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Coupons due Ist January next will be paid in London at the Banking House of Messrs. Heywood, Kennard, and Co., at the rate of 4s. to the dollar. London, No. 2, Old Broad-street, Dec. 16, 1862. able for the purpose herein stated.—l am, dear Sir, very faithfully yours, tion the Duke expressed himself as perfectly satisfied with the replies given to the various questions. After visiting the drawing-room, and inspecting the various drawings and sketches executed by the cadets dur ing the past half-year, his Royal Highness and Staff left Woolwich about 2 o'clock, a salute being fired from a bat tezy at the garrison. SECOND EDITION, REVISED, In 2 vols. Bvo., with Portrait, THE LIFE OF EDWARD IRVING , Mi niste r of the National Scotch Church, London. Illustrated by his JOURNAL and CORRESPONDENCE, By Mrs. OLIPHANT "Mrs. Oliphant's Life of Edward Irving' is cOpious, earnest, and eloquent."-- Edinburgh Review. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough -street. "ROBERT K. ROWLEY, General Manager, Crystal Palace. "Sir C. Wentworth Mike, Bart., 8 0 .) 76, Sloane-street, 5,W." SPECIAL NOTICE. T HE MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY (Established A.D. 1834). " Exhibition Building, Dec. 18. " Sir,—Her Majesty's Commissioners direct me to request that you will thank the directors of the Crystal Palace Company for their letter of this day's date, and for the re newed proof therein given of the desire of the company to contribute to the success of the International Exhibition. FRENCH CIRCULAR ON THE AFFAIRS OF GREECE. B OOKS SUITABLE FOR PRESENTS No. 39, King street, Cheapside, London. The Friends of the Society, and the general Public, are respeztfully advised that any Assurances effected within the present year will have the advantage of one year in every Annual Bonus. " I am, at the same time, however, to state that the Com missioners are unable to avail themselves of the obliging offer made by your directors. "The Commissioners have intimated to his Royal High ness the Prince of Wales their decision to abandon the pro posed ceremony of the distribution of the prizes. They have made public their letter to his Royal Highness on the subject, and they have addressed a communication on the same effect to all the foreign countries represented in the Exhibition. They feel therefore that, independently of other considerations, they could not with propriety request his Royal Highness's permission to make new arrange ments. The following is a translation of the circular upon the affairs of Greece recently sent by M. Drouyn de Lhuys to the representatives of France abroad : CHARLES INGALL, Actuary. GOUT, RHEUMATISM, and SCROFULA.— Patients suffering from these maladies are treated with rapid and certain success by HERR VON BOTTLER, 7, Bolton-street, Piccadilly, The process is simple, natural, and purely externaL Consultations from 11 till 3. V ST E 0 EID O N What is it? See Patent, March 1, 1862, No. 560. GA BR 1 EL'S Self-adhesive Patent Indestructible MINE RAL TEEM and FLEXIBLE GUMS, without palates, springs, or wires, and without operation. One set lasts a lifetime, and WARRANTED FOR MASTICATION and ARTICULATION. Purest materials only, at half the usual cost. Messrs. GABRIEL, the old-established Dentists, 27, HARLEY-STREET, CAVENDISH 7 SQIJARE; 34, LUDGATE-HILL, LONDON; 65, NEW-STREET, BIRMINGHAM; and 134, DUKk-STREET, LIVERPOOL. INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, CLASS 17. One visit only required from country patients. Gabriel's Practical Treatise gratis. ) 3 to 324 3, to 3 00 ) s to 0 0 5 48 ;g to ;3 to 42 a to 31$ , 1 ; to ''' to 'O6 0 . d. 6 16 6 16 13 6 18 3 16 3 17 0 17 6 18 0 0 6 17 PAS oi ., I N-DJA AND THE COLONIES. 'e'lsirargis ri_ 4, mbarking or Disembarking ch argea at will F4rd superior accommodation and moderate CIIAPI ""` -r,4iv, 'S C.LARE.NDON HOTEL, GRAVESEND, Adjoining the Terror:, Pier. .&„,,,, A Lawn i n front, extene,ing to the River. ~... 'VAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT (in eor r'..NSTITUTION R 4 RoNErporated by Royal Charter). ilt T Eft/3Ei'll' J l3 -er Most Gracious Majesty the Queen. '''-"triceH-Admiral his Grace the Duke of Northam- Cri A i berland, K.G., F.R.S. /3 4tr , ) , • asIAN-Thos. Baring Esq., M.P.,,F„..R.FSI.Ve. V.P. /nAIRMAN—Thornas• Chapman, -. 8 4 ,, the 'l4. APPEAL. .iJoLoinmittee of Management have to state that, since fie' Loin of lB6O, the i Lifeboat b•-- - o ll , ti hil has incurred expenses a m ount ng to £27,260 on 4.074? Lifeboat Establishments on the Coasts of Eng:and, tn. Land• and Ireland i h _ ll r e g „ t ; he anva Period the Lifeboats of the Institution — K 4t vb eLel; ll4l %-mental in rescuing the Crews of the follow- B g et , ru. (01:1a Vermont, Of Halifax, U.S. •• " .• : 11 1 tri fr /,ler William Keith, of Carnarvon . 5 Szu,„ l , Zing Fish, of Whitby St, --'-c Elizabeth Ann, of Lyme Regis • : F4to': Dredge, at Newhaven •• •• • 6 ner Admiral Hood, of Rochester .. .. . •,.130oner Susan and Isabella, of Dundee .. .. : tt e _hOner Rose, of Lynn •• •• .) • • •• Big E odroma, of Stockton • • • • ** 1 7 1 jg r ig ''liza, of Middlesborough •• •• •• 13.gautin Freia, of Konigsberg • • • • • • 7 b2gantine Diana, of Fredrikshamn . 7 rg Gloucester, of South Shields .. •• 6 S Lovely Kelly, of Seaham • • ' Seeaniine Nugget, of Bideford .. •• •• : tekorter ProspPct, of Berwick b_t'Uoher Ann Mitchell, of Montrose ;",cunoner Jane Roper, of lJlverstone B Pallas, of Shields .. .. .. ... .. : P Ann Mitchell, of Glasgow • • .. •• 9 rxi_ a F.Lhek John Bull, of Yarmouth .. .. .. 5 artooner Catherine, of Newry 4 - • • •• A g lue I liarrara, o f Shields .. .. .. .... 111 ,11 _, ri g a G r e e or o g f e Tei g nin outh and James, of London .• •• - "rig Ze cobi ~.,P.-.Yr, of Whitby .• •• •• • • 6 ,- iolonour, of Cullercoats Schooner Eliza of North Shields . • •• :: io gntine, Nancy, Bi g (Therein; of Liverpool • • • • .. a ate,k_wonder, of Teignmouth .. . .. 6 of Teignmouth .. .. Slo p , Qr..,otia, of Sunderland .. .. •.. .. 5 , ,,• , Three Brothers, of Goole .. .. g ' Charlotte, of Woodbridge .. . .. 8 arc --g Ann, of Blyth Spanish Barque Primers de Torrevie • ga (saved yes selH and one of the c • . 1 S leep one, of Dublin w) .. .. .. .. g Schooner Druid, of Aberystwyth . Schooner Hurrell, of Penzance (saved vessel and Anne, .. .. .. .. .. .. ... 4 Brig Anne, of Plymouth (saved vessel and crew) 8 Schooner Betsy, of Peterhead (saved vessel and 6 Smack Merrion Las ' s, of Aberystwyth (saved ves and crew) .. . • • • • • • • •• 3 Shooner Fly, of • Whitby (saved vessel and crew 4 Sloop Thomas and Jane, of St. Ives .. .. 3 Fishing -boats of 'Whitburn •• •• •. 16 —.11,g Arethnsa of Blyth .. .• • • •• 8 "enooner i)ewi Wvn, • of Portmadoe P l .. .. 8 2 B e L at CT mraes, of 13eaumaris .. .. .. .. B,lloe,ner William of Morecambe .. .. .... 4 5 •„__4l.4ck Gipsy, of Newry •• •• •• ..eb hooner NTarzaret Anne, of Preston .. .. 4 ell? New Draper, of Whitehaven .. •• •• ? ''''lmoner William, of Liverpool • • •• : Lep, t.ser Nimrod, of Castletown • • • • ' .. 8 Pro,_ vidence, of Shields .. •• • • .. B A R' 'laYllower, of Newcastle .. •• lachooner Village Maid, of Fleetwood .. ...• 4 :t, 41111 e Guyana, of Glasgow .. •• .. I Bri g. nut Empress, of Shields .. .. 10 kis g an Spirid one, of Galamtde .. • • • • prghhner Voador du Vonga, of Vienna .. .. 8 tar elich Brig La Jenne Marie Therese .. .. 6 sisiicele P erseverance, of Scarborough • • •••• Siji"iler Elizabeth, of Bridgewater .. 