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EMEMBER! WE WAIT SUPP ER uot c FOE YOU, after the Pantomime, at EVANS'. Fail . liINAHAN'S LL WHISKY v. - COGNAC BRANDY. F T , 1 '„ 41 .1 eelebreted Old IRISH WHISKY rivals the finest ."NNCII BRANDY, Iti l P . - ure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. Sd th,, 01 . - in Bottles, 3s. Bd ., a t th e Retail Houses in London ; by el" a-4e ntsin the principal towns in England ; or wholesale 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. siP bs erve the . Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded ( inahan's LL Whiskv." T° PERSONS SEEKING LANDED "TowN AND CoUrt TRY RE 3IDENCES, 1 . ),-;„ , IIOLD AND LEASEITOLD INVESTMENTS, AND thT,PRIRrIES GENERALLY BE tun GRATIS, at the principal Railway Bookstalls Vtonghout the kinc , dom, or at the Auction and Estate Offices, ; 67, Chancery-lane, London, Messrs. 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References kindly permitted to Clergy and gentitmen in or near Great Malvern, Southampton, 1,,.411 heater, Bury, Ely, Preston, Grimsby, Ryde, Plymouth, .ells. Oxford. Brighton, Gainsborough, Margate. Kidder- St, Wellington. Croydon. Cambridge, Staines, Dorking, ter, Worcester, Ipswich, Peterborough, St. David's, Wrexham, and abo ve 500 other places in all parts of Great ita • COB' ETT and CO.. General House Furnishers, Deptford bridge, London, S.E. THE IMPERIAL MERCANTILE CREDIT MSOCIATION (Limited). Temporary Offices—Crosby Rouse, Bishopsgate-street; London, January 2, IEOS. BO O O KS C of this Asi ß ociati n W will N be t CLOSED on and after the oth instant, until the 23d instant, both days inclugive, preparatory to the General Meeting. By order, W. C. WINTERBOTTOM, Secretary. IrnE LIVERPOOL AND LONDON AND GLOBE INSURANCE COMPANY. Established 1836. • O9fices-1, Dale- •treet, Liverpool ; 21 and 21. Poultry, 7, Cornhill, and 56, Charing-oross, London. REVENUE IN 1863. Ph e Premiums £580,000 Lite Premiums Interest on Investments 160,000 X 930,000 Agencies are established for effecting bo h Fire and Life Insurances, and facilitating the payment of Premiums in alt Parts of the world. SWINTON BOULT, Secretary to the Company. JOHN ATKINS, Resident Secretary. November, 1864. THE. PALL-MALL GAZETTE. An Evening Newspaper and Review. it is difficult to describe tlan oi an enterprise like the ALL NIA LL GAZ ETTE he wit p hout seeming to boast, or to adv:9 the effort s 0 1 o th ers. But we are unwilling to lose the of a few of lanion, and we t o the e candour of the reader exp at for a just interpretation therefor of e our meaning*. The PALL-MALL GAZETTE will contain all the news Proper t to an Eve n i ng j ourna l B u t, a dd resse d as it w ill b e ucated men and women, the space of the papesror words _l9 .ecupied by trifling chronicles, nor by "vvrin?h it nothing to the interest o . f n h e a w t e s x pa ce p s er records, ti ate it destroys their si4nificance. Literary considerations in — l e a :would determine us to have our News Reports written i es P m English ; but beyond these there is the factthat the In a ini to . be found in many an accident of human life or Polity are lost in the turgid language inwbieh they are -TrnonlY narrated. ctilavee,:nt.s the made known by the Morning Papers may be dis but in the PA.I.L-MALL GAZETTE of the same day, 4 o eY will not be r e p or t e d anew . Trustworthy advice s •i a r y n the M oney Market will be included in the News of the np lhe c r f.st of the paper upon the greater part) will be made the th,s;';_inal articles, the many things engage thanki",,Tut_s, or employ the energies, or amuse the leisure_of inh e ``• rublic Affairs, Literature, the Arts, and all the eu s , e( lles which stren , 2then or dissipate Society, will be dis unques't'Y omen whose independence and authority are equally ex, ressi innable, and who are accustomed to regard the public ol opinion as a serious t hing. Ttds is the ch'ef joarncie`le PALL-11ALL GAZETTE' : to bring into daily z ow , 0 in that full measure of thought and culture which is At 'tread only in Reviews DuperDuPer aa nle time, we by . no means intend to make the too Pedantic or solemn Rumour is too powerful, as well tbkoe.76,eatopeatstearntin, t . o ve b ,. e left out ot the design ; which will lose bhe ad vantac , es of napoccional trifling. If a thing can bey readilyft ra ut not verse perios,e,biuttwniloltbveuslagiadriituxv—ewrsiell. .ti adrnite d P iZ b i l l r s iE C=ns ; and since a joke is . co me Z o rn strati e as an argument, good jokes will be wel It will be Proliamaticculloderstm that this advertisement is rather a t Wr he 'get 'nut t se and of effort than of promise. a ß . u .e t e Me elibrt. V- acceptd the idea, and pledged themselves to OfAc e of the "Pall -Mall Gazette," li, Sali sbury -street, Strand, W.C. ME for LITTLE BOYS, Tottenham, N., Ntnastfor t,,,he Reception, from all parts of the Kingdom, of wader 10 an" Destitute Boys, and those verging on crime, years of age. President —ROBERT HANBURY, Esq., 31. P, E. te Phen C VICE-PRESIDENTS. ear), Egg- MA'. Sir S. 31. Peto, Bart., M.P. Sam G u r ney, Es Morle Es Wq. Esq. Abel Smith, Esq., 11,P. real, inans, Esq., 78, Basinghall-street, E.C. M COMMITTEE. r Alex. Anderson. Rev. H. M'S or l ey. Mr. E. 11. Maxwell. I Mr. W. J. Maxell. Mr. A. D. Chapman. I Mr. Alfred short. Mr. E. P. Gedge. Mr. Robert Sinclair. Mr. George Moore. Mr. E. J. Tabrum. Mr. Francis Lycett. I Mr. R. T. Turnbull. iionOra.ry Secretary—Mr. A. 0. Charles, I:6, Suffolk-street, Pall-Mall East, S.W Bankers—Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smiths, 1, Lombard.. street, E.C, This - Rome was opened in April, 1864. It was designed to take in the little ones whose charact-r and circumstances disqualify the'i for the Orphan Asylums, and whose tender ac:e precludes their admission to the RA rages. Such are those who, from neglect, are already on the road to ruin. Such are those who have been deserted by their natural protectors and left to beecome idle wanderers. Such are those whose Parents may have at one time or other received parish relief, and who are now friendless orphans. Such are those whose Parents are breakers of the law, or are in prison, and who train their children in the same path. Such are those whose evil associations have already had their painful effect, and Must lead them to a life of crime and misery. The necessity for an Institution for these little ones is dent from the police statifeics, which show that in London alone, in one year, no fewer than 311 boys under 10 years of age, have been apprehended for various offences, 79 of whom were convicted awl punished, while the bulk, 232 were dis charged by the magistrates with a rebuke, as being too ofallg to punish. though not too young to learn th e b eg i nn i nes crime. On the other hand, there are numbers who, but for the timely help afforded by such an Institution, must otherwise become paupers, and losing all ideas of self-reli ance and self-help. be permanent burdens to the State. . -the Rome for Little Boys has, therefore, been establhed to rescue the little ones, to save them from the prison on the one hand, and the workhouse on the other, and to endeavour to make them useful members of society. to res The daily routi ne o f th e Institution presents all the fea thof a home, a school, and