The Sun. — London, England, 1863-06-30 00:00:00

THE CONTINENTAL COMPANY (Limited). . 4 ABRIDGED PROSPECTUS. ' Capital £ lOO,OOO, in 0,000 shares of £lO each. " First issue £'o.ooo. i s 5,000 shares. be _posit, 108. per share on application, and 10s. on allotment. No future call to exceed Ls per share, at intervals of not less than three months, Interest at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum to be allowed for the first twelve months, during the construction of the new works. DIRECTORS. Alexander Beattie, Esq., M.D., Medical Inspector Peninsular and Oriental Steam Company. it,lnyand Elliott, Esq., 29, Cadogan-place, Belgrave-square. James Reynoids, Esq., Director al the Independent Gas Company. John Romanes, Esq., Director of the G neral Iron Foundry Company. Charles Sauuderson, Esq., Director of the Guarantee Society. Gi l eorge Scamell, Esq., Director of the Submarine Telegraph Company. Henry Palfrey Stephenson, Esq., Deputy Chairman of the Crystil Palace Distict Gas Company. Pelix Webber, Esq., Catferd Howe. Catford Bridge, Bent. SOLICITORS. iessrs. Edwards and Co., Westminster. J ENGINEER. J. —ofigson Jones, lremb. Inst. Civil Engineers, F.C.S , 26, Great George-street, Westminster. BANKERS. Metropolitan and Provi❑cial Bank, 75, CornhilL BROKERS. Messrs. Crossley Brothers, 30, Cornhill. Offices : 30, Cornhill. The highly profitable results which have attended the in vestment of English capital in gas works on the Continent favour an extension of enterprise in that direction. The following are the dividends paid on, and the present Prices or, the shares of English companies having works on the Continent : same of Company. Dividend. !Amount paid Present per share. Price. rhe Imperial Conti- 12 per et. £43 15 £B3 to £B4 nental Gas rhe European Gas .... 10 ~ £lO 0 £l6 Ditto New .... 10 „ £2 10 £6 rhe Malta and Nledi torranean Gas, re - 6 ~ £3 0 Xi to 1 pm' eently established ----- Tnere is room for great improvement in the present sup- Ply of water on the Continent. The directors hsve already Becured the water-works of Arras, the chief town of the de partment of the Pas-de-Calais, in France. The earnings of he current year will be sufficient to give six per cent. profit )ft this section of the capital of the company. No payment is to be made to promoters. Prospectuses and forms of application for shares may be Pbtained , Of the brokers, the solicitors, and at the offices of ;he contpany, where the memorandum and articles of asso :iationtan be seen. r HE LONDON COCOA - NUT FIBRE pA.II Vet116144 - 4 ,1 * .1.01) I. *tif a Act, 18% 3ylieroy r of every Share el. er is limited to the amount Of his shares. Capital 220,000, in 20,q10 Shares of ZL each. Depoat,As. on appftcation, and ss. on allotment Calls not to ~es d ss. per shire. No call to be made within three monthkirom the Jucorporation of the Company, and sub sequent Calls at intervals of not less than tnree-months., DIRECTORS. P. U. Hay Ward, Esq., 32, $ ~. orge-street, Hanover• square. por Bamford, 6, Sutherland. street, Belgrave.:square. derick Angerstein, Esq., 133, S,oanc- street; and Cannon 'elnb. `r e • . , • r . ank Cole, Esq., 75, Gower-stieet, Bedford - sq uare. il Littlewood Esq,Esq, Broorn , a ll , Sheffield. • i. Stevens, .ENI„ 68, Curnhill. ~. . . . With power to add to their number. BANKERS. The'Englia . h . ' and Irish Bank (Limited), 25, Poultry, E.C. SOLICITOR.' Charles Parke, Esq , 37, Moorgate - s treet, E.C. . c . ay AUDITOR. . ~ . Air. S. T. Cooper, Public Accountant, 10, Basipghall street, B.C. , . SECRETARY—gr. C. U. Biker. ' MANAGER OF Woßlcs_Mr. James Lane. Temporary Works —Arthur-terrace,. Holloway. , - OfficesLNo. 1, gun-court, Connhill. '• This Company is fOrnied.for the purpose of manufacturing Cocoa-taut.F bre; Mats and ~Mattiag, under Letters Patent granted to George Davies, dated'the 24th April. 1862. The principal feature of DaVies'a Invention consists in the hoProvapila of the inatv and, owing to the spode of vreavipg,, great durability is given to the fabric at a reduced cost of reanufactufe: 4 - --A- , .. , u ' .l ' The. ; superiority of articles manufactured ;WI thla-PrPoesk over thi,preserit method - will be well understood in the trade When'it is stated that matting of ' alidettritrtiOna. and o..._ar' - ilagt.N'n'nd door mats, dr.c., have a thick fibrous . pile upon tne surface hitherto unattained. The continually extendirg demand for articles Made of Cocoa fibre will -be gr. atly stimulated by the introduetion of the liateutpritesauato.the manufacture. ,The harshness hiperto s , complain of in; mattipg:made of this material idthe orcli _,llarrme't od wilt no longer rema'n'a sonrreof dbunfhtivt, the Rafentros rendering the,matrial =Cuticles ..taade pf if, not Onl more durable, but much softer._ , A.,The • itent'at the present time id being Viotketrpt i oiitably ' y.p.a liMited extent. ' Thre prOposed.Gapital will be ample jor thg payment of , the . r' purchase-money kr the patent, for looins_and Oben Vent, andior'ivorking no busine4 On a-large i3otla_. - ~., .1 Thevealeulttibus. niacie;wartant .thc•probability that ,the, profits witl exceed 26.: per, pent, an d as the man actory re the works- Mined is bl lislitiPle and - 1310tpeifisfee ehitratter, will be in operation, and profits will be reallsed.within , three Mouths after allo_traept-f4Aa,TOI• _L.' " . ''' '—•li ea ' The fcininving is an Estimane:ol.rrefits tote Tea s •: $3O T,ootia,-,fitodu t tillg. tr ortowswqto4.:, ' per foot,protitawn ~ poi ~a:-r,fielplyes., luar,- ket pri,,, eqUal"tii: 3,084ie,n Week pg Loom; •, after allowing fol. iitoppageiii. saYLAVLAX-- . . ... ) 6, ;week per loonvequad tu pet,,alvpuLin .; ... 3,120 4'.i , 0 5 4 0 Loon:Li - on Matting and Palley Work at It i pi'ofil '-• -•-- •- ~ i • of-kos.'per loom per week,equalau penaunuui , 520,, 0,..,0. ... . , • 43,60 0 0 • 'Rex t,..Taxes, Gal, and FiriiN .for Mauufactur- - Wages and hfanagement ,„ •• •• 3 Horses' keep ..- ••• , v. Expenses of Offices and * Staff . • • • • Wear. and Tear a Gotta 4200 0 0 litserribav ter _ .. 200 0• 0 Balance of Profit on Capital of .C5.,000, nearly • equal to 40 per cent. per annum • 1,086 0 0 180 0 '0 .. •• 4 0; 6 IN, 0 , 0 300.0 0 400 0 0 £3,640 0 0 If no allotment be made, the deposit will be returned in full. Specimens of the new and improved manufacture may be seen at the of fi ces of the Company, where applicAtions for prospectuses and shares may be made. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Directors of the London Cocoa-Nut Fibre Company (Limited). No. 1, Sun-court, Cornhill, E.C. Gentlemen,—Having paid to your Bankers the sum of , being the denosit of ss. per share on shares in the London Cocoa-Nut Fibre Company (Limited), I request that you will allot me that number; and I accept such shares, or any less number. And I further request that my name may be placed on th register of shareh dders for such shares so And I further agree to sign the Articles of Association allotted. whtqa called upon so to do. I am, Gentlemen, your most obedient Servant, came Address Profession or Business ........ Date RECEIPT FOR DEPOSIT. Received, this of . 1t63, from the sum of pounds shillings, being a deposit of ss. Per share on shares in the London Cocoa-Nut F,bre Company (Limited). For • If inconvenient to make the deposit with the Bankers, the entlr. form may be sent to the Company's offices, by post, accompanied by a Cheque crossed, or by Post-office Urder, payable to the Secretary. THE GREAT CADER IDRIS LEAD, COPPER, IRON MINING, and SLATE COMPANY (Limited). This Company being completely registered under the Joint- Stook Companies' Act, , with Limited Lbility, no Shareholder can, under lB62 an y circumstances. be ia made re sponsible for a greater amount than the shares for which he subscribes. Capital £40,00?, In 40,000 Shares of £1 each. Deposit, ss. per share on application, and is. per share on allotment. DIRECTORE. Col. Abbott,lso, Leadenhall-street, and Upper Spring-street, Portman-square. William Ancrum, Esq. (formerly H•M. Consul at Tunis), Penge, Surrey. E. J. Bridell, Esq. (Director of the St. David's Mining Com pany), 34, Beaumont-street, Portland-p ace. E. J. Cole, Esq., 76, Gow,r-street, Bedtora-square. Ed-cards Richards, Esq., Knightsbridge, and Westbourne, Emsworth, Sussex. James Young. Esq., 19, Great George-street, Westminster. With power to add - to their number. BANKERS. Messrs. Robarts, Lubbock, and Co., Lombard-atree'. SOLICITOR. G. R. Dodd, Esq., F.S.A., 26, New Broad-street, E.C. AUDITORS. Will be appointed by the Shareholders. S ) ECRETARY (pro tem.)