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HOTELS, &c. CHAPLIN'S HOTEL. AND SPREAD EAGLE TAVERN, 84,1GRACECIIIIRCR-STREET, Comfort, combined with modera LONDON te charges, will be found at this Establishment. PRIVATE APARTMENTS FOR FAMILIES. Sitting Room, is. per Day. Bed Rooms, ls. 6d. and 2s. per Night. A Night Porter in attendance. No INCREASE OF CHARGES. INDIA AND THE COLONIES. PASSF,NGERS Embarking o r Disembarking wia find superior accommodation and moderate charges at CHAPLIN'S CLARENDON HOTEL, GRAVESEND, Adjoining the Terrace Pier. A Lawn in front, extending to the River. THE LONDON, 191, FLEET-STREET, near Temple-bar. SAWYER'S FAMOUS LONDON DINNER for THIS DAY, the 12th inst., will consist of POTAGES. Bisque de Homard—Aux Vermicelle. POISSON. Anguille etuvee—Filets de Merlans frits. E• TREES. Mari de Foulet— Venaison Melte. ROTS. Bceuf—Filet de Veau. ENTREMETg. Pouding de Biscuit—Gelee aux Citron. Promage et Sal ide. TO-MORROW, the 13th inst., "THE LONDON DINNER" will consist of POTAGES. A l'Anglais—A la Jardiniere. POISSON. Morue sauce aux Huitres—Soles friths. ENTREES. Cotclettes de Mouton sauce Tomate—Blanquettes de Veau a la Supreme. Bceuf bouilli—Mouton roti. ENTREMETS. Pouding de College—Tartelettes aux Confiteurs. Fromage et Salado. An extensive and carefully selected stock of FRENCH, RHENISH, NT OSELLE, and other WINES imported ex pressly for THE LONDON DINNER. A fine Haunch of Venison every day at 5 o'clock. All Fish in season daily. The attention of Clergymen, Officers, and Professional Gentlemen is especially drawn to the advantages offered by these elegant Saloons, which fulfil all the requirements of a West -end Club of the most aristocratic and exclusive cha racter. I. 'on tronve dans la Salle de Lecture non seulement les rneilleurs Journ aux Anglais, mais aussi JournauxAllemands, Francais et Beiges. N.D.—During the Exhibition Season, THE LONDON DINNER will be served daily from 2 until 9 o'clock ; and Dinners in the Coffee-room, a la Carte, from 1 until 10 o'clock. Open on Sundays at 4 o'clock. SAWYER, Proprietor. AMUSEMENTS. C ANTERBURY HALL. STECKEL, The greatest Trapeze performer in the world. Grand Operatic Selection as usual, with full Band and Chorus. Principal Artiste—Miss Russell. Unsworth, with the original Stump speech, " Or any other man," in conjunction with Eugene and Duley, forming the greatest Comic Trio in London; and a host of other Comic avuurites. rr H E OXFORD, 6, OXFORD STREET. Every Evening, Grand Operatic Select ons by Miss Russell. Miss Towneley ; Messrs. Morley, Greene, and Albert, with Full Band and Chorus. Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans. Solos, Glees, Four-part Songs, &c., by the Company. The C ,, mic performances of Miss Caroline Parkes, Mr. W. Randall, the renowned Rumsey and Newcomb Minstrels, and Eugene, and Unsworth (the original "or any other man") " The miraculous Steckel " on the Flying Trapeze. Hall, lA.; Balcony and Stalls, ls. ; Private Boxes. 10e. Bd. MR. AND MRS. CHARLES MATHEWS "AT HOME." at HER MAJESTY'S CONCERT ROOM, Haymarket, THIS EVENING (FRIDAY), at 8, in an entirely New and Original Entertainment, written by Henry J. Byron, Esq. "MY WIFE AND I."PART I. PART 11. A Romance of intense Interest, yrclept THE "SENSA TION" FO tiR ; or, The Maiden, the Maniac, and the Mid night Murderers. Performed by a double Company (Two). EVE RY EVENING (except Saturday), at Eight ; SATUR DAI MORNINGS, at Three. Places may be secured at the Box-office, from Ten till Five; at Mr. Mitthell's Royal Library, 53. Old Bond-street : at Austin's Ticket Office, St. James's Hall, and of all Booksellers. No extra charge for booking.bokinOpen at Hall-past Seven. Car r i ages at a quarter W. CORBYN, Acting Manager. Nv S. WOODIN'S CABINET of CURIO • SITIES—NewIy Polished and Re-Iined—POLY GRAPHIC HALL, King William-street, Charing-cross, Every Evening, at eight (except Saturday), with new characters, music, songs, and dances. The scenic illustrations and effects, entirely new, painted by and under the direction of Mr. William Callcott. Mornine-Plerformsnce, Saturday, Sept.l3, at 3. Stalls, 3s. ; area, 2s. ; amphitheatre, Is. Box-office open from eleven to five. Mr. Woodin as Mr. Sothern, of the Haymarket, in his celebrated character of "Lord Dundreary," Morning and Evening. A RGYLL ROOMS. Great Windmill-street, Ilaymarket.—GßAND CASINO FRANCAISE.— Open every Evening for Promenade and Dancing, with the celebrated Band of 50 performers. Conductor and Principal Cornet-a-Piston, M. BOULr:OIIRT.—The new Imperial Qua drille, Valse Cotillion, and L. Mosca'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. ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT GARDEN. Under the Management of Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. W. Harrison, Sole Lessees. THIS EVENING, Wallace's opera of LITILLINE : Miss Sara Dobson (her 2d appearane,e on the English stage), 'Miss Thirlwall, and Miss Susan Corri, Pyne ; Messrs. Santley, H. Patey, Lyall, and George Perren. Conductor —Mr, A. Mellon. Doors open at half-past 7— Commence at 8. THEATRE -ROYAL, DRURY•LANE. Dion Boucicault, Lessee. THIS EVENING, THE YANKEE LEGACY. Followed by the first part of the Arab Entertainment at half-past 7. After which, THE COLLEEN BAWN : Messrs. Dion Boucicault, H. Vandenhoff, F. Robinson, Searle ; Madame Celeste, Jordan, Stevens. To conclude with THE ARABS OF THE DESERT : a Troupe of the Beni-Zouz-Zouo . , at 10. Commence at 7. Box-office open from 10 to 5. THEATEF-RON a ► HAY MARKET. Lessee Mr. J. B. Buckatone. THIS EVENING, a Household Picture, under Two Lights, entitled THE WIFE'S PORTRAIT. Mr. Howe, Mr. W. Earren, Mrs. C. Younw, After which, at a quarter to 8, will be performed (22f th time) OUR AMERICAN COUSIN. Asa Trenchard, Mr. Buck• stone ; I.ord Dundreary, Mr. Sothern. Followed by a new Spanish Ballet entitled CELOS Y'CALIA • or, Love and Jealousy. Senora Perea Nena, Se nor Ricardo Moines, and the ('orre de Ballet. To conclude with MY HUSBAND'S GHOST. lu OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Lessee, Mr A. 'Jerrie. THIS EVENING, THE LOST LETTER. Alter which, at a quarter to Fight, KING HENRY TM. Cardinal IS olsey, Mr. Charles Kean ; Queen Katharine, Mrs. Charles Kean, To conclude with THE TWO POLTS. Mr. Widdicomb. Commence at 7. No half-price. I I OYAL LYCEUM THEATRE . Sole Lessee and Manager —Mr. Edmund Falconer. 