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7 /' ~ ,~~ G<'~L EWSPAPEII /.., ~' . )9P F I/ l i f ---_,- cra-r 4, , / or.. _ f s N z I (9klll4llllili - - -• :‘ , , 41‘ \ l agz it ., , DrE C 1 4 . 1,41W1iak . 1 60 • -•,..-tr Itor IANK OF BRITISH NORTH AMERICA.— I Incorporated by Royal Charte r. NOTICE IS HERFBY GIVEN, That there is a vacancy the Pirection of flds Bank, occasioned by the retirement Thomas Henry Milner, Esq., which will be filled up at the suing Annual General 3leeting. By the terms of the Deed of Settlement it is required as OWB : " That ev ry proprietor intending to become a candidate, ' to propose some other proprietor as a candidate, for the nee of Director, must, within ten drys from the time when e advertisement shall have been inserted, signify by some riting, under his or her hand, to be left within the same ten 'Ys, at the office of the Corporation, tither his intention to 'come a candidate or the name and place of abode of the ndidate intended to be proposed by him or her." Names of candidates cannot, therefore, be received after e 24th inst. - - By order of the Court. C. It`NAB, Secretary. 7, St. Helen's-place, London, 14th April, 1863. VORTH BRITISH AND MERCANTILE INSURANCE COMPANY. Established 1809. Incorporated by Loyal Charter and Special Acts of Parliament. ACCUMULATED AND INVESTED FUND?, £2,12?,828. ANNUAL REVENUE, £422,901. LONDON BOARD. John White Cater, Esq., IP. du Pre Grenf ell, Chairman. A. Filockmann, Esq. tharle , Morrison, Esq., De- John Molle t, Esq. pasty hairman. A. De Arroyave, Esq. Edward Cohen, Esq. James du Buisson, Esq. J ,, nius S. Morgan, Esq. 1:-. Garden Nicol, Esq John 11. Wm. Schroder, Esq, George Young, Esq. ,_ ... . Ex-DIRECTORS. A. H. Campbell, Esq. i Robert Smith, Esq. P. C. Cavan, Esq. Frederic Somes, Esq. P. P. Ralli, Esq. Manager of Fire Department—George H. Whyting. Manager of Life Department—W. P. Birkmyre. Superintendent of Foreign Department—G. H. Burnett. Secretary—F. W. Lance. General Manager—. David Smith. FIRE DE PA RTMEN 1. The Company grAnts Insurances against Fire in the United Kingdom, and all foreign countries. Mercantile Risks in the Port of London accepted at re limed rates. Losses promptly and liberally settled. Foreign Risks.—The Director, having a practical know edge of foreign countries, are prepared to issue Polic:es on he most favoura'ile terms. In all cases a discount will be Wowed to Merchants and others effecting such Insurances. LIFE DEPARTMENT The following Statement exhibits the improvement effected luring the las c few years : No. of Policies Issued. Sums. Premiums. 1851, 1859 18;,0 1861 1862 I,C 37 ..._ Thus in five years the number of Policies issued was 3,623, Issuring the large sum of £2,928,917. The leading features of the Office are:— I. Entire Security to Assurers. 2. The large Bonus additions already declared, and the prospect of a further Bonus at the next investiga tion. 8. The advantages afforded by varied Tables of premiums —unrestricted conditions of Policies—and general liberality in dealing with the A ssured. Forms of Proposal and every information will be furnished on application at the DEAD OFFICES • LONDON. 58, Threadneedle-street. 4, New Bank Buildings. EDINBURGH... 64, Princes-street. West End Office-8, Waterloo-place, Pall-malL MR. ALEX. J. RUSSELL, Secretary. EPSOM RACES.-THE WELLINGTON, St. James's-street.—During the Season a Set Dinner will be served at Five Shillings each, including Dessert and attendance. Dinners from the " Carte," and the Three Shilling set Dinner served as usual. WILLIAM COX, Superintendent. The Wellington, St. Tames's-street. Entrance, 160, Piccadilly. N.B.—On THURSDAY, the 16th. and FRIDAY, the 17th, the Dining Room will be kept OPEN until Ten o'clock p.m. SAWYER'S FAMOUS LONDON DINNER FOR THIS DAY. At 2s. 6d. each Person. SOUPS. Green Pea. Macaroni. FISH. Cod, Maitre d'Hotel. Fried Soles. Minced ENTREES. Beef and Poached Eggs. Veal Cutlets a l'ltalientle. JOINTS. Boiled Beef. Roast Mutton. SWE Vermicelli Puddings. ET Sandwich Pastry. eese and Salad. An extensive and Ch carefully selected stock of FRENCH, RHENISH, MOSELLE, and other WINES, imported ex pressly for the London Dinner. THE LONDON, 191, FLEET-STREET. FRENCH GALLERY, 120, P ALL-MALL.— The TENTH ANNUAL EXHIBITION of PICTITR the contributions of Ar ,ists of the French and Flemish chools. Adm'ssion, Is. ; Catalogue, 6d. CANTERBURY HALL AND FINE ARTS GALLERY. NOTICE.— ENTIRE CHANGE OF ENTERTAINMENT LES FRERES ATHOS. From the Cari , 2nan heatre, Turin. Master EDWIN SAUNDERS, the Child of Song. TTIE NEAPOLITAN MINSTRELS. GRAND SELECTIONS from OPERAS, GLEES, and CANTATA S. Principal Artistes —Miss Russell, Miss Townley ; Mr. Green, and SL'nor Tivoli. Conductor, Mr. Jom,rhmans. The celebrated UNSWOR FIT'S NEW S'i UMP SPEECH, The only Negr o O rator of the day. EUGENE and DULEY, with new Eccentricities. ARTHUR LLOYD, Miss LAUNDERS, and Mr. HILTON, the Comic Ventriloquist and Modern Magician, EVERY EVENING. Adm'ssion—Tlall, ed. ; stalls and balcony, Is. T H i oxrOß D , e, OXFORD STREET. THIS EVENING, Auber's Grand Opera, MASANIELLO. Also, the New Cantata, by Herr Meyer Lutz, "HERNE THE MINTER," Supnorted by Miss Russell, Miss Oesten, Miss Townley, &c. ; Messrs. Albert, Green, Bernardi, Huish, Kimberley, &c. with full band and chorus. Conducted by Mr. Jonghm'ns. Drew Dn's Flute Solos lINSWORTH, the modern Demosthenes. Eugene, W. Randall, J. Hutchenson, and the mat venous ARTH: 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 origin9l gambols. They elicit shouts of laughter and applause ."—Tines, —Times, April 7, 1863. M.JULLIEN'S PROMENADE CONCERTS. At the ARGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street, Piccadilly. Continued success of J. LEVY, the celebrated Cornet-a- Piston ! Plays Nightly, at Nine and Ten o'clock, one of his admir:d Solos, also at Eleven, Variations, "The Carnival de Venice." Revival of the Scotch Fantasia and Irish Quadrille, by M. Jullien. Solos by Tyler, Ring, Tl or t on, M' Ele ey, &c. Cavatina, `Di Nabuco," on the Euphonium, t y L. Mosca. Doors open at Eight o'clock. Admission, ls. Manager, Mons. GRENET. THE LONDON ANATOMIC AL MUSEUM , D the Wonders of Nature and Art, shown by innumerable Models, illustrating every Part of the Human Frame ; together with a variety of Natural Preparations, Malformations, m onstrosities, &c. ; also the Moving Ana tomical Dying Zonave and other life-size figures. Op en daily from 11 t o 10, for Gentlemen only. Ad m i ss i on, O ne S hilling. Entrance-44 A, Maddox-street, Regent-street, London, W. illustrated Catalogue, tree by post for 12 stamps, sealed 20. Explanations throughout the day. Lecture at 4. Address the Secretary, as above. I COUGHS, ASTHMA, AND INCIPIENT CONSUMPTION I ARE EFFECTUALLY CURED BY irr EATING'S COUGH LOZENGES, daily recommended by the Faculty—Testimonials from the most of whom may be inspected -as the roost e ff ectual, safe, speedy, and convenient remedy for Cough and all Disorders of the Lungs, Chest, and Throat. Sold in Boxes ls. lid. ; 'Pins 2s. Ad.. 4s. 6d., and lie. each.—TnomAs REATrwG, P harmaceutical Chemist. 79, St. Paul's Churchyard, London. Copy of a letter from the late Colonel Hawker (the well known Author on " Guns and Shooting.") Longparish iTouse, near Whitchurch. Hants. Rir,—l cannot resist informing you of the extraordinary tlfect I have experienced by taking only a few of your Lozenges. I had a cough for several weeks that defied all that had been prescribed for me; and yet I go' completely rid ail by taking about half a small box of your Lozen g es, Which find are th e on l y ones that relieve the cough without humble derangin servant he tomach or dige s ti ve organs. —I am sir, sir, your I'. HA To Mr. Keatin g . 7 9, St. Paul's Churchyard. IVERPOOi, J-(7------------Ly M EETING. —J sECOND DAY.—TUESDAY, July LIVER.