The Sun. — London, England, 1863-06-30 00:00:00

THE CONTINENTAL GAS AND WATER CO NPANY (Limited). ABRIDGED PROSPECTUS. Capital £500,000, in 0,000 shares of £lO each. First issue £ 0,000, i 5,000 shares. bcposit, 10s. per share on application, and 10s. on allotment. No future call to exceed £ per share, as intervals of not less than three months, Interest at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum to be allowed for the first twelve months, during - the construction of the new works. DIRECTORS. Alexander Beattie, Esq., M.D., Medical Inspector Peninsular and Oriental Steam Company. -A-myand Elliott, Esq., 29, Cadoc.fan-plane, Belgrave-square. Junes ReynoLds, Esq., Director of the Independent Gas Company, J,lin &manes, Esq., Director of the G neral Iron Foundry Company. Charles Saunderson, Esq., Director of the Guarantee Society. George Scamell, Esq , Director of the Submarine telegraph Company. Henry Palfrey Stephenson, Esq.. Deputy Chairman of the Crystal Palace District Gas Company. Felix Webber, Esq., Catierd Hou-e, Calf ord Bridge, Kent. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Edwards and Co, Westminster. ENGINEER. J. Hodgson Jones, 'AT emb. Inst. Civil Engineers, F.C.S , 26, Gres George-street, Westminster. BANKERS. M. tropolitan and Provii,oial Bank, 75, CornhilL BROKERS. Messrs. Crossley Brothers, 30, Cornhill. Offi..es : 30, Cornhill. The highly profitable results which have attended the in veqinent of English capital in gas works on the Continent favour an extension of enterprise in that direltion. The following - are the dividends paid on, and the present prices or, the shares of English companies having works on the Continent:— Dividend. !Amount paid P rese nt Name of' Company. per share. Price. The Imperial Conti-1 12 per et £43 15 £B3 to £Bl nental Gas The European Gas •• 10 t• £lO 0 £l6 Ditto New .... 10 ~ £2lO £6 The Malta and Medi terranean Gas, re- 1 6 ~ £3 0 Xi to 1 pm. cently established Tnere is room for great improvement in the present sup ply of water on the Continent. The directors hive already secured the water-works of Arras, the chief town of the de partment of the Pas-de-Calais, in France. The earnings of the current year will be sufft3ient to give six per cent. profit on this section of the capital of the company. No payment is to be made to promoters. Prospectuses and forms of application for shares may be obtained, of the brokers, the solicitors, and at the of at' the company where the memorandum and articles of asso ciation can be seen. T HE LONDON COCOA - NUT FIBRE COMPANY (Limited). Incorporated under the CL mpank s Act, 18E2, whereby the Liability of every Shareholder is limited to the amount of his shares. Capital £20,000, in 20,"00 Shares of £1 each. Deposit ss. on application, and ss. on allotment. Calls not to exce' d ss. per share. No call to be made within three months irom the Incorporation of the Company, and sub sequent Calls at intervals of not less than tnree months. DIRECTORS. F. M. Hayward, Esq., 32, 4,t orge-street, Hanover square. Major Bamford, 6, Sutherland. street, Belgrave - squar e. Frederick Angerstein, Esq., 133, B,oane-street, and Carlton Club. Frank Cole, Esq., 76, Gower-street, Bedford-square. T. Littlewood, Esq, Broom Hall, bheffteld. J. Stevens, Esq„ 6s, Cornhill. With power to add to their number. BANKERS. The English and Irish Bank (Limited), 25, Poultry, E.C. SOLICITOR. Charles Parke, Esq., 37, Moorgate-street, AUDITOR. Mr. S. T. Cooper, Public Accountant, 10, Basinghall street, E.C. SECRETARY—Mr. C. H. Baker. MANAGER OF WORKS—Mr. James Lane. Temporary Works—Arthur-terrace, Holloway. Offices -No. 1, Sun-court, Cornhill. This Company is formed for the purpose of manufacturing Cocoa-Nut F bre Mats and Matting, under Letters Patent granted to Georg e Davies, dated the 24th April. 1 862 . The principal feature of Davies's Invention consists in the improved pile of the mat, and, owing to the mode of weaving, great durability is given to the fabric at a reduced cost of manufacture. The superiority of articles manufactur ed by this process over the present method will be well understo d in the trade when it is stated that matting of all descriptions, and car riage and door mats, .Ir.c., have a thick fibrous pile upon the surface hitherto unattained. The ontinually extendir g demand for articles made of Cocoa Coe will be gr, atly stimulated by the introduction of the patent process into the manufacture. The harshness hitherto complained of in matting made of this material in the ordi nary method will.no longer rema n a source of complaint, the patent process rendering the material and articles made of it not only more durable, but much softer. The Patent at the present time is being worked profitably to a limited extent. The proposed Capital will be ample for the payment of the purchase-money for the patent, for looms and other plant, and for working the busine s on a large scale. The calculations made warrant the probability that the profits will exceed 26 per cent., and as the manufactory re quired is of a simple and inexpensive character, the works will be in operation, and profits will be realised, within three months after allotment of shares The following is an Estimate of Profits to be realised : s . X d. 80 Looms, producing 30ft. Mats per day, at 2d. per foot profit (when sold at the lowest mar ket price), equal to .£llos. per week per loom ; after allowing for stoppages, Zre., say £1 per week per loom, equal to per annum .. .. 3,120 0 0 20 Looms on Matting and Fancy Work at a profit cf its. per loom per week, equal to per annum 520 0 0 £3,640 0 0 Rent, Taxes, Gas, and Firing for Manufactur ing .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 180 0 0 Wages and Mana4ement .. • . .. .. 624 0 0 0 0 0 3 Horses' keep •• •• • • • • •• •• 15 E , penses of Of f ices an d Staff .. .. 0 .0 300 0 0 Wear and Tear a count .. .. £2OO R eser ve account -- .. •• 200 0 0 400 0 0 Balance of Profit on Capital of £5,000, nearly equal to 40 per cent. per a nnum .. 1,986 0 0 _ _ £3,640 0 0 If no allotment be made, the deposit will be returned in full. Specimens of the new and improved manufacturetions may be seen at the offices of the Company , where a p p licA for prospectuses add shares may be made. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Directors of the London Cocoa-Nut Fibre Company (Limited). No.l, Sun-court, Cornhill, E.C. Gentlemen,—Having paid to your Bankers the sum of , being the de-osit of ss. per share on shares in the London Cocoa-Nut Fibre Ccmpany (Limited), I request that you will allot me that i,umber; and I accept such share s, or an y less number. And I further request that my name may be placed on th • register of shareh lders for such shares so allotted. And I further agree to sign the Articles of Association vilL.n called upon so to do I am, Gentlemen, your most obedient Servant, Name Address Profession or Business Date RECEIPT FOR DEPOSIT. Received, this day of . IFI3, from , the sum of pounds shillings, being a deposit of ss. per share on shares in the London Cocoa-Nut F.bre Company (Limited). For If inconven!ent to make the deposit with the Bankers, the entir • form may be sent to the Company's offices, by post, aecompani,•d by a Cheque crossed, or by Post-office order, payable to the Secretary. THE GREAT CADER IDRIS LEAD, COPPER, IRON MINING, and SLATE COMPANY (Limited). This company being completely registered under the Joint- Stook Companies' Act, 1862, with Limited Liability, no Shareholder can, under any circumsta n c es, be made re sponsible for a greater amount than the shares tor which he subscribes. Capital £40,001, in 40,000 Shares of £1 each. Deposit, ss. per share on application, and ss. per share on allotment. DIRECTORS. Col:Abbott, 150, Leadenhall-street , and Upper Spring-street, are. William Portman-s Aner qu um, Esq. (former:3r H.M. Consul at Tunis), Penge, Surrey. E. J. Bridell, Esq. (Director of the St. David's Mining Corn pa,y), 34, Beaumont -street, Portland-p ace. E. J. Cole, Esq., 76, Gowtr-street, Bedfora-square. Ed' ards Richards, Esq., Knightsbridge, and Westbourne, Emsworth. Sussex. James Young, Esq., 19, Great George-street, Westminster. With power to add to their number. BANKERS. Messrs. Robarts, Lubbock, and Co., Lombard-strce. SOLICITOR. G. R. Dodd, Esq., F.S.A., 26, New Broad-street, E.C. AUDITORS. Will be appointed by the Shareholders. SECRETARY (pro tem.)