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Tech nical education is not confined to a particular class of school ; for instruction of this kind is communicated from the earliest stages, and the system of education i.., homo geneous from the beginning. p 7 7 - Y RECEvEr,2r .'.B 1868. ' Z4 (ii •••ii : .";1 ' F.. 1 - ..,, - --/ vl- - t ,„ i • .1 .. •.,.. 1 ..... .. ;:„..,.:,, , r,.--• • "..____ n / .. . ~, ..• . . • 17 ' , ....., : , ..... A,, t .. . k1.:71.,..7-1;.'...., - ti.U?'l- 1 ' il: :T. 4-----, I ttt - - , - * 0 , ;)-‘-'' '' '' ' _ . -7 ,z7y.46 . 4 ,- °7 , I. ...y.. , - k- . 14 ' .. , ~...„*...--, -, * iv -1.-A. r . A- ( ' • •el - . • 14 .,. ....r.‘ . ". ' 4. . 4.- _ . ....k. . - ,rca 4 „, •,,,,....‘, ,z . c...., riz at V, :/// „,•\.. AM .1.77,-.... , .111,. , it o ' eg.,.• , ~,,,_ 4 1 --- - ''' ' Air 4 ' A FTER Covert-garden Opera—EVANS to I SUP. After Drury-lane Theatre EVANS' to SUP. After Haymarket Theatre EVANS' to,SUP, After Adelphi Theatre EVANS' to SUP. After Olympic Theatre EVANS' to SUP. After Strand Theatre EVANS' to SUP. After New Royalty Theatre EVANS' to SUP. After St. James's Theatre EVANS' to SUP. After Prince of Wales' Theatre EVANS' to SUP. -.Ann Singing and Supper Club, EVANS', Covent-garden. Voce Entertainment at Eight. oN NI k- 4 PlUCle 4d. STA3IPE'D sd. conversant with the business of the boards. This done, as far as practicable, let every member give him his utmost support. No light frivolity si►oul be pninitted, and, every amateur taking a direct part in the performance should per4nnally in spec•t the ar idles of his apparel ; f,r though there is little fear of neglect with the practised cos tumiers of London, the security occasions hut dight trouble, and may indeed be needful when any in novation has been determined on, or any ►►d.liiion required. All actors taking p ‘rt in the opening • piece "shoul•l be bound to be dressed some minutes before the required time, under the penalty of fines rigidly enforced ; and those making their evening's &buts in the following piece ought to 1-c equally expected to have finished with dressers and peruquers before the termination of the first, in order that the services of these necessary assistants might be at once devoted to the gent leinen and ladies of the preceding dramatic cast, and so on to the conclusion of the evening's perform ance. Further, no member should be allowed to take on himself any prominent character until he had passed through a fitting training of subordinate parts. In conclusion, we would advise our friends to limit the duration of performance to three hours. It is a period sufficiently long for the spectators of professional skill, who invariably shun either the opening or the concluding farce ; and much may be done, under the above regulations, in that period.— . Racing Times and Amateur Dramatic Chronicle. MLISON DOREE, THE NOW FASHIONABLE RESTAURANT R T. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., O g-A N and After the Opening of the Queen'aheatre, UI L D C 0 U Loncre, EVANS' to SUIT. j'G f ' After Queen's Theatr- EVANS' to SUP. By GEOWIE MAC DONALD, M.A. After Qheen's Theatre EVANS' to SUP. "A very entertaining story, abounding with wholesome into After Queens Theatre EVANS' to SUP. rest and wise counsel."—Athenamm. After Queens Theatr , EVANS' to SUP. • 1 After Queen's Theatre EVANS' to SUP . Hurst and Blaehett, 13, Great M a rlborough-street. LONDON SINGING AND SUPPER CLUB. , ----- AT EVANS' COVENT GARD.:N VOCAL ENTEUTAINMENt At Eight eCTiock. ra7•10. - 7!" . ..+owas Earl for the Derby, but as other writers have game through his performances so often. my comments shall only be brief. I really cannot see, for the life of me, how they can make him a good horse ; at least I think there are several in the Derby that will b at him. A foolish excuse has been made so often .about horses when they get beat, not being fit to run, and after they have won a race or two in moderate company, and been defeated by . ..Ater horses than themselves, then there is ano ther excuse that they are getting still,. Now this is precisely the case with the Earl, for he never beat a good horse. His best, performance was when he heat Suffolk and other:. He got well off, and chopped down the Baron's horse in the first quarter of a mile, but in my opinion neither of t hem ha ve any e arthly chance of winning the Derby, provided Lady Elizabeth, Rosicrucian, or Pace keep well. The last time the Earl and Suffolk met was a true run race, as they both left the post at once, and ran home locked together, when Suffolk just won on the postby ahead. His next performance was when he met Ouragan and ran him a dead heat, and in my opinion the French horse is not within 201bs of Derby form. He next suffered defeat in a match with XI, the latter giving him 23!bs. Now, I will only ask the admirers of tl.e Earl which they would back —XI or Julius—if they were going to run a match at even weight ? and I think they would answer—Julius. X I certainly won a few races in very moderate elm pany, but whenever he met a horse that could gallop he was always beat, and yet he could give the Earl 231bs and beat him; and Julius could not give Lady Elizabeth 91b, so that it will be seen from the foregoing remarks that I make Lady Elizabeth just 141bs better than the Earl. The above is a plain, brief manner of summing up the chanee of John Day's second string ; and, as we aro told that the Earl will prove the best horse for Danebury on the Derby day, I must certainly be very plain, and tell his backers that he has no chance of winning; and especially should they all winter well, which I hope for the sake of their owners will be the case, I must stand Lady Elizabeth to win, andllosicrucian and Pace for places. AND UNCHEON BAR, GLASSHOUSE-STREET (One door from Regent-street), CUISINE FRANCAISE, &c. Primary schools may be either private or public. The private primary schools have been established almost ex clusively by religious or benevolent societies, or by the proprietors of factories, foundries, &c., for the benefit of their employers. The public primary schools are those of 1 which cs •ry commune or parochial district is obliged by Government to maintain one or more. Every commune 1 of more than 500 inhabitants must have separate schools for boys and girls. The teachers are app )inted by the Prefect of the Department. The