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,„6 . 7:l# 41?I' 4111 t--( 144c7‘."--- 12°17:11 ° -• • 040 1 0 I: ar • , 1 " te -;* ' k ,- •• - • • „ , • • krio, fr , .. 4 . 3C f . :%0 1411 fthi.P. 11 - e • , 1 - (le \"4. , • w ftj 1 ...... t , threwlu 1 i PRICE..... —.4d. STAMPED ....sd. ADVOW SON. — FREEHOLDS.--UPTON AND ROTHERSTHORPE. TO BE SOLD, pursuant to an Order of the High Court of Chancery, in a ause, of Donaldson v. Fairfax, with the approbation of Vice- C Chancellor Sir Richard Torin Kindersley, 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. Particulars and condittons of Sale, with Plan, may be had, gratis, of Messrs. King and M`Millin, NO. 4, Danes-inn, St. Clement's, Strand, Lovidon, Solicitors ; at the George Hotel, Northampton ; Sw-ar, Hotel, Bedford ; the George Hotel, Huntingdon ; the B oyal Hotel, Kettering ; the Angel Hotel, Market Ilarborormh ; the Spread Eagle, Rugby ; the White Hart Hotel, Le'mester the Crown Hotel, Leamington; and of the Auctioncjers, Pitsford, near Northampton. KING and APMILLIN, Plaintiffs' Solicitors, 4, Danes-inn, Strand, London. ROY AL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE OFFICE, Royal Exchange, London ; 21st May, 1862. T :he Court of Directors pf the Corporation of the Royal Fr' he Assurance do hereby give Nadu, that their transfer -Books will be shut from T 1 AY , the 10th of June next, to TUESDAri, the 'lst of July following ; and that a General Court of 4 `'ne said Corporation will be holden at their Office at the Rovai Exchange, on WEDNESDAY, the istli of June, at Dividend. rrwejlve o'clock at noon, to consider of a ROBERT P. STEELE, Secretary. SPECIAL NTICE. CLEP.,ICAL, MEDICAL.O & GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. Established 1824. A:11 persons who effect Policies on the Participating Scale bel o'..e June 30th, 1862, will be entitled at the Next Bonus to tnte, year's additional Share of Profits over later Assurers. Tables of ny of the Soci Rates and Forms of Proposal can be obtained of 'aety's Agents, or of GEORGE CUTCLIFVE, Actuary and Secretary. 13, St. Jamet's-square, London, S.W. IO ILA', NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION FOR THE r ItFISERVATION OF LIFE FROM suiPwitEdk, -- PATII (incorporated by Royal Charter). r J/cESS—Iler Most Gracious Majesty the Queen. rnr ' sil Y ENT—Vice-Admi ra l his Grace the Duke of Northum berland, 8.G., P.R.S. Ir, k AIRMAN—Th a Baring, Esq , M.P., }I.R.S., V.P. —t'PILTr-CitainiuArt°— . Thomas Chapman, Esq., F.R.S., V.P. APPEAL. T he Committee of Management have to state that, during the past two years, the Institution has incurred expenses unt , ng to Z am 028,650 on various Life-boat Establishments on the Coaats of England, Scotland, and Ireland. During the past two years the Life-boats of the National c th Crewse of the following. Ves s els Instittion have been els: instrumental in rescuing Schooner Ann Mitchell, of Montrose .. 1 SeheJoner Jane Roper, of Ulverstone •• •• 6 Itrig Pallas, of Shields .. • • • • Ship Ann Mitchell, of Glasgow • • • • • Smack John Bus, of Yarmouth •• • Schooner Catherine, of Newry •• •• Barque Niagara, of Shields • • • It Barge of Teignmouth Brig George and James, of London Brig, Zephyr, of Whitby - • • • Coble Honour, of Cullereoats • • Schooner Eliza, of North Shields .. Barque Oberon, of Liverpool .. Brigantine Nancy, of Teignmouth • . Smack Wonder, of Teignmouth Brig Scotia, of Sunderland .. Sloop Three Brothers, of Goole .. Sloop Charlotte, of Woodbridge Brig Ann, of Blyth .. Sloop Hoe, •• • • pof Dublin •• • • Sell:miner Druid, of Aberystwyth •.. Barque Vermont, of Halifax, U.S. .. Schooner William Keith, of Carnarvon Brig Flying Fish, of Whitby .• Smack Elizabeth Ann, o f Lyme Regis Steam Dredge, at Newhaven .. Schooner Admiral Hood, of Rochester Schooner Susan and Isabella, of Dundee .. Se;aooner Rose, of Lynn •• •• Brig Prodroma, of Stockton • • Brig Eliza, of Middlesborough Brigantine Freia, of Konigsberg • .. Brigantine Diana, of Fredrikshamn Brig Gloucester, of South Shields Brig Lovely Nelly, of S ea h am .. Brigantine Nugget, of Bideford tiellokma• Prospect, of Berwick .. • • Sloop Thomas win aanc, .st St. Ives A Fishing-boat of Whitburn Brig Arethusa, of Bl y th • • ••• Schooner Dewi Wyn, of Portmadoo Flat Cymraes, of Beaumaris . Schooner William, of Morecambe .. Smack Gipsy, of Newry Sch:tioner Margaret Anne, of Preston 11 . rig New Draper, of Whitehaven Schooner William, of Liverpool .. •• Lugger Nimrod, of Castlet own •. .• Brig Providence, of Shields Schooner Village Maid, of Fleetwood .. Barque Guyana, of Glasgow .. •• Brig Roman Empr ess , o f Shi e ld s ' •• Brig San Spiridione, of Galaxide •• •• Schooner Voador du Voug a , o f Vi enna French Brig La J enne M ar i e Therese .. Barque Perseverance, of Scarborough .. Sch ooner Elizabeth, of Bridgewater .•• Sh;1 1 Danube, of Belfast •• •• • • •• 17 Se l nr 4oner Hortensia, of Hanover .. .. 4 .. hoover Oregon, of Stonehaven 4 'Brig St. Michel, of Marans . 8 Spanish Barque Primera de Torreviega (saved ves sel and one of the crew) • • • • • • •• 1 Schooner Hurrell, of Penzance (saved vessel and crew) 4 Brig Anne, of Plymouth (saved vessel and crew) 8 Schooner Betsy, of Peterhead (saved vessel and aMacrrru) Frederick, of Dublin 7 rqu e e Peace, of London .. .. • • .. 2 LuE,rger Saucy Lass, of Lowestoft .. • • .. 11 Schooner Fly, of Whitby (saved vessel and crew of four hands) .. • • • - .. 4 Smack Adventure, of Harwich.. to Pilot cutter Whim, of Lowestoft .. 7 Barque Undaunted, of Aberdeen 11 Wrecked boat on Inackwater Bank, on the Irish coast, saved one man Schooner Skylark, of Folkestone Brig Lively, of Clay, Norfolk .. Barque Robert Watson, of Sunderland .. Schooner Auchincruive, of Grangemouth . Schooner Friends, of Lynn .. Schooner Eliza Anne, of Dublin Brig Content, of S un d er l and .. • • Smack Ellen Owens, of Cardigan Galliot Epimachus, of Amsterdam .. 11 .. 2 .. 8 .. 6 .. 7 .. 15 .. 9 .. .. 6 • • .. 16 .. 2 .. 5 .. 3 9 •• •• .. 5 - 3 .. .. 6 .. 5 .. 6 ” 3 .. 4 .. 8 .. 8 .. 2 .. 5 - 4 .. 4 .. 8 - 5 .. 8 .. 4 .. 19 .. 10 .. 2 .. 8 .. 