The Sun.
London, England, 1863-10-29 00:00:00

Births.

D.—mOrns the 24th inst., at Dytchley, Oxfordshire'
Augustus Halford, of daughter.
the Hon. • a
On the 25th inst„ at Holly Lodge, -1.1
TT.raTON"--
1""1- wife of Richard H • arington, Esq., of a son. (.0
well, the
gArrumcs.—On the 27th inst., at Marlborough, Wilts, t°
wife of Captain Menders, of a daughter.
F,AIKSDEN.—On the 27th inst., the wife of Rattsdelj'
Bsq., of The Forest, Woodford, of a daughter.
lIALFOR
Marriages.
ORESSWELL—LANGRIDGE.—On the 28th inst., t
„,
Saints', Lewes, George Cresswell, Esq., Captain 114 i.
tached (late H.M.'s 89th Regc.), youngest sun of
}ibel
Cresswell, Esq • of r
Sussex-gardens, Hyde-park, to "idgey
Sophia, elder daughter of William Vidler Lang
Esq., of Lewes, Sussex.
MARTIN—THACKER.—On the 26th inst., at St..T Ijnpie
Pentenville, Robert Martin, of Great GrimshY, to
ow.,
Jane, eldest daughter of the late Thomas Dee T'l3
of -Wilmington-square, Clerkenwell.

BRAYBROOKE.—On the
D2e3aith.s. w
oiwich, stag
_BRBSourpordgißieeo.:_ni-Major William BrayiburaotOkea,taged°47. laird
bOrnmethrley 204 ft
shaliinsbstu,.r,ya,tagSewdaBn3a.ge, William
----
DAviEs —On the 22d inst., at Coblenz, Prussia, Franc-ig.
11. Davies, Eoq , late Registrar of the Court of Clatu'
eery, aged 73.
IVIMY.—On the 27th inst. , at Portsea, Charles 10135*'
Esq., solicitor, aged 70. lir•
JOHNSON.—On the 26th inst., Lieutenant .General , ill,
' Johnson of Wytham-on-the 'Rill, in the county 01."
coin, aged 87.
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London: Prinzed and Published by WILLIAM A.NDR-h'
of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at THE Sux Office NO'
Strand, in the Precinct of thetobe Savo. in the Count)"
ifiddlerex.-- Thus lay, Ocr 29, 1863.

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(lpancerv-l‘ne, London. Messrs. -E. and 11. Lamle 's
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_e ROPERTY riEGIfiTER" containing, a varied selection
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thelands d and house properties now in the market, from
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cottage° mansion, with its manorial domain, to the
es with its few acres. end concussions
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PERSONS, SEEKING LANDEI)
1,-.I,STIT ES, TOWN' A N'Tt c!11, TRY REsIDENCES,
-PROPE
101.,i) AND ;.EASi,,;ilol,:i: E.NTS, AND ES NE RALLY-
-. To BE lIAD GRATIS, at the, pr ncinal Rai'wav Bookstalls
Etorou7 bout the kingdom. or at the Auction and Estate Oilic,es,
FT6 Chancery-lane, London, Messrs, E. and 11. Lumley's
RE Prtormury 11,EGIferErt," containing, varied selection
_, anded and house properties now in the market, from
the nobleman's mansion, with its manorial domain, to the
Cottage with its few acres,
OWNERS OF PROPERTIF,B wishing to Sell or Let can ern-
!ii ice the opportunity that the medium of this Re2ister
rds, by sendino• the particulars of their properties to the
It:st,.t.tie Offices, Chanc,rylane, London, ns the Messrs.
wii"ley can in most cases Introduce immediate customers,
tere juthe property so' elioible chars. ter, thereby !tvoid-
Yeng' th • • i
e uisauvantag,es of delay and its attenuant incon-
iet•ces.
,Turitt Is NO CHARGE incurred, unless a tenant or pur-
chaser is introduced throuch Messrs. Lumley's Agency,
and then onlythe usual moderate commission.
Auction and Land °films, 67, Chancery-lane, London.

