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THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 23, 1864.

VURNI MBE, CARPETS, BEDDING, and
JU FLOORCLOTH, CARRIAGE-FREE to any house in
the kingdom, regardless of amount or distance. First class
goods at second-class prices. Terms peculiarly liberal to
Clergymen and Gentlemen. An immense stock to select
from, displayed in Shown oms occupying an acre of ground.
Every article warranted
CL E tiGYMEN and GENTLEMEN ABOUT TO FUR-
NISH are respectfully informed that Messrs. Cobbett and
C. are publishing an entirely New Edition of their mi-
c quailed HOUSE FURNISHING GUIDE, illustrated by4lo
admirable engravings of every description of Furniture and
Bedsteads, with prices attached. A copy sent glans and
post-free on application. This costly work also contains
complete estimates for furnishing on the following revised
scale :

(V) PERSONS SEEKING LANDED
ESTATES, TOWN AND COUNTRY RESIDENCES,
FREEHOLD AND LEASEHOLD INVESTMENTS, AND
PROPER VIES GENERALLY—
TO RE HAD GRATIS, at the principal Railway Bookstalls
throughout the kingdom, or at the Auction and Estate Offices,
No. 67, Chancery-lane, London, Messrs. K and 11. Lumley's
"FREE PROPERTY REGISTER," containing a varied selection
of landed and house properties now in the market, from
the nobleman's mansion, with its manorial domain, to the
cottage with its few acres.
OWNERS OF PROPERTIES wishing to Sell or Let can em-
brace the opportunity that the medium of this Register
affords, by sending the particulars of their properties to the
Estate Offices, 67, Chancery-lane, London, as the Messrs.
Thunley can in most cases introduce immediate customers,
where the property is of an eligible character, thereby avoid-
ing the disadvantages of delay and its attendant incon-
veniences.
THERE Is NO CHARGE incurred, unless a tenant or pur-
chaser is introduced throw.tli Messrs. Lumley's Agency,
and then only the usual moderate commission.
Auction'and Land Offices, 67, Chancery-lade. London.

Naval and Military Intelligence.

THE NAVY.

The Hector iron frigate, Capt. Preedy, C. 8,, will be un-
docked at Portsmouth on Monday, and completed for sea
service and her final trial of speed (this time under altered
conditions of weights and draugbt of water) at the measured
wile. During the time the ship has been in dock her bottom
has been cleansed and recoated with a Figment composi-
tion, and the 800 plates of Browne's patent vitreous sheath-
ing, with which portions of her bottom were eheat'ned some
seven months since, examined and reported upon by the
officials of the dockyard. Only one plate, about Oie. by
4in., was found to have come off, and this the patentees
ascribe to the use of an inferior kind of cement or glue,
which failed to =lake the adhesion complete between the
inner surface of the plate and the iron of the ship's bottom.
One patch of the plates was taken off at the request of the
patentees, and afterwards replaced with their improved
glass•surfaced plates, and affixed to the ship's bottom with
an improved description of glue, the manufacture of which
they have taken into their own hands, so as to be answer-
able for any future defects which may be discovered in the
perfect adhesion of the glazed sheathing to the ship's bot-
tom. Where the patch of plates was taken off the surface of
the iron plating of the ship's bottom was laid hare, and it
was found to be in the most perfect condition. As a pre-
servative alone to the bottoms of iron ships the vitreous
sheathing will most probably supersede all pigment com-
positions for coating the bottoms of her Majesty's ships. 't
The Clara convict ship sailed from Spithead on Thursday
for Portland and Swan River, after having taken on board
from the Portsmouth convict prison 98 convicts, the greater
part of whom are sentenced to long terms of penal servitude
for life. Among them are several who were convicted of
highway robbery with violence.
It was rumoured a short time since that the oonvict pri-
I son adjoining the dockyard at Portsmouth was about to be
abolished, and the work in the dockyard, which had been
hitherto done by convicts, to be performed in future by
ordinary hired labourers in the employ of the authorities or
by contract. Since the appointment of the present superin-
tendent of the yard, however, these rumours have died away,
the numbers of convicts in the prison have been increased,
they have been employed in the dockyard more freely than
ever, and have certainly, under the rigid superintendence to
which they have been subjected, done a large amount of
work, the benefits of which will be felt for many years to
come. In the days of wooden shipbuilding the convict
could always be fully employed in transporting timber and
in setting up the ship's framing as required by the skilled
workmen of the yard. Now, however, that no ships are
being built in the yard it was necessary, if the convicts were
to retain their position as part of the available labour of the
yard, that some other kind of work should be found for them,
and this Rear-Admiral Elliot found without difficulty on
assuming his command of the yard. For many years past
the roads in Portsmouth dockyard have been so rough and
uneven that the general work of the establishment has been
much delayed, owing to the great difficulty and loss of time
attending the transport of material from one part of it to
another. In a very short time, however, a fathom of un-
even paving or of mud or water in roadway or footway will
not be found throughout the yard,and all the improvements
will be accomplished by the convicts. The whole of the
paving has been taken up and relaid, and tramways of old
iron ballast have been laid down the centre of each, owing
to which measures material may now be transported from
one part of the yard to another in one-half the time and with
ene-half the labour expended formerly. In addition to this
a party of convicts are now engaged in the yard manufac-
turing for their own use, when on labourers' work in the
yard or outside their prison walls, carts, wheelbarrows,
picks, spades, &c. The work these men aro now engaged
upon will, however, soon be completed, and it will be neces-
sary to find them other employment. It is believed that
they will be employed on some part of the work com-
prised in the extension of Portsmouth dockyard and
the creation of the new docks and basins which are about to
be commenced under the direction of Mr. Scamp, C.E., the
assistant director of engineering works to the Admiralty,
Her Majesty's iron store steamship Industry, Master
Commander- Edward C. T. Ysuel, from Rio de Janeiro,
yesterday arrived off Woolwich Arsenal, and discharged
her powder at the floating magazine. She will go up to
Deptford this morning and unship her cargo of damaged
victualling stores, &c., and reload for the same destination.
The following appointments and promotions were made
yesterday at the Admiralty :—Robert Brown, master, ad-
ditional, to the ludus, for the Research ; and Wm. J.
Brown, engineer, qualified for special charge, to the Yin-
toria and Albeit, for the Elfin.

