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STAMPED ....sd. 11113P,RS0NS SEEKING LANDED 11,,p_TATES, TOWN AND Coll - \ TRY RESIDENCES,_ pit;,;,7OLD AND I.ENSTiItiOLD INVESTMENTS, AND , r ` 6 42 . %n t lIIIS G :. NPI RA 1, LY— thro,,,iit; RAT> GRATIS, at the principal Railway Bookstalls (, No_ „;-,u,s_o_ut the kingdom , or at the Auction and Estate Offices, , 1 ; sip„"L'-21ancery-lane, London, Messrs. 1 , .. and H. L , Y ces of is,ZOOI,EnTY 1 1EGIaTER," C:ontain!ne; ayaried selection th e nos in and house properties now in the market, from Cottac,"" e rnan's mansion, with its manorial domain, .Th.rKe.Yfith its few acres. brz te —l e I.lts OF PROPERTIES wishing to Sell or Let can o. to the cra te; afford s I le oPPortunity that the medium of this . Re i w the }:st ate • .3, sendinE; the particulars of their properties , o s 141 411 e ,o 9ffice s , 7. Chanc.ry-lane, London, as the I l 'here i, c an in most cases introduce immediate custo a e m: o e s i r r a s; jag" ti the property is of an eligible charar ter, thereby incon. 'e we :ice. lis aayantages of delay and its attendant T R .. 5 . thas,i'Y IS NO CHARGE incurred, unless a tenant or mir k,' ~ IS introduced throucrh Messrs. Lumley's Agency, '.l:9en onlythe usual moderate commission. .......21ction and Land 01E.ces, 67, Chancery-lane, London. _ —_________ qtARDI4IsT FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY. Th e 1... . SPECIAL NOTICE. ulrectors are now e red to grant Insurances on ° l , 4l7 art tl ie n :o l l : r e /t in the PorrotpaLoadm ATES. at the REDUCED a tteet, R .c s to be obtained at the Offices, 11, Lombard- PPER. I AL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, -01,01 d Broad-street, London, E.C. Instituted 1820. AD n iIEN RY DAVIDSON, Esq., Chairman. In s ;;;;" REN. ItY CHAPMAN. ,Deputy-Chairman. t Stitled ces eireeted before the 31st Janu e a i ri, 1804, will be cl arn.. , to Three Years' Additions in thProfits to be de la 1866. SAMUEL INGALL, Actuary. SPECIAL NOTICE. THE BOOKS OF THE IV RTII BRITISH AND MERCANTILE INSURANCE COMPANY, For the Year 1863, close on 31st December. adtirt7Yolieles effected on or before that date will rank for an „ r, 'nal Year's Bonus in comparison to later entrants. p.,.. 4 „tfi s e Four Years preceding last Divisloti . o e f p' o iT (1858), the Company issued 1,595 b in . ; assurint. , , £1,221,608 th til e - e Four suc'eeding Years the number of Polices issued amounted to 3,168, and the '''4lla/3 aatillred to ... £2,22 ~ 5z2 nEING AN INCREASE OF 82 PER CENT. Th e Pkikzy,ol•XTll SEPTENNIAL DIVISION of the CON TI 8 P ROFITS will take place on 31st December, 1865. IkTPjA /V401, E PROFITS WHICH HAVE ACCUMIT ‘. SINCE 1 1sx DECEMBER, 1858, WILL THEN - ' 41 0,2 4v-ID ED, AND NINETY PER CENT. ALLOCATED SC at . - rat -. 2*08 u it rey-ON-TRE-r-mtpienvi.TlN CERTIFICATES of' INDISPITTABILI FY granted, and every facility offered to Lauren. FIRE DEPARTMENT. n,nsftran. —oer a l es granted both at Home and Abroad on the most kerniS , the of Proposal and eve Comp 'nation will ts be given at ' l ead Office, or any of theany's Agen. By order. 411,1 014 November, 1863. HEAD Orricms: oNnorr. .......... . 5B, Threadneedle-street. • ............. 1 4 New Bank Buildings. Lothbury. West -end Office 8, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall. E DINBURGH 64, Princes-street. F. W. LANCE, Secretary. IVIJUILIEN'S CONCERTS. • HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE . t'OSIYIVELY THE LAST WEEK BUT ONE OF TILE SEASON. Vocalist, Mdlle. VOLPINI. Conductor —M. JULLIEN. Commence at S.—Admission, One Shillinz. To - morrow (Friday) a MENDELSSOHN NIGHT HE GREATEST ATTRACTION in LONDON during the CATTL SHOW is b THE GREAT SENSATION LION HUNT, Mons. ZOOLNERETNA, the Great African Lion Hunter, with 20 LIONS and TIGERS, At EDMOND'S (late Wombwell) ROYAL WINDSOR CASTLE MENAGERIE, CHURCH -STREET, ISLINGTON. l'il°llB andS of persons unable to obtain admission nightly. Open Daily from 12 a.m. till 10 p.m. E 0 X F OR D, Tim 4 , OXFORD STREET, W.. Sollogin°4lA EVENING, will be performed Selections from the OPeras, viz, T iIE SLAVE, and ARA, the ki,l?of MILAN, by Sir H. Bishop ; also, from LA FX . B t Z es A S. ElNO—Verdi ; by the following talent and ih's Russell, Townley, Fitz Henry, almsle e y, d a Ty is rrell AI R , 18°13 ; Messrs. Green, Huish, Kimberley, Stuart, &c. Celebr:, , Solos on the Violin by VIOf TI COLLINS. the ' w ed English Violinist. 4 F lute by Dr ew D ean . Pianoforte, Miss Bryant. T 11411,-,the Maellous instrument, the ORCHE , by Her SC LKENBACH, the Inventor. . tb ltAL cora ( „ 1 ” Director, Mr. F. Jonghmans. v. itat-a.,,bY UNSWORTH c , or any oilier man"), Euge v n e. e. - vas Gi tn - V, W. T. Critchfield, T. Maclag,an, and the mar Th e p t " t ) H enderson. mo st IIeALL has been newly Decorated, and is one of the o De antiful in the Metropolis. alivit Za t ,s ha lt - Past 7 o'clock. Admission, area, 6d.; stalls 4,1 15. • private boxes, 103. 6d. utir R e A ,. GHOST CLUB" at the t3 Peetrapi, -- ' , NICERBURY HALL.---New and Interesting* that th Tableaux... —Mr. C. MORTON is enabled to announce th,adw. °ll2 h lhe * medium of Professor Pepper's World of qttt . 6-0,"(illosT CLUB" is n , ghtly held at the CAN- T u e °1)111 1 - ',, HALL. The object of the Club is not the re le ~,w the Haunted Houses of London ; but, through reiiii;,;"'Y of Phantoms, to present vivid (if transient of of the drama of real lite, both in its serious Olti7e ' ll ll , tut aspects ; and, by means of spectral tableaux. and still further . impress on the mind, some weniru,,,s or ple.santries of the hest wrlers. At pre 'tad t"e two orders of Slavery—the Slavery of Hr.• South, " White" Slavery Pi a more boaful eivibsation, m; `lnnhatic illustration of ; and these life pictures will be t ePlacei by otlik-ls. The pages of Shakspere and the ramatiate, of Scott, Hood, Inuoldsby, Dickens, Ac., Ac., Alf I t urns, furnish subjects for illustration. le other Musicai and Pictorial attractions as usual, (th e Operatic Selections, Ac. ; Comedy by Unsworth Alarst'pfiern Demosthenes), Eugene, George Hodson, E. all, and George Ilutchenson. 11 °Y A.L ALHAMBRA.— F R ANC ON I'S GRAND IMPERIAL CIRQUE Every Evening. R ANcONT'S GRAND IMPERIAL CIRQUE the ROYAL ALHAMBRA Every Evening. P IT I S ,,Y MORNING PERFORMANCE of htt..Tif ''' II\7 CONI'S C RAND IMPERIAL CIRQUE on itI) AY k next, at T ooc oc . Vi i i 4 ROOMS, Great Windmill street, Durir, +l. e Piccadilly. jeat l eon by Mona. ,at Her Ei 7EAN g Th ea ,ler t ts v hegißeALL will commence EVERY at NIZ4E O'CLOCK. Doors open at 8 o'clock. Admission, ls. Manager—M. GREN ET. p vv 29, G EORGE -STREET, HANOVER-SQUARE. I i HE LONDON ANATOMICAL MUSEUM. e ' 1,,,_ 0 1/en daily from 10 till 10 . L ectures at 4 an d 7 wife ". 'Where may be see n th e A sters ; Bushman an d Julia Pastrana and Infant ; Eng and Shang, the allaw. Twins ; and upwards ot 3,000 Models, Nat ural Pre lolarEttic.ms, Am. Egyptian Mummies, unwrapped, 4,000 years ` 4 ' Admission, One shilling , tor Gentlemen only). SMITHFIELD FAT CATTLE SHOW egh t ,lNT LONDON THIS WEEK.—Sixty-f our Animals ttroited had been fed on Food seasoned with 145, THOR- S delicious CONDIMENT, and T ventfive gl ne d Prizes. Penny packets, packed Publii.tly at- „_eet-street, City. None genuine without the Inventor's -.l)Pltture engraved on each packet, " Joseph Thorley." aqZ.ead the Discussion on this Condiment, held n Hanover- Iv er `t s e Roorns, and judge for yourselves how itt opponents ylPut hors de combat—one an Oil Cake Dealer, the other ` ter inarY Surgeon. May be had free on application. PEcTAcLEs.— The Patent Newl , 7-invented 110),,,Tinted Sp ec t acles are patronised b y th e ma J^Til of the orchn ar including Vi scount Palmerston. They afford extra iz:ito,r relief to " vrealt, dim, and detective vino! L—S. and B S, Opticians, 39, Albemarlestreet, P iccadilly. 1 1 c1 2' 1 ' 11 0 4 , RUPTCY AND COMPOSI :TIONS., A. 1 6 ?, A PRZET TIE RFIELD. Solicitor, 35, Moe vg_a_tc., 3 .t!Ta Ci ta Z•liGiglSE in COURT, and effrt e s i v N c - Z; e B 2 th elo 4 4lT a fS with e creditors , aae wi h it publicity. bl by instals tents. Conn ec°llllto7catSy"cosinbidiiCiteyd. be l)- "lee t)E .