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antific °undo idge. sary.) Non- dance. ;carte. 0 600. Oats at 330 at war ere ra derate pricer to 248 to 440 to -- 0 Li., • 37s per 36 alting, I oats, Beans, ey, 28s Id, 285 32s to he de 3orted! - Not of the § to 465 to 365 to 28a b. 12. b. 13. ;b. 10. b. 12. ;b. 28. ;b. 13. rRAL I f age r good orting about " says desig - Ilis Jack, up to st time I says [lanced ed n 39 is was which owing )nning a have leave Ltolo of tters I Love spirits ,e wife of the 1, of a of IL arloW , 3 only 3 a111% C. 1 3.• Neill a wson Dray- igton" .---•-• ,-- NIC 5, No. ~ „tatty THE GREAT EASTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. Four - and-a-Half per 4 ent. Preference Stock. The G HEAT EASTERN RAILWAY CO HPANY.fs pre pared to receive applications to; tiitms of £loe, or , opwards, of the above Stock, bearing a fixed Preferential Interest of 4 iper cent, per ann um. Interest c •mnaences from the date of payment. Applications 'to be made either personally or by-letter to the unde rs i gne d , Bishopsge e : Terininus, February, 1803. J. B. OWEN. Secretary. - - tr - A ' I -----; ' - AR'. v into $d CONTRACTS for FUN, ,apd LIPHT. t,,,,, TYNDERS will be received at thiS fil' ce until radon on be willint , to enter into Di:March, from ' persons 'Who trisY .- ._ trontracts for the, SUPPLY a u0A.t.,•., COKE, and CANJA Es i . i - , ... m ay be required for the n su- h quant es . a . 'use I'd her Ma'esty's Laud Forces . find Military Departments march YOl the following , 1 864: ' ''' - paces, from Ist Aprir,l!. 63, to 31st . 7 1 Ilydpak -Botit. Ti er iiinaton. and Kensington-palace -fri,evir Barracks :—sso tons • Wapend coals, 3 toss coke, 1,55 U -1' composite candles, 630 lbs. dip candles. • • ~,. Rezent'spark, st. Johnsood,Vortman-street - arracks :-1,109 tons Walisend coals, 11 tons coke, 1,685 lbs. c omposite toadies, 3,488 lbs. dip candles. 3 . Wellington, St. Geome's, and Ilnekingham-palacc Bar ' racks ; H orse Guards, Infantry Guards, St. james's-park, and Royal, Engineer Office, Buckingham-gate :-1,667 tons Wallsend coals, 200 tons Wylam +1 oor coils (for Wellington Barracks). 12 tone coke, 2,206 lbs. composite candles, 1,214 lbs. dig candles. 4. Military Store establishment, Pimlico:-221 tons Walls end coals.* 364 tons 1 o*lar's Merthyr Coals, 10 tons Tanfield Moor coals, 400 chaldrons coke, 3co lbs. composite candles, 200 lbs, dip candles. . 5. The Tower :-823 tons Wall send coals, 160 tons Dowlar's Merthyr coals, 10 tons Tanfield Moor cOtaS, 10 i lons coke, - 920 lbs. composite candles, 200 lbs. dip candles. 6. Hounslow and lineller-hall : —740 tons Inlandlest coals, 28 tons coke, 1,000 lbs. cohiposfte candles, 4,000 lbs. dip candlel. . . , 7. Hampton-Court 1-115 tons Inland best coals, 150 IbB. • . . composite candles. 500 lbs. dip candles. 8. Windsor :-1,3 , 0 tons Wallsend coals, 6 tons coke, 2,250 lbs. composite candles, 600 lbs. dip candles. . . 9. Brighton, with Coast F rte from Newhaven to Shore , ham:-645 tons Walsend coals, 3 tons coke, 1,630 lbs. com posite candles, 6,310 lbs.. dip candles. .t 10. Crokdon:--200 tons W.llsend - coals, 3 tons coke, 250 lbs. comp site candles, 1 ,500 lbs. dip i andles. The quantities above *pecified of each article of supply- are only approximate estimates of what may probably be required -., . within the period of the contract, but the contractor will be , • held liable to delver such quantities as may be demanded under competent authority, whether more or less than the above. Separate tenders for fuel and for light must be made for each of the abovementioned stations or barracks as separately . . grouped and numbered. Fcrms of tender, and conditions of ~ •• 4 . _ contract, may be obtained on appli ation at this office, by i 4,...;,, ~- letter or in person, b e t ween t h e hours o f 1 0 an d 4 o ' clock. ra t - Tenders on the minted forms must be properly filled up and ' ''-:'.-..:', signed, and no f.ender will be noticed unless delivered at the onderm , entione a d outside Ake, under clos e d envelope (marked on the "Tetlider for Army Supplies"), before noon on the 3d Ma rc h neat. Mr. 11. MATURIN, Deputy Commissary-General Deputy Commissary-General's Office. 5, New-street, z titing-gardens, London, ..____ S.W., Feb. 10, 1863. ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION (Incorporated by Royal Charter). PATnoNEss—Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen. "RESIDENT—Vice-Admiral the Duke of Northumberland, K.G., F.R.S. CHAIRMAN—Thos. Baring, Fsq., M.P., F.R.S., DEPUTY - CRAIRMAN—Thomas Chapman, Esq., F.R.S., V.P. APPEAL. The Committee of Management have to state that, since 'he beginning of the year 1860, the Royai National Lifeboat Institution has expended £32,000 on various Lifeboat Estab lishments .in the Coasts of England, Scotland, and Ireland. During the same period the Lifeboats of the Institution have een in , trumental in rescuing Lie Crews of the follow ing Wrec'z ed Vessels:— .. 1 ~.:' , ~. 18r0. Schooner Ann Mitchell, of Montrose •• Schooner Jane Roper, of Ulverstone • • Brig Pallas, of Shields .. • • • • • • Ship Ann Mitchell, of Glasgow •• • • Smack John BuY, of Yarmouth • Sc hooner Catherine, of Newry •• • • Ba rque Niagara, of Shields •• • • • A Barge of Teignmouth • • •• •• Brig George and James, of Londonßrig •• Ze of Whitby .. • • Coble Honour, of Cullercoats • • • • •• Schooner Eliza, of North Shields .• •• Barque Oberon, of Liverpool • • • • Brigantine Nancy, of Teignmouth Smack Wonder, of Teignmouth Brig Scotia, of Sunderland .. • • Sloop Three Brothers, of Goole .. Sloop Charlotte, of Woodbridge .. Brig Ann, of Blyt Druid, h Sloop Hope, of Dublin .. Schooner ruid, of Aberystwyth Barque Vermont, of Halifax, U.S. .. Schooner William Keith, of Carnarvon Brig Flying Fish, of Whitby •• Smack Elizabeth Ann, of Lyme Regis .. Steam Dredge, at Newhaven .. Schooner Admiral Hood, of Rochester .. Schooner Susan and Isabella, of Dundee .. Schooner Rose, of Lynn •• •• •• Brig Prodroma, of Stockton •• • • Brig Eliza, of Middl es b oroug h Brigantine Freia, of Konigsberg' . • • • Brigantine Diana, of Fredrikshamn • • Brig Gloucester, of South Shields .• •• Number of liv es saved by shore-boats and other 2 10 means, for which the Institution has granted rewards in 1860 •• •• •• ~ ••215 Total -455 1861. Brig Lovely Nelly, of Seaham Brigantine Nugget, of Bideford Schooner Prospect, of Berwick Sloop Thomas and Jane, of St. Ives Fishing -boat of Whitburn Brig Arethusa, of Blyth • • •• _ Schooner Dewi Wyn, of Portmadoo • • Flat Cymraes, of Beaumaris .. • • 2 Schooner 'William, of Morecambe .. 5 Smack Gipsy, of Newry •• •• •• •• 4 Schooner Margaret Anne, of Preston .. .. 4 Brig New Draper, of Whitehaven .. 8 wini,„„„ ,•& Liverpool - 1 liZgerNimrod, of Castletovvn 6 Brig Providence, of Shields .. •. •• 8 3 Brig Mayflower, of NewcastleB Schooner Village Maid, of Fleetwood . 4 Barque Guy ma, of Glasgow .. .. .19 Brig Roman Empress, of Shields 10 Brig San Spirid.one, of Galaxide .. 2 Schooner Voador du Vouga, of Viana .. 8 French Brig La Jeune Marie Therese e Barque Perseverance, of Scarborough t Schooner Elizabeth, of Bridgewater Schooner Hortensia, of Hanover .. Ship Danube, of Belfast •• •• •• •• 17 Schooner Oregon, of Stonehaven g Brig St. Michel, of Marans Spanish Barque Primera de Torreviega (saved ves sel and one of the crew) .. Schooner Hurrell, of Penzance (saved vessel and crew) .. Barque Frederick, of London Brig Anne, of Plymouth (saved vessel and crew) 8 Schooner Betsy, of Peterhead (saved vessel and crew) .. • • • • • • • . 6 Barge Peace, of London Lugger Saucy Lass, of Lowestoft .. • • .. 11 Smack Adventure, of Harwich.. .. 10 Pilot cutter Whim, of Lowestoft .. 7 Barque Undaunted, of Aberdeen. .. 11 Schooner Skylark, of Folkestone . • • 6 Wrecked boat on Blackwater Bank, on the Irish coast .. .. • • .. 1 Brig Lively, of Clay, Norfolk • • • • • • 5 Barque Robert Watson, of Sunderland .. 5 Schooner Auchincruive, of Grangemouth . 6 Schooner Friends, of Lynn 4 Schooner Eliaa Anne, of D u bli n • • • • • Brig Content, of Sunderland Smack Ellen Owens, of Cardigan Schooner Fly, of Whitby (saved vessel and crew) 4 Schooner Epimachus, of Amsterdam .. 