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WM - EMBER! WE WAIT SUPP E R not! FOR YOU, after the Pantomime, at EVANS'. Fail KINAITAN'S LL WHISKY v. COGNAC BRANDY. PA: I ,' celebrated 014 IRE 3 WHISKY rivals the finest A. 4,011 BRANDY, 8 p are, Mild, M e ll ow, Deliolom, and very Wholesome. the dln Bottles 35. 84 at the Retail Houses in London; by tt Zents the principal towns in England; or wholesale t B ,' GREAT WINDMILL -STREET, LONDON, W. "ki ti e rre the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded a han's LL whisky." ~~VR SURE, CARPETS, BEDDING, and th e kiiLOORCLOTH, CARRIAG E-FRE HI to any noose in Rno4,ll4doril, regardless of amount or distance . First- class at second-class prices. Terms peculiarly liberal to tor t iVen and Gentlemen. An immense stock to select RlaYed Showrcoms occupying an sore of ground. (I„.,warehcle warranted 61 18ErG are Y %TEN and GENTLEMEN ABOUT TO FUR- ea AT r espectfully informed that Vessrs. Cobbett ano - `l4lll.,o'..,lshing an entirely New Edition of their un -461 n T, nous Fl FURNISHING GUIDE, illustrated by 410 ~Leq;;;;.,",`e engravings of every description of Furniture and With prices attached. A copy sent gi atis and appl This work also containQ e!ale:_:- estimates fur ication. furnishing o costl n t he following revised A Six- roomed Parsonage Eight -roomed ditto Teti -roomed ditto T o ; ,, e ,, , A T welve -roomed cllttu ot p a i ti l; with a Price List of purified Bedding, and a . mass 'lr Detm le i nThrrnationto all requiring househ 31d furniture, Lseil bedding. References kindly permitted to Clergy foiehe": R'entlernen in or near Great Malvern, Southampton, llsn er, Bury, Ely, Preston, Grimsby, Ryde, Plymouth, ireino•.,yxford, Brighton, Gainsborough, Margate. Kidder t. Ay, Vyellington. Croydon. Cambridge, Staines, Dorking, revt"' a ndorces, Ipswich, Peterborough, St. David's, 4131, above 500 other places in all parts of Great eclif b • „ olicker and co., General House Furnishers, Doti °anon, S.E. IIc E CREDIT FONCIER AND MOBILIER OF ENGLAND (Limited) rtl 41'e Prepared to receive SUBSCRIPTIONS for the CAPITAL of I '4 CM:NA STEAMSHIP AND LABUAN COAL COMPANY (Limited). IneC norated under the Limited Liabilities Act of 1862. Depot' Capital £500,000. in 25,330 shares of £2O each. l tment, b eye lt 4 1 „,, her share on application, and £4 oun more tl, -, wtle4 it is not contemplated c4ll ng . p o re than 4' 4 ' share, any further Capital required being met by the N calf Debentures l t 0 be made . earlier than three months from date h, of allotment. of DIRECTons. i ttliii l ,, l a • r f. C. Bruce, Chairman of the Inverness and Perth r J . .„)• Company, Chairman. Ste D. El phinatone, Bart., M.P., Director of the Pacific $ cal N , I heo bavigation Company, Deputy-Chairman. t i 1 ,0,, of Ovid Sassoon. Esq„ London, and D. Sassoon and ;..,i•ry fi„,, , ,!_tlab ,, ay and Cliip. Vall wa 7 , ad i e, Esq, Director of the Scinde and Punjaub ; lt 1 , ,, 3' Company. to H. M. Ambassador b I I I Ch• - ". Esq. C B late Secretary e ink '• '' erlry „ FP 4,,,,lto_ers ilankey , Esq., Chairman of the New Zealand i o 7 . , C orporation. "111,,,,.1-,!!oir t, Esq blie,,,zZ, aiiiier, Esq., M.P. (Lei , . London, late u of (Dent and Co.) , China. got( F r ' Klllor ty eom,,anY. t Director of the Eastern liao aneis Drummond, Director of the Natal Land Coln 4, Y. A tlClatAll'32ll. Browne, Es Director of the London, Italian, Tekatlcriatic Steam , Navigation Comp.ny (Limited) . 4 Zie s Ijr Sinclair, Esq., late A.E.I.C. Service, London. a kliln"' Daniell, Esq., Chairman of the Bank of Hindustan, voli 4 i .a. and Japan Limited , . 44, 1 "-jokie, le a . Agent to the Austrian Lloyd's Steam flegation COniPany, and Director of the Thames and '4' i nsurance Company. 12, 8 AGENTS. ; 4 4 8 4k Gibb, Livingstone , and Co., China. Agents for China teem qeti t c:. Smith, Kennedy, and Co , China . and Japan S 118,8,880;088i.: e C nA u le m iedt m dal i ne n td g o , ac ,c, Beaver , C hin a. and C' o. , Sin- p N a a n v y ig . a ion Com- Agents for La- I ngepore. arrison, and Co., buan Coal Com pany. ToltHhears.k Smith, Pir iannd Smiths. i°indlui3stan, f:11' alk Pc an Old 8 3 :2 11E d-s ß t B re . e l InbaY, China, and Japan. a and t o , m .h b c a . rd-street, E.C. Japan (Limited), in Calcutta, a r , " bt es ,_ SOLICITORS Co. . Newbo n, Evans, and , Nicholas-lane, E.C. ' '''.• Mackenzie, Esq., 77, Gresham House, E.C. 14 84. BROKERS. )41040,,tatirenee, Son, and Pearce, 7, Angel-court, Throg -4,8. il e tirt h E.C. qp,__and Wood, 9, Warnford-court, Throg '4ton-street, E.C.a ~ ,X CR ETARY, PRO TEM.—Alfred L owe, E sq. TEMPORARY OFFICES —l7 and 18, Cornhill.. , 1 1 b „„, i4-41iiriz,eriul Company has been formed for the purpose e l ca o . ,-, consolidating. and developing the enterprise= 'l ,4 .,''' ah B ,7 The China and Japan Stearn Navigation Com- Ni u e oii e " " The Labuan Coal Company." . was y to supply the much lh tt lle ed o c,t of the former Company. 1i.,,. °1 ' c o ,'. steam navigatio OC II tttePany was formed to work the coal mines in La inthe China waters, and the iZbe h ' -'it tt ''' 11°M co, and to supply the w t ho i l t e h o e f te t a h m e floevi.ernlt ,;'alereantile marine in the Eas w I,4lesett;?und, however, that from the tact of those Com- N. l trieta i g' been formed with too small a capital, and on 44" , 443 also, the requirements eo both asto ao supply of !,(1,„ . t b e ,e the further development of the 41 mines, !ii,l4ble to c luately met. It has, t tekt here u f g ore, been cosidered logeoln,s‘o merge the two under s influenceanclto 4 eto u 8 pang, with sufficient means and;t makeo d e one v e - 1, 4 rea4 cab:e business of both the old I ompanies • and in t ii ttl 4 ' he rewith, arrangements have been made l for the I,trioBc transfer by them of their respective Fleet and hio l lt Cetogether with the Goodwill and valuable Plant. e e ,,.. ti al i n ,,,P., 4 , , 1Y will, therefore, immediately acquire the .4,,e1.