The Sun. — London, England, 1868-01-20 00:00:00

A FTER Covent-garden Alter Drury-lane Theatre , After Haymarket Theatre After Adelphi Theatre After Olympic Theatre After Strand Theatre After New Royalty Theatre After St. James's Theatre After Prince of Wales' Theatre London Singing and Supper Club, EV Entertainment a N°. 23,590. MAISON DORE E, THE NOW FASHIONABLE RESTAURANT AND PE ICE.. 4d. STAMPAD sd. ON and After the Ope n i ng o f th e Q ueen ' s Theatre, lJ 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 ENTERTAIN VENT At Eight o'clock. LUNCHEON BAR, GLASSHOUSE-STREET EDUCATION IN IRELAND. (One door from Regent-street), CUISINE FRANCAISE, &c. High-class Wines at wholesale prices. Spirits and Beers, &c. Private room for Parties. HAMPERS PREPARED AND SENT OFF TO ORDER. Terms., CASH. On and after MONDAY, Dec. 9, SUPPERS from Nine p.m. to Oue a.m. ASV LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, Fleet- LA street, London, E.C., 2d January, IS63.—Notice is Hereby Given, that a GE • ERAL MEETING of the Proprietors of the Law Life s ssurance Society will be held at the Society's Office, Fleet-street, London, on Saturday, the Lst day of February next, at 12 o'clock at noon precisely, pursuant to the provisions of the Society's Deed of Settlement, for the purpose of Receiving the Au ditors' Annual Report of the Accounts of the Society up to the 3st December last; to elect a Trustee in the room of the Right Hon. Sir George James Turner, deceased; ani for general pur poses. Manager, CHARLES CASTLE. KINAIIAN'S EXLTIBITIOVHNIIBS6-KY. DUBLIN I This celebrated OLDIRISH WHISKY gained the Dublin Prize Medal. It is Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. Sold in Bottl es , I s . Bd ., zt t h e Re'ail Eloases in London; by the Agents in the principal towns in En7land: or wholesale at 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STR MT, LONDON, W. Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork Branded " Kina han's LL Whisky." Ey order of the Directors. WILLIAM SAMUEL DOWNES, Actuary. M UTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION (Incorporated by Act or Parliament. 185.9), 14, RUSSELL -STREET, COVENT-GARDEN. LONDON, ADVANCES MONEY upon personal security, Bills of ,Male, Free hold or Leasehold Property, for one, two, or t'iree years, repay able weekly, monthly, or quarterly. Bills promptly discounted. Forms free on receipt of stamped enrelope. EDWARD HARPER, Secretary. COMPAGNIE GENERALE TRANS. ATLA\TIQUE, 8, Place Vendome. Paris. NEW YORK, via HAVRE and BREST. The undermentioned Steamers will sail every 14 days, as fo . lows:— - NAPOLEO v ll' 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 ~ ,if . 2d class, 17 0 0 3d class, 14 0 0 Agents—STRINGER, PEMBROKE, and CO., 8, An:stinfriars, E.C. h.p. h.p. h.p. h.p. h.p. 31 ADAA1E 1 USSAUIPS EXHIBITION, BAKER- STREET. .a. • A Life-size PORTRAIT MODEL of THEODORE, KI VG of ABYSSINIA, is now added; also all the Kings and Queens of Englind, American Celebt ies, &c. A PORTRAIT MODEL of FREDERICK BAKER; is now added to the Chamber of horrors. Open from ' '.till clask, and from 7to 10. Admitta nce , -18 .; children und e r 10 - , ed Extra rooms, 6d. ' F. THOMAS & CO.'S PATENT SEWING • MACHINES. A RGYLL ROOMS, WINDMiTiri-STREET, Piccadilly Sole Proprietor Mr R. R. BIUNELL. fl, This magnificent Terpsicho:dan and Music a l E s t a bli s h men t , aving been Re-decorated in the hi g h est s tyl e o f I ta li an art 15 5' Messrs. Rubardt and other eminent artists, is NOW OPEN for the AUTUMN SEASON. Solo Euphonion. Signor Moses. Solo Cornet, M. Graves. Conductor, Signor Curti. The celebrated No. 2 Machine, unequalled for general work, £lO. The new Domestic Machines complete (Lock Stitch), £5 Sc, £6 65., and £B. Catalogues free. W. F. Thomas and Co., 1 and 2. Cheapside, and Begent-circus, Oxford-street, London. TIIE "SINGER" .NEW FAMILY _ _ MACHINE Doors open at half-past 8. Admission, ls.; Beeman Seats, 2s. Is Atted with 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. T ll E 0 X F OR D, 6, OXFORD-STREET, W. During the Week will be given a GRIND SELEC TION from Offenbach's Comic Operetta, ORPHEE AUX ENFERS, LA TROVATORE, and the New Cantata MERRY CHRISTMAS. Principal Artiste, : Misses Russell, Rivers, and Fitz- Ir enrY ; Messrs. Bury, Mader, R. Greene, and De Brenner. Pull Band and Chorus: Instrumentalists: Miss Bryant ; Messrs. Panne, Melling, and Plumpton. COMEDY. &c., by the LEVITES, Miss and Mr. FOS TER, FRED. FREN3H, Mr. H. RIOKARDS, and ALFRED PERRIER. Mr. E. W. MACKNEY will make his appearance again this evening. GEOLOGY -ICING'S COLLEGE, LONDON. PROFE;SOR TENANT, F.G.S., will commence a COURSE of LECTURES on GN:OLOGY on FRIDAY, January 24, at 9 a.m. They will be continued on each succeeding Wed nesday and Friday at the same hour. A shorter course will also be given on Thursday evenings from 8 to 9. First Lecture, Jan. 23. Text-Bock, 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. JELF, D.D., Principal Conductor—Mr. F. Jonghmans. Private boxes, 10s. Gd. ; stalls, balcony, and grand pro nienaie, ls.—T HIS EVENING. 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, ls. 10d. Tea f or the . . million, Is. ld. Price Lists post free on application at 9, Great St. Helen's Church-yard, Bishopsgate-street. , "MI . . NEWSPAPER - , - I . R . NE IV (-;►... -, i--' I ! . ~.... ~... . 1 .., ,,:z.- - V---- -----) -i-,' - _ -,.., „....... -(._ 9-/ ~, _,- , .,7---- , .. , , rc , ~,„. . \ n ti_IECEIVEL, 29 FE B !868. 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The blower lasted little more than hour, and for the greater part of this time was only a feeble drizzle. It is here a question, however, whether we are not better without rain than with it—strange as this announcement may seem to those of your readers who remember how much the expectation of a rainy season had to do with the decision, so tardily arrived at, that an Abyssinian expedition was not impracticable. The natives here say that if the rains begin the • horses and baggage animals will die by hundreds, and our doctors are afraid of fever and dysentery. For the last few days, moreover, there has been an aba.ndant supply of water from the steamers, and yesterday two condensers on land, one supplying 4,000 gallons a day, the other 2,000, were got into working order,—thanks to the energy of Captain Goodfellow, and to the cordial support which he has re ceived from Captain Edye, to whom, as chief naval officer, the water supply was entrusted, and whose men, always ready for any and every job in their way or out of their way, have worked with the heartiness which as over the world distinguishes the British sailor. A hot spring has also been discovered, with the assistance of the American pump sent out from England, at Koomaylee, and as Unomaylee—the first depot on the road to Senafd--is only thirteen miles from Anncsley Bay, there is some talk of having the water brought down here in pipes ; or, as Lieutenant Willans has already more than half com pleted his railway to Koomaylee, and one locomotive has arrived, a supply of water might before long be sent here daily by rail. A still more welcome discovery of water has been made up in the Senafe Pass. (Your readers may per haps remember that in a former letter—that is, if it has ever reached them—l mentioned that one of the great difficulties