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€ A 0 ‘ _ed -ee-lic-2ee ~% ~ /✓'% ~ __' t 1/EXEMBA'A WE WAIT SUPPER ak t! FUK Y v LI, after the Pantomime, at E VANS'. -Fail •J. • • I • 'if , 4 • AIX#II, • • _ Nrcer„,,, .‘„I.A „. • 3 14 k 4- 4., , s s i t 4 ' , • • is k. ••••":"'- 2 , ;•••" • " m " Il lW\ -011 - 0 1 . ±1 Itt`' t-O „ • 4 • ' 11 ,f e ):• .4 L-r li r \k= weY7, - - • 4-1- 4,• CA ' 45 41( -• 641111144/e.illi-401, c' DIE 34 V Royal Geographical Sielety • R . INAHAN'S LL WHISKY v. COGNAC This BRANDY. p b ,_ CU celebrated Old IRISH WHISKY rivals the fluent BRANDY, It ij cure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. t eold in Bottles, 88. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London; by it e 4 gents in the principal towns to England ; or wholesale On Monday evening an ordinary Mina Qf tlte. Royal Geographical Society was held in Burlington House—the president, Sir Roderick Murchison, in the chair. Mr. GALTON read a paper on " Stereoscopic Maps from Models of Mountainous Countries," in which he described the advantages to be derived from taking photographs from models, in giving a more correct idea of the face of the country than can be obtained from ordinary maps. He explained the manner in which such stereographs may be taken, and exhibited several examples taken from models in the possession of the society. The PRESIDENT said that the plan proposed was no doubt well adapted to give travellers a more com plete knowledge of the mountains in limited dis tricts, supposing the models to be accurately made, but it was inapplicable to geography on an extended scale. 8 , GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. k itizaha Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded LL Whiakv." No. 22,694. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 15, 1865. PRICE 4d. STAMPED sd. NEW NOVEL BY THE AUTHOR OF " JOHN AND I." Just ready, in 3 vols., CRYSTAL PALACE.-GREAT TRIENNIAL HANDEL FESTIVAL. MESSIAH, Monday, June 26, 1865. SELECTION, Wednesday, June 28, 1865. ISRAEL, Friday, June 30, 1865. _ Naval and Military Intelligence. SOUTH OF ENGLAND WAGON COMPANY (Limited). Incorporated under "The Companies Act, 1862," Capital £200.000, in 10,000 shares of £2O each. (With power to increaEe.) Pirst issue of 5,000 shares. Deposit Li a share on applica tLOA. and £1 10s. on allotment. Cal's not to exceed £2 103. 4 Share, and at inter/41s of not less than three months. (It In not proposed to call up more than XlO a char ;•.) Th e DIRECTORS. „, Eton. James F. Stuart Wortley (Director of Bank of nindustan), Wharncliffe House, W., Chairman. ''''•Nor Clarke, tt.E., Director of Works, Admiralty, White ; snell Esq. (Director of London aad South - Western Ai e ll 'llay). Beim ,nt, Havant. Lor x " , der Williams Esq., Palace House, Bishop's Waltham. Groivenor, M P., Grosvenor House, Lon- L SABEE'S LOVE STORY. By the Author of "JO ' , N AND I," "DR. JACOB," .tc. "Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough s tr. et. The Programme of arrangemen 5, with the price of Tickets, and the block plan of Stalls, may be had on written or personal applicati at the Festival Ticket Offices, Crysta Palace, and Exeter Hall. It may also be had at the princ pal Music Warehouses in London and the Provinces ; and be sides numerous other places abroad, at the offices of the South- Eastern, and London, Chatham, and Dover Railway Compa nies, at Paris, Brus els, Cologne, Calais, Boulogne, Ostend, Ghent, Antwerp, &c. The two Ticket Offices as above are open from 10 a.m. till 4.0 p.m. for the issue of vouchers s curing seats ac cording to the numbered plans which will then be open to inspection. Written applications, whether direct or through agents, Containing remittances, and arriving at either of the Ticket Offices on or before the fir t post on the 13th, will be attended to alternately with personal applications. By order. NEW NOVEL BY THE REV. J. H. BELLEW. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., THIRD EDITION of BLOUNT TEMPEST. By the Rev. J. M. BELLEW. "This book Is well written. The story is interesting and full of incident."—Atheneum. Hurst and Blaekett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. With power to add to their number. Ca r , AUDITORS. ‘ f itzmaurice, Auditor of Great Northern, and of Lon liteN Brighton, and South-ceast Railways. d.ra• Chldwick Adamsou, 31`lienna, and Co., 27, Great eorge-street BANKERS. Cocks, Biddulph and Co., 43, Charing-cross, S.W. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Bircham, Dalrymple, Drake, and Co. INSPECTING ENGINEER. Charles COM, Esq., 3, Great George-street, S.W. BROKERS. Mears. Field. Son, and Wood, 9, Warnford-oourt, Tar - ogmorton-titre_t. SECRETARY. B. W. Hall, Esq. TEMPORARY OFFICES. 3Z Gil- at George-street, S.W. W agon Companies have been for some time in successful I - taliOn the Northern. North-Western, and midland p,eunties of England, returning large dividends, after due :e.heitytiseion made for depreciation of stock and other contin -0(4e8. This Company has been formed for the extension system to the South and South-Western districts, in en it has been hitherto but partialls known. 47 1 ten it is considered that every year a vast increase to the ' w aYt3 of this and other countries is made, and that accord tv,, to the returns made to the Board of Trade for 1863. be aver the lines in this particular district, it will be eviderl p ample field is open fur the operations of this Com y ' . 