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ECONOMIC LTF re-; ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 6, New Isridge-street, Blackfriars. THrs To London, 27th February, 1863. 6FIRA--- A-. TO GIVE NOTICE, That the ANNUAL L COURT ' CORT and also that an EXTRAORDINARY No N A R ,, RA L , will be held at the Society's House, 2 is in 4‘eW B ridze-street, Blackfriars, on SATURDAY, the uay of purposes : 2 1 , arch, at Two o'cl oc k p rec i se ly, for the following ORDINARY GENERAL COURT. To receive the Auditors' Report of the Receipts and Dis bursements of the Society during the year 1862, and to erect Auditors for the present year. E XTRAORDINARY GENERAL COURT. To consider a proposed amendment of the ArticleB2* of the Deed of Se Alement, by which the Directors will be em powered to grant Assurances to the extent of £lO,OOO, and, if approved of, to pass a Re solution lb that effect. the Resolutions of the Extraordinr„ry General Court _wit). require confirmation, so Saturday. 4 , - n 28th March, is ap- P tilted for that purpose, at Two o ~ .:t r ,eic precisely. By order of the 13( rard of Directors, ALEXANDER MACDONALD, Secretary. .* Article 82.—That Thousand PoundonoAssuranee shall be granted by the -r ive aoelety, on the sem:, Life or Lives, for more than the sum of GUARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, No. 11, Lombard -street, London, E.C. Established 1821. Subscribed Capital, Two Millions. Rh. I%T DIRECTORS. r , rNTO FARQUHAR, Bart., M.P., Chairman. R 4I " AIt LES WILLIAM CCRTIS, Esq., Deputy Chairman. ent"' Hulse Berens, Esq., G. Shaw Lefevre, Esq. enry Bonham Csrter, Esq. John Martin, Esq. k-narles F. Dyk e s q ' Rowland Mitchell, Esq. Prancis Hart , Esq. James Morris, Esq. Sir Vv-alter R. Farquhar Bart. , Henry Norman, Esq. James Goodson, Esa Henry R. Reynolds, Esq. Thomson ankey, Esq,,. M.P. Abraham J. Robarts, Esq. John G. Hubbard, Esq M.P. I James Tulloch, Esq. John. Labouchere, Esq: Henry Vigne, Egg' AUDITORS. LeWig L Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq. o, Esq . . t...ornehus P yd aine, jun., Esq. Noel Whiting, Esq. Thos. Tallemach, Esq., Secretary I Saml. Brown, Esq., Actuary LIFE DEPA RTMENT.—UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF AN ACT or PARLIAMENT, this Company now offers to new In- Purera EIGHTY PER CENT. of the Profits, at Quinquennial Divisions, or a Low Rate of Premium without participation of rrofits. Since the establishment of the Company in 1821, the Amount of Profits allotted to the Assured has exceeded in cash value £660,000, which represents equivalent Reversionary Bonuses of £1,058,000. After the Division of Profits at Christmas, 1859, the Life Assurances in force, with existing Bonuses thereon, mounted to upwards of £4,730,000, the Income from the Life Branch £207,000 per annum, and the Life Assurance Fund, independent of the capital, exceeded £1,618,000. FI RE DEPARTMENT.—lnsurances are effected upo n every description of property at moderate rates. LOCAL MILITIA and VOLUNTEER CORPS.—No Extra Premium is required for service therein. L OANS granted on Life P o li c i es t o th e extent of their Value;, if such value be not less than £5O. ASSIGNMENTS OF POLICIES.—Written Notices of, re ceived and registered. MEDICAL FEES paid by the Company, and no charge for Policy Stamps. ', L osses caused by Explosion of Gas are admitted by this RoyAL 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 PEARRER BARCLAY, Esq., Sub-Governor. Sir JOHN HENRY PELLY, Bart., Deputy-Governor. Bainbridge, Esq. Wilmot Holland, Esq. Robert Barclay, Esq. Earl of Leven and Melville. J Ohn Garrett Cattley, Esq. Chas. Jno. Manning, Esq. Mark Currie Close, Esq. Henry Nelson, Esq. Illam Davidson, Esq. The Hon. Josceline W. Percy. Th omas Dent, Esq. Alexander Druce, Esq. Charles Robinson, Esq. Samuel Leo Schuster, Esq. Fredk. Jos. Ed'mann, Esq. Eric Carrington Smith, Esq. Rive rsdaleW. Grenfell, Esq. William Soltau, Esq. Robt. Amadeus Heath, Esq. Joseph Somes, Esq., M.P. m. Tetlow Hibbert, Esq.! Wilham Wallace, sq vas. Stewart Hodgson, Esq. Chas. Baring Young, Esq. Medical Referee, SAMUEL SOLLY, Esq., F.R.S. NOTICE.— the usual fifteen days a ll owe d for payment of FIRE PREMIUMS falling due at Christmas will expire 011 gth January. FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected with this Corporation on advantageous terms. In the Life Department, assurances are granted with par ticipation in Profits, or, at lower Premiums, without such Participation. The Reversionary Bonus on British Policies has averaged be arlY 2 per cent. per annum on the sum assured. Equivalent reductions have been made in the Premiums i`ayable by persons who preferred that form of Bonus. The divisions of Profit take place every Five years. ti t e nY sum not exceeding £15,000 may be insured 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. The Corporation have always allowed the Assured to serve united MKing d ilitia, Yeomanry, h or Volunteer Corps within the om, free of carge. ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON. ROBT. P. STEELE, Secretary. ItOYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, "a in the im me di a t e v i c i n i ty o f th e G rea t N or th ern Rail y T erminus, at King's-cross. Patron—The QUEEN. President—The Duke of BUCCLEUCIT, K.G. Treasurer—Edward Masterman, Esq. an i l:, 111 8 was the first hospital to introduce the principle of free instant admission to the destitute sick, without the for mality of governors' letters. It is entirely devoted to desti tution in its most pitiable form—viz., that which is accom- Dc.nied by sickness and disease, and is now of sufficient magnitude that, with adequate support, it may be rendered capable of admitting Into its wards a very large proportion of Inc casual s i c k of this great metropolis. It requires but the lfunds in order to have 500 beds available for the reception of these the most wretched of our fellow-creatures. Moreover, it gratuitously affords medical advice and medicine to more, on the average, than 3,000 out-patients a week. ,The Weekly Board feel it th e i r imperative duty to make an EARNEST APPEAL to the public for continued support, to enable them to A dmit and relieve the distressing cases that daily present themselves. Contributions are received by the Treasurer, Edward Co.ftsterman, Esq., Nicholas-lane; also by Messrs. Coutts and ; Drummond and Co. ; Herries and Co. ; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co. ; Smith , Payne , and C o . ; Gl y n and Co. ; Jones Loyd and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; Denison and Co. ; W Mame, Deacon, and Co. ; Overend , Gurney , and ; Nisbet and Co. ; Messrs. J. Barned and Co., Liverpool; and at the Hospital STANFORD S. SMITH, Secretary. ARMY CONTRACTS. Commissariat Office, Aldershott, February 19, 1F63. 