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30 305 225 2 7 0 to to k'o n to 363 to to 31° 3 10 0 a , 5 t 00460 rg ct. 4, 16 6 ls „ oil 0 .***l 6 3 "1 6 3 , •"1 6 6 •' . 1 5 6 „ O r°l . 0 11... A f 6 0ife6e ,re 'pi': ar rd,ag k 11~ovo. 10 te f r e lire; 11 11 Nor+- g ,jor /. ,d, vtis'' an d, 01 , rav ese,o,, b, r , t o,, , 1.1 A et, P lil4# rtl e ' cl4 ; or g, [ydel EIA-- 1 1 12, e,rof c- ti t.l THE SCINDE, PUNJA,UB, and DELHI BANK CORPOR NTION (Limited). Established under the Companies Act, 1862, with Limited iabilit C apital One Milli on Sterli L ng, in s y. 0,000 Shares of £2O each. 25,00 Shares. It is not intended First to call up more than £lO per Share. (With power to the Shareholders to increase the Capital.) Deposit £1 per Share on application, and £2 per Share on Calls allotment. not to be made at intervals of less than two months, COURT OF DIRECTORS. CHAIRMAN. WILLIAM PATRICK ANDREW, Esq. EPU TY- CHAIRMAN. F RANCIS WILLIAM RUSSELL, Esq., M.P. Philip Anstruther Esq. Sir John S. Login. }Tarry Borradaile ' Esq.Herbert Maddock. Archibald Boyd, 'Esq. Sir Charles Nicholson, Bart. William Dent, jun., Esq. Thomas 'Williams, Esq. Sir Stuart A. Donaldson. DITORS William Dent, Esq., AU Biekley.. J. Edmund Anderdon, Esq. Messrs. Coleman, Turquand, Youngs, and Co. BANKERS. 1.0 London—The Union Bank of London. eo° Calcutta, Madras, and Bombay—The Oriental Bank varPoration. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Thomas and Hollatns, Mincing. lane. BROKERS. Messrs. Huggins and Rowsell, 1, Threadneedle-street. INTERIM SECRETARY. George Hope, Esq. THE SCINDE, PUNJAUR, and DELHI BANK CORPORATION (Limited). I'l.o APPLICATION for SHARES will be received after THIS DAY (THURSDAY), the 11th inst. By order, GEORGE HOPE, Interim Secretary. Telnporary Offices, 248, Gresham House, E.C.7., Old Broad-street, Dec. 11, 1862. HOTELS, &c. Ii A p L IN'S It 0 T E L. AND srItEAD EAGLE TAVERN, 84 , GRACECHITRCH-STREET,', LONDON. ( °Wort, combined with moderate charges, will be found at this Establishment. P RIVATE AI'ARTMENTS FOR FAMILIES. Sitting Room, 3s. per Day. Bed Rooms, is. (3d. and Is. per Night. A Night Porter in attendance. No INCREASE OF CHARGES. INDIA AND THE COLONIES. pASSENGERS Embarking or Disembarking rl t find superior accommodation an d moderate ri a me CHAPLIN'S CLARENDON HOTEL, GRAVESEND, Adjoining the Terrace Pier. A Lawn in front, extending; to the River. AMUSEATEN TS. VANTERBURY HALL. GRAND SELECTIONS from VERDI'S " SIMON -tiOriCANEGRA," MACFARRES'S CANTATA " MAY 'S MUSIC of " MAcBETH, Mr. -,,,._ENNETT LOCKE R GILBET'S NEW OPERETTA, "" A an Nl d GHT r 'llll F Band and Choru AIRY LAND." Conducted by Mr. JONGHMANS. s. PRINCIPAL ARTISTES. Miss RUSSELL, Miss TOWNLEY. Si d Tivoli, Mr. Green, Mr. Raynor, and Mr. Russell Grover. 0 1 , 11 0 Comic by UNSWORTH (the Original Stump Orator, W l ' ANY OTHER MAN"), in conjunction with Eugene, - eY, and Little Bob forming the greatest Comic Quartet .4 London. 4, 4 , 1 10, the following Comic Favourites:—Miss Georgina Er"on, Messrs. E. Marshall, Hollingsworth, and Arthur p A TI. and the surprising Performance of " THE ETOILE R E 0 XF ORD, 6, OXFORD STREET. ru t IPPesrance of Unsworth (the original of "Or any other 0-.,;' ---T he Colleen Bawn, by Miss Caroline Parkes.— A u t the Crest Burlesque Prima Donna.—Arena and /I Vick the Neapolitan Minstrels.—W. Randall and A. B. b°;lti,,,ciaworth,—Mr. T. Maclagan's Entertainment.— r rr _w n .., 6,l o f i s ect S i o o l n i- f s 3 on the Flute.—( °talc Pas Seul, by Hen . -1. of s o " to varied high-class musical attractions, consisting from Verdi's "Nabuco" and "Il ( orsaro, and "Don qebastien, " A über's "La Circassienne," ,with e ,"`irus, Glee ' s, Duets, &c., Arc., by Miss Russell. Miss leY Messrs. Bernardi, Greene, nuish, and Albert, Pull Band and Chorus. Adult Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmana. 108 6 d ' i kon ed • Balcony and Stalls, ls. ; Private Boxes. TURNHAM'S GRAND CONCERT HALL, Edgware-road, W., WILL OPEN, DECEMBER 23. t 'PE GRAND INAUGICRAL CONCERT, to commemo- T !t e the opening' of this new and splendid Hall, takes pla-e, D a 23.—GREAT and SPECIAL ATTRACTIONS. Nees on Opening Night—Body of the hall, Is. ; stalls and balcony, 2s. 6d. TIJRNHAM'S GRAND CONCERT HALL, Edgware-road, W., Will be found one of the largest, most commodious, and most gorgeously-decorated In London ; and the engagements com prise the first Sentimental, Comic, and Instrumental Talent Of the day. Musical Director and Manager—Mr. CHAS. GREVILLE. Admission to the body of the hall, 6d. ; stalls and balcony, ls. NOTICE. The Genuine and Original ONDlin' PERMANENT MARKIG INK. for marking on S en, silk, or cot on, bears the N address on the label.-28, Long-lane, West Smithfield, City. ILDRIDGES BALM OF COLUMBIA J established upwards of thirty years, is the beet and only certain remedy ever discovered for preserving, strengthening, beautifying, or restoring the hair, whiskers, or moustaches, and preventing them turning grey. Sold in bottles, 3s. 6d., 65., and lls., by C. and A. OLDRIDGE, 22, Wellington-street, Strand, London, W.C., and all chemists and perfumers. For childrens' and ladies' hair it Is most efficacious and unrivalled. OPENING NIGHT, Deo. 23. ARGYLL ROOMS. Great Windmill-street, Haymarket.—GßAND CASINO FRANCAISE.— tpqn Band for Promenade and Dancing, with the c or rated of 50 performers. Conductor and Principal ri l li ,t - a-Piston M. BOULCOURT.—The new Imperial will played \ r aise Cdillion and L. Mosca's Peep o'DayValse will D'aYed nightly. new Conversation Salon has been added to the above ..tablishment for Peading, Coffee, and Refreshments.— 'ainission ls.—Mannger, M. Grenet. Pt "AL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT GARDEN.-er the Mana i.Yement of Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. W. Tri Harrison, Sole Lessees. TR im op EVENING Wallace's new Opera of LOVE'S lit "APR "APR : Miss Louisa Pyne, and Mdme. Laura Baxter; Georov Perren, W. IL Weiss, H. Corri, A. Cooke, vv. Harrison. _ _ Conductor—Mr. A. Mellon. Dcors open at half -past 7—Commence at F. 1 1-4 PATRE-ROVAT • HAY MARKET. Tti ro Lessee Mr. J. Ruelrstone. itte s „, ;° EVENING. at 7 A DAUGHTER TO MARRY. A f Parren, Rogers, Clark, and Miss E. Romer. friji t t " Which, at a quarter to 8, will he performed (303 d time) Mo te I ArERICAN COUSI. Asa Trenchard, Mr. Buck- Lord Dundrearv, M N r. Sothern. w3llowed by A DAY AFTER THE WEDDING. Mr. atee), rre n , Mr. Rogers, and Miss Harfieur (her first appear- To conclude with MY HUSBAND'S GHOST. c , TB ITA TRE—ROYAL, ADELPHI. — 'ole Proprietor end Manager, Mr. B. Webster. T 2 ,8 EVENING, TAE GREEN RUSHES. Messrs. J. Lot, - ,":., P. Bedford, Billimrton, Sefton, Stephenson, Ebnrne, wool Ritehenson, Aldridge Miss Avonia Jones. Miss To gar Mrs. Billin c zton, Mrs. Lewis, and Mrs. Stoker. Tool,, e° .,l'elide with A TICKET OF LEAVE : Messrs. J. L. " r• Bedford, Stephenson, and Mrs. Billington. Commence at 7.- 11, ° YAT, PRINCESS'S THEATRE. LOPPP. and Manner, Mr Tr i The last five niotts prior to Christmas. gr. 4 8 EVENING, LAW v. LOVE Mr. R. Roxby and Af t o re ; Misses M. Oliver and Murray. ttno4rwbich at a quarter to 8, the new Drama by John Ox -r,sq. entitled THE TRIPLE ALLIANCE. Mr. Geo. VVEli e. Mies Constance Aylmer, Miss M. Oliver, and Mrs. To 4lr eollelude with RAISING THE WIND. Mr. R. Roxby , • Qte - 4011,8 Pndens, Mr. Belmore, and Mr. C. Seyton; Miss Marian Mrs. H. Marston. (, cr ) YAL LYCEUM THEATRE. aa ° l o Lessee an d Manaer. —Mr. Edmund Falconer. tt - fh Night of the continuous run of "Peep o'Day." ,-(11,40 VIMNG. the new Comeclietta. IT MUST BE 'obin; TWOS IN THE PAPERS. Walter Lgoy. J. -; Alm Weston, Miss Weston, and Miss L. Thompson. lu, R ollow ed b „ 'ne r "• Walt PI'EP 0 DAY ' or, Savourneen Deelish. T Addison Charles Selby, Geo. Melville, 11„ ' Miss Clara , sto falconer : Mrs. P. Bowers, , T o ll ' clt hi co/,0 the t n w e tth the Last View of KILLARNEY , intro- it LONDON ANATOMICAL MUSEUM ; 1311,11„4011.1_t.aining• the Wonders of Nature and Art, shown by qt, of t he Human Frame, in Health and Disease, toe:ether ff_alfo r ,:allety of highly interesting Natural Preparations, z9 ut q ol l !tions, and Monstrgsities. open daily, from 11 to 8 Cle or 4 eln , n only). Admission One Shilling. Entrances kent.!f "reet -street, ilanover-square, and 41A, Maddox-street, 4 p 1 3 1 4, London, W. f eted a t ations and Lectures througho ut the da y . Illus. 