military hospital if she might see her son. She was received with angry rudeness, and told, first by an official and then by a military surgeon, that she need not hope to see her son,who must pay the pena lty 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 even i ng 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 up and f c r r o y m ag t a h ins e h t a th n e ds au w t h h i o c r h s of h asvuechtoirntiunrueid them a young manty, It is time to wrest whose crime is that he was born dumb. Torture in 1863 . , under a liberty which has been bought by blood and of sacri fice, is a disgrace to a Government born of the suffrages t the people. The gag , t he stri p es, the b u rnin g seal, are n • w ritten in the plebiscite wh ich we vo t ed , and which we will sustain. The honour of the militia, to whom these d ee ds are i m puted, must be repaired. The offen ce to h© rights of soc iety, injured by this crime, which i s a i s to the age and to civilisation, must be repaired. In ho ldi n g up this black deed to public retribution , I ho p e that t h e know ledge of it will reach Turin, and find an echo in Parliament —there where little is known of o ur misfortunes, is less intention of remedying them. ANTONINE MORVILLO. I'alermo, Nov. 5, 1863. AN IMPERIAL STAG HU:r.-MO Progres de 1. Oise publishes the subpined intelligence from Compiegne :—" The stag hunt, which had been fixed for Wednesday, took place, although. the weather was un favourable, rain having fallen heavily during all the morn - in;'. Tho place of meeting was the Carrefour du Puits-d " RA, anld,hae Ecomnpsied.reorraNbvleas c n r o o t w p d re a s s e s n e t m a b t le th d e t i o lu N n v t itn cgs the lilecrm ilf d e . sport. Majesty accompanied the Empress and the the way. At one o'clock the Empress, in a walking,guestspart of arriv.id, and the guests, among whom were Piince Napoleon, (ire"' Princess Clotilde, and the Princess Anna and were greeted with the acelam4ationnasMourrat, Shortly after the hounds got on the scent of a superb stag, nea r the Carrofour do r Embuseade, " where it was killed. The curse could not take place the ' same evening on account effeeted on the following evening. On o u t h T e h w ur e s a d t a h y er t „ he b but w our a t s and the chateau of Pierrefounds, the guest s works o teanok f which excursion the have been carried on this year with great activity. On Friday there was a battue in of the reserved park, where 900 head of The courts an , tl game were killed, which 175 fell to the Emperor's gun. but pass o a r ge e s of the Palace have hitherto been i lighted by oil,given for gas to be everywhe re laid one'; have been just , / -r- 1 ( , ( E cultivation of the understandinanC - so• more fully to appreciate the .* of God—whether manifested ty4g: e ous development of life in the cuke, visible only through the misc aore; 43 K-3..." grandest and most magnificent worksiif CaatiS —so that all alike may feel and acknowlediCel in the words which our president selected for tbt in - scription of the Royal Exchange, that— " The earth is the Lord's and the fulness thereof.'" (Applause.) The CHAIRMAN said it now became his duty to' distribute the Prince Consort's prize awarded at the last examination, and the prizes awarded to the artist workmen who were successful competitors at •he wood-carving h firs -mentioned : bitiou held in June last. The prize, which was £25, was: aw . PL i ed to. Mr. Wm. Vaughan, aged 22, City of L on dcoo College; clerk, elerk, who had obtained the follow ing first-ebo. cer,,ihotes, rithmetic, geometry, hook-keeping, rnenBurait:con,w. .algebra, trigoronactry, and in conic sections. The CHAIRMAN compli ' in a i; his industry and ability in a . r d d referee; connexion with the above ;lib' 4 1 r1g . this prize, Mr. Vaugh,en on n‘ t e to his stn dies The following are the namesjco'f-'rl competitors in the wood-carving _ A_lrr ji‘teiahiehr exhibition, successful'ißti.oint,u ißum ford, o. MersGMeiklc whom prizes were awarded :--- john, William-street, Regent's Park; ford, Eccleston-street, S.W. ; AT 111, Tachbrook-street, Pimlico ; Mr C. Hurnofge.rL-;, Mr T. H. Kendall, Mr Green, and Mr W. Perry, North Audley-street, Grosvenor square ; Mr 11_`),' Baylis, Judd-street, Brunswick-square ;MrJ. ii Kindall, of Warwick ; Mr R. Flipping, Mr J. M,. Leach, of Loath, Lincolnshire ; and to Mr C. J. Horly, of Camden-place, South•street, Taunton. The names of the new candidates for admission as members of the Society were then read over by the secretary, and the meeting separated. A Safety Locomotive for Sharp Curves. Mr. Cross, the engineer of the St. Helen's Rail way, Lancashire, has been for some time occupie d with the construction at the company's wor ks of a new class of engine, the result of which i n p ractice so well corresponds to sound theory that it is likely to exercise a material influence on the structure of new railways, by the substitution of sharp curves for tunnel s i n moun t a i n reg i o ns, and also for facili tating junctions between lines and the entrance into cities and towns. It is a fact seldom adverted to that the governing datum in railway construction is the capacity of the engine for passing round curves and up grades or inclines. Hi therto, the construction of • eng i nes has only adapt e d them for running with a free• roll ing movement on straight lines, even when accu rately made, and only capable of running on curve-st 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., the axles as close