The Sun.
London, England, 1866-11-09 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 9, 1866.

NKr Em us WARD.-EGYPTIAN HALL.-
TUESDAY, Nov. 13.—Mr. ARTEMUS WARD will
make his first public appearance in England, at the Egyptian
flail, on the above date. His illustrated narrativ will b;
entitled ARTE%IUS WARD AMONG THE MORMONS;
or, a Trip from New Yoik to Salt Lake City. The pictures
by Mormon Artists.—Admission, 35., 2s , and 18.--Reseryed
stall, at Mitch 11's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street;
Anis•in's Ticket Office, St. James's Hall; and at tile Egyptian

WESTON'S
HGOLRABONRDN. MUSIC HA
Under New Management.
Proprietors-Messrs. Sweasey and Holland.
Grand Selections from TRO cATORE and ROB ROY, by
50 vocalists and a band of 30, conducted by P. Corti.
Enthusiastic retention of GEORGE LEYBOURNE, the
Lion Comique-GEOROINA S3IITH,ON, the Characteris-
tic Singer and Dancer-CHARLES SLOMAN, the Great
Improvisitore-JAMES HEMMINGS in his Wonderful
(41obe eotertainment -Great swress of the 1S STAR MIN-
STRELS-PELL, the Original Bones-.J. E. A LLIBONE,
the celebrated Basso of the Original Christy Minstrels -
S. REDDEN, in his Great Banjo ,010 And Original Song and
Dante, :and C. MADDEN, Prize Jig Dancer.-Songs, Du. ts.
Glees, and Choruses by a company of first-class talented
artistes never before heard in Negro Minstrelsy.
Box-office open from 10 to 4.
Hall open every evening at Seven during the extensive
alterations and redecorations.

.LL,

itTADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION,
BAKER-STREET.
NEW EDITIONS. —A Life-size Portrait-Model of the
PRINCESS MARY OF CAMBRIDGE, a Marriage Group
of the PRINCESS HEL '.NAi and PRINCE CHRISTIAN.
Admittance, ls. ; children, under ten, half-price; extra
rooms, 6d.
Open from 11 a ni till dusk, and from 7 p.m. till to.

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 LUGI CURTL Manager,
GRENET.

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

ThUNVILLE'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 Offices and Stores,
4. BEAUFORT-BUILDIIIGS, STRAND, W.C.
Established 1808. 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 this genuine old spirit, which is
coming into universal consumption through England.
For price lists apply at Offices, 14, Strand, London, W.C.
Established in Gratton-street, Dublin, A.D. 1780.

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

TAMES DALY and CO., Distillers, John-street,
Cork, 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 ar d 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 highest prices in the Australian and other Colonial
markets, as may be observed by reverence 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 is. 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.

yARAMUTH BLOATERS.-12 for 2s. 6d.;
25, 48.; 50, 6s. ; 100. Bs. ; 500, 3)5.; 1,000, 50s. No
charge for carriage to London. CaAlt on deltve‘y. Country
coi dere paid in advance.—Forwarded by F.I.LEDK. BARN BY,
Purveyor of Fish, Great Yarmouth.

ORIGINAL and superior ESSENCE of AN-
ciTOVI ES, SAUCES, PICKLES, , pure and good,
as supplied by TOIT'T BURGESS and SON (for tru,re than a
hundred years), 107, Strand, corner of Savoy-steps, Loudon

TIIE OCEAN ST. LEGER of 1866.—What
Lord Lyon was to his owner was the Taeping to her
Ca fain, viz., winner of the Paco, hiivina distanced >ll com-
petitors, as the F AST DIA TEA CONIPANY have in-
tariab y dor:e In their oho' e and s tie of fine new season's
teas, no .v sellinz at imp zLer's prices. Wardiouses-1, Great
St. tfelen's-eiurchy.ird.

