The Sun.
London, England, 1864-01-06 00:00:00

MAILS DUE.

Australia and Mauritius, via 'Southampton .. Jan. IS-
- via Marseilles Jan. 12,
Brazil and Cape Verde, by British packet. Jan. 4.
Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena. Jan. 29.
Ohina, Penang, and Singapore, via Southatopton.Jatt. 13
via Marseilles Jan, 24

Falkland Islands

Gibraltar, via Southampton
India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Jan. 13.
via Marseilles Jan. 10.
India (Bombay), via Southampton Jan. 11.
via Marseilles Jan. 5
Portugal.... Jan 11.
Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Jan. 10.
via Mareeilie4 Jan. 11

Newfoundland

Oporto and Vigo ..
U. S. and British N. America, ty Brit. packei .... Jan. 6
by U.S. packet....
by Canadian packet-Jan 8.
IV.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Tenerid- lan 10.
Bahamas, via New York Jan. 14.
Mexico..
All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru,
California, and British Columbia. i Jan. 29

THE COMMON LAW COURTS.—The first sitting'
day of the Court of Common Pleas, at Nisi Prius, ill
Hilary Term, in Middlesex; will be Tuesday, January 124
and the second sitting-day, Wednesday, Jahuary 20. The
Court will sit in term, in London, on 'Monday, January 1S•
and Monday, February 25. The causes in the list for the
above sitting-days in term, if not disposed of on those daYst
will be tried by adjournment on the days following. 1110
first sitting-day of the Court of Exchequer at Nisi Prius, in
Hilary Term, in Middlesex, will be on Thursday, January
12; second sitting-day, Wednesday, January 20; third
sitting-day, Wednesday, January 27, The first sitting'
day in Term, in London, will be on Monday, Januaty 18i
and the second sitting-day on Monday, January 25. TO
Court will sit after term, in Middlesex, on Tue-day, Feb'
ruary 2 ; and, in London, on Monday, February 15.
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Births.
BATHURST.—On the 4th inst., at 28, Royal•creecentg
otting-hill, the wile of 11. T. Dundas Bathuist, of

son.
CLAYTON—On the 31st ult., the wife of Capt. Every clal
ton, of Carr Hall, Burnley, of a daughter.lA
MARTIN—On the 2d inst., at Staplers, near Newport, A'll
of Wight, the wife of Cornwallis Wykeham gorti
Esq., of a sou.

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Marriages.
BARING—DIGIIY—On the sth inst., at St. James's, ricell;
dilly, Alexander Hugh Baring. Esq., M.P., eldest 0,
of the Hon. Francis and Mrs Baring, to the Hon. l' d 9
nora Caroline Digby, second daughter of Lord and P'
Digby.
CALLOW—JENNER—On the 31st ult., at Cuckfield,
W. Callow, Royal Horse Artillery, to Sarah, young
daughter of Edward Jennzr.
Deaths.
CARIL.—On the sth inst., Emma, wife of Ambrose P. Carr,
of the Stock Exchange, and of 16, Linden-grove, Pe'
ham-rye, aged 39.
DOLMAN.—On the 31st ult., in Paris, very suddealSt,
Charles Dolman, the publisher of Lingard's Eugber
Dodd's Church History, Mores Calholici, and °,it
standard Roman Catholic works, and late of 61,
GA.
Bond-street, aged 60. R I.P.
scovNE.—On the 2d inst., at Duke-street, portl ,00
place, Thomas Bamber Gascoyne, late Captain 3d Gel '
Rifles, aged 74. 1010
GILOOME.—On the 3d inst., at King's Langley, Herts, -
HESILRIGE.
Audrew Crroome,the 3 Esq., aged LS. etl
On d inst., at Upper Brook-EL
Grosvenor-square, the Hon. Lady Maynard liesilritief
aged 90. „lop
OGILVY.—On the 30th ult., at Aberdeen, Colonel the
Donald Ogilvy, of Clove.

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No. 22.318.

A gix-roomed Parsonage
An Eit.tht-roomed ditto
A Tea-rn meo ditto
A Twelve-r,omed ditto
Together with a l.ist of purified .teldin7,, and a mass
of valuable informationto all requiring h)uselitld furniture,
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Men and uenrl men in nr near Great Malvern. Southampton,
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MR. TIIOItNBURY'S NEW NOVEL.
On Friday, Jan. S, in 3 vols.,
L F I
WALTER TRORNBURY.
Also now ready, in 3 vols.,
THE WIFE'S EVIDENCE. By W. G. WILLS.
Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street.

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Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols.,
IV 0 NI AN'S RANSOM.
A By the Author of " Grandmother's Money," &c.
" An excellent tale."—Daily News.
" A good novel, remarkably clever."—Press.
" ' A Woman's Ransom' will fascinate the attention of the
reader to the very end."—John Bull.
Hurst and Blac,clt, 13, Great Marlboroug,h-street.

CoBIIETT and CO., General House Furnishers, Deptford-
bridgr,e, London, S.E,

ONE THOUSAND POUNDS REWARD
The undermentioned BANK of ENGLAND NOTES
were (wi. h others) fraudulently obt ,fined in London on the
29th day of Aue-ust, 1561, by S gmund Ditrichstein, late of
the Jamaiza Coffee-house and of Worthinz. who absconded,
and was afterwards arrested in Hungary. viz.:—

Now ready, in 2 vols., 218.,
MENTOIRS OF JANE CAMERON,
FEMALE CONVICT. By a PRISON MATROY,
Author of " Female Life in Prison."
" This narrative, as we can well believe, is truthful in every
important particular—a faithful chronicle of a woman's fall
and rescue. It is a book that ought to be widely read."—
Examiner.
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3 of £230, Nos 85124, 85129, and I Dated 4th July, 1862.
84
25 of £ICO, Nos. 4tv,1554
to P 651 and
„ 19th May, 1863.
12591 26 of £5O, Nos. 88309,t042596 8,1011, to
88017....
Nos. 8Q320 to 88329 „ 20th April, 1863.
Nos. 88332 and 88309 to
68346
51 of £2O, Nos. 22451 to 20501 and 21st July, 1863.
19109 ....
Payment of all the said notes has been .topped.
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noever will dive su h information as shall lead to the re-
e"erY of the Bank notes above p trticulat ised shall receive a
reward of £l.OOO, o- a proooriionate part thereof, according
to the +mount recovered. Information to b' given to Messrs.
R. and S. Mull« ns, Sol citora, 7, i'(,ultry, London, E.C., or to
I
London, E C.
Hamilton Detective Police-office, 26, Old Jewry,
Lonion, let January, 1861.