6 - 5 98 For these and other Total Life-boat serviced the Institution has voted £1,893 as rewards to the crews of the Lifeboats. It has also granted rewards amounting to £515 10s. for saving 873 Shipwrecked persons, by shore-boats and other means, mak ing a total of 871 persons saved from a watery grave during the last two years. The number of lives saved by the Life-boats of the Society, and other means, since its formation, is upwards of 12,200 ; for which services 82 Gold Medals, 704 Silver Medals, and £15,2,0 in cash have been granted as rewards. The Institu tion has also expended £57,200 on Life-boat Establishments. The public cannot but sympathise with the vigorous efforts now being made by the Society to save th e li ves o f Ship wrecked Crews. Their help was never more needed than at the present time, when, through the extraordinary exertions the Society has made within the past few years, it has now One Hundred and Twenty-one Life-boats under its man agement, for the maintenance of which, in a state of thorough efficiency, a large permanent annual income is absolutely needed, if its humane mission is to be perpetuated. The Committee gratefully acknowledge the following con tributions X s. d Her Majesty the Queen .. .. annual 60 0 o Clark, Mrs. annual 2 10 0 •• •• •• Clerk. Colon e l, R.A. •• .. annual 1 1 0 Cotton,, Sir St. Vincent, Bart.. don. 25 0 Cor.tts and Co., Messrs., Bankers .. .. annual 10 0 0 jfitgby, G. W., Esq., Sherborne Castle .. annual 50 0 lErle, Lord Chief Justice .. .. don. 10 10 0 Fanshawe, Vice-Admiral Sir A., K.C.B. .. 2d don. 25 0 0 Harvey, Rev. G. G. and Mrs. .. don. 3 0 0 Lambton, Messrs. W. 11. & Co., Bankers don. 21 0 0 Lanesborough, the Earl of annual 5 0 0 Martin, Sir Henry, Bart. .. .. 7th don. 10 0 0 Moore, Rev. G. B. .. .. don. 15 15 0 Robartes, T. J. Agar, Esq., M.P. annual 5 0 0 Smith, Mrs. George, Greenwich annual 3 0 0 Stirling, Col. Sir Anthony, K.C.B. • . annual 2 0 0 Donations and Annual Sulscriptions will be thankfully re ceived by the Bankers of the Institution, Messrs. Willis, Percival, and Co., 76, Lombard-street; Messrs. Coutts and Co., 59, Strand; Messrs. Berries, Farquhar. and Co., 16, St. aalnes's-street, London ; by al the Bankers in the United Kingdom ; and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis, Esq., at the Office of the Institution, 14, John-street, Adelphi, Lon don, W.C. Payments maybe made by Cheques or by Post-office Orders (crossed), to Messrs. Wills, Percival, and Co., or to the Secre tary. 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Our object being merely to direct the attention of our City readers to the fact that they possess W en i e ,,,o h r t t i l i i e e e ! , Tt set of baths, at 19, St 14fartin's-le-Grand, and most adni n j trt ('an produce; perfect in all its appliances, ra _le in effmt. Dr. Culverwell has fitted up his baths wi— con,4l4itgre of elegance, luxury, and refinement, prising, while everytl i r Space at his disposal, Is truly war has been obtained _that taste or delicacy could desire visitor. . . sv e may . u d I . F, the comfort and luxury of the say that if a man ever feels himself regenerated arojnsewuY 41 414 it tu till 12 ont!of:a Turkish Bath."-9Era,t4Oeut9,l3Tg: N°. 21,812 PUBLICAI lONS. FRASER'S MAGA 2s. ZINE FOR JUNE, CONTAINS Thalatta! Thalatta!—A Study Barren Honour.—A Tale BY at Sea. By the Author of the Author of "Gay ',Wing " Catarina in Venice." stone," "Sword and Gown , Conclusion. &c. Conclusion. Hungary. Essays on Political Economy. June. Being a Sequel to Papers Going On. By A. K. 11. R. which appeared in the The Reign of Terror. Part "Cornhill Magamine." By First. John Ruskin. llomeric Translations. The International Exhibition London: Parker, Son, and Bourn, West Strand, W.C. MIL CHARLES KENT'S NEW POEMS. Just published, _ _ . Dlt EA M LAND. With other Poems. By W. CHARLES ICE? V, Barrister-at-Law. map. Svo., price ss. . " The author el Dreamlan t' and Aletlrem has risen to a height so very close to the summit of genius, that he may be 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 imwe, topic, and illusion : the landscape is most luxurious ; and the music of verse excellent."—Literary Budget. Mir. Kent has undeniable rerits—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 at 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 DA in sympathy with his subject and not only with himself. ; that he is truly poet and not egotist lint 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 perfect. DREAMLANb is a work conceived in a noble spirit, and executed with scholarly taste, frequently with flashes of true poetic inspiration. • The Dying Ydridegroom' is distinguished by a genuine pathoo, which It-ratio no to be lie,e that mr. gent svnald sum ,i eminently in some story of the affeotions,"—The London Review. "Mr. Kent's poems come before the world with the advan tage, not only of an author's name, but of a name already agreeably and musically known in the metrical literature of the day. His 'Aletheia' was very favottrably 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. Rent's volume i s h ea lthy an d 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, itt 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.' Ile 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 Dancers,' "—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. F cap. Bvo., price ss. London : Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts. 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. 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A medical work on the cure of Nervous Debility, Loss of Memory, Dimness of Sight, Lassitude , Indigestion, Dislike o Society. Spermatorrhoca, Local Weakness, Muscular Re axation, Languor, Listlessness, Depression, &0., 'which, if neglected, result in consumption, insanity, and premature aeath ; with plain directions for perfect restoration to health and vigour. The book will be sent, post free , secu re from ob ' nervation, to any address, on receipt of a directed envelope Ind two stamps. Address, HENRY Sum!, M.D., b, Burton crescent, Tavistook-square, London, W.C. Just published, Bvo, in cloth, price 55., by post free, ss. 6d., ON THE SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT of STRICTURES of the URETHRA ; showing why they so often appear Incurable, when in reality - they might be removed by the most simple means. By F. B. COURTENAY, And formerly Surgeon to the Metropolitan Infirmary for the Cure of Strictures of the Urethra. 