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''T If that rent ount own ~~ TPERSONS SEEKING LANDED r:ESTATES, TOWN AND COTJ \ TRY RESI DENCES, p , EROLD ANTE, , EASEEIOL D INVESTMENTS, AND 'OPER I'IES G , NE RALLY— t, ro BE Rao GRATIS, at the princioal ,allwav Bookstalls r°4oout the kin.gdom. or at the Aucti and Estate Offices, 4 67 , Chancery-line, London, Mei .. and H. Lulea t i tEßTitorEuTy ILEGIIIVR," con ing avaried We on ui landed and house pirdlperties n 'in the markgt, om to ?,._"williglnan's manstia, with its manorial domain, to t , al,T.e with its few acres. , r UNNERS OP PROPERTIF.S wieliiilz to Sell qet can - p ° ace the opportunity that the medium of is Re urds ~Sencling the particulars of their properti c etate , ce41 6 7. Chancery-lane, London, as t I rs. whi l e., c. iin most cases introduce immediate tourers, i • "ic Operty is of en elimiblefhara ter, thereby avoid nz , . d sof delay and its attenuant incon- Yeniences. - I • Tr, m, -ERE Is NO CHARGE incurred, unless a tenant or pir '"aser is introduced through s , lessr i s, Lumley's „Agency, kid then onlythe usual moderate commission. Auction and Land Offices, 67, Chancery-lane, London. ITALIAN CHURCH, 22, HAITON-WALL, HAT TON-GAEDEN. O n SUNDAY next, December 20 , HIGII MASS , at 11 ,D 7 14 . Music— I aydn's No. 16, with f nit Orchestra. Followed 7 a Procession of the B. Sacrament and Benediction. Gran d Vespers, at 7 p.m. 1 ' 1,3 S No °.VE, MIDNIGHT MASS at 11 . 30 p.m. Haydn's w CI IRISTMAS DAY, HIGH MASS at 11 a.m. Music-- Grand Mass. Vespers at 3 p.m. _ SEIt3 ION on Christmas Eve on the NatiTity. NORTH BRITISH AND I‘IERCANTILE INSURANCE COMPANY. FIRE DEPARTMENT.—SPECIAL NOTICE. T ole Company is now prepared to ISSUE POLICIES for ale of rate antile Insurances in the Port of Lon don at the reduced • ° ~l ' articular: may be had at the Offices, 28, Threadneedle- GUARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. No. 11, Lombard:street, London, E.G. Established 1821. Subscribed Capital, Two Millions. DIRECTORS. 81r MINTO FARQUHAR, Bart, M.P., Chairman. tirIrYtARLES WILLIAM CURTIS, Esq., Deputy Chairman nrY Hulse Berens. Esq., G. J Shaw Lefevre, F c i , Bonham Carter, Esq. John Martin, Esq. ri es P. Devas, Esq. Rowland Mitchell, Esq. sir Palter art Dyke, Esq. James Morris, Esq. I . R. Farquhar, Bart. , Henry Norman, Esq. ,ra e - Goodson, Esq. Henry R. Reynolds, Esq. z o ",°rnson Hanky, Esq., M.P I Abraham J. Robarts, Esq. p,.„,„_n . Hubbard, Esq., M.P. Henry Vigne, Esq. H. Janson, Esq. N- 4 eoli g is iri Loyd. E s q. Th Oßtr . Pt.aha,oll,4-B8 4 :1. . TaLlernach, Esq., Secretary I Saml. Brown, Esq., Actuary AUDITORS. I Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq. 4 N e .i...whitiAg. Fan-- PARLIAMEN=T,N THE PROVISIONS OF AN eT or this Company now offers to new In , LIGHTY PER CENT. Of the Pr , Q ofits at uinquennial vr tvi ofi s t i s. Division s or a Low Rate of Premium without participation of Since the establishment of the C om p an y in 1821, the Amount of Profits allotted to the Assured has exceeded in ,” 1 1. value £(160,000, which represents e q uivalent Reversionar y 'onuses of £1,058,000. After the Division of Profits at Christmas, 1859, the Life Assurances in force, with existing Bonuses thereon, am ounted to upwards of £4,730,00 0 , the Income from the Lite ranch £207,000 per annum, and the Lite Assurance Fund, ladependent of the capital, exceeded £1,618,000. FIRE DEPARTMENT.—lnsurances are effected upon ratevery description of property at home and abroad at mode e rates. ----- No expense is inctrred in effecting a new Insurance be- Yond the payment of the Annual Premium and Duty, when the Premium amounts to is. Claims liberally and promptly settled. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that FIRE Policies which expire At Christmas must be renewed within fifteen days at this Office, or with Mr. SAMS, No. 1, St. James's— street, corner of Pall-Mall ; or with the Company's Agents throughout the Kingdom, otherwise they become void. Application for Prospectuses and Agencies to be made t o the 6ecretary. THE CONTRACT CORPORATION (Limited). Incorporated under "The Companies Act, 1862." Capital £4,000,000, in 4',00 Shares of £lO3 each. First issue, . „ 20,020 Shares. %oqit on anplication £1 per Share, and £2 oa allotment o future call to exceed £5 per share, and at intervals of not less than three months. DIRECTORS. Wm. Latham Bailey, (Crawshay Balky Brothers and Co.), Liverp 001 - hlontaErue Baillie, Esq. (Baillie , Baillie , Cave , and Co.), Old Bank, Bristol. lictieotrlizo: S. B y Kington Baker, E-q., Director of the Great Western Railway Company. eecroft, Esq., M.P., Director of the London and North-Western Railway Company. Joseph Boyce, Esq , Director of the Royal Bank of Ireland, and Midland Great Western Railway Company, Dublin. atauross Dilberoglue, Esq. (G. J. Cavafy and Co.), Thread "'boa. Dakin, Esq., Alderman, President of the Great Western Railway of Canada. ,needle- street. Tho mas Smith Dixon, Esq , Govan Iron Works, Glasgow. en .i. 1 ,1 ; at m as it a ne s nR. Gooch, Bank of London. a J il . w l a V y .. Jervis, M.P., Deputy-Chairman Great uctavius Ommanney, Esq. (Hallett, Ommanney, and Co ), Westminster. Joseph Robinson, Esq., 7, Laurence Pountney-hilL SOLICITORS. Messrs. Edwards and Co., Westminster. SOLICITORS IN BRISTOL. Messrs. Daniel and Cox. AUDITORS. MePars. Deloitte and Co., Lothbury. C. J. H. Allen, Esq., Threadneedle-street. BANKERS. Bank of London. Bankers at Westminster, Messrs. Hallett, Onimanney, and Co. Lon don—Westirns.Rl.lß itg aze . u D übli n —lle sere. Boyle, Lo°wv,eaannoldi'Ciorn.. SEcRETAny (PRO TEas.) J. C. Ilandfield, Esq. Temporary Offices-31, Threadneedle -street. This Company has been constituted for the purpose of undertaking the execution and construction of railway and other works both at home and abroad, a c l ass of business-1 hitherto exclusively conducted by private contractors. The large fortunes whca have been realised by them. not withstanding obvious disadvantages, sufficiently attest the soundness and value of this enter, rise. It is admitted that, in many instances, the terms upon Which lone ontra tars, even of known position and wealth, are enabled to raise the necessary funds for carrying taeir Iperations into effect : re so onerous that it is only by profits °I extraordinary magnitude that milt charoes can be met ; and it follows that a Company having a large capit I sub scribed by a wealthy proprietary, and with an able executive, Would enjoy great advantages and, at tee same time, fre "S .tly afford im ortant aid to the individual contractor. The sub-lettings of contracts are known to be an important source of profit. In addition to this the Company will pos sess the advantage of raising funds upon debentures secured 'Don its unpaid capital at rates which would be small as corn tared with those charged to snb-contractors. It is not con .CholPlated. therefore. to call up any considerable portion of c pital unless the operations et the Company capital to be des' rat le The security of a large subs riled Will necessarily ' * inspire confidence on the part of Govern- Financial Companies, and others with whom the 'tnpany may have to deal be ni the vent ot no allotment being made the deposits will returned in full. Should a less number of shares be al lo bed than are applied tor the deposit will be made available t owards the cayme.it on allotment, and the balance, it any, ret urned to the applicant. pr ospectusesou t and. forms of application for shares maybe m incd at the offices of the Company, of the Brokers , ,and of the , t'olici! ors. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Directors of the Contract Corporation (Limited). Of £ e ntlemen, —liavine. paid to the Bank of London the sum I request you to allot me shares, in the Contract Corporation (Limited), and I hereby agree to bo c„rne, a member of the Society, and to accept such shares, or —3' less number that may be al otted to me; and I request You to o f the hares y name on the Register of Members in respect re dotted to be. I am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant, Name in full A ddress Usual signature Date THE CONTRACT CORPORATION (Limited). NOTICE.—The SHARE LIST will be CLOSED at I' our o'Clock on WEDNESDAY next, the 23d inst. By order. J. C. TIANDFIELD, Secretary (pro tem.) MESSRS. BOTT, JACKSON, AND CO. execute COMMISSIONS on all races throughout the year. Market price guaranteed. Remittances. London and Westminster Bank. Post-uilt:e Orders payable at Camber- Well-park. N.B.—Betting on the Waterloo Cup. Address—Born and JACICSON, "Man of the World" Wine Etores, George-street, Camberwell -p ark, London. PRIZE MEDA L.--INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1862, FRANCIS TUCKER ' CO., Wax Chandlers &s To the QuLen and the P, inc e of Wales. (Established 17704 The Jurors' Report on Wax and Church Candles testifies to he excellence of th e qua li ty of Atessrs.'TZlre* raanutae,ture. A distished Dignitary, in a letter addressed t o Francis Tucker and Co., on the subject of WAX CANDLES with PLATTED WICKS, says : " I have found them fully equal to the recommendation. which you gave them, and can sincerely, in my turn, recom 'blend them to the clergy for the use of the altar. / - 'inest quality, with Platted Wicks, patented.. 