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THE SARDINIAN MINING COMPANY (Limited). 'T - he liability of the Shareholders is limited to the amount of their Shares, the Company being registered under the Companies Act, 1862, with Limited Liability. Capital, £lOO,OOO, in 10,000 Shares of .£lO each. Deposit on application £1 per share, and a further pay- Thaent of £1 per share on allotment. Calls not to exceed £1 per share, at intervals of three months. It is expected that hot more than £6 per bhare will be called. Pull prospectuses and forms of application maybe obtained ^ l 3. Replication to the Bankers, Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Snliths, Lombard-street ; the Solicitors, Messrs. Reece, Wil kinN and Blyth, I n, St. Swithin's-lane, City; of the Brokers in London. Frank Wheeler, Esq., 2, Coptball-court ; Man chester, Messrs. Hoyland and Prirce, Exchange - chambers; Liverpool, Messrs. Gasquoine and Chamberlain, 2, Grosvenor buildings, Tithebara-street ; and of the Secretary, Mr. Geo. Washington Harris, at No. 5, Nicholas-lane, London, E.C. THE ANGLO-AUSTRIAN BANK.- To be constituted with Limited Liability, under a con cession from his Imperial Majesty the Emperor of Austria. bated sth October, 18C,3. Capital £2,000,00, or 20,000,000 florins. To be divided into 100,000 Scrip Certificates of £lO or 200 f lorins each, upon,which £2 is to be paid on application and £ 2 upon allotment, and a C 11 of £2 within one month after allotment. These Certificates to be exchanged hereafter for Shares to bearer of £2O or £5O each, as arranged with the Austrian G overnment, as h ere i na fter stated. In such ex change One Certificate will represent one £2O Share with £6 Paid thereon, or Five Certificates will represent two £5O Shares with £3O paid thereon. ILIT. Pri nce LeoCOSuapNiechma, orrresniidaenEturoof it t s h - e Gallician Diet, and Member of the Austrian Reichsrath. Somerset A. Beaumont, Esq., M.P., London. Baron Erg - gelet (llenikstein and Co.), Banker, Vienna. (3. G. Girl, Esq., M.P., Banker, London. Count Etnrene Kinskv, Member of the Austrian Reichsrath. Charles Klein, Esq., President of the Chamber of Commerce, Vienna. Alexander Schroder, Esq. (A. and C. Fchroyier), Trieste. S. Baron Tinti, Member of the Austrian Reichsrath. Winterstein, Esq., Member of the Austrian Reichsrath. Count Edmond Zichy, Vienna (President of the Vindibona and Ankcu- Insurance Companies Adalbert Zinner, Est, Merchant, Vienna. BANKERS AND FOREIGN CORRESPONDENTS, AunbUrEr—M. Paul Von Stetten. Berlin—Messrs. Mendelssohn and Co. Frankfort 0. M.—Messrs. Grunelius and Co. Munich—Messrs. Robert De Froelich and Co. Paris—Messrs. Mallet Freres and Co. Trieste—Messrs. A and G. Schroder. BANKERS AND FINANCIAL AGENTS IN LONDON. Messrs. Glyn, Mills, and Co., 67, Lombard-street, E.C. Messrs. Bircham, Dalry SOLICITORS. inple, Drake, and Ward, 46, Parl a ment-street, Westminster, S.W. George E. Seymortr, Es E q n ., O 3li . , F ri l `trogmorton-street, E.C. GENF..RAL MANAGER IN LONDON. Francis Bretva, Esq. (lately with Messrs. Fruhling and Goschen). offices_ f 'Vienna -5, Habsburg<.nr Gasse. (London -10, Birchin-lane, Lombard-street, E.C, PROSPECTUS. TFA Company is formed under a direct concession granted by the Imperial Government, for the purpose of promoting 8 -ad extending commercial and financial relations between Austria and England. These relations are daily increasing tn importance under the influence of the ameliorated political and fiscal system which has been definitively adopted by the Austrian Administration and Legislature. The Company will carry on the ordinary business of a Bank of Deposit, Discount, and Exchange, and all operations con nected with Bankingtransactions and Financial Agency. The Lead office will be inVienna, with branches at Trieste,Praaue, .Brunn, and other towns in the Austrian empire in which it may be found profitable from time to time to form establish ravuts._ _ _ In England, the interests of the Bank will be represented, and the business conducted by the English members of the Board, Messrs. Glyn, Mills, and Co. being the Financial Agents and Bankers of the Company. The 1 iirectors point with sati.faction to their having se cured the services of Mr. Francis Breuer as th it London Ma nager. Mr. Breuer's experience of German Commercial and Financial business— acquired during 25 years' service with the firm of Messrs. Fruhling and Goschen—peculiarly qualify him for the efficient performance of the important duties to 'which lie has been appointed. The Concession has been obtained by the Directors and made over by them to the Company, without consideration , or other charge than the preliminary expenses, which will be limited to the disbursements made, and are of small amount. The Company has not been brought forward until, by care ful negotiation. it as been tha its formtion is desired by the Aust h rian Executive, aecertained and that, t besides the grant of a direct concession, the Imperial Government will be pre- Pared to open an account current with the head office of the Bank, and to employ the branches of the institution in a va • lief) , of ways, in facilitating the revenue collections and other operations of the Government, not overlooking the import ance of th e measures which are being constantly directed to the complete re-establishment of the paper currency upon the soundest basis. As Some evidence of the satisfactory result of the negotia tions which have taken place the directors are authorised to insert in this Prospectus the following extracts from a Minute delivered to the Company by his Excellency M. Von Piener, the 'lsliniater of Finance at Vienna, viz. Referringto the fact that one of th e p r i nc i pa l o bj ects of the establishment of the proposed Anglo-Austrian Bank, is to facilitate operations in Austrian Securities, and having tscgard also to the desire of the Imperial Government to aid vs far as Practicable in bringing about a closer union between the financial and commercial interests of Austria and England than at present exists, the Imperial Government intends (so far as it should appear to itself compatible with the success of their financial measures—and with any legal direction which may be specially t.rescribed in reference to any parti cular operation) to give to the Bank the opportunity of under taking such financial operations—whether the issue of loans, placing of bonds or otherwise ; as the Government may de sire to effect on the London market. "The Government also intends to open an account-current with the Bank." There cannot be any question as to the profit able nature of the field fcr the operations of a banking establishment in A ustria , conducted on sound principles. There arc few recent changes of more importance and in terest than the remarkable advance which Austria has made during the last few years under the influence of its thoroughly revised policy. The harmony happily established between the Imperial G overnment and the representatives of the different orders of the State, as assembled in the Ref chsratli, has removed most of the impediments which formerly prevent( d Austria from enjoying the benefit s o f i ts vast commercial and agricultural ut ees. Supported by th e t ree d e b ates of the Parliament, the Government has been enabled to enter with vigour upon 1). fiscal policy founded upon tree-trad e v i ews ; and to apply, many directions, measures specially adapted to deyelope the wealth and enterprise of the country. River steam navi gation has assumed large proportions. The extent of rail- Ways in operation has increased from 1,70 English miles in 1855 to nearly 4,000 in the present year; and the railway system has been actually completed up to a point which leaves few of the leading districts of the empire unsupplied. Still more important has been the marked increase in the ac tivity of private trade and in the magnitude of individual enterprise ; and that this altered state'of things is solid and real, is sufficiently attested by the great recovery of the Aus trian finances during the last two years. Under the measures passed in 1862, the paper currency is in rapid process of re form—and since June of that year, the Exchange on Lon , :on has improved from 140 to 110 in favour of Vienna The rise In the price of Austrian Government Stock, since the same date, being equal, upon an average, to 22 per cent. In the speech delivered by the Emperor, at the opening of the Reichsrath, in Jute last (1863), he was abl e t o d we ll pro minently on the improved aspect of affairs, and to state that the finances of the empire have so rapidly improved during the l'arliamentary recess that the Government will not now require the twelve millions of florins voted