The Sun. — London, England, 1860-12-18 00:00:00

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To THE LATE GENEIti IL NrILIA4M NAPIE,E, At a Mer,ting held at' the Royal United Service Luau , tion oa tb.e 'Bth May, 1860, His RAT al Highness the Duke of Cambridge, 8.G., ' r G:C.B., in the chair, It was - •droposed by his Gietee,the Duke o Riphinond,K.G., Anil Seconded by the Earl Of Ellenborough, G.C.8., TVA the late .Gentiral Sii- • Williani*Nsipier, as a soldie and la military hieteriab, merited•the admiration and grel tudi of his , - ; relposed UT:General Sir John-Burgoyne, Bart., G.O .B, and 'seconded ,by ,General Sir Thomas Broths' rton, K.C.B:,' 'Tliathe'iminortalised the glorious deeds of our Army in Sprein, Portugal, and' France. by his history of the war those countries—a • history that no true soldier can reed without instruction and advantage, and witho u t b e i ng spired by th e h ero i c sent i ments an d spirit-stirring iangriage of the author. • Proposed by General Sir Robert Gardiner, G.C, 6., and seconds/d by Lieutenant-General Sir He rry Smith, G.C.8., • . That, a subscription be i mme di a t e l y opene d f or the erec tion 0.? a statue to the memory of the chivalroem soldier and unsuip t aise'd military historian. ,t A. LAWRLE, Hon. Sae. . os' • COMMITTEE. 6 •"""' His Royal Hig hness the DUKE or Cs.m.nnipor, K. G., G.O ;f3. HM Grace *ate Duke of Somerset. His Grace s the Duke of Richmond, K.G. His Gr ace the Duke of Newcastle. His G.race the Duke of Leinster. His Grace the Duke of Wellington, K.G. Tae Earl D e G re y an d Rip on • The Earl of Ellenbomugh, G.C.B. The Viscount Palmerston, K.G., G.C.B. Field-Marshal Viscount Combermere, Field-Marshal Lord 'Seaton, G.C.B. Lieut.-Gen. the Earl of Lucan, General Lord Clyde, G.C.B. The Right Hon. Lord John Rus,seit . The Right Hon. Sidney Herbert. The Right Hon. Sir Charles '4Vo•od, Bart. General Sir John Burgoyne., E. 4 ,.t• G.C.8.. General Sir Hew Ross, G. ( ! 7 ;3. General Sir Georg e Browei . .,; ( - 4n General Sir Robert net, G.C.B. General Sir James Fe rguson, G.C.B. General Sir Thomas 7eSr otherton, 8.C.8. Lieut.-Gen. Sir Hs fry Smith, Bart. G.C.B. Admiral Sir Charl' es 'N apier, S.C.B . Lieut.-Gen. Sir 3 1.6 1 an Aitchison, K.C.B. Lieut.-Gen. Sir William Rowan, K.C.B. Lieut.-Gen. 5 . 4 aw Kennedy, C.B. Lieut.-Gen. 'ef'ie Hon. Sir Charles Gore, K.C.B. Lieut.-Ge-a, Sir George Wetherell, K.C.B. Lieut.-Creel Sir Frederick Love, K.C.B. Lieut•-• Gen, Knollys. lieu"... -Gen. Sir Charles • Yorke, K.C.B. Cator, C.B. -14 ent.-Gen. Sir W. R. Clayton, Bart. Major-Gen. Sir Richard Airoy, K C.B. ALajor-Gen. the Hon. Sir J. Yorke Scarlett, K.C.B. /lajor-Gen. Sir Harry Jo•aes, K.C.B. Major-Gen. Wylde, C.B. The Chaplain-Gen. of tb.e Forces. Lieut.-Gen. Beatson, K..S.F. Major-Gen. Watkins. Major-Gen. Willoughb y, C.B. Colonel Sir Jahn M.. Wilson , C. 8., K.H. Colonel the Iron. James Lindsay, M.P. Colonel Sir Dun'ean MacDougall, K.C.F. Colonel Fitt Kennedy. Colonel 'Harding, C.B. Colonel. Y:fareey, Captem Claxton R.N. Lieu.c. -Colonel George Hall. I S lP.frir Gavin, M.P. George Jones, Esq., Royal Academy. Andrew Lawrie, Esq. Captain Burgess. (With power to add to their number.) SUBSCRIPTIONS. his Reyal High/less the Duke of Cambride . • £25 0 0 c olonel Pitt lKennedy g 'Gen era l Sir John Atkinson, K.C.B. .. 20 0 0 General Sir 'Robert Gardiner, G.C.B. .. 25 0 Q olonel Sir John M. Wilson, C. 8., K.H. .. 50 0 General John Burgoyne, Bart., G.C.B. 0 illeut.-General Sir Harry Smith, Bart., G.C.B. 5 0 0 -••.,lent.-General Sir Charles Yorke, K.C.B. . • 5 0 0 h4ptair, Claxton, R.N. . • • • • ".t0 0 0 Widow of Major W. H. Jackson .. • • 11 0 g y be eDuncan MacDougall .. .. • • • • 20 0 0 Vtain Frederick Robertson .. • • . 11 0 VAjor-General Wylde, C.B. • 5 5 0 -ipe Earl of Ellenborough .. • • ~.20 0 0 111 is Grace the Duke of Somerset • .. 25 0 0 Grace the Duk e o f L e i ns t er F ield -M ars h a l L or d Seaton G.C.B. M ai --Gen. the H on . Si r J. Y a •• 10 0 0 Yorke Scarlett,K.C.B. 50 0 0 ;,],ren, the Right Ho n. , Si r G. Brown, G.C.8.,K.H. 10 0 0 `,..010nel P. Araedwagan • .25 0 0 ' e neral Sir Tho•ains Brotherton, K.C.B. .. 20 0 0 Bruce, TAsq. M.P. .. • • .. 25 0 0 ? l Onel Rathl - Jebe veutenant 10 10 0 -r jeneral Sir W. Rowan, K.C.B. .. 10 10 0 orittarl`b-General J. S. Kennedy, C.B. 0 0 ti eral James Ferguson, G.C.B. .. 10 0 0 Andrew Lawrie, Esq. il a _ t !trenent-G enera l Si r W . B. Clayton, Bart. 15 0 0 Vsj,..,,tenant-General Cator, C.B. • • • • 1 5 0 0 Eq., late 75th Regiment 1 jallatain John s Norton, late 34th Regiment 10 0 6N. Butt 0 Perston, Esq., M.D., h.-p. 13th Lt. D ragoons 1 1 0 0 '•liijor-General Free r .. .. • . 1 1 0 wonel J. W. Fitzmayor, C. 8., an d S un d ry 9fficers, R.A. • .. 210 0 ;7 4 4 de G re y an d Ri pon 25 0 0 Vilteer s an d S ergeants of 6,d Regiment ▪ • 8 5 6 e !itenant-Gene r al H. F.'..rooke, 88th Foot 5 0 0 Col Wombwell, Depot Battalion, Winch es t er 5 0 0 1 0 0 ° nel Careyo,n k ° , lo 18t1 - i • • Royal • lrish • • •.: :.• 10 0 Bainbi.idge 2 0 0 dens Cers Ist P , attalion 22d Regiment .. .• • . 46 18 0 - Oenieral Cameron C.B. 5 0 0 keal S i x H. Douglas, ' Bart., G.C.8., G.C.H. 10 0 0 ir-Q.enoral Dupuis, R.A. 2 2 0 Ofs tl e„. t . - Ger.teral Sir J. F. Love, K.C.8., K.H. 5 0 0 ,aes, 1'.40n-Commissioned Officers, and Pri ates 2d Battalion 6th Foot tOt_erant-Colonel Anclerson, • 22d Regiment )4 1 • 1. - bit %skins, F.R. 5., Theputy-Inspector- General Li • to. Dobrie etti enantColenel Hall, • Durham A▪ rtillery, :Lb Seri tion of Officers and Non-Commis tas, oned Officers el Shadwell, 98th Foot 4 t ern Esq. • D rummond, Es • q., late Rifle Brigade • . CI Assistant Adjutant-General's Office, vanchester .