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ing of this pf Europe ras so far vernment, 3es to the al concord al interfe e alike re cite of the i ty o f per" hope that g about t 4 e upon the rselves, we sans. We day, and the, ing ls per ( I.', 1 prices, Be; at about for an . . 33s 3,9 na11.355 , ....36s 410 35s to-day; '?,l ed. Fore' no. sarlel' y little VIA; in the wbe.'', aintained fn =hanged IP' ...36s 3g: ....36s n, ..39s . 3 63 ....Jos „ ....--s ..34s „0 s ..35s 4O B . .—s ....30s 3°' • grain at °lir 's rates. its. Od 6d 3 Od market. a a 0, End. 5 17 0 2u 3 • 17 0 pool.• • 1 3 6 1 9 0 1.....•20 6 .....••i8 6 ; 9 Du • 18 0 0 1 0 16 6 ..18 Pe ** Nov. 1 .2, '• " Nov. ' iS 4 , ~.. Dec. 0, La.. Nov. is , ton. Nov• 1 ., 1 _Nov. ...Nov. 0, ra..Noc• 1 ' ....Nov. 1 , .... NOT. 4 ....Dec. 1 1. ...Nov. 0, ....Noy. 0, • • • • 1 1 ' ~..Nov. • • • • 1 3 ' liet.N o • ' 10. Nov. go , Nov. ;',g, . 3 ul 1 Nov. 1' ed by pot; it 3s. 4d. 1 0 ,, I. Bd.), is v 3nts in ef6f' - - - - - - . - •%- nsion, Dritsll4 lingtoweri set, Itts ll° a-road, °lll° irght. CLlF el° Jetallo* r 42 1 Profusso bo' oe MarYl° ,faTice-A d t ica , the so d , nu e gr Paget. Oxouy job° ' illae , o f 4, A ddle' ry F° ° ' 144 „e, bIYB 2 Fife, 11'131 sta rk, illiam cheltex lllsl* V; 1'" ANDI ace or, ;he o'4 rro PERSONS SEEKING LANDED t ESTATES, AND COUNTRY RESIDENCES, ,''RTEETIOLD AND TOWN LEASEHOLD INVESTMENTS, AND -rP.OPER PIES G ENERALLY— _ To BE HAD GRATIS, at th e p r i nc i pa l R a il way B oo k s t a ll s !throughout the kingdom, or at the Auction and Estate Offices, No. 67, Chancery-lane, London, Messrs. E. and H. Lumley's ~FREE PROPERTY REGISTER," containing avaried selection of landed an d h ouse properties now in the market m from the nobleman's mansion, with its manorial domain, to the cottage with its few acres. ; OWNERS OF PROPERTIES wishing to Sell or Let can em brace the opportunity that the medium of this Reelsier affords, by sending the partictears of their properties to the Estate Offices, 67, Chancery-lane, London, as the Messrs. Lumley can in most cases introduce immediate customers, 'Where the property is of an eligible character, thereby avoid ing the disaavantages of delay and its attenuant incon veniences. THERE IS NO CHARGE incurred, unless a tenant or pur chaser is introduced through Messrs. Lumley's Agency, and then only the usual moderate commission. Auction and Land Offices, 67, Chancery-lane, London. IVERPOOL AND LONDON FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY. At the ANNUAL MEETING of the I'roprietors in this Company, hold on Thursday, 25th of Fetruary, 1863, JAMES ASPINALL TOBIN, Esq.. in the Chair, t he Report of the Directors for the year 1862 was read ; it showed:— That the Fire Premiums of the year were £136,065 0 0 Aga4nst those in 1861, which were 360 131 0 0 riving an increase in 1862 of £75,931 0 0 rnat the new Life business comprised the issue of 785 Policies, insuring On which the annual premiums were That there was added to the life reservs That the balance of undivided profit was in- 467,331 0 0 13,935 7 11 79,277 11 4 creased That the invested funds of the Company amounted to 1,417,808 8 4 In reference to the very large increase of £76,000 in the Fire premiums of the year, it was remarked in the Report, The premiums paid to a company are the measure of that company's business of all kinds ; the Directors, therefore, prefer that test of progress to any the duty collected may afford, as that applies to only a part of a company's business, 'and a large share of that part may be, and often is, re-insured with other offices. In this view the yearly addition to the Fire premiums of fly! Liverpool and London Company must be very gratifying to the proprietors." SWINTON BOULT, Secretary to the Company. JOHN ATKINS, Resident Secretary, London. 2.;,7;5 9 7 T" QUEEN INSURANCE COMPANY. 156, Leadenhall-street, London, E.C. Queen Insurance-buildings, Liverpool. Capital ONE MILLION STERLING. At the Annual Meeting of the Proprietors, held at Liver pool, on, the 21st October, 1863, BERNARD HALL, Esq.. Chairman of the Company, in the Chair, the Directors' Report for the year stated— That the Fire Premiums for the year amounted to £70,300 being an increase over the preceding year of 22,580 That the Life Premium Receipts for the first three years were 15,249 and for the past three years being an increase in the latter triennial period over the former of That the amo un t accumu l ate d s i nce last Meeting, as a Fire Reserve Fund, was. and the amount added to Life Fund was 13,743 That during the past five years the Company had paid for Claims The Actuary reported that the Life Liabilities had been Valued on the soundest principles, viz., Net Premiums at 3 per cent. interest, and that the Bonus to participating Policy holders averaged as much. as 46 per cent. per annum of the Premiums paid, while in, tome instances it was as high as 65, 70, and even 75 per cent, A dividend was declared to proprietors at the rate of 8 per Cent. per annum. J. MONCR:`,TIFF WILSON, Manager and Actuary. JOHN E. LEYLAND, Secretary. NORTH BRITISH AND MERCANTILE INSURANCE COMPANY. Established 1809. Thcorliorated by Royal Charter and Special Acts of Parliament ACC7,IIIULATED AND INVESTED FUNDS, £2,122,828. ANNUAL REVENUE, £422,401. LONDON BOARD. JOHN WHITE CATER, Esq., Chairman. CH ARLES MORRISON, E sq., Deputy Chairman. A. be A rroyave, Esq. John Monett, Esq. Edward Cohen, Esq. Junius S. Morgan, Esq. Junes du Iluisson, Esq. G. Garden Nicol, Esq P. du Pre Greufell, Esq. John H. Wm. Schr o d er , E sq. A. Tilock mania, Esq. George Young, Esq. EX - DIRECTORS. A. H. Campbell, Esq. Robert Smith, Esq. P. C. Cr.van, Esq. Frederic Somes, Esq. P. P. Ralli, Esq. FIRE DEPARTMENP. '►Tanager, G. H. Whyting.—Surveyor, Thos. Piper. The Company pr 'ids Insurances against Fire in the United kingdom, and all foreign countries. Mercantile Risks in the Port of London accepted at re duced rates. • • Losses promptly and liberally settled. Foreign Department —Superintendent, G. H. Burnett. The Director , i, having a practical knowledge of Foreign Countries, and being represented by Agents in all parts of The World, are prepared to issue Policies on the most favour asle terms. In all cases a discount will be allowed to Mer chants and others effecting such Insurances. LIFE DEPARTMENT Actuary--Andrew Baden, Jun. ' Every far.ility offered to Insurers. 90 per Cent. of the Profits divided among the Insurers on the Part i cipating. principle. The following Statement exhibits the improvement in the business during the las ; few years : No. of Policies Tear. Issued. Sums. Premiums. 185 '..- ....... 455 1859 ....... 8 . 615 18 0 741 ....... 4'5,649 - Nr‘i 785 .. . 527,6i 6 186'2 l,( 37 .... 768,334 Thus in five y ears th e number of' Policies issued was 3,623, assuring. the large sum of £2,928,917. The leading; features of the Office are:— 1. EntireSe7urity to Assurers. 2. The large Bonus additions already declared, and the prospect of a further Bonus at the next investiga tion. 3. The advantames afforded by varied Tables of premiums -- unrestricted conditions of Policies—and general liberality in dealing with the A ssured. CHIEF OFFICES : LONDON •.• • ... .......... 58, Threadneedle-street. EntNnurton...... ... . 4 , nee 4, p N ri ewß s it ret Buildings, e Lo hbury. WEST END l lnkrien... ... .64 8, Waterloo-place, Pall-malL For it Br anch . Secretary —A. J. RUSSELL. farther Explanation, Tables of Rates, Szc., see the Company's Prospectus Offices or Agencies throe which may be had at any of the ghout the Kingdom. DAVID SMITH, General Manager. F. W. LANCE, Secretary. ItOYAL A.D. 1720. EXCHANGE ASSURANCE CORPORATION (Established by Charter of his Majesty George the First) FOR SEA, FIRE, LIFE, AND ANNUITIES. Offices, Royal Exchange, London. Branch Office, 29, Pall-mall. OCTAVIUS WIGRAM, Esq., Governor. GEORGE PEARRES BARCLAY, Esq., Sub-Governor. Sir JOIIN HENRY PELLY, Bart., Deputy-Governor. DIRECTORS. Henry Bainbridge, Esq. Wilmot Holland, Esq. Robert B arc l ay, Esq. Earl of Leven and Melville. John Garratt Cattley, Esq. Chas. Jno. Manning, Esq. Mark Currie Close, Esq. Henry Nelson, Esq. William Davidson, Esq. The Hon. Josceline W. Percy. Thomas Dent, Esq. Charles Robinson, Esq. Alexander Bruce, Esq. Samuel Leo Schuster, Esq. Predk. Jos. Edlmann, Esq. Eric Carrineton Smith, Esq. Riversdale W. Greniell, Esq. William Soltau, Esq. ltobt. Amadeus Heath, Esq. Joseph Somes, Esq., M.P. Wm. Tetlow Hibbert, Esq.: William Wallace, Esq. Jas. Stewart Hodgson, Esq. Chas. Baring Young, Esq. Medical Referee, Sanrrm. SOLLY, Esq., F.R.S. FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected with this Corporation on advantageous terms. The Reversionary Bonus on British Life Policies has ave raged nearly 2 per cent. per annum on the sum assured. Equivalent reductions have been made in the Premiums ayable by persons who preferred that form of Bonus. The divisions of Profit take place every Five years. Lfe AoY sum not excee di ng £15,000 may be insured on one This Corporation affords to the Assured— __ Th Liber al participation in Profits — with exemption fr om e liabilities of partnership A rate of Bonusa equal to the average returns of Mutual S°cieties—with the guarant ee o f a l arge i nvested Capital Stock. The advantages of modern ipractice,—with the security , of an Office whose resources have been tested by the ex perience of nearly a CENTURY AND A HALF. ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON. ROBT. P. STEELE, Secretary. ROPTURES.—BY ROYAL LETTERS :PATENT. WHITE'S MOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (PERFECTED AND EXHIBITED IN THE GREAT EXHIBITIONS OF 1851 AND 1862), is allowed by upwards of Two Hundred Medical Gentlemen to be the most effective Invention in the curative treatment of II ERNI A. The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effects, le here avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the , 11 ,ndy, while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the 'um-Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease and closeness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn during sleep. A descriptive circular may he had, and the truss, which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the oir cumference of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manufacturer, Mr. WHITE, 226, Piccadilly. A. Single Truss, 165., 215., 265. 6d., and 31s. 6d. Postage, le. Doublo Truss, 31s. 6d., 425., and 525. 6d. Postage, is Bd. 4-4 Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. Bd. Postage, ls. 10d. °ln P o ce so ffice oadilly. Orders to be made payable to John White, Post- Plo NEW PATENT LAST IC STOCKINGS, i l itt ki , l e l‘TEE-CAPS, .Itc., for Varicose Veins and all cases of lt?ro , 8 , 1 ! and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, &o. They are n "re m lo gEht in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn o n " 411 . PoT t narY stocking. Price 4s. 6d., 7s. 6d., 106., to 168 . do s 6d. " WRITE. Manufacturer. 12.8. Piccadilly. --___ TEA._mate -------- They especiall y „„._ their New Prospectus is now ready. 14thaUtORE BROTHERS respectfully inti ' il Tea uced to 3s. 2d. • 8"-1",,,n‘Mend their improved lam duced to is, 84.°110,12'„ reduced to 38. 6d. ; mixed to 3s. 11d. p er if ). 41 111 the finest Assam, reduced trom is. 4d. MOORE 110 —"3TRERS, 3.5, London-bridge, City, E.C. ROYAL t ,, ---_______________ '' -MEP in the in l --' ROSPITA wa y Terminus, at x i m tliatf. , ...-. L, Gray's-inn-road, -- vicinity of the Great Northern Rail- Treasurer —R President—Th e ng'scros rward Masterman, EN - d uke of BUCCLEUCH, K.G. l'atron s ' L . — The QUEEN. This was the first hos and instant admisslo P t n to Nieto introduce the principle of free malitypf aovernors' letters. des titute i sick, without the f or tution in its most pitiable forin t I .;' entirely devoted to desti panted by sickness and disease, land hat which is accom "th mag-nifude that, Wi adequate s is now of sufficient capable of a dmittin.(x . into its metromapor lame be rendered sick of this great the casual ,-, polvisery rg proportion of funds in order to have 500 beds availab'e It requires but the these the most wretched of our fellow. efor the reception of it gratuitously affords medical advi ce e r and atures Moreover, on the average, than 3,000 out-patients a Nvraeeeid2cine to more, The Weekly Board feel it their imperative du y t n „, , EARNEST APPEAL to the public for contin t- n d - .7,alke an to enable them to admit and relieve the distressin.. e - —l.l3Ort, daily present themselves. b cases that Contributions are received by the Treasurer R d lasterfnan, Esq. Nicholas-lane; also by Messrs. Couttsward Co. ; Drummond ' and Co. I - Terries and Co. ; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co. ; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; G-„,"! and Co. ; Jones Loyd and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; Denial-on and Co. ; W lliams, Deacon, and Co. ; Overend, Gurney, and C,,. ; 'Nisbet and Co. ; Messrs. J. Barned and Co., Liverpool and at the Hospital. STANFORD 5, SUITE{ Secretary No. 22,268. Now ready at all the Libraries, QUEEN MAB. By JULIA KAVANAGH, Author of "Nathalie," &c. 3 vols. THE BROWNS AND THE SMITHS. By the Author of " Anne Dysart," &c. 3 vols. THE WIFE'S EVIDENCE. By W. G. WILLs, 4uthor of "Notic e t o Q u i t, " &c. 3 vols. .[On Friday.] Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Just published, price One Shilling, HAMLET, tragedie de Shakespeare, traduite en vers francais pas le Chevalier de CIIATELAIN, Member of the National Shakespeare Committee. Rolandi : 20, Berners-street, Oxford-street. W. THE ROYAL GREEK MARCH, for Piano, by STE eIIEN GLOVER ; Solo, illustrated with fine Portrait of His Maje s ty G eorge 1., King of the Greeks, 3s. ; Duet, 4s. London: Robert Cocks and Co., New Purlington-street, W., publishers to the Queen, LI.R.H. the Prince of Wales, and the Emperor Napoleon 111. BEAUTIFUL FOR EVER. MADAME RACHEL ON " FEMALE GRACE AND BEAUTY." Just published, A B OOK 6F BEAUTY. By Madame RACHEL. To be had at 47A, New Bond-street. Price 2s. Gd. AT JUL LIEN'S CONCERTS, _l3l • HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE, THIS EVENING, TUESDAY, November 10. Vocalist, Mdlle. VOLPINI. Solo Cornet-a-Pistons, M. LEGENDRE. The New Selection from Gounod's Grand Opera, FAUST, arranged express. y for these Concerts by M. Jullien. THE BRITISH ARMY QUADRILLE, performed by the Grand Orchestra, the Band of the Grenadier Guards, the Band of the Coldstream Guards, and the Band of the Scots Fusilier Guards. Conductor, M. JITLLIEN. Admission—ONE SHILLING Commence at Eight. Places may be secured at the Box office of the Theatre, and of the Principal Libraries and Music Warehouses. T 6 , OXFORD STREET, W. THIS EVENING, will be performed Selections from the following Operas, viz., THE SLAVE, and CLARA, the MAID of MILAN, by Sir Hy. Bishop; also, from ERNANI and LA SONNAMBULA; by the following talented artistes : —Misses Russell, Townley, Fitz Henry, 11 , almsley, and Elli son ; Messrs. Green, finish, Kimberley, Stuart, &c. Also, Solos on the Violin by VIOrTI COLLINS, the celebrated English Violinist. Flute by Drew Dean. Pianoforte, Miss Bryant. And the marvellous instrument, the ORCHESTRAL PIANO, by Herr SCHALKENBACH, the Inventor. Director, Mr. F.•Jonghm ans. Comedy, by lINSWORTH ("or any oiler man "), Eugene, W. Randall, E. Marshall, G. Hutchenson, The HALL has been newly Decorated, and is one of the most Beautiful in the Metropolis. Open at half-past 7 o'clock. Admission, area, 6d. ; stalls andbalcony, is. ; private boxes, 10s. 6d. CANTERBURY HALL " GHOST."—In order to gratify the curiosity of nightly-increasing crowds, Mr. C. MORTON has transferred the representation of Pro fessor Pepper and HenryDircks, Esq.'s, world-famed spectral Illusion, " THE GHOST," to the Concert Hall, where a new and elegant stage is erected, affording a more ample view of the Illusion from Stalls, Balcony, and body of the Hall. He has also arranged for Mr. A. Sib-ester to give (with all that gentleman's latest improvements and effects), REPRESENTATIONS EACH EVENING, at half-past Nine o'clock. 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 the marvellous Arthur and Bertrand. ROYAL ALHAIVIBRA PALACE. - IM MENSE SUCCESS.—ARTHUR and BE RTRAND, the celebrated French Clowns, will appear every evening in an entertainment reserved expressly for their engagement at this establishment -The MARVELS of PERU, the most wonderful Performers in the WorId—LANGLOIS, the great Indian Juggler—The FAIRY FOUNTAIN —Operatic Selec tions —Grand Comic Divertissement, by the Francesco Family and Mons. Ratel, assisted by 12 Young Ladies. Doors open at 7—commence at half-past 7. A RGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street, Piccadilly. During the Concerts given by Mons. JULLIEN, at ITer Majesty's Theatre, the BALL will commence EVERY EVENING at NINE O'CLOCK. Doors open at 8 o'clock. Admission, is. Manager—M. GREN ET. MADAME TUSSAUD'S HISTORICAL GAL LERY—Established 27 years at the Bazaar, Baker street.