- y T t h h ls L i te.s andsee, Pool. CuP, in specie, value 2'o .sous. ell.b: , cup, the added to a P andicap ' weep takes of 25 sovns 6 only if declar , d on a day hereafter to be nanirdh Weatherby, London ;ortoM. W. Topham, Cle r k of Course, Chaster; the winner of any sweepstakes stakes, or plate, of theelear value of 500 soy. alter +he v,eigehnte appear Sib, two of such races 101 b extra, but this in an ,, e ase to be the extreme penalty; the winner of the Manchester Union or Trades Cup, Ascot Stakes, Northumberland Plate, or Cumberland Plate. lolb extra ; or of any other handicap race of the value of 200 sous clear 51b, of 400 71b, or of any two of such last mentioned handicaps 81b extra ; the winner to Pay 30 sovs to the judire, and 20 sovs towards expenses o f the course ; second to save his stake; two miles. Weights to be published in due time. N°, 22,088. NEW NOVEL BY THE AUTIIO U. OF " MARGARET MAITLAND." On Friday, April 17, in 1 vol., HEART AND CROSS. By the Author of " MA.RGA.RE C MAITLAND," So. Hurst and Blaclutt, 11, Great Marlborough-street. NOTICE. 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London, and by most druggists, in boxes, Is. lid., and three times the quantity in one, 2s. 9d. Be sure to ask for Dr. Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are a square green package, with " William Lambert," engraved on the stamp. RUPTURES.-13Y ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. WHITE'S MOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (PERFECTED AND EXIIITTE? DI THE GREAT OF 1851 AND 1862), is allowed by upwards of Two Hundred Medical Gentlemen to be the most effective invention in the curative treatment of IT EItN I A. The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effects, is here avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the body, while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the bloc-Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease and closeness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn during sleep. A descriptive circular may be had,' and the truss, which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the cir cumference of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manufacturer, Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly. A Single Truss, 16e., 21e., 26e. 6d., and 31e. 6d. Postage, ls. A. Double Truss, 31s. 6d., 42e., and 52e. 6d. Postage, le Bd. An Umbilical Truss, 42e. and 525. 6d. Postage, le. 10d. Poet-office Orders to be made payable to John White,lpost office, Piccadilly. NEW PATENT FLASTIC STOCKINGS, KNEE-CAPS, &c., for Varicose Veins and all cases of Weakness and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, &O. They are porous, light in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on life an ordinary stocking. Price 4s. 6d., 7s. 6d., 100., to 16s. each. Postage 6d. JOHN WHITE, Manufacturer, 228, Piccadilly. Allegiance-oath to all, and stop supplies for the schedule tax expenditure vote, without reference to the church's 2s. 6d. register (52 Geo. 111., chap. 55), by the high contracting parties, on yearly recognition by the State illegally suspended.-Russell Gurney, Q.C., O'Mal ley, Q.C. FNGLAND & WALES' SUPREME-COURT,'- of no Church.-Yet, since 1826 usurped by Three Sects, Brazil-swiss Unitas fratrum in Scotch-synod colonies, as in ' constitution scheduled' on Canada's Danion precedent. The ' Romish church of Australia' under Justinian Civil code, act Calvin .inversely for death-riddance of the Carib chief, as special adhesive Russo-Dutch Loan trustee of its £5,000,000, its Prince Consort to soil on Quebec's quad ruple 3ty-1764-66-in Russia's Canada-paper guarantee, on Clement 14's Pekin Jesuit Col. veto -$ Partition of Poland, '72-7, by Behring-str. mark of Asia's E. Cape ingress and E g ress agency to Prince of Wales' Cape, by L•ibrador's Mo ravian HeLe6fminster act (on Reading and Chelsea's x-vase Cymru-neligeoland Copenhaven isle settlements of Ame rica, under Osnaburg-bishop of 59 G. 3, c 114, for 1 Q. Mary, pat. 15 on 1207-Latin), for Caesar Peru pa's-1557-by the King's mere lay preacher Ackerley 1820, [on Sir T. More's 1569 precedent as Acting- bar'ister, to ride circuit, as of the Knight- , ider's ft.court, Death-WILL offi ce ], th roug h Indian Q. lady Mary March, as New civil law soil Consort, of the Danish Kts, of St. John, in the Caribe'an islands of Puerto Rico Thomas's & St Croix-Native 1794 expulsion to Guatemala (Texas) and Venezuela. Carib PETER BASQ,UBT, with white Ally, prays YE I on his knees, to consider their Key s tshold position, of your own creation-as the elect of England's Income-tax succession, by medal Badge (as was his uncle, Indian Joseph Brant, of Stamp Act 1775) mark-Toll-set by Zollverein Convention Treaty of 2d March, 1841, by order of Palmerston, BtuLo, and Labouchere, for America's criminal law as scheduled to New Zealand, &c, Medal-attested by late King of Prussia on Ordinance of 20th May, 1826, for England's colonies, at Windsor Castle, as The own sign ce churches'-Man, under Berlin 3ty toll.• weight standard 5.6 W. 4, c 63, on Prince Consort'ident on the day of (N. South) WALES' equatorial Carib christen'ng, 21 yrs past,==Veistibule met by Douno, Wellington's son, when Led and paid 'by, police superin tendent Carter, till Lord Ashhurton association on board the Warspite, 74, with His flag union of England's Tower issue, Jan. 31, 1842, under the ' Admiralty red flag Com mission of Array,' 7 Geo. 4, c 38, 1826, for King's Bench in Chancery Bank°, on Sheriff Perley's writ return as the fit elect by seizin of Lord Seaton's Criminal court badge, for trial by' Canada bills' of Soil-indictment-stamp -the sec. word Colonies not being in the Church Uniformity Act, as George the Fourth and P. Albert, were Kts. of the Papist Danebrog Malta order of St. John, Jerusalem. ' Patient in suffering for Tribe, and Allies up-hand In God's hope-of landing on his GASPE strand.' On this Carib event Ld. Stanley, now DERBY, said "'Tis well you came over to England, as this is the headquarters of your Indian state elect.' So on his arrival in 1851 Earl Grey's official Nov. letter on Fact of felony says, " Justice shall be done to your report of marine stores on premises without license. So his successor, Pakington's letter says, "No money in this office, for your constables' mileage and maintenance" Yet, money-provided [by the Police Act of 10 Geo. 4, cap. 44, to Carter in 1842. under extraordi nary expeuses in execution of orders, by HALL to Policeman Dowling, of Liverpool, in 1851] for Peter, as Charleston's Chief, State-carriage Act badge precedency. So, on refusal the succes sor o f Lt. major Cartwright, with Brant, the Colony-tie of Indian Tribes on £9O a-year since 1820, by first Civil Governor Hamilton's Lt.. deputy C. H. Ackerley, R.N. came to his aid, as supreme court Stay, by 1817-19-26 acts-still 43 years unrelieved from his Treasury super alt°mare duty as Welsh-rota re, & s. 4. Governor of Rom. marchers X deg., as in Will. Montaqu'-te 3 Ed. in, suspended by I. W. ru, in 1806 act, on 28 H. 8, c 3, to allot townships land as Wales, by 46- G. 3, c 54, restored by 1826-43, in Luther-mixt clergy school Canadian reserves giving Lord Bury, Ind. superintendent, and Quebec's 2"Bishops £2,000 a-year each, who refuse to recognise or support Peter Basquet and colleague. " So ' upper ten' comes last, though O'erhead the least In Carib sky"date, when Left Scanada.'d east." He under Antipodean anomaly, as England-set in the 4-G. 4, c 96, ff 4, 28-forperpetual tax, tied to 1832 loan, on the Montague Exchequer bills, in Russia's Canada paper, on Bank of England security under ji Australia' s 9th March 1826, as Earth dependencies, by 1819-23 act duty by Naval lieutenants either on full or ka/f-pay as the criminal Jury pivot of Crown colony Newfoundland Bermuda-tie, (with Saxe Banister'd) Deputy Commiesioner, Chief Justice F. Forbes, as extended to New South Wales Supreme Court, by sec, 40. So Ackerley has spent, in this case, all his savings, £1,700, to aid & support his Indian coadjutor (all parties being dead) and he, the King's Admiral-Lt., 1820, made to carry the Holy Alliance out'ng of 1820-25-Brazils, Stuart de Rothsay '2B-ia Egypt, its Stamp man of Greece, and '37 England's J,P, as bearer of the Rod-meter at Vic's W.minster Abbey installation, so yet burden' d to Indian Chain Polish guarantee by Derby and Grey's Treasury Tneunal taf the rota adhesion-grounded on Shrewsbury's Indian, So I if mistake he Trinity Sunday Pacta Show, 1485, ~ f the North American before the Hatters and furriers. Tidal law for one and aCora innocent -or Sancti: ' had place, for God's sake visit not the against any breach of the i law churches claimedpromise of Carib birth-right to all, never being told that the Civil. spcial' . services, therefore prays y, Indian right of by Juggling PRESENT SUBSCRIBERS. , 1794 partition vote , with China's Lord Annesley Mr. .T. Bennett Mr. Jackson (as in Bute-Macartne I , rnp. on Indian chief's :ifs shift),-...f,y Lord Canterbury mr. R. P en nell Mr. W. Lynn Promise to the ear ss _ i n a double sense self-interested Bh a m Lord HartinOon Mr. W. G. Craven Mr. J. Merry Lord Sefton Mr. D .wton Mr. W. Owen i i cal'.' fiends, ~ T a a s t A p i a A lt c e b rs ET w ß ith sa u y L ordVirestmoreland Mr. Bisas Mr. Payne :: Which keeps the word of l A y l r l s ia w ne tt e it' , n ,t g ol w iti l o th n Sir L. Newman Mr. Frail Mr. W. II alnh o ( n o s n u lE.