The Sun.
London, England, 1867-01-14 00:00:00

LEICESTER-SATURDAY.

The supply of wheat at our corn market to-day W
tolerable, at is per qr. advance. The inquiry for barley
was active. The supply was middling, and business isr,lf
transacted at about is per qr. over last week's prices.
fair demand for oats, which were in rather limited suiplYi
and late rates were slightly exceeded. Best sorts 0'
beans maintained their value ; other kinds were a shade
lower.
Now white wheat, 67s to 70s ; now red, 60s to 68s ; old,
white, 76s to 76s ; old red, 66s to 70s per 36 stone. 13"r-
ley, for malting, 40s to 51s per qr.; grinding, 32s to 34s
per 30 stone. Oats, old, 3,.s to 38s ; new, 29s to 34s per
stone. Beans, old, 55s to 58s ; new, 45s to 52s per 38 steno.
Fine flour, 49s ; seconds, 45s to 47s per 20 stone.

YORK—SATURDAY.
There was barely an average show of wheat to-c 1991
and sales were firm, at is per qr. more money. A
demand for barley, at an advance of is per qr. on last
week's rates. Oats by no means plentiful. Sales ,vt-'11)
steady, and higher prices were asked but notobtaiued•
The demand for beaus ruled slow, and prices underwent
little change.
Now white wheat, 5Gs to 64s ; new red, 50s to 5881'01.36
stone. Barley, for malting, 36s to 40s per qr. ; grinding,
33s to 34s per 30 stone. Oats, new, 22s to 26s per 24 steno.
Beaus, new, 45s to 48s per 38 stone. Malt, 68s to 70
Flour, 47s to 49s nor sack of 2801bg.

GAS FROM COFFEE.—A remarkable comrnunica-
tiou was made bylll.Babinet at the last meeting of
the Academy of Sciences, on the evolution of gas is
the process of making coffee. If cold water b,
poured on roasted coffee, finely ground, such as i 5
generally used with boiling water, a considerable
of gas is generally evolved, about equal in
volume to the amount of coffee used. If a bottle
bqeualrnatlfity filled with this ground coffee, and cold water
be then poured in until the cork is reached, which i 4
to prevent the escape of the gas, a violent explosion,
sufficient to force the cork out of the bottle, or evil
to break the latter, will result.
The yearly consumption in Paris of ordinal
cheese of all kinds is estimated at 3,000 tons.
`ADVERTISEMENT.)—HoIIoway's Ointment and Pills."'"
Uniform , Success.—These remedies stand unrivalled fog
the cure of gout, rheumatism, lumbago, tic-doloroux, av
every other variety of neuralgic pain. The painful phi/
have only to be bathed in tepid salt and water, and well
tubbed with Holloway's Ointment, to convince the most
sceptical of the curative power it exercises over thc've
diseases. The most desperate cases best exemplify 0-1 s
striking success which follows the proper use of th
soothing Ointment and these purifying Pills. Both rue"'
empents are composed of the most inocuous and healiDg
balsams. Some severe cases of neuralgia, recently success"
fully treated, have been reported to Professor HollowaY::,
with the earnest prayer that he would publish them for tb
benefit of all thus afflicted.

LONDON STREET REFORM SOCIETY

PRESIDENT.
Sir WILLIAM FRASER, Bart., M.A., F.S.A.
thel3th of June, 1865, it was admitted unanimously in
the House of Commons that the condition of London, as
regards Paving, Lighting, and Cleansing, was disgraceful.
No improvement has taken place.
The Traffic of London becomes every day more un-
manageable. The Public Vehicles are inferior to those of
Provincial and Continental Cities.
This Society has been formed to stimulate public atten-
tion; to collect, condense, and make known facts; to
point out defects in the law ; to enforce provisions at
present neglected; and to watch Bills introduced into Par-
liament on these subjects.
The London Street Reform Society is not pledged to
support any specific change in the Government of the
Metropolis.
Those who may wish to join the Society are requested
to write to J. S. Haly, Esq., Hon. Sec. L.S.R.S., 88, St.
Jatnes's-street,

N°. 23,274.

KIN /WAN'EXHLILBITIOWNI"IBB6I(- Y.
DUBLIN
This celebrated OLD IRISH WHISKY gained the
Dublin Prize Medal.
It is Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Whole-
some.
Sold in Bottles, 3s. M., at the Retail Houses in London ;
by the Agents in the principal towns in England ; or
01P141.1 a at
8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W.
Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded
" Kina.han's LL Whisky."

LL•rust Published, leap. Bvo., cloth gilt, price 2s. 6d.,
ONDON SELF-GOVERNED,
By Sir WILLIAM FRASER. Bart, 'ILA, F.S.A.
London : ?ramie Harvey, 4, St. James's-street

