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8 rEM A from LONDON to NEW YORK he British and American Steam Navigation Companynlited) tLintited) will DESPATCH one of the undermentioned ZPlendid Fast Scr,w Steamers TWICE EACH MONTH for 4 'ew York:— LONDON Tons. Horse Power. t 2 'oo 500 Capt. GLOVER. _ F Is' 7 IIIINSTER 2,500 510 ••••• Capt. Coucx ••• DUBLIN 2 ,500 500 Capt FROUD. IST.EIV YORK 2,500 500 .. • apt. HARRIS. These magnificent vessels are mrturpassed by any ocean going. ste-tmer, and have accommodation for passengers re- Vete with every comfort. The Line will commence early in 3Lirch ; the ex , ct da eto be fixed in a atter announcement. To load in the Victoria Docks. For freight or passage apply to the Company's Agents, Alfred Laming and CJ., 70, t2ornhill. Now ready, in 4to , with mafrnificent emblematic cover, de signed by John Leighton, F.S.A., price 215., or in morooco extra, 31s. td., THE ILLUSTRATED INGOT,DSBY LE(ENDS, from Sixty Original Drawings by Cruikshank, Leech, and Tenniel. " There could not be found a more pleasant book than The In2 - oldsby Legends.' A series of humorous lezends. illu-trated by three such men as Leech, Cruikshank, and Tenniel--14 hat can be more tempting?"—Times. Richard Bentley, Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty. This Day, Companion to "Anonyma," price 25., SKITTLES:. An . Au obiouraphy. London : George Vickers, Angel-court, Strand. MR REARDEN, LAND ESTATE And HOE E AGENP, SIT VEYOR and VALUER, 91 and 92, PICCADILLY, near Cambridsre , - , ouse, opposite the Green-park Established 23 Year., respecqully invites the Panic' to _ tare of Landed Estates, Farm-, and House Property :ale, to be Let, or wan ed to Rent or Pur , has., for which 0 ▪ ;"„ e nree is made u ,, less a treaty is concluded, and then u , uat rates of charge, particulars of whic't w.ll be Re, • on a ppl , cation. In all cases of his Letting . Farms Mr. — a r c t on chaTe.. 4rt s. ; ular. 01 t e Tenant only, and rot the Landlord. Property f Sale aid to be Let wi Ib. elven Pt T c , ,0 2,1137. or f orwarded fro , of char. , e. N.B —Several Town ed to want "V Residences, Landed Properties, a d Farms nt and Pur base immediat ly. Direct fu'l particulars to Mr. Reardon as above. T EA '' MOORE iIROTHF,RS respoctfnlly inti ,specizate that their New Prospectus is no v ready. ' hey to 3s. 2d . Y ~e c ommend their improved Family Tea, reduced duced ° llehomr reduced to 38. ed. ; mixed Assam, re to as d 8(1 .; and the finest Assam, reduced from is. 4d. as, • Per lb. MOO n B ROTHERS, 13. London-bridge, City, E.C. P's' PIG ." PIG!-INDIAN PIG MEAL anq inwithout husks, s lied to the Royal farms, Windsor, without county ee o ual to li cwt. bar' e;nuoln fl n. Established 1858.: , r gy land, iGs 6d per one cwt. n 3 l iA eal. Delivered tree in Lon- S PEARCE, Manager, 68, taut-street, Southwarit. I 11°' —......_ IALGiII TAN ONYX MARBLE. - Messrs. 4'becti— ` Y ELL JANUS, and CO., respectfully solicit an I .° o n of their Onyx j galon which contains upwards of JaptuZlVPots, consisting of Clock , Candelabra, Lamps,Vass, 4t ieleaT l, Inkstands, s'en-trays, and a variety of small er Th is 0,, taste, at moderate prices. fi ne p4eMit:ful marble is perfectly translucent,bears a very rresents a diversity of pleasing tintel, and can be "ricia r ,! ciled into an form n4vessary for utility or 7,9, Regent-str y street Pall-mall. STA3IP YOUR PAPER, JE IV VPIOPES INVOICFS. &c., with JONES'S PATENT PERCUSSION EMBOSSING PRESS. e T he above would be found useful to youths at school for '" ~,,0 0 sin7 , their 800 k.,, Drawings, Pacers, &o. The Press '''Mplete, with Plain Cre-t, Name, or Business Die, 9s. 6d. 0t e the Address :—W J. lAM JONES, Die Sinker, Press Maker, and Einbos- , er, 3, Queen's-court, High Holborn (op posite Day and Martin's). IIEAUTIFUL WOMEN --Alabaster Powder, and the Nanette Rock Dew Water from Sahara. Cir cassian Bloom. Arabian Snaps, and Alabaster Liquid. These (2ostly and inimitable toilet preparations render the hair, leeth and complexion beautiful beyond comparison.—Can be /lad only at Madame RACI - 114.L'S, 47A, New Bond-street, "where Bil e can be consulted daily. All communications are strictly confidential. BOTT. JACKSON, AND CO exe cute COMMISSIONS on all races throughout the W Tsar. M arket price guaranteed. Remittances. L-ndon and well-pmark. est ter Bank. - Post-uffize Orders payable at Camber ins .N.B.—Betting on the Waterloo Cup. A ddress— BOTT and JACKSON, "Man of the World" Wine Stores, George-street, Camberwell-park, London. PECTACLES.—The Patent Newlv-invented Tinted Spectardes are patronised by the majority of the Nobility, includinzVisco-ant Palmerston. They afford extra ordinary re ief to Weak, di -, and detective vision.—S. and B SOLO AION S, Opti c+ . 4 ", 38, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. pRIZE M ED A L -INTERNATIONAL EXH N IBIT:O, 1862. FRANCIS TITCRER & CO., Wax Chandlers, &0., &a, •Co the Qu en and the P ince of Wales. In (Established 17'0.) te• eti l e Jurors' Report on Wax and Church Candles, in 1Q62,62, _ rianu ae fles to he excell ence of the quality of Alessrs. Tuckers' ,k turp A Ner a dimti ll zi a l lished Dignitat T , i n a l e tt er a dd resse d t o F ranc i s d Co., on the subject h of "WAX CANDLES wit PLATTED WICKS, says : have found them fully equal VI the recommendation W ail) , You gavi- them and can sincerely, in my tusn,! com rnend them to the clergy for the use of the altar." Fin est quallty, with Platted Wicks, patented td. per lb Ordinary quality .. Od. per lb. BestVEGETABLE aNDLES, with a Mixture of Wax. quality 'Se cond quality • • • • • • •• s. sd. per lb. . ls. 3d per lb. T hird quail y ls. ld. per lb. Carriage pa.d in London on Orders of Five Pounds in value. FRANCIS TUCKER AND CO., 8, South Molton-street, Grosveno --square. Manufactory— The l Ke nsington (Established 1730). argest Eatablishmmt in England for the Manufacture of Wax Candles for the wie of the Altar. DR. SCOTT'S BILIOUS AND LIVER PILLS. —A NEVER FAILING RESTEDY.—Pre ,,b,red without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. Cott, of Bromley, went, will be found invaluable to all who vuffer front bilious and fiver complaints, indigestion, wind. Spasms, giddiness, nizziness of the eyes, &c. For habitual costiveness, as a f am il y aperient medicine, and as a purifier of the blood, th ey Are truly excellent; mild in their opera tion and grateful to he stomach, they create appe tte, pro mote digestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system. Sold by andambert, 8, King William-street, L haring-cross. Londonby most druggists, in boxes,ls. lid., and three times the quantity in one, 2s. 9d. Be sure to ask for Dr. Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills, The genuine are a square green Ackage, with " William Lambert," engraved on o he stamp, tt 11 eTunts.—li Y ROYAL LET TE RS: PATENT. WHITE'S MOC-M AIN LEVER TRUSS (PERFECTED AND EXIIIBITED IN THE GREAT r xntnrriows OF 1851 AND 1862), it; allowed by upwards of Two ti unfired Medical Gentlemen to ~ e the most effective Th n vention in the curative treatment of El ERNI A. e use of a steel spring, so otten hurtful in its effects, here avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the body, while the r equ i s i te resisting power is supplied by the bloc -Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease and closeness that it canno. be detected, and may be worn during sleep. A de scr ipti ve circular may he 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 lent to the manufacture.-, Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly. A A Single Truss, 1 215., 265. 6d., and 31s. 6d. Postage, 15 . A Double Truss, 318. 6d., 425., and 528. 6d. Postage, ls Bd. - ‘ ll ,,tirebilical Truss, 425. and 525, td . Postage, ls. 10d. 0.1 ust-offiee Orders to be made payable to John White, Poet '4ee' NEW PATENT P AST IC STOCKINGS, Wuak ti ZNli.'l , l-c A Ps. tice., for Varicose Veins and all cases of Atreu s, 1 8 d Swellinz 01 he Legs, Sprains, Aro. They are 1) e ght in texture, ind inexpensive, and are drawn on ea ' 4ll . poltnar7toc sking. Price 4s. Gd., 7s. Gd., 10s., to Ills. j, s 4 `e 6d. ‘ , IIN WCi IT F.. Manutacturar. 22R. Piccadilly. 40yAL FREE HOSPITAL. Grav's-inn• road, w ay , ./1 ' t er m inu Ho immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail s, King's-cross. VieQ- Pat ron—il is Royal Highness te Prince of W A LE resident —His i 4 race the Duke of BULCLE CH, 11. G. Treasurer —Edward Masterman, Esq. filgg mi-merous and urgent appo a l s o f t h e s i k poor f or ad ant " c oin . 