The Sun.
London, England, 1863-10-13 00:00:00

ARMY CONTRACTS.

Commissariat Office, Aldershot, Oct. 9, 1863.
TENDERS will be received at this Office, until
12 o'clock noon, on TUESDAY, the 3d November, 186.3,
from persons who may be widing to enter into Contracts to
supply

Oct. 3 ;
The following is the speech of his Excellency the
Lord High Commissioner of the United States of
the lonian Islands to the Legislative Assembly of
the said States :
Mr. President and Gentlemen,—You have already learnt
from my proclamation the reasons which induced the pro-
tecting Sovereign to dissolve the late lonian Parliament.
Her Majesty the Queen, ever desirous of testifying her
friendship and goodwill towards the Greek nation, has with
a view to increase the territory and to consolidate the
strength of the Greek kingdom, intimated to the Powers of
Europe her readiness to relinquish the Protectorate hitherto
held by her over these States in virtue of the treaty of 1815.
Mindful of her solemn obligations, the Queen has been de-
sirous of ascertaining from the lonian pecple their wishes
in regard to their national future. Her Majesty, therefore,
under the powers reserved by the Constitution, has con-
vened a new Parliament as the legal and authentic me-
thod of ascertaining these wishes. By means of the pro-
visions stipulated by the Constitution, a full cognizance
of the condition of public affairs has been acquired by
the lonian people, and free and unbiassed elections
have given them the opportunity of deliberately forming
and expressing their opinion on a question so intimately
connected with the national interests. They have availed
themselves of this opportunity by electing the present
Assembly, and I now call upon you, Gentlemen, to inform
me in the usual address, with a delay as short as you may
consider proper, whether it is, or is not, the desire of the
people, by whom you have been chosen, and whose repre-
sentatives you are, that the Protectorate of her Majesty the
Queen, my august Sovereign, over these States should cease,
with the intent that the lonian Islands should form hence-
forth a portion of the Kingdom of Greece under his Ma-
jesty King George and his successors.
In case your answer should be in favour of annexation to
Greece, it will be my duty to lay before you, by message,
certain detailed arrangements which are requisite for the
completion of this measure :
L It will be necessary that you should pass a resolution
in the usual constitutional form, by which, after the
cessation of the British Protectorate, and until the establish-
-0 YAL NATIONAL LIF E-B OAT
sTIbTyIIROTyI
aOlNCharter). went of the new Constitution, his Majesty the King of the
INSTITUTION Hellenes shall be enabled to exercise in these States all
(Inoorporated rights of Sovereignty, including those privileges and
PREsIDENT—Vice-Admiral the Duke of
func-
PATRONESS—Her Most Gracious Majesty
Northumberland, lions heretofore exercised by the Protecting Sovereign, the
the Queen.
"LG., F.R.S. Lord High Commissioner and the most Illustrious the
errAipmAN—Thos. Baring, Esq., M.p, p n Senate.
E
DEPUTY-CHAIRMAN—Thomas Chapman --,,, V.P.v 2, I shall propose to you, in the name of her Majesty,
APPEAL. ' 8%, Fits., D.P.
that, on the cessation of the payment of the sums hereto-
The Committee of Management have to state
Lifeboat that since fore reserved as the contribution for military protection,
lie beginning of the year 1861, the Hoye,. National Li
Institution has expended £28,550 on various Lifeboat Estaobt and
as the Civil List of the Lord High Commissioner, there
lishments on the Coasts of England, Scotland, and Ireland. - shall be reserved as the first charge on ithe lonian revenue
The number of lives saved by the Life-boats of the the sum of £lO,OOO yearly in augmentation of the Civil List
Society, and other means, since its formation, is 13,220
