The Sun.
London, England, 1867-01-02 00:00:00

M. THE LOCK.

Optional.

N. RAPIDITY OF FIRE.
Capable of firing at least 12 rounds per minute, without
aiming, the cartridges being arranged on a table.
o. ACCURACY WIZEN FIRED The arm must give aFROM A FIXED REST.
more
thane 6in. at 1 figure of merit of not
,000 yard mean
s, 30in. at 800 yards, 12in. at 500,
and Gin. at 300.
The mean to be taken upon at least five 'Argots of twenty
shots each.

P. Not to require at 500 TRAJECTORY.
dog. 30 min. yards an elevation of more than 1

Q. FOULING
Tho shooting not to deteriorate more than 20
at 1,000 yards after firing 250 rounds.per cont.

n. PENETR.
The mean penetration of five shots not to be less than
that of the present service muzzle-loading Enfield Rifle_
viz., 12 half-inch elm planks, which have been soaked 48
hours in water.
Distance 30 yards.
s. LUBRICATION. Wax on bullets is indispensable, but any other lubricant
may bo superadded or applied to the cartridge, if thought
necessary by the competitor.
No arms will be received without the usual proof marks.
Specifications, and drawings of the methods proposed,
stating the probable cost per arm, and accompanied by a
finished specimen arm, with 20 rounds of suitable ammu-
nition, should be sent to the "Director of Ordnance, War
Office, Pall-mall," on or before
the 30th March, 1867.
The specifications and specimen arms will be considered
by the Ordnance Select Committee and its associate mem-
bers, who will be selected by the Secretary of State for
War, and who will, after firin te 20
select and recommend for further trial such of thsystems
as may appear to them sufficiently promising, rejecting all
such as may not bo considered to offer sufficient merits to
warrant their being included in the competition, the con-
ditions of which are stated in this advertisement.
Each accepted competitor will then be required to furnish
for experiment, at Woolwich, six arms in strict conformity
to the specimen arm submitted, with 1,000 rounds of am-
munition per arm, within four months after date of de-
mand- Each competitor will be required to disclose to the
committee the exact nature of the lubrication he may em-
ploy. A sum of £3OO will be paid to each of the accepted
competitors, to cover the expense of the six rifles, and of
the supply of ammunition required.
The Secretary of State offers a reward of £l,OOO for the
arm which, on combination of all qualities, is considered
by the committee to be the best submitted.
A second reward of £6OO .for the arm which, while at-
taining a satisfactory degree of excellence in other particu-
lars, is selected for merit in respect to its breech mechanism.
A, third reward of 1.300 for the best cartridge. The qua-
ities which will be principally taken into consideration in
awarding this prize will be economy of manufacture, power
of sustaining rough usage, freedom from deterioration in
various climates, and general serviceability.
The shooting qualities of the cartridge must be fair; but
as they may depend upon the rifling of the arm with which
the 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 mere than one prize ; but
such prize will be irrespective of any reward which may bo
given to the inventor of the arm finally adopted into the
service.

IV.
MAGAZINE AND REPEATING ARMS.
Maemzine and Repeating Arius for Infantry will be re-
ceived and examined in a manner similar to the Breech_
loading Rifles. They must not be loss in length than 48
inches, including the stock.
The limit of weight for these arms is fixed at 911 b. ex-
clusive of the charges in the magazine.
It is indispensable that the arms bo made to take a
bayonet.
The Secretary of State offers a reward of 300 for the best
Magazine or Repeating Arm produced that fulfils the ab@ve
couditions ; and in the absence of experience does not at
present define the standard of accuracy or other conditions
to he fulfilled before such an arm can be adopted.
Those Magazinecorßepeating Arms, which are accepted
for further trial, will be paid for at the rate of £6O each.
This aura is to include 1,000 rounds of ammunition per
ann.

V.
The Secretary of State will take carp that no ingenious
novelty produced in answer to this advertisement shall bo
ndopted into the service without proper acknowledgment,
and that the name of the individual with whom it origi-
nates shall be recorded in connection with it.
If the rifle to which the first prize is awarded is adopted
into the service, it will bear the inventor's name.
J. ST. GEORGE, Major-General, Director
of Ordnance
War Office, Oct. 22 1866

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ANEW VOLUME of the " BUILDER."—The
"BUILDER," an Illustrated Weekly Journal, con-
ducted by Mr. Gonwm, F.R.r!.., addresses itself not merely
to architects, constructors, and operatives, but to lovers of
art, sanitary reformers, and all who are interested in the
material progress of the kingdom and the colonies. The
first Number for the new year contains some fine en2ravings
and numerous papers on important subjects ; 4d., or by post
sd. No. 1, York-street. W.C., and all newsmen.

IVIANFIELD'S PATENT PICKLES are per-
fectly pure and uncoloured. To be had of all dealers
and wholesale of JOHN BURGESS and SON, 107, Strand
(corner of Savoyateps), London.

A VALUABLE NEW-YE it R'S GIFT.-
A CHINESE CADDY, containing 161bs. of really
good Black Tea, sent carriage tree to any railway station or
market town in England, Ireland, ticotiaml, or Wales, on re-
ceipt of 405., by PHILLIPS and CO., Tea Merchants, 8,
King William-street, City, E.C.

