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THE LEESWOOD CANNEL and GAS COAL COMPANY (Limited). Incorporated under the Joint-stock Companies Acts, 1856- 1 57 , Whereby the Liability of the Shareholders is Limited to the amount of their respective Shares. Capital, £lOO,OOO, in 50,000 Shares of £2 each. Deposit ss. per share on Application, and 15s. on Allotment. No further Call to be made until after a Dividend of 10 per cent, has been paid to the Shareholders. DIRECTORS. F. S. Bolton, Esq., Broad-street Metal Works, Birming ham, and Cheadle, Staffordshire. It. J. Clarke, Esq., 4, Brabant-court, Philpot-lane, Direc tor of the County Gas Company. G. Lettsom Elliot, Esq., 7, Hyde Park Gate South. J. Goldingham, Esq., Cross Deep Hall, Twickenham. George Haworth, Esq., Fluckersbrook, Chester. John Jerdein. Esq. (Messrs. Lee and Jerdein, Coal Ex change, and 9, Lancaster-place). F. J. Stevens, Esq., Darlington Works, Southwark-bridge road. N. Brown Westhead, Esq. (Messrs. Westhead and Co.), Manchester. AUDITORS. W. Barton Ford, Esq. (Messrs. Clark, Ford, and Co„ ac countants, 7, Nicholas-lane). W. J. Vian, Esq. (Railway Passengers' Assurance Corn- Bany), 64, Cornhill. ANRERS.—London and County Bank, Lombard-street. SOLICITORS. Messrs. R. and S. Mullens, 7, Poultry. - Messrs. Tyndall and Johnson, Birmingham. BROKERS. Messrs, St. Alphonse and Halls, 75, Old Broad-street. W. J. Scott, Esq., Waterloo-street, Birmingham. SECRETARY, pro tem.--John Collett, Esq. Temporary Offices.-7,Nichr:,las-lane, Lombard-street,E.C. ABRIDGED PROSPECTUS. This Company is formed for the purpose of purchasing and thoroughly 'working and developing the well-known Leeswood Collieries, near Mold, Flintshire, where an extra ordinary discovery of Cannel Coal has lately been made. The Collieries are, at the present time, in profitable opera tion, and considelable quantities of very superior Cannel Coal (upward-, of 2,500 tons per month) are being raised and sold at prices which leave a large profit. The e;(tality of gas produced from the Leeswood Cannel is equal to that obtained from the well-known Torbane 13111 „,.. ':ueral, or Boghead, which realises so high a price (about "108. per ton) in Scotland.—Sea Dr. Fyfe's (of Aberdeen) Report for comparative value of the Leeswood with this and other cannels. Contracts already exist with gas and other companies for upwards of 30,300 tons per annum of the Leeswood Cannel Coal, thus ensuring a sale for the whole amount of the pre sent raisings ; and additional contracts, to at least double this extent, can be made directly the increased yield of the wineries will afford the requisite supply. The present get and_ sales of Cannel Coal from the proved area alone (without taking into account the other proved seams) will yield for upwards of 20 years a certain dividend of above 10 per cent, on the entire capital of £lOO,OOO, after making a liberal allowance for all possible expenses and contingencies (see " Statement of actual Raisings, Sales, and Expenditure for January, February, and March, 1862"), but with the proposed additional pits, by an outlay not exceeding £lO,OOO, the amount raised will be more than doubled, and the dividends increased in proportion. (See Re ports of Mr. MacCulloch, Mr. MaeDougal Smith, and Mr. R. C. Webster, of Rtabon). The whole of the above statements have been thoroughly tested and verified by the Directors. Prospectuses in full, reports, statements of actual work ings, profits, &c., and forms of application for shares, can be obtained at the Solicitors', Brokers', and at the offices of the Company, from whence they will also be forwarded free by post if required. LEESWOOD CANNEL AND GAS COAL COMPANY (Limited). NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That no Application for Shares in this Comany will be received from London after SATURDAY, the 2 1st instant, or, from the Country, after WEDNESDAY, the 25th instant. By order, JOHN COLLETT, Secretary pro tern. 7, Nicholas -lane, Lombard-street, June 14, 1862. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.-ASCOT RACES, 17th, 18th; 19th, and 20th June.—On each day of the Races Trains will run between PADDINGTON and WINDSOR a* under:— Leaving PADDINGTON 6.0 a.m., 7.15, and 7.30 (3d class), R2O, 10.0 (3d class), 10.45 (fast), 10.55, 12.0 (fast), 12.15 p.m., 1.0 (3d class), and 2.0 p.m. fast) ; and returning:from WINDSOR. at 4.30 p.m., 5.55 (special fast% 6.0, and 6.30 (3d class), 7.45 (spe cial fast), 8.30 (.'d class), and 10.40 p.m. On Thursday, the CUP DAY, in addition to the above, Spvcial Trains will leave Paddington at 8.15, 9.50,10.15, and 10.30 a.m. for Windsor direct. A Special Train will also leave Windsor for Paddington at 9.30 p.m. Carriages and Horses will be conveyed by any of the regular Trains. Omnibuses will be provided to convey Passengers from the Windsor Station to tho Course and back. ----- ----- EXCURSION TICKETS to WINDSOR and BACK, for 2s. ed., are issued by the Trains leaving Paddington at 8.20 am. , I Q.O a.m. and 1.0 p.m., and are available for return by the e,.0, 8.30, and 10.40 p.m. Trains from Windsor. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road. The numerous and urgent appeals which are made for admission by the homeless and destitute sick render it im perative on the Committee to entreat the continued bounty of the affluent and humane to enable them to persevere in the extensive system of relief afforded by this Hospital. During the past year, in addition to 1,190 in-patients, no 1 ess than 50,496 out-patients received the benefits of this Charity. Since Christmas two additional wards have been opened for the reception of in-door patients. Contributions are received by the Treasurer, Edward Mas- Lerman, Esq., Nicholas-lane; and at the Hospital. STANFORD S. SMITH, Sec• TRULY EFFICACIOUS AND MILD.- Dr. SCOTT'S BILIOUS and LIVER PILLS, pre pared without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe o Dr. ti=cott, of Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to all who suffer from bilious and liver complaints, indigestion, wind spasms, giddiness, dizziness of the eyes, &o. For habitual costiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier of the blood, they are truly excellent; mild in their opera tion and grateful to the stomach, they create appe ite, pro mote digestion, and .trengthen the whole nervous system. Sold by W. Lambert, 20, Jermyn-street, Haymarket, London, and by most druggists, in boxes, is. 14d., and three timee the quantity in one, 2s. 9d. Be sure to ask for Dr. Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are a square green package, with " William Lambert," engraved on the stamp. Just published, price 25., free by post, 2s. 4d., ON SPERM ATORRHCBA. By P. B. COURTENAY, And formerly Surgeon to the Metroplitan_lnfirmary for the Cure of Strictures of the Urethra. " The aim of the author is to present a common-sense view Of the Causes, Nature, Consequences, and Treatment of this Disease, as also to free these questions from the Professional Fallacies, the Popular Delusions, and the exaggerations of Quackery by which they have hitherto been surrounded, to the destruction of the health and happiness of thousands. These objects are discussed in a common-sense and highly practical Manner."—Medical Circular. London : H. Bailliere, 219, Regent-street.: TEA.—STRACHAN and CO.'S Strong Rough " Domestic" Black at 3s. 4d. per lb.-26, Cornhill, London, E.C. TEA.—STRACHAN and CO.'S Fine it Inter mediate" Black at 3s. Rd. per lb.-2(1, Cornhill, Lon don, B.C. ?TEA. STRACITAN and CO.'S Delicious " Drawing Room " Black at 4s. 2d. per lb.-26, Corn bin, London, E.C. Dr. Ilassall's Cer'dfleate of Purity, and a Price Current free on applicatt - on, 26, Cornhill, London, E.L. RiFerIIRES.—BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. WHITE'S MOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (PERFECTED AND EXHIBITED IN THE GREAT rxnrumow or 1851), is allowed by upwards of Two 'Hundred Medical Gentlemen to be the most effective invention in the curative treatment of HERN I 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 Moe-Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease and 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 31s. 6d. Postage, ls. A Double Truss, 31s. 6d ., 425., and 525. 6d. Postage, is Bd. An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. Postage, is. 10d. Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White,'Post offitx, Piccadilly. ¶EW PATENT ELASTIC STOCKINGS KNEE-CAPS, drc., for Varicose Veins and all cases of Weakness and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, &e. They are porous, light in t ex t ure, and inexpensive, and are drawn on lik - e an ordinary stocking. Price 4s. 6d 7s. 6d., 10s to 16s. euh. Postage 6d. JOHN NnIITE, Mannfacturor, 228, Piccadilly. No 4 Ready, price is., post free 14 stamps, or in a sealed envelope 20 stamps.—Address "Medicus," 44A, Maddox street, Regent-street Loudon, W. VITA VITALIS.—A Medical Work, illustrated v with 100 Engravings from Life, descriptive of the errors and excesses of youth and maturity, and the debility arising from the too frequent indulgence of the passions, with an Essay on true and false Spermatorrhma, containing a prescrip tion of the Author's Invigorating Lotion, an external appl. cation, with directions for its use, also showing how manhood can 3r b Emu ercestsoired w ith increased muscu lar develo p ment. Member of the Roya l College of Surgeons, E d n i % l b a u n r dj, , eLlcntiate of the Roya l College of Physicians, E 8, s lur , &c. arc., who may be consu lted daily, from 11 till uays, till 1 o'clock. 'DR. WATSON (or THE LOCK HOSPITAL) ON NERVOUS DEBILITY AND SECRET DISORDERS. S ELF-TREATMENT SIMPLIFIED , through the aid of the TEST-TUBE, URINOMETER,. and AIICROSCOPE, when employed for special diagnos is in all disorders of the nervous, sexual, and generative system, in cluding spermatorrheea or seminology, loss of power, noctur nal and diurnal wastings, and withering of the nervous is Ar,c. By Dr. WATSON, Member of the Ecole de Are , iicine, Rouen, National Academy of Sciences, Paris, and Fellow of the Imperial Institute of France, &e. Presented to "Nervous Invalids," with a view of superseding dangerous medicines and expensive consultations. Sent post free on receipt of two stamps, by Dr. Watson, 27, Alfred-place, Bed ford-square, London. Consultations daily from eleven till two, and six till eight, on all those ailments and infirmities pesuliar to youth, manhood, and old age, and which tend to embitter and shorten life. For distinguished qualifications vide diplomas. AN IMPORTANT DISCUSSION.—The have " 'limes," the "Lancet," and other leading journals voived been lately canvassing the social considerations in ,, in " the amount of death and disease caused by vice." ing-rry ; o iltteresting statistics are brought to bear upon the eluded te e l it would greatly add to their value if they in prevention o'llT respecting the origin, the ravages, and the other agai ne . „at sPECIAL VICE, which wars more any ness and d!„;ge welfare of society—destroying the happi mining the cotcgi ) i - Vng the objects of matrimony, ur der and shortening th e i ions, blasting the prospects, embittering p ar ticu i l n ars tion through families. e 6 of its victims, and spreading desola- The essential (the besetting snare of relating to this great social evil maturity), together with Znprienced youth and the curse of effects, and recovering heattt i , e v l i nstructions for removing its privileges of our beintx, are car g a ° lr , and all the ennobling " SELF-PRESERVATION,' a ,i,Zd in Dr. LA'MERT'S Physical Debility, of which the 90t, ttise on Nervous and published by Mannc o " ra cgitlr has just been rent post free for 13, or in a sealed cnveloi,e ll o ndon, price Is., Dr. LA'ATERT, M.D., ke., havingfor 20 year _t _r e 20 stamps s entirely to this branch of practice, may I, B g o gt t i himself either personally or by correspondence, at his residence , ed daily, No, 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, London. N°. 21,829. PUBLICATIONS. DEDICATED TO THE HON. EMILY EDEN. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 2 vols.. 21s, BRYANSTON SQUARE. By NOELL RADECLIFFE, Author of "Alice Wentworth," "Wheel within Wheel," &c. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. T" .PP.I7,SENT DISTRESS IN TRADE fully explained in J. GROSSILITIE'S " GOVERNMENT UPON FIRST PRINCIPLES." r i he cause is there predicated of the monetary difficulties ex - perienced in 1860. The Crisis is at hand. Anxiety in busi ness has now become the grim torture. Purity of motive. intelligently exercired, must animate all Governments, or all is lost, All denominations of Constitutions are carefully examined in J. Grossmith's "Government upon First Prin ciples." Kent and Co., Paternoster-row. ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF ENGLAND--D 62. GREAT AGRICULTURAL SHOW of HORSES, PIGS, and MACHINERY, i n BAT PARK, PLONDON TERMS OF , ADMISS JUNE 23, to JULY 2. CATTLE, TERSEA SITE lON. MONDAY, June 23 .. Machinery Yards —Half-a-Crown TUESDAY, „ 24.. •• • • ,) WEDNESDAY, „ 25 •. •• WEDNESDAY, ~ 15 .. Cattle fard (day on ~ which the Judges award the prizes) One SOvereign N.B. Persons who pay the Half-a-Crown Admission into the Machinery Yard can paps into the Cattle Yard on paying the additional 17s. 6d. THURSDAY, June 26, ENTIRE SHOW 1 Five Shillings (Live Stock, Machinery, &e.) FRIDAY, June 27 .. ~ , .Half-a-Crown SATURDAY „ 28.. 93 • • MONDAY, , 30 .. I, • b One Shilling TUESDAY, July 1 .. WEDNESDAY „ 2.. Members Free. Open each day from 8 in the morning till 8 in the evening, except last day, when the Yard will be closed at 6 o'clock. On THURSDAY, FRIDAY, and SATURDAY, June 26, 27, and 28, there will be a PUBLIC EXHIBITION of STEAM CULTIVATORS at 1% ORK, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., near Farningham Station, in Kent, a distance of 24 miles from the Victoria Terminus of the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway, .. )1 By order of the Council, H. HALL DARE, Secretary. MRS. nOLCROFT will give her FOURTH ENTERTAINMENT (the last of the present series) at the Lecture Hall, 14, Newman-street, Oxford-street, THIS EVENING, assisted by Miss Stuart, Miss Cleveland, Mr. IL Lister, Pianist, Master Edwin Lister, Mr. W. Page, and Messrs. Ohlson and Todd, of the London Mechanics' Elocution Class. ARGYLL ROOMS. Great Windmill-street, Haymarket —GRAND CASINO FRANCAISE.— Open every Evening for Promenade and Dancing, with the celebrated Band of 50 performers. Conductor and Principal Cornet-a-Piston, M. BOULCOURT.—The new Imperial Qua drille, Valse Cotillion, and L, Moses's Peep o'DayValse will be played nightly. A new Conversation Salon has been added to the above Establishment for Reading, Coffee, and Refreshments.— Admission ls.