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THE LAND MORTGAGE BANK cf INDIA (CREDIT FONCIER INDIEN), Limited. Capital, £2,000,P0', in mom Shares of £2O each. Payment on allotrnont, pPr Share. Dtur.e'rou:3. Chairman S. LAING, Esq , life Finance Minister of India. Colonel Balfour, C. 8., late Chief of Military Finance Depart- . ment of India. H. L. IlischoMheim, Esq. (ressrs. Bisehoffseheim and Gold sehmidt). lion. W. S. Fitzwilliam, Member of the Supreme Legislative Council of India. Sir John P. Grant, K.C. P.., late Lieut.-Governor of Bengal. P. Northall Laurie, Esq.. Governor of Union Bank of London. J. T. Mackenzie, Esq., Deputy Chairman of Eastern Bengal Railway. W. Mackinnon. Esq. '(Mackinnon, Mackenzie, and Co.. Cal cutta), Director of British Indiu titeam Navigation Com pany. IT. Nelson, Esq. (Messrs. Crawford, Colvin. and Co.), London. Pinard, do Comptoir d'Esomipte, Foncier Colonial. Paris, et du Cre dit A. M. Worms, Esq. (Messrs. G-. and A. Worms), London. AGENTS IN INDIA. Calcutta—Messrs. Colvin. Cowie, and Co. Bombay—Messrs. Ilemingtoa and Co. Madras —Messrs. Parry and Co. AGENTS TOR. TIM COSTIVE The General Credit and Finance Company of London (Limited'. BANKERS. The Union Bank of Louden. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Freshtleids and Newman. s renE p A ny (pro tern.) —Mr. Charles Grant, Temporary Offices- 60 , Lombard -street. The system of Land Credit, or "Credit Foncier," has now been established in many of the chief countries of Europe, with the uniform result of large profit to the Companies ea gaged in it, an d great benefit to the holders of land. The principle of ad these Associations is the same, viz., the inter vention of a Company whose large subscribed Capital, and consequent credit, enable it t.) borrow money to the best ad vantage, as an intermediary between individual lenders who seek investments on mortg , g,e, and borrowers who seek for loans. Thus, the French Credit Fonder has a large Share Capital, of which only half is paid up, and is authorised by its statutes to issue its own Bonds against an equal amount lent on mortgage, with a Sinking Fund for redemption, on first class landed security. The security to the Bondholder, under these circumstances, is ample, represented as it is by the whole unpaid-up capital of the Company, and all its invest ments and assets, while the profit to the Shareholders, being the profit on the employment of a. large capital distributed in dividend over a small paid-up capital, is so great, that with £lO paid up the £2O shares of the French Credit Fonder stand at a market value of upwards of £5O. The present Company is formed in the belief that, on the one hand, it will be very profitable to the Shareholders, and, on the other, most beneficial to India. It is obvious that our Indian territories present an unrivalled field for a Company of this description. Land there is rising in value with a ra pidity quite unexamplei, 'and the fixing of tenures, the im provement of laws, and the opening of communications, are fast creating an ease and certainty in dealing with it equal to those enjoyed in any country of Europe. At the same time capital is scarce, and the rate of interest extravagantly high, as compared with any European standard. In Bengal, where, in the first instance, the operations of the Company will be principally directed, laid is held upon it Zemindary tenure, which may be described as conferring the fee-simple of the land in perpetuity, held direct from the Crown, on the condition of paying a fixed annual gait rent, which is always moderate, in comparison with the value of the estates. An accurate and simple system of registration precludes doubt and dispute concerning the title to estates, and the first mortgage on the register takes precedence of all other claims. The principle of a permanent settlement has been adopted by the Government, and will doubtless be shortly extended to the other provinces of India. The land included in the Lower Bengal system is estimated at a value of more than one hundred millions sterling, and by the establishment of railways, the operation of irrigation works, and the general extension of Indian trade and in dustry, it will be doubled and trebled within a moderate number of year , . Of these estates a very large proportion are at present under advances from local money-lenders, at a rate of 12 per cent. interest, besides incidental bonuses, and upon other conditions, that are alike unfavourable to their owners and to the community at large. With prudent management the results of an Indian Credit Foncier can hardly fail to be even more successful than in France, considering the wide margin between the rates of in terest at which money can be borrowed in England and lent in India. The field for operations in India is practically unlimited, and in no country of the world are all the elements of national prosperity, including the value of land, in a state of such rapid development. The revenue of the State has risen in ten years from £28,5C0,000 to £45,125,0.0 a-year : and the aggregate Import and Export Tr,. de during the same period has more than doubled, and last y, ar reached the enormous total of £100,000,000, including bullion. During the same period £GO,COO,OOO of English capital has been invested m railways in India, which are now approaching completion, and will greatly accelerate the march of prosperity. The benefit to India of obtaining capital on landed security on reasonable terms, and emancipating the native landed proprietors from an exclusive dependence on native money lenders, will be incalculable ; ana this benefit will be speci ally felt at a time when the prosperity of the country, the completion of roads and railways, the sale of waste lands, the extension of the permanent settlement, the introduction of an improved currency, and, generally, the adoption of a wise and liberal system of Government, are giving every where a rapid impulse to improvement. OBJECTS, The Company will be prepared to grant Loans on land, ei.her for fixed periods, or upon terms that will extinguish the debt during the currency of the mortgage, by the pay ment or an annual instalment on account of the principal, in addition to the annual interest, thus conferring on the Dor rowery the benefit of an eventual liquidation of their debts. CAPITAL. The present capital is fixed at £2,000,000 sterling, of which £2 per share is payable upon allotment. It is not the inten tion of the Directors to call up more than a small proportion of the Share Capital in all, as the successful conduct of a busi ness of this description is chiefly through borrowed capital. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. Great Musical Attraction —lmmense success of SIGNOR ICOSIA, the eminent Violinist, who will appear Every Evening. BORROWING POWERS. As a means to make the advances on the extended scale contemplated, the Company will issue Debentures for fixed periods, and bearing a fixed rate of interest, payable half yearly in this country ; and in ord r ti give the holders of such Debentures undoubted security, they will have a lien on the entire property of the company, consisting first of the whole of the estates held on mortgage, and much exceeding in value the total of its liabilities ; an I secondly, of the assets of the Company, in which its paid-up capital is invested, to gether with its large reserve of uncalled capital. The trans actions of the Company will be conducted free frem all spe culation or purchase on their own account, and may be re garded as partaking of the nature of a Commission Agency between the European lender and the Indian borrower, opening to the latter a command of capital limited only to the value and security his estates afford. HARPER TWELVETREES' GLYCERINE SOAP POWDER makes its own Soap, and saves one-half of time, two •thirds of Soap, and toree-fourths of labour ! Patentee : Harper Twelvetrees, Bromley .by-Bow, London. Sold by Grocers, Druggists, and Oilmen. PROFITS. The profits of a well-conducted business of this description in such a field for operations as India may be tested by a comparison w th the re.ults realised by the French Credit Foncier and other similar undcrtActrgs both abroad and at bonne. The institution named is limited ty its statutes to lend at 5 per cent. interest, and it has to pay more than 4 per cent. interest on money