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After St. James's Theatre EVA' After Prince of Wales' Theatre EVA_ London Singing and Supper Club, EVANS', Covent-gar* Entertainment at Eight. N°. 23,588. PRICE 4d. STAMPED sd. MAISON DOREE, THE NOW FASHIONABLE RESTAURANT AND ON and After the Opening of the Queen's Theatre, Long-Acre, 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. After Queen's Theatre EVANS' to SUP. LONDON SINGING AND SUPPER CLUB. AT EVANS' COVENT GARDEN VOCAL ENT.ERTAINAIENT At Eight o'Clock. held to be a place for the use and service of her Majesty. LUNCHEON BAR, GLASSHOUSE-STREET (One door from Regent-street), CUISINE FRANCAISE, &c. nigh-plass Wines at wholesale prices. Spirits and Beers, °cc- Private room for Parties. HAMPERS PREPARED AND BENT OPP TO ORDER. Terms, CASH. On and after MONDAY, Dec. 9, SUPPERS from Nino Pan. to One a.m. Mr. Philbrick replied at length, an I contended that the freehold having passed from the Crown to the dean and chapter, it could not be considered a Royal palace, or one intended for the use and ser vice of the Sovereign. It was a place of public wor ship, and therefore was included in the act of Par liament under discussion as a place not exempt from the operations of the act. Manager, CHARLES CASTLE. KINAHAN'S LL. WHISKY. - DUBLIN EXIITION, 1865. M IN celebrated OLD I R I SH WHISKY gained the Dublin Prize Medal. It is Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. .. B ° l4l in Bottles, 3s. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London; by ..e Agents i n the principal towns in England; or wholesale at 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. hams L Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork Branded " Kina- L Whisky." Mr. Arnold said, in adjourning the matter sine die, that so important a question should rather form the subject matter of proceedings in a superior than in a police court. THE LOSS OF 7HE AMSTERDAM S7EAMER. ---.0.- MUTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION (Incorporated by Act of Parliament. 1859), 14. RUSSELL -STREET, COVENT-GARDEN, LONDON, ti-DVANCES MONEY upon personal sec u rity, Bills of Sale, Free old or Leasehold P ro p er ty, f or one, t wo, or th ree years, repay- Y, monthly, or quarterly. Bills promptly discounted. F orms free on receipt of stamped envelope. EDWARD HARPER, Secretary. An official inquiry into the circumstances attend ing the total loss of the steamship Amsterdam upon Montauk Point, the eastern extreme of Long Island, on the coast of America, has been held at -Leith by two local magistrates, who have reported as follows :—" The Amsterdam was an iron screw steamer, built at Hepburn in 1866, and registered at this port in the same year. Her gross tonnage was 639 tons, and her registered tonnage 506, pro pelled by two engines of the combined power of 130 horses. She was owned by Mr. Donald M'Gregor and others, of Leith, and was under the command of Mr. John Gibson, who holds a certi ficate of competency dated 1859. Her crew con sisted of twenty-three hands, and she appears to have been well found and equipped. The Amster dam left South Shields in August last, on a voyage to Malaga, laden with coke. At that port she took in a cargo of 500 tons of fruit and 100 tons of lead, and sailed thence on the 23d September, bound to New York. During the voy age across the Atlantic the vessel experienced some adverse occurrences. On the 26th the coals in the bunkers took fire. After strenuous exertions for a period of five hours it was extinguished, not, how ever, without such loss of fuel as rendered it neces sary to put into Fayal for supplies. Shortly after leaving Fayal she encountered a continuance of gales and head winds. On the 7th October the engineer having reported only four days' coal remaining, it became, in the opinion of the master, requisite to burn every available spar, bridge deck, lower deck, saloon fittings, ladders, hatches, and, iu fact, everything that could be converted into fuel, to enable them to reach Halifax. Their con dition was such that they burnt the tripod or pole of their standard compass, having then only one compass, and that a binnacle one, to direct their course. This was a moat imprudent and an inexcusable act. On the 14th they reached Beaver Island, in Nova Scotia, when they took in 80 tons of coals, and on the 18th proceeded on their voyage. At noon, on the 20th of October, they made the Nantucket lightship, bearing N.W. by N. at a distance of five miles. From this position a course was shaped W. half S. for New York. At 8 p.m. a dense fog settled down on the ship, so much so that, standing aft, they could not see beyond the stern of the ship. Full speed was still continued, and without change, until the ship grounded. In our opinion the master was culpable in a very extreme degree in running at full speed in the dense fog described by all the wit nesses. And, having only one compass to rely upon, it became especially necessary to ascertain his posi tion by occasional casts of the lead. The soundings laid down in the chart that he used would have, had he adopted that precaution, given him timely and distinct warning of his danger. We therefore consider the Amsterdam was lost by the default of her master, and, with the concurrence of our nautic.:l assessors, decide on suspending his certi ficate for twelve calendar months. The evidence and the master's certificate are forwarded herewith." MADAME 1 ITSSAIJD'S EXHIBITION, BAKER- STREET. , A Life-size PORTRAIT MODEL o f THEODORE, KING of ' I I ,, T3 Y,SSINIA, is now added ; also all the Kings and Queens of " -al gomd. American Celebrities, &c. A PORTRAIT MODEL ....of FREDERICK BAKER , i s now a dd e d t o th e Cha m b er of 1 1.°rr°r8 . Open from 11 till dusk, and from 7to 10. Admittance, 8 .; children under 10, 6d, Extra rooms, 6d. ARGYLL ROOMS, WINDMILL-STREET, Piccadilly This Sole Proprietor, Mx R. R. BittNELL. b• magnificent Terpsichorean and Musical Establishment, 7 ing been Re-decorated i n th e hi g h est s t y l e o f It a lian art /Messrs. Rubardt and other eminent artists, is NOW OPEN _or the AUTUMN SEASON, S o l o E u ph on i on . Signor Moses,. Solo Corna, M. Graves. Conductor, Signor Curti. Doors open at half-past 8. Admission, is.; Reserved Seats, 2s. T H E 0 XF ORD, 6, OXFORD-STREET, W. During the Week will be given a GRAND SELEC TION from Offenbach's Comic Operetta, ORPHEE AUX * E .„NPERS, LA TROVATORE, and the New Cantata MERRY CHRISTMAS. ,Principal A r ti s t es: Mi sses R u ssell, Rivers, and Fitz ern'Y ; Messrs. Bury, Marler, R. Greene, and De Brenner. -c,Li ull Band and Chorus: Instrumentalists: Miss Bryant ; Messr s . P aque, M e lli ng, and Plutnpton. COMEDY, &c., by the LEVITES, Miss.and Mr. FOS TER, FRED. FRENDH, Mr. H. RICKARDS, and ALFRED PERRIER. Ur. E. W. HACKNEY will make his appearance again this evening. Conductor—Mr. P. Jonghmans. Private boxes, 10s. 6d. ; stalls, balcony, and grand pro- Itenade, Is.