The Sun. — London, England, 1863-12-19 00:00:00

:11PERSONS SEEKING LANDED , FI ESTATES, TOWN ANT) C , )ILI • TRY RESIDENCES, •• ,( AAOLTI A:CD EASEHOLu INVESTMENTS, AND rROP ER i'IMS G • NERALLY— „ ro BE HAD GRATIS, at the principal Railway Bookstalls Irviroughout the kingdom. or at the Auction and Estate Offices , tn; 67 , Chancery-lane, London, Messrs. E. and H. Lumley's 'REE PROPERTY REGISTER," containing a varied kelection 4 2f landed and house properties now in the market, from Inc nobleman's mansion, with its manorial domain, to the cottage with its few acres. t_OwNErts OF PROPERTIES wishing to Sell or Let can em sendingace the opport un ity th a t the medium of this ttegis'er 3 !iordq, b y sending the particu'ars of their proper ties to the state Offices, Clime Ty-lane, London, as the Mess rs. in nteY can in most caes i ntro d uce immediate customers, "here the property is of eligible chara ter, thereby !word ,nr: the disadv mtacres of delay and its attenuant incon- Teniences. THERE Is NO CHARGE incorrect, unless a tenant or pur. chaser is introduced through Ntessrs. Lumley's Agency, artd then only the usual moderate commission. Auction and Land Offices, 67, Chancery-lane, London. ITALIAN CHURCH, 22, HATTON-WALL, HATTON-GARDEN. On SUNDAY next, December 20, HIGH MASS, at 11 Music—i iaydn's N 0.16, iN ithfull Orchestra. Followed bl' a Procession of the B. Sacrament and Benediction. Grand Vespers, at 7 p.m. Ir e RTSTJIA S VE, MIDNIGHT MASS at 11 . 30 p .m . " q lC—Haydn's N E o. 2. CHRISTMAS DAY. HIGH MASS at 11 a.m. Music— weber's Grand Mass. Vespers at 3 p.m. SERMON on Christmas Eve on the Nativity. NORTH BRITISH AND MERCANTILE INSURANCE COMPANY. FIRE DEPARTMENT.—SPECIAL NOTICE. ...This Company is now prepared to IS SUE POLICIES for a le:cantile Insurances in the Port of London at the reduced kale of rates. Particulars may be had at the Offices, 28, Threadneedle atreet. GUARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. No. 11, Lombard-street:London, E.C. Established 1821. Subscribed Capital, Two Millions. • DIRECTORS. Sir MINTO FARQUHAR, Bart, M.P., Chairman. "LARLES WILLIAM CURTIS, Esq., Deputy Chairman Hulse Berens, Esq., I G. J: Shaw Lefevre, lrY Bonham Carter, Esq. John Martin, Esq. Charles F. Devas, Esq. I Rowland Mitchell, Esq. Francis Hart Dyke, Es IJames Morris, Esq. yr Walter R. Farckuhar, Bart. Henry Norman, Esq. 7 r r m nes a rdson, Esq. Henry R. Reynolds, Esq. Hankey, Esq., M.P Abraham J Roba rts Esq. ,Chn G. Hubbard, Esq., M.P. Henry Vigne, Esq. f_edk. H. Janson, Esq. Le IVY R Loyd, Esq. I Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq. Cornelius Paine, jun., Esq. I Noel Whiting, Esq. T hos. Tallemach, Esq., Secretary I S aml. Brown, Esq., Actuary LIFE DEPA RTMENT.---TTNnzn TILE PROVISIONS OF AN A ST 0 1" PARLIAMENT, this Company now offers to new In irers EIGHTY PER CENT. of the Profits, at Quinquennial ivisions or a Low Rate of Premium without participation of Profits. ' Since the establishment of the Company in 1821, the Amount of Profits allotted to the Assured has exceeded in `ash value £660,000, which represents equivalent Reversionary bonuses of £1,058,000. After the Division of Profits at Christmas, 1859, the Life A ssurances in force, with existing Bonuses thereon, a mounted to upwards of £1,730,000, the Income from the Life tranch .£207,200 per annum, and the Life Assurance Fund, 'ndepencient of the capital, exceeded £1,618,000. - - FIRE DEPARTMF,NT.—lnsurances are effected upon every description of property at home and abroad at mode rate rates. ----- No exiense is incurred in effecting a new Insurance be- Yond the payment of the Annual Premium and Duty, when the Premium amounts to ss. Claims liberally and promptly settled. NOTI , 'E IS HEREBY GIVEN, that FIRE Policies which expire at Christmas must be renewed within fifteen days at this I )ffice, or with Mr. SAMS, No. 1, St. James's— street, corner of Pall-Mall ; or with the Company's Agents throughout the Kingdom, otherwise they become void Application for Prospectuses and Agencies to be made to the secretary. rri 1-1 E CON TRACT CORPORATION (L;mited). -111. Incorporated under '• The Companies Act, 1862." Capital £1,000,000, in 4 ,00 t Shares of £lOl each. First issue, 20,0 0 Shares. Deposit on anplication £1 per Share, and £2 on allotment No future call to exceed £5 per share, and at intervals of not less than three months. DIRECTORS, Wm. Latham Bailey, (Crawahay Bailey Brothers and Co.), Liverpool. Nlontav,ue Baillie, Esq. (Baillie, Baillie, Cave, and Co.). Old Bank, Bristol. Anthony Kington Baker, EFq., Director of the Great Western Railw Company. Ge)rge S. ay Beecrolt, Esq., M.P., Director of the London and North-Western Bait yay Company. Joseph Boyce, Esq, Director of the Royal Bank of Ireland, and Midland Great Western Railway Company, Dublin. Stauross Diiberoglue, Esq. (G. J. Canty mud Co.). fliread -71,08. Dakin, Esq., Alderman, President of the Great Western Railway of Canada. __needle- street. IV - Smith Dixon, Esq , Govan Iron Works, Glasgow. Thomas Gooch, Esq. (Gooch and Cousens), Director of the Bank of London. Captain H. J. W. Jervis, M.P., Deputy-Chairman Great Eastern Railway. %twins Ommanney, Esq. (Hallett, Ommanney, and Co ), I Vestminster. Joseph Robinson, Esq., 7, Laurence Pountney-hilL SOLICITORS. Messrs. Edwards and Co., Westminster. SOLICITORS IN BRISTOL. Messrs. Daniel and Cox. AUDITORS. Messrs. Deloitte and Co., Loilibury. C. J. H. Allen, Esq., Threadneedle-street. BANKERS. Bank of London. Bankers at Westminster, Messrs. Hallett, Ommanney, and Co. Lon don —ldea art it Y. R. C E a ß enove and Co. Dublin-31essrs. Boyle, z Low, and l'iM. SECRETARY (ERO TEM.) J. C. Handfield, Temporary Ofilzes-31, Threadneedle-street. This Company has been constituted for the purpose of undertaking the execution and construction of railway. and other works both at home and abroad, a class of business hitherto exclusively conducted by private contractors. The large fortunes which have been realised by them. not withstanding obvious disadvantages, sufficiently attest the soundness and value of this enters rise. It is admitted that, in many instances, the terms upon Which alone contractors, even of known position and wealth, are enabled to raise the necessary funds for carrying their operations into effect ire so onerous that it is only by profits of extraordinary magnitude that Buell charges can be met ; and it follows that a Company having a large capital sub scribed by a wealthy proprietary, and with an able executive, 'would enjoy great advantages and, at the same time, fre- Two tly afford im,ortant aid to the individual contractor. The sub-lettings of contracts are known to bean important source of profit. In addition to this the Company will pos sess the advantage of raising funds upon debentures secured upon its unpaid capital at rates which would be small as com lared with those charged to snb-contractora. It is not con rjaplated, therefore, to call up any considerable portion of It to b e "tie c pita, unless the oprationsof a large subs rihed 4.f the Compan may show des raole. The security capital W ill necessarily inspire confidence on the part of Govern- It ients, Fin anc tal Compsnies, and others with whom the Company may have to deal in the vent ot no allotment being made the deposits will ',.?,returned in lull. Should a less number of shares be al i than are applied tor thedeposiainwdiltihbeebmilaadnecaev, is any, t owards the :.ayme. , t on allotment, returned to the applicant. ,P rospectuscs aud forms of application for shares ma y be obtained at the offices of the Company, of the Brokers, and O f the S:olici-ors. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SIIARES. To the Directors of the Contract Corporation (Limited). gentlemen, —Having paid to the Bank of London the sum Of z , I request vou to allot me share.,, in the Contract Corporation (Limited), and I hereby agree t $ be come a member of the Society, and to accept such shares, or any less number that may be al otted to me; and I request You to place my name on the Register of Members in respect Of the shares allotted to be. I am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant, Name in full Address Usual signature Date 000000 •• •• •• •• •• TIHE CONTRACT CORPORATION (Limited). NOTICE.—The SII ARE LIST will be CLOSED at Four o'Cleck on WEDNESDAY next, the 23d inst. By order. J. C. HANDFIELD, Secretary (pro tem.) MESSRS. BOTT, JACKSON, AND CO. execute COMMISSIONS on all races throughout the year. Market price guaranteed. Remittances. London and Westminster Bank. Post-of11:8 Orders payable at Camber well-park. IsT.B.Bettin g on the Waterloo Cup. setting on and JACKSON. "Man of the World " Wine Stores, George-street Camberwell -park, London. • pRIZE MEDAL . —INTE RNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1882, FRANCIS TUCKER & CO., Wax C handlers, dx, To the Queen and the Prince of Wales. (Established 17201) The Jurors' Report on Wax and Church Candles , in 1862 testifies to he excellence of the quality of Messrs. 