H E 0 X F .0 it 11,
6, OXFORD-STREET, W.,
THE MUSICAL ESTABLISIIIIENT OF LONDON.
Cti RISTMAS - ENTER CA INMENTS.
LES DRAGONS DE V[i,L MKS (Opera Combine). Music
by A. Matikrt (first time in thiscoantry), Tins EVENING,
in which Miss RUSSELL will make 11,T Reappearance, as-
sisted by Misses Barrie and Fitz Henry ; llesars. A. St. Albyn,
Hulls, Fox, Husk, Evans, and Bury, with Extra Band and
Chorus ; produced and conducted by Atr. F. Jonglimans.
COMEDY. by Messrs. Hnrry Sydney, Brierley. and ton, t} Broth( rs Pentland, W. R. Julian (the celebrated
Mimic), together with an Entirely New Divertissement, en-
titled THE OXFORD REVELS, arranged and produced
under the immediate superintendence of Mr. W. IL Payne,
THIS EVENING.
NOTICE -Mr. FRANK HUSSEY. of the NEW AME-
RICAN MINSTRELS, wil have the honour to make his
First Appearance here on MONDAY NEXT, January 7th.

TEA IS CHEAPER THAN EVER.-Is. 6d ,
25.. 28 6 r. per lb. are the prices at which PHILLIPS
and CO Tea Merchants, 8, King William-street, City, L9n-
don, RC., are selling goo and fine BLACK T EA. A. price
current post free. 40s worth carriage free to any railway
stition or market town in the United Kingdom.—Observe—
PHILLIPS and Co. have no Agents or any connexion with
any house in Worcester or Swansea. Sugars are supplied at
market prices.

R. SCOTT'S LIVER AND BILIOUS
PILLS.--A NEVER FAILING REMEDY.—Pre-
,ared without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr.
icott, of Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to all who
Duffer from bilious and liver nomplaints, inligestlon, wind,
ipasms, giddiness, dizzinew of the eyes, .te. For habitual
:ostiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier
of the blood, they are truly excellent; mild in their opera-
tion and 2rn-teful to ;he stomach, they create appezite, pro-
mote digestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system.
Prepared only and s)ld by W. Lambert, Chemist, King
William-street, eharing-cross. London, and by most drug-
gists, in boxes,ls. lid., and three times the quantity in oue,
2s. lid. Be sure to ask for Dr. Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills.
The genuine are a square green package, with " William Lambert." engraved qn the stamp.

VIE BEST RESIEDY FOR INDIGE3TION.
NORTON'S CAMOMILE PILLS are confi-
dently recommendeci as a simple bur, certain Remedy
for Indigestion, whi.th 1. the cause of wally all the diseases
to wWch we are pubject, beluga iredicine so uniformly trrate
ful and beneficial, that it is w.th justice called the "Natural
Strengthener of the human Stomach." "Norton's Pills"
act as a rower} ul tonic and gentle aperient; ar mild in their
operation, sate under any circumstances, and ihousands of
persons can now bear testimony to he benefits to be derived
f'rom their use, as they have been a never-tailing Family
Friend for upwards of 20 years.
Sold in bottles at Is. lid., 2s. 9d, and lie. each, in every
town in the kingdom.

CAUTION.
Be sure and ask for "NORTON'S PILLS," anti do not be
persuaded to purchase any of the various imitations which
have sprung up in consequence of the success of NORTON'S
CAMOMILE PILLS.

HYA4 & Co.'s AI TIRE.

RYAN & Co., 66 and 67, OXFORD-ST.

FIYAM & Co.'s WINTER OVERCOATS.

HYAM & Co.'s SILK-FACED OVERCOATS.

'YAM. aTERS.

WAAI sm

Hrivu st,
COATS,

HYAII & Co.'s PROFESSIONAL ATTIRE.

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HYAM & Co.'s LADIES' HABITS.

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BAKER-STREET.
CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS.
NEW EDI VIONS. —Life-size Portrait-Models of JOHN
BRIGHT, Esq., M.P., and the late MCI/AHD COBDEN,
Esq., M.P.
Open from 11 a.m. till dusk, and from 7 till 10 p.m..
Admittance, ls. ; children, under ten, half-price; extra
rooms, 041.

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IN 'ULAN'S LL WHISKY. DUBLIN
EXTTERITTON, 1865.
This celebrated OLD IRISH WHISKY gained the
)nblin Prize Modal.
.-
It is Pure, Mild, kielloW, Delicious, and very Whole-
-40010.
Sold in Bottles, 3s. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London ;
..y the Agents in the principal towns in England; or
wholesale at
GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W.
Observe the Red Seal, Pia Label, and Cork branded
" Kinaban's LL Whisky."

VIUTUAL LOANFUND ASSOCIATION
IL. unoorporAteri by Act of Parliament, l 850),
4, itIISSNLL-STREET. COVICNT-GAR DEN. LONDON.
tree on
Prompt ADVANCES on all description of security. Forme
application by letter to
RDWARD HARPER. Secretary.

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.

JOHN GOSNELL and CO.'S CHERRY
TOO ill PASTIC is greatly superior to any tooth
powder; gives the teeih a pearl whiteness, protects the
enamel from decay. and imparts a pleasant fragrance to
breath. Price is. 6t—lied Bull Wharf. 93, Upper
Thames street, London.

ESTO N' S GRAND MUSIC HALL,
ITOLBORN.
Solo Proprietors, SWEASEY. and HOLLAND.
Grand Selection from Auber's Opera of " MASA-
NIELLO," by 40 vocalists dressed iu costume as at the
opera. Terr,fic ovation of the Irish Minstrels, with songs,
dances, and Irish anecdotes, under the direction of Pat
Corri. A now and original overture composed and ar-
ranged expressly for the above minstrels by Mr. H. Baker.
Comic—Arthur Lloyd's new song " Borachio, Pestach!o,
Lablachio, Moustachio,. and the Roly Poly Eye,"—Jolly
Nash, Georgina Smithson, Miss Fancourt, Paddy Fannin,
Patrick Sellers, and Harry and Kattie King ; and Pio
Watkini, the Persian Juggler. Band of 30 first-class per-
formers, and large Chorus chosen from her Majesty's and
Covent Garden Opera Houses. Musical Director, Mr. P.
CORRI.
Prices of admission Stalls and Balcony, Is.; Area, 6d. ;
Private Boxes, 10s. 6d. Can be secured at the Box Office,
between the hours of 10 and 5 o'clock. Hall open every
Evening at 7 o'clock.

