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N°. 22,301, 110 NO FORGET YOUR APPOINTMENT. —We Sup at EVANS', Covent-garden, alter Jullien's Concert. :e -;es tv '64 re' lb roll or' tve tke led knd 1 PERSONS SEEKING LANDED ESTATES TOWN AND COUNTRY RESIDENCES, ,-,-, 44)1 .D AND ~ EASETIOLD INVESTMENTS , AND ' - ' , Elt, r f ES G KNERALLY— D ,' 0 „.11}-: It kn G RATIS, a t the princinal Railway Bookstall§, ..)410,11,,,h.eut the kin g d om , or a t the Auction and Estate OflieW. 1-,rl''' !", :lbancerv-lane, London, Messrs. E. and 11. Lumley's Of 1 ''' PROPERTY lIEGISTER," containing avaried selectiqui the yaTided and house properties now in the market, from ._‘.., mblernan's mansion, with its manorial domain, to the • - " , .acre 1,,T,-, with its few acres. , ...4 , „ -,4 -NEItS OF PROPERTIES wisnin o ta ._ en or Let can ,/au r ''Ford ugtoitunity that tlie rffectim of this Regime p rd s , aby,sln di n z the particulars oft eir properties to Alp e . ( gtFs, 67 ChancPry-lane, London, as the Me'ssrb. /Ay. 11 ' in Most cases introd , immediate custopite . rs, , Leretth e psi perty is of •in eliObt ara ter, thereby, avoid st+n- .14 di vantages of delty d its at incon liences, i eh a rt yfitst NO 'ciIARGE incurred, unless a tenant or pur ., ,•84icts,_.,_P intaoduced through nrssrs. Lumley's Agency, "An only the usuallmoderate commission. "An ction and LancKillices, 67, Chancery-lane, London. .......__ • IVRTH BRITISH AND AIERVANTILE INSURANCE COMPANY. ; Sethkil-E4iDEPARIIMENT.—SPECIAL NOTICE. e1, (1 , 63 .20,any is now prepared to ISSUE POLICIES for Ber ?Mile insurances in the Port of London at tile reduced st . ,4aertticiars may be had at the Offices, 28, Threadneedle- r - IMPtRIAL LIFE INSURINCF. COMPANY O. 1, Old Broad-strect, Lundell, E.C. Instituted 1820. Etr HENRY DAVIDSON, Esq., Chairman. vr - HENRY CHAPMAN, Deputy-Chairman. tied effected befre the 31t January, 1864, will be *Mated to Three Years' o Additions s in the Profits to be de clared in 1866. SAMUEL INGALL, Actuary. NORWICH UNION FIRE INSURANCE SOCIETY. NOTICE.—CHRISTMA.S RENEWALS. ?siercantile and Dock Insurances at the reduced rates. The business of fie Company exceeds £70,000,000. Th e duty paid to Government for the year 1862 was 4 10 ,2 , and the amount insured on farming stock, ~ °36, 332. riin, bonus of three-fifths of the profits 'periodically made to %, I ,::_ t lea insuring, who have thus, from time to time, received amount ing in the aggregate to £44o,ooothe Society ov holds a large Reserve applicable to a future Bonus. thnle nse rates of pr em i um are i n no case hi g h er th an th ose th'igd by the other principal offices making no returns to elr iurers. pTozpectuses a pply a t th e Society's Offices, Surrey igarseet, orwicb. • 9 and 6, Crescent, New Bridge-street, Black- A.D. 1720. ItOYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE A (E CORPORATION by Charter of his Majesty George the N'lrst) FOR SEA, FIRE, LIFE, AND ANNUITik.... Offices, Royal Exchange, London. Branch Office, 29, Pail-mall. OCTAVIUS WIGRAM, Esq., Governor. GEORGE PEARKES BARCLAY, Esq., Sub-Governor. Sir JORN HENRY PELLY, Bart., Deputy-Governor. DIRECTORS. ne n p 1 7 Bainbridge, Esq. Wilmot Holland, Esq. I,ohert Barclay, Esq. Earl of Leven and Melville. 1 1 9 1, n Garratt Cattlev, Esq. Chas. Jno. Manning, Esq. _ Currie Close, Esq. Henry Nelson, Percy. 9 Davidson, Esq. Hon. josceline W. Percy. Ion:, as Dent, Esq. Ch a rl es R o bin son , Esq. Fr ex ander Druce, Esq. Samuel Leo Schuster, Esq. 81'dk. Jos. Edlmann, Esq. Eric Carrinaton Smith, Esq. lfersdale W. Grenfell, Esq. William Soltau, Esq. obe. Am a d eus H eath, Esq. Joseph Somes, Esq., M.P. ,tn. Tetlow Hibb er t, Esq.: William Wallace, Esq. ' J as. Stewart Hodgson, Esq. Chas. Baring Young, Esq. Medical Referee, SAMUEL SOLLY, Esq., F.R.S. NOTICE'. The usual fifteen days allowed for payment of FIRE PREMIUMS falling due at Christmas will expire on 9th Jany. ary. C FP.tF; and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected with this omo, ation on advantageous terms. Ins urances against Fire on Merchandize in the docks and 'Ware •houses in the Port of London are accepted at the late l 'ecl'aced rites of Premium. ,i O AR ING-STOCK.—No e tra charge is made for the use Of a Steam Thrashing Machine. The Reversionary Bonus on British Life Policies has aye 'raged early 2 per cent. per annum on the sum assured. Equivalent reductions have been made in the Premiums payable by persons who preferred that form of Bonus. The divisions of Profit take place, every Five years._ Li of A- 11 e Y sum not exceeding £15,000 may b e i nsure d on one this Corporation affords to the Assured— Liberal participation in Profits—with exemption from the liabilities of partnership. A rate of Bonus equal to the average returns of Mutual Societies—with the guarantee of a large invested Capital Stock. The advantages of modern practice,—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. MIULLIEN'S CONCERTS. • HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Positively the Last Night but Two of the Season. Vocalist,'Mlle. VoLrna. Jullien's new GRAND QUADRILLE, THE GREAT CONGRESS. Grand Orchestra—Three Military Bands, and full Chorus. Conductor—M. JULLIEN. Commence at S.—Admission, One Shilling. OVAL AGRICULTURAL HALL, ISLIgGTON —GRAND TOU EWA INIENT, II IP )DROME and CIRQUE, on a scale of magnificence hi therto una ' ttempted in this country, will open on BOXING DAY. - 1 - 4 Olt AL A GRICULTURAL HALL. itgu IRLINGTO N ,— CROCKETT, the renowned LION KING, will mike his First ApnearFinee in Loudon with his wonderful troup of Lions on BOXING DAY. Lessees--.l.llessrs. STRANGE and JULLEYN. T " 0 X F ORD , A, OXFORD STREET, W. THIS EVENING, NVI a be performed Selections from the 'following. Operas, viz., THE SLAVE, and CLARA, the - MAID of MILAN, by Sir E. Fishop ; also, from LA. FORZA 1) E IL , DES I INO— Verdi ; by the followilw talented artistes ----Misses Russell, Townley, Fitz Henry, IN ,lmeley, Tyrrell and ; Messrs. Green, Ruish, Kimberley, Stuart, &c. Also, Solos on the Violin by VIOr 11 COLLINS, the eel ebrated Engli sh Violinist. Flute by Drew Dean. Pianoforte, Miss Bryant And the marvellous instrument, the ORCHESTRAL MA NY, by Herr SCHALKENBACH, the Inventor. Director, Mr. F. Jonghmans. vir e4 2 lr A ,b y UNSWORT ("or any othe man "), Eugene i n 'IA) d y al], W. T. Critchfle H ld, T. Maclagan r , and the marvel . ' 4B ( sir ymn as t, J. Henderson. —.o at Bea HALL has been newly Decorated, and is one of the Beautiful in the Metropolis. lt ,,°_,'Pen at half-past 7 o'clock. Admission, area, ed. ; stalls balcony, ls. ; private boxes, 10s. 6d. 'TH E GHOST CLUB"at the CANTERBURY HALL.—New and Interesting Spectral Tableaux.—Mr. C. MORTON is enabled to announce Plat, throu_l theme of rofessor Peper's o iliac:laws, a tt h GHOSTdium CLUB" i P s nightly held at the World CAN f it BURY HALL. The object of the Club is not the re 10Pittig' agency of Phantoms, to pr se present vivid (if transien) Aic ' i i"es of the drama of real life, both in its serious 13?.cl mirthful aspects ; and, by means of spectral tabl eaux. o 'Lrecall, and still further impress on the mind, some ' teachinzs or ple<.santries of the best wr ters. At pre pent, the two orders of Slavery—the Slavery of tilt -, South, laen ee ci the White" Slavery of a more boastful civilisation, lve emphatic illustration ; and these life pictures will be replace Iby othors. The pages of Shakspere and the •er Dramatists, of Scott, Hood, huzoldsby, Dickens, Sze., &c., -I ' l, in turns, furnish subjects for illustration. 