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CMG / z { ,Ce A K e --t e e ,/ 4,..% er HOTELS, &c. CHAPLIN'S ROTEL. AND SPREAD EAGLE TAVERN, 84, GRACECEIIIRCa-STREET, LONDON. Comfort, combined with moderate 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. pASSENC,ERS E m barking or Disembarking Zeill find superior accommodation and moderate ellarzes at CHAPLIN'S CLA.RENDON HOTEL, GRAVESEND, Adjoining the Terrace Pier. A Lawn in front, extending to the River. FLEET-STREET, near THE LONDON, 191, Temple-bar. DAYSAWYER'h inst.,S FAMOUS LONDON DINNER f or TH IS , the 12t M will consist oD f POTAGES. Bisque de Homard—Aux Vermicelle. . POISSON. Anguille 6tuvee—Filets de 'Weans frits. ENTREES. Hari de roulet—Venaison nache. TiOTS. Beeuf—Filet de Veau, ENTREMETS. Pouding de Biscuit—Gel6e aux Citron. I'rcmagre et Sal de. TO-MORROW, the 13th inst., "THE LONDON DINNER" Will consist of POTAGES. A l'Anglais—A la Jardiniere. Porssow. Morue sauce aux Huitres—Soles frites. ENTREES. Cotelettes de Mouton sauce Tomate—Blanquettes de 'eau a la Supreme. Bceuf bouilli—Mouton roti. ENTREMETs. Pouding de College—Tartelettes aux Confitcurs. Fromage et Salade. An extensive and carefully selected stock of FRENCH, RHENISH, MOSELLE, and other WINES imrorted ex pressly for TEE LONDON DINNER A flue tranneb. of Venison every day at 5 o'clOclr. All Fish in season daily. The attention of Clerzymen, Officers, and Professional (Ontlernen is especially drawn to the advantages offered by these elezant Saloons, which fulfil all the requirements of a West-end Club of the most aristocratic and exclusive cha racter. L'on tronve dans la Salle de Lecture non seulement lee meilleurs Journaux Anglais, mais aussi Journaux Allemande, Francais et Beiges. N.R—Durinp: the Exhibition Season, TUE LONDON DINNER will be served daily from 2 until 9 o'clock ; and Dinners in the Coffee-room, a la Carte, from 1 untillo o'clock. Open on Sundays at 4 o'clock. SAWYER, Proprietor. N°. 21,904. PUBLICATIONS. Just ready, in 3 vols., Jr 0 IT, N A N D I. A. NOVEL. Also now ready, in 3 vols., THE MAROON. By Captain MAYNE REID, Author of "The Rifle Rangers," &c. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Third Edition, in One Vol., 65., - • GOOD FOR NOTHING : on, ALL DOWN HILL. . By G. J. WHYTE MELVILLE. London : Parker, Son, and Bourn, West Street. ARMY CONTRACTS. Commissariat Office, Aldershott, Sept. 6, 1.562. TENDERS will be received at this Office until -I- noon on the 3d of October next, from persons who may be willing* to enter into CONTRACT for the SUPPLY of FORAGE, in such quantities as may be required from the Ist of November, 1862, to the 31st of October, 1861, for the use of Fler Majesty's Forces stationed at Aldershott Camp and within the command. The tenders must be properly filled up, and signed and de livered at this office, under closed envelopes, marked on the outside " Tender ter Forage," before noon on the 3d of Oc tober next, and no tender will be noticed unless made on printed forms obtained from this office. REDMOND UNIACKE, A.C.G. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail way Terminus, at King's-cross. The Committee earnestly solicit the ASSISTANCE of the benevolent, as the premises of this Hospital are capable of containing several hundred more beds had the Committee the requisite funds to maintain them. Contributions are received by the Treasurer, Edward Dias rerman, Esq., Nicholas-lane; and at the Hospital, from 10 till 5, J. B. OWEN, M.A., Chairman of the Weekly Board. 0 S T E E ON: What 1. it? See Patent, March 1, 1862, No. 560. 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, lIARLEY-STREET, CAVENDISH-SQUARE; 34, LUDGATE-HILL, LONDON ; a, NEW-STREET, BIRMINGHAM; and 134, DUKE-STREET, LIVERPOOL. INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, CLASS 17. One visit only required from country patients. Gabriel's Practical Treatise gratis. AMUSEMENTS. CANTERBURY HALL. STECKEL, The greatest Trapeze performer in the world. • Crand 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 Etmene and Duley, forming the greatest Comic Trio in London; and a host of other Comic avourites. 