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Sent post free on theßedford- receipt ' of two stamps, by Dr. Watson, 27 , Alfred -place, liar nd r b o i x youth, tiil e gniii t a, rtsquare, London. Consultations daily from eleven till two, a on b ° o all l l t a h n o d s e o ailmentsld aage, a n a d n d w i i n ti fi ch r infitendrmitiest p o e e e m u -- bitter and shorten life. For diotirtindohed cituaiteatiena vide diplOmag• THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 27, 1862. THE NAVY. The operation of tenting the rudder of the iron plated frigate noyal Oak, 51, 1,000 horse power, took place at Chatham Dockyard yesterday after noon, in the presence of Mr. R. Abothell, one of the constructors attached to the department of the Controller of the Navy, Mr. Lloyd, and the principal officials of the establishment. The trial of the rudder-post, and the apparatus for working the rudder was deemed eminently satisfactory. The greatest efforts are being made to complete this fine frigate, but owing to the whole of the requisite machinery not having been fixed, the work of coat ing her with her armour plates proceeds but slowly. The Racoon, 22, 40U horse power, undergoing a thorough refit at Chatham Dockyard, will shortly be out of the hands of the shipwrights' department, and in the course of a few days will be unlocked for the purpose of shipping her masts. She will afterwards be placed in the same dock to be rigged and completed for sea, when she will be commis sioned by Captain his serene Highness the PI ince of Leiningen. The screw steamship Sanspareil, Capt. George Le G. Bowyear, just returned from Vera Cruz and Bermuda, is now preparing at the Devonport dock yard for service in China: The screw steamship James Watt, 89, Capt. Ed. Codd, is expected at Plymouth from the Mediter ranean. Port-Admiral Sir H. Stewart, K.C.8., inspected the crew of the eteauaship Donegal, Capt. Sherard Osborn, yesterday morning in Plymouth Sound. She was appointed to go into Hamoaze in the after noon, and to be dismantled and put out of commis sion. The screw steam transport Himalaya, 6, Capt. John Seccombe, was appointed to leave Plymouth Sound yesterday afternoon for the Mediterranean, calling at Gibraltar. In order to provide the additional space for the enlargement and extension of Chatham Dockyard, preparations have been commenced by a party of Royal Engineers, under the direction of Lieut.-Col. Lovell, C. 8., for the demolition of the large mar tello tower at the entrance to Chatham Harbour. The tower is of great strength and solidity, and was constructed, upwards of two centuries since, to de fend, in conjunction with Upnor Castle, the dock yard at Chatham from any hostile attack from the sea. Of late years, however, the fort has been permitted to fall into decay, and the proposed ex tension of Chatham Dockyard has rendered its removal necessary. The following appointments were made yester day at the Admiralty :—Capt. F. H. H. Glasse, C. 8., to the Terror, for service at Bermuda, vice Capt. Hutton, whose period of service has expired ; William S. Lee, midshipman, to the Galatea, as supernumerary ; and James P. M'Ewen, second master, to the Dromedary. Capt. George Ramsay, C. 8., is to have the " good service" pension vacant by the promotion of Capt. Goldsmith to los a Rear-Admiral ; Captain W. J. C. Clifford, C. 8., is to have the " good ser vice" pension, vacant by the promotion of Captain Frederick to be a Rear-Admiral. PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS ON MEXICO. A second part of " Correspondence relating to Affairs in Mexico" has been printed and laid before Parliament. It embraces the proceedings of the expeditionary forces from the occupation of Vera Cruz by the Spanish troops on Dec. 17, 1862, de tailed in detpatches from Commodore Dunlop, of the Challenger, down to Earl Russell's despatch of May 22, 1862, to Sir C. Wyke. The ambiguous conduct of Dur French allies, their insincerity and want of principle, are painfully apparent through out. The latest paper in the collection, Earl Rus sell's despatch of May 22, embodies the views of her Majesty's Government on the conduct of France in this matter, as the following extracts fully show. Earl Russell thus winds up the farce of Anglo- French intervention, with an approval of Sir C. Wyke's withdrawal of England from all participa tion in the expedition : "Her Majesty's Government regret to find that the hope of agreement between the commissioners of Great Britain and Spain, ou the one hand, and of France on the other, was completely extin guished, and that Admiral Jurien de la Graviere and M. Dubois de Saligny had determined to march on Mexico, while you and General Prim were of opinion that there was no reason for refusing to meet the Mexican commissioners in the conference which had been fixed to meet at Orizaba on 15th of April. " The difference of opinion among the commis sioners appear to nave cnietly turned on two points. The first of these related to the protection given to General Almonte by the French army, and the demand of the Mexican Government that he should be sent back to France. The second point of dif ference is thus stated by M. Dubois de Saligny in the conference of the 9th of April : " M. de Saligny insists on this point, that it is impossible to deny that the real and principal ob ject of the convention was to obtain satisfaction for the outrages heaped on foreigners by the Mexican Government, and to enforce its observance of trea ties ; that the temporising and conciliatory system hitherto pursued was condemned by what was daily occurring, inasmuch as the reign of extortion, tyranny, and violence had been made doubly op pressive, and had rendered the situation of proofs of this the complaints daily forforeigners i a q a u a i l t l e y i a n ff t o o r l d e r e a d b b e y; th a t sent in to him; that the attitude of the allied forces appeared to have stimulated the Government to redoubled audacity ; that, for his part, he formally declared that ho would not treat with that Government; and that his well-matured opinion was that it was necessary to march upon Mexico.' "Her Majesty's Government approve your con duct on both those points. They consider that the in Mexico, under the protection presence of o G f tebnee Frenchral Alm army, on might fairly be t e con sidered as a provocation to civil war, and her Ma jesty's Government could not haveapproved a mea etrencdoenndeucting negotiations with ; for at that time the of Mexico was a government with sGwaucilivriecehwrhntamthvoeeinna peacefulatgthatll ieswe settlement of their differences. Her Majesty's Governmen t are also of opinio n when, in answer to M. de ~ unchangeable resolu tionGhoivsernment of President that saii gn y no o yt u ,at oa declaration t r e e d at rightlyw i ththe ef Juarez, you refused to affix your signature to the answer addressed by the French commissioners to General Doblado, and thereby broke up the Con ference, and put an end to the joint action of the three Powers. " Her Majesty's Government greatly regret that the co-operation with France should cease; and they regret, above all, that the hope of the fulfil ment of the objects of the Convention of October 31, which might have been attained before the end of April, had the conference met on the 15th, should thus have been abandoned. " Her Majesty's Government have - every reason to be satisfied with the determination you took. They concur in the opinions given by General Prim, and are happy to find that the conduct of the representative of her Catholic Majesty has been ap proved by the Government of Spain. " Nor is there any reason to regret the course taken by her Majesty's Government. Had they delayed asking redress from the Government of