25. 2d. per lb 2.. Ocl. per lb. Ordinary quality • • • • VEGETABLE CANDLES, with a Mixture of Wax. Best quality ls sel per lb. ~eC.Ond quality bird wilt 3' • • •• • • • • • • id. p p e e r r •• Carriage paid in London on Orders of Five Pounds in value. FRANCIS TUCKER AND CO.. 8 , South Molton-street, Grower() - -square. 11IanufactorY — Kensington ( Established 1730). Th e largest Establishmmt in England for the Manufacture of Wax Candles for the uce of the Altar. ORNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library, in Italian, lian , nd Dining-room, oonsisting of a new and eiegant assort ent VASES, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, obelisks Ink stands,eautiful inlaid Tables, Paperweights, &c,,, fklabas er, Parian, Marble. Bronze, Derbyshire Spar &e: r n iPorted and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, ki ln _ alogist to her ilajesty, 149, Stand. W.C., Lonaon. ...lir. Tennant arranges elementary collections of SHELLS, PIINE RA LS ROCKS, and FOSSILS, which will greatly cafilitate he' interesting study of MINERALOGY, cog_ 110 LOGy. .nit GEOLOGY, at 2,5, 10, 20, 50, to 100 guineas ea c h . RP, ACTICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and MINE. L , OG is given by Ms. TENNAN I% at 149, Strand, W.C. PrEF.T. —Mr. ESKFI,L'S INVENTION in 10110,.„Ple auv comantagestructiof ARTIFICIAL TEET cell eHnt has work the g n - o —A set - P and mechanism, can be made a nd fitted with the Baia t Perfect accuracy and °r success, in a few hours, without w,..,,e.xtraction of stumps, and to answer all th e p ur pose s ir7as'ication and articulation. They are fitted without or fastenings, and adapt themselves so perfectly to the Wit ! that they are quite immoveable, except at the option just wearer. Invalids or residents in the county) , can ad these teeth to many changes of the mouth without the tr ef _, a dentist. They are not so liable to injury, are always i tt p u e 4 j. ai a tv in il g l l 3 a T a r t . a E l s i k fe e tr s e P . a C te o n m t fort guaranteed. Trea &c., free for 7 stamps. Rtre: " T n aPecimens and consultations Irce.---B,Grosvenor tninl:haic"°.lld-btre‘t, W . ; and at 59, I3eunett'ti-11111, Tering i w ited th° a re" dull. ;ceded which 3 , l a st tuld at late uPPIY. ?rs are ey has to 43s to 42 6 to ; Os to 37 )Ade at trade. ad 5 0 $ to 30s o '265 Der qr. _~ ear St• ?eytoll West• ~ of “' The 01 hOW 'S ch-s" -P4rs" na baS, t ? J3cvJ• )ev o, a age rrace' No. 22.803.4.• • • VURNI I URE, CARPETS. BEDDING, and FLOORCLOTff, CARRIAGE-FREE to any 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 Showrcoms occupying an acre of ground. Every ariicle warranted. CLEnGYMEN and GENTLEMEN ABOUT TO FUR NISH are respectfully informed that Messrs. Cobbett and Co. are publishing an entirely New Edition of their un quailed HOUSE FURNISHING GUIDE, illustrated by 410 admirable en.zravings of every description of Furniture and Bedsteads, with prices attached. A copy sent gi atis and post-tree on application. This costly work also contains complete estimates for furnishing en the following revised scale : A Six-roomed Parsonage An Eight-roomed ditto A Ten-roomed ditto A Twelve-roomed dltto WI 11 0 Together with a Price List of purified nodding, and a mass of valuable information to all requiting househ,ld tttrniture, carpets, or bedding. References kindly permitted to Clergy men and gen rkmen in or near Great Malvern, Southampton, Chichester. Bury, Ely, Preston, Grimsby, Ryde, Plymouth, Wells, Oxford. Brighton, Gainsboroueh, Margate. Kidder minster, Wellington. Croy don. Cambridge, t4taines, Dorking, St. Alban's, Worcester, Ipswich, Peterborough, Et. David's, Wrexham, and above 510 other places in all parts of Great Britain. COBBETT and CO., General House Furnishers, Deptford bridge, London, S.E, [UNDER THE ESPECIAL PATRONAGE OF HER MAJESTY. Now ready, Thirty-third Edition. 1 vol., with the Arms beau tifully engraved, handsome'y bound, gilt edges , 31 s 6 d. , L ODGE'S PEERAGE AND BARONETAGE FOR 1864. Corrected throughout by the Nobility. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Now ready, 4t0., with magnificent: Emblematic Cover, price 21s. ; morocco, 31s. 6d., rip HE IL L &LB. A T ISGOLD_SBY. LEG' NDS, from Sixty Original Drawings by Cruikshank, Leech, and Tenniel. " For Christma4 there could not be found a more pleasant bock than ' Pne In oldsby Lel ends.' A series of humorous legends, illus rated by three such men as Leech, Cruik-hank, and Tenniel what can be more temptin..; ?"—Times, Dec. 4. Also, an Edition without illustrations, small Bvo., ss. Richard Bentley, Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty. NOTICE, —CHARLES READE'S Great Story of " HARD CASH " is now Ready, in 3 Volumes, post Svo., cloth, 315. 61., and may be obtained at any Library or Bookseller in the Kingdom. London : Sampson Low, Son, and Marston, 14, Ludgate hill. NEW ENGLISH DICTIONARY. Just published, with above 800 Engraving on Wood, in one large vol. But er royal Bvo., cloth, 255., THE COMPREHENSIVE ENGLISH DICTIONARY —Explanatory, Pronouncing, and Ety mological. By JOHN OGILvrE, LL.D., Edit. rot the Imperial Dictionary. The pronunciation by Richard Cull, F.S.A. The work may be had also with Eighteen Supplementary Engravings on Steel, 30s. Blackie and Son, 44, Paternoster-row. London; and sold by all Bookse,lers. UNIFORM WITH " THE PRIVATE DETECTIVE." This day, Never before Published, price 25., SECItET SERVICE; Or, The Recollections of a City Detective. London : Ward and Lock, 158, Fleet-street. TEMPLE EAR MAGAZINE. In the January Number (ready Dec. 21) will commence a New Novel, to be continued Alonthly, entitled— THE DOCTOR'S WIFE. By Author of "John Marchmont's Legacy," "Lady Audley's .S.ecret,'/co. - Office of Temple Bar, 122, Fleet-street, Loudon. NEW NOVEL BY AUTHOR. OF SACKVILLE CHAUE." In the January Number (ready Dec. 21) of the ST. JAMES'S MAGAZINE will commence THE MAN IN CHAINS. By C. J. COLLINS. London : Kent and Co., Paternoster-row. Fcap. Bvo., 280 pp., c:cth, lettered, 3s. free by post. T HE PRINCIPLES and PRACTICE of VEGETARIAN COOKERY, Founded on Chemical Analysis, and embracing the most approved Methods of the Art. • By the Author of " Fruits and Farinacea the Proper Food of Man." London: F. Pitman, 20, Paternoster-row, E.C. T HE TEETH, as Supplied by NATURE and Preserved by ART. By M. C. ROGERS, M.R.C.S., Surgeon-Dentist. London: 18, New Burlington-street, W. BEAUTIFUL FOR EVER. MADAME RACHEL ON "FEMALE GRACE AND BEAUTY." Jnst published, OOK OF BEAUTY. By Madame RACHEL. To be bad at 47A, New Bond-strc et. Price 2s. M. THIS SHOULD MEET THE EYE of any one troubled with Wind in the Stomach, Indizestion, or Biliousness, take PAGE . WOODCOCK'S WIND PILLS. wor ld- w ide celebrity proves them of st e rli ng mer it . Of all medicine vendo..s at lid. nd 2s. 9 , 1. or free by past for 14 or 33 stamps from Page D. Woodcock, Chemist TES _MOORE BROTHERS respectfully inti mate that their New Prospectus is now ready. hey especially recommend their improved Family Tea, reduced to 3s. 2d. ; S o uchong, reduced to 3s. rd. ; mixed Assam, re duced to 3s. Sd. ; and the finest Assam, reduced from is. 4d. to Is. lid. per lb. MOORE BROTHERS, 33, London-bridge, City, E.C. BANKRUPTCY AND COMPOSITIONS.— Mr. WETHERFIELD, Solicitor, 35, Moorzate-street, City. PRACTI- , E.-, in COURT. and effects PRIVATE ARRANGEMENTS with creditors, wit , out publi Charges, the 1 ,west possible, payable by instalments. Coun try cases economically conducted. N B.—DEBTS recovered on commission, free of law costs. Divoroe and Probate business conducted at moderate ex pense. QOHO ESTATE, HOUSE, AND GENERAL BUSINESS AGENCY OFFICES.—Persons requiring Freehold or Leasehold Property, or having. Business and Houses to be disposed of, should apply to Mr. CHARLES MU ►s RAY, Auctioneer and Valuer, 26, Gerrard-street, Soho, IV. Valuations for Probate Administration, Fire Claims, Rail way Compensations, &c. Rents Collected. THE BENEFACTOR OF THE SKIN. MOLLARD , S PERFUMED SULPHUR SOAP and CREAM for ordinary toilet purposes, and "BAREGE' SULPHUR CREAM, for Baths, free from disagreeable odour ; an infallible means of preserving the skin and body in perfect health ; they are also an effectual remedy in curing local and cutaneous affections and rheuma tism. Highly patronised and recommended by the most eminent physicians (see Testimonials). Tablets of Soap, from Nos. 1 to 5, according to the degree of sulphur they contain, sold at the depot, 2, Rupert-street, Coventry-street, London, W., and at alt chemists. Prospectuses and testimonials sent on application. STAMP YOUR PAPER, V A NVELOPES, INVOICES. &c., with JONES'S PATENT PERCUSSION EMBOSSING PRESS. The above would be found useful to youths at school for embossing their Books, Drawings, Papers, &c. The Press complete, with Plain Crest, Name, or Business Die, 9s. 6d. Note the Address :—WIT.LIAM JONES, Die Sinker, Press Maker, and Embosser, 3, Queen's-court, High Holborn ;op posite Day and Martin's). BEAUTIFUL WOMEN.