CONTRACT FOR BARRACK STORES FOR THE
ROYAL MARINES.
Contract Department, Admiralty, Somerset
House, 9th Jan., 1867.
THE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING
tho OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the
UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRE-
LAND, Do hereby give NOTICE, that on WEDNES-
DAY, the 23d inst., at Twelve o'Clock at Noon, they will
be ready to treat with such Persons as may be willing to
Contract for supplying and delivering into her Majesty's
Victualling 'Stores at Deptford, all such quantities of
Long-Hear Broom Heads, and Clamps and Blocks for Long
Scrubbing Brushes as may from time to time be demanded
for the use of they Royal Marines, under a Contract for
twelve calendar months certain, and further until the expi-
ration of three calendar months' warning.
Patterns of the articles may be seen at the Royal Marine-
"lce, New-street, Spring-gardens, between the hours of
Eleven and Two o'Clock.
No Tender will be received unless made on the printed
forth provided for the purpose, and which may be obtained
°n application in tho Lobby of the Department of the Con-
troller of Victualling, Admiralty, Somerset House, where
the conditions of the Contract may be seen.
No Tender will be received after Twelve o'Clock at
Noon on the day of Treaty; and it will not be required
that the Party tendering, or an Agent on his behalf, should
attend at the Office on the day, of Contract, as the result
of the offer received from each person will be communi-
cated to him and his proposed Sureties in writing.
AEvery Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the
dmiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words
Tender for Barrack Stores ;" and must also be delivered
at the Department of the Controller of Victualling, Admi-
ralty, Somerset House, signed by two responsible persons,
engaging to become bound with the Person tendering in
the sum of £3OO for the due performance of the Contract.
By Order,ANONIO BRADY,
Registrar of Contracts and Public
Securities.

ifUTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION
(Incorporated by Act of earliament, 1850),
J. a_
4, RUSSELL-STREET, COVENT-GARDEN, LONDON.
Prompt ADVANCES on all description of Security. Forms
Tree on application by letter to •
EDWARD HARPER, Secretary.

NEW WORK BY TIIE AUTHOR OF "JOHN HA.LIFAX."
Now ready at all the Libraries, in 2 vols., 215.,

MAR R IAGES
By the Author of
"John Halifax, Gentleman," "ChrMian's Mistake," &a
Burst and Blaekett, 13, Great Marlborough-street.

T

Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols.,

ANNALS of a QUIET NEIGHBOURHOOD
By GEORGE MAC DONALD, M.A.,

COUNTRY HOTELS, PUBLIC HOUSES,
and BUSINESSES.
FURNESS and KNEE'S List on application.
Particulars for insertion received until the 27th of the
month at their
AUCTION AND HOTEL AGENCY OFFICES,
5, Agar-street. Strand, W.C., and nearly opposite the
Charing Cross Railway Station.

" The charm and value of Mr. Mac Denald's work need not
be sought. They present themselves unasked for. Whoever
reads the book once will read It many
Gazette.

Hurst and Blacked, 13, Great Marlborough-street.

MISS BRADDON'S NEW ILLUSTRATED MAGAZINE.
Now Publishinz, price One Shilling, Monthly,
4,I)ELGRAVIA:"
" The best Shilling Magazine which England pos.
sesses."—Standard.
Office: Warwick House, Paternoster-row. London.

THE OCEAN ST. LEGER of 1866.—What
Lord Lyon was to his owner was the Taeping to her
Ca,tain, viz., winner of the race, hiving distanced all com-
petitors, as the h AST INDIA TEA COMPANY have in-
variab'y done in their Choi c and sale of fine new season's
teas, now selling at importer's prices. Warehouses-9, Great
St. Helen's-churchyard.

" THE RUIN OF THE FEW IS THE GAIN OF THE MANY."
THE Panic of '66 and its consequent depression
of the Colonial Margets enables the '4 EAST INDIA
TEA COMPANY" to oiler TEAS 1.0 WE R THAN EVER.
Six Pounds of Good Tea for 6s. 6d. can't be dear.
The Company's KAISOWS by the Clipper Ships are really
delicious.
9, Great St. Helen's Churchyard, Bishopsgate-
street, Jan. 1, 1867.

EAII-DE-VIE.--This Pure PALE BRANDY,
18s. per gallon, Is vi ry superio- to recent importations
of Cognac, recommended by the medical profession, and ex-
tensively used in hospitals. In bottles, 38s. per dozen. or in
a case 395., railway carriage pat L-11 EN RY BRETT and
CO., Old Furnival's Distillery, Holborn, E.O , and 30, Regent-
street, S.W. Established 1829.

;ONTRACT FOR FRESH OX BEEF AND VEGE-
TABLES AT FOYNES.
CONTRACT DEPARTMENT, ADMIRALTY.
Somerset House, 27th December, 1866.
THE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING
the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the
"UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRE-
LAND do hereby Give Notic,, that on Tuesday, the 15th
January next, at Twelve o'clock at Noon, they will be
ready to treat with such persons as may be willing to con-
tract for supplying all such quantities of
• FRESH OX BEEF and VEGETABLES,
for the nee of her Majesty's ships and vessels at Foynes as
may be demanded from the 15th January to the 30th June,
1867, both days included.
The Contractor is to supply good fat well-fed Ox Beef,
as no Heifer meat will be admitted.
The
Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty reserve to
themselves an unlimited power of selection in accepting
the Tenders.
Tenders must be made at rates per 1001 b., and no atten-
tion will be Paid to any offers not so made.
The Contractor in claiming payment for the supplies, is
to make out his invoices in pounds at per 100113.
very Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the
Admiralty, and must also be delivered at the department
(40ithe Comptroller of Victualling, Admiralty, Somerset
cicomebe tee , signed by two responsible persons, engaging to
bound with the person tendering in the sum of
%300 for the due performance of the Contract for Fresh Ox
Thend £lOO for the Contract for Vegetables.
the
Contractor to pay half the amount of th© stamps on
-^a Contracts and Bonds.
By order, ANTONIO BRAM,
Registrar of Contracts and Public Securities.