Mexico from the wrongs of British subjects, they would have given rise to just complaints from those Who ate entitled to her Majesty's protection. Had they pursued their own course separately, and re fused to act with France and Spain, they would have produced irritating and unsatisfactory rela tions, perhaps collisions, between the military and naval forces of the three great European Powers. Had they, on the other hand, evinced an insur mountable repugnance to treat with President Juarez, they would have been wanting in due regard to the independence of the Mexican people. " Had her Majesty's Government, therefore, taken any other course than that which was adopted, they would have incurred the risk of evils greater even than the separation which has now occurred. " You will understand that while her Majesty's Government lament the course taken by the Com missioners of the Emperor of the French, nothing has occurred to impair the friendly relations which continue to subsist between the two Governments of Great Britain and France. ~ I am, &C., " RUSSELL." PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE. THE EMBANKMENT OF THE THAMES The committee re-assembled yesterday morning to proceed with the opposition to the bill. The Right Hon. W. Cowper in the chair. Mr. W. Tite, M.P., was examined, He said that he was of opinion that an embankment of the Thames was most desirable between Westminster and Blackfriars-bridges, and it should be carried lower down, if possible. He was also in favour of it being carried further up the river, as far as Chelsea if possible, and a plan for that purpose had already been approved. The embankment between West minster-bridge and Blackfriars-bridge should be accompanied by a readw4y. Still as there was a great crowd at the West-end, and some further communication was required to free the crowded state of the Strand and about Charing-cross, he wanted a street somewhere near St. Martin's Church, tio as to enable persons to get along to the City without interfering with the Strand, which was at present very inconvenient. As regarded the em bankment; he preferred the plan of Mr. Bazalgette, the chief engineer to the Metropolitan Board of Works. He wished to see a broad communication direct from Charing-cross to the embankment road. Something more than the embankment was required. If the embankment was carried up to Blacktriars bridge, and then a way made into Cannon-street, he thought it would be of the greatest possible advan tage. The public road would be a great convenience, but it would be of more advantage if more lateral communications were made with it. Persons com ing down from the West end, Pall-mall, Piccadilly, and all that part of London, and seeking to make their way to the House of Commons, would re ceive no facility from the Whitehall-street pro posed, and he could not see how the crush was to be avoided, although it might perhaps be di minished He was satisfied no heavy traffic would fdlow the course proposed. There would be no relief by this scheme at the corner of Parliament-street, or at the corner of Bridge street. 'They were constantly stopped at that corner. That traEc was due to the omnibuses and to the heavy trkffic coming from the railways and going out to tint part of London ; that would be diminished if they got a street wide enough to put a line of posts in the niddle, by which the traffic would be divided. If they jut a street as wide as the bridge they could divide the traffic into two streams, one going one way and the other another, and they could take shelter in the crossing. When Mr. Bazalgette s plan was under examination and consideration by the Metropolitan Board of Works, the possibility of the embankment was suggested, and it was known that the Duke of Buccleuch and other gentlemen objected to that plan. Still his plan contemplated a roadway in front of Montague House and White hall Gardens. He agreed with the principle of a solid embankment. The great majority of the plans proposed show a roadway all the way in one sense or another. With regard to the plan of Mr. Penne therne, and the widening of King-street, he thought that portion of the plan was a necessity, and they could enable the Metropolitan Board of Works at once to carry out that, which is excessively wanted for public convenience and in the sense of public taste. It was impossible to conceive a great nation like this, after the discussion upon the Foreign-office, could leave that magnificent building in a street not much wider than the room they were now in. They then got into a broader part of the street, and could wait until happier times, except that immediately at the end he should round the two corners very liberally. The removal of the northern block in King-street he estimated would cost something like £lOO,OOO. It must be done at any rate. As suming the saving to the Metropolitan Board of Works of £92,000 by reason of its being repaid to the cost of the embankment, that would be equal to half the cost of removing this. If the board had .009,000 in r.okot it might do w great deal in widening King-street. Supposing Bridge-street to be widened the width of the bridge, any stream of traffic which was coming over the bridge in this direction to get down there they must cross the whole stream of traffic going the other way. Even if Bridge-street were widened he believed there would be a greater impediment in it from the great traffic, for that and the omnibuses would not be subserved by the road along the front of the house of the Duke of Buccleuch. The Metropolitan Board df Works have at this moment in hands greater works than this which they were carrying out. There was nothing more simple than the carrying out of this embankment ; it is a simple wharf wall, which is done everywhere; the great difficulty was where to find the money, and then to buy the pro perty. That wanted judgment and skill; but the Metropolitan Board of Works had a staff and com mittees quite accustomed to these things. If the house chose to entrust it to the Metropolitan Board of Works the engineering work is literally nothing. The practical work of purchasing the property was not worse, if as bad, as that which they had had to do with, and had done successfully in Southwark. He was sorry it was • not shown upon the plan. They dealt at once with the free holder, and they had a committee which sat once or twice a-week, which called and heard what every man had to say as to his trade. If they did not agree it was sent to a jury ; but having heard his case, and his lawyer and surveyor, and being all men of business, they generally came to a fair com promise. He was decidedly opposed to any em bankment being continued in front of the Houses of Parliament. Some other evidence having been