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On the contrary, the proclam a ti ons whili the whole will be retained and hold as land of the Crown, the portions which belong to those natives who have adhered to the Queen will be secured to them; and to those who have rebelled, but who shall at once submit to the Queen's authority, portions of the land taken will be given back for themselves and their families. These several portions are, I presume, to be held in future by a title derived from the Crown. If these promises are, as I doubt not they will be, faithfully observed in the spirit of the instructions you have received from me, I see no reason to object to the pro clamation on the score of justice. I shall expect to receive from you in full detail an explanation of the measures by which this announcement to the natives is to be carried into effect, consistently with the existing law of the colony, and with the instructions given you in my despatch. of April 26. "I feel more difficulty in giving you my opinion on the important question of safety, because there appears to be a discrepancy between your despatches to me and those of General Cameron . to the Secretary of State for War. Gene ral Cameron appears to suppose that you expect from him services which will render necessary the continued pre sence in New Zealand, if not indeed the increase, of the present force. This correspondence between yourself and General Cameron seems to have been still in progress at the time of the departure of the mail ; and I attribute to this circumstance the ommission of any explanation of, or reference to, it in your despatches to me, and expect to hear fully on the subject by the next mail. " You are aware, from my former despatches, that her Majesty's Government will not consent to the confiscation of territory, however justly forfeited by rebellion, which would render necessary the employment of an Imperial force to protect the new occupiers against the former owners of the land. Nor is there the smallest reason to infer from your despatches that you and your advisers contemplate any thing of the kind. On the contrary, they state in the plainest terms that it is their policy to bring about the re moval of her Majesty's land forces from the colony at the earliest possible moment. They say they see no reason to prevent this policy from being carried into effect, and that it may be undertaken now with as little danger as under any circumstances likely to arise for many years to come. " I assume, therefore, that when you say that by the ad vice of your responsible Ministers you arranged with Gen. Cameron as far as possible the boundaries of the territory which you thought ought to be ceded to the Crown, you did so in conformity with the general policy of your Ministers, and on the understanding that the boundary so established can be, and will be, defended by a local force. These ob servations apply to the lands in the Waikato country, re specting which you repeat the statement you had made in a former despatch, that the natives had on several occa sions declared that they would not in any manner interfere with your occupation of them. //c.2 ~~.~u~d 41 4 j ~~;~.: REMEMBER, YOU WILL SEE YOUR abg.ll SFupRItEheNreDIS at " EVANS'. " After the Opera we jjINAHAN'S LL BRANDY. WHISKY v. COGNAC Tu iscelthrated Old IRISH WHISKY rivals the finest FRENCH BRANDY, It is Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. Sold in Bottles, 35. Bd ., at the Retail Houses in London ;by ate A-gents in the principal towns in England ;or wholesale No. 22.727. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 22, 1865. 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded g anahanse LL Whisky.' PRICE 4d S TAMPED sd. TIDE LIVERPOOL AND LONDON AND GLOBE FIRS and LIFE IN , ZRANt E COMPANY Offices :-1, Dale-street, Liverpool; 20 and 21, Poultry ; 7, Cornhill ; and Charing•-cross, London. PROGRESS OF THE COMPANY SINCE 1851 • THE NEW NOVEL. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., from the Grand Harbour into Sliema Creek. This vessel underwent an inspection yesterday by the Commander-in-Chief. The iron-cased ship Royal Oak, 35, Capt. F.Campbell, left port on the morn ing of the 12th inst. for exercise and ball practice, and returned yesterday. On the 9th instant the Turkish line-of-battle ship Kussova (bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral Edem Pasha) and frigates Hudavenijar and Er-Zagraul, which have been lately fitted in England with screw machinery, Major H. P. Bishop, Capts. J. Percivall and M. M. Fitzgerald ; Lieuts. Anson-Swinton, Blanchard, M. G. Browne, A. H. Murray, and Chapman ; Assist. Edmunds in the House of Lords.' On the follow.. ing day (the 30th July), the offices of Clerk of the Patents and Clerk of the Commissioners of Patents were surrendered to your lordship, and an under taking to account given, and at the same time a hope was expressed that your lordship would think it right not to take the opinion of Lord Cranworth and Lord Kingsdown until your lordship shall be in possession of my answer to the reports of Messrs. Greenwood and Hind march. In reply, a communication, dated August 8, was received from your lordship's secretary, in which, after explaining that the delay in replying had been caused by your lordship's illness, it was stated that your lordship had treated the report, ' being the result of inquiries made in Mr. Edmunds's presence as an admitted document, and transmitted it to Lord Cranworth and Lord Kings down ;' however, your lordship added that you would gladly afford me full opportunity of explanation and answer." To some of the charges he owns that he is in default, but he says that he stands cleared from all fraudulent intent ; and as to another he says, "while no charge can legally be brought against me, I regret for my own sake that I should have acted as I have done." He adds that he is ready to pay into her Majesty's Exchequer the amount which, on an investigation of his books by a professed ac countant, appeared to have been received by him and not yet paid over. He urges that his duties in the House of Lords are in no way connected with these proceedings, and that the loss of his office there would lring with it absolute destitution. THE CURATE OF SADBROOKE, At least not rotting like a weed, But having sown some generous seed, Fruittui in further thought and deed."