(4,,•g01ng Steamers Elgin, Home and Sterline• and 4 11 - 0 1 , 1 „°! Titan, Vulcan, and Tienehang„ already well htloll4,„u Profitably employed in China; and the sailing „Igt l lol. 4l ft ed l, a frigate oz 2,00 J tons burden, admirably , - '4l(i'velo,,, c° a l lng hulk. 4 ) , reqo 1 4Z the . ipping otions of the Company, in ,„yar„,.atte ini : building of Trading and Collier SteamerA, heat a n will be pled to the con,truction of Tug hi., binsQ 'tined to the ever-increasing inland traffic of u the s ehie tined where the demand for such shipping Ivrte,„ Bo t 2 ' - 8 slso proposed to establi-h_a Line of Ste 114414 ,o,,,nbaY, Singapore, and Hong hong. the rights i f itheb,labiZanY will also at once enter on d all n 13 rneo, and all ;1114112, - q, k, oal Company, in Labuan an , : 4 4 ::::::::: : _ c , r an b d ai lvi 'dings, and stock of will in it t h he h f e o r r c m illoa e a r l. tl ,l'' '' ki n ''''' , e ' over their valuable contracts w Pa tli °v ; ! t ornent 'a -atilati)-44 hasCoalbeen contracted for extensively , by l actually be the standard Steam 41" Davy in the China waters and elsewhere . in th m e East, St ", i ,'-kt ensively used by leading Steamshipping Cora eh,'" loa d ' '. l , 11 the arrangements contemplated for storage,. ~ h 4 1e4 - ''' l a gat Labu to.and delivery at the different_ Go_ ,44tege,,Ptati ns bins the East shall have been completed, pON t'„'',4leans of production and delivery being totally ie '. tt l e - ,',1 0 meet the constantly - increasing demand. tn l'ePor;"-lent Manswer of theLabuan Coal Compan in 4, 11 ' s tates that - the works now completed open afield „ 1 11 1P 4, 1)I t ta ,"c extent of above a million of tons, and thiat en a r ,; e tlee - ct e Preparations for the sinking of which have — be . ogle,_4l' 'Laud the machinery for which is on the r sp e o u t r mi l! 'NI b quantity available for work:ng, P being .1,,,Y 10 ; .'„? e the further quantity to be obtained pr se -1,11,r,41,,eq' lualletible. l l t `"t ''-e °t ops therefore, will be taken to open this pit lt i lk t (h l.l <l, ; y ?Ito ' connect, the mines with the harbour of lleite s lab o rt Victoria,htasldrawngbo seven miles in i 20 feet of water can tlllotitlce„,4 shore, and B e4ry facility is offered for t the e ir rti„'„ C oal ally and rapidly loaded 13, the erecti l e e n te o a lu g l t kbrA 11);,i' hulks will also be established in tl IN ° to tn,:etllzi Cina. demand mean., th Company will g'th 4Ntiv. „ `ne public for steim fuel at highly reZ t n *, 4t e r p , in i addition to supplying their own fleet .41 , 2 % t d ° re - a f e (11 C ° o a a l . in China—The present price at Hon e ; Vr ' ori f .' 'ha j f - ,, € „ (1 , hat in quality to that of Luban, is 455. p ref- bat '"ee is exceptionally low. . t ti. ereb, to r obable profit of the undertaking will b' seen jlti ° 4 ori.:l6ithe following figu i rE s in Experience has proved t l' ( 0 3 to b ads n the coal and p !, ,tiki g g it on board ship at n the price at 6s. 9d .142,,itittlted iin to 7 3 5. per tun. I for agency, ~,,tet 4; , ,batly° coal on bo a a . ,4 4 ship at Labuan ~‘ mild stand the management, &c, the e 13?Zre a 1 , 02., per ton. Allowing for the Co i' t q.' l lea - ;i 4e ight Of sa3 155. per ton, the cost of the Labu p in 41 , -lit ~;-.,,,elivered wou dbe n 3 per ton against 455., th_e ' k tll; t _te.i t Te ot Erigiir-h coal ' equal hi quality' and it is it/11,1,44,51,e u a a a t a v v s en os th e e o FizzE o ti o tif o i n s s fa o irly at work, it could t coal annually. ttl ' itor '' t i o n g ct'al and p freight to cost 25a per ton, an I sold at 1, 0 , 1 Ic. there will be a profit of 20s. per ton, which a mtq , . . ° duce of 100,000 tons only per annum il i rp o i ca l 11 4 ..." °I S teamers, say Il( sad iett,ein X 130,0 01 h i lt h ' i lat 'r i ll' that only 50,000 tons are the first year h rais e e n d, iicti t ' 8 t- re 6 is onlss. per ton profit realised t ere , '' l 2l' or Bt '" With the profit on the steamers Z 17,000 per an; t oPN. 8 Der cent, on h Iticielir haterest on Debentures above 20 per cent. a paid-up capital of £250 , 000, net 'l4l it' kl ioe' ',t•' l'iz, , - tilt of the Shares will be made on the following li , . 1,410111 h ares Prt f i t li oi. , r e , er I ully p and partly with £lO pa'd V ali,4ers bee vd for allot a m id en u t p' to the applicants who are ; t'4l)4 4;, eaely. .4e existing companies ; of these £6,00 0 'llisi t tio Nr a t at o applied for, andthe deposits paid to the p ' h •'. ; e R i :, 4t eßi.,4 r ':' D 1,4 ll be allotted to Shareholders ' Il i . ' ° - " t e - °n eje 45 - cl a Mo' biller of England (Limited). _ 4 41:' 4.11.1-8, Nvithrg paid, will be allotted to the general Bh i la) - Pata - :,!,, ° anch shares of any) as may not be applied 2 Iteltil ' o c llor,, f orre, or by the above. ~, b, ti lt whcoril also be received for s 5,000 fully paid-up Or e tO 4telareci. dividends for the whole amount paid up 4 7 1 ,, k k tl ef r or 8 ,„, w11 1 be reserved for allotment in Bombay, ap ttilir (,:enneormZur.tch. will be received by Messrs. D. Sassoon kli4„1)111cirp:,8,810_,11. Plans, Reports, and Articles of Association aa Il l t eati o e'l at the offices of the Solicitors. kp' i tle t , N, th Vor shares are to be made in the e a u nnexed form, 0. 4,, , 1c a Zi1t , if 7 B aakers of the Coma u payment of 4ipiNo,, the d el Per share. It no allotmentis made to the es„ieda ,posit will be immediately returned, without tyottlcted fend,h a leas number of sharekbe a a s tlo n tted ss t a h ry an , is e, ‘owarge deposit paid will, so far t nee. be (t t e eti lle de the payment due on allotmen V il itt B Of thaWrl Forms of Application can be obtained st 13 h -17 ~e Credit Fonder and Mobilier of gland .4tll-41 -"' 18 Co h'll • also of the Bankers, Br Aare, Fo 43 :: :l l3 p t k lx il ar b , (l _ , ° ! i t B h i s Se rn eret l ari of the Company. 41)PLI CATION FOR SHARES, WITH X' 3 I' o , ~, PAID UP. % e go, ‘ 4 o be retained by the Bankers.) kif re ' c 'i or 11 Q e 3 Of the China Steamship and Labuan Coal til,vll,atlef,e.,_ Company (Limited'. 