I_ll AU-DE-VIE.---This Pure PALE BRANDY,
-1 18s. per gallon, is v 4 ry superio^ to recent importations
of Cognac, recommended by the medical protes4don, and ex-
tensively used in hospitals. In bottles, 3Se. per dozen. or in
a case 395., railway carriage pat I.—HES IIY BRETT and
CO., Old Furnival's Distil: ery, Holborn, E.O , and 30, Regent-
street, S.W. Established 1829.

STARCH MANUFACTURERS
TO H. R. H. THE PRINCESS OP WALES.
GLENFIELD PATENT STARCH,
Used in the Royal Laundry,

AND AWARDED TUE PRIZE MEDAL. 1862.
Sold by all Grocers, Chandlers. &o. 4to.

GEOLOG 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 Minerals, How. s, Fossils,
and Itez.ent Shells, Geological Mars. Hammers. all the recent
Publeations, &c., o! J. TENNANT, Mineralogist to Her
Maj. sty, 149, Strand, London.
Private Instruction is given in Mineralogy and Geo!ogy by
Mr. TENNANT, F.G.S., 149, Strand, W.C.

DR. SCOTT'S LIVER AND BILIOUS
PILLS.—A NEVER FAILING REMEDY.--Pre-
;wed without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr.
ioott, of Bromley, Kent, will be found Invaluable to all who
suffer from bilious and liver nomplaints, wind.
spasms, giddiness, dizzinews of the eyes, &o. For habitual
yistiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier
of the blood, they are truly excellent; mild in their opera-
tion and grsteful to the stomach, they create appe ite, pro-
mote digestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system.
Sold by W. Lambert, 8, King William-street, Charing-cross.
London, and by most druggists, in boxes,ls. lid., and three
times the quantity in one, 2s. M. Be sure to ask for Dr.
Soott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are a square
green package. with " William Lambert." engraved on the
stamp.

%WINSLOW HALL, Winslow, Bucks, having
been recently opened and fitted with requisites for
the care and comfort of the INSANE, the proprietor, Dr.
BOISRAGON, announces that he has transferred his Estab-
lishment from Birmingham to the above desirable resider ce,
easily accessible, and distant from London about an hour
and a-halt by the London and North-Western hne, and duty
minutes from Oxford. Attached to the mansion, situated on
a sandy soil, mil commanding an extensive and pleasing
prospect, are garden, me •(low, plantation, and recreation
grounds. For terms and forms of admission address the
proprietor.

HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.-FUNDS
are earnestly solicited for fitting up the TRAINING
SHIP. £2,000 required.
WM. WILLIAMS, Secretary.
Boys' Refuge, 8, Great Queen-street, W.C.

OMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.-CON-
Lx TRIBUTIONS are earnestly solicited for establishing
the COUNTRY ROME.
WM
Zl,OOO
W required.
. ILLI VIIS, Secretary.
Boys' Refuge, 8. Great Queen-street, W.C.

HOMELESS BOYS OF LOND ON. —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
£4,000, 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 Bank, 41, Lothburv. and 214, Eligh Holborn; Messrs.
Ransom and Co., 1, Fall-Mall East; and by
WM. WILLIAMS, Secretary.
e, R, Great Queen-street, W.C.

Refug,

THE RESCUE SOCIETY wishes to add another
Lowe to thA 12 now in operation. Last year no fewer
ban 455 poor, friendless, young females were rejected from
want of FUNDS and room, moWng 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,
Mr. Daniel Cooper,Bs, Queen •street.Cheapside; or by Messrs
Barclay .toe. Co.. Lombtrd-gtreet.

PROVIDENCE ROWS NIGHT REFUGE,
FO
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
Breakiasts, 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.,
receives 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, refused admittance, andhave
to spend night after night in the cold, wet, and sleet. To
meet this evil, and to provide more ample accommoda-
tion, X 2,000 has been raised, but to accomplish the
work a sum of at least £l,OOO more will lie required.
Besides providing shelter for the homeless, this year it
is prop,,sed, 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
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SUBSCRIPTIONS aro earnestly requested, and will be
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Finsbury-circus, 8.0.

