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fB O. bege t ter - k e wwie ers ' mo 'd 'Lige 0 0. ted old 441 ' s ° 30 to 6s d , s Pe" eat 61 , i r ing CI E - 1 11 0 ; f 380 ; $ll ti bro t s d 1 1 Pi do ° ' ut, n , d don" 43 5°a ' :„.--I'' iiey,llo .0 Od o to d - r 0011 e. ROTELS, &C. HAP L I N'S hOT E L. 'AND SPitEA.D EAGLE TAVERN, 84, GI LA CECHURCH-STREET„ LONDON. —"on combined with moderate charges, will be found at this Establishment PRIVATE APARTMENTS FOR FAMILIES. Sitting Room, 39. per Day. Bed Re , oms, Is. 6d. and 2s. per Night. A Night Porter in attendance. No INCREASE OF CHARGES. INDIA_ AND THE COLONIES. PASSENGERS Embarking or Disembarking eho ge n a l t End superior accommodation an d m od era t e eIIAPLIN'S CLARENDON HOTEL, GRAVESEND, Adjoining the Terrace Pier. Lawn in front, extending to the River. 11,(31-'AL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION (Incorporated by Royal Charter). 1,, NTRONEas-lier Most Gracious Majesty the Queen. -ellatriT -Vice-A dmiral his Grace the Duke of Northum berland, K.G., F.R.S, 1 ) „. CRAIRMAN-Thos. Baring, Esq., M.P., F.R.S., V.P. APtivr -CUAIRMAN-Thomas Chapman, Esq., F.R.S., V.P. Th e I ", APPEAL. th e b em , - , unrnittee of Manygement have to state that, since !ustit t 7ii n n n „ n le Of the ye!,r 1860, the Royai National Lifebt Larine e T. 4 „W' , B 'new: red expenses amount ng to £27,28,0 on .20-0t6„,,-"etiOat Establishments on the Coasts of Eng and, tli z i - :' a rnd I'. eland. have 1,. -P. ,..• the same period the Lifeboats of the Institution 'at V -`n instrumental in rescuing tee Crews of the follow ,estels :- tßarque Vermont, ut Halifax, U.S. .. .. -16 hooner William Keith, of Carnarvon .. .. 2 i , rig Flying Ann hitby 00 00 •. 5 ,I 1: 1 a c k Elizabeth of Lyme Regis .. • 3 s"Leani DrecleT af N'ex haven .. .• •• - 9 e ,,_ „ , Schtooner Admiral Hood, of Rochester .. .. 6 ooner Susan and Isabella, of Dundee - • • 5 .noner Rose, of Lynn •• •• •• • . 3 1) -15 . - ri g Prodroma, of Stockton .. .. .. ... 1 7 1 -, 1,9g* Eliza, of Middlesborough •• •• • t''',4__rigantine Preto, of Konigsberg • • • • •• 7 6 ~"-gantine Diana, of Fredrikshamn .. .. Brig Gloucester, of South Shields .. .. .. 7 "-g Lovely Nelly, of &ahem . .. .. . 6 )3 4antine Nugget, of Bideford .. - •• 5 nooner ol Berwick . .. .. 6 2chooner Ann Mitchell, of Montrose . _ .. 1 -,,„'°ellooner .lane Roper, cd Ulverstone .. .. 6 S - "rig Pallas, of Shields .• • • • • • • 3 hip Ann Mitchell, of Glasgow .. •• •• 9 cMack John Bull, of Yarmouth .• • • •• 5 o oner Catherine, of Newry a r gue a Niagara, of Shields .. .. .. .. 11 2 -,,,.., aMfe of Teig - nmouth •• •• •• - "g George and James, of London .. ... : .-, /31 1g Zphyr, of Whitby .B e . Ole Honour, of Cullercoats .. ..• so 3 ylehonner Eliz,, of North Shields .. • • • • 7 h oover Oberon, of Liverpool .. 15 rigantine Nancy, of Teignmou Telgnmth ..outh .. .. meek Wonder, of .. • • •• 2 B , .. 6 5 ,,, 1g Scotia, of Sunderland .. • • - 5 'eon Three Brothers, of Goole .. • • :: 6 1-320 P Charlotte, of Woodbridge .. • i'g yth - .. .. .. .. 8 Spar, eh Barque Erimera de Torreviega (saved ves .- 1 t ,litel and one of the crew) - • • • • :. 3 h' - ' l e o , P Hope, of Dublin • • oener Druid, of Aberystwyth . •• •• 5 ' caooner Hurrell, of Penzance (saved vessel and Il w).. A re • -•,„,_g Anne, ofPlymouth(saved vessel and 8 'cut:loner Betsy, of Peterhead (saved vessel and crew) • • • • • • • • • • - •. 6 Sma ck Menton Lass, of Ab erys t w yth (saved yes and crew) .. • • .. s .. .. .• lochooner Fly, of Whitt); • (saved vessel and crew 4 1-.,100p Thomas and Jane, of St. Ives 00 40 3 V eil ing -boats of Whitburn _ .. .... 1 8 6 41,g Arethusa, of Blyth },,,nooner Dewi Wyn, of Portmadoo • .. - .. 2 tt SchoonerCYraes, of Beaumaris .. - ••• . 6 William, of Moree..ambe .• - - • . 4 ,Pirek Gipsy, of Newry ti.e ooner Margaret Anne, of Preston •• •• . 4 V • ig New Draper, of Whitehaven . • •• •• rhooner William, of Liverpool - •• •' D tug'ger Nimrod, of Castletown rb, IQ.— .. 8 1),,. .- rovidence, of Shields .. • • •• 8 !eli,g Mayflower, of Newcastle - •• •• jily-ftnoner Village Maid, of Fleetwood .. •.. .4 iLarclue Guyana, of Glasgow .• • • • • •• 19 V,,,,ng Roman Empress, of Shields .. .. .. Kt i",„g San Spiricbone, of Galaxide .. •• •• ;5 -atooner Voador du Vouga, of Vienna .. .. 