4)I Z 't e 'c l ' a ld t it ' s ' ali t, e 4 is. ° 37 cur Bankers (insert Bankers' names) the it ti t 41,,q the „,_ , being a deposit of £1 per share on ou we ,. l' l . le4 that n"u'uove Company, I hereby request that shares, lnirt ~ittlikehhhtoubePber. and I agree to accept sucl n,,i elf,7 m, anci TY °ll may allot to me. on the terms of Ihe 4: g leita tlb, A a gTee to pay the deposit due on allOtment, alat„,., ticr,icles of Assoc.ation of the Company, when Of 4 ' huthorise ou to insert nay name on the enabera for the y number of shares allotted to me. Usual signa ture Name in full tr, r ,, ) r i r , Residence WC: P elly p Profession .. ,l /t, :- Date paid- h 1) Shares are required, on the following l ' Op 4"PLICATION FOR FULLY PAID-UP o x., ~,, SHARES. the D i r t .. '''' c ' be retained by the Bankers.) t . a ~,, i.,,iota 0. tf , rer l . the China Steamship and Labuan Coal sililopiti tlernon Company (Limited). ta r e Paid 4 ' o -- all 'ek i ,Your Bankers (insert Bankers' names) the 2,01 0 the h,,,...0eing a deposit of £1 per share on rtt.4eceptf thatai`"c,,Corapany, I hereby request that you will seg o „ suei, number of Fully Paid-up Shares, and I agree iq.l4Otu'e terms r es, or any tees number yon may allot to t i c :feti e GI the Prospectus, and I agree to Artie he the yoZ.ation (pares on allotment, and to sign the es I lOr kll t s o ins e ,4 the Company when required, and I autho et , " : '3- name on ihe Register of Members for o• thares allotted to me. ''' Usual signature . Na t.e .n full . .. Residence • Profession . . Date . ...,••• i Os ' 11 I , / 331- li e. n or to 265 r '2 4 , 18 e r 3 8 stoo 3s l eg 30 30s P sto ` Pea s ' oe. ,01) 1 ' ples 1. 38 4 0 36e 30 ..3 40 • ,33 50 ' 30 ••.3 e '• .-0 „,0 Asa s '''33 o 3 r i c e 4 ;VS I) ,,:ceS l all P,'" pot,' 3 1 .33 0 400 _350 yy `": 3,33 ::.363 or, s ':, ea 9 ? bushel' ~ bu~hol ~ bushel k o f 2 6 ov. • lof 0. 11) ,ilcs 61°' 16 ; .... 12 3 ' 16 0 ..... 6 1 6 9 tiey 17 6 vet. ' Feb o. ' ' I ,far• , 1 4 e lg. Fc'' 'rti) ' F eb. 1. . • Fe b 12. ye 0, Fe It, yet , g„ 15. .Fe b. ' go . ,• i- 23' :Feb. 1;;: 3, 0' 9. .gA r. Fe b ' 26. :Feb' Onal b pit, 5:1 6 . veS• a d itlO ge it ) ; ' llofli ct ej to fte t a 0 0/3 '010; wof- - ait 0 ail p, e a De,' eo' pre%t ot ° e e 01 1 1- jow l , it T he h t . 10 for el a t o°6l dea f #l ll4° AA' Alp c ool ) WOtet• 05- Oaf c iclevaii , C !, t ier' of 11“ I .lor'° °° ‘ l ' ,10 1 ' 13 s. s pit Olt SO o f :!e+ ti Cotl° No. 22,667. WO PERSONS SEEKING LANDED ESTATES, ut,wN AND COUATRY RE3EDENCES, FREEHOLD AN'D LEASEHOLD INVESTMENTS, AND PROPER VIES GENERALLY- To BE lIA.D GRATIS, at the principal Railway Bookstalls throughout the kingdom, or at the Auction and Estate Offices, No. 67, Chancery-lane, London, Messrs. E. and H. Lumley's "FREE PROPERTY ItEGISTER," containing avaried selection of landed and house properties now in the market, from the nobleman's mansion. with its manorial domain, to the cottage with its few acres. OWNERS OP-PROPERTISS wishing to Sell or Let can em brace the oppot sanity that the medium of this Register affords, by sending the particu'Ars of their properties to the Estate Offices, 67, Chancery-lane, London, as the Messrs. Lumley can in most cases introduce immediate customers where the property is of An eligible chant ter, thereby avoid ing the disadvantages of delay and its attendant incon reniences. Timm IS NO CHARGE incurred, unless a tenant or pur .:haser is introduced throuet Messrs. Lumley's Agency, 111 then only the usual moderate commission. Auction and Land Offices, 67, Chancery-lane, London. - 16‘..6 ,. d, THE AGRA and MASTERMAN'S BANK (Limited.) NO TlCE.—Holders of SCRIP CERTIFICATES of the new (or X5O) shares, issued under resolution of the General Meeting, held on the 21st of May, and in terms of the Bink's Circular Letter of the 25th of May, 1864, are required to de posit them at the Bank preparatory to issue of ddinitive cer tificates for the same. By order of the Board of Directors, M. 13ALFOUR, General Manager. 35, Nicholas-lane, Lombard-street, London, 25th January, 1865. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 14, 1865. Now ready, in , vols.. post Bvo., with fine Portraits, 215., A CENTURY OF ANECDOTE, from 1750. By JOHN TIMBS, Author of " Anecdote Biographiei of Statesmen, Painters," &c. 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At 11 next morning the King sent for the Minis- try again, to inform them his uncle was about to leave Athens, and added the following words : " I do not permit, and never will permit any one, whether a member of my family or a stranger, to interfere in the affairs of our country, which shall only be settled by the nation and by me, its Sovereign." The Federal Attack on Fort Fisher. Captain Coles, in a letter to a contemporary, says : The fall of Fort Fisher, as you truly remark, presents points of deep interest to the country and to those who study the art of war. lam convinced to a very great extent of the soundness of Admiral Porter's conclusion, for there can be no doubt that Fort Fisher was a much more formidable work than the Malakhoff, with the advantage of modern ord nance and science. But when he draws an exulting comparison between the prolonged and honourable resistance of the Malakhoff against the allied forces of Great Britain and France and the rapid capture of Fort Fisher by the Federals, I must beg to differ, as there is no analogy in the events ; for, while Fort Fisher " was captured by a handful 2f men, under the fire of the guns of the fleet," and in " seven hours after the attack commenced in ear nest," the Malakhoff Tower was free from the fire of the guns from the allied fleets. We once went in at the sea faces of Sebastopol with an enormous force of wooden ships, unaided by ironclads, and we never tried it again. All who saw these magnifi cent fleets defied by a lesser number of