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

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

ARTEAIUS WARD.-EGYPTIAN HALL.-
TUESDAY, Nov. 13.—Mr. ARTSSIIJS WARD will
make his first public appearance in England, at the Egyptian
11411, on the above date. His illustrated narrativ will ba
entitled A ItTE%IUS WARD AMONG THE MORMONS;
or, a Trip from New Yo►k to Sant Lake City. The pictures
by Mormon Artists.—Admission, 35., 25., and is.—Reserved
stalls at Mitch. 11's Royal Library. 33, Old Bond-street;
A 118. in's Ticket Office, St. James's Hall; and at the Egyptian
Hall.

WESTON'S GRAND MUSIC HALL,
HOLBORN.

.Under New Management.
Proprietors—Messrs. Sweasey and Holland.
Grand Selections from TRO ATORE and ROB ROY, by
50 vocalists and a band of 30, conducted by P. Corti.
Enthusiastic re-eptton rf GEO H,G147, I,EYBOURNE, the
Lion Comique—GEORGINA. SMITH-ON, the Characteris-
tic Singer and Dancer—CHAßl:l S SLOMAN, the Great
Improvisitore —JAMES HEMMINGS In his Wonderful
'-lobe entertainment Great success of the 13 STAR, MIN-
STRELS—PELL, the Original Bones—J. E. ALLIBONE,
the mlebra-ed Basso of the Original Christy Minstrels
S REDDEN. in his Great Banj ) -010 s'id Original Song and
Dance, 'and C. MADDEN, Prize Jig Dancer.—Songs, Dn-ts,
Glees, and' Choruses by a company of first-class talented
artistes never before heal d in Negro Minstrelsy.

"MADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION,
BAKER-STREET.
NEW EDIrIONS. —A Life-size Portrait-Model of the
PRINCESS MARY OF CAMBRIDGE, a Marrisge Or alp
of the PRINCESS Him o.NA and PRINCE CaItISTIAN.
Admittance, 1.0. ; children, under ten, half-price ; extra
rooms, 6d.
Open from li a tu. till dusk, and from 7 pan. till to.

ARGYLL ROOMS. - GRAND CASINO,
Windmill-street, Piccadilly.
These elegant and popular Rooms, having' been entirelyre-
decorated, are now OPEN EVERY EVENIN(i for Concert
and Dancing. Conductor, Signor ',um CURTL Manager,
M. GRENET.
Admission to Promenade, One Shilling.
Reserved Seats, Two Shillings.

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

Is regularly supplied to the House of Lords.

"V.R." IRISH WHISKY.

TUNVILLE and CO.'S " V.R." OLD IRISH
WHISKY, BELFAST.

London Offices and Stores,
4, BEAUFORT-BUILDINGS, 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 Val genuina old spirit, 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. 1780:

JAMES DALY and CO., Distillers, John-street,
Cork.—" The purest spirit and safest drink in the
world."-1 .o(don Offices, 7, Printing-house-square, E.C.,
next the " Times."

TAMES DALY and CO., Distillers, John-street,
J Cork, her to announce that. they are able to supply the
trade with their celebrat. d Whiskies, in casks or case% and
to take orders in bond ar d for exportation, at their inces, 7,
Printing-house-square, London, E C.. the only house in the
square not occupied by the "Times." J. D. and Co.'s whiskies
brini 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 Ss. 6d. P case over the lowest
quotation. Always on hand a large supply of ye y old
mellow whisky in the finest condition, natured in sherry
casks, unsurpassable in quality and flavour, suiplied on the
most reasonable terms.

YARMOUTH BLOATERS. —l2 for 2s. 6d. ;
25, 45.; 50, 68.; 100 Bs. ; 500 318.; 1,000,505. No
charge for carriage to London. Cr.,11 on delwe'-y. Country
orde• s paid in advance.—Forwarded by FREDIC.. BARN 13Y,
Purveyor ol Fish, Great Yarmouth.

