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OP MYSTERY, Egyptian 11411, is OPENI for the S EA-
SO ,I. Madame Stodare wi It preikent the SNI FIX, MARVEL
OF MECCA, and BASKS t' TRICK, assisted by Mr. Fir-
bank Burman (pupil of the late Culon. 1 Stodare), in Colonel
Sindare's ROYAL ENT E TIN NI:i:N i' of 3IAGIC. _ .

ANGLO-AMERICAN TELEGRAPH
• CO3IPANY (Limited).
CHANGE OF OFFICES.
NOTICE 13 HEREBY GIVEN, that the Offices of this
Company are ME ‘lO V U from 72, Cornhill, E.C., to 26, OLD
RO .I.D-S T t-LE ET. E.C.
By order,
JOHN C. DEANE, Secretary.
London, Dec. 14, 1866.

gerous proximity" to the Lea, at a point where that
tidal river is full of foul sewage ; the deaths here
were at a very different rate—namely, 63 in Beth-
nal-green, 65 in Mile-end Old-town, .93 in St.
George's-in-tha-East, 85 in Poplar, 78 in White-
chapel, 111 in Stepney. There are two sub-districts
on the east side of the Lea, also supplied by the East
London Company, and the deaths were at the same
rate as on the west side.

Doors o en every evening at 7.30 ; S ednesday and Salur-
'ay mwnine.s at 2.31. Admission —ls. and 25.; stalls, 3s.
choo' an, ehildron h lf-pr!ce. Seats may be secured at the
Box-ofliee, tr.un l l till 6, and at Ilitehell's Royal Library, 33,
o,d Bond street.

MIL JA%IKS WEAVER, Manager.

TII E 0 X F 0 It I) ,
6, OXFORD-STREET, W.,

THE MUSICAL ESTABLISHNIENT OF LONDON.

Brilliant Revival of OfTenbaeles •` SIX CY•SIY." Mis.es
Russel, Fitz Henry, and Barrie; Messrs. St. Albyn, Marler,
and Bury.

Comedy by lfl.rry Sydney (the political Momus), Robert
Fraser (Buffo Vocalist and Comedian—a great success). Mons.
Peterson with his high'y trained troupe of Performing
Dogs.

EXTRA ATTRACTIONS during the CATTLE SHOW
WEEK,
----

Great success of LDS AMAZONES AU CHAMPAGNE
DIVERTISSEMENT. by the Misses TESSY and SARA
GUINNESS, assisted by their talented troupe of artistes.

Musical Director and Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans.

Admission —Area, 6d. ; stalls and balcony, 18 ; private
boxes, with separate entrance, 10s. 6d.
Open every evening at 8.

ROYAL CAMBRIDGE MUSIC HALL,
Commercial-street, Shoreditch, N.E.

Proprietor—Mr. G S. PAGE.

GREAT ATTRACTIONS for CATTLE SHOW WEEK.
The ROCKI-MOUNTAIN WONDERS (four in number)
in their astounding gymnastic performances at 9 and IL
o'clock—RU(lßA FOOLAK, the -Marvel of the East—
Lillian Lascelles, Mr. and Madame Hertert, J. H. Stead (the
"Cure"), Rnssell Grover, Jerry .Wood, and Dpriah and
Davies.—Mbnager and Conductor, Mr. C. drevilie.

WESTO N' S GRAND- MUSIC HALL,
HOLBORN.

Proprietors, SWEASEY and HOLLAND.
The most triumphant success ever attained in any
Musical Establishment. Grand Selection from Auber's
Opera of " MASANIELLO," produced on a scale of mag-
nificence never before attempted at any Music Hall.
Terr fic ovation of the Irish Minstrels, 27 in number,
three and four calls nightly. A new and original overture
composed and arranged expressly for the above minstrels
by Mr. H. Baker. Comic supported by Fred. French,
Mrs. Bryan, Miss Fancourt, Paddy Fannin, Patrick Sellers,
and Les Freres Risoralis. Majilton as Mesetopolan.
Band of 30 first-class performers, and large Chorus
chosen from her Majesty's and Covent Garden Opera
Houses. Musical Director, Mr. P. Coma.
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, commencing at Half-past.
CATTLE SHOW WEEK. Extra Attractions at
WESTON'S GRAND MUSIC HALL, Holborn, the most
elegant and comfortable Hall in London, entirely redeco-
rated.

