The Sun. — London, England, 1861-12-11 00:00:00

ATLANTIC AND GREAT - WESTERN RAILWAY (New York Division).—Coupons due Ist of January next will be paid in London at the Bank of Lon don, or in New York at the Banking House of Messrs. Duncan, Herman, and Co. No. 10 , New Cannon-street, Dec. 6, 1861. NATIONAL PROVINCIAL BANK OF E 1 GL AND. 112, Bishopsgate-street, London, Dccember 10, 1801. The Directors of the National Provincial Bank of England hereby Give Notice, that a HALF-YEARLY DIVIDEND, at the rate of Eight per Cent. per annum, and a nail-Yearly BONUS of Five per Cent., will be Payable on the Company's Stock on and after the 10th of January next, when the Divi dend and Bonus Warrants will be obtained at the Company's Office, 112, Bishopsgate-street, or at the different Branches. The Transfer Books will be Closed on and after Thursday, the 12th inst. By order 01 the Court of Directors. DAN. ROBERTSON, Agent and Manager. NORWICH UNION FIRE INSURANCE SOCIETY. NOTICE.-CHRISTMAS RENEWALS. Losses by lire occurring during the fifteen days of grace are made good to the aszured. 'I he business of the Company exceeds £68,000,001 Tile duty paid to Government for the year 1860 was X 81,332 Os. 9d., and the amount insuring* on farming stock X 9 ,988,3(18. _ . A bonus of three-fifths of the profi's periodically made to Parties insuring, who have thus from time to time received sums amounting* in the aggregate to £lOO,OOO. A further sum is applicable for a bonus upon policies renewed in 1861. The rates of premium are in no case higher than those charged by the other principal offices making no returns to their insurers. Per pro pectuses apply at the Society's Offices, Surrey treef, Norwich, and 6, Crescent, New Bridge-street, Black friars, E.C. THE ASHCROFT ANGLESEY COPPER MINING COMPANY (Limited). Capital, £12.500, in 12,500 shares of each. Shareholders only liable for the amount of their subscriptions ; 10s. per share to be paid on application for shares, with two calls of s s. pee share (if required) at intervals of not less than three Months. The Company is completely registered accorling to the Limited Liability Acts of Parliament, passed in the years 1856 and 1857. DIRECTORS Thomas P. Elliott, Esq. (agent to the Hon. Mr. Stanley, nr.), Penrhos Bradwin, Holyhead. Capt. Knox, proprietor of Irish Times, Fitzwilliam-square, Dublin; Henry Price, Esq., J.P., Blackrock, county Dublin. Peter Roe, Esq., Clarendon-house, Ratlegar, county Dublin. James Digges la Touche, Esq, J.P., Director Midland Great Western Railway Company, Dundrtun, county Dublin. BAN K ER S. National Provincial P.ank of England, at Manchester, Chester, Holyhead, Bangor, and Carnarvon. National Bank of Ireland, Dublin, Cork, and London. SOLICITOR. James Malley, Esq., 48, Upper Sackville-street, Dublin. BROKERS, Messrs. Boyle, Low, Pim, and Co., 35, College-green, Dublin. 3lessrs. J. Cunningham and Co., Belfast. Mr. Connell, South-mall, Cork. Messrs. Laurence, Son, and Pearce, Auction Mart, London. Mr. George Hancock; 15, Tithebarn-street, Liverpool. Mr. James Gorton, Newmarket-buildings, Manchester. OFFICES. Registered Offices-2, Boston-street, Holyhead. Branch Offices-48, Upper Sackville-street, Dublin. ABRIDGED PROSPECTUS. This Company is formed for the purpose of purchasing the Lease of a very valuable tract of Mineral Land iu the Island of Anglesey, in the Parish of Holyhead, held under lease from the Hon. W. O. STANLEY, M.P., at a moderate royalty, for twenty-two years vet unexpired. Assays, made by Messrs. Johnson and Son, Basinghall street, London, of average portions, prove the stuff to con tain, when dressed, 7 to 10 per cent. et copper at the present depth. Reference is particularly invited to the extract of a letter from one of the most scientific geologists of the age, Sir Richard Griffith, Bart., of the Board of Public Works, Dublin, who has kindly given permission for his opinion to be added to the Prospecturi—as well as to the reports from the emi nent Mining Engineers, Jehu Hitchins, Esq., John 11. Cle ment, Esq., C.E., I'.G.S., and Alfred Jenkin, Esq., showing the net profits to be about 25 per cent. upon the nominal, and 50 per cent. upon the proposed paid-up capital at the present workings. En",;ouraged by the large returns of the Pary's Mountain and Mona Mines, situated at Almwoli, in the same island and county, the directors have formed a very favourable Opinion of the value of this venture, which they believe can be made productive by an outlay of not more than Five Thou sand Pounds. The situation of the Mine is all that can be desired, being only two miles, on a level road, from the Holyhead Railway Station, and ten yards from the sea at high water. The royalty is light, awl every irecaution has been taken by the Directors to economise the preliminary expenses. Already have a considerable number of shares been applied for. Specimens of the Ore may be seen at the Offices. The lia bility of the shareholders will limited to the exact amount of their shares. No further call can be made on the holders of the shares. If no allotment is male the Deposits will be returned in full. Prospectuses may be obtained and application for shares Neill be received at the Offices by the Directors and by the Brokers of the Company; but in no case will any application be attended to unless a deposit of Its. per share be paid to the Bankers of the Company, and their receipt forwarded to the Of7ice. ASHCROFT ANGLESEY COPPER MINING COMPANY (Limited), FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Directors of the Ashcroft Anglesey Copper Mining Company (Limited). . . Gentlemen,—having paid the sum of , being the amount of the deposit of 10s. per share (for which I enclose the receipt), I hereby request you to allot me shares in the above Company, or any less number, subject to the regulations of the Company. Dated this day of 1861. Name Address... BANKERS. National Provincial Bank of England, at Manchester, Chester, Holyhead, Bangor, anti Carnarvon. National Bank or x.rol".a, anti r_ot,ann. ASHCROFT ANGLESEY COPPER MINING COMPANY (Limited). DEPOSIT RECEIPT. Received of the sum of .£ , being Ten F.hillimrs per share deposit upon shares in the Ash croft Anglesey Copper Mining Company (Limited). Dated this day of , 1661. ,F.: For Now ready, price 2s. 6d., MADAME CAPLIN'S Large and Beautifully Illustrated WORK on HEALTH and BEAUTY, or Corsets and Clothing adapted to the Human Body. By the same Author, Woman and Her Wants. Price /s. Darton and Co., Holborn-hill, and from the Author 58, Berners-street, Oxford-street, W. R UINART PERE and FILS' CHAMPAGNE. —The above beg to CAUTION the Trade and their numerous Friends a , ainst the FORGERY of their BRAND and WINES, which is extensively practised. Judgments have already been Oven by French Courts against the guilty parties. 'The house. established 1729, has always had the same denomination of RE INART PERE and FILS, Rheims, Champagne. Bran:11 House, 22, St. Swithin's lane, London. SPAIN AND FRANCE. SPAIN is determined to share the advantages resulting from an extended commercial intercourse 'with England. The Vintage Wine Company import Spanish Wines at such prices as to induce customers to give the pre ference to SheiTy instead of to the light Wines of France."— Court Circular. " Net c; - nly excellent in quality and flavour, but remark able cheapness. Eighteen Shillings per dozen for a ~E NIIINE MILD SHERRY for the Dinner Table."—Sun. " A PURE, SOUND, and PALATABLE WINE, and far more fitted for our climate than the thin acid Clarets of France." "Ali Cally good Sherry."—Morning Star. XERES COMMA SHERRY, Soft, fine body, age and flavour, and genuine, EIGHTEEN SHILLINGS PER DOZEN. PALE-TWENTY SHILLINGS' PER DOZEN. Quite equal to that for which we h ave b een accus t ome d to,tr.ive . 6os. ' "Extraordinary for the money, and that no man need be ashamed to put on his table."—Mark-lane Express. TERMS: CASII ONLY—Country orders must contain remittances. Town orders to be paid for on delivery. CARRIAGE --Orders of Two Dozen and upwards carriage paid to any railway station in England. —Samples of the Wines forwarded on receipt of Eighteen Postage Stamps. BOTTLES, charged at cost price, but not returnable. MODE OF REMITTANCE—By Post-office Order, payable at the GENERAL POST-OFFICE, Lon don ; or by Cheque, crossed to the BANK of LONDON, N•l3,—ln either - case the Order or Cheque to be made payable to "THE VINTAGE WINE COMPANY." SAMPLES VINTAGE WINE COMPANY, IMPORTERS OF SPANISII West-End Offices, 14, Bl,; j rnsbury-street, Londor,, TRULY ETITACACIOUS AND MILD.