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

PROSP EC TUS.

The Company is formed under a direct concession granted
by the Imperial Government, for the purpose of promoting,
and extending commercial and financial relations between
Austria and England. These relations are daily increasing
in importance under the influence of the ameliorated political
and fiscal system which has been definitively adopted by the
Austrian Administration and Legislature.
The Company will carry on the ordinary business of a Bank
of Deposit. Discount, and Exchange, and all operations con-
nected with Banking transactionE and Financial Agency. The
head office will be inVienna, withbranches at Triente,Prag,ue,
Brunn, and other towns in the Austrian empire in which it
may be found profitable from time to time to form establish-
ro.e nts. _

No. 22,244.

DIRZCTORS.
James Bruce, Esq. (Messrs. Bruce and Co.), Abchurch-Pne.
Charles Bye Colchester, Esq. (Messrs. Colchester and Wool
ner), South Sea House.
H. D. Cartwright, Esq., 61, Moorgate-street (Messrs. Leckie
and Co., Bombay), late Chairman of Commercial Bank of
India.
Horatio Sydney Coulson, Esq. (Messrs. Bruce and Co.), Ab-
church-lane.
George Lyall, Esq., Mincing•lane (Messrs. LyaU, Still, and
Co., Hong Kong).
Charles Edward .dangles, Esq., Director of the Union Bank
of Australia.
Thomas Stenhouse, Esq., Director of the Chartered Meroan-

THE DISCOUNT CORPORATION
(Limited).
Established under the Companies Act, with Limited
Liability.
Capital, Two Millions Sterling, in 20,000 Shares of £lOO each.
Fret issue, 10,000 Shares.
Deposit, £1 per Share on application, and £1 10s. on allot-
ment. It is not contemplated to call up more than £2O per
Share. Calls not to excetd £5, at intervals of not less than
Three Months.

tile Bank of India. - -
John Torrance, Esq., Director of the Alliance Bank.
Edmund Westby, Esq., Director of the Bank of Victoria.