given in oppo sition to the bill, the committee adjourned. THEE THREATENING, LETTER CASE IN CORK. The persons implicated in the extraordinary threatening letter case in Cork have been remanded. According to the depositions of Mr. Leahy, J.P„ and Mr. Galgey, the following were the circum stances that led to the outrage :—The farm occupied by the O'Connells at Lisheens, near Cork, was not inherited ; it was purchased by the elder John O'Connell in 157) , .) from Mr. St. Dolman. Shortly after coming into possession he commenced dealings with Messrs. Leahy and Sons, bu'Acr merchants. The nature of the dealings is not exactly stated, but it seems to have consisted in the advance of money to purchase cattle, to be repaid in butter produced on the farm. In November last the O'Connells were indebted to Mr. Leahy about £lOO. Seeing that they were not good farmers, having been previ3usly in a different occupation, and that the cows had been removed from the land, Mr. Leahy took proceedings to recover the debt, and an execution was issued on the 20th of March. It was then discovered that there was a prior exe cution for the rent, which was 40s. an acre. On the 10th of April the sheriff put up the farm for sale in the County Court, and the purchaser was Mr. Galgey. This gentleman went on the land to seek possession, but he was warned to be off as a trespasser, was told it was well for him he was not in Tipperary, and that he would get into trouble. On another occasion, when he went to propose a settlement, he was treated in a similar manner, and shots were fired in a plantation near him. Subse quently one of Mr. O'Connell's daughters went on her knees in the street and cursed Mr. Leahy so bitterly and violently that he had to call upon the market beadle to restrain her. One of the daugh ters, Anna Maria, also cursed Mr. Galgey on the lands. She went on her knees, with a book in her hand, and prayed that the grass and the corn might not grow, that her curse might light upon him and his children. She cursed him "by the twelve tribes of Israel and by the twelve Apostles. She cursed him very loud—so loud that it could be heard at a considerable distance." When the two gentlemen received the threaten- , ing letters they were struck with the similarity of their phraseology to those curses, and also with the fact that, though 80330 of the letters were posted in Cork and others in Queenstown, they were all written in the same feigned hand, and seemed evi dently to have had the same origin. The letters were couched in the most horrifying terms. They were given in evidence by the gentlemen threatened and read. They are almost too blasphemous and atrocious to be printed, but it is impossible other wise to give an idea of the fiendish spirit of vengeance which they breathe. With the six O'Connells was ansooiated a porgon named Jeremiah Forde, said to be skilled in drawing plans. Messrs. Leahy and Galgey swore that they believed the prisoners were the authors of the letters, and that they felt their lives to be in danger. The prisoners denied the charge. The male prisoners were re manded, the two women were let out on bail. The following are letters which were received by Mr. and Mrs. Leahy respectively : " Vile Wretch, —You have been the cause of much pain and uneasiness of mind to Mr. O'Connell, for which a s s you will suffer, as sure as Go d is in lleavon— us on the ure as Ch r ist died for our sins—as suro as He will judge last day. I and five or six more will watch and shoot f you for being the cause of having the land be sold—a d or . e sake of £9O. By Heavens ! you will s uffer for your o . ings. Here is a brief description of what will happen until the coroner will give his verdict:--[Hero are depicted in pen and ink a coffin, with body in it, and pistols, Sze., lying be side it.] Your coffin will be bought if you do not see that a settlement will be made between Mr, O'Connell and that infernal scamp Galgey. You are the d— scoundrel who caused the work to go on. It rests with you now to put a stop to it. Yes, if you value your own happiness, y ou will see a settlement made, or, by the great God who reigns over us, I will have your life, you devil on earth !" [here i s a lso the f igu re of a coffin by way of signature, " May. i 4 /qrs. Leahy,—This is a murderous letter, but not at all sufficient to repay the villain, your husband, for the wrong he has done. You cannot but know that he sold out the Lisheens estate, which belonged to John O'Connell, Esq., wh i c h was a very mean act to do—all for the sake of £9O, and he having the lease in lieu of it until paid. No matter ; part of the money will pay his funeral service. Yes, by Jesus Christ and his blessed Mother and his eternal Father' I and seven or eight more will have his life. His heart's blood in a bottle will only satisfy our thirst. Oh, God of Heaven, if I had hold of him at this moment 1 would tear him limb from limb. Christ, of Heaven, to say that such wickedness should be practised in a Christian land, and undeserved. See what will happen. [Here the figures of a pistol and a coffin.] By Christ, who died for us all, this THE ARMY. The military invalids and time-expired men from the various cavalry and infantry corps serving in the Bombay Presidency, brought home in the screw steamer Robert Lowe, 300 horse-power, Capt. Con gleton, arrived at Chatham garrison yesterday after noon from Gravesend, having disembarked at Custom-house Quay, under the superintendence of the officers of the staff. The detachments include non-commissioned officers and men of the 3d (Prince of Wales's) Dragoon Guards, 7th (Queen's Own) Hussars, Royal, Bombay, and Bengal Artillery, 2d Bombay Infantry, Ist Bengal Fusileers, 19th Native Infantry, Ist Royals, 18th Royal Irish, 72d High landers, 89th, 92d Highlanders, 94th, 95th, 98th, and the 2d battalion Rifle Brigade Regiments, the whole numbering 303 men of all ranks, with 21 women and 39 children. Of this nukhber 97 men and 32 women and children embarked at Bombay, and 206 men, 10 women, and 18 children at Kur rachee. Including detentions at Kurrachee, the Cape of Good Hope, and Spithead, the Robert Lowe made the passage from Bombay to Gravesend in 98 days. During the passage 16 deaths and one birth occurred on board. The deaths include Lieut. F. G. Sherlock, 72d Highlanders, who jumped overboard during a fit of insanity and was drowned; and Mrs. Walsh, wife of Lieut. Walsh, with 13 of the invalid troops and one child. The following officers arrived from India in charge of the detachments :—Cept. C. W. Willis, 33d Regiment; Capt. A. Scheberras, 98th Regiment ; Lieut. E. H. Ward, 28th Regi ment; Lieut. L. S. King, 56th Regiment; Lieut. J. J. Bacon, 95th Regiment ; Lieut. W. Grant, 91st Regiment ; Lieut. W. Walsh, Lieut. J. E. Lewis, 3d European Infantry ; Ensign C. J. Hayter, 7th Fusiliers ; Quartermaster J. O'Con nor, and Staff Assistant-Surgeons Paliologus and Sharp. After the troops had been medically inspected, 33 of the number were sent to Fort Pitt hospital for treatment, and seven insane men to the lunatic asylum. The Royal Artillery were for warded to Woolwich. The station at Landguard Fort, Harwich, which nspotintended has been occupied by the Essex Rifles Militia during the last three weeks, will be again given up to a t thet is detachments eunr during from n g thet o the f o r , m a ca m to canvas v Colchester ase n accommodateeam p. mto-day.et"ke troops during their customary rifle practice. DIRECT 'COMMISSIONS. The following is the official list of the successful candi dates for direct commissions who were examined at the Royal Hospital, Chelsea, on the 13th of May, 1862, and following days : Index Order of No. Merit. 