Hurst and Blaekett, 13, Great Marlborough-street.

Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols.,

BARBARA'S HISTORY.
By AMELIA B. EDWARDS.
If Miss F.dw :rd. goes on writing such s.ories as ' Bar-
bara's History' she will on some bri.'ht day of a lucky -eason
wake up and find h rself famous. We give her lull crtdit
for havin,r written a thoroughly readable and deeply inter-
esting novel. Athenaeum..
Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street.

LECTURES ut the TNG JRPORATED
LAW SOCIETY.
h,e ' everal COUR •zES of LEC I TIRES will be resumed by
:`, • •ffi Napier Hi ,gins on Conveyanein4. Friday, January 8 ;
kWilliam Murr-y on Corn on Law and "Mereanthe Law,
day, January 11; r. Montague Hughes Cookson oo
11111tY, F iday, January 15.

UNDER TILE ESPECIAL PATRONAGE OF HER MAJESTY.
Now ready, Thirty.third Edition, 1 vol., with the Arms beau-
tifully engraved, handsome y bound, gilt edges, 11s Gd.,
T,ODGE'S PEERAUE AND BARONETAGE
FOR 1864.

WHERE CAN WE MEEI' AFIER, THE
PANTr►MIMES ? My dear Fellow, Gentlemen sup
at EVANS', Covent-garden.

liINAHAYS LL WHISKY v. COGNAC,
BRANDY.
This celebrated Old IRISH WIIISKY rivals the finest
FRENCH BRANDY,
It i, Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome.
Sold in Bottles, 3s. Bd,, at the Retail Houses in London ; by
the Agents in the principal towns in England ; or wholesale
at

8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, W.
Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded
Kinahau's LL Whisky."

THE WELLINGTON THREE SHILLING
J. DINNER, consisting of Soup, Fish, Made Dish, Joint,
Sweet, &c.. is served daily from 3 to 9 p.m., and on Sunday
from 5 to half-past 8 p.m.

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JOHN CATES, Manager.
The Wellington, St. James's-street.
Entrance, 160, Piccadilly.

Naval and Military Intelligence.

THE NAVY.
The iron steam floating factory ship Chasseur, 543 tons,
attached to the steam reserve squadron in the Medway, is
ordered to be removed to Chatham harbour, where its ser-
vices are required.
Instructions have been received at Chatham for the iron
frigate Achilles, 1,250 horse power, to be brought forward
with all despatch, and fitted for the first division of the
steam reserve, in readiness for immediate commission.

A serious accident occurred on board the iron frigate
Achilles, at Chatham, on Monday evening, by which a me-
chanic employed on board that vessel named Simon Sher-
wood was killed, and another man t eriously injured. Since
the Achilles has, been removed from Chatham dockyard
down the harbour it has been customary for the workmen
employed on board to be conveyed from the vessel to the
dockyard every evening in three vessels empleyed exclu-
sively in that du.y. On Monday evening at dusk the work-
men were preparing to leave the vessel, and were covering
over the openings from the upper deck into the hold with
tarp :tulip and p!aults, when from some cause which does
not appear easy of explanation one of the heavy planks was
improperly secured, and before the men had left the vessel
it fell trom the deck to the bottom of the frigate, striking in
its descent the deceased and a negro named Campbell, also
employed on board, both of whom were preparing to leave
work. The plank also slightly injured some of the other
workmen, who were crowding up from below, but the chief
injuries were inflicted on Sherwood and Campbell. Both of
the sufferers were immediately placed on board a steamer
and conveyed to the dockyard, from which they were con-
veyed to Melville Hospital, but Sherwood died almost imme-
diately after his admission, his head having been seriously
injured. The wounds sustained by Campbell were a com-
pound fracture of one of the legs, which yesterday rendered
an amputation of the limb necessary. A day or two previ
sully a fatal accident occurred on board the same vessel to a
workmen named Monk, who overbalanced himself as he was
in the act of taking off his coat to commence work, and was
precipitated to the bottom of the vessel. A third accident
betel a lad named Caddy, working on board, on Monday,
who received concussion of the brain from a fall, and is not
expected to survive.
Capt. G. W. Preedy, C. 8., whose last commands were
her Majesty's ships Agamemnon and Liff3y, is spoken of as
the officer selected by the Admiralty to command the iron
frigate Hector, at Portsmouth, ordered for immediate com-
mission. Commander Thompson, lately serving as senior
lieutenant on board the iron frigate Defence, is named as
her commander. Yesterday the shipwrights removed their
tool chests, &c., from the Hector to the dockyard jetty, in
order to clear the ship up for commission and enable the
officials to obtain her present exact draught of water, &c.
It is believed that on her final trial of speed, when commis-
sioned, the ship's ventilation below will be found of a less
unsatisfactory nature than was experienced on her two days'
trials on the 23d and 24th of December. On those days
there was a large number of shipwrights and other mecha-
nics employed on board, and some of the hatchways may
have been partially covered with their gratings and the
men's tools. If this was the case it must of course have
produced unfavourable results upon the ventilation of the
ship's compartments below. With the ship in commission
none of these drawbacks will be allowed to exist, and there-
fore during the forthcoming final trial of the ship at the
" mile" the temperature of the engine room and stokehole
will be taken under what must be considered the most fa-
veurable circumstances. The weight of the ship was un-
dergoing alteration,
The Lyra, 9 gun screw sloop, of 60 horse power, Comman-
der Robert A. Parr, was swung yesterday in Portsmouth
harbour, preparatory to going out to Spithead and complet-
ing stores and ammunition for foreign service. Mr. Henry
J. Ray, from the office of the commander in-chief at Ports-.
mouth, has joined the Lyra as paymaster.
The Orontes, screw troopship, of 500 horse power, Capt.
H. W. Hire, refitting at POltdmuuth, is ordered to be ready
for sea by the 19th inst. Her first service will, it is said, be
in the Mediterranean and West Indies.
The Adventure, screw troopship, of 400-horse power,
Commander C. T, Curma, is nearly complete in her repairs
in the Warrior dock at Portsmouth. When ready for sea
she will be despatched to the Mediterranean.
Her Majesty's screw yacht Fairy was undocked from No.
1 dock at Portsmouth yesterday, after making good some
defects in one of her bottom plates.
The Octavia, screw frigate, one of three converted sailing
frigates fitted with machinery built by three different makers
to fulfil certain peculiar conditions, is rapidly proceeding in