8 trench Brig La Jenne Marie Therese .. •• 8 V_llque Perseverance, of Scarborough .. .. ,51 :.).. 13 °oiler Elizabeth, of 13ridgewater Mai .. .. 17 Danube, of Belfast •• •• •• Bcs Danube Hortensia, of Hanover .. .. .. 4 17110 oner Oregon, of Stonehaven .. .. .. 4 p„: l ,,g St. Michel, of Morons .. •• • • •• 8 '„ ° ener Epimachus,' of Amsterdam .. • • 5 Schooner Druid, of Sunderland )31.1rnner Bellona, of Red Bay.. .. .. .. 1 ~,g Pioneer, of Carnarvon .. .. .. .. 1 tgenooner Prineese Alice, of Ipswich .. .. 5 Lri,g Minerva, of Workington .. . .. 4 10 0 0ner Elizabeth and Hannah, of Newburgh .. 6 Brigantine Li Matilda,M hitby .. .. .. .. .. 9 of Stockholm .. .. .. 4 _,rig Jane, of North Shields .. - .. .. 10 .;rlg Trial, of Poole . .. • . • • •. 7 9chooner Liberty, of Dublin . • .. 3 Schooner Sylphidencrew), of Nakskov (saved vessel and 7 Barque Frederic*, of Dublin .... .• .. 1 Barge Peace, of T.ondo n 2 Lugger Saucy Less, of Lowestoft .. .. .. 11 Smack Adventure, of Harwich.. .. • . .. 10 Pilot matter Whi m , o f Lowestoft .. • • . 7 Barque Undaunted, of Aberdeen _.• • • •• 11 Wreak e d b oa t on Blackwater Bank, on the Irish coast .. .. .. • • .. 6 . „. 1 Schooner Skylark, of Folkestone .. Brig Lively, of Cl ay, N orfolk .. .. • • • • 5 Schooner Rook, of Li verpoo l Barque Robert Watson, .. sof Sunderland _ Schooner Auchincruive of Grangemouth .. .. 6 Schooner Friends, of Lynn .• Schooner Eliza Ann e , o f Dublix •: • • • • 5 Brig Content, of Su n d er l and . 5 Smack Ellen Owens, of Cardigan - .• .. S Barque Cedarine, of Bermuda :: .. ..134 Smack Frodsham, of Liverpool - .. .. 2 Sloop William, of Liverpool .. .. • • • • 5 Sloop Elizabeth, of Teignmouth P ,_': ) ,rttagnese Barque Cruz V. .. :.• :: :: 1 3 4 ""lp Annie E. Hooper, of Baltimore, U. 5... .. 18 (111 e Henry Everest, of Rochester .. .. 4 763 Total .. .. .. .. ...,120V these and other Life-boat services the Institution h it7ted £2,158 as rewards to the crews of its Lifeboats. it has__ _ ahr p , granted rewards P mounting to £572 for saving kg! it.rlvreeked persons, by shore-boats and other means. mak ILK It total of 1,302 persons saved from a watery grave during ee last two years and a half. Th Ro c ' e number of lives saved by the Life-boats of _the . for s ty ' :did other means, since its formation, is 12,690 n , 41e We leil services 82 Gold Medals, 713 Silver Medals, and ,Oco .... %ion ~ ' , I cash have been paid in rewards. The Instl - 1 , r „„ •=as oleo expended £64,300 on Life-boats, Life-boat - ` o3 POPting-cari loges, and Boat-houses. Th e tow is P:tablic cannot but symnathise with the vigorous efforts mr....mg made by this Institution to save the lives of Ship th-eecl Crews. Their help was never more needed than at ihe Psresent time, when, through the extraordinary exertions Dne P i e Le7 r has made within the past few years, it has m n a o n w . aer e uz , ed and Twenty-three Life-boats under its M e i e llt, for the in , intenance of which, in a state of t iorough l ed, a large permanent annual income is absolutely lib d, if its humane mission is to be perpetuated. hieions C ommittee gratefully acknowledge the following con ger Ma £ s. d A tliestY the Queen .. .. .. annual 100 0 0 50 0 0 N i t Kat L e i th, per W. G. Slater, Esq.. don. tet,Uolonel B.A. .. .. .. - annual 11 0 NZ!, Sir St. Vincent, Bart.. •... don. 25 0 0 kyle,l and Co., Messrs., Bankers .. .. annual 10 10 g ~..rat il, —.o r d Chief Justice .. • • • • don. 10 adervor,e, Vice-Admiral Sir A., K.C.B. .. 2d don. 25 0 0 Lambf,,'` z , ev G. G. and Mrs. d d o o n n. . tori e vrt, Messs. W . H. & Co., Bankers - :: Leg r ough, the Earl of - .. - annual 23 5 1 2 0 0 0 e i rY it of the late Wm. Lupton, Esq., of ikt rd 100 0 0 artio • .. .. . 7th don. 10 0 0 k oo , Sir Henry, Bart • • • • • I t b re ' Rev. G. B. don. 15 15 0 titi t c h ar tea, T. J. Agar, Es . 4., Tre"-dig, Col. Sir Anthony K.C.B. .. :.. annual 50 0 annual 2 0 0 " 1, 1. d II 1 ' -. D , ~ a Y e ena .. .. • • don. 30 0 0 N14.1 -4 ' 101 38 and Annual Sul , scriptions will be thankfully re bY th ~ereiv . , e Bankers of the Institu t . ti m on e , sa A r l s e . s c sr o s n . t W ta i an llis d , ‘ , O. isi" , and Co., 76, Lombard-stree , th„„, , Strand; Messrs. Herries, Farquhar, and Co., 1(1, St. 4.1 t ;',3 8-street London . ; by a 1 the Bankers in the United . 