5 288 /cumber of lives saved by shore-boats and other means, for which the Institution has granted rewards in 1861 • • •• •• •• ••136 Total 162. Schooner Bellona, of Red ` B 1 Brig Pione er , of Carnarvon . 1 Schooner Princes s Ali ce, of 1 - p • s;vlch • • Prig Minerva, of Workington Schooner Elizabeth a n d Hannah, of Newburgh.: 4 6 ‘. Brig Sisters, of ‘ hitby Brigantine Matilda, of Stockholm Brig Jane, of North Shields , Schooner Liberty, of Dublin .. Schooner Sylphiden, of Nakskov (saved vessel and crew) • • • • • • • • • • • • .. 7 Brig Trial, of Poole 7 Barque Cedarine, of Bermuda • • • • • • .134 Smack Frodsham, of Liverpool •• • • .. 2 Sloop William, of Liverpool .. 5 Sloop Elizabeth, of Teignmouth • • .• .. 3 Barque Cruz, of Oporto ~,, • • •• .. 1.4 . Barque Druid, of Sunderland • • • • . 9 Smack Merrion Lass, of Aberystwyth (saved yes and crew) .. .. 3 Fishing Boats of Millburn • •• • • 12 Barque Henry Everest, of Rochester .. 4 Ship Annie E. Hooper. of Baltimore, U. 5... .. 18 Schooner Rook, of Liverpool 3 Schooner Ceres, of Arbroath (saved ves. and crew) 5 Sloop Loftus, of Padstow .. 4 Schooner Ellen, of Liverpool (saved yes. and crew) 3 Smac': Mary Elizabeth. of Padstow Smack John, of Teignmoulh 2 Schooner Osprey, of Fraser burgh 6 Schooner James Davell, of Newcastle (saved ves sel and crew) •. •• •• •• •• •. 2 Schooner Champion, of Liverpool .. 10 Galiot Aremana, of Jaffa (assisted to save vessel and crew) 6 Ship James Browne, of Philadelphia (assisted to save vessel and crew) •• •• •• •• 14 Smack Countess of Lisburne, of Aberystwyth .. 3 S Bti ccarhreozo. Schooner :er te raLamiztictiri Little Af l gL c e o e, f r po L f, o ei l t h Berwick Schooner Sisters, of Wick •• ..424 'Total Number of lives saved by s h ore-boats and other mea ns, for which the Institution has granted rewards in 1862 .• .. • . • . ..213 Total .. SUMMARY OF LIVES SAVED. 19(0..455 11861..4 24 I 186?..571 I Total .. 1,050 For these joint numerous t..servicesin saving ng 1,450 liv es f rom Shipwreck, the Institutio n ha.. ra c nte4l rewards :mounti ng 68 r t o £3,502 12s. 7d., in d dition to ,ilv_e.• Medals. The number of lives saved by the Life-boats of the Societ i . Y. ,nd other ,rneans, since its formation, is 12,800; ;if which services S 2 Gold Medals, 718 Silver Medals, and. ti 0 61 14 8 10 in cash have been paid in rewards. The Install laosr.%lso iaUes,expended 1 :0 0 on Life-boats, Lite-boat Tr ar , Is h :P„, t p•-cari . afid 7 tioat-houses. the - kmmmittee desire to express their gra . teful sense of B ri ,Fenerous sip Dort which they have received from the hn "sh Public duritvz the past few years a support which "'s enabled them to establish their present magnifice . nt fleet 11 , e 9 . - : 123 Lifeboats on ' the shores of the United Kingdom '.• PI Y sensib'e, however of the areat, responsibility that . ss on them to' maintain'their fleet in a thoroughly efficient j;: a t , e 4 and fis Crews practised in the manag-ement of their great earnestlyf: l : 3l d l c i t o b r m:e a r , ' t n h n a e n t y l l o s n b a e la efreete'l bY countrymen to aid them con tributions Iwn,our pk a h. u o p l e o a i n i g t o and a large and a pe manen all perpetuatingclass es of their s o The Co • - Committee gratefuliy acknowledge the following non- ..671 .c. 1 3, d '''' C 0 annual 50 Her Maiestv the Queen • • • • Campbell, the Hon. Mrs. G. • • Clerk, Colonel, K.A. ••• • Coutts and Co. Messrs., Baniersl 0 51 0 01 : 0 Currie, Wm. I'sq. .. .. • • .. 4th don 10 0 0 .. . . . annual a an n n n u l l a 1 1 Erie, Lord C ' hiet Justice .. .. .. don. 11) 10 0 Panshawe, Vice-Admiral - , 'ir A.. K.C.B. .. Id don. 25 0 0 Penwick, G. .1., Esq , cost of a Lifeboat and Tran sporting Carriage .• .. . • • • • • 250 0 0 Harvey, Rev. G. G. and Mrs. • • Martin, Si r H enry, Bart. • • don. 30 0 Moore Rev. G. B. • • • • • • 7th d on. 10 0 0 ••• • • • Smith, • • Mrs. George, Greenwich .. .. 3 0 0 don. 15 15 0 Stirling, Col. Sir Anthony, K.C.B. .. an Thom a Lady, Weston-super-blare, collected bynual h 2 0 0 her Ladyship . • .. • • • Willoughby d'Eresby, Lo r d .• • • • • 16 16 0. • • • annual 5 0 Donations and Annual ,u,,scriptions will be thankfu__ yll r reived by the Bankers of th., Institution, Messrs. Willis Percival, and Co. 76, Lombard-street; Messrs. Coutts d Co_ 59, Strand ; Niessrs. Berries, Farouhar. and Co St. Jamei.'s-street, London ; by a 1 the Collectors of Customs and Bankers hi the Unitedliing'dotri; and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis, Esq., at the Office of the Institution, 14, John -street, Adelphi, London, W.C. T RULY EFFICACIOUS AND MILD.- Dr. SCOTT'S BILIOUS and LIVER PILLS, pre ared without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. rott, of Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to all who • offer from bilious and liver complaints, indigestion, wind, spasms, giddiness, Dizziness of the eyes, &c. For habitual ostiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier •,1 the blood, they are truly excellent ; mild in their opera ,lon and orateful to he stomach, they create appe 'te, pro mote digestion, and stre ,, gthrn the whole nervous system. sold by W. Lambert; 8, King William-street, r 'haring-cross. London, and by most druggists, in boxecls. lid., and three timed the quantity in one, 2s. Ad. B e sure to ask for Dr. Scott's Bilious an d Liv e r Pill s . The genuine are a square green Package, with " William Lambert." engr ave d on t h e stamp. OLDRIDGE'S BALM of COLUMBIA established upwards of thirty years. Is the best and only certain remedy ever discovered for preserving, strengthening, beautifying, or restoring ' he hair, whiskers, or an. , ustaches, and preventing thin turning grey. Sold in bottles, 3s. ed., es., and 111 s., by C. and A. ( MI:MIDGE, 22, Welling,ton -street, Strand, London, W.C., and all chemists and perfumers. For ehildrens' and ladies' hair it is most efficacious and unrivalled. 'ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL. G ray 'R-inn..road, in tip immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail way Terminus, at King's-cross. l'atron—The QUEEN. President—The Duke of BUCCLEUCH, K.G. Treasurer—Edward Masterman, Esq. This was the first hospital to introduce the principle of free and instant admission to the destitute sick, without the for mality of governors' Idlers. It is entirely devoted to desti tution in its most pitiable form—viz., that which is accom panied by sickness and disease, and is now of sufficient magnitude that, with adequate support, it, may be rendered capable of admitting into its wards a very large proportion of the casual sick of this great metropolis. It requires but the funds in order to have 500 beds available for the reception of these the most wretched of our fellow-creatures. Moreover, it gratuitously affords medical advice and medicine to more, on the average, than :3,000 out-patients a week. The Weekly Board feel it theirimperative duty to make an EARNEST APPEAL to the public for continued support, to enable them to ,dmit and relieve the distressing cases that daily present themselves. Contributions are received by the Treasurer, Edward Maw erman, Esq., Nicholas -lane; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co. ; Drummond and Co. ; Berries and Co. ; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co. ; Smith, Payne, and Co. ;G Gin 1 and Co. ; Jones Loyd and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; Deson Land co. ; w .iliams, Deacon, and Co. ; Overend, Gurney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co. ; Messrs. J. Barned and Co., Liverpooi ; and at the Hospital. STANFORD S. SMITH, Secretary, .. 5 .. 5 .. 8 .. 3 .. 5 .. 16 .. 2 .. 5 .. 3 .. 9 .. 6 .. 5 - 3 .. 11 .. 7 .. 6 .. 7 .. 