1 the Committe e t o en t reat the b ounty of t h e t , ;exit and humane, as the medical officers are daii:y obliged ith ) ;" t as out-atients many d gladly g cases which. wh Th,,e adequate tun ds, th y would admit into the war t s. bed'sPreoutses of the Hospital are capable of containing 500 poL ll „ e , llo, pital i s no t endowed, but i s wholly cluptindent on ti l 7' 83 7 c, M.. n tributions and 1, gacies, which are r eceive d by e' re:thueer. Edward • r; Low, r sq. Nicholas- lan e; a lso t) essr s. Coutts an d C o. ; Drummondand Co. ; Tl...!rries and psgnßansom and Co. • Prescott, Grote, and C 0..; Smith, and Co. : Wen and Co. ; Jones Loyd and Co. ; Barclay o v iL‘ ; Denison and Co. • Rims, Deacon, and Co. ; " r end. Gurney and CI • • Nisbet and Co., Berners,,treet ; haster raa • • 1.4 2 r ; tai, f n rom 10d ( 0. ; ti T. R 5. arned and Co., Liverpoo I ; and at ll ':FORD S. ;::.1113:11 'ciactary. A RGYLL ROO AS, Windmill-street, Hay market. NOTICF. —M. JULLIE''S PROMENADE CONCERTS will be continued at the above elegant rooms. Admission is. Conductor— M. JULLIEN. Solo Perform'rs—Messrs. Mosca, Tyler, Horton, Snelling, Progrataki, nney, Doors Open at 8, commence at half-past. Manager, M. GKENET. 29, GEORGE-STREET, HANOVER - SQUARE. THE LONDON ANATOMICAL MUSEUM Open dell; from 10 till 10. Lectures at 4 and 7 o'clock. Where may be seen the Astecs ; Bushman and Wife; Julia Pastrana and Infant; Eng and Shang, the Siamese Twins; and upwa , ds of :1,000 Models, Natural Pre parations, &c. Egyptian Mlmmies, unwrapped, 4,000 years old. Admission, One shilling tor Gentlemen only). IT THIS SHOULD MEET THE EYE of any one troubled with Wind in the Stomach, Indizestion, or Biliousness, take PAGE WOODCOCK'S WIND PILLS. T. , eir world-wide celebrity proves them of sterling merit. Of all medicine vendors at is. Lid. Lnd 2s. 9d. ; or free by post for 14 or 33 stamps from Page D. Woodcock, Chemist Lincoln. ir E ATING'S PALE NEWFOUNDLAND El COD LIVER OIL. The Finest Imported this Season. THIS VALUABLE ME TICINE hay ng of late years come into su h general use, and being, moreover, so exten sively prescribes by the most eminent practitioners both in town and country, Mr. Keating can with the greatest confidence recommend this Oil as being perfectly pure, nearly tasteless, and free from adulteration, having been analysed, reported on, and recommended by Prof. Taylor, of Guy's and St Thomas's Hospitals, Dr. Scott. M.D., &c., and r. Edwin Payne, M D., L.R.C. P., M.K.O S., who, in the words of the late Dr. Pereira, says that 4, The h at Oil is that which is most &void of colour, odour, and flavour, cha racter. this will be found to possess, being purely of hepatic a point of great weight with regard to its therapeutic value. .......... Sold in Half-pints, le. Od. • Pints, 35. ; Quarts, ss. 6 d. ; an d Five-pint Bottles, 12s. 6d.. imperial measure, by TUOMAS KEATING, Chemist 79. St. Paul's Churchyard, London. TEETH. —Mr. ESKRLL'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. Eskell's Patent, &c., free for 7 stamps. Inspection of specimens and consultations Irec.-B,Grosvenor street, Bond-street, W ; and at 39, Bennett's-hill, Bir mingham. NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE.—The greatest and most useful invention of the day, A GITA AMARELLA. Messrs. JOHN GOSNELL and CO., 3, King-court, Lombard street, London, Perfumers to her Majesty, respectfully offer to th public this truly marvellou , fluid, which gradually restr , es the human hair to its pristine hue—no matter at why' age. 'I he Ag,ua A marelia has none of the properties of dyes ; it, on the contrary, is beneficial to the system, and when the hair is once restored one application per month will teen it in perfect colour Price one guinea per bottle, or in half bottles, 10s. 6d. Testimonials from artistes of the highest order, and from individuals t urvioubted respecta bility, may be seen on application. Messrs. John Gosnell and co. have been appointed Perfumers to her Royal High ness the Princess of Wales. LIFEBOAT SERVICES.—Daring the recent heavy gales some of the i oats of the Royal Na ional Lifei,oat institution have been instrumental in rescuing the c-ews of the following wrecked vessels :—Schooner Theophi- Ins, of Aberdeen, 5 men; barque Tamworth, of Norway, 1'; schooner orthern Lights, of Preston, 4 ; pilot boat, of St Ives, 7 ; schooner Aron. of Workington, 4; schooner Gipsy, of Dr gheda, 4 ; smack Saucy Ja k, of Inverness, 1 ; barque Marietta, of Lisbon, 1 ' fishing boat, of Fitey, 2 • Ten by fishing b at, 3; and barque Providence, of Dantzic, 7 . 'Fetal lives saved, P 5. The li•eboats also assists • in bringing safe y into port, with their crews, consisting of 21 men, he Italian brig Cam,glin ,, , the schooner Sir Colin Campbell, of Whitby, the scho ner Gmlia, of Palermo. and the ketch Snip, of sm sterdam. Ihe lifeboats also went off in reply to signals of distress on fourteen occasions, but their services were not ultimatrly rtquired. The amount of reward p id for all these servi es was £216. The Committee of the Institutionearnest y AP , EAL to the public ior AI‘SINTAN E to e able , hem to m et the con tinued heavy demands on the Society's 2b lileb at estab lishmtnts contributions are receiv d by all the Lon on Rl.l v hs , k..ra ; ant thP Qe , re!Ftry, I:lPl , arrl Lewis, ILBll.lllivo , 11 phi, Lvoidoo, • N- " Ith Ir4IITTIVITITRI7, r,ARPVTS. TIFIDDING. era the kin_ dim, ss o' ,mount or ,iis - an - e First class goods at sec nd-class prices. Terms peculiarly liberal to Clerzymen and Gentlemen. An im sense stock to select fmm, displayed in showrooms oLcupyin,g an acre of ground. Every ar He warranted CL hGY IN and GENTLEMEN ABOUT TO FUR- N' 'SIT are respectfully info-mel that Messrs. Cohbett and Co a - s piibliqhins- ant entinely New Edition of thei- un *quailed HOUSE FURNISHING GUIDE, ill strated by4lo admirible erio - ravins.:- of every defier tion of Furniture and Bed-teads, with prices attached. A copy sent giatis and post-free on xpplication. This costly work also contains complete estimates for furnishing cn the f,dlowing revised scale A Six-roomed Parsonage An Eight-roomed ditto A Ten-ro mien ditto A Twelve-r,om,d ditto ' l9l It 0 Together with a r'ri'e List of purified 'seeding, and a mass of valuable informationto all requiting: honsehThl furniture, carnet or bedding. References kindly permitre Ito O'er y men and yew' men in or near Great Al.4.lvern Southampton, Chiches er Bury, E y, Preston Grimsby. Ryde, Plymouth, %Welk Ox`or kr crtit on, Gainsborouifh, 3firgate. Kidder minster Wellington. Croydon. Cambrid , e, -tain es, Dorking, St Alban's, Worcester, Inswich, Peterborough, St. David's, Wrexham, and above SCO other places in all parts of Great Britain. COB !SETT and CO General House Furnishers, Deptf ord bridge, London, S.E," OVE THOUSAND POUNDS REWARD -- The undermentioned BANK of ENGLAND NOTES were (wish others) fraudulently obtained in Londnn on the 29th day of August, 1563 by s gmund Ditrichstein, late of the Jamaica Coffee-house and of Worthing. who absconded, and was afterwards arrested in Hungary, viz.:- 3 of £2OO, Nos 85128, 85129, and 1 Dated 4th July, 1862. . 26 of XICO, Non. 84 42635 4 to 4 , 654, and ) 19th May, 1861. 12590 42696 26 of £5O, Nos. 88309, to 85111,.. to 88117 Nos. 8 8 320 to 88329 „ 20th April, 1863. Nos. 88332 and 88339 to 88146 51 of 42 1 , Nos. 22451 to 2 0 500 and 1 21st July, 1863. 19109 P ayment of all the said notes has been stopped. " h °ever will give st.t...h information as shall lead to the re- Covery of the Bank notes above pArticula , ised shall receive a reward of £ 1 . 009 o • a proportionate part thereof, according K the +mount re 'overed Information to be given to 3lessra. It. and 8. Mull, ns Sol citors, 7, Poultry, London, E.C., or to InsPoetor HamiltOn k , Detective Police-office, 26, Old Jewry, London, E.C. London, Ist January, 1864. LAW LECTURES At the INCORPORATED LAW SOCIETY. 3r T he geveral CoUR •Et; of LEC FIT RES will be resumed by `spiel Hi gins on Conveyancing, Friday, January 8 ; Niurr on Corn ••on Law and Mercantile Law, i r n,lay, Janua y r r 11; . 11 ontague Hughes Cookson on F.iday, January 15. E. W. WILLIAMSON, Secretary. Law Society's Hall, Chancery-lane, London, Jan. Ist, 18 4. II `ft• l 4b N°. 22 318 MR. THORNBURY'S NEW NOVEL. On Friday, Jan. 8, in 3 vols., NV - IL D F I By WALTER Tti ORNBURY. Also now ready, in 3 vols., THE WIFE'S EVIDENCE. ByW. G. WILLS Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. R E. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., WO M AN'S RANSOM. A By the Author of "Grandmother's Money," &o. "An excellent tale."