—Manager, M. Grenet. MESSRS. FOWLER and WELLS LECTURE in EXETER HALL, JUNE 16th to 21st, inclusive. Subjects :—Thinkers, Writers, and Speakers—Tact and Talent —Physiognomy—Perfection of' Character, &c. Open at half-past Seven, commence at Eight. Consultation Rooms, 147, Strand. OS TE O EI D O N : What is it? See Patent, March 1, 1862, No. 560. GARR lEL'S Self-adhesive Patent Indestructible MINE RAL TEETH and FLEXIBLE GUMS, without palates, springs, or wires, and without operation. One set lasts a lifetime, and WARRANTED FOR MASTICATION and ARTICULATION. Purest materials only, at half the usual cost. Messrs. GABRIEL, the old-established Dentists, 27, HARLEY-STREET, CAVENDISH-SQUARE; 34, LUDGATE-HILL, LONDON; 65, NEW-STREET, BIRMINGI1A31; and 134, DUBE-STREET, LIVERPOOL. INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, CLASS 17. One visit only required from country patients, Gabriel's Practical Treatise gratis. Consultations free. GIVEN7AWAY TO NERVOUS SUFFERERS, HENRY SMITH, M.D. ' of the University of Jena, has just published, for the benefit of Nervous - ufferers, a FREE EDITION of his valuable work, THE WARNING VOICE TO YOUNG MEN (120 pages). A medical work on the cure of Nervous Debility, Loss of Memory, Dimness of Sight, Lassitude, Indigestion, Dislike o Society. Spermatorrhcea, Local Weakness, Muscular Re axation, Languor, Listlessness, Depression, Aim, which, if , leglected, result in consumption, insanity, and premature tenth ; with Main directions for perfect restoration to health nd vigour. The book will be sent, post free, secure from ob' ervation, to any address, on receipt of a directed envelope and two stamps. Address, HENRY SMITH, b, Burton 3rescent, Tavistock-square, London, W.C. TOZEAU'S COPAHINE MEGE,—Copaiba and Cubebs are doubtless the best remedies, but are of a re pulsive taste and odour, and occasion collickv sine, p&usea, and gastric disturbance. M. Sozeau has succeeded in render• ing them perfectly innocuous by increasing all their curative properties. It has been adopted by the Paris Academy of Medicine after more than a thousand trials in Paris and the different London hospitals, via., Si;. Thomas's, Guy's, and St. Bartholomew's, under the care of Messrs. Lloyd, Poland, and Legros Clark.--(Lancet, Nov. (1, 1857). The Copahine, which is in form of a pretty pink sugar plum, effects a cure in about six days. 100 Capsules, 4s. Bd.; post free, ss. 2d.—At G. JOZEAMS, French Chemist, 49, Haymarket, London; 22, Rue St. Quentin, Parisi and all Chemists. Just pub - Ished, containing 190 pages, with 100 Engravings, free by post, 12 stamps, sealed 20 stamps, THE SILENT FRIEND, the Greatest Medical Work of the Age, or Youthful Indiscretions and conse quent Impediments to Marriage, describing the Anatomy of the Reproductive System in health and disease, and pointing out the sure means of perfect restoration to manhood ; with an Essay on Single and Married Life, centaining his Pre scription known as the Preventive Lotir n, precluding the possibility of contamination. Address R. and L. PERRY and Co., :9, rners-street, Oxford-street, W. Attendance daily , from 10 till 8 ; Sundays, 11 till 2, by a Consulting Surgeon, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (Regis tered under the New Medical Act). Just published, price Is., by post 14 stamps, sealed 22, THE GUIDE TO MANLY VIGOUR. By Messrs. HARVEY and Co., Consulting Surgeons, regis tered under the new Medical Act. Showing how manhood :nay be secured in fourteen days, with renewed health, in creased strength, and perfect muscular development, for the performance of the most sacred duties so necessary to the happiness of married life. Contents :—Functions and dis orders of' the reproductive organs—Diseases of the testes, and spermatic chord in youth, adult age, and advanced life-- Spermatorrhma—lrritablity of the bladder, and prostrate gland—The urine, and urinary deposits—their clinical exa mination, microscopically, and chemically—Structure of the urethra—Syphilis, primary, secondary, and tertiary, consti tutional, and confirmed, cured by the Author's new mode, without the administration of mercury. To be had from the Authors, 44, Weymouth-street, Portland place, Regent's-park, W., where they may be daily consulted from 10 to 8, on those diseases which blight the prospects of life, and for which they have discovered never-failing reme dies, the fruits of many years' private and hospital practice. THE IN7ERNATIONAL EXHIBITION. On Saturday their Royal Highnesses the Princess Alice, the Princess Helena, Princess Beatrice, with Prince Arthur and Prince Leopold, paid another long visit to the Exhibition. It was made in the same quiet and private manner as heretofore, and, though, of course, among the season ticket holders there must have been hundreds to whom the fea tures of these members of the Royal family were well known, yet out of deference to what is known to be their wishes on this subject, not the slightest notice was taken of their presence in any part of the building. The visits of the Princes and Princesses (except the Prince of Wales) will not, we believe, be continued beyond Tuesday next, when the Court is expected to return to Osborne. On Saturday, therefore, they seemed desirous to make the most of their time, and there was not a part of the building, transepts, galleries, and annexes, which they did not visit. As usual, a long inspection was given to the Glass and Porce lain Courts, in which latter, after the Worcester cases, the greatest attention was bestowed upon the collections shown from the Coalport Works, the works of Messrs. Rose and Co., and Daniell and Co. His Highness the Viceroy o f Egypt and suite went on Saturday in state—that is to say, they were not passed in at 8 o'clock in the morning, but arrived in the Royal carriages, and were received by Lord Granville and his brother Commissioners at the en trance. The Duke and Duchess and Princess Mary of Cambridge were also present, with a long list of other visitors of the ti a t t l t e and distinction. cndanc Yet, as eastonumber numbers le falling off. The weather was bad be a c e o x n p s i e d e e t :a d b , enough for the worst days of a bad winter, so that on the whole it is rather astonishing that even as many as 6,523 could be induced not only to brave it but pay ss. as well. The season ticket admis sions were 8,444-14,967 in all. Accounts have been received from the French West India Islands to the 10th of April. A second levy of sailors had been made at Guadaloupe for the French fleet on the coast of Mexico. These unlooked for levies have caused great embarrassment to commercial operations, and much of the port business had been suspended. The ac counts of the crops in both islands were satisfactory, as were also those of the health of the colony.-21rew Herald. The report of the St. John del Rey Mining Com pany, to be presented on Friday next, states the available balance to be £65,958, and recommends a dividend of 90s per share. By tha use of improved means the loss of gold in the preparati'm of the ores has been reduced 10 per cent., and the general results of the operations of the past year have been highly satisfactory. An addition of £4,950 is to be made to the reserve, which wilt then stead at £35,373, /- :) / .. . •til 1 / 4 . - ..... -lb . f0 ...%‘ ...- ~,,, _ tx•, , ; .:-.----eit tr a - 410\ 1 / 4, --- 4,164:;.1ta -...% Yl9 4 0 ..., -: - 4,0.4.-11,A4 % , TP F, -- ,it q *llll '' -'l. '.' - ... j 1 g- • r_....,,,0,,i,tiv„, ,_______.„... _., _.. :„. ~,..... .. .-.4..,,q '2 l ° - ~.,. • " - /, 4, , ,, -- -A. , ,►,,,,,. , 41,‘:egr 4: :17., ~--, • -,. i;' ,,' ~ ~met,fitilftd, , .. ~, ~.... . . ) 4 .•., -. , \ ,-,, ( 1 ) . , :c.,,- - f • \__,-_,, 6*- ~.-,4 • nir, I .O '''' 44.,.. -. