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URITANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. MlNAvered by special Act of Parliament 4 Vict., cap. 9. 1, Princes -street, Bank, London. DIRECTORS. (forge Ilevington. Esq.. The Lodge, Dulwich. liaise Cohen, itsq . Shackiswell. j Coventr. Esq , torn Exchange Chambers. Iratcetirathan Duncan Dow, Esq„ 12, Pembridge Drewett, Esq., 50, Cornhill. p, c nnas Samuel liirdler, Esq.. 7, Tokenhouse-yard. Iciward Hales, Esq., North Frith, Hadlow, Kent. i e nrY Lewis Smale, Esq., Doctors' Commons. at th e lowest rates of Premium consi,tent with security. 'l'a various Tables, some of whit) are peculiar to this Com ev7„ c ass ave of A bee s t udiously adapted to the. requirements of rr. E QUAL RATES FOR WHOLE TERM OF LIFE. Ari . 2 0 - ANNUAL PREMIUM. 1 AGE 25 1 12 5 I 35 30 1 16 0 1 40 -----_______ 2 0 8 I 45 ANNUAL PREMIUM 2 6 9 2 15 1 3 6 3 ANDREW FRANCIS, Secretary. T he in,- R RIAL MERCANTILE CREDIT ASSOCIATION f Iced) are a u th or i se d t o o ff er 30,009 Shares of the Varna R Pee tuswaY Company, on the terms of the follo w i n g Pro - 11 t VARNA RAILWAY . COMPANY (Rustchuk to Varna", ecnastituted by Statutes under the law of Turkey, with Limited Liability. Concession 93 years. la • 15 et, Share Capital £900,000. h i e—. Shares to bearer of Lie each, bearing a minimum . Q._ I. eli of 5 per cent. per annum guaranteed bythe Turkish 1527erninent. Shares h ave b een taken, 9,000 of wh i ch are under offer '! 1 Turkey, according to the terms of the concession. b Price of issue of the Shares £l2. be on Application £l, ditto on Allotment £2. i -0, to exert:it 108. per Share, at intervals of not lees 1 At 'hi than three months. - • Der „, Price of issue Shareholders will receive Si per cent. all,;'llutu, and interest will be allowed an the same rate on petYpients. Shareholders may pay up in full. ra ri t l e e tihares will be redeemed at par by a sinking fund gua terorne,,dbY the Turkish Government by annual drawings, to 12 EZneethe year alter the opening of the line, duringllee, ( ;, l 7, Shares during the first 33 years ; 20,000 the 45,0 03. , 33 years ; 12,503 during the third 33 years ; total, , teiv o .ouler of each share drawn and paid offwill re ru:: dividend warrant entitling him to participate in all • lot,,,:4earned by the Railway in excess of the guaranteed To ,„ B ‘,.cillting the remaining term of the concession. klaithitnate'the advantages offered to the Shareholders, in Drog,'en to the minimum interest of 8k per cent., and the Pary e n from the annual drawings at par,. it is neces to 2° ate tbat, the Railway is estimated to yi - 1d from 10 P OZi er cent. phism on the entire capital expended, of mean ,000 ;of amount £1,100,0 0 has been provided by ,„de e ,„"f obligatio sinking rate of 7i er cent. interest, and - l'arkr s jtble by the fund, likewise guaranteed by the ; the entire profits above the aggregate Phar,,v, g le o Will in consequence become divisible among the priceg a capital of 490 1 ,000, and taking perveount the at which the Shares are issued, each tiviir a rlt. of surpl us p ro fit earned on the total cost would Strloin.! Shareholder an addition of nearly 4 per cent. on the Pait by him. Peto, Betts, and Crampton have contracted to con the%uLthe Railway and Works. and rovide rolling stock, for Co W hich will leave a suffic enemarin in the h ;nds of ,t aIVPanY to pay interest during the construction, and to co ntinzencies, thereby ensuring that under no dr- Th ""Ceg shall tbe expenditure exceed £2,000,000. b e e„ lta ilway was commenced last June, and great progress gMlu;,., ll , l tlltde in all branches of the works. Fifty miles ot ave ;,," r K are ready for layinr , the rails, and the contractors ki ttur." ta de arrangements to'epen the entire line in the t hla i7:4 1 €66. For this purpose all the rails will be delivered DIRECTORS. E,'EAlt GLADSTONE, Esq, Chairman , ollaston Blake, Esq. hlaleezles lielson, Esq. !I r 11 `Chlery, Esq. A10,,11",ce Pesti& Esq Me' Emerl ue • fop. Pau •we , ' • Kereelin-MOnjet. CONSULTING ENGINEER. • G. P. Bidder, Esq. ENGINEER. Wm. M•Candlish, Esq. CONTRACTORS. Messrs. Peto, Betts, and Crampton SOLICITORS. Messrs. 1% eshfitlds and Newman. London. } Brussels. BANKERS. Messrs. Robarts, 7 übbock, and Co. SECRETARY. J. P. Walsh, Esq. BROKERS. Messrs. P. Cazenove and Co. OFFICES. k t „ 111 8 15, Angel-court, E.C. toiiribe 4 ;way_will connect Rustchuk, on the banks of the tr a ,‘, ith Varna, the principal port in the Black Sea, and 2Q th,„ese for the entire distance of about 138 tqf,Bl4.o';tri, nee rem Ipulous districts in the province of Bulgaria. at: teve,'"ee remits yearly to the Turkish Govepiment a ,s 4 iti lio -11 ,e of about one m•llion sterling, and provides Con et' he ,4 1 e With cattle, timber, grain, and ther produc & th e „._b_ attached to the Prcspectus will show the route osed Ralwav, an I the great saving of time and Are e „ ) ; , uoth by sea and land. It will form ihe shztest and t,vide j e t:tient route to and from the East. It will also -,,libet,de cheapest aud mo,t d rect. means of communica jtintrie"een the Moldo-W•Lilachian Principalities and the 1 4 4 ,rae y Lel' the 'Upper Danube and the Port of Varna. The ta, 4 9kr ,„ - ,,° ,1 1 London to Constantinople will be accomplished n, s e .