—Daily News. " A good novel, remarkably clever."—Press. " ' A Woman's Ransom' will fascinate the attention of the reader to the very end." —John BuIL Hurst and Blao,.ett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Now ready, in 2 vols., 215., 3TEMOIRS OF JANE CAMERON, FEMALE CONVICT. By a PRISON MATRON, Author of " Female Life in Prison." " This narrativP, as we can well bell, ve, Is truthful in every important particular—a faithful chronicle of a woman's fall and rescue. It is a book that ougut to be widely read. Examiner. . Buret and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-etreet. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., BARBARA'S HISTORY. By AMELIA B. EDWAItDS. "If Miss Edwards goes on writing such stories as ' Bar bara's History' she will on some bright day of a lucky season wake up and find h-Tself famous. We give her full credit for having written a thoroughly readable and deeply inter esting novel."--Athenaeum. Hurst and Blackett, 13, great Marlborough-street. UNDER TILE ESPECIAL PATRONAGE OF HER MAJESTY. Now ready, Thirty-third Edition, 1 vol., with the Arms beau tifully engraved, handsome y bound, gilt edges, 31s. Gd., LODGE'S PEERAGE AND BARONETAGE FOR 1864. - -•-•• Corrected by the -Nobility. "The readiest, the most useiul, and exactest of modern works on the subject."—Spectator. Hurst and Blacken, 13, Great Marlborough-street UNIFORM /WITH " THE PRIVATE DETECTIVE." • This d Never before Published, price 25., Th SE C it E 'l' SERVICE; Or, The Rycollect.ons of a City Detective. London : Ward and Look, 158, Fleet-street. Now ready, in post Bvo., price 2s. 6d., to be published half yearly, THE BROWN BOOK : A Book of Rpviy Reference tor the Use of Visitors and Residents in London, Containing selected L:st , of Betels, Boarding li,uses, Dining-rooms, Lodginos, &c. Full and Practical Information a , to Char ties ~t every description Libraries, and Institutions ; Days of Meeting of the Scientific Societies ; Amusements, Theatrical, Musical, &c With other Useful Information, the whole classified in a novel manner. Also, a Handy List, showing the nearest Post-offi e, Telegraphic Station, Cab Stand, Fire Engine, &c., &c., to 1,000 Principal Streets. London : Saunders, Otley, and Co , 6 1 , Brook-street, W.; and all booksellers, newsag,nts, and railw , y bookstalls, BEAUTIFUL FOR EVER. MADAME RACHEL ON " FEMALE GRACE AND BEAUTY." Just published, 4 B 0 0 K OF B E A U T Y. By Madame RACHEL. To be had at 47A, New Bond-street. Price 2s. 6d. Tr H 0 X F OR D, A, OXFORD STREET, W. THIS EVENING, wiil be performed Selections from 'the following Operas, viz., THE SLAVE, by Sir H. Vishop ; also, from LA FORZ A DEL DES ilNO—Verdi; by the fol lowing talented artistes.—Misses Russell, Townley, Fitz- Henry, SI , .Imsley, Tyrrell, and Ellison ; Messrs. Green, finish, Rimb.Tley, Stuart, dm Solos on the Violin by VIOTTI COLLINS. the cele brated English Violinist. Flute by Drew Dean. Pianoforte, Miss Bryant. And the marvellous Instrument, the ORCHESTRAL PIANO, by Herr SCHAL KENBACH, the Inventor. Comedy, by UNSWORTH ("or any other man "), Eui - rene, W. Randall,W. T. Critchfield, T. Maclsgan, George Hutchen son, and the marvellous Gymnasts, Messrs. Berri, Leach, and Foster. THIS EVENING. will be produced. supported by the entire company, a new and original Cantat a, entitled "King Christmas. written by Litchfield Moseley, Esq., and com posed by W. Meyer Lutz, expressly for the establishment. Director, Mr. F. Jonghmans. CANTERBURY HALL.—THE GHOST in the MAGIC FOUNTAINS, surpassing any of the Trans formation Scenes a the Season—one of the most beautiful Effects ever produced. The scene, " The Tempest ;" Ariel, Miss E. Townley. The flight of Ariel through the Fairy Fountains is certainly a triumph of art.—Vide Public l'ress. All the other Musical and Pictorial attractions of the Estab ishment as usual, including Operatic Selections, &c. ; Comedy by (Jr sworth (the great Stump Orator), Eugene, W. Randall, G. Hutchenson, J. Jester, T. Maclagan, Admission, 6d ; Stalls and Balcony, is. Open every Evening. RO YA L ALHAMBRA.-FRANCONI'S GRAND CIRQUE IMPERIAL, EVERY EVENING, at Half-past. Seven ; Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday, at Two. " This trou eis certainly one of the best we have had in England for some yeirs. The Cirque Imperial may safely count on a longcareer of prosperity in London."—The Times. 1, C ..d e;6AOlP.elrl s gt . e i e eof r vp o vib - P. 4 EW S PAPE R (14 . barrel, and other ar /" ic!ps for propnrtinnqteßat. ", T • 414 Vt'e left the river at three o'clock in th e N 4 a 7 • , ' : 111111i 1; • • 11•••` ... % 44-' • • • 4Z 41 ,4 #4,496. . , v.._ * ‘' • 54 , • so- w i sec, , 4 , oxorr. - ' 4, 4 4. --a-- 4 .41 4 • , Dna. ,ying to at its mouth all night, and schooner with goods we had not dispose the matting of Wednesday we steamed . Mary's Bay, about 90 miles east oflialifax. AbWitt •LIL nine o'clock on the following morning we saw a steamer. Immediately we concealed the vessel by hugging the shore. When the steamer disappeared we started again. We arrived off Sambro without meeting with any further trouble, and was boarded by a pilot named Flynn, who took the vessel into S3mbro harbour. Capt. Locke,now satisfying him self there was not coal enough on board to complete the voyage, concluded to anchor the vessel, and ho did so at two o'clock in the afternoon. In the meantime he started for Helila= to procure coal and engineers for the vessel. He told mt son) that as soon as he obtained flew engin,er s h e intended to release me, and I told him that 1 anuid not on any account remain with the vessel any longer. The captain returned about 2 o'clock on the following morning, having been successful :n his expedition. A schoonee came with him. At about 6 o'clock on the same morning the pilot Fiy an in formed the captain that Union gunboats wereenter ing the harbour. The captain, satisfying ' , Atwell that this statement was correct, ordered me (John son) to scuttle the vessel. 1 replied that I crald not do it. The captain then hastily secured what plun der he could, and he and his officers and mew took to the boats as the Ella and Annie appeared in sight." The New York World has the following remarks on the Chesapeake affair : " Is there something after all in a name that the mishaps of a Chesapeake should once more threaten to embroil us with our 'discomfortable cousins' over the sea ? It was upon the deck of the Chesapeake that an American commander, sent to sea disarmed and short-handed, was compelled half a century ago to see his country's flag insulted and men taken from beneath its folds by a British man-of-war. It was from the mast-head of the Chesapeake that for the first time the people of Halifax saw the flog of the Union floating beneath the standard of England over an American frigate captured in single combat by an enemy's ship. And now, after the lapse of so many years, it is from the deck of the Chesapeake again that men who had dipped their hands in the blood of American seamen, and had treacherously captured an American merchant steamer, mad) their escape through the ranks of a sympathetic population, and defy the justice of two empires. To pronounce positively upon the legal character of the prisoners who were taken on the Chesapeake at Sembro by an American gunboat, and who escaped from the grasp of the colonial police at Halifax, would be just now prematnre. The whole case, from its strange beginning to its ending as strange, lies quite outside of the ordinary course of military law. It has a flavour of those naediceval times when all was held to be fair in war, when knights were wont to disguise themselves as peasants and slips into hostile castles under cover of meal bags and bundles of hay, and princes did not disdain the dagger and the bowl. But, as far as the facts have came to light, it is not easy to see what else can be said of the persons engaged in this business than that ttley were pirates committing piracy, and that, too, in such circumstances, that the holding of a Confede rate commission would scarcely exonerate them from the charge of its consequences. If this be their true status there can be no doubt as to the duty of the British Government in the premises, and no reason to suppose that Government indisposed to do its duty fully and loyally. The circum stances attending the escape need to be explicated and understood before any inference can be fairly drawn from them, even as to the conduct of the people of Halifax themselves, and it is much to be hoped that nothing may be said or done to prejudice