'taunt acture. A distinguished Dignitary, in a letter address e d t o Francis Tucker and Co., on the subject of WAX CANDLES with PLATTED WICIss, says:-- " I have found them fully equal to the recommendation Which you have them, and can sincerely, in my turn, recom mend them to the clergy for the use of the altar. /;inest Ordinaryality with Platted Wicks , pa tented.. 2s. 2d. per lb quality .. 2 Od. per lb. VEGETABLE CANDLES, with a Mixture of Wax. Pest quality .. •• ls. sd. per lb. .. ceond quality • • • • ls. 3d. per lb. T hird quality • • • • • • .. Is. ld. per lb. Carriage paid in London on O r d ers o f Five Pounds in value. FRANCIS TUCKER AND CO., 8 , South Molton-street, Grosvenor-square. Manufactory— , Kensington (Established 1730). the largest Establishm , mt in England for the Manufacture of Wax Candles for the use of the Altar. (IRNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library, tnd Dining-room, OM si stir: of a new and e , e , r,ant assort ment if VASES, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obeli s k s Ink "ands, , eautiful inlaid Tables, Paper weights, Sm., in Italian filabas er, Parian, Marble. Bronze,erbyshire sp ar, ' ln Ported and manuf a ctured by JAMES TENNANT, Mine: talogfat to her ilkiesty, 149, Stand. W.C., Loucton. ri l 14. Tennant arranges elementary collections of SHELLS ER ALS ROCKS, andFOSSILS, which will gre a tl y ' facilitate tie' interesting study of MINERALOGY, CON cub LOGY, nd GEOLUG Y, at 2,5, 10, 20, 60, to 100 guineas i ItACTICAL INSTRUCTION In GEOLOGY and MINE y is given by Mr. TENNAN r. at 149. Strand, W.C. TERTH ERKPLL's INvp,vrioN in o the cont.truction of ARTIFICIAL TEETH has , the tr lan , w h i g aavantagts :—A set o: teeth, uf excellpit n,orlc raos, IP and mechanism, can be made and fitted with the Perfect accuraey and success, in a few hours, without , 11 a or extraction of stumps, and to answer all the purposes wL,rtriasticat:on and articulation. They are fitted without zillne,r, astenings, and adapt themselves so perfectly to the Of t V i % that they a e quite immoveable, except at the option hut - ' ll wearer. Invalids or residents in the country can ad ese teeth to many ch.ligeb et the mouth without the B ' et.. , a denti , t. They are not so iiable to injury, are always ef slue tie, u p '. and will last. dlifetime. Comfort guaranteed. Trea- Iti " e x P l aining Mr. Eske.l's do e., free for 7 stamps. iecime.us andconsultas iree.—S,Grosvator kinllaailloul-btreet, by ; and at ;39, STAMP YOUR PAPER, ENVELOPES. INVOICES. &c., with JONES'S PATENT PERCUSSION EMBOSSING PRESS. The above would be found useful to youths at school for embossing their Books, Drawings, Papers, &c. The Press complete, with Plain Crest, Name, or Business Die, 95. 6d. Note the Address :—WILLI AM JONES, Die Sinker, Press Maker, and Embosser, 3, Queen's-court, High Holborn (op posite Day and Martin's). BEAUTIFUL WOMEN.—Alabaster Powder, and the Magnetic Rock Dew Water from Sahara. Cir cassian Bloom, Arabian Soaps, and Alabaster Liquid. These costly and inimitable toilet preparations render the hair, teeth, and complexion beautiful beyond comparison.—Can be had only at Madame RACHEL'S, 47A, New Bond-street, where she can be consulted daily. All communications are strictly confidential. ,ctory+ of 0 the w if e of tho in S ir v i;ing Gift' rpo° 4 or 13' No. 22.303 VURNI 1 URE, CARPETS, BEDDING, and FLOORCLOTH, CARRIAGE-FREE to any house in he kingdom, regardless of amount or dis'ance First class goods at second-class prices. Terms peculiarly liberal to Clergymen and Gentlemen. An immense stock to select from, displayed in Showrcoms occupying an acre of ground. Every article warranted. CLE. GYMEN and GENTLEMEN ABOUT TO FUR NISH are respectfully informed that Messrs. Cobbett and Co. are publishing an entirely New Edition of their tin . quailed HOUSE FURNISHING GUIDE, ill , tstrated byllo admirable engravings of every description of Furniture and Bedsteads, with prices attached. A copy sent gi atis and post-free on application. This costly work also contains complete estimates for furnishing en the following revised scale _ _ A Six-roomed Parsonage L74 3 0 An Eight-roomed ditto A Ten-roomed ditto A Twelve-roomed ditto 191 it 0 Together with a frice List of purified ;,edding and a mass of valuable information to all requiring houseli)ld iurniture, carpets, or bedding. References kindly permitted to Cler;:y men and gentlemen in or near Great Malvern, Southampton, Chichester, Bury, Ely, Preston, Grimsby, Ryde, Plymouth, Wells, Oxford. Brighton, Gainsborough, Margate. Kidder minster, Wellington, Croydon. Cambridge, btain e 4, Dorki ng, St. Alban's, Worcester, Ipswich, Peterborough, St. David's, Wrexham, and above 510 other places in all parts of Great Britain. COB BETT and CO., General House Furnishers, Deptford bridge, London, S.E, BINDER TAE ESPECIAL PATRONAGE OF HER MAJESTY. Now ready, Thirty-third Edition, 1 vol., with the Arms beau tifully engraved, handsome y bound, gilt edges , 31 s 6 d., L ODGE'S PEERAGE AND BARONETAGE FOR 1861. Corrected throughout by the Nobility. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street Stow ready, 4t0., withmagnificent' Emblematic Cover, price 21s. ; morocco, 31s. 6d., THE ILLUSTRATED INGOLDSBY LEGENDS, from Sixty Original Drawings by Cruikshank, Leech, and Tenniel. " For Christmas there could not be found a more pleasant book than The Ingoldsby Legends.' A series of humorous legends, illustrated by three such men as Leech, Cruikshank, and Tenniel what can be more tempting . ?"—Times, Dec. 4. Also, an Edition without illustrations, small Bvo., is. Richard Bentley, Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty. NOTICE —CHARLES READE'S Great Story of "HARD CASH " ij now Ready, in 3 Volumes, post Bvo., cloth, 31s. 64., and may be obtained at any Library or Bookseller in the Kingdom. London : Sampson Low, Son, and Marston, 14, Ludgate hill. NEW ENGLISH DICTIONARY. Just publisher, with above 800 Engraving= on Wood, in one large vol. su• er royal Bvo., cloth, 255., T" nOMPREH ENSIVE ENGLISH DlCTlONARY—Explangtory, Pronouncing, and Ety mological. 9 , JOHN OciLviE, LL.D.. Edit r. 4 the Imperial Dictionary. he pronunciation b R,chard Cull, F.S.A. The work may be had also with Eighteen Supplementary Engravings on Steel, 30s. Blackie and Son, 44, Paternoster-row. London; and sold by all riookse.lers. UNIFORM WITH " THE PRIVATE DETECTIVE." This day, Never before Published, price 2 5. , SEC liE T SERVICE; Or, The Recollect . ons of a City Dqtective. London : Ward and Lock, US, Fleet-street. TEMPLE BAR MAGAZINE. In the January Number (ready Dec. 21) will commence a New Novel, to be continued Monthly, entitled— THE DOCTOR'S WIFE. By Author of "John bfaty!nlont's Lezacy," "Lady Andley's •zecret,' &c., &c. Office of Temple Bar, 122, Fleet-street, London. NEW NOVEL BY AUTHOR OF " SACKVILLE CHAUE." In the January Number (ready Dec. 21) of the ST. JAMES'S MAGAZINE will commence THE MAN IN CHAINS. By C. J. COLLINS. London : Kent and Co., Paternoster-row. Feap. Bvo., 289 pp., froth, lettered, 3s. free by post. T HE PRINCIPLES and PRACTICE of VEGETARIAN COOKERY, Founded on Chemical Analysis, and embracing the most approved Methods of the Art. By the Author of "Fruits and Farina= the Proper Food of Man." London: F. Pitman, 20, Paternoster-row, E.C. THE TEETH, as Supplied by NATURE and Preserved by ART. By 31. C. ROGER, M.R.C.S., Surgeon-Dentist. London: 18, New Burlington-street, W. BEAUTI FUL 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-stri et. Price 2s. 6d. IF THIS SHOULD MEET THE EYE of any one troubled with Wind in the Stomach, Indigestion, or Biliousness, take PAGE WOODCOCK'S WIND PILLS. Their world-wide celebrity proves them of sttrling merit. Of all medicine vendors at is. lid. Ynd 28. 9d. ; or free by post for 14 or 33 stamps from Page D. Woodcock, Chemist Linetoln. TEA, —MOORS BROTHERS respectfully inti mate that their New Prospectus is now ready. They especially recommend their improved Family Tea, reduced to 38. 2d. ; Souchonn . ' reduced to 38. 6d. ; mixed Ass am , re duced to Is. Bd. ; and the finest Assam, reduced irom 45. 4d. to 3s. lid. per lb. MOORE BROTHERS, SS, London-bridge, City, E.C. BANKRUPTCY AND COMPOSITIONS._ Mr. WETHERFIELD, Solicitor, 35, Moorgate-street, City, PRAO 14'4 E;-, in COURT, and effects PRIVATE ARRANGEMENTS with creditors, wit' out publi,ity. Charges, the 1 west 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. QOllO ESTATE. HOUSE, AND GENERAL BLTSINP SS AGENCY OFFICES.—Persons requirinv, Freehold or Leasehold Property, or havinsr Business and Houses to be dispose I of, should apply to Mr. CHARLES MIN RAY, Auctioneer and Valuer, 20, Gerrard-street, Soho. W. Valuations for Probate Administration, Fire Claims, Rail way Compensations, &c. Rents Collected. THE BENEFACTOR OF THE SKIN. mOLLARMS PERFUMED SULPHUR SOAP and CREAM for ordinary toilet purposes, and "BAREGE' SULPHUR CREAM, for Baths, free from disagreeable odour ; an infallible means of preserving the skin and body in perfect health ; they are also an effectual remedy in curing local and cutaneous affections and rheuma tism. Highly patronised and recommended by the most eminent physicians .see Testimonials). Tablets of Soap, from Is; 09. 