guns in a fortress deplored this waste of power, dooming thousands of fine fellows to be comparatively inac tive spectators of a great struggle. This first sug gested to me the necessity of having some machines better adapted for the offensive purposes of warfare than wooden three-deckers like the Victoria, and I then proposed Monitors, or rather " Lady Nancy" rafts, for this purpose. How far my views were right has been answered by the fall of Fort Fisher, although it may be said the Moni tors did not succeed at Charleston. But an attack by sea to be successful must always depend upon being able to concentrate a numerical superiority of guns against any portion of a stronghold, so as to silence its offensive powers, when the other contin gent and outlying works must fall in detail, if not evacuated, as in the case of Fort Fisher. But in the case of the Charleston affair there were only 23 guns afloat brought to bear against some 100 guns, besides the difficulties of an intricate channel and confined waters. At present I will leave the ques tion of forts and ships, as now the great interest of this country is ship against ship, for it is in the open sea we shall have to test our supremacy, and it is as well in the great race of reconstruction now going on to weigh carefully Admiral Porter's and Others' remarks, elicited as they have been by ac tual warfare. RIMMEL'S NEW PERFUMED VALENTINES.—The Valentina of the Language of Flowers ; the Sachet Va l entine; the Photographic Valen tine ; the Mirror Valentine; bt. Va'entine's GloveP, Is. each. Either sort by post 14 stamps.-96, Strand; 128, Regent street ; and 24, Cornhill, London. TEETH. —Mr. ALBERT, Dentist, 34, Great Russell-street, Bloomsbury. ARTIFICIAL TEt r H of the best quality, fixed on tne improved principles, without pain, from £4 4s. to £8 88. the Set Decayed and painful Teeth rendered useful, and irrequla riti,s corrected. (See Testimonials.) 14.:stablished 33 years. Consultations free. The King of Greece and his Uncle• ATHENS, Feb. 1. A circumstance occurred here the day before yes terday which has provoked considerable public com ment. Prince Julius of Glucksburg, one of the King's uncles, has been staying at Athens for some days on a visit to his Majesty. During King George's absence from the palace on Monday Prince Julius received Messrs. Mavrocordato, Tricoupi, Miaoulis, Bulgaris, Zaimis, Coundourioti, and Christides in his private apartments. These gentle men represent nearly every shade of political opi nion among the Opposition. After a few words of welcome Prince Julius said that he had requested their presence to ask them a few questions upon the present state of Greece, which, from all he could hear, did not appear to be very satisfactory. M. Mavrocordato replied that they were hardly in a position to afford precise in formation upon the required points, which could only be given by the Ministry. Prince Julius then inquired about the persons comprising the Court, to which M. Tricoupi hastened to reply that the presence near the King of an irresponsible Coun cillor was contrary to constitutional principles. Count Sponneck had more than once interfered in the affairs of Greece, and his position therefore was ♦ery equivocal. He admitted, however, that in his private capacity the count had always conducted himself with propriety, and that no exception could be taken to his manners. M. Bulgaris agreed with the observations of the preceding speaker, stating that, under his Ministry, Count Sponneck had interfered with the business of Government, had often asked questions upon the condition of affairs, had given advice, and tried to learn all that took place. M. Zaimis was of a different opinion. He thought the King should have a councillor about his person to advise•and watch over his Majesty, and that there was no objection to that councillor being the King's uncle instead of Count Sponneck. The speaker declared that, under his administration, Count Sponneck never intered with the business of Govern ment, that the Ministers had only private relations with him, and had access to the King without any intermediate person. M. Christides agreed with M. Zaimis upon the necessity of a councillor for the King, and also stated that Count Sponneck had never interfered with the business of Government while he had been in the Cabinet. _ M. Miaoulis, while also of opinion that the King ought to have a private adviser, abstained from saying anything with regard to Count Sponneck. He had not taken any part in public affairs before the revolution, and was therefore not in a position to express an opinion. Prince Julius next asked his visitors what they thought of the Ministry. MM. Bulgaris and Christides answered that the Government was very badly conducted, and: that after the dissolution of the Assembly a Cabinet ought to have been formed not belonging to either of the two extreme parties. The obstinacy of Count Sponneck alone had re tained the present Ministry in office, contrary to the interests of the country. THE RESCUE SOCIETY wishes to add another home to the 12 now in operation. Last year no fewer han 455 poor, friendless, young females were rejected , rom want of FUNDS and room, making a total of 3,087, who have been sent away in five years. Here are brief details of a few of the most recent cases : F. v., aged 14, fallen, mother dead, deserted by her father. M. A. F., aged ;3, homeles , , both parents dead. A. 8., aged 17, fallen, father dead, deserted by her mother. S. D., aged 15, fallen, mother dead. C. 8., a - zed 15, fallen, mother dead, A. 8., Lzed 16, fallen, both parents dead. H. S., aged 14, homeless, deserted by her parents, M. 11, aged 17, fallen, both parents dead. C. IL, aged 17, fallen, both parents dead. A. G., aged 18, fallen, father dead. E. K„ aged 18, fallen, both parents dead, S. 8., aged 17, fallen, both part nts dead. M. 