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vin 6or gegt'' 13 011 - lop► ll' to rif is b ,001°14 ..._--'- *-. - v e t N, 1-'• 0. 1 on" of mghold ce front partial feared ter left ain for the re and all ,a=eron an colo- Lad been a nd eta -8 much , r 8 of 61/ :ere in NO ed wit h the B t h I'B mot is uP°l arket tc) i iiet, fill r price° 3 280 - 36 2 0 0 32s s, 35s u 34s 3" to -day; Ls lower. Of prices 1)° ive b ui l; ;ad bY 18 tO EL 3 9 8 36 0 go 380 4 10 39s 3 60 330 ..-8 390 34s ,„0 — 0 400 350 ,s rs q gg 306 v.- j • nod ot a xleY sli e , ,A w e ' Si e th e A Olt ide' : cose of r a n, ;SOO ' N and 111 : 0 '- tot Laa o3ll° . hi . an me to id judgi Pen ilot _' Grool d Asi all4 ,k.vg ll4 ale UP IV ° BBB' ph ra: °W. 's Ion : d, G'-' aroe olif v at, fr. PERSONS SEEKING LANDED -,,„_ESTATES, TOWN AND COUNTRY RESIDENCES, WE HOLD AND LEASEHOLD INVESTMENTS, AND - ;PPER Es G ENE RA LL Y— th:2 nE HAD GRATIS, at the principal Railway Bookstalls ikz''' , 74'hout the kingdom. or at the Auction and Estate Offices, C hancerv-lsn., London, Messrs. E. and H. Lumley's I L 'EE PROPERTY riEGIFITER' containing a varied selection bt,‘landed and house properties now in the market, from ~Viebleman's mansion, with its manorial domain, to the "'6 , a,Ze with its few acres. lo t "ERs OF PROPERTIES wishing to Sell or Let can .Clll - the opportunity that the medium of this Register Z t is, by sendim,* the particu'ars of their properties to the lArni e °ffi lea , 67, Chanury-lane, London, as the Messrs. ale ' in_ctcan in most cases introduce immediate customers,. the property is of eligible chars- ter, thereby avoid ;Rhe d isadvantages ,of delay and its attendant incon enee& cli a lU ßE Is NO CHARGE incurred, unless a tenant or pur aap is introduced through Niessrs. Lumley's Agency, 'hen only the usual moderate commission. Auction and Land Offices, 67, Chancery-lane, London. ATLANTIC and GREAT WESTERN to t p„RAILWAY —NEW YORK _ at the - c ) N . clue let January next will be P AID in London, Lo nd „....onsolidat. d Bank (Limited), No. 7, k enchurch-street, T he ug, at the rate of 4s. to the dollar. if R et , t '.,.°uPons must be left two clear days for examination ; to ndo ,to 'he Offices of the Company, No. 2, Old Broa d-street, ).• by post, a cheque for the amount w 4,1 be re in due course. Dp„" opti on to convert Bonds into Shares expires on 31 st L o ,fiber, wion, No. 2, Old Broad-street, Dec. 9, 1163. 4 ' ANTIC and GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.—NOTICE to BONDHOLDERS. 110,% c onforrnity with the terms on which the First ItlortErage 18 B ;; . 1 of th e P enns yl van i a S ec ti on o f th is Railroad wire p q 'N to the public, the FIRST ANNUAL DRAWING of 4 at ti t i e n s .t. of the zross amount of these Bonds will take place 2il t. -London Tay.rn, Blihopsgate-street, in the presence of at „ rain, Pahlic Notary, on TUESDAY. January 12, 1561, 4 tte '''e „ A o'clock precisely, when Bondholders are invited to "u• The authorised issue is as under, viz.: -2 (In , --0 Bonds of 1,100 dols. each 600 ~ 2 500 ,000 " ~ 100 „ 2,590,000 „ abt v ° e nr Per cent. of each denomination will be drawn on the Le iti ,,daY, and the Bonds so drawn, that have been issued in tlei s 7"n, will be paid off at the rate of £225 for every 1,000 trek-" mid, £ll2 10s. for every 501 dols. Bond, and 10s. for o fte 100 dols. Bond, on presentation at the Company's b ex ,•,l‘To. 2, Old iiroe.d-street, E.C., on end after Ist April ali t ' , In addition to the Coupon due on that day, after which m li teres t will cease. lien;PaYinent, the drawn Bonds will be cancelled in the pre oft of public notar ees, a, 2 Old Broad street , London, EX., Dec. 9, 1863. SPECIAL NOTICE. THE BOOKS OF THE NORTH BRITISH AND MERCANTILE INSURANCE COMPANY, For the Year 1863, close on 31st December. Ad di l7 Policies effected on or before that date will rank for an " ( Mal Year's Bonus in comparison to later entrants. pug the Four Years preceding last Division of Profits h j (1858), the Company issued 1,595 Life P olicies, assuring £l 2 9 1 608 .... , , —14.1 , 11 `-': the Four suc'eeding Years the number of Polices issued amounted to 3,168, and the Sums assured to £2,22',532 BEING AN INCREASE OF 82 PER CENT. pne SIXTH SEPTENNIAL DIVISION of the COM 'S PROFITS will take place on 31st December, 1865. PW OLE PROFITS WHICH HAVE ACUMU RD SINCE 3 mi. DEC EMBER, 1858, WILL C THEN A,''' DIVIDED, AND NINETYCENT. ALLOCATED ONq THE ASSURED ON THE PARTICIPATING B CALE. CERTIFICATES of INDISPUTABILI fY granted, and every facility offered to lasurers. FIRE DEPARTMENT. Insuran , es granted b o th at Home and Abroad on the most liberal terms. Forms of Proposal and every i nfor nat i on will be given at the Read Office, or any of the Company's Agents. By order. London, November, 1863. F. W. LANCE, Secretary. XO NDON . READ OFFICES: 58, Threadneedle-street. 4, New ank Buildinc,rs. -mLothbury. ))2,..ir West-end Office S. Water ß ce 100-pla, Tallall. muumt 64, Princes-street. Jill - LIEN'S CONCERTS. P o hi ° HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. B ve:Y the Last Night of Sivori, and last Night but Four of the Season. y n 4N1,,, lltense success of M. Jullien's new GREAT CON qUADRILLE, introducing the National Airs of e nations. G Vocaliq, Mdlle. Votrrst.—Violin, Si2nor SIVORI. ra. ad Orchestra—Three Military Bands, and full Chorus. Conductor—M. ATLLIEN. Commence at B.—Admission, One Shilling. ko; Jul 4 DAY next, Delien's GRAND ember 21. D'OPELLA. will take place on HE OXFORD, 6, OXFORD STREET, W. EVENING, will be performed Selections from the 3 Laing Operas, viz., THE SLAVE, and CL ARA, the o . `. MILAN, by Sir H. bishop; also, from LA FORZA 11 ES INO—Verdi ; by the followin2 . talented artistes 4 44 V, s , eB Russell, Townley Fitz Henry, tilmsley, Tyrrell 1 • Ison ; Messrs. Green, Huish, Kimberley, Stuart, dm Ctlu,c' , Solos on the Violin by VIO TI COLLINS, the ated English Violinist. 1‘ Plute bi Drew , ryant. lendthe marvellous Dean. Pianoforte Instrument, the Miss ORC B HESTRAL by Herr SCIIAL KENBACH, the Inventor. Director, Mr. Jonghmans. w_eorn Randaly, by UNSWORTH (" or any oiler man "I, Eugene, Gymnast, J. Henderson. he GALL h a s b een new l y D ecorated, and is one of the 'at Beautiful in the Metropolis. 4 4 1-3 . ,en at half-past 7 o'clock. Admission, area, 6d. ; stalls balcony, la. ; private boxes, 10s. Gd. HE GHOST CLUB" nt th e ti t ,l " CANTERBURY HALL.—New and Interesting th.tctral Tableaux.—Mr. C. MORTON is enabled to announce it , throwil the medium of Professor Pepper's World of "eta,,dows, a "GHOST CLUB" is /lightly held at the CAN KRURY HAL L. The object of the Club is not the re tOPling of the Haunted Houses of London ; but, through pi, agency of Phantoms, to present vivid (if transient) 4)apres of the drama of real life, both in its serious t o Mirthful aspects ; and, by means of spectral tableaux, ra. recall, and still further impress on the mind, some at,h e teachings or pleasantries of the best, waters. At pre -4,,N, the two orders of Slavery—the Slavery of the South, a t he " White" Slavery of a more bo as tf u l c i v ili sa ti on, h Pre emphatic illustration ; and these life pictures will be replaces by others. The pages of Shakspere and the Itter Dtamatists of Scott, Hood, Ingoldsby, Dickens, &c., Ai,bl turns fur . nish subjects for illustration. ttl t i,." the other Musical and Pictorial attractions as usual, (tViding, Operatic Selections, &c. ; Comedy by U nswort h )44'' Modern Demosthenes), Eugene, George Hodson, E. and George Hutchenson. 11 , 0 YAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. SUCCESS. Houses Crowded Nightly. bli k ftNCONl'S CIRQUE IMPEttIAL. The most talented elle and Female Equestrians, Acrobats, Gymnasts. and the Stud of Trick and Manage Horses in the World. I IOZP7 Evening at Half-past Seven. Day Performances on , Ftys, Wednesday s, and Saturdays, at T Ao. 1 8 ` . 