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVE NUN G, JUNE 16, 1862. THE VOLUNTEERS.,. TIIE NAVY. of the Thames will give the volunteers reason to pray that they may be saved from their friends. The Meeanee, 81, 400 horse power, belonging to the first division of the Chatham steam reserve in the Medway, has been removed to Sheerness, where she is to be brought forward for service as a Coast guard ship. She is intended to take the place of the Edinburgh, 60, screw steamer, at Leith, and the officers and crew of that vessel will be turned over to her. The screw gunboats, Herring and Mis tletoe, are also being fitted for service as tenders to the Edinburgh, 60, in lieu of the Erne and the Louisa. Both gunboats are to be completed by the 4th July, when the crews will turn over to them. The Chesapeake, 51, 500 horse power, has had the whole of her machinery removed, and is now having only such repairs effected as are absolutely necessary to float her until she can be taken in hand for a thorough repair. The Rattler, 17, 950 tons, 200 horse power, re cently launched at Deptford, and the Eclipse, 4, 200 horse power, are being brought forward for the first division of the Chatham steam reserve, in lieu of the Zebra, 17, 200 horse power, and the Cormo• rant, 4,200 horse power, lately commissioned. The Dutch corvette having on board the Japanese Ambassadors was saluted by the flagship Formi dable, 84, on passing the Nore on Saturday, and also by the field guns of the Royal Artillery at the Camber battery, both of which were acknowledged. THE SOUTHEND SHAM FIGHT. It is really high time that something were done to prevent the volunteer sham fights and demon strations from becoming ridiculous. The hoax played off on Saturday upon the visitors to South end is, or should be, the last feather on the back of that long-suffering animal, the British public. Never was there a more complete fiasco than the long-announced "Grand Volunteer Demonstration and Naval Attack," which was fixed for Saturday afternoon. The weather was as usual volunteer wea ther, that is to say, as bad as possible, but we cannot lay on the weather the blame of the hoax of which we complain. We do not know who is to blame, or whether there is anybody in particular. Some persons, carried away by vivid imagination, doubtless, informed the public that an attack upon Southend was to be made by two yacht squadrons, consisting of about fifty sail, "many of them armed with Armatrongs," and the attack was to be repelled by we do not know what multitudes of volunteers. The getters-up of the thing probably meant to show England how fruit less would Ix the attempt of an enemy to land at the mouth of the Thames, but they failed. We are all the creatures of circumstances. In this instance, however, they were the masters of circumstance; and they must be content to answer to the public for the shameful hoax of which the visitors, the volunteers, and the residents were the victims. When we reached Southend we were naturally anxious to see the magnificent fleet of fifty yachts which were to make the attack under the command of Commodore Lord Alfred Paget. We found but eleven yachts, including a Government steamer, which had brought over the commodore in command at Sheerness. These yachts lay off the end of the long pier which adorns Southend, but they did not appear to be, and as matters turned out they were not, even thinking of an attack. We then looked for the volunteer army, and found that it consisted in the gross of about half a regiment made up of odds and ends from various corps. We walked about the town and found that nearly all the bandsmen, a goodly number of the artillery, and a host of riflemen, were taking their ease at their inn or sauntering along the mile and quarter of pier, or recreating themselves with excursions in ricketty boats on the briny ocean, which, as if ashamed of the naval part of the affair, was retreating from the shore as quickly as it could. In front of the Royal Hotel the cavalry mustered. The regiment of Essex Yeomanry was represented by a colonel, a subal tern, a sergeant-major, and two full privates, gorgeous creatures, resembling nothing so much as Prussian general officers. Following them to the scene of action, we discovered the concealed batteries, which were pouring on the enemy a fire which would doubtless have been deadly—to stray shoals of whitebait or mackerel—only that the charges went off with a " pluff," testifying to the careless manner in which the powder was rammed home. The batteries consisted of sundry old boxes, crates, baskets, &c., mounted with a gun the size of a blunderbuss, and two or three six-pounders, which were fired "anyhow," and from which powder was wasted in a fashion perfectly reckless. We asked for a programme, and were informed that the line of battle would extend for two miles along the sea front, that the yachts would make the attack, and that the following regiments would defend "the white cliffs of Albion," in this instance represented by an aggregate of mud banks :—The 2d battalion of Essex Volunteers, under Lieut.-Colonel Capper, con sisting of the West Ham Rifles ; the stb Essex, Cap tain Cordy ; the 9th Essex, Major Silver; the Bth Essex, Major Lowe—in all 600 men. The 3d Bat talion of Essex Rifla, Colonel Davis, 300 ; the West Essex Yeomanry Artillery, Colonel Palmer, 120 ; the 2d Essex Attillery, Captain Wingfield Baker, 50; the Waltham Abbey, 30; the 20th Middlesex, Lieut.-Colonel Bigge, 300 ; the 37th Bloomsbury, 200; the 41st Middlesex, Enfield Lock, under Major Taylor; and Spottiswoode's, 2d City of London—in all, 2,400 men. The artillery, it was added, would consist of a battery of 32 p3unders, and another of 18-pounders ; nine guns of Yeomanry Artillery, and a battery from Shoeburyness. We have already stated the force of artillery actually on the ground; the promised line was equally distinguished by its absence. Sundry corps were there, but the 37th Middlesex and the 2d City were not. Of those that were present not one brought anything like the number placed to its credit, and the entire force did not amount to more than 600 mend When we asked " the reason why," we were told of the weather; but, this being scouted, our informant was good enough to lay the blame upon Col. Ibbetson, the Government inspector, who had arrived on the ground, and who it was stated had disarranged the entire affair. But it was clearly impossible that Col. Ibbetson's advent should have diminish j the contemplated force by three-fourths, or reduced the number of yachts from 50 to 10, so that this explanation was no more satisfactory than the other. At any rate the battle had begun. The guns puffed away, and the troops formerly in column now deployed into line in support of the artillery, with the exception of one-third of the " army," and this third did nothing all day except march on the ground and off it again. But where was the enemy? The yachts did not seem at all anxious to be in the scrimmage, though two of them fired shots from their one-pounder as a sort of testimony that they had not on board any of the Armstrongs of which the public had been informed. But there was an enemy, and it appeared in a little yawl, in which a n l n i l i were three persons armed with fowling pieces, from which theydischarged loose powder everyfive minutes or so. This wa s th e naval attack on Southend ! miles, As o Ashore e theth anything y line e k of e it. defencelt did d i d e x n t o e t n e d x l t e o n () d t yardswo or so, and along this front of 100 yards the volun teers discharged ever so many blank cartridges at the impudent little boat over the heads of about half of the spectators, who naturally considered that the front was the best place to see. Nobody in particu lar appeared to have the direction of the movements. The captains of companies did unto their men, in the way of manoeuvres, whatever seemed right in their eyes, and the consequence was an amount of club bing, from which the men relieved themselves in any way they could—not at all particular whether in the process they broke line or not. At length, to everybody's relief, the little boat retired, probably because the powder on board was expended, and having fired some more blank cartridges over the place where the boat had been, the volunteers re tired too, leaving the cheap-jacks, fruitsellers, and gambling-stand keepers nominally as they had been all the day masters of the field. There was to have been an encampment for the volunteers, and there was; but unfortunately its extent was limited, as it consisted of only four booths over which sentries kept careless