TaE QUEEN INSURANCE COMPANY.
n 156, Leadenly-ill-street, London, E.C.
Insurance-buiidings, Liverpool.
Capital ONE MILLION STERLING.
At the Annual Meeting of the Proprietors, held at Liver-
Pool,on the 21st (_),ctober, 166 BERNARD HALL, Eaq..
~„iiairinan Of the Company, in' the Chair, the Directors'
-riepurt for the year stated-
-7h at the fire Premiums for the year amounted t 0.... £70,300
beinq an increase over the prec,,din_, year or .... 22,a80
-"at the) Lire Premium Receipts for the first three
Yer.rs were
alid for the past three years
being, increase in the latter triennial period
over the former of
a hire Reserve Fund, was 23,427
what
the amount added to Life Fund was
what (luring the past five years the Company had paid
for Claims
The Actuary reported that the Life Liabilities had been
Valued on the soundest principles, viz., Net Premiums at 3
per cent. interest, and that the Bonus to part'cipating Policy-
holders averaged as much as 46 per cent. per annum of the
Premiums paid, while in some instances it was as high as 65,
70, and even 7i) per cent.
Cent.
A dividnum.
end was deciared to proprietor at the rate of 8 per
per an
J. MONCRIEFP WILSON, Manager and Actuary.
JOHN K LEYLAND, Secretary.

NORTH BRITISH AND MERCANTILE
INSURANCE COMPANY.
Established 1809.
Incorporated by Royal Charter and Special Acts of
Parliament.
Annual Revenue
Accumulated and Invested Funds
422,401
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
insuran-es granted both at Home and in Foreign Countries
on the most liberal terms.
LIFE DEPARTMENT.
Every facility offered to Insurers.
Ninety per Cent. of the Profits divided among the Insurers
On the participating principle.
The new Life business transacted in 1862 as follows:
Policies. Amount In=ured. Premiums.
1,037 £763,334 £23,641 0 0
Forms of Proposal and every Information will be furnished
on application at the

OFTTCES:
LONDON 58, Threadneedle-street.
4, New Bank Buildings. Lothbury,
West-end Office , 8, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall.

pROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL LIFE
ASSOCIATION.

Established IS4O.
TRUSTEES.
Thomas Esq., M.P. Wm. Geo. Prescott, Esq.
I
Thomson Hankey, Esq., M.P. Baron L. de Rothschild, HP.
Mutual LH Assurance for all classes.
This Associalon hai now in existence 8,000 policies, for a
total Elm, of £1,500,000.

The Annual Income is . • • £51,000
Thy Accumulated Fund exceeds 2 0, 00
It has paid in Claims .. • • 112,000
The whole of the profits are divided quinquennially among'
the Members. Three divisions have already been made'
when the following. sums have been added as bonuses to the
Policies
Dec. 31, 1547
„ 3852 ..
„ 187.7
rnakin 1562
t.", the total bonus additio cash,
t'onuses ma:." be received in applied to the rycluc
lion of premiums at the option of the assured, in lieu of an
additi.n to the • 01 cy.
Attention is especially invited to the system of free or paid-
.ol) policies introduced by this Association, by which the
foicrifiee so often submitted to on the relinquishment of
P 0 icy is wholly avoided.
The balance-sheets of the Association are open to all,
Whether assurers or otherwise.
.Activa and influential acr,ents will be appointed in unrepre-
sented districts.

£,400
.. 11,500
.. 23 200
.. 56,500

WM. THOS. LINFOR, .
Chief Office, 15, Moorgate-street, E.C., Aug 1, D 1863. Secretary

SALE Or OLD STORES, AT THE ROYAL ARMY
CLO i HING LiErARTMENT, PIMLICO.
WAR OFFICE, PALL-MALL,
17th October, 1t63.
TOTrcE IS HEREBY GIVEN. That the
SECRETARY of STATE for WAR is prepared to
receive on or bef or, SATURDAY, 31st inst., Tenders for the
purchase of Un'erviceable Stores now lying at the Royal
A-Inly Clothing Department at Pimlico, comprising
Military Clothing, Great Colts, Tin Ware,
Waterproof Articles, Tools, &c., &c.
The Stores may be viewed at Pimlico from 9 to 11 and from
1 to 4 o'clock during the four days previous to the 31st inst.
Tenders must be made upon the pn4per printed form,
Avlki,h may be obtained on application at this office, or to the
31ilitary storekeeper ;:t Pimlico.
The Secretary of State for War reserves the right to reject
any or all of tliv. Tenders,

