The Sun. — London, England, 1865-09-19 00:00:00

LONDON must have a Gentleman's SUPPER and MUSIC ROOM —" EVAN'S " after Alfred Ilellon'a Concerts. Y ISKY v. COGNAC K INAHAN's LL BRA IVI ND I Tris oele rated Old IRISH WHISKY rivals the finest PRRNCH BRANDY, It N Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. Sold in Bottles, 3s. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London ; by t he Agent s i n th e principal t owns in E ng l an d ; or wholesale 8 , GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded "Binahan's LL Whisky." 4UTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION (Inclrporated by Act of Parliam•mt, 1850). 14, RUSSELL-STREET, COVE NT-GAR DEN, LENDS MONEY on Personal and other Security, in sums of £2O to £5OO, to be repaid by instalments extending over one, two, or three years. The large C ►pital of this Associa tion enables it to complete Its transactions without delay. No inquiry or office fees, and strict secrecy observed. Bills Discounted at short notice. Form sent free on receipt of a directed stamped envelope. The Association also lends Money for the purchase of a house by a tenant, or for the liquidation of mortgages, on terms most advantageous to the borrower. EDWARD HARPER, Secretary. NORWICH UNION FIRE OFFICE.- The full benefit of the REDUCTION of DUTY to IS. 6d. per cent. is given to Insurers effecting Policies with th's Company. By this Reduction and the BONUS SYSTEM of the NORWICH UNION, the cost of insurance will be reduced to a Minimum Amount. EXAMPLES OF PREMIUMS REDUCED BY BONUS. No. of Sum Annual Reduced Premium Policy. Insured. • Premium. now payable. X X s. d. X s. d. 441.411 92.540 222 4 4 120 19 2 150,156 12,000 63 0 0 35 0 0 414,173 6,800 35 14 0 19 16 8 503,975 5,000 710 0 4 6 4 The RATES of PREMIUM are in NO CASE REAMER than those charged by the other principal offices giving no Bonus to their Insurers. The duty paid to Government for the year 1863 was £84,152115. 9d. ; the amount insured on Farming Stock was 410,203,272. For Prospectuses apply at the Society's Offices, 29, Fleet street, E.C. ; and Surrey-street, Norwich. THE LONDON BARGE BUILDING AND L r(i ER AGM MPAIstY (Limited). Capital £lOO,OOO, in 5,000 Shares of £2O each. Ten Shillings payable on Application, and £2 on Allotment. subsequent Calls to be at intervals of not less than Three Months, and not to exceed £2 10s. each per Share. DIRECTORS. Captain Freeman, R.N. (Messrs. Pearce and Co., 100, Leadenhall-street, E.C.), St. Helen's Park, Southsea. James Stewart, Esq., 147, Leadenhall-street, and 3, Philpot lane, E.C. E. R. Tenison, Esq., Keith-terrace, W. T. J. Walton, Esq. (Messrs. Walton and Co.), 30, Great St. Helen's, E.C. Colonel R. M. Westmacott (late 4th King's Own), Junior United Service Club. BANKERS. East London Bank (Limited), 52, Cornhill, SOLICITORS. Messrs. W. S. Masterman, and Co., Pancras-lane, Bucklers bury, E.C. ArDITORS. Messrs. Alison and Waddell, 14, Walbrook, E.C. Messrs. Lovering and Minton, King-street, Cheapside, E.C. BROKER. J. G. Bone, Esq., 2, Copthall-court, E.C. GENERAL MANAGER. Mr. Cox (late Messrs. Cox and Co., Wharfingers and Lightermen, Cox's Wharf, S.E.) SECRETARY (PRO TEM.) S. Hooper, Esq. TEMPORARY OFFICES. 100, Leadenhall-street, London, E.C. PROSPECTUS. The " London Barge Building and Lighterage Company Limited," proposes to construct Barges and suitable Craft for letting on hire, and for carrying on an analogous business to that which is at present undertaken by indi vidual Lightermen. The enormous and increasing trade in the Port of Lon don affords an almost unlimited scope for such operations, and great inconvenience is experienced from the inade quate supply of lighterage accommodation. The Company has secured the services of experienced Men connected with the business. It has a first-rate con nection, and several influential merchants and others have promised their support. Very many firms would prefer deal ing with a Companyof this description to employing indivi dual lightermen, knowing that, should any loss occur charge able to those who undertook the lighterage of the injured nlerchandize, &c., they could recover compensation from the Company, whereas otherwise the loss would possibly have to be sustained by the merchants themselves. The Company has good prospects of paying dividends Of an exceedingly satisfactory character from the com nlencement of its operations ; and each year, as the fleet of barges, &c., increase in numbers, the property of the Shareholders will greatly augment in value, and the profits Will become much larger in proportion thereto. Prom the following calculation, which has been revised by men of great experience in the Lighterage Business, it Will be observed that, in all probability, the profit available for dividends, even with only a paid-up Capital of X 20,000, Would amount to X 4,430 per annum, being at the rate of More than 22 per cent. CAPITAL ACCOUNT. DR. 5,000 Shares with the Allotment and Deposit Money paid thereon £12,500 1 3y Call of £1 10s. per Sharo £20,000 CR. ----- 100 Open Bargos £B,ooo 25 Deck ditto 50 Punts 25 Lugs _ --,. £15,000 To Balance available for purchase of an old esta blished business, &c., &c 5,000 £20,000 REVENUE. D R. Salaries, Wages, &c., at the Offices, Wharves, &c., General Working Disbursements : Lightermen, Bargemen, &c. £3,200 Expenditure at Wharves, &c. 1,200 Office and General Expenses —:-- £6,400 Replacement of Property Fund 1,500 £7,900 Surplus Balance available for Dividend Cs. £12,380 100 Open Barges engaged, say only 40 weeks, at an average of 245. per week....£4,800 per ann. 25 Deck Barges, do. do., at 40s. per week 2,000 50 Punts do. do., at 18s. per week 1,800 25 Lugs do. do., at 18s. per week 900 10 Lightermen, at 365. per week, for 40 weeks £12,380 Applications for Shares, according to the annexed form, forwarded to the Bankers of the Company. If no allot ment be made, the deposit will be returned in full. Should a lesser number be allotted than is applied for, the surplus Will be used towards the payment on allotment. Prospectuses and forms of application for Shares can be obtained at the Broker's, 2, Copthall Court, E.C., or at the E.O.Temporary Offices, viz., 100, Leadenhall-street, London, A Copy of the Articles of Association can be seen at the temporary offices of the Company. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Directors of the London Barge Building and Lighterage Company (Limited). Gentlemen,—Having paid to your Bankers the sum of , being 10s. per share on shares, I request that you will allot m e th a t num b er of shares of £2O each in " The London Barge Building and Lighterage Company (Limited)", and I hereby agree to accept such shares, or any smaller number that may be allotted to me, and I authorise you to place my name upon the Register of Shareholders for the shares so allotted. I remain, Gentlemen, Your most obedient servant, Name in full Residence Profession or Business Date THE LONDON BARGE BUILDING AND LIGHTERAGE COMPANY (Limited). Notice is hereby given, that the List of Applications for Shares will close, both for London and the Country, on Thursday, the 21st instant. By Order, S. HOOPER, Secretary (pro tem.) Temporary Offices :- 100, Leadenhall-street, London, E. 0., 14th Sept., 1865. SWEET OPOPONA X, PIESSE and LUBIN'S new Perfume.—OPOPONAX is a native flower of licxico of rare fragrance. This scent, and a thousand others for choice, 2s. 6d. and ss. each. Sold by all fashionable c hemists and perfumers.—Laboratory of Flowers, 2, New Xi oud-street, London. AIR. HOWARD, SURGEON-DENTIST, 52, Fleet-street, has introduced an entirely new descrip 'ton of ARTIFICIAL TEETH, fixed without springs, wires, or ligatures. They so perfectly resemble the natural teeth 48 not to be distinguished from the originals by the closest ?bserver ; they will never change colour or decay, and will be found superior to any teeth ever before used. This Lethod does not require the extraction of roots, or any pain -1111 operation, and will support and preserve teeth that are pain -100 and is guaranteed to restore articulation and magica -1 °n• Decayed teeth stopped and rendered sound and useful 4 Mastication. 52. Fleet-street. At home from 10 till 5. RUPTUKES.—BY ROYAL LIAITTERS PATENT. VIT HITE'S MOC-MALN LEVER TRUSS (PERMITED A.ND EXHIBITED TIIE GREAT —.Dimas OF 1851 AND 1862), 18 allowed by upwards 01 ijivo ifundred Medical Gentlemen to be the Es tmos effective Tivention in the curative treatment of II lt NI A. he use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effects, here avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the jirlY, while the requisite resisting , power is supplied by the 8 4e - Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with BO much ease e!oseness that it cannot be detected, and may he worn tr,:' 4 g sleep. A descriptive circular may be had, and the 5 „1 83 , which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the Be nt to of the body, two inches below the hips, being sl lt to the manufacturer, Ur. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly. A Single Truss,6d., and 31s. 6d. Postage, Is. Truss, 31s. 6d., 425., and Ns. 6d. Postage, Is Bd. Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. Postage, Is. 10d. r,..Post-ofßce Orders to be made payable to John White, Post -um% loca.dilly. NEW PATENT L AST IC STOCKINGS, aak n li NEE-ca.s, &c., for Varicose Veins and all cases ot Poro u . and Swelling 01 the Legs, Sprains, &o. They are lake light in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on easy, od or Po d stocking. Price 4s. 6d., 75. 6d., 10s., ICs. S i ag e nary . J OILIS MUTE. Manuiacturcr, 3, IVOTHING IMPOSSIBLE.—The greatest and lii most useful invention of the day , AGUA A MA.RELL A. Messrs. JOHN GOSNELL and C O., 12, Three King-court, Lombard-street, London, Perfumers to her Majesty, respect fully offer to the public this truly marvellous fluid, which gradually restores the human hair to its pristine hue—no matter at what age. The Ague Amarella has none of the properties of dyes ; it, on the contrary, is beneficial to the system, and when the hair is once restored one application per month will keep it in perfect colour. Price one guinea per bottle, or in half bottles, 10s. 63. Testimonials from artistes of the highest order, and from individuals of undoubted re spectability, may be seen on application. Messrs. John Gomel' end Co. have been appointed PeriumerB to her Royal Highness the Primes of Wales. N°. 22,855. GREAT ST. JAMES'S-HALL.—WORLD of MAGIC, Second Sight, and " Begone, Dull Care," every evening at 8. A Day Performance, Saturday, at 3. " The most varied entertainment in the metropolis."—Vide the Press. Admission, is. PROFESSOR and the Misses ANDERSON.— Farewell season. World of Magic. Second Sight, and the original Indian Basket Trick, in conjunction with Fre deric (the great) Maccabe, the unrivalled ventriloquist, mimic, and character actor. VREDERIC MACCABE, Ventriloquist, Mimic, &0., in his original entertainment, "Begone, Dull Care," "Miss Mary May," " Early in the Morning." Balcony, 28. ; reserved seats, Is. ; stalls, Is. ; at Mr. Austin's office, St. James's•hall, 23, Piccadilly. A. NIMMO, Acting Manager. Hpo X FORD. 6, OXFORD STREET, W. The Oxford and Canterbury Hall Company (limited). SIXTY-SIX, by J. Offenbach, performed by Hisses Russell, Barrie, Walmesley, Tyrell, Ellen Reid, Ma dame Maria, and Miss Fltzflenry ; Messrs. A. St. Albyn, Husk, and Green, with full Bandland Chorus. Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans. Ballet, Comedy, Burlesque, &c., by the celebrated D'Au bans. Messrs. Duriah and Davis, and the Misses TESSY and SARA. GUANISS. NOTICE.—The Oxford has been entirely Redecorated, Altered, Newly Lighted, and Ventilated, and now is one of the most agreeable places of resort in the kingdom.—OPEN EVERY EVENING at Eight o'clock. The Classical Ballet, entitled TH iJ BRIDAL of BEAUTY, in which the Misses TESSY and SARA GUNNISS will make their re appearance THIS EVENING. Admission—Area, 6d.; stalls and balcony, ls. ; private boxes. 10s. 6d. CANTERBTTRY HALL. KO KO RI KO. This wonderful entertainment, having proved the greatest hit ever made, will be repeated EVERY EVENING, in ad dition to the Operatic Sele3tions, supported by the whole talent of the establishment. Comedy, Burlesque, and Ballet by Mrs. and Mr. Randall, Messrs. Duriah and Davies, the D'Aubans,. and Arthur Lloyd. Director, Mr. F. Jongmans. All visitors to London at this season should see the above entertainment. MADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION.- Established 30 years, at the Bazaar, Baker-street. NEW ADDITIONS.—In accordance with the season, the Exhibition has been entirely re- em b e lli s h e d . The whole of the ancient Court Dresses of the most costly description, faithfully copied from the most minute pictures, have been renewed. Modern Court Dresses of the most splendia de scription, selected from the first houses in Paris and London, and probably never equalled or surpassed, are now ou view. Life-size Models of DOCTOR E. W. PRITCHARD and CONSTANCE KENT are now added. Open from 11 a.m. till 10 p.m. Admittance, One Shilling; Extra Rooms, Sixpence. ARGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street, Piceadl4.