--Messrs. Letch and Maguire. Temporary Offices—No. 1, Colem an-st ree t-buildings, Moor gate-street, E.C. This Company is formed for the purpose of purchasing an extensive and valuable grant of Lead, Copper, Iron Ore, and Slate, en the north side of the noted Cade s Mountain, known as the Cylannedd-fawr , in the parish ot Llanegryn, Merionethshire, North Wales, held under lease for 21 years, at 1-15th Royalty mi all minerals (except Iron Ore, at a Royalty of only 4d. per ton). The great grant includes numerous lodes of Lead, Zinc, and Copper --Iron of the best quality, and blende with traces of Gold—also excellent Slate. An adit-level intersects several lodes of Silver-lead, or Galena. mAits. Copper lode opened upon, gives promise of e xcellent re- An Iron vein runs through the entire grant. An extensive bed of Slate of good cleavage can be worked to great advantage. The Silver-lead, proved by assay, has yielded 40 ounces of silver to the ton of ore. Lead and Cop i.er from a shaft at the end of the adit have realized £32 per ton. The Iron vein is estimated to produce 61 per cent. of iron. The Slate is of superior Quality, a n d c a n be cut into pave ment, flooring, chimney pieces, Are. The streams of water running through the grant offer great facilities for working. scouring,, and cutting the slate. In fact, a Quarry opened upon the property will pay well for working. The foregoing facts and the position of the grant, in a rich mineral district, warrant the conclusion that, efficiently worked, the mine is capable of yielding, returns equal to those of the most profitable mines in the Principality. The property being advaritageously situated about half a mile from the Welsh Coast Railway, from which a siding can he constructed at moderate cost, awl only 2i miles by imblie road from the shipping port of Barmonth, affords a facility of transit which greatly enhances its value. With these a:vantages, and adequate water power for working* machinery, dressing ores, &c., the Directors, after careful investigation, confidently anticipate that lts. per share upon the capital of The Company will be sufficient to develope 'he wealth of the mine, and produce profitable re sults without further calls. The Lessee having agreed to take £3,00 1 in cish, and 5.000 paid up shires. assigns all his interest in the mine, inc uding upwar 's of 160 acres of mineral groun d—the prPvious out law—miningbuildings, smith's shop, offices, dre<sing• floors, bucking house, &c., immediate operations can therefire be commen ced when, in the judgment of the Directors, sufficient capital is subscribed. S am ples of the different ores taken from the mine, reports, prospectuses, and forms of app ication for shares, may • e obtained at the Temixirary Offices ot the compariy and the deposit paid on application will be returned if no 'allotment be made to the applicant FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Directors of the Great Ceder Idris Lead, Copper Iron Minim!, and Slate Company, (Limited). Gentlemen, —Having paid to your credit with Messrs. Robarts, Lubbock, and C o., X , I hereby request you w 11 allot me ,hares in the above Company, and I agree to accept such shares, or any less number that may be allotted to me ; and I authorise you to insert my r ame in the register of shareholders for the same. Name Address Profession or business Matti o urnerw• LUXURIANT WHISKERS, Moustaches, and Eyebrows produced in a few weeks by the use of ELLIOTT'S TONIC LOTION, the stimulative properties of which are unfailing in their operation. Thomas Elliott invites a trial from the most sceptical, that they may be con vinced of its infallible power. Price 3s. 6d.. ss. 6d., 10s. 6 d. , and 21s. Forwarded on receipt of postage stamps.—Thomas Elliott, hairg,rower (first floor), 51, Fcnchurch-street. T. E.'s wigs. £1 10s. RUPTURES.—BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. WHITE'S MOO-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (PERFECTED AND EXIIIBITED IN THE GREAT Exainrriorts OF 1851 AND 1862), is allowed by upwards of Two Hundred Medical Gentlemen to be the most effective nvention in the curative treatment of H ERNI A. The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effects, is here avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the body, while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the Nloc-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 he 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, Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly. A Single Truss, 165., 215., 265. 6d., and Us. 6d. Postage, ls. A Double Truss, Ms. 6d., 425., and 525. 6d. Postage, ls Bd. An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. Postage, is. 10d. Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White,'Post. office, Piccadilly. NEW PATENT ELASTIC STOCKINGS, KNEE-CAPS, &c., for Varicose Veins and all cases ot Weakness and Swelling 01 the Legs, Sprains, &a. They are porous, light in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on LOT an ordinary stocking. Prioe 4s. 6d., 7s. 6d., 105., to 16s. each. Postage 6d. JOHN WHITE, Manufacturer, 223, Piccadilly. DEAFNESS. —The SOUND MAGNIFIER INVISIBLE. VOICE CONDUCTOR, a newly in vented instrument for severe cases of deafness. It fits into the ear, not perceptib'e, removes singing noises in the head, and enables deaf persons to hear distinctly at church and at public assemblies. —S. and B. SOLOMONS, 39, Albemarle street, Piccadilly. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail way Terminus, at King's-cross. patron—The QUEEN. President —The Duke of BUCCLEUCH, K.G. Treasurer—Edward Masterman, Esq. This was the first hospital to introduce the principle of free and instant admission to the destitute sick, without the for mality of governors letters. It is entirely devoted to desti tution in its most pitiable form—viz., that which is accom panied by sickness and disease, and is now of sufficient magnitude that, with adequate suoport, it may be rendered capable of admitting into its wards a very large proportion of the casual sick of this great metropolis. It requires but the funds in order to have 500 beds available for the reception of these the most wretched of our fellow-creatures. Moreover, it gratuitously affords medical advice and medicine to more, on the average, than 3,000 out-patients a week. The Weekly Roard feel it their imperative duty to make an EARNEST APPEAL to the public for continued support, to enable them to admit and relieve the distressing cases that daily present themselves. Contributions are received by the Treasurer, Edward Mara errnan, Esq., Nicholas-lane; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co. ; Drummond and Co. ; Berries 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 D ea eon, and Co. ; Overend, Gurney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co.; Messrs. J. Barned and Co., Liverpool and at the Hospital. giTANFORD,,O, SMITH, Secretary, N°. 22,154. LADY EMILY PONSONBY'S NEW WORK. Just ready, in 3 vols., MAR Y LYND S A Y. By Lady EMILY PONSONBY. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Orders received at all the Libraries. LORD WILLIAM LENNOX'S BIOGRAPHY. Now ready, in 2 vols., Bvo., FIFTY YE ARS' BIOGRAPHICAL REMINISCENCES. By LORD WILLIAM PITT LENNOX. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Now ready, with a LETTER from the Author, in 3 vols. , F OURTH EDITION of LOST AND SAVED. By the lion. MRS. NORTON. " 'Lost and Saved' will be read with eager Interest by those who love a touching story. It is a vigorous novel." — Times. " A novel of ra - e excellence ; fresh in its thought, shrewd and .übtle in its character-painting, and with a brave soul speaking through it. It is Mrs. Norton's best prose work." —Examiner. Burst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. S T. JAMES'S HALL.- GRAND FANCY BAZAAR. THIS DAY, from ONE till NINE o'clock. Admission—HALF-A-CROWN. oice PICTURES—FLOWERS and FRUIT—RIMMEL'S FOUNTAINS. JAMES'S HALL.- GRAND FANCY BAZAAR. THIS DAY (TUESDAY), also WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY. The Band of the Scots Fusilier Guards. Beautiful SPECIMENS of WORK. JAMES'S HALL.— GRAND FANCY BAZAAR. E,..,..111 DAY. t:an ON& till N - 1 - n P 194" Airth* : SURGICAL a!,- , A • , ;I:". - - • - 110)14: ~ ',;.,, , ~. , I:9N'S CJIII , TA.