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TD O e° Ol Y til",0 : S ee 1 0" t PERSONS SEEKING LANDED Srl`AT ES TOW" AND Cf)IF. ,- , TRY RESIDENCES, „,,t, ,F AND I,E A S ; 0 L;) INVESTMENTS, AND -t A-11:411Es 0- , ;NE it k LLY— Ter nr. (itt.A.Trs,Pt the princioal Railway Bookstalls throw li.hout the kindom. or at the Auction and Estate Offices, Chancerv-1 me, London. Messrs. E. and H. Lumley's REP. PROPERTY rZEGISTER," containing a varied selection of landed and house prop er ti es now in the market, from the no bleman's man s i on, with its manorial domain, to the "Tage with its few acres. JWNERS OF PROPERTIES wishing to Sell Or Let can em s:raoLeaetethe opportunity that the medium of this Reclister 1. 3 ,r5, by sending* the particu!ars of their properties to the offices, c 7, Chancery-lane, London, as the Messrs. l i r'_ r ieY can in most cases introduce immediate customeys, e the property is of ,in character, thereby ,void- Ye the disadvanta'res of delay and its attenuant meon nie, Ices. . InEttv. Is No ell Attar. incarre I, unless a tenant or pur an a,lncis intr oduced throwth Messrs. Lumley's Agency, onlythe usual moderate commission. Auction and Land Oilices, 67, Chancery-lane, London. ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF iiThe GEN EN GII,AND. ERA.T., X OO ue t MEETINGve of Members will be held at ety's House, 12, II inor-sq are, W., TO-MORROW, - raber 9, at Eleven o'clock. By order of the Council. H. HALL DARE, Secretary. twon, Dec. 8,1883. gAST * WEST INDIA DOCK COMPANY. ek 6-o The Court et Directors of the Fast and IVe4 India 1100 k, r t n ''' i nYllElZEßY GIVE NOTICE that the Tram f the ISth the said Company will be SHUT on Tuesday. the 2d a d Y ay o o f tl j ) ec an e u m a b ry er :l l B B: l 3 . , and OPEN again on Saturday, By order of the Court, GEORGE COLLIN, Secretary. . EaBt and West India ouse, Ban ter -square, Dec. 4,18 3. ItOYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE OFFICE, ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON, The cor n 25th November, 1863. Itoy a • E -ixT of DIRECTORS of the Corporation of the Transxchange Assurance do hereby give Notice, that their b eee _ l P' Books will be shut from TUES DAY, the 15th l of 1 31 ,, n ;., l ?er next, to THURSDAY, the 7th of January fo Ipw- r cfis a l, e ‘ r oat . the Annual General Court appointed by t n he , i e ou i ii ,Z4ll be holden at their Office on the Royal Excha _ , at isi e ,„"ZIESDAY, the 23d of December, at Twelve o'clock said ~ on r t and that a Dividend will be considered of at the ROBERT P. STEELE, Secretary. 4„ J ULLIEN'S CONCERTS. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. -,-"'SITIVELY THE LAST WEEK BUT ONE. ocalist, Mdlle. VoLpna.—Violin, Signor srvont. ‘lraild Or chestra—Three Military Bands, and full Chorus. Conductor-31. JULLIEN. Commence Every Evening at 8. lkiad Admission , One take lter ,TULLIFN, WEDNESDAY widow of the lnext ate M. Jullien, will BENEFIT ' on. 811,11RFIELD CLUB CATTLE SHOW.— Es t , "ADAME TUS=AUD'S HISTORICAL GALLERY, st blished T enty-eight years at the BAZAAR, Baker- Vp re i.„ et r" NEW w ADDITION.—A Full-length Model of the t — s.an SAUEL WLLIA HUNT, is now added ? The Chamber of M Physiogn I M omy. Open from II till dusk, and fro m 7 till 10. Admittance, Is ; extra rooms, 6d. E OXFORD, 4, OXFORD STREET, W. THIS EVENING, will be performed Selections from the . 110 wing Operas, viz., TRE SLAVE, and CLA-RA, the ,ttAID of MILAN, by Sir Hy. Bishop ; also, from LA. FOR' AIZA DEL DES'I INO—Verdi ; by the following.' talented artistes :—Misses Russell, Townley, Fitz Henry, W almsley, and Elhaon ; Messrs. Green, Huish, Kimberley, Stuart, &c. Also, Solos on the Violin by viorri COLLINS. the Celebrated English Violinist. Flute by Drew Dean. Pianoforte, Miss Bryant. And the marvellous instrument, the ORCHESTRAL P IANO, by Herr SCHALKENBACH, the Inventor. Director, Mr. F. Jonghmans. ,Comedy, by UNSWORTH ("or any other man "), Euzene, • Randall, W. T. Critchfield, T. Maclagan, and the marvel '')us Gymnast, J. Henderson. The HALL has been newly Decorated, and is one of the ton Beautiful in the Metropolis. _ Open at privatea o'clock. Admission, area, 6d. ;stalls indbalcony, is. ; boxes, 10s. 6d 'THE GHOST CLUB" at the B r , CANTERBURY HALL.—New and Interesting „ Tableaux.—Mr. C. MORTON is enable4l to announce -'ilataothronili he medium of Professor Pepper's World of TE a r t w e , a "GHOST CLUB" is n , ghtly held at the CAN- Peor,i, li •YßY HALL The object of the Club is not the re the, - "g 0 1 the Hauntd Houses of London; but, through Pictu,. e neY of Phantoms, to present vivid (if . transient itorna,tee,....easn,ofanthe drama of real life, both in its serious to ~"4 1r thful aspects ; and, by means of spectral tableaux, d still further impress on the mind, some 'iei e t t i! a ellittgs or pleasantries of the best wr tars. At pre and the `t orders of Slavery—the Slavery of the South. tecei ve e White" Slavery of a more bo!tstful rapid ' emphatic illustration ; and these life pictures will be ell er replaces by others. The pages of Shakspere and the WI 1, i r lttuatists, of Scott, Hood, Ingoldsby, Dickens, &c., &c., , t erns, furnish subjects for illustration. it other Musical and Pictorial attractions as usual, ithe ming Operatic Selections, &c. ; Comedy by_Unsworti arshrn Demosthenes), Eugene, George Hodson, E. and George Hutchenson. 11e' 41114" ° , l AL ALHA Ml 3 R A.—FRANCONI'S IMPERI A L.—The proprietor of this estiL (tile noblest building and gymnastio arena and Pe. -^" nuich in informing the nobility, gentry, viii tt i ibli e that on p ea sii , til Ay (T IS•DAY), Dec'rnber 7, .he menu e e l) : l) veli T em i:rE ole of the best Equestrian Entertain 17,!nt, he y i; given in in ;land. In making this announce nr of a ,„ -- Prolui to say that he will be revivmg a healthy ,and in alr Ua elhent, which has been popular in countries 'Mtn th e Pea ; and will be doing his best . to relieve London 'ltlt a Pern,Tgr'ne of being the lan!est city in the world with - 1 - 44 Its — *nerd circus. The Alhambra Palace, success' ul .. as o„ , its „-- n insic hall, has always been famous for the quality onatir" nastic performances, and now, to increase this re to liest i;,„and satisfy the growing taste of all classes for and manly exercises, the proprietor has entered p:pl,"gaa'ement With the celebrated Franconi the Ducrow t rainedi,Wh b o brings with him the whole of , his high.ly ,antt 1 „,.,°!1ni of horses, and his unequalled company of daily I.Z`,,ful female riders. Every school of equitation wid , 41 erlir Vlented as the best riders and acrobats farom Paris, rforL"ellna,' Madrid and wziuth Amei Ica are mong the atab f,:„'". The jugglers. vaulters, gymnasts, gladiators, cl o .Zpers, tilters,&c., will all be of the highest class, and Zlth o i7l B . those amusing genii of the ring, will be witty 4 1 Z vulgar. The ring will be conductd in the tg',„ e ,ni French disci 1. line, and the tricks will to arranged "ge sea give the greatest variety. The stud includes some of 4,1ddin,',,,,0k-horses in the world and the high school of 'erne, "au have some of the most charming and accomplished orehA re p r esentatives. The justly celebrated Alhambra raelrra Will be enlarged, and the attractive ballet depart- Und er be strengthened. The comfort of the insviitors, , /1 ?)'; 4,,,n,eW arrangements, has been provided for every the Proprietor feels that in this new and inter tahlie°„'"n'enditure of capital he will meet with the fullest ival h e ", 1 11 , Port and encouragement. The first performance 11 00,!,„en THIS EVENING, the 7th of December. 