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E rffnAti, WE WAIT SUPPER L 14 '(-) it YuU, alter the Pantomime, at E VANS'. Fail RINAHAN'S LL WHISKY v. COGNAC BRADY. 4,, i tis celebrated OM IRIS LI N WHISKY rivals the finest ' llOll BRANDY, 14It Pure Mild, Mellow, Delicious, , and very Wholesome. 01d in Bottles, 3s. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London ; by i t Agents in the principal towns in England ; or wholesale 8 , GREAT WI NDMILL-STREE T , LONDON , W. k 6 Fs'zve the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded n ahan's LL Whisky." S OUTH OF ENGLAND WAGON COMPANY (Limited) Incorporated under " The Companies Act, 1802," Capital £200.000, in 10,000 shares of £2O each. (With power to increase.) 11 ;:olt issue of 5,000 shares. Deposit £1 a share on applica "on. and Zt 10s. on allotment. Cal s not to exceed £2 10i. a share, and at intervals of not less than three months. (It is not proposed to call up more than £lO a sitar-.) -s• DIRECTORS. h'ill u drsiai j i n- 17:.isalt Wortley / (Director of Bank of 7 .an), Wlsarncliffe House, W., ehair.nan. aJor Clarke, 11.. E Director of Works, Admit alty, White wh. 3, 1) 11: Snell, Esq. (Director of London azd South-Western Belm nit, Havant. 1,. -x .. a nder Williams, Esq., Palace House, Bishop's Waltham. . - ; 1 ' Richard Grosvenor, M.P., Grosvenor House, Lon non, Ty. With power to add to their number. ATJDITORS. P itzmaurice, Auditor of Great Northern, and of Lon lirt, Brighton, and South-Ceast Railways. Ch , dwick Adamso2; M'Eenna, and Co., 27, Great Nnorge-street. BANKERS. Cocks, Biddalph and Co., 43, Charing-cross, S.W. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Bircham, Dalrymple, Drake, and Co. Charles Cabitt INSPECTLNG . , Esq., 3, Grea EN t GINEER George-street, S.W. BROKERS. Messrs. Field, Son, and Wood, 9, Warnford-oourt, Tarogmorton-street` SECRETARY. R. W. Hall, Esq. TEMPORARY OFFICES. 37, GTE at George-street, S.W. o , v ragon Companies have been for some time in successful 'eraliOn i a the Northern. North-Western, and Midland 140lliaties of England, returning large dividends, after due RT , e vision made f or d e p rec i a ti on o f s t oc k and ot h er contin n er',.lie's. This Company his been formed for the extension whre it sstem to the South and South-y has been hitherto but partial!) known Western cistricts, in . iait'n it is considered that every year a vast increase to the tl WaYs of this and other countries is made, and that accord 'o the returns made to the Board of Trade fur 1863, be over three and four millions of tons of goo ls were carried tbo r the lines in this particular district, it will be evideiit pl ln t v ample field is open for the operations of this Com teVg, Companies are looked on with favour by railway Panics and by their customers, the hire of plant being an the " Convenience to the manufacturer, the coal owner, and adcarrier. A profitable business can also be ensured by en into contracts for the supply of Rolling Stock to foreign colonial railways. The demand for that accommodation large and increasing. bathet Company does not propose to construct its own wagons, bui lt ? follow the plan of parches Mg its stock from established co ere, Which has been successfu,ly adopted by other Wagon libnPanks. This, from its command of c pi ;al , it will be en lateniclo do on advantageous terms; and a large profit, un to, „ ed by any commensurate risk, cannot fail tobe secure i „tie shareholders. 1 14 4 ,,0e chief sources of profit in the business proposed to be viit.o.ttaken. by the Company may be divided into two classes, The letting of Wagons at fixed rentals, and •fne letting of Wagons at redemption rentals the former class of contracts hirers pay the Company 144. an annual sum as will cover depreciation, repairs, and t eat tante against accidents, as we!, as a remunerative ante re.n, the carital employed. tits , s 'oe latter class the hirers pay such 8111113 as will return pr o „'aPital invested , with interest ; the wagons remaining the tilartY of the Company until the last payment has been r F ki 1 , -° ln an agreement which has been made with a well- Manufacturing firm in very extensive business, the iiki eot ors can rely on a minimum return of 7i per cent. per pi r tl °l upon the paid-up capital of the Company. The besetors, however, believe that, from the abundance of bum hot,° c btainable and the pressing demand for railway plant, ani:l In this country and abroad, the profits of the Company In con si derably larger. the pies of the Articles of Association may be insp nted at th e h ankers' and Brokers', and at the Temporary Offices, and 4 15 Agreernent s entered int can be seen at the Offices of A 81 14. Bircham and Co., 46, Parliament-street. hilPlicat!ons for shares must be made in the annexed form ; 11 Sh ar i e l o application will be considered unless a deposit of X 1 a ,has been previously paid to the Bankers. This deposit ta d ; ''s returned if no allotment is made to the appl cant ; th e an llga res allotmallotted.ent is made, it will be applied in payment on ohZsPectuses and Perms of Application for Shares may be ued at the Temporary Offices and of the Brokers. tt h , PORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. 