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Births.

HILL.—On the 15th inst., at Sherborne, Dorset, the wif°
of Captain W. H. Hill, R.N., of a son.
0'1311,11:N.—On the 16th inst., the Hon. Mrs. O'Brien,
a daughter.
ALFORD.—On the 17th inst., at Clapham-rise, the wife
of Robert Alford, Esq., of a son.
Bur,LooK,—On the 16th inst., at 4, Gloucester-terrce,
Hyde-park, the wife of Edward Bullock, Esq., barrister.
at •law, of a daughter.
Marriages.
A s
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eAr LA—u Lg
Esq., to Mary Isabella Maria,
Augustus ADE n°aln the 16th inst., at Bletchlely,
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eldest daughter of Richard Selby Lowndes, Esq., of The
Elms, Bletchley, Bucks.
HOPE—WILLIAMS.—On the 16th inst., at Plymouth, tb°
Rev. John Hope, M.A., to Elizabeth, only survivia
daughter of the late Major-General Sir E. K. Williams,
K.C.8., K.T.S.
Deaths.
CAPE.—O° the 14th inst., at 124, Warwick-street, Pira•
lico, William Timothy Cape, Esq., aged 55.
CRoLE —On the 13th inst., at Chatham, Major Georg°
Seymour Crole, formerly of H.M.'s 28th Regiment'
aged 63.
KEIGHLY.—On the 151 h inst., at Percy-hill, Kent, I-len"°
rietta Louisa, wife of Captain H. P. Keighly ; and, saw
time and place, the infant son of the above.
MORTSON.—On the 24th March, at Rockhampton, Queens'
land, Australia, Thomas Coutts Morison, son of Sir
Alexander Morison.
Noss.—On the 15th inst., at Islington, suddenly,
H. Noss, Esq,, aged 74.
PALMER.—On the 15th inst., at Carlton-park, Northang
tonshire, Arthur Watson Palmer, Esq., r" late Cap tain 0
Fusiliers, fourth son of Sir John Henry Palmer, Ba
aged 37. ' net
TARRATT.—On the 15th inst., at Leamington Sara
Tarratt, Esq., formerly of Sutton, Surrey, aged 81.1-0.