--G RAND CASINO and MUSICAL PRO MENADE is NOW OPEN for the Season. Musical Director, M. LUIGI CUSTL Manager, Mons. GRENET. The Band plays nightly Selections from the most eminent Composers. - Doors open at half-past 8 o'clock; close five minutes to 12 o'clock. Admission to Promenade, One Shilling. THE WELLINGTON, ST. JAMES'S-STREET. Set DINNERS served, at five minutes' notice, from Four to Nine p.m., at 2s. 6d., 3s 6d., 4s. 6d., and 7s. each. E LEGANT SALOON DINING ROOMS, for Ladies and Families. Prices on the "Carte" moderate. Private Rooms for Large or Small Tartlet. Reading, Smoking, and Billiard Rooms. BREAKFASTS and LUNCHEONS. D. CAMERON. Entrances-160, Piccadilly, and 49, St. James's-street. BAY OF HAVANA AND MATANZAS RAILROAD (in the Island of Cuba). Loan of £400,000 sterling, in Bonds of £lOO, bearing in terest at 7 per cent. per annum, payable half-yearly in London. AGENTS. In London—Messrs. J. Henry Schroder and Co. In Havana—The Bank of Commerce, Francis Fesser, Esq., Manager. This Company was formed in 1857, obtained its conces sion the same year, and in 1861 the main road was com pleted from Regla, in the Bay of Havana, to Matanzas, a distance of 54 miles. Since then branch lines of considerable value have been constructed. The cost of construction to this date is £1,056,000 ; of this sum £448,000 was raised upon shares subscribed in tho £250,000 was raised in London, in 1861, by a first mort gage loan, bearing 7 per cent. interest, and repayable by the operation of a sinking of £25,000 per annum, com mencing 1867, which will redeem the entire loan in 1876. £lOO,OOO was similarly raised in 1863 for the construction of two branch roads, secured by a second mortgage on the road, and guaranteed by the Bank of Commerce, repayable by the operation of a sinking fund of £4,000 per annum, commencing in 1873. A considerable portion of the remainder of the capital has been supplied from time to time out of the earnings of the road. The results of the undertaking have been very satisfac tory, and show the following returns :-- 1862 Gross receipts £100,700 1863 ,, 1864 143,000 And 1865 gross receipts I/ from January to June £93,000 Against same period, 1864 82,000 The Bay of Havana and Matanzas Railroad Company has now effected the purchase of the Coliseo Railroad, running from Matanzas to Bemba, a distance of 35 miles, a very valuable road, and of immense importance to the Bay of Havana and Matanzas Company, inasmuch as it is in direct junction with that road at Matanzas, traversing a district rich in sugar produce; and being connected at Bemba with the Cardenas and Jucaro Railroad, becomes a section of the central road of the island, which will very shortly reach Villa Clara by the completion of the Car denas and jucaro Railroad. The returns of the traffic of the Coliseo Railroad are as follows : 1860 Gross receipts £49,100 1862 1864 And the return s o f 1865, from Jan. to 20th May...£49,000 Against 1864, same time 45,000 To complete this purchase, the Bay of Havana and Matanzas Company desire to raise a loan in London of £400,000, bearing interest at 7 per cent. per annum, pay able half-yearly in London. As security for this loan, the Bay of Havana and Matan zas Railroad Company will effect a first mortgage on the Coliseo Railroad, its rolling stock, appurtenances, and all properties ' • and also a mortgage on the Bay of Havana and Matanzas Railroad and its branches, subject only to the existing mortgages of £350,000, of which the first mort gage of £250,000 will be paid off entirely in 1876, by the operation of the sinking fund which commences in 1867. The property thus mortgaged is as follows : The Coliseo Railroad to be purchased out of the proceeds of this loan, producing a gross revenue in 1864 of £71,200. The Bay of Havana and Matanzas Railroad and its branches, costing £1,056,000, producing a gross revenue in 1864 of £143,000 (subject only to the above-mentioned mortgages). It will be noticed that the revenue of the Bay of Havana and Matanzas, as well as that of the Coliseo Railroad, has for some years been steadily increasing at the rate of 20 per cent. per annum, and it is beyond a doubt that the amalga mation of the two roads, by a natural increase of traffic and a large saving of expenditure in the administration, will produce a far larger revenue, and may be fairly estimated for the coming year at £250,000 gross, or fully £lOO,OOO net revenue. For the repayment of this loan a sinking fund is ar ranged for, whereby £20,000 is to be paid off annually, either by the purchase of bonds or public drawing, its ope ration to commence in 1877, by which time the first mort gage loan of £250,000 will be entirely redeemed. The Bonds will be issued in sums of £lOO, and bear in terest coupons, payable 10th June and 10th December, at the counting-house of Messrs. J. Henry Schroder and Co. The first coupon will be payable 10th June next. Tho subscription price is 90 per cent., payable as fol lows : £5 on application. 25 on allotment. 80 on 10th November. £3O Os Less 0 14s interest at 7 per cent. per annum upon previous instalments. 29 6s on 10th December. Interest at 5 per cent. per annum will be allowed for pre payment of any of the instalments. Application for an allotment to be made to Messrs. J. HENRY SCHRODER and Co., 145, Leadenhall-street ; or to the Brokers— Messrs. LAURENCE, SON, and PEARCE. No. 7, Angel-court, Throgmorton-street. 145, Leadenhall-street, London, Sept. 7, 1865. B AY OF HAVANA AND MATANZAS RAILWAY (in the Island of Cuba). Loan of £400,000 Sterling. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the SUBSCRIP TION LISTS for the above Loan will CLOSE on WED NESDAY NEXT, the 20th inst., at 12 o'clock. J. HENRY SCHRODER and CO. 145, Leadenhall-street, London, Sept. 16, 1865. 31AD AM E RACHEL'S ROYAL ARABIAN TOILET OF BEAUTY comprises all the choice delicacies which render the hair, teeth, and complexion beau tiful beyond comparison, and gives a soft, youthful blooming appearance to persons however far advanced in years. The public are cautioned against all persons who are vending dangerous and spurious compounds in imitation of the beau— tiful art of which she is the only professor. --47 A, New Bond street. JI / . _ . , - - . . ~E:,;.:e7" 6 ... , ‘ ...,r •:, - .1,,-.0 i ' . ' , / * CV \ N ~.111, ,,,,C , —, • .;,. ~,..y 3 ) , * ''' 7. '" . . . .--". . • , .... ,1 „ ~, • .. 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The Holstein papers publish the following fare well address to the inhabitants of the Duchy from the late Austrian Civil Commissioner : " While I depart to-day from the position I have hitherto held iu the Elbe Duchies, I return the in habitants of Schleswig-Holstein hearty thanks for the confidence they have reposed in me, and for the kind support rendered in my official duties. My heartiest good wishes will be devoted to the prospe rous future of the country. (Signed) " HALBHUBER VON FESTIVILL, Austrian Civil Commissioner for Schleswig- Holstein and Lauenburg. " Schleswig, Sept. 14, 1865." PRUSSIA AND SCHLESWIG. SCHLESWIG, Sept. 16. The text of the proclamation issued yesterday by Lieut.