1 / 1 13% . " Descriptive Catalogues sent, post free, for twelve Address the Secretary, as above. __— ,„ SILENT FRIEND ON MARRIAGE, 8 t llac_rea, illustrated with 100 engravings, o pri o ce . " e nti v "„, l 4 stamps, sealed 20, containing preseriPtl_ Guide and advi,,. e Lotion. 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It is acknowledged by eliec e ,;7 l Press to be the greatest discovery ever made. every case is as certain as that water quenches sir®hUe R, "1 ctf 7 2 ° T's E ssence of Life is sold in cases, with full i n - Wtift e 'or use, at 11 5 ., or four quantities in one for 335., rfte- sent t of the world, carefully packe d, Mkt IDt of re ° any Part Mittance or post-office order payable to Pront 4. aWat PL OCUOilleWarelnalel Stralld LOndon. ABOON TO NERVOUS SUFFERERS.- Dr. SMITH has Just published a FREE EDITION of 20,000 copies of his valuable work, THE PRIVATE MEDI CAL FRIEND (116 pages), on the Self-cure of Nervous Debility, Loss of Memory, Dimness of Sight, Lassitude, &c., resulting from the secret sins of youth. Copies may be had free by sending a stamped directed envelope to the Author's residence, 8, Burton-crescent, London, W.C. Consultation by Letter without Fee. Dr. SMITH will, for the BENEFIT of persons suffering from NERVOUS DEBILITY, &c., on receiving a description of their case (enclosing a stamped directed envelope for re ply), send his written opinion, with advice and directions for the most successful treatment and cure.—Address, Dr. Smith, 5, Burton-crescent, London, W.C. ..AUCE.—LEA AND PER RIN S ► ,l beg to caution the Public against Spurious Imitations of their world-renowed WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE. Purchasers should ASK POD LEA AND PERKINS' SAUCE, Pronornced by Connoisseurs to De "THE ONLY GOOD SAUCE." *** Sold Wholesale and for Export, by the Proprietors, Vroraebter ; Messrs. CROSSE and BLACKWELL; Messrs. BAR CLAY and Sops, London, &c., &c., and by Grocers and Oilmen universally. A DAUGHTER OF EVE. GUILDHALL, Dec. 9, 1862.—OFFICE of CITY SOLICITOR.—It having been settled that a COURT of COMMON COUNCIL should be holden in the Chamber of the Guildhall on THURSDAY, the 18th inst., for the ELECTION of CITY SOLICITOR, notice is hereby given that the name and address of each candidate must be left at the Town Clerk's office not later than Four o'clock on Saturday, the 13th inst., in order that the same may be duly inserted in the summons convening the Court. The names on such summons will be arranged alphabetically. WOODTIIORPE. GUILDHALL, London, 4th December, 1862. The COMMITTEE for LETTING the BRIDGE HOUSE ESTATES will MEET at GUILDHALL, on FRIDAY, the 12th December iast., at One o'clock pre cisely, to receive PROI'OSALS for LETTING a PIECE of LAND, containing about nine acres, now or lately used as garden ground, situate at the rear of Marlborough-place, Old Kent-road, in the county of Surrey. A plan of the Land and conditions for letting may be seen at the Architect's Office, Guildhall. FERDINAND BRAND, Comptroller. NATIONAL PROVINCIAL BANK OF ENGLAND. 112, Bishopsgate-street, London, Dec. 9, 1862. The Directors of the National Provincial Bank of England Hereby Give Notice, that a HALF-YEARLY DIVIDEND at the rate of Eight per Cent. per annum, and a Half-Yearly BONUS of Five per Cent. (except on the New Issue), will be Payable on the Company's Stock on and after the 9th of Jan uary next, when the Dividend and Bonus Warrants will be obtained at the Company's Office, 112, Bishopsgate-street, or at the different Branches. The Transfer Books will be Closed on and after Thursday, the 11th inst. By order of the Court of Directors. DAN. ROBERTSON, Agent and Manager. BANK OF BRITISH NORTH AMERICA.- Incorporated by Royal Charter. - . THE COURT OF DIRECTORS HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, That a HALF-YEARLY DIVIDEND, at the rate of Six per Cent. per Annum (free of Income-tax), on the Capital of the Bank, will be Payable to the Proprietors of Shares registered in this country, on and after the sth day of January next, at the Office of the Corporation, No. 7, St. Helen's-place, Bishopsgate-street, between the hours of Ten and Four. No Transfer can be made between the 15th inst. and the sth proximo, as the Books must be closed during that period. By order of the Court. C. M`NAB, Secretary. No. 7, St. Helen's-place, London, Dec. 9, 1862. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail way Terminus, at King's-cross. Patron—The QUEEN. President—The Duke of BUCCLEUCH, Treasurer—Edward Masterman, Esq. This was the first hospital to introduce the principle of free and instant admission to the destitute sick, without the for mality of governors' letters.. It is entirely devoted to desti tution in its most pitiable form—viz., that which is accom panied by sickness and disease, and is now of sufficient magnitude that, with adequate support, it may be rendered capable of admitting into its wards a very large proportion of the casual sick of this great metropolis. It requires but the funds in order to have 500 beds available for the reception of these the most wretched of our fellow-creatures. Moreover, it gratuitously affords medical advice and medicine to more, on the average, than 3,000 out-patients a week. The Weekly Board feel it their imperative duty to make an EARNEST APPEAL to the public for continued support, to enable them to admit and relieve the distressing cases that daily present themselves. Contributions are received by the Treasurer, Edward Mas rerman, Esq., Nicholas-lane; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co. ; Drummond and Co. ; Holies and Co. ; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co. ; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Glyn and Co. ; Jones Loyd and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; Denison and Co. ; W Iliams, Deacon, and Co. ; Overend, Gurney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co. ; Messrs. J. Barned and Co., Liverpool ; and at the Hospital. STANFORD S. SMITH, Secretary. STEO O EID ON : What is it? See Patent, March 1, 1812 No. M.— GABRIEL'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-SQTJARE; 34, LUDGATE-HILL, LONDON; 155, NEW-STREET, BIRMINGHAM; and 134, DUKE-STREET, LIVERPOOL. INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, CLASS 17. One visit only required from country patients, Gabriel's Practical Treatise gratis. Consultations free. 1 RNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library, , ,nd Dining-room, eonsistingof anew and elegant assort ment of VASES, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obelisks, Ink stands, beautiful inlaid Tables, Paperweights, &c., in Italian, Alabas er, Parian, Marble, Bronze, Derbyshire Spar, Szo. Imported and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Mine ralogist to her Majesty, 149. Stand. W.C., London. Mr. Tennant arranges elementary collections of SHELLS, MINERALS, ROCKS, and FOSSILS, which will greatly facilitate he interesting study of MINERALOGY, CON CHOLOGY, 'nd GEOLOGY, at 2,5, 10, 20, 50, to 100 guineas each. PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and MINE RALOGY la given by Mr. TENNANT, at 149, Strand, W.C. RIIPTURES.-BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. WHITE'S MOO-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (PERFECTED AND EXHIBITED IN THE GREAT FRITTRITION or 1851), is allowed by upwards of Two Hundred Medical Gentlemen to be the most effeotive Invention in the curative treatment of H ERNI A. The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effects, 's 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 Ind closeness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn luring sleep. A descriptive circular may he had," and the truss, which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the cir mmference of the body, two inches below the hips, being gent to the manufacturer, ti Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly. A Sinele Truss, les., 215., 265. 6d., and Ms. 6d. Postage, Is. A Double Truss, 31s. 6d., 425., and 525. ed. Postage, 1s Bd. An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. ed. Postage, ls. 10d. Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White,'Post office, Piccadilly. STEW PATENT ELASTIC STOCKINGS KNEE-CAPS, kc., for Varicose Veins and all oases of Weakness and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, &o. They are porous, light. in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on lire an ordinary stocking. Price 4s. 6d., 7s. 6d., 10s., to 16s. each. Postage 6d. JOHN WHITE. Manufacturer, 2.2 g, Piccadilly. TO THE N'ERVOITS AND DEBILITATED. DR. CURTIS ON MARRIAGE, NERVOUS DEBILITY, SPER MATORRHCEA, &C , WITH PLATES. Post free by the Author, 12 stamps ; sealed ends, 20, MANHOOD: The CAUSE and CURE of PRE MATURE DECLINE IN MAN, with Plain Direc tions for Perfect 'Restoration to Health and Vigour; being a edi-al Essay on the Treatment of Nervous and Generative Debility, Impotency, and those peculiar disqualifications to marria,e which oricrinate in youthful errors and excess : the cure of Infectious Diseases without Mercury, and their Pre vention by the Author's Prescription of his Infallible Lotion, the result of 25 years' successful practice. 11y Dr. J. L. CURTIS, 15, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, London. REVIEWS OF THE WORK. CuRTTS ON VANTIOnD. -This is truly a valuable work, and should be in the hands of youncr and old. The profes sional reputation of the author, combined with his extensive experience as medical referee in the treatment of nervous de bility, A-c fully accounts for the immense circulation which this popular and ably- w ritten medical treatise has obtained." — Sunday Times, March 21, 1856. "Dr. Curtis has conferred a great boon by publishing this little work. In which is described the source o'those diseases zvuhreichollcirßodu'e decline in outh, or more frequen'ly prema • The AX." —Daily Telegraph, March 27, WO. usual, of this Medical Treatise may be 'DAILY con sultedual most complete success as above. The efficacy , either by letter or personally, at his residence employed by Dr. g i and ha h v a in rm g. l b e e s e s n na d t e u m re on of str th at e ed r ei b n y ed t i h e e s utmost skill and .E..xpe sufferers of every class during a practice of 25 years, nervous treatment of their cases.r have a perfect guarantee that the ence will be made available in the The Book concludes with numerous varied and interesting cases, to which is added the Author's receipt of the above Lffallible Preventive Lotion. Published and sold by J. Allen, 20, Warwick-lane. Pater noster-row ; Mann, 30, Cornhill, London ; and all Booksellers In lowa and Count* N°. 21,981. L- ~ fit; _ -----, _ ~ ,--e..„- ••• ,-- , 6 7:: /- c. - z-2-, --- - 74c_. -c- - -/',....- ,-- Z -- -- \17 7 4 ;: f,:i • - --e - // / " -- "Z . 2.11.6 1 CRYSTAL AtZAVitti'.o.:2 , rt • • • ,„ • (' I •."*, - 4 • , 'llll l g • 4, 1 111 k. •". • , , I The following report of the directors of the ,•`V e g- 4 „„/ , Crystal Palace will be submitted to the general 4 • s f 4 ? „ " .AsiP 4( ab • • o, —* R" -T 1.. Meeting on. the 17th : rlt IC S VA3IPED 7'HE NEW SCRAW RAM. " submitting their annual report and statement of accounts for the ear ending the 31st October, 1862, the directors beg leave to congratulate the proprietors of the Crystal Palace Company on the cheering result of the year's working, and on the favourable aspect of their affairs in general. An in spection of the revenue account will show that the net amount carried to the credit of revenue has reached the sum of £60.702 16s. ad., being coneider ehly in excess of that earned during the preceding twelve months. Deducting the amount applicable to dividends on the preference and debenture stocks, and other necessary charges, there remains at the credit of the general revenue account the sum of £33,017 7s. 4d., available for division amongst the proprietors of ordinary capital. Out of this the directors recommend the payment of a dividend of 3 per cent, (3s. per shar2), leaving a balance of £2,929 12s. 4d. to be carried forward. This satisfactory increase in revenue is accompanied by a corresponding improvement in the general financial position, as a glance at the accounts will show. From the general balance-sheet it will be seen that the heavy item formerly charged under the head of loan accounts has disappeared, while the capital account shows that the mortgage de bentures outstanding are now reduced to the in significant sum of £6,900. Thus the company is e p E r u a i c t t s i c t a a l n l f a r l e n e n f e r , o s m i n d n e n b i t t . N w i o l rl this t thegratifying e r , now,does be seen from the general revenue account that re venue will for the future stand unencumbered by any bygone liabilities, and be left available for dividend—subject of course to the annual charges, and to the expenditure necessary for the current maintenance of the building. This position has been attained by writing off the sum of £7,101 6s. 3 d.—being the balance of expenditure, which the proprietors are aware was carried over from last year—from the then reserve of £10,176 los. 2d. This step the directors have decided on taking, be cause they believe that under the improved aspect of the affairs of the company, and the state of effi cient and substantial repair in which the building now stands, the same contingencies need not be apprehended which formerly led them to maintain the reserve of so large a figure; while they also consider it very undesirable to clog the revenues of future years by carrying over amounts as a charge against them, unless an urgent necessity for such a course shall appear to exist. The proprietors are already aware that after the severe gales of 1861, the directors considered it imperatively necessary to have the building examined by a competent pro fessional authority. They accordingly requested Mr. Edwin Clark, the eminent engineer, to make a complete investigation of the whole structure, and the necessary works have been executed in accord ance with his advice. The report of that gentleman is submitted herewith, and it will prove to the pro prietors that the outlay was absolutely unavoidable, and has been judiciously and effectively applied ; and further that the confidence of the directors in the future stability of the building rests upon good foundation. The exhibitors' department still maintains the steady rate of progress which has distinguished it during the last few years, and the rental to the end of October last exceeded £14,000. This amount has been realised notwithstanding some sacrifice of income.from the removal of a con siderable number of tenants, who were not satis factory either in their mode of doing business, or in the character of the articles they exhibited. The sacrifice is, however, amply compensated by the general improvement in the department. The directors look forward to a large accession of exhibi tors for the current year ; having already since the 31st of October made arrangements for additional rentals to the amount of about £2,000 from parties of reputation and standing. It is hoped that by care ful attention to the interests of the numerous tenants of the company, the present satisfactory position of this important branch of the revenue