\ Holy Col. Forester ••• • , And breaks it to our hop e s , Col. C. P. Leslie Mr. l.'. Hall Mr. R. Riddell Capt. Christie , ' Mr. HareTeaveli Mr. R. Riddell ig PETER BASQUET, n6' N w p__ warr Brantii. Mr. Hart Mr. Saxon Cant. White Mr. G. Angell Mr. 1; 0 ,1c l - fl an Mr. J. Scott I%Tr. Barber Mr. T. Hughes Mr. F. Swinleil the Referee ad _.,„ fise,ard-2 s l en y a r August 1620, on _Lord Marcus Hill's Seer t If th e h i h Mr. T. Hughes society, 29th . e erg t s u l tn Ve e s le f e C t i C. es Ackerley, rtificate to) ..... as England rateei to th fat weigh accepting be under Sat 121 b, it will be of Legation ce 54-its East Consul, the ancient added, The e i , rl Zis and the others in b e undo 1. itself, 1-2 Wm. 4, No. t added, for i " STARES of '5 sovs each, 5 ft, with 50 sovs nreposiii Parliament Jura s. s econ d t , ~,4'o , Year olds ; colts Bst 101 b, and fillies Cst 71b ; .. ' London, March 25, 1863. more Rib ex t e a dis stake : winners of 100 soya clear 51b, 200 or At, 5, Swallow-street. race ; T.Y.C. r " but not to be accumulative ; 8 subs or no 'We (Christians) • Hans) could not . enslave the aboriginal Red THIRD DAy . ____ s _ t ris the cultivation of ful to US in use of 15 vs EDNITSDAY, JULY 15.-The STANLEY Indians, or make them STAKES . soy?, ead ' them-the only thing we three year olds ; twoamalgamate with 1, 5 ft, with 50 soya added, for two and their soil, or aural them. This Policy, North, geldingS allowed 21b ; Ye: i r olds 7st 41b, three Oat ; fillies and could do was to exterminate 350 000 had place till only , the present year am ounti n n n,es of plates or sweepstakes in South, East, and West, has blie-ed to reserve one as or more 81b extra, handles to lOO iiOYB clear to carry 51h, 201 remain in North Aniersca.' Yet o , represen sovs to the fund; T. y.e a P s excepted ; the winner to pay 10 the Carib Isle Anglc . -Spanish scheduled State soil PRESENT sonsic• nr ,,.- tative.-See Times of 23d Mareh, 1863. Lord Annesley, I Mr. Ur. C ----- ' s • GLENELG'S In all races at Liver o f ' Craven, 1 Mr. G. Payne. 11 For progress to Three Papal Churches on ~ for nine priests start, the added money will be Withheld Po , where fewer than three h July 1836 order-passage allowance of £l5O . female 6 R an Catholic The Stanley Stales closes on T . and £4O each-for 6 males and om . and names the evening precedingujisday, the 17th of March,School trust ' 1826' Georga'an Public _ ) Ntersey Stakes also close and name e race; and the Cup and teachers to the late b • now Roman Catholic, deputy'd by March, bet on Tuesday, the 17th of -all the colonies being . , . for R c isles MeetinZ, bean th e Tuesday following the Liverpool Spring oathunder C tlereagh's 1791 mire i union act as society Nominations of the sea, saving • New Shoreham's Christian Club rt. John ns received by Messrs. Weatherby, London ; Mr. 1 Geo 3, cap. 55 Abolition Act, as repugnant to the ch eater. sou, St. Mary's, York ; and Mr. E. W. Topham, l common .'' law of England-now rectified. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 15, 1863 Prince William and the Greek Throne. * COPENHAGEN, April 10. The Daybladet this morning contains the follow ing leader : " Prince 'William's candidature for the Greek throne, which at first appeared to be an Oriental story or fanciful frolic, has quickly, even too quickly, become a notorious fact. The English Government proposed him, France seconded the proposal, the Greeks elected him without much ado, and already a deputation, amongst whose members we find names as renowned as Grivas and Kanaris, is on its way from the Greek to the Northern Athens to bring official in formation of the election and present the crown, which, after having fallen from King Otho's weak head, has been offered and rejected at least half a dozen times. The whole aff,ir is so far settled and clear, but one thing is wanting—the consent of the King, the Prince, and Denmark. " How it is with this very important condition is still un certain. It may be taken as settled that the preliminary consent, which was communicated to the world with such great haste, has never been given. If his Royal Highness Prince Christian has acted less correctly after his meeting with King Leopold at Lacken, if he has given England any reason to believe in his approbation of the plan, or if the whole tale of the ' family conference' and its consent ;_s nothing but an English stratagem to cut short all hesitation and circumlocution—time must show. At all events, that consent which is necessary to accept the election has not been yet given, and it is therefore not too late to sift the matter somewhat closer. " At the first glance it looks very brilliant that the Glucks burg dynasty, which, little more than ten years ago was but a younger branch of a small and poor German princely family, all at once should rise to so prominent a position in Europe. The right of succession to Denmark's old throne, a daughter married to the heir to England's throne, a younger son called to the Greek throne, in near and pro bable prospect a daughter's marrying the future ruler of Russia, and the union of the eldest son with the only daughter of the King of Sweden and Norway. This is, in a short time, a much more powerful development of the family's power and influence than the advancement of the envied Coburg family, by degrees, to one of European con sequence. It may be understood if such prospects tempt to accept without further consideration what here is offered. The Crown of Greece contains, as we might say, in itself, a sort of promise of future greatness, of a restoration of the Byzantine empire, which, by its position and extent would become one of the greatest powers in Europe; and why should this promise not be fulfilled when England and Russia, both connections by marriage, thereby could meet in the East ? But behind these proud dreams we espy reality with less inviting prospects. Greece is a small state, whose restless ambition is neither supported by outer power nor inner ability; it is poor ; it is far behind in intellectual and material civi lisation ; its finances are in an endless disorder, its credit is destroyed; it is demoralised by oppression during centu tries, and the weakness of a bad government ; it is rent asunder by factions whose patriotism does not govern their passions; it is a ball for intrigues and plots, acted by Greek puppets, but led by foreign strings. And, into this whirl pool, which has frightened able and ambitious men away, a young boy of eighteen is now to be thrown, a good natured and merry midshipman, whose greatest trouble hitherto has been to get through his lessons and to escape being caught at his little tricks. To this land that must be raised by its King, and which cannot raise him, a poor Prince without experience, without serious interests, with out reliable councillors, is now to be sent, where he will risk being thrown forward and backward between parties whose ideas he cannot value, between efforts whose spirit is strange to him, to end at last, like King Otho, in flying from his thorny crown, rich in nothing but contempt. This 'fate, which is quite probable as the fulfilment of the Byzantine Imperial dreams, no father could wish for his child. His Majesty the King, who so jealously guards the interests of the Royal house, and Prince Christian, who has earned his best claim on affection