-Gen. von Manteuffel, upon assuming the government of this duchy in the name of the King of Prussia, was as follows : "Inhabitants of the Duchy of Schleswig,—By the Gastein Convention you are now transferred to a separate administration under the authority of his Majesty the King of Prussia. The words ' Prussian administration' signify of themselves justice, public order, and advancement of the general prosperity. While, by his Majesty's command, I now undertake the government of the duchy, I promise you at the same time ample regard for your especial interests. I expect from you in return obedience and trust in his Majesty's commands. I also bring to the know ledge of all the tribunals, officials, and inhabitants of the Duchy of Schleswig, thatby order of the King of Prussia his Majesty's Civil Commissioner, Baron von Zedlitz, will conduct the entire civil administra tion of the duchy, under the superintendence of the Government. (Signed) " E. MANTEUFFEL, Governor of the Duchy of Schleswig. " Castle Gottorf, Sept. 15, 1865." Baron von Zedlitz has also issued a proclamation respecting the mode of organising the administra tion in the Duchy of Schleswig. It is as follows : " In reference to the above proclamation of his Excellency the Governor of Schleswig, and the regu lations of the Austrian and Prussian chief civil au thorities for the Duchies of Schleswig-Holstein and Lauenburg, issued in No. 57 of the official gazette on the sth inst., the following is now ordered for the settlement of the civil administration of the Duchy of Schleswig : " 1. The Schleswig customs and excise depart ment will be administered subject to the restric tion with regard to transit dues contained in Sec tion 3 of the order of the sth instant, by the Schleswig taxes-office, the seat of which is at Flens burg. The postal department will be under the orders of the Schleswig post-office, situated at Schleswig. The telegraph department will pass into the hands of the Schleswig telegraph office, stationed at Flensburg. All these departments will be under the immediate supervision of the royal commis sioner. The chiefs of the hitherto existing Schles wig-Holstein customs, postal, and telegraphic departments will continue at the heads of these separate branches with the same privileges they have up to the present time enjoyed. " 2. Business in all other branches of the govern ment will be carried on under the immediate super vision of the royal commissioner by a board called the Schleswig Government,' sating at Schleswig. This board will consist of four separate depart ments of administrative affairs, each of which will -treat and settle matters brought before it according to the existing laws and rules, and a code of in structions regulating the general course of business. Orders of the Government will be signed by the royal commissioner, or by one of the heads of de partments acting under his orders : " Department 1., presided over by Councillor von Rumohr, will take the direction of all home affairs, except medical and veterinary matters as signed to Department 11., and such other affairs as are transferred to Department 111. " Department 11., presided over by Councillor Rathjen, comprises clerical and educational affairs, scientific and benevolent institutions, and medical and veterinary matters. _ _ _ " Department 111., under Assessor von Rich thofen, includes all military affairs within the com petence of the civil administration, including the conscription system, the Government right of pre emption for ground required for fortification and 'military purposes, and the disciplinary and eco nomic management of the gendarmery. • " Department IV. embraces the administration of the finances. Until the appointment of a special chief it will be divided into three separate bureaux (for general matters of finance appertaining to the State revenue ; for crown land and forests ; and for taxes, agricultural affairs, and free right of convey ance), and will carry on its business according to the special instructions of the royal commissioner. " The right of revision and decision as to the method of keeping accounts is granted to each de partment within the limits of its special competence. " The appointment of a general supervisor of the direct taxation system is reserved. ig All petitions, reports, and proposals to the Schleswig Government and its individual departments are to be sent in to the central office of theroyal com missioner, which has been established at the Mohn House, also called the Prince's Palace in this city. (Signed) 44 FREIHERR VON ZEDLITZ, Prussian Civil Commissioner for the Duchy of Schleswig. ct Schleswig, Sept. 15, 1865." posts all officials of the Duchy taken the oath of allegiance. " We hereby nominate our S . von Arnim-Boytzenburg to take Duchy of Lauenburg in our name ceive the oaths and duty of the chief anthorities of the country in our place, and to commission them to swear in the remaining officials, reserving to our selves the acceptance of the homage of the country until the period when we shall be able to receive the same in person. " Done at Berlin this 13th Sept., 1865. (Signed) " WILLIAM REX. (Countersigned) " VON BISMARCK." Prussia and Lauenburg, LAUENBURG, Sept. 15. The royal patent issued to-day announcing that prussia had taken possession of the Duchy of Lauen burg is to the following effect : " We, William, by G o d' s gra ce, King of Prussia, &c., do hereby proclaim : After his Majesty King Christian IX. of Denmark has, by the treaty of peace concluded at Vienna on Oct. 30, 1864, ceded his rights in the Duchy of Lauenburg to us and his Majesty the Emperor of Austria in common ; and after his Majesty, Emperor Francis Joseph I . o f Austria, has made over to us his share in these rights by the convention agreed upo n b e t ween us at Gastein on Aug. 14 last, and conc l u d e d a t Salzburg upon the 20th of the same month, and which has been brought to public knowledge by our civil commissioner upon the sth instant : Now, therefore, in fulfilment of the wish ex pressed by the Lauenburg Diet, we, by this present patent, take possession of this Duchy with all rights of supremacy and sovereignty ; appended to our titles that of a Duke of Lauenburg ; and ordain that the Duchy of Lauenburg shall be hereditary in our royal house according to the principles existing as to