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TPERSONS SEEKING LANDED ,_ r:STATES, TOWS AND CoUNTRY RESIDENCES, 'sS,NEOLD AND Lt.:ASP:BOLD INVESTME NTS, AND 'KOPER CIES O P.NERILLY— ,,To nAn GRATIS, at the principal Rail way Bookstalls t hroughout the kinzdom. or at the Auction and Estate Offices, t : 67, Chancery--lane, London, Messrs. E. and IL Lumley's ,FREEof PROPERTY 11EGTEITER," containing - avaried selection landed and house properties now in the market, from th e noblema n ' s mans i on, w i th i ts manor i a l d o main, to the cottage with its few acres. OWNER S OF PROPERTIES wishing to Sell or Let can em- Z fp r ace the opportunity that the medium of this Register 1,: a "d 8 , by sending the particulars of their properties to the 1,..,8tate Offices, c 7, Chanc , ry-lane, London, as the Messrs. h ley can in most cases introduce immediate customers, niece the property is of in eligible chars ter, thereby avoid 'RP; the disadvantages of delay and its attendant incon- Venieaces. JIIEHE Is NO CHARGE incurred, unless a tenant or pur !uaser is introduced through Messrs. Lumley's Agency, and then only the usual moderate commission. Auction and Land Offices, 67, Chancery-lane, London. ITALIAN CHURCH, 22 , HATTON-WALL, HATTON-GARDEN. OrcNext SUNDAY, December 13, HIGH MASS, with full hestra, at 11 a.m. ....SERMON, in Italian, by Dr. Pas. Di Bruno, on " The LliVinity of Jesus Chr,st." grand Vespers ß , at 7 p.m. ; immediately after will bp SIM!. the Choir, ossini's " STABET MATER," with full O rchestral accompaniment. TLANTIC and GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.—NEW YORK DIVISION. at` +," U PONS due Ist January next will be PAID in London, Consolidated Bank (Limited). No 7, Fenchurch-street, v q, n , c kn, at the rate of 4s. to the dollar. 'ue Coupons must be left two clear days for examination ; don,o the Offices of the Compan, No. 2, Old Broad-street, 314▪ 11, E.C., by post, a cheque fort e amount will be re 'led in due course. ▪ oe option to convert Bonds into Shares expires on 31st —ecember, London, No. 2, Old Broad-street, Dec. 9,1863. ATLANTIC and GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.—NOTICE to BONDHOLDERS. In conformity with ylvania the terms on which the First Mortgage /Ws of the Penns Section of this RR wtre 8811 ed to the public, the IRST ANNUAL DRAWING of 4 rr cent, of the zross amount of these Bonds will take place the London Tavern, Bishopsirate-street, in the presence of , 4-t r• Grain, Public Notary, on TUESDAY, January 12, 1861, at one o'clock precisely, when Bondholders are invited to attend, The authorised issue is as under, viz.:- 2,000 Bonds of Lt 00 dole. each 2,000,e00 dols. 600 " 500 2 ,000 lOO „ 20 ~000 „ 2,5)0,000 Pour per cent. of each denomination will be d , awn on the a bove day, and the Bonds so drawn, that have been issued in e n don, will be paid off at the rate of L 225 for every 1,000 ols. I3ond, £ll 9 10s. for every 501 dols. Bond, and £22. 10s. for every 100 dole. Bond, on presentation at the Com p an y 's ee. No. 2, Old Broad-street, E.C., on and after l et A p ril 3, eat in addition to the Coupon due on that day, after which all interest will cease. ° n payment, the drawn Bonds will be cancelled in the pre ence of a public notary. Offices, 2, Old Broad-street, London, E.C., Dec. 9, 1863. MIULLIEN'S CONCERTS. • HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Positively the Last Night but Six of the Season. Last Night but Two of Signor Sivori. - G T (for the first time). M. Jullien's new GRAND CONGRESS QUADRILLE, introducing the National kelodiea of different nations. Vocalist, Mdlle. Vorasrm.—Violin, Signor FIVORI. Grand Orchestra—Three Military Bands, and full Chorus. Conductor—M. JULLIEN. Commence at B.—Admission, One Shilling. M. Jullien's GRAND BAL D'OPERA will take piace on MONDAY, December 21. T H E OXFORD, e, OXFORD STREET, W. THIS EVENING, will be performed Selections from the f ollowing' Operas, viz., THE SLAVE, and CLARA, the .1 1 AID of MILAN, by Sir H. Bishop ; also, from LA. FORZA -1 - ) E DES LINO— Verdi ; by the f ollowino• talented artistes -- Aliases Russell, Townley, Fitz Henry, W almsley, Tyrrell and Ellison ; Messrs. Green, Huish, Kimberley, Stuart, &c. Also, Solos on the Violin by VIOTTI COLLINS, the telebrated English Violinist. Flute by Drew Dean. Pianoforte, Miss Bryant. And the marvellous instrument, the ORCHESTRAL 'rIANO, by Herr S CHAL KENBACH, the Inventor. Director, Mr. F. Jonghmans. ~,Comedy, by UNSWORTH ("or any oiler man "), Eugene, ,vv• Randall, W. T. Critchfiel, T. Maclagan, and the marvel- The'°llB Gymnst, J. Henderson. d FULL has been newly Decorated, and is one of the roost Beautiful in the Metropolis. Olsen at half-past 7 o'clock. Admission, area, ed. ; stalls and balcony, le. ; private boxes, 10s. 6d. ``THE GHOST CLUB" at th e CANTERBURY HALL.—New en and Interesting 8 ,, M . C spectral Tableaux.—r. MORTON isenabled to announce I,llsit, thr ou2 h the medium of Professor Pepper's World of Ziladows, a "GHOST CLUB" is nightly held at the CAN 41qt Bußy HALL. The object of the Club is not the re t()piing of the Haunted Houses of London ; but, through `'.e agency of Phantoms, to present vivid (if transient) pictures of the drama of real life, both in its serious and mirthful aspects ; and , by mean s o f s p ectral tableaux, `9, recall and still further impress on the mind , some 0 1 the teachings or pleasantries of the best wr:ters. At pre sent, the two orders of Slavery—the Slavery of the South, a nd the " White" Slavery of a more boastful civilisation, r eceive emphatic illustration ; and these life pictures will be l 'aPidly replaces by others. The pages cf Shakspere and the etier Dramatists, of Scott, Hood, Ingoldsby, Dickens, &c., W i 1, in turns, furnish subjects for illustration. All the other Musical and Pictorial attractions as usual, i ncluding Operatic Selections, &c. ; Comedy by Unsworth (the modern Demosthenes), Eugene, George Hodson, E. arshall, and George Hutchenson. ROYAL ALHAMBRA.-F RANCON I'S GRAND IMPERIAL CIRQUE Every Evening. VRANCONI'S GRAND IMPERIAL CIRQUE 12 at the ROYAL ALHAMBtIA Every Evening. jIRST MORNING PERFORMANCE of FRANCONI'S GRAND IMPERIAL CIRQUE TUTS DAY, at TA o o'clock. ARGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street, Piccadilly. nuring the Concerts given by Mons. JIILLIEN, at Her ISt • •,; V _alest Theatre, the BALL will commence EVERY 'EXl y's NG at NINE O'CLOCK. Doors open at 8 o'clock. Admission, ls. Manager—M. GRENET. 29, GEORGE-STREET, HANOVER-SQUARE, :11 HE LONDON ANATOMICAL MUSEUM Open daily from 10 till 10. Lectures at 4 and 7 . wife;sleek. Where may be seen the Astecs ; Bushman and Julia Pastrana and Infant; Eng and Shang, the olamesP Twins ; and upwards of 3 , 000 Models , Natural Pre parations, &c. Egyptian Mummies, unwrapped, 4,000 y ears old. Admission, One Shilling .tor Gentlemen only). Ci r IVE YOUR HORSE A TREAT.—Two penny packets of THORLEY'S delicious CONDIMENT w q."7, mixed with damned chaff and corn, will, at three p e eKS hence astonish the owner. ricked publicly at 145, -.leet-btreet, , City. No genuine without the Inventor's s 2 - nature engraved on each packet, " Joseph Thorley." -- Read the Discussion on this C , ndiment, held in Hanover , rare Rooms, and judge for yourselves how its opponents ;ere put hors de combat M aye an Oil Cake Dealer, the other Veterinary Surgeon. be had free on application. BANKRUPTCY AND COMPOSITIONS._ #. WETHERFIELD. Solicitor, 35, Moorgate-street, k rs q , PRACTI , Ez , in COURT, and effects PRIVATE ch nRANGEMENTS with creditors, without publicity. t " ar ges, the lowest possible, payable by instalments. Coun ty cases economically conducted. IC , s B.