4 as ni , PERFORMANCES will take place during the 01 th e L'lld these mon ay of be the Alhaecia lly. mbra recommended, on account uentral Position Do, Open at Seven, commence at half-past. 4.11"1-4 L ROOMS, Great Windmill-street, Deer „ Piccadilly. -- qtiest ? Concerts (riven b Mons. JULLIEN, at Her 41;1`114rrileatre: he BALL will commence EVERY at NINE O'CLOCK. Doors open at 8 o'clock. Admission, is. Manager—M. GRENET. 29, r, ,i- EORGE-STREET, HANOVER-SQUARE. riR "LONDON ANATOMICAL MUSEUM. V,,oekveLl daily from 10 till 10. Lectures at 4 and 7 t,anie J Iv here ma be seen the Astecs ; Bushman and Pastran y a and Infant; Eng and Shang, the t v l 4 laffnn'Tns ; and upwards of 3,000 Models, Natural Pre -, I , e• Egyptian Mummies, unwrapped, 4,000 years One shilling for Gentlemen only). 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By GEORGE AUGUSTUS SALA. London : Ward and Lock, 153, Fleet-street, T HE TEETH, as Supplied by NATURE and Preserved by ART. By M. C. ROGERS, M.R.C.S., Surgeon-Dentist. London: 18, New Burlington-street, W. BEAUTIFUL FOR EVER. MADAME RACHEL ON " FEMALE GRACE AND BEAUTY." Just published, ABOOKOFB E A U T Y. By Madame RACHEL. To be had at 47A, New Bond-street. Price 2s. 6d. SHORTHAND. -PITMAN'S PHONOGRA PHIC TEACHER. 6d. ; free by post, 7d. SHORTHAND. -PITMAN'S PHONOGRA PHIC MANUAL. Free by post, ls. 6d. Q H 0 R THAN D.-"PITMAN'S PHONO GRAPHY forms an exceedingly efficient—probably the MOST efficient—system of Shorthand that exists."—Sir Rowland Hill. London : F. Pitman, 20, Paternoster-row, E.C. PECTACLES.—The Patent Newly-invented 1 , -1 Tinted Spectacles are patronised by the majority of the Nobility, including Viscount Palmerston. They afford extra ordinary redef to weak, dim, and defective vision.—S. and B SOLOMONS, Opticians, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. BANKRUPTCY AND COMPOSITIONS.-- Mr. WETIIERFIELD, Solicitor, 35, Moorgate-street, City, PRACTISES in COURT, and effects PRIVATE ARRANGEMENTS with creditors, without publhity. Charges, the lowest possible, payable by instalments. Coun try cases economically conducted. N.B.—DEBTS recovered on commission, free of law costs. Divorce and Probate business conducted at moderate ex pense. URNAMENTS for the Drawing- room , Lib r ary, •Ind Dining-room, consisting of a new and eAegant assort ment of VASES, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obelisks, Ink stands, beautiful inlaid Tables, Paperweights, &c., in Italian, Alabas er, Parian, Marble, Bronze, Derbyshire Spar, Szet. Imported and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Mine ralogist to her Majesty, 149, Stand, W.C., Lonaon. Mr. Tennant arranges elementary collections of SHELLS, MINERALS, ROCKS, and FOSSILS, which will greatly facilitate the interesting study of MINERALOGY, CON CHOLOGY. ind GEOLOGY, at 2,5, 10, 20, 50, to 100 guineas each. PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and MINE RALOGY is given by Mr. TENNANr, at 149, Strand, W.C. PRIZE MEDAL —INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1862. FRANCIS TUCKER & CO., Wax Chandlers, &C., To the Queen and the Prince of Wales. (Established 17?0.) The Jurors' Report on Wax and Church Candles, in 1862, testifies to , he excellence of the quality of Messrs. Tuckers' manufacture. A distinguished Dignitary, in a letter addressed to Francis Tucker and Co., on the subject of WAX CANDLES with PLATTED WICKS, says : " I have found them fully equal to the recommendation which you gave them, and can sincerely, in my turn, recom mend them to the clergy for the use of the altar." Finest quality, with Platted Wicks, patented.. 2s. 2d. per lb. Ordinary quality .. .. • • .. Od. per lb. VEGETABLE CANDLES, with a Mixture of Wax. Best quality .. Is. sd. per lb. Second quality ls. 3d. per lb. Third quality " ls. ld. per lb. Carriage pied in London on Orders of Five Pounds in value. FRANCIS TUCKER AND CO., 8, South Molton-street, Grosvenor-square. Manufactory— Kensington (Established 1730). The largest Establishment in England for the Manufacture of Wax Candles for the Lige of the Altar. TEETH. —Mr. ESKELL'S INVENTION in the construction of ARTIFICIAL TEETH has the following advantages :—A set or teeth, of excellent work manship and mechanism, can be made and fitted with the most perfect accuracy and success, in a few hours, without pain or extraction of stumps, and to answer all the purposes of mastication and articulation. They are fitted without wires or fastenings, and adapt themselves so perfectly to the gums, that they are quite immoveable, except at the option of the wearer. Invalids or residents in the country can ad just these teeth to many changes of the mouth without the aid of a dentist. They are not so liable to injury, are always useful, and will last a lifetime. Comfort guaranteed. Trea tise explaining Mr. Eskeil's Patent, &c., free for 7 stamps. Inspection of specimens and cons ul tation s 'rec. B,G rosve nor street, Bond-street, W ; and at 39, Bennett's-hill, Bir mingham. C-M AIN LEVER TRUSS W i t up ll yT T ß E E ,s s......B m y o ßOYAL LETTERS 'PATENT. I,, xDIRITIONS OF 1851 AND - ~ to be the most effective Two Hundred Medical Gentlemen (P E RFECTED AND l E R X 62 i l lln i I s T allowed ED N by Tl u i up wards Wa G r n d E s A o T f nvention in the curative The use of a steel spring, so often en treatm h t urt o f f ul '8 here a vo id e d— a so ft bandage being worn round the supplied 3„ ) f o o d ev. , iviai while n p t a n d e requisiteand Patent Leverresisting , ff p t t o f nwf4. with e f r s Pospited by the much ease l i l n E its it effects, A aid c loseness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn luring sleep. A descriptive circular may be had, and the 'ruse, which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the cir 3tUnference of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manufacturer, Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly. ZuDuomultlioliTuarul rr,usT.• A Single Truss, 165., 215., 265. 6d., and 31s. Gd. Postage, Is. Post-office Ordera't4o2bB e a m n a d d s e 2s Pa e y d a . ble P tO s si ta L i Whi s. li t d e . , Post 6d, 42e., and 525. (id. Postage, is Bd. office, Piccadilly. N Vi r PATENT Post- LAST IC STOCKINGS, W"salualiesNs EE d -CAPS, Sprains, orous, light in texture, and ine xpensive, and are drawn on and all cases 01 lie an ordinary stocking. &o. They are Price 18 * Gd., 75. 6d ., 108., to Ns. ee,oh. Postage 6d. 9 ix WRITE, manufactur9r, 22 4 , riomuuy. i oe.•' opolg e A . ... •,,, '' ' 2 • - .... ,• ......i-4 ..,....,_ i t. e „...... . ~- -;..,.., .5..„. ~.._ ... ..09 .41-, ,i,, , ..,..„......... . .Q.,a• . 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Ydrest and most interesting' of Cabbys—Drive Country Gentlemen to the Rue do .Kydney, Covent-garden. WZINAHAN'S LL R W ‘T I-1 3Y ISKY. V. COGNAC B This celebrated Old IRISH WIIISKY rivals the finest FRENCH BRANDY, It i Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. Sold in Bottles, 3s. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London ; by the Agents in the principal towns in England ; or wholesale at S, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, W. Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded " Kinahan's LL Whisky." CONSERVATIVE LAND SOCIETY. MEETING THIS DAY. The eleventh annual meeting was held this day at Exeter Hall. The SECRETARY (Mr, Gruneisen) read the advertise ment convening the meeting. The NOBLE CHAIRMAN (Viscount Ranelagh) read the following report of the Executive Committee : The Executive Committee, in presenting their eleventh annual report, have the pleasure to submit therewith the balance sheet and statement of accounts for the financial year ending the 30th of September, 1863. The members, at the quarterly meeting on the 20th October last, having elected Mr. Harding and the Rev W. Goodchild, and the board having appointed Messrs. Astbury and Winstanley, the four auditors verified the vouchers and banks on the 11th and 12th of November, and signed the balance sheet. The shares issued and total cash receipts for the respective quarters of the year 1862-3, the totals for the year, and the the grand totals since the commencement of the Conserva tive Lauri Society, in September, 1852, are shown in the annexed table : Qrs. ending Shares in Shares Total progress. Complete. Shares. Receipts. £ s. d. Dec. 24, 1862 136 67 203 15,946 15 2 March 25, 1863 2OB 24 232 15,03 19 11 June 24, 1863 255 91 346 20,697 2 0 Sept. 30, 1863 178 67 245 23,496 8 4 Totals for the year 1862-1863 777 249 1,026 75,754 5 5 Totals to Sept 30,1862 14,760 3,925 18,685 625,392 13 2 Grand totals to Michaelmas,'63 15,537 4,174 19,711 701,116 18 7 e year -ear of The increase in the receipts of the 1862-3 over the corresponding 1861-2 is being one of the largest cash receipts since the formation of the society. The total withdrawals since the formation of the society (Sept., 1852), to Michael mas, 1863,.are £205,883 8 0 The returns of the register of the order of rights are as follow : Completed. Drawn. Seniority. Total. 5,061 3,191 1,681 9,933 Deduct rights exercised on estates, &c, .... 7,501 Unexercised rights The last share number on the register by seniority is No. 13,853, and the last share issued up to the 50th September, 1863, was No. 19,711. The members, on reference to the balance sheet, will see that the subscriptions on shares during the year 1862-63 amounted to £27,193 4s 9d, and that the cash received in the deposit department was £21,190 16s Bd. The with drawals on shares were £12,722 Os Bd, and on deposits £13,610 19s ld. The total amount of subscriptions on shares in the society was £123,592 2s lld up to the 30th of September, 1863. The total amount of investments in the deposit department at the close of the financial year was £24,995 les 11d. During the past year the sum of £5,150 12s 10d was withdrawn from the share account to pay for plots of land. The repayments of loans on land amounted to £13,946 19s 10d. The amount advanced for the same year to allottees, borrowing seven-eighths of the cost of their land, was £11,342 8s 9d, The total balance of advances to allottees on land account is £28,136 14s 4d, The balance sheet shows a sale of land on the allotments of 1862-63 of £4,287 lOs ld, and the sale of the stock on hand (being land previously allotted) and by private contract wa5£11,396 5s 6d, the total sale for the year being £15,683 15s 7d, bringing up the grand totals of the sale of land at Michaelmas, 1863, to £330,370 8s sd. The freehold building plots in various counties for sale amouht to £77,534 is 6d. As regards the advances for building during the past year. the repayments were £7,353 lOs 10d. The amount ad vanced for building, &c., in 1863 has been £14,316 48, bringing up the total advances for building, &c., to £43,165 Os 4d. The reserve fund is now £10,461 16s 10d. After providing for the interest of 5 per cent. per annum on shares, and 4 per cent. per annum for deposits, the balance sheet shows an available balance out of which the execu tive committee are enabled, as provided by the rules, to add to the accounts of members (in their pass-books) holding uncompleted shares, in respect of which plots on estates have not been taken, and for which the half-yearly interest warrants have not been issued, a bonus, or, in other words, Interest at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum. Thus, every payment into the society on shares not in arrear, and on the register at the annual meeting, will realise 5 per cent, per annum for the year ending the 30th of September, 1863. As regards the interest on completed shares and shares in progress, paid a year in advance and upwards, for which the half-yearly warrants up to Lady-day and Michaelmas are issued on the Ist of May and the Ist of November re spectively, the rate will remain at 5 per cent. per annum, and at 4 per cent per annum on investments in the de p osit department, under rule 45, until further notice. The ordi nary quarterly meetings were duly held at the offices in Norfolk-street, on the 31st of March, the 30th of June, and the 20th of October. Captain Jervis, M.P., has been elected a member of the board. The following members of the executive committee retire by rotation, but are eligible for re-election, namely :—Viscount Rauelagh, Viscount Ingestre, M.P. ; Col. Brownlow Knox, M.P.; Captain Jervis, M.P. ; T. Knox Holmes, Lq. ; who offer them selves for re-election. The first allotment of estate s took place on the 18th of February, of the first portion of the Wanstead estate, in South Essex ; the final por tion of the Woodbury Park estate, Tunbridge-wells, in West R ent ; ground rents at Roman-road, Old Ford, &c. On the Bth of July, the Stoke 'Road estate, Ipswich, was offered with ground rents on the Roman Road estate, besides the Castle Hill estate, Read ing, a re-allotment of which was rendered necessary owing to the original site of the church having been changed. On the 27th of August, the Renwick Road estate, West Wor cestershire, was allotted. Public meetings have been held to explain the mode of allotting estates, and the general working of the society, at Ipswich, on the Bth of July, at which Viscount Ranelagh was the chairman, supported by J. C. Cobbold, Esq., M.P., one of the trustees of the society, the Hon. and Rev. W. C. Talbot, and Capt. Jervis, M.P., members of the board ; and at Worcester on the 17th of August, at which Sir E. Lechmere, Bart., presided, and at which Viscount Ranelagh, the Hon. and Rev. W. C. Tal. bot, and the Hon. Robert Bourke, attended as a deputation from the board. The new estates purchased for the society during the past year were, Avenue or Bevois Mount estate, at Southampton, Hants; the Stoke Road estate, close to the Ipswich station; and the Henwick Road, Worcester. An other estate was also acquired at Ramsgate, but the agent's sale thereof not being ratified by the owner, it was not con sidered expedient to Baena on the preliminary arrangement, It was proposed to have allotted the Southampton estate in October, but owing to delays on the part of the vendors in the completion of the title, the executive committee have not yet been enabled to deal with the property. The Wood house mansion, with about four acres of land at the extre mity of the estate, has been sold to a public institution. This sale has rendered a new plan of the Wanstead estate necessary, on which excellent building sites, in large or small quantities, h ave b een mappe d. O w i ng to the exten sion of railroad enterprise in the direction of that popular neighbourhood, a demand for the land at Wanstead has sprung up. The roads on the allotted portion of the pro perty are now completed. The Great Eastern Railway Company have liberally granted privileges to the occupants of houses erected, or to be erected, on the society's estates at Enfield and Tottenham, in Middlesex; Wanstead and Col chester, inEssex; and Felixstowe and Ipswich, in Suffolk, by the issue of house tickets on very moderate terms. These reli eve), passes will no doubt be an incentive to building opera tions, in the forthcoming year, on the estates enumerated above. Tho Bishop of Oxford has recently laid the first stone of the new church on the Downshire-square estate, Reading. The value of the property will be enhanced, by the opening up of new frontages, in consequence of the erection of the sacred edifice in the rear, instead of in the centre, of Downshire.square, as