The Sun. — London, England, 1864-01-02 00:00:00

"rt.. a ,• vb.. •• Ak 4 t .*: WHERB CAN WE MEET AFTER THE PANTOMIMES ? My dear Fellow, Gentlemen sup at EVANS', Covent-garden. IURNITURE, CARPETS. B EDDING, and , FLOORCLOTH, CARRIAGE-FREE t o an y house in he kingdom, regardless of amount or dis`ance. First class goods at second-class prices. Terms peculiarly liberal to Clergymen and Gentlemen. An immense stock to select from, displayed in showrooms occupying an acre of ground. Every article warranted. CI, Fl hGYMEN and GENTLEMEN ABOUT TO FUR NISH are respe c tfully Informed that Messrs. C o bbett and Co. are pabli e , fling, an entirely New Edition of their un equalled HOUSE FURNISHING GUIDE, illustrated by4lo ..._..._ admirable , eneravings of every description of Furniture and Bedstead . 3 , 1 with prices attached. A copy sent gratis and post-fre,a on application. This costly work also contains C comple a 'f,e estimates f o r furnishing on the following revised their scale a- Fain A She-roomed Parsonage An Eight-roomed ditto A Ten -roomed ditto ........ -.• • • 259 16 6 A Twelve-room e d ditto 'l9l 11 0 `Together with a friee List of purified eedding, and a mass T r of valnable information to all requiring household turniture, _ we( carpets, or beddi ng. s References kindly permitted to Clergy- from /men and gentl emen i n or near G rea t Malvern, Southampt on , iChichester. Bury, Emy, Preston, Grimsby, ilyde, Plymouth, "WTi Fells, Oxford. B rig ht on , G a i ns borough, Margat e . Kidd er - T minster, Wellington, Croydon. Cambridge, ataines, Dorking, St Alban's, Worcester, Ipswich, Peterborough, St. David's, Wrexham, and above 500 other places in all parts of Great Britain. COB BETT and CO., General House Furnishers, Deptford bridge, Londor., S.E, (Lin Sple-______ BANKRUPTCY AND COMPO SITIONS ,- New • 'ldr. WETHERFIELD. Solicitor, 35, Moorgate-street, L City. PRACTIsEa in COURT, an d e ff ects PRIVATE WE • AR'RANGEMENTS with credit ors , w i t h ou t pu bli a it y. DU] - Charges, the lowest possible, payable by i ns t a l m ent s . Co un - NE try cases economically conduct e d . TI , 17.8.-DEBTS recovered on commission, free of law costs. gent Divorce and Probate business conducted at moderate ex- p at let M pense. To I • F STAMP YOUR PAPER, Alt ENVELOPES. INVOICES, &c., with JONES'S PATENT PERCUSSION EMBOSSING PRESS. rr The above would b e f ound useful to youths at school for embossing their Books, Drawings, Papers, Sic. The Press complete, with Plain Crest, Name, or Business Die, 9s. 6d. as Note the Address: -WILLIAM JONES, Die Sinker, Press tak, Maker, and Embos ser, 3, Queen's-court, High Holborn (op- wit posite Day and "alartin's). • Int Bot has }BRITISH NATION FIRE INSURANCE r P COMPANY, Limited. Incorporated under "The Companies Act, 1862," with C (limited Liability, whereby the responsibility of each - ehareholder is strictiy limited to the amount of his share. CAPITAL, ONE MILLION STERLING, I In 50,003 Shares of 420 each. First Issue £25,000 Shares. l ' es , , £1 per share to be paid on Application, £2 per share on to k , Allotment, and £2 at an interval of not less than three Sec months. to These Deposits, amounting to £5 per share, will yield £250,000 of paid-up Capital, which the Directors feel con , ident will be amply sufficient to establish and consolidat e - the Company. In the event of no allotment being made, the deposit money 1 will be returned without any deduction, ca: The Hon. ELIOT YORKE, M.P., 124, Park-:street, Park- col , lane, Director of the National Provincial Bank of England, tel Chairman. ha , • Geo. Frederick Anderson, Esq., 34, Notting) wl ham - place, I ork-gat e , R egen t' s -p ar k. s t i George Bermingham, Esq., Moreton-villas, - K entish Town, Chairman of the British Nation Life Assurance Association William Clarke, Esq., 193, Adelaide-road, Also TI Hampstead. 4 Henry Deffeli, Esq., 21, Mincing-lane, Direc- Directors Y v ; tor of the Chartered Gas Company. James Furneli, Esq., Kendall-place. Brixton. of the to I John Geary, Esq., Hyde-side, Edmonton, 3 Director of the Metropolitan and trovincial I British Nation Bank. St b Roert Wallen Jones, Esq., 7, Ormonde- Lif e 1• I terrace, North-gate, Regent's-park. - Robert Norton, Esq., M.D., 4, Westbourne- Assurance - 1 grove, West, Bayswater, .George Charles Richardson, E s q, 16, Abb ey - Association. -I place, St. John's-wood. B Samuel Smith, Esq., Beulah-dale, South aTor- T wood. 0 s John i hompe-n, Esq., Bradfield-villa, Grove- pm and-road, St. John's-wood, Diiactor of the L a . Perpetual Land Company. elWith power to add to their num ber. a BANKERS The Bank of London, Threadneedle -street ; and 450, West Strand, London. The National Provincial Bank of England; at its Branches f 1 )• throu ghout the country. i l , BROKERS. tl TI .• 1 Messrs. Huggins and Rowsell, 1, Threadneedle-street. ti AUDITORS. c' John Berry. Esq., 1, New Broad-street, City. r Henry Chatteris, Esq., Public Accountant, s+, Lothbury. 8 ' George Locket, Esq., Rosslyn-park, Hampstead. "N SOLICITORS. o i Messrs. Eyre and Taawson, 1, John-street, Bedford•row. - GENERAL MANAGER. 3 I Henry Lake, Eeq. 8 OFFICES. a 79, Cannon-street, West, lity; and 316, Regent- st.: London, t a -- CONSTITUTION. Although Fire Insurance has increased to a very consider able extent, there is a great disproportion between the i d amount of property insured and toe insurance property of s -the Nation. It is now also understood that the popularise -0 ton of Fire Insurance, like that of Life Assurance, is best effected by Agencies activel:, employed in the work. It is not cola-rising, therefore, that these Companies have teen so 7adilY sure oiled by the Public, or that they should imme- lately have become successful and permanent. . The succ.'ss, however, of' these Companies have been ob- 0 tuned by an atipeal to the. Public generally, and they have , 0 commenced without any nucleus of specific interest er ccn- ] ne.tion. 0 ] 0 The British N ,, tion Fire Insurance Co m p an y Li m it e d h as 0 the certainty bef ore it o f securing at once a very large and , profitable b us i ness-large in consequence of the aggregate 0 number of persons to whom it can appeal as friends and 7 eupporters, and profitable because the business to be ob tained from that aggregate is of the kind known as the best risks. The "British Nation Life Assurance Association" has an d Ir. come of £170,100 a year ; it is effecting new bu s i ness yi e ldi ng a premium income at the rate of upwards of £35,000 per an num ; its policy-holders amount to more than 20,000 ; it has 3 upwards of 3,000 agents; and its connections ate daily in -9 creasing. It has thus nearly 30,000 persons to whom the 9 Directors of the British Nation Fire Insurance Company 0 limited have the opportunity to appeal; and it is certain 0 that those who hav e entrus t e d th em w ith the l arge amount o of Lite Assura nce represente d b y t h e num b ers and income 0 above stated, will r ea dil y a d op t th e lib era l and advantageous plan which is here submitted. D The British Nation Fire Insurance Company Limited will 0 be separate irom the "British Nation Life Assurance As-co elation," so far as its Capital, Assets, Income, and Profits are concerned; but it will at once obtain the advantage of the whole working Staff of the Life Company. The value of that Staff may be estimated by the fact that, although Poli cies for Life are infinitely more difficult to obtain than Poli cies for Fire, scarcely any Life Office is transacting a larger new business than taat which this Staff obtains for the "Bri tish Nation." These advantaees will also save the payment of any Pro , motion Fees, and a