The Sun. — London, England, 1864-05-05 00:00:00

IN what " Happy Land" can I . ree Ton after the _IL "Opera?" 1 only know of One HAPPY . LAND In which a Gentleman May Sup—EVANS', COVENT GARDPV, my dear fellow! TUE PROVINCIAL BANKING CORPO RATION (Limited). Established under the Comp'lilies Act of 1802, with Limited Liabiiity. Capit .1, £2,000,000, in 40,000 shares of £5O. First issue, 20,000 shares, with power to increase to £4,000,01 0 Ten Thousand Shares have already been subscribed for. The remaining Ten Thousand are offered to the pub is Deposit, £1 per Share on application ; XI on allotment. Calls not to ex.secd £5 at intervals of not less than three months. It is not intended to call up more than £ , 5 psr share, and should no al otment be made, the deposit will be returned in fulL _ DIRECTORS. Jamn Goodson, Esq., Chairman of the Great Eastern Rail way Company, and Director of the Guardian Assurance Company. T. Fl em i n g. E.:(1., Laticaster-date, ITyde-park. G. F. Ilolroya, 'Esq., Director of the -Mercantile Credit Ass )- elation, and London, Chatham, and Dover Railway Corn nv. W. Tabor, Esq., Bishonsirste-street, Director of the Impe rial Bank, an British and Californian Banking Company. R. C. It. Coeq, Esq.. 73, Inverness-terrace (late C. H. R. Cocq and Co, Tutarorin, Madras Presidency). Andrew Walls, Esq. (of Leadenhall-street. John Trickle, Esq. aliekle. Borman, and Co.), Leadenhall street, Director of the London, Buenos Ayres, and River Plate River. Xexander Thurburn, Esq. (late Joyce, Thu' burn. and Co.. Alexandria and London), Director of the South Wales Railway. Brinsley Nixon. Esq Queen's-gate-gardens, Director or the Home and Colonial Assurance Company. Lightly Simpson, Esq., Director of the London and Lanca shire Insurance and of the Great Eastern Railway Com panies. J. W. Holland, Esq., Forest-hill, Director of the Financial Corporation. P. G. Van-der Byl, Esq., 3, Upper Hyde-park-gardens, Director of the English and Scottish Marine Insurance Company. Richard Michell, Esq., Ladbroke-square, Director of the Great Western Railway Company. BANKERS. Imperial Bank (Limited), Lothbnry. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Harrison and Lewis, 24, Old-Jewry. BROKERS. Messrs. Towgood and Strachan, 33, Throg,morton-street, London. Horstall and Penny, Liverpool. It Green, Esq., Leeds. James Duncuft, Esq, Manchester. AUDITORg. Samuel Barrow, Esq., Ironmoager-lane, E.C. (Barrow and Gates , , Public Accountant. Edgar Smallfleld, Esq., Dowgate-hill-Chambers, Public Ac countant. SECRETARY (PRO TEM.) E. Garden, Esq. TEMPORARY OrricEs. 21, Old-jewry, E.C. PROSPECTUS. This Company is established for the purpose of acquiring the business and connections of ex , sting provincial Bank ing Establishments and of carrying on, generally, the opera tions of Country Banking on the Joint-Stock principle. Treaties are now pending for the purchase of some private and joint-stock country establishments, which will form the basis of a large and flourishing bank ; and, for that purpose, full powers for the increase of capital have been taken in the Articles of Asso istion. It is not proposed to do any banking business in London .; but in addition to acquiring the goodwill and business con nections of existing banks, is intended to open branches in provincial cities and towns where, owing to the increase of wealth and population, a satisfactry business can be esta blished. The recent amalgamation of twi of the largest private banks in London with j ci.it• stock establishments, foitowing other combinations of a similar nature, and the continuous advance in the price of banking shares generally, afford con clusive evidence of the advantages of the principle of joint stock association in banking business. If the system of banking carried on by public companies is admitted to be so advantageous in London, where the pri vate establishments are generally large and wealthy, it can not be a matter of doubt that the principle is still more ap • plicable to the country, where the resources and credit of private firms are much more limited. The increase, also, of trade in the country genera ly has crea ed a demand for fur titer banking accommodation, while it is only in the metro polis that the requirements of the mercantile community have been adequately considered, The Shares of the three Banks in London constituted for simimr objects are now quoted as follows, viz. : Paid. Present Prices. The National Provincial £l2 £ll The London and County The Provincial Bank Ireland 25 .. In further illustration of Ihe profitable character of the hu,iness of the forty-one Joint-stock lianks established dur ing the past three years, it will be found on inspection of the official list that, out of that number, the shares of alt but two are saleable at a considerable advance on their paid-up capital. Prospectuses and forms of application for shares may be obtained at the T emporary Office of the Company, or of' the Brokers or Sol citors. The Articles of Associathon may be seen at the Office of the Solicitors. T HE PROVINCIAL BANKING CORPORATION (Limited). NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the SHAME LIST of this Corniyquv will be CLOSED, both for 'Town 'end Country, THIS DAY, TIIIIRS DAY, the sth lla y, at Four o'clock. R. GARDEN, Secretary pro tem. Temporary Offices, 24, 0 d Jewry. EASTERN EXCHANGE BANK (Limited). Incorporated, with Limited liability, under the C ompanies Act, 1862. Capital £2,000,000, in 100,000 Shares of £2O ea ch. First Issue 50,030 Shares. Deposit on Application of £1 per Share. Further payment on Allotment, £2 per Share. First Call, not exceeding • .E! not less than One Mouth after ... - Allotment. Further Calls not exceeding £2 108. per Shore, at ini;ervals of not less than Three Months. It is not intended to call up more than £lO per Share. DIRECTORS. George M. Bowen, Esc; (Thomas Manning, and C 0..), Liver pool. - Thomas Chilton, Esq. (Holderness and Ch : lion). Liverpool. Edward Comber, Esq. (Edward Comber and Co.), Liver pool ; Comber, Son, and Co., B .mbay. Robert Di rom, Esq. (Dirom, Davidson, and Co.), Liverpool; D.rom, Hunter, and co., Bombay. Chas. Edward Dixon. Esq., Liverpool (Dixon Brothers and l 0.. Alexandria). William. James Ferule, Esq. (Fernie Brothers and Co.), Liverpool. Patrick Hunter, Esq. (Browne, Hunter, and Co.), Liverpool. Edward Lawrence, Esq. lEdwardLawrence acid Co.), Liver pool ; Lawrence and Co., Bombay. Andrew Ida Colmsoa Esq. (J. and D. Ma'colinson and co.), Liverpool. BANKERS. Liverpool The National Bank of Liverpool. London The National Bonk. Ireland The liranches of the National Bank. Manchester Union Bank of Manchesuir. Lee is London and Northern B .nk. Glasgow Mercantile and Exchange Bank. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Late, Banner, Gill and Lace, Liverpool. BROKFRS. Liver,: ool.—Messrs. Thomas Tinley and Sons. London.—Albert Ricardo, E q., 11, Angel-court. Manchester.--Mess: s. Shore and Kirk - , H, ;St. Ann'a.agnare. SECRETARY. A. E. Pelly, Esq. TEMPO RART OFFICES. 