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THE EGYPTIAN COMMERCIAL AND
TRADING COMPANY (Limited).
To be Incorporated, with Limited Liability, under "The
companies Act, 1862.-
Capita £2.000,000, in 100,001 Shares of £2O each.
Payment on allotment £2 per Share.
The Capital has been subscribed, with the exception of 25,000
Shares, which have been reserved for issue to the public by
the International Financial Society.
DIRECTORS.
President—H. H. Prince 11 ALIM PASHA, late Governor of
the Soudsn•
Cater, Esq , Director of the Bank of Epondon.
E. uervieu, Fsq. E. Dervieu and Co.), Alexandria
Larking, Esq , London.
Oppenheim, Esq. (Oppenheim, Nephew, and Co.), Alex-
andria
M Rose, Es (Briggs and Co.), Alexandria.
hl Ruyssenaers, Dutch Consul• General, Alexandria.
"- P. Scholfield, Esq., London (late A. and S. Henry and
Mancheste
but bath, E sqr ,) Frankfort I).M.
Alexander Tod:E.g., London (Tod, Rathbone, and Co.,
-Itypt ; and Stephen Kennard and Co., London).
MANAGER.
M. Sakakini, Esq. (Sakakini BrAhers), Cairo.
AGENTS.
Messrs. Fruhling and Goschen, London.
M.M. Marcuard, Andre, and Co., Paris.
The Bank of Saxe Meiningen, Frankfort.
BANKERS.
Messrs. Glyn, Mills, and Co.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Bircham, Dalrymple, Drake, and Ward, 46,
Parliament-street, Westminster.
PROSPECTUS.
Encouraged by the desire of the Government of his High-
hese the Viceroy of Egypt, several Commercial Houses and
Society have united to form this Company;—
The International Financial Society, London.
Messrs. Fruhling and Goschen, London.
• Messrs. Marcuard, Andre, and Cie., Paris.
Mr. W. F. Jaeger, Frankfort.
Mr. S. Sulzbacn, Frankfort.
Messrs. Oppenhe4m, Nephew, and Cie., Alexandria.
Messrs. Dervieu and Cie., Alexandria.
The object of the Company is to devote special attention to
the development of Commerce with Upper Egypt, Nubia, the
Soudan, and adjoining countries, as well as the borders of the
Red Sea, and to establish trading relations with those dis-
tricts, the enormous resources of which—till now almost un-
developed—are so well known as to render it needless to
enter into a lengthened description.
The Company will buy or exchange the produce, which
consists of cotton, coffee, sugar, rice, tobacco, gums, oils,
ivory, senns, beeswax, ostrich feathers, gold dust, silk, in-
digo, &c.
The Viceroy of Egypt has. by the grant of a liberal subsidy,
called into existence a Steam Navigation Company for the
Red Sea and the Nile; he is also about, with the view of as-
sisting the operations of this Company, to complete, at his
own expense, telegraphic communication between Alexandria
and all the principal. stations which have been selected for
the operations of the Company, extending to Khartoum, the
farthest town of importance in the interior of Africa within
the limits of Egyptian territory, and to Take on the frontiers
of Abyssinia.
By these means the difficulty of communication, hitherto
existing, will be removed, a- d means of transport greatly
facilitated. It will be an object of this Company to encou-
rage all enterprises which will tend to provide means of
rapid transport, whether by steamers, railways, canals, or
by the organisation of caravans. It will also be an object of
the Company to encourage, by the advance of money to cul-
tivators, importation of seed, establishment of cotton gins,
ate., the cultivation of cotton in Upper Egypt, where there
exist immense tracts of land capable of producing it to al-
Most any extent. The population in those districts is nume-
rous and industrious.
It is a well-ascertained fact that, in Upper Egypt and the
Soudan, cultivators and traders can afford to borrow money
at 4 and 5 per cent. per month, and still amass considerable
wealth.
'1 he Company intend to establish agencies on both coasts
of the Red Sea. On the Arabian coast Dgeddah has been
selected as a principal place of commerce. On the coast of
Abyssinia agencies will also be established at Koester, Sa-
wakim, and Massawah.
The trading operations of the Company will extend from
Cairo up the Nile, as far as possible into the interior of Africa,
following the courses of the White and Blue Nile, whilst
communication will be carried on between the interior and
the Red Sea, and its east and west coasts.
It is intended to commence operations below Siout, ex-
tending gradually upwards, employing the capital, in the
first instance, by making advances to cultivators in Upper
Egypt, operations with which the Alexandrian Directors are
well:acquainted, and which, being highly lucrative, at once
insure a large interest on the capital employed.
The capital of the Company will be gradually called up as
Its operations are extended.
Mr. Sakakini, who has for many years carried on, and is
thoroughly acquainted with, the trade of Upper Egypt and
Its adjoining countries, has consented to act temporarily as
manager, in order to give the Company the advantage of his
enerience in the organisation of a sufficient and competent
staff,
The Articles of Association will provide for a defined and
ihnited participation by the Directors in the profits, after
payment of interest, on the capital called up, and the houses
Who have founded the Company will be entitled to the privi-
lege of taking one-third of any iurther issue of Shares, sub-
Jed to which all new Shares will be distributed pro rata
amongst the existing Shareholders.
__Applications for Shares must be made to the International
Financial Society (Limited), at their Offices, 54, Old Broad-
street, E.C.
No application will be received after Saturday, 20th June,
at 12 noon.
London, June, 1863.
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the Directors of the International Financial Society
(Limited).
Gentlemen,—l request you to allot me Shares of £2O
in Egyptian Commercial and Trading Company (Limited),
and I hereby agree to become a member of that Company,
%lid to accept such Snares, or any less number that may be
allotted to me, and I request that my name may be placed
to
th'i Register of Members in respect of the Shares allotted
I am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant,
No. Name in full
Address in full
, Reference .. . .
Date

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11 RE SUN, LON

OXFORD COMMEMORATION.

OXFORD, Wednesday Night.
The Christchurch banquet was a very grand affair. The
hall, which is second only to Westminster in point of size,

and hardly second in beauty, was lighted with a " string
course" of jets of gas extending round the walls just above

the portraits with which the fine hall is so well furnished.
The Dean presided at the high table, the Prince and Princess
on his right and left, a long line of notables supporting
them on either side. The Chancellor sat next to the Princess.

