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No. 22,312. PROSPECTUS. _ ....... In forming this Company the Directors have secured the co-operation of Messrs. Sandeman and Co., of Abchurch-lane, whose well-known and long-established business it is the object of this Company to take up and develope. The Company will conduct all the operations of ordinary discount busines., The terms on which the business of Messrs. Fandeman and Co. has been purchased a profit of at least in justify the Directors in a ntic i p atin g -- per cent. per annum on the paid-up capital. The Company Dos a se n s d si c on o., o a f s th ir e o p in re t m he is l e s s t n d ow ay oc o - 1 oc cupied by Messrs. Sandeman ta nd k em e a n January, and the business of the Company will commence from that day. No promotion money has or will b e pa i d, will be strictly confined to the necktie and the expenses payments. Prospectuses and forms of apolic%t rY ob ained at the Offices of the Company, 01 '.olis for sham may be of the Solicitors. te Brokers, and in the event of no allotment being made th e he returned in full : should a l ess nu mber of Epos will lotted than are applied for , the de p osit w i ll be I :t r ,, e d B „ b_e al able towards the payment on a ll otment, and the b‘C`vfl. any, returned to the applicant. &nee, if FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Directors of the Consolidated Discount Company (Limited). Gentlemen,—lravinz paid to your Bankers the sum of . I request you to allot me shares in the Consolidated Discount Company (Limited), and I hereby a , 2ree to become a member of the Society, and to accept such shares, or any less number that may be allotted to me ; and I request you to place my name on the Register Members in respect of the shares allotted to me. I am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant. Name in full Address Usual signature Date CONSOLIDATED DISCOUNT COMPANY (Limited). NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that no APPLICATIONS for SET k RES in this Company will be received after THIS DAY (WEDNESDAY), December 30th. By order. Temporary Offices, 4, Abehurch-lane, E.O Dec. 30, 1U63, NEW NOVEL BY MR. TIIORNBURY. Just ready, in 3 vols., W IL D F I R E , By WAI.TER THORNBURY. Also now ready, in 3 vols., A WOMAN'S RANSOM. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. NEW NOVEL. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., T ° R E V E It A Story of English Country Life. By A CLERGYMAN. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street Now ready in, 3 vols., post Fvo., THE SECOND EDITION of THE SHADOW OF ASIILYDYAT. By the Author of "East Lynne." "This is probably Mrs. Wood's cleverest work. The tale itself is certainly very clever, and keeps up the constant in terest of the reader to the end."—Spectator. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street CAPTAIN SPEKE'S JOURNAL of the DISCOVERY of the t• OURCE of the NILE Is now published, in One large Volume Octlvo, with nume rous Illustrations, price 21s. William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. To be had of all Booksellers and Libraries. NEW SERIAL BY ANTHONY TROLLOPE. To be completed in Twenty Monthly Parts, Uniform with " Orley Farm. ' On January Ist will be published, Part 1., price Is., CAN YOU FORG IVE HER? By ANTHONY TROLLOPE, Author of "Dr. Thorne," "Rachel Ray," &c. With JUuatra.ppuL Chapman and Hall, 193, Piccadilly. UNIFORM WITH " THE PRIVATE DETECTIVE." This day, Never before Published, price 25., SEChET SERVICE; Or, The Recollections of a City Detective. London : Ward and Look, 158, Fleet-street. TEMPLE BAR MAGAZINE. In the January Number (now ready) commences a New Novel, to be continued Monthly, entitled— rllHE DOCTOR'S WIFE. j_ By Author of "John Marchmont's Legacy," "Lady Audley's Secret," &c., &c. 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X • I,or 1., WOI ..•••••• 0 1°' tp S °. tt (3001 FURNITURE, CARPETS, REDDING, and PLOORCLOTH, CARRIAGE-FREE to any house in he kingdom, regardless of amount or distance. First class goods at second-class prices. Terms peculiarly liberal to Clergym en and Gentlemen. An immense stock to select from, di., rplayed in Showrcoms occupying an acre of ground. Every article warranted. CLEF. :GYMEN and GENTLEMEN ABOUT TO FUR NISH .are respectfully informed that Messrs. Cobbett and. Co. are ipnblishing an entirely New Edition of their un equalled HOUSE FURNISHING GUIDE, illastrated by 410 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 on the following* revised Scale : A Six-roomed Parsonage Z74 8 0 A.n Eight-roomed ditto A. Ten-roomed ditto It. Twelve-roomed dltto 191 11 0 Togethrx with a Price List of purified Bedding, and a mass of valnr‘ble information to all requiring househsld furniture, carpet , , or bedding. References kindly permitted to Clergy men and gentlemen in or near Great Malvern, Southampton, ChiOrester, Bury, Ely, Preston, Grimsby, ityde, Plymouth, Wells, Oxford, Brighton, Gainsborough, Margate. Kidder minster, Wellington. Croydon, Cambridge, Staines, Dorking, St Alban's, Worcester, Ipswich, Peterborough, St. David's, Wrexham, and above 500 other places in all parts of Great Britain. COBB - I:TT and CO., General House Furnishers , Deptford ge, brid London, S.E, TETE VICTORIA COLLEGE FOR LADIES, 20, KENSINGTON-GARDENS-SQUARE, W. (Entrance to the Square from Westbourne-grove and the Queen's-road). The obiect of this College is to ensure , at Moderate Fees, consistent with selectnessand advantacres offered, a FIRST CLASS E UCATION under EMINENT MASTERS. The system of tuition and the arrangements made for the com fort of the pupils are such as continue to afford the greatest Satisfaction to the parents of pupils and their friends. For all details see "Prospectus," to be had on application. HENRY LESINGHAM, Director. T HE MAURITIUS LAND CREDIT AND AGENCY COMPANY (Limited). To be incorporated under the Companies Act, 1862, by which the liabLity of each shareholder is limited to the amount of his shares. Capital, £250,900, in 12,505 shares of £2O each—of which 1,5c0 are reserved for Mauritius. £1 per share to be paid on application. and another £1 on allotment. Further calls to be made as required. at inter vals of not less than three months. But it is not contem plated to call up more than 44 per share. TRUSTEES. _ _ Sir S. Villiers Surteee, ICJl.(gilkmore House, near Stafford), late Chief Justice of Mauritius. James du Buis •on, Esq. (Messrs. Henoicell, du Buisson, and Co.) — James A. Guthrie, 13Eq. sere, Guthrie, and Co:. DIRECTORS. Major-General H. P. Burn, 9i, Inverness-terrace, W. (lato Member of the Indian Military Finance Commission). George Ireland, Esq., Blackheath Park (Messrs. Ireland, Fraser, and Co., Mauritius). George Lyell, Esq., 9, Mincing-lane (Messrs. Lyall, Still, a' , d Co.) Robert M'Kerrell, Esq., Inverness-terrace, W. (Messrs. Scott and Co., Mauritius). Peter Ranken, Esq., 9, Idol-lane (late Manager of the Mauri tius Branch of the Oriental Bank Corporation). With power to add to their number. MAURITIUS BOARD. John Currie, Esq., Merchant and Planter. The Hon. Sir Gabriel Fro pier, Member of Council. &c. The Hon. H. Lemiere, Mayor of Port Louis, Member of Council, &c. The H. , n. Charles Montoochio, Member of Council, &o. Emile Pipon, Eeq , Vice-President of the Chamber of Agri culture, &a. With power to add to their number. GENERAL MANAGER. C. J. A. Men Esq. AUDITOR. John Ball, Esq. (Messrs. Quilter, Ball, and Co.) BANKERS. In London -The Union Bank of London. In Mauritius—The Oriental Bank Corporation. SOLICITORS. lifessrs.Wilson, Bestows, and Carpmael, 1, Copthall-buildings BROKERS. Messrs. P. Cazenove and Co., Threadneedle-street. Geo. E. Seymour, Esq., Throgmorton-street. The International Financial Society (Limited) have been encouraged to aid in the organisation of this Company by the strong desire for its success evinced by the Chamber of Agri culture and the commercial bo ; y in Mauritius, ma by the ready support it has met with from leading houses connected 'with the colony. The progress of the island as a sugar-producing colony has of late been extremely rapid. The production of sugar has more than doubled within the last twelve years ; and the crop of last year (viz., 1861-63) exceeded 150,n00 tons. Within the same period of time there has been an increase of 130,000 in the population, consisting, for the most part, of Indian immigrants who are becoming permanent settlers. Railways, the first section of which will probably be opened early next year, are in course of construction ; and cannot fail fur, her to develop the resources of the island. The annual exports have for the last five years exceeded, on an average, Z2,500,0. , 0 ; while the imports h a ve , during the same period, amounted to little more than £2,00%000. 