1 to 5, according to the degree of sulphur they contain, sold at the depot, 2, Rupert-street. Coventry-street, London, W., and at all chemists. Prospectuses and testimonials sent on application. and 92. p lc particor: MR. REARDEN, LAND ESTATE. and tor Sale, I: HOUSE AGENT, SU KVEYOR and VALUER, 91 rates Green_ CADILLY, near Cambridge House, opposite the given nn ark; ll Established 23 Years, respectfully invites the of Landed Estates, Farms, and House Property Reardon Particulars or es no charc,„ is Let, or wanted to Rent or Purchase, for which only hbrususa personally. or lo made unless a treaty is concluded, and then of charge, particulars of which will be Particulars cation. In all cases of his Letting Farms Mr. tile Tenant only, and not the Landlord. rw p a erty for Sale and to be Let will be given and Country Residreded free of charge. N.B —Several Town wanted to Rent and Pu ne r e , e it Landed - Properties, and Farms Direct full particula rsase immediately. to Mr. Reardon as above. NO CURE NO PAY,'-T he attending the use of_. Pry-eminent success FLEXIBLE BELT, novel n fIikRSIIAW'S VOLTAIC cure of nervous and muscular a p e % principle and action, i., the ti tions, admits of its sale being made dependent upon verified effi . A new Belt can be bad on trial for a month, free of charge. for neuralgia, sciatica, epilepsy, nervous debility, ,paralysis, lumbago, tie doloureux, bronchial cough, asthma, s p asms, sprains, indigestion, inactive liver, Am By the mild s sent free.—Depot, 11, Craoked-lane, Kin continu ous e l ec t r ic current evolved , e x hau ste d vital enerey is euec- Prices ss. to 15s. each ; for extreme ca tually rest 'red. ' Testimon* l t f cases la according to size and power. William-street, City. i A fall victims to PO. show that 0,00 1 personS annually diseases of the inouary Disorders, includitlV KEATING'S COUGH consumption,Prevention is at ,II times chest, and the respiratory organs. 1 07ENGES.—Statistics d during the wet and better than cure; be, therefore, prepare ~.. ,._: rs CO UGH wintry season with a supply ot KEA i'llw- L ZKNGES. which possess the virtue t averting, the young of curing a cough or cold • they are good alike for ,___ fin. or for the aged—they soothe bronchi;tl irritation ; and for actor Droving the voice, the preacher, statesman, singer, and have long patronised them.as well as " Sir,—l have nauclipleasure in recommending ) ‘ur lozenges " St. Paul's Cathedral 30th November, P 49. to those who may be distressed with hoarseness. They have afforded me relief on several occasions when scarcely able to sing from the effects of catarrh. I think they would be wry useful to clergymen, barristers, and public orators. "I am, Sir, yours faithfully. '° To Mr. Keating." TROILUS FitA.Nutsi Vicar Choral. Prepared and sold t ‘ n. boxes, 1 8 lid, an d tins, 2s 9d, 4s tid, and lOs 64 each. by l'homas Keatin;!, chemist, &0., 79, St. druggi,ste and l' , tul's Chnichyard, London. Retail by all patent medicine vendors in tlic woru `~~gr~ .. , • 4... ......... 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Naval and Military Intelligence. ture of their monster guns, in the preparation of which they were now using the Bessemer metal, for which privilege they had recently paid the sum of £lO,OOO. At the close of the lecture Lieut.• Col. Collinson, in the name of the audience, thanked Commander Scott for the deeply-interesting address which he had delivered. THE NAVY. The screw steam frigate Topaze, 39, Commodore the Hon. John W. S. Spencer, from the Pacific station, arrived in Plymouth Sound yesterday morn • ing. She left Vancouver's Island on the 27th June, arrived at Valparaiso 26th August, left the 21st of September, arrived at Rio Janeiro the 27th of Ode bee, sailed thence the 2d of November, and had a fine passage home. The frigate brings as passengers two assist..engineers, Mr. Creswell of the screw steam gunboat Forward, Lieut. and Commander the Hon. Horace D. Lascelles, and Mr. Singer, of the screw steam corvette Satellite, 21, Capt. Stephen S. L. Croften, 33 naval and military invalids, including Lieut. Murray, of the screw steam sloop Cameleon, 17, Commander Edward Hardinge, and Mr. Boys, assistant paymaster; also 43 supernumeraries and 18 prisoners. No deaths have occurred on the pas sage home. The Topaze was put in commission by her present Commodore on the 11th of June, 1859, and very little change of her officers has occurred. She has been chiefly occupied in the Pacific, and while there ran over a course of more than 72,000 miles. The ship is in good condition and will proba bly go to-day from the Sound into Homaze to be dismantled and put out of commission. She left at Vancouver's Island the screw steam frigate Sutlej, 35, Captain Matthew Connolly, flag of Rear-Ad miral John Kingcome ; and at: Valparaiso the screw steam frigate Leander, 39, Commodore Thomas Harvey. There Were no ships of war at Rio Janeiro. The Topaze spoke on the Bth, in lat. 10 8 S., long. 37 53 Mr., the ship Indies, of Cardiff; 15th, in lat. 10 41 S., long 32 48 W., the ship Mandarin, ehowing first distinguishing pendant 1,614 ; lat. 10 41 S., long. 32 40 W., the ship Witch of the Tees, showing third dis tinguishing pendant 1,794; and an Eng ish ship showing third distinguishing pendant 9.233 ; and 17th, in lat. 6.14 S., long., 32.4 W., ship Glen alve, showing first distinguishing pendant, 4,517 ; 19th, in lat. 6.44 S., long. 39.11 W., the ship James Carthy, showing third distinguishing pendant 215. All these ships were outward bound. Yesterday morning about 220 boys belonging to the training ship I m pregnable, 78, Captain F. S. Tremlett ; end about 80 from the training ship Im placable, 24, Commander S. 13. Dolling, in Ha moaze, left Plymouth by the South Devon Rail way, on leave of absence until January 11. About 220 were bound to Paddington, the others for in termediate stations. The boys looked well and seemed in high spirits. An Admiralty order has been received at Chatham directing the following screw steamers, which were directed some time since to be commenced at that dockyard to be struck off the list of vessels ordered to be built—viz„ the Pitt, 91, gun line-of-battle ships; the Boadicea, 51 gun frigate ; the Diligence, 17; and the Albatross, 4. Tne following appointments were made yesterday an, to the at the Admiralty :—Lieut. Hen ry C . -w og Orontes; Cecil P. Palmer, midshipman, to the Meeanee ; R. R. Jaffray, midshipman, to the Au rora ; Thomas Brown, promoted to inspector of machinery affoaf, and appointed to the Excellent, as additional far special service at the Royal Naval College ; Michael Harris, supernumerary in the Eury t d as , confirmed as first class assist-engineer. The officers appointed inspecting commanders of the Coastguard, vice Commanders Gore, B cresford, and Webb, whose period of service has expired, are Commanders W. L. Staniforth, Joseph Robinson and H. C. Burleigh. By direction of the Admiralty a party of ship wrights and labourers, under the direction of Mr. Bascombe, one of the foremen at Chatham dockyard, are to proceed to Shoeburyness for the purpose of taking to pieces and removing the Bellerophon target. The plates from the target are to be re moved to the dockyard. On Thursday evening Commander It, A. E. Scott, R.N., delivered a lecture at the Soldiers' Institute, Chatham, on "Ironclad Ships and their Arma ment." The chair was taken by Lieut.-Col. T. B. Collinson, Royal Engineers. In the course of a highly interesting lecture, Commander Scott re viewed the history of English armaments from the manufacture of the celebrated Horsfall gun, by the Mersey Company, down to the present period. That weapon, which the Mersey Com pany generously presented to the British Gover ment, he looked upon as the most remarkable gun ever made, and its trial at Shoebury - nese a short time since fully proved the enormous power of the weapon. Glancing at the Armstrong and Whitworth guns subseqaeatly manufactured, the lecturer directed attention to what had been done, and was now doing, by other nations, and especially by the Americans, in the way of improv ing their armaments. In 1862 they found the Mersey Company manufacturing a gun with a 12in. bore for the Government of the United States, so that even at that period we bad been distanced by the Americans. Subsequently, however, the roost rapid strides had been made in the manufacture of English guns, and now they had the monster Arm strong guns, capable of throwing a 300-pounder shot, and an elongated shot of double that weight. The lecturer then pointed out the advantages aris ing from the use of the ordinary large muzzle•load ing guns when fired with a heavy charge of powder end a steel shot, one of which had recently been sent through a s*in. iron plate, and then proceeded to examine the monster Dahlgren guns, already manufactured by the Americans, and the still larger guns of that character which they were now pre paring. Hitherto the Dahlgren guns had been made of a weight of 71 tons, and fired with 301 b weight of powder, which experience had proved they were capable of using in each charge; but another de acription of gun was now