1101[ADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION,
BAKER-STREET.
NEW EDITIONS. —A Life-size Portrait-Model of the
PRINCESS M A.RY OF CAMBRIDGE, a Marriage Group
of the PRINCESS HELENA and PRINCE CUItISTIAN.
Admistance, Ss.; children, tinier ten, half-price; extra
rooms, 6d.
Open from 11 a.m. till dusk, and from 7 p.m. till 10.

ARGYLL ROOMS. - GRAND CASINO,
Windmill-street. Piccadilly.
These elegant and popular Rooms, having been entirely re-
decorated, are now OPEN EVERY EVENING for Concert
and Dancing. Conductor, Signor Loci CURTL Manager,
M. GRENET.

Admission to Promenade, One Shilling.
Reserved Seats, Two Shillings.

OSBORNE'S STILTON

CITY OFFICES COMPANY
lIJJ (Limited).
NOTICE IS HEREBY GI VENT, that at a Meeting of the
Board a Cat L t .£5 per share has been made this day on
the shares of this Company. payable on the 31st January
next to the London and County Bank, No. 21, Lombard-
street, London.
By order,
G. W. BENWELL, Secretary,
St. Clement's House, Dec. 13, Md. .

FAST INDIA IRRIGATION AND CANAL
COMPANY.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the TRANSFER
BOOKS of this Company will be CLOSED from the 29th
instant to the 11th day of January next, both days inclusive,
for the purpoie of making up the Interest Accounts to the
31st instant.
Interest Warrants will, on or about the 11th proximo, be
forwarded to those shareholders whose names shall appear
registered in the Books of the Company on the 31st inst.
Deeds of Transfer will not be registered whilst the Books
arc closed.
JOHN WESTWOOD, Secretary to the Company.
8 and 9, Queen-street-place, Southwark-bridge,
London, E.L.. Dec. 6, 186 t.

Is THE Cheese !

EW YORK viaVRE and BREST, by
A-1 the COMPAGNIE A
GENERALE TRANSAT-
LANTIQUE STEAMERS,
NAPOLEON 111. (paddle) l,OOO-horse power.
EUROPE (paddle) 9OO-horse power.
VILLE DU PARIS (screw) l,OOO-horso power.
PEREIRE (screw)
ST. LAURENT (screw) l,OOO-horse power.
The following dates are fixed for the sailing of these
Steamers
FROM HAVRE. From BREST.
Gth December. Bth December.
20th do. ! 22d do.
Fares—First class, £2B ; second, £l6 ; third, £l2. For
particulars apply to
STRINGER, PEMBROKE, and CO.,

8, Austinfriars,'and 54k, Old Broad-stiTet„London, E.C.

\VEST INDIES, souTil AMERICA, PANAMA,
PACIFIC.

THE Magnificent STEAMERS of the COM-
PA GNIE GENERALE TRANSATLANTIQUE
leave St. NAZAIRE on the Bth of each month for
PANAMA, MARTINIQUE, Santa Martha, Colon, Aspin-
wall, Guadeloupe, Sainte Lucie, Saint Vincent, Grenada,
Trinidad, Demerara, Surinam, Cayenne, Central America,
California, Equador, Peru, and Chili.
On the 16th of each month for SAINT THOMAS,
Havana, Vera Cruz, Porto Rico, Capo Hayti, Santiago do
Cuba, Jamaica, Guadeloupe, And Martinique. For freight
or passage apply at 12, 'Boulevard des Capucines (Grand
Hotel); 108, Rue du Faubourg, St. Denis, Paris ; or to M.
Bourbean, St. Nazaire; MM. Iselin and 0., Havre ; MM.
Kerjegu and Villeferon, Brest ; or to
STRINGER,.PEMBROICE, and CO.,
8, Austinfriars, and 54k, Old Broad-street, E.G., London.

DIINVILLE'S V.R. OLD IRISH WHISKY,
BELFAST,

Is regularly supplied to the House of Lords.

"V.K" IRISH WHISKY.