together as possible. The result of this has been an unsteady base and a topheavy superstructure, liable to constant oscillation from two affecting causes—the alternate motion of the pistons on the crank and the irregularities of the rails. On curves binding the rails closer to the wheel flanges the oscillation would 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 sudden impediment or a deflected rail. The enormous weight of the engines has tended to counterbalance this risk, but at the cost of greatly increased dc- structive wear. The St. Helen's line, running through a hilly mineral district, is a remarkable sample of sharp curves and gradients. In a length of about 30 miles it has a constant succession of curves, varying from 500 feet radius down to 170, and it has gradients from one in 85 to one in 35, and it has, moreover, a large number of " points and crossings" opening into the various mineral deposits. This line has been usually worked by short engines on six wheels with four coupled wheels as drivers, paid connected to scparate tenders for the supply of fuel and water, the length of the wheel base of the engines being about I'2 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 ady:ed to run safely with the tender behind, and in the working and shunting the loss of time and labour, and expense, was considorable. For this reason Mr. Cross set about the construction of an engine that should be capable of running freely and without impedimental friction in a straight line, and either end foremost, and also pass with free rolling movement round curves of as sharp a curve as a radius of 132 feet, or what engineers call two chains. To say that it was pronounced impractica ble by men of routine is merely to say that it was out of 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 framo 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 the ordinary mode of construction, they could not move in a curved line without a good amount of impedimental fric tion. This friction is avoided by a very simple pro cess of construction. The wheel tires are applied on hoop springs of elastic steel placed between the wheel and tire. On these springs the tires can slip or revolve without sliding on the rails, and thus the revolutions of the tires are adjusted to the varying length of the rails on curves by self-action. Th is sliding of the wheels on the tires is not found in any way to impede the tractive power of the en gine, but th e contrary. The extreme wheels at o either end h ave their tires applied in the Sam mode, but another movement is also supplied —the axles have v ery l ong b ear i ngs, an d t h e boxes 1 which they run, instead of being struck from c e axles, are formed in curved lines . this cur parallel to th a ff .4 al points, and are permitted to move in . d es be neath this is that the vature through the hornplates and u axle - g ni neath the spring shoes. The result of the course of wheels and flanges are free to fo llow and on curves, the rails both on the straight 1 e in point of advantage 1 on curves always with the very important x t' es safety that the extremete ( 1 ) 1 t the aurv e, h an u d h con t s h e- o point truly to theecteon ther rails, 0 Q r e e v a - n l ir t ing o the g axle quently are square of a " - 4 There is, therea curve may be in the form opposite directions. escape from the to radiate in O PP°s• - : e wheels to fore no tendency in the radii, the great length of the or straight lines, and though rails either on curves or such small the • action of the pistons adapted to su revents both vertical and late frame governs andd controls e wheels are deprived of th on the cranks, an hit p e late ral oscillation,. irregularity by the removal of the dangerous friction, and the wear and. their vicious and costly and rails is reduced to the minimum. process is simple for rendering heavy tear of tires powerfulThus,the engines practicable by increasing an d t base, and distributing the load for the their wheel of heavy gradients. A mountain side may ascent traversed b y a series of zigzags, like th ose thus be travers of the old horse paths, and narrow an d tortuous valleys may be threaded along the course of moun tain streams. The highlands of Scotland and of Wales, of Derbyshire and the Lake districts, the mountain regions of Italy, Switzerland, and Spain are all within the reach of a cheap system of steam tlocomotion, dispensing with costly t unnels and pro pderos of time ; and it becomes easy to deal with the streets and roads of towns and cities, when a powerful engine capable of lure loads and Ligh speeds can move freely round a curve similar to that of the Oxford -street circus. If any of (nix readers doubt, let them visit the St Helcn';; line and judge for tbetmelvcs, where they will find an engine, not merely not costly, hut with a principle eapub:e of adaptation to existing stock. Millen°, engine s f or li nes o f s h arp curves h a ve not been well adapted to high speed, but that difficulty la is plains has ce ase d . T he same engine may traverseoti and make it s j ourney through—or ratherhthe exception over—the the p mountains with equal facility with , that it can no t carry so heavy a load advantage that u phill as on the plain. And it has th e additional the blending a sharp cu r ve with a steep ascent—the most difficult of all railway problems under present in y interfere with flee power beyond that due to gravitation and ax rolling movement, er abs7rerl any friction.— Times, 'cuts rince