250th Night of the continuous run of "Peep o'Day." THIS I.VENING, PEEP O'DAY ; or, Savourneen Deelish. Messrs. Walter Lacy, Addison, Charles Selby, Geo. Melville, end Edmund Falconer Mrs. D. P. Bowers, Miss Clara Weston, and Miss M. Hudson. Afer hich, a new musical, pictorial, poetital. and ballet interlude. entitled KILLARNEY. Miss Anna Whitty and Bliss Lydia Thomson. Followed by a new Farce, entitled THE COLLEEN .TiAWN SETTLED AT LAST. Mr. Charles Selby and Miss Lydia Thompson. ACtiti T 3fanazer-31r. P. B. Chattrton. Prices as usual. Doors open athalf-past 6, e to commence at Box-office open daily from 11 tlll5. Commence a 7 NEW THEATRE-RO yAL, ADELPHI.-.• Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING THE FLOWERS OF THE FOREST. Messrs J. L. Toole.' P. Bedford, Billington, Stuart, C. J. Smith, Romer, Reeves, Howard; Miss Woolgar, Miss Kate Kelly, and Mrs. Billington. ri r t c p nuellicle with THE SHILLING DAY AT THE R. Phillips seftnn EXIIIBITION Messrs L. Toole. P. Bedford, and Mrs. )Irl Leer s Smith, Romer •;" C. J. Ro , • • Miss K. Bland Commence at 7. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.— Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. BATTY. 1tei79.1 of "M azeppa. " THIS EVENING will be performed MAZEPPA ; or, The Wild Horse of Tart a 1 7, with N ew Scenery, Dresses, and Decorations. Te be followed by ain brilliant routine of novel and daring c es in the Circle, which Madame Ilislop and Young Devercux will appear. To conclude with a COMIC BALLET, in which the Misses Gunnis and Harry Croueste will app ear. Commence at 7. —Stage Manager, Mr W. Searle. RE STORED IN THE VIGOUR OF YOUTH -1- FOUR WEEKS by Dr. IIICORD'S ESSENCE OF LIFE. This wonderful agent wi ll restore manhood to the most shattered constitution, whether arising from self-p o u ution, ex cesses, nocturnal CraiSSiODS, the effects of o . l m ate, or natu ral causes. The time required to cure the most inveterate case is four wee k s ; an d, if used according to the printed in structions (which are very simple\ f a ilure is impossible. This life-restoring remedy should be taken by all about to marry, knowledged by as its effects are permanent. It is ac the ever made. medical press to be the greatest discovery Su water quenches thirst Success in every case is as certain as that • Dr. - 11 . 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MEDICAL ESSAY ON SPERMATORRHCEA, NERVOUS AND GENERATIVE DEBILITY, &c. lust Published, the 150th thousand, with numerous p lates, in a sealed envelope, price Is., Sold by all Bookseller, and sent post paid, by the Author, fbrl2 stamps, ANHOOD : the CAUSE and CURE of PRE MATURE DECLINE IN MAN, with Plain Directions for Perfect Restoration to Health and Vigour_ By Dr. J. L. Carrie, 15, Albermarle-street, Piccadilly, London. CONTENTS : INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER on the Physiological Structure and Functions of the Reproductive Organs. CHAPTER 11.--Causes of Sp erma torrhcca and Impotence; Early Vicious Indulgences; Dangers of Neglect. CHAPTER Review of the various Disqualifications Marriage; whether resulting from Youthful Abuse, the Follies of Maturity, the Effects of Climate, or Infection. CHAPTERS IV. and V. on the modern Treatment of Gonorrhoea and Syphilis. The Book oncludes with numerous varied and interesting Lotion. to which is added th e Author's recipe of a preventive REVIEWS OP THE WORK. and "Curtis on Manhood. —This is a truly valuable work, mould be in the hands of young and old —" Sunday Tinieo, 3d March, 1856. "The author has conferred a great boon by publishing this little work, in which is described the source of those diseases whicti produce decline in youth or more frequently premature o:d age.":—" Daily Telegraph," Marc - 27, 1856. 7.aondon Published by J . Allen, 20, Warwick Lane, peter 11°Urd Qt meter-row; Mann. 19 . Cornhi ll • 09114111tiktiO4-10 to 3 d6to L §lliglaYs9 Xl4 ' 4 au . i•. •—•-, k. - - t P i— , ,;; ` .‘ l•..iti'Aillik ,-, -:".., =V 4y ../,,, b tE ..r '"" ' PP•W`l'''.l ' . , B, j -Actl - A. ....,..., iZ .,•%, ck , s? - -, 5.4' '4' , ./ 14/ ,, 7 ( 7 , • - C-.- ----, .i • - .. -, 4 n ,t,. . . ' . . . . • . . kr , .o 6 : )70,,1:' ; 1. .° . . \ . •t i ,,______,--- , - , 4 . 7 . a . 17 : . .... 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He complained that unfounded charges had been made against him of having, through his adherents, assisted Sergeant Shee. He threw back in the face of Mr. Grenfell the aecusation of having in any way whatever bean concerned with Sergeant Shee. He then re ferred to the American contest, and said he had long sympathised with the Southerners, and should continue to do so. At a meeting held on Monday evening in another part of the borough, a letter was received from an eminent politician exhorting the electors not to send him (Mr. Hope) to Parliament, because of his views on the American question. That letter was in something like these terms : " Don't send to Parliament a man who distinguishes himself by his virulent and disgraceful attacks upon the American President and people—attacks which make it the duty of every enemy to despotism to oppose him." Was John Bright, the great Bir mingham orator, who stood by Napolean and Lin coln, to assimilate them to the freemen of the borough of Stoke? (Hear, hear.) He (Mr. Hope) had spoken in favour of the Southern Confederacy, and would do so again. (Applause.) He was not blind to that slavery which existed in the Confe derate States. He had, privately to Southerners and in his published speeches, denounced in the strongest terms that horrible system; but he main tained that for that system England in the first place, and in the second place the Northern States —New York above all—New York that mortgaged the South—New York that sent its slavers to Cuba —were responsible. (Cheers.) He had said that owing to the necessities of the constitution, which gave votes according to numbers—five slaves count ing for three white men—which returned men to the House of Representatives, the treacherous ac tion of New York was begun, and the South fell back upon self-interest. Then that system was doomed. It was not doomed by sudden emancipa tion, by the violence of Butler and Hunter, or the efforts of Thurlow Weed, Greeley, or Phillips, urg ing the black man to take vengeance upon his master—(Hear, hear)—but its doom lay in gradual emancipation, leading from slavery to serfdom, and from serfdom to liberty. (Hear, hear.) It was not likely to be doomed by a man by a man like Lincoln making a preposterous proposal to the black man to take advantage of the misfor tunes of the Southern States, and leave home to settle on