EAU-DE-VlE.—This Pure PALE BRANDY,
18s. per zallon, ry superio- to recent importations
of Cognac, recommended by the medical profession, and ex-
tensively used in hospitals. In bottles, Ms. per dozen, or in
a case 399 , railway carriaze pal I.—HENRY BRETT and
CO, Old Furnival's Distillery, fiolborn, E.O , and 30, Regent-
street, S.W. Established 1829:

THE OCEAN ST. LEGER of 1866.—What
Lord Lyon was to his owner was the Taei•ing to her
Caotain, viz.. winner of the race having distanced i•lt com-
petitors, as the le
AS 1' I DIA TEA COM PAN Y have in-
♦ Lriab y done in their choi e and ssle of the new season's
teas, now sellit4.7, at importer's prices. War houses-9, Great
St. Helen's-churchyard.

NOTICE OF DIVIDEND.
THE JOINT STOCK COAL COMPANY
(Limited),
49, FLEET STREET, E.C.
At the Second Annual Meeting of Shareholders, held at
Radley's Hotel, Doc. 31st, It was Resolved:—
" That the Report be adopted and printed, and that a
dividend and Bonus equal to 10 per cent. per annum to
Shareholders, together with an additional Bonus of 4 per
cant. to coal-consuming Shareholders, be paid on and
after Jan. 31st, 1867."

DIINVILLE'S' V.R. OLD IRISH WHISKY,
BELFAST,
Is regularly supplied to the House of Lords.

"V.R." IRISH WHISKY.
DUNVILLE and CO.'S " V.R." OLD IRISH
WHISKY, BELFAST.
London Offi.!ei find Stores,
4, BEAUFORT-BUILDINGS, STRA ND, W.C.
Established 18(8. Quotations on application.

By order,
FREDERICK A. NEW, Managing Director,

• THE JOINT STOCK COAL COMPANY
(Limited),
Incorporated under the " Companies' Act, 18p," by which
the liability of each Shareholder is limited to the amount
of his Shares. Capital, .£lOO,OOO, in 100,000 Shares of
£1 each. First Issue of 50,000 fully subscribed. ss. per
Share to be paid on Application, ss. on Allotment, and
the remainder, if required, in calls of not less than ss.
per Share, at intervals of not less than three months.
CHAIRMAN.—JOHN WHITE ORAM, Esq.
MANAGING DlRECTOR.—Frederick A. New, Esq.
BANKERS.—The London and County Bank, Lombard-
street; and Metropolitan and Provincial Branches.
Chief Office • 49, Fleet-street, E.C.
West-end .. 157, Great Portland-street.
Dublin
Liverp00l Office
Colchester Hythe Quay.
Brighton p-street.
The Company is now in full operation, having seven
depots in London, also depots and wharves at Dublin,
Liverpool, Colchester, and Brighton. The Directors are
also supplying trucks of Coal to the various stations in
the Eastern Counties, the Home Counties, and also on the
South line of rails. To supply their trade promptly and
independently, the Company has in constant working up-
wards of 300 railway trucks, and also owns a large stock
of horses and vans in excellent condition.
The liability of Shareholders is limited to the amount of
shares taken. From the rapidity with which the first issue
of 50,000 Shares was subscribed, and the applications al-
ready on hand, the Directors anticipate being obliged at
an early period to close the Share List for the Second
Issue.
Applications for detailed Prospectuses and Shares to be
made to the Managing Director at the Offices or Depots of
the Company.

MES DALY and CO., Distillers, John-street,
next Cork.—" The purest spirit and safest drink in the
od:
the "Times. "--1 o-don "
Offices, 7, Printing-honse-square, E.C.,

TAMES DALY and.oo., Distillers, John-street,
Cork, beg. to announce that they're able to supply the
trade with their celebrated Whiskies. in casks or case., and
to take orders in bond at d for explrtation, at their offices, 7,
printing-hoe-square, London, ESC., the only house ia the
square not occupied by the " Times. J. D. and Co.'s whiskies
bring the highest prices in the Australian and other Colonial
markets, as may b 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. 64 per gallon and ss. 6d. a case over the lowest
quotation. Always on hand a large supply of ve y old
mellow whisky in the finest condition, matured in sherry
casks, unsurpassable in quality and flavour, supplied on the
most reasonable terms.

ASPHALTE ROOFING FELT,
OVE PENNY per Square Foot.
CROGGON and C 0., Manufacturers,
63, New Earl-street, London, B.C.
34, Bread-str,et,
59. George-square, Glasgow; 2, Goree Piazzas, Liverpool.

G E O L O G Y.—ELEMENTARY COLLEC-
TIONS, to illustrate the New Edition of "Lyell's
Elements of Geology" and facilitate the important study of
Mineralogy and Geology, can be had at 2,5, 10, 20, 50 to 500
guineas ; also single Specimens of s, Fossils,
and Recent Shells, Geologkal liar's Hammers. alt the recent
Pub'ioations, tc., o' J. TENNANT, Mineralogist to Her
Majesty, 119. Strand, Lou-ion.
Private Instruction is given in Mineralogy and Geology by
Mr. TENNANT, F.G.S., 149, Strand, W.C.

NOIICE Or REMOVAL.
DEFRIES and SONS'
T-o• NEW CITY SHOW ROOMS contain an entirely new
and extenrive Stock of TABLE GLASS, China, and Chan-
tioundaditch.