„ --- ,,, ,8 recovered on commission, free of law costs. - —l 4 Probate business conducted at moderate ex _ IrAUTIPUL WOMEN.—Alabaster Powder, ca s , ta and the I Magnetic Rock Dew Water froi n Sahara. Cir ostly4,ll-Tota, Arabian Soaps, and Alabaster Liid. The . se v L eetti, thlraitable toilet preparations re ader the_ hair, •iiact „11,ac9nplexion beautiful beyond compa rison.—_U s a ree D,e , Wbe re 'q e z Madame RACIDO,'S, 47A, Nei v lond t "net' can be consulted daily. All co mn iumcations are VirtrPTITRES.—BY ROYAL LETTERS LATENT. y v RITE'S TRUSS MOC-MAIN THE GREAT 1',4 (PERFECTED AND EXHIBITED IN LEVE R of rtx,..!IIIITIoNEI OP 1851 AND 1862), is allowed .by upwar ds il ly ,' hundred Medical Gentlemen to DC the ; most e ffecti ve I,„ntion in the curative treatment of 11 hIL , .. e 6 NI A. F Use of a steel spring, so often hurtf al in its e tlie I,,,,tivere avoided—a soft bandage being ' "rn round by the ka , j, while the requisite resisting power is supplied ari s illain Pad and Patent Lever, fitting wl al so d ma be worn di;`o-oseness that it cannot be detected, 9 a— a nd the fp,;,N* sleep. A descriptive circular may be ha d , a __ .ch ease 1,427, which cannot fail to tit, forwarded by post, on t he e. teullerence of the body, two inches below the hips, being Lit to the manufacturer, Mr. WHITE, 22 8, Plocadill y. 4A k Single Truss, 165., 215., 28s. 6d., and 31s. 6d. Postage, ls. ,` Doubts Truss, 31s. 6.1., 428., and 525. 6d. Postage, is 6d. n t iabilical Truss, 425. and 625. Od. Poste ge, ls. 10d. made payable to J "hn White, Post orost-office Orders to be e e, Piccadilly. NEW PATENT . t L AST IC STOCIK/N Gs, I .Va a I CNEE-CAPS, &c., for Varicose Vei 1114 and all oases of tor knebs and Swelling' of the Le, Srat) 1 ,, am. They are 3,1,.: 48 1 hght in texture, and Inexpensive. -and are drawn on th,h postage ary ed. a rtordin stking. Price 4s. 6 d. , '7 L dd., 10s., t o les, oc WHITE. Manufacturer, 2`..ts. Piccadilly. JOIN PIGS ! PIGS! PIG s!—INDIAI‘ 1 PIG MEAL, a" I Without busks, supplied to the Id op, per, Win ;Igor, "erY county in England, IGs 6d cwt. ' ; cwt, (ha . l l Mt. bar' ey or any meal. PEA. /ere!' free i n L on _ L Established 1858.— THOMAS EWE, 3 - 14 nager, do, ant-street, Southwark. ALGERTAN ONYX MART ILE. Messrs. „ R OWELL, JAMES, and CO., rest wctfully solicit an ( ; 4 4 3 ,eetfon of their Onyx Salon, which co a tains upwards of jar,tbjects, consisting of Clock-, Canclelai )ra,i Lamp,Vasps, arti c i e n s i er es. Inkstands, l'en-trays, and a variety of smaller tin ,„. of taste, at moderate prices. firl'ems beaut:ful marble is perfectly transit scent , bears a very Po_li,s,h, Presents a diversity of pleasinc r tints, and can be $4.11.44e1i11e _ r chi selled into any form neces iary for utility or "t--5, 7 ,9, Regent-street, Pall - mal J. Care er ' 33 this is Iny, and to' trot 0 ' , qui te e d I ' Ve ‘l° 18 to es tot Tu 3 .6 910 9 , to :3 4s per both t e ° do a n ' d t " e r oode' a Oat° beall s " or. . a. pd to 1 1 ' 0 to 1 s oa to 1 97 : 0 0 to 1 0 to 115 0 a to 4 ° oti to 0 03 to 35s 04 to 246 1 14 r 50 ;rleY' to „ 4cl is t eo 4 fiv 0 Lal3ge d 0.. to 13 0 to 0 to 0 to A t o 20 to 28 0 oer'' N O , 22,294 FURNI FURE, 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. CL Ei,GYM.I4:N 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 by 410 admirable engravings of every description of Furniture and Bedsteads, with prices attached. A copy sent gi atis and post-free on application. This costly Nark also contains complete estimates for furnishing on the following revised scale A Six-roomed Parsonage An Eight-roomed ditto A Ten-roomed ditto A Twelve-roomed ditto Together with a Price List of purified hedding, and a mass of valnable information to all requiring houselpld furniture, carpets, or bedding. References kindly permitted to Clergy men and gentlemen in or near Great Malvern, Southampton , Chichester, Bury, Ely, PreSton, Grimsby, Ryde , Ply mouth, Wells, Oxford, Brighton, Gainsboroutrh, Margate. Kidder minster, Wellington. Croy don. Cambridge, Staines, Dorking, St. Alban's, Worcester, Ipswich, Peterborough, St. David's, Wrexham, and above 500 other places in all parts of Great Britain. COBBETT and CO., General House Furnishers, Deptford bridge, London, B.E, Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., BARBARA'S HISTORY. By AMELIA B. EDWARDS. " This story will take rank among th e very best produc !lolls of the class of literature to whi:h 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. Now ready, in 2 vols., 210., IVIEMOIRS OF JANE CAMERON, FEMALE CONVICT. By a PRISON MATRON, Author of " Female Life in Prison," &c. "This narrative, as we can well believe. is truthful in every important particular—a faithful chronicle of a woman's fall and rescue. It is a book that ought to be widely read." Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. STANDARD MODERN COOKERY BOOKS. FRANCATELLI'S COOK'S GUIDE. Fourteenth Edi tion. 1,500 Recipes and 60 Illustrations. Price 12s. FRANCATELLI'S MODERN COOK. Thirteenth Thou sand. 1,000 Recipes and 40 Illustrations. Price ss. EVERYBODY'S PUDDING BOOK. Price 2s. 6d. THE LADY'S DESSERT BOOK. Price 2s. 6d. WHAT TO DO WITH THE COLD MUTTON. Price 2s. 6d. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. HARD CASH; THE NEW NOVEL, BY CHARLES READE, is Ready This Day, in Three Volumes, at all the Libraries. London : Sampson Low, Son, and Co., Ludgate-hill. This day, at all Libraries, in one vol., price 10s. 6d., FTON SCHOOL DAYS. London : John Maxwell and Co.. 122, Fleet-street. This day, at all Libraries, in two vols., price 2 Is., TERRIBLE WOMAN. A London: John Maxwell and Co 122, Fleet-street. This day, at all Libraries, in two vols., price 21 5. , A UTOBIOGRAPHY OF AN ENGLISH DETECTIVE. London : John Maxwell and Co., 122, Fleet-street. This day, price ls. each, ADDRESSES. ACCEP T E D PERFIDY OF CAPTAIN SLYBOOTS. By GEORGE AUGUSTUS SALA. London : Ward and Look, 15Q, Fleet-street, MUDIE'S SELECT LIBRARY. THE PUBLISHING SEASON. NOTICE. REVISED LISTS OF THE PRINCIPAL WORKS IN CIRCULATION AT MUDIE'S LIBRARY, And of the FORTHCOMING WORKS to be added as they appear. CATALOGUES of SURPLUS COPIES withdrawn for Sale, and LISTS of BOOKS in Ornamental Bindings, Adapted for PRESENTS and SCHOOL PRIZES, Are Now Ready, and will be forwarded postage free on application. NEW OXTORD-STREET, LONDON, December 10, 1863. T HE TEETH, as Supplied by NATURE and Preserved by ART. By ➢l. C. ROGEItS, 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 OF BEAUTY. By Madame RACHEL. To be had at 47A, New Bond-street. Price 2s. Gd. IF THIS SHOULD MEET THE EYE of any , one troubled with Wind in the S t omach , Indigestion, or Biliousness, take PAGE WOODCOCK'S WIND PILLS. Their world-wide celebrity proves them of sterling merit. Of all medicine vendors at is. lid. Pnd 2S. 9d. ; or free by post for 14 or 33 stamps from Page D. Woodcock, Chemist Lincoln. MESSRS. ROTT, JACKSON, AND CO. execute COMMISSIONS on all races throughout the year. Market price guaranteed. Remittances. London and Westminster Bank. Post-office 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 Pining-room, consisting of a new and e,cgant assort ment VASES, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obelisks, Ink stands, beautiful inlaid Tables, Paperweights, &c., in Italian, Alabas er, Parian, Marble, Bronze, Derbyshire Spar, &C. Imported and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Mine ralogist to her Nlaiesty, 149, Stand, W.C., London. • • Mr. Tennant arranges elementary collections of SHELLS, MINERALS, ROCKS, and FOSSILS, which will greatly facilitate tie interesting study of MINERALOGY, CON UROLOGY. and GEOLOGY, at 2,5, 10, 20, 50, to 100 guineas each. PRACTICAL INSTRITCTION in GEOLOGY and MINE• EULOGY is given by Mr. TENNANT, at 149, Strand, W.C. PRIZE MEDAL —INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1862. FRANCIS TUCKER St CO., Wax Chandlers, he., 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.. 25. 