The Sun.
London, England, 1865-11-11 00:00:00

N°. 22,901.

T's HE GREAT PAGEANT, entitled " the
Capture of An ak," the greatest Giant in the World, will
be repeated every evening, sur,ported by all the attractions of
this establishment, including a host of ballet fairies, L I, i-
putian army, Master Powell, Miss Clara Thorn, General Tom
Dot, and the French Giant, surnamed Anak, the Anakin.
Doors open at 7.3o.—Great James's-hall, Regent street and
Piccadilly.

A the GREATEST GIANT in the
WORLD.—Special RECEPTIONS EVERY DAY
from 'I hree to Five o'clock, with the little Comic Actor,
GENERAL TOM DOT. Morning Performance. Admis-
sion, Is. ; reserved seats, 2s. 6d.
ANAK—ANAK—A.NAK.
" There were giants in those nays."
Great St. James's Hall, Regent-street and Piccadilly.

ANAK will APPEAR EVERY NIGHT, with
Professor ANDERSON. MACCABE, the Misses
ANDERA)N, at the GREAT ST. JAMES'S HALL. An-
derson and the World of Magic, at Eight, Ma Cabe at Nine,
and the Great Giant and General Tom Dot at 9.30. " This is
th, greatest combination entertainment in the metropolis."
—Vide the Press. Admission, is. ; balcony, 2s. ; reserved
seats, 3s. ; stalls, 53.

CHRISTY MINSTRELS, St. James's Hall,
lvl Piceadilly.—The only original and veritable legitimate
CHRISTY MINSTRELS Every Night at 8, Wednesdays and
Saturdays at 3 and 8, retaining all the specialties and old
favourites who originally created the reputation of the Com -
pany. Fauteuils, 55.; stalls, Is ; unreserved seats, 2s. ; gal-
lery. Is. Tickets at Austin's, 28, Piccadilly.—Manager, Mr.
Frederick Burgess.

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 11, 1865.

MRS. OLIPHANT'S NEW NOVEL.
No v ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols.,

AG N E S. By MRS. OLIPHANT.
Author of " The Life of Edward Irving',"

THE 0 X F O R D.
8, OXFORD STREET. W.
The Oxford and Canterbury Hall Company (Limited).

SIXTY-SIX, by J. Offenbach, and a New
CANTATA, by Meyerbeer, will be performed by Misses
Russell, Barrie, WalmPbley, Tyrell, Ellen Reid, Madame
Maria, and Miss Fitz Henry; Messrs. A. St. Albyn, Husk,
Evans, W. Williams, and Senors Tivoli and Spagnoli, with
full Band and Chorus, THIS EVENING.

" 'Agnes ' is a novel superior to any of Mrs. Oliphant's
former works."—Athenmum.

"Mrs. Oliphant is one of the most admirable of our lady
novellas. 'Agnes' is a story whose pathetic and refined
beauty will al p.al irresistibly to all readers."—Pokt,
Hurst and Blacketf, 13, Great Marlborough-street.

NEW NOVEL.
This Day, in one vol., at all Libraries,
IIJ John
CUMBERFORD'S PROTEGE.
John Maxwell and Co., 122, Fleet-street

NEW NOVEL BY SIRS. BIRD.
This Day. in 3 vi),s., at all Libraries,
THE FATE OF - THORSGHYLL.
3. By Author of •' The llawkshawes," " Spell Bound," du).
John Maxwell and Co., 122, Fleet-street

CANTERBURY HALL.
KO IW RI KO.
This wonderful entertainment, having proved the greatest
hit ever made, will be repeated EVERY EVENING, in ad-
dition to the Operatic Sele3tions, supported by the whole
talent of the establishment._ _

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Comedy, Burlesque, and Ballet by Mrs. and Mr. Randall,
Messrs. Duriah and Davies, the D'Aubans, Mons. Alex-
andre, mimic, and the Sisters Dashwood.

On MONDAY NEXT the favourite, ARTHUR LLOYD,
will make his Re-appearance with New and Original Songs.