-raIIiLDRXIVi-CLOTHING and - TOYS, &c. &c. . THEATRE ROYAL DRVRY-LANE, JUNE' 39, 1863. - A Grafid MELANGV DRAMATIQUE will take place in AID of the FUNDS for a NAT4ONAL METROPOLITAN MONUMENT to SHAKESPEARE, under the immediate Patronagerof their Royal Hi gh nesses the Prince and Prin cess of Wales, before wnom 60 eminent artistes will have the honour of appearing. —Hon. Sec., Mr. Adolphus Francis, 43, Cumberland-street, Hyde-park. WCHURCIc S New Picture; the ICEBERGS, painted from studies made in the Northern Seas in the summer of 1859.—German Gallery; it3B, Ne yv Bond-street. W., Admisyon r is. _ . 113 ARI S. GRAND HOTEL DU LOUVRE. Establish ed in 1855.—Situated in the most Central part of Paris, Rue de•Rivoli and Place du Palais Royal -Six hun dred Bedrooms at from 3 to 20fr—f 0 Bitting-rooms at from' '4 to 21:1r.—a richly decorated Dining Saloon—Table d'H o t e at sik 'o'iloct—Pliblic Coffee and Dining Rooms—Choice Wines—Dinners served a la carte both in the dining-rooms and the private apartments—Reading and Conversation ' Saloofts ; sled Saloons for Musical, Wadding, and other par ties -all Newspapers and Serial Publications received— Divans, Coffee, Smoking, and Billiard Rooms—numerous Bath-rogne- T -Carriages - mi the premises—fii st-class Private Equipages at command—Omnibuses funning to all the rail way stationiPostal Letter-box—Telegraph-office day and night—Photographic studio—a staff of ,servants speaking all Languages T H E •0 XFOR OXFORD STREET. Will be performed Selections from the following Operas : LA CTRCASSIEiTNE, MARTHA, and • l MASANIELLO. • Supported, loiy Miss Russell, Miss Townley, Miss Ellison, Messrs. Albert, Green, Bernardi, Huish, Kimberley, and W. Evans, with full band and chorus. Conducted by Mr. Jonghmans. Drew Dean's Flute Solos 4 Master Sanders, the Juvenile Vocalist. prpW,OAT . 4, the modern Demosthenes. Eugene, W. Randail4Hutchengon, and the marvellous '0 ART and BERTRAND. . he /14r•r•los been Ipevety Decorated .and Ventilated, and is*iw one of the mosii , Beautiful in the Metropolis. 1, ,• t! • 13URY HALL AND kf FENS' ARTS GALLERY. NoTrcr-.'ENTIRE, CHANGE OF ENTERTAINMENT. Tbi# Evening the Marvellous ARTHUR and BERTRAND, the Two French Cloy Ms. AIITHUR warys bUr/esque Drama, arranged expressly for him • A. it. fIeoIIANGSWORTH'S new Comietilities, Sze; SAM COLLINS, with new Songs. UNSWORTH, the celebrated Stump Orator. EUGENE, and G. HUTCHINSON. 014 N D. SELECTIONS from OPERAS, GLEES, and • • c CANTATAS. BA:iv:Opal:A*1B —Miss Russell Miss Townley • Mr, Green , • or Bunali, and Signor Tivoli, • •• Conductor, Mr. Jonghmans. Admission—Hall, 6d. ; stalls and balcony, le. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. N ew Musical Invention, the GRAND PIANO ORCHEST RE, combining a full Band of 2ti Inst , mments, will be Performed on by the Inventor, Herr SCH A LKENBACH, EVERY AFTER N 00N, between the hours of Three and Five o'clock. - • Admission—Sixpence and One Shilling. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE.—Continued Success of the marvellous RISARELIS. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. The FAIRY FOUNTAIN EVERY EVENING, at Half past Ten o'clock. A RGYLL ROOM S.-JULLIEN'S PROMENADE CONCERTS. NOTICE.—Duri,,g the Week the Selections will be—" Der Frieschutz "—" a Forza del Destino "—" Il Trovatore " " Don Giovanni," &c. LEVY, the great wonder on the Cornet-a-Piston, plays from half-past Nine to Twelve. Admission, is. MR. T. CARRICK begs to announce to his Artist Friends and the Public, that his Photographic stab'ishment, 32, Regent-street, Piccadilly-circus, is now in full operation. Cartes de Visite, 10 for 10s. 6d ; 21 for £l. Miniatures on Ivory, Marble, and the Photographic base in his former styles. THE FARMER'S BAROMETER, 505., a new Instrument, by Negretti and Zambra, will cor rectly indicate whether the Barometer falls for Rain or for Wind. Particulars by enclosing stamp.-1, Batton-garden ; 57, Cornhill ; and 122, Regentstreet. GEORGE HOBSON invites public attention to his Superfine West of England Woaden BLACK CL 'THS, for Beaufort and Frock Coats, £2 15s. to 43 3s. ; the New Neutral Colour Scotch Angola Travelling and Tourist Suits, £2 10s. to X , 18s. ; the new Summer Trousers, 168. to 215.; the Baden Waistcoats, 1 Is. Excellence wi h Economy. GEORGE HOBSON, 57, LOMBARD-STREET. ST . 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"It cannot be con- ceded by the American Government, nor claimed by Great Britain, that some British vessels may not be fraudulently engaged in an ostensible . . rade between British ports and Matamoras in con: veying supplies to the insurgents of the United States." Such is the important portion of the counter _ _ despatch which has been received from Mr. Stewart. This is a very important issue. We are promised that the nest steamer will bring us a report of the arguments and judgment in the case of the Peter hoff ; and the fate of the Dolphin is already decided The American Courts appear to be fully equal to the occasion, and to be ready to make an interna tional law to meet the exigencies of their own special and temporary convenience. According to the doc trines now laid down by Mr. Seward, a belligerent cruiser may blockade not only his enemies' ports, but also the ports of neutral powers which have any possible communication with his enemy's port. If he can board neutral vessels passing from one neutral port to another, and can make prize of them, and if the Admiralty Judges condemn them upon the ground that the cargo was intended ultimately to reach the enemy, then it clearly comes in effect to what we have said, that a belligerent power has a right to blockade neutral ports, to prevent anything entering_therein which mAy ultimately reach the eneniy. It is evident that Seward's words mean this It is a very strong doCtrine, and 'it carries' the rights of belligerents beyond anything tuat has ever been claimed in their behalf since modetn.views and. armed neutrality protests ; have set a limit to the old pretensions. There is nothing to 'be' said in favour of such's pretension, exoept that if the-Ameri cans are determined to rivet this :patch lipon , t 139 hard old international law, we of - all the ,people in the world are the least interested in opposing'the innovation; The natiire'of ," , bontratand of veer 1 is also receiving a,very extemled;interpretation,at the hands of the traditional champions of the'rights:Of neutrals. 'Although we haVe riot Yetiliejtidginent in. the case of the-Peterhoff,. we know that -special, commission,-441. , heen ,issue 4 to inquire into the, quality cat ter cargo, and the report of that apeCial coinmisato had hden'read in 'cOuie. These mission r& say that they Iliav'e opened tip ! boXeSf: cases, mod,' bales, font*, iii this, steamer and : have, made a-!tcue and peifect inventory . of the content's.lt seeing' however',' that there-were tatuion; . Or. muskets; lints of- any deseription4 powder' qr shoti l ehellsi nothing which, even if the PeterhOff had'l3Cen going enimy'tl port not actially .Mdekadett, would , h9Arek StibieCteCt the ship tolettnhseatism , as carrying contraband ,of .war, Bnt the; CoMmissioners remark that there; were articles' n board capbble - of beitlg trpplied toLaithy uses. ` l'here , waa in assorted parcel of drugs, cob tainingsqUipjpe, cailomel,l mornhine t form, addtessed "Turchard and2,Co., Matamoras, Mexibe; Ilierd•weie'alsd cases . of Bitichei boots, which:We must in candour itiltnit , might •be , worn by soldiers, , well as. by any ; othe,r,. xnfeathered biped& - :MereOVei, theie were bales of gray"bran kets, which 'be gindh as are " usedln - the United; §totes' army :Bubas.these undoubtedly came from England: it seems, hard to conclude that,heeatise theYankeesliTie bought some of our.woollens for army purpose's, 'we ean'therefore make blankeis for army : purposes: There ..were also harnescand,Tiding saddles and horseshoes, and 13 pidces of bacon and a bag 'of Peas, all of which might, ioUbtless, have found anise either in or . out of a camp..l 4 astly,tbere were tivphydraulic presses, capable of prassuAg cotton, and one basket of rusty cotton hooks: Such is the cargo Which; from its con traband nature, is held to justify thadetentiow of an Englishfiteamer passing between neutral pprts, : and such is , the " Contraband of war which the AmeriCan' Courts . 