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VURNITURE, CARPETS, BEDDING, and JU FLOORCLOTH, CARRIAGX-FREE to any house in he kingdom, regardless of amountor 'natant*. First• class goods at second-class prices. Terms peculiarly liberal to Clergymen and Gentlemen. Au immense stock to select from, displayed in Showrcoms occupying an acre of ground. Every article warranted. CLERGYMEN and GENTLEMEN ABOUT TO FUR NISH are respectfully informed that Messrs. Cobbett and Co. are :publishing' an entirely New Edition of their un equalled HOUSE FURNISHING GUIDE, Illustrated by 410 admirable engravings of every description of Furniture and Bedsteads, with prices attached. A copy sent gratis and post-free on application. This costly work also contains complete estimates for furnishing on the following revised emit : A Six-roomed Parsonage £74 3 0 An Eight-roomed ditto A Ten-roomed ditto A Twelve-roomed ditto 191 11 0 Together with a t'riee List of purified bedding, and a mass Of valnable information to all requiring . houseli )1d furniture, carpets, or bedding. References kindly permitted to Clergy men and gentlemen in or near Great Malvern, Southampton, Chichester. Bury, Ely, Preston, Grimsby, Ryde, Plymouth, Wells, Oxford. _Brighton, Cr ainsborongh, Margate. Kidder minster, Wellington. Croydon. Cambridge, Staines, Dorking, St AlbAn's, Worcester, Ipswich, Peterborough, St. David's, Wrexham, and above 500 other places in all parts of Great Britain. COB I3ETT and CO., General House Furnishers, Deptford bridge, London, S.E, TfIE VICTORIA COLLEGE FOR LADIES, 20, KENSINGTON-GARDENS-SQUARE, W. (Entrance to the Square from Westbourne-grove and the Queen's-road). The object of this College is to ensure, at Moderate Fees, consistent with selectness and R dvantaaes offered, a FIRST CLASS E UCATION under EMINENT MASTERS. The system of tuition and the arrangements made for the com fort of the pupils are such as continue to afford the greatest satisfaction to the parents of pupils and their friends. For all details see "Prospectus," to be had on application. RENRY LESINGHAM, Director. T HE MAURITIUS LAND CREDIT AND AGENCY COMPANY (Limited). To be incorporated under the Companies Act, 1P 62, by which the Rabbit) , of eszh shareholder is limited to the amount of his shares. Capital, £250,900, in 12.500 shares of £2O each—of which 1,500 are reserved for Mauritius. £1 per share to be paid on applie,ation, and another £1 on allotment. Further calls to be made as required. at inter vals of not less than three months. But it is not oontem plated to call up more than £4 per share. TRUSTEES. Sir S. Villiers Surtees, K.B. (Silkmore House, near Stafford), late Chief Justice of Mauritius. James du Buisson, Esq. (Messrs. Henekell, du Buisson, and Co.) James A. Guthrie, Esq. (Messrs. Chalmers, Guthrie, and Co.) DIRECTORS. Major-General H. P. Burn, 91, Inverness-terrace, W. (late Member of the Indian Military Finance Commission). George Ireland, Esq., Blackheath Park (Messrs. Ireland, Fraser, and Co., Mauritius). George Lyall, Esq., 9. miiimnr,laxte (Messrs. Lyall, Still, a ,, cl Co.) Robert M‘lierrell, Esq., Inverness-terrace, W. (Messrs. Scott and Co., Mauritius). Peter Ranken, Esq., 9, Idol-lane (late Manager of the Mauri tius Branch of the Oriental Bank Corporation). With power to add to their number. MAURITIUS BOARD. John Currle, Esq., Merchant and Planter. The Hon. Sir Gabriel Fropler, Member of Council, &c. The Hon. 11. Lemiere, Mayor of Port Louis, Member 01 Council, &c. The 11. , n. Charles Montocchio, Member of Council, &e. Emile Pipon, Esq, Vice-President of the Chamber of Agri culture, &o. With power to add to their number. GENERAL MANAGER. C. J. A. Ulcoq, Esq. AUDITOR. John Ball, Esq. (Messrs. Quilter, Ball, and CO.) BANKERS. In London -The Union Bank of London. In Mauritius—The,Orientat Bank Corporation. SOLICITORS. Messrs.Wllson, Bristows7Zde - a - r - p - m — a - el, 1, Copthall-buildings BROKERS. Messrs. P. Cazenove and Co., Threadneedle-street. Geo. E. Seymour, Esq., Throgmorton-street. The International Financial Society (Limited) have been encouraged to aid in the organisation of this Company by the strong desire for its success evinced by the Chamber of Agri culture and the commercial holy in Mauritius, ann by the ready support it has met with from leading houses connected with the colony. The progress of the island as a sugar-producing colony has of late been extremely rapid. The production of sugar has more than doubled within the last twelve years ; and the crop of last year (viz., 1869-63) exceeded 150,c00 tons. Within the same pet tod of t•me there has been an increase of 130,000 in the population, consisting, for the most part, of Indi,in immigrants who are becoming permanent settlers. "Railways, the first section of which will probably , be opened early next year, are in course of construction ; and cannot fail furl her to develop the resources of the island. , The annual exports have for the last five years exceeded, on an average, £2,500,000 ; while the imports have, during the same period, amounted to little more than £2,00 ),000. The colonial budgets have, for many years past, shown, on the average, a large surplus. The legal rate of interest on mortgages in Mauritius is 9 - per cent. ; and the Company in raising mosey in England on Debentures, for investment in the colony, will preserve such a margin as, together with the commission they may receive for their agency, should enable them to realise a large profit on the small amount of paid-up capital required to conduct the business. With a view to secure the debenture holders, it will be a rule that the total amount raised by the Company on Deben tures shall never exceed ihe amount invested in Mortgages ; and that investments shall be made only in First Mortgages, and for amounts not exceeding half the estimated values of the properties offered as security. Arrangements have already been made for placing the first issue of debentures on satisfactory terms. For Mortgage Loans in Mauritius, of six years and up wards. the borrowers will be required to contribute half yearly to a Sinking Fund, on the principle of "Credit Fonder," which has been applied with so much advantage to both lender and borrower in many parts cf the Continent of Europe. In addition to employing its own capital, the Company will invest the money of constituents, guaranteeing interest, or Principal and interest, as may be agreed upon. There Is in Mauritius an efficient register of original titles to ta n & connected with the " Land Court" of the island ; and also a Transcription Office, where successive titles may be traced. The mortgage Investments made by the Government say ings bank of Mauritius, during the last twenty-five years, `Prove that investments judiciously made under the mortgage law of the Island are eminently secure. A new law which is passing through the Local Legislature will reduce the operation of lending on mortgage to a condi tion of still greater simplicity and safety. The management of the Company will be vested in the Board of Directors in London, assisted by a Board in Mau ritius The influential support given to the Company both in England and Mauritius, and the great want of such an insti tution, must secure an ample field for safe and lucrative ope rations. The Directors of the International Financial society feel, therefore, no hesitation in recommending the undertaking to the favourable notice of the public. Printed copies of the Memorandum and Articles of Asso ciation may be inspected at the Offices of the solicitors, Messrs. Wilson, Bristow, and Carpmael, 1, Copthall-build ings. Applications for shares must be addressed to the Interna tional Financial Society (Limited), at their Temporary Offices, 54, Old Bro id-street, in the annexed form, which must be left with their bankers, Messrs. Glyn, Mills, and Co.. No. 67. Lombard-street, December, 1863. DEAFNESS. —The SOUND MAGNIFIER INVISIBLE VOICE CONDUCTOR, a newly in vented instrument for severe cases of deafness. It fits into the ear, not perceptib'e, removes singing noises in the head, and enables deaf persons to hear distinctly at church and at public assemblies.