2d. per lb. Ordinary quality 29. Od. per lb. VEGETABLE CANDLES, with a Mixture of Wax. Best quality .. ls. sd. per lb. Second quality .. is. 3d. per lb. Third quality is. ld. per lb. Carriage paid in London on Orders of Five Pounds in value. FRANCIS TUCKER AND CO., 8, South Molton-street, Grosvenor-square. Manufactory— Kensington (Established 1730). The largest Establishment in England for the Manufacture of Wax Candles for the use of the Altar. TEETH. —Mr. ESKELL'S INVENTION in the construction of ARTIFICIAL TEETH has the following 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 arc fitted without wires or fastenings, and adapt themselves so perfectly to the gums, that they are quite immoveable,. except at the option of the wrer. Invalids or residents in the country can ad- just these teeth to many changes of the mouth without the aid of a dentist. They . are . not so liable to injury, are always useful, and will last a lifetime. Comfort guaranteed. Trea tise explaining Mr. Eskell's Patent, &c., free for 7 stamps. Inspection of specimens and consultations free.-B,Grosvenor street, Bond-street, W ; and at 39, Bennett's-hill, Bir mingham. LAMBERT'S ASTHMATIC I3ALSAM.-AN EFFECTUAL REMEDY, Without confining the bowels or affecting the head , truly efficacious and pleasant, is ad m c th n e o beat medicine for immediately relieving coughs, .irmed cases of asthma, and incipient con sumption. frequently cures persons whom the faculty s u t h d t s i , o t c n o . colds, o ,o t pronounc,:,• incurable, admirably allays the tickling which provokes frequent coughing. In approaching consumption its affects 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 iy and sold by W. LAMBERT, Chemist. 8, King-William-street, Charing cross, London, and by all druggists, in bottles, 130., and three quantities in one, 2s. 9d. each. Be particular. and ask for Lambert's Asthmatic Balsam, The name and address are engraved on the stamp. °YAL F7E-WE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, Born Terr: a i nus , King's-cross. in th ;, Inmedl ate vicinity of the Grea t Northern Rail way atron—Her Most Gracious Majesty the Q , UEEN. ' Ir A-Pafron—llla Royal Highness the Prince of W A LE S,R.G President—His Grace the Duke of BUCCLEUCIL K.G. ......... _....., ....._ ____ Treasurer—Edward Masterman, Esq. ThlBBl an compel the Committee to entreat the bounty bi. The numerous and urgent appeals of the sick poor for o atidle taTtuent and humane, as the medical officers are daily o iged more adequate funds th.y would gladly admit into the war , . as out-patients many distressing cases which. with The premises of the hospital are capable of containing 500 t h The Tr e l :t: beds. by alessrs. Ce,idt d s w an ar d dlYt p r i e t r a . l la not endowed, but is wholly dependent on voluntary Con tributions and legacies, which are received by 0 1 , n A d q. a , n N d ic c h n o . l ; a u s- e la r n id e e ; a also and Co. ; Itanso m and Co.; Co.- escott, Grote, and Co. ; Smith, Overend, G urney, and Co. ; Payne, and , Co.: Glyn and Co. ; Jones Loyd and Co. ; Barclay n , s D cer ru ni m an ea t and Co. ; 1 Denison and Co. • W Maras, Deacon, and Co. ; blasterman and Co. ;T. Barned and Co., Liverpool ; and at the Flospit , !, 1/, from 10 till 5. ''''',,lsbet and Co., Berners-street ; STANFORD S. SMITH Secretary. 10 NO FORGta YO UR APPOINTMENT. I' —We Sup at EVANS', Covent-garden, after Jullien's Concert. Fairest and most interesting of Cabbys—Drive Country Gentlemen to the Rue de Kydney , Covent-garden. THE best TROUSERS for gentlemen to wear are those malt., by ELSTOB, of 60, New Bond-street They are neither so low in price as to necessitate their being carelessly put together, nor so dear as to gain only the wealthy purchasers. "In medio tutisimus ibis." ELSTOB'S TROUSERS, TWENTY-ONE SHILLINGS PER PAIR. SIORTHAND.-PITMAN'S PHONOGRA PHIC TEACHER. 6d. ; free by post, 7d. SHORTHAND. -PITMAN'S PHONOGRA PHIC MANUAL. Free by post, ls. 6d. H OR THAN D.-"PITMAN'S PHONO ,7 GRAPHY forms an exceedingly efficient—probably the MOST efficient system of Shorthand that exists."—Sir Rowland Hill. London : F. Pitman, 20, Paternoster-row, E.C. Naval and Military Intelligence. THE NAVY. Her Majesty's new paddle yacht, Alberta, recently launched at Pembroke, arrived at Portsmouth yesterday, and will be immediately taken in hand to complete her out- fit for the service of her Majesty. Considnable progress has been made In fitting the heavy portion of the screw machinery on board the iron steamer Achilles, at Chatham dockyard, in anticipation of that vessel being floated out of dock. The heavy metal castings for the screw propeller arrived at the dockyard from the establishment of Messrs. Penn 'and Sons, Greenwich, last week, and yesterday the mechanics commenced fitting them on board. The Achilles will be fitted with engines of 1,250 horse power (nominal), but, in reality, capable of being .worked up to three times that, power. - Her-- screw is four bladed, and the screw boss is the finest casting of its kind ever landed at the dockyard. Its finish is in every respect as perfect as is possible to be obtained in a work of the kind. The diameter of the boss is 3ft 9in, and its total weight is 3 tons, 19cwt.4lqr. 151 b. The inner diameter in which the screw shaft revolves is lft 10in. Each of the screw blades is 10ft bin in length, by 6ft in width at their widest part, and their total weight, exclusive of the bor ings, is 15! tons, the weight of each blade being as nearly as possible 3 tons 4 cwt. As some apprehension exists as to there being a sufficient depth of water to enable the Achilles to be boated out of dock on the date named for that event, only a small portion of the heavier parts of the machinery will be placed on board during the time the iron frigate remains in dock. It is computed that fully six months' work will remain to be effected on board after the Achilles is afloat before she can be in all respects completed and fit to proceed to sea. The sailing frigate Latona, 42 guns, attached to the sail ing reserve in Chatham harbour, has been surveyed by the dockyard officials in order to ascertain whether her general condition is such as to render her available for a guardship at Chatham, in lieu of the Wellesley, 72, which is to be removed to a more eligible position near the entrance to the harbour at Gillingham Reach. The Lords of the Admi ralty, on the report of the dockyard authorities, have selected the Diamond, 27, to succeed the Wellesley as guardship at the port and dockyard, and she will be fitted for that service as soon as a sufficient number of hands can be released from the other vessels now in progress. The general court-martial ordered for the trial of Capt. W. Cosser, paymaster of the Portsmouth division of Royal Marino Light Infantry, on charges of defalcation, &c., will assemble at the Royal Marine Barracks, Forton, near Gosport, on Friday, the 11th inst. ; iThe following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty :—Lieut. Henry A. Grimston, to the Salamander ; John S. Moore, paymaster, to the Salaman der ; Henry S. Pemberton, second-class assist.