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THE LEESWOOD CANNEL and GAS COAL co AT P ANY (Limited). Incorporated under Inc Joint-stock Companies Acts, 1856- 1 57, wherdiv the Liability of the Shareholders is Limited to the amount of their respective Shares. Capital, £lOO,OOO, in 50,000 Shares of £2 each. Deposit ss. per share on Application, and 15s. on Allotment. No further Call to be made until after a Dividend of 10 per cent, has been paid to the Shareholders. DIRECTORS. P. S. Bolton, Esq., Broad-street Metal Works, Birming ham, and Cheadle, Staffordshire. R. J. Clarke, Esq., 4, Brabant-court, Philpot-lane, Direc tor of the County Gas Company. G. Lettsom Elliot, Esq., 7, Hyde Park Gate South. J. Goldingham, Esq., Cross Deep hall, Twickenham. George llaworth, Esq , Fluckersbrook, Chester. John Jordein. Esq. (Messrs. Lee and Jerdcin, Coal Ex change, and 9, Lancaster-place). F. J. Stevens, Esq., Darlington Works, Southwark-bridge road. M. Brown Westhead, Esq. (Messrs. Westhead and Co.), Manchester. AUDITORS. IV. Barton Ford, Esq. (Messrs. Clark, Ford, and Co„ ac countants, 7, Nicholas-lane). W. J. Vian, Esq. (Railway Passengers' Assurance Cora pany), 64, Cornhill. BANKERS.-'--London and County Bank, Lon,bard-street. SOLICITORS. Messrs. R. and S. Muliens, 7, Poultry. Messrs. Tyndall and Johnson, Birmingham. 1311,0kERS. Messrs. St. Alphonse and Halls, 75, Old Broad-street. W. J. Scott, Esq , Waterloo-street, Birmingham. SECRETARY, pro tem.—John Collett, Esq. Temporary Offices.-7, Nicholas -lane, Lombard - street,E. C. ABR . ' DGED 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 C oa l h as lately been made. The Collieries are, at the present time, in profitable opera tion, and cor4derable quantities of very superior Cannel Coal (upwards of 2,500 tons per month) are being raised and sold at prices which leave a large profit. The quality of gas produced from the Leeswood Cannel is equal to that obtained from the well-known Torbane Hill Mineral, or Boghead, which realises so high a price (about 40s. per ton) in Scotland.—Sea Dr. Fyfe's (of Aberdeen) Report for comparative value of the Leeswood with this and other cannels. Contracts already exist with gas and other companies for upwards of 30,300 tons per annum of the Leeswood Cannel Coal, thus ensuring a sale for the whole amount of the pre sent railings; and additional contracts, to at least double this extent, can be made directly the increased yield of the collieries will afford the requisite supply. The present get and sales of Cannel Coal from the proved area alone (without taking into account the other proved Beams) will yield for upwards of 20 years a certain dividend of above 10 per cent. on the entire capital of £lOO,OOO, after making a liberal allowance for all possible expenses and contingencies (see " Statement of actual Itaisings, Sales, and Expenditure for January, February, and March, 1862"), but with the proposed additional pits, by an outlay not exceeding £lO,OOO, the amount raised will be more than doubled, and the dividends increased in proportir. (See Re ports of Mr. MacCulloch, Mr. MacDougal Smith, and Mr It. C. Webster, of Ruabon). Prospectuses in full, reports, statements of actual work ings, profits, &c., and forms of application for shares, can be obtained at the Solicitors', Brokers', and at the offices of the Company, from whence they will also be forwarded free by post if required. GUARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, No. 11, Lombard-strect,'London, E.C. Established 1821. Subscribed Capital, Two Millions.—Paid up, One Million. DIRECTORS. HENRY VIGNE, Esq., Chairman. Sir MINTO T. FARQUHAR, Bart., M.P., Deputy Chairman. IrPnry Hulse Berens, Esq., John G. Hubbard, Esq., M.P. Henry p00h... Carter, Esq. John Labouchere, Esq. Charles Wm. Curtis, Et•ci. John Martin, Esq. Charles F. Devas, Esq. d Mitchell, Esq. Francis Hart Dyke, Esq. James Monk', Esq. Sir Walter R. Farquhar, Bart. Henry Norman, 14:sq. James Goodson, Esq. Henry R. Reynolds, Esq. Thomson Hankey, Esq., M.P. Abraham Jno. Robartes, Esq. John Harvey, Esq. 'James Tulloch, Esq. AUDITORS. Lewis Loyd, Esq. I Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq. Cornelius Paine, jun., Esq. Thos.Tallemach, Esq., Secretary I Saml. Brown, Esq., Actuary LIFE DEPA RTMENT.—UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF AN ACT OF PARLIAMENT, this Company now offers to new Iu- Furers EIGHTY PER CENT. of the Profits, at Quinquennial Divisions, or a Low Rate of Premium without participation of Profits. Since the establishment of the Company in 1821, the Amount of Profits allotted to the Assured has exceeded in cash value £660,000, which represents equivalent Reversionary Bonuses of £1,058,000. 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. LOCAL MILITIA and VOLUNTEER CORPS.—No Extra Premium is required for service therein. mi ums. INVALID LIVES assured at corresponding Extra Pre- LOANS granted on Life Policies to the extent of their Value% if such value be not less than £5O. ASSIGNMENTS OF POLICIES.