17, l3rown's-building!, Exchange, Liverpool. PROSPECTUS. The Eastern Exchange Bank(Limited), I a formed to supply a want which has been long felt, and its value will be imme diate y ree,oenised. Although Liverpool enjoys an Immense i:port and import trade, and is the port through which the valuable manufac tures f Lancashire and Yorkshire pass, it his not a single Bank c..nnecied w,th the Mediterranean. the East Indies, China, or Australia. The exports of British and Irish produce and manufactures to the above countries for the year 1863 amounted to about forty millions, and by far the greater portion was shipped from Liverpool, whilst the produce received in return into Liverpool was of a va ue of upwards of sixty millions, making a total of one hundred millions sterling. Whilst London has upwards of fifty Banks, w:th branches in different countries, established fOr the purpose of affording every facility in Exchange transactions, there is no Bank of this description, with l.a head-quarters in L.verpool, con nected with the East. The Profitable n•iture of Exchange business is we'l known, and the practice which has become so general of attaching Bills of Lading to Bills of Exchange renders this the safest description of Banking business. Some evidence of the safety and profitable character of the business is afforded by the present values of the undermen tioned Banks, whose chief sources of profits are in connection with Exchange operations. Paid up Present . Price. Agra and United S erv i ce Bank per Share £5O £.45 Chartered Mercantile Bank of London. India, and China Oriental Bank Corporation Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China Bank of Australasia ... 40 I ‘1 perial Ottoman 8ank....., lO Bank of New fiouth IValos 2O . 57 The Eastern Exchange Bank (Limited, will have its head quarters in Liverpool. Branch Banks will be formed. in the first instance, at Alexandria, Bombay, Calcutta, China. and Australia, and as the busine.s develops, at other places. The Directors of the Eastern Exchange Bank will make arrangements for London basiness, constituting a first-caq; London Banking Aeency on mutually advantageous terms. 1 he busine • a of the Bank will chiefly consist in negotiating mercantile bills of exchange, granting drafts, in negotiating and collecting bi is payable at places where the Bank has Branches or Agencies. It will issue circular notes and let ters of credit, will undertake the purchase and sale of secu rities, the receipt of divideals. and eft ct remittances between the several places, inoudin London, at which its Agencies awl Branches will be establulied. The Bank is founded under " The Companies Act, 162," whereby the respective liability of each Shareholder is limiter. to the amount of his Shares. There will be no fee f.)r promotion; the remuneration of the Directors will be fixed by the Shareholders at each annual meeting ; and the preliminary expenses will be con .d to indispensable outlay. The Articles of Association lie at the Office of the Solicitors for inspection. Applications for Shares must be accompanied with a Banker's Receipt for £1 per Share. In case the amount so paid should exceed £3 oer Share on the number of Shares allotted, the surplus will be returned ; but it it should fall short, the balance must be p aid within seven days after notice of allotment. or in defau lt, the allot ment will be cancelled and the deposit forfeited. If no allotment be made the deposit will be returned in full. Applications for Shares mey be sent through the Solicitors or Brokers of the Company, from whom Forms of Application may be had. FORM OP APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To te retained by the Bankers. EASTERN EXCHANGE BANS (LIMITED). First Issue 50,0; 0 shares. To the Directors of the Eastern Exchange Bank (Limited). Gentlemen,--Having paid to the bankers of the above named Company the sum of £ , I hereby request that you Viii a lot me shares in the said Company, and I agree j eeeht such shares or any smaller cumber that may be d otted to me and to become a member of the Company ; andl authorise yon to place my name on the register of mem bers net l; 4 i" r°sPect of th e shares to be allotted to me, and I agree 9 bound_ by all the conditions and regulations contained in the m emorandum and articles of a.ssociation of the Com pany. I further authot ise you to forward by post to my ad dr;ss as below, the certificate for any shares which may De allotted to me. day of Is6l. Dated this _ Name In full Firm (it any) ....... Business or profession Place of business Residence E ASTERN EXCHANGE BANK, Limited. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the LIST of APPLI CATIONS for SHARES will be CLOSED on SATURDAY next, the 7th May. LACE, BANNER, GILL, and LACE) Solicitors to the Company. 17. Brown's.bnildincl. Liverpool. MaY 3.1861. No. 22,421. IVNAHAN'S LL WHISKY T. COGNAC, BRANDY. This celebrated Old IRISH WHISKY rivals the finest FRENCH BRANDY, It Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and wry 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." ruo PERSONS SEEKING LANDED Le•IATES, TOWN AND COUNTRY RESIDENCES, FREEHOLD AND LEASEHOLD INVESTMENTS. AND PROPER Ems GENERALLY— _ _ . To RE HAD GRATIS, at the principal Railway Bookstalls throughout the kingdom, or at the Auction and Estate Offices, No. 67, Chancery-lane, London, Messrs. E. and H. Lumley's "FREE PROPERTY REGISTER," containing a varied selection of landed and houseoproperties now in the market, from the nobleman's mansion, with its manorial domain, to the cottage with its few acres. OWNERS or PROPERTIES wishing to Sell or Let can em brace the opportunity that the medium of this Register affords, by sending the particulars of their properties to the Estate Offices, 67, Chancery-lane, London, as the Messrs. Lumley can in most cases introduce immediate customers, where the property is of an eligible character, thereby avoid ing the disadvantages of delay and its attendant incon veniences. _ . THERE IS NO CHARGE incurred, unless a tenant or pur chaser is introduced throueh Messrs. Lumley's Agency, and then onlythe usual moderate commission. Auction and Land Offices, 67. Chancery-lane, London. VURNITURE, CARPETS, BEDDING, and FLOORCLOTH, CARRIAGE-FREE to any house in the kingdom, regardless of amount or distance. First. class Coods at second-class prices. Terms peculiarly liberal to lergymen and Gentlemen. An immense stock to select from, displayed in Showrcoms occupying an acre of ground. Every article warranted. ULeatGYMEN and GENTLEMEN ABOUT TO FUR NISH are respectfully informed that Messrs. Cobbett and . are publishing an entirely New Edition of their un equalled HOUSE FURNISHING GUIDE, illustrated by4lo admt-able engravings of every description of Furniture and k.ecisteads, with prices attached. A copy sent gt atis and post-free on application. This costly work also contains complete estimates for furnishing on the following revised tale : A Six-roomed Parsonage £74 t 0 An Eight-roomed ditto A Ten-roomed ditto A Twelve-roomed ditto Together with a Mee List of purified Bedding, and a mass of valnable informationto all requiring househ3id 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, Gainsborough, Margate. Kidder minster, Wellington. Croydon. Cambridge, Staines, Dorking, St. Aiban's. Worcester, Ipswich, Peterborough, St. David's, Wrexham, and above 500 other places in all parts of Great brit a:r.A. COI-IBETT and CO., General Rouse Furnishers, Deptford bridge, London. B.E. THE WELLINGTON THREE SHILLING DINNER, consisting of Soup, Fish, Made Dish, Joint, Sweet, 'to., is served daily from 3 to 9 p.m , and on Sundays from 5 to 8.30 p.m. Private Rooms for large or small parties. By order, JOHN CATES, Manager. The Wellington, St. James's-street. Entrance, 160, Piccadilly. PARIS. -THE GRAND HOTEL, Boulevard des Capndnes, Place de Nouvelle Opera, opposite the Rue de la Paix, and near the Theatres. Has been opened since July, 180'. It contains 700 bed rooms, prices trom 4fr. to 2tfr. ; 10 drawing-rooms, from Mr. to 301 r. ; a magnificent salon, capable of dining snore than 300 persons, and where there is a table d'hote at six o'clock. Dinners and breakfasts are served a la carte in the c ffee rooms, a 3 well as in the apartments. There is a reading room with the best English :aid foreign papers and publica