TIIOSIA', HOWELL,
Director of Contracts,

ARMY CO N TRACTS.
I-VENDERS will be received at this Office until
A_ 12 o'clock noon on the 3d of November, from persons
Who may be walling, to enter into Contracts to supply
BREAD AND MEAT
In such quantities s may be required, for the use of Her
Majesty's Land Forces stationed in the following places,
from tat December, 1863, to :31st May, 1861 :-
1. Brompton Ilouse, Ilyde-pa,k, and Kensington.
2. Regent's-park and St. John 8-wood.
:3. New Barracks, Chelsea.
4. Wellington Barracks, Buckingham Ba'ace, and St.
Georz,e's Barracks.
5. The Tower.
O. Hounslow and Kneller
7. Hampton Court.
S. Winds cr.
11. Brighton, with Coast Forts from Newhaven to Shore-
ham.
30. Croydon.
11. Sandhurst.
*cparate Tenders for Bread and for Meat must be made for
each ot the above-mentioned Stations or Barracks as sepa-
rately grouped and numbered.
'Forms of Tender and Conditions of Contract may be ob-
tained on application at this office, by letter or in person,
between the hours of 10 and 4 o'clock.
Tenders on the printed forms must he properly filled up
and sitzned, and no Tender will be noticed unless delivered
at the under-mentioned Mee, under closed envelope (marked
on the outside " Tender for Commissariat Supplies "), before
12 o'clock noon on the 3d November next.

IN°. 22,258.

W. T. POWER,
Commtssary-General.
Deputy Commissary-General's Office,
5. New-street, t'pring gardens,
London, S.W., 10th. Oct., 1813.

ARMY CONTRACTS.
Commissariat Office, Aldershot, Oct. 9, 1893.
TEND :SRS will be received at this office, until
12 o'clock noon, on TUESDAY, the 3d November, ISO 3,
Suppfrom
ly persons Who may be witling to enter into Contracts to

FLOUR AND MEAT,
in such quant'lles as may be required, from the let December.
1.63, to ,ls May, 1861, for the use of her Majesty's Forces
stationed at Aldershot Camp, and within the command.
Separate Tenders are required for lour and for Meat.
Forms of Tender and Conottions of Contract may be ob-
tained on application at this office, by letter or in person,
between the hours of ten and four o'clock.
The Tenders must be properly filled up and sismcd, and
delivered at thi office (under closed envelope, marked on the
outside "Tender for Army Supplies,") and no Tender will
be noticed unless made on forms obtained from this office,
and delivered by the hour appointed.

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13, Great Marlborough-slrect.
LIFE OF JOSIAH. WEDGWOOD.
lYieett.rs. Hurst and Bitickett bee,, ' o announce that they
are for publicAtton "THE LIVE 01? i WHALE
wr PEpr.e-41.n4
(14oD* ," from his Private co:respondence, and
Family Papers in the possession of Joseph Mayer, Esq.,
F.S.A., and other Authentic Sources. By Et.t7.,%. METEYARD,
In 2 vols Svo., with fine Portraits and other Illustratiins.

Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols.,
QUEEN M A B.
By JULIA KAVANAGH, Author of "Natlialie," &c.
" This is one of the best productions of Miss Kavana2lt's
pen. 'Queen Slab' is more charming than any of
rer former
creations. The story will surely fill:, much favour with the
p '-0 bserver.
Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street.

Now ready at all Libraries,
ANTHONY TROLLoros NEW NOVEL.
Third Edition, 2 vols., post Svo,
A C 11 E L I 1 A Y.
By ANTHONY TROLLOPE.

Chapman and Hall, 193, Piccadilly.

COMPLETION OP DR. VAUGHAN'S WORK ON ENGLISH
HISTORY.
On Thursday next will be published, in Fvo.,
EVOLUTIONS in GOVERNMENI', }wing
IA& the Third and concluding. Volume. of Revolutions in
English History. By RonEaT VAUGHAN, D.D.
Vol. I. Revolutions of Rac,, 15s.
Voi. 11. Revolutions in Religion, 15s.
London: Longman, Green, and Co., Paternoster-row.

!Price One Shilling,
11I-IF, STORY of the M HOW COURT.-
MARTIAL, recited by J. 0. See Cornhill Magazine
for November.

Smith, Elder, and Co., 65, Ccrnhill.

On Monday, Nov. 2, Never Before Published, price 25.,
BEL DEMONIO. A Lo VE STORY.
By the Author of "The Duke's Motto."
** The New Drama at the Lyceum Theatre is founded
upon this most powerful Romance of the Heart.
London : Ward and Lock, 158, Fleet-street.

122, FLEET-STREET, LONDON.
ESSRS. JOHN MAXWELL AND CO. beg to
17 announce that the undermentioned new Works may be
now had at every Circulating Library :
SACKVILLE CHASE. 3 vols. 2d Edition.
STRONGHAND. By G. AIMARD. 2 vols.
BREAKFAS IN BED. By GEORGE
AUGUSTUS SALA. Second Edition. 1 vol.
THE REV. ALFRED HOBLUSH AND
HIS CURACIES. 1 vol.
SECRETS OF MY OFFICE. 1 vol.
CROSS OF HONOUR. 1 vol. [This day.
London : John Maxwell and Co.. 122. Fleet-street.