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WHITE'S MOO-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (PERFECTED AND EXHIBITED IN THE GREAT , r }: XIIIBITION or 1851 AND 1862), is allowed by upwards of Tw o Hundred Medical Gentlemen to oe the most effective iT he in the curative treatment of II ERN I A. ne use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its , ffects , j h ere avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the 1 3', while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the °e 'llain Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease orid • . °Bermes that it cannot be detected, and may be worn L'uring sleep. A descriptive circular may he had, and the truss, which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the cir- Mltoference of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manufacturer, Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly. A Single Truss, 165., 215., 265. ed., and 31s. fid. Postage, Is. A. Double Truss, 31s. 6d., 425., and 525. fid. Postage, is Bd. An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. ed. Postage, ls. 10d. 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BERLIN, Feb. 27.—This being Friday, postalli corresponding with Sunday in Locdon, I the more regret that it yesterday was impossible to send you a better account - of the first day's debate on the Polish resolution than was comprised in a few hasty and imperfect jottings. Before proceeding to a closer examination of it, we may briefly sum up the declarations of Government, made in its course, with respect to the Russian convention. M. Von Bismark said that every overstepping of the fron- tier, whether by Prussian or R uss ia n t roo p s , re- quired previously to be consented to by frussia:; that Lord Russell's declarations with respect to the contents of the agreement with Russia were incor rect ; and that the presumptions of the report of the committee concerning the possibility of Russian marches into Prussia were false. You are already acquainted with Count Eulenburg's declaration re- specting the Poles arrested at Thorn, and who, their passports not being in order, were sent across the Russian frontier. The Chamber received the an- nouncement with marks of great disapprobation, wherepon Count Eulenburg quoted, in his justifica- tion, Art. 23 of the Cartel-Convention, which says Russian subjects, not having their papers in order, can be sent across the frontier by the Prussian authorities, and must be received by the Russians. Supported by this paragraph the Prussian Govern- ment had thought proper to send the four young men in question into Russia—probably to Siberia, ... . or to life-long service in the ranks. The speech of the day, however, was iatquestionably that of the Minister-President Von Bismark-Schonhausen, which, unrivalled for its insolence, was in every way worthy of the remarkable statesman who spoke it. He began by denouncing the successive inter pellations with respect to the Prnsso-Russian con vention, or, as it is now generally termed, the Polish question. The Government had deemed it for the interest of the State to decline answering, and, in any other Parliament that he knew of, the most malcontent Opposition would thereupon have desisted from further inquiries. He added:— "Therewith I couple the wish, Give us an Eng- lish Lower House, and then ask us for English in stitutions. (Agitation. A Voice—' Upper House !') The Upper House is less important. (Great laugh - ter.) A Lower House like the English would ren der our Upper House unnecessary." M. Von Bismark then turned to the speeches made by Waldeck and Unruh in the former debate on the same subject. He said : "DepUty Unruh had declared, amidst the ap plause of the Chamber, that if the measures taken by Government for the security of Prussian fron- tiers and interests were to lead to external compli cations, the means for the defence of the country should be refused to the King. Is not that saying to the foreigner, 4 Come hither; the moment is fa vourable P Prussia'—(lnterruption and contradic tion.) lam glad to see that you yet express a feel ing of indignation—(lnterruption and cries of ' 0 rder:)" Vice-President Bebrend requested silence, and said that the Minister had made use of no expres sions necessitating a call to order. M. Von Bis mark resumed, and said he would not yet raise the question how far Ministers were liable to be called to order. The threat to leave Prussia defenceless had been spoken by that same deputy, Von Unruh, whose name was connected with the refusal of taxes in 1848. Here there was fresh interruption, and the Vice-President told the Minister that his last words had nothing whatever to do with the question before the Chamber. M. Von Bismark—l will permit myself to remark to the President that I cannot admit his right to a disciplinary interruption of my speeches. I have not the honour to be a member of this Assembly ; I did not make your regulations nor share in the election of your Presidents ; I am not subject to _ _ the disciplinary influence of the Chamber. The disciplinary power of the President ceases at this bar. (The table at which the Ministers sit.) My only superior is his Majesty the King, and I have to learn that any legal or constitutional enactment has placed me under the discipline of the President of this house. (Interruption.) Vice-President Behrend—l have not deprived the Minister-President of the word, nor could I do so consistently with the Constitution. But