—Tennyson, Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Surg. A. Lewer, Lieut. and Quartermaster W. Cliff, and 264 non-commissioned officers and rank and file ; grand total, including the women and children, 308. They are expected to arrive along side the Royal Arsenal at Woolwich and disembark on Tuesday next. The B and C batteries of the A Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery, in command of Lieut. and Brevet-Col. the Hon. G. T. Devereux (a portion of which, namely the D and E batteries, have already arrived in Bengal), yesterday under went a medical attestation at Woolwich, in readi ness to proceed to India to replace the C Brigade. The guns and heavy baggage are stored in the Royal Arsenal at Woolwich, in charge of Capt. Gor don, C. 8., Military Superintendent, awaiting trans port, the cost to be borne by the Indian Govern ment. Year, Fire Premiums. Life Premiums. Invested Funds. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., 851 ~.. 1 £54,305 £27,157 £5 0 2,8:4 BEATRICE. By JULIA KAVANAGH 1856 222,279 72,781 821,061 Author of " Nathalie," "Adele," J. - ..c. 1861 18(14 360.130 115 974 1,311,905 "A very interesting story. Beatrice is the finest female —.....____ 742,674 236,244 3,212.300 character Miss Kavanagh has yet drawn."---Post. "A very interesting story. Beatrice is the finest female character Mies Kavanagh has yet drawn."•--Post. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough• street. ORYSTAL PALACE.-NOW VISIT THE k.) PALACE.—Delightful Spring Appearance of Gardens ant Park. Nature in early beauty. JOll - 4 ATKINS, 1 sident Secretary, London. Life claims are payable in 30 cl Lys after they are admitted. 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The Supply, iron screw storeship, Staff Com mander Charles Bawden, from Woolwich, bound for the Mediterranean with a cargo of naval and ordnance stores, put into Spithead yesterday morn ing with the loss of her bowsprit and jibboom, and with two plates stove in on her port bow, having been in collision at 10 minutes past two o'clock the same morning with the schooner Brackenholme, of Goole, Smorfitt master, laden with a cargo of ma chinery and coal from Birkenhead bound for Lon don. The schooner sank 10 minutes after the col lision, her master and crew having previously been taken on board the Supply, and conveyed by her to Portsmouth where they werelanded yesterday. 'The collision between the two vessels took place about 10 miles south of St. Catherine's (Isle of - Wight) Light, the wind at the time being light, and the St. Catherine's Light visible to both vessels. Soon after the Supply's arrival at Spithead she was taken into Portsmouth harbour to repair her damages. The Urgent, screw troopship, Capt. S. H. Hen derson, arrived at Portsmouth yesterday from Jer sey, Alderney, and Guernsey, with reliefs of Artillery, consisting of 10 officers, 261 non-com missioned officers and gunners, 53 women, and 78 children. The Urgent will most probably sail from Portsmouth again on Wednesday next for Leith, and return thence with a regiment on relief for Aldershott. " This is a love story. but not a frivolous story. It is full of wisdom and humanity. We have nowhere met with a more delightful portrait of feminine beauty and purity. The author posseses very singular power over the attention and sympathy of his readers."—Daily News. MR. and Mrs. GERMAN REED, with Mr. JOHN PARRY, will appear in their new entertain ment, entitled A PECULIAR FAMILY, by William Brough. New scenery by T. and W. Grieve. To conclude with AIRS. ROSELEAF AT THE SEASIDE, by Mr. John Parry. Every Evening, except Saturday, at 8. Wednesday and Saturday afrernoons, at 3. 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Established 30 years, at the Bazaar, Baker-street. the exceedingly ch o i ce an d ver y va l ua bl e Stock of high-class Wines, of Messrs. Thomas Forbes, Hudson, and Co., in co nsequence of their giving no their Premises, No. i l4, Southampton -street, Strand, where the Wines may be n anected, and from whence the same will be delivered to the purchasers. 4 street ESSRS. TOPLIS and ROBERTS will SELL bY AUCTION, at the Cellars.Southampton ana _, St/ and, on Friday, April 28, the excee Jingly choice 4 1.. v e ra l'Y valuable STOCK of the above old-established and sei t , t ,,°` , F l l firm, who have bestowed the greatest care in tt l i n - C rl . of the whole of the WINES now offered for Sa e, be st ..PMPrise Ports of the following first-class shippers and doz-- v - int ae . es viz., gandeman and Co.'s, 23 dozen 181 ( 18.1:1_00.ttled 1816, sealed Ellis, Castle, Richmond) ; 27 dozen cuoo.:ean:Tv6net.:ol4zedi j oz s en 1844, bottled 1554. Martinez, Gas4ot, and ~,a, ,d io dozen 1844, bottled 1851 ; 46 dozen 9 years in bottle, years in bottle. Thompson and Croft's, 4 doze n 1 . 1 7, superior, and 3 dozen 1840, bottled 1846; also 30 seal e d 13 ' "t born. d 1851, and 2 dozen Magnums 1851 (each bottle'l dozen n u. % Castle, Richmond). Tuke, Hankey, and Co.'s, 2 doz en ' g ' years in bottle. Gould, Campbell, and Co.'s, 28 bottle Years in bottle. Hooper and Son's, 3 dozen 1840, 1846 (se sled Feltoe and Sons); and 6 dozen 1851, 6 p, d 1 854 ; and Quarles Harris and Co.'s, 15 dozen pints, to s , r 7 rB in bottle. Sherries of the following shippers loal €c " , 11 dozen very old, 17 years in bottle ;h2l 21 dozen e, years in bottle ; and 70 dozen pale. 1- 9 doz la gold. and 8 18 18 '1 02 En very superior Amontillado, each 3 years in bottle ; yea r_ dozen very old East India, and 16 dozen A . oroso, 2 d 0 4 f, 8 in bottle. Miss's, 47 dozen pale, a 1 dozen gold, and 36 4„z.en brown, each 4 years in bottle ; also 40 dozen pale and li‘ciloozen gold, e tch 3 years In bottle ; and 23 dozen pale and t..._ zen gold, each 2 years in bottle. Pico's, 6 dozen very uol)Pir.i°r 13ooper and Aladugold, 17 years in bottle and 15 dozenrso in Ie t e on i e n . re and C0.'5,12 dozen oldgold. 7 yea and Son's , 25 dozen gold sealed( Bull and Bloxam), 8 , 9 dozen p'le , each 3 years n bottle. Also other very Mx..Perior Sherries Chateau ff Gordon and Co.'s, Garvey's, and le Brothers. Clarets : Devaux and Borkbeim s, 185 " 11 1851 ,• Cutler and Co.'s, 4 dozen ; Duprels, 2 dozen dozen 4nd 8 dozen Latour, first growth Brind and Julien ; Co.'s 3 Latour ; Closamann and Co.'s. 9 dozen St. •,-. °o l .l er and Son's, 20 dozen Medoc, 4 years in bottle; and Ferri„lL,oursot and Co.'s. A dozen Medoc old in bottle. Champagnes : Ferrier, Jouet, and Co.'s, 20 dozen 1816, and 5 dozen pints ; er, Fits. and Co .' s, 4 dozen first quality and 8 dozen pints;ci and Bollinger's 5 dozen 1857, also 9 d, zen and 17 . "en pints. Mosel les ; Beckh -,rt's, 21 dozen ; Espenschiers, dozen ; and Leiden's, 8 dozen, and 6 dozen pints. Bur gundies, 22 dozen, and Lausseure and Co.'s, 16 dozen, each 3 Years in bottle. Chablis : Hoope r and Son's, 3 dozen old in o,ttle. Flockheimr,r, 3 dozen. Rhein Vein, 5 dozen. Stein Zfill; 4 dozen. St e i n b erg , 3 d ozen. S c h arz b erg, 2 d ozen '''•) 7 . Rudesheimer, 2 dozen 1842. Johannisberg, 6 dozen, and 4 dozen pints. And Vino de Pasto, 10 dozen.