Price One Penny.

THE CAMDEN JOURNAL. and LONDON=
GENERAL ADVERT ISE it.

No. I. (''or November) will be published on the 31st October ;
a Monthly Local and General Magazine of Commerce, and of
Instructive and Amusing Family Literature.

" .e.Y. THE MARK ON HIS tIA.ND," a Sensation Story.
See No. I. of the CAMDEN JOURNAL.

Published at the Alexandra Press, 11A, Goldington-
crescent, St. Pancras-ro d, N.W., and sold by the News
Agents' Publishing Company (Limited), 147, Fleet-street.

MR. GERMAN REED begs respectfully to
announce that a New Entertainment will be produced
on MONDAY EVENING next, N ovembt r 2, at Eight o'clock,
in wolch he will introduce an entirely new and original
OPERA DI CAMERA, entitled JESSY LEA, written by
John Oxenford, Esq., and composed by G. A. Macfarren,
Esq. The characters will be sustained by Miss Edith Wynne,
Mr. Whiffin, Mr. Wilkinson, and Miss Poole. Scenery by Mr.
John O'Connor.—ROYAL GrALL satY OF ILLusrttA-
TIoN, 14, Regent-street. —Unreserved seats, Is., 2s. ; stalls,
3s. ; stall chairs, ss. ; may now be secured, without fee, at
the Gallery, and at Cramer, Wood, and Co.'s., 201, Regent-
street.

..4d.
STAMPED ....sd.

The Empress of the French,

ril " E
0 X F 0 it 1) ,
e, OXFORD STREET, W.
THIS EVENING, will be performed Operatic Selections
from Sir Ilenry It. Bishop's TO E SLAVE, CLARA, the
MAID of MILAN, and Beltini's SOLO A MBULA.
Principal Artistes—Miss Russell, Miss Elbson, Messrs.
Green, Bernardi, Iluish, ac., with full band and chorus.
Conductor, Mr. F. Jonglunans.
Flute Solos by Drew Dean, &e.
Comic, by UNSWORTII ("or any oilier man "), Eugene,
W. Randall, George Dodson, and those marvellous French
Clowns, Messrs. ART mat and BERTRAND.
Also, a Pei tormance by Herr SCIIAL NB A.O aon his
Wonderful instrument, the PIANO URGIIE:sTRE, contain-
ing a full baud of 40 instruments.
The FlAr.r. has just been newly Decorated and Ventilated,
and is one of the most Beautilul in the Metropolis.
Open at 8 o'clock. Admission, (Id. ; stalls and balcony, Is. ;
private boxes, tOs. Od.

(lANTERBURY HALL " Grms.r."—ln order
1...} to gratify the curiosity of nightly-increasing crowds,
Mr. C. MOUTON has transferred the representation ot Pro-
fessor Pepper and HenryDircks, Esq.'s, world-famed spectral
"THE 61105 T," to the Concert Hall, where a
new and elegant stage is erected, affording a morn ample
view of the Illusion from Stalls, Balcony, and bady 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
Niue o'clocK.
All the other Musical and Pictorial attractions as usual,
including Operatic Selections, &c. ; Comedy by Unsworth
(the modern Demosthenes), Eugene, George Hodson, E.
Marshall, and the marvellous Arthur and Bertrand.