—DEBTS recovered on commission , free of law costs. ven-ulvorce and Probate business conducted at moderate ex e. THE BENEFACTOR OF THE SKIN. .111 OLLARD , S PERFUMED SULPHUR SOAP and CREAM for ordinary toilet purposes , "Ua " BA.REGE' SULPHUR CREAM, for Baths, free from disagreeable odour • an infallible means of preserving the skinand b o d y in perfect health ; they are also an effectual remedy in curing local and cut‘neous affections and rheuma tism. Highly patronised and recommended by the most eminent physicians (see Testimonials). Tablets of Soap, from Nos. 1 to 5, accord•ng to the degree of sulphur they contain, sold at the depot, 2, Rupert-street, Coventry-street, London, W., and at all chemists prospectuses on application. ' rosPeotuses and testimonials sent K EATING'S COUGH LOZENTra fall victims to Pul show that 50,001 tatior k is at 911 times Persons -- ES.—Statistics rnonary Disorders. including eons natty*, chest, and the respiratory organs. p i . s P v ;ork. diseases of the Prepared better than cure ; be, therefore, wintry season with a supply of KEATtht %the - wet and LOZENGES, which possess the virtue (it averting'B COUGH of curing a cough or cold ; they are good alike ioA" well as or for the aged—they soothe bronchial irritation ; and too PrProving the voice, the preacher, statesman, s i nger, _ _or t m .. oving long patronised them. and actor " St. Paul's Cathedral, 30th November, 1849. " Sir —I have much pleasu re in recommending your lozen g es to those who may be distressed with hoarseness. They have afforded me relief on several occasions when scarcely able to sinsfrom the effects of catarrh . I think they would be very useful to clergymen, barristers, and public orators. "1 am, Sir, yours faithfully, " TIIOMAS FRANCIS, Vicar Choral. "To Mr. Keating." P r tins, 2s ocl, 4s 6d, a Prepared and sold in boxes, Is lid , and ~nd ios 6d each, by Thomas Keating, chemist, dzc., 79, St. Alturs Churchyard, London. Retail by all druggists and 'Patent medicine vendors in the world. RUPTURES.—BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. VITHITE'S MOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS lI (PERrECTED AND EXHIBITED IN THE GREAT IBIT/ONB or 1851 AND 1862 ), is allowed by upwards of Two Hundred Medical Gentlemen to be the most effective ention in the curative treatment of ERNI A. ne use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effects, "',,lpere avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the ir Y . , while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the ~"..e- I tzin Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease and closeness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn e r „ i ng sleep. A descriptive circular may be had, and the which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the cir '44krence of the body, two inches below the hips, bei ng fie?at to the manufacturer, Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly. 4 4 Single Truss, lei„ 215., 265. 6d., and 31s. Bd. Postage, Is. bouble Truss, 31s. 6d., 425„ and 525. 6d. Postage, ls Bd. 11 ... Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. cd. Postage , ls. lod. cfa t-offlce Orders to be made payable to John White, Post ee,es NEW PATENT lELAST IC ST OCKINGS, N-NEE-CA PS, &a,., for Varicose Ve ins and all cases of "lv e , ‘ Brous, and Swelling* of the Legs, Sprains, &o. They are Brou light in texture, and i nex p ensive, and are drawn on t % l l ordinary stocking. Price 48. 6d., 7e. 6c1., 10e., to 16s. Postage gd . JOHN WIIITE. Manufacturer. 22g. Piccadilly. ASIHNIATIC BALSAM.—AN 'ar p %FFECTUAL REMEDY, without confining the bowels Itnif,_,-ecting the head, truly efficacious and pleasant, is ad to —ll to be the best medicine for immediately relieving sum colds, confirmed cases et asthma, and incline* con proution, It frequently cures persons whom the faculty Pr "nee incurable, admirably allays the tickling which ° yoke erects frequent coughing. in approaching consumption even r,„ ! . are truly beneficial. Persons deprived of sleep, or in a f a l,,ng down for fear of suffocation, may depend on relief L A ",..cainutes after taking it. Preparea on,y and , sold by cro f " , T a&BERT. Chemist. S, aaring three . ""don, and by all drugg , sts, in bottles, 130., and for , quantities in one, 2s. 9d. each. Be particular. and ask tog iirbert , a AsthmatiO Balsam, The and address are 0 % 94 the stamp. No. 22,297. UURNI I'URE, CARPETS, BEDDING, and FLOORCLOTH, CARRIAGE-FREE to any house in the kingdom, reErardless 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 Showrooms occupying an acre of ground. Every article warranted. CLE hGYMEN and GENTLEMEN ABOUT TO FUR- N iSH are respectfully informed that Messrs. Cobbett and Co. are publishing an entirely New Edition of their un ( quailed HOUSE FURNISHING GUIDE, ill , strated by4lo admirable engravings of every description of Furniture and Bedsteads, with prices attached. A copy sent gi atis and post-free on application. This costly work also contains complete estimates for furnishing en the following revised scale : _ _ A Six-roomed Parsonage £74 3 0 An Eight-roomed ditto A Ten-roomed ditto A Twelve-roomed ditto X9O 11 0 Together with a Price List of purified hedding, and a mass of valnable information to all requiring househ3ld furniture, carpets, or bedding. References kindly permitted to Cier, , 2 y men and gentlemen in or near Great Malvern, Southampton, Chichester, Bury, Ely, Preston, Grimsby, Ityde, Plymouth, Wells, Oxford, Brighton, Gainsborough, Margate. Kidder minster, Wellington, Croydon. Cambridge, Staines, Dorking, St. Alban's, Worcester, Ipswich. Peterborough, St. David's, Wrexham, and above 500 other places in all parts of Great Britain. COB BETT and CO., General House Furnishers, Deptford bridge, London, B.E, Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., BARBARA'S HISTORY. By AMELIA B. EDWARDS. " This story will take rank among the very best produc tions of the class of literature to which 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. E OTICE. THE CHEAP EDITION OF LOST AND SAVED, by the Hon. Mrs. NORTON, illustrated by Millais, price ss. bound, will be ready Dec. 15, forming the New Vo'ume of " HURST and BLACKETT's t-TANDARD LIBRARY of POPULAR MODERN WORKS." Hurst and Blaclutt, 13, Great Marlborough-streef. CHEAP EDITIONS OF FAVOURITE NOVELS. Each Volume Embellished with Two Illustrations. EAST LYNNE. By Mrs. WOOD. 6s. The CHANNINGS. By Mrs. WOOD. 6s. MRS. HALIBURTON'S TROUBLES. By Mrs. Woon. 6s. The INITIALS. By the Author of "Quits" and "At Odds." 6s. The LAST of the CAVALIERS. 6s. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. On Wednesday will be published, CAPTAIN SPEKE'S JOURNAL of the DISCOVERY of the SOURCE of theNILE. In one volume, octavo, price 21s. With Portraits and Map, and numerous Illustrations chiefly from Drawings by Captain GRANT. William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. MUDIE'S SELECT LIBRARY. THE PUBLISHING SEASON. NOTICE.—REVISED LISTS of the Principal WORKS in circulation at MUDIEB LIB.tARY, CATALOGUES of SURPLUS COPIES WITHDRAWN FOR SALE, and LISTS of BOOKS in Ornamental Bindinzs, adapted for PRESENTS and SCHOOL PRIZES, are Now Ready, and will be forwarded postage free on application. NEW OXFORD-STREET, LONDON, December 10, 1863. This day, at all Libraries, in one vol., price 10s. 6d., ETON SCHOOL DAYS. London : John Maxwell and Co.. 122. Fleet-street. This day, at all Libraries, in two vols., price 2 is., A TERRIBLE WOMAN. 11 London: John Maxwell and Co., 122, Fleet-street. This day, at all Libraries, in two vols., price 215., A UTOBIOGRAPHY OF AN ENGLISH DETECTIVE. London : John Maxwell and Co., 122, Fleet-street. Thin day, at all Libraries, in 2 vols., price 215., FOR BETTER FOR WORSE. Edited by EDMUND YATES. London : John Maxwell and Co., 122, Fleet-street. Fcap. Bvo., 280 pp., cloth, lettered, 3s. free by post, T HEPRINCIPLES and PRACTICE of VEGETARIAN COOKERY, Founded on Chemical Analysis, and embracing the most approved Methods of the Art. By the Author of " Fruits and Farinacea the Proper Food of Man." London: F. Pitman, 20, Paternoster-row, E.C. T HE TEETH, as Supplied by NATURE and Preserved by ART. By M. C. ROGERS, M.R.C.S., Surgeon-Dentist. London: 18, New Burlington-street, W. BEAUTIFUL FOR EVER. MADAME RACHEL ON "FEMALE GRACE AND BEAUTY." Just published, ABOOK OF BEAUTY. By Madame RACHEL. To be had at 47A, New Bond-street. Price 2s. 6d. IF THIS SHOULD MEET THE EYE of any I. one troubled with Wind in the Stomach, Indizestion, or Biliousness, take PAGE WOODCOCK'S WIND PILLS. Their world-wide celebrity proves them of sterling merit. Of all medicine vendors at is. 10. and 2s. 9d. ; or free by post for 14 or 33 stamps from Page D. Woodcock, Chemist Lincoln. • MESSRS. BOTT, JACKSON, AND CO. execute COMMISSIONS on all races throughout the year. Market price guaranteed. Remittances. 