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The P i Yatern of tuitiin and the arrangement s made for the cont ort of the pupils are such as continue to afford the greatest satisfactio n to the parents of pupils and their friends. For all details see "Prospectus," to be had on application. HENRI' LESINGRAM, Director. THE MAURITIUS LAND CREDIT AND AGENCY COMPANY (Limited). To be incorporated under the Companies Act, 1P62, by which the liabi.ity of each shareholder is limited to the amount of his shares. Capital, £250,900, in 12,500 shares of £2O eaoh—of which 1,5C0 are reserved for Mauritius. 41 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 £4 per share. TRUSTEES. 811. S. Villiers Surtees, K.B. (Silkmore House, near Stafford), late Chief Justice of Mauritius. James du Buis eon, Esq. (Messrs. Henokell, du Buisson, and co.) James A. Guthrie, Esq. (Messrs. Chalmers, Guthrie, and Co.) DIRECTORS. %Joe-General 11. P. Burn. 91, Inverness-terrace, W. (late __Member of the Indian Military Finance Commission). George Ireland, Esq., Blackheath Park (Messrs. Ireland, Fraser, and Co., Mauritius!. ' e °rge Lyall, Esq., 9, Mincing-lane (Messrs. Lyall, Still, ) Robert M'Kerrell, Esq., Inverness-terrace, W. (Messrs. Scott „an co., Mauritius). ter r Ranken, Esq ,9, Idol-lane (late Man a g er of the Mauri lias Branch of the Oriental Bank Corporation). With power to add to their number. - MAURITIUS BOARD. John Curee, Esq., Merchant and Planter. The Hon. Sir Gabriel Fropier, Member of Council, drc. The Hon. H. Lemiere, Mayor of Port Louis, Member of Council .~c. The fi. Charle4 Montocchio, Member of Council, So. Emile Pipon, Esq, Vice-President of the Chamber of Agri culture, With power to add to their number. GENERAL MANAGER. C. J. A. Ulcoq, 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. llessrs.Wllson, Bristows, and Carpmael, I, Copthall-buildings BROKERS. Messrs. P. Cazenove and Co., Threadneedle-street. Geo. E. Seymour, Esq., Throgmorton-street. The International Financial Society (Limited) have been tncouraged to aid in the organisation of this Company by the strong desire for its success evinced by the Chambr of Agri culture and the commercial boiy in Mauritius, ago 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 alore than doubled within the last twelve years ; and the Coc of last year (viz., 186?-63) exceeded 150,( 00 tons. within the same period of time there has been an increase 1 r 1 30,600 in the population. consisting, for the most part , of 'allisn immigrants who are becoming permanent settlers. Railways, the first section of which will probably be opened ?My next year , are in course of construct ion ; and cannot fail arl her to develop the resources of the island. The annual exports have for the last five years exceeded, Vn' an average, £ 9 ,500,0 , 0 ; while the imports h ave, durin g e same period, amounted to little more than £2,00J.000. The colonial budgets have, for many years p ast, shown, on „ average, a large surplus. The legal rate'of interest on mortgages in Mauritius is 9 reCent. ; and the Company in raising money in E n g land on bentures, for investment in the colony, will preserve such formargin as, together with the commission they may receive 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 !tile 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 hay.,, already been made for placing the first 1 8 , ue of delymturea on satisfactory terms. For Mortgage Loans in Mauritius, of .six years and up- Irarde. the - borrowers will be required to contribute half- Zearly to a Sinking Fund, on the principle of "Credit onder," which has been applied w ith so much advantage to both lender and borrower in many parts cf the Continent of ttrope. addition to employing its own capital, the Company will -arrest 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 land,to connected with the " Land Court" of the island ; and "''° a Transcription Office, where successive titles may be traiseci. The mortgage investments made by the Government say ings bank of Mauritius, during the last twenty-five years, prove that investments judiciously made under the mortgage taw of the island are eminently secure. A• new law which is passing through the L o c al Le g islature r. ,11 reduce the operation of lending on mortgage to a eondi ion of still greater simplicity and safety. 