- Dr. SCO"; : p , S BILIOUS and LIVER PILLS, E ar ed witilivat'any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. itcott, of Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to all who "Irer from bilious and liver complaints, indigestion, wind Nr2,4sms, giddiness, dizziness of the eyes, &a For habitual i . ostiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier of the blood, they are truly excellent ; mild in their opera tion and grateful to the stomach, they create appe rite, pro . mote digestion, and -trengthen the whole nervous system. Sold by W. Lambert, 20, Jermyn-street, Haymarket, London, and by most druggists, in boxes, ls. lid., and three times the quantity in one, 2s. 9d. Be sure to ask for Dr. Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are a square green Package, with " William Lambert," engraved on the stamp. DR. BRIGHT'S APHRODISION.- The GREAT CHEMICAL COMBINATION of Phos phorus, Quinine, Iron, and other invigorating ingredients— the never-failinc, , Remedy for Spermatorrhcca. and all Diseases of the Reproductive System. A single course of this invalu able preparation insures health, strength, and manly vigour in every stage of life. Prices, lie. per bottle, or four lls. bottles in one, 335. This medicine has been confided to a Regis tered Physician, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, (England), who has devoted his exclusive attention to the above diseases, and who will give advice without a fee to those purchasing the medicines, either personally or by letter. tours of Consultation, from 11 till 8 ; Sundays, till 1 o'clock. All communications and Post-Office Orders to be addressed to Ralph Bright. 44A., Maddox-street, Regent-street, W. (op posite the side of St. George's Church), London. DR. CURTIS' MEDICAL WORK, MANHOOD: A MEDICAL ESSAY SPERIWATORRIICE X, NERVOUS AICII3 - 6}3NEkATIVE DEBILITY, &c. Seet Published, the 150th thousand, with numerous plates, in a sealed envelope, price ls., Sold by all Booksellers, and sent post paid, by the Author, for 12 stamps, ANHOOD: the CAUSE and CURE of PRE MATURE DECLINE IN MAN, with Plain Directions or Perfect Restoration to Health and Vigour. By Dr. J. L. CURTIS, 15, Albermarle-street, Piccadilly, London. CONTENTS: INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER on the Physiological ti3tructure and Funetiens of the Reproductive Organs. C RAPT E 4 ft I f.—Causes of Spermatorrham and Impotence; Early Vicious Indulgences; Dangers of Neglect. CHAPTER lII.—A Review of the various Disqualifications of Marriage ; whether resulting from Youthful Abuse, the Follies of Maturity, the Effects of Climate, or Infection. CHAPTERS IV. and V. on the modern Treatment of Gonorrhoea and Syphilis. The Book concludes with numerous varied and interesting uses, to which is added the Author's recipe of a preventive Lotion. REVIEWS OF THE WORK. "Curtis on Manhood.—This is a truly valuable work, and should be in the hands of young and old."—" Sunday Times," 7.31 March, 185.6. "The author has conferred a great boon by publishing this little work, in which is described the source of those diseases Which produce decline in youth or more frequently premature old age."—" Daily Telegraph," March 27, 1856. " This work, which for twenty years has stood the test of professional criticism and empirical hostility, treats in a plain and sympathising manner on the various disqualifications and impediments arising from nervous excitement and de bility ; and to invalids a - offering from youthful errors and excesses it will be found valuable and useful."—llecord. London : Published by J. Allen, 20, Warwick Lane, Pater noster-row; Mann, 319, Cornhill. 49114191 cOmultAti9A-1 0 t 0 3 and 6 to? 0 11 44 ) 15, 11) till 2, _ A RGYLL ROOMS.-GREAT SUCCESS ! t •- Tt The Band and Musical arrangements under the direc tion of M. Bour.con•r, Conductor and principal Cornet. In addition to the Laurent \raise, Strauss Zuadrille, and novel ties of last week, A NEW POLKA, by 31. Boulcourt, the Solos performed by him and M. Greebe. Admission ls.— Manager, M. P. Grenet. N°. 21,669. PUBLICATIONS. MISS BREMER'S NEW WORK. Now ready at a'l the Libraries, in 2 vols., 215., TRAVELS IN THE HOLY LAND. By FREDRIKA BREMER. T. =slated by MARY I.IOWITT. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. NEW NOVEL BY FRANCES BROWNE. Dedicated to the Marquess of Lansdowne. On Fr:day, Dec. 13, in 3 vols., 'THE CA STLEF ORD CASE.' • By FRANCES BROWNE, Author of "My Share of the World." Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. With Four Charts and Portrait, price 55., ,ORD DUNDONALD'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY. L "We may safely predict for this work an unbounded popniarity. A narrative of heroic adventure, every line of which should be perused Ly Englishmen."—Times. " Ought to be a prize book in every military and naval school."— London Review. Richard Bentley, New Burling-ton-street, This day is published, in Three Volumes Octavo, price £2 25., L IVES OF LORD CASTLEREAGH AND SIR CHARLES STEWART, Second and Third 3larquesses of Londonderry. From the Original Papers of the Family, and other sources, embracing a full account of the Campaigns of 1813 and 1814 in Germany and France, and of the Congresses of Vienna, Laybach, and Verona. By Sir ARCHIBALD ALISON, Bart., D.C.L., • Author of the " History of Europe." William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. This Day, Two Volumes, Post Bvo., 165.,' GOOD FOR NOTHING ; OR, ALL DOWN HILL. By G. J. WHYTE MELVILLE. Reprinted from "Fraser'S Magazine." London: Parker, Son, and Bourn, West Strand. 11.21 X; EST PARVA DOMUS NATUS QUA MAGNUS E R SMUS. For the strange but true story of that ercat Scholar's Birth and Parentafze, see " THE CL aSTER AND THE HEARTH," by CHARLES READE, the Third Edition of which is Just Published. Trubner and Co., GO, Paternoster-row. Price One Shilling, or Post Free for Thirteen Stamps, INDIAN RAILWAY AND INDUS FLOTILLA GUARANTEES EXAMINED AND FOUND TO BE DELUSIVE ; with extracts from the Official Contracts. Third Edition, with an Introduction, containing a Corres pondence of Mr. W. I'. ANDREW with the Author, and Re plies to Mr. W. P. ANDREW, and Mr. THOMAS WATT. By JAMES MILLS. W. Wilson and Co., 103, Cheapside. Price Gd., or post free for 7 stamps, rTNSOUNDNESS OF INDIAN GUARAN v TEES, shown in a Letter to MIHILL SLAUGHTER, Esq., Secretary of the Stock Exchange, London. By 11. TEMPLE HUMPHREYS. Tallant and Co., 5, Ave Maria-lane. FRONI Oct. 5, THE ATHENEUM has been Threepence. T - HE PRESENT DISTRESS IN TRADE fully explained in J. GROSSMITH'S A " GOVERNMENT UPON FIRST PRINCIPLES." The cause is there predicated of the monetary difficulties ex perienced in 1860. The Crisis is at hand. Anxiety in busi ness has now become the grim torture. Purity of motive. Intelligently exercised, must animate all Governments, or all is lost, All denominations of Constitutions are carefully examined in J. Grossnaith's "Government upon First Prin ciples." Kent and Co., Paternoster-row. The Fourth Edition, Just Published. Bvo, in cloth, price ss. by post free, ss. 6d. ON TRUE and FALSE SPERMATORRHCEA; with the View to the Correction of wide-spread Errors In relation to the Treatment and Cure of Sufferers from De bility of the Generative system, or Sexual Ifypochrondriasis. Translated from the German of Dr. PICKFORD. " Dr. tickford is known to English readers by his frequent practical contributions to German medical literature. This is the first time, he informs us, that he has addressed himself to the non-medical reader. We trust that this may not be the last, if he shall detect any other equally flagrant evil which it may be in his power to correct."—London Medical Gazette. " The editor has conferred a great boon on the sufferers from this distressing malady by translating this little book, and by laying bare the scandalous practices of unqualified adventurers, who profess to cure a disease of which they know nothing, with no other object than to fill their own purses. The difference between true Spermatorrhcea and the various forms of disease which resemble it are accurately de scribed, and thus a safe guide is offered for the treatment of the malady."