according to the regulations of this house, its President exer cises disciplinary power so far as its four walls ex tend—(loud applause)—and that power will I exert. M. Von Bismark—l do not speak here in virtue of your regulations, but in that of the authority de puted to me by the King. On the ground of the paragraph of the Constitution which prescribes that the Ministers must be allowed to speak and must be heard as often as they demand it. (Interruption.) You have no right to interrupt me. I must mark that view as an erroneous one, which the Govern ment does not share. I was saying, then, the same Deputy Von Unruh who, in 1848, indelibly asso ciated his name with the refusal of taxes. (Violent commotion in the Chamber; cries of "It is scan dalous, adjourn." The President rings his bell con tinuously.) Vice-President Behrend-1 shall find myself com pelled, in conformity with the regulation in such cases, to adjourn the sitting—(applause)—if the Minister-President should repeat expressions which I have declared do not pertain to the debate. (Ap plause.) M. Von Bismark—l cannot prevent the Presi dent adjourning. I have no need, gentlemen, again to repeat what I have twice said, and what you, I apprehend, ave understood. (Great commotion in the Chamber, cries for and against an adjournment.) The threat to leave Prussia defenceless is happily an impotent one, but the remark is thereby suggested that the tendencies, the words, the names of 1848 again appear in the foreground of the stage. The European revolution is connected and mutually supporting in all countries; it is natural that a movement in Poland, which, according to proofs that lie before us, has been prepared with Mazzini's co-operation, and which, according to known facts, is being car ried cut with Mieroslawski's assistance, should find support from the revolutionary element in all coun tries. Under these circumstances, gentlemen, it is proposed to you to testify your sympathy with the Polish insurrection by the acceptance of to-day's resolution. (Sensation.) It is not my business to criticize the object of the gentlemen who bring it forward. But the effect produced throughout the whole world by the acceptance of the resolution will unquestionably be those who vote for it constitute themselves, to a certain extent, partisans of the Polish insurrection. (Great agitation, animated dissent.) You recommend to the Government—if, that is to say, you will look upon the resolution in the light of a recommendation —to favour neither of the two parties. That the Government would not favour the insurgents might be foreseen by the Chamber d wou ; the fain p only ro L t theoossiblecoinnsculurrseiootniotnheiro n . is m , that the you prejudices that might result to it from the attitude of this Government. (Sensation.) Comment is unnecessary on the language and de clarations of the Minister in the stormy scone de scribedlneedcorresponded s in ear t e h e el y c add, m dwd m r e dt n hs c a. e t m yT e e n hs t et e o rl t ad ' ta t t y h e e a bove extract. character of his occasions, the insol e nce with the of hisprovoking tone a nd andmanner tanigoagnlriof ffsustil suchhv lyee extract, his d ec l amation about th a e pso m ro en of '4B, European Revolution, &c., was got for behoof of his M a j esty the Ki ng, andup expresslywili have won M. von Bismark m uch feud and da a l and n m i p l i o t i a n r t y p ofa r t y, ac iovereign's eyes. The Ch am ber perfectly understood th e Mi n i ster ' s in a p t er is ma to ne k n e t e ly p e n f r d o e m a v o t h u e r menacingt helt eRd Spa attitude eof before Dem o t h er e whose whose t good acotconstant willa in t design. He presently passed on to the Convention, which he styled the sea-serpent of the European _ press, the product of newspaper lies and of tele grams concerning what had passed in a foreign Parliament. It had been said that a strip of terri- tory comprising 600 square miles (German) was abandoned to the horrors of Russian campaigning, and on this statement the whole argument rested. " But on the idea of this strip of territory is en imaginary picture," continued M. von Biamark, " a mere idle invention." (Hereupon there was a sensa tion in the Chamber.) " The nature of the agreement entered into with Russia completely guaranteed Prussia against all danger of such a war on her frontier territory." The substance of M. von Bismark's declaration has been given at the beginning of this letter. The remainder of his speech does not need condensation here. It was a continual sparring at the Chamber, which heard it with fzequent murmurs and signs of disapprobation. Some remarks by Deputy San • ger brought the Minister to his legs again, to repeat that the frontier could not be passed either by Russian or Prussian troops without previous con sent of Prussia. M. Twesten then spoke at consider able length; one or two of the principal points of his speech were cited to you yesterday. Referring to M. von Bismark's having laughed at the informa tion which gave rise to the debate, and having called the Convention a sea-cement, an invention of the press, &c., he said that- a the Minister must thank his Ambassador in London, from whom and from the Russian Ambassador Lord Russell had received the news concerning the Convention which he communicated to the English Upper House ; or else he must affirm that Lord Russell him self bad lied. (Hear.) With Lord Russell's informa tion completely coincided those statements in the public press which, after what had passed in the English Parliament, must be taken as true." Once more M. von Bismark rose. He said— " The last speaker has repeatedly reverted to the proceedings of the English Parliament, and to the information that has reached Berlin concerning them. He has accepted as authentic the newspaper reports of them, and he compels me to declare that if Lord Russell's words have been rightly reported in the papers they do not ex ac tl y represent t h e facts. We have neither concluded nor does there ezht any stipulation with Russia which corresponds with what Lord Russell said in the English Parlia ment. I nevertheless must, in the most decided