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Now ready at all the Libraries, crown Bvo., price 65., BEAUTIES OF TROPICAL SCENERY, and Oti - ,er TROPICAL POEMS. With Notes. By the Author of " The Nuptials of Barcelona." " This work contains many beauties."—Morning Post. "The amatory passages • are worthy of Thomas Moore."— Critic. "Eminently successful has the writer been."—Sporting Review. London: Robert Hardwicke, 192, Piceadny. TEMPLE BAR MAGAZINE. In the January Number (ready Dec. 21) will commence a New Novel, to be continued Monthly, entitled— THE DOCTOR'S WIFE. By Author of John Marchmont:s Le;acy," "Lady Audley's Secret," &c., ctc. Office of Temple Bar, 122, Fleet-street, London. NEW NOVEL BY AUTHOR OF `' SACKVILLE In the January Number (ready Dec. 21) of the ST. JAMES'S MAGAZINE will commence T HE MAN IN CHAINS, By C. J. COLLINS. London : Kent and Co., Paternoster-row. THE TEETH, as Supplied by NATURE and Preserved by ART. By M. C. ROGERS, M.R.C.S., Surgeon-Dentist. London: 18, New Burlington-street, W. 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FRANCIS TUCKER dr CO., Wax Chandlers, &c., To the Queen and the Pi ince of Wales. (Established 17?0.) The Jurors' Report on Wax and Church Candles, in 1862. testifies to he excellence of the quality of Messrs. Tuckers' manufacture. A distinguished Dignitary, in a letter addressed to Francis Tucker and Co., on the subject of WAX CANDLES with PLATTED WICKS, says : " I have found them fully equal to the recommendation which you gave them, and can sincerely, in my turn, recom mend them to the clergy for the use of the altar." Finest quality, with Platted Wicks, patented.. 2s. 2d. per lb Ordinary quality .. .. 26. Od. per lb. VEGETABLE CANDLES, with a Mixture of Wax. Best quality .............Is. sd. per lb. Second quality . is. 3d. per lb. Third quality ls. id. per lb. Car riage paid in L on d on on O r d ers o f Fi ve Pounds in value. 8, South t FRANCIS TUCKER AND CO., Niolton Wa a x Candles Kensington b (Established 1730). i s - street, Grosvenor-square. Manufactory— The largest E tfoirnthEenugsle o England itohretAbelt3aTr.anufacture T AMBERT'S ASTHMATIC BALSAM.—AN .. 1 . 1 EFFECTUAL REMEDY, or affecting the he a d , trulyDY, with ou t conf i ning the bowels e fficacious and pleasant, is ad milted to be the best medicine for immediately relieving coughs, colds, confirmed caesuesreef asthm a , and incipieat con persons whom the faculty sumption. It frequentll eficial. Persona pronounce incurable, a mirabl' allays the tickling which provokes frequent coughing. II; uion deprivedm of sleep, or even lying down for fear of suffocation street, on relief its effects are truly ben in a few minutes after takingjt. PrePaready IV, LA tVIBERT, Chemist. 8, King-W. lliam-a.nd4ola by Charing cross, London, and by all druggists, in bottles, 1 ., dariang three quantities in one, 2s. 9cl each. Re particular, 'and a n sg s Asthmatic Balsam. The name and address are for Lambert' engraved on the stump. 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THE best TROUSERS for vntlerien to wear are those mad by ELSTOB, of (10, New Bond-street They are neither so low in price as to necessitate their being carelessly put together, nor so dear as to gain only the wealthy purchasers. "In medio tutisimus ibis." ELSTOB'S TROUSERS, TWENTY-ONE SHILLINGS PkR PAIR. THE TEA ESTABLISHMENT, 4 and 5. King William-street, City, will be CLOSED on SATURDAY, the 26th instant. RIDGWAY & CO. BANKRUPTCY AND COMPOSITIONS.- Mr. WETHERFIELD. Solicitor, 35, Moorgate-street, City, PRACTISES 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. 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LIFEBOAT SERVICES.—During the recent heavy gales some of the boats of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution have been instrumental in rescuing the crews of the following wrecked vessels :—Schooner Theophi lus, of Aberdeen, 5 men ; barque Tamworth, of Norway, 17; schooner Northern Lights, of Preston, 4 ; pilot boat, of St. Ives, 7 ; schooner Arlon, of Workington, 4 ; schooner Gipsy, of Drogheda, 4 ; smack Saucy Jack, of Inverness, 1 ; barque Marietta, of Lisbon, 1 ; fishing boat, of Filey, 2 ; Tenby fishing boat, 3 ; and barque Providence, of Dantzic, 7. Total lives saved, 55. The lifeboats also assisted in bringing safely into port, with their crews, consisting of 29 men, the Italian brig Camoglino, the schooner Sir Colin Campbell, of Whitby, the schooner Guilia, of Palermo, and the ketch Snip, of Am sterdam. The lifeboats also went off in reply to signals of distress on fourteen oceasions, but their services were not ultimately required. The amount of reward p ,id for all these services was £216. The Committee of the Institution earnestly AP PEAL to the public for ASSIsTANuE to enable them to meet the con tinued heavy demands on the Society's 125 lileb iat estab lishments. Contributions are received by all the Lon,ion and country bankers ; and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis, Req., at the Institution, 14, Jt.hn-street, Adelphi, London. AMERICAN ARTILLERY. (From the Special Correspondent of the Times.) RICHMOND, Nov. 14. It is far from flattering to the national vanity of an Eng lishman to be told that the artillery of his country is behind the requirements of the present age, and that in two and a half years of exasperated warfare America has outstripped Europe as regards the size, power, and efficiency of her cannon. It has been my fortune, however, to hear this language employed and these opinions expressed on many occasions during the last two years, both in the Northern and Southern States; and it must be avowed that in some instances the spokesmen have been the very highest autho rities upon the subject. of artillery that this continent can boast. When there is such a coincidence of opinion among men who are certainly not yet surpassed in knowledge of their subjects by any of their rivals, it would seem high time that England should satisfy herself as to the faith that is in her, and should fearlessly ascertain the truth, at what ever cost or risk. It is very possible that the actual re sults of the experiments at Shoeburyness and elsewhere in England are unknown in this country; but I will repeat what seem to be the radical objections entertained on this side of the Atlantic to the Armstrong and Whitworth guns. In the first place, there is universal disbelief in the strength of breech-loadi❑g cannun. Secondly, there is a gene• ral ajection to the rapid twist of the rifling in the rifled ordnance of England. I have mentioned in a previous letter that the rifling of the Brooke gun is very gradual, consist ing of one complete turn in 401 t,, or one-fourth of a turn in each gun of loft. When the Armstrong gun was first intro duced it was publicly stated in evidence in England that the resistance to the egress of the shot offered by the circuitous twist is equal to a weight of one ton and a half, and that,con ' sequontly, when the shot leaves the gun its initial velocity is, as is well known, very low. If, in order to increase this velo . - city, the charge of powder be augmented, the grooves wear very rapidly, and the gun becomes useless. It seems to be believed by Commander Brooke and Admiral Dahlgren that