-engineer, to the Edgar; William H. Hemming, clerk, to the Sala mander ; and William J. Oliver, ambit-clerk, t• the Ex cellent. SOCIETY OF ARTS. On his estates he had built some for which he ought to have a return of 1,;t3 a year. But they could not afford to pay more than four. Well, his tenants came forward and said if he would sacrifice £1 they would pay the other, because they both would benefit by the improved moral condition of the labourers. He hoped to see the day when small cot tages would be built in all parts of the country. Mr. RANSOM, of Ipswich, denied that the large manu facturers of agricultural implements wished medals and prizes to be abolished for the purpose of checking talent. It was their interest to bring it out and employ it, for the more they could obtain the greater would be their profit. Mr. ROBERT SMITH differed from the last speaker, and attributed all the success which the Royal Agricultural Society of England had achieved to their prize system. Mr. HAMMICK regretted that the paper had not touched upon the importance of agricultural statistics. He hoped that during the next session of Parliament some member would bring forward a well-digested scheme for obtaining agricultural statistics. (Hear, hear.) The CHAIRMAN, after paying a high compliment to Mr. Morton for his able paper, said he could not agree with him that there was less acreage of food for cattle cultivated than formerly. His experience led him to a different conclusion. The use of guano had greatly stimulated the growth of tur nips for cattle. He thought that no man ought to be asked to cultivate land without the security of a lease. (Hear.) A vote of thanks was then returned to Mr. Morton for his valuable paper, and the proceedings terminated. THE PROPOSED CONGRESS. THE KING OF THE BELGIANS. The following is the reply of tha King of the Belgians to the proposed Congress:— Monsieur mon Frdre,—l have received the leiter handed to me on the part of your Imperial Majesty by M. le Baron de Malaret, and I can but approve the sentiments which dictated. it. It would certainly be most desirable if, by the effect of a pacific agreement, the existing causes of anxiety in Europe could be settled ; and, without at present express ing an opinion upon the means of coming to an understand ing with the different States interested to attain without a collision so noble an object, I am happy to assure your Im perial Majesty that my Government would be quite inclined to join in it in BO far as I could do so. As regards my own personal feelings, I should take advantage of the cordial pro posal of your Imperial Majesty with the greatest satisfaction. I take advantage of this opportunity of renewing the as surances of the high esteem and inviolable friendship with which I am, _ _ Monsieur mon frere, your Imperial Majesty's bon frere, Chateau de Laeken, Nov. 20. LEoronD. THE KING OF ITALY. Monsieur mon FrZre,—The letter which your Imperial Majesty has addressed to me is inspired by a grand and generous idea which will be appreciated by all those who understand the tendencies of the age we live in. A permanent struggle has been established in Europe be tween public opinion and the state of things creatild by the Treaties of 1815. Hence has arisen a sickly state of things which will increase unless European order is placed upon the basis of the prir.ciples of nationality and of liberty, which are the very essence of the life of modern nations. In presence of a situation so dangerous to the progress of civilisation and to the peace of the world, your Imperial Majesty has become the interpreter of a general sentiment by proposing a Congress to settle the rights of Sovereigns as well as those of nations. I adhere with pleasure to the proposal of your Imperial Majesty. My concurrence and that of my people are assured to the realisation of this project, which will mark a great progress in the history of mankind. As soon as the international Conference takes place I ehal take part in person, or at least send a representative. Italy will appear at the Congress in a spirit of perfect equity and moderation. She is convinced that the justice and the respect of legitimate rights are the true foundations upon which a new balance of power in Europe can be founded. _ _ It is my most sincere wish that the initiative of wisdom and concord which your Imperial Majesty has taken in hand may prevent the dangers of war and increase the friendly relations between nations. I take advantage of this opportunity to renew the expres sions of my inviolable friendship, and of the high consi deration with which I remain, Monsieur M3n frere, your Imperial Majesty's bon frere, Turin, Nov. 22. VICTOR EMMANUEL. THE KING OF THE NETHERLANDS. Monsieur mon Frere—The courteous and cordial letter which your Majesty has addressed to me, under the date of the 4th of November, has for object to unite the Powers of Europe in a Conference to advise measures to settle the affairs of Europe on a peaceful foundation. I respond to the generous idea of your Majesty, and am willing to join all the other Sovereigns of Europe in realising the noble object your Majesty has in view. I take advantage of this opportunity to renew the assur ances of the high esteem and inviolable friendship with which I remain, _ _ _ Monsieur mon hero of your Majesty, (Le sic) bon frere, The Hague, Nov. 29. WILLIAM, VIENNA, DEC. 9, The following is a summary of the letter of the Emperor of Austria in reply to Napoleon 111., dated the 15th of November : The Emperor acknowledges the important objects of the Congress for the settlement of the political questions at present pending and the security of the future; but wishes, before taking part therein, to learn with some ac curacy the bases and programme of the deliberations of the Congress. Should the questions to be discussed be indicated beforehand, and the Powers agree upon the tendency of the deliberations of the Congress, unforeseen accidents, which might overthrow everything, would be less to be feared. The dangerous and insolvable problems, which would create fresh instead of removing existing complications, would then be set aside. This idea is more fully explained in a despatch of Count Rechberg to Prince Metternich, of the same date as the Emperor's letter. It says—lt is not sufficient to put forward a programme of a negative character as the bases of such important discussions. The Austrian Government wishes to know how the declaration of the Emperor Napoleon relative to the treaties of 1815 is to be understood. These treaties have been partially modified; but so far as they have not been altered, they are considered as the foundation of public right in Europe. Some improvements are necessary, L e t the French Government point out those it considers desir able. Certain remedies might be more dangerous than the evils themselves. The programme of the Congress might fulfil all the conditions for the maintenance of peace, which is the principal object to be attained. THE LATE GALE. — Considerable anxiety is felt a' Great Yarmouth with respect to local fishing smacks, upwards of 40 of which are still unaccounted for. Yester dayssypst were away by ord the er ordered terrific below, e 6 o as otherwise erzte s they would the smac k Vulture was towed into port disabled, and w ith only three apprentices on bo ar d, th e f our men belong ing to her having been wash ed overboard and drowned. During c a ses of noble self-devot ion have bee n recor d e d. Th us, on th e morning of the 4th inst . , the smack Catherine bore the have gale be then w down to the assista nce of the smack Forti tude , of Yarmouth, e bo ys but, finding that the crew of the latter were two much ex hausted to jump on board of the Catheri ne , t wo men, named Willi a m Wilson and William Hem p, both marr i e d, l owere d a boat and proceed ed to their assistance. Just as they left the smack a tremendous sea swamped th e i r b oat an d t h ey were both drowned. Ultimately, h owever, with the excep tion of a boy, the crew of the Fort itude were rescued. In telligence has been receive yeste r day fety of the crew of the Francis. On Tuesday and he crew of the Russian brig Usio, nine in number, were received at the Sailors' Home, their vessel having been abandoned during the gale. The crew of the Belgian sloop Joseph, of Ostend, six in number, were also received yesterday at the Home. Both of these crews were rescued by fishing smacks. No fewer than 75 sailors have been received since Friday at the Home. Some of them belonged to the following vessels The Allen, brig, with timber from the Baltic), abandoned off Cromer; the Scip io, brig, of Shields, for London, aban doned off Lowestoft; the Luna, brig, off and from Sunder land, abandoned on the Outer Dowsin— g the Thomas Kennion, brig, of Shields, for London with timber, lost on the Well Bank, &c. 