as the father of a family, would not either be dazzled by fantasies, but keep reality before them ; and the young Prince himself, whose youth saves him from any great measure of ambition, has every reason to consider well before he sacrifices a peaceful and undisturbed life for the cares and bitter disappointments which, according to all reason, await him in a more prominent position. " However, the personal question is neither the only one nor the most important one. Denmark has also an interet4 in this matter, and from the moment that the Glucksburg family was called to the succession, it becomes its inviolable duty to consider the interests of the country before its own dynastic grandeur. The right of succession is limited to Prince Christian and his three sons by Princess Louise ; these, and only these and their male descendants in one continued male line, are heirs to the Danish monarchy. It must not necessarily have been so ; the treaty of London of May 8, 1852, supposed, on the contrary, that the agnatic cegnatic succession of the Lex Regia should continue in force for the Danish state; but the hereditary law of July 31, 1853, cut this historical tie in a very melancholy way, and the consequence is now, that not only the integrity of the Danish monarchy, but even the cohesion of the Danish state, depends on Prince Christian's three sons and their agnatic descendants. Experience teaches that Royal houses often degenerate or become extinct ; and the three lives on which our succession depends, therefore, give so small a security for the future that every diminution thereof becomes really dangerous. This objection cannot be dis missed by saying that Prince William may take his Danish right of succession with him to Greece. It is not sufficient for us that there are eventual Danish suc cessors in Athens, educated in the Greek-Catholic religion, foreign to our land, our language, our manners, our whole way of thinking. We cannot be satisfied if we should some future day have to send a deputation to Athens to fetch a King, as the Greeks now send one to Copenhagen. Prince William's acceptance of the Greek throne would thus diminish the dynastic guarantees which the Danish Monarchy possesses, and there is not the least reason why we should make such a sacrifice, if no compensation is offered. The full security for the succes sion is so very important because the interior constitutional relations aro in a disturbed state of fermentation, and be cause grasping neighbours make use thereof to undermine the integrity. If the interior relations were finally settled, peace and quiet e/tablished, the possibility of foreign inter meddling excluded, then the danger arising from an even tual interruption in the line of succession would be less to be feared. It therefore announces itself as a natural condi tion that the Powers which are so eager to get a king for Greece, make good what Denmark loses in dynastic security by helping it to put an end to the constitution question, and prevent the encroachments of Germany. Let England and France acknowledge Denmark's right to settle the affairs of the monarchy on the basis of autonomy for Hol stein, and the complete amalgamation of Schleswig with the kingdom, and let them promise it an active support against the possible attacks of Germany, then we would have gained something which could counterbalance the loss of security for tha succession, and Prince William might then go to Greece with the feeling that whatever he might do for his new fatherland he would have deserved well of the one he had left. " The necessity of making this condition seems so clear to us that we cannot understand how any Danish Government could undertake tho responsibility of not doing so. The de mand is not greater than what the two leading Powers might very well agree to, and their own interests would induce them to do so. It is not to do Denmark a favour or to hon our the Glucksburg family that they recommend and sup port Prince William's candidature, but solely from political motives, and they have gone so far, they have compromised themselves so badly before the Greeks, that they cannot draw back. Experience has next taught us that the Great Powers have no other object in the Dano-German question than to bring it to an end ; they took Germany's part when they thought thereby to frighten us into com pliance, and they would assist and support our cause if some interest or other could be served by it. But, it is said, it does not look well to impose conditions on great powers that offer a crown I It is odious to trade with Prince William, to sell him to foreign Powers, and bargain for the disinclined g,i right,hl delicacy n e 30 pieces of silver I If this sort of considerations were de ri cisive there would be no more to say. But they seem to us very simple, much too childish. Let us take a look at the way in which England has acted ; how it has used Den mark and the Danish Prince without the least ceremony, as if they were chessmen without a will of their own in its hand ; how the King of Denmark has been taken no notice of at all ; how every regard has been put aside in order to create a fait accompli; how it let its envoy, Mr. Elliot, call forth the election and then leave Athens, as if the whole affair were thus settled ; and lastly how it, in order to crown the cynic regardlessness arranges a regency by the Coburger Ernest, ' the hero from Eckernforde,' for the Danish Prince. Is there one single trait in the whole of these proceedings which calls for gentle modesty on Denmark's part ? Is it not, on the contrary, quite clear that there is no getting on with such a political system as Earl Russell's if you do put al we all England h to y ad to nvmawoenaialdecl purpose.xefibebp n pe l explained i h i t n e he e e there is have k i ssg i ao v un e n h up s s o o n u , r s opportu nitye to get our right acknowledged, we do not make use of s ' i If the rumouris . . correct Prince Christian is at present edl first enrllosgettu: aside nisooroi dnimwge o h o F t fe t h / ktawhtu We h a ve s t oo d on our part, and it that case will n y ot come expected that his Majesty the King in of the Prince. But if to a resolution contrary to the wishes favour of the Greeks, th there be an inclination to decide in and his future clemetine:l'i the regard for the young Prince guarantees for his independence take place under sufficient and for a real core. ti. ut ional government. And the interest e of Denmark demands that the sacrifice which the eountry and Royal family make to the wishes of Europe is compensat e d for su pp o rt of the two great Powe rs i n the final by the powerful ou r quarrel with Germany in a manner conformable settlement our right. A prudent use of the moment would ensure with rethe fulfilment of both conditions," Naval and Military Intelligence. THE NAVY. A correspondent at Plymouth has received a letter from Bermuda, dated March 21, which states that the French ship of war Calumet, Commander Faber, arrived on the 19th, five days from Guade loupe. She was sent to receive the French invalid sailors and soldiers left in the hof4tital in the naval yard by the French ships of war Vauban and Alba tross. As Admiral Alei. Milne had made arrange ments for their transmission in the Orlando to Eng land, to be sent thence to France, he thought it better that they should still proceed in the frigate rather than iu the Calumet, which had to go to Fortress Monroe and New York before she returned to Guadeloupe. Commander Faber readily yielded to the admiral's suggestion. The Calumet was to leave on the 22d of March. She had obtained coal at the dockyard, with a supply of fresh provisions and some oxen. The Orlando was to leave on 25th, and goes home to be docked, as she never recovered from the injuries she received on her passage out to Halifax last winter. The Nile, 78, Captain Edward K. Barnard, left on the 13th for St. Thomas's, Nassau, and Havannah ; she will be absent about six weeks. The Galatea, 26, Capt. R. Maguire, left on the 20th for New York, to await despatches from Lord Lyons. Pay master Henry Pengelley, of the screw steam-sloop Petrel, 11, Commander G. W. Watson, died in the Naval Hospital