— Alabaster Powder, and the Magnetic 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 HACH KL'S, 47A, New Bond-street, where she can be consulted daily. All communications are strictly confidential. ITOU 7, E AGENT, SU oVEYOR a e opposite the NER. RE ARDEN, LAND and v 2, PICCADILLY, near Cambridge Hous i , f l invites the Green -park, Established 23 Years, respect u y for which for sale, to be Let, or wan , ed to Rent or Purchase, particulars of Landed Estates, Fume, and House Property no charge is made unless a treaty is concluded, ESTATE. VALU VALUER, n sil only his usual rates of charge, particulars of which w 8 td r. given on a pplication. In all cases of his Letting Farm_ . Reardon charges tie Tenant only, and not the Landlord Particulars of Property for Sale and to be Let whl be given and il t l he b n e personally, or forwarded free of charge. N.B.—Several Town and Country Residences. Landed Properties, and Farms wanted to Rent and Purhase immediately. Direct full particulars to Mr. Reardon as above. ' m n rc e u l l a r i 1 ;of KERSHAW'S VOLTAIC NO CURE NO PA V principle and action, i., the .....__Th e p . attending the us e rf^-eminent success I nervousfl L E Bli and ll i` being made dependen' upon a u Ti veriticeutelm s, admits of its sale cure oXt be bad on trial tot a month, free of chcar y. A new Belt can neuralgia, sciatica, epilepsy, nervous aeedg rheumatism, lumbago, tic doloureux, in oncLial cough, asthma, spasms, sprains, indh;estion, Inactive live-, aze. By the mild ous electric current evolved, exha“sted vital ener.2 yelLnetinu tually rest red. Prices, ss. to 15s : each ; for extreme eases, according to size and power. Testimonials sent free . — Depot, 11, Crooked-lane, Kin,.; William-street, City. ually fall victims to Pig show that 50,001 persons ann , __tion, diseases of the mouary Disorders, including cons i "'" Prevention is at times chest, and the respiratory organs. during the wet and K EATING'S COUGH LOZ ENG ES.—Statisties better than cure; be, therefore, prepared wintry season with a supply of KEATING 'S LP L as well as KNGES. which possess the virtue f averting, young of curing a cough or cold ; they are good alike for the or for the aged—they soothe bronchial irritation ; and for Droving the voice, the preacher, statesman, singer, and actor have long patronised them. CO UGII St. Paul's Cathedral, 30th November, 1F49. " Sir,—l have much pleasure in recommending y 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 wry useful to clergymen, barristers, and public orators. "1 am, Sir, yours fallhtully, "To Mr. Keating." 1.n01145 Fna.wcfs, Vicar Choral. Prepared and sold in boxes, is lid, and tins, 2s 9d, 4s Gd, and 105 Gd each, by Thomas Reatiug, chemist, &c., 70, St. Paul's Churchyard. London. Retail by all druzgists and patent mecliciAc yendQtt iD iho world. SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 19, 1863, TH. no NOT FORGET YOUR APPOINTMENT. —We Sup at EVANS', Covent-garden, after Jullien's Concert. K INAHAN'S LL WHISKY v. COGNAC BRANDY. This celebrated Old IRISH WHISKY rivals the finest FRENCH BRANDY, It 14 Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. Sold in Bottles, 3s. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London ; by the Agents in the principal towns in England ; or wholesale at 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, W. • Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded " Kinahan's LL Whisky." THE TEA ESTABLISHMENT, 4 and 5, King William-street, City, will be CLOSED on SATURDAY, the 26111 instant, RIDGWAY & CO. JULLIEN'S CONCERTS. _LVJL • HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. TO-NIGHT, M. Jullien's BENEFIT, and positively tile Last Night of the Season. Immense Success of M.Jullien's mew GREAT CONGRESS QUADRILLE. Vocalist, Mdlle. VOLPINI. Grand Orchestra—Three Military Band., and tall Chorus. Conductor—M. JULLIEN. Commence at S.—Admission, One Shilling. M. Jullien's GRAND BBL D'OPERA on the 21st inst. ROYAL AGRICULTURAL HALL ISLI SIGTON.—GRAND TOURNAMENT, HIP- PoDROME, and CIRQUE. on a scale of magnificence hitherto unattempted in aid c Juntry, will open on BOXING DAY. ROY AL AGRICULTURAL HALL, ISLINGTON.—CROCICETT, the renowned LION KING, will mike his First Appearance in London with his wonderful troup of Lions on BOXING DAY. Lessees—Messrs. STRANGE and JULLEYN. 'H • Er-' 0 - X -- F 0 , 0, OXFORD STREET, W. THIS EVENING, will be performed Selections from the following Operas, viz., THE SLAVE, and CLARA, the MAID of MILAN, by Sir 11. Isishop ; also, from LA FORZA DE I. DES i INO—Verdi ; by the following talented artistes . —Misses Russell, Townley, Fitz Henry, almsley, Tyrrell, and Ellison ; Messrs. Green, Huish, Kimberley, Stuart, ttc. Also, Solos on the Violin by VIOrTI COLLINS, the Celebrated English Violinist. Flute by Drew Dean. Pianoforte, Miss Bryant. And the marvellous instrument, the ORCHESTRAL PIANO, by Herr S CHAL KENBACH, the Inventor. Comedy, by UNSWORTH ("or any other man "I, Eugene; W. Randall, W. T. Critchfield, T. Maclitgan, and the marvel lous Gymnast, J. Henderson. In rehearsal, and will be produced on Christmas E, e, sup ported by the entire company, a new and original rantat., entitled "King Christmas," written by Litchfield Moseley, Esq., and composed by W, Meyer Lutz, expressly for the establishment. OYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. - IM MENSE SUCCESS. Houses Crowded Nightly. FRANCO/WS CIRQUE IMPERIAL. The most talented Male and Female Equestrians, Acrobats, Gymnasts, and the best Stud of Trick and Manage Horses in the World. Every Evening at Half-past Seven. Day Performances on Mondays, Wednesda3s, and Saturdays, at T 0. Admission—Reserved seats, 35.; stalls, 25.; promenade, ; private boxes, one guinea. Box-office open daily from Ten until Four. ARGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street, . Piccadilly. During the Concerts given by Mons. JULLIEN, at ITer Majesty's Theatre, the BALL will commence EVERY EVENING at NINE O'CLOCK. Doors open at 8 o'clock. Admission, It. Manager—M. GRENET. 29, GEORGE-STREET, UANOVER-SQUARE. THE LONDON ANATOMICAL MUSEUM. Open daily from 10 till 10. Lectures at 4 and 7 o'clock. Where may be seen the Astecs ; Bushman and Wife; Julia Pastrana and Infant; Eng and Shang, the Siamese Twins ; and upwards of 3,090 Models, Natural Pre parations, &e. Egyptian Mummies, unwrapped, 4,000 years old. Admission, One bhilling tor Gentlemen only). LAMBERT'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 incipleat 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 fear of suffocation, may depend on relief in a few minutes atter takin g it. Prepared only and sold by IV. LAMBERT, Chemist. B,King-W.lliam-street, Charing cross, London, and by all drug" sts, in bottles, 13td., and three quantities in one, 2s. Cd. each. Be particular, and ask for Lamberts Asthmatic Balsam. The name and address are engraved on the st imp. RUPTURES.—BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. WHITE'S Moe-MAIN LEVER TR USS (PERFECTED AND EXHIBITED IN Tut GREAT xrunrrioNs or 1851 AND 1862), is allowed by upwards oi Two Hundred Medical Gentlemen to De the most effective nvention in the curative treatment of II EItN I A. The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effects, s here avoided—s soft bandage being worn round the )edy, while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the live-Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting* with so much ease Ind closeness that it cannot be detected, and,may be worn luring sleep. A descriptive circular may be had, and the truss, which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the cir 3umference of the body, two inches below the hips, being lent to the manufacturer, Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly. Double Truss, 31s. 6d., 428., and 525. 6d. A Single Truss, 165., 215., 265. 6d., and 315. ed. Postage, is. &n Umbilical Truss, 425. and 528. 6d. Postage, is. 10 d. Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post - Office, Piccadilly. Postage, is Bd. E I t A S T I N C EW PATENT STOCKINGS, KNEE-CAPS, ite., for Varicose Veins and all cases of Weakness and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, &e. They are porous, Itgitt in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on It ean ordinary stocking. Price 4e. 6d., 7s. 6d., 10s., to 161. each. Postage 6d. JOHN WHITE. Manufaoturor. 228. Piccadilly. Naval and Military Intelligence. THE NAVY. The screw steam frigate Topsze, 39, Commodore the Hon. John W. S. Spencer, from the Pacific station, arrived in Plymouth Sound yesterday morn • ing. She left Vancouver's Island on the 27th June, arrived at Valparaiso 26th August, left the 21st of September, arrived at Rio Janeiro the 27th of Oeto • ber, sailed thence the 2d of November, and had a fine passage home. The frigate brings as passengers two essist.