commune bears the expense of the school, and if the commune be too poor to support its school, grants are allowed in aid of this object from the Department and from the Ministry of Public '1 Instruction. The school fees are generally 2 s. 6 d. a month, 1 but the poor are taught free. In 1866, about one-half of the boys and one-half of the girls were taught free. In i that year the total number of children under instruction in the public schools was 3,537,659 ; in the private schools, 978,258. In 1,957 communes, primary instruction was given gratuitlusly to all in 5,550 schools. In a population estimated in 1566 at 38 millions, the number of children between 7 and 13 years of age was computed to be 3,974,062, or about 600,000 less than the il number of children actually attending school. This gor.ls to prove that a large number of children must have been. at school before the age of 7, or have continued in attend ance after the age of 13. The cost of public primary instruction in France in,1866 was £2,160,000, of which £870,000 was paid by the eetii: - j'''' l-14 • 1 munes, £BOO,OOO obtained from fees, £lBO,OOO by the do. P. partments, £240,000 by the State, and the rest from, gifts, &c. It dills appears that of the whole east of the public schools, £1,674,000, or nearly the whole, came from the o in =nes themselves in the shape of tames and school High-class Wines at wholesale prices. Spirits and Boers, &c. Private room for Parties. HAMPERS PREPARED AND SENT OFF TO ORDER. Terms, CASH. NEW NOVEL BY THE AUTHOR OF ST. OLAVE'S. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., TEANIE'S QUIET LIFE. 03 By the Author of "St. Olave's," "Alec's Bride," &C. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. On and after MONDAY, Dec. 9, SUPPERS from Nine p.m. to One n.m. EUROPEAN ASSURANCE SOCIETY.- Notice is Hereby Given. that the SUARE TRANSFER ROOKS of this Society will be CLOSED, from the Ist to the 14th of January, 1868 (inclusive). Interest on the Paid-up Capital for the Half-year ending the 31st of December, 1867, will be payable on and after the Ist of February, 1868. Manager, CHARLES CASTLE. KINAHAN'S LL WHISKY. DUBLIN oN, This celebrated OLD PNITTBrnWILIBIa Prize Medal, gained the Dablin Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vole., HERO'S By MI:S. DUFFE I S HARDIYV 01. . "Mrs. Hardy has written so w 3 I I that her bo ok will please a numerous class orreaders who like to be addre ssed by a woman R of kindness, good sense, and refinement, and who have not lost all taste for pictures of worthy people and p eaceful Englis homes. Compared with the ordinary run of modern novels, it is as pure as the newly-fallen snow." —The Times, Dec. 26. "A powerful, interesting, and well-wrought novel."—Athe- By order of the Board. HENRY LAKE, General Manager, 316, Regent-street, London, W., 28th Dec., 1867. It is Pare, Mild, Mellow, Deliclons, and ,•t Wholesome. Bold in Bottles, 2s. Bd., at the Retail hung's in London; by the Agents in the principal towns in England; or wholesale at 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, "I.ONDON, W. Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and (,Mirk Branded. LL Whisky," OMPAGNIE GENERALE TRANS -IJATLA.NTIQUE, 8, Place Vendome, Paris. NEW YORK, via HAVRE and BREST. The undermentioned Steamers will sail every 14 days, as fol. lows : NAPOLEO s' II Paddle VILLE DE PARIS Screw PEREIRE. Screw ST. LAURENT Screw EUROPE Paddle ...... ...... 900 h.p. RATES OF PASSAGE. Havre or Brest to New York, Ist class, £33 0 0 11 'lt 2d class, 17 0 0 3d class, 14 0 0 Agents--STRINGER, PEMBROKE, and CO., 8, Austinfriars, E.C. meum. "This story is a good one well told. From one end to the other is fixed attention."—Pall Mall Gazette. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. ,MUTUAL LOAN FUND JILSSOCIA.TIO2I (Incorporated by Act of Parlismot, 1850), USSELL-STREET, COVENT-GARPItN, LONDON, AD VANCES MONEY upon personal securit, Bills of Sale, Free hold or Lessehoid rroperty, for oue. two, ai three years, repay able werkly, monthly, or quarterly. Bilk 'romptly discounted. Forms free on receipt of stamped envelopL EDWARD r'k-RPER. Secretary. ZADKIEL'S ALMANAC for 1868, the Second Edition, Ninetieth Thousand, contains a Portrait of the Imperial Prince, with its usual Interesting Articles. Also a Demonstration of the True Distance of the Moon, and an Eclipse of the Moon worked out, on the theory of her distance being only 32,828.5 miles; which entirely overthrows and destroys the mo dern system of Astronomy. London: G. Berger, Newcastle-street, Strand. —Sixpence only. td di- ,o- led IV( ADAME IUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION, 111 BAKER- BTREET. - - A Life-size PORTRAIT MODEL of THEODORE, KING of ABYSSINIA, is now added; also all the Kings and Queens of Englund, American Celebrities, &c. Boom of Horrors. Open from 11 in the morning till 10 at night. Admittance, Is.; children under 10, 6d. Extra rooms, 6d. URNISHED HOUSES, from £2 2s. to £2O 12 per Week.—D. S. HUMPHitIEi h.s at in times a n amber of Firs -class RESID r. NiCES to be LET. furnished or unfurnished, or sold, more i artieularly in the nel..hbour hoods of sydenham, Upper Norwood. Forest-hill, and vici nity.—Particulars may be had at the Office, Printing House square. lust Published, price ls. Bd., by post, is. Bd., the Second Edition, with A.dden la, containing additional Facts and Cases, in illus tration of the nefarious proceedings of the Advertising Quacks. EVELATIONS OF QUACKS AND QUACKERY. By DETECTOR. Reprinted from the "Medical Circular." London: H. Balliere, 219, Regent-street. The numerous reviews of this startling work by the Saturday Review, Punch, Weekly Despatch, Public • Opinion, and other journals, recommending its universal perusal are reprinted will , this edition let the )ett ied Lry, at MADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION.-A PORTRAIT MODEL of FREDERICK BAKER, the Alton Murderer, is now added to the Chamber of Horrors. Open from 11 in the morning till 10 at night. Admission, ls.; children under 10 years of age, 6d.; extra rooms, 6cl. HOUSES and APART MEN rs WA , :TE D, and to be LET ACCIDENT 70 THE RESEARCH. or SOLD, BITSfiESS ES for DISPOSA.L...t.c. PROPERTY, FREEHOLD or LEASEHOLD. D. T. HIIIIPHRI a:S has continual applications for all descriptions of PR JPE RT Y which will pay good interest for outlay. Houses out of repair not objected to. T. D. Humphries can at all times fled customers tor all desorip- Hems of busisesses. Hotels, public hoses s, Aro sold and transfers, d. Apply, D. T. Humphries, Estate Agent. Print -114.Y, House-square. f AW LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, Fleet -1.41 street, London, E.C., 2d January, 1868.