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I ncorporated under th e J P oint- N stock Companies Acts, 1856- 1 57, whereby the Liability of the Shareholders is Limited to the amount of their respective Shares. Capital, £lOO,OOO, in 50,000 Shares of £2 each. "eposit ss. per share on Application, and 15s. on Allotment. No further Call to be made until after a Dividend of 10 pet cent, has been paid to the Shareholders. DIRECTORS. r. S. Bolton, Esq., Broad-street Metal Works, Birming ham, and Cheadle, Staffordshire. h. J. Clarke, Esq., 4, Brabant-tout, ihilpot-lane, Direc tor of the County Gas Compans7, G. Lett-Aom Elliot, Esq., 7, Hyde 4 2• ark Gate South. J. Gol.dingham, Esq., Cross De;•,,,-, Hall, Twickenham. George Haworth, Esq,, Filletersbrook Chester. change, and 9, L ancas Jolla Jerdein. Esq. (M ess , cs. Lee and Je r d e i n, C oa l E x- F. F.. J. Stevens, Esq, a- Arlington Works, Southwark-bridge road. 31. Brown Westkead3 Esq. (Messrs. Westhead a n d C o.), Manchester. PRICE..... ...4d. STAMPED ....sd. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 29, 1862. N°. 21,814. PUBLICATION-% 211 E NAVE 7HE IBON-CLAD STEAMER IBONSIDES fere with their establishment and trade upon which a million had been expended. Mr. M‘Clean, the engineer for the promoters, was examined to show that they had offered to the City Gas Company two arches under the embankment, 8 ft. high, in front of the works, but this had been objected to by the Metropolitan Board of Works, who deemed that arches of 4 ft. would he sufficient. Mr. Phinn, Q.C., for the Metropolitan Board of Works, said this was so, an I Mr. Mann, the City Gas Gompany's engineer, and Mr. Ilawkesley having given evidence as to its inadequacy, the committee adjourned until Friday to enable the parties to come to an arrange ment. half distance, where ho was joined by Church Militant, the pair finishing a fine race home, the former winning in the last stride or two by a neck ; a bad third ; Egbert was fourth ; Gibraltar next ; the next lot were Tresham, Syco phant, and Bally Edmond. The Sutlej, 50, screw frigate, in the first-class Reserve at Portsmouth, was yesterday taken out of harbour in charge of Capt. H. Broadhead, command ing the Itcserve, to make her half-yearly test of machinery under steam. The trial was quite satis factory, and at its close this, the finest of our con verted wooden frigates, was taken into harbour again and berthed at her old moorings. Her speed was not tried at the measured mile. -~----- MR. MORLEY'S NEW WORK. Now ready, in 2 vols. with Portraits, 215., THIRTY YEARS' MUSICAL. RECOLLECTIONS._ By HENRY F. CIIORLEY. Murat and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. To be had at all the Libraries. LATEST BETTING. DERBY. 10 to 3 agst Thenlllgarlis (taken) 6to 1 apt Bucketone (taken) 100 to 8 agst The siorliweii colt (taken) 13 to 1 agst Zetland (taken) 14 to 1 agst Caierer (offered) 15 to 1 agst Ensign (taken) 100 to 6 agst Neptunus (taken) 50 to 1 agst Caractaeus (offered) 60 to 1 agst Warminster (taken) MR. CHARLES KENT'S NEW POEMS. Just publthhed,_ _ _ Dlt EA M LAN D. With other Poems. By W. CIIA.R I _,7ES KENT, Barrister-at-Law. AUDITORS. W. Barton Ford Esq. (Messrs. Clark, Ford, and Co„ ac countants, 7, IV. J. Vian, iiicholas-lane). . , ~ 7 .< sq. (Railway Passengers' Assurance Com „PanYl, "',, t Oornhill. -"ANI(Er s. —London and County Bank, Lombard-street, Messrs SOLICITORS. Mess* . It. and S. M u ll ens, 7, Poultry. .R. Tyndall and Johnson, Birmingham. BROKERS. • Ar esrs. St. Alphonse and Halls, 75, OH Broad -street. lir. J. Scott, Esq,, Waterloo-street, Birmingham. SECRETARY, pro tem.-L.l(Am Collett, Esq. 'Temporary Offices,-7, Nicholas -lane, Lombard -street,E.C. ABRIDGED PROSPECTUS, This Company is formed for the purpose of purchasing and thoroughly working and developing the well-known Leeswood Collieries, near Mold, Flintshire, where an extra ordinary discovery of Cannel Coal has lately been made. The Cnllieries are, at the pres en t ti me, in profitable opera tion, arid considerable quantities of very superior Cannel and Coal (upwards of 2,500 tons per profit.ro being raised sold at prices which leave a large The quality of gas produced from the Lceswood Cannel is F2qual to that obtained from the well-known Torbane Hill -Mineral, or 13oghead, which realises so high a price (about 408, per ton) in Scotland.—See Dr. Fyfe's (of Aberdeen) Report for comparative value of the Leeswood with this and other cannels, Contracts already exist with gas and other companies for upwards of 30,300 tons per annum of the Lceswood Cannel Coat, than ensuring a sale for the whole amount of the pre sent railings; and additional contracts, to at least double this extent can be mad e di rec tl y th e i ncreased yield of the to Neries will afford the requisite supply. The present get and sa l es o f C anne l Coal from the proved urea alone (without t a ki ng i nto account the other proved s) will yield for upwards of 20 y ears a cer t a i n di v id en d of abov e 10 per cent. on the entire capital of £lOO,OOO, after waking a liberal allowance for all possible expenses and coTitingencies (see " Statement, of actual Raisings, Sales, and Expenditure for January. February, and March, 1 862"), but with the proposed additional pits, by an outlay not exceedin g 410,000, the 'amount raised will be rirtire thin doubled, and the dividend,, increased in proportion. (See Re its of Mr. MacOulloch, Mr. MacDougal Smith, and Mr St. C. Webster, of Ruf.ibon). Prospectuses in f , profits, e ce.. canof .4.11, reports, s t a t emen ts of actual work ings,and forms of application. for shares, be obtai ne d at, t2,ne Solicitors', Brokers', and at the offices the Co L nipa-, y, f rom whence they will also be forwarded free by posk '.I required, 1-4 %., _UARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, No. 11, Lombard-street;London, Established IS2I. Subsoillied Capital, Two Millions. —Paid up, One Million. DIRECTORS. HENRY VIGNE, Esq., Chairman. Sir 4INTO T. FARQUHAR, Bart., M.P., Deputy Chairman. P .arnry Hulse Berens, Esq., John G. Hubbard, Esq., M.P. Pi enry Bonham Carter, Esq. John Labouchere, Esq. Charles Wm. Curtis, Esq. John, Martin, Esq. Charles F. Devas, Esq. Rowland Mitchell, Esq. Francis Hart Dyke, Esq. James Morris, Esq. Sir Walter R. Farquhar, Bart. Henry Norman, Esq. James Goodson, Esq. , Henry R. Reynolds, Esq. Thomson liankey, Esq., M.P. i Abraham Jno. Robartes, Esq. John Harvey, Esq. ' James Tulloch, Esq. Lewis Loyd , E sq. AUDITORS. Paine,enry Sykes Thornton, Esq. Cornelius ju Rga. Thos.Tallemach, Esq., Secretary 1 Sam'. Brown, Esq., Actuary _ -- LIF E DEPARTMENT.—UNntn 'rim PROVISIONS OP AN ACT OP PARLIAMENT, this Company now offers to new In tnirer PER CENT. Of the at Quinquennial Divistons, or a Low Rate of Premium with o u t participation of Fret:is. Since the establishment of the Company in 1821, the amount of Profits allotted to the Assured has exceeded in eash vaiue £ 6 60,000, which represents equivalent Reversionary Bourses of £1,058,009. After the Division of Profits at Christmas, 1859, the Life Assurances in force, with existing Bonuses thereon, : amounted to upwards of £ 4 ,730,000, the Income from the Life Branch £207,000 per annum, and the Life Assurance Fund, independent of the capital, exceeded £1,618,000. _ LO CAL MILITIA. and VOLUNTEER CORPS . —N o Premium is required for service therein. INVALID LIVES assured at corresponding Extra Pre taiums. LOAN'S granted on Lif e Policies to the extent of their valucs, if such value be not less than £5O. AS6 IGNMENTS OF POLICIES. —Written Notices of, re ceived and registered. ITEDICAL FEES paid by the Company, and no charge for Pulley Stamps. FIRE DEP ARTMENT. —Insurances are effected on every description of property at moderate rates. L osses caused by E xplosion of Gas are admitted by this Company. ADVOWSON.