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(NE HUNDRED & SEVENTY DESTITUTE
ORPHAN CHILDREN aro being maintained in the
ROYAL ALB KRT ORPH a ASYLUM, at the moderato rate
of £25 per annum each. Funds greatly needed.
CHARLES . WALU KR, Secretary
Olice, 54, Cheapside, London.

rpHE ROYAL HOSPITAL for DISEASES of
1_ the CHiST, City-road.—The wards for in-patients
are constantly full, those for ont-patients crowded daily.
FUNDS greatly needed.
CHARLES L. KEMP, Secretary.

QEAMEN'S HOSPITAL (the Dreadnought), off
Greenwich, for Sick and Diseased Seamen of All
Nations, who aro received without any recomondation.
The Committee require upwards of £4,500 annually
from voluntary bounty to meet the expenditure of this
Hospital.
SUBSCRIPTIONS will be most thankfully received by
Messrs. Williams, Deacon, and Co., bankers, Bircbin-
lane ; and at the Society's offices, 86, King William-street,
E.C., by

S. KEMBALL COOK, Secretary.
Qualification for a Governor, 21s. annually ; Life
Governor, £lO 10s.

THE LONDON SURGICAL HOME for
DISEASES and ACCIDENTS of WOMEN, for
the Reception of Gentlewomen and Females of Respect-
ability upon a weekly payment. Under the management
of Mr. Baker Brown.
The private medical attendants of the patients are
Invited to visit them, and to meet in consultation before
treatment.
Full particulars can be obtained on application to the
Lady-Superintendent, 18, Stanley-terrace, Notting-hill,
W. ; or to Mr. Baker Brown, 13G, Harley
-street,.

1 ONDON HOSPITAL, Whitechapel-road, E.
The gr6at East-end receptacle for Accidents and
Urgent Cases. 4,932 In-patients last year, of whom 4,059
were free cases.
CONTRIBUTIONS earnestly requested.
WM. J. NIXON, House Governor and Secretary.

110YAL HOSPITAL for -INCURABLES,
West-hill, Putney-heath.
Established 31st July, 1854.
This Institution exists for the comfort and relief of per-
sons (being above the pauper class) afflicted with incur-
ableßelief is afforded—lst. By
bodily disease.
supplying a home, with
medical attendance, nursing, and all requisites for the in-
valid.
2d. By granting an annuity of £2O to patients at thei
own homes.
A rew wing to the Hospital ham lust been completed
at a cost of upwards of £lO,OOO, and FUNDS are urgently
NEEDED to liquidate the expenses incurred.
There are 120 inmates and 237 pensioners, all entirely
dependent upon voluntary subscriptions.
Nearly 300 approved applicants are awaiting election
For the maintenance of present operations, for the ex
tension of the benefits of the Charity, donations, and espe-
cially annual subscriptions, are earnestly solicited. Life
subscriptions, £5 ss. and upwards; annual subscriptions,
half a guinea and upwards, with votes in proportion.
Information will be supplied, with the g-eatest pleasure
upon application to the Secretary, by whom contributions
will be thankfully received.
FREDERIC ANDREW Secretary
No. 10 Ponitry London. E.O September 1868.

HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.-FUNDS
are earnestly solicited for the purchase of food and
clothing for the
126 buys en board the Chichester Training Ship.
150 boys in the Refuge, 9, Groat Queen-street.
94 girls in the Refuges. 19, Broad-street, and Ealing',

870 children.

will keep a boy or girl for one year.
Gontributions received by the London and Westminster Bank
214, Iligh Holborn, bud 41. Lothbury, E.C.; and by
WILLIAM WILLI AMS, Secretary.
No. 8, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's-inn-fields.