`". a h , If days. r: tila,ell. (4 Varna, is one of the best natural harbours in ), Sea, from when there is a lar2e exportation of }04,11,1,4',Ther merchandise at all seasons of the year. The ll' the '-`vvernment are now negotiating with a company weieristruction of a br..akwater and quays within the one 1 1 these are completed the Harbour of Varna will tl e Alr e 4 the finest in Europe. dt t t t h 3 ' a Pier has been constructed, extending Intl 16 feet thper inWater, where vessels of large tonnage may load and Tap ,_„ e "nectioa with the Railway. tail e d" et the annual payments guaranteed by the pptbe recrernment the entire Share and Debenture Capital 11 14 4 s T ur eenled with n the term of the concession. eke ktsh Government have the option of purchasing Pira ti "'AY on terms favourable to the Company, at the of 50 ars. il t rk, co lt ther details reference is made to the original Fir oth,rivention, Cahier des Charges, Plan for Redemption, ,4 f o , r, GMeiat ducum-nts, which, with translations, are Rbti t espe,tion at the Company's Office. is fti tt s c ations for Share s , i n t h e annexed Form, to be left re, e Bankers upon payment of the der osit of XI per a l l no al otment is made the deposit will be returned f or r i l if a less number oi shares be allotted than is ap ,rtiB tb , The deposit will, so far as required, be applied to eqroßp`tecetPaYment due on allotment. A a. titr ted _ psea and Forms of applization f r Shares may be at 'iati°lthe Secretary of the Imperial Mercantile Credit Ottij. 2 , Artnited', 95, Bishopsgate-street ; of the Brokers, z 2. rea.d needle-Street ;or at the offices of the Com 4-ngel-conrt. APPLICATION FOR S • 0 be retained by the BankersHAßES.. Ta p. having of the Varna Railway Company. ) s t 7 , bb K, alli s- elarlng paid to your Bankers, Messrs.Robarl s, Party fer M ar the sum of , being a deposit ' t hd hereb e ())1 shares in the abo re Corn toaY ag ree Y requeBt that you will allot me that number. pay e b liot ,"? lteeept such shares, or any less number you -7 th e ° due on the terms of the prospectus, and I agree ePOsit due on allotment. Usual Signature Name in full .................... ..... Residence Profession 4 '0 VARNA RAILWAY COM PANY.— L A I'3,IO:I - cm IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the LISTS of the IrONS for SHARES will be CLOSED on TUBS -410, be can instant • but applications from the Country ,64:.,,:eceived by post the following WEDNESDAY 14 ''t - dOurt, E .C., Feb. 24, 1865. By Order. )VARtiTOTISES and WHARVES, the River Frontage at Battersea. 1;)•V I,6§Zporated by Act of Parliament as the 4 Aitm ° N DOCKS and WAREHOUSES COMPANY 400,000, in 25,000 Shares of X2O each, of which I,zotleposl,lae-third has been already subtcribei. u s -4 1. on application, and £2 on Allotment ko hey euntiihnttCall to exceed £2 10s. per Share, nor to be 114bil rec calendar months after the previous call. 4 1, 11 4r e8 1 . t 5" of Shareholders is limited to the amount:of I.oajitt •,,„„ DIRECTORS. t e qt, ItI?,DER k-a 11 ' Chao), IC HOLROYD, Esq. (Director of the o_ l. tlare a,m, and Dover Railway Company), 8, Sus— rs-?0;„ erb,43'oe-park, Chairman. Wint4 4 4y) , Maddock (Director of the Scinde Railway ( 1 4 , 4 141 ). Maida-hill West, Deputy- Vtollstin p ,84 1. (Director of the Metropolitan Railway ol l) „ 111111 x, A delaide-read, St. John's- wood. ihkl:piy) 6E7 (Director of the Great Western Railway h,"eat r " ' l] ,evver Lodge, Windsor, 004 . r 4 1t n ,`, 411 , Esq. (Director of the London and North t°4."inar—f9vay Company), 197, Gloucester-place, q t et ki e t' ar ,„ ,k t , - I)472repi,zz -msg. Chairman of the International Con- Cannon-street West, E.C. Vrt nbighn. R. T. Rowley, M.P. (Director of the Mold 4180411WitY Comp inv), 47, Berkeley -square. 0 111 11 4 ' t ers Rut (Messrs. Frederick Levick and C 0.% 1, 1 4 ,41. %i re , L ondon, and Cwm Celyn Iron Works, Mon th 'oi l 't.!a • are txpouain B ulkeley has been elected a Director pro ul:Antyl,‘ue Company's obtaining* an Act for wh!ch e 11 00. 41 n the present Session 0 increase the ntun from seven to nine. or r .-.or l d BANKERS. ) An °II, T hreadneedle -street, and Charing-Cross. t " b e lt w ' isley , SOLICITOR. Esq , 5, Victorla-streef, Westminster ENGINEERS. 1 F Charles Fox and Son. .trl.„• , Cla v., ..HYEYORS AND ARCHITECTS. r -ttote „,.!oers, t sk, 3 Frederick's-place, Old Jew y. a "'taker, sq 3, $ u . • Inle t A Cannon-row, Westminster. BROKERS. - %(!fh, ''''' 'Crialgeollr and Co.. 10, Old Broad-street. %Ile col t ek AITDITORS. AlllBonatt, t rurquand, Youngs, and Co (Public Ac 4, Toket thouse-yard, Lethbary. SECRETARY. 4 0. 1 Edward lames Randall. 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My • son, jealous that I should not lose what reputation belongs to the origi nation and promulgation of so grand an idea, sug gests that I should not let the above passage in Mr. Sonkey's letter pass quite without notice, and hence this letter to you, for Which I respectfully ask inser tion in your next number. I have been since the year 1835 intimately con nected with railways in all parts of Great Britain and Ireland ; I have also had remitted to me important statistical and other investigations in respect to rail ways in Algeria, Canada, the United States of North America, and Denmark. About 23 year s ago I became personally acquainted with the lat e i n d e f at i gable Lieut. Waghorn, the ori ginator of wh a t i s called "the overland route to India." This always struck me as somewhat of a misnomer, and, at the time I mention, induced the thought suddenly t o cross my brain of the practica bility of c ons t ruct i ng a railway direct from Calais, by way of Constantinople, Turkey in Asia, Persia, and Aff ghanistan, to C a l cu tt a , th us h av i ng a really "overland" rou t e, Which, at the time, I said mi g ht be traversed by express trains in six