4 be management of the Company will be vested in the lloard of Directors in London, assisted by a Board in Mau ritius Rag influential support given to the Company both and and Mauritius, and the great want of such an insti "ion, must secure an ample field for safe and lucrative ope rations. i The Directors of the International Financial So ciet y feel, t hereforei, no hesitation in recommending the undertaking, to le favourable notice of the public. Printed copies of the Memorandum and Articles of Asso- Station may be inspected at the Offices of the Folicitois, Messrs. Wilson, Briatows, and Carpmael, 1, Copthall-build hl,9:s. • „Applications for shares must be addressed to the Interne 119nal Financial Society (Limit ed), at their Temporary Offices, i7401d Broad-street, E.C., in the annexed form, which must left with their bankers, Messrs. Glyn, Mills, and Co., No. 67 . Lombard-street. December, 1863. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SIIARES. (To be left with Messrs. Glyn, Mills, and Co.) To No. -to the Directors of the International Financial Society (Limited). Qentiemen,—llaving paid to your bankers the sum of , being £1 per share on shares, I request you -r ° allot me shares, of £ 2O each, in the Mauritius 'and Credit and Agency Company (Limited), and I hereby a gree to become a member of that Company, and to accept such shares or any less number that may be allotted to me, request that my name may be placed on the Register of '.. l llbers in respect ot the shares allotted to me. ana, Gentlemen, your obedient servant, Name in full Address in full Reference Date THE CONSOLIDATED DISCOUNT COMPANY (Limited). ( The Directors reserve to hemselves the right of changing the name of the Company.) T 0 be incorporated under " 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 £5O. First issue, 10,000 shares. Deposit on application Li per share, and £2 on allotment. No future call to exceed Z 5 per share, and at inter. als of not less than three months. it is not intended to call up more than 120 per share. DIRECTORS. Georrre Walter Constable, Esq. (Messrs. Henderson and Con stable` Cannon street. George Denny, Esq. St. Helen's. (Messrs. George Denny and Co.) , G reat William Little, Esq., Director of the Cape Town Railway. wm M'Arthur, Esq. (of the firm of Wm. and Alexa nder M'Arthur Australian Merchants), 46, Moorgate-street ,on and Melbourne. l''T-nklargood, Esq (Messrs. Sargoed, King, and Sargood), Th e Ayres Sheoherd Richardson, Esq., Director of the Buenos JETies,lV River Plate Rank, Co ), Gutr r P . M, Esq. (Messrs. Le Gros Thompson and siluzh Fraser ga n e t i,,, .111chd. 3fanners Sa - n — d a e n r'son a ,l'sq.l Messrs. Sandeman ,t 6 Co. *Samuel Baker, R. q. * Committee of Management ml.xxtus. The London and Westminster Bank. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Sole, Turners, and Hardwick. BROKERS. James Shepherd, Esq Auction Mart , Bartholome w lane Messrs. Sandeman and Dobree, 2, Royal Rachange_bai-dttgs. offices —No. 4, Abehurch-lane. PROSPECTUS. In forming this Company the Directors have secured the co-operation of Messrs. Sandeman and Co., of Abehnreh-lane. whose well-known and lon,-established business it is the object of this Company to take up and develope. The Company will conduct all the operations of ordinary discount business, The terms on which the business of Messrs. Saudeman and Co, has been purchased Justify th e Directors in anticipatinga profit of at least 10 per capital. the Company will takecent, per annum o n the paid-up Possession of the premises now oc cupied by Messrs. Sandeman and Co, as from the I s t day ot January, and the business of the c om p an y will commence from that day. No promotion money has or will be paid, and the expenses will be strictly confined to the necessary p aymen t s . Prospectuses and forms of applications for shares may be clo•aire d at the Offices of the Company, of the Brokers, and of the Solicitors. In the event of no allotment being made the depo s it s will al lotted be returned in full ; should a less number of share $ b l otted than are applied for, the deposit will be made avail able towards the payment on allotment, and the balane e , i f toy, returned to the applicant. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Directors of the Cmsolidaled Discount Company (Limid). Centicm, n ,—H a yina paid to your Bankers the sum of £ I request you to allot me shares in the Crrsolidated Discount Company (Limited ) . and I hereby a ) ; 1 :ee to become a member of the Society, and to acce p t such , ''rc s. or any less number that may be allotted to me ; and request you to place my name on the Register : , f Members in respect of the shares allotted to me. I am, Gentlemen, yOUr obedient servant. Name in full Address Usual signature Date By order. rr eraPcrary Offices, 4. Abchurcli-lane, E.O , Dec. 30,1863. CCONSOLIDATED DISCOUNT COMPANY (Limited). NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that no APPLICATIONS sti ARES lu this Company will be received after THIS D AY (WEDNESDAY), December 30th. Wheat ig ' of a re- BarleY late Wert/ led firm' 3 6 stow 31° to 90 3 0 0 per arket to' 11 ac icAs t 5 0 . e glec -e d __ .ci pe % and pd vo . _ 0 V 0 11 ) 10 ,eider the i ` t• 1 .. ttlf. a tic° I . a I t vs °oo a w 196 pa toll s n Ito 6 a to 17 ' pa to 44s L to 3°s ° a I to 316 "0 to 216 g 3 gineY cl , t s o 4s 4 i. 0 0 to .° 0 oto 0 oto 0 0 to 0 to 20 0 to 23 ioderate ges hav 0 0 601 d in h Aube' IgbaSt° rj9 lies, h.P son g VirOP " son of J. .den 113931 Churc h ° Brichnot Le Elizii. i s 4 ., of 1, Owe n I;eth, th e lea nail' ralthavv ti Wsleg , ought°l4 rAtha illi and s*ill [OO. - rainiv"" OSVe ll°r' sbirld pd )o Sl' '.; NO' otipti‘ INI O . 22,312. NEW NOVEL BY MR. THORNBURY. 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PRIZE MED A L -INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1862. FRANCIS TUCKER & CO., Wax Chandlers, &0., &0., tea T t h ill e e 's Tar to ai To the Queen and the Prince of Wales. A distinguished Di :sta rv blished 172.0.) Tucker and Co., on the aituabf Report on Wax and Church Candles , In 1862, cue excellence of the quality of Ylessrs. Tuckers' manufacture. , in a letter addressed to Francis WAX CANDLES with PLATTED WICKS, " I have found them full y says : Platted equal to the recommendation gy for the u se o f the altar." w hich you gave them, and can sincerely, in my tuin, recom- Wicks, patented.. 2s. 2d. per lb, m finestend t h quality,e m w h e i t c h l er Or di nar y quality , „ • • .. .. .. 2,. Od. per lb. VEGETABLE CANDLES, with a Mixture of Wax. Best quality • • • • • • • • .. . . ]s. 5d • per lb. Second quality ..........is. 3d. per lb. Third quail'' , .. • ' • • • . .. ... ls. id. per lb. Carriage paid in London on Orders of Five Pounds in value. FRANCIS TUCKER AND CO., 8, South Molton street, Grosven or-s q uare. Manufactor y -- Ke-nsington ( E s t a blished 1730). The largest Iletablishin , , , ,n int England for the Manufacture of Wax. Candles for the use of the Altar. TEETH. —Mr- E SKELL ' S INVENTION in the construction or f o ll o wing advantages . A.ARTIF ICIAL TEETH has the aet work manship and mechanitim /.... mos t perfect accuracy and 7,,,,_13e made and fitted with the of teeth, of excellent pain or extraction of stumps, an - 7 8, in a few hours , without of mastication. and articulation. wires or fastenings, anl adapt themselves %answer all the purposes Y are fitted without gums, that they are quite immoveable, . are always so perfectly to the of the wearer. Invalids or residents in without the exceptnleo, Boat at n t t ther canoption ad just these teeth to many changes of the aid of of a dentist. They are not so 'liable th inju th useful, and will last a lifetime. Comfort guaranteed dc an on d su a lt t at 3 i 9 o , nsl enn ee. e l t Gro gtana P s • tine explaining, Mr. Eskell's Patent, &C., free 1 street, Inspection ßon o d f ;,...Zenor mingliam. ULM, Sir. Bond-street, W.. . - - ,_. . . ,t--. 4 e.-2 -e. , . e IN EAST S PA.PE R 7‘'-‘c-r --'-7e.4 4): (7'.. '-‘--C- 1 T:1(0: ( 0rEC 0 NT -'-11"- IrE : :' = ../ 1 %4 -44‘ `- --::-1-5 : - / ' : I' ll' il iZt t ~. , • _ AN . ---- c o i... , I , Z. --:.., ; 41 -, , :- z. Z • " tY - <V - , . • _ , , , -;‘7.).1r0 4, - ;, _,,-- ; -:.- Ar4 .. ~„,7 4 , k - , k i s q , 1. 1 i .:.'..?, .- . .., ...„ - 4.4. ....., ..I. 1 :10..-, 1,4 r a s -•561e74: 0 V ' ' ' i Dii .„,, , ,, r ,_,,_ ~,, u . ., „ 14 - , ...., . . 'N. •'-, _ - ' , ..: - .1,74- 't,..- • ,ixm a - l it e l, -,, , ;..x.... 4,... _ .........,„„,..............semeamora t.00.,.......:,..7‘4.,, The llioniteur of yesterday contains the Sultan in answer to the invitation Emperor of the French to attend a Congress. the customary introduction the reply proceeds I have received at the hands of the Marquis do Moustier the leitei by . w . biCh your Imperial Mcjesty 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, PRICE...