—FREEHOLDS.—UPTON AND ROTHERSTHORPE. TO BE SOLD , pursuant to an Order of the High -I- Court of Chancery, in a Cause, of Donaldson v. Fairfax, with the appr o b a ti on of Vice-Chancellor Sir Richard Torin Kindersley, in Six Lots, by Messrs. Holloway and Son, at like George Hotel at Northampton, on SATURDAY, the 14th day of June, 1862, at Three o'clock in the afternoon, VERY VALUABLE FREEHOLD ESTATES, situate at Upton and Rothersthurpe, In the county of Northampton, consisting of 223 Acres of Arable and Pasture Land, Water Mill, and the Perpetual Advowson and Right of Presenta tion to the Vicarage of Rothersthorpe, part of the Estate of the late Sir Thomas Samwell, Bart. Particulars and conditions of Sale, with Plan, may be had, mils, of M essrs. King and MiMillin, No. 4, Danes-inn, St. Clement's, Strand, London, Solicitors ; at the George Hotel, Northampton ; Swan Hotel, Bedford ; the George Hotel, Huntingdon ; the Royal Hotel, Kettering ; the Angel Hotel, Market Harb oroug h ; the Spread Eagle, Rugby ; the White Hart Hotel, Letester ; the Crown Hotel, Leamington ; and Of the Auctioneers, Piteford, near Northampton. KING and M'MILLIN, Plaintiffs' Solicitors, 4, Danes-inn, Strand, London. ARGYLL ROOMS. 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NYE DECAL ESSAY ON NERVOUS AND GENERATIVE Just Published, the 150th thousand. DEBILITY, TA T °RR II & 4 0. E A ' in a Scaled envelope, price Ts., Sold by all I , a t andes, "at post paid, by the Author, for 127::: a h ni n p liro o e k r s o e u li s eTs p M ANHOOD : the CAUSE and CURE ,' A• MATURE DECLINE IN MAN, with Plain D J . _i or Perfect Restoration to Health and Vigour. By Dr. J. L. CUR IS!, 15, A ;bermarle-street, Piccadilly, London. of ir r eo ß tio E ne CONTENTS: INTRODUCTORY CITAPTER on the Physiological Structure and Functions of the Reproductive Organs. CHAPTER ll.—Caoscs of S torrheea and Impotence; Forty Vicious Indulgences; CHAPTER ITT.— Dangers Perma ot Neglect. A Review of the various Disqualifications r,l Marriage ; whether resulting from Youthful Abuse, the Follies of Maturity, the Effects of Climate, or Infection. CHA PTERS 1 Sr. a n d V. on the modern Treatment of Conorrhms. and Syphilis. 'the Book onclmies with numerous varied an d i n t eres ti ng Lotion. ases, to which i s added. the Author's recipe o f a preventive REVIEWS OP THE WORK. "Curtis on Manhood. —This is a truly valuable work, and h nuld be in the hands of young and old "--" Sunday Times," :'.(l March, IM6. t .. s he author h as conferred a great boon by publishing this v:1,1!!‘wo, or in which is d escribed the source of those diseases w7,7zj;',o(l!re decline in youth or more frequently premature , Thi, ~,,,Dkatl?-1 Televr aph," Mare.: 27, IFsn, cinch for twenty years has stood the test of professional eilti no Rymp a th i. , o. cism and empirical hostility, treats in aplain riid impedimeTt; ,Inatnier on the various disqualification@ MM., ; and to in c"‘nseg it will bevtatn:i v"uflering rlis-ciinc,, from nervous excitement and de from youthful errors and London : Publishen aluable and usetni.,'—ltecord. by J. Allen 20 Warwie poster -row; ig____ , . ~2. Ic Lane, rater., gour6 Qt UP D iAlltatt9n--19 .2 1 2 u l '''' Corn/all. ~, . and 6 to ii hundays, 10 Wi g Fop. Svo., price ss. " The authe/e of 'Dreamlan l' and 'Aletheia' has risen to a height so very close to the summit, of genius, that he may b e commiserated for his inability to grapple with the last peaks of its elevation. There is abundance of talent, a delicate taste, an endless richness and diversity of image, topic, and illusion : the landscape is most, luxurious ; and the MIMIC of verse excellent."—Literary Budget. • "Mr. Kent has undeniable merits----Warm and high-toned feeling, a pleasant combination of 'grace and humour, and no small power to individualise. Pope at Twickenham' is a cabinet picture. Marianne' will commend itself to all mothers by its gush of parental tenderness, and its acquaint ance with baby wiles and mysteries. Fructidor' shows what Dutch fidelity of word painting the author can master when he tries. His fruit is as Vivid and well characterised as if Lance had painted it,"--Athenaeum. " The charm of Mr. Kent's poetry, as it is the first condi tion of success to all poets Is that he is in symp a thy with hi s subject and not only with himself ; that he is truly poet and not e.zotist. Bnt it is by no means his only merit. He is a mas ter of versification. The flow of his verse is smooth and me lodious, and enriched with a copious and ornate vocabulary. `Shelley at Marlow' is a painting exquisitely delicate. The vision of Shelley with which Mr. Kent presents us is almost perfbct.'DREAMLAND' is a work conceived in a noble spirit, and executed with scholarly taste, frequently with flashes of true poetic inspiration. • The Dying Bridegroom' is distinguished by a genui ne pa th os, which leads us to be lieve that Mr. Kent Would succeed eminently in some story of the affections." —The London Review. "Mr. Kent's poems come before the world with the advan tage, not only of ati author's name, but of .a name already agreeably and musically known in the metrical literature of the day. His `Aletheia' was very favourably received by the public, and has no doubt been the companion of many thoughtful readers who will gladly welcome another volume from his pen. A series of portraits drawn with true poetic sympathy and veneration. 'The best of all, we think, is that of Scott 'There is something in the lines that will remind the reader of the chime Of Scott's own verse."—John Bull. " Verses, many of them extremely tender and harmonious, and all indicating a mind carefully cultured and imbued with elegant tastes."—Daily News. "Poems of very considerable excellence. Fructidor 'is a very close and 'vigorous word-painting of an orchard. Mr. Kent's volume is healthy and vigorous in sentiment, correct, in composition, and 'contains many happy touches of true fancy, very gracefully expressed."—The Critic. "The pictures Mr. Kent makes are carefully drawn and effectively coloured. His work is on the whole in good taste. It possesses the undeniable, yet, in these days, rare merit of intelligibility, and is, moreover, very readable."—The Art- World. " We like some of Mr. Kent's minor poems even better than `Dreamland.' He is a real poet, unquestionably, and often versifies with extreme felicity. Of his poetic power the ' Monody on Lord Strangford affords ample proof while his capacity to make word-music is shown in The Morris Dance! s.' "—The Press. "It was a conception worthy of a true poet to show the depth of his sympathy for the Great Masters of English Song, by devoting the outpourings of his Muse to their special illustration. There is not one of the many pictures here collected which is not perfect in all its parts —whether we consider the sentiment by which it is inspired, the truth of the local colour, or the beauty of the setting. With a thorough appreciation of character, Mr. Kent combines an admirable descriptive power and a masterly command of most mellifluous verse, so that, while the mind is fully gratified, the senses—so to speak—are equally charmed."