last year to cover deficiences then anticipated. Between 1851 and 1861 the export and import trade of Austria may be said to have doubled; but even at its present amount of, say, 50 millions sterling, it is still very far below t he capabilities of the 40 millions of Austrian subjects, who inhabit provinces extending to an area of 240,000 square 'nines, in the most fertile and diversified parts of Southe rn Europe. When it is proposed, therefore, to extend to Austria the appliances of Banking, according to sound English rrinci- Pies, it is important to bear in mind that the new institution I , not carried to a field already full or offering few advan tages,A but is appli e d p rec i se l y un d er th ose c i rcumstances -ill which the success of Banks has been most conspicuous— viz., to a rich country, and an enterprising people entering with every encouragement upon the development of their skill and their resources. In the statutes, as passed by the Imperial Government, the capital is divided into Shares of £5O or 500 florins each ; but, in consequence of representations made to the Directors, and in order to render the Shares of the Bank more readily nego tiable in the Principal money -markets of tho Continent, the Government has been solicited to authorise £2O as the de nomination of the Shares, and an assurance has been received that such application will be moted. To avoid delay in the establishment of the Bank, it has been decided to issue the capital in Scrip Certificates of £2O each, exchangeable hereafter (at a date to be announced, and When £6 has been paid thereon) into Shares to bear as above stated. Under the revised Austrian Commercial Code, the payment of £6 per £2O Scrip Cer 4 Aifieate, equal to 30 per cent. of the capital, will enable th e Bank to commence business at once, with the advantage of limited liability, and without further demands upon its silareholders. the office 4:?ou of the C‘mcession and Statutes will be deposited at str ffi of the S , ol , citors to the Company, 46, Parliament eet, Westmir stet. should A ~ s er. eheuhaPPlteadons made in London for Scrip Certificates of the conia.ser dressed to the Directors in England at the Offices aecompa n i;4 l l; but no application will be considered, unless for the cle:oo,ii - ' 3r the receipt of M essrs. Gl yn, Mills, and Co. plied for of £2 per Scrip Certificate on the number ap- This fle posit will be. returned in the e ven t o f th e application not he'ing acc eded to applied towards the l'u and, if an allotment be made,.it will be Forms of ApplicatiuonanTaiyn deposit of £4 per Scrip Certificate. maybe obtained and will be received at the Offices of the Offices, 10, Birchhl-lave, Lombares a treet, E.C. ; and ha London at the October, 1863. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SCRIP CERTIFICATES. To the Directors in England of the Anglo-Austrian Bank. Gentlemen,—Having paid to your credit, with Messrs. Glyn, Mills, and Co., the sum of hereby request that you will allot me Scrip Certificates of £2O each in the Anglo-Austrian Bank, and I hereby agree to accept such Scrip Certificates, or any smaller number that may be allotted to me, upon the terms of the Prospectus, and to pay the further deposit of £2 per Scrip Certificate upon the num ber allotted to me, at such time and in such manner as you may appoint. I am, Gentlemen, Name in full Address in full Occupation Date C EL EBRATION of the TERCENTENARY of Avo the BIRTH. of SHAKSPEARE, at Stratford-upon n. The Tercentenary Committee (of which Sir Robert N. C. Hamilton, Bart, K.C.B , is Chairman) are now receiv ing SUBSCRIPTIONS, and . they may also be paid to the account of tire Tercentenary Committee, at the Stourbridge ;,_nd Kidderminster or Warwick and Leamington Banks, s4tratford-Apon-Avon ; Messrs. Greenway, Smith, and g i e t e r y, Warwick ; or their London agents, Messrs. 01 _ , 1. ayne, and Co., Messrs. Hanburys and Co., or Messrs. Glyn atld Co , bankers, London. The pr tie". rcen tenary Committee, in submitting the subscrip ot shaktto the nation, most earnestly appeal to the admirers r.et t oPeare for their aid and assistance. The Committee the birtif claims upon the ground that Stratford is not only all allni r l i ace of Shakspeare. but the centre of attracon to home, the of the great Poet's works, and that i wash is he loved, and where he lived and died. YAI It ° I 1 r D Ter th e i n , - " f EE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, way Ternitnw, fnediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail presidse' President_ t i a n t g; o 's ja ler T os h s e . QUEEN. rrrea:--The Duke of BUCCLEUCH, K.G. . °terEdward Masterman, Esq. This was the first h and instant ad mality of governors' let(t), n i i, aion os t Pital to introduce the principle of free the destitute sick, without the f or tution in its most pitiable 7 It is entirely devoted to Glesti panted by sickness and d rhi -- -viz., that which is accom magnitude that, with a t i er ,,,"a 4 B e, and is now of sufficient capable of admitting into itVt` e _, R nport, it may be rendered the casual sick of this great ,;; M t . " a very large proportion of _rvortoiia. It requires but the funds in order to have 500 betlse our Liaiilable for the reception of than 3,000 out-patients a week. these the most wretched of z;cnrtures. Moreover, it gratuitously affords medical advi on the average, medicine to more, Tile weekly Board feel it th e i r imperati% duty to make an EARNEST APPEAL to the publi c for to enable th em to admit and relieve th e dist n Tied support, ressing, cases that daily present themselves. Contributions are received by the Treasurer, Edward Masterman, Esq., Nicholas-lane ; also by iklessrs. Co tt d Co. ; Drummond and Co. Co.; Herries and Co. ; Rans o n 8 and Co. ; Prescott Grote,Smith, Payne, and Co. m ; G'yn and Co. ; Jones Loyd and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; p' and and Co. ; W .Ilianis, Deacon, and Co. ; Overend, Gurney and Co. ; Nisbet and Co. ; Messrs. J. Barned and Co., Liverpool mid at the hospital. STANFORD _S. SMITH _Secretary, No. 22,244. THE DISCOUNT CORPORATION (Limited). Established under the Companies Act, with Limited Liability. Capital, Two Millions Sterling, in 20,000 Shares of £lOO each. F:rst issue, 10,000 Shares. Deposit, £1 per Share on application. and 1 10s. on allot ment. It is not contemplated to call up more than £2O per Share. Calls not to exceed £5, at intervals of not less than Three Months. DIRECTORS. James Bruce, Esq. (Messrs. Bruce and Co.), Abchurch-lsne. Charles Bye Colchester, Esq. (Messrs. Colchester and Wool ner), South Sea House. IL D. Cartwright, Esq., 61, Moorgate-street (Messrs. Leckie and Co., Bombay), late Chairman of Commercial Bank of India. Horatio Sydney Coulson, Esq. (Messrs. Bruce and Co.), Ab church-1 an e. George Lyall. Esq., Mincing. lane (Messrs. Lyall, Still, and Co., Hong Kong). Charles Edward Mangles, Esq., Director of the Union Bank of Australia. Thomas Stenhouse, Esq., Director of the Chartered Mercan tile Bank of India. John Torrance, Esq., Director of the Alliance Bank. Edmund Westby, Esq., Director of the Bank of Victoria. BANKERS. Alliance Bank of London and Liverpool, Lothbury, London, and Brown's-buildings, Liverpool. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Flux and Argles, 9, Mincing-lane. BROKERS. Messrs. J. and J. WhiteheA, R, Moorgate-street. SECRETARY (pro tem.)—Robert Slater, junior, Esq. Temporary Offices of the Corporation-26, Change-alley, Cornhili, E.C. PROSPECTUS , The Discount Corporation is established to aid the mone tary arrangements of the increasing commercial interests of Great Britain and its dependencies. In founding this undertaking the Directors have secured the co-operation of an old and highly-respected Discount Firm in London, with whom arrangements have been made for the transfer of its lucrative business to this Corporation, and two of whose partners join the Direction. It will thus be manifest that the Discount Corporation starts with a large and valuable connection, and acquires the experience of Directors whose influence and intelligence are certain to command the confidence of the public. The material basis of the Corporation will be a large sub scribed Capital, judicially distributed. The recent creation of several large Indian and Colonial banking institutions, coupled with the expanding home and continental trades of the country, and the greatly extending commerc.al transactions with India and the Colonies, lead to the conviction that greater discounting facilities than at pre sent exist are required. A n establishment, which from its ample me ans will be able to supply such requirements, will no doubt be favourably re ceived by the trading community, and will at the same time afford a safe and profitable return equally to those who seek the permanent investment of their money, and to those who merely desire the temporary employment of their surplus The known profitable operations of the old private D 43- count Firms, and the new Discount Companies, give the as surance that a purely Discount business, prudently managed, will prove a complete success. The Head Office of the Corporation will be in London. No promotion-money will be given for originating the undertaking, and the preliminary expenses will be strictly confined to such as are indispensable. Applications for Shares may be addressed in the annexed form to the Directors, and copies of the prospectus may be obtained at the Temporary Offices of the Corporation, or at the Offices of the Brokers and Solicitors ; but no application will be considered unless a deposit of £1 per share on the number of shares applied for has been paid. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To be retained by the Bankers. No. --- To the Directors of the Discount Corporation (Limited). Gentlemen,—Raving paid to your Bankers the sum of , being a deposit of ZI per Share on Shares in the above Corporation, I hereby request that you will allot me that number, and I agree to become a member of the Cor poration in respect of such Shares, or in respect of any less number you may allot me, and to execute the Articles of Association when required ; and I request that my name may be placed on the Register of Members for the Shires so allotted. Name in full Residence , Profession or Business w Date IIiNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library, and Dining-room, consisting of a new and eiegant assort ment of VASES, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obelisks, Ink stands, beautiful inlaid Tables, Paperweights, &a, in Italian, Alabas er, Parian, Marble, Bronze, Derbyshire Spar, &o. Imported and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Mine ralogist to her Majesty, 149, Stand, W.C., London. Mr. Tennant arranges elementary collections of SHELLS, MINERALS, ROCKS, and FOSSILS, which will greatly facilitate the interesting study of ISIINERALOGY, CON CHOLOGY. end GEOLOGY, at 2,5, 10, 20, 50, to 100 guineas each. PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and MINE. RALOGY is given by Mr. TENNAN 2, at 149, Strand, W.C. RIIPTURES.-BY ROYAL LETTERS 'PATENT. WHITE'S MOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (PERFECTED AND EXHIBITED IN THE GREAT EXHIBITIONS OF 1851 AND 1862), is allowed by upwards of Two Hundred Medical Gentlemen to be the most effective nvention in the curative treatment of 11 EItN 1 A. The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effects, is here avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the body, while the requisite resisting , power is supplied by the Moe-Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease and closeness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn during sleep. A descriptive circular may be had, and the truss, which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the cir cumference of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manufacturer, Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly. A Single Truss, 165., 215., 265. 6d., and 31s. 6ti. Postage, 15. A. Double Truss, 31s. 64., 425., and 525. fid. Postage, is Bd. An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. Postage, ls. 10d. Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post office, Piccadilly. NEW PATENT ELASTIC STOCKINGS, KNEE-CAPS, ,tc., for Varicose Veins and all cases of ''Aritakness and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, &o. They are porous, light in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on We an ordinary stocking. Price 4s. 6d., 7s. 6d., 10s., to Ns. eaciii. Postage 6d. JOHN WHITE, Manufacturer. 228. Piccadilly. ARMY CONTRACTS. Commissariat Office, Aldershot, Oct. 9, 1863. T ENDERS will be received at this Offi ce , until 12 o'clock noon, on TUESDAY, the 3d November, 1863, from persons who may be widing to enter into Contracts to supply FLOUR AND MEAT, in such quantities as may be required, from the let December, 1863, to 31st May, 1864, for the use of her Majesty's Forces stationed at Aldershot Camp, and within the command. Separate Tenders are required for Flour and for Meat. Forms of Tender and Conditions of Contract may be ob tained on application at this office, by letter or in person, between the hours of ten and four o'clock. The Tenders must be properly filled up and signed, and delivered at this office (under closed envelope, marked on the outside "Tender for Army Supplies,") and no 'render will be noticed unless made on forms obtained from this office, and delivered by the hoar appointed. ARMY CONTRACTS. Commissariat-office, Aldershot, Oct. 9 , 1863 . TENDERS will be received at this Office. until 12 o'clock, noon, on TUESDAY, the 3d November, 1b63, from persons who may be willing to enter into Contract to supply FLOUR FOR HOSPITAL BREAD, in such quantities as may be required, from the Ist Decem ber, 1863, to 31st May, 1.61, for the use of Her Majesty's Forces stationed at Aldershot Camp, and within the com mand. Forms of Tender and Conditions of Contract may be ob tained on application at this office, by letter or in person, be tween the hours of ten and four o'clock. The Tenders must be properly filled up and signed, and delivered at this office (under closed envelope, marked on the outside " Tender tor Army Supplies"), and no tender will be noticed unless made on forms obtained from this office, and delivered by the hour appointed. ARMY CONTRACTS. Commissariat Office, Aldershot, Oct, 9,1863. TENDERS will be received at this O f f i ce , until 12 o'clock, noon, on THURSDAY, the sth November, 1863, from persons who may be willing to enter into Con tract to supply PAILLASSE STRAW AND STRAW FOR ROYAL ENGINEER SERVECE, in such quantities as may be required fram the Ist December, 18f3, to 30th November, 1801, for the use of her Majesty's Forces stationed at Aldershot Camp, and within the com mand. Forms of Tender and Conditions of Contract may be ob tained on application at this office, by letter or in person, between the hours of ten and four o'clock. The Tenders must be properly filled up and signed, and delivered at this office (under closed entrelope, marked on the out,ide "Tender for Supply of Straw)," and no Tender will be noticed unless made on forms obtained from this office, and delivered by the hour appointed. (Incorporated b ROYAL NAT Royal Charter). PAT RONESS — Her Most G y NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION the ruk sMe Majesty the Queen. PRESIDENT —Vice-Admiral he K.G., F.R.S. of Nor thumberland, CHAIRMAN—Thos. Baring, Esq. , M,p, F.R DEPIITY-CIIAIRIIIAN—Thomas Chapman, V.P.v APPEAL. V.P. The Committee of Management have to state that, nee ,, the beginning of' the year 1861, the Royai National I.,4:10-a-r. Institution has expended £28,550 on various Lifeboat Estab lishmentsb on the Coasts of England, Scotland, and ireland:The number of lives saved by the Life-boats ot the Society, and other means, since i ts formation, is 13 ,220 tor' which services 82 Gold Medals, 733 Silver Medals, a n d £17,200 in cash have been paid in rewards. The Institu tion has also expended £75,380 on Life-boats, Life-boat Transporting-can iages, and Boat-houses. The Committee desire to express their grateful sense of the generous support which they have received from the British public during the past few years, a support which has enabled them to establish their present magnificent fleet of 125 Lifeboats on the shores of the United Kingdom. Deeply sensible, however, of the great responsibility that rests on them to maintain their fleet in a thoroughly efficient state, and its Crews practised in the management of their boats, whinti can only be effected by a large and permanent annual income, they earnestly appeal to all classes of their countrymen to aid them In upholding and perpetuating so great and truly national a work. The Committee gratefully acknowledge the following con tributions:— £ s. d Eder Majesty the Queen •• •• •• annual 50 0 0 Campbell, the Hon. Mrs. G. .. .. annual 5 0 0 Clerk, Colonel, R.A. .. annual 1 1 0 Coutts and Co., Messrs., Bankers .. annual 10 0 0 Currie, Wm. Esq., 4th don.lo 0 0 Erie, Lord Chief Justice .. don. 10 10 0 Fanshawe, Vice-Admiral Sir A.. K.C.B. .. 2d don. 25 0 0 Fenwick, G. J., —sq., cost of a Lifeboat and Tran sporting Carriage 250 0 0 Harvey, Rev. G. G. and Mrs. ••don. 30 0 Martin, Sir Henry, Bart. • • .. 