being manufactured, which would be fired by a 431 b charge. This gun was, perhaps, the best in the American service, as it could send a shot through a 43in plate, backed with 20in of timber. In the other cases where the American guns had failed to penetrate the armour plates the backing of the vessels was torn until there was scarcely any res i stance l e ft. I n fi r i ng the ordinary 68-pound er nava l gun aga i ns t th e target, they found that although the shot made an indent of two inches only, the backing was com pietely destroyed. This was perfectly in accord ance with the experiments at Shoeburyness, where it was shown most conclusively, that the more rigid the backing the better the pl a t e s t o od, or in other words, that the plate resisted th e e ff ec t o f th e s h o t in a direct ratio to the rigidity of its backing. The lecturer gave some further details of the Dahlgren gun, and remarked that we went on manufacturing guns which were certainly inferior to those of America, while the Americana appeared to ignore altogether our iron-clads, After contrasting the power of the guns of the two nations, C ap t . S cott ared with w hi c h was borne tohfensodmreewoaftttehnetiAonmteoriacatnabgluensshaos comp the power nip those in use in this country, from which it a pp eare d that the 24-pounder had more than d ou bl e th e outpower b otfhteheEnglish five 18-pounder,experiments made at P or t smouth, where it wa y s found that 32-pounder shot did not pro duce so great an effect upon armour.plates as one shot from a 68-pounder. From the repeated trials made at Shoeburyness he was led to the conviction that the principle upon which We were building our ironclad vessels was altogether wrong, and that, instead of placing the thick armour-plating on the outside of the ship, as we were now doing, we should reverse the process, and place on the outside the iron skin, within it the backing of timber, and finally inside the iron armour-plates. This he was prepared to contend was the best form with which to construct our iron ships. From its adoption he believed that several advantages would result, the ' chief of which would be that the shot would be deprived of much of its powers in passing through the iron and timber before coming into contact with the armour, while all danger from splinters would be at an end, and increased steadiness given to the • vessel from the armour being removed from the 1 outside. He would also advocate the placing of • the guns in casemated batteries on board ship, so that a shot entering at either of the ports would be confined in effect entirely to that portion of the vessel. He looked upon Chalmers's target as being the beet yet tested at Shoeburyness, but, at structed on an altogetherright p r i nc iple. Captain Scott the sa same then alluded be did te t h not o turret-shipsconsider to o be b e c built by the Americana, which w o uld be covered to the rapid strides MAde by them in the manraftio- t n :long with pl ates ten i nc h es in thi c k ness. l i e a l s o referred • ,„, 7 ... 4 ,0 " K INAHAN'S LL WHISKY V. COGNAC BRANDY. This celebrated Old IRISH WIIISKY rivals the finest FRENCH BRANDY, It i Pu[e, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. Sold in Bottles, Is. 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." TIHE TEA ESTABLISHMENT, 4 and 5, King: William-street, City, will be CLOSED on SATURDAY, the 26th instant, RIDGIVAY & CO. ILJULLIEN'S CONCERTS. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. TO-NIGHT, M. Jullien's BENEFIT, and positively the Last Night of the Season. Immense Success of M. - Jullien's new GREAT CONGRESS QUADRILLE. Vocatht, Mdlle. VOLPINT. Grand Orchestra—Three Military Bands, and full Chorus. Conductor—M. JULLIEN. Commence at B.—Admission, One Shilling. M. Jullien's GRAND BM, D'OPE RA on the 21st inst. ROYAL AGRICULTURAL HALL ISLINGTON.—GRAND TOURNAMENT, HIP PODROME, and CIRQUE, on a scale of magnifiPenee hitherto =attempted in this o Juntry, will open on BOXING DAY. ROY AL AGRICULTURAL HALL, ISLINGTON.—CROCKETT, the renowned LION KING, will make his First Appearance in Loadon with his wonderful troup of Lions on BOXING DAY. Lessees—Messrs. STRANGE avd JULLEYN. T " OXFOR D, f;, OXFORD STREET, W. THIS EVENING, will be performed Selections from the following' Operas, viz., THE SLAVE, and CLARA, the MAID of MILAN, by Sir H. Bishop; also, from LA FORZA DE t. DES f INO— Verdi ; by the following talented artistes —Misses Russell. Townley, Fitz Henry, SI , slmsley, Tyrrell, and Ellison ; Messrs. Green, Huish, Kimberley, Stuart, &c. Also, Solos on the Violin by VICHTI COLLINS, the celebrated English Violinist. Flute by Drew Dean. Pianoforte, Miss Bryant. And the marvellous instrument, the ORCHESTRAL PIANO, by Herr SCLTALKENBACH, the Inventor. Comedy, by UNSWORTH ("or any other man "), Eugene, W. Randall, W. T. Critchfield, T. Maclagan, and the marvel lous Gymnast, J. Henderson. In rehearsal, and will be produced on Christmas Ece, sup ported by the entire company, a new and original Cantata, entitled "King Christmas," written by Litchfield Moseley, Esq., and composed by W, Meyer Lutz, expressly for the establishment. Director, Mr. F. Jonghmans. "THE GHOST CLUB" at the CANTERBURY HALL.—New and Interesting Spectral Tableaux.—Mr. C. MORTON is enabled to announce that, through ihe medium of Professor Pepper's World of Shadows, a "GHOST CLUB" is n , ghtly held at the CAN TERBURY HALL. The object of the Club is not the re peopling of the Haunted Houses of London; but, through the agency of Phantoms, to present vivid (if transient) pictures of the drama of real life, both In its serious and mirthful aspects ; and, by means of spectral tableaux. to recall, and still further impress on the mind, some of the teachings or pleasantries of the bes► wr ters. At pre sent, the two orders of Slavery—the Slavery of the South, and the "White" Slavery of a more boastful civilisation, receive emphatic illustration ; and these life pictures will be rapidly replace Iby others. The pages (.1 Shakspere and the eh+er Dramatists, of Scott, Hood, Ingoldsby, Dickens, &c., fio., wi 1, in turns, furnish subjects for illustration. All the other Musical and Pictorial attractions as usual, including Operatic Selections, &c.; Comedy by (Jnsworth (the modern Demosthenes), Eugene, George Hodson, E. Marshall, and George Hutchenson. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. - IM MENSE SUCCESS. Houses Crowded Nightly. FRANCONFS CIRQUE IMPERIAL. The most talented Male and Female Equestrians, Acrobats, Gymnasts, and the best Stud of Trick and Manage Horses in the World. Every Evening' at Half-past Seven. Day Performances on Mondays, Wednesday s, and Saturdays, at T O. Admission—Reserved seats, 35.; stalls, 28. ; promenade, is; private boxes, one guinea. Box-office open daily from Ten until Four. A RGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street, Piccadilly. During the Concerts given by Mons. JULLIEN, at Her Majesty's Theatre, the BALL will commence EVERY EVENING at NINE O'CLOCK. Doors open at 8 o'clock. Maasslon, Is. Manager—M. GRENET. 29, GEORGE-STREET, HANOVER-SQUARE. THE LONDON ANATOMICAL MUSEUM. Open daily from 10 till 10. Lectures at 4 and 7 o'clock. Where may be seen the Astecs; Bushman and Wife ; Julia I'astrana and Infant ; Eng and Shang, the Siamese Twins ; and upwards of 3,030 Models, Natural Pre parations, kc. Egyptian Mammies, unwrapped, 4,000 years old. Admission, One shilling (tor Gentlemen only). LAMBERT'S ASTHMATIC BALSAM.—AN EFFECTUAL REMEDY, without confinin , the bowels or affecting the head, truly efficacious and pleasant, is ad mitted to be the best medicine tor immediately relieving coughs, colds, confirmed cases of asthma, and incipient con sumption. It frequently cures persona whom the faculty pronounce incurable, admirably allays the tickling which provokes frequent coughing. In approaching consumption Its effects arc truly beneficial. Persons deprived of sleep, or even lying down for fear of suffocation, may depend on relief in a few minutes after taking it. Prepared orhy and sold by W. LAMBERT, Chemist. 8, King-W.lliam-street, Charing cross, London, and by all drugg sts, in bottles, 130., and three quantities in one, 2s. od. each. Be particular. and ask for Lambert's Asthmatic Balsam, The name and address are engraved on the stamp. RUPTURES.—BY ROYAL LETTERS "PATENT. WHITE'S MOO-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (PERFECTED AND EXHIBITED IN THE GREAT xHIBITIONB OF 1851 AND 1862), is allowed by upwards of Two Hundred Medical Gentlemen to be the most effective nvention in the curative treatment of ti ERNI A. The use of a steel spring, so otten hurtful in its effects, s here avoided— a soft bandage being worn round the nody, while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the bloc-Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease ‘nd closeness that it canno t b e detected, and may be worn during sleep. A descriptive 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 ,ent to the manufacturer, Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly. A Single Truss, 165., 216., 265. 