—Messrs. Letch and Maguire. Temporary Offices—No. 1 Coleman -s t ree t-buildings, Moor gate,-street, E.C. This Comp , ny is formed for the purpose of purchasing nd an extensive and valuable gran t of Lead, Copper, n O Slate, en the north side of the noted Caller Idris Mountain, known as the Cyfannedd-fawr, in the parish of Llanegryn, Merionethslnre, North Wales, held under lease for 21 years, at 1-15th Royalty on all minerals (except Iron Ore, at a Royalty of only 4d. per ton). The great grant includes numerous lodes of Lead, Zinc, and Copper Iron of the beat quality, and blende with traces of Gold—also excellent Slate. An adit-level intersects several lodes of Silver-lead, or Galena. fi ve s promise of excellent A Copper lode opened upon , g re sults. An Iron vein runs through the entire grant. e can be worked An extensive bed of Slate o f g ood cleavag to great advantage. The Silver-lead, proved by assay, has yielded 40 ounces of silver to the ton of ore. Lead and Copper from a shaft at the end of the adit have reali: ed £32 per ton. The Iron vein is estimated to produce 61 per cent. of iron. The Slate is of superior quality, and can be cut into pave ment, flooring, chimney pieces, ‘tc. The streams of water running through the grant offer great facilities for workdig, scouring, and cutting the slate. for workin In fact, g a Quarry opened upon the property will pay well . The foregoing, facts and the position of the grant, in a rich mineral district, warrant the conclusion that, efficiently worked, the mine is capable of yielningreturns equal to those of the most profitable mines in the Principality. The property being adva,tageeusly situated about half a mile from the Welsh Coast Railway, from which a siding can be constructed at moderate cost, an 1 only miles by r übf c road from the shipping port of Barmonth, affords a facility of transit which greatly enhances its value. With these a evantage4, and adequate the Direct water power for working . machinery, dressing ores , & c., after careful investigation, confidently an ticipite that les. per sh a re upon the capital of the Comp an y will be sufficient re to d eve lope the wealth of the mine, and produCe profitable sults without further calls. The Lessee having agr e ed t o take £ 3,000 in cash, • and 5,000 paid up sh tree. assig ns all his interest in the mine, in c uding upwar 's of 160 acres of mineral ground—the pr,vious out lay—mining buildings, smith's shop, offices, dre- sing floors, bucking house, &c., immediate operati ons can therefore be commen ced when, in the judg ment of the Directors, sufficient capital is subscribed. Samples of the duffel ant ores taken from the mine, retorts, prospectuses, and forms of app ication for shares, ra may e o bt a ined at the Temporary Offices of the Comn ; and the deposit paid on application will be returned if no allotment be made to the applicant. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Directors of the Great Cader Idris Lead, Copper, Iron linincr, and Slate Company, (Limited). Gentlemen,—Havingr paid to your credit with Messrs. Robarte, L u bbock, and Co., £ , I h e re by request you w 11 aliot meshares in the above Company, and I agree to accept such sh.res, or any less number that may be allotted to me ; and I authorise you to inetrt my a. ame in the register of Shareholders for the same. Nam Address Prof es,ion or business -- pate .... ** •,...,...... No. 22,154 LADY EMILY PONSONBY'S NEW WORK. Just ready, in 3 vols., MAR Y 14 YNDS A Y. By Lady EMILY PONSONBY. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Orders received at all the Libraries. LORD WILLIAM LENNOX'S BIOGRAPHY. Now ready, in 2 vole., Bvo., FIFTY YEAR`' BIOGRAPHICAL REMINISCENCES. By LORD WILLIAM PITT LENNOX. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Now ready, with a LETTER from the A uthor, in 3 vols., F OURTH EDITION o! LOST AND SAVED. By the Hon. MRS. NORTON. " Lost and Saved' will be read with eager inta*est by those who love a touching story. It is a vigorous novel."— Times. A novel of ra e excellence ; fresh in its thought, shrewd and Subtle in its character-painting, and with a brave soul speaking through it. It is Mrs. Norton's best prose work." —Examiner. Hurst and B`ackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. S T. JAMES'S HALL.- GRAND FANCY BAZAAR. THIS DAY, from ONE till NINE o'clock. Admission—HALF-A-CROWN. Choice PICTURES—FLOWERS and FRUIT—RIMMEL'S FOUNTAINS. ST . JAMES'S HALL. — GRAND FANCY BAZAAR. THIS DAY (TUES r DAY I ), s a j ;IT Y WEDNESDAY and nefetrtu7SPl=NSFusoilf"gre. JAMES'S HALL.- GRAND FANCY BAZAAR. THIS DAY, from ONE till NINE. In AID of the FUNDS H off the LONDON SURGICAL MINION'S CHINATOY S CHILDREN'S CLOTHING and , dm &o. ST . T HEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE, JUNE 39, 1863. A Grand MELANGE DRAMATIQUE will take place in AID of the FUNDS for a NATIONAL METROPOLITAN MONUMENT to SHAKESPEARE, under the immediate Patronage of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Prin cess of Wales, before wnom 60 eminent artistes will have the honour of appearing. —Hon. Sec., Mr. Adolphus Francis, 43, Cumberland-street, Hyde-park. MR. CHURCH'S New Picture, the, ICEBERGS, painted from studies made in the Northern Seas in the summer of 1859.—German Gallery, 168, New Bond-street, W. Admission, ls. P A RI S. -=GRAND HOTEL DU LOUVRE. Established in 1855.—Situated in the most Central part of Paris, Rue de Rivoli and Place du Palais Royal —Six hun dred Bedrooms at from 3 to 201r—F0 Sitting-rooms at from 4to 201 r.—a richly decorated Dining Saloon—Table d'Rote at six o'clock—Public Coffee and Dinin g Rooms—Choice Wines—Dinners served a la carte both in the dining-rooms and the private apartments—Reading and Conversation Saloons ; also Saloons for Musical, Wedding, and other par ties all Newspapers and Serial Publications received— Divans, Coffee, Smoking, and Billiard Rooms—numerous Bath-rooms—Carriages on the premises —fi. st-class Private Equipages at command—Omnibuses r unning to all the rail way stations—Postal Letter-box—Telegraph-office day a n d night—Photographic studio—a staff of servants Epeaking all Languages. H E 0 X F 0 It D, A, OXFORD STREET. Will be performed Selections from the following Operas : LA CIRCASSIENNE, MARTHA, and MASANIELLO. Supported by Miss Russell, Miss Townley, Miss Ell!so n Messrs. Albert, Green, Bernardi, guista, Kimberley, and W. Diane, with full band and 'chorus. Conducted by Mr. Jonghmans. Drew Dean's Flute Solos Master Sanders, the Juvenile Vocalist. UNSWORTH, the modern Demosthenes. Eugene, W. Randall, J. Hutchenson, and the marvellous ARTHUR and BERTRAND. The HALL has been newly Decorated and Ventilated. and is now one of the most Beautiful in the Metropolis. CANTERBURY HALL AND FINE ARTS GALLERY. NOTICE.— ENTIRE CHANGE OF ENTERTAINMENT. This Evening the Marvellous ARTHUR and BERTRAND, the Two Frew h Clowns. ARTHUR LLOYD'S burlesque Drama, arranged expressly for him. A. B. HOLLINGSWORTH'S new Comicalities, &c, SAM COLLINS, with new Songs. UNSWORTH, the celebrated Stump Orator. EUGENE, and G. HUTCHINSON. GRAND SELECTIONS from OPERAS, GLEES, and CANTATAS. Principal Artistes—Miss Russell. Miss Townley ; Mr. Green, Signor Hunan, and Signor Tivoli. Conductor, Mr. Jonghmans. Admission--Hall, Ed. ; stalls and balcony, is. OYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. New IN Musical Invention, the GRAND PIANO °FICHE ST RE, c mbining a full Band of 2i Inst•uments, will be Performed on by the Inventor, Herr SCH LKENBACH, EVERY AFTER :\ 00N, between the hours of Three and Five o'clock. Admission—Sixpence and One Shilling. - -,- THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 30, 1863, METROPOLITAN RAIII,WAY.—On and after the Ist of JULY the Price of SEASON TICKETS will be REDUCED. MONTHLY TICKETS will also be issued. Particulars on application at the Superintendent's Office, or at any of the Stations on the Line. ROYAL AT.HAMBRA PALACE.