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GENERAL CREDIT AND FINANCE To be COMPANY OF LO "%MON (LIMITED). Incorporate 1 unaer the Companies Act, 1862 ling ~,t,he liability of Shareholders to the amount sub.cribed. irst Capital .C:,r,00,00 , in 125,000 Shares of £2O each. "ith powe• to i ncrease by' subsequent issues, to be decided upon by special general meetings of shareholders. Payment on allotmet t £2 per share. DIRECTORS. Chairman—SAMUEL LA , NG, Esq., late Finance Minister of India. 11 7 )1liarn Patrick Andrew, Esq., Chairman of the Seincl., Punkin)), and Delhi Railways. Samuel Beale, Esq., M.P., hairman of the Midland Rail way. idward Blount, Esq. (Messrs. E. Blount and Co., Bankers, Paris). Thomas Ilrassoy, Esq., jun., 4, Great George-street, West minster, hartes.P. Devaux, Esq. (Mess's. C. Devaux and Co.) Sir Stuart Al^xanaer Donaldson, formerly Colonial Secre tary of New South Wales. James Thompson Mackenzie, Esq., Deputy-Chairman of the Eastern Bengal Railway. John liramley-Moore, Esq., M.P., Liverpool. .11Tr Alderman salomons, M,P., London. Samuel Leo Schuster, Esq. (ties, rs. Schuster, Son, and Co.) ( harks Turner, Esq., M.P., Liverpool. George Worms, Esq. (Messrs. G. and A. Worms.) LICITORS. Messrs. Baxter, Rose, Nt non, and Co., 6, Victoria-street, Westininste*. PANRERS. The London and Westminster Bank. The Uni.n Bank of London. BROKERS. Messrs. Joshua Hutchinson and Son. Messrs. Laurence, Son, and Pearce. SECRETARY (um tern). J. L. Sawer, Esq. Temporary Offices, 62, Ring William-street, City. PROSPECTUS. London, Ma, The foundation of instit u ti ons on the Continent which B com bine large capital and credit f ,, r financial and industrial en terprise has now become an established fact, and in many cases their success has been remarkable. Such institutions may be abused, and become mere instruments of speculation ; but when prudently conducted and directed towards legiti- Mat: I usiness it cannot be denied that they meet ne of the r-al wants of the age. England has hitherto not participated in this movement, and the consequence is, that Paris has to a c-msiderable ex tent superseded London as the centre of financial enterprise. London, nevertheless, affords by far the best sphere for a well managed undertaking of this description. It is the greatest money market of the world ; the point to which all foreign nations resort to rinse capital; the place where large contracts can be made and loans negotiated. There is clearly no other money market where concentr ited capital and credit ought to command a more se ure or a larger profit. England also, in her Colonies, and above all in her vast In dian Empire, affords a field for legitimate enterprise, which is unequalled by any other c , untry. India, with a population of 1 8 0 , 0 e0,COD, rapidty advancing in wealth and prosperity, re quires nothing more to accelerate its development than the direction towards its territory of some portion t,f that vast annual accumulation of English capital which seeks invest ment at a low rate of interest. To ally the demand of India for capital at 10 or 12 per cent. with the English demand for investment at 4 ear 5 per cent., of itself affords an ample sphere for operations. _ It is to meet these requisites that some gentlemen experi enced ;n fit ancial and mercantile operations have associated tin mselves together in order to form an English company, in alliance wi,h the following leading. ranking houses and capitalists of France, who are about to form a similar com pany in Paris, under the title of " Soci6te g4n6r Ile p , nr f avoriser le dcveloppment de l'industrie et du commerce de la France," the application tor a concession being made by -I%T. Archdeacon, Ancien Agent de Change. M. l'artholony, Pr6sident de la Cie. du Chemin de Fer de Paris it Orldans. ItIM Bischoffsheim, Goldechmidt, and Cie., Banquiers Paris. MM. Edwd. Blount and Cie., Banquiers ii Paris. M. Callen D'Anvers, Banquier it Paris. M. Davillier (Henri), President de la Chambre de Commerce de Paris. M. Deniere, President du Tribunal de Commerce de Paris. M. Fare, Censeur de la Panque de France. MM. Hentsch, Lutscher, and Cie , Banquiers h Paris. M. Leroux (Alfred), Depute au Corps Legislatif. M. Lucy Sedillot, Ancien President du Tribunal de Com merce cla Seine. Mirabaud, Paccard, and Cie , Banquiers it Paris. M. Perier (Jh.), Regent de la Banque de France. M. Pinard, du Comptoir d'Escompte de Paris. lit. Schneider, Vice- President du Corps Legislatif. M. Simons, President de la Cie. des Chemins de F e r d e l'Ouest. M. P. Talabot, Directeur des Chemins do Fer de Paris It Lyon, et a la Mediterranee. A treaty has been signed with this party by which they subscribe for 20,000 shares in this Company's present issue, and the same number in case of a second issue, the Company eub , cribing for 20,000 of their shares, and arrangements being Made by which the two Companies aot as each other's agents, and have the option of participating to a certain extent in each others operations. The business will be to negotiate Loans and Concessions, assist industrial enterprises, Public Works and Railway un dertakings ; negotiate Foreign, Indian, and Colonial Bonds conduct Mercantile transactions ; and establish agencies for large commission business • in a word, to undertake all such operations as an ownstegi experienced Cap'talist might effect on his account with a capital of millions, with the exception of such purely speculative transactions as are pro hibited by the Memorandum of Association. The credit and resources derived from a large subscribed capi tal could thus be employed in earning dividend with a com paratively smsli paid. up capitaL It is probable that not more thin 40 or 50 per rent would ever be called up on any shares, a further issue being made whenever the increase of business required it. No call will exceed .f 2 per share, or be made at intervsls of less than two months. Instead of fixed salary, the Directors will receive no remu neration until the Shal eholdcrs have a dividend of b per cent. or upwards, and will then be paid by an allowance of 10 per cent. on the divisible profits of the year; and their interests are further identified with the success of the Com pany by clauses in the Articles of Association, and by giv ng them the privilege of takin a fifth of any further issue of shares. Subject to this, and to the subscription of 20,0 0 Shares in each Nov Series by the French party, all new shares will be distributed pro rata among existing Share holders. 20,0 0 shares have been subscribed as above stated by the French party, and the remaining 105,c00 by private subscrip tion ; but arrangements have been mPde for deducting from these subscriptions, so as to give the public the option of Eubscribino• for 35.000 shares. Copies of the Memorandum and Articles of Association lie for inspection at the Office of the Solicitor;, Messrs. Baxter, Rose. Norton, and Co., 6, Victoria-st ree t, W es t m i ns t er; and at the Temeorary Offices of the Ompany. Applications for shares may be made to the Directors, 52, King William-street, City ; to Messrs. J. H u t c hi nson and Son, 15, Ang el -f our t .; cr to Messrs. Laurence, Son, and Pearce, Auction Mart, Bartholomew-lanc. TILE GENERAL CREDIT AND FINANCE COMPANY OP LONDON (LIMITED). FORBI OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Directors of the General Credit and Finance Company of Lond n (Limited). Gentlemen,—l request you to allot me Shares in the Gene ral Credit and Finance Company of London (Limited); and I hereby agree to become a member of the Company, to accent such Shares, or any less number that may be allotted to me, and to pay the £2 per Share on allotment ; and I re quest you to place my name on the Register of Members in respect of the shares allotted to me. I am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant, Name in full Address in full Reference Date THE DARTFORD CREEK PAPER-MILL COMPANY (L'inited). Capital 4150,010, in 15,000 shares of £lO each, of whichX9 per share will be called up. Deposit £1 on Application, and £2 on Allotment. Calls not to exceed £3, at intervals of not less than three