manner, take into protection that English statesman, personally known to me as honourable, against the severe reproach to be inferred against him from the words of the last speaker." (Here a number of Deputies burst into a hearty and evidently irresis tible laugh. It was truly comic to have a political gamin of M. von Bismark's calibre proffering his guarantee for the honourableness of Lord Russell, and generously taking him under his protection.) " Lord Russell himself said in his speech that he did not know the contents of the agreement or stipulation, as he called them. lam doubtful—at least it is not present to my memory —whether our Ambassador in England could then have been ac- quainted with the words of the Convention. The words, however, gentlemen, are in such matters all important; they are wont to be cautiously drawn np. The moral of the matter is, that it is not pru dent to speak of things one does not know, and I think that you all, and also the last speaker (M. Twesten) will arrive at the same conviction when the exact contents of our agreement shall once have become public." The Chamber soon afterwards adjourned. FEBRUARY 28. The pitch at which hostilities between the Minis try and the Chamber have arrived, and especially the amenities of Thursday's debate, have induced many persons to believe it impossible that the two bodies could both continue to exist. Either the Cabinet, it was thought. must fall, or the Session must be brought to an abrupt close, probably by a dissolution. An Opposition journal this morning expresses that opinion, the correctness of which I nevertheless think myself justified in doubting. The Ministerial crisis has been got over, according to 11 appearances, and after at least one very nar row escape from a break up of the Cabinet, and it seems possible that things may continue as they yet are some time longer. M. Bismark hopes by keeping the Chamber together, and by acting un constitutionally in the teeth of its decisions, to dis credit it in the eyes of the country. This he very plainly declared in yesterday's debate. M. Vincke opened it with a long speech, which seams to have pleased nobody —not even his own friends and most consistent admirers. He declared himself strongly opposed, in the interests of this country, to a recon stitution of the kingdom of Poland, whose first symptom of vitality must be a dismemberment of Prussia. The existence of Prussia he said depended on the non-existence of a Polish State. He repudi ated the sort of parallel established by Lord Ellen borough between the present Polish insurrectionand the German war of liberation. He indignantly re jected any such comparison. He could not agree to the convention because he was not acquainted with it; but if the Minister-President referred to Eng land to show that the convention was too much talked of (see Thursday's debate) ha (Vincke) would reply—" Give us an English Upper House, which has a constitutional basis, which our Herrenhaus has not; an Upper House which recognises as its first duty the defence of the constitution of the country. (Bravo.) Give us, above all, an Eng lish Ministry. (Applause.) Not a Ministry which when the representatives of the people are busied with the most serious affairs reproaches them with wasting the time of the Government—(bravo)—not a Ministry which meets the Representative Assem bly with such disdain." (Bravo.) After these well merited hits at the present Cabinet it was with no little surprise that the Chamber heard M. Vincke say, towards the close of his speech, that he had witnessed with pleasure the appointment of M. Bismark as Prime Minister. The end of his speech was in substance as follows :—" In a country like Prussia dangerous crises could terminate favourably for the nation only when the policy of the Govern ment was supported by the enthusiasm of the whole people. (Bravo.) When a Ministry, in the long run, found so little support as the present, he re peated that its obstinate retention of office was the ruin of the State. (Loud applause.) He was the more at liberty to say this because hi s oppos iti on to the Ministry was s t are ira et studio. Sine ira, because ho had joyfully greeted the Minister- President on his entrance into office—(laughter)— sine studio ; because it was not his political friends who would, after the fall of this Cabinet, take their seats on the Ministerial bench, but, according to all ;:onstitutional rules, the leaders of the party which should have the majority in the Chamber. (Laugh ter.) If he, after Waldeck's speech, had grave misgivings with respect to that deputy's foreign policy, the trial must yet, nevertheless, be made. The country must learn wisdom from suffering. (Great laughter.) Ho summed up his views by urging that all possible favour should be shown to Russia in the present contest, short of sending Prussian troops into Russia, or allowing Russian troops to enter Prussia. Act for Prussia's interest, and without injury to Prussi a ' s h onour. " M. Vineke's speech was decidedly one of the least happy of his oratorical efforts, and was very coldly received. It is a peculiarity of that deputy that when he sees an opening for attack he never can resist it, even though h e may thereby damage his own cause. His yesterday's speech comprised more than one sarcastic onslaught on members of upon the wh o l e , seems con the Opposition, and, sidered to have been rather favourable than other wise to Government. With reference to the appre hensions he expressed as to the prejudice to result to Prussia from an overstepping of her frontier by the Russians , M. von Bisma r k repeated his assur ance that the agreement entered into completely secured Prussia against that eventuality. People do not place much faith in his Excellency's assurances, and suspect some quibble in the matter. He said on Thursday that the Russians could not come over the frontier without authorisation from this side. But, it is asked, by whom is that authorisation to be given ? Will it be in the power of any Prussian general or colonel, commanding on a given point of the frontier, to permit the entrance of a Russian column ? The well-authenticated