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 oung girls, almost children, from the age of >5 to 15, who have been led astray from the path virtue. Contributions will be received gratefully by the Secretary, Mr. Daniel Cooper,Bs, Queen -street, Cheapside; or by Messrs Barclay and Co., Lombard-street. In your leading article of the 6th you point out the tonnage of these Monitors. First, let me call attention to the smallness of these vessels compared with any we have that could attempt to cope with them. The smaller Monitors are 1,034 tons, and the Monadnock, although only 1,564 tons, Admiral Porter says would destroy any vessel we have in the British navy. In this I cannot agree with the gallant Admiral, for I believe the Royal Sovereign—though but a conversion—if she had proper guns supplied her, to be a good match for the Monadnock. How ever, on both sides of the water it now appears to be admitted that in actual fight of ship against ship the turret ship must have great superiority. Our larger ships run up to 6,000 tons, and we have no ironclad approaching so small a tonnage as these monitors, except the Research and Enterprise, which have not as yet been tried in a gale of wind, and cannot even attempt to carry these heavy guns. Admiral Porter says, for all services he would prefer the Ironsides to the Monadnock, but that the latter would be more than a match for her. I have not the list of the Federal navy before me, but I believe the Ironsides is 3,400 tons, and conse quently twice as large as the Monadnock. There fore the question is now reduced to the respective sea-going qualities of these vessels and general com forts of the crew while on service. This, however, must be a matter of comparison, as we find from the little experience gained at sea with our ironclads that they are all condemned as sea-going vessels, except the four first constructed—Warrior, Black Prince, Defence, and Resistance, which leads us to the unpalatable conclusion that the bulk of our iron , dads are little better than floating batteries, but could all be knocked to pieces by the Royal Sove reign or Monadnock. The experience of the Moni tors in gales of wind (which none of ours have been in except the Warrior and Prince Consort), will show that the turret principle, adapted for sea-going ships as I propose, would possess a very great ad vantage over our fleet of floating batteries, both for comfort and the essentials of a sea-going ship. We hear of these Monitors being only one or two feet out of the water, with their turrets amidships, yet riding out these gales, and weathering them better than oth er vesse l s i n th e i r com p any . Th e sea-going ship s I propose are so far similar to these Monitors that the protected or weightiest portion of the vessel extends only a few feet out of water, with the turrets amidships, but, instead of being wholly exposed, the lower portion and base of the turret is protected by a square or circular box, which admits of another deck and light topsides being built up at the extremities over which the guns fire, and giving this extra space between decks for the accommodation of the crew above the water line, instead of being cooped up below the water line. The weight of this extra deck and upper works would require but a small increase of tonnage to these Monitors, and would not then bring them up to anything like half the tonnage of our sea-going Warrior or floating batteries, at the same time pre serving the light ends, which, with the weights cen tralised, is the secret of these Monitors' good beha viour in a seaway, and thus combining a commodious vessel with a deck sufficiently high out of the water to give the usual comfort in a moderate sea, but at the same time retaining the fighting powers of these Monitors. I will not enter into particulars of defensive powers beyond that on the turret principle, from from the small area to be plated in proportion to the broadside system, greater thickness of armour can be given, or with the same thickness greater speed. Admiral Porter says he would rather be behind a wooden vessel's side, where he knew what was coming, than inside a turret, but that the cap tains of the Monitors have the greatest confidence in their vessels; and the few casualties in the Mo nitors show us the gallant Admiral would have a better chance of telling his tale after fighting an action behind ten inches of iron in a turret than three feet of wood. M. Bulgaris here flatly accused M. Christides of flagrant self-contradiction. He had first stated that Count Sponneck never interfered with public busi ness, and he now declared that the present Ministry owed to him their continuance in office. This he could only know from hearsay--a method unworthy of a public man. M. Mavrocordato remarked upon the difference of opinion expressed by men who had been in the Cabinet and who belonged to opposite parties. Prince Julius lastly asked whether his visitors considered the departure of Count Sponneck would remove all difficulties ? To which M. Tricoupi re plied in the negative. The interview then ended. Upon the King's return to the palace, and being informed of what had taken place, hls Majesty ex pressed extreme annoyance. The Ministry, not less astonished, had met at the residence of M. Kanaris, the President of the Council, and were still in deli beration as to the best course to adopt, when they received orders to present themselves before the King. It was then late in the evening. His Ma- The American reports are well worth attention. Every word of Admiral Porter's should be weighed, and, for my part, those opinions, as well as the Rolfe Drake's and Russian Monitors' behaviour in gales of wind, leave me nothing further to say. But as nearly all our heavy ironclads, which' Lord C. Paget tells us have cost nearer half than a quarter• of a million each, are not seaworthy, is it not a pity that in the year 1865 we should have no seagoing turret ship in the British navy which, by a fair and unprejudiced trial, would enable us to judge for ourselves how far the Americans are right, and the turret can be used for security to ou r country an commerce ? Since writing the above I have received a publica tion from America, in which, in describing the „441 1-' 4 :0,1,1,„ fs.F . J:2G 1 t Lcs,„„F l ' ,,, op Nat., ~„it Pis] ( ;6 , - \\„ .. 