THE VICTORIA TOWN ESTATE, Deal.-
1 A PUBLIC MEETING will be held at the Guildhall,
teat, next WEDNESDAY. the 14th inst., at Seven in the
Evening, at which a DEPUTATION of the Executive Com-
mittee of the Conservative Laud Society will attend to ex-
plain the mode of Allotment of the Second Portion of the
%Ictoria Town Estate, and the generrl system of the Society
as to investment, and as to securin,to a 1 classes of the com-
munity frt ehold land at a cheap rate, payia,g for the plots in
easy instalments. _ _

By order of the Board,
CHARM,: 4 LEWIS GRUNEISEN. Secretary.
Offices, 33, Norfolk-street, Strand, London, W.C.

BANK OF BRITISH NORTH AMERICA.
Incorporated by Royal Charter.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a GENERAL
MEETING of the Proprietors of the Bank of British
North America will ba held on TUESDAY, the 4th day
of December next, at the London TL,vern, BishopPTAs-
street, at One o'clock precisely, to receive a Report iron'.
the Directors.
And at the conclusion of the business of that meeting
an Extraordinary General Meeting will be held for the
purpose of electing two Directors to supply the vacancies
caused by the retirement of W. R. Chap:nap, Esq., and the
death of the late Sir W. Minto T. Farquhar, Bart., M.P.

By order of the Court,
C. M'NAB, Secretary.
124, Bishopsgate-street Within, London,
Nov. 8, 1866.

THE AG-RA BANK (Limited).
To be incorporated under the Companies Act, 1862,
for the purpose of carrying on the business of the Old
Agra and United Service Bank.
Capital—£l,ooo,ooo sterling, of which £400,000, in
40,000 shares of £lO each, to be fully paid up, are now
offered for subscription. These are the shares described
as " A " shares in the accompanying statement.
Upwards of one-half of these shares has been already
agreed to be subscribed. . .
Deposit on application £I per Share.
Payment on allotment £2 77
Payment on 15th July, 1867 5..3
27
Payment on 15th January, 1868 £4 ,
With power to pay up in full at any of these periods, divi-
dends being allowed on all payments pro rata.

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THE CESAREWITCII DAY AT NEWMARKET.—The
Second October was one which will never be for-
gotten, either at Newmarket or Danebury, for never before
was the argument that the Heath was the pleasure ground
of the Jockey Club, to be used for themselves
and their particular friends, so completely demolished, as,
from an early hour, the excursion trains, north, east, west,
and south, poured in their hundreds of third-classers, who
roamed about on the heath when and where they liked,
understanding nothing they saw, and being as ignorant of
the manners and customs of that sacred spot as the late
Captain Cook of the Atlantic cable. Bad as was this sample,
when the bs. Shoreditch train came in, matters were ten
times worse, as the shopkeepers afterwards found to their
cost. First came the smashers of Clerkenwell, then the
bird-fanciers of Bethnal-green, who, as was natural, backed
the Birdcatcher blood throughout the afternoon. To these
succeeded "the cracksmen of the Hackney-road," a stal-
wart race of men, whose legs, if their stockings had been
taken off, would all of them have disclosed the ring mark.
Fit and ready for any enterprise, they would have nailed
up the favourite in his box, or broken into it and got at him
for a fiver. The dock labourers of East Smithfield, not
quite so dangerous, but more larking in their character, were
the next division, and their animal spirits led them into no
end of breaches of etiquette, which made some of the natives
shudder, and almost anticipate an earthquake. For they
poked fun at Martin Starling, who was redder than his own
coat, and when he heard unique epithets applied to names
hitherto mentioned in his presence with breathless awe and
veneration, anxious fears were entertained lest apoplexy
should come on ; and the humane and clever Mr. Fair-
dough refused to leave the heath until all fear of danger
possession of the
,ye,retointhe annoyance of
se rather convert it into
that was
t removed.eeatniodn koe fp It
tnhi fact,
we
leu bnt hweeehdpoenowoptol eustlwd
Kensington-gardens than Kennington-common. Powerless
they sat on their hacks, and watched the course broken
into, and their own forces being as unable to cope with
them as Custance would be with Jem Mace or Joe Goss.
But in truth nowhere has the spirit of progress made such
way as at the metropolis of the turf, and all its agremens
on which it prided itself so justly are swept away never
for November'
, to return.—" Our Van," in Bays magazine

Naval and Military Intelli,;ence.