raised on its Debentures ; the marclin of profit is, therefore, very small. Nevertheless, the Fr nch Company pays a dividend of Ir, percent. rer annum, carrying a further sum equal to 7 per cent. to reserve. In India the margin of profit between the rate at which the money is borrowed and the rate at which it is lent will certainly not be less than 3 per cent., so that each £1,0:0,000 borrowed in England and loaned in India will give £30,000 a year towards Dividend on the Share Capital, of which it is not probable that more than £500,000 out o f the £ 2,000,000 will be called up. IRNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library, V., and Dining-room, consisting of a new and elegant assort ment of VASES, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obelisks, Ink stands, beautiful inlaid Tables, Paper weights, &c., in Italian, Alabas - er, Parian, Marble, Bronze, Derbyshire Spar, &c. Imported and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Mine ralogist to her Majesty, 149, Stand. W.C., London. Mr. Tennant arranges elementary collections of SHELLS, MINERALS, ROCKS, and FOSSILS, which will greatly facilitate the interesting study of MINERALOGY, CON CHOLOGY. and GEOLOGY, at 2, 5,10, 20, 50, to 100 guineas each. PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and MINE RALOGY is given by Mr. TENNANT, at 149, Strand, W.C. MANAGEMENT IN INDIA. Arrangements have been made with the above three lead ing firms to act as Agents in India, so as to enable the Com pany to commence business without unnecessary delay. 75,001 Shares have been subscribed for privately, and the remaining . 25,000 Shares are reserved for public subscription. Copies of the Memorandum and Articles of Association lie for inspection at the Office of the Solicitors. Messrs. Fre4l - and Newman, 5, Bank buildings, Lothbury, and at the Temporary Offices of the Company. Applications to be made in the subjoined form to the Tem pnrary Offices of the Company, 69, Lombard-street; or to the offices of the General Credit and Finance Company of Lon don (Limited), 90, Cannon-street. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. No. Gentlemen,—l request that you will allot me of £2O each in the cap it a l of the Land Mortgage Bank of Shareslndia (Limited), and I hereby agree to accept the said Shares, or any smaller number that you may allot to me, and to pay the ceposit of £2 on each Share so allotted, and I agree to become a member of the Company, and request you to plaoe my name on the Register of Shareholders in respect of the Shares allotted to me. I am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant, Fame in full Address in full Profession or Business .... - ..., Reference Date RIIPTURES.-BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. WHITE'S MOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (PERFECTED AND EXHIBITED IN THE GREAT EXHIBITIONS OF 1851 AND 1862), is allowed by upwards of Two Hundred Medical Gentlemen to be the most effective nvention in the curative treatment of ii ERN 1 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 Moo-Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease and closeness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn during sleep. A descriptive circular may be had, and the truss, which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the cir cumference of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manufacturer, A.D. 1720. ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE coRTORATION (Established by Charter of hie Majesty George the First) FOR SEA, FIRE, LIFE, AND ANNUITIES. Offices, Royal Exchange, London. Branch Office, 29, Pall-mall. GstiroTtjzzipritEß; WlGßAM, q., Governor. OCTAVIUS Fs vl.B BARCLAY, Esq., Sub-Governor. PELLY, Bart., s D:ECT cElv O ia n ifari S lms . oj o t t riLo ll: c o v3s l ie l an a n n an d ni , ITenry Bainbridge, Esq Robert Barclay, E sq. • Melville. n d E s.E . .lohn arratt Cattlej, Mark Currie Close„g q . T hi h e e nrY lio N n e . l J s o o s n ce , E lin cl e . W. Percy. William Davidson, Esq. Thomas Dent, Esq. Charles Robinson, Esq. Alexander Druce, Esq. Samuel Leo Schuster, Esq. Fredk. Jos. Edlmann. Esq. Eric Carrington Smith, Esq. Riversdale W. Grenfell, Esq. William Soltau, E sq. robt. Amadeus Heath, Esq. Joseph Somes,__ ESQ., M . p . Wm. Tetlow Hibbert, Esq.' William Wallace, k s ,-, Jas. Stewart Hodgson, Esq.: Chas. Baring Young, T_l sq. Medical Referee, SAMUEL SOLLY, Esq., F.R.S. NOTICE.— the usual fifteen days allowed for payment of FIRE' PREMIUMS falling due at Michaelmas expire on 14th October. FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected with this Corporation on advantageous terms. The Reversionary Banns on British Life Policies has ave raged nearly 2 per cent. per annum on the sum assured. Equivalent reductions have been made in the Premiums ayable by persons who preferred that form of Bonus. The divisions of Profit take place every Five years. Any sum not exceeding £15,000 may be insured on one Life. This Corporation affords to the Assured— Liberal participation in Profits—with exemption from the liabilities of partnership. A rate of Bonus equal to the average returns of Mutual Societies—with the guarantee of a large invested Capital Stock. The advantages of modern practice,—with the security of an Office whose resources have been tested by the ex perience of n early a CENTURY AND A DALE. SPECIAL NOTICE. Policies on the ariicipatino• system, granted on or before the 31 st December, MI, and in force at th- close of the year 1865 , Will be entitled to snare in the next division of profits ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON. ROBT. P. STEELE, Secretary. OYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail• way Terminus, at Ring's-cross. Patron—The QUEEN. President —The Duke of BITCCLEUCH, B.G. Treasurer —Edward Masterman, Esq. This was the first hospital to introduce the principle of free and instant admission to the destitute sick, without thefor mality of ffoverners' let ters. It is entirely devoted to desti tution in its most il)tiable form —viz. , that which is accom panied by sickness and disease, and is now of sufficient mag nitude that, with adf'quate support, it may be rendered capable of admitting. into its '6 - arils a very large proportion of the casual sick of this funds in order to have 500 great Tnetrcoolis. It requires but the beds these the most wretched of our fellow- ere •:ktures. Moreover, le for the reception of it gratuitously affords medical ail Patients a week. on the average, than 3,000 out- The Weekly Board feel it their! —vi ce and rne ,lliCine to more, mperative duty to ni:(tice an EARNEST APPEAL to the public for continued supp2 r to enable them to admit and relieve the distressing cases that daily present themselves. Contributions are received by the Treasurer, Edward Masterman, Esq. ' Nicholas-lane; also by Messrs Coutts and Co. ; Drummond and Co. ; llerries 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 lliams, Deacon, and Co. ; Overend, Gurney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co. ; Messrs. J. Barned and Co., Liverpool ay. at the lipapitaL STANFORD S. SKITII _Secretary. CELEBRATION of the TERCENTENARY of the BIRTH of SITA.KSPEARE, at Stratford-upon- Avon. The Tercentenary Committee (of which Sir Robert N. C. Hamilton, Bart., K.C.8., is Chairman) are now receiv ing SUBSCRIPTIONS, and they may also be paid to the account of the Tercentenary Committee, at the Stourbridge and Kidderminster or Warwick and Leamington Banks, Stratford-upon-Avon; Messrs. Greenway, Smith, and Greenway, Warwick ; or their London agents, Messrs. Smith, Payne. and Co , Messrs. Hanburys and Co., or Messrs. Glyn and Co , bankers, London. The Tercentenary Committee, in submitting' the subscrip tion list to the nation, most earnestly appeal to the admirers of Shakspeare for their aid and assistance. The Committee rest their claims upon the ground that Stratford is not only the birthplace of Shakspeare, but the centre of attraction to all admirers of the great Poet's works, and that it was his home, the town he loved, and where he lived and died. a N te S a TI b T y U R T oy I a O l. N Charter). R OYAL NATION AL LIFE-BOAT (InOorpor l PATRONESS—Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen. PRESIDENT—Vice-Admiral the Duke of Northumberland, KG., F.R.S. CHAIRMAN—Thos. Paring, Esq., lir.p., r