days. In a few months after I added to my original scheme " an extension to Canton." At first I wa s so overwhelmed b y t h e vastness of the scheme a s scarcely to dare to mention it except to a very few personal friends, who of course set me down as a very d reamer. I n 1843-4, ho wever, I commenced to elaborate the first offshoot of my brain, and in the geographical statistics I was aided by Dr. Black and another friend, both of whom I believe are now- living. At this time our great railway mania set in, and I was for several years largely engaged, for Parlia mentary purposes, on projected lines all over Great Britain and Ireland, and in course of my travels on these duties I made known my great scheme to nu merous engineers and others officially engaged in railway affairs, many of whom are now dead, but still many living. Suffice it to name two of the latter —Mr. . haveJ o hn an Coullinbrotell C. E., and M r Ed w i n Cl ar k . To en chain of com mun i ca ti on from Calais to Calcutta, by the route I have men- tioned, I found at least one great physical difficulty to be overcome, namely, the passage of the Bos phorus. This I proposed to effect, fin. reasons which I need not now state, a little to the north of Con stantinople, at the site of the Castles of Europe and Asia. In the year 1846 I mentioned this to Mr. Edwin Clark, who was then actively engaged in the construction of the Britannia Bridge over the Menai Straits, and I and some members of [my family well remember his reply, to the effect that I might rest satisfied on that head, for his experience in the great work on which he was engaged enabled him to say that a bridge across the Bosphorus was quite practicable. Since 1842 I have ta ken every fitting opportunity of mentioning the project, especially to parties who, oa o i n n e ta w n a oe y o o f r o G th en er e , ra a l id ch it e ne A y t , Crimean war I had the pleasure the hbelieved, outbreak might g f h t t ah q m e . toifndmearkwinhgosethceommand the exploration of the valley of the Euphrates was conducted, by order of Go vernment, more than 30 years since, and to whose Blue Book I am much indebted for valuable infor mation. To this officer I gave an outline of my plan, and we have had several conversations about it since. Again, when crossing the plains of Algeria, in 1858-9, I laid it before n Eugene Caillaux, Ing6nieur des Ponta et Chausees, who expressed much interest in it. But, sir, the best epitome of the history of this subject is, r believe, to be found in an octavo volume (published by W. H. Allen and Co., in 1857), from the pen of Mr. W. P. Andrew, the chairman of the Scinde Railway, and the early and indefatigable promoter of railways in India generally. To all who take an interest in this great project, the fol lowing passages, from page 5 of that work, will be acceptable. Mr. Andrews himself extracts them from an author unknown to me, whom he calls " a recent and able writer :" " In this country, ever since the first exploration of the Valley of the Euphrates, by Gen. Chesney, the advantages of such a route to railway or steam communication has not ceased to press itself upon all thoughtful and intelligent , minds. Indian railways, which were brought to the notice of Lord Fitzgerald, the President of the Board of Contro in 1842; seem, however, to have been the basis of legiti mate projects of overland routes, as contra-distinguished from mere visionary schemes. " The first edition of Mr. W. P.:Andrews's work, ' Indian Railways, as connected with the Power and Stability of the British Empire in the East, the Development of its Resources, and the Civilisation of its People, with an An alysis of the Projects now claiming Public Confidence,' ap peared early in 1864. This was the first great step which finally led to the project of establishing a communication between the railways of India and those of Europe. The line of Rajmahal, and by the valley of the Ganges, in Ben gal, which was orginally recommended by Mr. Andrews, was, it is true, for a time suspended by the Mirzapore direct project of Mr. R. M. Stephenson ; but it (the Rajma hal line) was that which ;was ultimately adopted by the authorities, and Mr. R. M. Stephenson was ordered to carry it out. Mr. Andrews's energy was, however, only thrown thereby into a new and more important channel, and he was enabled to carry out a favourite project of a Scinde railway, from whence has arisen the still more recent scheme of a connection between that railway, the Valley of the Euphrates, and the Mediterranean. " Not that there was any want of projectors at home Mr. William Pare, of the Seville Iron Works, in 3:Malin, elaborated a scheme of a Calais, Constantinople, and Cal - cutta Railway, 1842 ; and this was afterwards; in 1845, prolonged to Pekin, under the designation of ' The Atlas Railway.' Mr. Alexander F. Campbell ' proposed a rail- way from England to India' to the Honourable Board of Directors of the East India Company, in letters and maps. of the 6th September, 1840, 25th March, 1845, and 25th April, 1845 ; and in 1851 Mr. James Wyld published a map with the railways laid down as proposed by Mr. Campbell, ♦iz., from Ostend, via Vienna, Belgrade, Constantinople, across Asia Minor to Aleppo, and along the Valley of the Euphrates, skirting the seaboard of Persia, and Beloochis tan to Kurrachee, and thence to Calcutta." And now, sir, although, so far as I am aware, the paragraph above extracted in which my name occurs is the earliest in type in which I am mentioned in connection with this great project, it