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Lumley's tt ; I E S PROPERTY REGISTER," containing a yarded selection 1 , landed and house properties now in the market, from .MTicbleman's mansion, witir its manorial domain, to the 7 , ag'e with its few acres. bzl , vNEas OF PROPERTIES wishing to Sell or Let can em iete the opport un it y that the medium of this Re2isier ° M , by sending the p ar ti cu l ars o f t h e i r properties to the -el4lltat e Offices, 6 7, Chancery-lane, London, as the Messrs. I,4e7 ley t he ca p n ro i p n er n t i y ost cases introduce immediate custome . rs, is of an eligible character, thereby !iyoid- Veui en li c e e 4 isadvantages of delay and its attendant incon e.ll:riEßE'rs No CHARGE incurred, unless a tenant or pur .._aper is introduced throucrh Messrs. Lumley's Agency, ‘kRI then only the usual moderate commission. Auction and Land Offices, 67, Chancery-lane, London. 1'1t1C1C.«..«..4d. STAMPED ....sd. THE SUN, LONDON, Z UESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 8, 1863. N°. 22,292. DU NO FORGET YOUR APPOINTMENT. - : --We Sup at EVANS', Covent-garden, after Jullien's Naval and Military Intelligence. Concert. Fairest and most interesting of Cabbys—Drive Country Gentlemen to the Rue de Kydney, Covent-garden. ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF ENGLAND. lhe GEN ERAL MEETING ot Members will be held at Dec, tuber 9et House, en 12 o , IT' no W ver-square, W., TO-MORROW, Y',s at Elevclock. By order of the Council. 11. HALL DARE, Secretary, London, Dec. 8, 1803. ......,_ El Asp , WEST INDIA. DOCK COMPANY. Dock r ,„The Court of Directors of the Fast and Ne a t India zooIN -4 Pany HEREBY GIVE NOTICE that the Transfer 34th A of the said Company will be SHUT on Tuesday, th e the 20 of December 1863, and OPEN again on Saturday, ay Of January,9l.B64. BY order of the Court, GEORGE COLLIN, Secr e t ary. last and West India Dock House, B aiter-square, Dec. 4, 1863. ItOYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE OFFICE, ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON, 25th November, 1863. )/ 1 „.„,, I le. COURT of DIRECTORS of the Corporation of the trm , Exchange Assurance do hereby ive Notice, that their brtinsfer Books will be shut from TEES DAY, the 15th of mfr next, to TIIURSDAY, the 7th o f J anuar y follow q4 that th e Annual General Cou r t appo i n t e d by their tnrter will be holden at their Office on the Royal Exchanze, aka PV EDNESDAY, the 23d of December, at Twelve o'clock °° n • and that a Dividend will be considered of at the couit ROBERT P. STEELE, Secretary. - SULLIEN'S CONCERTS. • • HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. ..._ PO SITIVELY THE LAST WEEK BUT ONE. vocalist, Mdlle. VoLrmir.—Violin, Signor sivonr. ta nd Orchestra —Three Military Bands, and full Chorus. Conductor—M. .7 - EMMEN. Commence Every Evening at 8. Admission, One Shilling. t , e Yru a her BENEFIT dame JULLTFNon , WEDN widow ESDAY of lhe lnext ate M. Jullien, will . SMITHFIELD CLUB CATTLE KW:W.- MADAME TUSSAUD'S HISTORICAL GALLERY, 4,gtal)lished Twenty-eight years at the BAZAAR, Baker- NEw ADDITION.—A Full-length Model of the .rretched man SAMUEL WILLIAM HUNT, is now added (0 the chamber ot Physiognomy. Oilen from lt till dusk, and from 7 till 10. Admittance, is ; extra rooms, 6d. Tx E O X FOR D, R, OXFORD STREET, W. 10 11 THIS EVENING, will be performed Selections from the owing Operas, viz., THE SLAVE, and CLARA, the TIZA DEL DES I INO—Verd MAID of MILAN, by Sir Hy. Bishop ; also, from LA FOR i ; by the followinv, talented artistes :—Misses Russell, Townley, Fitz Henry, ‘l , almsleY, and Ellison; Messrs. Green, Finish, Kimberley, Stuart, dm Also, Solos on the Violin Cele brated English Vi olinist. by vioni COLLINS. the Flute by Drew Dean. Pianoforte, Miss Bryant. And the ma rvellous instrument, the ORCHESTRAL PIANO, by Herr S CHALKENBACH, the Inventor. Director, Mr. F. Jonghmans. Comedy, by UNSWoRTiI (" or any oi,iier man "), Eugene, IV. Randall, W. T. Critchfleld, lous Gymnast, J. I.3enderson. T. Maclsgan, and the marvel- T he GALL h as b een newiy Decorated, and is one of the rat:tat Beautiful in the Metropolis. Open at half-past 7 o'clock. Admission, area, 6d. ; stalls and balcony, ls. ; private boxes, 10s. 6d. HE GHOST CLUB" at the SAectral CANTERBURY HALL.—New and Interesting Tableaux.—Mr. C. MORTON is enabled to announce Ltiat, through ihe medium of Professor Pepper's World of '4,hadovvs, a "GHOST CLUB" is nightly held at the CAN t' RURY HALL. The object of the Club is not the re opling of the Haunted Houses of London; but, through e agency of Phantoms, to present vivid (if transient bietures of the drama of real lite, both in its serious ofoarid mirthful aspects ; and, by means of spectral tableaux. f recall, and still further impress on the mind, some the teachings or pleasantries of the best wr;ters. At pre 'lent, the two orders of Slavery—the Slavery of the South, the `White' Slavery of a more boastful civilisation, 1 . 14e „ ce ,' .. ,ve emphatic illustration ; and these life pictures will be pr c r e ' u lY replaced by others. The pages of Shakspere and the ,r D ramatists, of Scott, Hood, Ingoldsby, Dickens, &c., &c., "" I. in turns, furnish subjects for illustration. All theother Musical and Pictorial attractions as usual, lucludin g Operatic Selections, dic. ; Comedy by Unsworth Id' modern Demosthenes), Eugene, George Hodson, E. r ahall, and George Hutchenson. C) ,I T AL ALHAMBR A.—FRANCONI'S blim mie --- # NITE IMPERI A L.—The proprietor of this este c-tahtlatuch "Ilrop e) i;',. (the noblest building and gymnastic arena in and Pnbli 1 Place b et . pleasure in informing the nobility, gentry, on TUESDAY (T LW/AY), 7 inents ev, given them one of the best EquestrianEntertai nTh eot, he ev en in England. In making this announce and of ' 8 PrOUd whicha that he will be reviving' a healthy in amusement, has been popular in all countries fro m th a ji s aes ; and will be doing his best to relieve London e disgr,ce of being the largest city in the world with -1.0.4 Permanent circus. The Alhambra Palace, successful as Of as a music hail, has always been famous for the quality its gymnastic pertormances, and now, to increase this re -Inflation and satisfy the growing taste of all classes for ,(Itietitrian and - manly exercises the proprietor has entered Into an engagement with the celebrated Franconi, the Ducrow Paris who brings with him the whole of his highly brained s'tnd of horses, and his unequalled company of daring id graceful female riders. Every school of equitation will Tepresented, as the best riders and acrobat s f rom P ar i s , Aerlin, Vienna, Madrid, and south America are among the rfo rmera. The jugglers. vaulters, gymnasts, gladiators, Arab leapers, tilters, &c., will all be of the highest class, and ,tlf, clowns, those amusing genii of the ring, will be witty ith" being vulgar. The ring will be conducted in the rat styl of French discipline, and the tricks will be arranged the a s to give the greatest variety. The stud includes some of best trick-horses in the world ; and the high school of r e ' i OZ will have some of the most charming, and accomplished Z__lhale representatives. The justly celebrated Alhambra irehnestra will be enlarged, and the attractive ballet depart ;Tiera willl be strenathened. ents The comtort of the vsitors, the new arraniem, has been provided for 1 i , every p rl Y st ; and the proprietor feels that in this new and inter expenditure of capital he will meet with the fullest Will suPport and encouragement. The first performance 4,",e,..V.iven THIS EVENING, the 7th of December. se, t „'INING PERFORMANCES will take place during the Of igm , and these may be specially recommended, on account e central position of the Alhambra. Doors open at Seven, commence at half -past. A II QYLI, ROOMS, Great Windmill-street, Hari f,. Piccadilly. „, „ aiest n v " t he Concerts given by Mons. JULLIEN, at Tier r..V.EN6 'B „ theatre, the BALL will commence EVERY "` l, -. - at NINE O'CLOK. Doors open at 8 o'clock. Admission, Is. Manager—M. GRENET. 