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F, tho wife 'gan Artil- Hathern, Esq., of irch of the Cox, Esq. , ristohurob , usiliors, to Laws, sq. nham, Isle Ark, Loll- l a g, Maida" non_street, Ala, South or, Captai a cox wen t, o nly dale' ; _buildin~ g ~ .NVILE I2V. No 111 ' f , outulor 0 1861 1863 I.R RECEIVE. 2 tpTER Coivent-gard su en p. Opera—. _ _ - After Drury-lane Theatre EVAN After 41aymarket Theatre - EVAN After Adelphi Theatre EVAN After Olympic Theatre " EVAN After Strand Theatre After New Royalty'Theatre EVAN After St. James's Theatre EVAN After Prince of W . aTes' Theatre EVAN Londoninging and Supper Club, EVANS', Covent-garden. Vocal Entertainment at Eight. MAISON 100 REE, THE NOW FASHIONAiiLE RESTAURANT AND LUNCHEON BAR, GLAS §VOUSE- STREET (One door from Regent-street), CUISINE FRANCAISE,. &c. nigla-class Wines at wholesale prices. Spirits and Beers, &C. Private room for Parties. HAMPERS PREPARED AND SENT OFF TO ORDER. Terms, GASH. On and after MONDAY, Dec. 9, SUPPERS from Nino Pm). to One a.m. Manager, CH/RLES CASTLE. IjINAHAN'S LL. WHISKY. -DUBLIN . . EXHIBITION. 1865. - This celebrated OLD IRISH WHISKY gained the Dublin Prize 3ledal. It is Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome.. Sold in Bottles, 3s. Bd., at the Retail Hotmes in London; by Lae Agents in the principal towns in England: or wholesale at 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork Branded " Klna han's LL Whisky." - .. A r - -,4:::g ~..__ •.... __ ... „ 5....., ~............—_, • ...-.. \ :I+, _— , - e _.l c iv sp, • , . $ i:,.., .-:.,--t.. , :ItA -4,. 4 , . ..... 1t EVANS' to ~., ti . •., - ''' 41' e .:.. 'AA - -..‘-.l* 714,7 =17 , . ' _. ~%, '--•-••••----.=--- . Call . k ..i.„....,,,,, Al °4l I NS' to SUP. -7 44, , - . "....)‘•":%•- i• -St -,,,,,.. dli. oZ, -49.• KS .INf / ' . 4 '. • , NS' to SUP, `'..... t '.... lial , 3.-AL n .•"? ''',.l , Lr'' " ‘ , t l ,'-‘• .. ... 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THE ,0 Xl' O R D, 6, OXFORD-STREET, W. During the Week will be given a GRAND SELEC TION from Offenbach's Comic Operetta, ORPHEE AUX ENFERS, LA TROVATORE, and the New Cantata MERRY CHRISTMAS. ~.Principal Artistes: Misses Russell,' Rivers, and Fitz- Ilenry ; Messrs. Bury, Merle; R. Greel isks ne and De Brenner. Pull Band and Chorus: Instrumenta: Miss Bryant ; Messrs. Paque, Melling, and Plumpton. COMEDY, &c., by the LEVITES, Miss and Mr. FOS ALFRFOS- TER,FRED PERRIER. . FRENDH, Mr. IL RICKARDS, and D Mr. E. W. MACKNEY will make his appearance again this evening. Conductor—Mr. F. Xonghmans. Private boxes, 10s. 6d. ; stalls, balcony, and grand pro inonaie, Is.—THIS EVENING. CIANTERBURY HALL.-NEW MANAGEMENT. —Great Success under the management of W. HOL LAND, Tole Lessee, late Proprietor of Weston's Music Hall. Great Alterations and Improvements.—An entire new Company.— Immense success of Oliver's Christy Minstrel troupe. Great success of Mr. Fred. Evans (of the Royal Alhambra and Crys tal Palace), Miss Randall, E. Towers, Vincent, Simpson. Garrett, and corps de ballet. Ballet, entitled BUMBLE, STUMBLE, and TUMBLE with new scenery and effects. Original music by Alfred Lee. The Great Vance, Nat Ogden, Pat Sellers, Annie Adams, Brothers Girarde;"Leroni, Miss Fitzhenry. A • magnificent band, numbering 23 performers, assisted by the drums and bugles of the 2d Battalion Scots Fusilier Guards. Musical Director, Mr. Alfred Lee, composer of " Ohara- Pa, gne Charlie." Mr. James Ellis, assistant mana g er. Prices o f Admission—Balcony and Area, 6d. Stalls, Is. Doors open at, 7, _commence at half-past. oPecial Notice. —George Leybourne, the original Champagne Charlie, is exclusively engaged for this establishment only, and Will shortly appear. WESTO N'S GRAND MUSIC HALL. Proprietor, Mr. J. S. Sweasey. The Great VANCE; GEORGE LEYBOURNE, the Lion Comique; JEAN BOND, the unrivalled Equilibrist; the Brothers DANIELS; SIDNEY BARNES; Miss ALICE DUNNING; Miss FITZWILLIAMS. Every Evening. Bishop's and Hatton's celebrated Glees, by Miss TREMAINE, Miss Melville, B. Lascelles, T. Godden, and Mr. P. Corri. - -.... Full Orchestra, which will perform the popular Overtures of the Great Masters. The whole under the direction of Mr. P. CORRL The doors will open at 7, commence at 7.30. No alteration 'a the prices of admission.' Private boxes, 10s. 6d., to be secured ,tt Mitchell's Royal Library, Old Bond-street; and Sams' Library, ' 3 t- James's; also at the Box-office at the Hall from 10 until four o'clock. Rattle King, A B Pocial Notice.- The astonishing Hicken Family on Feb. 3; -e+rtimr Lloyd on Feb. 10; Miss Smithson; Jolly Nash, Mary and and Oliver's Christy Minstrels on Easter Monday. 31 AD AAIE 1 USSAUIVS EXHIBITION, BAKER STREET. A PORTRAIT MODEL of the late Eminent T ra g edian, ;MARL KS KEAN, in the character of MACBETH, modelled from Sittings given by him to the late Mr. F. B. TUSSAIID. Admission, ls.; children under 10, 6d. Extra rooms, 6d. oPen from 11 in the morning till dusk, and from 7 till 10 in the evening. ARGYLL ROOMS, WINDMILL-STREET, Piccadilly • Sole Proprietor, Mr R. B. BRINELL. 'vinolll magnificent Terpsichorean and Musical Establish ment, b„,, been Re-decorated in the highest style of Ital ian art Messrs. Rubardt and other eminent artists, is NOW OPEN r the AUTUMN SEASON. Solo Euphonion. Signor Moses. 01 0 Cornet, M. Graves. Conductor, Signor Curti. Doors open at half-past S. Admission, is.; Reserved Seats, 2s. SPANISH FLY is the acting ingredient in ALEX. ROSS'S CANTHARIDES OIL, which speedily produces whiskers and thickens hair. Price 38. 6d., os. 6d., and 108. 6d.; sent by post for 51, 84, and 144 stamps.—ALEX. ROSS, 218, High Holborn, London, and all Chemists. " Tale of a Hair," 6d. MrONDERFUL DISCOVERY.—Corns cured , in one day by using AEX. ROSS'S CHIROPO . Las preparation gradually dissolves the Corn in a few _hours, removing the very root. Price 4s. ; bent by post for 60 stamps. 218, High Holborn, London, and all Chemists. Face Powder, is. HAIR -CURLING FLUID, 248, High Holborn, Londnn. ALEX. ROSS'S CURLING FLUID curls Ladies' or Gentlemen's hair immediately it is applied. Sold at 3s. 6d., ss. 6d., and 10s. 6d. ; sent free for 54, 84, and 144 stamps.—Had of all Chemists. Advice upon all subjects of the Toilet. GREY HAIR.-248, High Holborn, London.— ALEX. ROSS'S HAIR DYE produces a perfect ?oloUr immediately it is used. It is permanent, and per lipetly na t ural i n effect. P r i ces 3s. 61, ss. 6d., and 10s. u n d,.; sent by p os t f or 54, 84, and 144. stamps; and all Chemists. Bloom of Roses, 3s. 6d. hAIR DESTROYER.-248, High Holborn, London.—ALEX. ROSS'S DEPIL &TORY re moves superfluous hair from the face, neck, and arms, V . hout effect to th e s kin. Poice 3s. 6d., ss. 6d., and 10s. • ; sent for 54, 84, and 144 stamps. —Rad of all Chemists. Skin Tonic, ss. 6d. PIMPLE REMOVER.—AII diseases of the skin are VEGETABLE imoved by on dose of AL ROSS'S SKIN PILLS. e They remove X. redness, BaLlinveness, and or post for 40 and 100 s'raPs.—ALEX. ROSS, 248, High.Jlolborn, London, and all Chemists- Advice upon the Toilet. Fee, 2s. 6d. TIAIR COLOUR WASH.—By damping the head with this beautifully-perfumed Wash, in __ Be 'ven or t en d ays th e h a i r assumes it s or i g i na l co l our , a nd ivmains so by an occasional using. 10s. 6d. ; sent for andall —ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London, all Chemists. at published, 2d.; sent b the author for 3 stamps, UGLINESS and BEA UTY ; bein g a Pamphlet descriptive of articles and means used for improv itg the appearance. By ALEX. ROSS, 248, High nol "13, London. Had of all booksellers. IIEALTII RESTORED WITHOUT MEDICINE OR EXPENSE. DU BARRY'S delicate health-restoring Invalids' and Infants' Food. THE EVALENTA ARABICA saves fifty tim es it ß s cost in other remedies, and restores Perfect digestion, strong nerves, sound lungs, healthy liver, refreshing sleep, functional regularity, and energy to the Most disordered or enfeebled—removing speedily and effectually indigestion (dyspepsia), cough, asthma, con sumption, habitual constipation, diarrhoea, all gastric de rangements, hemorrhoids, liver complaints, flatulency, t ervousness, biliousness, fevers, sore throats, diphtheria, erri's, colds, influenza, noises in the head and ears, rh eumatism, gout, impurities, eruptions, hysteria, nen bea, irritability, sl ee pl essness , ac idit y , p a l p it a ti on , _ eartburn headache, debility, dropsy, cramp., spasms, i2lvtisea and sickness even in pregnancy ,or at sea, sinking iflB, bronchitis, scrofula, tightness of the chest, pains at ti, e pit of the stomach and between the shoulders. It is e most digestible and nourishing of all foods, and suitable fo r i invalids and infants in all / complaints. and CAUTION.