months. To be Register e d under the Companies Act, 1862, whereby each subscriber's liability is strictly limited to the amount of his subscriptions. Sir John C. Dalrymple DlßECTOßs Hay, Bart., M.P., Chairman, 44, St. James's-place, St. James's-square, S.W. Thomas Braseey, Esq., 56, Lowndes-equare, W. William Hope, Esq., 14, Park-lan e , W . John Horatio Lloyd, Esq., 1, King's Bench-walk, Temple, E.C. Hon. Wm. Napier, 54, Green-street. Grosvenor-square, W. John Folliott Powell, Esq., 7, Albion-place, Hyde Park square, W. BRDKERS. Messrs. Joshua Hutchinson and Son, 15, Angel. court, Throgmorton-street, E.C. BANKERS. Messrs. Spooner, Attwoods, and Co , 27, Graceehurch- E treQt, E.C. SOLICITORS. Messrs. West and Ring, 3 1 Charlotte-place, Mansion house, E.C. Offices -2, Old Palace-yard, Westminster, SW. ABRIDGED PROSPECTUS. The object of this enterwise is to take advantage of the impulse given to the Manufacture of Paper by the repeal of the Excise Duties, III) der circumstances peculiarly favourable, the materials btin,g obtained by a patent process in full ope ration, at prices very h remunerativ compared with the cost of similar products in the or en m e itr a ket It is well known that very large fortunes have been realised in this trade, and the removal of a Tax which amounted to £2O to £ , 5 per cent. Upon th value of first-class News and Printing Papers, at a time when there is a con stantly lucre t•ing demand for the supply of Woks, Periodi cals, Newspapers, and Writing Papers, ensures a large and very remunerative business to a manutaotory situated close to the metropolis, erected on the most scientific plan r with the . greatest regard to economy of production by the saving of labour and the introduc ion of machinery of the most per fect description. Under the powers of the Limited Liability Act of 1862, it is proposed to purchase at their actu 1 cost, the under taklig-s of the Ettrick Forest Paper Milt Company and the Ulmate of Ammonia Company, and to carry them on under the title of the Dartford Creek Paper Mill Company. To carry out the intended purchase, to double the scale of the Paper Mill, to utilise to the Julie t extent the produc tive power of the works at Grays, and to provid e the necessary working funds, it is proposed to raise a capital of £150,000, in shares of £lO each, of which £15,000 will remain uncalled as a fund of credit, deemed highly desirable for the safe and profitable working of a Limited Company. After providing for every contingency, the net profits calculated upon the present working and receipts, as applied to the enlarged production, viz., 32 to M tons of paper, and 25 to 30 tons of manure powder, per week, will be from £20, , 00 to £25,000 per annum, according to the condition of the tnar kets, giving a dividend of from 15 to 20 per cent., with pros pects of considerable increase upon favourable developments of general trade, which it is well known is depressed bye the state of affairs in America, and other di turbine. ca l m.. A very large share of the capital has already been sub scribed by the present owners of the properties. Prospectuses and forms of application for shares may b e obta ned from the Rankers, Brokers, Solicitors, or at the Offices of the Company. Applications for shares must be made in the forml per share.rLnnexe to th e prospectus, accompanied by the d epos it of x If no allotment be made the deposit will be returned in full ; and it a less number be allotted than is applied for, the sur plus will be used towards the payment on allotment. F ORM OF APPLICATION FOR S ['ARES. To the Directors of the Darttbrd Creek Paper Mill Company (Limited). Gentlemen,—lraving raid to your Bankers the sum of X I reqoueast that you will allot to me shares of £lO each in the These or a ftford Creek Paer Mill Company (Liml. hereby ae. oanyt less number which may be allotted to me . I tion, an to o accept pursue .t to the Articles of Associa thereon whenpay 'le remainder of the deposit and the calls Ty s 0 to do, and I request you to place my name on the Re,.;ister of Shareholders for the shares so allotted. Name in full . Address • • . • Prof ession Dat • signature N.B.—This form, When filled IT and signed, t o b e l e f t w i th the Bankers on pay ment of the demait. Y (Limitd). T" DARTFORD COMPAN eREE PAPER -MILL The for Sharesfor will be CLO the Country on the 2:ith inst. Lo ndon on th e 23d UXURIANT WHISKERS, m oustaches, and I, Eyebrows produced in a few weeks by the use of ELLIOTT'S TONIC LOTION, the stimulative properties Of which are unfailing in their operation. Thomas Elliott in a trial from the most sce_ptical, that they may be con vinced of its infallible power. Price 3s. 6d., is. 6d., 108. 6d., Mi l l 21s. Forwarded on receipt of postage stamps.--Thomas ott, Wigs, 4 1 ai rgrower (Ant floor), 51, Fenchurch-street.lT. B.'s 09, , 7 - No. 22,117. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 19, 1863. NO. 2, EXETER HALT—CRYSTAL PALACE SEASON TICKET 4 .—The Guinea Ticket admits to the GREAT PLOWER SHOW next SATITROAY. Now r‘ady, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., THE HON. MRS. NORTON'S NEW NOVEL, "LOST AND SAVED." and extending south to include the state of North Caro lina, the whole under the provision and general direction of General R. E. Lee, will be divided into three military de partments as follows :—All north of the James river, for the defence of Richmond, will constitute the Department of Richmond, under Major-General Exey head-quarters Richmond—all that portion of Virginia south of the James river, and east of the county of Powhatan, will constitute the Department o f S out h ern Virg i n i a, un d er M a j o r-Gen. French, head quarters at some central point near the Rack Water. The State of North Carolina will constitute the Department of North Carolina, under Major-General D. H. Htll, head -quarters, Goldsborough." But, if the general ignorance about the South has appeared amazing, occasionally incidents of little significance have in the Northern journals dilated into dimensions so stupendous that a resident here hss asked himself whether he is not unconsciously sleeping on a volcano which may at any moment burst and scatter havoc and destruction around. Such an incident, which, long before this letter reaches England, may have been represented to your readers by the New York press as a Lord George Gordon riot, an upheaving of the lowest strata of society, occurred in this city on the 2d inst. It should be remarked that a pressure in regard to the daily supply of the necessaries of life, under which one half of the population of England and a still larger proportion of the populations of France and Belgium are contented to live year after year, has been so unheard of and unknown upon thiscon tinent that it is a marvel that the poorer classes in the Confederacy, and especially the foreigners, who care, comparatively speaking, nothing about the guiding princip!es of the war, should have mur mured so littie under a destitution which has cut them off from all but the barest necessaries of exis tence. Simultaneously with much hardship and privation, busy rumour has pointed out persons who in various trades have amassed enormous fortunes during the last two years. The excitability of a naturally restless population and the unsettling of ordinary relations of life which war invariably en genders have combined to make the lowest classes uneasy and dissatisfied, because, when so many around them were adding house to house, and lay ing field to field, they were not able to do more than keep body and soul together. Therefore, under the guise of " bread riots," there have in many cities been enzeutes of the population, in the form chiefly of mobs of women, who demanded flour and cornmeal at the principal stores, and trusted that if they were refused a riot would grow into wehailcthhier classes at the would place all the an irresistiblestores a: d wthe mercy of the lowest. Such emeut es h ave occurre d at Salisbury, in North Carolina, at Atlanta in Georgia, at Mobile in Alabama, and at Petersburg in Virginia. They have in no case been serious, because everywhere ample