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S E A.--MIDSHIPMEN required for splendid guiBhips for Australia and India. Premium. 50 to 60 N va ` e :S rnay be paid in two Instalments. Apprentices also , •!,t B d, with and without premium. —Apply to W . Suther- Za , hip and passage broker, 11, Penchurch-buildings, by P enchurch-street. Established 1551. SEA--VAC kNCIES for MIDSHIPMEN end krem APPRENTICES in a first-class Lordon flrm. ium moderate. Al- o apprentices without prt mium.— PNY to SIITIIONDS and Co.. 38, St. Mary-at-hill, East the • ala , E. Third vifieers and Stewards wanted. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 voli., RESPECTABLE SINNERS. By MRS. BROTHERTON. _ . "A very attractive novel in which some of the Tartu ires and Pharisees of modern days are skilfully d e picted. The story is very natur a lly an d c h arm i ng l y told—Sun. Hurst and Blaeliett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. SEA. First-class APPRENTICES required in an East Incliaman. --For premium, name of ship, &c. . a ‘ fPly to M essrs. Laing. and Co., 27, Coleman street, Bank. o control over or interference in the outfitting exercised. CIE EGYPTIAN COMMERCIAL AND L TRADING COMPANY (Limited). To be Incorporated, with Limited Liability, under "The Companies Act, 1862." £2,000,000, in 100,000 Shares of £2O each. Payment on allotment £2 per 'Aare. The Capital has been subscribed, with the exception of 25,000 Shares, which have been reserved for Mae to the public by the International Financial Society. DIRECTORS. P resident—ll. IL Prince HALIM PASHA, late Governor of the Soudan. John Cater, Esq., Director of the Bank of Egypt, L on d on. Dervicu, Esq. (E. Dervieu and Co.), Alexandria. ';• en dW. Larking, Esq , London. Oppenheim, Esq. (Oppenheim, Nephew , an d Co.), Alex - RI. Rose, Esq. (Briggs and Co.), Alexandria. 'thy esenaere, Dutch ConsuleGeneral, Alexandria. W. P. Scholfield, Eeq., London (late A. and S. Henry and Co., Manchester). R. Sulzbach, Esq., Frankfort O.M. Alexander Tod. sq., London (Tod, Rathbone, and Co., Egypt; and Stephen Kennard and Co., London). M MANAGER. M. Sakakini, Esq. (Sakakini Brothers), Cairo. AGENTS. Messrs. Fruhling and Goschen, London. Marcuard, Andre, and Co., Paris. The Bank of' Saxe Meiningen, Frankfort. BANKERS. Messrs. Glyn, Mills, and Co. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Bircham, Dalrymple, Drake, and Ward, 46, Parliament-street, Westminster. PROSPECTUS. E neouraged by the desire of the Government of his High the Viceroy the Viceroy of Egypt, several Commercial Houses and Society have united to form this Company:— The Internet onal Financial Society, London. Messrs. Fruhling and Goschen, London. Messrs. Marcuard, Andre, and Cie., Paris. Mr W. F. J aeger, Fraul fort. Mr. S. Sulzbace, Frankfort. Messrs. Oppenheim, Nephew, and Cie., Alexandria. Messrs. Dervieu and Cie., Alexandria. The object of the Company is to devote special attention to the development of Commerce with Upper Egypt, Nubia, the Soudan, and adjoining countries as well as the borders of the Red Sea, and to establish trading relations with those dis tricts, the enormous resources of which—till now almost un developed—are so well known as to render it needless to enter into a lengthened description. The Company will buy or exchange the produce, which consists of cotton, coffee, sugar, rice, tobacco, gums, oils, ivory, senns, beeswax, ost r i c h feathers, gold dust, silk, in d, he. The Viceroy of Egypt has, by the grant of a liberal subsidy, called into existence a Steam Navigation Company for the Red Sea and th e Nile he is also about, with the view of as sisting the operations of this Company, to complete, at his Own expense, telegraphic communication between Alxandria and all the principal stations which have been sel e ected for the operations of the Company, interior to Khartoum, the farthest town of importance in the of Africa within the limits of Egyptian territory, and to Take on the frontiers of Abyssinia. By these means the difficulty of communication, hitherto r i B ti nge will be removed, a' d means of transport greatly f acilitated. It will be an object of this Company to encou !a,ge all enterprises which will tend to provide means of Vildd transport, whether by steamers, railways, canals, or the organisation of caravans. It will also be an object of t re Company to encourage, by the advance of money to cul eators, importation of seed, establishment of cotton gins, 'lee, the cu tivation of cotton in Upper Egypt, where there exist immense tracts of land capable of producing it to al most any ext en t. Th e popu l a ti on i n t h ose di s t r i c t s is nunie- It is a " 8 and industrious. well-ascertained fact that, in Upper Egypt and the a Z)ldan, cultivators and traders can afford to borrow money '-' ll - , (1 5 per cent , per month, and still amass considerable ealth. oflk e , C °ra PanY intend to establish encies on both coasts e Sea. On the Arabian Coast Dgeddah has been Wselected as a principal place of commerce. On the coast of i t M t rua agencies will also be established at Kossier, Sa „_eu, and Massawah. trading operations of the Company will extend from o li r ,alP the Nile as far as possib'e into the interior of Africa, c o `"lng the co'urses of the White and Blue Nile, whilst tO ica ninuntion will be carried on between the interiorand "e Red Sea, and its east and west coasts. t It i s intended to commence operations below Siout, ex fier:r t rig gradually upwards, employing the capital, in the instance by making advances to cultivators in Upper ,gryt, operations with which the Alexandrian Directors are cquainte, and which, bein highly lucrative, at once "re a large interest on the capital employed. The c e t , apital of the Company will be gradually called up as ~ .operations are extended. thetarr. Sakakini, who has for tradears carried on, and is an.ghly acquainted with, thee of Upper Egypt and Th. a uJeining, countries, has consented to sot temporarily as eaer in order to give the Company the advantage of his ia t erlenCe in the organttation of a sufficient and comp l etent The Articles of Association will provide for a defined and payment participation by the Directors in the profits, after -vairnent of interest, on the capital called up, and the houses ro have founded the Company will be entitle-el to the privi ege of taki ng one -th r d o f any' urther issue of Shares, sub ject to which all new Scares will be distributed pro rata aniongst the existing Shareholders. Applications for Shares must be made to the International 'fluidal Society (Limited), at their Offices, 54, Old Broad street, E.C. No application will be received after Saturday, 20th June, at 12 noon. London, June, 1863. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Directors of the International Financial Society (Limited). Gentlemen,—l request you to allot me Shares of £2O in the Egyptian Commercial and Trading Company (Limited), and I hereby agree to become a member of that Company, and to accept such Shares, or any less number that may be allotted to me, and I request that my name may be jalaced on tie- Register of Members in respect of the Shares allotted to me. I am, Gentlemen, your o bedient servant, Na, Name in full Address in full Reference Date A RGYLL ROOM S.-JULLIEN'S PROMENADE CONCERTS. NOTlCE.—During the Week the Selections will be—" Der Frieschutz "—" La Forza del Destino "—" Il Trovatore ''— "Don Giovanni," &o. LEVY, the great wonder on the Cornet-a-Piston, plays from half-past Nine to Twelve. Admission, is. THE EGYPTIAN COMMERCIAL AND TRADING COMPANY (Limited). I,,,The Directors desire to engage the services of a GENERAL iE t tINAG KR, competent to conduct the com mercial business ' his Company in Egypt ~A thorough knowledge of commercial and trading business, "'icL of the Italian and French languages, is indispensable. AP 1 P ications, with references, to be addressed to the Di -.Lors of the Company, 54, old Broad-street, E.C. A.D. 1720. ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE CORPORATION (Established by Charter of his Majesty George the First) FOR SEA, FIRE, LIFE, AND ANNUITIES. Offices, Royal Exchange, London. Branch Office, 29, Pall-malL OCTAVIUS WIGRAM, Esq., Governor. GEORGE PEARKES BARCLAY, Esq., Sub-Governor. Sir JOHN HENRY PELLY, Bart., Deputy-Governor. 