29, GEORGE-STREET, HANOVER-SQUARE. RR LONDON ANATOMI CA L MUSEUM.Iir Open daily from 10 till 10. Lures at 4 and 7 j b i ,;. o elc. Where may be seen the Asters; Bushman and „ lie ; .Tnlia Pastrana and Infant ; Eng and Shang, the ~"'artiesP Twins ; and upwards of 3,000 Models, Natural Pre l',ltt•ations, &c. Egyptian Mummies, unwrapped, 4,000 years 13 41. Admission, One bhilling ,tor Gentlemen only). .....,_ CAPTAIN WHITE'S ORIENTAL PICKLE CURRY or MULLIGATAWNY PAST E, eb xrY Powder, and Curry Sauce. may be ob,ained from al' Sauce Vendors, and wholesale of "OSSE and BLACKWELL, Purveyors to the Queen, Soho -square, London, F SHOULD MEET THE EYE of any iliouse tro tibled with Wind in the Stomach, Indigestion, or Thei r tte ßa, take - PAGE WOODCOCK'S WIND PILLS. eti Of all )4041-wide celebrity proves them . of sterling merit. p_ for fi'eltie vendors at Is. lad. 211 d 24. 9d. ; or free mist, by ° r 33 stamps from Page D • Woodcock, Che N a l,- -E ,_ 8811 ,,, 8 ,7•130TT JACKSON, AND CO. 11 1 x ar e li p T COMMISgIONS Remittances, es throughout the "" nli nste Price omaranteed. London and Vc 11-p ark Xt. r Ba nk 'Post-office Orders payable at Camber 'to ti n Arkin s 8 -Z on the Waterloo Cup. res s -net toi , Geore, and JACKSON, " - Man of the World" Wine se- Street Camberwell-park, London. BsslEAuTT,Trr t WOMEN.—Alabasters rPowder, oo ll n, e Itglietic Rock Dew Water frorn costly "d Arabian Soaps and Alabaster Li uid. These teeth, a 411anitable t ilet preparations render q the hair, _ o n ot e only at Inzion beautifull3,eyon_dcorrison.—Can be wn r e a l, e can be RACHN,L S, 47 2 , 00 ew Bond-street, strictly r,,,mfidetittt C OnSUlted daily. All unie,ations are 1. ....., ...---........ or ing the h I ''A-MTIERT'S ASTHMATIC BALSAM.-AN affectPECTUAL itEMEDY ithout confining the bowels remitted to be t h cad, trul efficactou relieving coughs, colds e best medicine for immediately . inciiext con isumption. It t're ' w • s and pleasant, is ad . confirmed cases at asthma, and :pronounce incurable, adni c irlbly lla s the tickling which quentlY u es persons whom the faculty provokes frequent coughiry, In a app y oaching consumption its effects are truly hen ef i d zi . Perion r s deprived of sleep, or even lying down for tear of sur tion, may depend on relief in a few minutes atter taking it. Prepareo, only and sold by W. LAMBERT, Chemi st. 8, ~., cross, London, and by all druggists, King-Willia• -street, Charing three quantities in one, 2s. gd, each. m ottles, L ip b 130., and for Lambert's Asthmatic Balsam. T e particular he, name and address are ig,raved on the stamp. . and ask TEA.—MOORE BROT K ERS respectfunr inti. mate that their New Pr iv , Pectus in now ready.. They especially recommend their,. na proved P; mix Tea, reduced reduc I , to 3s. 2d. ; Soncho= d Assam, re- du ced to 3s. Bd. ; and the fil e at As 3 sa t o 38. 11d. p er lb . m, red uced from is. 4d. MOORE BROTHE'itFa, 33, London -bridge, City, E.C. road, 114 OYAL FREE - HOSPITAL. Grav' s ..i nn . -ILA; in the immedir .te, vicinity of the Great Northern Rail way Terminus, Kinr:l,-cross. P atron—Her Vice Patron—Her Royal Highness the Prince of WALE ?,IC.G President—H,.s. )(est Gracious Majesty the QUEEN . Grace the Duke of BUCCLEUCH, K. 0.. Tre" surer—Edward Masterman, Esq. nLi'the 'turner(' As and urgent appeals of the si.:l poor for ad ssimi corn' e wl the Committee to entreat the bounty of the znootreat '. '"" erir a nd humane, as the medical officers are daily obliged aB. Out-patients many etstres dug cases which. with There sae' funds, they would gladly admit into the warns. b ees P r e'..aises of the Hospital are capable of containing 500 .c,„Th Hospital is not endowed, but is wholly dependent on .I.l`,',ll:2tary contributions and legacies, which are received .).!,, „le..,re,sastirer, Edward Mai , ernian, ltsq., Nicholas-lane; also V_ . 3l . _ Firs. Coutts and Co.; Drummond and Co. ; Herries and ~ 5 ;7, 11.tansom and Co.; Prescott, Grote, and Co. ; Smith, Zr.7,' „ o and Co. ; Glyn vdeo. ; Jones Loyd and Co. ; Barclay ereuna.; Gurney and Co. ; w Mains, Deacon, and Co.o ; Ma sterman ru s% t4e Hospital, frouzCol.o y. and Co. ; Nisbet and Co., Berners-street till 5. and Co., Liverpool ; and at S TANFORD S. 8311T13 Secretary. BANKRUPTCY AND COMPOSITIONS.- Mr. WETIIERFIELD, Solicitor, 35, Moorgate-street, City, PRACTISES i n COURT, an d effects PRIVATE ARRANGEMENTS with creditors, without publility, Charges, the lowest possible, payable by instalments. Colin• try cases economically conducted. N.B.—DEBTS recovered on commission, free of law costs, Divorce and Probate business conducted at moderate ex• pense. ORNAMENTS for the Drawing- r oom, Library, and Dining-room, consisting of a new and eies:ant assort ment of VASES, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obelisks, Ink stands, beautiful inlaid Tables, Paperweights, &c., in Italian, Alabas er, Parian, Marble, Bronze, Derbyshire Spar, &o. Imported and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Mine ralogist to her Ilajesty, 149, Stand. W.C., Loncion. Mr. Tennant arranges elementary collections of SHELLS, MINERALS, ROCKS, and FOSSILS, which will greatly facilitate the interesting study of MINERALOGY, CON CHOLOGY. And GEOLOGY, at 2, 5,10, 20, 50, to 100 guineas each. PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and MINE. EULOGY is given by Mr. TENNANT. at 149. Strand, W.C. P RIZE MEDAL -INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1862. FRANCIS TUCKER & CO., Wax Chandlers, &c., &c., To the Queen and the Prince of Wales. (Established 17?0.) The Jurors' Report on Wax and Church Candles, in 1862, testifies to he 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 turn, recom mend them to the clergy for the use of the altar." Finest quality, with Platted Wicks, patented.. 2s. 2d. per lb. Ordinary quality .. 2e. Od. per lb. VEGETABLE CANDLES, with a Mixture of Wax. Best quality Is. sd. per lb. Second quality ls. 3d. per lb. Third quality ls. id. per lb. Carriage patd in London on Orders of Five Pounds in value. FRANCIS TUCKER AND CO., 8, South Molton-street, Grosvenor-square. Manufactory— Kensington (Established 1730). The largest Establishment in England for the Manufacture of Wax Candles for the 'toe of the Altar. TEETIL—Mr. ESKELL'S INVENTION in the construction of ARTIFICIAL TEETH has the following aovantages i—A set or teeth, of excellent work manship and mechanism, can b e made and fitted with the most perfect accuracy and success, in a few hours, without pain or extraction of stumps, and to answer all the purposes of mastication and articulation. They are fitted without wires or fastenings, and adapt themselves so perfectly to the gums, that they 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 I'atent, &c., free for 7 stamps. Inspection of specimens and consultat ions ree.-B,Grosvenor street, Bond-strect, W ; and at 39, Bennett's-hill, Bir mingham. RUPTURES.—BY ROYAL LETTERS 'PATENT. -v$T HITE'S MOC-M AIN LEVER TRUSS (PERFECTED AND EXHIBITED IN TIIE GREAT xHIBITIONS OF 1851 AND 1862), is allowed by upwards of Two Hundred Medical Gentlemen to be the most effective nvention in the curative treatment of If ERNI A. The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effects, a hero avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the Lody, while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the Moe-Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease ynd closeness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn Turing sleep. A descriptive circular may he had, and the ?Toms, which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the cir oumference of the body, two inches below the hips, being ~ ..ent to the manufucturer, Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly. A Single Truss ' Hs. ' 215., Us. M., and 31s. M. Postage, Is. 1. Double bilic Truss, 18s. , 6d., 425., and Us. 6d. Postage, Is Bd. An U mal Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. Postage, is. 10d. office, Pioc a di ll post-office Orders to be made payable to John White, rest y. NEW PATENT ELASTI STOCKINGS, KNEE-CAPS, Ae., for Varicose Veins and all oases of Weakness and Swelling ur 'he Legs, Sprains, Am They are )oreus, light in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on e anordinary stocking. Pri ce la, ed., 78. ed., lOs., to Iles. e 61 ;11, Postage 6d. JO/11 , 1 WRITE, Mitaufaoturer, 225, PiOndillY; V URNITURE, CARPETS. R EDDING, and FLOORCLOTH, CARRIAGE-FREE to any house m the kingdom, regardless of amount or distance. First class goods at second-class prices. Terms peculiarly liberal to Clergymen and Gentlemen. An immense stock to select from, displayed in Showre oms occupying an acre of ground. Every ardcic warranted CLELiGYMEN and GENTLEMEN ABOUT TO FUR NISH are respectfully informed that Messrs. Cobbett and Co. are publishing an entirely New Edition of their un equalled HOUSE FURNISHING GUIDE, illustrated by4lo admirable engravings of every description of Furniture and Bedsteads, with prices attached. A copy sent gt atis and post-tree on application. This costly work also contains complete estimates for furnishing on the following revised scale A Six-roomed Parsonage An Eight-roomed ditto A Ten-ronmed ditto A Twelve-roomed ditto 191 11 0 Together with a Price List of purified hedding, and a mass of valuable information to all requiting Inuseh )1d furniture, carpets, or bedding. References kindly permit, cc, to men and gentlemen in or near Great Malvern, Southampton, Chichester. Bury, Ely, Preston, Grimsby, Ityde, Plymouth, Wells, Ox 4 ord, Brighton, Gainsborough, Margate. Kidder minster, Wellington. Croydon. Cambridge, italnes, Dorking, St. Alban's. Worcester, Ipswich, Peterborough, St. David's, Wrexham, and above 500 other places in all parts of Great Britain. COB BETT and CO., General House Furnishers, Deptford bridge, London, S.E, NEW NOVEL BY MISS EDWARDS. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., BARBARA'S HISTORY. By AMELIA B. EDWAItDS, Author of " My Brother's Wife," .to. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. NOTICE. THE SECOND EDITION of THE SHADOW 1 OF ASIILYDYAT, by the Author of "East Lynne," is now ready, in 3 vols., at all Libraries. Now ready, in 4t0., with magnificent Emblematic Cover, designed by John Leighton, F.S.A., price 21s. ; morocco, 315. 6.1., THE ILLUSTRATED INGOLDSBY LEGENDS, from Sixty Origin tl Drawings by Cruikshank, Leech, and Tenniel. " For Christmas there could not be found a more pleasant book than The Ingoldsby Legends.' A series of humorous legends, illustrated by three such men as Leech, Cruikshank, and Tenniel-what can be more tempting ?"--Times, Dec. 4. Richard Bentley, Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty. On 15th December will be published, CAPTAIN SPEKE'S JOURNAL of the DISCOVERY of the SOURCE of the NILE. In one volume. octavo, price 21s. With Portraits and Map, and numerous Illustrations chiefly from Drawings by Captain GRANT. William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. MUDIE'S SELECT LIBRARY, THE PUBLISHING SEASON. N OTICE. REVISED LISTS OF THE PRINCIPAL WORKS IN CIRCULATION AT MUDIE'S LIBRARY, And of the FORTHCOMING WORKS to be added as they appear. CATALOGUES of SURPLUS COPIES withdrawn for Sale, and LISTS of BOOKS in Ornamental Bindings, Adapted for PRESENTS and SCHOOL PRIZES, Are Now Ready, and will be forwarded postage free on application. NEW OXFORD-STREET, LONDON, December 5, 1863. Thia day, at all Libraries, in 2 vols., price 215., FOR BETTER FOR WORSE Edited by EDMUND YATES. London : John Maxwell and Co., 122, Fleet-street. This day, at all Libraries, in one vol., price 10s. 6d., TON SCHOOL DAYS , F London : John Maxwell and Co.. 122, Fleet-street. This day, at all Libraries, in two vols., price 215., ATERRIBLE WOMAN , London: John Maxwell and Co., 122, Fleet-street. This day, at all Libraries, in two vols., price 215., A UTOBIOGRAPHY OF AN ENGLISH DETECTIVE. London : John Maxwell and Co., 122, Fleet-street. This day, price Is. each, ADDRESSES ACCEPTED PERFIDY OF CAPTAIN SLYBOOTS JL By GEORGE AUGUSTUS SALA. London : Ward and Lock, 15q, Fleet-street, T HE TEETH, as Supplied by NATURE and Preserved by ART. By M. C. ROGER S, M.R.C.S., Surgeon-Dentist. London: 18, New Burlington-street, W. BEAUTIFUL FOR EVER. MADAME RACHEL ON " FEMALE GRACE AND BEAUTY." Just published, A B O O K OF BEAUTY, By Madame RACHEL. To be had at 47A, New Bond-street. Price 2s. 6d. SHORTHAND. -PITMAN'S PHONOGRA. PHIC TEACHER. 6d. ; free by post, 7d. SHORTHAND. -PITH AN'S PHONOGRA PHIL MANUAL. Free by post, ls. 6d. H 0 R THAN D.-" PITMAN'S PHONO GRAPTIY forms an exceedingly efficient—probably the MOST efficient— system of Shorthand that exists."—Sir Rowland HILL London : F. Pitman, 20, Paternoster-row, E.C. ~ZPECTACLES.—The Patent Newly-invented kJ Tinted Spectacles are patronised by the majority of the Nobility, including Viscount Palmerston. They afford extra ordinary re;ief to weak, di,u, and defective vision.—S. and B SOLOMON S, Opticians, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. 1/MAHAN'S LL WHISKY v. COGNAC BRANDY. This celebrated Old IRISH WHISKY rivals the finest FRENCH BRANDY, It 14 Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. Sold in Bottles, 3s. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London ; by the Agents in the prinoipal towns in England ; or wholesale at 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, W. Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded Kinahan's LL Whisky." CONSERVATIVE LAND SOCIETY. MEETING THIS DAY. The eleventh annual meeting was held this day at Exeter Hall. The SECRETARY (Mr, Gnmeisen) read the advertise ment convening the meeting. The NOBLE CHAIRMAN (Viscount Ranelagh) read the following report of the Executive Committee : The Executive Committee, in presenting their eleventh aunual report, have the pleasure to submit therewith the balance sheet and statement of accounts for the financial year ending the 30th of September, 1863. The members, at the quarterly meeting on the 20th October last, having elected Mr. Harding and the Rev W. Goodchild, and the board having appointed Messrs. Astbury and Winstanley, the four auditors verified the vouchers and banks on the 11th and 12th of November, and signed the balance sheet. The shares issued and total cash receipts for the respective quarters of the year 1862-3, the totals for the year, and the the grand totals since the commencement of the Conserva tive Land Society, in September, 1852, are shown in the annexed table : Shares in Shares Total Receipts. Qrs. ending progress. Complete. Shares. £ s. d. Dec. 24, 18f2 136 • 67 203 15,946 15 2 March 25, 1863 2OB 24 232 150113 19 11 June 24, 18e3 255 91 346 20,697 2 0 Sept. 30, 1863 178 67 215 23,496 8 4 _- Totals for the year 1862-1863 777 249 1,026 75,751 5 5 Totals to Sept 30,1862 14,760 3,925 18,685 625,392 13 2 Grand totals to Michaelmas,'63 15,537 4,174 19,711 701,146 18 7 The increase in the receipts of the year 1862-3 over the corresponding year of 1861-2 is being one of the largest cash receipts since the formation of the society. The total withdrawals since the formation of the society (Sept., 1852), to Michael mas, 1863, are .. £205,883 8 0 The returns of the register of the order of rights are as Follow : Completed. Drawn. Seniority. Tot Al. 5,061 3,191 1,681 9,933 Deduct rights exercised on estates, .... 7,501 Unexercised rights The last share number on the register by seniority is No. .3,853, and the last share issued up to the 30th September, 1863, was No. 19,711. The members, on reference to the balance sheet, will see hat the subscriptions on shares during the year 1862-63 _ _ amounted to £27,193 4s 9d, and that the cash received in the deposit department was £21,190 16s Bd. The with- drawals on shares were £12,722 Os Bd, and on deposits £13,610 19s hi. The total amount of subscriptions on shares in the society was £123,592 2s lid up to the 30th of September, 1863. The total amount of investments in the deposit department at the close of the financial year was £24,995 10s 11d. During the past year the sum of £5,150 12s 10d was withdrawn from the share account to pay for plots of land. The repayments of loans on land amounted to £13,946 19s 10d. The amount advanced for the same year to allottees, borrowing seven-eighths of the coat of their land, was £11,342 8s 9d. The total balance of advances to allottees on land account is £28,136 14s 4d, The balance sheet shows a sale of land on the allotments of 1862-63 of £4,287 10s ld, and the sale of the stock on hand (being land previously allotted) and by private contract wa5£11,396 5s 6d, the total sale for the year being £15,683 15s 7d, bringing up the grand totals of the sale of land at Michaelmas, 1863, to' 830,370 8s sd. The freehold building plots in various counties for sale amount to £77,534 is 6d. As regards the advances for building during the past year. the repayments were £7,353 lOs 10d. The amount ad vanced for building, &a., in 1863 has been £14,316 4s, bringing up the total advances for building, &c., to £43,165 Os 4d. The reserve fund is now £10,461 16s 10d. After providing for the interest of 5 per cent. per annum on shares, and 4 per cent. per annum for deposits, the balance sheet shows an available balance out of which the execu tive committee are enabled, as provided by the rules, to add ;o the accounts of members (in their pass-books) holding