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Mr. John Grey, of Dilston, occupied the chair, and having briefly opened the proceedings, Mr. J. CHALMERS MORTON read his paper, of which the following is an abstract. The author began by giving a re sunid of agricultural statistics for some years past, which, he said, did not in. themselves tend to prove that the pro ductions per acre of • the land under cultivation had been actually increased, and it would be rather by a collection of testimonials from land agents and farmers in different parts of the wintry of the general condition of the land as to pro. ductiveness now and 20 or 30 years ago that he proposed to prove the general progress which had been asserted. Mr. Morton then read numerous extracts from reports giving the opinions of practical farmers and land agents of long experi ence, all concurrent to the effect that the agricultural pro ' duce of this country is now much larger than it has ever been before, that the fertility of the land is increasing, and that both in bread and meat of home produce we are really better off than formerly, notwithstanding that our imports of food have also much increased, in order to supply our better fed and larger population. He then stated what he believed to be the principal causes of this progress, among which were better tillage, the better richness of home made manures and the greater use made of imported fertilisers, the more effectual avoidance of wads, the adoption of improved rotations of crops, the more ex tended use of machinery,, and the selection of better sorts of plants in cultivation. The improved sorts of cattle bred, and better modes of feeding, had also contributed to this favourable result. The relations of landlord and tenant were reviewed, the author pointing out the grounds on which he had formed the opinion that the granting of leases to tenant-farmers would benefit agriculture. He then passed on to consider the influence exercised by the various agricultural societies, which he thought had been, on the whole, most favourable. He suggested that the Central Farmers' Club would do good service by forming a central office through which every local society would be kept in communication with all the others, as had been done by the Society of Arts with regard to the mechanics' institutes of the country. The numerous provincial societies had doubt less done much good by their annual gatherings, and the author especially spoke of the influence of the Royal Agri. cultural Society in stimulating progress. At the same time he was of opinion that the prize system in the imple ment department, as carried out at the annual shows, had many drawbacks. The judges had not sufficient time given them for making their awards, the trials were inadequate, and for these and many other reasons he thought the awards were often unsatisfactory. He was, therefore, of opinion that in the implement department the prize system should now be abandoned, and he believed that the attraction of the annual shows would still remain undiminished. In conclusion, Mr. Morton urged the importance of good agricultural education, and regretted that the Royal Agri cultural Society, though this subject was referred to in its charter of incorporation, had hitherto devoted no attention to it. He thought it was to the credit of the Society of Arts that the subject of agriculture was included in its annual examinations. The paper was followed by a discussion in which several gentlemen took part. Amongst them were— Mr. HENRY COLE, who said they had heard a most ex cellent paper from Mr. Morton touching many subjects, each of which would take them hours to discuss ; but there was one subject he had omitted, and that was the con dition of the labourers. It would not be denied that the labourer was worse housed and cared-for than the horse, the cow, or the pig. He was glad to see any attempts to improve their dwellings, but the great evil arose from the mistaken notion of landlords warring against the existence of cottages on their estates. The whole object of that was to prevent them becoming chargeable to the pariah rates. Having quoted from several authorities bearing on the sub ject, he urged landowners to well consider the question with a view of effecting an alteration in the present state of things. Mr. HARRY CHESTER did not agree with the last speaker that Mr. Morton should have introduced ',the ques tion of the labourers' dwellings into his paper. It was a subject of such importance that justice could not have been done to it in Mr. Morton's paper. It was a question that deserved a paper to itself, and he suggested that Mr. Cole should write one on it. (Hear.) He objected to the com parison Mr. Cole made between a labourer and a pig, be cause there was no analogy between them. The pig was the sole property of the owner, but the labourer was not and never would be in this country. (Hear, hear.) Col. CHALLONER differed from Mr. Morton with regard to the giving of prizes, for he believed that they stimulated the rising talent of the country. Mr. JOHN FOWLER, jun., as one who had gained prizes, quite concurred with Mr. Morton, that prizes were not necessary to stimulate agricultural progress. He sug gested t g h i a v t e i a n g st o e o a d d r o o f po h r o t ld o i f ng wh t a h t e shows theysaw a , n an nu d al t l h y, at, th i e n y . ssilteoeudldof Witnessing agricultural operations on a small scale, the judges should visit farms as they stood and wit ta a t n t he populationcivilisation of England was nea rl y at its height. As we rose in the !scale our wants bec ame greater and must be supplied, n ese the progre ss of steam agriculture, and report accord ing to the state in which they found them. (Hear, hear.) o f tihriscountryEDWlitD HOLLAND, was gr:atlyM*F, said increasing, h d . ;louses were being built ilz mazy districts for the labourers THE FRENCH SENATE, The following is the text of the Address of the Senate, in answer to the Speech from the Throne:— 46 Sire, —In presence of a new Legislature, and of the grave questions which are agitating Europe, France impatiently awaited the solemn moment when your Majesty yearly puts yourself in com munication with the country. Your voice, Sire, enlightens, appeases, and strengthens public opinion. It prevents it from str a y in g in a policy of conjec tures and false interpretat ions which disturbs the public mind and injures the public interests. Your Majesty has spoken, and the country now knows that in entering on a period which leads it to the eleventh year of the Emperor's reign it will find in it, as in preceding years, stability, progress, and the loftiest ideas of concord and civilisation. " It is not that France has to fear the want of stability arising from street tumult. Our popula lations are quiet, and applied to their labours ; they move only to throng around your Majesty, and accompany you with their acclamations. "Neither have we reason to fear anything from instability—always so pernicious—of political in stitutions. The' understanding (accord) between the great bodies of the state has never been more complete, and France has responded to your ex pectations by elections which have shown the force of the dynastic feelings of the country. Happy results of a constitution so well adapted as that of 1852 to the interests of our nation, and which by a wise system of conciliation has organised a power e t r eng-withoutAxeesses.nanthincsl_with real liberty, and devoid of license. It is your Majesty's will that that constitution be faithfully protected. The Senate will the less forget it that it is convinced without that constitution France would behold the days of prosperity, which it owes to it for the last eleven years, grow darker and darker. No doubt, Sire, that constitution is perfectible—your government, Sire, has shown it by proofs precious to the liberal spirit of our epoch. Bat that consti tution is not an ephemeral convention which can be altered by transformations antagonistic to its prin ciples. The people has willed it ; it has voted its bases, and a people that knows the value of its word makes no stipulations for a day; its compacts are made to last—they extend afar into the perspective of its future. The history of your dynasty, Sire, is a proof of this. Notwithstanding reverses, in spite of exile, in.spite of death and revolutions, the suf- frages given to the First Consul might be traced after the lapse of half a century, in the suffrages