The Sun. — London, England, 1864-08-30 00:00:00

PEAR DOCTOR, what do von advise P I advise Alfred Mellon's Concerts, afterwards to VANS', Covent-garden, hear some charming singing, order one of their capital chops and magnificent potatoes, and that Is th best advice I can give you RINAHAN'S LL WHISKY v. COGNAC BRANDY. This celebrated Old IRISH WHISKY rivals the finest FRENCH BRANDY, It 114 Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. Sold in Bottles, 38. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London ; by the Agents in the principal towns in England ; or wholesale at 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded ".Kinahan's LL Whisky." NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN. that the BANK of FIINDITSTAN, CHINA, and JAPAN [Limited), has REMOVED from le Comhill, to No. 1, BANK BUILDINGS, Lothbury. By order, R. SWIRE TOMLIN, Secretary. 1, Bank - buil , :ting9, August 24, 1804. THE ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY, 29, Lombard-street, London ; and Royal Insurance -buildings, Liverpool. At the Annual Meeting*, orithe sth inst., the following* were Pome of the ieading results disclosed in the Repott to the 'tar eholders. FIRE BRANCH. The Premiums of the year 1863 reached the sum of £341,663 Being an advance of 40,977 over 1862; an amount of increase exceeding that of any pre- Vious year. The Revenue from Fire Premiums has been en hanced in four years by the large sum of £113,353 'The Duty paid to Government in 1862 was. £75.993 Ditto ditto, 1863 88,980 Showing an Increase in one year of .... ..... £12,973 Among the incidents which have tended to the advance ment of the Royal within the last few months may be reckoned its action with respect to the losses sustained by the explo sion of the Lotty Sleigh, which although on ty consistent with the general tenor of the conduct of the Company, and ulti mately proved to be no more than what had been done in for- Iner times by the oldest and most proverbially honourable among its contemporaries, yet attracted attention and public favour by its unhesitating promptness. As the largest total of Revenue and the largest ratio of progression have been attained In the present year, so it happens that the largest Profit which it has ever fallen to the Directors to record has likewise on this occasion to be an nounced. The balance of net profit on the year has amounted to £83,515 ; of which sum £34,100 only has been appropriated to Dividend and Bonus, and the large balance of £48,441 been carried to Reserve. LIFE BRANCH. The progress of the Life Branch, as shown by the Nap Ilusiness trapsacted in the last year, is most pro misin g , and the advances made, year by year, in the amount of New In surances effected, show clearly the estimation in which the Company is held. The following is a statement for the last Eve years : Net Sum Assured on New Policies after deducting Guarantees. Net Premiums. 1859 1860 1861 1862 18433 This rapid growth, amounting to 73 per cent. on the Sum Assured, and upwards of 80 per cent. on the Premium re ceived in the course of five years, may justly be considered as larger than any which could have been reasonably expected. The first half of the current year 1864, however, far ontsttips the ratio of increase indicated by the figures just quoted, as the sum assured for that period of six months only actually exceeds Half-a-Mil ion sterling. The rate of Mortality, likewise, still presents highly favour able features, and augnre well for the result to be shown by tne quinquennial investigation, which is to take place when the present year is concluded. PERCY M. DOVE, Manager and Actuary. JOHN B. JOHNSTON, Secretary in London. August, 1864. SPORTING BOOKS, GUIDES. CIRCULARS , &c. CR. GLENIE, Sporting Library, 4 , Connaught • terrace, Hyde-park, has on hand, or gets to order, all Sporting an i General Books, Newspapers, Periodicals, &o. lfe also buys Sporting or other books in large or small quantities. Just ready, ls. post free, VirEATHERBY'S SEPTEMBER PART of the RACING CALENDAR, containing the result of all the Races from January 1 to end of August. 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A distinguished Dignitary, in a letter addressed to Francis Tucker and Co., on the subject of WAX CANDLES with PLATTED WICKS, says : " I have found them fully equal to the recommendation 'Which you gave them, and can sincerely, in my turn. ,I own mend them to the clergy tor the use of the altar." Finest quality, with latted Wicks, patented.. 20. 2d. per lb. Ordinary quality .. • • .. 2s. Od. per lb. VEGETABLE CANDLES, with a Mixture of Wax. Best quality .. .. • • .. Is. sd. per lb. Second quality 15, 3d. per lb. Third quality .. • • .. ls. id. per lb. Carriage paid in London on Orders of Five Pounds in value. FRANCIS TUCKER AND CO., ;8, South Molton-street, Grosvenor-equare. Manufactory— Kensington (Established 1730). The largest Establishment in England for the Manufacture of Was Candles for the use of the Altar ANTHROPOGLOSSOS.-ST.JAMES'S HALL, Piccadilly.—Great Success I —Extraordinary Excitement. - The ANTHROI'OGLOSSOS, Automaton Vocalist, Wonder of the World. 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Bvo. cloth, price 53., WALKER end WEBSTER combined in a DICTIONARY of the ENGLISH LANGUAGE, in which the definitions of Webster, and the pronunciation of Walker. are united and brought into conformity to the usage of the present time; many new words are introduced, and numerous synonymous terms are carefully discriminated. With an Appendix containing Walker's Key to the pro nunciation of Snipture. Greek, and Latin proper names. & new edition entirely re-edited by John Longmuir, LL.D., formerly Lecturer in King's College, and University, Aberdeen. London: William Tegg, Pancras-lane, Cheapside. PARLIAMENTARY DESPATCH AND AGENCY OFFICE, No. 5, Upper Charles-street, Parliament-street. AN ANALYTICAL INDEX to the DIVISIONS of the present SESSION 0860 is in course of compila tion by Mr. GEO. M. MITCHELL, and will be ready for circu lation at the prorogation of Parliament. This work will show members and their constituents how each member voted, whether for or against public and private measures during the session; total number of times, with majorities for and against, &o. Subscription, One Guinea. Members can have their Divisions for the whole Parlia ment in extenso upon application to the above office. ST. JAMES'S HALL, September 5 , 1864 . First appearance these seven years of the world renowned PROFESSOR ANDERSON, Great Wizard of the North. First appearance of Miss ANDERSON, the Second-sight Sybil, and Retro-reminiscent Orthographist. Spiritualists, Beware. Volunteers, look for the Great Rifle Experiment. The Psychomantheum Opens at St. James's Hall, Sept. 5. WILL SHORTLY CLOSE. MR. and Mra. GERMAN REED, with Mr. JOHN PARRY, will appear in their new ANGLO EGYPTIAN ENTERTAINMENT, THE PYRAMID. To be followed by THE BARD AND HIS BIRTHDAY, a new musical tercentennial séance, by William Broutrn, Esq., sustained by Mr, and Mrs. German Wed; and THE SEA SIDE, or MRS. ROSELEAF OUT OF TOWN, by Mr. John Parry. Every evening (except Sat , rday), at 8; Thursday , azid Saturday mornings, at 3 . — ROYAL GALLERY of IL LUSTRATION, 14, Regent-street. Unreserved seats, ls., 25,; stalls, 35.; stall (spring) chairs, 55., can be secured in ad vance at the Gallery without fee. The Oxford and Canterbury Hall Company (limited). T H 0 X If 0 6, OXFORD STREET, W. It n, During this week will be performed, Selections from the following Operas, viz., THE TROVATORE, NABUCO. UN BALLO IN MAVHERA, LA FORZA DEL DESTINO, by Verdi; and THE TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA, by Sir H. !dollop. Principal Artistes : —Misses Russell, Tyrrell, Walmsley, Fitz-Henry, and Barrie; Messrs. Marini, Hash, Green, M,rcello, and Albert. Comedy by UNSWORTH, EUGENE, W. Randall, C. Burton, and Mdlle. 