E. W. vc ILLIAMSON, Secretary.
Law Societyl; Hall, Chancery-lane,
London, Jan Ist, 18 4.

rEA M from LONDON' Sri NEW YORK
he British and American steam Navigation Company
(Limited) will DESPATCH one of the undermentioned
P:endid Fast Scr,w Steamers TWICE EACH SION TH for
eW York :

Tons. Horse Power.
LONDON 2,
....
W ESTM INST ER 2,500 . 5lO ..... Capt. Couch
nURL IN
NEW YORK 2 5OO ... 500 ..
These mag,nificen' vessels are unQurpass,,d by any ocean-
going ste inner, and have accomm 'dation ,for passengers re-
plete with every comfort. The Line will commence early in
March ; the ex ct da eto be fixed in a atter announcement.
To load in the Victoria Docks.
For freight or passage apply to the Company's Agents,
Alfred Laming and C..., 70, Uornhill.

MR. REARDEN, LAND ESTATE end
Hou=E /4i.G.ENP, SU VEYOR and VALUER, 91
and 92, PICCADILLY, near Cambrliive ,iouse. opposite the
Green-park, Established 23 Years, respectfully invites the
partic Oars of Landed Estates, Farm-, and House Property
for -.ale. to be Let, or wan ed to Rent or Purehasts, for which
no charue is made unless a treat is concluded, and then
only his usual rates of charge. particulars of which will be
Wven on application. In all cases of his Letting Farms )Ir.
e'l'loll charges t 'e Tenant only, and not the Landlord.
Particularspe. of Property f d. Sale and to be Let wi I be Oven
ajrnal T. 'or forwarded free of charve. N.B —Several Town
e"ntrY Residences, Landed Properties, ai.d Farms
want
ed to Rent and Pur hale immediat ly.
Direct full particulars to Mr. Reardon as above.

TEA.—
MOORE BROTHERS rest:wet fully inti-
znlem cia
mate that their New Prospectus is now ready. t hey
Y recommend their improved Family Tea, reduced
2dll
duee'd Souchong'
s. 11d. p reduced to 3s. ed. ; mixed Assam, re-
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and
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Ptr,_ .
luwi6thl Pins ! PIGS!—INDIAN PIG MEAL
and In Poe butike, supplied to the Royal farms, Windsor,
equal to irrY e"ntY in Eng.fland, iffs 6d per cwt. ; cne_cont.
don, /Isar. bar' ey or anvil meal. Delivered Iree in L
66,
t, Soi4hwark.
'shed 1858.— THOMAS PE &ROE, Manager,
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ALGrinE,II,TAN ONYX MARBLE. Messrs.
1113 " JANtEs, and CO., respectfully soliott an
1,01. of their Onn Salon, which contains upwards of
trardia cts, Ponsisting of Clock , Candelabra, Lamps,Vases,
4tticleg , Inkstands, l'en-trays, and a variety of smaller
hi of taste, at moderate prices.
poaibiemt:ful marble is perfectly translucent, bears a very
hint" sq. rresents a diversity of pleasing tints, and can be
°Nam 11'7 chiselled into an form necessary for utility or
"'"--5, 7,9, Regent-stry street Pall-mall.

SCAMP YOUR PAPER,
itNyEr•OPES INVOICFS. &c with JONES'S
rrh ATENT PERCUSSION EMBOSSING- PRESS.
e4ll)4above would be found useful to youths at school for
con, their Books, Drawinas Payers, &c. The Press
Plete, with Plain Cre,t, Name,'or Business Die, 9s. 6d.
Nt
31.„,0 e the Address :—W ELL AM JONES, Din
Holbore Sinker, Press
.Rer, and Embosser, 3, Queen's-court, Hign (op-
PoSiN Day and Martin's).

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IIEAUTIFUL WOMEN.—Alabaster Powder,
and the Mae-,netic Rock Dew Water from Sahara. Cir-
cassian Bloom. Arabian Soaps, and Alabaster Liquid. These
costly and inimitable toilet preparat ons render the hair,
teeth, and complexion beautiful beyond comparison.--Can be
hat only at stadame HACH, US, 47A, New Bond-street,
Where she can be consulted daily. All communications are
Strictly confidential.

ANTF,RBURY HALL—THE GHOST in the
C MAGIC FOUNTAINS, surpassing any of the Trans-
formation Scenes ( f the Season—one of the most beautiful
ifferts ever produced. The scene, " The Tempt ;" Ariel,
Miss E. Townley. The flight of Arlel through the Fairy
Fountains is certainly a triumph of art.—Vide Public t ress.
All the other Musical and Pictorial attractions of the
Estab ishmant as usual, including Operatic Selections, &c. ;
Comedy by Ue sworth (the great Stump Orator), Eugene, W.
Randall, G. Hutchenson, J. Jester, T. Maclagan, &c.
Admission, 6d ; Stalls and Balcony, is.
Open every Evening.

AlEssßs. BoTr. JACKSON, AND Co.
execute COMMISSIONS on all races throughout the
3.ar. Market price guaranteed. Remittances L ,ndon and
We 11" estminster Bank. Post-vffi,e Orders payable at Camber-
wellpark.
1%-1•11. Betting on the Waterloo Cup.
,Address—BorT and JACKSON, "Dian of the World" Wine
Stores, George-street, Camberwell-park, London.

ROYAL ALHAMBRA-FRANCONTS
GRAND CIRQUE IMPERIAL, EVERY EVENING,
at Halt-past. Seven ; Monday. Wednesday, and Saturday, at
Two. " This trou e is certainly one of the best we have had
in England for some ye irs. The Cirque Imperial may safely
count on a long career 01 prosperity in London."—The Times.