—Notice is Hereby Given, that a GENERAL MEETING of the Proprietors of the Law Life A ssurance will be held at the Society's Office, Fleet street, London, on Saturday, the Ist day of February next, at 12 o'clock at noon precisely, pursuant to the provisions of the So ciety's Deed of Settlement, for the purpose of Receiving tho Au ditors' Annual Report of the Accounts of the Society up to the 31st December last, ay ord nd for er of t gener l pu a re rpctors.sose. Bhe Di WILLIAM SAMUEL DOWNES, Actuary. fees. In every primary school, whether public or private, the following subjects must be taught :—Religious instruction, reading, writing, and arithmetic, elements of the French language, elements of history, and geography. But the course may also include elements of natural philo sophy, natural history, elements of agriculture and manu factures, mechanical and freehand drawing, singing, gym nastics, &c. THE INDIAN RELIEF SERVICE. ARGYLL ROOMS, WINDMILL-STREET, Piccadilly Sole Proprietor, Mt R. R. BIONELL. This magnificent Terpsichorean and Musical Establishment, having been Re-decorated in the highest style of Italian art by Messrs. Rubardt and other eminent artists, is NOW OPEN for the AUTUMN SEASON. Solo Euphonion. Signor Mosca Solo Cornet, M. Graves. Conductor, Signor Curti. Doors open at half•past 8. Admission, ls.; Resery ea Seats, 2s. per and and has THE "SINGER" EVP FAMILY MACHINE Is fitted with a new PATENT TUCK MARKER TUCK while trhiolt GAUGES and MARKS each succeeng sewing, a MOST VALUABLE ACCESSORY, not to be had with any other Mac2thee. T HE " SINGER" NEW FAMILY SEWING MACHINES are the most cortsplete, with all aeoeseorles for the family, sealuttre., mfinutbotuers of shirt collars, shirts, cloaks, mantles, ohildrsn's clothing, caps, cersete, linen and silk good; umbrellas, parasols, ix. Catalogues and Samples of Work post free. THE SINGER MANUFACTURING COMPANY, 147, CHEAPSIDE, LONDON. ices THE 0 X F ORD, 6. OXFORD-STREET. W. During the Week will be given a GRAND SELEC TION from Offenbach's Comic Operetta, ORPHEE AITX ENFERS, LA TROVATORE, and the New Cantata MERRY CHRISTMAS. Principal Artistes: Misses Russell, Rivers, and Fitz- Henry ; Messrs. Bury, Marler, R. Greene, and De Brenner. Full Band and Chorus: Instrumentalists: Miss Bryant ; Messrs. Paque, Melling, and Plumpton. COMEDY. &c., by the LEVITES, Miss and Mr. FOB TER, HARRY SYDNEY, FRED. FRENCH, Mr. H. RICHARDS, and ALFRED PERRIER. CANTERBURY HALL.—NEW MANAG of EMENT. V W. HOLLAND, Sole Lessee, late Proprietor Weston's Music Hall, High Holborn Great Alterations and Improve ments have been made, and an entire new Company, compris ing most of the principal artistes o f the day, will have the honour of appearing. Mr. Fred. Evans (of the Royal Alhambra and Crystal Palace), Miss Randall, E. Towers, Vincent, Simpson, Garrett, and corps de ballet. Ballet, entitled BUMBLE. STUM BLE, and TUMBLE, with new scenery and effects. Original music by Alfred Lee. The G reat Vance, George Ellis, Nat Ogden, George Washington, Pat Sellers, nnie Adams, Brothers Girarde, Leroni, Miss Fitzhenry, Mr. Rowland Lascelles. A mag nificent new band, selected from the late orchestra of Her Ma jesty's Theatre, numbering 23 performers, assisted by the drums and bugles of the 2d Battalion Scots Fusilier Guards, by kind permission of Lieut.-Colonel Commanding. Musical Director, Mr. Alfred Lee, composer of " Champagne Charlie." Mr. James Ellis, assistant manager. Prices of Admission —Balcony and At ea, 6d.; Stalls, ls. Doors open at 7, commence at half-past. There are also elementary adult classes. Of these the number in 1863-4 was only 5,623, while in 1866-7 the num ber of schools was 32,383—a sixfold increase. These are conducted by qualified public teachers ; 26,059 of them were gratuitous. In 11,878 adult primary schools one or more of the following subjects were taught :—Drawing, book-keeping, natural philosophy, geometry, and land- . surveying (80,763 adult students pursued +this subject), history, geography, and singing. 20,505 of these schools were purely elementary. The number of adult scholars was no less than 829,555, of whom more than a third were absolutely illiterate, or nearly so, on entering. The cost of adult education was £74,500, of which more than half was covered by grants from municipal councils, the rest by free gifts, &c. By far the greater number of adult classes are 1191 d on Sundays, at such times as n )t to inter fere with public worship. rorn ,for for ronl iter, iep- CANDLES. —A Hint to Purchasers. — Do not make sure that you know what price you are paying per pound foryour candles until you have stripped them and put them in the scale. Some candles are right weight with out the wrappers, some with moderately thick wrappers, some with very thick wrappers, and some are not nearly right weight with wrappers however thick. PRICE'S "G. , LD MEDAL PALMITINE," " SHERWOOD PALMITINE" " BELMONT SPERM," and " BEL MONT WAX , " "BEST," " No. 2," "No 3," and "BAT TERSEA" COMPOSITES, "PRICE'S PARAFFINE," and " BELMONTINE," and all other candles of Price's Patent Candle Company Limited, are full weight without the wrappers. nau, 7. Dec. Slew Mr. E. W..MAOSNEY will make his fifth appearance this evening. STODARE'S MARVELS of MAGIC THIS EVENING Conductor—Mr. F. Jonghmans. 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Mr. SWE ASEY begs to inform the public, in consequence of the flattering patronage he has received, he has engaged the fol lowing talented Company:—The Great VINCE; GEORGE LEY- BouaNN, the Lion Comique; JISAN BOND, the unrivalled Equal brist ; GEORGE ELLIS, the Australianßuffo ; the Brothers DANIELS (who are allowed by the Press to be unapproachable by any other artiste in their performances); SIDNEY BARNES (his first appearance); Miss Aims DUNNING, the most fascinating Serio- Comic Singer and Dancer at the present time; Mrs. Purm.fra, the pleasing serio-comic ; Miss ANNE TREMAINE, the English Ballad Singer, is re-engaged after a most successful provincial tour. . Full Orchestra, in which Mr. H. Baker, the unrivalled Cornet Player, Will appear. The whole under the direction of Mr. P. COBB!. Special Notice.