DUNVILLE and CO.'S " V.R." OLD IRISH
WUISKY, BELFAST.

London Offi :es and Stores,
4, BEAUFORT-BUILDINGS, STRAND, W.C.
Established 18(8. Quotations on application.

FALKNER'S OLD IRISH WHISKY, " Real
Malt." 19s. per gallon, is sold in bottles and jars, bear-
ing his label and trade mark. Most liberal terms are offered
to the trade for the sale of ME+ geniiin a old soirit, which is
coming into universal consumption through England.
For price lists apply at Offices, 14, Strand, London, W.C.
Established in Grafton-street, Dublin, A.D. 17SO.

MADRAS IRRIGATION AND CANAL
COM?ANY.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the TRANSFER
BOOKS of this Company will be CLOSED from the 29th
instant to the 11th day of January next, both days inclusive,
for the purpose of makinip the Interest Accounts to the
31st instant.
Interest Warrants wiifott or about the 11th proximo, be
fo'wifded to those shareholders whoSe names shall appear
reAstered in the Books the Company on the 31st inst.
Deeds of i ransler will not be registered whilst the Books
are closed.
JOHN WRSTWOOD, Secretary to the Company.
8 and 9, Queen-street-place, Southwark-bridge,
Lot Alon, E.C., Deo. 6, 1866.

AVALUABLE CHRISTMAS PRESENT.—
A CHINESE CADDY, containing 16lbs. of really
good Black Tea, sent carriage free to any railway station or
market town in England, Ireland, Scotland. or Wales, oa re-
ceipt of 405., bf PHILLIPS and CO., Tea Merchants, 8,
King William-street, City, E.C.

YARMOUTH BLOATERS.-12 for 2s. 6d. ;
25, 4s. ; 50, 6s. ; 100. Bs. ; 500, ; 1,030, 50s. No
charge for carriage to London. Cash on delivery. Country
orders paid in advance.—Forwarded by FRED& BAANBY,
Purveyor of Fish, Great Yarmouth.

GEOLOG Y.—ELEMENTARY COLLEC-
noNs, to illustrate the New Edition of "Lyell's
Elements of Geology" and facilltatr the important study of
Mineralogy and Geology, can be had at 2,5, 10, 20, 50 to 600
guineas; also single Specimens of Minerals, Rocks, Fossils,
and Recent Shells, Geological daps. Hammers, all the recent
Pub:ioations, Sc., of J. TENNANT, Mineralogist to Her
Majesty, 1 t 9, Strand, London.
Private Instruction is given in Mineralogy and Geology by
Mr. TENNANT. F.G.S., 149, Strand, W.C.

DINNEFORD'S FLUID MAGNESIA.-
years have approved
the best remedy for
of thisThpeurme
Acidity of the Stomach. Headache, Heartburn, Gout, and
ed i
solutioncat prof eosts iboinagf onre Tsiha i
asrt
Indigestion ; and as a mild aperient it is especially adapted
for ladies and children. Prepared by
DINNE FORD and CO.. Chemists, etc.,
172, New Bond-street, London ;

And sold throug,h,:nt the world by all respectaUe chemists.
CAUTION.—See that " Dinnetord and Co." is on each bottle
and red label over the cork.

The New Liverpool Underwriters' Rooms.

TAMES DALY and CO., Distillers, John-street,
Cork.—" The purest spirit and safest drink in the
world." —Loudon Offices, 7, Printing-house-square, E.C.,
next the "Times."

TAMES DALY and CO., Distillers, John-street,
eCork, be, 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
bring: the hi hest prices in the Australian and other Colonial
markets, as may be observed by relerence 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 ve y old
mellow whisky in the finest condition, matured in sherry
casks, unsurpassable in quality and flavour, supplied on the
most reasonable terms.

The west wing of the new Liverpool Exchange
Buildings is fast approaching completion, and will
in a short period be completely occupied by public
institutions and private offices. In this portion of
these buildings are located the Exchange News-
room and the Newsroom and various offices con-
nected with the Liverpool Underwriters' Associa-
tion. The Underwriters'-rooms and offices are so
far advanced that they are to be occupied next week,
as the following notice intimates :
Thaderwriters'-rooms, Liverpool,
Dec. 11, 1866.