uncompleted shares, in respect of which plots on estates have not been taken, and for which the half-yearly interest warrants have not been issued, a bonus, or, in other words, Interest at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum. Thus, every payment into the society on shares not in arrear. and on the register at the annual meeting, will realise 5 per cent. per annum for the year ending the 30th of September, 1863. As regards the interest on completed shares and sbarea in progress, paid a year in advance and upwards, for which the half-yearly warrants up to Lady-day and Michaelmas are issued on the Ist of May and the Ist of November re spectively, the rate will remain at 5 per cent. per annum, and at 4 per cent per annum on investments in the deposit department, under rule 45, until further notice. The ordi nary quarterly meetings were duly held at the offices in Norfolk-street, on the 31st of March, the 30th of June, and the 20th of October. Captain Jervis, M.P., has been elected a member of the board. The following members of the executive committee retire by rotation, but are eligible for re-election, namely :—Viscount Ranelagh, Viscount lagestre, M.P. ; Col. Brownlow Knox, M.P.; Captain Jervis, M.P. ; T. Knox Holmes, Esq. ; who offer them selves for re-election. The first allotment of estates took place on the 18th of February, of the first portion of the Wanstead estate, in South Essex ; the final portion of the Woodbury Park estate, Tunbridge-wells, in West Rent ; ground rents at Roman-road, Oli Ford, &c. On the Bth of July, the Stoke Road estate, Ipswich, was offered with ground rents on the Roman Road estate, besides the Castle Hill estate, Read ing, a re-allotment of which was rendered necessary owing to the original site of the church having been changed. On the 27th of August, the Henwick Road estate, West Wor cestershire, was allotted. Public meetings have been held to explain the mode of allotting estates, and the general working of the society, at Ipswich, on the Bth of July, at which Viscount Ranelagh was the chairman, supported by J. C. Cobbold, Esq., M.P., one of the trustees of the society, the Hon. and Rev. W. C. Talbot, and Capt. Jervis, M.P., members of the board; and at Worcester on the 17th of August, at which Sir E. Lechmere, Bart., presided, and at which Viscount Ranelagh, the Hon. and Rev. W. C. Tal' hot, and the Hon. Robert Bourke, attended as a deputation from the board. The new estates purchased for the society during the past year were, Avenue or Bevois Mount estate, at Southampton, Hants; the Stoke Road estate, close to the Ipswich station; and the Henwick Road, Worcester. An other estate was also acquired at Ramsgate, but the agent's sale thereof not being ratified by the owner, it was not con sidered expedient to stand on the preliminary arrangement. It was proposed to have allotted the Southampton estate in October, but owing to delays on the part of the vendors in the completion of the title, the executive committee have not yet been enabled to deal with the property. The Wood house mansion, with about four acres of land at the extre mity of the estate, has been sold to a public institution. This sale has rendered a new plan of the Wanstead estate necessary, on which excellent building sites, in large or small quantities, have been mapped. Owing to the exten sion of railroad enterprise in the direction of that popular neighbourhood, a demand for the land at Wanstead has sprung up. The roads on the allotted portion of the pro perty are now completed. The Great Eastern Railway Company have liberally granted privileges to the occupants of houses erected, or to be erected, on Um society's estates at Enfield and Tottenham, in Middlesex; Wanstead and Col cheater, inEssex; and Felixstowe and Ipswich, in Suffolk, by the issue of house tickets onvery moderate terms. These rail way passes will no doubt be an incentive to building opera tions, in the forthcoming year, on the estates enumerated above. The Bishop of Oxford has recently laid the first stone of the new church on the Downshire-square estate, Reading. The value of the property will be enhanced, by the opening up of new frontages, in consequence of the erection of the sacred edifice in the roar, instead of in the centre, of Downshirc-square, as originally intended. The opening of the Underground Railway, and the general extension of the metropolitan lines, have already acted beneficially on the suburban estates of the society, and a fresh impetus to building operations may be expected, as the new railroa dd p rogress. The works on the Colch es t e r estate, and the Woodbury Park estate, Tunbridg e W e lls, have been c om p leted ; the Putney Heath estate works are nearly finished; and tenders have been advertised for the works on the HenwieL l 'mad estate, Worcester. It is proposed by the board to offer :2 r allotment the second portion of the Colchester estate in the spring. The executive committee have under consideration several important properties ; and, as a considerable reali sation on the estates bought during the past year may be looked for, there is every promise of another successful year for 1861, especially as a very valuable town estate has just been acquired for allotment. Owing to the railway passing through the Kentish-town estate,a new plan has been issued. The registration returns from nearly all the localities have been quite successful as regards the claims of allottees who have purchased land from the society. In Brighton, the revising barrister —despite of the overwhelming evi dence of increased development and value of the Road Hill park estate, evidence which he totally disregarded—adhered to his original decision, notwithstanding that other claims analogous to those of the allottees of the society have been allowed. The Conservative Land Society is now in its 12th year. It was commenced at a period when great and important interests intimately connected with the just pri vileges of all classes were imperilled, and it became the duty of all true patriots to protect them. The original political object of the society has been completely successful : it has prevented the counties from being swamped with fictitious votes, and it has offered to all classes of the communi , y not ' possessed of the freehold franchise the opportunity of acquiring it on the basis of property in land, which, sooner or later, must become profitable. The combination of political and pecuniary advantages has in both instances been a prosperous movement ; and if the former incentive to action has of late years, owing to the increase of the Conservative tendencies in the country, not been so urgent, the social and commercial principles of the Conservative Land Society have become still more marked and more de veloped. The executive committee feel deeply the import ance of the duties devolving on them; they will endeavour to secure the continued success of the society by exercising the greatest caution in the acquisition of eligible estates for allotment, and by maintaining a system of management which has hitherto proved so satisfactory to the share holders. (Signed) RA NELA.GH, Chairman. (Countersigned) CHARES LEWIS GRUNEISEN, Sec. offices of the Conservative Land Society, 33, Norfolk-street, Strand, W.C. London, Dec. 8, 1863. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. TIMES.