—THIS EVENING. e A. NTERBURMANAGEMENTHALL.—NEw MANAGEMENT brietor of Weston's w i lie Hall, High Holborn G rea t Alt era ti ons an d I mprove !ne ts have been made, and an entire new Company, compris aing most of the principal artistes of the day, will have the o nour of appearing. Mr. Fred. Evans (of the Royal Alhambra a k..CrYstal Palace), Mi ss R an d a ll , E . T owers, Vi ncent , Si m p son , r ,- ,ert r a d n ,r d u co si rts LE de ballet. Ballet, entitled BUMBLE. STUM- Luusic by Alfred Lee. with new scenery and effects. Original The Great Vance, Master Goodman, George Ellis, Nat ~f r d en, George Washington, Pat Sellers, Annie Adams, Brothers • ar de, Leroni, Miss Fitzhenry, Mr. Rowland Lascelles. A mag -4in',..1120ut new band, selected from the late orchestra of Her Ma tt s Theatre, numbering 23 performers, assisted by the drums a nd bugle s of the 2d Battalion Scots Fusilier Guards, by kind l'lnission of Lieut.-Colonel Commanding. Musical Director, tl % Alfred Lee, composer of " Champagne Charlie." Mr. James Area , B ' assistant manager. Prices of Admission—Balcony and 6d. Stalls, ls. Doors open at 7, commence at half-past. TVESTON'S GRAND M U SIC HALL, Mr For., Proprietor, Mr. J. S. Sweasey. th e . ..ASEY begs to inform the public, in consequence f ' o l offering Patronage he has received, he has engaged the 8 0 " lj Tf talented Company:—The Great VANCE; GEORGE kin %I , the Lion Comique•, JEAN BOND, the unrivalled Eq utt a ' Brothers DANIELS (whO are allowed by the Press to be 04roachable by any other artistes in their performances);_ Ootainir Singer and Dancer at the present time; Mrs. PHILLIPS, taKd ea , a ,_ulg Serie-Comic; Miss ANNE TREHAINE, the English tott r 'Luger, is re-engaged after a most successful provincial Grpt th e eliestra, which will perform the popular Overtures of Masters. 1, 4 The whole under the direction of Mr. P. CORRI. in th e e doors will open at 7, commence at 7.30. No alteration at mi te PriFF l B of admis s i on . 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THE FOUNDERING OF A VESSEL. -i Captain Rogers, of the Braganza, from Oporto, which arrived in the Mersey on Tuesday night, supplies the following report of the wreck of the Euphrates off Holyhead :—" January 14, at 3.30 p.m., steering N.E. by E. / E. for the South Stack, blowing strong from the W.S.W. with a heavy sea, observed a barque bearing Past, running up Channel under reefed foresail, and thinking something was the matter with her by the way she was steering about, I put my helm aport and ran down to her within two miles, but seeing no signals flying, I again kept my ship on her course, when at 4.10 p.m., being nearly abreast of her, I saw her ensign run up half-mast, union down. I immediately kept away for her, when the ensign was hauled down, and on getting alongside of her within speaking distance I found she was called the Euphrates. The captain then informed me that she was waterlogged, and asked me to tow him. I told him to give me his rope, but he re fused to do so until he asked me what I would charge for the tow. I told him I could not make any bargain with him, but would tow him into Holyhead, then about 12 miles distant. The ships began to separate. I put my helm astarboard to round to, when he again hoisted his ensign, union down, and at the same time put his helm aport, bringing his ship's beam to the sea, when she imme diately began to settle down fore head. Before I could get my boats out she was over, and the cap tain, his wife, and crew were on the outside of her port quarter. I had then got my largest boat in the water, and manned, and they pulled to the wreck, but before they could get that far a sea swept them all into the water. I then got another boat out and kept my ship as close to the wreck as possible to avoid danger, and night setting in I lost sight of the wreck, and also my own boat. I then steamed as close to the place of the accident as possible, when I fell in with my own boat, who told me they were drifting fast from the wreck, they not being able to pull against the sea ; they said they had been up to the ship but had not been able to save any one. I then again steamed in the direction of the wreck, when I passed two men clinging to some spars, but owing to the sea that was running I could not get hold of them. I kept as close to the spot as I could to see if I could save any of them, but it was so dark, and the sea breaking so that I could not distinguish or hear anything of them. They must have all gone down or I should have heard some of them crying, as I found I was within 200 yards of the wreck, bottom up, for the sea was breaking very heavily over her. I then picked my own boat and crew up, and stopped until 6.30 p.m., when, seeing that I could not do anythin g more, and beings it was impossible fully assured that for themmusthatallto live have in have gone down, as sea that was running, I thenput m m y as shipter ; on jn h hn er course again. (Signed) G. Rogers, Scotland, first mate ; John Kirkpatrick, seco n d mate." °IWERFUL DISCOVERY.—Corns cured Drep a ,...„". II one day by using ALEX. ROSS'S CIIIROPO. This n gradually dissolves the Corn in a few hours, re -244. the very root. Price 45.: t•ent by post for GO stamps. — • 4 ' v ialburn, London, and all Chenusts. A R - CURLING FLUID, 248, High Holborn, London.— ALEX. ROSS'S CURLING FLUID curls Ladies'6oor Gentlemen's hair immediately it is applied. Sold at ...E ta % s s. 6d., and 10s. 6d.; sent free for 54, 84, and 144 stamps. of all Chemists. 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The a.sistant executioner then holds back the head by the hair, while his principal, seizing a two-handed sword, cuts through the neck with extra ordinary dexterity by a single blow. On the present occa sion about 12,000 persons were present. The condemned man slept well during the preceding night. At ten o'clock he drank two glasses of wine, and then set out for the place of execution, preceded by the headsman, dressed in scarlet and wearing a cocked hat. The criminal walked firmly, and on reaching the foot of the scaffold embraced the chaplain and the gendarmes. The preparations lasted about five minutes ; the executioner than took up his sword, a hissing noise was heard as it cleaved the air, and the head was severed from the body. The Chaplain Benoit then de livered a short address while the body was being unbound and covered with a black cloth. • ! 