—Continued Success of the marvellous RISARELIS. THE ENGLISH and SCOTTISH MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY (Limited) will COM MENCE BUSINESS at its Temporary Offices, No. 2, Royal Exchange-buildings, on WEDNESDAY NEXT, the Ist July, 26th June, 1E 63. By order, D. MACPHERSON, Secretary. E AST AND WEST INDIA DOCK COMPANY. The COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST and WEST INDIA DOCK COMPANY hereby give notice that a HALF YEARLY COURT or GENERAL MEETING of the said Company will be held, pursuant to the direction of the Act Ist and 2d William I V , cap. 52, at the Dock House, No. 8, Billiter-square, ou FRIDAY, the 10th day of July next, for the pur rose of choosing and appointing .E IGHT DIREC TORS in the room of those going out of office by rotation ; at which Meeting a DIVI bEND will be declared on the Captal Stock of the Company for the half year ending the 30th June. By order of the Court, GEORGE COLLIN, Secretary. East and West India Dock House, Billiter-square, June 26, 1863. N.B.—The chair will be taken at Two o'clock precisely. COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS' SCHOOLS for ORPHANS and NECESSITOUS CHILDREN, Pinner, Middlesex. A General Half-yearly Court was held at the London Tavern, this day, June 29, 1863, George Moore, Esq., trea surer, in the chair, when an .election of fourteen children— nine boys and five girls—took place. The following is the result of the poll : SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES. BOYS. Piper, Edmund William 9,281 Cooper, H. W. Jones, Benjamin Chapman, James Headland, C. Waters, T. H 6,246 G IF Baxter, E. A. Thorp, Lucy M. 4,817 Mansell, L. E. UNSUCCESSFUL Bo' Porter, clement 3,650 Marshall, Wm. Compton, F. C 2,275 Shenton, Fred. ROYAL ALHANIBRA PALACE. The FAIRY FOUNTAIN EVERY EVENING, at Ralf past Ten o'clock. ARGYLL ROOM S.-JULLIEN'S PROMENADE CONCERTS. NOTlCE.—Durirg the Week the Selections will be—" D er Frieschutz a - Forza del Deetino "—"II Trovatore " " Don Giovanni," &c. LEVY, the great wonder on the Cornet-a-Piston, plays from half-past Nine to Twelve. Admission, is. GE Ryder, E. C. ... 2,155 Bolton, Isabel Worsfold, Emily Offices, 76, Cheapside, Londi Massingham A. R .... 3,156 Goodchild, Louisa E... 3,050 A.D. 1720. MR. T. CARRICK begs to announce to his Artist Friends and the Public, that his Photographic s tab' i shment, 32, Regent-street, Piccadilly-circus, is now in lull operation. Cartes de Visite, 10 for les. 6d ; 21 for £l. 31iniatures on Ivory, Marble, and the Photographic base in his former styles. THE FARMER'S BAROMETER, 505., a new Instrumen`„ by Negretti and Zambra, will cor rectly indicate whether the Barometer falls for Rain or for Wind. Particulars by enclosing stamp.-1, Hatton-garden ; 57, Cornhill ; and 122, Regent-street. GEORGE HOBSON invites public attention to his Superfine West of England Woaden BLACK THS, for Beaufert and Frock Coats, £2 15s. to £3 3s. ; the New Neutral Cojour Scotch Angola Travelling and Tourist Suits. £2 108. to X' 188. ; the new Summer Trousers, leis. to 215.; the Baden Waistcoats, 1 is. Excellence wi h Economy. GEORGE HOBSON, 57, LOMBARD-STREET. The Union of the lonian Islands with Greece. Earl Russell has addressed the following despatch o her Majesty's ambassadors at the Courts of Aus ria, France, Prussia, and Russia : EARL RUSSELL TO LORD BLOOMFIELD. " Foreign Office, June 10. " My Lord,—The time is at hand when her Ala- LUXURIANT WHISKERS, Moustaches, and 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 invites a trial from the most sceptical, that they may be con vinced of its infallible power. Price 3s. 6d., s s. 6d., 10 s. ad. , and 215. Forwarded on receipt of postage stamps.—Thomas Elliott, hairgrovrer ( first floor), 51, Fenchurch-street. T. E.'s wigs. £1 10s. RIIPTURES.—BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. WHITE'S MOO-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (PERFECTED AND EXIIIBITED IN TILE GREAT FxIIIILITIDNB OF 1851 AND 1862), is allowed by upwards of Two Hundred Medioal Gentlemen to he the most effective nvention in the curative treatment of El ERN 1 A. The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effects, s here avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the body, while the requisite resisting , power is supplied by the Moe-Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease ind 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, Us., 215., 265. ed., and 31e. 6d. Postage, Is. , Double Truss, 31s. &1., 425., and 525. ed. Postage, is Bd. Nn Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. Postage, Is. 10d. Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White,'Post office, Piccadilly. jesty's declaration of her readiness to consent to the union of the lonian Islands with Greece, if the NEW PATENT ELAST IC STOCKINGS, KNEE-CAPS, &c., for Varicose Veins and all cases of Weakness and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, &o. They are fporous, light in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on ile an ordinary stocking. Price 4s. M., 7s. Bd., 10s., to Ifss. eadh. Postage 6d. JOHN WHITE. Manufacturer, 22A, Piccadilly. :onion Islands should themselves desire that union, must be followed by practical measures; and her - - Majesty's Government are anxious, before taking further steps, to free the subject from ambiguity. As, therefore, some unfounded notions are enter- ained with respect to those islands, it may be use that I should call your Excellency's attention to ;he truth regarding their position, their rights, and ,heir future condition. " The lonian Islands are not, as some persons ap- pear to suppose, a part of the possessions of the British Crown. They form the Republic of the Seven Islands, placed by treaty under the protec tion of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom, his heirs and successors. The manner in which these slands came under the protection of the British Crown is well known to all those who are acquainted with the European transactions of 1815. Provisions relating to them were not included among the arti cles of the general treaty concluded at Vienna in the month of June of that year, but on the 4th of June of that year the plenipotentiaries of the four Powers, Austria, Great Britain, Prussia, and Russia, being assembled, recorded in a protocol what had passed at their conference of that day. The plenipotentiary of Austria declared that the question of the posses sion of the lonian Islands being connected with the tranquillity of Italy and of the former Venetian pro vinces, the Court of Austria would charge itself with the protection of these islands, and would gua rantee to them the maintenance of their laws and privileges. But the plenipotentiaries of Russia said that, desiring nothing else than to assure to the in habitants of those islands the happiest lot, and that CONSERVATIVE LAND SOCIETY. MEETING THIS DAY. most appropriate to their situation, they thought it their duty to promote the wish of the inhabitants of those islands that they should remain under the protection of Great Britain. The plenipotentiaries of Russia also remarked that Count de Capodistrias, who had been charged specially with this matter, _ . being absent, they could not then make any defini tive arrangement, and they proposed an adjourn ment, and this proposal was finally adopted. It is well known that Count de Capodistrias, who at that time enjoyed great favour with the Emperor Alexan der, was zealous in behalf of the nationality and The quarterly meeting was held this day at the offices in Norfolk-street—Lord Ranelagh in the chair. The SECRETARY (Mr, Gruneisen) read the advertise ment convening the meeting. The NOBLE CHAIRMAN read the following report of the Executive Committee : _ _ It will be gratifying to the shareholders to find that the Executive Committee of the Conservative Land Society are enabled to annex the following satisfactory tabular returns of the receipts for the three first quarters of the eleventh financial year : Qrs, ending int Shares Total Receipts. progress. iComplete. Shares. rope, and a breach of faith to wards the lonian people, if Great Britain were to turn a portion of a single free and independent State under her protectorate into a part of her military possessions, and to make Corfu an element of her European power. Her Majesty's Government propose, therefore, now that a King of Greece has been recognised.by the protect ing Powers, to consult in the most formal and au thentic manner the wishes of the inhabitants of the lonian Islands as to their future destiny. If those wishes, deliberately expressed, should be ;n favour of a union with Greece, her Majesty's Government would propose that, with a view to considering the future condition of the lonian Islands, a conference should be assembled, to consist of the representa tives of the Powers who signed the treaty of 1815, and of the protecting powers who, in 1827 and freedom of his country men. Knowing that the lonian Islands could not stand alone as an ludo 1832, signed the treaties by which the kingdom of Greece was constituted.