—The cellars may be inspected two days preceding the sale, by catalogues only Os each, returned to purchasers), when the ?anes may be tasted, or samples had by payment. Cata logues may likewise be obtained at the Cellars, and at the Offices of Messrs. Toplis and Roberts, 2. Conduit-street Regent-street, and South Kensington (facing the Museum . 11 - AIR-CURLING FLUID, 248, High Holborn, Alt London.—ALEX. ROSS'S CURLING FLUID curls Ladies' or Gentlemen's hair immediately it is app.ied. Sold at 3s. (d.; sent free for 51 stamps. Koss's Toilet Magazine, Is. 6d„ or 20 stamps. fREY HAIR..-2-1-8, High Holborn, London.— ALEX. ROSS'S charges for Dyeing the hair perm ,f:ntlY— Ladies' Hair fromGentlemen's from ss. Dye is sold at 3s. 6d ,or sent tree for 51 stamps. It I s raost easy of use. AIR DESTROYER, 248, High Holborn, London. —ALEX. ROSS'S DEPILA TORY removes, Tuut effect to the ski n , su p er fluous hair f rom th e f ace, fors,rex and arms. 33. ad.; sent the same day as ordered by post 1 stamps. SPANISH FLY is the acting ingredient in hr ALEX. ROSS'S CANTIIARIDES b. O IL, which ,peedily _ u et CeS whi,,kers and thickens hair. 3s. 6d.; sent free fors4 on — ta "11)8r.ALEx_ , ROSS, 248 , High Holborn, London. 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JOHN GOSNELL and 2, Three Kinr-co ur t, Lo mbard -street, London, Perfumers C0.,t0 her Majesty, resp ec t fully offer to the public 'this truly marvellous fluid. which gradually restores the human hair to its pristine hue- no matter at what age. The Agua Amarelia has none of the properties of eves ' - it, on th e contrary, is beneficial to the system, and wren the hair is once restored one application per moni h will keep it in perfect colour. Price one guinea per bottle, or in half bottles, 10s. 61. Testimonials from artistes of the hit - hest order, and from individuals of undoubted re spectability, may be seen on application. Messrs. John Gosnell and Co. have been appointed Perfumers to her Royal Highness the Princes of Wales. JOHN GOSNELL and CO.'S CHERRY TOO rH-PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth Powder; Ives the teeth a pearl hiteness, protects the enamel from decay, and imparts a pleasant Iragrance to the the breath. Price Is. Cd —l2, Three King-court, Lombard street, London. THE RESCUE SOCIETY wishes to add another home to tho 12 now in operation. Last year no fewer m fe r w o er than 455 poor, friendless, young females were e Want of FUNDS an d room, making a totalof3,oS7, who have b een sent a wa y i n fi ve years. H ere are brief details of a tow of the most recent cases: MP., aged 16, fall, mother dead, deserted by her father. . A. P., aged 13, homeles., both parents dead. A. 8., aged 17, fallen, father dead, deserted by her mother. S . D., aged 15, fallen, mother dead. C. R., aged 15, fallen, mother dead, A 8., aged 16, fallen, both parents dead. S., acred 14, homeless, deserted by her parents, 11., ag e d 17 , f a l len, both parents dead. C.. i., aged 17, fa l le n , b o th parents dead. A. aged 18, fallen, father dead. I„ aged 18, fallen, both parents dead, _ B . 8., aged 17, fall en , b ot h parents dead. a A. W.. aged 17, fallen, both parents dead. S. D., aged 15, fallen, both parents dead. The new home the Committee wish to form would be for Young girls, almost children, from the age of 8 to 15, who have been led astray from the path of virtue. ('ontributions will be received gratefully by the Secretary, Mr. Daniel C oo p er, s 5, Queen•street Cheapside; or by Mess"; Barclay and Co.. Lombard -street. SAILORS' ORPHAN GIRLS' SCHOOL and 110.11 E, Hampstead. Office s , 77, Cornhil. P ATRON — The QUEEN. TRUSTEES. Cant. the lion. Francis Matrie, i The Rev. Canon c hamnneys It. N. i Thomas Baring, Esq., M P. TREASURERS. R. C. L. Bevan, Esq. 1 Robert, Hanbury, Esq. This Institution is designed to supply a great national want, viz., an asylum far the orpha, daughters rs the Roy a l N avy and Merchants ~e rvice and of Ma of rine sai los. in It clothes, maintains, and educates them for domestic service and provides a home free of expense for former Inmates while out of situations thus shielding them f rom the T tem p t ations they might otherwise be exposed to. _he Committee earnestly APPEAL for CONTRIBU TIONS st to meet th e i ncreasing applications through the recent orms aud loss life at sea, and to enable tem n eVe '_ l na llY to obtain premises more commensurate with h the K _aeeesslties of thi s great maritime country, which loses 2,000 Aors annually by casualties alone, without including those Who m a -,, . cy perish by war. ~,,.."71cPs riptions thankf ally received by the bankers, Messrs. tarp, lay, Bevan, and Co., Lombardstreet, and by the Secre "rY, St the Offices, No. 77, Cornhill. R. SWEETING, Hon. Sec. CHARLES NASH, See. GUIDE TO TAE QUACKS OF LONDON. A Series of Papers relative to Quacks, which appeared in the " medical Circular," with the signature of "Detector," has been republished in the form of a short pamphlet. The realer of " Punch" should read this pamphlet also. He has often read, in the pages of "Punch," of certain Quacks, frau dulent and noisome, who obtain money by false pretences, and more money by menaces and extortion, from green young men. For their names, which "Punch" would not advertise, he has referred his readers to the lower corner of the advertising columns of low newspapers, amongst which too many of Mr." Punch's" contemporaries, especially in the country, may still be enumerated. But now he begs to pub lish the information that a nominal list of these miscreants, with copies of their puffs and other particulars concerning them, needful to be known, will be found in the pamphiot above referred to, which is entitled " Revelations of Quacks and Quackery," and is to be had at the "Medical Circular" Office, 20, King William-street, Strand, W.C. The vile practices, the monstrous impudence, the cruel rapacity, and the enormous gains of the obscene tribe of Quacks, the mischief they do, the ruin they work, even to the causation of suicide, are fully set forth in " Revelations of Quacks and Qackery." And mark especially that, as aforesaid, the names of the Quacks are published. The pamphlet in question thus constitutes a regular Quack Di rectory, by consulting which every young man may know where he may go if he wishes to get plundered and destroyed. — Buy, therefore, reader, by all means buy "Revelations of Quacks and Quackery." 