4 „. --- - • :3/ . „.‘ ki • a 4l l * _ lot ..:.111g: ppri re, 26 r 4 , - - 1)R0rr ....% , eg /4. jesty received the Ministers immediately, and ex pressed his regret at what had occurred, assuring them that it had been entirely without his sanction, and that they did not cease to enjoy his perfect confidence. ~~~ ~~~~~ //c,2 PRICE 4d. STAMPED sd. r difference bet ween t h e ord i nary ship and the Monitor model, Commodore Rodgers says : " It has these advantages :—The Monitor has the least possible surface to be plated, and therefore takes the least possible tonnage to float armour of a given thickness, or, with a given tonnage, allows the greatest possible thickness of armour, and conse quently the greatest possible impregnability. The ability to carry armour is proportionable to the ton nage, but the Monitor of 844 tons has actually thicker plating than the Ironsides of 3,480 tons, and the Warrior of 6,000 ; and yet the Ironsides and Warrior have only the middle portion of their hulls plated, their ends being merely of wood without armour. The guns of the Monitors, near the centre of motion, are supported upon the keel and kelsons, upborne by the depth of water under them, and carried by the whole strength of the hull. In Moni tom heavier guns are therefore practicable than can ever be carried in broadside out upon the ribs of a ship. In the Monitors concentration of guns and armour is the object sought. In them the plating is compressed into inches of elevation, while in the Ironsides glass it is extended over feet ; and the comparatively numerous guns distributed over the decks of the Ironsides class are moulded into a few larger ones in the turrets of the Monitors." FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Directors of Reuter's Telegram Company (Limited). 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Provectuse., posta 2e free, on application. CHARLES Eb WAR )I.f UDIE, New Oxford-street, London. Loss of Her Majesty's Ship Bombay. • PORTSMOUTH, Monday. The court sat, at half-past nine this morning, being the fifth day of this inquiry. Mr. Watts, the master, was recalled, and ques tioned as to the stowage beneath the handing-room of the after magazine. There were 60 or 70 boxes of candles stored there, as well as a quantity in the bread-room. They were stowed in the starboard wing. There was a large quantity on board. If a lighted candle had fallen from the handing-room flat it would have fallen only upon casks of. flour. William Aldred, chief gunner's mate, said he was in the after magazine. All the proper magazine men were there on the afternoon of the 14th, until the retreat was beaten. He locked up the maga zine. He did that afternoon send up to say that the lights burnt badly. One of the candles went out. It grew more and more dim until it went out. This was the light at the fore-end. He did not remember seeing the lamp-trimmer that day, but through the bull's-eye saw the ship steward's boy replacing the burnt-out candle by another. He saw no one about the lights about the time this candle began to grow dim. No light could have been taken away from that part of the ship, or they would have been left in perfect darkness. He missed no light from the starboard side of the magazine. He had no idea how the fire originated. Pasco William Priddell, the ship's steward's boy, was recalled, and said he did not take down a second candle. He lighted the candles in the light room with a lantern, having a piece of " dip" in it. He did not blow the dip out after that, but took it up in the lantern and lighted the one light on the orlop deck, and also the four lights in the bread room. He did not take a lantern down with him the second time. He was subjected to a severe cross-examina tion, but in no particular of importance was his evi dence in chief altered. The President—On your oath, can you say you did not at any time by accident drop a light of any sort into the hold, or any other place ? Witness—l can swear that I did no such thing. I can swear I never dropped a naked light in any dangerous place whatever. William Brennan, gunner's mate, could give no information as to the fire, he having been on the doctor's list. He was in the water over an hour and a half, hanging on by a rope. He could not swim. He was much annoyed during that time by falling spars and molten lead. He was taken off by Mr. Mandeville in the second trip, and then volunteered to go in again. The President—lt is highly creditable to you then. Witness had on the frock he wore at the time ; it was much marked by molten lead, some of which also burnt the hair from his head. Thomas James, bandsman, was in the shell-room on the 14th, but saw no one about who was not sta tioned there. He remained there until the fire-bell rang;and when he left neither saw fire nor smoke. Henry Rogers, second captain of the hold, said he was last in the hold oii the day before the fire. He had never known a leakage to occur in the breaker, or in any cask in the spirit-room. He was on the upper deck when the fire-bell rang, and afterwards went to the foremost pump on the orlop deck. James Garrahan, assistant engineer, was recalled, and said he was stationed in the engine-room at fire-quarters, and remained there about half an hour after the fire-bell rang. An order passed from the upper deck was the occasion of his leaving. The engine-room was then filled with dense smoke, the lights were going out, and the flames coming in by the store. The Court then adjourned for one hour and a half, to enable Captain Campbell to