A Six-roomed Parsona,9;e
An Eight-roomed ditto
A Ten-roomed ditto
A Twelve-roomed d:tto 's9l 11 0

Together with a trice List of purified Bedding, awl a mass
of valnable informationto all requiring househild furniture,
carpets, or bedding. References kindly permitrel to Cier2y-
men and gentlemen in or near Great Malvern, Southampton,
Chichester. Bury, Ely, Preston, Grimsby, Ityde, Plymouth,
Wells, Oxford, Brighton, Gainshorough, Margate. Kidder-
minster, Wellington, Croydon. Cambridge, Staines, Dorking,
St. Alban's. 'Worcester, Ipswich, Peterborough, St. David's,
Wrexham, and above 500 other places in all parts of Great
Britain.
COB BETT and CO., General house Furnishers, Deptford-
bridge, London, B.E,

CIOHO ESTATE, HOUSE, AND GENERAL
BUSINRSS AGENCY OFFICES.—Persons requiring
Freehold or Leasehold Property, or having Business and
Houses to be disposel of, should apply to Mr. CHARLES
MURRAY, Auctioneer and Valuer, 26, Gerrard-street,
Soho, W.
Valuations for Probate Administration, Fire Claims, Rail-
way Compensations, &O. Rents Collected.

MR. REARDEN, LAND ESTATE, and
MR..
HOUSE AGENT, SURVEYOR and VALUER, 19
and 92, PICCADILLY, near Cambridge Rouse, opposite the
Green-park, Established 23 Years, respectfully invites the
particulars of Landed Estates, Farms, and House Property
for Sale, to be Let, or wanted to Rent or Purchase, for which
no charge is made unless a treaty is concluded, and then
only his usual rates of charge, particulars of which will be
given on application. In all cases of his Letting Farms Mr.
Reardon charg-es tne Tenant only, and not the Landlord.
Particulars of Property for Sale and to be Let will be given
personally, or forwarded free of charge. N.R —Several Town
and Country Residences, Landed Properties, and Farms
wanted to Rent and Purchase immediately.

t:NEW WORK BY THE DUKE OF MANCHESTER.
Now ready, in 2 vols. Svo., with Fine Portraits, 305.,
COURT AND SOCIETY, from ELIZABETH
to ANNE ; Edited from the Papers at Kimbolton, by
the DUKE of MANCHESTER.
" The Duke of Manchester has done a welcome service to
the lover of gossip and secret history by publishing these
family papers. In them will be found something new about
many men and women in whom the reader can never cease
to feel an interest."—Athenaeum.
Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street.

Direct full particulars to Mr. Reardon as above.

