The Sun.
London, England, 1867-01-05 00:00:00

WILLS AND BEQUESTS.

(From the Illustrated London News.)
The will of the Right Rev. Anthony O'Regan,
Roman Catholic Bishop of Dora, lately residing at
Michael's-grove, Brompton, was proved in the Lon-
don Court, on the 21st ult., by the Rev. John Kyne,
the acting executor and trustee, power being re-
served to Charles Kelly, Esq., Q.C., the other exe-
cutor. The personalty in this country is sworn
under £lO,OOO. The will is dated July 15, 1865,
and he died in London, Nov. 13, 1866. He has
left pecuniary legacies to each of his brothers,to his
nephews and nieces, and to a sister-in-law. He
bequeaths £2,000 to the Roman Catholic Missionary
College, All Hallows, Dublin, the interest to be
applied for the education of clergymen for the
dioceses of Chicago and Alto, Illinois, United States
—also, a sum of £5OO to aid in the building of an
hospital in Chicago and Illinois, to be under the
management of Catholic ladies ; £5OO towards the
erection of two Catholic schools, one in Lawilywe,
the place of his birth ; the other in Cloonford,
both in his native parish of Kiltulla ; £12,000
the interest towards the payment of
teachers ; £5OO for the enlargement and
decoration of the chapel at Cloonford. He
leaves all his vestments, missals, albs, altar-
candlesticks, the crucifix, altar-cloths and covers,
and all the statuettes and other furniture of his
chapel in Brompton to the chapel at Cloonford ;
his chalice he leaves to the Rev. John Kyne, and
the ivory crucifix in his drawing-room to Charles
Kelly, Esq., his executors, and to them he also
leaves a legacy of £5O each. He bequeaths £3OO, the
interest of which is for the saying of masses for the
repose of his soul and those of his parents, brothers,
and sisters, to be said in the chapel at Cloonford,
one to be an annual solemn requiem mass, by
four priests, on the anniversary of his death. The
archbishop is requested to see these directions car-
ried out, and that they are placed in some conspi-
cuous part of the sacristy of the chapel at Cloon-
ford. After making some other bequests, and that
each of his servants shall have one year's wages,
he bequeaths the ultimate residue of his pro-
perty to his nephew, the Rev. Patrick M.
O'Regan, and also leaves to him the gilt dish
and vase presented to him by the Duke of Norfolk,
and leaves him every other article used by him
in his episcopal character in the ministration
of religion—rings, crosses, boujeoir, mitres, &c., to
be disposed of as he may please.
The will of the Hon. and Ven. James Agar,
M.A., Archdeaco❑ of Kilmore, late residing at Ste-
phen's-green, Dublin, but who died at Donishall,
Wexford, was administered to in the London Court
by his nephew, the Hon. Herbert Wellbore Ellis
Agar, second son of the Earl of Norman ton, Thomas
James Agar Robertes, son of the late Hon. Charles
Bagual Agar, the surviving executor, having
renounced. The personal property was sworn
under £30,000. The testator died Sept. 6, 1866,
aged 85, having executed his will so far back as 1842,
wherein he states that his wife is sufficiently pro-
vided for should she survive him, and that she might
select the best of his carriages, close or ()Fen, and
the best par of horses. Ile leaves the rest of hi ;
property to his said nephew, the Hon. H. W. E.
Agar, and to his issue.

The will of Major-Gen. G. Macan, of her Majesty's
Indian Army, lately residing at Westbourne-street,
Hyde-park, where he died on Nov. 12, was adminis-
tered to in the London Court, on the 10th ult., by
Henry Alacan, C. 8., the testator's brother, the exe-
cutor appointed for India, and one of the surviving

residuary legatees ; Miss Mary Macan, the general's
sister, and the executrix for England, having re-
nounced the grant. The personalty in this country
was sworn under £20,000. The testator executed
his will in 1827, then lieutenant of the 15th Regi-
ment of Bombay Native Infantry. This gallant
officer has bequeathed the whole of his property in
India, England, and elsewhere equally between his
brother Henry and his sister Mary, for their own
absolute use and benefit.