'ORS. yL'w ell rY Bainbridge, Esq. Wilmot Holland, Esq. °b ert Barclay, Esq. Earl of L even and Melville. a On Garrett Cattley, Esq. Chas. Jno. Manning, Esq. , ark Currie Close, Esq. Henry Nelson, Esq. ill-lain Davidson, Esq. The Hon. Josceline W. Percy. hoinas D en t, Esq_._ Charles Robinson, Esq. Ale xander Druce, Esq. Samuel Leo Schuster, Esq. „ I,ll:edk. Jos. Edlmann, Esq. Eric Carrington Sm ith, Es q . ttiv ersdaleW. Grenfell, Esq. William Soltau, Esq. u pbt. Amadeus Heath, Esq. Joseph Somes, Esq., M.P. Tetlow Hibbert, Esq.' William Wallace, Esq. J ae Stewart Hodgson, Esq. Chas. Baring Young, Esq. Medical Referee, SAMUEL SOLLY, Esq., F.R.S. ...NOTICE.— ['he usual fifteen days allowed for payment of FIRE PREMIUMS falling due at Midsummer will expire on 9th July. FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected with this Corporation on advantageous terms. In the Life Department, assurances are granted with par „ "elpation 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 Pa able by persons who preferred that form of Bonus. The divisions of Profit take place every Five years. 4111 Y sum not exceeding £15,000 may be insured on one This Corporation affords to the Assured— Liberal participation in Profits—with exemption from the liabilities of partnership. A rate of Bonus equal to the average returns of Mutual Societies—with the guarantee of a large invested Capital Stock. The advantages of modern practice,—with the security of an Office whose resources have been tested by the ex perience of nearly a CENTURY AND A HALF. The Corporation have always allowed the Assured to serve n the pdifitia, Yeomanry, or Volunteer Corps within the United Kingdom, free of charge. RoTA.r.. EXCHANGE, LONDON. ROBT. P. STEELE, Secretary. ANEVER FAILING REMEDY.— Dr. SCOTT'S BILIOUS and LIVER PILLS, pre ?tired without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. -cott, of Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to all who suffer from bilious and fiver complaints, indigestion, wind. spasms, giddiness, dizziness of the eyes, &o. For habitual costiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier of the blood, they are truly excellent; mild in their opera tion and grateful to the stomach, they create appe rite, pro mote digestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system. Sold by W. Lambert, 8, King William-street, Charing-cross. London, and by most druggists, in boxes,ls. lid., and three times the quantity in one, 2s. 9d. Be sure to ask for Dr. Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are a square green package, with " William Lambert," engraved on the stamp. TEA.—MOORE BROTHERS respectfully inti mate that their New Prospectus is now ready. They especially recommend their improved Family Tea, reduced to 3s. 2d.. Souchonr , reduced to 3s. Bd. ; mixed Assam , re duced to 3s. Bd. ; and the finest Assam, reduced from 4 s. 4 d . to 3s. 11d. per lb. MOORE BROTHERS, 35, London-bridge, City, E.C. G UARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, No. 11, Lombard-street, London, E.C. Established 1821. Subscribed Capital, Two Millions. DIRECTORS. Sir M[NTO FARQUHAR, Bart, M.P., Chairman. CHARLES WILLIAM CURTIS, Esq., Deputy Chairman. Fleury Hulse Berens, Esq., , John Labouchere, Esq. Henry Bonham Carter, Esq. G. Shaw Lefevre, Esq. Charles F. Devas, Esq. John Martin, Esq. Francis Hart Dyke, Esq. I Rowland Mitchell, Esq. Str Walter R. Farquhar, Bart. James Morris, Esq. :lames Goodson, Esq. I Henry Norman, Esq. l'humson Hanley, Esq., M.P Henry It. Reynolds, Esq. John G. Hubbard, Esq., M.P. , Abraham J. Robarts, Esq. john U. Hubbard, Esq., 'MY. Abra am J. obarts, Esq. redk. H. Janson, Esq. Henry Vig,ne, Esq. AUDITORS. Lewis Loyd, Esq. H e nry Sykes Thornton , Esq. I C ornelius Paine, jun., Esq. Noel Whiting, Esq. T hos.Tallemach, Esq., Secretary I Saml. Brown, Esq., Actuary LIFE DEPA RTMENT.—UNDER THE Puovistorts OF AN ACT In or PARLIAMENT, this Company now offers to new ttrers EIGHTY PER CENT. of the Profits, at Quinquennial Divisions, or a Low Rate of Premium without participation of Profits. Since the establishment of the Company in 1821, the Amount of Profits allotted to the Assured has exceeded in V.,F311 val ue £660,000, which represents equivale n t R ev ersionary bonuses of £1,058,00 0 . After the Division of Profits at Christmas, 18.59, the Life A ssurances in force, with existing- Bonuses thereon, a mounted to upwards of £4,730,000, the Income from the Lite Branch £207,000 per annum , and the L ife Assurance Fund, independe n t of the capital, excee ded £1,618,000 . LOCAL MILITIA and VOLUNTEER CORPS.—No Extra Premium is required for service therein. LOANS granted on Life Policies to the extent of their val ueg, if such value be not less than £5O. ASSIGNMENTS OF POLICIES.—Written Notices of, re ceived and registered. MEDICAL FEES paid by the Company, and no charge or P - u..ey Stamps. FIRE DEPARTMENT. —Insurances are effected upon every description of proPertY at moderate rates. Losses caused by Zxplosion of Gas are admitted by this C44l3lPany, 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, R.G. Treasurer—Edward Masterman, Esq. _ _ This was the first hospital to introduce the ri7 • and instant admission to the destitute sick, without principle of free for mality of governors' letters. It is entirely devoted t t o' h desti tution in its most pitiable form — v iz., that which i s acco polled by sickness an d disease, and is now of sufficient magnitude that, with adequate support, it may be rendered capable of admitting into its wards a very large proportion of 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 Board feel it their imperative duty to make an EARNEST APPEAL to the public for continued supper, 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 &teems. Coutts and said Co. ; Ransom and C an. r ; ummond and Co. ,• Herres `AL CO.;; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Glyn atunldd C at o t . u ; e J ti on os e p s it L s o i. and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; Denison Williams, Deacon, and Co. ; Overend, Gurney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co.;- Messrs. J. Barred and Co., Liverpool !STANFORD 0, WITH, aearetia. EA.—FELLOWS and CO., Shipbrokers, 127. Fenchurch-street, E.C. require MIDSHIPMEN and LOTIUR First-class APPREN'TICES in an A I clipper India -1,50) tons. Premium moderate, returned in wages. 24:5 ,0 stout Lads, without premium, for other ships. Wages .N O . 22,145. REV. CHARLES KINGSLEY'S NEW STORY. With Two Illutrations by J. Noel Paton, R.S.A., 4t0., extra cloth, 78. 6d., T HE WATER BABIES : A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby. By L CHARES KINGSLEY, M.A., Chaplain in Ordinary to the Queen and the Prince of Wales. By the same Author, • 1. HYPATTA ; or, New Foes with an Old Face. Cs. 2. TWO YEARS AGO. 3d Edition. 6s. 3. WESTWARD HO! 4th Edition. 68. 4. ALTON LOCKE. New Edition. 9s. 6d. 5. GLAUCF 8 ; or, Wonders of the Shore. 7s. 6d. 6. THE HEROES ; or, Greek Fairy Tales. 38. 6d. Macmillan and Co.. 23, Henrietta-street, Covent - garden, London, and Cambridge. THE POLISH INSURRECTION. Lately published, Crown Svo., cloth, with Map, 7s. 6d., ACROSS THE CARPATHIANS. An Account of a Journey from Presburg to Cracow. " One of the very best works of travel that we have met with. . • . The author's thoughts on what he sees are always thoroughly original and sagacious."