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(Ration and Hospital), AND MEAT, - in such quantities as may be required, from Ist June to 30th November, 1865, for the use of her Majesty s Forces stat oned at Aldershot Camp, and within the command. . _ These being three distinct Contracts, separa'e Tenders are required for each description of Flour and ter Meat. Forms of Tender and onditions of Contract may be ob tained on application at th s office, by letter addressed. to the senior Commissariat Officer, or in person, between the hours of ten and four o'doc,f. The renders must be properly filled up, signed, and deli vered at this office (under closed envelope, marked on the outside "Tender for Army Supplies"), by the hour appointed, and no Tender will be noticed that shall not be in compliant,) with these conditions. ARMY C ONTRACTS.- TENDERS will be received at this Office until 12 o'clock noon, on the 28th of April, from persons who may be willing to enter into CONTRACTS to supply BREAD AND MEAT in such quantities as may be required, for the use of her Majesty's Land Forces stationed in the following places, from Ist June, to 30th November, 1865. LONDON DISTRICT. I. Brompton House, Knightsbridge and Magazine Barracks, Hyde-park; and Kensington. 2. Regent's-park, and St. John's-wood. 3. New Barracks, Chelsea; and Ordnance Survey Office, Pimlico. 4. Wellington Barracks, Buckingham Palace and St. George's Barracks. .5. The Tower. 6. Hounslow and Kneller Hall. 7. Hampton Court. 8. Windsor. 9. Brighton, with Coast Forts from Newhaven to Shoreham. iO. Sandhurst. Separate Tenders for Bread and for Meat must be made for each of the above-mentioned Stations or Barracks, as sepa rately grouped and numbered. Forms of Tender and Conditions of Contract may be ob tained on application at this Office, by letter addressed to the Senior Commissariat Officer, or in person, between the hours of 10 and 4 o'clock. Tenders on the printed forms must be properly filled up and siened, and no Tender will be noticed unless delivered at the under-mentioned Office,under closed envelope (marked on the outside " Tender for Commissariat Supplies"), before 12 o'clock noon on the 28th April. Deputy Commissary- 3 eneral's Office, 5, New-street, Spring-gardens, London, S.W., 6th April, 1865. Naval and Military Intelligence. VALETTA, April 14.—Her Majesty's screw troop ship Himalaya, Capt. E. Lacy, arrived on the morn ing of the 12th inst., with the 84th Regiment from Kingstown, and a few draughts from Portsmouth and Dover, for this garrison and Canada. The regiment, composed of 28 officers and 670 non-com missioned officers and men, under the command of Col. Lightfoot, C. 8., were, with horses and bag gage, landed here in four hours. She bad a fine passage out of under nine days, including a stay of four hours at Gibraltar, where she disembarked draughts. The 7th Royal Fusiliers will embark on board this fine ship in about ten days for Ca nada, the delay being due to the ice in the River St. Lawrence, rendering the navigation dangerous before the 11th of May, or thereabouts. She will touch at Gibraltar for coal, and will convey the Bi shop of Gibraltar to that place. It is intended that she should arrive in England by the 31st of next month. The Surprise, 4, Commander G. Tryon, arrived on the 7th inst. from Patras and Corinth. While proceeding to the latter place, to which port she had been summoned by telegraph, she grounded, on the night of the 3d of April, on the spit of Point Rheum, at the northern side of the entrance of the Gulf of Lepant. With the assistance of the Greek gunboat Paralos, she was eventually got of without damage. A court of inquiry, composed of Capt. F. Campbell, her Majesty's ship Royal Oak, Captain Chamberlain, Her Majesty's ship Resistance, and Capt H. Goodenough, Her MP-jesty's ship Victoria, was held on Monday to investigate the case, when it was ascertained that no blame could be attributed to anybody, as an unusually strong current was setting out of the gulf at the time. Capt. Wode house, of the Meeanee, arrived by the Surprise, leave. Her Majesty' s s hip Magicienne, 16, Capo n t . W. Armytage, left Malta harbour on the 7th inst. for Athens and Smyrna, having on board Gen. Fox and Dr. Phillips. The Psyche, 2, despatch-vessel, Lieut.-Commander Sterne, left on the 10th inst. for Naples with their Serene Highnesses the Prince and Princes Hohenlohe-Langenberg and suite, which includes Dr. St. John Edwards, who has been re quested to continue his medical charge of the Prin cess during the voyage. After disembarking the Prince and Princess the Psyche returned to Malta to-day. Her Majesty's iron-cased ship Enterprise, 4, Lieut.-Commander Rowley, shifted her berth on the 10th inst., and wa4 towed by the tug Hearty and are returning to Constantinople, left port for the Bosphorus. The Swedish screw sloop Gefle, 8, Capt. A. Pettersen, arrived on the 12th inst. from Alexandria, bound for Cadiz, and probably Tunis. It was this vessel which towed to Malta a short time ago the Venezuelan schooner Jupiter, having on board a valuable cargo, which vessel she had picked up at sea in a disabled state. The Cossack, 20, Lieut. Borlase in charge, which arrived on Thursday last from the Pirmus, brought here the crew, 18 in number, of the English bark Jupiter, of Sunderland. This vessel was run ashore, about the middle of last month, in Kuma Bay, in the island of Negropont, being in a sinking condition, and will be disposed of as she lies. The crew were conveyed from Kama to the Piraeus by her Majesty's ship Assurance, which was sent there .by the senior officer at Athens for that purpose. All 'Was quiet at Athens by the last accounts. The ships of war at the Piraeus on the Ist inst. were—English—the Gibraltar, 81, Capt. Coote, senior officer ; the Meeanee, 60, the Assurance, 4, and the Wanderer, 4. The foreign ships were— French—La Sentinelle, screw brig, the Austrian gunboat Dalmat, and the Greek frigate Hellas. In Salamis Bay there were an Italian frigate and a cor vette, the Euridice and the Valaroso, lately at Malta, and which had just arrived from Corfu. The tele graph steamer Fanny Lambert arrived on the 9th inst. from Bengazi, and after shipping a quantity of cable received from England by the Bellona, left again on Wednesday night, the 12th inst., to resume operations for the repair of the Alexandria section. There is, I am assured, every prospect of success, now that the weather promises to continue fine, and it is hoped that in about a week telegraphic commu nication will be restored throughout the line. Her Majesty's steam corvette Pelican left on the follow ing morning for Point Adrian to attend upon the cable ship. A fresh supply of cable is shortly ex pected from England in the Corcyra steamers, to be held as a stand-by, in case of future accidents. Her Majesty's ship Phoebe, 35, Capt. T. H. Fortescue, also left port yesterday for Naples. It is rumoured that the second battalion 22nd Regiment will pro ceed to the Mauritius during the summer, and be