The Sun.
London, England, 1864-01-02 00:00:00

coNsTiTurioN.

N°. 22 315.

PRA WI,EY FUND.—Those who desire to aid
‘..J Colonel CRAWLEY in his heavy expences may pay
their Subscriptions to the above Fund at Messrs. Ilerries,
Farquhar, and Co., Bankers, 16, St. James's-street, London,
S.W.

THE WELLINGTON THREE SHILLING
DINNER, consisting ,f Soup, Fish, Made Dish, Joint,
Sweet, &c.. is served daily trom 3 to 9 p.m., and on Sunday
from 5 to 8.30.

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

STEAM from LONDON to NEW YORK.
I he British and American Steam Navigation Company
(Limited) will DESPATCH one of the undermentioned
Splendid Fast Screw Steamers TWICE EACH AIONTII for
New York:—

Tons. Horse Power.
LONDON 2,'00 ...., st;o ..... Capt. GLOVER.
WESTMINSTER 2,500 .. sco ..... Capt. Couch'
...
DUBLIN 2,500 ..... 500 ..... Capt. FROUD.
NEW YORK 2 5OO ..... 500 ..... 4 apt. HAnnis.

These magnificent vessels are unsurpassed by any ocean-
going steamer, and have accommodation for passengers re-
plete witn every comfort. The Line will commence early in
March ; the exact date to be fixed in a latter announcement.
To load in the Victoria Docks.

For freight or passage apply to the Company's Agents,
Alfred Laming and Co., 70, Cornhill.

THE CONSERVATIVE LAND SOCIETY.-
In this Society the taking of Land is quite optional,
as Irvestors, without any uartnership liability, may either
take out Shares, to receive half-yearly five per cent. per
annum, or may open accounte in the Deposit Department,
without being Members of the Society, with a fixed rate of
Interest at four per cent per annum, payable half-yearly.
Both in the Share and Deposit Department the Investor
has the privilege of withdrawing his money at fixed periods.
Prospectuses sent free to any part of the world.
CHARLES LEWIS GRUNEISEN, Secy.
Offices, 33, Norfolk-street, Strand, London, W.C.

TEA.—NIOORE BROTHERS respectfully inti-
mate that their New Prospectus is now ready. They
especially recommend their improved Family Tea, reduced
to 3s. 2d. ; Souohong, reduced to 3s. 6d. ; mixed Assam, re-
duced to 3s. Bd.; and the finest Assam, reduced from 48. 4d.
to 3s. 11d. per lb.
MOORE BROTHERS, 35, London-bridge, City, E.C.

KINAHAN'S LL WHISKY v. COGNAC,
BRANDY.
This celebrated Old IRI6II WHISKY rivals the finest
FR,ENCII BRANDY,
It i A Fur e, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome.
Sold in Bottles, 3s. 8d , at the Retail Houses in London ; by
the Agents in the principal towns in England ; or wholesale
at

BEAUTIFUL WOMEN.—Alabaster Powder,
and the Maznetic Rock Dew Water from Sahara. Cir-
cassian Bloom. Arabian Soaps, and Alabaster Liquid. These
costly and inimitable toilet preparattons render the hair,
teeth, and complexion beautiful beyond comparison.—Can be
had only at Madame RACHPL'S, 47A, New Bond-street,
where she can be consulted daily. All communications are
strictly confidential.

MESSRS. BOTT. JACKSON, AND CO.
execute COMMISSIONS on all races throughout the
year. Market price guaranteed. Remittances. L9ndon and
Westminster Bank. Post-office Orders payable at Camber-
well-park.
N.B.—Betting on the Waterloo Cup.
Address—Borr and JACKSON, "Man of the World" Wine
Stores, George-street, Camberwell-park, London.

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

NEW WORK BY THE DUKE OF MANCHESTER.
Just ready, in 2 vols., Bvo., w,th Fine Portraits, 305., bound,
COURT AND SOCIETY,
FROM ELIZABETH TO ANNE.
Edited from the Papers at Kimbolton,
By the DUKE of MANCHESTER.
Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street.

IF THIS SHOULD MEET THE EYE of any
one troubled with Wind in the Stomach, Indizestion, or
Biliousness, take PAGE WOODCOCK'S WIND PILLS.
Tt eir world-wide celebrity proves them of sterling merit.
Of all medicine vendors at is. lad. and 24. 9d. ; or free by
post for 14 or 33 stamps from Page D. Woodcock, Chemist
Lincoln.

NEW NOVEL.
Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols.,
F" Ev ER
• A Story of English Country Life.

By A CLERGYMAN.
Hurst and Blaokett, 13, Great Marlborough street.

Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols.,
WOMAN'S RANSOM.
A By the Author of' " Grandmother's Money," &c.
" 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 Blacett, 13, Great Marlborough-street.

This Day, Companion to "Anonyma," price 25.,
SKITTLES; An Autobiography,
London : George Vickers, Angel-court, Strand.

Although Fire Inst.',-mice has increased to a very consider-
able extent, there is a
restcr disproportion between the
amount of property insured
and the insurance property of
.
tood that the popularisa-
the Nation. It is now also under. ,
ton of Fire Insurance, like that of .i,.!fe Assurance, is best
effected by Agencies actively employed in ea work. It is not
surprising, therefore, that these Companies Lave been so
,_, readily sup, orted by the Public, or that they shouta imme-
diately have become successful and permanent.
The success, however, of these Companies have been °b-
tlined by an aupeal to the Public generally, and they have
commenced without any nucleus of specific interest or eon-
ile •tion.