—l am, &c., (Signed) " RUSSELL. " P.S. You are desired to read and give a copy of this despatch to Count Rechberg. R. * Similar despatches were addressed to Earl Cowley, Sir A. Buchanan, and Lord Napier. THE BRAZILIAN DIFFICULTY. The following despatch from Lord Howard de Walden, transmitting the decision of his Majesty the King of the Belgians in the case of the officers of the Forte, was published yesterday " LORD HOWARD DE WALDEN TO EARL RUSSELL. (Received June 24.) " Brussels, June 22. s. d. Dec. 24, 18e2 136 67 203 15 , 946 15 2 March 25, 1803 2OB 24 232 15,03 19 11 June 21, 1863 255 91 346 20,697 2 0 Three quarters ending Mid summer, 1863 599 182 7SI 52,257 17 1 Totals. to Sept 30, 18C2 14,760 3,925 18,685 625,392 13 2 Grand totals to Midsummer,'63 15,359 4,107 19,466 677,650 10 3 Compared with the receipts of the corresponding period last year, the present returns for the three quarters show an increase of £3,880 ss. 9d., an increase in the quarter over the Lady-day one of £5,083 2s. Id, and an increase on the issue of shares of 223, The total withdrawals since the formation of UP) society (September, 1852), to Midsummer, 1863, £199,348 3s. 3d. ; the total sale of land to Midsummer, 1863, £326,990 Is. 7d. The returns of the Register of the Order of Rights are as follow : Completed. Drawn. Seniority, Total. 4972 3191 1681 9844 Deduct Rights exercised on estates, &c.. 7449 pendent state, he wished to place them under the protection of Great Britain, whose institutions, framed on principles of liberty, he desired to see established among a people of Greek habits and language. These desires of Count de Capodistrias were, by the influence of the Court of Russia, and with the consent of Great Britain, accomplished by ,he treaty of Paris of November 5, 1815, between Great Britain, Austria, Russia, and Prussia. " The preamble of this treaty recites that the Powers concerned, animated by the desire of pro secuting the negotiations adjourned at the Congress of Vienna, in order to fix the destiny of the seven lonian Islands, and to insure the independence, F\ EAFNESS.—The SOUND MAGNIFIER INVISIBLE VOICE CONDUCTOR, a newly in vented instrument for severe cases of deafness. It fits into the ear, not perceptib'e, removes singing noises in the head, and enables deaf persons to hear distinctly at church and at public assemblies.—S. and B. SOLOMON S, 39, Albemarle street, Piccadilly. liberty, and happiness of those islands by placing them and their constitution under the immediate protection of one of the great Powers of Europe, have agreed to settle definitively by a special act whatever relates to this object,' &c. The first article of this treaty declares that the islands of Corfu, Cephalonia, Zante, Santa Maura, Ithaca, Cerigo, and Paxo, with their dependencies, such as they were described in the treaty between his Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias and the Ottoman Porte, of the 21st of March, 1800, shall form a single, free, and independent state, under the deno• mination of the United States of the lonian Islands.' The fourth article declares that ' the Lord High Commissioner of the protecting Powers shall regu- late the forms of convocation of a legislative assem bly, of which he shall direct the proceedings, in order to draw up a new constitutional charter for the State, which his Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland shall be requested to ratify.' The fifth article is as follows In order to ensure without re striction to the inhabitants of the United States of the lonian Islands the advantages re sulting from the high protection under which these states are placed, as well as for the exercise of the rights inherent in the said protection, his Britannic Majesty shall have the right to occupy the fortresses and places of those States, and to maintai❑ garrisons in the same.' A like provision places under the order of the commander-in-chief of the troops of his Britannic Majesty the military force of the said United States. "It appears clear from these provisions that the intention of the high Allied Powers was to found in the Seven Islands a free, independent State, which, by the protection of so powerful a country as Great Britain, might develop its resources without fear of external aggression, or internal anarchy. It appears also from the fifth article that the main object of the stipulation placing the fortresses in the hands of Great Britain was 'to insure to the inhabitants of the United States of the lonian Islands the advan tages resulting from the high protection under which the States are placed.' The constitution established in execution of the articles of the treaty contained in its fourth article a provision that the established language of the States is Greek,' thus showing conclusively that the intention of Count de Capodistrias to create a Greek nationality was steadily kept in view by Great Britain, as the state entrusted with the protectorate. " The British Government having received this trust, have endeavoured faithfully to discharge the duties imposed upon them by the allied Powers. In ,spite of many obstacles, they have amelio rated in all respects the condition of the in habitants. With regard, however, to the exer cise of the constitutional functions of the Lord High Commissioner and the legislative body, complete harmony has seldom prevailed between them. But the great change which took place in the condi tion of some of the neighbouring Turkish pro vinces, when the Greek people of those provinces asserted their independence, altered materially the political condition of the inhabitants of the Seven Islands. From that time the sympathies of the lonian people began to turn towards Greece, and when the Greek kingdom became a recognised State of Europe, the wish to be politically united with men of their own race took root among the people of the lonian Islands. This wish has been often laid hold of as a pretext for factious opposition; it has been expressed since 1850, at times when Great Britain could not listen to it without yielding to projects of ambition very foreign from the freedom of Greece. But in its origin and tendency there is something in this lonian wish of union with Greece which must obtain the respect of the British nation. A love of independence in union with a kindred race has in itself claims to regard from a nation which prides itself on the love of freedom. It is thus that, with a view to strengthen the Greek monarchy, to fulfil the original objects of the foundation of the lonian Islands as a State, and to comply with the wishes frequently, though irre gularly, expressed in the lonian Islands themselves, her Majesty's Government have declared their readi ness to consent to the union of the lonian Islands Unexercised Rights The last share number on the register by seniority is No 13,853 ; and the last share number issued to midsummer, 1863, was No. 19,466. Since the last report, a second estate has been acquired in West 'Worcestershire, situated on the Henwick-road, with frontage to the Ludlow-road, Com manding views of the Malvern hills are obtained from this new property, which is adjacent to many handsome villas and grounds on the banks of the Severn. The