7th don. 10 0 0 Palmer, Sir Roundel], M.P., H.M.'s Solici tor-General •• .. annual 2 2 0 R o yal Yacht Squatiron .. annual 10 0 0 don. 100 0 0 'Tomes, 1;e don. collected by her Ladyship • • • • • • • • • 16 16 0 W ill ou ghby d'Eresby, Lord . annual 5 0 0 Donations and Annual Subscriptions will be thankfully re eived by the Bankers of the Institution, Messrs. Willis, Yerckial, and Co., 76, Lombard-street ; Messrs. Coutts p• - • - Co., 59, Strand ; Difessrs. Herries, Farquhar, and C" James's-street, London ; by a 1 the Collector and Bankers in the United Kingdom ; Richard Lewis, Esq., at the Oflic" Jolla-street, Adelphi, London, ~., VS, St. -0 of Customs Dy tine Secretary, of the' Institution, 14, . t 1l•« 4 . -tte qr• . • =:?4,‘ • . 11161 • 'A. 4- li fted 14W' ie _ ti\ ‘\ • “' DIE I,'" L _ 2S 4 7 ..1111,111` . I _ , THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 13, 1863, press my own opinion, and that of my fellow-Members, I would give you a reply immediately, but prescribed forms do not allow me. I shall therefore, in due time, request you to hear the reply of the Assembly ; and I can assure you that the Assembly, on taking the subject into consideration, will pronounce a decision consonant with their national dignity, and they reserve themselves to adopt on that occa sion measures adequate to afford a proof of their sentiments towards her Most Gracious Majesty and the Protecting Powers. 122. FLEET-STREET, LONDON. MESSRS. JOHN MAXWELL AND CO. beg to announce that the undermentioned Works may be now had at every Circulating Library. Subscribers to those useful Institutions should not experience any delay in ob taining copies, as adequate editions have been printed, and the type is kept standing, to meet every demand as quickly as it arises :- 1. SACKVILLE CHASE. 3 vols. By order of the Assembly, N. Lusi, Secretary of the Assembly. THE CONFEDERATE STEAM RAMS. 2. STRONGHAND. By G. AIMARD. 2 vols. 3. BREAKFAST IN BED. By GEORGE AUGUSTUS SALA. 1 VOI. The Liverpool Emancipation Society have pre sented the following memorial to Lord Russell on this subject:— . _ 4. THE REV. ALFRED HOBLUSH AND HIS CURACIES. 1 vol. 5. SECRETS OF MY OFFICE. 1 vol. The Liverpool Emancipation Society to tht Right Hon. Earl Russell, K.G., her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. My Lord,—With great respect we call your lordship's attention to the following circumstances ?—As your lord ship is aware, the steamships Alabama and Florida were built in this port; fitted out, manned and armed mainly by British subjects, and, having been placed under the flag of the so-styled Confederate States, have been employed in injuring the commerce of a nation with which her Majesty is at peace. _ _ _ 6. CROSS OF HONOUR. 1 vol. [This day. London : John Maxwell and Co.. 122, Fleet-street. VELLUM MANUSCRIPT OF VIRGIL.-- A MS. Copy of " THE .51NEID," on Vellum, and of the 13th century, has recently been offered for sale at a price much below its value. Should any person hare lost such a MS., further particulars of the one above-mentioned may be obtained by applying to Messrs. BOONE, Booksellers, 29, New Bond street. T " 0X F ORD, 6, OXFORD STREET, W. The commanders of these ships, instead of awaiting the decision of duly authorized prize courts, have burned their captures at sea or put them to ransom, even though much of the cargo belonged to neutrals. A new practice, little removed from piracy, is thus likely to become in a manner legalised. The precedents now being established may one day prove as injurious to Great Britain as they now are to the United States. THIS EVENING, wiil be performed Operatic Selections from Sir Henry R. Bishop's THE SLAVE, CLARA, the MAID of MILAN, and Bellini's SONNAMBULA. Principal Artistes—Miss Russell, Miss Ellison, Messrs. Green, Bernardi, Ruish, &c., with full band and chorus. Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans. Flute Solos by Drew Dean, &c. Comic, by UNSWORTH (" or any oiler man "), Eugene, W. Randall, George Hodson, and those marvellous French Clowns, Messrs. ARTHUR and BERTRAND. Also, a Pei formance by Herr SCHALKENBACH on his wonderful instrument, the PIANO ORCHESTRE, contain ing a full baud of 40 instruments. The HALL has just been newly Decorated and Ventilated, and is one of the most Beautiful in the Metropolis. The fact that these ships have been thus built and equipped has naturally excited much ill-feeling on the part of our kinsmen on the other side of the Atlantic ; nor does the allegation that our laws cannot reach the offenders tend to allay it. They naturally say that if the statute law does not cover the offence, it is the duty of Government to make such alterations as will meet the difficulty; and they point to the fact that when a large party in Canada took up arms to sever th e connex i o n between the colony an d th e mother country, and it was feared that the sympathies of a portion of the Ame r ic an p e ople might lead to a lt erca ti ons with re te ai ß a British Government, by which th e execut i ve wast, they at once pas se d an ac t (to authorised to prevent vessels from sailing, if there were reasonable grounds even to suspect that they would pass into the hands of the colonists in arms. If the law of Great Britain does not prevent the building of steam rams and other ships of war for belligerents, we respectfully submit to your lordship that an immediate revision of it should take place. The commander of the Florida has distinctly stated that his ship was built for the so-styled Confederate Go vernment. Legal proof that she was so built, sufficient to convict the builders, may be wanting; but surely th e r e should be some remedy for such a state of things. No go vernment, or assumed government should be permitted to make use of our ports for purposes hostile to those with whom we are on friendly terms. It would, if there were no remedy, draw us inta war in spite of our determination to remain neutral. The interests of our people are too vast to be thus jeopardised. We would therefore ask your lordship to take such measures as may be needful to obtain satisfac tion for the outrages already offered to her Majesty's sove reignty, and effectually to prevent their recurrence at the hands of any persons exercising, or assuming to exercise, pow era of government. It was hoped that the energy displayed by your lordship in the seizure of the Alexandra would have deterred our shipbuilders from further pursuing a most mischievous trade. Unfortunately this hope has not being realised. It is noto rious that both in this port and on the Clyde war ships have been built and are now being fitted out with, it is believed, the object of committing hostilities against a people with whom we are on terms of amity. The fact that two of these war ships have been launched from the yard of the builders of the notorious Alabama lends countenance and probability to the popular belief. We therefore learn with feelings of unmingled satisfaction that your lordship has ordered the detention of the two steam rams built at Birkenhead, and now nearly ready for sea, and we trust that the course you have thus begun will be unflinchingly persevered in until guarantees be given,that they shall not be used against any nation with which her Majesty is at peace. If this course should accidentally lead to any undue hardship to the builders or others of her Majesty's subjects, the nation can indemnify them for the loss sustained. A single day of hostility, or even of estrangement, between the two freest nations of the world would be far more costly than the full mercantile value of these war ships. It is im possible for the people of the United States to observe un moved and without resentment the part some of our fellow subjects have acted towards them. Under similar provocation we believe it would hardly have been possible co restrain the British nation from the strongest demonstra tions of indignation--probably even from war itself. Surely our Government will do as it would be done by. In follow ing this line of actionyour lordship will be sustained by the nation, and you will add yet another to the many services you have rendered in the course of a long and honourable public career.—We remain your lordship's obedient servants CHARLES WILSON, Chairman. ROBERT TRIMBLE, Secretary. Liverpool, Sept. 28. Open at 8 o'clock. Admission, 6d. ; stalls and balcony, ls. ; private boxes, 10s. 6d. ('CANTERBURY HALL " GHOST."—In order k.) to gratify the curiosity of nightly-increasing crowds, ➢lr. C. MORTON has transferred the representation of Pro fessor Pepper and HenryDircks, Esq.'s, world-famed spectral Illusion, " THE GHOST," to the Concert Hall, where a new and elegant stage is erected, affording a more ample view of the Illusion from Stalls, Balcony, and body of the Hall. He has also arranged for Mr. A. Silvester to give (with all that gentleman's latest improvements and effects), REPRESENTATIONS EACH EVENING, at half-past Nine o'clock. All the other Musical and Pictorial attractions as usual, including Operatic Selections, &c. ; Comedy by Unsworth (the modern Demosthenes), Eugene, George Hodson, E. Marshall, and the marvellous Arthur and Bertrand. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. 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Fox's celebrated nab wash Formula, for removing scurf and curling the hair, teven stamps, CAPTAIN WHITE'S ORIENTAL PICKLE, CURRY or MULLIGATAWNY PASTE, Curry Powder, and Curry Sauce. may De ob,ained from all Sauce Vendors, and wholesale of CROSSE and BLACKWELL, Purveyors to the Queen, Soho-square, London, THE lONIAN ISLANDS. We take the following from the Corfu Gazette of Oct. 3 ; The following is the speech of his Excellency the Lord High Commissioner of the United States of the lonian Islands to the Legislative Assembly of the said States : Mr. President and Gentlemen,—You have already learnt from my proclamation the reasons which induced the pro tecting Sovereign to dissolve the late lonian Parliament. Her Majesty the Queen, ever desirous of testifying her friendship and goodwill towards the Greek nation, has with a view to increase the territory and to consolidate the strength of the Greek kingdom, intimated to the Powers of Europe her readiness to relinquish the Protectorate hitherto held by her over these States in virtue of the treaty of 1315. Mindful of her solemn obligations, the Queen has been de sirous of ascertaining from the lonian pecple their wishes in regard to their national future. Her Majesty, therefore, under the powers reserved by the Constitution, has con vened a new Parliament as the legal and authentic me thod of ascertaining these wishes. By means of the pro visions stipulated by the Constitution, a full cognizance of the condition of public affairs has been acquired by the lonian people, and free and unbiassed elections have given them the opportunity of deliberately forming and expressing their opinion on a question so intimately connected with the national interests. They have availed themselves of this opportunity by electing the present Assembly, and I now call upon you, Gentlemen, to inform me in the usual address, with a delay as short as you may consider proper, whether it is, or is not, the desire of the people, by whom you have been chosen, and whose repre sentatives you are, that the Protectorate of her Majesty the Queen, my august Sovereign, over these States should cease, with the intent that the lonian Islands should form hence forth a portion of the Kingdom of Greece under his Ma jesty King George and his successors. In case your answer should be in favour of annexation to Greece, it will be my duty to lay before you, by message, certain detailed arrangements which are requisite for the completion of this measure :- 1. It will be necessary that you should pass a resolution in the usual constitutional form, by which, after the cessation of the British Protectorate, and until the establish ment of the new Constitution, his Majesty the King of the Hellenes shall be enabled to exercise in these States all rights of Sovereignty, including those privileges and func tions heretofore exercised by the Protecting Sovereign, the Lord High Commissioner and the most Illustrious the Senate. 2. I shall propose to you, in the name of her Majesty, that, on the cessation of the payment of the sums hereto fore reserved as the contribution for military protection, and as the Civil List of the Lord High Commissioner, there shall be reserved as the first charge on ithe lonian revenue the sum of £lO,OOO yearly in augmentation of the Civil List of his Majesty King George. a I shall call upon you to recognise all contracts and en g a gements entered into by or on behalf of the lonian Government up to this time, and all equitable claims on the same. 4. I shall also invite you to make provision for the pre servation and s a f eguard of the British Cemeteries in this interests and,the oth er I slands. 5. I shall h ave to inform you of the terms on which her Majesty's Gove rnment is prepared to come to a settlement of the debt of £90,289 s s . 7 d, due to Great Britain for ar rears of military co n t r ib ution. Should your vote b e i n f avour of the cessation of the Protectorate, and of the p roposed union with Greece, it will be necessary that her Majesty th e Q ueen should invite the Powers parties to the Treaty ojun ctioonf November, o l o li e 1 , 5 o , o t o o o r revise vtihs the ' in conjunction of Greece, to m a k e such arrangements as the future welfare of th ese States and the permanent that m e r r a em t t eaacy treaty nt eon g tend Pow ers d to e w fits of Europe. t re I now leave you to your deliberations, an d i n so doing will merely echo the wish expressed by her Majesty , you may be guided to a wig() decision, and that the that na rional happiness and 'p ros perity of the lonian peopl e may, by your suffrageg, bQ secured on a solid foundation. P 4 command of his Excellency, IL DRUMMOND WOLFF, Secretary to the Lord High Commissioner. I The Most Illustrious the President of the Assnibly, Signor Dr. Stefano Padova!), then addressed hi s Excellency as follows : Ibly Lord,—lf it were in my power at this moment to ex- Murder in the County Waterford, In our last publication (says the Connie/ Chronicle) we detailed an occurrence at Ballymacarbery, nine miles from Clonmel, which presents a very suspi cious appearance. Fear s were entertained that an old man named Thomas Connolly had been foully dealt with. From intelligence which has reached us, it becomes frightfully apparent that a crime, horrible in its nature, and sickening in its details, has just been committed, We briefly recount a history of this painful case. It will be remembered by our readers that " in a cabin, upon a small retired farm near Ballymacarbery, lived an aged farmer, named Thomas Connolly, and his grandson, a youth named Carroll. Some short time since Carroll mar ried the daughter of a man named Thomas Walsh, who, under an agreeme n t, came to live in Connolly's house with Carroll and his wife. The grandson left home to perform some harvest work, and after a week's absence returned to his house. On arriving at home he found his poor old grandfather missing, and, despite his most searchi ng inquiries, could find no tidings of him. To his queries to his father and mother-in-law (Walsh and his wife) the answer was that the old man, on th e morning of the young man leaving home, got up and went out to work in he e since which time had a potato field,not returned. On further searching, Car ro ll f oun d h i s grand father's Sunday clothes in his boa, and in a potato furrow ho discovered the old man's spade. Connolly not appearing, Carroll, wearied and suspicious, at length had recourse to the police, and on Sunday he co mmunicated with the Ballymacarbery police, who laid the case before E. Mulcahy, Esq., J.P., Ball ymackee-house. The result of an inquiry then set on foot was the arrest of Walsh and his wife, and their committal to Clonmel jail. A search made by the poli ce f or the body of the missing man (the conviction being he had been murdered), aided by the C ountry people, proved fuitless, and justice c a me to a stand. This pause was, however, only for a short ti me , for Walsh's daughter, almost immediately afterwards, confessed that the day he r husban d went from home she heard some peculiar kind of chopping in hopping an out-house of the farm. On going to see what it was, she, horrible to relate , saw her father with a hatchet chopping up the b od y of Poor old C onno ll y , and she afterwards saw h im bur y t h© dismembered parts in a boggy portion o f the lan d , crushing them into the earth with his fe et. How far Mrs. Walsh is implicated in the foul d eed has not appea re d, b u t at present both parties are in prim], awaiting further proceedings. It would seem th e t rag i c occurrence owes its origin to a disp u t e a b out the produce of an acre of land. l'ir alshis daughter, the informant, is ie the hands of the authorities." The Waterford News corroborates the details of this barbarous murder, and s a y s that Walsh's da ug ht er gives a most circumstantial account of this most un-Irish crime. Unhappily there can be n o d ou bt about this murder. The suspicions of the magistracy and of people around have been fearfully realised ; and we understand that both Mr. Mulcahy and Mr. Warburton, 11. M., are now engaged in completing the chain of evidence necessary to place the perpe trator of this crime at the bar of justice. TAMWORTH ELECTION. The polling for this election commenced at eight o'clocir yesterday morning, at a room in the Town Hall, and a second room in Church -street. The candidates were the Hon. Henry Cowper, Liberal, whose cause was espoused by Sir Robert Peel; and Mr. John Peel of Middleton Hall, Con servative, and a manufacturer of Manchester. Party feel ing ran somewhat high, in consequence of a considerable number of the constituency taking umbrage at the interfer ence of Sir Robert Peel, alleging that it amounted to undue dictation on the part of the hon. baronet. It will b 9 seen from the list of the poll, which we subjoin below, that Mr. Peel led off with a majority and maintained it throughout the day : Peel. Cowper. Nine o'clock Ten o'clock 143 .... 