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---litii;necland, the interests of the Bank will be represented,
and the business conducted by the English members of the
Board, Messrs. Glyn, Mills, and Co. being the Financial ,
Agents and Bankers of the Company.
The I tirectors point with sati -faction to their having se-
cured the services of Mr. Francis Breuer as th it London Ma- ,
nager. Mr. Breuer's experience of German Commercial and
Financial business - acquired during 25 years' service with
the firm of Messrs. Fruhling and Goschen—pecu'iarly qualify
him for the efficient performance of the important duties to
which he has been appointed.
The Concession has been obtained by the Pirectors, and
made over by them to the Company, without consideration or
other charge than the preliminary expenses, which will be
limited to the disbursements made, and are of small amount.
The Company has not been brought forward until, by cars-
ful negotiation, it has been ascertained that its formation is
desired by the Austrian Executive, and that, besides the grant
of a direct concession, the Imperial Government will be re-
Pared to of en an ac count current with the head office oft he
tank, and to employ the branches of the institution in a va •
riety of ways, in facilitating the revenue collections and other
eperations of the Government, not overlooking the import-
ance of the measures which are being constantly directed to
the complete re-establishment of the paper currency upon the
Soundest basis.
As some evidence of the satisfactory result of the negotia-
tions which have taken place the directors are authorised to
inset in this Prospectus the following extracts from a Minute
delivered to the Company by his Excellency M. Von Piener,
the Minister of Finance at Vienna, viz.:
" Referring to the fact that one of the principal objects of
the establishment of the proposed anglo-Austrian Bank, is
to facilitate operations in Austrian Securities, and having
ree-ard also to the desire of the Imperial Government to aid
as far as practicable in b ringin es about a closer union between
the financial and commercial interests of Austria and England
than at present exists, the Imperial Government intends (so
far as it should appear to itself compatible with the success
of their financial measures—and with any legal direction
which may tie specially prescribed in reference to any parti-
cular operation) to give to the Bank the opportunity of under-
taking such financial operations - whether the issue of loans,
placing of bonds or otherwise ; as the Government may de-
sire to cffest on the London ma ket.
" the Government also intends to open an account-current
with the Bank."
There cannot be any question as to the profit able nature of
the field for the operations of a banking establishment in
Austria, co ',ducted on sound principles.
There are few recent changes of more importance and in-
terest than the rem irkab:e advance which Austria has made
during the last few years under the influence of its thoroughly
revised policy.
The harmony happily established between the Imperial
Government and the representatives of the different orders of
the State, as assembled in the Reichsrath, has removed most
of the impediments which formerly prevent< d Austria from
enjoying the benefits of its vast commercial and agricultural
:resources. Supported by the free debates of the Parliament,
the Government has been enabled to enter with vifour upon
IL fiscal Policy founded upon tree-trade views ; and to apply,
an many directions, measui es specially adapted to develope
the wealth and enterprise of the country. River steam navi-
;ration has assumed large proportions. The extent of rail-
Ways in operation has increased from 1,710 English miles in
1855 to nearly 4,000 in the present year; and the railway
eystem has been actually completed up to a point which
leaves few of the leading districts of the empire unsupplied.
Still snore important has been the marked increase in the ac-
tit ity of private trade and in the magnitude of individual
enterprise; and that this altered state of things is solid and
real, is sufficiently attested by the great recovery of the Aus-
trian finances dnring the last two years. Under the measures
passed in 1F 62, the paper currency is in rapid process of re-
form—and since Jsne o: that year, the Exchange on Lonson
has improved from 140 to 110 in favour of Vienna The rise
in the price of Austrian Government Stock, since the same
date, being equal, upon an average, to 22 per cent.
In the speech delivered by the Emperor, at the :Toning of
the Reichsratle in June last (1863), he was able to dwell pro-
minently on the improved aspect of affairs, and to state that
the finances of the empire have so rapidly improved during
the Parliamentary recess that the Government will not now
require the twelve millions of florins voted last year to cover
deticiences then anticipated.
Between 1951 and 1861 the export and import trade of
Austria may be said to have doubled; but even at its present
amount of, say, 50 millions sterling, it is still very far below
the capabilities of the 40 millions of Austrian subjects, who
inhabit provinces extending to an area of 240,000 square
miles, in the most fertile and diversified parts of Southern
1-3t7 rope,
When it is proposed, therefore, to extend to Austria the
appliances of Banking, according to sound English rrinci-
Pies, it is important to bear in mind that the new institution
is not carried to a field already full or offering few advan-
tages esely under those circumstances
In which the success of Banks has been most conspicuous—
viz., to a rich country, and an enterprising people entering
with every encouragement upon the development of their
skill and their resources.
In the statutes, as passed by the Imperial Government, the
icapital is divided into Shares of £soSar 500 florins each ; but,
in n consequence of representations made to the Directors, and
oyder to render the Shares of the Bank more readily nego-
tiable in the principal money-markets of the Continent, the
Government has been solicited to authorise £2O as the de-
nomination of the Shares, and an assurance has been received
that such application will be granted.
To avoid delay in the establishment of the Bank, it has
been decided to issue the capital in Scrip Certificates of .£SO
each, exchaneseable hereafter (at a date to be announced. and
when £6 has been paid thereon) into Shares to bear as above
stated.
Under the revised Austrian Commercial Code, the payment
of £6 per £2O Scrip Certificate, equal to 30 per cent. of the
capital, will enable the Bank to comence business at once with the advantage of limited liabilitym, and without further,
demands upon its shareholders.
the()easy of the Concession and Statutes will be deposited at
street eof the Solscitors to the Company, 46, Parliament-
estminster.
should
The'lpaTations made in London for Scrip Certificates
of the Conepaduressed to the Directors in England at the Offices
accompanied Z; but no application will be considered, unless
yfthe receipt of Messrs. Glyn, Mills, and Co.
o £2 per Scrip Certificate on the number ap-
pfoliretdhfeorder"34
This deposit will be returned in the event of the application
not being acceded to and, it an allotment be made, it will be
applied towards the in111(i deposit of £4 per Scrip Certificate.
Forms of Application may Vienna;ned and will be received
at the Offices of the Bank in
Lombard and in London at the
Offices, 10, Birchin-lane,
• street, E.C.
October, 1163.
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SCRIP CERTIFICATES.
To the Dir ctors in Englansi of the An 10-Austrian Bank.
Gentlemen,—Having peed to your credit, with Messrs.
Glyn, Mills, and Co., the !Aim of £ I hereby request
that you will allot me Scrip Certificates of £2O each
in the Anc,lo-Austrian. Bank, and I hereby agree to accept
such Scrip Certificates, or any smaller number that may be
allotted to me, ur,on the terms of the Prospectus, and to pay
the further depesiit of £2 per Scrip Certificate upon the num-
ber allotted to. me, at such time and in such manner as you
in appoint,