—John Bull. " One of the most pleasing books of modern travel"—West minster Review. Macmillan and Co., 23, Henrietta-street, Covent-garden, London, and Cambridge. MONDAY NEXT. - MR. BENEDIC T'S GRAND ANNUAL MORNING CONCERT. Under the ►mmediate Patronage of His Royal Highness the Prince of WALES and Her Royal Highness the Princess of WALES, The programme is now ready. Reserved seats, 10s. 6d. : area, ss. ; upper balcony, 3s. May still be had on immediate application at the principal musirsellers' ; Austin's, .8, Pic cadilly; and of Mr. Benedict, 2, Manchester-square, W. The Cencert to commence at Two o'clock precisely. T HEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE, JUNE 30, 1863. A Grand MELANGE DRAMATIQUE will take place in AID of the FUNDS for a NATIONAL METROPOLITAN MONUMENT to SHAKESPEARE, under the immediate Patronage of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Prin cess of Wales, before whom 60 eminent artistes will have the honour of appearing. —Hon. Sec., Mr. Adolphus Francis, 43, Cumberland-street, Hyde-park. SAWYER'S FAMOUS LONDON DINNER FOR THIS DAY. At 2s. 6d. each Person. SOUPS. Mock Turtle. Brnnoise. FISH. Scollops of Salmon an Gratin. Hackerel,:Maitre d'Hotel. ENTREES. Sauti of Chicken au Fines He , bes. Granadon of Veal and Spinach. JOINTS. Roast Lamb. Roast Beef. SWEETS. Victoria Puddings. Cheese Cakes. Cheese and Salad. An extensive and carefully selected stock of FRENCH, RHENISH, MOSELLE, and other WINES, imported ex pressly for the London Dinner. THE LONDON, 191, FLEET-STREET. T" OXF ORD, R, OXFORD STREET. Will be performed Selections from the following Operas : LA CIRCASSIENNE, MARTHA, and MASANIELLO. Supported by Miss Russell, Miss Townley, Miss Ellison, Messrs. Albert, Green , Bernar di, Huish, Kimberle y , and ' W. Evans, with full band and chorus. Conducted by Mr. Jonghmans. Drew Dean's Flute Solos Master Sanders, the Juvenile Vocalist. UNSWORTH, the modern Demosthenes. Eugene, W. Randall, J. Hutchenson, and the marvellous ARTHUR and BERTRAND. The HALL.Ins been newly Decorated and Ventilated, and is now one of the most Beautiful in the Metropolis. CANTERBURY HALL AND lJ FINE ARTS GALLERY. NOTICE.— ENTIRE CHANGE OF ENTERTAINMENT. This Evening the Marvellous ARTHUR and BERTRAND, the Two Fren h Clowns. ARTHUR LLOYD'S burlesque Drama, arranged expres s ly fo tli.M. A. B. HOLLINGSWORTH'S new Comicalities, &c SAM COLLINS, with new Songs. UNSWORTH, the celebrated Stump Orator. EUGENE, and G. HUTCHINSON. GRAND SELECTIONS from OPERAS, GLEES, and CANTATAS. Principal Artistes—Miss Russell. Miss Townley; Mr. Green, Signor Bunali, and Signor Tivoli. Conductor, Mr. Jonghmans. Admission - -Hall, 6d. ; stalls and balcony, is. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. - LES TROIS NICHOLETS.—FIRST WEEK of these ex traordinary CLOWNS, from the Cirque Napoleon, in a Per formance never before attempted in this country. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE.—lmmense Success of the Great Spanish Gymnasts, the RI6ARELIS. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. This magnificent Building, the Best Ventilated and Coolest Place of Resort in London, is OPEN DAILY from Twelve to Five FREE OF CHARGE. The Choicest Wines and Refreshments. 29, GEORGE-STREET, HANOVER-SQUARE. THE LONDON ANATOMICAL MUSEUM, containing 1,200 Models, Natural Preparations, Monstro sities, &c., illustrating every part of the Human Frame ; also the Moving Anatomical Dying Zouavc, Julia Pastrana, ctc. Admission, One Shilling (tor Gentlemen only), from 10 till 10. Lecture at Four. Illustrated Catalogue free for 14 stamps, sealed 20. Address the Secretary, as above. R. T. CARRICK begs to announce to his Artist Friends and the Public, that his Photographic 32, Regent-street, Piccadilly- c i rcus, i s now in situalbl' Cartes de Visite, 10 for 10 s. 6 d ; 21 for £l. Miniatures on ishm operation. en t Ivory, Marble, and the Photographic base in his former styles. THE best TROUSERS for gentlemen to wear are those made by ELSTOB, of 60, New Bond-street. They are neither so low in price as to necessitate their being carelessly put together, nor so dear as to gain only the wealthy as purchasers. "In media pia tutissimus ibis." ELSTOB'S TROUSERS, TWENTY-ONE SHILLINGS PER PAIR. HOME and FOREIGN INQUIRY OFFICE.— Confidential inquiries and legal investigations pri vately instituted with the utmost fidelity and despatch. in England and all parts on the Continent, by Mr. POLLAKY, 14, George-street, Mansion-house, E.C. DEAFNESS. —The SOUND MAGNIFIER INVISIBLE VOICE CONDUCTOR, a newly in vented instrument for severe cases of deafness. It fits into the ear, not perceptible, 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. LUXURIANT WHISKERS, Moustaches, and Eyebrows produced in a few weeks by the use of ELLIOTT'S TONIC LOT ION, 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., is. 6d., 105. 6d., and 21s. Forwarded on receipt of postage stamps.—Thomas Elliott, hairgrower (first floor), 51, Fenchurch-street. T. E.'s wigs. Ll 10a •-`,:, •••• ~.. = • , fed , r 4 :r. • ~„..., 1 11. -- m - ' - , lA\ - . , . ... , ' 1 11111 - ' c, •."..,..„.. ~.' Q. 131 • 4, 44 ~ .--,,,,,•(,/ f\ieltiefw ''tll' ';)r., , , , ': 4, , 4, , ,..* ' '( / 1 1 .1., : : ,n, : ,:i- • ' - ~,,• ~- ~ : gs . w......tv . —-4. ,9 --41 -,,y i 7r. H ,. , -4- '8.5 ,,, t,, t u ,::` ` .- e' 11:(--: -..---- :--4-1 / 4 ": '' , .4,.... 4 „, (,), ...... 0, iy.. ,e ••' - 4,\ •,. • , ~•. . , , • ...... 1 / 4 1 "."..... ....... .. 41171111 . , ,„‘.,, , ..... : COPP.`,'R. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 19, 1863. Naval and Military Intelligence. 102 d (Royal Madras Fusileers) Regiment, now in India, being considerably below their proper strength, the Duke of Cambridge has issued orders for volunteering to be opened for that corps from' the other regiments now in England. Up to the present time volunteering has been attended with considerable success, nearly 100 men having arrived at Chatham garrison from various regiments to join the depot of the 102 d. In accordance with directions received at the garrison volunteering is to remain open until the whole of the required num ber of 300 men have been obtained. alteration in and two requited additions to the ship's equipment, which, if executed, will confer a boon upon all en board. The "pilot-house," as it is termed, is an erection on the quarter-deck, below the level of the bulwarks, and is a ridiculous imita tion of the Warrior's pilot-house, which has really been put to a useful purpose. The Royal Oe.k has not yet received its armour-plating, and the officers of the ship would gladly see suca an eyesore re moved. The two required additions to the ship's equipment are the introduction of Gurney's oil gas THE NAVY. VALETTA, Jane 14.—H.M.S. Pelican, 17, Corn. P. Brock, arrived on Thursday last in six days from the Piraeus, having been relieved there by the screw sloop Icarus, 11, Corn. N. Salmon, V.C. Lieut. R. Sperling, of the Icarus, arrived by the Pelican, on sick leave, and proceeded to England in the Penin sular and Oriental Company's steamer Delta on Saturday. Lieut. Hanson, R.N., and Capt. Norris, 4th battalion Rifle Brigade, also went home in this vessel. Her Majesty's screw gunvessel Wanderer, 4, Com. M. C. Seymour, left Malta on the Bth inst. for Corfu, with despatches for the Commander-in- Chief; and the screw gunboat Cockatrice, 2, Lieut. Corn. Gillson, left on the same day for Constanti nople and the Danube, taking with her a general mail. On Saturday, the 6th inst„ a court-martial was held on board H.M.S. Revenge, 73, in Malta harbour, under the presidency of Rear-Admiral Yelverton, C. 8., to try Mr. W. P. Jolliffe, a midship man of H.M.S. Meannee, for drunkenness. The accused was found guilty, and sentenced to be dis missed the ship and to lose two years' service. Capt. the Hon. F. A. Foley arrived yesterday in the Pen insular and Oriental Company's steamer Ripon to take the command of H.M.S. Revenge, 73, flagship of Rear-Admiral H. R. Yelverton, C.B. Comman des G. D'Arcy Irvine, R.N., and Lieut. Hamersley arrived from England in the same vessel. A pro ject is on foot to connect the islands of Malta and Gozo by an electric submarine cable, and to esta blish land lines between the two capitals and the principal casals or villages. Mr. Gibson, the Govern ment Inspector of telegraphs, has offered to provide the local government with the necessary materiel from the surplus stores belonging to the Malta and Alexandria Telegraph. The local government is only called on to provide the manual labour for fixing the posts along the route, and to allow the men actually on signal service to be taught how to work the modern line, which is so simple that an hour's teaching would render them capable of carrying out the new duties re quired of them. Her Majesty's ships in port are the Hibernia, receiving ship (bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral H. T. Austin, C. 8.), Commander R. B. Harvey ; the Revenge, 73 (bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Yelverton, C. 8.), Capt. the Hon. F. A. Foley ; the Meannee, 60, Capt. G. Wodehouse ; the Pelican, 17, Commander B. Brock ; the Alacrity, 4, Commander J. K. Baird; the Caradoc, 2, Lieut.