91 H E 0 X F ORD, 6, OXFORD STREET. Every Eveninm, Grand Operatic Select' ons by Miss Russell, Miss owneley ; Messrs. Morley, Greene, and Albert, with Full Band and Chorus. Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans. solos, Glees, Four-part Songs, &c., by the Company. The Comic 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, 6d.; Balcony and Stalls, ls. ; Private Boxes, 10s. 6d. MR. AND MRS. CHARLES MATHEWS "AT HOME." at HER MAJESTY'S CONCERT ROOM, Haymarket, THIS EVENING (FRIDAY), at 8, in ap entirely New and Original Entertainment, written by IleuryJ. Byron, Esq. "MY WIFE AND I."PART I. A Romance of intenselnterest, yclept THE "SENSA TION" FOttic ; or, The Ma'den, the Maniac, and the Mid night Murderers. Performed by a double Company (Two). EV I F, ii Y EVENING (except Saturday), at Eight ; SATUR DA'S. MORNINGS, at Three. Places may be secured at the Box-office, from Ten till Five; at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, Is. Old Bond-street at Austin's Ticket Office, St. James's Eall, and of all Booksellers. No extra charge for Looking. Open at Ralf-past Seven. Carriaces at a quarter to Ten. W. CORBYN, Acting Manager. NV S. I YOODIN'S CABINET of CURIO • SITIES—NewIy Polished and Re-Iined—POLY CRAPRIC BALL, King William-street, Charing-cross, Every Evening, at eight (except Saturday), frith new characters, music, songs, and dances. The scenic illustrations and ,frppts, piitirelv new, painted by and under the direction of Mr. William Callcott. Morning Performance, Saturday, S ept. 13. at 3. Stalls, 3s. ; area, 2s. ; amphitheatre, Is. Box-office open from eleven to five. Mr. Woodin as Mr. Sothern, of tha Haymarket, in his celebrated character of "Lord Dundreary," Morning and Evening. ARGYLL ROOMS.— Great Windmill-street, Haymarket.—GßAND CASINO FRANCAISE.— Open every Evening for Promenade and Dancing, with the celebrated Band of 50 performers. Conductor and Principal Cornet-a-Piston, M. BOULCOURT.—The new Imperial Qua drille, Valee 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. OYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT GARDEN. Under the Management of Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. W. Harrison, Sole Lessees. THIS EVENING, 'Wallace's opera of LIIRLINE : Miss Sara Dobson 'her 2d appearance on the English stage), Ansa Thirlwall, and Miss Susan Pyne ; Messrs. Santley, H. Corti, ratey, Lyall, and George Perren. Conductor —Mr. A. Mellon. Doors open at half-past 7 —Commence at S. THEATRE -ROYAL, DRURY.LANE. Dion Bouricault, Lessee. " THIS EVENING. THE YANKEE LEGACY. Followed by the first part of the Arab Entertainment at half-past 7. After which, THE COLLEEN PAWN: Messrs. Dion Boueicault, H. Vandenhoff, F. Robinson, Searle; Madame Celeste, Jordan, Stevens. To conclude with THE ARAMS OF THE DESERT : a Troupe of the Beni-Zotur.-Zomr, at 10. Commence at 7. Box-office open from 10 to 5. TH EAT RE-R 0 HAY M ARK ET. T,cosce Mr. J. B. Tiuckstone. TUTS TIVENINO, a 'Household Picture, under Two Lizbts, entitled TILE WIFE'S PORTRAIT. Mr. Howe, Mr. W. Warren, Mrs, C. Youno - , A itvr which, at a quarter to P, will be performed (22fth time) OUR AMERICAN COUSIN. Asa Trenchard, Mr. Buck stone Lord t)undreary, Mr. Sothern. yellowed by a new Spanish Ballet entitied CELOS 'CA LTA ; or, Love and Jealousy. Senora Perea Nena, ncr Ricardo Morans. and the "orra de Ballet. ro conclude with MY HUSBAND'S GHOSI.I. R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Lessee, Mr A. Harris. THIS EVENING, THE LOST LETTER. After which, at a quarter to Fight, KING HENRY VIII. Cardinal Wolsey, Mr. Charles Kean ; Queen Katharine, Mrs. Charles Kean. To cenclude with THE TWO POLTS. Mr. Widdicomb. Commence at 7. No half-price. ,10YAL LYCEUM THEATRE, Sole Lessee and 3lanazer. —Mr. Edmund Falconer. 219th NiOtt of the continuous run of "Peep o'Day." TUTS EVENING, PEEP O'DAY or, Savourneen Deelisb. Messrs. Walter Lacy, Addison, Charles Selby, Geo. 'Melville, and Edmund Falconer Mrs. D. P. Bowers, Miss Clara Weston. and Miss M. Hudson. After which, a new musical, pictorial, poetical, and ballet Interlude, entitled KILLARNEY. Miss Anna Whitty and Miss Lydia Thomson. Followed by a new Farce, entitled THE COLLEEN PAWN SETTLED AT LAST. M r . Ch ar l es S e lb y and Miss Lydia Thompson. Aug licianazer—Mr. F. B. Chatterton. Prices aual. Doors open at balf-past 8, to commence at Box-ofEce open daily from 11 tills. Commerce a 7 NRW THPATRE-R 0 YAL, ADELPFIL- Sole Propriotor and IVfaracrer. Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, THE FLOWERS OF THE FOREST. ATessrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, Billinzton, Stuart, C. J. Smith, Romer, Reeves, Howard; Miss Woolgar, Miss Rate Kelly, and Mrs. Bi ; .1; e onelnde with THE SHILLING DAY AT THE R. htlfir. RA3'plk:P RXHIBITION. Messrs, J. L. Toole. P. Bedford, and Isi rs l? Sefton, C. J. S m ith , R omer ; Miss K. Bland • Lewis. Commence at 7. A sTLE _____ R ________ v solo RS O YAL AMPHITHEATRE.— Proprietor and Manwer, Mr. IV. BA TTY. lioreVii7l.lLof "Maz ' ep ' pa." Tuts EVENIN Performed MA ZEPPA ; or, The Wild Force of TartarY,With New Scenery, Dresses, and Decorations. Tc be followed by a brilliant routine of novel an d d ar i n , D ever eux will Scenes in the Ciappear. rcle, i n which M adame llislop and Young To conclude with a COMIC lIALLET ' In Which the Misses Guunis and Harry Crouest e will aPPear. Cornnence at 7.—Stake M anager, Mr IV. Searle. THE VIGOUR OF YOUTH Rt 1 STOD - D FOUR WEEKS by Dr. RICORD , s TN LIFE. ESSENCE OF This wonderful agent will restore m a „ hood shattered constitution, whether arisino• from . ei t ° the m ost the effects of climate, or excesses, nocturnal emissions , ral causes. The time required to cure the most i n s) ; natu case is four weeks ; and, if used according- to the printed ate StruetiOng (which are very simple). failure is Impossible!! This life-restorin reme dy should be taken b y all about t o T iarrY, as its effects g are permanent . Tt is acknowledned b„ the medical press to be the greatest discovery ever made. Success in every case is as certain as that water quenches thirst, B .P r • Pin„ord's Essence of Life is sold in cases, with full in structions for use. at Ifs., or four (mortifies in one for :135., on " will be sent to any art of the world, carefully packed, and of remlttance or post-office order payable to Prout a'i Co., patent Mecli,:iileWarehouse, "9, 6trand London. Consultations free. TEETH._ B Y MR. 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(Commonly called Epps's nomceopathic Cocoa). The delicious aroma, grateful smoothness, and invigo• rating power of this preparation have procured its general adoption as a most desirable breakfast beverage. }lb., Vb., and lib. packets, at ls. 6d. per lb.,by Grocers. M ASCULINE POWER RESTORED in FOURTEEN DAYS, without the possibility of failure. For guaranteed remedy enclose two stamps. Ad dress, CHIRURGUS, 211, REGENT-STREET, LONDON. W. BRODIE'S SPEEDY CURE.—Brodie's GOLD COATED PILLS, tasteless, free from mercury, are the safest and most speedy cure in all stages of gonorrhcea, gleet, spermatorrhcca, and similar affections ; one day's dose is sufficient to convince the most scrupulous of their invalu able and unfailing efficacy. 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., 7s. rd. ; post, 601. extra.--8, Hanway-street, Oxford-street, W. Stamps taken. FOR SELF-CURE in ALL CASES of SECRESY, IMPEDIMENTS to MARRIAGE, Loss of Natural Power, &c., consult EXTRACTS FROM HE SILENT FRIEND, containing Prescription of Preventive Lotion. Sent post-free for two stamps. Address, Messrs. PERRY & CO., Surgeons, 19, Berners-street, Oxford-street, London, W.C. Where also may be had THE SILENT FRIEND, illustrated with 100 engravings, price is., post free 14 stamps, sealed 20. TRIESEMAR, No 1., for Debility and Impedi ments to Marriage. TIRIESEMAR, No. 11., for Gonorrhoea, Gleet, Strictures, &c. TRIESEMAR, No. 111., f or e very stage o f Syphilis, &c. Sent post froc ner return for two stamps. Address MErncus. 44A, Maddox-st. (opposite the side of St. George's Church), Hanover-square, London. W. A BOON TO NERVOUS SUFFERERS.- Dr. SMITH has just published a FREE EDITION 20,000 copies of his valuable work, THE PRIVATE MEDI CAL FRIEND (110 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 cum—Address, Dr. Smith, 8, Burtma - crescent, London, W.C. TRULY EFFICACIOUS AND MILD.