will be evident from what I have herein stated that I by no means hid my candle under a bushel. The first publica tion I ever saw or heard of on the subject was in 1845 or 1846, in the shape of a small pamphlet by a Mr. Baldwin, of Nant y Glo, in South Wales, which I regret I have not now at hand. In Mr. Sankey's letter, which has called forth this, I perceive great earnestness, and I shall be happy to join with him and any others who have made the subject a study, in a vigorous attempt to complete the intervening links in the vast chain of direct railway communication between London and Calcutta and Canton. When I first thought on this subject, there was not a single mile of railway constructed on the continents of Europe or Asia. Now we have lines stretching to not a great dis tance from Constantinople on the European side ; from Calcutta to the north of India on the other. I believe that Sir R. M. Stephenson is now 'engaged on a projected line between Calcutta and Canton. I know that lines through Asia Minor have been surveyed, and I have reason to think that the Shah of Persia is desirous of having them extended through his dominions. Surely by a judicious and concentrated effort we may achieve the grand pro ject in its integrity. WILLIAM PARE. Datchet Lodge, Windsor, Jan. 25, 1865. The Portuguese Ambassador at Rome, Field Marshal Duke de Saldanha• TO THE EDITOR OF THE WEEKLY REGISTER. Sir,—ln you paper of the 28th ult., I read in the article of news headed " Rome," the following passage : "On the 16th inst. a grand reception took place at the Farnese Palace, on the part of the Royal Family of Naples. On the same evening his Excellency the Field Marshal the Duke of Saldanha, Ambassador of his Faithful Majesty, near the Holy See, opened the noble rooms of the Torlonia Palace in Borgo, by a splendid feast. The chief dignitaries of the Church, the members of the diplomatic corps, the Roman princes and nobles, &c., filled the rooms, of which the Duchess of Saldanha, !as well as her husband, did the honours in the most amiable and hospitable manner. The duke is said to be on the point of leaving Rome to proceed to London, to fill there also the post of Portuguese Ambas sador. 'He will leave,' says a letter in the Unita Cattolica, a most lasting rec)llection of himself as a grand seigneur, and a zealous and distinguished Catholic."' (The italics are mine.) This extract suggests to me (as it will suggest to any Portuguese acquainted with the chequered and eventful antecedents of the Ambassador) most curious and not over edifying reflections. The first thought that offers itself to everyone is the oddity of the juxtaposition of the two re ceptions ; one by the legitimate and revolutionary despoiled Royal Family of Naples; the other by the revolutionary representative of a usurping Government, imposed on my reluctant country, through the instrumentality of the same revolutionary Duke, by the most revolutionary, and most scandalous quadruple alliance. No doubt, the chief dignitaries of the Church, the Diplomatic Corps, the Roman princes and nobles passed, with the greatest composure, from presenting to the betrayed Royal Family their re spects amidst expressions of sympathy, to sipping the ices of the revolutionary Ambassador, amidst floods of light and flattery. I wonder, however, whether any of the com pany reflected that in those ices, and cakes, and sweet meats, and splendour, they were enjoying the fruits of the spoil of Convents, Monasteries, Cathedrals, Churches, Con fraternities, most impiously confiscated and robbed by the Ambassador himself and his freemasonic party ? Yes, whilst the few remaining old religious men, expel led by Saldanha and his friends from their convents and property, are living in poverty and misery ; while the few old nuns still existing in some convents are almost starv ing, having been plundered by the most liberal thieves whom Saldanha has helped into domination, and now re presents at Rome ; he is spending sums and exacting sala ries (from a court and Government that wished to keep him away at any price) out of all proportion with the means of the country ; has, notwithstanding that the revo lutionists have swallowed all the riches and possessions of the Portuguese Church, in Portugal itself and her colonies, they are making loans upon loans on the most ruinous terms, every year or every six months (vide Times of the day before yesterday, where a new one of theso loans is spoken of). How has this " great duke" ofyesterdayrisen to his duke dom ? Why, by his services as a good soldier (which he un doubtedly is), to the revolutionary party, under the wings of Lord Palmerston and Louis Philippe and their perfidious quadruple alliance. Without him Don Pedro and his Free masons would not have been able to abolish the religious orders, to plunder the Church and the State in Portugal, to open the doors of the kingdom to the Protestant propa ganda, to bring the country to the present fearful condition of infidelity, demoralisation, and ruin. Saldanha was merely a cadet son, having only his pay and no other, or hardly any other property, being at the same time the most lavish spendthrift, to whom no money is ever sufficient. I really think that the first real property he possessed was that of a convent and its land, which he shared, or bought for a song, in the scramble for the Church plunder in 1834. He had not, it is true, been so well ap portioned as his fellow-revolutionists Palmella and Car valho, for instance, who got some of the most splendid estates in