The Express. — London, England, 1863-12-30 00:00:00

NEWSPAPER NEWSPAPER - - / ( Vir:44. C.,. • - .A ' 1‘ 111141 ir reg c" l ~ ~~'T r' /~/ r - % l 7 No. 5,426.] cactITTA, coifing at the Cepe Cl Good Hope end Mwiras.—STlAM COMMUNICATION between LO/f -pllf aid INDIA by the magnificent Fleet of Bistoment bilesiglng tg , toe lan India and London Shipping Clompany LLlmited). De well-known clipper anxitiary steam I. spa SCifsborse power, J. SNIT rlt. Commander, now the Vicorta London) Docks, will leave osi Bth Jemmy, bong pawnor, at and luring Gravesend on the Ink j im ory. for Oakum, calling at the Cape of Good Rope a d iladraa This magnificent ship, built expressly for the oohs trade, has been thoroughly refitted, has Bnl-nte so to.modatfen Inc passengers, an 4 will carry us experienced ammo: also a newardest. The average pomp of these sinners has been 08 days to Madras. some of then leaking the &ewe passages oo riseerd.—Vor freight sr apply to co., id, Paritanient.street, LW.: brokers, An.,4 t and Co., 160, Leadenhallatreet. SC.: or at the met of Use Coalman, 9, blinclue.lane, London, D.C.: when I . ..lelcations for appointments as midahipmen in this service nada • ILKMARD DLIIW. Bfmtetary. YDNEY Direct, per JOHN BANKS.— whippers are requested to send their_ rode alongside In tlte last ladle Dock at onee.-08.1313N, 11.051N00N and Co., get ludisavenee. DOVITT and mooßrs AUSTRALIAN LINE of PACK ET 8111 P.—For SYDNIT Enrol, (to mill panic- Nagy on the .2sth January, last rihin day Med Jan ). the well-known dipper-Alp pp, A 1 11 611 Cosa JOHN SPURRYLL, Commander • Lag India This huilt under mosil surrey in 1682, is • filed fertile trade . has • tali poop, with good for rain pamengers. and being noted for her Aualltiea. she Is • preferable opportunity for 114 gooda— Re freight or passage apply to DEVITT Oaf 9. Billiter *set 'nEVITT and MOORE'S AUSTRALIXN LINE AY el PACKET 8111 K Pee .1241D1 M en ei ft• the OE Dirreary. last day Ind Jury), td we Boles* clipper TEOBBAC A L reglaker 349 tens, 3001 TOBIIACE, Commander ; loading in the London Docks. Thie clipper ewseg. bunt under special survey, is expressly lilted in the trade : die lee preferable opportunity for fine and season foods and will ma positively on the day ruined.—For terms of &Odd or wow apply to Delos G. DUNCAN and Co., East lollsmenue : or to DEVITT sad lICIOES, 9, 111111terstrwet. TIEVIIT and MOORE'S AUSTRALIAN LINE of PACCIT SHIP.—For LAU NCISTON Direct 'sill hare quick despatch., the weit-kwon clipper barque IGNOILLA. A 1 10 years, regtatarni tom. JOHN ATKINSON. Osmaradsr= le the London Dock.. Tlis mart retest, bout ander mercy La 1861, is admirably adapted for the trade. sad Isexpasad 0, 3 mite • gel& ram oat. —For term. of ttedeltt or purge and, to DEVITT end MOON; No. 9, EiDasralsset. TIEVITT sod stooßrs AIISTRALLIN LINE of PACKET BHIP.—For ROBAST TOWN Direct (with bastediste despatch:, the 13E1t1A-bullt clipper barque ALFRED HAWLEY, A 1 10 years, 421 tons register. T. ALMOND, Commander: lying In the London Docks. This ship, built for Ws Tasmanian Aide under special survey In 1930. is sotrd for fastesillng qualities, and sound delivery of cargo; she bee alw *Meant aceeiwoodatiou for chief cabin pset—pee Weer particulars apply to tit. ...riser, Mr. T. B. WALRIOE. 13A, BL lielen'eplace ; or to Dirvirr and 31002.1. 9, billiterstreet. ITANDRAHM for SYDNEY (for light freight only). Goods will be la time for Mb ell vessel if derre sadlret. cleared by lrlday next —DEVITT 0011$ s. lienoro BLACIE BALL PASSENGER LINE of Clain PACINfIt ter AUSTIALLI. trees London direct. Taw": & India I & India & hails India & Docks. I To Peel I Atior m al: arena/ 1 ionWWI (a.) Itale I 10110 lalboarnsz pre uoo %too This odetemaed line et packets h►►e, by their punctuality and Afi pars/s. eatnnt a world-known reputation, and their w ooer somisoliks la unsarpaised by any vessels afloat.—Far en mamba vespenand trelaist or swan to Australia apply to JaM BAINIIII - lind Oa. Liverpool • *Vete ter the Bbidt BM Line ; awl T. M. MACKAY sad On, 1. loadenhall-etreet. Imam LC MISERS. 'WHIT WIGRAM and SONS' (of lleeinenitperd, London) LINE of PACK= SHIPS to ATIDTRALLA—Per waso URNI, Poet Phillip, Direct (to Mare the Dab on Wednesday, Jan. 24 caning at Plymouth), the ship 'it ORFOLIc 1,100 tons. B. TONKIN, 2=der,Yegin the Jost Indii - Dock Her accommodations iler ell slum. peenespare ore unswpassod, and she will carry in =lsanpaa—rair freight or psalms apply to MaLIOD. and KORGAN, with Messrs. Money Wigwam and .1,11, I§l4. 1, lerlinball-oleset. Yammerers by this line of packets me anoverod from Paddington to PI ath first elms for second dm aria and second clam tor class farm. IMILin:IMM OIL QI7IIINSTOWN TO NNW YOWL LIVERPOOL, NEW YORE, and PRILADIZITILL STILLICIIHIP COMPANY Intend deo- Ileldieg O their to& etait poweriod Clyde-NM Iron Screw hteem-Shipe, an*. s Irlitet . _ _ puma uvicaro9iros NEW TOIL CITY or tiotordair, lea. 9, 1864. CITY OF NNW YORK, Midmost's', Jaw 18,1864: AM every Wedbeeday, sod rorry enteues• Wards.. Cell• pros• by tbe nal 14011194111 =gin every Wedoetalty, 19. eled eittordbeg te the secoemoodetion. Cabin r=gr ile eiremes, is Oben. forward passage MANdhe sll powlelme seed& ?mongers for Onels the UsliedaAuk eel Ilettiab Colombia, booked throes% 4411pmed=se boor.—)or farther 'Articular' apply to FL Waterdireet, Liverpool ; or to IMP pad maw. sa, at. CUNARD LINE.