—Written Notices of, re ceived and registered. MEDICAL FEES paid by the Company, and no charge for Policy Stamps. FIRE DEPARTMENT.—lnsurances are effected on every description of property at moderate rates. Losses caused by Explosion of Gas are admitted by this Company. ADVOWSON.-FREETTOLDS.-LIPTON AND ROTHERSTFIORPE. TO BE SOLD, pursuant to an Order of the High Court of Chancery, in a Cause, of Donaldson v. Fairfax, with the approbation of Vice-Chancellor Sir Richard Torin Kinderaley, in Six Lots, by Messrs. Holloway and Son, at the 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 Rothersthorpe, 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. 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STAMPED ....sd. half distance, where he 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. LATEST BETTING. THE DEREY. 10 to 3 agst The Marquis (taken) 6to 1 agst Bucketone (taken) LOO to S agst The Stockwell colt (taken) 13 to 1 agst Zetland (taken) 14 to 1 agst Caterer (offered) 15 to 1 agst Ensign (taken) 100 to 6 agst Neptunus (taken) 50 to 1 agst Caractactis (offered) 50 to 1 agst Warminster (taken) NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE MEETING. THURSDAY, JUNE 26. Weights for the Gold Cup Stakes. st 1b i st lb Caller Ou Rapparee 8 5 Bernice ............ 6 10 Upperhand 8 0 , Adonbee ............ 6 7 Eidolon 7 12' Retento ..... . ...... 6 5 Longshot Tattoo Interest 711 ' Haddington ...... 6 3 Doefoot Dictator .. Pancake 7 10 . Town Councillor .... 6 2 Montrose 7 9 Beverley Knutsford Neptunus 7 9 Tommy Jones 6 0 My Mary 7 9 I Charlton Virgilius . , ...... 7 7 ! Patrick 6 0 Joey Jones .. 7 71Wallachia .. Lady Loulsa Sporting Life - . 513 . 5 12 Gardener Spite 7 0 Scandal 5 9 5 7 TERRIFIC EXPLOSIO , Yesterday •• exelo n tookve si n o ing, between tux , Lui • a terrible pplace in hood of Church-street, Shoreditch. During the excitement which necessarily ensued upon such a fearful event it was with a consider able difficulty that anything like full particulars could bo 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 in Church-street, and between the corner of Brick-lane 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 edf•e of tie carriage roadway. Immediately under those por tions of the thoroughfare are the mains used 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 being excavated. Owing to the weight of the superincumbent mass the stones fell through, and, coming in contact with the piping, w ed it out with one th t alo o u f d th n e oi j s o e in o t n s, d a fl u e d w tl t i h en rou t g h h e gas the b sn le app open of h ground,t the along eng tuhe. A number the sewer, nu untilr of m it reached eni n the furnace the employ of the contractor, working in the cutting, were instantly prostrated. A woman, named Jane Smith, who was passing along the pavement, was knocked down, and her clothing set on fire. The house of Mr. J. Hayes, boot and shoemaker, 151, Church-street, was blown to the ground, as if struck by a shell from tt 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 • Ind u pon being extricated, removed to the London Hospital, but not the least hopes can be eiatel y , en t er tained of her recovery. The fronts of the houses from 1.4.1 to 155, making nine houses, had their fronts blown out, the window glass demolished, and the furniture broken. The house belonging to Mr. J. E. Mannings, haberdasher, No. 150, Church-street, was nearly riddled by the force of the explosion. How any of the inmates escaped alive appears to have been a perfect miracle, but the only injary 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. Strange as it may appear, no one was materially injured in this house. Mr. Gerrard was insured in the,Union Fire-office. The gas then appears to have passed in a dense current across the roadway, and to have entered every 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 the gas was prevented from again passing through that portion of them. No further mischief, need, therefore, be appro. hended. EIGHTH REPOR7 OF THE POSTMAS• TER-GENERAL. 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 number 11,405 ; of which 813 are head offices, and 10,592 sub-offices. On the other hand, the number of road letter boxes was increased by 476. Thus the whole number of public receptacles for letters is now 14,354, as compared with 13,914 last year, and with little more than 4,500 before the establishment of penny postage. During the last year 45 places were provided with day mails to or from the metropolis of one or other of the three parts of the United Kingdom, and some of them with mails in both directions ; the additional mail being in several in stances the third during the 24 hours. The following table shows the number of letters delivered in the United Kingdom during the last year, with the rate of increase, and the proportion of letters to population:— Number of Increase Proportion of Letters in on eNumbe r ent. Letters 1862. in 1860. to Population. England 487 millions About 5} 24 to each