tions, a music-room and a drawing•room for the use of tra velltra without any additional c;iarge. There are also baths, billiard-rooms, smoking divans, post-office; cabs, carriages, and omnibuses going to the railway stations. The servants speak all languages. This superb hotel, po sessing• all that modern luxury and comfort can combine, and situated in the most fashionable part of Paris, is recommended to the atten tion of travellers. Iniependently of their Two Hotels, the Compag,ni6 Immo biliere has established an extensive Private Furn shed House on the Boulevard des Capueines, opposite the ROTUNDA of the GRAND HOTEL. where Families can reside as in their own • rivate residences ; and where they may rely upon find ing tue utmost comfort. ALEXANDRA PARK COMPANY (Limit d). T HE ALEXANDRA PARK RACES (At MUSWELL-IIILL) WILL TAKE PLACE IN JUNE, 1865, On TUESDAY and WEDNESDAY following Ascot. Stewards :—The Duke of Beaufort, Earl of Portsmouth, Earl of Coventry, Viscount St Vincent, Hon. Admiral Rous, C. Alexander, Esq., W. G. Craven, Esq., and it. C. Naylor, Esq. Clerk of the Course and Handicapper—Mr. J. P. Verrall, Lewes. Judge—Mr. J. F. Clark, Newmarket. clerk of the scales—Mr. Manning, Newmarket. Starter—Mr. M`George, Burton-on-Trent. The following stake (for now two year olds) will close and name on or before Tuesday. the 17th May next, to Messrs. Weatherby, 6, Old Burlington-street, London; or to Mr. J. F. Verrall, Lewes. The FIRST ALEXANDRA BIENNIAL STAKES of 25 sovs. each, 10 ft., and 5 only if declared by the Ist January in each year, with 1,000 sous. added in is6s for three-year-olds, and 500 sovs. in 1863 for four-year-olds; colts, Bst. 1O;b. ; fillies, Bst 71b.; 1133 winner of the .Derby, Oaks, or Leger to carry 161 b. extra ; the winner of the Two Thousand Guineas or One Thousand Guineas, 51b extra ; the second in either the Derby, Oak. or Leger. en 1 the winner of any other race value 500 rovs., Oak., carry 31h. extra ; maidens in 1.65 allowed 51b.; in 1860, 71b.; the second in each year to te.eive 10J Ems. out of the stakes, and the thir4 5 sovs. To be run in 1865 over the Alexandra Course, about one mile and three furlongs ; and in 1866, over two miles and a quarter. *** The full Programme of the Two Days' sport, compris ing Stakes to which the added money (exclusive of the Alex andra Biennial Stakes) will amount to upwards of 1,600 sou., will shortly be publi 'bed. By order, _ F: K. PARKINSON, Secretary. Offices, 12, Tokenhome-yard,E.C. THE ORIGINAL ROYAL BUCKINGHAM SAUCE, for Roast Meat, Rashes, Gravies, Stews, Steaks, Soups, Fish, Game, .te. Prepared only by the proprietors, Trios. Bucx and Co., 10, Bath-place, Dalston, London, N.E. NEW PATENT CURTAIN HOOK that requires no sewing, and, if reversed, can be used for many purposes. To be had of all shops in town or country. Patentees, W. TENT and Co., 23, Birchin-lane, London, E.C. IT 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. •nd 2s. 9d. ; or free by post for 14 or 33 stamps from Page D. Woodcock, Chemist. Lincoln. 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. Address—BoTT and JACKSON, "Man of the World" Wine Stores, George-street, Cainberwell-park, London. NIERCHANTS, MANUFACTURERS, TRADERS, AND EXECUTORS. ACCOUNTS arranged and adjusted, and Balance Sheets prepared.—Fluanc al operations organised and Banking fa cilities arranged.—Cash Advances made on Trade Stock, Dock Warrants, and other Securities, and Sales effected. — The Agency of Provincial and Foreign Firms undertaken. ' Address, Messrs. BANKES and Co., Accountants, 20, Devereux-court, Strand, London, W.C. TEETH. —Mr. ESKELL'S INVENTION in the construction of ARTIFICIAL TEETH has the following advantages :—A set of teeth, of excellent work manship and mechanism, can be made and fitted with the moat perfect accuracy and success, in a few hours, without pain or extraction of stumps, and to answer all the purposes of mastication and articulation. They are fitted without wires or fastenings, and adapt themselves so perfectly to the gums, that they are quite immoveable, except at the option of the wearer. Invalids or residents in the country can ad just these teeth to many changes of the mouth without the aid of a dentist. They are not so liable to injury, are always useful, and will last a lifetime. Comfort guaranteed. Trea tise explaining Mr. Eskell's Patent, &c., free for 7 stamps. Inspection of specimens and consultations ree. —B,Grosvenor street, Bond-street, W, ,i 1 • 39, Bennett's-hill, Bir mingham. PRIZE ME D A L.-INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1862. FRANCIS TUCKER do CO., Wax Chandlers, dm., &C., To the Queen and the Prince of Wales. (Established 1720.) The Jurors' Report on Wax and Church Candles, in 1862, testifies to the excellence of the quality of Messrs. Tuckers' manufacture. A distinguished 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 tuell..l com mend them to the clergy for the use of the altar." Finest quality, with latted Wicks, patented.. s. VI. per lb. Ordinary quality .. Od. per lb. VEGETABLE CANDLES, with a Mixture of Wax. Best quality .. Is. sd. per lb. Second quality .. • • .. is. 3d. per lb. Third quality ls. id. per lb. Carriage paid in London on Orders of Five Pounds in value. FRANCIS TUCKER AND CO., 8, South Molton-street, Grosvenor-square. Manufactory— , Kensington (Established 1730). The lar,gea Establishment in England for the Manufacture Wax Candles for the use of the Altar PIGS! PIGS! PIGS!-INDIAN PIG MEAL, Without husks, supplied to the Royal farms, Windsor, and in every county in England, 163 6d per cwt. ; one cwt. equal to la cwt. bar'ey or any meaL Delivered free in Lon don. Established 1858.--THOMAS PEARCE, Manager, 66, Lant-street. Southwark. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail way Terminus, Ring's-cross. Patron—Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN. Vice-Patron—His Royal Highness the Prince of WA LE F. ,K.G President--His Grace the Duke of BUCCLEUCH, K.G. Treasurer —Edward Masterrnan, Esq. The numerous and urgent appeals of the sick poor for ad mission compel the Committee to entreat the bounty of the affluent and humane, as the medical officers are daily obliged t) treat as out-patients many distres-ing cases which. with more adequate funds, they would gladly admit into the wards. The premises of the Hospital arc capable of containing 500 beds. The Hospital is not endowed, but is wholly dependent on voluntary contributions and legacies, which are received by the Treasurer, Edward dies ternian, Esq., Nicholas-lane ; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co. ; Drummond and Co. ;'ferries and Co. ; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Glyn and C . o. ; Jones Loyd and Co.; Barclay and Co. ; Denison and Co. ; W Mains, Deacon, and Co. ; Overend, Gurney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co., Berners-street ; Blasterman and Co. ; I. Barred and Co., Liverpool ; and at the liopplt4l, trom, 10 till 5. STANFORD S. =ITU Merget4ry. of-w/e, Zdy,wed6 Or, 40%4 .4). • )0 , c" l"a 1 -tiF• ;•N•3 Att; •••,* , 0 5 0 " 17• et zit ‘044 • t , • .0 6 4. 7 tt 'C. : :: t •it et. • ---;"" "7'`' 4 olt(Vr. 4 • • ; &A• , ' ti THE SUN, LONDON, £HUHSDAY EVENING, MAY 5, 1864. SuOrrlsll AN]) UNIVERSAL FINANCE BAN To be incorporated under the Limited Liability Act. Capital, £1,000,000, with power to increase to £5,000,000. 20,C00 shares of £5O each. First issue. 