— Bentley's Miscellany. ALETHEIA ; OR, THE DOOM OF MYTHOLOGY. With Other Poems. By the same Author. New Edition. Fcap. Bvo., price ss. London: Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts. THE PARIS ELEGANT, ONE SHILLING. This handsome Work, in English, for JUNE, contains BEAUTIFUL COLOURED FASHIONS, Original Litera ture, and the Chit-Chat of Paris. Supplied by all Booksellers and News Agents. Post free, ls. 2d. Office, 26, Brydges street, Covent-garden. THE PRESENT DISTRESS IN TRADE fully explained in J. GROSSMITH'S " GOVERNMENT UPON FIRST PRINCIPLES." The cause is there predicated of the monetary difficulties ex perienced in 1860. The Crisis is at hand. Anxiety in busi ness has now become the grim torture. Purity of motive. intelligently exercised, must animate all Governments, or all is lost, All denominations of Constitutions are carefully examined in J. Grossmith's "Government upon First Prin. ciples." Kent and Co., Paternoster-row. EPSOM RACES.—For Dust or Heat, Rain or Cold, NICOLL'S WRAPPERS for LADIES and GENTLEMEN. One Guinea each. 114, 116, 118, 120, Regent-street, W. ; 22, Cornhill, London ; and 10, St. Ann's-square, Manchester. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road. The numerous and urgent appeals which are made for admission by the homeless and destitute sick render it im perative on the Committee to entreat the continued bounty of the affluent and humane to enable them to persevere in the extensive system of relief afforded by this Hospital. During the past year, in addition to 1,190 in-patients, no less than 50,496 out-patients received the benefits of this Charity. Since Christmas two additional wards have been opened for the reception of in-door patients. _ _ Contributions arc received by the Treasurer, Edward Mae Lerman, Esq., Nicholas-lane ; and at the Hospital. STANFORD S. SMITH, Sec• S I AUCE.-LEA AND PERRINS Li beg to caution the Public against Spurious Imitations of their world-renowed • WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE. Purchasers should ASK FOR LEA AND PERKINS' SAUCE, Pronounced by Connoisseurs to DO "THE ONLY GOOD SAUCE." *** Sold Wholesale and for Export, by the Proprietors, Worcester ; Messrs. CROSSE and BLAcxwELL; Messrs. BAR CLAY and Sufis, London, au., &c., and by Grocers and Oilmen universally. rrEA.—STRACHAN and CO.'S Strong Rough -I- " Domestic" Black at 3s. 4d. per lb.-26, Cornhill, London, E.C. TEA.—STRACHAN and CO.'S Fine " Inter. mediate " Black at 3s. Bd. per lb.-26, Cornhill, Lon don, E.C. TEA. STRACHAN and CO.'S Delicious " Drawing Room " Black at Is. 2d. per lb.-26, Corn hill, London, B.C. Dr. Hassall's Certificate of Purity, and a Price Current I ree on application, 26, Cornhill, London, E.C. RUPTURES.—BY ROYALMETTERS PATENT. W HITE'S MO C-M AIN LEVER TRUSS (PEitrE o e F TE I D BSI) A , N i D s a E lfo i w irn ed rrE b n y IN s E ofGr GREAT EXBIBITIim Hundred Medical Gentlemen to be the mos t effective Two Invention in the curative treatment of 11 ERN I A. The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effect s , Is here avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the body, while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the Moc-Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease and closeness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn during sleep. A descriptive circular may be had,' and the truss, which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the cir cumference of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manufacturer, Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly. A Single Truss, 165., 215., 265. 6d., and 31s. 6d. Postage, is. A Double Truss, 31s. 6d., 425., and 525. 6d. Postage, is Bd. An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. Postag,e, is. 10d. Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post office, Piccadilly. IJEW PATENT ELASTIC STOCKINGS KNEE-CAPS, &c., for Varicose Veins and all cases of Weakness and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, Arm They are porous, light in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on liYe an ordinary stocking. Price 4s. 6d., 7s. M., 10s., to 160. eaoh. Postage 6d. JOHN WHITE, Manufacturer, 228, Piccadilly. Just published, price 25., free by post, 2s. 4d., ON SPERMATORRHCBA , By F. B. COURTENAY, And formerly Surgeunto the Metropolitan_lniirmary for the of.e metro) Cure Strictures of the Urethra. " The aim of the author is to present a common-sense view of the Causes, Nature, Consequences, and Treatment of this Disease, as also to free these questions from the Professional Fallacies, the Popular Delusions, and the exaggerations of Quackery by which they have hitherto been surrounded, to the destruction of the health and happiness of thousands. These objects are discussed in a common-sense and highly practical manner."—Medical Circular. London : 11. Bailliere, 219, Regent-street.: GIVEN'AWAY TO NERVOUS SUFFERERS. HENRY SMITH, M.D., of the University of Jena, has just published, for the benefit of Nervous :uffererp a FREE EDITION of his valuable work, THE Ai tN I NG VOICE TO YOUNG MEN (120 pages). A medical work on th e cure o f N ervous Debility, Loss of axation U n eZnorY, Dinmess of Sight, Lassitude, Indigestion, Dislike Society. 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Turkish Bath.—A very OPINIONs op BATHING, gratis. ed by Dr. Culverwell, the " The Use and the Abuse of the PRE". in the neighbourhood of the useful pamphlet has been uninitiated a mass of inte resting of the Turkish Baths _L an ave already encouraged Post-office, which presents to the _ re, l ati a n l advantage if they resting information, while thoseawddhif Standard, Nov. the writer N0v.12,1861. iielrti? reputationto this new system will derive observe some of the practical in's-le-Grand. endeavours to enforce."—Herald a , n i d t),st of " The Post-office Turkish Baths —Dr. Culverwell has already established an able physician; be has now proved ea worthy p hil an thropist, in as far as h e has es tablished, in theanyheart of the City, an institu tion that more nearl y than very of modern days, go es nearer the abolition of the nrdacist%e of physic, than any proposition or invention yet established, the Turkish Bath. . . Our object being - merely to direct the attention of our City readers to the fact that they 0 ,,,„ s one of the best set of baths , at 19, St. Martin's_le ?Grand, which the country can produce; perfect in all its appliances, and most admirable in effect. Dr. Culverwell has fitted up his baths with a degree of elegance, luxury, and refinement, which, considering the space at his disposal, is truly Bu r_ prising, while everything that taste or delicacy could desire has been obtained to add to the cemfbrt and luxury of the visitor. . . We may justly say that if a man ever feel s himself regenerated and new made, it is —on,coming out:of a Turkish Bath."—Era, Oct 13, 1861. C442sultaticlo daily 01112 a,ra. The Biter gunboat, tender to the Colossus, screw, at Portland, yesterday tested her machinery outside Portsmouth harbour, under the superintendence of Mr. W. Lynn, of the steam factory department, after completing a thorough overhaul and repair of her machinery by the factory. The engines worked well, forming a good vacuum, and the boilers were also apparently in good working order. After the trial, the Biter returned to the harbour to complete her refit. The Argus, revenue screw steam sloop, got up steam yesterday in the steam basin at Portsmouth, to test machinery in her process of refit. The Defence, 18, iron frigate, Capt. R. A. Powell, C. 8., was undocked from No. 10 dock at Portsmouth jetty yesterday, and berthed temporarily alongside tha dockyard. A great deal of work yet remains to be done before the ship can be pronounced ready for sea. The Sultan, target-ship at Portsmouth, was yes terday temoved from the dockyard to the practice range in Porcbester-creek, where the plates on her side will be tested with the Stork's new 68-pounder gun. It is said that the Black Prince, 40, iron frigate, at Portsmouth, will be put in commission in a few days, and that Capt. Wainwright, now commanding the Shannon, is the officer selected to command her. The Royal Alfred, at