ROME for the HE LPLE SS. —ST. JAMES'S
DIOCESAN HOME for FEMALE PENITENTS
(Hammersmith), under the immediate direction of the
Bishop of London. The work carried on by a Sisterhood,
"in faithful accordance with the principles of the Re-
formed Church of England." FUNDS greatly needed
COUNCIL.
The Bishop of LONDON,
Rev. J. NV. Ayre Major-Gen. Rt. Hon. Percy
Rev. F. G. Bloomfield Herbert, M.P.
Hon. and Rev. F. Byng ROT. J. E. Kemp°
Rev. R G. Baker Rev. W. F. Erskino Knollys
.
Rev. S. Brooke Rev. S. W. Lloyd
The Lord Clinton Rev. A. Martineau
Rev W. Cadman Rev. W. D. Maclagan
E. Charrington, EFq. Rev. Daniel Moore
Rev.
E.
CapelL. Ctitctsu,r Chaplain haplain Rj.evp..•oldrotoonrh, oEu:l6
R..
Rev. J. E. Cox Rev. Canz,e Nepean
Oc:,acias Coupe, Esq. Rev. E. Parry
AL ,hur Currie, Esq. John Pearson, Esq., Q.C.
Rev. J. Connell Rev. G. F. rrescott
Rev. C. W. Furso Rev. F. Pigou
C. J. Freake. Esq. R. T. Pigott, Esq.
J. S. Gilliat, Esq. H. R. Pym, Esq.
Rev. Dr. F Hesvey Hugh li. Seymour, Esq.
H G Heald, Esq. R. Wade, Esq.
R. Hook, Esq., Treasurer Loftus Wigram, Esq.
Subscriptions will be received by any of the above ; by
Messrs. hurries, Farquhar, and Co ; and by the Hon.
Secretary, Rev. I. W. Lloyd, 14, Seymour-street, '
Port-
man-square, to Fi110331 V9l32nlWlicitti9lo Aally b 9 OCI*001)0d.

CIANCER HOSPITAL (Free): founded 1851.
V —Brompton, S.W., and 167, Piccadilly.—Over 8,000
cases treated since foundation. Remedies and diet very
expensive. Over 40 in hospital. end many cases unable
to be admitted for want of FUNDS ; at present over 300
out-patients.
Treasurer—Geo. T. Hertslet, Esq., Lord Chamberlain's
Office, St. James's Palace.
Bankers—Messrs. Coutts and Co., Strand.
By order, H. J. JUPP.

THE MESMERIC INFIRMARY, 36, Wey-
mouth-street, W. (where many cases deemed incur-
able aro cured), much needs support. Inspection is in-
vited from 10 till 12.30. The Council have placed the
Institution under the control of TIIOS. CHANDLER,
Esq., M.R.C.S., who has above 30 years' experience in
Mesmerism and nervous dis.ases. Consultations—gra-
tuitous, till 10.30 ; private, till 12.30.

AOOR SICK and HELPLESS CHILDREN.
—The ROYAL INFIRMARY for CHILDREN
and WOMEN, Waterloo-bridge-road. Instituted 1810.
Increased PECUNIARY ASSISTANCE is most
urgently needed, end solicited, for continuing relief to the
poor little suffering inmates at this Hospital.

Office, Waterloo-bridge-road, S.E.
Bankers—Messrs. Fuller, Banbury, and Co., 71, Lom,
bard-street; and Messrs. Coutts and Co., 59, Strand.
CHARLES J. F. RE N TON, Secretary.

ri HE METROPOLITAN CONVALESCENT
INSTITUTION.
President—Hia Grace the Duko of WELLINGTON.
Treasurers—The Right Hon. Russell Gurney, M.P., and
Col. W. F. Grant.
DONATIONS and SUBSCRIPTIONS are earnestly
solicited, to enable the Board to meet the greatly increased
expenditure of this old Charity. 240 adults are received
at Walton ; 80 children at Mitcham and Hendon.
Bankers—London Joint-Stock Bank, Pall-mall.
CHARLES HOLMES, Secretatf
Office, 32, Sackville-street. Piccadilly.