the country, belonging to the Augustinian Monasteries of Lisbon and Coimbra, but he had one of the convents at least, which I do not know whether he still possesses or not. His brother-in-law, Mr. John Smith— whom he made a sort of secretary of his, and took with him to Portugal in 1831 or thereabouts (after having been lodging at his father's house, as a refugee then in England, which led to the marriage of the duke with his present wife)—has also got a convent at Alenquen, where he re sides, and where the duke has been staying with him for some time. Now Mr. John Smith had not, it seems, much money out of which to buy a Convent, were it not under the fostering influence of his now brother-in-law, the "distinguished and zealous Catholic" Ambassador at Rome, who gives splendid feasts to the Cardinals and' Roman Princes, &c., at the expense of the despoiled Portuguese Church and nation. It is notorious in Portugal that Saldanha consented in going to Rome as Ambassador, at the supplication of the other preciou'S masonic Duke Louie, and of the two revo lutionary Kings, father and son, on condition of having his numerous debts paid off by the Government, a good sum of money given him for preparation and the voyage, and a large salary, for those feasts he is giving, attended by the principal English Catholics at Rome, who have such short memories as not to remember that the present Duke, _ be sides having been the main instrument for th e trium p h the masonic revolution and usurpation in Portugal, has f made three or four revolutions afterwards, under • eren! banners and pretexts, being now A mbassador at Rome be PRICE 4d., STAMPED sd. cause he was bought from making another which every body in Lisbon was expecting from him at the time of his appointment to the Pontifical Court. Saldanha is known in Portugal by everybody as the "Fifty-faced Man" (o homenz das 50 caras) on account of having appeared on the political stage in all sorts of different even opposite, characters. A most amusing caricature of him appeared in a sort of Lisbon Punch, in 1848, where the Protean Duke was shown, in a most striking likeness, dressed as Arlekin (except the head, which bore a Jesuit's hat), and everyone of the known variegated triangles making the costume of the Christmas character had on it, from the neck to the shoes, a repetition of the face of the present Ambassador ; and all these miniature portraits be ing exact copies of the larger face. And let me remark that the paper and the caricature wore not a Miguelite satire ; they were the work of his fellow-revolutionist s and Church robbers. Being an enemy to hunibugs—and the greater enemy , the bigger they are—l wish, by these few facts and obser vations (which I could enlarge to a volume with similar extracts from the life and miracles of the hero) to supple ment the "lasting recollections" of the Arlekin Duke "as a grand seigneur and a zealous and distinguished Ca tholic," pointed out by the correspondent of the United Cattolica. Such recollections ought greatly to enhance the flavour of the ices and cakes at the Torlonia Palace to all good Catholics who flock to the feasts. In the several . revolutions Saldanha has made when he has more than once been in power, and all-powerful, in Portugal, has he ever endeavoured to restore to the Church her property, or spoken of it ? What everybody will say in Portugal about the " grand seigneur" of the Unita is, that his present face of a "'zealous Catholic" makes face fifty-one. A. P. SA,F.AivA. London, 21, Nottingham-street, Marylebene, February 1, 1865. TO THE EDITOR OF THE WEEKLY REGISTER. Sir,—You inserted in your last number a letter from Mr. Saraiva, containing some severe animadversions on the Duke of Saldanha, the present Ambassador from the Court of Portugal to that of Rome, who is blamed for having taken an active part in the restoration of constitutional monarchy in his own country under its legitimate Queen Donna Maria, when the throne of that kingdom had been usurped by Don Miguel, whose despotic sway, and the cruelties he practised to all opposed to him, created such general dissatisfaction throughout Europe as to cause a universal feeling amongst all friends of civil and religious liberty and of constitutional freedom for his overthrow. If a participation in this feeling, added to his gallant services during the Peninsular war under the Duke of Wellington, as stated in that letter, were the principal causes of his elevation, as stated in that letter, one would imagine that such facts would tend more to his credit than otherwise, and that his present position at the Court of Rome would raise him still higher in the eyes of your readers. Having myself served in the Portuguese army with the Duke of Saldanha during that war, and having been selected by the Portuguese Regency in this country to organise and command an expedition to Portugal with the rank of Marechal de Campo, to aid in the overthrow of Don Miguel and the restoration of the Queen, as Mr. Saraiva well knows, he being then one of the partisans and active agents in this country of the usurper, and having favoured me with various marks of his hostility, for having lent my humble assistance to the good cause, for which I incurred the displeasure of the Duke of Wellington and Lord Beresford, who advocated despotic rule in Portugal, while the Liberal Government here gave all the aid in their power to the advocates of legitimacy, civil and reli gious liberty, and constitutional freedom, I feel myself in some degree called upon to defend the Duke