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The CuAnniAN said the conference yesterday came to the conclusion that there should be schools provided by compulsion, and to-day they were to discuss the question whether there should be compulsory attend ance. Compulsion was yesterday said. by one speaker to be un-English ; but for years past we had had that compulsion indirectly in operation in this country by the action of the Factory Act, and he (Mr. Forster), as an employer underthe Factory Act, could speak to its excel lent working. It was a misfortune that when the Factory Act was passed care was not taken to make the schools under it good schools. (Hear, hear.) Had they been made good schools we should at this moment have had a state of edu cation in the factory districts which would have been so surprising that it would probably have led to the extension of good schools long ago all over the kingdom. (Hear, hear.) The factory inspectors could visit schools. It was true they were not required to examine the children, L. t to test the means of the school, and all they then did was to give or refuse a certificate. The compulsory clauses of the Factory Act were followed in the matter of the Col lieries Act, but he thought the Collieries Act might well be amended. Under that Act the education of the child ceased at the age of 12, and under certain conditions at 10. This should not be. It was too early an age to totally take a child from school, and it should be altered. By the legislation of last year the benefits of the Factory Act were extended to almost every place in which fifty persons were employed ; also, by the Workshops Act of last year every place where five persons were employed together was to be dealt with. This Act came into operation on the Ist inst., but he thought that in its working it would be shewn to require amendment. In fact, he could not see how it could be worked as it should be unless there were inspec tors appointed under it, as under the Factory Act. Under the Workshops Act, as under the Factory Act, the age was to be 13 when they should cease going to school. But this Act did not apply to the agricultural districts, and auy condition of things which left the children of the agricul tural labourers in a worse condition than those of their brother workmen in towns was bad and unsatisfactory. Now, in the towns there was a large number of children who were not either at work or school ; and surely, if they were to force the attendance at school of those who were' at work, they ought to compel those to go to school who were not at work, and not treat them more leniently. Under the Industrial Schools Act—schools of which there were too few— any person may take a child or children found begging, receiving alms, or leading the life of vagrants without any visible means of subsistence, before- the magistrates, and they have power to send such child or children to an industrial school for a certain time ; but in the Industrial Schools Act there was no provision to compel the erection of industrial schools. However, he (Mr. Forster) hoped that the Act they proposed would meet all that. (Hear, hear.) Then there was an Act called Denison's Act, which gives power to boards of guardians to send the children of those who receive out door relief to schools of which they might approve, and they had power to pay for the education of such children out of the rates. That was a very excellent provision, and should often be acted on. Yesterday the conference fastened on the districts and places the necessity of pro viding schools ; but of what use would be those schools if they had no scholars in them ? They must take care to have good schools, or they would be of no use whatever. Indeed, in Manchester he believed the fact of the small attendances at school was mainly owing to the parents having no belief in the goodness of the school; and they must, whatever they did, have good schools. The Rev. 11. SANDFORD, her Majesty's inspector of schools, said that in the textile trades there were 70,000 children at schools under the half-time system ; while in the Pottery district under their Act there were 3,000 children attending school on the half-time system ; and by the Acts of last session 12,000 more children under 13 would at once he brought within their operation, so that in the whole we should have at school compulsorily 87,000 children. Mr. BENJAMIN ARMITAGE (Manchester) said, although he did not appear there as the representative of the owners and occupiers of factories, still he must say that the Factory Act had been on the whole very beneficial to both the operatives and their employers. Professor JACK (Owen's College) argued that the educa, tion which was given under the Colleries Act was next to worthless, and mentioned a case where he had seen children get a certificate as to their reading and writing after having learnt it for six weeks. (Laughter.) The fault was in the Act, which said the certifieate should be given by a coin. petent schoolmaster, but failed to say what the qualifica' tions of the competent master were to be. This case was within his own experience. Earl Di GREY said, as he understood the principal clauses in the Factory Act with regard to education, education and employment were given together. He was not personally so much enamoured of compulsion as seemed to be the majority of the meeth g, but he never theless thought that the same compulsion should be al)Pliea to the agricultural districts as to the factory hands. He would in fact apply the same stringent action to the agri• cultural children as to the factory children ; but it would, as had been said, be utterly impossible for the half-time system to be enforced on them as in the factory districts. The principle which, he thought, might perhaps be applied to agricultural children was that of the Printworks Act, as the one most adaptable to their case. It was enacted that children should be at school a certain number of days in the year, to be arranged upon between the parents and the employers. He did not think with Mr. Clay on the sub ject of certificates as to knowledge, but preferred certifi cates that would shew how many days they had attended school, rather than the amount of education they had received. Mr. MUNDELL& (Nottingham), as a large employer of labour under the Factory Act, must confess that the half time system was doing little or nothing at all for the children, and as a proof he might mention that in his experience he had found only 41 per cent. of the factory children who could write tolerably well. Mr. SEWELL, inspector of schools, said he was in favour of children in agricultural districts spending a certain num ber of days at school either in weeks or months, to the number of 200 days. The Right Hon. H. A. BRUCE, M.P., having referred to some remarks that had been made by previous speakers, and explained certain clauses in the Industrial Schools Bill, &c., the conference adjourned for luncheon. On reassembling, The CHAIRMAN said the next point for consideration was, " 3. Is it desirable to extend the principle of com pulsory school attendance beyond these measures ? 