for which services 82 Gold Medals, 733 Silver Medals, and of hie Majesty King George.
a. I.shall also
£17,200 in cash have been paid in rewards. The Institn- a I shall call upon you to recognise all contracts and
engagements entered into by or on behalf of the lonian
lion has also expended £75,380 on Life-boa-sble)oaft
Transporting-carriages, and Boat-houses.
Government up to this time, and all equitable claims on the
The Committee desire to express their a
a same.nd,th e other Islands.
5. I shall have to ' f
British public during the past few years, a supportreceived
om
which the
has enabled them to establish their present magnificent fleet invite you to make provision for the pre-
Dee 125 Lifeboats on the shores of the United lingdom. nervation and safeguard of the British Cemeteries in this
ply sensible, however, of the great responsibility that
Majesty's Government is prepared to come to a settlement
rests on them to maintain their fleet in a thoroughly efficient _
in orm you of the terms on which her
of the debt of L 90,289 sa,
rears of military eontributi
sboats,tate, andwhi
~iht its
an Crewsonly practised cetffi se ecdt e
di n
salbthe management
rgepermanentof
annual income, they earnestly app to all classes of their
Should your vote be in rel .f .na!v dueou r t
ofo Greatth the
cessationßritain
a r -
countrymen to aid them in upholding and perpetuating so
protectorate, and of the proposed union with Greece, it will
great and truly national a work.
The Committee gratefully acknowledge the following con-d
be necessary that her Majesty the Queen should invite the
tributions:—
Gonrjeueneee,tiotno
make With sFurcahll France, y of November, 1815, to revise
lies Majesty the Queen .. .. .. annual 50 0 o
Campbell, the Hon. Mrs. G. .. .. .. annual 50 0
Powers parties to the Treat
Clerk, Colonel, R.A. .. .. .. .. annual 11 0
Coutts and Co., Messrs., Bankers .. .. annual 10 0 0 tphraottetcretiantgy,paonwd
raonngeemofetnhtes
Currie, Wm. I;sq. . . .. .. 4th don.lo 0 0
Erie, Lord Chief Astice. :. .. .. don. 10 10 0 ersinofe
Fanshawe, Vice-Admiral Sir A., K.C.B. .. 2d don. 25 0 0 as may tend to the future welfare of these States and the
Fenwick, G. J., Esq., cost of a Lifeboat and Tran- permanent interests of Europe.
sporting Carriage . . .. 250 0 0 .
Harvey, Rev. G. G. and Mrs. •• :. don. 30 0 I now leave you to your deliberations, and in so doinc.
Martin, Sir Henry, Bait. ..
.. 7thdon. 10 0 0 will merely echo the wiel expressed by her Majesty,that
Palmer, Sir Roundell, M.P., ll.M.'s Solid-
Solici-
tor-General .. ..
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snnual 2 2 0 You may be guided to d, wise decision, and that the na-
Royal Yacht Squa,tron .. .. .. annual 10 0 0 tional happiness an? prosperity of the lonian people may,
steel, Michael, Esq. ..
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don.
100 0 0
a
Thomas, Lady, Weston-super-31are, collected by her by your stlffra' be secured on a solid foundation.
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Ladyship • • • • • • .. ~ ••16 16 0 dof his Excellency,
Willoughby d'Eresby, Lord „
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H. DRUMMOND WOLFF,
Donations and Annual Subscriptions will be thankfully re-
eived by the Bankers of the Institution, Messrs. Willis, Secretary to the Lord High Commissioner.
Perci.ial, and Co., 76, Lombard-street; Messrs. Coutts -
•
Co., 59, Strand; Messrs. Herries, Farquhar, and Ce and The Most Illustrious the President of the Assmbly,
James's-street, London ;by al the Collector- . 16, St. Padovan, then addressed his
and Bankers in the United Kingdom; and , .l
of -uustoms Signor Dr. Stefano
Richard Lewis. Esq., at the Office of oy the Secretary,
Excellency as follows :
John-street, .64010 hi, London, if•Cd% -4 gik Institution, 11, vier at this moment to ex-
-1:41y Lord,--If it were iii my p