F .R.S., „...._. DEPUTY-CIIAIRmAN — Thomas Chapman, iy.Bq.,Rßl.,v.p. APPEAL. The Committee of Management have to state that since the beginning of the year 1861, t he Ro y a, Nati onal Lifeboat Institution has expended £ 28,550 on v arious Lifeboat Esta blishments on the Coasts of Eng l a nd, Scotland, and Ir eland. The number of lives saved by the Life-boats of the Society, and other means, since its f o rmation, Is 13,220; for which services 82 Gold Medals, 733 Silver Medals, and £17,200 in cash have been paid in rewards. The Institu tion has also expended £75,380 on Life-boats, Life-boat Transporting-can iages, and Boat-houses. The Committee desire to express their grateful sense of the generous support which they have received from the British public during the past few years, a support which has enabled them to establish their present magnificent fleet of 125 Lifeboats on the shores of the United Kingdom. Deeply sensible, however, of the great responsibility that rests on them to maintain their fleet in a thoroughly efficient state, and its Crews practised in the management of their boats, whirh can only be effected by a large and permanent annual income, they earnestly appeal to all classes of their countrymen to aid them in upholding and perpetuating so great and truly national a work. The Committee grateful* , acknowledge the following con tributions:— 8. d Her Majesty the Queen .. annual 50 C 0 Campbell, the Hon. Mrs. G. .. .. annual 5 0 0 Clerk, Colonel, B.A. .. annual 1 1 0 Coutts and Co., Messrs., Bankers .. annual 10 0 0 Currie, Wm., Esq., 4th don.lo 0 0 Erle, Lord Chief Justice .. .. don. 10 10 0 Fanshawe, Vice-Admiral Sir A., K.C.B. .. 2d don. 25 0 0 Fenwick, G. J.. Esq., cost of a Lifeboat and Tran sporting Carriage „. 250 0 0 Harvey, Rev. G. G. and Mrs. .. don. 30 0 Martin, Sir Henry, Bart. .. 7th don. 10 0 0 Palmer, Sir Bounden, M.P., H.M.'s Solici tor-General .. • • .. „. .. annual 2 2 0 .._ - - Royal Yacht Squadron .. .. annual 10 0 0 Steel. Michael, Esq. .. .. don. 100 0 0 Thomas, Lady, Weston-Super-Mare, collected by her T•adyshiP .. • • ..•• • • 16 16 0 .-- - -diby d'Eresby, Lord •• _ .. annual 50 0 Willou, , nd Annual Snhscriptions will be thankfully eived re- Donations by the «_ -.kers of the Institution, Messrs. Willis, the Ba.. T orabard-street ; Messrs. Coutts and Percival. and Co., 76, -ries, Farquhar, and Co., 16, St. Co., 59, Strand; Messrs. He.. the Collectors of Customs James's-street, London ;by at; and by t h e S ecre t ary , and Bankers in the Unitedliingdom; '‘ , 4 justit4l9l4 lit Richard Lewis, Esq, at the Office Pt L.. Jpbu-street, Adelphi, Lou,oc WA";. .N°. 22,238. Now ready, at alt the Libraries, in 3 vols., NAO 01) S ()CIE TY. Ey Mrs. GREY, Author of "'The Gambler's Wit e," kc. 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Randall, George Hodson, and those marvellous French Clowns, Messrs. ARTHUR and BERTRAND. Alm), a Performance by Herr SCHALKENBACH on his wonderful instrument, the PIANO ORCHESTRE, contain ing a full baud of 40 instruments. he HALL has just been newly Decorated and Ventilated, and is one of the most Beautiful in the Metropolis. Open at 8 o'clock. Admission, 6d. ; stalls and balcony, Is. ; private boxes, 10s. 6d. PANTERBURY HALL " GHOST."—In order NJ to gratify the curiosity of nightly-increasing crowds, Mr. C. MORTON has transferred the representation of Pro fessor Pepper and HenryDircks, Esq.'s, world-famed spectral Illusion, "THE GHOST," to the Concert Hall, where a new and elegant stage is erected, affording a more ample view of the Illusion from Stalls, Balcony, and body of the Hall. He has also arranged for Mr. A. Silvester to give (with all that gentleman's latest improvements and effects), REPRESENTATIONS EACH EVENING, at half-past Nine o'clock. All the other Musical and Pictorial attractions as usual, including Operatic Selections, &c. ; Comedy by Crnsworth (the modern Demosthenes), Eugene, George Hodson, and the marvellous Arthur and Bertrand. ARGYLL ROOMS, Windmill-street, Piccadilly. These elezant Rooms are NOW OPEN for the Winter Season. They have been entirely redecorated. Musical Director, Mons. Jullien, of monster concerts cele brity. The band Js selected from the Crystal Palace, the Italian Operas, and the Household Troops of her Majesty. Doors open at 8 o'clock. Adthission, is. Manager—M. GRENET. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. The GHOST ! new version—The FAIRY FOUNTAIN — Grand Divertissement—Favourite Opera Selections—NlCO- SlA, the eminent Violinist—RAPHAEL DE SOLLA. the Infant Tenor—LANGLOIS, the Great Juggler, Every Evening. Doors open at 7—commence at half-past 7. SHORTHAND. -PITMAN'S PHONOGRA PHIC TEACHER. 6d. ; free by post, 7d. SHORTHAND. -PITMAN'S PHONOGRA PHIC MANUAL. Free by post, is. 6d. 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They are porous, light in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on !We an ordinary stocking. Price 4s. 6d., 7s. 6d., 10s., to 16s. eadh. Postage ed. JOHN WHITE, Manufacturer. 228, Piccadilly. . -e _ ,-__7 - --<P-- --- ;"-z-> - IN . .14,' NV S PAPE IA -- -- ,7 - 5 ' -,,, - (~- f2 , -7 ------ .:r.l: - .L.:-W , 4,,„.,, 7 -..2 - - --- -- C' ~,.,- 4. 5 v.,,,. ''`A•lf . ,. l :l- 4 -1--xkl.r( ~ ,1 .. „..,...,. ‘ 4 . •-..-- -•,. , • ~ RAILWAY INTELL ero . --, a- - - ,'!./.: 0, ..44 ...-.:,... .j....-,. , ,e..r...,at... ~ ' -, ;4 .4.4 ,:t..ye....-.5 4. , .4 4 ' •••• A 4, ,q , ••• - .l=L - • r : bt ., * ,„,..' 4 ,. i v clin - ' 4 4z.- -..1,. - 4. , -, , ,4*Fi1 1 .4:,:* • . X 44 x,, I— 4 74;f . VI' r .. ...Il k:* d'k v i .,, 14 ,,,..,,..„, „,„ t .., -,. PEEBLES. ...—,.. ~..' E. - . ' 4 * iom .` ~,„,,,,, - •A ~ ( 1... ::: ~,,,,, • •' lk ' 4l .. ':'''..i , - C ~ •N, Ta: , • I k, . % 4r, "*. s ea * 'Crt I 1 . 0 .1t , V1,1 * ' states thabh , - '...kfi i , 1. • --4.- '' s ''.lo.i.4Atdii,iy*%§::::7"l. '' :, -;, , 1 Ei -- P ---‘ H ~ y1 7.416 4 : 1 4 . : 11 : 1 . -- -'-c-4, 1:4” . ,' Luau - . 4 ' - i'i '-' , % .... ~,,, -,,,, , I , - rcP•zvi 15, -.. 1 v: ,- • V Tiw. . w . ;,,, 41 - A aliti . ~ -..„...„ c• + ~., •• .„. ~:,, „,....,:„..- 4,,. The report of the directors a ,as S revenue of the railway for the six months ending the 31st of July last amounted to £1,305, and for the corresponding six months cf 1862 to £6,232, exhibiting an increase of £1,073. The moiety of the revenue belonging to the company was 1.3,02. which 5.:255 was payable to the North British 1121- way Company, being cne half of the surplus after making provision for a dividend of 6 per cent. on the company's ordinary shares for the two pa s t half years. O u t o f th e rema i n d er th e di rec t ors propose d to pay the usual di v id e nd o f 5 p er cen t. cn t h e preferen ce s h ares , an d a di v id en d at t h e rate o f 6 The disposable balance amounted to £3,233, of per cent, upon the ordinary shares, leaving a balance of £2OB. Th e di v id en d upon t h e or di nary s h ares might have been 61 per cent. for the past half-year, but the directors were desirous to carry forward a lease ha d been adjusted d and o surplus sufficient t omee t cer t a i n o ld accounts w hi ch were in course o f ad j ustment. It was proposed to continuedadustaeoy m ß a r n it n ie e h r. Railw ay Company make the dividends payable on the 13th inst. Th e North r di s charge their obli gat i ons in an efficient and satis ftsigned. sTAATPED GETINANY AND DENMARIC, ---4- We take the following from the official report of the sitting of the Ist of October of the German Diet at Frankfort _ . " The President laid before the Assembly a note from the British Envoy, S r Alex, Maid - , dated the Ist of October, in which the latter communicates to the Diet a despatch from the Secretary of State for Foreign Aff tirs of Great Britain, Earl Russell, dated the 13th of September, con cerning the constitutional question of Tiolstein-Lauenburg. The Diet directed that this document should be referred to the joint committees charged with the examination of the question, " After some local business, a vote was come to upon the I report presented to the sitting of the 19th of Sept., relative to the constitutional question of Holstein-Lauenburg by the joint committees, as also upon the propositions advanced in that report. These latter are approved by the majority of the Assembly. The envoy charged to represent the Minis ter of Denmark and Holstein-Lauenburg protests against this approval in the name of the