—Beware of the many unsavoury. , 4 `o more than slopy imitations to which, without autho 'Z.? Baron Liebig's name is most audaciously attached. 4enceforth none will doubt the valuable properties of a 11 B arry's health-restoring Revalenta Arabica Invalids' „lid Infants' Food, since to the thousands of blessings it Cs already received from invalids whose position had te e i ,. ll ,lcetned hopeless, we may now add that of his Roll bvs;r4e Pope, whose health has been perfectly restored " after thirty years of unsuccessful medical treatment. 6 8 e di cloote from the Gazette du Midi, July 25th (Cure No. i 43 ):—"Rome, July 21st, 1866.—The health of the 0t. 3 1 Father is excellent, especially since, abandoning all her remedies, he has confined himself entirely to Du r Y's Revalent a Arabica Food, of which he consumes a I,,eteful at ev ery mea l. It h as p ro d uce d a surprisingly sefieial effect on his health, and his Holiness cannot Praise this excellent food too highly." nCure No. 58,216 of the Marchioness de Breban , of seven e a rs' liver complaint, wasting away, debility, nervous (lBB, irritability, with a nervous palpitation all over, bad lOcation, constant sleeplessness, and the most intolerable ner vous,.., agitation. No. 78, of dyspepsia, from the Right Hon. the Lord ford de Decies, Lord-Lieutenant of the County of Water foo:---'' have derived much benefit from your excellent ----STVART DE DECIES, Dromana, Cappoquin, County aterford." f re Fure No. 49,832. Of fifty y ears ' indescribable agony il a x ,dYspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, of VncY, spasm s , s i c k ness , a n d vomiting. Maria Jolly, Yrin, Norfolk. ne r ,: l o re No. 47,121. Miss Elizabeth Jacobs . , of extreme Vou fanc ies. ' uerl indigestion, gatherings, low spirits, and nor es ure No. 56 814 Mr. Samuel Laxton, Leicester, of two -oars diarrhoea' — The F * 21bFood is sold in Canisters, at is. 11d. ; 11b., 2s. 9d. ; ca l gf• 6 (1. ; 121 b., 225. ; 241 b., 40s. The 121 b. and 241 b. )340"rs, carriage free on receipt of Post-office Order, by also BARRY and Co., 77, Regent-street, London ; rt at Fortnum and Mason's, and sold by all respectable `'ll.4ers and Chemists. N°. 23,600. ON and After the Opening of the Queen's Theatre f Long-Acre, EVANS' to SUP. . After Queens Theatre EVANS' to SUP. After Queen's Theatre EVANS' to SUP. After Queen's Theatre EVANS' to SUP. After Queen's Theatre EVANS' to SUP. After Queen's Theatre EVANS' to SUP. LONDON SINGING AND SUPPER CLUB. • AT EVANS' COVENT GARDEN VOCAL ENTERTAINUENT At Eight o'clock. COMPAGNIE GENERALE TRANS ATLANTIQUE, 8, Place Vendome, Paris. NEW YORK, via HAVRE and BREST. • The undermentioned Steamers will sail every 14 days, as fol lows : NAPOLEO ‘ 1 II Paddle VILLE DE PARIS Screw ' PERFIIIE. Screw ST. LAURENT Screw EUROPE Paddle RATES OF PASSAGE. • t Havre or Brest to New York, Ist class, £33 0 0 . ff ,; . 2d class, 1t 0 11 3d class, 14-.0 0 Agents—STRINGER, PEMBROKE, and CO., 8, Austinfriars, B.C. DUNVILLE'S V.R. OLD IRISH WHISKY, BELFAST, Is regularly supplied to the House of Lords. " V.R." IRISH WHISKY. DUNVILLE and CO.'S " V.R." OLD IRISH WHISKY, BELFAST. London Offices and Stores, 4, BEAUFORT-BUILDINGS, STRAND, W.C. Established 1808. Quotations on application. DISCOVERY OF GUNPOWDER (TEA.)- Large quantities of the very finest descriptions the been discovered in Great St. Helen's, at the Warehouses of the " EAST INDIA TEA COMPANY," and are going off rapidly at importers' prices. Also the most deli cious Kaisows and Monings ever shipped from China, from 2s. 6d. upwards. Family Tea, 25.; in half-chests, ls. lOd. Tea for the million, ls. ld. Price Lists post free on application at 9, Great St. Helen's Church-yard, Bishopsgate-street. F URNISHED HOUSES, from /2 2s. to 120 per Week.—D. S. }IMPEL/LIES z bo _has at all times a irimber of First- class RE 9 ID VCES to LET. furnished or unfurnished. or sold, more r articalarly In the neighbour hoods of Sydenham, Upper Sorwood. Porest-hitl, and yid nity.—Particulars May be had at the ()Mee, Printing House square.. HOUSES and APARTMENTS WANTED. and to be LET or SOLD, BUSINESSES for DISPOSAL, dm PROPERTY, FREEHOLD or LEASEHOLD. D. T. HUMPHRIES has continual applications for ail descriptions of PROPERTY which will pay good interest for outlay. Houses out of repair not objected to. T. D. Humphries can at all timea find customers for all desorip tions of businesses. Hotels, public- houses,.Co, sold and transferred. Apply, D. T. Humphries, Estate Agent, Print ing House-square. IIIR. HOWARD, SURGEON-DENTIST, 52, Fleet-street, has introduced an entirely new de scription of ARTIFICIAL TEETH, fixed without springs, wires, or ligatures. They so perfectly resemble the natural teeth as not to be distinguished from the ori nals by the closest observer.; they will never change colour or decay, and will be found superior to any teeth ever before used. This method does not require the extraction of roots, or any painful operation, and will support and preserve teeth that are loose, and is gua ranteed to restore articulation and mastication. Decayed teeth stopped and rendered sound and useful in masti cation. 52, Fleet-streot. At home from 10 till 5. THE NATIC (Establish Capital Subscribed, £2,500, Rest or Undivided DIREC )NAL BANK ied 1835.) ' OOO. Paid up, £ 1 ,5 0 0,000. Profits, £513,889. TORS. Sir J. N. M'Kenna, M.P. Hon. Albert H. Petre. Albert Ricardo, Esq. Rowand Ronald, Esq. Samuel Saunders, Esq. J. Bogle Smith, Esq. Edmund Smithwick, Esq. PhilipVanderbyl, Esq., M.P. Joromiah Dunne, Esq. Peter M'Evoy Gartlan, Esq. B. H. Hartley, Esq. F. B. Renshaw, Esq. Sir Ralph Howard, Bart. Harvey Lewis, Esq., M.P. Admiral Sir Burton Mac- Namara. David Mahony, Esq. REPORT of the Directors of the NATIONAL BANK to the Proprietors at the THIRTY-THIRD ANNUAL GENERAL' MEETING, held at the Bank, Old Broad- street,. 28th January, 1868 — Sir J. N. 3I'KENNA, M.P., in the Chair. Tho Directors of the National Bank have the pleasure of presenting to the Proprietors the Thirty-third Annual Report of the state of the Society, made up to the close of 1867. In July last the Directors submitted to the Proprietors their report for the half year ending the 30th June ; their present statement incorporates the profit and loss account for the two half years of 1867, agreeably with precedent heretofore observed. The dividends and extra dividends payable for the year 1867 have been declared at the same rates as those paid for 1866. The following accounts in the usual form exhibit the state of the Company's affairs at the close of 1867 : ASSETS and LIABILITIES.—The NATIONAL BANK, 31st December. On. ASSETS. Gold and silvei coin at Branches £560,625 12 8 Cash on hand and at the Bank of England 630,522 010 Advances on securities at ca 11..... 751,273 9 10 Government funds, Exchequer bills, Ex chequer bonds, and debentures 333,126 3 7 Ditto advanced, parliamentary and other deposits 12,505 0 0 Advances on securities at sundry dates, and current accounts 2,342,240 18 5 Bills discounted . 3,612,319 3 9 Bankers' guarantees and securities held against acceptances per contra 188,184 0 0 Bank premises in London, Dublin, and Branches, freehold and leasehold 185,197 2 2 £8,615,99319 3 Dn. • ' LIABILITIES. Notes in circulation Due by the Bank on deposits and current accounts Acceptances to bankers' drafts and on security 188,184 0 0 Capital paid up £1,500,000 0 0 Best or undivided profits 543,889 13 9 at this date ----- 2,043,889 13 9 £8,615,993 19 3 PROFIT and LOSS ACCOUNT of the NATIONAL BANK, for the year ending 31st December, 1867. 