committee hope that they may be in a position to allot the 'Worcester Estate, and also the recent purchase at Southampton, during the current quarter. The next allotment of land will be on Wednesday, July 8, of the Stoke Station Road Estate at Ipswich, and the Reading Estate ; and some well-secured ground rents, on the Roman Road Estate, North Bow, will also be offered on this occasion, The allotment will take place at Ipswich, after a public meeting, at which a deputation of the board will attend to explain the society's system. The Ipswich property adjoins the Hand ford Hall villas, and is laid out into 48 plots, ranging in price from £37 up to £220 per plot. A portion of the pro perty will be formed into a crescent, facing which will be an open space, intended for ornamental gardens extending to the Stoke Station Road, In addition to plots for de tached or semi-detached villas, land has been kept free for close building and for business purposes, such as an inn or hotel and ehops. The Reading Estate is a portion of the Castle Hill property formerly allotted, but as the original site for the proposed church has been changed to another locality, the centre of Downshire•square will now be con verted into plots for detached and semi-detached houses of moderate size. The committee have much pleasure in re porting that the Rector of Reading, the Hon. and Rev. Mr. Cust, is now actively engaged in raising funds for the new church, the society having granted a site free on the estate equal to the original one. In the new plan of allotment there are 45 plots, ranging in price from £52 4s. 6d. pp to £lO4 9s. per plot. The executive committee have to report that the works on the final portion of the Woodbury park Estate, Tunbridge-wells, and on the first allotted portion of the Colchester Estate, are just completed, and an inspection of these two properties will show the great improvement in the respective localities, by the opening up of new communications. The committee will be enabled to announce in their next report the completion of the works in progress on the Roehampton and Putney-Heath estates. It is with much regret that the committee have to report the death of John Gorham Maitland, Esq., one of the earliest promoters of the Conservative Land Society, with which he was connected as a member of the board, until his appointment as Secretary of the Civil Service Commis sion. As the Registration Courts will be opened in due course, the allottees whose names have not yet been inserted on the register are reminded that their claims will be maintained free of expense, but that it will be necessary to forward their deeds in time to the society's solicitor, as well as proper instructions as to the polling place in the county, where their land is situated, they may find it most conve nient to vote, should they not reside in the county. The executive committee, in conclusion, congratulate the mem bers that the business of the past quarter has been of a nature to afford every promise of another successful financial year, when it terminates A Michaelmas, ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, In the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail way Terminus, at King's-cross. Patron—The QUEEN. President—The Duke of BUCCLEUCH, K.G. Treasurer—Edward Masterman, Esq. This was the first hospital to introduce the principle of free and instant admission to the destitute sick, without the for mality of governors' letters. It is entirely devoted to desti tution in its most pitiable form—viz., that which is accom panied by sickness and disease, and is now of sufficient magnitude that, with adequate support, it may be rendered capable of admitting into its wards a very large proportion of the casual sick of this great metropolis. It requires but the funds in order to have 500 beds available for the reception of these the most wretched of our fellow-creatures. Moreover, it g,ratuitously affords medical advice and medicine to more, on the average, than 3,000 out-patients a week. The Weekly . Board feel it their imperative duty to make an EARNEST APPEAL to the public for continued support, to enable them to t 3 dmit and relieve the distressing cases that daily present thenaselves. Contributions are received by the Treasurer, Edward Maverman, Esq. N i c h o las-lane; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co. ; Drummond' and Co. Herries and Co. ; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Glyn and Co. ; Jones Loyd and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; Denison and Co. ; W Marne, Deacon, and Co. ; Overend, Gurney, and Co. ;Nisbe ll t Co. ; Messrs. J. Barned and Co., Liverpool and at the STAFFORD S. SMITH, Secretary. with Greece. " Her Majesty's Government are not insensible of the value of Corfu as a maritime and military sta tion, nor are they unaware of the apprehensions felt in Austria and Turkey at the prospect of the aban donment of the lonian Islands by Great Britain. It has been suggested in England that Corfu might be retained, while the other islands might be given up. 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"My Lord—l had the honour of receiving yes terday from the hands of the King the accompany ing portfolio, containing the text of the decision of his Majesty as arbitrator in the case of the officers of her Majesty's ship Forte and the Brazilian agents. "I expressed to the King on behalf of her Ma_ jesty's Government their sense of his Majesty's gra_ cions and friendly act in hating accepted the part of arbitrator in this painful and troublesome affair. " The King restricts his judgment to the character or spirit of the proceeding of the Brazilian agents, whether, in a national point of view in regard to the British navy, it was to be deemed offensive or not; and on this his Majesty decides in the nega.. tive.—l have, &c., " HOWARD DE WALDEN AND SEAFORD." " We, Leopold, King of the Belgians, having ac cepted the functions of arbiter, which have been conferred upon us by common consent by Great Britain and by Brazil, in the differences which have arisen between these States in the matter of the ar rest, on the 17th of June, 1862, by the guard of Brazilian police posted at Tijuca, of three officers of the British navy, and of the circumstances which resulted after and at the time of that arrest ; " Animated by a sincere desire to respond by a scrupulous and impartial decision to the confidence which the said States have shown towards us,; " Having to this end duly examined and maturely weighed all the papers that have been produced by one side and by the other ; " Wishing, in order to fulfil the task which we have accepted, to bring to the knowledge of the High Parties interested the result of our examina tion, as well as oar decision in the capacity of arbi ter upon the question which has been submitted to us in the following terms, namely : " Whether, in the mode in which the laws of Bra zil have been applied towards the English officers there has been offence to the British navy; " Considering that it is in no way shown that the origin of the conflict was the act of the Brazilian agents, who could not reasonably have had motives for provocation ; " Considering that the officers, at the time of their arrest, did not wear the uniform of their rank, and that in a port frequented by so many foreigners they could not expect to be believed on their mere word when they declared that they belonged to the Bri tish navy, while there was no outward sign of their rank to support their declaration ; that, conse quently, once arrested, they ought to have submitted to the existing laws and regulations, and had no right to require any treatment different to that which would have been applied, in similar circum stances, to all other persons; _ _ _ " Considering that, although it is impossible to deny that the incidents which ensued were most un pleasant to the English officers, and that the treat ment to which they were exposed must have ap peared to them most harsh, it is nevertheless proved that, when by the declaration of the English Vice- Consul, the social position of these officers had been duly established, measures