the succession to the Prussian Crown. We offer to all the inhabitants of the Duchies our paternal greeting, and desire them henceforth to acknow ledge as their legitimate Sovereigns, to swear to us and our successors the oath of allegiance, and to live according to our laws and ordinances ; in ex change for which we assure them of our sovereign protection, and promise that we will govern them justly, will protect the well-grounded rights of the country and its inhabitants, and direct our paternal care towards their prosperity. _ . _ " We have appointed our Minister-President and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Von Bismarck- Schonhausen, to be our Minister for Lauenburg, and have desired him to carry on the Government' ac cording to the laws and country regulations existing in the Duchy, and will confirm and retain in their A Clergyman Chaiged with an Assault, At the usual weekly sitting of the magistrates for the Hundred of Taverham, in the county of Norfolk, on Satur day last, the Rev. Samuel Hayward, vicar of Salhouse and Wrexham, was charged with assaulting Sarah Webster, a girl about 20 years of age, at Salhouse, on Sunday, Sept. 3. The magistrates who adjudicated upon the case were Mr. John Longe and Colonel Stracey, of Clitheroo. Mr. Chittock appeared on behalf of the complainant, and Mr. Lenay for the defendant. The complainant deposed that she walked from Norwich to Salhouse on Sunday, 3d inst., to see defendant, with whom she had been corresponding, about some money which he had promised to pay for her. She met defen dant as he was coming from church after morning ser vice, and requested to speak to him. He said ho would have nothing to do with such a worthless -, and went to his residence, whither complainant followed him. On reaching his house she rang the bell, and defendant answered the summons. She again told him what she wanted, when he pushed her from the step, along the gravelled walk, threw her into a bush, and kicked her leg. She afterwards went into defendant's kit chen, being very faint, and had a glass of water, and found that her dress had been much torn. To show that she be lieved she had a right to go to defendant's house on the Sunday, Mr. Chittock elicited a statement from the com plainant that she went into his service when nearly 15 years of age as a general servant. About five months after she had been in his house ho seduced her, and fearing that she was pregnant she told him, and he supplied her from time to time with a mixture of gin, laudanum, and some dark stuff which ho got from a chemist's. He recommended her to leave his service, and promised to get her another situation. Complainant subsequently found that she was not pregnant, and in 1862, she went, at his invitation, with some friends to his house, when he made au appointment to meet her the following day at the White Hirt Inn, Norwich. They met, and intercourse took place between them, the birth of a child in July, 1863, being the result. A medical man in Norwich attended the complainant, and defendant paid one of his bills, and promised to pay another, but did not keep his word, and it was to induce him to do so that she called upon him on the day of the assault. It was also adduced that on one occasion at the White Hart defendant promised to marry her when Mrs. Hayward (who was in court during thn hearing of the case) died. Complainant also said that sho could not ensure finding defendant at home during the week, and that was why she called on the Sunday. She went to a house in Norwich which he frequented, and which was occupied by a Miss Child, alias Harbord, for merly mistress of Salhouse school, but that person and de fendant refused to admit her. In cross-examination complainant denied being too familiar with two persons at Saihouse, and said that de fendant, when he kicked her, was wearing the boots in which he walked home from church. The Rev. J. S. G. Cranmer, the curate of the parishes of Salhouse and Wroxham, deposed to meeting the com plainant as he was going to perform his afternoon duties, and he observed that she was much exhausted, and that her dress was much torn. When he saw her again, on the following Wednesday, she had a large bruise upon her arm. Mrs. Denmark, with whom complainant resides, corro borated the last witness as to the condition of complainant after the assault. She also stated that the defendant on one occasion left a sovereign with her for complainant. Mr. Lenay, on behalf of defendant, called Sarah Alexan der, servant, who stated that her master did not kick the complainant, that he had on his carpet slippers, and that she fell down upon the path. In cross-examination she admitted not seeing defendant push complainant off the step, and that her master was between herself and coin plainant. This was all the evidence, and the court was cleared during the deliberation of the magistrates. On the re-ad mission of the public, The Chairman said to defendant—We have given this very disagreeable case every attention, and we have come to the conclusion, without the slightest hesitation, that we must convict you. It is certainly one of the grossest assaults that ever came before this or any other court. The defendant was then fined £lO and costs, and in default three months' imprisonment. The defendant had not the money in his possession, and two hours was granted him to obtain it. Flogging a Schoolboy. - A case which had excited much public interest was heard yesterday at the Chipping Ongar Petty Sessions, to which Dr. Clark, who keeps a school iu which there are about 100 pupils, was summoned for having, it was alleged, exercised undue severity towards a pupil 12 years of age, named Francis Simlack. The lad stated that he had run away from the school twice, and that Dr. Clark had given him blows on the hand because he was walking on a Sunday and had picked some blackberries. In reference to the flogging to which he was subjected, he said a boy (Clarke) who sleeps in my room told Dr. Clarke I had thrown some butter about the room. My mother had given me some, and the other boys said if I did not give them some they would tell on me. Clarke took me up into the bed-room and I scraped it off the wall, and then he took me into the school and reported me. Dr. Clarke then gave me 40 lashes with a stick on my back as I was lying on a desk. The stick was as thick as a riding whip. As I lay over he pulled up my jacket. After 1 had been flogged the boys told me they had counted the number of blows ; nearly all the boys in the school were present. Dr. Clarke said I was going to run away. Two other boys said they would also run away. Dr. Clarke said he owed me a flogging, and