great p ro p or ti on o f t h e usua l Prelimi nary Expenses incidental to the establishment of a Company • of such magnitude ; while by the blending of the Manage ment, and by conducting the business of both Comanies in . , the same Office, a considerable amount of annual outlay nail be avoided. • It has been calculated th a t l i ttle more than one-third of the property of this country is insured, and that this large amount of uninsured property consists rath r of the best risks than of the more hazardous. Few persons possessed of hazardous property fail to insure it, whilst a very large , number possessed of non-hazardous property, such as pri vate houses and their contents, remain uninsured. And it is precisely this description of risk that the connections of the "British N at i on Life Assurance Association " will be . , enabled to secure for this Company. The e ire Company, therefore, now. brought before the .. Public is no speculative project ; for while Fire Companies which have had no nucleus of interest to appeal to are yet welcomed and become immediately successful, this Institu - Lion will commence with a powerful connection such as no Fire Company ever yet possessed. FIRE INSURANCE SHARES AS AN INVESTMENT. The BU2C ss of Fire Comp .nies combined wits Lite, when I. e‘tablished on broad bases, has been uniformly certain, and the shares of a ll such established Companies st an d a t a tirge • premium over ,he original amount paid upon them, The following list will show the amount paid, the present price, and the great increase in value of some of the Comp antes ref erred to. . 0 • . t) ei °-> .at , - 7313 - • , ss e• k A • 11 Annual d 4 4, ti Paid on cao a - •iy, Dividend „ ... •, it Name of Office. each 9 + 4 0 C ' ner cent. ly - aj o _.-0 i.. Share, a paid. e c l 1 1 .1 gD ) , . fat § it L. !', 5 1 - .. —__________ _ co le I to Atlas £ £B. £ X Z 50 5 bonus ne Commercial Union 5O 5 15 14 14 143 0 5 & bonus 9 80 County g' 1mperia1....... ..... 500 50 0 36 3EO 620 r, Liverpool & London 20 2 0 24 11•10 47 5 Law . ;Y 1 , 0 210 11 S 100 'London it 25 12 10 20 45 433 North British le Royal Exclian,re... 103 100 0 14 1 300 200 it Sun 100 10 0 6i & bonus 220 21C0 id Union .. 2OO 20 0 6 5 t 21 0 1300 Thus while the successes of other institutions have been realised In consequence of the general Dublio favour with which they have been regarded, the British Nation Fire In surance Company (Limited) has the peculiar advantage of appeal, to a large body of Shareholders, who have expert 9tced the profitable advantages of the Life Company; to an immense body of Life Polioyholdert, many of whom have received profits on thei r P o li c i es ; and to a numerous and highly efficient Staff of Agents, who, in a department of In surance infinitely more difficult than that of fire, have proved their capacity for obtaining a large business. With such peculiar and manifold advantages, the Directors feel confident of an immediate and permanent success. Prospectuses and Forms of Application for shares may be obtained at the offices of the Company, 79, Cannon-street, City, and 316, Regent-street, or of the Bankers or Brokers. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Directors of the British Nation Fire Insurance Com- Gentlemen,— pany (Limited). Having paid to your bankers the sum of allot me being the deposit payable thereon, I request you to shares in the British Nation Fire insur ance CompanY (Limited), and I hereby agree to accept such shares or any l ess number that may be allotted to me, sub ject to the Regulations of the Company, and to pay the fur ther deposit of £2 per share on allotment, and I request you to place my name on the Register of Members of the Company for the number of shares which may be allotted to me. Name in full Address in full Profession Date 113P TURES.—BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. WHITE'S Moe-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (PERFECTED AND EXIIIBITED IN TDE GREAT Two H Exnunrfoiss or 1851 AND 1862) , is a ll owe d b y upwar d s o f undre n d Medi ca l G entlemen to be the most e ff ect i ve invention i the curative treatment of "'ERNI A. The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effects, is here avoided —a soft bandage being worn round the body, while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the Moc-Main Pad ancfPatent Lever, fitting with so much ease and closeness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn during sleep. A descriptive circular may be hut, and the truss, which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the cir- Cumference of the body, t wo sent to the manuthcturer, Indies below the hips, being Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly. A finale Truss, 165., 215., 265. rA A and 31s. ed. Postage, Doublo Truss, 31e. 6d., 425., and 525. ed. Postage, is Bd. An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. Postage, is. 10d. Post-office Orders to barnacle payable to John White„ Post office, Piccadilly. NEW PATENT I:4ILAST IC STOCKINGS, KNEE-CAPS, Am, for Varicoee Veins and all cases of Weakness and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, dfo. They are !prom, light in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on titre an ordinary etooking. Price 4s. 6d., 7s. td., 108., to 16e. east. Postage 6d. JOIN WRITE, ISTanufactarcr, Picoadilly. % \\• akil No. 22,315 ORA WL EY FUND.—Those who desire to aid NJ Colonel CRAWLEY in his heavy expenses may pay their Subscriptions to the above Fund at Messrs. Herries, Farquhar, and Co., Bankers, 16, St. James's-street, London, S.W, THE WELLINGTON THREE SHILLING DINNER, consisting cf Soup, Fish, Made Dish, Joint, Sweet, &c.. is served daily from 3 to 9 p.m., and on Sunday from 5 to 8.30. JOHN CATES, Manager The Wellington, St. James's-street. Entrance, 160, Piccadilly. QTEAM from LONDON to NEW YORK. i he British and American Steam Navigation Company (Limited) will DESPATCII one of the undermentioned Splendid Fast Screw Steamers.TWlCE EACH 210.NT11 for New York:— Tons. Horse Power. LONDON 2,'00 560 Capt. GLOVER. WESTMINSTER 2,500 6( 0 ..... Capt. Couch DUBLIN 2,600 ..... 500 ..... Capt. FROUD. NEW YORK 2 5OO 500 .... apt. HARRIS. These magnificent vessels are unsurpassed by any ocean going steamer, and have accommodation for passengers re plete witn every comfort. The Line will commence early in March ; the exact date to be fixed in a iatter announcement. To load in the Victoria Docks, For freight or passage apply to the Company's Agents, Alfred Laming and Co., 70, Cornhill. T HE CONSERVATIVE LAND SOCIETY.-- In this Society the taking of Land is quite optional, as Investors, without any partnership liability, may either take out Shares, to receive half-yearly five per cent, per annum, or may open accounts in the Deposit Department, without being Members of the Society, with a fixed rate of Interest at four per cent per annum, payable half-yearly. Both in the Share and Deposit Department the Investor has the privilege of withdrawing his money at fixed periods. Prospectuses sent free to any part of the world. CHARLES LEWIS GRUNEISEN, Secy. Offices, 33, No.tiolk-street, Strand, London, W.C. T".—MOORE BROTHERS respectfully inti mate that their New Prospectus is now ready. They especially recommend their improved Family Tea, reduced to 35. 2d. ; Souohong, reduced to 3s. ed. ; mixed Assam, re duced to 3s. Bd. ; and the finest Assam, reduced from 4s. 4d. to Is. lld. per lb. MOOR,E BROTHERS, 83, London-bridge, City, E.C. BEAUTIFUL WOMEN.