—BILITISIt sad NORTH AMEILICAN 20YAL MAIL ATIAM4IIIIML dat*eby to sail between LIYIRPOOL sad IMMIX oat betweeaLITMILFOOL sad 1101fLON. lb* Seam .Yips at MK= to Wsad west,.gemeerpire sad rasa& Irra Wen se other wade e ta. apistiated to WI tam Liverpool. WIN ea nark lo ~ova may: SCOTIA hr NNW YOWL. Saturday. January: CANADA, tar soars. Sstarday, „Tannery t • AIISTSAIARAN, ler NEW TORN, Saterdny, Jan. It im=peennpre eat o h o ard toe Name and Navin; Co be id New Test enthe 11.12.13.11 Condos. =s twos, tradadbr serwardl be and provident bat wims er Iran :—To Beds' end Beebe, did eehla, ; smend cabin. All lb New York chid ambit ill: Mod cabin, £lB. Tretibt to /10/21.2, Boehm, and Nowt York, d ezni4end 6 par cent. pelmet —ApWy to J. B. Foot* St Old Leaden : .IL Caw* Nam, sad 2 Place de la beente, Porn 9. end 3. Dame, Dualisms-Week Glasgow D. MS C. Wiese. Quentnews ; er D. sad C. We A, W otos , auk TherpeoL PHILLIPPS, GRAVES. and PRILLEPPS AlipNib the landereeewelostest 01.Sielan kainimr• : Per 'RILDAY aid the RHINE, the BATAVIMI, trout Ile• Ind* and Iwelis OW= WWI, Wapping, even' Sunday. at 11 La. lam: LI IL. d 1 10e., sad 17e. 01. Return tickets, • bre and • hell. _Pee alUnnW. the NIOwE. ADLER, or OCRIVALBR, every memo (weather pernAtlng) et 9 m, tram Herselydwwn, sad true 'Redman at 10 a is. £ 5. V. tad Ink Ewe 410TRINSERGI, as LONDON, about January I, toes Emeestriews. Tens. Si fle., t 4 le., and Al. To be followed I the GUSTAF IWAM. Far OteliK fie , Cbaplba's Unlveral Moe. in.V=ll.tei" %At; PS, GRAVES, sad 9111LL1990. *Elf EWALM. NORWICH UNION FIRE INSURANCE SOCITTY. NOTICZ.- liervontileSO - ciDeck insurances at Um reduced rates. The bosinc.s of the Company esceeds 070.000,000. The duty paid to scrrermeout tooth@ year 1882 was 2,86,001, and W amount insured on farming stock, 010.088,332. • hostas of three-tithe of the peat; periodically made to Mlles Maerimg, who have thus, ham time to time, received mew eletteellegd the aftlireicste to 0{10,000: and the Society new bole • large ninny appikable tea future bonus. The rages of premium are% no eass Idgher than those charged by the other primly& 111. COB made. 00 returns to their in- lieprespectiwn apply at the Society's Men, Surrey-street, Norwich : and 6, Crescent, New Bridsietreet. Biackhian, E.O. T HE MAIJILITIUB LAND CREDIT sad AfileNeY COMPANY (Lilted).To be incorporated ander Me Compantes Act, 11102, by which the liability of each shareholder to limited to the amount of his shares. Capital, e 360,000. in 1;600 shares of t3O each —of which 1,600 are reserved for Mauritius. L l per share to be paid as application; and another el on allotment. Further calls to be made as required, at intervals of not Irse than three months. But It Is not contemplated to call op more than £4 per sham 71179rInts. Sir S. Villiers Suttees. L.& (1111kmore-house, near Stafford). late Chief Justice of Mauritius. James du Buluon, La. (Mesas. ReackeU, do Bolason, and Co.) James A. Guthrie, laq. (Mame. Chnhaero, Guthrie. and CO.) DILATOR& tfalorGeneral H. P. Born, 94, firmness terrace, W. (late Was her of the Indian Military Finance Commission). George Ireland, Esq., Blackheath Park , Mesars. Ireland, Fraser, and Co., Mauritius.) George yid!, Fen , 9, Minch:m.lmm , Messrs. Lyall, Still, and Co.) abetßor McKerrell, Mauritius, Fey., Inremeeeterrace, W. (Messrs. Scott Co.. Peter Beaten, Req., 9, Idol lane late Manager of the Mauritius Branch of the Oriental Bank Corporation.) (With power to add to their number.) MAIIIUSTOS BOARD. John Currht. Mtg. (~llerCia;;;;XPl7r7t - e;j. The Ho.. Sir °ousel ' , ropier :Member of Connell, hc.). The 800. H. Leastrre (Mayor of Port Louis, Member of Coma ell, hc.). The 800. Charles Montoechlo (Member of Connell, dtc.l. Emik ?two, Beg. (Viest-President of the Chamber of Apical- Sire, itc.;. (With power toadd to their number.) Olommal. MA/aMish-.C. J. A. C B.Q. AVDIIOI-4011A Ball. Req. ,Mesars. Qallter, Ball, and Co.). In Loodos—lDs treks Bank of London. In Muddles—no Orlan wom44 6al 111sk = .4 —Maws. .gym ?teem. P. Casenove and Co., 7 Oeo. E. Seymour, Esq., Vireo The International Financial Society 'Limited) have been en couraged to aid in the organisation of this Company by the strong desire for lie auccess evinced by the Chamber of agricul ture and the commercial body to Ilauritins, and by the ready support it has met with front leading houses connected with the colony • . . The Program of the island, as a sugar.producing colony, has of late been extremely rapid. The production of sugar has more than doubled within the but twelve year.. and the crop of last year 'viz, 11382-03 exceeded 150,000 tons. Within the same period of time there has been an increase of 130,000 in the population, constetleg, for the most part, of Indian immigrant , who are becoming permanent settlers. Railways, the first section of which will probably be opened nest year, are in course of oonstruction ; and cannot fail to develop the resources of the bland. The anneal execute have for the last five years mewled, on an average, 6$500.000: while the imports hare, during the same period, amounted to little more than £4000,000._ The colonial budgets have, for many jeers past, shown, on the average, a large surplus. The legal rate of interest on mortgages In Mauritius b f per ant ; and the company in raising money in England on Dales tares, for Investment In the colony, will preserve ouch • margin ea, together with the conoubsions they may receive for their mosey, should enable them to realise a large profit on the small amount of psiddip capital required to conduct the business. With a view to secure the debenture holders, it will be a rule that the total amonoVralsed by the Company on Debentures AM never exceed the amount invested In Mortgagee: and that Investments shall be made only in First Mortgages, and fee amounts not exceeding half the estimated values of the pro. pertly offered as security. Arrangements have already been made for placing the first bane of debentures on eraMelackey terms. . . . rat Mortgage Loans In Mauritius, of six years and upwards, the borrowers will be required to contribute hal f —y early to • Waking Fund. on the principle of " Crldit Fonder," which hos been applied with so much adraotase to both lender and borrower In many mule of the continent of Europe In addition to employing lb; own capital, the Company will invest the money of constituents, guaranteeing interest, or prin cipal and Interest, as may be agreed upon. There to In