may be fully maintained. The directors' consider it due to Mr. Strange to refer to the increased amount of rental received from him, and to express their satisfaction at the manner in which he has discharged the duties of his department, which have necessarily been very onerous, owing to the large attendances of the past season. The total number during the year has been 2,020,219. On several occasions there have been very large attendances. The proprietors will doubt less have remark e d th e return on the " Foresters' Day," Aug. 19, viz,, 83,721—n 0 t on l y the largest number yet attracted to the palace on any one occa sion, but exceeding by more than 15,000 the num bers visiting the International Exhibition on its most crowded day. A considerable portion of the surplus land of the company has been realised dur ing the past year, at very favourable prices. The amount received from this source will be found cre dited in the general balance-sheet, and is thus brought in aid of capital. The prospects of the Crystal Palace, as regards increased railway accom modation, continue to be very encouraging. The di rectors alluded in a former report to the important line of the South London and Crystal Palace Junc tion Railway, by which communication will be pro vided between the termini at Victoria and Fleet- I street and the front of the palace, afew feet only be low the main floor. An agreement has been executed between the two companies, under which, besides other advantages, this company will receive a consi derable sum for the land required for the railway, which sum will come in relief of expenditure on the Dulwich Wood Estate. It is understood that con tracts have been entered into for the whole of the works of the line, but the land belonging to this company has not yet been entered upon. Various railway projects are announced for the coming session of Parliament which, if carried out, will give great additional facilities of access to the Palace. Among these the most prominent are that of the Brighton Company, for a line from the present Crystal Palace station, skirting the outside edge of the park, and landing its passengers at the north end of the building, on the level of the machinery floor. That of the South London Company, for continuing their line already referred to from its high level in front of the palace to the Norwood Junction. Those of the Chatham and Dover Com pany, and of the Brighton Company, for extensions to Greenwich and Woolwich. That for a line across the Thames from Tower-hill, uniting the Blackwell and North London lines to the lines on this side the to the et Westernhpw eo a pj t uu e nl r. asnyttiisonltnnet system f s t ta Fh t n o ead i e to ew. e i g it regretted West-end bit the Richmond e t lmien t noen,tdhw openingSouth district would be enabled to visit the palace—and of the Kensington and Wandsworth line, in direct connec tion with the North Western, Great Western, and North London lines, should be so long delayed. The interests of this company, no less than of the respec. Live railway companies, are suffering materially by the delay, and it is earnestly hoped that some means may be fou n d t o h as t en the early completion of both undertakings. The directors cannot close their re port without briefly recapitulating the main fea tures of the present encouraging position of the company. The proprietors have now, for the first time, achieved three important advantages. 1. The company is free from floating debt. Its financial position is sound and satisfactory, and its revenue not burdened by the encumbrances of former years. 2. The building is in a more thorough state of re pair, and in greater stability, than it has ever yet been. 3. The permanent attractions of the palace and park have attained such a pitch of matured beauty as to compel universal admiration. During the past season the Crystal Palace has not only, by common consent, surpassed its newest and most dangerous competitor, but by the unanimous voice of the thousands who visited it from every quarter of the globe has been proclaimed to stand unri valled for its charms as a place of public resort in this or any other country. Without arrogating to themselvesmerit of these three great facts,anythe unduedirseheatreersowf will e only say that it is the earnest endeavour of themselves and the ge neral manager so to maintain the establishment as to continue its progressive career, without relaxing their vigilant watch on the minutest details of ex penditure," A New York paper states that the Dunderberg is being built 378 fret long, 68 broad, 32 deep, with engines of 6,000-horse power. The hull is built, of wood, placed together so as to form a solid mass. '1 ha decks, sides, and floor are also solid, and of a great thickness, so much so that if the figures were given all would be greatly surprised at the amount of wood used in the construction. This enormous wooden hull is heavily plated with rolled iron plates, which cover the entire upper portion of the vessel, and extend six feet below the water line. to ns . Th e b ow o f th e vesse l, for 30 feet The abaft weight aftthest o em f o terrible fsol armour d our is not far from wood,, is 1,200 between qu o a f ll e dtsboel solid dn sides idesf every e wood, aunnde Dbovretohred, a h t a e v r in l g ine, per a o r w es s e w ve o i n f th r fe n e e s o t is s t t p a h n a i ce thick covered with i ron , f orm i ng th e mos t gigantic n pyTrohte cause,ct protected hteh otherat should can be ene easilyb e- the vessel, this being vessel,ram on record , as s d p vd e ee c sd t s e tl h The ho as which t s w i sides sr rudders, sa f d this etrhs e, 1 i co on e m a e veaydt each aa o cb n hl ede plating. nfrdo msoa used. The engines will give this vessel a very high speed, so that when she strikes a v esse l s h e would crash through her with perfect ease. Above the main deck the build is very peculiar, but at present cannot be described. In addition to a large case mate, containing heavy broadside guns, there will be two of Ericsson's revolving turrets, each con taining two 15-inch guns. The naval register puts her armament down at 10 guns, but it will be much larger. The accommodation for the officers and men are to be of a superior kind—large, airy, and as well ventilated as an ordinary ocean steamer, yet giving to them all the necessary security in time of action. In every respect she will be one of the wonders of the age. She is intended more par ticularly for harbour defences, but can readily go to sea, as she possesses all the qualifications for buoyancy, &c. She will be a most terrible affair, and will defy anything else in the shape of an iron clad. She is to be finished as soon as circumstances will permit. ~i THE SUN, LON DON, _TB Ult ‘7.!DA y EVE NI NG, _DEC 6.1_N111 ER 11, 1862, ASSIZE INIELLIGENCE. NORTHERN CIRCUIT—LIVERPOOL, Dec. 10. THE CHARGE OF EMBEZZLEMENT AGAINST A BANK MANAGER AT MANCHESTER. (Before Mr. Russell Gurney, Esq , Q.C.) At the sitting of the Court yesterday morning, Jonah Andrews, the manager of the Manchester City Bank, was placed in the dock, charged with having embezzled a sum of money which had been paid into the bank by way of deposit. It may be remembered that a few weeks ago it was discovered that there were defalcations on the part of the prisoner amounting to several thousand pounds, which caused the greatest consternation amongst the depositors. The prisoner became a bankrupt, and the bank stopped payment. He had for reveral years occupied a highly respectable position in Manchester, and was a person in whom the general confidence of the community was re posed. He was a liberal supporter of the local charities, and a prominent member of the religious denomination to which he belonged, taking an active part as a Sunday school teacher< When placed in the dock the prisoner in a•firm voice, pleaded not guilty. He is a man of very gentlemanly