'dr Ylission—Reserved seats, 35.; stalls, 2s. ; promenade, ' Private boxes, one guinea. Box-office open daily from Ten until Four. ARGYLL ROOMS. Great Windmill-street, Piccadilly. k a; „ , 'lng the Concerts given by Mons. JULLTEN , a t H e r .;\,'4' 4,, ,tvNG T atheat re NlNE O'CLOCK. , the BALL will commence EVERY Doors open at 8 o'clock. Admission, Is. Manager—M. GnmwET. 1 29 , GEORGE-STREET, HANOVER-SQUARE. PI E LONDON ANATOMICAL MUSEUM. tt, ~.°Pen daily from 10 till 10. Lectures at 4 and 7 Where may be seen the Astecs ; Bushman and Stani J ulia Pastrana and Infant; Eng and Shang, the l'amar T wins ; and upwards 01 3,000 Models , Natural Pre 'old,2n,s, &e. Egyptian Mammies, unwrapped , 4,000 years One bhillinz ,tor Gentlemen only). 11A.NKRUPTCY AND COMPOSITIONS.- n WE TITERFIELD. Solicitor, 35, Moorgate-Street, XitY, PRCTISE:, in COURT, and effects PRIVATE tryisT a c. rie r2 s, z2 thel l I RAN -E3IE NTS with creditors, without publintY• r i z t p y o s c s o i n b il le u , c p t a e y d able by Instalments. Cowl- Divorce and 814:bate businesa 9orered on commission, free of law cOsts. penr,e. conducted at moderate ex- rT i nEETII.—Mr, Re ------------------ x.- • ~ ...F,l,vs _l_ the construction of ARTIPI Can be mad z, ut excellent w ith o o rk u - t INVENTION in 'following auvantazes :—A set ot tZ i tu i ". TEETH has the tnanship and mechanism, Illosit perfect accura.r..:y and success, in s e fitted with the perte e c d t lain or extraction of stumps, and ta answeer, e th Pr o ° t B h e e s Zt mastication and articulation. They arealgt? Ares or fasten_lngs, and adapt themselves so Without that Vuey are quite immoveable, except at 1 , the veear..er. Invalids or residents in the country e ° „,, Pt . ic ' a n atilst these teeth to many changes of the month areou 7l; l4, ° l a o.entist. They are not so liable to injury always ti t c„` ,, , 'ltnd will last a lifetime. Comfort guaranteed. Trea laat,-„7cplaining Mr. Eskeil's Patent, &c., free for 7 r stamps, dire of specimens and consultations free.—S,G 9svenor- Ini r 4 , Bond-street, W ; and at 39, Benne s-hill, Mr ighatn. mED A L -INTERNATIONAL PRA,. EXHIBITION, 1862. FR ANCIS TUCKER dr CO Wax Chandlers, ac., Sze, To the Queen and the R ince of Wales. (Established 17?0.) Jurors' Report on Wax and Church Candles, in 1R62, ka t ,,`,'as to he excellence of the quality of Messrs. Tuckers' sutre. T,t,rji;cllsti .guished Dignitary, in a letter addressed to Francis lA'r er and Co., on the subject of .A.)r CANDLES with PLATTED WICKS, says : m ec y om tu m a zn r d e a c t o i m on . Iphic(hliave found them fully equal to th in e r blend them gave them, and can sincerely, Fi 'lest 'uoln •t o the clergy for the use of the altar." ° lli quality, with Platted Wicks, patented.. 2s. 2d. per lb VE GETABLE quality .. • • • • 2-. Od. per lb. Ile Bt v . 2 _ GETABLE CANDLES, with a Mixture of Wax. ..............Is. sd. per lb. " - Xhi rl u quality is. • 3 d. per lb. quell •• • • is. id. per lb. • • a g e Paid in . London on Orders of Five Pounds in value. 8 , Co,. FRANCIS TUCKER AND CO., --.ll3 ioltontreet, Grosver o--squa re. ilanufactory— The l arn Kensington (Established 173 '). .L Establishtnent in England for the Manufacture of Wax Candles for the lige of the Altar. t AM BERT's AsTTINIATIC BALSAM.—AN Ihitafr en ,f ECTUAL EMEDY, without confining the bowels _ .oe head, truly efficacious and pleasant, !id ott 4 h s Lo be the best medicine lor immediately Felieving ato. n „., colds, confirmed cases et asthma, and incipien a t e r t - Pro 4 ' 0 ;!°o• It frequently cures persons whom _ y isncurable, admirably allas thp ticklin, which Its erect frequent cou , rhityr. In approachim,r consumption vei l. "j'P , are truly beneficial. Persons deprived of sleep, .or it a 0 ,11 !-:' do Avn for tear of suffocation, may depend on relief W. L'wvullnutes after takin it. I'reparea only and sold by cross f,„* B ,,ERT, uharingr '"tee n: n um?, and by all druelr'sts, in bottles, 136 d., and tc,- 74 ber's Asthmaticthe Balsam, The name and address are nap, %~ ~~~ N°. 22,299. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 15, 1863. UURNI i'URE, CARPETS, BEDDING, an d FLOORCLOTB, CARRIAGE-FREE to any house in the kingdom, regardless of amount or dis fame. First class goods at second-class prices. Terms peculiarly liberal to Clergymen and Gentlemen. An immense stock to select from, displayed in Showrcoms occupying an acre of ground. Every article warranted CL Et, GYMEN and GENTLEMEN ABOUT TO FUR- N SH are respectfully informed that Messrs. Cobbett and Co. are "publishing an entirely New Edition of their un ( quailed HousEyu [MIMING GUIDE, strated by 410 admirable engraving, of every description of Furniture and Bedsteads, 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 stale : ino NOT FORGET YOUR APPOINTMENT. _ES —We Sup at EVANS', Covent-garden, after Jullien'a Concert. MR. COBDEN AND THE " TIMES," ists, who have appreciated the freedom and independence of the Press, and I believe it to be essential to the interests not only of the press, but of the Public. Although, therefore, I have accepted your challenge in this jus t all ee, I shall decline to make any further contri bution to the Rochdale Observer. —I am, Sir, your obedient servant, IZINAHAN'S LL BR I A V N I D IVKY v. COGNAC This celebrated Old IRISH WHISKY rivals the finest FRENCH BRANDY, It i Pule, 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 The following correspondence is a sequel to that which has for several days occupied a most un merited share of public attention : To JOIIN T. DELANE, ESQ. Sir, —You and I have been long personally acquainted ; your handwriting is known to me, and I know you to be the chief Editor of the 'limes. Under such circumstances I cannot allow you to suppress your individuality, and shield yourself under the third person of the editorial nomi native, in a correspondence affecting your personal respon sibility for a scandalous aspersion on myself (as I now learn from you) as well as on Mr. Bright. Your refusal to publish my former letter is a matter so entirely within your own province that I have nothing to say upon it, except to congratulate myself on the recent revolution in the newspaper world which renders your de cision comparatively harmless. A few years ago the limes possessed almost a monopoly of publicity. Four-fifths of the daily newspaper circulation issued from its press. Now it constitutes, probably, one -tenth of our diurnal journalism, and my letter will be only the more generally react from having been excluded from your columns. But your letter proceeds to offer some most singular argu ments in justification of your attack on Mr. Bright. You state that your journal had previously contained two lead ing articles casting the same imputation on both him and myself, that you had challenged us to disavow your interpre tation of our speeches, and as we had failed to do so you a ccepted our silence as an acknowledgment of the truth of our interpretation ; in other words, as a proof of our guilt I Here we have, in a compendious form, an exhibition of those qualities of mind which characterise the editorial manage ment of the Times—of that arrogant self-complacency, that logical incoherence, and that moral bewilderment which a too long career of impunity and irresmsibility could alone engender. I will not stop to remark on your demolition of your own pretence for rejecting my championship of Mr. Bright by the admission that you had included us both in a joint indictment. Now, that which forms the basis of this reasoning, if such it may be termed, is