a workshop. The little ones e cared fo r as c hild ren ; they have their regular meals, it suitable clothi n g, th e i r h ours of play and amusement, and their singing class. They are treated as scholars ; every Morning is devoted to school work—reading, and writing, and cipherimr, and Scriptu ra l i ns t ruct i on, with occasional lessons in oljects and other subjects. But the y also rained to work. As they must all, and that at a very early Period in life, earn their living by the sweat of their brow, they are here at once taught habits of industry. So the after noons are occupied with various industrial occupations-- Making brown paper bags for bankers, and white raper bags for tradesmen, and door mats and servants' kneelers for any who will buy them ; picking the coil for the mats, mending the c othes, &c. Some ands:, the master in the garden, digging, planting, watering, weeding, and so forth. By degrees they are bAng made useful in the house scrubbing and sweeping, w hil e the elder ones lean all ' the boots, workingll mfe. In this way it i s sought to fit them for an active There are now 50 little inmates from about four ears of age to 10. There is r oom for nearly 10 and. the Committee for the ne wouldoy ful cessa ly ry subscript see the Dom ion e s. , filled at once they only wait The Committee feel constrained to plead•for those who Cannot thus plead for themselves ; and, referring to the cir cumstances of some who have been already admitted, theyask—ls it right to make a widow and her family paupers fo-r life because one of them (the naughty boy of the fam,ly) runs wild in the streets and is beyond, her control ? Is it kind to tell her, 13 , cause she has so large a family, that you will not Ii 1p her to put one of them into a Home, but that they must ' ail go into "the house ?" Is it doing the best we can for the little destitute orphan to send him to the workhouse. Is it doing to others as we would they should do unto us that when these little ones have unnatural parents who turn them into the streets, or force them by ill-treatment to "sun away," none of us shim' d be found to care for them, to speak a kindly Word to them, to befriend them, to house and clothe them ? Shall we leave them still on the doorstep, passing by on the other side, or else exclaiming "Am I my brother's keeper?" The mode of admission to the House is twofold, Ist. By election of the subscribers. Boys thus admitted are received free, boarded, clothed, educated, and taught till they are 11 years of age. With the view i o secure the election of the most deserving cases, the Committe have from the first discouraged canvas ,.!Pg. and they do not print any addresses of the subscribers. voting papers contain a description of each case, as care fi°lY in by the Committee, and with this informa 4the subscribers are able to judge for themselves as to e pat eligible for free admission. Ali 'Y Payment of ss. a week, made quarterly in advance. adrat.eholliren must be under 10 years of age a t th e ti me o f three 11 . Those received on payment are admitted at any approved by the Committee, fre l i l u e o e n ti t in a rof a e s hiren to be admitted free will take place as adr o it , 8 5 the increase in the annual subscriptions will c a l ly 1 1 the Rome is full; they will then be held periodi orin of P g h al th k n plication for the admission of child ren may b e e and of the Honors y Secretary, LBERT AM 'S A STHMATIC BALS AM.--AN EFFECTUAL tEMEDY, without confining the bowels Or affecting the head, truly efficacious and pleasant, is ad- Mitted to be the best medicine for immediately relieving e° ughs, colds, confirmed cases of asthma, and incipient con sumption. i t frequently cures persons whom the faculty pronounce incurable, admirably' allays the tickling which pi ovokes frequent coughing. In Personaearaching consumption even lying ii. effects are truly beneficial. deprived of sleep, or down for fear of suffocation, may depend on relief In a few minutes after taking it. Preparect d sold by W. 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In connection with the " Economist."—ADVEß VISE WANTS fOr This Month's "Manual" must be sent to the Offic 340, Strand, on or before THURSDAY, 12th inst. r THE INVESTOR'S MONTHLY MANUAL, No. 4, will be published on 14th January, giving the Highest, Lowest, and Latest Price of all Stocks during the month, Railway i Shares, Banking Shares, and other Securi ties ; the mode n which their dividends are payable, their four last dividends, ; so as to give all the information so important at a'l times to investors, and so especially important just now when prices are so fluctuating. The " Manual" - 4;111 include Stocks dealt in at the Pro vincial Exchanges as well as in the London Market. The " Investors' Manual" is now sold separately, price 91 stamped, Bd. unstamped. If taken as a supplement to the " Economist," price 6d. ~~~~ ~~ THE SUN, LONDON, FUIiSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 10, 1865. Advertisements for the next number must be sent on or before Thursday, January 12, to secure insertion. Office, 340, Strand, W.C. ; and all booksellers. MINNIE WARREN'S QUADRILLE, for piano. By STEPHEN GLOVER. Performed daily at Commodore Nutt's Grand Levees, St. James's Hall. Finely illustrated, 3s. London : Robert Cooks and Co., New Burlington-street, W.; all musiesellers. Demy Bvo., extra cloth, 6s. 6d., TIFE : Its NATURE, VARIETIES, and PHENOMENA. By LEO H. GRINDON. Third Edition. " Mr. Grindon's book has reached, but will not stop at, the third edition. It is the work of a scholar, a Cffristian, and a man of real Science."—Morning Herald. " To those who delight in the exercise of their intellectual powers, these very thoughtful and beautifully-written reflec tions will be a welcome boon, and the source long afterwards, we may rest assured, of many fruitful meditations and plea sant memories." —Sun. " The reader will find in it much thought and much read ing. There is plenty to think upon, plenty to study, plenty fo entertain."—lllustrated London News." London :F. Pitman, 20, Paternoster-row, E.C. CRY ST AL PAL AC E.-TO-MORROW. - LUXURIOUSLY WARM and f;RY.—Brilliant Sun shine at the l'ala,ce yes erday.—Lighted at dusk.—See the new Pictures in Special Gallery. Crown Bvo., cloth, 400 pages, price 55., HIDDEN SPRINGS. By the Rev. J. PARKER, of Manchester. " The sermons of Dr. Parker are especial'y noticeable for clearness of thought and language. All seems as if it were written with a pencil of light . . . . N4ture is every where in the ascendant, and hence its matchless force. . . • • There is no speaking for speaking's sake, no display of any kind ; every word is an arrow directed to the mark."—Bri tish Standard. London: P. Pitman, 20, Paternoster-row, E.C. 280 pp., cloth, lettered, price 35., ORYSTAL PALACE. NJ —LAST DAY BUT TWO of HOLIDAY A MUSE 111 ENT S. —Open from Ten till Six.