'tie notv: being a'sked • to hold auffieient •to insure the> .condemna tion of , a neutral vessel upon the high seas. Of course we do not pretend to doubt that the quinine and the boots might have been intended-ultimately to reach. the Confederate ,storehonses, • It may be just possible that they might have been bought up for Mexican use, but the probabilities undoubtedly are, that if they had reached Matamoras, they would have been pushed into the Confederate terri tory. The question, however, remains whether medicine and boots are contraband of war because they can be used by soldiers; and secondly, whether anything thus capable of being used by an army can be seized anywhere by the strong hand. The Ame ricans say they have the authority of Sir William Grant and Lord Stowell for what they are doing, and we are happy to see that they now entertain a reverence for the decisions of those two great inter national lawyers which they certainly did not pro fess in other days. Lord Russell is careful not to commit himself to any opinion as to whether Sir William Grant and Lord Stowell's doctrines will justify such strong measures as are now being taken ; but if they should, we think he is quite right, as an English Minister, not to do anything to weaken those doctrines which have been found so necessary to our own island interests. On the other hand, if these pretensions should turn out to be far beyond anything ever heard of in our Courts, and quite im possible ever to be put forward by ourselves in case of war, then Lord Russell can scarcely consider himself acting as a neutral if he submit to them from one of two belligerents and to the disadvantage of the other. If we allow boots and blankets to be seized on their way to Mexico because they are the same sort of goods we are sending to New York, that can scarcely be called neutrality. Public opinion will support Lordßussell in the maintenance of an absolute neutrality during this war, but it will not support him beyond this. The English people desire to hold a real bona fide neutrality between the two combatants. This cannot be to the extent we could wish it to be, because the possession of the sea enables the Northerners to draw from us all the materials of war, and to engage all the scum of Europe as mercenaries in their service. Without this aid the North would long since have been ex hausted and the fighting at an end. Bat if the South have some privileges conferred by the rules of inter national law, it would be mean in us to go out of our way to deprive her of them because she is weak and cannot complain. Lord John Russell stated the case truly in his despatch when he said "the trade to Matamoras is a perfectly legitimate trade. It is carried on from New York as it is from London to Liverpool. To pretend that some goods carried to Matamoras may be afterwards transported across the frontier to Texas does not vitiate the legitimate character of that trade." If this be so, to surrender our commercial rights to the Northern States would be a breach of neutrality towards the Northern States. Although, however, Mr. Seward puts for ward these preposterous claims, there is reason to believe that the Americans themselves are seeing that these strange decisions against the rights of neutrals are establishing precedents which may hereafter be used against them. A smuggling trade to Matamoras can be of no* great importance to us, and can never have any substantive effect upon the issue of the war between North and South ; but the principles now in course of recognition and extension in the American prize courts may be very precious to England at some future crisis We should therefore be very patient and cautious in these matters, up to that boundary line where acts cease to be defensible upon any possible doc trine of international law. We observe that the American papers begin to suspect that they are going too far for their own interests; that they are adopting and strengthening all our old precedents, and forging chains for themselves in future wars. Some of them are already recommending that ships going from a neutral port to another should not be interfered with, whatever may be the suspicions against them. W hen this mist clears away, they will discover that the course they have taken in this war has established all our pretensions as to the right of blockade and of search also. POST.—The verbose document with which Presi dent Lincoln has replied to the resolutions passed at a recent public meeting censuring his conduct in respect to the arrest of Mr. Vallandigham reads strangely at the present juncture. peeularities of the American Cunstitlt is oneionth of the that both theoretically and practically the Chief Magistrate of the Republic continues the equal of his fellow citizens. He may possess by virtue of his high office great authority, or he may, throug h e h x t e h r e ci apathy athyor sufferance of the American peop ex traordinary power, but he does not for all that cease to be a citizen whom the humblest can at any' moment approach and shake by the hand, or w hom a knot of platform orators can compel at a moment's notice to publish an elaborate exposition of his political views. Still, however, notwith standing the relations know n to subsist between the American people and their President, one cannot read such a letter as that which we pub lished yesterday without some feelings of surprise. P P., IP ,r - e. 5.,, , _ ersereee. i • - -7-:- i'elie" c'ee ' ICP4ta •--- 'et . eeele4r The President governs by responsible and it seems to be just as unseemly for leri t ifi e e t. „ - e-es — Aee„.A g scend into the political arena to justify acr a,, -' !I-0 . , ; 1044) tztx,e..v as it would be for the Queen of En: .9 47 ' ___.-...* xz , :v write an autograph letter to the chairm: a 4i - ki pk.,. ~,is , j ....-a.,,--k0p,... / - public meeting which passed resolutions con. - 'aim. tory of the policy pursued by her Government. aift 1 1 S the present moment, however, when the Con federates are literally thundering . at the gates of Washington, and when a militia is being rapidly organised to do the work of armies which have dis appeared, there is something positively ludicrous in the tone in which the Chief Magistrate of the United States speaks of the rebellion, and gravely contests the various grounds on which secession could be. justified. It is true that when the letter was written Lee's army still occupied the line of the Rappa hannock, and the public received daily Assurances that the backbone of the rebellion was within an inch of being broken, but still the contingency which .has since occurred was not then completely absent irotei the minds of Mr. Lincoln or his advisers. We will not follow the President through his lengthy epistle.. If it satisfied its recipients, and if the population of the North( rn States are content to accept his expo sition of constitutional law, and consider disquisi tions on the legality of secession instinctive reading, we have no objections to offer. Assumirg, as Mr. Lincoln seems to assume, that the provision of the Constitution authorising the suspension of the writ of habeas corpus in cases of rebellion and invasion confers the power of suspension on the Executive, and not on the Legislature, of course he can justify his recent arrest of Mr,Vallandigham. But as the majority of persons will be inclined to think that it wasnever intended that the President and his Minis ters should be the sole judges of the propriety of making arbitrary arrests, it is not probable that Mr. Lincoln's justification of a gross violation of the rights of citizenship in the person of Mr. Vallane digham, will carry conviction into the minds of many. HERALD,—The propositions which the Allied Powers have addressed to the Russian Government have this radical vice, that they are unacceptable alike to the Russians and the Poles. They ask from Russia much more than she can give, and offer the Poles far less than they will be satisfied with. If the Russian Government were reduced to the last extremities it might submit to the summons to put down its UAW and recognise the PAles.as a bellige rent powei, with Whotn :to ivantriipantitlettalareetstlee - , (Tr 'l , J, , * , A , ., ing. If the Poles were convinced Oat Europe will . do no more for them, they would*bandon a strug gle which they only sustain by enernious sacrifices; and although theywould'not