-. —..4d. STAMPED 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 ha 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 Nearsage and were shipped. The first Ilieutenant told them their wages would be 18 dubs. per month, and a dollar and a half grog money. Thomas Murphy corroborated the first portion of Pyburn's statement. Dennis Leary said he went on board the Kearsage 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. I cordially thank your Imperial Mejesty for the sentiments of sincere friendship which you hc.ve testified towards me on this occasion, and I pray you to be perspaded of the perfect reciprocity of my sentiments as well as of my,most sincere desire to prove to you the hivh value which I attach to sceing drawn more and more firmly the bonds of this sectihr friendship which so happily exists between the two empires. . " Sovereign of an empire, the interests and pros perity of which depend in a great measure on the maintenance of peace, I shall feel a real satisfaction at seeing it established on solid and durable blew: " As regards my personal view on the subj ect 0 f the proposition made by your Imperial Majesty, I refer to the conversation which I have kad With your representative, and to the friendly communia cation which I have charged my Ambassador, near, your Majesty, to make to your Government. " I embrace this occasion to renew to your Im perial Majesty the assurance of my sincere affection and of my inviolable attachment. " Constantinople, the 23d Djemazi-ul-akehr, 1280. (Dec. 5, 1863)." • 2 0 4 ft the ico a v u e d m i n e r e , e 1 w 8 i 6 t1. 3, the by the Marquis de Moustier to th e Mi n i ster for F ore i gn Af f airs Sultan, Then addressed w follows a. M e on a°r h the "The Ambassador, in handing to the S u ltan the letter of the Emperor , briefly stated its contents. The Sulu replied-- I highly appre c i a te :th e Imperial idee, - and I hdartily thank his Majesty let his letter. I cannot doubt the sentiments of Ode 7 ' Emperor towards me; and the entire 0 -t.orsian nation, I am convinced, will be extremely sensible of the conduct of his Majesty towards myself. I shall be very happy to embrace this opportunity of making the personal acquaintance of such a Sovereign as the Emperor, for whom I have a pro found friendship, and, at the same time, to visit such a beautiful capital as Paris; but if I had known 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 motive.' "The Ambassador replied immediately—' The --- His Worship committed the defendants for trial at the next Cork assizes, and appointed 12 o'clock as the time he would receive bail for the appearance of such as could pro cure it. He measured the bail at—each defendant in £2O, and two securities of £lO for each, in o o n na fi et d co i i ; e g o° n at i z his letter that he had no Emperor, preconceived declaring idea, could n i 7.(1 not cacl i t n r g a c t e e o a u g t programme. e a ner d is cus.. He was obliged to confine himself to in hn d e i t c ph a_ oe t ii i r n nt g o t 4, wis dom, the perilous situation in. Which Eurole finds all the Sovereigns his allies,casac to an un derstanding • Emperor has given sufficien t guarantee for • ' sion for the position and the solution of all the 0 II( s-, The er e C; gill o a n n Congress be in ses appealing pa alone poe itself.tion whichs , th th e all interests.' • " The Sultan replied—' My observation conceals no sentiment of opposition. I now understand, by , . „ the explanations with which the ambassador has furnished me, the difficulties there are in fact of ' knowing beforehand the points which will form the .;:z subject of the deliberations. I accept, then, the in- ' „, ~I. .. vitation addressed to me by the Emperor; but as i* '. : ::..,,,.„ my presence alone in France would not be sufficient, 'i,, ' I shall only undertake the journey in case the other - Sovereigns also proceed to Paris. , r , " The Sultan said, in conclusion, with some stress' —'l pray the Ambassador to be convinced that, if , _ the Congress should take place, Turkey will not he the last herself to be represented. " The Ambassador having thanked the Sultan for what he had heard from his mouth, concluded by saying : \ "' I shall reply to the letter which the 4.timbassa dor has delivered to me, and the Emperor shall be • ' satisfied with my reply on all points.' " . PROTEST OF DENMARK, -0---- The following is a translation of a note addressed to the Ministers of Foreign Affair 3 of Prussia and (with the necessary alterations of names and titles) of Austria, Saxony, and Hanover, dated Comm hagen, December 19 : " i T s h te e r n o n f d F