SPECTACLES.—The Patent Newly-invented
.„.,0 Tinted Specta,les are patronised by the majority of the
includiViscou Palmerston. They afford extra-
prdinary re ief to weak, dint, and detective vision.—S. and B
6OLO 310 N S, Opticians, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly.
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PRI Z E ME D A L —INTERNATIONAL
FRANCIS TUCKER & CO., Wax Chandlers, &c., &e,
To the Qu. en and the P ince of Wales.
(Established 1790.)
The Jurors' Report
on Wax and Church Candles, in 1862.
testifies to he excellence of the quality ot Messrs. Tuckers'
Mann' acture.
T
- disti guished Dignitary, in a letter addressed to Francis
eker and Co., on the subject of
WAX CANDLES with PLATTED WICKS,
says :
.Ivh"ll:.,have found them fully eual to the recommendation
You gay,,
COM-
them, and can sincere.y, in my tuin,.
Finest m-
end them. to the clergy for the use of the altar."
'inatitY. with Platted Wicks, patented...! d. per lb
Ordinary quality
VEGETABLEOd. per lb.
Best quality CA. —•• NDLES, with a Mixture of Wax. Second quality ••• • • • • Is. sd. per lb.
•ls. 3d. per lb.
Third qtiali •• Carria ls. ld. per lb.
ge •
pa.d in London on Orders of Five Pounds in value.
• FRANCIS TUCKER AND CO..
8, South Molton-street, Grosveno--square. Manufactory—
Kensington (Established 1730).
The largest Establishamt in England for the Manufacture
ot Wax Candles for the use of the Altar.

ARGYLL ROO NIS, Windmill-street, Hay-
market.
NOTICE. —M. JULLIE N'S PROMENADE CONCE RTS
will be continued at the above elegant rooms.
Admission la.
Con ductor— M. JULL TEN.
Solo Performers—Messrs. Uosca, Tyler, Horton, Snelling,
Progratski, M`Kenney, dm.
Doors Open at 8, commence at half-past.
Manager, M. GRENET.

29, GEORGE-STREET, HANOVER-SQUARE.
THE LONDON ANATOMICAL MUSEUM.
Open daily from 10 till 10. Lectures at 4 and 7
o'clock. Where may be seen the Astecs ; Bushman and
Wife ; Julia Pastrana and Infant ; Eng and Shang, the
Siamese Twins ; and upwa,ds of 3,000 Models, Natural Pre-
parations, Ize. Egyptian Mammies, unwrapped, 4,000 years
old. Admission, One bhilling tor Gentlemen only).

TF THIS SHOULD MEET THE EYE of Rny
one troublPd with Wing in the Stomach, Indigestion, or
Biliousness, take PAGE WOODCOCK'S WIND PILLS.
Tr.eir world-wide celebrity proves them of sterling merit.
Of all medicine vendors at is. lid. .nd 2s. 9d. ; or free by
post for A or 33 stamps from Page D. Woodcock, Chemist
Lincoln.

TZE A TING'S PALE NEWFOUNDLAND
IV COD LIVER OIL. The Finest Imported this Seation.

her outfit by the master shipwright's department in No. 4
dock at Portsmouth, and will be shortly taken in hand by
the other departments of the yard to carry out their share of
the work.
The Sparrowhawk, screw gun vessel,of 676 tons and 200-
horse power, is lying in the adjoining dock waiting similar
preparations for commission, and the Bulldog, 6, paddle, of
1,124 tons and 500-horse, is all but completed by the re-

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spective departments in the steam basin. She is still,how
ever, in the hands of the shipwright department, owing to
an oversight (to use a mild term) on the part of some depart-
ment at Portsmouth or at the Admiralty. During the past
two or three years a good deal has been said and written
relative to national and private dockyards. It is admitted
that evils do exist in our public yards, as, indeed, is certain
to be the case in a greater or less degree in all such large
establishments whether they be public or private—but the
apologists of our present public establishments maintain
that the evils existing in them have been unjustly exagge-
rated, aid that private yards do not possess that degree of
superiority either in system or workmanship over our pub-
lic yard that it is to the interest of many persons to lead the
public to suppose really exists. For any one to assert that
the work done in private yards is superior in finish and
value to that turned out of hand in public yards would be
simply putting forward a statement that probably very few
impartial persons would agree with. When it is stated,
however, that the " system" of one is very much supe-
ith general
rbieotri e
ft o tahned o t
thheer
tthhreene ivt e wills ben a
mme met w
the Octavia,
the Sparrowhawk, and Bulldog are instances in point. The
repairs of the two first flawed are taken in hand by the
shipwright department, which has a certain amount of
work to perform, but this work is not done conjointly with
the other "departments," each working independently of
the other. The result is that the " gunnery," or any other
department which may follow the shipwrights', undoes a
portion of the work already done, so that in fact the work
on board each ship is done over and over again at increased
cost and waste each time. The Bulldog exhibits a fault in
the system for which most probably the Admiralty are
responsible. In the early part of November last application
was made for an official order to alter her torecastle gun-
ports for the Armstrong pivot gun, with which she was
ordered to be fitted. No order was received for some time,
and the shipwrights therefore completed the ports on the
old-fashioned enlarged style. An order has now been re-
ceived, and the ports are now being "contracted" to
the Armstrong size. When these three vessels are com-
pleted and commissioned their captains will then have the
power to commence any alterations their fancies may create,
and more money wilt be expended. The most simple remedy
for such a state of things would be to centralize the power
over each of these dockyard "departments" in the Admiral
or Captain-Superintendent of the yard, giving him a second
superintendent, for one must devote his time to the desk
alone. This would be investing the Superintendent with a
power in his own dockyard nearly similar to that possessed
in general by the French Minister of Marine ; but to effect
such an improvementin our dockyards a Minister of Marine
must preside at the Admiralty. The Admiral and Captain-
Superintendents in charge of our dockyards have no power
whatever invested in them to restore or create order out of
the existing chaos.
A letter received at Ply mouth from the iron screw steam-
ship Black Prince, 41, Capt. James F. B. Wainwright,
states that she left the Sound at 4 p.m. on the 15th of
December, and after a splendid run out under squared
yards, using steam only on departure and arrival, they
anchored at Funchal roads about 4 p.m. on the Tuesday
following—the 22d. Having at that time scarlatina on
board, the Black Prince was sent again to sea, and went 20
miles south of the island, and there remained: The two
slight cases they had soon became convalescent, and the
ship returned on the 2Gih to Funchal, but did not receive
pratique immediately. The Edgar, Warrior, Black Prince,
and other ships attached to the Channel squadron ex-
pected to leave Madeira on Wednesday, the 30th, for