5.0 11 Companies are looked on with favour by railway tcparties and by their customers, the hire of plant being an 14'1 1 convenience to the manufacturer, the coal owner, and tetrrtier. A profitable business can also be ensured by en and b contracts for the supply of Rolling Stock to foreign h C olonial railways The demand for that accommodation ti.rY larze and increasing. bat he t Company does not propose to construct its own wagons, bui ld ' ) follow the plan of purchasing its stock from establisded Co,,.,ers, which has been successf ly adopted by other Wagon 141 ) 'Pantos. This, from its command of cpi : al, it will be en 4t,! -I to do on advantageous terms; and a large profit, un for,9 ded by a harehol ny de commensurate risk, cannot fail tobe secure' u, l d srs. chief sources of profit in the business proposed to be viertaken by the Company may be divided into two classes, 4. letting of Wagons at fixed rentals, and 14e letting of Wagons at redemption rentals Ike. the former class of contracts hirers pay the Company 14. an annual sum as will cover depreciation, repairs, and. teat `ance against accidents, as well as a remunerative inte -0,11 the the latter apital employed. th e m class the hirers pay such sums as will return prosepital invested, with interest ; the wagons remaining the taartir Of the Company until the last payment has been , o ,r, •,,-," an agreement which has been made with a well- Manufacturing firm in very extensive business, the tst,'„etorS can rely on a minimum return of 7i per cent. per lif r ," 11 1, upon the paid-up capital of the Company. The tles s "rs, however, believe that, from the abundance of bun ko cbtainahle and the pressing demand for railway plant, Wifiy a ll this country and abroad, the profits of the Company thp.„ e considerably larger. pies of the Articles of Association may be insp oted at th t A h ankers ' and Brokers', and at the Temporary Offices, and ke,greements entered int, can be seen at the Offices of buera ; Bircham and Co., 46, Parliament-street. i Vicatione for shares must be made in the annexed form ; 811 4 4 ,,lapplicat ion will be considered unless a deposit of Z 1 a sil l nas been previously paid to the Bankers. This deposit .be returned if no allotment is made to the appl cant ; the , r an Shares a allotmtted.e is made, it will be applied in payment on p llo nt obt r a tPeetuses and Fowms of Application for Shares may be 40. ed at the Temporary Offices and of the Brokers. IP fl FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. a d i l alt-sheet should be I resented entire to the Bankers theT lt t 0 mpapli ny, who will detach the Receipt, and return apcant.] t he Directors of the South of England Wagon Company (Limited). °tin! -ernen,—l request you to allot me shares of £2O til t r ,M the South of England Wagon Company (Limited), bet all hereby agree to accept those shares, or any less num laq :°•ted to me, subject to the regulations of the Compa •y, aid io be a shareholder of the C om p an y i n respect thereof, ~4 11 oli tie g ree to pay the further deposit of .Z 1 los. a share on cetytateot; and I authorise you to enter my name on the 41 1 Z,. er of Shareholders of the Company in respect of the es al totted to me. Name in full • •• Usual signature Address in full .. Date .. ESTABLISHED 1837. tlt TANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE coIiPANY. 'PoWered by special Act of Parliament 4 Vict., cap. 9. 1, Princes-street, Bank, London. DIRECTORS. ge 13 evington. Esq.. 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Lumley s 04,1411ded,°?ER'rY itEGISTER," containin,g a varied selection esalobk,and house properties now in the market, from t t; t e a in t e a w n s a l c o r n e , s. with its manorial domain, to the 4 Qothe' uP3 PROPERTIES wishing to Sell or Let can ern sitstfm..qs, b °PPot tanity that the medium of .this Register 1417,4 the particulars of their properties to the l ey eZ B , , 6 7, Chancery-lane, London, as the Messrs. the .n most cues introdnce immediate customers 4T, d Property is of an eligible chara ter, thereby avoid 'ittliees-I"cl'iralltages of delay and its attenuant incon th4 t ke 1 414 e r . 8 110 CTIARGE incurred, unless a tenant or pur the introduced through Messrs. Lumley's Agency, A , -„ c ko tk illy the usual moderate commission. Land Offices, 67, Chancery-lane, London. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail way Terminus, King's-cross. Patron—Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN. Vice-Patron—His Royal Highness the Prince of WALES, KG President—His Grace the Duke of BUCCLEUCH, K.G. This Hospital, foundej in the year 1828, the first to estab lish the princip'e of flee admission to the sick poor, without the delay and difficulty of Governors' orders, is wholly de pendent for support on voluntary contributions and legacies. It affords relief to a large number of in-patients, and, in tddition V) this, the average number of attendance of the .institute sick has for a considerable period averaged between 3,000 and 4,000 weekly. '1 he Committee earnestly solicit the ASSISTANCE of the benevolent, as the premises of this Hospital are capable of co , tainibg several hundred more beds, had the Committee the requisite funds to maintain them. Contributions are received by the Treasurer, Edward Mal terman, Esq., Nicholas-lane; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co.; Drummond and Co. ; Glyn and Co. ; Harries and Ct). ; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co. ; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; %V,lliams, Deacon, and Co.; Overend, Gur ney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co. , Berners-street ; I. Barned and Co.. Liverpool; and at tie Hospital. from 0 till 5. tITAN roRD Secretary. SAILORS' ORPHAN GIRLS' SCHOOL and 11011 E, Hampstead. Ofllces. 