6d., and 31s. 6d. Postage, ls. Double Truss, 31s. 6d., 425., and 525. 6d. Postage, is Bd. 4n Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. Postage, ls. 10d. Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post office, Piccadilly. E NEW PATENT LAST I STOCKNGS, KNEE-CAPS, &a, for Varicose Veins and all cases of Weakness and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, &o. They are eorous, light in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on lie an ordinary stocking. Price 4s. 6d., 7s. 6d., 109., to 16s. each. Postage 6d. JOHN WHITE. Matinfacturor. 225. Piccadilly. STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER, Dec. 11,---The unnatural calm which has so long prevailed in this market still exists, and there is a sort of feeling as to something that will take place affecting the market, though not as to what that something will be. Among a great number of people there is an impression that prices will go lower, but that feeling is by no means general. There has been a shade better feeling in the yarn-market to- day, but it has not resulted in an actual increase of busi ness. Yarns are about id. per lb. lower, but for the present the downward tendency seems to be checked a little, as the result of the inquiry during the day. In cloth we have had a little more inquiry, especially for shirtings and long-cloths; but such goods are generally required for immediate de livery, and that does not suit manufacturers, and the prices offered in nearly all cases have been below what sellers are disposed to accept. The business done has been very small, and a general apprehension prevails in the cloth more than the yarn market that lower prices will rule. Manufacturers are talking more and more of a determination to stop their mills unless the price of cotton declines so as to give them a batter chance of working to advantage. Buyers will not give a price for goods to cover the present cost of cotton, and an impression exists that many manufacturers will close at Christmas for a month at least. There are some spinners and manufacturers who have engagements which will run into February or March, and who must of course keep open their mills, and others making a class of goods which are not so muoh affected by price who may also be expected to continue working. NOTTINGHAM, 18th.—There has been a good attendance of merchants and manufacturers at this Exchange-hall to day, but only a moderate share of business was done in lace yarns, the near approach of the Christmas holydays causing buyers to hold off. Prices remained without material altera tion. The business done in hosiery yarns was middling, and late rates were supported. About an average busi ness is doing in silks at unaltered rates. For brown nets the demand is still slow at irregular rates, but prices are still below prime cost. vicarage of Laco c k, A SON O F D n . P ALSY, — B y the d ea th, at B urton a G s l o o c n e s o t f e r t h a e n c ol e l ß e b ri r s a t t o e l d , Grange, near Y or k, o f the Rev. James Paley, aged 80, the n Ah e a a r s r e hb C de e h e ao i :mo p ne e n vp h a a a c m as ny , t. in t lh h re e . vicarage c re a e y s g s we a o o sf f Lacock is in the presentation of Mr. Fox Talbot, and is of the annual value of £335 and residence. THE COAL TRADE, --Trade throughout the Rhonda Valley is now brisk, and the quantity of coal daily sent away is enormous. The colliers have received an ad vance of Id. per ton in cutting coal, and other workmen have had their wages advanced in proportion. Many of the works are short of hands, and workmen are in great request, yot, in spite of these encouraging prosp:crs, a party of work men are preparing to emigrate about the end of next week to British Columbia, where they have heard gold is to he had in abutionce, SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. POST.—If there is any principle of international law more universally recognised, or mote clearly understood than another, it is that on which is based the supremacy of a State within its own dominions, and its powerlessness within the territories of another. This may be regarded a , the common law which has been binding amongst nations from the earliest times, and it has been binding amongst nations from the earliest times, and it has never been sub mitted, by the force of stipulations, to any modifications. The corollary—from the principle that as a State is only supreme within its own dominions it can only legislate for its own security—has, however, in modern times been overridden by express treaties between different States. It seemed monstrous that a malefactor should be able to secure an immunity from well-merited punishment by simply crossing the frontier of the State in which his crime had been committed; and, accordingly, many States mutually agreed between themselves that in certain instances they would seize offenders, and deliver them up to the authori ties of the State in whose dominions their offences had been committed. In all such stipulations, however, the majority of States have been most careful to provide that from the class of persons thus made liable to arrest and extradition political offenders should be excluded, as attempts to over turn the established power in a State are peculiarly sui generic; and as the right to make such attempts ifi claimed by every people not sunk in a state of servitude, it has been felt that the unsuccessful revolutionist is entitled to seek a refuge in a foreign kingdom, against the spirit or the letter of whose laws he can have in no way offended. This prin ciple, that a State is only entitled to employ its powers for its own security and for that of its citizens, has, however, in some few instances, received even more serious modifications than those arising out of the conclusion of extradition treaties. States have gone so far as to make acts punishable which are committed beyond their dominions, and have rendered penal, acts committed within their own territory when in their nature innocent as regards the States in which they aro committed, but hurtful in their tendency to some foreign Power. Of the first class an example is fur nished by the English statute which renders a British sub ject who commits murder in a foreign State amenable to English jurisdiction; and, of the latter, the Foreign En listment Act offers a striking illustration. All legislation, however, the special object of which is not to secure respect or obedience for the constituted authority of the State so legislating is also watched with jealousy by those who are conscious of the abuses to which it tends. Some of the Governments of Western and Central Europe have, however, in recent times, attempted to establish a system of what may be styled mutual protection, which is completely subversive of those general principles of inter national polity to which we have just referred. So far back as the year 1815, Russia, Austria, and Prussia formed what was termed the Holy Alliance, which, whilst professedly based upon the purest principles, it. effect established a joint system of government directed against the liberties, such as they were, of the three nations. Bat although the Holy Alliance no longer exists in name, the same principles on which it was based are still recognised by the respective Governments of the three above mentioned States, and spe cial conventions have from time to time been agreed upon, framed in the same spirit which called into existence the Holy Alliance half a century since. A few mont h s after the present Polish insurrection had broken out, the world was astonished to hear that a Convention had been entered into between the Prussian and the Russian Governments, by which the former bound itself to deliver up to the latter such insurgents as took refuge in Polish territory, and, it was even said, had agreed to permit Russian troops to pursue and seiz) the refugees upon Polish soil. At that time the conduct pursued by A ustr i a, to all appearances contrasted favourably w i th that of the chief of the Liberal Powers of Germany, as the former, though discouragiag the insurrection, and arresting and disarming such of the insurgents as crossed the Galician frontier, did not deliver the refugees into the hands of the Russian authorities. Although Aus tria is entitled to credit in not having followed in the foot steps of Prussia, it now appears that in some respects her conduct has not been less reprehensible than that of the other German Power. The charge which is now advanced against the Austrian Government,and which Lute origin a t e d, not in a foreign State, but in the Reiehsrath at Vienna, is that it had by decree brought Russia within the protection of the Austrian criminal law, and applied such law against persons resident in Galicia for offences alleged to be com mitted endangering the security of the Russian Govern ment. The subject was brought before the Reichsrath by a Galician deputy, who moved for a committee to examine and pronounce upon the legality of the Ministerial decree which thus extended to Russia the protection of the Aus • trian criminal code in reference