124 1 141 2 42 3 62 4 134 5 121 6 41 7 23 8 87 9 129 10 140 11 131 12 90 9 13 130 15 44 16 63 17 69 18 132 • 19 Names. Marks. Charles S.F. Alleyne 5,530 William Savile 5,355 Thomas A. Maberley .. 5,335 James F. E. Forster 1,085 Thomas G. B. Lennard .. 4,690 Beaumont R. Connolly .. 4,180 Frederick Young Wetherall .. 4,010 Julian Henry H. Buxton .. 3,380 David George Sandeman .. 3,365 Orby Harrison .• • • 3 , 335 Hon. Henry G. L. Crichton • . 3,297 {Joseph Collins .. .. 3,140 Arthur J. Burnett John Sprat Tait .. 3,170 • _ 3,140 Javyl, 'relay Vittield .. 2,960 George W. 13. Anderson .. 2,955 David L. Beatty .. .. 2,942 William T. Dooner .. 2,915 John W. B. Parish .. .. 2,908 Reginald Thomas Thynne .. 2,777 Cecil T. de la Touche .. 2,760 Richard J. Streatfeild.. .. 2,730 . William H. M'Caskill .. 2,730 Walter Cowan .. .. 2,725 Francis S. Stanley .. 2,715 Reginald Garnett 2,641 William Salmon Mills .. 2,595 Francis W. Morley .. .. 2,577 Horace Musgrave • • .. 2,560 George J. Parkyn • • .. 2,520 James M. Lyall • • .. 2.485 John C. Symonds • • .. 2,405 Guy F. C. Travers .. .. 2,455 Thomas 0. Moore • • .. 2,430 William F. Woodward .. 2,375 Pcregriue M. French ..• 2,365 John A, Smith .. • • .. 2,340 t William Mills 2,340 . 2,320 Thomas Chamley . Frederick William Burr .. 2,300 William St. Lo Malet .. 2,250 William Phelps.. .. .. 2,215 Edward M. Howard .. 2,210 William P. Townley .. 2;e.05 Robert M. Biddulph 2,200 John Macleod .. 2,195 Robert E. Wallace .. 2,100 Cecil William Betham .. 2,145 Graham B. Dobson .. .. 2,135 Douglas A. C. Graham .. 1,961 William R. W. Sandford .. 1,935 Robert S. Laws .. 1,920 Frederick S. Buchanan .. 1,890 William R. Truman .. 1,863 David S. D. Johnstone .. 1,830 Oscar Vernede 1,805 THE MURDER OF MR. FITZGERALD—LIMERICK, May 22. —On this day the pistols used by the assassins were discovered in the thatch of an outhouse where Beck ham was arrested. They were purchased by him at Mr. Whittaker's, in this city. Mr. Whittaker, who is a sales man, was conducted to the county gaol, where Beckham was with others paraded, and he at once identified Back ham. It is expected that Mr. Whittaker, who has gone to Kilmallock, will be able to identify one of the suspected conspirators as the party who was in company with Beck ham wheia he hoght the pietas, will happen. There are over 100 persons ever watching him." The following letters were sent to Mrs. and Mr. Gal gey "May, 1862. " Mrs. Galgey, —Perhaps you are not aware of the trouble which I can assure you that your husband has involved himself in, in being the purchaser of the Lisheens estate w hi c h was sold ant on Thursday, the 10th day of April , 1562, which will long be remembered by many persons. I can go as far as to say that you will have cause to remember and regret that 10th of April, more so than any other per son, if you do not speak to Mr. Galgcy, and tell him to g s give Mr. O'Connell his place, on the most amicable terms he possibly can. If he will not do as I have stated here, he will , willatheahrpheiumto(sHhooroot follows pay for it by having his life 'taken. Yes, by the God of N H Vi e l a l y g e i n ve , a sketch of ono man in the act of firing a gun at another. Between the two are the words Your heart's blood . I I y orou la4sketch or l6m o f e yb r mere on Christmas night. The blood from his temple flows ; his brains are out of his long-tailed coat.' Below the figure fired at are the words, ' Oh, do not shoot me, for . God's sake want, my fine half-pound dip. I'll keep yourself for burning and anything you will ask me to do I will do it for you.) hwatillw The letter then proceedsßut he is too late; the fatal shot has been fired, and he is no more.' "A large coffin for a small body : " (Here follows the figure of a coffin wit h a human body lying in it. To the left of it is the figure of a woman sitting on a chair with the words beside it, ' Do not cry, Mrs. Gal' gey.') You are there, my boy, God be praised. Mrs. Gal gey, I swear by the God who made us that this will happen if you do not look to your happiness in time. Perhaps you are not aware that the persons he is taking the place from aro orphans, six of them. You, as a Christian mother and a mother of a family, must have some feeling for motherless children; or by the Son of God you will have the same story to tell before three months are wan end yourself. Do some thing, in God's name, that will end such a dreadful thing being commenced. When commenced it will end by his life being taken." " May, 1862. (The delineation of a coffin and a pistol heads the letter.) " Villain Galgey,—l give you to see and understand that you stand in a very dangerous position by being the pur chaser of the Lisheens estate, which youknow was sold out wrongfully. You, the purchaser, will regret your doings when it will be too late. You will pay for the deed you have done by giving up, or rather by having your heart's blood taken from you, and without mercy—for you do not deserve mercy, when you showed no mercy to the widower and orphans. You want to throw us paupers_ on the world. I swear by the cross of Christ and by Heaven, and by the God who reigns over us, that I and a dozen more men — Tipperary boys—will watch to shoot you if you do not give up all claim to Mr. O'Connell's property, by making a set tlement in it pleasing to all parties. (Figure of a gun and coffin.) " By the Redeemer of the World, you'll be laid in your coffin before long if you do not act to the best of Mr. O'Connell's liking. When you will be laid in your coffin what good will your purchase be to you ? Do, in God's name, all in your power to make a settlement, and I and my comrades will pray for your prosperity, instead of show. ing what Tipperary boys can do. Our motto is—' Boast when the work is done." The female prisoners, who are described as hand some and interesting young women, behaved very