77, CornhilL PATRON—The QUEEN. TRUSTEES. Capt. the Hon. Francis MilicietiVite Rev. Canon r hatnpneys R.N. Thomas Baring, Esq., M P. TREASURERS. R. C. L. Bevan, Esq. I Robert Hanbury, Esq. .This Institution is designed to supply a great national want, viz., an asylum for the orphan daughters of sailors in the Royal Navy and Merchants service and of Marines. It clothes, maintains, and educates them for domestic service, and provides a home free of expense for former inmates while out of situations, thus shielding them from the temptations they might otherwise be exposed to. The Committee earnestly APPEAL for CONTRIBU TIONS to meet the increasi g applications through the recent storms and less f life at sea, and to enable them eventually to obtain premises more commensurate w.th the necessities of this great maritime country, which loses 2,000 sa . aors annually by casualties alone, without including those who may perish by war. Subscriptions thankfully received by the bankers, Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co., Lombard-street, and by the Secre tary, at the Offices, No. 77, Cornhill. R. SWEETING, Hon. Soo. CIIAELKS NASH, Oeo, HOME for LITTLE BOYS, Tottenham, N., for the Reception, from all parts of the Kingdom, of Outcast and Destitute Boys, and those verging on crime, under 10 years of age. President—ROßEßT HANBURY, Esq., 31.1 2 , VICE-PRESIDENTS._ Stephen Cave, Esq., M.P. Sir S. lid. Peto, Bart., M.P. Henry E. Gurney, Esq. Abel Smith, Esq., M.P. Samuel Morley, Esq. COMMITTEE, Mr Alex. Anderson. --- T --- Rev. IT. M'Sorley. - Mr. E. H. Burrows. Mr. W. J. Maxwell. Mr. A. D. Chapman. Mr. Alfred short. I Mr. E. F. Ledge. Mr. Robert Sinclair. Mr. George Moore. Mr. E. J. Tabrum. I Mr. Francis Lycett. Jr. R. T. Turnbull. Treasurer—W. H. Wiliana, Esq., 78, Basingball-street. E.C. Honorary Secretary—Mr. A. 0. Charles, £6, Suffolk-street, Pell-Mall East, S.W Bankers—Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smiths, 1, Lombard- sired, This Home was opened in April, 1864. It was designed to take Is the little ones whose charact r and circumstances disqualify the n for the Orphan Asylums, and whose tendar age precludes their admission to the Refuges. Such are these who, from neglect, are already on the road to ruin. Such are those who have been deserted by their natural protectors and left to beecome Idle wanderers. Such are those whose parents may have at one time or other received parish relief, and who are now friendless orphans. Such are those whose parents are breakers of the law, or are in prison, and who train their children in the same path. Such are those whose evil associations have already had their painful effect, and must lead them to a life of crime and misery. There are now 50 little inmates from about four years of age to 10. There is room for nearly 10 , and the Committee would joyfully see the Home filled at once ; they only wait for the necessary subscriptions. The mode of admission to the Rouse is twofold, Ist. By election of the subscribers. Boys thus admitted are received free, boarded, clothed, educated, and taught iill they are 11 years ok age. "Ncrith the view to sjeure the election of the most deserving cases, the Committ e have from the first discouraged canvas sing, and they do not print any addresses of the subscribers. The voting papers contain a description of each case, as care ful y investigated by the Committee, and with this informa tion the subscribers are able to judge kr themselves as to those most eligible for free admission. 2d. By papii , nt of ss. a week, made quarterly in advance. All children must be under 10 years of age at the time of admission. Those received on payment are admitted at any time as soon as approved by the Committee, Elections of chi dren to be admitted free will take peace as frequently as the increase in the annual subscriptions will admit, tilt the Home is full ; they will then be held periodi cally Forms of sppllcation for the admission of children may be had at the Home, and of the Honorary Secret try, [ADVERTISEMENT.] —Holloway's Ointm en t and Pills.— Happiness on the Health.—With the sore trials, tempta tions, and accidents daily endangering health and life in large cities, it is most important to have at hand some means of stopping the budding evil, for the longer it is neglected, the more wide spread is the !generation. Hollo way's medicaments supply this great want ; they are inex pensive, purchaseable everywhere, can be readily used, are safe in inexperienced hands, and perfectly reliable as healers and purifiers. Holloway's Ointment and Pills cure inflam mations, abscesses, and ulcerations with a facility hitherto unknown. Holloway's noble remedies will give relief to sufferers from skin diseases of the most revolting character, for which in bygone days a dangerous mineral Was often administered with fatal consequences. Vice-Admiral the Hon. Sir Frederick Grey, K.C.8., and Rear-Admiral Charles Frederick are expected at Portsmouth on Friday morning to make a trial of the Royal Sovereign turret-ship, accom panied by some of the ironclad fleet. The launch of her Majesty's ship Pallas, which differs materially from any other hitherto con structed, took place yesterday at 3 o'clock from her building yard at Woolwich. The ceremony of " christening" was performed by Mrs. Dunlop, wife of the Commodore Superintendent of the yard. The launch, which was directed by Mr. George Furner, the master shipwright, was perfectly suc cessful, and was witnessed by many thousands of spectators, among whom were Viscount Sydney, Lord Lieutenant of the county ; Rear-Admiral Sir F. Nicholson, C. 8., Rear-Admiral Duntze, various members of the Board of Admiralty, Admiral Ro binson, Controller of the Navy; Mr. Reed, the Chief Constructor, &c. On gaining the river the vessel was brought round by a couple of steamtugs, and was made fast to await the approaching tide when she Will be brought into the dockyard principle. The principle on which she is constructed is that of an armour-plated ship of moderate dimensions, to carry a few heavy sheltered guns, and a belt armour to protect the most impoltant parts. She will be capable of steaming with Sufficient speed to capture with certainty wooden v:-:sols like the late Alabama, or men-of-war or privateers of much greater speed. She has been made a comparatively short ship, in order that she may be handy under the action of her rudder. She will be full-rigged, so that she may keep the sea for months together. That she may possess sea-going qualities of a high order, she has been made a very