7 No, 22,038. THIRD EDITION, REVISED. . • Now ready, in 2 ♦ols., 215., FEMALE LIFE IN PRISON. By A PRISON MATRON. "An interesting and evidently truthful work "—Quarterly Review. Hurst and Blackett,l3, Great Marlborough-street Next week, in 2 vols., with fine Portraits of Dr. WHALLEY, by Sir Joshua Reynolds _ ; of Mrs. SIDDONS and Miss SAGE, by Conway ; and Mrs. SAGE, by Romney, 1 HE LIFE 'and CORRESPONDENCE of the 4 Rev. Dr. THOMAS s ILDGWICK WHALLEY, LL.D., including letters of Mrs. riozzi, Mrs. Seward, Mrs. Hannah Moore, Mrs. Siddons, By the Rev. HILL D. WECKHAM, Rector of Horsington, Somerset. Hiclfaird'BentleY, New Burlington street. COMPLETION OF MR. MAY'S CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY OF ENGLAND. On . Saturday next will be published, Vol. 11. in Bvo., THE CONS !ITU TIONAL HISTORY of ENGLAND, since the Accession of George 111 , 1760- 1860. By T HOMAS ERSKINE MAY, C.B. in Two Volumes ; Warne the Second. London : Longman, Green, and Co., 14, Ludgate-hill. 1581!`.* Of, whom may be had the First Volume, Bvo., price . cloth • Now ready, in 1 vol. post Bvo., price 7s. ed. cloth, THE STORY of a SIBERIAN EXILE By RuFIN PIETROWSKI. Followed by a Narrative of Recent Events in PoLnd. Translated from the French.. "No fiction could be stranger or more wonderful, none more absorbingly interesting than the simple record of this exile's varied adventures. The narrative is so attractive that it is impossible, baying once commenced its perusal, to lay it down till it is finished." -Press. London: Longman, Green, and Co., 14, Ludgate hill. SAWYER'S FAMOUS LONDON DINNER FOR THIS DAY, At 2s. ed. each Person. SOUPS. Puree of Peas. Ala Clermont. FISH Cod and Oyster sauce. ENTREES. His de Veau aux Champignons. Minced Beef and Poached Eggs. JO Roast Saddles of Mutton. lNT S. Sirloins of Beef. Haricots Blanc Maitre D'Hotel. SWEETS. College Puddings. Cream Tartlets. and Salad. An extensive and Cheese carefully selected stock of FRENCH, RHENISH, MOSELLE, and other WINES, imported ex pressly for The London Dinner. THE LONDON, 19!, FLEET -STREET. Fried Brill. 'WHERE to DINE comfortably, cheaply, and well. RE-OPENED THIS DAY, enlarged and em bellished, the OLD KENT HOTEL, 1 and 2, Brownlow street (opposite Chancery-lane), Ho burn. Luncheons, &c., before three o'clock ls. 6d. Dinners, Fish, Joint, or Entrée First-class Wines. W. C. FRITH (from the Rainbow), Manager. CANTERBURY HALL. Great success of the Third Edition of the renowned Pantomimic Entertainment, THE ENCHANTED HASH, thirteen characters, solely sustained by E. Marshall. The Comic by Unsworth, in his celebrated stump speech, "Or any other Man." Eugene, Arthur Lloyd, Frank Hall, and Miss Laura Sanders. ---- GRAND OPERATIC SELECTIONS, as usual, conducted by Mr. Jonghmans. H E 0 X F OR D, 6, OXFORD STREET. Re-appearance of Miss Russell. ALCESTE (the masterpiece of the renowned Composer GLucK), Supported by the entire company, with full band and chorus. Conducted by Mr. Jonghmans. Other Operatic Selections, Choruses, four-part Songs, &c. George Hodson's Irish, Miscellaneous, and Ventriloquial Entertainment 17nsworth's great Stump Speech, "Or any other man." Eugene's burlesque Scenas and Dances. Miss Caroline Parkes' Pantomimic Sketch, "Little Red Riding Hood." W. Randall's New Comicalities, and other varied attractions EVERY EVENING. Hall, 6d.—Balcony and Stalls, la.—Private Boxes, les. 6d. In rehearsal, " HERNE THE HUNTER," a Cantata, composed by W. M. Lutz, Esq., words by 0. Summers, Esq. THE PRINCE of WALES' MARRIAGE will be celebrated , it the LONDON PAVILION by a MONSTRE ENTERTAINMENT on the. Eveninz. of_TUESDAY, the Tina of March. Each Visitor win Ile prearot.4 A HANDSOME SOUVENIR in commemoration of the auspicious event ; and no expense or exertion will be spared to characterise the proceedings with that loyalty due to the occasion of the nuptials of Eng land's future King, The London Pavilion, Tichbourne-street. ARGYLL ROOMS, Windmill -street, Pkr.adillT. Open nightly for Promenade [here is added to the above elegant Establishment a Grand conversation Saloon, Reading Room, and Smoking Lounge. French, German, and English papers taken in. The musical arrangements under the direction of Mona. Jullien. The Band is composed of the best Musicians in the metro polis. Admission 18.—Manager, M. Grenet. THE LONDON ANATOMICAL MUSEUM ; containing the Wonders of Nature and Art, shown by innumerable superbly executed Models, illustrating every part of the Human Frame, toErether with a variety of highly interesting Natural Preparations, Malformations, and Mon strosities. ()pen daily, from 11 to 10 (for Gentlem , n only). Admission One Shilling. Entrances 29, George-street, Han over-square, and 41A, Maddox-street, Regent-street, Lon don, W. Explanatory Lecture every Evening at Seven. Illus trated and Descriptive Catalogues sent, post free, for twelve stamps. Address the Secretary, as above. ALLEGED SECOND - HAND SAFES. Any PERSON or PERSONS having recently PUR CHASED from Furniture Brokers or Dealers in SECOND HAND FIRE-PKOOF SAFES, any such Safes which WE RE STATED To ► BE OF CHUBB'S MAKE, will oblige by COMMUNICATING with Messrs. Robinson and Hine Haycock, No. 22, Charterhouse-square, solicitors to Messrs. Chubb and Son. rrEETFI.—I3y MR. ESKELL'S INVENTION (Royal Seal granted 17th July, 1860), Sets or partial Sets of Teeth, exquisitely enamelled to nature, are made and fitted in a few hours by means of his patented sott elastic and imperishable base of the colour of the gum, to which it ad heres with wonderful tenacity, dispensing with springs or unsightly fastenings, and defying detection by tee closest observer. The peculiar attribute of Mr. Eskell's invention is, the readiness with which these teeth can be re-adapted to any change of the mouth (even by the wearer); and as they act independently of all disturbing causes which affect teeth of ordinary construction, they are guaranteed ti last a life time, as well as for mastication and articulaion. Mr. s s E t u s r l e t i la t E t , io l'nLs'S TREATISE, which fully explains his inve ntion, post free for seven stamps.—lnspection of specimens and Con - Bond-street,free. strictly on; an and 3 o 9 d , e r B a t e e n n . —S e t , t G s . r h o i o Bir mingham. • " ° EID 0 N: Patent, March 1, 1862, No. 580. GABRIEL'S Self-adhesive Patent Indestructible MINE RAL TEEM and FLEXIBLE GUMS, without palates, springs, or wires, and without operation. One set lasts a 'lletime, and WARRANTED FOR MASTICATION and ARTICULATIO:C, even when all others fail. Purest ma terials only, at half the usual ost. Messrs. GABRIEL, the old-established Dentists, 27, HARLEY-STREET, CAVENDISH-SQUARE; 34, LUDGATE-HILL, LONDON ; 65, NEW-STREET, BIRMINGHAM; and 134, DUK X-STRE ET, LIVERPOOL. Complete Sets, 4 to 7 and 10 to 15 guineas. One visit only required from country patients, Gabriel's Practical Treatise gratis. Consultatimate free, tt , 7: • cop. , , k 0. 4 .. , //P"., ,:f.7. ,„,:), .„.... „, i ~, _ ji b . A.. , . 3. ► , , . \ :;',.• . -, " ';4111( DIE 0 ' , ',II F AV li'll 'it: 0,11;(4) : ,;11 1 111 ,1 . 11;i ' ' 16-' 6s4 ..... ' '''' 6l °' ;'l i l i .'7ll4 'l3.R°ll'. I*' 42 . - . 1) -.. . Vii_C2 2-7-- c e .Z 7 /1 X-iYG--{ // 4 - ~~ c-- v` IRE AND LOSS OP LIFE. Yesterday morning, shortly before 8 o'clock,. the greatest confusion was caused in the immediate neighbourhood of High-street, Vauxhall, in consek. quence of the outbreak of a most destructive fire in some premises immediately facing Messrs. Burnett's distillery, in High-street, Vauxhall. The building in which the disaster occurred belonged to Mr. Poley, of Kennington-road, but was let out in tene ments to sundry poor families, as were several others adjoining. These houses were of great antiquity, and were built, principally of wood, as long since as 1666. The houses on either side—in fact, the entire clump, comprising several—were built in a similar manner, there being nothing more than lath and plaster partitions between each, which to a certain extent will account for the extraordinary spread of the fire; and unfortunately with what was will worse, fatal results to a female bordering upon 90 years of ag,.. From the inquiries made upon the spot during the raging of the fir e, it appelrs that as a police constable of the L, or Lambeth division, was patrol ing his beat, he noticed smoke issuing from one of the upper rooms in the tenure of a Mrs. Perton. Au instant alarm was given by the officer, and as soon as assistance arrived, messengers were de spatched to call the engines, and also the Royal Society's fire escapes. In the meantime an effort was made to enter the room in which the fire had occurred, it being supposed that Mrs. Perton was in the room, as she had not been seen to leave the building. The flames, however, spread with such rapidity that no one could get up to the apartment to render the least assistance, and meanwhile the con flagration assumed a fearful aspect, the flames rushing right and left into the adjoining houses. The Royal Society's escapes and two engines from Burnett's dis tillery promptly attended,as well as that of the parish, another from Hodges' distillery, one from , Bea,ufoy's vinegar works, South Lambeth, and three of the l e ondOn Brigade, under the superintendence of Mr. ITendereonTtle'chief officer of the D district. Such a formidable appearance, however, did the flames then assume, that the inhabitants of the surround ing houses commenced removing their furniture, and the mob began to pull out the front windows, which caused the inmates to run into the street in , a state nest to nudity. Mr. John Burnett, the distil- 7 / THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 16, 1863. Naval and Military Intelligence. 