—Alabaster Powder, and the ➢lagnetic Rock Dew Water from Sahara. Cir cassian Bloom. Arabian Soaps, and Alabaster Liquid. These costly and inimitable toilet preparations render the hair, teeth, and complexion beautiful beyond comparison. —Can be had only at Madame RACHEL'S, 47A, New Bond-street, where she can be consulted daily. All communications are strictly confidential. MESSRS. BOTT, JACKSON, AND CO. execute COMMISSIONS on all races throughout the year. Market price guaranteed. Remittances. London and Westminster Bank. Post-aft:o Orders payable at Camber well-park. N.B.—Betting on the Waterloo Cup. Address—BoTT and JACKSON, "Man of the World" Wine Stores, George-street, Camberwell-park, Loudon. IF THIS SHOULD MEET THE EYE of any IF one troubled with Wind in the Stomach, Indizestion, or Biliousness, take PAGE WOODCOCK'S WIND PILLS. Tneir world-wide celebrity proves them of sterling merit. Of all medicine vendors at is. lid. =nd 2s. 9d. ; or free by post for 14 or 33 stamps from Page D. Woodcock, Chemist Lincoln. TAE BENEFACTOR OF THE SKIN. AIOLLARD'S PERFUMED SULPHUR SOAP and CREAM for ordinary toilet purposes, and "BA.REGE' SULPHUR CREAM, for Baths, tree from disagreeable odour ; an infallible means of preserving the skin and body in poled health ; they are also an effectual remedy in coring local and cut,neous affections and rheuma tism. Highly patronised and recommended by the most eminent physicians see Testimonials). Tablets of Soap, from Nos. 1 to 5, accord ng to the degree of sulchur they contain, sold at the depot, '2, Rupert-street, Coventry-street, London, W., and at alt chemists. Prospectuses and testimonials sent on application. A RGYLL ROO NIS, Windmill-street, Hay market. NOTICE. —M. JULLIEN'S PROMENADE CONCERTS will be continued at the above elegant rooms. Admission Is. Con ductor— M. JULLIEN. Solo Performers—Messrs. Mosca, Tyler, Horton, Snelling, Progratski, M'Kenney, &c. Doors Open at 8, commence at half-past. Manager, M. GRENET. CIANTERBURY HALL—THE GHOST in the ‘..) MAGIC FOUNTAINS, surpassing any of the Trans f , rmation Scenes cf the Season—one of the most beautiful effects ever produced. The scene, "The Tempest;" Ariel, Miss E. Townley. The flight of Ariel throutzli the Fairy Fountains is certainly a triumph of art.—Vide Public trees. All the other Musical and Pictorial attractions of the Estab ishment as usual, including Operatic Selections, &c. ; Comedy by Unsworth (the great Stump Orator), Eugene, W. Randall, G. Hutchenson, J. Jester, T. blaclag,an, &c. Admission, 6d ; Stalls and Balcony, ls. Open every Evening. T H 0 X F 0 It D, A, OXFORD STREET, W. THIS EVENING, will be performed Selections from the following Operas, viz., THE SLAVE, by Sir H. Bishop; also, from LA FORZA DEL DES llNO—Verdi ; by the fol lowing talented artistes .—Misses Russell, Townley, Fitz- Henry, NI , slmsley, Tyrrell, and Ellison ; Messrs. Green, Huish, Kimberley, Stuart, ike. Solos on the Violin by VIOTTI COLLINS, the cele brated English Violinist. Flute by Drew Dean. Pianoforte, Miss Bryant. And the marvellous instrument, the ORCHESTRAL PIANO, by Herr SCHALKENBACH, the Inventor. Comedy, by UNSWORTH (" or any other man "), Eugene, W. Randall,W. T. Critehfield, T. Illaclwan, George Hutchen son, and the marvellous Gymnasts, Messrs. Berri, Leach, and Foster. THIS EVENING, will be produced, supported by the entire company, a new and original Cantat i, entitled "King Christmas." written by Litchfield Moseley, Esq., and com posed by W. Meyer Lutz, expressly for the establishment. _ _ _ Director, Mr. F. Jonghmans. ROYAL ALHAMBR A.-FRANCONPS CIRQUE IMPERIAL at Two, and half-past Seven o'clock. ROYAL ALHAMBRA. The Great Bare back Rider, JULES PEREZ, EVERY EVENING. 29, GEORGE-STREET, HANOVER-SQUARE. THE LONDON ANATOMICAL MUSEUM. Open daily from 10 till 10. Lectures at 4 and 7 o'clock. Where may be seen the Astecs ; Bushman and Wife ; Julia Pastrana and Infant; Eng and Shaw:, the Siamese Twins ; and upwards of 3,000 Motels, Natural Pre parations, Sm. Egyptian Mummies, unwrapped, 4,000 years old. Admission, One shilling kior Gentlemen only). pRIZE MEDAL -INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1862. FRANCIS TUCKER do CO., Wax Chandlers, (to., &0., To the Queen and the P, 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 tucn,r com mend them to the clergy for the use of the altar." Finest quality, with Platted Wicks, patented-2 d. per lb. Ordinary quality _ ..; Od. per lb. VEGETABLE CANDLES, with a Mixture of Wax. Best quality .. Is. sd. per lb. Beeond quality ls. 3d. per lb. Third quality Is. ld. per lb. Carriage paid in London on Orders of Five Pounds in value. FRANCIS TUCKER AND CO., 8, South Molton-street, Grosvenor-square. Manuf actory— Kensington (Established 1730). The largest Establishment in England for the Manufacture of Wax. Candles for the use of the Altar. . TT AMBERT'S ASTHMATIC BALSAM.-AN EFFECTUAL REMEDY, without confining the bowels or affecting the head, truly efficacious and pleasant, is ad mitted to be the best medicine for immediately relieving coughs, colds. confirmed cases of asthma, and incipient con sumption. It frequently cures persons whom the faculty pronounce incurable, admirably allays the tickling which provokes frequent coughing. In approaching consumption its effects are truly beneficial. Persons deprived of sleep, or even lying down for tear of suffocation, may depend on relief in a few minutes after taking it. Prepared on,y and sold by W. LAMBERT, Chemist, R, Kind-Wiliam-street, Charing cross, London, and by all druggists, in bottles. 1301., and three quantities in one, 2s. 9d. each. Be particular. and ask for Lambert's Asthmatic Balsam. The name and address ae. engraved on the stamp. KEATING'S COUGH LOZENGES.—Statistics show that 50,009 persons annually fall victims to Pul monary Disorders, including consumption, diseases of the chest, and the respiratory organs. Prevention is at 411 times better than cure ; be, therefore, prepared during the wet and wintry season with a supply of KEATING'S COUGH LOZENGES, which possess the virtue f averting, as well as of curing a cough or cold ; they are good alike for the young or for the aged—they soothe bronchial irritation ; and for im proving the voice, the preacher, statesman, singer, and actor have long patronised them, " St. Paul's Cathedral, 30th November, 1549. " Sir,—l have much p I easure in recommending ) cur lozenges to those who may be distressed with hoarseness. They have afforded me relief on several occasions when scarcely able to sing from the effects of catarrh. I think they would be very useful to clergymen, banisters, and public orators. • . "1 am, Sir, ymirs faiiht ally, " THOMAS FRANCIS, Vicar Choral " To Mr. Keating." Prepared and sold in boxes, Is 13d, and tins, 2s 9d, 4s 6d, and 108 6d each, by Thomas Keatinz, chemist, &C., 79, St. Paul's Churchyard, London. Retail by all druggists and atent medicine vendors in the world. TEETH. —Mr. MULL'S INVENTION in the construction of ARTIFICIAL TEETH has the following advantages :—A set of teeth, of excellent work manship and mechanism, can be made and fitted with the most perfect accuracy and success, in a few hours, without pain or extraction of stumps, and to answer all the purposes of mastication and articulation. They are fitted without wires or fastenings, and adapt themselves so perfectly to the gums, that they are quite immoveable, except at the option of the wearer. Invalids or residents in the country can ad just these teeth to many changes of the mouth without the aid of a dentist. They are not so liable to injury, are always useful, and will last a lifetime. Comfort guaranteed. Trea tise explaining Mr. Esked's Patent, &e., free for 7 stamps. Inspection of specimens and consultations ree.-B,Grosvenor street, Bond-strati, W ; and at 89, Bennett's-hill, Bir mingham. 