--Should the chief States interested in the question of the Danish Succession continue to act with prudence and moderation, there is reason to hope that the dangers of the present crisis will pass away. It would, indeed, be a reproach to modern statesmanship, and to the good sense of nations, if so artificial a dispute were to end in war. At a time when the whose European system is threatened with disruption, when the ambition of one man or people, the restlessness of great armies, and the vague aspirations of democratic masses and their leaders may at any time efface the frontiers which have been held sacred for fifty years, it would be a scandal beyond example if the two Powers which are most interested in the peace of Central Europe should make a beginning of strife on strictly legi timist grounds, and in opposition to their own recorded promises. Wars come often enough, even when they are entered into only on strict necessity. The conflicts of interest, the irremovable misunderstandings, the struggles for geographical positions, which are often struggles tor existence, are quite enough to keep the world in disquiet, without crusades in favour of petty Princes and doubtful hereditary claims. Both the Prussian and Austrian Governments seem now to be convinced that justice and prudence require a moderate policy. No little firmness has been re quired from them to uphold even a modified respect for the Treaty of 1852. M. von Bismark and Count Rschberg have both explained the policy of their Governments to murmuring Assemblies. At Berlin a hostile vote, going to the extreme of deposing the Danish King in Schleswig as well as Holstein, was recorded against the Government by an immense majority, and in Vienna the cautious and variously composed Reichsrath might easily be brought to a similar expression of opinion. But with all this the two Governments, unwil ling to add another element of disturbance to Europe, and influenced, perhaps, to a high degree by the prompt act ion of England, have practically acquiesced in the succession of Christian IX. They have declared that the Treaty of 1852 must be accepted as a basis, however much it may want the sanction of the Diet , and however much it may disappoint the hopes of Germans. When it is recollected that for the last fifteen years the ultra national party in Germany have been looking for ward to the extinction of the Danish family, and promising themselves that when that event occurred all disputes with Denmark would be brought to an end by the summary expulsion of the Dance from the two Duchies ; when we reflect that men like the Duke of Saxe-Coburg have thought little of such matters as rescripts and patents, from being possessed with the idea that the Union was a thing destined to come shortly to an end, we may imagine how much the patriots feel the disappointment of the present hour. The carefully prepared protests, the sum mary action, the appeal to the Diet, the vote of that Assembly rejecting the Danish representa tive of Holstein, the pretensions of the Augusten burg Prince, his proclamations, and his paper money are likely to go for naught when opposed to the combined action of Prussia and Austria. Count Rechberg's speech is not unlike in character to that of the Prussian Minister. The Count felt, or thought it best to assume, a kind of regret that a treaty bound Austria to acquiesce in the rights of a foreign Sovereign over German soil. He declared that the claim of the King depended on the fulfilment by Denmark of the conditions on which the assent of Austria to the treaty was given. Federal Execu tion would at once take place, and Austria would march her troops as soon as the Frankfort Diet gave the signal. There is nothing more than might be expected in this. But the meaning of Count .Rechberg when he enters into the question of the succession is not so clear. He says the point of right is not clearly and plainly visible ; that the matter needs legal investigation • and that the result must depend on a formal judicial deci sion. If he really expected that the Diet would assume the right to dethrone the King, and to put the pretender in his place, he would hardly express such a conformity beforehand with their decision, inasmuch as the Austrian Government is aware that any such decision must be totally ineffectual unless supported by itself and Prussia, and against this they are b oun d by the treaty. As the Mini ster went on t o s p ea k rather disparagingly of the Augustenburg c l a i ms , and seemed to deprecate plunging Germany into a European war simply that an Augustenburg might reign instead of a Glucksburg, we must presume that the Diet will not go to such an extreme of folly as to admit the Angstenburg deputy. if the Frankfort repre sentatives can be kept quiet for the next few weeks there is reason to believe that matters will be settled. Prussia and Austria have already voted against the motion for refusing to receive Kiln Caristian's representative for Holstein, and, though they were outnumbered,still the expression of their opinion tihseDiet.likely In the m to restrain the more fanatical mem berseantime what is called Federal Execu tion will take p l ace. There is no posi tive danger in t his, exce p t that w hen an arm y has once occupied a cou ntr y i t is often a difficult matter of to get it out. At the time of the insurrection at the beginning of the late King's reign there was such an Execution, and, according to the Federal law, there can be no doubt of the strict right of the German troops to enter Holstein. How long they will remain there must depend very mach on the state of the German temper ; for, if the anti-Danish cry continues, it is not likely the Governments will be strong enough to recall them for some months, while, if the Danish concessions cause the abate ment of the present fever, there is no reason that the matter should not be ended at once. We may also presume that the state of Europe and the re presentations of this country will have the effect of disposing both parties to a compromise. From the news we have published it will be seen that the Danish King, on his side, is taking away every excuse for the hostile action of the German Powers. While he expresses in a proclamation his intention to maintain order in Holstein, although conceding its due constitutional rights, the King removes the great grievance of the Germans by withdrawing the Royal Patent of the 30th of March. B y doing this the King acknowledges that his predeceesortrenche d upon the rights of the Diet whe n he thus regulated the position of Holstein independently of the con sent of Frankfort. It would be of little use for us to enter again into any details of the intermin able disputes of the late reig n . Th ey have been discussed over and over again in these columns, and our readers will retain a sufficient idea of the question when they remember that the great difficulty is to combine provincial independence with central claims—to make a Holstein with its minister, its legislature, its budget, and its con nexion with G erman y work harmoniously with the Danish Monarchy. The Germans are always fearing that a part of their country Kill be d e nationalised, and speak of the Danes as if they were the boldest and most unscrupulous of aggressors. But the fact 'e that Denmark is equally afraid of losing its i n . ndence an d with much better re ason. The depee " e fo r Holstein would, in the o p inion of claims 1.2 ebject the whole monarchy to the direct the Danes, b. t in a s much the •nkfor ,asHolstein influence of Fra- - with discussing their own local Estates, not contend national matters, includi ng affairs, demanded that e to them. Suet; q ties . finance, should be su bruitte. 0 no doubt, difficult tions of divided jurisdiction ar e i 4 convinced full ro to settle; but, now that Eu y that further delay is dangerous, we may hope that the relations of the Duchies to the Kingdom will be regulated once and for ever. PosT.—The speech of Colonel M'Murdo at the prize meeting of the 37th Middlesex comes opF or tunely at a moment when the country is beginning to inquire what it has got for the money which was so liberally voted last session. A uniform grant of one pound per man, to be increased under certain circumstances to thirty shillings, may represent no very extravagant outlay from the public purse. B at, in the first place, it must be remembered that this capitation grant is supplemental to the expense en tailed by the maintenance of a competent number of inspectors, of a staff of adjutants, and of a sufficient quota of drill instructors to allow of each detached corps being furnished with one. Then, too, there is the issue of arms, and of a certain amount of ammu nition gratis, and of an additional number of rounds at cost price. In this way the sum gradually mounts i up, we will not say to a formidable item n the estimates of the Minister for War, but to a figure which may well make us carefully scrutinise the return which we are likely to get for our expendi ture. By the fourteenth of the present month all accounts will be made up, and we shall know to a fraction how many effectives the volunteer force musters. Indeed, so minute sre the forms which have been issued that there will be no difficulty in ascertaining at a glance—first, how many each corps possesses in the shape of affiliated members, effec• tives and non-effectives included; secondly, how many have qualified themselves by attendance at drill to receive the Government grant ; and thirdly, what proportion of the latter have passed through the