11 - IE. NAVY. Mostyn ; Ensigns Townsend, J. O. Ellis, A. F. Lambe, H. K. Gould, A.-du AL,Gunton, C. Tut hill, C. F. Powell, J. Gillespie; and T. R. Loithouse; Adjt. E. J. Josselyn, Paymaster W. Thompson, Quartermaster J. Jamieson, Surg. B. Swift, M.D., Assist.-Surg. H. H. Mitchell. The families of the officers embarked comprised :—Mrs. Major Brey, one child, and servant; Mrs. Capt, E. J. Scovell and servant, Mrs. Lieut. Grey and servant, Mrs. Thompson, three children, and servant; Mrs. Swift, four children, and two eprvants ; Mrs. Jamieson, five children, and oueilierfatit- The non-commissioned officers and men and their families comprised :-44 1 sergeant's, 19 driiin mers, 38 corporals, 680 privates, 82 women, and 98 children. Major Grint, Captains Kirk, Hogg, and Reid, and Lieut. Johnstone are absent from the regiment on leave, pending ex change .and re t irement. Lieut. E. W. D. Gray is alio absent. It had been understood that the ship would not sail before Monday morning ; but the embarkation having been effected in such a speedy manner, and 'the men, women, and children tetving at once settled down comfortably into their berths, Capt. Lacy took advantage of the strong fair wind prevailing, it being fresh from the eastward; And sailed at 8 o'clock yesterday morning. On arrival at the Cape of Good Hope the 96t1iwill'disembark, and the Himalaya, receiving anothfr regiment on board from the Cape, will convey fl to the Mauri tius to relieve a regiment on Bore there, which will be conveyed in the Himalaya follus Cape, that vessel finally' concluding her round of service by bringing to England a regiment from the Cape. Col. Horne, 2d battalion, 13th Regiment, and wife are passengers by the Himalaya, to the Mauritius. The 61st Regiment will arrive at Portsmouth on Thursday, and embark on board. her Majesty's screw troopship Megwra, Commander S. H. Hen derson, for conveyance to the Channel Islands. The Megmra will return to Spithead with the 2d batta lion of the 18th Regiment on board, which regi ment on arrival will be quartered temporarily in the Parkhurst Barracks, Isle of Wight, and will be embarked in hired sailing ,transports at Spithead for New Zealand about the fat proximo. by a conditional pardon. Those who are retained in this country will be required to undergo a longer term of imprisonment, and hard labour upon public works, varying, according to the terms of the origi nal sentence, from five.sixths to two-thirds cf such sentence. "'I subjoin a table showing the proportion of the sentence to which it is proposed that in each case the remission should be limited. It will, at the same time, be clearly understood that the prisoner will be liable to undergo the whole of nis sentence, and that the proposed remission will not be granted unless the general conduct of the prisoner while lrnder sentence renders him a fit subject for such indulgence. As an illustration of the manner in which this rule will operate, the case may be taken of a man sentenced to 10 years' penal servitude. If removed to a colony he will be so removed after undergoing abOut five years of his sentence in this country, when he may entitle himself at an early period to the qualified liberty of a ticket of leave, and subse quent ly to a conditional pardon ; while if retained in this country he will be required to undergo at least seven years and six months, or three-fourths of his sentence, in imprisonment with hard labour on public walks. " ' The case of sentences of life requires to be dealt with separately. They will have to be considered according to the special circumstances of each case. Some convicts on whom a life sentence is passed have been guilty of crimes of such an aggravated character as to exempt them from the operation of ordinary rules, and it may be ncesssary to retain them under restraint during the whole of their sen tence. When, however, circumstances may justify the application to /hem of the same rules which are applied to other convicts, it is proposed that in the event of their removal to a colony such removal shall not take place until after they have undergone at least eight years of imprisonment and labour upon public works in this country; and that if not re moved to a colony they shall obtain no remission until after they have undergone at least 12 years of their sentence. a ici d n d e le d w f h or ee s l e s r l v o i o c p e A on lec th to e , C so o u m o m 7 a e n a d st er co ß a l s a t k o e f , m A c o America, e h m r e i i :s P a on Friday sailed from Woolwich down the river on her trial trip,;and returned to the buoy off the Royal Arsenal to ship her powder, prior to being adjusted for sea at Greenhithe, where she will be swung to-day for that purpose. Admiralty orders have been received by Captain Wise, Aide-de-Camp to the Queen, directing the masts, yard, and gear to be provided for the line-of battle steamers Anson, 89, 3,336 tons, 800 horse power, and Atlas, 89, 3,318 tons, 800 horse power, and the screw frigate Undaunted, 51, 3,039 tons, 600 horse power, attached to the third division of the Chatham steam reserve. The stores for all the vessels comprised in the second division of the re serve are to be at once completed. Now that the armour clad frigate Royal Oak, 34, 800 horse power, is, with the exception of a few trifling operations, out of the hands of the smith,., every exertion will be used to push forward the con struction of the much larger iron frigate Achilles, now in the adjoining dock at Chatham. The result of the visit of the Controller of the Navy, Admiral Robinson, to the dockyard a few days since has al ready shown itself in the increased exertions which are being used by all persons, from the foremen to - the rivet boys, employed on this frigate, in order that she may be completed and afloat some time be fore the end of the present year. About 200 ft on both the port and starboard broadsides of the fri gate is planked with the 18in. of teak timber on which the armour plates will be placed, and as fast as these can be prepared by the hands in the ad joining factory they will be bolted to the sides of the vessel. The whole of the plates received at Chatham Dockyard up to the present time for ar mour plating the Achilles are stacked beneath the shed under which the Reindeer is lying on the stocks, where there is massed close upon 1,000 tons of armour plating, which, at the lowest contract price of £37 per ton, represents a capital of nearly £37,000. Most of the plates are from the firm of Beale and Co., at the Parkgate Ironworks, Derby shire, and from the Thames Ironworks. Notwith standing the difficulties which have been encoun tered in plating the sides of the Achilles, owing to the absence of the proper lifting steam cranes, the work of fixing the armour plates is progressing steadily, and in spite of these drawbacks the first tier of plates on both sides are nearly all fixed in their places as far as the teak planking has been laid. Workmen are now