My Lord,—With great respect we call your lordship's
attention to the following circumstances?—As your lord-
ship is aware, the steamships Alabama and Florida were
built in this port; fitted out, manned and armed mainly by
British subjects, and, having been placed under the flag of
the so-styled Confederate States, have been employed in
injuring the commerce of a nation with which her Majesty
is at peace.
The commanders of these ships, instead of awaiting the
decision of duly authorized prize courts, have burned their
captures at sea or put them to ransom, even though much
of the cargo belonged to neutrals. A new practice, little
removed from piracy, is thus likely to become in a manner
legalised. The precedents now being established may one
day prove as injurious to Great Britain as they now are to
the United States.

The fact that these ships have been thus built and
equipped has naturally excited mach ill-feeling on the part
of our kinsmen on the other side of the Atlantic ; nor does
the allegation that our laws cannot reach the offenders tend
to allay it. They naturally say that if the statute law does
not cover the offence, it is the duty of Government to
make such alterations as will meet the difficulty; and they
point to the fact .that when a large party in Canada took
up arms to sever the connexion between the colony and the
mother country, and it was feared that the sympathies of a
portion of the American people might lead to altercations
with the British Government, they at once passed an act
(to remain in force two years) by which the executive was
authorised to prevent vessels from sailing, if there were
reasonable grounds even to suspect that they would pass
into the hands of the colonists in arms. If the law of Great
Britain does not prevent the building of steam rams and
other ships of war for belligerents, we respectfully submit
to your lordship that an immediate revision of it should take
place. The commander of the Florida has distinctly stated
that his ship was built for the so-styled Confederate Go-
vernment. Legal proof that she was so built, sufficient to
convict the builders, may be wanting; but surely there
should be some remedy for such a state of things. No go-
vernment, or assumed government should be permitted to
make use of our ports for purposes hostile to those with
whom we are on friendly terms. It would, if there were
no remedy, draw us into war in spite of our determination to
remain neutral. The interests of our people are too vast to
be thus jeopardised. We would therefore ask your lordship
to take such measures as may be needful to obtain satisfac-

tion for the outragesalreadyoffered to her Majesty's sove-
reignty, and effectually to prevent their recurrence at the
hands of any persons exercising, or assuming to exercise,
posi ers of government.
It was hoped that the energy displayed by your lordship
in the seizure of the Alexandra would have deterred our
shipbuildersfrom further pursuing a most mischievous trade.
Unfortunately this hope has not being realised. It is noto-
rious that both in this port and on the Clyde war ships have
been built and are now being fitted out with, it is believed,
the object of committing hostilities against a people with
whom we are on terms of amity. The fact that two of these
war ships have been launched from the yard of the builders
of the notorious Alabanta lends countenance and probability
to the popular belief. We therefore learn with feelings of
uniningled satisfaction that your lordship has ordered the
detention of the two steam rams built at Birkenhead, and
now nearly ready for sea, and we trust that the course you
have thus begun will be unflinchingly persevered in until
guarantees be given that they shall not be used against any
nation with which her Majesty is at peace.
If this course should accidentally lead to any undue
hardship to the builders or others of her Majesty's subjects,
the nation can indemnify them for the loss sustained. A
single day of hostility, or even of estrangement, between
the two freest nations of the world would be far more costly
than the full mercantile value of these war ships. It is lui•
possible for the people of the United States to observe un-
moved and without resentment the part some of our fellow-
subjects have acted towards them. Under similar
provocation we believe it would hardly have been possible
to restrain the British nation from the strongest demonstra-
tions of indignation—probably even from war itself. Surely
our Government will do as it would be done by. In follow-

ing this line of action your lordship will be sustained by the
nation, and you will add yet another to the many services
you have rendered in the course of a long and honourable
public carear.—We remain your lordship's obedient servants
CHARLES WILSON, Chairman.
ROBERT TRIMBLE, Secretary.
Liverpool, Sept. 28.

Murder in the County Waterford,

Mr. COWPER afterwards addressed his supporters from
the Peel Arms, warmly thanking them for the support ex-
tended to him. He knew well what an uphill race it had
bon. He had come there a perfect stranger, but if he had
been earlier in the field, a few of those promises which Mr.
peel had previously obtained might have fallen to his share.
He did not wish to say more than to express a hope that,
after that day the town would becomerulet as it was a
month ago, and that they would all b good friends as
if they had never known him.
_ _ _

Mr. PEEL, in addressing his Mends from his committee
room, said he was deeply obliged to them for conferring
upon him the greatest honour which a man could receive
from his follow-citizens. (Loud cheers.) He had said to
his constituents, if they could from their honest convic-
tions support him, let them do so ; if not, let them with-
hold their support. That was all the solicitation he had
made. He had never made them a promise, but he would
do so now. He should go into the House of Commons an
independent member of an independent constituency.
(Loud cheers.) Not only was he glad for his own sake for
the dignity conferred upon him, but also for the dignity
they bad conferred upon themselves. (Loud cheers.) They
had shown their independence. If he had not pledged him-
self before he would do so now, namely, to do his duty to
the best of his ability. (Tremendous cheering.)
Mr, peel was.afterwards borne on a chair to his carriage
amidst the vehement cheers of the crowd.