'rhecolonial nudgets have, for many years past, shown, on the average, a large surplus. The legal rate of interest on mortgages in Mauritius is 9 Per cent. ; and the Company in raising money in England on Debentures, for investment in the colony, will preserve such a margin as, together with the commission they may receive for their agency, should enable them to realise a large profit on the small amount of paid-up capital required to conduct the business. With a view to secure the debenture holders, it will be a rule that the total amount raised by the Company on Deben tures shall never exceed the amount invested in Mortgages; and that investments shall be made only in First Mortgages, and for amounts not exceeding half the estimated values of the properties offered as security. Arrangements have already been made for placing the first issue of debentures on satisfactory terms. For Mortgage L Jane in Mauritius, of six years and up wards, the borrowers will be required to contribute half yearly to a Sinking Fund, on the principle of "Credit Fonder," which has been applied with so much advantage to both lender and borrower in many parts t f the Continent of Europe. In addition to employing its own capital, the Company will invest the money of constituents, guaranteeing interest, or principal and interest, as may be agreed upon. There is in Mauritius an efficient register of original titles to land, connected with the " Land Court" of the island ; and also a Transcription Office, where successive titles may be traced. The mortgage investments made by the Government sav ings bank of Mauritius, during the last twenty-five years, Prove that investments judiciously made under the mortgage law of the island are eminently secure. A new law which is passing through the Local Legislature Will reduce the operation of lending on mortgage to a condi tion of still greater simplicity and safety. The management of the Company will be vested in the Board of Directors in London, assisted by a Board in Mau ritius The influential support given to the Company both in. England and Mauritius, and the great want of such an insti tution, must secure an ample field for safe and lucrative ope rations. The Directors of the International Financial Society feel, therefore, no hesitation in recommending the undertaking to the favourable notice of the public. Printed copies of the Memorandum and Articles of Asso ciation may be inspected at the Offices of the solicitois, Messrs. Wilson, Bristows, and Carpmael, 1, Copthall-build- Applications for shares must be addressed to the Interna tional Financial Society (Limited), at their Temporary Offices, 54 , Old Broad-street, b.C., in the annexed form, which must be left with their bankers, Messrs. Glyn, Mills, and Co., NO. 67, Lombard-street. December, 1863. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. (To be left with Messrs. Glyn, Mills, and Co.) No. To the Directors of the International Financial Society (Limited). Gentlemen,—Having paid to your bankers the sum of , being £1 per share on shares, I request you to allot me shares, of £2O each, in the Mauritius Land Credit and Agency Company (Limited), and I hereby agree to become a member of that Company, and to accept such shares or any less number that may be allotted to me, and I request that my name may be placed on the Register of Members in respect of the shares allotted to me. I am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant, Name in full Address in full Reference Date T HE CONSOLIDATED DISCOUNT COMPANY (Limited). (The Directors reserve to hemselves the right of changing the name of the Company.) To be incorporated und,r "The Companies Act, 1862," by which the Liability of each Shareholder is limited to the amount of share;. Capital £1,000,000, in 20,000 Shares of XOO. First issue, 10,000 sharps. Deposit on application £1 per share, and £2 on allotment. No future call to exceed £5 per share, and at inter als of not less than three months. It is not intended to call up more than £2O per share. DIRECTORS. George Walter Constable, Esq. (Messrs. Henderson and Con stable', Cannon -st ree t . Georg,e Denny, Esq. (Messrs. George Denny and Co.), Great St. Helen's. William Little, Esq., Director of the Cape Town Railway. Wm. M'Arthur, Esq. (of the Arm of Wm. and Alexander ~,M'Arthur, A us t ra li an Merchants), 46, M oorga te-street 00 Sa.rg,ood, Esq. (Messrs. Sargoed, King . , and Sarg d) I,,,London and Melbourne. " nuts Shepherd Richardson, Esq., Director of the Buenos jatyerses and River Plate Bank, „ll e tia j i i iiirtatB M eerr P . ißsaoannne,d eman, Esq. . Esq. (Me ssrs . L e G ros Th om pson and *Richd. Manners Sanderson E q • 1 M e ssrs. & CO. *Samuel B aker, E . g. B • Bandsman * Committee of Management. BANKERS. The London and Westminster Bank. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Sole, Turners, and Hardwick. ERORERS. James Shepherd, Esq Auction_Mart, Bartholomew -lane. Messrs. Bandsman and Dobree, 2, Royal Exchange-buildings. Offices—No. 4, Abchurch-lane. NEW ENGLISH DICTIONARY. Just published, with above 800 Engraving , on Wood, in one large vol. silver royal Bvo., cloth, 255., THE COMPREHENSIVE ENGLISH DlCTlONARY—Explanatory, Pronouncing, and Ety mological. By JOHN OGILVIE, LL.D.. Edit, rof the Imperial Dictionary. The pronunciation by Richard Cull, P.S.A. The work may be had also with _Eighteen Supplementary Engravings on Steel, 30s. Blackic and Son, 44, Paternoster-row. London; and sold by all Bookee,lcrs. Now ready, price 365., 155., and 10$., with Map, - • - POST- OFFICE LONDON DIRECTORY for 1861. (Sixty-fifth year.) The smallest edition, price 10s., with newly engraved large Map of London, is by far the cheapest Directory ever published, and comprises, in two alphabetical lists, the " Commercial " and "Court," which contain no less than 149,030 names and addresses of persons residing in London, whether carrying on business or ooupying a private resi dence. Kelly and Co., Old Boswell-court, Strand, W,C. ; Simpkin, Marshall, and Co. ; and all booksellers. BEAUTIFUL FOR EVER. MADAME RACHEL ON " FEMALE GRACE AND BEAUTY." Just published, ABOOK OF BEAUTY. By Madame RAciIEL. To be had at 47A, New Bond-street. Price 2s. &I. MESSRS. I3OTT. JACKSON, AND CO. execute COMMISSIONS on all races throughout the year. Market price guaranteed. Remittances. London and. Westminster Bank. Post-office Orders payable at Camber well-park. N.B.—Betting on the Waterloo Cup. Address—BoTT and JACKSON, "Man of the World" Wine Stores, George-street, Camberwell-park, London. IT THIS SHOULD MEET THE EYE of. any one troubled with Wind in the Stomae,h, Indigestion, or Biliousness, take PAGE WOODCOCK'S WIND PILLS. Their world-wide celebrity proves them of sterling merit. Of all medicine vendors at is. lid. end 2s. 9d. : or free by post for 14 or 33 stamps from Page D. Woodcock, Chemist Lincoln. PIGS ! PIGS! PIGS!-INDIAN PIG MEAL, without husks, supplied to the Royal farms, Windsor, and in every county in England, iGs 6d per cwt. ; one cwt. equal to cwt. barley or any meal. Delivered free in Lon don. Established 1858.— THOMAS PEARCE, Manager, 66, Lant-street, Southwark. TEA.—MOORE BROTHERS respectfully inti mate that their New Prospectus is now ready. They especially recommend their improved Family Tea, reduced to 3s. 2d. ; Souchong, reduced to 3s. ad.; mixed Assam, re duced to 3s. Bd.; and the finest Assam, reduced from 4s. 4d. to 36. 11d. per lb. MOORE BROTHERS, 35, London-bridge, City, E.C. DEAFNESS. —The SOUND MAGNIFIER INVISIBLE VOICE CONDUCTOR, a newly in vented instrument for severe cases of deafness. It fits into tine ear, not perceptible, removes singing noises in the head, and enables deaf persons to hear distinctly at church and at public assemblies.