to offences committed on Austrian territory. The motion, though vigorously oppos e d by the Government, was carried by a small majority; and as the deputies appointed to form the committee are known to be strongly opposed to the Convention with Russia out of which the decree sprang, it is probable that it will be pronounced illegal. It is but just to say that the Conven tion and the decree date from the year 1860, and have not been called into existence by the present disturbances in Poland. But no excuse can be offered for the manner in which the Austrian Government has used the extraordi nary powers with which it seems to consider that it is in vested. According to the statements made by Dr. Zyble kiewicz, the deputy who moved for the committee, no less than 2,000 persons have been imprisoned in Galicia during the past 10 months for offences alleged to have been com mitted against the Russian Government, the population of Galicia being only five millions. The ordinary criminal courts are not sufficiently numerous to discharge the duties thus thrown upon them, and additional district courts have been established. The arrests are arbitra rily made, and the prisoners are confined for months before they are even made acquainted with the nature of the offence of which they are accused. Some have been detained as long as seven months, and have then been discharged in the absence of all evidence to criminate them. Prince Sapieha was arrested six months since, and has not, up to the present, been either tried or examined. These facts, incredible as they must seem to us, and astonishing as they appeared to the Austrian Reichs rath, were not contradicted by the Government. The statement of Dr. Zyblekiewicz, that the number of arrests was on the increase, no doubt impressed upon the Chamber the necessity of taking measures at the same time to protect Austrian subjects, and to save, if possible, the honour of the Austrian nation. There can be but little doubt respect ing the course which will be pursued by the committee. The Ministerial decree will be pronounced illegal, and Russia will be left, so far at least as Austria is concerned, to depend for protection on her own code of laws, and on the military satraps who so vigorously administer it within the Russian dominions. Tr3tEs.—A short paragraph in the summary of West Indian news which we publ d is il h wrve e hhe d iactlhi on pro W po e r d t n io e n sd s a t y his tou ches o l n 7th a subject which d w t h h ic e h ti n m e e ar o ly f e c a o c n h ce s r it n t s in o g ur Transatlantic colo nies, and may before long assume an Imperial interest. The Demerara Court of Policy met on the 9th and the dis cussions on the Immigration Question,wwahsic°hceluePc.l7ldiobwyever to no definite result." This " Immigration Question " is no other than the question whether the colonial Govern ment is to encourage the importation of free blacks from tho Northern States of America, and thus help to relieve Mr. Lincoln of his greatest difficulty. The reason why it was yw c: h l o iot n ya.l always 3 ' 0 , which, under the name of the Court of Policy, still retains debated without any practical result by er t aN h lol e ofy Council shtraatvn:iae r o nsp f ,aa l taru ' tn e ri n etai 31 much of the Dutch character is simply that it involves diffi cult problems of the most vital importance elements, les, officials, oe to ii et a st the class of labourers, the competition gen especially of strangers who have been used to work for nothing, must always be obnoxious. To the employers of labour the command of E ivree(S)s, responsible , tehn i s n tit,b g s et p ht o oe w to e hn r ee at rcducod rate must, for the converse reason, be, a formimmediate a personally consists yosa y T yt sn o of thetw colonialo great makes anotherp little ol i y d a i :me Demeraraor members are No;:, the Court of aipnpreeplVoin,itnialte;odbnubttyoputtbhhleeiccGfouonsnyceertrinvoamntaievrnieet iaaned. five offi cial, the other representative. Assem bly was divided on the labuur at que s ti on . that the majority of the employerse, ve . are chosen by elec tors. We are not informed•in the Governor undertook to on his ibs own find iknowledge,htaot immigration, wo LlaY fairly conclude that the non-cffiztal were unfavourable. PRICE..... ....4d. STAMPED ....51 members present were of the contrary opinion. At sel events, two or three days after this assertion was made, an address was presented to his Excellency, signed by no less than 13 gentlemen, on behalf of themselves and their con stituents. They state, in a few words, that they are favour able to free immigration from the United States of America and the island of Barbadoes, that they consider that the cost of such immigration should be defrayed from the general revenues of the colony, and that they are satisfied that, so far from their being no demand for labour, these people would find immediate employment, if introduced as free agents." We need hardly remind our readers that this is no new question in British Guiana, or, indeed, in any of our West Indian colonies. The abolition of slavery, righte ous as it was in principle, and cautiously as it was carried out, paralysed the industrial system of these dependencies, and drove the Europeaa landowners to introduce cheap labour for definite terms of service from other tropical coun tries, We have a series of Orders in Council confirming or disallowing. ordinances of British Guiana to regulate immigration, and a series of correspondence with the Colo nial-office respecting the traffic in Coolies and Chinese. A very c onsiderable proportion of the whole population is of foreignof extracti on , an d b y th us rep l ac i ng th e mos t indolent the enfranchised negroes and their descendants, British Guiana has manag e d to escape the wholesale ruin of the neighbouring islands. Still, but a small fraction of the whichas yet b o e e o n u brought a u n ts: e r e o c v u e l t t i e v a a t i N o v n i t , h a n c d r o m p s u c o h f s o o f i l th h a a t s sugar, coffee, or cotton, is held by the proprietors under the same precarious conditions as the flats of Hol land, It is protected by dams f rom inundations of s alt and fresh water, and demands incessant care and vigilance. Hitherto the system of husbandry has been rude in the extreme, and it has been calculated that a few simple improvements, requiring, h owever, more skilled labour, would en ormousl y increas e the productiveness t estates. It is no doubt with the hope of effecting this de sirable object more rapidly that some of the colonists pro pose to turn President Lincoln's necessity into their own opportunity. If Professor Cairnes is to be taken as an authority on the value of slave labour, the economical soundness of such a speculation is more than doubtful. Ac cording to him, the negroes in the Southern States are naturally incapable of any but the most primitive an d mechanical operations of agriculture. They cannot be trusted to plough, or to use manure, or, in fact, to do anye thing but to pick cotton or cut the sugar-cane. Whether the present condition of the Confederate States is consistent with this estimate of negro intelligence we will not stop to inquire; but, supposing it to be true, and that mere eman cipation does not work a magical change in their nature, it is clear that it would not be worth while to import them in any great numbers into British Guiana. What appears to be there wanted is not hands alone, but labour of a superior kind, such as can be employed to clear, drain, and render profitable new and less fertile districts. Perhaps, however, we may safely assume that the colonists understand their own business, and, having tried labourers of various races, including the African, know which is best adapted for their climate and methods of culture. We can only hope that they do not count upon getting these poor creatures upon terms to be fixed arbitrarily by the Federal Government. There can be no doubt that, in their anxiety to be rid of them, the authorities of the United States might be willing to make a very bad bargain on their behalf. Having looked about in vain for some means, however costly, of deporting them, they would not be very scrupulous about their rights and future destiny, if they could father a portion on any other civilised nation. This makes it the more necessary that our Government should watch any transaction of the kind. The Chines:, though often maltreated by their white neigh bours, are comparatively able to take care of themselves, but the service of starving negroes, under contracts with American emigration agents, might very easily become slavery in disguise. There is another consideration directly affecting ourselves, which it is our duty to take into ac count. By opening our colonies to a regular export of " free niggers" from the Northern States, we should, in fact, be giving them a powerful weapon against the South. As it is, the misery of those who have accepted the offer of liberty without enlisting in the army has probably deterred many others from running away. It is quite possible the promise of a free