Director, Mr. F. Jongmans.

All visitors to London at this season should see the above
entertainment

MADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION,
Baker-street.
NEW ADDITIONS.—FuII length Portrait Models of the
late LORD PALMERSTON, PRESIDENT JOHNSON,
and GENERAL GRANT.
Open from 11 a.m. till dusk, and from 7 till 10 p.m.
Admittance, One Shilling; Children under 10, half-price;
Extra Rooms, Sixpruce.

E)0 CTO R MARIGOLD'S PRESCRIPTIONS.
Title to the next CHRISTMAS NUMBER of "ALL
THE YEAR ROUND."

ARGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street,
Piccadilly.—GßAND CASINO and MUSICAL PRO-
MENADE is NOW OPEN for the Season.

Musical Director, M. LUIGI CURTI.
Manager, Mons. GRENET.

The Band plays nightly Sele3tions from the most eminent
Composers.
Doors open at half-past 8 o'clock; olose live minutes to 12
o'clock.

Admission to Promenade, One Shilling.

26, Wellington-street, Strand. W.C.

THE WELLINGTON, ST. JAMES'S-STREET.
Set DINNERS served, at five minutes' notice, from Four to
Dine p.m.. at 2s. 6d., 3s 6d., 4s. 6d., and 7s. each.

•
-ELEGANT
for Ladies and Families.
Prices on the "Carte" moderate.
Private Rooms 'or Large or Small Partial.
Reading, Smoking', and Billiard Rooms.

BREAKFASTS and LUNCHEONS.
D. CAMERON.
Entrances-160, Piccadilly, and 49, St. James's-street,

STARCH MANUFACTURERS
TO H. It. H. TUE PRINCESS OF WALES.
GLENFILD PATENT STARCH,
U led in the Royal Laundry,

AND AWARDED THE PRIZE MEDAL, 1862.
Sold by all Grocers, Chandlers, &c. &c.
WOTHEItSeooN and CO., Glasgow and London.

SPANISH FLY is the acting ingredient in
ALEX. ROSS'S CANTHARIDES Oil,. which speedily
produces whiikers and thickens hair. 3s. 6d. ss. 6d., and 10s.
ad..; sent free for 54, 84, and 141 stamps.—ALEX. ROSS, 248,
High Holborn, London.

WONDERFUL DISCOVERY.—Corns cured
in one thy by using ALEX. ROSS'S CIIIROPO.
This preparation gradually dissolves the corn In a few hours,
removing the very root. Price 4s , sent by post for 60 stamps
—248, High Holborn, London.

AIR-CURLING FLUID, 248, High Holborn,
London.—ALEX. ROSS'S CURLING FLUID curl.
Ladies' or Gentlemen's hair immediately it is app led. Sold
at 3s. 6d., ss. 6d., and 10s. 6d. ; sent free for 54, 84, and 144
stamps. !toss's Toilet Magazine, is. 6d., or 20 sbamps.

GREY HAIR.-248, High Holborn, London.—
ALEX. ROSS'S lIAIR DYE produces a perfect colour
immediately it is used. It is permanent, and perfectly na-
tural in effe.t. Price 3s. ed , ss. 61., and 10s. 6d. ; sent by
post for 54, t 4, and 144 stamps.

HAIR DESTROYER, 248, High Holborn,
London.—ALEX.'ROSS'S DEPILATORY removes,
without effect to the skin, superfluous hair from the face.
neck, and arms. Zs. 6d., ss. 6d.. and 10s. 6d. ; sent the same
dayls ordered by post for 54, 84, and 144 stamps.

Published by J. Clements, Little Pulteney-street, price 7d.
in cloth 13d., A New Work on the Teeth, entitled
PURE DENTISTRY, and WHAT IT DOES
FOR US.

CHOCOLATE.-MENIER'S FRENCH.

CHOCOLAT-MENIER, for Breakfast.

CHOCOLAT-MENIER is pure, wholesome, and
delicious.