were at once taken to secure them special consideration, and that their unconditional liberation was then ordered ; " Considering that the functionary who caused them to be released ordered their release as soon as he possibly could, and that in acting thus he was prompted by the desire to spare these officers the disagreeable consequences which, in conformity with the laws, must necessarily have entailed upon them from any further steps taken in the matter ; " Considering that, in his report of the 6th of ll'lJuly, 1862, the Prefect of Police had not only to make a statement of facts, but was also obliged to render to his superior authority an account of his conduct, and of the reasons that induced him to treat them with consideration; " Considering that he was from that time, pro perly, and without any malicious intention being fairly attributable to him, authorised to express himself as he did ; " We are of opinion that, in the mode in which the laws of Brazil have been applied towards the English officers, there was neither premeditation of offence nor offence to the British navy. " Done and given in duplicate under our Roya] Seal, at the Palace of Lachen, the 18th day a June, 1863. " LEOPOLD I." MEMORANDUM REGARDING THE ASSESSMENT OF COM PENSATION IN THE CASE OF THE PRINCE OF WALES. On the Bth of February Earl Russell directed the Queen's Advocate to be informed that the Govern ment of Brazil had instructed their representative in England to notify to her Majesty's Government that he was authorised to pay, under protest, what ever sum her Majesty's Government might demand in the shape of compensation in the case of the ves sel Prince of Wales; and his lordship requested the opinion of the Queen's Advocate as to the amount at which that compensation should be assessed. The Queen's Advocate was at the same time in formed that the responsibility of assessing compen- Batton had not been sought by her Majesty's Go vernment, who had, indeed, proposed through Mr. Christie, that the question of amount should be referred to arbitration. The course pursued by Brazil, had, however, left her Majesty's Govern ment no option in the matter. The Queen's Advo cate's report is to the following effect :—The Queen's advocate states that he is of opinion that no sum should be claimed in excess of the sum mentioned in Mr. Christie's communications to the Brazilian Government ; that no demand should be made on account of freight or on account of the loss of the vessel itself; that the demand should be founied ore the plunder of the cargo, of the effects of the crew, and also upon the too probable murder of some or all of them. He estimates roughly the loss of wages and effects at £290, and the compensation for pos sible murders at £4BO, to be paid to the families of those who were wrecked. As to the cargo, be makes allowances for probable and necessary damage, and for salvage had the inhabitants of the coast appeared as salvors in place of plunderers ; and he then roughly estimates this item at £2,360. Upon these data a sum of £3,200 was fixed by Earl Russell, instead of £3,490, the sum total of the items esti mated by the Queen's Advocate. This sum was demanded by a note of Feb. 24, addressed by E ar l Russell to M. i\loreira, and was paid by M. Moreira on Feb. 26. Foreign-office, June 21, 1863. <_..,,.'-G - -. ' ir- '''' ~- A e PRICE.— -..4d. STAMPED ....sd. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. TIMES,---" If it should appear that from jealousy of trade, or unjust suspicion of contr4band, or any other motive, the British trade were deliberately and systematically made subject to vexatious cap ture and arbitrary interference, it is obvious that Great Britain must interfere to protect her flag." Such are the words of a despatch from Lord Rus se— to Lord LyenF, written - to be communicated o the American Government. "It, cannot be con- ceded by the American Government, nor claimed by Great Britain, that some British vessels may Lint be fraudulcully engaged in an ostensible trride tween British ports and AI Atamoras in eon- veying supplies to. the insurgents of the United States." Snehie, the important portion of the coLlnter tespo.tch which has been received from Mr. Stewart. Phis is a very important issue. We are promised hat the next steamer will bring us a report of the arguments and judgment in the case of the Peter hoff ; and the fate of the Dolphin is already decided The American Courts appear to be fully equal to the occasion, and to be ready to make an interna tional law to meet the exigencies of their own special and temporary convenience. According to the doc trines now laid down by Mr. Seward, a belligerent cruiser may blockade not only his enemies' ports, but also the ports of neutral powers which have any possible communication with his enemy's port. If be can board neutral vessels passing from one neutral port to another, end can make prize of them, and if the Admiralty Judges condemn them upon the ground that the cargo was intended ultimately to reach the enemy, then it clearly comes in effect to what we have said, that a belligerent power has a right to blockade neutral ports, to prevent anything entering therein which may ultimately reach the enemy. It is evident that Mr. Seward's words mean this It is a very strong doctrine, and it carries the rights of belligerents beyond anything that has ever been claimed in their behalf since modern views and armed neutrality protests have set a limit to the old pretensions. There is nothing to be said in favour of such a pretension, except that if the Ameri cans are determined to rivet this patch upon the hard old international law, we of all the people in the world are the least interested in opposing the innovation. The nature of " contraband of war " is also receiving a very extended interpretation at the hands of the traditional champions of the rights of neutrals. Although we have not yet the judgment in the case of the Peterhoff, we know that a special commission had been issued to inquire into the quality of her cargo, and the report of that special commission had been read in court. These Com- missioners say that they have opened the boxes, cases, and bales found in this steamer, and have made a true and perfect inventory of the contents. It seems, however, that there were no cannon, or muskets, or arms of any description ; no gun powder, or shot, or shells ; nothing which, even if the Peterhof' had been going to an enemy's port not actually blockaded, would have subjeciedthe ship to confiscation as carrying contraband of war. Bni the Commissioners remark that there were articles on board capable of being applied to army uses. There was an assorted parcel of drugs, con- taining quinine, calomel, morphine, and chloro form, addressed to " Burchard and Co., Matamoras, Mexico." There were also cases of Blucher boots, which we must in candour admit might be worn by soldiers as well as by any other unfeathered bipeds. Moreover, there were bales of gray blan kets, which " are believed to be such as are "used in the United States' army." But as these undoubtedly came from England it seems hard to conclude that, because the Yankees have bought some of oar woollens for army purposes, we can therefore make blankeis for army purposes. There were also harness and riding saddles and horseshoes, and 13 pieces of bacon and a bag of peas, all of which might, doubtless, have found a use either in or out of a camp. Lastly, there were two hydraulic presses, capable of pressing cotton, and one basket of rusty cotton hooks. Such is the cargo which, from its con traband nature, is held to justify the detention of an English steamer passing between neutral ports, and such is the " contraband of war" which the American Courts are now being asked to hold suffieient to insure the condemns- tion of a neutral vessel upon the high seas. Of course we do not pretend to doubt that the quinine and the boots might have been intended ultimately to reach the Confederate storehouses. It may be just possible that they might have been bought up for Mexican use, but the probabilities undoubtedly are, that if they had reached Matamoras, they