7 -0.4' ..a?)• ER ici EV S PA.Y . .---- _ _ ..4v1"6----- . Ki , t , ...4 . ,V,,, 0 , - y i z - ............\_...._,,,.:"......: . ... - _...___ ::..,,...,,_ GAS EXPLOSIO r .4 il .. . . , - _ . -,,,, -.,,v„--,..1 , - 9 . 1 . 1 10.2 3 • VIA 21r ' A t ' .—.. ' . ' . .."- '., . . ,: '-. '', ' .4 , • KT. ~..=. ~. 6 t . , " :...,..14/.. 1 ' ' • •.',.. .. , M%, ,p • -.. , • . -..,„„ '.:O-_,., iir , ,„„#" '.. e• 1 "" .....,,, ~ . • ~ v, w ...7,4- - -,---0:13.4e• 40,, .- -.. ,k , ' , , , • 4' .. ' '''' i ILII 7 III / 1111111 `' • ' '41111164 41- ...:\ I4 . TIi Z II.--: :' 47: ~,. , 7- ''•«.4' ET • CZA-- 4 't•t -, lioli, -' -: u- orirt`t. ‘,.....- 0 1 -5 1 ..,:, ..- \.,...... '''''Z' '•. ;% l• ~,, , tl, . • ~..,,,, , 4. DiE i , ... , - , s A terrific explosion of gas, even its results than that which recen, Camp Hill, took place on Thursday mornipt at j S residence of Mr. Wm. Russell, Milton-place, Vic toria-road, Aston New Town, Birmingham, The house forms one of a row, and in front has only two stories. The entrance door opens into a passage or hall, the first room on the left being the parlour. Beyond this is the back sitting-room, out of wh'ch is the staircase communicating with the upper rooms. Oa tne farther side of the sitting-room is a C!trr leading into the kitchen. Between Mr. Russell's house and that of his neighbour's is, or rather was, an entry which formed the division between the two houses and the approach to the back yard. The landlord of the house is Mr. Benjamin Morgan, v. ho lives in the same row , and Mr. Russell, we arc in formed, has only been his tenant a few weeks. Mr. and Mrs, Russell have been spending Ch r i, s t m .,e in London, and returned home on Wednesday night. During their absence the house had been left in charge of the servant, Sarah Morris, a young woman 18 years of age. The house is lighted with gas, and there aro gas fittings in the front and back sitting rooms, kitchen, end the bedrooms on the first floor. On going to bed on Wednesday night the gas was not turned off at the meter, and Mr. and Mrs. Russell, who slept on the back bed room, kept a small light burning in their room night, Mrs. Russell being somewhat unwell, Mr. Russell came down stairs on Thursday morning at about 8 o'clock to procure a cup of tea for his wife. The servant did not come down stairs until some time afterwards, and Mr. Russell, who was then at the kitchen fire, scolded her for being late, and sent her to unclose the parlour shutters. She took a PRICE ..4d. STAMPED ....sd. Colone: :pemses, (From the Law fazes of To-day.) Colonel Crawley has received from his judges the full and honourable acquittal which had been already accorded to him by public opinion. But the country must not be suffered to rest with thin. The country has been deluded into a cost of £150,000 for the prosecution of an honourable and innocent man and it has a right to know by whom that impudent delusion W 0.3 practised upon her. Although the howl against him was eauerly echoed by the news• papers in this coniftry whose vocation it is to bring into contempt, fcr the purpose of destroying, every institution not purely democratic, it had its origin in some other region, and Parliament should demand from the Government the sources of the information upon which it acted when consenting to this infa mous prosecution. But justice will not be satisfied with this. Compensation is due to the injured object of the persecution. He has been dragged from India to England to undergo the trial which in due course should have been held in India, and thus he has been put to an enormous cost beyond that properly attaching to the ordeal. This at least the country is bound to repay from the public purse to the uttermost farthing. For the harass and anxiety to which he has been so long subjected there can be no compensation, but every farthing of the expenses he has been put to beyond those atten dant upon the transfer of the place of trial might be fitly supplied by voluntary subscription, lighted candle with her, and .he had no sooner opened the parlour door than a terrific explos'on took place, which shattered the house from basement to roof, forcing out the windows, and blowing down the walls as instantaneously as though a magazine had been exploded underneath. We have stated that Mr. Russell was at the kitchen fire at the back of the house. The outer wall of this kitchen was levelled to the ground, leaving the outer room open to the yard. What with the noise of the explosion, the crash of the falling walls, end the dust which arose from the debris, Mr. Russell was for a few seconds completely paralysed. His first thought was that the earthquake had returned with increased force, and then the actual cause occurred to him— that there had been an explosion of gas in the front room. He hastened there to ascertain the full ex- tent, and found the whole of the front of the house a complete wreck. The lighted gas was streaming from the broken pendant in the centre of the room, the furniture was on fire, end the flames were play ing round the room, lapping the walls as though seeking some place to fasten upon. Seeing this danger, Mr. Russell immediately ran down stairs to the meter and turned off the gas. He then re turned to the front to search for the servant. He found her tying upon the floor of what had been the entry, where she had been blown by the force of the explosion, and completely buried beneath the bricks and rubbish of the fallen wall. The noiEe of the explosion had, as might be supposed, created almost a panic in the surrounding houses, and in a very few moments there were plenty cf persons on the spot to render assistance. With the help of some of the neighbours the bricks were removed, and the girl was got out. She was rather severely burned, and also bruised by the falling bricks. She was immediately placed in a cab and taken to the General Hospital. It should be stated that after Mr. Russell had turned off the gas he brushed out with his hands and coat sleeve the flames where they had taken hold of the furniture and the paper upon the walls. The explosive current took an eccentric course, and was almost fantastic in its work of destruction. The parlour window was, of course, blown out, and thus opened a vent in one direction. By far the greater portion of the ignited gas streamed through the open door into the nes sage, traversing this, and then it rushed onwards through the back sitting room into the ki . chen, sweeping everything before it. Tie furniture is the parlour was entirely destroyed, the covering of the sofa and chairs being shrivelled up, and the wood work scorched and blistered. Singularly enough, while the division wall between the parlour and the passage is only bulged out, so as to rt quire shoring up and rebuilding, the wall on the ()thee side of the passage next the entry is levelled to the ground. Another curious effcct is that the floor of toe par lour and ceiling are uninjured, not scorched, in fact, and yet the boards of the front bed room are forced up, and the cellar ceiling down below is scattered to pieces. The current had thus passed upwards and downwards without affecting the intermediate objects which it encountered. Passing through into the back sitting room, the damage is seen to even greater extent than at the front. One of the side walls of this room is blown out, the doors are shattered into fragments, the window is gone, and the paper is stripped from the walls, and hangs in shreds. We have be fore stated that the outer wall of the kitchen which leads out of the sitting room is blown down. Had it not been that the kitchen door