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N°. 22,318 THE SUN, LONDON, WEDLESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 6, 1864. WHERE CAN WE MEM.' AF .ER THE PANTOMIMES ? My dear Fellow, Gentlemen sup at EVANS', Covent-garden. moaze to the sheer-hulk to be fitted for coast service. It is reported at Plymouth that all the coast ships aro to be relieved this year. The screw steamships Lion, 68, and Brunswick, 68, are to be brought forward with all despatch. A number of artisans were entered for limited service at the Devonport dockyard on Saturday, and further entries are to be made. In accordance with directions receive' yesterday at the head-quarters of the Chatham division of Royal Marines Light Infantry from the Admiralty the members of the general court-martial which assembled some time eince at Chatham for the trial of Mr. M. M. Magrath, 8.A., assist.- surg., Royal Marines, on a charge of hating, between the Ist of October and on the 20th of November, 1863, drunk intoxicating liquors to such an extent as to incapacitate him for the performance of his duties, reassembled in the mess-room at the Royal Marine barracks, under the presi dency of Col. W. H. March, for the purpose of revising their proceedings, the decision of the Court not being deemed satisfactory to the Lords of the Admiralty. The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty :—Captain G. W. Preedy, C. 8., to the Victory, additional, for service with the Elector ; Robert L. Cleveland, master, to the Wellesley, for the Achilles; G. F. Banks, surgeon, to the Rattlesnake; Dr. E. Dunn, assist.-surgeon, to the Indus; Charles Morton, assist.- surgeon, to the Dasher; Charles J Martin, supernumerary in the Asia, confirmed as engineer; Alexander F. M'lntyre, supernumerary in the Cumberland, confirmed as first-class assist.-engineer; and James M‘Glashan assist.-engineer to the Royal Oak. AMERICA. A . Aix-rorimed Parsonage £74 3 0 'en Eight-roomed ditto A Te , t-ro men ditto A Twelve- r,orned ditto T ogether with a .'ri .e List of purified ,e ltling, and a mass 'of valuable informationto all requiring househ old turniture, carpet 4, or bedding. References knedly permitre tto e'er y men and zentl, men in or near G.Pat Malvern, Southampton, Chiches'er Bury, E'y, Preston Grimsby, Ryde, Plymouth, Wells, Ox'ori Br , ghton, Gainsbormrrh, Df create. Kidder minster Wellington. Croydon, Cambridwe, -tattles, Dorki,ig, St Alban's, Worcester, it , swich, Peterborough, St. David's, Wrocham, and above 500 other places in all parts of G , eat Britain. COB RETT and CO., General House Furnishers, Deptford bridge, London, 6.E, MR. THORNBURY'S NEW NOVEL. On Friday, Jan. S, in 3 vols., v. I L I) F I v. By WALTER. THORNBURY. Also now ready, in 3 vol S., THE WIFE'S EVIDENCE. BY W. G. Wins Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. R E K INAHAN'S LL WHISKY v. COGNAC, BRANDY. This celebrated Old 1R1.311 WHISKY rivals the finest FRENCH BRANDY, It i Pu, e, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. Sold in Bottles, 3s. 8d , at the Retail Houses in London ; by the Agents in the principal towns in England; or wholesale a' Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., CVO 11 AN S RANSOM. By the Author of " Grandmother's Money," &o. " An excellent tale."—Daily News. " A good novel, remarkably clever."—Press. " A Woman's Ransom' will I ascinate the attention of the reader to the very end."—John Bull. Hurst and Blac ett, 13, Great Marlborough-street 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET. W. Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded Kinahan's LL Whisky." THE WELLINGTON THREE SHILLING DINNER, consisting of Soup, Fish, Made Dish, Joint, Sweet, Ize.. is served daily from 3 to 9 p.m., and on Sunday from 5 to half-past 8 p.m. Now ready, in 2 vols., 215., MEMOIRS OF JANE CAMERON, FEMALE CONVICT. By a PRISON MATRON, Author of " Female Life in Prison." " This narrative, as we can well bell ve, is truthful in every important particular—a faithful chronic of a woman's fall and rescue. It is a book that ougut to le be widely read." — Examiner. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street JOHN CATES, Manager. The Wellington, St. James's-street. Entrance, 160, Piccadilly. Naval and Military Intelligence. OVE THOUSAND POUNDS REWARD The undermentioned BANK of ENGLAND NOTES were (whh others) fraudulently obt tined in London on the 29th day of A umist, 1581, by s ground Ditrichstein, late of the .lamain Coffee-house and of Worthimr, who absconded, Arid was afterwards arrested in Hungary, viz. :- 3of £230, Nos 85125, 85129, and I Dated 4th July, 1882. 84 26 of £ICO, Nos. 4? 4 -v-k 5 to 4' 1 654 and I ++ 19th May, 1861. 12590 to 42606 26 of £5O, Nos, 58309, 85111, to 88117 Nos. 8g320 t 088329 Nos. 88332 and 88319 to 88345 61 of £ 2O , Nos. 22451 to 2 0 501 and 1 „ 21st July, 1863. 19109 Payment of all the said notes has been stopped. Wnoever will give sub inform:vim , as shall lead to the re covery of the Balk notes above i rticulaiised shall reci . ive a reward £l , OOO, of 0 - a p r oportionate part thereot, according to the iniount recovered . Information to b . given to Messrs . land S. Mullens, Sol citor., 7, l'oultry, London, E.C., or t o all'ctor Hamilton, Detective Police-office, 26, Old Jewry, London, E C Lon ion, Ist January, 1864. —.......___ LAW LECTURES et the INCORPORATED the LAW SOCIETY. Feveral COUR , ES of LEC FURES will be resumed by V".J Napier 1112 gins on Conveyancing. Friday, January 8 ; Ilurr.y on Coin on Law and Mercantile Law , s : ", d a, January 11; r. Montague Hughes Cookson on ( NAY, P.lday, January 15. E. W. WILLIAMSON. Secretary. Law Society's Hall, Chancery-lane, London, Jan. Ist, 18 4. I'EA NI from LONDON to NEW YORK , T , he British and American Steam Navigation Company mitedl will DESPATCH one of the undermentioned I.7" enl ild ok Fast Ser. w Steamers TWICE EACH MONTH for eW Y : Tons. Horse Power. 1 -ONII0 - NT 2, '00 sto ..... Capt. GLOVER. WES LI TI I IINSTER 2,500 . 500 ..... Capt. COUCH 2,11 ••500 Capt. FROUD. NEW YORK 2,500 •• 560 apt. HARRIS. These magnificent vessels • are unsurpassed by any ocean going steamer, and have accommodat i on f or p asseng ers re te'witn every comfort. The Line will commence early in tarch ; the exact dale to be fired in a ratter announcement. To load in the Victoria Docks. _ For freight or p assage apply to the Company ' s A gen ts, Alfred Laming and CJ., 70, cornhill. MR. REATIDEN, LAND ESTATE end HOIT E AGEN VEYOR and VALI'ER, 91 3,ll;zin, p iccAD!LLY, near Cambriiive *souse, opoosite the partic ee n - park,. Established 23 Years, re.pecifully invites the for Mars of Landed Estates, Farm-, awl House Property charge to be Lot, or wan ed to Rent or Puri-has., for which o n i ;,"'" IS made unless a treaty is concluded, and then 0 ,,, e r his uguat rates of charee, particulars of which will be Reiy n a " application. In all eases of his Letting Farms Mr. Parti n " el la"Zes t e Tenant only, and not the Landlord. p ular. of Property f Sale and to be Let wi Ib. !AV* n and 7a 11 3 7 . or forwarded free of charge. N. 13 —Sever.l Town 'wanted ""rY itesidences, Landel Properties, a d Farms to Rent and Pur base immediat ly. Direct fu 1 particulars to Mr. Reardon as above. TEA.— MOORE BROTHERS' respocf fully • mate that their NPW Prospectus is now ready. ' hey inti .Fosp:ectany recommend their improved Family Tea, reduced i.tice3s;i2tdo.; Souchonz reduced to 38. gd.; mixed Assam, re to 3s. 11d3.sall.b;.and' the finest Assam, reduced from 4s. 4d. MOoltE B ROTHERS, 13, London-bridtre, City, E.C. . . • p IGS! "'Ms! PIG;!_ INDIAN PIG MEAL anti in &very county , without husks, au plied to the Royal farms, Windsor, don, to i cwt. bare or any eland, Delivered tree in Lon ini ;Gs 6d per cwt. ; one cwt. 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Die Sinker, Press aker, and mbos.er, 3, Queen's-court, High Holborn (op- POSite Day and Martin's). • ItEAUTIFUL WOMEN —MAlster Powder, . and the Magnetic Rock Dew Water from Sahara. Cir easiian Bloom. Arab , an Soaps, and Alabaster Liquid. These r e stlY and inimitahld toilet preparat , ong render the hair, , ft eth, and complexion be , utiful beyond comparison.