lofty ship above the water, the height of her fixed bulwarks being no less than 18ft. above the level of the sea. Her ends have also been kept as light as possible, to give her that pecu liar buoyancy at the bow and stern which Admiral Dacres has reported upon so favourably in the En terprise. Another peculiar feature in the Pallas in that she is constructed for fighting " end on" in the manner lately advocated so strongly. This is not, however, her only mode of fighting, as she will carry two powerful guns, under armour, at each broad side, in addition to two other guns. The Pallas, in which these arrangements have been carried out, was designed by Mr. Reed early in 1863, but the order to build the ship was not given till the end of that year, so that she has been so far completed in little niore than 15 months. Her armour-plates are not yet fitted, nor are her engines on board, but these works will be proceeded with rapidly, and the ship, it is stated, will be got to sea by the end of the pre sent year. Messrs. Humphreys and Tennant, who have the engines and boilers ready to be put on board, will be prepared to get up steam by the end of April. The engines are of 600-horse power (nominal) on the improved plan introduced by these engineers, and used with so much advan tage, as regards the saving of fuel, in several ships of the Peninsular and Oriental Company's packets. In consequence of the great power of these engines, Mr. Reed has considered it desirable to in troduce a new system of construction at the stern of the ship, for the purpose of enabling the wooden hull to bear without injury the enormous strains which the screw propeller will effect. This system consists in connecting the stern posts and dead wood with the side, by means of internal iron bulkheads, decks, and flats, and external brass castings of a new description. It appears to be generally con sidered that iron would have been preferable to wood, which Mr. Reed has adopted in the construc tion of the Bellerophon at Chatham, but that was not available on account of the want of machinery at Woolwich. The following are the dimen sions of the Pallas. Length between per pendiculars, 225 ft. ; length of keel for ton- nage, 187 ft. 3in. ; breadth extreme, 50 feet ; breadth moulded, 48ft. lin. ; and breadth for ton nage, 48ft. 2in. Depth in hold, 161 t. 6in.; burden in tons, 2,372 33-94; mean draught of water, 21ft. ; height of ports, 7ft. 9in. ; distance between ports, 14ft. ; weight of 41-ineb. armour, 600 tons; weight of guns and powder, 120 tons; and weight of stores and water, 180 tons. She will be a faster vessel, it is stated, than any wooden frigate in the navy. The fastest wooden frigate now afloat and complete is the Mersey, which on one occasion steamed 131 knots an hour ; but the Mersey is 300 ft. long and of nearly 4,000 tons burden. She carries no armour, and the designer of the Pallas has engaged that the latter ship shall exceed the Mersey in speed. When the Pallas was commenced it was the general opinion that it would be impossible to propel so short a ship a t so hi g h a ra t e o f speed, but as the building progressed, and the fineness of the lines became apparent, this opinion declined, and many naval men believe that the designer's expectations will really be fulfilled. The Pallas is provided with Mr. Reed's new bow, known as the U bow, on ac count of its section having the form of that letter, the object of thi s s h ape b e i ng to correct the p i tc hi ng tendencies of armour-plated ships. The extremity of the bow or prow, which projects many feet in front of the ship, is armed with an enormous brass cleaver, or ram, intended to penetrate the bottom of any ship against which it may be driven. The iron steam troopship Orontes, Capt. H. W. Hore, arrived at Spithead yesterday morning with troops, comprising the headquarters of the 12th Brigade Royal Artillery and 25th Company Royal Engineers from Ceylon, Mauritius, the Cape of Good Hope, and St. Helena. She left Point de Gale on the 29th Dec., 1864, having embarked Col. A. H. Graham, Lieut. Desborough, Lieut. Gaskell, Dr. Pro theroe, 78 men Royal Artillery, Mrs. Desborough and child, 5 women, and 16 children. She arrived at the Mauritius on 7th January, 1865, which she left on the 12th. She embarked Capt. Downes, Capt. Hennon, Dr. Roch, Quartermaster Keating, Lieuts. Oliver, Montgomery, Bargmann, and Soames, 203 men of the Royal Artillery, Mrs. Downes and 2 children, Mrs. Hermon and 1 child, Mrs. Keating and 3 chil dren, Mrs. Oliver, 11 soldiers' wives and 15 chil dren ; also Lieutenant Lloyd, Mrs. Lloyd, and child, 72 men of the Royal Engineers, 11 soldiers' wives and 16 children. She arrived at the Cape on the 23d of Jan., where she disembarked Lieut. Ar rowsmith, Mrs. Anowsmith and family, Staff Assist.- ' man of the 50th Re giment, Roe and Mrs. Roe, 1 man, 1 woman, 2 chil drenCorps,evned on board at Cey lon 11 children of Ensign Swinton, 13th tgme e2nAst Regiment,t7h3y7en Hospital 7 wreocmei 24th Regiment ; 17 men, Regiment ; a l also Lieut. u t t . Simpson, ll ew ei 13th Regiment, 1 woman and 2 children ; 34 men, 4 women, and 3 children, 24th Regiment ; 8 men, Royal Artillery; received on board at the Mauritius. She embarked at the Cape Col. Connell, Lieuts. Lyons, Tollner, and Greenfield, 76 men Royal Ar tillery, Mrs. Connell and child, Mrs. Lyons, Mrs. Tollner, 16 soldiers' wives, and 24 children, 1 man 12th Regiment, and 1 pensioner ; 3 companies 10th Regiment for conveyance to St. Helena, comprising Major Montague, Capts. Stanners and Corballis, Lieuts. Cartels, Maillard, and Parkinson, Ensigns Orton and Hunxman, 157 men, 15 soldiers' wives, and 19 children, and re-embarked Lieut. Arrow smith, and family, Mr. H. Hewett, Assist.