—S. and B. SOLOMONS, 39, Albemarle street, Piccadilly. ALGERIAN ONYX MARBLE. Messrs. HOWELL, JAMES, and CO., respectfully solicit an inspection of their Onyx Salon, which contains upwards of 1,000 objects, consisting of Clock., Candelabra, Lamps,Vases, Jardinieres, Inkstands, Pen-trays, and a variety of smaller articles of taste, at` moderate prices. This beautiful marble Is perfectly translucent, bears a very fine polish, presents a diversity of pleasing tints, and can be turned or chiselled into any form necessary for utility or ornament.-5, 7,9, Regent-street, Pall-mall. 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, 9s. 6d. Note the Address :—WELLI AM JONES. Die Sinker, Press Maker, and Embosser, 3, Queen's-court, High Holborn (op posite Day and Martin's). mR. REARDEN, LAND ESTATE. an d HOUSE AGENT, SU tiVEYOR and VALUER, 91 and 92, PICCADILLY, near Cambridge House, opposite the Green-park, Established 23 Years, respectfully invites the particulars of Landed Estates, Farms, and House Property for Sale, to be Let, or wanted to Rent or Purchase, for which no charge is made unless a treaty , is concluded, and then Only his usual rates of charge, particulars of which will be given on application. In all cases of his Letting Farms Mr. Reardon charges toe Tenant only, and not the Landlord. Particulars of Property for Sale and to be Let will be given w personally, or forwarded free of charge. N.B.—Several Town and an tCedoutont Rentr yR and Purchase as L e an im de m d ed P iae ro t p l e y. rties, and Farms Direct full particulars to Mr. Reardon as aboye. iv E ATING'S PALE NEWFOUNDLAND COD LIVER OIL. The Finest Imported this Season. n i4ve f---1;Ite THIS VALUABLE MEDICINE ha ln v: :, years come into such general use, and being, exten sively prescribed by the most eminent bothpractitionrersso town and country, Mr. Keating can with the n confidence recommend this Oil as being perfectly _u_grneeatept tasteless, and free from adulteration, having been analysed,r r reported on, and recommended by Prof. Taylor, nt Guran St Thomas's Hospitals, Dr. Scott. M.D., L.R.C.P., F.L 8 ' (Sm., and Dr. Edwin Payne , M D., L.R.C.P., matc.s., who in the words of the late D r. Pereira, says that "The b. st oil is that which Is most devoid of colour, odour, and flavour, cha racters this will be found to possess, being purely of hepatic origin, a point of great weight with regard to its therapeutic value. Sold in Half-pints, lc 9d. ; Pints, 3 s. ; Quarts, ss. 6d. ;and Five-pint Bottles, 12s. 6d., imperial measure, by TnoM.M KEATING, Chemist 79, St. Paul's Churchyard, London. PRIZE ME D AL.-INTERNATIONAL F RANCIS TUCKER dt CO., Wax Chandlers, ita, , tO.. EXHIBITION, 186 2 . To the Queen and the Prince of W ales. The Jurors' Re (Established 1720.) P rt on Wax and Church Cand les, in 1862. testifies to fhe excellence of the quality of Messrs. Tuckers' manufacture. A distinguished Dignitary, in a letter addressed to Francis Tucker and Co., on the subject of WAX CANDLES with PLATTED WICKS, says:-- found d th t e h m em an f d ully an e s q i u n a ce l r to ely t , h in e recommendation m wh " l I h chy a o v u e gaverecom mend them to the clergy for the use of the altar." tutn, Finest quality, with Platted Wicks, patented.. 2s. 2d. per lb. O r dinary quality _ .. .. .. .. 2, od. per lb. VEGETABLE CANDLES, with a Mixture of Wax. Best quality • • • • • • • • .. .. Is. sd. per lb. Second quality „„ .. .. .. .. Is. 3d. per lb. Third quality .. .. .• • • • • • • ls. ld. per lb. Carriage paid in London on Orders of Five Pounds in value. FRANCIS TUCKER AND CO., 8, South Molton-street, Grosvenor -square. Manufactory— The l ar Kens i ng ton (Established 1730). ge.t. . Establishmmt in England for the Manufacture °t Wax Candles for the uge of the Altar. T"THm .--- r ESKFLT the co n struotlon ' 'LL following atl y an l of ARTIFICIAL TEETH has the 'S INVENTION in manship and mech anism —A set of teeth, of excellent work most perfect afturaoy,l,,ean be made and fitted with the of mastication and articiillittd pain or extraction of st stumps, in a few hours, without wires or fastenings, and adapt The are fitted without of the wearer. Invalids or resldeanbtisc' gums, that they ite quite inunov themselves so perfectly to the to answer all the purposes just these teeth to many ehrinee„f the the country can ad aid of a dentist. They are not so liable except at the option injury, are always mouth without the Aw., p r t e ranteed. Trea useful, and will last a lifetime. Comtort?, _lor 7 stamps. .Y3rosvenor tise explaining Mr. Eskeil's Patent, Inspection of specimens and consultations .B iree. street, Bond-street, W ; and at 39, uunett e-hill, Bir mingham, WHERE CAN WE MEET AFTER THE PANTOMIMES ? My dear Fellow, Gentlemen sup at EVANS', Covent-garden. IIINAHAN'S LL WHISKY v. COGNAC, BRANDY. This celebrated • Old IRISH WHISKY rivals the finest FRENCH BRANDY, It i+ Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. Sold in Bottles, 3s. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London ; by the Agents in the prinoipal towns in England ; or wholesale at 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, W. Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded "Kinahan's LL Whisky." INTOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the WELLINGTON is CLOSED for repairs, &c., and will be RE-OPENED on TITURSDAY, the 31st December next, at 5 o'clock p.m. By order, JOHN CATES, Manager. The Wellington, St. James's-street. Entrance, sal, Piccadilly, W. December 25, 1863. NORTH BRITISH AND MERCANTILE INSURANCE COMPANY. FIRE DEPARTMENT.—SPECIAL NOTICE. This Company is now prepared to ISSUE. POLICIES for Mercantile Insurances in the Port of London at the reduced scale of rates. Particulars may be bad at the Offices, 28, Threadneedle street. SPECIAL NOTICE. THE BOOKS OF THE NORTH BRITISH AND MERCANTILE INSURANCE COMPANY, For the Year 1863, close on 31st December. - - . -Mfe Policies ' , Ceded on or-beforothat-datcwill rant for an additional Year's Bonus in comparison to later entrants. During the Four Years preceding last Division of Profits (1858), the Company issued 1,595 Life Policies, assuring .-.... £1,221,608 During the Four sue-ceding Years the number of Li!e Polices issued amounted to 3,168, and the Sums assured to £2,22 1 ,5g2 BEING AN INCREASE OF 82 PER CENT. The SIXTH SEPTENNIAL DIVISION of the COM PANY'S PROFITS will take place on 31st December, 1865. THE WHOLE PROFITS WHICH HAVE ACCUMU LATED SINCE 31ST DECEMBER, 1858, WILL THEN BE DIVIDED, AND NINETY PER CENT. ALLOCATED AMONG THE ASSURED ON THE PARTICIPATING SCALE. CERTIFICATES of INDISPUTABILI rY granted, and every facility offered to Insurers. FIRE DEPARTMENT. lIISUrRIVCR granted both at Home and Abroad on the most liberal terms. Forms of Proposal and every information will be given at the Head Office, or any of the Company's Agents. By order. F. W. LANCE, Secretary. London, November, 1863. HEAD OFFICES: LONDON 58, Threadneedle-street. It West-end Office B, Waterloo-place, Pall-malL EDINBDRGII 64, Princes-street. GUARANTEE ARE ACCEPTED BY THE ONLY OFFICE WHOSE BONDS AND POLICIES OF THE TREASURY, CUSTOMS, INLAND REVENUE, GENERAL POST-OFFICE, WAR, ADMIRALTY, HOME, COLONIAL, INDIA, AND OTHER GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS. T HE EUROPEAN ASSURANCE SOCIETY. DIRECTORS IN LONDON. HENRY WICKHAM WICKIIAM, Esq., M.P., Chairman. John Cheetham, Esq., Staleybridge. John Field, Esq., Warnford-court. City. Charles Forster, Esq., M.P. for Walsall. Richard Francis George, Esq , Bath. Henry H. Harrison, Esq., Hamilton-Place, St. John's-wood. Thomas C. Hayward, Esq., Minories and Highbury. John Hedgine, Esq., Cavendish Club. James Edward M'ronnell, Esq., Wolverton. C. W. Reynolds, Esq., Eaton-place, Belgravia. Richard Spooner, Esq., late her Majesty's Commissioner of Customs, Bomb , iy. H. Wickham Wickham, Esq., M.P. for Bradford. Thomas Winkworth, Esq , Gresham Club, and Canonbury. J. I'. Brown-Westhead, Esq., M.P. for York. Security is provided in approved cases for Officers of Bank ing and Commercial Establishments, Public Companies, Municipal Corporations, and for other places of trust. Life Assurance may be combined with Guarantee on ad vantageous terms. Prospectuses, Forms of Proposal. and every information may be ob'ained from the Chief Offices, 2, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London; and 39, George-street, Edinburgh. T H 0 X F ORD, 6, OXFORD STREET, W. THIS EVENING, will be performgd Selections from the following Operas, viz., THE SLAVE, by Sir H. Bishop; also, from LA. FORZA. DEL DESIINO—Verdi ; by the fol lowing talented artistes,—Misses !Russell, Townley, Fitz- Henry, almsley, Tyrrell, and Ellison ; Messrs. Green, Huish, Kimberley, Stuart, tc. Solos on the Violin by VIOTTI COLLINS, the cele brated English Violinist. Flute by Drew Dean. Pianoforte, Miss Bryant. - - And the marvellous instrument. the ORCHESTRAL PIANO, by Herr SCHALKENBACH, the Inventor. Comedy, by UNSWORTII (" or an; other man "), Eucrene, W. Randall,W. T. Critchfield. T. Macbigan, George Hutchen son, and the marvellous Gymnasts, Messrs. Berri, Leach, and Foster. THIS EVENING, will be produced, supported by the entire company, a new and original Cantata, entitled "King Christmas." written by Litchfield Moseley, Esq., and com posed 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 the medium of Professor Pepper's World of Shadows a "GHOST CLUB" is nightly 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 best writers. 