originally intended. The opening of the Underground Railway, and the general extension of the metropolitan lines, have already acted beneficially on the suburban estates of the society, and a fresh impetus to building operations may be expected, as the new railroads progress. The works on the Colchester estate, and the Woodbury Parkkstate, Tunbridge Wells, have been completed ; the Putney Heath estate works are neatly finished ; and tenders have been advertised for the works on the Henwick-road estate, Worcester. It is proposed by the board to offer for allotment the second portion of the Colchester estate in the spring. The executive committee have under consideration several important properties; and, as a considerable reali sation on the estates bought during the past year may be looked for, there is every promise of another successful year for 1864, especially as a very valuable town estate has just been acouired for allotment, Owing to the railway passing through the Kentish-town estate,a new plan has been issued. The registration returns from nea rl y all the localities have been quite successful as regards the claims of allottees who have purchased land from the society. In Brighton, the revising barristerLdespite of the overwhelming evi dence of increased development and value of the Road Ilill park estate, evidence which he totally disregarded—adhered to his original decision, notwithstanding that other claims auslo:,ous to those of the allottees of the society have been allowed. The Conservative Land Society is now in its 12th year. It was commenced at a period when great and important interests intimately connected with the just pri vileges of all classes were imperilled, and it became the duty of all true patriots to protect them. The original political object of the society has been completely successful : it has prevented the counties from being swamped with fictitious votes, and it has offered to all classes of the communi•y not possessed of the freehold franchise the opportunity of acquiring it on the basis of property in land, which, sooner or later, must become profitable. The combination of political and pecuniary advantages has in both instances been a prosperous movement; and if the former incentive to action has of late years, owing to the increase of the Conservative tendencies in the country, not been so urgent, the social and commercial principles of the Conservative Land Society have become still more marked and more de veloped. The executive committee feel deeply the import ance of the duties devolving on them ; they will endeavour to secure the continued success of the society by exercising the greatest caution in the acquisition of eligible estates for allotment, and by maintaining a system of management which has hitherto proved so satisfactory to the share holders. (Signed) RANELAGII, Chairman. (Countersigned) CHA RES LEWIS GRUNEISEN, See. Offices of the Conservative Land Society, 33, Norfolk-street, Strand, W.C. London, Dec. 8, 186 SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. TlMES.—Should the chief States interested in the question of the Danish Succession continue to act with prudence and moderation, there is reason to hope that the dangers of the present crisis will pass away. It would, indeed, be a reproach to modern statesmanship, and to the good sense of nations, if so artificial a dispute were to end in war. At a time when the whole European system is threatened with disruption, when the ambition of one man or people, the restlessness of great armies, and the vague aspirations of democratic masses and their leaders may at any time efface the frontiers which have been held sacred for fifty years, it would be a scandal beyond example if the two Powers which are most interested in the peace of Central Europe should make a beginning of strife on strictly legi timist grounds, and in opposition to their own recorded promises. Wars come often enough, even when they are entered into only on strict necessity. The conflicts of interest, the irremovable misunderstandings, the struggles for geographical positions, which are often struggles for existence, are quite enough to keep the world in disquiet, without crusades in favour of petty Princes and doubtful hereditary claims. Both the Prussian and Austrian Governments seem now to be convinced that justice and prudence require a, moderate policy. No little firmness has been re quired from them to uphold even a modified respect for the Treaty of 1852. M. von Bismark and Count Rechberg have both explained the policy of their Governments to murmuring Assemblies. At Berlin a hostile v o t e , go i ng to the extreme of dep o si ng the Dauish Kin g in Schleswig as well as Holstein, was recorded against the Government by an immense majority, and in Vienna the cautious and variously composed Reichsrath might easily be brought to a similar expression of opinion. But with all this the two Governments, unwil ling to add another element • of disturbance to Europe, and influenced, perhaps, to a high degree by the prompt action of England, have practically acquiesced in the succession of Christian IX. They'have declared that the Treaty of 1852 must be accepted as a basis, however much it may want the sanction of the Diet, and however much it may disappoint the hopes of Germans. When it is recollected that for the last fifteen years the ultra national party in Germany have been looking for ward to the extinction of the Danish family, and promising themselves that when that event occurred all disputes with Denmark would be brought to an end by the summary expulsion of the Danes from the two Duchies; when we reflect that men like the Duke of Saxe-Coburg have thought little of such matters as rescripts and patents, from being possessed with the idea that the Union was a thing destined to come shortly to an end, we may imagine how much the patriots feel the disappointment of the present hour. The carefully prepared protests, the sum mary action, the appeal to the Diet, the vote of that Assembly rejecting the Danish representa tive of Holstein, the pretensions of the Augusten burg Prince, his proclamations, and his paper money are likely to go for nanght when opposed to the combined action of PrusAia and Austria. Count Rechberg's speech is not unlike in character to that of the Prussian Minister. The Count felt, or thought it best to assume, a kind of regret that a treaty bound Austria to acquiesce in the rights of a foreign Sovereign over German soil. Ho declared that the claim of the King depended on the fulfilment by Denmark of the conditions on which the assent of Austria to the treaty was given, Federal Execu tion would at once take place, and Austria would march her troops as soon as the Frankfort Diet gave the signal. There is nothing more than might be expected in this. But the meaning of Count Rechberg when he enters into the question of the succession is not so clear. He says the point of right is not clearly and plainly visible ; that the matter needs legal investigation • and that the result must dep en d on a f orma l judicial deci sion. If he really expected 010 the Diet would assume the right to dethrone the King, and to put the pretender in his place, he would hardly express such a conformity beforehand with their decision, inasmuch as the Austrian Government is aware that any such decision must be totally ineffectual unless supported by itself and Prussia, and against this they are bound by the treaty. As the Mini ster went on to speak rather disparagingly of the plungingAu Germanyrg e l claims, m i s and o , t oa E s u e r e o m p e e d a to deprecate n war ar simply that an Augustenburg