1867. Jan. Half-year's dividend at 8 per cent. per annum £60,000 0 0 With extra dividend, 16s. per share 40,000 0 0 -4-- £lOO,OOO 0 0 July. Half-year's divi dend at 8 por • cent. per an num 60,000 0 0 With extra divi dend, 16s. per share 40,000 0 0 100,000 0 0 Dec.3l. To balance, being the amount of rest at this date X 743,889 13 9 Rest or undivided profits at December, 1866 Net profit for the half year to 30th June last £101,338 10 5 Net profit for the half year to 31st Decem ber, 1867, after writ ing off all bad, and pro viding for all doubtful debts... £93,045 0 5 Less rebate of inte rest on bills not due 10,748 0 0 82,297 0 5 183,635 10 10 £743,889 13 9 Examined and found correct, ALBERT RICARDO. ROWAND RONALD. Since these accounts were made up, a dividend at the rate of 8 per cent. per annum on the paid-up capital of the Bank, and an extra dividend of 16s. per share, together £2 a share, have been declared on the 50,000 shares which constitute the Company's capital ; and the same are now payable at the head offices and branches of the Com pany. The dividend and extra dividend now payable for the half-year ending 31st December, 1867, amount together to £lOO,OOO. • The Directors desire to state that the decrease in the profits of the half-year is solely due to the low rates which have prevailed for money, particularly on discounts and advances on securities in the City of London. The deposits and creditor balances of customers have increased in the year by £115,463, and the circulation is also slightly in excess of the amount at the close of 1866, showing that, notwithstanding the general stagnation of business, there is actual progress to record in some of the most important departments of the business of the Bank. As " the Best," which is available to a reasonable ex tent to equalize dividends, has been considerably aug mented on the average of the last four years, the Direc tors, in view of the exceptionally low rates of interest which have prevailed for the past half-year, do not con sider it advisable to vary the ordinary dividend and extra dividend. The Directors who retire by rotation this year are James Bogle Smith, Esq., Frazer Bradshaw Renshaw, Esq., and Sir Joseph Neale M'Kenna, M.P., who, being eligible, offer themselves for re-election. Admiral Sir Burton MacNamara, who has been appointed to a seat vacated since last meeting, also retires by rotation, and being eligible offers himself for re-election. Since the last Annual General Meeting three vacancies have occurred by the retirement of their respected col leagues, James Allan, Esq., John O'Meara, Esq., and Thomas William Bough, Esq., to whose vacant seats the Directors have nominated respectively - Peter McEvoy Gartlan, Esq., the Honourable Albert Henry Petre, and Admiral Sir Burton MacNamara. The appointments of the two former gentlemen, Mr. Gartland and the Honourable Albert H. Petre, who do not retire by rotation, require confirmation by the shareholders. Since the close of the year the Directors have determined on opening at Notting-hill tifeir Sixth Metropolitan Branch, at the request of some of the most influential in habitants of the district. Approved by the Court, ALBERT a PETRE, Chairman. lan, 24, 13 w, HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.-FUNDS are earnestly solicited for the purchase of food and Clothing for the 126 boys on board the Chichester Training Ship. 150 boys in the Refuge, 9, Great Queen-street. 94 girls in the Refuges, 19, Broad-street, anti Ealing. _ _ 170 children. • £l5 will keep a boy or girl for one year. • Contrib ut i o ns received by the London and Westminster Bank, High Holborn, and 41, Lothbnry, KC. and by 214, WILLIAM WILLIAMS ' Secretary. No. 8, Great Qu een -street, Lincoln's-inn -fields. Ham-common, h Surrey. Enlarged 1861 NAR'rilcOmNonAdL, ORPgAN Founded H0ME, 1849. Under the patronage of H.R.H. the Duke of CAMBRIDGE, K.G., whereby a home has been afforded for 280 Destitute Or p han Girls of all ages, classes, and denominations, from all parts of the kingdom. • The object of the Ch arit y is to give orphan girls a plain Eng lish education, and practical instruction in the kitchen, house, and laundry, to St them for domestic service; and, if not other wise provided for when they attain 15 years of age, to obtain suitable situations for them. The Committee earnestly appeal for support. The Charity is entirely sustained by donations and subscriptions. HENRY KINGSCOTE, Treasurer. W. H. WARWICK, Secretary. Office, 121, Pall-mall, S.W. F RIE NDLESS AND FALLEN. - LONDON FEMALE PREVENTIVE and REFORMATORY /N -STMJTION. President—Rev. CANON DALE. CONTRIBUTIONS for the support of the Homes in MS are ear nestly solicited, which may be sent to bankers, Messrs. Bosan quet, Salt, and Co., 73, Lombard-street, E.C.: Francis Nicholls, Esq. (of the Committee), 14, Old Jewry Chambers, E.C. E. W. THOMAS, See., 200, Euston-road, N.W. THE RESCUE SOCIETY'S HOMES are as follows: — For Fallen Women. 28, Chureh-row, Hamp- 150, New Kent-road. stead. 48, Church-street, Stoke 13, Camden-street, C am d en - Newington. town. Maize-ha Cottage, Green -205, Great Portland-street. wish. For Young Girls in Danger. 27, Church-row, Hampstead. 9, Henstridge-villas St. John's-wood. St. Mary's Lodge, Buckhurst-hill. Country Home—St. James's- street, Dover. • Temporary Home-85, Q,llCell-:ireCt, Cheapside, The home at Great Portland-street is for young fallen girls from 10 to 16. The committee are deeply anxious to open another house for this pitiable class. The Society admitted to its homes last year 687 young women and girls. ,It was compe lled to refuse 524 appli cants, whose histories are recorded in the applicant's book. In addition to the above-named homes, the Committee have under their charge three homes for servants of good character, in which are admitted about 1,000 friendless servants annually. The Society's Report (of which a contributor writes, "I never read a report of any charitable institution which so entirely commended itself to my mind and awoke my sympathy") may be had on application. The Society is under the presidency of the Earl of Shaftesbury. Its bankers aro Messrs. Barclay and Co. Tho Committee very earnestly commend its work to the benevolent. DANL. COOPER, Sec. 85, Queen-atrettli Ghoileido' THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 31, 1868. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., S By the Q A. U tho l E r r T t j NI E LIFE. " St. Olave's," "Alec's Bride," &C. " A charming story, worthy of careful perusal Every page contains acme pure and noble thought."—Observer. Llurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Just published, price is. 6d., by post ls. Bd., the Second Edition, with Addenda, containing additionr•l Facts and Cases, in inns _ tration of the nefarious proceedings. of the Advertising Quacks, EVELATIONS OF QUACKS AND QUACKERY. By DETECTOR. Reprinted front the " Medical Circular." 'lndon: 11. Balliere, 219, Regent-street. The nutnerous reviews of this startling work by the Saturday Review, Punch,- Weekly Dispatch. Public Opinion, and other journals, recommending its universal perusal, are reprinted with this edition. - CONTRACTS FOR MILITARY PURVEYOR'S STORES. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to all parties desirous of tendering for the supply of such quantities of the undermen tioned articles, namely:- 1. Mustard, Pepper, Salt, &c. 2. Blacking and other cleaning articles. 3. Bottled Ale and Porter, Sherry and Brandy. 4. Milk, Fowls, ggs, and Fish. 5. Potatoes, Vegetables, Lemons, Oranges, &c. as may he required during a period of 12 months from Ist of March, 1868, for the service of the MILITARY HOSPITALS AT ALDERSHOT CAMP, That particulars and forms of tender may be obtained by ap plication to the Principal Purveyor to the Forces, at his office, New Hospital. South Camp, Aldershot. Sealed Tenders must be delivered at the said office of the Prin cipal Purveyor. properly filled up and signed (in triplicate) on or before the Bth February, 1868, accompanied by samples. W. J. A. TUCKER, Principal Purveyor to the Forces. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE. The directors of this company have decided on recommending to the proprietors, at their n ext ordinary general meeting, to declare a divide' ad, for the half-year ending the 31st of December last . , at the rate of di per cent. per annum, less income tax. eLtEOLOOY.--ICING'S COLLEGE, LONDON. k_A•"PROM-S . OR TENANT, F.G.S., COMM P'N'C KD A CURSE of4;ECTUR ES on GEOLOGY on FRIDAY, January 24, at 9 a.ra.'They will be continued on, each succeeding Wed nesday and/Friday at the same hour. A: shorter course is also given on Thursday evenings, from Bto 9. Text-Boa, Lyell's "Elements of Geology." Professor Tennant accompanies his students to the Public Museums, and to places of Geological in terest in the country. It. W. SELF, D.D., Principal PARTRIDGE AND COOPER' WHOLESALE MANUFACTURING STATIONERS, la 2 FLEET-BYRE= (CORN= OF CHANCERY-LANE), LONDON, E.O. THE PUBLIC. SUPPLIED AT WHOLESALE " PRICES. • • - CARRIAGE PAID TO TIM COUNTRY ON ORDERS OVER 20s. . Per ream. Fine Cream Laid Note: a cheap paper .. - 3 3.. cl. 0 Superfine Cream Laid Note: much appr, Ted 4 0 Superfine Thick Cream Laid Note; ev)ecially recom mended a 6 Extra Superfine Double Thick Cream Laid Note 7 0 Straw Paper, " Patent ;" adapted for rapid writing Large Commercial Note Papers "43., 45., 58., and 6 0 Foolscap Papers, blue or cream 10s. 61., 12s. 6d., and 14 0 Outsides Foolscap, thick hand-made Letter Paper for scribbling plain, 45.; rated ditto 4 6 Tinted Lined Note .five quires Is. Gd., cr 5 4 per 1,000 Superfine Cream or Blue Euvelogpor.....4B. 44., Ss. 4d.; -cad 6- 6 Extra Thick ditto, "Registered Secure" • 9 0 Large Blue Wove Commercial Envelopes 4 6 Cheap Buff Colour, for circulars, &c. COLOUR STAMPING (Relief) reduced to Is. per 100. I'olished steel dies sunk by the best artists in the trade at about half the prices charged by the retail houses. An ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE, containing full descrip tion, with prices of Account Books, Copying Presses, Inkstands, Stationery Cabinets, Postage Scales, Despatch Boxes, Travelling Writing Cases, Desks, Bags, &c., post free. fR. SCOTT'S LIVER and BILIOUS PILLS.—A NEVER-FAILING REMEDY.—Pre pared without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. Soott, Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to all who suffer from bilious and liver complaints, indiges tion, wind, spasms, giddiness, dizziness of the eyes, &c. For habitual costiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier of the blood, they are truly excellent ; mild in their operation and grateful to the stomach, they create appetite, promote digestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system.—Prepared only and sold by W. Lambert, chemist, 6, King William-street, Charing-cross, London, and by most druggists, in boxes, is. 14d., and three times the quantity in one, 2s. 9d. Be sure to ask for Dr. Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are a square green package, with "William Lambert" engra'od on the stamp. H YAM & C 023 GENTLEMEN'S CLOTHING, 66 and 67, Oxford-street, London. For immediate Wear or to Order. The assortment is most extensive and varied, comprehend ing every possible description of Attire, both costly and of moderate price. All the articles are designed, trimmed, and made in strict accordance with the prevailing styles of the day. HYAM & Co.'s SANDRINGHAM OVER COATS. H YAM & Co.'s SILK-LINED OVERCOATS. HYAM & Co.'s FASHIONABLE REEFERS. H YAM & Co.'s SUITS. HYAM & Co.'s MORNING COATS. 11YAM & Co.'s PROFESSIONAL ATTIRE. HYAM & Co.'s VESTS and TROUSERS. 11YAM & Co.'s LADIES' HABITS. H YAM & Co.'s LIVERIES. 11YAM & Co.'s HATS and HOSIERY. EIYAM and CO.'S PRICE LIST for GEN TLEMEN'S ATTIRE, Ready-made or to Order. New Styles in Tweed Overcoats Now Styles in Sandringham Overcoats 2ss. to 635. New Styles in Silk-lined Overcoats 42s. to 84s. New Styles in Reefers New Styles in Dress and Frock Coats New Styles in Morning Coats New Styles in Dress and Undress Suits 42s. to 70s New Styles in Vests New Styles in Trousers l4s. to 255. ITYAM and CO.'S LATEST STYLES and PRICES for YOUNG GENTLEMEN'S ATTIRE. Sandringham Overcoats 2ls. to 425. Prince Alfred Reefers l6s. to 30s. Overcoats for Little Boys l2s. to 30s. Inverness Capes lbs. to 30s. Knickerbocker Suits Braided Patent and Silk Velvet do 3ss. to 90s. Harrow and Rugby Suits Wimbledon Suits for Elder Youths Trousers in all the New Materials Waistcoats for all purposes HYAM & CO.'S SELECT DEPARTMENTS. No. 1. Gentlemen's Clothing for immediate wear. No. 2. Bespoke or Order Department. No. 3. Boys' and Youths' Distinct Department. No. 4. flats, Caps, Hosiery, and Outfit Department. TTYAM and CO.'S ESTABLISHMENTS. LONDON-66 and 67, Oxford-street. BIRMINGHAM-21, 22, and 23, New-street, LEEDS —42, Briggate, and DEWSBURY—Westgate. £NE HUNDRED & SEVENTY DESTITUTE ORPHAN CHILDREN are being maintained in the ROYAL ALBERT ORPHAN ASYLUM, at the moderate rate of £25 per annum each. Funds greatly needed. CHARLES A. WALKER, Secretary. Office, 98, Cheapside, London, E.O • IVA C T O E M R P A L N O Y O a N n o cI T C I E V s I HEREBYT E' k L G L R N A I T L2V t A theY FIFTH ORDINARY HALF-YEARLY MEETING of the Share holders in this Company'will be held at the offices of the Company No. 7. Westminster Chambers, Victoria-street. Westminster, on THURSDAY, the 15th day of February next, at Three o'Clock in the afternoon precisely, to receive a Report from the Directors, and for the ordinary business of the Company. The Transfer Books will be Closed from the 6th proximo until after the meeting. _ . By order. EDWARD BELLAMY, Secretary. 7, Westminster Chambers, Victoria-street, S.W., January z,'o, 1868. „PRICE'S NEW PATENT NIGHT LIGHTS:' for burning in the wide glasses are the very best Night Lights made. "PRICE'S CHILDS' NIGHT LIGHT S,” are excellent, and burn without a glass. Order of any dealer. MANFIELD'S PATENT PICKLES are per fectly pure and uncoloured. To be had of all dealers, and wholesale of JOHN BURGESS and SON, 107 , Strand (corner of Savoy-steps), London. STOOPING HABITS, ROUND SHOULDERS, 10 PIGEON CHESTS and other Deformities, are pre vented and cured bili :wearing CMANDLER'S IMPROVED HYGIENIC CREST-EXPANDING BRACE, for both sexes of all ages. ,It strengthens the voice and lungs, relieves indi gestion, pains in the chest and back, and is especially re commended to children forassisting the growth, promoting health ,and symmetry of figure, superseding the use of braces and stays. Price from 10s. 6d. each.-66, Berners street, Oxford-street, W. Illustrated circulars forwarded. P 0 W ELL'S BALSAM OF ANISEED, for COUGHS, CCLDS, ASTHMA, BRRONCHITIS, Sore Throat, Difficulty of Breathing, and all similar affec tions of the Respiratory Organs. Sold by all Chemists and Medicine Vendors throughout the World. In Bottles only, price Is. lid. , 2s. 3d., and lls. each. Established nearly half a century. SATISFACTORY LETTER. 5, Wood-street, Millbank, Westminster, October 5 , 1867. - Sir,—Some months back I had an attack of Bronchitis, which left at times a tickling in my Throat, with other unpleasant feelings. I was advised to try the BALSAM OF ANISEED ; I did so, and have found very great relief ; it is most comforting in allaying irritation, andgiving strength to the voice. _ _ You are at liberty to make use of this as you think pro per, and I earnestly hope that others may benefit by it as I have done.—With many thanks from your obedient ser ♦ant, SAMUEL DEAR, Dean's Verger, Westminster Abbey. To Mr. Powell. Ask for POWELL'S BALSAM of ANISEED. RUPTURES.-BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. WHIrE'S ---- 1110C-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (Perfected and Exhibited in the Great Exhibitions of 1851 and 1862) is allowed by upwards of Two Hundred Medical Gentlemen to be the most effective invention in the curative treatment of HERNIA. The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effects, is here avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the body, while the requi site resisting power is supplied by the Hoc-Main Pad and Pajent Lever, fitting with so much ease and closeness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn during sleep. A descriptive circular may be had, and the truss, which can tot fail to fit, forwardei by post, on the circumference of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manufacturer, Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly. A Single Truss, 165., 215., 265. 