—S. and B. SOLOMONS, 39, Albemarle street, Piccadilly. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. (To be left with Messrs. Glyn, Mills, and Co.) No. To the Directors of the International Financial So:iety (Limited). Gentlemen,—Having paid to your bankers the sum of £ , being 41 per share on shares, I request you to allot me shares, of 420 each, in the Mauritius Land Credit and Agency Company (Limited), and I hereby agree to become a member of that Company, and to accept such shares or any less number that may be allotted to me, and I request that my name may be placed on the Register of Members in respect of the shares allotted to me. I am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant, Name in full Address in full Reference Date T HE CONSOLIDATED DISCOUNT COMPANY (Limited). (The Directors reserve to hemselves the right of changing the name of the Company.) To be incorporated under " The Companies Act, ism," by Which the Liability of each Shareholder is limited to the 'amount of share Capital £1,000,000, in 20,000 Shares of £5O. First issue, 10,000 shares. Deposit on application per share, and £2 on allotment. No future call to exceed 45 per share, and at internals of not less than three months. It is not intended to call up more than £2O per share. DIRECTORS. George Walter Constable, Esq. (Messrs. Henderson and Con _ stable\ Cannon-street. George Denny, Esq. (Messrs. George Denny and Co.), Great St Helen's ;imam Little Esq., Director of the Cape Town Railway. M'Arthur, Esq. (of the firm of Wm. and Alexander l'.3VArthur, Australian Merchants), 46, Moorgate-street I,:da_rgood, MelbouMr Esq. (essrs. Sargoed, and ne. and Sargood), Ayres Shepherd Richardson, Esq., Director of the Buenos Jame,, T a i r o d u tver Plate . Bank, 4 44(Intt er _ ht o n % Esq. (Messrs. Le Gros Thompson and *Riad ' 'ras er Sa . M ann eman, Esq. *same' Bake s Sanderson Fey, Esq. .Messrs. Sanderaan dt Co. Co ralnittee of Management. The Lotteto„ and ,or.Ter::andWestminster Hardwick. • 11 1tORRIts. James Shepherd, Egg, Auction Mart, Bartholomew Messrs. Eaudeman and Dobree, 2, Royal Exchange-buil din g -lane. OffiCes--No. 4, Abehnrch-lane. PHOSPECTicrs In formi ng Directors co-operation this Company the . have secure d the of Messrs. Sandeman and f Abchurch whose well-sown and lone-established Co., b it is object of this e n flatness the The Company will to take up and develope. discount busines," -lane ill conduct all the operations of ordinary The terms on whi n' , aB 2,he business of Messrs. Saudeman and, Co. has been pnrch r o Justify the Directors in anticipating . a profit of at least will take D o , p er capital. cent, per annum on the paid-up The ComPsnY cupied by Messrs. Sandeman session of the premises now oc- January, and the business () a CO., as from the let day of from that day. lie Company will commence No promotion money has or will b will be strictly confi ned to the nee": Paid, and the expen ses P rospec t u ses and forms ofapnii""T tio Payments. be ob.afned at the Of f ices of t he Company, of for shares may of the Solicitors. ol the B r okers, and In the event of no allotment being. made th o .. be returned in full ; should a less number o f ,i'Posits will lotted than are applied for, the dep'sit will be ,:ri's be al able towards the payment on allotment, and the 1i 2 ,71,' avail any, returned to the applicant. 'role, if FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Directors of the Consolidated Discount Company (Limited). £ Gentlemen,—Hayinz paid to your Bankers the sum of , I request you to allot me shares in the Consolidated Discount Company (Limited), and I hereby ayzree to become a member of the Society, and to accep shares, t such I h r a ci re u s e , , Air yo a u ny to less number that may be all otted to me ; and in respect of the sphlresmayllnotatmede t o :m th e e . Register of 3lembers I am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant. Name in full .................... Address ........................ Usual signature ........ Date CONSOLIDATED DISCOUNT COMPANY vv (Limited). NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that no APPLICATIONS for SHARES in this Company will be received after THIS DAY (WEDNESDAY), December 30th. By order. Temporary (Meets, 4, Abehurch-lane, LC t De0...30, 1863. esrAmr YOUR PAPER, ENVELOPES. INVOICES. &e., with JONES'S PATENT PERCUSSION EMBOSSING PRESS. 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BEAUTIFUL FOR EVER. MADAME RACHEL ON "FEMALE GRACE AND BEAUTY." Just published, ABOOK OF B E A U T Y. By Madame RACHEL. To be had at 47A, New Bond-street. Price 2s. 6d. MESSRS. BOTT. JACKSON, AND CO. execute COMMISSIONS on all races throughout the year. Market price guaranteed. Remittances. London and Westminster Bank. Post-office Orders payable at Camber well-park. N.B.—Betting on the Waterloo Cup. Address—BorT and JACKSON, "Man of the World" Wine Stores, George-street, Camberwell-park, London. IF THIS SHOULD MEET THE EYE of any one troubled with Wind in the Stomach, Indigestion, or Biliousness, take PAGE WOODCOCK'S WIND PILLS. Their world-wide celebrity proves them of sterling merit. Of all medicine vendors at is. lid. and 2s. Ad. ; or free by post for 14 or 33 stamps from Page D. Woodcock, Chemist Lincoln. PIGS! PIGS! PIGS!-INDIAN PIG MEAL, without husks, supplied to the Royal farms, Windsor, and in every county in England, ICA 6d per cwt. ; one cwt. equal to 11 cwt. barley or any meal. Delivered free in Lon don. Established 1858.— THOMAS PEARCE, Manager, 66, Lant-street, Southwark. TEA.—MOORE BROTHERS respectfully inti mate that their New Prospectus is now ready. They especially recommend their improved Family Tea, reduced to 3s. 2d. ; Souohonp.:, reduced to 3s. Pd. ; mixed Assam, re duced to 3s. Bd. ; and the finest Assam, reduced from Is. 4d. to 3s. lid. per lb. MOORE BROTHERS, 35, London-bridge, City, E.C. ALGERIAN ONYX MARBLE. Messrs. HOWELL, JAIIES, and CO., respectfully solicit an inspection of their Onyx Salon, which contains upwards of 1,000 objects, consisting of Clock , , Candelabra, Lamps,Vases, Jardinieres, Inkstands, Pen-trays, and a variety of smaller articles of taste, at moderate prices. This beautiful marble is perfectly translucent, bears a very fine polish, presents a diversity of pleasing tints, and can be turned or chiselled i n t o any form necessar y for utility or ornament.-8, 7,9, Regent-street, fall-mall. MR. REARDEN, LAND ESTATE. and HOME AGENT, SURVEYOR and VALUER, 91 and 92, PICCADILLY, near Cambridge House, opposite the Green-park, Established 23 Years, respectfully invites the particulars of Landed Estates, Farms, and House Property for ;ale, to be Let, or wanted to Rent or Purchase, for which nn charge is made unless a treaty is concluded, and then only his usual rates of charge, particulars of which will be given on application. In all cases of his Letting Farms Mr. Reardon charges tne Tenant only, and not the Landlord. Particulars of Property for Sale and to be Let will be given personally, or forwarded free of charge. N.B.—Several Town and Country Residences, Landed Properties, and Farms wanted to Rent and Purchase immediately. Direct full particulars to Mr. Reardon as above. KEATING'S PALE NEWFOUNDLAND COD LIVER OIL. The Finest Imported this Season. THIS VALUABLE MEDICINE having of late years come into such 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, of Guy's and St Thomas's Hospitals, Dr. Scott, M.D., L.R.C.P., &a., and Dr. Edwin Payne, M D., L.R.C.P., M.R.C.S., who, in the words of the late Dr. Pereira, says that "The b es t Oil is that which is most devoid of colour, odour, and flavour, cha racters this will be found to possess, being purely of hepatic origin, a point of great weight with regard to its therapeutic value. Sold in Half-pints, ls. 9d. ; Pints, 3s. ; Quarts, ss. 6d. ; and Five-pint Bottles, 12s. 6d.. imperial measure, by THOMAS KEATING, Chemist 79, St. Paul s Churchyard, London. PRIZE MED A L.-INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1862. FRANCIS TUCKER & CO., Wax Chandlers, &C, To the Queen and the Prince of Wales. (Established 1720.) The Jurors' Report on Wax and Church Candles, in 1862. testifies to he excellence of the quality of Messrs. Tuckers' manufacture. A distioguished Dignitary, in a letter addressed to Francis Tucker and Co.. on the subject of WAX CANDLES with PLATTED WICKS, says : " I have found them fully equal to the recommendation which you gave them, and can sincerely, in my turn, recom mend them to the clergy for the use of the altar." Finest quality. with Platted Wicks, patented.. 2s. 2d. per lb. Ordinary qualtty .. • • .. Od. per lb. VEGETABLE CANDLES, with a Mixture of Wax. Best quality .• • • • • • • .. Is. sd. per lb. second quality .. • • • • .. ls. 3d. per lb. larges.t, Third quality .. Is. ld. per lb. Carriage paid in London on Orders of Five Pounds in value. FRA NCIS TUCKER AND CO.. s S outh Molton-street, Grosvenor . -square. Manufactory— The i n England for the Manufacture p)tiaebnussihnmgt,onnt in (Established 1731). " r im Candles for the use of the Altar. T "TH.—m the construc r t . manship and mechanism, c an aavantagieT of A ARTIFICIAL TEETH has the EsKELTIS INVENTION in most perfect accuracy at lra. he made and fitted with the pain or extraction of stump E CL ec e d as, in a few hours, without of mastication and artictattion. set of teeth, of excellent. work gums, that they are quite immoveit7 &c., freeateed.stamps. to answer all the purposes wires or fastenings, and adapt t h , em They are fitted without i• . exceptet h s reo o ajit perfectly,uraycountryt, atrheecaoatlpowt ad- of the wearer. 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COGNAC, BRANDY. This celebrated Old IRISH WHISKY rivals the finest FRENCH BRANDY, It is Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. Sold in Bottles, 3s. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London ; by the Agents in the principal towns in England ; or wholesale at 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, W. Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded Kinahan's LL Whisky." NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the WELLINGTON is CLOSED for repairs, &c., and will be RE-OPENED on THURSDAY, the 31st December next, at 5 o'clock p.m. By order, JOHN CATES, Manager. The Wellington, gt. James's-street. Entrance, 60, Piccadilly, W. December 25,1863. NORTH BRITISH AND MERCANTILE INSURANCE COMPANY. FIRE DEPARTMENT.—SPECIAL NOTICE. This Company is now prepared to ISSUE POLICIES for Mercantile Insurances in the Port of London at the reduced scale of rates. Particulars may be had at the Offices, 28, Threadneedle street. SPECIAL NOTICE. THE ONLY OFFICE WHOSE BONDS AND FOLICTES OP GUARANTEE ARE ACCEPTED BY THE TREASURY, CUSTOMS, INLAND REVENUE, GENERAL POST-OFFICE, IN' AR, ADMIRALTY, HOME, COLONIAL, INDIA, AND OTHER GOVERNMENT D EPARTMENTS. T HE EUROPEAN ASSURANCE SOCIETY. DIRECTORS IN LONDON. HENRY WICKHAM WICKHAM, Esq., M.P., Chairman. John Cheetham, Esq., StaleybridgP. John Field, Esq., Warnford-court, City. Charles Forster, Esq., M.P. for Walsall. Richard Francis George,•Esq , Bath. Henry H. Harrison, Esq., Hamilton -place, St. John'S-WoOd. Thomas C. Hayward, Esq., Minories and ilighbury. John HedginF, Esq., Cavendish Club. James Edward 3Pronnell, Esq., Wolverton. C. W. Reynolds, Esq., Eaton-place, Belgravia. Richard Spooner, Esq., late her Majesty's Commissioner of Customs, Bombay. H. Wickham Wickham, Esq., M.P. for Bradford. Thomas Winkworth, Esq, Gresham Club, and Canonbury. J. P. Bro vn-Westhead, Esq., M.P. for York. Security is provided in approved cases for Officers of Bank ing and Commercial Establishments, Public Companies, Municipal Corporations, and for other places of trust. Life Assurance may be combined with Guarantee on ad vantageous terms. Prospectuses, Farms of Proposal, and every information may be obtained from the Chief Offices, 2. Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London; and 39, George-street, Edinburgh. TH E OXFO R D, 6, OXFORD STREET, W. THIS EVENING, will be performed Selections from the following Operas, viz., THE SLAVE, by Sir H. Bishop; also, from LA FORZA. DEL DESIINO—Verdi; by the fol lowing talented artistes .—Misses :Russell, Townley, Fitz- Henry, sl,lmsley, Tyrrell, and Ellison ; Messrs. Green, Huish, Kimberley, Stuart, &o. Solos on the Violin by VIOTTI COLLINS, the cele brated English Violinist. Flute by Drew Dean. Pianoforte, Miss Bryant. And the marvellous instrument, the ORCHESTRAL PIANO, by Herr SCHALKENBACH, the Inventor. 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Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton Jan. 18 via Marseilles ... Jan. 12. Brazil and Cape Verde, by British packet. Tan. 4. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena.. Jan. 29. china, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton. Jan. 2 via Marseilles Dec. 27. Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton Jan. 2. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Jan. 2. via Marseilles Dec. 27, India (Bombay), via Southampton .. Jan. 11 via Marseilles Jan, 6, Portuga1.... Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampt on Jan. 2. via Marseilles Dec. 27, Newfoundland .. Oporto and Vigo U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet.... Jan. 6, by U.S. packet.... California. and British by Canadian pack e t.. J an 1 . W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe J an . 10, Bahamas, via Now York Mexico All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Columbia.. Peru, 1 Dec. 29 AN INTERESTING COLLECTION OF BIRDS and bisects, collected by the Rev. H. Rowley from the regions of the Zambesi and Shire Rivers, has been presented to the University at Oxford, THE BUCKINGHAMSHIRE ELECTION• Yesterday morning the election of a knight of the shire to represent the county of Buckingham, took place in the I ' County Hall, Aylesbury. The candidates were Mr. R. B. Harvey, in the Conser vative interest, and Dr. Lee on the Liberal side. There were no demonstrations in the town, for although Mr. Harvey was met at the George, formerly the scene of county political gatherings, he was only escorted by a select band of friends to the County Court. Dr. Lee was also met on his arrival by many of his friends, who gave him a hearty welcome. The venerable doctor, who is 82 years of age, was habited in the old " Whig blue and buff," and presented, as may be well imagined, a very venerable appearance. The High Sheriff having opened the proceedings, Sir PHILIP DUNCOMNE, Bart., came forward to nominate as a fit and proper person to represent the county of Bucks, Mr. Robert Bateson Harvey. He said that, on the part of himself and his friends, he deplored the melancholy event that had called them together. For himself and for them all, he offered their sincere condolences to their late member, who was a gentleman respected by all classes of politicians. On several occasions he (Sir P. Duncombe) had stood be fore them to recommend candidates for the representation of Bucks, and he was happy to say that it had always been with the same unvarying result. (Loud cheers.) He was sure, also, that the gentleman he proposed that day would be equally successful. It was trite that he could not recom mend him for his past services, inasmuch as this was the first time that he had offered himself for the representation of his native county. For honesty of purpose, however and for high character, he was sure he might recommend Mr. Harvey to the electors of the county of Buckingham. Never, perhaps, was there so great a lull in politics on the one hand nor, on the other,. a greater unanimity ; but at the same time he did not think that it required much fore sight to see that there were many turbulent spirits amongst us who would, if the tr Anitd,Rge na Into all the 4ifficul ties of a titter party warfare. If returned, he should not but regard it as a triumph of a great constitutional principle. In the course of his address the speaker alluded