The Sun.
London, England, 1863-11-10 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 10, 1863.

NOl' FORGET YOUR APPOINTMENT.
—We Sup at EVANS', Covent-garden, af,er Jullien's
Concert.

PARIS.-THE GRAND HOTEL,
Boulevard des Capucioes, Place de Nouvelle Opera,
opposite the Itue de la Paix, and near the Theatres.
Has been opened since July, 1862. It contains 700 bed-
rooms, prices from fir. to 251 r. ; 70 drawbfg-rooms, from Mr.
to 301 r. ; a magnificent salon, capable of dining more than
300 persons, and where there is a table d'hote at six o'clock.
Dinners and breakfasts are served a la carte in the coffee-
rooms, as well as in the apartments. There is a reading--
room with the best English and foreign papers and publica-
tions, a music-room, and a drawing-room for the use of tra-
vellers without any additional charge. There are also baths,
billiard-rooms, smoking divans, post-office ; cabs, carriages,
and omn buses going to the railway stations. The servant.
speak all languages. This superb hotel, possessing all that
modern luxury and comfort can combine, and situated in the
most fashionable part of Paris, is recommended to the atten-
tion of travellers.

Independently of their Two Hotels, the Compagni6 Tmmo-
biliere has established an extensive Private Furnish( d House
on the Boulevard des Capucines, opposite the ROTUNDA of
the GRAND HOTEL, where Families can reside as in their
own private residences, and where they may rely upon find-
ing tue utmost comfort.

THE EAST INDIA IRRIGATION and
CANAL COMPANY.—NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN,
that the FIFTH ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of
the Shareholders of the East India Irrigation and Canal Com-
pany will be held at the LONDON TAVERN, Bishopsgate-
street, in the City of London, on MONDAY, the aOth day of
November instant, at One o'clock precisely.
The Transfer Books of the Company will be Closed from
the 20th to the 30th instant, both days inclusive.
By order of the Board of Directors.
JOHN WESTWOOD, Secntary.
27, Cannon-street, London, E.C., Nov. 4.

Naval and Military Intelligence.

most fastidious can desire, especially for the ladies and chil-
dren. The main deck, on which the troops will be berthed,
is of great height from the planking of the deck to the lower
part of the upper deck iron beams, and the moans of venti-
lation, in which the roomy hatchways of the ship largely
assist, are as perfect as can be wished for on board ship.
The arrangements of the messes and the sleeping arrange-
ments are according to the excellent regulations laid down
by the Horse Guards and the Hon. Council for India. The
rank and file are messed and sleep forward of the main
hatchway ; next aft are the staff, non-commissioned offi-
cers, &c., and abaft all, and screened in to themselves, are
berthed the women and children. The officers and crew of
the ship are berthed on the upper deck, the former in the
usual house cabins amidships, and the crew under a roomy
forecastle forward. The upper deck of the ship is very
much arched with sluice waterways below the level of the
deck, so that no large quantities of water can ever be washed
across it in rough weather at sea. The stock of water car-
ried in the hold is 244 tons, and the ship also carries a fresh
water distilling apparatus in the galley capable of furnishing
60 gallons per day. The fore and mainmasts are of iron, and
the mizen is of wood. The rigging and gear aloft are to all
appearance of the best quality. The fora and maintopsails
are Cunningham's patent. The boats are fitted with Clif-
ford's patent lowering apparatus, of the efficiency of which
at sea the officers on board speak, from their past experience,
in enthusiastic terms. The ship's ground tackle consists of a
Trotman and common anchor in, use, with the usual spare
gear. All the cables on board were officially tested before
leaving the Victoria Docks. In the gale of Friday the ship
was brought to an anchor under Dungeness, the Trotman
anchor being let go. This, the ship's officers state, never
moved an inch after touching tlltground, although it was
their belief that the common an or would not have held
the ship in the position she ;was then in against the gale.
Should the weather be favourable, the King Arthur will
start on her voyage from Portsmouth this afternoon.
The Rajah of Cochin, hired transport, is expected to ar-
rive at Spithead at an early hour this morning from Liver-
pool, and will immediately on arrival be towed into Ports-
mouth harbour and embark the remainder of the 55th Re-
giment and detachments for Madras.