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JIFEBOAT SERVICES.—Daring the recent
j heavy gales some of the r oats of the Royal Na ional
lifeboat Institution have been instrumental in rescuing the
crews of the following wrecked vessels :—Schooner Theophi-
Ins, of Aberdeen, 5 men ; barque Tamworth, of Norway, V ;
schooner Northern Lights, of Presron, 1 : pilot boat, of St
Ives, 7; schooner Aron. of Workington, 4; schooner Gipsy,
of Dr, gheda, 4 ; smack Saucy Ja. k, of Inverness, 1 ; barque
Marietta, of Lisbon, 1 ; fishing boat, of Filey, 2 ; Tenby
fishing beat, 3; and barque Providence, of Dantzic, 7. Total
lives saved, 55. The liieboats also assiste in bringing safely
into port, with their crews, consisting of 29 men, the Italian
brig Camoglin,,, the schooner Sir Colin Campbell, of Whitby,
the schooner Guilia, of Palermo, and the ketch Snip, of Am-
sterdam. the lifeboats also went off' in reply to signals of
distress on fourteen occasions, but their services were not
ultimately required. The amount of reward p id for all
these services was £216. •

Teneriffe.
The paddlewheel steam surveying sloop Hecate, 6, Capt.
Richards, just returned from the Pacific station, left Ply-
mouth yesterday morning for Woolwich, where her crew
will be paid off,
The screw steamship Royal George, 78, was removed yes-
terday from the second division of the steam reserve LOU-

fazaroitrg OXlTiii beccetaT.

•
The Committee of the Itistitutionearnest y AP PEAL to the
public for AbSIaTANJb to e, able hem to m- et the con-
tinued heavy demands on the Society's i 25 lif eb at estab-
lishments. Contributions are receivtd by all the London
and country bankers ; and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis,
Elq., at the institution, 14, JOll4-street, Aclelphi, Loudon.

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moaze to the sheer-hulk to be fitted for coast service. It
is reported at Plymouth that all the coast ships are to be
relieved this year. The screw steamships Lion, 68, and
Brunswick, 68, are to be brought forward with all despatch.
A number of artisans were entered for limited service at
the Davenport dockyard on Saturday, anti further entries
are to be made.

In accordance with directions received yesterday at the
head-quarters of the Chatham division of Royal Marines
Light Infantry from the Admiralty the members of the
general court-martial which assembled some time since at
Chatham for the trial of Mr. M. M. Magrath, 8.A., assist.-
surg., Royal Marines, on a charge of having, between the
Ist of October and on the 20th of November, 1863, drunk
intoxicating liquors to such an extent as to incapacitate
him for the performance of his duties, reassembled in the
mess-room at the Royal Marine barracks, under the presi-
dency of Col. W. H. March, for the purpose of revising
their proceedings, the decision of the Court not being
deemed satisfactory to the Lords of the Admiralty.
The following appointments were made yesterday at
the Admiralty :—Captain G. W. Preedy, C. 8., to the
Victory, additional, for service with the Sector ; Robert
L. Cleveland, master, to the Wellesley, for the Achilles ;
G. F. Banks, eurgeon, to the Rattlesnake; Dr. E. Dunn,
assist.-surgeon, to the Indus; Charles Morton, assist.-
surgeon, to the Dasher ; Charles J Martin, supernumerary
in the Asia, confirmed as engineer; Alexander F. M'lntyre,
supernumerary in the Cumberland, confirmed as first-class
assist.-engineer; and James Walathan assist.-engineer to
the Royal Oak.

cious burglary, and the proof of his having committed
another burglary in the same neighbourhood was founi
upon him ; nevertheless, the judge thought it unnecessary
to continue the prosecution for the second offence, and sen-
tenced him for the first to nine months' imprisonment. if
this was the sort of sentence to be passed, it seemed to him
that it mattered very little what sort of labour they gave in
the gaol. Cases of arson were reported to be very rife in
Yorkshire, and the judges away ied three years' penal ser-
vitude for a crime which a few years ago was a capital one.
In one remarkable case that had been tried during the last
winter assize, the judge in passing sentence said he believed
the punishment was inadequate to the crime, but as he had
begun the circuit by passing the Caine sentence for arson he
could not alter it. He did not think anything could be done
in the way of prison discipline as long as this enceurage-
meat was given by the judges to crime. (Hear, hear.)
Earl DUDLEY said he could not hold out any hope that
the Government would do anything in the matter. He be-
lieved that Government would not touch the matter at all ;
and that if anything was to be done it must be done by in-
dividual zeal. Taking it for granted that he was right in
assuming that Government would leave legislation on the
subject to individual members of Parliament, then it came
to this—What was the opinion of that Court? He did not
think that any one would profess to discontinue the system
of industrial occupation of prisoners altogether in the gaols;
but he must say that they had gone from the one extreme
—the treadmill—to the opposite. They had got the plan
of introducing industrial employment in the gaols, by
which they afforded the prisoners the means of earning
their bread when they left the prison. But mat-making,
as described by Sir J. Pakington, was not hard labour; and
as to the hardship of the treadwheel, he would remark that
that depended a good deal upon the previous lives of the
convicts. If a man were strong of limb, and used to the
open air, he would prefer the treadmill to the solitary mat-
making in a cell ; but if they had a prisoner from the Kid-
derminster looms, or from other indoor occupations, they
made the treadmills most punitive. There was this to be
said in favour of industrial employment, that if there was a
spark of a chance of reform in the criminal they gave him
the chance of going out of prison a better man than he en-
tered it ; but in doing this they lost sight of the terms of his
sentence—" hard labour." They then must remember they
could not get hard labour out of an unwilling prisoner in a
cell; they could only stop ifs supper. But on the tread-
wheel they got it out of them by force ; and then they got,
what Leicester Gaol had the repute of being, a " hell upon
earth" for the prisoners. To meet the objection against
ten hours' bed for the prisoners they must introduce gas
into the cells, and continue work two hours longer. This
would do away with the great irksomeness of solitary con-
finement, which was a very great punishment to a great
many prisoners.
Sir J. PAKINOTON desired to explain that he had no wish
to abandon the reformatory or industrial system, but wished
that they should not fly into the opposite extreme, which
rendered imprisonment no punishment at all. He thanked
Mr. Curtler for speaking out so boldly in regard to the sen-
tences passed by the judges. He believed one of the most
important points in connection with the great question of
the administration of the criminal law was the injudicious
leniency of the judges. (Hear.) He would not shrink from
adding to what had been said by Mr. Curtler, that it was
the general opinion of the Royal Commission on Penal
Servitude, of which he (Sir John) was a member, that the
injudicious leniency of the judges of late years had produced
a great increase of crime. (Hear, hear.)
The subject then dropped.

offered,—

The Address of the French Corps Legislatif.