given to his nephew. The reason of this is that, whatever may be said to the contrary, the French nation is not fickle in its affections or beliefs, and when it restored the Empire in 1852, it measured no less the depth of its resolution than when it That compact is not on trial _t ssy in which stem, first created it 50 y ears before . Let us , therefore , ga th e r round the popular work—round that consti tutional compact which is the true manifestation of the Ole political are to be found on th e one hand the programme of your accession t o the throne, and on the other the in Imperial itself ah assent of eight millions of votes. We should be inexcusable if, more versatile than that immense mass which is the people itself, and which is often taxed with inconsistency, we give it, after the lapse of eleven years, the example of mobility in a matter where every day records its perseverance. " But what shall always be well received by the Senate are the ameliorations claimed by public wants—also the liberal reforms, whenever they leave unimpaired within your hands the power in dispensable for the tranquillity and prosperity of the country. Progress has penetrated everywhere since 1852, both as regards our institutions and our moral and material interests, and nothing has been able to arrest its advance, not even the sufferings occasioned by the events in America, in important manufacturing districts —sufferings, which, unfor tunately, have not entirely ceased, but which may always rely on the constantly beneficial efforts of Government and private charity. Progress, there fore, will pursue its career " As regards the financial situation it would have been still more satisfactory if the two expeditions of Cochin-China and Mexico hod not brought about extraordinary charges caused by unforeseen compli cations, unavoidable delays, and imperative neces sities. The force of circumstances often imposes sacrifices on a nation which wishes her name to be respected, and keep up her rank in the world. France hopes, however, to be reimbursed her ad vances by the war indemnity which your Majesty requires from Mexico. Generosity does not stand in the way of right and justiee. "Moreover, everything in the documents before us contradicts the hypothesis that the expedition was undertaken with a view to create a Mexican empire under the sceptre of a foreign prince. What is but a possible end must not be mistaken for a cause—to protect our countrymen, to de fend our honour and our interests, to strike a deci sive blow in a distant country, whither commerce invites, and where an inhospitable government ' has so often deceived us, such has been the Emperor's fundamental and patriotic object. France is a democracy, ardent in its labours, and which would consume herself in sterile activity if, for want of a vast outlet, she was compelled to fall back upon herself. It is to favour her immense labour that your Majesty has taken steps to extend her commer cial relations by means of treaties. It is also watch ing over, to create for her beyond the seas secure communications, open new markets, and show her speculations and industry protected by the powerful hand of France. What your Majesty and the country now desire is that the undertaking glori ously commenced should, as soon as possible, receive a solution worthy of the Emperor and of French interests., Then our heroic soldiers and sailors, proud of the task they have fulfilled, will return, like their brothers of the Crimean and Italian armies, and receive at the hands of the country the tribute of admiration and gratitude which their exploits have deserved. " Allow us now, Sire, to arrive at the great idea of your Majesty's speech. "In the course of last session the affairs of Poland assumed unforeseen gravity, and the Senate, in an order of the day, the sense of which was entire confidence in your Majesty's policy, associated itself with your lively sympathy for the misfortunes of that country, for every blow that strikes it awakens a powerful echo in France. Your Majesty, on entering upon a collective diplomatic action with England and Austria, was justified in hoping that Russia, yielding to friendly counsels, and to the voice of humanity, would grant favour able terms to an oppressed people. But R ussit ' n ot come to an understanding with the three Poive.r_ft It was then that your Majesty conceiv ed the .w"" to exhaust all means of conciliation, an d that, giving sed a wider scope to your pacific view s, y o u addres to the Courts of Europe the propose of a Congress e gate of those embracing in its arbitration th e egg period like questions which are leading a disturbed an d desires of ours through difficult trans itions re novation. Sire, France , who has followed your thl battlefields of the arms with enthusiasm On • Crimea and Italy—France, w ho always and every where will be looking on — w ill accompany you with ag ue invited to regenerate h a ppiness to that areop a ct by the spirit of mo lern times. the European co m p At the commencement of this century the Congress of Vienna was more disturbed (se preoccupait) by the then recent dangers of French revolution than by the q • uiet, but formidable transformations the leisure o f peace was about to introduce into the ideas and interests of nations. Now time has ruined cr undermined these combinations, so that the equilibrium of 1814 and 1815 is everywhere co mpromised. It is not France that can com plain of the downfall (decadence) of the painful treaties of that period--but neither is it she who can rejoice at beholding Europe Pu" sue its perilous career on a precarious and vacillating basis. France has therefore applauded with trans port your proposal for a Congras•—a provident idea, which offers . to our country eeisfaction exempt from ambition, to Europe guarantees of peace and a disarmament, to civilisation a wide and free field of development. :May the Sovereigns, guided by their high wisdom, and the enlightenment of the century, unite with your Majesty in a tata'which bs' meet ing struTgles, instead of awAiting the ir outbreak) will settle pretensions, and place the right of glzs verotoents in harmony with the legitimate wishCS of peoples. England, however, has decided that she would abstain—her exceptional situation possibly enables her to be less moved than your Maj est y b y the dangers of the statu quo, but the other govern ments n ts . cannot but gain, in presence of a crumbli n g Bast, founding a situation which shall be neither threatened nor unackowledged. The peoples will also gain in entering with them in a future of coca• promise and concord. Happen what may, the country will not disown your Majesty, when ' you have divided responsibilities of wisdom, , • and when, after uttering the words of wisdom, you told Europe— \' I speak in the name° France.' " The Smithfield Club Cattle Show. Notwithstanding the extremely unfavourable state of the weather yesterday, the Agricultural-hall at Islington was well filled, and it is believed that a larger number of visitors attended than on the pre vious day. T he sale of prize stock was tolerably brisk, considering that so large a portion had been sold on Tuesday, but the " commended" wad "highly commended" stock had mostly changed ovvners. Sales were no doubt stimulated by the offer on the part of the Club of a silver cup to the butcher who' should make the largest purchases, exclusive of the extra stock. The following is a list of t he sales effected, in ad dition to those which appeared in The Sun of yes- terday : In class 1, Devons, No. 1, the winner of the third prize, had been sold to Mt. Hull, of ono.Nensal-gree In class 5, Hereford steers, under three years, . 