was open, the current must have expended itself in the sitting-room, and the result would most pro bably have been that the whole of the back of the house would have been blown out. It is truly for tunate that this did not not happen, as Mrs. Russell, who was in bed in the room above, would have had but a very poor chance for her life. As it was, the walls of her bed room are bulged out a couple of inches, leaving a long narrow crack close to the ceiling. In short, the house is such a thorough wreck as to be quite untenantable, and Mr. Russell was compelled to get another residence and remove his furniture at once. The cause of the explosion is very obvious. The chandelier in the parlour is a double one upon the ordinary water-slide principle. One of the balance weights had fallen off, and was found upon the floor in the morning. The effect of this weight coming off suddenly would be that the chandelier would drop with a jerk, and the gas would be escaping all night. Mr. Russell did not notice any smell of gas in the back room when he came down stairs, and yet the parlour must have been thoroughly charged with it. The frequent occurrence of explosions of this kind should act as a caution to persons first of all to turn the gas off at the meter before going to bed, and next to examine periodically the condition of their chandeliers. From inquiries made at the General Hospital on Thursday night, the girl Sarah Morrie, although very severely burnt and otherwise injured, was said to be progressing favourably.—Birmingha»3 Doily Post. Slough, 13 l BUCKSet, ehl e y, BCrOill::::nLghEaCmT:ol:oTrht:epapgnoleliin: took place yesterday a; the several districts into which the county is now divided—viz., Aylesbury, Amersham, and High Wycombe. The proceedings altogether were of the quietest character possible, and the occasion was un attended by the excitement which is usually expected at an election, as will be seen by the total number polled ; not half the constituency voted, and the remaining section — those who did not vote—is composed almost exclusively of the liberal party. Dr. Lee come forward entirely unsup ported by the liberals of the country, and even in his cwn behalf has made no effort whatever to secure his return His reason for offering himself, as was stated in one of his addresses,was merely to give the Liberal electors an oppor tunity of voting. He declined to be at the expense of bring ing the voters to the poll, and neglected the ordinary aids even of legal agents, check clerks, &c. This he calls purity of election. On the other hand the Tories have left no morns untried to bring in every stray vote on their side, and en deavoured by every means at their command to swell the majority of their candidate. As we have before stated, Dr. Lee did not receive the support of a third part of the Liberal electors. Ihe result of the contest must not, therefore, be taken as a fair criterion of the strength of parties . gin the county. Had a man been brought forward who would have received the support of the party, the result; would no doubt have been different. At th e close of the po the nubers were—Harvey, 2,311; Lee, 312. A GERMAN PROVERB says that to know our selves is to know mu ch ; to know God is to know all things. The third ordinary general meeting of the share holders of the Alliance Bank of London and Liver pool is to take place at the London Tavern o n J a n. 22, and in addition to the declaration of a dividend an d o ther matters it is intended to take power to change its name to that of "The Alliance Bank Limited." SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. MANCHESTER STEEPLECHASE, FLAT, AND HURDLE RACES.—FmnAy. Match, 15 soya, list 71b each ; owners to ride. Two miles. Mr C. Coburn's Gaiety, 5 yrs, list 71b (Owner) w. o A Handicap Hurdle Race of 5 soya each, with 25 added About two miles. Mr Barter's Pilot, 5 yrs, 9st 7lb (car. 9st 81b) (J. Land) Mr Griffin's Butterfly, aged, 10st 6 b (Mr. Wood) 2 Mr Bannister's Ace of Clubs, 5 yrs, 9st 21b (James) 3 Capt. R. Rhys's Surbiton, 5 yrs, 9st 81b (J. ttolman) 4 Mr E. Crawshaw's Climax, 6 yrs, 9st 61(car. 9st 81b) (Waddington) 5 The following also ran :—Jacob, Ross, Vivandiere (late Matilda), and Pine Apple. Betting-6 to 5 agst Pilot, 7to 2 agst Jacob, sto 1 asst Vivandiere, 8 to 1 agst Ross, 10 to 1 agst Butterfly. Ross made play for a mile and a quarter, where he re signed the lead to Vivandiere, who was passed half a mile from home by Pilot, and notwithstanding the rush of But terfly, Mr. Barter's horse won a capital race by a neck; ten lengths between the second and third; Surbiton close up. Vivandiere fell at the last hurdle, without, however, injuring her jockey. The Trial Handicap of 3 sovs each, with 20 added, for all ages. About one mile (on the flat). Mr Posnett's Jessie colt, 3 yrs, sst 71b (Ward) 1 Mr W. Wood's Captain Knight, 6 yrs, 7st 91b (car 7st 101 b) (W. Lomas) 2 Mr Lincoln's David Ann, 6 yrs, Bst .. (11. Taylor) 3 Mr Yardley's Mrs Nesbitt, 3 yrs, 6st 81b .... (G. Taylor) 4 Mr T. Griffith's Pass, 5 yrs, 7st 51b (car. ist 71b) (E. Foster) 5 The following also ran :—Pretty Horsebreaker, The Beau, Crisis, and Dermott Asthore. Betting—Even on David Ann, 4 to 1 agst the Jessie colt, 5 to 1 agst The Beau, 6 to 1 agst Dermott Asthore. After a wretched start, Captain Knight, Dermott As thore, and David Ana jumped off in front; but the start not being considered a proper one, David Ann was stopped, as were several others, until the flag was observed to be down. Dermott Asthore, having come in collision with some of the spectators who had encroached too far upon the course, fel!, and left Captain Knight with a long lead, which he maintained to the last turn, where the Jessie colt went up, and the pair raced home together, but the latter, having morn "go" in him, won by a short neck; four lengths between second and third. Whiteley was thrown through coming in contact with Dermott Asthore, and two other horses were also knocked out of their pace, but their jockeys sustained no damage beyond a shaking. An ob jection was I , :dged against the winner, on the ground that it, was "no start," but the official appealed to declared it to have been a start. Crisis did not run, her jockey having pulled up, thinking it was no start. The City Steeple Chase (Handicap) of 5 sovs each, with 50 added. About three miles and a half. Mr T. Ivens's Sir William (h b), aged, list 51b (G. Waddington) 1 Mr Bird's The Screw, 6 yrs, list (Thorp) 2 Captain H. Rhys's The Flat, aged, list 71b (Mr. Wood) 3 The following also ran : Wee Nell, Brtan Borhoime, Sly Fox, Old Squire, Express, Forester, Premier, The Leopard, and Prince Royal. Betting-2 to 1 agst Sir William-4 to 1 agst Sly Fox -sto 1 agst Wee Nell-6 to 1 each agst The Flat and The Screw. After Express had lad over the water jump Sir William took the lead, which he maintained nearly the remainder of the distance, and won by six lengths; a bad third. Ex press, Premier, and Old Squire fell, the three jockeys being afterwards carried in, but only Thick, the rider of Old Squire, wee found to have sustained much injury. The following entries were received at Chester up to 5 p.m. January Ist : Nominations for the Chester Cup, run May 4. Distance, two miles and a quarter—Accident, 4 years—Ace of Clubs, s—Barbadoes, s—Black Deer, 4—Blackdown, 4—Black Fawn, 3—Blithfield, 4—Blondin, 4—Brother to the Plover, 3—Brother to Rubini, 3—Catch'em Alive, s —Chaff, 4 Clown, 3—Coup d'Etat, 3—Doctor, 3-:-The Eagle, 4 Earl of Surrey, s—Early Purl, 4—East Lancashire, 4 Exchequer, s—Faree, 4—Farnham, 3—Flash in the Pan, a—filly by Voltigeur, —Gardener, 6—Gillie, 4—Golden Pledge, 4—Greenland, 3—Harvest Mull, 3—Joco, 4 Kemptown, 4—King Charming, 4, Knutsferd, 6—Lady of the Isles, 4—Lady Superior, 4—La Toucques, 4—Limosiva, s—Little Stag, 3—Lord Cochrane, 3—Mail Train, 3—Man fred, 4—Monk, a—Muezzin, 4—My Mary, s—Oldminster, 6—Persuasion, 3—Signalman, 3—Tattoo, 6—Tooi Tool, 3 —Voluptas, 4—and Welcome, 5. _ . _ . Nominations for the Liverpool Grand National Steeple chase, run March 9. About 4± miles—Amy, 6—Bantam, a—Baron of Avon, 4—Bridegroom, a—Bryn Gwyn, 5 Cadet, a—Catspaw, a—Chamade, 6—Chester, a—Con Cregan, s—Cygnet, s—De Reuter, a—Emblem, a—Emble• matic, 6—Gladiator, a—lreley, a—Joe Maley, a—Lady of the Isles, 4—Leading Article, a—Little Bob, 6—Malta, a— Maritana, a—Martha, a—Mauchline, a--Merrimac, a— Miss Emma, 6—Mies Maria, a—National Petition, a— O'Cennell, a—Pallas Lass, a—Pine Apple, a—Real Jam, 5 —Reporter, s—Rockley, a—Rubicon, 6—St. Maximus, —Salmon, —Satanella,6—SeriousCase, a—Silk and Satin, a—Sir William, a—Switch, 6—Thomastown, a—Umpire, a—Wee Nell, a—Wide, a—Wild Chieftain, 6—and Wor • tester, a. RACING FIXTURES FOR 1864. JANUARY. Manchester FEBRUARY. Harrow Chelmsford Spring .... 