the Isthmus of Panama, because the State of Illinois had just passed a law prohibiting every black man from crossing the frontier. He sympa thised with second-rate men placed in positions of responsibility, and he would treat the letter written by Mr. Lincoln with all due Christian charity— (laughter)—but when he had spread over it all the Christian charity of which he was master, he must say that, when he saw the cynical way in which Mr. Lincoln proposed to preserve slavery,the greatest curse of the human race, or emancipate the slaves, which meant massacring the white F—when he saw a third-rate lawyer rrom the background of Illinois hoisted up to the chief magistracy of a powerful nation making such a proclamation, he must say, in the name of everything that was great and free, and in the name of Heaven and the Christian faith it self, was it right, was it to be desired that such a nation and such a man should prosper ? (Loud cheers.) He was a Southerner in sympathy before Bull Run. Some becama so when that happened; others became so at the time of the Trent affair; others when Butler issued his proclamation. Re ferring to the constitution of the United States, be said that in 1776 a political congress assembled of 13 States, which threw off the allegiance of England. This was the Provisional Government, and it broke down. In 1787 the existing Government was orga nised. In 1781, under the title of the "Federal Union," he read, as the first article of the constitu tion, " The style or title of the confederacy shall be the United States of America." That at once did away with the quibble of the lawyers as to the words " Confederate" and " United" having some antagonistic meaning. Article 2 said, " Each State retained its sovereignty, freedom, and independence and every power, jurisdiction, and right which is not by this Confederation expressly delegated to the United States in Congress assembled." There was the sovereignty of each State distinctly laid down. That rickety old constitution broke down. The constitution of 1787 maintained the same principle, but created an Executive, a Ministry, a Govern ment, and the Confederation stood in a substan tial form before the world. The preamble to that constitution said, " We, the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquillity, provide for the common defence, pro mote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this constitution for the United States of America." No word implying the sovereignty of the individual States was given np. (Hear, hear.) That absurd article saying " this union is perpetual" was abrogated in 1787. The men of that time, with Washington in the chair, were not mad enough to think that they could bind their posterity (Hear.) The Government of 1787 was as much a confederation of sovereign States as was the confe deration States/3 of 1776 and 1781. They were only broke down, at that time. When the Governme nt - down, it took several m on th s b e fore those constitution: could be induced to re t urn t o the Now they had inc rease d t o 34 State, and party m unti l the squabbles had taken place among the H t di *. ope then South divided from the North:, oll le d Evrett t h . , at th proceeded to point out causes 7; gry in 1861 a s to vision, and quoted the opinie n i candidate for the Vice-Preeluari the secedin g St a t e s the absurdity of supposing 1,11 holm to a Government could be coerced into rave question now was, how they abhorred. T he g ra v " - c ta tes were to be recognised. soon the Confederate P oition ought to have taken He expressed himself He thought that reog e Ap'PlA g . B Wa y in which Mr. Lind's motion place earlier. ( th e ,t e e. If he should be in Parlia ment, as be expected to be, next February ment, as onld not lend himself to w old adopt a course to rem: u t e o s f . plause)--he w°- Y t h k e I ° men ivh° Co m p licated one by Petitioningthe opportunity President Lincoln; but when opportunity offered itself, e land might do so w h e n g with safety, with dig nity, a pd in the name of suffering Lancashire, in the name of the h ero i c Confederation itself, in t h e name of humanity, his voice should be raised for terminating the war by placing the Confederate States among the Governments of the world. (Loud h c eers.) Looking with much pain at what had transpired during the past year or two he hop e d to see things settled down. He hoped to see Germany, Italy, Spain, and France tranquil and consolidated, so that they would not be dan gerous to each other. England, too, he trusted, would secure peace at home and respect abroad, by maintaining that Volunteer force of 150,000 men which had risen up at the call of the gentle voice of our Sovereign. (Applause.) Speaking of the question of church-rates, ho said he was in favour of a compromise; not a surrender of principles, but such a compromise as would relieve the consciences of those who objected to pay the rates, retaining the old system—a system as old as the Saxon ( T- ~ -c monarchy—so that those who were supporters of the Church might pay these rates if they were dis posed. He was a Churchman, because he believed the Church of England to be consistent with the Word of God; but the State did not necessarily look on every Briton as a member of the Established. Church. Such a suggestion was the only true solu tion of a difficult question. Non exemption to those who objected to pay the rates was tyranny to the Nonconformists, while the principle proposed by Sir J. Trelawny was tyranny to the Church and to the constitution. (Hear, hear.) He advocated the encouragement of education, and economy in the national expenditure : stated that he organised the society for carrying out the repeal of the hop duty ; and, while observing that the French commercial treaty had produced beneficial effects, he said he considered that it might have been carried out with a better feeling as regarded the dignity of England. He then alluded to his connection with the Exhi bition at South Kensington, and his efforts to foster art and develop ° the products for which the borough of Stoke-upon-Trent was so famous. As to Par liamentary Reform, no member could go to the House of Commons next session more disposed to consider that great question than himself. He had refused to state distinctly the extent to which he was in favour of reducing the franchise until the question came forward for consideration by those who had the courage to say they would not give their pledge, and wished to be trusted. After briefly referring to the Reform Bills introduced of late years, he said he would go so far as to say that he was in favour of the "fancy" franchise, s o as not to allow the:elective powers to depend upon the acciden tal rental of houses. He alluded to the ballot que s . tion, observing that the experience of France and America proved that the ballot was a mockery, a delusion, and a snare. (Loud chem.) It had been proved in those two ebuntries that the ballot did not cheek, but that it increased intimidation ; that it did not conceal the vote of any man whose vote was worth knowing, and that it gave a man whose vote might be misrepresented no means of knowing the truth. (Hear, hear.) It was essentially what might be termed unmanly and nn-English. (Loud cheers.) Therefore he opposed the ballot. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Hope, after making a few other observations, concluded an address which occupied nearly two hours in delivery, amid loud applause. 7HE ROMAN CONQUEST OF BRITAIN- I.7IIPORTAN2 _DISCOVERIES. Consecutive explorations of en unusual character have been made during the summer of the last and present years in the Cheviot district. On these lofty hills, sealed for so many months of the year with snow, yet clad in summer with ferns and mosses and short-set grass, with here and there a purple foxglove, a mountain pink, or a scarlet leaved bilberry, a veritable tract of ancient Britain has been laid bare ; a walled town, several fortlets, scattered hut circles and tumuli have been disen cumbered of the earth that has been accumulating over them for nearly 2,000 years ; and many inte resting facts have been thus disclosed respecting the Celtic tribes whom Caesar found in possession of the land. It would appear that the Cheviot hills were well populated in those most remote times. Huge circles of masonry overgrown with herbage are seen on most of them, sometimes on the slopes, some times on the summits, and within many of these are smaller circles of turf-covered stones marking sites of huts. In all these ramparts and dwellingsblocks of the porphyry of the district have been used as the sole building material. On the southern slope of a hill, locally distinguished as Greenlaw, great masses of ruin promised a rich reward to the spade of the excavator. Here three walled enclosures, con nected with one another by a roadway, have been brought to light. Within these enclosures traces of as many as 70 stone huts can be counted. Most of the entrances into these face the east, and the floors of those that have been dug into are found to have been rudely flagged with flattish porphyry stones. The largest of the enclosures has been strengthened with two ramparts; against the inner of these walls is a hut which has a flue—the earliest evidence of the use of chim neys we possess. A sunken fireplace was found to be formed about 18 inches below the flagging, from which a funnel conducted the smoke through the thickness of the rampart. Charred wood was found in the conduit. Iu several of the huts charred wood was found in the floors, as - well as broken pottery; in one a glass bead, in another a stone seat, in others a fragment of a glass armlet, part of the horn of the red deer. and three bottom stones of hand-mills. The Celtic remains on Broughlow, Chesiers, and Ingram-hill have also been examined. The most recent diggings have been made on Yea vering Bell. On the summit of the Bell, 1,500 feet above the level of the sea, there is a rampart of masonry inclosing 12 acres, and within this, again, is a sunken chamber in which sacrifices are sup posed to have been offered. Tire chamber was cleared of earth, leaving its masonry well defined; but no arrangements of a sacrificial character could be traced. On the slopes of the hill are several fortlets, or ramparts, surrounding hut circles, which have also been opened out. In one a small guard chamber was found at the entrance recessed into the thickness of the wall of the rampart. Flint arrow heads, broken pottery, querns, fragments of glass and oak were found in the soil in different n slag places. The discovery also of p ieces of iro furnishes a new view of Celt ic life, as a general im pression prevailed among anti q uaria ns that the ancient Britons were unacquainted with the art o f smelting. 711 E K CONDEM IR NED ALE PR ISONERS AT KD. respite u p to last evening ha s b een rece i ve d Ward, and4he officials at the ga o l was n a t u a chancenaturally l of mostx one an beinganxious u s b a sent. o u t a respite isßdf B urke pNrtaknos as eou s sitr thinkkand there and n nt tthe b i. o V u u la d gh they rad judge held are rey seem convinced none will be olltso little hopes of m erc y the sentence of death upon them. They are most penitent, and th e i r d emeanour i s every thing which their spiritual advisers could desire. Taylor, the Manchester murderer, is still as re served as he was a few days after his trial; and the chaplain of the gaol, the Rev. Mr. Appleton, can not, up to the present time, give a very favourable report of him. Finding that his attempts to for ward a petition to the authorities in London were unsuccessful, he became indifferent to his condition, and has since paid little attention to anybody about him. The high sheriff of the county visited the prisoners on Tuesday, but nothing remarkable took place at th e interview. On Wednesday a pistol, which it was suppos e d was used by Burke or Ward in shooting at the policeman, was found by James Whidham, a platelayer on the Manchester and Yorkshire Railway, about 50 yards from where a pistol was found after the murder, and where the murderers passed in running away. The pistol was in one of the " grips" belonging to the rail way company, and when found was wrapped round on each side the lock with a wax band. The pis tol was not loaded, and the hammer was down on an exploded cap. Very little sympathy is mani fested either for Burke or Ward in Ashton-under- Lyne, the people expressing themselves more will ing to sign a petition for the men to be hanged than spared. THE MISSING STEAMER PACIFIC.