about a week since. Mr. J. T. Snater, of the Admiral's office, has been promoted, and appointed paymaster of the Petrel. The Ri naldo leaves us in a day or two for Fort Monroe. All the ships occupying the outer basin at Wool wich have been cleared out and laid up in ordinary Leander. for the purpose of commencing the works connected with the enlargement of the entrance for the recep tion of the iron-cased ship Caledonia, ordered to be admitted by August 1. The Civil Engineer de partment, under the superintendence of Mr. Miller, yesterday commenced driving the piles for the for mation of a cofferdam, after which the basin will be thoroughly drained and the lower coping of the entrance cut away, to give additional space for the admission of the Caledonia, rendered necessary by her unusual breadth and dimensions. The process of armour casing the Caledonia is advancing, and will be much accelerated by the aid of Messrs. Smith, Beacock, and Taurett's powerful machinery, specially ordered for that purpose. The " conning towers," three in number, erected on the upper deck, are nearly completed, and, together with the general structure of the vessel, are highly creditable to the builder's judgment and experience. Admiral Robinson, Controller of the Navy, in his official survey of the Caledonia on Thursday last, remarked that he had no hesitation in stating as his opinion that the Caledonia, when completed and at sea, will be the most solidly built ship afloat. The ventila tion of the ship on a new principle is now occupy ing the attention of Mr. Turner, the builder. A powerful force-pump will expel the vitiated atmo sphere and supply every compartment with pure air. On board the iron-frigate Achilles, 50, building at Chatham, the greatest activity prevails, and under the operations of the 1,200 hands constantly em ployed on her very considerable progress is daily perceptible. At the close of this present week all the mechanics, shipwrights, and other hands engaged on this vessel will commence working additional hours, entering the dockyard at 6 a.m. and work ing until 745 p.m. This arrangement will be con tinued during the summer, the Admiralty being de sirous of having her completed and afloat by the close of the year. On tha port and starboard sides 65 of the armour-plates had been fixed up to yester day afternoon, and the operation of bolting the slabs of iron to the exterior of the vessel will be car ried on as rapidly as the plates can be prepared and turned out from the adjoining factory. Each plate is laid on a backing of felt, and so evenly is the work finished off that it is impossible to insert a penknife blade between the edges even before the iron caulk ing is applied to the seams. Although the ironwork on board the Achilles is perfor med chiefl y b y ship wrights, who are employed as rivetters , platers, and in other capacities, and the whole of whom until within the last few months had been working ex clusively on wood, yet so admirably are they doing the work that the results of their labours will bear no unfavourable comparison with that of the most experienced mechanics in that particular depart ment. In the interior of the ship t he mec hanics are busy with the completion_ of th e waterti ght bulk heads or compartments. The Achilles is intended to be fitted with four' masts, all of which will be of iron and ship-rigged. The Arethusa, 51, 400-horse power, the last of the 50-gun sailing frigates converted at Chatham Dockyard from a sailing ship to a screw steamer, is preparedo st r e d a e m red re t s o er b v e eintheme for the taking the place of the division of the the Leander, 51, 500-horse power, which is daily expected to be commissioned. The latter vessel, having made good her defects and repaired the in juries which to te t a h t e he t r ria r l at g e ro o a f ed sp a e t ed t , he Maplin Sands to which occurred on her recent trial trip, will when an officer be e specially sent down from the department of the Controller of the Navy, will be present to note and report upon the results. The acre w gunvessel Jaseur, 5, 80 horse power, Commander W. J. H, Grubbs, fitting for service on the west coast of Africa, has been taken out of the great basin, and now lies at moorings in the Med way. The Jaseur will be succeeded by the screw gunvessel Snipe, which is ordered to take her place in the first division of the Chatham steam reserve. The Curagoa, screw frigate, oompleting her stor ing and outfit in the steam basin at Portsmouth, will be commissioned about Monday next by Capt. Sir W. Wiseman, as Commodore's ship on the Aus tralian station, in the room of the Orpheus. Com mander Phillimore joins the Curaeoa as her corn- mander. A gang of upwards of 80 convicts are now om ployed in No. 10 dock at Portsmouth, in chopping off with scrapers the composition and rust from the two lower tiers of armour-plates on the sides of the Black Prince iron :frigate. The oxidation on the surface of the plates amidships has been consider ably in the wash of the water-line, as must naturally be the case with slabs of iron only protected by paint or patent compositions. The Supply storeship, Master-Commander Bal liston, arrived at Spithead yesterday morning from the Mediterranean. Her news from Malta has been anticipated by the letter of a Malta correspon dent in The Sun of yesterday. The Supply is loaded with Government stores for Woolwich ; she also brings home 19 naval invalids and 3 men of the yf who were transferred Ittoollya.lMM.Sa.riVneicLtoirgyhtblyaftahnetr Sprightly steam tender, Master-Commander Allen. The Supply will proceed on from Spithead to Woolwich. The court-martial on board H,M.S. Victory at Portsmouth on Capt. Hillyar, C. 8., and Lieut. Lil lingston is still sitting. The case yesterday had suf ficiently proceeded to admit of evidence being re ceived on the latter part of the joint charge against the prisoners for " cruelty, oppres•iion, and unofficer like conduct, &c." When the case for the prosecu tion thus far is c?osed the prisoners will be called • on for their defence. Afterwards the Court will • have to proceed with the trial of Capt. Hillyar on • the charge of preventing entries being made in the defaulter's book contrary to the regulations of the service, &c. The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty :—Capt. W. K. Hall, C. 13., to the Cumberland, vice Capt. Thompson ; Capt. S. Gren fell, to the Russell, vice Capt. Hall ; Capt. J. N. aliis; Lieut. G. W. Allen, Lieut. A. P. M. Lake, and Lieut Stran . g F e,. t n o tßhreon2Cioironww, Lieut. J.W, F. Harvey, to the Marlborough ; Lieut. S. Pulley, and Lieut. H. A. Monteith, to the Nile ; Lieut. H.' B. Stewart, to the Sutlej ; Lieut. C. S.. Shuckburgb, to the Rattlesnake ; Lieut. H. F. R. Yorke, to the 'Tribune; D. H. Speer, master, to the Leander; G. Gordon, surgeon, to the Leander; T. S. Burnett and E. Malealey, assist.-surgeons, to the PEACE .4d. STAMPED ....Bd. -------7--.------.............----- from the data supplied by the rnagnificentCity neck lace which stands immediately b ene ath the diadem The centre stone of the City necklace is valued at 25,000, and one can count in the diadem above it no less than 11 brilliants almost, if not quite equal, to it in size and purity of water. This almost Queenly crown is so constructed as that it can be taken to pieces end worn, if wanted, in separate ornaments--a convenience of which it is not likely the Princess will ever avail herself, as it is almost embarrassing to conjecture how she is to manage, even by subdivisions of lie: time, to wear all the separate ornaments that are here disphlycd. Most of the presents given by the Royal family are the work of Gerard and Co., except one exquisitely beautiful gold necklace, given by the Prince, the Etruscan form of which shop; s it to be the work of Mr. Phillips. The young Princes and Princesses of our Royal family make a joint present of a noble brooch of brilliants and sapphires ; the Prince and Princess Louis of Hesse a bracelet of tur quoises and brilliants ; the Duchess of Cam bridge a magnificent diamond and emerald brooch ; and Princess Mary a diamond bracelet.; and the Duke of Cambridge also a diamond and enamel bracelet. The Landgrave