MENIER,'S FRENCH CHOCOLATE.
Warehouse, 23, Henrietta-street, Covent-garden.
Sold everywhere.

WINTER OVER-COATS of the BEST
MATERIALS and LATEST STYLE, at fair
prices. at
HAMILTON AND KIMPTON'S,
TAILORS AND OVER-COAT MAKERS,
105, Strand (opposite Exeter Hall).

.AMBERT'S ASTHMATIC BALSAM.-AN
JILA EFFECTUAL REMEDY, without confining the bowels
or affecting the head, truly efficacious and pleasant, is ad-
mitted to be the beat medicine for immediately relieving
coughs, colds, confirmed cases of asthma, and incipient con-
sumption. It frequently cures persons whom the faculty
pronounce incurable, admirably allays the tickling which
provokes frequent coughing. In approaching consumption
its effects are truly beneficial. Persons deprived of sleep, or
even lying down for tear of suffocation, may depend on relief
in a few minutes after taking it. Prepared on,y and sold by
W. LAMBERT, Chemist. 8, King-Wiliam-street, Charing-
cross, London, and by all druggists, in bottles, 13/d., and
three quantities in one, 2s. 9d. each. Be particular, and ask
for Lambert's Asthmatic Balsam. The name and address are
engraved on the stamp.

ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road,
in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail-
way Terminus, King's-cross.
Patron—Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN.
Vice-Patron—His Royal Highness the Prince of WALES, K.G
•President—His Grace the Duke of BUCCLE UCH, K.G.

This Hospital, founded in the year 1828, the first to estab-
lish the principle of free admission to the sick poor, without
the delay and difficulty of Governors' orders, is wholly de-
pendent for support ou voluntary contributions and I a :les .
It affords relief to a large number of in-pa'ients, and, in
addition to this, the average number of attendance of the
.lestitute sick has for a con iderable period averaged between
1,000 and 4,000 weekly.
1 he Committee earnestly solicit the ASSISTANCE of the
benevolent, as the premises of this Hospital are capable of
eo.:taining several nundred more beds, had the Committee
the requisite muds to maintain them.
Contributions are received by the, Treasurer. Edward 31as •
:.crman, Esq., Nicholas-lane; also by Itlessrs. Colitis and Co.;
Drummond and Co. ; Glyn and Co. ; Deifies and Co. ; Ransom
and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co.;
Barclay and Co. ; W name, Deacon, and Co.; Overend, Gur-
ney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Ca , Berners-street ; I. Barned and
, LivPrpool ; and at tie Hospital. from 10 till 5.

Lately published, id., sent free by post for two stamps.
AN ESSAY upon the HUMAN HAIR : Its
Close Analogy to Vegetation, and its Reproduction by
the Stimulant Spanish Fly or Cantharldes.—By ALEX.
ROSS, 218, High Holborn, London.

PDTPLE REMOVER. All diseases of the skin
are improved by one dose of ALEX. ROSS'S VEGE-
TABLE SKIN PILL. They remove redness, sallowness,
&a 2s. 9d. and 7s. 6d. ; or by post for 40 and 100 stamps.—
ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London.

NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE.—The greatest and
most uset ul invention of the day, AGUA AM AM ELL t.
Messrs. JOHN GOSNICLL and CO., 12, Three King-court,
Lombard• street, London, Perfumers to her Majesty, respect-
fully offer to the public this truly marvellous fluid. which
gradually restores tne human hair to its pristine hue--no
matter at what age. The Agua Amarelia has none of the
properties of dyes ; it, on the contrary, is beneficial to the
system, and when the hair is once restored one application
per month will keep it in perfect colour. Price one guinea per
bottle, or in half bottles. Ns. 61. Testimonials from artistes
of the highest order, and from individuals of undoubted re-
spectability. may be seen on application. Messrs. John
Gosnell aid Co. have been appointed Perfumers to her Royal
Highness the Princess of Wales.