Portsmouth, one of the 90- gun screw liners converting to a 50-gun iron-plated frigate, has upwards of 300 hands, mechanics and labourers, now employed upon her. Her planking will soon be completed, and her main and lower deck beams are nearly all in position. The beams of the upper deck will be of rolled iron, from the Butterley Works Company, and the deck will be laid on sheet-iron, in a similar manner to the upper decks of the Warrior and our other armour-covered ves sels. The lower tier of armour-plates (which are being manufactured by Messrs. Brown and Co., Atlas Works, Sheffield) will rest on the worked 4- inch edge of a 12-inch plank, the pinking diminish ing in the seven under-stakes to the ordinary 5-inch of the vessel's bottom. In the most exposed parts of her sides the plates will hang upon 12-inch outer planking, behind which will be the 12-inch square timbers of the ship's frame and the 7-inch inner planking. Upwards of 50 armour-plates are already in the adjoining building shed, delivered from the manufactory. The shed to hold the machinery for landing the plates, &c., has just been commenced by the contractor. The ship's stern will be of the same description as the one now being got out for the Royal Sovereign shield ship. It is of conical form, will be of great weight, and would be of im mense strength but for the "overhang" it will ne cessarily have. The ship's bows are being consider ably strengthened internally. No great rate of speed can be expected from the Royal Alfred, or similarly converted vessels, while it is feared that their draught of water will very much militate against their usefulness as vessels for coast defence. The screw steamship Sanspareil, 70, Capt. Geo. Le G. Bowyear, at Plymouth, will be put out of commission on the 6th of June next. She will be re-commissioned the next day with a complement of 65 men only, and will probably be employed in the conveyance of Royal Marines to China. The hired transport Ratoliff, laden with platforms, gun carriages, and other war stores, for Gibraltar, yesterday sailed from Woolwich Arsenal for her destination. The new iron screw steam storeship Dromedary, built by Messrs. Samuda for the Admiralty, having received her engines in dock at Woolwich, yester day got up steam at her moorings opposite the dock yard on the engineer's trial, and will proceed down the measured mile this morning on an Admiralty test, in charge of the officers of the dockyard. The paddlewheel steam sloop Vesuvius, Comman der Lethbridge, commissioned at Woolwich for North America and the West India stations, yester day sailed frdm Greenhitho, after adjustment of compasses, &c., for Portsmouth. Mr. Hale, com manding the steam reserve at Woolwich, and Mr. Partridge, acting chief engineer at the factory, accompanied the Vesuvius to the Maplin Sands on an official trial of her machinery. The following appointments were made yester day at the Admiralty :—Commander Frederick W. Wilson to the Orlando; John A. R. Petch, master, to the Fisgard, additional, for the Rapid; Robert J. Roberts, engineer, to the Dromedary ; J. F. Moreton and C. R. Lacy, first-class assistant engi neers, to the Indus, as supernumeraries ; William Powell, first-class assistant engineer, and N. F. Hockerston, second-class assistant engineer, to the Dromedary ; W. W. Blaney, assistant paymaster, to the Hawke, and H. G. T. Packer, master's assistant, additional, to the Formidable, for the Lizard. THE ARMY. e m T b h a r e k h e e , d y q e a u t a e r r t d e a r y s o a t f s t h a e .ro 2 . d o nb boardat tali o h n e r l m B t a h i e F s t o y % screw troopship Megrera, at Portsmouth, for convey ance to the Channel Islands. An attempt was made to start the Megzera on her voyage as soon as the embarkation was effected, but in swinging her from the jetty, where she had been lying, the tide caught her stern, and, from an inability to move the engines ahead at the critical moment, drove it under the bows of the Dune of Wellington and Caraeoa, lying alongside each other in the stream. In thisposition the troopship remained for some time. Beyond a slight injury to the Duke's figurehead, the two ships fouled by the Megfera received no damage, but the latter crushed her port quarter-boat and carried away the whole of her wizen and part of her main lower rigging, besides breaking poop rails. The da mage is, however, much less than might have been expected under the circumstances. The ship was in charge of a Queen's pilot at the time, but we under stand no blame can be attached to him for what occurred, owing to the inability to move the en gines ahead when the word was passed below to that effect. The ship was got alongside the dock yard as early as possibleto repair damages and send her on her voyage, which was effected at 6 p.m. Yesterday Major-Gen. Eyre, commanding the Chatham district, made an inspection of the Chat ham division of Royal Marine Light Infantry, which is just now unusually strong. The officers and men of the division assembled in front of their quarters at 9 o'clock. Ten rounds of blank ammu nition having been served out to the men, they were marched to the Great Lines, where they were drawn up to await the arrival of Major-Gen. Eyre. The battalion, which numbered 1000 bayonets, was after his arrival put through a variety of light in fantry manoeuvres by Col. T. Lemon, C,8., com mandant of the division, and the steadiness of the men under arms and the excellent manner in which they went throagh the evolutions of the day elicited the commendation of Major-Gen. Eyre on this his first inspection of the division of Royal Marines. The battalion returned to quarters shortly before 1 o'clock. ADMISSION OF ATTORNEYS.—There are 101 new applicants for admission this term as attorneys, besides a goodly array of readmissions and renewed certificates. ANCIENT COlNS.—Whilst a man named John MTetridge was engaged in digging a trench on the farm of David Muirhead, of Ballynacaird, near Slemish, he found, only a few inches below the surface of the soil, seventeen silver coins, nearly all in excellent preservation. The greater number were of the reign of Queen Elizabeth, and bete dates front 1563 to 1602,-IMlymena Observfr. This steamer, launched at Philadelphia on Satur day last, is thus described in the Philadelphia papers :—" This vessel is the first iron-plated sea going war steamer of large size built by the United States' Government. She is constructed from plans and specifications presented to the Navy Depart ment last September by Messrs. Merrick and Sons, of this city, who are sole contractors with the Go vernment. They in turn have contracted with Messrs. Cramp and Sons, of Kensington, for the hull, with the Bristol Forge, and Brown and Co., of Pittsburg, for the 41in. plating, and with Traver and Mercer for the inch plating, reserving to them selves the construction of the machinery and the general arrangements of the several parts. The contract is dated October 15, 1861, and the vessel is to be ready for steam July 15, 1862. Chief Engineer W. W. Wood, of the Navy, superintends the machinery and plating, and Naval-Constructor Henry Hoover the hull. She is 240 ft. long, 58ft. 6in. wide, and 25ft. deep, being 3,250 tons, and having a berth, gun and spardeck—the latter being shotproof. Her frames are of white oak, filled in solid and caulked, and the average thickness of her sides is 20in. The iron-plating commences at a point 4ft. below the water-line, and extends to her spar deck; the lower course is 3in:, all the rest is 41- in. thick. All the plates are 15ft. long, the width varying from 25in. to 30in.; each plate is fastened to the vessel by 20 11 in. screw bolts, 23in. long, which secure the several thicknesses of tim ber