guard. There was to have been a grand dinner at the Royal Hotel in the evening, but this we did not stop to see. There was to have been a church parade yes terday, but it must have been thinly attended. And there is to be to-day a grand regatta, with a grand ball in the evening, both of which we hope, for the sake of the Southender, will be a greater success that was the grand volunteer demonstration and naval attack. We are informed that the Admiralty prohibited the naval attack. Whether this be or be not true makes no difference. The demonstration was a hoax, if not in intent, certainly in reality. Any more demonstrations of this sort will go farther to kill the volunteer force than all the sneers of its enemies. Ridicule such as is sure to be engendered by demonstrations of the Southend kidney the volunteer force cannot survive; and although the public may remember with gratitude and respect the sham fights of Brighton both in 1861 and this year, though it may look back with pleasure on the reviews at Hyde-park and at Wimbledon, half a dozen such fiascos as that of Saturday at the mouth The Sultan target ship has been brought down from her moorings in Porchester Lake and berthed alongside Portsmouth Dockyard to have a number of new armour plates affixed to her sides for testing by the Stork's 68-pounder. The trial of the Shannon's six-bladed screw at Portsmouth was again deferred on Saturday, but will probably take place to-day, as the weather has moderated. The following appointments were made on Satur day at the Admiralty :—Stephen S. W. Moriarty, master, additional, to the Revenge; Richard Dob son, supernumerary in the Euryalus, confirmed as second-class assist.-engineer; J, D. D. Barnes, George C. Hammond, and George S. Ralph, masters' assistants, supernumeraries to the Royal Adelaide, and Edwin W. G. Hilliard, master's assistant, supernumerary to the Formidable. The under-named gentlemen were nominated to naval cadetships on Saturday :—Francis Edward Ramsden, Robert William French, James Kirk connell Maxwell Witham, William Moore West, Osgood George Turner Marsden, Charles Still, George Stephen Henry Jackson, and Norman, C. F. Uniacke. tention, and to be R Popular with them, he (Major should only b e t oo glad to be relieved of his responsibily. Major Do Carteret and Captain Osgood then briefly spoke i n f avou r of Major 1 Richards, after which the bands, pioneers, and non commissioned officers of the regimen t han d e d up a declaration of confidence signod by them, stating that they would serve under no other commander. It was also unanimously carried to present m a j or Richards with a sword of honour, or some other , token of the esteem in which he is held by the regi_ ment. RIFLE CONTESTS &C , TO COME, —The Vo/unteer Times of Saturdriy gives the following arrangements: Tuesday : Grand review at Bristol on Durdham Down ; Inns of Court competition for a rifle pre sented by Mr. Merewether.—Wednesday, 18th : Rifle shooting at Sneyd-park, Bristol, for volunteers and all comers; annual prize meeting of the City of Edinburgh and Mid-Lothian Association--mill con tinue next three days.—Thursday, 19th : revieW of Eastern Counties Volunteers at Yarmouth.—Fri day, 20th : Inns of Court and West Middlesex Battalion Match ; 20 men on each side, at 300 500, and 700 yards—Wormwood Scrubs.—Satur day, 21st : Inspection of the (South) Middlesex. Inspection of the 19th Middlesex (Working Men's College.) Inspktion of the North-East London Rifles. THE ARMY. The following general order from the Horse Guards, signed by Sir Jas. Yorke Scarlett, K.C.8., Adjt.-Gen., has been promulgated at Chatham Gar rison for general information :—" Her Majesty having been graciously pleased to grant to the officers, non-commissioned officers, and soldiers who composed the garrison of Lucknow in 1857, the permission to reckon an additional year's service towards pay and pension, and having been pleased to extend this boon to the force which entered that place under the late Sir Henry Havelock in Sep tember of that year, is now further pleased to direct that the ;troops composing the detachment left by that officer in the Alumbagh on the 25th of September, together with those that subsequently entered it and remained there until the relief by Lord Clyde, on the 18th of November, 1857, shall also participate in the above advantages. The grant is to be entered at once in the record of service of all those who are entitled to its advantages. This general order is to be substituted for the one bear ing the same number, and dated March 24, 1862, which is hereby cancelled. The additional year's service in all such cases is allowed to reckon towards the qualifications for medal and gratuity." A circular memorandum has been issued at the Horse Guards, in which his Royal Highness the General Commanding-in-Chief expresses the great pleasure he has experienced in finding that the re port of the Inspector-General of Artillery speaks highly of the efficiency of the Royal Regiment of Artillery, which is fully confirmed by the annual returns received from the several brigades. During the past a large a large proportion of the Royal Artillery have undergone the prescribed course of re-drilling, and where certain batteries have not fully completed the course, satisfactory reasons for their not having been able to do so have been given. Two obstacles which have prevented the course of drills being completed have been the necessity of detaching small parties of artillery in isolated parts, and the demand for a large pro portion of artillery for ordinary garrison duties. His Royal Highness, being aware of the difficul ties which exist in obviating the former, wishes to impress on general officers in command that in view of the great advances daily makrng in the science of artillery the thorough instruction and fre quent exercise of artillerymen in their special duties are more than ever indispensable to their efficiency as gunners. With this view a carefully considered coarse of annual drill has been laid down on the lowest scale considered compatible with efficiency, i t g h h e t c H o n o n c a . r t r h e e n s e e eci. o e f ta t r h y e of Du s k ta e te o f for a C War bri d h g a e s , for the guidance of commanding officers of artillery. 7heitßh officers men. to His authorised the issue of various stores, mod e ls, books, a d e v s a , n to ce enable n ab l e instruction commanding to their B': aff c o " rd to m brig more advanced Royal Highness is aware that increased exertion is called for on the part of both officers and men, so that everyartilleryman maymake himself thoroughly acquainted with the care and management of rifled cannon, and the preparation and use of the ammu nition and stores connected with them, and that on all occasions they may be used with the greatest advantage. It is essential that an artilleryman should bear in mind that he will have to contend with weapons of far greater precision than in any previous war, and that the greatest accuracy and quickest application of his own means will be neces sary to maintain superiority and ensure success. As officers commanding brigades will be called upon from time to time to detail officers and non-commis sioned officers to undergo the long course of instruc tion at the School of Gunnery, they will select such only as, in their opinion, are likely to be able, after having been themselves instructed, to impart the knowledge they have acquired to others. In the event of officers or non-commissioned officers of the long course being found, after a reasonable time, to have made inadequate progress, or show decided inaptitude for instruction, or the want of energy and interest in the pursuit of information, they will be recommended to rejoin their brigades. Capt. R. B. Rimington bas joined at Chatham gar son, and taken over the command of the 38th com pany of Royal Engineers from Capt. J. H. Wilson. Capt. A.B. Macdonnell has been appointed to take the command of the 17th company of Royal Engi neers at the Curragh Camp, and is succeeded in his command at Brompton Barracks by Capt. 0. H. Stokes, from the Mauritius. A painful sensation was caused at Chatham gar rison on Saturday by the sudden death from apo plexy of Col. C. E. Fairtlough, commandant of the 3d battalion of infantry, which took place at an early hour on Saturday morning. On Thursday morning last Capt. James Lyons, Inspector of Artillery, oged 26, a very promising officer, was found by his servant dead in bed. A coroner's jury, which sat on Saturday at Woolwich, returned a verdi c t of apoplexy, induced by epilepsy. ork I REPRESENTATION OF EAST SOMERSET.