all the advantages of rifling can be gained by a more gradual twist, and a greater length of service elicited from the gun, Be this as it may, there can be no question that, so far as heavy rifled ordnance are concerned, the two great successes of this war are the Brooke and Parrott guns. And it is with reference to the enormously superior powers of these guns beyond those possessed by the English 68- pounder or B.inch smooth bore that the great error of Eng lish opinion seems to be entertained. How far the Brooke and Parrot guns outstrip the Armstrong and Whitworth, their rifled competitors in Europe, it is impossible for me to say; but by turning to the 10th volume of the professional papers of the Royal Engineers, published at Woolwich in 1861, it will be obvious that an immense stride has been made since the essay from the pen of Sir John Burgoyne— the then highest authority in England—which that vo lume contains, was written. Taking far his text the breach ing of a martello tower at Eastbourne by three Armstrong guns, and the siege operations conducted by the Prussian Government at Juliers (between Aix-la-Chapelle and Co logne), Sir John Burgoyne points out the superiority, with a view to breaching a fort, of rifled ordnance at a range of 1,000 yards, as compared with the smootli-bore and sphe rical projectiles. Sir John says :--" Up to a range of 1,000 yards (and probably further trials will carry it some hundreds of yards beyond) rifled ordnance has been aster • tamed to give the velocity and precision of practice re quired to effect breaches, whereas with the spherical mis siles 609 or 700 yards may be deemed their utmost practical limits." It was little foreseen by Sir John Bur goyne that, scarcely two years from the publica tion at these words, a fort would be breached by rifled ord nance, not at a range of 1,000 yards, and possibly a few hundred yards beyond, but from a distance of V I miles. In reference to the practice against the Martello tower Sir John observes :—" Trials were subsequently made to breach a similar tower from smooth bored 68 and 32 pounders at the same range of 1,032 yards, and the result may be deemed altogether a failure, both accuracy of fire and velocity of the missiles being quite deficient for such a range. At 500, or perhaps 6.;0 yards, the superiority of the rifled ordnance would have been very little, if any." The guns employed against the tower in question were three Armstrong breech loaders, described as follows :-1. An 82-pounder of 6 inches calibre ; charge for shot, 101 b ; for shell, 91b. 2. A 7-inch howitzer, throwing 100 lb shells; charge, 91b. 3. A 40-pounder of 4.75 inches calibre, No. 101; charge, 51b. At the conclusion of the second day's practice, after about 160 projectiles from these three guns had taken effect, the tower was reduced to a heap of ruins. But inasmuch as Sir John speaks vaguely of the possible effect of the fire of rifled ordnance at a greater range, it may be doubted whether the Armstrong gun would be effective against masonry at more than 2,000 yards. Here, however, we have Fort Sumter breached by the Parrott gun at a distance of more than 4,000 yards. It cannot but ba desirable that the attention of England should be drawn to these startling developments, and that she should not suffer herself to bs lulled into a fancied security, and to live a fool's paradise, because she has lavished millions upon the Armstrong gun. But if as regards breaching practice the superiority of the rifled ordnance over smooth-bores is manifestly established, I believe that this superiority will be still more marked when both are tried against iron-plating. There appears to be in England, and especially among naval officers, a very general idea that at a short range there is no gun so formidable against iron plates as the old 68- pounder or 8-inch smooth-bore. I am not at liberty to mention the exact result gained by Captain Brooke's trials against the target with his own gun, but it will be sufficient to state that in my belief they would astonish Europe. It is imagined in England that because only one of the Monitors off Charleston has hitherto been sunk, the Confederate guns cannot be very formidable. That this is not the belief of the Felerals is evinced by the very wide berth which their iron-clad vessels give to the Confe derate batteries. A vast deal of nonsense has been written by the correspondents of Northern journals about the Mo intsitogrusnasp‘pvreoraecdhiisnulgowunittheidn) a l n oO d yards ( \ c. re f r F il ( ig rt th S e n i na r fiterre.(b, e T fo k r e e truth really is that no Monitor has ever approached nearer to Forts Sumter, Moultrie, or Johnson than 900 yards, ex cept the Keokuk, which came within 700 yards, and was sunk. It is asked, " "lave you any gun in England which could sink the Keokuk at that distance ?" This question must be answered in England itselt. Nothing is more certain than that the 68-pounder could not attempt such a feat. When the wreck of the Keokuk was examined it was found that, in addition to the Brooke bolt which sunk her, three shots from the 10-inch smooth-bore had riddled her t t h u a r r n e t t htherloou-ginhchan through. sm d o t o h th. u bo g r h. 3ag T ai o ns u t s i e ron an p y la th ti i n n g g is a s m co a ff li eedr at on this continent. c o mmander Brooke is of opinion that -_- the 430 ball thrown by the Weehawken against the Atlanta would easily crash through the Warrior's sides, and create as much sensation as the large stone ball thrown long ago on the Dardanelles which struck Admiral Duckworela's ship. But Europe and America differ in nothing more than in their conceptions of the right kind of projectile to employ against iron plating, of the velocity at which the projectile should be launched, and of the nature of the iron armour which should be oppoQed to it. The object of Europe seems to be to pierce or perforate iron armour by elongated bolts driven at immense velocity— th- object of America to smash in the sides of iron-clad vessels by ponderous spherical projectiles driven at a low velocity. Again, it seems universally believed in Europe that solid iron plates uniformly rolled to a thickness of 4 or 5 inches are vastly stronger than four or five laminae, or layers, each of them an Inch in thickness, laid one on the top of the other. Mr. Stevens, of New York, on the other hand, pro fesses his belief that laminated iron armour is stronger, as well as being vastly cheaper, than solid. A very superficial examination of the subject will convince every one that men are yet in their infancy as regards knowledge of the dyna mics of artillery, and of the resistance which iron-clad sea going vessels can be made to offer; but our knowledge has now advanced to such a stage as to make it probable that we are on the eve of a momentous discovery. It is for this reason all the more surprising to Englishmen who are resident in North America, and who are cognizant of the strides which the Americans have made, that it has never seemed fit to the English Government to attach to each of the mighty belligerents now arrayed against each other on this continent such commissioners as it has been our prac tice to send with a view to watching and reporting upon' European wars in which we were neutral—such, for in stance, as were attached to the Austrian and French armies in the Italian war of 1859, or such