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. QPECTACLES.—The Patent Newlv-invented K> Tinted Spectacles are patronised by the majority of the Nobility, including Viscount Palmerston. They afford extra ordinary relief to weak, dire, and detective ♦ision.—S. and B SOLOMON S, Opticians, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. (IRNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library, ‘...7 And Dining-room, consisting of a new and eiegant assort ment of VASES, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obelisks, Ink stands, beautiful inlaid Tables, Paper weights, &0., in Italian, Alabas er, Parian, Marble, Bronze, Derbyshire Spar, &o. Imported and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Mine ralogist to her Majesty, 149, Stand, W.C., London. Mr. Tennant arranges elementary collections of SHELLS, MINERALS, ROCKS, and FOSSILS, which will greatly facilitate the interesting study of MINERALOGY, CON CHOLOGY. And GEOLOGY, at 2,5, 10, 20, 50, to 100 guineas each. PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and MINE. RALOG Y is given by Mr. TENNANT, at 149, Strand, W.C. BEAUTIFUL WOMEN.—Alabaster Powder, and the Magnetic Rock Dew Water from Sahara. Cir cassian Bloom. Arabian Soaps, and Alabaster Liquid. These costly and inimitable toilet preparations render the hair, teeth, and complexion beautiful beyond comparison.—Can be had only at Madame RACHEL'S, 47A, New Bond-street, where she can be consulted daily. All communications are strictly confidential PRIZE MEDAL —INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1882. FRANCIS TUCKER & CO., Wax Chandlers, &c., To the Queen and the Prince of Wales. (Established 17:?0.) The Jurors' Report on Wax and Church Candles, in 1862, testifies to he excellence of the quality of Messrs. Tuckers' manut acture. A distinguished Dignitary, in a letter addressed to Francis Tucker and Co., on the subject of WAX CANDLES with PLATTED WICKS, Finest says : "I have found them fully equal to the recommendation : 11 1 You gave them, and can sincerely, in my turn, recom vo them to the clergy for the use of the altar." qua_lnitay, with Platted Wicks, patented.. 2s. 2d. per lb. VOrdinary 2- Od. per lb. . 4 GRTA,B • • ' • • • • • " Best quality LE CANDLES, with a Mixture of Wax. Second quality • • • • • • • • • .. le. sd. per lb. Carriage paid in Londo n • • Third qualit y • • • • - Is. 3d. per lb. ab en n s s i h n ni gtz t in e E n :g r :l the lr o,isi3Or. r is. ld. per lb. FRANCIS C ders of Five Pounds in value 8, South Molton-street, G rosv HER AND CO., a 31( E n u a f n a cu facture— oft or y tzstablished 1730). Wax Candles for th e The largest Etl iC t u of the Altar. , of excellent has the elfirlent work with the a a Te d w hours, without TEETH. -Mr. ESKELL'S INVENTION d can suce be es m s, a in de the construction of ARTIFICIAL in following advantages :—A set or teeth pain or extraction of stumps, and to answer all the s ' mmoanstshpiPerfaencat maccecuhraancyisman of mastication and articulation. They are fittedpwurrses wires or fastenings, and adapt themselves so perfectly to the gums, that they are quite immoveable, except at the Option of the wearer. Invalids or residents in the country can ad just these teeth to many changes of the mouth without the aid of a dentist. They are not so liable to injury, are always useful, and will last a lifetime. Comfort guaranteed. Trea tise explaining Mr. Eske,l's Patent, &c., free for 7 stamps. Inspection of specimens and consultations Iree.-B,Grosvenor street, Bond-street, W ; and at 39, Bennett's-hill, Bir mingham. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road , in the i mme di ate v i c i n it y o f th e G rea t N or thern nal= way Terminus, King's-cross. Patron —Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN. Vice-Patron—His Royal Highness the Prince of WA LE S,K.G President—His Grace the Duke of BUCCLEUCH, K.G. Treasurer —Edward Masterman, Esq. The numerous and urgent appeals of the OA poor for ad affluent and humane, a. Com mittee to entreat the bounty of the mission compel t t i treat as out-patients he eclaithe medical officers are daily obliged many distressing cases which. with they would gl a dly admit i n t o th e war d s . Hos pital are capable of containing 500 q i u se a s te o / f un th d e s, beds. The Hospital is not endowed, b ut is wholly dependent on m Th o e re p a r d em e voluntary contributions and legacies, which are received by the Treasurer, Edward 51as rerrna.n, Esq., Nicholas-lane ; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co. ; Drummond and Co. ; Herries and Co. ; Ransom and Co.;• Prescott, Grot e , an d Co. ; S m i th, Payne, and Co. •, Giyn and Co. ; Jones Loyd and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; Denison and Co. ; W Maras, Deacon, and Co. ; Overend, Gurney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co., Berners-street ; Masterman and Co.;I. Barned and Co., Liv e rpool ; and a t the Hospital, from 10 till 5. STANFORD O. SALIVA Secretary. :;`~ L ~~ S PA.P E ec ,he sea rough. The trial wAs cmgiderci to he very satisfactory. The vessel will be inspected this thy by Vice-Admiral Sir G. R. 1.-Anbert, K.C.8., Com ne,:nder in-Chief at Sheerness, and will sail on Ake day for her destination, and weather I.Cr mitting, The frigate s'ilit,Nsparima, 30 dal s from St.Locia, has arrived at Woolwich, andyesterday commenced discharging her cargo, cooEisting of obsolete storLs ""aciclY, gnus, shot, ammuniiion, and ToNer stires. The four 20 ton gun ._ cast at the Lowmoor Iron Works, to th e or d er c f have bean Blakely, for the Ras. sian Govern ment, days at the butt in . 07 . ,,0 n hv r? ! Proved nu successive. Arsonal. Throe of them have with s t oo d the with t e st t s t. :l e ti: o ;f r e ci e i t n o: r i y ly t. t o h o u t.. fourth was fired y es t.:l. d ay charge, viz,-501b. of power, a wad arid 600ib. cylinder. rrhe gun und erwent the fiLt round with apparent success, but on making the usual and examination it was dis cov survey that the base saction at the head of the bree c h, and into which,l,o " batten" appears to be screwed, had • a a gtVen wav , and a large rent or split was clea r l y p e rccptiw. • The proof was, of course, at an cud, and the gun W 7 g . afterwards hoisted on one of the heavy tr uc k,, , ;a -- which some, 70 or 80 men belonging to th e S - 10 , 0 department were attached, cud was conveyed t o the wharf for transhipment. Dr. Burton, staff assist.-surg in the Royal A r _ senal Infirmary at Woolwich, having been promoted and appointed surg. on the staff in New Zealand, has been permitted to retire from the service. Ili, will be succeeded at Woolwich by Staff Assist,. Surg. Cullen, from Chatham. Dr. Burton's retitc ment is occasioned by continued indisposition, th e effect of overwork during his Indian csmpaign. The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty :—Dr. Alexander Rattray, sur goon, to the Salamander; Richard Cannon, acting assist.-surg., to the Salamander; Benjamin B aber, chief engineer, to the Salamander; JohM R. Cooper, engineer, to the Conqueror; John West, engineer, to the Asia, for the Tyrian ; James Orchard, engi neer• to the S a l aman d er; Limes W. E. Baron, first class assist.- eng i neer , to t h e E urya l us ; Willi am Brenner, sccoud.class assist-engineer, to the Sala.- mand er ; Alfred G. Hill, assist-clerk, to the Resis tance; and John R. D. Tollemache, nominated tact naval cadetship. ~~~~~~~~ ( 4 -.. , ~. (.... .. _ t...._._ \\„......,., ~, - 4 the sea rough. The trial was uno: , ~....;r*,,,.i.-:, ' . - ‘: k , .."." -,...;\,...,,,,, saife. - 4 , ..... eati:factory. The v.-- :,' • 1-, --- , • > , fl. 34 '5 0 " I ' . - r ~.. . - I • dik 1 4... . '''... ' .On • AZ4 - ••---•'. i' ik. 1/ • • , , by VieP-' * .