16 Hungerford M ARCM. No. tingham Spring 1 Warwick Spring ...... 16 Derby Spring 3 Durham Liverpool Shrewsbury Doncaster Spring Croxton-park 1 Edinburgh Spring 2 Abergavenny 5 Thirsk 5 Epsom Spring ........ Newmarket Craven .... 11 Newmarket First Spring 25 Chester York Spring Salisbury.. l2 Bath Manchester rarpenden Epsom Ascot .. Hampton l5 Newton Odiham Bibury .. 22 Ju , N E I Stockbridgo Chelmsford.. 2B Ne eicastle-on-Tyne Worcester (Summer) Ipswich 'LY. Newmarket July Carlisle .. 5 Abingdon ...... Liverpool July Pontefract Nottingham .. Stamford Winchester Southampton Goodwood • • rITST. ' Plymouth Derby Lichfield Stocktcn Devon and Exeter I Lichfield Bright on .. 2 Brighton Club Lewes 5 Reading Egham 0 xford ls York August 23 SECT; Weymouth 1 Warwick ,September 6 Leicester 8 Doncaster Bruen .. 19 OCT, • Northallerton .. 6 Newmarket Second Oct. 10 ;MIEN.. Richmond Monmouth Manchester Autumn Nawmarket First October 27 IBER, Gloucester Newmarket Houghton 24 NOVEMBER. Shrewsbury Autumn STEEPLECHASING FIXTURES FOR 1864, FEBRUARY. Carmarthen H arrow Cambridge THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 2, 1864. KINAHAN'S LL WHISKY v. COGNAC, BRANDY. 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The lifeboats also went off in reply to signals of distress on fourteen oosasions, but their services were not ultimately required. The amount of reward p ,id for all these services was £216. - - - - Vaal The Committee of the Institutionearnestly AP PEAL to the public for ASSISTAN,E to enable them to meet the con tinued heavy demands on the Society's 125 lileb at estab lishments. Contributions are receiv. d by all the Lonilon and country bankers ; and by the Seoretary, Richard Lewis, Esq., at the Institution, 14, John-street, Adelphi, London. A.D. 1720. R OYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE CORPORATION (Established by Charter of his Majesty George the First) FOR SEA, FIRE, LIFE, AND ANNUITIES. Offices, Royal Exchange, London. Branch Office, 29, Pall-mall. OCTAVIUS WIGRAM, Esq., Governor. GEORGE PEARRES BARCLAY, Esq., Sub-Governor. Sir JOAN HENRY PELLY, Bart., Deputy-Governor. DIRECTORS. Henry Bainbridge, Esq. Wilmot Holland, Esq. Robert Barclay, Esq. Earl of Leven and Melville. 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Vice-Patron—Tlis Royal Highness the Prince of WA LE 7,K.G President—Dis Grace the Duke of BUCCLEUCII, K.G, Treasurer—Edward Masterman, Esq. The numerous and urgent appeals of the si k poor for ad mission compel the Committee to entreat the bounty of the affluent and humane, as the medical officers are daily obliged t ) treat as out-patients many distres -tug cases which. with more adequate funds, they would gladly admit into the wards. The premises of the Hospital are capable of containing 500 beds. The Hospital is not endowed, but is wholly dependent on voluntary contributions and legacies, which are received by the Treasurer, Edward Masterman, Esq., Nicholas-lane; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co. ; Drummond and Co. ; Hurries and Co. ; Ransom and Co.;• Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Glyn and Co. ; Jones Loyd and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; Denison and Co. ; W Maxus, Deacon, and Co. ; Overend, Gurney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co., Berners-street ; Masterman And Co. ; 7. Barned and Co., Liverpool ; and at the Hospital, from 10 till 5. STANFORD S. SMITH Secretary. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. TIMES.—We may presume that the list of an ewers to the invitation of the Emperor to the Powers to meet in Congress is now complete, since we have received the answer of the no' st remote of them all. It is certainly rather startling to find that, by virtue of the new position which has been allotted her among the Powers of Europe, Turkey has a seat and a voice in an assembly which, according to the Emperor Napoleore pos,esses the right to arbitrate on whatever disputes may arise between Christian Powers. To say truth, however, great as this privilege may be, Turkey evinces no very strong inclination to avail herself of it. She does not meet the Emperor half way, with that bound ing step and those outstretched arms with which the smaller Powers meet the proposition to open a Court before which every oae may gain a hearing for any claim however stale, and every grievance however antiquated. Turkey is, as the Sultan pointedly ob serves, an "empire the interests and prosperity of which depend in a great measure on the mainten ance of peace ;" and we can well imagine that her wisest statesmen would wish to see that peace placed on solid and durable foundations. It cannot well be otherwise. Of all the nations of the earth Turkey has probably the most to dread from war, and the most reason we should think to dislike the notion of a European Congress. The Turkish empire is made up of a number of provinces, some more, some less dependent on the central Government, from Egypt, whose dependence is little more than nominal, to the Asiatic and European provinces in the im mediate neighbourhood of Constantinople. It may be compared to a tree whose fruit is in every stage of ripeness, sesntr esteanetng to maturity, some ready to fall immediately, but all preparing sooner or later for a separation from the parent stem. Ser via, Moldavia, and Wallachia are specimens of the latter class; Candle, Epirus, and Thessaly, of the former. It seems almost a mockery to ask the Go vernment of such a country whether it wishes to enter into a conference in order to hear what the Great Powers—the friends of its disaffected provinces—have to show against their remaining any longer part of a Mahomedan Empire, and to argue the case before a jury of Powers all professing the religion of its disaffected subjects, all entirely hostile to the religion of the dominant race. The Turks probably also have not forgotten how narrowly in the course of the Congress at the close of the Crimean war they escaped the presence of Russia on the Danube, which the Go vernment of France exerted itself so earnestly to obtain for her. Nor can the wish of Turkey to enter a Congress be, we s hould think, in any way increased by the information that in this Assembly England, her only h ear t ! and disinterested friend, whose policy has been more Turkish than the Turks themselves, will not hays a seat or a voice. Still, Turkey is not in a position in which she can afford to make an enemy of sc potent a protector as the Emperor of the French, and