- Dr. SCOTT'S BILIOUS and LIVER PILLS, pre pared without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. cott, of Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to all who suffer from bilious and liver complaints, indigestion, wind 6 Pasnul, giddiness, dizziness of the eyes, &c. For habitual Costiveness, as a family aperie n t med ic i n e, an d as a purifier of the blood, they are truly excellent; mild in their opera tion and gTateful to !he stomach, they create appe•ite, pro mote digestion, and ,trength en th e w h o l e nervous sys t em . Sold by V. Lambert, 20, Jermyn-street, Haymarket, London, and by most druggists, in boxes, ls. lid., and three timen the quantity i n one, 2s. 9d. Be sure to ask for Dr. Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are a sq ua re green Package, with " Lambert," engraved on the stamp. TOZF,AU'S COPAHINE MEGE . .—Copaiba and Cubebs are doubtless the oc b c e a s s t io r n em eo l i cl but are of a re pulsive taste and odour, and and gastric disturbance. M. Jozeau has succceYe(Vacins' nausea, n render inf.,: them perfectly innocuous by increasinv all their properties. It has been adopted by the Paris Academy of Medicine after more than a thousand trials in Paris and the different London hospitals, viz., St. Thomas's, Guy's, and St. Bartholomew's, under the care of Messrs. Lloyd, Poland, and Legros Clark.—(Lancet, Nov. 6, 1857). The Copahine, which is in form of a pretty pink sugar plum, effects a sure in about six days. 100 Capsules, 4s. 6d.; post free, ss. 2d.—At G. JOZEAU'S, French Chemist, 49, Haymarket, London; 22, Rue St. Quentin, Paris; and all Chemists. DR. IVATSON (OF THE LOCK HOSPITAL) ON NERVOUS DEBILITY AND SECRET DISORDERS. SELF -TREATMENT _ SIIVIPLIFIF,T). through the aid of the TEST-TUBE, URINOMETER, and MICROSCOPE, when employed for special diagnosis in all disorders of the nervous, sexual, and generative system, in cluding spermatorrhcea or seminolocrv, loss of power, noctur nal and diurnal wastinos, and withering of the nervous tissues, &c. By Dr. WATSON, Member of the Ecole de Medicine, Rouen, National Academy of Sciences, Paris, and Fellow of the Imperial Institute of Prance, &c. Presented to "Nervous Invalids," with a view of superseding dangerous medicines and expensive consultations. Sent post free on receipt of two stamps, by Dr. Watson, 27, Alfred-place, Bed ford-square, London. Consultations daily from eleven till two, and six till dolt, on all those ailments and infirmities peculiar to youth, manhood, and old age, and which tend to embitter and 7;norten life. For distinguished qualifications vide diplomas. AN IMPORTANT DISCUSSION. — The "Times," the " Lancet," and other leading' journals have been lately canvassi ncr the social considerations in volved in " the amount of death and disease caused by vice." Some interesting statistics are brought to bear upon the inquiry ; but it would greatly add to their value if they in cluded the facts respecting the origin, the ravages, and the prevention of that SPECIAL VICE, which wars more than any other against the welfare of society—destroying the happi ness and disappointing the objects of matrimony. under mining the constitutions, blasting the prospects, embittering and shortening* the lives of its victims, and spreading desola tion through families. The essential particulars relating to this great social evil (the besetting snare of inexperienced youth and the curse of maturity), together with ample instructions for removing its effects, and recovering health , vigour, and all the ennobling privileges of our being, ar e contained in Dr. LA'MERT'S "SELF-PRESERVATION," a Treatise on Nervous and Ph 'steal Debility, of which the 90th Edition has just been published by Mann and Co., 39, Cornhill, London, price is., sent post free for 13, or in a sealed envelope for 20 stamps Dr. LA'MEuT, M.D., &e., havin , for 2 0 year s devoted himself entirely to this branch f practice, may be consulted daily, either personally or by correspondence, at his residence, No 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, London. DR. CURTIS' MEDICAL WORK, MANHOOD : EDICAL ESSAY ON SPER MA TO lIRIVE S. NERVOUS AND GENERATIVE DEBILITY, Sto. lust Published, the 150th thousand, with numerous plates, in a sealed envelope, price Is., Sold by all Booksellet-s, and sent post paid, by the Author, forl 2 