of the pass was the want of water between Upper Sooroo and Rayray Guddy—a distance of nearly thirty miles. A well has just been made, containing a fair supply, at Undul, which is about half-way between these t o places, and the American pump will probably discover rnor water there. This will enable a depot to be formed t Undid, and thus greatly facilitate the movement of troops and supplies up to Senafe." KING THEODORE AND HIS PEOPLE. from Senafd the Post's correspondent gives us a native's idea of Theodore's position and power :—" Two days ago I was talking to an Abyssinian chief, who has been educated at Bombay, and speaks English well, and he had been very intimate with King Theodore. He represented him as very passionate and vindictive, with an enormous influence over the minds, not only of his own subjects, but of all with whom he came in contact ; ' in fact,' said he, ' were Theodore to Jay himself on the ground and say, " No one can pass over my body," all his people would implicitely believe it as a fact.' This almost beats Canute and the waves. `You will never catch him,' continued the chief , he may fight—it is not probable ; but he will sure to escape, even if he has to sacrifice the prisoners and his whole army ; he never sleeps for more than half an hour without rising from his couch and personally inspecting his guards, and he always carries two pistols, one for his enemy, and the other for himself.' No doubt my friend was a little infected with the prevailing dread of the fierce Theodorus, although so far out of his reach ; but I fear he is right in saying that searching for the King in his native fastnesses will be like looking for a black cat in a coal cellar. I inquired what were the probabilities of conspi• racy against him, or assassination, and was told nil. He is too superstitiously;looked up to. It is, of course, impos sible at the present moment to assume what the actual plan of the campaign will be, but in the event of our having to penetrate all the way to Magdala and Debra Tabor, I believe the advance will be conducted with unparalleled care and caution. The two principal posts on the line of march are Antalo and Sokota, and at each of these places, as well as at Senafl, ample provisions and supplies of all kinds will be laid in before we proceed one step in_ advance from each depot in succession. In this case it must prove a lengthy business, and as the heavy rains set in about May, it will probably be September next before we reach King Theodore's capital." CANTERBURY HALL.-NEW MANAGEMENT. Sole —Great Success under th e management of W. HOLLAND, Lessee, late Proprietor of Weston's slusic Hall. Great A lterations and Improvements.—An entire new Company.— Pirst appearance of Oliver's Christy Minstrel troupe. Great auccess of Mr. Fred. Evans (of the Royal Alhambra and Crys tal Palace), Miss Randall, E. Towers, Vi ncen t, Si m p son, G arrett, and corps de ballet. Ballet, entitled BUMBLE, STUMBLE, and I'IMIBLE, with new scenery and effects. Original usic b Alfred Lee. The Great Vance, Nat Ogden, Pat Sellers m , Anniey Master Goodman, Brothers Girarde, Leroni, Miss Fitz enry A magnificent band, numbering 23 performers, assisted G Y the drums and b ug l es o f t h e 2 d Battalion Scots Fusilier ruuards. Musical Director, Mr. Alfred Lee, composer of " Cham drgne Charlie." Mr. J ames Elli s, ass i stant manager. Prices of e. nis sion—Balcony and Area, 6d. Stalls, ls. Doors open at ~commence at half-past. ial Notice.—George Leybourne, the original Champagne Ch Shoarlie, rtly is exclusively engaged for this establishment only, and appear. 147 E ST 0 N'S GRAND M U SIC HALL, Proprietor, Mr. J. S. Sweasey. • SIVE kSEY begs to inform the public, in consequence of - 10 lattermg patronage he has received, he has engaged the fol g:tang talented Company :—The Great VANCE ; GEORGE Li 7 .- `'' lll3 , the Lion Comique; JEAN BOND, the unrivalled Eqmh t; the Brothers DANIELS (who are allowed by the Press to be rPproachable by any other artistes in their performances? `l'lcY BARNES; Miss ALICE DUNNING, the most fascinating Seri° the Singer and Dancer at th e present time; Mrs. PHILLIPS, IC H • az Pleasing serio-comic; Miss A NNE TREMAINE, the English tou ! 4 1 Singer, is re-engaged after a most successful provincial Pull uttersOrc, hich will perform the popular Overtures of tile Great The whole under the direction of Mr. P. OORRL , The doors will open at 7, commence at 7.30. No alteration lat );1 the prices of admission. Private boxes, 10s. 61, to be secured Mitchell's Royal Library, Old Bond-street ;* and Sams' Library, James's; also at the Box-on:ice at the Hall from 10 until four o'clock. 8 PANISH FLY is th e act i ng ingre di ent in ALEX. ROSS'S CANTRARIDES OIL, which speedily P r oduces whiskers and thickens hair, Price 3s. 6d., Is. C 1.,, and 6c1.; sent by post for 54, 84, and 144 stamps, —ALEX ROSS 218 , High Holb orn, L on d on, an d a ll C hemists. , " Tale 'of a Hair," 6d. • TONDERFUL DISCOVERY.—Corns cured in one day by tisin ,, ALEX. ROSS'S CIIIROPO. This p r eparation gradually dissolves the Corn in a few hours, re t42471. „ r ug . the very root. rice 45.; sent l'y post fu GO stamps.— Liurl,l4othorn, London, awl all Cliciirits. tr it 1 tIAIR-CURLING FLUID, 248, High Holborn, 1_ London. ALEX. ROSS'S CURLING FLUID curls aclics' or Gentlemen's hair immediately it is applied. Sold at ~sad Ga., Is. GI.. and los. 6d.; sent free for 54, 84, and 144 stamps. ad of all Chemists. Advice upon all sul: the Toilet. G r itEy HAIR.-248, High Holborn, London.— ROSS'S HAIR DYE produces a perfect colour etc _ . mately it is used, It is permanent, and perfectlynatnral in and Price 3s. 6d . , Ss 6d. and lOs. 6d• sent by post for 54, 84, ucl 144 . ss. ' • ' "tamps; and all Chemists. Bloom of Roses, 3s. 6d. AIR DESTROYER.--248, High Holborn, London.—ALEX. ROSS'S DEPILATORY removes super ,‘l3_llB hair from the face, neck, and arms, without effect to the % `;'22 Price 3s. 6d., ss. Gd., and 10s. 61; sent for 54, 84, and 144 of all Chemists. Skin Tonic, ss. 61 DIMPLE REMOVER. All diseases of the skin are improved by one dose of ALEX. ROSS'S VEGE VIBLE SHIN PILLS. They remove redness, sallowness, &e.Zq 9d. and 7s. 6d.; or post for 40 and 100 stamps .— ALES. ROSS, 81 111 8 1 1 Holborn, London, and all Chemists. Advice upon the Toilet. Fee, 23. &L AIR COLOUR WASH. —By damping the head with. this beautif u lly-p er f ume d W as h , in seven or 248t'a Ys Lie hair assumes its originalcolour, and remains so by ?asional using. los. sent for stamps.—ALEX ROS 4 '''Llgh Holborn, London. an 1 all Chemists. t. J ust published, 2d.; sent by th e aut h or for 3 stamps, GLINESS and BEAUTY; being a Pamphlet 4,). descriptive of articles .means used for i m p rov i ng the jir r,r..ranee, By A1L.1.. 1t0.3,, 213, nigh Holborn, London. Vt. HOWARD, SURGEON-DENTIST, 52, Fleet -street, has introduced an entirely new description I,4I,II,TIIOIC.L'iL TEETH, fixed without springs, wires, or li (4 3 7 ,:v. lhey fromy resemble the natural teeth as not to be ouished the originals by the closest observer they an_ teeter chan;se colour cr decay, and will be found superior to 0 . h ever before used. This method does not require the and of of roots, or any painful operation, and will support 4,,',.