rights of the Royal Ducal Government, referring to the declarations made previously by Denmark, and abstains from voting upon the approval of the joint committees. MANCHESTER, snEFFIELD, AND LINCOLN- The total expenses of this comp any's railway, &c., - including rents, tolls, duty , f rota the I s t J u ly to the 27th September, 1863, amounted t o £7 7,826 as T against h e £77,502 proportion for of the s r tl the correspondi ng ponding period o f 1862. Junctio n receipts accruing to this company from the Ist J u l y to the 27th September amounted to £2,020 a s against £8,407 for the corresponding period of 1862, and the expenses to £3,969 as against £3,589. " The resolution which the Diet takes on the subj ect of this question runs thus : "1. The Government of Denmark and of Holstein- Lauenburg has not fulfilled the federal obligations relative to the constitution of the Duchies of Holstein-Lauenburg, and, especially, by its declaration of the 27th of August of this year it has not acted up to the federal resolution.of the 9th of July last; federal execution must, therefore, be resorted to to enforce (if they have not already been com plied with) the application in the said Duchies of the federal resolutions of the 11th of February and 12th of August, 1858, of the Bth of March, 1860, of the 7th of February, 1861, and of the 9th of July, 1863. "2. The Austrian, Prussian, Saxon, and Hanoverian Governments are charged to carry out the execution, and the Governments of Saxony and of Hanover will be invited each to name a civil commissary, who, if needs be, and after having received the instructions of the Diet on the mode of execution, will have to administer, according to those instructions by order of the German Confederation, the duchies of Holstein-Lauenbarg in the stead and in the name of the King-Duke, without prejudice to the rights of the latter, which are only provisionally suspended. " Moreover, the said Governments shall be called upon to place at the disposal of the civil commissaries a detach ment of 6,000 men, the composition of which they will de cide upon between themselves, and at the same time the Governments of Austria and of Prussia will be invited to hold ready, in case of resistance to the federal executive, in concert with the kingdoms of Saxony and Hanover, a suffi cient body of troops to support victoriously the detachment in question. "3. Communication of this resolution shall be made to the Royal Ducal Government in virtue of Article IV. of the regulation for execution, through its envoy ; at the same time, that Government will be reminded in an official state ment of the propositions of the committees of the 18th June of this year, of the Federal resolution of the 9th July of the same year, and of the report serving as a basis to the motions actually made by the joint committees, and Den mark will be summoned to comply with the demands for mulated, and to make known her intention within a delay of three weeks. 6 ' 4. This resolution shall be brought to the cognisance of the Governments of Austria, Prussia, Saxony, and Hanover by their envoys, and those Governments will be called upon to make all the necessary preparations, that the measures decreed may be immediately put into execution. On this question the Journal desDebats publishes the following, dated Frankfort, Oct. 1 " A note has been addressed by the English Government to Baron de Kubeck, President of the Assembly for Austria, in which Earl Russell calls upon the Diet to open fresh ne gotiations with Denivark through the intermedium of Aus tria and Prussia before carrying out its threatened invasion, in the hope of thereby attaining a pacific settlement. The English note has been referred to the two united committees, who will make a report to the Assembly in an early sitting. This new diplomatic incident will necessarily lead to a de lay in the execution of the military measures which the Confederation proposed to take against Denmark. The con tents of the English note dwell, we are assured, upon the proposals which the chief of the Foreign-office addressed simultaneously on Sept. 20, 1862, to the Diet and to Den mark ; they pointed out the basis upon which a friendly entente might be established between the two parties inte rested. Germany, it will be remembered, showed itself in clined to accept those proposals, but they were not well re ceived at Copenhagen." The Moors and Forests in Scotland. (From the lnvel nese Courier.) The moors and hills are so difficult of access, on account of snow, that very little sport has been obtained during the past week. Deer-stalkers especially are compelled to remain idle, and most of them have left for the South. Lord Selkirk took his departure from Gildermory, on the Novar estate, this morning, his lordship having this year concluded one of the oldest shooting leases in the North of Scotland. The following are the notes which we have been able to collect : Lord Dacre and party have killed 37 stags at Ceanacroc, up to Monday last. On the 23d ult. his lordship killed a very fine royal, with a head of 13 points. The brow antlers measured 12 inches in length. Lord Middleton has shot a number of fine fat stags in the Applecross Forest. The weight of one of them has been tested, and found to be 20 stones 21bs. clean, with a fine "long-tined and beau tifully-formed" royal head ; span 341 inches. Captain Ayre also shot, in the Applecross Forest, 6 stags, from 10 to 12 points, by only firing seven shots, and Lora ill ing one stag at each shot. A few days ago, H. Bentinek shot two stags right and left in the forest of Glenavon, and two on each of the tw o following days. On Friday week he shot three stags at one stalk, and an other stag on the afternooa of Saturday. Among these was a royal, and another with 11 poin ts. All were in good con dition, averaging about 15 stones. His lordship has now left for the forest of Loch-Errocht,. and will finish his deerstalking for the seas on by returning to Mar Forest through Glenavon, thus hunting three extensive forests i n one season. Up to th e present time, 19 stags have been killed in Sir James Matheson's forest of Moregail, in the Lows, most of them in very fine condition. In spAte of the weather being unfavourable, Lord liinloch has succeeded in bringing down three stags, one of them having a head of 14 points. Sir Gr orge Deuys has shot three stags, Mr. E. A. Tanford one, Mr. Magnay two, one being a royal ; Mr. Ryrie two, one with 14 points, and one a Royal. The sal mon fishing in the river Creed, near the Castle, and at the Ghrimersta on the west side of the island, has been success ful, although the season was a late one, owing to the dry weather during the summer preventing the fish running up the river. Mr. E. A. Tanford has caught 9S salmon, having several times brought home eight or nine fish in a day, and on one occasion at the Ghrimersta, 13. Three gentlemen from the Castle, in a day and a half, caught in the Ghri mersta, 27 salmon, the two largest weighing respectively 15 and 16 pounds; and two gentlemen, a short time before, ca ught in little more than two days 32 salmon. In f ac t th e lochs and river at the last named places quite swarmed with fish, affording sport unsurpassed in Scotland. LOLD CLYDE'S BEQUEST TO GENERAL VINOY.•—• In a codicil to his will, dated May 23 last, the late Lord Clyde thus expresses himself in reference to the above distinguished French general, now commanding the Ist di vision of the army of Paris :—" I give and bequeath to Lieut.-Gen. Vinoy, commanding a division in the French army, and my old and beloved comrade in the Crimea, the sum of £5OO, as a token of my especial esteem and regard." During the Crimean campaign Gen. Venoy commanded a body of French troops placed near those commanded by Sir Colin Campbell at Balaklava. On several occasions difficult and perilous duties were confided to their united forces. The upshot was a warm and lasting friendship between the two generals, whose example contributed much to the esta blishment of that thorough good understanding, kindly feel ing, and mutual admiration, which marked the intercourse of the Zouaves and Highlanders throughout the Crimean war, If we are not misinformed, a portrait of Gen. Vinoy, painted expressly for Queen Victoria, now hangs in her Majesty's writing-closet at Windsor Castle, as a companion picture to that of his comrade in arms, Sir Colin Campbell. At At the assault and capture of the Malakoff Gencral re greatly distinguished himself, and at this momentl th N e l l° no officer in the French army more likely than Yto obtain a marshal's baton. Fo gy yester day FIRE AT LIVERPOOL.