THE PARIS EXHIBITION.

(Groups concluded.)

Seventh Group.—Focd (fresh or preserved) in
various states of preparation is to be exhibited.
There are seven classes in this group. Class 67.--
Cereals, and other Eatable Farinaceous Products ;
and the Products derived from them.—Wr eat, rye,

Larley, rice, maize, millet, and other cereals ingrain
and in flour ; grain without husk and groats ; fecula
from potatoes ; rice, lentils, &c. ; gluten, tapioca,
sago, arrowroot, cassava, and other fecula ; com-
pound farinaceous products, &c. ; Italian pastes,
semolina, vermicelli, macaroni, alimentary prepara-
tions, as substitutes for bread, home-made paste, &c.
Class 68.—Bread and Pastry : Various kinds of
bread, with or without yeast ; fancy bread and
bread in shapes ; compressed bread for travelling,
military campaigns, &c. ; navy biscuits ; pastry of
various kinds peculiar to each country ; gingerbread
and dry cakes capable of being preserved. Class 69.
—Fatty Substances used as Food : Milk and Eggs.
Fatty Substances and Oils good for Food : Fresh
and preserved milk, fresh and salt butter, cheese ;
eggs of all kinds. Class 70.—Meat and Fish :
Fresh and salt meats of all kinds ; meats preserved
by various processes, meat and soup cakes, hams and
preserved meats ; poultry and game ; fresh fish,
salt fish, fish in barrels, cod, herrings, &c. ; fish pre-
served in oil, sardines, tunny, &c. ; crustacea and
shell-fish, lobsters, shrimps, oysters ; potted oysters,
anchovies, &c. Class 71.—Vegetables and Fruit :
Tubers; potatoes, &c. ; dry farinaceous vegetables ;
beans, lentils, &c. ; green vegetables for cooking ;
cabbages, &c. Vegetable Roots: Carrots, turnips,
&c. Vegetables used fur Flavouring : Onions,
garlic, &c. Salads: Cucumbers, gourds, pumpkins,
melons, &c.—Vegetables preserved in Salt, Vine-
gar, or by Acetic Fermentation : Sour krout, &c.
Vegetables preserved by various methods. Fresh
fruit. Dried and Prepared Fruits : Prunes, figs,
raisins, &c. Fruits preserved without Sugar. Class
72.—Condiments and Stimulants, Sugar and Con-
fectionery.—Spices : Pepper, cinnamon, allspice,
&c. ; table salt, vinegar. Compound Condiments
and Stimulants : Mustard, kari, English sauces,
&c. ; tea, coffee, and other aromatic beverages ;
chicory and sweet acorn coffee ; chocolate. Sugar
for Household Purposes : Grape sugar, sugar of
milk, &c. Confectionery : Sugar plums, bonbons,
nougats, angelica, aniseed, &c. ; jellies and pre-
serves ; dried and preserved fruits, cedrats, citrons,
oranges, pine apples ; fruits preserved in brandy,
syrups, and liqueurs. Class 73.—Fermented Drinks :
Vin ordinaire, white and red ; sweet wines and still
wines ; sparkling wines ; cider, perry, awl other
beverages made from fruits ; beer and other beve-
rages made from cereals ; fermented drinks made
from vegetable sap, from milk, and sweet substances
of all kinds. Brandies and Alcohols. —Spirits :
Gin, rum, tafia, kirsch, &c. Gallery VII. within
the building is set apart for this group.
The Eighth Group is to assemble Live Stock and
specimens of Agricultural Buildings.—Class 74.
Farm Buildings and Agricultural Works. It com-

prises nine classes, which are to belocated in the park
_ _ _.