The Archbishops of York and Armagh, the Dukes of Buc-
cleuch and Marlborough, the Bishops of London, Oxford,
Winchester, Lincoln, and Chichester, wero present. The
body of the hall was filled with Christchurch men and mas
ters, who loudly cheered the toasts as they were given by
the Dean. These were—" The Queen," " The Prince and
Princess," " The Chancellor," " The Members for the Uni-
versity," and " Christchurch." The only response to them
was made by the members of the Orpheus Glee Union.
The ball given by the University Apollo Lodge was, of
course, crowded. The Corn Exchange, which was the ball
room, has but recently been erected. It is a handsome
room, and with the approaches to it, as also the passages
leading to the Town-hall, which was used as a supper room,

was very prettily decorated. The Prince and Princess ar-
rived about 11 o'clock, and were received by Lord Newry
and the members of the ball committee. They were accom-
panied by the Earl and Countess of Derby, the Duke and
Duchess of Marlborough, Lord Mount Edgcumbe, Mrs.
Gladstone, and a long train of ladies and gentlemen.
After a momentary pause upon the dais, during which
a " horseshoe" space was cleared in front of it by means
of a silken rope and the wands of the stewards, the Royal
guests descended the steps and opened the ball, the
Prince with the Duchess of Manchester, and the Princess
with Colonel Bowyer, the Provincial Grand Master.
There was not sufficient space for dancing to become
very general, and the rope was several times made use
of, the Prince and Princess taking part in five or six dances.
The music, which was " provided" by M. Jullien, was ad-
mirable, and less ought not to be said for the supper, which
was laid in the Town Hall, a high table being provided for
the Royal guests.

The "labours" of to-day, if such a term may be applied
to these very numerous festivities, commenced with the
" Commemoration" in the Sheldonian Theatre. After 10
o'clock the theatre began to fill, and the undergraduates to
take noisy possession of their gallery. Tho ladies' gallery
filled less quickly, " pink bonnets" and " white bonnets"
receiving uproarious welcome as they arrived. It would
seem to-day that the idea of the Laureate is realised, and
that a "Princess" is presiding over a university peopled
with "fair girl graduates." The lower gallery is not so
noisy as the upper, but, lustrous with lovely faces and
bright eyes, with all and every shade of colour in dress, it is
far more attractive. According to custom, the undergra-
duates held their court of summary jurisdiction, awarding
cheers, groans, and hisses to almost everyone and every-
thing. Dr. Pusey received the greatest condemnation,and
Mr. West was again marked by the displeasure of those
who had been subject to his proctorial authority. Professor
Kingsley's name was the signal for rounds of applause,
which probably will console him for the loss of the barren
honour of a D.C.L. degree. " Cambridge" and " the
Cambridge" had their cheers. The proctors were popu-
lar, and the mention of Dr. Stanley's name raised
loud applause. A very warm welcome was given to the
name of Professor Jowett. " Stonewall" Jackson received
posthumous honours by unanimous consent ; and whenever
a lull occurred, the "ladies" were again taken up. Mrs.
Gladstone, who was very favourably received, was among
the early arrivals in the " semicircle." Bat it is impos-
sible to report all the cries of the gallery, or to find words
expressive of the noise which issued from it.
So the time passed until the Chancellor's procession en-

tered the theatre. Lord Derby—again gorgeous in his
robes—was accompanied by the Vice-Chancellor (Dr.
Lightfoot), and followed by the Archbishops of York and
Armagh, the Bishops of London, Oxford, Winchester,
Lincoln, and Chichester, and by Doctors too numerous to
mention. The newly made D.C.L.'s of yesterday were
conspicuous, but without their Royal Master and Mistress.
In a few minutes the Chancellor left his seat and, with the
Vice-Chancellor, proceeded to the entraice, quickly return-
ing, followed by the Prince and Princess, whose appearance
was greeted with cheering otthe loudest and longest-con-
tinued character, while the National Anthem resounded
from the organ. But even the skilful hand of Sir Frederick
Ouseley could not hide the fact that this instrument is very
unworthy of its position, A hearty round of cheers for the
Queen, followed by another for the Princess, which was
acknowledged with the sweetest of smiles, Lord Derby rose
and proposed the following list of names for the degree of
D.C.L.

The Right Hon. Earl Granville, K.G., Lord President
of the Council.

His Grace the Duke of Newcastle, K.G., Secretary o.
State for the Colonies.

His Excellency M. Torben de Bille, Minister Plenipo-
tentiary from the King of Denmark.
The Right Hon. Edward Cardwell, M.A., Ba
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, M.P. for the City of
Oxford.