resources for relieving cases of unquestionable destitution have been at hand, and such cases have been found to be very rare, as might be expected when it is mentioned that no man who is willing to work at any kind of trade has difficulty in earning from 6 to 6 dols. per diem. I have been assured, on the authority of several of the most eminent clergymen, some of whom have resided in Richmond for many years, that never in their recollection was there such ab sence:of want and suffering among the lowest classes in Richmond as during this winter. But it was not to be expected, after occurrence of such outbreaks as I have described in the smaller cities of the Con federacy, that Richmond should wholly escape the contagion. There are persona who see in every contretemps which occurs in the Confederacy indi cations of Yankee malignity, just as there are others who, whenever a fire or robbery occurs, whisper ominously the word " slaves," though, perhaps, in the Confederate States, and certainly in the State of South Carolina, which is the very heart or nucleus of slavery, there are fewer fires and robberies than anywhere else upon earth among populations of a similar size. It is beyond a question that fire and robbery in the northern towns are vastly more fre quent. It is not, therefore, wonderful that tome Persons should have imputed to Yankee emissaries a restlessness of the population which seems to me explicable by many other causes. On the 2d of April in a low quarter of this town, chiefly inhabited by the Irish of the South and West of Ireland a mob of unruly women, perhaps 200 in number, broke into several stores, some of them containing flour and provisions, but chiefly repositories of boots and cloth ing and cheap articles of jewelry. There were many women among them whose husbands are earning from 6 to 8 dols. a-day. The clear object of the emeute was to inaugurate a carnival of cupidity, which, gather. ing strength from the explosive and dangerous popu lation of a city which has seen two years of un paralleled warfare, might place all the wealth of Richmond at the disposal of a lawless and predatory mob. But the outbreak in question never got enough headway on to become alarming. President Davis and Governor ',et c h er paid the insurge n t s the compliment of going among them and address. ing them, but it seemed little less than mockery to address the offecouring s of Ireland and Germany a s " Women of Virginia." There is, however, not the slightest occasion for fearing that the riot will be repeated. Whatever may be Governor Letcher's other qualifications for the office which he now holds, there are not two opinions about his firmness ; and it is with him more than with the President that the repression of future and similar riots will rest. Except upon the 2d inst., and, in a mu c h less degree, upon Good Friday, the 3d, all tendency to insurrection has disappeared, nor is it likely t o be resumed. It is felt everywhere that it is im possible this miserable warfare can be protracted beyond the end of 1863. The disposition of Presi dent Lincoln and Mr. Sumner would lead them to fight during the remaining two years of Mr. Lin coln's Administration, as they have fought, th oug h with miserable impotency during its first two years. But the signs of the times abundantly proclaim that it will be impossible. How long it will be before, in American phrase, the bottom of Yankee obstinacy and persistency will fall out, it is difficult to say. But it is doubtful whether the North-West, whefl it learns that all attempts to re-open the Mississippi are abandoned, will persevere in a war which is incon testably conducted in order that New York, and Pennsylvania, and New England may grow fat upon Government contracts. What is to be the future destiny of those recriminating and angry and an tagonistic provinces, which will still find themselves loosely hooped together by the broken bond from which the South has torn itself free, it passes human sagacity to divine. So far as the feeling of Southern Confederacy can be discovered, it appears probable that the Western States oflllinois,lndiana,and Ohio would be welcomed into the Southern fraternity, but that an attempt would be made to exclude lowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. It is obvious that there can be little feasibility in a plan which would dissociate from Illinois and Indiana the interests of the contiguous provinces of lowa and Wisconsin. But, nevertheless, as a chronicler of the sentiment of the moment, I am bound to record that in general discussions and foreshadow ings of the future this plan seems to find more favour than any other. In the meantime, this day has witnessed the opening o f the long delayed an d formidab ly mena cing attack with which Charlesto n has so long been threatened. It has been announced to us by telegraph that at 3 o'clock this afternoon eight or nine Federal iron-clads opened upon Fort Sumter at a distance of 900 or 1,000 yards. The bombard ment lasted till 6 o'clock in the evening, Upon the Confederate side the loss was two men killed and six men wounded. Upon the Federal it is confi dently believed that the Keokuk was so much damaged that she will sink in the night. An un expected opportunity of sending this hurried letter to England has occurred, and it is probable that it will reach its destination earlier than its predecessor of March 31. I have, therefore, no opportunity of awaiting the arrival of fuller news from Charleston, but it mast be confessed that the opening features of an attack which has so long been studied and so GREAT FLOWER SHOW next SATURDAY. Five Shilling Tickets at No. 2, Egeter Hall. Apply early. •` 'Lost and Saved' is a work of such rare excellence that it would create a stir among novel readers, even if it had not Mrs. Norton's name on the title page. The story has an abundnce of plot, counter-plot, and ep sode, and even a superabundance of character. It surpasses Stuart of Dun leath ' in strength, delicacy, and finitm."—Athenmum. llurst and Blackett, i 3, Great Marlborough-street. 10TH JUNE, LIB63.—UNCOVEItING of the MEMORIAL of the EXHIBITION of 18.51. In the Pr, se nce of their he PRINCE and PRINCESS of WALES. _Cards of Admission, rice 15s. eaz,b, if obtained before the 27th of May ; 20s. up to oth of June ; and 208. on day. A. MURRAY. ROYAL ASYLUM OF ST. ANN'S SOCIETY. —A SPECIAL COURT r f the GOVER ORS w ill be held at the London Tavern, flishopsgate-street, on FRIDAY Afternoon, •29th May inst., at Three o'clock exactly, to con firm the Resolutions of last General Court, granting - one Vote for every Half Guinea, and a Li c Vote for every Five Guineas ; approving revised Rules for that purpose ; for more clearly defining the object of the Charity, and carryin4 forward all Votes f' , .r Unsuccessful Candidates hencefbrth during the whole period of their eligibility; to receive Re port of Council on Election of' Medical Attendant at the Asylum ; to appoint an Auditor to complete the requisite number ; and on other affairs. By order. 