would have been pushed into the Confederate terri tory. The question, however, remains whether medicine and boots are contraband of war because they can be used by soldiers; and secondly, whether anything thus capable of being uses by an army can be seized anywhere by the strong hand. The Ame- ricans say they have the authority of Sir William Grant and Lord Stowell for what they are doing, and we are happy to tee that they now entertain a reverence for the decisions of those two great inter. national lawyers which they certainly did not pro fess in other days. Lord Russell is careful not to commit himself to any opinion us to whether Sir William Grant and Lord Stowell's doctrines will justify such strong measures as are now being taken ; but if they should, we think ho is quite right, as an English Minister, not to do anything to weaken those doctrines which have been found so necessary to our own island interests. On the other hand, if these pretensions should turn out to be far beyond anything ever heard of in our Courts, and quite im possible ever to be put forward by ourselves in case of war, then Lord Russell can scarcely consider himself acting as a neutral if he submit to them from one of two belligerents and to the disadvantage of the other. If we allow boots and blankets to be seized on their way to Mexico because they are the same sort of goods we are sending to New York, that can scarcely be called neutrality. Public opinion will support Lordßussell in the maintenance of an absolute neutrality during this war, but it will not support him beyond this. The English people desire to hold a real bona fide neutrality between the two combatants. This cannot be to the extent we could wish it to be, because the possession of the sea enables the Northerners to draw from us all the materials of war, and to engage all the scum of Europe as mercenaries in their service. Without this aid the North would long since have been ex hausted and the fighting at an end. Bat if the South have some privileges conferred by the rules of inter national law, it would be mean in us to go cut of our way to deprive her of them because she is weak and cannot complain. Lord John Russell stated the ease truly in his despatch when he said "the trade to Matamoras is a perfectly legitimate trade. It is carried on from New York as it is from London to Liverpool. To pretend that some goods carried to Matamoras may be afterwards transported across the frontier to Texas does not vitiate the legitimate character of that trade." If this be so, to surrender our commercial rights to the Northern States would be a breach of neutrality towards the Northern States. Although, however, Mr. Seward puts for ward these preposterous claims, there is reason to believe that the Americans themselves are seeing that these strange decisions against the rights of neutrals are establishing precedents which may hereafter be used against them. A smuggling trade to Matamoras can be of no great importance to us, and can never have any substantive effect upon the issue of the war between North and South ; but the principles now in course of recognition and extension in the American prize courts may be very precious to England at some future crisis We should therefore be very patient and cautious in these matters, up to that boundary line where acts cease to be defensible upon any possible doc trine of international law. We observe that the American papers begin to suspect that they are going too far for their own interests; that they are adopting and strengthening all our old precedents, and forging chains for themselves in future wars. Some of them are already recommending that ships going from a neutral port to another should not be interfered with, whatever may be the suspicions against them. Ve hen this mist clears away, they will discover that the course they have taken iii this war has established all our pretensions as to the right of blockade and of search also. POsT.—The verbose document with which Prefq dent Lincoln hes replied to the resolution.; passed at a recent public meeting censuring his conduct in r A es m en er t ic j a u n ne c tu o Constitution it respect to the arrest of Mr. Vallandighaua reade strangely peelliariti e a s t o t f h t e h P e o lt i n s M ot bo th th e theoretically and practically the Chief Magistratc of the Republic continues the E his f 11 te equal of . e o . - citizens. He may possess by virtue of his high office great authority , or he may, through the apatnY or sufferance of the American people, exercise ex traordinary power , but he does not for all that cease to be a citizen moment approach and shake by the hand, or whom a knot of platform orators can compel at a moment's notice to publish an elaborate exposition of his political views. Still, however, notwith standing the relations known to subsist between the American people and their President, one cannot read such a letter as that which we pub lished yesterday without some feelings of surprise. CANDIDATES. Powell, F. W. ...... 1,181 Campbell, E. J......... 1,039 Potter, John .......... 357 Hartley, G. N. R . 228 RLS. Walker, E. C. Hurley, F. L Swann, - R. ENRY LENDON, Secretary. lon, E.C., Jane 29, 1863. ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE CORPORATION (Established by Charter of his Majesty George the First) FOR SEA, FIRE, LIFE, AND ANNUITIES. Offices, Royal Exchange, London. 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The Corporation have always allowed the Assured to serve n the Militia, Yeomanry, or Volunteer Corps within the United Saingdom, free of charge. * ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON. ROBT. P. STEELE, Secretary. ~1~~~ ~ Q ~~~ N 'LE S PAPER 177.717-7\--\ ...'"_7*- -, , z r ~5; , •!! , ,,,,,, ;e :1,. tjr4 , •,....:, 'k e # 1 rr - - . `i • . . The President governs by re and it seems to be just as unsf l 'itf • ;a4 scend into the political arena 4 • 7 4 as it would b e f or th e Que t write an autog ra ph l e tt e r to the nlck public meeting which passed resolut. tory of the policy pursued by her Government. At the present moment, however, when the Con- , federates are literally thundering at the gates of Washington, and wh en a m ili t i a i s b e in g rapidly organised to do the work of armies which have dis appeared, there is something positively ludicrous in the tone in which the Chief Magistrate of the United. States speaks of the rebellion, and gravely contests the various. grounds on which secession could be justified. It is true that when the letter was written Lee's army still occupied the line of the Rappa hannock, and the public received daily assurances that the baCkbone of the rebellion was within an inch of being broken, but still the; contingency which has since occurred was not then completely absent from. the minds of Mr. Lincoln or his advisers. We will rot follow the President through his lengthy epistle. If it satisfied its recipients, and if the population of the Northern States are content to accept his c•xpo- ,a of constitutional law, and consider diFqni ions on the legiiiity•of secession i we have no ohjc!ions to offer. Lincoln seems to assume, t' trAive re:-..L:in g - AsuaLirg, as Mr it the provisi of the U.mstitutiort authorising the suspension of the writ of habeas corpus in cases of rebellion and invasion confers the power of suspension en the Executive, and not on the Legislature, of course he can justify his recent arrest of Mr.Vallandigham. But as the majority of persons will be inclined to think that it wasnever intended that the Pres Pent and his Minis ters should be the sole judges of the propriety of making arbitrary arrests, it is not probable that Mr. Lincoln's justification of a gross violation of the rights of citizenship in the person of Mr. Vallan , . digham, will carry conviction into the minds of many. HEI%%.I.D.