—Medical Circular. " We have dilated so long upon the contents of the preli minary chapter, that we have scarcely left ourselves space for any notice of the subject specially treated of by Dr. Pickford ; but the moderate price at which the 'brochure' is sold, places it within the reach of every one interested in the matter."— Dublin Medical Press. London : H. Barniere, 219, Regent-street. MR. AND MRS. CHARLES MATHEWS "A V HOME," At Her Majesty's Concert Room, Haymarket, Every Evening at Eight o'clock (except Saturday). Morning representations Wednesday and Saturday at Three. Private boxes, stalls, and places may be secured at the Box office, which is open daily from 10 till 5, and at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street. No extra charge fur booking. Carriages to be ordered at a quarter-past 10. To prevent the crush at the entrances an additional door is opened for the Pit. CATTLE SHOW WEEK.- SMITHFIELD CLUB.—EVANS' HOTEL and SUPPER BOOMS. — The annual meeting of Country Gentlemen will take place in the above establishment ; ever their home. An enlarged and liberal entertainment, suitable to the well known re spectability of this institution. Forty Performers every Evening. CommeLcing at Eight. Admittance, ls. CAT I'LE SHOW. - COTTAM'S STABLE FITTINGS.—Stands 941 to 950.—Visitors are referred to the above, and also invited to inspect Cottam and Co.'s Warerooms, only a short distance from the Show (Winsley street being near to Regent-circus, Oxford-street, and is the street opposite the Pantheon, where an extensive range of full-sized Stalls, Loose Boxes, harness Rooms, ttc., are fitted up, showing the arrangements of all Cottam's Patent Im provements, COTTAI%I and CO.'s only address in Lon don is 2, Winsley-street, Oxford-street,W. (N.B.—Winsley street is the street opposite the Pantheon). AIRS. DOCTOR GOSS attends and corresponds with ladies in all Female Complaints and functi"nal irregularities, and in pregnancy, midwifery, and the thsap pointments of marriage. References to ladies of the highest distinction. See Dr. Goss's Illustrated Medical Work, " Man and Woman," price 2s. Gd., post free 31 stamps.-55, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's-inn, London. 'THE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work , a -I- Guide to those who have imperilled the power of man hood by youthful indiscretions ; treating on Syphilis, Secon dary Symptoms, Gonorrhoea, &c., ontaininv; a Prescription known as the Preventive Lotion, to avoid contamination ; 190 pages, with 100 engravings, free by post 12 stamps. Address R. and L. Perry and•Co , 19, Berners-street, Oxford street, IV. Attendance daily, from 10 till 8; Sundays, 11 till 1 ; by a Registered Consulting Surgeon. THE VIGOUR OF YOUTH RESTORED IN 1- FOUR WEEKS by Dr. RICORD'S ESSENCE OF LIFE. This wonderful agent will restore manhood to the most shattered constitution, whether arising from self-pollution, excesses, nocturnal emissions, the effects of climate, or natu ral causes. The time required to cure the most inveterate case is four weeks ; and, if used according to the printed in structions (which are very simple), failure is impossible. This life-restoring remedy should be taken by all about to marry, as its effects arc permanent. It is acknowledged by the medical press to be the greatest discovery ever made. Success in every case is as certain as that water quenches thirst. Dr. Ricord's Essence of Life is sold in cases, with full in structions for use, at 11s., or four quantities in one for 335., and will be sent to any part of the world, carefully packed, on receipt of remittance or post-office order payable to Prout and Co., Patent MedHneWarehouse, 229, Strand, London. (Entered at Stationers' Hall.) DR. CULVERWELL'S LAST NEW WORK, OURSELVES. Price Is., by post ls. id. ; of Mann, 29, Cornhill. Spcermatorrheca, Syphilis, Stricture, 11xmorrhoids, O Glce n ts, t 11rar riage I m pediments removed, and Healthy Offspr i ng secured. Dr. C. may be consulted daily till 12 , at The Post-office Turkis Baths, 19, St. Martin's-le - Grand and from 1 till 9 p.m. h at 3, Great Marlborough-street, W. D R. CULVERWELL'S NEW POST-OFFICE TURKISH BATHS, 19, St. Martin's-le-Grand. 2s. till 5, and is. 6d. from 5 till 9 ; Sundays, ls. till 1. An ESSAY on TURKISH BATHING, gratis. OPINIONS OF TIIE PRESS. " The Use and the Abuse of the Turkish Bath.—A very useful pamphlet has been published by Dr. Culverwell, the proprietor of the Turkish Baths in the neighbourhood of the Post-office, which presents to the uninitiated a mass of inte resting information, while those who have already encouraged this new system will derive additional advantage if they observe some of the p'actical regulations which the writer endeavours to enforce. '—Herald and Standard, N0v.12, 1861. " The Post-office Turkish Batho9, St. Martin's-le-Grand. —Dr. Culverwell has already established the reputation of an ab'e physician ; he has now proved himself to be a worthy philanthropist, in as far as he has established, in the heart of the City, an institution that more nearly than any disco very of modern days, goes nearer the abolition of the practice of physic, than any proposition or invention yet established, the Turkish Bath. . . Our object being merely to direct the attention of our City readers to the fact that they possess one of the best set of baths, at 19, St. Martin's-le-Grand, which the country can produce; perfect in all its appliances, and most admirable in effect. Dr. Culverwell has fitted up his baths with a degree of elegance, luxury, and refinement, which, considering the space at his disposal, is truly sur prising, while everythinc , that taste or delicacy could desl - f e has been obtained to add to the comfort and luxury of the visitor regenerated e % r V a e t ed m a a n y d new,justly say that if a man ever f ee l s himself made, sOn Coming Outrof 'a Lirkilalikith._ — Era, Oct. --...,1-I,ll' "" t' ------'' 'lli' . . iNEVS.PAPER ____ f/ f- (6,-,- --- -- 4 e ,e- ----- "c.' ~... , .., 7 --- ...."1.* §.*A *Ckitoc7o.-.,4,—? , . -; , i!‘•• ...:.. -.._ , ..-.-_,-,... 4. 1 - - • I.• Sic - :114 : P . t Jtert • *- Tautte :1•1 -- -: — ..'...i . ,.—.. . - .. atz • /W A ~ _ ~, ~ . ' ..- . ~.. . r: or<t• - - ---. I • - , ~, , y• rc) .---). ilie . --\ •e - ~ ',',' - -_ , - I. ' '.• * --- T .. \.= )4z - m . •-.1---2 .4V, It•- -- 3 11,-44_, ' ‘.- ; • --' fr"' /, * . 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'M . , , fr, .. ..... ._ d '-i--.--- • I.L' - --of"' A_ )m p vhe a r ra e .4 - 4.... , ; ... , -- \._._ - . ..,..•:- betraying by their shaky ich their owner strove taries, Eustace and M'Farh and showed far more pluck th• being aware, probably, that their - co, in significance would tell in their favour when the day of reckoning came. On leaving the vessel the party bowed to Captain Wilkes, who remained behind, and, embarking on board a steamtug which was sent from the port for the purpose, were conveyed with their luggage to the dock leading to the fort, which was about a quarter of a mile in length. After landing upon the dock they were escorted to Fort Warren in the following order :—Marshal Murray and Ambassador Slidell, Lieut. Fairfax and Ambassador Mason, Secretary Eustace, Deputy Mar shal Sampson, Secretary M'Farlune, Officers from the Fort ; Police from the Fort in charge of the fol lowing " traps" belonging to the Commissioners which were conveyed in two carts :—six or eight trunks, six valises, several cases of brandies, wines, and liquors, a dozen or more boxes of cigars, two casks (pints and quarts) of bottled Scotch ale. On arriving at the Fort, they were introduced to Cola Dimmiek, who said, "Gentlemen, I am most happy to receive you in Fort Warren." The marshal here. informed the prisoners that he would be under the necessity of searching their baggage, and requested them to hand over their keys. They complied, and a thorough search was made, but no papers or de spatches of any kind were found. The marshal then returned the keys and the prisoners were shown to their quarters. The probability that all their official papers were deposited in the mail bag of the Trent, or they might have been transferred to the ladies who accompanied them, 'as- there was ample .time for that purpose before they were taken from the Trent. When the news of the capture of the Commissioners first reached here, it was accompanied by a report that Captain Wilkes had expressed a doubt of the, legality of his action, and raid that he expected ,to be cashiered. This is a mistake, He understehOvell, what 'he was about, - and had inforined himself as. hilts lie Was able on international law before:the capture. While in Havannah he procured tho best authorities on the question he could find, and these, in addition to the works on international law which he previously had on board, confirmed him in tho conviction that he would be thoroughly justified in the seizure. It was his original intention to seiz3 the vessel as well as Slidell and Mason, but finding a large number of passengers on board, who would be greatly discommoded by such a procedure, he finally concluded to let her continue her journey. After capturing his prisoners he steered the San Jacinto towards Port Royal, in hopes that he would be in time to take a hand in the fight at that place, but he was a little too late.