-Superin tendent of Stores, and 16 men 25th Regiment, 5 children, and 2 soldiers' wives. She left on Feb. 4, and arrived at St. Helena on the 12th, where she embarked Major Phillips, 36 men Royal Artillery, Mrs. Phillips and family, 10 soldiers' wives and 11 children, and the officers of the late St. Helena Regi ment, Col. C. Macbean, Capt. Rania, Capt. and Mrs. Campbell and 3 children, Lieuts. Hewson, Nash, and Lamb, Mrs. Lambe and two children. 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A. 8., aged 17, fallen, father dead, deserted by her mother. S. D., aged 15, fallen, mother dead. C. 8., aged 15, fallen, mother dead, A. 8., aged 18, fallen, both parents dead. H. S., aged 14, hnmeless, deserted by her parents. M. H., aged 17, fallen, both parents dead. C. H., aged 17, fallen, both parents dead. A. G., aged 18, fallen, father dead. E. K„ aged 18, fallen, both parents dead, S. 8., aged 17, fallen , both parents dead. M. A. W. aged 17, fallen, both parents dead. S. D., aged 15, fallen, both parents dead. The new home the Committee wish to form would be for onng girls, almost children, from the age of 8 to 15, who have been led astray from the path a virtue. Contributions will be received gratefully by the Secretary, Mr. Daniel Cooper, 85, Queen.street, Cheapside; or by Messrs Barclay and Co.. Lombard-street. Royal National Lifeboat Institution. Yesterday the annual general meeting of this in stitution was held at the London Tavern ; his Grace the Duke of Argyll, K.T., in the chair. The meeting was influentially and numerously attended. There were present, Admiral Sir George Rodney Mundy ; John George, Esq., M.P. ; Thomas Baring, Esq., M.P., F.R.S. ; Sir F. Out ram, Bart. ; Colonel Moore ; Admiral Sir. H. Keppel ; W. 11. Harton, Esq. ; Thomas Chapman, Esq., F.R.S. ; Captain J. R. Ward, R.N. ; Colonel the Hon. R. F. Rowley, M.P. ; George Lyall,Esq., M.P. ; Admiral Ommanney ; Major-General Nut hall ; Captain the Hon. F. Maude, R.N. ; Captain Sir E. Perrott, Bart. ; Admiral W. H. Hall, C. 8., F.R.S. ; Colonel Fitz Roy Clayton ; IV. IV. Car gill, Esq., M.P. ; Francis Lean, Esq., R.N. ; Col. Shakespeare ; and many others. The Noble DUKE, in commencing the business of the meeting, referred to the great loss which the in stitution had sustained by the death of its late pre sident—his Grace the Duke of Northumberland— who had been one of the most munificent and judi cious supporters of the institution. The Lifeboat Institution was one of the most popular of what might be termed the charitable institutions of the country. Its income during the last year had amounted to not less than £32,000, comprising in the valuable gifts made to the society completely equipped lifeboats ; and from one individual alone the society had received the munificent donation of £5,000. Almost every day they saw that new lifeboats were being fitted out and supplied at different stations on the coast. It was not surprising that the institution should have grown so rapidly in public estimation. With the exception, perhaps, of the hospitals, there was no institution which represented in a more typical form the great characteristics of modern and Christian civilisation. He remembered some years since hearing a discussion, in which the late Lord Macaulay took part, as to what was the meaning of civilisation ; and he said that if there was one feeling which more than another was the indication of Christian civilisation, it was that growing tenderness for human suffering, and greater regard for the safety of human life. This was not a sentiment connected with anything like weak ness or effeminacy of feeling. On the contrary, it was connected with the most humane feelings, and they would see that a large number of men who formed the crews of the lifeboats risked their lives to save those of one or two individuals from wrecks. The sentiment, therefore, of saving life was one which was not only Christian in its character, but it induced the greatest amount of self-sacrifice and heroic devotion on the part of those who so gallantly risked their lives to save those of their fellow , creatures. There was another feature connected with the institution, which seemed to account for the interest felt towards it by the public, and that was great RIIO.OPCC in the saving of human EL). which had attended their exertions. - The amount of success during the past year had been very large, and not less than 430 lives had been saved from shipwreck in a way and manner in which those lives must have been lost had it not been for the lifeboats. It was gratifying also to note that 280 other lives had been rescued by other classes of boats, the services of which had been rewarded by money, medals, and thanks of the institution. Looking at the wreck chart—that sadly interesting record—it would be seen that an immense number of the wrecks took place on the eastern as compared with the western coast, and that arose from the circumstance that the harbours were so very few, and that they were narrow and bad in their entrances as compared with those on the other side of the island. As a consequence of this, almost all the wrecks took place on the shores, and at the doors of our harbours. (Hear, hear.) His grace concluded by congratulating the society on the re sult of its operations during the past year, and stated that among the many instances of heroic devotion to the good work there was none in which more heroism had been displayed than in the case of the Stanley, which struck on entering the Tyne last winter. (Cheers.) His grace then read the list of officers for the ensuing year, and proposed their election, stating at the same time that the post of president of the institution had been accepted by Earl Percy, son of the present very aged Duke of Northumberland. The list of officers was adopted by the meeting ; and at the suggestion of Thomas Baring, Esq., the name of the Duke of Argyll was added to the list of vice-presidents. RICHARD LEWIS, Esq., the secretary, then read the report—lt stated that the committee deeply felt the greatness of the responsibility which rested on them from the nature and extent of the work which they had underken— a