THE RESCUE SOCIETY wishes to add another
home to tho 12 now in operation. Last year no fewer
han 455 poor. friendless, young females were rejected Irom
want of FUNDS and room, making a total of 3,087, who have
been sent away in five years. Here are brief details of a few
of the most recent cases :
F. v., aged 15, fallen, mother dead, deserted by her father.
M. A. F., aged 13, homeless, both parents dead.
4. 8., aged 17, fallen, father dead, deserted by her mother
S. D., aged 15, fallen, mother dead.
C. 8., aged 15, fallen, mother dead,
A 8., aged 10, fallen, both parents dead.
H. S., aged 14, homeless, deserted by her parents.
M. H., aged 17, fallen, both parents dead.
C. H., aged 17, fallen, both parents dead.
A. G., aged 18, fallen, father dead.
E. K„ aged 18, fallen, both parents dead,
S. B. aged 17, fallen, both parents dead.
M. Al W. aged 17, fallen, both parents dead.
S. D., aged 15, fallen, both parents dead.
The new home the Committee wish to form would be for
young girls, almost children, from the age of 8 to 15, who
have been led astray from the path of virtue.
Contributions will be received gratefully by the Secretary,
Mr. Daniel Cooper, 55, Queen .street_ Cheapside; or by Messrs
Barclay and Co., Lombard-street.

STANFORD SMITH. Secretary.

TEETH AND PAINLESS DENTISTRY.
Messrs. LEWIN and SISIEON HOSELY and

SONS, Dentists,
30, Reimers-street, Oxford-street, and 448, Strand,
Opposite Charing-cross RailK•ay Station.
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Their painless artificial teeth are unequalled for economy,
durability, comfort, and all purposes of articulation and mas-
tication. Operations of every kind being unnecessary, the
most nervous patient can be supplied without fear of pain or
inconvenience.

—Eo-nsultiiion free. Teeth from ss, Sets from 5 to 25 gs.,
warranted.

ror the efficacy, utility, and success of their system, vide
" Lancet." _

NO MORE PILLS OR ANY OTHER MEDICINE.
"PAU BARRY'S delicioushealth-restoring Invalids'
A., and Infants' Food, THE REVALENTA ARABICA,
yields three times as ranch assimilating and strengthening
nourishment as the best meat. and restores perfect digestion'
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enfeebled—removing speed‘ly and effectually indigestion
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complaints, flatulency, nervousness, biliousness, fevers, sore
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nausea and sickness even in pregnancy or at sea, sinking fits, scrofula, tightness of the chest, pains in the pit of
the stomach and between the shoulders. It is the most diges-
tible of all foods, and suitable for invalids and infants in all
oom_plaiats.
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bad nervousness,digestion, i irritability,
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ness, and the most intolerable nervous agitation. Cure No.
71, of dyspepsia, from the Right Hon. the Lord Stuart de
Decks, Lord Lieutenant of the county of Waterford :—1
have derived much benefit from your excellent food. -
Stuart de Decies, Dromana, Cappoquin, county. Waterford
Cure No. 54,8 6, from the Rev. James T. Campbell, Syder-
st ,ne Rectory, near leakenharn,Nortolt— liver Inf
alls
cases of in-
digestion, and particularly when the more than
usually affected, I consider it the best of all remedies. It re-
gulates the bile, and makes it flow in cases which would not
admit
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inces. —James Roberts, Timber Merchant. Cure No. 49,812.
Of fifty years' indescribahie-agony from dyspepsia, nerv. us-
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ness, and vomiting.—Maria Joly, of Lynn, Norfolk. Cure
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No .47,1.21.—Mi5s Elizabeth Jacobs, of extreme nervousness,
ladigestion, gatherings, low spirits, and nervous fancies.
Cure No 56,814.—M r. Samuel Laxton,Leieester, of two years'
diarrrcea. The Food is sold In canisters. 11b., 2s 9d; 21b.,
45 6d ; ' *2lb.. 21s. • 241 b., 40s. Super-refined quality. lb., Os. ;
2lb , '2s ; Sib. 92s ; Olb , 315. The 101 b„ 21b., and 241 b
canisters, c irriage free on receipt of Post-Office Order, by
Barry Du Barry and Co., 77, Regent-street. London ; also
Phillips, Tea Dealers, 8. King William-street ; likewise at
Grace hurch- street ; 4, Cheapside, 49, Bishopsgate-street
Within
; 63, 50, and 298. Oxford-street ; 330, Strand ; 54,
Upper Baker-street- • 03, Tottenham-cam-road; 96, Upper-
street, Islington, N.: Harvey, Nottina•-hill ; Close Brothers.
65, High-street ; ana dtubbs, Queen's-terrace, St. John's-
Tood, Louden ; and allr,speAable Crown and chemists.—
Beware of oPadous imitations.