of Saldanha from animadversions that cannot under these circumstances be considered as uninfluenced by personal feelings. As Mr. Saraiva is so ready to bring charges against others ho may perhaps be equally ready to favour your readers with a defence of Don Miguel against a variety of crimes and misdemeanours with which ho was charged, commencing with the first step he took during the life-time of his father King John, to pave his way to the absolute power he then contemplated, and to which the Marquis de Loule (the father of the present Prime Minister in Portu gal) was opposed, he being then the confidential adviser of his Majesty and a constant resident with him in his palace at Lisbon, where Don Miguel also resided. To get rkt, of this confidential friend and adviser was considered an im portant point, and the most effectual step was taken for this purpose, by the assassipation of the marquis during the night time, his body having been thrown out of one of the windows, was found next morning in a court-yard of the palace. Don Miguel was not accused of having committed this crime, as it required an able-bodied man to murder another, and then throw his body out of a window, such as an active partisan of Don Miguel who passed that night with him at the palace, to whom this was generally attri buted in Lisbon at the time. If there is anything incorrect in this statement of the case Mr. Saraiva will no doubt favour us with his views on the subject, and whether it is not true that Don Miguel, on subsequently assuming the reins of Government, did not without judge or jury incar cerate in the dark dungeons of Fort St. J u li an an d o th er prisons, all the noblemen and others of note who were opposed to his system of Government, where they re mained, suffering the greatest privations for several years, until the reins of Government were wrested from his hands and the constitution restored by universal acclamation, when it was found that the greater part of the unfortunate prisoners at Fort St. Julian had perished under the cruel treatment of its Governor Telles Jordas, who was torn to pieces by the inhabitants of Lisbon and thrown into the Tagus (a retribution so far for the murder of the Marquis of Loule and the more prolonged sufferings of those who perished in that prison). Amongst other frivolous charges brought forward by Mr. Saraiva is that of a Mr. Smith, the brother-in-law of the Duke of Saldanha, having purchased some national property when offered by public sale ; but as such charges do not require refutation, I have only to re quest that as you have given publicity to them you will give equal publicity to this reply.—From your obedient servant, JOHN Scorr Mum. Feb. 22, 1865. Naval and Military Intelligence. Her Majesty's paddle sloop Alecto, Commander W. H. Blake, from the south-east coast of America, yesterday landed her guns and war stores at the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, and proceeded to the dockyard to be paid out of commission. _ _ The Blakely - ordnance gun, proved a few days ago at the Woolwich butt, and which has since been mounted on a carriage and platform, the patented invention of the company, was on Thursday fired six times to test its efficiency and endurance. In spite of the incessant rain, and the total want of • shelter, the officials of the garrison and the Ord nance Select Committee were present in large num bers. The platform is made of wrought iron, on the box girder principle, and weighs eight tons. The carriage is constructed of double plates of wrought iron, and weighs three tons. The crane used in lift ing the monster shot, for loading, together with the windlass and appendages, add other three tons to the weight of the fittings, which, together with the gun itself, amount in the aggregate to 294 tons. Mr. Campbell, acting on behalf of the company, who has superintended the manufacture of the machinery, pointed out the extraordinary facility of working the gun, in spite of its great weight, now within the power of a single gunner. By a simple movement of the windlass the gun was traversed and placed in position for firing by himself alone, to the manifest approbation of the officials present. The first round was fired with a charge of 301 b. of powder and a 5001 b. shot, which was intended as a test of the pressors in checking the recoil, and was found satis factory. The second charge was increased to 451 b. of powder, with the same sized shot. This being the ordinary service charge, four additional rounds were fired without an increase. The sixth and last round was fired with 481 b. of powder. Thegu carriage, and the whole of the appurtenances, _ under went a rigid examination at the conclusion of h eac round, and were found free from blemish any The gun signs of having suffered from the and fittings will be shipped in a few test.days for St. Petersburg. In the Army Estimates f sum of £3,00 0 is taken by ther the G o v y e r e n ar m e i n B t 6 , s among various other sums, for e o the p u rchase of additional land, n of the rifle range for the use ofthe a t Chatham garrison, as , ea men well as providing d but accommodation instruction. Th for 700 officers original estimate men while ? lnal of the undertaking was £ 64 ,000, but up t o the3lst of December last . 175,800 had been voted, and £56,000 expended. Among the largest BUMS taken by the War Department is one of £30,000 for the erection of additional quarters for married non commissioned officers and men, as well as for the enlargement of the existing buildings. A similar sum of £30,000 is also required for improving the sanitary arrangements at the several barracks, in accordance with the rec;onmitudittion ‘• Of the Army Sanitary CommissiOn: mental .414)ols and chapels absorb a sum.