-"*,/, ' iii 6, -.,)---e. ---- --;; 4 14 ea (f , , I 4 ,l r_ ",.. m. .(..'''' A I (* . t " • i ,,--, ,-"•,' va t k 4, ;•'... islz. - ; -r6 WI t-4. ••••'1 ••• - -,-- .q-... - = k-'l4 . >-' 4- I " D;;;: 4-- ::: .2.:*' 7: : 177:1344 : 4 : 11 , [7% ; 1- 10: .16.47°' ; 4 ; 1 : 4117:11:1:' .1);:ials°r"• 4\ • ' 4' '''''tl"':l'''' .- N6,.".'..-- r.. „... ~.P.* , ~.• 2:( 1 : ". ',."' "."..""""Ni•-. , YZy• -47,, :` ' i , 1 ; . , .t . ' '. 4 ..:. .'., r. '.- .. ; ‘,'..ff N N STAMPED ....sd. The Smithfield Club Cattle Show. Yesterday, the last day of the shop, was the least attended of any shilling day. The numbers who paid for admittance on Thursday were 39,383, and the numbers who paid yesterday were 19,872. Although vast numbers have entered the building during the week there has not been one p?rson taken up charged with theft ; nor has there been any accident, save that a boy was tossed by the first class winner in class 3, but ho was more frightened than hurt. years old, No. 55, - e h o sa r n le e s d u h p eto o f heifers, J. Grant, of t n n at ig e h x t c h ee a d d in b g een fo a u s r follows short-horned In class 7, Hereford steers, not exceeding three first prize, had been sold to Mr. 41, ', Caledonian•road. In class 11, No. 102, th e _ • winner of the £4O silver cup as the years old, best heifer or cow in any of the classes, and also the winner of the first " prize in the class, had been sold to go abroad. In class 13, Sussex steels under three years, the winner of the second prize, No. 119, had been sold to Mr. elements, of Croydon ; and No. 134, the winner of the prize in class 14, Sussex steers or oxen above three years, bad been sold to the same gentleman. In class 20, Scotch horned steers or oxen of any age, No. 163, the winner of the second prize, had been sold to Messrs. Georg e Hay ward and Son, Ashfor d, Kent. In class 30, cross or mixed breed heifers, not exceeding four years old, No. 204, the winner of the second prize, h a d been sold to Mr. James Hooke, of 2, Frederick atreet, Hampstead-road. Among the sheep the sales had been as follows : In class 34, fat wethers under 23 months, No. 260, pen winning the third prize, had been sold to Mr. Nash, of Three Colt-street, Limehouse; in class 35, Romney-marsh fat wether, No. 264, the pen winning the second prize, had been sold to Mr. Newbury, Hall-street, Walworth ;in class 46, cross-bred fat wethers, No. 387, the winner of the third prize had been sold to Mr. J. Handford, of Bridge-road, Bat tersea. Among the pigs, No. 421, the pen winning the second prize in class 48, bred by the Countess of Chesterfield, had been sold to Mr. James Hooke, of Frederick-street, Hampstead-road, and No. 431, the first prize winning pen in class 50, and to which the gold medal had been awarded as the best pen of pigs in any of the classes, had been sold to Mr. William Nickels, of Camden-town. The pigs in this pen were exhibited by Major-General the Hon. A. N. Hood, and bred at the late Prince Consort's farm at Windsor. - Among the prize stock not notified as sold at the last thing last night were the following:—No.. 21, the winner of the first prize in class 3 ; No. 26, the first prize winner in class 4 ; No. 37 and No. 36, the second prize winner in class 5 ; No. 40, the second prize winner in class 6 ; No. 57, the second class winner in class 7 ; No. 62 and No. 60, first and and third class winners in class 8; No. 76 and No. 79 (the latter bred by Sir A. de Rothschild), the first and third prize winners in class 9 ; No. 96 and No. 95, the first and third prize winners in class 10 ; Nos. 100 and 103, the second and third prize winners in class 11; Nos. 109 and 111, second and third class winners in class 12; Nos. 154 and 153, first and second prize winners in class 17; N 0.155, the second prize winner in class 18 ; and No. 158, the second prize winner in class 19. Among the sheep the following prizes were un sold :—No. 265, the first prize winner in class 35 ; No. 323, the second prize winner in class 40 ; and No. 364, a silver medal winner in the extra stock of short wools (bred by Lord Walsingham). Among the pigs only one lot, No. 422, third prize winner in class 48, remained unsold. During yesterday a well-dressed man was dis covered sticking the pigs with a sword cane, but he managed to escape. These animals had been sub ject to so much annoyance during the crowded days by persons teasing them that the directors, who were on duty by rota in all parts of the build. ing, ordered that no persons should touch the obese creatures. Naval and Military Intelligence. THE NAVY. Mr. James Stansfeld, M.P., the Junior Lord of the Admiralty, who has been actively employed all the week at Devonport dockyard examining the public accounts, paid an official visit on Thursday to the Royal William Victtal;ing-yard at Stonehouse. The screw steam frigate Aurora, 35, went yester day from F..amoaze into Plymouth Sound, and will shortly ship her powder so as to be ready to join the Channel Fleet. About 170 joiners, smiths, and labourers have been ordered to be entered in the dockyard at Devonport to complete work in hand. After remaining several hours on Thursday out side Plymouth Sound, and communicating with Mr. Fox, the Consul, the United States screw steam sloop Kearsage, 7, Commander Windalow, proceeded on Ler cruise. The paddlewheel steam storeship Dee was placed yesterday alongside the jetty at Devonport dock yard to receive stores for the dockyard at Pembroke. The sailing of the eastern division of the Channel Fleet from Spithead for Plymouth Sound was de ferred from yesterday until this morning. The Tamar, 'screw troopship, Capt. Sterling, 19 ordered to proceed from Spithead to Devonport, for the purpose of being placed in dock, the Warrior dock at Portsmouth, the only one that would receive her, being occupied by her sister vessel, troopship, Capt. W. H. Hire. visited h The Wasp, 17-gun screw corvette, ade her final power, Capt. W. Bowden, yesterday re _ kes Bay, trial of speed at the measured mile in Sto . The ship drew prior to sailing on foreign service. 'T . 6ft b i n. aft. A 14ft. 7in. of water forward, and 1 • 8 attained. The mean speed of 6.701 knots wa d from 60 to 62. re volutions of the engines range yacht Alberta has a large The new Royal paddle number of hands employed upon her in the steam P H or o y m ard t , h m e a ß ki o n y g al her d t h e l 00 r 1 1 Orontes, oe a r s y basinto d to Osborne on the 16th in t Victualling yard -s • T he —acht as a .1 t royal yacht, and constructed • specially for the Queen's use, has created considerable Mir* prise is er , The deck almost entirely covered • h . in the minds of all who have upper Wit h saloons, hatchways, &c., and but a very e on fi .3 nell space in deed between the after saloon and bulwarks is set a part for promenading i n fi n _ e Weather. She is deeper in the water than she was intended to be when laid down, and is anything etsrmatjhestdrfrk her Admiralty designers. but a credit to The S k p en arr i o n w to ha d w o j e r k at Portsmouth, to undergo a ) 5, screw despatch vessel, has thorough repair , in • readiness for commission. bee T nta Her Majesty ' s %crew steam line-of-battle ship Conqueror, '7B (late Waterloo), 2,845 tons, 600 horse power Ca pt ain W• , recently commissioned by G. Luard at S t on the China Sheerness for employmen super numeraries station, and to take out marines a nd . n nutneraries, steamed this day from her mo orings i a g n s d s , the harbour to the measured mile off "laialinto for a final trial of her engines, preparaitziory c harge of leav ing for Plymouth. The vesselwas s the Sheerness Captain W. K. Hall, commandingfeeer of the ship steam reserve, and the chieoftebeg machinery. There superintended the work_ingßiazian_, d chief engineer were also present Mr• u 1:d Messrs. 