`:•,,Presrve teeth that are loose, and is guaranteed to restore tienulation and mastication. Decayed teeth stopped and ren red sound and useful in mastication. b 2, Ileet-street. At home from 10 tills lIRITISH ORPHAN SYLUM, Mackenzie k t „ Par 7 k ; Slough, Ba , :as (t - frmerly at Clapham-rise). 182. Ali Patron—Her Mnst Oracious MA.ZESTY the QUEES. It 11, t 4) Insttuticn will he gladly received by the Secretary, e oeraces, No. 70. Chegpsalo. E/ ITUNPY S. THORNTON, Treasurer, TirsoN. J.P., Chairman of the Board. STEPircx it. 0.1 rrr.EY. M.A., lion. Sec. rn::!, . ( .NZIE. Secretary. 41EALTII RESTORED WITHOUT MEDICINE OR EXPENSE. VT BARRY'S delicate heo,th-restoring Invalids and Infants' Food. THE REVALENTA ARABICA ear ~. tlig4 t PrtY times its cost in other remedies, and restores pertec kl e 1 2u, strong nerves, sound lungs, healthy liver, refreshing or 4: 1 ). Junctional regularity, and energy to the most disordered k riep B l . oeb ledremoving speedily and effectually indigestlon (dy tliarr4), cough, asthma, consumption, habitual constipation, 131a1,, 'ea, all gastric derangements, hemorrhoids, liver com dima, flatulency, nervousness, biliousness,.fevers, sore throats, t he a,,.." 119 -, catarrhs, colds, influenza, noises in the head and ears, ritaf,T., "Usna, gout, impurities, eruptions, hysteria, neuralgia, ir dabiltlltY, sleeplessness, acidity, palpitation, heartburn, headache, rt e I L Y, dropsy, cramps, spasms, nausea and sickness even in Of nt ai l,eY or at sea, sinking fits, bronchitis, scrofula, tightness aha tua euest, pains at the pit of the stomach . and between the "Jaa ,` 4171 . It is the most digestible and nourishing of all foods, ikiputable for invalids and infants in all complaints. N I ., llu•rAwr CAtmoN.—Beware of the many unsavoury and Meh l '', an Sloppy imitations to which, without authority, Baron „ 1,1,,,g 8 naiDe is most audaciously attached. 1 81.1. -•eeforth none will doubt the valuable properties of Du 1•` 4 4 1 3: 8 hea lth -restoring Revalenta Arabica Invalids' and Infants' Na l • nice to the th ousan d s of b lessings it has already received how 1111'8.11dg whose position had been deemed hopeless, we may Detf e a ild that of his Holiness the Pope, whose health has been Freat4,lY restored by it after thirty years of unsuccessful medical e. % L T- We quote from the "Gazette du Midi," July 25th (Cure 71, 41 41 13 ):—" Rome, July 21st, 1866.—The health of the Holy ''es, ii,t excellent, especially since, abandoning all other rerne `ll,l•abis; has conflned himself entirely to Du Barvy'q :Revalenta •,''J ha '"'" Food, of which he constunes a plateful at al r •••-..•• kli,, ,•I•trochee(' a surprisingly beneficial effect ou his health, aft. e l ite cannot praise this excellent food too highly." li vel• „ e n l 'i• 58 21% of the Marchioness do Brehan, of seven years' 'itli :‘,"nlPlain't wasting away debility, nervousness, irritability, N* nervous ' palpitation all (a' ver bad digestion, constant sleep ., , 88 , and the most intolerable 'nervous agitation. ` l c b e 0 78 f d - • f the Right HOD. the Lord Stuart b e i,.,_ •_ , 0 . 3 sperm, rom ~, 11 -Q (I_7 Lo rd - Lieutenant of the County of Waterford .----*. I ,terr,7lved much benefit from your excellent fC') , t . i.—STUART DIA. 4 e,;,,e !ron-Lana, Cappoquin, County 'Waterford. ~', . l)ei,s , •'N „ e• 49 ,832.-0 f fifty years' indeseribabl . e agony from - vatq l ,,, Asia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatulenc!, 11 are'i4elekness, and vomiting. Maria Jolly, of Lynn, Norfolk. 4 , iad i ° ,* 47,121.—Mi5s Elizabeth Jacobs, of extreme ners oils A .Qt s -, •„,,estion, gatherings, low spirits, and nervous fancies. .lar rh ',- 56,814. —Mr. Samuel Laxton, Leicester, of two years 11.1. rhea, L'tl4* 4 I . '°° a is sold in Canisters, t Is. 1f(1. • lib., 2s. 9d.; 21b., tri a ,*; 121 b., 223.; 241 b., 44. 1.8, a The 12ib. .a i nd 241 b. canisters. Alttil free on receipt of Post-oiliee Order, by BARRY DU al, Aa n k w ,,, , d Co., 77 a .., .egent-street, London; also at Fortnum " v4B ? aacl sold byall tabl Ci and Chemists. respec et recers RUPTURES.—RY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. WHITE'S MOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (PERFECTED AND EXHIBITED IN THE GREAT EXHIBI- TioNs of 1851 and 1862), is allowed by upwards of Two Hundred Medical Gentlemen to be the most effective invention in the cura tive 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 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 may be 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 manufacture; Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly. A Single Truss, 165., 215., 20. Gd., and 31s. 6d. Postage, la A Double Truss, 31s. 6d., 425., and 525. 6d. Postage, ls. Bd. An 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, _4l KNEE-CAPS, &c., for Varicose Veins and all eases 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. 61, 7s. 61, 10s- and 16s. each. Postage 6d. JOHN WHITE, Manufacturer. 228, riceadill, :whininglP RINT IN G. —TO PROPRIETORS OF NEWSPAPERS, PERIODICALS, &c..- , The Printing and of Newspapers, &c., done on exceedingly favourable terms. Use of Editori a l an d P u bli s hi ng Offices, if required. Estimates forwarded on receipt of particulars, with stamped directed envelope for r e ply. Address—The Manager " Bun' 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. . CHARLES A. WALKER, Sec. It:flees, 96, Cheapside, E.C. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, in the immediate •reinity of the Great Northern Railway Terminus, King's-cross. Patron—Her Most Gracious MAJESTY the QuEEtt. Vice-Patron—His Royal Highness the Prince of WALES, K.G. President—His Grace the Dake of BUCCLBUCH, 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 o.dcrt- Lion 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. ; Hurries and Co. ; Ransom and Co.; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co.; Barclay and Co.; Williams, Deacon, and Co.; Nisbet and Co Berners-street; and at the Eioapital. front 10 till 6. eIANDLES, 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 Paraffin° ; 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. Their new toilet soap, "PRICE'S SOLIDIFIE 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 drops 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 i s effected, a single drop o f th e 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. T)OWELL'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 Is. lid., 13. 3d., and Ils. each. Established nearly half a Century. SITISFI.CTOBY LETTM. 6, Wood-street, Millbank, Westminster, October 5, 1867 . BM—Some months back I had an attack of Bronchitis, which loft at times a tickling in the Throat, with other unpleasant feel ings. I was advised to try the Ulu or ANISEED; 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 to maks use of this as you think proper, and I earnestly hope that others ma y benefit by it as I have done. 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"The interest of this tale, well sustained throughout, is in some places perfectly thrilling."—John Ball " A good and interesting book."—Sunday Times. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. OALE D 0 NIAN RAIL WA Y.—S ee th e COMMERCIAL RE VILW, published EVERY TUESDAY. Price 3d. East Temple Chambers, Fleet street. 001I1IERCIAL REVIEW ANALYSIS OF NJ REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON CALEDONIAN FINANCE, see the COMMERCIAL REVIEW, published EVERY TUESDAY. Price 3d.