mr, Glashier's Sixteenth Balloon Ascent for
Scientific Purposes, on October 9.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
siu,—The place from which we ascended was the Crystal
2ps Secretary axar
tyfitoovsfe,
Et thehsle .
,sTeorafe
;at Treasury, y
4,
palace; there were in the car, besides myself and Mr.
Coxwell, the Hon. Robert J. Walker, M.A., counsellor-at-
law in the Supreme Court of the United States and late
Schaffgotsch, of Berlin; and Rowe, q. -..---- ":-.=
We left the earth at 4h 29m ; in four minutes we were
UnitedG v e States;rli or
of
the Kansas,
aCno suans t, Franz 6:e.
;
to 7,100 at 4h 43m, when London-bridge was
under us. At 4h 46m, the height was 7,200 f ;
we thee gradually sank to 2,300 f at 5h 15m ; h 33m the height was 5,400,
in-
creased to 3,3001 at 5h 22m; decreased to 1,600 ft
at 5k 3602; increased to 8,600 ft by 6h Om, and to a higher
point afterwards ; but it was too dark to read the instru-
temperature Was 51.1 deg. at starting, was at the
manta, and we were on the ground at 6h 40m.
point at the height of 5,600 ft, when we were over
The
and was 31 deg at 4h 43m, when London-bridge
was under es, and decreased to 29i deg at 7,200 ft ; it then
8,600% after which I could not read the instru-
-441 deg at 1,600 ft, decreased to 26 deg at the
increaseddihniereierceht
increased
eo
df t 0
Lfreoengzdionng,

conTthineuaeidrwsoo;ist,
ments.
was moderately dry at starting, and generally
but at times we passed through spaces which
were very
but without visible vapour. The same
phenomenon
I experienced in my recent ascent from Wol-

verlaaroPton.
The healths of our respective sovereigns were given
viz , "Our Queen, the Emperor of Austria, and the Presi
dent of the 'United States." Then the Hon. Mr. Walker
gave the toast_" May England and America be always at
peace:' These toasts were given when we were 7,000 feet
high, and directly over London Bridge. The scene around
was probably one that cannot be equalled in the world.
With one glance the homes of 3,000,000 people were seen,
and so distiacdy, that every large building at every part
was easily distinguished, while those almost under us—
viz., Tiao Bank and Newgate, the docks, and surrounding
n such detail, that their inner courts were visible,
buildings
so
that their ground plans could have been drawn. Can-
non-street, leading to St. Paul's, was easily traced ; it was
difficult to believe at first that that small building was St.
Paul's. Looking onwards, Oxford-street was visible, the
Parks, the Rouses of Parliament, and Milbank Prison, with
its radiating lines from the centre, at once attracted notice.
In fact, the whole of London was visible, and some parts of
Then all around there were lines of de-
it very clearly B°'
imbedded as it were in an abundance of
tached villas,
shrubs ; and beyond the country was like a garden, with its
fields so well marked, becoming smaller and smaller as the
eye wandered farther and farther away.
Again,
looking down, there was the Thames without the
slightest mist, with all its winding course throughout its
innumerable ships, apparently very long
whole length, with
and narrow, and steam boats like moving toys. Gravesend
was visible, as were also the mouth of the Thames, and the
coast leading to Norfolk. The southern boundary of the
mouth of the Thames was not so clear ; the sea beyond was
seen for many miles; and when higher up I looked for the
coast of France, but I could not see it. On withdrawing
the eye it was arrested by the garden-like appearance of
till again London claimed yet more at-
the county of Sent,tention. Smoke, thin and blue, was curling above it, and
slowly moving away in beautiful curves, from all but that
part south of the Thames, where the smoke was less blue,
and became
apparently more dense, till the cause was evi-
dent, it being mixed with mist rising from the ground, the
southern limit of which was bounded by an even line,
doubtless indicating the meeting of the subsoils of gravel
and clay.
the scene was surmounted by a canopy of
The whole of
quite clear and free from cloud every-
blue, the sky being
where, excepting near the horizon, where a circular band
of cumuli and strata clouds, extending all round, formed a
fitting bounder}'for such a scene.
The sun was seen setting, but was not itself visible, except
a small part through a break in a dark stratus cloud, and
looked like an eye over-
seeing all, The sunset, as seen from
the earth, is described as fine, the air being clear and sha-
dows sharply defined; but as we rose the golden lines in-
creased in intensity, and, at this time, ejaculations escaped
from all the occupants of the car. Both Mr. Walker and
Mr. Miles have seen the sunsets of the Far West, and they
expressed themselves as never having seen anything so rich
and picturesque. The richness of these colours decreased
in intensity, both right and left of the place of the sun, but
their effects extended to fully a quarter part of the circle,
where rose-coloured clouds limited the scene. The remainder
of the circle was completed for the most part by pure white
cumulus of well-rounded and symmetrical form. I have
seen London from above by night, and I have seen it by
day, when four miles high; but nothing could exceed the
view on this occasion at the height of 1 mile, varying to
miles, with a clear atmosphere. The roar of London, even
at the greatest height, was one unceasing rich and deep
sound, and added interest to the general circumstances in
which we were placed.
My attention, is, of necessity, constantly required at the
instruments, and my notes upon general views are very
hastily made, and my description, therefore, necessarily im-
perfect ; but Mr. Miles took notes on this occasion. and I
hope the public may have the benefit of them.
I have received several communications from gentlemen
who saw the balloon from Hyde-park, Oxford-street, and
Deptford, in fact at points separated from each other by
several miles, stating that the balloon was in their respec-
tive zeniths, indicating how few persons really lookeld d .
rectly overhead, and also how little confidence can be p ace
in estimated observations, particularly those made near the
zenith.
After 6 o'clock I watched the increasing blackness over
the
the earth, the lighting up of the villages msd.tos the
towns,
of
vanishing of the boundaries of the fields, the visibility
first star, and the circumstances generally, till
with a bag
on nearing
the earth. Mr. Coxwell assigned me, as No.
of sand to discharge when No. 1 shouldbecalled out, the
Count Schaff
gotsch with No. 2, and Mr. Miles with No.
3. On nearing the earth No. 1 obeyed by emptying his
bag, and we touched the earth on one side of a high thorn
hedge. No more sand," cried Mr. Coxwell, "we shall
rise nicely ;" and we did—hop over the hedge into the next
field, and slid along till the grapnel caught in the hedge we
had just passed over, and our journey was ended. Vivid
lightning almost immediately afterwards played, at first
startling Mr. Coxwell, who exclaimed, "What's that !"
fearing the vicinity of a light near the gas then escaping
from the balloon.
Our place of descent was Pinton Grange, on the boun-
dary of the counties of Hertford and Bedford, on the farm of
Mr. Joseph Lake, who was present.
The descent was gentle, very unlike that in Lincolnshire ;
and it was unlike, too, in other particulars. There—and,
in fact, always far from London—we meet with much
willing assistance ; but near London but little assistance is
given willingly, and the descent of the balloon is more a
pretext for as much extortion as Mr. Coxwell will put up
with, This was the eau) on this OCCASiOII, when two guineas