to the fact that the only domestic calamity we had to regret was that arising out of the distress in the manufacturing districts— that distress arising out of principles of government which we in this country had been asked to adopt. [No, no.) Mr. R. It. CLAYTON seconded the nomination. He spoke of the urbanity, forbearance, and kind disposition which had endeared Lord Chesham to all parties in that county, and elsewhere. He was happy to know that the son, who succeeded to his titles, also inherited his virtues. (Cheers.) On the last occasion on which he (Mr. Clayton) stood on that platform—(A Voice---" Yes, you were very queerly treated then")—he was a candidate for the suffrages of the electors of Aylesbury. On this occasion he had no personal ambition to gratify, and he had no hesitation in recommend ing MT. Harvey. That gentleman was no friend of abuses, and no enemy to reform ; on the contrary, he was deter mined to support the manufacturing and commercial inte rests of this great empire. He wished to say that he be lieved a better man than Dr. Lee could not exist ; but at the same time he thought he entertained such ideas as rendered him totally unfit to re present the county of Buckingham in Parliament, In fact, the learned doctor's political views were as eratic as the heavenly bodies he was so much accustomed to watch—(laughter)—he would have no wine; he could not bear the fumes of tobacco ; neither a pipe nor a cigar must come " betwixt the wind and his nobility." He believed that if Dr. Lee were returned he would do his duty; but that at the same time no man could be more disappointed than himself at his success, and no one could be more com pletely overwhelmed by sitting in the House of Commons day and night engrossed by his senatorial honours. Of him it might indeed be said, in the words of our great poet, " The wine of life is drawn—mere lets is left." lie sincerely hoped that by the return of such men u Mr. Harvey, Conservatism would become the ruling principle of the Government of this country. (Loud cheers.) Mr. STUCHBERY proposed Dr. Lee, whom Mr. WARD seconded. The show of hands was in favour of Dr. Lee, and a poll was granted. employment, enjoying your confidence, it is a dreadful thing that confid ence repose d i n those avLora you employ should be so ofte n a b use d. It d es t ro y s , or haS a great ten dency to destroy, and must certainly injure that t;;;Iling be tween master and servant, o f ki n d ness on the part of the master, of fidelity and loyalty on the part of the servai7t which it is much to the interest of society should be culti 'sated and strengthened, but which must be greatly and in many cases utter!y destroyed by the prevalence of this crime of embezzlement. I may say with truth and sincerity that the prevalence of this crime has often caused cue most painful reflection ; and whether it is that I am influenced by the pain which this thought has caused me I do not know, but I fear that this discription of crime is on the increase. I have watched it carefully for many years, and that is the impression which rests upon my mind. Having given this offence much of my attention, it appears to me that while the criminality is on the part of the servant, there.has often been much imprudence, to give it its lightest term, on the part of the master; and I throw it out for your consideration whether imprudence which has for result the fall from rectitude of a fellow creature is not to some ex tent tinctured with criminality. Now, I have frequently observed that persons are put in trust of money by their masters as stewards, to receive debts for them, and in various ways to handle their masters' money, who could not reasonably be supposed to have the caution which every person ought to have who is clothed with such a trust. Surely it is wrong when a master receives a servant, espe cially a servant without a character, as frequently happens —sometimes from the very kindest motives on the part of the master—surely it is wrong to admit such a person immedi ately into a place of trust and confidence. Surely there ought to be a reasonable time of probation, that the master should have some evidence, some testimony on which he can rely, that the servant is trustworthy. But even thea let him not subject the servant to trials above his strength; let him proceed gradually in the degree of confidence which he re , nomes, , For inntance,let him not, when he first entrusts the servant with the power of receiving money, trust him at the same time with the power of paying out from the monies which he receives sums for his master, and thus pro duce a complication of accounts, but for a time let the mas ter say, ' Bring to me the exact coins that you receive; don't change them. Bring the gold, or the notes, or the bills of exchange that you have received. Do nothing with them, but carefully and punctually bring them to me.' And, gentlemen, let the intervals of auditing accounts be very short indeed. At first, at all events, they cannot be too frequent, nor can the master be too punctual himself in this matter. Let him not upon slight reasons postpone and say, Come again to-morrow with your money and your accounts, and we will balance accounts.' Let him do it at the appointed time with a fated certainty, so that the ser vant may know that at a given hour he must render up an account to his master. If unnecessary time be allowed to intervene, neither the master nor the servant will be able to bring his mind to the subject with anything like certainty. With these safeguards I trust, gentlemen, that it would be found that many a person who has been tempted and ulti. mately fallen could have been saved a life of disgrace ; and the master and the clerk would, if all acted on these prin- ciples, be spared that most painful and harassing feeling of distrust of those about them," After a few other general remarks upon tha calendar, none of the cases calling for special observation, the learned Recorder dismissed the grand jury to their duties. Breach of the Foreign Enlistment Act. The late enlistment of men at Queenstown to serve on board the United States sloop of war Kearsage has, after many secret investigations, resulted in the prosecution of 6 of the men who so enlisted. They were brought up on warrant before Mr. J. L. Cronin R.M., at the Queenstown Petty Sessions Court on Wednesday, the warrants having been founded on sworn depositions, which will be found below. The defendants, all of whom resided in the harbour, and were of the 15 who were again disembarked by the Kearsage at Queenstown on the 14th inst., are named John Sullivan, Edward Pyburn, Thomas Murphy, Denis Leary, Daniel O'Connell, and John M ur p h y. They appeared in uniform of the United States Navy. '.they -- were formally charged with a misdemeanour under the Foreign Enlistment Act. Mr. Sylvester Gillman,Crown solicitor,and Mr.P. 0' Cone nell, sessional Crown prosecutor, appeared to prosecute on' behalf of the Attorney-General. Mr. Cronin—As:it is the first case of the class that has been tried in this country for many years, it is right for me to say that the men who swore these informations were compelled in the usual way to come before me and swear them. Patrick Kennedy, a boatman, residing at Queenstown, was then called forward and his information read to Wm. It was in substance as follows :—On Tuesday, the 3d day of November last, the American war steamer Kearsage was lying off Queenstown, and I heard that the officers were en listing men for the American navy, and, in company with Thos. Verling, of Queenstown, and the two others whose names I did not know, I went on board said ship for the purpose of joining same, if taken. It was about 2 o'clock. One of my party asked one of the officers if he wanted any coal trimmers or firemen. He replied that the purser had gone ashore for them, and that he expected he would bring them on board, but we stated we would be taken as lands men. We agreed to ship as landsmen. On that the same officer sent us for examination by the doctor