might reign instead of a Glucksburg, we must pre sume that t h e Di e t wi ll not go to such an extreme of folly as to admit the Augstenburg deputy, Ef the Frankfort repre sentatives can be kept quiet for the next few weeks there is reason to believe that matters will be settled. Prussia and Austria have already voted against the motion for refusing to receive Kin g Cnristian's representative for m to be r r e e s d tr i a s i t n ill th e mo re f ana ti ca l mem tHheoelsxtepirne,ssainodh, of th their In the mea n ti me what is called place. There i s no posi otEh they Federal e i o w r o afnelriEes the x ° l i D u e l e c t u ll e l t y u t ion will take tive danger in this, except that when an army has once occupied a country it is often a difficult matter to get it out. At the time of the insurrection at the beginning of the late King's reign there was such an Execution, and, according to the Federal law, very much on th e there can be no doubt of the strict right of th e German troops to enter Hols tei n. How long th e y will stateof remainthe German the anti-D an i s h cry continues, it is not lik el y the G overnments will be strong enough to reca ll them fo r some months, theremust temper; depend for, r if while, if the Danish concessions c ause the abate ment of the present fever, there is no reason that the matter should not be ended at once. We may also presume that the st ate of Europe. anu the re presentations of this country will h ave the effect of disposing both partie s to a com promise. a P y o powers. From the news we have publi shed it wil l be seen that the x Danish fo is r . every ea While he expresses in a proclemation hi s i ntent i on excuse h the King, hostileon his action side, id 3 o'f s to maintain order in Holste in, altho ugh conceding the taping e German v u its due .constitutional rights, the King removes the great grievance of the Germans by withdrawing the Royal Patent of the 30th of March. By doing thi s the King acknowledges that his predecessortrenched upon the rights of the Diet when he thus regulated the position of Holstein independently of the con sent of Frankfort. It would be of little use for us to enter again into any details of the intermin able disputes of the late reign. They have been discussed over and over again in these columns, and our readers will retain a sufficient idea of the question when they remember that the great difficulty is to combine provincial independence with central claims—to make a Holstein with its minister, its legislature, its budget, and its con nexion with Germany work harmoniously with the Danish monarchy. The Germans are always fearing that a part of their country will be denationalised, and speak of the Danes as if they Were the boldest and most unscrupulous of aggressors. But the fact is that Denmark is equally afraid of losing its in dependence, and with much better reason. The claims made for Holstein would, in the opinion of the Danes, subject the whole monarchy to the direct influence of Frankfort, inasmuch as the Holstein Estates, not content with discussing their own local affairs, demanded that national matters, including finance, should be submitted to them. Such ques tions of divided jurisdiction are, no doubt, difficult I to settle; but, now that Europe is fully couYinced that further dcloy is dangerous, we m a y h o p e tbst the relations of th e D uchies to the Kingdom will be regulated onc e an d for ever. PosT.—The sp eec h of Colonel M Murdo at the t p u r t i i z e s i yata meeting momento rh o w t n h t heMiddlesex country is b conies e g n p n r i o n rg a, to inquire want it has got f or the morley which w as so liberally voted 1 tst session. A nnif oras gran t o f one pound per man, to be i ncreased under certain circumstances repres en t no v tf o d u r t t i y ay sh fr i o ll m in t g i s le , publicmy pu rse . B ut in the first place, it must be remember e d t h at this capitation grant is supplemental to the e x p ense en tailed by the maintenance of a competent numb er o f r r e y extravagantstarie to inspectors, of a staff of adjutants, and of a sufficient quota of drill instructors to allow of each detached corps being furnished with one. Then, too, there is •the issue of arms, and of a certain amount of ammu nition gratis, and of an additional number of rounds 'it cost price. In this way the sum gradually mounts up, we will not say to a formidable item in the estimates of the Minister for War, but to a figure which may well make us carefully scrutinise the return which we are likely to get fors our expendi ture. By the fourteenth of the present month all accounts will be made up, and we shall know to a fraction how many effectives the volunteer force musters. Indeed, so minute cre the forms which have been issued that there will be no difficulty in ascertaining at a glance—first, how many each corps possesses in the shape of affiliated members, effec• tives and non-effectives included ; secondly, how many have qualified themselves by attendance at drill to receive the Government grant ; and thirdly, what proportion of the latter have passed through the prescribed course of ball firing in addition to the ordinary routine of attendance at position drill, or musketry instruction, required of all effectives. The first category may be said to include all who could be rallied in the course of a fortnight, in the case of actual need of their services; the second represents the bone and sinew of the movement; while among the third are generally to be found the pith and marrow of each individual corps, the enthusiastic among the commissioned officers, the best of the sergeants and corporals, and the "old soldiers" of the movement among the privates. Enough, how ever is already known, by those who have such means of information at their command as Colonel M'Murdo, to warrant their expressing a tolerably confident opinion as to the numbers and state of efficiency at which the whole force has arrived. These, we are glad to learn, may be regarded as satisfactory. The Inspector-General has every rea son to believe that, under the new regulations, the force is maintaining its former strength. The pre dicted eventual lukewarmness of those who origi nally composed it has always been the bugbear of volunteer organisation. It was asserted that, as time went on, the ranks would be decimated by the joint effects of satiety, of indolence, and of matrimony, until brigades dwindled away to the strength of single regiments, regiments to that of companies, and companies to sections. This, however, if we are to believe Colonel M'Murdo, has not been the result. Nay more, in the case of one distinguished corps, we happen to know that any defalcations on the part of original mem bers have been amply made up for by the influx of recruits, and that the battalion parades for inspec tion, or upon any special occasion, just as strong as when it appeared for the first time in public at the memorable review in Hyde-park. There is another point, however, upon which Colonel M'Murdo's evidence may be regarded as still more conclusive. He has, in the course of the year, not only had full opportunity, as Inspector-General, of scrutinising the proficiency attained by the metropolitan volunteers, but he has attended county musters in Essex, Suffolk, Devonshire, Dorsetshire, Lan cashire, Durham, Worcestershire, and elsewhere. The result of his experience is in every way favour able to the working of the present system, and the state of efficiency which has been generally attained under it. He is " gratified to find that in battalion, in brigade, and in divisions of brigade, the volunteers work together