—Can be 1d re onshly e acant ittd be ame co RACED , L'S, 47A, New Bond-street, w nsulted daily. All communications are stierictly confidential. )IJESSRS. BOTT. JACKSON, AND CO. ex ecute COMMISSIONS on all races throughout the - 3 , T. Mark et price g - uaranteed. Remittances. L 'Mon and W ' srmin ster Bank. Post-oflice Orders payable at Camber well-park. 'N.B.—Betting on the Waterloo Cup. Address—BoTT and JACKSON, " Man of the World" Wine Shores, George-street, Camberwell-park, London. S P ECTACLES. —The Patent Newly-invented Tinted Spectacles are patronised by the maj ,, rity of the Nobility, includino - Viscount Palmerston. They afford extra ordinary re let* to weak, din, and detective vision.—S. and B S OLOMON S, Opticians, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. pRIZE ME D A I -INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1862. FR ANCIS TUCKER & CO., Wax Chandlers, &c., To the Qu en and the P ince of Wales. (Established 17)0.1 The J u r ors ' Report on Wax and Church Candles, in 1462, testifies to he excellence of the quality of Messrs. Tuckers' mane acture. T i dim " guished Di,,,crnitary, in a letter addressed to Francis aver and Co. on the subject of W AX CANDLES with PLATTED WICKS, me" 11 have found th em fully says equal to the recommendation nd'gay , them, an d can sincerely, in my tu,n,r com m t you he to the clergy for the use of the altar." Finest quality with Platted Wicks, patented..!l. d. per lb Ordinary quality Cd. per lb. •• •• •• •• VEGETABLE CANDLES, with a Mixture of Wax. Stest quality ls. sd. per lb. _econd quality • • •• • • • • .. T hird quail y ls. 3d per lb. id. per lb. Carriage pa d in London on Orders of Five Pounds in value. FRANCIS TUCKER AND CO., 8, South 31 °1ton-street, Grosyeno -square. Manufactory-- Kensington (Established t 730). T he largest Faitablishmlut in England for the Manufacture of Wax Candles for the use of the Altar. Q It if bR. SCOTT'S BILIOUS AND LIVER PILLS.—A NEVER FAILING RE3lFDY.—Pre ,ared without any mercurial in , rredient, from the recipe of Dr. • - •cott, of Bromley, Kent, will be found Invaluable to all who tAiffer from bilious and iver complaints, indigestion, wind, iTaßnis, iriddineas, llzzlness of the eyes, dm For habitual nativeness, as a .family aperient medicine, and as a purifier of the b!ood, they Ore truly excellent; mild in their opera tion and grateful to he stomach, they create appe ite, pro mote digestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system. Sold by W. Lambert, 8, King William-street, Lharing-cross. London, and by most druggists, in boxes,ls. and three times the quantity in one, 2s. 9d. Be sure to ask for Dr. SCOWS Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are a square genp re package, with " Willi am L am b ert, " engraved on the stam. ft UPTUREB.—BY ROYAL LETTEttB' PATENT. WHITE'S MOO-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (PERFECTED AND EXHIBITED IN THE GREAT 1 T wo or 1 8 51 AND 1862), is allow e d by upwards of Hundred Medical Gentlemen to be the most effective Th U vention in the curative treatment of HERNI A. e us e o f a steel spring, so otten hurtful in its effects, 8 here avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the OdY while the requi s i te res i st i ng power i s supplied by the Noe-Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease lnd closeness that it canno, be detected, and may be worn 'luring sleep. A descriptive circular may be had, and the truss, which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the dr -04/eference 01 the body, two inches below the hips, being Sent to the manufacturer, Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly. A & Single Truss, 165., 215., 265. 6d.. and no. 6d. Postage, Is. i.„13,,,cub1a Truss, 31s. 6c1., 425., and 525. 6d. Postage, le Bd. ". umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. Postage, is. 10d. oftL e "t,.. - oitce Orders to be made payable to Jolut White, Post , riccadilly. NEW PATENT 'EI-'„,,,AST IC STOCKINGS, Veak,z, / W.-CAPS, &c., for Varicose Veins and all cases of ';Oroua s 1 and Swelling ot •he Legs, Sprains,They are life an o ,.rit in texture, and inexpensiTe, and are drawn on "oh. P . o7 t n a ZrY 6 s 4 tocking. Price 4s. Bd., 78. 6d., 10s., to 168. Jot im • [TIT& Manufacturer, 22k Piccadilly. FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, way Tern e immediate vicinity of the Great Northern RaL ,,,— Mnus, King's-cross. I -Patron— ratroa—ller most Gracious Maje , ty the QUEEN. His Royal Highness the Prince of WA LE rresident—il if; Gracc the Duke of BUCCLEUCH, Treasurer —Edward 31asterman, Esci• ihrrist3ll.n numerous and urgent appeals of the si 'k poor for ad- Mut) , 1 the Cottee to entreat the bounty ot the t ; an d human e , a mmi s the medical officers are daily obliged Ir v , out-patients many d , cases which. with Th...e adequate lauds, th y would Madly admit into the war ,- s t„,4Pre',.ises of the Hospitil are nipable of containing 500 vol he o-pital i s not endowed, hut is wholly dependent on , t .. , Ttary c , turtbutidut, and lk gaeleF, which are received by C' ‘ 1 ea l" , rer. Edward r , itan. ...sq., Nicholas-lane ; also o. ; Coutts and Co. ; Drummond and Co. ; Ber r ie s and naansorn and Cu.; Prescott, Grote. and Co.; Smith, nd Co. Glyn and Co. ; Jones Loyd and Co. ; Barclay c De nison and Co. ; Phials, Deacon, and Co. ; ~faster m ' u r n cY. and C ; Nisbet and Co., Bernera--tre e t 43111 LE N =n -nd co. ; 1. Barnett and co.. ; ,;.: at. ta), Irom 10 ?ill S. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., BARBARA'S HI STORY. By AMELIA B. EDWARDS. "If Miss Edw irds goes on writing such a , ories as Bar bara's History' she will on some briiht day of a lucky season wake up and find h-rself famous. We give her full or( dit for having written a thoroughly readable and deeply inter esting novel."—Athenicum. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. UNDER THE ESPECIAL PATRONAGE OP HER MAJESTY. Now ready, Thirty-third Edition, 1 vol., with the Arms beau tifully engraved, handsome y bound, gilt edg es, 31s. 6d., L ODGE'S PEERAGE AND BARONETAGE FOR 1864. Corrected by the Nobility. "The readies+, the most useful, and exaotest of modern works on the subject."—Spectator. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street Now ready, in 4to with magnificent emblematic cover, de signed by John Leighton, F.S.A., price 215., or in morocco extra, 31s. td., • THE IL LUSTR ATE D INGOLDSBY LEGENDS, from Sixty Original Drawings by Cruikshank, Leech, and Tenniel.. " There could not be found a more pleasant book than The Ingoldsby Legends.' A series of humorous legends. illustrated by three such men as Leech, Cruikshank, and Tenniel—what can be more tenipting?"—Times. Richard Bentley, Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty. This Day, Companion to "Anonyms," price 25., SKITTLES: An Alrobiography. London : George Vickers, Angel-court, Strand. UNIFORM 'WITH " THE PRIVATE DETECTIVE." This d , y, Never before Published , price 2 5. , SECIiET SERVICE Or, The Recollections of a City Detective. London : Ward and Look, 158, Fleet-street. Now ready, in post Svo., price 2s. Od., to be published half yearly, THE BROWN BOOK: A Book of Ready Reference for the Use of Visitors and Residents in 1 ondon, Containing selected List , of 'Hotels, Boarding h-uses, Dining-rooms, Lodgines, &c. Full and Practical Information a , to Char ties of every descriotion Libraries, and Institutions ; Days of Meeting of the Scientific Societies ; Amusements, Theitrical, Musical, &c With other Useful Information, the whole ciassified in a novel manner. Also, a Handy List, showing the nearest Post-cdt e, Telegraphic Station, Cab Stand, Fire Engine, 4c., &c., to i,OOO Principal Streets. London : Saunders, Otley, and Co., OA, Brook-street, W. ; and all booksellers, newsag nts, and railw y bookstalls. BEAUTIFUL FOR EVER. MADAME RACHEL. ON "FEMALE GRACE AND BEAUTY." Just published, 4 BOOK OF BEAUTY. By Madame RACHEL. To be had at 47A, New Bond-street. Price 2s. 6d. H E 0 X F OR D, C, OXFORD STREET, W. 'THIS EVENING, will he performed Selections from the following Operas, viz., T LIE SLAVE, by Sir H. l'ishop ; also, from LA FORZA. DE t. DES 100-- Verdi ; by the fol lowing talented artistes .