VAST LONDON HOSPITAL for CHILDREN
The Committee earnestly desire to raise funds which
shall enable them to establish the Hospital in more suit-
able buildings. The premises now occupied are crowded
and inconvenient, causing additional expense from that
circumstance. It is impossible even to purchase on whole-
sale terms many articles of daily consumption from want
of room for stowage, every inch of available space being
occupied. There is a daily demand for more beds, and the
staff of nurses would be able to attend apon more children,
but no more can be admitted 'a the present building.
£B,OOO at least is required to can y out this much-wished-
for and urgent scheme

Contributions will be thankfully received by the Trea•
surer, E.S. Norris, Esq., Shadwell ; or by
SHERRARD B. BURNABY, Hon Sec.,
Rectory Wapping E'

AT URSING.—ST. JOHN'S HOUSE and
1 SISTERHOOD for TRAINING NURSES for
HOSPITALS, Families, and the Poor: established 1848.
President—The Lord Bishop of LONDON.

The nursing at King's College and the Charing-cross
Hospitals, and the Galignani English Hospital at Paris,
is at present superintended by tho Sisters of John's
House. _ _ _ _

Ladies or others wishing to qualify themselves as
members of the House or Sisterhood, or as pupils to be
trained to nurse, are quested to communicate with the
Lady Superior.
Donations and Subscriptions to the General Fund, the
Sisters' Fund, or the Nurses' Pension Fund, may be paid
to Messrs. Coutts ; or to the Lady Superior, at St. John's
House Norfolk-street, Strand, W.C.

ROYAL SCHOOL for DAUGHTERS of
OFFICERS of the AIfMY, Lansdown, Bath.
Instituted, A.D., 1864.
Under the Patronage of her Maj sty the QUEEN.
President-11.RM. the Duke of CAMBRIDGE, K.G., &c.
Chairman—Major-General Sir A. J. LAWRENCE, K.C.B.
This school has been founded upwards of four years,
and it is intended for the education of the daughters of
officers of the army, Indian and Marines. There are
already 70 pupils in the school, but more could he admitted
if the committee had* further funds; they, therefore
APPEAL to the public to aid thorn in carrying out to its
full extent the benefits of the only institution specially
provided for the daughters of officers of the Army.
Each donation of £5 ss. entitles to one life vote at all
elections. Each annual subscription of £5 Ss entitles to
ono vote at all elections during the current year. The
amount may be forwarded by an order on a bank, agent,
or post-office (Charing-cross), payable to.
GEO. W. FORSTER, Under Socretary.
• QfUce, 22, Oinkepur-Ntictet, Loudon.

BRITISH HOME for INCURABLES, Clap-
• ham-rise. Instituted in 1861.

Patroness—H.R.H. the Princess of WALES.
This Institution provides a home for life, with good
nursing and skilled medical attendance, for perscns over
20 years of age and above the pauper class, who are hope-
lessly afflicted with incurable disease.
Pensions of £2O per annum are also granted
The Home was opened in September 1863 ; 71 in-
patients and 106 annuitants have boon elected. Elections
in May and November. Forms of application may be ob-
tained from the Secretary.
ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTIONS and DONATIONS are
earnestly solicited.
Bankers—Messrs. Barclay, I;3va,n, and Co., 54, Lombard
street, E.C. ; Messrs. Drummond, Charing-cross, S.W.
EDWD• WEA YERI Sec.
Offices, 73, Cheapsido, E.C.

ROYAL FREE FIOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road,
in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern
Railway 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 BUCCLEUCH, K.G.
This Hospital, founded iu the year 1828, the first to
establish the principle of free admission to the sick poor,
without the delay and difficulty of Governors' orders, is
wholly dependent ':or support on voluntary contributions
and legacies.
It affords relief to a large number of in-patients, and, in
addition to this, the average number of attendance of the
dostii,uto sick has for a considerable period averaged be-
tween 3,000 and 4,000 weekly.
The Committee earnestly solicit the assistance of the
benevolent, as the premises of this hospital aro capable of
containing several hundred more beds had the Committee
the requisite funds to maintain them.
Contiibntions are received by their bankers, Messrs.
Brown, Hansom, and moo., Abchurch-lane ; also by Messrs.
Coutts and Co.; Drummond and Co. ; Glyn and Co. •,
Harries and no. ; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and
Co.; Smith, Pay6e, and Co.; Barclay and Co.; Williams,
Deacon, and Co.; Nisbet and Co.,:Berners-street ; and at
the Hospital from 10 till 5