- Commander E. W. Wilkinson; the tenders Boxer and Growler; and the surveying vessel Medina, being broken up. On Wednesday Vice-Admiral Sir W. J. Hope Johnstone, 8.C.8., Commander-in-Chief at the Noro, paid an official visit to the Camberland, 74, Capt. J. Hall, guardship of the Chatham steam re serve, prior to giving up his command. The Vice- Admiral, accompanied by his staff, made a minute inspection of the ship, and afterwards mustered the whole of the mere belonging to the ships comprising the steam reserve. At the close of the inspection of the Cumberland Vice-Admiral Johnstone proceeded to the naval barracks. There he mustered the offi cers and men, under the command of Commander Barnardiston, and witnessed their drill with the 110-pounder naval Armstrongs and the 68-pounder ship guns on the exercising battery adjoining the barracks. He expressed himself highly pleased at the manner in which both officers and men had ac quitted themselves. Sir W. J. H. Johnstone will haul down his flag on the Ist of July, and resign the commend of the Nore squadron. It is stated at Chatham that he will be succeeded by Vice-Admi ral of the White Sir George R. Lambert, K.C,B. (Dec. 18, 1858). The Esk, 20, screw, Capt. Hamilton, sailed from Spithead yesterday at 4 p.m., for the Australian station. The system hitherto adoptei of placing the in fantry troops at Chatham under canvas 'for the summer months has not been resorted to during the present season, in consequence of there being ample barrack accommodation for the whole of the officers and men quartered within the garrison; and from the disadvantages attending the encamping of nu merous bodies of men in close proximity to a large town, it seems probable that the military authorities will not place any portion of the troops at Chatham under canvas during the present summer. By the withdrawal of the invalid depot from Chatham, and its removal to the Royal Victoria Hospital at Net ley, the commodious barracks at St. Mary's are placed at the disposal of the authorities for the re ception of troops, and for some time past it has been doubtful to what purpose that establishment would be applied. The authorities, however, have now de termined to appropriate the barracks for the accom modation of the troops forming the three battalions of infantry at Chatham, and as soon as Col. thaw and the staff of the late invalid depot, who still re tain possession of St. Mary's barracks, have been removed, a portion of the 3d depot battalion will immediately occupy them. During the late visit of the Army Sanitary Commissioners to Chatham they inspected St. Mary's barracks. Certain alterations and improvements were suggested before they were again occupied, and these are now being carried out. With this additional barrack accoMmodation at their disposal, the military • authorities have determined on reducing the number of troops quartered in each barrack-room in the garrison, so as to allow every man the minimum accommodation of 600 cubic feet. At St. Mary's barracks the number of troops formerly quartered in each room was 30, which was afterwards reduced to 24, and under the new arrangement will be again reduced to 18. In the reappointment of the other barracks the same reductions will be carried into effect. (it must be remembered that all is darkness below the Royal Oak's main deck),as has been done, and found to answer so successfully, on board the Re sistance, and the construction of a lightly built house on the foremost bridge for the use of the Master, or officer of the watch—such a light struc ture as the Warrior, Black Prince, and many other of our ships of war already possess. The Royal Oak, soon after anchoring at Spithead on Wednesday, on the conclusion of her official trials, received orders to proceed to sea and join the squadron in the Channel, under the command of Rear-Admiral S. C. Dacres, C.B. She sailed before daylight yesterday morning. In our report of the full powered trials of the Royal Oak it was_stated that the ship's tanks were stowed on the plan of Mr. Wallis. This was an error. They are stowed according to the plans of Mr. Moore, of the Tide Guage-office and Master Attendant's Department in Portsmouth dockyard, plans which have received the approval of the Admiralty. THE OXFORD COMMEMORATION. OXFORD, June 18. The Christ Church ball of Wednesday night was quite as brilliant and, as may be imagined, -more select and aristocratic in its company than the fete , of the previous evening. The Duke and -Duchess of Buccleuch, the Duke and Duchess of Marlborough, the Duke of Newcastle, Lord and Lady Derby, Lord Granville, Mr. and Mrs. Gladstone, Mr. and Mrs. Disraeli, Lord and Lady Dufferin, and a long list of distinguished visitors were present, and all the guests were assembled and waiting for more than an hour before their Royal Highnesses ar rived. They came shortly after eleven o'clock, and were received with the usual marks of pro found respect and welcome. With their arrival the ball at once commenced, and from that time until after two o'clock, when they quitted the building, the Prince took part in almost every set that was danced, and the Princess almost as fre quently. Their departure can hardly be said to have affected the spirit in which the fete was en joyed by the general visitors, and the sun was shin ing brightly before the last had quitted this last display at Oxford's memorable Commemoration of 1863. With the cessation of the gaieties torpor and dulness seemed to fall upon the ancient city to-day, for the royal progresses in public was over, and none knew where the Prince was going or whither. As it was generally understood, however, that the Prince and Princess intended to drive through the town and inspect some of the chief monuments of Oxford, the curious public thronged the streets from an early hour in the forenoon, in the hope of catching a glimpse of royalty. Great secrecy was maintained as to the route planned for the illus trious visitors, and everyone had to guess what were the points of attraction where they were most likely to be found. On this question' there was, of course, great scope for individual prejudice or predilections. Some went to one college, some to another, and it was amusing to observe the clusters of spectators and displays of flags in dingy, odd, out-of-the-way spots to which it.was thought, for some inscrutable reason, that the Prince could not fail to conduct the Princess. The more knowing kept a close watch an the metropolitan police, and when they saw two or three of them gathering round ally quaint, venerable structure, kept close on their heels, knowing that they were there for a special pur pose. Others, who wished to be extremely safe and Cautious, stationed themselves under the shadow of the Tom Tower of Christ Church, thus making cer tain, as they thought, of seeing the cortege on its first egress, and observing the direction it took. Numbers waited here for several hours, and when noon passed without any sign of the anxiously expected carriages an uneasy feeling began to prevail that, after all, they must have gone out by another gate. Those who waited patiently for a little longer were not doomed to this disap pointment. About half-past twelve the Prince and Princess, accompanied by Lady de Grey and Ripon, drove out in an or en chariot, followed by the rest of the suite, the Dean of Christ Church, and Mrs. Liddell in two other carriages. They were of course loudly cheered as they passed along, and enterpris ing detachments of the crowd strove manfully to keep pace with the horses, generally arriving at each place where a halt was made a few minutes after the Prince and Princess had entered, and waiting till they re-appeared, when a new race