GEOLOG Y.-ELEMENTARY COLLEC-
TIONS, to illustrate the New Edition of "Lyell's
Elements of neology" and facilitate the important study of
Mineralogy and Geology, can be had at 2,5, 10, 20, 50 to 500
guineas; also single S; ecimens of Minerals, Rocks, Fossils,
and Recent Shells, Geologl,tal Raps. Hammers. all the recent
Publications, &c.. of J. TENNANT. Mineralogist to Her
Majesty, 149, Strand, London.
Private InstruAlon is :riven in Mineralogy and Geo'ogy by
Mr. TENNANT, I'.G.S., 149. Strand. W.C.

rw,
GUNMAKERS and °then,
Tho I.
SECRETARY of STATE for WAR is desirous of
I;qeti, ving PROPOSALS from Gunmakers and Others for
Zsell-LOA.DING RIFLES, either repeating or not
f Which may replace the present Service Rifles in
liture —.7"'hufacture.

WINSLOW HALL, Winslow, Bucks, having
been recently opened and fitted with requisites for
the care and comfort of the INSANE, the proprietor, Dr.
I.3OISItAGON, announces that he has transferred his Estab-
lishment from Birmineham to the above desirable reside,ce,
easily accessible, and distant from London about an hour
and a-half by the London and North-Western hne, and fifty.
minutes from Oxford. Attached to the mansion, situated on
a sandy soil, aril commanding an extensive and pleasing
prospect, are garden, me now, plantation, and recreation
grounds. For terms and forms of admission address the
proprietor.

Prices of, admission—Stalls and Balcony, ; Area, 61

The following 11.
are the conditions considered essential in
illilitarY non-repeating Rifles:—
A. WIGHT. Not to exceed 91b. boz. without bayonet.
B. LENGTH.
To be 5, . ,
, mcnes, with short stock, measured from the
110110 w of the butt-plate to muzzle.
„0. WEIGHT OF AMMUNITION MADE UP.
must not exce d 61b 4 f • t rounds as packed for
service. —e . oz. or six y

JAMES DALY and CO., Distillers, John-street,
Cork.—" The purest spirit and safest drink in the
world."—London Offices, 7, Printing-house-square, EX.,
next the "Tittles."

TAMES DALY and CO., Distillers, John-street,
Cork, beg to announce that they are able to supply the
trade with their celebrated Whiskies, in casks or cases, and
to take orders in bond and for exportation, at their offices, 7,
Printing-house-square, London, E.C., the only house in the
square not occupied by the "Times." J. D. and Co.'s whiskies
brine the highest prices in the Australian and other Colonial
markets, as may be observed by reference to the "Journal of
Commerce of Victoria," by which it will be seen that their
whiskies fetch 6d. per gallon and Is. per case over the next
best, and Is. 6d per gallon and ss. 6d. a case over the lowest
quotation. Always on hand a large supply of very old
mellow whisky in the finest condition, matured in sherry
casks, unsurpassable in quality and flavour, supplied on the
most reasonable terms.

NOTICE OF REMOVAL.
T DEFRIE..= and SONS'
e." NEW CITY SHOW ROOMS.—The New Oval-shaped
ALEXANDRA DINNER SERVICE, from XI 18s. 6d.-
147, Houndsditch.

D. CAR
Must carry their own
igniTtiRon.IDGES.
SIGHS. fillll,o foresight mustE. T
be such as to admit of a bayonet
fixed
according to the present system.
P. STOCK.
allo Musw at
sling
such as to carry a light metal cleaning-rod, and
ung to be used.
G. .
10 per not exceed that of RECOIL
the Enfield Rifle by more than
Per cent.
Mus H. THE ARM AS A WHOLE.
rough t be as little liable to injury bylong-continued firing,
b usage, and exposure, as the naval rifles converted to
wr6oec of h-loaders on the Snider system. To be as capable,
being used without accident by imperfectly trained
Fnrra quality.en, and of being manufactured in quantities and of uni-
Ar THE AMMUNITION AS A WHOLE.
st bo as little liable to injury by rough usage, damp,
11' exposure in all climates, as the Boxer cartridge for
tiller's converted Enfield rifle—also as little liable to acci-
eptal explosion as the same cartridge, and as capable of
eing Manufactured in large quantities, and of uniform
quality.
Optional CALIBRE.
L. THE TWIST AND FORM OF GROOVE.
Optional.
Optional. M. THE LOCK.

NOTICE OF REMOVAL.
T DEFRIES and SONS
• NEW CITY SHOW ROOMS.—BREAKFAST and
TEA SERVICES in great variety, from .£1 Is. upwards.-
147, Houndsditch.

NOTICE OF REMOVAL.
T DEFRIES and SONS'
ti•NEW CITY SHOW ROOMS.—The ALEXANDRA
FLOWER VASE. This new and beautiful Vase can be
sem in great variety, from 38. to 3Cs. each.-147, Hounds-
ditch.

NOTICE OF REMOVAL.

JT DEFRIES---QSONS'
• • NEW CITY SHOW ROOMS.—The NEW PATENT
ASTRA LAMP, for Petroleum and Mineral Oils; also
CRYSTAL LA MPS and WALL LIGHTS (registered) for
INDIA.-147, Houndsclitch.

x. RAPIDITY OF FIRE.
Capable of firing at least 12 rounds per minute, without
ainting, the cartridges being arranged on a table.
U. ACCURACY WHEN FIRED FROM A FIXED REST.
The arm must give a mean figure of merit of not more
than 36in. at 1,000 yards, 30in. at 800 yards, 12in. at 500,
and bin. at 300.
The mean to be taken upon at least five targets of twenty
shots each.
P. TRAJECTORY.
Not to require at 500 yards an elevation of more than 1
deg, 30 min.