prepare his defence. On the Court re-opening all the officers and crew of the late Bombay were admitted into Court. ,The defence was as follows : Mr. President and gentlemen of this.hon. Court —lf anything could alleviate the great pain which I feel at finding myself, for the first time during a period of 20 years years of service in the navy, in the position I now occupy before the Court, it lies in the consoling reflection that the investigation which has just closed has not, I would most respect fully submit, elicited any fact which should oblige me to qualify the statement I am about to make in defence, either of my own conduct or that of the officers and crew under my command. Even this , however, fails to compensate for the great distress of mind which the loss of the fine ship lately under my command, and of so many valuable lives, has caused me. I need scarcely assure the Court that did we not all feel that, humanly speaking, every possible exertion was made to save both the ship and those on board of her, and that the disaster is not traceable to any neglect of duty or carelessness on the part of the officers or the crew, that distress would have been most deeply aggravated. Prior to this inquiry no pains have been spared to arrive at the cause of the catastrophe, and the result of the present searching investigation will account for the failure of our efforts, and will prove to the Court how unavailing all attempts to unravel this mystery must be. Our most earnest desire through out has been to discover the origin of the fire, and with this view we have courted the fullest inquiry. I trust the Courtwill bear testimony to the willing ness and openness with which all information has been afforded both by officers and crew, and that it will consider that the evidence so elicited as to the state of order the ship was in fully justifies the eulol gium passed upon the Bombay by the whose flag she carried, on the report of inspection made made only twelve days before she was have not hesitated to place at the . d d is en po d e es e sal tr Court the whole of the written evi their from the officers and crew of ter given f at an conduct at the time of the disa . s i n Yov obtainedf the inquiry, instituted after wards, which, am proud to laid l before serves under tanyom my command prove c c o o n u r m t ah na I dt think only y ose view of beingt thboyughnlYsnelfot lrammaeddeatewlYithaand that afterwards every was found at his statioanilduodine officer and man bneofobrolatinhee fire eaelies broke to those to perform i d t u t t o y, he maycontinuedb e permitted unflinchingly to t o the fact that during the whole doing his inquiry there has never been a ques tion cou r te a ihwose end. gratificationl s a ed s . to the propriety of the measures taken to save both the ship and the crew during the fire. The responsibility of having to decide in a few moments at such a crisis between the possibility of saving the ship and the moral obligation not to sac rifice so many lives in the attempt was the most a( a_/".,_//-41 serious which can The fact that the liZs c ib h ly w d as evo a l e t u e_ a r y n bu a r n ia ca p cer. the skids, while we were endeavouring to hoist her out, doubtless proves satisfactory to the Court, but the other boats, though got out in less than half an hour after the fire was reported, were not ordered The - heroic co n d uc t b s e t fo ea r d e y it a w e as iplin ne e cess aof officer s an d men o an ut d rY ihe who remained on board the ship, nobly doing their duty under momentary expectation on the explosion of the magazine, while large shells were bursting between decks, was only equalled by the devotion displayed by many of those in the boats, who, not-. withstanding the fact that some of the guns were shotted, that masts were falling over the side, that the whole ship was wrapped in flames, and that an explosion was imminent, pulled in and picked up those who, unable to swim, were still clinging to the ship ; thus saving by . means of the ship's boats alone 525 lives out of 619. When it is remembered that in the year 1800 the Queen Charlotte, of 100 guns, carry the flag of Lord Keith, was burnt off Leghorn, three or four leagues -from the shore, and only 167 men saved out of the whole crew, although many hours elapsed before they were compelled to desert the ship, and assistance was rendered from the shore ; and that in 1807, the Ajax, 74, Captain the Hon. H. Blackwood, was bu rn t i n th e Dar danelles, c l ose to the shore, when 250 men were lost, it will, be apparent, that though un fortunatelyparallel in therecords disas o te f r the is navy, not the the without ability and promptitude with which the necessary measures were carried out by the officers, and the order and the crew of her Majesty's late discipline p cip ß li o n m e Bombay, y p , la hai c re b n y ever been surpassed. I have already alluded to those acts of gallantry conspicu ously displayed at a time when all were vieing with each other in doing their duty, and I will therefore now confidently leave it to the Court to appreciate their conduct, without reviewing the details which have been already before it ; but I cannon refrain from saying here that to Commander Wilson I am chiefly indebted for the admirable arrangements and excellent discipline which had prevailed previously, which I hope has been apparent to the Court; and it is to the pertinent suggestions, noble, self-devoted conduct, that I mainly attribute, under Providence, the fact of our being enabled to save so many lives. With reference to the remaining officers of her Ma jesty's late ship Bombay, and the ship's company generally, I feel that in making this statement if I have failed to create the favourable im pression on their behalf which they deserve, it is due to no lack of desire upon my part to repre sent their merit, but rather to the want of ability to express it. We have all been