exterior, and wears a large flowing beard and a moustache. Mr. Higgin conducted the prosecution, and Mr. Hopwood appeared on behalf of the prisoner. Mr. Higgin stated the case on behalf of the pro secution. The particular charge against the pri soner was that he had converted to his own use the sum of £37 165., with which he had been entrusted by Mr. Samuel Lyon, of Manchester. The learned counsel said that the prisoner now at the bar was charged with a misdemeanour. For some years the prisoner was at the head of an establish ment in Manchester which was called the " Man chester Bank of Savings." About two years ago this bank was discontinued, and on its discontinuance the prisoner opened another bank in Manchester, which he called the City Bank, he being the only responsible party, and indeed the only person in the concern, acting as manager, treasurer, and secretary, and making the necessary returns to the office of Inland Revenue in London, as-to where the business of the bank was carried on, he gave his own name solely. When people came to the prisoner to have their bills advised, they were in the habit of taking documents signed by the prisoner, and then the money was deposited with him, and this course was adopted in the case now under consideration. On Oct. 21 last, Mr. Lyon, who had a bill falling due at the Union Bank, in London, went to the priso ner's bank, and there he saw a man named Coniston, who, at the time, was acting as a clerk to the pri , souer. Mr. Lyon would tell them that his impres sion was that the prisoner at the bar was in an office at the bank at the time, and could hear all that passed. Had that not been so, there might be some doubt whether he was in the bank or not, but he would prove to them by another witness that at an earlier hour—that was before Mr. Lyon called, the prisoner was in the bank, so that at all events it would be seen that the prisoner was not in London, but at the bank in Manchester on the day when Mr. Lyon deposited the money. The prisoner sus pended payment the next day, and consequently the bill was not met in London on the following day, as it ought to have been. The jury would have to be satisfied, of course, that the prisoner knew the pur pose for which this money was deposited in the bank, and that he converted the money to another ase than that for which it was intended, and he thought his lordship would tell them that in appro priating the money as he had done the prisoner was guilty of the offence now charged against hi m . His lordship observed it would require more evi dence than the learned counsel proposed to call, be fore it could be shown that the prisoner knew that the money was paid at the time that the clerk re ceived it from Mr. Lyon. All that the learned coun sel appeared able to prove was that at the time th e money was paid to a clerk the prisoner was in 'an office. But was it to be inferred from that that the prisoner knew that the money was paid in for a specific purpose ? Perhaps, however, the learned counsel could carry the case further. Mr. Higgins said he believed he had told the jury all that he could prove, and if the case failed he could not help it. His lordship said no doubt the case had been stated very fairly, but if it was to rest there he thought the evidence of prisoner's knowledge was defective. Mr. Higgin said he could not carry the evidence further than he had indicated in his opening address. His lordship then directed an acquittal, and th e case collapsed, much to the surprise of many inte rested parties from Manchester connected with the bank. WESTERN CIRCUIT.—WINCHESTER, Dec. 10 (Before Mr. Justice Byles.) Fernando Petrina, a fine-looking Austrian sea man, was indicted for the wilful murder of a man known by the name of Jones, on the 4th of October last. The prisoner was alleged to have committed three separate murders during the same night. He was the carpenter and second mate of the ship Winthrop, which had formerly sailed under the American flag, but on the last voyage she was registered at Hali fax, Nova Scotia, and sailed under the English flag from that port. The captain of the ship was an Italian named Nicolo Liperi, who, with his wife Sarah Liperi, and Jones, an American, the first mate, had severally been killed by the prisoner on the night of the above date. The jury were one-half foreigners. Mr. H. T. Cole, with Mr. Beare, conducted the prosecution; Mr. Brown, under instrdction from the judge, watched the trial on the part of the pri soner. The grand jury found three true bills against the prisoner, but he was first put on his trial for the murder of Jones, the first mate. There were a number of witnesses, but the state ment of Peter Allen, a Swede, and one of the able seamen, well skilled in English, will be sufficient to explain the horrible affair. Allen said—l remember the night when the cap.. tain was killed, on Friday. I was on deck on the look-out forward. It was my watch. I heard a shot in the cabin about half-past one o'clock, and I ran amidships, and I then saw the prisoner come out of the saloon running after the mate and the helmsman. I saw the prisoner fire a pistol, and he cried out at the time, " -- farina! No more farina !" The mate ran round the forecastle, pri soner pursuing, and at the same time I saw the captain's wife on the poop aft, crying out that her husband was killed. She came down and ran into the forecastle, the prisoner following her. I saw her lying on the chest there, and the prisoner struck her with a dagger in her side. She was in her night gown:only. It was moonlight, but there was no lamp in the forecastle. I had for a time lost sight of the mate, but I now again saw him at the door of the forecastle going in, when the prisoner stabbed him with a knife in the breast, and he fell. One of the men in the forecastle secured prisoner, and cried out for help. I went in, but we could not keep the prisoner, and he broke away, saying , "Th at ' s well; now I'll jump overboard." Prisoner again went into the saloon, and I went out upon the deck, and saw a dagger near the forecastle door, lying in blood. I picked it up, took it into the forecastle, and put it in my chest, and afterwards threw it overboard, as my shipmates said the prisoner would come back and ask for it. Prisoner came out of the saloon, saying, " Get out of my road, or I'll kill you all." I and a passenger hid ourselves under a boat. We could see into the forecastle, when the prisoner went with the augur in one hand and a pistol in the other. Prisoner pushed the augur in fi and out of the mate's bowels, as he was lying on the dead ' e athdae Here, d 0 peoplethrew boys,hhererwo overboard." t e ra heave vuo if for dwt. the heu mate tnohtaeeh H : ned asked took o t eko h ae k e d n heave them said, all an body his countrymen, and we said " Yes," because we take afraid. p H ta e in said an t d o u h s e , av " e Go hi a m ft t o o T t e h r e bo c a a r b d in 2 ; The other man 100 , Iced at the prisoner, when he e wereT sea.wo s_aid , (pulling out a pistol and showing it), " If you ea n rs t do. w f: a , I n c a t oov i de t r, othere g d o a witht men ta b n ldwa throwwent tni nlirt otehttehherceawpt hima cabin,inwoohvveeerrr -o. the captain was lying I did not see his wound, don't dead on hi t e he he fl e o d o floor, ins covered front e o d f with blood. Prisoner then went with us and said, " Take the mistress and heave her overboard." I peoplesid, " overboard," b i s o o n r o d t ,, d , dead yet,he got menepavo rke : res r bo . with the big augur in his h o said, " Let her be thenand we can't heave live where abe is." He theno n the boat swearing, to carry her aft, and, with the forecastle and saw the mistress.an. h p e ri r so o n n er t , h l e a s n o d fa an in oth th er e man took le Shee w u went ne consent ti askednet of the t t mh h ee e ;s .hder he n r i g a h n td dress laid blanket k et coveredand