I should then have it. He then flogged me the second time, and he gave me forty more lashes ; he then kicked me out of the room. He hit me on both occasions as hard as he could. It was with a knotty stick he struck me. I then ran away. I could not run about with the other boys. I was sore and bruised, and I lay abed the next day. On Wednesday I ran away and went home. I walked from Ongar to Loughton. I was about three hours walking. I ran away four times. First time I was brought back about a week after ; the second time I came back at night ; the third and fourth times was on account of my having been beaten. My father said he would rather have me away with him. I did not grease the face of a boy (Clarke) as he lay in bed. There is a captain to each room. Ho reported me after he showed me the butter on the wall. It was about as big as the palm of my hand. I did not then intend to go away. Dr. Clark did not tell me he would give me 10 lashes. It was a boy_named Fisher told me 1 had 10. I had been in the school about one month. Dr. Clark came to my father's house and offered to pay back half the money. I don't say I was a good boy. My father threatened to send me to a reformatory school. I have seen some boys thrashed with a cane. Dr. Clark told a boy named Griffiths to cut a stick, and with that he was flogged. Mr. Myhill, a physician and surgeon of Old Ford, Bow, who had examined the boy, said he considered the punish ment had been excessive, and described the condition of the boy's legs when he saw him. The "captain" of the room proved that Master Simlack had smeared a boy's face, and for this he reported him, but the witness said that only 10 blows were given, and 10 for the old offence of running away. The magistrates' clerk stated that when the summons was applied for the boy's back was black and blue, and his flesh looked like crimped cod. Mr. Preston, who appeared for the schoolmaster, con tended that the facts had been much exaggerated. The magistrates, after some consideration, stated that, although no doubt too much violence had been used, the conduct of the boy had been irritating, and they had de cided not to convict the accused, but they should recom mend him to use some instrument which would not inflict such wounds. The case was dismissed without costs ? ex cept Dr. Clark's own costs. MR. HUDSON, THE EX-RAILWAY KING.—It will be remembered that at the late general election Mr. Hudson, better known as the Railway King, was a candidate for the representation of Whitby, but immediately previous to the nomination day he was arrested at the suit of W. H. F. Sandeman, of London, for a debt of £23,989 55., in cluding costs. He was forthwith sent to York Castle, at which prison he arrived on the 10th July last, and still remains in custody. On Saturday Mr. J. Stephen, registrar of the Leeds Bankruptcy Court, attended at York Castle, and held a court to adjudicate parties in the gaol detained for debt bankrupts. Mr. Hudson was one of the insolvents who was required to appear before the registrar; but Mr. Rees, solicitor for the detaining creditor, Mr. Sandeman, applied that the case might be adjourned, inasmuch as within the last few days a friend of Mr. Hudson had boon enabled to make a proposition for an arrangement, and be believed that the proposition would be accepted by Mr. Sandeman. It was considered desirable to avoid bankruptcy proceed ings, which might interfere with Mr. Hudson's future pro spects. Mr. Rees therefore asked for an adjournment, so that time might be afforded for carrying out the arrange ment. The registrar said he would have been glad to have acceded to the application, but he thought he had not the power. Some conversation took place between Mr. Rees and the registrar on the point, but the latter ruled that Mr. Hudson must appear, and that he could not consent to an adjournment. 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The town hose, under the di rection of Inspector Townsend and a body of police, was soon in operation, and the flames were got under, but the stock-in-trade, &c., was burnt, to the amount of about £6O. The premises and stock were insured. ' The police report states that when first discovered the premises were on fire in two separate places. SOUTH AMERICA. BUENOS AYRES, Sept. 11. The Buenos Ayres Standard publishes the follow ing summary of events :•••-• " Since the sailing of the packet we have but little to record respecting the war. President Mitre, with the allied forces, is still at Concordia. General Flores has been_detachal with a strong force to impede the further progress of the Paraguayans on the Correntina banks of the Uruguay. It is gene rally supposed that he will succeed in cutting them off. General Paunero, who also commands a re spectable division "of the Argentine army, has fallen back from his position on the Parana, in the direc tion of the Uruguay. . " The Brazilian squadron is still in the same po sition. General Canaverre commands a wing of the Brazilian army on the left bank of the Uruguay, near Uruguayana, where a powerful Paraguayan force is advancing. General Osorio, who commands the main Brazilian force, is still encamped at Con cordia ; and, in fact, the only change in the atti tude of the belligerents is on the part of the Para guayans, who have recently resumed active opera tions, and are now masters of nearly all the unfor tunate province of Corrientes. They have taken the towns of Bella-Vista, Saladas, and San Roque, and perpetrated the most nth' eard-of pillage ; all the goods in the stores have been swept away, in capa cious bullock carts, by the ruthless invaders ; and in the city of Corrientes we regret to say that even the women have not escaped. It is really awful to con template the frightful consequence of this war should it last for any length of time ; and yet peace seems to be utterly out of the siuestion. Lopez, who is fighting for.his very existence, professes - to be waging war against President Mitre and his party and General Flores and his Ministers, and not against the Argentine Republic or the Banda Oriental ; whilst, on the other hand, General Mitre, who has been forced into the struggle, avows that he fights Lopez, and not Par aguay. The strength of Paraguay was hitherto un known in Buenos Ayres ; it consists in immense masses of infantry, who all blindly follow their leader, and fight with the tenacity of Russians. " Lopez's army is destitute of everything save arms, and thus it is that in every town which bears the footprints of the invaders a general sack and in discriminate pillage sets in, which seems to be so congenial to the Paraguayan soldier, that we learn from two respectable