17 ii2..,_1, D anube, of Belfast KTooner Hortensia, of Hanover • . • • , 4 Oconer Oregon, of Stonehaven • • • • • • i 0,3 St. Michel, of Martins .• •• '' •• 5 rithooner Epimachus, of Amsterdam • • •••• 9 SeP n _ae Druid, of Sunderland Rzt "her Bellona, of Red Bay.. •• • • •• 1 , tosg Pioneer, of Carnarvon .• • • • • • • i 1it1„,"....ner Princess Alice, of Ipswich .. .. B e h. 6 aLinerva, of Workington •• • • •. 4 b Goner Elizabeth and Hannah, of Newburgh .. 6 1,1,11 g Sisters, of 11 hitby_.• • • ** • • • • 9 jagantine Matilda, of Stockholm .. )3 • T' j ape, of North Shields .. .. • • •• 10 Ce,lig Trial, of Poole • • ** ' • • • •• 7 oner Liberty, of Dublin .. . • • •• 3 her Bylphiden, of Nakskov (saved vessel and Crew) .. 7 Barque Frederick, Of Dublin :: :: :: .. 1 1,,,P.,e Peace, of Londow .. .. .. 2 t , Agger Saucy Lass, of Lowestoft .. .. .. 1 . 1 4lrrtok Adventure, of Harwich.. • • • • • • 1 .? ...,Pilot cotter Whim, of Lowestoft .. •• 7 ......"hareue Undaunted. of Aberdeen .. • • ll 'Yrecked boat on Blackwater Bank, on the Irish coast . .. .. .. .• • • Sc hooner Skylark , of Folkestone • Brig Lively, oh Clay, N or f o l k .. Schooner Rook, Watson, Liverpool .. •• Barque Robert Watson, of Sunderland .. Schooner Auchincruive, of Grangemouth .. Schooner Friends, of Lynn .. Schooner Eliza Anne, of Dublin .. .. -ling Content, of Sunderland Smack .- Ellen Owens, of Cardigan Barque Cedarine, of Bermuda Sraack Frodsham, of Liverpool Sloop William' of Liverpool . poop Elizabeth, of Teignmouth ;sl,", rt ligliese Barque vf_D Annie E. liooper. of Baltimore, U. 5... '4.,(111e Henry Everest, of Rochester .. .. 6 '• .. .. 4 •• .. ..134 1, t, 04. - cats Total •• 76! 2 ~, bed 0 and other Life-boat services the Institution has n . 1 58 as rewards to the crews of its Lifeboats. It has 9110...."11ted rewards p mountinl to f.. 572 for saving 562 1 1:1r, " ' , eked tr tot a l ans mak persons, by shore-boa s and other me . during e ltst t„,°t 1 ,302 persons saved from a watery grave ,_T he 0 Years and a half. eteltraber of live s save d by the Life-boats of the . 4.3 v 0:d o ther means, since its formation, is 12,690 ; %%Oct i: . services 82 Gold Medals ' 711 Silver Medals, and e AtEdi have been paid in rewards. The Institu ,hipotalso expended £64,300 on Life-boats, Life-boat cages, and Boat-houses. wZ,heiii,‘"4o,..eannot but sympathise with the vigorous efforts thw•k o ,. ed. by this Institution to save the lives of Ship tae leseti e :L°. Their help was never more needed than at On time, when through the extraordinary exertions fee titiauas made within the past few years, it has now ed and Twenty-three Life-boats under its man kiZenq, aer,the maintenance of which, in a state of thorough if i t I ,arge permanent annual income is absolutely ntioaiKat e 8 K a n e mission is to be perpetuated. tee gratefully acknowledge the following con anti, t'l/tiest e. d ti e ttcl y at Y the Queen .. annual 50 0 9 Cot e,, Leith, ner W. G. Slater, Esq.. don. 100 0 0 rhe, t ti ttt t att ' ci d' o St. annual 1 1 0 Vineent, Bart:: :: don. 25 0 0 Vitt 4 -•ord -0 .• Messrs., Bankers .. annual 10 0 0 a Lght we Ch, Jet Justie • .. don. 10 10 0 I.44l`rteY., tee-Admiral Sir A., K.C.B. .. 2d don. 25 0 0 , t uto t, i „.". G. G. and Mrs. „. .„ don. 30 0 4 4ek e .lberta,,.. — s e , 88 re. W. H. dz Co., Bankers .. don. 21 0 "‘Y,. o f's., the Earl of .. . .. annual 5 0 k %tro ll the late Wm. Lupton, Esq., of t krt th,, n g• lOO 0 0 -- „eriry Bart. • • • • 7th don. 10 0 0 a les; k r. B. • • • • don. 15 15 0 l't",qtp 4 . j. Agar, ' sq ' annual 50 0 1, 4 ° 1 ; 1 )5' Sir AnttionV KC B annual 2 0 0 t'erv °ll ati o r Relena : • .. don. 30 0 0 A bm ed b r land Annual Suhscriptions will be thankfully re to - "gal Banker s of the Institution, Messrs. Willis, James'"3 Coble 6 Lombard -street ; Messrs. Coutts and ; s'rs. Berries, Farquhar, and Co., It, St. !tit ...01/ 1 7: 4• eet• Lond on ; b y a ' l th e B an k er s In the United "11, qiee i nf an d by the Secretary, Richard Lewis, Esq., at the Institution, 14, John-street, Adelphi, Lon- 413 (1 ,, ,„ 1) 1 .. - 4 1 ., TO NERVOUS SUFFERERS.— eniAITII hag lust published a FREE EDITION of b el ;„ li , h r `Let his valuable work, THE PRIVATE MEDl tet„tilty (116 pages), on the Self-cure of Nervous 4,_' , ltio;.,l!eas of Memory, Dimness of Sight, Lassitude, Are% tf A Z - 7 by ,;>. tont the secret sins of youth. 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Messrs. Cowper, Toole, Billington, Miss Kate Kelly, Miss A. Jones, &c. Commence at 7. li* OYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. 3 Solo Lessee itnd Mnniwer. —Mr. Edmund Falconer. 343 d Nialit of the ^ontinuons run of "Peen o'Day." IS ENING. the new Comedietta. IT MUST BE TRITE, 'TWA S TN THE PAPERS. Walter Lgey, J. Robins ; Mrs. Weston, Miss Weston, and Mies L. Thompson. Followed by PEEP O'DAY ; or, Savourneen Deelish. ) , essrs. lx'alter Lary, Addison, Charles Selby, Geo. Melville, rid Edmund Faleonet Mrs. D. I'. Bowers. Miss Clara VI eat on. - - To eorelode with the Last View of KILLARNEY, Intro du^,lns4- the Rlllet. THE T,ONPON ANATOMICAL MUSEUM ; containing the Wonders of Nature and Art, shown by Innumerable superbly executed Models, illustrating every part of the Human Frame, in Health and Disease, together with a variety of highly interesting Natural Preparations, (for e: e G n e ta n_ n t s l aAt e r m Ded e i te ' r n ,ser,s o si : r l y 0 . lv. Malfoz mations, and Monstrosities. 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THE CAUSES of PREMATURE DECAY.— Authors of eminence have ascribed the decline of the Roman empire to the effeminacy of manners, which precluded resistance ; and this effeminacy hey trace chiefly to vicious habits acquired in early life, by which, in our own time, an influential journalist has endeavoured to account for the de cline of population in the Asiatic provinces of Turkey. The peculiar source of physical and moral degeneracy al luded to has at all times been specially deprecated by philo sophers and philanthropists. It besets inexperienced youth, laying the foundation of future misery, poisoning the nuptial cup with bitter malignity; destroying health, curtailing life, and making it, during its brief career, a scene of anguish, from the consciousness of humiliating infirmity. The evil is but too rife in our age and country ; and expe rience can often discern the sad results in the early deaths, the hereditary and perpetuated ailmentii, and the matri monial discords and sandals, described, in convential par lance, as " unaccountable " and "mysterious." In cases of threatened injury to or suspension of faculties whose sound ness and vigour form au - h a prominent constituent in human happiness, sufferers may have their fears removed, the mis chief, however severe and inveterate, eradicated, and their warmest hopes of restoration to life's prerogatives fully realised Dr. L tOMERT, M.D., has been engaged for 20 yearsin the treatment of these disorders, and his treatise on "Self-Pre servation " describes how all the attributes of Manhood are lost or suspended, and how they can be restored and main tained in health and vigour to an advanced period of life. Price is., post free in a sealed envelope 20 stamps, by Mann, 39, Cornhill ; or from the Author, who may be consulted daily, from 11 till 2 and 6 till 8, at his residence, V, BEDFORD-SQUARE, London. 