The following is the text of the address proposed
by the French Corps 'Aegisletif to the Emperor :
" Sire,—The Corps Legislatif shares the confi-
dence with which the renewal of its powers inspires
you. In spite of the vivacity of the struggle, the
people have shown that they remain profoundly de-
voted to the Imperial institutions, to your person,
and your dynasty. On coming to take part in the
examination of public affairs, we shall never lose
sight of these principles and sentiments, and will
act in concert with you, so that they may not be
weakened. Your Majesty was right in anticipating
public opinion in the path of industrial and com-
mercial freedom. France, which has for a long time
instructed herself, has faith now in her own strength.

Our industries have been able, by their efforts and
sacrifices, to withstand foreign competition, They
will display still greater energy when they see the
means of transport multiplied and rendered more
prompt and easy. For this reason, we wish that
the impetus given to public works should not be
relaxed ; that the construction of railways should
not be delayed, and that the improvement of our
ports, our rivers, our canals, our highways, and
especially our local roads, should always be the ob-
ject of your Government's solicitude. Our finances,
wisely 'managed, freed from exceptional circum-
stances which weigh upon them, will be able to meet
the requirements of the country, without its being
necessary to have recourse to public credits or new
imposts.

"Your Majesty, whose liberal intentions do not
belie you, again announce to us new reforms. We
will study those submitted to us with the desire to
second your love for triie progress. All the mea-
sures which shall have for their object to destroy
the obstacles now in the way of the freedom of
transaction, as well as individual initiative, to re-
gulate more equitably in questions of labour
the relations between citizens placed in different
conditions, to increase the functions of the communes
and the departments without weakening the cen-
tral power, will be received by us with fervour and
gratitude. We join in the interest which your Ma-
jesty brings to whatever relates to religion, charity,
the arts, literature, and science. Primary instruc-
tion has been rapidly developed since 1848. We
think with you that the number of children de-
prived of it is still too great ; we desire to see that
number decrease every year, and at length to disap
pear altogether from our statistics, thanks to the
increasing comfort of the population, complemented

by gratuitous contributions. We should wish also
that the professional and agricultural instruction
should be efficiently encouraged, and that the stan-
dard of those studies leading to a liberal career
should be raised. This system, carried out in its
entirety, would meet the requirements of families
and modern society, by strengthening every career,
and sparing the young frequent disappointment.
" The Corps Legislatif agrees with you, Sire, that
the best governed nations cannot hope always to

escape external complications, and that they must
appreciate without illusion as without weakness.
The distant expeditions of China, Cochin China, and
Mexico, which have fcllowed one another, have
created considerable anxiety in several minds in
France on account of the obligations and sacri•
fives they entail. We admit that they inspire in
far off lands respect for our countrymen and the
French flag, and that they will also tend to the
development of our maritime commerce ; we shall,
however, be happy to see the good results which
your Majesty bids us hope for speedily realised.
" The souvenirs of our history, the feelings of
humanity which animate us, excite our liveliest
sympathies for the fate of Poland. We have seen
with pain that the combined efforts of three great
Powers have been ineffectual in bringing about a
settlement of this grave question according to your
benevolent wishes. We cannot, nevertheless,
conceal from ourselves that the sincere and
cordial support of Russia has been useful to France
on an important occasion. We should regret it were
our good relations with that Power to cool. It is,
therefore, with profound satisfaction that we re-
ceived that noble idea of an European Congress, the
initiative of which will be an eternal honour to 3 our
reign. France, ou whom you have conferred splen-
dour and glory, is well pleased not to compromise
her treasures and her children in causes in which
her honour nor her interests are involved.
" Let then, Sire, without regret, the unjustly pre-
judiced receive with d'.strust your loyal and public
propositions. The sound and noble ideas which God
plants in the hearts of sovereigns for the good of
humanity, make their way in the world, and take
root in the hearts of the people. Await with calm-
ness the effect of your generous words. France,
homogeneous, compact, confident of her strength,
relying on you, does not fear any aggression; she
has, to-day, no other ambition than that of securing
her repose, developing her material welfare by toil
and peace, and her moral well-being by the sincere
and gradual exercise of civil and political liberty.

The Customs receipts at Havre during December,
1563, amounted to 1,825,502 f., being an increase of 403,2861.
on the corresponding month of 1662.

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AMERICA.

QUEENSTOWN, Jan 4.
The Royal Mil steamship Canada, from Boston
the 2ai, and ililifax the 25th -December, has arrived.

The Provost-Marshal, General Fry, has published
his official report relative to the enrolment and

draught of the Federal army. As far as the enrol.
ment was completed, it showed 3,113,305 men liable
for military service, including, however, many who
would be entitled to exemption in case of draught.

The plan of draughting was to require, as the quota
of each district, cne-fifth of the men of the first

class on the roll. This method was considered an

mprovement on the calls of 1861 and 1862, which

were based upon population, and by which the

States that contained an excess of females were

charged with a greater quota than those in which
there was an excess of males. Up to the Ist of

November the draught had brought into service

about 50,000 men, including those who enlisted and
were credited on the quotas after the draught had
been ordered. Tables of rejections per 1000 showed
319.1 in the United States, as compared with 324.4
in the French conscription from 1831 to 1843, and

317 in the French conscription of 1859 ; and with
335 from 1842 to 1852, 318 in 1860, and 461 in 1862

in the English recruiting. The riot in New York
is attributed to a mob " composed mainly of fo-

reigners." Tne writ of habeas corpus had inter-
posed great difficulties to the execution of the con-
scription until suspended by the proclamation of
the President, dated Sept. 17 ; 10,000,000 do's.

commutation money had been received from 35,000

draughted men. Nearly 22,000 deserters and absen-
tees had been arrested by the officers of the bureau

between May 1 and Nov. 1. The expenditure of the
department to Nov. 1, including unpaid accounts
requiring correction, was 1,911,959 dols.
In the Senate on the 22d an amendment relative
to classes as settled in the Conscription Bill was

" That the national forces of the United States
not now in the military service, enrolled under this
act, shall be divided into two olasses, the first of
which shall comprise all persons subject to do mili-
tary duty between the ages of 20 and 45 years, and
who are unmarried, and the second class shall com-

prise all oth©r persons subject to do military duty
and persons of the second class shall not i❑ any dis.

trict be called into the service of the United States
until those of the first class have been called."