111 e 'ef m era and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis Esq., at molowee of the Institution, 14, John-street, Adelphi, L0n ....._ •‘,. AbOON TO NERVOUS SUFFERERS.- 20 000 Dr. SMITH has just published a FREE EDITION of t•kt e Ples of his valuable work, THE PRIVATE MEDI- Dew TEND ( lie pages), on the Self-cure of Nervous l'es n 4, , Y, Loss of :Memory, Dimness of Sight, Lassitude, dzet., tre e ins' from the secret sins of youth. Copies may be had tesi t c„„ Bending a stamped directed envelope to the Author's `'ice, 8, Burton-crescent, London, W.C. )2 4 , Consultation by Letter without Fee. h.- . °lilt'Tß w ill, f or th e of se a case DEBILITY, on receiving a description a case (enclosing a stamped directed envelope for re eta his written tOu opinion, with advice and directions for B uccessful treatment and cure.—Address, Dr. Smith, - crescent, London, W.C. TVTGOUR OF YOUTH RESTORED IN 'll AI "R WEEKS by Dr. RICORD'S ESSENCE OF - uatt is e , W,,onderful anent will restore manhood to the most eke l u constitutien, whether arising from self-pollution, nocturnal emissions, the eflects of climate, or natu- Lille 'WI". The time required to cure the most inveterate "Q"ncti°n? Weeks ; and, it used according to the printed in (Which are very simple), failure is impossible. be• d• " L e - restoring remedy should be taken by all about to ',a, B its effects are permanent. It is acknowledged by Onft;;eli press to be the greatest discovery ever made. "girs,„t sin every ease is as certain as that water quenches thl ict r 14 icord's Essence of Life is sold in cases, with full in -41 wns for tee, at lie., or four quantities in one for 335., 04 r i cl ee 11 be self: to' any part of the world, carefully packed , 11141 (, uf remittance or post-office order payable to Front Pa ant Medicine Warehouse, 229. Strand London. bg . THE NERVOUS AND DEBILITATED. RTIs ON MARRIAGE, NERVOUS DEBILITY, SPER MATORIIIICEA, &C., WITH PLATES. N A l '"f free by the Author, 12 stamps ; sealed ends, 20, : The CAUSE and CURE of PRE ao f.,MATURE DECLINE IN MAN, with Plain Direc ,alediettlTerfect Restoration to Health and Vigour ; being a L'ebilitArmaY on the Treatment of Nervous and Generative garri'' - nunotency, and those peculiar disqualifications to • . r which orl_o in ate in youthful errors and excess : the Infectious Diseafe , s without Mercury, and their Pre he uY the Author's Prescription of his Infallible Lotion, etriiVilt of 25 years' successful practice. London Dr. J. L. ' B ' ls, Mbemarle-street, Piccadilly, London. REVIEWS OF THE WORK. ', ern 44 (1 ON NI - Am - loom -This is truly valuable work, B lot ai ° aid be in the hands of young and old.. The proivii- MerirePutation of the author, combined with his extensive Xll ty,re as medical re f ere e in the treatment of nervous de t for immense circulation whic o ,, l 2 lll r ae.an Y d a trly u - n wr s itten the m edical treatise has obtained."h rirries, March 21, 1856. little Curtis has conferred a great boon by publishingthis . /V bich" °44 . in which is described the source o' those diseases gire ellruflure decline in youth, or more frequently p r ema• Th e a ge."---Daily Telegraph, March 27, 1856. e~ted'' ~ u ,„ t bur of this Medical Treatise may be DAI LY eon -1 abo v i; "Rnal, either by letter or personally, at his residence The efficacy and harmless nature of the remedies most e ,,„, — ' by Dr. Curtis, having been demonstrated by the aUftern--"Plete successi during a practice of 25 years, nervous e ry class have a perfect guarantee that the fi c ul a Z "''' ,ll and experience will be made available in the , rb eat of their cases. b asea e t il e " i r Concludes with numerous varied and interesting lafe;,,, which is added the Author's receipt of the above ,D',le Preventive Lotion. 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A .. 4 nl, s.• -f i -).: ?, V, % - 4.* G ITt • Ar4t ,----- # A,,„,,:.-;, z I 4 -..4,b , - . 1? s - : , ..filli k i . si.:,, ,_.•e• ;411 1 41011 . , i i . .., t ' -141.4.:-;:' , -- 01: , , ,t, ,; ' - 1 0, vzi V oiltEis ik , 4, AV ) c av , • •-, ~, I _; . ._:-,_,, ..