2HE AWARD OF THE JURIES AND 7HE GREAT EX.HIBMON. The following correspondence has been forwarded o us for publication : " Crystal Palace, Sydesham, Dec, 18. "Sir,—The attention of the Directors of this company has been called to your letter, which appears in the news papers of this morning, in which you announce that the Royal commissioners for the International Exhibition are compelled, with much regret, to decline the gracious offer of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales to preside at the ceremonial of distributing the prizes to the successful ex hibitors, because the Exhibition Building cannot be lighted and warmed. "I am directed most respectfully to point out to you that in the Crystal Palace at Sydenham these two important re quirements are fully supplied. The building can be warmed to any degree necessary and is briliantly lighted. In the centre transept and its immediate vicinity from 20,000 to 30,000 persons can be seated with comfort, in full view, and a very large portion within hearing, of the proceedings on the great orchestra. "You are of course aware that there is a line of railway from both the city and the west end, and as the approaches from the station to the Palace are all under glass, the visi tors are protected from the weather from the moment they take their places in the train at the terminus until they arrive in the centre transept. "The general manager of the company has already, in his communication of the 2d of May, with reference to the distribution of the awards of the juries, pointed out to the Commissioners how well suited the Crystal Palace is for an occasion such as the one in question. "Of this communication I enclose a copy, and would point out that the arguments therein urged are now in creased in force by the circumstances which have given rise to your letter. "In addition to the considerations before referred to, I am directed to submit that as the ceremony cannot be held in the International Building there appears a peculiar ap propriateness in its taking place in the Crystal Palace. " The building is in many respects identical with that in which the success of the Great Exhibition of 1851 was achieved. " It has been repeatedly honoured by the presence and by the gracious interest of her Majesty the Queen and the late illustrious father of the Prince of Wales. It is, although the property of a public company, generally regarded as a national institution, and it has frequently been proved to be admirably adapted to ceremonials of a national character. In support of this, I need only refer to the inauguration of the Scutari Monument by her Majesty and the Prince Con sort in 1856, and the distribution of the prizes of the Na tional Rifle Association by his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge in the present year. On the latter occasion, you will remember that the Prime Minister attended and made a speech, which was received with enthusiasm by an audience of 20,000 persons. " On these grounds the directors hasten to place their building at the disposal of the Commissioners, in the hope that they may thereby be relieved from a serious difficulty and enabled to carry out the promised ceremonial, without which the Exhibition of 1862 will lack its intended and ap propriate conclusion.—l have the honour to be, sir, your obedient servant, " GEORGE GROVE, Secretary. " P.S. I have been directed to send a copy of this com munication to the newspapers in whichyour letter appeared this morning." " Crystal Palace, Sydenham, May 2. " Dear, Sir, —Having noticed the announcement of her Majesty's Commissioners that it is intended to publish the awards of the jurors at an early date, my attention has, not unnaturally, been directed to the possibility of the Commis sioners effecting their wish on an adequate scale in the Ex • hibition building itself, during the progress of the Exhibi tion. . .. . " Looking to the vast numbers of persons whom it is most essential to interest in such a solemnity, all of whom will be anxious to be within sight and hearing of the pro ceedings, it is no disparagement to the International Build ing to say that it cannot be held there. "If it was difficult yesterday to make due provision for a large assemblage, that difficulty must be greatly increased as the Exhibition progresses, and every available spot of ground becomes occupied with additional objects of interest. "At Paris, as you are aware, the jury results were pro claimed and the medals distributed after the Exposition ter minated. With some trifling exceptions that was certainly the finest great public display I ever witnessed. It was only accomplished, however, by sweeping out the contents of the main building and re-arranging a few of them as trophies and as part of a special display. This cannot be done during the progress of the Exhibition. "Knowing a good deal of the feeling of the exhibitors generally, it may, I think, be fairly said that the Commis sioners' plan for announcing the awards at a comparatively early date is a great imp rovemen t on the 1851 arrangement. It is also of equal importance that some ceremonial, the more public the better, should accompany the publication of the awards. "As this, it is evident, cannot be held in the Exhibition Building, I beg leave to suggest to you the desirability of holding it here. "I know well that at first sight this suggestion may meet with an expression of discouragement from a not unnatural disinclination to have such a solemnity away from the Ex hibition itself. I think, however, such advantages present themselves for carrying out such an undertaking here with the greatest possible convenience and eclat, coupled with economy and even good pecuniary results to the Commis sion, that I do not hesitate to ask you to afford me an op portunity for entering into full explanations on the subject. "My views of the number of persons who should be in terested in a great public display of this character are large, very large. " As, however, at the end of June,we shall be prepared to seat comfortably some 30,000 people in our Great Transept, all in view, and I fully believe all in hearing, I am tho roughly certain that advantages may be . offered h ere qu it e unattainable elsewhere, and all that can be desired may be successfully accomplished. "I will only add that I named to Mr. Farquhar, the chairman of the company, the purport of this letter, and h e permits me to say that he will be very happy to aid me in any way in hie power to render the Crystal Palace avail " The objection to holding the ceremony at South Ken sington was not the impossibility of lighting and warming the Exhibition building, but the difficulty and inexpedi ency of attempting to do so in the limited time at the dis posal of the Commissioners,—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, " F. R. SANDFORD, Secretary. " G. Grove, Esq., Crystal Palace, Sydenham." ROYAL MILI2ARY ACADEMY. -EXAMINATION BY TH g DUKE OF' CAMBRIDGE. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, the Field- Marshal Commanding in Chief, attended by his Aide-de- Camp, Lieutenant-Colonel H. T. Clifton, General Sir John F. Burgoyne, G.C.8., Inspector-General of Fortifications, Lieutenant • General Sir Harry D. Jones, G.C.8., Governor, and Colonel C. R. Scott, Lieutenant-Governor of the Staff College, Sandhurst, Major-General Bloomfield, C. 8., Inspec tor- General, and Col. Bingham, Deputy -Adjutant• General of Artillery, arrived at Woolwich at eleven o'clock yester day morning, for the purpose of conducting the half-yearly examination of cadets at the Royal Military Academy, and to award numerous numerous commissions and prizes. His Royal Highness and staff were received with a salute from a battery of artillery, and immediately proceeded across the common to the academy, the whole of the cadets having previously assembled in review order on the lawn fronting the building. His Royal Highness and staff, accompanied by Major- General Sir R. J. Dacres, K.C.8., commandant; Major- Gen. Sandham, R.E. ; Brigade Major Milward, and other officers, having carefully inspected the ranks front and rear, the cadets marched past in companies, and subsequently went through a complete course of manual and platoon ex ercise, under the direction of Col. Yorke, R.E and Major H. T. Fitz Hugh, R,A., the evolutions being performed with the utmost precision. The several classes, numbering about 280 cadets, then marched to the recently-erected gymnasium, where the distribution of prizes, &c., had been arranged to take place, in the-presence of a large company, the majority of whom were military officers and ladies. His Royal Highness and staff took up a position at a table on which the valuable prizes wereexhibited ; and Major-Gen. Hamilton, Vice-President of the Council of Military Edu cation, commenced the proceeding by reading a report from the Council, to the effect that the examination of the several classes of cadets, in 'various branches of military science and art, was verysatisfactory, and reflected credit upon the cadets and the professors and masters of the institution. Amongst the examiners Captain Stodhart, R.E., reported that great progress had been made by the first class in field works and the construction of military bridges ; and Professor Abel ex pressed his entire satisfaction with the advancement made in chemistry. The second and third classes had evinced much proficiency in mathematics, German, and French. Consi dering the limited period that Hindustani had been taught at the establishment the progress made was very encourag ing. The council recommended that all the cadets of the first class, 48 in number, having fully proved their qualifi cation, should require commissions--20 in the Royal Artil lery, 20 in the Royal Engineers, immediate, and the re maining eight to be appointed as vacancies occur. _ _ Col. Yorke then read the following report from Major- General Sandham, Lieut.-Governor of the academy : " I have the satisfaction to report to your Royal High ness that the gentlemen cadets of the first class are all quali fied for commissions by their proficience in military exer cises and general conduct. "The periodical oaarainatioll of the junior classes has on the whole been satisfactory, and, with few exceptions, the classes have shown unusual diligence and emulatitn. "The examination of the third class has been conducted according to your Royal Highness's sanction to the recom mendation of the Council of Military Education,which had in view that the practical studies of surveying and artillery should be carried out more fully by the cadets on their pro motion to the second class. " In order to meet the report made by the examining ma thematical master at the end of the last term, as to the general deficiency of cadets on first joining the Royal Mi litary Academy in the more elementary brunches of mathe matics, a lengthened test of the proficiency of each cadet on joining has been exacted, with every promise of advantage to the study of the higher branches of mathematics. "Opportunities have been afforded to most of the cadets to sketch from nature. The landscape and topographical drawings exhibited will show that these studies have pro greased satisfactorily. " Fair progress has been made in French, German, and Hindustani. "The responsible and sub-divisional under officers and corporals have exercised their authority and maintained the discipline of their respective divisions under their officers in a highly slditable manner, and the conduct of the corn pany gene A ally has been very good." His Royal Highness then proceeded to distribute the fol lowing prizes :—For exemplary conduct at the institution, Mr. Ross, a regimental sword, and Mr. Rowe, the Pollock gold medal, with the inscription, "Founded by the inhabi tants of Calcutta to commemorate the eminent services of Major-Gen. Sir George Pollock, K.C.8., and awarded to the most distinguished cadet of the season—Cabul, 1842." Mr. Rowe received three additional prizes, consisting of tele scopes and microscope, for surveying, field works and bridges, and natural phil oso ph y. M r. 0 mm anney two prizes, a double telescope for plan drawing, and a prismatic compass for landscape drawing. Mr. South, a double telescope for for fic,ations. M r. Richardson, a case of instruments for mathe matics. Mr. Mascall two prizes, an aneroid barometer for practical geometry, and a pocket sextant for mathematics. Mr. Bucknill, a pocket compass for geometry. Mr. East, an aneroid barometer for landscape drawing. Mr. Lee, a double telescope for mathematics. Mr. Fawkes, a microscope for chemistry. Mr. Reynolds, a telescope for practical mecha nics. Mr. English, a microscope for geology. Mr. Knocker, a case of mathematical instruments for mathematics. Mr. Elsdale, a prismatic compass for mathematics. Mr. Emp son, two prizes, consisting of valuable books, from French and German. Mr. Price, valuable books, for Hindustani. The cadets to whom commissions were awarded in the Royal Artillery or Royal Engineers were then severally called forward and the number of marks gained by each in the various branches of science read over. His ROYAL HIGHNESS then proceeded to address the cadets in the following terms :—He observed that on the last occasion of his meeting the cadets at that institution he had felt it his duty to tell them plainly that he was not satisfied with their conduct, but he was now highly grati fied to find that a great improvement had taken place—that they had been attentive to their studies, and had not evinced any spirit of insubordination. He hoped they had seen the error of their ways ; and, for his part, he should be happy to forget all that had formerly taken place of an unpleasant nature. He had introduced a new system with regard to various details of the institution, and he was glad to find that the new rules worked well under the able direction of the Lieutenant-Governor, Major-General Sandham. With regard to their proficiency in the various branches of study and their general good conduct he was perfectly satisfied, not•only from the reports he had received but with what he had himself witnessed on that day. He could assure them that he had no wish to be severe, and if they had ever con sidered that any severity was exercised towards them by the military authorities, they must bear in mind that they had rendered it necessary by their conduct. It was his duty to maintain discipline, and he was determined on all occasions to do so. They had chosen to e nterupo g n oo t d he or ndleilri,tabruyt pro fession,and they must bear in mind that a grea t di st i nction existed between an ordin ar y and a military coll ege . I n th e former y ca c s o e lle it g w e todasisrceipqluiniseitaend subordi na ti on to the authori ties was the great essential. Sc i ence was, in the p resen t d ay preserve es pecially, requisite in the army ; but he would even p u t dis cipline before science. If they were unable to g overn them selves, it was his duty to te ll t hem that they w ere no t fit to gove rn others ; and they would be worse th an use l ess as offi cers. He would n ot further allude t o this subject, but coun ritaer r sel them, as they valued their future prospects as officers in her Majesty's service, to have the utmost respect for strict discipline, to acquire a practical as w e ll as a t h eoret i cal