•engineers, Mr. Creswell of the screw steam gunboat Forward, Lieut. and Commeneer the Hon. Horace D. Lascelles, and Air. Singer, of the screw steam corvette Satellite, 21, Capt. Stephen S. L. Croften, 33 naval and military invalids, including Lieut. Murray, of the screw steam sloop Cameleon, 17, Commander Edward Herdinge, and Mr. Boys, assistant paymaster; also 43 supernumeraries and 18 prisoners. No deaths have occurred on the pas sage home. The Topaze was put in commission by her present Commodore on the 11th of June, 1859, and very little change of her officers has occurred. She has been chiefly occupied in the Pacific, and while there ran over a course of more than 72,000 miles. The ship is in good condition and will proba bly go to-day from the Sound into Homaze to be dismantled and put out of commission. She left at Vancouver's Island the screw steam frigate Sutlej, 35, Captain Matthew Connolly, flag of Rear-Ad• miral John Kingcome ; and at: Valparaiso the screw steam frigate Leander, 39, Commodore Thomas Harvey. There were no ships of war at Rio Janeiro. The Topaze spoke on the Bth, in lat. 10 8- S., long. 37 53 W., the ship Indies, of Cardiff; 15th, in lat. 10 41 S., long 32 48 W., the ship Mandarin, showing first distinguishing pendant 1,614 ; lat: 10 41 S., long. 32 40 W., the ship Witch of the Tees, showing third dis tinguishing pendant 1,794; and an Eng ish ship showing third distinguishing pendant 9.233 ; and 17th, in lat. 6.14 S., long., 32.4 W., ship Glen alva, showing first distinguishing pendant, 4,517 ; 19th, in lat. 6.44 S., long. 39.11 W., the ship James Carthy, showing third distinguishing pendant 215. All these ships were outward bound. Yesterday morning about 220 boys belonging to the training ship Impregnable, 78, Captain F. S. Tremlett ; end about 80 from the training ship Im placable, 24, Commander S. B. Dolling, in Ha moaze, left Plymouth by the South Devon Rail way, on leave of absence until January 11. About 220 were bound to Paddington, the others for in termediate stations. The boys looked well and seemed in high spirits. An Admiralty order has been received at Chatham directing the following screw steamers, which were directed some time since to. be commenced at that dockyard to be struck off the list of vessels ordered to be built—viz„ the Pitt, 91, gun line-of-battle ships; the Boadicea, M gun frigate ; the Diligence, 17; and the Albatross, 4. By direction of the Admiralty a party of ship wrights and labourers, under the direction of Mr. Bascombe, one of the foremen at Chatham dockyard, are to proceed to Shoeburyness for the purpose of t 11King to pieces and removing the Bellerophon target. The plates from the target are to be re moved to the dockyard. On Thursday evening Commander R. A. E. Scott, R.N,, delivered a lecture at the Soldiers' Institute, Chatham, on "Ironclad Ships and their Arma ment." The chair was taken by Lieut.-Col. T. B. Collinson, Royal Engineers. In the course of a highly interesting lecture, Commander Scott re viewed the history of English armaments from the manufacture of the celebrated Horsfall gun, by the Mersey Company, down to the present period. That weapon, which the Mersey Com pany generously presented to the British Gover ment, he looked upon as the most remarkable gun ever made, and its trial at Shoebury - ness a short time since fully proved the enormous power of the weapon. Glancing at the Armstrong and Whitworth guns subsequently manufactured, the lecturer directed attention to what had been done, and was now doing, by other nations, and especially by the Americans, in the way of improv ing their armaments. In 1852 they found the Mersey Company manufacturing a gun with a 12in. bore for the Government of the United States, so that oven at that period we had been distanced by the Americans. Subsequently, however, the most rapid strides had been made in the manufacture of English guns, and now they had the monster Arm strong guns, capable of throwing a 300-pounder shot, and an elongated shot of double that weight. The lecturer then pointed out the advantages aris ing from the use of the ordinary large muzzle•load ing guns when fired with a heavy charge of powder ►nd a steel shot, one of which had recently been sent through a 51in. iron plate, and then proceeded to examine the monster Dahlgren guns, already manufactured by the Americans, and the still larger guns of that character which they were now pre paring. Hitherto the Dahlgren guns had been made of a weight of 71 tons, and fired with 301 b weight of powder, which experience had proved they were capable of using in each charge; but another de• scription of gun was now being manufactured, which would be fired by a 431 b charge. This gun was, perhaps, the best in the American service, as it could send a shot through a 41in plate, backed with 20in of timb er . I n the ot h er cas es where the American guns had failed to penetrate the armour plates the backing of the vessels was torn until there was scarcely any resistance left. In firing the ordinary 68 Bounder naval gun against the target, they found that although the shot made an indent of two inches only, the backing was corn p:tetsly destroyed. This was perfectly in accord ance with the experiments at Shoeburyness, where it was shown most conclusively, that the more rigid the backing the better the plate stood, or in other ture of their monster guns, in the preparation of which they were nosy using the Bessemer metal, for which privilege they had recently paid the sum of LlO,OOO. At the c l ose of the l ecture Li eut.-Co l . Collinson, in the name of the audience, thanked Commander Scott for the deeply-interesting address which he had delivered. Toe following appointments were mad e vcs t er d ay at the Admiralty :—Lieut. Henry C. brogan, to the Orontes; Cecil P. Palmer, midshipman, to the Meeance ; R. R. Jaffrey, midshipman, to the A urora ; Thomas Brown, promoted to inspector of m ac hi nery affoat, and appointed to the Excellent, as additional for special service at the Royal Naval College ; Michael Harris, supernumerary in the Euryalus, confirmed as first class waist.-engineer. The officers appointed inspecting commanders of the Coastguard, vice Commanders Gore, B!resford, and Webb, whose period of service has expired, are Commanders W. L. Staniforth, Joseph Robinson and H. C. Burleigh. Director, Mr. F. Jonghmans. "THE GHOST CLUB" at the CANTERBURY HALL—New and Interesting Spectral Tableaux.—Mr. C. MORTON is enabled to announce that, throu,:h ihe medium of Professor Pepper's World of Shadows, a "GHOST CLUB" is n°ghtly held at the CAN TER BURY HALL. The object of the Club is not the re peopling of the Haunted Houses of London ; but, through the agency of Phantoms, to present vivid (if -transient) pictures of the drama of real lite, both in its serious and mirthful aspects ; and, by means of spectral tableaux, to recall, and still further impress on the mind, some of the teachings or pledsantries of the best wr tors. At pre sent, the two orders of Slavery—the Slavery of the South, and the "White" Slavery of a more boastful civilisation, receive emphatic illustration ; and these lite pictures will be rapidly ieplace'l by others. The pages cf Shaksperc and the elder Dramatists, of Scott. Hood, Ing.oldsby, Dickens, &c., will, in turns, furnish subjects for illustration. All the other Musical and Pictorial attractions as usual, including Operatic Selections, &e. ; Comedy by UPsworth (the modern Demosthenes), Eugene, George Hodson, E. Marshall, and George Hutchenson. STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER, Dec. 11.—The unnatural calm which has so long prevailed in this market still exists, and there is a sort of feeling as to something that will take place affecting the market, though not as to what that something will be. Among a great number of people there is an impression that prices will go lower, but that feeling is by no means general. There has been a shade batter feeling in the yarn-market to-day, but it has not resulted in an actual increase of busi ness. Yarns are about id. per lb.Jower, but for the present the downward tendency seems to be checked a little, as the result of the inquiry during the day. In cloth we have had a little more inquiry, especially for shirtings and long- cloths ; but such goods are generally required for immediate de livery, and that does not suit manufacturers, and the prices offered in nearly all cases have been below what sellers are disposed to accept. The business done has been very small, and a general apprehension prevails in the cloth more than the yarn market that lower prices will rule. Manufacturers are talking more and more of a determination to stop their mills unless the price of cotton declines so as to give them a better chance of working to advantage. Buyers will not give a price for goods to cover the present cost of cotton, and an impression exists that many manufacturers will close at Christmas for a month at least. There are some spinners and manufacturers who have engagements which will run into February or March, and who must of course keep open their mills, and others making a class of goods which are not so much affected by price who may else be expected to continue working. NOTTINGHAM, 18th.