- ‘,... ) , ..4 1 1 1(C-;" 4 k S '' ' ' . 4' - 1. 4C-11 ;: i : . "'' L t.7.2:g .,,4 - o , : r t^Y* () ;rLL"I ' ' . 1 R 0 II : . 75 s Ct" iti; Ei 44-1 -: . # ----____--- 4111 un., . .„,.. „...._ THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 19, 1862. ATLANTIC AND GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY (NEW YORK DIVISION). 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. ?, Old Broad-street, Deo. 18, 1562. able for the purpose herein stated.—l am, dear Sir, very faithfully yours, Lion the Duke expressed himself as perfectly satisfied with the replies given to the various questions. After visiting the drawing--roorG, 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 tery at the garrison. " ROBERT K. B OWLEY, General Manager, Crystal Palace. " Sir C. Wentworth Dilke, Bart., &c l 76, Sloane-street, S,W." "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. 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:— " 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 uirectors. . "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 prises. 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. 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 m 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 a .y 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 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. SANDFOB.D, Secretary. " G. Grove, Esq., Crystal Palace, Sydenham." ROYAL MILIMAY ACADEMY. EXAMINATION BY THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, the Field- Marshal Cowman.ding in Chisf, 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 .B ~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 comxon to the academy, the whole of the cadets having previously assembled in review order on the lawn fronting the building. The rivalries sometimes seen in former days had ceased for some years. Nothing had recently happened to disturb this good understanding, and we were justified is hoping that the dangers it was necessary to provide against in the present crisis would be easily averted. ' hese dangers were of two kinds : they might arise out of the aspirations of Greece yielding to its ideas of aggression against Turkey; or they might result from the election of the 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. 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. Fitzhugh, 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 were exhibited; 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 very satisfactory, 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 °czar. 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 i for commissions by their Iroficience in military exer cises and general conduct. "The periodical exaiaaati6n:ot the junior classes has on the whole been satisfactory, and, with few exceptions, the classes hairs shown unusual diligence and emulatkn. "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 cl ass . . _ 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 0 tho 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 three Powers 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. " 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 broaches 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 gressed satisfactorily. " Fair progress has been made in French, German, and Hindustani. 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 were intent above all in obtaining a king from some power suffi ciently strong to afford them support, and to second their aspiration►. "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 Vita:At) manner, and the conduct of the com pany generally 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, fieldworks and bridges, and natural philosophy. Mr. Ommanney two prizes, a double telescope for plan drawing, and a prismatic compass for landscape drawing. Mr. South, a double telescope for for fications. 119 r. Richardson, a case of instruments for mathe matics. Mr. Mescal 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 barometeP 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. 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 prestige. 