A letter from Madrid of the 22d gives the follow-
ing account of the grand ball at the palace, in
honour of the Empress of the French :—" The
Queen and the Empress entered the ball-room at 20
minutes before 11, and were followed by the King
Consort, the Princess Anna Murat, the Infantes
Don Francisco and Don Sebastien, the Infanta Chris-
tinai'thevehole diplomatic bady, including, the Papal
Nuncio and his First Secretary Baron Cavalchini,
the Chargé d'AffAires of Italy, and the Count de
San M ertine, who represents the ex-King of r spies.
Q aeon Isabela was dressed in white; her robe was
ptTcooohsvdeeeeiarrsecdori:f•b Majesties wa o
e
ith the richest lace ; her crown of large
diamonds and her necklace of stones just as large
steoah,meereoeenaradore:srt dazzling. The Empress, who was also in
white, woaoroerrreiacsmcochirraenorsa pearl
Lwn of diamonds mixed with rubies
and emeralds and a necklace of eight rows of pearls.
d
lwt
oownur
necklace,
csuka
. tdl
ah
icoe,
ech,
occupy
pnprrvdia nnht
cdoe
eaosds-Ci
much
Muratuorcre Cordon os
sncpohamaco
on a white dress covered with small leaves in em-
broidery,mb or n ament
toilettes
dwithdiamonds and
occasion. I theesplendid displayed onthis
must, however, be allowed to say that
the
Director Duchess
of dethe I e
General
iennae-Cell, el i
Credit
Mar-
quise de Villaseca. Madamei
Oou the
d '
G heru h u
Company
Cordon Marquis
Dachesse de La Torre, and the daughters of Gen.
Itho es
K de
King la
wore no and
the
Grand
ra
dt
he
e Legion
erga
oon o
r cs;
T
shone pre-eminent by the elegance of their toilettes.
•
Honour, ands the -French Ambassador the -Grand,
Cross of Charles 111. Queen Isabella did not dance,
in consequence of her interesting position, and the
Empress only twice. Princess Murat was vis-a-vis
in the first with Don Sebastien and in the second
with the King. At midnight their Majesties
withdrew to the grand gallery, where a splendid
supper was served, and successively, and without
the slightest confusi)n, the whole of the com-
pany invited, 1,500 in number, took their seats at
table. After supper the Queen and the Empress
walked through the saloons, and conversed with a '
number of persons. At half-past 2 their Majesties
retired, but the great majority of the company re-
mained at the palace for nearly two hours after."
i i sister,
of
of, the
the
The Correspondencia gives the following details of
the Empress's departure from the capital—" Her
Majesty left on the 23d for Toledo and Valencia.
At 10 in the morning the Queen left her apartments
with the Royal family, and proceeded to those of
the Empress, who, attired in her travelling dress,
was waiting for her Majesty. The two Sovereigns
at meeting showed marks of the greatest affection.
At half-past 10 the Empress, the Queen, the King,
and the Princess Murat left the palace for the rail-
way station in one of the State carriages, drawn by
eight horses richly caparisoned, followed by others
containing the persons of the Imperial suite. The
Countess de Montijo, the Infantes Dons Sebastien
and Francisco, and all the Ministers were in waiting
at the station. B efore the Empress got into the rail way
station Queen Isabella embraced her in the most
affectionate manner, and the Empress was moved to
tears. The train started at 11. M. Barrot, the
French Ambassador, accompanied her Majesty, and
the Marquis de Villafranca and the Count d'Alta-
uaira will not leave her until she embarks on board
the Aigle. The Countess de Montijo could not go
with the Empress as far as Toledo on account of the
delicate state of her health. We hope that her Ma-
jesty will feel satisfied with the reception she has
met with in Spain, and that the Emperor Napoleon,
on hearing the details of the journey, will see how
highly Spain appreciates good allies, and how much
she values the friendship of France."

_twithstanding the last perilous voya
aa".
s:
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e:
nubs
other
til
concussions
daring
rhsi
sustained
nrceuoair
as bruises, contusionsnaNda r
w,
;„ O
nd
ing the hairbreadth escape of the whole party gem a
instant death, an escape effected through the cool.
courage and wonderful exploits of one of them,
NI. Jules Godard—notwithstanding the utter Sailurc"
of the whole project, and the futility of the appa-
ratus relied upon for a secure descent on terra firnut,
K. Nadar, though stretched, bruised and battered,
upon bis bed, a victim to his temerity and his
aerial theory, is impatient to contradict the nally
statements that have been published respecting :ins
mishaps, and promises us a continuance of ,the so
ascents until he solves the problem of the Geri d
screw, to which he clings with indomitable pluck
According to the following letter, it appears tho;,t;
toe next performances of the " oalloon tat,
to take place in the neighbourhood of the _British
metropolis :

ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. —'(`he
GHOST ! new version—The FAIRY FOUNTAIN--
Grand Divertissemont—Favourite Opera Selections—NlCO-
SlA, the eminent Violinist—RAPHAEL DE SOLLA. the
Infant Tenor—LANGLOIS, the Great Juggler. ,Every
Evening.
Doors open at 7—commence at hall-past 7.

IijOYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. Great
Musical Attraction Immense success of SIGNOR
ICOSIA, the eminent Violinist, who will appear Every
Evening.

stthale,ti:S2.4nirlett,intouWignhislloyuroucohrarTeseptf,riedence from
. TO THE EDITOR, OP THE 'INDEPENDENCE ErLon.'
in a state little able at this moment
23 d October,
,iappearednwo'g'
ioltpilinadtlosraujyeuateslo. sueaerrst;number)Oavrrieztsc.. t:,iifs. ) I:iloa6f
revive an experience which
to occupy myself with matters of controversy,
impossible for me to let pass unnoticed, in a journal
'eniteri-s
shown that it is as thin_
voyageurs as it is
so
pee
Ire,iotsc,oupt
protest,
yss
tesl
hrni
t‘eet,hae
etdst
ywi
omaoiwseafi yelohlrloail uoasrs.v 0 y
g little
advantageous to science:
"'lt is said that an industrial of Melbourne has
offered 75,000 francs for the wreck of the balloon
and its car, with the view of exhibiting in Aus-
tralia.'