Mauritius an efficient newer of original titles to land, connected with the "Land Court" of the Island; 'Malmo a Teenscription Office, where successive titles tory be traced. The mortgage investments made by tire government savhiga bank of Mauritius, daring the last twenty-five years, prove that investrnente Judiciously made under the mortgage law of the Island are eminently secure. A new law which in pining through the local legislature will redone the operation of lending on mortgage to a condition of still greater simplicity and safety. The management of the Company will be vested la the beard of directors in London, assisted by • board In Maurifus. The influential support given to the Company both In log land and Mauritius, and the great want of such an institution, mast secure an ample field for safe and lucrative operations. The Directors of the International Financial Society feel, therefore. Do hesitation in recommending the undertaking to the favoerelrie notice of the nubile. Printed copies of the Memorandum and Articles of Mee elation may be inspected at the Offices of the solicitors, Mears. Wilson. Bristows. and Cerpeoael, I, Copthall-bulld lnaa Applications for shares must be addressed to the Inters& timid Financial Sankey (Limited). at their Tempenry Moen SA Old Dreadalreet. &C., In tits annexed form, white met be kit w(thilbehr Imbesto IfisomeOlyn, MBy and Cs., In W. Lem bardatreet December, lade FORM or APYLICATIM FOR NUM 20 b• Mitt with Messrs. Olyn, Mills., and Co.) We. To the Directorial the International Financial Society (Limited). Gentlemen, —Having paid to your bankers the sum of it being Al per share on shares, I request you to allot red shares, of AM each, in the Maurltles land Credit and Agency Company 'Limited), and I hereby agree to become a member of that Company and to accept such shares or any tem number that may he allotted to me, and I request that my name may be placed on the Register of Members In respect of the shores allotted to me—l am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant, Name in full Address In full Reference Date CIADTION.—WATRZRSTOW and BROODKN reeommead the public to have the Csrat Gold stated oa the tavoke—. Ilse Geld and Pure Goad." se applied to Jewellery, WATHEILITON sad BitOODILNB GOLD sad ell tratielee manufactured by them, are sold upon Wityelastple, sad at the manufactures' . prima. Manufactory, 211,1111111.1104. Covent-garden. W.C. Amara made of chain. 4 *nary ow IL each—N.B. ntia adaburemant is dosed at • Me mobs sad as Saturdays at 1. RIYB PURE FLUID MAGNESIA M f s ir" besa, during twenty.flee easplidiesay MAC dosed by the medical profession, Yd universally accepted by lb. Public, as the bed remedy for acidity ad tbit doetsch, heart- Inaindsche. snot, sad indi g estion and as mild aperient dicate conadtationa, more especially for ladies and 611. then. It Is prepared, in a state of perfect purity and of anif.,rrn stren g th, by DINNEFOLLII72, New Bondctreet, Inn. doe sad sold by all respensahle chemists throughout the world. COUGHS, ASTHMA, and INCIPIENT CONCUMPTION ere LIFFILCITALLT MILD by KISATINfrn COUCH LOSING'S, which are daily recommended by the reenity—testimontels from the most seafood of whom may be the most effectual, safe, weedy, and convenient for cough and all disorders of the lance, chest, and throat. Sold in boles, la. : Una, Ste ad , aa fid.. and lb. sea T. MUTING, Chemise 79, Mt. Paul's Linuthyard, London. Bold retell by fia Druggiatie die I Amintßre ASTHMATIC BALSAM, an - 1 14 olaateal remedy, without cosigning the bowels or afoot tae haat, truly eflcaclons and pleasan ing Mount admitted to M th e best medicine for liessedlately relie v owls. colds, raaarasd cams ot mama and Incipient ONMIIIVUOIL It lA felestly cores venous whom the faculty preemies tae nib, adistrahly allays the tickling which provokes her/seat apprombisg cousomptlon Its effects ere truly Maness deprived of oleo. or even lyleg down kr bar of IRONS lift. may depend on relief In s few Ideates Mier tskteg it only sad sold by W. LAURI/LT. amulet, WS. Peawalreek -mom, London, ask by ell In Deetisis med., sad antitl In Me, ill ed. Is partisillat as sat far Lambast Asth qu matic eo lama The aura sod Maros are eagraved cm the starep. Jan. 10 Feb. 10 March 10 Jaa.l.6 . Feb. 26 lea IS I. India L India LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 30, 1863. OPAL ALHAMBRA.-FRANOONTS CI&QUI at f sad halt-poot 7 o'clock. • ROYAL ALEIAMBRA.—Tbe great bare back Mar, JUL ES NW, WIRY WINING. THE REGENT NEW MUSIC HALL, Regentetrwa, Vincettennare, neer Vietorineireet, Wed relniiter.—GßAND =RAT tor the CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS.— tresPenr. hawkoreeit ball. end the beet comic talent. son ll 7. the !Media Monkey, unending the high rope with Ms !intim on Ms he& Daring achievements of the Jai:Ahem Metric THE OXFORD.—THIS EVENING a new and coats* written by Litchileld Moseley, lip., and b) W. Wow Lutz sepias.ly for this establishment. entitled KING CB =TM ea, sup by the entire noliGninY. with MN bead and chorus Mr. F. JonMiaow Comedy by treswerth, Eugene, W. Randall, T. Maelemin. add these won& nue mama Bard, Lamb, and Foster, hem the Imperial arena, Madrid. WATCEI NIGHT SINITIC 7. LOWZRATINIT CHAP TO4IJHBOW NIGHT, Dee. 111.—DeveliewilMios wIl cow WOO al overier-put lea o'clock. The Sow. C. will preside, and deliver an addreca. MUSIC IXTRAORDINARY.—ROLAI3 ART G/ LikIINING the PIANO, jag pablideed, as., or far. Ind nding four effective imam, which will enable the purchaser not only to fallow the runs of hhi studies with part-ct surer Ittihad say other trip (the sore are mastered hi !I reinuter. her he will drive more practical benefit from this ackettile barker a few weeks, without a mater. than hi years from any Siker with • meter. " l look upon the system" writes the Is,. Mr. -Geners4 "as the commencement of ere of the 4 =•= 4 :e ti r i olutions which, at least In musk, the 'meld has arrested." May be had from the author only, 7, Omit Zusen-etrest, Bloomsbury. Tmedays or Thursdays, at half-pad 8 p.m all interested "a vanes the extraordinary mune of learning the piano on Ilde Wien THE CONSOLIDATED DISCOUNT COMPANY ited). The Directors reserve totherme the right of changing the name of the Company). To be Incorporated wader " The Companies Act. 10M.