busily engaged in prepar ing the ground and laying down the tramways for a couple of the largest of Taylor's steam travelling cranes, similar to those used on the Royal Oak, in the plating of which ship they were of immense service. With the aid of these there is nothing now to prevent the work of plating the Achilles being carried on as fast as the slabs of iron can be turned out of the factory, where, with every exertion, about 20 armour plates can be prepared weekly. This is by means an incon siderable number when the nature of the opera tions connected with the smoothing, bending, planing, polishing, and boring slabs of iron, each 15ft in length by 3ft 6in in with, width a thick ness of 41in, and of 4 tons weight, is taken into cal culation. In fact, the principal part of the delay in the constrnction of the Achilles has hitherto arisen from the want of the requisite machinery for the construction of vessels of this kind. Most of the difficulties have, however, now been surmounted, and nearly the whole of the younger class of ship wrights are already metamorphised into workers of iron. The manner in which they are doing their work on board the Achilles is admitted, even by those unfriendly to this system, to be in no respect inferiorto .tfita—er.......md...----nretrusma....., standing that the Min lteur, a sister to the Achilles, building for the Government by the Thames Iron Company at Blackwell, is already far advanced to• wards completion, it is even now stated that the Achilles will be afloat before her. At all events, there is no doubt that before the close of the present year two other splendid iron vessels will be added to the British navy, as much superior to the War rior and Black Prince as the latter were in their turn superior to the Defence, 16, and vessels of that class. The tonnage of the Achilles is slightly in excess of the Warrior, while her horse power will be the same—viz., 1,250. Several improvements, both as regards her hull, rig, and armour, are, however, introduced on the Achilles. Every inch of her sur face above the water-line, and for some feet below it, will be covered with armour plates, the Warrior, as well as her sister ship the Black Prince, being only armour coated for about 220 ft on her broad sides. The following appointments were made on Friday at the Admiralty :—Robert Coen, master, to the Princess Charlotte ; Thomas W. Orwin, assistant surgeon, additional to the Cumberland ; Frederick A. Pountney, assist.-paymaster, to the Indus; C. L. Brockman, assist.-paymaster, additional to the Cumberland ; Archibald Thomas Miller, second master, to the Euryalus ; F. Brockton, T. Clark, W. Gentles, and J. F. Hughes, en. gineers, to the Vigilant ; J. Knight, engineer, to the Cumberland for the Cochin ; Augustus R. Ring, master's assistant, to the Himalaya ; Richard Drury, clerk, to the Marlborough as supernumerary ; William B. Jennis, clerk, to the Chanticleer as supernumer ry ; and E. M. Ommaney, clerk, ad ditional to the Cumberland. THE ARMY. His Royal Highness Prince Arthur embarked on board the paddlewheel steamer Vivid, tender to the Fisgard, H. W. Allen, master, at Woolwich, on Friday morning at 8, and proceeded to Shoebury ness to witness the gunnery experiments. The Prince was accompanied from Greenwich by Major Elphinstone. A large number of non-commissioned officers and privates of the Woolwich division of Royal Marine Light Infantry were on Friday awarded badges for good shooting during the past year. The badges were of three kinds, and are to be worn by the re cipients during the present year, when others of a similar nature will be competed for. The name of the best shot is private Tomkins, of the 24th com pany, whose badge is a couple of crossed muskets in gold wire, surmounted by a crown, and carries with it a gratuity of 3d. pee day during the 12 months for which he is entitled to wear it. The other first class badges, 10 in number, are similar to the above, with the exception of the crown, and entitle the bearer to the gratuity of 2A. per day for 12 months. The second class badges distributed were 78, of a similar design, with id. per day gratuity. The 96th Regiment, under the command of Lieut.- Col. the Hon. A. M. Cathcart, arrived at Portsmouth en Saturday, from Shorncllffe, by the South East ern ails,. South Coast Railways. On arriving at the Laridport terminus the train continued its course I into the dockyard by the Government line of rail portion connecting th e S ou th W e stern and Southoast s lastued o f marching of Comp an i es ' stat i on at Landport w ith ih e dock yard, a great i mprovement upon the system hi t h erto the troops, a train of on arrivalcarriages theconvey ter minus, throu g h town o the f Portsea to the dock n yard. In less th anPthure hour from the arrival of ing the reg i ment in the men, women , docky ar d, a ll t h e officers, and children were on board the Himalaya and placed in their be r th s , un d er th e energetic supervision and arrangement s of Town- Major Breton, Acti ng General. The followin g is theadnt d eta iled strength of the regiment embarked :—Lieut.-Col. the Hon. A. M. Cathcart, in command ; Major G . P. C Bray , Capts. James Briggs, E. J. Scov e ll, c o . . " Bar nard, J. M. Kirkwood, C. E. Wright, M. Ay toun, and J. Toke; Lieuts. J. Whitley, H. Houghton, P. L. G. Gray, Hon. A..F. A. Sandys, A. H. Morse, W. G, Mackie, T. 11..kiug, A. G. H. Church, and The followin g 27th of onthe January, 1863, by the Secretary of State to Judges, Recorders, and Chairmen of Quar ter Sessions, with respect to the remission of sen tences of penal servitude in the case of convicts under a second or subsequent sentence of pena servitude : gi Whitehall, Jan. 27, 1863. " Sir,—With reference to a circular letter ad dressed to the Judges, Recorders, and Chairmen of Quarter Sessions by Secretary Sir George Grey, on the 27th of June, 1857, a copy of which is enclosed, I am now directed to acquaint you that instructions have been given that the regulations therein set forth as to a remission of a portion of the sentences of penal servitude to be passed under the statutethe 20th and 21st Victoria c. 3, shall not apply to per sons sentenced for a second or any subsequent time to that punishment. " I am, Sir, your obedient servant, " H. WADDINGTON." " ' (Circular) "Whitehall, June 27, 1857. " Sir,—l have the honour to transmit to you the copy of an Aet which received the Royal assent on 26th inst., and which will come into operation on the Ist day of July, entitled " An Act to amend the Act of the 16th and 17th years of her Majesty, to substitute, in certain cases, other punishment in lieu of transportation." " The following are the principal alterations in the law made by this Act : " ' 1. It extends the provisions of the Act above jests, by substituting in all cases the sentence of penal servitude for the sentence of transportation; "' It extends the terms of penal servitude so as o make them correspond in duration with the ;erms of transportation to which convicts might formerly have been sentenced ; " '3. It gives a power to pass sentences of penal servitude of a shorter duration than the former minimum term of transportion, but of not less than three years ; " '4. It attaches to the sentence of penal servi tude the liability of the convict to be removed while under sentence from this country to a colony, there to be dealt with in all respects as if he had been sentenced to transportation. " ' The second and third of these alterations have been made in accordance with the recommendation of a Committee of the House of Commons appointed in 1856 to inquire into the provisions and operation of the Act 16th and 17th of Victoria, c. 99. " The last and most important of them will enable the Government to avail itself to the fullest extent, of facilities which may from time to time exist for removing to a penal settlement abroad convicts sentenced to penal servitude. But although the sentence of penal servitude will here after subject the convict to the liability to removal under such sentence to a penal colony, the number of convicts who can be thus dealt with must depend on