as President Pierce sent to the Crimea in 1853. In the belief of all who are most conversant with its details, never has there occurred a war so pregnant with instruction to military engineers and artillerists as the present. It is not alone that the battles are fought with an affluence of artillery hitherto unknown, that (as I have heard stated) more shells were discharged in the single battle of Gettysburg than were employed in all the battles that Napoleon ever fought, but that in all which relates to the science of military engineering, whether in relation to sieges or battles, not only on land, but also on the margin of ocean, estuary, lake, river, and swamp, such opportunities are daily presented as in all the previous wars of the current century might be sought in vain. It would seem that no European Government, with the exception of the Prussian, has its eyes open to the opportunity now so ignorantly or heedlessly thrown away. Naval and Military Intelligence, THE NAVY. A trial of armour plates took place at Portsmouth, on Monday, at the practice range in Porchester-creek, the plates being affixed to the side of the target ship with 2in. through bolts, and the shot (cast iron) being fired against there from a 68 pounder gun on the deck of the Foam gun- boat, at 200 yards distance. The plates were supplied by the firms of Messrs. Beale, Parkgate Works, Yorkshire; the Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company; the Mersey Ironworks, Liverpool; and Messrs. J. Brown and Co.,Atlas Works, Sheffield. They were of various thicknesses. The plate sent in by Messrs. Beale was rolled but " surface planed" (according to the established and most objectionable regulations of the Admiralty) from 4/ to 4 hin., the skin of - - _ the plate being thus destroyed and its fibrous strength seri ously damaged. Notwithstanding that the plate was thus injured as much as was possible, from a mechanical point o f view, it emerged from its trial in a very creditable manner . The Mersey plate was of hammered manufacture and of a uniform thickness of 51in. It was severely pounded by clusters of shot at the extremities, and OR its left end the plate exhibited several large cracks apparently caused by the defective state of that part of the ship's side which formed its backing. The Thames plate was also hammered and was from 3a to 3ain. in thickness of metal. Being of hammered manufacture it possessed, like all other ham mered and tapered plates, the advantage over Messrs. Beale's tapered plate that its thickness was worked down under the hammer, its skin and fibre being thus left intact in all their rough strength, and not partially destroyed by the application of the planing tool, as must necessarily be the case with all tapered rolled plates under their present conditions of manufacture. As armour plates are generally made in 151 t. lengths, it is obvious that no necessity what evtr exists for this planing of rolled plates, and tapering of the thickness of a ship's arm , ur from, say 6in. at the fore chains to 3m. at the hawse pipes. The same result might be attained by bolting on plates of gradually decreasing thickness, but each uniform throughout its length, and un touched by the planing tool. In fact, this principle would be, as explained some considerable time since to the Admi- ralty by one of the most eminent and trusted of our armour plate manufacturers, a planing of the plate's backing in lieu of the plate. The explanation, however, appears not to have been acted upon. The Thames Company's plate stood the impact of the 68 pounder admirably, considering its thick ness and the absurdity of testing a 31 inch plate with the same gun, weight of shot, and powder that were used in the test of the 51 inch plate. As, however, these trials are car ried on merely to enable the Admiralty to classify and thus obtain a knowledge of the exact quality of the plate's metal and manufacture, the use of one description of gun may, possibly, not seriously affect the results, when the trials are conducted under duly experienced officers. It must be evi dent, however, that, without the exercise of great discre tion, judgment, and experience, there is a chance of consi- derablo confusion and perhaps discrepancies in the official reports prepared of such trials. The fourth plate under trial, sent in by Messrs. J. Brown and Co., of the Atlas Works, Sheffield, was of rolled make, and of a uniform thickness of 4 inches. The foregoing remarks therefore apply to its trial by the 88 pounder in a certain ratio, according to the diffe rence between its thickness and that of the now established standard bib% plate. This 41in. plate, however, withstood the shot sent against it in a most extraordinary manner, and fully maintained the high reputation of the firm and the gradual and certain progress they continue to make even on their acknowledged uniform excellence of both material and manufacture. When Whalley Island is fully prepared and entered upon as the Portsmouth armour plate and target testing ground, in the room of the present sys tem of target ships, it will then be worthy of the con sideration of the Admiralty, whether it would not be an advantage if all armour plates after that time were tested without any backing. The object in firing at armour plates at all is merely to ascertain the quality of the metal and manufacture, and these objects would be obtained with far greater certainty if the back as well as the front of the plate was open to inspection on the day of trial, and before Capt. Key's report is forwarded to the Admiralty. There have been many plates of which the outer surface on the day of trial has presented such an appearance that a report has been forwarded to the Admiralty, accompanied by a figure of merit which they certainly would never have received had it been possible first to inspect the inner side—that is, the side of the plate next the wood backing, and this has been espe cially the case with some of the rolled plates from their im perfect welding. The target-ship has been brought down the harbour to the dockyard and placed in dock, for the pur pose of removing from under her quarters and landing the two armour lilates which some three months since were coated with copper by the "Walenn electro-alkaline process. A report of the condition of the plates will now be prepared by the dockyard officials, and forwarded to the Admiralty for their information. This important electro-metallurgical experiment was entertained and carried out by the Admi ralty in the fullest and most liberal sense, both as regards the inventor and the application of his prirciple. No posi tive verdict can, perhaps, be given of the results until the plates have actually been taken off the ship's bottom and examined, but serious fears are entertained that the prin ciple of the invention has utterly failed in the test of its sub mersion in salt water owing to an error in the calculations of the parson who conducted the operations. The Warrior target, recently experimented upon at Shoe buryness, has, by direction of the authorities at the Admi ralty, been removed to Sheerness dockyard, preparatory to its being taken to pieces by the mechanics employed at i that establishment. Since its arrival the target has under gone a minute survey at the hands of the leading officials of the yard, in order to ascertain if any and what portions gave