prescribed course of ball firing in addition to the ordinary routine of attendance at position drill, or musketry instruction, required of all effectives. The first category may be said to include all who could be rallied in the course of a fortnight, in the case of actual need of their services ; the second represents the bone and sinew of the movement ; while awong the third are generally to be found the pith and marrow of each individual corps, the enthusiastic among the commissioned officers, the best of the sergeants and corporals, and the "old soldiers" of the movement among the privates. Enough, how ever ie already known, by those who have such means of information at their command as Colonel IVl'Murdo, to warrant their expressing a tolerably confident opinion as to the numbers and state of efficiency at which the whole force has arrived. These, we are glad to learn, may be regarded as satisfactory. The Inspector-General has every rea son to believe that, under the new regulations, the force is maintaining its former strength. The pre dicted eventual lukewarmness of those who origi nally composed it has always been the bugbear of volunteer organisation. It was asserted that, as time went on, the ranks would be decimated by the joint effects of satiety, of indolence, and of ma t r imony, until brigades dwindled away to the strength of single regiments, regiments to that of companies, and companies to sections. This, however, if we are to believe Colonel M'Murdo, has not been the result. Nay more, in the case of ono distinguished corps, we happen to know that any defalcations on the part of original mem bers have been amply made up for by the influx of recruits, and that the battalion parades for inspec tion, or upon any special occasion, just as strong as when it appeared for the first time in public at the memorable review in Hyde-park. There is another point, however, upon which Colonel M'Murdo's evidence may be regarded as still more conclusive. He has, in the course of the year, not only had full opportunity, as Inspector-General, of scrutinising the proficiency attained by the metropolitan volunteers, but he has attended county musters in Essex, Suffolk, Devonshire, Dorsetshire, Lan cashire, Durham, Worcestershire, and elsewhere. The result of his experience is in every way favour able to the working of the present system, and the state of efficiency which has been generally attained under it. He is " gratified to find that in battalion, is brigade, and in divisions of brigade, the volunteers work together efficiently, as armed and disciplined men should do ;" in other words, that they are doing that which the country means and expects that they should do. To say that they are the equals of troops of the Line would be to flatter them at the expense of truth. They aie not, and never can be, their equals, even in the movements of an ordinary field-day, and for all the purposes of a campaign they have their work still to learn. But then they were never in tended for it. What the nation requires is a rough and-ready force, costing comparatively little, but available at a moment's notice, and sufficiently drilled and disciplined, in the event of any sudden attack, while the militia—the old constitutional safeguard of the country—is being mustered and trained. And this, if Colonel M'Murdo is right, is precisely what we have got. The one hundred and sixty thousand odd men who compose the effectives of our Volunteer army are of a class and calibre which could not be subtracted for any length of time without serious inconvenience from the rest of the community. But they could and would do their best to stem the tide of an invasion, and, after the first burst was over, to lighten the task of those pro fessional soldiers upon whom the main burden of our defence must ultimately fall. They would be in valuable, from their local knowledge, either to an advancing or a retreating army, They would par tially garrison many of our most extensive fortified places. Above all, their presence would operate, even in their disembodied state, as a salutary check upon those " dangerous classes" who would seize with avidity the occasion of any national disaster to set the police, their hereditary enemies, at defi ance. The nation has a cheap bargain of the Vo lunteers upon such terms. As Colonel M'Murdo sensibly observes, the acceptance of a Parliamentary grant does not deprive the force of its volunteer character, for the unpaid services and time of the officers and men are still given for the public bene fit. What it does do, and ought to do, is to secure that the country gets a substantial return for the money which has been already spent upon the movement. If the professional inspection of the various corps is honestly and thoroughly carried out it is next to impossible that the public money should be squandered. Col. M'Murdo is evidently of opinion that it is not so, and that every year renders the volunteer force more efficient for the purposes for which it was originally designed. We believe that his views are shared by others who have had the opportunity of watching its rise and progress, and that, with due vigilance, there is no prospect of any falling off either in its numbers or • I its efficiency. EXETER HALL.—The Christmas performance of Handel's Oratorio, "The Messiah," will be given by the National Choral Society on Wednesday, the 16th. Mr. Sims Reeves and Mr. Santley are already engaged. The band and chorus will number 700 performers. Conductor, Mr. G. W. Martin. Organist, Mr John C. Boardman. THE PYRAMID TOMB OF CAIUS CESTICUS, so well gallery on one level, known to all visitors to Rome, has rece ntl y been restored, by order of the Pontific al Government, Some ex cavations made in a cemetery nea r San Sebastiano resulted in the discovery of many sym bols and inscriptions which proved it to have pertained t o the Jews of Rome. The burial place wth was the b ordinary in ti2e form not, a s 9l above another. In the sid es of this gallery the graves were placed in tiers. Some d oubts were raised, and may be still entertained, as to the H ebrew character of these interments, from the fact that no inscriptions were found in the lan- atac of o a m l b o s n , g on different floors, one guage of that nation, but all appears in Greek or Latin. Even the seven -branched candlestick is no decisive sign of Hebrew origin, nor are such the palm, lomon-fruit, birds, baskets of fruit, hens and chickens, the cow and calf, Scci which appear to have been found. The cylinder, probably indicating the Book of the Law, the oil-jar, the ark within the circlet, and, above all, the inscription Areht-synagoOst which occurs more than once, are tolerably sure evide nces of the Jewish origin of the tombs. In this cemetery were found two vaulted chambers, painted with a victory, with palm and crown, winged, and bestowing a r eward on a youth who kneels at her feet; a female figure bearing a cornucopia ; the genii of the seasons ; Pegasus ; the pea cock ; and other symbols, which would seem to indicate the accidental juxtaposition of a Pagan place of interment with D pa i st U t G en tl g D h U t O er T. o 7 l, A ir b . ou s t am ha ue lf l that of the Jew—ilthenocuin. CAPTURE OF A BURGLAR BY A PUBLICAN'S Brown, landlord of the Cross Keys, .Hunslet-lane, when attending to her ordinary duties, fancied she heard some thing upstairs. Without speaking to any one she went up Orr:MS.:Jure:a; BnAigahEt°, to one of the bed-rooms, and there found two men, who had just been ransacking the drawers. She boldly seized one of them, and ho called out to his companion, who made an unsuccessful attempt to rescue. Ito pulled him a por vthSeed°allu tion of the way downstairs, but the young woman gallantly held him by the hair of the Lead until assistance came, Th e other man g ot awa y , carr y in g with him about £8 in silver. The man apprehended, whose name is James Wal lace, no doubt a travelling thief, though d e scribing himself as a "F r ench polisher, Bradford," had in his possession a complete set of very superior skeleton keys, a dark pocket lantern, picklocks, and other housebreaking implements. He had also in his pocket, and which he bad taken from the drawers, £5O in money, and a gold locket, !Pooch and ' a ring, worth £l.o.