WINSLO W HALL, Winslow, Bucks, having
been recently opened and fitted with requisites for
the care and mfort of the INSANE, the proprietor, Dr.
BOIS RAG ON Cannounces that he h is transferred his Estab-
lishment from Birmingham to the above desirable residence,
easily accessible, and distant from London about an hour
and a-halt by the London and North-Western line, and fifty
minutes from Oxford. Attached to the mansion, situated on
a sandy soil, and commanding an extensive and pleasing
prospect, are garden, me ,'low, plantation, and recreation
grounds. For terms and forms of admission address the
proprietor.

NOTICE OF REMO VAL.
T DEFRIES and SONS'
tl • NEW CITY SHOW R 00111.4.—The New Oval-shaped
ALEXANDRA DINNER SERVICE, from £1 18s. ed.
147, Houndaditch.

NOTHING IMPOSsIBLE._The greatest and
LI most useful invention of the day, AGUA AMA BELL A.
Messrs. JOHN GOSNELL and CO. lied Bull Wharf, 93,
Upper Thames-street. Perfumers to CO.,
Majesty, respect-
Wily offer to the public this truly marvellous fluid, which
gradually restores the human hair to its pristine hue- no
matter at what age. The Agus Amarella has none of the
properties of dyes ' • it, on the contrary, is beneficial to the
system, and when the hair is once restored one application
per month will keep it in perfect colour. Price one guinea per
bottle, or in half bottles, /os. 'SI. Testimonials from artistes
ofthe highest order, and from Individuals of undoubted re-
spectability, may be seen on application. Messrs. John
Gosnell and Co. have been appointed Perfumers to her Royal
llighness the Princes. of Wales.

A.D. 1720.
ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE
CORPORATION
(Established by Charter of his Majesty George the First\
FOR SEA, FIRE, LIFE, AND ANNUITIES.
Offices, Royal Exchange, London.
Branch Office, 29, Pail-mall, S.W.
OCTAVIUS WIGRAM, Esq., Governor.
JAMES STEWART Honasori, Esq., Sub-Governor.
CHARLES JOIIN MANNING, Esq., Deputy-Governor.
DIRECTORS.
Robert Barclay, Esq. Wm. Tetlow Ilibbert, Esq.'
John Garratt Cattle_y, Esq. Wiimot Holland, Esq.
Mark Currie Close, Esq. Nevile Lubbock, Esq.
Edward James Daniell, Esq. Geo F. Malcolmson, Esq.
William Davidson, Esq. Henry Nelson, Esq.
Thomas Dent, Esq. Lord Josceline W. Percy.
Alexander Druce, Esq. Charles Robinson, Esq.
Fredk. Jos. Edlmann, Esq. Samuel Leo Schuster, Esq.
Charles 11. Goschen, Esq. Eric Carrimrton Smith, Esq.
Riversdale W. Grenfell, Esq. Joseph Somes, Esq.
Francis Alex. Hamilton, Esq. William Wallace, Esq.
Roby. Amadeus Heath, Esq. Chas. Baring Young, Esq.
Medical Referee, SAMUEL SOLLY, Esq., F.R.S.
NOTICE. - The usual Fifteen Days allowed for Payment
of FIRE PREMIUMS falling due at CHRISTMAS will ex-
pire on the 9th of January.
FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected on ad-
vantageous terms.
The Duty on Fire Assurances has been reduced to the uni-
form rate of is. 6d. per cent. per annum.
No charge is made by this Corporation for Fire Policy or
Stamp, however small the Assurance may be.
FARMING-STOCK.—No extra charge is made for the use
of Steam Thrashing Machines.
The Reversionary Bonus on British LIFE POLICIES has
averaged nearly 2 per cent. per annum on the sum assured.
Equivalent reductions have been made in the Premiums
payable by persons who preferred that form of Bonus.
The divisions of Profit take place every Five years.
Life
Any sum not exceeding £15,000 may be insured on one
This Corporation affords to the Assured—
Liberal participation in Proflts—with tuarantee f
a large Invested Capital Stock, and exemhe ptg ion, under
Royal Charter, from the liabilities of partnership.
The advantages of modern practice,—with the security
of an Office whose resources have been tested by the ex-
perience of nearly a CENTURY AND A HALF.
ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON.
ROBT. P. STEELE. Secretary.

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

JNOVICE OF REMOVAL.
FRIES and SONS'
assor!ment • NEW DE
CIP
of DEY SHOW ROOMS contain a beautiful
SSERT 4:S from Li is. to 100
guineas. Cre is and Monog,ramsSEßVlCl engraved on earne.-147,
Iloundsditch.

NOTION Me REMOVAL.
J DEFRIES and S ONS
NEW CI I Y SIIO w ROOMS.—CRYSTAL CHAN'
D I'LIERS, New Devig-ns for the Drawing-room, either for
Gas or Candle, and to suit all kinds of Decorations.-117,
Hone dsditch.

NOTICE OF REMOVAL.
‘-'
DEFRIES and SONS'
• NEW CITY SHOW ROOMS.—BRONZE and OR-
MOLU cHANDELIERS in great variety. New Designs
for the Dining-roorn.-147, Houndsditch.

NOTICE OF REMOVAL.
J DEFRIES and •SONS'
T--,• NEW CITY SROW ROOMS.—The ALEXANDRA
FLOWER VASE. This new and beautiful Vase can be
seen in great variety, from 3s. to 30s. each.-147, Hounds-
ditch.

NOTICE OF REMOVAL.
J. NE
DEFRIES and SONS'
W CITY snw' o ROWIS.—The NEW JET
variety.-147, llonn ds
DINING ROOM VASE'.
ditch. Registered designs, in great

NOTICE OF' REMOVAL.
ti • NEW
LAMP, for
D E FRIES and SONS'
crry SHOW ROOMS.--The NEW PATENT
ASTRACTAL LA MP Petroleum and Mineral Oils ; also
S and WALL LIGHTS (registered) for
India.--147, Houndsditch.