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(id. ; mixed Assam, re duced to 3s. Bd. ; and the finest Assam, reduced from 4s. 4d. to 3s. lid. per lb. MOORE BROTHERS, 35, London-bridge, City, E.C. THE LATE LORD ELGIN. (From the Horning Post.) The announcement which it is our painful duty to make this morning of the death of the Governor- General of India is provocative of the most melan choly feelings. The Marquis of Dalhousie and Earl Canning only left India to see their native country and die; to Lord Elgin it has not been allowed even to breathe his last, wearied out and exhausted, on British soil, or to rest in Westminster Abbey r -like his illustrious predecessor in the splen did viceroyalty —among the noble of all ages— ' - heroes not yet dead, But in old marbles ever beautiful." The Viceroy died at Dhurmshalia, on the 20th of November, of what has been erroneously called "dropsy of the heart"—the strict term being "peri carditis," or an effusion of fluid into the cavity of the pericardium. In February last Lord Elgin went on a tour through the North-Western Provinces of Bengal, reviewed troops, and gave audiences to native chiefs, completing his " royal march" before the summer. In September his lordship lefi, Simla to make another progress—this time through the Punj sub. He intended to reach Peshawur by way of Lahore, and was to open the Punjaub Exhibition at Lahore early in the next year. His lordship had been suffering from disease of the heart for some time past, and while on his way to meet Sir Hugh Rose he ascended the Rotang Pass, 13,000 feet high. The mountain air affected his breathing, and mate rially increased his disorder. Becoming rapidly worse, he telegraphed for Sir William Denison, Governor of Madras, to act as Viceroy in his room, and sent home his resignation of his office. He sank rapidly, and expired, as we have said, on the 20th of November. Lord Elgin was chief of the Bruce family. Sir Robert de Bruse, descended from Eynor, fourth Earl of Orkney, brother of Rollo, who conquered Normandy in 912, and built the castle of Le Bruse, now Brix, near Valagues, in Normandy, had two sons, the elder of whom, Allen de la Bruse, remained in Normandy, while the younger, William, " came over with the Conqueror," became a baron in Yurk shire, and possessed, before the close of the Con querors life, 94 lordships in Yorkshire, besides the castle and manor of Skelton, with Hert and Hert ress, in the bishopric of Durham. His son made a great figure at the Court of Henry 1., and was an intimate friend of the King's brother-in- law, Prince David of Scotland, who, when King, conferred on him the lordship of Annandale. Sir Robert de Bruce, his descendant, was a competitor with Baliol for the throne of Scotland; and he was the father of Robert Bruce, King of Scotland, and Edward Bruc, King of Ireland. From this Sir Robert sprang the Bruces of Kennet, the Bruces of Clackmannan, and the Bruces of Airth Stenhouse. Sir Edward Bruce of Kinloss was a Scotch Lord of Session towards the end of the sixteenth century; was deputed by James VI., in 1600, in company with the Earl of Mar, to congratulate Qaeen Elizabeth on the suppression of Essex's rebellion ; was a Privy Councillor; and, after settling his master's peaceable succession to the English throne, was created, at the close of his mission, Baron Bruce of Kinloss anu of Torry, in the Scotch peerage, besides obtaining the Mastership of the Rolls for life. His younger son was created Earl of Elgin of Elgin, in 1633, and Baron Bruce of Whorlton, Yorkshire (this latter in the English peerage), in 1640. The great-grandson of thisfirst earl (the second earl was created Baron Bruce of Skelton, Yorkshire, Viscount Bruce of Ampthill, Bedfordshire, and Earl of Ailesbury) procured a patent of remainder to Baron Bruce of Tottenham, with a remainder to his nephew, Thomas Bruce Brudenell, who was created Earl of Ailesbury in 1774 ; but the Elgin title, in default of heirs male of his body, came to Charles, ninth Earl of Kincar dine, a descendant of Sir George Bruce of Carnock, M.P., who was one of the commissioners for nego tiating the Scotch treaty of union with England, and who was an elder brother of Sir Edward Bruce of Blairhall, the father of the first Earl of Elgin, under the creation of 1633. The most distinguished representative in modern times of this distinguished family, the Viceroy whose death all of us are now deploring, James Bruce, eighth Earl of Elgin, and twelfth Earl of Kineardine, Baron Bruce of Torry, in the Peerage of Scotland, Baron Elgin of Elgin, in the peerage of the United Kingdom, Lord Lieu tenant of Fifeshire, was born on the 20th of July, 1811. He was the second son of Thomas, seventh earl—who, while ambassador at Canstantinople, collected, at a cost of nearly £75,000, the splendid Grecian antiquities, taken mainly from the Acro polis at Athens, between 1801 and 1812, and known as the "Elgin marbles," and purchased by Govern ment for £35,000 for the British Museum--by his second marriage with Elizabeth, youngest daughter of Mr. James Townshend Oswald, of Dunnikeir, Fifeshire. The earl, by the way, hadbeenmarried previously to Mar y , only child of Mr. Hamilton-Nisbet, of Dirleton, f [ addingtonshire, an d h a d by her a son, George Constantine, Lord Bruce, born in 1800, and Lady Mary Bruce, married to the present Right Hon. it. A. Christopher Hamilton -Nisbet, the well known protectionist M.P. fo 1837 to 1857, Ch ancellor of in Loorin a younger son of in a is n t o ry ' t over wealthy Scotch Lincolnshire from Lord Derby's family, a son, too, of a sec on d marr i age , L or d Elgin began life with no very brilliant p ros p e cts. He had B to make a reputation for himself, and, when he had done so, hereditary rank and possession of the ances tral estate gave the y oun g Fellow of Merton a chance of emulating his sc hool-fel lows, William Ewart Ministry, North Gladstone and the present Duke of Newcastle, in their already promising Parliamentary career; He distinguished himself both at Eton and at Oxford. At the university he added the late lamented Marquis of Dalhousie, Viceroy of India, and the late beloved Lord Herbert of Lea, both popular Harro vians, to the list of his friends. That was a brilliant constellation of future statesmen who were about this time at Christchurch, except Sidney Herbert, who was at Oriel—Canning, Gladstone, Lord Lincoln, Ramsay, George Cornewall Lewis, Bruce. The latter, the subject of this notice, tooK a first class in Literis Humanioribus in 1832, and was shortly afterwards elected Fellow of Merton College, pro ceeding M.A. in 1835. But anew career was soon to be open to him. George, Lord Bruce, his half-brother, died unmarried in 1840, and the y oung Fellow of Merton became heir to the earldom. In the fol lowing year he stood at the general election in the Conservative interest for Southampton ; and his success was one of the first fruits of Sir Robert Peel's tactics—the votes being for Lord Bruce (Tory) 648, for Mr. C. C. Martyn (Tory) 645, for Captain Mangles (Liberal) 554, for Mr. E. J. Hutchins (Liberal) 552. Ile was early called upon to prove his mettle in the House. Lord Melbourne's Ministry, long moribund, had thought fit to appeal to the country for a verdict in their favour, which had been denied them by the House of Commons, with universal approbation. Sir Robert Peel had n ow a chance of his revenge, and of realising the results of his memorable cry, '6 Register ! register ! register !" On the address Mr. Stuart Wortley moved, and Lord Bruce seconded, the famous amendment which brought the Viscount to the mis hap which even his friends Ifad long foreseen. Lord Bruce said that, as representing an important com mercial town, he would not be silent at such a crisis. He attacked the Ministry for retaining office, and, while it was notorious that they did not possess the confidence of the country, for allowing the stream of dignities and emoluments still continually to well forth, and to well forth, as copiously as, if not more profusely than, before. Did Lord John Russell say a word about surrendering his trust, having lost the reality of power ? In reference to an indignant remark of some Whig member about public honesty and candour, Lord Bruce replied with spirit and force, "In a day when all monopolies are denounced, I must be l ermitted to say that to my mind