011, 4 1 f-sheet shauld be I resented entire to the Bankers it " e Company, who will detach the Receipt, and return to the applicant.] °the Directors of the South of England Wagon Company (Limited). 4 eatl 40 1 , emen,—l request you to allot me shares of £2O kt d , 3 the South of England Wagon Company (Limited), her 4 1 hereby agree to . accept those shares, or any less num and 0 • ted to me, subject to the regulations of the Compa y, 4 44 i ° be a shareholder of the Company in respect thereof, Flet,agree to pay the further deposit of Xi los. a share on cem, — „,. e nt; and I authorise you to enter my name on the 11 114' "'el' of Shareholders of the Company in respect of the t es allotted to me. Name in full Usual signature Address in full Date ESTABLISHED 1837. iI, ITANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. PoNvered by special Act of Parliament 4 Vict., cap. 9. . . _ 1, Princes-street, Bank, London. DIRECTORS. 4 eoTry tle or :; , ,e ilevington, Esq.. The Lodge, Dulwich. Iii ll : 4 C0 Esq. Shackiewell. .1 0 „ ' Coventry. Esq , Corn Exchange Chambers. '.ath dater. an Duncan Dow, Esq„ 12, Pembridge Villas, Bays ohn 11 1.01t 4j ,jeWet t, Esq., 50, Cornhill. lleprrd Samuel , birdler, E5q...7, Tokenhouse-yard. Hales, Esq., North Frith, liadlow, Kent. Y Lewis Smale, Esq., Doctors' Commons. It th e r description of Life Assurance business transacted eimrest rates of Premium consiAent with security. 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ORNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library, ad Dining-room, consisting of a new and exgant assor [- went of VASES, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obelisks, ink stands, beautiful inlaid Tables, Paperweights, &0., in Italian, Alabas er, Parian, Marble, Bronze, Derbyshire Spar, &o. Imported and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Mine ralogist to her tlttiesty, 149, Stand, W.C., London. Mr. Tennant arranges elementary collections of SHELLS, MINERALS, ROCKS, and FOSSILS, which will greatly facilitate the interesting study of MINERALOGY, CON CHOLOGT, end GEOLOGY, at 2, 5,10, 20, 50, to 100 guineas each. PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and MINE RALOGY is given by Mr. TENNANT. at 149, Strand W.C. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, in tha immediate vicinity of the Great Northern nail way Terminus, King's-cross. Patron—Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN. Vice-Patron—His Royal Highness the Prince of WALES, K.G President—His Grace the Duke of BUCCLEUCII, K.G. This Hospital, founded in the year 1828, the first to estab lish the principle of free 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 addition to this, the average number of attendance of the Jsstitute sick has for a considerable period averaged between 3,000 and 4,000 weekly. The Committee earnestly solicit the ASSISTANCE of the benevwent, as the premises of this Hospital are capable of containing several hundred more beds, had the Committee the requisite funds to maintain them. - - Contributions are received by the Treasurer. Edward sfas terman, Esq., Nicholas-lane; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co. 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A . ---.z-i.;',1.-:N5,0..,, / ' \ - '' - ' 4l "-1 ' f____:y ,•••• a_ A, - -", ' - ----_____e________ '— Royal Geographical Society was held in Burlington . - k 4 '' W .- vp -- 2&., 6k WAI I P c44 ... - ,70( ( . 4 ( /'i— • 14 ..:,\'''.- N*21t5.7, ,-ci \\ e' 1 7 111 1 : 44 ‘7 I. l i r .: 1, -,:` '' "07 . : ,,,,i 1 : 1 1 4.,.m.2141: Cl 7,i l:: : 1, I'. '-' \' - ~,,,,,,,,„,, w i ., , - ' v / . :14 '''+ House--the president, Sir Roderick Murchi,son, in the chair. • # mr . -______ _ (P s'' . , g ; .. ". 04 - ri 7 ~ ,',1 ,: ''' e n s'' ... - i t ~,, \ •', ' . IR / e?" — "'"N" - ..'") 1 . - 4 4.41" JIM 14-4:5 !tr0ri, , , , ,.....' ' D'imh'ROlT.o, cv 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. PRICE 4d. STAMPED sd. 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 m u ltit u d e of persons, saved from death in its most appalling form, and to many of these who would otherwise have been widows and orphans, could only be fully realised by them selves. The committee referred to the cordial con tinued to-operation of the local branch Committees, the Coh,st 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 who 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 INational 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 on the east coast of Ireland from Kingstown to Waterford, 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. A paper was then read by Mr. Markham, one of the honorary secretaries, contributed by Mr. Fox Wilson, " On the Gradual Dessication 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 — siring which, from the chiaracter 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. LivniosTon 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 many 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. 