• ua c e liption of bfficers, Non-commissioned Offi and, Men let Batt a li on 9th F oo t.. te a rt Hilt e hi ngs, E sq. lo t e jitirion Ot of O ffi cers a n d M en , I s t Battalion i on Eljn 60 40 00 60 00 14,'" ) : peahen, 2d Depot Battalion, Chatham .. l o Zira. T. and W. Boone • Ittitn Aldridge, Es . D• G. F reer . l a t e 43d R eg i ment • T„,k.o. R. M'Grigor, Bart. . tite4. "-gilt Hon. Sidney Herbert .. ejr,,,:6.-Colanel Brown, 4th Li g ht D ragoons .. Beatson, K.S ,P tiV,, a r Gavin, M.P. • • s ' ; '". - Colonel Hort, the Officers, Non-commis teled Officers, and Privates of 36th Regiment ~_°4sl Jeffreys C. 8., the Officers, Non-cora illissioned Of ficers, and Privates, sth Depot Parkhurst ' .. • • ortescue, Esq. 00 00 00 00 Colonel Geo rge Hall, Durham , Artillery ' ▪ Itt- General Sir George Wetherell, K.C.B. )I,!kht lima. Sir Ch ar l es W oo d, Bart. .• • • 11ia 94 Hon. L or d J o h n R usse ll .. • • • • '.-Gea. the Hon. Sir Charles ol) tain Wilson, 55th Regiment. Gore, K.C.8.. 6ajor-General Sir H. D. Jones, K.C.B. • • eterid Sir H. R ose . Royal Artillery, G.C.B. I,•indry Officers Royal E • "'• Andrew Enginee rs al • • Ferguson,er Inspector •Gener of tto 't 1 spi a 8 Vonel Willoughby ) y iel .. ltenant-Colonel Daly .. ta a Jor-General Watkins .. e s n eral Sir John Bell, G.C.B. Edward Coleridge letain Burgess .• • • Col Grace the Duke of Newcastle te nant-General Macintosh, K.H. Li c tel Brock •• W. ••• • • All * , t ; tts nant-General . Sir G. Moore, K.C.B. 4(4Y/tons.. • • • • Li Carrick Moore, Esq.. ' 4•• ` te nant-General Knollys N 4e lsal Sir W. Gomm, G.C.8... ~6 , ,51 Sir E. Blakeney, G.C.8., G.C.H. A.el6.rsoant-General Sir H. D. Jones, K.C.8... • a l le P. Graves • - i • r :',,Less of Mount Edgc - e• -1 "'• 117 1t Chabot .. • Wstl.`loden, of Bath, late 79th .. .• • • la lt tis e °,„nimissioned Officers and Privates of impot Battalion • race five Duke of Richmond • • • • %),,-,'e/lant-General Sir W • Codrington, K.G.B. / 3 ;:?,' ri Plion of Non-Comm . issioned Officers and Itl a ,'''att's of Army Hospital Corps .. • • Ai n ild Lord Clyde, G.C.B. • • • • g oe" l ',O'Leary late 55th Regiment .. • • qo,ll.,,,reter Carey 04„,"tutaissioned • Officers and Men, 39th 6 'l - ,," 1 ,01ent 60 0 00 60 0 12 16 6 ‘ - •ol 'I-.°1 Eel] an d officers 34t1i Regiment .. 3 " tel e4 ' l E • RY.'ll.. 5 0 0 4 11, (1 , 11 fil 5 0 0 n'Art E sq. • Is . t. C. Officers, and Privates 43d Regt • 2 2 0 21 2 3 4 1) 4c `lstion from 13th Light Inf an try .. 5 12 1 • kto rk r i Mien from 64th Regim en t .. .. 44 0 Votes; Esq. , R.A... 40 00 00 50 0 . u fficere and Men, 2d Battalion 15th Foot 116 8 tlit s T e 3r, 53d Regiment.. 1 0 0 00, t . O'Neil, 20th Regiment .. 1 0 0 N .C•Officers, and Privates, 33d Regt. 12 0 6 ,-,tke,„44, N.C. Officers, ' and Privates, .52d Regt,. 7 2 8 s ' i te;',, llt s, 2d Battalio 22d Regiment .. 1 14 6 o t ali r "' N.C. O ffi cers. and Privates, let Bat -2 4 0 Oes °ll Ist Royal Regiment .. Ne s r , s , 71st R egiment 00 10 10 0 0 41 'ver.' . 0 . Officers, and Privates 31st Regt. 9 9 2 le er l i)t,,ion from 82d Regiment • • • • 17 6 NO . .04 .9. O ffi cers, and Privates 91st Regt. 16 13 0 Os ril. ' l )Plions are received by— Oar a liox and Co., Craig's-court, Charing-cross. Ch ui r limmond, Charing-cross. Ch. e l 'McGrigor, Bart., and W. McGrigor, Esq., hsis St. James's-square. Thnit4 tB . l 7 of the Royal United Service Institution, • e it all. •k4dre,,,,,Y,Bank, Threadneedle -street, London, and sQtrare , ''', a wrie, Esq., 10, Charles-street, St. Ja,raes s 'qulit,-rion. Secretary and: Treasurer, to whom. cora klotte are invited. A. LAWRIE, Hon. Secretary. " ° n, 28th November, 1860. L~ ~ , 21,349. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 18, 1860 I.ATviPEI), S D . piclek , 4D. ° _:_ ... B ONDS of the OTTOMAN EMPIRE, of 500 fr. each, withdrawable at par, issued at 312 fr. 50c., and bearing an annual interest of 30fr., or 94. per cent. By a contr ac t concluded on the 29th Oct., 1860, between the Turkish Government and Messrs. J. Mires and Co., and ratified by an imperial firman, a loan has been effected. The following is th e explanatory statement which precedes this contract:— " The Government of his Majesty the Sultan. desirous of contracting a loan, has proposed to a company of bankers and capitalists to sell and cede to them by contract a sum of If entes or Turkish Bonds, the interest on which at 6 percent. would be payable in the different cities of Europe, and chiefly 1 at Paris •and Lond on. " The Imperial Government, desiring also to afford every guarantee for this loan, and to ensure the payment of the in terest and the redemption of the nominal capital in 36 years, engages and undertakes to effect regular and equable monthly payments to the contractors or their representatives. " To this end and in order to fulfil the conditions of security the Imperial Government assigns as guarantee for payment until the necessary annuities fall due, the general revenues of the Ottoman Empire, and especially the farmed revenues enumerated in Article 's." PUBLICATION S. Waterloo Gallery. The knights and officers of the Order of the Garter had the honour of being invited. The invitations to the banquet comprised, among others, the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, and the Princess