knowledge of the du ties of their profession, and thus render themselves fit to command in those distinguished scientific corps, the Royal Artillery and Royal Engineers. The address of his Royal Higim €BB was listened to with the utmost attention, and at its conclusion the cadets pre sented arms and marched from the room. His Royal Highness and Staff subsequently went to the reading room, and conducted a viva Voce examination of the first and second classes of cadets in artillery fortification, French and German; At the termination of this ezamina• Paris, Dec. 4, 1862. The affairs 'of Greece have occupied the attention of Europe for some little time. They have more particularly interested the three Powers who guaranteed Hellenic inde pendence, and they have led to continuous communications between those Powers, the result of which, we trust, will be complete unanimity of opinion. I propose to give you a short analysis of the views that have been exchanged, in order to enable you to inform the Cabinet to which you are accredited of the considerations by which we have been in fluenced. I undertake this task with all the more confi dence, because the Emperor's Government is convinced that it has followed the course most in accordance with its en gagements and its principles. In Greece we have no interests differing from those of the other two Courts. Without waiting for you to be urged by any overtures, our first care was to request the Emperor's Minister at Athens to concert with the representatives of England and Russia such measures as were deemed ne cessary. The rivalries wrap - times seen in former: days - had-ceased for some years. Nothing had recently happened to disturb this good understanding, and we were justified in hoping that the dangers it was necessary to provide against in the present crisis would be easily averted. These dangers were of two kinds : they might arise oat of the aspirations of Greece yielding to its ideas of aggression against Turkey; or they might result from the election of tho new sovereign, if it was of a nature to disturb the equi librium of the influences upon which the present state of things in the East is based. It was necessary in the first place to appeal to the intelli gence of the Greeks, and to dissuade them from everything likely to arouse the susceptibilities of the Porte, or cause it uneasiness. The cabinets of London and St. Petersburg were agreed upon this point. Animated, ourselves, by that soli citude for Greece which during forty years has inspired France with so many generous resolutions, we immediately recommended the Provisional Government to employ all its influence in calming the national sentiment. We did not con ceal from it that our interest would only be secured in pro portion to efforts in favour of the maintenance of order and of peace. Our counsels had no other object than that of strengthening it in the sentiment of scrupulous respect for the acts which have determined its relations with Turkey, and placed Hellenic independence under the guarantee of European law. The Emperor's government has regarded from the same point of view the questions connected with the choice of a sovereign for Greece. We had wished if possible to carry out the arrangements of 1832 in all their integrity, by maintaining the crown in the dynasty to which it was then confined. Public feeling in Greece did not, however, permit us to hope for a return of opinion in favour of King Otho, whose misfortunes we could only deplore, and we soon felt convinced that any at tempt to lead the suffrages of Greece towards a Prince of his dynasty would undoubtedly be a failure. This opinion was alike shared by the English Cabinet and the Russian Government. While showing themselves disposed at first to recognise the candidature of a Bavarian Prince, none of the three Powers thought that it should be forced upon Greece. She was then about to seek a Sovereign in another Royal family. The protecting Powers thus again found themselves placed in the position they occupied before inviting King Otho to the Hellenic throne. Obeying a sentiment dictated by a just appreciation of general interests, they had bound themselves in 1827 by express stipulations not to seek any private political or commercial advantage, and applying this principle in their selection of the sovereign for Greece, they signed on the 3d of February, 1830, a protocol which excluded all candidature on the part of a prince of their dynasties. They had named at first Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg, now King of the Belgians, but only after having decided that he no longer belonged to the Royal family of England. In one sense we admit that circumstances are no longer absolutely identical. The throe Powell!) were empowered by a formal delegation of Greece to dispose of the crown, Now the Greeks make direct use of their sovereign power, and France, England, and Russia may have decided upon exclusions to which they are reciprocally bound without being justified, perhaps, in compelling the Greeks at this moment to adopt their views. But, without pretending that this restrictive clause of the protocol of the 3d Feb., 1830, is rigorously applicable to the present state of things, I think I am not mistaken in saying that the spirit of this stipulation still exists, and that it is permanent, like the in- terests which dictated it. Its object was to hinder Greece from finding itself some day under the exclusive influence of one of the three courts, because that court would then be come dominant in this respect, and would soon be so also throughout the East, the destiny of which would thence forth be in its hands. Guided by these considerations, we have judged the elec tion of a new sovereign and the various candidates men - tioned. We have had no difficulty in seeing that the Greeks wore intent above all in obtaining a king from some power suffi ciently strong to afford them support, and to second their aspirations. The Emperor's Government, for its part, felt it to be of the utmost consequence to be free from all interested views. If it had been less free from personal considerations--if it had thought less of general interests and of the treaties which protect them, it might have offered to the suffrages of Greece a name not without pritstige. It has preferred to give fresh evidence of its solicitude for the peace of Europe and scrupulously basing its conduct upon engagements, it has rejected all idea of a French candidate. We had at first merely to express ourselves in general terms upon the candidatures of Prince Alfred and the Duke de Leuchtenberg. We would not enter into a more com plete examination while we had reasons for thinking that the British Government was not disposed to give Prince Alfred to the Greeks. All that we could say at first was, that the idea of an English monarch at Athens, associated as it was in the plans of the Greeks with the assumed abandonment of the lonian Isles by England, would arouse aspirations among them which might lead to the gravest complications, and inevitably increase the confidence they placed in the support of England. By his origin the Duke de Leuchtenberg had claims upon the special sympathy of the Emperor's Government. It might have been fitting, perhaps, to examine whether, not being really admitted to the rank of the princes of the Imperial family of Russia who could succeed to the crown, he was affected by the exclusion stipulated in the protocol of 1830 ; or whether he was not, in more than one respect, in a similar