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 replacel by others. The pages of Shakspere and the elder Dramatists, of Scott, Hood, In2oldsby, Dickens, &c., will. in turns, furnish subjects for illustration. 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Jan. 4. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena J an , 29. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton Jan. 2. via Marseilles Dec. 27. Falkland Islands Gib ra lt a r, via Southampton Jan. 2. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Jan. 2. -- via Marseilles Dec. 27. India (Bombay), via Southampton Jan. 11, via Marseilles Jan. 5 . Portugal.... Jan. 4. Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton J an. 2. via Marseilles Dee. 27, Newfoundland Oporto and Vigo U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet.... Jan. 6, by U.S. packet.... by Canadian packet.. Jan 1. W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Tanen& .. Jan. 10. Bahamas, via New York Jan. 14. Mexico.. ....Dec. 29, All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, j Dec.' 29, C a lifornia. and British Columbia.. AN INTERESTING COLLECTION OF BIRDS and insects, collected by the Rev. H. Rowley from the regions of the Z ambesi and Shire Rivers, lags been presented to the Univereity at Oxford, THE BUCKINGHAMSHIRE ELECTION. Yesterday morning the election of a knight of the shire to represent the county of Buckingham, took place in the County Hall, Aylesbury. The candidates were Mr. R. B. Harvey, in the Conser vative interest, and Dr. Lee on the Liberal side. There were no demonstrations in the town, fore although Mr. Harvey was met at the George, formerly the scene of county political gatherings, ho was only escorted by a select band of friends to the County Court. Dr. Lee was also met on his arrival by many of his friends, who gave hint a hearty welcome. The venerable doctor, who is 82 years of age, was habited in the old " Whig blue and buff," and presented, as may be well imagined, a very venerable appearance. The High Sheriff having opened the proceedings, Sir PHILIP DukcomuE, Bart., came forward to nominate as a fit and proper person to represent the county of Bucks, Mr. Robert Bateson Harvey. He said that, on the part of himself and his friends, he deplored the melancholy event that had called them together. For himself and for them all, he offered their sincere condolences to their late member, who was a gentleman respected by all classes of politicians. On several occasions he (Sir P. Duncombe) had stood be fore them to recommend candidates for the representation of Bucks, and he was happy to say that it had always been with the same unvarying result. (Loud cheers.) He was sure, also, that the gentleman he proposed that day would be equally successful. It was true that he could not recom mend him for his past services, inasmuch as this was the first time that he had offered himself for the representation of his native county. For honesty of purpose, however and for high character, he was sure he might recommend Mr. Harvey to the electors of tha county of Buckingham. Never, perhaps, was there so greg a lull in politics on the none hand iter7 --- on-tiatretherTa grea4er ansailluity ; I►ut at the same time he did not think that it required much fore sight to see that there were many turbulent spirits amongst us who would, if they could, plunge us into all the difficul ties of a Litter party warfare. If returned, ho should not but regard it as a triumph of a great constitutional principle. In the course of his address the speaker alluded to the fact that the only domestic calamity we had to regret was that arising out of the distress in the manufacturing districts— that distress arising out of principles of government which we in this country had been asked to adopt. [No, no.) Mr. It. R. CLAYTON seconded the nomination. He spoke of the urbanity, forbearance, and kind disposition which had endeared Lord Chesham to all parties in that county, and elsewhere. He was happy to know that the son, who succeeded to his titles, also inherited his virtues. (Cheers.) On the last occasion on which he (Mr. Clayton) stood on that platform—(A Voice—" Yes, you were very queerly treated then")—he was a candidate for the suffrages of the electors of Aylesbury. On this occasion he had no personal ambition to gratifi , , and he had no hesitation in recommend ing Mr. Harvey. That gentleman was no friend of abuses, and no enemy to reform ; on the contrary, he was deter mined to support the manufacturing and commercial inte rests of this great empire. Ho wished to say that he be lieved a better man than Dr. Lee could not exist ; but at the came time he thought he entertained such ideas as rendered him totally unfit to re present the county of Buckingham in Parliament, In fact, the learned doctor's political views were as eratic as the heavenly bodies he was so much accustomed to watch—(laughter)—he would have no wine; he could not bear the fumes of tobacco; neither a pipe nor a cigar must come "betwixt the wind and his nobility." He believed that if Dr. Lee were returned he would do his duty; but that at the same time no man could be more disappointed than himself at his success, and no one could be more com pletely overwhelmed by sitting in the House of Commons day and night engrossed by his senatorial honours. Of him it might indeed be said, in the words of our great poet, " The wine of life is drawn—mere lees is left." He sincerely hoped that by the return of such men as Mr. Harvey, Conservatism would become the ruling principle of the Government of this country. (Loud cheers.) Mr. STUCHBERY proposed Dr. Lee, whom Mr, WARD seconded. The show of hands was in favour of Dr. Lee, and a poll was granted. The Recorder of Birmingham on Crime, At the general quarter sessions of the borough, on Monday, M. D. Hill, EEq., the Recorder, delivered the following charge to the graid jury : Gentlemen,—You have just heard that it is the commend of her Majesty the Queen that the laws which prohibit idle and dissolute persons, or indeed any ethers, from drinking on the Lord's-day to excess must be put into force. I have great satisfaction in stating that I believe in this borough these laws are put into force with great rigour, and, I trust, with corresponding success, but of that I cannot speak of my own knowledge. I have before me the calendar of the sessions, which contains 82 names, and I find that of these 82, 35 have been previously convicted. I find that of these 35 seven have had penal servitude, and I also find that, in addition to the number of prisoners sent for trial at the ses sions, there have been since, the last sessions 64 male per sons and 20 females convicted under the Summary Juris diction Acts—that is to say, those acts which give to the magistates the power of disposing of cases, sentencing the guilty and acquitting the innocent without the intervention of a jury. It was very right and prudent on the part of the legislature to limit the powers given to magistrates to exer cise them without the assistance and safeguard of a jury within tolerably close restrictions, but I think we may now say that the experience of many years has shown that there is no disposition on the part of justices of the peace to press the laws unfairly and with over severity against those prisoners who are thus entrusted to their charge. Anl could wish they were armed with more power—that is to say, that the sentences which they can inflict should be of longer duration than they are enabled to pass