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Jongimam .A dmisslon—Area, 6d.; Stalls and Balcony, ls. 31[ADAME TUSSAUD'S HISTORICAL GALLERY ; established 28 years at the Bazaar, Baker-street. NEW ADDITION. A full length portrait model of DR. COUTY DE LA POMMERAIS, the Poisoner, taken from the original photograph, by Mons. Trinquart, of Paris, from life, is now added to the Chamber of Physiognomy. Admittance, ls. ; Napoleon Rooms and Chamber of Horrors, 6d. extra. Open from 11 in the morning till 10 at night. Stainsby-road, Limehouse.—Detached Freehold Residence. MR. ANDREW HIND is instructed by the proprietor to SELL by AUCTION, at GARRA WAY'S, Change-alley, Cornhill, on MONDAY. Atigust 2i, 1864, at One o'o oak, the very superior FREEHOLD HOUSE, known as Paradise Cottage, pleasantiy situate in the Stains by-road, near the East India-road, Limehouse, and contain ing large drawing, dining, and breakfast rooms, six bed rooms, capital kitchen, and offices, three w.c.'s, dm. The principal rooms have stained glass windows and French casements, opening to ornamental verandahs, which extend the entire length of the building. In the rear is a beautifully laid-out flower garden, with greenhouse, summer house, large and handsome fountain, dr,c. The whole enclosed by walls, and thoroughly screened from observation by well-grown evergreens and other trees. May be viewed bycards from the auctioneer only, and particulars, with conditions of sale, had at Garraway's ; of T. Price, Esq., solicitor, 24, Abchurch lane, B.C. ; and st the auctioneer's offices, corner of Little Carter-lane. St. Paul's. New Barnet.—Freehold Semi-detached Villas. MR. ANDREW HIND will SELL by AUC. TION, at GARRAWAY'S, Change-alley, Cornhill, on TUESDAY, August 30, 1864, at One o'clock, the conve nient FREEHOLD Seven-roomed HOUSES, Nos. 1 and 2, Lancaster-road, New Barnet, near the railway station, with front and back garders, now let at £44 per annum, but pos session of one may be had if desired. May be viewed and particulars, with conditions of sale, had at Garraway's ; and at the auctioneer's officer, corner of Little Carter-lane, St. Paul's. Pinner.—Freehold Building Land. MR. ANDW. HIND will SELL by AUCTION shortly, 23 Acres of LAND, beautifully situa'e near the village, and about a mile from the station. The plots will contain from half an acre to two scres and upwards. The estate is well wooded, and has a stream of water flowing through it. Residents on this property will be entitled to the privileges of Harrow School, and the occupant of each house of the value cf £5O per annum will receive a free first class railway ticket to London for thirteen years. Offices, corner of Little Carter-lane, St. Paul's. ORNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library, lnd Dining-room, consisting of a new and eieuant assort ment of VASES, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obelisks, Ink stands, beautiful inlaid Tables, Paper weights, itc., in Italian, Alabas rer, Paean, Marble, Bronze, Derbyshire Spar, &o. Imported and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Mine• ralogist to her Majesty, 148, Stand, W.C., London. _ . Mr. Tennant arranges elementary oollections of SHELLS, MINERALS, ROCKS, and FOSSILS, which will greatly lacilitate ttie interesting study of MINERALOGY, CON CHOLOGY, mci GEOLOGY, at 2,5, 10, 20, 50, to 100 guineas each. PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and MINE RALOGY is given by Mr. TENNANT. at 149. Strand. W.C. 3 free` and ‘ciiimetr 4): ''..n--5;.....C4**1),;-,r.-4<V1.71°147------7 1:34f A. • , - 7 ,A 1 - 4c. • is free—the despot. In an aria tocrat' so i o,\ ; ee : tehenvee l . . : l IQ s o d r e a m g oc re ra a t t ie m s a t n a y te , b a n u t o a u ll g a h r t e t n ot \\ c y 46:llt - Nst rd • - joy the same liberty as the go vtri zing England. • .• - - up_ 7, - The Article rhich led tr • _ _ _ dole w lea zo the .Suspension of the " Courrier du DimaLueb.e." PRICF ...4d. STAMPED ....sd. The whole town is talking of nothing more ear• nestly than about the famous article from the pen of Alfred Asso!ant in the Courrter du Dimanche, which has brought down suspension on that weekly organ of independence, and has so enhanced the sell, ing price of the lset issued number that it cannot be now procured. A brief summary of what thus alarms our authorities may he acceptable : Yt!s, this reign is agr eat one. We have planted our tricolour at the four corners of the map. l'ire have rescued the circume'sed and turbaned 'Turk from the schismatic Muscovite; snatched the Ma• ronite daughters of Lebanon from Turk and Druse ; founded in Mexico an enopt-e destined to last as long as that in France ; we miunt guard round the Pope against his will and that of Italy ; we have built a cathedral at Pekin, where your Chinaman will bs baptised some of these days; we have put our foot in all quarters—and, as far as that goes, we are a great nation ! Don't talk to me cf what all this has cost in cash or conscripts ; you say 200,000 Frenchmen fell in the field or died in hospital. I'm sorry for it— there is chiar'oseure in all great pictures. What about expense? Are we not rich enough, as Li. mayrac tells ~ us, t o pa y for our glory ? Can't a body borrow o n t h e security of t h e 88 departm ents, besides the 89th (, a l ai de la Se i ne ) , t h oug h t h at b a , longs to Prefect Hausm an ? Hence both I and nin e millions of my fellow electors believe firmly that France has but to lift her little finger to overawe Europe as far as Ram , skatka, and that von Bismark thinks so too. It is true that since Feb. 17, 18 52, our pr i nt i ng press is in the grip of Government ; that editors and managers are nominees of the Home Orn ce as much, as the keepers of every tobacco shop ; that 500,00 0 paid functionaries vote as one man for °M o w ca D ., didates; that primary schools cost:but one-twentifth of the sum wanted for soldiery; that every scar a crop of 800,000 conscripts must be had to be d r _ in idleness or worse—all this is perhaps want ed that we may be a great people. Aye, there's tlat3 rub ; but let us see. From 1792 to 1852 we have had five distinct forms