she ought not to for get that she owes to him, in conjunction with Eng land, her deliverance frors the standing menace of Sebastopol, even though by his rather hasty with drawal from the conflict to prevented the complete humiliation of the Mescovite Empire, and the consequent security of 'Turkey. We trace in the manner in which the Sultan responded to the invitation to join the European Congress the tactics of a diplomacy long need to deal with Powers to whom it was not advisable to give a direct negative, and deeply versed in all the arts of eva sion and subterfuge. Any one who will carefully read the written answer returned by the Sultan to the question whether Turkey would be willing to join a Congress of the European Powers to be assem bled at Paris will find, amid all the civilities and amenities of the document, that this is precisely the question to which it does not afford any answer. The Sultan thanks the Emperor for his friendship, assures him of the reciprocity of his feelings, and of his earnest desire to prove the high value he attaches to it. The prosperity of the Turkish Empire de pends on the maintenance of peace. As to the per sonal opinion of the Sultan on the Emperor's pro position, he refers to his conversation with the French Ambassador, and to such communi cations as may be made hereafter by the Turkish Ambassador at Paris. The question thus remains unanswered, in writing at least, and the records of the French Foreign-office will show no official document declaring whether Turkey is or is not ready to join in Congress with the other Euro pean Powers. We cannot believe that the Sultan, or, at any rate, tt.ose who advise him, are so igno• rant of the ordinary forms of public business as not to be aware that the proper answer to such a ques• tion. as it was proposed by the Emperor of the French in writing, would be a written acceptance or rejection, not a string of empty compliments with a reference to a former conversation and to another which had not then taken place. We can only sup pose that this peculiar manner of meeting the question was a bungling attempt to conciliate the demands of civility with the unwillingness to give a positive and binding answer, and that itwas thought that it might be more easy to explain away the report of a con versation than a formal and deliberate statement in writing., To know, then, whether the Sultan is willing to join the Congress or no, or rather, as he says, what, are his personal views, we must refer to the version of the conversation between him and the French Ambassador which is printed in the Moniteur as the key, we presume, to an explana tion of the written answer, which explains nothing. The Sultan, after compliments, set's he shall be very happy to make the acquaintance of the Emperor, and visit so fine a capital as Paris. But if he could know beforehand the bases on which an under standing would be come to, that would, perhaps, be better, since in that case he could act with a full knowledge of the subject. The French Ambassador assures him, in reply, that it is for the Congress, and not for the Emperor, to decide on the points to be treated on. The Sultan replies, with evident anxiety, that his observation did not conceal any position ; he now understands the difficulty of of or position known beforehand the subject sentiment of deliberation. He therefore accepts the invitation, but, as his presence alone in France would not be sufficient, he will not go unless the other Sovereigns go also. If the meeting take place, Turkey will not be the last to make herself represented at it. He dismisses the Ambassador with the assurance n that he is about to reply to the Emperor's letter, a Emperor will be satisfied with his answer Points. The Sultan should have said " on which an answer is given," for, a the principal question and t hat all havel a l ot points t o ahi before e ts shown, on that was asked the reply gives no answer at all. This is certainly a very strange proceeding. The letter refers to the conversation, and the conversa tion refers to the letter, which almost seems to amount to a vicious circle, in which the letter is to be interpreted with the assistance of itself. Never theless, we do not doubt that should a Congress ac tually be summoned—even a restricted Congress— Turkey " will not be the last to be represented there." She, doubtless, does not wish the Congress to meet ; but if it must meet, she will take care to be represented there, in order to protect interests which might otherwise be seriously imperilled, The whole proceeding is an enigma, and we offer these remarks as the best solution of it at which we have been able to arrive. POST.—The note of Sir Alexander Malet to the Federal Diet at Frankfort carries the Danish ques tion, to a certain extent, into a new phasic. While it clearly explains the general views of the British Government, on the leading points in dispute, it announces the readiness of this country to enter into a Conference both with the other signataries of the Treaty of 1852, and with the Germanic Confe deration. Although it did not become the dignity of all the non-German Powers who signed that Treaty to make collectively such a concessio'i to the present prejudices of Germany, it is not difficult to perceive that such a proposal as the present one is practically equivalent to the formal proposal of a Conference on the part of all of them. There can be little doubt that Denmark has lookeea with satis faction on the suggestion of an expedient which may result in her disembarrassment, by means of general diplomacy, from the difficulties with which she is at present surrounded. It would seem, also, from the terms of the note of Sir Alexander Malet, that France, Russia, and Sweden concur in the moderating and conciliatory attitude which the British Government has assumed is its present de spatch ; and therefore, by a fair c construction, it is to be aslumed thlt the three gr Q.atest Powers of Europe, and Sweden besides, are, ready to see the present Danish question brough% within the limits of a diplomatic settlement in a Conference. Indeed, such an expedient would be peculiarly coesenta neous to the recorded policy of the Emperor of the French, who may fairly regard it as offering, pro hac vice at least, some sort of substitute for the general Congress to which he had wished to submit the Danish question among the other contingent difficulties of Europo. The same may be said also of the Emperor of Russia and co' the King of Sweden, who, at the outset, looked on the pro posal of the Emperor Napoleon less unfavourably than most of the considemble Powers of Europe. The King of Denmark, moreover, was so ex plicit a supporter of the scheme of a general Congress, when it was propounded by Frauce, that a very great change must have come over his views if he does not readily adopt the present sug gest:on of England at a period of greater difficulty in his own affairs than existed when his letter to the Emperor of the French was written in Novem ber last. This, then, being so, the question next arises what view would be taken by Austria and Prussia, and by the Germanic Confederation collec• Lively, now that a Conference is suggested by Great Britain, with the almost certain concurrence of France, Russia, and Sweden ? The knowledge that these Powers are in accord on the Danish question must necessarily exert immense influence on the policy of Germany. Sir Alexander Malet points out to the Federal Diet that England, France, Russia, and Sweden were not only parties to the Treaty of 1852, before the eventuality of King Christian's accession occurred, but have actually