The screw steam transport Sea King, taken up by the
War Department for the conveyance of troops and artillery
supplies for Auckland, New Zealand, yesterday shipped a
large portion of her stores, consisting of one complete bat-
tery of 12 pounder Armstrong guns, and one 6 pounder bat-
tery, for effective service in the bush and over the soft and
cultivated part of the country infested by the insurgent
tribes, and inaccessible to the ordinary artillery. She like-
wise shipped 40 sheep, 30 pigs, 100 dozen of poultry, and an
abunndant stock of preserved meats and milk, for 151 days'
supply, should any unforeseen mishap prolong the voyage
beyond the anticipated term of 60 or 65 days. Lieut.-Col.
Williams, under orders to proceed in the Sea King to take up
the command of the Royal Artillery in New Zealand, has
been provided with commodious accommodation for himself
and family, but on account of the indisposition of one of his
children his family will follow him on a future opportunity,
On account of the forward state of the embarkation the
order for their departure on Thursday next was yesterday
changed to Wednesday. The battery will consequently go
on board this morning, and the ship will leave the pier on
the following morning for Gravesend.
The Royal factories at Woolwich have commenced ma-
nufacturing guns of the new kind ordered by the War De-
partment. A number of the old hands discharged some
time ago, have been re-engaged, and the work is ordered to
be carried on night and day to insure despatch.

had never seen one of the insects, which were de-
scribed by the natives as a long-bodied fly, which
became very plentiful after the rainy season, and
sometimes decimated their flocks of goats. The read-
ing of the paper was concluded amid loud applause.
An interesting conversation took place, in which
Mr. M'Queen, Captain Maury, Mr. Crawford, Sir
E. Belcher, the Bishop of Natal, and Earl Donough-
more took part.

The Baron von DECKEN, in reply to various
questions, said there were no horses nor donkeys in
the regions about Kilimanjaro, but there were
plenty of cattle and sheep. Corn, potatoes, and
bananas grew there, and the sugar cane in the
lower parts, but he saw no wild coffee plants. The
rainy season lasted for 10 months out of the 12.
The CHAIRMAN, on behalf of the meeting, thanked
the Baronvon Decken for his very interesting paper.
Mr. TINNE,!a relative of the Dutch ladies now
travelling in Central Africa, stated that he had re-
ceived letters from them dated the Ist of July, in
which they announced that the whole party were
in excellent health, and intending to proceed to-
wards a mountain they had heard of called Caznrja,
of which there was no geographical knowledge. The
country through which they had passed, south-west
by west of Khartoum, was very picturesque, and the
Nyam Nyam country to which they were bound
was said to be very fruitful. The ladies had left
their boats on the Nile, and the rainy season lasting
until November, they did not expect to return to
them before January or February. The latest de-
spatches from Dr. Baikie to Earl Russell, and a
letter from the late Dr. Vogel to his mother, which,
although dated in 1853, was interesting, as giving
an account of the habits of the natives, were also
read, after which the meeting adjourned.

OPENING OF THE SPANISH CORTES.