of rule—twice a republic, once an empire, and two successive kingships. Let ns take each of those at its acme, and pit each with what vve now witness, also at its prob%bly highest pinnacle at the present hour. In 1797, after Campo Formio, France had en larged its old boundary with Belgium, all the left bank of the Rhine, comprised Holland, freed Italy,. founded the Cisalpine and Ligurian republics, an(i would have swept it clean from " Alp to Adriatic." had not General Bonaparte, violating the orders cf the Directory, handed over Venice to Austria. O'ir nation had, after five years of civil war and foreign aggression, become the true arbiter of the Conti neat. Our armies were commanded by Benape rte, Kleber, Massena, D esaix, Hoche, and Joubert ; Car net was our War, Talleyrand our Foreign Minister. Monge, Caviar, Laplace, Lagrange, Volneyr, Ca banis, were at the Institute ; Chateaubriand came back from emigration with his genie du Chris. tianisnze ; Benjamin Constant and de Steel added impulse to the mental movement; art kept pace with science ; nor was it to the Directory that this wondrous development was due (they were a lot of nobodies), it was to the native energies of France freely allowed to expand. 'Twas that the press and the rostrum were equally unshackled, and every citizen felt himself a component part and active paos ticipator in the general grandeur, What was the case after a lapse of 15 years ? In 1810 there was a single man erect amid the general prostration ; he had genius, a prodigious envy, a budget thrice as heavy as that of the Res public; he held garrison at Hamburg and at, Seville, shook hands with a Russian Czar, was so re-in-law to an Austrian Kaiser, put his brothers on thrones in Spain, Holland, and Westphalia, gave N Spies to his brother-in-law, made his adopted son Vi ceroy of Italy, his son Poi de Rome. Except the British Press and Parliament, all was dumb befeare him. His voice alone resounded through the Continental descrt. When h 3 sneezed twenty kings 'were at hand to cry," Gad bless him !" Was .Fratrce great all the while ?—not a bit of it. The conscript crop was cut twice in each. year ; two thirds of all French families were in mourning ; taxation crushed the country in spite of ws..r con tributions levied remorselessly elsewhere ; our young men were tracked by gendarmes in the forests in an effort to escape from the ranks; all colonial produce was denied our homesteads ; every prefect was a sovereign satrap, every journalist had a police inspector at his elbow ; folks interchanged their thoughts in a whisper ; the Corps Legislatif was mute ; the Senate servile ; in a few years the whole structure crumbled to earth; all was hollow, all was rotten. With these memories before them, our State oracles denounce parliatnentism—that is to say they want to revive the old danger and degradation of France. They don't want their acts discussed: we are to learn what has been done in the name of the country when oar control can be of no avail ; hence the distrust felt as much at home as abroad. Hence England, in ironiclad panoply, rests on her riffs within her island ; hence Prussia and the North stand on the qui vine. Is oar Government even feared ? Is the French Empire even a hobgoblin (croque-mitaine), as of old ? Nut in the least. Gortschakoff deals with Poland ; von Bismark demolishes Denmark, in de. fiance and disregard of what is thought in Paris ; while we get King visitors from Madrid, with embassies from Siam and the Tycoon. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 30, 1864. eERSONS SEEKING LANDIED EF..:IATES, TOWN AND COUNTRY RESIDENCES, FREEHOLD AND LEASEHOLD INVESTMENTS, AND PROPER PIES GENERALLY— To BE BAD GRATIS, at the principal Railway Bookstalls throughout the kingdom, or at the Auction and Estate Offices, No. 67, Chancery-lane, London, Messrs. E. and H. Lumley's "FREE PROPERTY REGISTER," containing ft varied selection of landed and house properties now in the market, from the nobleman's mansion, with its manorial domain, to the cottage with its few acres. 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She sailed from England on 30th of April following, and on the 22d of September was in Table Bay. She arrived at the Mauritius on the Bth of November, and sailed again on the 24th kr Madebourg, on the south-east coast, returning to Simon's Bay Dec. 15. She left Simon's Bay Jan. 2, 1861, for a tour on the West Coast and for Ascension. Admiral Keppel transferred his flag to the Emerald in June and sailed for England, when Admiral Warren succeeded to the com mand of the station, with Capt. Thomas Saumarez as his flag captain. The Forte put to sea on the 10th of July, was at Montevideo on the 31st, and remained cruising. In Octo ber, 1862, she proceeded to Palmas Bay, with the Brazilian Minister and Attache on board, and returned to Rio on the 24th Nov., and Capt. Saumarez was superseded at his own request by Capt. Arthur Mellerah shortly afterwards. After further cruising at Rio Janeiro, River Plate, Montevideo, and the Falkland Islands, the Forte called at Bahia on the 12th of July, and Fayal on the 9th of August. She had a succession of light winds and fine weather until entering the Channel, when she expel ienced a strong easterly gale. She arrived at Portsmouth on the 26th, and left on the evening of the 27th for Sheerness, at which port she is to be paid off. The War Department transport Petrel left Chatham yes terday to receive the powder and shell from the Forte, 39, and Riau the ammunition in store at the magazines, Upnor Castle. It is the intention of the Lords of the Admiralty that the Ariadne, 26, screw steam frigate, 3,214 tons, 800 horse power, vow lying in Sheerness harbour, and in the third division of the steam reserve, shall be taken to Chatham Dockyard as soon as convenient, to be brought forward for the first-class steam reserve. The Hood, 79, screw steamship, 3,308 tons, 600-horse power, having been four years and a half in the third divi sion of the Sheerness steam reserve, steam was yesterday got up at her moorings to test the condition of her boilers '1 he trial was satisfactory, and every part was found right and sound, The Recruit, 6, iron paddlewheel vessel, 693 tons, 160- horse power, has been taken out of deck in Sheerness yard to moorings in the harbour to wait Admiralty orders. It is rumoured that she is to be employed in the protection of the Scottish fisheries in the place of the Jackal. The Basilisk, 7, paddlewheel sloop, 1,031 tons, 400-horse power, which has been repaired at Deptford Dock3ard, is ordered to be conveyed to Sheerness, to be fitted for the first-class steam reserve at that place. The first instalment of the naval 100-pounder 6i-ton smooth-bore wrought iron gun arrived at Chatham yester day, from the Royal gun factory, Woolwich, in the War Department transport Bomarsund, Mr Spicer, muster, which went alongside the Ordnance- wharf to await orders from the War-office as to the landing of the guns• According to ar rangements previously