on board, and I and three others were then accordingly examined by the doctor, and we passed his examination. After this we went on shore, on our promise to return at 7 o'clock the same evening. We were informed by the same officer onehoard that our pay would be 12 dole. per month. I did not return to the ship afterwards that evening, but did at 7 o'clock next morn ing, and I remained all that day (November 4) on board. I got breakfast, dinner, and supper in the ship. Whi le on board I saw seven or eight men from Ringskiddy there. I asked some of them if they had passed the doctor, and they replied they had. All those Ringskiddy men sailed in the vessel, as did also a boy named John Murphy, of Queens town, who also passed the doctor. I did not sail in the vessel, as on leaving the harbour on that evening I got into, a pilot boat and returned home. While on board I saw Mr;' Eastman, who, I am informed, was the American Consul, and Mr. Dawson, the ship agent at Queenstown, both in conversation with the officers, They remained about half an hour. I would know the persons of the Ringskiddy men if I saw them again who sailed in the ship Kearsage. The witness now added that he saw the defendants on board the Kearsage, and they sailed in her. To the prisoner Leary—You did not pass the doctor while I was there. The witness then verified the information, and was bound to give evidence at the next assizes. He would, however, he said, have nothing to say against those men (the defendants). George Patterson, seaman, of Ringskiddy, one of those who were shipped by the Kearsage and subsequently disem barked again, was the next witness. His information,which was read over to him, was as follows :—On or about the 4th day of November, 1863, I went on board the United States vessel of war Kearsage, in the harbour of Cork, along with John Sullivan, Edward Pyburn,Thomas Murphy, and Denis Leary, all Irishmen, and residing at Ringskiddy. We went from Ring to the said vessel in the boat of Samuel Dunne. A man named Healy, a native of Ring, who was the officer or captain of the forecastle on board the Kearsage, was also in Dunne's boat, and paid Dunne ls. for the use of the boat. The said Healy had slept at Ring, having come there the night before from the said war vessel Kearsage. He, I think, had hired the boat to take us to the Kearsage. John Dunne (son of Samuel) was also in the boat as boatman. I went with the above-named persons on board to agree to enlist to serve as sailors or firemen en board the said vessel of war for;the United States service. It was freely circu lated that the Kearsage was taking men for the said service. After joining on board, we were told by the officer to go below until we cleared the lighthouse. I did duty in the ship from Cork to Brest, in France, and back. It was a boatman on board the Kearsage named Burnes who or dered us below until we cleared the lighthouse of Cork harbour. When we got to Brest we were enlisted after passing the medical doctor there belonging to the ship. I, with the three others, were sworn to join the American ser vice for three years, and for the purpose of fighting for the United States service. Denis Leary, Thomas Murphy, and Edward Pyburn were along with me, and took the oath to serve the United States for a period of three years. Mr. Bedlam was the engineer on board the ship, underhn whom I did duty as fireman. Edward Pyburn en d John Sullivan also worked in my watch as firemen. We all worked on board the vessel from Cork harbour to Brest and got back. We were then put ashore in Cork harbour; we ei States an entire kit, the uniform being that of the e a — navy, and I was to receive 18 dole. per month .or weeks on o e n . Nearly all the men were Irish ; we were but fiv ls e o w serv k ed board. Daniel O'Connell and John Murphy also Brest, on board the ship Kearsage. The day aft t er in j of the Kearsage be fore landing in Cork harbour, mustered us, and told us that tahl#l3tcchaoernkaew men shipped at harbour, and that QueenetoWn should go on shore at all . our clothes that had been he was very sorry for parting them. After this the first lieutenant said we could keep given to us. The witness then identified the prisoners as men Ltesage. ee,: whom be lead see n take service on board the r He was not cross-examined, and was re-bound to prosecute at the assizes. Mr. O'Connell then read for his worship the 4th section of the act under which ho prosecuted, which enabled him to forward the case, on informations, for trial in the Court of Queen's Bench in Dublin, the assizes, or quarter sessions for the county in which the offence was committed. Mr. Cronin —Of course, under these circumstances, I will send them to the assizes, The prisoners were then severally cautioned in the usual f or m from the Bench, after whi c h th e y made s t a tements : the following John sallivin stated that he did not pass the doctor on PR1CE.....—..4d. STAMPED ....sd. boaitl . the Kearsage till she reached Brest. His arm was aired at in this harbour by the doctor's steward. Edward Pyburn said that while in the ship ho did not pass the doctor at all. The doctor's mate or steward ex amined him while in the harbour. He worked hie passage to Brest, and on arriving there the word was passed by the boatswain's mate that all the men who came on board at Queenstown should go ashore. When they got to the shore the sy ,..Nrd was passed that those who wished to do so could join l the returned to and those who did n o t cou ld go ashore. They a to the Iccarsage and we re s hi ppe d . The first li eu t e nant told lre them their wages would be 18 duls. p€r month, and Murphy a dolltt: 001 and a half grog mo ne y. Thomas roboratcd the first porti on o f P y b urn ' s . statement. Dennis Leary said he went, on board the Kearsage the day she was to sail from Queenstown (ThurEday). He w en t b e l ow and did not come on deck except once until they reached Brest. His account of what occurred there was exactly similar to that given by Pyburn. The other defendants made no statement. His Worship committed the defendants for trial at the next Cork assizes, and appointed 12 o'clock as the time he would receive bail for the appearance of such as could pro cure it. lie measured the bail at—each defendant in £2O, and two securities of £lO for each, Naval and Military Intelligence. THE NAVY. Her Majesty's iron steam storeship Buffalo, 440 tons and 500 horse power, was on Monday unlocked at Woolwich, and was hauled into the outer basin, to be fitted for coast service. The Buffalo has been partially coated in tho hold with Day'a patent marine cement, used successfully in other ships over the bilge bottom plates and rivet heads. Her 'Waft tas been ' t:?l,l26`.4 ezPirlicient4 4l44l l 6sl lll4iiiiii Mph' the Board of Admiralty with Leetch's new patent .composi- Lion for preserving the bottoms of iron ships from the accumulation of barnacles and sea weed which clog and damage the ship's rate of speed. All other inventions hitherto tested for that purpose have signally failed, and the use of copper sheathing has resulted in producing a gal vanic action which is said to decompose the iron more rapidly than if it were left with its own natural surface exposed to the action of the sea water. Mr. Leetch proposes to remedy the evil by his invention, now applied to the Buffalo. his plan is to apply a coating of gutta percha cement in a liquid state, and while it is hot to place over it sheets of glass, bent to the required form, which are pressed On and firmly secured by iron bolts. The injurious contact of the iron and glass is prevented by an adhesive solution with which the bolt-heads are covered. The in vention is spoken of as being likely to be highly successful, as the preservative properties of gutta percha have been so fully proved, and the smooth and hard surface of glass ren ders it impossible for any living matter to adhere perma nently to it under a ship's ordinary speed at sea. The intention to remove the Wellesley, 72, training ship for boys and novices, from her