10,000 shares. £1 on application, XI on allotment, and L 5 in three months. IHE NAVY. It is not intended to call up more than £25 per share. In the event of no allotment of shares being made, the deposit money will be returned in full. If more shares are applied for than are allotted, the surplus of the deposit money will be applied to the payment due on allotment. Prospectuses and forms of application for shares may be obtained of the brokers, and at the offices of the company. Home, foreign, and colonial contracts. Head Offices, London and Glasgow, with branches in Paris and New 'lock. _ _ More than half the capital being already subscribed for, the list will remain open only a few days ; and, by a reso lution of the board, the whole of the remaining shares will be allotted in strict order of applicativn pro rata. By the constitution of the association, the directors are not to be paid for their services until the shareholders shall have received 7 per cent. dividend out of the profits, thus pledging their own remuneration on the success of the company. DIRECTODS. William Crosskill, Esq. (William Crosskill and Sons, agricultural implement manufacturers.) Henry Frederick Downes, Esq. (Messrs. Downes and Sons, bankers and army agents.) George Grant, Esq., lute Sub-Treasurer to the Bombay Government. Cyrus Legg, Esq , Director of Mercantile Union Insurance Company. A. Rosselli, Esq. (Messrs. Rosselli Brothers), merchant, Rood-lane. Angelo Usiglio ' Esq., merchant, Great Tower-street. Charles Wefts, E,q., shipowner, Director of London and Provincial Marine Insurance Company. Chalmers Izett Paton, Esq. (Hugh Paton, 9, Princes street, Edinburgh). (With power to add to their number.) BANKERS. The Imperial Bank (Limited), Lothbuiy, London, mnon . .mts. Lewellin A. Crowley, Esq., 3, Copthall Chambers. SOLICITORS. _ . Messrs. Mayhew, 26, - C;;;i 2 SCieet, Lincoln's-inn-fields, London. AUDITORS. Charles Smith and Sons, New Broad-street, B.C. Temporary Offices-61, Cornhill. Naval and Military Intelligence. The Duke of Somerset and other members of her Ma jesty's Privy Council arrived at the Royal Clarence Vic tualling-yard yesterday, by special South-Western train from London, and crossed over to Osborne in the Sprightly steamer, Master Commander G. Allen, returning to town afterwards by the same route. Her Majesty's seam yacht Osborne, Staff Commander George H. R. Bower, yesterday arrived in the Thames, having been placed at the disposal of the Lords Commis sioners of the Admiralty for the purpose of their inspection of the Channel fleet in the Downs. The hired transports Bellona and Thor yesterday went alongside the Arsenal pier at Woolwich, laden with returned stores from Corfu. The Westerbottom and -Verandah, also from Corfu, have discharged the greater portion of their cargoes from the dismantled fortress, consisting of 900 tons of guns, shot, carriages, and other war stores. Oa the 3d of April, 1862, the Royal Sovereign three decker, then but recently constructed to carry 131 grins, and fitted with engines of 800-horse power, nominal, was towed down Portsmouth harbour and placed alongside the dock yard to undergo the work of conversion to a 6-gun turret ship, on the plan advocated by Capt. Cower Coles, 11. N. The work was to be completed in about 12 months, so that by April, 1863, it was expected she would be afloat and stationed at Spithead until the completion of the forts which are now in course of construction for the protection of that anchorage. In April, 1863, however, the ship was still in process of conversion. On the 9th of March, 1864, she was finally floated out of dock with the armour on her sides and her turrets, and one 12-ton smooth-bore gun (1,50- pounder) in her foremost turret, but with an immense amount of work remaining to be done before she could be ready for sea. Even now she cannot be made ready fo sea under six weeks or two months, To-day she certainly will receive the remaining four guns for her turrets, which are ordered to be sent up to her from the gun-wharf, and she will probably, in the course of one or two weeks, make a preliminary run over the measured mile; but neither re ceiving theremaining four guns of her armament nor making this preliminary run over the measured mile will qualify her for service. All the delay cannot justly be laid upon either the Admiralty or dockyard authorities. The work was altogether of an unusual kind, and, while shipwrights were learning to become "workers in iron" in lieu of workers in wood, the way had been felt, so to speak, by those in charge. Altogether, looking at the state of the ship now and bearing in mind past experiences, it would seem almost impossible to fix an earlier date for her maiden cruise than the end of June next or the beginning of July. The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty :—Capt. E. B. Rice, to the St. George, vice Capt. Grenfell, whose period of service has expired—Commander F. G. Suttie, to the Salamis—Lieut. E. A, Pusey, to the Salamis—Lieut. H. K. Leet, to the Excellent—G. T. Bol ton, midshipman, to the Liffey—E. P. Tomkinson, naval cadet, to the Revenge—A. G. 'Waller, naval cadet, to the Marlborough—W. B. Ponsford, naval cadet, to the Phoebe —and R. H. Carroll, assist Burg, to the Salamis. PROSPECTUS. The success attained by the Credit Mobilier of Paris has recently led to the establishment of somewhat similar hied. tutions in London, their introduction meeting with marked success, as is evidenced by the large dividends paid to their shareholders,and increased value of the shares, such increase being from 100 to 200 per cent. on the amount paid. The fact th it Scotland, notwithstanding the magnitude and rapid increase of her commerce, has no institution of the kind contemplated, has suggested to the projectors of the present company the formation of an institution founded on similar principles to the Credit Mobilier of Paris, but em bracing a larger field fur its operations. The progress of Scotland has been greater during late years than that attained by any other country in the world. Sta.istics of shipbuilding on the Clyde alone, during the year 1863, show that 171 vessels, with an aggregate ton nage of 124,000 tons, were launched, while 3,148 sailing ships, with an aggregate tonnage of 350,956 tons entered the river in the same year; but this number has been ex ceeded by the steamers, which reached the large number of 10,555, having an aggregate tonnage of not less than 1,035,932 tons. One of the great advantages of this establishment will be that hcotch houses can negotiate their foreign bills through the medium of this establishment, this department being one of the most profitable in banking business. The directors have succeeded in completing arrange ments for the purchase of the Tell-known. established, and profitable business of Messrs. D. Nathan and Co., of Cornhill, London, bullion and exchange bankers (who take a large res ponsibility in th e com p an y), upon such terms and conditions as will be satisfactory to the shareholders, the payment of the purchase money being made entirely in shares of the company. Arrangements have also been made for the transfer, upon equally favour able terms, of the business of N. Monteaux et Fils, Palais Royal, Paris, bullion and exchange bankers, long known as the oldest and most extensive establishment of the kind in France, and now carried on by Victor Monteaux, their successor, who will retain a considerable share interest in the company. The contracts for the transfers of the above list lie at the office of the solicitors for inspection. ' These arrangements will constitute a nucleus, and enable the directors at once to commence operations, as they enter upon a valuable connection of many years' standing, and embracing a very large number of foreign correspondents. The objects proposed to be effected by the company are 1. To receive money at call or on deposit fur fixed terms, and the oidivary business of bankers. 