In our last publication (says the C/orone/ Chronicle)
we detailed an occurrence at Ballymacarbery, nine
w
miles from Clonmel, presents a very suspi-
cious appearance. Fears were entertained that an
old man named Thomas Connolly had been foully
dealt with. From intelligence
which has reached
us, it becomes frightfully apparent that a crime,
horrible in its nature, and sickening in its details,
has just been committed, We briefly recount a
history of this painful case. It will be remembered
by our readers that "in a cabin, upon a small retired
farm near Ballymacarbery, lived an aged farmer,
named Thomas Council
named Carroll. Some Y, and his grandson, a youth
ashortman
time since Carroll mar-
ried the daughter of
who, under an agreement,
" named Thomas Walsh,
came to live in Connolly's
and his house with Carroll wife. The grandson left
home to perform some
harvest work, and after a
week's absence returned
to his house. On arriving
his pea
at home he found old grandfather missing,
and, despite his most searching inquiries, could find
no tidings of him. To his queries to his father and
mother-in-law (Walsh and his wife) the answer
was that the old man, on the morning of the young
man leaving home, got up and went out to work in
a potato field, since which time he had not returned.
On further searching, Carroll found his grand-
, father's Sunday clothes in his b
potato furrow he discovered the oloPand in a
man's spade.
Connolly not, appearing, Carroll, wearied and
suspicions, at length had recourse to the police,
and on Sunday he communicated with the
Ballymacarbery police, who laid
the case before E.
Mulcahy, Esq., J.P., Ballyra
ackee-house. The
result of an inquiry then set on foot was the arrest
of Walsh and his wife, and their committal to
Clonmel jail. A search made by the police for the
body of the missing man (the conviction being he
had been murdered), aided by the country people,
proved fuitless, and justice cam© to a stand. This
pause was, however, only for a short time, for
Walsh's daughter, almost immediately afterwards,
confessed that the day her husband went from home
she heard some peculiar kind of chopping
out-house of the farm. On going in an
to see what it
was, she, horrible to relate, saw her father with a
hatchet chopping up the body of poor old Connolly,
and she afterwards saw him bury the dismembered
parts in a boggy portion of the land, crushing them
into the earth with his feet. Haw far Mrs. Walsh
is implicated in the foul deed has not appeared, but
at present both parties ar© in
prison, awaiting
furthcr proceedings. It would seem the tragic
occurrence owes its origin to a dispute about the
produce of an acre of land. Walsh'e daughter' the
informant, is in the hands of the, authorities;' The
Waterford News corroborates the details of this
barbarous murder, and says that Walsh's
daughter
gives a most circumstantial account of this
most
un-Irish crime. Unhappily there can be no doubt
about this murder. The suspicions of the magistracy
and of people around have been fearfully realised ;
and we understand that both Mr. Mulcahy and Mr.
Warburton, 101., are now engaged •
in completing
the chain of evidence necessary to place the perpe-
trator of this crime at the bar of justice.