—East Temple Cham bers, Fleet-street. Inat Published, price is. 6d., by post, le. BcL, the Second Edition, with A.dden a, containing additional Facts and Cases, in illus tration of the nefario u s proceedings of the Advertising Quacks. REVELATIONS OF QUACKS AND QUACKERY. By DETECTOR. Reprinted from the "Medical Circular." London: H. Balliere, 219, Regent-street. The numerous reviews of this startling work by the Saturday Review, Punch, Weekly Despatch, Public Opinion, ant other journals, recommending its universal perusal are reprinted with this edition ATANFIELDS 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. D UNVILLE'S V.R. OLD IRISH WHISKY, BELFAST, Is regularly supplied to the House of Lords. " V.R." IRISH WHISKY. D UNVILLE and CO.'S " V.R." OLD IRISH _ WHISKY, BELFAST. London 001 Cos and Stores, 4, BEAUFORT-BUILDINGS, STRAND, 'W.O Established - 1808. Quotations on application. QTOOPING HABITS, ROUND SHOULDERS , PIGEON CHESTS and other Deformities, are prevented and cured by wearing CHANDLER'S IMPROVED HYGIENIC CHEST EXPANDING Bracit, for both sexes of all ages. It strengthens the voice and lungs, relieves indigestion, pains in the chest and back, and is especially recommended to children for assist ing the growth, promoting health and symmetry of figure, super seding the use of braces and stays. Price from 10s. 6d. each. Bernera-street, Oxford-street, W. Illustrated circulars for warded. FURNISHED HOUSES, from, £2 2s. to £2O per Week.—D. S. HUMPHRIES has at all times a number of First-class RESIDE NOES to be LET. furnished or unfurnished, or sold, more r articularly in the neighbour hoods of Sydenham, Upper Norwood. Forest-hill, and vici nity.—Particulars may be had at the Office, Printing House square. HOUSES and APARTMENTS WANTED, and to be LET or SOLD, BUSINESSES for DISPOSAL, moo. PROPERTY, FREEHOLD or LEASEHOLD. D. T. HUIEPHRIES has continual applications for all descriptions of PROPERTY which will pay good interest for outlay. Houses out of repair not objected to. T. D. Humphries can at all times find customers for all descrip tions of businesses. Hotels, public bons ••s, &c , sold and transferred. Apply, D. T. Humphries, Estate Agent, Print ing House-square. CANDLES.--A Hint to Purchasers.—Do not V make sure that you know what price you are paying per pound foryourcandles until you have stripped them and put them in the scale. Some candles aro right weight with out the wrappers, some with moderately thick wrappers, some with very thick wrappers, and some are not nearly right weight with wrappers however thick. PRICE'S " GuLD MEDAL PALMITINE," " SHERWOOD PALMITINE," " BELMONT SPERM," and " BEL MONT WAX," "BEST," " No. 2," "No 3," and "BAT TERSEA" COMPOSITES, "PRICE'S PARAFFINE," and " BELMONTINE," and all other candles of Price's Patc•nt Candle Company Limited, are full weight without the wrappers. deck of a small and shallow built vessel, known as the Florence Nightingale, which is about as ill-de signed a vessel for the accommodation of sick men as can well be imagined. It was then made fast to the stern of a GovernMent steamtug by means of a stout hawser, and thus towed to the hospital jetty in Southampton Water, a violent south-westerly gale raging at the time, and keeping the sick lighter and her freight of soldiers submerged during the greater part of the voyage. A naval Court-mattit:l assembled on board her Majesty's ship Victory at Portsmouth on Saturday for the trial of. J. Lilly, second cla-3s boatswain serving on board her Majesty's ship Warrior, Capt. H. Boys, on a charge of drunkenness. The pri soner pleaded guilty, threw himself on the mercy of the Court, and handed in several excellent tes timonials as to general character, sobriety, and abi lity from officers under NI, hom he had previonsly served. The Court found the charge proved ; but in consequence of the prisoner's previous good cha racter only sentenced him to lo.ie two years' se niority, to be severely reprimanded, -and to be dis missed from the Warrior. Lieut. Sprent' R.A., has during the past week made an inspection of the batteries, forts, &c., at Harwich, and also of the men of the Coast Brigade Royal Artillery. A board of officers, consisting of Cspt. Malthus, 94th Regiment, Instructor of Musketry, Bth depot battalion, Capt. Quayle, 41st Regiment, Instructor of Musketry, 4th depot battalion, and an officer of the Royal Engineers, has assembled at Col chester for the purpose of reporting on a pro posed site for a rifle range for the use of the troops at Colchester. coarser kinds of cloth the demand is still sluggish. Domestics (in which a larger portion of the cotton consumed in this district is used) are still dull of sale, and are merely rather more saleable at Tues day's rates. They have not advanced at all in pro portion to the rise in shirtings since that day. For tunately, the home trade shows a good deal of im provement so far as the print trade is concerned, and sortie of our most extensive printers of cotton goods are under engagements that will keep them fully employed up to March. The prices of print ing cloths are rather higher, and mills of jaconets are ld. to lid. per piece dearer. Yarns are id. to id. per lb. dearer than this day week. MIDDLESBOROUGH, 18th.—Though the iron trade of the Cleveland district is still dull, there is, on the whole, a slightly better feeling prevalent this week. Rai!makers report a few more inquiries, and several orders kave been given out in this department. Platemakers find an increase in the inquiries for shipbuilding iron required by local houses. There is now a comparatively large tonnage on hand in the Tees and in several of the north-eastern yards. Bar iron is dull. The pig iron makers started their weekly markets on Tuesday last in the Town Hall, Middlesborough, when there was a good attendance and some extensive sales took place. These iron trade meetings are to be on the plan adopted by the Staffordshire and Scotch makers; they will be held regularly on Tuesday mornings. The tone of the meeting was tolerably good—better indeed than had been expected. No. 1 was quoted at 465. Gd., No. 3 at 435. Gd. nett cash, or is. per ton extra for four months' bill. NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE, 18th.—The tone of trade is continuing to gradually improve in this district. Orders and inquiries are comingjto hand in a toler ably satisfactory manner, and work continues to find its way into the iron shipbuilding yards. The chemical trade remains dull, with the excep tion of bleaching powder, which, on account of a strike among the coopers at several of the works, is more difficult to obtain for immediate shipment. Prices at our market to-day are:— Best alkali, 2id ; second, 2d. ; caustic soda, strong, 4d. ; ditto, weak, 3d. per cent. per cwt. ; crystals of soda, £4 ss. ; bicarbonate of soda, £l2. ; and bleaching powder, £lO per ton. In consequence of the low rates paid for coke to Spain, the Spanish merchants have had to raise the freight they pay for Esparto grass to the Tyne to 255. per ton. NEWPORT (MONMOUTHSHIRE), 18th.