—AME RICAN WAR. A Model of GENERAL M'CLELLAN, in military uniiorm, late Commander-in- Chief of the Federal Army, is now added.—CONTINUA TION of ANCIENT ENGLISH. KINGS. Henry V., in the costume of the period. Open from 11 till (tusk, and from 7 till 10. Admittance, Is ; extra rooms, Cd. 29, GEORGE-STREET, HANOVER-SQUARE. THE LONDON ANATOMICAL MUSEUM. Open daily from 10 till 10. Lectures at 4 and 7 o'clock. Where may be seen the Astecs ; Bushman and Wife; Julia Pastrana and Infant; Eng and Shang, the Siamese Twins ; and upwards of 3,000 Models, Natural Pre parations, km. Egyptian Mummies, unwrapped, 4,000 years old. Admission, One bhilling , for Gentlemen only),. MR. A. B. HOLLINGSWORTH, COMIC VOCALIST. SUBSCRIPTIONS RECEIVE I) at the OFFICE of THIS PAPER for the above artist, suddenly afflicted with Bi,nd ness, and, in his helplessness, having a wife and child de pendant on him. TO COWKEEPERS.—DnubIe your quantity of Milk and improve its quality by using t wo p en n y packets of THORLEY'S delicious CONDIMENT daily mixed with damped chaff, grains , pulped turnips, or wurt ze l. —ll5, Fleet-street, City; and may be had of all Grocers Druggists, and Corn Chandlers in Town or Country. Read the Discussions on this Condiment before the Members of the Royal Agricultural Society held in Hanover-square Rooms. Sent free on application. BANKRUPTCY AND COMPOSITIONS.-- Mr. WETITERFIELD, Solicitor, 35, Moorgate-street, City, PRACTISEo in COURT, and effects PRIVATE ARRANGEMENTS with creditors, without publicity. Charges, the lowest possible, payable by instalments. Coun try cases economically conducted. N.B.—DEBTS recovered on commission, free of law costs. Divorce and Probate business conducted at moderate ex pense. S HORTHAND.-PITMAN'S PHONOGRA PHIC TEACHER. 6d. ; free by post, 71 SHORTHAND. -PITMAN'S PHONOGRA PHIC MANUAL. Free by post, Is. 6d. H OR THAN D.-"PITMAN'S PHONO GRAPHY forms an exceedingly efficient—probably the MOST efficient—system of Shorthand that exists."—Sir Rowland Hill. London : F. Pitman, 20, Paternoster-row, E.C. SPECTACLES. The Patent Newly-invented Tinted Spectacles are patronised by the majority of the Nobility, including*Viscount Palmerston. They afford extra ordinary relief to weak, dirt), and detective vision.—S. and B SOLOMON S, Opticians, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. CAPTAIN WHITE'S ORIENTAL PICKLE, CURRY or MULLIGATAWNY PASTE, Curry Powder, and Curry Sauce, may be obkained from all Sauce Vendors, and wholesale of CROSSE and BLACKWELL, Purveyors to the Queen, Soho-square, London, BEAUTIFUL WOMEN.—Alabaster Powder, and the Magnetic Rock Dew Alabaster m Sahara. Cir cassian Bloom. Arabian Soaps, and Liquid. These costly and inimit a bl e toilet preparations render the hair. teeth, and complexion beautiful beyond comparison. —Can be had only at Madame RACHEL'S, 47A, New Bond-street, where she can be consulted daily. All c ommunications are strictly confidential. - 1 - AMBERT'S ASTHMATIC BALSA AN i ne a lc s i , nite,l relieving iandg ji ... a EFFECTUAL REMEDY, without confiniing or affecting the head, truly efficacious and BALSAM.—AN mitted to be the best medicine for immediately coughs, colds, confirmed cases of asthma, gumption. It frequently cures persons whom the faculty pronounce incurable, admirably allays the tickling whi c h provokes frequent coughing. In approachin g consumption its effects are truly beneficial. Persons deprived of sleep, or even lying down for fear of suffocation, may depend on relief in a few minutes alter taking it. Preparea only and sold by W. LAMBERT, Chemist. 8, King-William-street, Charing_ cross, London, and by all druggists, in bottles, 13/d., and three quantities in one, 2s. 9d. each. Be particular, and ask for Lambert's Asthmatic Balsam, The name and address is engraved on the stamp. A GREAT DRAWING OF PRIZES WILL TAKE PLACE AT ST. JOSEPH'S RETREAT, HIGHGATE, LONDON, N., On THURSDAY, the 261 h of NOVEMBER, 1863, to aid in liquidating the Debt still remaining on the New Church and Organ ; and to assist in establishing the English Mission of SCNicholas in t'aris, now under the charge of the Passionist Fathers. The prizes of the first catalogue consist principally of objects of art and other precious articles, presented by His Holiness, several Cardinals, Princes, and other persons of distinction in Rome. TICKETS ONE SHILLING EACH. The amount realised will be disposed of as follows :—That arising from the sale of tickets in England will be applied to St. Joseph's, and that from the sale of tickets in France to St. Nicholas', in Paris. THE DRAWING OF PRIZES WILL BE ON THE PRINCIPLi Any one purchasing* or aiding in selling 25 tickets will be entitled to a large Enzraving, either of the Death of St. Joseph, or of Blessed P au l of the Cros., which will be forwarded by post upon receipt of 4 postage stamps. Catalogues as well as tickets may be had on application at St. Joseph's Retreat, Highgate, and at 39, Rue de Berri, Paris. CIELEBRATION of the TERCENTENARY of j the BIRTH of STIA.KSPEARE, at Stratford-upon- Avon. The Tercentenary Committee (of which Sir Robert N. C. Hamilton, Bart., K.C.8., is Chairman) are now receiv ing SUBSCRIPTIONS, and they may also be paid to the account of the Tercentenary Committee, at the Stourbridge and Kidderminster or Warwick and Leamington Banks, Stratford-upon - Avon ; Messrs. Greenway, Smith, and Greenway, Warwick ; or their London agents, Messrs. Smith, Payne. and Co., Messrs Hanburys and Co., or Messrs. Glyn and Co., bankers, London. The Tercentenary Committee, in submitting the subscrip tion list to the nation, most earnestly appeal to the admirers of Shakspeare for their aid and assistance. The Committee rtst their claims upon the ground that Stratford is not only the birthplace of Shakspeare, but the centre of attraction to all admirers of the great Poet's works, and that it was his h ome, the town he loved, and where he lived and died. . - r • •• •, . . 4-1‘• • " • . - • .0. , !1 TA • At 4 a . • •r. • ...„ (ekt • a{.,,..77 . 1) r .. 7 -o"te - • , ;; ; ;,*dir. c. ..,„. , • r • - : 1 . • . • 44- 7 '• 94. "• 6 4/,_, •ft• • nn4. DIE • ' l, OA j :17 moo, :C 1,10 .1 " :1 ;:, ' . THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 10, 1863. p 0 NOW FORGET YOUR APPOINTMENT. —We Sup at EVANS', Covent-garden, aLer Jullien's concert. PARIS. -THE GRAND HOTEL, Boulevard des Capucines, Place de Nouvelle Opera, opposite the Rue de la Pais, and near the Theatres. Has been opened since July, 1862. It contains 700 bed rooms, prices from 4fr. to 251 r.; 70 dra wing-rooms, from Str. to 301 r. ; a magnificent salon, capable of dining more than 300 persons, and where there is a table d'hote at six o'clock. Dinners and breakfasts are served a la carte in the coffee rooms, as well as in the 'apartments. There is a reading room with the best English and foreign papers and publics tions, a music-room, and a drawing-room for the use of tra vellers without any additional charge. There are also batus, billiard-rooms, smoking divans, post-office ; cabs, carriages, and omn buses going to the railway stations. The servants speak all languages. This superb hotel, possessing all that modern luxury and comfort can combine, and situated in the mort fashionable part of Paris, is recommended to the atten tion of travellers. Independently of their Two Hotels, the Compagnit, Immo biliere has established an extensive Private Furnish* d House on the Boulevard des Capucines, opposite the ROTUNDA of the GRAND HOTEL, where Families can reside as in their own private residences, and where they may rely upon find ing the utmost comfort. TEAST INDIA IRRIGATION Rtd 1. CANAL COMPANY.—NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN, that the FIFTH ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of the Shareholders of the East India Irrigation and Canal Com pany will be held at the LONDON TAVER N, Bishopsgate street, in the City of London, on MONDAY, the 60th day of November instant, at One o'clock precisely. The Transfer Books of the Company will be Closed from the 20th to the 30th instant, both days inclusive. By order of the Board of Directors, JOHN WESTWOOD, Secretary. 