—Thore has been a good attendance of merchants and manufacturers at this Exchange-hall to day, but only a moderate share of business was done in lace yarns, the near approach of the Christmas holydays causing buyers to hold off. Prices remained without material altera tion. The business done in hosiery yarns was middling, and late rates were supported. About an average busi ness is doing in silks at unaltered rates. For brown nets the demand is still slow at irregular rates, but prices are still below prime cost. A SON OF D. PALEY.—By the death, at Burton Grange, near York, of the Rev. James Paley, aged 80, the lott andce celebrated vicarage of Lac oc k, near Chippenham, in the diocess of G hAarachbdeecao Archdeacon vacant.palsy. T Dir. ic . va Paley r agwe of ason e s of e r the Bristol, e b d ef Lacock is in the presentation of Mr. Fox Talbot, and is of the annual value of £335 and residence. THE COAL TRADE. —Trade throughout the Rhonda Valley is 713 W brisk, and the quantity of coal daily sent away is enormous. The colliers have received an ad vance of id. per ton in cutting coal, and other workmen have had their wages advanced in proportion. Many of the works are short of hands, and workmen are in great request, yot, in spite of these encouraging prospects, a party of work men are preparing to emigrate about the end of next week to British Columbia, where they have beard gold is to be L had in abundance, SPIRIT OP THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. POST.-If there is any principle of international law more universally recognised, or more clearly understood than another, it is that on which is based the supremacy of a State within its own dominions, and its powerlessness within the territories of another. This may be regarded a: the common law which has been binding amongst nations from the earliest times, and it has been binding amongst nations from the earliest times, and it has never been sub mitted, by the force of stipulations, to any modifications. The corollary—from the principle that as a State is only supreme within its own dominions it can only legislate for its own security—has, however, in modern times been overridden by express treaties between different States. It seemed monstrous that a malefactor should be able to secure an immunity from well-merited punishment by simply crossing the frontier of the State in which his crime had been committed ; and, accordingly, many States mutually agreed between themselves that in certain instances they would seize offenders, and deliver them up to the authori ties of the State in whose dominions their offences had been committed. In all such stipulations, however, the majority of States have been most careful to provide that from the class of persons thus made liable to arrest and extradition political offenders should be excluded, as attempts to over turn the established power in a State are peculiarly sui generis; and as the right to make such attempts is claimed by every people not sunk in a state of servitude, it has been felt that the unsuccessful revolutionist is entitled to seek a refuge in a foreign kingdom, against the spirit or the letter of whose laws he can have in no way offended. This prin ciple, that a State is only entitled to employ its powers for its own security and for that of its citizens, has, however, in some few instances, received even more serious modifications than those arising out of the conclusion of extradition treaties. States have gone so far as to make acts punishable which are committed beyond their dominions, and have rendered penal, acts committed within their own territory when in their nature innocent as regards the States in which they are committed, but hurtful in their tendency to some foreign Power. Of the first class an example is fur nished by the English statute which renders a British sub ject who commits murder in a foreign State amenable to English jurisdiction; and, of the latter, the Foreign En listment Act offers a striking illustration. All legislation, however, the special object of which is not to secure respect or obedience for the constituted authority of the State so legislating is also watched with jealousy by those who are conscious of the abuses to which it, tends. Some of the Governments of Western and Central Europe have, however, in recent times, attempted to establish a system of what may be styled mutual protection, which is completely subversive of those general principles of inter national polity to which we have just referred. So far back as the year 1815, Russia, Austria, and Prussia formed what was termed the Holy Alliance, which, whilst professedly based upon the purest principles, in effect established a joint system of government directed against the liberties, such as they were, of the three nations. But although the Holy Alliance no longer exists in name, the same principles on which it was based are still recognised by the respective Governments of the three above mentioned States, and spe cial conventions have from time to time been agreed upon, framed in the same spirit which called into existence the Holy Alliance half a century since. A few months after the present Polish insurrection had broken out, the world was astonished to hear that a Convention had Wen entered into between the Prussian and the Russian Governments, by which the former bound itself to deliver up to the latter such insurgents as took refuge in Polish territory, and, it was even said, had agreed to permit Russian troops to pursue and seiz3 the refugees upon Polish soil. At that time the conduct pursued by Austria, to all appearances contrasted favourably with that of the chief of the Liberal Powers of Germany, as the former, though discouraging the insurrection, and arresting and disarming such of the insurgents as crossed the Galician frontier, did not deliver the refugees into the hands of the Russian authorities. Although Aus tria is entitled to credit in not having followed in the foot steps of Prussia, it now appears that in some respects her conduct has not been less reprehensible than that of the other German Power. The charge which is now advanced against the Austrian Government,and which has originated, not in a foreign State, but in the Reichsrath at Vienna, is that it had by decree brought Russia within the protection of the Austrian criminal law, and applied such law against parsons resident in Galicia for offences alleged to be com mitted endangering the security of the Russian Govern.. ment. The subject was brought before the Reichsrath by a Galician deputy, who moved for a committee to examine and pronounce upon the legality of the Ministerial decree which thus extended to Russia the protection of the Aus • trian criminal code in reference to offences committed on Austrian territory. The motion, though vigorously opposed by the Government, was carried by a small majority; and as the deputies appointed to form the committee are known to be strongly opposed to the Convention with Russia out of which the decree sprang, it is probable that it will be pronounced illegal, It is but just to say that the Conven tion and the decree date from the year 1860, and have not been called into existence by the present disturbances in Poland. But no excuse can be offered for the manner in which the Austrian Government has used the extraordi nary powers with which it seems to consider that it is in vested. According to the statements made by Dr. Zyble kiewicz, the deputy who moved for the committee, no l ess than 2,000 persons have been imprisoned in Galicia during the past 10 months for offences alleged to have been com mitted against the Russian Government, the population of Galicia being only five millions. The ordinary criminal courts are not sufficiently numerous to discharge the duties thus thrown upon them, and additional district courts have been established. The arrests are arbitra rily made, and the prisoners are confined for months before they are even made acquainted with the nature of the offence of which they are accused. Some have been detained as long as seven months, and have then been discharged in the absence of all evidence to criminate them. Prince Sapieha was arrested six months since, and has not, up to the present, been either tried or examined. These facts, incredible as they must seem to us, and astonishing as they appeared to the Austrian Reiclas- rath, were not contradicted by the Government. The statement of Dr. Zyblekiewicz, that the number of arrests was on the increase, no doubt impressed upon the Chamber the necessity of taking measures at the same time to protect Austrian subjects, and to save, if possible, the honour of the Austrian nation. There can be but little doubt respect ing the course which will be pursued by the committee. Th e Ministerial decree will be pronounced illegal, and Russia will be left, so far at least as Austria is concerned, to depend for protection on her own code of laws, and on the military satraps who so vigorously administer it within the Russian dominions. _ . Truns.