began with similar results, The police arrange ments, however, were excellent, and prevented any undue crushing or intrusion. The first visit paid was to Frewen-hall, an old sombre -looking mansion off the High-street of Ox ford—the Prince's home while he was in residence here, and for which, as associated with his academic days he is said to entertain a strong liking. Nothing was more natural than that he should wish to show his bride his first family mansion, notwithstanding that it is rather small, very old, and certainly gloomy-looking. The entrance to it is up a narrow and shabby court, and thence between tall old monastic-looking walls to a small, low-pointed gate way overgrown with limes,the oak door in which give entrance to a little court before the old-fashioned house in which the Prince lived. It is sombre out side and plain within ; and the wonder is how the Prince and even the small suite who were with him ever found room to live there. Over all the rooms in this old fashioned house—and they were not many—the Prince and Princess went, remain ing in it altogether about half an hour—a lapse of time quite long enough to assemble an immense crowd in the High-street, who started the echoes in -Oxford, far and near, with their tumultuous cheer ing as their Royal Highnesses came forth to their carriage again. The Orlando, 51, screw, Capt. G. G. Randolph, sailed from Spithead yesterday afternoon, for Port land and the Channel Fleet. The Warrior, 40, screw iron frigate, Capt. A. A. Cochrane, C. 8., was docked at Portsmouth yes terday in the large double dock. The iron frigate Recruit, 6, 150 horse power, has nearly completed her heavy repairs at Chatham dockyard, which have been in hand several months, and mill be ready for floating out of the dock during the ensuing spring tides. The starboard side of her hull has been coated with one of the numerous new anti-corrosive substances for the prevention of foul ing in the bottoms of our iron ships, which are constantly being brought under the notice of the Admiralty. The composition applied to the bottom of the Recruit is the invention of Mr. Crispin, but instead of being placed on the iron in its original state, the ship's bottom was previously covered with red lead, which is stated to be detrimental to the efficacy of the new composition. It has long been matter of surprise that none of our eminent chemists have directed their attention to the preparation of a substance which will effectually prevent fouling, the compositions brought under the notice of the Admiralty up to the present time being more or less failures. Both fortune and fame are to be made in the discovery of an effectual anti-fooling composi tion for iron ships' bottoms. The paddlewheel steamer Salamis, 250 horse power, is in Ne. 3 dock at Chatham, where she is being brought forward for the pennant. Her boilers, condensers, and all the heavy portions of her machi nery are on board, and no time is to be lost in get ting her ready for sea, the dock in which she is fit Ling being required for the reception of the iron fri gate Tamar, 500 horse power. The Cadmus, 21, 400 horse power, attached to the third class steam reserve, is to be placed in the fourth dock at Chatham, where she is to undergo some extensive repairs, involving an outlay of £lO,OOO. Sbe will afterwards be commissioned to take the place of one of the vessels ordered home. The War Department screw steamvessel Lord Paumure, T. Moore, master, from Woolwich, with stores for the gun wharf and Bull Point, arrived at Plymouth on Wednesday. The screw steam corvette Pelorus, 17, having been thoroughly repaired, was removed from No. 4 dock at Devonport yesterday. The Gibraltar, 98, will be removed from No. 1 dock to-morrow. The ships of war on the Australian station at the date of the last advicea were the Harrier, 17, Capt. Sullivan, at New Zealand ; the Miranda, 14, Capt. Jenkins, at Sydney; and the Eclipse, 4, Comman der Mayne, at New Zealand. Her Majesty's ship Pioneer left the Australian waters for England on April 14. The party next visited Exeter, the College of the Vice-Chancellor, Dr. Lightfoot, where they spent a long time in the exquisite chapel bailt from the de signs of Mr. Scott, and much resembling in style and proportions the Sainte Chapelle of Paris. In this a stay of some minutes was made, and then across the courtyard to the Bodleian Library, where the Princess was shown the veritable lantern taken from Guy Fawkes's hand at the time of his capture—a large, rusty, old-fashioned piece of ironwork, which lies side by side with the por traits of the chief conspirators in that most radical attempt to reform the Constitution. The chair made from the oaken timbers of the ship in which Drake first circumnavigated the world was also duly pointed out, and the visitors walked some time in this fine old library, admiring its curious collection of pictures and the huge piles of volumes which almost seem to form its w alls. Perhaps, however, the most interesting visit o f the day n as that which was next paid to the New, or, as it is oft en callcd, the A eland Museum, the Professor of Medicine having by hue exertions con tributed materially to its first establishment and sub sequent success. The good taste of e s th G o hie style in which the struct ure is built has carcely yet ceased to be matte r of controversy, .but tnere can be no question that it forms a picturesque a ddition to the public buildings of this monume ntal city. A pleasing feature of the in ternal decoration, which the Royal visitors did not omit to observe, is the employment of wrought-iron ornaments of rare artistic merit both in design and execution. The capitals of the pillars and spandrils of the arches which support th e roo f are of this The annual regatta by the officers of the Royal Engineers, at headquarters, Chatham, took place yesterday, in the Medway, near Rochester-bridge, in the presence of a large number of spectators. The following appointments were made at the Admiralty yesterday : Alfred G. Hill, assistant-clerk, additional, to the Edgar, W. F. Banbury, do., do. Russell Osborn, do., to the Fisgard. C. K. Maloney, do., do. Cecil Reid, do., supernumerary, to the Royal Adelaide. Edward G. 'Whitemore, do., do. H. W. Paul, do,, additional to the Indus. William IL Fox, do., to the Majestic. ~~~~l'e PR1CE.....-..4d. STAMPED character, and represent interwoven branches of lime, chestnut, ivy, sycamore, palm, and other trees and shrubs, with leaf, flower, and fruit deli cately and truthfully remlered. The statues of Aristotle, Bacon, Newton, Galileo, and other great teachers of science, several of which have been con tributed by her Majesty, as a mark of her personal interest in the Museum, also attracted special notice. The examination of the rest of the collection, which is as diverse and miscellaneous as the old Trades c3nt's Ark, which was once a noted show at Oxford, and part of which is now deposited here, occupied nearly half an hour. It had been originally in tended that the Princess should have an oppor tunity of examining the beautiful architecture of Magdalen College, but, as time was wanting, this was omitted, and the cortege returned to the Deanery of Christ Church. The departure of the Royal visitors was marked by manifestations as enthusiastically loyal as had greeted their arrival. The station of the Great Western Railway and the streets leading to it from Christ Church were gaily decorated with flags, ban ners, garlands of flowers, and wreaths of evergreen. The City Volunteers, under Captain Parsons, were drawn up as a guard of honour in front of the sta tion—a mark of respect for which the Prince per sonally communicated his thanks to the officer in command. At half-past 3 the Royal party arrived at the station, and, after cordially taking leave of the Dean of Christ Church, Mrs. Liddell, and their family, entered the special train, which moved off amid the cheers of the spectators, the Prince and Princess bowing graciously at the window of their carriage. After this Oxford began to be quickly emptied of all save its regular permanent citizens. The time had come for the students to go down for