—ln consequence of the length of entertain -122,8111, the doors will open at 7, commence at 7.30. No alteration in the prices of admission. Private boxes, 10s. 6d., to be secured at Mitchell's Royal Library, Old Bond-street' and Sams' Library. St. James's; also at the Box-office at the Hall from 10 until four o'clock. SPANISH FLY is the acting ingredient in ALEX. BOSS'S CAN'rHA NOES OIL, which speedily produces whiskers and thickens !lair. Price 3s. 6d.. ss. 61, and 10s. 6d.; sent by po s t f or 54 84 1(1144 sultnps,—ALEX. BOSS 248, High Holborn, Londo n , andl nil Chemists. "Tule'of a Hair," 6,1 WONDERFUL DISCOVERY.—Corns cured in one day by using ALEX. ROSS'S CHIROPO. This preparation gradually dissolves the Corn in a few hours, re moving the very root. Price 45.; sent by post for 60 stamps.- 2 48, Higb.liolborn London, and all Chemists. Face Powder, ls. LTAIR-CURLDIG FLUID, 248, High Holborn, London. ALEX. ROSS'S CURLING FLUID curls Ladies' or Gentlemen's hair immediately it is applied. Sold at Bs. 6d., ss. 6d., and 10s. 6d.; sent free for 54, 84, and 144 stamps. —Had of Chemists. 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RAIR COLOUR WASH. —B y d amp i ng the head with this be Wash, in seven or ten days the hair assumes its original colour, and remains so by an occasional using. les. 6 , 1.; sent Mt stamps,— AT. T . :X . ROA 213, High Holborn, Londor, r n 1 all Chemists, UJust published, 2cl. sent by the author for 3 stamps, GLINESS and BEAUTY; being a Pamphlet descriptive of articles and means used for improving the of all earance Had booksellers. GREAT NORTHERN HOSPITAL, Caledonian -road, Islington, N. Supported by Voluntary Contributions. This HOapital has relieved 481,954 patients since It was estab• Halted at King's-cross in 1840. Patients are admitted free. Bankers--Messrs. Barret. Lloyds, and Co., 60, Lombard-stree fi tdesars. Ransom and Bouyerie 1, Pall -mall.—Hon. Sec., F. Smith, Eacl• GEO. Ram Ram TlR,insil ORPHAN ASYLUM, Mackenzie LP Park, Slough, 13loka (formerly at Claphara-rise). Inati .uted, 1827. Patron—Her Most Gracious ManirrY the QualtX. 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The ring was much larger than might have been expected, considering the state of the weather, as many people wet in doubt if the meeting would take place. However, on our arrival in Manchester the climate seemed to have changed all of a sudden, the weather being more like Spring than January, and the ground was in capital order. After the usual operation of wishing the compliments of the season had been got through the racing commenced with the Hurdle Rue, and there was nothing backed but the first two, and the favourite won in a canter. Old Ross had many supporters, but he is getting too old and slow, and I think we have seen the last of him on any race-course. The City Steeplechase afforded a capital race with the first two from the distance, and the favourite only won in the last stride by a head. Tally-ho NV.IS made a rattling favourite at the lists, and I should say those that rushed on him were under the impression that it was the Tally-ho that ran second at Croydon, and most likely the sporting writers who selected him to win thought likewise, but when he was seen the mistake was visible, and the money went on Bronze, so fast that he was soon made favourite, sad he landed his backers by a neck. The Trial Handicap brought out seven runners, and Ada was backed for a lot of money, but was never in the race —Bumboat, brought all the way from Nov, market, getting the best of the start, and winning by ten lengths. There were two objections against the win ner. Mr. Scott, the trainer of the second, lodged the first, on the ground that she never went to the post ; but Mr. Elliott, the starter, soon set that matter all right, as he r said he started him with the other horses. The next objection was that he was in the forfeit list, but that will have to be decided before another tribunal. Before taking leave of the good folks of Manchester, we must thank them for the kind reception we met with from all classes, tiad if we may be excused for making a slight alteration in a well-known quotation fromßurns, we only hope that, " When death's dark stream we ferry o'er, A time that surely will come, And, when in Heaven, we ask no more Than a Manchester welcome." I shall now proceedito. offer aim remarks about the (From a Correspondent of the Times) ALEXANDRIA, Dec. 26. The transport by the overland route from Eng land of troops to supply the necessary annual reliefs of the garrison of India commenced at the end of the autumn. The system has been carefully watched in this country. Time sufficient to ob serve its practical working has elapsed, and it must be confessed that the anticipations of success openly avowed by some of its originators have hardly been realized. As an instance, I may state briefly how the 27th Regiment, which it is hoped may to-day embark here for England, has been brought from India. On the 14th of November this regiment left Bombay in the troopship Euphrates, high of hope to be at home by Christmas-day. Ou the 6th of December the Euphrates arrived at Suez with the 27th, four batteries of artillery, and a large number of men sent home to be discharged. Accord ing to the theory of the British transport through Egypt these troops should without delay have been forwarded by rail to Alexandria, where another troopship should have been waiting to take them on board, and convey them immediately to England. Practically, however, the case has been considerably different. The Crocodile, which should have been at Alexandria on or about the Gth of December to receive the 27th on their .arrival in Egypt, sailed from Cork on the Bth of that mouth, when she ought to have been at Alexandria on the 7th at the latest. She had fortunately a fine passage, and arrived at Alexandria with the 6th Regiment o❑ the 21st of December. On the afternoon of the 22d the latter regiment was despatched by rail from Alexandria, and was embarked on board the Jumna, which hap pened to be at . Suez. The 27th have not yet arrived at Alexandria, though I believe they are expected this afternoon. While the Eu phrates has been lying in the Roads of Suez it has been found