efficiently, as armed and disciplined men should do ;" in other words, that they are doing that which the country means and expects that they should do. To say that they are the equals of troops of the Line would be to flatter them at the expense of truth. They are not, and never can be, their equal s , even in the movements of an ordinary field -day, and for all the purposes of a campaign they have their work still to learn. But then they were never in tended for it. What the nation requires is a rough and-ready force, costing comparatively li ttle, but available at a moment's notice, and sufficiently drilled and disciplined, in the event of any sudden attack, while the militia—the old constitutional safeguard of the country—is being mustered and trained. And this, if Colonel M'Murdo is right, is precisely what we have got. The one hundred and sixty thousand odd men who compose the effectives of our Volunteer army are of a class and calibre which could not be subtracted for any length of time without serious inconvenience from the rest of the community. But they could and would do their best to stem the tide of an invasion, and, after the first burst was over, to lighten the task of those pro fessional soldiers upon whom the main burden of our defence must ultimately fall. They would be in valuable, from their :ocal knowledge, either to an advancing or a retreating army, They would par tially garrison many of our most extensive fortified P• laces Above all, their presence would operate even in their disembodied state, as a salutary check upon those " dangerous classes" who would seize with avidity the occasion of any national disaster to set the police, their hereditary enemies, at defi ance. The nation has a cheap bargain of the Vo lunteers upon such terms. As Colonel M'Murdo sensibly observes, the acceptance of a Parliamentary grant does not deprive the force of its volunteer character, for the unpaid services and time of the officers and men are still given for the public bene fit. What it does do, and ought to do, is to secure that the country gets a substantial return for the money which has been already spent upon the movement. If the professional inspection of the various corps is honestly and thoroughly carried out it is next to impossible that the public money should be squandered. Col. M'Murdo is evidently of opinion that it is not so, and that every year renders the volunteer force more efficient for the purposes for which it was originally designed. We believe that his views are shared by others who have had the opportunity of watching its rise and progress, and that, with due vigilance, there is no prospect of any falling off either in its numbers or its efficiency. EXETER HALL.—The Christmas performance of Handel's Oratorio, " The Messiah," will be given by the National Choral Society on Wednesday, the 16th. Mr. Sims Reeves and Mr. Santley are already engaged. The band and chorus will number 700 performers. Conductor, Mr. G. W. Martin. Organist, Mr John Gr. Boardman. THE PYRAMID TOMB OF CAIUS CESTICUS, so well known to all visitors to Rome, has recently been restored, by order of the Pontifical Government, Some ex cavations made in a cemetery near San Sebastian resulted in the discovery of many symbols and inscriptions which proved it to have pertained to the Jews of Rome. The burial place was in the form of a long gallery on one level, not, as with the ordinary Catacombs, on different floors, one above another. In the sides of this gallery the graves were placed in tiers. Some doubts were raised, and may be still entertained, as to the Hebrew character of these interments, from the fact that no inscriptions were found in the lan guage of that nation, but all appears in Greek or Latin. Even the seven-branched candlestick is no decisive sign of Hebrew origin, nor are such the palm, lemon-fruit, birds, baskets of fruit, hens and chickens, the cow and calf, Bco., which appear to have been found. The cylinder, probably indicating the Book of the Law, the oil-jar, the ark within the circlet, and, above all, the inscription Archz-synagobrusr which occurs more than once, are tolerably sure evidences of the Jewish origin of the tombs. In this cemetery were wit. found two vaulted chambers, painted with a Victory, on palm and crown, winged, and bestowing a youth who kneels at her feet; the pea cornucopia ; the genii of the seasons ; Pegg's:l:indicate the a female figure bearing a cock ; and other symbols, which would sec t or. accidental juxtaposition of a Pagan place i nterment with that of the Jews.—..6lthenteunt. CAPTURE OF A BURGLAR BY A PUBLICAN'S DAUGHTER.—COURAGEOUS CONDUCT. --About half past ten on Saturday night, the daughter of Mr. Samuel Brown, landlord of the Cross ey Hunslet-lane, when attending to her ordinary duties, fancied she heard som e e n - • thing upstairs. Without speaking to any one she w en t up to one of the bed-rooms , and there found two men, wh o had i'tie, been ransacking the drawers. She boldl y seized one of them, and he called out to his companion, who made an unsuccessful attempt to rescue. He pulled him a por tion of the way downstairs, but the young woman gallantly held him by the h air of the Lead unti l assistance ca me The other man got away, carrying with him about a in s il ver . The man apprehended, whose name is James Wal lace, no doubt a travelling thief, though describing himself as a "F ren ch polisher, Bradfo r d," h ad in his possession a co mplete set of very superior skeleton keys, a dark pocket lantern, picklocks, and other housebreaking implements. He had also in his pocket, and which he had taken from the drawers, £5O in money, and a gold locket, brooch, and a ring, worth £lo,—Loas Mercury, r c I:. ..4d. 1'i1211'1.1) Naval and Military Intelligence. 'I HE NAVY. ller Majesty's steam storeehip Supply, (Unman her cargo from Malta and Gibraltar, consisting of der Bawden, R.N., having discharged a portion of victualling stores, yesterday hauled alongside the wharf at Woolwch, and commenced returning her docl:yard stores. The freightship Guide, from Gibraltar, yesterday completed clearing out her cargo of returned war stores at Woolwich, and was paid out of theservice. ' ut o sm o o Royal ue st Marines eerrd, a y on from the o r 1 Woolwich , 1 Jin n The old 78 gunship Conqueror, fitted with a screw propeller, is under orders to receive the bat- th a n t.. f ucoti. s h t the f o ll ow i ng day. The Lord P anmure , ordnance steamer, arrived at Po i e l. h y t a commandwith ta h e saila To of on Lieut.