Alice, Prince Louis of Hesse, the Princess of Leiningen, the Prince of Leiningen, the Mistress of the Robes, the Duchess of Sutherland. Knights of the Garter—The Duke of Cam bridge, Earl Granville, the Duke of Devonshire, the Duke of Newcastle, the Marquis of Exeter, Marquis Camden, the Marquis of Westminster, the Marquis of Normanby, the Earl of Carlisle, the Earl of Clarendon, the Earl of Har rowby, and Viscount Palmerston. The band of the Scots Fusilier Guards was in attendance, wind. We here obtained soundings in 1,120 fathoms, gravel and sand; and again on the 16th, Cape Farewell bearing N. 56 W., 75 miles, 1,230 fathoms, muddy sand. From this date commenced a series of most vio lent gales, which blew without intermission until the evening of the 19th, and during which time I had on several occasions penetrated the ice, in order to ascertain if the coast was sufficiently free to admit of our carrying on surveying operations in the southern fiords; and on the evening of the 21st of September we moored to an iceberg for the night, we then being 36 miles S., 29 deg. W., from Cape Thorvaldsen on Desolation Island, having worked through some streams of ice; and we took this op portunity of sounding. We got an unexpected depth of 1,550 fathoms, but unfortunately lost the bottom specimen from the line fouling the ship's keel, and breaking at 300 fathoms in heaving in. From the absence of ice in shore we had intended, with daylight, entering the Torsukatak Channel, and proceeding within the islands to Julianshaab and sout h ern fiords • but after midnight a furious hurri cane from SS.E. suddenly burst upon us, tearing us f rom th e b erg, an d compe lli ng us to scud befo re t h e wind and through the openings in the ice, which now fast accumulated again from the southward. A detailed account of this hurricane will be given hereafter ; suffice it to say that, after having frequently struck the ice, got the water over our machinery, and en gines consequently stopped, ,"stormsail split, and upper works damaged, we were by the mercy of God's providence saved from destruction. The northerly currents and continuance of stormy weather prevented our reaching Frederickshaab until Oct. 2, to which harbour I was obliged to go to repair damage, refit, and obtain fresh water. After seeing to the necessary repairs I organised a boat expedition to southward, to examine the coast, and to ascertain if free from ice, which had hitherto constantly streamed northward along the land. Davis, Rae, Shaffner, Zeilau, and Woods accompanied me. Having reached a good position southward, and there finding that the ice seaward had almost dis persed, I immediately returned, with the view at once to proceed on our voyage with the ship. We sailed from Frederickshaab on Oct. 20, with strong northerly gale, and on following day passed through the Insakatak Channel, reaching Julianshaab on the 22d, and on ascending the neighbouring hills, from the height of 1,000 feet, not a piece of drift oceanic ice was to be seen around the coast. Having made all inquiries about Igalliko (Julians haab) fiord, I deemed it advisable at once to com• mence a survey of this beautiful arm of the sea, and acting upon the opinion of Col. Shaffner, that were this fiord found practicable the electric circuit from Reikavik would not be too extended. We first sounded up to the head of the Fiord, which gave an opportunity for our landing a tra velling party, under command of Dr. Rae, to examine the inland ice and nature of the country. A party also went to the Old Nordisker ruins at Igalliko. NEW CHRISTMAS STORY BY THE AUTHOR OF . "GRANDMOTHER'S MONEY." On Dec. 22, in 1 vol., elegantly bound and illustrated, TWELVE O'CLOCK. A CHRISTMAS STORY. By the Author of "Grandmother's Money," " Wildflower," &c. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. 2 NOTICE. fIENTLE Y'S, MISCELLANY. The January Number, containing the First Part of Mr, AINSWORTH'S New Serial Story, THE CONSTABLE OF THE TOWER, Illustrated by John Gilbert, • Will be published on Saturday, 22d December. London : Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. NORTH ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH. GUARANTEES. By a firman of his Majesty the Sultan, the farmed revenues assigned as guarantee, and specified in Article 9 of the con tract, are confirmed. These revenues, assigned for the payment ad the interest and tbr the redemption of the loan, amount CAPTURE OF PEKIN.— I n ZADKIEL'S ALMANAC, p. 46, we read : "I deem it clear that some great deed of war shall bring fame and hem Jur to the standard of Old England!" The Almanac for Ib6l, price 6d., at Berger's, liolywell-street, Strand. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sir,—l am directed by the promoters of this undertaking to hand you the preliminary reports of the surveying expedition in the Fox, under the command of Captain Allen Young, and to state that detailed and final reports are now in course of pre paration, and will shortly be made public. I am also requested to call your attention to the enclosed interesting letter from Sir Leopold M'Clin tock to Sir Chas. Bright.