acceptz-4f their accept,- ance ahead 'be dematided—guarantees of liberty, 'for which they:do -not care, they would take the "concessions given withouLthanks, as o many steps . . i. : upon which, at. a ..fatnisi: day, to attempt again to .... _ rise into independence.. To.pleasie neither party in a quarrel ,/ heldnonclusive evi- ' i failuire - of Earle'Russell. deuce that i' a ;l 'judgmentbvs°metrit.Tartial and sionnd ; and the i siipporters of-. the' Government may. cite the sateps deeisive-testeme o y tGartisehakeffeer the-National Government of Ware -.. to conciliate eitheießrinc to the fairness a hie ro- , . posed arrangement: — We'd° not questioni ,p t; -- Earl ` •R well has, no doubt, been actuated • by a very ein-. dere desire -to see Paland . prosperous and free 3inaer-- I:tusiian rile; ''' ITiki . irrarigenient ' would have been e 4 .. defensible, perhaps admirable, if he had - been called upon as arbitrator to settle th e question. But his_ interference is perfectly gratuitous. The Poles, on whose behalf it is made, repudiate alto- "gether the terms which are demended for them; the Rnseiad Government h -as felt itself con I strained 'to declare that it Will listen to his sag-- ie t' gestionS, lent it has die; said . plaiiiry enough • that ere ....1 it thinks the tender of them -a piepe of imperti nence with which it eonld very well have dispensed-.. The Minister of a- great country who undertakes , ' to intervene in the quarrels of another Government e ' With its subjects, and puts himself before the world as' the mediator between them, must look not to the absolutely juet,,bet the practicable, and suggest an, accommodation which has a chance of being accepted. The fact is, that in interfering, with the Russian Governnient on 'behalf of Poland,- and in framing an ' arrangement, the allies undertook a task impossible , Of fulfilment—a task which one -of them, at least, knew to be impossible, whilst both theothers should have known it too:• The roles have- never con cealed their objects. ,They. have declared loudly enough that they, will be content, with nothing short of the 'expulsion of the-Ruisians from every inch of territory-w,hich at any time .formed a par tion of the Polish republic. They recorded - in a hundred different ways their contempt for liberal -institutions' and" administrative reforms and the ' Governments of England and France ought to have known thoroughly that administrative autonomy or any other of their six points, would never induce a Pole to lay down arms so long as he felt the slightest confidence in his ability to resist Russia. They should not have interfered at all beyond the expression of an opinion and a hope ; or they should have put to Russia the demand for the relinquish ' men t-of -Pelaildi-and-have -backed it -up- by -force-el- arms. The course they have taken has inflicted the most serious calamities on Poland, has estranged Russia, and has placed them in a very unsatisfac tory and discreditable position. The struggle in Poland has been kept up for the last three or four months solely in the hope of the assistance of England and France. The Poles have been well aware that unaided they must succumb to the im mense armies which Russia could bring against them. But long after all attempts to enlist the pea santry on their side had signally failed, long after the attempt to raise an insurrection in the Polish provinces of Russia had proved a complete disap pointment, the contest has been kept up at a most tremendous sacrifice of all that can be dearest to the Polish heart. The language of the English Ministers has induced the belief that England would eventually, on the failure of her own schemes of mediation, give the Polish cause her active aid, and for that reason, whilst diplomacy has been at work the semblance of an insurrec tion has been kept up by some devoted men. Long since the insurrection has burned itself out. At the very first call the chivalry of Poland proper threw itself into the struggle. As the ranks of the insurgents were thinned no recruits were forthcom ing. The peasantry refused to follow their masters, and gloated over their massacre. Posen and Galicia furnished large contingents. Adventurers of every nation flocked like vultures to the carnage, but the number of these professional cat-throats who can command the means for a long journey is but limited, and long since the insurrection has ceased to make any head against the Russian forces. Small bands have performed wonders, and have had miracles performed for them by telegraphic agen cies, just to keep Western Europe interested in the Polish question and confident in the Polish power. Men have devoted themselves readily to death — have devoted their country to a contest which will reduce it to little better than a desert, in the con viction generated by the language and acts of the French and English Ministers that France and England would ultimately go to war for Poland. The dream is still cherished. The National Go vernment of Warsaw has declared, as a contem porary who acts at the same time as its organ in this country and the exponent of the Premier's policy, assures us, that the Poles will fight to the last unless Russia accedes to certain conditions which are equivalent to the abandonment of Po land. It is the last effort. The journals which have championed the Polish cause still try to make out that the Polish patriots are victorious. The truth is, as we have said, the insurrection is almost at an end, and the announcement by England and France of their intention to pursue a pacific policy would be the signal for the dispersal and flight of the bands still carrying on the contest. It is due to the Poles and to ourselves that the announce ment should be made at once. England has assuredly no intention of engaging in a great cru sade for the re-establishment of an independent Poland. She will not undertake to reverse all the p a re b o l a o t o e k d ad t e than desired. decrees of history, and commit Europe to a contest w hich must cause enormous misery, and, if success ful,desi produce red. I t is a r i e d s l u e lt rathertrifling to to talk o be de r the Russian fleet in the Baltic ignorance or want of principle of a t s be n o g cha racter to talk as the Morning Post doesaboutrwosasr:st capacity of the Poles to win their ' It the capacity dnce if independence they are only allowed to get Galicia. e The Poles are already crushed b arms Russia, rom and if we want to raise them we must en gag e in the task with all our energies. The country has made up its mind that it will do no such thing; it ought to make up its ,mind, too, to withdraw from an atti tude wh i c h compromises its dignity, and unfortu nately has encouraged delusions in the Poles which have prompted them to bring unexampled desola tion upon their n u bs y land. PP LONG LEGS AND SHORT LEGS.—The standard height of the sexes has been fixed by the Venus and Apollo ; from whence it may be generally observed that those who exceed the height of the statue will have the extra length in the legs, and those who fall below it will deficiency in the shortness of them. A s a ridicu lous haveinstancethe e of this, Mr. Barrymore, the tragedian, was greatly upwards of six feet high, and his friend Mr. Smith was very much under five feet; when meeting at the same convivial board, they were accustomed to sit side by side, and appeared while thus sitting like two gentlemen of equal size and consequence ; when it was necessary to rise in respect, as in drinking the King's health, which they would both spontaneously do, little Mr. Smith, contrary to all order, would appear to keep his seat, while Barrymore would spring up like a spectre from the trap-door of the stage;; this circumstance placed the two gentlemen in a serious predicament, as it was said of each of them that the one ought never to get up and the other ought never to sit down l—Articte on 4, Comparative Beauty" in Nations? Magazine. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 30, 1863. METROPOLITAN RAILWAY.—On and after the Ist of JULY the Price of SEASON TICKETS will be REDUCED. MONTHLY TICKETS will also be issued. Particulars on application at the Superintendent's Office, or at any of the Stations on the Line. THE ENGLISH and SCOTTISH MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY (Limited) will COM MENCE BUSINESS at its Temporary Offices, No. 2, Royal Exchange-buildings, on WEDNESDAY NEXT, the Ist July. By order, D. MACPHERSON, Secretary. 