This day, at all Libraries, in 2 vols.,
E SMUGGLER CHIEF.
By GUSTAVE AMIARD.
** "This is decidedly the author's best novel, and it
stands alone in the dexterity with which the female charac-
ters are delineated. Anything more graphic or better sus-
tained than is the interest in the heroine we have not had
before from this writer, and we heartily congratulate him
upon the achievement. Every one will be satisfied with this
work."
London : John Maxwe:l and Co., 122, Fleet-street.

This Day, in Two Vols., Demy Octavo, 325.,
FORTY YEARS IN AMERICA,
By THOMAS LOW NICHOLS, M.D.
" Pew men in America have had wider or bet, er opportu-
nities for observing the Life, Progress, and Disruption of a
Great Nation than Dr. Nichois has enjoyed for nearly half a
century. He has resided in twenty-three States, and is per-
sonally acquainted with the most influential men of all
parties. From an impartial stand-point he sees events
clearly, and in these volumes he gives the world the results
of Forty Years of Amerion Life.' "
London : John Maxwell and Co., 122, Fleet-street.

NOTIC E.— MADELEINE GRAHAM,
the New Novel of Life and Manners, by the Author
of " Whitefriars," will be ready at all Libraries, in 3 Vols.,
on Feb. 1. Price 31s. 6d.
London : John Maxwell and Co., 122, Fleet-stred.

BEAUTIFUL FOR EVER.
MADAME RACHEL ON "FEMALE GRACE AND BEAUTY."

Just published,
ABOOK OF BEAUTY.
By Madame RACHEL.
To be had at 47A, New Bond-street. Price 2s. Gd.

PARIS.-GRAND HOTEL DU LOUVRE.
Established in 1855.—Situated in the most Central
part of Paris, Rue de Rivoli and Place de Palais Royal—Six
hundred Bedrooms at from 3 to 20fr.-60 Sitting-rooms at
from 4 to 20fr. —a richly decorated Dining Saloon—Table
d'llote at six o'clock—Public Coffee and Dining Rooms—
Choice Wines—Dinners served a la carte both in the dining-
rooms and the private apartments—Heading and Conversa-
tion Saloons ; also Saloons for Musical, Wedding, and other
parties—all Newspapers and Serial Publications received—
Divans, Coffee, Smoking, and Billiard Rooms—numerous
Bath-rooms—Carriages on the premises—first-class Private
Equipages at command—Omnibuses running to all the rail-
way stations —Postal Letter-box—Telegraph office day and
right—Photographic studio—a staff of Servants speaking all
Languages.

THOXF O R D,
8, OXFORD STREET, W.
THIS EVENING, will be performed Selections from the
following Operas, viz., THE SLAVE, by Sir H. Bishop;
also, from LA. FORZA DEL DES llNO—Verdi ; by the fol-
lowing talented artistes.—Misses 'Russell, Townley, Fitz-
Henry, VN, slmsley, Tyrrell, and Ellison ; Messrs. Green,
Huish, Kimberley, Stuart, dm
Solos on the Violin by VIOTTI COLLINS, t4e cele-
brated English Violinist.
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Flute by Drew Dean. Pianoforte, Miss Bryant.
And the trarvellous instrument, the ORCHESTRAL
PIANO, by lierr S (MAL KENBACH, the Inventor.
Comedy, by UNSWORTH ("or any other man "), EuTene,
W. Randall,W. T. Critchfield, T. Maclagan, George Hutchen-
son, and the marvellous Gymnasts, Messrs. Berri, Leach,
and Foster.

THIS EVENING, will be produced, supported by the
entire company, a new and original Cantati, entitled "King
Christmas." written by Litchfield Moseley, Esq., and com-
posed by W. Meyer Lutz, expressly for the establishment.

Director, Mr. F. Jonghmans.

CANTERBURY HALL, THE GHOST in the
MAGIC FOUNTAINS, surpassing any of the Trans-
formation Scenes of the Season—one of the most beautiful
ffects ever produced. The scene, " The Tempest ;" Ariel,
Miss E. Townley. The flight of Ariel through the Fairy
Fountains is certainly a triumph of art.—Vide Public I'ress.
All the other Musical and Pictorial attractions of the
Estabishment as usual, including Operatic Selections, &c. •
Comedy by Unsworth (the great Stump Orator), Eugene, V.
Randall, G. Hutchenson, J. Jester, T. Maclagan, &o.
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Admission, Bd.; Stalls and Balcony, is.
Open every Evening.