Naval and Military Intelligence.

In accordance with orders to that effect received
at Chatham garrison, Capt. M. S. Morgan, Ist
Battalion 14th Regiment, Capt. M. S. M. G. A.
Clarke, 50th Queen's Own Regiment, have em-
barked on board the Liverpool, at Gravesend, for
New Zealand, to join the service companies cf their
respective regiments. Ensign W. W. R. Onslow, Ist
battalion 12th Regiment, at Chatham, has also been
placed under orders to embark for New Zealand, to
join the headquarters of his regiment.
Capt. F. J. Bolton, 12th Regiment, the inventor
of the new code of day and night signals, having
completed a lengthened series of experiments and
trials with the invention in various parts of England
and Ireland, extending over a period of some months,
has rejoined the depot of the 2d battalion of the
12th Regiment at Chatham garrison.

A detachment of the II I;attery. Field Artillery,
stationed at Chatham, has proceeded.from that gar-
rison to Aldershot, for service at that station. Capt.
Couchman has joined the headquarters of the first
division of the depot brigade, by order of the Duke
of Cambridge.

By direction of the Secretary of State for War,
the necessary drawings and plans are to be prepared
for the erection of a commodiouS block of buildings
in the vicinity of St. Mary's casemated barracks,
Chatham, now occupied by the troops belonging to
the 3d battalion of Infantry of the Line, for the se-
parate accommodation of the married non-commis-
sioned officers and men of the battalion. Since the
removals of the depots of infantry from the hut-
barrack to St. Mary's the former have been set apart
for occupation by the married men and their fami-
lies. As the huts are not adapted for married quar-
ters, and are expected to be shortly required for the
additional troops intended to be quartered at Chat-
ham, it became necessary to provide a separate
building for the marriedmen, similar to that already
constructed for the wives and families of the troops
belonging to the Ist and 2d depot battalions. The
drawings and plans of the proposed new married
quarters are now in course of preparation at the
Royal Engineer Department, Chatham, and the
necessary surveys of the various eligible sites within
the fortifications already made,
The French Government steam transport vessel
Dix Decembre, M.Cavalier, lieut. de vaisseau, now
alongside the pier at Charlton, adjoining the dock-
yard at Woolwich, is receiving a cargo of telegraph
cable from the newly-erected factory of Messrs.
Siemans Brothers. The cable, the whole of which
is completed, is 60 miles in length, and is intended
to form the line of communication between Leghorn
and Corsica. The Dix Decembre is the vesselwhich,
as reported in The Sun, came into collision with the
Spanish vessel the Murilla off the North Foreland,
when the latter was sunk and some of the crew
were drowned. The French vessel has suffered some
injuries, which are being made good at Woolwich.
She will be ready for sea in about 10 days hence.
Her Majesty's steam store ship Fox, Commander
Moriarty, yesterday commenced shipping at Wool-
wich four boilers, the condensers, cylinders, and
other portions of the machinery supplied by Messrs.
Maudslay for the Vestal, building at Pembroke
dockyard.
Theiron paddle-wheel vessel Bloodhound, in basin
in Woolwich, has cleared out the whole of her en-
gines, boilers, &c., in preparation to be broken up,
having been pronounced unfit for further service,
and the iron paddle sloop Trident, also at Wool-
wich, has been docked to fitted as a " hopper" ves-
sel, for clearing the harbours and creeks at Malta.
The iron store ship Supply, Commander Bawden,
was yesterday removed from the Royal Arsenal pier
at Woolwich to the upper part of the harbour, off
the dockyard, and commenced discharging stores,
preparatory to her being paid out of commission,
which is ordered to take flihce on the 17th inst. She
will be recommissioned, according to present ar-
rangements, on the same day. The iron paddle-
wheel vessel Antelope, in the dock at Woolwich,
has undergone a thorough survey. Her engines and
boilers have been hoisted out and removed to the
factory. The boilers will be removed, the engines
repaired, and many of the iron plates on her sides
will be replaced with new ones, after which she will
resume her duties as a preventive service vessel on
the West Coast of Africa.