present berth off Chatham Dockyard to moorings near Folly Point,some distance down the river, has been abandoned, at least for the present, a re port having been made to the Lords of the Admiralty of the unsuitableness of that spot, in a sanitary point of view, as the station for a training vessel having.a large number of lads and boys on board. As soon as the work now in pro. gress at the dockyard will permit,the fitting of the Diamond, 27, one of the sailing frigates attached to the reserve, is to be proceeded with, that vessel being required, as well as the Wellesley, for the use of the officers and lads serving on board the latter ship. Admiralty instructions have been received at Chatham directing that in future all engineer students attending dock yard schools are to be granted two days' leave of absence at Christmas and Midsummer in each year, without being checked in their pay. The line. of-battle screw steamer Bombay, 80, 400-horse power, fitting in No. 3 dry dock at Chatham, is having her bottom covered with some additional plates of Muntz's metal on her port and starboard sides. The shipwrights have commenced erecting the additional cabins and offices on her upper deck for the Admiral and his retinue, the Bombay being intended to relieve one of the flagships ordered home. The whole of the standing wire rigging is set up, and the running rigging is now being got in its place. There are several weeks' work still to be accomplished on board before the Bombay can leave the dock. The Dromedary, steam store ship, Commander A.Brown, arrived at Spithead yesterday morning from Ascension, with invalids and passengers. Among the latter were Mr. E. It. Miall, paymaster of the Archer ; Mr. D. J. L. Mac =mars, Sub-Lieutenant of her Majesty's ship Antelope; and J. J. Crew, Assistant-Engineer of her Majesty's ship Hardy. The Dromedary left Ascension on Nov. 24, arrived at St. Vincent's Dec. 6, sailed again on the Sth, arrived at Madeira Dec. 16, leaving again on the 191 h. Oa Nov. 30, while at sea, a horrible accident occurred on board. It ap pears that Mr. Hockerstou, assistant-engineer, was in the act of examining the bearings in the screw alley, when his coat was caught by the coupling bolts of the shaft and was immediately wound about it. He must have gone round six or seven times before he cried out. The engines were at once stopped, and on releasing him from his awful position ho was found to have his right leg broken above the knee, and his left leg below the knee, His head, chest, and right arm were very severely bruised, Ile is getting on as favourably as can be expected, and will be removed to Hasler Hospital with the other invalids. The Dromedary passed the English ship Hackers in let 37 12, long 14 39, on Dec. 20th; the Jamaica in lat 41 53, long 14 40, on Dec. 23d. The British ship Prince Alfred nem Singapore, bound for London, left Ascension Nov. 19th with passengers, all well on board. The Federal ship of war Onward, 9 guns, Capt. Clark, was at St. Vincent's on the Dromedary's arrival there, but left on Dec. 7th in search of the Confederate ship Alabama. She also left at Ascension her Majesty's store ship Wye and the gunboat Snipe, and at Madeira Lord Brownlow's yacht Cores, of the safety of which anxious fears have been expressed in England. She had experienced very heavy gales and contrary winds, but had arrived there safely. The Dromedary has experienced very boisterous weather. She will disembark her invalids and go to the eastward to dis charge her stores. The detachment of non-commissioned officers and men of the Royal Marine Light Infantry, belonging to the Chatham division, who have been selected for service at Port Albany, were inspected at headquarters yesterday, and this =ruing will leave Chatham for Woolwich, where they will be joined by the contingent from that division, and proceed to Plymouth. At Plymouth the non-commissioned officers and men will embark in the Salamander, 6, 220 horse power, which conveys them to their destination. The offi cer selected to proceed in charge of the detachment is First- Lieut. P, J. Pascoe, of the Chatham division. The Reyal Marines composing the detachment have been chosen foe, their knowledge of some trade, and they are all n on of go:.. character. They will be absent from Englan d for afoinsi_ her of years, during which time they will receivoa t derable addition to their pay. It is inte nded to send out their . their wives and families to them shortly after thneirof labour arrival at Port Albany, when all the roughest descrip.teitoed. connected with the expedition has been e4M de ......n at the Ad- The following appointments have w— aster, to the Welles miralty :—Geo. A. Rowe, assist. paYin to the Aurora—Henry ley—Patrick Keelan, assist. surer ° :e Royal Oak — Edward C. Woods, acting assist , surg ., f o r the Tenders—Woa ; In, Taylor, engineer, to the Bl e rnhclus, for the Partridge-... N a. H. Elliott, engineer, to t he engineer in the Cumb er l thaniel Farrant, confirm ed as , f . e ngineer, to the Orontes-IL I T —F. J. Fairclough, "B"'"' - - II ----. to the Tamar—A. . B„ Burnes, assist. engieee ' . a unin g . e, as u ._ t h e Asi a , s pernumerary—and assist. engineer, " clerk, to the Fisgard. Matthew Wellington, - THE BOOKS OF THE N ORTH BRITISH AND MERCANTILE INSURANCE COMPANY, • - For the Year 1863, close on 31st December. Life Policies effected on or before that date will rank for an additional Year's Bonus in comparison to later entrants. During the Four Years preceding last Division of Profits (1858), the Company issued 1,595 Life Policies, assuring . , ... . 41.221,4308. V uring the Four sOC'eealeg eirit the number of Life Polices issued amounted to 3,168, and the Sums assured to £2,22 BEING AN INCREASE OF 82 PER CENT. The SIXTH SEPTENNIAL DIVISION of the COM PANY'S PROFITS will take place on 31st December, 1865. THE WHOLE PROFITS WHICH HAVE ACCUMU LATED SINCE 81sT DECEMBER, 1858, WILL THEN BE DIVIDED, AND NINETY PER CENT. ALLOCATED AM ONG THE ASSURED ON THE PARTICIPATING SCALE. CERTIFICATES of INDISPUTABILI rY granted, and every facility offered to Insurers. FIRE DEPARTMENT. Insurances granted both at Home and Abroad on the most liberal terms. Forms of Proposal and every information will be given at the Head Office, or any of the Company's Agents. By order. F. W. LANCE, Secretary. London, November, 1863. HEAD OFFICES: LONDON ^ 58, Threadneedle-street. • 4, New Bank Buildings. Lothbury. West-end Office_ 8. Waterloo-place, Pall-mall. EDINBURGH B4, Princes-street. Director, Mr. F. Jonghmans. "THE GHOST CLUB" at the CANTERBURY HALL.—New and Interesting Spectral Tableaux.—Mr. C. MORTON Is enabled to announce that, through the medium of Professor Pepper's World of Shadows, a "GHOST CLUB" is nightly held at the CAN TERBURY HALL. The object of the Club Is not the re peopling of the Haunted Houses of London; but, through the agency of Phantoms, to present vivid (if transient) pictures of the drama of real life, both in its serious and mirthful aspects ; and, by means of spectral tableaux, to recall, and still further impress on the mind, some of the teachings or pleasantries of the best writers. At pre sent, the two orders of Slavery—the Slavery of the South, and the " White" Slavery of a more boastful civilisation, receive emphatic illustration ; and these life pictures will be rapidly replaces by others. The pages of Shakapere and the elaer Dramatists, of Scott, Hood, Ingoldsby, Dickens, &c., 103, in turns, furnish subjects for illustration. 