impossible to allow the soldiers to go ashore. They have been literally " cabined, cribbed, confined," have been tantalised by the near prospect of the forbidden :pore, and have been pro bably doomed to spend their Christmas-day on the weary railway, instead of, as they fully hoped, at home. Nor is it in the actual passage of the troops alone that the directors of the transport service (whoever they may be) are unhappy. As troops returning from India have sometimes been ow knn to have among them some cases of illness, it was decreed thht an hospital should be erected at Suez. In order that this hospital might be of use, ignorant persons might have supposed that it would be completed before the transport of troops commenced. Not so, however. Till within one or two days the high sounding Victoria Hospital, Suez, has been but a ghastly skeleton of poles and scaffolding, and it is but little more than a week ago that boards arrived at Port Said, which, after being conveyed through the Suez Canal, are to be used to construct the hos pital. It is believed that it will not be capable of receiving patients until the transport of troops has ceased for the season. To compensate for the ab sence of the hospital, where alone their services would be of much avail, female nurses have been sent out by the Crocodile, who, it is supposed, can in the meantime only be intended to find a field for their exertions among the mules collected for the Abyssinian expedition. A very nice steamtug has been sent to Suez, via the canal, by the English Go vernment, to assist in the embarcation of troops. Prudence might have dictated that the tug should draw such a depth of water as might allow her easily to ply in the notoriously shallow channel. Pru dence was, however, boldly cast aside, and the nicely painted Prompt appeared at Suez drawing about a foot more water than the tugs already employed there. In the existing state of the channel the Prompt could not move, and appeared likely to be come a mere fixed monument of government management. Proverbially, however, Fortune facet fortibus ; the channel \ V a 3 dredged, and the Prompt, without coals on bOard, and it is whis pered at high tide, will be able to get in and out to the roads. No preparations have been made at either Suez or here to receive troops in case they may not be able after their passage by the railway to be put immediately on board ship. At both ?laces, never theless, though much more frequently at Suez than in this harbour, all communication between the shore and the shipping is often interrupted by a sudden gale. The 6th Regiment left here the other day when it was almost quite fine. The following morning, when they arived at Suez, it was blowing so hard that it was extremely doubtful whether they could be got off to the Jumna. They were put on board, but had the wind been a very little stronger they must have remained on shore without either houses or tents, and, not improbably, would have been condemned to house themselves in the railway carriages in which they had been trans ported from Alexandria. These little incidents of the transport service, which do not appear to augur well for its successful prosecution, are naturally much discussed in Euro pean society here. They do not tend to elevate our official management of public affairs in the eyes of either the educated Egyptians or the French, who are our keen rivals in this country. It is sup p )sed here that the attempt made by our Govern ment to form and maiuttia a special transport ser vice for the troops is a peculiarly faulty and ex pensive arrangement. It would have been more desirable to have made a contract with the Peninsular and Oriental Company to convey the troops out and home. This company his already an effective transit service, always ready for use. The Government troopships on the southern side of the Isthmus of Suez will be for six months of the year—since the Indian reliefs can only be conducted during the winter—use less, and will be idle, with their entire crews, at Bombay. Thus, the capital invested in their con struction bears interest for six months alone in each year. In the bands of the Peninsular and Oriental Company they would do good service the whole year round. 'Were the Government determined to take upon themselves the transport of the troops to India, it canot be denied that it would have been prudent to defer its commencement for another win, ter. Then the hospital at Suez will have been com pleted, and the general arrangements might have been le=s mile. and hasty. In the meantime the fine troopships, the lavish expenditure on which only renders the deficiencies in Egypt more glaring, could have been very conveniently employed fir the Abyssinian expedition, and have prevented some of the large outlay which has been required to charter private v, , ssels. To what special cause or to what particular de partment the shortcomings in the land transport system are to be attributed no one here pretends to un lerstand. Three different departments glare upon our dazzled eyes. The English Admiralty owns the troopship, and has complete control of the troops at sea. Colonel Ross, the Quartermaster-General in Egypt, with his assistant, Major Clarke, repre sents the English military authorities, and, it would seem, ought to control the transport of the troops on land. So far affairs would run smoothly enough. It is acknowledged by all that if these zealous, intelligent, and indefatigable officers had untrammelled control on shore, hitches would not occur in the administration. Unfortunately this cannot be so. The Indian Government, to which it would hardly be apparent that the troops can in any way belong until their arrival in India, must be represented. Paradoxically,a naval officer has been elected to control the land transport of soldiers. With this divided authority the officers who repre sent the home military authorities are compara tively powerless. For such matters, however, as the absence of the Crocodile from Alexandria till long after the Euphrates arrived at Suez we must look to London. It is not at Alexandria or Suez, but in the region of Whitehall that arrangements for the despatch of troops from England are made. Unless the latter are punctually carried out no ability or energy in Egypt can prevent detention, delay, and disappointment. The administration of