—Amuse ments from Morning H. 1 Night. —lmpossible to describe in advertisements. Le PETIT BLONDIN, the juvenile Rope dancer; LE FRERES LA. CAVALLIN , ' the Great I alian Clowns and Gymnasts ; SI LV ESTE It, the Charmed Monster, be. ; t he ELL Is Fit A BROTHERS, the classical gymnasts; BA ttNES, the CHAMPION VAULTS +{, in his sixty somer snu't4 ' • JEAN BOND and his' wonderful DOG ; H ERR WILLIO, the great German Contortionist. J. H. STEAD, the Cure. Most amusimr. CLOWNS. Comical Pantomimic BALLET, with Mr. STEAD as SIMPKIN, forming an un paralleled variety of Holiday Amusements. In addition to these :—The Fine Arts Courts, in variety and beauty unequalled in the world. The decorations of the Palace, with the Great Christmas Tree, should be seen by all. The Great Fair and Bazaar, the best opportunity for Christ mas Presents. Shakspere House, Montanan Models, Swings, Roundabouts, Invigora ors. and other popular amusements. Galleries of Models and Ships. Armour-plates lent by offi cial authority. The extraordinary Chimpanzee. The unique Aquariums. All these render the Crystal Palace the one place for holiday enjoyment. EDMONDs' ilateWombwell's) WINDSOR CASTLE GREAT MENAGERIE is exhibited adjoining the Palace. All under Cover. Admission to the Menagerie, 6d. Admission to the Palace, One Shilling. Children under twelve, Half-price. Pala e lighted up at dusk. Wonderlully beautitul effect. CRYSTAL PALACE AT NIGHT.—" If this lighting up, and this alone, were shown as the Christmas attraction, it would be worth a journey to Norwood to see it. We can only cordially recommend our readers to see it for themselves before the week is out " —Vide Newspapers. Lighted from dusk till half-past six. MR. and Mrs. GERMAN REED, with Mr. JOHN PARRY. in THE RIVAL COMPOSERS. in which the Sisters Pry will appear, with THE BARD and HIS BIRTHDAY; and to cone ude with MRS. ROSELE AF AT THE S EA-S IDE. By Mr. John Parry. Every Evening (except Saturday) at Eight ; Saturday Afternoon, at Three. - -ROYAL GALLERY OF ILLUSTRA LION, 14, Regent street. Unreserved seats, ls., 28. ; stalls, 3s. ; stall spring chairs, 58. OPERA DI CAMERA, the SOLDIER'S LEGACY, by Mactarren, and TOO MANY COOKS, by Offenbach. Every TUESDAY and T HURSDAY, at Three. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC.-- Patron—H.R.H. the Prince of Wales. " The best and cheapest shilling's worth to be found in London."---Times, December 27, 1864. Professor PEPPER'S THIRD GHOST LECTURE in eludes Exhibition of the Phy6ioscope, and two new spectral tableaux entitled The Indian Widow's Suttee and the pretty fairy tale of Snow White and Rosy Rei (J. H. Pepper and Henry Dircks joint inventors)—New Musical Entertainment, by Mr. R Coote, entitled Nile Sauce, or the Travels of Bruce and the Wonderful Rovings of the Great Baron Munchausen —Engagement of Signor Blitz, the renowned conjuror, and of Herrirhautkins, the King of Jugglers—The Headless Man, the Legs and Arms in Motion, without Bodies, by Mr. Che shire's Improved Shadow Pan omimic Effects in Mr. L. L. King's new Lecture -The Royal Magid Tub, containing thousands of toys and trinkets. The second gratuitous distribution amongst the juvenile visitors, on Thursday, the 12 I h January, 1866. Admission to the whole, Is. Open 12 to 5, and 7to 10. T " 0 X F O R D, 6, OXFORD STREET, W. The Oxford and Canterbury Hall Company (limited). ORPHEE AUX ENFERS (Offenbach's brilliant Opera Comique), is achieving an unprecedented success. Vide, the Song: "King of Bceotia ;" " The Hymn to Bacchus;" and the spirited Hilliho " Chorus, by Eurydice, Diana, Cupid, and Chorus ; the side-splitting " Couplets," by Minerva, Diana, Venus, Cupid, Pluto, and Chorus ; ar d final Minuet and Galop. Principal characters by Misses Russell, Fitz henry, Barrie, Tyrrell, and Walmsley ; Messrs. Greene and Lascelles. ----- Also, the new Cantata, KING CHRISTMAS, written by Litchfield Mosely, Esq., and composed by Herr Meyer Lutz, expressly for this establishment; and NORMA. Norma, Miss Russell ; Adalgisa, Madame Maria. Musical Director, Mr. F. Jonghmans. Comedy, by Mr. WILLIAM RANDALL, Mr. GASTON MURRAY, LITTLE 808, SESTIL LION, and all the pro curable Talent of the day. CANTERBURY HALL. The Oxford and Canterbury Hall Company (limited). HODGE PODGE, the most extraordinary Christmas Entertainment in Lon don (including the whole strength of the establishment), every evening at hall-past Nine o'clock. The usual Operatic Selections by Aliases Russell, Barrie, Hays. Godden, &c.; Messrs. Lascelles, Harland, Beaumont, Kimberley, &a. Musical Director, Mr. F. Jonghmans. Extra Comedy by Mr. and Mrs. Randall, Mr. Hilton, Stacey, Woodman, Little Bob, Sze. APOLOGY from Captain Donald (late North amptonshire Militia).—John Quicke, Esq. Sir,—l apologise for the unjustifiable attack I made upon you at the Gloucester Hotel, Weymouth, on the 21th of November, Ific4. I admit that you hare made no apology, and that I require none ; and I consent to your publishing this in the news papers, or in aiiy other way you please. THOMAS DONALD. of service in the reserves. But we will Make a still further deduction of 5 per cent. to cover the number of those who have left the country. This number, amounting to 36,462, is much too large, but it will serve to compensate for deficiencies that may exist in other estimates of probable deductions. We find then at last that we have now a force of 692,795 fighting men. If of these one out of every three be detailed for such purposes as the President may deem necessary, admitting that the power of detail remain in his hands, our army in the field should consist of 461,864 men at least, or a larger force, we candidly believe, than the enemy has ever brought against us at any one time. At all events, it is much larger than any force we have ever had under arms, and it is amply competent not only to defend the country, but to turn back the tide of invasion across the border, and to redeem those States which have been already overrun. Our statement; however, would not be complete without showing the resources at our command for re plenishing our armies. This consists in the number of youths passing annually from 16 to 17 years of age, and will be found expressed in the following table : Alabama .. Arkansas, two-thirds .. Florida .. Georgia .. Louisiana, one-halt Mississippi .. North Carolina South Carolina .. •• Texas Tennessee, one-third .. Virginia, one-halt Total .. • 8,105 ~,, 3,422 .. 1,233 .. 9,030 .. 2,836 ▪ 5,586 .. 9,41.8 . „ 4,383 „ 6,855 .. 4,189 .. 7,420 .. 62,467 VEGETABLE COOKERY. Pastry, Pickling, &c. This volume supplies a want long felt. Cookery books exist in abundance, but they relate almost exclusively to the preparation of dishes from animal food. 'I his work is devoted entirely to the proper cooking of vegetables, to preserving, pickling, the preparation of sauces, soups, beverag;es, &c., &e., and f,,rms a complete treatise upon the subject. Vegetables, fruits, &c., con s tit u t e the half of our daily food : hero is an essay upon the best possible preparation of this half. • Loudon :P. Pitman, 20, Paternoster-row, E.C. ORNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library, end Dining - room , consisting of a new and eAegant assort ments, of VASES, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obelisks, Ink stands, beautiful inlaid Tables, Paperweights, &0., in Italian, Alabas.er, Parian, Marble, Bronze, Derbyshire Spar, &c. Imported and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Mine. ralogist to her Majesty, 149, Stand, W.C., London. Mr. Tennant arranges elementary collections of SHELLS, MINERALS, ROCKS, and FOSSILS, which will greatly facilitate the interesting study of MINERALOGY, CON CHOLOGY, And GEOLOGY, at 2, 5,N, 20, 50, t o 1 00 guineas each. ---- PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and MINE. RALOGY is given by Mr. TENNANT. at 149, Strand W.C. From which it will be seen that our net loss is about 12,000 men at the high rate assumed for this year. R OYAL CAMBRIDGE MUSIC HALL, Commercial-street, Shoreditch. (Close to the Great Eastern TerminusN Sole Proprietor, Mr. G. W. NUGENT. SPECIAL ATTRACTIONS. Operatic Selections, dm Prima Donna, Miss ELLISON. The Comic strength of the Company includes ANNIE ADAMS, NELLY YOWER, J. G. FORDE, WEST, GEO. LEYBOURNE, Mr. HERBERT, J. F. ALEXANDER and Family; LES FRERES CAVALLINI, the great Italian Clowns and Gymnasts, from the Cirque Napoleon, Paris, their first appearance in England. Permanent prices —Area, 4d. ; balcony, 6d. ; stalls, ls. Manager and Conductor, Mr. C. GILE VILLE. MADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION. established 29 years at the Bazaar,:Baker-street. NEW AD DITION.