• by which the liability of each shareholder la limited to the amount of his alums. Capital £1,000,000, In 10.000 shares of LSO each. _ . First lame 10,000 share,. . . Deposit on application Li per share, and ft on allotment. No future call to exceed ES per share, and at Intervals of not Is. than three month► It to not intended to call up more than /DO per 'hare. Gam Walter Constable, iaq. Titlark Henderson and Con stable), Cannon street. Geoa . Donny, Req. (Mesas. George D.inny and Co.), Great Bt. William little, Eaq Director of the Cape Town Annear. Wm. WArtbur, Eaq. (of the firm of William and Alexander WArtbnr. Atutntlian Merchants% 46 Moorgateatreet F. J. Bargood, Eat. (Messrs. &mood, King, and Sargood), Lon ' don and Melbourne. Thomas Shepherd Richardson, Esq., Director of the Buenos Ayres and River Plate Bunk. JameeThempson, Eau (Messrs. Le Oros Thompson sad Co.), , Hatter.lane. 'Hugh Fraser Underarm, F.sq. •Rlchard Harmers Sanderson, Esq. ) . ). (Marrs. Sandeman and Co.). •Saassiel Baker, 6w of mlttee alinement. Banks:as—TM Loudon and Westminster Bank. BOLKITOILI—MCIIWS. Sole, Tamen, and Hardwick. 111.01CICILA James Shepherd, Reg., Aactioitliart, Bartholomew lane. Mama. Sandman and Dobree, 2. Royal Exchange-buildings. Mom, No. 4, Abeharch-laise. PROSPICTIA. - _ In forming this Company the Meech= hew secured the co operation of Messrs. Sandman and Co.. of Abchureh-lane,whose well known and Meg established business it le the object of this Company to take ■pp sod develop. The Company wW conduct all the operations of ordinary dis count badness. . The terms on which the business of Messrs. Sondem:to and Ce. Itss been purchased Justify the Directors in anticipating a profit of at least 10 per cent. per Lanais on the paid.up capital. The Company will take poeseralon of the premises now occu pied by Messrs. Mandeman and Co. an from the lot day of lanuary and the business of the Company will commeece has that day. No promotion money boa or will be paid, and the expereewill be anictly confined to the necessary payments. Prospectuses and forma of application for alums nay be obtained at the offices of the Company, of the Brokers, and of the Solicitors. . . . . In the event of no allotment being made the deposit' .111 be returned In toll should a less number of shares be allotted than are applied for the deposit will be made available towards the payment on allotment, and the balance, U any, returned to the applicant. FORM OF APPLICATIO FOR 861113. To the Directors of the Consolidated Discount Company "Limited). Gentlemen,—Haring peld to your bankers the sum of g. request you to allot me shares In the Consolidated Diecnunt Company i Mulled), and I hereby agree to become a member of the society, end to accept inch share., or any lees number that may be allotted to tee ; and I request yon to place my name on the register of members in respect of the shares allotted tome . I em, Gentlemen, boar obedient Element Nem* In toll (Anal olgastare Date CONSOLIDATED DISCOUNT COMPANY ( thatted NOTICI IS NIZZBY OWEN, that NO APPLICATIONS or SHAMS In Ude Conway will be RICEIVID APT= THIS DAY (Wednesday), December XL—By order. Temporary °Sem Abodaerolblam, IC., Dee. se, CORNS, BUNIONS. sad DETECTIVE TOE ../ Nana zimucrio sad CURED is one adonis. wittiest =Miss or Os Mist psis. by Mr. RANDALL. U. Lase stisailat by Mrs Ilindsll if preferred. = 4 7 14 L to Y. Mr Readmit hes lartimosislo from the Royal Musb t,.. whish . m . Lie tbeassildo of oilmen, tram the te the following .—no. the am the L=lsb . op ot Leaden. :—" Ren,l3ll bearded awed some ease es my to without giving any poille—"B4 Ahounidigg,ll, tit Jimeir km hart Mrs hags teessils sad • cars sanded tram his apisoe, tent by Mr. Readall, and ma stramety resemmasti Ma' Obseme. U. Issest.eireet tissdrsat. UZZAVIS 00PAIIIN111 MOE, sucomitily Pane Mod ha a. add Imam SeipMais. sador the amo el isms. Cdlerier. lam& IMyd. Pehad. sad Lamm Chick (Law*, Sib New.. UM, oasis ow, tam swear of 41 dh". Er rem& et eimile id. per 1066 M _hi PM fiL.al O. losseth, /ma &mai* 4d, Ilapsithrd. LAW& CANTERBURY -HALL.—The GHOST CLUB, with entirely new effects. The Obeet In the Tang Peantain, and the scene from the •• Tempest :" Aril, M Tonntley . snowed to be the most perfect illusion yet preened. AU tin Other entertainments as usual. including comedy by Or worth. Eugene, W. Randall, T. Madan:ea. G. Hatehemen, J. Jester, de.. TV.NCENG AOADICMY, 36, Aldervate-stzeet. NOTICK—A TANG QUADLELLZ PARTY T0.3101110W. Dancing 8.110 NH 1. Tletets. IL The assemblase as nasal, Wed nesdays and Saturdays. The quarter for Inetrnedost coonsenoie January land 7. Advanced elaserrery Monda. Private lemon. 2s. ed. The quarter for Juvenile cee neneesJanuary 2. is 110111 i UHARGES Gr h e i rliawswcK., rankra.oriet. Si lames% tlareteat oat the Whiter Seam 111011 ARIEL GRAND HOTEL, -IL Boulevard des Clynelnes, Place de Nouvelle Opera, nepa site the Sae de la Pals, and near the Theatres, has been opened since July, 11101. It contains 700 bedrooms, prices from ttr. to tstr. : 70 drawing-rooms, from Ur. to 30,r.: • magnificent Won, capable of dining nom than 300 persons, and where there I a table-d hate at Six o'clock. Dinners and breaktasto are served la carte la the coffee-rooms so well as in the apartment& There Is a reading-room with the best English and foreign papers and publications, • musio-room, and a drawing-room {orb use of travellers, without any additional charge. There are bath& billiard-rooms, smoking divans, post-office cabs, carriages, and omnibuses gong to the railway