the railway by the Egyp tian Government goes from bad to worse. The per manent way, which is the best part of all, is in some places between Cairo and Suez in a very ricketty condition. The number of platelayers which were to be employed to keep the line in repair has been, for economy, considerab l y reduced, and those who are retained, like all pub lic officials in this country, are in considerable arrears of wages. Since the Eng lish engine-drivers left, on account of not being able to obtain their pay, a great many Albanians have been employed as drivers. These, parrot-like, have learnt to pull the handle and make the engine work, but understand nothing about its mechanism. No rolling-stock is repaired. When an engine or truck gets at all damaged it is shunted into a siding, or sent to the dep ot at Cairo, where it is left to decay. For the last two years the Government has been getting out engines from Europe at the rate of two a month, while there are plenty lying idle at Cairo which a very little repair would enable to run quite well. Rahib Pasha, the Prime Mini ster, has held councils to consider the railway admi nistration, but care has been taken to prevent any max of sufficient independence to tell him the real faults from being summoned to his presence. It is quite usual for trains to be five or six hours late in a journey of 100 miles. . HINTS TO AMAIEURS. In order to render effective service to dramatic amateurs, we must not limit ourselves to records of their successes and statements of their necessities. We must not be ever adverting to the bright side in language pleasing and agreeable, but turn occa sionally into the shade of their .procodings, and point out with an unflinching yet friendly hand their obvious neglect of duties and (Meets. Amongst these, the most injurious to themselves as also the most trying to their friends and admirers before the curtain, is their want of pallet:101V in clmmencing the performance, and the lengthened delays which are allowed to occur between the several parts of the evening's entertainment—and even between the acts of the same piece. Now all of these arise from neglect and want of proper management. There are, we know, many laughable incidents connected with them, many anecdotes and sources of future mirth. Not so very long ago, and in a country town of considerable importance, no boots were to be found in the several bundles of costumes for Charles 11. (which formed the middle and principal piece on the programme); these needful articles having been abstracted by the wag of the society previous to leaving Loudon. What was to be done ? All sorts of useless suggestions were of course made, and so much time consumed that the ennui of the audience was becoming insup portable and vacant seats were rapidly increasing in number. Wbat was to be done? Claim the indul gence of spectators or apologise on conclusion? The latter alternative was adopted, and the curtain rose on performers in the apparel of the middle of the seventeenth century with the exception of the upper leathers. The audience was taken by surprise. Roars of laughter greeted the entry of each actor on the stage, wearing, without a single exception, the hotlines of the present day, with elastic sides. The novelty produced infinite amusement, beyond a doubt, for the apology was wisely never made, so the censorious few (and these are ever present) de clared the success—such as it was—depended on the boots, though, in truth, artistic talent of no common order was apparent amongst the actors. Any thing similar to the foregoing cause of de delay is, of course, exceedingly rare, but amateurs will frequently set their hearts on some peculiar alteration of dress, or on some whimsical addi tion to it, which is commonly never detected till the last moment—nay, when they ought, in fact, to be on the stage, and without it they will not consent to appear."fhen, again, hindrance frequently proceeds from sudden bashfulness in one of the gentlemen. He had learn this part thoroughly, had rehearsed it creditably ; but now when he has to appear his memory fails him and his courage wholly evaporates. Neither force nor entreaty can get him before the lights, so the stage manager has to step forward with " Ladies a nd g entlemen, —We I have to throw ourselves on your generous considera tion, &c, &c., and to inform you of the sudden, serious, and unaccountable indisposition of Mr. Clytus Muff, which will prevent that gentleman (much to his deep regret) from contributing to the evening's entertainment. We, therefore, solicit your kind indulgence for Mr. Bounce, who has consented to read his part at the last moment, &c., &c." Although the causes of the delays just enumerated should not be allowed to occur in any well-regulated club, they tend, nevertheless, in some slight degree towards their mitigation ; but we have known a company of Thalians, fully equipped for performance, unpardonably indulge in some light, joyous frolic or merry dance, utterly forgetful, in their exuberant spirits, of the pain ful weariness which had settled on the audience beyond the curtain. We have written in no churlish spirit, in no love of the cynical, but in all sincerity to carry ont the object we have stated at the commencement of t',:: artic';,‘ —that of rendering service to a mateur so- I cietics. We have written in the desire to wake each member taking a share behind the curtain bear in mind what he has himself frequently endured before it, and thus be never forgetful of the utter dreariness of long del a y s to his audience. His pride should not be merely to equal the celerity of pro i t i , n a s u n d m — e per fessionals, but, if possible, to snrpass forming, as he most frequently does, gal lery or concert room, on,ya tennflpoardajrnystsmtaft—fittitliesd, with p i mp l e scenery ea, under proper management, supported by a befit ting spirit, may readily be effected. To the consi deration of this management, therefore, we now draw his attention. The utmost care should be given t , .) the selection of a stage manager, for it is of the highest import ance to obtain a gentleman thoroughly - efficient and Respeeting the accident to her Majesty's ship Research, the Cork Examiner gives in explanation of the circumstances tinder which she was pursuing the supposed Fenian privateer, when she struck on Daunt's Rock. The