pillow," i i i t o h w ~, blood.and awiein,lttlb"rGaenwivdeitghoeetrveaar blanket from her own bunker and her stomach and an il 3ci er, ? ' w an ; d he then her. I asked him to get her a pocket. but T h he e said, " No, that's good enough for her," his woman o locked man her s h o w door, ed and the put wound keythe in asked the prisoner for some medicine for it.' He said, ii That's nothing , never mind that." He then went and got the medicine chest and putsomething to his hand, which had been hurt through his hav ing too much p ow d er i n the p i sto l . H e th en p u t the chest ba c k aga i n w i thout giving the woman anything from i t . Il e then went an d ordered breakfast. Th ey a ll had brea k fast a b ou t eight o'clock and it was a b out ten o ' clock w h en th e y took the prisoner a n d l as h ed him. Be f ore t h e captain's wife died sh e t o ld me she heard the carpen t er kill her husband as he was lying on the sofa, and she asked me to read the Bible to her, but I could not, nor could anybody on board. She died about five o'clock the eame day. I talked'with the prisoner after he was secured, and asked if 'he was sorry for what he had done. He replied, " You've no heart ; when a man's dead h e i s d ea d , and that ' s not hi ng ." I as k e d him how he killed the captain, and he said he didn't know, and that he had given him a kick. I went and fetched the axe and showed it to him, and asked if he did it with that, and he said he didn't know. H e sa id, " When you go on shore, don't talk about it." I aga i n asked him why h e did it, and he then said, " What did they give me farina for ?" After the completion of the evidence by the other sailors, all agreeing in the details, the follow ing extraordinary statement made by the prisoner, and taken down, was read to the jury : The first time I Caine on - board at Monte Video I was good friends with the captain and everybody on board. When I arrived at Paraguay I hurt my self, and was ill fi ve or s i x days on b oar d, and nine days in the hospital on shore. During the time I was ill on board the p eop l e laug h e d a t me , and said it was only because I would not work, and I asked the captain to let me go into the hospital, which he did. After 1 came out of the hospital a bill was sent in for 30 dollars, which the captain paid, and after that he always vexed me, and did not like me any more after I left Paraguay for San Francisco. The first day we arrived at San Francisco the cap tain went on shore with his wife and four sai:ors, and when they returned in the evening the captain had some quarrel with his wife, and I saw him strike her in the face. When I saw this I was in my cabin and I laughed. In consequence of my laughing the woman was cross with me every day afterwards. The second day the captain and four sailors went on shore, leaving me, the mate, and the wife on board. That morning I had been at work outside the ship, and I went into the saloon fora tool which I wanted. As I came out t saw the mate come from the cap tain's cabin all in a perspiration, and his trousers were unbuttoned. The mate said, "What do you come here for, to look after me ?" I said, "No." He said, " Do n 't b e f r i g ht ene d ; before we arrive at Monte Video you shall pay for this." We stopped at San Francisco seven or eight d ays , an d 1 was always at work in the rain mending the small boat. We had some spirits on board, and the mate gave some of it to everybody but me. He said, "I give it to the sailors to drink, but not to you, because you are too lazy." He ordered me about like a slave. The captain and his wife behaved to me the same way; she did all she could to mortify me at dinner. They gave me farina to eat because they knew I did not like it, and to make me cross. Five or six days after I spoke to the captain about it, and said, " Why do you treat me in this way ?" and he said, " I think I treat you very well, because all the time you have been on board you have done nothing." I told him when I got to Monte Video, I should tell all to the consul ; and about the captain and his wife and the mate should put something in the newspapers. The others were then present, and the captain said, " Never you mind, before you arrive at Monte Video I will make you see the consul, vice-consul, and general counsel altogether." I then went to my cabin and pretended to sleep, and heard th e capta i n an d his wife talking. They said, " That savage man is gone to sleep." The captain said, "He wants to give the ship a bad name ; we had better tie his hands and throw him overboard." The mate said, " It's no use to tie his hands ; I have thrown six men stronger than him overboard, and I suppose I can do the same for him; when he's sound asleep I will throw him overboard." The captain said, " When the proper time comes I will let you know." After this I was afraid, and loaded my pistol. The third night after, the mate and captain came to my cabin. The captain put his hand on my throat, and the mate had a cord to tie my hands. They pulled me out of my berth, and the captain tied a woollen scarf round my mouth and dragged me near to the sofa. When the mate found he could not tie me, he struck me in the eye, and knocked me down ou the sofa. The mate tried to put irons on me, and I hit him in the face. The captain seized me to throw me overboard, and I was cross. I saw th e hatchet, and took it and struck him with it across the face. The mate ran away, and the captain put up his hands and said, " Oh, my God, I am dying," and fell dos non the sofa. I got a pistol and went after the mate. I s aw hi m com i ng wi th a piece of iron in his hand. I fired and missed, and he ran away again. I went after him to the forecastle, and seeing something white, thought it was him, and struck him with a knife, but it was the iron, when wife, Th e mate then came on w i t h th e when I in self-d e f ence struck him w i t h the knife. Afterwards I asked the people if they were my friends, and they said they were. They became afraid of me, an d I then said, " Well, i f you like you may tie me and keep me until we get to Monte Video, when you can let me go." They did so, and put me down below, Mr. Bowen, in his speech for the defence, argued on the truth of the p r i soner ' s story, t h a t b ecause he had witnessed the i mpropr i ety between t h e captain's wife and the mate, he was treated with harshness and violenc e . Wh en attacked and in f ear of his life, he slay e d th e captain to save himse lf , and in terror of the mate also wounded him. The coun sel also a rgue d on the insufficiency of the evidence to prove the nationality of the ship. The Judge having summed up, the jury retired to consider their verdict, and were absent a quarter of an ho ur , w h en they returned with a verdict of guilty. The ri rson but made n o remark, and the j u d ge th en passed erw as called sentence of death in the usual form. The trial occupied six hours and ald upon f in the usual way, a le half. INCREASE OF' CRIME IN THE COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX. The official report Coldbath-fields, f o r t of f e t y h e e a r H e I n d s e n g o f e o h r r a e e c l o e n e 1862, has just been issued, and shows that a great increase of crime has as compared withtsh taken v p i l e a u c e e within that o h period as compared with the previous y ear . Upon this subject the report says :—" The exceptional state of things prevailing in the metropolis during the past year has been attended with a considerable increase in the number of commitments. In 1861 the total number of prisoners was 8,065 ; in the present year, 9,261. It is, under these circumstances, a matter of rejoicing that, while the aggregate numbers have thus risen, the number of prisoners under 16 years of age has not only failed to keep pace with the adults, but has materially diminished. Last year the total number of boys under 16 