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 sovereign of Greece. We preferred to recognise without hesitation that his 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 Greecehopes 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. 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. Ho 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 I 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 enter upon the military pro fession, and they must bear in mind that a great distinction existed between an ordinary and a m ilit ary college. In the f or mer case it was requisite to preserve good order, but in a military college discipline and sub or di nat i on to the authori ties was the great essential. Sci ence was, in the present day ;y , b u t h e wou ld even put dis cipline were unable to gov ern them selves, especially,it beforewasrcci science.uhiissl requisite in dutythetof h t tell are them that they were not fit to govern others ; and they would he worse than useless as offi cers. Ho would n ot further al lude to this subject, but cou as they valued their fut ure prospects as off i cers rt jesty's service, to have the u t mos t respec t f or s t r i ct isdneislhetiehprelMminae, to acquire a practi ca l as well as a theoretical know l e dge of thesduties of .their profession, and thus render themselves fit to command . in those distinguished scientific m ili a s rc7e y d a f l rem the room. corps, the Royal Artillery and Royal Engineers. the utmost attention, and atn liste ned iitstilic:cBluswasionthe ea d cadets withpre sented and Staff subsequently went to the reading room, and conducted a viva voce examination of the 1 Royal address roniy sa l an o d f Highness first and second classes of cadets in artillery fortification, Frew& and German: At the termination of this annum - lHisl e The English Government proposed to us a common action, with the view of declaring at Athens that the three protecting courts t egarded 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 ewn 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 indeSnitely 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 Russia in explaining whether the Duke de Leuchtenberg was comprehended in the stipulations of exclusion, a cir- SPECIAL NOTICE. T HE MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY (Established A.D. 1834). No. 39, King-street, Cheapside, London. The Friends of the Society, and the general Public, are respectfully advised that any Assurances effected within the present year will have the advantage of one year in every Annual Bonus. CHARLES INGALL, Actuary. GOUT. 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" 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 cuetr places in the train at the terminus until they arrive in the centre L....0pt. "The general manager o( 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, air, 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 tot he 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 improvement 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 yon 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, much advantages present them elves 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 here quite 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 he permits me to say that he will be very happy to aid me in any way in his powsr to render the Crystal Palace avail- ~~r~ 1-~--- - ~Z.~~ ~- 7 e., r rapidly sunk, there was no chance of saving hits life, and he died at 3 o'clock in the afternoon. Pre vious to his death, Mr. Wells, a magistrate, saw the deceased, to hear any statement which the unfortu nate man might be disposed to make. At that time the deceased was perfectly aware of his position, 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 declaration made by the deceased, and it was as follows :—" No one was present. We were by our two selves. I opened the room door. He pointed the gun at me. I said, Don't shoot. He said, I wln't come in. As soon as 1 got in he took up the gun. I slipped rotzod and seized hold of the gun. I struggled wild him. He pulled the trigger. I was standing it: front of him with my hands hold of the gun. I cannot say which. part. I went into the room be cause he fastened himself no. We had tried the doors and found them fast. We were afraid he was going to do something with himself. Th.tt is all I know. He had been in a queer state all the morn ing and all the night. It. wcts George Smith with whom I snuggled, and who I :It:scribe :is being lx queer state of mind." In a minute or two itter the deceased was shot the prisoner was seen coating out of the kitchen, and was observed to leave the botike. 