—Misses Russell. Townley, Fitz- Henry, '4 •Imsley, Tyrrell, and Ellison; Messrs. Green, Huish, Rimb,•rley, Stuart, loc. Solos on the Violin by viom COLLINS. the cele brated English Violinist. Flute by Drew Dean. Pianoforte, Miss Bryant. And the marvellous instrument, the ORCHESTRAL PIANO, by Herr S HAL K ENB ACE!, the Inventor. Comedy, by IJNSWOR.TH (" or any other man "I, Eugene, W. Randall,W. T. Critchtleld, T. Mactigan, George ITutehen son, and the marvellous Gymnasts, Messrs. Berri, Leach, and Foster. THIS EVENING, will be produced, supported by the entire company, a new and original Cantat r, entitled "King Christmas." written by Litchfield Moseley, Esq., and com posed by W. Meyer Lutz, expressly for the estab'ishment. Director, Mr. F. Jonghmana. kANTERBURY HALL.—THE GHOST in the MAGIC FOUNTAINS, surpassing" any of the Trans formation Scenes cf the Season—one of the most beautiful effects ever produced. The scene, "The Tempest ;" Ariel, Miss E. Townley. The fPght of Ariel through the Fairy Fountains is certainly a triumph of art.—Vide Public Press. All the other Musical and Pictorial attractions of the Estab ishment as usual, including Operatic Selections, &c. ; Comedy by Unsworth (the great Stump Orator), Eugene, W. Randall, G. Hutchenson, J. Jester, T. Maclagan, &o. Admission, 6d ; Stalls and Balcony, is. Open every Evening. RO YA L ALHAMBRA.-FRANCONT'S GRAND CIRQUE IMPERIAL, EVERY EVENING, at Half-past. Seven ; Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday, at Two. " This trou .e is certainly one of the best we have had in England for some years. The Cirque Imperial may safely count on a long career of prosperity in London."—The Times. A RGYLL ROOMS, Windmill-street, Hay market. NOTICE. —M. JIILLIEN'S PROMENADE CONCERTS will be continued at the above elegant rooms. Admission is. Conductor—Al. JULLIEN. Solo Performers—Messrs. Moses, Tyler, Horton, Snelling, Progrataki, Macnney, c. Doors Open at 8, commence at half-past. Manager, M. GitENET. 29, GEORGE-STREET, HANOVER-SQUARE. THE LONDON ANATOMICAL MUSEUM. Open dans , from 10 till 10. Lectures at 4 and 7 o'clock. Where may be seen the Astecs ; Bushman and Wife; Julia Pastrana and Infant; Eng and Shang, the Siamese Twins; and upwa ds of 3,000 Molels, Natural Pre parations, &c. Egyptian Mammies, unwrapped, 4,000 years old. Admission, one shilling tor Gentlemen only). IF THIS SHOULD MEET THE EYE of any _IL one troubled with Wind in the Stomach, Indizestion, or Biliousness, take PAGE WOO i /COCK'S WIND PILLS. 'l' , eir world-wide celebrity proves them of sterling merit. Of all medicine vendors at is. lid. .nd 2s 9d. ; or free by post for 14 or 33 stamps from Page D. Woodcock, Chemist Lincoln. rz -E A TING'S PALE NEWFOUNDLAND i. 5... COD LIVER OIL. The Finest Imported this Season. THIS VALUABLE ME 'HINE hav ng of late years come into su h general use, and being, moreover, so exten sively prescribed by the most eminent practitioners both in town and country, Mr. Keating can with the greatest confidence recommend this Oil as being perfectly pure, nearly tasteless, and free from adulteration, having been analysed, reported on, and recommended by Prof. Taylor, f Guy's and St Thomas's Hospitals, Dr. Scott. M.D., L.R.C.P., F.L.S., &c., and ‘r. Edwin Payne, M D., L.R.C. P., M.R.O S., who, in the words of the late Dr. Pereira, says that "The b st Oil is that which is most devoid of colour, odour, and flavour, cha racter- this will be found to possess, being purely of hepatic a point of great weight with regard to its therapeutic value. Sold in Half-pints, ls. 9d. ' • Pints. is. ; Quarts, ss. 6d. ; and Five- 1•Int Bottles, 12s. 6d., imperial measure, by THOMAS KEATING, Chemist 79, St. Paul's Churchyard, London. TEETH —Mr. ESK ELL'S INVENTION in the construction of ARTIFICIAL TEETH has the following aavantages :—A set of teeth, of excellent work manship and mechanism, can be made and fitted with the most perfect accuracy and success, in a few hours, without pain or extraction of stumps, and to answer all the purposes of mastication and articulation. They are fitted without wires or fastenings, and adapt themselves so perfectly to the gums, that they a. e quite immoveable, except at the option of the wearer. Invalids or residents in the country can ad just these teeth to many changes of the mouth without the aid of a dentist. They are not so liable to injury, are always useful, and will last a lifetime. Comfort guaranteed. Trea tise explaining Mr. Eskell's Patent, &e., free for 7 stamps. Inspection of specimens and consultations iree.-B,Grosvenor street, Bond-street, W ; and at 39, Bennett's-hill, Bir mingham. NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE.—The greatest and most useful invention of the day, AGUA AMARELLA. Messrs. JOHN GOSNELL and CO., 3, King-court, Lombard street, London, Perfumers to her Majesty, respectfully offer to till public this truly marvellous fluid, which gradually restores the human hair to its pristine hue—no matter at why t age. The Agua 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. 6d. Testimonials from artistes 01 the h,ghest order, and from individuals t unnoubted respecta bility, may be seen on application.: Messrs. John (iosnell and Co. have been appointed Perfumers to her Royal High ness the Princess of Wales. - 1- IFEBOAT SERVlCES.—airing the recent .1A heavy gales some of the r oats of the Royal Na ional Lifeboat Institution have been instrurr ental in rescuing the crews of the following wrecked vessels:—Schooner Theophi lus, of Aberdeen, 5 men ; barque Tamworth, of Norway, 17 ; schooner Northern Lights, of Preston, 4 : pilot boat, of St Ives, 7 ; schooner An on, of Workingion, 4; schooner Gipsy, of Drogheda, 4 ; smack Saucy Jack, of Inverness, 1 ; barque Marietta, of Lisbon, 1 ; fishing boat, of Filey, 2 ' • Tenby fishing boat, 3; and barque Providence, of Dantzic,7. Total lives saved, 55. The lifeboats also assisted in bringing safely into port, with their crews. consisting of 29 men, he Italian brig Camoglini , , the schooner Sir Cohn Campbell. of Whitby, the schooner Guilia, of Palermo, and the ketch Snip, of A m sterd am. Ihe 11Lboats also went off in reply to signals of distress on fourteen occasions, hut their services were not ultimately required. The amount of reward p id for all these servi_es was £216. - - - The Committee of the Institutionearnest yAP EA Lto the public or A.,,51-TAN E to e alt,e hem to m et the con tinued heavy demat.da on the Society 25 li!eb at fatab lishiii, nt '(ultrihu!ions ar , eeiy, dby all th., - ; Lon on aryl ,; v hsr,kerw, and y Eichani E• I,tltutic,ll, 11. LQ11(101.1. THE NAVY. The iron steam floating factory ship Chasseur, 543 tons, attached to the steam reserve squadron in the Medway, is ordered to be removed to Chatham harbour, where its ser vices are required. Instructions have been received at Chatham for the iron frigate Achilles, 1,250 horse power, to be brought forward with all despatch, and fitted for the first division of the steam reserve, in readiness for immediate commission. A. serious accident occurred on board the iron frigate Achilles, at Chatham, on Monday evening, by which a me chanic employed on board that vessel named Simon Sher wood was killed, and another man seriously injured. Since the Achilles has been removed from Chatham dockyard down the harbour it has been customary for the workmen employed on board to be conveyed from the vessel to the dockyard every evening in three vessels employed exclu sively in that duty. On Monday evening at dusk the work men were preparing to leave the vessel, and were covering over the openings from the upper deck into the hold with tarpaulin and planks, when from some cause which does not appear easy of explanation one of the heavy planks was improperly secured, and before the men had left the vessel it fell from the deck to the bottom of the frigate, striking in its descent the deceased and a negro named Campbell, also employed on board, both of whom were preparing to leave work. The plank also slightly injured some of the other workmen, who were crowding up from below, but the chief injuries were inflicted on Sherwood and Campbell. Both of the sufferers were immediately placed on board a steamer and conveyed to the dockyard, from which they were con veyed to Melville Hospital, but Sherwood died almost imme diately after his admission, his head having been seriously injured. The wounds sustained by Campbell were a com pound fracture of