ARGYLL ROOMS. Windmill-street,
Th, ee elegant Rooms are NOW OPEN for the Winter
Season. They have been entirely redeccrated.
Musical Director and Conductor, Mons. L. JULLTEN.
Great Success of his new Qaadrille, "The Prince of Wales,"

nigtitly encored.
The band is selected from the Italian Operas and the
Household Troops.
Doors open at 8 o'clock.
Admission, ls.
Manager—M. GRENET.

\ "Now, in the first place, I intend to recommence
s soon as poesi-
'fey ascensions with the ' Geant'
ble, and I-shall continue ray cxperimentst inasmuch
as I have entered into an engagement"
myself; and until I have received the first funds
0f
_
necessary for the construction of helicopters.
practical propositions, your corrc:spondeat may.per:,
sist in declaring that aerial automotion has nothing
in common with science. As certain as I exist, the
.'
time will yet come when the aerial screw •
solved. I do not need any other demonstration(
more wonderfully mathematical. r
"In the second place, the statement of an offer of ,
75,000 francs by a speculator of Melbourne Or the • •
wreak of the balloon is wholly untrue; fdr thisprimary reason, which will render unnecessary any •
other, that there is na wreck, as I shall shOw in
London, where lam going in a few days. , t• •
" Whilst I have the pen in my hand, permit mei ,
to add, most explicitly in my name, and'l ' •
I may add in the names of the other passenkirs. of
the Geant,' that the narration of our second aseeto
reproduced by the Independence from the :La4ation, :,;4,':4.,;*
involves only the responsibility of him who, it is'
assumed, has signed it. I have many reasons--fur
insisting upon this point. I shall have the honour/ •
of addressing to you very soon a trae and"oilifk/el2!.
relation of our voyage, which will be previously:,
submitted to the sanction of my other cchnitlition's;
so as to establish a complete guarantee for itrnor,e-
rectness, and to prevent all personal exaggeration
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for the future.

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by the death of Gen. Macneil. A Highlander by
colonel of the Ross- shira Buffs. Who will now succeed to
the colonelcy of a regiment which, soon after it was raised,
gained the praises of Sir Arthur Wellesley at the battle of
Assaye, and which has never been degenerate ? Oa the
contrary, at the battle of Cawnpore, in the year 1857,
Havelock so greatly a,:mired their courage that he addressed
to the 78th Highlanders those words, " Should her Majesty
ever be pleased to confer upon me a regiment, I shall ask,
as the greatest boon, the colonelcy of the 78th High-
landers." The hardships and the dangers which
this little band encountered under a hot July sun, on the
plains of Bengal, and the important service which it ren-
dered in quelling a frightful insurrection against almost
overwhelming numbers of mutineers, have been made known
by Marshman's "Life of Havelock," and by other books.
Never was fortitude under privation better displayed than
when Havelock's force was shut up in Lucknow. But
ser-
vices well described have not been well rewarded. No clasp
has been given for the battle of Cawnpore, notwithstanding
the courage there displayed. Havelock, Outram, Neill, and
many of the heroes of Cawnpore and Lucknow are dead;
but there are survivors of that little band who can better
tolerate the loss of health than the want of honours. A clasp
for Cawnpore, or a Companionship of the Bath for Luck-
now, would cost the country nothing. They would reward
valour, and, moreover, render not fruitless the words of the
dying hero, which have since been inscribed on the pedestal
of his statue in Trafalgar-square—" Soldiers, your labours,
your privations, your sufferings, and your valour, will not
be forgotten by a grateful country." The author of these
words, if he had lived, would have advocated their claims,
no doubt successfully ; that he would have been the succes-
sor of Maeneil, of Barra, in the colonelcy of the 78th
Regi-
ment, is less certain. Highlanders might not have wished
for their colonel an Englishman, however proud they might
have been of the aspiration of a Havelock.
THE FREE SEAT SYSTEM IN CITURCHES.—The
Archbishop of York laid the corner stone of a ne w
church at Masbrough, near Sheffield, on Monday. The
church will be free throughout, and will accommodate 800
persons. At an influential meeting held after the ceremony
Lord Wharncliffe took the chair, and made some observa-
te.endtihoines
tions on the necessity of having free churches among the
labouring population. . He hoped that Masbrough church
would lead to the erection of.other unappropriated churches.
The Archbishop of York said he entirely agreed with Lord
Wharncliffe. While there were social distinctions which no
one, not even, he believed, the working man, wished to re-
move, and which were quite right in ordinary life, these
elatewloyurldese:
ought to be left behind at the door of the church, folded up
like umbrellas, and all should appear before their Lord and
God as perfectly equal, as sinners seeking His mercy, In
a few days it would be his pleasant task to go to the other
end of the county and lay the foundation stone of a church
wouldof asmba
lel
opoeunr perfectly y
parish free.
has il
among a population working, like that, in iron, every seat
another instance of. a free church being opened, in the hop
that it would possibly bear fruit among those present. The
church. He told his people they had no legal right, but
merely a presciiptive right to their seats and suggested. that
they should revert to the law, and make' the seats in fact, as
they were in law, absolutely free. Theparishioners
and he had had the pleasure of reopening agreed,
the church, which
was now perfectly free.
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CELEBRATION of the TERCENTENARY 01
NJ the BIRTH of SHAKSPE ARE, at Stratford-upon-
Avon. The Tercentenary Committee (ot which Sir Robert
N. C. Hamilton, Bart., K.C.8., is Chairman) are now receiv-
ing SUBSCRIPTION:,, and they may aldo be paid to the
account of, the Tercentenary Committee, at the Stourbridge
and Kidderminster or Warwick and Leamington Banks,
Stratford-upon-Avon ; Messrs. Greenway, Smith, and
Greenway, Warwick ; or their London agents, Messrs.
Smith, Vayne, and Go , Messrs. Hanburys and Co., or Messrs.
urlyn and Co , bankers, London.

