The Express.
London, England, 1868-12-23 00:00:00

Dead ht all dealers thrtmehost the welt

COAL.—OBOBIJE J. COOKBRILLI. and 00.
Snot mob only Oaddt 110-11. Osenblll.

JOllll OCISIiELL and Co.'s CHFALRY TOOTH
PASTE fa gr==e.rior to any Tooth Powdee, area the
Teeth a iwartlike the enamel from deoay. and
tedeole • Pealisf wee =lsm breath. Pelee le. N.

JOHN GOSNELL and Co.'s PATENT M-
C11013•110N, Oi newtpinvented HAIR-BRUSH, the peculiar
irsecbanical constroetton of which accomplish. the two operation*
at damning and polfehing frmou.nommei.
steed. late cd 11. Tfue• ILlirmewart.r.

ABOLD and 815Nf? DIPIIRCEPTIBLE
THUM= aainitadodkpoi lobo and mot easitart.
able weariag treat invonteL Maids Usaanags. Ike.. for
varicose veins, weakness, is lawny Ckgana
guanaco. 1...V0t5. Aatillaid Am'. Baia" BrIS. &a • and
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W ill be publisbol ea the MY init., pram M.,
TURKISH FINANCE. By an ANGLO-

I do not think that the di:alters— which threaten the Turkish
Ewpire aria. /rem the wane enures now as then iffriznean Wisc.
It is father isiteinal than external peril by which that empire is
tlatattto d. No fatagn alliance, no Eurasian guarantees, fan
pe p et a (lore.rall at scant financial collapse:lc:4.
,aitainat rebel-
bat in its own provineea."—Lerd Stanley at s Lynn, 13th
Nov., Ma.
Leaden : Mann, Nephews, Cernhal.

pUNCHIIi ALMANACK FOB 1869.

301IINCRII ALMANACH FOR 1869.
▪ Illaitraird by TENNIEL. LEINE. DU auarams.
• sod LIIMBOVILIN N. Pries M.

HAPPY THOUGHTS.
F. C. licrasuaa. Pries fa. bd.
Bradbury,Eraati and Co., 11, Bourerse.street, E.C.

TimmEL's PERFUMED ALMANAC.
National Opals and Pastimes. bebutifuni Wastested. Prise
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Gambia

TIM ENVOYS FROM ZANZIBAR.—The special Mis-
sion to her Majesty from hie Highness the Sultan of Zan-
zibar left the country on board the Peninsular and
Oriental Comq's steamer Tanjore on Saturday. The
envoys were y gratified by the gracious reception
accorded them y her Majesty at Osborne on Friday.
Accompanied by Major-General C. P. Rigby, who had
been requested to take charge of the Ronal mission during
its visit to this country, they arrived at Cowes at half-
part 12 clock;o' one of her Majesty's carriages was await-
ing their arrival at the pier, in which they were conveyed
to Osborne, and her Majesty's steam yacht Ulu was
placed at their disposal to take them back to Southampton.
Previous to their departure they were visited by the Mayor
of Southampton, accompanied by his chaplain and town
clear, and they sziarmand themselves mush gratified with
this mark of attention. The chief envoy, his toellency
Sayyed Idahommed bin Salim, is a tine noble looking Arab,
about 70 years of age. He is the cousin and brother-in-
law of the Sultan of Zanzibar. The object of their minion
to this country we. to obtain a settlement of some dis-
pute, between the states of Zanzibar and Muscat, and to
negotiate a treaty by which the export of slaves from the
dominions of his Highness would be almost entirely sup-
pressed. The territories of the Sultan of Zanzibar extend
fur 1,110 miles along the east coast of Africa, and under
the rule of the present Sultan a very extensive trade is
carried on with the United States, France, Hamburg.
and Great Britain. The revenues of the Sultan have
mole than doubled within the last four or five
years, and the city of Zanzibar now contains a
population of sixty thousand inhabitants. It is the chief
taut in the world for ivory, cloves, gum, copal, ebony,
and sandal wood, and has also a large trade in oil seek,
rice, cowries, bides, gums, spices, &e. Before fieial!.
tore of the envoys from London, Sir Roderick
Bert., accompanied by Messrs. Clement, Markham
Major, the Roo. Secretaries, waited on to premeds
letter in Ai abic from the council of the lord Gagger
;hies) Society to his Highness the Salton, estriv=elies
grateful thanks of the society for the onimens
end support he had given to all travellers in
Central Africa, especially to Captains and Grant,
and to Dr. Livingstone, who in hie last to Sir Rode-
rick, written from ("mamba, sped. es mod gratefully of the
aid ho had received from his Meuse, and the Arab mer-
chants of Zanzibar.
READING-ROOM AT THE NATIONAL GALLERY.
acquisition of Sir Charles EasUake'is art library, ro-
cently purchased by the National Gallery, and the removal
rd the library of the Royal Academy to Burlington-hinny
live induced the trustees to term a collection embracing
lively Ntdnsfile work rebating to the line arts, and to
establish a artily of reference and reading-room for Ono
use of students, and accessible fur the public snider
.eitnits revelation..
CRYSTAL Ra-tais. —Oh Mauna DAY....
'I emir!, Die. ?1. Admiaions by sewn tient',"
4,e44 ; ditto on payment, 1,70:1; total otme, 4,437.