-- of t he upper day morning a fire broke out in " g v ills, in Harring floors of Rainford-square Rico and Flour Dulls, Wright and to ton-strezt, Liverpool, belonging . It was anticipated Cross, corn merchants and millers. Wing to at first that the fire would be a °disastrous one, the proximity of a very io The well sustained and' extensive block of buildings, which were threatened by th e 113 eir however, prevented fi rr a ope ' rty, and the firewas.saunby active exertions of the ° loo p s of £5,000 had been sustained. very serious destruction of deed, when an C elina It is feared that a boy n amed John Gl ues, who was known floor below w h en the fire originated, to be at work on the se en since, h as perished. an d who has no t been TBE TEA TRADE, October s.—The deliveries in London estimated for the week were 1,019,1611 b., which is an increase of 19,2111 b, compa re d w i t h the prev i ous state goAtq INDIAN CARRYING. The third ordinary meeting of this company was held yesterday at the London Tavern, Sir Macdonald Stephenson in the chair. Mr. W. Thomson, the secretary, read the notice convening the meeting. The report stated that the operations of the past year had, on the whole, been attended with a satisfactory result. 0 wing altogether to the injudicious proceedings of the late manager at Bombay a loss had been sustained on the working in that Presidency, but the directors had more than ever reason to believe that under the change made in the local management a profitable course of business would be opened. Mr. Bates, the Madras manager, whose operations had shown great ability and had been attended with signal success, had been directed to visit Bombay for the purpose of assisting by his advice in the reorgani sation of the company's business there. The business in the Madras Presidency had shown a steady improvement from the commencement. The reports received from the manager at Calcutta continued most encouraging as to the prospects of the company. The result of the few months' operations, although the accounts did not show a profit, was satisfactory. As soon as the sy s t em was b roug h t i nto operat i on the receipts rose from £9B in the month of January, to £1,431 in the month of February. The expense which had been incurred in the hire of carts was now being diminished by the substitution of the company's own vehicles. The Bengal Government being about to discontinue their bullock trains, had notified their readiness to enter into contracts for the work hitherto done by them, and a tender on the part of the company had accordingly been sent in. It was well understood that the Govern ment would, on favourable terms, make over to the parties contracting the plant necessary for carrying on the work. The revenue ac count showed a balance of profit of £2,008, of which the directors recommend that £750 should be ap propriated to the payment of a dividend for the half-year ending the 30th of June last, at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum. The capital account showed that £25,000 had been received, and £13,610 expended, leaving a balance of £11,390. The re venue account for the year ending June 30 showed that £24,405 had been received, and £22,397 ex pended, leaving a balance of £2,008. The CHAIRMAN said that a dividend earned from revenue of 3 per cent. for the half-year would fur nish the best commentary upon the text of the re port. The company's operations had been but recently undertaken, and the usual incidents had occurred—partial success and partial failure, the former of a nature to afford grounds to hope for its continuance and increase, the latter being suffici ently explained by the want of judgment in a par ticular agency which had since been re-modelled. The principles on which the company had proceeded, of endeavouring to act with rather than against ex isting associations had been appreciated, and enabled the directors to secure the good will and co-opera tion of others engaged in the same pursuit. They had proceeded cautiously, and were enabled, notwith standing losses from causes they had no reason to anticipate, to recommend a dividend upon the re. salt of the half year's working. The company had advantages over other parties in India of capital and systematic organisation, with officers specially trained in the great carrying establishment of this country, and selected for their high qualifications. Those gentlemen had, as a body, fully justified the expectations of the board, and the shareholders might rely upon their interest being safe in their hands. He concluded by moving that the report and accounts be approved and adopted, and that a dividend be declared at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum, free of income tar, for the half-year ending the 30th June, payable on and after the 19th inst.: Mr. W. HARTRIDGE seconded the motion, and it was carried unanimously. On the motion of Captain J. A. ANGUS, seconded by the Rev. H. WALDRON, Mr. J. E. Coleman and Mr, G. Engstrom, the retiring auditors, were re elected, with an allowance of 10 guineas each. The proceeding concluded with a vote of thanks to the chairman and directors. The Court-Martial on Colonel Crawley. ~ colooe The Mhow correspondent of the Times of ba i l writing under date August 21, says : a .__ er, Payn, Major Champion, A.A.G., with about er ": s2 officers of 6th Dragoons and 72d Highialciii s ra non-commissioned officers and privatecsooks, were goons, one Parsee and two Portuguese e etation t h e division order directed to leave e t v idenco in the morrow 'en route for England, than that already he re case of Colonel Crawley, who also accompanies that any more accompanies the party. It was not anticipated d evidence would be require e ar to have taken a fternoon a peremptory a turn lately, as yesterdg effee t that selected ; but matters would app ea r every Man who the s er geant-Maj L. B. or 1 ey, or also to be sent to England. order was received to h him in any Way during had been on sentry ct or w e i r t brought his im pri i s n o t n o ra c e o n n t t , a zie; t e nons enough t o say anything m erits of this unhappy case either way, I shall not he Pr es " about the me r r h i aps be permitted to state that the but I may P e bich I , ex t en t to W t h e suppr ess i carried will some day cause a sensation ; even yen: principle has been now the is üblioig n orant of on o -h a lf t h e f acts o f t h e cas e. P. In a late n um b er of your paper you com mented upon the groat difficulty all along ex perienced in obtaining authentic information on the s ubject. Most true, and in the earlier stages of the case you must have been grossly imposed upon by some one ; e ven your latest remarks on Lilley's Case contained a few inaccuracies, and for the reason already given not to be wondered at." benefit of reduced duty obtained by pur chasing llorniman's pure Tea; very choico at 3s. 4d. and 4 s. " 'Ugh Standard "at 4s. 4d. (formerly 4s. Bd.), is the strongest and most delicious imported. Agents in every town supply it in packets. [ADVERTISEMENT].—HoIIoway's Ointment and Pills. — Cheer Up.—Sufferers from rheumatism need not despond till a trial has been given to these restorative remedies. Fomentation with warm water, and friction with this in valuable Ointment are the surest antagonists to rheuma tism and gout. The inflammation of the joints soon yields to this treatment.. After rubbing in Holloway's Ointment and taking his Pills for a few days, the throbbing pain, heat, and swelling begin to subside, the fever:decreases, and the patient feels he can move without agony, and sleep calmly without dislocating starts. Holloway's Pills con tribute to dispel the rheumatic principle from the system, facilitate the present recovery, successfully ward off an I return of the attack, and confer flexibility and arenat upon the injured joint. THE SUN, LONDON, U ESDAY EVEN ING, OC TOBER 6, 1863. Naval and Military Intelligence. THE NAVY. VALETTA, Sept. 29.