Members and subscribers are requested to take notice
that the new premises taken by the association in the op-
posite wing of the Exchange Buildings will be opened
next week, and that the business of the association will
from that time forward be carried on there.
Subscribers are further informed that Mr. Court, who has
held the of of secretary for nearly 31 years, has now re-
tired from the service of the association, under an arrange-
ment mutually satisfactory to himself and the committee,
and that Mr. M. W. Rundoll has been appointed his suc-
cessor.

31r. Court, in retiring, is desirous that his thanks
should be conveyed to the gentlemen who frequent the
rooms, not only for their kindness to him individually,
but also for their readiness at all times to supply him
with any information he might need in the discharge of
his duties.

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, having* distanced all com-
petitors, as the li'AS l' N DIA '['EA CONIPANY have in-
garish y done in their shot e and sale of fine new season's
teas, now selling at importer's prices. Warehouses-0, Great
St. Helen's-churchyard.

EAU-DE-VIE.—This Pure PALE BRANDY,
18s. per gallon, is vi ry superio- to recent importations
of Conac, recommended by the medical profession, and ex-
tensively used in hospitals. In bottles, 335. per dozen, or in
a case 395., railway carriage pal I.—HENRY BRETT and
CO., Old Furnival's Distillery, Holborn, E.O , and 30, Regent-
street, S.W. Established 1829.

HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.-FUNDS
are earnestly solicited for fitting up the TRAINING
SHIP. £2,n00 required.
WM. WILLIAMS, Secretary.
Boys' Refuge, 8, Great Queen-street, W.C.

WM. lIY. JONES, Chairman.

In the above intimation our readers will observe
that Mr. Court retires from the secretaryship of the
association. Holding the position that Mr. Court
has done for the third of a century, that gentleman
must be widely known—certainly in every seaport
of the world,--and very many of our readers will
recognise in the graceful acknowledgment Mr. Court
makes to the frequenters of the news-room that
geniality by which, throughout the past 34 years,
he called forth the individual kindness he received
and the information proffered him. We write this
as journalists who have always received every
facility the underwriters'-rooms could give for the
public information, and from personal acquaintance
with Mr. Court over the whole of the long period
he has so ably filled the position of secretary of the
Underwriters' Association. —Liverpool ChM n icle.

OMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.-CON-
TRIBUTIONS are earnestly solicited for establishing
the COUNTRY ROME. £l,OOO required.
WM. WILLI kMB, Secretary.
Boys' Refuge, 8. Great Queen-street. W.C.

HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.The
Committee are most anxious to provide for 400 boys.
One hundred and fifty are now in the Refuge. The annual
expenditure for supporting the 400 boys is estimated at
£5,00e, being. £l5 a year for each boy. Several kind friends
have promised to nay for one b )y each year.
Subscriptions thankfully received by the London and West-
minster Bank, 41, Lothbury, and 214, High Holborn; Messrs.
Ransom and Co., 1, fall-Mall East; and by
WM. WILLIAMS, Secretary.
Refuge, 8, Great Queen-street, W.C.

PROVIDENCE ROW NIGHT REFUGE,
FOE
HOMELESS WOMEN AND CHILDREN,
14A, Providence-row, Finsbury, E.C.
Sixty Thousand Nights' Lodgings, with Suppers and
Breakfasts, have been given in this Institution to the
destitute, who otherwise would have had to pass the
nights in the bleak streets or under railway arches.
At present nearly 500 Nights' Lodgings, with Suppers and
Breakfasts, are given gratuitously every week. The poor
from all parts are admitted, the only condition being that
they are homeless and starving. The Manager &c.,
feceives no remuneration whatever. Notwithstand-
ing the provision made by the Poor Houses, each
night numbers of young women, chilaren, and orphans
are, for want accommodation, refusedadmittance, andhavo
to spend night after night in the cold, wet, and sleet. To
meet this evil, and to provide more ample accommoda-
tion, £2,000 has been raised, but to accomplish the
work a sum of at least £1,300 more will be required.
Besides providing shelter for the homeless, this year it
is proposed, as far as the donations obtained for the pur-
pose will allow, to give bread and coals to poor families
in want. Will you, in your charity, help to carry on and
accomplish what has been begun ? Will you help to give
shelter to the really homeless, and food to the really
starving ? The smallest donation will be most welcome,
and, night and morning, the prayers of the destitute will
be offered in your behalf.
SUBSCRIPTIONS are earnestly requested, and will be
gratefully received by the Rev. D. GILBERT:„D.D., No. 22,
Zin.Oury-circus, 8.0. -