-:6 - :£7;b00; - and ew vote, which has only appejared years is one of £4,000 f Or'th& - eitilblislulient and sup port lEstima of late of military gymnasia, after the.'iilodel of that which has been so successfully established at Chat ' ham. A sum of £5,000 is also taken for the im provement of military reading and recreation rooms. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. LINCOLN RACES, SATURDAY. A very sharp frost during the night did not prevent the running to-day, the sun quickly dispelling all traces of the enemy. Of course the Lincolnshire Handicap was the event of the afternoon, the four others on the card not causing much speculation or calling for any special remark. The accept ance was about the best ever known, and indeed, considering the time of year, an extraordinary one. The French mare Heurlys had, on the first appearance of the weights, been selected as the favourite, but she did not go at it kindly in the market, and in what little speculation there was the public went for Manrico, whose appearance at the post fully justified his backers' confidence. The large number of 21 horses, one rarely equalled, and never, we believe, exceeded, for this event, came to the post on this occasion. The issue of the race was, however, disappointing in every Way. After a tedious delay of close upon an hour, the lot was desp a t c h ed to a very unsatisfactory start, the favourite being left at the post, and the field getting away in very straggling order. The second favourite, Idle Girl, made a good race of it with Gaily, who at 20 to 1 landed " the fielders about the best of the many coups the meeting has given them. Despite the unfavourable weather and the postponement, the success of the Lincoln spring, both as regards attendance and number of horses engaged, has been unprecedented. One word as to the starting. The season has commenced badly in this respect. The wearying delays at the post caused by the behaviour of some of the younger jockeys, NehiCh was as bad as bad could be, has caused public attention to this crying evil. Is it too much to ask Of' the Jockey Club to face the difficulties with which the subject is surrounded, and devise some means of correct ing a custom (for bad starting has almost grown into that) which tends to rob racing of half its pleasure, gives undue advantages to one horse over another, sets all calculation at nought, and is injurious in every way to the sport of which it is so important a feature ?- The Blankney Handicap, 50 sovs., given by Mr. H. Chaplin, added to a sweepstakes of 3 sovs. each, for all ages. About half a mile. Mr. Graham's Medicia (J. Grinishaw Major Fridolin's Fleur de Bois (Goodwin 2 Mr. Coney's Hecate (Carroll 3 The following also ran—Cronstadt, Tomfoolery, Sister Mary, Virtuous, and Newminster colt. Betting-5 to 2 agst Sister Mary, 4to 1 agst )(edicts, 9 to 2 agst Virtuous, and 11 to 2 agst Fleur de 8018. Tomfoolery jumped off in front, but was soon after headed by Medicis, who went on with the running, attended by Fleur de Bois, Hecate, and Virtuous ; a good race from the distance ensuing between Medicis and the French filly, the latter failing to get up, and being beaten cleverly by a length. Hecate finished the same distance behind her ; Virtuous was fourth, Tomfoolery fifth, and Sister Mary sixth. The Newminster colt was last. The Innkeepers' Selling Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 40 added. About half a mile. Mr. Hodgman's Vedette--Pasquine (Heart fiell Mr. Pardoe's Tragedy (Loates 2 Captain Machell's Lord of the I s l es (Elphiek 3 Betting-5 to 2on Tragedy. The Pasquine filly took a slight lead, attended by. Tragedy, and a good race between the two ended in the favourite's defeat by a neck ; a bad third. The Lincolnshire Handicap of 5 sous. each, 3 forfeit, with 100 added, for 3-yr-olds and upw . ards. 113 subs. Ono mile. Mr. John Osborne's Gaily, 5 yrs, ist 41b (Carroll 1 Mr. J. R. Preston ns Le Mare c h a l, i s t 71b (P erry 2 Mr. Saxon's Idle Girl, 4 yrs, 6st 91b (J. Grimshaw 3 The following also ran—Donnybrook, Twilight, Stock inger, Dr. Syntax, Historian, Manrico, Voluptas, Heurlys, Gownsman, Charming Woman, Lapidist, Shakespeare, Goldylocks, Benazet, Forester, Alpheus, Mongrel, Terror, Nu, La Gloriette, and Grace Darling. Betting-100 to 30 agst Manrico, 7 to 1 agst Idle Girl, 12 to 1 agst Dr. Syntax, 100 to 8 each agst Le Marechal and Twilight, 100 to 6 each agst Heurlys and Benazet, 20 to 1 each agst Gaily, Alpheus, and Terror, 25 to 1 each agst Mongrel, Nu, and Donnybrook. Terror flung his jockey before reaching the post, and, Sharp being rather shaken, Kenyon mounted and took his place. After great delay and several false starts, in which Alpheus, Forester, Donnybrook, Shakspeare, Benazet, Dr. Syntax, and Idle Girl were conspicuously in front, the flag was lowered to an indifferent start, Le Marechal, Gowns , man, and Donnybrook's colours showing in front for a short Idistance, when Lapidist took up the running . followed by Alpheus, Voluptas, and Donnybrook, behind whom were Twilight, Gaily, Terror, Idle Girl, Le Marechal, Shakspeare, Benazet, and a rack of horses whipped in by Historian. Coming into the straight, Idle Girl drew up in company with Le Marechal and Gaily, Terror lying on the outside, and at the distance the race was left to. Gaily, Le Marechal, and