e o r s r i e g i g n n e d A , ff P a r i e rs si • d of en h t is o l‘ f l t a ll je e s C ty ou th ilc e i K l and Min of Denmark, has the honour to acknowledge the 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 7th, 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 bhoisenmoohsatrged by gracious Sovereign, the undersign ed has of the Prussian Gohviserntaejenstty t totleenflollltohvreinagtteonletsieoelle vations : " The resolution passed b e y sty th ,s e German Federal Assembly on the 7th of this month is deprived of e a binding force for the Royal Governmentarseecic alreadyngafterF et b y the circumstance that it has been illegal exclusion cf his Illaj from the Assembly. Besides, with regard to the fact that the de creese.aixtlings rel decree let u has recently Government to ENtrseh;l:3o a o v f al t i h d is m y o e t ar iv l e enodfsotcotcobobneesrfiodine, i n : d ti founded this latter ttimpossibletheera s f repealed;f f b o e r e been he resolvedpr procedure filar; the oexecution following reasons : ithicehotrhdeinasnacide ofM decree was directed, has , s That the mediation ef og : i T tig h t at v, afterwards been formally () Go vernment with a view of differences between reconciling the pending ered by the British T b h e at the • Denmark and the Confederation has been accepted b sitting of the 29th of October; .7 . the Royal Government in the Ring's Government in the same sit , . i t n in e g ve d r e y ol p ar i e n d t In which the independence or equality itse l f ready to meet the Confederation of rights l • e aimed for the Federal provinces should no ‘ t g eensidered as being sufficiently guaranteed at present. " But the singular character of the pretended Federal execution has become still more perceptible since the Federal Assembly has pretended to ques tion his Majesty's right of succession and the vali dityf view of the Treaty of London of May 8, 1852. For, ev en considering t he matter from of the German Confederation, it must thepoint be admitted p w with r a h r i t e h e f h t i h s e m.aie st y Confederation ehol d that any demand e p on s i t the o ne gar d accord to Holstein in his capacity of Duke of Hol stein must be subordin ate to a preceding acknew to hoi ledgment of the King as Duke of Holstein and Lau. enburg. " Lastly, I must observe that the request addressed to the King's Government is not in conformity with the prescriptions laid down in the regulations for the procedure of execution, dated August 3, 1820 (Art. X.) —namely, in this important point, that it has not been made possible for the King's Government to avoid the execution by submi ss i on to any precise demands addressed to it. Far l een , this, the execution itself appears si mply as * on l y object of the Federal resolution. " His Majesty, my most gracious sovereign, is under these circumstances unable to recognise the so-called execution, resolved by e i e '— as a legitimate procedure founded erifederation in the Federal law, but intents, en the cell tree, , to reserve formaiiy his sovereign and dynastic gilts. His Mviesty has therefore commanded the ene nee...reigned to protest by the most sol emn m anner, against this present, and in the unquestionable eno roachment which has been announced to him, and 'reserves for himself to take such further n resolu -- t'es as he may consider reCiAaw his rights and interests. " C. rfA, ." ned avails himself, (9,:c. 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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, for although Mr. Harvey was met at the George, formerly the scene of county political gatherings, he 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 him 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 DUNCOMBE, Bart., came forward to nominate as a fit and proper person NI 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 respeoted by all classes of politioians. 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 the county of Buckingham. Never, perhaps, was there so great a lull in politics on the one hand nor, on the other, a greater unanimity ; but at the same time he did not think that it required much fore sight to see that there were many tnrbulent spirits amongst us who would, if they could, plunge us into all the difficul ties of a Litter party warfare. If returned, he 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. R. 