—The iron masters of this county are not better placed for orders than they were at the date of last report, and, while future expectations indicate confidence, the actual business transacted is extremely limited. The inquiry for pig iron keeps without change, and prices are stationary. For tin plates no movement has been evinced in the demand, and the expected Ame rican orders have not yet made their appearance. NOTTINGHAM, 18th.—The higher prices reported from Manchester for cotton and yarns have had no influence upon our market, and it is impossible to realise an advance on plain goods, the demand being very limited. A better feeling is, however, expected shortly. There have been a few buyers in the mar ket for fancy goods, silk edgings, and laces. The home trade is very flat, but cotton yarns are a little dearer. There is very little change to note this week in the demand for hosiery. SHEFFIELD, 18th.—Generally trade here is de cidedly dull, and at present the prospects of the spring trade are far from cheering, but a feviweeks hence manufacturers will be better able to gauge the future. The languor which has pervaded the heavy trades for some time is unrelieved. Even the Bessemer furnaces are not fully employed, and still less is doing in the other departments of the steel trade. A few large houses in the file trade are busy, but the activity is by no means general. The cut lers, with few exceptions, are very indifferently em ployed; in all branches both short hours and short time have been adopted. There is no improvement to notice in the saw edge tool or general tool trades, all of which are languid. The Britannia metal, silver plating, and similar branches, are still far from busy. WOLVERHAMPTON, 18th.—Since the commence.. ment of the quarter some orders have been given out both for home and American account, and the leading makers have rather more to do. The trade cannot, however, be said to be improved in any permanent sense. The expiration of the notice for the termination of existing contracts in the iron works and mines of North Staffordshire may be followed by some short period of resistance, which would send a few orders here ; but this must be very temporary, as the men are too poor, and with no hope of assistance from other trades, to make any protracted resistance. The best hope for the trade is the extensive railways in Russia, Hungary, and Prussia, which are designed, but there is no present ground to anticipate a revival of the demand for iron. A deputation from the committee of Convocation of the Queen's University, appointed to consider the question of intermediate education in Ireland, had an interview with the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland and the Earl of Mayo, Chief Secretary for Ireland, on Friday afternoon, at the Viceregal Ledge, to press upon his Excellency and the Government the desirability of establishing intermediary schools throughout the country. The deputation consisted of Mr. E. Berwick, 8.A., President of Queen's College, Galway ; Rev. Professor M'Co.,h, D.D., LL.D ; and Professor Nesbitt, M.A., Queen's Col lege, Belfast ; Mr. David Ross, LL.B., senator of the university ; Mr. R. R. Kane, M.A., barrister ; Mr. James Wilson, M.A., clerk of Convocation ; and Mr. George Johnstone Stoney, M.A., F.R.S., secretary to the university. The Lord—Lieutenant was accompanied by the Earl of Mayo, and attended by the Hon. Luke Gerald Dillon, private secretary, and Mr. Howard, aide-de-camp in waiting. Mr. BERWICK, in introducing the deputation, apologised for the absence of Sir Robert Kane, President of Queen's College, Cork, who was de tained by important collegiate business, and of the Rev. Dr. Henry, President of Queen's College, Bel fast, who was ill. The Rev. Professor M'Cosa said the deputation appeared on behalf of the convocation of the Queen's University, which consisted of the members of the senate, the presidents, professors, and graduates, who had a very strong and unanimous feeling with regard to intermediary education in Ireland, and appealed to the Government to carry out their views. They appealed, first of all, on the ground of its intimate bearing on the prosperity and wel fare of Ireland. Some of them thought that one of the principal wants of Ireland was the want of an educated middle class to bind together the upper and the lower classes of society, and they believed that this could be provided, as in other countries, by the establishment of upper classes in the existing schools. They pleaded for it because it was inti mately connected with the welfare of all the colleges —of Trinity College, Dublin, as well as of the three Queen's colleges and the various denomina tional colleges. They had now in Ireland a consi derable number of colleges in proportion to the population, and in comparison to other countries. He thought it was a mistake originally to set up so many colleges without providing them with adequate feeders. The effect of the estab lishment of national schools had been rather to diminish the number of upper schools than to increase them. Prior to the establish ment of national schools there were many schools where the teachers derived their living from giving instruction in classics ; but the admirable teaching of the schools under the national board gradually put an end to schools of that class by drawing away the pupils. The consequence was that the young men who entered the colleges were not educated in the way they ought to be. The commissioners appointed to inquire into the en dowed schools reported that there were 91 towns in Ireland in which there was not a single upper school. When they looked on other countries, enlightened and civilised, they found them better provided than Ireland. In England there were many excellent grammar schools, and in Scotland every burgh bad a school in which French, and classics, and mathematics were taught. He himself had been prepared for the university in a Scottish parochial school, by one of the ordinary teachers. When sent out to Prussia by the Department of Educa tion, he found a large number of schools in which the teachers gave instruction in the ancient and modern languages, and in various departments of science. In the heart of Germany he was pleased to find children learning the English language. In Holland, also, he found intermediary education extending rapidly, and in America it was the same. The consequence was, that they were educating a large number of men to occupy important places in life, to bind together the various classes of society, and to enter the universities. In Ireland, not so much from religious animosity—unhappy though it be— as the want of encouragement, such schools were not to be found. They had the means of meeting this now. There was a practical scheme drawn out by the Right Hon. Alexander Macdonnell, and sanctioned in high quarters, to which they prayed his excellency's attention. It had for its ob ject the allowing of classics to be taught in the or dinary national schools, in a course of, say, three years. It was guarded in such a way that no pos sible abuse could result from it. It was so arranged that the teacher would not be drawn away from his duties in regard to primary education, and there was an encouragement given him to exert himself to the utmost. They asked the Lord Lieutenant to have this scheme put in execution immediately, so that it might be reported on by the education com missioners. That was the first measure proposed by the committee of Convocation. It had been