the long vacation, and the visitors joined - them in a general rush to the railway. Flags were gradually , being withdrawn from windows and housetops, and the evergreens stripped down. In a word, the city was evidently subsiding into the dull, dozy stillness and repose of the long vacation. THE ARMY. The detachment of the Ist division of the Depot. Brigade, Royal Artillery, under the command of Capt. Heatharn, having completed its course of in struction at the School of Gunnery, Shoeburyness, has rejoined headquarters, prior to the officers and men embarking for India. The Elizabeth and Anne Bright with the head quarters 2d battalion 18th Royal Irish on board, en route for New Zealand, which sailed from Ports mouth on April 1, was spoken by a homeward bound ship on May 2 in lat. 4.37 N. lon. 23 8 W. All had gone on well, though the ship was much crowded, and the heat great. The ship was a good sailer, often making 13 knots. They expected to reach their destination about the beginning of July. In consequence of the service companies of the THE ROYAL OAR. This magnificent frigate resumed and concluded her trials at Portsmouth on Wednesday, and con cluded them with an almost unparalleled degree of success, both in her steering and in her steaming qualifications. The trials of the day were again under the direction of Capt. Broadhead. The ship had secured her anchor by 10 a.m., and as she stood out to the southward and passed the fine wooden frigate Orlando, of 51 guns, and 1,000 horse power of engine, the band of the latter ship struck up " Auld Lang Syne," which sounded like the wail of the noble looking .ship on her giory being eclipsed by her iron sister. The weather was again very fine, and favourable for . bringing out the ship's power, there being a light westerly summer breeze, with smooth water. By the time the steam was well up and all ready below, the ship had gained an offing outside the Culver Cliffs, at the east end of Sandown-bay, where advantage was taken of the space to make the required number of circles with four boilers, or two-thirds of the ship's power• These were made with the following results : Ist circle 2d circle Circle to to port. to port. starboard. Time occupied getting np helm lm. 05... ltn. 255. .. lm. 325. Angle of rudder 25 deg. . 28 deg. .. 26 deg. Turns of wheel _ _ 3 8 • • 3k Time occupied making half-circle 3m 75... 2m. 58s .. 2m. 58s, Ditto, full circle 6m. 215... 6m. 65... sm. 445. Revolutions of Engines previous to putting up th. helm 4B .. 52 .. 50 Revolutions afterwards Hen at wheel These three circles being considered a sufficient test of the ship's steering power under two-thirds force of her boilers, the ship was steered in for Spit head, and placed on the trial ground in Stokes-bay to make four runs at the mile with the same amount of boiler power. The results of the four runs were thus : No. of Time. Speed of Revolutions Pressure Runs. min. sec. Ship. of Engines. of Steam. Vacuum. 1 .... 4 51 —.12'371 .., ... 514 2 .... 6 0 ....10 . 600 ...... 53 3 .. 4 53 ....12287 ...... 61 1 .... 0 8 •• • • 9183 ••••.. 5t .. Mean speed of the ship at two•thirds power -11.126 knots. Steam was next got up in the remaining two boilers, and two circles made with the ship's full boiler power : First Circle Second to to Pot t. Starboard. Time occupied in getting up helm _ lm. 30 s. lm. 3t s. Angle of rudder 261 deg. .... 22 deg. Turns of wheel Time occupied in making half-circle .. 2m. 47 5..... 2m. 47 s. Ditto full circle .. am. 27 8..... sm. 2315. Revolutions of Engines previous to put ting up the helm Revolutions after wards Men at the wheel .. 60 .. 53 .. 6 With the exception of testing the facility with which the machinery could be worked in answer to the engine-room telegraph, the ship's cfficial trials were now concluded, and these closing tests gave their returns as follows :—Engines stopped dead, from time of moving telegraph hand, in 55 secs.; engines working astern at full speed from rest, do., in 18 secs.; engines from full speed astern to full speed ahead, from do., in 13 sees. The " indicated" horse-power of the Royal Oak on her full boiler power trial of speed at the mea sured mile on Monday was 3,704 horses, and on her four boiler power trial (two-thirds of her boiler power), 2,998 horses. It is a remarkable fact that the Royal Oak's trial of speed at Portsmouth, with all her guns, stores, provisions, &c., on board,—in fact, ready for sea, should have exceeded in speed that obtained in her light-draught full-power trial off the Maplin Sands; yet such is the case. At Portsmouth she drew 23ft. Sin. forward, and 25ft. 7in. aft. Off the Maplin Sands she drew only 20ft. 4in. forward, and 23ft. tin. aft. This gives a difference of about 900 toss in the ship's displacement, and yet a greater speed was obtained by the assistance only of a few pounds of steam, for herein lay the secret. The Royal Oak must be considered entirely suc cessful on all points of steaming and steering, and will furnish Lord Clarence Paget with a strong argument in his place in the House of Commons in e a s o the English Navy, engine -power and favour of Admiralty shipbuilding. It is an undeni able result of the ship's three days' trial s that she idsi Ei , p talakein incgeiant:othcealfcaustltitn ship her in and in her stem ing capabilities cannot be approached by any vessel the Admiralty have on their list above the size of a gunboat. Her circles completed at full power in 5 degs. 27 min. and 9 degs. 231 min. re spectively show, considering the vessel's size and length, wonderful powers of turning in obedience to her helm. In her feats of speed the results "two-thirds" equally an sa d tisfactory with third" obtainedbole bo i ler-power w i e n r her tri a I ' s ' o a n r e e • the results obtained with her full power of six boilers. The vibration e-;perienced during the trials was more than is experienced on board either of the four iron ships, bat it was much —very much less than would have been experi enced on board a wooden frigate during trial. What motion there was experienced was lateral. At the close of the trials, on anchoring at Spithead, the lower portsills were, amidships, Bft. 3in. from the water-line. The guns on the main deck are dis tributed in the following order :-24 95 cwt. 68- pounder solid shot guns, and eight 110-pounder Armstrong—the latter placed on the bows and quarters. It is impossible to close the notice of the trials of the Royal Oak without referring to a required SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. TIMES.---It is singularly difficult to speculate on American politics.or to forecast events from reports of American opinion, but there is a certain character about the recent proceedings at New York which induces ns to attach unusual importance to them. It is not now for the first time that mention is made of peace, or that a peace party has raised its voice in the North-Eastern States. We recollect how the Democrats commenced a manifestation of this kind some few months ago, and how abortively it termi nated. We have been repeatedly assured that the North-West was seething with disaffection, and that it might be expected at any moment to make peace on its own account, but all its agitations have hitherto ended in quiescence. It is possible enough, therefore, that the "Peace Convention" at New York may prove as unproductive as the various movements which have preceded it in the same direction ; but it cannot be denied that the proceedings have an un wonted aspect, and that the whole report is full of significance. Omitting, for the moment, the purport and language of the resolutions adopted, and the extraordinary boldness of the speakers, we observe numerous incidents which express the confidence of the meeting and the deference of the Government. It was fully expected that military force would be em ployed, as on several recent occasions, to intimidate or disperse the assembly ; but no such interference was hazarded. The journals most active in the support of the Government speak with tolerance, and even approval, of this uncompromising demonstration. They admit that " the people" may have peace if they will, and that