27, Cannon-street, London, E.C., Nov. 4. Naval and Military Intelligence. most fastidious can desire, especially for the ladies and chil dren. The main deck, on which the troops will be berthed, is of great height from the planking of the deck to the lower part of the upper deck iron beams, and the means of venti lation, in which the roomy hatchways of the ship largely assist, are as perfect as can be wished for on board ship. The arrangements of the messes and the sleeping arrange ments are according to the excellent regulations laid down by the Horse Guards and the Hon. Council for India. The rank and file are messed and sleep forward of the main hatchway ; next aft are the staff, non-commissioned offi cers, &c., and abaft all, and screened in to themselves, are berthed the women and children. The officers and crew of the ship are berthed on the upper deck, the former in the usual house cabins amidships, and the crew under a roomy forecastle forward. The upper deck of the ship is very much arched with sluice waterways below the level of the deck, so that no large quantities of water can ever be washed across it in rough weather at sea. The stock of water car ried in the hold is 244 tons, and the ship also carries a fresh water distilling apparatus in the galley capable of furnishing 60 gallons per day. The fore and mainmasts are of iron, and the mizen is of wood. The rigging and gear aloft are to all appearance of the best quality. The fora and maintopsails are Cunningham's patent. The boats are fitted with Clif ford's patent lowering apparatus, of the efficiency of which at sea the officers on board speak, from their past experience, in enthusiastic terms. The ship's ground tackle consists of a Trotman and common anchor in use, with the usual spare gear, All the cables on board were officially tested before leaving the Victoria Docks. In the gale of Friday the ship was brought to an anchor under Dungeness, the Trotman anchor being let go. This, the ship's officers state, never moved an inch after touching the ground, although it was their belief that the common anchor would not have held the ship in the position she was then in against the gale. Should the weather be favourable, the King Arthur will start on her voyage from Portsmouth this afternoon. The Rajah of Cochin, hired transport, is expected to ar rive at Spithead at an early hour this morning from Liver pool, and will immediately on arrival be towed into Ports mouth harbour and embark the remainder of the 55th Re giment and detachments for Madras. The screw steam transport Sea King, taken up by the War Department for the conveyance of troops and artillery supplies for Auckland, New Zealand, yesterday shipped a large portion of her stores, consisting of ono complete bat tery of 12 pounder Armstrong guns, and one 6 pounder bat tery, for effective service in the bush and over the soft and cultivated part of the country infested by the insurgent tribes, and inaccessible to the ordinary artillery. She like wise shipped 40 sheep, 30 pigs, iOO dozen of poultry, and an abunndant stock of preserved meats and milk, for 151 days' supply, should any unforeseen mishap prolong the'voyage beyond the anticipated term of 60 or 65 days. Lieut.-Col. Williams, under orders to proceed in the Sea King to take up the command of the Royal Artillery in New Zealand, has been provided with commodious accommodation for himself and family, but on account of the indisposition of one of his children his family will follow him on a future opportunity. On account of the forward state of the embarkation the order for their departure on Thursday next was yesterday changed to Wednesday. The battery will consequently go on board this morning, and the ehip will leave the pier on the following morning for Gravesend. The Royal factories at Woolwich have commenced ma nufacturing guns of the new kind ordered by the War De partment. A number of the old hands discharged some time ago, have been re-engaged, and the work is ordered to be carried on night and day to insure despatch. had never seen one of the insects, which were de scribed by the natives as a long-bodied fly, which became very plentiful after the rainy season, and sometimes decimated their flocks of goats. The read ing of the paper was concluded amid loud applause. An interesting conversation took place, in which Mr• M`Queen, Captain Maury, Mr. Crawford, Sir E. Belcher, the Bishop of Natal, and Earl Donough more took part. The Baron von DECKEN, in reply to various questions, said there were no horses nor donkeys in the regions about Kilimanjaro, but there were plenty of cattle and sheep. Corn, potatoes, and bananas grew there, and the sugar cane in the lower parts, but he saw no wild coffee plants. The rainy season lasted for 10 months out of the 12. The CHAIRMAN, on behalf of the meeting, thanked the Baron von Decken for his very interesting paper. Mr. TLINE,'a relative of the Dutch ladies now travelling in Central Africa, stated that he had re ceived letters from them dated the Ist of July, in w hich they announced that the whole party were in excellent health, and intending to proceed to wards a mountain they had heard of called Cazurja, of which there was no geographical knowledge. The country through which they had passed, south-west by west of Khartoum, was very picturesque, and the Nyam Nyam country to which they were bound was said io be very fruitful. The ladies had left their boats on the Nile, and the rainy season lasting until November, they did not expect to return to them before January or February. The latest de spatches from Dr. Baikie to Earl Russell, and a letter from the late Dr. Vogel to his mother, which, altbough dated in 1853, was interesting, as giving an account of the habits of the natives, were also read, after which the meeting adjourned. OPENING OF THE SPANISH CORTES. The following is the speech delivered by the Queen of Spain on opening the Cortes : _ _ Senators and Deputies,—lt is always with great pleasure that I see myself in the midst of the Na tional Representation, an institution accessible to all constitutional opinions who exercise a legitimate and advantageous influence over the Government of the State and a secure guide for the throne, which, with its support, pacifically solves the most arduous problems, and wards off the most formi dable conflicts. Let us, therefore, continue to devote ourselves with solicitude to the improvement of our institutions. ci My Government will take the initiative in pro posing to you reforms recommended by experience, w ith the assurance that my most ardent duty is to be a cquainted with th e s i ncere express i on o f th e national wish, in order that I may successfully fulfil the exalted mission which it has pleased Pro vidence to confide to me. 6 , At the expiration of the legislative mandate of the last Congress, fresh elections took place within the delay fixed by the Constitution. The electors came great numbers t o d epos i t their votes in the urns in without any complications, which I deplore, having disturbed order in the midst of the natural animation of the equal struggle of ideas, which is that which constitutes the real life of free nations. This is a proof of the progress which constitutional education has made among us, and of the inaugura tion of public habits in harmony with the exigencies of the representative regime. To this flattering result, the work of a series of years, all the legiti mate together rendered signal services r o h one a a v n e d to lib erty h ave, b y com bining ttrheiteirse hh e w t fforts, doubtless contributed. All, therefore, merit on my part the same esteem and the same confidence. Our relations with the foreign Powers are pacific and friendly. My aspirations constantly tend of the n a ti ona l h onour , and ttop7oatieuettaiSnptahne ig is d hr n ig it h y t s and interests. Gevernent will Senators political S and admini s t ra ti ve rs and Depu Y m present to to you different bills. Among t h em i s t h at which tends to defini tively fix the constitutional reform voted by the Cortes, and sanctioned by me in 1857, although hitherto suspended in some of its provisions. "The m easure of my Government restores to the co-legislative bodies the prerogative of reforming its regulations, and it maintains the title of heredi tary senator, but without introducing a regime of privilege into our system of successions. There will be also laid before you the bases of the organisation of the tribunals of common law and the reform of the military jurisdiction, without in any way encroaching on the true interests of tha army and navy, which are so worthy of my mater nal solicitude, and of the gratitude of the country. , 6 Thus will be realised a great reform long called for by public opinion, and necessary in order to harmonise the administration of justice