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FNANKFORT ON-THE-MAINE, Oct. 9;
The following is the text of Earl Russell's de-
spatch to Sir Alexander Malet, the British envoy to
the German Diet, relating to the intended Federal
execution in Holstein. The despatch, as has already
been stated, has been communicated to the Federal
Diet ;r—
-" Foreign Office, Sept. 29, 1863.
" Sir,—Your despatch (No. 128) of the 21st
tatober demonstrates conclusively that the posi-
ofll affairs between Denmark and Germany is
becoming very serious.
" You state that the report of a committee has
been laid before the Federal Diet, and it appears
from your analysis of the same that the committee
recommend Federal execution in the duchy of Hol-
stein; that the report will be brought to the vote
on the Ist of October; and that, in the event of its
approval, execution will take place within, at the
earliest, a period of three weeks.
" It appears, farther, from your despatch that
the motives upon which Federal execution is based
admit of the widest scope.
" The report states The object of the execu-
tion unquestionably consists in carrying out the
resolutions of the Diet, dated the 11th February
and 12th August, 1858, the 4th March, 1860, the
7th February, 1861, and the 9th July, 1863, in so
far as these have not already taken place ; also in
fulfilment of the stipulations contracted in 1851
and 1852 with respect to the duchies of Holstein
and Lauenburg, and announced by Royal proclama-
tion; also in the establishment of a joint constitu-
tion uniting the above-mentioned duchies with
Schleswig and with the kingdom of Denmark
Proper in a similar bond, establishing the inde-
pendence and equal rights of each portion in such a
manner that no part shall be subordinate to
another, and at the same time in the establishment
of provincial constitutions for the Duchies of Hol-
stein and Lauenburg, containing elective represen-
tation with legislative power.
" Her Majesty's Government are unable to close
their eyes to the gravity of the report which the
Federal Diet has taken into its consideration.

" If the report of the committee had confined
itself to stating that the Royal proclamations do not
comply with the resolution of the Federal Diet in
respect to the Duchy of Holstein ; that the Duke
of Holstein was not entitled to dispose of the
finances of Holstein without the assent of his
Estates ; that he had no right to promulgate laws
for Holstein otherwise than with the co-operation
of the Holstein Diet ; and that the prolonged hesi-
tation of the Danish Government to bring about a
satisfactory state of things had rendered Federal
execution necessary. Her Majesty's Government,
while regretting that the German Federal Diet
intervened at the present time, would yet not have
denied the claim of the principles advanced to be
considered the real and essential bases of constitu-
tional government.
" But it cannot be required that the constitution
of the entire Danish monarchy should be subjected
to the jurisdiction of the Germanic Confederation.
"If the Estates of the Duchies of Holstein and
Lauenburg were permitted to veto the proceedings
of the Danish Parliament and Danish Government,
it is evident that the measures necessary for the
defence of Denmark against a foreign enemy might
be prevented, the entire activity of the monarchy
be paralysed, and the integrity and independence of