ROYAL ALHAMI3RA.-
Another GRAND CHANGE of PERFORMANCES.
--FRANCO SI'S CIRQUE IMPERIAL still continues to
attract most fashionable and crowded houses.— First week
of the -isters Irma and Mathilde Monfroid, the only accom-
plished female riders in England--Jules Perez, the star rider
of the world—J. S. Case on the magic wire—Patterson's
troupe of performing Dogs—B. Franconi's wonderful trick
horses—Arthur and Bertrand, the unequalled French Clowns
—together with the whole of the double company will ap-
pear at each representation. Illuminated day performances
on Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday, at Two o'clock ;
evenings at half-past Seven. Admission Private Boxes,
215.% iteserved Seats, 3s. ; Stalls, 2s. ; Promenade, ls. ;
Gallery, 6d.

ROYAL ALHAMBRA.-
The wonderful Performing Elephant AJAX on
SATURDAY MORNING NEXT, the 23d instant, at Two
o'clock, and at each subsequent representation for a limited
period.

MADAME TUSSAUD'S HISTORICAL
GALLERY ; established 28 years at the Bazaar,
Baker-street.—Great Treat for the Juveniles during the
Holidays.—The series of Models of the Kings of England,
from the Conqueror to that of her present Majesty, attired in
the magnificent costumes of their respective periods, is now
nearly complete ; and in the Chamber of Physiognomy arc
several new additions. Admission, 7s. ; extra rooms, 6d.
Open from 11 till dusk, and from 7 till 10.

ARGYLL ROOMS, Windmill-street, Hay-
market.
NOTICE.—M. JULLIEN'S PROMENADE CONCERTS
will be continued at the above elegant rooms.
Admission le.
Conductor— M. JULLIEN.
Solo Performers—Messrs. Mosca, Tyler, Horton, Snelling,
Progratski, El'Kenney, &c.
Doors Open at 8, commence at half-past.
Manager, M. GRENET.

THE WELLINGTON THREE SHILLING
DINNER, consisting of Soup, Fish, Entrée, Joint,
Sweet. &c., is served daily from 3 to 9, and on Sundays from
5 to 8.30.
Private Rooms for large or small parties.
JOHN CATES, Manager.
The Wellington, St. James's-street.
Entrance, 160, Piccadilly.

TF THIS SHOULD MEET THE EYE of any
IL one troubled with Wind in the Stomach, Indigestion, or
Biliousness, take PAGE WOODCOCK'S WIND PILLS.
Their world-wide celebrity proves them of sterling merit.
Of all medicine vendors at is. lid. and 2s. 9d. ; or free by
post for 14 or 33 stamps from Page D. Woodcock, Chemist
Lincoln.

MESSRS. BOTT, JACKSON, AND CO.
execute COMMISSIONS on all races throughout the
year. Market price guaranteed. Remittances. London and
Westminster Bank. Post-office Orders payable at Camber-
well-park.
N.B.—Betting on the Waterloo Cup.
Address—BoTT and JACKSON, "Man of the World" Wine
Stores, George-street, Camberwell-Park, London.

BEAUTIFUL WOMEN.—Alabaster Powder,
and the Magnetic Rock Dew Water from Sahara. Cir-
cassian Bloom, Arabian Soaps, and Alabaster Liquid. These
costly and inimitable toilet preparations render the hair,
teeth, and complexion beautiful beyond comparison.—Can be
had only at Madame RACHEL'S, 47A, New Bond-street,
where she can be consulted daily. All communications are
strictly confidential.

KEATING'S COUGH LOZENGES.—Statistics
show that 50,000 persons annually fall victims to Pul-
monary Disorders, including consumption, diseases of the
chest, and the respiratory organs. Prevention is at 411 times
better than cure; be, therefore, prepared during the wet and
wintry season with a supply of KEATING'S COUGH
LuZENGES, which possess the virtue tit averting, as well as
of curing a cough or cold ; they are good alike for the young
or for the aged—they soothe bronchial irritation ; and for im-
proving the voice, the preacher, statesman, singer, and actor
have long patronised them.
" St. Paul's Cathedral, 30th November, 1840.
" Sir,—l have much pleasure in recommending y our lozenges
to those who may be distressed with hoarseness. They have
afforded me relief on several occasions when scarcely able to
sing from the effects of catarrh. I think they would be very
useful to clergymen, barristers, and public orators.
"I am, Sir, yours faithfully,
" THOMAS Dutra:is, Vicar Choral.