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 gratify, 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 bate rests of this great empire. He wished to say that he be lieved a better man than Dr. Lee could not exist ; but at the same 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. STUCIIBERY proposed Dr. Leo, whom Mr, WARD seconded. The show of hands as 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, R. D. Hill, EEq., the Recorder, delivered the following charge to the grand 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- alone, there have been since the last sessions 61 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 th 43 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 new 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. And 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 I 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 to think that more than one-third of the prisoners who are waiting their trials have already been convicted. They have already felt the visitation of the law; they have already known what it is to be guilty, 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 man, no woman, can come out of gaol the same being he or she was when they went i o th ut gr again e greater piotwhe a r into gaol—they are either better or they a re w orse. If the discipline which the law has appointed, and which has been administered upon them, has not had the effect of preventing a repetition of their offences, why they must become more hardy, more ready to offend again; while they have gained e xperience, through the previous offences which they have as committed, of how such offences are to be committed with safety. The consequence is, they come grea ter determination to do wrong, and o f doing wrong with impunity. Not but that they will be at w ove rtaken at last ; but my inquiries have lad me to believe itandaetetdh,erine eivsearylaortgheercicaosusutorfyp, who o n hve kill and cunning s always in this, and, enough to commit crime with impunity for a very long time --sometimes for years, sometimes for many years. Again, there is an offence which it is thought is peculiar to the town, of Birmingham, and that is the offence of passing bad money. When I say peculiar to Ihe town, I do net mean that it is supposed to be exclusiv y 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 opinion; 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 be 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 a very nefarious kind. I consider that the passing offence of 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 offenders still persevere in their evil courses they, at all events, think it necessary to go away from a place where they are ea vigilantly watched. But, gentlemen, there is another offence of a more heinous nature, more dangerous, and producing more misery than the one I have mentioned, and which I am sorry to say is very rife among the people of this town—l allude to the offence of embezzlement. I have in the 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 being apprehended and brought under the cognizance of the la w , i s a person of character—not one of that class who is under suspicion, and carefully watched by the police; but one moving among you, and, if he is in you- THOXF O R D, 6, OXFORD STREET, W. THIS - EVENING, will be performed 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, Vs almsley, Tyrrell, and Ellison; Messrs. Green, Huish, Kimberley, Stuart, dm. Solos on the Violin by VIOTTI COLLINS, the cele brated English Violinist. Flute by Drew Dean. Pianoforte, Miss Bryant. And the marvellous instrument, the ORCHESTRAL PIANO, by Herr SCHALKENBACII, the Inventor. Comedy, by UNSWORTH ("or any oilier man "), Enfrene, W. Randall,W. T. Critchfield, T. Maclagan, George Hutchen son, and the marvellous Gymnasts, Messrs. Beni, Leach, and Foster. THIS EVENING, will be produced, supported by the entire comany, a new and original Cantat 1 , entitled "King Christmas." written by Litchfield Moseley, Esq., and com posed by W. Meyer Lutz, expressly for the establishment. Director, Mr. F. Jonghmans. isTHE 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 II AIL. 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 lite, 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, Ingoldsby, Dickens, &c., in turns, furnish subjects for illustration. All the other Musical and Pictorial attractions as usual, including Operatic Selections. &c. ; Comedy by Unsworth (the modern Demosthenes), Eugene, George Hodson, E. Marshall, and George Hutchenson. ROY A L ALHAMB RA.