—.Lcas Mercury. THE NAVY. Her Majesty's steam storeship Supply, Comman der Bawden, R.N., having discharged a portion of her cargo from Malta and Gibraltar, consisting of victualling stores, yesterday hauled alongside the wharf at Woolwich, and commenced returning her dockyard stores. The freightship Guide, from Gibraltar, yesterday completed clearing out her cargo of returned war stores at Woolwich, and was paid out of t he service. The old 78 gunship Conqueror, fitted with a screw propeller, is 'under orders to receive the bat talion of Royal Marines for Japan, in command of Lieut.-Col. Suther, on the 11th inst., and to sail on the following day. The Lord Panmure, ordnance steamer, arrived at Portsmouth yesterday from Woolwich, with a heavy cargo of guns and ordnance stores, including the two 12-ton 10.5 inch 300-pounder Armstrong guns from Woolwich, for the Excellent gunnery ship at Portsmouth pro tem., but intended for service in the turrets of the -Royal Sovereign. One of these pieces is rifled, and the other is a smooth bore. Both are o f Elswick manufacture. The performances of one of Sir William Armstrong's smooth bore 100-ponn ders, now under trial at Portsmouth, is likely to attract considerable attention from artillerists. The 100-pounder Armstrong smoothbore gun is pretty well known, but it may be as well to state here that it weighs 8 tons 641 b., has a diameter of bore of 8.9 in., a length of bore of Bft. Bin., and an exterior length of lift. 2in., with a circum ference at thickest part of base of Bft. Sin. With this gun experiments have been commenced with steel shot and shell, but they have not suffi ciently advanced yet to furnish any detailed report. What has actually been accomplished is this : Spherical and steel shot have been fired from the gun with 201 b. of powder, only a fifth of the weight of the shot, and have penetrated through a 51 inch armour-plate, bolted on the side of the Monarch target ship, and also through the side of the ship itself, covering the deck of the target ship with splinters of the ship's planking, timbers, and iron knees, fragments of the broken plate, and of the steel shot itself which had broken into small pieces in its course. Never, perhaps, was the want of an inner iron skin inside the wood backing of a ship's armour more forcibly illustrated. The result demonstrates the insecurity which must exist in time of action for the seamen working the guns of ships of the Royal Oak class, and the security under like circumstances for the men in the Warrior class of ship. To fully realise the importance of this fact of a spherical shot fired from a smoothbore gun passing through a 54inch armour-plate and the side of a line-of-battle ship, it must be borne in mind that this is the first known instance of the kind, and that our greatest efforts in the same direction, whi c h have been mado with the Armstrong 110 pounder rifled gun and the 95cwt. 68 pounder smooth bore have merely resulted in making an indentation of 2in. or less on the plate's surface; that is, when the plate has been of equal quality with the plates through which the steel shots penetrated. It must not be thought, however, that the gun can claim the entire credit of this result. In the majority of our firing at wrought iron armour-plates we have dis charged with 161 b., 201 b., and at times, 251 b. of powder 601 b. balls of soft gray cast iron. In firing steel shot against wrought iron plates we have but now taken up the principle we should have first started with in the great contest of " guns against armour-plates." It is evident that the destructive penetrating power gained in these experimental fir ing trials is o wing more to the nature of the projectile than to the gun from which it was fired. If the War rior's side can therefore be destroyed by steel balls fired from the old and despised 68 pounder, there will be new data furnished for the study of our artillerists and shipbuilders. Yesterday the War Department transport Bomar sund shipped a large quantity of condemned ord nance stores, guns, &c., at Chatham for Woolwich, and afterwards dropped down the river to the Go vernment powder magazines at Upnor Castle, where she also shipped a quantity of condemned shell. The work of cutting away the granite sides of the dock at Chatham in which the Achilles bas been constructed is being rapidly pushed forward by a body of workmen under the direction of Messrs. Foord and Sons, in order that no delay may be ex perienced in having everything completed for float ing the iron frigate out of dock on the 24th inst. A party of workmen have arrived at the dockyard from the engineering establishment of Messrs. Penn and Sons, Greenwich, in order to commence fitting the screw machinery on board the Achilles before she is undocked. The mechanics and labourers of the dockyard and arsenal at Woolwich yesterday commenced working overtime, to compensate for the loss of the Satur day following Christmas-day, which is to be held as a holiday, so as to close the establishments during the three successive days. The third experimental 600-pounder Armstrong gun, similar to those forwarded to the Excellent at Portsmouth, is now ready to be shipped at Wool wich for Shoeburyness. The new Bellerophon target, which has been fitted at Shoeburyness, un der the superint en d ence of Mr. Baskcomb, one of the foremen of Chatham dockyard, and a body of shipwrights, has been con structed by the Millwall Iron Company, and is in tended to repres ent as nearly as possible a portion o f the proposed side of the Bellerophon, increased f r igate, which has been commenced at Chatham dockyard. Its trial is looked forward to with the keenest interest, as on the results will mainly de pend the form of construction which the first of Mr. Reid's new ironcased frigates will take. The part of the ship which is to be tested by the target is that situated between the main and lower decks and not in the line of p or t s , th e object being to ascer tain the strength of the genera l side of t he shi p . As ll of the Bellerophon i s to carry only a vrillsma number be made to guns, special arrangemen ts strengthen the side of the frigate near the ports. As the number will be s mall, it will be possible to strengthen them by th e introduction of additional iron to an extent wh i c h could not be practicabl e if the number were large. Each frame of the target iron 10in. long, nin. broad is made of anglebroad, and . kiwis ,d two 3i n, angle irons V 2in. in thw . i n. by 3 P inches , a nd a. n thic kness, rivetted together. To the double angle irons of this frame the skin, which is com posed of two thicknesses of i inch plating, wit h a layer of painted canvass between, is rivetted. on the outside of the skin plating a ngle iron stringers are attached, two under the upper armour plate, 92in- long by 32in. wide, and tin. thick, the broad flange being square to the akin, and not reaching out to the armour by half an inch. The h ot er two are placed behind the lower plate, and are 10in. long, 22in. wide, and 2in. thick. The breadth of the broader flange b • eing the same as the thick ness of the backing, reaches out to and comes in contact with the armour. Wood backing, 101 D, thick, is worked longitudinally on the skin plating, and between the angle-iron stringers, bolted with nut and screw, bolt through the skin plating. The armour consist of two rolled plates 6in. thick, weigh ing upwards of nine tons each. The upper armour plate is fixed with bolts 21 in. in diameter. In one half of the target, divided vertically, the armour bolts have elastic washers, and are clinched on a ingio nuts. In the other half, the bolts have cowm en 8 not wa shers, with double nuts, and the bolt clinched. In the construction of the Bellerophon s hot and target the mere capabilitiy of resisting re gard has also shell has not alone been considered ; been had in arranging its details to t h e satisfactory and economical construction o f se a ctual ship upon the same plan. In erecting the tar get care has been t aken to support it behind w ith beam ends, &c., so Ithat the actual condition of the proposed ship's side may be approximated to as closely as possible. The THE ARMY. 140 4- or ri -Ci l fr t 4l°4& ° ' NEWSPAPER' weight of the target is exactly 3891 h. to t; i latrltVA l / 4 ,t74 ,- * foot, which is between 301 b. and 101 b. foot more than the Warrior target. Sitti, i , v , ,„ 4, Bellerophon target stand well against the F4, l ;;7ff 4t, service gins-110-pounder Armstrongs, 4 1 Offlatt . pounder muzzle loaders--a considerable will be made, for the Bellerophon, alttinugl 300 ft. long, and costing nearly £lOO,OOO let 8 than 4 1 the