35, the winner of the first prize (exhi bited by Major General the Hon. A. N. Hood, and bred at the late Prince Consort's farm, Windsor Park), had been sold to Messrs. W. and Q. Waldham, of Torquay. In class 7, No. 58, the winner of the third prize among the Hereford heifers, not exceeding four years old, had been purchased by Mr. Shopland, of Knightsbridge. In class 15, the winner of the second prize, No. 136, had been sold to Mr. G. Wood, Ter minus-place, Eastbourne. In class 16, Norfolk or Suf folk polled breed, the winner of the first prize, No. 149, had been sold to Mr. John Horwood, of Esher, Surrey. In class 19, No. 159, the winner of the first prize, among the long-horned heifers or cows of any age, had been sold to Mr. S. Roberts, of Kenilworth. In class 23, No, 182, the winner of the first prize, had been sold to Mr. B. Smith, of King's-road, Chelsea. In class 24, No.lBl, the winner of the first prize among Irish steers or oxen of any age, had been sold to Mr. George Ball, of Norwich. In class 26, Welsh breed, No. 187, the winner of the second prize, had been purchased by Mr. H. Squires, of Watford. In class 27, Welsh heifers or cows of any ege, No. 190, the prize winner, had been purchased by Mr. Parsons, of Leather lane, Holborn. In class 28, No. 191, the winner of the second prize, had been purchased by Mr. H. Edwards, of Tunbridge Wells. In the extra stock, No. 33, prize winner with silver medal among the shorthorns, had been purchased by Mr. 11. Keeble, of the Lion-tavern, New Cattle-market.. Among the sheep the following additional sales had been made :—ln class 31, Leicesters, No. 248, the pen winning the second prize, had been sold to Mr. C. Harman, of 397, Hackney-road; and 247, the pen winning the third prize, to Mr. W. Stepto, of Walworth, In class 32, N 0.255, the pen winning the second prize, had been sold to Mr. A. H, Jones, of Tottenham-court-road ; and No. 257, the pen winning the third, to Mr. P. Je.ekson, of 6, White Conduit:-terrace, Islington. In class 40, Shropshire fat wethers, No. 325, the winners of the first prize, had been sold to Mr. Swann, of 78, High-street, lloxton. In class 45, cross bred, sliort wooled fat wetber, No. 374, the pen winning the .£2O silver cup, as the best pen of Shropshire, Oxfordshire cross or any other breed of sheep in any of the classes, and likewise winning a first prize and silver medal, had been sold to Messrs. Comfort, of 77, Farring don-street ; and the second prize pen, No. 382, to Messrs. Brown and Davis, of Bedford. In class 46, cross breds, No. 385, the pen winning the first prize, had been sold to Mr. G. Pope. Among the extra stock of cross breds, No. 388, the sheep winning the silver medal had been sold to Mr. Tyrrell, of the New-road, Hammersmith. Mr. King, a large buyer, who was stated to be of Farringdon•street, resides in Paddington-street, Marylebone. Among the pigs the following further sales had been effected :—ln class 48, No. 415, the first prize pen of pigs, not exceeding eight months, had been sold to Messrs. Watling and Son, Pimlico. In Class 50, No. 433, the second prize pen, had been sold to ° Mr. F. Robinson, of 246, Westminster-bridge-road. Last evening the annual dinner of the Smithfield Club was held at the Freemasons' Tavern, the Right Hon. Lord Walsingham presiding. There were also present Lord Feversham (president of the Royal Agricultural Society), Lord Berners. Lord Trade gar, Sir J. H. Maxwell, Col. Fane, M.P., Mr. Hum phery Brandreth, Professor Simonds, Mr. Fisher Hobbs, Mr. Brandreth Gibbs, Col. Green, Mr. C. Stokes, Mr. W. Torr, and other persons of note as agriculturists. The company was not so numerous as in former years, though the club was never more wealthy or prosperous than at present, and t h e ab sence of exhibitors, especially the most of those who had gained prizes, was a subject of comment in the course of the evening. On the removal of the cloth, Th e CHAIRMAN, in proposing t h e toast of " The Prince of Wales, the Princess of Wales, and the rest of the Royal Family," took occasion to say h ew much the members of the club had been gratified by the visit of the Pr ince at the opening of the exhibi. tion in the Agricultural -hall on Monday, and by the He his Royal Highness had taken h eener in t show. He hoped that some day h is Royal Highness would become an exhibitor i n now that he had an.estate of h.his own the club. person, 18 , that he had been enrolled a m em b er of own, and Later in the evening, the CHAIRMAO. which he said he N gave " Suc cess to the S mithfield Club," bad l o ng been a member, and of late years an exhi bitor atlas annual gatherings, complete success of the show the members on the He congratulated of this year—the entrie s having been more numerous than usual, an d the beauty and quality of the animals exhibited fully up to an The growing interest taken in the proceedings of agricultural to their societies was a source of gratification promoters. Royal On this occasion they had had Yed and noble visitors, but what had pleased him most was the unusually great influx of pople of all classes rushin tion. (Hear to behold and admire th eir exhibi , hear.) These were sign s of p rogress in the right direction, added to whic h was the fact that, for th e fi rs t ti me , , the club was now managed by a council appointed by the members in general, He trusted that the new constitution would be found to work satisfactorily, though it was remarkable that the first effect of the ie. troduction of the ballot had been to exclude from the council, for two years at least, many of the best and most useful men, and ,those who had t aken the greatest interest in its proceedings from the first. Without expressing opinion of his own upon th e sub j ect, he thou g ht any op ula b e well for the m embers to consider it wo whether that was likely to tend to the welfare of the club, though he must admit that it might be of great advantage to infuse new blood into its govern ment. He understood that the club had become se rich that it was at a loss how to spend its money, A - f e . -- ..ei1e.„..t..., jcsare4s.weretit,e,,, EIVSPAPER (A laugh.) The contev", in o re k i i.,4 44:riVic-;;;1:-S. viate the difficulty, proposed in future t (410:44:;f''1 ,KaffiF larger premiums, and more of them, to exhi - tQiii - 77 - - - - .., ~#1 • Lard FEV,ERSEIKM, in proposing "The health 4 7 - ~.: : . -'-', L „, the Chairman" (Lord Walsingham), said his lord= a ' " a' ship had been so fortunate as to obtain the silver cup for the best ren of Southdown sheep, and that was a department of the show in which on former occasions he h a d b een eminently successful , so that he now bid fair t o r ival in that respect the f ame of the Duke of Richmond, Mr. Ri N aien, and the late Mr. , Jonas W e bb. ( explained ilew h r it h hear.) t The toast wa s drunk that tho b acclamation. e The CHAIRMANg. at i ori g i nail; with a very moderate flock of Southdovane, his; prime object being t o ra i se good mutton, but he was afterwards tempted to exhibit, of local societies, and then a tt fi h r e st an at the nual Ar s a tt e o eaing shows so s f the Smithfield Club. Lord BERNERS, in speaking; to a toast, in tho cou rse of the evening, mentioned' incidentally that, the balance in favour of the Club r w e a na o n: daail on any former one, and that the council rg meant that the prizes this year had tb„eta`lvaas nI/4)Bi 01 .,aase them still more next year.