at the present time. Gentlemen, I believe that the danger, as I stated at the last sessions, is rather that justices of the peace should not give way to their humane feelings too much than that they should overstrain the laws with undue severity against the prisoner. Whether it be the fault of the law which too much narrows the power of the justices, or whether it be from that sort of humanity to which I have just adverted, I cannot say, but so it is, that the terms of confinement are too short, and being too short, the result is that prisoners come again, and again, and again, so that in this long list which I have before me 1 find cases in which prisoners have been previously convicted, either before justices or at the sessions or the assizes, many times before they come here on the present occasion for trial. I have before me the record of a female prisoner who has been previously con victed eight times before she comes up on the present occa sion. Now, gentlemen, these facts show that punishments as they are now administered are far from being so effective for the repression of crime as we could wish, or, indeed, as we have a right to demand, if there be any possibility of obtaining it, for the protection of our families, ourselves, our friends, and our neighbours. It is, indeed, melancholy their f i t a h l se visitation ha v e e e a f d t y h e b l e a e w n c t o h n e y v i h c t a e v d e . a l r T e h a d e y y to think that more than on e - t hi r d o f th e p r i soners who are known haveelt wa iti waiting g already w het it is to be guilt y, and to suffer punishment for their guilt, but they are not reformed ; and, gentlemen, my experience is that a prisoner who is not reformed by being sent to gaol is made worse. No m an , no w oman, can come out of gaol the same being he or s h e Was when they went into gaol—they are either better or t h ey are worse . If the discipline which the law has appointed, and which has been administered upon them, has not had the effect of preventing a repetition why they must become more hardy, more of ready their tooffences, again; while they have gained offend experience, through the previous offe nces w hi c h they have committed, of how such offences are t o b e comm itted with . safety. • The consequence they come out again with a gr eater determination to do wrong, an d with greater power of doing wrong with impunity.. Not b u t t h at t h ey w ill b e overtaken at last; but my inquiries have led me to believe that there is a large class of persons always in this, and, indeed, in every other country, who h ave skill and cunning enough to commit crime wit.. impunity for a very long time .—sometimes for years, sometimes. for m any years . A ga i n, there is an offence which it is thought i s p ecu li ar t o t h e town of Birmingham, and that is the off ence o f pass i ng b a d money. When I say peculiar to the town, I do net mean that it is supposed to be exclusively practised in this town, but we have credit given us for a very large number of offenders of this class. I believe there is some degree—and some considerable degree—of popular exaggeration in this op i n i o n; and, in corroboration of that view, I am happy to tell you that on the present occasion there is not one single charge of that kind to bo brought before you. lam glad of this, because I take rather a more serious view, perhaps, of these offences than that generally held. I consider it an offence of a very nefarious kind. I consider that the passing of bad money presses very hard indeed upon the poorer classes of shopkeepers, who can ill afford such losses as I have often seen it proved they have sustained in the trials which have taken place in this court. Now, gentlemen, it is satisfactory, and it is very much to the credit of the police, that it should have been found so dangerous to commit these offences, at least in this town, that if the o ff en d er s still persevere in the ir evil courses they, at all events, think it necessary to go away from a place where they are $3 vigilantly watched. But, gentlemen, there is another offence of a m ore heinous nat ure, more dangerous, and than the one I ha ve men ti on ed, ar/ miserysorry I to say is very r if e among t h e peop l e producing and hdh thisawv eh tiinoc theow— ' allude to the offence of embezzlement. present calendar nine cases of embezzle ment to be tried before you. When we remember that a person who embezzles is one who, up to the period of his bei ng apprehended and brought under the cognizance of the law, is a person of character—not one of that Owe; who is under suspicion, and carefully watched by the police; but One moving among you, ands if he is in you. employment, enjoying your confidence, it is a dreadful thing that confidence reposed in those whom you employ should be so often abused. It destroys, or has a great ten dency to destroy, and must certainly injure that feeling be tween master and servant, of kindness on the part of the master, of fidelity and loyalty on the part of the servant which it is much to the interest of society should be culti vated and strengthened, but which must be greatly and in many cases utterly destroyed by the prevalence of this crime of embezzlement. I may say with truth and sincerity that the prevalence of this crime has often caused me most painful reflection; and whether it is that I am influenced by the pain which this thought has caused me I do not know, but I fear that this discription of crime is on the increase. I have watched it carefully for many years, and that is the impression which rests upon my mind, Having given this offence much of my attention, it appears to me that while the criminality is on the part of the servant, therehas often been much imprudence, to give it its lightest term, on the part of the master; and I throw it out for your consideration whether imprudence which has for result the fall from rectitude of a fellow creature is not to some ex tent tinctured with criminality. Now, I have frequently observed that persons are put in trust of money by their masters as stewards, to receive debts for them, and in various ways to handle their masters' money, who could not reasonably be supposed to have the caution which every person ought to have who is clothed with such a trust. Surely it is wrong when a master receives a servant, cape- • cially a servant without a character, as frequently happens —sometimes from the very kindest motives on the part of the master—surely it is wrong to admit such a person immedi ately into a place of trust and confidence. Surely there ought to be a reasonable time of probation, that the master should have some evidence, some testimony on which he can rely, that the servant iraruatworthy. But even them let him not subject the servant to trials above his strength ;' let him proceed gradually in the degree of confidence which he re poses. For instance, let him not, when he first entrusts the servant with the power of receiving money, trust him at the same time with the power of paying out from the monies which he receives sums for his master, and thus pro duce a complication of accounts, but for a time let the mas ter say, Bring to me the exact coins that you receive; don't change them. Bring the gold, or the notes, or the bills of exchange that you have received. Do nothing with them, but carefully and punctually bring them to me.' And, gentlemen, let the intervals of auditing accounts be very short indeed. At first, at all events, they cannot be too frequent, nor can the master be too punctual himself in this matter. Let him not upon slight reasons postpone and say, ' Come again to-morrow with your money and your accounts, and we will balance accounts.' Let him do it at the appointed time with a fated certainty, so that the ser vant may know that at a given hour he must render up an account to his Blaster. If unnecessary time be allowed to intervene, neither the master nor the servant will be able to bring his mind to the subject with anything like certainty. With these safeguards I trust, gentlemen, that it would be found that many a person who has been tempted and ulti mately fallen could have been saved a life of disgrace ; and the master and the clerk would, if all acted on these prin - ciples, be spared that most painful and harassing feeling of distrust of those about them," After a few other general remarks