—l am, &c., Old Jewry, Dec. 17. WM. BEVAN. Portsmouth, Dec. 6, 1860. My dear Sir Charles,—You are very welcome to my opinion respecting the North Atlantic Tele graph route ; it has been formed solely upon what ',have receutly seen, and upon the local informa tion I have gleaned, whilst employed in 'sounding and surveying along the projected route in com mand of her Majesty's steamer Bulldog. As for the short lengths of cable between Scotland and Faroe, and from thence to the east shore of Iceland, no difficulties need be encountered ; there are certain channels between the Faroe Isles where the tides are very strong, but there are also still -water creeks, and these I presume will be selected for landing the shore-ends, Like most of my countrymen, I was profoundly ignorant of the climatic condition of Iceland be fore I went there • and being de s i rous o f obtain ing authentic information respecting the ice movements in the adjacent seas, a scientific gentleman to whom I had an introduction kindly met my wishes by hunting up for me such facts as I required from the celebrated " Icelandic An nals," which date back as far as the 9th century. Briefly, then, the shores of Iceland are only visited by drift ice about seven or eight times in each century, and it is only upon two or three of these occasions that the drift ice is sufficiently extensive to reach the south side, and surround the whole island. True icebergs are never seen; the heavy masses often so called are small enough to float freely in comparatively shallow water, so that a cable would remain undisturbed at the bot tom, the shore endlbeing carried up a fiord. I trust you will adhere to the original inten tion of a land line across Iceland to Faxe Bay, as by so doing you will avoid the only part of the sea where submarine volcanic disturbance may be suspected. Faxe Bay never freezes over, and I find no record of drift ice within it since 1683. Merchant vessels come and go throughout the winter. To 141,081,543 Turkish piastres, Or £1,282,500 pounds sterling, Or 32,064,0001 r. in francs. The sum required for the payment of the annuities due for the interest and redemption of the loan, only amounting to 27,360,0001 r., the surplus will be delivered to the Ministry of Finance of the Ottoman Empire (Art. 11). Just published, price ls., new edition, by post 14 stamps, THE SCIENCE OF LIFE : or , H ow to Li ve, and What to Live For ; Explanatory of the Mysteries of Man's Existence, and the various Phenomena of Life. With Instructions for Securing Health and Strength ; and Remarks on the Treatment of Disorders incidental to Seden tary Life. COLLECTION OF THE GUARANTEES. On the Ist (13th) March of every year, the farming of the revenues of the Ottoman Empire is publicly awarded by the Minister of Finance. In order to be admitted to compete for this farming the candidates must be guaranteed by bankers resident at Con stantinople. It is on account of this situation that the folio ving clause was inserted in the contract : Art. 12. The annual amount of each farmed revenue as sierned Its guarantee sbatl 4 bedb7ided Into twelve p , 4te; twelfth par, Owl De represented by a bill to order, signed and paid at Constantinople by the farmers and their guaran tees. These bonds, guaranteed in every case to the total amount by the Imperial Government, will be delivered in advance against receipts to the contractors, to their assigns, or for the latter to their agents. By a PrursictAx of 20 years' practice. CONTENTS.—The Physical Education of Early Life—The Art of Prolonging Life—The Theory of Digestion—The Stomach and its Difficulties--The Cultivation of the Affec tions and Regulation of the Passions—Nervous Disorders, Am. (to. THE COMMISSION FOR THE LOAN. According to the terms of Article 12 of the contract the con tractors of the loan have the right of deputing representatives who will be able to communicate with the Government. The contractors can also receive direct from the hands of the far mers' guarantees the consecutive payments of the revenues specially farmed for the payment of the interest and the re demption of the loan. For the carrying out of this arrangement the Government of his Imperial Majesty has authorised the constitution of a special Commission of twelve members, resident at Con stantinople, Paris, and London, who will be empowered to supervise— I. '['he receipt of the farmed revenues assigned as guarantee. .2. The regular pay/tient of the interest and the redemption of the loan. This Commission is composed as follows : MEMBERS RESIDENT AT CONSTANTINOPLE. M. David Glavany, banker. Mr. Ch. S. Hanson, one of the Directors of the Bank of Turkey at Constantinople. 31. Arland, of the firm of Arland, G. Court, and Co., of Con stantinople. MEMBERS RESIDENT IN LONDON. The Board of Directors of the Bank of Turkey, composed of Russell Ellice, Esq., of the firm of Robarts, Lubbock, and Co. William Gladstone, Esq., of the firm of Thomson, Bonar, and Co. H. G. Gordon, Esq., of the Oriental Bank. 31. L. Rodocanachi, Esq., of the firm of Rodocanachi, Sons, and Co. MEMBERS RESIDENT AT PARIS. Count Simeon, Senator. Donors, Consul-General of Turkey. 