the monopoly which is most intolerable and odious is the pretension to a monopoly of public virtue." This remark was a home thrust. In the Lords the verdict had long gone against the Ministry by a majority of 72 ; in the Commons the division showed a majority of 91. Lord Bruce did not retain his seat in the House of Commons long, as his father's death and his suc cession to the title took him from the House. In 1842 he became Governor of Jamaica—a trouble some of f ice—on the nomination of the present Earl of Derby. His predecessor in this office was Sir Charles Metcalfe, whose popularity had been so great that a new parish in the island was named after him. During the four years that he held office he carried out a conciliatory policy, such as had endeared his predecessor to the people, and showed both judgment and good feeling as well as sagacity in developing the resources of the island. Thougha Conservative, he was appointed by Earl Grey, Colonial Secretary in Lord John Russell's Ministry, Governor-General of Canada in 1846, in succession to Lord Cathcart. His chief troubles in Canada arose from his unflinching impartiality, and his determination to deal with both the vexatiously hcstile sections of the Queen's subjects —the Upper and the Lower Canadians—on a footing of equality. After the rebellion of 1837-8 the Upper Canadians, who were loyalists, demanded and obtained com pensation for their losses; the Lower Canadians were refused, as the rebellion was chiefly fomented and notoriously supported by them. When Lord Elgin was compelled by an adverse N ote of the Assembly on his Ministers to form an administration from the French section of the community, the Lower Canadians determined to take their revenge, and accordingly they brought in their bill of indemnity. Great excitement prevailed in Mon treal. When the Governor-General gave his assent to the bill the loyalists showed their loyalty by hooting the Queen's representative, by burning down the Parliament house, by setting some valuable libraries on fire, and by summoning an inflammatory meeting for the purpose of procur ing the recall of Lord Elgin, as having "seriously impaired her Majesty's royal authority, and endan gered the peace and tranquillity of the province." Her Majesty's Government replied to this demon stration by creating (1849) the obnoxious Governor- General a peer of the United Kingdom, as Baron Elgin of Elgin. The Governor-General soon entirely reversed, by his sound wisdom and calm judgment, the unfavourable opinions of the Canadians; and he left his high office With universal esteem, having also acquired the respect and approbation of the Home Government, and of six successive colonial secretaries, for his unrivalled administrative capa city. He had promoted the best interests of Canada, he had developed its commercial and agricultural resources, and he was the author of the famous reciprocity treaty with the United States of June 5, 1854. He returned from Canada June 9, 1855, was appointed Lord-Lieutenant of Fifeshire, and was entertained at a splendid banquet, attended by men of all parties in the State. His lordship was at home but for a few years. Troubles arose in China towards the end of 1856, which caused a second war with that country, besides convulsing parties at home, and plunging the nation into the muddy whirl pool of a general election—all on account of the lorcha Arrow, which the Chinese boarded as a vessel under native register, and the British, impersonated by Sir John Bowring, a distinguished member of the Peace Society, claimed as bearing the British flag. It is little use telling once more the disagreeable tale of the kid. , nappings and assassinations by the Chinese, and the hunt ing down of the Chinese in their creeks by the British. Lord Elgin, a man of singularly impartial and judicial mind, was sent out as special Ambassador in 1857. At Galle he met General Ashburnham, who startled the party with an alarming story of the disaffection of the North-Western Provinces of India. At Singapore he took it on himself to divert British troops on their way to China, and s e n t the m on to India, while he himself resolved not to leave Singa pore t e transmission and complete arrangement s h a d b een made for of this force to the scene of mutiny. Vessels also were specially sent by his lordship's orders to the Straits of Anjier to divert the transports of the 90th and a rebel After attack providing at Calcutta,pricoloonn completely Kong on Elgin n, rd 82d Regiments, so as to avoid Hongthi welanaddeiato.ußr artohnroGugraohgsattnhhseet the 6th to join hi s E ng li s h t S h t e ra c i o ts nt o i f o M go a n l o a y cc o a f . and the orFef went rbjeenul el o yho nn. Plenipotentiary, pnhi doploryto China, essnipst a rtie n a naadr spread a ,ot rhwor throughout v oa u e su d gneh a ol oh t t t likely colleague for some months. There were throe courses open to Lord Elgin—to remain at Hong Kong, to take Canton, or to render an important service to Lord Canning at Cal cutta. He chose the third course. Within 36 hours after the disastrous intelligence from India had been received Lord Elgin was on his way to India, on board the Shannon, com manded by the noble and still lamented Captain William Peel. Arrived at Singapore, his lordship e was encouraged in his resolves by a flattering address from 28 leading English merchants at that place, cordially concurring in the steps he had taken to divert the expeditionary army. Here he heard the awful de tails of the massacre at Cawn , pore. Within 21 hours 400 tons of coal were taken in, 300 men of the troops wrecked in the ill- fated Transit were picked up, and his lordsh i p tele g ra p hed to Lord Canning his i mm i n ent arrival with 1 ,7 00 men , in cluding Erlegminained there till his w t a h s e b r l e u e e ei -j v a e e d ke e ts n: marines. He arrived after a voyage quent bombardment o f of 17 days, on th e 20th of September ; on the 16th of O ctober his colleague, Baron Gros, also arr ived. All the wor ld knows the story f tac o hth r u st Bong Chinese of e Koa f e rlloc n yen c e gawt o aa f cgs Calcutta. aarlieonpu2ltate ae,d abny L d o l r h, cl se 00 Lord El g i n , an d t h e i r are characteristic. A to record the daily eau s not t o b e or ene d b y s o ct pr f aeynCa wastthomi n n e . e np s t e l aTo t cf r he e dhe a c con a h nh e aih r on y i esd , s movements, adorootohnt accounts Gt c s o r ono Gros, ' cise of th e troops, to watch his lo rdship's countenance, to ships, and so on. Yeh policy of Bonham," ttx Baer me el a da r t k Ly , t o h ra den Elgind nu a m d v b i es once h ti t mh h B a e tt oC i oa t i td s oo h nptah e so that, like that worthy but not astonishingly great Go vernor of Hong Kong, he mig ht " get the Bath." Lord g-ga-ta by F renc h men , ti grateful t o G o-loso-lun (Baron o E f l - g w i a n r ' s ; I i h fe i s w l o a r s dsh only p w s a a y s e d at Man Gros) and merrily feasted him, praying him to drink wine with him." El g i n p o oled day after day at Hong Kong, stamping and sighing." That must have be an uncommonly peculiar scene in which his lordship took the chief part on the 4th June, 1858. Kweiliang and Uwe- Shama, two pleni potentiaries of high rank, arrived at Tien-tsin to confer with the two foreign " barbarians." Lord Elgin met the two celestials in a joss -house. Lord Elgin's powers were first ; read out to the Chinese, who eagerly listened while the royal reporters crowded round thesarsdi:liirn.goui:siphhe s rd ey E e lg " in as his look grew moreda7tg,ro,4ukpaentpdot r e" tmo w wa h an .e rd n das h riL e no' hoard that the commissioners were catch the words. When the Chinese powers were read in moreturn,s ll slily s "everyturninge empowered to do anything which might not infringe on the dignity of the Celestial Empire, When this document had been read, Lord Elgin sternly ordered his chair, and told the astonished Chinese that their commission was unsatisfac tory. His lordship was again besieged by Keying, but in vain, inasmuch as among the papers of the captive Yeh had been found a letter from this