William of Hesse and sisters give a most beautiful parure of solid gold, of a fine old Danish design ; and the Chamberlain Jnel, another suite of the same richness ; while the inhabitants of the two islands Laaland and Falster also send a gold suite, of ancient Scandinavian de sign— such as the wives of the Vikings of old might have worn in State—consisting of a massive diadem, armlet, brooch, hairpin, button earrings, and finger rings—all of massive gold, and of quaint old Runic design. One of the most interesting presents in this part of the collection is that made by the bridesmaids— a bracelet in eight compartments, each one contain ing a miniature of the fair young girls who fol lowed the Princess to the altar, with their initials set in diamonds on the cover of the portrait. The ladies of Liverpool give a cross composed of 11 large and superb briliiants, suspended from a row of pearls; the ladies of Manchester a very fine opal and bril liant bracelet ; the ladies of Leeds a fine diamond bracelet in a white anal gold casket. In a case by themselves are three bouquet holders, one from the Maharajah Dhulep Sing, one from the Lady Mayoress, one from the ladies of Gravesend. As the Princess brought one with h'3r, and Southampton is about to give her another, her Highness will need only one more to have one for every day in the week. , Of the three now at South Kensington, that made by London and Ryder for Dhuleep Sing is incom parably the finest. It is a most massive and costly ornament, of rock crystal and gold, jewelled over with diamonds, emeralds, rubies, and pearls. The Highland Companies of the Edinburgh Rifle Vo volunteers gave a beautiful and characteristic plaid or shawl brooch, with a Gaelic inscription ; and Lord Harris a massive, chased, gold Indian bangle, set with rubies and emeralds. These, how ever, are only the chief or most interesting orna ments among the jewellery. In the silver plate the most conspicuous ornament is the noble silvergilt toilet service presented by the royal household, to which we have already alluded. It is certainly the most beautiful, and is said to be the most costly, present of the kind ever made. Near it is a magnificent silver-gilt and jewelled vase, in the style of Holbein, the gift of the Duke of Buccleuch. Among the porcelain gifts there is a vase almost large enough to bathe in, given by the King and Queen of Prussia, from the royal factory at Meis sen. The middle portion contains a wonderful por trait of the King, so like, indeed, that everyone will be able to understand the cause of his difficulties with the Prussian Chambers, and his harsh dealing with the Poles. Near this are an ewer and plateau in the style of the 16th century, an imitation of the exquisite Limoges enamels as only the Royal Wor cester Works can produce. These are the gift of Lord Spencer. The Dowager Duchess of Slither land gives a china service and a beautiful pair of beakers, made by Minton, which will bear favour able contrast with the Sevres clock and turquoise porcelain candelabra presented by the members of the household of the Prince. The textile fabrics include all presents of this kind that have been made, from the Indian shawls and pieces of satin and velvet for dresses, given by the Queen and the Prince, to the exquisite fairy-looking webs of lace from Belgium, Norwich, and Ireland. The city of Norwich sends quite a small outfit in this depart ment—Norwich crape shawls, opera cloaks, and dresses. The three shawls from Norwich, made by Messrs. Clabburn and Sons, are hung close by the gold-woven tissues of Delhi which the Queen has given—a perilous juxtaposition for any European manufacturer. Yet the Norwich fabric does not suffer by comparison, and more than this it would be difficult to say. One shawl of Oriental pattern on a crimson ground is the nearest approach, not to the Cashmere shawl, for that is not to be imitated, but to the shawls of Delhi, which we have ever seen made in England. The laces given by the King of the Belgians are, as might be expected, wonderful triumphs of this species of art manufacture, though not superior of their kind to the laces that have been sent from Ireland. A Paisley shawl woven of Cashmere wool and silk, the gift of the Queen, and the manufacture of Romanes and Paterson, of Edinburgh, is another illustration of the strides with which this branch of native industry is outstripping all competition. The Committee of the British and Foreign Bible Society gave a very magnificent and somehow a rather pompous look ing Bible, but which, nevertheless, will not be looked on with the same interest as the very pretty Bible and Prayer-book given by the children of Windsor, or the Bible given from the children at the ominously-named school of Whippingham. Lord Hinchinbroke, the travelling companion of the Prince during his American progress, gives the Prince a cigar-box of Algerian onyx, richly mounted ; this and the gold casket in which his Royal Highness received the freedom of the Fish mongers' Company are the only gifts to the Prince in the whole collection. In the centre of the cases devoted to fabrics are the portraits of their Royal Highnesses the Crown Prince and Princess of Prussia. They are the most perfect likenerssreisecoe both that we have ever seen, that a especially being almost marvellous in like fidelity of feature and expressaiorne. parures, and its mirror like is singular that, though there bracelets, and brooches, and uet holders till one repetition, not gets almost tired of the gn lit te ring all parts of England one of the many : the presenting .Princess with a have thought of donors i English manufacture in which we stand specimen of E many presents are still to unrivalled—we mean a thoroughly goodsupre;rJeglainshd watch.unriv be forthcoming, and their nature is yet undecided 00, th i s omission may yet be rectified. To-night admission to South K • ensington will be given by tickets only between the hours of 8 and 11. After this week visitors • will be admitted ac cording to the usual rules of the museum—viz., three days a week free, and three day s o n payment of 6(1. A. Vienna letter says i " Miss Pastowojtoff is now a famous personage. She is now living in Prague in the Hotel de Saxe, and will, it appears, remain there for some time. A number of curious folks gathered before her windows to endeavour to get a sight of her, but failed ; the lady would not gratify their curiosity. She is I mostly with another distinguished Polish lady, who is also wrapped in mystery, no one knowing who she is. She is young, well shaped, and of an interesting appearance, walking always alone in the promenade. Miss P. has an old servant with her, and makes use of the hotel equipage. She has an elegant bearing, and on her pale cheek is an imprint of sorrow, which is further deepened by the mon ing she wears. She is graceful in her manners, wh ich .gr i e f. She point to a vivacious mind now subdued by speaks very good German, uses Polish only with her ear. iparole not want. She is without a guard, having given her to mix up any more with the Polish movement., t v i k ": 4 1 ' ertr,r - \• Nt 7 COITRT OF ALDERME - A Court of Aldermen was held yesterday in the Alder man's Chamber, Guildhall—the Right Hon, the Lord Mayor presided, The LORD MAYOR isid before the Court the communica tion which he had received from Sir G. Grey, informing him of the confinement of her Royal Highness the Princess of Hesse, on the morning of the s'h inst., and it was ordered to be entered upon the journals of the Court. The SHERIFFS presented their reports of the state of the prisons, from which it appeared that the number of pri soners in Newgate was 117, in the Debtors' 91, and in the City Prison at llolloway 436. Mr. Alderman COPELAND asked if the number of pri soners at Holoway was not mach largm• than usual. Mr. Alderman etrAws, one of the visiting magistrates to the prisons, said it was very much larger, and they were consequently obliged ke( p some of the. prisoners in association, as they had not sullicient rcont to keep them separate, as Was &sited. PAIS LUNATIC`. A report was brought up from the General Purposes C auwittee, "On the reference to i,,quire relative to the amount elm' ,eagle up , n the City ca:3l fa. the support of i.auper lunatics, with a Hum of the number of lunatics', end the itivaitit paid fur th.