31. Lichtlin Vice-President of the Societe Gene ra l e d e C r e d i Commercial et Industriel. Isidore Fould (de Saint Denis). - Returning with the Fox to , Julianshaab, Oct. 27, we then surveyed the estuary of the Fiord, and, from the soundings obtained, I am of a decided opinion tbitt a depth of not less than 150 to 160 fathoms can be carried from the middle of the Fiord, abreast the settlement, out to sea, with a general muddy bottom. This depth of water will effectually preclude injury to the cable from the largest icebergs ever seen upon the coast. Although many bergs lay along the coast we saw none aground in this valley of the Fiord, nor, according to information obtained from the resi dents, have they been seen grounded in that channel. REPAYMENT OF THE CAPITAL. (Extract from the Contract.) Art. 6. Every half-year and at least one month before the 1 end of each period, that is to say, in June and December, a committee, composed of the Ambassador of the Sublime Porte or his delegate, the representatives of the Contractors, and a Public Notary, shall proceed, at Paris or London, to the draw ing by lottery of the bonds to be redeemed. An official statement of the numbers drawn shall be imme diately published and communicated to the Minister of Finance at Constantinople. These bonds are redeemable at 500 frs. in 36 years by half yearly drawings. The first drawing will take place in the month of June, 1861, and the redemption of the bonds drawn with the payment of the interest will be effected from the Ist July, 1861. From here the cable to Greenland will proceed. During the spring of the year South Greenland is usually enveloped with drift ice and i ce b ergs , whilst in in the autumn it is for the most part free; it is however liable to be more or less obstructed throughout the whole year; the present, for in stance, has been an extremely bad one, probably the worst for 30 years, and yet the Bulldog (paddle steamer), the Fox (screw), and the Danish sailing vessel have visited Julianshaab in September, Oc tober, and November. TABULAR STATEMENT OF THE REDEMPTION OF THE BONDS IN THIRTY-SIX YEARS. These operations occupied us till November 2, when winter had fairly set in. The temperatures were lower than usually experienced in midwinter, and the Fiord, which seldom freezes, was already covered with thin ice for sixteen miles from the head ; nevertheless, I had intended, had we been all on board, to have proceeded with the last of the moon to Parmiedluk, in order also to examine Illoa Fiord, but our anxiously expected travelling party from the inland ice had not returned, and I imme diately left the ship with boat and sledge in search of them, and found them at Igalliko. We all re turned on board on November 6. All surveying operations for this season were now at an end, the moon had gone, and the new ice forming fast inside the islands put a stop to further navigation upon the coast, and, as it was also too late to get into Hamilton's Inlet, I determined at once to proceed to England, and accordingly, on November 8, sailed from Juliannehaab, passed through some drift ice in the night, and, after a fair run under canvas across the Atlantic, anchored in Portland Roads on November 23. I much regret that the unusual severity of the season, and the consequent uncertainty of the navi gation, prevented my carrying out our earnest de sires to meet Sir Leopold M‘Clintoek. This report, and my previous letters, though necessarily brief, will show that my decided opinion (so far as we have been upon that route) is favour able to the practicability of the undertaking; and that Juliannehaab will under all circumstances be well adapted for the reception of the cable. With regard to the operation of laying the cable, I consider that no apprehension may be felt on that point, for the sudden disappearance which we witnessed of the ice from the coast, and from the ice usually dis persing from the southeast shores of Greenland in the autumnal months, opportunities will always occur when a ship having the cable on board and lying in readiness in Julianshaab may depend upon having a period of clear and open sea. The cable once laid, no drift ice can in any way injure it, if the proper precautions are taken in securing the shore end. Years. Years, Years. Ist 6,718 ! 13th - 13,513 125th 2nd .... ..... 7,119 14th 3rd .... ..... 7,546 15th 4th .......... 7,998 16th sth • 6th .. ..... ... 8,987 11Bth 7th .. ..... ... 9,527 ; 19th Bth ..... ..... 10,098 9th ..... .... 10,704 21 st 10th 11th 12th My humble opinion is that in two years out of every three the ice will be too inconsiderable to obstruct the laying down of a cable during the autumnal months, whilst in my official report to the hydrographer of the navy I have expressed a confident opinion that the shore end may be car ried into a fiord where it will be secure from ice bergs or drift ice. It only remains for me to notice Labrador. The landing place for a shore end there his yet to be sought for. The interior, I was told, would pre sent no difficulty whatever for a land line. The contour of the sea bottom and depth of the ocean throughout the route is d.ecidedly favourable, and here let me inform you that my report is mis quoted in the F,ngineer of Friday last, the writer stating that I mention the soundings in one part as being "very irregular," whereas I reported them us " very regular." NEGOTIATION OF TIIE SCRIP. • The Scrip cf this Loan is negotiable in the following places At Paris, 1 At Brussels, I At Amsterdam, London, I Antwerp, Hamburg. , YOU cannot have failed, to derive much encourage ment from the explorations of the Bulldog and Fox. There are difficulties, of course, in so great an undertaking, but they are not by any means insur mountable. To me it will always prove a source of real gratification to have been actively employed in the advancement of an object of such vast na tional importance. 