recognised King Christian since his accession, as Sovereign of all the territories ruled by Frederic VII. It may fairly be assumed that such an array of European opinion would carry with it a weight that must be irresistible, whatever were the real wishes of Austria and Prussia. But the more im mediate question, is as to the answer which Austria, Prussia, and the Diet would return. The Danish G eee eneeent would probably feel itself already sup consent of England, France, Russia, n such an event it seems literally ported by tk',9 that Austria and Prussia, the and Sweden. impossible to suppos: two remaining signatarifs o f the Treat y of 1852, could do otherwise than agte:e to discuss the points in dispute, as arising out of, or s affected by, that treaty. And Austria and Prussia, it must be re membered, whatever may be the activity of the minor Powers of Germany, are still essentially the Germanic Confederation ; for, whatever excesses may have been committed by the agents of the minor Powers in Holstein, no overt act of the Federal Commissioners has yet appeared in ad vance of the policy declared by the Austrian and Prussian Governments at Vienna and Berlin respectively. We may, therefore, look forward with some expectation to the result of such a propo sition for a Conference of the signataries of the Treaty of 1852 ; inasmuch as the concurrence of the majority would then doubtless be already had, and the two remaining Powers could not decently refuse. At the present moment, it would of course be quite premature to discuss the particular manner in which the present differences between Germany and Denmark might be treated in a Conference. We can readily imagine several modes of treatment which would not be inconsistent with the dignity and honour of either party. These, however, would probably present themselves to the minds of those who are acquainted with the bearing of the questions at issue, and are conversant with the methods by which diplomacy acts. In point of fact, but few international differences which once go into a Con ference ever survive to come out again. Diploma tists rarely let their work be in vain. Some com promise is hit upon, dome construction is framed and adopted, which is felt to be infinitely preferable to allowing the fire to smoulder anew, and perhaps to break out in a flame, even if the construction be not perfectly logical. Although the conduct of Austria and Prussia themselves has been very far from what we had a right to expect, we must still clearly distinguish between their own sense of re sponsible action and such frantic dec'arations es those of the Wurtemberg Minister of Foreign Affairs, that the little Court of Stuttgardt had receded from the Treaty of 1852—an announcement which may be made with as much impunity as were the wild ntterings of the little band of grand dukes a few weeks ago. The attitude of the Federal Commissioners in Holstein affords another evidence that the Federal Diet is by no means atimated with the decided views of the petty princes; and the evident antagonism between those commissioners and the agent. of such States as Saxony and Hanover is probably a main cause of the inaction which prevails in Holstein on the part of the Federal authorities. The King of Denmark justly stands upon his rights; but he has also shown himself to be a prince of a moderating and conciliatory temper : and the position which he will hold, under the present suggestion of Great Britain, with the support of Frauce, Russia, and Sweden, it will be morally impossible lor Austria and Prussia to withstand. Collision off the Lizard. About 9 o'clock on Wednesday night the schooner British Queen, of Plymouth, Adams, master, with coals from Newport to Yealm, came into collision with the E chow:ter Emblem, of Looe, Bartlett, master, with copper ore, the weather being thick and the night very dark. At once it was discovered hat the British Queen was in a sinking state, as she was fast filling with water. Both vessels were n close contact for some minutes, and the master and mate of the British Queen got aboard the Em blem; but in the consternation and darkness it was scarcely possible to know what had best be done. The boat of the British Queen was lowered and four men got into her, and also three men from the Em blem ; but it was now found there was no painter to the boat, and she was soon half filled with water. Jest then the fishing lugger Naomi, of Newlyn, Thos. Carter, master, from Plymouth, came along side, and took the boat in tow. The British Queen went down in five minutes, and everything in her was lost. Two or three of the men were in their berths with Ecarcely any clothes on. The Emblem struck the British Queen on the starboard bow and stove her in, carrying away her bulwarks, stan chions, &c. The men were obliged to jump into the sea to reach the boat. One man had on only a pair of drawers and a Guernsey frock, and neither shoes. stockings, nor cap. The Naomi followed the Em blem a short distance and spoke to her, the crew of the latter replying that they believed they were all right, but this is doubted. The Naomi's hawser parted through the violence of the weather, and the boat was lost. The poor weather-beaten fellows reached Penzance about half-past one at midnight, and had great difficulty in getting into the pier, as the tide was low and a heavy sea was running at the time. The next morning Mr. Ludlow, honorary secretary to the Shipwrecked Mariners' Society, fed and clothed the men, and sent them by railway to their several homes at Plymouth and Looe. This makes 63 seamen forwarded to their destination by rail from Penzance by the society during December 1863. It was hoped the Emblem might have arrived at Falmouth, but on inquiry by telegram it was found that no such vessel was in the harbour, or near, at 1 p.m. yesterday. The names of the men landed at Penzance from the British Queen are John Matthews, Edward Clarke, Henry Shipley, .and William Collins—From the Emblem—Edward Scantlebury, mate, Thomas Steaens, and Samuel Good. Carter, the master of the Naomi, ought not to go unrewarded, as he lost his hawser, and throughout exposed his own boat and himself to considerable risk in bringing the seven destitute men safe to Penzance. The men themselves were full of grateful expressions, and the Emblem's men were very sad at what they feared mast be the loss of their ship and the men on board. All declared that as it was they had a fearful struggle for life, the captain of the sinking ship begging them to jump into the sea to the boat, and he being the last man to leave her, only a few moments before she went down. Had they stopped to save even their clothes they must have been lost. The collision occurred just outside the Stag Rocks. The first report of the occurrence, from a Penzance corre spondent, was as follows—" The schooner British Queen, Adams, of Plymouth, from Newport for Yealm, with coals, was run into by the schooner Emblem, of and from Looe, for Port Talbot, with copper ore, off the Lizard, on Wednesday night. The British Queen immediately went down. Her captain and mate got on board the E:ablere, and, it is supposed, praceeded to Falmouth. The mate of the Emblem and two of her crew got on board the British Queen, and with four of the crew of the latter vessel were picked up in the ship's boat by the Mount's Bay fishery lugger, Naomi, Carter, from Plymouth, and landed at Penzance, yesterday morning. The names of the men are as follows :—From the British Queen, John Nen theus, E. Clark, W. Collins, and Henry Shapcott. From the Emblem—Edwin Scantlebury, Samuel Good, and Thomas Stevens."—Western Morning News.