upon the calendar, none of the cases calling for special observation, the learned Recorder dismissed the grand jury to their duties. Breach of the Foreign Enlistment Act. The late enlistment of men at Queenstown to serve on beard the United States sloop of war Kearsage has, after many secret investigations, resulted in the prosecution of 6 of the men who so enlisted. They were brought up on warrant before Mr. J. L. Cronin R.M., at the Queenstown Petty Sessions Court on Wednesday, the warrants having been founded on sworn depositions, which will be found below. The defendants, all of whom resided in the harbour, and were of the 15 who were again disembarked by the Kearsage at Queenstown on the 14th inst., are named John Sullivan, Edward Pyburn, Thoma s Murphy, Denis Leary, Daniel O'Connell, and John Mu r p h y. They appeared in uniform of the United States Nuaadveyr. the oreignEnlistment Act. E h e were formally charged to prosecute on Mr. Sylvester Gillman,Crown so licitor, and Mr.P. 0' Con l. Mr. Cronin—As:it is the first c ase of the class that has l sessional C tt r o o r w n n ey. prosecutor, Gen era appeared nell,bbe eh en a tried in this country for many years, it is right for me to say that the men who swore these informations were compelled in the usual way to come before me and swear them. Patrick Kennedy, a boatman, residing at Queenstown, was then called forward and h ie information r ead to w in . I t was in substance as follows : — On Tues da y , the 3 d day of November last, the American war steamer Kearsage was lying off Queenstown, and I heard that the officers were en listing men for the American navy, and, in company with Thos. Verling, of Queenstown, and the two others whose names I did not know, I went on board said ship for the purpose of joining same, if taken. It was about 2 o'clock. One of my party asked one of the officers if he wanted any coal trimmers or firemen. He replied that the purser had gone ashore for them, and that he expected be would bring them on board, but we stated we would be taken as lands men. We agreed to ship as landsmen. On that the same officer sent us for examination by the doctor on board, and I and three others were then accordingly examined by the doctor, and we passed his examination. After this we went on shore, on our promise to return at 7 o'clock the same evening. We were informed by the same officer on board that our pay would be 12 dols. per month. I did not return to the ship afterwards that evening, but did at 7 o'clock next morn ing, and I remained all that day (November 4) on board. I got breakfast, dinner, and supper in the ship. W h i le on board I saw seven or eight men from Ringskiddy there. I asked some of them if they had passed the doctor, and they replied they had. All those Ringskiddy men sailed in the vessel, as did also a boy named John Murphy, o f Q ueens . town, who also passed the doctor. I did not sail in the vessel, as on leaving the harbour on that evening I got into a pilot boat and returned home. While on board I saw Mr, Eastman, who, I am informed, was the American Consul, and Mr. Dawson, the ship agent at Queenstown, both in conversation with the officers. They remained about half an hour. I would know the persons of the Ringskiddy men if I saw them again who sailed in the ship Kearsage. The witness now added that he saw the defendants on board the Kearsage, and they sailed in her. To the prisoner Leary—You did not pass the doctor while I was there. The witness then verified the information, and was bound to give evidence at the next assizes. He would, however, he said, have nothing to say against those men (the defendants). George Patterson, seaman, of Ringskiddy, one of those who were shipped by the Kearsage and subsequently disem barked again, was the next witness. His information,which was read over to him, was as follows :—On or about the 4th day of November, 1863, I went on board the United States veseel of war Kearsage, in the harbour of Cork, along with John Sullivan, Edward Pyburn,Thomas Murphy, and Denis Leary, all Irishmen, and residing at Ringskiddy. We went from Ring to the said vessel in the boat of Samuel Dunne. A. man named Healy, a native of Ring, who was the officer or captain of the forecastle on board the Kearsage, was also in Draane's boat, and paid Dunne ls. for the use of the boat. The said Healy had slept at Ring, having come there the night before from the said war vessel Kearsage. He, I think, had hired the boat to take us to the Kearsage. John Dunne (son of Samuel) was also in the boat as boatman. I went with the above-named persons on board to agree to enlist to serve as sailors or firemen en board the said vessel of war for,the United States service. It was freely circu lated that the Kearsage was taking men for the said service. After joining on board, we were told by the officer to go below until we cleared the lighthouse. I did duty in the ship from Cork to Brest, in France, and back. It was a boatman on board the Kearsage named Burnes who or dered as below until we cleared the lighthouse of Cork harbour. When we got to Brest we were enlisted after passing the medical doctor there belonging to the ship. I, with the three others, were sworn to join the American ser vice for three years, and for the purpose of fighting for the United States service. Denis Leary, Thomas Murphy, and Edward Pybum were along with me, and took the oath to serve the United States for a period of three years. Mr. Badlum was the engineer on board the ship, under whom I did duty as fireman. Edward Pyburn and John Sullivan also worked in my watch as firemen. We all worked on board the vessel from Cork harbour t o Brest and back. Wo were then put ashore in Cork harbour; g ot we an entire kit, the u n if orm being that of the United States navy, and I w as t o rece i ve 18 d o ls. per month for my pay Nearly all the m en were Irish ; we were bu t five weeks on board. Daniel O'Co nne ll an d John Murphy also served on K board the ship Kears age . The day after leav in g Brest, be. fore landing in Cork h ar bour, the captain of the earsage mustered us, and told us that all the ne w men shi pped at Queenstown should go on shore at Cor k harbour, a nd that he was very sorry for parting them. After th is the first lieutenant said we could keep all our cloth es that had be en giveie to us. The witness then identified the prisoners as men whom he had seen take service on board the liearsae.e. lie was not cross examined, and was re-bound to prosecute a t the assizes. Mr. O'Connell then re ad for his worship th e 4 t h sec tion of the act under which he prosecuted, which ena b led hi m to forw ard the case, on informations, for trial •en the Court of Queen's Bench in Dublin, the assizes, or quarter sessions f o r the county in which the offence was comm i t ted. Mr. Cronin-0f course, under th ese c i rcums tances, I will send them to the assizes. The prisoners were then severally cautioned in the usual form from the Bench, after which they made the following statements : blue Svltivan stated that he did not pass the doctor on board the Kearsage till she reached Brest. His arm was looked at in this harbour by the doctor's steward. Edward Pyburn said that while in the ship lie did not pass the doctor at all. The doctor's mate or steward ex amined him while in the harbour. He worked his passage to Brest, and on arriving there the word was passed by the boatswain's mate that all the men who came on board at Queenstown should go ashore. When they got to the shore the word was passed that those who wished to do so could join the ship, and those who did not could go ashore. They all returned to the Kearsage and were shipped. The first lieutenant told them their wages would bo 13 dull. per month, and a dollar and a half grog money. Thomas Murphy corrolorated the first portion of Pyburn's statement. _ Dennis Leary said he went on board the Kcarsago the day she was to sail from Queenstown (Thursday). He went below and did not come on deck except once until they reached Brest. His account of what occurred there was exactly similar to that given by Pyburn• The other defendants made no statement. His Worship committed the defendants for trial at the next Cork assizes, and appointed 12 o'clock as the time he would i receive bail for the appearance of such as could pro cure t. He measured the bail at—each defendant in £2O, and two securities of £lO for each, Naval and Military Intelligence. THE NAVY. Her Majesty's iron steam storeship Buffalo, 410 tons and 500 horse power, was on Monday unlocked at Woolwich, and was hauled into the outsr basin, to be fitted for coast service. The Buffalo has been partially coated in the hold with DaVs pateitt iZ' ° l ) A .:l3ll4 g t An t rUgetlgOapessfully ip. OW' ships over the bilge bottom plates and rivet heads. Her bottom has been covered experimentallyby special order from the Board of Admiralty with Leetch's new patent composi- tion for preserving the bottoms of iron ships from the accumulation of barnacles and sea weed which clog a n d damage the ship's rate of speed. All other inventions hitherto tested for that purpose have signally failed, and the use of copper sheathing has resulted in producing a gal vanic action which is said to decompose the iron more rapidly than if it were left with its own natural surface exposed to the action of the sea water. Mr. Leetch proposes to remedy the evil by his invention, now applied to the Buffalo. 