made, the guns were intended for shipment on board the ironclad frigate Achilles, 6,121 tons, 1,250-horse power, which is to be armed exclusively with the 100-pounders; but, in consequence of that vessel not being ready to receive them for some days to come, the guns were yesterday unshipped from the Bomarsund, and landed at the gun-wharf to prevent the transport being unneces sarily detained- In consequence of this misunderstanding between the Naval and War Department authorities the guns, after being landed at the Ordnance-wharf, will be reshipped in the course of a few days and conveyed down the harbour to the Achilles, this arrangement—or, more properly speaking, want of ar rangement—entailing additional labour and responsibi lity on the part of the War-office officials at Chatham. The Bomarsund also brought a number of gun-carriages and other stores, and these, as well as the 100 pounders, were landed by means of No. 7 crane, the steam cranes erected at the gun-wharf not being used on this occasion to land guns of the weight of the 100 pounders. The Bomarsund will proceed from Chatham to the Nore this morning, for the purpose of receiving the guns from the screw steam fri gate Forte. Yesterday Capt. P. S. Tremlett, of :the Impregnable, 78, inspector of training ships, commenced his half-yearly in spection of the boys and lads serving on board the training ship Wellesley, 72, Capt. W. H. Stewart, C. 8., in Chatham harbour, in which duty he will be engaged until this after noon. During his visit yesterday Capt. Tremlett inspected the various portions of the vessel, and witnessed the boys and lads go through their gun drill and the various other duties connected with seamanship, in the whole of which they exhibited great smartness and efficiency. The Helicon, paddle despatch vessel, building at Ports mouth, is receiving her outer skin of longitudinal plankings and is expected to be launched in about two months time. The Helicon was laid down on the same lines as the En chantress, Admiralty yacht, and will also be propelled by a similar amount and description of engine power and paddle wheel. Since the accession of Mr E. J. Reed to the office of Chief Constructor of the Navy, the Helicon's frame has been taken down to abaft her midship section and a new forebody given to her on that gentleman's plan, by which the U form of the midship section is carried well forward, so that the vessel under the fall pressure of her engines, may, so to speak, tread the water under her forefoot. in lieu of burying her nose l in every sea she meets, as ordinarily the fashion with:Admiralty designed steam vessels of the Helican and Enchantress class. The teal of the Helicon under steam when launched will afford, by a careful com parison with the result of the Enchantress's trial, a fair criterion of the merits, if any, possessed by this U form of forebody now advocated by Mr Reed over the hollow bow I system previously in vogue at Whitehall. The Royal Alfred, screw frigate, on the north building slip of Portemouth dockyard, is having a topgallant fore castle fitted to her. She is expected to be launched about Oct. 15, when she will be docked and armour cased. The operation of testing the two locomotive steam cranes which have been constructed for use on the dockyard extension works at St. Mary's Island, Chatham, was under• taken yesterday, when each crane was tested by weights, gradually increased up to 15 tons, or about double that which they will be required to raise in ordinary use, both cranes bearing the trials satisfactorily. A body of workmen are now busily employed in demolish ing the house erected a few years since at the western end of Chatham dockyard for the official residence of the master ropemaker at that establishment, the ground on which the premises stand, as well as a portion of the dockyard, being required to be taken in for the enlargement of the Royal Marine Barracks, that part of the dockyard being the site selected by the Admiralty on which a commodious range of buildings for officers' quarters will be erected. A garrison court martial, under the presidency of Lieut.. Col J. R. Gibbon, C. 8., 4th Division Depot Brigade Royal Artillery, which assembled last week at Woolwich for the trial of the 10 soldiers implicated in the recent robberies at the Government clothing establishment in that garrison, have found nine of the prisoners guilty, and have discharged the tenth, namely, the gunner Lindsay, who was acquitted. The sentence of the court martial was yesterday read in the eastern range of the barracks, in which it was announced that the nine prisoners were condemned to various terms of imprisonment and hard labour, as follows—one to 56 days, four to 84 days, and four to 112 days. The erection of a couple of elegant painted glaea memorial windows has just been completed in the new garrison churoh at Woolwich. One is dedicated to the memory of the late Brigadier-General Crofton, who commanded the Royal Ar • tillery in the late expeditionary force despatched to China; and the other to that of the lute Colonel Charles Bingham, Deputy-Adjt.- Gen. Royal Artillery. The following appointments were mgdo yesterday at the Admiralty :—Capt. C. W. Trope, to the Brisk ; Commander G. L. Sulivan, to the St George, additional for service in the Coastguard; Lieut. C. L. Oxley, to the Wolverene; H. W . S. L. Montgomery, nominated to a naval cadetship ; and W. L. Norcock, paymaster to the Hastings. The last Mohammedan Conspiracy in India. (From the homeward Mail August 29.) By the previous mail we learned that the appeal of the 11 Mohammedans who were convicted some months since before Sir Herbert Edwards, the Session Judge of Umballa, of conspiracy to overthrow British rule in India, was being proceeded with in the Court of the Judicial Commissioner of the Punjab, at Lahore. Wa have now before us the judgment from which the appeal was made, but its extra ordinary length—extraordinary even for an Indian official document—and the number of points embraced in it pos sessing no interest, unless merely in so far as they contri bute to bring their guilt home to the prisoners—have led us to weave the essential facts into a compact narrative, by way of indicating how conspiracies of this sort are got up, and with what impunity and for what a length of time they are occasionally permitted to flourish by the authorities in India, In May, 1863, Ghuzzun Khan, a Sikh sergeant of mounted police, who during the raut4o . ,had deserved well of the British raj, fell in with four 3ilyellers, apparently on --a journey frota Umballa'down towlds Delhi., The keen eyed sergeant at once detected in them a resemblance to the prisoners captured by our troops in their skirmishes on the frontier with the Sittana Hindustanie. By way of testing his suspicions, he entered into conversation with them, and soon discovered that they were on an embassy from Syud Abdoolah—the leader of the Mulkah Sittanees—to his friends in Bengal. Relying on the importance of his discoveries, Ghuzzun