6d., and 31s. 6d. Postage, is. A Double Truss, 31s. 6d., 425., and 525. 6d. Postage, is. Bd. An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. Postage, is. 10d. Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post-office, Piccadilly. NEW PATENT FLASTIC STOCKINGS, _ KNEE-GAPS, &c., for Varicose Veins and all cases .of Weakness and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, &c. They are porous, light in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on like an ordinary stocking. Price 4s. 6d., 7s. 6d., 10s., and 16s. each. Postage, 6d. JOHN WHITE, Manufacturer, 228, Piccadilly. DRINTIN G.—TO PROPRIETORS OF .2_ NEWSPAPERS, PERIODICALS, ST. Tho Printing and Machining of Newspapers, &C., done on exceedingly favourable terms. Use of Editor i a l and Publishing Offices, if required. Estimates fo rwarded on receipt of particulars, with s t am ped directed envelop e for reply. Address—The Manager , "Sun" Printing Offices, 3, Church-row, Savoy, Strand, W.C. GREAT NORTHERN HOSPITAL, Caledonian-road, Islington, N. Supported by V o l un t ary C on t r ibutions. This Hospital has relieved 481,954 patients since it was established at King's-cross in 1856. Patients are admitted free. Bankers—Messrs. Barnet, Lloyds, and Co. 60, Lombard street, Messrs. Ransom an d B ouver i e, 1, Pall-mall —Hon. Sec., F. Smith, Esq. Gro. REID, Sec. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northam R a ilway Terminus, King's Cross. Patron—Her Most Gracious MAJESTY the QUEEN. Vice-Patron— His Royal Highness the Prince of WALES, K.G. President—His Grace the Duke of BUCCLEUCIL K.G. This Hospital, founded in the year 1828, the first to establish the principle of free admission to the sick poor, without the delay and difficulty of Governors' orders, is wholly dependent for support on voluntary contributions and legacies. _ It affords relief to a large number of in-patients, and, in addition to this, the average number of attendance of the destitute sick has for a considerable period averaged be tween 3,000 and 4,000 weekly. The Committee earnestly solicit the assistance of the benevolent, as the premises of this hospital are capable of containing several hundred more beds had the Committee the requisite funds to maintain them. • Contributions are received by their bankers, Messrs. Brown, Hansom, and Co., Abchurch-lane ; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co.; Drummond and Co.; Glyn and Co,; 'Terries and Co.; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co.; Barclay and Co. ; Deacon, and Co.; Ni s b e t and Co Rerners-street ; and at the Hospital, from 10 till 5. EMOSES and SON (th e O r i g i na t o rs of the • Ready Made Clothing System) beg to remind the public that in every department of their business a large and varied STOCK is constantly maintained, and excellence and cheapness are combined in a degree hitherto unequalled. The articles com prising their stock are too multifarious to be enumerated in an advertisement, but a list of distinct departments is subjoined:— READY MADE CLOTHING. FOR ADULTS. READY MADE CLOTHING FOR JUVENILES. READY MADE CLOTHING for SAILORS and MECHANICS. CLOTHING MADE TO ORDER. HOSIERY AND DRAPERY. MANTLES, SHAWLS, & LADIES' 'UNDERCLOTHING HATS AND CAPS. BOOTS AND SAGES. OUTFITS for SEA or SHORE, List of pikes, with riles for self-measurement and patterns, forwarded gratis and post free. Winter 0 of ever y description at unusually low prices. E. 10 1 SON'S ESTAB LISHMENTS are n s g and CLOSED EVERY FRIDAY EVENING at sunset till SATURDAY EVENING at sunset, when business is resumed till 11 o'clock. Every article is marked the lowest price in plain figures, from Which no abatement can be made. Any article not approved of will be exchanged, or the money will be returned! The following are the London addresses of E. MOSES and SON:- 154, MINORIES 155, MINORIES. 156, MINORIES. 157, MINORIES. 83, ALDGATE. 84, ALDGAT E. 85, AL DGAT N'. 86, ALDGATE. 87, ALDGATE, 88, ALDGATE. 89, AL DGATE 506, NEW OXFORD STREET. 507, NEW OX FOR D-S TREE I', 508, NEW OXFORD-STREET. 1, HART-STREET. 2, HART-S I REST. 3, HART-S MEET. 1 1 3 3 8 7, !MT-ROAD 283, EUSTON-ROAD. Also, 19, BRIDGE-STREET, BRADFORD, YORKS. T T O U T T T T E E NI N II II A A M K -C-COURT-ROAD. 20, BRIDGE-STREET', BRADFORD, YO ELKS. SPECIAL NOTICE. In consequence of frequent misrepresentations, E. MOSES and SON find it necessary to state that they do not employ any tra vellers or agents, and that their only Establishments are the above-mentioned. PAINLESS DENTISTRY. VIESSRS.GABRIEL, DENTISTS (Established ITIL 1815), of London 5B, Harley-street, Cavendish-square, 64, Ludgate-hill, E.C., 77 Liverpool 34, Duke-street, and Brighton have just published a NEW PAMPHLET explaining their Painless System of Dentistry, and self-adhesive Teeth without springs, at MODERATE UHARCiES, whi c h m a y b e had trot by pot kg four OtwPs• METROPOLITAN. The report of the directors of this company states that the gross receipts from traffic for the half-year ending the 31st of December last amounted to £118,738, as compared with £10,295 for the cor responding half of 1866, showing an increase of £11,443, which had been earned without a corre sponding increase in the expenses. After charging the revenue of the past h a lf- year w i t h a ll expenses- there remained a net available balance (exclusive of the dividend of 6 per cent, paid on the extension stock on the sth inst.) of £91,633. The balance would permit the payment of dividends on the pre ference stock at the rate of 5 per cent per annum,and upon the consolidated stock at the rate of 7 per cent. per annum,carrying forward a balance of £6,999 to the credit of the current half year. The condition of the atmosphere of the company's tunnels was made the subject of a careful examination in the month of September last by very eminent chemists, who reported that " the atmosphere of the Metropolitan Railway was not unwholesome or injurious to health." The widened lines from King's-cross to Farringdon-street have been completed and in spected by the officer of the Board of Trade, and were now ready for passenger traffic. The opening of those lines would enable the company to hand over to the Great Western Railway Company the spare lands at Farringdon-street, so as to bring into operation the agreement with that company. All the works in progress were in a very advanced state; those works comprised all the parliamentary obliga tions of the company, with the exception of the Eastern Extension, and for the completion of this work the company possessed ample pecuniary powers. Application would be made next session for parliamentary powers to confirm the agreement with the Midland Railway Company, and to facilitate the construction of a short branch line which would afford a direct communication from the railways south of the Thames to the meat market and to Moorgate-street, involving the expenditure of about £15,000. With a view to secure the punctual pay ment of interest and the redemption of the new re deemable shares created in August last the surplus lands had been scheduled and vested in three trus tees. The rental from the small portion of the lauds already let exceeded £2(},000 per annum. The directors were advised that the company would realise at least £1,300,000 from this property. A Mr. Bloxham had filed a bill against the company and the directors, praying for an injunction to restrain the payment of dividend. The bill was filed on Saturday last, and the directors felt great confidence that such a bill would not re ceive the favourable consideration of the. Court. From the report of Mr. Myles Fenton, the general manager, it appeared that 23,405,282 passengers had been conveyed over the railway in the year 1867, that the gross receipts amounted