—FRANCONTS CIRQUE IMPERIAL at Two, and half-past Seven o'clock. ROYAL ALHAMBRA. The Great Bare back Rider, JIJLES PEREZ, EVERY EVENING. ARGYLL ROOMS, Windmill-Street, Hay market. NOTICE.—M. JULLIEN'S PROMENADE CONCERTS will be continued nightly at the above elegant rooms. Admission le. Conductor—M. JULLIEN. . Solo Performers—Messrs. Norm, Tyler, King, M`Kenney, Snelling, Sloman, Progratski, Baker, &c. Manager, M. GRENET. 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AN INTERESTING COLLECTION OF BIRDS and insects, collected by the Rev. H. Rowley from the regions of the Zambesi and Shire Rivers, has been presented to the University at Oxford, 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 tay attention, it appears to me that while the criminality is on the part of the servant, there has 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, espe 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 is trustworthy. But even then 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 master. 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 and jury to their duties. Breach of the Foreign Enlistment Act. The late enlistment of men at Queenstown to serve on board 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, Thomas Murphy, Denis Leary, Daniel O'Connell, and John Murphy. They appeared in uniform of the United States Navy. They were formally charged with a misdemeanour under the Foreign Enlistment Act. Mr. Sylvester Gillman,Crown solicitor,and Mr.P. O'Con nell, sessional Crown prosecutor, appeared to prosecute on behalf of the Attorney-General. Mr. Cronin—As:it is the first case of the class that has been tried in this country for many years, if 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 his information read to w in. I was in substance as follows :—On Tuesday, the 3d day o f 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 bo 12 dole. 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. While 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, of Queens 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, ho 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 vessel 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 Dunne's boat, and paid Dunne Is. 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 ship from Cork to Brest, in France, and back. It was a boatman on board the Kearsage named Burnes who or dered us 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 Pyburn 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 to Brest and back. We were then put ashore in Cork harbour; we got an entire kit, the uniform being that of the United States navy, and I was to receive 18 dols. per month for rot pay. Nearly all the men were Irish ; we were but five weeks on board. Daniel O'Connell and John Murphy also served on board the ship Kearsage. The day after leaving Brest, be fore landing in Cork harbour, the captain of the Kearsage mustered us, and told us that all the new men shipped at Queenstown should go on shore at Cork harbour, and that he was very sorry for parting them. After this the first lieutenant said we could keep all our clothes that had been given to us. The witness then identified the prisoners as men whom he had seen take servic e on board the licarsage. Ho was not cross examined, and was re-bound to prosecut e at the assizes. Mr. O'Connell then read for his worship the 4th section of the act under which he prosecuted, which enabled him to forward the case, on informations, for trial in the Court of Queen's Bench in Dublin, the assizes, or quarter sessions for the county in which the offence was committed. Mr. Cronin —Of course, under these circumstances, I will send them to the assizes. usual Th e prisoners were then severally cautioned in th e f or m from the Bench, after which they made the foll owin g statements : John Sullivan gated that he did not PAS the doctor on Naval and Military Intelligence. THE NAVY. Her Majesty's iron steam storeship- Buffalo, 440 tons and 500 horse power, was on Monday undocked at Woolwich, and was hauled into the outer basin, to be fitted for coast service. The Buffalo has been partially coated in the hold with Day's patent marine cement, used successfully in other ships ever the bilge bottom plates and rivet heads. Her bottom has been Acted experigentallyby:spffigia i n4 i from the Board of Admiralty with Leetch's now patent compo s t. tion for preserving the bottoms