A most gratifying and conclusive proof of the
good effects of improved water supply is afforded by
the experience of the South London districts, which
were undrained and were supplied with the foul
sewage water of .the Thames by the Southwark
and Lambeth Companies in 1849. The Lambeth
Company got purer water from the Thames above
Teddington Lock before 1854, but the Southwark
Company only succeeded in supplying the purer
water after the year 1854. In the present year,
both companies have supplied this better, if not per-
fectly pure water, of the Thames ; while the shallow
pumps have been dried up by the drains—with the
following remarkable results :—The deaths by cho-
lera to 10,000 inhabitants of South London were
120 in the year 1849, 87 in 1854, and 8 in the year
1866. From cholera and diarrhoea the deaths out
of the same numbers living were 142, and 104, and
15 ! As the water improved the deaths declined to
this marvellous extent. Similar, if less striking,
evidence of the effects of pure and impure waters is
supplied by the experience of the other London.
companies.

At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean
height of the barometer in the week was 29.68 in.
The barometrical reading increased from 29.37 in.
on Friday to 30.34 in. by the end of the week. The
mean temperature of the air in the week was 46.9
deg., which is 4.8 above the average of the same
week in 50 pars (as determined by Mr. Glaisher).
The highest day temperature was 56.3 deg., on
Thursday. The lowest night temperature was 30.9
deg., on Saturday. The entire range of tempera-.
ture in the week was, therefore, 25.4 deg. The
mean of the highest temperatures of the water of
Thames was 44.5 deg. ; that of the lowest was
414 deg. The difference between the mean dew-
point temperature and air temperature was 3.5 deg.
The mean degree of humidity of the air was 88,
complete saturation being represented by 100. Rain
fell to the amount of 0.99 in.: The general direction
of the wind was south-west. According to a return
furnished by the engineer of the Metropolitan Board
of Works, the average daily quantity of sewage
pumped into the river Thames at the southern out-
fall works, Crossness, was 222,840 cubic metre;.
Dr. Frankland's analysis of East London water
taken, on Nov. 8, from the Stamford-hill Reservoir
of the company gives the following results :—The
solid matter in 100,000 parts, 31.30 ; organic and
other volatile matter included in the preceding,
1.28 ; oxygen required for oxydation of organic
matter, •0467 ; degrees of hardness, 21.7.

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from Spithead, called at Plymouth on Tuesday to
ship stores, and left in the evening for Ireland.
The War Department screw steamer Lord Pan-
mure, from Woolwich, arrived at Devonport on
Wednesday with military stores for tha gun-wharf.
The iron screw steamship Achilles, 26, Capt. E.
Vansittart, will be placed in the long dock at Devon-
port to-day, to have her bottom cleaned and valves
and screws overhauled. Her decks are fitting with
larger radius plates for the use of her new guns.
The paddlewheel steam tender Medusa having
the gunboat Nightingale in tow, from Ireland,
arrived in Plymouth Sound on Wednesday evening.
She brings old muskets exchanged for modern
breechloaders. The Nightingale will be placed in
Devonport dockyard for repairs.
The Ist Battalion 18th Royal Irish Regiment,
under command of Col. G. Call, arrived at Alder-
shot yesterday afternoon from Shorncliffe. Two
special trains on the South-Eastern Railway were
provided for the conveyance of the regiment.
Major-Gen. C. Hay, Commandant and Inspector-
General of Musketry, has been engaged at Chatham
in the half-yearly inspection of the records and re-
turns of the firing of the officers and men of the
several corps at the garrison, previously to the
classification of the several depots, and the distribu-
tion of the prizes and badge 3 to the most experi-
enced marksmen.