-Col. cargo of guns and dor nance stores, including the two 12-ton 10.5 inch 300-pounder Armstrong guns from Woolwich for the Excellent gunnery ship at Portsmouth pro tern., but intended for service in the turrets of the Royal Sovereign. One of these pieces is rifled, and the oth er is a smooth bore. Both are of Elswick manufacture. The performances of one of Sir William Armstrong ' s smooth bore 100-poun ders, now under trial at Portsmouth, is likely to attract considerable attention from artillerists. The 100-pounder Armstrong smoothbore gun is pretty well known, but it may be as well to state here that it weighs 8 tons 641 b., has a diameter of bore of 8.9 in., a length of bore of Bft. Bin., an d no exterior length of lift. 2in., with a circum ference at thickest part of base of Bft. 3i n . With this gun experiments have been commenced with steel shot and shell, but they have not suffi ciently advanced yet to furnish any detailed report. What has actually been accomplished is this : Spherical and steel shot have been fired from the gun with 201 b. of powder, only a fifth of the weight of the shot, and have penetrated through a 51 inch armour-plate, bolted on the side of the Monarch target ship, and also through the side of the ship itself, covering the deck of the target ship with splinters of the ship's planking, timbers, and iron knees, fragments of the broken plate, and of the steel shot itself which had broken into small pieces in its course. Never, perhaps, was the want of an inner iron skin inside the wood backing of a ship's armour more forcibly illustrated. The result demonstrates the insecurity which must exist in time of action for the seamen working the guns of ships of the Royal Oak class, and the security under like circumstances for the men in the Warrior class of ship. To fully realise the importance of this fact of a spherical shot fired from a smoothbore gun passing through a 51,-inch armour-plate and the side of a line-of-battle ship, it must be borne in mind that this is the first known instance of the kind, and that our greatest efforts in the same direction, which have been made with the Armstrong 110 pounder rifled gun and the 95cwt. 68 pounder smooth bore have merely resulted in making an indentation of 2in. or less on the plate's surface; that is, when the plate has been of equal quality with the plates through which the steel shots penetrated. It must not be thought, however, that the gun can claim the entire credit of this result. In the majority of our firing at wrought iron armour-plates we have dis charged with 161 b., 201 b., and at times, 251 b. of powder 601 b. balls of soft gray cast iron. In firing steel shot against wrought iron plates we have but now taken up the principle we should have first started with in the great contest of " guns against armour-plates." It is evident that the destructive penetrating power gained in these experimental fir ing trials is owing more to the nature of the projectile than to the gun from which it was fired. If the War rior's side can therefore be destroyed by steel balls fired from the old and despised 68 pounder, there will be new data furnished for the study of our artillerists and shipbuilders. Yesterday the War Department transport Bomar sund shipped a large quantity of condemned ord nonce stores, guns, &e., at Chatham for Woolwich, and afterwards dropped down the river to the Go vernment powder magazines at Upnor Castle, where she also shipped a quantity of condemned shell. The work of cutting away the granite sides of the dock at Chatham in which the Achilles has been constructed is being rapidly pushed forward by a body of workmen under the direction of Messrs. Foord and Sons, in order that no delay may be ex perienced in having everything completed for float ing the iron frigate out of dock on the 24th inst. A party of workmen have arrived at the dockyard from the engineering establishment of Messrs. Penn and Sons, Greenwich, in order to commence fitting the screw machinery on board the Achilles before she is undocked. The mechanics and labourers of the dockyard and arsenal at Woolwich yesterday commenced working overtime, to compensate for the loss of the Satur day following Christmas-day, which is to be held as a holiday, so as to close the establishments during the three successive days. The third experimental 600-pounder Armstrong gun, similar to those forwarded to the Excellent at Portsmouth, is now ready to be shipped at Wool wich for Shoeburyness. fitted at Shoeburyness, of Mr. Baskcomb, The new Bellerophon target, which has been one of f nd t e h r e f t o h re sup erintendence emen dockyard, and a body of shipwrights, o f Chatham has been con structed by the Millwall Iron Company, and is in tended to represent as nearly as possible a portion of the proposed side of the Bellerophon, increased frigate, which has been commenced at Chatham dockyard. Its trial is looked forward to with the keenest interest, as on the results will mainly de pend the form of construction which the first ofMr. Reid's new ironcased frigates will take. The part of the ship which is to be tested by the target is that situated between the main and lower decks and not in the line of ports, the object being to ascer tain the strength of the general side of the ship. As the Bellerophon is to carry only a small number of guns, special arrangements will be made to strengthen the side of the frigate near the p orts. As the number will be small, it will be possible t o strengthen them by the introduction of additional iron to an extent which could not be pract* b Ica l e i f the number were large. Each frame of the target is made of angle iron 10in, long, alin. b road , and -lin. in thickne ss, and two angle irons 3i„ • L,I 31 i nc h e s, and ;in. in t hickness, rivetted L "Tether To sk i the double a n g le irons of this fr ame the ; n, which . is compose d of two thickness es of , 3 4 Inch w ith a layer of painted canvass betw een , plating, On the outside of the skin plating Ween, is rivetted. angle iron stringers are attach four horizonta l upper armour plate, ni ti , lo attach ed,, two under the tin. thick, the broad fl long by 31in. wide, and akin, and notfla nge being square to the reaching half an inch. The oth er behind the lower pl ate, two are placed 21in, wid e , and , i r'ate, and are 10in. long, broader flang e .11. thick. The breadth of the nesS of the ,_ tic. being . the same as the thick- Contact with° king, reaches out to and comes in thick, is Work the armour. Wood backing, 10in, Worked longitudinally on the skin plating, and betw een the angle-iron stringers, bolted with nut and screw, bolt through the skin p latin g .: The a rmour consist of two rolled plates Gin. thick, weigh ing upwards of nine tons each. The upper armour plate is fixed with bolts 22 in. in diameter. In one half of the target, divided vertically, the armour bolts have elastic washers, and are clinched on single nuts. In the other half, the bolts have common washers, with double nuts, and the bolts not clinched. In the construction of the Bellerophon target the mere capabilitiy of resisting shot and shell has not alone been considered ; regard has also been had in arranging its details to the satisfactory and economical construction of an actual ship upon the same plan. In erecting the target care has been taken to support it behind with beam ends, &c., so that the actual condition of the proposed ship's side may be approximated to as closely as possible. The is. c..) 4°. 1 • • ^S , NT47 0,2 e ....p k ' weight of the target is exactly 38 .5, 0 1%'fro t:4 11tlttr.r'' - t 1 foot, which is between 30ib. Grid 4„Atti,c pri* ., :,, i l - c J 4 -3 4...,, 1 foot more thun the Warrior targ t.-:\ ,1 13 , ,k : 0, .-* ?,1 74 , ;,;* Belleropl,on target stand wall again ': VE" ..* :,. rr 704,/ service gans-110-pounder Armstron lo an , pounder inuzz!e loaders—a censideiabß i t ny ~,:o will be made, for the Bellerophon, although elAy 300 ft. long, and costing nearly £IOO,COO less Loan . the Warrior, will be more eff4tually protected from end to end than that vessel is it' the middle only. l la ' g hreetalrvg,iel‘i:o guns and the 300- - 0 ., .mt.10r r not expected to stand against Ile Ai costrong, shut ft.= both of which Win probably go ht through it. A sar4 s vin 9 belief is, liewc.v!