4 16 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 You mint take my opinion for no more than it is worth ; you are well aware of its chief merit—an entire absence of prejudice or bias of any kind. Should you desire it, I will be happy to explain to you in detail my grounds for every opinion, and authority for every fact which I have stated. I am, my dear Sir Charles, faithfully yours, (Signed) F. LEOPOLD M'CLINTOCK. To Sir Charles Bright, &c. .. .. 12 8 6 .. .. 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 Steam Surveying yacht Fox, Southampton, Nor. 28, 1860. Sir,—l beg to report the arrival of the Fox in Southampton Docks, at 4 p.m. yesterday, and as my last communication with you was from Iceland, I now , hand you a preliminary sketch of our pro ceedings, and report of survey, combined from the observations of both Mr. Davis and myself since leaving Reikavik. Having rated chronometers and swung ship for local deviation of compasses, we left Reikavik Aug. 31, and on following day were in position off the headland of Sncefells Jokul , in north-west extreme of Faxe .13ay. I had then intended making a course so as to strike the coast of Greenland in the same parallel of latitude, and carry the survey from that point down the coast to Cape Farewell. Our object being to examine the inlets and outlets upon the coasts, we did not delay for the purpose of deep sounding, but took advantage of every opportunity to obtain a cast and bottom specimens. At a distance from 60 to 160 miles, in a direction S. 57 deg. W. from Sncefells Noes, we obtained soundings of from 175 deepening to 1,100 fathoms, the bottom being mud, specimens of which, and of the water brought up by Six's thermometer cases, were on all occasions preserved. As soon as the detail of the survey, with astrono mical observations, has been worked up, and when our meridional distances are ascertained, a further report, with charts, drawings, meteorological regis ter, &c., will be submitted to you. Although this is only a preliminary report, I cannot refrain from expressing my gratitude to all the officers attached to the expedition, who have exerted themselves to their best ; also to those in the Government departments, from whom I have received the most valuable assistance, and to whom I shall again refer in my detailed report. I have brought home an Esquimaux hunter, and hope to teach him the English language, in order that we may have a direct interpreter in the future opera tions in Greenland. I am thankful to say that, on arrival in England we had not a case of sickness on board, although severs! accidents occurred during the heavy weather we experienced. I have not lost one of my fine crew. I have the hunour to be, sir, your most obedient servant, - A series of gales with heavy sea now drove us from the desired course, and precludEd us during the following days from making observations on the depth of the ocean. During these days every care was taken to ascertain the set of the Polar current, but by which we were not sensibly affected. In these gales we lost a portion of our bulwarks, stanchions, and deck gear, and although two of our men were seriously hurt we fortunately lost no lives. Our next opportunity for deep-sea sounding was on approaching the east coast of Greenland, when, at 130 miles N., 75 deg. E. from Cape Bille, we got bottom in 1,135 fathoms ; and again 1,052 fathoms, with good specimens of mud, at a distance of 63 miles ; we then carried in soundings to 170 fathoms ten miles from the land, Cape Bille bearing N. 40 deg. W. ALLEN YOUNG, Commander of the North Atlantic Telegraph Expedition. J. R. Croskey, Esq. Captain Young having submitted the above sketch of our voyage from Iceland to my consideration, I perfectly share in th e o pi n i ons ex p resse d th erein as to the practicability of the route. J. E. DAVIS, Master and Surveyor, R.N., Steam Surveying Yacht Fox, Southampton, N0v.30. London, Dec. 14, 1860. Gentlemen,—Having engaged to take charge of the land portion of the expedition for the examina tion of the North Atlantic Telegraph route, and to report to you my observations, I have now the honour to inform you that my full and detailed report is drawn up and subject to your order at any moment. I have only awaited the completion of the enlarged maps of the respective lands traversed, which have been requested since my return, and which are still in progress of construction. For the present I will confine myself to a very brief sum mary of the results of my own observations, and of such reliable information collected en route as m a y in future be of use to the enterprise. After a tedious passage of fourteen days from England we reached Thorshaven, the capital of the Faroes, on the 3d August. The three following days were spent in travelling over the island of S tromo e, in a north-westerly direction, from Thorshaven to Halderoig, a distance, by the route we followed, of about 27 miles. The results of this short journey were very satis factory, and showed that there would be no great difficulty in carrying a telegraph wire over the line of route by which wewtss-ed.l) the termini of the Two small bays at land journey seem well fitted for of a the landing cable , and the sound which separates Stromoe from Osteroe offers great facili tiesfor the t ransport of materials. The . mode o f transport, overland is by pac k ponies, which are extremely sure-footed, an d can carry a load of 20011 4 , or more . F oo tp a ths already exist, which could be much . improved at a ver y moderate expense. The inhabitants of the Faroes are hospitable, well educated and intelligent, and would give all the aid in their power to carry out this