2, Walbrook, 16th May, 1863. E. F. LEEKS, Secretary. The Gas Light and Coke Company, Office, Horseferry-road, Westminster, 16th May, 1163. IDO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, That the following Proprietors, viz.:— Henry Deffell, Esq., and 1 Directors, Mayow Wynell Adams, Esq., have severally given me notice in writing of their intention to offer themselves, for re-election as Directors, at the Elec tion which will tike place at this Office on FRIDAY, the 29th day of May instant, at 12 o'clock precisely. By order. JOHN ORWELL PHILLIPS, Secretary. W ESTERN MANCHESTER and LONDON LIFE ASSURANCE and ANNUITY SOCIETY. Established 1842. Chief Offices -3, Parliament -street, London, and 77, King-street, Manchester. ACTUARY —Arthur Scratchley, Esq., MA. SPECIMENS OF BONUS ALLOTTED. —E. G. has paid £lB3 lls. 3d. in Premiums towards his Policy for £1,500; £lO6 12s. id. Bonus has already (1860) been allotted to him. R. S. has paid £7 Os in Premiums towards his Policy for £lO ; £6 2s. lid. Bonus ha s a l rea dy (1860) been allotted to him. ANNUITIES AND ENDOWMENTS GRANTED. Full Prospectuses, Proposals, and every information may be obtained from the Actuary in London, the Local Secretary in Manchester, or any of the Society's Agents. T HE LONDON GENERAL DEPOSITORY COMPANY (Limited). Incorporated under the Companies Act, 1862. Liability of Shareholders limited to Shares taken. Capital £20,000, in 4,00) Shares of £5 each. ss. per share pay_ able on application, and £1 on. allotment. If no allotment made, the deposit will be returned in full. DIRECTORS, Wm. Berkeley Beatty, Esq., 21, Argyll-road , Kensingt on. G. W. Brown, Esq., 2, St. Michael's House, Cornhitt Chartcs Horsley, Esq., 2, Staple Inn, Director of the Crystal Palace Company. B. T. Strangman, Esq , 12, Billiter-square. With po. er to add to their number. BANKERS—The English and Irish Bank, 25, Poultry. SOLICITORS —Messrs. Monckton and Monekton, 1, Raymond buildings, Gray's•lnn. PROFESSIONAL AUDITOR—G. A. Cape, Esq., F.S.S., Profes sional Accountant, 3, Adelaide-olace. London-bridge. SECRETARY (pro tem.) —A. Beeston, E. q. Temporary Offices—No. 2, St. Michael's House, Cornhill. ABRIDGED PROSPECTUS. The object of this Company is to purchase the lease and goodwill, together with the existing . badness, plant, and fixtures of the North London Depository, Gray's inn -road, wh ch for the last 26 years has been used for the deposit and warehousing of Household Furniture and other goods, The premises cover a space of 27,00) superficial feet ; and a comparatively small outlay will place them among the most complete and commodious of their class in London, increas ing the present available warehousing space to ov,r 60J,000 cubic feet. At the usual warehousing charges the present space is capable of producing an annual income of £4,320 ; but with the intended increased space this income may b 3 nearly doubled. The Company will be prepared to make cash ad vances on goods at a rate to be arranged with each depositor, but in no case exceeding 10 p r cent. per annum. The position of th premises in close proximity to four railway stations, namely, the Great Northern, the Metropoli-' tan, the North Western, and the proposed Midland stations, renders them most eligible as the depository of property belonging to parties residing in the vicinity of those I nes, while they are sufficiently central for depositors from all parts of the metropolis. Goods of all kinds will be sold on commission, and the Company undertake the removal of all kinds of proi.erty. It must not be forgotten that this Company does not seek to create a new business, but merely to improve and extend one already established, highly remunerative, and wituout risk, but lacking the necessary capital to develop it to its ful est extent, The Directors feel assured that a handsome dividend will result to shareholders. In consequence of the concentration of the railway systems in the immediate neighbourhood, the value of all property in the locality is rapidly rising; and should the Company's premises be hereafter required, the compensation to the shareholders must be considerable. Prospectuses, Corms of appl cation for shares, and all other information, with c irds to view the premises, may be ob tained of the Secretary, No. 2, St. Michael's House, Cornhill. A sufficient number of shares has already been subscribed for to justify the Directors in announcing that the business will be carried on under the Company's management from the 25th of May, 1863. SAWYER'S FAMOUS LONDON DINNER FOR THIS DAY. At 2e. 6d. each Person. SOUPS. Asparagus. Vermicelli. Turbot and Lobst er Sauce. Fried Soles. Tete de Veau en Tortue.E NTREES. Mutton Cutlets a la Poivrade. Boiled BeeJOINTS.f. Roast Mutton. SWEETS. Puddings ala Royal. Cheese Cakes. Cheese and Salad. An extensive and carefully selected stock of FRENCH, RHENISH, MOSELLE, and other WINES, imported ex pressly for the London Dinner. THE LONDON, 191, FLEET -STREET. CANTERBURY HALL AND FINE ARTS GALLERY. NOTICE.— ENTIRE CHANGE OF ENTERTAINMENT LES FRERES ATIIOS. From the Carignan Theatre, Turin. Master EDWIN SAUNDERS, the Child of Song. THE NEAPOLITAN MINSTRELS. GRAND SELECTIONS from OPERAS, GLEES, and CANTATAS. Principal Artistes—Miss Russell, Miss Townley ; Mr. Green, and Signor Tivoli. Conductor, Mr. Jonghmans. The celebrated UNSWOR rirs NEW SI UMP SPEECH, The only Negro Orator of the day. EUGENE and DULEY, with new Eccentricities. ARTHUR LLOYD, Miss SAUNDERS, and Mr. HILTON, the Comic Ventriloquist and Modern Magician, EVERY EVENING. Admission—Hall, ed. ; stalls and balcony, is. T H E 0 X F OR D, 13, OXFORD STREET. following popular Operas : Auber's MASANIELLO. GOVNOD'S FAUST. New Cantata, MAY DAY, by Mr. Sterndale Bennett. Supported by Miss Russell, Miss Townley, &c. ; Messrs. Albert, Green, Bernardi, Huish, Kimberley, &c. with full band and chorus. Conducted by Mr. Jonghmsns. Drew Dean's Flute Solos UNSWORTII, the modern Demosthenes. Eugene, W. Randall, J. Hutchenson, and the mat venous A !ITT' R and BERTRAND. " These two Parisian clowns have carried the art of tumbling to apparently the highest pitch of perfection, and it is impossible even for the most staid of visitors to avoid being amused by their origin -I gambols. They elicit shouts of laughter and applause."—Times, April 7, 1863. ARGYLL RO OM S.-JULLIEN'S PROMENADE CONCERTS. NOTICE.—Duri"g the Week the Selections will be—" Trovatore "—" La Huguenots "—" La Forza del Destino," &c., at Eleven o'clock. Jullien's Grand Descriptive Galop, THE DERBY. Owner of the Winning Horse. from half- past LEVY, the great wonder on the C orne t- a -Pi s t on, p l ays Nine to Twelve. Aclinie—sion, ls. THE LONDON AN ATOMICAL MUSEUM, containing the Wonders of Nature and Art, shown by innumerable Models, ill us t rating every part of the Human Frame ; to2'ether with a variety of Natural Preparations, Malfoi mations, Monstrosities, &o. ; also the Moving tomical Dying Zouave, and other life-size 11,,,ures. Open Ana daily from 11 to 10, for Gentlemen only. Admission, One for Lecture l 2 stamps , m atP4s: shilling. Entrance-44 A, Maddox-street, Regent-street, sealed 20. London, W. Address t 1 Illustratedl‘S Explanationse cret ay , as above.Catalogue,throughout heb by aposty. T HE FARMER'S BAROMETER, 60 9 a new Instrumen'l, by Negretti and Zambra, - cor rectly indicate whether the Ba r om eter falls for Rain or for Wind. Particulars by enclosing stamp.-1, Hatton-garden ; 57, Cornhill ; and 122, Regent-street. OS TE O EID ON : Patent, March 1, 1862, No. 560. 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London: Longman,Green, and Co., 14, Ludgate-hill. BY THE AUTHOR OF " FRIENDS IN COUNCIL." Second Edition. This day, post Svo., 5e., ORGANIZATION IN DAILY LIFE : A n ESSAY. London : Parker, Son, and Bourn, West Strand. This day is pub , ished, price One Shilli n g, THE WAR IN POLAND, 1830-31. By Sir ARCHIBALD ALISON, Bart., D.C.L. A Chapter from his " History of Europe from the Battle of Waterloo to the Accession of Louis N,poleon." William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh aid London. BALAKLAVA IN THE QUEEN'S BENCH —Lives of Eminent Statemen—A Sketch of the Academy, /cc., /cc., in " FUN " this week. One Penny. his jj T. C F A rie ß nd ß s i a C na K the b ef u s bli t: th announceth a t his to Photographic itstab ishment, 32, Regent-street, Piccadilly-circus, Is now in full operation. Cartes de Visite, 10 for 10s. 6d ; 21 for £l. Miniatures on Ivory, Marble, and the Photographic base in his former styles. TEA.—MOORE BROTHERS respectfully inti mate that their New Prospectus is now ready. They especially recommend their improved Family Tea, reduced to 3s. 2d. ; Souchong, reduced to 3s. Cd. ; mixed Assam, re duced to 3s. Bd. ; and the finest Assam, reduced from is. 4d. to 3s. lid. per lb. naerston in Favour of Poland. 2,100 RE BROTHERS, 35, London-bridge, City, E.C. RUPTURES.—BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. vHITE'S MOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (PERFECTED AND EXHIBITED IN THE GREAT I.