to the plates, thus tying all together. The machinerinsists of two horizontal direct action steam, with cylinders of 50in. diameter and 30in. stroke, intended to make 85 revolutions per minute, and drive a brass four-bladed propeller of 13 feet diameter and 18 feet pitch. The boilers are four in number, horizontal tubular, each 17 feet front, 11 feet deep, and 11 feet high, of a collective force of 1,600 horses. The armament will consist of 16 11- inch Dahlgren guns on the gun-deck, and two 200. pound Parrott guns on the spar-deek. The port holes will be closed by iron shutters 5 inches thick, worked from the inside. As this is a seagoing steamer, intended to sail as well as steam, she will have three masts, and be bark rigged, her topmasts and yards being so arranged that in action they are lowered, and leave simply the three lower masts in view. When in action all the men on board are protected from shot and shell, and are below the spar-deck. The commander only is above that deck, and he occupies a shot-proof iron look-out, which rises above the spar-deck, and from which he can see all surrounding objects, and by signals communicate with the officers below. Unlike the Monitor and Galena, this vessel can carry a large crew, sufficient to board and capture any vessel. Impenetrable to shot or shell, she will seek close action, and by means of her iron prow sink, or her heavy y ht of guns capture, her oppo nen t ; her light water (15 feet) will enable her to enter all our southern harbours. Even Moultrie and Sumter can be visited by her, and she may be able impression on th ose f or t s b e f ore they the United St a t es ." areto ma rep k o e s s an e s e d by RAILWAY IN2ELLIGENCE GREAT WESTERN. An adjourned special meeting of this company was held yesterday at the Paddington station ; the Earl of Shelburne in the chair. Mr. Saunders, the secretary, read the heads of " A bill for transferring the Hereford, Ross, and Glocester Railway, and for leasing the Ely Valley Railway, to the Great Western Railway Company, and for other purposes." The object of the bill was to give the Great Western Company more complete control over the Hereford, Ross, and Glocester Rail way, which had for several years formed part of their system. The Ely Valley Railway formed a feeder to the South Wales line, and it also pointed towards the Great Western Colliery, which might hereafter be placed in direct communication with the Ely Valley line, and thus making the latter as a feeder to the South Wales line more beneficial to the Great Western Company. On the motion of the CHAIRMAN a formal resolu- tion approving the bill was carried unanimously, and the meeting was further adjourned to the 14th •f June for the consideration of other bills remain ing on the list. WELLAND. The general meeting of this company was ap pointed to be held yesterday at the offices, Token house-yard, but in consequence of the non -arrival of financial and other advices from Canada the meeting was adjourned to July 2. HULL AND HOLDERNESS. A special meeting of the company was held on Tuesday at Hull, for the purpose of considering a bill now before Parliament for dissolving the com pany and vesting its undertaking in the North- Eastern Railway Company. The chair was occupied by Mr. GowIE, who moved a formal resolution approving the bill, and remarked that the shareholders would be entitled to receive the North-Eastern consolidated 4 per cent. stock in lieu of the existing shares in the com pany: The resolution was carried unanimously, and the proceedings terminated. RAILWAY BILLS. Yesterday, in the ease of the Hull extension of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, the exami nation of Mr. Hawkshaw by Mr. Merewether, Q.C., on the engineering merits of the line occu pied the principal portion of the sitting. The case for the promoters of the Birkenhead Docks and West Cheshire Junction having been concluded, Mr. Hope Scott opened the opposition of the Lon• don and North-Western. Mr: Fowler and Mr. Hemans, engineers, were examined in the Bristol and Clifton committee. In Lord Taunton's com mittee the Brighton Company's bill for their new lines was passed, and the Launceston and South Devon Railway Company's bill was proceeded with. The case of the Midland Railway Company's ex tensions between Rowsley and Buxton occupied the committee of which Lord Churston is the chairman. THE THAMES EMBANKMENT. —Yesterday the committee reassembled at 12 o'clock, the Hon. Mr. Cowper in the chair ; present—Lord R. Montagu, Sir W. Jolliffe, Sir J. Paxton, Mr. Urquhart, Lord H. Vane, Colonel Knox, Sir J. V. Shelley, Mr. Ker Seymer, Sir M. Peto, and Mr. Garnett, and re mained in deliberation until two o'clock, when, on the admission of the public, the chairman said the committee had come to the resolution that, with a view to provide the greatest amount of relief to the most crowded thoroughfares in the vicinity of West minster-bridge, and also to avoid unnecessary outlay in works and compensation on the part of the public, it was desirable that the roadway on the river embankment should terminate at or near Whitehall stairs and thence be diverted towards Parliament street in the direction suggested by Mr. Penne thorne. Mr. Burke, Q.C., on behalf of the pro moters of the measure, objected to the decision of the committee. It took them by surprise. There had been no plan by Mr. Pennethorne in evidence, and they had had no opportunity of bringing for ward rebutting evidence. The committee having overruled the objection, the case of the opposition for the City of London Gasworks Company was opened by Mr. Hope Scott, Mr. Richards, and Mr. Miller. They allege that the proposed embankment will seriously interfere with their works and the manufacture or gas, which now amounts to nearly 500,000,000 cubic feet per annum ; the quantity o f c oal brought by lighters alongsid e and carbonised being upwards of 50 , 00 0 tons during the same period. That for these purposes they require all the f ac ilities that the river front age now a ffords them , a nd the proposed embankment will materially inter- SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BATH RACES—YESTERDAY. The second day of this antepenultimate to the Derby bore a marked improvement on its predecessor. The misty clouds had disappeared from the horizon, and a warm fresh morn ing gave promise of an enjoyable holyday to the laughing crowd which ascended Lansdown Hill to see the contest for the Somersetshire Stakes. Although that great feature of the week was not to be run off until a quarter past three o'clock, every vehicle in the town was engaged before noon day, soon after which hour the streets were almost empty. One slight shower fell after the first race, but the remainder of the day was bright and sunny. The victory of Carac tacus in the large handicap was unlooked for by the majo rity, and speaks highly of the Marquis's performance in the Two Thousand Guineas Stakes at Newmarket. There was but little betting on the Derby during the meeting, the favourites continuing in much the same position as on Monday, One outsider (Warminster) came into the market after Fitzavon had run second for the Somersetshire, but no other material change was noticeable. Sweepstakes of 5 goys each, with 60 sovs added . ; 2 : yr-olds and upwards ; weights for age, with optional selling • weights. One mile. 9 subs. Mr. Brayley's Knightsbridge, 4 yrs (£5O) 85t.... (Page) 1 Mr. Stephenson's Redpole, 4 yrs (£5O), 7st 111 b (Ed wards) 2 Mr. Mills's Dartmouth, 5 yrs (£5O), Bst 5:b.. (Fordham ) 3 The following also ran :—Vest filly, Truant, Snowdrop colt, Auriel, Nativity, and Old Post, late Marwell. Betting-5 to 2 agst Redpole, 9to 2 agst Knightsbridge, 5 to 1 each agst Nativity and Dartmouth. Knightsbridge, in company with Redpole, cut out the way to half way down the hill, where they were passed by Dartmouth, who came round the lower turn with a clear lead, followed by the Snowdrop colt and Truant, Red pole and Knightsbridge lying next. On entering the straight, the two latter crept up, and at the distance joined the leader, the three running together to the stand, where Dartmouth was beaten, and Knightsbridge won cleverly by a length; a bad third. Nativity was fourth, Snowdrop Colt fifth, Truant and Old Post were the two last. Tho winner was not sold. ,Mr. W. Day claimed Truant. The Weston Stakes of 10 soya each, with 50 soya added ; for 2.yr-olds; colts, Bst 101 b; fillies and geldings, Bst flb. Winners extra. T.Y.C. Straight half-mile. 47 subs. Lord Stamford's Cerintha, Bst 121 b Count Lagrange's Vivid (51b), Bst 21b...