evidence of weakness. The workmanship and material are , however, found to b e, as nea rly as possible, perfect, while no defective portion of the target can be detected. Its battered condition, then, is entirely the consequence of the heavy concussions to which it was subjected from the w GOO pounder Armstrong shots, which, it i s a l mos t nee dl ess to remark, no target yet constructed, or ever likely to be built, will ever effectually resist. One of the 41 inch iron plates has a hole cut right through it, as if it had been drilled. This shot passed completely through the wood backing, tearing away enormous pieces of teak and oak, and at the same time starting one of the massive timber sup ports. Another shot appears to have struck on the edge of one of the other plates, in which it has caused a severe fracture, the bolts which held the plate being drawn by the force of the concussion sonic ten or a dozen inches. The target weighs about 18 or 20 tons, and it is stated to have cost £1,500. The iron-plated frigate Caledonia, which, according to orders previously given by the Admiralty, was to have boon fitted at Chatham, has been placed under the mast -4),r-shears at Sheerness dockyard, and her iron masts fitted on board. The riggers are getting well on with her wire standing rigging, the line -of-battle ships Goliath and Irre sistible being both ready to be taken in hand. The arma ment for the Caledonia is now being prepared for that ve bee i a t Chatham. She •a ill meant 35 guns, eight of which consist of the 110 pounder naval Armstrongs, and the re mainder of the ordinary 68 p ounders, Every portion of the broadsides of the Caledonia being armour-plated) there are no scuttles in the offic ers ' ca bi ns , which are completely dark. Ventilation is provided for by a system of tubes which communicate direct from each cabin to the upper deck, while the main and lower decks are ventilated by means of the hollow iron masts. Every exertion is being made to get the Caledonia ready for sea, in order that she may join the Channel squadron. Instructions were received yesterday at Portsmouth dock yard to strike off the names of the following vessels from the list of those ordered to be built in the yard :—The Kent, screw, wooden line-of-battle ship, the Briton, Baron' Imogene, Crown, and Bucephalus, wooden screw frigates; also the Protector, Danube, and Bramble, wooden screw gunboats. These vessels have, of course, only existed on paper deposited in the master shipwright's office, but their construction had been decided upon and provided for, and the sent order is therefore a notable illustration of the pre sent transitionary state of the British navy. The Adventure, screw troopship, Commander Curme, was yesterday placed in No. 10 dock at Portsmouth. The general court martial being held at the Royal Marine barracks, Forton, near Portsmouth, for the trial of Captain W. Cosser, paymaster of the division, continued to receive evidence yesterday for the prosecution. At 4 p.m. the Court adjourned until noon to-day, the case for the p rosecution having closed. By direction of the Lords of the Admiralty a number of Royal Marines, the whole of whom are mechanics, skilled in come trade, have been selected from the Chatham divi sion for service at Port Albany, Cape York. The non commissioned officers and men chosen for this 'service have been tested at the dockyard by the officials, in order to as certain their fitness for the duties on which it is intended they shall be.employed. The examination of the junior officers at Chatham dock yard who are candidates for promotion commenced yester • day, and will terminate this afternoon. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS POST.—Additional information has served to dis sipate first impressions respecting the Federal suc cesses in Tennessee. That Bragg was worsted, and compelled to retreat, is true, but it appears equally true that the victors were in no position to pursue _ _ the vanquished. The Confederate army has taken up its position somewhere in the vicinity of Dalton and, under the leadership of Hardee, who has superseded Bragg, is reported to be making prepa rations to resume the offensive. This, however, is far from probable. Though Grant may not be in a position to push the campaign into Georgia, he is to all appearances able to hold Tennessee against any forces the Confederate Government can des patch against him from the South. It has been a singular but universal characteristic of the many engagements which have taken place between the respective armies of the two Federations that vic tories have never been followed up or turned to any practical account. The defeats of M.Clellan on the Cbickahorainy, and of Pope at Bull Run were utterly unproductive to the victors, and when after the battles of Antietam and Gettysburg, the Con federates were obliged to retreat, neither M'Clel lan in the one instance, nor Meade in the other, was enabled to follow up the blows which they boasted to have inflicted on the Southern arms. In like manner, in'Tennessee, Bragg, either through inca pacity or inability, failed to improve the advan tages he secured at the battle of Chi c kamauga Creek, and now again, when defeated in turn by General Grant, the latter has, from either of the same causes been precluded from reaping any other fruits of his victory than the mere dislodgment of the Confederate army from a position which, if its leader had exercised an ordinary amount of discre tion, he would have previously voluntarily evacu ated. At Knoxville the siege still continues. Gene- ;a Longstreet is said to be reinforced by Bu;hiOcl n:1 Johnson with two divisions. On th e 29th of a -1 November the Confederates attempted to carry the defences by:assault, but were repulsed with loss. According to one report the siege is said to have been raised, and Longstreet to be in fall retreat into Virginia. This report, however, needs con firmation. It is now admitted in Washington that the recent operations of Meade have ended in failure; and it is even stated that that general has been superseded by Sedgwies. In the engagement which took place on Nov. 27, near Culpepper, the Confe derates inflicted considerable damage upon their opponents, and necessitated the retreat of the Fede ral army across the Rapidan. One Confederate divi sion is represented as having . driven French's corps several wiles, and in the retreat which followed the eogagement the Federate were obliged to abandon many of their ammunition waggons end horses. Meade's casualties are officially estimated at about one thousand men. It is stated that it is the inten tion of the Federal general to retire into winter quarters in the neighbourhood of Washington ; hut, whether or not, it seems that for some time to come offensive operations will be abandoned. It is cer tainly very singular that the fortune of war should so constantly shift from one side to the other. One day is all clouds and the succeeding one sunshine. The defeat of Bragg and the advance of Meade augured badly for the Southern cause, and to many it appeared that the fall of Richmond was at hand. Bnt Grant's victory has led to nothing, and Meade's advance has been converted into an ignominious retreat. The Confederates are undoubtedly in straitened circumstances; but their position at the close of the third year of the war is infinitely supe rior to that in