here was a strong breeze from the southward,
which rendered some of her runs over the mire
against wind and tide of unusual length, and there-
fore detracted from the ship's average speed. Sho
made one mile under such circumstances, when
trying her speed with half-boiler power, in 18
minutes and 37 seconds. The Falcon is rigged,
The load on the safety valve was
armed, and stored for sea, and only waits her crew
a
draught of water. Yesterday, at the commencement
of her trial, she drew 14ft. 2in. of water forward,
and tm.
Su ammunition to Complete her to her sea-going
aft.
201 b., and the vacuum ranged from 23in. to 24in.
Six runs were made with fall boiler power, the
mean of which gave the ship a speed of 8.500 knots.
Four runs were made with half-boiler power, and
the mean of these gave a speed to the sni-
p of 6'250
knots. Two circles were made to port and star-
board with full power in 5 min. 9 sec. and 4 min.
56 sec. respectively; and at half-power the two
circles were made in 6 rain. 30 sec. and 6 min. 54
sec. At the conclusion of the trials, which lasted
the greater part of the day, the Falcon returned to
the harbour. She is expected to hoist the pennant
of commission hourly.
His Swedish Majesty's screw corvette Vanadis,
21 guns, Capt. Haverman, arrived off Portsmoath yes-
terday, from Carlscrona, bound to the Mediter-
ranean. In running through Spithead to the mer-
cantile anchorage at the Motherbank, where she
brought up, the Vanadis exchanged salutes with
the Victory, flagship of the Port Admiral and Com-
mander-in-Chief Vice-Admiral Sir M. Seymour,
G.C.8., the Edgar, flagship of Rear-Admiral Dacres,
C. 8., commanding the Channel Fleet, and the
saluting battery of the garrison. Much surprise
was created by the Vanadis anchoring at the Mother-
bank, and not at the man-of-war anchorage of Spit-
head, where her officers and crew might have parti-
cipated in the advantages afforded by the several
steam tenders appointed to run between Spithead
and the harbour when any men-of-war are anchored
at the former place.
His Danish Majesty's screw despatch boat Fylla,
3, Capt. Krieger, from Copenhagen, bound to St.
Thomas's, also arrived off Portsmouth yesterday,
and anchored;at Spithead on first coming up, but
afterwards going into harbour. Both the Vanadis
and Fylla will ccal and fill up stores before resum-
ing their respective voyages. In the afternoon
Capts. Haverman and Krieger, accompanied by the
Chevalier Van Den Bergh, Royal Danish and
Swedish Vice-Consul at Portsmouth, called upon
Vice-Admiral Sir M. Seymour, G.C.8., and Major-
Gen. Lord W. Paulet, C. 8., at the Admiralty and
Government-houses.

Denmark be seriously threatened.
"By the Convention of London of May 8,
1852, her Majesty is bound to respect the integrity
and independence of Denmark. The Emperor of
Austria and the King of Prussia have undertaken
a similar obligation.
" Her Majesty would not look with indifference
upon a military occupation of Holstein, which
would only cease under seriously disadvantageous
conditions to the constitution of the entire Danish
monarchy.
" Her Majesty's Government could neither recog-
nise sueh a military occupation as a legitimate
exercise of the authority of the Confederation, nor
admit its designation by the name of a Federal

execution.
• " Her Majesty's Government could not remain
indifferent to the influence of such a proceeding
upon Denmark and the interests of Europe.
" Her Majesty's Government therefore earnestly
recommends the German Federal Diet to abstain
fr3m its intention, and to submit the question in
dispute between Germany and Denmark to the me-
diation of other Powers uninterested in the differ
once, but deeply concerned in the maintenance o
the peace of Europe and the independence of Den.
mark.—l am, &c.,
" Sir Alexander Malet, Bart."

4, gussELL.

The Columbine, 4, screw sloop, Commander J. Le
H. Ward, was docked on Saturday at Portsmouth,
in course of her refit preparatory to proceeding to
the Pacific. An opportunity was thus afforded to
examine the jointed or " Lumley" rudder with
which she was fitted some months since at Sheer-
ness. No part of the rudder or its chains is warn or
strained in the slightest degree, but is all as perfect
as on the day it was first fitted. The Columbine has
just returned from the coast of Scotland, where she
has been engaged in protecting the fisheries, and has
experienced a considerable amount of rough weather
both under steam and canvas, during which the
rudder has been tested in every possible way, and
Commander Ward and his first lieutenant speak of