It was yesterday announced in the garrison at

Woolwich that arrangements are ordered to be made

forthwith for the reception of Prince Arthur, who
will commence his probationary studies as Gentle-

man Cadet, at the Royal Military Academy at
Woolwich, probably in January next, for admission
to the Regiment of the Royal Artillery or the Corps
of the Royal Engineers. A stable-yard, for the
special accommodation of the Prince and his suite,

with the necessary outbuildings, &c., is ordered to

be prepared adjoining the gunnery sheds at the back

of the Academy. A son of the Duke of Beaufort
it is stated will also enter at the same term. Major-
Gen. H. Sandham (Commandant Royal Engineers),

Lieut.-Governor of the Academy, will retire after
the forthcoming half-yearly examination and dis-
tribution of prizes, and will be succeeded by Major-

Gen. John William Ormsby, R.A., whose commis-

sion dates the sth of April, 1866. Gen. Ormsby
will enter upon his appointment on the reassembling
of the classes after the expiration of the Christmas
vacation. The post of Lieut.-Governor and Com-
mandant of the Academy has been sought after by
numerous officers of high standing in the Royal
Artillery, whose claims and qualifications would

render them in every way available ;• consequently,

the disappointment is greatly felt. The salary is
£l,OOO per annum, with an appropriate mansion
and grounds-faeirrg—ttre-eastern wing of the esta-
blishment.

Major Hon. George Watson, Paymaster, ap-
pointed to the Woolwich division of Royal Marines
July 1, 1853, and purveyor to the Royal Marine
Infirmary, has been permitted to retire from the
service on superannuation. Captain James Con-
way Travers, aide-de-camp to the Inspector-Gene-
ral, has been appointed Major Watson's successor.
The Bellerophon, iron frigate, Capt. E. Tatham,
steamed into Portsmouth harbour from Spithead on
Wednesday, and was berthed alongside the sheer
jetty of the dockyard, where she is now discharging
her old guns and other weight ballast preparatory
to receiving her armament.
The Research 4, armoured screw sloop, Com-
mander R. E. Scott, yesterday steamed into Ports-
mouth harbour from Spithead for refit, after her
cruise with the Channel squadron.

The Wivern, 4, screw iron turret ship, Capt. H.
T. Burgoyne, V.C., yesterday steamed into Ports-
mouth harbour from Spithead for alterations and
refit after the Channel squadron cruise. The altera-
tions to be made on board will include the construe-

tlon of a spar or hurricane deck, from poop to fore-
castle, and an additional depth of nearly aft. to all
her hatchway and skylight coamings. The Scorpion,
the sister ship to the Wivern, is undergoing simi-
lar alterations in dock at Portsmouth. We would,
however, venture to suggest that the added depth
of coamings given to the Wivern, especially to her
engine-room hatchway, should be fitted on the pat-
tern of those on the deck of the American turret
ship Miantonomah, instead of those adopted on
board the Scorpion. In the American ship the up-
per edge of the deep coamings have an outward
curve of about one-eighth of a circle, and are thus
well calculated to throw off any sea which may run
up when the ship's deck may be flooded in rough
weather, or when the vessel may lurch over to a
great angle. The coamings being given to the Scor-
pion have no such curve, and their efficiency in pre-
venting the entrance of the water from the deck
to below will depend solely on their height above
the deck. The Wivern has had a thorough and
continuous " washing" during her cruise with the
Channel squadron, the water on one occasion gaining
entrance to the engine-room in such volume as to
damp the fires and materially reduce the pressure
of steam.