The amendment, which was supported in a speech,
giving reasons why married persons should be
exempt until an absolute necessity existed for their
services, was rejected.
An amendment exempting clergymen was re-
jected on division by 33 to 8.
In the House of Representatives the following
preamble and resolution was tabled by a vote of
80 against 43 :

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We left the river at three o'clock in 01-010" ::' 1,;‘6.47
lying to at its mouth all night, eNer-Vrq4,
iptal
schooner with goods we had not disi6s"gitti.*„.
the morning of Wednesday we steamed, r SII S
Mary's Bay, about 90 miles east of Halifax. About
nine o'clock on the following morning we saw a
steamer. immediately we concealed the vessel by
hugging the shore. When the steamer disappeared
we started again. We arrived off Sambro without
tneeting with any further trouble, and was boarded
by a pilot named Flynn, who took the vtsse! iilia
Sambro harbour. Capt. Lc',cke,now satisfying him-
half there was not coal enough on hoard to complete
the voyage, concluded to anchor the ves,el, end he

did- so at two o'clock in the aLernoon. In the
meantime he started for Halifax to procure
coal and engineers for the vessel.. Ee toll (John-
son) that as soon as he obtained new engineers he
intended to release me, and I told him that I would
not on any account remain with the vessel any
longer. The captain returned about 2 o'clock on the
following morning, having been successful in his
f- x p e itioc. A schooner came wi:h him. At about
6 o'clock on the same morning tae pilot FAynn in-
formed the captain that Union ganboats were enter-
ing the harbour. The captain, satisfying himself
that this statement was correcc, ordered me (John-
son) to scuttle the vessel. 1 replied that I could not
do it. The captain then hastily secured what plun-
der he could, and he and his officers and crew took
to the boats as the Ella and Asnie appeared in sight."
The New York, World has the following remarks
on the Chesapeake affair :
" Is there something eter all in a name that the
mishaps of a Chesapeake should once more threaten
to embroil us with our discomfortable cousins' over
the sea 1) It was upon the deck of the Chesapeake
that an American commander, sent to sea disarmed
and short-handed, was compelled half a century ago
to see his country's flag itsulted and men taken from
beneath its folds by a Br tish man-of-war. It was
from the mast-head of the Chesapeake that fur the
first time the people of Halifax saw the flag of the
Union floating beneath the standard of England
over an American frigate captured in single combat
by an enemy's ship. Atd now, after the lapse of
so many years, it is from the deck of the Chesapeake
again that men who had dipped their hands in the
blood of American seamen, and had treacherously
captured an American merchant steamer, tnt.da
their escape through the ranks of a sympathetic
population, and defy the justice of t vo empires. To
pronounce positively upot the legal character of
the prisoners who were taken on the Chesapeake at
Sambro by an American gimboat, and who escaped
from the grasp of the colonial police at Halifax,
would be just now prematnte. The whole case, from
its strange beginning to its ending as strange, lies
quite outside of the ordinary course of military law.
It has a flavour of those medimval times when all
was held to be fair in war, when knights were wont

" Whereas, the Supreme Judicial Court of the
State of Pennsylvania has decided solemnly that the
act of March 3, 1863, commonly called the Con-

scription Act, is contrary to and violative of the
provisions of the Constitution, and therefore null
and void; therefore, resolve 3, that it is the sworn
duty of the Executive Department of the Govern-
ment either to acquiesce in the decision in that
State, or to bring the question involved before the
Supreme Court of the United States for final adju-
dication, to the end that, if Congress shall deem such
legislation necessary, a bill shall be prepared not
subject to Constitutional objections."
The New York papers publish the following nar-
rative of the captain of the Joseph L. Gerety, cap-
tured by confederates in a somewhat similar fashion
to the Chesapeake :
"Captain Nichols reports that he left Matamoros
on the 16th November, bciund for New York with a
cargo of cotton and six passengers; on the night
of the 17th, about 12 o'clock, the captain and two
men on deck, one at the wheel and the other aloft,
the six passengers made an assault on the captain
with revolvers, knocked him down, and threatened
to shoot him if he made any noise; they took him
forward and locked him in the forecastle, putting a

to disguise themselves as pEasants and slips into
hostile castles under cover of meal bags and bundles
of hay, and princes did not disdain the dagger and
the bowl. But, as far as the facts have come to