26th June, 1E63. A.D. 1720. R OYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE CORPORATION (Established by Charter of his Majesty George the First) FOR SEA, FIRE, LIVE, AND ANNUITIES. Offices, Royal Exchange, London. Branch Office, 29, Pall-mall. OCTAVIUS WIGRAM, Esq., Governor. GEORGE FEMMES BARCLAY, Esq., Sub-Governor. Sir JOHN HENRY PELLY, Bart., Deputy-Governor. DIRECTORS. Henry Bainbridge, Esq. Wilmot Holland, Esq. Robert Barclay, Esq. Earl of Leven and Melville. John Garrett Cattley, Esq. Chas. Jno. Manning, Esq. Mark Currie Close, Esq. Henry Nelson, Esq. William Davidson, Esq. The Hon. Josceline W. Percy. Thomas Dent, Esq. Charles Robinson, Esq. Alexander Druce, Esq. Samuel Leo Schuster, Esq. Fredk. Jos. Edlmann, Esq. Eric Carrington Smith, Esq. Riyersdale W. Grenfell, Esq. William Soltau, Esq. Robt. Amadeus Heath, Esq. Joseph Smiles, Esq., M.P. Wm. Tetlow Mibbert, Esq.: William Wallace, Esq. Jai. Stewart Hodgson, Esq. Chas. Baring Young, Esq. Medical Referee, SAMUEL SOLLY, Esq., F.R.S. NOTICE.—The usual fifteen (lays allowed for payment of FIRE PREMIUMS falling due at Midsuinmer will expire on .oth July. )!'IRE and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected with this Corporation on advantageous terms. In the Life Department, assurances are granted with par ticipation in Profits, or, at lower Premiums, without such participation. The Reversionary Bonus on British Policies has averaged nearly 2 per cent. per annum on the sum assured. Equivalent reductions have been made in the Premiums payable by persons who preferred that form of Bonus. The divisions of Profit take place every Five years. 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 nearly a CENTURY AND A HALF. The Corporation have always allowed the Assured to serve , n the Militia, Yeomanry, or Volunteer Corps within the United Kingdom, free of charge. ROYAL Exc RANGE, LONDON. ROBT. P. STEELE, Secretary. CONSERVATIVE LAND SOCIETY. MEETING THIS DAY. The quarterly meeting was held this day at the offices in Norfolk-street—Lord Ranelagh in the chair. The SECRETARY (Mr. Gruneisen) read the advertise ment convening the meeting. The NOBLE CHAIRMAN read the following report of the Executive Committee : It will be gratifying to the shareholders to find that the Executive Committee of the Conservative Land Society are enabled to annex the following satisfactory tabular returns of the receipts for the three first quarters of the eleventh financial year : Qrs. ending Shares in Shares I Total Receipts.progress. Complete. Shares. Shares in Shares Total Qrs. ending Receipts. progress. Complete. Shares. s. d. Dec. 24, 1862 136 67 203 15,946 15 2 March 25, 1863 2OB 24 232 15,813 19 11 June 21, 1863., 255 91 346 20,607 2 0 -- -- Three 'quarters ending Mid summer,lB63.. 599 182 781 52,257 17 1 Totals to Sept 30, 1862 14,760 3,925 18,685 625,392 13 2 Grand totals to Midsummer,'63 15,359 4,107 19,466 677,650 10 3 Compared with the receipts of the corresponding period last year, the present returns for the three quarters show an increase of £3,880 ss. Dd., an increase in the quarter over the Lady-day cne of £5,083 2s. ld, and an increase on the issue of shares of 223. The total withdrawals since the formation of the society (September, 1852), to Midsummer, 1863, £199,348 3s. 3d. ; the total sale of land to Midsummer, 1863, £326,990 ls. 7d. The returns of the Register of the Order of Rights are as follow : Completed. Drawn. Seniority, Total. 4972 3191 1681 9844 Deduct Rights exercised on estates, &c.. 7449 Unexercised Rights The last share number on the register by seniority is No. 13,853 ; and the last share number issued to midsummer, 1863, was No. 19,466, Since the last report, a second estate has been acquired in West Worcestershire, situated on the Ilenwick-road, with frontage to the Ludlow -road. Com manding views of the Malvern hills aro obtained from this new property, which is adjacent to many handsome villas and grounds on the banks of the Severn, The committee hope that they may be in a position to allot the Worcester Estate, and also the recent purchase at Southampton, during the current quarter. The next allotment of land will be on Wednesday, July 8, of the Stoke Station Road Estate at Ipswich, and the Reading Estate; and some well-secured ground rents, on the Roman Road Estate, North Bow, will also be offered on this occasion, The allotment will take place at Ipswich, after a public meeting, at which a deputation of the board will attend to explain the society's system. The Ipswich property adjoins the Hand ford Hall villas, and is laid out into 48 plots, ranging in price from £37 up to £220 per plot. A portion of the pro perty will be formed into a crescent, facing which will be an open space, intended for ornamental gardens extending to the Stoke Station Road, In addition to plots for de tached or semi-detached villas, land has been kept free for close building and for business purposes, such as an inn or hotel and shops. The Reading Estate is a portion of the Castle Hill property formerly allotted, but as the original site for the proposed church has been changed to another locality, the centre of Downshire-square wi:l now be con verted into plots for detached and semi-detached houses of moderate size. The committee have much pleasure in re. porting that the Rector of Reading, the Hon, and Rev. Mr. Cust, ie now actively engaged in raising funds for the new church, the society having granted a site free on the estate equal to the original one. In the new plan of allotment there are 45 plots, ranging in price from £52 4s. 6d. up to £lO4 9s. per plot. The executive committee have to report that the works on the final portion of the Woodbury park Estate, Tunbridge-wells, and on the first allotted portion of the Colchester Estate, are just completed, and an inspection of these two properties will show the great improvement in the respective localities, by the opening up of new communications. The committee will be enabled to announce in their next report the completion of the works in progress on the Roehampton and Putney-Heath estates. It is with much regret that the committee have to report the death of John Gorham Maitland, Esq., one of the earliest promoters of the Conservative Land Society, with which he was connected as a member of the board, until his appointment as Secretary of the Civil Service Commis sion. As the Registration Courts will be opened in due course, the allottees whose names have not yet been inserted on the register are reminded that their claims will be maintained free of expense, but that it w ill b e necessa ry to forward their deeds in time o the society's solicitor, as well as proper instructions as to the polling place in the county, where their land is situated, they may find it most conve nient to vote, should they not reside in the county, The executive committee, in conclusion, congratulate the mem bers that the business of the past quarter has been of a nature to afford every promise of another successful financial year, when it terminates at Alichaelmas,, The Union of the lonian Islands with Greece, Earl Russell has addressed the following despatch o her Majesty's ambassadors at the Courts of Aus tria, France, Prussia, and Russia : EARL RUSSBLL TO LORD BLOOMFIELD. " Foreign Office, June 10. " My Lord,—The time is at Laud when her Ma jesty's declaration of her readiness to consent to the union of the lonian Islands with Greece, if the lonian Islands should themselves desire that union, must be followed by practical measures ; and her Majesty's Government are anxious, before taking further steps, to free the subject from ambiguity. As, therefore, some unfounded notions are enter- ained with respect to those islands, it may be use- Ul that I should call your Excellency's attention to he truth regarding their position, their rights, and ,heir future condition. " The lonian Islands are not, as some persons ap- pear to suppose, a part of the possessions of the British Crown. They form the Republic of the Seven Islands, placed by treaty under the protec tion of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom, his heirs and successors. The manner in which these islands came under the protection of the British Crown is well known to all those who are acquainted with the European transactions