— Sir William Miles and Mr. Knatchbull, the present members, having intimated their intention to retire from the repre sentation of East Somerset at the close of the present Par liament, Sir Frederick William Slade, Q.C., and Mr,Ralph Neville Gi enville, the present High Sheriff of Somerset, have been solicited as the Conservative candidates. They will be opposed by Sir Arthur Hallam Eton, of Cleveden i cour t, and Six Houry Aiuelio Hare, of Stourhoad. BAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. GREAT WESTERN. The adjourned Wharncliffe meeting of this com pany was held on Saturday at the Paddington sta tion, the Earl of Shelburne in the chair. The Secretary read the heads of a bill for making a railway from the Hooton station of the Birken head Railway to the Chester Arms at Parkgate. The CHAIRM AY said that it had been unanimously resolved by the London and North Western and Great Western companies to construct the line for carrying on the existing traffic of the Birkenhead railway, and there could be no question as to the desirability of that line. He moved a formal reso lution approving the bill, and it was carried unani- mously. The meeting was then further adjourned to Wed. nesday, the 25th inst, to consider the remainder o the bills, A Wharncliffe meeting was then held for the consideration of five bills now before Parliament. The secretary read the heads of a bill to enable the Bristol and South Wales Union Railway Com pany to construct a branch railway to communicate with a pier and other works at the mouth of the river Avon, and to authorise certain arrangements with the mayor, aldermen, and burgesses of Bristol with reference thereto. It also authorised working arrangements with the Great Western Company. A formal resolution approving the bill was carried unanimously. The CHAIRMAN said that No. 2 on the list was no . ready, and No. 5 would not be required. No. 3 was a bill to authorise the construction of a railway in Shropshire and in Cheshire to be called the Wel• lington and Cheshire Junction Railway. The secretary stated that the name of the railway had been altered to the Wellington and Drayton Railway. The Great Western and West Midland Companies had power to subscribe £30,000 each towards the construction of the railway. The new company had power to use certain portions of the Shrewsbury and Birmingham and Shropshire Union Railways, and also to enter into contracts for the maintenance and working of the railway. The CHAIRMAN stated that all the landowners in the district supported the undertaking. The line would bring the Great Western system at Welling ton into communication with Nantwieb,Neweastle, and Silverdale. A formal resolution approving the bill was carried unanimously. The next was a bill for making a railway from Market Drayton, in the county of Salop, to New castle, in the county of Stafford. This was intended to carry out the objects of Bill No. 3, and to com plete the communication to the places abovemen tioned. It authorised working arrangements with the Great Western Company, subject to the approval of the Board of Trade. A formal resolution approving the bill was carried unanimously, and the meeting was adjourned to the 25th inst. A special general meeting was then held, and the directors were authorised to complete the agreement for the purchase of the Herefordshire and Glouces tershire Canal, and in respect thereof to pay an annuity of £5,000 a y ear, commencing from the Ist of January last. A working arrangement between the Great Western and the Calne Railway Com panies, dated the 28th May, was also sanctioned, and he proceedings terminated, VALE OF NEATH. A Wharncliffe meeting of this company was held on Friday at the Westminster Palace Hotel, West minster, to consider four bills now before Parlia ment; Mr. Bruce, M.P., in the chair. The Solicitor read the heads of a bill for authoris ing the Vale of Neath Railway Company to lay down rails for the narrow gauge, as well as the broad gauge, on the Vale of Neath Railway, and to raise further moneys. The bill authorised the raising on shares of £lOO,OOO, to lay down the narrow gauge on the main line and branches, and to borrow £33,000 if requisite. It also authorised the raising of £60,000 for the Swansea and Neath Railway. Mr. F. G. SAUNDERS, on behalf of the South Wales Company, opposed the bill. On a formal resolution approving the bill being carried by a show of hand s a poil was w i deni thde an ~ and The other bills were then proceeded after some discussion a bill to enable the Swansea Harbour trustees to raise a further i sum of money to lease the Swansea Harbour Railway and certa in wharves in the harbour to the Vale of Neath Rail way Company was approved. A bill for authorising the T,lanelly Company to make new lines of railway and other works, to ra i se f ur ther capital, and to make provision for laying n arrow gauge rails on the Carmarthen a n d c t,r d igan Railway, and also a bill authorising the construc tion of tho Dula s Valley Mineral Railway, were submitted and approved. On thecapital favourt o o t f h t e h amount m bill,u n a t n o d f £624,76 2 po wasll represented being res taken ente in £147,410 against it. The bill was consequently ap proved in compliance With the standing orders of the House of Lords. NORTH YORKSHIRE AND CLEVELAND. A delay has arisen in the opening of this line, owing to a dispute as to the method of working it between the boards of the North Eastern and the Stockton and Darlington companies. SOUTH YORKSHIRE AND MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD, AND LINCOLNSHIRE. It being obvious to the promoters of the bill for the amalgamation of these companies that it could not, in the face of the threatened opposition, be carried through in the present advanced period of the session, it has been withdrawn. SHREWSBURY AND WELSHPOOL. The traffic receipts on this company's line amounted for the month of March last to £B7l, and for the month of April to £1,290. The average re ceipts, it appeared,were about £l5 per mile per week. LYNN AND HUNSTANTON. This line is approaching completion. The per manent way is in an advanced state, and the traffic will probably be commenced in August. SOUTH-EASTERN . The gross traffic receipts for passengers, parcels, mails, goods, &c., in the four weeks ending the 24th of May, amounted to £81,901, f ro m which was de ducted £2,332 for collecting and delivering goo d s, was added &c., leaving £7 9 , 569. To this sum , yiz c C ~: ~~~ PRICK .... -...4d. STAMPED ....sd. £1,744 for rents and sdndri9s, and £4,462 for steam: packet service, making the t0i:.41 receipts £85,775. From this was deducted £41,186 for expenses, in cluding rates, taxes, tolls, Government duty, and. expenses of steam-packet service, leaving a net sum. of £44,589, The total receipts for the 16 we and one day t ending the 24th of May, amounted to £297,570, and the expenditure to £160,738, /I.;!aving a net sum of £136,832. /?