THE RESCUE SOCIETY'S HOMES
are as follows :
For Fallen Women.
28, Church-row, Hemp- 150, Now Kent-road.
stead. 48, Church-street, Stoke
13, Camden-street, Camden- Newington.
town. Maize-hill Cottage, Green-
-205, Great Portland street. wich.
For Young Girls in Danger.
27, Church-row, Hampstead.
9, Henstridge-villas, St. John s-wood.
St. Mary's Lodge, Buckhuret-hill.
Country Home—St. James's-street, Dover.
Temporary Home-85, Queen-street, Cheapside
In addition to the above-named homes, the Committee
have under their charge three homes for servants of good
character, in which aro admitted about 1,000 friendless
servants annually.
The home at Great Portland-street is for young fallen
girls from 10 to 16. The committee aie deeply anxious to
open another house for this pitiable class.
The Society admitted to its homes last year 687 young
which a f (oribut
women and girls. It was compelled to refuse 524 appli-
cants, whose histories are recorded incont the applor writes, "icant's bol ok.
never read a report of any charitable institution which so
Tho Society's litlprt
entirely commended itself to my mind and awoke my
s
is under the presidency of the Earl of
may be bad on application.
Its banlasre are Messrs. Barclay and Do.
TybhmTaelphta:CtBhobSmyno'4zalieit ttoe very earnestly commend its work to the
benevolent.. D COOPER, See.
RE Queen-street OhAanside,

BRITISII ITO NIE FOR INCURABLES,
Clapham rise.
Instituted 1861.
PATRONESS.
Her Royal Highness tho Princess of WALES.
TREASURERS.
George Moore, Esq.; Mr. Alderman Gibbons.
This Institution, extending its operations to all parts of
the kingdom, provides for those afflicted with incurable
diseases a home for life, with every comfort and medical
attendance. Patients are admitted, and annuities of £lO
obtained by election.
No person under 20 years of age, nor of the pauper
class, is eligible.
Full particulars and the necessary forms may bo pro-
cured from tho Secretary. Donations and annual sub-
scriptions aro earnestly solicited.
BANKERS.

Messrs Barclay, Bevan, and Co.,Eombard-street, E C.; and
Messrs. Drummond, Charing-cross, S.W.
EDWD, WEAVER Pecretary.
Q 20901 73, Gin Aside. -

MUTUAL ASSURANCE without MUTUAL LIABILITY.
NON-FORF ITURE POLICIES by a LIMITED NUMB ER
of PAYMENTS. PROFITS may be APPLIED so as to make
POLICIES PAYABLE in LIFETIME.
BRITISH EQUITABLE ASSURANCE
COMPANY.
4, Queen-street-place, Southwark Bridge, E.O
NEW POLICIES ISSUED.
New Policies
In Weeks. issued.
1868 3 ••• .. •86 —L14,250
1869 •-• 3 • • .- 108 1.8,481

Excess .. , 22 £4,231
In 52 weeks ending April 7th, 1869 ... 3,105 —£539,442

COURSE OF EXCHANGE.

Amsterdam,— Short ... 11 18 ... 11 18
Do
Rotterdam — ... 12 1 ... 12 1
Antwerp ... 25 35 ... 25 40
Brussels
Hamburgh ... 13 10 ... 13 10
Paris Short ... 25 121 ... 25 22
Ditto
Marseilles
Frankfort-on-the-Main ... 1201 ... 120 f
Vienna ... 12 6o ... 12 70
Trieste — ... 32 65 ... 12 70
Petersburg
Copenhagen.- — ~ 9 14 ... 9 16
Berlin
Madrid..
Oadi7
Leghorn
Milan — ... 26 85 ... 26 95
Genoa — ... 26 85 ..„ 26 95
Naples
Palermo .— ... 26 85 ... 26 95
Messina
... 26 85 ... 26 95
Lisbon — ... 511 ,„,. 52
Oporto — ... 514 ... 52
Rio Janeiro — ••• ••• ''''''.
New York ........