CANTERBURY HALL—THE GHOST in the
MAGIC FOUNTAINS, surpassing any of the Trans-
f ,rmation Scenes cf the Season—one of the most beautiful
effects ever produced. The scene, " The Tempest ;" Ariel,
Miss E. Townley. The flight of Ariel through the Fairy
Fountains is certainly a triumph of art.—Vide Public l'ress.

The British N tion Fire Insurance Company Limited has
'the certainty before it of securing at once a very large and
profitable business—large in consequence of the aggregate
cumber of persons to whom it can appeal as friends and
supporters, and profitable because the business to be ob-
tawed from that aggregate is of the kind known as the best
risks.

All the other Musical and Pictorial attractions of the
Estab ishment as usual, including Operatic Selections, &c. ;
Comedy by Unsworth (the great Stump Orator), Eugene,
Randall, G. Hutchenson, J. Jester, T. Maclagan, &c.

Admission, 6d. ; Stalls and Balcony, is.
Open every Evening.

The .‘ BrNsh Nation Life Assurance Association" has an
Income of £17.0, (00 a year; it is effecting new business yielding
a premium income at the rate of upwards of £3,),000 per an-
num ; its policy-holuCys amount to more than 20,000 ; it has
upwards of 3,000 agents ; :tind its connections ale daily in-
creasing. It has thus neari3o,ooo persons to whom the
Directors of the British Nation Fire Insurance Company
Limited have the opportunity to appeal; and it is certain
that those who have entrusted them with the large amount
of Life Assurance represented by the numbers and income
above stated, will readily adopt the liberal and a'iYantageous
plan which is here submitted.
The British Nation Fire Insurance Company Limited will
be separate irom tne "British Nation Life Assurance As,o-
ciation," so far as its Capital, Assets, Income, and Profits
are concerned; but it will at once obtain the advantage of
the whole working Staff of the Life Company. The value of
that Staff may be estimated by the fact that, although Poli-
cies for Life are infinitely more difficult to obtain than Poli-
cies for Fire, scarcely any Life Office is transacting a larger
new business than that which this Stiff obtains for the "Bri-
tish Nation."

T " OXFORD
R, OXFORD STREET, W.

UNIFORM WITH " THE PRIVATE DETECTIVE."
This day, Never before Published, price 25.,
SECRET SERVICE;
Or, The Recollections of a City Detective.
London Ward and Lock, 158, Fleet-street.

Feap. Bvo., 280 pp., cloth, lettered, 3s. free by post,
THE PRINCIPLES and PRACTICE of
VEGETARIAN COOKERY,

Founded on Chemical Analysis, and embracing the most
approved &lethods of the Art.
By the Author of " Fruits and Farinacea the Proper Food
of Man."
London : F. Pitman, 20, Paternoster-row, E.C.

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS,

Now ready, price 365., 155., and 10s., with Map,
POST- OFFICE LONDON DIRECTORY
for 1861. (Sixty-fifth year.)
The smallest edition, price 10s., with newly engraved large
Map of London, is by far the cheapest Directory ever
published, and comprises, in two alphabetical lists, the
" Commercial " and " Court," which contain no less than
140,0.0 names and addresses of persons residing in London,
whether carrying on business or oczupying a private resi-
dence.
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Also, now Publishing, price Ns., with Maps of the Counties
corrected to time of publication, the Fifth Edition of

The POST-OFFICE DIRECTORY of BIRMINGHAM,
STAFFORDSHIRE, WARWICKSHIRE, and WORC ES-
TE tt SHIRE.

Kelly and Co., Old Boswell-court, Strand, W.C. ; Simpkin.
:arshall, and Co. ; and all booksellers.

BEAUTIFUL FOR EVER.

MADAME RACHEL ON "FEMALE GRACE AND BEAUTY."
Just published,
ABOOK OF BEAUTY.
By Madame RACHEL.
To be had at 47A, New Bond-street. Price 2s. 6d.

QOllO ESTATE. HOUSE, AND GENERAL
BUSINESS,AGENCY OFFICES.—Persons requiring
Freehold or Leasehold Property, or having Business anc
Houses to be dispose I of, should apply to Mr. CHARLES
MURRAY, Auctioneer and Valuer, 26, Gerrard-street,
Soho, W.
Valuations for Probate Administration, Fire Claims, Bail-
way Compensations, &c. Rents Collected. ,

THIS EVENING, will be performed Selections from the
following Operas, viz., THE SLAVE, by Sir H. Bishop;
also, from LA FORZA. DEL DES LINO— Verdi ; by the fol-
lowing talented artistes .—Misses !Russell, Townley, Fitz-
Henry, VS, hlmsley, Tyrrell, and Ellison; Messrs. Green,
Huish, Kimberley, Stuart, &c.
Solos on the Violin by VIOTTI COLLINS, the cele-
brated English Violinist.
Flute by Drew Dean. Pianoforte, Miss Bryant.