94 Eleven o'clock - 174 .... 120 One o'clock Three o'clock Four o'clock About half-past four the Mayor, amidst loud cheers, officially declared the pall as being—Peel, 224 ; Cowper, 167; majority for Peel, 57. Mr. CowrEß afterwards addressed his supporters from the Peel Arms, warmly thanking them for the support ex tended to him. He knew well what an uphill race it had been. He had come there a perfect stranger, but if he had b e en earlier in the field, a few of those promises which Mr. peel had previously obtained might have fallen to his share. He did not wish to say more than to express a hope that, after that day the town would become as quiet as it was a month ago, and that they would all be as good friends as if they had never known him. id r . PEEL, in addressing his friends from his committee rool l3 ' said he was deeply obliged t o th em f or con f err i ng ope n him the greatest honour whi c h a man cou ld rece i ve from his fellow-citizens. (Loud cheers.) He had said to hi s constituents, if they could from their honest convic tions support him, let them do so ; if not, let them with hold their support. That was all the solicitation he had ma d e , He had never made them a promise, but he would do se n ew. He should go into th e H ouse o f C ommons an in d ep endent member of an independent constituency. cheers.) Not only was h e g l a d f or hi s own sa k e f or dignity the conferred upon him, but also for the dignity they badconferred upon themselves. (Loud cheers.) They shown their indep en d ence . If h e h a d no t p l e d ge d him had is(eLudd lofbef o re he would do so now , name l y , t o d o hi s duty t o th e best of his ability. (Tremendous cheering.) Dlr. Peel wasafterwards borne on a chair to his carriage amidst the vehement cheers of the crowd. mr. Glashier's Sixteenth Balloon Ascent for Scientific Purposes, on October 9. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUM. s in , —The place from which we ascended was the Crystal Palace; there were in the car, besides myself and Mr. Coxwell, the Hon. Robert J. Walker, M.A., counsellor-at law in the Supreme Court of the United States and late Secretary of the Treasury, Governor of Kansas, &c. ; Pliny mil e s, Esq., of the United States ; the Count Franz Schaffgotsch, of Berlin ; and Rowe, q. 1 We left the earth at 4h 29m ; in four minutes we were 9,5001 above the sea ; at 4h 3 8m the height was 5 , 400, crea sed t o 7,100 at 4h 43 m, when London-bridge was in directly u nder us. At 4h 46 m, the height was 7,200 f; we the , gradually sank to 2,300 f at 5h 15m ; in creased to 3,300 f at 5h 2 2m; decreased to 1,600 ft et 5h 3 6, 1 ; increased to 8,600 ft by 6h Om, and to a higher point afterwards; but it was too dark to read the instru - were on the ground at Gh 40m. men ts, and we The temperature was 5411 deg. at starting, was at the freezing point at the height of 5,600 ft, when we were over London, an d was 31 deg at 4h 43 m, when London-bridge was tinder us, and decreased t o 29 i deg at 7,200 ft ; it then increased to 441 deg at 1,600 ft, decreased to 26 deg at the h e ight of 8, 600 % after which I cou ld not read t h e instru ments. The air wa s moderately d ry at starting, and generally continued so ; but at times we passed through spaces which were very mo ist, but without v i s ibl e vapour. The same phenomenon I experienced in my recent ascent from Wol verhampton. The healtbs of our respective sovereigns were given— viz. " Our Que en. the E mperor of Austria, and the Presi det of the -u n ited States." Th en the Hon. Mr. Walker gave the toast—" May England and America be always at peace." raese toasts were given wh en we were 7 , 000 f eet high, and directly over London Bridge. The scene around was probably one that cannot b e equa ll ed in the world. Wi t h ane glance the homes of 3,000,000 people were seen, and so distinctly, that every largo building at every part was easily distingui shed, while those almost unde r us— viz , Tke Bank an d New g a te , the docks, and surrou n di ng buildings in suc h detail, that thei r i nner courts were visible, so that their ground plans could have been drawn. Can non-street, leading to St. Paul 's , was easily traced; it was difficult to believe at first that that small building was St. onwards, Oxf or d- street was visible, the Paul's. Loot in g Parks, the Houses of Parliament, and Milbank Prison, with its radiating lines from the centre, at once attracted notice. In fact, the whole of London was visible, and some parts of it very clearly so. Then all around there were lines of de tached villas, imbedded as it were in an abundance of shrubs ; an d beyond th e c ountry was like a ga r d en , w ith it s fields so well w aked, becoming smaller and smaller as the eye wandered f arther and farther awa y , Again, looking down, there was the Thames without the s li g ht es t mist, w ith all its windi ng course throughout its whole length, with innumerable ships, apparently very long and narrow, and steam boats like moving toys. Gravesend was visible, as were also the mouth of the Thames, and the coas t leading to Norfolk. The South ern b oundary of the mouth of the Thames wasnot so clear ; the se a b eyon d was seen for many miles; and when hi g her up I looked for the coast of France , but I could not see i t. On withdrawing the eye it was arrested by the garden-like appearance of the county of Bent, till again London claimed yet more at tention. Smoke, thin and blue, was curling above it, and slowly moving awa y in beautiful curves, from all but that part south of the Thames, where the smoke was less blue, and became apparently withmor . e dense, till the cause was evi dent, it being mixed southern limit of which was bounded by an even line, the meeting o f th e subsoils of gravel doubt l ess i n dicating and clay. The whole of the scene was surmounted by a canopy of blue, the sky be i ng quite clear and f ree from cloud every where, excep t i ng near the horizon, where a circul ar b an d of cumuli and strata clouds, extendin g a ll round, formed a fitti ng boundary for such . a scene. The sun was seen setting, ut was not itself v i s ibl e, excep t a small part through a break in a dark stratus cloud, and looked like an eye over-seeing all, The sunset, as seen from the earth, is described as fine, the air being clear and sha dows sharply defined; but as we rose the golden lines in creased in intensity, and, at this time, ejaculations escaped from all the occupants of the car. Both Mr. Walker and Mr. Miles have seen the sunsets of the Far West, and they expressed thems elves as never havin g seen anything so rich and picturesque. The richness of these colours decreased in intensity, both right and loft of the place of the sun, but their effects extended to fully a quarter part of the circle, where rose-coloured clouds limited the scene. The remainder of the circle was completed for the most part by pure white cumulus of well-rounded and symmetrical form. I have seen London from above by night, and I have seen it by day, when four miles high; but nothing could exceed the view on this occasion at the height of 1 mile, varying to 11 miles, with a clear atmosphere. The roar of London, even at the greatest height, was one unceasing rich and deep sound, and added interest to the general circumstances in which we were placed. My attention is, of necessity, constantly required at the instruments, and my notes upon general views are very hastily made, and my description, therefore, necessarily im perfect ; but Mr. Miles took notes on this occasion. and hope the public may have the benefit of them, I have received several communications from gentlemen who saw the balloon from Hyde-park, Oxford-street, and Deptford, in fact at points separated from each other by several miles, stating that the balloon was in their respec tive zeniths, indicating how few persons really looked di rectly overhead, and also how little confidence can be placed in estimated observations, particularly those made near the zenith. After 6 o'clock I watched the increasing blackness