" From the impossibility of writing
moment to all journals that have been kinden-ou—gh"
to occupy themselves with notices of our seciehi ;1.,: •
voyage, and to manifest a sympathy for which I aiker
deeply touched, I shall feel grateful to them
their reproducing the present rectification.—l oWer:,
you, sir, the expression of my best feelings.
" NADA.R." • P.-

GERMAN FEDERAL REFORM.--The Europe gives
the following sketch of the proceedings of the con-
ference of Nuremberg :—" On Thursday there were only
simple conversations between the Ministers, who took into
consideration the memoir which Austria had sent to those
who had signed the labours Frankfort, with a circular de-
spatch dated the Bth inst., commenting on that document,
and summing up its essential points. On Friday the Mini-
sters held two official conferences ; the sittings were long
and the discussions fatiguing. Each Minister brought for-
ward a series of considerations relative to the attitude of
Prussia, to the reply to be made to that power, and to the
opportuneness of the reforms. M. de Platen, the Honor.
rian Minister, strongly urged on the necessity of tlemP°.,,rl:lo
ing, and urged that nothing should be done liss:i
i. Austriay. The
following resolutions were ultimately come to :
to the
shall first reply to the letter of King andWillioatmercabinets I
despatch of the Count de Bismark. 2. The
.ildespatchesi l
shall support the reply of Austria bysel)
(,Luthe worfkoro.
3. The princes remain entirely faithful 1
Points ii)dro tight
Frankfort. 4. The three preliminaryta
ward by King William are unaccoacpia
.I):_es., „ c innot be
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The Musee Napoleon 111. ' ''..'!:'''.'.:..
?-.,':..,,±'; A
The Mut eo N ipo:eon 111. has been thrown opl .;,
to the public. It occupies the nine large rooms'on:t :".; . '.•:
the Louvre formerly occupied by the. paintingslof • : :.:.?
the French school, and which follow each (Auer qr.!: . 7
the east of the square saloon. It is here thatl*44,
Phocuician antiquities, acquired during M. Bratta4s.,:t ti,u;,,i,t f"-,-A',l,
mission in PIT cealcia and Asia Minor, have found .7
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their place. A selcction from the Due de Lhuyne'd
colleci ion, paintings from Pompeii, and a portion of
trio Ceramics in the Campana Museum have also
been placed there. The first room is occupied by
antiquities from Rhodes, Cyprus, and Judm 1. One
of the glass cases contains an antique vase from
Juael, some fragments of Moakbito pottery—which
somewhat resembles the pottery introduced by the
Arabs into Europe—and also some fragments from
Gaza, the city known in connexion with Samson's
astounding feat. The second room shows the first
ing-scenes, public games, and the like, are ranged
of
withw e s
at e rbna
sp.
roetitieerfy .r e p
rPe
stet
ne ht
ienrgs
ho fu
natn.
Ives of this division. These pitchers,
intended to hold honey, wine, and oil, weze found
in the burial-ground of Argyllm. Vases painted
in the primitive style, dating from the infancy of
puhrangsufso irn bakedholding clay,the called
ashes
ot the e
theL yddeiaadn,
hf
eo form, mh
e,
Art, follow in the next Mom. Next come vases in
beginnings
round Asiatic
the shape of human busts, fishes, ovens, &c., of
lamps, and bas-reliefs from
tChl
eu si
tomb. a n
adjoininglw In
o trhkemrgaoni
oasnashsi. pc . a
sFuneral
emmd monuments
fe
oo
ucr cnonodp a
rooms
ys
these urns represent the
bMal are
reangntey o funeralsnoafrhc
sepulchralios death - b e d . One ofthese
tables represents a dog and some geese m the tombs.