accounts daily re ceived of the atrocities committed by the Russian troops in Poland naturally render the Prussians ex tremely averse to their admission into this country. M. von Hennig, deputy for Strasburg, in the pro vince of Prussia, close to the Russo-Nash frontier, rose when M. von Bismark sat down, and, after a sarcastic reference to Vincke's habitually dogmati cal and dictatorial style, attacked the Ministry. In Berlin, he said, people are very ill-informed as to what passes in the province of Posen, and the Minister of the Interior had, upon the previous day, supplied an example of this. (Count Eulenberg had denied that the frontier had been crossed.) Russian troops had crossed the Prussian frontier. The Minister-President had expressed his regret at having to be present at the discussion of the pre sent question. He (Deputy Hennig) and his friends found the Minister's speeches always very interest ing, and certainly highly provocative of merriment. Was it not comical to hear the old story of '4B warmed up at this time of day ; to hear it said that the Chamber wished to leave Prussia defenceless, and to invite in the foreigner ? Surely it became the first duty of the Minister-President to advise the King to dissolve such a treasonable Chamber ? (Hear, hear.) Why did he not do so ? Probably because he well knew that the Chamber would be re-elected. Passing then to the Polish question, M. von Hennig declared positively that Prussian troops had been on Russian territory, and Russians on Prussian ground. All the civil authorities in the frontier provinces had been directed to carry out the orders of the Generals. Such ought only to be allowed in case of a general mobilisation, and not when merely the reserves were oalled out. He had the conviction that the convention was one which no Government careful of the interests of the country would have concluded. M. Hennig being from the frontier, and having sure sources of information, his statements carried weight. M. Bismark's reply excited the mockery of the House. " The facts," he said, "Brought forward by the previous speaker with respect to crossing the frontier were, upon the whole, very scanty. (Oh, oh !) He himself had no know ledge of them, and did not consider them sufficiently important to inquire about. (Oh, oh !) It was un important whether the frontiers had been over stepped, whether a gendarme or two had crossed them or not. Troops might cross the frontier with out even knowing whether they were on foreign territory or not. It had often enough happened that 20 or 30 Russian or Prussian officers had gone across to visit their friends." (Laughter and astonishment.) It was not without reason that Deputy Virchow afterwards said that the Minister President's man ner of expressing himself on affairs of State was such as one might evpect to hear among a party of students. " The last speaker," M. von Bismark continued, " asked me why we do not dissolve the Chamber. Before we do that, gentlemen, we should like the country to have an opportunity to learn to know you right well." (Oh, oh, and laughter.) M. von Bonin, an independent deputy, who can not be strictly said to belong to any fraction of the Chamber, but who is of the old Prussian Liberal party, next spoke. He was lately President of the province of Posen, but was removed on account of his political opinions. He declared that had the state of things in the province been as it is now four weeks ago, when he was still in office, he would most decidedly have opposes the exceptional mea sures that have been taken. " Has the Govern ment," he said,— " Really so little knowledge of the circumstances as to believe (as M. von Bismark lately said) that the expense of those measures will be covered by a few hundred thousand thalers ?" Schulze-Delitsch, the well-known and eloquent Fortschritt deputy and leader, made a speech which was the best of the day, and confirmed Deputy Hennig's statements with respect to the passage of the frontier. " I have before me," he continued,— " A letter from a member of the Association for the Protection of German Interests in Posen—an association which here also has an especial claim to be acknowledged as reliable in its judgments—a letter containing such bitter complaints of the con vention that it is not possible to read it here. I will refer only to one passage of it. The effect of the measures taken has been most unfavourable to traffic, trade, and credit, which last has been de stroyed by the manifesto of the Over-President. Also the position of the Germans in the kingdom of Poland should be weighed. A great deal of German capital :s employed in Poland ; many Germans are there resident. The most violent antipathy would be aroused against these. Our Baltic ports, too, are much affected by the measures taken ; the conclu sion of affairs is rendered difficult ; the premium against war risks on Prussian ships is raised. The Government damages all interests, of Poles and of Germans, at home and abroad." The debate concluded to-day. The resolution was carried by 246 against 57. The majority was com posed of the Vineke fraction, the Catholics, and the Conservatives. Von Sybel made a remarkable speech. Vice-President Behrend declared that, al though he had not authorised its publication, the conversation reported in the papers as having occur red between him and M. vonißismark (with respect to Poland falling to Prussia, &c., as mentioned in one of my recent letters) had really taken place. WILLS AND BEQUESTS. His late Majesty Dom Pedro V., King of Por tugal, whose death occurred about fifteen months since, bfing possessed of property in England, and dying intestate, a widower, without issue, letters of administration were granted on the 17th inst. by her Britannic Majesty's Court of Probate to his Majesty King Dom Fernando, Duke of Saxe- Coburg, the father of his late Portuguese Majesty. The will of Augustus Pechell, Esq., formerly of Lincoln's-inn, and late of Weymouth, Devon, was proved in London by his brother, the Rev. Horace Robert Pechell, M.A., Chancellor of Brecon, and Rector of Big, near Henley-on-Thames. The tes tator died on the 10th of