2. To grant temporary or permanent loans on approved public securities or private undertakings of tindoubted merit and known solidity. _ _ _ _ 3. To make advances on merchandise and dock and other warrants, on title deeds of property in possession or rever sion for any temporary purpose, on contracts for carrying out or the finishing of works, or any other securities where their safety is unquestionable and the benefit to the com pany sufficiently advantageous. 4. The purchase and sale of the precious metals in all their forms. The company will be enabled by its facilities and connexions, to import and export bullion, and to deal in foreign coins and bank notes en an extensive scale. 5. By means of the Paris branch it is proposed to un dertake the shipment of silver to the East via Marseilles, which can be done at a considerable saving of expense and G. The business transacted by the issue of small bills and letters of credit for the convenience of travellers and emi grants is incredible. Remittances from America to Ireland alone amount to several millions sterling per annum. By affording the same facilities to the English, German, and French population of America it is confidently, anticipated that most profitable business can be done. 7. To negotiate approved foreign or inland bills, to trans mit funds in specie and in bills or otherwise, to any foreign State, and to arrange purchases or sales of any British or foreign securities at home or abroad. S. To caste coupons, and to realise or undertake the management of the dividends on loan or other securities. Application for shares to be made to the secretary, at the temporary offices of the compan! or the brokers. THE ARMY. The military invalids brought home from the Mauritius in the Shannon freight-ship, as reported in Ihe Sun of yesterday, were transferred by a Government steamer at an early hour yesterday morning to the Royal Victoria Mill- Lry Hospital at Netley, At 4 p.m. the ship sailed from Sp!thead for Lcndon, with the wind at S.S.E. Major , General Sir Richard Dacres, K.C.8., yesterday commenced his inspection of the troops and garrieon quar ters under his command in order to draw up his final report for the information of the Field-Marshal Commanding-in- Chief on resigning his command of the Woolwich district at the close of the present month. General Dacres will then be succeeded, as already announced, by Col. B C. Warde, C. 8., who, it is expected, will-be promoted to the rank of Major-General. A timepiece has been presented at Watley Barracks, near Brentwoot", to Sergeant .1. Marley, late president of the Garrison Temperance Society, on his retirement from the service. Lieut.-Col. Shaw's newly invented gun carriage and gun, from which the trunnions have been removed, were on Wednesday conveyed to Shoeburyness from Woolwich, for the purpose of undergoing a course of experiments, which were ordered to be commenced this morning. The gun was fired at Woolwich in the presence of the Ordnance Select Committee, and fully realised the advantages anticipated. Col. Shaw is now about to propose a design for the con struction of a gun carriage upon a somewhat similar method for sea service in ironclad and cupola ships, so as to afford grelter protection to the gunners during a naval engagement. This system, if successful, will obviate the necessity of run ning the guns outside the portholes, which will be reduced considerably in Biz:. The Primrose-hill Garibaldi Meeting, A special meeting of the Working Men's Garibaldi Com mittee was held last night at the Whittington Club, Strand, Mr. Nieass in the chair. There was a large attendance of delegates. Messrs. Beales and Nicholay were also present as a deputation from the City committee. The secretary reported that the sub-committee had made their arrangements for holding the adjourned meeting on Primrose-hill on Saturday evening next. Mr. Beales had consented again to take the chair, and several influential members of the City committee and members of Parliament were expected to be present. There was every reason for believing that the meeting would not on this occasion be in any way interfered with by the police, but at all events the committee were resolved on maintainieg the right of the people peaceably to meet in the parks, if they thought proper, to discuss their grievances. He had been in communication with Mr. Cowper, 1-1 er Majesty's Commissioner of Public Works, during the last few days upon the point; among other matters ho had asked him whether he would give a clear and distinct reply to the following questions:--First, whe ther he, as First Commissioner of her Majesty's Works, claimed the right or power of preventing, with the aid of the police, the holding of a meeting by the people on Prim rose-hill, or in any of the parks, for legal and constitutional objects ? Secondly, if he claimed such right and power, then upon what grounds, under what act of Parliament, or by what construction of law he claimed that right and power, either on the part of himself or the Commissioner of Police. He had also asked Mr Cowper to receive a deputation to dis cuss the question. Mr Cowper, however, had declined to answer those questions, or to receive the deputation, saying in reply. "That he could not admit that it would be proper or expedient for him to enter into discussion with any de putation upon the legal questions put to him." The com mittee had now carried the matter to this point, and it would be for the meeting on Saturday to decide what fur ther steps should be taken. Mr BEALES said that he considered the way in which Sir G. Grey and Mr Cowper had evaded a direct answer to a direct question tantamount to an acknowledgment that they were not justified in law in exercising the right and power they claimed, and ho should consider the meeting on Satur day next bound to assume as much. The matter could not, however, rest in this unsatisfactory state, and the metropo litan members must be asked to bring the question formally before Parliament, and compel both Sir G. Grey and Mr Cowper to justify the right they claimed, or give it up. lie for one would not rest satisfied until the question was settled beyond a doubt. The police, by their unjustifiable conduct at the former meeting, had raised the question, and it was now in the hands of the people to have it settled. The com mittee he was addressing had received praise from all par ties for the dignified way in which they had acted under the gross provocation they had received, and he felt the matter might safely be left in their hands. Mr NICROLAY supported the view taken by Mr Beales, and should feel it his duty to attend and take part in the meeting on Saturday. It was then resolved that the resolutions respecting the forced departure of Garibaldi on the plea of ill-health, but in reality to servo the political purposes of the Government, as proved by documents in the possession of the committee, and demanding from the Government a full explanation of the intrigue, intended to be moved at the suppressed meeting on the 23d ult., should be submitted to the forthcoming meeting for adoption, subject to such alteration as the new facts which had come before the committee should warrant. It was also resolved that the following resolution should be moved on the conduct of the police :--" That this meeting declares the conduct of the police in interfering with a peaceable and orderly public meeting on the 23d of April last to have been wholly unjustifiable, illegal, and unconsti tutional, and deserving of the serious attention of all mem bers of Parliament interested in the preservation and pro tection of popular rights." The Finance Committee then brought up a report of the receipts and expenses incurred by this committee as their share of the demonstration on the entry of Garibaldi into London, from which it appeared that £5l had been received, and £5O 19s expended. The subscriptions received since that account had been made up, and ail future subscriptions, would go towards the testimonial fund, and be paid through this committee to the City Committee. The SECRETARY stated that the testimonial fund being raised by the City and Working Men's Committee was the only fund recognised by Garibaldi. It was stated by the intimate friends of Garibaldi that he would not accept the annuity proposed by the Stafford-hcuse Committee, fearing his independence would bo thereby compromised. Some routine business having been transacted , the committee adjourned, to meet at Primrose-hill on Saturday next. 