public feeling in this country on the subject. If in the sequel it shall be found that either through official or popular hostility to us in the British colonies the rights of the republic have suffered, it will become us to seek redress in a temper which shall insure it." For the protection of American vessels leaning New York, passengers are to be required to have passports. A New York despatch of the 22d says : " The Government has decided that the safety of American vessels leaving this port requires that no person shall be allowed to leave this port as passen gers or otherwise without first receiving a passport from the marshal of this district. It is understood that a gunboat has already been stationed at Sandy Hook by Admiral Paulding to intercept every ves sel leaving this port by that outlet, and another vessel at Throgg's Neck to examine vessels leaving this port by way of the Sound, with instructions to detain such as are without passes." The celebrated prize Peterhoff has been put in commission at the Brooklyn Navy Yard as a Federal man-of-war, after having been strengthened and getting guns on board. A Washington letter of the 21st mentions the following : "About 3 o'clock on Sunday morning a detach ment of Moseby's guerillas and Stuart's rebel cavalry were found in the neighbourhood of Mor gansburg, Fauquier county, Virginia, by a portion of Gregg's cavalry. The rebels were commanded by a major of Stuart's cavalry, and were supposed to number between 250 and 300. Oar force numbered some 400, and consequently the rebels, after firing a few shots, retreated is the direction of the Rappahannock, and crossed at Barnett's ford upon pontoon bridges, which the rebels appeared to have had constructed there. The only loss on our aide was one man slightly wounded, while we captured 10 prisoners, and it is known four rebels were killed. Among the prisoners was one of Moseby's lieutenants." A despatch from Washington of the 22d says : " Information received to-night from the Army of the Potomac says there aro no indications of a re trograde movement towards Washington, as hes been reported, nor is it believed that the enemy, in their present condition, are able to give us much annoyance. Their cavalry, diminished considerably on our front, are not able to the task of making any formidable raid on our base of supplies, owing to the impoverished condition of their horses. The insufficiency of shoes and blankets, if the state• ments of deserters can be relied on, renders it equally improbable that Lee's infantry can be called from their strong position and comfortable shelters to undertake a campaign during the rigours of winter." PRICE .4d. STAMPED ....sd. AMERICA. QUEENSTOWN, Jan 4. The Royal Mail steamship Canada, from Boston the 231, and Halifax the 25th December, has arrived. The Provost-Marshal, General Fry, has published his official report relative to the enrolment and draught of the Federal army. As far as the enrol ment was completed, it showed 3,113.305 men liable for military service, including, however, many who would be entitled to exemption in case of draught. The plan of draughting was to require, as the quota of each district, tae-fifth of the men of the first class on the , roll. This method was considered an improvement on the calls of 1861 and 1862, which were based upon population, and by which the States that contained an excess of females were charged with a greater quota than those in which there was an excess of males. Up to the Ist of November the draught had brought into service about 50,000 men, including those who enlisted and were credited on the quotas after the draught had been ordered. Tables of rejections per 1000 showed 319 . 1 in the United States, as compared with 324.4 in the French conscription from 1831 to 1843, and 317 in the French conscription of 1859 ; and with 335 from 1842 to 1852, 318 in 1860, and 461 in 1862 in the English recruiting. The riot in New York is attributed to a mob " composed mainly of fo reigners." Tne writ of habeas corpus had inter posed great difficulties to the execution of the con scription until suspended by the proclamation of the President, dated Sept. 17 ; 10,000,000 dols. commutation money had been received from 35,000 draughted men. Nearly 22,000 deserters and absen tees had been arrested by the officers of the bureau between May 1 and Nov. 1. The expenditure of the department to Nov. 1, including unpaid accounts requiring correction, was 1,911,959 dols. In the Senate on the 22d an amendment relative to classes as settled in the Conscription Bill was offered,— " That the national forces of the United States not now in the military service, enrolled under this act, shall be divided into two olasses, the first of which shall comprise all persons subject to do mili tary duty between the ages of 20 and 45 years, and who are unmarried, and the second class shall com prise all other persons subject to do military duty, and persons of the second class shall not in any dis trict be called into the service of the United States until those of the first class have been called." The amendment, which was supported in a speech, giving reasons why married persons should be exempt until an abso;ute necessity existed for their services, was rejected. An amendment exempting clergymen was re jected on division by 33 to 8. In the House of Representatives the following preamble and resolution was tabled by a vote of 80 against 43 : " Whereas, the Supreme Judicial Court of the State of Pennsylvania has decided solemnly that the act of March 3, 1863, commonly called the Con scription Act, is contrary to and violative of the provisions of the Constitution, and therefore null and void; therefore, resolve], that it is the sworn duty of the Executive Department of the Govern ment either to acquiesce in the decision in that State, or to bring the question involved before the Supreme Court of the United States for final adju dication, to the end that, if Congress shall deem such legislation necessary, a bill shall be prepared not subject to Constitutional objections." The New York papers publish the following nar rative of the captain of the Joseph L. Gerety, cap tured by Confedetates in a somewhat similar fashion to the Chesapeake:— "Captain Nichols reports that he left Matamoras on the 16th November, bound for New York with a cargo of cotton and six passengers; on the night of the 17th, about 12 o'clock, the captain and two men on deck, one at the wheel and the other aloft, the six passengers made an assault on the captain with revolvers, knocked him do wn, and threatened to shoot him if he made any noise; they took him forward and locked him in the forecastle, putting a guard over him; foar of them then went aft, and the mate, hearing the noise on deck, came up, and was taken in the same manner, and put in the fore castle with the captain and crew. Mr. Greenough, the supercargo, in attempting to come on deck, was kicked down into the cabin and two shots were fired at him, but fortunately did not hit him ; they confined him to his berth and kept a guard over him, with orders to shoot him if he attempted to make any resistance. After keeping them in confinement for eight days tiny put all hands into the small boat, and told them to find their way to land the best way they could. They landed on the coast of Sisal, after being two days and nights at sea. There they got passage to Havannah in a Spanish brig, and the crew were sent to New York in the schooner Horace Bell, from Sisal. The six passengers had paid their passage to New York from Matamoras. Their names were T. E. Hogg, of Baltimore, J. Brown, of Canada, James Clements, Kelly, and Brown, and John Wilson. This Wilson was mate with Gordon; the slaver, and he was in the Tombs, in Now York, four years and ten months. They say that there are four other parties in Mata mores, waiting for vessels and chances like this, and that they are sure to get them. This same party expected to have had a steamer at Matamoras, but it got away before they had their plans laid. After they had put the captain and crew in the small boat they hoisted the Confederate flag, and fired off their pistols as a salute, saying that they had authority from the Confederate Government so to do. When asked where they were bound they said to Belize, Honduras, where they could sell the vessel and cargo. The vessel was owned by F. Gerety, of New York, and the cotton consigned to Shepler & Ca." The Federal Commander Clary, in an official de spatch from Halifax to the Secretary of the Navy, announces that the