29, GEORGE-STREET, HANOVER-SQUARE.
THE LONDON ANATOMICAL MUSEUM.
Open daily from 10 till 10. Lectures at 4 and 7
o'clock. Where may be seen the Astecs ; Bushman and
Wife; Julia Pastrana and Infant; Eng and Shang, the
Siamese Twins; and upwards of 3,000 Models, Natural Pre-
parations, &c. Egyptian Mummies, unwrapped, 4,000 years
old. Admission, One shilling (tor Gentlemen only).

" To Mr. Keating."
Prepared and sold in boxes, is lid, and tins, 2s 9d, 4s 6d,
and 10s 6d each, by Thomas Keatlmr, chemist, &c., 79, St.
Paul's Churchyard, London. Retail by all druggists and
atent medicine vendors in the world.

PECTACLES.—The Patent Newly-invented
1.../ Tinted Spectacles are patronised by the majority of the
Nobility, including Viscount Palmerston. They afford extra-
ordinary relief to weak, dim, and detective ♦ision.—S. and B
SOLOMONS, Opticians, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly.

RUPTURES.—BY ROYAL LETTERS; PATENT.
WHITE'S MOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS
(PERFECTED AND EXHIBITED IN THE GREAT
FXHIBMONS OF 1851 AND 1862), is allowed by upwards of
Two Hundred Medical Gentlemen to be the most effective
,nvention in the curative treatment of H ERNI A.
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
oe-Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting, with so much ease
Old 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 air-
oumference of the body, two inches below the hips, being
sent to the manufacturer,

Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly.
A Single Truss, 165., 215., 265. 6d., and Ms. 6cl. Postage, is.
A. Double Truss, 31s. 6d., 425., and 625. 6d. Postage, is Bd.
An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. Postage, ls. 10d.
Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post-
office, PioOadillY•
NEW PATENT
FLAsT IC STOCKINGS,
KNEE-CAPS, dm., for Varicose Veins and all cases of
Weakness and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, Ac. They are
:porous, light in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on
ean ordinary stocking. Price 4s. 6d., 78. 611., 108., to 16e.
eadh. Postage

JOHN WHITE, Iltiumfacturer, Plocadlily,

PRICE .4d.
STAMPED ....sd.

God, ever come upon England—your regiment would
maintain the high character which it has already acquired,
and that all of you to a man would be ready to come for-
ward, if need were, to fight well and bravely for our Eng-
lish hearths and homes. (Cheers.) On looking at the
marks of your regiment I. am struck in thinking what a
wonderful amount of patience and perseverance must have
been shown in bringing skill to such a high degree of per-
fection, and that in the midst of the great excitement at
such times the eye, hand, and nerve have been kept per•-
fectiy steady. One thing I must remark—and it must be a
subject of great congratulation among all English men and
women—namely, the advantage which this volunteer move-
ment has given, and I trust will still give in a greater de-
gree, to all classes of the youth of this country, in sutsti -
tuting a noble, healthy, and intelligent occupation for pur-
suits which psrhaps may have been less praiseworthy.
(Cheers.) It now only remains for me to wish you all
prosperity, and I hope most fervently that the blessing of
God, which we must remember can alone give real distinc-
tion and success, may rest upon you all individually and
collectively. (Cheers.)
Lady Albemarle delivered this address with remarkable
spirit, and in a tone of voice which was well heard
throughout the hall. At its conclusion Viscount Bury
called for one cheer more for the little Prince, and the hall
rang with a responsive shout, the band of the regiment
playing the new and popular air " God Bless the Prince
of Wales." _ _ _

The first battalion prize, a challenge cup, given by the
Prince of Wales, was awarded to Private E. Burrough, of
the 2d Whitehall company. Lord Bury remarked that it
was the most magnificent trophy which the regiment pos-
sessed, and was tenable by the winner for a year. He
added that all their great prize winners were the most effi-
cient men in the corps.
Miss Hawker distributed the Audit-office Company's
prizes, Mrs. Du Flat Taylor those of the Post-office Com-
pany, Lady Albemarle those of the Inland Revenue Com-
pany, Mrs. Mills those of the Whitehall Company, and
Lady Albemarle those of the Admiralty Company, in the
unavoidable absence of Lady Clarence Paget, The Bury
Challenge Cup was won by Capt. Willis, for the Admiralty
Company; the Ladies' Challenge Cup and a claret jug, by
Sergeant Jeston, Audit-office Company; a silver cup, the
first prize for marksmen, by Private Herries, of the same
company ; and the third prize, a field-glass, for first-class
men not marksmen, by Private Neilson, of the let Inland
Revenue Company.
Lieut.-Colonel BURY stated incidentally, on a prize being
awarded to Lieut. Walliker, that the lieutenant, who had
from the first been an energetic member of the regiment
and long its quartermaster, had recently been promoted to
the office of Postmaster of Hull. As this was being said
Lieut. Walliker entered the hall and was welcomed with
cheers by his companions in arms. .