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The eccentric Mar• quis de Boissy, however, in speaking up .n this subject, denounced the Prince of Wales for visiting Garibaldi, and employed such very intemperate expressions that the Paris papers were requested, it is said, by the " black man" to take no notice of them. A report of the speech appeared neverthe less in the Moniteur of Saturday, the 30th April, and the following is a translation of it : Everybody knows what has lately passed at the other side of the Channel ; it is what I call a happy example ; for whatever evil is done on the other side of the water, what ever presages revolution, I applaud with all my heart. If some persons have been grieved and deeply afflicted at seeing the social head of a great country debase himself as he has done; if we have seen—oh I shame of our epoch shame for a certain country, not for us—if we have seen the heir to a crown shake hands with a filibuster—(hear, hear)—for my part, my heart overflows with joy, for its revolution—revolution invoked by those who will be its first victims. Let not this imprudent prince deceive him self—(murmurs)—the revolution never pardons—(increas iug tumult)—it takes advantage—(explosion of murmurs ; interruption). lam told that lam wrong in speaking thus. I admit one thing—that lam not quite master at this moment ; but it is none the less trus that princes who offer the hand to revolution are always its victims. (Agita tion.) Enough on this point, It seems that the Marquis de Boissy is not satis fied with this report, for in Tuesday's sitting of the Senate, as we learn by the Moniteur of yesterday, he complained that it was inaccurate, and had been curtailed. He said— I will proceed as usual in very measured terms. lam made to use language which is quite opposed to my habits, language unworthy of the senate; for if I had used it it would have been timid and unworthy of a senator. I did not say, as the Aroniteur makes me say (for I do not wish to quarrel with all the heirs presumptive to the European crowns) " the heir presumptive of a crown," but I said " the heir presumptive of the crown of England," Other lines follow against which I have nothing to say. Three lines come after, and in those three lines there are as many falsehoods of the Iflonitcur as words. lam sorry that the Moniteur, which bears the title of ILloniteur Oficid, and sole official, should be thus the Lying Moniteur under the authorisation of the Government. At this the President, M. Troplong, rose, called the marquis to order, and told him that his words had been textually reproduced by the Moniteur, but that some of them had been suppressed. The President added that this had been done by his authority. M. de Boissy, in reply, again main tained that the Moniteur's report was inaccurate, asserted that there bad been no tumulte, as stated in that report, and denied the right of the Presi dent, or of anyone else, to change or to suppress the official accounts of the proceedings in the Senate. "I conclude," he added, " and I sum up by decilr ing that I have been made to say what I did not say, and that the Moniteur is no longer exact, but is nothing more than a novel in numbers, instead of a faithful history." In replying to this, M. Troplong said : You have just propounded a theory which is quite wrong when you maintain that the report ought to reproduce exactly and without any restriction every word which falls from the mouth of a senator. If you imagine that the ob jectionable words which escape from a speaker when ho does not know how to contain himself, ought all to bereproduced in the Moniteter and in the report, you commit a profound error; they ought on the contrary to be suppressed, and that has several times happened under circumstances which you ought to be acquainted with. In jurisprudence there are acts in which words contrary to law, public order, and good manners are considered as unwritten. It ought to be the same in assemblies. The words which outrage all pro priety ought to be considered as unspoken. The tribune is a sanctuary for politics expressed with decency ; but it is not a vehicle of publicity for politics which resort to invective, violence, and menace. (Hear, hear.) These aro the views which influenced me when I ordered the suppression of the words in question. I did not hear those words, but they were repeated to me. The Marquis—Shall I read them to you ? The President—lf you do they will not be reproduced in the 111011iteur. The Marquis—l have sent them to foreign papers. The President—You address yourself to foreigners be cause you feel that you are not powerful enough here to cause any scandal. The Marquis (warmly)—l am not in the habit of allow ing myself to be insulted by anybody. The President—Sit down; you are not in order, M. de Boissy. The Marquis—By anybody, understand. Your office is to preside with dignity, not to insult. (Protestations, great uproar, and cries of "Order, order.") The President—lt is also my duty to maintain order in the Assembly, and as you are disturbing it I call yon to order. Ultimately M. de Boissy was silenced by the Pre sident explaining that the Senatus Consultum of the 2d of February, 1861, and the Constitution, gave him entire authority over the reports of the Senate, and that on the 25th of February, 1862, he had exercised this authority by suppressing certain " ccarse and indecent words" uttered by M. de Boissy himself. Another Earthquake. A shock of earthquake appears to have ben felt in some parts of Sussex on Saturday night. The Sussex Advertiser says :—" Shortly before midnight on Saturday last a curi ous phenomena was experienced at Maresfield, Sheffield Park, Fletching, Chaney, and the neighbourhood, and which has been attributed to the shock of an earth quake. The shock seems to have been confined to a somewhat limited area. At Maresfield, the phenomenon was experienced at nine minutes past 11, and is described in a letter from Captain Noble as an extraordinary vibra tion, lasting 15 seconds, and shaking the doors, windows, and beds at Maresfield Lodge with some violence. The oscillation and vibration were likewise generall) felt through cut the parish. At Sheffield Park, the seat of the Earl of Sheffield, the earthquake was felt by the members of the noble Earl's family and household. The time recorded here is six minutes past 11. Among other indications, the but ler heard the mortar fall behind the wainscot, and a loose bar attached to a window shutter oscillated and struck the shutter. Lord Pevensey and Mr. Douglas Holroyd, who were at Sheffield Park, distinctly felt the shock. At Scaymes Hill, it is stated that the bells at the public-house distinctly vibrated; while at Fletching, the family of Mr. Jones were disturbed by a rumbling noise. Similar sensations were experienced