stations. The servants speak all . This superb Hotel, possessing all that modern luxury an comfort can combine, and situated in the most fashionable part of Parki, is recommended to the attention of travellers. Iniepet7d - e - milyOTttieTrt;oHot;ls&eom;e;TeToxtuollllere has established an ez'enelve Private Furnished House on the Boulevard des Captained, opposite the Rotunda of the /hand Hotel, where families Calf roulade as in their own private rest &Doak and where they may rely upon Andirg the utmost comfort. WHERE SHALL I DINE l—At NOAKES'S NSW °PIRA HOTIL, Scosetrest, Oorsetgarden. opposite the Grand intrance of the Royal Raga& Opera, where I can get a Dinner, in an elegant and comfortable coffee reont foe la 6d.. equal to the Albion and Divan, being Id. lass than their charm. Private roma for large and ono parties. Public and Private Billlard-rooms. A good draoldng-room. Beds from la 6d. A porter up all night MARSHALL'S HUNGARIAN BRANDY. Tits universal demand for this One ilzundy (equal to Cognac—Dr. Hassan) readers advertisement anneoessary beyond nett •ning tbs public azalaist spurious imitations. Of east retailers ■ stogie bottles, 3s. Sd. eacb c6 c:Z . labelled, and cork branded J. G. MARSHALL, aids se 42,. per dozen cue ( zszrisge pied). Depot, 114. Alders t, City. List of Agents pot free. PURE WINKEL—See "Loudon Medical Review." 0. IVAIREE and Co.'s CELEBRATED PATENT CHRISTMAS HAMPER: S bets).. 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It IMAM. 91, Strand, and t 4, CornhW, London. CHRISTMAS PRESENTS and NEW YEAR'S GIFTS for all who court the Gay and restive Scenes.— ROWLANDS' MACASSAR OIL, a preserver and beautifier of the hair beyond all precedent. Rowlands' Kaput', for importing a radiant bloom to the complexion. and a softness and delicacy to the hand', arms, and neck. Rowlands' Odonto, or Pearl Denti frice, for giving a rad-like whiteness to the teeth and fragrance to the treat►. Ms patronage of Malty throughout Europe. their general um by rank and fashion, and the univeradly known 011 , acy of Vitae articles, gin them a celebrity unparalleled. Sold by A. ROWLAND and SONS, SD, Batten-garden, and by akendeis and perftuank—Ask for " Rowlands' " articles. NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE. —The greatest and most used 'aviation of the day, AIWA AMARELLA.— liesers. JOHN 000IWILL and Co., Three Cog-mark Lombard street, Loodoe. perfumers to bar Majesty, respectfully °ger to tine Mean Indy etarvences gold, with gradually restores t i ne heir tette pia hoe—oe reatterat what me. The Ague Amoreha lea awn of the geoparties of dyes; It, os the cootrary, leogicial to the eyeless. and whoa the Ws la ogee restared eat higthwilea par meth .111 hasp It is whet odour. Pries in por bottle. er la half toottleo lid.—dola Gasmen & Co. have boa oppolied pertains,' iolLit.l.lbo Prisms of Woks. NOTICE, —CHARLES MADE'S GREAT iffeltY fg "BARD CASH" is now BRADY. In three Yart y ektdins. sal Pm ark in , Us. Bd., and may De obtained at any or Deokssaisr lir kingdom. Lied= : loges. Low, Soo, and Menlo., Id. Ludgate-DM (Stamped, Id. Additional.) TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE. Mom% Mamma KRILL CRISIS IN DENMARK. COPENHAGEN, Mc. 29. The ministerial crisis is not yet definitively ter minated, but an arrangement will probably be effected in the course of the day. Dr. Moored, up to the present Minister of Public Worship, has been entrusted with the formation of the new ministry. A rumour is current here that England has pro posed a conference of the seven Powers who signed the Treaty of London of 1862, at which the repre sentative of the Federal Diet would also be present. The place of meeting, according to this rumour, would be Paris, and the conference would discuss the succession question and the common constitu tion. Meanwhile, the status quo would be main tained in Denmark and the Duchies. England would not herself issue the invitations to the con ference, but if Denmark expressed a wish that it should take place England would support it. THE FEDERAL EEIGOITTION IN HOLSTEIN COPENHAGEN. Dm. ri, Enauro. Letters received here from Norway state that public meetings in all the larger towns of that country have resolved to send in addressee to the government requiring it to support Denmark. The reason alleged is, that although the Federal Commissioners in Holstein had prohibited the inhabitants from proclaiming Duke Frederick of Augustenburg, this had neverthelees been done by a public meeting at Elmshorn t in the presence of the Federal troops. Advicee received from Holstein state that the, Federal Commissioners have dismissed the local authorities at Ploen from their poste. HAMBURG, Dic. 29. A proclamation of the Federal Commissioners hag been blamed removing Count Moltke, the President of the Provincial Government of Holstein and Lauenburg, with the government Councillors Rosen and Warnstadt, from their posts, owing to the present circumstances of the country. The commissioners will hasten to take the requisite proceedings and publish their decisions. Private letters received here state that the six villages north of the Eider occupied by the Danes have been evacuated without delay. ALTONA, Dm 28. Several deputations have had interviews with the Federal Commissioners—among them are four deans of universities--requesting the recognition of Duke Frederick by the Confederation. A deputation also appeared from the town au thorities of Kiel, requesting a speedy despatch of troops on account of excesses committed by the Danes. RENDSBURG, Dzc. 28. The palisades in front of the fortress with the crown fort have been alternately dismantled, orders from Copenhagen being indecisive. It is asserted upon good authority that the octroi line has been removed to the crown fort outside the town. KIEL, Die. 29. Baron Konneritz and the Federal troops have met with a brilliant reception ou the part of the inhaLitanta. Senator