NOTICE OF RENIOVAL.

JDEFIESand SONS'
R
. NEW CI SHOW ROOMS. 0 NTAL
CLOCKS for the DINING and DRAWING-R,0031.-1.47,
Houndsditch.

Q. FOULING.
The
at shooting not to deteriorate more than 20 per cent.
1,000 yards after firing 250 rounds.
it. PENETRATION.
The mean penetration of five shots not to be less than
Vti.lat of the present service muzzle-loading Enfield Rifle--
zI 12 half-inch elm planks, which have been soaked 48
ours in Water.
Distance 30 yards.
s. LUBRICATION.
tr,,,W boon bullets is indispensable, but any other lubricant
4',"„,Sr superadded or applied to the cartridge, if thought
"'Ssary by the competitor.
No arms will be received II I.
without the usual proof marks.
Specification, and drawings of the methods proposed,
AeiBTR the probable cost per arm, and accompanied by a
nitin„Qd ePecimen arm, with 20 rounds of suitable ammu-
PC", should be sent' to the "Director of Ordnance, War
1,-' pall-mall," on or before the 30th March, 1867.
by tt° Specifications and specimen arms will be considered
hor 0 Ordnance Select Committee and its associate mem-
w.ae, will be selected by the Secretary of State for
goer', alid WhO will, after firing the 20 preliminary rounds,
its me" a" rocommencl for further trial such of the systems
nuehy aPpear to them sufficiently promising,. rejecting all
their.bing
warranst not be considered to offer sufficient merits to
ditions of which are stated in this advertisement.
included in the competition, the con-
ii accepted competitor will then be required to furnish
forEac
to trileriment, at Woolwich, six arms in strict conformity
Itin P,sPeeimen arm submitted, with 1,000 rounds of am-
M ritliti°n Per arm, within four months after date of de-
Each at' .- Each competitor will be required to disclose to the
~(I)_Temittee the exact nature of the lubrication he may em-
-1"„ °Y• A sum of £3OO will be paid to each of the accepted
ttniPetitors, to cover the expense of the six rifles, and of
rr,Z4II)IY of ammunition required.
a ' 0 Secretary of State offers a reward of £l,OOO for the
I,lln which, on combination of all qualities, is considered
Y the committee to be the best submitted.
i, second reward of £6OO for the arm which, while at-
n'titli9g a satisfactory degree of excellence in other particu-
lar is selected for merit in respect to its breech mechanism.
~:k third reward of £4OO for the best cartridge. The qua-
°s Which will be principally taken into consideration in
'2l awarding this prize will be economy of manufacture, power
sustaining rough usage, freedom from deterioration in
Various climates, and general serviceability.
The shooting qualities of the cartridge must be fair; but
4,,4 they may depend upon the rifling of the arm with which
Lilo cartridge is associated, they will not be so much con-
sidered as those above-mentioned.
It is clearly to be understood that under no circumstances
Will a competitor be entitled to more than one prize
such prize will be irrespective of any reward which may be
Riven to the inventor of the arm finally adopted into the
rvico.

NOTICE OF REMO VAL.

DEFRI ES and SONS'
cr • NEW CITY SHOW ROOMS.—Merchants and the
Trade supplied with PATTERN BOOKS FREE.-117,
Houndaditch.

Works—London, Birmingham, and Paris.
Established 1803.

Just published, 2d ; sent by tho author for 3 stamps.
UGLINESS and BEAUTY ; being
descriptive of articles and means used for improving
th
e appearance. By ALEX. ROSS, 248, high Holborn,
London. a Pamphlet

QPANISH FLY is the acting ingredient in
ALEX. ROSS'S CANTHARIDES OIL, which speedily
produces whiskers and thickens hair, 8s 6d, Bs 6d, and 108 6d;
sent by post for 54, 84, and 144 ALEX. ROSS, 248,
High Holborn, London, and all Chemists.

WONDERFUL DISCOVERY.—Corns cured
in one day by using ALEX. ROSS'S CFIIROPO.
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, and all Chemists.

ITAIR-CURLING FLUID, 248, High Holborn,
London.—ALßX. ROSS'S CURLING FLUID curls
Ladies' or Gentlemen's hair immediately it is applied. Sold
at 38 6d, 5s 6d, and 10s 6d ; sent free for 54, 84, and 144 stamps.
—Had of all Chemists.

REY HAIR.--248, High Holborn, London.—
IT ALEX. ROSS'S HAIR DYE produces a perfect colour
immediately it is used. It is permanent, and perfectly na-
tural in effeot. Price 38 6d, 6s rid, and 108 6d ; sent by post
for 54, 84, and 141 stamps ; and all Chemists.

HAIR DESTROYER.-248, High Holborn,
London.—AL EX. ROSS'S DEPILATORY removes
superfluous hair from the face, neck, and arms, without effect
to the skin. Price Se 6d, 5s 6d, and lOs 6d ; sent for 54, 84,
and 144 stamps.—Had of all Chemists.

PIMPLE REMOVER—AII diseases of the
skin are improved by one dose of ALEX. ROSS'S
VE+4ETAI3LE SKIN PILLS. They remove redness, sal-
lowness, .tu. 2s 9d and 7s sd ; or p, st for 43 and 100 stamps.
—ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London, and all Che-
mists.