A portable cnfferdam, intended for use on the
bottoms of ships, to examine a valve or injury be-
low the water line, and avoid, where possible, the
necessity for placing the vessel in dock, the inven-
tion of Capt. 11. F. 111.'KiIlop, R.N., is being prac-
tically tested at Portsmouth dockyard, under the
superintendence of the officials there by order of the
Admiralty, and yesterday met with its first de-
cided success on the bottom of the paddle steam-
ship Terrible, Capt. Commerell, V.C., now refitting
in the ship-basin of the yard. The upper Kingston
valve required examination, and the portable coffer-
dam was lowered into position over it yesterday
morning in order to thoroughly test its efficiency.
In the forenoon the attempt was not successful,
owing to some error in fixing the pontoon, which
prevented a clearance of the water from the interior
of the pontoon. A second attempt in the after part
of the day, however, proved completely successful,
the pontoon being pumped out clear, and a perfectly
dry dock formed on the ship's bottom in which the
workmen could examine and repair, if found ne-
cessary, the Kingston valve. Although a great suc-
cess has been thus attained with Capt. M'Killop's
very useful invention in the experimental trial of
its capabilities made yesterday afternoon, the whole
apparatus is undoubtedly capable of being greatly
improved upon in many of the details of its fittings.
It is obvious also that if the invention becomes an
established success in its application to the bottoms
of ships, it also becomes at once applicable for the
examination and repair of the submerged walls of
docks or basins without emptying them of their
water or removing their shipping. Capt. I\l‘Killop's
cofferdam resembles in size and appearance one of the
paddlebox boats carried by the Terrible, but with one
end cut off. It is formed of semi-circular iron ribs,
at fixed distances apart, covered with water-
proof canvas and fitted on a flexible iron frame.
This iron frame is covered with an air collar or
cushion, and this latter is also covered, as a protec-
tion, with thrum matting. The cofferdam is lowered
into the water with, if we still consider it as a boat
by way of illustration, the cut-off end of the boat
uppermost, and as it descends the water, of course,
presses the frame with its air. cushion, and thrum-
mat facing against the ship's side. When lowered
to a sufficient depth, the hose from the ship's deck-
pump is passed into the dam through its open end
projecting above the level of the water, and then,
if the dam has been properly fixed and other con-
ditions are favourable, the water is pumped out from
the inside of the dam, increased pressure comes upon
its exterior, jamming the framing or edge of the
boat's gunwale closer upon the ship's side with its
air cushion, &c., and a water-tight joint completes
a dry dock in the water and round that part of the
ship's bottom requiring examination or repair. The
apparatus tried yesterday weighs, when dry, about
20cwt., and, having a jointed frame, it can readily
be taken to pieces and stored away in a very small
space. It has been constructed of dimensions suit-
able for its use on a ship drawing 17t. of water.
The length of one of these portable cofferdams taken
to sea by any ship must, of course, depend upon the
ship's depth or draught of water.
The masts of the screw steam corvette Racoon
were taken out on Wednesday, and she was removed
from Hamoaze into Keyham-yard to have her boilers
taken out and repaired.
The screw steam gunvessel Star, 4, Commander
Bradshaw, left Plymouth on Wednesday for the
East Indies.
The paddlewheel steamfrigate Gladiator, 6, Capt.
Elphinstone, was placed alongside the sheer hulk
in Hamoaze yesterday morning, to receive a steam
launch for Coastguard service in Ireland.
Her Majesty's hydraulic ironcased g
unves_soerl
Waterwitch was yesterday docked at Woolwich for
the purpose of making some alteration in her valves,
with a view of increasing her rate of speed. She
will shortly go down the river on a second official
trial with a light draught of water, after which the
trial will be repeated with a heavy baast.
An estimate was yesterday made by by the Ship-
wright Department, Woolwich, of the damages sus-
tained by the Admiralty yacht Enchantress on Sun-
day last, by collision with a Jersey schooner, at a