passage to British Guiana, with high wages and other inducements which a clever Yankee would present to the negro imagination, would prAve a more tempting bait. We do not say it would, for even among slaves there is a sentiment of adhesiveness, which cannot, indeed, be called love of country, but which attaches them to the scene of their daily joys and sufferings. Had a negro with a good master been asked before the war whether he would exchange servitude oa an Alabama plantation for freedom on a South American farm, we very much doubt whether he would have chosen the latter alternative But war must have done its work in unsettling the minds of the slave population, and preparing them for change, and it may be that some runaways would gladly accept a refuge in the West Indies. If they could 'nage their escape thither for themselves, welcome or unwelcome, they would be entitled to our protection on British territory. This is one thing, but to encourage a system of decaying and ship. ping them oil' to West Indian ports is another. It may be strictly consistent with neutrality, and open to no valid ob jection, but it would certainly place us in an unfriendly relation to the Confederates, and therefore should be well considered. A grant " from the general revenues" of a British colony to put chase, or at least to procure, that which by the laws of the Southern States is the property of their citizens, is a questionable measure—not the less so because, according to cur own laws, it is neither their pro perty nor the property of those with whom we should have to negotiate. THE STATE OF SICILY. The following letter on the state of Sicily is published in the Dovere of Turin. It was written in Garibaldi's house, by one of the Sicilian deputies, and represents the general disaffection existing in the island, which has since found expression in a long parliamentary debate at Turin, and the result of which, it is said, will be the secession of the Sicilian members of the Italian Parliament : CArBERA., Nov. 1863—My dearest friend, the affairs of Sicily induce me to write to you. I cannot tell you with what feelings Garibaldi read the cases of Petralia Soprano, nor can I repeat the indignant words to which he gave utterance. Whether by good or ill fortune, I hardly know, but he had for a listener one of those Englishmen, who, edified by the correspondents of the Times and the Morning Poet come to Italy under the beatific illusion that they are about to find the garden of nature, and the kingdom of the arts illuminated by the splendours of liberty, watched over by laws and inviolablestatutes. Now I leave you to imagine from what a height of rosy dreams the honest son of Albion was flung down, when he heard the story of that daily chronicle of Sicily; it is enough to say, that becoming in flamed with Southern enthusiasm he protested he would write to the English journals himself, and force the truth on t thenoticeof thepublic. However, whether it may eve l: r : a th c e the foreign journals or not, at least it is necessary t Italian press should do its duty, and recall the country to a one hour Let the t e . hour of counsel and good sense. Let us not moderate persons who commit their defence to Che st ed. u of Bonaparte, just as if no Italian language those who will adopt the pharisaical formula, that to confess the evils of one's country is to dishonour it, we ed may reply that " already silence has been too much prolong , reply that which may be that the wound has become grave and chronic be auldtalnyeeheasa. cause it was not probed at first —that not on the country can the dishonour fall, but on the perverse conventicle, deceives and to isgoverns it ; that in . short, if s hould recognise her servitude, and done wrong in tolerating its yoke , .it is good number of sary now that she see herself as she is. You do not knew th e letters which come to us here from Sicil y , l aden with cries and iraprec.a t i o ns, in every variety of style, some tragic,it somecom i e , some true, and some exaggerated, some, perhaps,ad false, and all concluding by the same una nimous prayer, 4; COMO, 0 Garibaldi, and bringus a i d. „ And you knownot how many letters are sent forth hence,never containing any words but those of conciliation, and Counsels of tolerance, and how the voice which speaks from Caprera is the only one listened to or respected by the disgraced people. It is certain that there would have been an opportunity supplied by these last events for the General to have spoken frankly, severely, and openly, but everyone knows to wh at his reticence is owing, and one who knows Garibaldi could etid will respect it. the for a moment suppose him ac complice, even by silence, deterred At any rate, lam not of any injustice. being too insighifiendby any such impediments, I meanto t e ll you my NV holo mind. And in order to do so most briefly and directly, I will say that, , i if things continue as they are, the Govern ment will destroy Sicily, and Sicily will destroy Ita t l) r .." Th i e e Sicilian people have given evidence in t Q h t ei than once that patience is not the nahaos.. li t r ri h k i i s n oyf more s mite w g hich are virtues, and that their forbearancal y the vespers of the not to be transgressed with Now, the Italians 4th of April have sufacientlyirapprouvned•' safely than any other cannot trifle with them!t moreis certainly to Italy, but it sacred and vital people. The cause ofoitini. Y u preme, and above t h e cause of unity they© reigns n s n in the conscience of ever y p eo p le that r is le that liberty, justice. In the long r un the civilians or liberty, will find hentdthat they must reason thus, and they will b e reduced adab w o painful strait of choosing Jae: tice before liberty, or Italy. But you will ask, are there su fficient injusticeL an d suffering to justify my presentiments an d fears ? et us see. On the debit side of the Government so must put to the account everything which they ought to have done, and have not known how, or have not chosen to do. We find in this list schools, streets, reintegrated funds, bravest men and patiiots rewarded, .thieves and Bourbonists punished, Garibaldi and his followers honoured, /- e •,' - r _~_,,., w!:-.3P1- 4 i PE rt ec., because a direct negative and d brorreo' rt4pAk justices like the rest. But let us leave ifipplfeigbii, to the principal charge. 1 t, "•"' • z, 4 .... In Sicily there are ten residents t4v3l.eeee 1013 , 60," Gen. Govone supposes 4,000 in PaleriPc9kiii#ilith suppositions he includes dead men, woAerfOsygff s rt, ot _ and double names, and men who have aw:l,:,lTltrel. scripted, in short an entire imaginary continat. j at use leave for the present, to those who choose to dwell upon it, an estimation of the ability of our commissioners of conscrip tion, and a consideration of the unjust persecution, the useless suff er i ng which a furious pursu i t o f t h ese p h antoms has thestrength tr i a n i i . c ee t fe e ir eed y L soldiers,eeft t h u s ea p ; a ud s i s ctoh. o ciel v t ed e s r e,g ra i a n nada s t i ti l he e n n e c eg e fo otthhcieeihrwuma officesOtuedr, of the Italian whattohvecrr e enemies the are e brieesc iswsi P .nth e go lp n l o e ef; eßmrlahorat anyd p l ie existence.a h r e c ir hands tiie w Ab victoriesfotolreaoy Italy rate,t aly can more or less remember, Sicilyeitunber an and Sicily Martial lcarnin 0. 1 a 3 w ,e , t " mare thoroughly under the rule of General Govone. L et us speak plainly. If you thi n k to scourge a country, an d then call on its s ous to bear N a vi r t m h s for you; if you non rish its hopes and asp i rat i ons Rome and Napies, and condemn it ttotthhee n s i a g c h re t d ly ine pa a t g r e o s i o ef f count r y ,g ives sbirri and police, if you call fot• soldiers, a t. : a peopeeetyrofouncl sen. - and 7 make carabi neers, if, in a word, you destroy in timent of justice which m a k e them sY r ey L eve give us our country cur lives and our fortunes, our love, justice, prosperity, and greatness in return then tell it f hope, General, thee, you will coo that people voluntarily cheerfully recruit the ranks of your army. so u de base, one does not deprave a ceuntry, thend ask na deeds of virtue; one does not bleed a Irma and the to fight. The same reason by which you justitl d e e e l c l from the Austrian army by the Venetians, and by the'l-N,42:-z— -ends from the French, the same reason which no4d e term those Italian deserters comrades, who wen t with 3,°,-; from Marsala to Maddaloni, and who, in 12 hou rs , left your regiment in 1860, when they learned that the promises o f Cattolica had been broken, the same reason may, it not to. day, one day or another, be valid in thecase of the Duchies, the Neapolitans, in a word, for all Italians. However, whatever we may think of it, we are face to face with the law of resistants, and the Government has put the whole of Sicily in a state of siege, not even excepting the Senators , houses. But in what a state of siege ? At the mercy of the soldiery in their most truculent mood, in a condition compounded of Link, Kant, and the Holy offic e . Yeti will say I exaggerate, perhaps. Hear