one of the legs, which yesterday rendered an amputation of the limb necessary. A day or two previ ausly a fatal accident occurred on board the same vessel to a workmen named Monk, who overbalanced himself as he was in the act of taking off his coat to commence work, and was precipitated to the bottom of the vessel. A third accident betel a lad named Caddy, working on board, on Monday, who received concussion of the brain frtur a fall, and is not expected to survive. Capt. G W. Preedy, C. 8., whose last commands were her Majesty's ships Agamemnon and Liff -y, is spoken of as the officer selected by the Admiralty to command the iron frigate Hector, at Portsmouth, ordered for immediate com mission. Commander Thompson, lately serving as senior lieutenant on board the iron frigate Defence, is named as her commander. Yesterday the shipwrights removed their tool chests, &c., from the Hector to the dockyard jetty, in order to clear the ship up for commission and enable the officials to obtain her present exact draught of water, &c. It is believed that on her final trial of speed, when commis sioned, the ship's ventilation below will be found of a less unsatisfactory nature than was experienced on her two days trials on the 23cl and 24th of December. On those days there was a large number of shipwrights and other mecha nics employed on board, and some of the hatchways may have been partially covered with their gratings and the men's tools. If this was the case it must of course have produced unfavourable results upon the ventilation of 'the ship's compartments below. With the sh►p in commission none of these drawbacks will be allowed to exist, and there fore during the forthcoming final trial of the ship at the " mile" the temperature of the engine room and stokehole will be taken under what must be considered the most fa vourable circumstances. The weight of the ship was un dergoing alteration. The Lyra, 9 gun screw sloop, of 60 horse power, Comman der Robert A. Parr, was swung yesterday in Portsmouth harbour, preparatory to going out to Spithead and complet ing stores and ammunition for foreign service. Mr. Henry J. Ray, from the office of the commander in-chief at Ports mouth, has joined the Lyra as paymaster. The Orontes, screw troopship, of 500 horse power, Capt. H. W. Hire, refitting at Portsmouth, is ordered to be ready for sea by the 19th inst. Her first service will, it is said, be in the Mediterranean and West Indies. The Adventure, screw troopship, of 400-horse power, Commander C. T. Curme, is nearly complete in her repairs in the Warrior dock at Portsmouth. When ready for sea she will be despatched to the Mediterranean. Her Majesty's screw yacht Fairy was undocked from No. 1 dock at Portsmouth yesterday, after making good some defects in one of her bottom plates. The Octavia, screw frigate, one of three converted sailing frigates fitted with machinery built by three different makers to fulfil certain peculiar conditions, is rapidly proceeding in her outfit by the master shipwright's department in No. 4 dock at Portsmouth, and will be shortly taken in hand by he other departments of the yard to carry out their share of he work. The Sparrowhawk, screw gun vessel,of 676 tons and 200- horse power, is lying in the adjoining dock waiting similar preparations for commission, and the Bulldog, 6, paddle, of 1,124 tons and 500-horse, is all but completed by the re spective departments in the steam basin. She is still,how ever, in the hands of the shipwright department, owing to an oversight (to use a mild term) on the part of some depart ment at Portsmouth or at the Admiralty. During-the past two or three years a good deal has been said and written relative to national and private dockyards. It is admitted that evils do exist in our public yards, as, indeed, is certain to be the case in a greater or less degree in ail suck large establishments whether they be public or private—but the apologists of our present public establishments maintain that the evils existing in them have been unjustly exagge rated, and that private yards do not possess that degree of superiority either in system or workmanship over our pub lic yard that it is to the interest of many persons to lead the public to suppose really exists. For any one to assert that the work done in private yards is superior in finish and value to that turned out of hand in public yards would be simply putting forward a statement that probably very few impartial persons would agree with. When it is stated, however, that the " system" of one is very much supe rior to the other, then it will be met with general belief, and the three vessels named—the Octavia, the Sparrowhawk, and Bulldog are instances in point. The repairs of the two first named are taken in hand by the shipwright department, which has a certain amount of work to perform, bat this work is not done conjointly with the other "departments," each working independently of the other. The result is that the " gunnery," or any other department which may follow the shipwrights', undoes a portion of the work already done, so that in fact the work on board each ship is done over and over again at increased cost and waste each time. The Bulldog exhibits a fault in the system for which most probably the Admiralty are responsible. In the early part of November last application was made for as official order to alter her torecastle gun ports for the Armstrong pivot gun, with which she was ordered to be fitted. No order was received for some time, and the shipwrights therefore completed the ports on the old-fashioned enlarged style. An order has now been re ceived, and the ports are now being "contracted" to the Armstrong size. When these three vessels are com pleted and commissioned their captains will then have the power to commence any alterations their fancies may create, and more money will be expended. The most simple remedy for such a state of things would be to centralize the power over each of these dockyard " departments" in the Admiral or Captain-Superintendent of the yard, giving him a second superintendent, for one must devote his time to the desk alone. This would be investing the Superintendent with a power in his own dockyard nearly similar to that possessed in general by the French Minister of Marine; but to effect such an improvementin our dockyards a Minister of Marine must preside at the Admiralty. The Admiral and Captain- Superintendents in charge of cur dockyards have no power whatever invested in them to restore or create order out of the existing chaos. A letter received at Plymouth from the iron screw steam • ship Black Prince, 41, Capt. James F. B. Wainwright, states that she left the Sound at 4 p.m. on the 15th of December, and after a splendid run out under squared yards, using steam only on departure and arrival, they anchored at Funchal roads about 4 p.m. on the Tuesday following—the 22d. Having at that time scarlatina on board, the Black Prince was seat again to sea, and went 20 miles south of the island, and there remained. The two slight cases they had soon became convalescent, and the ship returned on the 26th to Funchal, but did not receive pratique immediately. The Edgar, Warrior, Black Prince, and other ships attached to the Channel squadiun ex• petted to leave Madeira on We..ntsaey, the 3eth, tor Teneriffe. The paddlewheel steam surveying sl u p - Urea'e, 6, cap:. Richards, just returuett itt,ul statiuu, woutu yesterday morning Sur W• v. wich, where her crew will be pair off The screw :toAmsbip Royal George,7B, was Tar:. terdos - from the• acCotad diri ian of the 4tl.lra tuery CATHOLIC CHAPLAINS IN GAOLS, At a meeting of the Surrey magistrates, which was held at the Session House, Newington-causeway, yesterday, a discussion took place respecting the appointment of a Ca tholic chaplain to the House of Correction at Wandsworth. Mr. G. AUSTIN moved, pursuant to notice, "That, in accordance with the intentions of_ tic., cap. 79, the pro4gionCof_the sons Ministeis' Act of 18t3, 26 and 27there be appointed a Catholic minister to the Souse of Correction at Wandsworth, at a salary of £l5O per annum." Sir W. JOLLIFFE, in seconding the resolution, said that he had supported the bill when before Parliament, and he now asked the magistrates of this important