OBITUARY.—Thomas G. Pratt, ex• Governor of
Maryland, died at Baltimore Nov. 9, aged 65 years.—Ben-
jamin H. Norton, formerly postmaster and newspaper
editor at Hartford, Conecticut, has just died at Pictou,
Nova Scotia, where he had been Consul since President
Taylor appointed him in 1849. He had held the Post-
office only eight days, when President Jscksoon revoked
his commission, and gave the place to Judge Niles.—We
observe in the New York Herald an obituary notice of
B. Hammott Norton, "who stood very high in the order
of Freemasons, and was probably the only American who
ever filled the position of Master of an English Lodge."—
On the night of the sth inst. Otis Tufts, a wealthy citizen
of Boston, the inventor of the elevator now generally in
use, dropped dead in that city, of heart disease.
At Worcester, Massachusetts, three women ap-
peared at the polls at the election and claimed the right
to vote. A vote was cast in Worcester for a State
ticket headed by a woman, Mrs. Anne Shaw Greene, the
wife of Col. Greene and daughter of the late Robt. G. Shaw,
of Boston. Senator Munroe, of Roxbury, who voted against
Woman Suffrage at the last session, was nearly defeated
by the vigorous action of women. Mrs. Lane, of Lynn,
the head of the woman's branch of the labour reform
organization, with two other women, enlisted in Monroe's
district in his opponent's behalf, and not only canvassed
it intnehand, but distributed Moo at the 1;0110.

The Empress of the French arrived this morning, and
tie salutes which greeted the Emperor of Austria were
renewed with increased vigour. Everybody was awakened
at seven o'clock by a terrific roar from the ships'
broadsides. The morning has been spent in
paying visits, and never did any harbour present a more
brilliant appearance than Port Said throughout the
day. For the purpose of the opening ceremony a canopy
has been erected on the spot, which, as I mentioned yes-
terday, was covered with water, but has now been raised;
and opposite this spacious canopy, are two Temples, one
to the left bearing the sign of the Crescent, the other the
sign of the Cross. At three o'clock the Empress, the
Emperor of Austria, and the Khedive landed, and walked
along a timber way, about a third of a mile in length,
which gave the whole population an opportunity of
seeing the procession and receiving gracious
bows from the Empress. On arriving at the
mnopy, the party were received by M. de
Lesseps. The royal personages took their seats upon the
front row of arm chairs, facing towards the sea. The
Empress, and the Emperor of Austria occupied the two
centre seats ; the Khedive was next to the Imperial lady of
France ; the Crown Prince took up his position by Francis
Joseph; Prince Oscar of Sweden and the Queen of Holland
were next; and Prince Louis of Hesse and Mr. Elliot, as the
representative of England, took the two extreme seats.
Behind these came other rows of seats, swarming with
gizes minores, ambassadors, princes, ladies, and courtiers.
The gathering of Englishmen was considerable. Amongst
rd. P's. there were present Messrs. Elliot, Edwardes,
llourley, Gregory, and Lyttelton. Besides these, Admiral
►nd Lady Milne, Sir F. and Lady Boileau, Colonel and
Mrs. Elliot, Mr. Spencer Ponsonby, Mr. Hawkshaw, and
,thers were there.
When all were seated, five or six men, who, I suppose,
were prophets, appeared in the Temple devoted to the
Crescent, and one commenced reading an address, to which
no person seemed to give any attention. This occupied
ibout ten minutes, and then the service in the
Christian Temple commenced. Nearly the whole assembly
it once uncovered, and the strains of solemn music broke
pleasantly on the ear. After a short Mass, a priest, whose
:ommanding aspect arrested the attention of all who saw
I.im, came forward to deliver the oration, and, in a voice
so loud that no one could fail to hear, and so pleasant that
io one could fail to listen, occupied the attention of the
cast assembly for twenty minutes. The preacher was
Monsignor Bauer, the young chaplain of the French Court.
His manner was perfect; of his matter your readers shall
fudge for themselves. His oration was as follows :