4. Means by which such compulsory attendance should be enforced. 5. Compulsory clauses proposed to be intro duced by Mr. Bazley considered." Mr. Bazley, the Yen. Archdeacon Sandford, Professor Christie (Owen's College), and the Rev. Canon Toole (Manchester) were in favour of compulsory attendance. The Right Hon. H. A. BRUCE then addressed a few words to the meeting, and said : If compulsion was resorted to, they would have to compel one-half of the children in the country to go to school. They must not raise opposition to their measure by asking for too much. They must proceed progressively. Compulsion was their last step, as it was the best, and some day it would be agreed to as was now wished. Mr. A. HERBERT moved, and Mr. SIMONS secondea, another amendment, which was withdrawn on the sugges. tion, by Mr. J. T. HIBBERT, M.P., that the following form of resolution would meet the views of all parties:— "That the Education Bill Committee be requested, in conjunction with Mr. Barley, to prepare such clauses as they may consider practicable to enforce the attendance at school of neglected children, and to request him to give notice, before any education bill brought into Parliament comes to a second reading, that he will introduce such clauses in committee." This was passed unanimously. Mr. BRUCE, in response to a vote of thanks, expressed a hope that when the members of the conference returned to their respective localities they would be induced by what they had heard to form local committees in support of this movement, and he could promise them, on the part of Mr. Francis Taylor (hon. secretary) and the Manchester com mittee, every possible assistance. The conference then terminated. The Leoniinster butchers go weekly to Hereford and sell prime meat 25 per cent. cheaper than the Here ford butchers. ABYSSINIA. —We have received news to the eftect that the health and spirits of the expeditionary force are alike excellent. Hospital accommodation will be provided at the rate of 7 per cent. for the British part of the force, disposed as three divisional field hospitals, and separate tents for regiments and field batteries, &c., proceeding on the march. The largest central depot hospital will pro bably be at Senafe, which appears to possess a healthy climate, and to be the most convenient position for con centrating the sick coming down from the front. In our opinion an hospital of this kind will be preferable in every way to employing iron steamers as stationary hospital ships in the Bed Sea. The ration is said to gto:baaltr rersi: b itafaeerl : n an: gaiters, egi o l a,hteef sugar, r ea: genlitir.ooliot arrangements quality. It consists of 11b. of bread or Ib. of flour, 2oz. t tr ut n i n i :ai m ot i p o i n fa ) r e. a ro o sp ay i Th'rr very a e o l e v t f n e f e r yo i d tri nh i e e m) n s e l a aa aoc t etc h ten di se e Ni i :o fc rn i oa n a l cnl ssl so f itEptiefor procurable, arc erhurayoesrnafuaedpp, soldierbhp a l r pi s ee i n l : ai t e e a raed , o Nidot 2 v ::v hipt a z tarh . o n lev o s c , ahehe e f aerb‘ of N l :s ae o ee. Lancet. Bloom of Roses, 3s. 6d. RAM DESTROYER. --248, High Holborn, 1 1 ,, otts London. --ALEX. ROSS'S DEPILATORY removes super- Bitin, hair from the face, neck, and arms, without effect to the *tam P B . - --41ad Price 3s. 6d all 58. 6d ,i. and 10s. 6d.; sent for 64, 84, and 144 ofChem sts. Skin Tonic, ss. Gcl. PIMPLE REMOVER. All diseases of the skin are improved by one dose of ALEX. BOSS'S VEGE. 2 9 S KIN PILLS. They re mov e red n e s s, salloyme_ ,ss &o. 2 , 4 1. an d 7s. 65.•, or post for 40 and 100 stamps.—ALEX. ROSS, - .Litsu Holborn, London, and all Chemists. Adyice upon the Toilet. Fee, 2s. tkl. te4Alit COLOUR WASII. —By damping the head With this beautifully -perfumed Wash, in . seven or a , ' 4 3's the hair assumes its original colour, and remains so by ogasional using. 10s. 6d.; sent for 248, stamps.—ALKX BOSS, Holbrn, London, and all Chemists. 'UGJust published, 2d.; sent by the author for 3 stamps, LINESS and BEAUTY ; bein g a Pamphlet ITPe4descriptive of artices and meas used for improving the ranooß . y ALEX. I ROSS, 248, n High Holborn, London. t of all booksellers IVI . R. HOWARD , SU RGEO N-DENT'IST, 52, Fleet -street , has introd uce d an entirely new description r AItTIFICIAL TEETH , tined without sprin gs, w i res, or liga ,,.ros• They so perfectly yresemble the natural t ee th as not to be (ustinguished from the originals by the closest observer; they Will never change colour or decay, and will bo found superior to any teeth ever before used. This method does not require the e xtraction of roots, or any painful op era ti on , and will support a nd preserve teeth that are loose, and is guaranteed to restore articulation and mastication. Decayed teeth stopped and ran tiered sound and useful in mastication. • 52, Fleet -street. At home from 10 till 5 1114RITISH ORPHAN ASYLUM, Mackenzie Jur Park, Slough, Bucks (f ormer l y at Clapham-rise). lead 'mei:, 1827. Patron—rfer Mnst Gracious MAJESTY the Qtaratt Aid to this Institution will be gladly received bythe Secretary. It the emcee, No. 73. Cheep ;.Ids. E.C. linrtv S. THORNTON, Treasurer, THOMA.; TITSON, J.P., Chairman of the Board. STEPHEN lt. °Amur. M.A., Hon. Sec. ALFRED MICICENZIE, Secretary. IHEALTH RESTORED WITHOUT MEDICINE OR EXPENSE. DU BARRY'S delicate hePitb-restoring Invalids and Infants' Food. THE REVALENTA ARABICA 11 ' 7 " fifty times its cost in other remedies, and restores pellet 1 1 , i _ ge ation, strong nerves, sound lungs, healthy liver, refreshing ..,‘,YeP, functional regularity, and energy to the most disordered iZpafeebled—removing speedily and effectually indigestion (dy rir,,,,DBLia). cough, asthma, consumption, habitual constipation, pl a L ru cca, all gastric derangements, haemorrhoids, liver com mprittg, flatulency, nervousness, biliousness , . fevers, sore throats, ill e „.'"la, catarrhs, colds, influenza, noises in the head and ears, hysteria, neuralgia, ir ,,itanatisrn, gout, impurities, eruptions, tlshill.litY, s leeplessness, acidity, palpitation, heartburn, headache, Pr e ,,. IL Y , dropsy, cramps, spasms, nausea and sickness . even in et n,e3r or at sea, sinking fits, bronchitis, scrofula, tightness 1 111 0 , e ,, c oest, pains at the pit of the stomach and between the e.ue'ecß. It is the most digestible and nourishing of all foods, ~B.llitable for invalids and infants in all complaints. 11,0-`l,24l).hrAwr Ciurfolf.—Beware of tie many unsavoury and Lion , ua n sloppy imitations to which, without authority, Baron 1,•„g 8 name is most audaciously attached. na~.