Khan deemed himself justified in arresting the travellers, and having seuc them before a magistrate—Mr C. Stephen—requested that they might be summoned to state what he knew about them. This re quest was unheeded by the magistrate who discharged the prisoners, merely recording on the back of the report sent to him by Ghuzzan Khan, that it is " plain the men were merely travellers." Had the magistrate taken the trouble to inquire, he would have found that they were not merely travellers, but emissaries of sedition as well. The Sikh sergeant, naturally hurt at the slight attention paid to him by the magistrate, was thereby impelled to in vestigate the matter still further; and about two months afterwards commissioned his son in Eusofzye, to attach himself to the Mulkah Sittanees, and find out who and where their friends were in British territory. The son, Feroz Khan by name, seems to have performed his father's commission admirably; he remained with the Sit tanees ten days, and even accompanied them in an attack upon Kubbul, a village on the left bank of the Indus, owned by a chief having friendly relations with the British, and who was consequently obnoxious to the fanatics of Mulkah. Here he lett them, but not before having dis covered that their great friend was Mohammed Jaffir, of Thanesur, a pleader,in the Umballa courts,a stamp-seller.and petition writer, who added to those avocations the more im portant one of agent for the transmission of men and materiel to the fanatics in the hills. The Sikhs, father and son, now appeared before Captain Moseley, and urged him to test the correctness of the information they had 'thus ob tained in regard to the doings of the Umballa pleader. At length, on Dec. 12, a descent was made by the police upon Jaffir's house at Thanesur, and his books and papers seized. He was arrested himself a few days afterwards, after having led the police a chase of some 200 miles. Among his papers was found a sort of autobiography, from which, as well as from the testimony of witnesses, it was found that Jaffir had fought against us at Delhi, in the character of a ghazee, that is a Mohammedan pledged to do or die in the cause of Islam. Jaffir's papers also furnished a clue to the other conspirators, all of whom were seized; but the ringleaders, Mohammed Shuffee, of Umballa, and Yahiya Ali, a man of great influence in Patna, need only be mentioned here. The importance of the role played by Mohammed Shuffee we can appreciate when we come to consider the fact that he held the meat contract for the supply of the European troops, not only at Umballa, but also at Jullundur, Lahore, Meehan, Dera Ismnel Khan, Sealkote, Rawul Pindee, Attock, and Nowshera ; and by means of his agents iu these places was able to forward to the hills men and money without attrac,ing suspicion. But the two Umballa conspirators, Mohammed Jaffir and Shuffee, seem merely to have contented themselves with the part of agents to their more active brethren of Patna— whence emissaries were sent to all parts of Bengal to preach the Crescentade, or Mohammedan holy tear, the converts or recruits being forwarded in tho first instance to Patna and thence on the way to Delhi and Um belle to the hills. One of these emissaries we will take as a sample of the others. Oosman Khan, native of 24-Pergun nahs, while in Jessore, received money from the Nazir of the Judge's Court to go upon a mission among the Moham medans to collect money, and to induce all likely men to go on a crescentade against the infidels. This mission, judging trom the glowing terms in which the preacher himself de scribes it, must have been an eminently successful one. " The Mohammedans," he says, " in this part of the coun try, seem to have an excellent idea of the purpose for which I have come ; and are obedient"—which latter clause of the sentence may be interpreted, " are eager to rebel." "There is nothing," he says further on, "to be compared to this sort of life. From 25 to 30 men join me in prayers," s.e., in sedition, "five times a day. This is the result of my having undertaken God's work, otherwise I am not deserving of so much distinction." We may mention, in passing, that this preacher of rebellion saved himself from a less pleasant distinction by turning Queen's evidence. And not only did he employ himself in procur:ng recruits, but also in collect ing money, of which he was enabled to remit a goodly sum to the central propaganda in Patna. After a time spent in this pious war, he bethought of pay ing a visit to his employers. And here we may as we ll admit our readers to a glimpse of the way in which these worthies carried on their business at headquarters ; Oosman Khan and others of his fellow-preachers helping us to the description. In the Sadik poor street of Patna stand a group of houses which includes the residence of Ahmudoola, member of the Municipal Committee ; of his relative, Yahiya Ali, the High Priest; of another conspirator, Abdool Raheem ; and also embraces the Mohammedan Kafila, or hospice, with its place of prayer and its garden. There is a public en trance from the street, and between the houses there is private communication—showing upon what close terms the inmates lived. Here Syud Abdootah—leader of the Sittanees in the late war on the Eusufzye frontier —drew his inspiration ; and here until lately were pre served the commendatory letters of Syud Ahmed—a fanatic above proof—who disturbed the Sikh frontier from 1824 to 1830, and whose followers are still numerous► especially in Patna, and generally in Bengal. And it was among these that the creacentade preachers appear to have gained the most recruits, by persuading them that it was "good for the soul" to go and witness the avatar of the Syud "in the hills beyond Pindee." At all events, since the days of Syud Ahmed these houses in the street of Sadikpoor would appear to have been a hot-bed of sedi tion as well as of Wahabee fanaticism. During the years 1861-62.63, this Mohammedan hospice was the tendezvous of pilgrims from all parts of Bengal; it has been stated in e'idence that ai thafly as 200 were there at a time. In the fictitious language of the con spirators, these pilgrims, or recruits, were called si mer chants;" but it has been recorded that the " merchants" were always rejected when found to be too old. During their stay at the hospice—which generally lasted four or five days-.they received food, instruction of a certain kind, and were preached to several times a day by the High Priest—who, besides preaching, seems also to have had an immense correspondence on his hands. The re cruits, so soon as they effervesced to a fitting pitch of fans deism, were despatched in kafilas, or companies of from five to ten men, in the direction of the north-west. But not empty , handed. Each man received his travelling ot penises ; and the More deVoted ones--those *hose faith was looked upon as impregnable—had gold ro o h urg an d hoondees for thousands of rupees quilted into their jackets —to be trauaferre4 at