the facilities existing a t a ny given period for their employment and absorption in a colony and on the willi ngness of the colonists to receive them. For this reason, and for the additional reason that those only can be sent to a colony who from age, physical strength, and other circumstances, are fitted for the employment which can be there found for them, it is impossible to determine at the time when the sentence is passed whether a prisoner sentenced to penal servitude can be removed by virtue of such sentence to a colony. " ' As a considerable discretion has therefore been left in the hands of the Executive Government as to the manner in which such sentences are to be car ried into effect, I feel it right to inform you of the general rules which it is proposed to adopt with regard to prisoners on whom the sentence of penal servitude will hereafter be pissed. " In the earlier stages of their sentence all con- victs under sentence of penal servitude will, as a general rule, be dealt with alike. They will be sub jected to separate imprisonment for a period of eight or nine months, after which they will be removed to one of the penal establishments created under the sth of George IV., C. 84, there to be employed in hard labour upno public works. From among the prisoners so employed a certain number will be se lected from time to time for removal to a penal colony, such selections being made, as far as pea from among these whose sentences are for terms of not less than seven years. " The Committee of the House of Commons, in recommending the extensions of terms of penal ser vitude to a duration corresponding with former sen tences of transportation, expressed an opinion that euery punishment by penal servitude should, besides a fixe..-Ct period of imprisonment, or hard labour on public works, include a further period, capable of being abridged by the good conduct of the convict himself. In accordance with this recommendation, which appeared to meet with the approval of Par liament, it is proposed that, while a certain fixed term of the sentence shall in all cases be inflicted, a remission of the remaining portion of it shall be granted to those convicts whose conduct in prison is such as not to depriv e t h em of this in dulgence. In carrying . this into e ff ect i t w ill b e nece ssary to make a distinction between those who are removed to a penal colony and those who are retained in this country. In the case of the former it is proposed that the p er iod of imprisonment and hard labour upon public works here shall he con siderably shorter than in the case of the latter. Tney will be removed to a colony after having un d e rgone about one-half of their original sentence, and they will become eligible by good conduct, shortly after their arrival, to a ticket of leave, followed, after a certain interval if their conduct continues to be gooa) 3 years 4 years 5 years .. 6 years .. 7 years 8 years 10 years .. 12 years 15 years & upwards. Five sixths = 2 yrs, 6 mths. Four fifths = 3 „ 3 „ Do. .---- 4 „ Three fourths=-_-_4 „ 6 „ Do. =5 „ 3 „ Do. =6 ~ Do. =7 „ 6 „ Do. =9 „ Two thirds THE INSURRECTION IN POLAND. A letter from Posen of the 11th inst., contains the details of a sanguinary action which took place between the Russian troops and the Polish insur gents under the command of Langiewitch. Two very numerous Russian corps set out from Kielce and Radom to attack the insurgents posted at Wouschock. One of these corps met about 60 in surgents in the village of Sch'edniow, where there are extensive ironworks. After a slight skirmish the Russians occupied the village, where they are accused of having massacred the unarmed inhabi tants without distinction of old men, women, or children. Their first victim was the landlord of the inn where the insurgents had lodged. The house itself was burnt, and with it a part of the village. This event took place on the 3d inst. The follow ing day the columns sent from Radom and Kielce formed a junction in front of Ilrouschock, which they attacked on two sides. A detachment of in surgents deployed as light infantry from the village of Mielitzs, and held their ground courageously for three hours against repeated charges of the Rus sian dragoons, who lost many men. The insur gents, encouraged by their success, abandoned their position in the wood, and scattered themselves over the open plain, where the Russians covered them with a murderous fire of grape shot. After an heroic effort to capture the cannon, the insurgents, armed only with scythes, were forced to retreat in the direction of the town of Opatow. The Russians lost more than 200 men in killed and wounded—the insurgents likewise suffered severely. MM. Pren dewski and Koziechi, two of their chiefs, were killed in this affair. The Russians, masters of Wouschock, committed a frightful butchery, massacring with out distinction the unarmed inhabitants and the wounded insurgents ; they then pillaged the houses and sets them on firo. Wouschock is at present a heap of ruins. A church and a dispensary are the only buildings standing. The Russians likewise burnt five villages in the neighbourhood, to avenge themselves on the peasants who had not informed them of the ambuscade laid for them at Alielitza. Having thus gratified their revenge, the Russian troops returned to their quarters at Kielce and Radom. The writer adds that since this affa;r nothing is known of the movements of Langiewitch and his companions. A letter from Cracow of the 10th inst. states that on the sth a corps of 1,000 Russians attacked the Polish insurgents in the town of Tomaszow, in the government of Lublin. The latter did not number more than 100 men, and the town was consequently taken and burnt, after having been given up to pillage. The insurgents lost five men killed and two prisoners. The following are the names of some of the inhabitants massacred by the Russian soldiers —l. Chinierlewaki, cut down at the door of his house; 2. Zarchoki, an old blind man, formerly a schoolmaster; 3. Brzeski, an officer of the Russian army on half pay, murdered in his bed ; 5. Mechren, an officer of the Russian army on active service on the staff of the Inspector-General of the Engineer department at St. Petersburg, on a visit with his sister, murdered in his bed ; 6. Dabrowski, an army surgeon, dragged out of his house into the street and murdered ; 7. Leukowitch, a custom house officer, married, and the father of a family ; 8. Czartompki, a custom-house officer; 9. Borow ski, a public functionary, murdered in hischohuhseie; 10. Zelkowski, a physician, bur nt alive eusle it . Seve servant on a heap of straw ins ral other atrocities arc mentiohnern two companies of corps, which was composed The Russian b a colon infantry, two sotnia s of Cossa:f o, a e ll i d t f i e le u n r r p e i t e u e r e n s e o d f cannon, and comm anded y Zamoso. Notwithstanding to their quart ers at this s everity e is sit s ie p n re , n wadrein. form h i n e nrgen ettsi, the insurrection dr i ven from one p insurgents , o ther. In t he affair of engrow the insurgents, armeda only with sticks, charged the artillerymen at t h e i r g uns, and notwithstanding the grape shot and the fire of musketry, they passed right through the Russian ranks. This struggle lasted four hours. The Russian officers, forced to defend themselves with their revolvers, could not but admire the courage of their adversaries. Tf these men were Prince Alfred Prince Leuchtenberg 2,400 An Orthodox King ... . 1,917 Emperor of Russia 1,841 Grand Duke Nicholas A King 1,763 Prince Nicholas of Russia .. 1,741 Zeto the Three Powers .... 482 Grand Duke Constantine . . .. 478 Prince Napoleon 345 An Imperial Prince of France.. 