last month at Liverpool, having executed his will in October, 1861, which is somewhat brief, and the dispositions are chiefly con fined to the members of his own family. There are legacies of £2,000 each bequeathed to several of the testator's nephews and nieces, and an annuity of £2OO to his sister, Mrs. Townsend. His brother, the Rev. H. R. Pechell, is appointed residuary legatee as well as sole executor. The personal pro perty was sworn under £60,000. - The, will of Myles Custance, Eq., formerly of Norris•street, Haymarket, but late of Malvern villas, was proved in London by the executors and trustees—namely, Myles Henry Cus tance, Esq., of Rue Montoyer, Quartier Leopold, Brussels, in Belgium ; and John Coulson, Esq., of Clifton-road, St. John's-wood. The Rev. Frederick Custance, 8.A,, Rector of Colwall, near Malvern, Herefordshire, is also appointed a trustee. The was executed in 185 8 , and a c odicil in May, willl s l o 'h s s e e d t e o s f t ator, considerablewh od i died real in as Novemberw e well als personal ast,wa po s s-pro perty. The personalty was sworn under £60,000. Ths whole of his property, both real and personal, after securing two annuities of £3OO and £4OO, and the payment of a few other legacies, is to accumu late for the benefit of his daughter Ada, and in the event of his daughter not attaining a vested interest or dying without issue, the estates will then be come the property of the trustees, for their own benefit, according to the terms of the will.—lllus trated London .Netog. PR1CE.....—..4d. STAMPED ....fid. Naval and Military Intelligence. THE NAVY. Intelligence has been received at Chatham of the I arrival in the Downs of the Channel squadron , under the command of Rear-Admiral Sir R. Smart, R.H., consisting of the Revenge, 73, Capt. C. Fellowes, flagship ; the Warrior, 40, Capt. the Hon. A. Coch rane; the Black Prince, 40, Capt. J. F. B. Wain wright; the Defence, 16, Capt. A. Phi Ilimore ; and the Resistance, 16, Copt. W. C. Chamberlain. The fleet was joined yesterday by the Emerald, 34, Cep , . A. Cumming. The squadron will escort the Princess Alexandra to the Nore, where it will be joined by the Formidable, 84, Capt. W. G. Luard, flagship of Vice-Admiral Sir W. J. Hope Johnstone, Com mander-in-Chief; the Cumberland, 70, Capt. J. P. Thompson; the Leander, 51, and four gunboats. The 50 gun sailing frigates Chichester and Wor cester, attached to the Chatham sailing reserve, have been surveyed by the dockyard officials, wbo have been directed to report to the Admiralty on the con dition of each, and the time which would be required to fit her for sea. The Admiralty yacht Vivid yesterday sailed from Woolwich for Ostend to embark his Royal High ness Prince Frederick William of Prussia for Eng land. Her Majesty's steam storeship Rhadamanthus yesterday entered the shipping basin at Woolwich, and commenced receiving machinery and steam gear for the Prince Consort, the Ocean, and the Zealous steamships, under construction in Devon port and Pembroke yards. The flag of Vice-Admiral Sir Michael Seymour, G.C.8., the newly appointed Commander-in-Chief at Portsmouth, was hoisted yesterday, at 3 p.m., on board the Excellent, gunnery ship, Captain R. S_ Hewlett, C.B. The flag of Vice-Admiral Sir H. W. Bruce, the late Commander-in-Chief, was struck at the final close of his command at sunset yesterday, on board the Victory, and the command of the port officially transferred to Sir Michael Seymour. It is a somewhat remarkable fact that during Admiral Sir H. W. Bruce's three years of com mand his flag has never ceased to fly within the limits of his command, nor has the gallant Admi ral had a day's official leave, or been absent from his post for 16 hours at any one time. Two of the most remarkable features of Admiral Bruce's com mand at Portsmouth have, however, been the orga nisation of the gunboat flotilla on its present very efficient footing, and the establishment of a regular Spithead steamer to attend upon her Majesty's ships lying at that anchorage. The value of this Spit head steamer was fully appreciated by the officers and men of the Channel fleet when at Spithead, in conveying them to and from the shore, whether on duty or on leave. The pecuniary saving to both officers and men in this way was considerable, be sides the additional comfort and safety of the pas sage. Mr. W. D. Jeans, C. 8., succeeds Mr. W. Hickman in the duties of Secretary to the Port Admiral, and Capt. F. Scott, C. 8., succeeds Capt. R. Coote in the command of the Victory, flagship. The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty :—Capt. Francis Scott, C. 8., to the Victory, vice Capt. Coote ; James 0. Jones, master, to the Asia, for the Curacoa ; and Ettrick W. Creak, master, to the Asia, for the Esk. THE ARMY. Major G. T. Field, Deputy Assist.-Quartermas ter-General on the Staff of the garrison at Wool wich, has received the appointment of Governor of the General Hospital at Woolwich, and will be suc ceeded in his present post by Capt. W. C. Nangle, of the Depot Brigade. Notwithstanding the nume rous applications for the vacancy to his Royal High- Less the Field Marshal Commanding by officers senior to the Major, the Major, who is close on his promotion as Lieut.- Col., was specially selected without solicitation or appeal. The appointment is spoken off in the gar rison as the most judicious cnd well-directed which could have been resolved on. Ensign Stanton, of the Ist battalion of the 6th Regiment, has been appointed assistant instructor in musketry to the 9th Depot Battalion at Colches ter, in the place of Ensign Hume, of the 54th Regi ment. Ensigns Baxter and Soady, of the 66th, have received orders to join the service companies of that corps in India. It appears that £30,080 had been expended upon the new cavalry barracks at Colchester to the close of last year. The vote proposed for 1863-4 is £30,000, and a further sum of £22,000 will be re quired to complete the works. The original esti mate was £BO,OOO. During the present financial year it is proposed to expend a further sum of £4,000 upon Warley barracks, near Brentwood, and an expenditure of £6,400 is contemplated for now