Vmhella to the 0494 contractor, and by him fbliVarcied to the hills " where the l t atna people Pre.'' By this means, in the course of a year or so, the Mohammedans remitted dot lege than 410,000 to the frontier. How the money was obtained, we need not marvel, if we consider that Oosman Khan and the other crescentade apostles had no difficulty in sending to Patna sums of 150 rupees at a time. How these companies of Bengalees—there seem to have been often as many as two or three kaflas despatched in a week—made the long journey between Patna and the Punjab frontier without attracting observation, is suffi ciently remarkable—kt it will appear even . more so when we come to Mitt that some of them publicly preadted sedition in the towns and villages as they wett. We are treated to a picture of a well-to-do Mussulman from Jessore, jogging northwestward on his own steed, Midi bras-like. and going out of his way, whenever he felt so inclined, to infuse his own spirit into his con- religionists. This worthy put up at all the comfortable serail ; he was to be met—accompanied by a dozen prospective martyrs fer Islam—on the way from Thanesur to Umballa—he was to be seen quietly loitering on the Anarkallee Serai at Lahore, and going thence in his palkee-gharree to the frontier. Some perhaps may be disposed to think that Sir Herbert Edwardea rises out • of the equable judicial temperament when he paints this Mnssul man knighterrant going on crescentade in a post chaise, and eagerly availing himself on his journey of all the protection and advantages afforded by that very Nazarene Government which he was bent on a mission to destroy. But the rank and file of the crescentaders travelled in a much less comfortable manner, and were kept from attracting suspicion in the towns where they stopped, by being dispersed in twos and threes among the semis and mudjids—to which they were conducted by local agents, who seem to have bean employed for the purpose by the Patna Moulvecs, and who usually succeeded in recognising the pilgrims through a rough process of freemasonry. Arrived at Rawul Pindee, they were met by emissaries from Mulkah Sittana, who at once conducted them to their destination. How the Bengaleos fared at Mulkah, some of the wit nesses are at pains to tell us. Almost immediately on their arrival swords and muskets were served out to them, and they were ordered on drill. To some of them—especially to those who had gone to feast their eyes on the great Imam who had been preached to them in the plains—drill seems to have been anything but a delight; but hard knocks were the inevitable portion of all who refused it. Many were the deserters who escaped back into British territory, some of whom, we are told, the Indian Government, with question. able liberality, forwarded to their homes atits own expense. But enough. How the Sitanees fared at the hands of British troops is already matter of Indian history; and we have merely endeavoured to indicate here the means by which for a long time they were recruited with men and money out of the heart of British territory, unknown to the Indian Government. "One of the strangest features in the correspondence laid before the court in this trial is the widespread diffusion through the Mohammedan villages of Bengal, not only of the knowledge of this treason and of the machinery at Patna by which it was carried on, but also of the feeling of a religious duty to aid it either-with men or money—all this taking effect in a small but constant stream of sons, brothers, nephews, and cousins leaving home as recruits to the west—flowing into Patna, trickling through the North-west Provinces and the Punjab, in small, but noticeable detachments, putting up in the public serais and muBjids, being ferried over the rivers, reaching the Afghan hills, and thence correspond ing with their Bengal homes through the British Post office ; not without caution nor concealment certainly, but with long-continued secresy and impunity—till one honest native, and he from the Afghan border, tells an English magistrate; and then has hard work to get believed I" The above commentary of Sir Herbert Edwardes may aptly conclude this sketch of the last Mohammedan conspiracy ; but we cannot resist the temptation of directing attention to the Sikh policeman, Ghuzzhun Khan, who has proved himself " faithful to his salt," and deserving of considera tion from those by whom he is employed. _ Railway and Other Companies, EXETER AND EXMOUTH. The half-yearly meeting was held on Friday at Exeter; Major Brent in the chair. The report stated that, as compared with the cor responding half-year of 1868, there would be found a decrease in passenger receipts, but an increase in goods traffic. The former might be attributed to the meeting of the Bath and West of England Agri.. cultural Society in 1863, and be considered as casual, while the goods traffic appeared to be gradually in creasing. The directors had every reason to be lieve, through the favourable season for pleasure traffic, the dividend payable on the entire year would be at least equal, and probably exceed the dividend paid to the preference shareholders last year. The adoption of the report was proposed by the Chairman, seconded by Mr. Smith, and carried nem. con. OMI..••••1 BRISTOL AND SOUTH WALES UNION. The engineer's report states that the works and permanent way had stood well since the opening of the railway, and continued in good condition. At Ashley•hill a new station had been constructed and opened for traffic, and sidings for goods traffic had been provided at Laurence-hill, Stapleton-road, and the Severn piers. The Portskewet pier and plat forms had been completed and a lan ding stage was permanently moored there. Buoys had been laid down for marking out the passsge across the river. The new ferry steamboat constructed for the service arrived in June, and had since been satisfactorily at work. The works upon the line had been finally measured up and the accounts with the coffiractor were agreed upon. The capital account to July 31 last showed a total receipt of £304,667, and au ex penditure of £303,448, leaving a balance against capital of £58,781. The revenue account showed the earnings of the line from September 8, 1863, to July 31, 1864, to have been £11,322, and the ez. penditure £11,077, leaving a balance of £245. The interest account corn priseanterest to bankers, seven months to July 31, £2,603, and on preference shares paid in advance, £B6l, making a total of £3,464. STRATFORD.ON-AVON. The report of the directors states that the balance available for dividend amounted to £1,241, kind after paying all interest on debentures, preference shares, and the general expenses the balance would admit of a dividend of 7s 6d per share on the ordi nary shares of the company, being at the rate of £3 153 per cent. per annum, which the directors recom mended to be declared. The increase in the passen ger traffic, as compared with the corresponding half of 1863, had been £989, which was attributable in some measure to the number of visitors at the Ter centenary of Shakapero; but the directors thought it was satisfactory that in the months of January, February, March, and June, which were not affected by the extra traffic, there had been a gradual in crease. The goods traffic had produced £453 more than in the corresponding period of 1863. The tele graph on the whole line from Hatton to Stratford had been finished. WIVENHOE AND BRIGHTLINGSE A. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held a. Pontefract on Friday ; Mr R. Moion in the chair. This directors, in their report, congratuluted the shareholders on the progress which had been made in the formation of the line up to Juno last. Since that time, however, the works had not been carried on with the desirable rapidity, as the contractor found difficulty in obtaining labour ; but well grounded hopes were entertained that the line would be inisbed before the end of the year. In their report the engineers stated that the earthworks were finished throughout, with the exception of an embankment, at Alresiord-creek ; a continuous line of rails was laid from the junction at Wivenhoe to Fordiibridge, and the building of the bridge was proceeding satisfactorily. The reports were adopted, and the two retiring directors, Mr R. Moxon and Mr Westwood, were re-elected. VALE OF TONY. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held at Llandovery on Wednesday; Mr. W. Camp bell Davis (deputy-chairman) presided. The acr counts showed a balance in hand to be carried for warded to the next half-yearly account. The CHAIRMAN moved the adoption of the report and accounts, which was geoonded and carried. The SECRETARY stated that a reduction had been made Of company's debts during the past half-year, and that it wag proposed to pay off the remainder o f them in the early dart of the ensuing year, when a dividend of £3 per cent. could be available. ABKRYSTWITH AND WEJ,SII COAST. The half-yearly meeting of this comony was held at the offices 4 Bridge -street, Westminster); Mr H. Gartside in the elicit. The report stated that the disagreement and dis satisfaction that existed among the directors at the last meeting had subsided, and had been succeeded by perfect harmony and unity of action. The re• sults of the past session of Parliament as regarded the interests of the company had been satisfactory and successful. The whole line from Machyulleth to Aberystwith had been opened, and the traffic was highly satisfactory. The directors propose to rein troduce in the next session of Parliament the bill for establishing steamboat communication between North Wales and Ireland. About half the land re qulved for the line between Barmouth and Portma [ dt, bad been purchmed, and on the remaining land being acquired the works would be commenced. Application would be made to Parliament next ses sion to abandon the proposed bridge and embank ment across the River Davey, and to substitute a railway on the north side of the river, so as to con nect Aberdovey and Aberystwith by a better line, and more direct communication with the Cambrian railways. The balance-sheet showed a total receipt of 1:647,494, and a balance of £2,303, The CHAIRMAN, in mnving the adoption of the report, congratulated the shareholders on the im proved earning of the line, which, without those derived from minerals, amounted to £lB 10s. per mile per week. After some conversation, in which Mr PENSON, Mr PIERCY, Mr BANKS, and others took part, the report was adopted, and a dividend of 5 per cent. declared on the preference shares. M. de Persigny's Speech. (From the Debate.) We were not surprised to find again in this new speech that philosophic and historical theory so dear to the speaker, and on which he establishes the conclusion which is set forth bath at the beginning and the end of the address, that the present consti tution has founded liberty in France. Aa for our selves, we have no interest in denying the fact attested by history, and asserted so emphatically by the duke, that liberty, like power, varies in its development in a thousand ways, and that each free -people—presents a character and a physiognomy which are personal to it. Yes, we are aware that there are diversities everywhere; but everywhere also beneath those diversities history shows us something common to all fixed and essential, which M. de Persigny does not or will not see. Among all free nations we find what an illustrious speaker called in the last discussion on the address the strict necessary—the minimum of liberty. Can the asser tion be made that this minimum, as it has been practised for the last twelve years, is enjoyed at present in France under the constitution of 1852 ? Here we will not speak in our own names; nor should we venture to shield ourselves behind the opinion of M. Thiers, but we may be permitted to op pose to Duke de Persigny an authority less suspected, and one which he cannot completely disavow him self. M. Bonher, who is also strongly devoted to the present constitution, has explained the essential condition which he thinks suits the Government of France. Whilst M. Rouher proclaims the great principle of administrative decentralization, Duke de Persigny, if we have rightly understood him, sees nothing to be changed and nothing to be re formed in what exists ; his ideal is the present organisation of the country ; the regime, in which a spirit of centralisation prevails, in which society has moved for centuries under the guidance of a skilfully-devised series of places which protects all interests and presides over all the operations of life ; in which, in fine, all the instruments of authority ere in the hands of a vast administration exclusively charged with the maintenance of public order and security. Between those two theories, which as may be seen have but little in common, we have no need to say our choice is made; we prefer by far that of M. Rouher to that of Duke de Persigny. (From the Nation.) Duke de Persigny, who is one of the most faithful friends and one of the firmest supporters of the empire, considers that the people of France may be very happy in their own country,and very proud of being Frenchmen, without adopting the parliamee. tary as in and without having responsible ministers regime England, or having a restricted electoral suf frage as in the! country. We are of opinion, and do not cease to repeat that the notion of making liberty subordinate to determined forms is not a philoso phic idea. Our masters in that doctrine are Mira beau and Benjamin Constant. To think thus is to think wisely, and, moreover, is to employ a lan guage very encouraging to all patriots. The day on whinh there shall be no longer in France any other nary than that in favour of liberty, liberty will be obtained, and the Government will be sure to live. We also admit with the ex-Ministor of the Inturior that, among those men who attack the Government under the pretext of demanding liberty, a great number do so from animosity towards the Govern