work on which hangs the issue of life and death. The great success, however, which Divine Pro vidence had granted to their exertions, and the kind and liberal support which had been accorded by their f ellow- countrymen, had encouraged the committee to renewed exertion, and had enabled them during the past year to increase considerably their life-saving stock, which now numbered 144 life-boats. It was with extreme sorrow that the com mittee had to advert to the great loss which the life boat cause had sustained by the death of their pre sident, Admiral the Duke of Northumberland. K. G., who for 14 years had actively co-operated with them in carrying out the national and philanthropic ob jects of the institution. Earl Percy, M.P., the eldest son of the present aged Duke of Northumberland, had kindly accepted the office thus rendered vacant by the death of the late esteemed president of the institution. The most striking feature in the history of the institution in the past year, as it was also in the preceding one, was the large number of splendid gifts—amounting to £8,077 11s. 10d.—of twenty five new lifeboats, which had been presented to the institution by philanthropic persons and collective ladies, headed by an anonymous donation from " A Friend" of no less a sum than £5,090. During the past year the institution had sent no less than 34 new lifeboats to the coast, and others were in course of construction. Transporting carriages and boat houses had been provided, with few exceptions, for the whole of the above -named lifeboats. The life boats of the institution saved no less than 432 lives and 17 vessels during the past year, nearly the whole of them under circumstances when no other description of boat than a lifeboat could with safety have been employed. For these various services, and for the saving of 266 lives by shore boats and other means, the institution had granted rewards amounting to £1,539. The committee referred with great satisfaction to the continued intrepid services of the lifeboat crews, who were ever ready, day or night, to man the lifeboats during the fiercest storms. The lives of between 5,000 and 6,000 persons are placed by shipwrecks on our coasts annually in jeopardy; but happily, owing to the prompt and unceasing exertions that are everywhere made on occasions of shipwrecks, the actual loss of placed in life amongst that large number of persons peril did not last year exceed 450 lives. Much credit was undoubtedly due to the Board of Trade for their continued valuable co-operation with the institution. The total number of lives saved during the 41 years from the establishment of the institution in 1824, to the end of the year 1864, either by its lifeboats, or by special exertions, for which it had granted rewards, was 14,266. The amount of happiness thus brought to this great multitude of persons, saved from doath in its most appalling form, and to many of those who would otherwise have been widows and orphans, could only be fully realised by them selves. The committee referred to the cordial con tinued co-operation of the local branch committees, the coast guard, and the railway and steam packet companies. Since the formation of the institution it had expended on lifeboat establishments nearly £120,000, and had voted 82 gold and 743 silver medals for saving life, as well as pecuniary awards to the amount of £19,400. The total amount of receipts by the institution during the year 1864 was £31,917 2s. Bd. ; and its expenditure, including its liabilities, was £29,034 9s. sd. The items of re ceipts and expenditure were detailed in the annual financial statement attached to the report, audited as usual by a public accountant. Many gratifying and encouraging donations had been received by the institution since the last report. The grateful acknowledgments of the committee were expressed to several gentlemen. zuho had collected the cost of eight lifeboats amongst their friends and others in Manchester, Birmingham, Bristol, and Wiltshire. The committee also tendered their sincere thanks to the important bodies of commercial travellers and the Ancient Order of Foresters, for collecting the cost of three lifeboats. Legacies, amounting to £3,365, had been received by the institution during the year. The committee had, on former occasions, referred to the magnitude and costliness of the extensive operations of the National Lifeboat Institution ; and last year they had been greater than at any preceding period dur ing the past forty-one years ; but they were happy to report that the benevolence of the public had been proportionably large and liberal. Thus sup ported and encouraged to conduct the affairs of the institution on principles which had proved by expe rience to be sound and practicable, the committee felt assured that it would never be allowed to lan guish from the want of funds, to perpetuate and ex tend as occasions may require, its merciful work on the coasts of the United Kingdom. JOHN GEORGE, Esq., M.P., moved its adoption, and called attention to the fact that ou the east coast of Ireland from Kingstown toWaterford, there was not a single harbour of refuge for shipping, and he felt it a pleasing duty to acknowledge the fact that four lifeboat stations had been founded on that part of the coast, through the instrumentality of the Lifeboat Association. The motion was seconded by the Hon. Colonel ROWLEY, M.P., and unanimously adopted. W. W. CARGILL, Esq., M.P., moved " That this meeting has heard with much satisfaction of the great success which has attended the important operations of the Royal National Lifeboat Associa tion during the past year, and deems it a cause for much thankfulness that it has contributed to the saving of nearly 700 of our fellow-creatures from a watery grave in that period ; and that the loss of life from shipwrecks during the year was so unusually low ; and, taking into consideration that the institution has now 144 lifeboats under its management, and that the same require a large per manent annual income to maintain them in a state of thorough efficiency, this meeting is of opinion that the society is eminently deserving of the con tinued liberal support of the public. The motion, seconded by admiral Sir H. KEPPEL, was also adopted. On the _motion of Cript..l..