Thommsen has proclaimed Duke Frede rick amidst great acclamations. THE POLISH INSURRECTION. CRACOW, Dgc. 29. Advises from Warsaw state that the agents of General Berg in that city have commenced enforc ing the signature of addresses expressing loyalty to the Czar. The first addresses submitted to the inhabitants for signature were taken rour.d in the Jewish quarter of the town. Mgr. Pezewueki, the substitute of Archbishop Felinaki, was required by an agent of the govern ment to issue a pastoral letter recommending the signature of the addresses, but he refused to comply. LAIIADzc.29. According to advices from Warsaw numerous arrests were made in that city on Christmas day. ANNUAL RECEPTION BY THE POPE. MARSEILLES, Dtc. 29. Letters received here from Rome to the 26th inst. announce that the Pope had received the annual congratulations of the cardinals, on which occasion his holiness delivered an allocution, re calling the triumphs of the persecuted Popes, and his confidence that the church would recover possession of the usurped provinces, by using firm ness, constancy, and prudence. In receiving the functionaries, the Pope declared that he expected serious events next year, but invited them to remain calm, "the church always triumphing." On the 27th inst., a grand dinner would be given at the French Embassy, at which General Monte bello and Mgr. de Merode would be present. THE DANISH QUESTION. The following is the translation of a note ad dressed to the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Plus* and (with the necessary alterations of names and titles) of Austria, Saxony, and Hanover, ' dad Copenhagen, Dec. 19, 1883 :- 1 The undersigned, President of the Council and 1 Minister of Foreign Affairs of his Majesty the King of Denmark, has the honour to acknowledge the receipt, on the 15th inst., of the note whereby the President of the Council and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Prussia has acquainted him with a Fede ral decree of December the 7th, and, in consequence of the so-called procedure of execution resolved by the said Waal decree, has requested the govern ment of the King to evacuate Holstein within seven days. Having without delay submitted this note to his most gracious sovereign, the undersigned has been charged by his Majesty to call the attention of the Prussian government to the following observations : The resolution passed by the German Federal Assembly on the 7th of this month is deprived already of all binding force for the the royal government by the circumstance that it has been passed after the illegal exclusion of his Majesty's plenipotentiary from the assembly. Besides, with regard to the fact that the said decree pretends to be founded on the preceding Federal decree of October 1, it is impossible for the Kin's government to consider this latter as a valid motive for the procedure of execution which has recently been resolved, for the follow ing reasons :—That the ordinance of March 30 of this year, against which the said decree was directed, has sinee been formally repealed ; that the mediation offered by the Bntiah govern ment, with a view of reconciling the pending dif ferences between Denmark and the Confederation, has been accepted by the royal government in the sitting of the 29th of October ; that the King's go vernment, in the same sitting, declared itself ready to meet the Confederation in every point in which the autonomy or equality of rights claimed for the Federal provinces should not be considered as being sufficiently guaranteed at present. But the singular character of the pretended Federal execution has become still more perceptible since the Federal Assembly has pretended to ques tion his Majesty's right of succession and the validity of the treaty of London of May 8, 1852. For, even considering the matter from the point of view of the German Confederation, it must be ad mitted that any demand ou the pin of the Confe deration' with , regard to the position which his Majestyshould accord to Holstein in his capacity of Duke of Holstein must be subordinate to a pre ceding acknowledgment of the King as Duke of Holstein and Lauenburg. Lastly, I must observe that the request ad dressed to the King's government is not in confor mity with the prescriptions laid down in the regu lations for the procedure of execution, dated August 3, 1820 (Article 10), namely, in this important point, that it has not been made possible for the King's govenimeut to avoid the execution by submission to any precise demands addressed to it. Far from this, the execution itself appears simply as the only object of the Federal resolution. His Majesty, my most gracious sovereign, is under these circumstances unable to recognise the so-called execution resolved by the Confederation as a legi timate procedure founded in the Federal law, but intends, on the contrary, to reserve formally his sovereign and dynastic rights. His Majesty has, therefore, commanded the undersigned to protest by this present, and in the most solemn manner, against the unquestionable encroachment which has been announced to him, and reserves for himself to take such further resolutions as he may consider reconcileable with his rights and interests. The undersigned avails himself, etc. (Signed) C. Ham. THE SCHLESWIO HOLSTEIN QUESTION. Mow ova own commorognia2.l HAMBURG, Deo. 27. Another of those wild tumultuous public meet ings, of which we have already had several, was held yesterday at the suburban locality .known as the " Walhalla." It was got up by the Schleswig- Holstein Association, and attended by more than two thousand persons. The chief object of the meeting was to sanction addressee to the Senate and Bdrgerschaft, calling on them to recognise publicly the Prince of Angusteaburg as Duke of Schleswig- Holstein. The resolution was passed unanimously, and deputations of seven each appointed to pre sent personally the addresses to