--Nets York Times. PRICE ..... ...4d. STAMPED ....sd. The king of the potato tribe lives in Peru, and his domain is limited to one valley ; but the next in rank and dignity flourishes in Vancouver Island. The season has been unusually favourable for -the growth of white crops, and all the cereals have yielded largely. Potatoes are also an abundant crop. Some very handsome sheep of the South down and Westclown breeds were shown, the off spring and crosses from high bred stock imported by the Puget Sound Agricultural Company, and whichis now dispersed over the Island of San Juan, Oregon, and California. My object in mentioning the show of sheep is t o s t a t e th a t the animal thrives remarkably well in Vancouver Island. You can have as good a saddle of mutton here as in Brighton. I only wish you would put my assertion to the test. 'I he hog family, also imported from Eng land, thrives well here, and some of those at the show reminded me of Baker-street at Christmas time in point of obesity. The horned cattle did not show much excellence. They also do well in this country. In short, everything that grows and flourishes in England thrives and improves here. This island is England reproduced at the Anti podes, with a vastly improved climate. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 11, 186 L THE NAVY. The hired screw steam transport, Melbourne, Capt. Auld, from Woolwich for North America, entered Plymouth Sound yesterday afternoon, at two o'clock, and at five was escorted out by the Orpheus, 21, Capt. Burnett, C.B. She was inspected in the Sound by Port Admiral Sir _Houston Stewart and Major-General Hutchinson , and was despatched by Capt. Benson, agent fur the charterers, Messrs. Thompson and Tweeddale. The two ships will fill up with coal at Queenstown. The Melbourne, hav ing on board 1,200 tens of munitions of war, is very deep aft, but will be trimmed on the passage. Yesterday the Bombay, 81, screw steamer of the line, which has been several months in hand, com pleted fitting at Folly-point, Chatham, for the steam reserve fleet in the Medway. In the after noon she was officially inspected by Mr. Lang, master shipbuilder. The Bombay was built in the East Indies, and has just been lengthened at Chatham, converted into a screw steamer, and fitted with engines of 400 horse power. By her comple tion a splendid ship is placed ;at the disposal of the Admiralty, and, as she is already partially equipped, a very short time will suffice to have her ready for service in any part of the world. The Stromboli, 0, paddle, Commander Lord Elphinstone, was undocked at Portsmouth yester day. She is destined for North America. The Wasp, 13 screw, Commander C. Stirling, was officially paid off and put out of commission at Portsmouth yesterday. Her crew have been turned over to the Chanticleer, 17, screw, for the purpose of strengthening Admiral Milne's squadron on the North American and West Indian station. The screw steamship Hero,B9,Capt.Rogers, from Spithead, arrived in Plymouth Sound on Monday evening. She has embarked supernumeraries for the flagship Nile on the North American station. The - screw steam frigate Orlando, 51, was re moved yesterday from No.l dock in Keyham steam yard into the basin. Considerable progress has been made during the past week in the work of fitting the Defence, 22, at Chatham; and, although much remains to be accom plished before she can be pronounced fit for sea, there appears little doubt that she will be ready to make her first trip in about six weeks from this date. In addition to the hands employed upon her at Chatham, a number of additional coppersmiths and labourers are ordered to be entered at Wool wich dockyard to complete her works in hand at that establishment. A great portion of her crew, most of whom are continuous service men, have been sent to her from other ports, and these, as fast as they join, are berthed on board the Gloucester, 50, in harbour. Admiralty orders reached Chatham yesterday directing the iron screw steamer Resistance, 22, 600 horse power, to be got ready for sea with all possible speed. Instead, however, of the ship being fitted by the dockyard hands, the workmen from the establishment of Messrs. Westwood, Baillie, and Co. will complete the work left undone by the con tractors. During yesterday and the previous day a large number of mechanics arrived at the dock yard from the London establishment, and were at once placed on the Resistance to hasten forward her completion. A notice was affixed at the dock yard gates that shipwrights and joiners were required for the steamer, and within a very short time after the notice had been given the whole of the required number were obtained. Mr. Dodd, inspector of shipwrights, is to superintend the labours of the contractors' workmen, and Mr. Setty, the foreman at Messrs. 'Westwood and Baillie's establishment, has been ordered to proceed to Chatham with the drawings, plans, and specifica tions of the Resistance, for the use of the dockyard officials. There is little doubt that the vessel will be completed and ready for sea early in the ensuing year. Yesterday and Monday courts-martial have been sitting on' board her Majesty's ship Victory, at Portsmouth, for the trial of twn_finginecrs, lately doing duty on board the Black Prince. Mr. G.W. Sirewright, acting engineer on board the Black Prince, took his trial on charges of being drunk, absent from duty, disobedient to orders. The Court found him guilty of the second charge, and ad judged him to be severely reprimanded, to lose six months of his time, and to forfeit 20 days' pay. Mr. Thomas George Heaven, recently doing duty on board the Black Prince, was tried upon three charges of precisely similar nature, It ap peared from the evidence that on the en gine being started to move the Black Prince from the Victoria Harbour, Glasgow, the pri soner kept continually opening the injection-valve and working the starting gear in the opposite direction to that ordered by the chief engineer. He also broke the auxiliary slide-rod by attempting to move the valve in the wrong direction, and refused to leave the engine•room when directed to do so. Evidence was also given in proof of the prisoner being drunk on board the ship, and also of his hav ing been absent from the ship on another occasion without leave. The Court, finding all these charges proved against the prisoner, sentenced him to be dismissed the service. A proof of large-size Armstrong guns, as well as 32 pounder old pattern guns, is now being actively prosecuted at the Arsenal-butt, Woolwich ; and the Royal Repository and Gun parks are being abun dantly stocked with reserves of batteries, in imme diate readiness for embarkation. An excitement rarely witnessed pervades every department at Woolwich, and the most intense interest is mani fested in what is going on. The following appointments were made last evening at the Admiralty : Paymaster- - -Thomas Waterfield to the Wellesley, in lieu of clerk Assistant-Paymaster—Wm. Crump to the Majestic Clerk—Edwin D. Green to the Pembroke Master's-Assistants—Wm. F. Wheeler to the Strom boli ; Alfred S.:De Ridder to the Devastation Assistant-Engineers—Charles S. Edye and Thos. Scott (D), acting second-class, to the Topaz° ; James