stamps, M 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. °Vilna, 15, Albermarle-street, Piccadilly, London. CnNTENTS: INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER on the Physiological Structure and Functions of the Reproductive Organs. CHAPTER IL—Causes of Spermatorrlicca and Impotence; Early Vicious Indulgences; Dangers of Neglect. CHAPTER Review of the various Disqualifications Di 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 .lonorrhcen and Syphilis. The Book oncludes with numerous varied and interesting cries, to which is added the Author's recipe of a preventive Lotion. REVIEWS OF THE WORK. should "Curtis on Manhood.—This is a truly valuable work. an be in the hands of young and old. Sunday Times , 71d tiara', 1856. l , it"he author h as con f erre d a grea t b oon by publishing this °V l i?e work, in w hi ch is described the source of those diseases eil p r oduce declin e i n you th or more fre quent l y prema t u re of adore D aily Telegraph," Mara; 27, 1856. Published by J. Allen, 20, Warwick Lane, Pater- Etours 01 c o_ n ll44tio_oster- row: m ann to , $O. Cornhill. tiu 4 .0 0-10 3 hod to *,;, Soodayth iipi : „...---N-‘,,, ,i.: ~...r.,,. 7, D T F. 4 -- - -; ‘ , ,.., ~.,711 7- 5 - -- ---- . °1 " : 14 7 . t :::" \' ~,,\%...‘ ~, I. . ~,..,: , k l: ard: : ~..R 01 ''''' V' :b , i ' .C•;'S'l ' , feifr : 4` ~ lett , t . Con - 31- 4 e ~,-,.::---A• i ;-.. ..... , ...1\ Ik4 f4lOl-z•%- ~,, 1,-, ; k it. 4ay* 4l. ~,7 "h„„,,, f p/ , di, . .......,- - v,.1._ (iv 1 4 - - , . "2" - • k.. : ' U 6i ig,l. ~.„., T ......, . . 1 , \t- .. 4 „ , _,,... . .:,,* , 7' - I- 7 4. 00,,' ~01‘,.1, ir,r,--__ - , THE SUN, LOI--1)0N, FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 12, 1862. WE NAVY. IRON-PLA7E EXPERIMENTS. 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 aid of the funds of the Na tional Lifeb9at Institution. 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 'round to the Medway, when completed, to be brought forward for commission, The Royal Oak, 50, 1,000 -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 her for sea. After shipping her iron masts and machinery s he will be placed in dock to have the remainder of her armour plates bolted to her sides. 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 an, unannealed. 7ft. ll in. 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, 3ft. 51in. in width, and full 51in. thick ; its weight was 56 cwt. The third plate was made of Shropshire puddled iron, unannealed, was Bft. in length, 3ft. 7in. in width, 5 (full) thick, and weighed 55cwt. 3qr. the fourth was also made from Shropshire puddle, but was annealed, was Bft. in length, 3ft. 7/in. 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 sin. ; width, 3ft. 3in. ; thickness, 51in. ; weight, 94cwt. 3qrs. The whole of the plates had been secured to the side of the Alfred target ship, which was after waris 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 rnapeatiye 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 both 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 gin. 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, ana even this was of a very slight character. This continual strain upon one part of the plate caused the left band of the plate to bulge outwards a little, and raised a slight crack at the back of the lower shot mark. To all intents and purposes, however, 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 but 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. 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 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. 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 Capo 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, bat 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 ob. J 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. PRICE... ......4d. STAMPED ....sd. TEE REPRE SENTATION OF S 7 ORE UPON-TRENT. On Tuesday evening Mr. A. J. B. Beresford Hope, the Conservative candidate for the representation of the Parliamentary borough comprising the Stafford shire Potteries, addressed a numerous and influen tial body of the electors and non-electors at the Town-hall, Stoke-upon-Trent. Mr. C. M. Camp. bell presided. Mr. BERESFORD HOPE, on being introduced, was waimly received. He expressed his regret that he had not been able to keep clear of the miserable con troversy which had agitated the mind of the electors during the past few days. He emphatically denied that he had taken advantage of Mr. Grenfell to pub- lish an unfinished correspondence. 