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 HERNI A. The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effects, 13 here avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the body, while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the Moo-Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease .nd closeness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn luring sleep. A descriptive circular may be had, and the truss, which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the oir aumference of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manufacturer, Vti • . 0,1 sZei, .k.c,u1 7 44, sA4tiov-, r - moilk* i s 6 lOW , 47 , 40 .1, *. • , J)Rorr. ,o 7- 0 „Qr.,. elaborately prepared do not loom so formidably upon our notice as had generally been anticipated. It is by some apprehended and imagined that the Federal policy will cons i s t i n d esu l tory a tt ac k s , p ro t rac t e d for many weeks, and conducted from such distance as 1,000 yards, and utilized through the convenient journals of New York, which represent daily Federal successes against Charleston as occurring,with a view to stimulating the soldiers under Generals Hooker Rosecranz. But, it is said, "If the Yankees do nothiog more than play at long bowls all the world will laugh at them." Alas! if the ridicule of the entire eiviiiz el world could have influenced Wash ington and New York, this war would have been over long ago. LA us hope that the attack against Charleston will, as I fully anticipate, be conducted with a little more desperation, and that some justi fication for protracting a war which no impartial man upon earth pronounces otherwise than hope • less may be found in the spirit with which it is con ducted. It is painful and heart-rending that streams of blood should again flow in a contest which, even before the battle of Fredericksburg, struck me as the most aimless and purposeless of any that was ever attempted by an aggressive nation. We are as sured that Gen. Hooker's orders from Washington are " Failure is better than inaction. We will take all the consequences. Only attack." What can be the fate and prospects of an army thus goaded into the field P Before the coming shock of arms which is spoken of in the Northern journals as likely to reverberate through the continent, let me hazard the prediction that Gen. Lee will be found to be "master of the situation" in Virginia, and that by the time when the junction of the forces under Gen. Grant and those under Gen. Rosecrans has been effected—for such is the apparent intention of the Federals since the abandonment of the attack on Vicksburg—General Johnston will have been so strengthened at Tullahoma as to make the great battle in the West nothing more than what all its predecessors in the West have been—a fearfully bloodly, but level and indecisive passage of arms. Trades Unionist Deputation to Lord Pal- The deputation appointed at the trades unionist meeting in favour of Poland, held at St. James's hall, on the 28th of April last, met Lord Palmerston last evening, by appointment, in the library of the House of Commons. The deputation was introduced by Mr. Stansfeld, M.P., and consisted of Professor Beesly, of University College, the chairman of the meeting; Mr. G. Potter, the secretary; Mr. Coulson (bricklayer), the preSident, with Mr. Odger (shoe maker), the secretary of the London Trades Council, and the following officers and members of the trades societies :—Messrs. Graham, Hamlyn, Appiegarth, Merrifield, Harry, Smith, Eglinton, Cremer, Garland, Tremlett, Dormer, Mildred, Evans, Lle wellyn, Burgess, Peterbridge (carpenters' societies), Facey, Vise, Vickers, Lambelle (painters), S atinsby (tailor), Grey, Connolly, Cruse, Pearson, Gibbon (mason), Butler, Jones (tinplate-workers), Miles (cabman), Nash (wire-worker), Wigmore (brick layer), Fast (zinc-worker), Shave (plumber), Dod son, Murray, Bassett (boot and shoe makers), Os borne, and Nilass (plasterers). Professor BEESLY explained to his lordship the constitution of the society as one consisting entirely of trades unionists, of which the deputation now present were representatives. The trades unionists might claim to speak in the name of the large body of the labouring classes, It had been determined that a deputation should seek an interview with his lordship, because, working men not being repre sented in the House of Commons, t hey were obliged on any matter which was particularly interesting to them to address themselves directly to the Go vernment. Their desire was to see France and England co-operating cordially in the cause of Po land. They were not jea ions of the influence of France in Europe. That feeling might be entertained, and expressed in other quarters, but among working men it did Lot exist. The resolutions agreed to at the meeting would be read, and when he assured his lordship that they were carried with the heartiest unanimity and enthusiasm he would understand what the temper of the meeting was. Mr. G. POTTER then read the resolutions agreed to at tha meeting, three in number, denouncing the conduct of Russia, expressing sympathy with the Poles in the insurrection, and calling upon the Go vernment to interfere by force, if necessary, to se cure the independence of Poland. He considered England had a right to speak plainly on this mat ter, inasmuch as she was a party to the Treaty of Vienna, and assisted in placing a portion of Poland in subjection to Russia under certain conditions, one being that the constitution of Poland should be preserved. His lordship must be aware tbat this stipulation had been wilfully, grossly, and inso lently violated. The constitution of Poland has been entirely abrogated by the Emperor Nicho las, and had never been restored. So far from Russia upholding the nationality of Poland, she had used her every effort to destroy it ; she had abolished thePollsh colours, closed the universities, introduced the Russian language into all public acts, confis cated the property of the Polish nobility, and sent thousands of her people into exile. The present policy of Russia seemed to be the total annihilation of Poland as a country, and to blot her out of the map of Europe. The deputation now before his lordship considered Russia had forfeited all claims to Poland under the Treaty of Vienna, and believed it to be the duty of her Majesty's Goy ernment to use every means within their power to free Poland from the brutalising grasp of Russia, and to restore its ancient nationality. They were of opinion that if diplomacy could not accomplish this object the Go vernment should not hesitate to take other means, and he could assure his lordship, however strong the mea sures it might be necessary to adopt, the Govern ment would be warmly supported by the millions of the industrious classes. (Hear.) Mr. CONNOLLY, mason, said the deputation were there to tell his lordship the feeling of the working men of England on the Polish question. They con sidered it necessary for the peace of Europe that Poland should be again a nation, and they thought that the present afforded a favourable opportunity for her Majesty's Government to insure that result. The working classes were not insensible to the evils of war, but they were prepared to encounter these evils, to bear suffering and increased taxation, if by so doing Poland would be made free. (Hear.) Mr. CREMER, joiner, wished his lordship distinctly to understand what the deputation wished. They desired the Government to take immediate action, to tell Russia to relinquish her hold on Poland, and if she would not do that, to compel her by force of arms. (Cheers.) These were the sentiments of the great bulk of the working men of this country. Mr. MURRAY (bootmaker) said they were no ad mirers of his lordship's domestic policy ; he refused workmen the right of representation ; but they ad mired his general foreign policy, and trusted he would act on this question with his usual vigour. The English Government not long since s uspended diplomatic relations with Naples on account of the barbarous conduct of that Government; and let them now, if Russia persisted in her present diabo lical conduct, withdraw the English ambassador from St. Petersburg, and send the Russian ambas sador home with a message to his master that an English fleet and army would follow him if neces