an inordinate display of what I will call Times egotism. Notwithstanding that your journal has now but a fractional part of the daily newspaper cir culation, you complacently assume that all the world are your constant readers. The Times never enters my house, except by rare accident. This I know to be also the case with Mr. Blight, who will, in all probability, never have seen your attack until he reads it in my letter. It is only during the session, at the Club, that I am in the habit of seeing your paper. The chance visit of a friend last Friday placed in my hand the Times of the previous day, when that scandalous paragraph caught my eye which formed the text of my letter to you. I was entirely ignorant of the two former attacks, which by a droll process of reasoning you now ask me to accept as a justification of the third. Now, let me ask you to descend for a minute from your editorial chair while I illustrate this logic by a hypothetical case put to Mr. Delano, the barrister. Suppose that the constituents of Mr. Bright were to indict your publisher for defaming their member, and that it was proposed in a consultation of lawyers, at which you wero present, to set up as a plea of justification at the trial that the same libel had been twice previously published against both Mr. Bright and Mr. Cobden,—would it fail to occur to you that, in the eyes of an honest judge and jury, this defence would be con sidered an aggravation of the offence? But we will assume, for the sake of argument, that Mr. Bright and I are regular subscribers to and diligent readers of your newspaper. Is it seriously contended that as often as you choose to pervert the sense of our speeches, and charge us with schemes of public robbery, the onus lies with us to disprove the imputation, and that, neglecting to do so, we have no right to complain if we are thenceforth treated as thieves ? Would it not occur to any one but an editor of the Times that, before we violate the ninth com mandment, the obligation lies with us to know that we are not bringing a false accusation against our neighbour ? Now, a word upon the subject which has given rise to this correspondence. Nobody knows better than yourself, except the writer who actually penned the scandalous pas sage in question, that this charge of wishing to divide the land of the rich among the poor, when levelled at Mr Bright, is nothing but the resort to a stale rhetorical trick (though the character of the libel is not on that account altered) to draw away public attention from the real issue, and thus escape from the discussion of a serious, but for the moment an inconvenient public topic. In order to trail a red herring across the true scent the cry of spoliation was raised. You and your writers cannot be ignorant that the laws and poli i ical institutions of this country tend to promote the agglo meration of agricultural land in a constantly lessening number of hands—you and I know, by a joint experience which neither of us is likely to have forgotten, how great are the obstacles which the law interposes to the free trans fer of landed property in this country. Now, the policy which sustains this state of things is a public question, which is not only fairly open to discussion, but invites the earnest attention and study of public men. In this, as in every other human concern, we must bring the matter to the test of experience, and in no way can this be more effectually done than by a comparison between the condition of the great majority of the agricultural population in this and other countries. The subject of our land laws has en- 16, Serjeants'-inn, Dec. 11 . JOHN T. DELANE, 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, W. Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded Kinahan's LL Whisky." ANOTHER HORRIBLE STORY, A Six-roomed Parsonage An Eight-roomed ditto A Ten-roomed ditto A Twelve-roomed d:tto '9l 11 0 Together with a t'rice List of purified t eliding, and a mass of valnable information to all requiring Ilimselnlri furniture, carpets, or bedding. References kindly permit led to Cl er:2 y men and gentlemen in or near Great ma lvern, Southampton, Chichester. Bury, Ely, Preston, Grimsby, Ryde, Plymouth, Wells, Oxford. Brighton, Gainsborough, Margate. Kidder minster, Wellington. Croydon. Cambridge, :Aaines, Dorking, St. Alban's, Worcester, Ipswich, Peterborough, St. David's, Wrexham, and above 500 other places in all parts of Great Britain. A writer in the Times says ;—After I had de spatched my letter on the subject of the Flushing lunatic, which you did me the fa vour to insert in your paper of Thursday last, I felt s ome compunc tion at having ended with the inquiry, " Are there any similar cases demanding investigation ?" It seemed to me too dark a reflection upon the age to suppose that parallel cases could exist. I almost felt that I had done an injustice to humanity in propounding such a question I but, sir, compunc tions are cast aside in the presence of the appalling Naval and Military Intelligence. THE NAVY. Her Majesty's screw steam line-of-battle ship Conqueror, 78, 500 horse power, Capt. W. G. Luard, after having un dergone an official trial at the measured mile, off )1 aplin Sands, was inspected yesterday at Sheerness, where she has been fitted out, by the commander-in-chief of that port, Vice-Admiral Sir G. R. Lambert, K.C.B. She sailed im mediately afterwards for Plymouth, where she will take on board a battalion of Marines, as well as a large number of supernumeraries, and proceed with them to Japan. The Salamander, 6, paddlewheel sloop, 818 tons, 220 horse power, now preparing for sea with all despatch at Sheerness dockyard, and recently commissioned by Com mander the Hon. J. Carnegie, has received nearly her full supply of stores while in the basin of that yard. She will be removed to moorings in the harbour this day, and soon afterwards will be taken out for a preliminary trial at the measured mile, which, if satisfactory, will leave her in every respect ready for sea. It is rumoured that the Sala mander will shortly embark a detachment of Royal Ma rines, accompanied by their wives and families, and convey them to Port Albany, Cape Australia, where it is intended they shall form a military colony:- - --The men will have double pay, besides workmen's wages; when performing Government work, according to their trades, and the colony will be abundantly supplied with seeds, roots, tools, and all things necessary to establish a new settlement. Mr. Martin's newly invented patent anchor, which was proved under the hydraulic testing machinery at Woolwich on Saturday for service on board the flagship Edgar, was yesterday submitted to a most severe fire proof. The parts of the anchor were taken to pieces, placed in separate fires, and heated to a low red heat. Each section was examined and searched over with the most scrupulous care, in order to discover any kind of weakness or flaw in the metal. The cheeks and other portions of the anchor subject to the greatest amount of strain were filed over, and the surface was chiseled off where any scratches were perceptible. The chips were then put through a course of inspection by Mr. Wilcox and his assistant smiths, but no blemish or imperfection could be detected. The anchor was thereupon pronounced fit for the service for which it was intended. Admiral Montague Stopford, chairman, Mr. Maturin, manager of the works, and other members of the company were in attendance. Arrangements are in progress for the erection of premises near Charlton pier, in the vicinty of Woolwich Dockyard, for the manufacture of anchors, 600 of which, it was stated by Admiral Stopford, have been already supplied to the mercantile navy, the whole of which are of acknowledged excellence. During the late gales the new invention is said to have been pre-eminently success ful and efficient. ___.