—The Quebec Morning Chronicle of August 30, publishes a document, purported to have been written on board the Collins steamer Pacific, and dated April 12, 1556, lat. 48 deg. 22 min N. ; l u ng. 35 dog. 42 min. W. The note states that the vessel was sinking with all on board, having sprung a leak in a severe gale on April 9, and is signed "R. Johnston." The Chronicle remarks that it is of course impossible to pro nounce with any degree of certainty as to whether the letter is genuine. The paper—a sheet of small•sized note—on which it is written bears traces of water, and the writing is considerably blurred. A portion of the ink appears quit° fresh and distinct. This, however, would be easily Ac counted for by its having been placed in an air-tight vessel. The writing, although irregular and having the appearance of having been written under intense nervousahioownegv etshe ts excitement , t,ooft is nevertheless the writing of a person of education. list name of "R. Johnston" does no ci t s a ia p oen i n e t a wly r hi passengers or crew. This circumstan ce, sufficient to condemn the document as 1, ..h° 0 7 , inasmuch . as great interest, it is well known that omissions fr. senger lists of ocean stearaers—°s the c chiefly Come to light when accidents occur and . minutia) of the roll of those on board peonies of THE SUN, FOND - N, FRIDAY EVENIAG, SEPTEMBER 12, 1862. IROXPLA7E EXPERIMENTS. Some firing at armour plates manufactured by Govern ment and a private firm took place at Portsmouth yes terday of a very interesting and important nature. The plates comprised three forged at Deptford Dockyard, each 12ft. in length, 15in. in width, and 41in. thick, the whole weighing 71cwt. 1 qr. 71b. Of four forged at Portsmouth dockyard, one was made from scrap it m, unannealed, 7ft. llain. in length, 3ft. 61in. in width, and full 51in. thick, weighing 54cwt. 3qrs, 141 b. The second plate was also made from scrap iron, but was annealed. it was Bft. in length, Mt. 51in. in width, and full 51in. thick; its weight was 56 cwt. The third plate was made of Shropshire puddled iron, unannealed, was Sit. in lengtb, 3ft. Tin. in width, 51 (full) thick, and weighed 55cwt. 3qr. £he fourth was also made from Shropshire puddle, but was annealed, was 81t. in length, Mt. 71in. in width, and 51in. thick, and weighed 56cwt. 2qr. 71b. The remaining plate was manufactured by Messrs. J. Brown and Co., at the Sheffield Atlas Iron and Steel Works, and had been selected from a heap of plates at the works, which had been manufactured by them for the Royal Sovereign shield ship, by Mr. Luke, the Government surveyor, and forwarded to Portsmouth for testing in ac cordance with the Government regulations under which the contracts are entered into with private manufactu rers. Its dimensions were-length, 14ft. 11 fin. ; width, Mt. 3in. ; thickness, 51in. ; weight, 91cwt. 3qrs. The whole of the plates had been secured to the side of the Alfred target ship, which was afterwards taken up to the practice moorings in Porchester-creek, where the practice took place yesterday from the 95cwt, gun of the Stork gunboat, under the superintendence of Captain Hewlett, C.B, Solid 681 b. shot were thrown with the ordinary 161 b. of powder. Unusual interest was attached to the trial, owing to the plates from the Government yards having been manufactured expressly to test the actual cost of manufacture as a contrast to the price now paid to contractors, and also to decide upon the respective merits of puddled and scrap iron for their manufacture, and of the process of annealing, The presence of Messrs. Brown's plate yesterday was a chance, but being there for testing, it offered a means of representing the interests of our large iron workers on this, to them, most important occasion. The result of the day's firing ended in the destruction of the plates made in the Government yards, which broke up under the blows of the 681 b. shot in an extraordinary manner, and in the triumphant success of Messrs. Brown's Royal Sovereign plate, after passing through an ordeal severer in its nature than any to which a plate had at any previous time been subjected at Portsmouth. The failure of the plates forged at Portsmouth yard is ascribed to the sulphurous nature of the coal with which they were forged, and an inspection of the broken parts left no doubt of this being the fact. The Deptford Dockyard plates owed their failure-leaving out of the question their quality--to their being only 15in. in width, and being, in fact, iron planking. This kind of plating has been before tested at Portsmouth, but it can never, in such narrow strips, stand the blows of a solid shot. The first shot the plates received struck the middle strip, buckled up the end, and broke the bar clear through about 12 inches from the point of the im pact. Another shot struck the broken part, and, crushing itself, carried its own and the plate's broken portions through the frigate's side, on to the main deck. The remaining two shots at these plates proved the utter uselessness of their form. Of the four plates manufactured at Portsmouth, the annealed in bath the scrap and puddled may be considered to have been the best, but the fissures caused by each blow of the shot were so extensive and their appearance at the close of such a nature that no deductions can be drawn from the results in their case with any certainty of their value. _ _ Messrs. Brown's plate received nine shots. The first struck the centre to the left, made an indent at its deepest part of 1 1-10 in., 81 inches in diameter, and 9 inches from a bolt hole. No cracks or bulging. The second shot struck 12in. to the right of the first, impressed a mark 9in. in diameter, and an indent of 1 7-10 in., 7in. from a bolt-hole, and no cracks or bulging. The next shot struck an equal distance to the left of the first shot, all three now being in line, with an indent of 2in. and a diameter of 9 in. ; no bulging or crack. The next shot struck with two-thirds of its circum ference on the first shot mark, and spread the metal, in creasing the depth of the indent to 3in., but still with no sign of a crack or separation of the fibre of the metal. The remaining five shots were fired in succession at the plate without waiting to inspect the result of each as is usually the case, as the plate had now stood its test in so extra ordinary a manner that it was determined to give it as severe a trial as possible. At the close of the firing, on inspecting the plate, it was found that seven shots had been placed in a crescent form, the length of the semi -circle, measuring through the line of shots, being 4ft., and four of these shots having struck in a space of 20in, by 12in. Only on this spot was there any sign of a crack, and here it was caused purely by the severe pounding stretching the metal, and even this was of a very slight character. This continual strain upon one part of the plate caused the left