relieved in this garrison by the 29th Regiment from England. The Ist battalion 22nd Regiment shifted barracks last week to the Cottonera lines, and its quarters are now occupied by the 4th Regiment. Mr. Robert Nichol, R.N., lately appointed to succeed Mr. Williamson as inspector of machinery, arrived yesterday by the steamer from Southampton. The family of Mr. Boyton, late pay master of the Psyche, have paid all the private and mess debts incurred by that officer, and have placed at the disposal of the Government a sum equal to the amount of his defalcation. This, at all events, will save his sureties from sufferingloss. Col.M'lver, 11th Regiment Liverpool Artillery Volunteers, and family, with Dr. Ward, Mr. Morrison, and Mr. Wood, left Malta on Monday for England via Mar seilles ; Major Brine, R.E., Major Thatcher and family, and Lady Hotham left on Friday week also for Marseilles and England. Mr. P. D. Hadow and Mr. L. S. Dawson, R.N., left by the Nyanza for Southampton. Capt. Barton left on Monday for Sicily and Italy. Capt. and Mrs. Moore arrived the same day from Sicily. On Tuesday last the Bishop of Gibraltar held a confirmation at the Anglican Church of St. Paul in Valetta ; 152 candidates were confirmed, nearly all being seamen, marines, boys, and officers of the ships of the squadron. The re giments of the garrison having been here a long time, and having had many opportunities, there were but few men left who had not availed them selves of them, which will account for the small number of soldiers present. Her Majesty's ship Phcebe will return from Naples in a fortnight. The Victoria, 102 (bearing the flag of the Commander in -Chief), leaves to-morrow for a cruise. The Duke of Cambridge, Field-Marshal Com manding-in-Chief, accompanied by Sir Richard Airey, Quartermaster-General, Col. Jervis, Royal Engineers, Col. Gambier, Royal Artillery, and Col. Clifton, Aide-de-Camp, arrived in Weymouth on Thursday evening at 5 20 from Plymouth. After inspecting the works now in course of construction on the Nothe, at the entrance to Weymouth har bour, his Royal Highness and suite repaired to the Gloucester Hotel, the same house which was for merly occupied by King George 111. when residing atWeymouth. Yesterday morning the party inspected the works on the Verne and the Breakwater, Mr. John Coode, the engineer, being in attendance upon them, and after the inspection his Royal Highness and suite retur ne d t o W eymou th, and proceeded by the South-W es t ern 12 20 p.m. train to Lymington, thence by steamer to Hurst Castle, where the forts in progress were inspected, after which they pro ceeded to Portsmouth. The Fire Queen steam yacht left Portsmouth at an early hour in the morn ing for Hurst to embark his Royal Highness, after having vi s it e d th e defensive wor k s , an d a t 6 p . m. the Fire Qu een aga i n hove i n s i g ht f rom th e ram parts of Port smout h , steam i ng up from the west ward, with the Royal standard at the main, denot ing the presence of the duke on board, which received a royal salute from the guns of her Ma jesty's ships Victory and Liverpool (the latter ship lying at Spithead), and from the saluting battery of the garrison on the King's bastion of the town fortifications. The course of the Fire Queen was continued through Spithead to the eastward until the marine forts intended to guard its eastern en trance from the Channel, and now rising above high-water mark on the " Noman" and " Horse" shoals, were reached. Of these the duke made a short inspection, at the close of which the Fire Queen steamed for the entrance of Portsmouth harbour, where his Royal Highness landed, and was received by Major-Gen. Lord W. Paulet, C. 8., Ad miral Sir M. Seymour, G.C.8., Col. Alison, C. 8., Assist.-Adjutant-General, Col. Shadwell, Assist.- Quartermaster-General, and other members of the Military and Naval Co mmanders-in-Chief at Portsmouth. The duke proceeded after landing to Government-house, where he remains the guest of Major-Gen. Lord W. Paulet, C. 8., during his stay at Portsmouth. A new battery of 20-pounder Armstrong guns, with appurtenances complete, is now in readiness in Woolwich Arsenal, to be forwarded to Shorncliffe for field practice with the 9th Brigade, Royal Artil lery, stationed there. Capt. and Brevet-Major Pasley,R.E., who acts as agent in this country for the Colonial Government of Melbourne, has purchased of the War D epartment a complete battery of . six 40-pounder guns , w hi c h are now ready for shipment in Woolwich Arsenal, for the Colonial War Department at Victoria. The Armstrong and engagedlVhiarth Woolwich inlCommitteethe efinal guns —a 70-po un d er twriearleoyfeostneerdoafythe competitive muzzle-loading shunt gun, which has already fired 1,600 rounds at Shoeburyness. Not w ith stan di ng a serious rent in the inner tube, from th e e ff ec t s o f the firingvt charges t Shoeburyness, the gunhas b orne 20 0 rounds, of powder an d a 7 0 1 b. shot, il a and appears likely to endure the 800 rounds ,the service trial—to which the gun is orde re d t o b e sub ofi. oi h . sub jected in the cells at Woolwich. Official information has been received at Wool wich announcing the arrival of the hired transport Shannon off the Lizard on the 19th inst. from India, with the A and B batteries of Col. Huyshe's C Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery. The Shannon, 1,292 tons burden, sailed from Calcutta on the 14th of January, having ample provisions on board for 120 clays. Her troops consist of Capt. and Brevet- The ships of war on the Australian station afthe date of the last advices were the Harrier, 17, Act ing -Commander Swan, at New Zealand; the Miranda, 14, Capt. Jenkins, at New Zealand ; the Eclipse, 4, Commander Freemantle, at New Zea land ; the Curacoa, 23, Commodore Sir W. Wise man, at New Zealand ; the Esk, 21, Capt. Lucie, at New Zealand ; the Falcon, 17, Commander Parkin, at New Zealand ; Salamander, 4, Com mander the Hon. J. Carnegie, on a cruise to the northward ; and the Brisk, 16, Capt. Hope, at New Zealand. The ironclad ship of war Lord Clyde has been taken out of the dry dock at Pembroke Dockyard, where she had her iron masts put in, and now lies at the bier, llobb's Point, under the sheers, receiv ing her machinery, smoke-stack, shaft, &c. The Lord Clyde is expected to prove one of the finest ironclads in the navy. The repairs to the boilers and machinery of the Challenger, 22, 400-horse power, attached to the Chatham steam reserve, are being hastened forward with all despatch, as she is required for immediate commission. During the past few weeks several hundred ship wrights, mechanics, and other workmen have been employed in working on board the iron-cased frigate Bellerophon, 14, 1,000-horse