sary. His lordship had often expressed his sym. pathy for Poland, let him now, other means failing, take more decided means. Mr. PETHERBR IDGE (joiner) thought the time h a d passed for expressions of barren sympathy for t h e gallant Poles. The working m en of this coun try desired to see a speedy termination to the savage a t ro cities of Russia in Poland, and thought th a t could only be accomplished by the determination of the English Government to proceed to the extremity of war if necessary. Mr. NILAss (plasterer) thought the question was, PRICE..... -..4d. STAMPED ....sd. should barbarism or civilisation be allowed to triumph ?. To preserve the balance of power in Europe it was the duty of the English Government to restrain the growing power of Russia, whose ambition, if not kept within proper limits, would always be detrimental to the peace of Europe. The conduct of Prussia at this moment with respect to the Polish question was disgraceful to her as a civilised nation. Mr. Applegarth (joiner), Mr. Wigmora (brick layer), Mr.Facey (paint er),and Mr. Eg.intqn (joiner), reiterated the opinions of previous speakers. Tbey contended that if a war with Russia became neces sary to set Poland free, it would be one of the most popular were ever entered into by England, and the Government might depend on the supp rt of the country at large. (Cheers.) Lord PALMERSTON said—l have felt considerable pleasure in listening to the members o the depu tation, who have spoken in such clear and unmis takeable terms, and which do much credit to their intelligence and good feeling. I think it is al ways useful that a person occupying the position I do in her Majesty's Government should clearly under stand the opinions and feelings of that numerous and important class represented by this deputation. I think the generous sympathy you have displayed for Poland highly creditable; indeed, the sympathy of Englishmen for the victims of wrong and bad go vernment is so general as to have become almost a pro verb. No nation has been so long the victims of wrong as the Polish people. By the Treaty of Vienna a constitution was guaranteed to Poland by Russia, and the Emperor of Russia of that day gave a con stitution, but it was soon put to sleep, and never yet tried. Russia never did, nor does she to this day, fulfil the compact she entered into. (Hear, hear.) I entirely share in the general feeling ex pressed towards Poland, but peace or war is a grave question, requiring much deliberation, and one that I would not enter upon without consulting my col leagues in the Government. Be assured, however, gentlemen, that I will represent the opinions you have so ably laid before me to nay colleagues, and that we shall do our best for the cause of Poland. Mr. CREmER—We are men of action, my lord, and have come to the conclusion that the only way to aid the Poles is to call on Russia to desist from her present conduct, and, if she will not attend to that call, thrash her into compliance. (Cheers.) Lord PALMERSTON (laughing) said—l cannot pledge myself as to the course her Majesty's Govern ment will ultimately take on this question. You must be aware, gentlemen, that the duty of a man in office is to give his opinion on the past, to speak of the present, but not to talk about the future. I can only say that I will faithfully convey the opinions of this important deputation, whom I have been very glad to have met, to my colleagues in the Government, and that they will secure every con sideration. The deputation then retired, thanking his lord ship for the courtesy with which they had been received. The interview lasted nearly an hour. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. TIMES.—It can now hardly be doubted that an other great disaster has befallen the Federal arms. The army which was led so confidently across the Rappahannock in the last days of April had, accord ing to the last advices, been repulsed by the Con federates after three days of fighting ; the division of General Sedgwick had been cut to pieces and forced to recross the river; and the main body, under General Hooker himself, had fallen back, and was " intrenching itself" in the presence of a power ul and victorious enemy. The course of events, though known to us only from a hasty despatch, is sufficiently clear to enable us to judge of the great ness of the Confederate success and the peril in which the whole army of the Potomac stands. It has already been told that the result of the desperate fighting on Sunday, the 3d of May, was to cause the main army of General Hooker to fall back about a mile nearer the Rappahannock and to abandon its headquarters of Cnancellorsville. On the evening of Sunday the bead-qu rters of General Hooker were between that place and United States Ford, on the Rappahannock. Tee fierce attack of General Jack son—if he it was who assailed the Federal right— had totally disconcerted all the plans of Hooker. In stead of being able to march round to the rear of the Confederates and cut off their communications, while General Sedgwick attacked them in front, the main Federal army was thrown back on the river, so that it must either recommence the conflict by a direct attack on its victorious enemy, or defend itself in its dangerous l osition ; or retreat across the river, as the army of General Burnside did in December last. But on the Sunday night the worst had not come. The corps of General Sedgwick was still opposed to the enemy lower down the river, and had, as it was said, carried Fredericksburg heights with brilliant success. Here, then, there was hope of retrieving the fortunes of the campaigns. The plans of the Federal commander had miscarried, and the Confederate army could not be taken in the rear, but, if Sedgwick was able to keep possession of Fredericksburg heights, he might hold the Confederate Generals in check long enough to allow the main Federal army to be rein forced and placed in a condition to make a new ad vance. Gen. Lee, however, and his brother com manders appear to have struck blow after blow with a promptness fatal to the Federal hopes. When Gen. Hooker first determined on his plan of operations he no doubt:considered that the corps of a. n. Sedg wick crossing below Fredericksburg, near the spot made memorable by the former battle, would en gage all the attention of the Confederate generals, and allow him, with the main body of his army, to make an unmolested march to the enemy's rear. It is probable that with this view he gave Gen. Sedg wick a much larger force than the 15,000 n.entioned in the latest despatches as having been defeated on Monday. But, whatever the numbers thus de tached from the main army, they did not succeed in drawing off the Confederates. Gen. Lee seems even to have allowed them to gain some advan tages at Fredericksburg while the main strength of the Confederates was directed against General Hooker in person. The Federal general had crossed 12 miles higher up, but only to find that the ene my had made a corresponding movement, and was ready to assail him on the right wing, instead of allowing his own left to be turned. Hence the bat tles of Saturday and Sunday, which not all the in genious colouring of the Federal correspondents can prevent us from regarding as defeats. By thus divining the intentions of Hooker, and directing their principal attack against him, the Confederate leaders frustrated his whole plan of the campaign, but as soon es Hooker was sufficiently repulsed the Southern commander turned upon the corps of Sedgwick, which, by Hooker's failure, was expo a s:4 to his full force. Monday, the 4th of May,fi passed quietly for the main Federal army. Division to took place, we are told, till late in the afternoon, when Gen. Hooker having advanced a ensued, lasting feel" the enemy, a brisk action ftegrnoon, the general was left for half an hour, and thenß t while the corn feeling the enemy " bi r s wh ei la f nsg s ' a tl e e u , s his unfortunate subordi nate" annudsielry.iwienhtriee by the Hooker's o Confederatesoker,B armywith ikst being g received Sedgwick a e , described as a slaughter unparalleled in the h completely