outside the building ; examples of the farm build-
ings of various countries; utensils used in the stable,
cattle shed, kennel, &c. ; apparatus for preparing the
food of domestic animals ; agricultural machinery
in motion; steam ploughs, reaping and mowing
machines, haymaking machines, threshing machines,
&c. ; distilleries, sugar mills, sugar refineries,
breweries, works for the preparation of flour, fecula,
starch, silkworm nurseries, &c. ; presses for wine,
cider, oil, &c. Class 75.—Horses, Asses, Mules :
Animals exhibited as characteristic specimens of the
greeds of each country ; specimens of cattle sheds.
Class 77.—Sheep, Goats : Animals exhibited as
characteristic specimens of the breeds of each coun-
try ; examples of sheepfolds, sheep-walks, &c.
Class 78.—Pigs, Rabbits : Animals exhibited as
characteristic specimens of the breeds of each coun-
try ; examples of pig styes, and of premises suitable
to the rearing of animals of this class. Class 79.
Poultry : Animals exhibited as characteristic speci-
mens of the breeds of each country ; examples
of poultry house, pigeon houses, pheasantries,
&c., apparatus for artificial hatching. Class 80.
Sporting Dogs and Watch Dogs : Shepherd's
dogs, watch dogs, sporting dogs ; examples of
kennel and apparatus used in training. Class
81.--Useful Insects : Bees, silkworms, and other
kinds of bombyx, cochineal, insects producing shel-
lac, &c; apparatus used in the culture of bees and
silk worms.

Group B.—Class 82.—Fish, Crustacea, and Mol-
lusca : Aquatic animals of a useful kind, exhibited
alive ; aquariums, apparatus used in pisciculture, in
the culture of shell fish, and in the rearing of
leeches.

The Ninth Group is set apart for the collections
of Live Produce and specimens of Horticultural
Works. It has but six classes, all to be exhibited
in the Park. Class 83.—Hot-houses and Horticul-
tural Apparatus : Gardeners', nurserymen's, and
horticulturists' tools ; apparatus for watering, for
keeping turf in order, &c.; large conservatories, and
apparatus appertaining thereto ; window conserva-
tories ; aquariums for aquatic plants ; fountains and
other means employed for ornamenting gardens.
ClassB4.—Flowers and Ornamental Plants: Species
of plants and examples of culture, exhibiting the
characteristic types of the gardens and dwellings of
each country. Class 85.—Vegetables : Species of
vegetables and examples of culture, exhibiting the
characteristic types of the kitchen gardens of each
country. Class 86.—Fruit Trees : Species of trees
and examples of culture exhibiting the characteristic
types of the orchards of each country. Class 87.
Seeds and Saplings of Forest Trees : Species of
trees and examples of culture, illustrating the pro-
cesses followed in each country for replanting
forests. Class 88.—Hot-house Plants : Iliustra-
trations of the mode of culture adopted in various
countries with a view either to pleasure or utility.
To the last and Tenth Group are assigned arti-
cles to be exhibited with the special object of Im-
proving the Physical and Moral Condition of the
People. There are Seven Classes to be shown,
partly in the Galleries of the Building and partly
in the circumjacent Park. Class 89.—Apparatus
' and Methods used in the Instruction of Children :
Plans and models of school buildings ; school
fittings and furniture ; apparatus, instruments,
models, wall maps, with the object of facilitating
the instruction of children, elementary collections
for imparting ordinary scientific information, draw-
ing examples, framed examples and apparatus for
teaching singing and music ; apparatus and pictures
for teaching the blind, the deaf, and dumb ; school
books, atlases, maps and school pictures, periodical
publications and journals of education, works by
students of both sexes. Class 90.—Libraries and
Apparatus ,used in the Instruction of Adults at Home,
in the Workshop, or in Schools and Colleges: Books
suitable to form a library for the daily use of heads