position to that in which Prince Leopold of Saxe Coburg was placed with regard to the English royal family at the period when he was chosen by the three Powers as so•Preign of Greece. We preferred to recognise without hesitation that hie accession might also cause some troubles in the East, deeming, nevertheless, that those troubles would perhaps be less with a prince who, belong - ing to the Eastern church, and satisfying the religious sen timents of the Greeks, would not be similarly necessitated to flatter the national ambition, and to offer to Greece hopes of immediate aggrandisement. In a word, the Emperor's government, in expressing it self thus simply uttered an opinion, without deviating in anything from its line of conduct; it had no candidate; it was ready to act with England and Russia in assist ing Greece ; in enlightening and directing, if necessary, her choice amid the difficulties she had to encounter in con ciliating her wishes with the interests of Europe and the disposition of treaties. The English Government proposed to us a common action, with the view of declaring at Athens that the three protecting courts regarded the engagements of the London protocol as being still in vigour, and that they could not re cognise the election of a prince belonging to one of the three families of France, England, and Russia. The idea of pro claiming in each case the obligations agreed upon in 1830 was only in conformity wilh our own intentions; and we expressed it spontaneously at Athens on the morrow of the revolution. Thus we replied to the London Cabinet that we were quite ready to make known to the Provisional Go vernment of Greece that we considered ourselves bound by our former obligations. The principles of our public law did not, it is true, authorise us to establish in an official document that we should indefinitely refuse to recognise any sovereign that had been elected by the free and spon taneous suffrage of Greece, in opposition to the engage ments of the Powers ; but, with this reserve, we had no objection to associate ourselves to the views of the English Government, and to agree with it, and with the Russian Cabinet, to exclude every candidature not within the con ditions prescribed by the stipulations of the London Con ference. The same proposition having been made at St. Peters burg, Russia, after having declined collective action, offered to inform the Greeks, if the English Government, on its part, did the same, that it considered the stipulations of 1830 to be still in vigour; but this reply did not satisfy the London cabinet. It seemed to see in the hesitation of R uss i a i n explaining whether the Duke de Leuchtenberg 1.14 comprehended in the stipulations of exQlmiort, a , cumstance which might release it from its own engage ments and give it entire freedom of opinion. The candidature of Prince Alfred, that the semi-official organs of the English ministry no longer rejected, assumed from that moment a new character. Interpreting the pro longed silence of the British Government the Greeks ap peared to consider it an implicit assent; and European opi nion no longer asked if Prince Alfred would be elected, but if England would accept for him the Hellenic crown. A prudential sentiment compelled the Emperor's Government to look this eventuality steadily in the face, and to examine its possible consequences. The cordiality of our relations enabled us to explain ourselves quite freely to the British Government. We did not hide from it, therefore, our views. "An English monarchy at Athens," we said, " would pr?.. duce profound modifications in the position of the Po were in the East. Contrary to the spirit of stipulations which, when the kingdom of Greece was founded, were intended to keep her from all preponderating action on the part of one of the three courts, a circumstance of this importance would threaten the judicious equilibrium it has been the object o f other and more recent treaties to strengthen. Sh ou ld a ny immediate chan ge in English policy towards the Ottoman empire be the result, the London Cabinet would have at its command the means of making ite influence felt upon all parts of Turkey ; and as, in uniting the destiny of a prince of the English royal family with that of Greece, It could not mean to repress the national sentiment of the Hellenes ' sooner or later it would find itself c ompe ll e d by the force of circumstances to support tendencies hostile to the main tenance of the Ottoman Empire. The Eastern question might then recommence under entirely new conditions. The interests of the other powers would have to suffer now, and would be gravely compromised hereafter. The Empe ror's Government could not do less than take notice of such an event, if it occurred, while claiming the right of coned : dering the re-establishment of the disturbed equilibrium.' 3ueh is, in subistanen eho that we have held in the provision justified by the manifestations of public opinion in Greece, and the reserve the English Cabinet maintained after the last communication from the Rugg= Government. The Cabinet of London replied to us by re newing the assurance of its desire to remain within the stipulations of the treaties, and by adding that it would re fuse to accept the candidature of Prince Alfred, if the court of Russia on its part made the same engagement with respect to the Duke de Leuchtenberg. Wishing to hinder as much as we could the embarrassments and the dangers we had signalised, we did not hesitate to advise the Russian Government to give the explana tions it has been requested to give. It had no ob jection to declare itself bound by the protocol of the ambassador might remove of the the Emperor3d of February ; in p ronounc i ng i tse lf i n more f orma l terms upon the position of th e D u k e d e L euo ht en b erg ; it difficulties at which st. p s e ti te l r l e r h e urg mainwedee, charged d rg th ed e to express himself very distinctly in the sense of an explicit exclusion. Although news from Greece appeared at one time less unfavourable to the candidature of the Duke de Leuchtenberg, the minister at Athens was expressly re quested to abstain from giving it any encouragement. The court of Russia, which has already ordered its representa tive in Greece to make the declaration suggested by the English government respecting the stipulations of 1830, added, in informing us of this measure, that without dis cussing the rank of the Duke de Leuchtenberg, it entirely renounced his candidature. There is nothing now to disturb the understanding of the three courts. 