Chesapeake has been transferred to the British authorities. The following telegra phic despatches haNe been published: — "Halifax, Dec. 19, 1863. " Tremendous excitement prevails here this after noon in regard to the steamer Chesapeake, She was delivered over to the British authorities to-day ; but upon the landing of the prisoners upon shore they were rescued by the citizens. The Union ves sels Niagara, Dacotab, Ella and Annie, Acacia, and Cornubia, are off' the harbour. Furloughs are only allowed to those soldiers who declare their intention of re-enlisting on the expi ration of their term. The probable number of re enlistments into the veteran corps of the Virginian army in consequence of this order is estimated at 10,000. The following are the latest despatches relating to the state of affairs in East Tennessee, which appears in the New York papers : " Cumberland Gap, Dee. 18- " Gen. Longstreet divided his army on Wednes day, one part making an attack on Bean's Station, and the other at Kelley's Ford, the design being to cut off Generals Shackleford and Foster. A move ment by Gen. Ferrero frustrated the plan. Heavy firing was heard yesterday between Tazewell and Church River. It is reported that Gen. Lon ristreet is killed, and that his forces are completely sur• rounded." " 10 r.u. "At 1 o'clock this afternoon the steamer Chesa- I peake and the prisoners on board of her were de • livered over to the Government. Up on the arrival of the boat containing the prisoners at the Queen's wharf the excitement became intense. The pri soner's were immediately seized by a boat's crew in the ship, and hurried off by the crowd in attend ance. Upon the Government officers moving to arrest the prisoners, under a warrant, they were seized and held by prominent citizens and rendered powerless to perform their duty. The crowd finally succeeded in getting the pirates off in a small boat, which forthwith moved down the biy. The affair causes the greatest excitement throughout the city. What course the authorities will pursue in the matter it is impossible to say. The pirates are now all at liberty, scattered throughout the provinces. Union gunboats are preparing to leave. Some will take their departure to-night, and probably all of them will leave before Monday." " London, Kentucky, Dec• 20. " General Shackleford arrived here en route . .:Or home. He left Biair's Cross-toads on the 16 inst. The battle of Bean's Station commenced on the 14th inst. at 2 o'clock, and lasted till dark. Gen. Shackel ford held the ground until that time, when he with drew with a loss of 150 to 200 men in killed and wounded. Our forces were concentrating at Blair's Cross-roads when Gee. Shack leford AN IMMENSE CLOCK.—iiie movement of this clock, next to that of Westminster, is the largest in the world, and in point of quality of material, and finish of workmanship, it is unequalled by any kuown."—lllustrated London /ews, ' Nov. 8, ',83.?. Clocks by the first ar tists of the day for the drawing room, dining room , be d room, library, staircase. bracket, carriage, church, turret, railways, warehouse, count ing house, musical, and astronomical. Church and turret clocks spe . ziaby estimated for. Benson's itlu,trated I am. phiet ou clocks (free by post for two stamps) %%ith escriptiOnS and prices, enables those who live in auy part of the world to select a clock. Also a short pamphlet on cathedral and pubdo c oaks, free for one stamp. Prize medal and honourable mention in cl sses : 3 ana. 15. J. W. Ben• on, s 3 and 34, Lud gate-hill, London. Established 10. o ILi Watct .ll. the PrinCC Of h icl ck maker by special warr ant of appointment , Wales. The first engineer of the Chesapeake affords the following particulars of the capture : " After we left St. John the first port wo entered was Shelburne, where we arrived on Thursday night. Here we took in ten tons of coal and some wood. The next morning we left for Lahave river. Seeing a steamer off the mouth of the river, we concealed the vessel RS best we could, altd ascended the river on Friday night. We laid to at this point until l'ut—day night, di.charging pit ~t, the cargo, for which wr receivt , d 1,0.40 dots. W , cold the sugar for 3c. a pound, the flour for 3 doi-F, THE SUN, LONDON, WEDAESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 6, 1864. WHERE CAN WE MEEr AF ;ER THE PANTOMIMES ? My dear Fellow, Gentlemen sup at EVANS', Covent-garden. KINAHAN'S LL WHISKY v. COGNAC, BRANDY. This celebrated Old IRISH WHISKY rivals the finest FRENCH BRANDY, It i Pu e, 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 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET. W. Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded "Kinahan's LL Whisky." MEW, WELLINGTON THREE SHILLING JL DINNER, consisting ef Soup, Fish, Made Dish, Joint, Sweet, Am. is served daily from 3 to 9 p.m., and on Sunday from 5 to half-past 8 p.m. JOHN CATES, Manager. The Wellington, St. James's-street. Entrance, 160, Piccadilly. Naval and Military Intelligence. THE NAVY. The iron steam floating factory ship Chasseur, 543 tans, attached to the steam reserve squadron in the Medway, is ordered to be removed to Chatham harbour, where its ser vices are required. Instructions have been received at Chatham for the iron frigate Achilles, 1,250 horse power, to be brought forward with all despatch, and fitted for the first division of the steam reserve, in readiness for immediate commission. A. serious accident occurred on board the iron frigate Achilles, at Chatham, on Monday evening, by which a me chanic employed on board that vessel named Simon Sher wood was killed, and another man seriously injured. Since the Achilles has ~,heen removed from Chatham dockyard down.the harbaniithits been 6amiiiiry r— f& the workmen employed on board to be conveyed from the vessel to the dockyard every evening in three vessels ampllyed exclu sively in that duty. On Monday evening at dusk the work men were preparing to leave the vessel, and were covering over the openings from the upper deck into tho hold with tarpaulin and planks, when from some cause which does not appear easy of explanation one of the heavy planks was improperly secured, and before the men had left the vessel it fell trom the deck to the bottom of the frigate . , striking in its descent the deceased and a negro named Campbell, also employed on board, both of whom were preparing to leave work. The plank also slightly injured some of the other workmen, who were crowding up from below, but the chiet injuries were inflicted on Sherwood and Campbell. Both of the sufferers were immediately placed on board a steamer and conveyed to the dockyard, from which they were con veyed to Melville Hospital, but Sherwood died almost imme diately atter his admission, his head having been seriously injured. The wounds sustained by Campbell were a com pound fracture of one of the legs, which yesterday rendered an amputation of the limb necessary. A day or two previ eusly a fatal accident occurred on board the same vessel to a workmen named Monk, who overbalanced himself as he was in the act of taking off his coat to commence work, and was precipitated to the bottom of the vessel. A third accident betel a lad named Caddy, working on board, on Monday, who received concussion of the brain from a fall, and is not exprcted to survive. Capt. G. W. Preedy, C. 8., whose last commands were her Majesty's ships Agamemnon and Liffey, is spoken of as the officer selected by the Admiralty to command the iron frigate Hector, at Portsmouth, ordered for immediate com mission. Commander Thompson, lately serving as senior lieutenant on board the iron frigate Defence, is named as her commander. Yesterday the shipwrights removed their tool chests, &c., from the Hector to the dockyard jetty, in order to clear the ship up for commission and enable the officials to obtain her present exact draught of water, &c. it is believed that on her final trial of speed, when commis sioned, the ship's ventilation below will be found of a less unsatisfactory nature than was experienced on her two days' trials on the 23d and 24th of December. On those days there was a large number of shipwrights and other mecha nics employed on board, and some of the hatchways may have been partially covered with their gratings and the men's tools. If this was the case it must of course have produced unfavourable results upon the ventilation of the ship's compartments below. With the ship in commission none of these drawbacks will be allowed to exist, and there fore during the forthcoming final trial of the ship at the " mile" the temperature of the engine room and stokehole will be taken under what must be considered the most fa vourable circumstances. The weight of the ship was un dergoing alteration, The Lyra, 9 gun screw sloop, of 60 horse pOwer, Comman der Robert A. Parr, was swung yesterday in Portsmouth harbour, preparatory to going out to Spithead and complet ing stores and ammunition for foreign service. Mr. Henry J. Ray, from the office of the commander in-chief at Ports mouth, has joined the Lyra as paymaster. The Orontes, screw troopship, of 500 horse power, Capt. H. W. Hire, refuting at Portsmouth, is ordered to be ready for sea by the 19th inst. Her first service will, it is said, be in the Mediterranean and West Indies. The Adventure, screw troopship, of 400-horse power, Commander C. T. Curme, is nearly complete in her repairs in the Warrior dock at Portsmouth. When ready for sea she will be despatched to the Mediterranean. Her Majesty's screw yacht Fairy was uudocked from No. 1 duck at Portsmouth yesterday, after making good some defects in one of her bottom plates. The Octavia, screw frigate, one of three converted sailing trigatee fitted with machinery built by three different makers to fulfil certain peculiar conditions, is rapidly proceeding in her outfit by the master shipwright's department in No. 4 dock at Portsmouth, and will be shortly taken in hand by the other departments of the yard to carry out their share of the work. The Sparrowhawk, screw gun vessel,of 676 tons and 200- horse power, is lying in the adjoining dock waiting similar preparations for commission, and the Bulldog, 6, paddle, of 1,124 tons and 500-horse, is all but completed by the re spective departments in the steam basin. She is still,how ever, in the hands of the shipwright department, owing to an oversight (to use a mild term) on the part of some depart ment at Portsmouth or at the Admiralty. During the past tw,) or three yeare a good deal has bean said and written relative to national and private dockyards. It is admitted that evils do exist in our public yards, as, indeed, is certain to be the case in a greater or less degree in all such large establishments whether they be public or private—but the apologists of our present public establishments maintain that the evils existing in them have been unjustly exagge rated, and that private yards do not possess that degree of superiority either in system or workmanship over our pub lie yard that it is to the interest of many persons to lead the public to suppose really exists. For any one to assert that the work done in private yards is superior in finish and value to that turned out of hand in publie yards would be simply putting forward a statement that probably very few impartial persons would agree with. When it is stated, however, that the " system" of one is very much supe rior to the other, then it will be met with general [ belief, and the three vessels named—the Octavia, the Sparrowhawk, and Bulldog are instances in point. The repairs of the two first named are taken in hand by the shipwright department, which has a certain amount of work to perform, bat this work is not done conjointly with the other "departments," each working independently of the other. The result is that the " gunnery," or any other department which may follow the shipwrights'. undoes a portion of the work already done, so that in fact the work on board each ship is done over and over again at increased cost and waste each time. The Bulldog exhibits a fault in the system for which most probably the Admiralty are responsible. In the early part of November last application was made for an official order to alter her forecastle gun ports for the Armstrong pivot gun, with which she was ordered to be fitted. No order was received for some time, and the shipwrights therefore completed the ports on the old-fashioned enlarged style. An order has now been re ceived, and the ports are now being "contracted" to the Armstrong size. When these three vessels are com pleted and commissioned their captains will then have the power to commence any alterations their fancies may create, and more money will be expended. The most simple remedy for such a state of things would be to centralize the power over each of these dockyard " departments" in the Admiral or Captain-Superintendent of the yard, giving him a second superintendent, for one must devote his time to the desk alone. This would be investing the Superintendent with a power in his own dockyard nearly similar to that possessed in general by the French Minister of Marine ; but to effect such an improvementin our dockyards a Minister of Marine must preside at the Admiralty. The Admiral and Captain- Superintendents in charge of our dockyards have no power whatever invested in them to restore or create order out of the existing chaos. A letter received at Plymouth from the iron screw steam ship Black Prince, 41, Capt. James F. B. Wainwright, states that she left the Sound at '4 p.m. on the 15th of December, and after a splendid run out under squared yards, using steam only on departure and arrival, they anchored at Funchal roads about 4 p.m. on the Tuesday following—the 22d. Having at that time scarlatina on board, the Buick Prince was sent again to sea, and went 20 miles south of the island, and there remained. The two slight cases they had soon became convalescent, and the ship returned on the 26[1]. to Funchal, but did not receive pratique immediately. The Edgar, Warrior, Black Prince, and other ships attached to the Channel squadron ex pected to leave Madeira on Wednesday, the 30th, for eneriffe. The paddlewheel steam surveying sloop Hecate, 6, Capt. Richards, just returned from the Pacific station, left Ply mouth yesterday morning for Woolwich, where her crew will be paid off. The screw steamship Royal George, 78, was removed y es ;.•,e,y free; the .;,:eeLej, Oiyiejk.!l ot the ft.`o.4u.zllecrie irk 111,- moaze to the sheer-hulk to be fitted for coast service. It is reported at Plymouth that all the coast ships are to be relieved this year. The screw steamships Lion, 68, and Brunswick, 68, are to be brought forward with all despatch. A number of artisans were entered Ur limited service at the Devonport dockyard on Saturday, anet further entries are to be made, In accordance with directions received yesterday at the head-quarters of the Chatham division of Royal Marines Light Infantry from the Admiralty the members of the general court-martial which assembled some time since at Chatham for the trial of Mr. M. M. Magrath, 8.A., assist.- surg., Royal Marines, on a charge of having, between the Ist of October and on the 20th of November, 1863, drunk intoxicating liquors to such an extent as to incapacitate him for the performance of his duties, reassembled in the mess-room at the Royal Marine barracks, under the presi dency of Col. W. H. March, for the purpose of revising their proceedings, the decision of the Court not being deemed satisfactory to the Lords of the Admiralty. The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty :—Captain. G. W. Preedy, C. 8., to the Victory, additional, for service with the Hector; Robert L. Cleveland, master, to the Wellesley, for the Achilles ; G. F. Banks, surgeon, to the Rattlesnake; Dr. E. Dunn, assist.-surgeon, to the Indus; Charles Morton, assist.- surgeon, to the Dasher ; Charles J Martin, supernumerary in the Asia, confirmed as engineer; Alexander F. M Intyre, supernumerary in the Cumberland, confirmed as first-class assist.-engineer; and James M`Glashan assist.