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 man." Smith, not believing this statement, said, " Nonsense ;" but the prisoner re peated that he had shot a man, remarking that buckles tried to get the gun from him, and it went off accidentally. These were the whole of the cir cumstances of the case, and it would be for the 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 accilentally in the course of a struggle. By the latter view of the case the pri • so er wouldof the deceased, b e entitled to however, an acquittal. o ey er, The dying declaration showed that the t t r h i ergr The ee r r i l s ew o a n rh e ne r en p d o h j i e n uw t d e ga d es s h ti e ann g 6 u s ui n nmg a m t nihnigm front, u n: o h d f o p h w u i e m l paida jury should be of op i n i on t h e pr i sone r had d pulled the trigger intending that the gun should go of, he would be guilty of an unlawful act amounting to manslaughter. If the gun was discharged acci dentally in the course of a struggle the prisoner would be entitled to his acquittal. The jury retired, and were absent for about a quarter of an hour, when they found a verdict of not._ guilty. CHESTER CIRCUIT.—CHESTER, Dec. 18. (Before Mr. Baron Bramwell.) TRIAL OF THE BIRKENHEAD RIOTERS. 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 constabit'.?; while in the due execution of their duty on the 15th ot" October last. At the close of the evidence, which detaLled the particular assaults of which the prisoner was accused, his counsel com piained of the prosecution taking tiL is ease first, as if the origin and nature of the riot luta' been shown mild have - circumstances favourable to the accused IN appeared. It might then have been shown tt2 at t he constabulary took a violent course, and that : he mob had only resorted to the measures they made use of in their own protection and self-defence. The learned concise commented with some warmth on the invitation to the disturbance offered by the debating society in making use of Orange placards in the midst of an 1 r iah population. The learned judge, in summing however, said it was per fectly immaterial to the jury 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 prisoner 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 hal any right to I 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 Hennessy, 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 opinion referred to 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 expt ens their opinions on ell 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. . - PRICK.... ...4d. STAMPED ....sd. 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 compelh d 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 pro duce profound modifications in the position of the Powers 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 of other and more recent treaties to strengthen. Should any immediate change in English policy towards the Ottoman empire be the result, the London Cabinet would have at its command the means of making its 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 compelled by tho force of circumstances to support tendencies hostile to the main tenance of the Ottoman Empire. The Eastern quostion might then recommence under entirely new conditions. The interestsof 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 consi de, ing the re-establishment of the disturbed equilibrium." Such is, in substance the language 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 Russian 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 3d of February ; in pronouncing itself in more formal terms upon the position of the Duke de Leuchtenberg; it might remove the difficulties which still remained, and the ambassador of the Emperor at St. Petersburg was charged to express himself very distinctly in the sense of en 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. We hope therefore that the cabinets will soon be able to recommend a candidate to the suffrages of Greece, and to end an agitation which, after having been fruitless, might become dangerous.