%;r E. PRIMOTT, seconded and supported by Admiral W. N. Hall, C. 8., the following resolution was adopted:—" That the thanks of this meeting be tendered to the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade, and to the Marine Department of the Board of Trade; for the important and cordial aid afforded by them to the Royal Natioal Lifeboat Institution. Also to the Commodore Controller-General, the Deputy Con troller-General, and the officers and men of her Majesty's Coastguard service, for their continued valuable assistance to the society." The Hon. Capt. Maude, R.N., of the Shipwrecked Mariners' Society, who bore testimony to the valu able co-operation of the Lifeboat Association with the society with which he was connected, proposed 4 ‘ That this meeting tenders its cordial thanks to Thos. Baring, Esq., M.P., F.R.S., V.P., the chairman ; to Thomas Chapman, Esq., F.R.S., V.P., the deputy chairman, and to the other members of the commit tee of management, for the care and attention with which they continue to administer the important affairs of the institution. Also to the honorary local committees of the several branches of the in stitution for their zealous co-operation with the central committee in promoting the efficiency of the lifeboat establishments intrusted to their superinten dence and management." The motion, seconded by Sir FRANCIS OUTRAM, was, like the preceding ones, unanimously adopted. A cordial vote of thanks to his Grace the Duke of Argyll was next agreed to. The Noble CHAIRMAN, in acknowledging the com pliment, said that he had been much struck on reading the description given by Dr. Scoresby, of the conduct and appearance of the crew of the Royal Charter, the vessel - which two years after wards perished, one of the most melancholy cases of shipwreck ever known of in the British Islands. Dr. Scoresby had been for many years an Arctic voyager, and a great whale fisher, and in his latter years he became a clergyman of the Church of England, de voting the later years of his life to the pursuit of his ' sacred calling. He kept up, however, his scientific and professional pursuits ; and the year previous to his death, in consequence of his desire to test certain views which he had given forth in respect to the navigation of iron ships, he undertook a voyage to the antipodes in the Royal Charter, and wrote a very interesting account of the observations which he had made. The ship on which he was on board was over taken by a terr c storm in the Pacific, and he had given a most curious description of his observations of the conduct and appearance of the crew under the continuance of that storm. He stood on the com panion ladder and watched the action of the man at the wheel and the other men, all standing ready to obey any orders of the chief ; every nerve and . every muscle of th e i r b o di es seeme d t o b e rea d y forinstant action. In such a case as this shipwreck would be a comparatively light feeling for the brave sailor, who would meet his death with little emotion. In the case, however, of the men who were rescued by the lifeboats of this association the circumstances of death were most trying and terrible to contem plate. There the men clung to the masts and rig ging for long and weary hours in the cold and storms of winter, with the prospect of certain death and but little hope of escape. (Cheers.) The fact too that this society had been the means of saving more than 600 lives with a loss of but three of the i gal lant men was a fact most creditable to the nstitu tion. He regarded the proceedings w ith feelings of great gratification, and felt that it was an institu tion which it was satisfactory to belong to, and satisfactory to support. The meeting then separated. "And then he drew a dial from his poke, And looking on it with lack lustre eye, Says very wisely, It is ten o'clock : Thus we may see,' quoth he, "how the world wags." SHAKSPEARE Benson's Pocket Dials are artistic, accurate time markers, made in every size, suitable for everybody, and are sent to every part of the kingdom, safe by post, at 5,6, 7,8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, and 35 guineas in gold cases ; and at 2,3, 4,5, 6,7, 8,9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, and 25 guineas in silver cases. A descriptive pamphlet post free for two stamps. W. Benson, Ludgate-hill, watch and clock maker to H.R.H. the Prince of Wales. A paper was then read by Mr. Markham, one of the honorary secretaries, contributed by Mr. Fox Wilson, " On the Gradual Desdcation of South , west Africa." The author of the paper adduced many instances, founded on historical evidence, of the drying up of the southern part of Africa, which, he said, was rapidly 'progressing, and was rendering many parts of the country that were formerly fertile barren and uninhabitable. The same effect had been noticed by Dr. Livingstone in tropical Africa, and had been attributed by him to geological changes ; but Mr. Wilson contended that the dessica tion is gradually increasing, and is attri butable to the cutting down of forests and the burning of the grass. He said that under the schist rock there is a supply of water derived from distant mountains, and he mentioned one abundant spring which, from the character of the sand that accompanies the water, shows that its source must be far distant. He recommended, therefore, that numerous artesian wells should be dammed up, that the planting of trees should be encouraged and the burning of grass prohibited. Dr. LIB INGSTONE agreed with the author of the paper that there was a gradual dessication now going