NOTICE OF REMOVAL.
T D
NEEFRIES and SONS'
HOT
J. W CITY SHOW ROOMS.—TAVERN and
EL GLASS of sure.-147. Houndsditch the newest patterns and correct mea-
.

NOTICE OF REMOVAL.
I and SONS'
J. NEw CITY 8110 W ROOMS.—ORNANENNTAL
CLOCKS for the DINING and DRAWING-ROOM.-147,
Eloundaditch.

NOTICE OF REMOVAL.
T DEFRIES and SONS'
• NEW CITY SHOW ROONIS.—Merck and the
Trade supplied with PATTERN BOORS FREE.-117.
Houndsditch.

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HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.—FUNDS
are earnestly solicited for fitting up the TRAINING
SHIP. £2,000 required.

WM. Boys' Ref age. 8, Great Que en-street, W.C.WILLIAMS, Secretary.

HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.—CON-
TRIBUTIONB are earnestly solicited for establishing
the COUNTRY ROME. £l,OOO required.
wair. WILLI A MB, Secretary.
Boys' Refuge, ft Great Queen-street, W.C.

HOMELESS BOYS OF
provide LONDON.—The
it
Comme are most anxious to 40 bos.
One hundred ante ford fifty are now in the Refuge. The annual
expenditure for supporting; the 400 boys is estimated at
£5,000, being. £l5 a year for each boy. Several kind friends
have promised to pay for one boy each year.
Subscriptions thankfully received by the London and West-
minster Rank, 41, Lothbury, and 214, tli„crh Holborn; lffessre.
Ransom and Co., 1, Pall-Mall East; and by
WM. WILLIAMS, Secretary.
Refuge, 8, Great Queen-street, W.C.

ROVIDENCE ROW NIGHT REFUGE,
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AN TIIROPOLOGICAL SOCIETY.

A inyqerioir, and, according to what known
of the circumstances at present, an unprovoked
murder took place in the burgh of Govan on Satur-
day night. The whole affair at present is a mys-
tery, although the police have been making every
endeavour to unravel it, they have hitherto met
with but little success. The information which
they are in possession of at resent is of the most
meagre description, and is somewhat as follows:
On Saturday evening, about 40 apprentice carpen-
ters in the employment of Messrs. R. Napier and
Sons, met in Mr. Alexander M'lnroy's public-house,
Rutland-place, Paisley-road, for the purpose of
going through the ceremony known under the name
of " brothering of apprentice carpenters." The
deceased, a young man named John Young, aged
20, formed one of the party, and seems to have
partaken. freely of liquor. About nine o'clock he
left the house, and proceeded on his way home.
Nothing is known as to what followed afterwards,
except what fell from his own lips, shortly before
he expired ; but the next time he was seen in the
vicinity of Govan, he was then seen staggering
helplessly along the road. Two boys who ob-
served him put some inquiries to him as to where
he was going, and who lie was, but he seems to
have returned very unsatisfactory answers, and
they, fearing that something might befall
hiul if they allowed him to wander about, con-
veyed- Min to a house at 58, Main-street,' mew;
pied by 'Wm. Johnstone. After remaining there for
some time, he stated that he lodged with an engine-
keeper named Denham, residing at 12, Three-Ell-
road, and he was removed there about 2 o'clock on
Sunday morning. Deceased at that time made no
complaint of being injured, but the people with
whom he lodged, suspecting from his faintness that
there was something more than drink wrong with
him, made an examination, and found two deep
wounds in his abdomen, which were supposed to
have been inflicted either with a knife or carpen-
ter's chisel. Medical assistance was procured,
but notwithstanding everything that could be done,
inflammition commenced, and he died shortly after
3 o'clock on Sunday afternoon. Before his death
lie stated that, after leaving M'lnroy's public-house,
he proceeded in the direction of Govan, and on
reaching Bainstreet, he stopped for a few minutes
close to a house occupied by a Mrs. Stenhouse.
Two men came up at the time, with whom he en-
tered into conversation ; but he could not remember
what passed between them, and was unable to give
any description of what the strangers were like.
It would appear, however, that they must have
stabbed the unfortunate young man, although he
seems to have been unaware of the fact. His as-
sailants, after committing their" cowardly attack,
must have made off, as deceased was seen wander

This society held its annual general mooting at its
rooms in St. Martin's-place yesterday. Dr. Hunt
occupied the chair, and the usual formal business
was gone through.
The SECRETARY read a very lengthy report, which
gave in considerable detail an account of the pro-
gress of this young society. The balance-sheet for
the year showed a small sum to the credit of the
association ; the receipts were £1,515145. 10d. ; the
expenditure £1,413 25., leaving a balance of £lO2
2s. 10d. There are at present 706 fellows on the
books, 42 corresponding members, and 49 local
secretaries in Great Britain.
The Rev. Dr. ICING (formerly prominent in the
Ethnological Society) moved the adoption of the re-
port.
The motion having been seconded, was at once
agreed to.
The Rev. Dr. HEATH then moved the adoption of
certain amended rules, and the motion was agreed to.
Votes of thanks were returned to the presidents,
vice-presidents, hon. secretaries, treasurer, and other
officers of the society.
Dr. HUNT, F.R.S. (who now retires from the
office of president, and assumes the position of di-
rector of the general management of the society,
which now will have no hon. secretaries), then read
his farewell address. Ile commenced by congratu-
lating the anthropologists on having now secured a
position inone of the sections of the British Asso-
ciation. He did not accept that position as final ;
but he should not recommend that the society
should at present take any steps to alter it ; he
felt that they should rather wait until they had
fully established themselves and shown that the im-
portance of their science entitled it to a separate
section at the meeting of the British Association.
He, in complimentary terms, mentioned the assist-
ance Professor Huxley had afforded the anthropo-
logists in getting them acknowedged by 'the associa-
tion, and adverted to some differences of opinion
that existed between him and the learned professor.
The president then detailed what had been done in
the way of meetings, translations, &c., and said
it was now proposed to considerably increase the
number of fellows. He pointed out that at one
time certain persons condemned them and denied
their right to attempt to trace the origin of man ;
that right Ind now been almost universally admit-
ted, provided they did not put forward crude and
undigested theories, and this they had no desire to
do. He described the opponents of the science of
anthropology as those suffering from religious mania,
who were pretty nearly harmless ; those suffering
from the "rights of man" mania,which led them to