of families, foremen, labourers, national school-
masters, sailors, naturalists when travelling, &c.,
almanacs, aids to memory, and other useful publi-
cations sold by hawkers ; school libraries, village
libraries, &c. ; apparatus for illustrating technical
lectures, necessary for the exercise of certain handi-

crafts. Class 91.—Furniture, Clothing, and Food,
from all sources, Remarkable for Useful Qualities,
combined with Cheapness : Methodical collection of
olects (enumerated in the third, fourth, and
seventh groups) produced for sale by manufacturers
on a large scale or by skilled workmen, and
specially recommended as good and economical pur-
chases for domestic use. N.B. —The price of each
object and the place where it can be purchased arc
to be specified. Class 92.—Specitnens of the
Clothing Worn by the People of Different
Countries ; Methodical collection of the garments
of both sexes, suitable to all ages, and for the
most characteristic occupation of each country.
N.B.—The clothing to be selected is that

which best meets the requirements of the
climate or of the calling, which best exhibits
the taste peculiar to each people, and which,
under these heads, is most in harmony with the
natural usages of each country. These clothes are
as far as possible to be exhibited upon lay figures.
Class 93.—Examples of Dwellings, Characterised by
Cheapness, combined with the Conditions neeessary
for Health and Comfort : Examples of dwellings for
families, suitable to the different classes of work-
men in each country ; examples of dwellings sug-
gested for factory hands in cities or in the country.
Class 94.—Articles of all Kinds Manufactured by
Skilled Workmen : Methodical collection of articles
(enumerated in the preceding groups) manufac-
tured for sale or for home use by workmen, work-
ing on their own account, either alone or with the
aid of the members of their families, or of an ap-
prentice. N.B. Those articles only are to be exhi-
bited in this class which deserves praise for their
peculiar quality, for the novelty or perfection of the
process of manufacture, or for the useful influence
which the manufacture exercises upon the physical
and moral condition of the people. Class 95.
Instruments and Modes of Works Peculiar to
Skilled Workmen : Instruments and processes (enu-
merated in the sixth group) usually employed by the
labouring classes working on their own account, or
specially adapted to the requirements of the work
executed at their own homes, with the aid of the
members of their families; works executed by
hand labour, which exhibit, in addition to peculiar
excellence of workmanship, the skill, intelligence,
or taste of the workmen ; works executed by hand
labour, which, for various reasons, have best held
their ground, up to the present time, against the
competition of machinery.

The following important information has been
issued in Paris :

SPECIAL JURY FOR THE NEW CLASS OF REWARDS.

The regulation of the 7th of June, 1866, approved
by the Imperial decree, dated the 9th of the same
month, established a distinct class of rewards, " in
favour of individuals, establishments, or localities
which, by an organisation or by institutions of a
special character, have developed a spirit of mutual
goodwill among all persons co-operating in the same
work, and have assured the material, moral, and
intellectual welfare of the workmen."
In accordance with the terms of Article 35 the
international jury specially appointed to judge of
this order of merit, held its first meeting at the Pa-
lais de l'lndustrie on Ist December, 1866, under
the presidency of the Minister of State, Vice-Presi-
dent of the Imperial Commission. More than 200
claims received by the Commissaire General or by
foreign commissioners were submitted to the jury.
New and important applications having been an-
nounced by several members, the jury decided to
postpone the last day for the delivery of claims and
statements of particulars to the Commissariat
General until the 31st of January, 1867, instead
of the Ist of December, 1866, the date previously
appointed.
Foreign claims must be transmitted to the Com-
missariat General through the medium of the com-
missions appointed by each Government, and of their
representatives on the special jury.

On this occasion it was considered desirable that
the programme of the competition should be more
detailed, the Imperial commission having merely
indicated its object in very general terms.
In the first place, the following principles were
adopted :

Ist. The jury may doubtless take into account,
among the facts presented for its consideration, the
spirit of charity and beneficence; but it is not
specially charged to reward acts of that character.
2d. To constitute them the basis of a claim to re-
ward, the facts adduced must have been the conse-
quence of a free and spontaneous initiative, and not
of legislative enactments.