--2r, entert , ined 11 7 the ofileia' Ciit,tara dockyard concerned in its construoio that the GS -pounde r and 110-pounder Artnstrong shot will foil to penetrate it. Through ft° exertions or Alcs3rs.P.:;nn and Spns, the manufacturers of the engines for the Arettri , ,s, 35 7 501 hortie pow; r, the accident which occurred to the condenser has been complet.viy repaired, and a ne w metal cistern door to the condenser completed an d fi tte d . Th e part o f the condenser to which the accident, occurred will he repaired end fitted as a si)arc commissionedcis f cistern door. sea th r.T fo h r oAzthusl IS e xpected to be t ii. r: 3 at A large quantity of horse provender is in oo e - e , O of shipment for New Zealand, to supply the iaddi tional troop•horses req uired f or the present emer gency. The Statesman is to be employed on this .rer vice, and yesterday commenced shipping 3,50 tons of compressed hay and other fodder. The Golconda was yesterday inspected, to follow the -Statesman, and other ships are to be hired to convey similar freights to New Z ciland during the month. The following appointments were made en Satur day at the Admiralty :—Lieut. L. M. Mallett to the D;:fence ; George Grant, paymaster, to the Cpn queror; Edward W_ Gordon, paymaster, to the Keander. ; and William E. Presscott, first cllss assistant engineer, to the Rattlesnake. The following appointments and promotions were made yesterday at the Admiralty :—Commander C. J. Rowley, to the Fisgsrd, additional, for sere ice with the Enterprise; Lieut. Lawrence A. Bell, to the Excellent ; Richard G. Chandler, assist. pay- T at 3 ter, to the Resi s tance ; J o hn M'K enz ie, of the of the ta James ln t Mutter re,of the (a Cumberland, c t ie g ), ofGo the Challenger,er,e E. Foote (acti ng ) , Angus AVulcy of the A Terror, itkin ,David e F r n Fo c x i ( N a v c r :l i l n ia g) m , `Vahan, of the Queen, Daniel Certmel (acting), of the Imniortalite, Joseph Turner, of the Asia, for th e Hector ; Robert Anderson (b) of the Himalaya, Joseph B. Frith, ofthe Argo s , George Bartlett, of the Magicienn e , and Thomas Indus try, promoted to be first Young, of the I ss assistant engineer s . THE ARMY. Several lectures and entert a i n ent Dragoons provided during the pest month tn for hs have been e n.ee stationed at Aldershott, and it is • ended to con rwn non-com missioned officers and men of the Royal . evening duri n g the winter time them every Friday . _ A general court• martial is ordered to assemble at the Royallllarine B arracks, Forton, near Gosport, for the trial of Capt. W. Cosser, paymaster of the Ports mouth division of Royal Marine Light Infantry, on charges of defalcation of accounts. Arrival of the Sumter at Queenstown. QUEENSTOWN, Saturday Night. At six o'clock this evening the celebrated Sumter, now called the Gibraltar, Captain Reed, steamed into the harbour, with a cargo of eotton,with which she ran the blockade from Wilmington, North Carolina. Having been introduced under peculiarly favourable circumstances, I was most hospitably re ceived by Captain Reed, and had the pleasure of hearing from him an exclusive account of his out ward and homeward voyage, but reserve such par ticulars as I think should not be made public at present. The vessel left Liverpool on the 4tii of July, and on the 15th August, when in sight of the shore of North Carolina, one of the engines broke down, and, after some delay, was repeired. Senn after the accident Captain Reed went aloft, wiien he saw three of the blockade squadron—one on the starboard, one on the larboard side of him, and the other directly in front, and bearing down. The captain, knowing it would be ruinous to seek to evade scrutiny at once hoisted the American pennant on the main, and the ensign on the peak, and bore directly for the steamer in front, passing so cloeo to her as to see men repairing their hammocks and some sails on deck. This bold course of proceed ing, and Captain Reed's reedy response to the hail of the Yankees, at once disarmed suspi cion, and the Gibraltar w's enabled to get under cover of the guns of Fort Fisher, which is in the hands of the Confederates, without interrup tion, On account of the state of the tide the vessel could not get past the bar of the port of Wilmington, and her position soon attracted notice of the flag cdfmosrohriewniapesneoatutside. A number of shots being fired from the flag-ship three of the squadron joined her, and the Gibraltar soon became the object of their united attentions. Forty-eight shots were fired, the greater number of them whistling through the rigging, an d within 200 yards of the Gibraltar. She was erialo i .ed, of her however, on the rising of the tide to get out unpleasant position, and deliver her cargo, D arin, Capt. Reed's stay in Wilmington the town ve ch a q s u p ne.e i:d a a visit by President Davis, who was receivederwei the greatest enthusiasm. Capt. Reed so r -0a forgetful ee Confederategt fau - rl ' sf in Charleston, and he describes the fettheleßivn" favour of " secesh" as most intense, the ladiesg t espe cially being ei moat madvoi esrsr e ettate n , ahesglptttreaherGarohcurdreiseetoneieryeade:sdatith.iinGel da,cnaenrda get Out of the neck Governmentoisnefjl General ntcht aiot n tto Gh eiyll had under consideration of fcf te F tfotoahu o nk r neit s no o bon m ioof e tbehko t e i taa m hrGdde e iinb a arg f ri d paid jet; r e r e o r iHG a bn t toad i oiv o ol n ielsnlraegs t rr h :st e ihete p eo : o b p cu : e • t i t e eo t r y n_ ru l i e lito h i e i ß r t h f e ro b m av t d he to a pilot Bermuda, n agroundd a , the o e n a t p h t e ai ß n i t p p a r k i o n e o n e e c i d g t e h h i d t e t squadron, which was now in etoalatltlaeinCo got on , an endeavour to seven vessels. The vessel being new inlet, Rn Confederate avow w as ma d e to get her down the as sh e but the pilot again got hertahgersoquunadd, squadron, was now in close proximity to crate battery at Fort • launches,telegraphed his position the nay Once sent, down each thayingoh his sp protection, e e m t j e o r n ( , )n r e board, aini n were g by t 12 tt e t side of the ship lest she should be cut out, until the third night, when the captain, having previously taken the bearings of the flag ship, succeeded in getting out . The G ibraltar reached Bermuda in two and a half days, and made Queenstown in 13 days. Captain Reed left Wilmington on Nov. 14, and brings Charles ton p a p ers to that date, together with important dispatches. The captain reports four blockade runners cap tured between Nov. 11 and 14. Another steamer, in order to avoid capture, was set on fire by the crew. The E. D. Vanceand Banshee succeeded in running the blockade and getting into Wilmington safe. The Sumter is now busily engaged in coa li ng, and will proceed at once to Liverpool to deliver her coitus., each which consists of 330 bales of heavy CO each weighing 8001 b of Dubli n Express. APPLAUSE —THE BREATH OF THE ACTOR._I have forming ;n e city of the United St a t es, he came to the manag er at that, Earn the end of the third act an d said, ccl can't go stage again, sir, if th e pit k eeps its hands in its pockets. °nthe k Such an audience wou ld extinguish .2E',na." And the story saith that the manager made his appearance on the stage, and assured the audience that Mr. Kean, having been accustomed to audiences more demonstrative than Was habitual to the severer intelli?enee of an assembly of Ame rican citizens, mistook their silent attention for disapproba tion; tion ; and in short that, if they did not applaud M n ot Kean bad been accustomed to be applauded, they could had have the gratification of seeing Mr. Kean act "though, been accustomed to act. Of course the audien e c a e- - vs _, tr _ no doubt, with an elated sneer at the British/ ay ' D t o with" were too much interested in giving him fair f ' t h e ir pleasure hold any longer the loud demonstration ?s the . fervour of when he did something to please themi As actor, and the the audience rose, so did the redouble d ttc.—Sir Bulever contagion of their own appla g u e s n : ment of the excellence it contribute L IMQ I ed CUtOniatta, nse their enjoy- 1 I