sanctioned unanimously by the National Board, but he was sorry to say that another measure was bound up with it, different from it in every sense, opening up wide differences of opinion, and operating as a hindrance to the execution of the scheme. The LORD LIEUTENANT —What is the specific suggestion that you make ? Dr. M'Coskr asked that this scheme—which he might, perhaps, call Mr. Macdonell's—be put in immediate execution as an experiment. He knew what the effect of intermediate education had been in Scotland, and from his knowledge of this coun try he was ready to testify that there:was here as great a desire for higher class education as in any part of the world. The LORD LIEUTENANT —There is no doubt of it. schools. There is a want of intermediary. Dr. M'Cosu said this was the first practical mea sure which the deputation had to lay before the Lord Lieutenant. The second was with regard to Erasinus Smith's schools, which they believed could carry out the important end intended by the founder if differently conducted, and fill the class rooms of the colleges. Professor NESBITT observed that the establish ment of intermediary schools would have the effect of putting an end to the great defects found in the working of the national schools—irregularity of attendance and early withdrawal of the pupils. The Earl of MAYO said be was desired by the Lord-Lieutenant to state that no subject could be brought under the notice of Government so vitally important to the wellbeing of the country as this. The effect of the decay of intermediate schools in Ireland has been most lamentable, and it was now particularly felt since the system of competitive examinations had been established. A national want had been created for such schools by the establishment of these examinations, for even the poorest felt that there was no chance of obtaining a situation in the public service or in the great establishments of private individuals, u n l ess a high class of education had been obtained. Many difficulties existed in considering the question of the institution of intermediate schools, but with these the Government were prepared to deal, were it not that the scope of the commission recently issued enabled the commissioners to investigate the merits of Mr. Macdonell's, as well as other schemes, in the fullest manner. They had, therefore, thought it better to await the report of that commission before proposing any measure to Parliament ; and he should be only too glad if any efforts of theirs contributed to the establishment of a system of in termediate education in Ireland calculated to meet with the acceptance of the great mass of the peo ple. The deputation thanked the Lord-Lieutenant and Lord Mayo, and retired. Lord and Lady Lindsay and Hon. Miss Lindsay have during the past week been staying on a visit to Lord Overston and ion. Mrs. Loyd-Lindsay, at his lordship's seat in Northamptonshire. THE SPIES AND THE NATIVES. From the Daily News letter we take an extract shewing how the spies are treated, and how the natives like the English :—" A somewhat amusing instance of the sort of rumours which come floating into camp at Senafe is re. ated by General Merewether and Colonel Phayre. When these officers were in the highlands, considerably beyond the first plateau, and while enjoying their morning meal, a Shoho rushed in breathless haste into their tent, and communicated to them the startling intelligence that an innumerable army of Abyssinians were within a mile or two of their camp, and were approaching with the ex pressed determination of swallowing them up, camp and all. Not so greatly startled as their informant hoped they would be, they told the Shoho, through the medium of Dr. Krapf, who was with them, that, under the circum stances, everything must give place to breakfast. For curiosity's sake, a few men of the 3rd Light Cavalry were sent out to see what foundation there was for the story. The officer in charge reported seeing a motley group of Agami, some armed with firelocks, others with bludgeons, proceeding upon their lawful avocation —viz., to be re venged upon the Shohos, for some insult or raid of which they (the Agami) had been the victims. The lying rascal had been despatched by his tribe to carry the news in question, in the hope that it might lead to the crowd of Agami being swallowed up by a handful of the light cavalry. Another man who brought a similar message to Senaf6, and who was believed to be a spy of Theodore's, was told to examine the camp, the men, the horses, and the equipments, and to report to his master all he had seen. He was also requested to inform all the chiefs that while the English very much preferred peace, they were intensely fond of fighting, and left it with the Abyssinians to decide which they should have. A copy of Sir Robert Napier's proclamation was given him to carry to Theodorus, and then he went his way. There seems no reason, thus far at least, to anticipate anything but most cordial assistance and co operation from the natives of the country, after they are once persuaded of the honesty of the professions that have been made to them. Prince Kassa (or Prince Dejesmaj Kassa) of Tigre, in whose territory the advance brigade under Colonel Field is now encamped, has of his own accord sent a confidential agent to accompany Sir R. Napier, to see to it that supplies are not kept back from the army, and to afford assistance gene,ally. This agent is a man named Meertcha, an Abyssinian of Armenian origin, who received his education in Bombay, at the institution founded and presided over by that excellent veteran in the mission field, the Rev. Dr. Wilson. Having returned to Abyssinia many years ago, he was marked by the Prince of Tigre, who, on learn ing of the advance of the English army, sent him with assurances of his friendly feelings towards us, and of his sympathy with the object of the expedition. Strangely enough, Colonel Phayre had letters from Dr Wilson to Meertcha, but did n o t f orw a r d them, as 'they might have been intercepted and used against a man who would assuredly befriend us if he could. Meertcha's assis tance and advice will be of the greatest value ; he is an intelligent man, and has himself been a prisoner of Theo dore's. It is worthy of remark that the present chief of Tigre is one of the old Saba Gadis family —a family whi c h has always been befriended by the English. Salt and Coffin took their cause up thirty years ago, and it is a strange coincidence that after many years of varying for tune and exile, a representativ e s h ould again be in power ready to give his benefactors help now that they need it." TRAVELLING OVER THE PASSES. The Herald's correspondent tells us that the natives are rather a nuisance to meet going down the pass. He says : " Our own mules go in strings, one tied behind the other, and the drivers o f one meets them in a narrow place, draw them aside to allow officers to pass. Th e nat i ves drive their animals i n a h erd before them, occupy the whole width of the track, and make no effort whatever to get their cattle out of the way. It is in vain shouting and being angry. The Shohos regard one with placid indif ference, and you must push your horse into a thorn thicket or up a rock to get out of their way. If you happen to overtake one of these native herds in rather a narrow