__. COBBETT and CO., General House Furnishers, Deptford bridge, London, S.E, MRS. MUTER'S TRAVELS. On Saturday, Deo. 19, in 2 vols., 215., • TRAVELS AND ADVENTURES OF AN OFFICER'S WIFE IN INDIA, CHINA, AND NEW ZEALAND. By Mrs. MUTER, wife of Lieutenant- Colonel D. D. MUTER, 13th (Prince Albert's) Light infantry. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. NEW NOVEL by the Author of "GRANDMOTHER'S MONEY." Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vole., A_ WOMAN'S By F. W. ROBINSONR,ANSOM. Author of " Grandmother's Money," &e. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street DR. CUMMING'S NEW WORK. Now ready, in 1 vol., 7s. 6d4, DESTINY OF NATIONS, AS INDICATED IN PROPHECY. By the Rev. JOHN CUMMING, D.D. Hurst and Blae'zett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough street. T HE NOTICE. THE SECOND EDITION of THE SHADOW OF ASHLYDYAT, is now ready at all Libraries and Booksellers, in 3 vols., post tvo. Lichard Bentley, New Burlington-street. CHEAP EDITIONS OF FAVOURITE NOVELS. 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The following promotions and appointments were made on Saturday at the Admiralty Commanders promoted to the rank of Capt.,—E. Hardinge, E. Stirling, H. Harvey, W. Graham, A. H. Hoskins, B. S. Pickard, N. Salmon, and J. C. Soady—Lieuts. promoted to the rank of Cora mander,—F. Hewson, H. M. Miller, J. W. East, L. M. Croke, A. H. Alston, P. R. Sharpe, P. H. Colomb, R. Wells, and E. W. Brooker—J. Watts and S. B. Williams, assist.-engineers, to the Conqueror. The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty :—Commander J. E. F. Risk to the Chanti cleer, vice Stirling, promoted—Commander T. M. Jones to the Chamelon, vice Hardinge, promoted—Commander A. C. F. Heneage to the Lily, vice Harvey, promoted— Commander C. G. Lindsay to the Zebra, vice Hoskins, promoted—Ossian L. Carlisle, chief eagineer, to the Orestes—Henry W. Tregilgas, late of the Algerine, confirmed as engineer. Messrs. William Colvin V. Baker and Harry D. Law have been nominated to naval cadetships. gaged the attention of eminent statesmen and our highest legal authorities; but I will venture to add—and it is all I shall condescend to say in refutation of your aspersions— that if there are two persons who, beyond all others, have given pledges throughout an ardent discussion of kindred topics during a quarter of a century, that in debating the question of the tenure and transfer of land they would ob- serve the restraints of law, justice, and political economy, they are the men whom your journal has dared to charge with the advocacy of a scheme for robbing the landowners of their property for the benefit of the poor. Judging from past experience, this intrusion of a gross personality will tend only to attract public notice to a matter which it was meant to put out of sight. It has been the fate of the Times to help forward every cause it has opposed. By its truculent, I had almost said ruffianly, attacks of every movement while in the weakness of infancy, it has roused to increased efforts the energies of those it has assailed ; while, at the same time, it has awakened the attention of a languid public and attracted the sympathy of fair and manly minds. It is thus that such public measures as the abolition of the corn laws, the repeal of the taxes on knowledge, and the negotiation of the treaty of commerce with France triumphed in spite of its virulent, pertinacious, and unscru pulous opposition—until at last I am tending to the con viction that there are three conditions only requisite for the success of any great project of reform—namely, a good cause, persevering advocates, and the hostility of the Times. I shall forward this correspondence for publication in the Rochdale Observer, that it may at least be perused by the community which has the greatest interest in a controversy which concerns the reputation of Mr. Bright and myself. —I am, Sir, your obedient servant, Midhurst, Dec. 9. R. COBDEN. ---.. To RICHARD CoDDEN, Esq., M.P. Sir, —I have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 9th inst. It is quite true, as you say, that we have been long per sonally acquainted. You had no need to identify my hand. writing. I have no desire to " suppress my individuality," or to deny my personal responsibility for what you are ' pleased to call " scandalous aspersions" upon yourself and Mr. Bright. You have thus all that individuality which in your letter to the editor of the limes you professed to de siderate, and from which you anticipated such momentous consequences. You will therefore have no difficulty in rendering me responsible to the ve rdict either of a court of law or of the general body of our countrymen, and I shall cheerfully accept their decision, You proceed to attribute to " l i mes egotism" my sup position that you had read the articles upon the report of your speech. Is it, I ask, egotistic or unreasonable to sup pose that you, who had pounced so promptl y upon a s i ng l e phrase in an article of much inferior interest t o y o urself, should have read the articles which discussed your own speech? Or could I be expected to know that you, who a once preferred a single copy of the T i mes to all th e wo rks of e as informed arrogant ogant Thucydides, did not admit the l . ow i s nto your house ? You say that you seldom read the. Times, and it is proba fbrloymbettcsaurisveaylsouthattakyeou pl yo e u p ro y pi t n o wns of it at n second-hand it such f and rom truculent,you rprofessed an d o ignoranceia l y hesitate t o overthe better terms r ruffianly. I appeal judg ment of that large majority who do read the Times, and who have discovered in it no such qualities. You attribute to the Times a deliberate misrepresentation of your meaning and that of Mr. Bright as to the means of amending the unequal distribution of land between the rich and the poor, I repeat that certain passages in your spzeches will, in my opinion, bear no other interpretation than that ascribed to them. If you merely intended to ro commend measures for facilitating the conveyance of land, as your reference to our transaction at Ascot would suggest, your language was the most strangely exaggerated that was ever used to further a hu mble instalment of law reform,lf you had read the Times, inste ad of condemning it unread, you would know that it has always advocated the simplifi cation of means for the transfer of land, and that its advo cacy has not been altogether unsuccessful, But just as no simplification of conveyance will compel the rich to sell land or enable the poor to buy it, so no legislative measure will render the purchase of land a profitable investment for the poor. The possession, the transfer, and the tenure of land are, however, public questions, which are best discussed, not between Mr. Cobden and Mr. Delane, but as it has always been the practice of the English press to discuss them — anonymously. 