These advantages will also save the payment of slelli'mrl--
Theion Fees, and a great proportion of the
t of usualaCPompany
Prelimi-
nary Zxpen,es incidenglett thttstablish
blendingienof the Manage-
of such m‘Zni
.t,,uuddeu;eNtvin g
Manage-
ment, and by theybusiness of both Companies in
the same Office, a -nnsiderable amount of annual outlay will
be avoided. little more than one-third of
It has been calculated tha ,nsured and that this large
the property of this country is
4ists rath r of the best
amount of uninsured property con. _
risks than of the more hazardous. Fue sons possessed
of a very large
of hazardous property fail to insure it, Why:. °t
rt.
number possessed of non-hazardous property, au-
.nd it
vats houses and their contents, remain uninsured.
is precisely this description of risk that the connections (
the "British Nation Life Assurance Association" will be
enabled to secure for this Company.
The Mire Company, therefore, now brought before the
Public is no speculative project ; for while Fire Companies
which have had no nucleus of interest to appeal to are yet
welcomed and become immediately successful, this Institu-
tion will commence with a powerful connection such as no
Fire Company ever yet possessed.
FIRE INSURANCE SHARES AS AN INVESTMENT.
The 811.1CeSS of Fire Companies combined with Lite, when
established on broad bases, has been uniformly certain, and
the shares of all such established Companies stand at a large
premium over ,he original amount paid upon them. The
following list will show the amount paid, the present price,
and the great increase in valua of some of the Comp antes
referred to.

And the marvellous instrument, the ORCHESTRAL
PIANO, by Herr SCHALKENBACH, the Inventor.
Comedy, by UNSWORTH ("or any oilier man "), Eu2.ene,
W. Randall,W. T. Critchfield, T. Machgran, George Hutcher-
son, and the marvellous Gymnasts, Messrs. Berri, Leach,
and Foster.

THIS EVENING, will be produced, supported by the
entire comany, a new and original Cantat i, entitled "King
Christmas." written by Litchfield Moseley, Esq., and com-
posed by W. Meyer Lutz, expressly for the estab'ishment.

Director, Mr. F. Jonghmans.

ROYAL AL HA M B RA.--FRANCONPS
CIRQUE IMPERIAL at Two, and half-past Seven
o'clock.

MR. REARDEN, LAND ESTATE. and
HOUgE AGENT, SU tiVEYOR and VALUER, 91
and 92, PICCADILLY, near Cambridge house, opposite the
Green-park, Established 23 Years, respectfully invites the
particulars of Landed Estates, Farms, and House Property
for Sale, to be Let, or wanted to Rent or Purchase, for which
no charge is made unless a treaty is concluded, and then
only his usual rates of charge, particulars of which will be
given on application. In all cases of his Letting Farms Mr.
Reardon charges toe Tenant only, and not the Landlord.
Particulars of Property for Sale and to be Let will be given
personally, or forwarded free of charge. N.B.—Several Town
and Country Residences, Landed Properties, and Farms
wanted to Rent and Purchase immediattly.

ROYAL ALHAMBRA. The Great Bare
back Rider, JULES PEREZ, EVERY EVENING.

29, GEORGE-STREET, HANOVER-SQUARE.
T.ONDON ANATOMICAL MUSEUM.
THE from 10 till 10. Lectures at 4 and 7
Open dati,
' be seen the Astecs ; Bushman and
o'clock. Where may
-4 Infant; Eng and Shang-, the
Wife ; Julia Pastrana an ,t 3,000 Models, Natural Pre-
Siamese Twins ; and upwards unwrapped, 4,000 years
parations, Ltc. Egyptian Mumune., Limon only).
old. Admission, One Shilling 'tor Gen,

PRIZE MEDAL-INTERNATIONAL
EXHIBITION, 1862.

Direct full particulars to Mr. Reardon as above.

NO CURE NO PAY.—The Pre.-eminent succesF
attending the use of KERSHAW'S VOLTAIC
FLEXIBLE BELT, novel in principle and action, in the t,
cure of nervous and muscular affections, admits of its mart>
being made dependent upon verified efficacy. A new Belt can
be bad on trial for a month, free of charge, for rheumatism,
neuralgia, sciatica, epilepsy, nervous debility, paralysis,
lumbago, tic doloureux, bronchial cough, asthma, spasms,
sprains, indigestion, inactive live-, &c. By the mild continu•
ous electric current evolved, exhausted vital ener,ly is effec-
tually restored. Prices, ss. to 15s. each ; for extreme cases,
according to size and power. Testimonials sent free.—Depot,
11, Crooked-lane, King William-street, City.

T' PERSONS SEEKING LANDED
ESTATES, TOWN AND COUNTRY RESIDENCES,
FREE HOLD AND bEASEHOLD INVESTMENTS, AND
PROPER VIES U ENERALLY—
TO BE HAD GRATIS, at the principal Railway Bookstalls
throughout the kingdom, orat the Auction and Estate Offices,
No. 67, Chancery-lane, London, Messrs. E. and 11. Lumley's
"FREE PROPERTY REGISTER," containing a varied selection
of landed and house properties now in the market, from
the nobleman's mansion, with its manorial domain, to the
cottage with its few acres.
OWNERS OF PROPERTIES wishing to Sell or Let can em-
brace the opportunity that the medium of this Register
affords, by sending the particu!ars of their properties to the
Estate Offices, t 7, Chancery-lane, London, as the Messrs.
Lumley can in most cases introduce immediate customers,
where the property is of an eligible chara ter, thereby avoid-
ing the disadvantages of delay and its attendant incon-
veniences.
TIIERE IS NO CHARGE incurred, unless a tenant or pur-
chaser is Introduced through Messrs. Lumley's Agency,
and then only the usual moderate commission.
Auction and Land Offices, 67, Chancery-lane, London.