6. CROSS OF HONOUR. 1 vol. [This day.
London : John Maxwell and Co.. 122, Fleet-street.

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A MS. Copy of " THE ./ENEID," on Vellum, and of
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much below its value. Shou d any person have lost such a
MS., further particulars of the one above-mentioned may be
obtained by applying to Messrs. BOONE, Booksellers, 29,
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Principal Artistes—Miss Russell, Miss Ellison, Messrs.
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Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans.
Flute Solos by Drew Dean, &c.

Comic, by UNSWORTH ("or any oiler man "), Eugene,
W. Randall, George Hodson, and those marvellous French
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Also, a Pei formance by Herr SCHAL IiENBACH on his
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The HALL has just been newly Decorated and Ventilated,
and is one of the most Beautiful in the Metropolis.

Open at 8 o'clock Admission, ed. ; stalls and balcony, Is. ;
private boxes, 10s. 6d.

CIANTERBURY HALL " Gnos.r."—ln order
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Mr. C. MORTON has transferred the representation of Pro-
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Illusion, "Tini; GHOST," to the Concert Hall, where a
new and elegant stage is erected, affording a more ample
view of the Illusion from Stalls, Balcony, and bDdy of the
Hall. He has also arranged for Mr. A. Silvester to give
(with all that gentleman's latest improvements and effects),
REPRESENTATIONS EACH EVENIAG, at half-past
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All the other Musical and Pictorial attractions as usual,
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Musical Director, Mons. Jullien, of monster concerts cele-
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from persons who may be wiling to enter into Contracts to
supply
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in such quantities as may be required, from the Ist December,
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Separate Tenders are required for Flour and for Meat.
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between the hours of ten and four o'clock.
The Tenders must be properly filled up and signed, and
delivered at this office (under closed envelope, marked on the
outside " Tender for Army Supplies,") and no 'lender will
be noticed unless made on forms obtained from this office,
and delivered by the hour appointed.

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Soho-square, London,

THE lONIAN ISLANDS.

We take the following from the Corfu Gazette of

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 :

press my own opinion, and that of my fellow-Members, I
would give you a reply immediately, but prescribed forms
do not allow me. I shall therefore, in due time, request you
to hear the reply of the Assembly ; and I can assure you
that the Assembly, on taking the subject into consideration,
will pronounce a decision consonant with their national
dignity, and they reserve themselves to adopt on that occa-
sion measures adequate to afford a proof of their sentiments
towards her Most Gracious Mejesty and the Protecting
Powers.

By order of the Assembly,
N. Lust, Secretary of the Assembly.

THE CONFEDERATE STEAM RAMS.

The Liverpool Emancipation Society have pre-
sented the following memorial to Lord Russell on
this subject :
The Liverpool Emancipation Society to the Right Hon.
Earl Russell, K.G., her Majesty's Principal Secretary
of State for Foreign Affairs.

Liverpool, Sept. 28.

Murder in the County Waterford,

Mr. President and Gentlemen,--You have all eady 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 people 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 :-
1. 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-
ment of the new Constitution, his Majesty the King of the
Hellenes shall be enabled to exercise in these States all
rights of Sovereignty, including those privileges and func-
tions heretofore exercised by the Protecting Sovereign, the
Lord High Commissioner and the most Illustrious the
Senate.
2, I shall propose to you, in the name of her Majesty,
that, on the cessation of the payment of the sums hereto-
fore reserved as the contribution for military protection,
and as the Civil List of the Lord High Commissioner, there
shall be reserved as the first charge on the lonian revenue
the sum of £lO,OOO yearly in augmentation of the Civil List
of his Majesty King George.
3- I shall call upon you to recognise all contracts and
engagements entered into by or on behalf of the lonian
Government up to this time, and all equitable claims on the
same.