with our fundamental institutions, all the jurisdictions re maining within their natural limits, and with the practical application of the principle of judicial immovability the watchword of the constitution of the monarchy. " To those bases will be united those of the criminal jurisdiction, in which, without diminishing the rights of society and of defence, but on the contrary giv ing them more security, the administration of jus tice will be facilitated, and, by the help of appeal for cessation, the observance of the law will be maintained, and its interpretation rendered uniform in all the tribunals. As a complement of those bases, there will be also submitted to you the organisation of the tribunals of commerce, and those bills taken together, when they shall have become laws, will constitute one of the most important and the most devoted of my reign. My Government will also submit to your ex amination the law on municipal authorities and corporations, in which, by following the spirit which presides over that of the organisation of the pro vincee, and by giving more latitude to the action of the municipalities, local and general interests will be reconciled. The march of the administration will be thus rendered less embarrassing, and the work of decentralisation will be completed so far as it shall be compatible with tha moral, political, and permanent interests of the State, and with the duty of the Government to watch over the execu tion of the laws. " I rely on your giving your attention to the bill which will be presented to you by my Govern meat relative to the exercise of the liberty of the press, and to another measure of public order, which, by removing all that is doubtful and arbi trary in the present regime, fixed will subject to 1 1 rules the suspension of constitutional guarantees, and even establish by that exceptional situation enactments to protect individual rights. "Other important projects will be laid before you, and among others that of the electoral law, the codification of the waters, military s ubstitutes, the creation of the rural guard , e x p ropriation for works of public utility, grants for irrigations, abolition of the monopoly of powder, and the re form of the octroi and tax on industry. "In execution of the provisions of constitu tion, there will be submitted to you for examina tion a bill which fixes the s t r ength of the a rmy and navy, and the a mount of the State budget. You will find in it no reductions as compared w i t h preceding budgets; t h e inevitable increase o f th e ordinary wants which actually coincides with the decrease;in the colonial surpluses, causes a deficiency which cannot be filled up except by reforms of suc h taxes as are s usce p tible of being mad e more productive. At periods of encouragement and of progress like ours, in which immense material ameliorations are undertaken and executed, sacrifices which they require must be submitted to, in the confi dence that under th e those shadow of peacb sacri fices will bAargely Compensated for by tiro ulterior development of the public riches. ,4 The respect of my Government for the col:sti tution and for the laws, the prudence and reason 01 the Spanish people, the discipline and fidelity of the army and navy, and the great interests created, happily remove all apprehension of disturbance That desirable tranquillity has not been disturbed except in the island of Santo Domingo, and my Government has sent the necessary reinforcements and funds for that conflict. _ . "The honour of our flag must be preserved in tact, and I em certain of being the faithful inter preter of the national sentiments in sending from this place the testimony of my gratitude, and of my sympathies to the brave soldiers who, trampling under foot a thousand sufferings, maintains in all its eclat the honour of our arms, and shed their gene rous blood to support the name of the Spanish army. " My Government is occupying itself with the improvement of the administration of the colonial provinces, which are the constant object of my soli citude. The special Ministry created for that pur pose will powerfully contribute to the development of their prosperity and of their riches, with the same zeal with which it has endeavoured to repair the disastrous effects of the earthquake at Manilla, which has left on my maternal heart such a pain ful impression. " I hope, gentlemen, senators, and deputies, that God, in his mercy, will favour my projects for the happiness of our dear country. I rely on your co operation, full of confidence in your Spanish loyalty. My gratitude is equally great towards this great nation, as jealous of its i n d epen d ence an d o f i ts glory as it is worthy of being happy and pros perous. " It has surrounded my cradle and defended my right, imposing on myself the sacred duty, which I fulfil with eagerness, of giving to its h a ppi nes prio rity over my own and over that of my children. Lastly, it has invested me with the personification of its new social state, and has identified me with the constitutional institutions of which I shall always be the shield and the support." WHO DISCOVERED PHOTOGRAPHY ? A bewildering revelation has suggested this in quiry to the Saturday Review, and is thus com mented upon by our contemporary It has hitherto been considered a curious coinci dence that the process of taking permanent photo graphic pictures was discovered simultaneously in England and France by Mr. Fox Talbot and M. Daguerre—the former producing his pictures on paper, the latter on silvered metal plates. Their results were made public in 1839, and were respec tively called Talbotypes and Daguerrotypes. Prior to this date, many scientific men had diligently worked at the subject. The camera had been in vented at least 300 years before ; and the influence of light on the salts of silver was certainly known as early as the 16th century. But those investiga tors who recorded the results of their labours only chronicled a succession of failures in their endea vours to render permanent the pictures obtained the latest confession of failure in this essential part of the process being that made by Sir Humphrey Davy in 1802. At the meeting of the London Photographic So ciety, on Tuesday last, a large gathering of photo graphers assembled to ascertain what foundation there might be for rumours which have been for some time afloat concerning the discovery of certain undoubted sun-pictures taken at the close of the last century, and the very existence of which up to the present time would afford sufficient evidence of their durability. The whole history of the curious circumstances connected with the discovery of these pictures was related by Mr. Smith, Curator of the Museum of Patents at South Kensington, to whom belongs the credit of rescuing from impending de struction the numerous specimens exhibited. With most praiseworthy industry he collected every scrap of evidence, direct and corroborative, in order to determine the means by which the exhibited pic tures were produced, the time when, and the person by whom, they were taken. The story of the find ing of them may be briefly told, but nothing has yet been discovered as to how they were done. For purposes connected with his department, Mr. Smith had to visit the old house at Soho, near Bir mingham, where the renowned engineering manu factory of Watt ani Baulton was originally esta blished. The works were about to be removed, and a clearing out of the house was being effected. It may be mentioned, en passant, that it was here the famous body the Lunar Society, which included among its members the chief scientific men of the day, held their meetings on the night of every full moon; and the dismantling of the library disclosed traces which led the initiated to believe that these meetings had something of the nature of Freemason Lodges. It certainly seems reasonable to conjecture that many matters, scientific and otherwise, were dis• cussed at the meetings of such eminent men, other than are set down in the meagre records of the transactions of the Lunar Society. Matthew Boulton resided at Soho until his death in 1809. His library and its contents appear en to have remain undisturbed for half a century, w in the course of clearing out, and whilst removing a vast collection of old documents, there were found a number of crumpled and folded s heets of paper with pictures on them of a most puzzling kind—so en tionSmith, much so as to attract the att he not being either an artist or