following are the details About half-past three o'clock in the afternoon of Wednesday, the Research sighted, south-west of the Old Head of Kinsale, a very rakish-looking barque steering in the direction of Cork harbour. She signalled the vessel, which was sailing rather close to the land, to haul to, but the latter took no notice of the request, and continued her course. The Research then gave chase, but the bark all through kept ahead of her. The latter, which was in charge of a pilot, made her course inside Daunt's Rock, in order to get into the harbour by the shortest route, and the Research was steered in somewhat the same direction, but a little more to the westward, in order that, if the supposed privateer attempted to make her way out of the harbour again, the former could intercept her. The pilot in charge of the barge knew the inner passage very well, and was, therefore, quite confident ; but it was said that, if the officer under whom the Research was being sailed, knew the locality of Daunt's Rock, he would have shaped his course more to the westward, and avoid the consequences that ensued. However, the barque passed safely through the channel between the rock and the land, the Research following her, but, as stated, she kept too much to the eastward, and ran right over the rock, striking the wreck of the City of New of York, which was lost there a few years ago. • A slight shock was felt on board the Re search, and soon after it was found that she was making water in rather large quantities. After this she did not even give up the chase, but kept on, the steam pumps in the meantime being put to work. The barque was not, however, overtaken till she arrived in the harbour, between ten and eleven o'clock p.m., when an officer from the Re search, who was dispatched on board, received a satisfactory explanation from the captain why he did not bring his vessel to when signalled. The war ship was then moored in the road:. The leakage became very great, and the continued working of four powerful steam pumps was only barely sufficient to keep the water under. She remained in this condi tion till yesterday morning, about ten o'clock, when' she steamed slowly up to the moorings opposite Hatilbowline, the pumps being kept still at work. Subsequently a diver was sent down to examine the ship's bottom, but the result of his inspection has not been made known. As is the case with all iton--clad vessels, such as the Research, the portion of the hull below the water-rme is wood, and it is therefore believed that the damage consists of a few of her planks being strained. It is not yet known what will be done with regard to repairing the ship, but whatever is required, the local dock proprietors have intimated their readiness to tender for. The general belief, however, is that she will be taken to one of the Government docks to have the necessary repairs made. The vessel which the Research was chasing is called the Alaska, 700 tons, Captain Lester. She is an exceedingly rakish -looking American built barque, and said to resemble very much the description given of the Fenian privateer alleged to have been seen on the collet. She is bound from San Francisco to this port for orders, and Captain Lester States that, previous to being hailed by the Research on Wednesday afternoon, he had been overhauled three times by other of her Majesty's ships between Cape Clear and the Old Head of Kinsale. On Monday morn ing, when off the latter point, the Alaska was sail ing at a very quick rate when she was signalled by one of her Majesty's frigates, the name of which the captain did not ascertain, but having shown her colours, and Capt. Lester having answered questions as to where he was from, and what his business to Cork was, she was permitted to proceed. On the same day, when the Alaska arrived off Baltimore harbour, the Government despatch vessel Helicon, intercepted her, and • interrogated Captain Lester in somewhat the same terms as he had been earlier in the day by the frigate. The Helicon then retired, and, as Captain Lester thought, satisfied with the result of their inquiries. However, on the following morning, the Helicon again turned up with the Alaska off Galley Head. The very unusual cut of the latter, and her great speed, appeared to excite the suspicions of the naval people greatly. On this occasion the Helicon ap peared to be acting under orders of the Research, which was seen in the distance. The former launched a boat, and in a few minutes an • officer with an armed crew came alongside the Alaska. After making the usual inquiries the officer re quested to see the ship's papers. Captaia Lester put them immediately at his disposal, and the officer said everything was right, and apologised for putting the captain to so much trouble. He then left, and the Alaska went on her course, Captain Lester thinking that now, at least, he was free from any furthe r interference. The following day, however, at th ree o'clock, when som e miles sou th-west of the Old Head of Kinsale, he again saw the Research. She signalled to the Alaska to heave to, but the lat ter did not do so, and the rani put on full speed to overtake her. At this time the barque, as before stated, was very close to the laud. It was blowing teither freshly from the eastward at the time, and Captain Lester and his pilot, Horgan, explain why they did not heave the barque to in this way —being close to the land, and from the way the wind was blowing, they did not think it prudent to stop the way of the ship, because had they done so she would certainly have drifted on shore. This accounts rather satisfactorily for the manner in which Captain Lester acted. The Alaska, the business of which was done in Messrs. J. Dawson and Co.'s office, received her crders yesterday for Liverpool." IMP R OYU' ENTS AT ETON. —G reat alterations and improvements are being effected at the Cuckoo Weir bathing place of the Etonians, near Long-bridge anO, Upper Hope. The ground near the shore is being lowered to a level with that on the other side of the stream, and with the earth thus obtained an embankment is being thrown up, which will screen the bathers from the gaze of the passers-by on the footpath ; and in the neighbour ing lane piles and planking will be placed along the water's edge to prevent the action of the current on the laud in good time. The