person. Ireland 5O 3t 9to each person. „ Scotland United Kingdom 693 „ „ 51 ;20 to each person. As compare 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 per cent. of letters posted in the United Kingdom were charged additional postage on account of their not having been prepaid. Nevertheless, at the chief office in London, including the small offices in the eastern central district, as much as £ 35,000 was received last year for unpaid postage. The number of registered letters last year was about 1,550,000, or one regis tered letter to about 380 ordinary letters. For the future in the London office, all unregistered letters additional which unquestionably contain coin will be selected. from the mass, treated as registered letters, and fee is is about to be newspapers e e o:d p a t p o e a r 4: s l o w n e b r l e e rig de i l s i t: e a r t e i d o n last a e s e t . reduced from 6d. to 4d. Upwards encouragement to registration, the of 72,300,000 ye s ar all and nearly 12,300,000i11i0n and booka half packets o f n;e newspapers sbeingpap and half aan increase ofabout a n 1 mil lion of book pack e t s . The increase of newspapers was in the London di e tri t ers c again much above the average. During an th a e l l o as i t year, Ireland, offices were ope ne d i n E ngland and Wales , 16 i n closed for want nS 113 additional money order co o t f la b n u d sin ; e l B l s. , however, having number of money ord er o ffi ces in the been T hus whole whole Kin gdom is now 2,722. We also exchange money orders with Canada, Victoria, Western Australia, Gibraltar, and Malta ; and we shall soon do so with New Zealand, Queensland, and the Cape of Good Hope. The increase in the number of money 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 last, viz., upwards of 41,000. The money orders issued on account of the Committee of Council on Education amounted last year to nearly £530,000. Imperial FOREIGNERS IN RIISSIA.—Even t he very soldier family are foreigners rather than Russians. b e en sure of a who had a brave heart and a stout arm right royal welcome here. To the art admiration, res pect, wealth; science, Russia has awarded hebas given that which to the mechanic or the labourer, she ever have hoped has raised him far higher than.ehethe policy to which t rice Eng in other countries. This eir commercial prosperty, but t h an aa d to the man of land owes, not only much of anus. The gain of Russia has much of her fame in The against the united strength of four the walls of Sebastopeo_ man aretsbaravest of the brave chiefs who kept also. The first ambassador A sent to the court of Russia was an Eng whom England g b r e e e a n t e: laatilolnytlarwgaes. ()re lishman who had won renown and fortune in the Russian service. S om e of her largest landowners are French, but on e of the fin est estates in the south was g iven to a G e neral Cobley, a n Englishman, and has now passed by inheritance to an Italian. The docks at Sebastopol w ere b u ilt by an E n glishman. The lucrative wool trade of the south is c hi e fly 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 best retail trade in Russia has been for many years the property of an English firm, Messrs; Nicholls and Plinki e . I li ve i n one o f a row of fourtee n o the stateliest palaces in Europe : four belong to I. tali , o an n : four belong to Jews, two belong to Frenchmen, obn:cal.,. e_ . to a German, and the remaining three are . pu ability wa In no country has even second and thirt ra r de „,pickens's so handsomely and universa ll y itolaw wiu " g "4dl the Year Bound." CRYSTAL PALACE. Knightsbridge, in company with Redpole, cut out the way to half way down the hill, where they wore 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 wss fourth, Snowdrop Colt fifth, Truant and Old Post were the two last. The winner was not sold. Mr. W. Day claimed Truant. The Weston Stakes of 10 sovs each, with 60 soya added; for 2.yr-olds ; colts, Bst 10Ib ; fillies and geldings, Bst 71b. Winners extra. T.Y.C. Straight half-mile. 47 subs. Lord Stamford's Cerintha, Bst 121 b .. (A. Edwards) 1 Count Lagrange's Vivid (51b), Bst 21b...(11. Grimshaw) 2 Mr. W. Day's Orlando, Bst 121 b 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 15 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 sovs added. The second horse to receive 50 soya, and the third horse to save his stake. Winners extra. Two miles and a distance, 89 subs, 42 of whom pay 5 sovs each. Mr. C. Snewing's Caractacus, 3 yrs, bat lolb (J. Grimshaw) 1 Mr. H. J. Smith's Fitz-Avon, s"yrs, 7st 61b (J. Snowden) 2 Lord Lincoln nas. Dusk, 3 yrs, Gst llb (car Est 21b.) (Doyle) 3 The following also ran :—Moorcock, Bay Shirley, Flir tation, Highflyer, Paul Clifford, Sycophant, West-end, Draghound, and Attaman. Betting-5 to 2 agst Dusk, sto 1 agst West-end, 6to 1 agst Attaman, 7 to 1 agst Draghound, 10 to 1 agst Caracta cus, 100 to 7 agst Paul Clifford, 100 to 6 each 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 ho entered the straight with a slight load, 