246 A Russian Prince l4 A Republic 93 An Imperial Prince of Russia 9 Romanoff 8 Comte de Flandre Prince William of Denmark Prince Ypsilanti 6 General Garibaldi 3 The Duke of Aumale The Emperor Napoleon Prince of Sweden Prince Joinville 1 General M'Mahon 1 Eynard the Philhellene Otho I 1 The votes had been counted up before, and had I only to be verified—a work which the Commission , accomplished in three days. In consequence of the result of the vote, the fol lowing decree was proposed by the Commission : , Considering the result of the counting up by the Commission named ad hoc of the votes given by the Greek people in ten departments of the king dom, and in the different consular circumscriptions, for the choice of a Constitutional King ; consider ing that theßoyal Prince of England, second son of the Queen of England andireland, has been elected by 230.016 votes out of 241,202, as Constitutional King, by the Greek people ; " Decrees as follows : " His Royal Highness Prince Alfred has been elected Constitutional Sovereign of Greece by the sovereign will of the nation. " This decision of the Greek people will be noti fied by the President to the Provisional Govern ment, which will invite, according to the necessary formalities, and without delay, his Royal Highness Prince Alfred, so much desired by the people, to take possession of the Throne of Greece. "Athens, Jan. 3, 1863." The decree was voted by acclamation amid the cheers of the Assembly and audience. Only four or five members remained seated, and taking no part in the proceedings. In consequence of the solemnity of the occasion the President raised the sitting at the early hour of four. At sunset a salute of 101 guns was fired at Athens, the military bands marched through the town at the time of the "retreat," and the President of the As sembly, as well as the Provisional Government, decided to have a 2e Deum next day, at which the National Guard, as well as the garrison, were to be present. All the native shops were closed, and the population readily joined in the festival. A salute of 101 guns at the Piraeus and the pas sage of military bands through the town had an nounced the dawn of the festive day, another salute of 101 guns announced the first prayer for King Alfred. At the end of it the Provisional Govern ment i returned from the servic e, as it had gone, n a body, and went to the steps of the Palace, where a large crowd had collected, listening to different speakers. The prominent feature of the festival was, without a question, the National Guard of Athens and of the Piraeus, which appeared for the first time in a body. 4,500 stand of arms had been distributed among them by the War Department, and there were quite 4,000 armed Nationals, by voluntary inscrip tion, present. The battalion or " phalanx" of the University led the way, as the best drilled, most com plete its uniform, and as having been the first in the field after the 22d of October. The other five battalions followed, few of them in their uniform, and only cognizant as yet of the first elements of drill ; yet the short time they had handled the musket had already made a vast difference in the lounging, rather slovenly gait of the lower classes. You could see that this short time had been suffi cient to give them a self-reliance such as they never dreamt of before, and the strong muster they made seemed to have impressed them with a conscious ness of their own strength ; so they cheeredlus t when they marched pa st before the Provisional Government and the President of th.e tallerAssemb ly, and every one went home at least six inches than he had come. Tu o DD isT REASON !—England never has had an octogenarian leader of the House of Commons. b e q uite an event in our history if Lord Pal- It w ill niers ton (now seventy-six) could contrive to hold o n till then [i.e., for four years longer I]. It is worth while keep tog him in ,/ice just for the curiosity of the thing ! There are many people who would not mind acquiescing in a few eccentrisities of policy as the cost of securing so remarkable an historical phenomenon. It attracts more than the mere politicians. It excites the enthusiasm of those worship pers of the body who pass by the name of Muscular Chris tians, and secures even the notice of students of natural science. The Premier's efforts to live in harness up to eighty are looked upon by one set of observers as a marvel lous display of pluck, by another as a great scientific expe riment illustrative of the longevity of man. As we near the critical age, the excitement becomes tremendous. (And so on—and so on.)—Saturday Review. CAMBRIDGESHIRE ELECTION,—CAMBRIDGE, Ss turday.—Lord G. J. Manners wns this morning elected without opposition, on the nomination of Major Pember ton, seconded by Major Tryer. Importing Tea without colour on the leaf pre- , vents the Chinese passing off inferior le aves as in the .usual kinds. Horniman's Tea is uncoloured , therefore, A good alike. Sold in packets by 2,280 egenl2' always , ler, seeing the pitiable state of the poor creatures, nearly naked, and exposed to the water flowing down the street and the cold, gave orders that they should be removed to his premises, and he not only kindly sheltered them, but provided a breakfast for them. Fortunately the mains of the Lambeth Company yielded a bountiful supply of water, from which the engineers of the private engines, under the direction of Mr. Pratt, Lieut. Beckerson, and other officials, went to work in an admirable man ner, but the flames could not be conquered until the premises in which they were began were all but destroyed, and the houses numbered respectively 5 and 6, also let out to poor families, severely dam ' aged by fire and water, and the furniture broken by hasty removal. Mr. Superintendent Webb, of the L division, with a powerful body of police, rendered essential aid by keeping a great crowd out of the way of the firemen. As soon as the fire was got under a search was made for the unfortunate female missing, and it is to be regretted that she was found by the firemen in one of the upper rooms burned in a shocking manner, and quite dead. At present no clue can be obtained as to the cause of the catastrophe. The buildings were insured in the Royal Fire Office, but none of the inmates were,in sured. PENAL SERVITUDE. " ' Although there may be cases in which it will be expedient, in the exercise of the power created by section 9 of the 16th and 17th of Victoria, c. 99, to qualify the remission of a portion of the sentence, by the grant of a licence to be at large in the United Kingdom or any part thereof, revocable at her Ma jesty's pleasure, it is not intended, generally, to exercise this power in the case of the remission of a portion of the sentence to which I have referred. " ' In stating the course which it is proposed to adopt in ordinary cases in giving effect to sentences of penal servitude, I have thought it unnecessary to advert to those exceptional cases which must from time to time occur, in which special circumstances may justify the exercise of the royal prerogative of mercy. " 'As there is not at this moment any colony open to the reception of female convicts, the course which I have indicated as to the removal to a colony of convicts under sentence of penal servitude is, for the present at least, applicable only to male convicts. "' I have the honour to be, sir, your most obedi ent humble servant, G. GREY: Proportion which may be remitted in case of good conduct. One sixth One fifth Do. One fourth Do. Do. Do. Do. One third STAMPED ....sd. armed and regularly organised," said the Russian officers, " no European army could withstand them." The insurgents retreated in good order, after hav ing lost 150 killed and nine wounded. Wengrow was burnt, and, as usual, the unarmed inhabitants were indiscriminately put to death. The official journal of St. Petersburg publishes a despatch from Warsaw announcing that three Rus sian officers, Lieutenants Framcewitch, Grewowski, and Oudywicki, of the regiments of Vitebsk and Polotzk, had deserted to the insurgents. The first two took part in the attack on the town of Ra dowskpau by the insurgents. These officers have been condemned to be shot. The sentence has been confirmed by the Grand Duke Constantine. THE GREEK THRONE. A letter from Athens says that if the reports of the Government took a long time, the decree of the downfall of King Otho and his dynasty, and the proclamation of Prince Alfred as the result of the popular suffrage, took but very little time the next day. As for the first, there