At the conclusion of the ceremony the corps presented
arms and the company gave three cheers for the Queen,
three for Lady Albemarle, and three for Lady Bury.

SI'APE B

was warmly greeted. He wos infort nod of e ,T
vote, and expressed his obligations to the rill(* 74._
THE THOROUGHPARES OP THE MET
In the routine business of the Board there rt:lo* 4.43
commendations from the Building Act Comm r t
alteration of names of thoroughfares and renumbertitt the`
houses. In all the cases the names chosen for tb e thorough-
fare were snch as have no duplicates in the metropolis; and
all subsidiary names, as villas, terraces, and parades, exist-
ing in the thoroughfares were recommended to be abolished,
and the houses renumbered, with the odd numbers on one
side and the even on the other. .All the recommendations
were adopted.
Various reports from the officers were diep?sed of, and the
Board adjourned.

Vacancies, Promotions, and Appointments
in the Civil Service.

The Metropolitan Board of Works.

The usual weekly meeting of this board was held yester-
day, at the offices in Spring-gardens, Mr. J. Thwaites, the
chairman, presiding.

(From the Civil Servie; Goz,:tte.)

THE SALARY OF THE CHAIRMAN.

After the usual routine business of the Board had been
disposed of, a special meeting was held on the requisition
of 21 members, who, being of opinion that the time had
"arrived when an addition should be made to the salary of
John Thwaites, Esq., chairman of the Board," had called
that meeting "for the purpose of considering the propriety
of making such addition, and of varying the resolution of
the Board of the 19th of December, 1855, whereby £1,500"
had been fixed as the amount of salary to be paid to the
chairman. The requisition was signed by Mr. W. Tite,
M.P., Mr. T. J. Miller, M.P., Mr. Phillips, Mr. Dalton,
Mr. Le Breton, Mr, Alderman Fincis, Mr. R. Taylor, Mr.
Judkins, Mr. Long, Mr. Pew, Mr. Moreland, Mr, Hall, Mr.
Shepherd, Mr. M'Donnell, Mr. Collinson, Mr. Newton, Mr.
Legg, Mr. Tanner, Mr. Brooker, Mr. Wallis, and Mr.
Harris.
On the subject being brought forward,

FOREIGN-OFFICE—The consulship at Granville, France,
has become vec.ent by the rcsignatien of Capt. S. Mercer,
R.N.

POST- orricE—Mr. Matthew Reid has been appointed
a temporary clerk, Dublin.
BOARD or TnADE—Mr. T. Hugh Wilson has bem ap-
pointed a temporary clerk, London. Mr. Richard Phillips
has been appointed a temporary clerk, London. Mr,
Richard Strachan has been appointed a ttniporary clerk,
London.