(e9ceforth none will doubt the valuable properties of Di! Fs r o r l 8 Ilea lth-restoring Revalenta Arabi Invalids' and Infants t 1, 4 1, s ulof) to the thousands of blessings it has already received u s , o!valids whose position had been deemed hopelees, we msy De ; acid that of his Holiness the Pope, whose health has been tr shectlY restored by it after thirty years of unsuccessful medical Il e Z e pt• We quote from the "Gazette du ," of-thesth (Cure P ath ei l' l3 ) , —“ Rome, July 21st, 1866.. The health di es, ,_ is excellent, especially since, abandoning all , other reme- A rab re has confined himself entirely to Du Barry% 9ev:klentu It h„ e a' F ood, of which he consumes Lk plateful st sl It: -,,,, • It, IF; Prothiced a surprisingly beneficial effect on his health, nu,. e,'%toliuess cannot praise this excellent food too highly." , liv e j`e No. 5 8,216 of the Marchioness do Behan, of seven y9t!rs with coMplaint, wasting away, debility, nervousness, irritability, les s , e 4 nervous palpitation all over, bad digest!on,. constant sleep etp,,B, and the most intolerable nervous agitation. de Deg ,I‘ 0 . 78, of dyspepsia, from the Right Hon. the Lord Stuart ours, Dro hav e ede'es, Lo rd - Lieutenant of the County of Waterford:—.‘ I bteit se much benefit from your excellent fcod.—STUAI,T DR taallo, Cappoquin County Waterford. dYsp e „ e , 110 . 49,832.—Gf fifty' years' indescribable agony from sps,rele nervousness, Ciar:l,7 lek nesg, asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, and vomiting. Maria Jolly, of Lynn, Norfolk. lies s o. 47,121. —Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of extreme nervous 04:41,gestion, gatherings, low spirits, and nervous fancies. flitult'4o. 5G,814. —Mr. Samuel Laxton, Leicester, of two years The 11, ri'hooa, ta. n,, 0 0 is sold in Canisters, at Is. lid.; 11b., 2s. 9d.; 21 b., ta r ,i4 a :;_ 121 b., 22.; 241 b., 40s. The 121 b. and 2411). canisters. IlAi ti ri free on receipt of Post-office Order, by BARRY DU 44 14 4 „ an d Co. 77 Regent-street, London; also at Fortnum v4ll ' 411C1 lola by all respectable Grocers and Chemist& COMPAGNIE GENERALE TRANS ATLAN TIQUF,, ,8, Place Vendome, Paris. NEW YORK, via HAVRE and BREST. The undermentioned Steamers will sail. every 14 days, as fol lows: — NAPOLEON 11........... Paddle VILLE DE PARIS Screw PEREIRE Screw ST. LAURENT Screw EUROPE Paddle RATES OF PASSAGE. Havre or Brest to New York, Ist class, £33 0 0 ~ ~ 2d class, 17 0 0 3d class, ' 14 0 0 Agents—STRINGER, PEMBROKE, and CO., 8, Austinfriars, E.C. EOLOGY.-KING'S COLLEGE, LONDON. PROFE•iSOR TENNANT, F.G.S., will commence a COURSE of LECTURES on GEOLOGY on FRIDAY, January 24, at 9 a.m. They will be continued on each succeeding Wed nesday and Fri My at the same hour. A shorter course will also be given on Thursday evenings from Bto 9. First Lecture, Jan. 23. Test-Book, Lyell's "Elements of Geology." Professor Tennant accompanies his students to the Public Museums, and to places of Geological interest in the country. R. W. J ELF, D.D., Principal DISCOVERY OF GUNPOWDER (TEA.)- Large quantities of the very finest descriptions have 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, 18. 10d. Tea for the million, is. id. Price Lists post free on application at 9, Great St. Helen's Church-yard, Bishopegate-street. .11 , 17 F. THOMAS & CO.'S PATENT SEWING_ V macmatss. The celebrated No. 2 Machine, unequalled f7 t r jo ttneral work, £lO. The new Domeatie Machined Complete Stitch), be £6 Ss., and £B. Catalogues free. W. F. Thomas and Co., 1 and 2. Oheapaide, and Regent-circus, Oxford-street, London. T" "SINGER" NEW FAMILY MACHINE Is fitted with a new PATENT TUCK MARKER, which GAUGES and MARKS each succeeding TUCK while sewing, a MOST VALUABLE ACCESSORY, not to be had with any other Machine. THE " SINGER " NEW FAMILY SEWING MACHINES are the most complete, with all accessories for the family, seamstress, manufacturers of shirt collars, shirts, cloaks, mantles, children's clothing, caps, corsets, linen and silk goods, umbrellas, parasols, &c. Catalogues and Samples of Work post free. THE SINGER MANUFACTURING COMPANY, 147, CHEAPSIDE, LONDON. DR SCOTT'S LIVER AND BILIOUS PILLS.—A IS EVER-FAILING REMEDY.—Prepared without any mer.urial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. Scott, of Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to all who suffer from bilious and liver complaints, indigestion,. wind, spasms, giddi ness, 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. Lam bert, Chemist, C, King William-street, Charing-erolis, London, and by most druggists, in boxes, Is. ltd., and three times the quantity in one, 2s. Od. Be sum to ask for Dr. Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are a square green 'ackago, with, "William Lambert" engraved on the stamp. C ANDLES, GLYCERINE, and SOAP.--A Gold Medal was awarded at the Paris Exhibition to Price's Patent Candle Company Limited, for " Candles, Glycerine, and Soap"—the only one to any British exhibi tor for these three things combined. The chief Candles of the Company are their "BELMONTINE" and "PRICE'S PARAFFINE" for those who must have the extreme transparency of pure Paraffine ; their "GOLD MEDAL PALMITINE" and " SHERWOOD PALMITINE," for those who, while desiring candles of great beauty, require also steady brilliancy of light and freedom from smoke and smell; their good old-fashioned "BELMONT SPERM AND WAX," and "BEST" "No. 2," "No. 3," and "BATTERSEA" COMPOSITES for those who require only perfect burning without caring for transparency; and their "CHAMBER" Candles, hard, and of small diameter, to avoid the dripping of grease when cared. Tho it new toilet soap, "PRICE'S SOLI DIFIE i) GLYCERINE" con tains half its weight of their distilled Glycerine, and should be the one toilet soap in use, especially in winter, because of its admirable effects in preventing chapping of the hands and face. There ought also to be in every house one of the sealed bottles of their patent distilled Glycerine, known every where as " PRICE'S GLYCERINE,"• two or three drups of which, mixed with three or four times as much water, will in a day or two remove chapping and roughness of skin, whether of adults or children ; and when this is effected, a single drop of the undiluted Glycerine applied once a day will prevent the recurrence of the chapping and roughness. insist on having " Price's Glycerine" in the Company's own sealed bottles, quantities of cheap impure Glycerine being now sold in the shops because of the low rate at which the dealers can buy it in comparison with Price's. All the good medical authorities abroad as well as at home order " PRICE'S" as the only Glycerine to be used. " PRICE'S NEW PATENT NIGHT LIGHTS" for burning in the wide glasses, are believed to be the very best Night Lights made. " PRICE'S CHILD'S NIGHT LIGHTS" are known everywhere, and are excellent for burning without a glass. pOWELL'S BALSAM OF ANISEED, for COUGHS, COLDS, ASTHMA, BRONCHITIS, Sore Throat, Difficulty of Breathing, and all similar affections of the Respiratory Organs. Sold by Chemists and Medicine Vendors throughout