—Her Majesty's iron paddle wheel sloop Trident, 3, Commander C. J. Balfour, left Malta harbour on the 23d inst. for Athens, with a mail for the Commander-in-Chief. She took with her as passengers Commander Comber, R.N., to command the Pelican, and Lieut. Harris, R.N., and Lieut. Ching, R.N., to join their respective ships. Her Majesty's screw gunboat Foxhound, 4, Cam mender W. H. Anderson, left port the same day, to show the British flag at Syracuse, and returned on the 26th inst. She will leave again on the 30th for Athens, with the mail due from Marseilles on that day. Her Majesty's screw frigate Phoebe, 35, Capt. T. D. A, Fortescue, returned from Corfu on the 26th inst. in consequence of a breakdown in her machi nery. It will probably not be necessary for her to go to England for repairs, which can be made good here, and she is awaiting instructions on the subject from England. Sir V. Houlton and Lady Houlton returned to Malta by thiS vessel. Her Majesty's screw line•of-battle ship Revenge, 73, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral H. R. Yelverton, C. 8., Capt. the Hon. F. A. Foley, arrived this morning from Corfu and Patras, in consequence of the receipt of a telegraphic despatch ordering her immediate return to this port. It is rumoured that she is to proceed to Toulon, to escort the new King of Greece to Athens, where,,after his Majesty's coronation, it is expected she will relieve the Commander-in-Chief, and remain for the winter. She is at present await ing telegraphic instructions from England. Her Majesty's screw line-of-battle ship Meeanee,6o,Capt. G. Wodehouse, is still here, and is to go up to Athens with the mail expected on the 7th or Bth prox. There are also in port her Majesty's ships Psyche, de spatch vessel, and the Medina, surveying ship. Colonel Crawley is expected to-night from India, on his way to England via Marseilles, to undergo his trial by court-martial, and by the steamer Ceylon for Southampton, 63 non.commissioned offi cers and privates are proceeding home to give evi dence in the case. A letter from Corfu, dated Sept. 21, says—The health of the troops has somewhat declined lately, as the temperature is excessively hot for the season. Rear-Admiral Yelverton in the Revenge steamed into harbour on the 13th instant from Greece, the Hon. Sir Victor Houlton and Lady Houlton being passengers. A shock of earthquake was felt here to-day at half-past 1 p.m., but it caused no damage that I have heard of. The frigate Phoebe came in on the 18th and a gunboat on the 19th inst. The former I hear will leave for Malta and England on the 23d of this month. The screw steam corvette Scylla, 21, from Ports mouth for China, arrived at Plymouth yesterday morning. By direction of the Admiralty the apparatus in vented by Captain H. F. M'Killop for cleansing the bottom of iron ships from seaweed and other marine incrustations is to be tried at Chatham dockyard. Their lordships have directed the first trial to be made on the bottom of the iron paddle wheel steamer Recruit, which is to be placed at the disposal of Captain M'Killop. The chief merit of the invention lies in their being no necessity for placing iron ships in dock every time their bottoms require cleansing. If the trials ordered to be made should prove satisfactory the invention will prove of the greatest possible benefit, as the only draw back to the use of iron ships for lengthened voyages undoubtedly is to be found in the necessity which periodically exists for placing them in dock to un dergo the cleansing process. An examination was yesterday made of the bottom of the iron steamer Recruit by some of the staff connected with the mas ter shipwright's department, when it was found to be very foul, many of the weeds which thickly cover her bottom being frcm one to three feet in length, while the other marine incrustations were likewise found to be very thick, The bottom of the Recruit had been paved over with one of the anti-fouling compositions, none of which have proved better than the Admiralty mixture of coal-tar and naphtha. After the Recruit has been treated according to Captain Maillop's method she will be placed in dock in order to ascertain the extent to which her bottom has been cleansed. Yesterday the paddlewheel steamer Lucifer ar rived alongside the dockyard at Chatham from Portsmouth with a cargo of timber, machinery, and other stores for that establishment. The Lords of the Admiralty have awarded a silver medal and an annuity of £lO to Sergeant C. Jeffery, of the Chatham division of Royal Marines, for distinguished service and exemplary conduct. The following appointments and promotions were made yesterday at the Admiralty s—Commander M. B. Cockraft to be an Inspecting Commander of the Coastguard, vice Commander Symons, appointed to the Indus; Lieut. C. G. Fegen, additional of the Pembroke, for service in the Coastguard ; Lieut. G. Parsons, additional of the Pembroke, for service in tender; Lieut. C. R. T. Russell and Lieut. George W. Allen to the Excellent, additional for study; E. C. D. Phillips, master, to the Asia for the Wasp ; R. C. P. Lawrenson, assist-surg., to the Camber land, for naval barracks; C. C. P. Bawden, mas• ter's assistant, supernumerary, to the Fisgard ; J. Anderson, of the Indus; Hugh Aitken, of the Ed gar; George Boyd, of the Asia; E. C. Legh, of the Watson (b), and R. Blackwo o d, supernumeraries of J. Ring (b), of the Havock ;J. Dauntless; the Indus, and C. E. Uffindell, supernumerary Of the Fisgard, promoted to first-class assist. engineers; J. M'Master, of the Vulcan ; T. Russell, of the Tartar; G. O'Brien, of the Rapid; D. Grant, of the St. George; James Jack, of the Aboukir; T. N. Crowder, of the Jason ; and D. Ferguson, of the Nile, promoted to acting first-class assist engineers. Execution of Deserters from the Federal Ranks. The orders issued by Ole Federal authorities for execution of all soldiers deserting their colours, are being unsparingly carried out. The correspondent of the New York Herald, with Meade's army, writ ing on Sept. 19, thus describes the shooting of two deserters :—" Yesterday the solemn and impressive scene of shooting two men for desertion took place in the third division commanded by Gen. Hayes. The unfortunate victims of this tragic event were two substitutes who were sent out from Boston a few weeks ago to the 14th Connecticut Volunteers. Their names were Edward Elliot, Company B, and Charles Eastman, Company I, both privates. As the second corps had been on the march for several days,the prisoners were brought in charge of the pro vost-marshal, and were removed from corps head quarters to General Hayes's on the morning of the execution. As the sentence was to be carried out before four o'clock p.m.; and it was now within half an hour of the time, the door was thrown open, and the two, prisoners, leaning on the chaplains' arms, walked to the ambulance that was to carry them to execution. From our elevated position we could plainly see the troops forming in line around the graves. The procession now formed. In front was the band of the 14th Connecticut, playing the dead march. After these the shooting party of sixteen selected from the provost-guard of the division, and belonging to the 10th New York battalion. After these followed the coffin-bearears—eight conscripts of the Ist Delaware. Next, the ambulance bear ing the prisoners, the chaplains, and myself, followed by a guard. The procession moved along slowly and solemnly, the prisoners all the time either reading the Testament or conversing with the chaplains. As the third brigade was out on picket duty, only the first and second were present. They were drawn up in the following order ; The second brigade formed two lines of the square, whilst the first brigade formed the other line. As the procession reached the square the pri soners alighted from the ambulance, and the band fell to the rear. Here the bearers took up the coffins on 'their shoulders, in front of the prisoners. The prisoners cast a timid, troublous look at the coffins, and then moved on, leaning on the chaplains. The coffins were placed beside the two graves, which were dug about five feet deep. The Rev. Mr. Murphy addressed the prisoners and the troops present in feeling language, exhorting all to join in prayer to God to have mercy on the two souls so soon to appear in His presence. He strongly exhorted others to take warning by the tragic fate of the prisoners, and not desert their country's service. Captain Fields now came up and bandaged the