ORIGINAL and Superior ESSENCE of AN-
C ITOVI SAUCIiIS, PICKLES, ezo, pure and good,
as supplied by JOH' BURGESS and SON (for mire than a
hupdren years), 107, Strand, corner of tiayoy-ateps, London

•
THE OCEAN ST. LEG-ER of 1866.—What
Lord Lyon was to his owner was the Taerting to her
Ca lain, viz., winner of the race, luvincr. distanced .11 com-
petitors, :IA the t AS 1' IN TEA. COMPANY hate in-
vat iab y done in their eiol,e and a tic of. !hie new seation's
teas, now Belittle: at imparier's prices. War. houses-1, Great
St. deien's-citurehy,rd.

EAU-DE-VIE.—This Pure PALE BRANDY,
18s. per gallon, is r, ry euperio^ to recent i uportations
of Cognac, recommend :‘d by the medical protes-don, and ex-
tensively used in hcspitals. In bottles, 335; per dozen. 0. in
a case 395 railway carriage pia —ll EN Y BRETT and
C, 1., Old Furniyal's Distil'ery, Holborn, E.O , and 30, Regent-
street, S.W. Established 1829.

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

AND AWARDED THZ PRIZE MEDAL, 1862
Sold by all Grocers, Chandlers, &o. &o.

GEOLOG Y.-ELEMENTARY COLLEC-
TIONS, to illustrate the New Edition of "Lyell's
Elements of Geolagy" and facilitate the important study of
Mineralogy and Geology, can he had at 2,5, 10, zO, 59 to 500
guineas ; also single Specimens of Minerals, lfoc,,s, Fossils,
d Shells,Geological Hammers. all the recent
Public:mama, he.. o J. TENNANT, Mineralogist to Her
Mnjt sty, 149, Strand, London.
Private Instru,tion is given in Mineralogy and Geo:ogy by
Mr. TENNANT, E.G.S., 149, Strand, W.C.

DR. SCOTT'S LIVER AND BILIOUS
PILLS.—A NEVER FAILING REKEDY.—Pre-
Jared without any mercurial ingredient, trom the recipe of Dr.
:colt, of Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to all who
4nffer from bilious end liver complaints, lnligesticn, wind,
spasms, giddiness, dizzinems of the eyes, &o. For habitual
vstiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier
of the blood, they are truly excellent; mild in their opera-
tion and rzr.tefUl to the stomach, they create appetite, pro-
mote dizestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system.
Sold by W. Lambert, 8, King William-street, Charing-cross.
London, and by most druggists, in boxee,ls. lid., and three
times the quantity in one, 2s. 9d. Be sure to ask for Dr.
Scott'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 tilted with requisites for
the core and comfort of the INSANE, the proprietor, Dr.
BOISKAGON, announces that he his 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 garde; me ,dow, 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
WM. wrtLrAms, Secretary.
snip, £2,1100 required.
Boys' Refuge, 8, Great Queen-street, W.C.

UI OMELESS ,BOYS OF LONDON.-CON-
TRIBUTIONS are earnestly solicited for establishing
the COUNTRY ROME. £l,OOO required.
WM. WILLI kliS, 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
£5,000, 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, Lothbury. and 214, High Holborn; Messrs.
Ransom and Co., 1, Pall-Mall East; and by
, . WM. WILLIAMS, Secretary.
Refuge, 8, Cireat Qaeen-street. W.C.

to add another
wishes
operation. Last year no fewer
ban 455 poor, friendless, young females were rejected trom
101' Lorne Re
E t
o S tCh AUI E 2
now SOCIETY
in
want of FUNDS and room, making a total of 3,087, who have
been sent away in five years.
The new home the Committee wish to form would be for
young girls, almost children, from the age of 8 to 15, who
have been led astray from the path of virtue.
Contributions will be received gratefully by the Secretary,
%Tr. Daniel Cooper, 45, Queen -8 treet. Cheapside; or by Messrs
RoLmlny end Co.. I omhtrti-atreet.