power, building at Chatham Dockyard, until a late hour each evening, in order to complete the arrangements for the launch ' of that vessel, which is intended to take place on Wednesday next. The rapidity with which the Bellerophon has been constructed is altogether with out a parallel, it being exactly 12 months since the ' first piece of iron for the keel of the frigate was lowered into the dock in which she now lies. The contrast is the more marked when the length of time the Achilles, Minotaur, Agincourt, and others of our iron-plated frigates were under construction is taken into consideration. Little more than four months have elapsed since the first armour-plate was bolted to the side of the Bellerophon, and yesterday after noon fully one-thixti of the anuour which will onr.n gt , the sides of the vessel from stem to stern had been fixed in its place. Unlike most of our iron-plated ships, the Bellerophon will be launched with a con siderable portion of her armour-plating attached to her, and a comparatively brief period will therefore suffice to complete her in all respects for sea. Mr, Edmunds and the Patent Office• Yesterday were published, in a blue book of 259 pages, various reports, accounts, minutes, &c., re lating to Mr. Edmunds's case at the Patent-office. Most of the facts mentioned here have already found their way into the public journals. The " preliminary report " to the Lord Chancellor and to the Commissioners of Patents, of Messrs. Greenwood and Hindmarch, was dated the 12th of July last. These gentlemen, it is stated, had been prepared to recommend Mr. Edmunds's removal from his offices on account of his offensive, harsh, and unnecessarily severe conduct towards his sub ordinates, and his serious neglect of his duty, when their attention was drawn to more serious matters. Various details are gone into respecting the defal cations and incorrect accounts, the inquiry commis sioners bringing against him, in substance, as the result of their investigations, the following principal charges :-1. That Mr. Edmunds had, from the year 1852, withheld from the public purse large sums of money which he ought to have accounted for and paid quarterly in every year from that time to the present. 2. That he had in 1853 advanced £5OO out of the public moneys for the purchase of stamps, and had in 1863 taken £5OO (in purported repayment) out of public moneys, and put it into his private pocket. 3. That he had purchased stamps at wholesale prices, sold them in the Patent office at retail prices, and put the difference into his own pocket, instead of crediting the amount to the public, the purchase having been made out of public moneys. 4. That he had drawn large sums out of the public moneys of the office to his own use, and had given no account of such sums. 5. That he had withheld a sum of £399 7s. 4d., for which he ought to have given credit to the Trea sury, and had three times passed his accounts, while that sum was in his hands, without noticing it. On the 20th of September Mr. Edmunds submitted a lengthened statement to the Lord Chancellor. At the outset he reminds his lordship that in the early part of 1863 he (Mr. Edmunds) applied for leave to resign his offices of Clerk of the Patents and Clerk of the Commissioners of Patents, requesting at the same time his lordship's kind assistance in obtaining from the Treasury the allowance to which he was entitled. Upon the perusal of Messrs. Greenwood and Hindmarch's report, "my previously existing desire for retirement," says Mr. Edmunds, " revived with additional force. It was evident to me, for reasons which I will explain more fully pre sently, that I could not hope to retain, with advan tage to the public service, the offices of the Clerk of the Patents and Clerk of the Commissioners of Patents; and an intimation was, therefore, made to your lordship that I was prepared to resign those offices. In answer, I was informed, by a written communication from your lordship, that if I thought proper to surrender the offices, and would under take forthwith to account for and pay over to the Treasury all sums of money due from me as Clerk of the Patents, the proceedings fixed for the Mon day following would not be taken. It was, how ever, added, The Lord Chancellor will take the opinion of Lord Cranworth and Lord Kingsdown as to the course which, under all the circumstances of the case, it will be the duty of his lordship to adopt with reference to the office of reading clerk and clerk of the private committees held by Mr. The next papers in the blue-book are the obser vations, separatelymade, of Mr. Greenwood and Mr. Hindmarch upon Mr. Edmunds's statement. Mr. Greenwood says that not one of the charges contained in their report is denied by Mr. Edmunds. Hestates plainly that they have been compelled, by what has taken place, to discredit Mr. Edmunds's word, and Mr. Greenwood adds that the inquiry is at present (29th October) by no means exhausted. Mr. Hind march, taking the same ground as Mr. Greenwood, in a report of much greater length, dated November 1, mentions incidentally that they had held 11 sittings, each of several hours' duration, and that they had found great difficulties in obtaining information. He makes various charges against Mr. Edmunds of at tempting to divert them from the course of their in quiry, and accuses him of making various assertions opposed to the truth. " The violation of his duties to the Crown and pxblic," says Mr. Hindmarch, " and the gross misconduct of which Mr. Edmunds has been guilty, appears to me to deserve the severest reprobation, if no greater punishment. The statute 24 and 25 Victoria, c. 96 (the Larceny Act), by section 70 provides (amongst other things), that whosoever, being employed in the public service of her Majesty, and en trusted by virtue of such employment with the re ceipt, custody, management, or control of any money, shall embezzle any money entrusted to, or received or taken into possession by him by virtue of his employment, or any part thereof, or in any manner fraudulently apply or dispose of the same or any part thereof, to his own use or benefit, or for any purpose whatever except for the public service, shall be deemed to have feloniously stolen the same from her Majesty. Mr. Edmunds will have great reason to congratulate himself if, through the leniency of the Crown, he shall not be deemed to have acted with a fraudulent intent of such a description as to make him chargeable with offences against the provisions of the statute above cited." On the -17th of December Mr. Edmunds forwarded to the Lord Chancellor a reply to Mr. Greenwood's observations, and this is followed in the return by a second report of Messrs. Greenwood and Hind