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The Right Hon. James Whiteside, Q.C., M.P. for the
University of Dublin,

Sir Stafford Henry Northcote, Bart., M.A., Balliol, MP,
for Stamford.

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Oriel, M.P. for Horsham.
He was now and then interrupted with cries of "Where's
Kingsley ?" to which it is needless to add that no reply
was given. Dr. Twiss, who then introduced tha new
Doctors, was "inaudible in the gallery," a circumstance
which provoked the undergraduates to cries of " Speak

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Duke," and " Me Sheriffs of London and Miadle-

sex."

Lord RUSSELL proposed in very happy terms
" The Health of the Lady Mayoress."

up." But there was plenty to look at for those who
could not hear the learned professor. The Princess and
the ladies around her were a sight sufficient. The Uni-
versity ought to be gratified by the pretty attention with
which the Princess watched these abstruse proceedings.
Lord Granville's name was well received, and the Duke of
Newcastle was loudly cheered. A hearty welcome was given
to the Danish Minister, the cause of which will be readily
divined. Mr. Whiteside, who wore his red rob over a court
dress, was subjected to a fire of laughter from the gallery,
directed at " the thing on his back"—an impertinent allu-
sion to his "queue." Sir H. Cairns, the future Lord Chan-
cellor, as he was called from the gallery, was much cheered.
The conclusion of this ceremony was celebrated with cries of
"Kingsley," which continued until the Chancellor lifted
his golden-tasseled cap to the Public Orator, and he com-
menced the Crewian. Oration. But neither the eloquence of
Mr. Mitchell nor the elegance of his composition could gain
for him a fair hearing. He had to struggle through what
I seemed to many a dumb show, which he did with the most
imperturbable perseverance, amid derisive shouts, applied
impartially to his .ration and his person. It must be said
that some of the remarks made by the undergraduates would
have been better suited to the road to Epsom than to the
Sheldonian Theatre. But possibly the undergraduates don't

The toast was drunk with enthusiasm.

The dinner and wines were supplied by Messrs.
Staples, of the Albion. The band of the Coldstream
Guards played during dinner, and in the course of

the evening there vas a selection of vocid int.sic,
under the direction of Mr. J. L. Hatton, asNititcd by
Nit's. 'Harriette Lee and Mr. John Morgan. Mr.

_arker officiated as toastmaster with —his usual

spirit.

Correspondence on the American Question.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES.

Sir,—As part of the political history of the times,
the correspondence transmitted herewith may have
sufficient significance to call for its publication.
I submit it to you accordingly for a place in your
columns.

I am, Sir, very respectfully, your obedient ser-
vant, J. M. MASON.
24, Upper Seymour-street, Portman-square,
June 27, 1863.

" Aubrey-house, Notting-hill, London, W.,
June 10, 1863.
" Sir,—l have authority to make the following
proposition on behalf of the leading Anti-slavery
men of America, who have sent me to this country.
"If the States calling themselves The Confede-
rate States of America' will consent to emancipate
the negro slaves in those States, such emancipation
to be guaranteed by a liberal European commission,
the emancipation to be inaugurated at once, and
such time to be allowed for its completion as the
commission shall adjudge to be necessary and just,
and such emancipation once made to be irrevocable

—then the Abolitionists and Anti •slavery leaders
of the Northern States shall immediately oppose the
prosecution of the war on the part of the United
States' Government, and, since they hold the
balance of power, will certainly cause the war to
cease by the immediate withdrawal of every kind of
support from it.
" I know that the ultimate decision upon so grave
a proposition may require some time; but mean-
while 1 beg to be informed at your early convenience
whether you will personally lend your influence in
favour of a restoration of peace and the independ-
ence of the South upon the simple basis of the
emancipation of the slaves.
" Any guarantee of my own responsibility and
my right to make this offer shall be forthcoming.
I am, Sir, yours, &c.,
MONCURE D. CONWAY."
" J. M. Mason, Esq."

" 24, Upper Seymour-street, Portman-square,
June 11, 1863.