—A Full-length PORTRAIT MODEL of MULLER, taken from lite, and corrected from the Cast taken by Doctor Donovan, is now added to the Chamber of Physiognomy. Open, on Boxing Day only, from 10 a.m. till 10 p.m,; other days from 11 a.m. till 5 p.m., and from 7 till 10. Admittance, One Shilling; extra rooms, Sixpence. ARGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street, Piccadilly. LEVY will appear at nine, ten, and eleven o'clock during the week and play new music nightly. Admission, One Shilling. _ ~,, e ,.. „0 , , ~....A.,,,,. .. , ..... ~„.._... L. 4) , ''' • • , 3 , , _ •••:- ~,- tei11 . ,,, . _ __ .-- • _ ..--- 1 - ----, /- • , N 0. .. ..r. ' ' • ''',.."- . ' ' i f' i ' , • * tri tN . '--•;, ,' . ~1 / 4 . , .40/0 '7 • . .... \ ‘ - ,_._ ~ . .. , 40 ' . / --,..., .; ..,.. .... . 4 1y i V. i ••-:', --, C. , ' , ... 7 7 ,,. .. , I . 1 1 <. ' • ..; \,, ' _.,% '..'' 0 4, ‘./ P ' . ~ • , '-': ...'''' \ „ - Ir t , ' ' • ' I' \ Nl.,_, 1 r - , t - 1 ,0 - 4. 1 . , -DRoiT. ' l " 4 ---- ' '---,-/-. --, , • ~..... . / 1 ..: c," .-, GP .. DIE I all. ~L-,,, e ____, 41 //,,w,,".i.. txr ,,,,hip r: or., - 4 ...... •--t:-.-.•4.7i-..,4--,2 z PRICE 4d. STAMPED sd. The German Confederation -0. THE BAVARIAN REPLY TO HERR VON BISIARK. Mumell, Jan G. The following is the despatch forwarded by Herr von der Pfordten, the Bavarian Minister for Foreign Affairs, to Count Montgelas, the King's Ambas sador at Berlin, in reply to Herr von Bismark's Note of the 13th of December last : " Munich, Dec. 18, 1864. " Your Excellency—The Prussian Ambassador, Prince Reuss; left with me yesterday the copy of a despatch for warded to him by the Minister Herr von Bismark upon the 13th inst., referring to the resolution passed by the Diet upon the. sth of that month upon the cessation of Federal execution in Holstein and Lauenburg. While I transmit to your Excellency annexed a copy of this despatch I feel myself called upon to offer the following remarks. " The despatch of the Prussian Minister is intended, as appears to me, to serve the twofold purpose of expressing a criticism upon the votes given against the resolution of the Diet upon the sth inst., and in especial upon the vote of the Bavarian Government, and then to point out the dangers which must result from such attempts to extend the competence of the Diet as, according to the opinion of the Prussian Government, are contained in the votes of those Governments who have not approved the resolution of the sth of December. " As regards the first point, I regret that it is impossible for me, as matter of principle, to enter into any discussion. It is certainly but natural, and has always been the case, that when a resolution of the Diet, is impending, individual Federal Governments have endeavoured to gain over others to their opinions. But, unless I am mistaken, it has not been hitherto usual to enter upon a criticism of divergent votes after the resolution has been passed, and to engage in correspondence upon the subject outside the Federal Diet. At any rate, I find myself unable to do so at present, in order to avoid even the appearance of the King's Govern ment recognizing the right of any other Federal Govern ment to call it to account for its votes. In face of this ob jection the idea that such subsequent discussion might lead to a certainly desirable agreement of opinions can have no weight, and the less so as experience shows that retrospec tive polemics hardly ever bring about an understanding. " In so far, on the other hand, as the Prussian Government wishes to call attention to dangers which threaten the con tinuance of the Federation, we are perfectly willing to follow it upon this field of examination, for we sincerely desire the preservation of this bond of the entire German nation, and recognize the duty of all Federal Governments to co-operate for the removal and guarding against dangers which might be prepared for the preservation of the Diet. "From this point of view we have very carefully consi dered the despatch of the Prussian Minister of State, and with him, have arrived at the conviction that the continued existence of the Confederation was certainly seriously threatened upon the occasion of that question which was decided by the Federal resolution of the sth December last. But we are unfortunately unable to admit the same identity of view as to the ground and origin of that danger. "The danger of a break-up of the Confederation did not lie in the views of the minority upon the 7th of December in the preceding year, and the sth of December last, as to the right of the Confederation to occupy the Duchies, but in the views of the Prussian Government as to its right to take the law into its own hands. "It will probably not be disputed that it is not an indivi dual Government, but the Federal Assembly itself, that has to decide upon the competence of the Diet, and the only question which can then arise is, whether the case is of such a nature that unanimity is essential to a valid resolu tion. • - A Iti-...r., rt .... i - . / . ' 1, A410,t,: -. '•- ; '\' , :;.\,, / SINT V- ,- V iSN 7\ 1 m ..if ) : ):, L .,„ - 74 1 7 tfit ..,, AI i Railway and other Companies°4-2., • , t 11 s PETERBOROUGH. A special me e ti ng of company was held yesterday at the office, Pa rliament -street, Mr. Fox in the chair. The CHAIRMAN said the meeting had been called for the purpose of empowering the directors to exercise the bor rowing powers of the company to an a moun t no t exceed ing in the whole 95,0001. The works were proceeding in the most satisfactory manner, and the line would be com pleted in June next. He then moved the formal resolu tion empowering the directors to borrow any sum or sums not exceeding in the whole 95,000/. The resolution was agreed to unanimously, at vote of thanks to the chairman concluded the proceedings. " Upon the other hand, it is indisputable, according to article 11 of the Federal Act, that the Federal Governments, among themselves, have upon no assumption the right of in dependent action, but are bound to bring all their disputes into the Federal Assembly for reconciliation. Even with the best desire possible we are therefore unable to see, in the determination of the Prussian Government to await the resolution of the Federal Diet, anything further than the simple fulfilment of the first and most