3d. It will not suffice that the work be praise-
worthy in itself; it must at the same time be com-
patible with sustained and progressive prosperity.
4th. The circumstances of the position in which
competitors may be found should be duly considered.
To have maiutained intact traditional circumstances
of harmony and happiness, whilst progressing in
agricultural or industrial pursuits, is a good ground
of claim ; but the introduction of improvements
where antagonism and suffering previously existed
is not less meritorious.
The jury considers it desirable, with a view to
obtaining complete information, and as an element
for consideration in making its awards, that the de-
mands should be accompanied by historical and
statistical summaries, and by a statement of every
circumstance which may serve to characterise the
origin, development, and prosperity of the under-
takings.
As regards the double object of the competition,
the state of harmony and the state of well-being,
candidates are at full liberty to select for them.
selves the best means of showing that they bare at-
tained or approximated to this object.
The following may be instanced as symptoms of
the existenee of a spirit of harmony :—Loug con-
tinuance of co-operation, permanence of satisfac-
tory relations, absence ofirritating discussions on
the subject of wages.
may Among the symptoms of the existence of happi-
ness b 3 mentioned savings bank deposits of
proportionably considerable amount, ownership or
rpuerramlaonuetn-tprpeomssisesessio(ndepoed
of house,
with or without
rurales), combina-
tion of agricultural with manufacturing pursuits,
subventions, practices, and institutions generally
adapted to render the position of the workman more
stable and to provide for exceptional cases.
The following points will not be less worthy of
consideration .—Habits of life which admit of the
mothers of families remaining at home, and mea-
rPealyraativeen to wages likely
mea-
sures taken to protect young girls,
tby h
the
the
p conditionsiece,
of whose employment necessitate their leaving
and any
ysyostthemersaorfrapnrgememmemutss,
to improve the quality of the work and to stimulate
the workman's energy and spirit of initiative ; relief
funds, asylums, participation in life assurances ;
practices and institutions of all kinds which tend to
improve the material condition of the workpeople,
and to secure for them a provision in case of future
need; schools and other institutions for the promo-
tion of morality and intelligence. In fine, it will
be well to mention whatever efforts have been
made to repress or to prevent the spread of vicious
habits.

The jury has not thought it right to exclude
from the competition individuals or societies which,
although not engaged in agriculture or manufactur-
ing pursuits, have founded durable and prosperous
institutions, contributing to the propagation of good
feeling and happiness,
of which it is desirable to
seek the best examples.
Having completed the programme of the compe-
tition, the jury proceeded to adopt the following
regulations respecting the method of examining
claims, the arrangement of the candidatures, and
the assignment of the rewards :-
1. A jury of the same nationality as the
claimant, or one representing that nationality, will
make the first examination of the claim. This jury
will see that the statements of particulars are as
complete as possible, and will address the papers,
together with its opinion (avis) of the claim, to the
Commissariat
1867. General, before the 31st of January,

2. A commission,
consisting of all members of the
jury present in Paris, will sit from day to day for
it will appoint for
the purpose of investigating claims. If necessary
each case to be examined a
second jury, the
members of which will be of
nationalities other than that of the person whoseclaim may be in question. Acting on the reports
of the examinations the jury will prepare a cla.ss-list
of the candidatures admitted to competition.
3. A committee of seven members, nominated by
the president, will sit from the 15th to the 31st
March, 1867, for the purpose of summing up the
work of examination and inquiry. It will draw up
a list of sixty candidatures, arranged in order of
merit, none being bracketed equal, and will, appoint
reporting members charged with the duty of sup-
porting its propositions before the jury.
4. In its second session, from the 14th of April to
the 15th of May, the jury will deliberate upon the
class list presented by the committee, at the same
time reserving to itself until the Est 4oment the