Mr. Jones, foreman rigger during the past 13
years in Woolwich dockyard, and who has invari-
ably maintained the character of a most zealous
and efficient man, yesterday retired on a superan-
nuation allowance of £lO6 per annum. He was suc-
ceeded in Woolwich dockyard by Mr. Bolt, chief
boatswain of her Majesty's Royal yacht the Victoria
and Albert.

Daily attendance at 30, Berners-street, Oxford-street, and
448, Strand, London; 15, Whitefriargate, Hull; 10, Norfolk-
street, Sheffield ; 4, East-parade, Leeds ; and 14, St. Nicholas-
street, Soarbro'.
Observe—Established 1830. No connection with any of the
same nsme.

The Canadian Oil Wells•

The Gladiator, 6, paddle sloop, Capt. Elphinstone
D'O. D'A. Aplin, sailed from Portsmouth yesterday
afternoon for Plymouth Sound and the coast of Ire-
land, with supernumerary officers and men, stores
and provisions for the ships of the Channel Fleet.
The Tamar, screw troopship, Capt. F. H. Stirling,
recently returned to Portsmouth with naval and
military invalids on board from China, is ordered to
undergo repairs at that port and be for the ship's
further service as rapidly as possible. The more im-
portant portion of the defects exist in the boilers,
which require new tubes.

(From the Jackson, Mich., Citizen)

A day or two since we took a trip to Bothwell,
now the great centre of the petroleum excitement in
Canada. At Enniskillen there are several oil wells in
operation, paying fair dividends, but the petroleum excite-
ment seems to have been drawn to Bothwell, a village of
800 or 1,000 inhabitants on the Great Western Railway,
situated about 30 miles west of Chatham. On every hand
new buildings are going up, and the town is crowded to
excess with eager operators looking after oil lands and sites
to " bore." All who have come in for this purpose are
Yankees.
At the depot engines for drilling pipes for tubing, and
the varlets instruments used for exploring the bowels of
the earth, are constantly arriving. Land is held at fabu-
lous prices—some of it which a year since sold for $l5 to
$25 per acre, now readily brings $l,OOO and $1,500 per
acre. The Canadians are reaping a rich harvest from the
sale of their lands. A Chicago company, with a capital of
$200,000, has invested largely in oil territory, and is sink-
ing several wells. Two companies have leased oil terri-
tory, and are soon to commence active operations. There
are now 50 wells sunk and 100 more going down. A De-
troit company struck oil at a depth of about 100 feet, and
the well is flowing atjthe rate of 40 barrels per day. The
present indications are that large quantities of oil will yet
be obtained at Bothwell. Two small refineries are already
erected, and the oil sells rapidly at $7.00 per barrel in gold.
The State Geologist of Illinois is there, and has invested
liberally in oil lands. Late developments have intensified
the excitement at Bothwell, and it promises to increase for
some time to come.

The Royal Sovereign, 5, turret ship, Capt. Her-
bert, went out of Portsmouth harbour to Spithead on
Thursday, and to-day will steam out east of the
anchorage and test under fire the working of the
new winch purchases fitted to the guns in her fore-
most turret.