to £233,180, and the net receipts, after deducting expenses, to £143,109. The aggregate number of passengers conveyed on the railway during the past five years was 81,619,357, the gross receipts were £803,131, and the net receipts £482,113. During the past half-year the number of passengers was 11,916,924, and the amount of gross receipts £118,738, show ing an increase of 947,215 passengers, and £11,443 in the receipts over the corresponding half of 1866. This return had been secured with an increase of only £422 in the working expenses. The traffic to and from the Hammersmith railway continued steadily to increase. In 1867 it amounted to £40,866, against £32,520 in 1866, and £19,165 in 1865. The capital account showed that £5,653,364 had been expended, exclusive of £78,000 subscribed to the St. John's -wood line, leaving a balance of £7,871. LONDON, CHATHAM, AND DOVER. The commander of the main line (Beckenham to Dover) shareholders in this company, Messrs. G. Allender, W. Hartridge, and J. Turner, have just issued a second report, in which they give an account of their operations since February 1867, including unsuccessful endeavours to prevent the passing of the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway Arrangement Act, 1867, under which they state that the Board thereby constituted are at liberty to pledge the whole income of the main line for the benefit of the metropolitan undertakings. The Parliamentary contest in which they were en gaged last session has entirely exhausted the means placed under the control of the committee, and the Chancery proceedings instituted by them against the former directors of the company have in conse quence remained in abeyance. They propose, therefore, for the present to continue associated for the purpose of acting as occasion may demand, and should the shareholders again place them in funds they will resume the proceedings in Chancery against the directors, which have been suspended owing to the Parliamentary proceedings referred to and the heavy outlay occasioned thereby. CALEDONIAN. The accountants to the committee of inquiry, in reply to the observations of the auditors of this company, state that they entirely dissent from the statement of the auditors " that almost the whole of the items comprised in the total of the deduc tions, £219,114, arise upon the question of the pro per apportionment to revenue and capital of the expenditure incurred in additions to the line, works and rolling stock, and the cost of extra substantial improvements." The accountants to the committee state that the only items in their deductions of this nature for the two years under review were the fol lowing :—£7,026 for extra cost of steel over iron rails, &c. ; £21,632 for difference in cost of renewal of wood and other bridges with stone or iron ; £3,350 difference in the cost of steel and iron tires, &c., used in renewing rolling stock ; £6,584 interest on unproductive capital, and £4,508 for fish-plating old lines ; together, £43,100. The remaining items are all ordinary re venue charges, and amount to £176,014. As regards the first four of the above items, amounting to £38,592, the accountants state that the principle of the Caledonian itself up to July, 1865, was to charge the whole to revenue, and it was not until 1866 that this principle was departed from, and capital was then and subsequently charged not only with the extra cost of renewals over former outlay, but, in case of renewal of bridges, with the whole cost. The remaining items of their deductions, amounting to £176,014, are, as already stated by the accountants, not within the debateable ground of what may or may not be properly charged to capital. They add that they have carefully read and considered the " observations" of both the di rectors and auditors of the Caledonian Company, but are not thereby induced to alter the conclusions arrived at in their report to the committee of in quiry. They also mention that the entire cost of renewing rolling stock, including steel tires and axles, and increase of power and capacity, has been charged to revenue by the Midland Railway Com pany, who, since June, 1861, also charged to re venue the extra weight of material used in relaying and fishplating, and that no charge has been made by them to capital for additional cost of steel over iron rails. NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE. The directors of this company intend to recom mend a dividend for the half-year ending the 31st of December last at the rate of 3i per cent. per annum, leaving a balance of £3,000. DUNABURG AND WITEPSK (LIMITED). The tratac receipts el this ccopanY fer the month of December last amounted to 75,842 roubles, which, together with the receipts on the line for • the preceding 11 months, make the total traffic receipts 897,695 roubles for the year 1867. 7 --, ..2 ~,__ 4d. STAMPED sd. GRAND TRUNK OF CANADA. The traffic receipts on this company's lines for the week ending J a n uary ' 11 amounted, for the conveyance of 20,372 passengers, to £7,102; for mails, &c., to £1,130 ; and for the carriage of 15,551 tons of freight and live stock, to £l6,lBo—total, £24,412 ; and for the corresponding week last year to £23,729, showing an increase of £683. The total receipts from the Ist of January to the above date (11 days) amounted to £37,581, and for the 12 days in the corresponding period last year to £42,547, showing an apparent decrease of £4,966, and a real one of £1,555. DUTCH-RHENISII. The receipts for the fortnight ending January 15 amounted to £9,864, and for the corresponding period of last year to £10,950, showing a decrease of £1,086, against the present year. The receipts since the commencement of the present book year, on the Ist of May, 1867, including the above, amounted to £216,472, showing an increase as com pared with the corresponding period of last year of £25,040. The working expenses for the fortnight amounted to £5,032, or 51.02 per cent. of the re ceipts, and for the corresponding period of last year to £4,899, or 46.24 per cent., allowing an increase of £133. The working expenses from the let of May, 1867, to the 15th of January, 1868, amounted , to £91,975, or 42.49 per cent. of the receipts, and for the corresponding period of last year to 40.58 per cent. RAILWAY BILLS. Yesterday in Room 16, presided over by Mr. Frere, the standing orders were declared to have been complied with in the case of the unopposed bills of the Great Western, the Waterford and Kilkenny, and the Holywell Railway Bills. It was announced that the opposition had been withdrawn with respect to the Liverpool Tramways Bill, which consequently passed standing orders. In Mr. Pal grave's court, held in Committee-room No. 17, the examiner declared that the standing orders had been complied with in the cases of the unopposed Bills of the Tower Subway, the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railways, and the Shropshire Union Rail ways and Canal. The consideratian of the Isle of Wight Central Railway, and'the Sirhowy Railway, was again adjourned. The Isle of Wight (Newport Junction) Bill was postponed. STATE OF TRADE. BELFAST, Jan. 28.—Supplies of flax in the various markets during the past week were about equal to those of the preceding week. The demand was active, and all flax was well bought at current figures. ‘ln yarns, tows have been in active re quest, and a fair amount of business was done, at firm rates. Lines have also been inquired after; prices continue to have an upward tendency. Stocks of both have decreased. The business done in brown hand-loom heavy linens has not been sufficient to test prices. The production of cloth for dyeing and hollands is limited, but quite ade quate to the demand. Light linens for bleaching have been in moderate request ; no change in prices. In the powerloom department a moderate demand exists for drills and cloth suitable for the foreign clothing trade. Cloth for dyeing and hol lands and roughs have been in improved request. A fair demand continues to exist for ligbt linens for bleaching. Buyers of bleached and finished linens have appeared in the market, but their operations have been very cautious. The prices of low goods are irregular ; of approved makes firm. BRADFORD, 30th.