was some danger of its leading to lengthy discussion about the form of the decree, which was calculated to weaken the general effect of the unanimity existing in this respect. More than a dozen different projects of decrees were presented. At the last moment, however, the in convenience of such a proceeding was felt, and it was determined to form into a committee all those who had proposed the different projects. This led to a- speedy uaderatandin, and the following short and pithy decree' 'Nati the - resuitt—"The Second' National Assembly of Greece, sitting at Athens: considering the decree of the nation of the 22d of October, 1862, which has pronounced the downfall of King Otho from the throne of Greece, and which has abrogated the rights of Queen Amelia to the regency, as well as those of the Royal House of Bavaria to the above mentioned throne, decrees that the throne of Greece is declared vacant by right and de facto since the 22d of October, 1862." The decree was adopted unanimously, the whole house rising. The decree having passed, Korroneo, the Presi dent of the Commission drawn by lot for the count ing up of the votes of the plebiscite, made its short report, according to which the votes were as fol lows : VOYAGE OF AN IRON-CLAD. A letter from Port Royal, South Carolina, of Jan. 19, says :—" The iron-dads have made their debut in South Carolina. The Montauk arrived here this morning at one o'clock, after a rough passage of 40 hours and sailing a cruise of 300 miles. After waiting for a north-east blow to pass off we left anchorage in Beaufort (North Carolina) harbour at four o'clock on the afternoon of last Sunday, Jan. 17. The Passaic, with her consort, the Rhode Island, preceded us, and soon after the Montauk and James Adger followed. Arrived outside the bar we took the Adger's hawsers, and making them fast, steamed out to sea. As we passed the Passaie and Rhode Island we discovered the latter at anchor, and concluded, it being a little rough, that the first attempt to get her hawser to the Passaic failing she had come to anchor for the purpose of accomplishing her object. At dusk we thought we SANT them steaming attar us, since whi c h ti me we have seen or heard notbing of either of them. Sunday morning we found a heavy sea, a cloudy sky, with the wind in the north-east, where it re mained till noon, when it veered around into the north. Anxiously we watched the little pennant over our heads, and as anxiously watched and waited for the long low arc of clear sky on the western horizon to get the mastery over the clouds which hung like a leaden pall above us. The Adger had out SO fathoms of hawser to us, but has not towed us a mile during our passage, but with the hawsers slack in the sea, merely maintaining with wonderful accuracy the distance between us. This was as intended, for we were making seven knots easily, with 45 revolutions of our en gine, and were anxious to avoid the sudden tightening and relaxing of the hawsers that we experienced off Hatteras, and which would have resulted from a greater speed in the Adger. Fortunately the sea was with us, and the Mon tauk, with peculiar buoyancy, rose and fell as easily and gracefully as a yacht. At 12 o'clock last night it cleared away, but with the wind rising, and point blank north east, and an increasing sea. I was awakened early this morn ing by the steamer's pitching and plunging through the sea; and going up on the turret found a cloudy, stormy sky, a violent north-east wind, and a heavy sea. The light ports through the deck were closed from below, the iron scuttle sot in above, the hatches bolted dcwn, and the deck smooth and clear, and most of the time submerged. Around the staunchions on the turret is a broad band of canvas or weather cloth,' a shield from the wind and sea, yet not much shield this morning, for, as the sea dashed against the turret, clouds of spray were thrown over us, not at all agree. able in the cold north-east wind. As we looked from off the turret this morning—our deck entirely out of sight, the sea making over it four and five feet deep ; now plunging head first into the ocean, completely immersed, and then rising from it, the water pouring in torrents from off her :sides, . _ billows ahead of us hiding from our view the Adger to her main yards—it was, indeed, a sight terrific and sublime, sufficiently satisfactory with one experience. At 8 o'clock we made the lifeboat off Port Royal. Soon the pilot steamer came out to us, but, finding we wanted no assistance, ac companied us in." GOETHE'S CORRESPONDENCE.—The private cor respondence between Goethe and Karl August, never published before, will soon appear in print. The pre.. sent Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar has entrusted Dr. Vogel with the arrangement and publication of this correspon dence, which, it is said, comprises about 600 letters, and will be ready for print in the course of the se ason. HOCUSSING AND ROBBERY IN A RAILWA Y On U R th RTAGE.—On the arrival of one of ithtewtraints he ettee e South-Eastern line at Strood, in li di e re nt e , ted as to a respectably tion of the station-master was odirected t hird-class carriage, who dressed woman, an occup an t ins e nsibility, and apparently was discovered in a s tate of lifeless. The only other Pers on in the carriage was a wo man, the fi o rst ePe t o call the attention of the ticket h collectorum to the state of her companion, at the sa me time imp ressing her belief that she was dead. M r . P r i c e, s t a tion-master, immediately had what appeared to be who at was ilig the dead body of the woman removed from the carriage and placed in the waiting-room, and in the meantime sent for medical assistance. On the arrival of Dr. W. Brsven, that gentleman pronounced the patient to be dead, and, indeed to all appearance she was so, as no motion of the heart could be detected. After applying restoratives without any effect, Dr. Brown advised the removal of the body to the dead house. Notwithstanding the assertion of the medical gen tleman, the porters at the station, assisted by two females, continued their efforts to restore animation, and despatched messengers for Mr. Steele and Mr. Langstone, surgeons. The latter gentleman arrived, and after about two hours signs of returning animation began to appear. After some Itime the woman ai;ain breathed, and the same night was sufficiently recovered to be removed to the Strood Work house. On regaining consciousness she stated that f her name was Bell, and that she had but recently arrived f rom ror n the United States, on a visit to her father at a s s hG a ela-w s 9 o ga lier. At on her answer to further questions, she stated who o a w t way to Chatham to visit her brother, e w d woman entered the Gravesend station a respectably conversation with her. After asked her to give her carriage, and commenced the train had left the stat pretence that she had not put change for a eovereign, on with ticket. Having complied her request, tae chased her to p artake of some brandy, which she at stranger asked her first declined doing, but on being pressed s h e partook of half a glassful. The instant she had swallowed the about she became insensible, and could remember nothing drug, until she found herself in the infirmary of the workhouse. The person who had given her the brandy had robbed her of her purse, containing 305., together with her muff and shawl, the female escaping with the whole during the ai n tderes con fusion which prevailed at the Strood station. Every effort is being used by the police to trace the woman who perpe trated the robbery, Sentence, Penal Servitude. Proportion to be undergone. Now ready, in 3 vols., • DAVID ELGINBROD. By GinoRGErMACDOWALD, M.A. '" There are many beautitnl passages and descriptions in this book. The characters are extremely well drawn." — A hen2eum.' ' Burst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. for p.m. ister and nare, 3y J. of the et; later, ' and p.m. i , On 1 the C. E. veral iouth Ver- , g On Prov 3sbitt ' The . Y Ins of Plane ieB of Skew Geo a col- By Niedi • I; On " On Goo. filler. Tun' , of a Rev 71 14 r. avg., %dilig' 4