The Bristol, screw frigate, 39, 3,027 tons, 600-
horse power, Captain Leveson E. H. Somerset, flag-
ship of Geoffrey T. P. Hornby, the successor to the
present officer in command of her Majesty's ships on
the West Coast of Africa station, Commodore A.
P. E. Wilmot, C. 8., arrived and anchored at Spit-
head yesterday morning from the eastward. She is
ordered to make a trial of her speed at the measured
mile in Stokes-bay, under the usual conditions, and
will therefore most probably not sail from Spithead
for her station for some three or four days.
Her Majesty's paddle yacht Elfin, Staff-Com-
mander Balliston, was undocked yesterday at Ports-
mouth, on the completion of repairs to her hull and
machinery, and was taken afterwards out to Spit-
head to give her engines a couple of hours' work
under steam.

PETROLEUM.—The prospectus of the Pennsyl-
vanian Oil Company has been issued. The directors pro-
pose to purchase certain plots of land together, about 700
acres inVenango county, Pennsylvania. It is contemplated
in the first instance to develops and work one plot only,
comprising about 72 acres. Should the results then be satis-
factory, the Company can, by the option already secured to
it, claim at any time within seven months the transfer of
the entire 700 acres is fee simple, but if not satisfied the
company will not be bound to take them. The capital is
£300,000.
The Missouri Democrat says that Sir Morton Peto
some time ago paid £30,000 for some petroleum wells in
America. It is said he would not now take £500,000 for
them.

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The Missouri Tribune learns that an oil well has
been bored in Lafayette county, aLd is now yielding five
barrels of -oil per day, with a prospect of a much better
flow.

THE BRITISH COLONIES AND THE RECIPROCITY
TREATY. —A very significant resolution has recently
been introduced into the Legislative Assembly of the British
colony of Bermuda, to the effect that the Governor be re-
quested to communicate to the home Government the
desire of the people that the colony should participate in
any treaty of reciprocity trade between the United States
and the British North American provinces that may be
entered into between the two Governments. Some time
ago the Canadians affected to regard the Reciprocity
Treaty as of little value to Canada; in fact, they advanced
the idea that the United States reaped all the advantages,
and the British Provinces none. But no sooner was the
treaty abrogated, upon due notice being given, than they
discovered that Canada gained some very important ad-
vantages from reciprocity of trade, and they are now
most anxious to see the treaty remain in force. The action
of the Bermuda Legislature now shows how much the
British colonies lean upon the trade and commerce of this
country for their prosperity ; and their anxiety to enter
into advantageous commercial relations with us proves
how rapidly the colonies of Great Britain are being disin-
tegrated from the mother country, and being drawn by an
irresistible attraction to the United States.—New York
'Jerald.

West Cowes for breaking up at Mr. John White's
Medina dock and shipbuilding establishment. The
Vesuvius was of 976 tons, carrying paddle engines
of 280 horse power, and was launched from Sheer-
ness dockyard in 1840, having been built from de-
signs by Sir Wm. Symonds, the then Surveyor of
the Navy. In 1842 she was on service in the Medi-
terranean, and was considered the handsomest and
most efficient steamship on the station. There now
remain but two paddle steamers in the reserve at
Portsmouth -the Medea, 835 tons, and the Geyser,
1,054 tons, both of which are condemned.