of 1815. Provisions relating to them were not included among the arti- Iles of the general treaty concluded at Vienna in the month of June of that year, but en the 4th of June of that year the plenipotentiariesof the four Powers, Austria, Great 144tain, Pxuasifs.: , and Russia, being assembled, recorded in a p r oto c o l ',Oat had passed at their conference of that days; TheVenipotentiary of Austria declared that thattauestiod . of the posses sion of the lonian Islands being connected NVith the tranquillity of Italy and of the former Venetikill pro vinces, the Court of Austria would ,charge itself with the protection of these islands, anclkirould-gua rantee to them the maintenance of-t4ir : laws and privileges. But the plenipotentiarisi ofikussia said that, desiring nothing else than to assure to the in habitants of those islands the happlfst lot, and that most appropriate to their situationlthdi,thought.it their duty to promote the wish of /he; idhabitants of those islands that theyesholuld re4ain ,ender the protection of Great Britain.: The pltnipotentiaries of Russia also remarked that:CountidECapodistrias, who had been charged sp l ecla i lly with this matter, being absent, they could 'not then I;nake any defini tive arrangenient, and they piopoiA an adjourn ment, and this propoial .was fiOallyt t dopted. le is well known that Count de Capodist • s, who aided time enjoyed great favdur with the E eror Aleta.n, der, was zealous in ,behalf eci the inittionality and freedom of his countsyrnenai.nOwing that : the lonian Islands could not stand alene as an inde pendent state, he wished to pitee flit ' under ihe protection of Great:Britain; ( whofie nstitutions, framed on iirincrpfes ~t 4 Iliberiit, hey. s ired ired to see established among" aopeople4 .of Gr ' k habits and language. These deigraa of... Count . e Capodistrin s . t were, by the infiuenee,Of the i ppurtfif Russia, and with the consent of Oreat Britain, aiicompliehed by the treaty of Paris of ikeveAber 5t815, between Great Britain, Austria, Rtuotitt, and russia. " The preamble of 'ttlie ttehty 4eites 'that the Powers concerned, ' aniinate4'k timi desire of_pro-, scouting the negotiations adjourned ; the Congress it;of Vienna, in order to fix thsoesti ', of• the seven lonian Islands, and to ins 77 theAndependenee, liberty, and happiness Orti " isl 'as by plaiino' them and their constitution,:,.nder . he,immediate protection of one of the great; Po rs .of. Europe, have agreed to settle clefinipiftly , a special .act whatever relatei to this objedi, ; „Ste. he first article of this treaty declares that 4 : the is nds ,of Corfu, Cephalonia, Zante, Santa 81 k aAra, kthaca, . Cerigo, - and Paxo, with their dependencies, such as they were described in the treaty between his Majesty the Emperor of all the li.ussias and the Ottoman Porte, of the 21st of Mir - Cl,' 1800, shall form a single, free, and independent state, under the deno ruination of the United States of the lonian Islands.' The fourth article declares that `the Lord High Commissioner of the protecting Powers shall regu late the forms of convocation of a legislative assem bly, of which he shall direct the proceedings, in order to draw up a new constitutional charter for the State, which his Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland shall be requested to ratify.' The fifth article is as follows I❑ order to ensure without re striction to the inhabitants of the United States of the lonian Islands the advantages re sulting from the high protection under which these states are placed, as well as for the exercise of the rights inherent in the said protection, his Britannic Majesty shall have the right to occupy the fortresses and places of those States, and to maintain garrisons in the same.' A like provision places under the order of the commander-in-chief of the troops of his Britannic Majesty the military force of the said United States. " It appears clear from these provisions that the intention of the high Allied Powers was to found in the Seven Islands a free, independent State, which, by the protection of so powerful a country as Great Britain, might develop its resources without fear of external aggression, or internal anarchy. It appears also from the fifth article that the main object of the stipulation placing the fortresses in the hands of Great Britain was 'to insure to the inhabitants of the United States of the lonian Islands the advan tages resulting from the high protection under which the States are placed.' The constitution established in execution of the articles of the treaty contained in its fourth article a provision that the established language of the States is Greek,' thus showing conclusively that the intention of Count de Capodistrias to create a Greek nationality was steadily kept in view by Great Britain, as the state entrusted with the protectorate. " The British Government having received this trust, have endeavoured faithfully to discharge the duties imposed upon them by the allied Powers. In spite of many obstacles, they have amelio rated in all respects the condition of the in habitants. With regard, however, to the exer cise of the constitutional functions of the Lord High Commissioner and the legislative body, complete harmony has seldom prevailed between them. But the great change which took place in the condi tion of some of the neighbouring Turkish pro vinces, when the Greek people of those provinces asserted their independence, altered materially the politicalcondition of the inhabitants of the Seven Islands. From that time the sympathies of the lonian people began to turn towards Greece, and when the Greek kingdom became a recognised State of Europe, the wish to be politically united with men of their own race took root among the people of the lonian Islands. This wish has been often laid hold of as a pretext for factious opposition; it has been expressed since 1850, at times when Great Britain could not listen to it without fielding to projects of ambition very foreign from the freedom of Greece. But in its origin and tendency there is something in this lonian wish of union with Greece which must obtain the respect of the British nation. A love of independence in union with a kindred race has in itself claims to regard from a nation which prides itself on the love of freedom. It is thus that, with a view to strengthen the Greek monarchy, to fulfil the original objects of the foundation of the lonian Islands as a State, and to comply with the wishes frequently, though irre gularly, expressed in the lonian Islands themselves, her Majesty's Government have declared their readi ness to consent to the union of the lonian Islands _ _ _ with Greece. " Her Majesty's Government are not insensible of the value of Corfu as a maritime and military sta tion, nor are they unaware of the apprehensions felt in Austria and Turkey at the prospect of the aban donment of the lonian Islands by G reat B r itain. It has been suggested in England th at C or f u might be retained, while the other islands m i g ht b e given up. But her Majesty's Government con ce i ve that it woulc be a perversion of the trust confided to them by Eu- rope, and a breach of faith to wards the lonian people, if Great Britain were to turn a portion of a single free and independent State under her protectorate into a part of her military possessions, and to make Corfu an element of her European power. Her Majesty's Government propose, therefore, now that a King of Greece has been recognised by the protect ing Powers, to consult in the most formal and au thentic manner the wishes of the inhabitants of the lonian Islands as to their future destiny. If those wishes, deliberately expressed, should be in favour of a union with Greece, her Majesty's Government would propose that, with a view to considering the future condition of the lonian Islands, a conference should be assembled, to consist of the representa tives of the Powers who signed the treaty of 1815, and of the protecting powers who, in 1827 and 1832, signed the treaties by which the kingdom of Greece was constituted.