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 George Ilutchenson. The Recorder of Birmingham on Crime. At the general quarter sessions of the borough, on Monday, M. D. Hill, Mg., the Recorder, delivered the following charge to the grand jury : Gentlemen,—You have just heard that it is the command ' of her Majesty the Queen that the laws which prohibit idle I and dissolute persons, or indeed any ethers, from drinking on the Lord's-day to excess must be put into force. I have great satisfaction in stating that I believe in this borough these laws are put into force with great rigour, and, I trust, with corresponding success, but of that I cannot speak of my own knowledge. I have before me the calendar of the sessions, which contains 82 names, and I find that of these 82, 35 have been previously convicted. I find that of these 35 seven have had penal servitude, and I also find that, in addition to the number of prisoners sent for trial at the ses sions, there have been since the last sessions 6t male per sons and 20 females convicted under the Summary Juris diction Ac's—that is to say, those acts which give to the magistates the power of disposing of cases, sentencing the guilty and acquitting the innocent without the intervention of a jury. It was very right and prudent on the part of the legislature to limit tho powers given to magistrates to exer cise them without the assistance and safeguard of a jury within tolerably close restrictions, but I think we may now say that the experience of many years has shown that there is no disposition on the part of justices of the peace to press the laws unfairly and with over severity against those prisoners who are thus entrusted to their charge. And I could wish they were armed with more power—that is to say, that the sentences which they can inflict should be of longer duration than they are enabled to pass at the present time. gentlemen, I believe that the danger, as I stated at the last sessions, is rather that justices of the peace should not give way to their humane feelings too much than that they should overstrain the laws with undue severity against the prisoner. Whether it be the fault of the law which too much narrows the power of the justices, or whether it be from that sort of humanity to which I have just adverted, I cannot say, but so it is, that the terms of confinement are too short, and being too short, the result is that prisoners come again, and again, and again, so that in this long lint which I have before me 1 find cases in which prisoners have been previously convicted, either before justices or at the sessions or the assizes, many times before they come here on the present occasion for trial. I have before me the record of a female prisoner who has been previously con victed eight times before she comes up on the present occa sion. Now, gentlemen, these facts show that punishments as they are now administered are far from being so effective for the repression of crime as we could wish, or, indeed, as we have a right to demand, if there be any possibility of obtaining it, for the protection of our families, ourselves, our friends, and our neighbours. It is, indeed, melancholy to think that more than one-third of the prisoners who are waiting their trials have already been convicted. They have already felt the visitation of the law; they have already known what it is to be guilty, and to suffer punishment for their guilt, but they are not reformed ; and, gentlemen, my experience is that a prisoner who is not reformed by being sent to gaol is made worse. No man, no woman, can come out of gaol the same being he or sh e was w h en they went into gaol—they are either better or th ey are wor se. If the discipline which the law has appointed, and which has been administered upon them, has not had the effect of preventing they must become more hard rep y, arredp;:tinitioorne again;orfeathdeyirtoooffffenencdes,wh while they have gained experience, through the previous offences which they have committed, of how such offences are to be committed with greater determination to do wrong, and with safety. The consequence is, they come out a greater power again with a of doing wrong with impunity. Not but that they will be overtaken at last; but my inquiries have led me to believe that there is a large class of persons always in this, and, indeed, in every other country, who have skill and cunning enough to commit crime with impunity for a very long time —sometimes for years, sometimes for many years. Again, there is an offence which it is thought is peculiar to the town of Birmingham, and that is the offence of passing bad money. When I say peculiar to the town, I do not mean that it is supposed to be exclusively practised in this town, but we have credit given us for a very large number of eo o ffenders of this class. I bellevet a h ia e r re e i x s a s g o g m er e a d t e io g n rer n and some this opinion; h and, corroboration e p sent occasion the re i s n ot one single charge of that kind to be bro ug ht before you. I am glad tconsiderablea ton h d eg r present e . degree--of P° of that view, I am happy to tell you o f this, because I take rather a more serious view, perhaps, of these offences than that g enerall y held . I consider it an offence of a very n efarious kind. I consider that the p assi ng of bad money presses ve r y hard i n d eed upon the poorer clasees of shopkeepers , who can ill affor d such losses as I h a ve often seen it proved they have sustained in the trials which have taken place in this court. Now, gentlemen, it is satisfactory, and it is very much to the credit of the police, that it should have been found so dangerous to commit these offences, at least in this town, that if the offenders still persevere in their evil courses they, at all events, think it necessary to go away from a place where they are sa vigilantly watched. But, gentlemen, there is another offence of a more heinous nature, more dangerous, and producing more 'misery than the one I have mentioned, and which I am sorry to say is very rife among the people of this town—l allude to the offence of embezzlement. I have in the present calendar nine cases of embezzle ment to be tried before you. When we remember that a person who embezzles is one who, up to the period of his being apprehended and brought under the cognizance of the law, is a person of character—not one of that class who is under suspicion, and carefully watched by the police; but On /310 Vin eilnollg you, and, if he is in you e----- - - -- ----1 .-, -"# --- zr- -- --4 , ---s-e-- , IN EWSPAPER / 4 - 0 clf. " 4 " 1"---;;--- --1; 1 f sup:-Tm V f e 141? THE PROPOSED CON e D 7 • -k- t ' . ` .. 0 - g- - 1--,r47 0 a' -4, A. Ao The Moniteur of yesterday eontai , s tagrin t 1_, ,,, q ''.. he Sultan in answer to the invitati.. r.rn - 4, - s .r• -. At • Emperor of the. French to attend si Cong the customary introduction the reply proceeds : " I have received at the hands of the Marquis de ?Mustier the letter by which your Imperial Majesty has been good enough to inform me of the present situation of Europe, and of the necessity of meeting at a Congress, so as to concert and adopt proper measures to regulate the present and assure the future. " I cordially thank your Inperial Majesty for the sentiments of sincere friendship wiaich you have testified towards ins on this occasion, and I. - pray you to be persuaded of the perfect reciprocity of my sentiments as well as of my most sincere desire to you th e hi g h value which I attac h to in; d e ra n more and more firmly the bonds of this se e prone secular friendship which so happily crime between the two empires. " Suaerei;-.,n of an empire, the 'interests and pros perity of which depend :n a great measure on the maintenance of peace, I shall feel a real satisfaction at seeing it established on solid and dorahin b:ses. " As regards my personal view on the subject of the proposition made by ycur Imperial M a j es t y , I refer to the conversation which I have k a d w i t h c y a o t u i representative,ornwhich I havec and haar t e o a th m e y communi cation near friendly comnni your Majesty, to make to your Government. "I embrace this occasion to renew to your genial Majesty the assurance of my sincere affection and of my inviolable attachment. " Constantinople, the 23d Djemazi-ul-akclr, 1280. (Dec. 5, 1863)." Then follows a memoir of the audience with the Sultan, addressed on the 24th November, 1863, by the Marquis de Moustier to the Minister for Foreign Affairs : " The Ambassador, in handing to the Sultan the letter of the Emperor, briefly, stated its contents. 