I am, Gentlemen,
Name in full
Address in full
Occupation
Date .

CELEBRATION of the TERCENTENARY of
~....1 the BIRTH of SHAKSPEARE, at Stratford-upon-
-4.,',."70,11. The Tercentenary Committee (of which Sir Robert
:ri (••• Hamilton, Bart., K.C.8.. is Chairman) are now receiv-
ing_ouSUBSCRIPTIONS, and they may also be paid to the
'oe nt of the Tercentenary Committee, at the Stourbridge
and Ridderminster or Warwick and Leamington Banks,
(Strr,alfozd-upon-Avon ; Messrs. Greenway, smith, and
,snlitilvV, Warwick ; or their London agents, Messrs.
(3)._
and
_ayne, and Co., Messrs Ilanburys and Co., or Messrs.
T a Co., bankers, London.
ti " Tereent
on lig t enary Committee, in submitting.; the subscrip-
t' shk._oetrhee nation, most earnestly appeal to the admirers
r. st thj,..P a for their aid and assistance. The Committee
tI,T bii.th-peila_i_taa upon the ground that Stratford is not only
admirerZe of Shakspeare, but the centre of attraction to
tome, the tow the great Poet's works and that it was his
wo he loved, and where he lived and died.
p-n,
11/ in the i,,, -"'EE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road,
way Tenninus-:pediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail-
presidentSratron—
b Xing's-cross.
The QUEEN.
Treasurerhe Duke of BUCCLEITCH, K.G.
Pdxvard Masterman, Esq.
This was the first h
and instant admission"?ltal to introduce the principle of free
mality of governors' iet(t)erthe destitute sick, without the for-
tution in its most pitiable B.
It is entirely devoted to desti-
pmied by sickness and for that which is accom-
wate 53
maemitude that, with aden'usease. and is now of sufficient
capable of admitting into great onport, it may be rendered
the casual sick of this great molds a very large proportion of
funds in order to have 00 bed: available
It requires but the
These the most wretched of Our
tp for the reception of
goy affords medical Advice and Moreover,
on the average, than 3,000 outpatients
ce and medicine to more,
The Weekly Board feel it their inin, a week.
EARNEST APPEAL to the Publl6-I;oative duty to make an
to enable them to admit and relieve the !. continued support,
distressing cases that
daily present themselves.
Contributions are received by the Treasurer
Masferman, Esq. Nicholas-lane; also byiyiels, Edward
Co.; Drummond' and Co. ; Herries and i
Co.;;
hansom outts and
Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, a and
and Co. ; Jones Loyd and Co. ; Barclay and Cod.; Denisonlyn
and Co. ; W Maras, Deacon, and Co. ; Overend, Gurney, a
Co. ; Nisbet and Co. ; Messrs. J. Barned and Co., Liverpool
and at the Hospital.
STANFORD S. SMITH Secretary,

4. I shall also invite you to make provision for the pre-
tieyon,ostahuneodrvlseasrtilfaenangudensard of the British Cemeteries in this
si‘aeinrasdvieatslht shall have to intfoisrmi;rdyepoaureodf
ttohenteemrme stooan which her
of
sthheeudleabtyeouf
rMvoo,2toB9bses.
in f a duovofavour
rutoonf. Go
the rea t c
es
ee Britaincessation
.foro f tahr e-
rears of military contribution.
Protectorate, and of the proposed union with Greece, it will
Queensb
uschahno
France,
arrangementsinvite the
Ferr, 1815, to revise
be necessary that her Majesty the
Powers parties to the Treaty of
Fthraettetnretiantry,Faenwd ,erisnefG conjunctionreenGreece,
to
mwaikthem one of the
as may tend to the future welfare of these States and the
permanent interests of Europe.
I now leave you to your deliberations, and in se doing
will merely echo the wish expressed by her Majesty, that
you may be guided to a wise decision, and that the'
na-
tional happiness and prosperity of the lonian people may,
by your suffrages, be secured on a solid foundation.
By command of his Excellency,
H. DRUMMOND Wol,Fr,
Secretary to the Lord High Commissioner.
The Most Illustrious the President of the Assmbly,
Signor Dr. Stefano Padovan, then addressed his
Excellency as follows :
My Lord,--If it were in nay power at this moment to ex-

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-1-1". HE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 13, 1863.