—l am, &c., (Signed) " RUSSELL. " P.S. You are desired to read and give a copy of this despatch to Count Rechberg. R. * Similar despatches were addressed to Earl Cowley, Sir A. Buchanan, and Lord Napier. TUX BRAZILIAN DIFFICULTY. The following despatch from Lord Howard de Walden, transmitting the decision of his Majesty the King of the Belgians in the case of the officers of the Forte, was published yesterday : _ "LORD HOWARD DE WALDEN TO EARL RUSSELL. (Received June 24.) "Brussels, June 22. " My Lord—i had the honour of receiving yes terday,from the hands of the King the accompany ing portfolio, containing ,the text of the decision of his Majesty as arbitrator in the case of the officers of her Majesty's step Forte and the Brazilian agents. "X expressed lb the King on behalf of her • Ma . iesties Government their sense of his Majesty's gra_ ,ciona and friendly,act in having accepted the part of arbitripr jri this painful and troublesome affair. ` Tlie King res tr icts his judgment to the character or spirit o 9 he prgceeding of the Brazilian agents, Whether, ic;11 national point of view in regard to the pritis 6aiy, it was to be deemed offensive or not! gild ~. this his Majesty decides in the nega tive; tivei,-0 , 4 hats ,, &c., 1 . . 1 4 ` WARP DE WALDEN. ND SEAFORD." • ' (Translation.) "`"Wei, Leo Old, King of the Belgians, having ac cepted• the ill:actions of arbiter, which have been conferred. supqp us by common consent by Great Britain and 14:Brazil, in the differences which have arisen between these States in the matter of the ar rest, on'' :4 tlie 1/th of June, 1862, by the guard of 'Braiiliakpoliitlposted at Tijuca, of three officers of the, British titOiy,. and of the circumstances which resulted after,aqd at the time of that arrest; Animated bra sincere desire to respond by a scrtipulous: and *partial decision to the confidence which the said States have shown towards us ; • " Having to thil end duly examined and maturely weighed all the papers that have been produced by one sideind brthte other ; WishinfOndider to fulfil the task which we babe accepted, to' bring to the knowledge of the High Parties : interested the result of our examina tion,. as well i ae l pur decision in the capacity of arbi uponilie q uestion which has been submitted to us in the fallowing' terms, namely Whether; filth° mode in which the laws of Bra zil &lie been japPlied ',towards the English officers there. has been offeuee to the British navy; . " Considering thaot is in no way shown that the origin.of ,tha t conflict, was the act of the Brazilian agents,,who, coutd not reasonably have had motives foi provocation, ; " Considering that theofficers, at the time of their .a7est, did not wear the uniform of their rank, and 'that in a port frequented by So many'foreigners they could not expect to be believed on their mere word when they declared that they belonged to the B ri tish navy, while there was no outward sign of their rank to support their declaration ; that, conse quently, once arrested, they ought to have submitted to the existing laws and regulations, and had no right to require any treatment different to that which would have been applied, in similar circum stances, to all other persons; _ " Considering that, although it is impossible to deny that the incidents which ensued were most un pleasant to the English officers, and that the treat ment to which they were exposed must have ap peared to them most harsh, it is nevertheless proved that, when by the declaration of the English Vice- Consul, the social position of these officers had bean duly established, measures were at once taken to secure them special consideration, and that their unconditional liberation was then ordered ; " Considering that the functionary who caused them to be released ordered their release as soon as he possibly could, and that in acting thus he was prompted by the desire to spare these officers the disagreeable consequences which, in conformity with the laws, must necessarily have entailed upon them from any further steps taken in the matter ; " Considering that, in his report of the 6th of July, 1862, the Prefect of Police had not only to make a statement of facts, but was also obliged to render to his superior authority an account of his conduct, and of the reasons that induced him to treat them with consideration ; " Considering that he was from that time, pro perly, and without any malicious intention being fairly attributable to him, authorised to express himself as he did ; " We are of opinion that, in the mode in which the laws of Brazil have been applied towards the English officers, there was neither premeditation of offence nor offence to the British navy. "Done and given in duplicate under our Royal Seal, at the Palace of Lachen, the 18th day of June, 1863. " LEOPOLD I." MEMORANDUM REGARDING THE ASSESSMINT OF COM. PENSATION IN THE CASE OP THE PRINCE OF WALES. On the Bth of February Earl Russell directed the Queen's Advocate to be informed that the Govern ment of Brazil had instructed their representative in England to notify to her Majesty's Government that he was authorised to pay, under protest, what ever sum her Majesty's Government might demand in the shape of compensation in the case of the ves sel Prince of Wales; and his lordship requested the opinion of the Queen's Advocate as to the amount at which that compensation should be assessed. The Queen's Advocate was at the same time in formed that the responsibility of assessing compen satton had not been sought by her Majesty's Go vernment, who had, indeed, proposed through Mr. Christie, that the question of amount should be referred to arbitration. The course pursued by I Brazil, had, however, left her Majesty's Govern ment no option in the matter. The Queen's Advo cate's report is to the following effect :—The Queen's advocate states that he is of opinion that no sum should be claimed in excess of the sum mentioned in Mr. Christie's communications to the Brazilian Government; that no demand should be made on account of freight or on account of the loss of the vessel itself ; that the demand should be founled on ' the plunder of the cargo, of the effects of the crew, and also upon the too probable murder of some or all of them. He estimates roughly the loss of wages and effects at £290, and the compensation for pos sible murders at £4BO, to be paid to the families of those who were wrecked. As to the cargo, he makes allowances for probable and necessary damage, and for salvage had the inhabitants of the coast appeared as salvors in place of plunderers ; and he then roughly estimates this item at £2,360. Upon these data a sum of £3,200 was fixed by Earl Russell, instead of £3,490, the sum total of the items esti mated by the Queen's Advocate. This sum was demanded by a note of Feb. 24, addressed by Earl Russell to M. Moreira, and was paid by M. Moreira on Feb. 26. Foreign-office, June 21, 1863. INDIA DOCK FAST AND WEST COMPANY. The COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST and WEST INDIA DOCK COMPANY hereby give notice that a HALF YEARLY COURT or GENERAL MEETING of the said Company will be held, pursuant to the direction of the Act let and 2d William IV.. cap. 52, at the Dock House, No. 8, Billiter-square, on FRIDAY, the 10th day of July next, for the purpose 01 choosing and appointing EIGHT DIREC TORS in the room of those going out of office by rotation ; at which Meeting a DIVIDEND will be declared on the Capital Stock of the Company for the half year ending the 30th June. By order of the Court, GEORGE COLLIN, Secretary. East and West India Dock House, Billiter-square, June 26,1863. N.B.—The chair will be taken at Two o'clock precisely. COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS' SCHOOLS for ORPHANS and NECESSITOUS CHILDREN, Pinner, Middlesex. A General Half-yearly Court was held at the London Tavern, this day, June 29, 1863, George Moore, Esq., trea surer, in the chair, when an election of fourteen children— nine boys and five girls—took place. The following is the result of the poll : SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES. • BOYS. Piper, Edmund William 9,281 Cooper, H. W. Jones, Benjamin ChaPmAn,-James Witllo/41110, C $. ...4 (1 6, ,74 7246 Oldknow, H. terVl. G iF Baxter, E. A. Thorp, Lucy M 4,847 -Mansell, L. R UNSUCCESSFUL Bo' ,Porter, Clement 3,650 Marshall, Wm. . 2,61 Compton, F. C 2,275 Shenton, Fred. Ryder, E. C. Bolton, Isabel Worsfold, Emily Offices, 76, Cheapside, Lon, Massingham A. E. 3,156 Goodeluld, Louisa E... 3,050 CANDIDATES. Powell, F. W. ..... l,lBl Campbell, E. J 1,039 Potter, John Hartley, G. N. B 228 me. Walker, E. C. Hurley, F. L 1,596 Swann, , R. NRY LENDON, Secretary. ni, E.C., June 29, 1863. _;•