wtveashbaein g destroyed itself mww a nuandrsat fmwhavemaking Bbhecenwsdishatred that it was obliged to busy off m . uch Th d o e pended , accounts short but decisive. General Long t v a on fe w w h m ic miles e s s o to have arrived with fresh troopssreet is supposed Large masses o f Confederates a frcm Suffolk, to the east of Fredericksburg,ppearcd on the , heights to join the force which threatened and thence moved up General was fiercely attacked, Sedgwick. This numbers, and forced to probably by superior a shattered f( fee, the retreat across the river with bridges over enemy's artillery raking the which e at B ink's Fort , he fie d. The battle took place burg and fho l . t midway between Fredericks point where the Rapiden joins the Rwaliannock. all fear of an attack t relieves the Confederates froio on their right, and allows them to use all their Hoed strength against General Hooker, face the whole Confederate army. It is, indeed, difficult to imagine a more unfortu nate position. It would be a relief to the Federal Government if in such a case it could pronounce its army to be" safe." As for an advance through that difficult country in the face of a powerful enemy elated by victory, the idea must be abandoned. A fter three days of unsuccessful fighting the utmost Hooker can hope for is to be able to repel th e attacks on his position, and retire after a time with safety and credit across the river. But will he be considers able to accomplish this? Every one w ho _ ~.;...,:4 \ - a. ~,,, NE IS'S PA. P F.:/i his situation must agree that it is very , bt ...,- , ..4. „..; r is twelve miles above Fredericksburg, 04 , q. ;11 - _ A\. \*e . .7:• tion of the Itippahannock and the Rap 414 - A - F4 ~ ., , c ifj, ~.4 ., river below him is in the power of the ipi i < ,--T-t i l e ff - ' )",,t 4 i t stated that at daybreak on the sth the niederat :i ;: z f.f 44, had obtained a position on the hills on Itii,fou Si bank of the Rappahannock, scarcely two mires bet low United States' Ford, and had begun to shell the Federal trains lying on the north side of the river. A reference to the map shows how completely the Confederates are on the line of General Hooker's communications with the Potomac. Not only is he on the wrong side of a deep and rapid river, to cross which in the presence of a pursuing enemy must be almost ruin, but it is quite possible that he may be hemmed in, his communications interrupted, and the whole supplies of his army cut off. Under these circumstances he will do well if he succeed in rescuing his army as well as Burnside, of whom he was a few weeks ago so contemptuous. There can be little presumption in saying that this new inva sion has proved a failure as well as those which pre ceded it. A General who is driven into intre•;ch- Inents in the first week of the campaign is little conquest of the Conf e d erate likely to corop_lete the HERALD —ln the vote of £956 878 for the packet service of the present year, prevision, as will have b. en seen from what took place last evening in the Howe of Commons, was made for papa ants to Mr. J. G. Churchward for the conveyance of mails be tween Dover and Calais, and Dover and Ostend, up to the 20th of June, and no longer. This limitation, and the reasons assigned for it, are now familiar public matters; but Mr. Churchward has stated his own case so very fairly and without imputation, that our readers must excuse us if we present it as derived solely from his own clear and temperate statement. From the year 1846 Mr. Churchward took up and pressed the question of a more efficient and certain transit of the continental mails, and in interviews with the civil Lord of the Admiralty and the Post-office Secretary of that period ex plained that the service was capable of consider able improvement, if the conveyance of the mails were undertaken by contract. In November, 1849, and in September, 1852, the subject was again and again renewed with the Admiralty, until at last, towards the end of the year 1853, a Parliamentary Committee reported that Mr. Churchward's views were correct, and that it was expedient that these mails should be carried by contract. In 1854 tenders were publicly invited by the Lords of tho Admiralty, and Mr. Churchward's tender, being £1,520 less than chat of one of his competitors, and £4,750 lower than that of the other applicant, was accepted and entered upon in the April of that year. At the same time it was distinctly acknowledged by official authorities that this agreement was the means of effecting a saving of public money of £lO,OOO per annum. Moreover, the Hamburgh mails , pre viously carr i e d b y a separate route, at an expense of£loBf 1: year,,oolos7oooa y wereear sub sidyienhctlauidneeddihnythliisr.vcerhyureh Church ward. The first contract of four-and-a-half years, daring which Mr. Churchward was testing the suc cess of his arrangements under the eyes of his dis appointed rivals, the South-Eastern Railway Com pany and the North of Europe Steam Navigation Company, were so disastrous that Mr. Churchward clearly saw he could only hope to indemnify him self for his losses by obtaining a renewal of his con tract. The Government evidently allowed that he proved his claim for consideration, and extended his contract to an additional four years beyond the term of the first arrangement. He was thus se cured up to June, 1863, in his conveyance of these special mails. Up to the year 1858 it was always allowed that the efficiency of the service under Mr. Churchward was increased and maintained, but meanwhile, by a second total wreck, the contractor was exposed to very trying losses. Accordingly, Mr. Churchward again sought to fortify his posi tion, and to overcome these unforeseen depreciation s to his bargain, by applying to the Government for a further extension of his contract. He had proved the worth of his services to the public, and thought that he was entitled to such a consideration. In April, 1859, he accordingly received the result of his applications, and a new contract was made with the Admiralty, constituting Mr. Churchward the contractor for carrying these continental mails till April, 1870, with an increased subsidy bringiug his allowance up to £lB,OOO a year, from the addition of a commuted sum of £2,500 for special and extra services, harbour and tonnage dues, and particu larly those incurred for the India mails, &c. This contract Mr. Churchward has invariably claimed and now claims as his right—a right of which he has been deprived by a mere political intrigue. In his own words, Mr. Churchward has asked that the question should be determined upon strictly legal and commercial principles, and has appealed to the Postmaster-General not to "suffer a public servant," and a good one, we may add, "to be sacrificed to any political cry, from whatever quarter it may come." It may be just as well to remark that Sir F. Kelly, Mr. Bovill, Sir Hugh Cairns, and Mr. Hannen, in the clearest possible language, affirm that the contract "is a good and valid contract," and that Mr. Churchward can pro ceed, by petition of right, to recover compensation for the dismissal of it it' necessary. But the present Government have admitted the existence of the con t. act by instructing, on the retirement of Lord Derby's Administration, the Admiralty superin tendent at Dover, " to see to the proper performance of the contract of April, 1859 ; and both the Ad miralty and the Accountant General of the Navy in certain subsequent correspondence, specify the existence and liabilities of this very contract which it is now sought to repudiate. The Government prem'ses at Dover, moreover, leased by Mr. Church ward from the present Government, are held up to April, 1870, and the lease, duly executed by two of the present Lords of the Admiralty, fully recites this contract of 1859. Lord Clarence Paget has not, with his usual hardihood, cared for all these im plied recognitions. The Board of Admiralty and he have repudiated the contract, and have determined to treat it as " non-existent," The First Lord and the Secretary of the Admiralty, for their disdain of aught but their own absolute inclination, may rank