photographer, and, d at the time with far moreover, being fully oes Sm o othing out these pie different business. On tures,they were found to consist of copies, on large sheets of very coarse foo l s cap paper, of certain well known designs b y Angelina Kanffmann the porous wate rm arked paper being thickly c oated with so me varnish - like substan ce , on the surface o f which the picture had been t h e sheets found in the library, produced. All as well as others subsequently discovered, presented aracters—a glossy surface with minute the same ch varnish like cracks, the drawing of the figures most the lights and shades so fully rendered fin i e laborately to give much the effect of a mezzotint, an d shed, an invariable reversal of the position of the figures so tha t all the Nymphs and Cupids (Kauffmann's , pet subjects) appeared to be left-hand e d. T hese pape r pictures were sent to London, and submit ted to the best authorities on the subjects of drawin g an d painting ; and here the mystery a b ou t t h em began, for they were pronounced to have been pro duced by some process entirely different from any thing previously seen, and certainly b ee n done by hand. This led to not to have immediate search being made for any more of the pictures that might exist, and also to inquiries, among the oldest inhabitants, for any one who had lived at Soho in the time of Boulton, and could supply any in formation about them. In a broker's shop were found several more of the pictures, which had been brought from the house as waste paper. One of these represented a large figure picture by West, and was on two sheets of paper, each about 2ft. by 18in., intricately cut at the joining place so that the line of union might fall at the edge of a shadow, and not be perceived when the two halves were put together to form the complete picture. Further research at Soho also led to the discovery of a couple of silvered-meta l plates, each about the size of a sheet of note-pa Pe r, precisely resembling in appearance those used by Daguerre iu the early days of photogr.apali:e. On each of these plates was a f aint of the house at Soho, so unmistakeably taken from nature, and so evidently produced by at once the aid of light, that all experts of any authority' joi i e tures taken pronounced them to be photograph ed directly by means of a Attached to these plates was a memorandum stating that they wer e sun-pictures representing the house prior to certai n Following out th e i r alterations made in 1791. search as to the mean by which these pictures Were s ator s learnt that th ere h ad th e investigators produced, amera in Boulton's once been found a c library, answering in de scri p tion to. the kind of instrument required for p l a tes of this size. Unfortun a t e l y t hi s been given away, and great va9 the hu n t to THE NAVY. The iron-cased screw steam-frigate Prince Consort, 35, Capt. Vesey, which returned from Dublin to Plymouth on Saturday, is now in Keyham steamyard for the purpose of being thoroughly overhauled and refitted. As the circumstances connected with her voyage to Liverpool to watch the steam rams, and of her failure to reach the Mersey have excited much attention, the following detail s may prove interesting : She left Plymouth Sound on Wednesday, October 28, at 1 p.m. The weather began to be squally on Thursday morning, and at sunset it blew most fearfully from west-north-west. At 7 30 a.m. on Thursday the Smalls lighthouse, some miles west of Milford Haven, was observed on the starboard bow. At 815 the course was altered to north-east. Cardigan lighthouse bore east south-east at 11 40, and Bardsey Island lighthouse, east, seven miles, at 1 45. The frigate then commenced rolling very heavily, large quantities of water were shipped, and the second gig was stove in. At 440 the Southstack light house (Holyhead Island) was observed on the starboard bow, and sail was shortened. At 4 the wind carried away she forestay sail. At 5 p.m. the Southstack lighthouse was 12 miles distant, east-south-east. The gale increased, and a heavy sea was running, the wind being west and west south-west. As the night was approaching, it was not con sidered safe to stand on for the anchorage in Holyhead, and the frigate therefore stood over for Dublin Bay. The water then came on board in such quantities that the steam pumps could not keep it clear, and all hands were therefore sent to the ship's pumps. At 730 she lost sight of the Southstack lighthouse, which then bore east-south-east. At 9 the foretopmast staysail and gaff mainsail were split, and the foretop gallant stay (wire) was carried away. The gaff sails were taken in. The frigate laboured very heavily, shipping green seas over all. At 12 15 on Friday-morning Bailey-head lighthouse (en the north side of Dublin Bay) was observed on the starboard bow, and at 12 30 the Kish Bank light on the port bow. The engines were stopped at 1 o'clock, and the vessel came to off Bailey-head, in 20 fathoms, with the small bower veered out to 80 fathoms. At 8 30 she anchored off Kingstown in 7 fathoms, when the cable parted, and the best bower was dropped and veered out to 75 fathoms. The Prince Consort experienced very heavy weather during the week she lay in Dublin Bay, and, being ordered by the Lords of the Admiralty to return to Plymouth lest on Thursday, Nov. 5, at 1 p.m., and, after an ordinary passage, arrived in the Sound at 6 a.m. on the 7th. But fur the very superior engines of 1,000 horse power with which the Prince Consort is supplied the frigate must have gone ashore on Thursday night, the 29th, when all on board would have probably perished, so severe was the weather. Previous to the storm she went 10i knots an hour without hot bearings, and at its height eight knots, head to wind. Then the after stoke-hole plates were washed up, and the water was so deep that the stokers were obliged to carry the cGal on their shovels from the buskers to the furnaces in order to keep it dry. The fires at this time could not have been kept in more than half an hour longer. As to the apparent. mseaworthiness of the Vrince Consort, it is difficult as yet to arrive at any satisfactory conclusion. From the immense quantities of water which were in the vessel it was supposed that she leaked to excess, but there is no evidence of the fact. When in harbour no extra leakage is observable. It is unknown to those on board how such an accumulation of water took place. It is, however, certain that when head to wind under full steam great seas were shipped, especially after 5 p.m, on the 29th, when her forecastle port, on the port bow, with the waist netting, was broken in. For such seas the Prince Consort has no adequate means of escape. In other ships they pass through the scupper-holes out upon the water; in her the outlet of the scuppers is 6ft. below her load line. Not finding clear ance through them, these seas bore down the ventilators and hatchways, entering the ship in every direction. Her capabilities for retaining leakage, instead of discharging it, and her uneeaworthiness, is however greatly increased by her fearful propensity to roll. It was this quality especially which disabled and disheartened so many of her crew. Her engines, boilers, screw shaft, and propeller, 750 tons, are of necessity placed (with the fuel) nearly in the bottom of the ship. On each side, chiefly above the load line, she has 550 tons of iron armour plates. The disadvantage of this application of weights for stowage purposes is unfortu nately increased by her ponderous armament, which con sists of 11 Armstrongs, 110-pounders, and 20 solid 63- pounders, weighing 120 tons in all, chiefly near her sides. A. ship thus weighted must roll, unless means are adopted for distributing the weights or for counterbalancing them. The Prince Consort has a burden of 4,045 tons, is 277 ft. long, 581 t. broad, and has a depth of hold of 19ft. 10in. She draws about 23ft. Bin. forward and 23ft. 8A in. aft. When before the wind she goes very steadily, and, unlike ships built of wood only, does not roll. Her system of ventilation, as such, answers extremely well. It was stated that when in Dublin Bay the crew of the Ajax assisted at the pumps in relieving the frigate from her leakage. This is incorrect, as the Prince Consort's crew only worked her pumps. Boats from the Ajax made several ineffectual efforts to recover the missing anchor. When the ship rolled so heavily several accidents occurred. The only person severely injured, however, was John