geese deceasedpie
kriencgu mu -p
the crumbs under the table. In the fifth
room sepulchral
is ea-
Whited earthenware found at Cceri, an Etruscan
town, where the Bacchidm, expelled from Corinth,
established themselves 655 B.C. The art had then
made great progress—the designs were more
artistic, the patterns more correct, and the materials
finer. During the Augustan period these vases
fetched at Rome their price in gold. Some of the
pattern,
legs represented on them are in boots not inferior in
__.o a great
elegance to those worn in our time. The period of
the decadence in Greece follows. The vases in the
next room are inferior in every respect—material,
finish, and all. Metal began to reign
supreme, and the art of pottery was neglected. In
the eighth room are found a collection of red earthen-
ware and others, varnished with various coloure
together with painted dishes. The greater number..,
es and
of the paintings represent, as usual, !mistime,
my thologicalsubjects—Theseus and the 31-sn'a, Hebe
the Centaur, Nessus, Hercules and
and Jupiter, &c. Besides these there are
in
variety of cups and drinking
vess-ethBfishes, human
the middle of the room, together With 0
Noir
f stags and
heads more or less grotesque,
wild boars, &c. The ninth
mosaics, and
glasses,
tion of transparent and opaquedeeorate the houses at
frescoes, which served to.
s are extremely fresh
Pompeii. All these paivting
One of these paintings repre•
and rich in colours. -rtioes'inilecontains a collec-
-a a garden, and looks as it .
Bents a party sitting I
_ay.
had been painted yesterday

The Tercentenary Committee, in submitting the subscrip-
tion lit to the nation, most earnestly appeal to the admirers
of Shakspeare for their aid and assistance. The. Committee
r. st their claims upon the ground that Stratford is not only
the birthplace of Shakspeare, but the centre of attraction to
1111 admirers of the great Poet's works, and that it was his
onte, the town he loved, and where he lived and died,

mAscA, the well-known Spanish banker
M. DE SALA- concessionaire, is reported to have recently been
co.ns
de
, Salamanca.
carnedatreadil 3sviasi:lol,l A QUARTERLY REVIEWER.—North-
DEAL;birheets,
ha has p
erecently R
elovs.tTohnoomasof
jaitnasesi,ea:inaed..,
aril p tO
worthies in t
osiwbabseriltooint. Canon
aaofTPheeat
who died a few days since at Sheddingworth vicarage. in
oroug ,Rural
Dean, ersb h
Corresponding Secretary of the Northamptonshire Archi-
dingworth, Hon.
tectural Society, &c. He was educated at Christ Church,
that co.taittr.rv.oHf
Oxen, 8.A., 1832; M.A.., 1835. His literary tastes and
abilities brought him a very large number of friends, by
whom his death will be deeply regretted. He contributed
several articles, such as " Northamptonshire," "Bees,"
" Flower Gardens," " Labourers' Cottages," &c.,
to the
Quarterly Review. Ho also edited " Murray' s Illustrated
Edition of 2Eiop's Fables," and was the editor of that
"Illustrated Edition of the Book of Common Prayer," asb
to be issued by the same publisher. Mr. James
re-
nowned for his taste and learning in archaeological
and many of the recent church restorations in
improve.
tonshire were effected under his guidance.
The
aif 1 s,
molt of labourers' cottages was one of his principal
dlands owe their
icorm:aaatmtepre:
and most of the model dwellings in the Midlands
lectured
on this
origin to his ceaseless activity. He also
subject, about two years since, at
rt I
felt by the various
Museum. His death will be seveey
eouutiej"."
archaeological associations in the midland Kensington
aisSonth