— Agreez, &c., (Signed) DROUXN DE Lnuvs. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD CIRCUIT.—GLOUCESTER, Dec. 18. (Before Mr. Justice Mellor.) MURDER OF A POLICEMAN. 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 i❑ 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 hfe died from the effect 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 16 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 afra id that he would either injure himself or others, with a laudable discretion got the revolver from him. On Oct. 20 the prisoner roso from his bed at about 8 o'clock in the morning, and what w as then upper most in his mind was to g et possession of the revol ver. He went into the front room and locked him self in. Mrs. Martin was alarmed lest somethi ng should happen to the prisoner, and she knock e d at the door asking for admittance, and the prisoner in reply said that he would let her in in a moment. I n 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. Buckles, who was a favourite servant of the prisoner, believing that he would be able to preveil upon him to open the door. Duckles 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 w as f oreman on the prisoner's farm. The deceased was sent for from the steam-house; he told the prisoner that he ha d the revolver, and he was immediately admitted into the room. The report of fire-arms was heard almost instantly after wards, and the deceased was found to have been shot. He came out o f the room holding his arm by his side, and his clothes w ere on fire. The deceased was plac e d i n a chair, an d h e appeared to be suffering greatly f rom 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-cr own p i ece , an d th e b owe l s p r ot r uded. Everything was d one by M r . J o hnson that his pro fessional skill could suggest, but the deceased A NEW 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 pro cess 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 arras 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 describs 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 inches 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 commenoes, the men walking round the capstan for about five minutes, when, by the resistance of the cotton to further compression, one 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 The two un pro t d il tm a e: fo u ur pon are th n e on o - th ac e t r ing th . three n complete the works in a b out eight minutes. The com e small l p s m i n p s t t u h r n e pression of cotton is from 7ft. to 2ft. in depth. The box at the middle of the pressing operation is wheeled away from the press (a door-like side in it being opened for the purpose), leaving the half-p resse d cotton in the press, and, b e i ng pro vided with a spare false bottom, is again filled with cotton by hand l a b our so as to be ready for the press as soon as it is at liberty. When a bale has been sufficiently pressed, and the valves closed, the pressure is taken off the pipes and the pumps, when the relieving rams all fall back into their original places and every pump is then ready to corn tnence operations on a fresh bale. Animal or steam power may easily be applied to this novel form of cotton press. — Manchester 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 Limehouse Basin. The fire appeared to have commenced in the first floor . The firemen by great perseverance managed to save the adjoining houses, jeopardised. THE at one time were g reatl y THE MYSTERIOUS DEATH AT NORWOOD.—An inquest has been held on the body of the gentleman found i n t h e wo od at Norwood. Nothing was elicited as to the id en tity of deceased, and the surgeon gave it as his opinion that it was a case of suicide, and the jury returned a verdict of—Found dead. A MAN OF GREAT " SINGLENEsS OF PURPOSE." —An old bachelor,—fix. C- - e ~T r ~ CeJ-' - '-- -- z- , L.-- 199 EON _. 0 . 19, Ic. " 2. 10. o. 1 , 4 9 ‘ o. ft" . C. 29' VP" r. 04 VI am id q nit° Ober :ydr ire . of r ace► 3044 e n% e6er' 11'° far irta' jig, eetj ge N, 12,