indispensable Federal duty, equally as in the opposite case we should have been compelled to recognise an open breach of the Confederation in any active proceedings against the Saxon Government. "The question of occupation is in other respects now settled ; but the Prussian Minister of State at the same time considers it not superfluous to leave us no doubt as to the determination of the Prussian Government, in face of every wrongly-passed resolution of the Diet, to make full use of the liberty of action for the preservation of its rights accruing to it fronuthe violation of treaties. We are there fore almost forced to believe that the real object of Herr von Bismark's despatch is to deter the King's Government from every further vote in the Federal Assembly to which the Prussian Government does not acknowledge its right. Should this be so, we must equally leave no doubt to the Prussian Government that it is our firm determination, as hitherto so also in future, to base onr votes solely on our own convictions, and only to permit the fundamental laws and resolutions of the Federal Asiembly to decide upon its competence, and'ilot the will of an individual Government. "We attach value to the continuance of the Confedera- tion, not indeed because it affords us greater advantages or security than any other members of the Diet, but because, as we have already stated, we consider it a duty to uphold the political bond of the entire German nation. But it is not our intention to allow the character of the Confedera tion, as an association of States having equal rights, to be shackled in such a manner that a single member should be able to prescribe the measure of its action. "I request your Excellency to communicate this despatch to the Minister of State at the Court to which you are ac credited, and to leave with him a copy of the same ; and I embrace this opportunity to renew the assurance of my most distinguished consideration. " VON DER PFORDTEN. To his Excellency Ambassador Count Montgela.s, at Berlin." HIGHWAY ROBBERY IN SALFORD.—John Smith, a well-known thief living in Portland-street, was charged at the Salford Town Hall, on Saturday, with assaulting Samuel Bradbury, Commercial Inn, Stockport, and stealing from his person a £5 note and watch. On Thursday, about noon, the prosecutor was in the Sun Inn, Gartside-street, and happened to offer the note for change, which could not be had. He replaced the note in his pocket-book, and, in a few minutes left the vaults. He was followed by the prisoner and two other men, who dogged him until he reached Gore-street, New Bailey-street. He was near the Cotton Tree Inn, when the prisoner and another man came up to him. Each took hold of one of the prosecutor's hands, and the prisoner inquired how he was. The prosecutor had no sooner replied that he was not very well than the prisoner took the book containing the note ont of the pro secutor's pocket, while the second man snatched his watch with the guard, struck him, and put his hand over his mouth to prevent an alarm. The prosecutor seized the prisoner, who, after struggling about a minute, made his escape with the other man. Blood flowed freely from the prosecutor's mouth and nose, from the effect of the blow he had re ceived. Sergeant Mick, of the Salford detectiVe police ap prehended the prisoner on Friday morning.—He denied the charges, and was committed for trial at the assizes. EGYPTIAN BEES.—In Lower Egypt, where the blowing of flowers is considerably later than in the upper districts, the practice of transporting beehives is much followed. The hives are collected from different villages along the banks, each being marked and numbered by the proprietors to prevent future mistakes. They are then arranged in pyramidical piles upon the boats prepared to receive them, which, floating gradually down the river, and stopping at certain stages of their passage, remain there a longer or shorter time, according to the produce afforded by the surrounding country. In this manner the bee-boats sail for three months. The bees having culled the honey of the orange flowers in the Said, and of the Arabian jessa mine and other flowers in the more northern parts, are brought back to the places from which they had been car ried. This procures for the Egyptians delicious honey and abundance of beeswax. The proprietors, in return, pay the boatman a recompense proportioned to the number of ;lives which have been thus carried about from one ex tremity of Egypt to the other. The celebrated traveller Niebuhr saw upon the Nile between Cairo and Damiettat ° a convoy of 4,000 hives in their transit from Upper BOP' the coast of the Delta.:ervi iB64 ce . CANADIAN MILITIA.—The ballot for -thebe militia takes place on the 80th of hied in Canada, would Sixty-one battalions are tog fully carried out 48,495 795 men, it follows that if the l n aw a and 51 in Lower Canada. sderacauh. and 40,545 in Lower will be draughted in upper Ca gbhatettalion is to number 9 040 men, or wi th e officers t o more therefore amount to 8 , Velunteers' ttalions continue organized for three Canada. The force, exclusive of t than 100,000. thenThebasueceeded by a new ballot. The Act years, and are Comma nder-in -Chief may call out th e prov id e s that the at an m ilitia so draug hted ' Y time, in or d er to organise it for service, and that he may also call it out for six days' w hen each year, d r ill each non - commissioned officer and man win be paid at the rate of 50 cents a day, and for the time being be subject to the " Queen's regulations and orders for the Army." 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There can be no doubt that a belief of this kind kis had 'a powerful influ ence in reconciling the Yanhees to a continuance of the war, and just as little doubt that a fear of the same kind, not perhaps strengthened into a belief, has produced whatever of despondency and distrust exists among our own people. And yet no proposi tion is more erroneous than that the Confederacy is exhausted, or even nearly exhausted, of its arms bearing population. On die contrary, we have around us in profuse ab4dance _the material of which armies are composed, in an abundance quite sufficient to enable us not only to maintain our armies at their present standard of effectiveness, but to put into the field a force surpassing any that has yet been under arms on either side. To prove this fact we have only to refer to the statistics of the United States census, and compare its data with an estimate of actual losses and diminution of resources evidently sufficient to cover all decrease in our arms bearing men. The task is one of some labour ; but its results are so satisfactory as to compensate amply for all the trouble bestowed on it. Without further preface we proceed to our demonstrations. The following table shows the whole population of the Confederate States, excluding Missouri and Ken tucky, as determined by the United States census of 1860 State. Alabama .. Arkansas .. Florida .. Total White. White Ma'es. 626,431 .. 270,190 324,191 .. 171,4 77 .. • . 77,748 .. 41,128 591,588 .. 301,066 .. • • 357,629 .. 1'9,648 • 353,901 .. 186,273 • 631,109 .. 313,670 Georgia .. Louisiana .. Mississippi .. North Carolina .. South Carolina .. Tennessee .. Texas .. Virginia .. 201,388 .. 