—There is still rather more in quiry in wool, but transactions are confined to the supply of the immediate wants of spinners. The c lasses of wool most required are scarce, and in parting with these staplers get their prices. Since the large public, sale a fortnight ago, of Messrs. Townend the prices which were then re alised for good prime wools, limited in quantity, have been established, and the tendency is still, if anything, in an upward direction. Quotations for really good wool may be quoted as follow, the ex treme figures in each case being for very choice parcels indeed :—Lincoln hogs, from 160. to 171 d. per lb. ; wethers, from 131 d. to 141 d. ; Down tegs, 16d. to 161 d. ; and ewes, from 15d. to 16d., the highest figures in these cases of Down being for very choice growths of Sussex and Dorset ; and Irish hogs from 14d. to 15d., and wethers from 13d. to 131 d. In worsted yarns spinners are again asking a slight advance upon last week's quotations. A little more business has been done in twofolds for Lancashire at prices a fraction in advance of last week. There is a good demand in particular for 36's. Low 30's seem also to be moving off, Stocks are diminishing to a slight extent. On the whole, no appreciable change has taken place in the general demand. Lustre spinners remain very slack. The piece market shows little change. Low offers are made by mer chants in some special classes of heavy goods, chiefly for China and the East, and some business has been done therein. Some orders for fancy goods also have been renewed. The trade in plain goods is very dull. Many manufacturers are burdened with heavy stocks. Notwithstanding the advance in cotton warps prices remain fully as heavy as hitherto. MOVEMENTS OF TROOPS.—Yesterday 602 men, forming reinforcements for several regiments now sta tioned in India, and 90 women and children, embarked on board the West India and Pacific Steamship Company's steamer Australian, Capt. Hoare, which will sail to-day from Liverpool, and is expected to reach Calcutta in about 60 days. Colonel Patten is in command of the military. The vessel is fitted with condensers capable of producing 2,800 gallons of fresh water per day. _ _ A pearl, valued at 4395, has been found in an oyster at Alexandria, Virginia. THE WRECK OF THE CHICAGO.—The marine who fired upon and wounded one of the wreckers .of the Chicago near Queenstown has been committed for trial. Bail will be accepted for him in the event of the wounded man being pronounced out of danger. REPRESENTATION OF BRISTOL.—Mr. John William Miles, of Kingsweston, brother of Sir William Miles, has consented, at the request of the leading Conserva tives of Bristol, to offer himself as a candidate for the representation of that city at the next vacancy. It is believed that many of the most respectable Liberals will be induced to welcome the appearance of one who, as well as his family, has been long and honour ably associated with the commerce and mercantile growth of the city. The Radicals have as yet found out no man willing to take the place of Sir S. Morton Peto. It is reported that Mr. S. Morley, late M.P. for Nottingham, and Mr. Walter, late M.P. for Berkshire, have both been applied to by the Liberal Association. and have both declined. FEARFUL GALES AND Loss OF LIFE — lntellig e e ff nce was received at Liverpool yesterday, to the that the iron barque Glencoyn, which left th;lMslaeursedecsyt several days ago for Valparaiso, having encountered a terrific hurricane westward of the was compelled to put into Newport,- Scilly deck's swe pt, rigging and spars damaged, haitsdgotluireeeashneireen, alentia ; no trace washed overboard. The bri= , Tile papers uub can be found. The and become a total wreck, near . ir 7 Iv, o . board, sewed up in bags. o b f r i g the a dcraelv cargoor t u h f e ship's tobacco I l e h uch bad arrived at St. The screw-steamer _arbour broke her rudder Michael's, while unma a n 6 ag t ea t b l le, and drove on to the b tr e a c l a a u si l a e n, s lT e C a k n s i , er an A d us which arrived at New York on wreck. The Cunard the I ith, encountered ic terrific weather the entire voyage from Liverpool. '5O, the On the Bth i ns t an t, i n l a t. 48'54, lo ng . 3 1 and sail e d round h steamer passed a ship on fire, but could not finder for two hours in search of bo a t s , any or see anything about her. The four co urses and 'topsail had been taken away, and 'the ship apparently abandoned by the crew in boats. The burning ship had white lower masts, double topsailyard s, and wire rigging, but Captain Ikl‘Mickenl 9f the Australasian was unabl3 ty k t - 49: fig. ____ ~~~ =~~- ~- -~ FUNERAL OF CHARLES KEAN. / The Telegraph, in describing the funeral of theisie I Charles John Kean, says :—" Mrs. Kean had summoned the necessary fortitude to follow her husband to the grave near Keydell, the residence he had bought for his mother to end her days in. At ten o'clock the hearse and three mourning coaches, followed by a string of private car riages, left Queensborough-terrace for the Waterloo Station. The widow, accompanied by Miss Kean, Miss Chapman, and Mr. Platt, occupied the first coach ; in the second were the Rev. Dr. Gatty, Sir William Fergusson, and Mr. Young ; and in the third Captain Barrow, Dr. Joy (the family physician), and Mr. George Everett, who has been professionally associated with Mr. Kean for seyeateen years. The Ports mouth train, which leave& Waterloo station at half-past eleven, took the party of mourners to Row land's Castle, a little station which is the last on the route before Havant. Few passengers were cognisant of the fact that the hearse, denuded of its nodding sable plumes, and shunted on a truck to the end of the train, bore within it the body of poor Charles Kean ; and those who were told the truth heard it with a regretful interest. From Rowland's Castle to Catherington Church, the road lies through the prim little village of Horndean, which has almost as many clipped yews as it has house-roofs ; and three last, being all peaked- and sloping, and of about the same height as the well-grown trees before mentioned, seem to be of one family with them, and to have sprung dip together. Horndean is nearly four miles from the railway station, and Catherington Church is another mile or so beyond Horndean, its square tower and high red-tiled roof, with an odd, homely-looking casement in the midst of it, crowning a hill. At corner; of the road, country people with their scarlet-cloaked children stood in little groups to see the funeral procession go by; and in Horndean, where all the houses and shops had their 'shutters partially closed, two or three open carriages of the village. kind tacked them selves to the end of the. line. The vicar of Cathering ton, the Rev. Thomas Baugh, met the body at the church ; but, at the request of Mrs. Kean, he had relinquished his offices for the day to Dr. Gatti*,' Sub-dean of York and vicar of Ecclesfield, one of :he oldest friends of the departed. The church—a very small one—was nearly filled, some addition to the local congregation having)?eca made by the attendance of "Th - rFOindianifitlo - in the Portsmouth Theatre, headed by the manager, Mr. Harry Rutley, one of the warmest admirers of Charles Kean's histrionic talents. The village choir was accompanied in the hymn by Mrs. Baugh, wife of the clergyman ; and her place as organist was then yielded to Mr. Gelling, a musical amatetsz i who had requested permission to play the read March, and who, as a friend, had come d awn from London for that purpose. The details, of the funeral, simple in appearance, but needing som e judgment and care to ensure that very character of si',nplicity, were carried out by Mr. D. Butler, of Farriagdon-street, with all the unobtru s i ve attention that cep:in have been wished. A calm and almost a bright da:a the feeble wintry sun struggling now and then to assart its power, gave place to profound darkness before the mourners were on their journey back by rail fram