worthy to the Emperor, advising him not to bind himself to the treaty of Nankin of 1843. So vigorous and so firm was Lord Elgin that Key ing was at once disavowed and recalled, better counsels prevailed with the Emperor, and on the 261 of June—the 15th anniversary of the exchange of the ratifications of the treaty of Nankin between Sir Henry Pottinger and Keying —the treaty was at last signed. From China Lord Elgin went to Japan, hoping to break up the odious monopoly which had excluded all foreigners except the Dutch from commerce or intercourse with that unknown land. His excuse for entering Japanese waters was the presentation of a steam yacht to the Emperor of Japan. He reached Nagasaki on the 3d of August, and was joined the day following by Admiral Sir Michael Seymour with two men-of-war. He went up the gulf of Jeddo to Jeddo in the new yacht. Beyond Kanagawa, however, no foreign vessel was allowed to pass, and here he found at anchor the Russian squadron which had preceded him from the Chinese waters. Still Lord Elgin's little fleet went on till it came to a line of forts erected for the seaward defences of Jeddo, and anchored a mile and a half from the city. The Japanese were thunderstruck at the apparition. Boats were sent off begging Lord Elgin to re turn at once to Kanagawa; but there was no help for it, so the Japanese ceased to interfere. The flotilla passed up to Jeddo in royal state, four paddle-bax boats, each with a 4- pound howitzer in her bows, enclosing the Ambassador's barge—the officers all in full dress, the band playing God Save the Queen. The Treaty of Jeddo was signed on the 26th of August, 1858. How it was kept on the side of the Japanese recent events have shown only tco plainly. Lord Elgin, having returned home, took his seat in the House of Lords on the first day of the session of 1859. He had been made a G.C.B. in 1858, and a D.C.L. of Oxford two years previously, at the Grand Commemoration. Lord Derby was now Prime Minister, and highly complimented him on " the zeal, ekill, and ability' with which he had fulfilled his functions, adding, that he congratulated him self on having introduced Lord Elgin to public life. Lord Grey said that he had appointed him to Canada, imagining that this was the office to which Lord Derby alluded ; but Lord Derby, undoubtedly, when Sir R. Peel's Colonial Secretary, took Lord Elgin from private life, and sent him to Jamaica. When Lord Palmerston came into office Lord Elgin ac•• cepted the office of Postmaster. General. In 1860 it was again necessary that the Emperor of China should be compelled to fulfil the engagements into which he had en tered with the British, but which he was determined, if possible, to evade. Lord Elgin went out, retaining the office of Postmaster-General till September, 1860. On his voyage he was shipwrecked at Ceylon, and had a nar row escape from death, but was put on board another vessel, and proceeded to Hong Kong, and then to Shanghai. The Taku forts were taken, the Chinese sub.nitted them selves, and in November, 1860, the allied forces left Pekin. In January, 1862, Lord Elgin was selected with uni versal approbation to succeed Lotd Canning, his friend and schoolfellow, as Governor-General of India. How he has pacified angry feelings, established loyalty among doubt • ful chiefs, promoted education, furthered religion without offending the faith of the natives—all these things are matters of recent history. Though his viceroyalty has been short, it will have left its mark for good in Indian history, and few Governor-Generals will have earned a higher character for hearty zeal and warm liberality, as well as for consummate administrative ability, than the Earl of Elgin. Lord Elgin could hardly be called a great orator. In truth he had little opportunity of either showing himself or making himself an orator, since his services were chiefly administrative and in distant countries, while,when in Eng land, he rarely spoke in the House of Lords, in which he had a seat for 14 years. One speech of his, however, must be noticed, in which he displayed that entire freedom from partisanship and that true patriotism which distin guished his whole career. When Lord Ellenborcugh moved his famous "grandiloquent" resolutions of the 14th of May, 1855, in favour of a more vigorous prosecution of the Crimean war than he thought the Liberal Ministry of Lord Palmerston had urge' on, Lord Elgin, then, as ever, a moderate, but independent Conservative, felt himself bound to interpose in favour of the Government. He made the beet speech of the day by far, at times rising even to eloquence. Beginning with the admission that, from having been so many years absent in the foreign service of the Crown, he was nearly a stranger to the proceedings of Parliament, his lordship mentioned his present relations to the Ministry. Not very long back, he said, he had thought it his duty to state to Lord Palmerston that he was resolved to maintain an independent position in Parliament, and yet his desire and intention, subject to that qualification and reserve, were to support the Premier, not only because on questions of public policy his sentiments coincided with his lordship's, but because he owed to Lord Palmerston and his colleagues a debt of obligation for the support they had uniformly given him at critical periods in his foreign career. It was true, he must owr, that the saccesses of the Minis.- try, whether in the Crimea or elsewhere, had been few ; and the germ of his hope in Lord Palmerston had not yet ripened into public confidence. The resolutions spoke of " firm alliances of brotherhood in arms of a sympathetic and enthusiastic people." Was there no word of regret " for national friendships of old standing broken, for dr!'iiolation carried into thousands of happy homes, for Europe in arms, Asia agitated and febrile, America sullenly expectant ?" The grandest sentence was that in which Lord Elgin, in earnest tonel, contrasted the devotion of our soldiers and sisters of charity with the unpatriotic conduct of certain people who "sat at home at ease," not far, perhaps, from their lordships' house. After speaking of the gallantry of the soldiers of all ranks, he said:—" To look to another quarter, to contemplate another class of virtues which are not less essential than those to which I have referred, to the happiness and glory of nations, I have heard from en thusiastic, even S bigoted, votaries of that branch of the Christrian Church which sometimes prides itself on having alone retained in its system room for the exercise of the heroic virtues of Christianity—l say I have frequently heard from the frank admission that the hospitals at Scutari have proved that the fairest and choicest flowers of Christian charity and devotion may come to perfection even in what they are pleased to call the arid soil of Protestantism. People at home should show the same indifference to small and personal motives, the tame generous patriotism, the same disinterested devotion to duty which have charac terised our soldiers in the field, and the women of Eng land at the sick Led." The following year, about the same time (May 27) his lordship spoke somewhat em phatically in deprecation of the despatch of 10,000 troops to Canada, and the general increase of the mili tary establishments in British North America, as if la anticipation of a war with the United States, which had just voted a million with apparently warlike de signs. He said he had seen a great deal of the people of the United States during his administration of Canada, and he spoke in the interest of the North American colo nies, which would be the first to suffer from war. He deeply regretted the unfriendly feeling which existed be tween the two nations—but he insisted that only the governing classes of America, chiefly foreigners or of foreign extraction, and of no very reputable character, were our enemies ; whereas the better classes, who abnegated their duties as citizens, and allowed Irish rowdies to govern them, were anxious to continue on friendly relations with us. Beyond a short