" Sir,--I have your note of yesterday. The
proposition it contains is certainly worthy of the
gravest consideration, provided it is made under a
proper responsibility. Yet you must be aware that,
while you know fully the representative position I
occupy, I have not the like assurance as regards
yourself.
" If you think proper, therefore, to communicate
to me who those are on whose behalf and authority
you make the proposition referred to, with the evi-
dence of your right to make this offer,' I will at
once give you my reply, the character of which,
however, must depend on what I may learn of your
authority in the premises.
" I am Sir, your obedient servant,
" J. M. MASON.
" Moncure D. Conway, Esq."

d to
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great

Foreign-office, June 6.
Sir,—l enclose a correspondence which has lately pas,ed
between the Commander Moreira, Envoy Extraordinary and.
Minister Plenipotentiary from his Majesty the Emperor of
Brazil, and me.*

You will perceive that M. de Moreira has broken off his
diplomatic relations, not on the ground of the orders givzu
by her Majesty's Government in Octoberlast to her Maje,zty's
Envoy and to the Admiral commanding her Majesty's nit% al
forces on the Brazilian station to have recourse to reprisals
if certain demands of her Majesty's Government were no t
complied with, but on account of the planner in which those
orders were executed.

tit on examination her )18jesty's Government c uld not

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Lind any ground for blaniing, either her Majesty's repr,E,en-
tative in Brazil or her Majesty's Admiral in the Brazilian
waters for the mode in which the instructions they had re-
ceived were executed.

" Anbrey-house, Notting-hill, W/., June 16.

The orders for reprisals wero not given till full time had
been allowed for the Brazilian Government to welch seri-
ously the consequences of a refusal to comply with the very
moderate and reasonable demands of her Majesty's Govern-
ment; and when those reprisals were executed care was
taken to avoid any collision and all risk of bloodshed in the
performance of a painful duty.
The sole object of her Majesty's Government has been
to obtain some security for the lives and properties of her
Majesty's subjects who may have the misfortune to be ship-
wrecked on the coast of Brazil, and to insure due respect to
the persons of her Majesty's naval officers on Brazilian ter-
ritory.

If in the course of these proceedings it has been fcund ne-
cessary to enforce the capture of Brazilian ships in Brazilian
waters, such necessity has been the motive and limit of the
_ _

" Sir,—Your note of the 11th has been received

" I could easily give you the evidence that I re-
present the views of the leading Abolitionists of
America, but with regard to the special offer which
I have made I have concluded that it was best to
write out to America and obtain the evidence of my
right to make it in a form which will preclude any
doubt as to its sufficiency.

action of her Majesty's diplomatic and naval authorities.
But as the Brazilian Government has misunderstood the
motives of her Majesty's Government, and has broken off
relations, you are directed to ask for passports for yourself
and the gentlemen attached to her Majesty's Mission, and
to leave Brazil. You will place the archives in the care of
her Majesy's Consul, Mr. 'WestWood.

I wish that I could add that in every other respect, ex-
cept in the recent matters of dispute,her Majesty's Govern-
ment had reason to be satisfied with the friendly and cour-
teous conduct of the Brazilian Government. It is, however,
notorious that the Government of Brazil has foi a long
course of time habitually disregarded the representations
made to it by her Majesty's diplomatic agents in Brazil—
and as ono instance of this, among others, it may be men-
tioned that six notes addressed to the Brazilian Govern-
ment between the 19th of Decemb.r, 1860, and the 17th of
April, 1862, have remained, if not unnoticed, at all events
without satisfactory answers. These notes, written under
instructions from her Majesty's Government, asked the
Brazilian Government for returns as to the number and
explanations as to the condition of some thousands of
negroes captured in slave trading vessels, and decreed many
years ago by the Mixed Commission at Rio to be entitled to
freedom, but who, there is good reason to believe, are up
to the present time held in bondage, contrary to law and
in violation of treaty engagements.

may also refer to Mr. Christie's note to M. d'Abrantes
of the 12th of February last, in which, in obedience to in-
structions from her Majesty's Government, he called the
attention of the Brazilian Government to the various com-
munications which he had addressed to the Brazilian Go-
vernment, and which remained unanswered, and claimed for
all the Africans who had been liberated by the late Mixed
Commission Court unconditional freedom.
To this note, it is true, a reply was returned by the Bra-
zilian Government, but M. d'Abrantes' note of the 28th of
February cannot, under the circumstances, and taking into
account previous delays, be considered as satisfactory. In
this note M. d'Abrantes states that the Brazilian Govern-
ment were studying with earnestness and solicitude the
question as to the free Africans, in order to proceed with
such discretion and prudence as the case required. But the
result is that her Majesty's Government are as far as ever
from receiving the information repeatedly asked for, and
which their treaty engagements in favour of the liberated
Africans justify them in demanding.
It is, moreover, not out of place on the present occasion
to refer to the position of the claims which it was originally
proposed should be referred for settlement to the late Mixed
Commission.