place, it is still more provoking, for there is nothing to do for it but to follow patiently in their train for perhaps half a mile, half smothered in dust they raise, until the valley opens, and you are able to leave the path and get past them among the stones and scrub. These oxen are very small, but extremely hardy. There is nothing for them in the way of forage all the Hay up. All they have to eat are a few leaves from the bushes, and such handfuls of grass as their masters may get for them by climbing the sides of the hills, andyet they . arrive w at it S h e n t a h li n skin good sm conditioncot h and and their•t vth signs of distress, bright. This accession of stores at Senaf6 is a great assistance. It is an . addition to our stock there, and it a great relief to the transport corps to be able to continue their regular work of forwarding regiments, and stores for present consump tion of man and beast. The transport train is now doing its work very much better ; but I shall have more remarks to make upon them in my next. Brigadier-General Collings has started to take command at Senafd, and I expect to find that very material changes have, in conse quence, taken place there. At any rate th ere w ill b e no vexatious regulations or downright incivility, as before, for your correspondent, and I shall return next week to the front with a certainty that anything there is to see I shall have every facility to be present at. Brigadier- General Snider has arrived here, and will take the com mand 14 t IRaing-PlaCe.". • ' SCOTT'S LIVER AND BILIOUS PILLS.—A NEVER-FALLING REMEDY.—Prepared without any mercurial 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. 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Whi ch May be had fro Dr 904 NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. VALErr invesnies A tpsitdant , eon: J citiaen a tniTt n. 15.—Her Majesty's paddlewheel despatch vessel Caradoc, 2, Lieut.-Com. John M. roto w hihrge h elt ne i hsT c :e h anNumoß a ra ke r vao r i natsy i ir v hdami arrived d eroe. No, h r na e aAcn, r il e daaahidl. o eze n ps ‘at trtinyhaya: Italian n B gnt o t uoo h cnnikr i rbde n ooifio s ana t tnhi: days ‘otTetww f D oi r alhnoraa saoay.emsidtsimsnaEhelatnerpsei ironclad, kuenci C t P krtycei uh h o oeet,nse i hi n nt were taken out of dock on the 11th inst. room for the above vessels. Another Ita lian the Maria Pia, 28 guns, arrived here 14th inst., also for docking purposes. Her ironclad sloop Enterprise, 4, Com. G. S. left port to-day for a cruise of a few neighbourhood of Malta, and will pro bably visit Syracuse. The Egyptian screw frigate Mohamed Ali, 32 guns, Capt. Sachari Bey, arrived here on the 12th inst. from Alexandria, for the pur pose of having new boilers fitted. The French cor• vette Roland arrived at Rhodes on the 23d of December from the coast of Syria, and left for Smyrna on the following day. The departure of her Majesty's gunboat Wizard, 1, Lieut.-Com. P. J . Murray, from Malta for Greece, has already been announced. She was despatched to the coast of Acarnania, for the protection of British shipping loading at Vallonea, in the ports of Astakos and Pandelmonia, it being apprehended that the bri gands who infest this neighbourhood may, unless checked, extend their predatory excursions to the sea. Her Majesty's ships in port are the Caledonia, 30, armour-plated screw ship (bearing the flag of the Vice-Admiral Commander-in-Chief, the Right Hon. Lord Clarence Paget, C. 8.) ; Hibernia re ceiving-ship (bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral H. Kellett, C. 8.) ; Lord Warden, 18, armour-plated screw ship ; Lord Clyde, 23, armour-plated screw ship ; Endymion, 21, screw frigate ; Racer, 11, screw sloop; Trinculo, 1, &crew gunboat; and Psyche and Caradoc, despatch vessels. Her Majesty's screw troopship Serapis, Captain Soady, whose arrival at Portsmouth from Alexan dria with troops from India on board was announced in The Sun military intelligence of Saturday, dis charged her troops at Portsmouth Dockyard on Saturday, and immediately afterwards commenced coaling in preparation for her next voyage to Egypt The 35th Regiment marched from the dockyard into quarters in the Clarence, Portsmouth, and ob tained much favourable notice by its fine appear ance in marching through the streets. The Roya Artillery that arrived in the ship were forwarded to Woolwich by a special train over the mid-Sussex line of railway, the time-expired soldiers were sent on by rail to their respective depots at Chatham, Colchester, and Shorncliffe, and the invalided sol diers were towed by steamtug in the Florence Night ingale hospital lighter to the Royal Victoria military hospital at Netley. The present method of transfer ring invalided soldiers from transports in Portsmouth harbour or Spithead to the great hospital at Netley is certainly the worst that could be devised for the purpose. There is a through communication by railway between Portsmouth and Netley, and by this route the soldier could be conveyed with every requisite rapidity and comfort. The discomforts to the sick between the time of the soldier leaving the troop deck of the ship and his arrival in the ward of the hospital were sufficiently demonstrated in the transfer of the men from the Serapis. They were first removed from the ship to the confined 'tureen STATE OF TRADE. BARNSLEY, Jan. 17.—Although the men at the various ironworks have accepted the ten per cent. reduction, still several of the large establishments remain closed. At Milton and Elsecar, with the exception of the blast furnaces, the rail and other mills, as well as every other branch, are standing. The demand for coal continues very quiet for the season, there not being so much doing in household qualities for London and the southern depots. BIRMINGHAM, 18th.--The reports in reference to the state of trade in this town are still unsatisfac tory. Although some of the manufacturers are tolerably well engaged, the bulk of them are very moderately employed, and in many instances the men are not making more than half or two-thirds time. The complete prostration prevailing in the trade of the United States forbids the hope that there will be much done with that quarter this spring. BRADFORD, 18th.—The week opened with the better feeling so apparent on the previous Thurs day, but this disappeared as the week advanced, and at the second and principal market on Thurs day last there was great languor in the wool trade. The demand for the home trade is very small. Prices continue weak and irregular. The slight improvement last week apparent in piece goods has hardly been maintained during this. Prices are, on the whole, rather steadier than they have been. DUNDEE, 17th.—Extreme dulness is still th e pre vailing tone of trade here, any transactions o f grea t er than trivial extent having only been induced by the acceptance of still lower prices than yet quoted. Flax, especially fine brands, owing to the great barrenness of the local market, and the stoppage of arrivals from the chief sources of supply, is firmly held at about former prices, but spinners generally prefer the alternative of making further stoppages of machinery to that of going on spinning in excess of present demand, while the price of raw material is at such a dangerously high level. Tows of good quality and strength are also not plentiful on the spot, and maintain their value; commoner varieties are not readily saleable, and would be sold cheaper. Of jute the finer qualities command fully last week's rates, but medium and common are about 10s. per ton cheaper ; at these prices a moderate business continues to be done. HALIFAX, 18th.