My Lord,—Withgreat 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 ono
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 submitto 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
her
Majesty's sove-
reignty,at the
to take such measures as may be needful to obtain satisfac-
tion for thean d effectuallyoutrages
preventoffered
to
theirh recurrence
hands of any persons exercising, or assuming to exorcise,
poi ers of government,
It was hoped that the energy displayed by your lordship
in the seizure of the Alexandra would have deterred our
shipbuilders from 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 Alabama lends countenance and probability
to the popular belief. We therefore learn with feelings of
unmingled 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

TAMWORTH ELECTION.

The polling for this election commenced at eight o'clocK
yesterday morning, at aroom in the Town Hall, and a second
room in Church-street. The candidates were the Hon.
Henry Cowper, Liberal, whose cause was espoused by Sir
RobPrt Peel ; and Mr. John Peel of Middleton Hall, Con-
servative, and a manufacturer of Manchester. Party feel-
mg ran somewhat high, in consequence of a considerable
number of the constituency taking umbrage at the interfer-
ence of Sir Robert Peel, alleging that it amounted to undue
dictation on the part of the hon. baronet.

It will be aeon from the list of the poll, which we subjoin
below, that Mr. Peel led off with a majority and maintained
it throughout the day :—.

Peel. Cowper.
Nine o'clock
Ten o'clock 143 .... 94
Eleven o'clock
One o'clock 207 .... 155
Three o'clock ..
Four o'clock
_ __ _

About half-past four the Mayor, amidst loud cheers,
officially declared the pell as being—Peel, 224; Cowper,
167;
majority for Peel, 57.
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
been. 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 become as quiet as it was a
month ago, and that they would all be as good friends as
if they had never known him.

gr. 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 fellow 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
conferred upon him, but also for the dignity
theythe igndhaditcyonferred 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.

our thanks are due.
Blackheath, Oct. 12.

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

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

sin,—The place from which we ascended was the Crystal
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
Secretary of the Treasury, Governor of Kansas, &c.;
Pliny Miles, Esq., of the United States ; the Count Franz
Schaffgotsch, of Berlin ; and Rowe, q.
We left the earth at 4h 29m ; in four minutes we were
2,500 f above the a; at 4h 3Sm the height was 5,400,
increased to 7,100 at 4h 43m, when London-bridge was
directly under us. At 4h 46m, the height was 7,200 f;
we then gradually sank to 2,300 f at 5h 15m ; in-
creased to 3,3001 at 5h 22m; decreased to I,Gooft
at Oh 36in increased to 8,600tt by 6h One, and to a higher
point afterwards; but it was too dark to read the instru-
ments, and we were on the ground at Gh 40m.
The temperature was 514 deg. at starting, was at the
freezing point at the height of 5,600 ft, when we were over
London, and was 31 deg at 4h 43m, when London-bridge
was under us, and decreased to 294 deg at 7,200 ft ; it then
increased to 411 deg at 1,600 ft, decreased to 26 deg at the
height of
8,600 ft, after which I could not read the instru-
ments.
The air was moderately dry at starting, and generally
continued eo ; but at times we passed through spaces which
but without visible vapour. The same
were very moist,
phenomenon I experienced in my recent ascent from Wol-
verhampton.
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 robably one that cannot be equalled in the world.
With one glance the homes of 3,000,000 people were seen,
and so distinctly, that every large building at every part
was easilydistinguished, while those almost under us—
viz Bank and Newgate, the docks, and surrounding
buildine.'s in
such detail, that their inner courts were visible,
„ct
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 Houses 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
it very clearly O. Then all around there were lines of de-
tached villas, imbedded as it were in an abundance of
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
whole length, with innumerable ships, apparently very long
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
the county of Bent, till again London claimed yet more at-
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 whole of the scene was surmounted by a canopy of
being quite clear and free from cloud every-
blue, the sky
where, excepting near the horizon, where a circular band
of cumuli and strata clouds, extending all round, formed a
fitting boundary 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 clout d, 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 ray 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 looked d .
rectly overhead, and also how little confidence can be p ace
in estimated observations, particularly those made near the

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
hard: hip to the builders or others of her Majesty's subjects,
the nation can indemnity 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 im •
possible for the people of the United States to observe un-
moved and without resentment the part someof our fellow-
subjects have acted towards them. Under similar
provocation we believe it would hardly have been possible
io 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 career.—We remain your lordship's obedient servants
CHARLES WILSON, Chairman.
ROBERT TRIMBLE, Secretary.