That commission was appointed with a view to withdraw
from diplomatic negotiation the private claims of the sub-
jects of either Government as against the other. The ad-

vantage of such a tribunal was manifest, and the appoint-
ment of a Mixed Commission appeared the beat means of
relieving the two Governments from prolonged and embar-
rassing discussion. It was therefore with great regret that
her Majesty's Government found that a conflicting inter-
pretation of the terms of the convention by which the com-
mission was constituted became an insuperable bar to the
further labours of the commission, which subsequently
lapsed according to the terms of the convention.

RUPTURES.—BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT.
WHITE'S MOO-MAIN LEVER TRUSS
(PERFECTED AND EXHIBITED TN THE GREAT
ExHIBITIONB or 1851 AND 1862), is allowed by upwards of
Two Hundred Medical Gentlemen to be the most effective
nvention in the curative treatment of HERNI A.
The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effects,
is here avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the
body, while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the
Bloc-Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease
,tnd closeness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn
during sleep. A descriptive circular may he had, and the
truss, which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the cir-
cumference of the body, two inches below the hips, being
sent to the manufacturer,

-
Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly.
A Single Truss, 165., 215., 265. 6d., and 315. &L Postage, is.
A. Double Truss, 31s. 6d., 425., and 525. Bd. Postage, is Bd.
An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. Postage, 15. 10d.
Post-office Orders to be made payable to John WhiteXPost-
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KNEE-CAPS, &c., for Varicose Veins and all oases of
Weakness and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, &o. They are
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eadh. Postage 6d.
JOHN WHITE, Manufacturer. 228. Piccadilly.

Her Majesty's Government could but regret this un-
expected result. But the interpretation which the Bra-
zilian Government attached to the convention was
wholly inconsistent with the well-known policy of Great
Britain, and was one which could not have been admitted
by her Majesty's Government without a practical reversal
of decisions already made known by them to the Brazilian
Government.

"I shall then address you again on the subject
" I am, &c.,
" MONCURE D. CONWAY.

But what course was adopted by her Majesty's Govern-

ment under these circumstances ? In Mr. Christie's note of
the 14th April, 1862, the Brazilian Government were in-
formed that her Majesty's Government were willing to con-
clude a convention for the establishment of a new commis-
sion empowered to discuss all claims except those which
occasioned the difficulties which proved fatal to the late
commission; and the proposal thus made by her Majesty's
Gevernment was in strict conformity with the line which,
both with a view to mutual advantage and to the preserva-
tion of friendly relations, they had hitherto pursued in this
matter.

ROYAL N AITNSITOITNITTAIOLN LIFE-BOAT
(Incorporated by Royal Charter).
K.G., F.R.S.
I' ni; ITI tn
EXIITE—s ane=eAr d m3l oisrta lth Gracious
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CHAIRMAN—Thos. Baring, Esq., M • •, F.R.S.
DEptrryCuAthuAN—Thomas Chapman, Esq., P.R.
hTehbeegCinomnimingtotefethofe APPEAL.
year 1860, Management
te
Institution has expended £32,000 on various Lifeboat Eianstdab.
lishments on the Coasts of England, Scotland, and ire land.
have to oNati state
on
National
that,
Lifeboatsi n c
The number of lives' saved by the Life-boats of the
Society, and other means, since its formation, is 12,80
tor which services 82 Gold Medals, 718 Silver Medals, and
£16,480 in cash have been paid in rewards. The Institu-
tion has also expended £67,000 on Life-boats, Life-boat
Transporting-can !ages, and Boat-houses.
The Committee desire to express their grateful sense of
the generous support which they have received from the
British public during the past few years, a support which
has enabled them to establish their present magnificent fleet
of 123 Lifeboats on the shores of the United Kingdom.
Deeply sensible, however, of the great responsibility that
rests on them to maintain their fleet in a thoroughly efficient
state, and its Crews practised in the management of their
boats, which cat, only be effected by a large and permanent
annual income, they earnestly appeal to all classes of their
countrymen to aid them in upholding and perpetuating so
great and truly national a work.
The Committee gratefully acknowledge the following con
tributions

" J. M. Mason, Esq."