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- coin, 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 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 beeam3 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, he 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 up. (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 t ; (Hear.) The Government of 1787 was as much,,.. confederation of sovereign States as was the 7137 n deration of 1776 and 1781. They were °alit:broke number at that time. When the Gover:iHni d p o r w oc n e , e d i t e d took to several point ou m t c o a n u t s h e s s ff oyerhe it t lnhe h ea n nil s B e 3o6 s t t n 3 l , t ht ale t t t t i s t t e dh e n t Band s i oeyr party then he n could be induced to return to the e Now they had increased to 34 Sot e squabbles had taken place araong g , gr. Evrett, the South divided from the Nor t h., vision, and quoted the opinion na candidate for the Vice-Preto° t hat the seceding States the absurdity of supposing iesion to a Government su ps_ . question now was, how o p::: :I:. its in: tt. e)INVE: h h i e c hshMouridLbined:us nipaortlijoan. could be coerced into they abhorred. The gr were to be recognised. soon the Confederate og ni ion ought to have taken He expressed himself pHlaecteheoaurglhietntbtah(tite satisfied with Ee eted to be, next F b e rtatry..._( ap .. exPe ld not lend himself obusltcl adopt a course to render the slues , you to any knot of ni t e went, n m t i , n ah a s t e h d e plause)--en men vv— complicated one by offeredng a co— . but when the op Liec °l° ' when England might do so with safety, with dic tion v ity, a nd in the name 10rPtentni petitioning of suffering Lancashire, in the name of the heroic Confederation itself, in the 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 hoped 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 c hurch-rates, he 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 - 111 E ARMY. By a general order, signed by Major-Gen. Sir James Yorke Scarlet, Adjutant-General, received at Chatham from the Horse Guurds, it is announced that the Duke of Cambridge, in 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 raiment or depots to which the offenders helonz, 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 13 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' uke of Cambridge had appointed Capt. H.{Cardew, 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, 00-gun ship, in frame in Woolwich dockyard, the works on which have been for "Mn time seereeded, is stated to be the first ship ordered to be converted on Captain Robcrts's principle. A battery of four 12-pounder brass guns, rifled in the Royal 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 llcwt 3qrs 141 b, llcwt 3qrs, llcwt 2qrs 161 b, and 14cwt 3qrs 101 b. A [largo 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, Adelpbi—Captain Sir Ed ward Perrott, Bart., V,P., in the chair. There were also present Admiral Cator, 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 Hull, which, during rough weather, had struck on Spit tal Point. Although the seas were heating over th teeeebbrl lifeboat t ata t htt l se e r,e v scmm e r e s aaw s ic e nsk l ndd h er e vib e feyt r c e r hde e newrc outo us s o t ro i ma l fg l ede c a l st u nia n gmi clung er to s bt her. ulota aabcacno T ar h od_ shortly n e tahneeierwdlitehtrethsseedposshiitpivs.e Hence e s i o t f i t s h t e h i a n t s t t h it e ut li io fe n b , oa it t s lifs sometimes remain by them on occasions for many hours together ; and the distressed sailors, thus nerved afresh, exert themselves successfully in get tinAg trheweiarrvdesosfell7ouwtaosfalso v danger.otd 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 Bally steen, 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 inevitable death that apparently awaited them. The other two men unhappily