prisoners' eyes. Elliot sat back on his coffin— Eastman knelt in prayer. His voice was audible above the click and sound of the guns as they ware brought to " present." The word " fire" having been given, Elliot fell back gently on his coffin, only wounded, while Eastman jumped up and tore the bandage from his eyes, evidently untouched. The reserve was ordered up. Eastman appeared as if electrified, and placed his hands before his eyes to shut out the horrid sight. The men again missed. The provost-marshal, during this, in mercy, pulled out his revolver and shot him through the head; he also fired another ball through Elliot's head. After the 'two unfortunate men were pronounced lifeless, the troops were marched by the corpses. removed to Johnson's Island, from which place he sent a letter to one of his friends in this city to go to his late boarding house, settle his bill and get his trunk, which was to be forwarded to him on the island above named. This news being imparted to the military circle generally the terrible truth flashed across their minds for the first time that they had been entertaining and giving important information to a spy from the Confederate army. Measures were immediately taken to fasten upon the sharper Belville the charge of being a spy, and District Provost Marshal Reaney went to Johnson's Island for that purpose. Mr. Reaney has returned from Johnson's Island, bringing with him the spy Belville, who is at present lodged in the McLean Barracks, on Third -street, to await the further action of the authorities. His real name has not yet been developed, the probabilities being that Belville is fictitious. The marshal has further learned that about two and a half years ago Bel vine entered the rebel service under John Morgan, e portion of whose command, of which Belville war a member, was detached and ordered to report to Humphrey Marshall. General Marshall made Bel ville's acquaintance, and learning that he could speak five different languages, and being exceedingly shrewd withal, had charged him to come North in the capacity of a spy. Belville went to Washington, New York, Boston, Baltimore, St. Louis, and all the leadng cities and posts, and adroitly succeeded in gainieg the confidence of all the military authori ties, from President Lincoln down. The information be gained at the capitol from the War Department and the cabinet officers was of great importance, and w as continually forwarded South by the under ground railway. When he had occasion to visit the armies ho would purchase stores for the Union troops, and, as a sutler or agent for the Sanitary c o mmission, always had free passes to every part o f the Union camp. Such was his knowledge of all our movements that no sooner were they deter mined upon by our commanders than the enemy was posted at once, and our plans checkmated or f rns trate& It is truly marvellous how successfully he carried on his operations. He is now kept in close military confinement, and will be brought before a m ilitary court-martial to be convened by General Burnside, and tried as a spy, and, if convicted, of w hich there is no possible doubt, he will suffer death by being shot.— Cincinnati Enquirer. THE ARMY. Yesterday, Major-General It. Rumley, the In spector-General of Infantry, commenced his half yearly inspection of the depot battalions and other infantry troops quartered in the Chatham district. The inspection was yesterday confined to the se veral corps forming the Ist battalion, the various re giments composing which assembled on the general parade-ground at Chatham-barracks, at ten o'clock, under the command of Col. H. Jervis. The corps on the ground consisted of the depot companies of the Ist and 2d battalions of the 4th King's Own, 35th Regiment, 43d Light Infantry, 77th and 94th Regiments, and the 101st Royal Bengal Fusiliers ; but in consequence of most of the regiments having given a large number of men for embarkation this season to augment the service companies in India and elsewhere, the strength of the battalion is at present smaller than it has been for some time past. The battalion having been formed at quarter-dis tant column by columns of companies, Major-Gen. Rumley made a minute inspection of the kits, ac coutrements,and men and of the ofarms era etehvenl d-eet oncpomme, at n t e d officers thee termination of w hi c h h e took up h i s positioinss at i the flagstaff. The battalion then marched past in quick time, and executed some few other manoeuvres, the nature of the ground not permitting any very exten sive movements to be carried into effect. At a sub sequent portion of the inspection the battalion was formed into line, and successively put through the manual well as the bayonet drill, by , of this h y and tha platoon several exercise's,captains of companies, 'who were called to the front and tested in their know ledge portion of their duties by th e I nspector General. The troop s were after wards dismissed to day the Major- General was occupied som e hour s in the inspection of the internal arrangements of the barracks, in cluding the schools, non-commissionedofficers' quar ters, barrack-rooms, cook-houses, quartermaster's and other stores, orderly rooms, &c., together with the books and accounts, and other official documents of the various depots and battalions. Last night the Inspector-General was entertained at mess by the officers of the Ist battalion, and this morning he will resume his official duties at the garrison by the inspection of thi) 24 (knot blittAlign. A SPY AMONG THE FEDERALS. A few months since a fashionably dressed per sonage arrived in Cincinnati per railroad, and secured a suite of rooms at the Burnet House, and registered his name as " Louis A. Belville, Russia." His suavity of mancer, elegance and neatness of dress, general appearance, and indeed everything betokened that the newly arrived guest was one possessing metropolitan intelligence, if not those attributes cf popularity now a days, effluence and wealth. His manner was reserved bat firm, his conversation bland yet winning, and only a few days elapsed before he extorted from the resident guests of the house, both civic and military, a soli citude to make his acquaintance, which was some what difficult to acc om pli s h apparently. Once made, however, the wily Russian, by his social ability and lavishness with money, so completely enamoured his new acquaintances, that they, to use a vulgar expression, " tied to him," urged and gained his introduction to their female friends, and in short inaugurated him as the prince of society in Cinci uatti. Parties were given that this foreign repre sentative might loom out more specially as the bright particular star. He was feted to his heart's content, no pains being spared to give him ovations that would honour a higher personage is the grade of European society than that which he was alleged to be. Yankee curiosity was raised to its highest pitch as to the probable mis sion of this gentleman on the American continent, and the solicitude in finding out culminated in the question direct being put to the nobleman. With his usual keenness and nonchalance he responded promptly that recently in Russia he had been in veigled into a quarrel with his Government of a political character, but of such a serious nature to the Emperor that banishment from the country was the consequence. His intentions were at once decided to come to America, and become one of her citizens, and, after a residence here of three years, return to Russia and enjoy a'l the privileges of that kingdom without fear of molestation. His offhand method of briefly alluding to his complicated foreign difficulty succeeded in satisfying his American friends, and gained for him a sympathy that was really wonderful. Thus matters continued for seve ral days. Staff officers of the various Generals resi dent and transient were not content in their strolls through the city and evening promenades with lady friends unless Mr. Belville was one of their number. At the various military headquarters in the city he was a welcome and constant visitor, and being deeply interested in our domestic difficulties, and sympathising strongly with our Government in the complete success of the Union arms, many of the contemplated movements were confided to his keep ing. His suggestions were frankly given and thank fully received. Indeed, no American