at Buckham Hill and Chaney—more especially at two cottages at the latter place, where the shock seems to have been more severely felt." Captain Noble writes : One of the ladies of my family describes the sensation she experienced as that of having her bed moved to and from the wall against which its head stands, as though some one had got underneath it and were trying to lift it. As the bedstead in question stands nearly S.E. and N.W. this may serve to give an idea of the path of the earthquake wave,if such it were. I learn from various sources that this oscillation and vibration were felt all over the parish. Finally, three of my female servants were again alarmed some time after midnight by a rushing sound, as though of violent hail, passing close to their windows, although, on looking out, nothing was visible, nor has either hail or rain fallen here since the 28th nit. The Surrey Standard says :—" The village of Fletching was last Saturday night, about half-past 11, alarmed by a violent jarring of the houses, which was supposed by many to be either der shock of an earthquake or an explosion o f some pr or magazine. It was of very short duration, but so violent a a t ls theo felt same a t Newick and Piltdown." was it as to awake many from their sleep. Ono:gontleman says, I was sitting reading on the gro und floor, and m y chairtime i quite shoot attie . • itthewnashoacisk was°felt ApriltheAustrian According to THE BRITISH AND THE s y AUSTRIAN FLEETS.—A lwehttaetr we fr Lave o mliiei h just 30thhero of e squadron will soon come to the B 3 Y of Kiel to reinf orce t h e war vesse l s of Prussia, whi ch, in order to escape the su p erior maritime l e arnt e forces of Denmark, have taken r e f uge i n the Patch ports. The arrival o f an English squadron of observation in our port is also regarded as very probable. Arrangements are even being made at this moment to collect in the magazines a large quantity of coals and food for the supply of the British fleet. The English vessels will thus be placed in a position of observa • • tion side by side with those of the Aus trians and Prussians in the same bay, and if, as is not im probable, these last make their appearance before Copen hagen, it cannot be doubted that they will be followed by the British naval forces. It is not to be inferred, however, from these different movements, that a collision will take place between the ships of the Powers represented in the North Sea. Has not England superabundantly proved of late that she is by no means disposed to intervene actively in the present war in favour of Denmark ?" NEW NOVEL. BY M. E. }MALLON. On May 10, at all Libraries, in 3 vols. post Bvo., HENR Y DUNBAR. 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RECENT ADDlTlONS.—President Lincoln and Presi dent Davis; Ancient Effigies of Henry IV. and his Queen Joan. in magnificent costumes of the period (1399); and in the Chamber of Physiognomy is a full-length model of Geo. Victor Townley. Open from 11 in the morning till 10 at night. Admittance, Is. ; extra rooms, 6d. ARGYLL ROOMS, Windmill-street, Piccadilly, IS OPEN EVERY EVENING. During the evening an unparalleled repertoire of Dance Music, Selections and Overtures, is performed by the cele brated Argyll Band, forty in number. Doors Open et Half-past 8, commence at 9. Admission ls. Manager, M. GRENET. HEALTH OP THE METROPOLIS. (From the Registrar-Generals Weekly Return.) The mortality falls with the progress of the spring months, and in the week that ended on Saturday the deaths in London were 1,307, and showed a decrease on those of the previous week and a more important decrease on those of the earlier weeks of April. The mean temperatures of the four weeks of last month were the following -41.5 deg, 48 9 deg, 53.3 deg, and 47.6 deg. The average number of deaths in the 17th week of 10 years 1854-63, is, with a correction for increase of popula tion, 1,321; and the result of last week's registration diffas little from the average weekly mortality at the end of April. The deaths from phthisis were 170, and exhibit no de crease on those of the three preceding weeks, whilst those from bronchitis were 197 in the first week of April, and 139 last week ; those from pneumonia in the same times were 104 and 79. No deaths from smallpox were registered in the week, a circumstance which has not occurred before since the pre valence of that din: se in the metropolis. 45 deaths oc curred from scarlatina. 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During the last few weeks his numerous and excellent artillery—with which ours could not cope, save with the certainty of total destruction before the storm—hal played upon the position front various points with cpnatintly in creasing vehemence. The most essential conditions for successful defence, consisting in the efficient state of the artillery,. formidable passive obstacles, the energy of the I,v -mg defenders, and uninterrupted readiness of the garrison to repel attack, could not possibly be maintained in full vigour. These unfavourable circarn4ances were greatly increased by the bombardment of the position, lasting from tae 17th ult, to far on in the forenoon of the 18th, the most severe and continuous to which it had been exposed. The fire was especially concentrated against Forts 3,4, 5, and 6. Their parapets were entirely demolished and their palisade works shot away. To remain in them was impossible. The re turn fire of our guns was reduced to a minimum, without possibility of renewal or repair of the defences. Added to this, several officers, some of rank, had been killed or wounded on the left wing on the morning of the 18th. Meanwhile the enemy worked in his trenches and in the nearest parallel, 'Which, through connection with our rifle pits, the same night was rapidly formed into a continuous line from the extreme left wing to before Fort 8. lie h a d thus gained a covered way and a protected position to within 260 yards, in some places in front of Fort 5 to within 200 yards, from our works. When guard was relieved upon the evening of the 17th the position was occupied by the following divisions : Upon the left wing, from Forts 1 to 6 inclusive, the Ist brigade (the 2d and 22d Regiments); on the right wing, Forts 7 to 10, the 3d brigade (16th and 17th Regiments) ; upon the ground near the barracks was the Bth brigade (9111 and 20th Regiments), as first line of reserve ; in the tete-de pont were three battalions of the 2d brigade (3d and 18th Regiments) ; while another battalion of the 3d Regiment was posted as reserve behind Forts 9 and 10, upon the road to Aabenraa. The infantry garrison had previously been permitted during the day, and whenever the bombardment was very violent, to seek cover in the ground immediately in rear of the works. This permission was possibly made use of in most of the forts, as several hours in the forenoon of the 18th passed without any apparent diminution in the violence of the bombardment, which seemed indeed rather to increase. About 10 o'clock the enemy broke forth along his whole line, from Forts Ito G. Fort 5, one of the most severely injured, was the first reached, and seems to have been surprised and captured without a shot being fired. Almost simultaneously Fort 6 was stormed with scarcely any check. The garrison running into the trenches found the enemy already on the parapet. Fort 4 was taken a little later, but here the resistance is said to have been greater. The same seems also, at least in part, to have been the case with the remaining works on the left wing. The small-arm fire now brought up the reserve. General Da Plat, commanding the position, hurried to the front. The Bth brigade was instantly