Rowland's Castle to London." ADULTRI:A7ION OF FOOD A.ND DRUGS. A bill on this subject has been prepared by Mr. Postgate, F.RC.S., of Birmingham, and placed in the hands of Mr. for Pre George Dixon, M.P., t o b e i ntroduced into Parliament next is d e u n l t t e i t r l a e t d i on " A o f Bill Food to o a r m D e Drink, k 6th August, an Act Session. ve I the Adulteration A 1860, 23rd and 24th Viet., cap. 34, and to Prevent the Adul teration of Drugs." The preamble declares the adultera tion of food, drink, and drugs to be hurtful to health and dangerous to life, and that the practice requires to be re pressed by more effectual laws than those which are now in force. The first clause makes adulteration an offence, as follows:—" Every person who shall admix, and every person who shall order any other person or per. sous to admix, with any article of food or drink any injtn rious or poisonous ingredient or material to adulterate the same for sale ; and every person who shall order any other person or persons to admix any ingredient or material with any drug to adulterate the same for sale, shall be guilty of a misdemeanour, and be imprisoned for six calendar months with hard labour." The second clause refers to persons selling adulterated articles. It increases the penalty to £5O, and drugs are included with food and drink. The third clause substitutes " shall " for " may " appoint, in Clause 2 of the present Act, thereby giving further powers to local authoritiek and rendering the appointment of analysts compulsory. The Act is now merely permissive. Clause 4 gives - power in Great Britain to one of her Majesty's principal Secretaries of State, and in Ireland to the Lord- Lieutenant, to appoint one o•-• more competent persons to act as commissioners to confer with and assist the local authorities in carrying out and enforcing the Act. Clause 5 gives power to local authorities to direct inspectors of nuisances, or weights and measures, or inspectors of markets, as they shall think fit to determine, to pro cure samples of articles suspected to be adulterated, to have them analysed ; and upon receiving certificates from the I • analyst stating that the articles are adulterated, the inspectors to initiate proceedings against the adulterators or sellers, under the Act, by lodging cause of complaint and taking out the summons. Clause 6 provides that the analysts shall report quarterly to the local authorities ap pointing them, the number of articles examined, specifying the nature and kind of adulterations detected. All such reports to be read publicly at the meeting of the local autho r rities appointing the analyst. Clause 7 directs that on the hearing of any complaint under the Act the purchaser or inspector shall prove to the satisfaction of the justices that the article of food, drink, or drug alleged to be impure was delivered to the analyst in the same condition as when received from the seller. Clause 8 provides that any pur chaser shall on payment of not morethan ss. be entitled to have any article analysed by the public analyst, and re ceive a certificate of the . result of the analysis, specifying whether in the opinion of the examiner the article is adul terated, and whether, if it be an article of food or drink, it is so adulterated as to be injurious to the health of persons eating or drinking it ; such certificate, in the absence of contrary evidence, to be sufficient testimony before a justice, or in any court of justice, of the matters therein certified, and the sum so directed to be paid for the cer tificate to be deemed part •of the costs. By Clause 9, analysts or inspectors are to report the prevalence of adul terations in food and drink and drugs, and in manufactories in their districts, the objectionable goods to be seized by order of a magistrate. Samples to be sent to the analyst to be examined and reported on by him. The other clauses of the present Act are to be continued, merely with the addition of " drugs " after the word drink. THE HEALTH OF THE TROOPS IN ABYSSINIA. — The Lancet has received, information by the last mail from Abyssinia relative to the expeditionary force. The health of the troops is alike excellent in the highlands and lowlands. There are not more than about forty sick out of the entire force. These have been placed on board the hospital ships, all of which had arrived. The climate at Zoule, is spoken of as very tolerable ; it is hot during the forenoon, but a cool sea breeze springs up about mid-day- The hospital ships, as receptacles for sick, have not, of course, really been tested yet ; so far the experience obtained is not so unfavourable as might have been anticipated. We la pm fd en to t o n f ee th d 6 are assured, however, that the Indian Government, at whose request those vessels were supplied and fitted up in elsewhere, as this country, never intended to employ them as stationary floating hospitals in the Red Sea. They will remain at Annesley Bay until a sufficient number of sick have accu mulatedill emobini-lleits,ntai. field and divisional hos removal, whenth e e they variouswwhospitalseeiblceit:diot ta a isont n es i tt l h: a eeef tzti(eietgiSt different ee i i rent halting.required. Meanwhile these ships have been turned to very good account. Not only did some of the British troops bor row of ot a lequipments,had not arrived, but were dailyTelxiepwechteodle. l rfh e camp at Zoula, it is said, isbeginning opr variousf o la lv t ( N , e v s a sa r tls m io: nrne c ags l l t t Nhh h : g littt f lth r el o les n ore l fes t at h rai these hospital vessels have been drawn a new appearance. It is rendere d disagre eable of fin , ..sand and dust, but its sani topre s i e n n tq conse quenceu ite of the quantity and every pal , s is Wren on the w hole, decidedly satisfactorY, sani tary condition is, water supply and be`tuk:enrleaaiimitpainarirtasnog.enTiehnetsinbcardeasneodt been without their inluence on the health o f the animals. sources. Two co ndensers wer e All the wat er at Zou la had to be obt a i ne d from artificial the shore • and presUme, for r the d n a o i t ly amou nted in process of erection on before they f -e were t i e v r ai a l t n e l d ou , to about 30,000 ll ga ons. The rations are satisfactory, there bei •ng a good issue of bread and vegetables, and althougn the beef is not very . prime, it ig very nearly as good as the troops get in India. The arrangements for the despatch of troops are as follows: They are forwarded in small detachments, accompanied by on assistant-surgeon, from the camp at Zoula to Senaf6, which is the plateau of Abyssinia, and distant 60 miles from the seaboard. The difficulties of the ascent to Senafe art. great, and the march is divided into four stages, provision heir g made for the reception of any sick at four small detached hospitals, each iu charge of an assistant surgeon. The first stage is from ki ulkutto to Komeyloo, about 10 miles ; the second froth Komeyloo to Upper Sooroo, about 18 miles ' • the third from ljpper Sooroo to Undel Wells, also about 12 miles ; the fourth is to Rarce middy, 16 miles. The distance between Eareeguddy and Senate is only about eight miles. At the last•named place will be the chief camp and divisional hospitals, at an altitude of 7.000 feet, where the air is bracing, and the nights are cold in the extreme. There is ample camping ground, abundance of water, good forage, and supplies of various kinds procurable from the neighbouring districts. The village of Senan is about one mile from the site of the camp ; its total population numbers between 290 and 300, chiefly of the Caucasian race, and lodged in wretchedly - - dirty llat-roofed houses. There does not seem to be much disease among them beyond ophthalmia ; bet they are said to have suffered from cholera in 1565. It will be seen that everything has hitherto tamed out very much as those best acquainted with the climate of Abyssinia predicted it would. There has been no serious loss of health and life eon the troops, J•. •• ~' ~n lure . 1863 1861 1863 1861 1863 1 1/ 1 II 5 1 11 1 11 - 11 ' ' 'l ,f 'I I, 5 1 if - 11 G, le - ft 3 , 17 8 , 71 4, „