citizen and to the manner burn could have learned one-tenth of the information imparted to this stranger Russian. By the side of Generals he visited the fortifications, camps, &c., discovered our real strength in the field and at posts, and the destination of our armies, &c. His knowledge o f the A mer i can St a t es was astonishingly limited, and to particularise was a " military necessity" on the Part of those with whom he conversed. He passed in and out of military prisons at all times, and had a Carle blanche to visit any portion of this department. A seeming indiffe rence to accept the many compliments that were tendered to him, and the declination of several offers, gained him a confidence with our military chieftains and their aids amazingly marvellous. At their request he went to a fashionable boarding house on Fourth-street , adjoining headquarters, and where none but military officers are entertained. Occasionally he would leave the city for a few days to visit Chicago, St. Louis, and other Western and North-Western cities, and to become more familiar with the American country. Although his absence was brief ho was missed by his scores of friends, who welcomed his return with unmistakeable affection. One of these absentirgs was unusually long, and considerable misgiving was entertained as to his failure in returning lest an accident caused the delay. A few days since his absence was accounted for, the latest bubble of Queen City confidence was exploded, and the Russian nobleman turned out to be nothing more or less than a rebel spy, who©e discovery was thus made. His last trip from Cincinnati was to Lexington, not tar from which, in a skirmish, he was taken Prifiquev with other ratio in arum Ke W4a The Sunday Haymaking Case. A public meeting, convened by the National Sunday League, was held last evening in Cam bridge-hall, n -street, Orford-street, Mr. en in the ch a i r, " to protest against the inflic tion of punishm en t b y fi ne, d i stra i nt, or t h e s t oc k s , sba i n e ases of necessary Sunday labour, and to appeal to parliament t o amend the law relating thereto. " There was a ve r y large attendance. Mr. Morrell, the 1 1 013' secretary of the League, read letters from Sir J. AValmesley, Sir J. G. Wilkinson, and others, for their i na bili ty to atten d , b ut ent i re l y the obj ec t s o f th e mee ti ng . Th e concurring Chairman, apologising i n in opening the business of the meeting, his opini on t h at i f the Le i gh mag i strates ehxapdrsed thought for one moment that their judgment would have called down upon them the obloquy it had done , they would have hesitated before putting into force the provisions of an old and obsolete law against the farmers of the neighbourhood for per formingving an act of necessary labour. ( Cheers.) Having reviewed th e whole circumstances con nected with the haym a ki ng case, he concluded by con tending that the decision of the magistrates was unjust,uncalled for, an d tyrannica l . (Cheers.) Mr. j. 3. Langley moved the first resolution as follows : _,, T ha t this meeting strongly condemns the con ductase, of as is the justic es i n t h e L eigh hay-harvesting c an arbitrary an d vexat i ous i nfliction of punishment for necessary - Sunday labour, and thanks the gentlemen forming the defence committee for 1 h ene rgetic action, by w hi c h and the support of the public press, the Leigh f armers h ave b een h e ld to have justified i n saving their crops from the effects been their o ruin." Mr. J o h n K enney seconded the resolution , which was c arr i e d w i th one dissentient. Dr. p er fit moved th e second resolution :—" That the arian elem ent of the country, in defiance of publicS h ot of o pinion, havi ng resorted to the revival of ab Acts parliament de eme d obsolete, warrants the adoption of o f a new sphere of action on the part of the National Sunday League in affording protec tion in cas es of neces sary Sunday labour. " He en forced t he resolution i n a very eloquent speech, received wi t h applause by the meeting. Mr. C. w . c a l e s ments seconded the resolution, which was supported by Mr. S. Ay toun, and carried unani mously. The followi ng resolutions were also adopted ,“ That a p e ti t i on to Parliament be sent from this .... m eeting,i callin g the attention of the ro legislature to the necessity of devising means for preventing the decisions o f county j ustices on Sun day observance being made a public nuisance and "That this meet i ng, desirous that the Sunday, as faras Possible, s h ou ld , i n a ddi t i on to scanda l." purely religious duties, be made available for the y r ecreation and m ora l elevation of the people, d h urge upon Parli ament, by petitions, the hweoaullt de sirability of op enin g the national instit u ti ons on Sunday afternoons, being conv i nce d that much labour now done at home on that day would thereby be abandoned." The Proceedings concluded with a vote of thanks to the Committee of the League for bringing the Leigh hay making case b e f ore th e p u blic, and to the chairman f or p res idi ng on th e occasion. C ANIN E MADNESS CuRAtLE.—The generally re ceived opinion that this diso r d er i s constant l y f a t a l seem s about to be seriously questioned. The Abeille Afddi- cale publishes a letter from M. E. D scro i x' a veterinary surgeo n, in which he arrives at the f o ll ow i ng conclusions! may 2. That a su bj ec t in whom ei i s t do h ir o rd u eec t any rt is ratio 1: l a t roa o fe f te f ex r r e ti n es re z id y o r. by such fits, their frequency is p revocation. 3. That a dog i td n hi ee t h wd may, in a violent fit of anger, communicate the disease by a bite, and yet continue to enjoy perfect health; and 4. That there are examples which sh ow th a t commun i c ated rabies is capable of cure, either spontaneously or by means of a proper treatment. The first two points were the sub ject of an article we gave a few weeks ago ; the third is rendered probable by an observation published some time ago by M. Pateg,nat ; as to the fourth, the cases quoted by our author are certainly conclusive. In the first, a dog inocu lated with the saliva of a man attacked with the disease, a fortnight after displays all the symptoms of quiet madnes s, which gradually diminishes in intensity, and at length disappear entirely in the course of 13 days without any remedy being applied. The second case was much the same. In the third case, a man and his wife were bitten by an un known dog. A month later the man died of confirmed rabies at the hospital. Two days after his death his wife was taken ill and received into the hospital, where the phy sician pronounced her disorder to be rabies, nevertheless she got better and eventually recovered. The doctor then said he had been misled by the symptoms, and that the disorder was not rabies. The question at once presents itself—Ns hat was it then? Either rabies has definite symptoms which may be easily recognised, or there must be a disorder as yet unknown, which has the same symptoms and yet is not rabies. Is it not more logical to confess at once that rabies is not always incurable P The fourth case is one reported in 1777 by the surgeon Beudon. A sow and a little dog were both bitten by a mad dog, which afterwards ran away, but returned two days after in a pitiable state. Beudon had it put into a cage, and for several days it displayed all the symptoms of rabies. Beudon then caused vinegar to boil in the cage, so as to expose the animal to the fumes. By degrees the patient got better, and at length recovered. Six days after the infliction of the bite the sow became raging mad, a state which lasted seven hours. Beudon took ad vaLtage of a momentary respite to cause boiling vinegar to be let down into the sty. When this vinegar got cool the sow drank some and got better; vinegar was then mixed with its food, and in the course of a few days the animal was medically cured. The little dog had no symptoms at all. It may now be asked whether these cures were spontaneous er owing to the vinegar. At all events, these cases show that there is a possibility of reco very ; and M. Decroix thinks that among all the nostrums proposed as specifics for this terrible affection, there may happen to be one of real value, but rejected on acoount of this preconceived °plain of the illcurelAlit7 of the disease. rie, est [nit ,er, as, yO, 112 Yof ! -)