right of giving a place to claims which the com-
mittee may have eliminated. The result of the dis-
cussions held on each successive candidature will be
stated in a class list definitively settled.
5. Finally, the jury will determine, in accordance
with this last-mentioned list, the distribution and
assignment of the prizes and honourable mentions.
A concluding observation may be added to the
preceding instructions, which answer the numerous
inquiries of claimants respecting the terms of the
competition.
It is necessary to obviate the effect of those feel-
ings of extreme reserve which have hitherto pre-
vented the presentation of many applications. The
jury would, therefore, remark that the initiative of
claims is not restricted to competitors alone, and it
invites competent persons to bring under its obser-
vation meritorious cases which appear especially
deserving of examination.

The study of the documents already addressed to
it has enabled the jury to appreciate the utility of
this new competition, and it considers that by
pointing out eximples of well-being and social har-
mony those to whom the present appeal is directed
will render a service of public benefit.
LIST OF MEMBERS OF THE SPECIAL JURY, on the
Ist of December, 1866, in the Order of Arrange-
ment of the Spaces occupied by the various States
in the Palace of the Champ-de-Mars.
FRANCE.—His Excellency M. Rouher, Minister
of State, Vice-President of the Imperial Commis-
sion ; his Excellency M. Behic, Minister of Agri-
culture, Commerce, and Public Works, Vice-Pre-
sident of the Imperial Commission ; his Excellency
Marshal Vaillant, Minister of the Emperor's House-
hold and of the Fine Arts, Vice-President of the
Imperial Commission ; his Excellency M. Magne,
Member of the Privy Council, Senator; his Excel-
lency Mgr. Darboy, Archbishop of Paris, Sigh
Almoner to the Emperor, Senator ; M. Schneider,
Vice-President of the Corps Legislatif ; M. Alfred
Le Roux, Vice-President of the Corps Legislatif ;
M. Paulin Talabot, Deputy of the Corps Legislatif ;
M. F. Le Play, Councillor of State.
NETHERLANDS AND BELGIUM.—M. Ch. Faider,
President of the Academy of Sciences, Literature,
and Fine Arts of Belgium, formerly Minister of
Justice, First Advocate General of the Court of
Cessation.
PRUSSIA AND THE NORTHERN STATES OF GER-
mANY.—M. Herzog, Privy Councillor for Com-
merce, Industry, and Public Works.
HESSE, BABEN, W URTEMBURG, AND BAVARIA.—
M. de Steinbess, President of the Royal Council of
Wurtetnburg for Trade and Industry.
AUSTRIA. —M. le Chevalier de Schaeffer, Court
and Ministerial Councillor.

SWITZERLAND.—M. Dubochet, Vice-President of
the Swiss Benevolent Society, President of the Exe-
cutive Committee of the Swiss Asylum for the Aged
in Paris.

SPAIN, PORTUGAL, AND GREECE. —M. le Comte
d'Avila, Peer of the Kingdom of Portugal, Minister
of his Majesty the King of Portugal at Madrid.
DENMARK, SWEDEN,AND NORWAY.--In the absence
of M. le Docteur Charles Dickson, M. de Fahneh-
jelm, Chamberlain of his Majesty the King of
Sweden and Norway, Commissioner of the King-
dom of Sweden at the Universal Exhibition.
RUSSIA.—.M, V. de Porochine, Professor of Poli-
tical Economy.
ITALY.—M. le Chevalier Marc Miughetti, Deputy
of the Italian Parliament, formerly President of the
Council, Corresponding Member of the Institute of
France.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.—Mr. Charles Per-
kins.

UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND.
—ln the absence of the representatives indicated,
his Excellency Earl Cowley, her Britannic Majesty's
Ambassador at Paris; Mr. Henry Cole, Executive
Commissioner, Secretary of her Britannic Majesty's
Commission at the Universal Exhibition ; ➢lr. P.
Cunliffe Owen, Assistant Commissioner of the
United Kingdom.
SECRETAIRE.—MM. B. de Chancourtois, Secre-
tary ; et Cumenge, Assistant Secretary to the Im-
perial Commission. Secretaries for inquiries, MM.
Donnat et F. Monnier, heads of division iu the
Commissariat General.