on, and that it might be attributed to the causes as signed, but independently of that minor process of drying up, there were indications in the physical character of the country that a great geological con vulsion must have occurred, which elevated the land on the western coast, and produced fissures in the rocks which had let out the waters of vast inland lakes that formerly existed where the land is now barren. In proof of that opinion, he stated that there are nnany large water courses now dry in which he found fossil bones, and that the rivers flowed from the north towards the south into large lakes, the beds of which are now indicated by nume rous fresh-water shells. He said that the Govern ment of the Cape were adopting one of the plans recommended by Mr. Wilson, and were encouraging the planting of trees in the colony. The PRESIDENT alluded to the condition of the country round Damascus as an illustration of the gradual dessication of a once fertile country by causes acting gradually without any geological changes, and to his own observation of the steppes of Russia, in illustration of the effect of the absence of vegetation. Lord STRATFORD DE REDCLIFFE mentioned, as a confirmation of the opinion of the author of the paper, that Constantinople is supplied with water by streams from the forests of Belgrade, and that the supply had been greatly diminished by cutting down the trees. The Government having become aware of the fact, the felling of timber had been prohibited, and trees have been ordered to be planted. After some remarks by other gentlemen, the meeting adjourned to the 27th inst., when it was announced there will be a further discussion on the subject of a north-polar expedition. Anthropological Society. -. An animated discussion took place at the meeting of the Anthropological Society yesterday evening, on the reading of a paper by Mr. Winwood Reed, on the efforts of missionaries among savages. Mr. Reed expressed himself very strongly against the rrcnitc of mirsin•nnry labnnrs in equatorial Africa more particularly, where he said the attempts to evangelise the negroes had proVed " a wretched bubble." Those who were said to be converted to Christianity were the most degraded of the natives ; the men being all thieves and the women prosti tutes. One great difficulty the missionaries had to contend with was polygamy, which the negroes could with great difficulty be induced to abandon, and when they did so it was attended with worse evils. The Mahometans, on the contrary, who allowed polygamy, made numerous converts, and the author of the paper contended that that was the natural state of the negroes, and ought to be tolerated. He asserted also that Mahometanisin is only a form of Christianity, and that it is much better adapted for the negroes than the forms of religion taught by the Christian missionaries, who had entirely failed to make any real converts. He adduced many instances in support of his opinions, and said he thought the money expended in endea vouring to convert the negroes had much better be employed in improving the degraded population of this country. Mr. WALKER, who had resided fourteen years on the West Coast of Africa, supported the views of Mr. Reed, and spoke strongly against the characters of the professing converts to Christianity, and of the inutility of missionary labours in Africa. Sir GEORGE DENYS, in reference to the great point made by the missionaries of the abolition of poly gamy, mentioned an anecdote of a bishop who had so far induced a native to abandon the practice as to reduce the number of his wives to two, but he could not be prevailed on to put away either of those favourites. After a time, however, he returned to the bishop and told him that he had complied with his request, and on being asked what he had done with the wife he had put away, he replied that he had eaten her. Dr. COLENSO said that Mr. Reed had done good service by drawing attention to the efforts made by missionaries to convert the negroes, and to the re sults, though he did, not agree with him on some points. The public in this country were arriving at a great crisis in religious feeling, and the same might be extended abroad, therefore it was important that the efforts made to spread Christianity among savage nations should be carefully considered. It was a subject, however, that required much delibera tion, and he should prefer, instead of then expressing his opinion, to put his views on paper, and read them at a subsequent meeting of the society. Captain BURTON took an extensive view of mis sionary efforts in various parts of the world, in North. America, in the West Indies, and in Africa, and fully supported the statements in Mr. Reed's paper that they had completely failed to improve the savage nations whom it had been their object to convert. Speaking of what was called the nearly Christian city of Abbeokuta, he said it was a den of abominations, and the nominally converted negroes in Sierra Leone and on most of the west coast of Africa were nearly as bad. Mr. Harris, Mr. Charlesworth, Dr. Seem.ann, Mr. Bollaert, and other gentlemen spoke to the same effect. Mr. Reddie and Mr. M'Arthur, on the con trary, contended that the missionaries in many parts of the world had greatly improved the character of the natives; and if they had failed in Africa, the question should rather be how to alter theironode of proceeding than to abandon their efforts to civilise and3rico. c nv . er c t Ait th T e En negrßoLeAiiE doubted Mahome tanism was really derived f o ro u m bted chr th is a t tiaty,andconsidered the failure of missionary enterprise was due to the want of unity among the missionaries and their divergence from the common centre of Christendom. After some observations from the PRESIDENT, Dr. Hunt, Mr. REED replied to some objections that had been raised to his paper, and themeetidingnnaderjo: Captained. 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