—A short paragraph in the summary of West Indian news which we published on Wednesday touches on a subject which nearly concerns our Transatlantic Colo nies, and may before long assume an Imperial interest. " The Demerara Court of Policy met on the 9th and the 17th ult., and the time of each sitting was occupied by dis cussions on the Immigration Question, which led, however, to no definite result." This "Immigration Question" is no other than the question whether the colonial Govern ment is to encourage the importation of free blacks from the Northern States of America, and thus help to relieve Mr. Lincoln of his greatest difficulty. The reason why it was debated without any practical result by the Council of Ten which, under the name of the Court of Policy, still retains much of the Dutch character is simply that it involves diffi cult problems of the most vital importance to a colony. T o the class of labourers, the competition of strangers, a n d especially of strangers who have been used to work for n othing, must always be obnoxious. To the employers of labour the comm and of increased working power at a reduced rate must , for the converse reason, be a great immediate advantage. To the officials, wh o always the two partiesniakes form a powerful body in colonial society, it little difference personally which of Now, have a natural prevails, bat public functionaries generally elements, the Court of inclination to the Conservative side. Policy at Demerara consists of two cial, the other representative. Fiveof the one offi appointed by the Government, and five its members are another more popular body directly are chosen by elec tors. We are not informed in wh t responsible to the Assem bly was divided on the labour a proportions this the Governor undertook that the majority of the to luestion, bat as we find that state, on his own knowledge, inineigratime, we The employers were unfavourable to "'''y fairly conclude that the non-02Qia.1 STAMPED ....sd. - members present were of the contrary opinion. At al events, two or three days after this assertion was made, an address was presented to his Excellency, signed by to lees than 18 gentlemen, on behalf of themselves and their con stituents. They state, in a few words, that they are favour • able to free immigration from the United States of America and the island of Barbadoes, that they consider that the cost of such immigration should be defrayed from the general revenues of the colony, and that they are satisfied that, so far from their being no demand for labour, these neople would find immediate employment, if introduced as free agents." We need hardly remind our readers that this is no new question in British Guiana, or, indeed, in any of our West Indian colonies. The abolition of slavery, righte ous as it was in principle, and cautiously as it was carried out, paralysed the industrial system of those dependencies, and drove the European landowners . to introduce cheap labour for definite terms of service from other tropical coun tries. We have a series of Orders in Council confirming or disallowing ordinances of British Guiana to regulate M im migration, and a series of correspondence with the Colo nial-oee respecting the traffic in Coolies and Chinese. A very considerabl e p ro p or ti on o f th e w h o le population is of ofthe foreign e xtraction, and by thus replacing the most indolent enfranchised n egroes an d th e i r d escen dants, British Guiana has mana ged to escape the wholesale ruin of the neighbouring island s . Still, but a small fraction of the soil has as yet been brought under cultivation, and much of that which is cultivated, and covered with crops of s th u e gar sra , a co e ffe p e , re o c r ar c i o o t u t s on, co i n s d h it e i l oc l us as bythethpe flats s tor o s f Ho land. It is protected by l r dams f rom i nun d a ti ons of salt and fresh water, and demands incessant care and vigilance. Hitherto the system of husbandry has been rude in the extreme, and it has been calculated that ^ simple improvements, requirin g, however, more skilled labour, would enormously increase the productiveness of estates. It is no doubt with the hope of effecting this de sirable object more rapidly that some of th e co l onists pro pose to turn. President Lincoln's necessity into their own. opportunity. If Professor Cairnes is to be taken as tin authority on the value of slave labour, the economical soundness of such a speculation is more than doubtful. Ac. cording to him, the negroes in the Southern States are naturally incapable of any but the most primitive and mechanical operations of agriculture. They cannot be trusted to plough, or to use manure, or, in fact, to do any thing but to pick cotton or cut the sugar-cane. Whether the present condition of the Confederate States is consistent with this estimate of negro intelligence we will not stop to inquire; but, supposing it to be true, and that mere eman cipation does not work a magical change in their nature, it is clear that it would not be worth while to import them in any great numbers into British Guiana. What appears to be there wanted is not hands alone, but labour of a superior kind, such as can be employed to clear, drain, and render profitable new and less fertile districts. Perhaps, however, we may safely assume that the colonists understand their own business, and, having tried labourers of various races, including the African, know which is best adapted for their climate and methods of culture. We can only hope that they do not count upon getting these poor creatures upon terms to be fixed arbitrarily by the Federal Government. There can be no doubt that, in their anxiety to be rid of them, the authorities of the United States might be willing to make a very bad bargain on their behalf. Having looked about in vain for some means, however costly, of deporting them, they would not be very scrupulous about their rights and future destiny, if they could father a portion en any other civilised nation. This makes it the more necessary that our Government should watch any transaction of the kind. The Chines?, though often maltreated by their white neigh bours, are comparatively able to take care of themselves, but the service of starving negroes, under contracts with American emigration agents, might very easily become slavery in disguise. Thero is another consideration directly affecting ourselves, which it is our duty to take into ac count. By opening our colonies to a regular export of "free niggers" from the Northern States, we should, in fact, be giving theta a powerful weapon against the South. As it is, the misery of those who have accepted the offer of liberty without enlisting in the army has probably deterred many others from running away. It is quite possible the promise of a free passage to British Guiana, with high wages and other inducements which a clever Yankeewould present to the negro imagination, would prove a more tempting bait. We do not say it would, for even among slaves there is a sentiment of adhesiveness, which cannot, indeed, be called love of country, but which attaches them to tbo scene of their daily joys and sufferings. Had a negro with a good master been asked before the war whether he would exchange servitude on an Alabama plantation for freedom on a South American farm, we very much doubt whether he would have chosen the latter alternative But war must have done its work in unsettling the minds of the slave population, and preparing them for change, and it may be that some runaways would gladly accept a refuge in the West Indies. If they could mace their escape thither for themselves, welcome or unwelcome, they would be entitled to our protection on British territory. This is one thing, but to encourage a system of decaying and ship ping them cif to West Indian ports is another. It may be strictly consistent with neutrality, and open to no valid ob jection, but it would certainly place us in an unfriendly relation to the Confederates, and therefore should be well considered. A grant " from the general revenues" of a British colony to put chase, or at least to procure, that which by the laws of the Southern States is the property of their citizens, is a questionable measure—not the less so because, according to our own laws, it is neither their pro perty nor the property of those with whom we should have to negotiate. words, that the plate resisted the effect of the shot in a direct ratio to the rigidity of its backing. The lecturer gave somo further details of the Dahlgren gun, and remarked that we went on manufacturing guns which were certainly inferior to those of America, while the Americans appeared to ignore altogether our iron-clads. After contrasting the power of the guns of the two nations, Capt. S co tt then o o d m r e e w o attention to er ac American table gunsa showing s the power compared with those in use in this country , from which it appeared upon armour the .. that power t of he the 2- English 8 p o und r had more ound e r than double the which was borne out by the experiments m ad e at Portsmouth, where it was found that