Legato (ditto) to the Termagant ; George Woollard (ditto) and Robert Phillips (ditto) to the Bacchante; James 11. Fer guson (ditto) to the Cumberland, for the Galatea 2 ILE PACIFIC AS TA2ION. (From the Correspondent of the Times.) VICTORIA, VANCOUVER'S ISLAND, OCT. 21. Admiral Sir Thomas Maitland, C. 8., left on the 9th instant in his flagship the Bacchante, Captain M‘Rienzie, with the Mutine, Commander Graham, in company. The Bacchante has been stationed here for several months, and is now on her way to Tahiti and Val paraiso. She returns to this place i • April next. The Mutine goes to Mazatlan, aqk "ie ports on the coast, to protect British inteN.:4:,o) 'co, which, as you aro aware, are threatened 'l3 ' t!t4l, - 14 jured seriously by the present Government of : wretched country. The Termagant is also on her way to the same destination from Panama. The only vessel of war in this colony at present is the Topaze, Captain the Hon. J. W. S. Spencer, in harbour at Esquimalt, and the two gunboats sta tioned hero permanently. These two vessels are kept actively engaged on colonial and Imperial ser vice—cruising along the coasts of the island to keep the Indians in check, conveying supplies to the Race Rock lighthouse and to the encampment of Royal Marines on San Juan Island, guarding the har bour against the desertion of sailors from the other men-of-war, and occasionally visiting Fraser River, and otherwise occupied on Government commissions. Nothing could exceed the utility of these two gun boats to the colony. They add materially to our security and convenience, and they are particularly well suited for the services they arc engaged on. Our squadron in the Pacific is unusually small at present, and it is therefore to be hoped its services will not be suddenly called for to protect English interests at any one point, as the ships are few for so extensive a station, and scattered all over the Pacific thousands of miles apart. The force consists of the following ships :—The Bacchante, flag-ships, 51 guns ; the Topaze, same armament ; the Terma gant, 25 (all three frigates) ; the Clio, 21; the Tartar, 20 (both corvettes) ; the Mutine, 17; the Hecate, 6 (both sloops), making in all seven ships, mounting 191 guns, some of which—indeed, most of which, are of heavy calibre, the whole squadron being screw steamers. To these I may add the Camelion, 17, a screw steam sloop, on her way out (to be at Valparaiso next month), and the two gun boats stationed here. It may be remarked that, in case of emergency down the coast, the gunboats could not be spared from this colony without causing much anxiety to the colonists, who would dread trouble from the Northern Indians; and inconvenience, detriment, and expense to the imperial service, all which are saved by the presence of the gunboats. The Hecate is also a vessel which we look upon, in a measure, as belonging to us locally, for the present. She is the surveying vessel, and her officers have been engaged for several years on the survey of the coasts of Vancouv€r Island and British Columbia. She has been in California for several weeks getting repaired. I cannot avoid again alluding to the anomaly, in convenience, and expense of not having a dock here in which her Majesty's ships could be repaired. Take the case of the Hecate as an instance. She got injured within a few hours' steaming or sailing of Esquimalt. Had there been a deck at the latter place she would have been repaired in three days, and in a few hours' steaming from the harbour would have been on her station, and her officers prosecuting their survey. As it is, she had to go to San Francisco, incur the cost of coals going and returning, as well as the cost of coals expended by the Mutine in convoying her half-way to San Fran cisco and in returning to Esquimalt. So much for the expense. Now for the anomaly. When the He cate got down to San Francisco Captain Richards found that he would have to lie for six weeks before the American Government dock could receive his ship, because it had not (yet) then been repaired— that is to say, the damage which the dock had sus tained from another of our men-of-war having smashed it to pieces same months before - and which rendered the dock useless ever since, had not been repaired. The American Government must think us troublesome customers and rather onerous neighbours. Who pays for the repair of the damaged dock I do not know; but our Govern ment will, of course, offer to do so, and if they have to pay for it, the expense would go some way towards defraying the cost of a dock for themselves in their own port, on British territory. Besides the delay rendered unavoidable by the state of the dock, the Hecate would have had to endure a much longer delay had not the courtesy of the American officer in charge given her a preference over a national vessel, and over several merchantmen waiting their turn to be repaired. This was the report we last had of the Hecate's case some weeks ago. Whether she has got into dock yet Ido not know. Finally, it can be no little inconvenience to the public service that she has lost the best part of the season for 'prosecuting the survey. It will be too late to resume it on the vessel's return, and she will have to go into winter quarters with only half a season's surveying for her officers to " work up" in their office. Great Britain does not possess a single port or spot in the Pacific south or north of Vancouver Island (excepting always a point on the coast of British Columbia adjacent) in which in time of war a ship could be repaired. A ship could be hove down of course ; but I should think that this expe dient, always tedious in cases of sailing vessels, would be both tedious and very dangerous to our present steamers, and all our men-of-war are now steamers. Naval officers tell me there are several points in Esquimalt Harbour well adapted for docks and for the construction of all sorts of works necessary for the repair and equipment of vessels of every class. I trust the Lords of the Admiralty will take this important matter into their early consideration, and do something which will enable our vessels to serve out their commissions with efficiency, and without breaking down our neighbours' docks. The matter is becoming serious. This is the third vessel we have had to send to California for repairs, and one of our gunboats is in such a state that if we had a dock she would now be on it repairing. While upon the subject of naval matters, I may take occasion to allude to a series of silly attacks which was made by the local press upon Admiral Maitland during the period of his stay here. The first was founded on the fact that several of the sailors who had deserted from the flag ship had, after capture and trial, been put in the chain gang to work out their sentence. The con victed sailors were elevated for the nonce into mar tyrs, and a good deal of misplaced and spurious sympathy was expended on their behalf. But as this was a question of discipline, of which the Ad miral was the best judge, and as the sailors, all but one, turned out to be worthless blackguards who were a disgrace to the service, all I need say about the affair is that all sensible men must understand the inconvenience of keeping 15 sailors under punishment in a crowded man-of-war in port, unless they are put in solitary confinement, and that it was a merciful alternative to let them undergo their " term " on shore. The other attack was compounded of the unfair ness with which the Admiral, of his own sovereign will and pleasure, awarded the contracts for the supply of bread and of ship's stores (chandlery) for the squadron without first advertising for tenders, and:(what excited most ire) of his indifference to the appeals made by the press for an explanation. The silent contempt with which he treated these appeals, which oscillated between the pathetic and the splenetic, was construed into a high crime and misdemeanour against the sovereignty of public opinion ! One might have thought that Oho obscure Helots who barked so crabbedly paid a quarter of the National Debt of England in taxes every year, such was their solicitude for the naval expenditure. . The charges brought against the Admiral reflect only on those who made them. I❑ this, as in all other affairs, the persons who conduct the news