perished before as sistance could reach them. A communication was read from his Grace the Duke of Northumberland, K , G president of the e which should the preservesociet pl e asure the model of the instit u ti on ' s lif e boat and accepted with much i ns titution, stating that he a o t rt h ant benefit which the Life yhathdempri.es- t sa r e transporting o ot r ro t i i ah n i i g omf t a ah r ne r d i i a ni g t hp e Life boat Institution had conferred on the shipwrecked sailor. e oc had caon been D ur ing the past month a n ew lif e b oa t an d sent to Withernsea, n of the inauguration of theearboat, Hull. transporting ab oo c u a nt r rti2heoeg,occasion person s h a d assem bl e d to witness the interesting ceremony. Another new lifeboat and carriage had also been sent to Apple dore, in Devon. The avo u irnastpleec p r o of the institution re a d a condition of the lifeboat favourable of r t on lit' e t b h o e at s FEARFUL ACCIDENT AT THE BIR• MINGHAM BAIL TVA Y S 2 ATION. 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 happened the workmen had just returned from breakfast, and were preparing to resum e work. Six of them had ascended the ladder which led to the scaffold, and all six imprudently venture d to g ether upon the same plank, which led to the s p ot where they were at work. Five of them h ad reached the centre of the plank, when, owing t o the extra weight, the plank suddenly broke, and precipi tated five of the unfortunate men to the ground, 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 his direction the injured men were placed in cabs and removed to the general hospital. Three of them named James Earle, of York; John Macloe, and John Moran, were so shockingly mutilated that they died before they arrived there. The other two,:Nicholas Hughes, of Essington, and James Roberts, o f B radford, are ly i ng i n a very precar i ous state. Hu g h es h as fracture d r ib s, an d severe inter nal injurie s rduemnt had red , and Roberts severe injury to the spine. The latter was not exp ec t e d to live during the day. It Lsci rumoured throughout odop otoh the e town lio that e o of railway, seri ous and large numbers of persons visited the station to ascertain the facts. There is no doubt that the plank at o nce. After the accident the other ac cident arose through too many men ventur i ng u pon r the orkmen refused to ascend the scaffold until expected that t h e inquest will be held been officially insp ec t e d , and certified to b e is t t h a f i he S a: 1 ( F i r t i d is a y ) morning. .............,••••••• ANOTHER ACCOUNT. BIRMINGHAM, THURSDAY. This (Thursday) bile a number of wor kmen were engaged the roof o f th e cen tral railway station , the scaff olding gave way, morning, i3ai tin while precipitating five men to the g round, a distance of 50 feet. Four, named Macclae, Moran, C arroll, and Hughes, were killed on the spot; the other, R o b erts, was fatally injured. FIVE PERSONS KILLED. On Tuesday, at half-past 11 in the morning, two explosions of potder 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 burtit. Messrs. Tonkin and Morcom, on hearing the report, immediately ran out 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 fo r, both from Camb or ne and Redrutb, and Mes srs . Tonkin and Morcom, with the assistance of the _ hai, r workmen on the place, in the meantime d id all t u f t could could be done on the emergency to alleviate tenis ferings of the survivors, and to ga ther up the lancholy lancholy remains of the unfortunate i n ed ~.-Mary The following are amongst the ! ed oo ; Eliza- Johns, aged 40; Betsy Honghtoo,iveLrew, age not both Thomas, eged 22; Na nn Y wom an whose name There were tw o known. The fifth was a Y oung and age we were un able • le oft whom was Harriet young women injured) hns , killed. The other was Johns, sister of Mary I a young woman about 20 ea rs of age, whos e name y una ble to procure. stem is carried on onto the safest we have been also The dryi a n t g a P iovi , perature, canvas, in a principles, by ste . a_m t pte i s v , and every precaution room heated Prevent Emden. . es 0 n Morning ,News. taken to EAVS PAPER (2 . 4- ,, ,,- ;-,., fce4i f.z.