-engineer to the Royal Oak. • cious burglary, and the proof of his having committed another burglary in the same neighbourhood was foun3 upon him; nevertheless, the judge thougb.t it unnecessary to continue the prosecution for the second offence, and sen tenced him for the first to nine months' imprisonment, if this was the sort of sentence to be passed, it seemed to him that it mattered very little what sort of labour they gave in the gaol. Cases of arson were reported to be very rife in Yorkshire, and the judges awaried three years' penal ser vitude for a crime which a few years ago was a capital one. In one remarkable case that had been tried during the last winter assize, the judge in passing sentence said he believed the punishment was inadequate to the crime, bur, as he had begun the circuit by passing the same sentence for arson he could not alter it. He did not think anything could be done in the way of prison discipline as long as this encourage ment was given by the judges to crime. (Hear, hear.) Earl DUDLEY said he could not hold out any hope that the Government would do anything in the matter. He be lieved that Government would not touch the matter at all ; and that if anything was to be done it must be done by in dividual zeal. Taking it for granted that he was right in assuming that Government would leave legislation on the subject to individual members of Parliament, then it came to this—What was the opinion of that Court? He did not think that any one would profess to discontinue the system of industrial occupation of prisoners altogether in the gaols; but he must say that they had gone from the one extreme —the treadmill—to the opposite. They had got the plan of introducing industrial employment in the gaols, by which they afforded the prisoners the means of earning their bread when they left the prison. But mat-making, as described by Sir J. Pakington, was not hard labour ; and as to the hardship of the treadwheel, he would remark that that depended a good deal upon the previous lives of the convicts. If a man were strong of limb, and used to the open air, he would-prefer the treadmill to the solitary mat making in a cell; but if they had a prisoner from the Kid derminster looms, or from other indoor occupations, they made the treadmills most punitive. There was this to be said in favour of industrial employment, that if there was a spark of a chance of reform in the criminal they gave him the chance of going out of prison a better man than he en tered it ; but in doing this they lost sight of the terms of his sentence—" hard labour." They then must remember they could not get hard labour out of an unwilling prisoner in a cell ; they could only stop his supper. But on the tread wheel they got it out of them by force ; and then they got, what Leicester Gaol had the repute of being, a " hell upon earth" for the prisoners. To meet the objection against ten hours' bed for the prisoners they must introduce gas into the cells, and continue work two hours longer. This would do away with the great irksomeness of solitary con finement, which was a very great punishment to a great many prisoners, Sir J. PAKINGTON desired to explain that he had no wish to abandon the reformatory or industrial system, but wished that they should not fly into the opposite extreme, which rendered imprisonment no punishment at all. He thanked Mr. Curtler for speaking out so boldly in regard to the sen tences passed by the judges. He believed one of the most important points in connection with the great question of the administration of the criminal law was the injudicious leniency of the judges. (Hear.) He would not shrink from adding to what had been said by Mr. Curtler, that it was the general opinion of the Royal Commission on Penal Servitude, of which he (Sir John) was a member, that the injudicious leniency of the judges of late years had produced a great increase of crime. (Hear, hear.) The subject then dropped. The Address of the French Corps Legislatif The following is the text of the address proposed by the French Corps Legisletif to the Emperor : " Sire,—The Corps Legislatif shares the cos& dence with which the renewal of its powers inspires you. In spite of the vivacity of the struggle, the people have shown that they remain profoundly de voted to the Imperial institutions, to your person, and your dynasty. On coming to take part in the examination of publio affairs, we shall never lose sight of these principles and sentiments, and will act in concert with you, so that they may not be weakened. Your Majesty was right in anticipating in w - public opinion the path of industrial and com mercial freedom. France, which has fora long time instructed herself, has faith now in her own strength. Our industries have been able, by their efforts and sacrifices, to withstand foreign competition, They will display still greater energy when they see the means of transport multiplied and rendered more prompt and easy. For this reason, we wish that the impetus given to public works should not be relaxed; that the construction of railways should not be delayed, and that the improvement of our ports, our rivers, our canals, our highways, and especially our local roads, should always be the ob ject of your Government's solicitude. Our finances, wisely nianaged, freed from exceptional circum stances which weigh upon them, will be able to meet the requirements of the country, without its being necessary to have recourse to public credits or new imposts. "Your Majesty, whose liberal intentions do not belie you,- again announce to us new reforms. We will study those submitted to us with the desire to second your love for true progress. All the mea sures which shall have for their object to destroy the obstacles now in the way of the freedom of transaction, as well as individual initiative, to re gulate more equitably in questions of labour the relations between citizens placed in different conditions, to increase the fan ctions of the communes and the departments without weakening the cen tral power, will be received by us with fervour and gratitude. We join in the interest which your Ma jesty brings to whatever relates to religion, charity, the arts, literature, and science. Primary instruc tion has been rapidly developed since 1848. We think with you that the number of children de prived of it is still too great ; we desire to see that number decrease every year, and at length to disap pear altogether,from our statistics, thanks to the increasing comfort of the population, complemented by gratuitous contributions. We should wish also that the professional and agricultural instruction should be efficiently encouraged, and that the stan d/n(1 of those studies leading to a liberal career should be raised. This system, carried out in its entirety, would meet the requirements of families and modern society, by strengthening every career, and sparing the young frequent disappointment. " The Corps Legislatif agrees with you, Sire, that the best governed nations cannot hope always to escape external complications, and that they must appreciate without illueion as without weakness. The distant expeditions of China, Cochin China, and Mexico, which hove followed one another, have created considerable anxiety in several minds in France on account of the obligations and sacri fices they entail. We admit that they inspire in far off lands respect for our countrymen and the French flag, and that they will also tend to the development of our maritime commerce ; we shall, however, be happy to see the good results which your Majesty bids us hope for speedily realised. " The souvenirs of our history, the feelings of humanity which animate us, excite our liveliest sympathies for the fate of Poland. We have seen with pain that the combined efforts of three great Powers have been ineffectual in bringing about a settlement of this grave question according to your benevolent wishes. We cannot, nevertheless, conceal from ourselves that the sincere and cordial support of Russia has been useful to France on an important occasion. We should regret it were our good relations with that Power to ccol. It is, therefore, with profound satisfaction that we re ceived that noble idea of an European Congress, the initiative of which will be an eternal honour to 3 our reign. France, on whom you have conferred splen dour and glory, is well pleased not to compromise her treasures and her children in causes in which her honour nor her interests are involved. " Let then, Sire, without regret, the unjustly pre judiced receive with distrust your loyal and public propositions. The sound and noble ideas which God plants in the hearts of sovereigns for the good of humanity, make their way in the world, and take root in the hearts of the people. Await with calm ness the effect of your generous words. France, homogeneous, compact, confident of her strength, relying on you, does not fear any aggression; she has, today, no other ambition than that of securing her repose, developing her material welfare by toil and peace, and her moral well-being by tile sincere and gradual exercise of civil and political liberty. The Customs receipts at Havre during December, 1863, amounted to 1,825.502 f., being an increase of 4103,286 f eh the cerr sponcling month of 1b62. CATHOLIC CHAPLAINS ,IN GAOLS, At a meeting of the Surrey magistrates, which was held at the Session House, Newington-causeway, yesterday, a discussion took place respecting the appointment of a Ca tholic chaplain to the House of Correction at Wandsworth. Mr. G. AUSTIN moved, pursuant to notice, "That, in