Extract from the Regulations respecting the
nature of the Rewards and the Composition of the
Juries appointed to award them. Approved by
imperial Decree, 9th June, 1866.

(See London Gazette, 26th June, 1863.)
IV. SPECIAL ARRANGEMENTS RESPECTING A NEW

ORDER OF REWARD.

Art. 30. A distinct order of reward is instituted in
favour of the persons, the establishments, or locali-
ties which, by a special organisation, or special in-
stitutions, have developed a spirit of harmony among
all those co-operating in the same work, and have
provided for the material, moral, and intellectual
well-being of the workmen.

These rewards consist of ten prizes, of the
total value of 100,000 f. (.£4,000), and 20
honourable mentions ; •
One grand prize of 100,000 f. may, in addition,
be awarded to the person, establishment,
or locality, distinguished under this head by
a very exceptional superiority.
Art. 31. A special jury will judge of the merit
specified for this order of reward, and will determine
the amount of prizes and the form in which they
will be awarded.

One of the vice-presidents of the Imperial Com-
mission will act as president of this jury.
The total number of members, including the'
president, is fixed at 25.
The number of members which the different
countries will contribute to this jury is shown in a
table.

The secretary of the Imperial Commission
act as its secretary.

Art. 32. In the event of members not being no-
minated before the Ist December, 1866, in confor-
mity with Art. 3, the Imperial commission will
select the foreign jurors from amongst the persons
accredited to them by the various Governments.

Art. 33. The number of members of the jury
who must be present to form a quorum is fixed at
18. The prizes and honourable meutious will be
awarded according to the majority of votes. The
grand prize can only be awarded by a majority of
two-thirds.

Art. 34. Applications and documents describing
and pointing out for the new order of reward a
penou, an establishment, or a locality must be trans-
mitted before the Ist December, 1866, to the Coun-
cillor of State, General Commissioner.

Art. 35. The first session of the jury will be held
on the Ist December, 1866, in order that they may
lay down the regulations for the guidance of appli-
cants, and commence their investigations.
Art. 36. In a second and last session, from the
15th April to the 14th May, 1867, the jury will
come to a final decision on the apportionment of
the prizes, and on the persons, establishments, or
localities to which they are to be awarded. These
prizes will be distributed at the same time as the
other rewards—namely, on the Ist July, 1867.
Done and discussed by the Imperial Commission,
the 7th June, 1866.
E. ROUHER, Minister of State, Vice-President.
•
E. B. de CHANCOURTOIS, Secretary.
True copy.
F. LE PLAY, Councillor of State, General Com-
missioner.

ANOTHER REFORM DEMONSTRATION.—Arrange-
ments are in progress for another gigantic Reform Demon-
stration in London. It is to take place on the 11th of
February, the Monday after the assembling of Parliament,
and in connection with it there is to be a visit to the House
of Commons for the purpose of presenting petitions. The
proposed visit will be a rather peculiar one. Every re-
former who feels so disposed is to sign a petition on his
own behalf, praying the House of Commons to adopt a
measure of reform on the principle of residential and regis-
tered manhood suffrage. Every man is to take down to
Parliament his own petition, and as many thousands of
men aro said to be likely to adopt the course suggested,
lines of route have been laid down so that confusion may
be avoided. On the steps of St. Stephen's Chapel several
members of Parliament who are attached to the advanced
reform movement are to bo stationed to receive the peti-
tions as the men bring them up, and to present them to
the House of Commons. These petitions, from all parts of
the country, if they should flow in as the leaders of the
movement affect to believe, will take a lor.g time to receive,
and still longer to present to the house, where certain pre-
scribed forms must bo gone through by the members who
have charge of VIM.