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Even in the short interval which has elapsed since the publication of my former letter four fresh cases have come to my knowledge, not all of them of equal atrocity, it is true, but still so dreadful that, had I not been somewhat inured to such hor rors by the experience of the Flushing case, I should have considered these equally incredible, and the terrible truth is becoming manifest that these rank blots on our social syiteni are scattered broadcast throughout our rural ad; possibly, our Civic dis- tricts, shielded frc'u public view by ignorance, cun ning, and the reluctance of neighbours to become informers against those with whom they are living on amicable terms. Two of the cases to which I refer, of recent occurrence in an adjoining county, have been hap. pily disposed of. One—the details of which, as narrated to me, were as loathsome as in the Flush ing case—was exposed by a solicitor, a friend of my own, practising in the county to which 1 refer; the other, not so aggravated a case, for the patient was kept clean, resulted in the death of the sufferer. By yesterday's post, in consequence of my former letter, I received an intimation of a case nearly as bad as the one in Cornwall still existing in a dis tant county, which I have this day forwarded to the proper authorities for investigation. This case is stated to be " well known to several persons, but up to the present time has not been made known through fear of the persons concerned in the atro city." The fourth case was revealed to Dr. Byrne, and was made the subject of our immediate and conjoint inspection. At present it is not de sirable to mention the names of those implicated, or the locality; but I would wish your readers to dwell upon the following picture, which gives but a faint idea of the picturesque horror with which the case is invested :—A lonely cottage, surrounded by woods and orchards, standing close down by the waters of a remote creek, opening into a well-known river of this district. This coLtage is to outward appear ance an ordinary working man's abode, with the single significant exception that the door is fastened on the outside by a padlock. We enter this cottage, we will suppose, at night, which was the fact in our own case. The partition walls have been removed, the whole ground floor thrown into one, and is used as an apple store. We know that we are within the solitary abode of a lunatic, and by the light of one tallow candle we look cautiously around to see if he be at large among the apples. Nothing visible but the piles of fruit extending to the outer walls, in terspersed with the common lumbar of a barn in a farm-yard. We stumble up a staircase, or rather ladder, to the upper floor, gaining it rather cau tiously, for the lunatic may encounter us awkwardly, as our heads rise above the floor. Another large square loft—apples again extending to the outer walls. A corner, screened off by some hoarding exactly 6ft. by 7ft., hardly attracts our notice, for we are still looking all round for the lunatic. But the father, aged 74, approaches this " box" in the " There " Now, ctho r is ne is r, th a e nd pi p e o e i e n w ti e ng are to hh a li s g m ed al t l o d k o e o e r p s h a i y m s . is stilt some hesitation, for the mother, over 70, who is always with us, is a little nervous. The doctor seizes the candle, and without hesitation throws back the bolt. The well•known sickening stench meets us as we enter. There lies the lunatic crouched with the updrawn knees, which seems the rule in these cases. A raven black moustache and beard, a face pallid as snow, cramped, ema ciated limbs, nails that might be measured by the inch, the limbs spotted with filth, cobwebs de corating the walls, and some mildewed spots upon them and on the bedstead which hav e an ugly look. But we have seen Porter in his den, and we don't think so much of this case. This man has a straw bed beneath him, a clean shirt on him (is it possible a visit was anticipated ?), and some sacking, and an old quilt to cover him. W e could hardly expect more—" He tears everything up." Still, for two years, confessedly, to be shut up in a box in the corner of an apple loft ! No sweet breath of Heaven in summer; no fire, no light in winter; no companionship at any time, for he is the sole occupant of the house, his relatives living in another some 200 yards away. There is no window to this box, the only light that ever reaches its interior struggles over the top of the boarding, in the small space between that and the unceiled roof. I pause to ask myself as I write whether I am not penning the page of some old romance rather than the de scription of a hard fact that came under my obser vation only last night. I have visited asylums and felt my heart sicken as I have watched the group of lunatics congregated in their !rations rooms, and thought that the world conid scarcely show a sadder scene ; but, Sir, the condition of a pauper lunatic at an asylum is a blissful heaven compared with that of this poor wretch, rotting in a loathsome den, the bare remembrance of which makes me shudder—the home of noisome insects, and the probable battle-ground of vermin in the dreadful midnight gloom. I no longer ask the question, " Are there any other such cases ?" I ask now how many such cases there are throughout our land, if in my own experience of a few days I can enumerate so many ? In this case also our guide to the spot told us it had been long talked of; that his wife had said that very night " this ought to be inquired into." "The poor man has been like one dead to us these six years past," he added. The poor wretch had been sick upon his pillow when we saw him, and the foul stuff was still there, not likely to be removed until the morning, as he was shut up for the night. This wail about 7. He is fed three times a day regularly, however, and eats well. Re ferring to his sickness, his mother told us he was like that once a month—" o wing to the moon, sir." He had been at the asylum some seven years before, and was returned to his parents in a somewhat im so ab proved state. Without, I fully believe, any , ~ lute intention of cruelty on their part, things D a " ' gradually grown worse and worse and dwindled down to this condition. With your aid, Sir , it is possible my words may penetra te to the inmost hearts of the dwellers in our h u mblest homes- MaY if not for the I entreat them for the love of and , love of their fellow-men, not to ca ses as those I bli n d themselves wilfully to the enormity of such have described ; not to le t any false scruples of intimacy or friendship p revent their making ea ng some so effort to relieve a fellow-creaturdread withful an immortal an rthly soul like themselves from doom 2 How many such cases may yet be brought to light, who shall tell ? But they© is a stain upon our country w hi c h no self-adulation eau re move 60 long as one is left unrevealed. Your readers will be glad to learn that th© Tre gony referred to by case,your correspondent Mr. Charles Reed—who in "doubly convicting" Corn wall seems to forget that he convicts himself by his long-continued reticence —was I brought to the notice of the Commissioners two years ago. Will you allow me also to state, in answer to numerous in quiries which have reached me privately, that PRICE..... -...4d. STAMPED ....sd. Porter was, of course, an imbecile when first con fined ? I never imagined that my letter would convey the impression that he was incarcerated when in a sound state of mind. The tale needs no romantic addition to intensify its naked horror. Falmouth, Dec. 13. THE ALABAMA AGIaN. Two More' Vessels Destroyed. LIVERPOOL, Dec. 14 By the arrival of the India and China mail we learn that the statement that the Alabama had gone to the eastwar,l is correct, and that she has already signalled her arrival in the Eastern waters by the destruction of two large Ameri can merchantmen off Java Head. From the particulars at present to hand we only know that the Amanda, which is one of the vessels destroyed, under the command of Captain Larrabee, left Manilla on the 18th September last, bound to Cork for orders. The Amanda was a fine clipper barque, built at Maine, in 1861, and was owned by Messrs. J. T. Stevens and Co., of that city. Her cargo was a very valu able one, being comprised