In our last publication (says the Cloninel Chronicle)
we detailed an occurrvilcishat Ballymacarbery, nine
miles from Clonmel,
suspi-
cious appearance. presents a very
Fear:were entertained that an
old man named Thomas °
dealt with. From intelligence3nnolly had been foully
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
e.
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 Connolly,ond his grandson, a youth
named Carroll. Some
ani short time since Carroll mar-
ried the daughter of
who, under an agreement, an
named Thomas Walsh,
came to live in Connolly'e
house with Carroll and
his wife. The grandson left
home to perform some
harvest work, and after a
to
week's absence returned his house. On arriving
at home he found his poor old grandfather missing,
and, despite his most searching inquiries, could find
no tidings of him. To his
queries to his father and
and his mother-in-law (Walsh the answer
was that the old man, on the s wife)
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,
in Carroll found his grand-
father's Sunday clothes his box, and in a
potato furrow he discovered the old man's spade.
Carroll,
Connolly not appearing, wearied and
suspicious, at length hadcou!se to the police,
re
and on Sunday he communicated with the
Who
laid Ballymacarbery police, the case before E.
Mulcahy, Esq., J.P., Ballyoraackee-house. The
result of an inquiry then set
n foot was the arrest
and their of Walsh and his wife,
the
committal to
by he
Clonmel jail. A search made police for the
body of the missing man (the conviction being he
had been murdered), aided by the
country people,
proved fuitless, and justice came 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 in an
out-house of the farm. On going 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. How far Mrs. Walsh
is implicated in the foul deed has not appeared, but
at present both parties are in prison, awaiting
further proceedings. It would seem the tragic
occurrence owes its origin to a dispute about the
produce of an acre of li,nd. Walstvedaughter the
informant, is in the hands of the authorities."
of Theis
Water ford N the details this
barbarous corroborates
barbarous murder, and says that Wal 'BII '
8 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 magi •
stracy
and of people around have been fearfully realised ;
and we understand that both Mr. Mulcahy and Mr.
Warburton, R,M., are now engaged in completinc,
the chain of evidence necessary to place the perpe-
trator of this crime at the bar of fostice.

zenith.
,
After 6 o'clock I watched the increasing blacktonwes:s
over
the
the earth, the lighting up of the villages and
vanishingofthe booutntoduamrisetsaonfths
generally,efields till on ti
the visibilitnyooaftnhge
first st r, and the circumstances
o. 1,
d ms
hec, ualsdNb c ewdi tobuat bag
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ofth esaenadrthto.
discharge.
when
gnhaesnsiNae.
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Count Schaffgotsch with No. 2,
3 a.g, On
and n
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"No and Mr. Mileslgl'hitht
hNohroi n
hedge. s.
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touched
gthee
earth on
earth No. 1
oneob ideysedeof emptying by a
hi
nearing
the
more sand," cried Mr. Coxwell, " we shall
rise nicely ;" and we did—hop over the hedge into the next
field, and
eand 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 I"
fearing the vicinity of a light near the gas then escaping
from the balloon.
Onr 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 case on this occasion; when two guineas

Full benefit of reduced duty obtained by pur-
chasing llorniman's pure Tea; very choleo ,Lt 3s. 4d. and
4s. "High Standard" at 4s. 4d. (formerly 4s. 8d.,1, is t
strongest and most delicious iniported. Agents jg ,every
town supply it in packets.

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STAMPED ....sd.

were required to carry the balloon tour or five miles. What
was paid I know not. One exception I must make to this
in the case of Mr. James King, who kindly drove me and
the Hon. Mr. Walker from Pint= to Main, for which

J":11ES GLAISHEit.