with Minister President Von Bismark Schonhausen, and Mr. Churchward is thrown over. Mr. Frederick Peel asserted last night that the Bel gian government had undertaken a portion of Mr. Churchward's contract, and a Mr. Her rington had tendered for the carrying of the mails between Dover and Calais at a considerably reduced rate. The House of Commons, almost proverbial for its rigorous sense of justice when individuals are concerned, in a spirit of true eco nomy endorsed Mr. Frederick Peel's proposition by a majority of eight. So Mr. Churchward loses his contract and the foreigner gets it, and a service cre ditably and even admirably performed is sacrificed to a paltry political intrigue. It remains for Mr. Churchward to seek in the law courts of the coun try the justice which party spirit denies to him in the House of Commons. Notwithstanding the strong belief of the Solicitor-General and the rest of her Majesty's Government in the soundinesdsin ogf their case, there can be little doubt b ow h will willbe when judgehen the it n e t matter ina is a p t r k i e t n o I. before factio tna:t but the a that l law of evidence. It must be rem embered the which contract moat inevitably has not been well and e ffi ciently per that e th l e i re e is not the shadow of imputat_i not up one to more ore sanctiont a n £ a 1 grosso a at r h r i a sh n p g a e l m try en s t u , ni S h i t r h S e t H aff o o u r s d e y ne f w or saving y u e n t d o e s r teu tb si e bl oy N fe o ac r ro t . h m e rn o t u e n tell l w l a ct of oppression and in j ustice as"°cwalileildlaw courts, and which inflict s a p er manent blow on the credit o f the country. i nev it a bly bring it into collisionownailitthhaatetfhtrm The Attempted Murder and Suicide at Woolwich. Last evening, at six o'clock, Mr. C. J. C arttar, coroner for W es t Kent, resurntd Britannia T avern, an inquiry at th e Henry-street, Wool w i c h, i nto the circumstances attend g the death of Mr. George Richard Roberts; street against n gai t n h s a t t Thursday last, own, a master baker, residing at King mraaxdeton,who committed suicide on. shortlyhim mb after an accusation had been to the Effect by at the instigation of the his servant, a girl named deceased she had attempted to poison his wife. Mr. Farnfield, solicitor, attended to watch the pro ceedings on b‘half of the relatives of the deceased; and the room was densely crowded. Mrs. Eliza Roberts, w id ow of the deceased, who appeared deeply affected, stated that on Thursday last Police- Inspector Lin well came to her residence and saw witness and the deceased, whom he informed as to th t accusation made by the girl Paxton. that the afternoon, and remarked to the inspectoryr pereon,B de ceased promised to attend the police-court on girl was a wretch who would swear Bed her entire life away ; and witness also e t x: n re d agreed to disbelief in in the girl's statevahoen Police-court. After company the deceased to odtccoased went upstairs, the inspector left the arolcy 1 with the intention brushed his clothes PP that — 6 aourt—but he afterwards went of proceeding d The deceased had been much lot med of the Hu 1 in • i i c te since the death of his two chil depressed sup:: :n vi t d o e t n h e e e, last. 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THE CONFEDERATE STATES, (From the 'Special Correspondent of the Times.) RICHMOND, April 7. _ __ If ever my letter from distant Vicksburg, written just two months ago, has surmounted the many ob stacles and difficulties which interpose between the Confederate States and England, your readers will have been prepared for the present attitude of events on the Mississippi, and for the abandonment of all hostile enterprises on the part of the Federals against Vicksburg or Port Hudson. It is perhaps premature to say that Yankee ingenuity may not yet discover some pass or creek or tortuous route through which Vicksburg can be hypothetically turned ; but it is certain that all the dodges hitherto attempted have resulted only in disastrous failure; that Vicksburg and Port Hudson are practically impregnable, that Grant's army is melting away like a snow wreath, and that Port Hudson is not likely to be again at. tacked from below, or Vicksburg from above. The words which in 1854 again and again thrilled the Yankee heart with delight, when upon the arrival of each successive steamer from Europe were an, nounced in colossal capitals the tidings, " Sebasto might at present be s t ereo t ype d pol not taken yet," with the word " Vicksburg" substituted for "Se bastopol." But Sebastopol fell at length, to the ill concealed mortification of New York and Boston, nor was the satisfaction of ascribing its fall entirely to French valour an adequate compensation for the vexation which accompanied the fact. For many more months than those during which England and France beleaguered Sebastopol the whole resources of the Federals have been lavished expended upon an attempt to reduce a little defenceless inland city, situated upon a river of which the Federals, at the commencement of the war, claimed possession as confidently as they now claim possession of Staten Island. Does any one believe now that there is the smallest chance that these mighty efforts of the Federals will eventually be crowned with success ? Never will the day dawn when the words, "Vicksburg has fallen," will thrill the Northern heart with exultation and delight. The canal is, as I pronounced it, a costly failure. The Yazoo river, with its innumerable creeks and tribu taries, is easily defended ; the camp on the Louisiana shore of the river, in which for so many months the hapless Federals have been exposed to swamp fever, and ague, and dysentery, and pneumonia, has be come one vast burying ground; the practice of the Vicksburg batteries has lately become so accurate and formidable that, not only is it almost impossible for any craft to live upon the river in front of them, but all work upon the canal has long been suspended by reason of the fire of the Blakeley and Whitworth guns, which subtend the lower mouth of the canal. Chiefly to the skill and activity of Col. Higgins, originally a naval officer in the service of the United States, but now in command of the batteries at Vicksburg, may this improvement in their practice be attributed. Col. Higgins is favourably known as a sailor, inasmuch as he was captain of the Van derbilt when she made what is claimed as the swiftest passage ever accomplished by a steamship across the Atlantic. From Fort Pemberton (the fort which commands the point where the junction of the Tallahatchie and Yallobusha r!vers forms the Yazoo) the information is that the Federals are in fu'.l retreat towards th e Mississippi, considerably damaged, as they go, by sharpshooters and guerillas who line the inter minable windings and sinuosities of the little streams. It is impossible to say when the truth about Vicksburg and Port Hudson will become generally known in the North. Every day that I pass in the South fills me with greater wonderment at the amazing ignorance of the Federals about the disposition of their enemy's troops and the actual condition of affairs in Dixie. For instance, the whole winter through there have been incessant announcements that. Gen. Longstreet (whom your readers will have observed that I regard as one of the most valuable officers in the Confederacy) was marching through Tennessee to reinforce General Bragg, that he was threat eningKentucky and about to march on Cincinnati. The truth is that General Longstrcet has never been far removed from Rich mond, that, had occasion demanded, be would have been found at his old post at Fredericksburg, atd, for aught that I know, may be back there whenever General Hooker again attempts that advance to which it is known that he is peremptorily impelled from Washington. The accompanying extract from the general orders which, since the commencement of 'April, have daily appeared in the Richmond papers, will indicate the present whereabouts of General Longatreet:7 tt The geographical limits of the command of Lieut.- erabracu3g the defen ces of Richmond, G ene ral LongstWete ~,~