explanation of his treaty with China after this, we do not find that Lord Elgin took part in the proceedings of the Upper House. t inn:and,.and he has We have already mentioned his lordship's first a la e• o H ane e en m eo rf a a r tih r married dfmsotehsctaotn Province—John eminentN ov an , 7 d , mlBo4sfit, unfortunate on Gn f t eo h or e rtu e en v . a e tfi o e f r o h s t i m o s v j 2e o r ra u r nr r journey r g e os ; to Canada, Lady Mary Louisa Lanibton, eldest daughter of Durham, G.C.8., previously Ambassadorg at St. Peters burg, and Lord Privy Seal in the first Reform Govern ment, at the head of which was his father-in-law, Earl Grey. By her he has had issue, with two otherterin sgohnndra., daughter, an heir, Victor Alexander, Lord Bruce, born at reserved it. in 1849, who succeeds him in the title and estates in Most m a nLondonersyshop windowsare f am o i f li t a h r e withvene rtah:l4teoaotsakinitngrgpmeho:g. photograph bend ing over a little boy, and helping him, apparently, in his studies. It is a photograph of the illustrious Viceroy and of the successor to his title —let us hope to his liberality, his unsullied character, his noble self-sacrificing . d evotion to the welfare of his country. Lord Elgin has as much died for his country as any brave soldier has 4l fallen on on a field of battle, with •the only consolation tchhaatrahviiosnecooufnt hery great willempire p h rTeE o e n eol l o gqv u viudna r appl hfel, fought ah w i lost ac Itoth h aot o pvthh erKo ag: xepo h owd is vr fi li rvgs f e etha Ta x : n prpmfi a ooB d : ad r ministering fliaollre'dn among the foremost of the great sovereigntY• THE COCOA NUT TREE IN ENGLAND.—This noble tree, which has hitherto been universally barren in Europe, hit s at length been enabled to yield its fruit. In the conservatory of the Duke of Northumber land's garden at Sion. Rouse there is a beautiful specimen this graceful p a l m , with a nut securely set, and advancingow steadily to m a t ur i ty. It has been obtained from flower a _ which opened l as t J u l y , and i t nvw measures 101 n c"8 in circumference. EXPERIMENTS AT SHOEBITRYNESS. The smashin g Powers 7. lSir Wm. Armst rong ' s 600-pounder shu n t gun w tested yesterday a t Shoeburyness against th ela e trP rrior floating target. e s Bft The target is an exact counterpart art of a section o f 1. long by loft. the Warrior's side, and measu re in height. It is constructed of . best homogeneous metal 41,- inchesron thick, b o a te d to plates of the a backing of teak 18 inches in depth. Behind this come two sets of 31-inch plates, rivetted to na ribs of T iron, the whole being shored u p by 8 l n ,,,, ive beams of fir of immense t hi ckness. The targeta ting. moored at 1, 000 yar ds distan ce from thefi anus firin g points of the 600 and 300-pounder Armstrongs, and wooden targets for ascertaining the correct eleva— tion far this range floated close by, a little clear of the iron one. ._ The first shot from " Big Will" was a dummy cast iron shell weighing 6001 b, and was levelled with such unerring aim at the wooden target as to smash it literally to powder. The elevatiou of the piece in this instance was 2 deg. 5 min., and the charge 701 b. The next shot was a steel shell with a cast-iron head weighing 6101 b, and containing no less t han 241 b of powder, which is only four-fifths of its normal charge. Before firing this shot a consultation tcok place among the artillerists present as to the ele vation to be given, it having been discovered that the wooden target demolished by the first shot had been moored at 1,020 yards instead of at 1,000 as had been originally intended. After some discussion the . gun was fired at 2 deg. 10 min, elevation, the shell passing just over the top of the target a little to the right of the central lines. The next two shcta— live steel shells similar in all respects to No. 2—Lica monstrated in a most surprising way the wonderful accuracy of the gun in obeying the slightest change in elevation. For shot No. 3 the piece was depressed to 2 deg. 3 rain., the shell passing through the exact centre of the top of the target, and carrying away a piece of the wood framing of a semicircular shape. The fourth shot was fired at only 3 minutes less ele vation and struck the target as near the centre as possible, making daylight through it, and exploding at the very moment of impact. Those who did not mind getting a wet jacket from the spray made a rush for the boats, the more prudent making use of the steamtug Bustler. On boarding the target the havoc made by the ponderous missiles was found to to have surpassed all expectation. A bole 2 feet by 20 inches yawned in the 41-inch plate, level with and a few inches left of the bull's-eye. The teak backing was splintered into fragments from the size of a cocoa nut to the merest fibre, and the 1 -inch plates and one of the ribs were completely torn away like so much paper. In front, below the hole, there lay a huge mass of iron plate, weighing three or four hundredweight, and looking like a piece of crumpled black rag. The plate above the one which Was pierced was started fr om its p lace and bul g e d out ward, nearly the wh ole of the bolts holdin g it to th e target being brok en away. In fact, all present allowed that since the great battle o f gun versus plate had begun t o be wa g ed there had never been such a complete triumph for the f ormer combatant. ar At first it had been intendedl "artist target at 2,000 rto r try the effects of the 600 pounde r u p on the v yards, but the first blow at 1,000 yards so disabled it as to render a new target necessary. Ou returning to the fi r i ng Point the 300 pounder was next tried, font shots being sever al causes only one of fired, but owing to c harges for this f them took effect. The g u n Were ound to be a few inches s hort, the COUSETIOn ce instances the target of which was that in three the charge f or vit. Was missed. At the fourth shot shell struck the ri la tch was of the proper size, the g t top corner of the plate, smash ing but not Penet this shot was rating it. Theslight effect taken by nodoubt greatly owing to the targ et having been stewed round to an angle of nearly 40 degrees with the line of fire by the fourth s hell from " Big This concluded the firing fo r the day. "hen the tide had ebbed sufficiently many of those smas hed target. All present revisited the arou n d it, to the extent of 200 or 300 feet, lay masses of iron and steel of different sizes, which gave one a perfect idea of the damage that Would have been caused to the "between decks"h and opposite aide of any vessel unluck men.g to receive such a shot. On closely exai . ng the breach made, it seems clear that the projectilem t u h st have exploded whenabenthw through e y vident by the e target.. This was made peculiarly radaally enlarged after way in which the hole g passing through the outer iron plate, and by the o f the splinters in the teak backing. a ppearance b ulks of timber was split in One of the massive two, another was blown upwards apparently by the mere force of the explosion. In the mischi e f d one everything betokened a great excess of power there is consequently every certainty of the effect being almost equally great at 2,000 yards, as the ve l oc ity of the shot at that distance is only dimi nished by about 120 feet per minute. A large number of gentlemen, including me mbers of the Ordnance Select Committee,mg several the Special Committee on Iron, were an d t h ro ughout the experiments. n ) Were present Capt. Noble ascarteincd the • the projectiles fired from initial velociti e s of found them to diff er only the 6 00-pounder, cod already given in 71 Sint. During the whole of the day gusts of rain an d wind were driving ac left, but seem e d to ross the ra nge f rom r ight to curacy of the firing h ave little influence on the ac , M' USTICE W IGUTMAN'S DEATIL—In allus iOO tof this melancholy occurrence, the Law jgri;egng to to day (just published) remarks :- - " On the press we have received a telegram announ 6 Call' York. 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