hand of the plate to bulge outwards a little, and raises at the back of the lower shot mark. To all intents and purpo..., the plate re mained perfectly invulnerable at the close of the firing, and on a ship's side would be fit to go into action with her again, its protective power being bat little injured. It is the first armour plate that has received, in any of the long series of experimental practice at Portsmouth, seven shots in the same amount of space, and, being a plate selected from a heap of others by the Government contractor, its successful resistance to the 68-pound shot in yesterday's trial, under such severe circumstances, reflects the greatest credit upon its manufacturers. IRE NAVY. Admiralty orders have been received at Chatham for the paddlewheel steamer Salamander, 6, 220- horse power, now being overhauled and repaired at Deptford, to be sent rcund to the Medway, when completed, to be brought forward for commission. The Royal Oak, 50, I,ooo.horse power, com menced the shipment of her boilers and other heavy portions of her machinery at Chatham yesterday. About 200 of the dockyard hands are still employed on board in completing he r f or s ea. After shipping her iron masts and machi ner y s he will be placed in dock to have the remainder of her armour plates bolted to her sides. The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty :—Augustus F. Mugford, master additional to the Colossus; Dr. W. J. Hamilton, surgeon, additional to the Severn ; Mr. J. Bance and Mr. Barton Rose Bradford have been nominated to naval cadetships. stations of the society on the coast of Scotland, and on the north-east coast of England_ It was reported that some French officers had recently visited one of the lifeboat stations of the institution on the north-east coast, and that they had expressed their high admiration of their com pleteness to accomplish the humane object in view. It was also reported that the important friendly society, the Ancient Order of Foresters, had re cently resolved at their annual court, that a volun tary subscription should be asked for from their members each year, in cid of the funds of the Na tional Lifeboat Institution. With its 122 life-boat establishments, each of which involves an annual charge of £4O, it is quite manifest that a large permanent income is required by the institution to enable it to continue the im portant and national work which it has undertaken of saving the lives of persons of all nations who may be wrecked on our coast. Payment amounting to upwards of £6OO having been made on various lifeboat establishments the proceedings terminated. THE GREAT EASTERN. LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY. The following is an extract from a letter, dated New York, Aug. 29, addressed by Captain Paton to Mr. J. H. Yates, secretary to the Great Ship Com pany (limited) : " I have to advise you of our arrival here on the 27th inst., after a very rough passage across. We sighted Cape Race during the night about 9 p.m. of the 23d, but the bad weather prevented the boat from communicating with us, though the people of the lighthouse saw and reported us off. " It is my duty also to inform you of the ship having touched a sunken rock off Montauk Point, which is not laid down in the charts. The ship when she touched was stopped about two miles to the N.E. of the lighthouse to take the pilot on board, in a position which I considered perfectly safe from the depth of water laid down on the chart, a portion of which I enclose, with the ship's posi tion marked on it for the information of the board. The ship did not hang on the ground a mo ment. We felt her touch slightly once or twice, when she careened over a little. My first impres sion was that some of the machinery had broken down, but the ship keeping the list at once unde ceived me. The pilot came on board in about two minutes after, and informed me that, although it was not laid down on the charts, there was a reef lying off the point in a north-easterly direction, called by the pilots the North-east Ripps, upon which the sea breaks in heavy weather. He also states that a vessel deeply laden, drawing 19 feet, struck on the same shoal even further out than we were from the point. All the pumps were imme diately set to work, but the water is entirely con fined to the tubes on the port side aft. Immediately on arrival I engaged a diver to examine the ship's bottom to ascertain the nature and the amount of the damage, and up to the present time it is ascer tained that a fracture similar to the one sustained in Milford exists under the smoking room on the flat of the floor. There is no damage forward of this, but abaft of it has not yet been examined ; but owing to the form of the vessel abaft I do not ap prehend much further injury. The diver can only work at slack water. By noon to-morrow, however, we will have ascertained the whole amount of damage. " We have not yet definitely fixed the plan to be adopted in repairing. One plan is to place a caisson or coffer-dam under the injured part, with an aper ture on the top larger than • the fracture, with a combing round the said aperture, on which would be placed some elastic substance, which would fill up any inequality in the ship's bottom, and render the dam watertight ; then pump the water out of the dam, and as it emptied it would bind still fur ther to the vessel's • bottom. We would then be able to work inside and put a new plate over the in- jured part. lam in favour of this plan if we can work it, as it will enable us to make a permanent job. " The cargo, I am glad to say, is being discharged rapidly, and in fine order. The sailing of the ship has, of course, been postponed. My agents here are making every effort to mitigate this unfortu nate affair, and to have the repairs effected with as little delay and expense as possible ; and should we determine to-morrow to adopt the ' caisson,' I think a fortnight will see us ready again to take in cargo." By the log of the Great Eastern, it appears that she was off Montank Point about midnight on the 26th, then working easy to her moorings in Flush ing Bay, where she arrived at noon on the 27th. She reported strong gales, principally from N.W., and high seas the whole distance. DREADFUL GUNPOWDER EXPLOSION. IHE ARMY. By a general order, signed by Major-Gen. Sir James Yorke Scarlett, Adjutant-General, received at Chatham from the Horse Guurds, it is announced that the Duke of Cambridge, i n concurrence with the Secretary of State for