(H. Grimahaw) 2 Mr. W. Day's Orlando, Bst 121 b (J. Adams) 3 _ _ The following also ran :—Batsman, Brother to Scent, Declaration, Regenerator, Countess, and Craft. Betting-6 to 4on Cerintha, 100 to 15 each agst Bats man and Brother to Scent, and lb to 1 agst Vivid. In consequence of the over anxiety of several of the riders, the start was delayed some time ; but when the flag was lowered the horses left the post nearly in a line, 'Vivid on the rails on the lower side, after the first few strides came on with a slight lead, followed by the favourite in the centre, and Batsman on the outside; the others headed by Brother to Scent and the Lady Palmerston filly, lying at their heels. They ran thus to half-way in the distance, when Batsman gave way, and W. Day's filly took his posi tion in the wake of the leaders, who ran in close company to the stand, when Edwards made his effort, and succeeded in getting up in the last stride, and won by a head. A bad third. Declaration and Batsman finished fourth and fifth, close up ; then came Craft, Brother to Scent, and Regenera , tor; Countess was last. The Somersetshire Stakes of 25 soya each, 15 ft, and 5 only if declared, with 100 soya added. The second horse to receive 50 sovs, and the third horse to save his stake. Winners extra. Two miles and a distance, 89 subs, 42 of whom pay 5 sous each. Mr. C. Snewing's Caractacus, 3 yrs, sst 101 b (J. Cfrimshaw) 1 Mr. H..J. Smith's Fitz-Avon, s'yrs, 7st Gib (J. Snowden) 2 Lord Lincoln nas. Dusk, 3 yrs, Est lib (car Est 21b.) (Doyle) 3 The following also ran :—Moorcock, Bay Shirley, Flir tation, Ilighflyer, Paul Clifford, Sycophant, West•end, Draghound, and Attaman. Betting-5 to 2 agst Dusk, sto 1 agst West-end, Gto 1 agst Attaman, 7 to 1 agst Draghound, 10 to 1 agst Caracta cus, 100 to 7 agst Paul Clifford, 100 to 6 oach agst Fitz- Avon and Moorcock, and 20 to 1 agst Flirtation. Through the restiveness of Dusk, Draghound, and High flyer, who repeatedly broke away, the start was delayed up wards of 20 minutes. The flag was at last lowered. Bay Shirley was the first off, closely attended by Draghound, West-end, and Caractacus next the rails ; then came Dusk, Fitz-Avon, and Attaman in a body, whipped in by Moorcock and Flirtation. On reaching the distance Caractacus rushed to the front, and in a few strides came on with a clean lead past the stand, Highflyer going on second, Dusk next, with West-end, Draghound, and Paul Clifford ; and on rounding the top turn he considerably increased his lead, and at the mile post he was upwards of three lengths in advance of Paul Clifford, Dusk, Highflyer, West-end, Fitz-Avon, and Draghound, who were running in a cluster, Sycophant, Bay Shirley, and Attaman going on next, Moorcock, and Flir tation still last. In this way they ran to the lower turn, when Highflyer was observed in difficulties, and shortly afterwards disappeared from the front, Moorcock and Flir tation at the same time drawing forward. On rounding the turn into the straight, Caractacus, who ran unkindly, hung considerably, so much so that little Grimshaw had to pull him off to prevent going on the inside of the post, and in so doing the spring of his stirrup gave way and freed his leather, which the little fellow with great tact caught and carried home in his mouth. This mishap compelled him to steady Caractacus, who appeared full of running, and he entered the straight with a slight lead, Paul Clif ford lying next, with Fitz-Avon, West-end, Dusk, and Attaman for his immediate followers ; but at the distance Paul Clifford was disposed of, and Fitz-Avon,with Dusk on his whip hand, came on in attendance upon Caractacus, who held his own to the end and won in a canter by two lengths, Fitz-Avon beating Dusk by a neck for second. West-end was fourth, close up, Flirtation fifth, Attaman sixth; then came Sycophant, Moorcock, Paul Clifford, and Draghound. Bay Shirley and Highflyer trotted in the two last. The Badminton Stakes of 10 sovs each, 5 ft, with 100 added, for all ages. Weights for age; winners extra, with maiden allowances. T.Y.C., straight half mile. 25 subs. Lord Stamford's /Etna, 2 yrs, 6st 71b e (T. French) 1 Mr. W. Nelson's King of Forest, aged, 9st slb (31b ex.) (Crosswell) 2 Mr. R. E. Wilson's Bohemia, 2 yrs, Gat 101 b (31b extra) (Whiteley 3 The following also ran :—Birdhill, Repartee colt, Allez• y-rondement, Peignoir, Marksman, and Peter the Hermit. Betting-5 to 2 each agst King of the Forest and .Etna, and 100 to 15 agst Peignoir. The two favourites, with Lord Anglesey's colt, Allez-y -rondement, and Marksman, lay in front to the distance, where the three latter were disposed of, and Bohemia, fol lowed by Birdhill, supplied their places. At the enclosure the old horse was beaten, and /Etna went home an easy winner by a length and a half. Bohemia was a bad third, Birdhill fourth,Peignoir fifth, the Repartee colt and Marks man, close together, sixth and seventh. The Shorts of 3 sovs each, with 30 Boys added, for all ages. Straight half mile. For 2-yr-olds and upwards, with sel ling allowances. 11 subs. Mr. Brayley's Tarragona, 3 yrs (L3O), 7st 71b.... (rage) 1 Mr. T. East's Vengeance colt, 2 yrs (£3o),(Tst 101 b homas) 2 Lord Coventry's Musquetaire, 2 yrs f. 30 Grimshaw),bstlol 3 The following also ran :—Maid of the Tees colt, Ban quetter, Auriel, Rotterdam, and Little Woman. Betting-2 to 1 agst Tarragona , 3 to 1 agst Musquetaire, and 6 to 1 agst any other. M us quetaire jumped away ith th e running, followed by the Vengeance colt next the rails, and the favourite on the upper side, to the half distance, where Tarragona came out and won in a canter by a neck, three lengths separating the second and third. Little Woman was fourth, beaten a iong way. Then came Auriel, the Maid of the Tees colt, Rotterdam, and Banquetter, widely spread. The winner was not sold. The Dyrham-park handicap of 100 sovs. Once round and a distance. Winners extra. (19 subs.) Mr. W. Evans's Don John, 4 yrs, 7st 21b (11. G r i ms h aw) 1 Mr. T. Golby's Church Militant, 3 yrs, 52t 71b (S.Adams) 2 Mr. Fitzhugh's Villager, 3 yrs, Gst The following also ran :—Gibraltar, Bally Edmond, Saracen, Egbert, Sycophant, Tresham, Rantipole. Betting-2 to 1 agst Villager; sto 2 agst Bally Ed. mond ; and 6 to 1 each agst Don John and Church Mili tant. Rantipole rushed to the front and made the running, fol lowed by Church Militant and Don John, the Villager, w ith Egbert lying at his girths, heading the rear division. On rounding the top turn Rantipole increased his lead, but on entering the back stretch he ran out, leaving Don John with the lead, his immediate followers being Church Mili tant, Egbert, and the favourite, but before they reached the mile post Rantipole again joined the front, and ran with them to the far turn, where he was beaten and droPPed into the extreme rear, Don John retained' We lead to the NEWCASTLE -ON -1 THURSDAY Weights for the st Ibl Caller Ou .... 