pROVIDENCE ROW NIGHT REFUGE,
FO
HOMELESS WOMEN AND CRILDREN,
14A, Providence-row, Finsbury, B.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.,
receives no remuneration whatever. Notwithstand-
ing the provision made by the Poor Houses, each
night numbers of young women, children, anti orphans
are, for want accommodation, refused admittance, and have
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 £l,OOO more will be required.
Beside providing elicitor for the homeless, this year it
is prof sod, as far as the donations obtained for the pur-
pose will allow, to give bread and coals to poor tamilies
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 redeivqd by the_Rev. D. GILBERT,7,D.D.;:No. 22,
Finsbury-circus, 8.0.

rrHE VICTORIA TOWN ESTATE, Deal.—
A PUBLIC MEETING will be held at the Guildhall,
i)eal, next WEDNESDAY. the 14th inst., at Seven in the
Evening, at which a DEPUTATION of the Executive Com-
mittee of the Conservative Land Society will attend to ex-
Vlain the mode of Allotment of the Second Portion of the
ictoria Town Estate, and the general system of the Society
as to investment, and as to securin4- to 11;1 classes of the com-
munity freehold land at a cheap rate, paying for the plots in
easy instalments. _ _ _ _

By order of the Board,
CHARLE 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 be held on TUESDAY, the 4th day
of December next, at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-
street, at One o'clock precisely, to receive a Report from
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. Chapman 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-stieet Within, London,
Nov. 8, 1866.

THE AGRA 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-4000,000 sterling, of which £lOO,OOO, 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 ac ,inpanying.statement.•
Upwards of one-Waif a these shares has beon already
agreed to be subscribed.
Deposit on
,application £1 per Share.
Payment'on allotment 7l
'Payment on 15th July. 1867 £3 „
Payment on loth 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,
of that and being as ignorant of
sacred spot as the late
mthsey sa
Atlantic cable. Bad as was this sample,
understanding etmar siantna
nncedoriosnkga
onnfdot thhceui ns
customs
when the bs. Shoreditch train came is, 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 hint
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
was removed. In fact, the people were in possession of the
Heath, and kept it, we need not st,y, to the annoyance of
that section of the club who would rather convert it into
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 Ogstance would.be with Jam 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
11 on which it prided itself so justly are swept away never
L to return.—." Our Van," in Baiiy's Magazine for November.

Naval and Military Intelligence.

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 bis 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_di4appointment is greatly felt.- —Tbre-fgalarris-
-11,000 per annum, with an appropriate mansion
and grounds facing the 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 construc-
tion of a spar or hurricane deck, from poop to fore-
castle, and an additional depth of nearly 3ft. 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 &tiantonomah, 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 oue-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 oc3asion gaining
entrance to the engine-room in such volume as to
damp the fires and materially reduce the pressure
of steam.

A portable cofferdam, 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. M'Killop, 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, 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. M'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 passer' 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 ou 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.
Elphinstonc, was placed alongside the sheer hulk
in Hamoaze yesterday morning, to receive a steam
launch for Coastguard service in Ireland.
11er Majesty's hydraulic ironcased gun vessel
Waterwitch was yesterday docked at Woolwi ch for
the purpose of making some alteration in her valves,
with a view of increasinci., her rate of speed. She
will shortly go dawn the river on a second official
trial with a light draught of water, after which the
trial will be repeated with sayavy ballast.
Au estimate was yeste made by the Ship-
wright Department, 'EnWoolwichf the damages sus-
tained by the Admiralty yacht chantress on Sun-
day last, by collision with a Jersey schooner, at a

PRICE. 4d.
STAMPED sd.

few shillings short of £l2O. The responsibility
naturally falls on the owner, but it is stated to be
the intention of the Board of Admiralty not to
press their claim.