- Re dwelt at inv4. th on the encouragement which t s o ol i n a' s given to 0 - t om cultivation, and upon its greater ecfmomy, compared with ordinar gard was had to the extent ents. efficiency-Wad q uality of the soil in regulating modes, provided asle re in the use of implements. of farms and to the the depth of drains, am: The CHAIRMAN stated, by way of contrast a s to the extent to which recourse wag being had to steana cultivation in Scotland and England, that, whereas he had heard that in a particular pa .rish in E ngland three farmers bad clubbed their funais together to buy a steam cultivator, there were three steam cul tivators at work in a parish with which he was acqu ainted in East Lothian. ( A laugh.) In proposi mg the toast of " The Labouring Classes," he said there at ever might be the improvement s in a g riculture, must always be a large number of men engaged in cu ltivating the soil. "The pobr they had alvvays with them ;" but cultivation by machinery had boe n attended with these, among other advantages, the t it seised up a class of men from among t:-..::,ze en - gaged, in digging the land who were able to take' the place of engineers and workers of machinery. ; and that wherever machinery had been largely in troduced it had resulted in improving t he p h y sical condition said of tbe labouring clas ses. All that, he wad now being well underst ood even b y the classes who had been ever the most prone to regard the use of - machinery with ;ealousy ; and he con trasted the prevail' j . . that which led to thelng feeli s ta. 1 o u ion the subject with deplorable agrarian outrages ~ n the southern and south-wester/3 ,counties of Eng land many years ago on the intraa;uction of the threshing machine. Lord FEVERSHAM, in so. responding to ti,:e toast of a The Royal Agricultural name had been connected as iety,' w ith Which his a President,e statCd that he had that very day received unicat.zoa from General Knollys intimating that his the Prince of Wales had been pleas e d.h o Royal to ;f3ll - a governor of that society. The Royal A -- c ;: - cultural Society, he said, had now a greater nu - m l- - bar of members than at any former period. It ex cited universal interest, and had not only itself tended directly to the improvement of agriculture, but still more by calling into existence a number of kindred societies throughout the country. It was stated in the course of the proceedings that Lord Tredegar had been chosen President of the club for the ensuing Year, and that Lord Spencer was the President elect for the following one. ------- _ _ THE CRYSTAL PALACE COMPANY. The report of the directorssates that the result of the year's working shows a balance in favour of revenue of £42,674 ; and, .after payment of all preference eharoses and interest, there remains at the credit of the general revenue account the sum of £20,218 available for division among' the proprietors of ordinary capital. Out of this sum the direc tors recommend the payment of a divid end of 2 per cen't. (2s. per share), which will leave a balance of £164 to ben carried forward. The Dulwich-wood property AONV stands in a much more satisfactory position than it has hitherto done. The annual charge has been reduced from £3,000 to £741, and will continue to be further reduced and finally extinguished, as groand is sold or let and honsessee erected. The directors feel satisfied that the sum with Which this estate now stands debited in the general balance-sheet is below its real value. Credit is taken in the general revenue account for the I alance of cash received from the South Lon don Railway Comp my for the land occupi,,d by their high level line and station, after deducting the sum of £lO,OOO paid to the Dulwich Ccllgo for the leasehold interest of this company therein. In respect of this payment, an allow ance of £3OO per annum has been made by the College from the ground rents. Tho saving shown on the expendi ture side of the accounts is a feature which cannot fail to he regarded as satisfactory, The diminution in the re ceipts arising from shilling visitors and the departments dependent thereon is no doubt large, but this is in A grea t degree to be explained by the natural reaction in the Past season, after the excitement and attractions:of the Exhi:bi" tion year, a reaction which is well known to have generally' affected both the trade and the amusements of the metropo lis. On the other hand, this diminution is to some extent compensated for by the increase in the receipts directly and indirectly attributable to season tickets —'a branch of income which, as it is mainly derivable from residents in the neighbourhood of the palace, may be looked on as per manent, and may be expected to grow with the growth of this rapidly-increasing district. The directors look forward with confidence to an improvement in the general traffic, as the additional railway accommodation now rapidly in course of completion is graduallysualniegd.proTsheecuNtveodrkswit O h l th e th South London Railway are e grea test vigour. Cons iderable progress has been alread y made in the prepa rations for the high level station in front of the Palace, while the tunnels at Sydenhara_ni , . and Forest-hill, with others of the heaviest works on u are being energetically pushed forward. The directo rsue line, assured that the line will be cpened for traffic, a s are on or before the let of Ma 3, 1865, and thu s a n g d h D le o v v e e i r ii ß ne a a ilz d a t y isl promised, nection will be made with the Metropolitan nc)rthern eon.co the South-Eastern. heart of London. Of great importance to line into the s the arrangement lately effected betwe en p ro v this i d i n co mpany c o n ne c i e stations at Charing s cross, Cannon-street, Greenwich tanibnd the betweenCh at li the am high g i v ing the Crystal Palace direct , and Woolwich, and thus valu able points. If, as is also pro access to these most between the Southern and , red) a connection be effected Thames below London-brid astern lines, by crossing the 'reason to congratulate ge, the directors will have great of the railway ac cess t their shareholders on the completion general expenditure o the Palace. The ec3nomy in the out in the leastof the company has been effected with-, building. The impairing the efficiency or stability of the without the Perty of the company, both within and The reee,,,_ building, is maintained in the best condition. a eatistaLP's of the exhibitors' department continuo to show ""Y advance u pon tho se even of the receding year. This P th 8 department has been lately re-arranged, and ereby• materially improved. Great care has been taken. to Se e nr e generally the most desirable class of tenants. with the view to maintain as much as pos sible the p r esent favour able position and working of this important portion of the Palace. The tercentenary of the birth of Shakes peare, which occurs next year, is an event which cannot fail to influence the proceedings of the Crystal Palace in the ensuing season. The revenue account for the 12 months ending the 31st of October last shows that £107,434 had been received, including £12,285 for season tickets, £58,699 for admissions, £15,436 for general exhibition department, and £14,678 from refreshment contract. The expenditttro amounted to £64,760, including £6,432 for maintenance and repairs of building, £6,029 for same of gardens and grounds, £2,225 engines and waterworks, and £7,726 main . tenance and repairs of various departraents, with alterations and additions to s e, recedingvia balance of £42,674 ;to this is added £2,937 from the pe year, and £5,891 in respect the new railway win of leasehold interest in land takn by £51,502. From this is deducted £31,284 for pany, making preference charges and interest on deben account tures, shows that £1,443,710 had been expended. Aasamillls V nsEtAlesUmitEeest.—ingT,hearßiproiitnistlitaAassco(cyaiia_- °' ei g hts and Meas ures w i th reference to i mittee to prepsre a report. " On the Best Mean s o f P roviding E a i t ° the TS AND Ne w c l‘ a l I n t er est of Science," the committ ee to consist of the following members, with power to a dd to their number— for a Uniformity of e na m el y, Professor Rankine, Sir W. Armstrong, Lord tion, the lrl Wrottesley, Sir John llerschel, the Astronomer Royal General Sabine, Dr. Lee, the Rev. D. Robinson, Mr. W. i Colonel Sy M kes, ,P., Si r J o h n Hay, M . P ., t h e Right r'ite'i‘iF" lion. C. B. Adderley, m.p., Mr. W. E wart, M.P., Mr. James Heywood, Professr,r Williamson, Professor Miller, and Mr. F. Purdy as secretary. THE PITMEN'S STRIKE IN THE NORTII.— . O a Tuesday 45 of the families of the miners on strike at Messrs. Straker and Love's collieries, in the Aucklandteir district, in the county of Durham, were ejected coed conducted cottages at Okenshaw. The proceedin in an orderly manner. The chance of jr; bas declared the Union men is as remote as ever, as the fi n r Brancepetb, their intention not to employ Union• Okenshaw, - Willing - ton A work, and Wing,ton B pit, it IF hoped Will Boon commence work, drnen collieries are at pit, and 13rgn ed by the employers, ‘scrueetrtleement with I ol e fa of tl' sow I. nab, ch. 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