—A slight improvement is notice able in the worsted trade. Two or three firms who have been working short time have resumed full employment; and there is a better demand for fine damasks, table covers, and some other classes of goods. Yarn spinners are scarcely any busier than they have been for a long time, but their stocks are low. The yarns most in demand are those known as genapes, which are steady, but low in price. In wools there is a quiet business doing ; but staplers complain of the lowness of prices, while farmers who still hold stocks are stiff in their de mands. The woollen and the cotton trades of the district are far from being active, but they are not so much depressed as they were a short time ago. The carpet trade remains moderately active, and most of the hands are well employed. HUDDERSFIELD, 18th.---The reports from both woollen cloth manufacturers and merchants here this week are quite as good as those of the past month—indeed, upon the whole, they are rather better. There is more inquiry for spring goods, and of such some moderate orders are in the course of execution, but the purchases have not been large during the week. Some fair parcels have been pur chased by the representatives of Canadian houses, and there is reason to believe that a good trade will be done in the better class of fabrics for our North American colonies generally. We cannot report the yarn trade to be more active than of late, but spinners are quite as well employed as they have been for the past three months. The local wool trade keeps quiet, but prices are steady. LEEDS, 18th.—The woollen cloth ;trade of this town remains quiet. The business of the week in the public markets, as well as in the cloth-halls, has rather exceeded that of last week, but 'not to so great an extent as to denote an increased activity in the trade as a whole. The quietness appertains to both the home and the export trades. If there be any exception as to the latter, it is as respects the demand for spring goods from Canada, of which a toleratiy large amount has been purchased and ordered this week. To-day's markets in the cloth hails have been moderately well att en d ed, but there was no great disposition shown to p urc h ase goods. anything in bulk f or the season. c ommand the most Buyers seem disposed to wait till nearer spr i ng T be w fo e r e e ds tl a le nd yp l u ig rc h h t as f e anc an; fabrics attention, and the manufacturers of such goods are well employed. The demand for ordinary plain cloths keeps flat, but; the best qualities of blacks may be said to be in fair demand, considering the Period of the year. No change of importance is noticeable in the prices of wool, woollen yarns, or cloths. lBth.—A good deal o f b us i ness has MANCHESTER, been done in both cloth and yarn this week, but more especially during the last three days. No doubt the rise in cotton, commencing on Thurs. day, has brought the holders of orders for yarns and cloth rather more precipitately upon the market, and there is reason to fear that they have con sented to give higher prices than prudence would dictate. Sellers of shirtings yesterday and this morning have been able to realise an advance of 4id per piece, and in some cases they are demanding fully double that amount of advance. The advance is not great when compared with what we have _ - been accustomed to during the exceptional years of trade arising out of the cotton famine, when cotton chiefly ranged at prices of half-a-crown per lb. down to (in the earlier months of this year) MI. ; but now that middling Orleans has touched lid. per lb., it is doubtful if such violent and sudden fluctuations can be sustained, or, at least, if they will be found consistent with a sound and healthy business. The improvement is chiefly due to the improvement of one market (that of Chit-A), and the . . shipments have already been extensive, while large contracts are in band for future export, I n the TREATY WITH BURMAIL The text of the treaty of the 25th of October has been published. It was signed, on the one part, by Colonel Fytche, and, on the other part, by the Pakhan Woongyee, Men-Thudo-Mengyee Maha- Menhla See-thbo ; and it was ratified by the Vice roy and Governor-General of India in Council on the 26th of November. With the exception of earth-oil, timber, and precious stones, which are reserved as Royal monopolies, all merchandise pass ing between British .and Burmese territory is to be liable at the Burmese Custom-houses to a uniform import and export duty of 5 per cent. ad valorem, and no indirect dues or payments of any kind for ten years ; after which period it is to be optional with the Burmese Government to increase or de crease the duty, not exceeding 10 per cent., or fall ing below 3 per cent., giving three months' notice of any such increase or decrease. The British Go vernment is privileged to establish a resident or political agent in Burmese territory, with full and final jurisdiction in all civil suits be tween registered British subjects at the capi tal ; civil cases between Burmese subjects and registered British subjects are to be heard and finally decided by a mixed Court composed of the British political agent and a suit able Burmese officer of high rank. The Burmese Government reserves to itself the right of establish ing a resident or political agent in British territory, whenever it may choose to do so. The British Go vernment is further allowed the right of appointing British officials to reside at Customs' duty stations in Burmese territory, to watch and inquire into cases affecting trade in its relation to Customs' duty; the Burmese Government to have the like right in British Burmah. There is to be free trade in the import and export of bullion between the two coun tries. The Burmese Government is to be allowed permission to purchase arms, ammunition, and war materials in British territory, subject only to the consent and approval in each case of the Chief Commissioner of British Burmah and agent to the Governor-General. There is to be a mutual extra dition of the subjects of the two Governments charged with having committed murder, robbery, dacoity, or theft in their own country, and found in the territory of the other Government, provided that the charge shall have been investigated by the pro per officers of the Government demanding its sub ject, in the presence of the political agent of the other Government, and provided also that such po litical agent shall consider that sufficient cause exists under the law procedure of his country to justify the demand and place the accused on trial. Sub jects of either country found in their own country charged with having committed murder, robbery, dacoity, or theft in the other country are, on appre hension, to be tried and punished in accordance with the law and custom of the country in which such persons are so found. This treaty is to be deemed subsidiary only, and as in no way affecting the pro visions of the treaty of 1862. be• of • of 43'6