principally of coffee, indigo, pepper, hemp, and tobacco. The other vessel burned was a fine square-rigged clipper ship, called the Winged Racer, Captain Cummings. This vessel left Manilla about the 4th of September (we are not certain as to the exact date), and was also fallen in with by the Alabama off Java Head, cap tured and destroyed. The Winged Racer was laden with a most valuable cargo, and bound for New York. She was built at Boston in 1852, was 1,767 tons burthen, and was owned in New York by Messrs. R. J. Taylor. The latest intelligence received from the Mauritius states that the United States war-steamer Vanderbilt, Captain Baldwin, had left that place in search of the Alabama, Captain Bald win having been apprised of the new cruising ground of the notorious Confederate cruiser. THE ARMY. The large military gymnasium recently erected at Chatham, is now complete, and only awaits the formal order from the SVar-office for its being taken over by the military authorities of the garrison. In future the exercises of the gymnasium will form a deity portion of th i physical training of every officer and soldier at Chatham, they being, in short, incorporated with his daily drill. Although the gymnasium at Chatham is the eighth of these establish ments already erected and in full operation, yielding daily bodily training to several thousand men, it is, in fact, the parent of all the others, every portion having been constructed from the designs submitted to the autho rities three years since by Mr. A. Maclaren, of Oxford. The whole of the others, with the exception of that of Alder - shot,which is on the plan of the Oxford gymnasium, are but modifications of the establishment just completed, altered to meet some local or exceptional requirement. The main structure consists of two large divisions, each in the present instance 100tt in length by 50ft in breadth. The primary object of this form of building is to insure perfect supervi sion and inspection, every portion of either part being over looked from the other. The first division consists of the school of arms, and is appropriated to the introductory course with the movable apparatus which experience has shown to be so valuable in the training of recruits between their earlier drill and regular training in gymnastics proper. Here will also be carried on every kind of defensive exer cise, including fencing, sword exercise, and bayonet drill, which together form the supplementary part of the system. This division is therefore without fixtures of any kind, and 1 presents a clear floor throughout its entire surface, its ion -1 gitudinal shape offering various advantages for the most judicious distribution of men under training. The second division includes the gymnasium proper,and is appropriated for every variety of exercises with the fixed apparatus com prised in the system; while on nearly every foot of the floor, walls, and supports of the roof are appliances for carrying out the training of the pupils. In this department the floor is formed of a soft elastic substance, so that from whatever height a fall should occur comparatively little injury should be the result. This division is also oblong to permit of the erection of apparatus worked by large numbers of men at the same time ; as, for instance, the elastic ladder and row of rings, both valuable inventions of Mr. Maclaren for de veloping the muscular powers of the upper limbs, and the corresponding regions of the trunk, and for restoring the equilibrium of the right and left sides where the right, as in many instances, preponderates over the left. The lofty lantern tower which surmounts one portion of the building has been appropriated for the apparatus for high climbing, and these being placed vertically are closely grouped together. The two end walls are also devoted, in like manner, to strictly military exercises, one of them being fitted with every variety of surface likely to be met with in a wall or other perpendicular erection, in order to accustom the soldier to depend on his hands and feet in escalading operations, while on the opposite side the various ropes and poles are placed in a slanting position. The roof is also brought into service, multitudes of planks and ropes tra versing the tie beams, thence passing to the escalading walls, and finally communicating with the central group of climb ing apparatus. It is in this department that there is ob viously greater fear of accidents from falls, but these are rendered absolutely impossible by an almost invisible net ting of fine wire rope placed immediately below every por tion of the roof, planks, &a. The lower end of the School c T e h rs e ' o f ffi en c c e i r n a g , f r e o a o c m in . ginsscthrooucltoisrsitrsoeoumtsh, the e of Arms t erm i nates i n a Bel i es of rooms, i nclu ding the offi cers' s r s g i e n s g t building & o c f . the kind yet erected, being 50ft in length by 25ft in breadth. The most ample arrangements are made for light and ven tilation, the necessity for a constant supply of pure air being especially required in a building where so many as 300 men will be engaged for several consecutive hours in active bodily exertion. The gymnasium has been inspected by Gen. Eyre, in command at Chatham, and by the commence. meat of the new year it will be handed over for the purposes for which it has been erected. HEAT ON SALE. — An Anaerio an p aper states that saves s ou ru s Health fifty times a scheme is unde r consideration f or warming house s f rom a cen t r al source, and supplying citizens with h ea t as gas i s s now supplied. AnyEaTisE mENT.]—Avoid medicines: they alw a y s aggra ivßt a se t sc e too c sr h ti n r i o gn n R i o c et hv c ae o ri m e nr p et l m a a i plaints, r s i ea , sb , b i c u i an t vI D a, or u oi ad ß b, ai yy T he yi r s i ei them, rest or i ng Perfect digestion, strong nerves, sound lungs, healtheliver, Pure blood, refreshing sleep, functional regularity, and energy t, with a nervous to the m ost disordere d or e nfeebled. We extract a few out of 60,000 Cures :—Cure N o. 53,210 of the Marchio ness d e Br6han, Pari s, of a dyer com plaint, wasting away for sev en years, debility, palpitation all over, b a d d i gestioP, constant s l eep l essn ess, the most intolerable nervous agitation, and dreadfully low spirited.—Cure No. 1,771. 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In the January N umber (ready Dec. 21) will commence a New Novel, to be continued Monthly, entitled— THE DOCTOR'S WIFE. By Author of "John Marchmont's Legacy," "Lady Audley's Secret," &c., Am Office of Temple Bar, 122, Fleet-street, London. London : P. Pitman, 20, Paternoster-row, 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. xnd 2s. 9d. ; or free by post for 14 or 33 stamps from Page D. Woodcock, Chemist Lincoln. The Riots in Pennsylvania. - - The following is a letter from a Pennsylvanian to his brother in London, dated November, 1863 :—" Matters in the Pennsylvanian anthracite coal region are in ade . plorable state. Enormous prices for this descrip tion of mining have been forced up by fearful violence on the part of the em ployed —or I should have said, the Irish part of them—to nearly treble the rates of a year and a half ago, and we do not see the end of it. These Irish are influenced largely by low politicians, even in defiance of the advice andgahorta dons of the Catholic priests, to the most brutal and hideous tyranny—that of a ferocious ignorant mob. No man's life in the coal region is safe who may be inimical to them, and their cowardice is equal to their cruelty. A Cornish man, Walter Peters, a colliery boss, at Wilkesbsne, an excellent man, had given his Irish employes some offence in the