the World. In Bottles only, price le. lid., 2e. M., and lls. each. Established nearly half a Century. BA.TISFICTOIIY LETTER. - - 5, Wood-street, Millbank, Westminster, October 5, 1867 Sim,—Some months back I had an attack of bronchitis, which left at times a tickling in the Throat, with other unpleasant feel ings. / was advised to try the Raf i sAm or Minute; I did so, and have found very great relief; it Is most comforting in allay ing the irritation, and giving strength to the voice. You are at liberty 16 make as of this as you think proper, and I earnestly hope that others may benefit by it as I have done. With many thanks from lour Obedient serrOnt, V e adUEL DEMI, Dean's rger, Westminster Abbey. To Mr. Powell. Ask for POWELL'S BALSAM of ANISEED PARTRIDGE AND COOPER' WHOLESALE MANUFACTURING STATIONERS,IB2' FLEET-STREET (CORNER OF CHANCERY-LANE), LONDON, E.O. THE PUBLIC SUPPLIED AT WHOLESALE PRICES. CARRIAGE PAID TO THE COUNTRY ON ORDERS OVER 20s. Per ream. s. d. Fine Cream Laid Note: a cheap paper 0 Superfine Cream Laid Note : much approved Superfine Thick Cream Laid Note; especially recom mended 5 6 Extra Superfine Double Thick Cream Laid Note 7 0 Straw Paper, "Patent;" adapted for rapid writing Large Commercial Note Papers 3 Foolscap Papers, blue or cream 10 s . 6d 5 .,"1 1 2 5 5 . .' andan 6 0 d 14 0 Outsides Foolscap, thick hand-made Letter Paper for scribbling .plain, 45.; ruled ditto 4 6 Tinted Lined Note five quires ls. 6d., or 5 6 per 1,000 Superfine Cream or Blue Envelopes......4s. 6d., ss. 6d., and 6 6 Extra Thick ditto, "Registered Secure" 9 0 Large Blue Wove Commercial Envelopes 4 6 Cheap Buff Colour, for circulars, &e. COLOUR STAMPING (Relief) reduced to is. per 100. Polished steel dies sunk by the best artists in the trade at about half the prices 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. RIIPTITRES.-13Y ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. WHITES MOO-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (PartnauTED 4.ND ExinniTED IN THE GREAT EXHIBI WASS of 1861 and 1862), la allowed by upwards of Two Hundred Medical Gentlemen V_be the most effective invention in the cura tive treatment of HERNIA. The use of a steel spring, so often )striittl in its effects, Is here avoided—a soft bandage being worn tame the body, while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the Moe-Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease and closeness that it cannot be detected, and maybe worn during sleep. A descriptive circular may be had, and the truss, which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the circumference of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manufacturer, Mr. WHITE, 298, Piccadilly. " - - A Single Truss, 165., 215., 28s. 6d., and 31s. 6d. Postage, is. A bouble Truss, 81s. Bd., 425., and 525. 6d. Postage, Is. Bd. Au Umbilical Truss, 425., and 525. 6d. Postage, ls. 10d. Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post office, Piccadilly. NEW PATENT LASI IC STOCKINGS, 4..:4 KNEE-CAPS, dm, for Varicose Veins and all eases of Weakness and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, de. They are porous, light in texture ' and inexpensive, and are drawn on like an ordinary stockin g . Price 4s. 6d., M. 6d., ioa. and 16e. each. Postage 6d. . JOHN WHITE, Manufacturer. 228, Piccadilly rachRINT IN G. -TO PROPRIETORS OF NEWSPAPERS, PERIODICALS, &c—. The Printing and ining of Newspapers, &c., done on exceedingly favourable terms. Use of Editorial and Publishing Offices, if required. Estimates forwarded on receipt of particulars, with stamped directed envelop 3 f o r r e ply. Address — The Manager " Site Printing Offices, 3, Church-row, Savoy, Strand, W.O. ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SEVEN Destitute Orphans are being maintained in the Albert Orphan Asylum, Collingwood Court, Bagshot, Surrey. Funds greatly needed for their support ' °MULLES A. WALKER, See. Offices, 96, Cheapside, E.C. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, in the immediate o , linity of the Great Northern Railway Terminus, King's-cross. Patron—Her Most Orations MAJESTY the QUEEN. Vice-Patron—His Royal Highness the Prince of WALES, K.G. President—His Grace iho Duke of BUCCLIIIICH, K.G. This Hospital, founded in the year 1828, the first to establish the principle of free admission to the sick poor, without the de lay 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 adax tion to this, the average number of attendance of the destitute sick has for a considerable period averaged between 3,000 and 4,000 weekly. The Committee earnestly solicit the assistance of the benevo lent, 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, Hanson, and Co., Abchurch-lane; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co.; Drummond and Co. ; Glyn and Co.; Herries and Co. ; Ransom and Co.; Piescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co.; Barclay and Co.; Williams, Deacon, and Co. • Nisbet and Co., Berners-street; and at the Hospital, from 10 till 6. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 17, 1868. INDIA OFFICE, 16th JANUARY, 1868. BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA IN COUNCIL. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that PACK AGES, stated to contain ARTICLES from the Estates of DECEASED OFFICERS and SOLDIERS of the late East India Company's Service, and of her Majesty's Indian Military Forces, have from time to time been received from the Governments of the respective Pre sidencies in India. Packages containing articles reserved from the following Estates remained unclaimed, viz :- 1. Anderson, James, Assistant Surgeon, Ist Madras Fusiliers. 11. Babington, W. R., Assistant Surgeon, Madras Medical Department. 20. Coust, H. A. 0., Captain, 2d Madras Native Veteran Battalion. 33. Donne, J. T., Assistant Surgeon, Madras Medical Establishment. 42. Dill as, IL, Lieutenant, 3d Madras E u ropean Regiment. 45. Elliott, R. J. IL, Lieutenant, 6th Madras Light Cavalry. 48. Edmonston, W., Sergeant-Major, 28th Madras Na tive Infantry. 54. Forrest, F. C., Lieutenant, 41st Madras Native In fantry. 56. Fullarton, C., Captain, Ist Madras Native In fantry. 64. Geils, A. A., Captain, Ist Madras Fusiliers. 75. Halliday, J., Sergeant, Bengal Establishment. 79. Johnston, J. 31‘31., Captain, 4th Madras Native In fantry. 85. Kensington, H. 8., Ensign, 32d Madras Native In fantry. 86. Kerr, A. W. M., Captain, 39th Madras Native In fantry. 92. Lindsay, IL, Cornet, 6th Madras Light Cavalry. 93. Lloyd, Herbert, Captain, 21st Madras Native In fantry. 106. MacCarthy, H. P. T., Lieutenant, TOth Brigade Royal Artillery.. 115. Owen, H. R., Lieutenant, 2d Madras European Re giment. 118. Ogilvie, J. C., Captain, 39th Madras Native In fant.ty. 126. Plowden, F. E., Lieutenant, 10th Madras Native Infantry. 126 A. Pearse, J. J., Major, sth Regiment Native Infantry. 