HAIR COLOUR WASH.—By washing the
head with this beautifully-perfumed Wash, in seven
or ten days the hair assumes its oric,rinal colour, and remains
so by an occasional usinz. lOstid ; sent for stamps.—ALEX.
ROSS, 218, High Holborn, London, and all Chemists.

THE RESCUE SOCIETY wishes to add another
Lome to ill,. 12 now in operation. Last year no fewer
than 455 poor, friendless, young females were rejected from
want of FUNDS and room, making a total of 3,087, who have
been sent away in five years.
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,
air. Daniel Cooper, R 5, Queen•street. Cheapside; or by Messrs
Barclay and Co.. Lombard-street

, MAGAZINE AND REPEATING ARMS.
.ragazine and Repeating Arms for Infantry will bo eyed and and examined in a manner similar to the Breech-
"(ling Rifles. They must not be less in length than 48
13elms, including tho stock.
ci_iThe limit of weight for these arms is fixed at 911 b. ex-
-1,:v.0 of the charges in the magazine.
b, " Is indispensable that the arms be made to take a
4Yonet.
c,,tpSecretary of State offers a reward of 300 for the best
z.me or Repeating Arm produced that fulfils the above
1:3"1. ditions ; and in the absence of experience does not at
to°pnit define the standard of accuracy or other conditions
fulfilled before such an arm can be adopted.
101;',.11110se Magazine orßepeatin,gArms, which are accepted
,ia!ther trial, will be paid for at the rate of £OO each.
arm. is sum is to include 1,000 rounds of ammunition per

PR IN TING. TO PROPRIETORS OF
NEWSPAPERS, PERIODICALS, &c.—Tho Print-
ing and Machining of Newspapers, &c., done ou exceed-
ingly favourable terms. Use of Editorial and Publishing
Offices, if required. Estimates forwarded on receipt of
particulars, with stamped directed envelope for reply.
Address—The Manager `Sun" Printing Offices, 3, Church-
row, Savoy, Strand, W.C.

tr:4 V.
ti,i6 Secrets of State care that no ingenious
ove!tY produceryd in answewrill totake this advertisement shall be
nit,ll);,'-'d into the service without proper acknowledgment,
nz.,ohat the name of the individual with whom it origt-
'if
,sslial.l he recorded in eoune:ition.with it.
Ilton(' rifle to which he nt prize is awrde4 opted
the service it willt bearfi the inventor'sa name.
s a
J. 'ST. GEORGE, Major-General, Director
War of Ordnance
°nice, Oct. 22 1866

YAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road,
in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail-
way Terminus, Eing's-eroes.
Patron—Her Host Gracious MaJecty the QUEEN.
Vice-Patron—Hie Royal Highness the Prince of WALES, 11 G.
President—His Grace the Duke of BITCCL (ICH. K.G.
This Hospital, founded in the year 1823, 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 oa voluntary contributions and ,2,-aciett
It affords relief to a large number of in-pathnts, and, in
addition to this, the average number of attendance of the
destitute sick has for a considerable period averaged between
3,000 and 4,000 weekly.
The Committee ear estly solicit the ASSISTANCE of the
benevolent, an the pr nises of this Hospital are capable of
Containing several h.,nrired more beds had the Committee
the requisite funds to maintain them.
Contributiono tre reci,ived tht it bankers, Messrs. Brown,
Janson, and Co., Abdo:reit-lane; also deFsra. Coutte and
Co.; Drurnmon.l ..od Co. • ti.yn and Co. • Herr des and CO.;
Ransom and Co.; fresoat. Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne,
and
and Co.;Barclay and Co.; 11 iillams, Deacon, and Co.; Nisbet
Co.' ,Bernera-street : sad at the Hospital. from 10 till 6.
STANFORD SMITH, Beoretify,

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THE SUN, LONDON, AIoADAY EVENING, JANITAIir 14, 1867.

AFTER. Covent-garden Theatre—EVANS' to
SUP.
After Drury-lane Theatre FVANS' to SUP.
After Lyceum Theatre EVANS' to SUP.
After Adelphi Theutre EVANS' to SUP.
After Olympic Theatre : ..I4WANS' to SUP.
After Strand Theatre LEANS' to SUP.
After New Royalty Theatre E V A NS' to SUP.
After St. James's theatre• - FVANS' to SUP.
Alter Prince of Wales' Theatre E VANS' to SUP.
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MUSKETRY INSTRUCTION IN THE

ARMY.