over the vanishing earth, the lighting up of the villages and towns, vanishing of the boundaries of the fields , the visibility of the first star, and the circumstances ge nerall y , till o n nearing the earth. Mr. Coxwell assigne d me. as No. 1, with abag of sand to discharge when No. 1 should be called out, the C ou nt Schaffgotsch with No. 2, and Mr. Miles with No. 3. On nearing the earth No. 1 obeyed by emptying his b a g, and we touched th e earth on one side of a hi gh thorn hedg e. "No more sand," cried Mr. Coxwell, "we shall rise nicely ;" and we did—hop over the hedge into the next field, and slid along till the grapnel caught in the hedge we had just passed over, and our journey was ended. Vivid lightning almost immediately afterwards played, at first start li n g Mr. Coxwell, who exclaimed, "what's that I" fearing the vicinity of a light near the gas then escaping from the balloon. O ur place of descent was Pinton G range, on the boun dary of the c ounties of Hertford and Bedford, on the farm of sgentle, very unlik e th a t i n Li nco l ns hi re ; Mr T . he descent Joseph and it was unlike, too, in other particulars. There—and, in fact, always far from London—we meet with much willing assistance ; but near London but little assistance is given willingly, and the descent of the balloon is more a pretext for as much extortion as Mr. Coxwell will put up With, This Was the case on this occasion, when two guineas Full benefit of reduced duty obtained by pur chasing Horniman's pure Tea; very choice at 3s. 4d. and 4s. "High Standard" at 4e. 4d. (formerly 4s. Bd.), is the strongest and most delicious imported. Agents in every town supply it in packets, PR1CE..........4d. STAMPED ....sd. What were required to carry the balloon tour or five mil es . was paid I know not. One exception I must make to this in the case of Mr. James King, who kindly drove me and the Hon. Mr. Walker from Pinton to Hitchin, for which our thanks are due. JAMES ULAISHEIt. Blackheath, Oct, 12. Earl Russell on the Danish Question. FNANKFORT ON-THE-MAINE, Oct. 9• The following is the text of Earl Russell's de spatch to Sir Alexander Malet, the British envoy to the German Diet, relating to the intended Federal execution in Holstein. The despatch, as has already been stated, has been communicated to the Federal Diet;— "Foreign Office, Sept. 29, 1863. " Sir,—Your despatch (No. 128) of the 21st September demonstrates conclusively that the posi tion of affairs between Denmark and Germany is becoming very serious. " You state that the report of a committee has been laid before the Federal Diet, and it appears from your analysis of the same that the committee recommend Federal execution in the duchy of Hol stein; that the report will be brought to the vote on the Ist of October; and that, in the event of its approval, execution will take place within, at the earliest, a period of three weeks. "It appears, further, from your despatch that the motives upon which Federal execution is based admit of the widest scope. " The report states :—'The object of the execu- tion unquestionably consists in carrying out the resolutions of the Diet, dated the 11th February and 12th August, 1858, the 4th March, 1860, the ith February, 1861, and the 9th July, 1863, in so far as these have not already taken place ; also in fulfilment of the stipulations contracted in 1851 and 1852 with respect to the duchies of Holstein and Lauenburg, and announced by Royal proclama tion; also in the establishment of a joint constitu- tion uniting the above-mentioned duchies with Schleswig and with the kingdom of Denmark Proper in a similar bond, establishing the inde pendence and equal rights of each portion in such a manner that no part shall be subordinate to another, and at the same time in the establishment of provincial constitutions for the Duchies of Hol stein and Lauenburg, containing elective represen tation with legislative power. " Her Majesty's Government are unable to close their eyes to the gravity of the report which the Federal Diet has taken into its consideration. " If the report of the committee had confined itself to stating that the Royal proclamations do not comply with the resolution of the Federal Diet in respect to the Duchy of Holstein ; that the Duke of Holstein was not entitled to dispose of the finances of Holstein without the assent of his Estates ; that he had no right to promulgate laws for Holstein otherwise than with the cooperation of the Holstein Diet ; and that the prolonged hesi tation of the - Danish Government to bring about a satisfactory state of things had rendered Federal execution necessary. Her Majesty's Government, while regretting that the German Federal Diet intervened at the present time, would yet not have denied the claim of the principles advanced to be considered the real and essential bases of constitu tional government. . .N EWS PAPER ~,,e, .- ---1 1' - Pffl• -:- .4 5' 4, 2 ------ - 4t ve ) ) tain present prices. There is an abundan r. 1 , , r-P,::11 :14; )I ., - VZ , ,2..;v .w, _'' F. .. barley even to satisfy the ale brewers of Burto :cit ?Ay; - , 4: ;.,t ;-; r---/ Trent ; who are, however, great friends to ti :.., ______ 7 r .:, '-• 4 4 4 ',' 4 .7 growers, being always determined to have the bett;:: --- l-5-L _ --,5,-/N` be the prices for such what they may. They thus K a s compel many maltsters to give also a high rate, if these buyers require also quality.—Mark -lane. Express. Naval and Military Intelligence. "But it cannot be required that the constitution of the entire Danish monarchy should be subjected to the jurisdiction of the Germanic Confederation. "If the Estatos of the Duchies of Holstein and Lauenburg were permitted to veto the proceedings of the Danish Parliament and Danish Government, it is evident that the measures necessary for the defence of Denmark against a foreign enemy might be prevented, the entire activity of the monarchy be paralysed, and the integrity and independence of Denmark be seriously threatened. "By the Convention of London of May S, 1852, her Majesty is bound to respect the integrity and independence of Denmark. The Emperor of Austria and the King of Prussia have undertaken a similar obligation. " Her Majesty would not look with indifference upon a military occupation of Holstein, which would only cease under seriously disadvantageous conditions to the constitution of the entire Danish monarchy. " Her Majesty's Government could neither recog nise such a military occupation as a legitimate exercise of the authority of the Confederation, nor admit its designation by the name of a Federal execution. " Her Majesty's Government could not remain indifferent to the influence of such a proceeding upon Denmark and the interests of Europe. " Her Majesty's Government therefore earnestly recommends the German Federal Diet to abstain from its intention, and to submit the question in dispute between Germany and Denmark to the me. diation of other Powers uninterested in the differ. ence, but deeply concerned in the maintenance of the peace of Europe and the independence of Den mark.—l am, &c,, THE NAVY. The Falcon, 17, serew corvette, completed her course of trials, prior to commission, at Portsmouth Yesterday, under the supervision of the officers of the steam factory and reserve. She is 751 tons measurement, and is driven by a pair of auxiliary engines of 100-h ors e collective, nominal, power. There was a strong breeze from the southward, which rendered some of her runs over the mile against wind and tide of unusual length, and there fore detracted from the ship's average speed. She made one mile under such circumstances, when trying her speed with half-boiler power, in 18 minutes and 37 seconds. The Falcon is rigged, armed, and stored for sea, and only waits her crew and ammunition to complete her to her sea-going draught of water. Yesterday, at the commencement of her trial, she drew 14ft. tin. of water forward, and 14ft. sin. aft. The load on the safety valve was 201 b., and the vacuum ranged from 23in. to 24in. Six runs were made with full boiler power, the mean of which gave the ship a speed o f 8 . 