works, alterations, and repairs in connection with the present camp buildings at Colchester. No further detachments of invalids have been re ceived of late at the military hospital on the South penes, Great Yarmouth, it being intended to for ward them instead to the establishment at Netley, near Southampton. The companies of Royal Engineers at head quarters, Chatham, have commenced their field ope rations at the Royal Engineer practising ground, which extends from Brompton barracks to the banks of the Medway, and covers several acres. The plan of operations already commenced supposes an attack against St. Mary's casemated barracks, the works to be executed including three parallels, four sunken, half-sunken, and raised batteries; ap proaches, magazines, gun and m ortar batteries, mines, and single and double saps. From the plan of the attack already laid out, and the large num ber of men employed on the works, the operations are expected to be the lar g est of the kind yet at tempted by the Royal Engineers at Chatham. The entire work is being carried out under the direction of Lieut.-Col. J. W. Lovell, C. 8., assisted by Lieut. V. G. Clayton. The remarks which appeared in The Sum some few days since respecting the formation of separate quarters for the married non-commissioned officers and men of regiments at Chatham have resulted in a correspondence between the officials and heads of departments, and there is now some probability that separate quarters for the married troops will be provided at Chatham as at other garrisons. The Board of officers who assembled at Chatham some time since reported strongly in favour of the pro posal to provide a separate building for the married men, but the reason why nothing has been done to carry out the recommendations then as . well as subsequently mad e is stated to be the difficulties which have arisen between the departments with respect to the proposed site. Thi s , however, should not interfere, as there are several exceed ingly suitable sites contiguous to th ld e ba barracks on d. erecte which the propose d building cou With regard to the statement officially made in contradiction , t o remarks which appeared in The b e explained that owing to there being a comparatively small number of troops quartered in the barracks at present it is possible to apportion some few barrack-rooms, as f ar a s the accommodation will admit," ostensibly for the married troops, some two or three separate families being quartered in one room ; but on the occasion of a sudden influx of troops into the barracks this arrangement is liable at a ny mom e nt t o b e set aside. Married and single men would still be re quired to occupy the same room, the rules of the service knowing of no distinction between married and unmarried soldiers, excepting where separate quarters are provided for the former, as is now the case at most of the large garrisons. Even under the recent modified arrangements at Chatham Bar racks it may be observed that the single soldiers and married men in several parts of the barracks still occupy the same floors, while the partitions dividing the rooms are by no means sufficient to effectually separate the apartments. In the obser- iN! S PAPER va 10115 made there was no intention to upon the military authorities, bap' call attention to the want of additional(' Chatham garrison for married men, in important subject may be pressed upon consideration of the authorities. During the past week the Aldershott DiVSLionit has again been enabled to take the field and execute a variety of manoeuvres. On Tuesday the troops were drawn up on Eelmore-hill at 10 o'clock. The cavalry- and Royal Horse Artillery were in line of contiguous columns, in close order, facing west ward, and the infantry and field batteries of Royal Artiller- lines of contigtious columns, at quarter distai;r , • -of the cavalry. On the arrival of the Lkeut.-6cneral commanding the movements commenced, the attack being to the westward, for the purpose of engaging a supposed enemy ridvm cing upon Aldershott by the Salisbury road. Cavalry vedettes were thrown out, ,vho deshed to the front and opened fire from the eminence commending the Long Valley. The /3. h If nssars ad - vanccd in line in eupport of the skirmiAers, sup i.orted in turn by the 12th Lsncers, with the 6th Drtigoon Guurd in reserve. The 13th advanced into the valley, and the Royal Horse Artillery came into action from the high ground in their rear, thus covering the advance of the cavalry. Each regiment of cavalry in succession then made several charges at a gallop. While these evolutions were going on a flank movement was executed by the infantry and field batteries. The three bri gades took ground to the right and circled round by the canal, where the artillery opened fire and surprised the left of the enemy. The let Brigade pushed forward on this flank, and the enemy was compelled to fall back on the strong natural posi tion of Cmsar's Camp. The entire division now changed front to the left, and attacked to the south ward " C" battery, Royal Horse Artillery, taking possession of Long-hill, while the" G'' battry wan firing away on the left. The 12th and 13th ad vanced in line, supported by the Carabinierb, Buda squadron of the 12th pursued. The 2d and 3d Bri gades, which were well up in rear of the Cavalry, next formed squares, and the Cavalry Brigade re tired and formed line in their rear. Again advan cing in three lines, and covered by the Royal Horse Artillery on either flank, they halted in line. The left troop of the 13th Hussars pursued, covered the front of the two regiments, and retired round the right and along the rear to their original posi tion. The 2d and 3d Brigades next deployed into line, the Cavalry Brigade took ground to the left, and the 2d Brigade advanced, covered by their skirmishers, and supported by the 3d. The Ist Brigade also advanced, and the whole force, with the field batteries, was brought to bear on the enemy, who had fallen back on Bourlay-bottom. Having driven him from the field in all directions and defeated his object, the troops formed up and marched past, the Horse Artillery and Cavalry iu open column of batteries and squadrons, at a trot, and the infantry in quarter distance columns, in, double time. The division returned to quarters about 1 o'clock. A series of military cooking experiments have lately been carried out at Aldershott, under the superintendence of Captain Ross, Deputy-Assistant Quartermaster-General. On Tuesday a party of 21 non-commissioned officers who have been under instruction at the experimental cooking kitchen at the camp proceeded to Geimorr with intrenching tools, kettles, &c., and, having formed a number of trenches adopted by the military service of different countries, cooked a dinner for the party in one hour 15 minutes, at a consumption of wood amount ing to two pounds per head. The left wing of the Gist regiment, under the command of Lieut.