metropolitan county not to exclude prisoners from Christian instruction and teaching. The principle of the act had been benefi cially adopted both in the army and the navy, and he trusted that the Court would not hesitate to agree to the proposition. Major PENRHYN understood that the visiting justices had recommended the appointment of the Rev. Mr. M'Henry, and it was therefore for the Court to confirm the nomination and decide upon the amount of salary. The re muneration ought to depend upon the number of prisonbrs under the chaplain's instruction, which would be better than giving a fixed salary. It appeared that out of 136 Catholic prisoners 43 had refused to receive the visits of the Catholic chaplain. He therefore moved, as an amendment, " That, it having been reported to this Court that the visit ing justices have given permission to Catholic prisoners in Wandsworth House of Correction to receive the visits of a priest of their own persuasion, and have appointed the Rev. Mr. M‘ti enry to attend those who desire hie ministrations, the Court confirms that appointment, and resolves that the Rev. Mr, M'Henry be recompensed at the rate of £1 per head per annum." Major SPRING seconded the amendment, which was sup ported by Lord LoVAINE, who preferred this mode of pay ment better than that of a fixed salary. Captain KNIGHT thought they should not imprison their fellow-creatures without providing them with moral and religious instruction. He had always found that when Ca tholic chaplains were admitted into gaols they zealously discharged their duties without infringing the prison regu lations. He begged to support the original motion. Major Be.u.rsrouri said that when the subject was first discussed in Parliament he was opposed to it, because he thought it was only a sop in the pan from Government to the Catholics. As the act was passed, and he objected to a sliding scale of payment, he should support Mr. Austin's motion. Mr. TiLsorr then moved that the Rev. Mr. M'Henry should receive a salary of £lOO per year, which, after some discussion, was carried by a large majority. ------ Darin; the disposal of the county business at the Ste: fordshire General Quarter Sessions, which were held on Monday, the Hon. and Rev. A. G. Talbot proposed the following motion, of which he had given notice :—" That, considering the number of prisoners usually confined in the gaol professing the Catholic religion, it is the opinion of this court that a Catholic chaplain should be appointed, and that the visiting justices be requested to frame rules for the guidance of this officer, defining his duties ; and also that the visiting justices be further requested to name at the next sessions the salary which. upon consideration, they shall deem to be an adequate remuneration for the services performel.' The Right Hon. C. B. Adderley said the question was whether all persons who differed in their religion from that of the Church of England should each of them have their particular religious ministers in these as well as other public institutions. Now, he confessed he had special reasons against the appointment of a Ca tholic chaplain, as compared with the ministers of other denominations. He had found in the course of his experi ence that the priests of the Catholic Church were so com pletely in the habit of looking to foreign jurisdiction, and considering themselves so completely the ministers and ser vants of a jurisdiction eutside this kingdom, that he was firmly convinced they were not the most manageable officers to introduce into our public institutions. As ministers of religion they had always shown themselves interfering and inclined to interfere: Mr. Whitgreave—May I ask when that has happened ? Mr. Adderley—l am not in such a case as this called upon to give names. Mr. Whitgreave— You bring grave charges against a most respectable body. Mr. Adderley reiterated his assertion, and then went on to say that his opposition to the motion was simplk9n the ground of the foreign influence which the Catholics owned. Mr. Buller said the question narrowed itself to this—Were they, in this great county of Stafford, with seventy men under their charge, requiring the attention of a well-edu cated gentleman, because he had hitherto honestly and conscientiously fulfilled the duties which he had voluntarily taken upon himself, to say that they could not afford to pay £5O, to remunerate him for his services ? The Earl of Harrowby was of opinion that, Parliament having affirmed th.- price ple, all they had to consider was whether they should carry it out. Mr. Hardy, M.P., said he had opposed the bill when it was before Parliament, believing that it was chiefly intended to bring about a separation between Church and State ; and for the same reason he should now oppose its application to that county. After some further discussion, the motion was put to the court, and 27 voted in fav tar of it and 31 against. The motion was accordingly declared to have been lost. At yesterday, the W o rcestershire Quarter Sessions, held at Worces ter strates—Earl Dudley presiding ; very large attendance of magi and on the bench were Lord Lyttleton, Sir J. S. Pakiagton , M.P., Hon . F. L yg on, M.P. Sir 11. Lambert , Sir T. E. Winnington, M.P., Mr. there was F. W, Knight, M.P., Hon. W. Coventry, &c. On the presentation of the quarterly report of the visiting justices to the county prison, Sir J. S. PARINGTON took the opportunity of calling the attention of the Court to the irregularity in the system of punishment in our gaols by hard labour, and the uncertain and varying quality of the punishment inflicted after sen tence. He quoted several passages from the report of the committee of the House of Lords on this subject, in which they recommended the more constant use of the treadmill and said he had recently visited Leicester gaol, and spoke favourably of the discipline exacted in that prison, where hard labour, which meant there the treadmill, was rigidly enforced. The Souse of Lords' committee recommended the use of the crank, the shot drill, and the treadmill by the prisoners convicted and sentenced to hard labour. In Worcester county gaol, however, only those prisoners who had been sentenced to over three months' imprisonment were put to the treadmill. Those sentenced to less than three months were put to mat-making in a comfortable warm cell, which was by no means a primitive employment, and was inconsistent with the term " hard labour," Then, again, the prisoners were allowed ten hours for bed. No human constitution required that amount of sleep, and he strongly condemned the practice. At least two hours of that time ought to be devoted by the prisoners to purposes of in struction or punishment. At a time when the public mind was a good deal turned to the question of prison disci pline, he thought it to be his duty to call attention to the subject. He did not propose to make any motion thereon, first, because he should not like to take any course which might possibly be construed as uncourteous to the visiting justices; and, secondly, because he had strong reasons for thinking that her Majesty's Government would in some way acs upon the report of the Committee of the Howe of Lords. He expected that on the reassembling of Parlia ment an attempt would be made to introduce something like an uniform system of punishment in the gaols of the country. In the meantime he would suggest that the visit ing justices of the gaol should during the quarter direct their attention to the subject, so that at the next Easter Sessions they might be prepared to enter into explanations of what changes they would recommend should be made in the system of prison discipline. The Rev. J. PEARSON advocated the continuance of the present deterrent and industrial system in the gaol, and a id the experience of her Majesty's inspectors of prisons, o g.olprs, was in favour of it. 2.3 r. CUItTLEk (iLeu,y-ehairman) said the sentences which hpt o• o p s±erl .bn s,oue of the worst of criminals by ner ,je...Wa Ju(ig were very enconvaging to eriolo. only at the IPQtaF>siz ,,,, t at Worer,tPr that a l?urp Va. from Lo Adon atrk). profe sic cious burglary, and the proof of his having committed another burglary in the same neighbourhood was found upon him; nevertheless, the judge