The Florence Nightingale, a small iron vessel,
built for the transport of troops' invalids between
transports arriving at Spithead from India and other
foreign stations and the Royal Military Hospital at
.Netley, was yesterday undocked at Portsmouth,
after coaling, &c., and will now very shortly
be completed in all the details of her outfit and
made ready to enter upon her duties. The Florence
Nightingale is a small flat-bottomed vessel, built of
iron, having one large cabin below for the use of
the invalids, sheltered from the weather, and with
no attempt therefore at dock accommodation. She
has no engines or sail power, except two light spars
to carry each, a fore and aft sail to steady her when
required, and will be towed by a Government
steamer between Netley Hospital and Portsmouth.
Her draught of water is very light, and this will
enable her to float over the greater portion of the
mud shoals intervening between high-water mark
at Netley and the deep channel at Southampton
Water. This will be a great boon to invalids, who
under previous regulations had very often in rough
weather to land at the end of the long pier at Net-
ley and walk the distance up to the hospital, with
the water breaking over the pier, and drenching
men, women, and children over their knees. The
Florence Nightingale appears to be well adapted
for the peculiar service for which she was designed.
She was built by the Millwall Shipbuilding and
Engineering Company from drawings furnished by
the Admiralty.
The Vesuvius, paddle steamer, having discharged
all her machinery, boilers, stores, &c., at Ports-
mouth dockyard, was yesterday towed down to the

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THE SHENANDOAH.

LIVERPOOL, Friday.

On Thursday afternoon Mr. Dudley, the Ameri-
can Consul at this port, went on board the Shenan-
doah, and received formal possession from Captain
Paynter. The following is a copy of Capt. Waddell's
letter to Earl Russell :
"Steamer Shenandoah, Nov. 5.
" To the Right Iron. Earl Russell, her Britannic 3lajesty's
Minister for Foreign Affairs.
_

"My Lord, —I have the honour to announce to your
lordship my arrival in the waters of the Mersey, with
this vessel, lately a ship of war in my command belong-
ing to the Confederate States of America.

"The singular position in which I find myself placed,
and the absence of all precedents on the subject, will, I
trust, induce your lordship to pardon a hasty reference
to a few facts connected with the cruise lately made by
this ship. I commissioned the ship in October, 1864,
under orders from the Naval Department of the Confe-
derate States; and, in pursuance of the same, commenced
actively cruising against the enemy's commerce. My
orders directed me to visit certain seas in preference to
others. In obedience thereto, I found myself in May,
June, and July of this year in the Oksotsz Sea and Arc-
tic Ocean. Both placed, if not quite isolated, are still so
far removed from the ordinary channels of commerce,
that months would elapse before any news could reach
there as to the progress or termination of the American
war.

" In consequence of this awkward circumstance I was en-
gaged in the Arctic Ocean in acts of war so late as the 28th
of June, in ignoraTwe of the series of reverses sustained by
our arms in the field, and the obliteration of the Govern-
ment under whose authority I had been acting. This in-
telligence I received for the first time on communicating at
sea on the 2d of August with the British bark Barracouta,
of Liverpool, 14 days from San Francisco. Your Lordship
can imagine my surprise at the receipt of such intelligence,
and I would have given to it little consideration if an Eng-
lishman's opinion did not confirm the war news, though
from an enemy's port.

" I desisted immediately from further acts of war, and
determined to supend further action until I had communi-
cated with an European port, when I would learn if that
intelligence was true. It would not have been intelligent
in me to convey this vessel to an American port, simply be-
cause the master of the Barracouta had said the war was
ended. I was in an embarrassing position. I diligently
examined all the law writers at my command, searching a
precedent for my guidance in the future control, manage-
ment, and final disposal of the vessel. I could find none.
History is, I believe, without a parallel. Finding the
authority questionable under which I considered this ves-
sel a ship of war, I immediately discontinued cruising, and
shaped my course for the Atlantic Ocean.
"As to the ship's disposal I do not consider that I have
any right to destroy her, or any further right to command
her. On the contrary, I think that as all the property of
the Confederate Government has reverted, by the fortune
of war, to the Government of the United States of North
America, that therefore this vessel, inasmuch as it was the
property of the Confederate States, should accompany the
other property already reverted. I have, therefore, sought
this port as a suitable ono ' to learn the news,' and, if I am
without a Government, to surrender the ship, with her
battery, small arms, machinery, stores, tackle, and apparel
complete to her Majesty's Government for such disposition
as in its wisdom should be deemed proper.
" I have the honour to be, very respectfully, your Lord-
ship's obedient servant,
"JAs. J. WADDELL, Commander."