IFEBOAT SERVICES.—During the recent
1.4 heavy gales some of the Coats of the Royal Nadonal
Lifeboat Institution have been instrumental in rescuing the
crews of the following wrecked vessels :—Schooner Theophi-
lus, of Aberdeen, 5 men; barque Tamworth, of Norway, 17;
schooner Northern Lights, of Preston, I ; pilot boat, of St
Ives, 7 ; schooner Anion, of Workington, 4; schooner Gipsy,
of Drrgheda, 4 ; smack Saucy Ja-k, of Inverness, 1 ; barque
Marietta, of Lisbon, 1 ; fishing boat, of Filey, 2 ; Tenby
fishinrr boat, 3 ; and barque Providence, of Dantzic,7. Total
lives saved, 55. The lifeboats also assiste lin bringing safely
into port, with their crews, consisting of 29 men, the Italian
brig Camoglin,,, the schooner Sir Cohn Campbell, of Whitby,
the schooner Giulia, of Palermo, and the ketch Snip, of Am-
sterdam. 'fhe 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.

The Committee of the Institutionearnest'y AP PEAL to the
public for ASSIsTANuE to enable them to meet the con-
•~nued heavy demands on the Society's 125 lifeb at estab-
lishnOltS. Contributions are receiv d by all the Lon,ton
and country bankers ; and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis,
Esq., at the instit4tion, 14, John-street, Adelphi, London.

FRANCIS TUCKER le CO., Wax Chandlers, &c., dr.t.,
To the Queen and the Pcinee of Wales.
(Established 17?0.)

„n
Annual rs•ct ''' Z,"",:i
Paid on hal co c - --„,
Name of Office. each Dividend A ~. ^..q,,.., —,.,,
per cent. .., ee2, .19 ° .
Share, paid. 1.1 I :4 a
Cl) Pi .1
..."-........ - --•-.-
X X s. £ X X
Atlas
Commercial Union 5O 5 0 5 & bonus' 9 80
County ..... ' 100 10 0 40 Si 760
Imperial 500 50 0 36 350 820
Liverpool & London 20 2 0 24 11'10 475
Law 1(0 2 10 11 5 100
London
North British
Royal Exchange... 100 100 0 14 I 300 200
Sun 100 10 0 iii & bonus, 220 21c0
, Union 200 20 0 6i 2BO 1300

The Jnrors' Report on Wax and Church Candles, in 1862,
testifies to he excellence of the quality of Messrs. Tuckers'
manul acture.

A disti ig-uished Dignitary. in a letter addressed to Francis
Tucker and Co.. on the subject of
WAX CANDLES with PLATTED WICKS,

A.D. 1720.
R
0Y AL 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 PEARRES BARCLAY, Esq., Sub-Governor.
Sir JOAN HENRY PELLY, Bart., Deputy-Governor.
DIRECTORS,
Henry Bainbridge, Esq. Wilmot Holland, Esq.
Robert Barclay, Esq. Earl of Leven and Melville.
ohn Garrett Cattley, Esq. Chas. Jno. Manning, Esq.
Mark Currie Close, Esq. Henry Nelson, Esq.
William Davidson, Esq. Hon. Josceline W. Percy.
Thomas Dent, Esq. Charles Robinson, Esq.
Alexander Druce, Esq. Samuel Leo Schuster, Esq.
Fredk. Jos. Edlmann, Esq. Eric Carrington Smith, Esq.
RiversdaleW. Grenfell, Esq. William Soltau, Esq.
P obc. Amadeus Heath, Esq. Joseph Somes, Esq., M.P.
Wm. Tetlow Hibbert, Esq." William Wallace, Esq.
Jas. Stewart Hodgson, Esq. Chas. Baring Young, Esq.
Medical Referee, SAMUEL SOLLY, Esq., F.R,S.
NOTIC E. The usual fifteen days allowed for payment of
FIRE PREMIUMS falling due at Christmas will expire on
9th January.
FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected with this
l'orporation on advantageous terms.
Insurances against Fire on Merchandize in the docks and
warehouses in the Port of London are accepted at the late
reduced rates of Premium.
FARMING-STOCK—No e ,ztra charge is made for the use
of a Steam Thrashing Machine.
The Reversionary Bonus on British Life Policies has ave-
raged nearly 2 per cent. per annum on the sum assured.
Equivalent reductions have been made in the Premiums
payable by persons who preferred that form of Bonus.
The divisions of Profit take place every Five years.
Any sum not exceeding £15,000 may be insured on one
Life.

says :

" I have found them fully equal to the recommendation
which you gave them, and can sincerely, in my tuin,t com-
mend them to the clergy for the use of the altar."
Finest quality, with Platted Wicks, patented..! I. d. per lb.
Ordinary quality .. ..! I Od. per lb.
VEGETABLE CANDLES, with a Mixture of Wax.
Best quality .. .. Is. sd. per lb.
Second quality ls. 3d. per lb.
Third quality Is. id. per lb.
Carriage paid 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 Establishment in England for the Manufacture
of Wax Candles for the use of the Altar.