thought it unnecessary to continue the prosecution for the second offence, and sen tenced bim for the first to nine months' imprisonment, if this was the sort of sentence to be passed, it seemed to him that it mattered very little what sort of labour they gave in the gaol. Cases of arson were reported to be very rife in Yorkshire, and the judges awarded three years' penal ser vitude for a crime which a few years ago was a capital one. In one remarkable case that had been tried during the last winter assize, the judge in passing sentence said he believed the punishment was inadequate to the crime, but as he had begun the circuit by passing the same sentence for arson he could not alter it. He did not think anything could be done in the way of prison discipline as long as this encourage ment was given by the judges to crime. (Hear, hear.) Earl DUDLEY said he could not hold out any hope that the Government would do anything in the matter. He be lieved that Government would not touch the matter at all ; and that if anything was to be done it must be done by in dividual zeal. Taking it for granted that he was right in assuming that Government would leave legislation on the subject to individual members of Parliament, then it came to this—What was the opinion of that Court? He did not think that any one would profess to discontinue the system of industrial occupation of prisoners altogether in the gaols; but he must say that they had gone from the one extreme —the treadmill—to the opposite. They had got the plan of introducing industrial employment in the gaols, by which they afforded the prisoners the means of earning their bread when they left the prison. But mat-making, as described by Sir J. Pakington, was not hard labour; and as to the hardship of the treadwheel, he would remark that that depended a good deal upon the previous lives of the convicts. If a man were strong of limb, and used to the open air, he would prefer the treadmill to the solitary mat making in a cell ; but if they had a prisoner from the Kid derminster looms. or from other indoor occupations, they ,made tho treadmilkineakpunitive. There was this to be said in favour of industrial employment, that if thiere was a spark of a chance of reform in the criminal they gave him the chance of going out of prison a better man than he en tered it ; but in doing this they lost sight of the terms of hie sentence—" hard labour." They then must remember they could not get hard labour out of an unwilling prisoner in a cell; they could only stop Ws supper. But on the tread wheel they got it out of them by force; and then they got, what Leicesfer Gaol had the repute of being, a "hell upon earth" for the prisoners. To meet the objection against ten hours' bed far the prisoners they must introduce gas into the cells, and continue work two hours longer. Tais would do away with the great irksomeness of solitary con finement, which was a very great punishment to a great many prisoners. Sir J. PARINGTON desired to explain that he had no wish to abandon the reformatory or industrial system, but wished that they should not fly into the opposite extreme, which rendered imprisonment no punishment at all. He thanked Mr. Curtler for speaking out so boldly in regard to the sen tences passed by the judges. He believed one of the most important points in connection with the great question of the administration of the criminal law was the injudicious leniency of the judges. (Hear.) He would not shrink from adding to what had been said by Mr. Curtler, that it was the general opinion of the Royal Commission on Penal Servitude, of which he (Sir John) was a member, that the injudicious leniency of the judges of late years had produced a great increase of crime. (Hear, hear.) The subject then dropped. The Address of the French Corps Legislatif. The following is the text of the address proposed by the French'Corps Legislatif to the Emperor : " Sire, —The Corps Legislatif shares the COB& deuce with which the renewal of its powers inspires you. In spite of the vivacity of the struggle, the people have shown that they remain profoundly de voted to the Imperial institutions, to your person, and your dynasty. On coming to take part in the examination of public affairs, we shall never lose sight of these principles and sentiments, and will act in concert with you, so that they may not be weakened. Your Majesty was right in anticipating public opinion in the path of industrial and com mercial freedom. France, which has fora long time instructed herself, has faith now in her own strength. Our industries have been able, by their efforts and sacrifices, to withstand foreign competition, They will display still greater energy when they see the means of transport multiplied and rendered more prompt and easy. For this reason, we wish that the impetus given to public works should not be relaxed; that the construction of railways should not be delayed, and that the improvement of our ports, our rivers, oar canals, our highways, and especially our local roads, should always be the ob ject of your Government's solicitude. Our finances, wisely managed, freed from exceptional circum stances which weigh upon them, will be able to meet the requirements of the country, without its being necessary to have recourse to public credits or new imposts. "Your Majesty, whose liberal intentions do not belie'you, again announce to us new reforms. We will study those submitted to us with the desire to second your love for true progress. All the mea sures which shall have for their object to destroy the obstacles now in the way of the freedom of transaction, as well as individual initiative, to re gulate more equitably in questions of labour the relations between citizens placed in different conditions, to increase the functions of the communes and the departments without weakening the cen tral power, will be received by us with fervour and gratitude. We join in the interest which your Ma jesty brings to whatever relates to religion, charity, the arts, literature, and science. Primary instruc tion has been rapidly developed since 1848. We think with you that the number of children de prived of it is still too great ; we desire to see that number decrease every year, and at length to disap pear altogetherfrom our statistics, thanks to the increasing comfort of the population, complemented by gratuitous contributions. We should wish also that the professional and agricultural instruction should be efficiently encouraged, and that the stan dard of those studies leading to a liberal career should be raised. This system, carried out in its entirety, would meet the requirements of families and modern society, by strengthening every career, and sparing the young frequent disappointment. " The Corps Legislatif agrees with you, Sire, that the best governed nations cannot hope always to escape external complications, and that they must appreciate without illusion as without weakness. The distant expeditions of China, Cochin China, and Mexico, which have followed one another, have created considerable anxiety in several minds in France on account of the obligations and sacri fices they entail. We admit that they inspire in far off lands respect for our countrymen and the French flag, and that they will also tend to the development of our maritime commerce ; we shall, however, be happy to see the good results which your Majesty bids us hope for speedily realised. " The souvenirs of our history, the feelings of humanity which animate us, excite our liveliest sympathies for the fate of Poland. We have seen with pain that the combined efforts of three great Powers have been ineffectual in bringing about a settlement of this grave question accordinglo your benevolent wishes. We cannot, nevertheless, conceal from ourselves that the sincere and cordial support of Russia has been useful to France on an important occasion. We should regret it were our good relations with that Power to cool. It is, therefore, with profound satisfaction that we re ceived that noble idea of an European Congress, the initiative of which will be an eternal honour to your reign. France, on whom you have conferred splen dour and glory, is well pleased not to compromise her treasures and her children in causes in which her