182. Redmond, J. J., Lieutenant, 7th Madras Native Infantry. 134 A, Ryan, P., Deputy Commissary Madras Sappers and Miners. 152. Toms, J. R., Sergeant, Bombay Public Works De- paitment. 154. Walker, A. Captain, Madras Establishment. 165. Walter T., Sergeant-Major, 7th Madras Native Infantry. 170. Wright, W., Sergeant, Madras Sappers and Miners. Applications for such Packages should be made by the next of kin of the deceaSed, or by, the legal representa tives of such next of kin, to the Military Secretary, at this office. In the event of any of the packages in question re maining unclaimed for the further period of six months from this date they will be opened, the contents disposed of by sale, and the amount realised be credited to the estate of the deceased. T. T. PEARS, Major-General, Military Secretary. BANDA AND KIRWEE PRIZE MONEY. SECOND DISTRIBUTION. INDIA OFFICE, Sth January 1863. Notice is hereby given, that the distribution of a second instal ment of the Banda and Kirwee Prize Money, at the rate of Rs. 130, or £l3 per share, to the Offices and Men of the under mentioned Corps of Her Majesty's late Indian forces, whose shares have not been paid in India, will be made at the Military . Department of this Office, daily (Saturdays excepted) between the hours of Eleven and Two o'clock ; Officers of the Staff of the Commander-in-Chief. General Division and Brigade Staff. 2d Regiment Cavalry, Hyderabad Contingent. Engineer Department. Officers and Men of the A. Troop, Horse Brigade, .Madras Artillery. 44 A. Company, 4th Battalion, Madras Artillery. B. Company, 4th Battalion, Madras Artillery. 44 3d Madras European Regiment. Officers of the Ist Regiment, Madras Native Infantry. " 19th 64 T. T. PEARS, Major-General, Military Secretary. CONTRACT FOR ITALIAN HEMP. CONTRACT DEPARTMENT, ADMIRALTY, SOMERSET HOUSE, JAN. 1, 1868. rpHE COMMISSIONERS for executing the IL Office of Lord High Admiral of the United King dcm of Great Britain and Ireland do hereby Give Notice that on Tuesday, the 21st instant, at two o'clock, they will be ready to treat with such persons as may be willing to CONTRACT for supplying and delivering into store at her Majesty's dockyards at Chatham and Devonport 300 tons cf ITALIAN HEMP. A distribution of the hemp, and a form of the Tender and conditions of contract, may be seen in the lobby of the Storekeeper-General's Department, Admiralty, Somer set House. No Tender will be received after two o'clock on the day of treaty, nor will any bo noticed unless the party attends, or an agent for fun; duly authorised in writing. Evelir Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and bear, in the loft hand corner, the words " Tender for Italian Hemp," and must also be delivered at the Department of the Storekeeper-General, Admiralty, Somerset House. By order. ANTONIO BRADY, Registrar of Contracts and Public Securities. DOG LICENCES.—The Com m i ss i oner s of In land Revenue give notice that all DOG LICENCES granted in the year 1867 expired on the 31st December last, and that every person keeping a dog in the current year is now required to take out a new Licence, the duty payable for each dog kept being ss. The penalty for keeping a dog without a licence is V. Post -office orders payable at the chief money-order office, Inland Revenue, receipt stamps or postage stamps, may be remitted in payment of duty on dogs kept in Lon don and its vicinity, to the undermentioned collectors of Inland Revenue : Collector, London West, Somerset-House, W.O. Collector, L on d on C entral, Winchester-buildings, Win chester-street, E.C. Collector, London East, uth Tower-hill E.g. Collector, London So, Elephant- , buildings, Newing ton-butts, S. Collector, London North, 183, Great Portland-street, W. Licences may be obtained on personal application at the Collector's offices before mentioned, and also at the follow ing places until the 15th February prox., between the hours of 10 and 4 each day. Gresham-house, Old Broad-street, E.C. Supervisor's Office. Stepney, 31, Stepney-green. Supervisor's Office. Dalston and Hackney, 229, Hackney -road. S Office. Islington and Hollow a y, an d Hi ghgate, 6, Pullen's-row. Supervisor's Office. Paddington, 9, Port e ous -road, Harro w - roa d. Super visor's Office. Lambeth and Vauxhall, 67, Vauxhall-walk. Super visor's Office. Su'pervisor's Hampstead and Camden-town, 40, Gloucester-street, Camden-town. Supervisor's Office. WM. CORBETT, Secretary. Inland Revenue, Somerset House, Jan. 7, 1868. H YAM & C 0.% GENTLEMEN'S CLOTHING, 66 and 67, Oxford-street, London. For immediate Wear or to Order. The assortment is most extensive and varied, comprehend ing e very p9ssible description of Atti re , b oth costly an d o f 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. HYA/I & Co.'s SILK-LINED OVERCOATS. HYAM & Co.'s FASHIONABLE REEFERS. HYAM & Co.'s SUITS. HYAM & Co.'s MORNING COATS. HYAbI & Co.'s PROFESSIONAL ATTIRE. HYAM & Co.'s VESTS and TROUSERS. HYAM. & Co.'s LADIES' HABITS. H YAM & Co.'s LIVERIES. HYAM & Co.'s HATS and HOSIERY. 14YAM and CO.'S PRICE LIS T for GEN TLEMEN'S ATTIRE, Ready-made or to Order. New Styles in Tweed Overcoats New Styles in Sandringham Overcoats 2ss. to 635. New Styles in Silk-lined Overcoats ........• 425. 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. TTYAM and CO.'S LATEST STYLES and PRICES for YOUNG GENTLEMEN'S ATTIRE. Sandringham Overcoats 2ls. to 425. Prince Alfred Reefers u m...... 16s. to 30s. Overcoats for Little Bays l2s. to 80s. Inverness Capes lss. 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 T T YAM & CO.'S SELECT DEPARTMENTS. No. 1. Gentlemen's Clothing for immediate wear. No. 2. Bespoke or Order Department. No. 3. Boys' and Youths' Distinct Departm , No. 4. Hats, Caps, Hosiery, and Outfit Dep: ►rtment. HYAM and CO.'S ESTABLISHT dENTS. LONDON-66 and 67, Oxford-street. BIRMINGHAM-21, 22, and 23, New- street, LEEDS-42, Briggate, and DE WsBURY—Westgate. 