11 is plan is to apply a coating of gutta percha cement in a liquid state, and while it is hot to place over it sheets of glass, bent to the required form, which are pressed on and firmly secured by iron bolts. The injurious contact of the iron and glass is prevented by an adhesive solution with which the bolt-heads are covered. Tho in- vention is spoken of as being likely to be highly successful, as the preservative properties of gutta percha have been so fully proved, and the smooth and hard surface of glass un- ders it impossible for any living matter to adhere perma nently to it under a ship's ordinary speed at sea. The intention to remove the Welles:ey, 72, training ship for boys and novices, from her present berth off Chatham Dockyard to moorings near Folly Point,some distance down the river, has been abandoned, at least for the present, a re- port having been made to the Lords of the Admiralty of the unsuitableness of that spot, in a sanitary point of view, as the station for a training vessel having a large number of lads and boys on board. As soon as the work now in pro. gress at the dockyard will permit,the fitting of the Diamond, 27, one of the sailing frigates attached to the reserve, is to be proceeded with, that vessel being required, as well as the Wellesley, for the use of the officers and lads serving on board the latter ship. Admiralty instructions have been received at Chatham directing that in future all engineer students attending dock yard schools are to be granted two days' leave of absence at Christmas and Midsummer in each year, without being checked in their pay. The line• of-battle screw steamer Bombay, 80, 400-horse Tower, fitting in No. 3 dry dock at Chatham, is having her bottom covered with some additional plates of Munt z's metal on her port and starboard sides. The shipwrights have commenced erecting the additional cabins and offices on her upper deck for the Admiral and his retinue, the Bombay being intended to relieve one of the flagships ordered home. The whole of the standing wire rigging is set up, and the running rigging is now being got in its place. There are several weeks' work still to be accomplished on board before the Bombay can leave the dock. The Dromedary, steam store ship, Commander A.Brown, arrived at Spithead yesterday morning from Ascension, with invalids and passengers. Among the latter were Mr. E. R. Miall, paymaster of the Archer ; Mr. D. J. L. Mac narnara, Sub-Lieutenant of her Majesty's ship Antelope; and J. J. Crew, 21sisiatant-Engineer of her Mejesty'd - ship , Hatay. The Dromedary left Ascension oNNere. 24, arriated at St. Vincent's Dec. 6, sailed again on the Bth, arrived at Madeira Dec. 16, leaving again on the 19th. On Nov. 30, while at sea, a horrible accident occurred on board. It ap pears that Mr. Hockerston, assistant-engineer, was in the act of examining the bearings in the screw alley, when his coat was caught by the coupling bolts of the shaft and was immediately wound about it. He must have gone round six or seven times before he cried out. The engines were at once stopped, and on releasing him from his awful position he was found to have his right leg broken above the knee, and ' his left leg below the knee, His head, chest, and right arm were very severely bruised, Ho is getting on as favourably as can be expected, and will be removed to Haslar Hospital with the other invalids. The Dromedary passed the English ship Backers in Ist 37 12, long 14 39, on Dec. 2e'th ; the Jamaica in lat 41 53, long 14 40, on Dec. 23d. The British ship Prince Alfred frc,m Singapore, bound for London, left Ascension Nov. 19th with passengers, all well on board. The Federal ship of war Onward, 9 guns, Capt. Clark, was at St. Vincent's on the Dromedary's arrival there, but left on Dec. 7th in search of the Confederate ship Alabama. She also left at Ascension her Majesty's store ship Wye and the gunboat Snipe, and at Madeira Lord Brownlow's yacht Ceres, of the safety of which anxious fears have been expressed in England. She had experienced very heavy gales and contrary winds, but had arrived there safely. The Dromedary has experienced very boisterous weather. She will disembark her invalids and go to the eastward to dis charge her stores. The detachment of non-commissioned officers and men of the Royal Marine Light Infantry,belonging to the Chatham division, who have been selectdd for service at Port Albany, were inspected at headquarters yesterday, and this morning will leave Chatham for Woolwich, where they will be joined by the contingent from that division, and proceed to Plymouth. At Plymouth the non-commissioned officers and men will embark in the Salamander, 6, 220 horse power, which conveys them to their destination. The offi cer selected to proceed in charge of the detachment is First- Lieut. R. J. Pascoe, of the Chatham division. The Royal Marines composing the detachment have been chosen for their knowledge of some trade, and they are all men of good character. They will be absent from England ber of years, during which time they receive a end out derable addition to their pay. It is intendedhtoyrs arrival their wives and families to them shortly after their 0 f labour at Port Albany, when all the roughest description connected with the expedition has been made at the Ad- The following appointments have beastly, to the Welles miralty :—Geo. A. Rowe, assist. Tar' , to the Aurera—Henry ley—Patrick Keelan, assist. surgojile Royal Oak—Edward C. Woods, acting assist. surg., W in], for the Tenders—Wm Taylor, engineer, to the Blenhdeas, for the Partridge—N., H. Elliott, engineer, to the In Anzineer the C b um erlatd thaniel Farrant, confirmed a s to the Orontes a ssist. engine —F. J. Fairclough, as supernurn A s ' forß aenatunniisoi: run iag . e, to the As ia, e ra Y—and assist. engineer, clerk, to the Fisgard. Matthew Wellington, to the Tamar — Burnes, assist. engineer, LONDON STONE. although In reference to a paragraph which the Athenaum on Monday : a to the Times as follows :....6i we quoted from i‘reorrespondent writes called to a paragraph iti your ' I Y attention has been extracted from the Nadangered,' It London-. is thereAtheneum headed , A Relic of the mentsStone have been knocked off and freshly fractured surfaces exposed. For the many years that ur yesterday's impression, I h been anshioner I have watched the ancientava a p relic with anxious care, and, tions cri th e surface, yet, I think, there are none Which have arisen from any recent injury. The stone until 1.,,, iZO stood out adjoining the public cartway, the street th en being exceedingly narrow. It was necessarily exposed to damage from collisions, and against the church. being also considered a great obstruction to the traffic, it was removed to the foct-pavement, and was m placedent Ultimately, in 1795, it was built into the church wall. A few years ago it was proposed to enclose design wasp repared for the pur pose •; but upon con sulting the late Mr. Banning he modern addition such as was opposed to any intended, and advised the church-Wardens that tahgeaisntOnine wl7i4th2initan it should pos sible in its original simplicity,be left as far as and so it has since remained. The parish officers are quite alive to the importance of preserving this national 4 interesting relic, end weal ( ' wilLog 1y carry