great undertaking, in which all whom I conversed with took a deep interest. The journey across Iceland from Bernfiord on the We had previously passed through some light streams of drift ice, and on this day, Sept. 12, I filled up fresh water from a floe-piece, and then Approached the land, the ice being close and heavy under the land ; and in the evening, being sur rounded with loose pieces, I kept away to south ward along the shore until daylight, when I stood in to about three miles off the high island called by the natives Ourenarsuk. Some closely-packed ice lay here along the coast, the easterly wind keeping it upon the land; and seeing no opening to enable us to get in at that time, with no prospect of an off shore wind to disperse it, I continued following the trend of the land and looking for an open harbOur. Views of the land, angles and observations for fixing positions, were obtained as we coasted along. A dark water -sky off Lindenow Fiord led mo to hope that I Should there be able to obtain anchorage; hut in the afternoon of September 13 the wind freshened from SS.W., and the weather began to threaten a repetition of the violent gales we had already experienced, and to bring back fresh ice from about Cape Farewell ; and as the floe-pieces were very close around the ship, and I saw no prospect of reaching a harbour on that evening, I had no alternative but to stand off for the night to the south-eastward. Two Polar bears were seen on this day, one of which I shot. On the 14th we were in lat. 60 N., long. 4.10 W, 60 miles east from the entrance to Prins. 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" 'i ll' 'l ll‘ •?t, ---: ,,2 - -.' ; 14- - -•-_f - - c t . .._.__l4e,,. east to Its y kiavik on the west coast com`menced on the 15th Aug., and occupied fourteen a: distance travelled Mr being little, •if at all, ~abort of 450 miles. During this journey, although we by no means followed the shortest route, or ths..t best adapted for telegraphic purposes, no obstacles, as fares I could notice, presented themselves to thus erection of a telegraph wire. As we kept well to' the northward, all the streams of any size crossed by us (with one exception) flowed in that direction ; and high, well-defined banks which showed no indication of ice action or of shifting their position, as I am told, is a peculiarity of the rivers flowing into the sea on the south coast of the island. • By information received from some of the moot intelligent and respectable gentlemen at Reykiavik am led to believe that Portland, on the south coast of Iceland, although not a harbour for vessels, is well fitted for the landing of a cable, the beach being of fine sand. There is frequently a -heavy surf, but this I am told would not injure a strong cable laid upon a shore of the nature described. The modes of transport of stores over Iceland are by ponies, and in some places waggons and sledges may be used. The lowest temperature experienced during win ter is 13 degrees, or 14 degrees below zero of Fahren heit, and this is of rare occurrence. I regret to say that our visit to Greenland, as far as regards the land part of the expedition, was very limited, in consequence of the lateness and unusual severity of the season, and other causes. 1 had no opportunity of examining the inland 1 ice to any extent, so that I cannot give an opinion on the practicability of • carrying a wire or cable across any part of South Greenland, nor do I think this of much importance, as I believe the doing so will not be found requisite or advantageous. From my own observation, and from information[ obtained from the most reliable sources, I do not believe that the ice, either in the form of floe or bergs, can injure a cable if once down, and that in ordinary seasons a cable may be laid without much difficulty. That the dangers to ships from ice are not gene rally considered very great in the South Greenland seas may be inferred from the fact that vessels sometimes numbering ten or twelve in the season, visit this coast, and generally return laden to Europe in perfect safety and uninjured. Most of these vessels are not strengthened in any way to protect them from ice. To the former for _ Col. Shaffner and Lieut. Von Zeilau (one of the o co r u t n h s e e l l an in gu a a n g y es cas ofe t O h f e sense e is o h f o c b o l m ig m at i i s o s n ion l e a rs m ) accompanied_ meanth journeys across Stromoe and Iceland, and I cannot his zeal and energy in 'gene close this brief letter without expressing the deep a his exce l lent practical advice an d. under l to t h ese g entlemen.. ._ valuable services arising fro m people among whom we general, an d t. the latter the mirespecially for . is perfect knowledge travelled. I have the honour to be gentlemen, Your very obedient servant, JOHN RAE. Messrs. Croskey and Co., King William-street, City. The undersigned, appointed as delegates from the royal Danish Government to join the North Atlantic Telegraph expedition, steam yacht Fox, commanded by Captain Allen Young, hereby state that we made the voyage with the Fox, and one or the other of us took part in the land and sea expe ditions respectively. We concur in the opinion that it is practicable to submerge on land telegraph cables at the places selected on the Faroe Islands, and also to construct a line overland there, and that in our opinion cables, when landed, will remain undisturbed. We have the same opinion in regard to the land ing and maintaining cables on the coast of Iceland, and also that a line can be constructed across Ice land with all reasonable prospects of permanency. As regards Greenland we give it our decided opinion, based upon our own observations and re calved information from the best authorities, that cables can be safely laid from Greenland during the autumn months, for instance, at the Igalliko► (Julianshaab) Fiord, where cables can be submerged beyond the reach of icebergs. London, Nov. 26, 1860. ARNLJOTER OLAFSSON, Member of the Icelandic Diet. TH. VON ZEILAU, Royal Danish Army. 7 1 5 2 2 0 4 12 4 5 0 0 5 0 0 .. 