violently during the investigation, and several times invoked curses on the head of Mr. Leahy. A.RIIIB2IIO.NG GUN v. IRON ARMOUR. TO THE EDIT= OF THE TIME. Sir,—Your column of "Naval Intelligence" of this morning contains a summary account of the late encounter between the formidable new gun of Sir William Armstrong and a target constructed on my plan, which is scarcely consistent with my view of the facts, and which certainly exhibits a bias the opposite of my own. As lam one of those who have consistently for many years worked hard for the introduction of iron as the right material for the construction of the fleet of the future, I beg you will hear the other side before pronouncing a judgment, especially as I imagine the present to be a critital moment in our history, when the Admi ralty may either lapse into old ways or go boldly forward with a new and true policy. I am, of course, biassed in favour of my own plan of attaching iron armour without making holes in it, and also of forming a ship's side entirely of iron, so as to be strong as well as to resist shot. But no amount of opinion or prejudice can shake this fact, proved at Shoeburyness on Friday, that the great gun, weighing twelve tons, did on that day fire two successive shots at my target without penetrating the armour. It is equally true that no other armour has been able to do this. If you will next take this fact, that of all the other kinds of shot fired at this target no single one penetrated the armour, I think you will admit that the im pression conveyed by your informant is hardly the J. SCOTT RUSSELL 20, Great George-street, Westminster, S.W., May 24. same as mine. The one fact made prominent by your informan is that the target was penetrated in one place by a 150-pounder shot. Sir, it was penetrated, but only by a shot which everybody knew beforehand must go through; a weak place was selected, which we all knew to be weak, and which we had proved to be weak. We were all of one mind before it was tried. A nar row plate was selected, the shot perforated the nar row plate, as it ought to do ; and this gives us no information except what wo knew before. But it was mere child's play to the Armstrong gun, for plates of the same narrow dimensions had before been shattered even by shells filled with sand. To prove an axiom, therefore, was all that was gained by that shot. The main object of the experiment was, however, to discover what would resist shot best, not what would fail to resist it. Experiment has proved that iron plates 41 inches thick and 3 feet wide, united by my continuous rivetting to 2 inches of iron back ing, making up 7 inches of iron pretection, are sufficient on an iron ship to stop the m issile of the e to great Armstrong gun from penetrating. If after this discovery any one think it of cons .d equenlcl not know that a plate les s than 2 feet vvile i will ma stop it ho is welcome to that additiona n or tion. own praetical con- i e l us ions from Friday's ex p erience:— P e rmit me 11JVI to exp ress my First, I think it incontrovertible that an iron ship constructed entirely with iron armour on my method, using as a pattern those dimensions and that arrangement only which were successful in stopping the two Armstrong shots on Friday, is practically shot-proof. Secondly, I think, although I am biassed, that my target, changed a i f n t e s r h a p t h e , e b o firing e f o o f r e F a r n i d a a b y e , hi i n s d m , u th ch an i t e h s e s target is at present fit or i T g h in ir a d l l l y V ,l ar t r h io in r k ta t rg ha e. t t my t o receive more battering, without destruction, than the Warrior target. In conclusion, I will mention one fact which is not mentioned by your informant. He says that than my target is heavier es n a o n t s t t h a e te the whole of Warriorthis difference—that ray target excepting the 41-in. plating is part and parcel of th e substance and strength of the ship, and forms nu extraneous addition to its weight. The addition made by my system to the weight of the ship is, therefore, less than by the Warrior system. From these facts I leave you to draw your owa conclusions. —I am, sir, your obedient servant, - Sermons in the United States seem to aim at a .moreexciting ideal. In a recent sermon Parson Brownlow is said to have told his flock that ho would have them " tight the Confederates till hell froze and then fight them on the ice ;" while even the Rev. IL Ward I3eeeher indulges in images needlessly irritant to the ner vous system, for example, " This is God's e el "' yard. lie is sawing out Umber ; and You a re o that timber. To-day he is ripping you with the saw* The next day morrow he is smoothing you with a plane . he is rubbing up the surface nails,som kind of a rasp. He plies you with hammer,We should not sleep under and all sorts of instruments . " and and screws, and bolts, such preachers, but we should do nothing half so good,— Spectator. Yesterday the annual genet lows and members of this sod! lington House—Lord Ashba Mr. F. GALTON read the rei which stated that the accessions , the last anniversary amounted to of 234 fellows. During the same period the cot , . regretted to record the decease of 31 ordinary men' bers. The society now consists of 1,693 fellowsii and 55 honorary and corresponding members. The accounts of the past year showed an increase of re ceipts proportionate to the growth of the society, whilst the disbursements under every head of ex penditure had , been kept within the estimates sub mitted to the last meeting. The perinaneut fund of the society at the close of the year areounted to £6,000 New 3 per Ce nts., to which have sioce been added further investments amounting to £2,5 00 , the total amount of vested property being con.'e quelltly £7,500. The 31st volume of the society's journal, cotiiaining 14 rasps and illustrations,edited by Dr. Norton `JI-law, has been published, and is now ready for iesae td the fellow's upon application. s g:e i n l o c e g e a r theaccheilsions to the map rooms since the last an niversary comprise 438 maps and charts and 10 asses, all of which have been orranged in due geographical o a r n d n e i r ; e r s l a ' The additions comprise p i t r i i o s n e thel: 3o I,oo Z a a i ry r bt e rua s t u l pamphlets, ii i al t l a f o oa f fte g 150 volumes by purchase: The in e t d d. expedition ? l i ft ra u .r n aF d e . r lt, Burke,. the late ei„nocr Central tkuvAr West ern ern Australia; and of that jointly Gregory, by Col. Sarci, Capt. Blakeston, Dr. Barton, and the Rev. Mr. Schereschewsky up the Yan had been duly reported to the society. g-tze-Kiang, y- Accounts of the progress of the East African expedition under Captains Spake and Grant, and of the auxi liary one under Consul Petherick up the White Nile in