the two legislative bodies. Dr. Wey, one of the members of the committee of the Schleswig-Holstein Association, then ad dressed the meeting in a fiery speech, protesting loudly against the interference of the Senate in stopping the military drill in the Gymnastic-hall in the suburb of St. Pauli, and stating it as an undoubted fact that when he and the other mem bers of the committee waited upon Senator Rucker to remonstrate on the subject, they were informed by that Senator that the measure was taken at the instance of the general commanding the Austrian troops in this city. This had been denied by an official article in yesterday's impres sion of the Hamburg Correspondent, but he emphatically repeated his assertion that it was nevertheless literally true. Orders have been received here to prepare imme diately the needful quarters for the reception of the medical staff, surgeons, and assistants of the field lazzaretto of the third Prussian army corps, which will arrive here to-morrow by a special extra train from Berlin. I regret to be obliged to state that at Altona the proclamation of the Prince as Duke of Schles wig-Holstein has given rise to various scenes of violence and scandal. On the night of the illumi nation of the town all the houses belonging to Danes and supporters of the Danish claims had their windows broken by the lawless rabble, and some even suffered personal indignities. The telegraph office has been taken possession of by the students, who drove out the Danish operators, and now keep guard in the building. But the wires have been cut and the telegraph will not work. It is thought that this was wilfully done by the Danes on their retreat. The Danish officials in the telegraph-office and post-office in this city have received orders from Copenhagen to bold themselves in readiness for instant departure, but the order to start has not yet arrived, and they are still in possession. Paium. Ott. BRILuIca DAY. TU!BDAY, D.C. IL —Admissions on psysort, 5,677: ditto otosoa tiokol, 1,461; tottd, 7,134. SPAIN. MADRID, Dgc. 29. A semi-official announcement states that the Council of Ministers is decidedly favourable to the assembling of a Congress at Paris, in order to avoid the consequences of an European war. THE BRAZIL MAILS. LISBON, Dr.c. 29. The Royal Mail steamship Parana, from the Brazils, arrived here this morning, and will leave for Southampton at 1 p.m. to-day with 64 pas sengers, 2,7801. in specie, 1,005 rolls, &c., of tobacco, 236 bales of cotton, 50 buret of tapioca, and 232 packages of sundries. (By telegraph freer Lisbon.) RIO DE JANEIRO. Die. 9. Exchange on London, 274, 27g. Coff e e, go od first, 6.600 to 6.700. Shipments since the depar ture of the lastrateamer 80,606 bags, of which 18,000 were for the Channel. Sales 45,000 bags. Stock 135,000 bags. Freights, 40a. to 47a. 6d. BAHIA, Dr.c.l2. Exchange on London, 27k. Cotton, 26.000 reis. Sugar, 2.400 to 2.600 reis. PERNAMBUCO, Dix. 15. Exchange on London, 271 to 28}. Sugar, 3.800 rem ; browns, 2.200 to 2.600 rein ; cotton, 26.000 refs. The Messageries ha periales steamer Estramadure, arrived here on the 13th inst. CHINA. 037 Telegraph tram ham/ CANTON, Nov. 14. Grey ehirtinge quiet. Tea firm. Total export to date, 7,687,500 lbe. Exchange on London, 4e. 90. _ SHANGHAI._Nov. 9, Tea and silk firm. Settlement of silk in the fortnight, 1,400 bales. Exchange on London, lia. Freights, 75e. THE [TWOPENCE POLAND. The Cologne Gazette says that the increasing de velopment of the insurrection canned the autho rities at St. Petersburg to ask General Berg whether he could undertake to put it down in two months. Berg promised to do so on certain conditions, which were granted. Among them was his being empow ered to banish or otherwise put out of the way any person likely to interfere in any way with his plans. The military authorities are now drawing up lists of the persons in their respecti ve , districts, who are " Tranged in two classes—the dangerous" and the harmless." These lists are expected to be .com pleted in a month, when banishments on a sweeping scale will take place. General Berg has also decreed that foreigners implicated in the insurrection are not to be sent out of the country, as hitherto, but treated as Poles, in consequence of which 25 Prus sian subjects were banished, and one, Dernski, executed, on the 21st. On the 16th an Italian named Becchi, formerly a lieutenant under Gari baldi, was also shot at Woclawek, although the Italian ambassador, Marquis Pepoli, had interceded with the Emperor in his favour. He died exclaim ing, " God save Poland." The battles in various parts of Poland con to succeed each_ other at short intervals. alis engagement of Major Rudowski at Kislos, on the 14th, was followed by another on the 16th in the Ilzy woods, where a small body of Polish infantry, under Major Lady, was attacked by 14 companies of Russians, but succeeded in cut ting its way through the enemy with the bayonet, after a sanguinary band•to-band fight, in which the losses were very severe on both aides. In the pala tinates of Sandomir and Cracow the insurgents, under General Boeak, are in great foroe—the va rious detachments cumbering 3,000 infantry and about 300 cavalry in all, under such experienced lesders as Bogdan, Itembajlo, Ostoja, and Liwocza. THE SULTAN AND THE CONGRESS. -. The Monitsur of yesterday publishes the reply of the Sultan, whom it styles Emperor of the Otto mans, to the Congress proposition. The following is a translation : I have received from the Marquis de Moustier the letter in which your Imperial Majesty refers to the present posi tion of Europe, and to the necessity of assembling in Coo per in order to concert and to adopt proper measures for settling the present and assuring the future. I cordially thank your Imperial Majesty for the 'esti. manta of sincere friendship you have displayed towards me on this occasion, and I beg you to believe in the