in to effect any suggestion that might r set with the app roval 0 general 1 antiquaries in ." Me Moniteur of yesterdarcentains the Sultan in answer to thk invitation Emperor of the French to attend a Congress. the customary introduction the reply proceeds :—.. " I have received at the hands of the Mare i nts de Moustier the letter by whieh your Imperial Majesty has been good enough to inform me of the present situation of Europe, and of the necessity of meeting at a Congress, so as to concert and adopt proper measures to regulate the present and assure the future. " I cordially thank your Imperial Maicety for the sentiments of Sincere friendship which you have testified towards me on this occasion, and I pray you to be persuaded of the perfect reciprocity 'of my sentiments as well as of my most sincere desire to prove to you the high . va l ue w hi c h I at t ac h to see incdrawn more and more firmly the bonds_of this secular friendship which so happily ex i 3ts between " Soverrign of an empire, the interests end pros perity of which depend in a great na „ a „„ on the maintenance of peace, I shall feel a re, a ) ; on at seeing it established on nlid and durabl-, bas43s. " As regards my personal view on the subkct of the proposition made by your Imperial llajesty, refer to the conversation which I have i* R d w i t your Ambassador, H ear cation r wh r i e c s h en l ta h t a i v v e e, and ch arg t e o a tlo con m l y friendly un _ your Majesty, to snake to your Government. .- " I embrace this occasion to renew to your li n _ perial Majesty the assurance of my sincere affection and of my inviolable attachment. " Constantinople, the 233 Djemazi-ul-akehr, 1280. (Dec. 5, 1863)." Then follows a memoir of the audience with the Sultan, addressed on the 24th November, 1863, by the Marquis de Moustier to the Minister tor Foreign Affairs : oglle Ambassador,.in h?..ndin s t e Snitek the letter of the Emperor, brieflyed its contents. o Al stated "Th e highly appreciate ethe Imperial for Majesty towards my se lf . I his letter. I cannot doubt the sentiment s o f th e Emperor towards me; and the entire o:tom e n to embrace this opp or t un i ty nation, I am convinced , will be extremely sensible o Sultan idea , an replieddl heartily , I hi thankof making the personal acquaintance of such a Sovereign as the Emperor, for whom I have a pro found friend s hi p , an d, a t the same time, to visit s uc h a beautiful cap i ta l as P ar i s; but if I had kn owu shall f t the e b c e o v n e d r u y c conduct o a fp happy s beforehand the bases on which an understanding was to be arrived at, a great advantage would, per haps, have accrued, since in this case I should have acted in full knowledge of the mo.live: " The Ambassador replied immediately—' The Emperor, declaring in his letter that he had no preconceived idea, could not trace out a programme. He was obliged to confine himself to indicating to all the Sovereigns his allies, confiding th - in eir. Wl2- dom, the perilous situation in which Europe finds itself. The Congress aloneean d ec i d e the rinoints en which there will be an occasion t© come to an un derstanding ; and in appealing to a general discus sion for the position and the solution of ll a the ques tions, tli7e-ltnperor has givensufficientguarantee for all interests!, " The Sultan replied—' My observation conceals no sentiment of opposition: I now understand, by the explanations with which the ambassador bas furnished me, the difficulties there are in fact of knowing beforehand the points which will form the subject of the deliberations. I accept, then, the In vitation addressed to me by the Emperor; but ea my presence alone in France would not be sufficient, I shall only undertake the journey in case the other Sovereigns also proceed to Paris. • " The Sultan said, in conclusion, with some stress I pray the Ambassador to be convinced that, if the Congress should take place, Turkey will not be the last herself to be represented: " The Ambassador having thanked the Salt.n for what he had heard from his mouth, concluded by saying : "' I shell reply to the letter which the Ambassa dor has delivered to me, and the Emperor shall be satitfied with my reply en all points.' " PROTEST OF DENMARK, The following is a.trans; io fek n.oto addressed to the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Prussia and honour (with the necessary alterations of names and titles) toiv lege t h e a nd of Austria, Saxony, and Hanover, dated Coven. haul', December 19 : D ‘ T o n h m e ah os heo acknowledge undersigned, rk, President of the Council ‘ Minister of Foreign Affairs of his Majesty the King o f re ceipt, on the 15th instant, of the note whereby the President of the Council and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Prussia has acquainted him with a Federal decree of December the 7tb, and in consequence:of the so-called procedure of execution resolved by the said Federal decree, has requested the Government of the King to evacuate Holstein within seven days, " Having, without delay, submitted this note to his most gracious Sovereign, the undersigned has been charged by his Majesty to call the attention of the Prussian Government to the following cl oser , vations : " The resolution passed by the German F•dcral AssemVy on the 7th of this month is deprived of all binding force for the Royal Government al ready by the circumstance that it has been Passed after the illegal exclusion of his Majesty's Pi •ehipotentiary from the Assembly. " Besides, with regard to the fa c t t h at the said de creetends to be founded on the preceding Fede ral decree of October 1, it is i nal? ossible for the King's Government to consider this latter as a valid motive for the procedure of execution which has recently been resolved for the following reasons "That the ordinance ©f A • - March 30 of this year, a gainst which the said decree was directed, has afterwards been formally repealed; "That the mediations offered by the British Go vernment with a view of reconciling the pending differences betwee n Denmark and the Confederation has been accepted by the Royal Government in the sitting of the 29th of October; " That the King'sGover n ment in the same sit• ting declared itself ready to meet the Confederation in evpry point in which the independence or equality. - of rights claimed for the Federal provinces should not be considered as being sufficiently guaranteed at present. " But th e sing u lar character of the pretended Federal execution has become still more perceptible since the Federa l Assembl y has p retended to ques tionhis Majesty's right of succession and the vali dity of the Treaty of London of May 8, 1852. For, even cons idering the matter from the point of view of the German Confederation, it must be admitted that a ny demand on the part of the Confederation With regard to the position which his Majesty should ano sord to Holstein in his capacity of Duke of Hol. ste i n must be subordinate to a preceding acknew. ledgment of the King as Duke of Holstein and Lau. enburg. " Lastly, I must observe that the request adaressed to the King's Government is not in conformity with the prescriptions laid down in the regul a ti ons for the procedure of execution, dated August 3, 1820 (Art. X.) —namely, in this important nei • nt that it has not been made possible for t h e T ., Government to avoid the executio‘A 1 Submi ss i on to any precise demands addressed to it. Far from this, the execution itself appears simply I the only object of the Federal resolution. „ His m a j es ty, my most gracious Sovereign, is under these circumstances unabl e t o recogn i se th e so-called execution , resolved by th e C on f e deration his sovereign and dynasti c r i g h t , His majesty has contrary, to reserve formally to protest by this present,and u(j t r il e o u fo n 'a d n e d rs e i d gne in d in the most solemn w anner, against as law,s a therefore buti legitimatencemn nd commanded r no o na c e e t ,li ci i the unquestionable encroachment which has bean anneunced to him, and reserves for himself to take such further recolw; ions as he may consider reec.lu. cileabie with his rights and interests. the Federal ” The undersigned avails himself, &c. " C. HALL." TIIE a, V IS ERERE • */ OF RERI ISIFSER LT:TZ, the s poks of as having been recently performed after yespzre, at the St, George's Cathedral, Southwark, - "~>:;^i