honour nor her interests are involved. " Let then, Sire, without regret, the unjustly pre judiced receive with distrust your loyal and public propositions. The sound and noble ideas which God plants in the hearts of sovereigns for the good of humanity, make their way in the world, and take root in the hearts of the people. Await with calm ness the effect of your generous words. France, homogeneous, compact, confident of her strength, relying on you, does not fear any aggression; she has, to -cloy, no other ambition than that of securin e ; her repose, developing her material welfare by toil and peace, and ber moral well-being by the sincere and gradu-.1 exercise of civil atA. iibeity. Hlvre (iuring Decinib-q IS6I, nnountel to L825.50?1., beim*, an i,;,crolse of 403 ':S6 r:62. QUEENSTOWN, Sall 4. The Royal Mail steamship Canada, from Boston the 231, and Halifax the 25th December, has arrived. The Provost-Marshal, General Fry, has published his official report relative to the enrolment and draught of the Federal army. As far as the enrol ment was completed, it showed 3,113,305 men Fable for military service, including, however, many who would be entitled to exemptien in case of draught. The plan of draughting was to require, as the quota of each district, cne-fifth of the men of the first class on the roll. This method was considered an improvement on the calls of 1861 and 1862, which were based upon population, and by which the States that contained an excess of females were charged with a greater quota than those in which there was an excess of males. Up to the Ist of November the draught had brought into service about 50,000 men, including those who enlisted and were credited on the quotas after the draught had been ordered. Tables of rejections per 1000 showed 3191 in the United States, as compared with 321.4 in the French conscription from 1831 to 1843, and 317 in the French conscription of 1859 ; and with 335 from 1842 to 1852, 318 in 1860, and 461 in 1862 in the English recruiting. The riot in New York is attributed to a mob " composed mainly of fo reigners." The writ of habeas corpus had inter posed great difficulties to the execution of the con scription until suspended by the proclamation of the President, dated Sept. 17 ; 10,000,000 dols. commutatinn meney had been received from 35,000 draughted men. Nearly 22,000 deserters and abieS; tees had been arrested by the officers of the bureau between May 1 and Nov. 1. The expenditure of the department to Nov. 1, including unpaid accounts requiring correction, was 1,911,959 dols. In the Senate on the 22d an amendment relative to classes as settled in the Conscription Bill was offered,— " That the national forces of the United States not now in the military service, enrolled under this act, shall be divided into two olasses, the first of which shall comprise all persons subject to do mili tary duty between the ages of 20 and 45 years, and who are unmarried, and the second class shall com prise all other persons subject to do military duty, and persons of the second class shall not in any dis trict be called into the service of the United States until those of the fiist class have been called." The amendment, which was supported in a speech giving reasons why married persons should be exempt until an absdute necessity existed for their services, was rejected. An amendment exempting clergymen was re jected on division by 33 to 8. In the House of Representatives the following preamble and resolution was tabled by a vote•of 80 against 43 : " Whereas, the Supreme Judicial Court of the State of Pennsylvania has decided solemnly that the act of March 3, 1863, commonly called the Con scription Act, is contrary to and violative of the provisions of the Constitution, and therefore null and void; therefore, resolved, that it is the sworn duty of the Executive Department of the Govern ment either to acquiesce in the decision in that State, or to bring the question involved before the Supreme Court of the United States for final adju- dication, to the end that, if Congress shall deem such legislation necessary, a bill shall be prepared not subject to Constitutional objections." The New York papers publish the following nar rative of the captain of the Joseph L. Gerety, cap tured by Confederates in a somewhat similar fashion to the Chesapeake : "Captain Nichols reports that he left Matamoras on the 16th November, bound for New York with a cargo of cotton and six passengers; on the night of the 17th, about 12 o'clock, the captain and two men on deck, one at the wheel and the other aloft, the six passengers made an assault on the captain with revolvers, knocked him down, and threatened to shoot him if he made any noise; they took him forward and locked him in the forecastle, putting a guard over him; four of them then went aft, and the mate, hearing the noise on deck, came up, and was taken in the same manner, and put in the fore castle with the captain and crew. Mr. Greenough, the supercargo, in attempting to come on deck, was kicked down into the cabin and two shots were fired at him, but fortunately did not hit him ; they confined him to his berth and kept a guard over him, with orders to shoot him if he attempted to make any resistance. After keeping them in confinement for eight days they put all hands into the small boat, and told them to find their way to land the best way they could. They landed on the coast of Sisal, after being two days and nights at sea. There they got passage to Havannah in a Spanish brig, and the crew were sent to New York in the echooner Horace Bell, from Sisal. The six passengers had paid their passage to New York from Matamoras. Their names were T. E. Hogg, of Baltimore, J. Brown, of Canada, James Clements, Kelly, and Brown, and John Wilson. This Wilson was mate with Gordon, the slaver, and he was in the Tombs, in New York, four years and ten months. They say that there are four other parties in Mata mores, waiting for vessels and chances like this, and that they are sure to get them. This same party expected to have had a steamer at Matamoras, but it got away before they had their plans laid. After they had put the captain and crew in the small boat they hoisted the Confederate flag, and fired off their pistols as a salute, saying that they had authority from the Confederate Government so to do. When asked where they were bound they said to Belize, Honduras, where they could sell the vessel and cargo. The vessel was owned by F. Gerety, of New York, and the cotton consigned to Shepler & Co." The Federal Commander Clary, in an official de spatch from Halifax to the Secretary of the Navy, announces that the Chesapeake has been transferred to the British authorities. The following telegra phic despatches have been published : " Halifax, Dec. 19, 1863. " Tremendous excitement prevails here this after noon in regard to the steamer Chesapeake, She was delivered over to the British authorities to-day ; but upon the landing of the prisoners upon shore they were rescued by the citizens. The Union ves sels Niagara, Dacotab, Ella and Annie, Acacia, and Cornubia, are off the harbour. "10 p.l dAt 1 o'clock this afternoon the steamer Chesa peake and the prisoners on board of her were de. livered over to the Government. Upon the arrival of the boat containing the prisoners at the Queen's wharf the excitement became intense. The pri soner's were immediately seized by a boat's crew in the ship, and hurried off by the crowd in attend ance. Upon the Government officers moving to arrest the prisoners, under a warrant, they were seized and held by prominent citizens and rendered powerless to perform their duty. The crowd finally succeeded in getting the pirates off in a small boat, which forthwith moved down the bay. The affsir causes the greatest excitement throughout the city. What course the authorities will pursue in the matter it is impossible to say. The pirates are now all at liberty, scattered throughout the provinces. Union gunboats are preparing to leave. Some will take their departure te-night, and probably all of them will leave before Monday." _ The first - engiaeer of the Chesapeake affords the following particulars of the capture : "After we left St. John the first port wz entered was Shelburne, where we arrived on Thursday night. Here we took in ten tons of coal and some wood. The next morning we left for Lahave river. Seeing a steamer off the mouth of the river, we emicyliled the vessel as best we could, and qFeended the river on Friday night. We laid to at this puma wail Cee,ciav diselThrging p-irt of r!.tr t . , ,o, for which we rtceirc.d dols. ;.:c,A the auger for 3c. ; pound, the flour for 3 f7o:s., •:N V . tr S. PAP ER 1 a barrel, and other articles for propo I' t ' - - . -- Jes'' r sona wr ..s- ere; : ';'?'