which at the beginning of the war their most ardent supporters at this side of the At lantic anticipated they would be placed, as against all the boasted successes of the North they ere still able to set off the indisputable fact that they main tain their seat of Government within one hundred and fifty miles of the Federal capital. HERALD. —Although the resolution of the Ger man Diet to proceed with the Federal execution previously determined upon brings back the Schles wig- Holstein dispute for a time to its old propor tions, and may prevent an immediate disturbance of the peace of Europe, the probability of a gene ral war is in no degree lessened, and the position of Denmark instead of being improved is seriously damaged. To the King of Denmark occupation in direct violation of the Treaty of London would he far less dangerous than execution under cover of the Federal law. If the German Diet, supported by the two German Powers, had frankly declared that it intended to violate the treaty and adjudge the Duchies of Holstein, Schleswig, and Lauenburg to the Prince of Augustenbarg, or what ever pretender might make stronger a claim, the other Great Powers of Europe would have been compelled, for very shame, to lend Denmark their assistance and prevent the consummation of a rob bery which, in its flagrant impudence, would be an insult to them and a nullification of all the treaties by which the political relations of Europe are re gulated. That interposition would have brought Germany to its senses, saved Denmark, and secured peace. The execution, however, although it is avowedly designed to effect objects which are not within the competence of the Diet, but have an in ternational character—although in proceeding with it the Diet has expressly maintained its right to alter the succession established by the London treaty—is treated by these Powers as an excuse for evading their responsibilities, and for avoiding a decisive policy. Denmark is coaxed and bullied into offering no resistance to this measure, and if she yields, es she probebly will do, it is only to place herself in a worse position for meeting the further aggression which will be made upon her. The exe cution will serve the purposes of the disloyal portion of the Holsteiners just as well as occupation. The authority of King Christian will be just as much overthrown as if the German troops entered avowedly to take possession for Prince Frederick. From the moment the Danes cross the Eider, and all authority in the Duchies is exercised by the com missioners of a body which professes ite desire , if i can, to put the pretender on the throne, the inhabi tantsfavourable to the Danish rule w chance of making themselves heard. The h f av ir e ends nt ; of the pretender will exercise the Government Will they will organise troops on his beh alf ; theywill drive the partisans of Denmark from v of influence ; the Holstein refugees elleflry position will back, and with them will go all theafdvreenvteulruetrisenw as who gather about a possible scene eastieshhso,utilide vultures over a carcass ; so th at the withdraw its troops in conse q uence f of ce p o nc duchy will be left by it in a condition which will compel the Danes to conquer it a g ain. reason to expect that the F ederal But there is every army of execution will be transformed into an army cf occupation and conquest. Th e Government _of Austria and P cj i t :s ;n ei a a :i wo fear, would gladly violate the treaty ia tl, es u ld. The feeling--not amongst c p o eep l e gener ally, for that , by t h e co nfession of th, most vehement advocates et war, is very (La , and needs to be constantly stimulated, but aluougst th e classes who have got possession of Political power —in favour of war is very strong. The Prussian House of Deputies, for iustance, is about to address the Kiug, appealing to him to make war, and it refuses the means which his Ministers ask, except at the price of a withdrawal from the Treaty of L9nden, t ant_ite._ive assistd.ne eth the p etender—the first instance, perhaps, in history in which a consti tutional assembly has made its own dishonour and the shame of the nation the condition upon whic h it grants its subsidies. It is hardly probable that the King of Prussia, honest man as he is at heart, can resist a movement whida promises to secure him all the objects for which he has been contend ing against the Cnaruber for the last three years, especially as the military party is for this once on the same side with its Liberal antagonists. Whether his Majesty will like the indiscreet reference to Olmutz in the address—a reference all the more in judicious that Germany, in pursuing this project of aggrandisement, needs union more than ever—may be questioned; but it will be hard for him to r_sist the pressure. and the pretexts will be too easy to one of find. The frontier of Holstein and Schleswig is pared everything nee deternained. The G;:rtnans claim as port of Holstein positions which the Danes cannot possibly surrender, because they form part of their line of defence in Schleswig. War may easily break out here, and if it should not, the partisans of Prince Frederick will contrive to get up some other difficul ties which twill lead to it. And how disidvantage °anusceNvill b th e south f o r of war Schleswig, unmolested ; The h e h t e h r en ric t h h e e s p t os p i r t o io v n in o e f e D s . en h m e awrikufhoarvreespiraetz o f • T he enemy will have been in the enjoyment aired. have been able to establish relations with the disaffected in on the contrary, will have been wearied by the necessity of continual be dispirited, and perhaps preparation ; the people will disaffected, by the con cessions of the Government the enthusiasm which e he Danes,w iwill now animates them will have disappeared. Their opportunity of inflicting upon the commerce passed il b l e ha i v m e p T a h y e ; their pecuniary Great Powers are so anxious to avertw w ar ill which the break Oat at a time when the nation they are boundt port is hardly capable of resistance, and the ° s G u ir mans are intoxicated by the apparent dread of - other Powers to interfere with them. Then al the and bloody war will break out, in which all Europe o7g ° re f sGonerrerner will be will by degrees become involved. France and E n 4 land cannot perm it Denmark to be made the vassal of Germany. Long as they may put it off they must interfere at last, and compel Germany to abandon her unjust pretensions. But terrible i n . deed will be the reaction for Germany from the fever which now possesses it. No nation in Europe hes so much to suffer by war; no nation has so lightly, so unjustly, provoked war. Let the Sove reigns look to it. If a French army again spreads over Germany there will be another bouleversement of thrones. Let the people look to it, for if they be willing to get rid of their Princes the cost they will have to pay is enormous. But warning is lost on Germany at this moment, and only sad experience can teach her her folly and her crime. Earl Rus sell might have prevented this war, might have saved Denmark, Germany, and Europe. He has contributed more than any other man to bring it on. His recent advocacy of the German contention, in direct contradiction to all his previous declara tions, encouraged the German Diet to decree exe cution. His policy now encourages Germany to proceed to the execution of her aggressive