47:--isThe Sultan A'ePlied-=II highly appreciate the Imperial idea, and I heartily thank his Majesty foe his letter. I cannot doubt the sentiments of Vac Emperor towards me; and the entire, Ottoman nation, I am convinced, will be extremely sensible of the conduct of his Majesty towards mys e lf. I shall be very happy to embrace this opp o f tun i ty of making the personal acquaintance of such a Sovereign as the Emperor, for whom I have a pro found friendship, and, at the same time, to visit such a beautiful capital as Paris; but if I had known beforehand the bases on which an understanding was to be arrived at, a great advantage would, per haps, have accrued, since in this case I should have acted in full knowledge of the motive: "The Ambassador replied immediately—' The Emperor, declaring in his letter that he had na pre conceived idea, c ou ld not trace out a programm- He was obliged to confi ne hi mself to indicat i ng t o t eS e overeigns his alli es , confiding in their perilouswis dom, situation i n which Europe finds iatlsle the h . The Congress alone can decide the points on which there will be an occasion to come to an un derstanding; and in appealing to a general discus.. sion for the position and the solution of all the ques tions, the Emperor has given sufficient guarantee for all interests.' "The Sultan replied—' My observation conceals no sentiment of opposition. I now understand, b y the explanations with which the ambassador has furnished me, the difficulties there are in fact of knowing beforehand the points which will form the subject of the deliberations. I accept, then, the in,.. vitation addressed to me by the Emperor; but as my presence alone in France would not be sufficient, I shall only undertake the journey in case the other Sovereigns also proceed to Paris.' " The Sultan said, in conclusion, with some stress —'l pray the Ambassador to be convinced that, if the Congress should take place, Turkey will not be the last herself to be represented: " The Ambassador having thanked the Seitz for what he had heard from his mouth, concluded by saying : "' I shall reply to the letter which the Ambassa dor has delivercd to me, end the Emperor shad be satisfied with my reply on all points:" LONDON STONE. I n reference to a paragraph whin h we quoted from the Athenceum on Monday 'a c - Ti m es as follows ;._,c, QTYcorresp t o thecadent writes attention has been ca lled to a paragraph if, you extra cted from the Au, r yesterday's imp ression, enewn, headed ' A Relic gadangereds' It is —ondon there alleged that s ome frag ments of the London Stone have been lolooked off and freshly fractured surfaces exposed. For the many years that I b .4flVe been a parishioner I have watched the ancient relic with anxious care, and, although th ere are several abra sions and indenta tions on the surface, yet, I think, there are none which hay : ar i sen f rom a ny recent injury. The until 1 i , ho stood out adjoining the public cartway, the Street then being exceedingly narrow. It was necessarily exposed to damage from collisions, and being also considered a great obstruction to the traffic, it was removed to the foct-pavement, and would willi ngly import ance of preserving ' suggestion that mi ' are quite alive to the Ipgly carry into effect any again, in 1742, it was placed against the church. Ultimately, in 1798, it was built into the church wall. A few years ago it was proposed to enclose the stone within an ornamental iron T -rat mg, and a design was prepared for the pur use • b , late Mr. _ . 1e , .ut upon con sulting the late Bunning he was opposed to any modern addition such as intended, and advised the church -wardens that it should sible in its original simplicity, be left as far as pos and so it has since remained. The parish officers this nationally interesting relic, and Wit meet with the approval of antiquaries in general," PROTEST OF DEMI : 1 71 The fialloWing is a translation of a nolo addressed (with Saxon y , a alterationsna Hanover, of n a to the '.:ll'inisters ,ftf-Porf4gt Affairs of Prussia, and of Austria, m d e a s te a d nd C t e i p ti e ( L ) li n Denenedemerbsiegr l 9 ned, — President of the Council and Minister of Foreign Affairs of his Majesty the King of Denmark, has the honour to acknowledge the re ceipt, on the 15th instant, of the note whereby the President of the Couaeil and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Prussia has acquainted him with a Federal decree of Denember the 7th, and in consegnence.:of the sn-culled procedure of execution resolved by the said Federal decree, has requested the Government of the King to evacuate Holstein within seven days c, Having, without delay, submitted this E n o e t d e e ser t a o l his most gracious Sovereign , t he undersigned has bean charged by his Majesty to call the attentio n of the Prussian Government to the following 01„,,er., the German vations : "The Assembly yresolutionpassed thof this by m onth is dep r i ved of all binding force for the Royal Government already by the circumstance that it has been passed after the illegal exclusion of Ills Majesty's Plenipotentiary from the Assembly. ''Besides, with regard to the fact that the said de cree pretends to be founded t h e on it preceding Fede ralof October 1, is impossible decree for the King's Government to consider this latter as a valid motive for the procedure of execution which has recently been resolved for the following reasons "That the ordinance of March 30 of this year, against which the said decree was directed, has a fterwards been formally repealed; "That the d• m - --e lation offered by the British Go vernment with a view of reconciling the pending differences betweenandConfederation Denmark the has been accented by the Royal Government in the sitting of the 29th -, iie 29th of October; `` That the King's Government in the same sites ting declared itself ready to meet the Confederation in every point in which of rights claimed for the Federal provinces should not b e con sidered as being sufficiently guaranteed at present. cc But th e sing u l ar character of the pretended Federal execution has become still more perceptible since the Federal Assembly has pretended to ques tion his Majesty's right of succession and the vali dity of the 1 1 , rea ty of London of May 8, 1852. For, even considering the matter from the point of view o f the German Confederation, it must be admitted that any demand on the part of the Confederation w ith regard to the position which his Majesty should, accord to Holstein in his capacity of Duke of IEI. s t e in must be subordinate to a preceding acknov, , - ledgment of the King as Duke of Holstein and Lau. enburg. " Lastly, I must observe that the request addressed to the King's Government is not in conforraity with the prescriptions laid down in the regul a ti ons for the procedure of execution, dated August 3, 1820 (Art. X.) —namely, in this important p o i nt, that it has not been made possible for the Rin g ' s Government to avoid tho execution by submission to any precise demands addressed to it. Far from this, the execution itself appears sinatlly as the only object of the Federal resolution. " His Majesty, my most grac i ous sovereign, is under these circumstances unable to recognise the so-called execution , resolved by th e C on f e d e ration asa butlegitimate procedure f ounded in the F e d e ral law, intends, on th. 3 contrary, to reserve formally his sovereign and d3,,nastie riphts. His Msjesty Ls therefore commanded the I.llld"rsigned to protest by thi s present, and in the 13 ')t solemn wa nner, against the unquestionabl e eric:oasettmentwhich has been such further re—s-101111;tiaonnds reserves wa y consider recon. announced to him, for himself to take eileable b Nv; , - -t , 4 his rights and in terests. " C. HALL" " ' t ic tuldersigned avail s himself, &c. Or HERP. MEYER LT;TZ, the THE ArisERERE dlheficcunz speaks of as having been nctontly performed after Vespere, at tho St, George4Edrel, SGUalWark. ~r~ ..,,~-,: !' I 1~ II E r i K