146,160 • • • • .. 826,722 .. 422,779 • . • 421,294 .. 228,565 ▪ .. 1,047,411 .. 528,812 Total .. .. 5,449,373 .. 2,799,818 Of this number of males, those between the ages of 17 and 50 are represented by the following table, the calculations of which are based on the " expec tation of life" in the State of Maryland, the only test we have at hand. Whatever may be the varia tion from this standard, the practical deductions are quite near enough to the truth for our purpose. The right-hand column shows the number that have arrived of age since 1860 : Between 17 and 50. Alabama 125,470 .. 32,420 Arkansas 70,100 • • 22, 632 Florida .. •• 19,000 4,932 _ ..,....__ . _ Georgia .. . • .. 139,300 „„ 36,120 Louisiana .. • . .. 87,500 .. 22 692 , Miasisa:ppi . • • • • • 88,100 22,344 North Carolina.. .. 145,00 C .. 37,832 South Carolina.. .. • • 67,500 .. 17,53 t ---...,....._. Tennessee .. .. • • 195,100 .. 50,672 Texas .. .. .. .. 107,600 .. 27,420 ......... Virginia .. • • • • Total 248,100 .. 59,360 1,269,700 331,656 331,656 .. 1,63',366 Deducting from these numbers the natural average mortality of four years—thatcs to say, 200,000 men —and we have a figure equivalent to the number of fighting men now remaining in the Confederacy, leaving out of account the mortality attributable to the war. The account thus far stands thus : Number between 17 and 50 in 1860 Arrived at 17 since 1860 .. .. 1,10,70) .. 331,656 .. . Deduct natural mortality •• • 1,631,36 200,000 Aggregate remainder .. 1,431,356 To find out the number remaining within the actual limits of the Confederacy and under the control of our laws, we mast make considerable deductions from these figures. Our estimate of deductiolis stands as follows Between Arrived at 17 17 and 60. since . Arkansas, one-half .. 39,500 .. 10,266 Louisiana, one-half 43,750 .. 11,346 Tennessee, two-thirds .. 65,033 • • 16,800 Virginia, one-half ' 124,050 29,680 272,313 .. 68,182 I 68,182 Total 340,515 Such additions as may be made to the above by under-estimates for, the States named and by omis sions for others will be more than counterbalanced by recruits from Kentucky, Afaxyland,and Missouri, and refugees from other portions of our territory. We come now to another necessary computation, for which facilities ought to exist, but for which, unfortunately, we do not possess the requisite data. We mean the number of men killed in battle, or who have died of disease, or who have been permanently disabled by the casualties of war. It is useless to attempt even an approximation to absolute precision in an estimate of this kind. We can only assume a number which, in all reasonable probability, must include the true number. If we assume, for in stance, that the casualties in General Lee's army for this campaign have amounted to 85,000, we shall exceed what we know to be the truth. If we suppose, of this number, 5,000 to have been killed and 5,000 to have been permanently disabled by wounds, we have, for this army, a reduction of 10,000. If we assume an equal number for the Army of Tennessee, and still another equal number for the other armies of the Confederacy, we shall have 30,000 as the figure within which must be included the number of killed and permanently dis abled by wounds. Admitting extraordinary dis eases—that is to say, diseases attributable entirely to the military service, and, therefore, not to be estimated in the ordinary mortality—to exceed the above number by 50 per cent., and we have 45,000 as expressive of the reduction from this cause. Thus we have a total reduction during the year of 75,000 men. But this year has been much more fertile in casualties than either of the former years of war. In the first year the losses in battle were almost nothing. In the second and third years they were, perhaps, nearly as large as in this one. Let us, therefore, adopt the following estimate of the losses incnrred since the beginning of the war :- 1861 .. 1862 .. 1863 .. 1864 .. 30,000 60,000 60,003 75,000 e• •• Total actual lo zs .. .. .. 22 1 ,000 From these premises we construct the following table : Number between 17 and 50 in 1860 Arrived at 17 since 1860 .. .. 1,299,730 - 331,650 Total •• • • • • .. 1,621,36 0 Deduct for ordinary mortality 200,000 For population within enemy's lines .. 310,515 For losses inbattle and by unusual diseases 225,000 Remainder .. • • • • .. 885,811 Deduct 10 per cent. for exemptions for dis - ability and other causes .. Prisoners in the enemy's hands .. 86,584 50,000 Subject to military duty .. 729,257 Thus it will be seen that, making all allowances for death from ordinary and extraordinary causes, and for, the diminution of the area of our population, there must be at this moment within the Confederacy and subject to the control of our laws more than seven hum dred thousand arms-bearing men. We have in our estimate made no allowance for those who annually pass beyond the age of 50, because th eir number ifs mall, and moreover they are Milt capal ale Shipwreck in the Atlantic. The Inman steamer City of Dublin, while on her last voyage from Liverpool for New York, fell in with it wreck in the Atlantic. The wreck turned out to be that of the bark Burnside, of Greenock, bound from New York to the Clyde. By the gal- lantry of Mr. Fletcher, the second officer of the City of Dublin—to whose intrepidity Capt. Eynon, her commander, pays cordial testimony—the only three survivors of the Burnside's crew were rescued. The ten others composing her crew were drowned, and the three survivors experienced great hardships . _ while on the wreck. The City of Dublin arrived at New York on the 28th ult., and by that means we have the following account of the disaster from the official report of Captain Eynon :—Dec. 17, lat. 49.41, long. 31.14, fell in with a wreck, which on approaching the steamer's wheels were stopped, and one of the ship's lifeboats manned and lowered im mediately, and in charge of ',the second officer, Mr. Peter Fletcher, who in the most daring manner, in the face of a high sea, succeeded in rescuing from the wreck three survivors, namely, George Smith, steward, of Liverpool ; Gilbert Duncan, a seaman, of Shetland ; and John Johnston, a seaman, of Gottenburg, Norway. The remaining ten, whose names we have not learned, had perished. The wreck was the British bark Burnside, of Greenock, and when first seen had her fore lower mast stand ing and part of the rigging ; also the lower mizen mast. The extreme fore and aft part of her seemed to be occasionally above water, but the whole main deck was immersed and the sea making a clean breach over her. Upon approaching her the three men were seen standing by the rudderpost, and occasionally immersed in the water ; their condition was most deplorable, having scarcely any clothing about them except some pieces of old sail tied with bits of spun yarn ; their flesh and particularly their arms, feet, and legs, were swollen and of a putrid appearance, in some places broken out in boils ; and they were so weak and exhausted that it was only with great exertion and the excite- ment of their being rescued that enabled them to stand. Having got on board the steamer in safety they were kindly cared for by Dr. Beach, and on their arrival at this port were convalescent and able to walk about. From the statement of these men