Earl Russell on the Danish Question.

FNANKFORT ON-TIIE-MAINE, Oat• 9.

The following is the text of Eirl Russell's de-
spatch to Sir Alexander Mulct, 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;—

"Foreign Office, Sept. 29, 1863.

" Sir,—Your despatch (No. 128) of the 21st
September demonstrates conclusively that the posi-
tion of 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, further, 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 tbings had rendered Federal
execution necessary. Her Majesty's Government,
ivhile 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 bo 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 t'iat 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
Denmark be seriously threatened.
"By the Convention of London of May 8,
1552, her Majesty is bound to respect the integrity
and independence of Danmark. 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 disadvantegcous
conditions to the constitution of the entire Amish

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if these buyers require also quality.—,Mark,-lana
Express.

Naval and Military Intelligence.

THE NAVY.

The Falcon, 17, screw corvette, completed her
course of trials, prior to commission, at Portsmouth
yesterday, under the supervision of the officers of
the steam factory and reserve. She is 751 tons
measurement, and is driven by a pair of auxiliary
engines of 100-horse collective, nominal, power.

here was a strong breeze from the southward,
which rendered some of her runs over the mile
against wind end tide of unusual length, and there-
fore detracted from the ship's average speed. She
made one mile under such circumstances, when
trying her speed with half-bailer power, in 18
minutes and 37 seconds. The Falcon is rigged,
armed, and stored fur sea, and only waits her crew
and ammunition to complete her to her sea-going
draught of water. Yesterday, at the commencement
of her trial, she drew 14ft. 2in. of water forward,
and 14ft. Sin. aft. The load on the safety valve was
201 b., and the vacuum ranged from 23in. to 24in.
Six runs were made with full 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 ship 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 min. 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 oif Portsmouth 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 Decree,
C. 8., commanding the Channel Fleet, and the
saluting battery of the garrison. Much suiTrise
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 Spith.ead
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 coal 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 rind
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.

monarchy.
Her Majesty's Government could neither recog-
nise such 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 tho German Federal Diet to abstain
from its intention, and to submit the question in
dispute between Germany and Denmark to the me-
diation of other Powers uninterested in the differ-
ence, but deeply concerned in the maintenance of
the peace of Europe and the independence of Den-
mark.—l am, Sze.,
" Sir Alexander Malet, Bart."

The Columbine, 4, screw sloop, Commander J. La
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, daring which the

rudder has been tested in every possible way, and
Commander Ward and his first lieutenant speak of

the rudder as an " unqudified 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:ou 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
the Marlborough ; Charles H. Hopkins, master's-
assist., to the Liverpool ; George A. Young, assist.-
clerk, to the Black Prince ; Samuel E. Lark, assist.-
clerk, to the Sutl6 ; David E. Doveton, assist.-
clerk, to the Warrior ; George W. E. C. Mackay,
assist.-clerk, to the Victory, for the secretary's-
office; J. C. Gauchy, chief engineer to the Tamar;
F. T. Elliott, engineer, to the Cumberland, for the
Fawn ; J. F. Channon, engineer, to the Tamar ;
Henderson, assist.-engineer, to the Cumber-
land, for the Sepoy Tidcombe,F. Pursell, and
J. Milne, assist.-engineers, 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.

ic RUSSELL.

AGRICULTURAL PROSPEGTS.

The weather has been-- ot 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 mach
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 advises state :
___es 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 •
act, 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, however, 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 bon;
satisfied with the present low prices, and a r
bc- tdti es r-
posed to hold so fine a quality in the hope of
.
, choice
prices sooner or later taking place, ihed
d
varieties are now being purchased for se.e , an a
b. takene
considerable quantity will, consequently'
off the various markets. The favourite white sorts
Taunton Dean, and the
are Chidham, Rough Chaff,
Red Golden Drop, Nursery, . and kessingland,
be obtained. Whilst the
deliveries other sorts can e
deliveries of wheat have fallen off those of barley
are greatly on the increase, and this caused the
00w, however,the
recent decline; that maltsters
and value work freely, much
are getting toreduced,
buyers will be encouraged to take this grain exten-
sively, so that the better sorts, at lust, may main-