Trenchant, A. 8., whose leg received a compound fracture. The Robert Keedy, laden with heavy ordnance from the contractors at Lowmoor, yesterday hauled off the landing wharf at Woolwich arsenal, awaiting the floe, to discharge her cargo under the sheers, used only for guns of extraordi nary dimensions, The Robert Keedy arrived at Woolwich on Saturday, and commenced discharging by means of the ordinary crane, stipulated to lift 10 tons only. One of the guns weighing 20 tons was already lifted about half way out of the hold, when the chain, which it appears was covered with rust, having been eight years in use, suddenly gave way, and the huge gun fell back into the hold, smashing the hatchway and main beam and severely damaging the ship, but without any fatal consequences. A number of rolled armour plates of a now description have been received at Chatham dockyard, supplied by Alessrs. Chapman and Co. The new plates, specimens of which have been tested in the usual manner to ascertain their condition, are intended for the stern portion of the Achilles. Already there are four kinds of plates on the ex terior of the Achilles, supplied by as many different firms. The broadside plates were manufactured at the Parkgate Iron Works, by Messrs. Beale and Co. ; those on the port and starboard bows, where they are required to be tapered to suit the form of the vessel, by Messrs. Brown and Co., of Sheffield ; and a few of the plates manufactured for the Government by the Thames Ironworks Company have like wise been used as required. The only part of the Achilles which is not yet encased in armour is the stern, on which about 20 more plates are required to be fixed to complete the work. Owing, however, to the difficulty attending this operation, from the peculiar rounded shape of the stern, the work of plating this portion of the vessel will occupy a much greater time. :The date fixed for launching, or rather undocking, the Achilles is the 26th of December. The Falcon, 17, screw, Commander Parker, got under way yesterday from Spithead to try her machinery, but in consequence of the strength of the wind did not run over the measured mile. The trial will be completed to-day if possible, and the ship is expected to sail as soon as it is con cluded, probably calling in at Plymouth Sound. THE ARMY. n e s m p b or a t rk li t i h n i g s morning T h eh eaa at q a u . m a r . t e o r n s b o e f a t r h d e t s h s o t!r h i R r eedgi sailingm e n t i r l a l Arthur, Captain Marshall, for conveyance to Madras, in the following strength Robert Hume, Capts. J. R. Hume, E. F. Twysden, W. 11. Rowland, and R. F. Dalton; Licuts. A. 11. Kay, W. M. Frobisher, and NV. King ; E n _ signs C. B. Betham and Braddon; Adjutant O. s. D . Osborne; Surg. T. Parr; Inspector of Musketry, Lieut. T. Dunn; 3 officers' wives and 4 c hi ldren; 23 sergeant s , 8 drummers, 343 rank and file, 43 soldiers' wives and 66 children. The King Arthur is an iron-built ship of 1,221 tons register and 233 ft. in length over all. She was con structed in 1861 by Messrs. Pile, Spence, and Co., of Sun derland, for the East India trade, and is owned by Messrs. Higgins and Co., of Leadenhall-street. She is an unusually fine, well ventilated, and well-arranged ship fur the convey.. ance of troops. nor cabin accommodation for officers and their families in the poop cabins is apparently all that the ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY. The 33d session of this learned society com menced last evening at Burlington-house. Sir It. MURCHISON, the president, having con gratulated the society upon the fact that a larger number of candidates for fellowship had presented themselves that evening than had ever before been known, then proceeded to notice the special business before the meeting. While, said Sir Roderick, they were all waiting with impatience for the issue of that work which would bring out the interesting details of the great and successful adventures by which our countrymen, Speko and Grant had de termined the scurces of the Nile, they were called on to do honour to the Hanoverian nobleman, then present—Baron von Decken—who, fitting out a scientific expedition at his own cost, had explored the loftiest mountain known to us in Eastern Africa. The German missionary Kebrnann had declared that that mountain was capped with snow, but his statement was received with scepticism by many persons, including himself (Sir R.Murchison). Baron von Decker, however, after two ascents, had by his perseverance and energy swept away those doubts, as, after examining the flanks of the moun tain and laying down its geographical features, he had ascended it very nearly 14,000 feet above the sea, and having determined by trignometrical measure ment that the summit exceeded 20,0001 t. in height, that the snow line descended to below 16,000 feet, he had satisfactorily established a grand and new phenomenon in the physical geography of Africa. Before beginning his journeys to K.ilimanjora Baron von Decken endeavoured to proceed from Kiloa and to reach the spot in the interior where Roscher was murdered, with the hope of obtaining the papers of that intrepid traveller, but was compelled to relinquish his object, owing to the deser tion of his porters and the hostility of the Arab traders. In his:chief expedition Baron von Decken, meeting at Zanzibar with the late Mr. Richard Thornton, engaged that able and zealous young geologist to accompany him, and who rendered great services before he lost his life on the Zam besi. From some specimens of rock which Baron von Decken had brought to Europe it was clear that the lofty summit had been raised by volcanic action, although there are no proofs of eruption in the modern period. The Baron von Decken, how ever, was not content with having mastered Kili manjaro, but had determined to grapple with its rival peak called Kenia, which, although not yet reached by any geographer, had been placed upon the map upon the equator, 200 miles to the north of Kilimanjaro. The Barna had come to England to equip himself at considerable cost with a long river steamer, in which he proposed to ascend one of the rivers near to Formosa Bay, and thus to pene trate rapidly into the interior, either towards Mount Kenia, or, if foiled in that object, to Gondokoro, via Kaffa. It was gratifyi ng to announce that the Baron having expressed a hope that in passing the bar of the river which he might desire to ascend he might be assisted by one of the cruisers in those seas, he (Sir R. Murchison) represented that wish to the Duke of Somerset, who at once acceded, and sent orders to the Admiral at the Cape to lend all necessary assistance to so meritorious a traveller. Such devotion as the Baron von Decken had shown, and was showing, in the cause of African discovery called for the warmest commendation—(hear, hear) —and the Council had that day elected Baron C. von Decken a forei g n hon orary member of the Royal Geographical Society. (Hear, hear.) A short but interesting letter fr om D r. Baikie had been received, which could not fail to excite an earnest desire to hear more of his last enterprise, and to learn that the accredited envoy of the Bri tish Government , w ho had don e good service in in honest trad e among the native t ro d uc ing habits of chiefs high up the Niger, had, in penetrating far into the interior, obtained important fresh know ledge, and had, at the same time, extended our good name among the natives of Africa. He (the president) had also received a letter from Mrs. Potherick, dated Khartoum, July 26, giving a touching narrative of the dangers and difficulties which had beset her husband, who, too unwell to write himself, had made himself unpopular in that region by his efforts to check the trade in slaves. The paper of Baron von Decken, describing his account of Kilimanjaro was then read. It gave a brief account of the various tribes through which he passed on his way from the coast to Kiliman jaro, one tribe being sufficiently ingenious to smelt iron and rudely convert it into weapons. He expe rienced great opposition from the natives, who de clared that the presence of Europeans would be fatal to their cattle, an d only succeeded in di vert i ng t h e enmity of ono chief by drinking blood with him. h e ight different na ti ons, a ll diff er- He passed throug ing in speech and feature, After a brief account of the ascent o f Kilimanjaro, the mo s t no ti cea bl e f ae t mentioned by the Baron was the existence in those regions of an insect called the