placed upon our trial, but it has devolved upon me alone to assure this Court—which I now do in the name of myself and of those whom I have the honour to command— that we are unconscious of any act of negligence to which the fire could be attributed, and that when this appalling disaster overtook us we endeavoured, in so far as in us lay, to do our duty as British officers and seamen. The above defence was supplemented by two letters, one of which referred to the kindness with which all hands were treated by both French and Italians at Monte Video, and which spoke in the highest terms of the great sympathy shown towards them and the assistance rendered under the dis tressing circumstances. The Court adjourned to consider their judgment, and remained in consultation one hour. THE JUDGMENT. The Officiating Judge Advocate then read the following judgment :—The Court having heard the narrative of the said Captain Colin A. Campbell of the circumstances relating to the loss of her Ma jesty's ship Bombay, find that the ship was, on the 14th December, 1864, destroyed by fire off Flores Light, in the River Plate; but after a patient and careful investigation, extending over a period of five days, are of opinion there is no evidence among the surviving officers and crew of the said ship by which the origin of such fire can be traced, and do there fore adjudge the said Colin A. Campbell and all the surviving officers and ship's company of her Ma jesty's--late ship Bombay to be acquitted of the blame in respect thereto. The Court are of opinion that after the fire was discovered all efforts were made to subdue it, but proved unavailing in consequence of the extremely complete state of the ventilation of the ship causing the fire to gain ground with extraordinary rapidity ; that the ship was not abandoned till all hopes of saving her were at an end, and the officers and crew forced overboard by the flames ; that the steadiness and discipline displayed and maintained under the very trying circumstances were extremely creditable to the captain, officers, and ship's company, and that the saving of such a large number of the ship's company was mainly due to the foresight with which the boats were hoisted out; that the said Captain C. A. Campbell and the surviving officers of the ship's company are hereby fully acquitted of all blame accordingly. The court cannot separate without calling attention to the mode of ventilating the spirit room in her Majesty's late ship Bombay, whereby easy access was afforded by fire to the spirit room, and are of opinion that every precaution should be taken to secure the spirit-room against such access. The Court consi der it a duty to call the attention of the Lords Com missioners of the Admiralty to the many instances of heroism and devotion exhibited by the officers and men in the numerous cases that have been men tioned in these proceedings, and that the example set by the officers must have contributed largely to the saving of so many lives. The President said—Captain Campbell, I have the greatest pleasure in returning you your sword ; Commander Wilson the same, and to the officers the same also. lam sure that the way you have all behaved is most creditable to you. Captain Campbell, receiving his sword, said—l beg in the name of the officers and ship's company to thank the Court for their kind expressions in relation to their conduct. The proceedings then terminated. The Weather and the Parks. In consequence of the wind which has accompa nied the keen frost of the last two days only the more sheltered of the ornamental waters in the parks have been frozen. Yesterday a large number of per sons repaired to the Serpentine, in seeing it covered with skaters, and were surprised that not a patch of ice a foot long could_ be nd se n e o n t . The reason of this is entirely the high w h in t d expectation of t ' he the temperature, for during Sunday night ther mometer at the Royal Humane as 23i deg. At 9 house in Hyde Park was as low as rose no higher o'clockyesterday morningthe me only 2 deg. higher, than 24 deg. Atnoonithad risen Pond,ice is and at 7 o'clock last night there was a slight fall. In Sodety s receiving weather 20 persons yes the absence of ice and R bu o t un th d e tospritdeayof tookthe coldness of th of e R tandingthe cautions issued Kensington Garden s, bathed in the ter "by the secretary and superintendent of the pentll:froTzheen over,oya Royal Humane Society no less than 300 persons, male and female, insisted upon going on the ice. As was ex not very sound. Notwiths ex pected, the ice broke, and 19 persons immersed in , were immersed in deep water. Three persons were got out by Isaac Higginbottom, deputy superintendent, with assist ance ; three by Fred. Goodyear, one of the society's icemen ; two by Pavyor, tl ano ier iceman ; and five who were quite exhausted, an iceman. Several other accidents took place on this water during the day, but they were trifling. The ice in the ornamental waters of Regent's Park was resorted t o by a large crowd during the day. A few immersions took place. Two gentlemen who had been sliding in front of the society's tent fell in, but they were soon got ou t a nd were enabled to return to their homes. The eastern end of the ornamental water in St.James's Park has not in been the least degree affected by frost, but the end facing Buckingham Palace was frozen completely over. The ice, however, owing to the great fall of snow, was very dangerous. In spite of this about 50 persons insisted upon risking their lives upon it. Suddenly the ice parted, and Mr. Smith, of the Inner Temple, and George Dukes, of 2, Johanna-street, Lambeth, A fell in. Fortunately both were rescued, and after being attended to in the marquee of the society were enabled to return home. In Battersea Park the water is sheltered from the high wind, and the ice in consequence is tolerably good. SP PER e _- 3 :"~a:.M k 2 .4