THE ADMIRALTY—Dr. A, Bryson has been appointed
Medical Director-General of the Navy, in the room of Sir
John Liddell, C. 8., M.D., retired. Commander Richard
Stokes has been appointed Master Attendant and Queen's
Harbour-Master, Chatham Dockyard, in the room of Capt.
C. Pope, R.N„ retired. Mr. William Wallis has been ap-
pointed 4th master, Section A, vice Card, promoted upon
the retirement of Mr. Atkinson.
Cuszoms—Mr Samuel Brown has been appointed an out-
door officer, Kirkwall. Mr. John Drayson has been appointed
an ont-door officer, London. Mr. Denis A'Ateer has been
appointed an out-door officer, Newry. Mt. Robt. Turnbull
has been appointed an out-door officer, Glssgow. Mr. Jas.
Giessen, clerk, Ist class, has been promoted to be a principal
clerkin the tea department, London. Mr. Wm. Troon, clerk,
2d class, has been promoted to be clerk, let class, in the
tea department, London. Mr. J. J. Hart, clerk, 3d class,
has been promoted to be clerk, 2d class, is the tea depart-
ment, London. Mr. T. Bird, clerk, 4th class, has been pro-
moted to be clerk, 3d class, in the tea department, London.
Mr. James Fleming, clerk, sth class, has teen promoted to
be clerk, 4th class, in the tea department, London. Mr.
William F. Hubbard, clerk, 6th class, has leen promoted to
be clerk, sth class, in the tea department, London. Mr.
Charles Treleaven, clerk, 2d :class, in the office of inspector
general of imports and exports, has been promoted to the Ist
class. Mr. Edward J. Armstrong, clerk, 3d class, in the
office of inspector•general of imports and exports, has been
promoted to the 2nd class. Mr. James R. Jeffries, clerk, 4th
class, in the office of inspector-general of imports and ex-
ports, has been promoted to the third class. Mr. William
K. Gilmore, clerk, sth class, in the office of inspector-gene-
ral of imports and exports, has been promoted to the 4th
class. Mr. Michael O'Driseoll, out-door officer of the 4th
class, has been promoted to be examining officer, 6th class,
London. Mr. Charles Ball, out-door officer of the 4th class,
has been promoted to be examining officer, 6th class, London.
Mr. Richard B, Heard, out-door officer, 6th class, Bristol,
has exchanged to the sth class of out-door officers in London.
Mr. William H. Langdale, out-door officer, sth class, Hull,
has been promoted to the 4th class. Mr. Alfred King, out-
door officer, sth class, London, has exchanged to Bristol.
INLAND REVENUE.—Stamps and Tax Branch—Mr. W.
H. Maunder has been appointed to a junior clerkship in the
Legacy Office. Mr. R. J. Highmore has been appointed
to be a junior clerk in the Special Commissioner's Depart-
ment. Mr. G. Harrison, assistant-surveyor of taxes, has
been promoted to be a surveyor, and appointed to the Caistor
district. Excise Branch—Mr Turpin, second clerk, Sussex
collection, has been appointed officer, London, East, 4th
division, London, East, collection. Mr. George Ragement,
officer, Dolgelly, Ist ride, Wales, Middle collection, has been
appointed to Alloa, sth division, Stirling collection. Mr.
Thomas Alford, officer, Welshpool, 3d ride, Wales, Middle,
collection, has been appointed to Dolgelly, Ist Wales,
Middle, collection. Mr. T. Taylor, officer, Pembroke, 2nd
ride, Wales, West, collections has been appointed to Bingley,
2d division, Halifax collection. Mr. R. J. Rossiter, officer,
Newcastle, 3d ride, Wales, 'West collection, has been ap-
pointed to Pembroke, 2d ride, Wales, West collection. Mr.
Wm. B. Alliban, first-class assistant, Camptelton, 11th
division, Argyle collection, has been appointed officer of
Newcastle, 3d ride, 'Wales, West, collection. Mr. .3 ohn
Jarman, 2d clerk, Athlone collection, has been appointed
officer of Belturbet ride, Drogheda collection.
IRELAND.—A vacancy in the Beard of National Educe-