support of it, had also been received, as well as of the continued searches and explorations of the society's naedallist7'the enterprising Dr. Living. atone. The indefatigable Captain R. Burton was also extending the knowledge of Western Africa from his present quarters at Fernando Po. Th© founder's gold medal had been awarded to the re presentative of the late R. O'Hara Burke, in re membrance of that gallant explorer, who, with his companion, Wills, perished ternafaving traversed the continent of Australia from hto north; and the patron's gold medal to Captain Thomas Blake ston, of the Royal Artillery, for his survey of the river Yang-tze-Kiang, from Ys-thou to Ping-shant dthihneAaceitlxru.updin extending 900 miles beyond the farthest point pre viously reached by Englishmen. The council had also awarded to Mr. John King, the sole survivor of the expedition under Burke, a gold watch, with a suitable inscription, as a recompense for his faith ful and meritorious conduct. Lord ASHBURTON, in a few appropriate preli minary sentences, handed the medal to the Duke of Newcastle, to be forwarded by him to the nearest surviving relative of Mr. Burke. The Duke of NEWCASTLE expressed his willing ' ness to undertake the task, and remarked that these medals were conferred, not by a body of private gentlemen, but by the Crown, throngh the instru mentality of the society. But the medals themselves received much additional value from the fact that they came through gentlemen of science, who knew the nature of the services for which they were awarded. The noble duke passed a high eulogium upon the character and exertions of Mr. Burke: and assured the society of the great wish he had always to pay the most respectful attention to the aeggeo tions of the society. Lord ASHBURTON then presented to the duke watch for King, without whom they would have been ignorant of Burke's successes. The Duke of NEWCASTLE said he should feel the greatest pleasure in transmitting the watch to sing, who, he believed, was still in the colony. The Marseilles mail would leav e that day, and he would send it at once. Sir R. 111nRcuisoN announced that the Govern ment of Victoria had g ranted King a pension for life. Ho suggested that the portion of Australia explored by Mr. Burke should be called Burke's Land. The PRESIDENT then read his address on the pro gress of geographical science; THE SHOW OF DOGS. There is no mistake about an Englishman in biJI fancies; and, therefore, it is not to be wondered at e that he may have a fancy for the " faithful dog." Any one who passed up Holborn yesterday would have been surprised at the crowds assembled before Holborn Repository, all eager to witness a dog show. To attempt to enter into the claims of the hundreds of animals displayed—pets, " toys," ana other favourites—is out of the question, but it really and truly was a show of Cockayne. There were no foxhounds, there were no " bold bloodhounds," with only one solitary exception ; there were no " sensa tion" animals—the " nigger hound," for instance-- but there was a show of " gems" that was even sur prising to witness. When you can see a yelping " terrier" to carry in your waist coat p ocket, and n i another compartment a disp la y of English mastiffs —unsurpassed in any other previous exhibitio lves we give give the best characte r of what we ourse how witnessed. There were M altese dog'; an n ot know, ave t o ken of total seeing that their covered e yes out g w they could find "their way ab" edo There were bulldogs, darkness, to our thinking. w ith heads as bro ad as a w riting-desk ; and one ham, recog es pecially we not iced, which came from Birming. n i s ed us, and g ave two wags and a half of tail as a kindly recogn ition. The noble " Baltic" was missed from the Newfoundlands, but his brother inaer shall h a f o u r e t n h t e e rl more s s o f Azoff was t here, and took the first prize —a some- Nglhsatrt uclhyeefirneer-ltoootkhionggaalulaimntalZ. Igv f u lly on our next visit, and content Ii g i v ing the awards of the judges, our selves with whose decisions appeared to give every satisfaction : Bloodhounds—First prize of £lO 10s. to Mr. Lockwood'g Rufus, of Blackwater, bred by Baron do Saussey ; and a Birmingham dog, belonging to Mr. Sinclair, took the se cond prize. Bloodhound Bitches—Although there were many c,onr4 mended, no prize was awarded. Retrievers (Degs)—First prize of £l2 100. to Mr. James Turner's Royal ; the second, of £6, to Mr. Stone's Major. Retrievers (Bitches)—Mr, Parker's Flush gained the first prize. Mastiffs.—First prize of £lO to Mr. Hanbury's Duchess, and his Empress took second prize of £3. Newfoundland—First of £ lO to Mr. Infehres Azoff (bro 4 ther to Baltic) ; the second to Mr. Anderson's Norah.. , Bulldogs (Large Size) —First prize of £2O to Mr. Dank El Modman ; second prize of £4 to Mr. Tupper's Nell. , B u lldogs (Small) —First pr ize of £lO to Mr. Macdonald 0 Lady ; and he also took the second prize with his Tiny. Bull Terriers —The first prize of £2O was awarded to Mr. Rinks, of Birmingham, for Puss ; the second to Mr. Ed monds's Don. Firstprize _ o_f £5 to Mr. Morcham's Topsy ; the second to Mr. Brt,wedaue, Black and Tan Terriers (over 51 b weig ht) — Black and Tan Terriers (under 61b, weight)--M n ighty of Clerkenwell, took the first prize of £5; Mr. 61.' the second. bin Hoodiese White English Terrier—First prize, A second. first; as in many other cases, there bei?ig et Billingsgate, Blue English Terriers—Mr. Iluggl.o7 first. , To ddy took the first Scotch Terriers—Mr. gained the first the e second of M. second of £2. p pr ri is z zk e ey o oe f f the, 4 l : ser : ri /s me i rsr r . ._ 6l S m i a l r v rvr. er oi th oid_o o , li o r s n di B l i : :l: l B : 7 Er Collier took the first prize " e __Mr. Gilbert's Blondin took firsb Dandle Dininots—tr;ply ctitor for second honours. also received the second with leis prize of £lO, an of Thels, thAcuirciteuirrdruhges Tibby. r. rv A ed et t o t ri . ,s Fanny Greyhounds -- Mr. Burko, of Barnsbury• road, 1 and Sophy took both took first prize with his Si.vry h deserved _ . first end second P r n iit i a V, Spaniels—M r. n t t id e : 7 - 4 1\i to 0 ; the second to Mr. Brigg's Jim. The prize for King Charles Spaniels (over 71b wei • ght) was a warded to Mr. Woolmington's Judy • , and the one under 71b. weight to Mr. Stretchy's Charley. In this class both gentlemen were most deservedly applauded. Maltese Dogs—The whole of the prizes in this class were awarded to Mr. Mandeville, who, with his Fido and Lily, distanced all competitors. French Poodles—Mr. Rathorton's Sam was first on the list, Mr. Gagan's Minnie running very close indeed for second honours. Esquimau% Dogs—A fine display ; the first prize worz gallantly by Lieutenant Steward's Etah, and no second,