\ , -, monarchy—so that those who wer 4imapot - i4,4t.," , : - ,. - : - I ce the Church might ply these rates if Wei i l 4-- --4.41u44f r. I. : : ~... •\ ~ A r iz , Aa l posed. He was a Churchman, bees ktim e „. 4, •° I =3"-Z the Church of England to be consistiri - , .L:. -.1-‘g• Word of God ; but the State did not neNsarifi l a S 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 these who objected to pay , the rates was tyranny to the Nonconformists, while the principle proposed by Sir I. Trelawny was tyranny to the Church and to the constitution.._ (Hear, hear.) He advocated the encouragement of education, and economy in the nat'anal 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 Prodtieed . beneficial effects, he said he conside re d t h at it m i g ht h ave b een carr i e d out w ith a better feeling as regarded the dignity of England. Exhi bition at South 11 . e then alluded to his connection with the Exhi ao art t s a t liensington, and his efforts to foster n oi d c e d . : v p e o l n o_p l e ,r t e h n e t products ‘vas so f f a o m r w ou h s i . el; kh s e borough of 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 ho was in w " e fa rs ia t c o y dend upon th e acciden " franchise, s o as not to allow t h favour eelee t of the ep iv ep o tal rental of houses. He alluded to the ballot ques• 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 countries that the ballot did not check, 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 unEnglish. (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 IWMAN COIVQUE , sT OF BRITAIN— lIIPORTANI DISCOVERIES. Consecutive explorations of an 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 Cxsar 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 dwellings blocks 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 chitn 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. In 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, Chesters, 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 inhelceivoig level of the sea, there is a rampart of 12 acres, and within this, again, is a sunken chamber in which sacrifices are sup posed to have been offered. Tho 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 o r glass and oak were found in the soil in different places. The discovery also of pieces of iron s l ag furnishes a new view of Celtic life, as a general im pression prevailed among antiquarians that the ancient Britons were unacquainted with the art of smelting. 711 E D K CONDE ONED P RISONERS AT IaRALE. to last evening has been received [ think there was n a s n a d e t h h a e ne o e ffi n c f ia n l n s eabteitnhge sent.gaol r d arethey naturally sseni convinced nnn none w a i b l l o b u e t s aßd for ei Burke t cli‘ir rtek, not Pea res piteoi at Burk eenth ea W a rd thoughduap judge held out so little hopes of mercy in p osing the sentence of death upon them. They are most penitent, and their demeanour is 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 the interview. On Wednesday a pistol, which it was supposed 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 marder, 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-undcr expressing themselves more will- LinYgnteci theo sign eo n p ap p e l t e ition for the men to be hanged than spared. TUE MISSING STEAMER FACIFIC.—The Quebec Morning Chronicle of August 30, publishes a document, purported to have been written on board the Collins steamer P a cific, and dated April 12, 1856, lat. 48 deg. 22 min N. ; long. 35 deg. 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 quite fresh and distinct. This, however, would be easily ac counted for by its having been placed is an air-tight vessel. The writing, although irregular and having th e a ppearance of having been written under intense nervous excitement, is nevertheless the writing of a person of education. The name of "R. Johnston" does not appear a mong the list 0€ . u o e n n es t m ly .m e t ic t u ice r the p as _ passengers or crew. This circumstance, however, is no t sufficient to condemn the it is well known that om o i e ss of :: an fr : sen ger lists of oce-ansteamers_ aa r w . lareh clai t l y c ome doeburuleaentirtasteare:a; inasmuch - as of the roll o t o f light wheno board becomes e t 0