-/ GRAND TRUNK O 1 CANADA. The report of the London directors states that the receipts for the half-year ending December 31, 1861, amounted to £119,469, and the expenses to £323,761, leaving a balance of £95,708. The working expenses amoun ted to 77 per ceo., against 841- per cent. for the corresponding half of 1860. The balance of £95,708 had been applied towards the payment:of the bond interest of the Atlantic end Sr. Lawrence Railway Company, payable at Portland, and similar interest payable orf mortgages on lr:nds belonging to the company and in I .(:;luction of other liabilities. Mr. WAtkin reported t!ot the working of th e line was in rapid progress of reCrganisation, with thetraffic thev iew to greater efficiency :and economy, and was improving. The outlay on the road would continue heavy for some time longer. o The n a lin m e o w re as being substantial renewedplawniththhaenaviwerhernailso,raigni! ginally constructed. The whole cost of the re newals was necessarily charged to revenue, but in other departments cOnsidcrable reductions would I ultimately be made. MELBOURNE AND HOBSON'S BAy. The traffic returns of this company amounted for the week ending the 27th March last to £1,233, against £1,279 for the corresponding week of 1861; for the week ending 3d April to £1,786► against £2,141 ; e nding the 10th April, to £1,128, against £1,340; ending 17th April, to £1,232, against £1,010; and for the week 24th April to £1,453, against £l,lBl. The total receipts for the five weeks amounted to £6,832, against £6,951 for the corresponding period of 1861• The receipts avereged £273 per mile per week, against £278 per mile per week at the corresponding period of last year. RAILWAY BILLS. On Friday the bill of the South Yorkshire Rail way for a line of three miles, from a junction with their line at Kimberworth to a double junction with the Manchester, Sheffield, And Lincolnshire at Attercliffe, and another of eight miles between Bentley and Thorne, and to raise £133,000, was passed. The bill of the same company for their proposers null extension and branches, and to raise £533,000, was opened, Mr. Baxter being examined at considerable length. The bill of the West Shrop shire Railway Company, for mineral branches in that district, was b e tpasse ord Stauley's Committee on the competing linesbetween Mold andWrexham. resumed their inquiry, and heard counsel in reply upon the general merits of the rival schemes. The only bill passed in the Lorcis was the North- Eastern and Market Weighton and Beverley, for a line of 10 miles between those places and to the Victoria Docks, and to raise £117,000. THE THAMES EMBANKMENT. --On Friday the Committee agreed to a clause vesting in the Metro politan Board of Work the execution of the act, and£ the entire control of the undertaking. Clauses were also agreed to, giving power to the board to grant building leases of ground not wanted for the pur poses of the act, and forbidding the erection of houses in front of the gardens of the Inner and Middle Temple. Provisions were also inserted re lative to the raising of money for the purposes of the works, and for its repayment; and a protective clause was inserted in favour of the Dulke of Northumberland, to the effect that the Board of Works should not take any more land belonging to the duke, except with his consent, required for the formation of the streets in continuation of Nosrtfh umberland-street and Whitehall-place, unlesor sewerage purposes, or the erection of public monu ments and fountains. THE MIDDLE LEVEL INUNDATION. LATEST PARTICULARS. LYNN, SUNDAY AFTERNOON. Fortunately for the cofferdam and the works in progress here, the wind has been S.W., and for two or three days has blown very strong. This has bad a twofold effect ; one ie that it has to a great extent checked the tides, which have been very strong, however, and by SO doing from.bly preserved the whole of the work destruct;on• The second effect has been upon the waters wljeh lie stretched upon the wide plain, and this action N%B caused huge - waves to roll with a heavy surges strongly resembling the sea. A personal inspection last evening disclosed the following unpleasant facts :—The west side of the west bank of the cut is greatly damaged by the fearfully high winds which we have had. There are several places where the slope of the bank has been almost totally washed away. The embankment of the railway is also very much injured, and several more of the telegraph posts have been washed away; indeed , on Friday the communication was cut off nearly all day. Tileto has been a larger quantity of water on the land dur-- ing the past three days than ever before, to an el - of several inches. The wind has blown b the water on to some land that had not before been under water. But for the favourableire d ctiog of the wind the result would have been most dins. trous, and, indeed, may be still,as the tides will not begin to lessen till after to -morrow. time the mean time the greatest exertions ought to be made to st r en g then the banks ag ainst the force of the water,. In reference to the very insecure state of the banks, it may here be stated that Mr. Page, C.E., and Mr. Richard Young, Mayor of Wisbeach, a few' the language of the oar h oa r w ef i u s l be s e ta h t . e,; ntosqomuoete _ days a go examined the banks and found them in 0. lMnlikoaesyta riddle, and an iron a drain- i places the banks were spear eight feet in length with them was easily put through, a w n h d i which t when he they withdrawntook the water came bubbling up as if through At a meeting of the Bedford Level held the other day, the chairman,-the Earl of Hardwicke, con in not very measured terms, the conduct of demn e d , the Middle Level Commissioners, thinking them culpable in not using proper supervision, which, if used, would probably have prevented the destruc tion of the sluice. The inability to cope with the flood also endangered the whole level of the Fens. The bottom of the cut by the Short Fen, North.. bank, above the Magdalen-road bridge has been scoured to a depth of 17ft. below its original level, and the sides show evidence of curving in, they be ing undermined. The existence of the hole has been known for, nearly a week, being one of those to which attention has been previously drawn, but no steps have been taken to remedy the evil, though proper representations have been made to the right quarters. At the cofferdam matters are pretty nearly a t e sandstill. The shores , to the weakness of wb1(311 at tention has before been called, are being strength e ened by bracing, and placing con cretebehin tl d abutments. The concrete is formed of Por an n it sets be cement, gravel, and clunch, and when comes harder than granite. S heet 4- p iles are being ork at whieh driven in those two bays of t a h p e la fersaatrineed in the local w the pannels failed on Tues da y lar and anon Various communication s from re mous correspondents have appeared papers, in which attempts have been:made t o s h ow that the statement s as to the failure of the dam are incorrect. That the design of the cofferdam is a fail divided, a n d th a t proper u re is notorio us, end these attempts to show that it is not so only make matters worse, as it now appears Mr. a.wkshaw to t he advice of Mr. Lynn, c. ina is apparent.far from E et h onas t id th er e at a i u on th w o r a i s tie n s ot are given by 1m ii haTdhbeefpourebibizteemn., a gentleman who, cer t a inly carried it s i nc e he took charge of the work a week ago, has on with greater energy than being tranquillised by the present aspect of affairs. TFIE LATE MURDER IN ESSEX.