it appears they left New York for Greenock, laden with oak timber, with a crew of 13, all told, on the Bth November. They had fine weather up to the morning of the 7th December, when it blew a strong gale from the south-west, with a high sea, which washed away the galley and deckhouse forward, where the crew were quartered ; they also lost one of the two boats and the bulwarks, thus being left without the means of cooking food and without shelter. The bark was then hove to, under close reefed maintopsail, and all hands were kept con stantly at the pumps, where they were lashed. She had at this time 7ft. water in the hold, which kept gaining on the pumps till 5 p.m. on the 11th, when the gale seemed to abate, when the foretopsail and foresail were set and the bark put before the wind, wii9n she fell over on her beam ends, bursting the hatches and main deck, carrying away the remain ing boat, And the deck cabin with all the stores, and as every one was on deck at the time every one was washed overboard. Six managed to get on board again, the remaining seven were seen no more. The captain got into the main rigging with his head just above water, the second mate got into the fore rig• ging, and the three survivors, with a boy, were enabled to get into the mizen rigging, the ship re maining on her beam ends, with her masts and loose sails in the water, for about an hour and a half, when the foretopmast, mainmast, and mizentopmast gave way, carrying the captain with them. She thus became relieved, and righted her decks amidships under water, and the two ends about 2ft. above the sea,which went clean over her the whole time. When daylight appeared on the 12th, the second mate was seen lashed in the fore rigging, and apparently dead, and not being able to get near him, he remained there until Wednesday, the 14th, with his head down and his feet up ; eventually the sea washed him to pieces, a part of his body remaining in the rigging when the others were rescued. The boy, who got into the mizen rigging with the sur vivors, perished from cold and fatigue on the morn ing of the 12th, and was washed away from them soon after they observed he was dead. Thesurvivors, soon after the vessel righted, gained the monkey poop, a small space aft, about 4ft. by 10ft., and raised above the main deck about 2ft., upon which for merly stood the wheel. Here they lashed themselves to the rudderpost, but the sea, which was constantly breaking over them for six days and nights, would occasionally carry one of them adrift, who, with the assistance of his fellow-sufferers, would regain his position. It was from here the boy was washed away when dead, and whence they were rescued by the men from the City of ',Dublin. For the six days they were on the wreck they were without food, except a few pieces of biscuits which floated near them, which were saturated with salt water. Fresh water they had not a drop of, and were without clothing except the wet pieces of canvas which the man Johnston managed at great risk to cut from the mizen-mast, where it hung the first day.—Liverpool Courier. BREAKFAST BEVERAGE.—Homoeopathic practitioners, and the medical profession generally, recommend cocoa as being the most healthful of all beverages. When the doc trine of homoeopathy was first introduced into this country, there were to be obt lined no preparations of cocoa either at tractive to the taste or acceptable to the stomach ; the nut was either supplied in the crude state, or so unskilfully manufactured as to obtain little notice. J. Epps, of London, Homoeopathic Chemist, was induced in the year 1839 to turn his attention to this subject, and at length succeeded, with the assistance of elaborate machinery, in being the first to produce an article pure in its composition, and so refined by the perfect ti ituration it rec eives in the process it passes through, as to be most acceptable to the delicate stomach. For general use Epps's Cocoa is distinguished as woevigo rtting, grateful breakfast beverage, possessing a deli cious aroma. Dr. Hassail, in his work, " Food and its Adulterations," says—" Cocoa contains a great variety of its nutritive principles —every ingrelient necessair, o the growth and sustenance of the body.' Again: ff s a nutritive, cocoa stands very much higher than either co ee or tea." Directions —Two teaspoonfuls of the powder in a breakfast cup, filled up with boiling water or milk. Secured in tin-lined Ob., Ob., and 11b. labelled packets, and Old by all poem cconfectlynero, and chemiote.—LAOT.l ~ ~~ i BRIGHTLINGSEA AND ST. OSYTH. A line proposed between these points has been with drawn, the Great Eastern having resolved to petition against the bill if proceeded with. FACTAGE PARISIEN (LIMITED). An extraordinary general meeting of this company was held yesterday at the London Tavern for the purpose of receiving a report on the present position and future pro spects of the company as now carried on under the direc tion of Mr. Le Brun, the general manager; Sir J. Car michael in the chair. The report stated that Mr. Le Brun's management had increased the receipts about 2501. a month and decreased the expenditure one-third of the amount it was when he became general manager, making already a total benefit of 12,000/. a year. The CHAIRMAN said that this was probably the most im portant meeting which hadyet been held, because the Lord Chancellor had said that upon their votes that day would depend the winding up or not of the undertaking. The directors did . not wish to influence the meeting one way or the other, only affording such information as might assist the shareholders in coming to*a proper and unbiassed de cision. Previously to their last meeting great difference of opinion existed between the French directors and their English colleagues as to the mode of conducting the busi ness of the compaay. The English Board thought that it s hould be worked on a principle similar in every respect to the large carrying company of Mess rs . Pi c kf or d. It wa s a very difficult matter for the English Board to control and reduce the expenditure of a French Board, who advanced very cogent reasons, saying that as French men they understood the wants of their countrymen better than Englishmen could; they were suffered to go on up to a certain point, at which the English directors insisted upon appointing an English manager, in the person of Mr. Lo Brun, who had been for a long time one of the chief officers in the agency of Messrs. Pickford. To that appointment the French directors demurred, and sent in their resigna tion, which was accepted, and an English committee was appointed in place of the French board. Proposals had bee n made for the surrender of the succession, that it might be worked by Frenchmen, but he felt that he could not listen to any proposal which did not provide for the interests of English shareholders. Those views not being the views of Mr. J ,on the occasion of the last call being made he filed the bill for the compulsory winding up of the com pany. If that bill were carried the result would be that they would lose the whole of the capital embarked in the undertaking, Since June last, when Mr. Le Brun assumed the management, he had been engaged in curtailing ex penses, and the result was that their traffic was increasing while their expenses were being lowered. The contracts which the French manager had entered' into were so un profitable that in one case Mr. Le Brun had to pay a con siderable sum to get rid of the remaining half of the con tract. There was no opposition in Paris, and if they were successful in obtaining the support of the French public there would be no doubt of the ultimate success of the un dertaking. If they went on for one year under Mr. Le Brun's management the receipts would cover the expendi ture, which result would place the company upon a sound footing. 