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Mysterious Murder near Glasgow.

the belief that every one was equal. Human equality
was one of the most unwarrantable assumptions,
in his opinion, that ever existed, and in the science
of comparative anthropology no justification for
that assumption would be found by the philoso-
phers of the class of Mr. John Stuart Mill. He
trusted that the time was not far distant when
the importance of such a society, and the science it
dealt with, would be acknowledged by philoso-
phers, philanthropists, and politicians, and that it
would be seen that nations could be better governed
by the deductions from natural facts than by assump-
tions. He concluded by remarking on the progress
anthropology had made in England and abroad, and

ing alone about the streets in the manner we have
described above. Capt. Young and his officers
have been making every inquiry into the case, but
they have been unable as yet to find any trace of the

party or parties who committed the assault.—Vori
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British Daily Mail.

Extraordinary Law Suit in Paris,

A very extraordinary family law suit concerning
the custody of two young ladies, aged respectively
20 and 17, occupied one of the Paris courts last
week. The plaintiff, M. Baisson, a gentleman of
property, living in the Rue St. Honore, is the father
of the minors in question by a first wife, who died
many years ago. M. Baisson has several children
by a second marriage. Immediately after the death
of his first wife he placed his two children, then in-
fants of tender years, under the care of his mother-
in-law, the defendant, a widow. This lady became
passionately attached to the girls, took the utmost
care of their education, treated them in all respects
as her adopted children, relieved the father of all
expenses for their maintenance, and made no secret
of her intention to leave them the whole of her very
large fortune. Under these apparently most happy
circumstances the utmost harmony prevailed be-
tween M. Baisson and the mother of his first wife ;
he was able to devote himself to his new family with
the knowledge that his elder children were in the
hands of a tender, judicious, and wealthy relation,
whose greatest object in life was their welfare.
But a few months ago it happened that the eldest
Madlle. Baisson fell in love-_a most improper thing
for any young lady to do according to French no-
tions. The rule of good French society is that a
girl until married is never to speak to any man un-
less in the presence of her parents or guardians, and
then only in monosyllables. A well-bred French
girl knows that she is one day to be married, and
looks forward to the event with pleasure, as one
which will give her an opportunity of making many
old schoolfellows jealous by the display of her trous-
seau. But she is to have no preference on the sub-
ject. One day her father comes to her and says,
"My love, I have found you a husband." To which
she replies, kissing her father on the forehead,
"Merci, mon pare !—who is it?" He gives the
name, mentions a proximate day for the wedding,
and then the young lady consults with her mother
about the wedding outfit. These well-known rules
were not regarded in the case of Aladlle. Baisson's
attachment. Yes !--she absolutely formed an at-
tachment, and her rich grandmother, who had
brought her up and was prepared to do everything
requisite, humanly speaking, to make her future
life happy, was privy to it. The object of her at-
tachment is an army surgeon, a man of merit both
personally and through his foregoers. His father
was a distinguished general officer, and he himself
wears upon his breast a constellation of medals and
decorations attesting his good services. But his
only fortune •is his commission, and on this sole
ground M. Baisson, when informed of the engage-
ment by his mother-in-law, peremptorily declared
that the army surgeon was no fit match for his
daughter. The father, who had been content to
delegate to her grandmother the entire care of his
daughter from her earliest infancy, came forward re-
solutely to exercise the stern parental authority
which the law gives him in order to prevent the
marriage of a girl almost of age with the man of her
choice, who had courted her with the approbation
of the relation who stood in loco parentis, and had
been throughout her life her best friend. M. Baisson
went to his mother-in-law's house, saw his daughter,
told her that he would never give his consent to the
marriage ; and, moreover, that ho would no longer
allow her to live with her grandmother, and that she
must come away with him directly. The young lady,
in obedience to this parental command, packed up
her trunks and got into her father's carriage, which
was in waiting, but the carriage had only gone a few
yards, when she suddenly opened a door, at the risk
of breaking her neck, jumped out into the street,
and ran back to her grandmother's. M. Baisson
thought it undesirable to make a scene by attempt-
ing then and there to bring his daughter away by
force. He contented himself by saying that he was
inflexible, and she would hear from him in a few
days. When next he went to the house he was in-
formed that the whole family had gone away, and
had left no address. M. I3aisson went over almost
all Europe in search of his daughters. He inquired
at all the German watering-places and at every town
in Belgium, but without any result. At length he
hit upon the expedient of sending a money letter to
the grandmother at her old address in Paris, and he
learned through the post-office that this letter was
delivered to the very army surgeon whose pretensions
to his eldest daughter's hand foamed the casus
Ile afterwards found that the two girls were con-
cealed under false names in a Catholic convent in
Glasgow. Thereupon he brought an action against
his mother-in-law, requiring her to bring the girls
Nick to France and hand them over to his custody.
The Tribunal of First Instance made a decree in his
favour, and ordered the young ladies' grandmother
to pay I,ooof. a day for two months unless the girls

the yet lamentable ignorance that prevailed of the
science of man, and thanking the society for the
support he had received in his position as president
during the past four years.
Mr. HIGGLNS moved a vote of thanks to Dr. Hunt,
as their ex-president, and that his address be printed.
Mr. W. H. WESLEY seconded the motion, and it
was agreed to.