^ last. ten rear:, and Ihe opinion of the law office's as to the liability of the Corporation," staling that the comnotke had directed the return to be made, and it had bun soot in ; and it appeared that in 1852 —the year iu which the act of Parliament 16 and 17 Vic., cap. 97, came into operation, the number of paupers sup potted at the expense of the Corporation of London was 13, at a cost of £444 14s. The number for the past year up to Sept. 29 was 42, at an expense of £1,479 9s. id., and since that period to which the return was made the number had been still further increased. The committee, in order to as certain the liability of the Corporation under the 97th cap, of the 16th and 17th Vic. , in respect to these expensee, directed that the opinion of the law officers should be taken 'thereon, and they also requested that they would advise the necessary course to be pursued, there being no county rate for the city of London. The solicitor had reported to them the following opinion of the law officers, which was signed by Russell Gurney, Thomas Chambers, Ferdinand Brand, Edward Tyrrell, and T. G. Nelson , Es q s. :—" That they are of opinion that the Corporation is not liable under the 16th and 17th Vic., cap. 97, for the support of pauper luna tics. The cost of supporting pauper lunatics is by law to be defrayed out of the county rate, and if no other fund were available for that purpose, the magistrates would doubtless be compelled by mandamus to impose a county rate on the City." The report was adopted, and was referred back to the committee to take what steps they thought advisable. THE ACCIDENTS ON THE NIGHT OF THE ILLUMINATIONS. The LORD MAYOR addressed the Court, as it was about to break up, and said that he found himself placed in consi derable difficulty. Her Majesty the Queen and his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales had sent to him the sum of £125 to be distributed amongst those persons who met with accidents upon the occasion of the illuminations in the City on the 10th March. That fact having got abroad, the num ber of accidents that had been recorded was fabulous, not in the City alone, but also in the metropolis, and the num ber was quite beyond belief. What he was to do with the £125 under these circumstances, he was at a loss to con ceive ; and he hoped the Court sr ould allow him to place the matter in the hands of the General Purposes Committee, that they might adopt such a mode of distribution as they might think best. Mr. Aldermen COPELAND said he hoped no allowances would be made to persons who had received such trivial in juries as a black eye, as applications by such persons were so numerous before the committee that the whole considera tion was adjourned. Mr. Alderman SIDNEY thought his lordship could deal with it much better himself, and he was sure that if he did so ho would give satisfaction to the whole court. If it went to a committee there would undoubtedly be a large number of alaims such as were mentioned by Nderraan Copeland, and the returns would show a large number. If Sir G. Grey wanted anything to carry out the object he had in hand, he could not have anything better, as no doubt there would be a la number with trifling injuries come for a donation from the fund. Sir J. MUSGROVE said the money had not been sent to them as a Court of Aldermen, but to his lordship as Lord Mayor. It seemed to him that if the Court took it up it would make it a public matter, which would lead them into considerable difficulties, and ho hoped his lordship would excuses the Court from taking it upon themselves. If his lordship would take the distribution of it at the Mansion house, where there was a staff well calculated to perform the task, ho was sure the court would be well pleased with any mode which his lordship might adopt, and he hoped the Court would not deal with it. Mr. MECHI said, notwithstanding the difficulties which might present themselves, the Court could not but respect the kindly feeling which prompted the donation. The LORD MAYOR said, by way of illustration of the kind of applications to which he had to listen, that a woman had been imprudent enough to go out to see the illumina tions, although she expected every day to be confined. She was confined the next day, and she sent to say that it would he very convenient if she could have a portion of the fund ; showing that unless the return was made with a great deal of care it would have a great effect in the House of Commons as regarded a proposal which was about to be considered. It was within the knowledge of all the Court that the Secretary of State had called upon him for a return of all the accidents in the City and out of the City, and this advertising the £125 would be likely to bring forward a great many trivial accidents both in and out of the City. Mr. Alderman GABRIEL said the distribution of the re turns ought both to be limited to the official reports, and those accidents known to the police. Mr. WOODTHORPE, the Town Clerk, said the inquiry was being directed by the Police Committee, and the re port would be before the Common Council shortly. It was finally arranged that his lordship should take the distribution of the money. The Court then adjourned. THE ARMY. Major-Gen. Sir Richard Dacres, K.C.8., Com mandant of the garrison at Woolwich, returned yes terday from leave of absence and resumed the duties of the garrison, performed in the interval by Col. Sir David E. Wood, K.C.8., commanding the Horse Brigade. A battery of 40 pounder Armstrong guns was de spatched yesterday morning from Woolwich, to be given over to the charge of the officer commanding at Aldershot. Gen. Bloomfield, accompanied by Col. Cuppage, R.A (commanding South-Eastern district) and Ma jor Teesdale, R,A.,qtrii - ved at E.stbourne on Mon day for the purposeJof inspecting the new works at the Redoubt and to witness the practice with the Armstrong guns which have recently been mounted on the sea front. The practice with OA. Armstrong guns was brought to an abrupt conclusion by one of the 110. pounders being dismounted at the first discharge. The gun was served with the usual charge of powder and a solid 1101 b shot. From some reason or other the recoil was so great that the gun ran back to the end of the slide and then reared on end and fell backwards, carrying with it the carriage. Fortunately no one was injured. The iron screw troopship Megtera, 6, Commander Henderson, from Portsmouth, arrived at Plymouth yesterday morning at 8.30 with the first battalion of the 2d Royals, which will be quartered in the Raglan Barracks, Devonport. The Bridal Gifts to the Princess of Wales. The desire of the public to examine those testi monies of affection and respect which have been sent to our young Princess, not only from most parts of Europe, hut from almost every county in Great Britain, will be gratified for the first time this even ing in the exquisite new court of the South Ken sington Museum, and we venture to say that for once popular anticipation has rather undervalued their attractiveness. Much of the effect of the dis- play is no doubt due to their beautiful arrangement, much also to the pleasant memories connected with the gifts themselves; but even allowing for these minor advantages the collection itself remains a noble series of gifts, worthy the young Princess and the great nation which has lovingly tendered the greater part of them for her acceptance. The pre sents, as we have said, are shown in the new North Court of the Museum, which was built for the ex hibition of sculpture and monumental objects of Italian origin, especially such as were designed to be placed in the open air. By great efforts, and by the adoption of certain provisional arrangements, some of which still remain, it was opened for a time during the Exhibition. But in the interval which has since elapsed it has been entirely re-arranged according to the original intention, which was to provide a covered place, with light as nearly as pos sible like that of the open air, so as to produce a gene ral effect