papers in Victoria are not in a position to ascer tain the truth. Their status precludes them from learning anything which they do not see. The facts of the contracts could have been ascertained had information been asked for by any decent person in the proper quarter. Here they are :—The con tract for stories was continued for six months only, under a temporary arrangement, for reasons originating at the Admiralty in London. There was nothing to advertise for. The bread con tract was renewed at a reduced price to the only man who could fulfil it, who has performed naval contracts for some years with perfect sa tisfaction, who has secured, by " faithful per formance" of all his obligations the confidence of several Admirals, and who supplies better bread at a cheaper rate than the squadron get anywhere else on the Pacific station. No one else possesses the " plant" nor the means to supply the squadron with bread. One or two men wished to get the con tract, and to have the bread sent from San Francisco; and no doubt one or two more would have ten dered, and would have taken the contract, but they could not fulfil it; and by failure in its performance the service would have been put to an inconvenience which it was the first duty of the Admiral to guard against. He knew all this, and did not rush into his arrangements blindly, or without investigation and forecast. One of the petty officers put the case very forcibly—" The Admiral might advertise till he was blue in the face, but his ships could not be better served with bread than they are now." This is more expressive than elegant, but I believe the sailor's dogma contains the truth. You are aware that we have had a small military force stationed on the disputed Island of San Juan for some time, as our contingent of a joint occupa- , Von with the Americans. Our force was originally 80 men of the Royal Marines (Light Infantry). It is now reduced from ore casualty and another to 66 men, one captain and two lieutenants of Marines, and one surgeon. When the j oint military occupation was entered upon the American force numbered the same as curs. It is now reduced to 50 men and one cap tain. The officer who had been in command during newly the whole period of the occupation, Captain Pickett, obtained leave of absence some time back, and is now serving the Confederate army in his native State, Virginia. The whole of the regular troops of the United States on the coast, in Wash ington, Oregon, and California (excepting only a very small number in the latter country), are re called to New York ; and the men and the officers on San Juan have received orders to hold themselves in readiness to leave for New York also, as soon as they are relieved by volunteers. This change will not, I fear, prove agreeable to our officers. They got on very well with the United States officers; nothing could exceed the good feeling and cordiality which from the first subsisted between them on both sides. The respec tive officers were continually exchanging civilities, and warm offices of friendship oven, while the men fraternised ; but how it will be with volunteers— particularly if they should be composed of the row dies who have so long hung about the island, " waiting en Providence" to bring their "squatting land claims" into value for sale—it is rather hard to say. There are two favourable circumstances which are consolatory. Our officers are gentlemanly, frank, good-natured young fellows, whose residence on the island for nearly two years has given them experience, and the camps are 15 miles apart. It is not my wish to criticise the action of the American Government, but I may without giving offence, remark that as the change gives the army only so small an addition as 50 soldiers and one officer, it is to be regretted that men who have so well performed a duty of some delicacy should be withdrawn, and replaced by volunteers who may not appreciate the position as well as the regulars did. That the Government should desire to avail itself of the services of Capt. English in a more active and important sphere at this time I am not surprised, for he is an officer .3f* high attainments; but I wish they had left the 50 men, or, at all events, had sent an officer of the regular army to command the volunteers. The greater portion of a sanatorium for soldiers has arrived from the Cape of Good Hope at Victoria. The materials are being stored here, but it is not intended to erect the building at present, nor am I well informed as to the object with which they have been sent ; but if the intention of the Home Government is to establish a sanatorium on Van couver Island for soldiers invalided in China or India, their choice of a station is a wise one. There is no healthier climate in the world than that of this island. Warm in summer without being oppressive, and bracing in winter without any severity of cold, I have tried all sorts of climates, and find this the best—the perfection of a temperate climate, to which is superadded natural scenery of the most varied and attractive character. I cannot recall at this moment a more accessible place in our own dominions than this island to India and China. The passage from Hongkong to Victoria is, on the average, only 40 days ; from Bombay it is more, say 60 days ; and from Calcutta about 80 days by sailing vessels: There has been some talk of sending a regiment out here. The Government could not adopt a wiser plan. For several reasons, which I need not wait to enumerate (well known to the Home Government), this colony should never be without a regiment sta tioned in it. Had we had a regiment here in 1859, we should have been spared the San Juan difficulty, with all its heartburnings, trouble, risk, and ex pense: Depend upon it " a stitch in time" in this matter saves much patching. If the Government has any intention of sending us a regiment I hope it will not falter, but send it speedily. We have got up a Volunteer corps, but the population is yet too small and too :migratory to make the force effec tual ; and next year it will be smaller ; for recent discoveries of rich gold placers have been so astounding in British Columbia, yielding to the labour of individual miners gold in quantities which are given by the pound, and not by the ounce, as formerly, that it is almost certain the attraction will nezt spring denude Victoria and the other parts of the island of nearly all their able-bodied men. They will all be off to the mines. The "gold fever" is already general, and every fresh batch of miners that arrives laden with gold dust adds intensity and breadth to the contagion. Several men have made handsome fortunes in a few weeks' work. It is common to meet men who have sums varying from 5,000 to 10,000 dols.; and this evening (Oct. 25) three men arrived from Fraser River who made 80,000 dole. between them in six weeks. This amount was brought to Victoria last night. Another man brought 30,000 dols., the result of his summer earnings, and several miners brought smaller sums. The steamer in which these men came down from the river brought about 250,000 dols. in dust. The amount of gold taken out of a single district, named Cariboo, appears really fabulous. But I am cognisant of the few facts stated above, and of many others which I have not space to enumerate. In a recent letter I spoke of the fertility of the soil of Vancouver Island. Samples of farm produce shown at the first Agricultural Exhibition held the other day at Victoria threw additional light on the subject and corroborated my statements. For in stance, samples of plump white wheat weighed 641 b. to the imperial bushel, from a yield of 30 bushels to the acre. This is a common return, but 40 bushels to the acre are yielded by land on which sheep have been folded (fed), A sample of the white (potato) oat weighed 441 b. to the bushel, and took the first prize in this class. The barley was also very fine. The show of vegetables was creditable, and the pro duce of field growth in mangolds, parsnips, carrots, and turnips would have attracted notice at agricul tural shows in England. As for potatoes, no eulogy eau be too fvourable for tho;:e of this island. THE ARMY. The Ist Battalion Military Train, stationed at Woolwich, was yesterday medically inspected and passed, ready for embarkation for America. The following general orders have been issued from the Horse Guards by command of his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge:— "His Royal Highness the General Commanding in-Chief desires that all applications on the part of officers for exchange shall be accompanied by a err ficate from a military medical officer that the ap plicant is in a fit state of health to serve in any climate. " The General Commanding-in-Chief desires,with a view to the preservation of the stadiameters re cently introduced into the service, that they may always be kept in a dry place, and that in the event of their getting wetted when in use they may be wiped thoroughly dry before being put away. If these precautions are taken, no difficulty will arise from lightness of the sights, and the instruments will last for years. " His Royal Highness the General Commanding in-Chief directs that the funeral honours shall be paid to military medical officers who may die while attached to, and serving with, troops, to which combatant officers of the same relative rank are entitled. " JAMES YORKE SCARLETT, Acljt.