dondorovo, which at tacked and killed all his asses in two days. Upon a ea t em i, a tis a o f t he animals killed it was found that their lungs were covered with tubercles. He ..4d. STAMPED ....sd. ~~ • .E\ WSPAPER' • " oder_ 49 vc * :4\3 , V fi n d some t races of its Bu'4Equent came of the trea etitit4ke..s ,114 discovery of the recipient subsequet 30et 4s;r much holy matters, as he h:LL "see se , - ons that it Laity yet!'" during a removal. So the sem ch is stiltitring , olaiFeeas4:7'4. and there are sanguine expectats be found—possibly converted hest° a salt-box by some thrifty housewife. Not very long ago there was living an old man who had b. e. many years been employed at Soho, and who rel.'s, ted how the wise men used to come there at each full: moon, and used to sit very late at night, and that he' remem bered Mr. Boulton and some of them once took a picture of the house, and had to go into a dark ,Place during the process. So far the evidence as to the metal plates, whie: l 9 if substarstiated, will go far to prove that the dise coveries of Niopee and Daguerre were anticipated. by Boulton, it may possibly prove more; for the re semblance b e t ween t h ese p l a t e s and the e ar ly pro . duction s o f Dague rre s ,is really marvellous if only accidental, an d it' no tie se :s be found to connect the two processes. But the eUrther evidence already obtained as to the pictures al paper discovered at Soho presents quite a tangle of curious circum stances. From invoices and O S - her office papers, alt bearing date about the end of see last century, it is evident that these pictures, however ieroduced, were ac t u ally sold at Soho in large quantiL'ics, and at low e' prices. The demand for them was greet pains appear to have b een taknt. and con siderable to pre vent the method of their productio n b eee lming generally known. So there must exist a scrge number of them at the present time, scatter,sd through various collections and portfolios. Te e s glazy surface, the porous, rough, water-marked, foolscap paper, bearing Whatman's impress an d the reversed figures, will distinguish them; for their appearance on cursory examination very much resembles that of the common coloured mezzotints which our grandsires so much affected. It appears that Sir William Beatty painted. Boulton's portrait about 1794, the picture being subsequently exhibited at the Royal Academy. Ho was horrified on being shown a number of paper pictures similar to those recently discovered; and. he got up a petition, signed by a number of artists, entreating that the manufacture of these pictures might be stayed, as it would inevitably ruin the picture trade. A sort of foreman of Boulton's, named Edginton, appears to have superintended the produc tion of these pictures, if he did not actually discover the process by which the transfer to paper was done. Several of his letters are extant:referring to the subse quent colouring Which some of the pictures under went ;:none of them, however, afford any clue as to the original method of their production. But a little later, and after the alarm was taken by they artists, we find a talk of granting Edgington a Government pension. This fell through because of a curious autograph letter of Matthew Bouiton's which has been fortunately found. In this letter, officially addressed to the Minister, he claims for himself the discovery of the process on account of which Edgington's annuity had been contemplated he intimates his knowledge that the grant was only intended to ensure the discontinuance of the pro ass, suggests that he could arrange this in a much more certain way, and concludes his letter with a strong hint that he is open to be dealt with. Whatever ensued as the result of this letter, it seems very clear that the production of the pictures was thenceforward discontinued. Here the evidence comes to an end so far as re gards these curious paper pictures, and the silvered plates which the highest authorities refer to about the year 1791. In this same year, Thomas Wedge wood, son of the famous potter, was certainly at work on photography, as is shown by his bills and orders for apparatus and chemicals. At the meet ing of the Photographic Society there was exhibited, side by side with the above-mentioned metal plates, a photograph of a neatly laid breakfast table, taken upon paper by Wedgwood, and the information about it tended to the conclusion that it also was done in the year 1791. Thus far we have written the history of this curious discovery in accordance with. the evidence laid before the Photographic Society; but still there are many links wanting before it can. be taken as proved that the pictures found at Soho were produced by photography. If it shall be shown that they were so produced, then it will also be eetablished that at that time photographic feats were done which we cannot now-a-days accom plish. For it has been proved by chemical analysis that these pictures do not contain a trace of silver, and must, therefore, if of photographic origin, have been lost to us. That au art promising such great results should have been suffered to die out, is in itself curious in these days of diffusion of know ledge; but st:11 more remarkable is the double co incidence existing between the independently pro duced metal and paper photographs of Buulton and Wedgwood, of 1791, and of Daguerre and Fox Talbot in 1839. The Addresses of Loyalty from Lithuania. The C:as publishes addresses to the National Government, signed by 249,646 inhabitants of Lithuania, protesting against the measures adopted by Mouravieff in extorting from the nobility ad dresses of loyalty to the Czar. The following is a translation of the address from the palatinate of Wilna The Inhabitants of the Palatinate of Wilna to the National Government. In the midst of the bloody war of independence against Russia, in which all classes of society in Lithuania take an heroic part, the late marshal of the Wilna palatinate drew up an address to the Czar of Muscovy, expressing senti ments of loyalty on behalf of the nobility, after which the Muscovite authorities called upon the nobles to confirm this base document by their signatures. The noble-hearted men who by refusing to sign suffered the loss of their property, exile to Siberia, or a martyr's death, have already given to the world a glorious testimony of the means used by Muscovy in obtaining signatures. Their blood innocently shed, their boundless sacrifices, proved on the ono hand how Muscovy feels herself deprived of every lawful footing in Lithuania; how, having no real rights, she strives to invent imaginary ones ; and how she can only obtain these by the use of the most savage com pulsion—and on the other hand, that addresses and signa tures which arc obtained by armed force, by threats of Siberia or the gallows, by murder, destruction, and imprisonment lose all the significance they might otherwise have had. But even an apparent abandonment of the country's cause is painful to the hearts of Poles, in whom the love of their country has become almost a religion. We, there fore,t the undersigned inhabitants of the Wilna palatt ni c M uscov y to both those who have been forced by this false document and those who have not yet been iv , exposed to that dreadful trial, hereby protest °ll ' e n't. against both the spirit and the letter of the addres! which has been forwarded to the Czar, and withdraw and my. pro claim to be null the signatures which have biteile from us by force. We reject all connection with d e velopment e xtorted which is opposed to our national spirit and We re otoo try. of our civilization and the wants of the c in we are united new our oath of fidelity to Poland, to who our ancestors at bl e mutual glory and by an indissoluble bond, Horadlo and Lublin, and confirmed by subsequent mutual sworn to happiness of five centuries, of her independence an h d i e ° our dear country until sufferings. We wish to serve ce : t o v ro Y ur blood at the die lo, u l r V e e o u confirm ut ry an t d h o i a t e nt, which is the only autho. d ou ea r th p , er a s n o d ns w , eouprlacpeosfsoesr possessions, which rity we recognise in our. posal of the National Govern "uutr it Y l the presence of God, O ne in doclaratien by our signaturesthe presence of signatures, the authenticity the Holy Trinity, an d in Europe. ( 2 5th) September, 1863. Here fellow .'-' i s certified by the • • civil government of the of which of Wilna. 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