6 0 0 .. 2 2 0 .. .. 10 10 0 10 0 0 1 0 0 .. 5 0 0 5 0 0 24 7 2 .. 3 6 4 0 10 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 10 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 4 9 6 .. .• .. 2 2 0 .. .. •• 2 2 0 .. .. .. 1 1 0 .. .. 5 0 0 •• .. 5 0 0 •• •• .. 5 0 . 0 •• .. 0 10 0 .. .. 10 9 0 .. 10 0 0 1 0 0 2000 .. .. .. 25 0 0 •• •• .• 5 0 0 •• .. .. 3 3 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 .. 2 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 .. 3 3 3 20 0 0 10 0 0 1 9 6 20 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 PAYMENT OP INTEREST. 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Her Majesty was conducted, at 3 o'clock, by the Lord Chamberlain and the Lord Steward, to a chair of state in the Throne Room, in which the Chapter was held. The Queen, the Sovereign of the Order, wore the mantle and the gold and enamelled collar of the Garter. The Prince Consort and the Prince of Wales, both wearing the mantle, hood, and collar of the Order, accompanied her Majesty, who was attended by the Mistress of the Robes, the Lady ill Waiting, and the principal officers of the household. The Knights Companions of the Garter were robed in the vestibule by Mr. Hunter, in their blue velvet mantles. Each knight also wore the hood of crimson velvet upon the right shoulder, and the collar of the . Order. Garter called over the Knights Companions in the Water loo Gallery, when the following answered :—The Duke of Cambridge, the Marquis of Exeter, Marquis Camden, the Earl of Clarendon, the Marquis of Normanby, the Earl of Carlisle, Viscount Palmerston, Earl Granville, the Marquis of Westminster, the Duke of Devonshire, and the Earl of Harrowby. The officers of the Order present were the Prelate, the Bishop of Winchester; the Chancellor, the Bishop of Oxford ; Garter, Principal King of Arms, Sir Charles G. Young; and the Gentleman Ushe i r of the Black Rod, Sir Augustus Clifford, Bart. The Knights Companions entered the Throne or Chapter Room, and took their seats according to their seniority in the Order, on either side of the Chapter table, which was covered with blue velvet. The officers of the Order took their usual stations. The Chancellor of the Order notified the Queen's royal will and pleasure that the vacant stall in the Royal Chapel of St. George, at Windsor, should be filled up, and as none but a knight can be elected, the Most Noble Henry Duke of Newcastle was introduced between Garter and Black Rod. His grace was conducted to the Queen, and kneeling before her, received from her Majesty the honour of Knighthood, which was conferred with the Sword of State. The noble Duke kissed his Sovereign's hand and retired from tip Chapter-room. The Knights proceeded to the election, and the suffrages wore collected by the Chancellor, and presented to .the Queen, who commanded him to declare that the Most Noble Henry Duke of Newcastle had been duly elected a Knight of the most noble Order of the Garter. By the Sovereign's command, the Duke of Newcastle was received at the door of the Chapter-roam by the Duke of Devonshire and the Earl of Harrowby, the two junior Knights Companions present, and was conducted between them to the Queen, preceded by Garter, bearing the ensigns of the Order upon a velvet cushion, and by Black Rod. The Duke knelt near her Majesty, and the Queen, assisted by the Prince Consort, buckled the garter on his left leg, the Chancellor pronouncing tke usual admonition. Garter presented the riband with the George appendant, and the Queen, assisted by the Prince of Wales, passed the same over the Duke's left shoulder and under the right arm, the Chancellor pronouncing the admonition. His Grace again kissed her Majesty's hand. The Duke of Newcastle, having received the congratula tions of the Prince Consort, the Prince of Wales, the Duke of Cambridge, and the Knights Companions, retired. Garter, by her Majesty's command, again called over the Knights Companions, who with the officers of the Order retired from the presence of the Queen. The Princess Alice, Prince Alfred, and Prince Louis of Hesse, stood behind her Majesty, to witness the ceremony in the Throne-room. The court was attended by the various officers of the household. The Yeomen of the Guard were on duty in the Waterloo Gallery and Grand Reception-room under the command of the Exon in Waiting. Colonel Fitzmsuriee, adjutant of the corps, attended. A guard of honour of the Scots Fusilier Guards was on duty with the band of the Regiment within the Quadrangle of the Castle during the ceremony. The Queen held a Privy Council at five o'clock. It was attended by his Royal Highness the Prince Consort, Earl Granville, Lord President; Viscount Palmerston, First Lord of the Treasury ; the Duke of Newcastle, Secretary of State for the Colonies ; the Right Hon. T. 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