" 24, Upper Seymour-street, Portman-square,
June 17, 1863.

Her Majesty the Queen .. • • £a. d
Campbell, the H ..• • on. Mrs. G... annual 50 c 0
.. annual 5 0 o
Clerk, Colonel, R.A. • • • • • • _ annual 11 0
Coutts and Co., Messrs., Bankers .• .. annual 10 0 o
Currie, Wm.. Esq., • • • • don. 10 10 0
.. .. 4th don.lo 0 0
Erle, Lord Chief Justice • • .. ..
Fanshawe, Vice-Admiral Sir A., K.C.B. .. 2d don. 25 0 o
Fenwick, G. J., Esq., cost of a Lifeboat and Tran-
sporting Carriage • • • • • . .. .. 250 0 0
Harvey, Rev. G. G. and Mrs. •
.. .. don. 30 0
Martin, Sir Henry, Bart. • • .. .. 7th don. 10 0 0
Moore, Rev. G. B. • • • • .. don. 15 15 0
Smith, Mrs. George, Greenwich • • • • .. 30 0
Stirling, Col. Sir Anthony, K.C.B. • • .. annual 20 0
Thomas, Lady, Weston-super-Mare, collected by her
. 16 16 0

" Sir,—l have received your note of yesterday.

Ladyship .. • • • • •
Willoughby d'Eresby, Lord .• • • • • annual 5 0 0
Donations and Annual Subscriptions will be thankfully re-
eived by the Bankers of the Institution, Messrs. Willis,
Percival, and Co., 76, Lombard-street; Messrs. Coutts and
Co., 59, Strand; Nfessrs. Berries, Farquhar. and Co., 16, St.
James's-street, London ; by a I the Collectors of Customs
~
and Bankers in the UnitedKlngdom; and by the Secretary
Richard Lewis, Esq
Jola-stroct, Adelpbi, London. W.C.
at the Office of the institution, 14,

" You need not write to America to ' obtain the
evidence' of your right to treat on the matter it
imports. Our correspondence closes with this
reply. It was your pleasure to commence it, it is
wine to terminate it.

" I desired to know who they were who were re
sponsible for your mission to England, as you
present it; and who were to confirm the treaty you
proposed to make for arresting the war in Ame-
rica, on the basis of a separation of the States,
with or without the sanction of their Government.
But such information is of the less value now, as
I find from an advertisement in the journals of
the day that you have brought to England
letters of sufficient credit from those who sent you
to invite a public meeting in London, under the
sanction of a member of Parliament, who was
to preside, to hear an address from you on the sub-
ject Of your mission, with the promise of a like ad-
dress from him.

Her Majesty's Government under these circumstances
are fully justified in complaining that up to this time they
are still left without a reply to the proposals conveyed in
Mr. Christie's note of the 14th April, 1862, and that no
steps appear to have been taken for the just settlement of
various British claims, some of them of long standing and
of very considerable amount.

think that their " founders and benefactors" have done
much for them, or that they are not much indebted to their
departed worthies. However this may be, it is certain that
the conclusion was best received. Perhaps the Public Ora-
tor found sufficient consolation in the attention which his
speech received from the " sweet trustful eyes" of the Prin-
cess, to borrow an expression from the congratulatory ode of
yesterday. Mr. Papillon's Latin verse was tolerated rather
than listened to. It was well delivered and well cheered.
The English essay was probably very good, but its subject,
"Renaissance," was not in the highest degree interesting.
This, however, was of less importance, inasmuch as Mr.
Symonds could not be heard except by those near to his
rostrum. Mr. Nettleship's essay was also subject to this re-
' mark. Mr. Thomas's English poem (theNewdegate) was far
superior to the average of prize poems. The subject,
" Coal Mines," afforded an opportunity for pathetic allusion
to the Hartley accident. He was several times interrupted
by cheering. The poem was recited with considerable force
and spirit, and well deserved the cheers which were without
dissent accorded to Mr. Thomas.
The proceedings now became rather wearisome, or rather
they would have become so, had not the Arnold and Gais-
ford Prize competition been cut very short. These being
concluded, Lord Derby rose and dissolved the convocation.
The organ struck up the Danish National Anthem, which
was the signal for rounds of cheers for the Princess and
everything Danish, including the King of Greece and M.
de Bille. The procession then left the theatre in the same
order as at the entry.
For this day at least, All Souls relaxes its exclusiveness,
and opens hospitable doors to many who have not the qua-
lifications usually demanded for admission to the good
things of this close college. The royal table was laid in the
library, the Warden having the Princess on his right, and
the Prince on his left hand, Lord and Lady Derby sitting
next to them, the Archbishop coming next. Through the
open doorway a sight of the royal party can be obtained by
the main body of the guests of All Souls, who, to the num•
ber of some 400 or 500, refresh themselves alternately with
the collation, and with glances in the direction of the library.
All that flags can do to decorate that magnificent room and
the very spacious marquee in the triangle is done with the
most excellent taste and skill. Fortunately for All Souls,
the sun shines gaily, and the band of the University corps
makes pleasant music, with a good rattling accompaniment
played on the college knives and forks.
And now all Oxford—that is, the gaily dressed crowd of
lords and ladies, bishops and doctors, masters and bachelors,
and their friends, betake themselves to the fete at Worcester
Gardens. Surely no one who has read this report will be
surprised to learn that this musical fete was not honoured
by the presence of the Prince and Princess. The fete was,
however, a great success, thanks to the weather. The gar-
den itself is something like perfection ; and the company, the
' music, and the refreshments, hardly fall short of this.