designs. Had he recognised boldly the duty of England — had he declared distinctly to Germany that Eng land, having acknowledged the rights of King Christian, would maintain them at all hazards—the title of King Christian would long since have been recognised by Austria and Prussia and by many of the smaller states. Instead of this he has extorted from King Christian concessions which, useless to prevent execution and war, discontent his people, and imperil his throne. Whatever the evi's which may fall upon Denmark and Europe the respon sibility will rest on his head, for he mi • ght have averted it. The Shannon and the Chesapeake. (From Yonge's History of the British Aavy.) No ships more nearly Equal to one another could have been found in the navies of the two countries. What advantage existed on either side was in favour of the Chesapeake. Her broadside weighed fifty two pounds more than the English ship ; her ton nage exceeded that of her antagonist by nearly seventy tons ; her crew was the more numerous by a hundred and ten men ; a superiority of no small importance in a conflict eventually decided by bo,,rding. Capt. Lawrence did not decline the challenge. In the afternoon of the Ist o June the Chesapeake was seen coming out of the harbour and the whole populace of Boston had assembled en the frier to witness the combat, and to greet their countryman on his triumphant return. Capt. Broke at once brought his ship into a favourable position, and then hove to to receive his assailant. At half p ,st five the Chesapeake reached him. Neither ship had fired a gun till she came within hail; but then, as she hauled up on the starboard side of the British frigate, both ships, , steering full under their top sails, at the same moment opened their fire. Not more than two or three broadsides had been ex changed, when the superior training of the British gunners began to show itself. The damage they had inflicted on the Chesapeake was already seen in its results. She was no longer steered with the necessary accuracy, bat fell on board the Shannon, her mizen-channels locking in with the main rigging of our ship. Capt. Broke went forward to ascertain her position and condition, and observing that many of her crew were deserting their guns, gave the word to prepare to beard. It was eagerly received. As the boarders swarmed up, the Shannon's boatswain, Mr. Stevens, a veteran who had fought in Rodney's great victory at Port Royal, lashed the two ships together, disregarding the sword-cuts which the Americans showered upon him while thus engaged, and which cost him an arm ; and, in a moment, Capt. Broke himself led his men on to the enemy's deck, The ammunition of the Chesapeake, like that of all the other American frigates, had been curiously made up of novel missiles, such as long bars linked together to cut the shrouds of any antagonist ; and with a view to this particular con flict, in which they expected the British sailors to board them, they had had recourse to a contrivance which we ourselves had practised, though in a somewhat different manner, in the time of Henry the Third, but which had probably never since been used on board a ship. They had p r epared a quantity of unslaked lime to cast in the eyes of their assailants ; but they had worse luck with this device than we had had on the former occasion ; for a shot from the Shannon had struck the cask which contained it, and had scattered its contents ' I over its owners. So tha t, when the Shannon's 1 boarders reached their deck, the Americans found themselves deprived of one resource on w lc t ey had reckoned, and hid nothing to rely upon but their own strength an d courage• r ible struggle ensued . A brief bat ter Broke himself was despe. rately wounded by a sword-cut on the head, an d a still more dangerous blow from the stock of a musket. His cle rk fell dead by his side ; his purser, t oo , who, fired with the same enthusiasm ;,hat take animated his shipmates, had volunteered to the command of a party, was slain by a musket shot. In less than five minutes fifty of our men f e ll ; but the loss of t he Am ericans was far with greater. The Ch e sapeake's maintop was filled but a gallant you n g midshipman riflemen, W. Smith , with a small party, stormed their post and drove them down ; and then the Shannon's first lieutenant, Mr. Watt, hauled down the Stars and Stripes, and hoisted th e its place. It was the last British Union Jack in act of the gallant officer ; he had already be e while thus engagedil severely wounded, and head, it is believed by he fell shot through t i the e where had d a gun from his own ob i ; the men wh o p o ' t aware been left behindd weredorne that the Conflicta of the was over. I American bold still c row, who had fled down the , kept up a fire up the hatchways, till Captain B roke, . Whoremained on deck , in spite of his wounds, st ill rem . directing the operations, ordered some of his d men to fire down below, on wh ich they surrender° ,and r i nu tes front the the Ch esa p n A ke was our s in 15 , had been very of the e onteAt. Her loss atte s ted the gallantry of the very heavy, and fully . Captain B 1- ' e minent skill of ro s•e. b crew, and the pre emdlurin and before the action, both arrangements , regkilled, her captain, her Seventy of her m en we • . • master, and 1 two lieutenants being included in the ► hundred were wounded. The hulls of both nual s hips were severely damaged ; the Chesapeake, in spite of the superior thickness of he:. timbers, being in this respect also the greater sufferer ; but s o entirely had both crews agreed in keeping their fire low, that the rigging was almost untoucht d, and, according to Captiliq Broke's report, ' hr,=l, y h ARNHEIM, Dec. 12.—A 71, a British subj-ct as excited great sensation throe r a g a, ew.hic A has just been heard by the c c h ri i ra j g'", : nlitint the province of Guelderland. Theiicarialechee.:Bl George hiel. court o£ , Hornidge, alias Henry Charles Somerset Lee, aged was charged wit.':' having maliciously and wittut •1y murdered chbour, his nei Captain Van Dongen Feanclen of the Nethec lands army. From the evidenceit " . • appeared that the 1:ri• soner, who had been I had fought, in 1824, a in du efli i officer in the British arn*", steteton, county of wici : . , in the parish of Wes- W,l.hece, and had killed : : .1 ° w' with . one WilVana carnsta Rees wiliei himincincea santogonist under eit - De rie t z , eeveral years he led a eo to g . flY his "art"- life, and at Les-7, settiedia thequiet to wn ot Arrhe v-irL in the tovele-reg i,try 48 Hoary 0,4 1 . rn i entering hime al f .a .e .r , es Somerset Lee. Here he lived quietly for man y' ing, seldom vieiret! by his co.0.11 ) 1) 4:S, seldom visit door neighbeur, Captein Van Dung e .His next Francke, had at first been on terms of Mendlines • - s w ‘th him ; but ow ing to a misunderstanding arising , ir. a dgreciat mea sure from idle gossipings, a sort of ce'..t • and-dog feeling:had gradual l y arisen between them. .1-i'n-rac-trog -e and his wife were, it would seem, aware of e`be ir ritable temperament of their neighbour, and i. Axed their inventive faculties in finding out means of an noying him. This effort was not unretaliated ,by Hornidge. When the one wanted to take his nap tile other would knock at the partition wall, or work at a pump, so as to shake the very house in which he lived. When people study to be disagreeable there is no limit to the means they can employ, and these two neighbours seem to have availed themselves of every opportunity to annoy end exasperate each. ot.