TAMBERT'S ASTHMATIC BALSAM.-AN
EFFECTUAL REMEDY, without confining the bowels
or affecting the head, truly efficacious and pleasant, is ad
matted to be the beat medicine for immediately relieving,
coughs, colds, confirmed cases of asthma, and incipient con-
sumption. It frequently cures persona whom the faculty
pronounce incurable, admirably allays the tickling which
provokes frequent coughing. In approaching consumption
its effects are truly beneficial. Persons deprived of sleep, or
even lying down for fear of suffocation, may depend on relief
in a few minutes after taking it. Prepared why and sold by
W. LAMBERT, Chemist, 8, King-Wiliam-street, Charing-
cross, London, and by all drugg,sts, in bottles, 130., and
three quantities in one, 2s. 9d. each. Be particular, and ask
for Lambert's Asthmatic Balsam. The name and address ae.
engraved on the stamp.

KEATING'S COUGH LOZ ENG ES.—Statisties
show that 50,009 persons annually fall victims to Pul-
nlonary Disorders, including consumption, diseases of the
ches7,r
thanand the respiratory organs. Prevention is at >al times
bette
cure ; be, therefore, prepared during the wet and
wintry season With a supply of KEATING'S COUGH
LOZ ENGES, which possess the virtue ,)f averting, as well as
of curing a cough or cold ; they are good alike for the young
or for the aged—they soothe bronchial irritation ; and for im-
proving the voice, the preacher, statesman, singer, and actor
have long patronised them
" St. Paul's Gathelral, 30th November, 1849.
" Sir,—l have much pleasure in recommending y cur lozenges
to those who may be distressed with hoarseness. They have
afforded me relief on several occasions when scarcely able to
sing from the effects of catarrh. I think they would be very
useful to clergymen, barristers, and public orators.
"I am, Sir, yours faithfully,
" THOMAS FRANcIS, Vicar Choral.

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.
ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON.
ROBT. P. STEELE, Secretary.

" To Mr. Keating."
Prepared and sold in boxes, 1s lid, and tins, 2s 9d, 4s 6d,
and 10s 6d each. by Thomas Keatincz, chemist, &c., 79, St.
Paul's Churchyard, London. Retail by all druggists and
atent medicine vendors in the world.

TEETH.—Mr. ESKF,LTIS INVENTION in
the construction of ARTIFICIAL TEETH has the
following advantag,es :—A set of teeth, of excellent work-
manship and mechanism, can be made and fitted with the
most perfect accuracy and success, in a few hours, without
pain or extraction of stumps, and to answer all the purposes
of mastication and articulation. They are fitted without
wires or fastenings, and adapt themselves so perfectly to the
—nmv, that they are quite immoveable, except at the option
- wearer, fnvalida or residents in the country can ad-
' -.th t 3 many changes of the mouth without the
"'",,,v arc not so liable to injury, are always
• -"me. Comfort gdaranteed. Tree-
&e., free for' 7 stamps.
-•ree.-B,Grosvenor-
.

OYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road,
LI, in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail-
way Terminus, King's-cross.,
Patron—Her Most Gracious Majcity the QUEEN.

Of the
just these tt.
aid of a dentist. 1.
useful, and will last a
tise explaining Mr. Esked's
Inspection of specimens andconsultation.._
street, Bond-street, W ; and at 39, Bennett .
miugltam.

Vice-Patron—llls Royal Highness the Prince of WA LE
President—His Grace the Duke of BUCCLEUCII, K.G.
Treasurer—Edward Masterman, Esq.

The numerous and urgent appeals of the sielc poor for ad-
missicin compel the Committee to entreat the bounty of the
affluent and humane, as the medical officers are daily obliged
to treat as out-patients many distressing cases which, with
more adequate funds, they would gladly admit into the wards.
The premises of the Hospital are capable of containing 500
beds.
The Hospital is not endowed, but is wholly dependent on
voluntary contributions and legacies, which are received by
the Treasurer, Edward Masterman, Esq., Nicholas-lane; also
by Messrs. Coutts and Co. ; Drummond and Co. ; Herries and
Co. ; Ransom and Co.;• Prescott, Grote, and Co. ; Smith,
Payne, and Co. ; Giyn and Co. ; Jones Loyd and Co. ; Barclay
and Co. ; Denison and Co. ; W iliams, Deacon, and Co. ;
Overend. Gurney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co., Berners-street ;
Masterman and Co. ; I. Barned and Co., Liverpool ; and at
the Holipital, from I 9 till 5.
STANFORD S. SMITH Secretary.

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THE SUN, LONDON, ;- AT U IiDAY EVENING, JANUARY 2, 1864.