perfect reciprocity of my sentimente, as well as is my most ardent desire to prove to you the high value I attach to seeing streegthened the bonds of that secular friendship which so happily exists between the two empires. Sovereign of an empire the interests and prosperity of which depend, io great part, upon the maintenance of peace, I shall experience a genuine satisfaction in seeing it estab lished upon a solid and durable foundation. As for my personal views upon the proposition of your Imperial Majesty, I refer you to the conversation I have bad with your representative, and to the friendly commu nication I have charged my ambassador at your Majesty's court to make to your government. I avail myself of this occasion to renew to your Imperial Majesty the •115112141100 of my sincere affection and inviolate attachment. Constantinople, the M ). ITI Dj6nazi-uliskher, 1280 (sth ber, 1863 The foregoing letter is followed by the following document, headed, "Note containing an account of the audience of his Majesty the Sultan, addressed the 24th Nov., 1863, to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, by the Marquis de Moustier." The ambassador, in . plecing in the Sultan's hands the letter of the Easpitioi, feria, ands iniewn ine coatsais. The Sultan replied :—I highly appreciate Use imperial idea, and I sincerely thank his Majesty for his letter. I cannot doubt the Emperor's sentiments with regard to me ; and the entire Ottoman nation, I am sure, will be extremely sensible of the step his Majesty bas just taken towards me. I should be very happy to avail myself of this occasion of making the personal acquaintance of such a sovereign as the Emperor, for whom I have • profound friendship, and at the same time to visit such a beautiful city as Paris ; but if I had known beforehand the basis upon which an under standing was to be established it would have been perhaps much better, as in that case I should hare acted with • full knowledge of everything. The ambassador immediately replied : As the Emperor states in his letter that be bad no pre conceived idea he could not draw up a programme. Con fiding in their wisdom, he has confined himself to indicating to all the sovereigns his allies the situation fall of danger in which Europe is placed. It is to the Congress aloes that it appertains to decide the points upon which an understand ing is to be established, and in appealing, for the peeition and the solution of all the questions, to • general discussion the Emperor has given • guarantee sufficient for every interest. The Sultan replied : My observation concealed no sentiment of opposition. I understand now, by the explanation which the ambas sador has just furnished to me, the difficulty that there really is in knowing beforehand the points which would form the object of the deliberations. I accept, therefore, the invitation which the Emperor has addressed to me ; but as my presence alone in France would not be sufficient, I shall only undertake the journey if the other sovereigns themselves go to Paris. " In one word," said the Sultan in conclusion, and with • certain emphasis, " I beg the ambassador to feel con vinced that if the meeting of the Congress takes place Turkey will not be the last to be represented at it." The ambassador having thanked the Sultan for what he had just heard fall from his lips, his Majesty ended by saying : I am about to reply to the letter the ambassador has delivered to me, sod tee Emperor will be satisfied in every respect with my reply, The barque Victory, of Newport, 300 tone, laden with steam oo•l, foundered about four miles off Dim comb. on December 24. As she sunk she blew up, either from confined air or gases. Her crew were picked up by • smack, and taken to Newport. Portions of the wreck have since been found in the Bristol Channel. ANOTHER COLLIERY EXPLOSION.—Between the hours of seven and eight o'doek on the morning of Satur day last, a fearful explosion took place at the Gin Coal. pit, at Maeeteg, the property of the Llynvi Vale Iron Company, when 13 or 14 person■ lost their lives by fire-damp. The following is • hat of the bodies already brought up when our report left—namely : William Isaac, carpenter, left a wife and seven children ; William Elise, lately married ; John Bevan, left a wife and three children ; David Williams (and soot, • married man ; David flees, mar tied ; Morgan Thomas, single ; William Davies, single ; Benjamin Item, single ; William Jones, single; and David Jones, single.—Cambria Daily Leader. _ Harr.}.—Le item have been received from the Rev. J. Haldane Stewart, the rector of Ilillbrook, Hants, who is travelling in the Cape of Good Hope. He wu 900 miles inland, and intended crossing from the Cape to Natal, visiting the Bunts and Moshah countries, with some toissionaries and their wives. On Christmas-eve the election of an illuminated clock at Hillbrook Church was celebrated by the pati.bioners. It is their testimonial to the rector, erected during his absence, in ceder to agreeably our prier him on his return. The clock ham oast 120/., and is one of the &met io the neighbourhood. Its striking ceo be beard a distance of tour miles. Mr. Thomas, the ecclesias tical horologist, of Southampton, who erected it, has also put up one at Marchwood, a neighbouring church, the striking of which is heard se immense distance along South ampton Water on a still night. ARING-CllOOl RAILWAY. The government inspector not having yet made his report to the Bard of Trade the railway cannot be opened to the public on Friday as expected. In the meanwhile there is only some exterior fiaishieg work to be done, and the interval will be employed most properly in drilling the company's staff into the working of the hoe and signals. The Customs Department platform at the Charing-cross Station, to which the Customs business now carried on at Folkestone will be triusferred, is finished and ready for