" This correspondence shall go to the public, and
will find its way to the country, a class of the citi-
zens of which you claim to represent. It will, per-
haps, interest the Government and the soi-disant
loyal men' there to know, under the sanction of
your name, that the leading Anti-slavery men in
America' are prepared to negotiate with the autho-
rities of the Confederate States for a 'restoration
of peace and the independence of the South on a
pledge that the Abolitionists and Anti-slavery
leaders of the Northern States shall immediately
oppose the further prosecution of the war on the
part of the United States Government, and since
they hold the balance of power will certainly cause
the war to cease by the immediate withdrawal of
every kind of support from it.'
" As some reward, however, for this interesting
disclosure, your inquiry whether the Confederate
States will consent to emancipation on the terms
stated shall not go wholly unanswered. You may
be assured, then, and perhaps it may be of value to
your constituents to assure them, that the Northern
States will never be in relations to put this quEstion
to the South, nor will the SouthernStaantessweevr.er be
in a position requiring them to give an t
"I am, Sir, your obedient servanM
J. M. ASON.
Monenre D. Conway, Esq•

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being 31 inches.
IRON SHIPBUILDING ON THE THAMES_ —The
launch of the London and South-Western Railway
Company's new iron paddlewheel steamship Normandy took
place yesterday at Messrs. James Ash and Co.'s yard, in the
Isle of Dogs. The ceremony of christening was performed
by Miss Amy Dutton, daughter of the Hon. Ralph Dutton,
chairman of the company. The launch was highly success-
ful, When it was over the vessel was taken in tow, and
brought reund into Mr. J. Stewart's yard, to be fitted
with her machinery of 225-horse power. The engines
will be supplied with improved surface condensers, ar-
ranged with separate cylinders, so that a vacuum can
be maintained without the assistance of the main
engines, which are solely employed to propel the vessel.
The boilers are of large size, fitted with brass tubes, the
whole of which are of the feathering description, fitted
with wood bushes, and also with the peculiar link motion
applied to work the slide valves, so as to enable one man
to start or stop the engines without difficulty. The principaier_
dimensions of the Normandy are :—Length between ?
in
pendiculars, 210 ft. ; breadth for tonnage, 24ft.; ep
W.
hold, 14ft. The Normandy is the third iron vessel launchedd
within a few months from the same yard.

He; Majesty's Government therefore hope that the Go-
♦ernment of Brazil will in its future intercourse with Great
Britain, through whatever channel that intercourse may be
carried on, act with that courtesy which is usual between
Governments; and also that the Brazilian Government will
without further delay frankly enter into the communication
of their views as to the means by which a settlement of tho
long-pending claims may best be arrived at.

You will send a copy of this despatch to the Marquis
d'Abrantes, at the same time that you demand your pass-
ports, expressing the regret of her Majesty's Government at
this temporary suspension of diplomatic intercourse.—l
am, &c., RUSSELL,

S P
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* M. Moreira, May 5; to M. Moreira, May 19; M. Moreira,
May 25 ; to M. Moreira, May 28. See " Correspondence
with the Minister of Brazil regarding the satisfaction de-
manded by the Brazilian Government for the late reprisals,"
recently laid before Parliament.