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 aclOpted. Lord STRATFOIiD 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 timberhad 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 results of missionary labours 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 bad 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, wh o allowed polygamy, made numerous converts, and On the motion of Captain Sir E. PERROTT, Bart, 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 Viaile7fOr 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 "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 author of the paper contended that that-was the natural state of the negroes, and ought to be tolerated. He asserted also that Mahometanism 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. Ho 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 bo employed in impoving 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. The motion, seconded by Sir FRANCIS OUTRAM, was, like the preceding ones, unanimously adopted. Sir GEORGE DENTS, 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. A cordial vote of thanks to his Grace the Duke of Argyll was next agreed to. The Noble CHAIRMAN, in acknowledging the com rpol i a m d i e n n g t , th s e aid des t o h r a ip t ti h o e n h: 1 . v d e n b e b e y n D much co s r t e m s b c y k , o o n f 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 v i e ws which he had given forth in respect owteas t a o the very i n t ere sting account of the observations nav i ga tion of iron ships, he undertook a voyage t o over taken wrote he had y n observations given made.l v e e antipodes ab Themaoterns ship h i np curious t on which t R o r domye description rihpet htwiCharter,eoasn Pacific , 00 fn h sb n o d a which he had 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 their bodies seemed to be ready for:instant 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 contcm 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 gal lant men was a fact most creditable to the institu tion. He regarded the proceedings with 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. 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 n o t agree w ith hi m on some points. The public in this country were arriving at a great crisi s 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 mi s ., 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. Seemann, 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 their mode of proceeding than to abandon their efforts to civilise and convert the negroes. Mr. C. CARTER BLAKE doubted that Mahome tanism was really derived from Christianity, and considered the failure of missionary enterprise was due to the want of unity among the missionaries and their divergence from the common centre of Christendom. the PRESIDENT, Dr. Hunt,. After some observations from 3 And then ho drew a dial frem 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." 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Be sure to ask for Dr. S xitt's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine aro a square green package. with " William Lambert," engraved on the s tamp. THE RESCUE SOCIETY wishes to add another home to iho 12 now in operation. Last year no fewer han 455 poor, friendless, young females were rejected trom want of FUNDS and room, making a total of 3,087, who have been sent away in five years. Here are brief details of a few of the most recent cases : F. v., aged lb, fallen, mother dead, deserted by her father. M. A. F., aged 13, homeless, both parents dead. A. 8., aged 17, fallen, father dead, deserted by her mother. 8. D., aged 15, fallen, mother dead. C. 8., aged 15, fallen, mother dead, A, 8., aged 16, fallen, both parents dead. H. S., aged 14, homeless, deserted by her parents, M. H., aged 17, fallen, both parents dead. C. 11., 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 de td. The new home the Committee wish to form world be for • oung girls, almost children, from the age of s to 15, who have been led astray from the path of virtue. Contributions will be received gratefully by the Secretary, Mr. Daniel Cooper, 85, Queen .street, Cheapside; or by Messrs Barclay and Co.. Lombard-street. ITOME for LITTLE BOYS, Tottenham, N., for the Reception, from all parts of the Kingdom, of Out,ast and Destitute Boys, and those verging on crime, under 10 years of age. President—ROßEßT HANBURY, Esq., M.P, VICE-PRESIDENTS. Stephen Cave, Esq., M.P. Sir S. M. Peto, Bart., M.P. I Henry E. Gurney, Esq. Abel Smith, Esq., M.P. Samuel Morley, Esq. 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Sir Frederick Grey, K.C.8., and Rear-Admiral Charles Frederick are expected at Ports Mouth on Friday morningto make a trial of the Rpyal Soyereign turret-ship, accom panied by some of the ironclad fleet. The launch of her Majesty's ship Pallas, which differs materially f rom any ot h er hi t h erto con structed, took pl ace 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 impnrtant „parts. She will be capable of steaming with sufficient speed to capture with certainty wooden vessels 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 more 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 foßpwing 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. tin. ; and breadth for ton nage, 48ft. 2in. Depth in hold, 16ft. 6in. ; burden in tons, 2,372 33-94; mean draught of water, 21ft. ; height of ports, 7ft. 9in. ; distance between ports, 14ft. ; weight of +inch 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 