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 soya 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, Est 71b (T. French) 1 Mr. W. Nelson's King of Forest, aged, 9st 51b (31b ex.) (Crosswell) 2 Mr. R. E. Wilson's Bohemia, 2 yrs, Gst 101 b (31b extra) (Whiteley 3 The following also ran :—Birdhill, Repartee colt, Allen y-rondoment, 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 soya each, with 30 soya 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 711).... (Page) 1 Mr. T. East's Vengeance colt , 2 yrs (L3O), sst bib (Thomas) 2 Lord Coventry's Musquetaire, 2 yrs f3o a , ri is m et tail l a Ol w i; 3 Tho following also ran :—Maid of the Tees colt, Ban quetter, Auriel, Rotterdam, and Little Woman. Betting-2 to 1 agst Tarragona, 3to 1 agst Musquetaire, and 6 to 1 agst any other. Musquetaire jumped away with the 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 b y 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 Dyrhara-park Handicap of 100 sovs. Once round and a distance. Winners extra, (19 subs.) Mr. W. Evans's Don John, 4 yrs, 7st 21b (H. Grimshaw) 1 Mr. T. Golby's Church Militant, 3 yrs, sst 71b (S.Adam s ) 2 Mr. Fitzhugh's V illa g er, 3 y rs, 6st 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 apt Don John and Church Mili tant. R a ntipole rushed to the front and made the running, fol lowed by Church Militant and Don John, the Villager, with 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 w ith 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 tern, where he was beaten and dropped into the extreme rear. Don John retained his lead to tho 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 Tune, 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 Dettingen Te Deum, Sam son, Saul, Judas Maccabeus, Deborah, Solomon, in- eluding the celebrated Passion Chorus, 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 be ready for issue in a few days. As the Festival will be held coneurreValryk,wainthd the great Agricultural Show at B attersea during the heyday of the sh illin g days of the Exhibition, there is no doubt the concourse of visitors at the Crystal Palace on the days of the Festival will be immense. THE DECENT DEFALCATIONS IN ST. P.ANC.IMS. Yesterday, at the weekly meeting of the repro. 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 had been pursuing their 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 port, s aihe regretted to observeadtohpatti adoption of these eae this e fa frauds s had resulted from the laxity of one or two of the officers in the employ of that board. Had those officers carrie d out the resolutions and bye-laws of that Board, Bur ns ag mi ght o. have been detected at least six month s Mr. Ross, in seconding the motion, 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 unfair to call upon , ) the committee to give their names until they finally reported. A The adoption of the report was then carried. THE SUN LONDON, THu ESDAY LVENIc - G, MAY 29, 1862. 1118 NAVY. 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 Reserve, 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. 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 iemoved from the dockyard to the practice range in Porchester-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 Roy al 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 planking 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 arealready 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 Ratcliff, 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 from Greenhithe, after adjustment of compasses, &0., 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. Patch, 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. 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, S 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 ho sufficient. Mr. Phinn, Q.C., for the Metropolitan Board of Works, said this was so, and Mr. Mann, the City Gas Gompany's engineer, and Mr. I lawkesley having given evidence as to its inadequacy, the committee adjourned until Friday to enable the parties to come to an arrange ment. 7HE IRON-CLAD BTEAMBR IRON SIDES 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 4in. plating, and with Trailer 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 Jaly 15, 1862. Chief Engineer W. W. Wood, of do Navy, superintends the machinery and plating, sad 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-lice, and extends to her spar deck ; the lower course Wm:, all the rest is ell in. thick. All the plates are 15ft. long, the width varying from 25in. to 30in.; each plate is fastened to the vessel by 20 %- in. screw bolts, 23in. long, which secure the several thicknesses of tim ber to the plates, thus tying all together. The machinery consists of two horizontal direct action steam, with cylinders of 50in. diameter and 30in. stroke, intended to make 85revolutione 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,of a collective force of 1,600 and 11 feet armament will consist of 16 11- inch Dahlgren guns on the horses. The high, tun-deck, and two 200• pound Parrott guns on the spar-deck. 