\ We left the river at three o'clock in the tatl, l'A „ee . "' ,' lying to at its mouth ail night, and 1., t;)- •- . 4 schooner with goods we had not disp ose d 4 sea ''e e .ae- t .... - . the morning of W e dn es d a y we st eame d e a 's% 7 -- - Peee. -:. Mary's Bay, about 90 * roiles east of Halifax. Abeeig. 11 S nine o'clock on the following morning we sew a steam er. Immediately we concealed the vessel by huggii ig the shore. When the steamer disappeared we started again. We arrived off Sambro without meeting with any further trouble, and was boarded by a pilot named Flynn, who took the.vessel into Sembro harbour. Capt. Locke, now satisfying him eelf there was not coal eeoegh on board to complete e anchor the voyage, concluded toitchor the veaael, and h did so at two o'clock in' the afternoon. In the nueantime he starts A for Helifax to procure 'Aft coal and engineers for dtsevespel - e told me (John son) that as soon as he 4 ebtained new engineers he intended to release me, and I told him that I would not on any account remain with the vessel any longer. The captain returned about 2 o'clock on the following morning, having been successful in his expedition. A schoone' came with. him. At about 6 o'clock on the same morning the pilot F,ynn in formed the captain that Union gunboats were enter ing the harbour. The captain, satisfying himself that this statement was correct, ordered me (John son) to scuttle the vessel. I replied that mould not do it. The captain then hastily secured what plun der he could, and he and his officers and crew took to the boats as the Ella and Annie appeared in sight." The New York, TVorld has the following remarks on the Chesapeake affair : " Is there something after all in a name that the mishaps of a Chesapeake should once more threaten to embroil us with our ‘discotwortabie cousins' over the sea ? It was upon the deck of the Chesapeake that an American commander, sent to sea disarreed and short-handed, was compelled half a century ago to see his country's flag insulted and men taken from beneath its folds by a British man-of-war. It was from the mast-head of the Chesapeake that Lr the first time the people of Halifax saw the flag of the Union .. floating beneath the standard of England , over an'American frigate'captured in eingleleattnbare by an enemy's ship. And now, after the lapse of so many years, it is from the deck of the Chesapeake again that men who had dipped their hands in the blood of American seamen, and had treacherously captured an American merchant steamer, meda their escape through the ranks of a sympathetic population, and defy the justice of taro empires. To pronounce positively upon the legal character of the prisoners wt .o were taken on the Chesapeake at Sambro by an American gunboat, and who escaped from the grasp of the colonial police at Halitax, would be just now premature. The whole case, from its strange beginning to its ending as strange, lies quite outside of the ordinary course of military law. It has a flavour of those mediaeval times when all was held to be fair in war, when knights were wont to disguise themselves as peasants and slips into hostile castles under cover of meal bags and bundles of hay, and princes did not disdain the dagger end the bowl. But, as far as the facts have come to light, it is not easy to see what else can be said of the persons engaged in this business than that they were pirates committing piracy, and that, too, in such circumstances, that the holding of a Confede rate commission would scarcely exonerate them front the charge of its consequences. If this be their true status there can be no doubt as to the duty of the British Government in the premises, and no reason to suppose that Government indisposed to do its duty fully and loyally. The circum stances attending the escape need to be explicated and understood before any inference can be fairly drawn from them, even as to the conduct of the people of Halifax themselves, and it is much to be hoped that nothing may be said or done to prejudice public feeling in this country on the subject. If in the sequel it shall be found that either through official or popular hostility to us in the British colonies the rights of the republic have suffered, it will become us to seek redress in a temper which shall insure it." For the protection of American vessels leaving New York, passengers are to be required to have passports. A New York despatch of the 221 says : " The Government has decided that the safety of American vessels leaving this port requires that no person shall be allowed to leave this port as passen gers or otherwise without first receiving a passport from the marshal of this district. It is understood that a gunboat has already been stationed at Sandy Hook by Admiral Paulding to intercept every ves sel leaving this port by that outlet, and another vessel at Throgg's Neck to examine vessels leaving this port by way of the Sound, with instructions to detain such as aro without passes." The celebrated prize Peterhoff has been put in commission at the Brooklyn Navy Yard as a Federal man-of-war, after having been strengthened and getting guns on board. A Washington letter of the 21st mentions the following : "About 3 o'clock on Sunday morning a detach ment of Moseby's guerillas and Stuart's rebel cavalry were found in the neighbourhood of Mor gansburg, Fauquier county, Virginia, by a portion of Gregg's cavalry. The rebels were commanded by a major cf Stuart's cavalry, and were supposed to number between 250 and 300. Oar force. numbered some 400, and consequently the rebels, after firing a few shots, retreated its the direction of the Rappahannock, and crossed at Barnett's ford upon pontoon bridges, which the rebels appeared to have had constructed there. The only loss on our side was one man slightly wounded, while we captured 10 prisoners, and it is known four rebels were killed. Among the prisoners was one of Moseby's lieutenants." A despatch from Washington of the 22d says : " Information received to-night from the Army of the Potomac says there are no indications of a re trograde movement towards Washington, as has been reported, nor is it believed that the enemy, in their present condition, are able to give us much annoyance. Their cavalry, diminished considerably on our front, are not able to the task of making any formidable raid on our base of supplies, owing to the impoverished condition of their horses. The insufficiency of shoes and blankets, if the state ments of deserters can be relied on, renders it equally improbable that Lee's infantry can be called from their strong position and comfortable shelters to undertake a campaign during the rigours of winter." Furloughs are only allowed to those soldiers who declare their intention of re-enlisting on the expi ration of their term. The probable number of te enlistments into the veteran corps of the Virginian army in consequence of this order is estimated at 10,000. The following are the latest despatches relating to the state of affairs in East Tennessee, which appears in the New York papers : " Cumberland Gap, Dec. 18. "Gen. Longstreet divided his army on Wednese day, one part making an attack on Bean's Station, and the other at Kelley's Ford, the design being to cut cff Generals Shackleford and Foster. A move ment by Gen. Ferrero frustrated the plan. Heavy firing was heard yesterday between Tazewell and Church River. It is reported that Gen. Longstreet is killed, and that his forces are completely sur rounded." " London, Kentucky, Dec. 20. " General Shackleford arrived here en route for home. He left B Cross-roads on the 16 , n inst. The battle of Bean's Station commenced on the 14th inst. at 2 o'clock, and lasted till dark. Gen. 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