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peace establishment, and will rei 1 '.e*- .
,'..1q5-X K,iz,,_
as may be required. Of the two Vtiniiilth)&lZ,„.,K-1
serve, the first will be under the co trgigAl*lll74.(-)k).'
ster of War, to meet the necessities -o.CtlitittatiW .../
force. The second can only be called orlt.tby areeB
In addition a Mobile National Guard, the strength
of which is estimated in the project at 300,000, will
be destined for internal defence; that is to say, the
defence of the frontiers, strong places, and the coasts.
In time of peace the Mobile National Guard will be
relieved from all service and all displacements.
With respect to the principle of exemption it is
maintained, and its application will be regulated in
proportion to the re-engag,enents of the preceding
year, since exemption only applies to the active
army. But this does not prevent any extensive
system of substitution being authorised between the
an 1 those of the
reserve)'ol inoefnbootfh theaesc. active
Thaermreyserve service will ho
rendered still less onerous by the greatest facilities
for marriage being accorded to the young soldiers.
Further, all those will be relieved from duty at the
depots who shall have been declared sufficiently in-
structed in the manual exercise. The reception
which public opinion will accord to such a project
is not doubtful.. The public, let us repeat, know
with what scrupulous care it has been elaborated
and discussed, and with what information the Em-
peror was provided. His Majesty himself has made
military matters the study of his whole life, and
possesses a familiar knowledge of the organisation
of all the great armies of Europe. The public will,
above all, appreciate in this project the perfect con-
sonance with which he adapts himself to the require-
ments of our intellectual and democratic society,
while meeting the necessity for the defence of our
territory. If we are a military nation by tempera-
ment and aptitude, we are no less a nation inclined
to the noble labours of the mind, and the profitable
application of the sciences, agriculture, industry,
and the arts. There could be no piestion, then, of
making a soldier of every French citizen, of bri-
gading all France, as some journals at first pre-
tended to believe. But it was necessary, without
overthrowing the admirable system of our army, to
revise and adjust it to the necessities created by the
military progress of neighbouring nations and new
circumstances. To attain this end without wound-
ing the sentiment of equality and justice so deeply
rooted among us, without injuring the other great
interests of the country, without placing useless
obstructions in the path of youth, or in the develop-
ment of individual aptitude, such was the. difficulty.
It has been resolved, and this happy solution will
certainly obtain the adhesion of the whole country,
who will find in it fresh motives for gratitude to-
wards Napoleon III."

Major-Gen. E. Hodge, C. 8., has assumed the
command of the division at Aldershot during the
absence on leave of Lieut.-Gen. the Hon. Sir J.
Yorke Scarlett, K.C.8., until the sth of January,
1867.

Col. Boyle, 89th (Princess Victoria's) Regiment,
has assumed command of the 3d Infantry Brigade
at Aldershot, vacant by the temporary absence on
duty in Ireland of Brigadier-Gen. Sir A. Horsford,
K.C.B.

CRYSTAL PALACE COMPANY.