-Gen." [ADVEILTISMENT.] -- Holloway's Pills —.Health and Cheerfulness. These both arise from the self-same sources —pure blood and regularity of functions. Both these im portant ends can be attained without shock or injury to any organ, by taking Holloway's far-famed purifying Pills, which sustain and strengthen, while they improve every human function. When these Pills have rivetted their c l e ansing powers on the body, no deleterious agent can keep its place therein; no obnoxious matter can retain its heli thereon. Universal bodily purification attends their use, and intellectual vigour follows of course. As preven tives of ill-health Holloway's Pills stand superior to any other medicine, and their soothing, supporting, yet revul sive properties admirably adapt them for general use by the youth Qg both figege THE PEACE SOCIETY. The following memorial has just been sent from the Committee of the Peace Society to Lord Palmerston : To THE RIGHT HON. LORD PALMERSTON, FIRST LORD OF THE TREASURY. " My Lord,—We ask permission, as the Committee of the _Beane. Society,)aut representing also, in this instance; ;we are happy to believe, the sentiments of . a large litiffiber - V persons not formally connected with that body, to express the deep concern with which we have learnt of recent events that are likely to create serious misunderstandings between this country and the United States of America. " We rejoice in the assurance that, notwithstanding the irritating nature of the matter in dispute and the excited state of the public mind, your Lordship's Government are prepared to conduct the negotiations with the Cabinet of Washington with the utmost moderation and forbearance ; nor can we doubt that the generous people of this country, when the first natural irritation has subsided, will amply sustain your Lordship in such a policy of conciliation as that which under the circumstances would be most worthy of our character as a powerful Christian nation. England can, without any derogation of her dignity, afford to be magnanimous in her dealings with a sister State struggling in the agonies of a domestic revolution. " We earnestly hope that the answer which may be re ceived from the American Government will be such as to open the way for a speedy adjustment of the point in dis pute. But, should difficulties interpose in the way of its satisfactory solution by ordinary diplomatic negotiation, we venture respectfully to submit to your Lordship whether the question on which the controversy turns is not of a nature which renders it specially suitable for reference to arbitration. " We beg leave to recall to your Lordship's remembrance that the principle of arbitration which the British Govern- Inuit, to its great honour, was the first to commend to the attention of the Paris Conference of 1854, through the month of Lord Clarendon, was recognised and ratified by the unanimous consent of that august body, and embodied in a resolution expressed in the following terms : " ' The Plenipotentiaries do not hesitate to express, in the name of their Governments, the wish that States be tween which any serious misunderstanding may arise should, before appealing to arms, have recourse, so far as circumstances might allow, to the good offices of a friendly Power.' " The principle thus formally consecrated by the sanction of all the great Governments of Europe has since received the spontaneous and cordial homage of eminent statesmen of this country of various political parties. It was described by Mr. Gladstone, a great triumph, a powerful engine on behalf of civilisation and humanity.' The Earl of Derby referred to it, as the principle which, to its endless honour, was embodied in the protocols of the Conference of Paris.' The Earl of Malmesbury pronounced the act of the Con ference in acknowledging and recommending the principle, as, in his judgment and that of the Government of which he was a member, t one of the most important to civilisa tion and to the security of the peace of Europe,' because ' it recognised and established the truth, that time, by giv ing place for reason to operate, is as much a preventive as a healer of hostilities.' " Wo would further remind your lordship that Great Britain and the United States have already in their rela tions with each other solemnly recognised this principle even in its most rigid form of application. In a treaty be tween the two Governments relative to fisheries, commerce, and navigation, ratified at Washington, Sept. 9, 1354, there is a clause which provides that, in case of differences arising between the contracting parties on any matter connected with the treaty, the question in dispute shall be referred first to Commissioners, and in the last resort to au arbitra tor or umpire to be mutually chosen; the high contracting parties'—such are the terms of the treaty—' solemnly engaging to consider the decision of the Commissioners, conjointly, or of the arbitrator or umpire, as the case may be, as absolutely conclusive in each case decided upon by them or him respectively.' " We respectfully suggest, my lord, that here are autho rities and precedents abundantly sufficient to warrant the British Government in proposing that the question now pending between them and the Government of the United States, if it cannot be otherwise settled, should be referred ;o the decision of some friendly and impartial arbitrator, If it be productive of no other advontage, it will at least afford time for that exasperation of the public mind to sub side which unhappily prevails on both sides of the Atlantic, and which, far more than any difficulty inherent in the sub ject itself, threatens to embarass the two Governments in their attempts to give it a pacific solution. " We earnestly pray, my lord, that your lordship and the Government of which you are the head may be endowed with that wisdom which is profitable to direct, which is pure. peaceable, gentle, and easy to be entreated,' so as to avert from these two great civilised and Christian nations a war which would be a reproach to their civilisation and a bitter satire upon their professed Christianity. " JOSEPH PEASE, President. " HENRY RICHARD, Secretary." THE CAPTIVE REBEL COMMISSIONERS, United States Marshal Murray, who boarded the San Jacinto as she was coming into this port with despatches from Washington directing her to proceed to Boston Harbour, and deposit the pri soners Slidell and Mason in Fort Warren, and who accompanied the captives on the voyage, returned yesterday morning, and report the follow ing incidents of the voyage :—The passage occupied five days, including one day's stoppage at Newport, where she put in for coal, and was exceedingly rough and unpleasant. The rebel Commissioners remained in the cabin nearly all the time, although they were allowed the freedom of the vessel. Mason came out on deck three or four times during the trip, but Slidell did not make his appearance out side the cabin. The marshal was introduced to the prisoners on first going aboard, but held no conver sation with them during the trip. The prisoners were not at all talkative with any one except them selves and their secretaries, Eustace and M'Farlane, and the only amusement they seemed to have was an