't Assuming that they wound up, a sum of at least 40,0001. would be required, as compensations would have to be paid for determining leases and relinquishing con tracts. To continue operations the sum required would be, basing calculations upon the present receipts and expendi ture, even supposing the traffic did not increase, about 13,0001., and an additional sum of 10,0001. to clear off exist ing liabilities. Mr. LB BRUN then gave a detailed account of the very unsatisfactory state of affairs in Paris when he assumed the management. A SHAREHOLDER wished to know if the contract entered into with the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway Com pany was one likely to prove remunerative. The CHAIRMAN replied that it was likely to prove remu nerative to both companies. On the motion of Mr. BRADLAUGH resolutions were passed to the effect that the meeting, believing in the ulti mate success of the undertaking, entirely disapproved of the petition presented to the Court of Chancery by the late Mr. Jarryd an others ; and that fit was the opinion of the meeting that the costs of thepetition presented for the com pulsory winding-up of the company should not be thrown upon the company, it being virtually the petition of those who had withdrawn from the company because their sys tem of management had been disapproved. Votes of thanks were then passed to the manager and directors, and the proceedings terminated. Seizure of the Alexandra The Nassau Guardian of the 14th of December contains the following paragraph : " The steamer Mary (late the Alexandra) was formally seized yesterday by the Receiver-General, John D'A. Dumaresq, Esq., under instructions from the Government, for an alleged infringement of the Foreign Enlistment Act. A detachment of the Ist West India Regiment is stationed on board." The Nassau correspondent of the New York Herald writes on the 19th ult., communicating the same intelligence. He states : " The new Governor of the Bahamas arrived at Nassau, h inst., w h t s h e s te capital i p o c f o t r h s e i c l a 3 , a h f r a e m a n A sT o e n w F y r i e da r k y . , the w 9 t a h s received by the authorities and military, w h o , w ith th e ex ception of the officers, are coloured, with all due honour and salvoes of artillery. He is a very affable, courteous, and gentlemanly man, without any of that hauteur, re serve, and bluffness which so often characterise men in office. He bids fair to become very popular. Among the first :of his official acts was the taking possession of the steamship Alexandra, in the name of the British Govern ment, and putting her in charge of the military authorities of the place. The Alexandra, your readers will recollect, was built in England and charged by the United States Government to be intended as a war vessel. The matter was subjected to a protracted litigation, when she was put under bonds. She came to Nassau, and has now been taken charge of by the anthorities of the place." ,sehof oolingdortchheesH A THRILLING INCIDENT AT SEA.—The corre spondent of the New York Times, " Off Charleston," gives the following account of the rescue of the sole sur vivor of the crew of the schooner R. B. Howlett, of Phila delphia :—" Just as darkness was closing around us, pilot Hardie, of the Hancox, discovered off to seaward a larger fragment of the wreck than any we had yet seen, and made the suggestion that we should run down and as certain if it supported a human being. Capt. Post acceded, and we had scarcely changed our course when a thrill of joy passed through all on board at the sight of a poor crea ture running frantically around his narrow raft like an im prisoned animal in a cage, and waving his hands imploringly. Ever and again the man would be hidden from our view, as a mighty wave, with curling crest, curled over his frail support. The Hancox's boat was lowered and g allantly manned by volunteers from among the crew, who With some difficulty laid their boat alongside the raft, not theironiy getting the living man on board, but, in obedience humane impulse, bringing off the ghastly corpse bound to the wreck beside him. The boat returned i safety to the Hancox, and after the rescued man had got hot coffee, and warm the chills out of his bones by the aid of The name he gave clothes, he told the following eterys:J, th to at_ lay _ n t, and said that he of coa l for the blockadin shored in the channel-Way ner Et.worilmoownltehts of Philadelphia. full fury of the hurricane. was s was j a o lvtid it. on Cru th s : The vessel had been lying and used as the inside fleet, Charleston and h a b d a r r , 0 , with i e n t t h l y a b.ee y morning shout 9 o'clock they experience carg h n tsh ano ip. On Frida • - • held The stock o f t he schooner broke the force of the gale, and the vessel began to through laynocuhto.r w hich Heelin gover Presently she struck, and the fi rst blow knocked drag. on her bilge, the completely her stern s econd blow snapped all her lee timbers like pipe stems, an d in half-au-hour afterwards she was broken to pieces. The entire company got on the•foremast while it remained standing, and when it fell all managed to secure small pieces of the wreck, but the sea ran so high, and an ebb tide setting off shore, made it impossible for a human being to long escape drowning under such circumstances. For an hour or more Cruse and his companions buffeted the waves, gradually becoming separated by the angry sea, and the last he saw of them convinced him that not one could hold out a great while longer. Dean, the mate, was on a piece of the poop deck, and Cruse, drifting near him, succeeded in getting upon it, thus obtaining better support than the deck plank which he had seized when the vessel went to pieces. Upon this small piece of the deck he and his companion were carried out to sea, passing through the breakers off Stone Inlet, where they were several times washed off. Dean had been severely bruised on the head by a plank when he was thrown into the water, and only survived the injury and his desperate circumstances until half-past 10 o'clock on Friday night. For hours before his death he was senseless and helpless, and Cruse's strength was nearly exhausted in his attempt to hold him on the raft. After the decease of his companion, Cruse divested him of his clothing to add to his own comfort, and lashed the corpse to the wreck, having alrea d y contempla!ed_ the horrible necessity of feeding upon it if day day passed without relief coming to him. . w.aui ` thoit 1004 rescued °rug() no had been thirty-three lionra wi . or drink." _ - , 0 i 01 13. 12. 18. olto ll ' [ding 000 1 ' e ver,' ;ified* theol hide .oot. cow. ,_.... ~. rracel l . Owi l t ler Z ~ O ~i Shea >3C~ u leven~ t, 11°. RI