8 12 ' Rapparee 8 6 Upperhand 8 0 Eidolon Longshot . 7 12 Tattoo .. 7 12 Interest 7 11 Dictator Doefoot .. 7 11 7 10 Pancake 10 Montrose 9 Knutsford 7 9 I Neptunus 9 My Mary 9 Vi r gilius .. 7 7 Jaey Jones Lady Louisa 7 3 Sporting Life Gardener .. 7 0 Spite 7 0 CYNE MEETING. JrNE Gold Cup Stakeo. st lb 1-Fast Runner Bernice Adoubee Retento Birthday filly Q u een of Trumps 6 3 Haddingtou Lachesis Adventurer .......••• 6 2 T own Councillor Beverley King of Kars ........ 0 Tommy Jones ........ 6 0 Charlton ............ 6 0 Patrick ........ 6 0 Wallachia Flush jinuey Jones 5 12 Bannerdal. 9 Scandal •• • • • ) ••• 5 7 CRYSTAL PALACE. The Great Handel Festival Orchestra, with its vast and imposing roof, is now acknowledged to be a success far beyond the most sanguine expectations. The performance of the International Exhibition Music at the Great Flower Show, on Saturday last, demonstrated in a most satisfactory manner its acoustic capabilities—the faintest tone, such as the high notes of a flute, or violin, came out with most remarkable distinctness, while the loud thunders of the gigantic organ were concentrated and thrown forward in such a striking manner, as to render it matter of certainty that when the great forces to be engaged at the Handel Festival are heard, the effect will be the most astounding ever produced, even at the Crystal Palace. But it is not alone in increase of loudness that this orchestra is remarkable, but for the clearness and distinctness with which each series of sounds falls upon the ear; while, at the same time the ear is delighted with effects which cannot be produced elsewhere, the eye is equally impressed with the sight of the vast arch stretching across the entire width of the orchestra. The 15,000 visitors assem bled at the Flower Show last Saturday, testified in a most unmistakeable manner the gratification and pleasure they experienced at the extraordinary and unprecedented musical treat afforded them. The Sacred Harmonic Society are now exerting themselves in earnest to make the musical arrange ments for the approaching festival the most complete of any on record. Upwards of 1,200 engagements have been made with the provincial choirs, and as these either have been or will be selected by the officers of the society, the result cannot fail to be the engagement of a class of performers far superior in musical ability to those who took part in the for mer festivals. It is expected that by the close of this week, the whole of the engagements will have been completed. The final choral rehearsals in London are ap pointed for Fridays, the 6th, 13th, and 20th of June, to be held in the large ball, Exeter Hall. The great full rehearsal will take place at the Crystal Palace, on Saturday, 21st June. At this, the whole of the performers, both choral and instrumental, as well as the principal singers, will be present. The Messiah will be performed on the first day. and Israel in Egypt on the last day, of the Festival ; the intermediate day (Wednesday) being devoted to a selection from Handel's greatest works, not in cluded in the before-named Oratorios. The selec tion is not yet definitely arranged, but it will com prise choruses from the Dettingcn Te Deum, Sam son, Saul, Judas Maccabeus, Deborah, Solomon, in cluding the celebrated Passion Choras, Jephtha, &c. A novel feature in this day's programme will be the introduction of selections from some of Han del's best-known secular works ; among these will be found, " Haste thee, Nymph," from L'Allegro, " Wretched Lovers," from Acis and Galatea, " Tyrants, now no more shall dread," from Hercules, "As from the power of sacred lays," from St. Cecilia's Ode, interspersed with some of the best known solos. The entire Orchestra will comprise a larger force than were ever before assembled, numbering in all nearly 4,000 performers. From the increased volume of tone which must be brought out by the erection of the great roof over the Orchestra, there is no doubt whatever that the effect produced will be beyond all conception, while the clearness of the fugal passages, and the increased distinctness of the soft parts, will be as effective and perceptible as in an ordinary concert room. The great stage and scenery, which was erected for Blondin's performances at Christmas, have been cleared away, and visitors may now form some idea of the value of the more distant places. It is be lieved by competent judges that the seats furthest removed from the orchestra will now be amongst the best for hearing. Additional seats are now being erected in the gallery, plans of which will bo ready for issue in a few days. As the Festival will be held concurrently with the great Agricultural Show at Battersearsarokf, atnhde during the heyday of the shilling day Exhibition, there is no doubt the concourse o urs f e th o e f visitors at the Crystal Pa l a ce on the days Festival will be immense. THE .RECENT DEFALCATIONS iy ST. PANCRAS. Yesterday, at the weekly meeting of the repre• sentative vestry of St. Pancras, held at the Vestry Hall, Camden Town—Mr. Silas Taylor, senior churchwarden, in the chair—the report of the Finance Committee was presented, from which it appeared that the committee h a d b een pursuing th e i r investigation as to the defalcations of Charles Burns, the absconded collector of No. 6 Ward, and up to the present time they found the defalcations reached £297 14s. 11d. Mr. DOUGLAS; in moving the adoption of this re port, said he regretted to observe that these frauds had resulted from the laxity of ono or two of the officers in the employ of that board: Had those officers carried out the reolutions and bye-laws of that Board, Burns ago. rnsmight have been detected at least six months Mr. Ross,in seconding the motiou,said he agreed with what had fallen from Mr. Douglas, but said there had also been a good deal of laxity on their Own parts—(hear, hear)—in not inquiring into the antecedents of those they employed in offices of trust. (Hear, hear.) This Mr. Burns was, he un derstood, only made a ratepayer the day before his election, and they really knew nothing about him. Such affairs as these were calculated to bring odium upon the authorities and upon the parish. Let them abandon the principle of electing men from sympathy or to help a man on in the world, but let them have a man of substance and character. There were many who would deposit £ l,OOO as personal security, and save all this trouble and annoyance. Mr. WATSON considered, in justice to the other officers, that the names of those who had been lax should be given. Mr. DOUGLAS said it would be u nfair to call upon the committee to give their names until they finally reported. The adoption of the report WAS then carried, Yesterday evening, betve a terrible explosion took ph hood of Church-street, ShoreL, During the excitement which upon such a fearful event it was , _a. Aida able difficulty that anything like full particulars could be obtained, but the following may be relied upon as being tolerably correct : It appears that for some time past men have been employed constructing the main drainage sewer irr, Church-street, and between the corner of Brick-lanu and Club•row , in the same street, the roadway had been taken up, and the heavy stones taken there ' from piled upon the footpath and the edge of the carriage roadway. Immediately under those por tions of the thoroughfare are the mains used for supplying the by-streets and shops with gas, while a little further is a powerful steam-engine, used for drawing up the earth and lowering bricks as the soil beneath was bring excavated. Owing to the weight of the superineumbent mass the stones fell through, and; corm le in contact with the