•—The propositions which the Allied Powers have addressed to the Russian Government have this radical vice, that they are unacceptable alike to the Russians and the Poles. They ask from Russia much more than she can give, and offer the Poles far less than they will be satisfied with. If the Russian Government were reduced to the last extremities it might submit to the summons to put down its arms and recognise the Poles as a bellige rent power, with whom to treat upon an equal foot ing. If the Poles were convinced that Europe will do no more for them, they would abandon a strug gle which they only sustain by enormous sacrifices; and although they would not accept—if their accept ance should be demanded—guarantees of liberty, for which they do not care, they would take the concessions given without thanks, as so many steps upon which, at a future day, to attempt again to rise into independence. To please neither party in a quarrel is, by some persons, held conclusive evi dence that a judgment is impartial and sound; and the supporters of the Government may cite the failure of Earl Russell to conciliate either Prince Gortschakoff or th e N at i ona l G o vernment of War saw as decisive testimony to the fairness of his pro posed arrangement. W e d o no t ques tion it. Earl Russell has, no doubt, been a c t ua t e d by a very sin cere desire to see Poland prosperous and free under Russian rule. His arrangement would have been defensible, perhaps admirable, if be had been called upon as arbitrator to settle the question. But his interference is perfectly gratuitous. The Poles, on whose behalf it is made, repudiate alto gether the terms which are demanded for them; the Russian Government has felt itself con strained to declare that it will listen to his sug gestions, but it has also said plainly enough that it thinks the tender of them a piece of imperti nence with which it could very well have dispensed. The Minister of a great country who undertakes to intervene in the quarrels of another Government with its subjects, and puts himself before the world as the mediator between them, must look not to the absolutely just, but the practicable, end suggest an. accommedation which has a chance of being accepted. The fact is, that in interfering with the Russian Government on behalf of Poland, and in framing an arrangement, the allies undertook a task impossible of fulfilment—a task which one of them, at least, knew to be impossible, whilst both the others should have known it too. The Poles have never con cealed their objects. They have declared loudly enough that they will be content with nothing short of the expulsion of the Russians from every inch of territory which at any time formed a por tion of the Polish republic. They recorded in a hundred different ways their contempt for liberal institutions and administrative reforms, and the Governments of England and France ought to have known thoroughly that administrative autonomy or any other of their six points, would never induce a Pole to lay down arms so long as he felt the slightest confidence in his ability to resist Russia. hey should not have interfered at all beyond the expression of an opinion aLd a hope ; or they should. have put to Russia the demand for the relinquish ment of Poland, and have backed it up by force of arms. The course they have taken has inflicted the mcst serious calamities on Poland, has estranged Russia, and has placed them in a very unsatisfac tory and discrt-ditable position. The struggle in Poland has been kept up for the last three or fur months solely iu the hope of the assistance of England and France. The Poles have been well aware that unaided they must succumb to the im mense armies which Russia could bring against them. But long after all attempts to enlist the pea santry on their side had signally failed, long after the attempt to raise an insurrection in the Polish provinces of Russia had proved a complete disap pointment, the contest has been kept up at a most tremendous sacrifice of all that can be dearest to the Polish heart. The language of the English Ministers has induced the belief that England would eventually, on the failure of her own schemes of mediation, give the Polish cause her active aid, and for that reason, whilst diplomacy has been at work the semblance of an insurrec tion has been kept up by some devoted men. Long since the insurrection has burned itself out. At the very first call the chivalry of Poland proper threw itself into the struggle. As the ranks of the insurgents were thinned no recruits were forthcom ing. The peasantry refused to follow their masters, and gloated over their massacre. Posen and Galicia furnished large contingents. Adventurers of every nation flocked like vultures to the carnage, but the number of these professional cut-throats who can command the means for a long journey is but limited, and long since the insurrection has ceased to make any head against the Russian forces. Small bands have performed wonders, and have had miracles performed for them by telegraphic agen cies, just to keep Western Europe interested in the Polish question and confident in the Polish power. Men have devoted themselves readily to death — have devoted their country to a contest which will reduce it to little better than a desert, in the con viction generated by the language and acts of the French and English Ministers that France and England would ultimately go to war for Poland. The dream is still cherished. The National Go vernment of Warsaw has declared, as a contem porary who acts at the same time as its organ in this country and the exponent of the Premier's policy, assures us, that the Poles will fight to the last unless Russia accedes to certain conditions which are equivalent to the abandonment of Po land. It is the last Effort. The journals which have championed the Polish cause still try to make out that the Polish patriots are victorious. The truth is, as we have said, the insurrection is almost at an end, and the announcement by England and France of their intention to pursue a pacific policy would be the signal for the dispersal and flight of the bands still carrying on the contest. It is due to the Poles and to ourselves that the announce ment should be made at once. England has assuredly no intention of engaging in a great cru sade for the re-establishment of an independent s b e e ryde and, if than ted Poland. She will not undertake to reve rse a ll the decrees of history, and commit Europ e to a contest fu which produce must a cause result enormous ratrather t() ini nd e success desired. It is idle trifling to t a lk of blockade of the Russian fleet in the Baltic as e gros ignorance or want of p r i nc i ple of th s- st cha racter to talk as the 31 - • n a o war. It is °ung Post does about the capacity of the Poles to win th e ir independence if hey are only a ll owed to The Poles are already crushed by Russia, and if we want to rai se themwe get arms fromGalicia. must engage in the task with all our energies. The country has made up its mind that it will do no such thing; it ought to make up its mind, too, to withdraw trom an atti ude whi c h compromises its dignity, and uefortu nately has encouraged delusions in the Poles which have prompted them to bring unexampled desola tion upon their unhappy land. LONG LEGS AND SHORT LEGS.—Tne standard height of the sexes has been fixed by the Venus and extra Allo f ro m whence it may be generally observed that t thosepow;ho exceed the height of the stat ue w ill h ave the x length in the legs, and those who fall b e l ow i t will e have the deficiency in ,the shortness of them. As a ridicu lous instance of this, Mr. Barrymore, the tragedian, was greatly upwards of six feet high, and his friend Mr. Smith was very much under five feet; when meeting at the same convivial board, they were accustomed to sit sine by side, and appeared while thus sitting like two gentlemen of equal size and consequence ; when it was necessary to rise in respect, as in drinking the King's health, which they would both spontaneously do, little Mr. Smith, contrary to all order, would appear to keep his seat, while Barrymore would spring up like a spectre from the trap-door of the stage ; this circumstance placed the two gentlemen M a serious predicament, as it was said of each of them that the one ought never to get up and the other ought never to sit down I—Article on " Comparative Beauty" tit .lational Magazine. 1---.ZE., z _., e ,,,, : , e