Monsignor, Madame, Sire, I may certainly affirm that
this work is not only one of the most solemn of the nine-
teenth century, but also ono of the greatest inscribed on
the annals of history. On this marvellous shore,wherever
we turn our gaze, and in view of this cosmopolitan gather-
'rig, what subjects for joy in the present, and for the future
what glorious hopes ! Behold, then, the termination
)f this task, reputed to be impossible ! Behold
;hose ships starting forth to unite the East
and the West ! Even as in the chronology of
the past is inscribed the memorable date which revealed
new world, so in the chronology of the future the 16th
,f November, 1869, will stand forth in ineffaceable charac-
ters. Thus we have two worlds united in one. The
splendid East and the marvellous West draw nigh and
salute each other. Hail to the splendid East, where rises
at once the light of the sun and that of the intelligence!
Hail to thee, also, Oh "West ! who hast fostered this light,
and made it the common heritage of all! To-day is the
restival of all humanity.
This canal, which seemed to us only made for material
riches, will be the great road of light, civilisation, and
intelligence. This great river will make of two
halves one world and one humanity. I see a boundless
horizon, where move the highest thoughts and the most
glorious destinies of the human race. Manners, language,
habits, all will be united in one single family ; no more
territorial divisions, no more intellectual separations.
Here let me pay my just and sad tribute to those who
have died victims of this great work,and who repose to-day
in tombs without epitaphs. Their names, though not
inscribed in marble, will live eternally in the memories of
those who witnessed their struggles and thcir sufferings.
But adieu to those mournful reflections, and let us think
of the triumph of the moment.
Monsignor, the name of your Highness stands first in
our grateful recollection. Receive, in the name of all those
who have passionately desired this great work—receive by
our mouth all their thanks. What you have wisely de-
signed you h:.ve courageously accomplished; enjoy to-day
your glorious success. The East and the West receive you
with acclamation. Egypt will owe her splendour to you,
Monsignor. Allow the voice of a priest to congratulate
you upon the change and progress accomplished in the
land of the Pharoahs. The land of all slaves is become,
to-day, the land of all liberty. Thanks in the name of
Christianity ; in the name of France, and in the name of
Europe. Thanks in the name of the human race.
Madame—and this is no light affirmation—history will
tell all that this marvellous work owes to your cordial
sympathies. Here again you heart has beaten in unison
with that of France.
But there is a man in whom is personified, so to speak,
the great work which brings us together on this shore,
yesterday so barren, to-day so hospitable. His enthu-
siastic and generous devotion, his constant labour, his
perfect loyalty, his continuous solicitude; in short, every-
thing that constitutes the powerful originator, have made
of him the greatest glory of the nineteenth century. Thus
there is one name which, without disparagement, we can
associate with that of Christopher Columbus—it is that of
Ferdinand Lesseps. (Bravo! bravo! bravo!) But beside
the triumph, we must not forget to give a tender recollec-
tion to those who have perished in the task, and this
offend no national susceptibility. All people of the earth
have joined in this gigantic work. In it no enemies are
conquered other than space, barbarism, and the sand of
the desert.
Let me be allowed, in conclusion, to salute all the
illustrious men who honour and delight us with their
presence.
Sire, your apostolic Majesty has given to this stupen-
dous work the testimony of your sympathy. The Adriatic
Sea, which forms one part of your vast empire, has become
one water with the Indian Ocean. May the God to whom
you have just given testimony by kneeling on the tomb of
the Saviour of the world, may that God bless you and the
people confided to your care.
To end with a thought as great as the occasion, let us,
0! all you whom I call brethren before God, raise our
minds oven to the great mass of hurnanity,and higher still,
let us raise them to the very Divinity who has permitted
man to accomplish this unhoped-for enterprise in the heart
of his creation. 0 ! God, to whom we owe all these
wonders, grant that this work, which should be so fruitful
in material results, may become for all people a work of
progress and civilisation, and become a new era in
humanity.
Great cheering followed this fine oration, and the passage
in which allusion was made to M. de Lesseps was greeted
with especial applause. The proceedings here were now
ended.. The procession returned as it came. But the fes-
tivities still continued; rockets and fireworks flew into the
air, and the illuminations after sunset made up a splendid
spectacle.