light, it is not easy to see what else can be said of
the persons engaged in this business than that they
were pirates committing piracy, and that, too, in
such circumstances, that the holding of a Confede-
rate commission would scarcely exonerate them from
the charge of its consequences. If this be their
true status there can be no doubt as to the duty of
the British Government in the premises, and no
reason to suppose that Government indisposed to
do its duty fully and loyally. The circum-
stances attending the escape need to be explicated
and understood before any inference can be fairly
drawn from them, even as to the conduct
of the people of Halifax themselves, and it
is much to be hoped that nothing may be said or
done to prejudice public feeling in this country on
the subject. If in the sequel it shall be found that
either through official or popular hostility to us in
the British colonies the rights of the republic have
suffered, it will become us to seek redress in a
temper which shall insure it."
For the protection of American vessels leaving
New York, passengers are to be required to have
passports. A New York despatch of the 22d
says:--
" The Government has decided that the safety of
American vessels leaving this port requires that no
person shall be allowed to leave this port as passen-
gers or otherwise without first receiving a passport
from the marshal of this district. It is understood
that a gunboat has already been stationer'. at Sandy
Hook by Admiral Paulding to intercept every ves-
sel leaving this port by that outlet, and another
vessel at Throgg's Neck to examine vessels leaving
this port by way of the Sound, with instructions to
detain such as are without passes."
The celebrated prize Peterhoff has been put in
commission at the Brooklyn Navy Yard as a Federal
man-of-war, after having been strengthened and
getting guns on board.
A Washington letter of the 21st mentions the
following :
"About 3 o'clock on Sunday morning a detach-
ment of Moseby's guerillas and Stuart's rebel
cavalry were found in the neighbourhood of Mor-
gansburg, Fauquier county, Virginia, by a portion
of Gregg's cavalry. The rebels were commanded.
by a major cf Stuart's cavalry, and were supposed
to number between 250 and 300. Our force
numbered some 400, and consequently the rebels,
after firing a few shots, retreated is the direction
of the Rappahannock, and crossed at Barnett's ford
upon pontoon bridges, which the rebels appeared
to have had constructed there. The only loss on
our side was one man slightly wounded, while we
captured 10 prisoners, and it is known four rebels
were killed. Among the prisoners was one of
Nloseby's lieutenants."
A despatch from Washington of the 22d says :
" Information received to-night from the Army of
the Potomac says there are no indications of a re-
trograde movement towards Washington, as has
been reported, nor is it believed that the enemy, in
their present condition, are able to give us ranch
annoyance. Their cavalry, diminished considerably
on our front, are not able to the task of mal•;ing any
formidable raid on our base of supplies, owing to
the impoverished condition of their horses. The
insufficiency of shoes and blankets, if the state
meats of deserters can be relied on, renders it
equally improbable that Lee's infantry can be called
from their strong position and comfortable shelters
to undertake a campaign during the rigours of
winter."

guard over him ; foar of them then went aft, and
the mate, hearing the noise on deck, came up, and
was taken in the same manner, and put in the fore-
castle with the captain and crew. Mr. Greenough,
the supercargo, in attempting to come on deck, was
kicked down into the cabin and two shots were
fired at him, but fortunately did not hit him ;
they confined him to his berth and kept a guard
over him, with orders to shoot him if he
attempted to make any resistance. After keeping
them in confinement for eight days they put all
hands into the small boat, and told them to find
their way to land the best way they could. They
landed on the coast of Sisal, after being two days and
nights at sea. There they got passage to Havannah
in a Spanish brig, and the crew were sent to New
York in the schooner Horace Bell, from Sisal. The
six passengers had paid their passage to New York
from Matamoras. Their names were T. E. Hogg, of
Baltimore, J. Brown, of Canada, James Clements,
Kelly, and Brown, and John Wilson. This Wilson
was mate with Gordon, the slaver, and he was in the
Tombs, in New York, four years and ten months.
They say that there are four other parties in Meta-
moras, waiting for vessels and chances like this, and
that they are sure to get them. This same party
expected to have had a steamer at Matamoras, but
it got away before they had their plans laid. After
they had put the captain and crew in the small boat
they hoisted the Confederate flag, and fired off their
pistols as a salute, saying that they had authority
from the Confederate Government so to do. When
asked where they were bound they said to Belize,
Honduras, where they could sell the vessel and
cargo. The vessel was owned by F. Gerety, of New
York, and the cotton consigned to Shepler & Co."
The Federal Commander Clary, in an official de-
spatch from Halifax to the Secretary of the Navy,
announces that the Chesapeake has been transferred
to the British authorities. The following telegra-
phic despatches have been published:—
" Halifax, Dec. 19, 1863.
" Tremendous excitement prevails here this after-
noon in regard to the steamer Chesapeake, She was
delivered over to the British authorities to-day ;
but upon the landing of the prisoners upon shore
they were rescued by the citizens. The Union ves-
sels Niagara, Dacotah, Ella and Annie, Acacia, and
Cornubia, are off the harbour.

"10 P.M

Furloughs are only allowed to those soldiers who
declare their intention of re-enlisting on the expi-
ration of their term. The probable ❑umber of re-
enlistments into the veteran corps of the Virginian
army in consequence of this order is estimated at
10,000.
The following are the latest despatches relating to
the state of affairs in East Tennessee, which appears
in the New York papers :
" Cumberland Gap, Dec. 18-
" Gen. Longstreet divided his army on Wednes-
day, one part making an attack on Bean's Station,
and the other at Kelley's Ford, the design being to
cut off Generals Shackleford and Foster. A move-
ment by Gen. Ferrero frustrated the plan. Heavy
firing was heard yesterday between Tazewell and
Church River. It is reported that Gen. Longstreet
is killed, and that his forces are completely sur.
rounded."

"At 1 o'clock this afternoon the steamer Chesa-
peake and the prisoners on board of her were de-
livered over to the Government. Upon the arrival
of the boat containing the prisoners at the Queen's
wharf the excitement became intense. The pri-
soner's were immediately seized by a boat's crew in
the ship, and hurried off by the crowd in attend-
ance. Upon the Government officers moving to
arrest the prisoners, under a warrant, they were
seized and held by prominent citizens and rendered
powerless to perform their duty. The crowd finally
succeeded in getting the pirates off in a small boat,
which forthwith moved down the bay. The affair
causes the greatest excitement throughout the city.
What course the authorities will pursue in the
matter it is impossible to say. The pirates are now
all at liberty, scattered throughout the provinevs.
Union gunboats are preparing to leave. Some will
take their departure to-night, and probably all of
them will leave before Monday?,
The first engineer of the Chesapeake affords the
following particulars of the capture :
"After we left St. John the first port we entered
was Shelburne, where we arrived on Thursday
night. Here we took in ten tons of coal and some
wood. The next morning we left for Lahave river.
Seeing a steamer off the mouth of the river, we
concealed the vessel as best we could, and
ascended the river on Friday night. We laid to at
this point until Tuesday night, discharging part of
the cargo, for which we received 1,000 dols. We
sold the sugar for 3c. a pound, the flour for 3 dole..

" London, Kentucky, Dec. 20.
" General Shackleford arrived here en route for
home. He left Bair's Cross-roads on the 16. n inst.
The battle of Bean's Station commenced on the 14th
inst. at 2 o'clock, and lasted ti►l dark. Gen. Shackel-
ford held the ground until that time, when he with-
drew with a loss of 150 to 200 men in killtd and
wounded. Our forces were concentrating at Blair's
Cross-roads when Gen. Shackleford :eft."

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