occasional game of backgammon. When they were first taken on board after their capture from the British steamer Capt. Wilkes told them that he should endeavour to make them as comfortable as his means would permit, but he wished it distinctly understood that they were in a United States Go vernment vessel, and there must be no political talk on board. They messed with Capt. Wilkes during the trip, and were made as c omfortable as the bois terous voyage would perm it. The y arrived off Fort W ar ren early on Sunday mo rnin g last, and at 9 o'clock the marshal and Capt. Wilkes left the ship and went to the fort to make arrangements with the commandant, Col. Dimmick, for the reception of the prisoners. Everything being prepared, the debarcation took place at 11 o'clock. Mason first came out of the cabin, dressed in Virginian home spun, and as he walked up to the gangway, on either side of which stood Capt. Wilkes and Mar shal Murray, he is represented as the most forlorn picture of chopfalien chivalry ever witnessed. The look of mingled fear and despair depicted upon his countenance, the flopping of his under jaw, which the marshal likens to the movement of a pump handle, and the utter want of heart and manliness with which he bore his situation—so different from the supercilious, defiant, and domineering airs which he used to assume in the United States Senate—were calculated to inspire only derision and contempt in the minds of the spec tators. After him came Slidell , w ith a somewhat less timid air, but still his knees ever 9 now and then TEE INVERNESS MURDER. A man named Ferguson (a mason), his wife and two daughters, who lived near the place where the body of the unfortunate lad Cumming was found on Sunday morning, have been apprehended on suspicion of complicity in his murder. The Inverness Courier, writing of the occurrence, says : —" At a corner of the yard, near the spot wheel%) the body was found, a quantity of blood and the apreear ance of vomiting were noticed. In the gardeil behind Ferguson's house, which is of considerable size, footmarks and a devious track were discovered leading along the paling as far back as the wall which divides it from Bell's Park. In one or two places the bushes along the side of the fence were partly broken and damaged, and there the marks of the footsteps were more numerou s an d compli cated—as if the person or persons moving along had staggered up, and tumbled on the bushes or had walked in among them. There the track was lost in harder ground, but some marks were observed beside a pig stye, which were supposed to be marks of blood and vomiting. The track was recovered in the middle of the adjoining garden, which is partly separated by a fence of one erase rail ; it crossed the garden, and in one part the foot steps were very distinct. The ireck returned in the second garden to the Bell's Schiele' !van, and then followed the fence back to the opposite end of the garden. Here was a filthy corner, alij the footsteps were traced from it half-way back theist former course. Again the footsteps turned, and this time were directed circuitously to a passage leading into the yard behind Mr. Fraser's house, in w hich the body was found. Between the exit fora the passage the shed where lie lay there is a cessVell , containing the liquid manure from a cow-house, and the refuse of the dwelling-house. It is supposed by some, who conceive that there was no murder or even homicide in the case, that the deceased, in the coming out of the passage from the garden, had. fayen into the cesspool, one side of which is edged with sharp mason work, and there received the blow on his temple ; that when he got up he staggered to the corner where the blood and traces of vomiting were found, and, stupified by the fall, and disgusted by the offensive smell of his clothes, threw them off and made for the carpenter's shed behind Mr. Fraser's house, where he died from exposure and the injury he had received. On the other hand, serious charges are brought against Nicol Ferguson and his family. The clothes of the deceased were found in the possession of Mrs. Judge, Ferguson's eldest daughter, and the only effects of any value were concealed in his garden-plot. The testimony of the neighbours is unanimous to the effect that great uproar was heard in this family about three o'clock on Sunday morning. Persons living above heard two men's voices in the room below, one of them recognised as Ferguson's. A female voice, thought to be Mrs. Ferguson's, was heard by one of the neighbours, and supposed to proceed from: the back garden, swearing offensively, and very violent. Another neighbour also heard violent ejaculations, but conceived that they were in the voice of Mrs. Judge. Among other expressions was heard, " The Lord forgive me for what I have done," followed by the words, " Whist, whist, whist," in the voice of the father. Ferguson's family seems to have been an unruly one, and the neigh bours were quite accustomed to hear violence and uproar in their rooms, ( especially on " pay nights." On this occasion the noise was greater than usual, and was remarked by all the neighboure. Mrs. Hay, who lives next door, and a cousin train the country who that night slept with her, were sd much disturbed that the former rose out of bed, and threw up the back window, whence the noise pro ceeded, but the night being very dark she saw no one, and heard only the voice of Mrs. Ferguson, who she supposed had been locked out of her house, and had taken refuge in a small outhouse. Later in the night she was again disturbed, and con ceived that Mrs. Ferguson had got hold of a ladder and was attempting to effect an entrance at some of her neighbours' windows. Her husband, sleeping in a room adjoining, was also aware of the distur bance, and at a late hour he heard in the back garden a man's voice,exclaiming "Geordie, Geordie !" This cry was also heard by Roderick Mackintosh, who lives immediately above the Fergusons' room, but he fancied that the voice proceeded from Rose street. The deceased was not known to have any connexion with the family apprehended, but on this occasion there was a reason for his being in their house. On his way from Tomatin he had received a commission from Ferguson's brother, who was working at Daviot, to call and send the accused thither, as there was work for him. It has been ascertained that before he could have gone to Rose street the night was pretty far advanced, and though when last seen he was certainly not drunk, he had been drinking with various compa nions, and must have been much fatigued by his long walk from Tomatin after a day's work. He had called at his employer's house on arriving, and re ceived a pound-note on account of his wages. Part of this had been spent-3s. in tobacco, 2s. 6d. on a neck-tie, found by the police in Ferguson's-garden, and a few shillings in treating friends whom he met . Inverness. Of the balance less than 2s. had been recovered. It was a very small sum to covet, but the Fergusons appear to have been in a state of wretched destitution. There was a family of six persons—the father and mother, three daughters, and the child of Mrs. Judge. They occupied only one room and a closet, both of which were almost entirely destitute of the commonest articles of fur niture, and did not contain a single blanket. There was a chaff bed in the principal room, which, we are told, was usually occupied by Ferguson, his second and third daughters, girls of about 18 and 13 years respectively. The closet contained a fixed bedstead, filled with shavings and straw, but not a particle of bedclothes. This was the ordinary sleeping place of Mrs. Ferguson, her daughter Mrs. Judge, and her grandchild. There was no food in the house on Sunday morning, except about sixpence worth of oatmeal —no crockery, no eating utensils —nothing, in fact, but the two bedsteads, a table, a chair, and one or two trunks. A more lamentable scene of squalor, wretchedness, and dirt, could hardly be con ceived. The incidents of this unhappy affair appear in some respects inconsistent with an any theory that has yet been suggested, but the case is in the hands of Messrs. Stewart and Rule, and the public may feel assured that all the facts will be carefully inves tigated and submitted to Cxown counsel. 4 a Us Si • es lea KS lA, . 3 st .a-