Congrees, when it was propounded by France,
that a very great change must have come over his
views if he does nut readily adopt the present sug-
gestion of England at a period of greater difficulty
in his own effairs than existed when his letter to
the Emperor of the French was written in Novem-
ber last. This, then, being so, the question next
arises what view woutd be taken by Austria and
Prussia, and by the Germanic Confederation collec-
tively, now that a Conference is suggested by Great
Britain, with the almost certain concurrence of
France, Russia, and Sweden ? The knowledge that
these Powers are in accord on the Danish question
must necessarily exert immense influence on the
policy of Germany. Sir Alexander Malet points
out to the Federal Diet that England, France,
Russia, and Sweden were not only parties to the
Treaty of 1852, before the eventuality of King
Christian's accession occurred, but have actually
recognised King Chrietien since his accession, as
Sovereign of all the territories ruled by Frederic
VII. It may fairly be assumed that such an array
of European opinion would carry with it a weight
that must be irresistible, whatever were the real
wishes of Austria and Prussia. But the more im-
mediate question, is as to the answer which Austria,
Prussia, and the Diet would return. The Danish
Government would probably feel itself already sup-
ported by the consent of England, France, Russia,
and Sweden. In such an event it seems literally
impossible to suppose that Austria and Prussia, the
two remaining signataries of the Treaty of 1852,
could do otherwise than agree to discuss the points
in dispute, as arising out of, or as affected by, that
treaty. And Austria and Prussia, it must be re-
membered, whatever may be the activity of the
minor Powers of Germany, are still essentially the
Germanic Confederation; for, whatever excesses
may have been committed by the .agents Of the
minor Powers in Holstein, no overt act of the
Federal Commissioners has yet appeared in ad-
vance of the policy declared by the Austrian
and Prussia❑ Governments at Vienna and Berlin
respectively. We may, therefore, look forward with
some expectation to the result of such a propo-
sition for a Conference of the signataries of the
Treaty of 1852 ; inasmuch as the concurrence of
the majority would then doubtless be already had,
and the two remaining Powers could not decently
refuse. At the present moment, it would of course
be quite premature to discuss the particular manner
in which the present differences between Germany
and Denmark might be treated in a Conference.
We can readily imagine several modes of treatment
which would ❑ot be inconsistent with the dignity
and honour of either party. These, however, would
probably present themselves to the minds of those
who are acquainted with the bearing of the questions
at issue, and are conversant with the methods by
which diplomacy acts. In point of fact, but few
international differences which once go into a Con-
ference ever survive to come out again. Diploma.
tists rarely let their work be in vain. Some com-
promise is hit upon, some construction is framed
and adopted, which is felt to be infinitely preferable
to allowing the fire to smoulder anew, and perhaps
to break out in a flame, even if the construction be
❑ot perfectly logical. Although the conduct of
Austria and Prussia themselves has been very far
from what we had a right to expect, we must still
clearly distinguish between their own sense of re-
sponsible action and such frantic dec'arations as
those of the Wurtemberg Minister of Foreign
Affairs, that the little Court of Stuttgardt had
receded from the Treaty of 1852—an announcement
which may be made with as much impunity as were
the wild ntterings of the little band of grand dukes
a few weeks ago. The attitude of the Federal
Commissioners in Holstein affords another evidence
that the Federal Diet is by no means animated with
the decided views of the petty princes ; and the
evident antagonism between those commissioners
and the agente of such States as Saxony and
Hanover is probably a maia cause of the inaction
which prevails in Holstein on the part of the
Federal authorities. The King of Denmark justly
stands upon his rights; but he has also shown
himself to be a prince of a moderating and
conciliatory temper; Itnd the position which he
will hold, ender the present suggestion of Great
Britain, with the support of France, Russia, and
Sweden, it will be morally impossible for Austria
and Prussia to withstand,