Dr. HUNT acknowledged the compliment, and the
proceedings terminated.

SirG.l3owyer, M.P., on the Roman Question

The hon. member for Dundalk addressed a meet-
ing of Roman Catholics in the Exchange, Wolver-
hampton, on Monday night. He said that lately a
great deal had been heard in the newspapers and
elsewhere about the " solution of the Roman ques-
tion." He, however, denied, that there was any
Roman question at all. (Cheers.) He could not
better illustrate this Roman question than by the
following question. Supposing any of them going
home that nightshould be met by two or three stout
ruffians who were to say—" Your money or your
life !" (Laughter and applause.) That was the
Roman question. (Renewed laughter and ap-
plause.) It was simply a question of robbery.
(Applause.) The Piedmontese, the Government of
Victor Emmanuel, were acting in the most hypo-
critical manner possible. They talked about the
desire of the Pope to introduce reforms into his
government, but they did not want reforms at all.
II hat they wanted was to take Rome, and no re-
forms would satisfy them. Then they talked about
the impossibility of a reconciliation between the
Pope and the Government of Florence. He thought
that he could illustrate that proposition in a man-
ner which would rather resemble the illustration he
had just given. It was just precisely as if a man,
after robbing them of their watch and their money,
were to say--" I will be reconciled to you, provided
you will make over to me all the rest of your pro-
perty." (Laughter and applause.) Their reconcilia-
tion was this—They said, " Give us Rome ; give
us the whole of your dominions ; give us everything
you have got left ; we have taken the greater part of
it ; give us all the rest, and we will be reconciled to
' you." (Laughter and applause.) Now, how very
kind that was, was it not ? (Laughter.) But he
would not give much for such reconciliation. Then
they, said, " We will not take the whole of your
power from you ; we will have a garrison
in Rome." That was very much like the
wolf protecting the sheep. Such a protec-
tion could not be listened to, and it could not be
offered without a great deal of bad faith and dis-
honesty. If the Pope allowed those people to have
possession of Rome he would be a prisoner, and he
would be compelled to leave his capital and lose the
independence absolutely necessary for the perform-
ance of his sacred duties. But there was another
object; they did not only want territory and that
magnificent city of Rome, but they wanted another
thing. Rome was the centre of the whole civilised
world. In that city were all the threads by which
the affairs of Christendom were managed. Every-
thing centred at Rome. They wanted to get hold of
that centre of the Catholic Church. It was the ob-
ject of the impious people who composed the secret
society to effect the complete destruction of the reli-
gious orders. They foolishly thought that they could
destroy the Church by getting hold of Rome and of
the bead of the Church. If they should do this they
would subvert the providence of God. (Cheers.)
But they did not want them to get hold of Rome, for
if they did they would produce a great deal of mis-
chief and plunder the rest of the Church. In proof
of this let them bear in mind what had just happened
in Venice. The people who had been deprived of
their livelihood because of the departure of the Aus-
trian troops cried for "Bread, bread," at the doors
of the Government offices. Upon that there came
out one of Victor Emmanuel's officers and said the
Government would do everything they could; and,
in order that they might have work, the Govern-
ment had ordered the destruction of two religious
houses. If these people were allowed to get hold of
Home the devastation of the Church would follow,
and a great and serious calamity to the Catholic
Church would ensue. Sir George discountenanced
the habit of some in denouncing the Emperor of the
French, who, he said, had promised to send his sol-
diers back to the relief of the Pope if their aid should
be required; and he concluded by urging the assem-
bly to contribute Peter's pence, by which hitherto
the Holy Father had been enabled to fulfil punctu-
ally and exactly all demands as they became due,
whiilt the spoiler and the robber, King Victor Eni-
manuel, remained
_upon the verge of bankruptcy.
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were restored to their fat!'
the penalty of this decree wi
matter, let the two months e:
the large sum of 60,000 f. into couiti- aam List
she was prepared to sacrifice rather than surrender
the girls to their obdurate father. But then he
brought a further action, laying datulges at a mil-
lioo fidoc.s.. Il.l.De.tuare:st, the hidy',-; couns4
told her that the law W:ti altogether on father's
side, and that if she did not give the children up he
might go ou bringing actions until he utterly ruined
her. Acting upon D.I. l)esmarest's advice, the grand-
mother has now brought the young ladie3 back hem
Glasgow. The father has gAillel 1113 point, they
are now in his custody. The only question ulti-
mately before the court was, what damages she
should pay to the father for interfering with his
authority. This, after his counsel (M. Jules 1' vivre)
had bnn heard, was fixed at 5,000 f., and the
balance of the 60,000 f. interest is to be refunded to
the lady. As.matters now stand Madlle. Baissou
cannot marry in France till 25 without her father's
consent—but in a few mouths she will be 21, and
then he will have no legal right to prevent herfrom
living where she pleases.

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Anne Taylor's Death.