years of age was 774, this year it has fallen to 682. Of the pri soners committed during the year 1,562 had been once before committed ; 567, twice ; 251, three times ; and 422, four times and upwards. In ad dition to the punishments to which the prisoners were sentenced, the following have been inflicted for offences committed during the year in prison : Whippings, 10 ; put in irons, 6 ; solitary confine ment, 267; other punishments, 6,227 —making a total of 6,510 additional punishments. The daily average of prisoners was 1,594. The report of the House of Correction at Westminster shows a great increase in the number of female prisoners commit ted during the year, amounting to 5,099; in the previous year they were 4,802. The number of finales received from this prison into reformatory asylums during the year was 130, namely, into the Refuge for the Destitute, 29; Elizabeth Fry Re fuge, 60; Manor-hall Asylum, 6; placed in other asylums, and paid for by the ladies of the Patro nage Society, 29. Of the prisoners committed during the year, 993 had been once committed be fore,times, and 1,841 four punishment for off e nc e s comm times;4i and t 9 t 7 edmo retwice,within2t7hle extra prison --solitary re confinement, 83; other punishments, 1 ,485, making a total of 1,568. The House of Detention, Clerkenwell, as in the previous cases, offers a considerable increase in the n umber of prisoners for the year. The number committed this year B,BBo—namely, c 14 - 6,510 males an d 2,370 fe males —while in the pre vious year they we re 8,014 , being an increase of 866. The daily avera g e W as 224. Of the number co mmitted there were c ommitted before :—Once, I,CI and four times and or Ext.'s punishment s , in irons, 1 ; soli tary confi ne ment, 33 ; other punishments, 131 . Committed for attempting to com m it su i c ide, 177. m 9 e 8 , ; 2 17 7. ice, 331 ; thri ce, 211 E NAVY. Her 'Majesty's steam eloopltacer, 11 guns, com dmils"inssiaoinltelded, wasJune3d, 1858, h av i ng ben str i ppe d an d yesterday paid off at Woolwich. She was employed, on the North American station since March 3d, 1859, and being engaged as a de spatch vessel in the diplomatic service, she was the only ship which entered the harbour of Charleston during the troubles. The present captain, Algernon M'Lennan Lyons, succeeded the Hon. T. Pakenham in command of the Racer, the latter having been superseded at his own request in July, 1860. On his arrival in England the Admiralty, to mark their approbation of Commander Lyon's ser vices,promoted him to post rank. Dr. Duncan and Second Lieut. Royse are the only officers who survived the ravages of the yellow fever, with which the ship's company was attacked in:the Havannah. The French Imperial steam yacht L'Actif, carry ing the pennant, arrived and moored off the dock yard, Woolwich, yesterday to coal and replenish her stores. On account of the extraordinary accu mulation of mud all communication with the dock yard was barred at low water from 9 to 10.30 a.m. by a huge and impassable mudbank. On the flow of the tide about midday the officers landed and after wards visited the Fisgard, Captain Lysaght. Com mander Zelenoy and the officers of the Russian cor vette Almaz, now lying at Gravesend, were also re ceived on board the Fisgard, and were accompanied over the dockyard. The Leveret screw gunboat, tender to her Majes ty's screw frigate Dauntless, in Southampton water, tested her machinery and speed at the measured mile yesterday, on the completion of repairs and the fitting of condensers to her engines. Six runs were made at the mile, the mean of the six giving the ship a speed of 7.958 knots.: The Alfred target ship has been brought down from the practice moorings, and berthed alongside Portsmouth dockyard, to receive fresh armour plates for testing and experimental firing. The two plates fired at on Monday last proved to be of very infe rior quality ; one, made at the Elswick Ordnance Works (Sir W. Armstrong and Co), broke up like potters' clay under the blows of the 68 pounder shot. A second plate from the Elswick Ordnance Works, with one for the Prince Albert cupola ship, and four other makers, are now being fixed for the next trial. The Frederick William,B6,screw, has been brought down from her harbour moorings at Portsmouth, and berthed alongside the dockyard to receive her deck fittings for sea service. She is to be ready for commission in May, 1863. Sixty hired shipwrights, with other trades in proportion, are being entered in the yard to take in hand the repairs of the ships ordered to be brought forward for commission. The Esk and Curacoa will be the first two vessels taken in hand, the former to be ready for commission, if possible, by May, 1863, and the, Curacoa as soon as possible without interfering with other work in hand in the yard. We are glad to be enabled to announce that Vic e Sir H. W. Bruce, Naval Commander•in- Chief at Portsmouth, is fast recovering from his late severe attack of illness, and is expected to be able to resume his official duties in a day or two. The report that the gallant Admiral has written to the Admiralty to be superseded is incorrect. An official communication has been received at the office of the Commander-in-Chief at Portsmouth from the Admiralty, expressing their lordships' gratification at the satisfactory reports they had re ceived from the inspecting officers of the creditable and expeditious manner in which the Arrogant screw frigate was lately paid out of commission at Portsmouth, and which, their Lordships observe, does credit to the officers and crew of the Arrogant, and likewise to the officers of Portsmouth dockyard. Thu following appointmonfo wore irnarin yester day at the Admiralty :—Lionel Swift, chief engi neeer, to the Asia for the Neptune, when the latter is paid off; T. A. Burton, chief engineer, to the Cumberland for the Amphion, when the latter is paid off. 711 E ARMY. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge re turns to town on Saturday morning from visiting the Earl and Countess of Derby at Knowsley. His Royal Highness is expected to pay an official visit to the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, on Sa turday. A general order, signed by Lieut.• Gen. Sir J. Y. Scarlett, K.C.8., Adjut.-Gen., has been received at Chatham garrison from the Horse Guards, in which, by the direction of Field-Marshal the Commander in -Chief, a code of regulations is laid down for the guidance of annual boards of survey, assembled under the Queen's regulations, to inspect the arms in possession of regiments. The following instruc tions to be rigidly adhered to :--Numerical returns of all the arms in possession of each regiment, com pany by company, are to be forwarded to the Horse Guards, it being sufficient to state the total number of rifles which have been found serviceable, making due allowance for the period they have been in use, and for fair wear and tear, such as dints in stocks, &c., which do not impair the efficiency of the arm. It should then be shown what rifles can be repaired by the armeurer at the expense of the regiment, and if it be considered that any repairs executed by him are fairly chargeable to the public, the usual evidence, showing the circumstances under which the injury was effected, should be taken, and ap pended to the proceeding. A special report should be made on all such rifles as are considered unser viceable, and which are required to be exchanged for new ones, stating the date of issue, the reason of the damage, and on whom the cost incurred is to fall; and, provided the parts are supplied by Go vernment, whether the repair can be executed by the armourer of the regiment. A mean deviation of over 3ft. at 500 yards is to be considered a suffi cient inaccuracy to condemn a rifle suspected of being Inferior, and tested by shooting, under the provisions of the circular memorandum, dated Horse Guards, Feb. 25, 1861. Requisitions, in duplicate, for whatever is required are to accompany the pro ceedings. Contractors for new buildings at Warley Bar racks, near Brentwood, have been taken by Messrs. Shaw and Jackson, and operations are to be com menced at once. The 300-pounder muzzle loading gun, recently received at Woolwich from Sir Win. Armstrong's factory at Elswick, was shipped on Tuesday for Shoeburyness, having been thoroughly examined and sighted at the Royal gun factories on the pre vious day. Before shipment the gun was slung on the monster waggon constructed to carry to 30 tons, to which were attached 12 horses, four abreast. The waggon then proceeded through the arsenal gates and the thoroughfare leading therefrom, under orders to ascend the incline, but were unable to accomplish the task, and returned to the arsenal, whence the gun was slung on board a barge at the wharfside. DEVOURED BY RATS.