march, dated the 31st of January last, completing their inquiries into the conduct of Mr. Edmunds and Mr. Ruscoe in the Patent-office. This report occupies 15 pages of the bl ue -b oo k . Wi t h regard to Mr. Ruscoe's case, we may state that though the commissioners say that " perhaps with such an example before him it cannot be wondered that Mr. Ruscoe should have followed such a course," yet from his gross misconduct he ought no longer to remain in the office which he holds under the Com missioners of Patents. "We are not in a position to say precisely how much of the money withheld from the Exchequer has been taken by Mr. Edmunds emi hrwr mud, by Mr. Thisenc. Vnstly lnrecrr amount has been taken by Mr. Edmunds." Upon the whole Messrs. Greenwood and Hind march are satisfied, and find that the following sums payable to the Consolidated Fund and Suitors' Fee Fund respectively, and for which Mr. Edmunds was responsible, were withheld by him at the commence ment of their inquiry : Balance of money due for fees payable to the Consolidated Fund, exclusive of tho amounts of 128.10 d. deducted per skin £8,764 3 6 Aggregate amount of sums of 12$. 10d. per skin abstracted from the moneys re ceived in the offico for account of tho public Amount of discounts taken for the private use of Messrs. Edmund and Ruscoe, for stamps purchased with public money Deficiency in payments duo t o S u it ors ' F ee Fund 5,131 13 6 560 7 10 £17,490 0 10 Of this Mr. Edmunds has refunded (vide licet, in September last) the sum of Leaving a balance of for which he is liable. " These sums have been withheld by him for very many years, and, if they aro to be treated as a debt, ought to be augmented by compound interest." In the supplemental report, Messrs. Greenwood and Hindmarch, upon information conveyed to them by the Accountant-General (whose letter is printed), reduce the amountfor which Mr. Edmunds was liable, previously to his refunding the sum of £7,872 ss. 6d. in September last, as stated in their report of January 31, from £17,490 Os. 10d. to £17,022 4s. 4d. NEW ZEALAND. Further papers relative to the affairs of New Zea land were issued yesterday. The papers consist of communications from the Governor of New Zealand to the Colonial Secretary, and from Gen. Cameron to the Secretary of State for War. The Governor transmits resolutions of the Provincial Assembly of Auckland, calling for a separation of that province into a distinct colony ; reports regarding the Tau ranga natives, who had submitted, but who, it appears, had become affected by the Pai Mariri superstition, and had again revolted ; memoranda by Mr. Weld, the New Zealand Prime Minister, in regard to the withdrawal of English troops, and relative documents. General Cameron, in his de spatches (Jan. 7, 1865), expresses the opinion that the measures announced in the Governor's procla mation of the 17th December last will render the withdrawal of any troops from the colony impos sible. The state of affairs is sum med u p and dis cussed in the following !!epsopwantcinhgl!sytreAr elt,:3lCaraerhdwne.ll: " Sir,—l informed you by tho last mail that her Majesty's Government had received with entire satisfaction the reso lutions of the Assembly of Now Zealand, and had arrived at the conclusion, that if the circumstances of the Northern Island continued the same as they appeared at that time, arrangements might safely be made for the withdrawal of five regiments from the colony. I have since received your despatches, numbered in the margin, acquainting me with the proclamation which, on the advice of your ministers, and having consulted the Lieutenant-General, you issued to the natives on the 17th December. This proclamation includes within the limits of the confiscated laud a larger area than, from your recent despatches, I had supposed was probable ; and I will proceed to consider it with reference to the two important questions which are involved in the determination of a boundary or frontier; the question of justice towards the former owners of the land, and the question of safety. "As regards the question of justice, it is, in the first place, to be borne in mind that you had already made to the natives, in your proclamation of October 25, an offer of clemency, which they had not chosen to accept ; and it was impossible for you any longer to leave in suspense the determination of the frontier you meant to establish. In the second place, I do not understand that the whole of tie area included within the limits prescribed in the pro "On the other hand—and this may explain the appa rent discrepancy —the caution given by General Cameron, though referring to the Waikato, seems more especially to apply to the intended operations at Taranaki. I have already remarked, in a former despatch, on the danger which appears always to attend the extension of settlement at this place ; and have pointed out how necessary it is for your Minister to consider, before inviting the expenditure of fresh capital at Taranaki, what means will be at their disposal, when the imperial troops shall have been with drawn, for protecting the settlers from attack. I confidently expect, therefore, that you will have sanctioned no opera tions at Taranaki which General Cameron has been unable to approve ; and that no frontier will have been established, nor settlements invited, which the unassisted forces of the colony may not be trusted to defend. Speaking, indeed, especially of the intended operations at Taranaki, your advisers expressly say that 'they may be carried on with a local force, which, when the troops are withdrawn, the colony must supply.' To establish a frontier which can be maintained by settlers with the aid of a colonial force is consistent at once with the plan originally suggested by yourself, and adopted by your then Ministers—with the principle of policy on which your present Ministry was formed—and with the instructions you have received from me. You will, therefore, establish your frontier with this view, and not with any expectation of relying for its defence upon an imperial force. "In New Zealand, oven more than in ordinary cases, there is the widest differenee between an aggressive and a defensive war. It has been stated by Mr. Graham, in the letter which you forwarded to me, that there have not been more than 2,000 Maories in arms against us. If this state ment be accurate, or nearly accurate, your Ministers are surely well warranted in saying that they require no impe rial forces to defend a district in which active operations have ceased, ' a district now occupied in strong position by no less than 2,500 military settlers, armed, organised, and capable of self-defence.' If, on the other hand, you were to undertake an aggressive