Idle Girl, a fine struggle ensuing between the first named, which was decided in Gaily's favour by a neck. Idle Girl was a length and a half behind Le Marechal, and Donny brook was three lengths behind the Frenchman ; Heurlya was fifth, Terror sixth, Stockinger seventh, and behind them were Benazet, Twilight, Charming Woman, La Glo riette, and , Shakespeare. Historian trotted in with the crowd. Manrico and Forester were left at the post. An objection was made after the race by Mr. Samuel to the start, on the ground of its being " a flying" one, and the matter having been gone into by the stewards, they de cided that Gaily was the winner. The Handicap ' Hurdle Race of 5 sovs. each, 3 ft., with 40 added. Two miles, over six flights of hurdles. Mr. Smith's Brown Stout, by Sir J. Barleycorn, aged, lOst - (Pliyne 1 Mr. T. Wadl ow ' s W es t - E nd, aged lOst 41b (W. White ) 2 Mr. Brayley,s Ibex (h. b.), 5 yrs, 10st 71b ... (Page 3 Mr. Vaillant's Adrier, 6 yrs, 9st 121 b (W. Gunner 4 The following also ran :—Harlequin, Patience, Woodford, The Rogue, Overton, Vision, and Wheldrake. Betting--4 to 1 agst West-End, sto 1 each agst Whel drake and the Rogue, 6 to 1 agst Ibex, 8 to 1 agst Overton, 10 to 1 each agst Patience, Brown Stout, and Vision. The Rogue made play in company with Brown Stout, Adder, and Overton, who were the leading horses past the stand, after which Ibex went to the front, followed by The Rogue and Brown Stout. Passing the mile post Brown. Stout took the lead, and at the turn West-End came up to him, The Rogue and Wheldrake having gone the wrong side of a post, and to the first-named the race was then left; Brown Stout winning bya length and a half; Ibex finished four lengths behind West-End ; and the French horse Adrier was a bad fourth. The Lincolnshire Hunt Steeplechase, of 5 sovs each, with 50 addbd. About 4 miles. Mr. R. Walker's Cortolvin, 5 yrs, 12st 31b (Slopel Mr. Richardson's Vienna, 5 yrs, 12st 81b (Mr. G Nelson 2 Mr. Heneago ' s Cadet, aged, 12st 10lb (M r. Martin 3 The following also ran :—Morris Dancer, George, Vam pire, Wandering Willie, Speculation, Marshman, Gambler, Watercress, and Clinker. Betting-4 to 1 agst Vienna, 6to 1 agst any other. Gambler, Speculation, and Clinker were the first to show in front, followed by Marshman, Cortolvin, George, Vienna, and Cadet. Marshman fell at the second fence, but Mr. Goodman quickly remounting, sent him along to the next jump, which he refused, and was out of the race from that point. Cortolvin in the meantime had taken up the run- ning, and, passing thestand the second time, had Clinker, Vampire, Speculation, and Vienna as his immediate fol lowers. Crossing the road, the leader fell back into the second place, but Clinker going wide at the turn on the top of the hill, gave him again the command, and through the bottom he led, closely followed by Vienna, Speculation, Cadet, Morris Dancer, &c., the whole lot, indeed, being well up. Approaching the last fence into the flat, Cortolvin and the favourite were still close together, and came up the straight run home with only Cadet near them. The mare made a game strugg le, but could not succeed in. reaching Mr. Walker's horse, who won easily by three lengths, four lengths separating Cadet from Vienna ; Speculation was fourth, Morris Dancer fifth, and Vam pire sixth. The rest pulled up and did not pass the post. OOTTESING. GREAT WATERLOO MEETING-SATURDAY. THE WATERLOO CUP. IV. King Tom beat Cooder eena ; Sea Ran ger b eat AMnabe t lle (1); y Reveller the S econd beat Roaring Lion ; eg bea Bill. V.—King Tom beat Sea Ranger ; Meg beat Reveller the Second. Vl.—Col. Goodlake ns Meg, by Terrona, out of Fanny Fick t le, beat Mr. J. K nowles ns King Toni, by Canaradzo, ou of tty Nicholson, and won. ith TH E WATERLOO PURSE. Budw ll.—Be ; ckford beat Greci an Gi r l ; B urgomaster b eat Schwepp e beat Beware ; Calabaroona beat Beatrice ; Carouser beat Dreamer; Merelalo beat Jacob ; Rebe beat Master Sweeney ; Simple Susan beat Glendower l ll. — Beckford beat Burgomaster; Schweppe beat Cala baroona ; Merevale beat Carouser (1) dr. ; Rebe beat Simple Susan. IV.—Beckford beat Schweppe ; Rebe beat Merevale. V.—Mr. J. Blackstock's Beckford, by Bridegroom, out of Finesse, and Mr. H. Heywood's Rebe, by Regan, out of Lady, divided. TILE WATERLOO PLATE. IL—Johny Cope beat Wideawake (1) ; Ring Death beat Sultana ; Gaiety beat Cheer Boys ; Chloe beat Deodora. lll.—King Death beat Johnny Cope ; Gaiety beat Chloe Dr. Richardson's Sing Death, by Canaradzo, Annoyance, beat Mr. Green's Gaiety, by seagull, out of Gem, and won. out of CRYSTAL PALACE.— GREAT TRIENNIAL HANDkL FESTIVAL of 1865, at the Crys al Palace about the end of June. Registers have been opened at the Crystal Palace, Syden ham. S. E., and at Exeter Hall, Strand, London, W.C., for entering the names of persons desirous of receiving ear ,y copies of the programme of the Festival, the issue and prices of tickets, plans and arrangements of reserved seats, &c. Letters addressed to eitner of the undersigned will meet with due attention. GI+O. GROVIi, Sec. Cr 3 stal Palace Company. Tnos. BREWER, lion. Sec Sacred Harmonic SceletY• CRYSTAL PAL A C E.—TO -MORROW. _ SUMMER in WIN . rEß.—Luxuriously Warm and Dry. Performances by the Orchestral Band at l?.30 and 4.30, "nd Great Organ Performance at 3 30. Picture Galleries, Fine Art Courts, Shakspere House, i himoanz. e, Armour Plates (tent by official authority), end the thousand and one other attractions of the Crystal Palace. Open from Ten till dusk. One Shil ing; children under twelve, Sixp.nce.