meat. On that point no one is deceived ; their in tentions may be detected through their doubtful attitude—they even pierce through the most solemn declarations, and from beneath the most sacred formula. Revolutions have, indeed, greatly ever• vated the nation; with respect to civic courage and freedom of opinion Frenchmen are rapidly declining. Duke de Persigny says so in his speech, and he is right. He is, however, wrong when he draws from that state of things the conclusion that certain in dispensable liberties should be adj ourned. To remedy the evil those liberties should, on the contrary, be accorded as early as possible. Perhaps, in restoring to certain people the liberty of saying what they think, they would be cured of the ugly fault of saying what they do not think. A nation is never elevated by an excess of authority, but by the exercise of liberty it is restored and purl• fled. Liberty is healthgiving. If the liberty which is inherent in the Napoleonic idea, so well under stood and so well defined by Duke de Persigny, is of a better quality than that of the Government of July or the Republican liberty of 1848, that is a reason for not holding it back any longer. It must be applied to us quickly as the infallible remedy for -all our weakness. This is the reason why, after having adhered to the premises of the speech at St. Etienne, we are led to reject the conclusions, and substitute for them others entirely contrary. (From the Temps.) The duke, in his new parallel between Franco and England, has gone back beyond the origin of the Hanoverian dynasty, at which he has up to the pre• sent time liked to stop. He went as far back as the Conquest, and he appears to think that the Anglo- Saxon race is still at present subje::ted to the yoke of the Norman conquerors, the only depositaries of English authority and liberty. We exaggerate nothing :—" There we see, scattered over the surface of the country, a whole electoral body, a whole poli tical class who, as the traditional inheritors of the Conquest, have held all the means orintiuence ever since William the Conqueror, administer the coun ties, dispense justice, levy taxes, maintain public order, and, in short, enjoy all the principal at tributes which belong in France to the adminis trative hierarchy." That view is erroneous. Long since the mixture of races, not less than the reciprocal penetration of institutions, is a fait accompli in England. Among the most illustrious houses, there are very few which date back to the Conquest, and the immense majority of the English electoral body has nothing, absolutely nothing, to do with William the Conqueror. What is exact in the Duke de Persigny's parallel is that universal suffrage exists in France and does not in England. What is false is the consequences which he draws from that fact. "In England the prin ciples of authority and liberty cannot be in conflict, and are not sacrificed one to the other ; for liberty is in the hands of those Mho directly exercise autho rity in all thiugs." The Duke do Pessigny appears, therefore, to think that the electors alone are free in England. That is a grave error, and everyone well knows that, without speaking of the right of meeting and other rights from which no one is ex cluded, individual liberty is guaranteed in England to every one, and consequently to the non-electors as in France to the electors. But how is it that the duke has not seen that his principle turns against his thesis? Let us admit that liberty is in England the monopoly of the governing classes ; the conse quence is that in France, where there ars no classes, liberty—and be it well understood, English liberty, for there is no other—ought to be the appanage of everyone, and that universal suffrage has nothing to do with that " skilfully-devised hierarchy, which nrotects all interests and presides over all the ape.. alone rations of life," In a despotic State cue man CRYSTAL PALACE. Yesterday a great combined fete took place, which drew to this charming place a very large number of our friends from across the Channel. Excur sions from various parts of France were arranged, the destination of the excursionists being the Cry stal Palace. Large numbers availed themselves of the opportunity of visiting our shores, and seemed heartily to enjoy themselves. The numbers at the Palace were considerably swelled by the Foresters. As some thousands of that body, owing to the in clemency of the weather, did not use their tickets on the occasion of the Foresters' fete last week, the directors of the company, with great liberality, announced that these tickets would give admission yesterday, when the London Gymnastic Society's fete also took place. It is satisfactory to find that the various gymuas. tic societies in London are progressing, and the competition yesterday showed that the numbers of this and other similar societies have attained a very considerable degree of proficiency. The chief prizes competed for were a challenge cup and several silver medals, the cup having to be won two years in succession to enable the holder to retain it. The conditions on which the prizes were competed for were that the winner of the first prize should make the greatest number of points in running a quarter of a mile, high jumping, long jumping, and climb. ing ropes, the medals being awarded to those mak ing the next best scores. Certificates and other prizes were also given to the fastest runner, the highest jumper, the longest jumper, and the highest climber. There were also rewards for the best performer on the horizontal bar. The prizes were prp.sented to the successful competitors in the even• _ o'clock Mr. Caswell made At four aswell made a ascent in his balloon. The Coldstream Guards performed during the . gymnastic competition, and a concert took place in front of the Handel orchestra by the hand of the S -''PEure Pompiers de la Ville de St. Pierre. Their f , e.tct,on 1 : was a rood one, and the music admirably executed. The orchestral b , :nd of the company performed twice in the day, and the whole of the fountains played' Our French neighbours, as well as the Foresters and others, visited largely the picture galleries, Shakspere's house and museum, the pneumatic railway, Mr. Pulleyn's hippodrome ; and, indeed, we may say they spent a verybusy day in availing themselves of the numerous amusements provided •o„ . -e, -s for their gratte...aim., and w-ut away pleased, if tired. This day, uniform with " Stronghand," price 25., SMUGGLER CHIEF. A Tale of Life and Adventure. By G. AIMARD. London : Ward and Look, 158, Fleet-street. In a few days, Companion to "SKITTLES," price 25., INC OGNIT A. Just publiehed, price 2s. each, ANNIE: OR, THE LIFE OF A LADY'S MAID, SKITTLES. I KATE HAMILTON. ANONYMA. LEFT HER HOME. AGNES WILLOUGHBY. FANNY WHITE. WOMEN OF LONDON. Illustrated, 2s. 6d. London: George Vickers, Angel-court, Strand. n at n in blic p the uee- *if 03 1 aria 36i 4O 38 4 3S IS. 13. 4. .s. l• L. 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