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 balk rigged, her topmasts and yards being so arranges that in action they are lowered, and leave simply tie three lower masts in view. When in action all the men on board are protected from shot and atoll, and aro below the spar-deck. The commancer only is above that deck, and he occupies a slot-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 offifts below. Unlike the Monitor and Galena, this vessel can carry a large crew, sufficient to board end capture any vessel. Impenetrable to shot or siell, she will seek close action, and by means of he; iron prow sink, or her heavy guns capture, her opponent ; her light draught of water (15 feet) vill enable her to enter all our southern harbours. Even Moultrie and Sumter can be visited by he., and she may be able to make an impression on toss forts before they are repossessed by the Unitd States." RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE: GREAT WIS TERN. An adjourned special mating of this company was held yesterday at the [addington station ; the Earl of Shelburne in the elixir. Mr. Saunders, the secrehry, read the heads of " A bill for transferring tle Hereford, Ross, and Glocester R a ilway, and foi 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, Roes, 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 lite, and it also pointed towards the Great Western , :olliery, 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 ins more beneficial to the Great Western Company On the motion of the CHAMIAN a formal resolu tion approving the bill wascarried unanimously, and the meeting was further Idjourned to the 14th of June for the considerationof other bills remain ing on the list. WELL AID. The general meeting of tis eompany was ap pointed to be held yesterday at the offices, Token house-yard, but in consequence of the non-arrival of financial and other advces from Canada the meeting was adjourned to J%ly 2. HULL AND HO:JDERNESS• A special meeting of tb3 company was held on Tuesday at Hull, for the pixpose of considering a bill now before Parliament !or dissolving the com pany and vesting its undertaking in the North- Eastern Railway Company The chair was occupiet by Mr. GOWIE, who moved a formal resolution ipproving the bill, and remarked that the shareholiers 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. Hawkshal by Mr. Merewether, Q.C., on the e ng i neer ing 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 Churstoa is the chairman. THE THAMES EMBAIiKMEN T.—Yesterday the committect 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. Pete, 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 of gas, which now amounts to nearly 500,000,000 cubic feet per annum ; the quantity of coal brought by lighters alongside and carbonised being upwards of 50,000 tons during the same period. That for these purposes they require all the facilities that the river frontage now affords them, a nd the proposed embankment will materially inter- THE ABM Y. The headquarters of the 2d battalion 18th Foo embarked yesterday at 8 a.m. on board her Majesty's troopship Channel Me a r l a a , n a d t a. o A r tns Pm ,a ttemp t ou t hfor was made convey ancescrewt o t he to start the Megrera 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 Duke of Wellington and Curagoa, 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 Megtera received no damage, but the latter crushed her port quarter-boat and carried away the whole of her mizen 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 wo 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 possible to 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 wan named John 111'Petridge was engaged in digging a trench on the farm of bavid lquirhead, of Ballynacaird, near Slemish, ho found, onl y a few inches below the surface of the soil, seventeen silv er coins, nearly all in excellent preservation. The g r eater munber wero of the reign of Queen Elizabeth, and bore 4 400 f rom 1,063 to 160 2.—Ballymena Observer. 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 holiday 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 (Wurulinstet)-camo into , the market after Fitzavon had run second for the Somersetshire, but no other material change was noticeable. Sweepstakes of 5 sous each, with 50 soya added; 2-yr-olds and upwards ; weights for age, with optional selling weights. One mile. 9 subs. Mr. Brayley's Knightsbridge, 4 yrs (L5O) 85t.... (Page) 1 Mr. Stephenson's Itedpole, 4 yrs (L5O), 7st 111 b (Ed wards) 2 Mr. Mills's Dartmouth, 5 yrs (E5O), Bst 51b.. (Fordham ) 3 The following also ran:—Vest filly, Truant, Snowdrop colt, Auriel, Nativity, and Old Post, late Maxwell. Betting-5 to 2 agst Itedpole, 9to 2 agst Knightsbridge, 5 to 1 each agst Nativity and Dartmouth. a' T,` • : L- r: it / - -.--, -- 7 •:: ,' '..:;?, i • _ . k , ' 1 0i.0.' -44 , ': ,i'::'-' - ' - '.•''... -. T:: , .. . . .. .. , „.. ..,.; F r. . y