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Robert Morgan, 27, labourer, was indicted for the wilful murder of Christopher Wickham, at the Welsh Back, Bristol, on the 25th September. Mr. Harrington and Mr. Cock conducted the prosecution; Mr. Cripps defended the prisoner. On the night of the 23d August the deceased, who was in the Bristol police force, was on duty in the Welsh Back, Bristol. The prisoner was behaving indecently to a woman in the street. The deceased interfered, and told him to go home quietly, and went on his beat, walking a little behind the pri soner. The prisoner, on reaching the coroner of the street, waited for the policeman, who then told him if he didn't go home he should take him to the sta tion-house, and he laid his hand on the prisoner's shoulder, who then kicked him on the shins and stabbed him in the neck, under the ear, cutting the carotid artery, and penetrating to another artery, which could not be reached by the surgeons. The artery had to be tied by the surgeons, but it broke out again several times, and he died from the cffeet of the wound on the 25th September. Mr. Cripps addressed the jury for the defence, contending that the crime was one of manslaughter only. The learned Judge summed up, and said if the case was one of manslaughter it was a very aggra vated one; but if the jury were satisfied the police man was in the execution of his duty when the blow was struck, then the offence would clearly be mur der. The jury found the prisoner guilty of murder, and the judge passed sentence of death on him. Mary Ann French was indicted for the murder of Alice Dyer at St. George's-road, Bristol, on the Bth October. Mr. Cooke prosecuted; Mr. Sawyer defended the prisoner. _ It appears the prisoner French and her husband, and the deceased and her husband, all lived toge gether at the house of a Mrs. King at Bristol. On Sept. 24, it appeared, a row took place between the two families, husbands and wives all fighting toge ther outside the house where they lodged. The woman French was taken into custody, but allowed to go again. On getting home another row com menced, and a witness named Harris stated that she heard the prisoner tell her daughter to fetch a flat iron, and while the two men were fighting, the prisoner leant over her husband's shoulder and struck deceased with it on the head. Deceased was taken into another room and attended to, and while there prisoner forced her way into the room with a poker, and struck deceased with it on the head, felling her to the ground. Death resulted. A verdict of manslaughter was returned, and the judge sentenced the prisoner to 15 years' penal ser vitude. NORTHERN CIRCUIT—YoRK, Dec. 18. (Before Mr. Justice Keating.) George Smith, 27, was charged with the man slaughter of Thomas Duckles, at Goole, on the 20th of October last. Mr, Blanshard and Mr. Meynell were for the prosecution; Mr. Digby Seymour, Q.C. (who was specially retained), and Mr. P. Thompson, defended the prisoner. Mr. Blanshard, in stating the case, said that the prisoner was a respectable farmer at Goole Grange, and farmed about 400 acres of land under the Earl of Beverley. For some time previous to Oct. 20 the prisoner had been suffering from delirium tremens, and on the 19th of that month he was so ill that Mr. Johnson, a medical gentleman, was called in to at tend upon him. He had a revolver, and paced about from room to room in his house, and alarmed the in mates. Mrs. Martin, his housekeeper, being afraid that he would either injure himself or others, with a laudable discretion got the revolver from him. On Oct. 20 the prisoner rose from his bed at about 8 o'clock in the morning, and what was then upper most in his mind was to get possession of the revol ver. He went into the front room and locked him self in. Mrs. Martin was alarmed lest something should happen to the prisoner, and she knocked at the door asking for admittance, and the prisoner in reply said that he would let her in in a moment. In a minute or two afterwards, the door being still Locked, Mrs. Martin went outside of the house and looked in at the window. She then saw the pri soner seated with his head leaning upon his hand. Mrs. Martin knocked at the door, desiring admit tance, and the prisoner answered as before—" I'll let you in in a moment." Mrs. Martin, however, was not able to gain admittance into the room, and she therefore sent for the unfortunate deceased, Thos. I)uckles, who was a favourite servant of the prisoner, believing that he would be able to prevril upon him to open the door. Deckles had been in the service of the prisoner and his family for about 30 years, was a confidential servant, often slept with the prisoner, and his son-in-law also was foreman on the prisoner's farm. The deceased was sent for from the steam-house; he told the prisoner that he had the revolver, and he was immediately admitted into the room. The report of fire-arms was heard almost instantly afterwards, and the deceased was found to holding di fire.ng h h i a s v e a r b m ee n h syh his ot. aide,He c a a n m d e h o s t c o l t o ' t t h h e e s r ‘N o • o e ul re 'the deceased was placed in a chair, and he appeared to be suffering greatly from the injury he had sus tained. Mr. Johnson, surgeon, was sent for, and after seeing the deceased he ordered the poor man to be removed upstairs. He was laid upon a mat trass, and it was then discovered that in the front part of the abdomen there was a wound about the size of a half-crown piece, and the bowels protruded. Everything was done by Mr. Johnson that his pro fessional s/r,ill could suggest, but the deoe‘med g.'i:fit,! --:,. t 4 ,='-:.7 - 'IVA t f , , sunk, there was no than eOl litivlo , '• - ler' .nd he died at 3 o'clock in the affe*On. _Pitt,' , .. 14,7, vious to his death, Mr. Wells, a magi i sliit; stitA.. - t .::iiit..4 deceased, to hear any statement whielk th.4,iutrici : 2-_.. 7 :,:rttr nate man might be disposed to make. trilliretifi - the deceas e d w as perfectly aware of his Ositie +' ejaculating " My God, my Jesus, my Saviour,"and other similar exclamations proper for a man to utter who was desirous of making his peace with God, whom he was soon to meet. After stating deceased's . account of the melancholy occurrence taken down in writing in the regular way, the learned counsel read the dying deolarsition made by the deceased, and it was as follows :—.... wad present. We were by our two selves. 1 .. ...:d the room door. He pointed the gun at me. I said, Don't shoot. He said, I won't come in. As soon :t5 1 got in he rook up the gun. I slipped round and seized hold oi tile gun. I st rugg l e d w i t h him. He pulled the trigger. I was s t an di ng i i front of him with :fly hat . :ds hold of the gun. I cannot say which part. I w,:4ut into the room be cause he fastened hiuo , elf un. t% had tried the doors and found them fast. We were afraid he was going to do something with himself. mat is ail I know. He had been in a queer state all the' morn ing and all the night. It was George Smith with whore I struggled, and who I describe as being ia queer state of mind." In a minute or two I , It er the deceased was shot the prisoner was seen coming out of the kitchen, and was observed to leave the house. At about a mile distance from his residence, the prisoner was met by his cousin, a person of the same name as himself. His rela tive asked him where he was going, and he replied, "To deliver myself up to the police, I have shot a marl." Smith", not believing this statement, said, " Nonsense ;" but the prisoner re peated that he had shot a man, remarking that Duckles tried to get the gun from him, and it went the whole of the cir off accidentally. These were cumstances of the case, and it would be for tine jury to say whether the prisoner pulled the trigger of the gun and caused the deceased's death, or whe ther the gun went off actziittntally in the course of a struggle. By the latter view of the case the pri • soner would be entitled to an acquittal. The dying declaration of the deceased, however, showed that the prisoner pointed the gun at him, and pulled the trigger when he was stanoing in front of him. The learned Judge, in summing up, said it the jury should be of opinion the prisoner had pulled the trigger intending that the gun should go off, he would be guilty of an unlawful act amounting to manslaughter. If the gun was discharged acci dentally is the course of a struggle the prisoner would be entitled to his acquittal. The jury retired, and were absent fo r a b ou t a quarter of an hour, when they found a verdi c t o f not guilty. Dec. 18. CHESTER CIRCUIT.