The following is the speech delivered by the
Queen of Spain on opening the Cortes :
Senators and Deputies,—It is always with great
pleasure that I see myself in the midst of the Na-
tional Representation, an institution accessible to
all constitutional opinions who exercise a legitimate
and advantageous influence over the Government
of the State and a secure guide for the throne,
which, with its support, pacifically solves the most
arduous problems, and wards off the most formi-
dable conflicts. Let us, therefore, continue to
devote ourselves with solicitude to the improvement
of our institutions.
"My Government will take the initiative in pro-
posing to you reforms recommended by experience,
with the assurance that my most ardent duty is to
be acquainted with the sincere expression of the
national wish, in order that I may successfully
fulfil the exalted mission which it has pleased Pro-
vidence to confide to me.
"At the expiration of the legislative mandate of
the last Congress, fresh elections took place within
the delay fixed by the Constitution. The electors
came in great numbers to deposit their votes in the
urns without any complications, which I deplore,
having disturbed order in the midst of the natural
animation of the equal struggle of ideas, which is
that which constitutes the real life of free nations.
This is a proof of the progress which constitutional
education has made among us, and of the inaugura-
tion of public habits in harmony with the exigencies
of the representative regune. To this flattering
Years, all the legiti-
mategofether rendered signal
result,
partiest he w o work
hoof
have
asveer series
services to the throne and to liberty have, by com-
bining their efforts, doubtless contributed. All,
therefore, merit on my part the same esteem and
the same confidence.
Our relations with the foreign Powers are
pacific and friendly. My aspirations constantly
tend to maintain the dignity of the national honour,
and to protect Spanish rights and interests.
"Senators and Deputies,—.l\Z, Government will
present to you different political and administrative
bills. Among them is that which tends to defini-
tively fix the constitutional reform voted by the
Core
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ofm iets provisions.
1857, although
hitherto t sand
, sos
pd
"The measure of my Government restores to the
co-legislative bodies the prerogative of reforming
its regulations, and it maintains the title of heredi-
tary senator, but without introducing a regime of
privilege into our system of successions.
"There will be also laid before you the bases of
the organisation of the tribunals of common law and
the reform of the military jurisdiction, without in
any way encroaching on the true interests of th 3
army and navy, which are so worthy of my mater-
nal solicitude, and of the gratitude of the country.
Thus will be realised a great reform long called
for
by public opinion, and necessary in order to
harmonise the administration of justice with our
fundamental institutions, all the jurisdictions re-
maining within their natural limits, and with the
practical application of the principle of judicial
immovability the watchword of the constitution of
the monarchy.
" To those bases will be united those of the criminal
j ur io
in which, without diminishing the rights
of o
of defence, but on the contrary giv-
ingsisediiectty an a, d
them more security, the administration of jus-
tice will be facilitated, and, by the help of appeal
for cessation, the observance of the law will be
maintained, and its interpretation rendered uniform
in all the tribunals. As a complement of those
bases, there will be also submitted to you the
organisation of the tribunals of commerce, and those
bills taken together, when they shall have become
laws, will constitute one of the most important and
the most devoted of my reign.

"My Government will also submit to your ex-
amination the law on municipal authorities and
corporations, in which, by following the spirit which
presides over that of the organisation of the pro-
vincee, and by giving more latitude to the action of
the municipalities, local and general interests will
be reconciled. The march of the administration
will be thus rendered less embarrassing, and the
work of decentralisation will be completed so far
as it shall be compatible with tha moral, political,
and permanent interests of the State, and with the
duty of the Government to watch over the execu-
tion of the laws.

" I rely on your giving your attention to the
bill which will be presented to you by my Govern-
ment relative to the exercise of the liberty of the
press, and to another measure of public order,
which, by removing all that is doubtful and arbi-
trary in the present regime, will subject to fixed
rules the suspension of constitutional guarantees,
and even establish by that exceptional situation
enactments to protect individual rights.
" Other important projects will be laid before
you, and among others that of the electoral law,
the codification of the waters,
military substitutes,
the creation of the rural guard, expropriation for
works of public utility, grants for irrigations,
abolition of the monopoly of powder, and the re-
form of the octroi and tax on industry.
"In execution of the provisions of constitu-
tion, there will be submitted to you for examina-
tion a bill which fixes the strength of the army
and navy, and the amount of the State budget.
You will find in it no reductions as compared with
preceding budgets; the inevitable increase of the
ordinary wants which actually coincides with the
decrean:in the colonial surpluses, causes a deficiency
which cannot be filled up except by reforms of
such taxes as are susceptible of being made more
productive.
c‘ At periods of encourageinent and of progress
like ours, in which immense material ameliorations
are undertaken and executed, the sacrifices which
they require must be submitted to, in the confi-
dence that under the shadow of peace those sacri-
fices will belargely compensated for by the ulterior
development of the public riches.
" The respect of my Government for the consti-
tution and for the laws, the prudence and reason of
the Spanish people, the discipline and fidelity of