five 32- p oun der shot did not pro duce plates as one shot fromo g reat a - n po u effectndr d trials made at Shoeburyness h e was le d to the conviction that the principle upon wh ich we were building our sa 68-pounder. ironclad vessels was altogether wrong, and that, instead of placing the thick armour-plating on the outside of the ship, as we were now doing, we should reverse the process, and place on the outside the iron skin, within it the backing of timber, and finally inside the iron armour-plates. This he was prepired to contend was the best form with which to construct our iron ships. From its adoption he believed that several advantages would result, the ch i e f o f which would be that the shot would be deprived of much of its powers in passing through the iron and timber before coming into contact with the armour, while all danger from splinters would be at an end, and increased steadiness given to the vessel from the armour being removed from the outside. He would also advocate the placing of the guns in casemate batteries on board ship, so that a shot entering at either cf the ports would be confined in effect entirely to that portion of the vessel. Ho looked upon Chalmers's target as being the best yet tested at Shoeburyness, but, at the same time, he did not consider it to be con structed on an altogether right principle. Captain Scott then alluded to the turret-ships now being built by the Americans, which would be covered with plates ten inches in thickness. He also referred to the rapid atzides made by them in the mai:tufa°. THE STATE OF SICILY. The following letter on the state of Sicily is published in the Dovere of Turin. It was written in Garibaldi's house, by one of the Sicilian deputies, and represents the general disaffection existing in the island, which has since found expression in a long parliamentary debate at Turin, and the result of which, it is said, will be the secession of the Sicilian members of the Italian Parliament : CArnEnk, Nov. 1863—My dearest friend, the affairs of Sicily induce mo to write to you. I cannot tell you with what feelings Garibaldi read the cases of Petralia Soprano, nor can I repeat the indignant words to which he gave utterance. Whether by good or ill fortune, I hardly know, but he had for a listener one of those Englishmen, who, edified by the correspondents of the Times and the Horning Post come to Italy under the beatific illusion that they are about to find the garden of nature, and the kingdom of the arts illuminated by the splendours of liberty, watched over by laws and inviolablestatutes. Now I leave you to imagine from what a height of rosy dreams the honest son of Albion was flung down, when he heard the story of that daily chronic:e of Sicily; it is enough to say, that becoming in flamed with Southern enthusiasm he protested he would write to the Englishjournals himself, and force the truth on thenoticeof thepublic. However, whether it mayever reach the foreign journals or not, at least i t is necessary that the Italian press should do its duty, and recall the country to one hour of counsel and good sense. Let us not imitate the moderate pereons who commit their defence to the Aloizileur of Bonaparte, just as if no I talian language exted. fess Let those who will adopt the phar isaical formula, that to con the evils of one's country is to dishonour it, we may reply Italy has that " already silence has been too much prolonged, and it may be that the wound has become grave and chronic be cause it was not probed at first —that not on the country can iskenohNevr tsheervitude, and the dishonour fall, but on the perverse conventicle, w hi c h number of that in short, if ddeenceeivwesreanngdi: misgoverns iitts; yoke, it is good and neces see herself as she is. sary now that she 6hYluiddorecnogont letters which come to us here from Sicily, laden with cries and imprecations, in every variety of style, some tragic • ,and somecomic, some true, and some exaggerated, come , perhaps, false, and all concluding by the same uunni COlne, 0 Garibaldi, and bringus aid." And mous prayer, 14 h ow many letters a re sent f orth henee,ne you knownot v words but tho se of conciliatio n , and n er containing any an d how the voice which speaks from Caprera is the only counsels of tolerance, one listened to or respected by the d:egraced people. It is certain that there would have been an opportunity su pplied by these last ev en t s f frankly, severely, and o for the General to have spok en openly, but everyone knows to what his reticence is owing, and will respect it. No on o who men knows Garibaldi cou ld for a moment ose him the ac complice, even by silence AL any rate, I stn not -,' of any injustice. lt impediments, being too in6grameat deterred by imy s t i e i l c i you my whole mind. And in order t , o a d n o d s l o m m c o a s n t tborictly and directly, I will say that, " if things continue as they are, the Govern ment will destroy Sicily, and Sicily will destroy Italy." The Sicilian people have given evident© in their history more hr than once that patience is not the most striitls-inghoiafht areei virtues, and that their forbearance. lies ohnveshwers of the not to be transgressed with impunity, Now, the Italians 4th of April have s ufficiently pr e ov s e seely than any • other cannot trill i with them, m • is certainly sacred end vital people. The cause of unsituyprems, and above the cause to Italy, but it is not • the conscience, of every people that of unity there rcigus in of liberty, justice. In the lone' or liberty, and above that will find that they must reason thus, and run the civilians re d uc ed to the pa i n ful strait of choosing jute. they will b e re Italy But you will ask, are there ties before liberty, or. . , .. sufficient injustice and suffering toeuetity my presentiments 9 Let us see. O n the debie p ide of the Government a nd fears • we enlist put to the account everything which they ought to have dons, and have not known how, or have not chosen to do. We find in this list schools, streets, reintegrated funds, bravest terli and patriots rewarded, thieves aril I3ourb mists punialed, Gar ibaldiand his followers hunourec', N S PA F- E Sv , because a direct negative and a frol , ..z>79nt: . 4 justices like the rest. But let we leave t' es to the princip,-.1 charge. Vt/ •Nt • Gen. Govone supnoses 4,000 in Eilernp4:o4l;:i4f.fg. In Sicily there are ten residents bi".e.,lli;t6'4i , suppositions he includes dead men, wonlcti,•:,: t i4w it E, Q 7 scripted, in short an entire imaginary contint . 14 us s and double names, and men who have becatiiikilfaiy.:.i u jej.)Y leave for the present, to those who choose to dwell upon it, • ari estimation of the ability of our commissioners of conscrip tion, and a consideration of the urjust persecution, the useless suffering which a furious pursuit of these phantoms has inflicted. Let us pass over in silence the wasted strength of the soldiers, and the degradation of their oflice, the tragi-c , •rnedy of the c q ui volues, an d t h e goo d h umour of the Itali an People, who clapped their hands for victories over enemies who never had any existence. At cry rate, there are raistanee in Si c il y t h en. " Mart i al law, " too, what the bk es i ng,s of martial law are, the whole of Italy can more or less remember, and Sicily is learning yct more thoroughly under the rule of General Govone. Let us speak plainly. If you think to scourge a country, and then call on its sine. to bear arms ,for von; if you non, rich its hopes and aspirations with th, sacred images of Ilene and Naples, and co n d emn it to the ni. , htiv patrol of sbirri and police, if you call f or soldiers, and make carabi nee rs, if, in a word, you destroy in a p eop l e that profound sen timent of justice which make theta say—., It e.e giv e our country our lives and our fortunes, our country gives us love, justice, prosperity, and greatness in return,', —N„.