course of business. A month since he was leaving the col liery. office for his house, in the evening, when he was thrown down on the pavement, and there stoned to death. Lately I had to write to Mr. G. K. Smith, an English mining sur veyor, in Lucerne county, for some business papers. He re plied that he would send them to me in a f,w days ; adding, in reply to some remarks of mine about the state of the Irish population in Schuylkill county, bad as things aro with ) ou, they are no better here. A 'Welshman was murdered in his house a fortnight ago, and people (except the Irish) do not care to venture out of an evening. Poor Smith I By yes terday's New York paper I find the melancholy account of his death—shot in riding from the post office to his house I "In going to and from the collieries some of my friends think it but prudent to avoid doing so except by daylight The aggregate of murders and serious personal assaults in the coal districts is frightful ; and none of the villanous population has been brought to justice. Unfortunately the judges and other officials are elected, and the ignorant im • migrant population being the majority is the coal region, the court is consequently Irish in feeling, and unfit for its position in respect to uprightness and other requisites—it is the mere creation of the mob." The Late Poor-law Inquiry in Bethnal-green At a meeting of the Bethnal-green Board of Guardians, held yesterday, at the workhouse, ner,r Victoria-park, Mr. Howard in the chair, a letter was read from the Poor-law Board communicating its decision with reference to the recent inquiry by Mr. Lambert, Poor•law Inspector, into the circum stances attending the death of Caroline James, and the alleged neglect and improper conduct of Mr. Christy, the relieving officer, in respect to the case. The following is a copy of the document : " Poor-law Board, Whitehall, Dec. 11. " Sir,—l am directed by the Poor-law Board to inform you that they have received from their in spector, Mr. Lunbert, a report of the inquiry re cently held by him into the conduct of Mr. Chi isty, relieving officer of the western district'of the parish of St. Matthew, Bethnal-green, in the case of the late Caroline James, and they have carefully con sidered the evidence given on that occasion. It appears that the first intimation received by the re lieving officer that the deceased required relief was between 5 and 6 on the afternoon of Saturday, the 17th of October, and that he visited her about 7 o'clock on the same evening. When he arrived, he saw her furtiture was being removed in a van, and he was then referred to a house on the opposite side of the street, where he found the deceased sit ting in a chair in the back room. In the first in stance he told her that she ought to be taken to the place where the goods were going, but he after wards offered to admit her to the workhouse on condition that she would allow the furniture to be removed there, and that her children should accom pany her there. That offer, however, was not ac cepted, and the deceased was removed the same evening in a cab by her mother, who was present during the two interviews with the relieving officer, to the mother's own residence, where she died of consumption on the following Wednesday, the mother having maintained her in the meantime. In the depositions taken at the coroner's court no men tion whatever was made by the relieving officer of his offer to receive the deceased into the workhouse, and the Board find from his own admission that when he visited the deceased he made no inquiry into the state of health, the ability to work, the condition and family, and the means of the deceased, but con cluded she was not destitute entirely from the quan tity of furniture in course of removal. It is evident also, although the fact is denied by the relieving s officer, that he used coarse and imprope r expressions towards Caroline Delmer, one of the in attendance upon the deceased, neighbours as he was leaving the house ; and the Board have reason r respects was not to believe that his conduct in other ought to have been. The board, however, are u ursu e so temperate and forbearing as it na ble to arrive at the con• elusion that the death of e Caroline t Jamesthe eour was p accele rated in any sensible degree b y d by the relieving offi cer, an d, tr h a a r v d i a ng ta r k e regard r and also main tained t o by her the fact that sh e was a f e w mot h e r, and that her funeral by her brother expenses and were afterwards paid sister, they think that the circumstances of the case are not such require so extreme a step as that o f as to req requiring his res ignation • especially when they take into con sideration the length of Mr. Christy's services, and the deliberate opinion expressed by the guardians that in this instance there is great extenuation for his conduct. The board at the same time consider that Mr. Christy is censurable for his omission to make due inquiry into the circumstances of the de ceased, and also for using the very improper expres sion already referr d e to. He ought also to have known that if he considered the deceased a fit object for the workhouse, he was not justified in attaching to his offer any such condition as that already al luded to. This is not the first occasion on which complaints have been preferred against Mr. Christy, and the board request that in conveying to him their decisions on the case the Guardians will remind him that if any serious neglect or omission in the dis charge of his duty is established against him here after, he will not be allowed to retain his office- " I am, sir, your obedient servant, (6C. Guys/pi', Secretary. "To Mr. W. T. Howard, clerk to the Guar dians of the Poor of the parish of St. Matthew, Bethnal-green ." On the motion of Mr. COLLINS, it was resolved that Mr. Christy be called in and reprimanded by the chairman, which emphatica lly denied that he had ever Was done accordingly ; and Mr. Christy made use of such language as had been attributed to him. The board soon afterwards adjourned. The other b us i nes s was ot of general importance. ~` ~.. Sir HARRY PARKES noticed the original o( kcupa tion of Formosa by the Dutch and Japanes( ), and stated that though the, sland is so large that i t uow forms one of the 54 divisions of the Chinest ) em cpciraes,t,anitdwisesonnoly ab t taken n t 9 pos s se m ss i i i o e n s c d f i b st y an t to a h he fr cn r in t ese e until within the last 200 years. He mention( Id the difficulty of trading with the island, owing to its want and to th e savage character of s harbours,ve tribes, an d even o f t h e C hi nese ni e o c f f th e nat themselves. There is, he said, a small tribe, not amounting to 300, who occupy the south-east point of the island, zknd make it a practice to cut off the head of every ono who falls into their hands. By that tribe and by the Chinese nearly the w hole of the crews of the tw o En g lish shi p s were wrecked on the island were murdered. He took a favourable view of the probable extent of tb e seams of coal than Mr. Swinhoe, and stated that though there is no trade with Formosa carried on o l irectly with this country, there is nevertheless a con sid or able indirect trade through Hong Kong. After some observations from the chairman, a second paper, describing a journey from Nezaret h to Bozrah-Moab and Damascus, by Mr. Eaton, we s read, and the meeting acjourned to the 11th o I January. NEWS P'PFR 4 °ll -iior qt ‘„ ti oh-4e. nti* Royal Geographical boe.et .