the rudder as an " unqualified success." With the
vessel under canvas it was found an angle of tiller
of eight degrees was sufficient to put the ship about:
In ordinary steering, more especially under steam,
a very small touch of the helm was found sufficient.
In entering and leaving the docks at Aberdeen,
where the entrance is very nar:ow and the turnings
sharp, the pilot on board was astonished to find
that Commander Ward intended to trust to his
vessel's rudder alone in taking her in and out of the
docks. After the previous experimental trials made
with this rudder the test of a sea voyage seemed
the only thing requisite to fully confirm its value
and usefulness to screw steamers, and this the
Columbine's recent cruise has supplied.
The following appointments were made yesterday
at the Admiralty :—Lieut. R. M. Blomfield to the
Tamar; A. P. Douglas, midshipman, to the Nar-
cissus; Edward B. Pillams, assist.-paymaster, to
etoSutthleej ;ViDetoavryid, E. Dtohveetsoener,
secretary's-
office; Marlborough ; Charles H. Hopkins, master's-
assist., to the Liverpool ; George A. Young, assist.-
clerk, to the Black Prince ; Samuel E. Lark, assist..
assist.-
clerk, to the Warrior ; George W. E. C. Mackay,
office ; J. C. Gauchy, chief engineer to the
Tamar;
clerk,
F. T. Elliott, engineer, to the Cumberland, for the
Fawn ; J. F. Channon, engineer, to the
Tamar ;
F. W. Henderson, assist.- •
aeslesrika,..
engineer, to the Cumber-
land, for the Sepoy ; G, Tidcombe, F. Purcell, and
J. Milne, assist .-engineers,
en • neers, to the Tamar; Thomas
Stanley, assist.-engineer, to the Asia, as super-
numerary ; Henry Griffin, assist.-engineer, to the
Fisgard, as supernumerary ; and John E. Callaghan
assist.-engineer to the Indus, as supernumerary.

dEV0.••........r- ______
AGRICULTURAL POSTBUS.

The weather has been of a very variable character
this week, heavy falls of rain at intervals, and only
two dry days during the week. The preparation of
the land for autumnal sowing has been slowly pro-
ceeded with, particularly on the heavy soils, from
having had too much moisture, and field work can-
not be considered in a forward state. The harvest
in Scotland may be considered all but concluded,
although in late hilly districts there is still some
grain out. From Aberdeenshire our advices state :
......"Harvesting may be said to be over in this neigh-
bourhood. Some stooks may still be seen standing
out, but it is only here and there ; and the whole
will likely be in the stack-yard before the close of
the week. Unfortunately the potato disease is doing
much damage, some fields taken up lately, and sup-
posed to be perfectly sound, turning out to be more
than half rotten. This is unfortunate, and has sent
up the price of this important article of diet several
shillings per boll; and if it be found that the crop is
generally affected in the same way, a still further
rise may be expected." In Yorkshire there is now
no doubt but that the potato crop has suffered far
more seriously from the disease than was at one
period anticipated ; indeed a month ago signs of the
epidemic were reported as very rare. Now, on the
contrary, the reports from all parts of the country
speak of disease, as, in fact, it is impossible to hear
of a crop free. It is believed the late heavy and
constantly recurring rains have tended to induce
disease, at the same time they have prevented the
lifting of the crop. The quantity, ho wever, saved in
other parts of the United Kingdom has been so
large, and where secured before the rains set in, are
in the primest order, that no material change can
be well reckoned on, at any rate in the south of
England. The price of wheat cannot be much in-
fluenced by any partial failure in potatoes, as has
previously been the case when a short yield of wheat
has been experienced. This year's produce has
seldom ever been exceeded by either quantity or
quality. The reports are universally good. Farmers,
however, are slackening their deliveries, not being
satisfied with the present low prices, and
posed to hold so fine a quality in the hope
°f
choice
beet tie ;
prices sooner or later taking place.
varieties are now being purchased for Isebeed, and_ a
considerable quantity will, consequently, be taken
off the various markets. The favourite white sorts
are Chidham, Rough Chaff, Taunton Dean, and the
Red Golden Drop, Nursery,
and kessingland.
of barley
Many other sorts can be obtained. Whilst the
deliveries of wheat have fallen off those
and this increase,caused
are greatly on the the
recent decline ; now, however, that the naaltsters
are getting to work freely, and value touch
reduced,
buyers will be encouraged to take this grain exten-
sively, so that the better sorts' at least, may main-