13/ 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 at so high a rate of 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 this shape being to correct the pitching 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. Here, 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. Hennon 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. Arrowsmith andfamily, St a ff A ss i s t. - 1 man, 1 wo man , 2 chil drenl man of the 50th Re giment, 37 men, 7 women, and 11 c hild ren o f s ur g Armyß o Roe l a I n o d s Mrs.l Corps, Roe, the 25th Regiment, received on b oar d a t Cey lon24th Regiment ; 17 men, 13th Regiment, 1 woman and 2 children ; 34 men, Reg ; im a e ls n o t ; Lieut. uent. Simpson, llewell, Ensign S w i n t on , 13th 4 women, and 3 children, 24 th Regiment ; 8 men, Royal embarked at received on boa r d a t th e M aur i t i us . She 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 Capts. Stanners and Corballis, Lieuts. Mai° r C lo a n r t te a l g a ,lle , Montague, 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' wiv es. She left on Feb. 4, and arrived at St. He lena 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. Mania, Capt. and Mrs. Campbell and 3 children, Lieuts. Hewson, Nash, and Lamb, Mrs. Lambe and two children. After disembarking the troops named for that island, she left on the 14th Feb., calling at St. Vincent on the 25th, and Madeira on the 6th March.' The fol lowing passengers have also arrived :—Mr. Barnes, D.A.A.C.G., from Madeira; Miss Pemule and Mr. Pemule, aacl Muter Fowler from St, Helena. There were two births and one death on the voyage. The troops will disembark to-day. The Royal Artillery will be stationed at Gosport, and the Royal Engi neers at Chatham. The Orontes has experienced very fine weather during the voyage, and has answered most admirably. The greatest encomiums are passed alike on the ship and her officers by those officers who made the voyage in her, and her comforts and accommodation are highly spoken of. She brings a mail in anticipation of the regular one from St. Helena. At the Cape she left the Russian frigate Demetri Donsky, and the French ship Isis and transport Dordogne; her Majesty's ship Valorous, and a Portuguese sloop. The Confede rate steamship Shenandoah was supposed to be coming in these seas. At Madeira the Orontes met the French troopship Var, with troops bound to Mexico. At St. Helena there appears to be a scarcity of coal. COMMITTEE, Mr Alex. Anderson. Rev. IL M'Sorley. Mr. E. H. Burrows. Mr. W. J. Maxwell. Mr. A. D. Chapman. Mr. Alfred Short. Mr. E. F. Ledge. Mr. Robert Sinclair. Mr. George Moo e. Mr. E. J. Tabrum. I Mr. Francis Lycett. Mr. It. T. Turnbull. Treasurer—W. H. Winans, Esq., 78, Basinghall-street. E.C. Honorary Secretary—Mr. A. 0. Charles, 26, Suffolk-street, Pall-Mall East, S.W. Bankers—Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smiths, 1, Lombard- street, This Home was opened in April, 1864. It was designed to take to the little ones whose charact r and circumstances disqualify the for the Orphan Asylums, and whose tendar age precludes thelr admission to the Itt fuges. Such are those 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 House is twofold, Ist. By election of the subscribers. Poys thus admitted are received free, boarded, clothed, educated, and taught till they are . 11 years o' age. Itith the view i o s. cure the election of the most deserving cases, the Committe have from the first discouraged canvas sing, and they do not print any addresses of the subscribers. 'f he voting papers contain a description of each case, as care -lul y investigated by the Committee, and with this informa tion the subscribers are able to judge for themselves as to those most eligible for free admission. --- 21 By payment of ss. a week. - 1 - 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 chicdren to be admitted free will take place as frequently as the increase in the annual subscriptions will admit, till the Home is full; they will then be held periodi cally Forms of Application for the admission of children may be had at the Home, and of the Honorary Secret try, 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 11. Keppel ; W. H. 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, Part. ; Admiral W. H. Hall, C. 8., F.R.S. ; Colonel Fitz Roy Clayton ; W. W. 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 hew lifeboats were being fitted out and supplied at different stations on the coast. It was not 'surprising that th , 3institution 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 its great success in the saving of human life which had attended their exertions. The amount of success daring 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, F l sq., the name of the Duke of Argyll was added to the list of vice-presidents. RICIIARD 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 fellow- c,ouptrymen, 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 £5,000. 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 o . f life among* that large number of POrgells placed hi a..-~.~~,.r.. ~~j Immediately, in 3 vols., post Bvo., D D NEIGHBOURS. By the Author of "Lord Lynn's Wife." 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