accordance with the intentions of the provisions of the Pri sons Ministers' Act of 1853, 26 and 27 Vic., cap. 79, there be appointed a Catholic minister to the House of Correction at Wandsworth, at a salary of £l5O per annum." Sir W. JOLLIFFE, in seconding the resolution, said that he had supported the bill when before Parliament, and he now asked the magistrates of this important metropolitan county not to exclude prisoners from Christian instruction and teaching. The principle of the act had been benefi cially adopted both in the army and the navy, and he trusted that the Court would not hesitate to agree to the proposition. Major PENRILYN understood that the visiting justices had recommended the appointment of . the Rev. Mr. M'Henry, and it was therefore for the Court to confirm the nomination and decide upon the amount of salary. The re muneration ought to depend upon the number of prisoners under the chaplain's instruction, which would be better than giving a fixed salary. It appeared that out of 136 Catholic prisoners 43 had refused to receive the visits of the Catholic chaplain. He therefore moved, as an amendment, " That, it having been reported to this Court that the visit ing justices have given permission to Catholic prisoners in Wandsworth House of Correction to receive the visits of a priest of their own persuasion, and have appointed the Rev. Mr. M'ii enry to attend those v.ho desire his ministrations, the Court confirms that appointment, and resolves that the Rev. Mr. M'Henry be recompensed at the rate of £1 per head per annum." Major SPRING seconded the amendment, which was sup ported by Lord LoVAINE, who preferred this mode of pay ment better than that of a fixed salary. _ _ Captain KNIGHT thought they should not imprison their fellow-creatures without providing them with moral and religious instruction. He had always found that when Ca tholic chaplains were admitted into gaols thay zealously discharged their duties without infringing the prison regu lations. He begged to support the original motion. Major BERESFORD said that when the subject was first discussed in Parliament he was opposed to it, because he thought it was only a sop in the pan from Government to the Catholics. As the act was passed, and he objected to a sliding scale of payment, he should support Mr. Austin's motion. Mr. TiLsoN then moved that the Rev. Mr. WHenry should receive a salary of £lOO per year, which, after some discussion, was carried by a large majority. During the disposal of the county business at the Staf fordshire General Quarter Sessions, which were held on Monday, the lion. and Rev. A. U. Talbot proposed the following motion, of which he had given notice :—" That, considering the number of prisoners usually confined in the gaol professing the Catholic religion, it is the opinion of this court that a Cal holic chaplain should be appointed, and that the visiting justices be requested to frame rules for the guidance of this officer, defining his duties ; and also that the visiting justices be further requested to name at the next sessions the salary which, upon consideration, they shall deem to be an adequate remuneration for the services performed.' The Right Hon. C. B. Adderley said the question was whether all persons who differed in their religion from that of the Church of England should each of them have their particular religious ministers in these as well as other public institutions. Now, he confessed he had special reasons against the appointment of a Ca tholic chaplain, as compared with the ministers of other denominations. He had found in the course of his experi ence that the priests of the Catholic Church were so com pletely in the habit of looking to foreign jurisdiction, and considering themselves so completely the ministers and ser vants of a jurisdiction outside this kingdom, that he was firmly convinced . they were not the most manageable officers to introduce into our public institutions. As ministers of religion they had always shown themselves interfering and inclined to interfere. Mr. Whitgreave—May I ask when that has happened ? Mr. Adderley—l am not in such a case as this called upon to give names. Mr. Whitgreave— You bring grave charges against a most respectable body. Mr. Adderley reiterated his assertion, and then went on to say that his opposition to the motion was simply on the ground of the foreign influence which the Catholics owned. Mr. Buller said the question narrowed itself to this—Were they, in this great county of Stafford, with seventy men under their charge, requiring the attention of a well-edu cated gentleman, because he had hitherto honestly and conscientiously fulfilled the duties which he had voluntarily taken upon himself, to say that they could not afford to pay £5O, to remunerate him for his services ? The Earl of Harrowby was of opinion that, Parliament having affirmed the principle, all they had to consider was whether they should carry it out. Mr. Hardy, M.P., said he had opposed the bill when it was before Parliament, believing that it was chiefly intended to bring about a separation between Church and State ; and for the same reason he should now appose its application to that county. After some further discussion, the motion was put to the court, and 27 voted in fav ur of it and 31 again,t. The motion was accordingly declared to have been lost. W or cestershire a very large attendance of magi . ter A y t e t s h te e rd W ay " , Quarter Sessions, held at Worces . strates—Earl Dudley presiding; and on the bench were Lord Lyttleton, Sir J. S. Pakiagton, M P., Hon. F. Lygon, M.P., Sir H. Lambert, Sir T. E. Winnington, M.P., Mr. F. W, Knight, M.P., Hon. W. Coventry, &c. On the presentation of the quarterly report of the visiting justices to the county prison, Sir J. S. PASINGTON took the opportunity of calling the attention of the Court to the irregularity in the system of punishment in our gaols by hard tabour, and toe uncertain and varying quality of the punishment inflicted after sen tence. He quoted several passages from the report of the committee of the House of Lords on this subject, in which they recommended the more constant use of the treadmill and said he had recently visited Leicester gaol, and spoke favourably of the discipline exacted in that prison, where hard labour, which meant there the treadmill, was rigidly enforced. The House of Lords' committee recommended the use of the crank, the shot drill, and the treadmill by the prisoners' convicted and sentenced to hard labour. In Worcester only those prisoners who had been were put to the treadmill. Thos e sentenced to les s than seno, however, three months' imprisonment three months were put to m at- making in a comfo rtable warm cell, which was by no means a primitive employment, and was inconsistent with the term " hard labour," Then, again, the prisoners were allowed ten hours for bed. No human constitution required that amount of sleep, and he strongly condemned the practice. At least two hours of that time ought to be devoted by the prisoners to purposes of in struction or punishment. At a time when the public mind was a good deal turned to the question of prison disci pline, he thought it to be his duty to call attention to the subject. He did not propose to make any motion thereon, first, because he should not like to take any course which might possibly be construed as uncourteous to the visiting justices; and, secondly, because he had strong reasons for thinking that her Majesty's Government would in some way an. upon the report of the Committee of the House of Lords He expected that on the reassembling of Parlia ment an attempt would be made to introduce something like an uniform system of punishment in the gaols of the country. In the meantime he would suggest that the visit ing justices of the gaol should during the quarter direct their attention to the subject, so that at the next Easter Sessions they might be prepared to enter into explanations of what changes they would recommend should be =ado in the system of prison discipline. The Rev. J. PEARSON advocated the continuance of the present deterrent awl industrial system in the gaol, and s4iel the experience of her Majesty's inspectors of prisons, and of the gaolers, was in favour of it. Mr. CURTLER (deputy-chairman) said the sentences which bad been passed on some of the worst of criminals by her Majesty's Judges of Assize, were very encouraging to crime. It was only at the last assizes at Worcester that a 1,1C1c;:,2;J:,•4 Ll.l g, szr r , .!A ),07.'L1i.:71 , \ • 8 curyiettAl of one atro- ~1