me. Do you knew the story of Gen. Serpi? If not, read the Sicilian journals, and especially the extraordinary, supplement to the Unite Politico of Sent. 27. No. 215. In the meantime, I will sketch it for you briefly: An old feud reigned between the houses of Palezzeli and Bonmariti in Favorotta. Some of the Palozzoli are arrested on some imputation by the Na tional Guard, and on the following day are found dead in their priso n . Thi s mur d er i s ascr ib e d to domestic vengeance, and the B o th nariti are accused o f it , an d one of them is brought up f or trial, while two others are sta bb e d i n th e dark, by a hand w h ose d es ti ny is easily divined. The inno cence eacdeodt the Bonmariti is made clear, but who can recall to life ? The Palazzoli,whom one of is Favorotta, ,contract s a friendship with Gen. Serpi, com mandant of the Sicilian • Carabincers. The general inter feres in the affair of the Ven gotta and in order to protect his friends from a l awsuit finish the feud ell s _Figaro, and perhaps worse, proposes to lie assembles the Bonmariti, and propses to th em that they should betroth their i d a ughter, aged 13, to one of the alazzali. The Bonmariti consent, but the daughter refuses. She swears that she will ne ver give her hand to a man who h a d shed the blood of her kin. General Serpi will not acknoxvl s - g de feated, and insists, and threatens the par e imsehnts s elf to be place the girl in his hands. Little thenavails. the ethillath they girl that she cries, e.ntreats, and bew a il s her fate; her e 1 .1 717 and her life are sacrifice d . Th e general threatens her re y parents with a revival of t he Palazzolo p ro cess if the marriage be no t a ccomplished. His actions folloWed si:eadity on his threats. Oa the 21st a column of the 19th Infantry arr i ved at Favorotta, arrested the Bonmariti and their adherents, and carried them off to the headquarters. There they were confronted with the General, who declared to Vito Bon merit°, the father of the girl, " I have come here to cause the completion of the marriage of your daughter with Palaz zolo, and I have made all the necessary dispositions for se curing its fulfilment." I omit the arguments, the terror, the father's prayers. The daughter was dragged away from the College and was subjected to a last trial. She alone was brave and refused anew to barter her soul. and took refuge in a convent. General Govone contented himself with ad monishing the parties. As for General Serpi, who could think of assailing the army, by touching one of its chiefs ? In the Aquila Latina, a Messinese journal, we read as follows : t --I r, : 0 :. , ... h A ljgo - - Y - 41 P -A' " According to the instructions of the Municipal autho rities, some soldiers wore sent to Rocca, to arrest a young man, aged 18, named Pasquale Sacca, a carpenter, whom they Lund in his bed, and dying. This circumstance read° no impression whatever upon his captors, and Sacca was bteught to Roraella, a two hours journey, over tailian raads, in such a condition," A few hours later, he died. Sacca had never disturbed the public scourity. Pied montese, Lombards, Sicilians, Tuscans, Metropolitans I (exclaims this friend of the people) have you heard ?" Aud you, whose weapon is the pen, you who have not had courage to confess the truth, when it could be injurious to your interests—what have you to say ? The Giornale di Sicilia, the official organ of the Govern ment, :elates accordieg to usum Delplani, the Patella So prano affair. If the facts were only such as it states them to have been they would be sufficient to cover us with shame. But much worse remains to be told. You must know that a body of men, guided by a delegate of public safety, and composed of soldiers, care,bineers, and commer cial guests, surrounded the house of Petralia Seprana, by night, demanding a resident. The inmates, who knew no thing about him, refused to open the door at that hour, and hearing the soldiery threatening, and striking the door and walls, they fired a few shots out of the upper windows. As it seemed difficult to force an entrance, the commandant of the troops was sent eff to call the lieutenant, who came im mediately, and decided that in such cases the resources em ployed by Mouravieff were advisable. They set fire to the straw in an adjoining stable, and to the door, so that it spread at once all over the house, the door fell down in ashes, and they entered by the breach. When the conquerors reached their victims they were already burnt to ashes, says the Giornale di Sicilia. They were still alive, say several 'nal. The reader will cry witnesses, Who shall penetrate the mystery of their suffer ings? Tha fact is, that on the bodies burned by the flam es men, women, and children, were found undeniable traces of wounds inflicted by firearms. The version which h ave selected is the mildest; for the entire truth I refer ait.soua t y a i t: e l t ‘ l o i nte th t o h s e e m w . h pi o act,,_ here a poor mute, kept L a n k g e him feignss pun. -te military thehhoens hospital enough—butoarttnotrna o e e t t rn a h m h e o i o m wth s eaoryo Official nthsl re sistant, and who the doctors persist h 1 declaring terrible malady. After many vain efforts to taLfspeak, to what, think yen, have they resorted ?To fir - lighted torches to the =d'art 'e again ? They applied unate s e creatur 'limbs, they made 40 wounds in his body , spoken. Torquemada forced itinn but he has not yet foss sins they had ne ver conmilled-Cent persons to con entered the imagination of the l , by fire, but it never g() Inqui sition to make the dumb Speak And now, you call the only Priest of the Sic ili an s guilty when. they seek to escape the conscription , you say they do not love Ital the virtue of self-sacrifle. y, that they do not r ecogn ha ise t they are Arabs. I will that they are barbarians , t of two states of siege, answer you for them with a picture a with citizens and with the gates of Palermo:barrFtt: senators arrested on the the nuptial arrangements high f w S a n y c , c Sacca, the of Serpi, the co o flames of Petralia co r p s es g te of Palermo, with the army, froraandthe wounds of the the prestige which made it sacred and which ev ete y d o u t h h a e v eetran sade against the two stra ngers who still hold Rome and Venice. Learn, I entreat you, that Sicily, and I hope I may say all Italy, is not full of preterians. Employ your arms in the service of Italy, or you will not have them to guard your slumbers, and adorn your displays, or having, you will lose them. Now do not set my words down as the querulous forebodings of solitary men; the lament of Caprera has an echo. Read the correspondence of the Perscverannz from Palermo, on Oct. 17. The letter which I quote begins with the words "General Govone himself must know that this state of things cannot continue," and goes on to advise, a s we do, that it be remedied if ind eed they do not w ish the destruction of Sicily. It is imperatively necessary now, that the honest press should join hands and inaugurate a formal campaign against the nu 'Mary measures which are p ursued in Sicily, demand ing the cessation of the state of siege, and of military as cendancy, and the restoration of the island to ordinary laws, to morality, and to justice. If this system of violence and depravation continue, I conclude as I began—the Government will destroy Sicily, ants Sicily will destroy It a ly.—Yours, EPPE GUERZONI. JULES JANIN'S NEw WORE is entitled "La Page e •et l'quence C H INESE PIRATE CAPTURED BY A S HEFFIELD EIO a Rom ." A CAPTAIN. —A letter has been received from Captain }Toole, of the merchant steamer 3watow, describing the m anner in which he captured a Chi nese pirate. Ho writes: tt I was bound for Shanghai from Tien-tsin, and when about 120 miles from the entrance of the Yang-tse, I made oat two vessels close together. I altered the course, haul ing for thorn, when about five miles off, One made sail and sheered off. I stood on and steamed alongside the other vessel, and found her totally . disabled, having her sails cut and rig g i ng all adrift, and the crew in a fearful nearly dead with sabre cuts. I i!': milestate, the captai n b e i ng stantly gave cha se - to the first craft, and when within a mile she opened fi re, b ut did us no damage. I steamed fall "e"r bang into hßr, cutting her up and ()arriving her hseternpit and pirates backed astern a n d at li:tr again amidships. T were p arde- stricken—so taken by sunrise.we Were in the meantime sending rifle balls as fastaspinto ossible them. Th e thi rd time I struck her we boarded, when the pirates actually jump e d ov e r board. and I thi n k f u ll y that num b er wel-o mato, who was knocked ov er b oar d an d drowne— killed and drowned. We had no ne kill e d exce pt the A second Au Shanghai arc este.. W e took 14 prisoners, fished at a merchant steam taking a pirate. A little er her Majesty's gunb oa to and 'while ago they attacked one of ' nearly captured hen!' NEW NOVEL. Next week, in 3 vols., 1 " E V E R: A Story of English Country Life. By A CLERGYMAN. 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