Paraguayan youths who have recently escaped from the enemy's camp that the war is most popular among the common Paraguayan soldiers. Precisely the reverse is it with President Mitre, who has to contend with the insubordination of men impatient of every restraint, and who abhor the strict military discipline of such a general ; still the resources of the allies are so immense, and those of the enemy so limited, that the ultimate result of the war cannot be doubted. "Notwithstanding the war Buenos Ayres is ra pidly improving. The sheep farmers are all doing well; the winter season is now nearly over, it having been one of the mildest experienced for years. The increase in the flocks in some districts is unprece dented, and if sheep go on augmenting as they have for the last few years, the export of wool from La Plata will ere long rival that of Australia. Business in Buenos Ayres is at present dull, money remark ably easy, and the paper currency improving. The extreme ease in our money market has given a very firm tone to Argentine National Bonds, which have become a favourite investment for surplus capital. These bonds are now quoted at 42, and in demand. The quarterly interest and amortisation on the Bus chental Loan have just been paid. These securities cannot be bought in this market, as they are held by large capitalists, who, in consequence of the enor mous amortisation at par ordered by law, refuse to sell them. An offer of 65 percent. was made last week for $500,000, and declined. We all look anxiously for ward for news from London respecting Signor Ries tra's mission; it is supposed that he will negotiate the new loan on the most favourable terms, as this country as yet owes, we may say, nothing. Since the last packet the - banks have all reduced their rates of interest, and money has become very abun dant. The Maua Bank in Montevideo has on hand nearly $2,500,000 in gold. " The most important event of the day is the opening of the Buenos Ayres Great Southern Rail way. On Monday, the 14th inst., the contractor, consulting the public convenience, and with a view to accommodate the estancieros of the south, will open the road to public traffic to a station within about 31 leagues of Chascomus. The masterly manner in which the work is done is the constant theme of all who have been over the road. It is surmised that within a few months the road will be completely finished to Chascomus. Had the public inauguration of this road been in happier times we might have hoped to see it continued to Dolores ; but, in the present critical state of affairs, and, in fact, until the Paraguayan war be terminated, we fear such an extension is but an illusion of the imagination. " Specie opened very weak this morning, and fell immediately 10 centessimos. Later on in the day buyers for cash were more numerous. Exchange on England has an upward tendency, owing to the belief that the loan about to be nego tiated will be drawn for, and not remitted in specie. About £120,000 is the total amount drawn for the packet, of which 1,000,000 fr. have been drawn by the River Plate Bank. ,' There has been very little done in wool during the fortnight, and at least 70,000 arrobas are at present in deposit. ,4 In national bonds we notice increased firmness to-day. None sold, although there were buyers at 42. Money is so abundant that discounters find great difficulty in obtainingbills at 1 per cent. per month. Gold, however, is much more abundant than paper." AUSTRIA AND HOLSTEIN, ALTONA, Sept. 16. The proclamation issued by Field-Marshal von Gablenz upon assuming command of the Duchy of Holstein, in the name of the Emperor of Austria, is as follows : " Inhabitants of the Duchy of Holstein,—By order of his Majesty the Emperor of Austria, my most gracious master, dated Vienna, the 4th inst., I am appointed Governor of the Duchy of Holstein, in execution of the convention concluded between Aus tria and Prussia at Gastein upon the 14th August last; and the conduct of the civil and military ad ministration of that Duchy has been placed in my hands. Strengthened by the imperial confidence, I now assume the direction of affairs. " Inhabitants of the Duchy of holstein,—We are not unknown to each other, for no long time has yet passed since we had the happiness of entering your beautiful and blessed country at the head of an im perial army corps, to engage, in union with the allied Prussian troops, in that contest which has resulted in your national independence. I trust to receive, as the Emperor's representative, the same reception from you which the imperial standards then obtained. I reckon with full confidence upon your often-shown sensible character and your respect for law. " This confident hope lightens the acceptance of my present mission, whose difficulties I do not underrate—difficulties which may, however, be overcome by your calm and truly patriotic attitude. I, for my part, will firmly uphold the system of self-administration so far advanced among you, and above all admit the natives of the country to co-operate in the same. "I promise you the conscientious application of the existing laws, the utmost possible advancement of your moral and material welfare, energetic and rapid execution of the administration, and the strict exercise of impartial jurisprudence. • " To obtain a settled and upinterrupted order of, affairs, I issue simultaneouslYhereTiith,the necessary regulations by means of which a basis is gained for taking into account the true requirements of the country. " Holding aloof from the exercise of a decisive policy, I am inspired solely by the desire of remain ing a stranger to all party intrigues, of striving in cessantly to develope the prosperity of the country, and, strengthened by the confidence of the popula tion, of meeting the justly founded wishes of the people. (Signed) " GABLENZ, Lieut. Field-Marshal. " Altona, Sept. 15." The regulations alluded to in the Austrian Gover nor's proclamation are an order for the issue of an official gazette for Holstein. A second order says : " In connection with my proclamation of to-day, notifying my assumption of the chief administration in the Duchy of Holstein, I order as follows : " 1. A governmental board shall be established for the entire administration of the Duchy of Hol stein, which shall commence its functions from the 15th inst., under the name of the Ducal Holstein Land Government, and shall have its seat in the town of Kiel. " 2. The Land Government shall be subordinate to the Austrian Governor of the Duchy of Holstein, and shall, subject to the limitations expressed in sec. 3, take charge of all branches of the adminis tration which formerly appertained