similar to that of an Italian coltile, open to the sky and surrounded by cloisters in subdued light. Here, among the works of Brunelleschi, the magnificent enamelled ware of Della Robbie, or the lustred majolicas of the great master Giorgio, are shown the bridal gifts in a kind of interior court, the walls of which are fluted to represent white satin, decorated with festoons and wreaths of bay leaves. In the centre of the court are two lofty Venetian banners, the noble bases of which are copies, in electrotype, of the standards in front of St. Mark's, Venice. From these hang silken pen nons, most effectively decorated by Mr. Grace with arms of the Prince and Princess, In this interior court the cases containing the presents have been so arranged by Captain Fowke as to allow the greatest number of persons to see them at the same time, while the contents of the cases themselves have been grouped by Mr. Redgrave, R.A., into the most effect colour combinations we have ever seen accomplished. Between the angles of the cases are small groups of exotics and flowering ferns, and the railed-in space in front of the cases allows visitors to enter and circulate freely round them in one con tinuous direction till all has been seen, and, of course, admired. Here are brought together, probably for the first time, all the bridal cadeaux which the young couple have received, from the simple little gifts of children up to the regal offerings made by our own Queen, by the Prince himself, or by Continental Powers. Not a single gift made has been omitted. Shawls, laces, dresses, cloaks, all are here, and all of them lent without restriction as to time ; in fact, for as long a period as the public show the interest they excite by crowding to see them. The gifts are divided into five classes—that is, jewelry and goldsmith's work, silver plate, porce lain, textile fabrics, and miscellaneous; but, except in the matter of jewelry, no actual division is at• tempted, and the plate and china, shawls, laces, and works of art, are, as we have said, grouped together with beautiful effect as to form and colour. The jewelry makes a magnificent display. There are whole suites of gems, with bracelets, rings, brooches, lockets, and even tiaras, for almost every day in the week. The most magnificent of these are, of course, those given by the Prince himself, by her Majesty, and by the King of Denmark. The latter is a truly Royal gift—a gorgeous necklace of five rows of brilliants and pearls, terminating in the centre in an enamel fac simile of the famous Byzan tine ornament—the much-revered cross of Dagmar, beautifully executed. Copenhagen claims to be the Athens of the Northern countries, and certainly this specimen of its taste and skill in fine jewelry would seem to show that it has strong grounds for its high assumption. Unquestionably, however, the most beautiful and the most tasteful specimen of jewelry is the parure presented by the Queen in the name of the late Prince Consort, and made from a design drawn by his Royal High ness himself. The setting of these famed gems— opals and brilliants—the beautiful forms chosen for all the ornaments, show how perfectly true was the late Prince's taste, that he could thus, in his few leisure moments, draw designs at will which might serve as models to the whole trade of jewellers. Of the same kind, in another part of the collection, will be found three drawings of noble groups of silver-gilt plate, now making at Messrs. Hunt and Roskell's, but not yet ready for exhibition. These drawings represent gifts made by the Queen in the name of the Prince Consort, and executed from the Prince's own designs. The centre group will be a noble and most lofty tezza, the base surrounded with a large group of figures representing Edward I. presenting the first infant Prince of Wales to the Welsh chieftains. The two vases which are to accompany tohfisßyilligebieftaair.ee of _Etruscan form, so graceful in shape and ornamen tation that even our greatest modellers might feel proud of their conception. But to return to . the j o e r w na e m ilY etits l , ncoonnseisteiansge isO f corsage,shown pearls emeralds, and armlet, entirely composed and diamonds, the gift of the (2ue.en. jewels having " barbaric gold and gems,"a are of course in a pa s i u r ite of having been cut and set in Ind' is to say, the diamonds the pure Oriental style--that tor all the er re b s p em ea b r l l e an c d o d m i na am on ond g n la drilled through and spoilt by holes ; in fact, though the value of this present must be very great it is much more curious than beautiful, necklace l a a s c e it an i d s ohfralenedlelatsr, are flat and lustreless, and the fine emeralds are and the in the power of such rich and rare gems to do. earrings, the gift of the Prince to his bride, and one of the most costly most costly, however, is the brilliants, also given by the day before the marriage.of them all. The grand diadem of fine the Prince to the Princess It is impossible to jewels Near i t a a s r e m a u s c u h p avoid mentally calculating the great costliness of this royal gift, especially when one can guess at it CITY SEWERS COMMISSION. Yesterday the Commissioners of Sewers of the City meg at the Guildhall, for the despatch of business. Deputy De Jersey presided. - . SALE OF GAS ACT AMENDMENT BILL. Alderman WILSON called the attention of the Court to thcf provisions of this bill, which he said stood for second read ing in the House of Commons that evening. The City had, since the passing of the Sale of Gas Act, been put to an ex pense of about £2,400, and the cost of carrying the act out in the City was about £750 per annum. Large numbers of persons in the metropolis, as well as the City, had availed themselves of the arrangements made by the City for the stamping of the meters ; but, under the proposed amended act, they would not be able to do so, as ono of its provisions went to the effect that no inspector should be empowered to stamp any meters manufactured out of his district. Now, this would act injuriously in the City, as it was well known that there was, perhaps with one exception, no manufac tory of the kind within the City boundary. He thought it advisable that the interests of the City should be pr.- tected in this matter, and ho wou ld su gg est that a d ? putao tion should wait upon Sir George Grey upon the s ubject. Aftei some conversation it was d ecided to refer the subject to the General Purposes Committee for considoration,a u to confer thereon if necessary w ith Sir George Grey and ul Court of Aldermen. OF THE "f 7 . the City, Dr. CONDITIO N . e _, h f or uses that had reported on the state of 350 ho b naitted a list of 109 places reported that the been inspected during the fortnight, andt .12 He likewise . Dr. LETTIEBY, the mediiczaelßouffi_oer of . n o ei markets and slaug- - _ - roned 7,6081 b of meat as unfit for hu. the officers had a. for sanatory imPr°;:teeratilaou. see had been duly inspected, and o c i e b n were diseased, 3,2121 b were putr i d, and man food ; 4 ; 8 r0 8 n : an imals that had di e d f rom accident or 508th were u - oon sisted of 18 sheep, 6 p i gs, 1 calf, 43 quarters o f be ef, and 61 joints of meat, b es id es 11 casks of pickled beef. A ll o f it was sent t o th e b oilers and destroyed. Two or three cases had been brought under the notice of the j u stices, and they advised them to be prosecuted further. 114 births and 114 deaths have been registered during the fortnight. The mortality returns are a little below the average (120) for the corresponding period of the last seven years ; 47 of the deaths were among children of less than five years of age, and 24 amongst old persons of 60 and up wards. The chief causes of death were as follows :-13 from plithisis, 4 mesenteric disease, 3 hydrocephalus, 6 pneumonia, 19 bronchitis, 6 continued fever, 8 scarlet fever, 3 small-pox, 3 measles, 5 diphtheria, and 1 croup, making together 20 deaths from tubercular diseases, 25 inflamma tory tory affections of the lungs, and 22 diseases of a zymot character. After transacting some other business, the Court ad. g journed. RUMOURED NEGOTIATIONS TO PURCHASE CoN-. 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