Warrior, will be more effectually proteee, from end to end than that vessel is in the middle t mly. T.he target is not expected to s tand a g ainst large Wh,; the tworth guns and the 300-pounder Armstrong, shot from both of which vill probably go right throuwh it. A sanguine belief is, however, entertained.' by the officials at Chatham dockyard concerned in' its construction, that the 68-pounder and 110-pooreder Armstrong shot will fail to penetrate it. Through the exertions of Messrs. P 'son and Sons, the manufacturers of the engines for t. Arethusa, 35, 500 horse power, the accident which ,'occurred to the condenser ha s bee n completely repai re' d, and a new metal cistern door to the condenser c xh-npletcd The part of the cond enser t o w.hi ch the a nd fitted. accident occurred will The Arethusa is expected 't `o be commissioned for sea forthwith. A large quantity of horse provender is in cou, - se of shipment for New Zealand, to supply the a ddi tion-al troop-horses required for the present es ur gency. The Statesman is to be employed on t his service, and yesterday commenced shipping 160 t o as of compressed hay And other fodder. The Golconda was yesterday inspeeet.l, to follow the Statesman , and other ebips are te I be hired to convey smilax . freights to New Zealand Ou.'ing the month. The following appointments were made on Satur day at the Admiralty :—Lieut. L.. M. Mallet t to the Defence ; George Gra nt, p a y matA queror ; Edward W. Gordon, pay's, as t e r, to the to the Con - Meander ; and William E. Presscott, first class assistant engineer, to the Rattlesnake. 1. The following appoint ments and promotic.. us Ver° made yesterday at the Admiralty :—Commao,der C. J. Rowley, to the Fisgard, additional, for servi ce with the Enterprise; Lieut. Lawrence A. Bell, tt the Excellent ; Richard G. Chandler, assist. pay— master, to the Resistance ; John M‘Senzie, of the , Asia, James Mutter (acting), of the Challenger, Angus APlntyre, of the Cumberland, George E. Foote (acting), of the Terror, David Francis (acting), of the Vulcan, John Aitkin, of the Fox, William Wallan, of the Queen, Daniel Cartmel (acting), of the Immortalite, Joseph Turner, of the Asia, for the hector ; Robert Anderson (b) of the _Himalaya, Joseph B. Frith, of the Argus, George Bartlett, of t h e 3.iagieierine, and Thomas Young, of the Indus ty, pro, , noted to be first class assistant engineers. Several lest, urea and entertainments have been provided during the past month for the non-com missioned officers an men of the Royal Dragoons s t a tioned at Aldershottc and it is i n t en ded to con tinue them every Friday e Yelling during the winter red to assemble at months. A general court•ma rtial is orde ‘ theßoyal Marine Barracks, Forton, ear Gosport, for the trial of Capt. W. Cosser, paymaster of the Ports mouth division of Royal Marine Light Infantry, on charges of defalcation of accounts. Arrival of the Sumter at Queenstown, QUEENSTOWN, Saturday Night. At six o'clock this evening the celebrated Sumter, now called the Gibraltar, Captain Reed, steamed into the harbour, with a cargo of cotten,with which she ran the blockade from Wilmington, North Carolina. Having been introduced under peculiarly :avourable circumstances, I was most hospitably re- ceived by Captain Reed, and had the pleasure of hearing from him an exclusive account of his out ward and homeward voyage, but reserve such par ticulars as I think should not be made public at present. The vessel left Liverpool ou the 4th of July, and on the 15th August, when in sight of the shore of North Carolina, one of the engines broke down, and, after some delay, was repaired. Soon after the accident Captain Reed went aloft, when he saw three of the blockade squadron—One on the starboard, one on the larboard aide of him, and the other directly in front, and beari n g down. The captain, knowing it would be ruinous to seek to evade scrutiny at once hoisted the American pennant on the main, and the ensign on the peak, and bore directly for the steamer in front, passing so close to her as to see men repairing their hammocks and some sails on deck. This bold course of proceed ing, and Captain Reed's ready response to the hail of the Yankees, at once disarmed suspi cion, and the Gibraltar we s enabled to get under cover of the guns of Fort Fisher, which is in the hands of the Confederates, without interrup tion, On account of the state of the tide the vessel could not get past the bar of the port of Wilmington, and her position soon attr acted notice of the flag ship outside. A number of shots being fired from the flag-ship three of the squadron joined her, and the Gibraltar soon became the object of their united attentions. Forty-eight shots were fired, the greater number of th em w hi s tli ng through the r i gg ing ! and within 200 yards of the Gibraltar. S he was enabled, waspaid however, on the rising of the tide to get out of her unpleasant position, and i;idiradienligvteorantehrectaorwgn cargo . During Capt. Reed's stay i a visit by President Davis, who was received with. the greatest enthusiasm. Capt. Reed was required in Charleston, , se e e a s n h d „ he as m most a t describes iete the e , the feeling l ladies es there in favour of , most e nthusiastic, and so f orge tful of self espe ciallythat bein g they di s regarded General B eaurega rd's injunction to leave the city and get out of the reach of General Gillmore's Greek fire. For some time after her arrival the Confederate Government had under consideration the propriety of taking the Gibraltar again into service, but on account of the state of har boilers they deter mined to let her proceed. Having taken the cotton on board and paid 1,600 dollars to a , pilot for the run to Bermuda, the captain proceeded down the bay, but got aground on the Rip in sighs of the blockading squadron, which was now in creased from four to seven vessels. The vessel being got off an endeavour was made to get her down the new inlet, bat the pilot again got her aground, and as she was now in close proximity to the squadron, Captain Reed telegraphed his position up the bay to the Confederate battery at Fort Caswell. Three launches, each having 20 men on board, were at once sent down to his protection, remaining by the side of the ship lest she should be cut out, until the third night, when the captain, having previously taken the bearings of the flag ship, succeeded in getting out. The Gibraltar reached Bermuda i in a in two and a half days, and mad e Queenstown ' days. Captain Reed left Wilmington on isiov 14, and brings Charleston papers to that date, together with important dispatches. runn ers cap- The captain reports four blockad e, ot her , . tured between Nov. 11 and 14. An oe fi dre e d by in th ru e n c n re in w g . in order to avoid capture, was s et The E. D. Vance and Banshee so" Wm safe. the blockade and getting in to il i The Sumter is now busily engaged n coaling, taa L r r i e v s e p r p o n o o d l e I t: d o e f l i v i. e ) r u b h i e tn r and will proceed at once t° bales of heavy cotton . , cargo, which consists of each weighing SO - a -- E xpress . ..............,......................• APPLAUSE" BREATH OF TILE ACTOR. —I have heard that, when the late Mr. Kean wan per in onio city of the United States, he came to the formin g & t e heendofthe f fththired pit t t haelletips s i a ts id, h ‘ a ‘ n l cl u s an in 't its go manager a on the stag again, sir, „ockets. Su . ch au audience would extinguih And o t ory saith that the manager made hi s s appearance on the stage, and assured the audience that Mr. Kean, having been accustomed to audicncc„ Llorn demonstrative than was habitual to the severer intelli•gi ie , of an rtss,rablv of Ame rican citizens, mistook th,.;r !,il, it I ot tent ion for disapproba. Lion ; and in short, liesi, i:' they did not applaud as Mr. Kean bad been accustom e d to LC:Li:ph:oled, they could not have the gratification of seeing Mr. Kean act as he had been accustomed to act. Of course the audience—though, no doubt, with an elated sneer at the Britisher's vanity— were too much interested in giving him fair play to with hold any longer the loud demonstration of their pleasure when he did something to please them. As the fervour of the audience rose, so did the genius of the actor, and the contagion of their own applause redoubled their enjoy ment of the excellence it contributed to create,--Sir Buttocr 1 Lytton's Caxtoniana, 208 10 8 -8 308 ich ;he se- t at th rEtO J. of