sent forward to occupy the second line of entrenchments, but the enemy was already far advanced upon the extreme left wing. The brigade commander at this point, Colonel Lesson, as well as both battalion commanders of the 22nd Regiment, had fallen, and several officers were wounded; consequently the resistance was not successful in checking the enemy outside the second entrenched line, which had also lost its natural support in Fort 6, and the fleche of the high road, setae hundred pacts in the rear. The 20th regiment, whi,:h rapidly hurried to meet the enemy, encountered him 200 yards on this side the en trenched line, but drove him back to a hedge in its front, where his resources had already arrived. The general of the division in person was present in the sharp engagement which took place here about 11 o'clock, upon the ground both south and notth of the main road between llybbol mill and the barracks. He brought up the Bth brigade, and endeavoured to check the enemy's advance until notice had been given to the right wing to commence a general and tactical retreat. Upon the left wing one battalion of the 17th Regiment had occupied the trenches between Forts 7 and 8, with the latter fort; the second battalion held the trenches between forts 8 and 9. Daring the storm Fort 8 did not fire a shot, but when at 10.15 the enemy debouched from the line between 5 and 6, and advanced in columns against the entrenched line of 6 to 7, a heavy fire was poured into his flank from the Ist battalion of the 17th Regiment in Fort 7. The line from 6 to 7 had been intended to be occupied by the brigade in the i.ete-de-pont, as soon as this was relieved by the brigade advancing from Sundsmark. Bat as this force had not yet come up, and the resistance in the first line was not strong enough to admit the reserves to deploy, the enemy succeeded in penetrating the second entrenched line. He passed through the line from Forts 6 to 7, and entered Fort 7 !rem the rear. Trenches 7 to 8 were thus enfiladed, and became untenable. Col. Bernstorff then ordered an attack to recover Fort 7, which was not successful. The colonel was mor tally wounded, and the line from six to seven obliged to be given up, the garrison retreating, skirmishing from hedge to hedge. Meantime the 2d battalion of the regiment held its post, and not being attacked in front faced about and took the enemy in flank, as he showed him self in rear of Fort 7. At about 11 o'clock the 17th Regi ment began the retreat, which the 16th Regiment hal already commenced, while one battalion of the 3d had taken up its post upon the Aabenraa road, to cover the retiring brigade. The retreat from the Dybbol position was thus about to commence along the whole line, when the commander• in chief arrived. Warned by the small a= fire in the position, before receiving a report of the state of affairs—foo a break down of the telegraph had necessitated the report being brought to Ulkibol by hand—he had given orders to the different divisions in the cantonments to advance according to the arrangements already made„ The commanding general took up his post upon an ele vation to the north of Sonderborg, whence he could over look the engagement; the chief of the staff went to the nor thern tete-de-pont, where General Steinmann EOM after wards arrived to take command of the right wing. The sub. chief, Major Rosen, had hastened to the front, and was in search of General Du Plat, near the barracks. The enemy continued to send forward larger masses of troops, and strong bodies of trailleurs came up upon his left flank. The Btk brigade could no longer hold its ground. General Du Plat fell mortally wounded ; Major Rosen met the same fate, as he was hurrying up to assist his comman der. Major Shau, the chief of the divisional staff, was also wounded, and these distinguished officers shortly after wards fell into the enemy's hands. Towards 12 o'clock the remainder of the left wing reached the tete-de-pont, which, together with the bat teries outside and at Sonderborg, and the Rolf Brake, directed a powerful fire upon the advancing enemy, holding him in check, and forcing him to seek cover. The Commander•in•Chief then took the necessary steps to secure the retreat of the right wing, which was not yet in sight from the tcte•de.poht, and to organise the retiring troops—most deprived of their leaders—in a defensive position across the Sund. The adjutant at headquarters carried out this task, and at the same time ass igned place s to the troops arriving from the cantonments. The Guards were posted in the trenches from the northern bridge to the castle; field batteries 2,8, and 10—in all 18 guns— were mounted in the works already prepared in the church yardoe the 3d Regiment, and near the castle, and the 11th battery was sent out in front of the Mill-hill to fire into the enemy's right flank. An advance of the Guards to cover the retreAt of the right wing, which had been intended, was not necessary, as the constantly 3d brigade and the battalion engaged, succeeded in effecting their retreat, in part along the shore, the 17th ilogiwent suffering heavy loss. The 3d brigade was ordered by General Steinmann times the north bridge to o ccupy the entrenchments along the Ale Sound as far as the flahk battery, and the defence from this time (12.30 p.m') was limited to the fight around the letes de pont, occu pied by the 3d and the 18th Regiments. This was mainly an artillery duel; the enemy had planted his field batteries upon Dybbol heights, whence they directed their fire upon the northern !ete-de-pont, while at the same time the batteries at Sattrup and Broager kept ups violent cross-fire upon the bridges and Sonderborg. An attempt to storm the trenches outside the north tetc-dc-pont was repulsed by two companies of the 3d Regiment, and an effective small arm fire was brought to bear upon the enemy's flank from the trenches upon Ale. It is believed that his loss at this point was considerable. In the meantime. however, it became evident that he tetes gle- pont, in themselves weak, could not long be held. The artilleryfire upon them became more and more vehe ment , their sides were enfiladed from Dybbol•mill, their guns dismounted, and as longer defence would have ren dered it doubtful whether the enemy, in a determined at tack, might not cross the bridges simultaneously with our troops, it was determined to commence the evacuation, for which the repulsed attack just mentioned afforded an op. portunity. The evacuation was then carried out from the wings, and the bridges were detached, the northern first, bath under a heavy fire, but with exemplary quiet and order. The fire continued for above an hour with undiminished vigour, then slackened, but did not finally clear until dusk. Tho Commander-in-Chief has not yet been able to mention by name those who distinguished themselves on this bloody day, and terminated a long episode filled with hardships, s ufferings, and the most gri e vous proofs of heroism ; but he has reported to the ministry the unreserved and devoted courage with which the officers of the army, from the gene ral to the lowest subaltern, went into action at the head of their men. Aithough the day has not been fortunate for our valiant army, it has at any rate not lessened the repu tation it had already acquired by its defence of the Dybbol position. The Commander-in-Chief cannot precisely specify the extent of our losses, but they cannot be estimated at less than upwards of 4,00 men in killed, wounded, and missing. The enemy's loss must also have been great, Now ready, 3 vols., crown 81 - 0., £1 iis. Cd., CLARA VAUGHAN. A Novel. 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