Novintass 11

Throughout yesterday everybody was anxious to know
what position was alloted to them in the procession of
ships through the Canal, but it was not until the morning
that the orders were issued. At half-past eight the Aigle,
with the Empress on board, entered the Canal without a
single cheer or gun-fire to mark the event. The Emperor
of Austria entered in the same solemn silence,
but a cheer was raised as the Prince of
Prussia moved on. It was remarkable that
the important moment was allowed to. pass almost in
silence—a silence which seemed ominous. Other ships
followed in rapid succession, and during the day forty
steamers passed the obelisk at the mouth of the Canal and
steamed towards Ismailia. The predictions of failarawere
universal. Everybody expected to be blocked up before and
behind, and to have to spend several days in the
desert, with the danger of short rations, and other
.un.-
a --a 4.1,A Menai

lutely a barren waste. We now have here fifty largo
steamships, a good sized town, a magnificent
palace, seven times as many tents as can be seen at Wim-
bledon, fifty thousand people of all nations and tongues,
camels, the largest horses, the fleetest donkeys, and that
nothing may be wanting to make Londoners feel at home,
we have a shoe-black brigade. All this can be seen at the
same moment. As I write, our ship is moored in the
centre of the lake, the town surrounds it in the shape of
a crescent, and, with the aid of a good glass, I can see all
that I have described without moving from a chair. But to
realise the scene fully you must be in the midst: the confusion
of tongues, the energy, the laziness, the discord, are indis-
cribable. Like the Chinese, who preferred the tuning of
the fiddles to any other part of the performance at the
English theatre, so the Arabs regard discord as the per-
fection of music, and the most incongruous sounds appear
to afford the greatest delight. Your readers must pardon
the frequent use of superlatives, but I cannot dispense
with them in describing the illuminations which take
place every night, but which are given this
evening on a scale of magnificence which cannot have been
equalled in modern times. From six o'clock until long
after midnight the whole neighbourhood has been one vast
ocean of lamps. The town occupies one side of the lake,
and the ships the other, so that the circle of light is com-
plete, as nearly all the ships are illuminated. On the
shore the extent of the illumination is truly wonderful.
There are streams of lamps on the ground, making seas of
fire, lamps on ropes, lamps on poles, lamps on
trees, lamps arranged in devices, lamps on arches
triumphal. How they are lighted, and what is
more, how they are all kept lighted for eight or ten hours
surpasses my comprehension. Afew months ago there was a
heap of sand at Ismailia; this evening six thousand people
stood upon that heap of sand under a huge palace which
gave them ample accommodation for the purposes of a ball.
The Morning Post ought to be published here to-morrow,
and it would have a subject worthy of its columns. I
shall not attempt to say who arrived, or when they arrived;
of course everybody arrived, and why should I repeat
the names of the Empress, the Emperor, the Khedive,
➢l. de. Lesseps, and other heroes ? Let me say that although
six thousand people were there, dancing was possible, and
was carried on with great vigour and decorum. There was
an unlimited buffet the whole evening; but as only 800
persons could sit down to supper at one time, it is possible
that some of the guests retired supperless to bed. Such a
thing has happened, however, even in England, and
the fact neol not be allowed to detract from
the splendid administrative ability which has prevailed
over every obstacle, and carried through these stupendous
fetes in a manner which commands the admiration of
all.

NOVFAIBER 19.

We have orders to start to-day for the Bitter Lakes,
where we expect to lay to for the night, and proceed to
Suez to-morrow. An unbounded confidence has taken
the place of unlimited mistrust. Perhaps both
are unreasonable ; but the fact that over fifty large
steamers have traversed forty miles of the canal is a proof
that many of the anticipated difficulties are unfounded,
and that all the canards which have been so rapidly circu-_
lated during the last few days are untruthful. 'Up to the
present moment no serious interruption to the navigation
of the canal has taken place, and the experience gained
has been on the whole highly favourable to the final sue.,
cess of the undertaking.

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