The last of " the Taylors of Ongar" has gone to
ler rest. On the 20th ult. died, at Nottingham, in
►cr 85th year, the above-named lady, the widow of
he late Rev. Joseph Gilbert, but who was better
known in literature as Anne Taylor of Ongar.
Anne Taylor was a member of an essentially lite-
rary family. She was the daughter of the Rev. Isaac
Taylor, of Ongar, whose wife was the author of
works that were popular in the last century. Her
uncle, Charles Taylor, was the learned editor of
Camille,. Her brother Isaac was the well-known
author of the "Natural History of Enthusiasm,"
and numerous other* philosophical and religious
works. Her second brother, Jeffrey, was the author
of many anonymous productions, the chief perhaps
of which was The Apostolic Age in Britain.' lier
sister Jane shared with her the authorship of a very
celebrated little work, older than the century in
which it still lives, ' Original Poems for Infant
Minds.' One peculiarity respecting this work is,
that while poetry much more pretentious, but once
popular, has perished, these original poems continue
to be republished. From the period of their first
appearance down to the present year they contri-
buted a handsome annuity to the authors,—of late
years to the survivor of the two. This work was
among the first on which Anne Taylor was en-
gaged, and her last labour was devoted, as the
readers of the Athenxtun will remember, to the
emendation of a verse in the most popular poem of
the whole collection, My Mother.' Anne Taylor
married, in 1813, the Rev. Joseph Gilbert, author
of The Christian Atonement, its Bask Nature,
and Bearings,' and member of a Lincolnshire,
family that contributed two officers to Captain
Cook's expeditions, one of whom has left in
manuscript his account of the voyage of the Reso-
lution and Discovery (1776-1780) in search of a
North-West passage. Although the Taylors of
Ungar have now all passed away, the literary spirit
of the family survives. Mrs. Gilbert's son Josiah
is, with Mr. W. Churchill, the author of the work
on the Dolomite Mountains, of which we had
recently to speak with much commendation.

Another son, Dr. Henry Gilbert, is known by his
Elucidations of Agricultural Chemistry ;' and
her nephew, the Rev. Isaac Taylor, has taken lite-

rary rank by his " Words and Places." Few whole

families have so completely belonged to literature
as that of the aged lady of whose death we make

record.

The daytime of her life wai one of varied

and useful labour; with labour, rest, and recreation
heartily enjoyed, and an exercise of abounding hos-
pitality in as pious and gly a home as ever illus-
trated the bright cheerfulness of a religious and
intellectual life. The evening of such a life was.

most appropriately, the calm evening of a long d.►y
of sunshine and of shade, blending so quietly with
the night that it was hardly possible to say when
the one ended or the other began. In the loving

memories of her family and friends Anne Taylor

will not die.—Atheneum.

In addition to the models of the various ironclad
broadside, turret, and other vessels built during the
last few years at Chatham dockyard which are now
in course of preparation to be transmitted to Paris,
to be placed in the French Exhibition, an order has
been received at the establishment directing a speci-
men of every description of boat used in the British
navy to be constructed at Chatham dockyard, for
forwarding, with the models, to Paris. The boats
will include the various descriptions supplied to a
man-of-war, from the 42-feet launch down to the
smallest dingey, all of the exact size. Besides one of
the ordinary ship's launches a specimen of a steam
launch is also to be sent to Paris, with the high
pressure engines complete fitted on board for driv-
ing the double screws. Two of the models of the
vessels in course of preparation have been completed
at Chatham dockyard, and transmitted to the Ad-
miralty for approval. An official letter has since been
received at the yard expressing their Lordships' un-
qualified satisfaction at the execution and finish of
the models, and directing that those in hand may
be completed and finished in precisely the same
manner. The boats and models are to be ready for
transmission to the French Exhibition by the Ist of
February.
The Journal des Debals has an interesting article
upon the subject of M. de Ricasoli's letter to the
Bishops of Rome who had left their dioceses, but
who have now returned. The Debats compares the
doctrines propounded by the Italian Minister in his
letter to the celebrated formula of Count de Cavour
—" A free Church in a free State." It then illus-
trates M. Ricasoli's principles by the following
extract from his letter :—" By the side of the Ca-
tholic church a Protestant church is erected, the
Mussulman mosque and the Chinese pagoda. By
the side of the Catholic clergy the consistory of
Geneva and the Methodist congregation fulfil their
functions. Such a state of things does not en-
gender either confusion or lukewarmness. Why?
Because neither religion demands from the
State either special protection or special privilege.
Each religion exists and is developed under the
shield of the law common to all ; and the law,
equally respected by all, guarantees to each

equal liberty." In conclusion, the Debate charac-
terises the letter as "a programme of reconciliation
between the Church and modern society."
A widow lady named Gravis, whose husband was
an army surgeon, is now residing at Calais, who,
although 99 years old, is in full possession of all
her faculties, and is in excellent health. She has in
her possession a relic, of which she takes great care.
Is is a spoon of boxwood, which was used by Maria
Antoinette while she was in prison at the Con-
ciergerie in 1793. Madame Gravis was in that
prison at the same time, having been incarcerated
by the Revolutionists. The spoon came into her
possession in this way. After the death of Robe•
spierre, Madame Gravis was sent from the Con-

ciergerie to the College du Plessis, which was
converted into a prison. A Savoyard woman, who
had been cordemned to death, attended upon the
Queen in the Conciergerie, was also sent to the
College, where sly) also offered her services to
Madame Gravis. This woman sold her several

articles, and amongst them this spoon, which was
used by Marie Antoinette who!' her plate was taken

from her. Madame Gravis, regarding it as an his-
torical relic, purchased the spoon of the woman and
gave her for it the sum of 25 francs in assignats.
The Steele, in reference to the Speech of M. Bis-
marck, relative to the annexation of the Duchies,
says :

" In whatever way the sense of the speech may
be tortured, it is difficult not to discover in it the
expression of the desire felt by the whole of Ger-
many to remain upon terms of peace and friendship
with France. The conduct of Prussia during re-
cent events may be judged with severity, it may
even be appreciated in the least flattering manner
as regards the feeling which we all entertain of the
influence which Prussian aggraudisment may have
in deteriorating the power of France ; but one con-
clusion must be arrived at. Should we prepare to
make war against Prussia, or would it not he pre-
ferable to accept faithfully accomplished facts, and
maintain with New Germany the relations of peace
and good neighbourhood Y"