Ties.—We may presume that the list of an-
swers to the invitation of the Emperor to the Powers
to meet in Congress is now complete, since we have
received the answer of the mast remote of tbem
all. It is certainly rather startling to find that, by
virtue of the new position which has been allotted
her among the Powers of Europe, Turkey has a
seat and a voice in an assembly which, according
to the Emperor Napoleon, pos6esses the right to
arbitrate on whatever disputes may arise between
Christian Powers. To say truth, however, great
as this privilege may be, Turkey evinces no very
strong inclination to avail herself of it. She does
not meet the Emperor half way, with that bound-
ing step and those outstretched arms with which the
smaller Powers meet the proposition to open a Court
before which every one may gain a hearing for any
claim however stale, end every grievance however
antiquated. Turkey is, as the Sultan pointedly ob-
serves, an "empire the interests and prosperity of
which depend in a great measure on the mainten-
ance of peace ;" and we can well imagine that her
wisest statesmen would wish to see that peace placed
on solid and durable foundations. It cannot well be
otherwise. Of all the nations of the earth Turkey
has probably the most to dread from war, and the
most reason we should think to dislike the notion of
a European Congress. The Turkish empire is wade
up of a number of provinces, some more, some less
dependent on the central government, from Egypt,
whose dependence is little more than nominal,
to the Asiatic and European provinces in the im-
mediate neighbourhood of Constantinople. It
may be compared to a tree whose fruit is in every
stage of ripeness, some advancing; to maturity, some
ready to fall immediately, but all preparing sooner
or later for a separation frouothe parent stem. Ser-
via, Moldavia, and Wallachia are specimens of the
latter class ; Candor, Epirus, and Thessaly, of the
former. It seems almost a mockery to ask the Go-
vernment of such a country whether it wishes to
enter into a conference in order to hear what the
Great Powers—the friends of its disaffected
provinces—have to show against their remaining
any longer part of a Mahomedan Empire, and
to argue the case before a jury of Powers all
professing the religion of its disaffected subjects,
all entirely hostile to the religion of the dominant
race. The Turks probably also have not forgotten
how narrowly in the course of the Congress at
the close of the Crimean war they escaped the
presence of Russia on the Danube, which the Go-
vernment of France exerted itself so earnestly to
obtain for her. Nor can the wish of Turkey to
enter a Congress be, we should think, in any way
increased by the information that in this Assembly
England, her only hearty and disinterested friend,
whose policy has been more Turkish than the Turks
themselves, will not have a seat or a voice. Still,
Turkey is not in a position :n which she can afford
to make an enemy of so potent a protector as the
Emperor of the French, an She ought not to for-
get that she owes to him, in conjunction with Eng-
land, her deliverance from the standing menace of
Sebastopol, even though by his rather hasty with-
drawal from the conflict he prevented the complete
humiliation of the Muscovite Empire, and the
consequent security of Turkey. We trace in the
manner in which the Sultan responded to the
invitation to join the European Congress the tactics
of a diplomacy long used to deal with Powers
to whom it was not advisable to give a direct
negative, and deeply versed in all the arts of eva-
sion and subterfuge. Any one who will carefully
read the written answer returned by the Sultan to
the question whether Turkey would be willing to
join a Congress of the European Powers to be assem-
bled at Paris will find, amid all the civilities and
amenities of the document, that this is precisely the
question to which it does not afford any answer.
The Sultan thanks the Emperor for his friendship,
assures him of the reciprocity of his feelings, and of
his earnest desire to prove the high value he attaches
to it. The prosperity of the Turkish Empire de-
pends on the maintenance of peace. As to the per
sonal opinion of the Sultan on the Emperor's pro-
position, he refers to his conversation with the
French Ambassador, and to such communi-
cations as may be made hereafter by the
Turkish Ambassador at Paris. The question thus
remains unanswered, in writing at least, and the
records of the French Foreign-office will show no
official document declaring whether Turkey is or is
not ready to join in Congress with the other Euro-
pean Powers. We cannot believe that the Sultan,
or, at any rate, tt ose who advise him, are so igno-
rant of the ordinary forms of public business as not
to be aware that the proper answer to such a ques-
tion, as it was proposed by the Emperor of the
French in writing, would be a written acceptance or
rejection, not a string of empty compliments with a
reference to a former conversation and to another
which had not then taken place. We can only sup-
pose that this peculiar manner of meeting the question
was a bungling attempt to conciliate the demands of
civility with the unwillingness to give a positive and
binding answer, and that itwas thought that it might
be more easy to explain away the report of a con-
versation than a formal and deliberate statement in
writing. To know, then, whether the Sultan is
willing to join the Congress or no, or rather, as he
says, what are his personal views, we must refer to
the version of the conversation between him and
the French Ambassador which is printed in the
Moniteur as the key, we presume, to an explana-
tion of the written answer, which explains nothing.
The Sultan, after compliments, says he shall be very
happy to make the acquaintance of the Emperor,
and visit so fine a capital as
Paris. But if he could
know beforehand the bases ou which an under-
standing would be come to,that would, perhaps, be
better, since in that case be could act with a full
knowledge of the subjee,. The French Ambassador
thtit it is for the Congress, and
ansostufroers him, ,in reply Emperor, to decide on the points to be
treated on. The Sultau replies, with evident
anxiety, that his observation did not conceal any
imopposition ; he now understands the
sdeinffitnoletnytofof
mnking
known beforehand the subject
of deliberation. He therefore accepts the invitation,
but, as his presence alone in France would not be
sufficient, he will not go unless the other Sovereigns
meeting take place, Turkey will
make herself represented at it.
He dismisses the
gnootalbseo.thelflatshteto
Ambassador with the assurance
tkbnaeet self:
loryne thea
very strange proceeding. The
that he is about to reply to the Emperor's letter,
and that the Emperor will be sati4ed with his
answer on all points. The Sultan should have said
"arrt:t
letter
hootawtnint
es
erwai
hrsl
aleas
refers Which an answer is given," for,
shown, on the principal question
fcpveeaeorrsis
to the conversation, and the conversa-
reply gives no answer at all.
to the letter, which almost seems to
amount to a vicious circle, in which the letter is to
be interpreted with the assistance of itself. Never-
theless, we do not doubt that should a Congress ac-
tually be summoned—even a restricted Congress—
Turkey " will not be the Last to be represented
there." She, doubtless, does not wish the Congress
to meet ; but if it must meet, she will take care to
be represented there, in order to protect interests
which might otherwise be seriously imperilled, The
whole proceeding is an enigma, and we offer these
remarks as the best solution of it at which we have
been able to arrive,
POST.—The note of Sir Alexander Malet to the
Federal Diet at Frankfort carries the Danish ques-
tion, to a certain extent, into a new phasis. While
it clearly explains the general views of the British
Government, on the leading points in dispute, it
announces the readiness of this country to enter
into a Conference both with the other signatories of
the Treaty of 1852, and with the Germanic Confe-
deration. Although it did not become the dignity
of all the non-German Powers who signed that
Treaty to make collectively such a concession to the
present prejudices of Germany, it is not difficult to
perceive that such a proposal as the present one is
practically equivalent to the formal proposal of a
Conference on the part of all of them. There can
be little doubt that Denmark has looked with satis-
faction on the suggestion of an expedient which
may result in her disembarrassment, by means of
general diplomacy, from the difficulties with which
she is at present surrounded. It would seem, also,
from the terms of the note of Sir Alexander Malet,
that France, Russia, and Sweden concur in the
moderating and conciliatory attitude which the
British Government has assumed in its present de-
spatch ; and therefore, by a fair construction, it is
to be assumed that the three greatest Powers of
Europe, and Sweden besides, are ready to see the
present Danish question brought within the limits
of a diplomatic settlement in a Conference. Indeed,
such an expedient would be peculiarly consenta-
neous to the recorded policy of the Emperor of the
French, who may fairly regard it as offering, pro
hac vice at least, some sort of substitute for the
general Congress to which he had wished to submit
the Danish question among the other contingent
difficulties of Europe. The same may be said also
of the Emperor of Russia and of the King of
Sweden, who, at the outset, looked on the pro-
posal of the Emperor Napoleon less unfavourably
than most of the considerable Powers of Europe.
The King of Denmark, moreover, was 'so ex-
plicit a supporter of the scheme of a general