College watermen have been em ployed in executing this work. Special, or, as it is called in England, technical instruc tion was introduced into the lyedes and colleges of France fifteen years ago ; and now there is scarcely a town of any consideration but has either a lycee or a college, or both. There are also a number of private schools for technical instruction. The most eminent of these were, and still are, the Ecole Turgot and the College Chaptal—magnifi cent metropolitan insCtutions, which received children intended for every career except the learned professions. Entirely distinct from these are the technical schools proper. These are, as a rule, subject to the ministries of the department which the kind of education given in them is intended to subserve ; though there are, more especially in the provinces, many schools established by the Chambers of Commerce and Industry, and by individuals partaking of a similar character. Thus, the Ecole Polytecnique, being chiefly devoted to the education and training of military officers, is under the department of t'ee Minister of War, the School of Naval Engineering is under the Minister of Marine, the Fine Arts Schools are under the ministry cf the Imperial Household ; and the Comtrvatoire Imperial of Arts and Hfindierafts, the three Schools of Art and Handicraft cf ChAlons, Aix, and Angers, the Central School of Arts and Manufactures, 'tha three great .Agriceltural Schools, of which that of Grignon is the most celebrated, the • school of Bridges and Causeways, and all those, in short, in which agriculture and manufacture. are m '..de the chief feature, ar.! under the control of the Yin'ster of Agriculture, Commerce, and Public Works. The three provincial schools of Arts and Handicrafts in the respective towns of Chalons, Aix, and Angers may scrvs as types of the ordi nary technical schools of France, and in describing them the whole number may be said to be described. The course occupies three years. The pupils rise at a quarter past five. Five-and-a-half hours daily—four lathe morning, and one-and-a-quarter in the evening—are devoted to theoretical studies, and seven hours to manual labour, Mathematics and drawing are taught in the morning; the evening is devoted chiefly to preparation. Classes in grammar and writing are held morning and evening. The manual labour in the workshop is divided into two equal stages —from half-past ten a.m. till two p.m., and from half-past three till seven. The students are classed in three divisions, according to the years of entrance. Each class has its qualified professor of mathematics and mechanics, as well as its professor of drawing. We have not space to describe the course of study. The labour in the workshops includes progressive work in carpentry, forging, casting in metals, • and fitting up machines. There are 900 pupils, all boarders in these three schools ! The minimum age of admission is 15 ; the annual cost for board and instruction is £2O, which is of course far from defraying the expenses of the esta blishments. The pupils are mostly the sons of mechanics or small tradesmen. After they leave the school these young men rise in almost all cases to high industrial posi tions ; very rarely do they continue to remain ordinary workmen. Mr. Sa.muelson, in summing up the results of his inqui ries, says :—" If I may venture to suggest some furthez measures, which may, in my opinion, be speedily and safely adopted by the State to promote education, I would sum them up as follows. First, as to Elementary Edu cation.—Let no child under twelve he allowed to work until it can read and write. Make it the duty of every parish to see that its children have the means of elemen tary instruction. Encourage elementary schools by special grants to establish advanced classes. Assist the, pupils of elementary schools who have shewn remarkable ability to continue their education in a superior school. Secondly, as to Technical Education.—Revise your Science Minutes and abolish the limitation to working-class pupils of the capitation grants to science teachers. It is simply a stumbling-block to the weak consciences of committee men, and prevents the e stablishment of classes remunera- he tive to the teac hers. Pay a larger sum per head for t more difficult subjects, and thereby remove the temptation to the teachers of science schools to ride physiology an d inorganic chemistry to death. Give a thoroughly scientific training in Jermyn.street to a small number of young men, chosen, if you like, in part from amongst your more prom i s ing " science teachers," in order to qualify them as professors of science. Distinguish between these and the men who merely get up one or two subjects in order to teach a science class. Supplement local efforts to establish or to extend secondary or superior scientific schools (not mere science classes), by building grants or loans, and by the endowment, or partial endowment, under proper con ditions, of professorships. Begin with Manchester (if Manchester is not too proud), whose citizens are trying to raise £lOO,OOO for the enlargement of Owen's College. Let one condition of assistance to a scientific school be, that a perfecting school (Fortbildungsschule) shall be affiliated to it ; and of the endowment of a professorship, that the professor shall teach in the perfecting school. Lastly, consolidate your Department of Education." KING THEODORDS AND THE SPIRIA.S.—A corre spondent of the Times of India, writing from Annesley Bay, says :—" Abyssinia, the land of superstition, has of course its witches of Endor. I heard a good story the other day illustrating the popular feeling of the country against Theodorus, and the result of our advent. The King, so the story said, heard the news with a troubled countenance, and determined to consult the spirits of his 'athers. They were su mmoned and appeared before him. The King : Tell me my fate. Shall I conquer as I have always conquered? Spirits: No; thy time has come; prepare thyself. The King: Let me reign but three years more, and I will redeem the past. Spirits: No. The,, King: But two years ; let me reign but two years. Spirits : No ! Not one year. Thou halt been tried and found wanting. The blood of slaughtered thousands cries aloud for vengeance. But stay ! There is yet one chance. 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