of iron ships from the accumulation of barnacles and sea weed which clog and 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. His 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 aro covered. The in- vention is spoken of as being likely to be highly successful, as the preservative properties of gotta pereha have been so fully proved, and the smooth and hard surface of glass ren 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 Wellesley, 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. gross 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 ofeabsence at Christmas and Midsummer in each year, without being checked in their pay. The line. of-battle screw steamer Bo mba y , 80, 400-horse power, fitting in No. a 3 dry dock at Chatham, is having her bottom covered with some additional plates of Muntz'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 namara, Sub-Lieutenant of her !Majesty's ship Antelope ; and J. J. Crew, Assistant-Engineer of her Majesty's ship Hardy. The Dromedary left Ascension on Nov 24, arrived 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 wore very severely bruised, He is getting on as favourably as can be expected, and will be removed to Hasher Hospital with the other invalids. The Dromedary passed the English ship Hackers in lat 37 12, long 14 39, on Dec. Dth ; the Jamaica in lat 41 53, long 14 40, on Dec. 23d. The British ship Prince Alfred from 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 Ascensicn 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 noncommissioned officers and men of the Royal Marine Light Infantry, belonging to the Chatham division, who have been selected for service at Port Albany, were inspected at headquarters yesterday, and this morning will leave Chatham for IVoolwich, where they will be joined by the contingent from thac 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 for a num ber of years, during which time they will receive a consi derable addition to their pay. It is intended to send out their wives and families to them shortly after their arrival at Pert Albany, when all the roughest description of labour connected with the expedition has been completed. The following appointments have been made Welles miralty :—Geo. A. Rowe, assist. paymaster, to the Henry ley—Patrick Keelan, assist. surgeon, to the ii.ou rat Edward C. Woods, acting assist. surg., to the RoyalTenders—Wm at the Ad- Taylor, engineer, to the Blenheim, for the _ H. Elliott, engineer, to the Indus, the thraertridge—N a- Cumberland thaniel Farrant, confirmed as en the Orontes—Thos in —F. J. Fairclough, assist. engineer/ .A. M. B Tom „ • rumage, Burnes, assist. engineer, to the T A B a , as supernumerary—aud assist, engineer, to the - j ibe Fisgard. Matthew Wellington, clerk, to giaofeotorr ;he I 10NDON STONE, In reference to a paragraph which we quoted from the Athenzon on Monday 'a correspondent writes My attention has been : yr - - o - n " r otoaltlbede tToiampeasraasgfroalplohwi us yesterday's extrac t e d from the Athena., impression, "rn, headed ' A Relic Endangered,' It is there alleg ed frag ments of the London Stone that some have been knocked o ff an d freshly fractured surfaces exposed. For t he ma ny years that I have been a parishioner I have wa tched the ancient a lthough there are relic with anxious ca re, and, on the surf sever a l abrasions and indenta tionsace, yet, I think , there are none which have arisen from any recent i n j ur y . The stone until 1725 stood out adjoining the public c art way, the street th en b e i ng exc eedingly narrow. It was necessarily exposed to damag e from collisions, and being also considered a great obstruction to the trafr le, it was removed to the foot-pavement, and again, in 1742, it was placed against the church. Ultimately, in 1798, it was built into the church wall. A few years ego it was proposed to enclose the stone within an ornamental ironsrailing, and a design was prepared for the purpose ; but upon con sulting the late Mr. Bunning he was opp ose d to any modern addition such as intended, and advised the church-wardens that it should be left as far as pos sible in its original simplicity, and so it has since remained. The parish officers are quite alive to the importance of preserving this nationally interesting 1 relic, and would willingly ' • • ee in gener Antigua:tal." carry into effect any suggestion that might meet with the approva l of d r r • ~. I i ?~ , ;,- '_i ', V t.