The annual report of the progress of musketry
instruction in the army, prepared by Major-Gen..
Hay, the Inspector-General of Musketry, for the
information of his Royal Highness the Field-Marshal
Commanding-in-Chief, has just been issued. From
the report it appears that the total number of men
exercised in the yearly course of 1865-6 were—
cavalry, 7,079 (exclusive of recruits, and not in-
cluding the Household cavalry), infantry, 88,550 (in-
cluding the Royal Engineers and Commissariat Staff
Corps). A synopsis is given of the percentage of
men in the several classes in shooting and judging
distance ; also the percentage of marksmen to the
number exercised, and to the number that practised
in the first class, &o. With regard to the details
therein contained we cannot do better than quote
General Hay's own words :
" The cavalry soldiers who fired in the first class
belonged to the Bth and 14th Hussars. The former
are armed with the Westley Richards' breech load-
ing carbine, sighted to 900 yards, hence executed
the second and third periods of individual firing.
The men of the latter practised at the School of
Musketry. In the cavalry there is a considerable
decrease in the number of non-exercised men, while
in the infantry the number has slightly increased.
Of the 17,467 third class shots at the final classifi-
cation--i. e., after firing 60 rounds individually, to
300 yards, 1,995 fired 20 rounds more to 300 yards,
after further instruction, of which number 642
passed into the second class, thus reducing the per-
centage of third class from 20 to 19. The per-
centage of first class shots has increased, being now
equal to one-fourth of the number trained, one-
seventh of whom actually fired in the first class,
from 650 to 800 and 900 yards, at which distance
the shooting has much improved, the average points
per man being 16.39, as compared with 14.27 last
year. The marksmen in the infantry have increased
more than 10 per cent, on the number who fired
in the first class, and nearly 2 per cent. on the
number exercised. The rapid file-firing is bad,
although the mean average time taken in executing
this practice is less than last year, and the skirmish-
ing practice is only moderate. The results in both
these firings have fallen off, evidencing deficiency
somewhere. The shooting of the army, as a whole,
has improved—in the cavalry by nearly three
points, and in the infantry by seven and a half
points. A. much greater improvement may be
looked for whjn more pains are taken with this
branch of efficiency, and when the preliminary drills
are executed in earnest by all concerned, and not in
the mechanical and meaningless way which is too
frequently the case at present. Let the company
officers make themselves thoroughly acquainted
with the subject, and show themselves interested
in the matter—let them see that the non-commis-
sioned officers understand their work as drills,' and
let the minds of the men be appealed to ; then the
efficiency in shooting will be increased and be-
come equal to other branches of the regimental
economy. The performances in judging distance
are very satisfactory, there being 81 per eent. in the
first class, and only 1 per cent. in the third class."
Respecting the cavalryat home the instruction has
been conducted regularly, and the shooting in each
case has improved, although it is far from beinggood.
The percentage of third class shots is very high. Rea-
sons are assigned for the omission or non- completion
Of the musketry training of the 4th, sth, and 6th
Dragoon Guards, Ist Dragoons, 4th, 10th, 11th,
13th, and 15th Hussars, which principally arose
from there being no range available where they were
stationed.
Of the Royal Engineers, it is stated that " the
shooting of the corps has fallen off this year princi-
pally inindividual firing. Only 20 out of 40 com-
panies have been trained this year."
Regarding the division of Guards, Major-General
Hay remarks :—" The instruction in the several
battalions of Guards has been conducted regularly.
The shooting has fallen off, except in the 2d batta-
lion Coldstream Guards and Ist battalion Scots
Fusilier Guards, in which it has improved. The
third class shots are excessive in the first battalion
Scots Fusilier Guards, Ist battalion Coldstream
Guards, and in the 3d battalion Grenadier Guards.
The non-exercised men, although on the whole much
less than last year, are still numerous in the Ist bat-
talion Scots Fusilier Guards, Ist battation Cold-
stream Guards, and Ist battalion Grenadier Guards.
The best shooting battalion in the division this year
is the 2d battalion Coldstream Guards."
A less number of recruits have been trained in the
cavalry, Royal Engineers, battalions of Guards, in-
fantry of the Line, and depot battalions than last
year. The results of the shooting are not good. The
third class shots, after making every allowance for
the omission of the third period, which recruits do
not execute, are numerous, and the volley firing--a
true criticism of good platoon drill—is bad. Major-
General Hay remarks, " This deficiency is quite
within the power of commanding officers to remedy,
without occupying, as a rule, more time for the
training of the recruit than is at present authorised."
The weapons with which the annual training was

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executed by the different branches of the service

are as follows :—The cavalry—Westley Richards's,
Sharp's, Terry's breech-loading carbines, and the
East India pattern, Enfield and interchangeable

muzzle-loading carbines. The Royal Engineers—
Lancaster's elliptical rifle. Rifle Battalions—Whit-

worth, short Enfield, pattern 1856, E.nd naval pat

tern, 1858, rifles. Battalions of Guards and Line
—long Enfield rifle, pattern 1853.
The best shot in the army for 1865-6 is Private
Wm. Fruit, 47th Foot, who scored 102 points with
the Enfield rifle at distances from 400 to 800 yards.
The best judge of distances is Colour-Sergeant R.

BlackLnore, 2d Battalion 20th Foot, who scored 26

points in the first class ; Corporal Dempsey, 98th
Foot, obtained a higher score by judging more fre-
quently within the distance prescribed for the third
class than the regulation allows, for by no other
means could he obtain the score recorded against
his name. The best shooting company in the army

is D company, Ist battalion 13th Light Infantry,
its " figure of merit" being 146 points.
The Ist Dragoon Guards is the best shooting
cavalry regiment, a position which it has held four
consecutive 3 ears ; which, observes Major-General
Hay, " speaks much for the interest the command-
ing and troop officers must have taken to maintain
that post of honour ;" its " figure of merit" is 32.97.
The 7th hussars, next on the list, was eighth
last year, the 7th Dragoon Guards, second last year,
is now placed third. The 2d Dragoon Guards, third
last year, is now fourth on the list. Of course there
are losses and gains in the infantry regiments.
The 4th battalion 60th Rifles is the best shooting
battalion of the infantry, its " figure of merit" be-
ing 126.38. Last year the battalion stood No. 2in

order of merit. The Coldstream Guards, 2d bat-

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talion, ninth on the list last year, is now second in
the " order of merit," and the Scotslier Guards,
2d battalion, now eighth in the " order of merit,"
was first last year. The Grenadier Guards, Ist
battalion, now ninth, was third last year, which
number this year is occupied by the 101st
Fusiliers, which jumped 153 last year. The
2d battalion Grenadier Guards stands in the
same "order !of merit" as last year—namely, 12,
and the Scots Fusilier Guards, Ist battalion, now
25, was last year 51. The Coldstream Guards, Ist
battalion, now 26, was last year 19 ; and the 3d bat-
talion Grenadier Guards, last year 24, is now 39.
Twenty-one battalions of infantry did not execute
the prescribed course of training. Although the num-
ber of men of the infantry trained this year is less
by 8,000 than in the previous one, the number of
marksmen is 1,310 more, the percentage being 5.22
of the number exercised in all parts of the empire.
Sixteen battalions and corps have over 10 per cent.
of paid marksmen, showing also an increase in this
particular.