The report of the directors, to be submitted to
the general meeting on the 21st inst., shows a bal-
ance to credit of £59,211 10s. 11d. on the revenue
account, 'which, when added to £1,284 6s. 2d., the
balance carried over in January last, makes a total
amount of £60,495 17s. ld. applicable to dividend.
After deducting the dividends on the preference and
debenture stocks, and the balance of interest account
a not sum of £23,339 3s. remains to the credit of re-
venue. Out of this the directors recommended that
a dividend of 2} per cont. be declared on the ordi-
nary stock, which will leave a balance of £3,272 sa.
6d. to be carried forward to next year. The num-
ber of visitors during the year has been 2,067,598,
a number larger than during any previous year, and
exceeding those of the preceding twelve months by
no less than 309,082, of whom 149,525 were visitors
paying the price of admission for the day. The
directors continue to keep a careful watch over the
expenditure in all departments of the palace and
grounds—both the ordinary working expenditure
of the establishment, and the special outlay for at-
tractions. The former of these, when not before
the full board, is in the charge of a committee
of directors, whose endeavour is to keep it down
to the lowest level reached in former years,
without neglecting the works necessary to maintain
the undertaking in full efficiency and repair.
The amount under this head has been swelled
during the past yoar by the renewal of the boilers
for heating the building, by the completion of the
internal illumination, the enlargement of the con-
cert-room, and other works, amounting in all to
about il,ooo—works which, as necessary and as ma-
terially improving the palace, are satisfactory in
themselves, and might very fairly have been charged
to capital. Under the heal of outlay for special attrac-
tions, the expenditure during the past year also calls
for remark. These undertakings are invariably
submitted to the full board, who have for their
guidance a complete system of returns represent-
ing the outlay and results of similar events in
former years. It would be gratifying to the board
to dispense with many of these special events, but
it is evident that the company's returns, direct and
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for their continuance, in a greater or less degree,
as circumstances arise, is therefore obvious. The
board think it requisite thus specially to allude to
the cost of these attractions, as they caused the re-
ceipts of the past year to exceed those of any former
year except 1862, when the Exhibition took place,
in which (as was also the case in 1864-5), the pro-
fits of the Handel Festival were included.
The change in the mode of issuing the guinea sea-
son tickets, by which they date from the commence-
ment of the month in which they are purchased, has
continued to work well, and 3,000 more have been
sold than in the previous 12 months. The attraction
of the Saturday concerts is still on the increase, as
is conclusively shown by the crowded state of the
concert room on every occasion, and by the large
advance in the amount taken for reserved seats.
The exhibitors' department has fully maintained its
position, and the receipts show a slight increase over
those of former years. The refreshment department
participates in the general increase in the number of
visitors, and it will be observed that the revenue
from this very importan source has reached the
large sum of £19,613 16s. 7d. The directors con-
tinue to be satisfied with the manner in which the
service of this department is conducted by the con-
tractors. Since the meeting in June last, the com-
pany has sustained a truly severe loss in the decease
of Mr. Thos. Newman Farquhar, the chairman, who
died after a very short illness on the 30th July' last,
after having filled the chair for nine years. The
board do not recommend that the vacancy created
by Mr. Farquhar's decease shall be filled up before
the June meeting, the regular time for the election
of directors. In the meantime the directors have
elected Mr. Arthur Anderson as their chairman.

KING GEORGE OF HANOVER.—The National
Gazette of Berlin says that King George of Hanover does
not consider himself as at all deprived de facto of his sove-
reign functions. He has jtist dismissed Colonel Gundell,
who had invited his officers to state if they wished to enter
the Prussian service. General Bulow-Stolle has obeyed
this order, and transmitted Colonel Gundell's command to
the senior officer in the regiment.
CLOSE OF THE GROUSE SHOOTING IN LANARK-
SHIRE.—The season for grouse shooting closed on
Tuesday, and notwithstanding its rough preface a most
wild, particularly in the
successful season's sport has been generally obtained
throughout the country, and birds upon the whole have
regionsbeen
of t
h Upper
Warduniisuaanlld other exposed situations.
In consequence of the wet and unfavourable weather which
rapidly improved
prevailed during the two opening days, it was anything
but easy to obtain a bag. On the Leamington Carmichael,
efoourutth e , last other.
:s, season
tett :hen
and Crawford ranges, birds, however,
slsohnlouttchfooafrn
toehrxcticheh-eeidlalessd,teutrulniva(tsiluisn,ttlrlaiyentyss
and b.
in condition, and the quantity of grouse and game.
S. Ix
.years.
county grouse Is as, on.
011 other shooting grounds iu the 'torth-
-I:esstsr7oll.;'olNvsl'efirlee
abundant, and sportsmen bagged large numb7rß. On all
the moors in the LismahagoCand Avondale districts the
sport was excellent. The Walston range prodtmd but a
small number, and shooting was, in a great measure, aban-
doned in that quarter by the end of August. In the south-
eastern parts of the shire the sport was pretty fair, though
not so good as formerly; but grouse shooting altogether
was better than on average seasons. The cover shooting
with regard to number and condition of game has not been
equalled for years, and tho keepers and others represent
that, notwithstanding the great slaughter, all kinds of game
are still plentiful. On the lands of Douglas Castle, Car-
stairs, Carnwath, Wishavr, Milton, Hamilton, and Drum-
peller alone there wore bagged within a few days nearly
2,500 head of game, including pheasants, woodcocks, par-
tridges, snipes, hares, rabbits, &c. The season has been
highly favourable for game of all kinds, and on protected
grounds they are reported to be thriving well.—Scotsman.

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