„ hope, General, that you will see that p eople voluntarily and cheerfully recruit the raztka of your army. One does not de base, one does not deprave a country, and then ask it fir deeds of virtue; one does not bleed a man and th ou tell him to fight. The same reason by which you justif y desertion from the Austrian array by the Venetians, and by the Ni z .. zards from the French, the same reason which made y ou term those Italian deserters comrades, who went with y ou from Marsala to Maddaloni, and who, in 12 hours, left your regiment in 1860, when they learned that the promises of Cattolica had been broken, the same reason may, if not to day, one day or another, be valid in the.case of the Duchies, the Neapolitans, in a word, for all Italians. ' we are face t o However, w think of the whole of Sicily in a state of siege , not even excepti ng face with the l h aw ate o " f e r r es w is e tan na ts a , y it, and the Government h as put t is what a state of siege? At the I mercy of the Semery ... their most truculent mood, in a condition compounded of Link, limit, and the Holy Office. You will say I exaggerate, perhaps. Hear Imo. Do you know the story of Gen. Serpi? If no' - , read the Sicilian journals, ,Jind especially the extraerdinary supple:l - sr:A to the IZ?ete .Politico of Sept. 27, No. 215. In the . .iireantime, I will sketch it for you briefly: An old feud reigned between the houses of Palozzili and Bonmariti in Favorotta. Some of the Palozzoli aro arrested on some imputation by the "Na tional Guard, and on the following day aro found dead in. d th a ir , p bo r yf is a ma h . This murder is ascribed te domestic vengeance, and the Bonmariti are accused of it, and one of there is life ? brought up for trial, while two others are stabbed in the theanßdaawmhaorsietideisat made easilyc but t in w et o The ca can inno cence mandant of theraclts. the dead to • inter feres in the affair of th h e a Pal c . a . , n z r a z d o bs l hi t n . , i peoenres.o with f T w Gh h ee o n m g. e Syndici nt l errarli, ica ot 13ae of r : Favorotta, cont an d proposes to them that Sicilianeuitendetta, and in order to protect finish the feud alts Figgie. He his friends from a laws and n perhaps worse, proposes to daughter, aged 13, to one of the they'o assembles the Bonmariti, NeVkhnOo h aswl shed the blood of her 4 aszi I s ze h: ei iN.u.vl swears sh b telt Bonmariti ns h ha le t ahvirei will consent, but the daughter refu ses availsreats so that they never give her hand to a man a kin. General Serpi will not edge himself to be de feated, and insists, and threatens the place the girl in his hands. Little theta her parents girl that she cries, entreats, and bewails her fate ; the unhappy e ll : i l l-l i b : T a t ; and her life are sacrificed. The general threataete with a revival of the Palazzolo process if the ns m il a not accomplished. His actions followed sr.)eedil r - riage be threats. Oa the 21st a column of the 19th Infantry : a ° r ti * his at Favorotta, arrested the Bonmariti and their adheriolv'el and carried them off to the headquarters. There they were confronted with the General, who declared to Vito B on _ merit°, the father of the girl, " I have come here to cause the completion of the marriage of your daughter with Palaz zolo, and I have made all the necessary dispositions for se curing its fulfilment." I omit the arguments, the terror, the father's prayers. The daughter was dragged away front the College and was subjected to a last trial. She alone was brave and refused anew to barter her soul. and took refuge in a convent. General Govone contented himself with ad monishing the parties. As for General Serpi, who could think of assailing the army, by touching one of its chiefs? In the Aquila Latina, a Messiness journal, we read as follows : " According to the instructions of the Municipal autho rities, some soldiers were sent to Rocca, to arrest a young man, aged 18, named Pasquale Sacca, a carpenter, whom they found in his bed, and dying. This circumstance made no impression whatever upon his captors, and Sacca was brought to Romella, a two hours journey, over tzieilian roads, in such a condition," A few hours later, he died. Sacca had never disturbed the public security. " Pied monteae, Lombards, Sicilians, Tuscans, Metropolitans (exclaims this friend of the people) —have you heard ?" And you, whose weapon is the pen, you who have not had courage to confess the -truth, when it could be injurious to your interests—what have you to say ? The Giornale di Sicilia, the official organ of the Govern ment, relates according to ?isz(:zt Pelphtni, the Petralia So prana affair. If the facts were on!y such as it states them to have been they would be sufficient to cover us with shame. But much worse remains to be told. You must know that a bcdy of men, guided by a delegate of public safety, and composed of soldiers, carabineers, and commer cial guests, surrounded the house of Petralia Soprana, ty night, demanding a resident. The inmates, who knew no thing about him, refused to open the door at that hour, and hearing the soldiery threatening, and striking the door and walls, they fired a few shots out of the upper windows. As it seemed difficult to force an entrance, the commandant of the troops was sent cif* to call the lieutenant, who came im mediately, and decided that in such cases the resources em ployed by Mouravieff were advisable. They sot fire to the straw in an adjoining stable. and to the door, so that it spread at once all over the house, the door fell down in ashes, and they entered by the breach. When the conquerors reached their victims they were already burnt to ashes, says the Giornale di Sicilia. Tney were still alive, say several witnesses, Who shall penetrate the mystery of their suffer ings ? The fact is, that on the bodies burned by the fii mes men, women, and children, were found undeniable traces of t entir e t i r u 'he t h reader I wounds infli c ted by firearme , The version whic h I have d is the the mildest; Jiel forahe J ournal. en e you to the el e c report t ill or e nough—but let him sa y that to those who commit 6111 se h orror s, not to mo wh o onl y relate them. O i In the military hospital at Palerm o there is a poor mute, kept ther e as a re sistant, and who the doctors persist in declaring feigns this terrible malady. After many vain efforts to make him speak, to what, think y ou, have they resorted ? To fire again ?Thi y a pplied lighted torches to the unfortu nate creature'slimbs, they made 40 wounds in his bod y , buthe has not yet spoken. Torquemada forced innocent foss sins they had never com mitted. by persons to eon. en t ere d the imagination of the ' fire, but it novae gloomy Priest of the Inqui sition to make the dumb spe a k . Sic ili an s guilty when they seek to Ind now, you call the you say they do not love Italy, that they do not recogn is e , the virtue of self-sacrific e, thatthat they are Arabs. I will au they arc barbarians, taro saver you for than with a ; roc d of two states of sieg e With the gates of Palerrao,barrieo; with citizens and senators arrested on the high f the nuptial arrangements v7 S a a Y eCia w the andrnents of Serpi, the flames of Petralia,- corp sesuto of Palermo, with the army from whi th h e wo h und e s t o e f ke t e ho th m e prestige which made it sacred and covetcyclouthaev crusade against the two strangers who still hold Rome and Venice. Learn 1 entreat you, that Sicily, and I hope I may say all Italy, is Employ your arms in not full of pretorians. the service of Italy, or you will not have them to guard your slumbers, and adorn y our dip la or h ving, you s et mywords down as the will lose them. Now do no f solitary m en ; the lament of querulous forebodings o t Caprera has an echo. Read the correspondence of the rerscveranza from P alermo, on Oct. 17. The letter which " General Govone hi self I quote begins W ith the werfdengs cannot continne,' re t and must know that t his state o h thi t 't b remedied ilindeed goes on t o advise, as we do, t a e they do not wi sh the destruction of Sicily. imperative ly necessaryw, no that the honest press should is join hands and inaugurate a formal campaign against the military measures which are pursued in Sicily, demand ing the cessation of the state of siege , and of military as cendancy, and the restoration of the) island to ordinary to m orality, and to justice. If this system of violenc e laanTdepravation continue, I conclude as I began.—tho Government will destroy Sicily, and Sicily will destroy I ta ly.—Yours, GutsuprE Gurnzoxf. et l'Eloquence a Rom." ~., J ULE S JANIN'S NEW WORK is entitled "La P o e s i e A CHINESE PIRATE CAI itTRED . LY A OIEFFIELD C A PTAIN. — A letter has been received from (14 oir - rin Hopis, of the merchant steamer 3 watow, desc.ribi ug . the warmer in which he captured a Chi nese p i rate. Ile writes: • t‘ I was bound fcrS t ha e uneghtivttaifcre of frees Tien 71 -,tasn , 4 6 e, I made iu g anti w h en o d u bo t ' two vessels miles from h vessels close togeth er . I altered the ceurse, haul lug for them, when about five miles elf.. One made sail and sheered off. I stood on and s'.eained alongside the other vessel, and Lund her totally disabled, having her sails cut and rigging all adrift, and the crew in a fearful state, the captain b e i ng nearly dead with sabre cuts. I 10' s:antly gave chase to the first craft, and when within a mil e she opened fire, but did us no damage, I steamed full power_ bang into her, cut:tin:l. her up and damaging her stern, backed astern and at la , r again amidships. ' ; 11-1- ew Pi ere in were panie-strit:l:m—so taken by surprise. W ssible into the meantime sending rifle balls as fast as possible when the them. The third time I struck her W , e ' b t : a o r i c 14 prisners, pirates actually jumped overboard. Tilled and drowned. and I think fully that number were killed mate, who was We had none killed except the c ' lll Shanghai are asto.• knocked overboard and drown ad. a pirate. A little nicked at a merchant steamer taking wjosty's g - aeboats and w'Llile ago they attacked one ot 1 1 nearly captured her." • NEW NOVEL. Next week, in 3 vols., 1 0E V E R A Story of English Country Life. By A CLERGYMAN. 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