—Rebecea Law, who was acquitted at the last Essez assizes of the murder of her husband at Clavering, Essex, has been removed by her Majesty's warrant to a lunatics asylum at Fisherton, on near Salisbury. The unhappy woman was acquitted the ground of insanity, but will remain in confinement during her Majesty's pleasure. GRAND METROPOLITAN RIFLE CONTEST AT WORMWOOD SCRUBS. The prizes which were not competed for on the first day (Thursday) in consequence of the weather, were shot for on Saturday, and there were also some additional prizes provided. Heavy showers at intervals during the day prevented a large, we may almost say any, attendance of visitors; but the shooting was good throughout, and in many cases almost unprecedented. The first prize was a Kerr rifle, value £7 Is., five shots at 300 yards, open to all corners, standing position. There were 60 entries, and the best scores made were the first-named, being the winner : • Points. Hits. Total. Rev. Wilse Brown, Ist Exeter 11 .. 5 .. 16 Martin Smith, Victoria Luxmore, St. George's Sergt. Wilson, School of Musketry, Fleetwood The next prize was a Whitworth or Henry rifle, value £25, with £5 for the second best; five shots at 500 yards; for all comers; any position allowed. There were 60 competitors, and the chief scorers were— Points, Hits. Total. Hill, 3d Essex Ensign Padwick, 7th Sussex .. 9 .. 5 .. 14 Lieut. Marriner, West Middlesex 9..5.. 14 Major Halford, 31st Leicester 8 .. 5 .. 13 Fellowes, Victoria .. 8 .. 5 .. 13 Blaise, St. George's E. Ross, Cambridge University 8 .. 5 13 T. H. Robinson, 16th Middlesex The three men who tied at 14 points shot off. Hill won. Padwick defeated Marriner after several ties. It is only fair to state that Marriner accidentally broke the hammer of his own "Henry," and was obliged to shoot off the ties with a strange weapon. The succeeding prize was a Turner rifle, value £8 Bs., with a London Armoury rifle for the next best shot. There were 58 competitors, and the following were the top scores, the conditions being five shots at 500 yards, for volunteers only. Hy the position : :?oints. Hits. Total. Sergeant, Millard, St. George's .... 7 .. 5 .. 12 F. B. Wells, West Middlesex 7 .. 5 .. 12 Vigor, Inns of Court .. 7 .. 5 .. 12 Ballard, Queens Westminster • 7 .. 5 .. 12 In shooting off the ties the two prizes were won by Millard and Wells, who became respectively first and second. A sweepstakes was next on the list, of which the winner took two-thirds and the second best shot received the residue ; five shots each at 500 yards; open to all comers; any position; ss. entrance, 66 entries. Halford, 31st Leicester; and Radcliffe, South Middlesex, each scored 9 points with 5 hits — total, 14 ; and in shooting off the tie the " long woolled" one beat the " lamb," and the prizes were alloted accordingly. The next prize was a silver cup, value £lO, to be shot for by all corners, any position. Five shots at 600 yards. The best scores were : Points. Hits. Total. Serjeant Kemp, 3d Manchester .. 9 .. 5 .. 14 Cade, Victoria.. .. .. 5.. 14 E. Ross, Cambridge University .. 8 .. 5 .. 13 Hon. Major Talbot, Unattached .. 7 .. 12 Lieut. Marriner, West Middlesex .. 7 .. 5 .. 12 Lieut. Austin, Queen's, Westminster 7 .. 5 .. 12 Kerr, London Scottish .. .. 7 5.. 12 The tie for this prize was won by Serjeant Kemp The next was an extra prize, a small bore rifle, presented by Mr. Purday. Five shots at 600 yards, open to all corners, any position. There were 32 entries, and Serjeant Kemp repeated his previous victory by again making the same score. This gentleman accomplished the great feat of making eight entres in eight successive shots at 600 yards, a result which, we understand,, has not before been achieved at any prize shooting. Hall (West Middlesex), Porter (Queen's Westminster), and Padwick (7th Sussex) tied at seven points, with five hits, total twelve ; ana Hall shot off the tie, and became, as the winner, entitled to the entrance money. Several volunteers represented to the committee that only two prizes had been given at a long range confined exclusively to them, and an extra prize was immediately given, in the form of a sweepstakes, at 500 yards, for volunteers only. There were 29 entries. Serjeant Chisholm, Ist Surrey, and Lieu tenant Merriner, West Middlesex, tied, making six points, five hits, total, 11; and on shooting off, Serjeant Chisholm won. In concluding our record of this contest we feel bound to acknowledge the courtesy of the gentlemen who undertook the executive duties, and the regis ters being given over to the members of the press immediately on being sent in considerably facili tated the performance of their duties. The exertions of Captain Fenton, Captain Bridgman, Lieutenant Homfray, Ensign Hawkins, and Mr. Harris deserved a better reward than was to be found in the paucity of attendance by the general public; but when a station is made on the adjacent railway, and the means of access to the locality thereby increased, we doubt not that this annual contest will become one of the largest and most successful rifle competitions in the kingdom. THE LONDON SCOTTISH RIFLE VOLUNTEERS On Saturday evening about 350 effective members of this corps assembled at Wellington Barracks to undergo their annual inspection in Hyde park by ColonelM ‘Murdo, the inspector general of volunteers. The officers present were Lord Elcho, the colonel commandant; Capts. Page, Sir David Baird, Bart., the Marquis of Abercorn, M'Gregor, Mackenzie, Lumsden, Mitchell, Sandiman, and render ; Lieu tenants Notman, Sutherland, Fisher, Puckle, Fer , guson, and Scott ; and Ensigns Trotter and S. Puckle. When the ammunition was being served out to the men a letter was received from his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge stating that no firing would be allowed in Hyde-park, and the sup ply of ammunition was at once stopped. The men then fell into line, a note was read by Capt. Page from Colonel M'Murdo expressing his regret the day was so unfavourable ; he did not wish to expose them to the inclemency of the weather, and there fore would not be present. A few minutes after, however, the gallant colonel rode up, and the men were formed into quarter distance columns. Colonel M'Murdo then inspected them, and said he had always been much pleased with the progress they had made, bat from what he had witnessed that day he considered them equal to any regiment of the line. The state of the weather rendering it impos sible for them to have a review in Hyde-park, the band, and was there dismissed. addressed MEN'S corps marched off to headquarters, preceded by i ts 3D CITY OF LONDON RIFLES (WORICIN Gf 00 memberss s e d Copps.—On Thursday evening ab:l u t t : ' defiance of the of this regiment assembled, in Institute, City-road, weather, at the Cowper-street their commanding in obedience to a summons from The ma yor, who was officer, Major Major Richards. thusiastically cheered throug th e m, on the financial affairs of the regiment, and impressed on them the necessity, unless prevented b y sickness, want of work , or acci dental loss, of pay in g up their subscriptions, li e alluded to a cabal against himself on the part of one or two officers, who, in the most unmilitary manner, sought to dict ate to him to nominate a m ili tar y v com mander. He held his position by the support and recomme n dation of veteran soldiers — such as Cols. Sir D. wr, c , v gall and Sir W. De Bathe—and ho was strengthened by the advice of Col. M'Murdo, their respected head, and that gallant officer, Major Laurie, who they knew had done him the high honour to write that he was especially willing to serv e under him ; and now those who knew nothing of their own duties sought, for their own private reasons, to injure his authority. He could tell them that he was more than ready to give up the com mand to an officer who 'would, be likely to carry on the regiment well, and if he could find a military officer likely to give them his time, money, and at- i } I