`eer. At length, on the 20th of,last July, Francke, it s e ems; irritated at the abuse Hornidge had lavished upon h. 31 a short time before, disturbed his neigh bour in sock). a way as made his blood boil wit h. fury. Arteing himself with deadly weapons, he went into his getteden, and, forcing his way into that 0 f his n e i g hbour, whom he fou nd near the pump, ho inflicted upon bin; such severe wounds as in a short time after caused his death. The prisoner Pleaded in extenuation of lis crime that his passion bad overpowered him—that he had been so exas perated by the petty annoyances ififlicted oil him, more especially by the wife ofthe d ( 1 mar ere man, that he had lost all control over himself, Twain:y-7 two witnesse s were heard for the prosecation, ant! three for the defence. In a speech of three ho urs the Advocate General detailel the past history o f the accused, and wo r k e d inte resting narrative the circumstances " into a painfully the murder. At the conclusion of his speech, which which preceded. is said to have been one of t h efforts of for ensic elo q uen ce eve:most magnifieent heard in a Dutch court of justice, he demanded that the court should pass upon the prisoner sentence of death, and futher inflict on him the—of course formal — ; ti ne of 50 guilders. The counsel for the defence leaded mitigation of the charge that the crime ') had h .in committed in a fit of exasperation, and that ' eeill tice would be satisfied by a verdict of manslavigh j t u e s r - The court has deferred sentence till 18th Deemnber: Throughout the trial the court was crowded ; while the aged prisoner seemed bowed down with a. grief which won for him the commiseration even of those who felt most strongly the condemnatory character of the evidence elicited by the prosecu tion. The opinion gen erall y entertained iv that the evidence is not of a character that will permit the court to be influenced by t he counsel for the defence, and that sentence of death will accordingly' be re corded. The King, however, almost invariably remits the extreme sentence into imprisortme nt for life. A few years ago, too, an aged Dutch , ',Meer was convicted of poisoning hi s mistress, bu t his sentence was remitted into a life-long imprisonff.vnt, and therefore it is not probable that a petition to his Majesty in this case will he made in vain. Mr. Cobbett, LI,P , at lloyton. On Monday evening Mr. Cobbett, M.P., was enter , at a dinner at Royston. Mr. John Bentley, the cha,irman of the Board of Guardians, preside]. In replying to the toast of his health, Mr. Cobbett said that during the last session they had passed 10 arts of Parliament, and ha feared that they had done too much ; for when a Parlia ment passed so many acts, which were so many a Jtera lions in the law, the chances were that what had been done had not been done very carefully. It was said i hat the session had bean charaeterisad by a great deal of extravagance, and he pleaded more guilty to that the U to any other charge. There had been a vast deal of ex penditure ; but when they recollected the excited condi tion of Europe, America, and ether parts of the world, and that England had a great deal of communication with other countries, foreign politics must enter into the con sideration of an English Parliament. Neither he nor his hearers could calculate the cost of certain sorts of fortifica tions and of shipbuilding. Experiments were going on. from day to day in tonseqnence of alleged discoveries in the mode of preparing instruments of war. Unlace they tested these discoveries they could not determine the proper description of fortification or weapon to repel the ass,aults the so that might be made upon them. When, therefore, he. saw a proposal for reducing a vote brought before the house, he put it to himself whether he was likely to whether know the cost of what was required better than who had brought the matter forward. He listened to that arguments of those who knew all about the subject, nad voted accordingly; and he put it to his hearers it was not well in a great many cases to be guided n by the r Government who introduced these measures. alluding to the that the great commotion in the world would say Wha e t h rai op g e h ci t d to h b e e p f r e e a p re a d r in ed at , hrkaet t aa that it had b not involve this country in war, although no one emit arise, r v i s e e r , v state of trade in Lancashire, he re andgie gloomy ita:ays ebaert,tae and revival of trade eerr was distant. They must do anything workpeople suffer any great privation. b rather than let their their affairs remarkably well, and 11. They had managed traordinary storm in a manner had Weathered this ex ultimately they would get thro Which convinced him that can war that had plunged them ugh it. It was the Ameri his feelings were in favour into distress, but althuugh thought that the Gov rof the Confederate States, h e fixing the time for Government had the responsibility of respect to the abolition the Confederacy. TVII2 emanicipate the goo ion of slavery, he contended that to) cruel thing which 0,000 slaves at once would be the most Could be done to them. T he emancipa tion proclam a tionedly a war measure issued by President Lin coln was avow they took the:astir° ; and his opinion was. that, if slaves from their 0020'16. the owners ought to b e conpensated as was the case wi ththe West India planters . He next refe rre d to the rec ent speeches of NIL Cobden affd Mr. Bright, at Rochdale, and contended that the causes of the depreci ation of the agricultural labourer w ere the increased cost of living compared with past times, and the transfer of the domesti oc th manufactur towns a nd es from the cottages of agricultural districts tic great factories. :l ;aine ' Horniman's Tea Is choice and strong, moderate in price, and wholesome to nce. use. These advantages have secured for this T ea a general p It s ackets by 2,280 Agents. THE ORIGIN OF FOOLSCAP. —When Charles found his revanucs short, he granted certain privi leges, amounting to monopolies; and among these was the manufacture of paper, the exclusive right of which was sold to certain parties, who grew rich, and enriched the Govern went, at the expense of those who were obliged to use paper. At this time a l l En g lish paper bore in water-marks thO royal arms. The Parlia m ent, under Cromwell, made j ests papo o evr ol et, e r n r e i e m ovreyd substituted.ofrf o C ra, h r a ht r eh l s e ee s , pw i a t op re w er s aa nl o s r ao d et remove e e b em d t h t o f this law in e ver y conceivable manner ; and, amonc, other tb p hbeee Parliament was pror ogue d ; but tewtinhhallePdeeisrgnaionZnytiedhatioelebfarsnetltmhulosellis Parliament's journals still bears the name of. foolscap.—John Timbs in Once a Week. ADVERTISEMENT.]—Avoid medicines: they always aggra-; vate chronic complaints, but Du Barry's Delicious Health Itestorinc, Revalenta Arabica Fo o d , Which saves fifty times it s cost in other remedies, invariably cures them, restoring fect dimestion, strong nerves, sound lungs, healthy liver, per m pure blood, refreshing sleep, functional regular and energY to the most disordered or enfeebled. 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