War, directs that soldiers sentenced to be discharged from the army with ignominy and marked with the letters " 8.C." (bad conduct) shall be so marked by the hospital sergeant of the regiment or. deFts to which the offenders belong, under the direction of a medical officer. The making is to be effected prior to the offender's committal to a civil prison. A notification has been received at Chatham garrison, from the Horse Guards, in which it is an nounced that by direction of his Royal Highness the Commander-in-Chief military bandmaster shall always take precedence over the civilians on the occasion when regiments and troops in garrison are brigaded together ; and that whenever bands are playing together the military bandmaster shall lead according to seniority of appointment. The order further. directs that, with a view to insure uni formity throughout the regimental bands in the British service, the pitch to be used shall be that adopted by the Ancient Philharmonic Society, and that on all occasions of military bands playing the National Anthem the key shall invariably be that of B flat. The 22d company of the Royal Engineer, which has been augmented to its full complement, will leave head-quarters, Chatham, to-morrow morning, to undergo a course of ball practice, at the new rifle range on the banks of the Thames, previous to its embarcation for service in China. It was yesterday announced in Chatham garrison that the Duke of Cambridge had appointed Capt. H.lCardew, of the Ist Division Depot Brigade Royal Artillery, as an instructor in fortifications at the Royal Military College Sandhurst. This ap pointment will remove Capt. Cardew to the super numerary list. Captain Julius Roberts, Royal Marine Artillery, Associate Institution Civil Engineers, F.G.S., &c., yesterday returned to Woolwich from a tour of inspection of the principal ironplate makers' estab lishments in Yorkshire, Derbyshire, and Stafford shire. Capt. Roberts has secured, among others, the services of the Butterly Company, who have en gaged to supply 60 plates per week on his principle, which, it is stated, will afford an invulnerable strength and an enormous structural bond to the framework of the ship, and give the facility of converting timber bottoms to his method, so that copper sheathing can be applied for foreign-going ships. In so novel a system (secured to Captain Roberts by the Queen's letters patent) the only question of doubt existing with the Board of Ad miralty was the facility of making the plates, which has now been removed. The Repulse, 90-gun ship, in frame in Woolwich dockyard, the works on which have been for some time suspended, i&atated to be the first ship ordered to be converted on Captain Roberts's principle. _ _ _ A battery of four 12-pounder brass guns, rifled in the itoyai gun factories at Woolwich on Mr. Whit worth's principle, was yesterday shipped on board the Alma transport vessel, belonging to the war department of Woolwich, for conveyance to Dover for experimental purposes at Shorncliffe. The guns are some of our old smooth bore, muzzle loaders, and weigh respectively 1 lcwt 3qrs 141 b, llcwt 3qrs, llcwt 2qrs 161 b, and 14cwt 3qrs 101 b. A large amount of ammunition, suitable to the Whitworth system only, has been prepared in the laboratory of the Arsenal, and shipped with the guns to give the system a thorough trial. THE ROYAL NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTITUTION. A meeting of this institution was held yesterday, at its house, John-street, Adelphi—Captain Sir Ed ward Perrott, Bart., V.P., in the chair. There were also present Admiral Cater, Col. Palmer, Admiral Gordon, and other gentlemen. The minutes of the previous meeting having been read, A reward of £l2 was given to the crew of the Berwick lifeboat belonging to the institution, for going off in the night of the 9th ult. with the view of rendering assistance to the smack Ann, of Hnll, which, during rough weather, had struck on Spit tltihaflee bPooaitn litt l e t r . evms sAasielntl remained u eb g ry h e rhe t ew h r e ss s ot e iml a l s ecl w tuin e mg r e e , t h ob e u a ht t i s n rs g .h o o Tr y th e lye r after the smack drifted out of danger. In accord ancetheir with distressed t he positive ships. H o rednecres it of the sth institution, s t t h i teu lifeboats o, its lifeboats' sometime s s cr r e e w m s ai n n ev b e y r t e h n e c m our o a n ge oc s c a a il s o i r o s ns to fo a r ba m n a do y n hours together ; an d t h e distressed sa ilor s, thus nerved afresh, exert th emse l ves successfully in get ting their vessels out of danger. A reward of £7 was also voted to the crew of the Arklow lifeboat of the society for putting off to the assistance of a schooner which had struck on the outlying sand bank, on the 10th ult. Fortunately the vessel floated off, and proceeded on her voyage. A reward of £2 was likewise granted to four country people, who had promptly manned a small boat and rescued three men, whose boat had struck on a rock during a gale of wind and a heavy sea off Ballysteen, on the coast of Limerick. A reward of £2 was also given to the crew of the fishing lugger Excelsior, of Lowestoft, for saving the crew of five men belonging to the lugger Cale donia, of Buckhaven, bound to Whitby, which, during a gale of wind and squally weather, had been upset near the last-named port. A reward was likewise granted to a fishing-boat's crew for rescuing five out of seven of the crew of another boat, which, having shipped a heavy sea, had capsized off Garnish, on the coast of Cork, on the 30th July last. The five men were in a very ex hausted condition when they were rescued from the T inevitable death that apparently awaited them. he o other could er two reach men tthem. unhappily perished before as sistanceA communication was read from his Grace the Duke of Northumbez land, K.G., president with ofm much i ns titution, stating that he accepted pl ea sure the model of the institution's lifeboat and transporting carriage which the society had pre sented to him, and that he should preserve them £.13 a me mo r i al benefit which the Life boat the shipwrecked Ins ti! had been s en t to Wi thernsea, itu o t i the h e had important conferred 0 n sailor. During f the past month a new lifeboat and near Hull. On the occasion of the inauguration of transporting n the boat, exult 20,0 00 persons h a d assem bl e d to witness ge had also been sen t t o Apple dore, in Devon. The inspector of l ifeboats of the institution read interesting oarr „ eereu ny. Another new lifeboattnessand the i a favourable report on the condition of the lifeboat FEARFUL ACCIDENT AT THE BIR MINGHAM RAILWAY S7ATION. THREE MEN KILLED. Yesterday morning, shortly after nine o'clock, a fearful accident, which resulted in the instanta neous death of three men, and severe if not fatal in juries to two others, occurred at the London and North-Western Railway Station, New-street, Bir mingham. The corrugated iron roof of the station inside and the iron girders and rods which support the roof are being fresh painted, the painting con tract having been undertaken by Mr. Wood, of Leeds. Close to the roof scaffolding had been fixed; this being a separate contract by a builder named Holmes, of Birmingham. This scaffold was at a height of about 50 feet from the level of the rails beneath. The spot where the scaffolding gave way was, fortunately, immediately over a siding; had it occurred on the opposite side of the station the timbers must have fallen on to the Midland plat form, where a number of passengers were congre gated. At the time the accident breakfast, dt nd he workmen had just returned from a them aff old, ahadand a scended the ladder which le d all six imprudently ventured together upon the w ere preparing to resume wodrkt.o ' were at work: Five of them had S th ix e scaffold, reached the centre of the plank, when, ow i ng to the extra same plank, which led to the sp ot where they weight, the plank suddenly broke , and precipi tated five of the unfortunate men to the gr ound, carrying with it at the same time about twenty or thirty other planks. The sixth man saved himself by clinging to one of the girder rods. The crash of the falling beams, and the cries for help by the other workmen created such an alarm amongst the passengers at the station, that it was at first ima gined the roof itself had given way. Mr. Wyatt, the station superintendent, who was upon one of the platforms, immediately proceeded to the spot, and under hi s di rec ti on th e i n j ure d men were placed in cab s an d removed to the genera l h o g p i ta l . Th ree of them named James Earle, of York; John Macloe, and Joh n Moran, were so shockingly mutilated that they died before they arrived there. The other two,;Nicholas Hughes, of Essington, and James Roberts, of Bradford, are lying in a very precarious state. Hughes has fractured ribs, and severe inter nal injuries, and Roberts severe injury to the spine. The latter wu e xpected rre up to on live th e d h u n r e i n o gf railway, a h i e l w d a a y y . It was rumou re d throughout the town that a seri ous accident was not o d ec and large numbers of persons visited the station 'to ascertain the facts. There is no doubt that the accidentmany men venturing uponthe arose plank at once. After the accident the throu g h too o th e r workmen refused to a scen d the scaffold unt il it had been officially inspect e d, and certified to b e safe. It tisexpected that th e inquest will'be held this (Friday) morning. ANOTHER ACCOUNT. BIRMINGHAM, THURSDAY. . _ while a number of roof of 0 f way, th workmen (Thursday) wereh u r s d engageda y ) painting the e cent ra l railway station, th e scaffol ding pr ec ipitating five men to the g round, a distance o f 50 feet. m orning, Four, named Macclae, Moran, Carroll, and Hughes, were killed on the spot; the other, Roberts, was fatally injured. FIVE PERSONS KILLED. On Tuesday, at half-past 11 in the morning, two explosions of powder occurred at the Nance kuke powder works, near Redruth, whereby five persons lost their lives, and two others were seriously injured. Shortly before the time named above, Mr. Tonkin, foreman of the works, and Mr. Morcom, the clerk, had passed through and in spected in their official capacities the various de partments of the works, and had entered the mix ing house, when a terrific explosion occurred in the dry. Within this department five women were at work at the time, four of whom were killed, and the other sadly burnt. Messrs. Tonkin and Morcom, on hearing the report, immediately ran oat of the mixing department. Mr. Tonkin went into a house where the charges of material are weighed, and shut the door. Almost immediately after this the roof was blown up, and Mr. Tonkin escaped through the window. He was burnt about the hands and face, but not seriously. Mr. Morcom escaped unscathed, both from the debris (which was thrown off in all directions) and the violent concussion occasioned by the explosion. The second explosion occurred immediately after wards in the sifting-room, in which two women were at work, one of whom was killed, and the other greatly burnt about the eyes, face, &c. One of the workmen, whilst going out of the dry, was thrown violently forward by the concussion of the air, but fortunately received no injury. The dry, mill-house, and sifting-house were completely destroyed. The engine-house, boiler-house, and machinery were comparatively uninjured, It is impossible to say, or even to speculate, how or by what means this lamentable accident occurred in the drying-house, as all the dry powder had been removed from that place to the baking and sifting house, and at the time of the accident there were 15 cwt. of moist powder only undergoing the opera tions of manufacture, but by some unaccountable means this must have been the seat of the accident. Medical and surgical aid was immediately sent for, both from Camborne and Redruth, and Messrs. Tonkin and Morcom, with the assistance of the workmen on the pla c e, in the meantime did ll that could be done on the emergency to allevi: tau m so e _ ferings of the surv i vor s, and to gather P the te dead' lancholy remains of the unfortunate dead. :_mary The following are amongst the ag k e ir ; 0 Eliza- Johns, aged 40; Betsy Andrew, age not beth Thomas, cged 22; Nanny oman whose name Houghton, known. The fifth was a young w D and age we were unable to get . Th e re were tw o _ of whom was Harriet young women injured, c 7: 1 „ killed. The other was Johns, sister of Mary Jo e ars of age, whose na me a young wom an about 20 y able to procure. we have been also: o n ss is carried on on th e safest. The drying plow temp room heated steam erature, on can vas, i n a principles, at b pipes, and every p recaut i on ' taken torie_vF Lkaccident.— Western M orn i ng News. of has ist- :rico pro 7ont pre the tici- e is reat snie t L are ' the rage, ;hop, lau>> haw', of J• les F, k, to ,ates, Pius' y, to EC. 153) ' 0 Of )tOO7 )o ° ' et Of Jog" vero' .SO9, 111133' 112 f of