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Mr. Philbrick, barrister, represented the Board of Works ; and Mr. Edward Vaughan Richards nominally appeared for the defendants, but in reality for the dean and chapter of Westminster. Mr. Philbrick, in opening the case, stated that the summonses were taken out by Mr. Tolley, charging the defendants that they did do certain work within the district of St. Margaret's and the Close of St. Peter's, Westminster, without giving due notice to the district surveyor, as required by the 38th chapter, section 132, of the 18 and 19 Vic toria. The facts were rot in dispute, but the ques tion that would be raised was whether the abbey was a royal palace or place intended for the use and service of the Sovereign. If so, it would be ex empted under the Act of Parliament. A pipe for heating part of the Abbey had been placed too close to the roof of the Jerusalem Chamber, and as the venerable pile was considered to be endangered by it, as well as for the inte rests of justice, these proceedings were commenced two or three months ago, and fully argued yester day. Mr. Richards, in a most learned and elaborate address, said the first thing to be considered was whether Westminsier Abbey was a Royal palace or place employed for her Majesty's use and service ; he should endeavour as briefly as possible to show that it was, and although the Royal charter of Queen Elizabeth would be quoted as evidence against his argument, still he held that it was a Royal palace ; and, firstly, referred to the Gazette of April 13, 1838, in which in the Royal proclama tion the coronation is appointed to be held in " our Palace of Westminster." In the time of Edward the Confessor the palace of Westminster and the Royal chapel were closely adjacent, as illustrated in a piece of the famous tapestry called the Bayeaux tapes try, a drawing of which was now produced, in which a man is represented standing on the roof of the chapel, holding on by the weathercock of the chapel and the tower of the palace. Further, he referred to a work lately published by the Rev. Dean Stan ley, entitled " Memorials of Westminster Abbey," in which that learned man said—" The monastery and church of Westminster were, as we have seen, enclosed within the precincts of the Palace of West minster as completely as the Abbey of Holyrood and the convent of the Escurial were united with those palaces of the Scottish and Spanish sovereigns. The abbey was, in fact, a royal chapel on a gigan tic scale. The King had a private entrance to it from the south transept, almost directly from the Confessor's Hall. Even to this day, in official lan guage, the coronations are said to take place in our Palace of Westminster, though the Sovereign never sets foot strictly in the palace so called ; the whole ceremony is confined to the abbey, which for the time passes entirely into possession of the crown and its officers." He then read an extract from the same work, respecting the Bayeaux tapestry. Passing over the events of the middle ages and the charter of Queen Eizabeth, which he admitted dissolved monasteries and made Westminster Abbey subject to the control of au abbot and 12 prebends, he came to our own times when the abbey had been taken possession of by the Crown for the purposes of coronations, funerals, and musical festivals ; at the coronation of Queen Victoria divine ser vice ceased, prodigious galleries were built, and the Abbey was under the - control of the Earl Marshal ; at the coronation of William IV. it was the same ; and at the coronation of George IV. there was a grand banquet besides, .and a champion rode in. Not only .v as the Abbey abso lutely taken out of the hands of the dean and chapter, but he Would show that the Duke of Nor folk, Earl Marshal, had declined to allow the dean and chapter,. their families and friends, seats to witness the ceremony of coronation. He then read extracts from the Heraldry books concerning the Handel festivals ; the first held by King George 111. and Queen Charlotte in 1761, and the second held in 1834 by King William IV. and Queen Ade laide, and .they went on to the coronations, reading the warrants of the earls marshal to receive the keys of the abbey from the dean and chapter. It also appeared that every king, with the exception of Edward V., had been crowned in the abbey ; and Richard I. was crowned there the second time ; indeed, the dean and chapter had so little power in the matter that when it was advertised that refreshments would be provided on the occa sion of the coronation of Queen Victoria, the dean and chapter presented a humble pe tion to the earl marshal, praying that the sacred edifice should not be made a banquetting hall ; and he explained that it was only a cold col lation, for those who would be naturally fatigued during the long ceremony; the Crown had even taken away the organ, to set up a new one at the coronation. Again, in May, 1838, the abbey having been given up to the earl marshal, a memorial was prepared and sent by the dean and chapter, pray ing that accommodation might be afforded for the family and friends of the dean and chapter, as on the two previous coronations the accommodation had been declined ; and the answer from the earl marshal, dignified, yet polite, explained that it was not in his power to accede to the request of the memorialists, and explained that whatever might have been the usages of olden times, there had been so many fresh creations since the acces sion of George the Third that there was not sufficient accommodation for the peers and their families, or even for the friends of the earl marshal himself. In 1834, at the Handel Festival, Sir George Smart, the King's organist, was master of the ceremonies, and the public were entirely excluded as long as the crown thought fit ; in fact, the dean and chapter never had raised the question, or refused to acknowledge the royal pre rogative, because they could not resist the regal power. Respecting the Handel Festival of 1761, there was no authentic record of what took place, but no doubt the abbey was then entirely in the possession of the Crown ; and it was his opinion that if the Crown chose to hold a weekly sacred concert there it could, although such an idea was one that needed very little discussion. Again, with regard to royal funerals, the Crown had the right to repair the tombs in the royal chapels ; and from the " Collectanea Typographica et Geographica," it appeared that after the Restoration, in 1661, a royal order commanded the Dean and Chapter forthwith to exhume the bodies of the regicides and other persons buried in Henry Vll.'s Chapel, and bury them in the church yard adjoining ; and among the long list of persons so ordered to be exhumed were the names of Eliza beth Cromwell, Bradshaw, &c. Further, the royal jewels were kept in the Jerusalem Chamber ; and if he was not mistaken, there was a record in the fourteenth century of a robbery at the abbey, whereon the abbot and his monks were put to prison; this, no doubt, put his successor on the alert, and for'the future the jewels were kept in safe custody at the Tower of London ; and up to the present time, on the night before the coronation they were kept in the Jerusalem Chamber, in the charge of a beef-eater ; the Jerusalem Chamber communicat ing with the abbey by a door. Then, in support of his argument, there was one of the strongest proofs yet to come, and that was respecting the Pix Chamber, where the standard coins and measures of the realm were kept, and of that chamber the dean and chapter never had the key, but it was in the safe custody of an officer of her Majesty's Treasury. Finally, he quoted the case of " Say v. 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