—CHESTEIi, (Before Mr. Baron Bramwell.) TRIAL OF THE BIRKENHEAD RIOTER. S : The trial of the Birkenhead rioters, whiCh (as already reported) was opened on Tuesday, was brought to a conclusion yesterday. Mr. Baron Bramwell sentenced Henry Lennon to 15 years' penal servitude. This man was charged with_ having made a brutal attack upon Patrick Kearney and John Haswell, two of the Birkenhead police constables, while in the due execution of their duty on the 15th of October last. At the close of the evidence, which detailed the particular assaults of which the prisoner was accused, his counsel com plained of the prosecution taking this case first, as if the origin and nature of the riot had been shown circumstances favourable to the accused would have appeared. It might then have been shown that the constabulary took a violent course, and that the mob had only resorted to the measures they made use of in their own protection and self-defence. The learned counsel commented with some warmth on the invitation to the disturbance offered by the debating society idling use of Orange placards in the midst of an b population. The learned judge, in sutnmii- . t .however, said it was per fectly immaterial Cr lury whether the discussion of this so-called Parliamentary Society was reason able or otherwise. It was equally immaterial whether the placards were orange or any other colour, or no colour at all; and as to the complaint of the learned counsel that the prosecutiOn had taken this case before some others, that was whOllY without foundation. It was clear that the prisonei struck the blow, and it was urged that he did so in. self-defence; but the evidence showed that the police were only doing their duty, and, even supposing they were not, no man had any right to turn round and strike an officer in this manner. In addition to Lennon, nine of the male prisoners were sentenced to two years' and three to one year's hard labour. Catherine Larkin was sentenced to one year's hard labour, and the other women to six months' hard labour each. James Fynan was acquitted. In the course of the trial, on Tuesday, Mr. Pope Henneesy, one of the counsel for the defence, asked a witness whether he considered that the meeting of the Parliamentary Debating Society was cal culated to produce a disturbance in Birkenhead. His lordship held that such a question was inad missible. Mr. Hennessy then cited an opinion of Mr. Baron Alderson to the effect that any meeting calculated to endanger the public tranquillity was an unlaw ful assemblage. His lordship said he agreed with that opinion ; but he considered that opini on re f erre d t o meetings which were intrinsically unlawful or bad in them selves. He hoped it would never be the law of this land that people could not expiess their opinions on 11 subjects, and especially in a private room, with out being prevented by a number of ignorant savages armed with missiles. He was of opinion that the question was not tenable—in fact, he had not the slightest doubt about it. A NETV COTTON HYDRAULIC PRESS. Just now, while every improvement to facilitate th growth of cotton, and its shipment to this country, is viewed with peculiar interest, a novel arrangement for working a hydraulic press for packing cotton, constructed by Messrs. Peel, Williams, and Peel, of this city, is worthy of notice. To overcome the difficulty of inducing native or coolie la bourers to continue their efforts at the pumping process for a sufficient length of time, the vertical pump, with its back tiring, lifting, and depressing action, has, in this new arrangement, given place to an ordinary capstan, round which six men will cheerfully walk while pushing the arms of the capstan—it may be, to the whistle of a man seated on its broad iron centre-plate. The apparatus, which was tested last week, is the first of its kind, and is going to Egypt, to Messrs. Taylor and Co. of Alexandria, for pressing cotton bales. The set of pumps consists of a capstan, having six handles, which describe a circle of 12 feet in diameter, —its axis terminating in a crank near the bottom, and working through a suitable iron framing, fixed upon a round cast iron cistern, five feet diameter by 18 inches deep. The crank is supplied with a pair of brass steps, which have suitable recesses for the reception of the connecting rod from each of the six pumps, thus causing each revolution of the crank to give motion to each of the pumps in succession, and ensuring a constant stream of water. The six pumps consist of two of three inches, two of two inches, and two of one and a half inches diameter, all having four inches' stroke. The four largest pumps are supplied with self-acting valves or rams, having a quarter of an inch rise, and attached by means of levers to the large pumps, each being loaded with weights for a certain pressure, and each one different. The utility of this arrange ment of relieving rams will be seen when we describe the mode of packing a bale of cotton preparatory to its ship ment from Egypt. The press (having a rise of seven feet in this case) is furnished with a long timber box, three inohes in thickness, bound with strong iron bands, and running on an iron tramway. The box, having a false bottom, is filled with cotton from an upper floor, a man treading down the cotton and spreading it in an even manner until the box is full; it is then wheeled into the press, the false bottom coming directly over the press table. The process of pumping up the press table into the interior of the box then commences, the men walking round the capstan for about five minutes, when, by the resistance of the cotton to further compression, ono of the relieving rams is lifted by the pressure of water in the pipes and thus releases its pump from further action. A similar effect is produced upon the other three large pumps, in turn, until all four are non-acting. The t wo small pumps then complete the works in about eight minutes. The com pression of cotton is from 7ft. to 2ft. in depth. The box at t t p i ot e nb r e a i i t nn i o gt n hoe i p s pe rn w ees h ds e oa l rn e t d dh, eb a p w e iun a r y gp o fr s o e eh h ae e v middle nreg ssth(ca of f lot p irke r e e s s s se s i iddnegein pro vided l with a spare false bottom, is again tilled with cotton by hand labou r so as to be ready for the press as soon as it is at liberty. When a b a l e h as b een su ffi c i e ntly p resse d, and the val ves closed, the pressure is taken off the pipes and the p umps, when the relieving rams all fall back into their o r i g i na l places and every pump is then ready to com mence operations on a fresh bale. Animal or steam power may easily be applied to this novel form of cotton press.— Atattekester Guardian. FIRE AT LIMEHOUSE.—Last night a fire, which Was attended with a serious amount of damage, broke out in the premises belonging to Mr. William Priot, situate in Oak-lane, near the new cut of Limehouso Basin. The fire appeared to have commenced in the first floor. The firemen by great perseverance managed to save th e adjoining h ouses, which at one time were greatly jeopardised. THE MYSTERIOUS DE sed. DEATH AT NORWOOD.--All the surgeon gave i t as his opinion inquest has been held on th e body of the gentl eman found in the wood at Norwoo d . Nothing was elicit e d as t o t h e identity of deceased, and that it was a ease of suicide, and the jury returned a verdict of—Found REAT " SINGL ENESS OF P URPOSE ." N i A dead. An old be chelort—Rna