Collision off the Lizards

About 9 o'clock on Wednesday night the schooner
British Queen, of Plymouth, Adams, master, with

coals from Newport to Yealm, came into collision
with the echooner Emblem, of Looe, Bartlett,
master, with copper ore, the weather being thick
and the night very dark. At once it was discovered

that the British Queen was in a sinking state, as
she was fast filling with water. Both vessels were
in close contact for some minutes, and the master

and mate of the British Queen got aboard the Em.

blem; but in the consternation and darkness it was

scarcely possible to know what had best be done.
The boat of the British Queen was lowered and four

men got into her, and also three men from the Em

blew ; but it was now found there was no painter
to the boat, and she was soon half filled with water.

Just then the fishing lugger Naomi, of Newlyn,
Thos. Carter, master, from Plymouth, came along-

side, and took the boat in tow. The British Queen

went down in five minutes, and everything in her

was lost. Two or three of the men were in their

berths with scarcely any clothes on. The Emblem

struck the British Queen on the starboard bow and
stove her in, carrying away her bulwarks, stan-
chions, &c. The men were obliged to jump into the
sea to reach the boat. One man had on only a pair
of drawers and a Guernsey frock, and neither shoes,
stockings, nor cap. The Naomi followed the Em-
blem a short distance and spoke to her, the crew
of the latter replying that they believed they were
all right, but this is doubted. The Naomi's hawser
parted through the violence of the weather, and the
boat was lost. The poor weather-beaten fellows
reached Penzance about half-past one at midnight,
and had great difficulty in getting into the pier,
as the tido was low and a heavy sea was running
at the time. The next morning Mr. Ludlow,
honorary secretary to the Shipwrecked Mariners'
Society, fed and clothed the men, and sent them by
railway to their several homes at Plymouth and
Looe. This makes 53 seamen forwarded to their

destination by rail from Penzance by the society
during December 1863. It was hoped the,Emblem
might have arrived at Falmouth, but on inquiry by
telegram it was found that no such vessel was in
the harbour, or near, at 1 p.m. yesterday. The
names of the men landed at Penzance from the
British Queen are John Matthews, Edward Clarke,
Henry Shipley, and William Collins—From the
Emblem—Edward Scantlebury, mate, Thomas
Stevens, and Samuel Good. Carter, the master of
the Naomi, ought not to go unrewarded, as be lost his
hawser, and throughout exposed his own boat and
himself to considerable risk in bringing the seven
destitute men safe to Penzance. The men
themselves were full of grateful expressions,
and the Emblem's men were very sad at
what they feared must be the loss of
their ship and the men on board. All declared
that as it was they had a fearful struggle for life,
the captain of the sinking ship begging them to
jump into the sea to the boat, and he being the last
man to leave her, only a few moments before she
went down. Had they stopped to save even their
clothes they must have been lost. The collision
occurred just outside the Stag Rocks. The first
report of the occurrence, from a Penzance corre-
spondent, was as follows—" The schoontr British
Queen, Adams, of Plymouth, from, Newport for
Yealm, with coals, was run into by the schooner
Emblem, of end from Lone, for Port Talbot, with
copper ore, off the Lizard, on Wednesday night.
The British Queen immediately went down. Her
captain and mate got on board the Emblem, and,
it is supposed, proceeded to Falmouth. The mate of
the Emblem and two of her crew got on board
the British Queen, and with four of the crew
of the latter vessel were picked up in the ship's
boat by the Mount's Bay fishery lugger, Naomi,
Carter, from Plymouth, and landed at Penzance,
yesterday morning. The names of the men are
as follows :—From the British Queen, John Nea.
thens, E. Clark, W. Collins, and Henry Shapcett.
From the Emblem—Edwin Scantlebury, Samuel
Good, and Thomas Stevens."— Western Morning
News.

PRICE
6TAIII.PED

Colonel Crawley's Expenses,

(From the Law limes of To. day.)
Colonel Crawley has received from his judges
the full and honourable acquittal which had been
already accorded to him by public opinion. But the
country must not be suffered to rest with this. The
country has been deluded into cost of £150,000 for
the prosecution of an honourable and innocent man
and it has a right to know by whom that impudent
delusion was practised upon her. Although the
howl against him was eauerly echoed by the news-
papers in this conntry whose vocation it is to bring
into contempt, for the purpose of destroying, every
institution not purely democratic, it had its origin
in some other region, and Parliament should demand
from the Government the sources of the information
upon which it acted when consenting to this infa-
mous prosecution. But justice will not be satisfied
with this. Compensation is due to the injured
object of the persecution. He has been dragged
from India to England to undergo the trial which
in duo course should have been held in India, and
thus he has been put to an enormous cost beyond
that properly attaching to the ordeal. This at least
the country is bound to repay from the public purse
to the uttermost farthing. For the harass and
anxiety to which he has been so long subjected
there can be no compensation, but every farthing of
the expenses he hes been put to beyond those atten-
dant upon the transfer of the place of trial might
be fitly supplied by voluntary subscription,