—An inquest was held on Monday last before Mr. Denman, coroner for North Notts, on the body of George Whitworth. The deceased was a Methodist of the most fanatical sect, and on the 2d of Oc tober left his home at Bothamsall. From that day he was missing, and, although the strictest search was made for him throughout the neighbourhood, he was nowhere to be found. At length, on Saturday last, after a lapse of 60 days, Mr. James Makins, a gamekeeper in the employ of the Duke of Newcastle, discovered the remains of the body by the side of a brook skirting the Duk e's estate. The body was completely hidden by brambles, and the discovery would not have been made had not the keeper observed a water rat running from the spot into the brook. The flesh was completely eaten from the body, leaving a mere skeleton. The body was identified by a mark on the hand and by a hat which was found near , Evidence was adduced show ing that the deceased was in a morbid state of mi n d when he left home. There being nothing to sh ow how the deceased met his death, a verdict of " Found. dead" was returned. ARTEMUS WARD IN CANADA, I'm at present existin' under a roonikal form of gov'ment. In ether words, I'm travellin' among the crowned heads of Canady. They ar'n't pretty bad people. On the conery, they air exceedin' good people. Troo, they air deprived of many blessina. They don't enjoy, for instans, the priceless boon of a war. They havn't any American Egil to onchain, and they hain't got a Fourth of July to their backs. Altho' this is a monikal form of gov'ment I am unable to perceev much moniky. I tried to get a piece in Toronto, but failed to succeed. Mrs. Victoria, who is Queen of England, and has all the luxuries of the markets, incloodin' game in its season, don't bother herself much about Canady, but lets her do 'bout as she's mightier. She, how ever, gin'ralry keeps her supplied with a lord, who's called a Gov'ner Gin'ral. Sometimes the politicians of Canady make it lively for this lord—for Canady has politicians, and I expect they don't differ from our politicians, some of 'em bein' gifted and talented liars, no doubt. The present Gov'ner Gin'ral of Canady is Lord Monk. I saw him review some volunteers at Mon treal. He was accompanied by some other lords and dukes and generals and those sorts of things. He rode a little bay horse, and hisclose wasn't any better than mine. You'll always noths, by the way, that the higher up in the world a man is the less good harness he puts on. Hence Gin'ral Halleck walks the streets in plain citizen's dress, while the second lieutenant of a volunteer regiment piles all the brass things he can find on his back, and drags a forty-pound sword after him. Monk has been in the lord busi ness some time, and I understand it pays, tho' I don't know what a lord's wages is. The wages of sin is death and postage stamps. But this has nothing to do with Monk. One of Lord Monk's daughters rode with him on the field. She has golden hair, a kind good face, and wore a red hat. I should be very happy to have her pay me and my family a visit at Haldinsville. Come and bring your knittin', Miss Monk; Mrs. Ward will do the fair thing by you. She makes the beat slapjacks in America. As a slap-jakist, she has no ekal. She wears the Belt. What the review was all about I don't know. I havn't a gigantic intelleck, which can grasp great questions at onct. lam not a Webster or a Sey mour. I am not a Washington or a Wadsworth. Fur from it. lam not as gifted a man as Henry Ward Beecher. Even the congregation of Ply mouth Meeting-house in Brooklin will admit that. Yes, I should think so. But while I don't have the slitest idee as to what the review was fur, I will state that the sojars looked pooty scrumptious in their red and green close. Come with me, gentle reader, to Quebeck. Que beck was surveyed and laid out by a gentleman who had been afflicted with delirium tremens from childhood, and hence his idees of things was a little irreg'ler. The streets don't lead anywhere in par tic'ler, but everywhere's in gin'ral. The city is built on a variety of perpendicler hills, each hill bein' a trifle wuss nor t'other one. Quebeck is full of stone walls, and arches, and citadels, and things. It is said no foe could ever git into Quebeck, and I guess they couldn't. And I don't see what they'd want to git in there for. Quebeck has seen lively times in a warlik way. The French and Britishers had a set-to there in 1759. Jim Wolfe commanded the letters, and Jo Montcalm the:formers. Both were hunky boys, and fit nobly. But Wolfe was too many measles for Montcalm, and the French was slew'd. Wolfe and Montcalm was both killed. In arter years a common monument was erected by the gen'rous people of Quebeck, aided by a bully earl named George Dalhousie, to these noble fel lows. Th a t was we ll d o ne. Darin' the revolu tionary war B. Arnold made his way through dense woods and thick snows, from Maine to Quebec, which it was one of the huskiest things ever done in the military line. It would have been better if B. Arnold's funeral had come off immediately on his arrival there. On the plains of Abraham there was onct some tal fitin', and ever since then there has been a great demand for the bones of the slew'd on that there occasion. But the real gincoine bones was long ago carried off, and now the boys make a hansum thing by cartin' the bones of bosses and sheep out there, and Benin' em to intelligent American towerists. Takin' a professional view of this dodge, I must say that it betrays genius of a lofty cha racter. air botherin I sa y adoo to Quebeck with regret:he:: father's money, fogyish, but chock full of interest. Young gentle men of a romantic turn of mind, wh o • their heads as to how they can spend money, had better see Quebeck. Altogether, I like Canady. G ood people and lots of pretty girls. I wouldn't mind comin' over here to live in the capacity of a duke provided a vacancy occurs, and provided, further, I could be allowed a few star-sp ang l ed banners, a egil, a boon of liberty, &c. Don't think I've skedaddled. Not at all. I'm coming home in a week. Let's have the Union restored as it was, if we can; but if we can't, I'm in favour of the Union as it wasn't. But the Union any how. Gentlemen of the editorial corpse, if you would be happy be virtoous! I, who am the emblem of virtoo, tell you so. (Signed) A. WARD. [ADvEnTisumENT.]—Holloway's Pills.—Health at little Cost. —With the fall of the leaf nervous vigour declines, impurities poison the blood, and disease results. These Pills cast out all noxious matters from the system, and are on this account the best autumnal medicine. They im prove both the appetite and digestion, and so recruit the vital powers that the emaciated gain flesh and the feeble get strength. Their restorative virtues are equal to any emer gency; they almost recall life when waning, in spite of every other medicine, and apparently fast reaching its lowest ebb. 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