500 knots. h P i o and ship of the e u runs ean ewf theseer were m a g d a e v w e i a t h e cet t e half-boiler th es of 6.250 knots. Two circles were made to port and star board e .wi respectively;t powerhfull in 5 a and half-power the two circles were made in 6 min. 30 sec. and 6 min. 54 sec. At the conclusion of the trials, which lasted the returned urned pennantto the greater harheu r p . a r s t h o e f i t e h e e x d p a e y el e t d h e t o F h a l o c t o s t a of commission hourly. His Swedish Majesty's screw corvette Vanadis, 21 guns, Capt. Haverman, arrived off Portsmouth yes terday, from Carlscrona, bound to the 11Iediter ranean. In running through Spithead to the mer cantile anchorage at the Motherbank, where she brought up, the Vanadis exchanged salutes with the Victory, flagship of the Port Admiral and Com mander-in-Chief Vice-Admiral Sir M. Seymour, G. C. 8., the Edgar, flagship of Rear-Admiral Dacres, C. 8., commanding the Channel Fleet, and the saluting battery of the garrison. Much surprise was created by the Vanadis anchoring at the Mother bank, and not at the man-of-war anchorage of Spit head, where her officers and crew might have parti cipated in the advantages afforded by the several steam tenders appointed to run between Spithead and the harbour when any men-of-war are anchored at the former place. 4t RUSSELL. " Sir Alexander Malet, Bart." AGRICULTURAIAPRO SPECTS. His Danish Majesty's screw despatch boat Fylla, 3, Capt. Krieger, from Copenhagen, bound to St. Thomas's, also arrived off Portsmouth yesterday, and anclaored:at Spithead on first coming up, but afterwards going into harbour. Both the Vanadis and Fylla will ccal and fill up stores before resum ing their respective voyages. In the afternoon Capts. Haverman and Krieger, accompanied by the Chevalier Van Den Bergh, Royal Danish and Swedish Vice-Consul at Portsmouth, called upon Vice-Admiral Sir M. Seymour, G.C.8., and Major- Gen. Lord W. Paulet, C. 8., at the Admiralty and Government-houses. The Columbine, 4, screw sloop, Commander J. Le H. Ward, was docked on Saturday at Portsmouth, in course of her refit preparatory to proceeding to the Pacific. An opportunity was thus afforded to examine the jointed or " Lumley" rudder with whic'i she was fitted some months since at Sheer ness. No part of the rudder or its chains is warn or strained in the slightest degree, but is all as perfect as on the day it was first fitted. The Columbine has just returned from the coast of Scotland, where she has been engaged in protecting the fisheries, and has experienced a considerable amount of rough weather both under steam and canvas, during which the rudder has been tested in every possible way, and Commander Ward and his first lieutenant speak of ' the rudder as an " unqualified success." With the vessel under canvas it was found an angle of tiller of eight degrees was sufficient to put the ship about: In ordinary steering, more especially under steam, a very small touch of the helm was found sufficient. In entering and leaving the docks at Aberdeen, where the entrance is very narrow and the turnings sharp, the pilot on board was astonished to find that Commander Ward intended to trust to his vessel's rudder alone in taking her in and out of the docks. After the previous experimental trials made with this rudder the test of a sea voyage seemed the only thing requisite to fully confirm its value and usefulness to screw steamers, and this the Columbine's recent cruise has supplied. The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty :—Lieut. R. M. Blomfield to the Tamar; A. P. Douglas, midshipman, to the Nar cissus; Edward B. Pillams, assist.-paymaster, to the Marlborough ; Charles H. Hopkins, master's assist., to the Liverpool; George A. Young, assist.- clerk, to the Black Prince ; Samuel E. Lark, assist.. clerk, to the Sutlej ; David E. Doveton, assist.- clerk, to the Warrior ; George W. E. C. Mackay, assist-clerk, to the Victory, for the secretary's office; J. C. Gauchy, chief engineer to the Tamar; F. T. Elliott, engineer, to the Cumberland, for the Fawn ; S. F. Channon, engineer, to the Tamar ; F t ll.llend_erson, assist.-engineer, to the Cumber land, for the Sepoy ; G. Tidcombe,F. Purcell, and J. Milne, assist.-engineers, to the Tamar; Thomas Stanley, assist.-engineer, to the Asia, as super numerary ; Henry Griffin, assist.-engineer, to the Fisgard, as supernumerary ; and John E. Callaghan assist.-engineer to the Indus, as supernumerary. The weather has been o — f a very variable character this week, heavy falls of rain at intervals, and only two dry days during the week. The preparation of pro the land for autumnal sowing has been slowly ceeded with, particularly on the heavy soils, from having had too much moisture, and field work can not be considered in a forward state. The harvest in Scotland may be considered all but concluded, although in late hilly districts there is still some grain out. From Aberdeenshire our advices state : —" Harvesting may be said to be over in thi s neigh bourhood. Some stooks may still be seen standing out, but it is only here and there ; and the whole will likely be in the stack-yard before the close of the week. Unfortunately the potato disease is doing much damage, some fields taken up lately, and sup posed to be perfectly sound, turning out to be more than half rotten. This is unfortunate, and has sent up the price of this important article of diet several s hillings per boll ; and if it be found that the crop is generally affected in the same way, a still further rise may be expected." In Y or k s hi re t h ere i s now no doubt but that the potato crop has suffered far more seriously from the disease than was at one period anticipated ; indeed a month ago signs of the epidemic were reported as very rare. Now, on the contrary, the reports from all parts of the country speak of disease, as, in fact, it is impossible to hear of a crop free. It is believed the late heavy and constantly recurring rains have tended to induce disease, at the same time they have prevented the lifting of the crop. The quantity, however, saved in other parts of the United Kingdom has been so large, and where secured before the rains set in, are in the primest order, that no material change can be well reckoned on, at any rate in the south of England. The price of wheat cannot be much in fluenced by any partial failure in potatoes, as has previously been the case when a short yield of wheat has been experienced. This year's produce bas seldom ever been exceeded by either quantity or quality. The reports are universally good. Farmers, however, are slackening their deliveries, not being satisfied with the present low prices, and are di'" posed to hold so fine a quality in the hope of choice prices sooner or later taking place. The c a n d varieties are now being purchased for seed, ta,,en considerable quantity will, conseq uontlY, off the various markets. The favourite white sorts (l and a the lied Chidham, Rough Chaff, TauntonD Kees sn, in gl d. Red Golden Drop, Nursery, and Many other sorts can be obtained. Whilst the deliveries of wheat have fallen of those of barley are greatly CM the in crease, and this ea r ze i I now, h o wever, that the ( she recent teae rec ent decline ; r s f r eely, and value much reduced, to w ork are getting buyers will b e encouraged to take this grain exten sively, bo that the better sorts, at least, may 111,5i11- THE ARMY. An order was on Saturday received at the head quarters of the Royal Engineers, Chatham garri son, from the Horse Guards, directing that the whole of the companies of the Royal Engineers on the home establishment are to be immediately raised to their proper establishment from the depot com panies at the Royal Engineer establishment, Bromp ton barracks, and that the men selected to augment the several companies be held in readiness to proceed to the various military stations at the shortest pos sible notice. The companies of Royal Engines," which require augmentation are the 2d and 2•! 03 ,. at Aldershott camp ; the 7th company, quartereaciaadb Dover; the 23d, at Shorncliffe ; and the b 2 , ° ,,,,, t r are 27th companies, at Weymouth, where 9 , r employed in the construction and repair selected defences at that part of the coast. The men will leave Chatham for their respective • 1" the daring the present week. com panies of the In consequence of the service_ elaw their proper Cate h b r t i h d o g s : regiments from 55th and 76th Regiments being b dire . cted volun. the garrison for strength the Duke of teering to be opened for btohtain, and on Saturday It the various corps at left Portsmouth to join the head- Aldershott camp and Po large number of li • Inen ts f or which they have quarters of the Each of the volunteers • receives the volunteered. Ea- . his new regiment. sum' of £1 on join ing . ~ . Jy inspection or the The half-year corps of Royal , t bead-quarters, Chatham, in which Engineers ia Colonel it 19- Harness, C.B ~ director of the Royal Engineer e stablishment, ha s b een occupied some wa s brought to a t ermination at Brompton da y s Saturday last. barracks on The officers and men composing the services and depot companies at head qaarters were in s p ected on the parade-ground, where the kits, arms, and accoutrements were minutely e xamined. 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