The CHAIRMAN requested the Board to elect a number
to preside, in order that he might retire, and Mr. Lowman
Taylor was unanimously elected to fill this position.
Mr.TrTE,M.P., said that, in proposing a motion to embody
the wishes of the gentlemen who had signed the requisition,
he felt placed in a position of some difficulty, for he knew
that th^ people of the metropolis paid heavy rates, and he
did not like recommending anything which would have the
effect of increasing their burdens. The Board would, he
was sure, entirely agree with him in thinking that it was
a fortunate circumstance Mr. Thwaites had been chosen to
hold the position of head of that establishment, for the
Board had found him a gentleman of great business habits,
of inimitable patience and temper, and of courteous and
urbane manners, and he had been the means of keeping the
Board together in a manner which reflected the highest
hencur upon him. It was unnecessary to eulogise the
chairman, who filled the position of Speaker to the Metro-
politan Board, for all knew the extraordinary skill and
ability with which he conducted the Board's business since
1856. Mr. Thwaites was elected in the latter part of 1855,
but it was not until the following year that he commenced
his duties, and since that time his duties had increased two-
fold at the very least. (Hear.) There were two points
which the Board would have to remember, and they were
that Mr. Thwaites, on being elected as chairman, gave up
his own pursuit, a most lucrative one, and surrendered all
business connections and gave to the affairs of the Board
the whole of his time. The Legislature, in fixing the
salary of the chairman of that Board, made a minimum of
£1,500 and a maximum of £2,000, and the Board adopted
the minimum. The time had now arrived when the Board,
in regard to the services of the chairman and in personal
respect, ought to give the head officer the full amount fixed
by the Act of Parliament, and he (Mr. Tito) therefore
moved that the salary of the chairman should be increased
to the full amount allowed by the Act of Parliament, and
that the previous decision of the board of the 19th Decem-
ber be varied accordingly.
Mr. MILLER, M.P., seconded the motion, and said that
much of the success which had attended the board was
owing to the chairman, who had discharged with impartia-
lity, integrity, and unwearied zeal his many and arduous
duties. The board had increased the salaries of all the other
officers bat that of the chairman, who for eight years had
been without any increase to his salary, though his duties
had largely increased. In his (Mr. Miller's) opinion, if the
Act of Parliament had been made at a later date, the salary
would have been fixed much higher, for Mr. Thwaitss, be-
sides being chairman, was head of every department, and
was the board's engineer, its solicitor, and its architect, and
had to be consulted on numerous questions to which he had
to give the greatest attention. The Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer during the last session was waited upon, and asked
to bring in the bill concerning the main drainage, and he
refused ; but afterwards, on Mr. Thwaites waiting upon
him and explaining matters,the Chancellor not only brought
in the bill, but made a most excellent speech upon the data
furnished to him by the chairman of the board. Mr.
Thwaites had been called the Speaker, and so he was, and
without any disparagement being intended for the Speaker
of the House of Commons, it must be allowed that Mr.
Thwaites had the more arduous task; for, whereas the
Speaker had to hold his tongue and listen, the board was
dependent upon Mr. Thwaites for information on all impor-
tant subjects. The seconder concluded by expressing the
hope that the board would be unanimous on this vote,
which he said would only have the effect of raising the
chairman's salary to an equality with the salaries received
by a chairman of a railway company.
Mr. CoLLuisox supported the motion, and remarked that
when, in 1858, an outcry was raised in the Houses of Parlia-
ment that the Board did nothing to allay the nuisances
under which the metropolis suffered, it was through the un-
tiring energy of Mr. Thwaites that the Government of the
day was shown the Board had no power to do all that was
needed. The Government, which was a Tory one—(a laugh)
—brought in a bill, and this state of things was remedied
when that bill became law. The Board was raised to im-
portance, and had been enabled to carry out its ditties to the
satisfaction of the public, and this mainly through the good
management of the chairman.
had
Mr. DERMER considered that the speeches which
been made would lead to the opinion that the chairman was
the Board and the members junior clerks, but what had
been done had been carried out with the full cognizance of
the Board. There was no question as to the ability and
efficiency of the chairman, but the sum of L 1,500 a year was
a handsome salary, and he (Mr. Dermer) should oppose any
addition being made to it.
Mr. SAVAGE said that in two years the Board would see
the end of the Thames Embankment, and that time, he
thought, would be the proper one to raise the chairman's
salary to the maximum. He proposed, as an amendment,
that the salary should be raised to £1,750.
The amendment was not seconded,
Mr CRELLIN said it was very true the Act of Parliament
fixed the maximum and minimum of the chairman's salary,
but the origin of that was to be found in the fact that the
position was thought to be a nice one for a friend of those
who made the law. (Oh, (di I hear, and laughter.) This
was a fact, or the salary wou!d not le the been fixed at a
minimum of -C1,500, and if it had been less, with a gradual
rise to £1,500, the chairman, of whose abilities there could
be no question, would have been amply satisfied.
The discussion was prolonged for some time, and Messrs.
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Peckett, Pew, Legg, Bennett, Phillips, Freeman, Bidgood,
Harris, Broker, Long, and Nicholay took part in it. On
the vote being taken five hands were held up against the
motion. A division then took place, and the numbers were
for, 27; against, 4. Several members retired below the
Board, and did not vote.
The OrtAtumax declared the motion carried, there being
more than the required two-thirds majority.
Mr. Thwaites was sent for, and on making his appearance

tion has become vacant by the resignation of Mr. J. J.
Murphy, Master in Chancery. The Earl of Dunraven has
been appointed Lord Lieutenant of the county cf Limerick,
in the room of the Earl of Clare, deceased. Mr. Thos. Cour-
tenay, registrar to the Lord Chief Justice of the Queen's
Bench, has been appointed clerk of the Crown for the county
of Down, in the room of Mr. Macartney, deceased. Mr.
Benjamin Hill has been appointed resident magistrate, in
the room of Mr. Wm. Knaresborough, resident magistrate
of the county of Cork, resigned on pension. Mr. J. Hanlon
has been appointed a sub-inspector of schools, National
Education-office.