-Col. Brett, left Aldershott on Wednesday morning for Portsmouth, en route for Alderney and Guernsey. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD CIRCUIT—OXFORD, March 2. (Before Mr. Justice Crompton.) - William Powell was indicted for the manslaughter of Josiah Joseph Walker, at Kirtlington. Mr. Sawyer appeared for the prosecution; the prisoner was defended by Mr. Lister. Atm Tolley deposed that her husband was landlord of the Six Bells at Kirtlington. Knew both deceased and the prisoner, who are related to each other. Deceased came to the Six Bells in the afternoon of January 28. and drank some beer. The prisoner came in shortly afterwards, and sat down opposite deceased, and appeared to be tipsy. He commenced abusing deceased, who was perfectly sober. De ceased, after threatening prisoner with his stick, eventually got up and put prisoner out of the room into the passage, where a scuffle took place, which lasted a minute or upwards. Deceased returned to the taproom, followed by prisoner, and resumed his seat and had more beer. He left the house about five minutes after his return to the tap-room, the prisoner remaining about ten minutes after de ceased. Witness did not know that anything dangerous had taken place in the passage. The witness stated in cross-examination that there had been disputes between the parties arising out of some property. Deceased made no obser vation on his return from the passage where the scuffle took place. There was nothing particular in his manner or appearance, and he went away after drinking his beer without making any complaint or observation. The servant girl at the Six Bells remembered seeing deceased remove prisoner from the taproom into the passage, and heard the scuffle. Remained in the taproom until they returned, and afterwards until deceased went away. After deceased left heard the prisoner say he would " mark 12111 1 (meaning deceased) for putting him out." Witness left the taproom directly after prisoner uttered the threat, but did not see him leave the house. Another witness, the son-in-law of the deceased, with whom he lodged, remembered his coming home the same evening about half-past five. In conse quence of what deceased said witness got a light, undressed, and examined him. There was a cut in the groin near the left-hand pocket of the trowsers, and the bowels were protruding. He was sent to the Oxford Infirmary. Thomas Powell, police-constable, went to Kirt lington on the night in question, saw deceased, and examined his clothes ; both his trowsers and his shirt were cut through. Went afterwards to prisoner's house, and charged him with cutting and stabbing. lie said witness might " take him, hang him, or transport him, or do anything else with him." He was then tipsy. Witness took him to the Six Bells, searched him, and found four knives upon him, but all free from marks of blcod. Mr. Sydenham, surgeon, attended deceased on the evening of the 28th January. He was on a bed, with his intestines protruding from a wound on the left side, and lying on the abdomen. The wound was such as might have been caused by a sharp knife. Witness ordered him to be removed to the Infirmary. The witness stated in cross-examination f w_abalnet in that t im e t y h e attention wou d was than dangerous t r h a i t u h g e r f o f from d walking home intesseahaaarwacdteerc.ealsetdwas brrahlef-paaosttio9n o o 'c f lock before wit from the public house might have caused the bowels to protrude, and until protrusion took place there would not necessarily be pain. A very slight cut in such a part of the body might cause the bowels to protrude. Mr. Wingfield, house surgeon of the Ratcliffe Infirmary at Oxford, also gave evidence as to the nature of the wound. Deceased died on the morning of Anotherthe 3Othpforloi police constable,t h e effects whoof the wasinwound. charge of the Bicester station on the night of th e 28 th and received the prisoner in charge, dep ose d to a conversation with him, in the course of which he said " it was deceased)no use to d a e n n d y m i it, a t at there, er t h e r a e n was d I put out of the house," and (meaning w on as lY n h ot im going to with he bad dune it with his bread and cheese knife. Mr. Lister, in his address to the jury, dwelt upon the circumstance that the prisoner was in liquor at the time, and further urged in his favour the suddenness of the collision between him and ibe deceased, from which the absence of malice might reasonably be presumed, and that deceased might in fact have met his death by accident. The jury found a verdict of guilty, with u recum mendation to mercy. The learned Judge sentenced the prisoner to ten years' penal servitude. John Evans, an attorney' s clerk, Edward Lewis, and Thomas Baker, were charged with setting fire to a stack of hay at Ducklington on 2d Nov. last. Th e prisoners pleaded guilty, and on being asked in the usual manner whether they had anything to say why sentence should not be passed upon them, Evans observed, "My lord, I have bee n go i ng on very badly for a long time, and if you wish to do me any good you had better send me out of the country." The learned Judge sentenced the prisoners to sight years penal servitude. Evans—Thank you, my lord. Lb- If of en 24s 42 3 --0 310 ir 3 6 ingf gits , pa, the 'of e ;yde , bllO3, et, to OSCO arch , :Liza- .delis [lock , a ged EWS. ~ 112, ntY of