a peace party is just as lawful a faction,_ and just as privileged a league, as a war party. They still stigmatise the policy as " re creant and ruinous ;" but they no longer deny that it may be constitutionally advocated by those who believe in it. Finally, we find that Mr. Fernando Wood, the boldest speaker and the guiding spirit of the whole assembly, instead of being sent to Fort Warren, or escorted to the Confederate lines, is quietly closeted with the President two days after the meeting, and is allowed to reiterate in private discourse his arguments against the continuance of the war. When we remember that such opinions would have been prosecuted as treasonable a few weeks ago, we may well conclude that a change is at last coming over the opinions of the American people. Nothing except speeches of the Southerners themselves could be mere opposed to Northern policy than the speeches at this Northern meeting. The war was denounced with all the particularity of a solemn excommunication. It was cursed in its origin, its principles, its conduct, and its end. It was execrated in its design, its progress, its pros pects, and its fruits. It was condemned as a crime, a folly, and a failure. There were no words too hard for it; and one of the resolutions demanded that "an end should be put to it," as "repugnant to the law, abhorrent to the humanity and civilisa tion of this enlightened era, and inconsistent with the benignant spirit of morality and religion." But then arose the question of the alternative. Grant the condition of Union, and all Americans would be peacemakers together; it is when the independence of the South is contemplated that the test of peace politics come. Mr. Seward said with perfect truth, when the Emperor of the French suggested media tion, that mediation could never mean anything but the recognition of the Confederate States. It was evident then, and has become still more so since, that the Southern people would listen to no terms but such as included their own independence, and that there was no chance of coercing them. With the North, to parley is to surrender, and those who sincerely advocate peace must necessarily be prepared for disunion ? Did the Con vention go as far as this ? The reader shall judge for himself. Mr. Fernando Wood, the chief' of the party, did retain the decorous veil with which the Democrats have hitherto disguised their speculations, and spoke of peace" as the only pos sible hope of the restoration of the American Union;" but the resolution formallyproposed,and deliberately adopted Py the assembly, was in the following words :—" We recommend, in the name of the people, that there be a suspension of hostilities be tween the contending armies of the divided sections of our country, and that a Convention of the States composing the Confederate States, and a sepa rate Convention of the States still adhering to the Union be held, to finally settle and de termine in what manner and by what mode the contending sections shall be reconciled." Short of immediate recognition of Southern independence we hardly see how language could go further than this in the interests of the South. There is no talk of rebellion or insurrection; none of that pretence by which Mr. Seward affects to be blind to a rival Government and a nation conterminous with his own. The separation is acknowledged, and the co equality of the two divisions admitted ; and though it is just possible to argue that the projected Con ventions might advise a restoration of the Union, it is perfectly obvious that a treaty of peace between two independent Powers is the result really antici• pated. When we reflect that this resolution, with others of a similar character, was enthusiastically adopted by a meeting of some 30,000 citizens in the powerful but hitherto quiescent city of New York, we shall surely find reason for thinking that th e Civil War may be touching its close. Yet e i nse doubtful question. All this boldness danldeaven dl tsthings may evaporate in another week, an just where they were. It remains tod e nabled by the be seen whether Mr. Wood will be supported, an There st sympathies of his countrymen to modify is the g of Mr. Lincoln's Government . ground for such an expectat i o n. We know that the policrony on. ratic party istapowerful, and there is an. an c aansstees esirous_ar visits them of peace, if they cDeedmenotc probability in a di re wth the loss of all those of the Northern people with heavy taxation, an i t n he th ir e sta te ment m that lardin min ds. W d are d but speak liberties of which they were so justly proud. It does not bring them in return even the excitement of victory or the intoxication of military suc cess. It has not provided them with a single hero, or a soldier whom they c o u ld id o li ze for a n hour. Their greatest achieveme n t h as been to save their own capital from capture, an exploit which they may, perchance, be unable to repeat. It they were to win a battle, it would do them little good, but they cannot obtain even this temporary gratification. Of all th e hard words used at th, New York meeting, the hardest of all must have been those which stigmatised the war as a dead failure. From that truta there was no escaping. Whatever might be said for the struggle in other respects—whether it was constitutional or unlawful, patriotic or factious, necessary or gratuitous—this, at least, could not be denied, that up to the present moment it had proved utterly hopeless. " While our men," said Mr. Wood, " have fought as men never fought before, yet we have only gained defeat, humiliating to our sectional pride, destructive to all our material interests, a nd annihilating to every spirit of liberty. Candour should compel us to ad , mit before the civilised world, that we have been • z MS NE 1l s. pE , P-1/ .1) \ • ,Al 4 beaten, and cannot ;succeed in what wo ha TT , e taken." Every man in the assembly must ar i a:kite te e .: that these words admitted of no c an tradictit further, that the resources of the North, whe ~.ea • a , proved thus insufficient, were now far less sufficiakkh i ate" s than at first. Never was logic pressed with more inexorable facts. If this meeting should prove in fluential enough to liberate opinion and open men's mouths, we may, perhaps, wonder six weeas hence where the strength of the war party could ever have lain, just as in France, after the fall of Robespierre people asked each other who could have been the Jacobins. There is everything, except the uncer tainty of American politics, to make us regard such an event as prabable. It would also seem, from the report of the interview between Mr. Wood end Mr. Lincoln, that the President himself would have no objection to peace if he knew how to reach it. Per haps this meeting may show him the way. If an armistice were proclaimed, we believe that neither party would be in a hurry to renew the war, and the desire of pence would supp,y the two Govern nacnts with the strongest motive for coming to rea sonable terms of separation: HERALD.