The following regiments, having been prevented
executing or completing the annual course of 1865-6
from the causes specified, have been recommended
to continue receipt of the rewards granted for the
year in which the men practised :-6th Dragoon
Guards, 11th Hussars, and 13th Hussars—Not ex-
ercised, being at a station where there was no range.
No. 1 Company, Royal Engineers—Not exercised,
being employed on the public works. 9th Foot, Ist
Battalion—Not exercised, being employed on board
ship en route to the Cape of Good Hope, where the
battalion arrived too late to commence the practice
for the year. 11th Foot, 2d Battalion—Not exer-
cised, in consequence of the sickly state of the bat-
talion ; specially recommended. 12th Foot, Ist
Battalion—Not exercised, being on field service in
New Zealand. 14th Foot, 2d Battalion —Not exer-
cised, being on field service in New Zealand ; a
second continuance. 22d Foot, 2d Battalion—Not
exercised, being on board ship en route to the Mau-
ritius, where the battalion arrived too late to com-
mence the practice for the year. 40th Foot—Not
exercised, being on field service in New Zealand ; a
second continuance. 50th Foot—Not exercised, be-
ing on field service in New Zealand. 57th FoA___.
Not exercised, being on field service in New Zealand ;
a second continuance. 58th Foot—Four companies
not exercised, being where there was no range.
60th Rifles, 3d Battalion —Nine companies not
exercised, the arms having been damaged by a cy-
clone during the passage of the battalion from Ran-
goon to Madras. 65th Foot—Not exercised, being
on field service in New Zealand ; a second continu-
ance. 80th Foot—Not exercised, being at a station
where there was no range. Rifle Brigade, 4th Bat-
talion—Not exercised, being employed on public
works. 2d West India Regiment (Right Wing)—
Not exercised, being detached in small parties
throughout Jamaica, in consequence of the disturbed
state of the island.

DUBLIN, Jan. 12.
The officers of the detective police to-day made
,hree arrests.
John Dowling was arrested at Portland-row. He
s a lecturer on chemistry, botany, and other
branches of natural philosophy, and was a rather
distinguished student of the scientific school at-
tached to the Museum of Irish Industry, St. Ste-
phen's-green.
William Joseph Smith was arrested at. Summer-
hill. He is stated to have held the rank of colonel
in the American army. When the Habeas Corpus
Act was suspended in 1865 his brother was arrested,
and the police were on the watch for himself, but
he contrived to escape to America. Ile has re-
turned within a short period, and has since been
without ostensible means of earning a livelihood,
although appearing to have no lack of money.
Denis Cashman was arrested in Preston-street.
He is a law-clerk, and for some time has been under
the surveillance of the police.
The three prisoners were conveyed under the
Lord Lieutenant's warrant to Kilmainham Gaol.
The evidence given at Dungarvan, on Thursday,
enables us to understand tolerably well the nature of
the collision between the troops and the people.
Dr. Hunt, the medical officer of the workhouse, de-
posed that he had examined the head of the deceased
Wm. O'Brien, and saw no marks or wounds of any
kind. Mr. John Butler Green, who is a resident
or stipendiary magistrate in the county of Monaghan,
deposed that he was on duty at Dungarvan on the
day of polling, and that the Lancers, who escorted
the voters on that day, were under his direction as
a magistrate. He went to meet the voters in com-
pany with Lord Hastings, and brought in about 100.
Half a mile out of the town they were taken off the
cars and were placed in a mass between half a troop
of Lancers in front and half a troop in the rear.
When they came to the bridge they observed a crowd
on each side at the town end. Witness directed
Major Wombwell to divide the troops so as to keep
back the crowd and allow the voters to pass in.
This was done accordingly by backing the horses.
When they came to the square he saw stones flying
from the crowd towards the troops. There were
a thousand people about the spot—men, women, and
children. The whole affair, stone-throwing and the
scuffle, did not last more than ten minutes. The
troops got no order, except to keep back the people.
What occurred afterwards was instantaneous. In
placing the men, Major Wombwell had said to
them, " Keep steady, and don't be skedaddling."
One of the men said, " Sure, Major, we can't stand
to be battered with stones ; sure flesh and blood
cannot bear it ?" To which the Major replied,
" Oh, we must all bear it, and keep steady."
Hundreds of stones were thrown, they were like
hail. They were stones laid down for macadamising
the streets, and witness said he never was in a town
that he did not see the same, especially at an elec-
tion. He saw only one man struck, and that was
Major Wombwell. From all that came under his own
eyes that day he considered that the troops had
acted with wonderful forbearance and temper
under the treatment they got. The stone-throw-
ing, he said, continued while he was crossing the
square, and when he put the voters in a yard near
the Devonshire Arms Hotel, and when he retired to
the square there was some excitement there, and
stones still throwing. The troops then kept the
people back, and the stone-throwing creoausendad
na
few minutes. He kept the troops going
round the square. He remained
15 minutes. The troops remained
within themthe squareabout
I
while he was going to the yard with the voters.n
his cross-examination by Mr. Waters, witness
said that he did not see even a scratch upon any
one of the troops, except Major Wombwell. In
the whole of the election be saw nothing that
would justify him as a resident magistrate in order-
ing the soldiers to use deadly weapons or to fire,
or to lower their lances ; but, if he had a deadly
weapon in his hand, and was pelted with stones,
he did not know what he might have done. Human
nature is human nature, and a soldier is flesh and
blood like any other man.