piping, snapped it at one of the joints, and then the gas blew out with a loud noise and flew through the open ground, along the sewei, until it reached the furnace of the engine. A nunaor of men in the nd ass h in er g employ of the contractor, working the cutting, were instantly p ros t r ated. A woman, n'ined Jan e knocked down, a Smith, who was clothing along th s e et pavement,on fi re. Theas house of Mr. I. Hayes, boot and shoemaker, 151, Church-street, was blown to by a shell from a mortar, and the fragments falling upon the poor woman she was held fast in the midst of the flaming mass until extricated by the firemen. She was then found to be much burnt, and was im mediately, upon being extricated, removed to the London Hospital, but not the least hopes can be entertained of her recovery. The fronts of the houses from 146 to 155, making nine honses, had th e ir fronts blown out, the window glass demolished, and the furniture broken. The house belonging to Mr. J. E. Mannings, haberdasher, No. 150, Clitich-streer,-was--nearly—riddled, force of the explosion. How any of the inmates escaped alive appears to have been a perfect miracle, but the only injury they sustained was a severe shaking and a few bruises. Mr. Mannings was insured in the Sun Fire-office. The gas next filled the premises of Mr. W. Gerrard, tobacconist, No. 52 in the same thoroughfare, and blew up the greater portion of the building. and as it may appear, no one was materially injured in this house. Mr. Gerrard was insured in the Union Fire-offie. The gas then appears to have passed in e ntered dense cur rent across the roadway, and to have ev ery house on the opposite side of the street from Nos. 44 to 52 inclusive, blowing out the windows and window -frames. Nearly a dozen other houses. in the rear were similarly injured. Thousands of persons flocked to the scene of the catastrophe, and it required the assistance of a strong body of police, under Mr. Superintendent White and Inspector Broad, to keep the crowd out of danger. Mr. Hayes, who is the most serious loser, was insured in the Scottish Provincial Fire-office. The gas directors gave immediate orders for " bladder stoppers" to be inserted in the mains, and that having been done th e g as was prevented from again passing through that portion of them. No further mischief, need, therefore, be appre hended. BIGIITH BEPOR7 OF GENE THE POSEN TERAL. The report of the Postmaster-General for 1861 was issued yesterday : By substitution of road letter boxes, the number of post-offices last year was diminished by 36, mak ing the whole present num ber 11,405 ; of which. 813 are head offices, and 10,50 suboffices. On the other hand, the number of road letter boxes was increased by 4 7 6, Th us the whole number of public receptacles f or letters is now 14351, as compared with 13 , 914 last y ear, and with little more than 4,500 before the establishment of wmu penny .sdoteefneartiTinliretevheeoteedpetrspeoic . p cfrrliod o siohils s Ete t iogoio a ndwtfa g eo e odm . n e,waoni During rtdhos tohmaeare yo t o h ffm e t thha e l ie a ml se three last tioyt with a mpo r raar 4 i 45 ss oiopmnflba the hhte both directions ; the additional mail being in several in hti populationni h r ge d it d a u nb r il i tee n od g h the i an 2 o :l dhoe h m o , i u u r cr s u . year, with the rate of increase, and th br e rnr pgoroftphlocertttleiaorn Number of Letters in 1862. England Ireland Scotland 487 millions 50 „ 56 „ Increase Proportion of per Cent. Letters. on Number to Population, in 18GO. About 51 24 to each person. 3 9to each person. is to oxen person. - 51 i2O t each perfaon, United Kingd, As compared with 1860, the total shows an in crease of 29 millions ; and as contrasted with the year previous to the introduction of penny postage (1839), an increase (omitting franks) of 517 mil lions; making the present number of letters nearly eight-fold the number in 1839. Less than one e per cent. of letters posted in the United Kingdom wer charged additional postage on account of their not having been prepaid. Nevertheless, at the chief offica in London, including the small offices in the eastern central district, as much as £35,000 was received last letters last year was abo ut 1,550,000, one gis year for unpaid postage. T he number of or registe rered letters. For the tared letter to about 380 ordinary future in the London office, all u nregistered letters which unquestionably contain coin will be selected. is abt t o o from the mass, trea ted as registered letters, and sub jected to a doub le re g istration fee. As an additional e n ne d e v vu o s i e l pe r ad a p g fe e rr m os mewn Vi a° t r do e e g l i i4 s vd t e r , r a e t d i u o n pl aw t s ht y a r e d f s e e e a of 72730 o ()t r and nearly 12,300, 000 book packets ; being an increase of about a million and a half of ne • spapers and half a mil lion of book packets. Th e increase of newspapers in the London dis trit cwas again much above the average. Durin g th e l as t year, 113 additional money or d e r o ces were op ene d i u E ngland an d W a l es , 16 in Ireland, ffi and 10 i n S cotland; 11, however , having been closed for want of business. Thus the whole number of money order offices in the United Bins' dom 15 now 2,722. We also exchange money orders with Canada, Queensland, and the Cape of Good Ho p e. anada, Victoria, western Australia, Gibraltar, and Malta ; a n d w e shall soon do so with New Zealand, The increase in the number of mo ne y orders last year was about 350,000 ; which is about 90,000 more than the increase in the previous year. The increase applied to each part of the kingdom. The greatest number of orders ever paid in England and Wales in one day was on the 24th December I last, viz., upwards of 41,000. The money orders I issued on account of the Committee of Council on 1 Education amounted last year to nearly .£530,000. Imperial FOREIGNERS IN RUSSIA.—Even tory soldier family are foreigners rather than Russitatas; been sure of it who had a brave heart and a stout arm :l aud to the man of right royal welcome here. To the artisn, iven that which to the mechanic or the labourer, 'tad over have hoped to science, Russia has awarded admiraatiboas gr"P has raised hint far higher thanshothce policy to which Eng rise in other countries. Illi f her commercial prosperty, but ect, wealt h ; land owes, not only much 0. - ., - ass. The gain of Russia hag much of her fame in a rts:: t ai 'vest of the brave chiefs who kept been equally large. Th l e . Gegrarainanst the united strength of four also. The first ambassador was nt to the court of Russia was an Eng. whom England se greatth c wallsnat nations, Ras n renown and fortune in the Itmclan. lishman who had wo _, . c of her largest,landowners are French, Lilt service. ~01no fnest estates in the south was given to a General one of the i bastopao ccb i c y, an E n glishman, and has now passed by inheritance to an It a lian. The docks at Scb af lopol wi re b u ilt by o n Englishman. The lucrative wool trade of the south is c hiefly in the hands of Frenchmen. The largest mercantile house in the Azoff is English. The corn trade is in the hands of the Greeks. The chief bankers in Russia are Jews. The retail shopkeepers are chiefly French and Ger mans ; but the beat retail trade in Russia has been for many years the property of an English firm, Messrs. Nicholls and Plinkie. I live in one of a row of fourteen of the stateliest palaces in Europe : four belong to Italians, four belong to Jews two belong to Frenchmen, one belongsfce. to a German, and the remaining three are publi . c i . t o_ been In no country has even second and third-rate. ability i so handsomely and universally acli.upwlodg ea ' ".aid the r(ar liouna,"