—Lord Russell is making the best of a very bad case. Conscious of the enormity' of the prectedings ol Mr. Christie, he is furbishing up ail sorts of weapons of defence from the pigeon-beles of the Foreign-office, and ignoring the question of Ole Prince of Wales and of the officers of the Forte, general charge of bad faith and ha bitual brings disreg ard of our representations against the Brazilian Government. It will be recollected, that in accordance with treaties and in deference to our expressed desire, the Brazilian Government years y sl w av a e s t a h g i o s adboohleis,htehdatthfeorslmaysehytryaedset.s pSsostefftuneoctohalel has been landed on the coast of Brazil. But out of the arrangements between the two Governments grew all soats of claims and new engagements, which have from time to time given rise to an ani mated correspondence. Lord Russell alludes to two distinct grievances —the failure to account for the emancipados, or Africans liberated by the mixed commission and the claims' convention of 1862. On the 12th of February Mr. Christie claimed for all the negroes who had been liberated by the Mixed Commission Court unqualified free dom. On the 28th M. D'Abrantes replied " that the Brazilian Government were studying with earnestness and solicitude the question as to the free Africans, in order to proceed with such dis cretion and prudence as the case required." The truth is it is now 20 years ago since any negroes were so emancipated, and in 1852 the Brazilian Go vernment put an end to the slave trade; 'lt is plain that to institute a rigid search for the sur vivors under the conditions of the arrangement would produce a great dislocation of Brazilian so ciety—and knowing that, Brazil will not at once and without consideration accede to it. Then as. to the claims' convention of 1862, that was really ter minated by our own Foreign Office directing its commissioner to stop work, because the Brazilian Government would not accept its interpretation of the word " claims," which both Governments con sidered to be unsettled, and which was introduced for the express purpose of including Brazilian claims, which are now rejected. The truth is, the Aberdeen Act of 1845 is the real cause of the pre sent state of things. Lord Aberdeen undertook to repeal it when the slave trade was at an end. The slave trade in Brazil has ended, but the act is not repealed, and its maintenance is a palpable breach of good faith. Until it is repealed we understand that Brazil will do nothing. Lord Malmesbury was willing, on the ground of suppression of the slave trade, to repeal it. Lord Palmerston positively re fuses. And now Lord Russell, in his last despatch, positively indicates that further outrages are pro bable. The policy of the present Administration towards Brazil has uniformly been unfriendly. It has culminated in Mr. Christie's outrage upon her flag. So far as our Minister is concerned the affair is over. Mr. Christie will not return to Brazil. He is virtually withdrawn in compliance with M. Moreira's request. It is left to a charge daffaires to gather up the threads of this troublesome diffi culty, and to retire, with the best grace he can assume, from a quarrel in which the fault is deci dedly ours, and ours alone. POST.—The Emperor of Austria has a right to felicitate himself both on his foreign and domestic policy. In either respect he stands forward in an equally marked contrast to the King of Prussia, whose dynasty was hitherto wont to parade itself as the distinctive champion of German liberty and progress. The Emperor's speech to the Reichsrath is highly satisfactory, whether we regard it in rela tion to the maintenance of the peace of Europe or to the internal reformations which are taking place in the Austrian dominions. He expresses his trust that nothing will occur to disturb the general tranquil lity much in the language used by Lord Palmer ston at the Mansion House on Wednesday night., though he speaks as a Sovereign on whose frontiers a. desperate revolution is now raging. When we place these calm words beside the programme of domestic improvements which he submits to the Reichsrath, we see fair evidence of the Emperor having as sumed a policy of moderation and progress as dis tinct as possible from that both of Russia and Prus sia. This is certainly the manner in which the Aus trian Government should act in its present position. It has still enemies to conciliate, it has but an im perfect constitution, and it seeks to consolidate its empire by pointing out the community of all inte rests in that result, and by evincing a disposition to rely upon its own intelligence, and upon the affection of its subjects, rather than upon force. The Reichsrath is a great experiment, and it is still upon its trial. The object for which it was devised was to establish a system which we may describe as representative centralisation. Between the Crown and several parts of the empire—such as the Hun garian and Venetian kingdoms—two classes of con tests had been maintained. The earlier advisers of Francis Joseph had endeavoured to make the go vernment both homogeneous and despotic. The Hungarians and Venetians, on the other hand, de manded both political liberty and also distinct go vernment. Neither party has been able to carry its point. The Reichsrath is in itself the offer of a compromise on the part of the Crown. By it the Crown abandons its pretensions to despotic govern ment, but still clings to the principle of centralisa tion. On this basis the Emperor of Austria offers political liberty to his whole empire indifferently. We all know that this proposal has at present been very imperfectly accepted. The Hungarians have been reluctant to merge their peculiar legislative rights in a general parliament of the empire. This is but natural. They have been deceived more than once, and theyare s'ow to trust those in whom their former confidence was misplaced. On the other hand it is natural also that the Emperor of Austria should wish to assimilate his own government to the conditions which render France so powerful a State. In these days it is almost as hard to rule without centralisation as without political liberty: The genius of the age is opposed to mediaeval tra ditions and to complicated administrative machi nery. We think, therefore, that the Emperor of Austria and his present advisers have a claim to the moral support of Europe in their endeavour to redeem the past errors of the State, and to ask per sistently for moderate centralisation while they yield the principle of representative government. Unless we are greatly mistaken, the Austrian monarchy is now assuming a strength. and settling itself on a broad basis, such as it has not fo r a lon g a o l f t e jus tice time experienced. The reforms which a re p ro p osed for the new session evince that th e Government are he tpreparedious they t now o pursue p o t s h e e i i hr the advantage. administration T strike at once to the root of very much of the prejudice—or, rather , in man y cases, the well grounded distrust — t hat has been entertai ned by the Confederation,whaleGeraa people, in almost every State o f th e against their rulers. The Government publicity. have l o ng three condi-' demanded. in vain. In our own opinion, th e ti latter is the most een satisfactory and jhst 'of Austria now p ro p ose to introduce oral procedure,' ;trial onsof b y jilry important amendment of the three. Those who have most accurately analysed the ill feeling which has actuated the Germans towards their princes have commonly agreed •in ascribing it to s belief that judicial tribunals were closed to the public in order to shelter their malversations of justice. Nor is it surprising that such a belief should have thrown a general odium over all the political insti tutions of the count though rarely , ry. The judicial p roce dure, we incline to think, corrupt, has hitherto been in German greatly in fault; and we believe that, Austria at all events the g eneral intelligence i • fully equal to the satisfactory work ing of a tri a l by • Jury. We see no reason why Austria should not become a prosperous, and in time a more or less united, nation. If Transylvania should now give in her adhesion to the Reichsrath, as the Emperor announces that his Government expects, a great step in this direction will be gained. It will be the more important, as Transylvania is a province hitherto possess ing a Diet of its own, and touching the Russian frontier. Nor ear: Frer,ds Joseph's moderation in his conduct tow,:rds the Galicians be without its influence on the r solution both of t he Transylvania ns and of other natiorrtli ties of the empire, whenever they also may consent to take part in the Reichsrath. With increasing public confidence, an amended Currency, and a com merce developing itself largely year by year, the trading position of Austria is likely thoroughly to recover from the discredit to which alternate con vulsion, war, and misgovernment have reduced it ; an d, if the Reichsrath will legislate justly in the interest of all, we see no reason why the most fas tidious reference to local privileges and traditionary right should interfere with a readiness on the part of all to meet together and legislate in common on all matters of imperial concern: 174 : 112A