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The next witness was Mr. S. E. Maguire, a
magistrate of the courty of Waterford. He stated
that almost immediately upon the military clearing
the way on this side: of the bridge they were as-
saulted with a volley of stones. That was from the
Sbandon side. There were, perhaps, over 100
stones thrown. Tb.ey were principally macada-
mising stones. He raw others, one a huge stone; it
must have required a perfect Hercules to wield it.
The Lancers within his observation behaved with
remarkable forbearemee. But if a Lancer rode
against a crowd of unoffending men and struck
them, or pierced an unoffending gentleman at his
own door, he would. consider it a most outrageous
thing.

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very furious, galloping about after the peopleN Oaf" s
cross-examination, he said it was Sir Nugent'
Humble who told him to conic there as a witues,
at which the audience groaned. •
Five witnesses were examined, including Cap-
tains Orred and Le Quesne. Neither of these saw
O'Brien killed—one being behind with a troop, and
the other coming up late. They deposed that the
troops acted with forbearance. The inquest has
been adjourned to Monday next.

A man named Patric k Daly was the next witness.
lie was produced to r rove that the deceased man
threw a stone at the military just before he was

The Weather and the Parks. -

The frost, which set in again with groat sevority on Fri-
day night last, has continued up to the present time with
more or less intensity. On Saturday morning the thermo-
meter registered 26 deg., or G below freezing point, but
after the fall of snow it rose to 33 deg., again falling at
night to 16 dog. Yesterday morning opened clear and fine,
and continued so throughout the day, the thermometer at
the receiving-house iu llyde-park at noon standing at 38
dog. As the day wore on, however, the atmosphere be-
came much colder, the thermometer at 5 o'clock having
fallen to 26 deg., with the wind from the N.W.

The fineness of the morning caused large numbers of
people to assemble in the various parks, but the ice on tho
waters was very weak, owing to the wind having kept the
surface of the water in constant motion. and preventing its
being frozen except in the more sheltered parts. There
was hardly any ice on the Serpentine, and the waters in
the Regent's-park, the Long Water in Kensington-gardens,
and the ornamental water in St. James's-park wore only
partially frozen, and printed placards were posted up by
orders of the Humane Society warning persons of the dan-
gerous condition of the ice. Despite this warning and the
personal cautions given by the icemen on duty, several
foolhardy men and boys ventured upon it, the majority of
whom fell in before they had been on many minutes. At
the Regent's-park water and at the Long Water in Ken-
sington-gardens, where the water is about 9ft. deep, seve-
ral persons were only saved from drowning by great efforts
on the part of the icemen and the use of the apparatus. In
St. James's-park a number of the more thoughtless people
amused themselves by throwing halfpence on the ice, and
inducing boys to go on after them, and then, when they
broke through, indulging in a hearty laugh at their plight.
The water here is so shallow, however, that there is no
fear of loss of life by drowning.
In the afternoon the crowds assembled in the parks were
very large. Regent's-park was thronged by promenaders.
The icemen reported that, if it continued to freeze during
the night the ice would be in good condition kir a moderate
number of skaters this day, but not for any largo numbers
of people.

The number of persons in St. James's-park from 2 until
5 o'clock was very great, the keepers reporting that up-
wards of 250,000 people had passed in at the various gates
during those hours. A great proportion of these persons
were respectable tradesmen and mechanics, with their
families; but there was also an immense assemblage of
roughs and young blackguards of both sexes. Not being
able to amuse themselves on the ice, they found amuse-
ment in other ways, by snowballing and bonneting each
other, varied by a sham fight hero and there, which col-
lecting a crowd gave the light-fingered gentry an oppor-
tunity of plying their vocation. When tired of this rough
play with each other, as might be expected in the absence
of the police, they turned their attention to any respectably
dressed parson, male or female, who came in their way, and
maltreated and insulted them in the most disgraceful
way, few escaping without the loss of hat, shawl, pin, or
some other article. The foot-bridge over the ornamental
water, however, was the chief scene of their exploits. This
bridge on these occasions is always crowded by people pass-
ing from ono side of the enclosure to the other. Gangs of
these roughsand thieves assembled to the number of several
hundreds at each end of the bridge, and at a given signal.
when the bridge was crowded with respectably-dressed per-
sons, they rushed on pell-mell, bustling and bonneting all
who came in their way, watches, purses, and pins changing
owners with extraordinary quickness. This disgraceful
scone was repeated almost every half-hour until it grew
dark. The park-keepers did all they could to repress the
disorderly scene, but they were comparatively powerless.
A dozen police-constables would have been effective for
the purpose, but they were not thorn, and so the roughs
had uncontrolled possession of the park until all respect-
able people had left at dusk, and there was no more plun-
der to bo obtained or persons to be hunted down.