war, such a war as might bo desired by those who wished to suppress the rebellion that it might not be possible to renew it at a future period—or, in other words, once and for all completely to subjugate the natives--you would bo involved in an undertaking of greater difficulty than, even with the aid of the whole force now in New Zealand, you could reasonably hope to ac complish. The natives, if they did not divide themselves into predatory parties, would remain on the defensive, con structing pahs on the strong positions which command the few lines by which it is possible to penetrate the forests of the interior. You would be involved in a succession of sieges, tedious, expensive, and affording no opportunity of ( striking any decisive blow, but, on the contrary, calculated to alarm tribes hitherto neutral, or even friendly, and to draw to the side of the insurgents increasing numbers of allies. This policy her Majesty's Government instruct you to avoid. They observe with pleasure that in your pro clamation you have said, ' The Governor will make no further attack on those who remain quiet.' "Acting, th ere f ore, i n the spirit of your instructions, you will proceed to establish your frontiers with a view to their safety when defended only lly n. onlnra.l t-,,,,, wt.-. 1.,.: tude given to Gen. Cameron with respect to the time of the withdrawal of troops is intended to prevent the hazard of attack upon the colonists, considering tho distance and in terval of time, which render it impossible to foresee the circumstances under which the colony may be placed when the despatches from home shall reach you. It is not in tended to encourage the adoption of any policy which may tend to retard the ultimate withdrawal of the force. When five regiments shall have been withdrawn there will s till remain in New Zealand a large force—a force which your advisers will probably wish to diminish as soon as possible, and which her Majesty's Government will be equally anxious to diminish. Whatever force it may be necessary to retain—and on this subject I wish to hear your opinion and that of your advisers, which you will doubtless form with the assistance ot General Cameron—it must be con sidered as a reserve to come to the protection of any dis trict against a sudden and unexpected danger, and not as the permanent force by which the safety of any district is to be secured in ordinary times. You will also bear in mind that the condition imposed by the Duke of Newcastle still remains in force, and that you will be ' bound to judge for yourself as to the justice and propriety of em ploying, and the best mode of employing, her Majesty's forces. In this matter, you might, of course, fortify your self by taking the opinions of your Ministers, but the re sponsibility would rest with yourself and the officer in command.' "Her Majesty's Government appreciate the exertions which, under the advice of your Ministers, the colony is making to meet, by increased taxation, the heavy burdens cast upon it. But with respect to the pecuniary obligations incurred by the colony towards the Imperial Treasury, and to the argument advanced by your Ministers in connection with the refusal of the guarantee loan, I have to observe that the terms on which the Loan Act was passed by the Imperial Parliament were in strict conformity with former precedent, and with the Act of the New Zealand Assembly of 1862, from which the guarantee derived its origin: If, ! therefore, it has been accepted by the colony, her Majesty ' s Government are in no way responsible for that circum stance, and cannot be expected to consider it as any reason or, of looking ol 8 a k to o for consenting to throw upon the Imperial Treasury .au in creasedtheo origin eportioneither r o o f f col the w o ni a l a r of Pe lB n 6 d o i , t u o r r e o.f N that they see any ground whatever for admitting that eith er the one or the other wa s owing to the assertion of any im perial principle, or to the endeavour to obtain any imperial as distinguished from purely local and co l on i al objects. Nor, considering the vast expenditure which now for two campaigns has been borne by the Imp er i a l Treasury, does it appear that the Imperial Government can be justly said to throw off its share of the responsibilities of the direct consequences of the war, but merely requiring the repay ment of advances made by th e I mperial Treasury in aid of expenditure always regarded as colonial, or by insisting upon a real, though still far from an equivalent, contribu tion in future towards the cost of forces maintained in New Zealand for the d e f ence o f t h e co l ony. B u t as you promise me a full report upon the intended military and financial measures of your Ministers, it is not necessary for me to say more than that I shall wait to hear how they propose to provide for the repayment of the debt duo to the Imperial Treasury, and that you will make it clearly understood that an appropriation, on the scale con templated by Parliament, must be made for any troops who may be retained in New Zealand by Colonial Ministers. "In the last part of their memorandum of the 30th De cember your advisers deprecate the division of the colony proposed in the resolutions of the Auckland Provincial Council, expressing their belief that such a measure would probably meet the determined opposition of every other part of the colony ; that it would take away the security for the future of the Maoi race, which depends on the in fluence of persons (in the southern provinces) removed from local passions and interests, and that it would destroy hopes of the future prosperity of New Zealan d a s a united colony, which are not unworthy of consideration on the part of the mother country. In forwarding to me the your own opinion that unless some such arrangement . I I Auckland resolutions you have, on tho contrary, intimated . re termination the difficulties the . colony, and carried out, it will be impossible to prevailingbring to a satisfactory you inform me that by the next mail you will transmit a. full report upon this important question. In the expecta tion of receiving such a report from you, I will say no more than that her Majesty's Government see no reason, as at present advised, for giving any encouragement to any such proposal.-3 have, &c., (Signed) " EDWARD CARDIVELL APHOTOGRAPHIC CURIOSITY.- With a copy of THE SUN Newspaper is presented GRATIS (with a Sup-,,lement) a MINIATURE PHOTO GRAPHED FAC-SIMILE of the FRONT PAGE of TIIE SUN of MONDAY, the 2d Jaauary, 1865. *** For the convenience of Subscribers wishing to pre serve the Photograph a suitable frame is provided, and may be had at " The Sun" Office, Price is. The Photograph, on card, mounted in frame, is 6d.