to the confi dence of the Schleswig-Holstein Land Government at Gottorff, the Schleswig-Holstein Taxes and Tele graph Departments at Kid, and the Schleswig- Holstein Postal Department at Kiel. " 3. Business thus belonging to the competence of the Land Government shall be treated and settled by it independently in accordance with the existing laws and regulations, subject to the following re strictions :—The decision of the Austrian governor of Holstein is reserved ; a. Upon all matters which have hitherto required the decision of the sovereign ; b. Upon matters bearing upon the constitution of the Duchies ; c. Upon the issue of legal prescrip tions, in so far as the right of so doing has not been already conferred upon other authorities ; d. Upon sentence and mitigation of punishments, except as to fines that may be remitted by the Land Govern ment according to existing laws ; e. Upon the sus pension and appointment of officials, clergy, and teachers, in so far as the privilege was vested in the preceding Ministry for Holstein ; f. Upon granting sums in excess of the annual budget, as upon the individual application of the amounts included un der the head of extraordinary expenses ; g. Upon granting allowances and assistance moneys, with the exception of such smaller allowances, up to a maximum of 200 marks, as may be granted from the support fund by the Land Government at its discretion ; h. Upon the chief control over the police, press affairs, and public meetings ; i. Upon the chief control of the postal and telegraphic sys tems. The Governor further reserves to himself the right of issuing orders and cheques upon the Treasury at Rendsburg. The Land Government has, lastly, in all affairs common to the Duchies of Schleswig-Holstein, to report to the Governor, after first coming to an understanding with the chief governmental authorities in Schleswig. "4. The Land Government shall consist of a president and five heads of departments. In the absence of the president, the senior head of a de partment shall fulfil his duty. The division of the different branches of public business into depart ments, and the manner in which they are to be car ried on will be settled by special order. " 5. Appeals against decisions and orders of the Land Government shall be made to the governor." A third order treats of the division of public business above alluded to, and says :-- " 1. Public business shall be divided as fullowa among the five departments of the Ducal Holstein Land Government : a. The first department in cludes clerical matters and education, the affairs of the 'Kiel University, science, and the arts, the deaf and dumb institution, the lunatic asylum in Schles wig, and charities ; matters appertaining to the ad ministration of justice, including the management of prisons and penitentiaries, matters of land sove reignty and frontier, general affairs relating to the estates, to convents for the nobility, and to the affairs of the Schleswig-Holstein knighthood, to statistics, wrecks, and the promulgation of decrees and orders in the official gazette ; b. The second de partment comprises matters relating to the com munes and to the poor, trade, commerce, weights and measures, the press, and rights of association, medical and veterinary affairs, the fire insurance system, and agriculture ; c. The third department manages roads and public ways, railroads, dykes, drainage, harbours, and, buildings, commercial and navigation matters, the Schleswig-Holstein canal, and the irrigation system, conscription, quartering of troops, furnishing provisions in kind to garrisons, transport of war material, general equalisation of war expenses and claims for damages caused by war ; d. The fourth department takes in hand direct taxa tion, including the duties on stamped paper and upon heirship, the right of free conveyance, matters relating to agriculture. Crown lands, forests, and the chase, as well as the revision and decision upon direct taxes ; e. The fifth department includes the finances (budget, State revenue, and debts), the widows' funds, pensions, grants, and support moneys, the customs, postal, and telegraphic systems, with the control over the support fund of the Land Government and the sums placed at its disposal for office expenses. "2. Each department shall retain the right of re vision as to the method of keeping accounts in the branches appertaining to its competence, and until further notice the head of the fourth department shall act as general supervisor of direct taxation, including the duties upon stamped paper and heir ships. "3. The president shall control the method in which public business shall be carried on, and exer cise disciplinary. authority over the officials of the Land Government, in so far as they are legally amenable to the control of the authorities. "4. Each head of the department shall exercise authority over the different branches within his competence upon his own responsibility, indepen dently under his own signature, and with the coun ter-signature of the chief of the bureau, except over such matters as are reserved in the ensuing para graph for the deliberations of a college, or which, being purposed by the president as advisable, shall be considered by the head of the department as fit ting to be laid before the college. "4. All more important matters are reserved for the deliberations of a college, in which the chair man shall give the casting-vote where the votes are equal. To these appertain opinions and reports upon normal subjects, or on questions of principle, decisions upon admission or denial of rights, with the imposition of penalties. "6. Should the President find any resolution arrived at by the college contrary to law, or danger ous to the commonweal, he is bound to suspend itg execution, and to report thereupon, adducing his reasons to the Governor without delay. The following heads of departments are ap pointed members of the new Land Government : Department I. is placed under the care of Councillor E. Lesser, hitherto a member of the Schleswig- Holstein Land Government ; Department 11., of Count van Stemann, member of the hithorto exist ing Government; Department IV., of F. M. Wen neker, hitherto member of the Land Government ; Department V., of Finance-director W. Lesser, also hitherto member of the Land Government. The name of the head of the third department will be subsequently announced." A final order is as follows : t , The affairs of the customs, postal, and telegra phic systems appertain to the jurisdiction of the Ducal Holstein Land Government, the customs office being under the management of G. C. F. 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