•••• At the meeting of this society yesterday ev e g n s —Lord Strangford in the chair—a paper was read, communicated by Mr. Swinhoe, on Formosa, whi c h island was opened to British commerce by the late Lord Elgin, Mr. Swinhoe was appointed vice-con sul of Formosa, and visited different parts of the coast to ascertain which port would be best adapted for trade. In his communication he stated some of the results of his investigations in the character of the island and its inhabitants. A ridge of moun t aLuous hills extends north and south nearly through its contre, those port `(ins of the country being in habite,4 by native tribe principahy of Malay origin, the low or country on tr c west and north being in seamsn t o h f e co n a o l r , t w h h o ic t h th i e s P it.. ,° l s a E n e d s' tT , e 4 ra o,f ar t e he ez C t e h n i l e :: '. highly bituminous ; so much so indeed as not to be fitted for combustion in the fcrnaces of steamships, but when mixed with Welch coal is very sui7ab!o for the purpose. This coal M r . Swinhoe considers be of the character of lignite, ttnd as the seams occur in tertiary strata, he does n. at ainl: the, they can be very deep. At present they tare worked near the surface, and to a small extent. The rocks are aa ;nanie, and not far distant from tthe coal there is a sulphur hill, in the vicinity of which there are hot springs and other indications of volcanic action. The summit of the highest of .these hi.lls is covered with coral, indicating that the whole ra nge has been elevated from the sea. The country, -, o far as M r . Swinhoe had an opportunity of observing, is v ery fertile, and on the east side of the island it is well cultivated by the natives. Mr. Swinhoe particular': r called the attention of the society to the want o f accurate maps of the coast, the absence of whit h renders-the navigation very d a ngerous. Admiral COLLINSON, who said he consider( al Formosa a child of his own, as he had survey ad the coast sixteen years ago when little or notbi eg was known of it, described the general character of the island, and mentioned that on the east coest the equatorial Galf stream is stronger than at any other part of the globe. It carried his stip in one day 95 miles against the wind, and on another day upwards of 100 miles. On the west sid o of the island there is a strong current in the ,apposite direction. THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. The election for the county of Backingbrano vacant by the elevation of the Hon. W. Cavendish to the peerage, will take plane next week, and this will complete the list arising out of the deaths and: official changes which have taken place d ming the recess, with the eNception of Tcw-kesbuc7, which was vacated by Mr. F. Lygon prior to his election for West Worcestershire, and for which it Se*MS the Speaker of the House of Commons has no a u the rity to issue a writ as in other cas:s. The ele zii clls which have taken place stand as foilows:—On Ihe day of the prorogation a new writ was ordeved for the borough of Pontefract in the room of Mr. Monckton Aliines, who was raised to the peerage under the title - of Baron Houghton. On the 3d of August Major Waterhouse (Conserve. tine) was elected without opposition. A few days Alter the prorogation Mr. F. M. Callcutt, member for Clare, died. On the 3.1 of August Sir Coltman 01-logh lan was elected. Captain Willis Johnson, M.P. for f the Montgomeryshire Burghs, died a few days i ter the prorogation. On the 20th of August t he 11 on. Charles Richard D Juglas Ihnbury Tracy v7as elected. Mr. Beriah BAfield, M.P. f or Ludlow, .f ter died on the 6th of August. On the 28th Sir Wel, Fraser was elected. Earl Beauchamp died on the 9th of September, and was succeeded in the earldom by Viscount Elmley, M.P. for West Worcester shire, which consequently beca me vacant. On the 26th of October the Hon. F. Lyra, f or merly mem ber for Tewkesbury, was elected. The Marq'is Townsend died on the 10th of September, and Vis count Raynham, M.P. for Tamworth, succeeded to Peel was eiected for Taniworth after a sharp con the marquisate. Oa the 12th of October Mr. 7. test with the Hon. Henry Cowper. The Rig.kit Hon. [ Edward Ellice, M.P. for Coventry, died on the 17th of September. Oa the Bth of October Mr. Morgan w: ho ele t e ,o t r e m d eat, Treherne was elected after a severe contest with Barnstaple, died 0-snirt.Ae.,flesetl. Mr. Potts, M.P. for o f September. On ) after a contest with the 20th of Octo ber represented the On the 25th of September it A vas announced that Mr. Sergeant Pigott had been raised to the dignity of a B ar 20 jE-1)11b: 1 .rr i ; t llMß w g rrba. Lloydri dgei announced of the Exchequer. On: sir a mr w L ill e i f a e m vre October 16, Mr. George Shaw member for Reading without opposition. On Sept. resigned the offi ce Sir Roundell o Attorney-General, and that Atherton was electedhad Palmer had been appointed his suc cessor. This created a vacancy in the borough of Richmond, for without which Sir R. Palmer was re-elected opposition. By this promotion the Solici tor-Generalship became vacant, and Sir R. P. Collier having been appointed to it appealed to the borough of Plymouth for re-election. He was returned with out oppositi on . O n O c t o ber 18 Mr. Hope, one of the members for Windsor, died. On November 4 Colonel Vyse was elected after a contest with CaPt• Hayter. On October 19 Mr. Langton, one of the members for the city of Oxford, died. On Nov. 7 Mr. C. Neate, Fellow of Oriel College, was elected without opposition. On October 28 Mr. W. Cub itt i M.P. for Andover, died. His son-in -Jaw, Mr. Hamphery, was returned after a contest with Mr. Hawkshaw. TiiT i zy w h e at A CHAPTER OF RAILWA ve in accidents. Oa Midland section of the Gre Y a . t proceeding from Wor -6rBtroaching Ledbury tunnel ran been Wednesday unfortunate morning du during i r n h g e the peat train cester and Hereford on approaching w hich proved to be a fall of into an obstruction on ii ioh had taken place in the night.. vi ng :j o he d s train, and was proceeding up damage was done. The subsequent I c w c e l e D s k t E e N r n T 8 i t e a Ta n hr i et n h c ti l rn i a n in e a , deep s w o tsbaca cutting slow goods but the line Was cleared by passenger train o o n e re t h e preceding evening there was an extra- the from goods train was proceeding from Oxford the evening. a frightful accident on the West Mid land,,,w a coupling chain broke,and several trucks be to NV°'"- detached,er the driver proceeding 'without them. For . came there was a guard at the end of the dissevered For tuna ' and he,knowing that the express train from London trucks, to Worcester was following bchind,ran back with his lamp and. ()rdin ;L. t succeeded in attracting attention of the driver, who pulled up just a few yards before reaching the trucks, He then pushed the trucks before him to the neat station,the only result being a delay of about an hour. On the same day, as some men were employed in recasing the interior of Mickleton tunnel, le on the sane line, near Chipping Campden, a portion of the roof of the tunnel fell in upon the workmen. Three men and a boy were injured. One boy named Wrisherg: r a nt i ry i , skull fractured, and was conveyed to Worcester Infer not so where he is doing well. The other sufferers . much hurt. Two or three nights ago former placo Worcester to Malvern, on approaching the road in the had to pass a level crossing on a turnpike having no notice of .11. burs of Worcester, The gatekeeper,th driver, not heeding the train, had the gates closed ; but the smashed the gates to the obstruction, drove through was a Passing a special train from i along the read pieces. Fortunately, no person at the time. UNIFORM WITH " THE PRIVATE DETECTIVE." This day, Never before Published, price 25., SECRET SERVICE; Or, The Recollections of a City Detective. London : Ward and Lock, 158, Fleet-street. Isol e6