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Csfh, and every Evening aurieg the Week, the performances wilt commence with bhakspere's Tragt. dy of MACBETH. 7 o conclude with, each Evening, Milton's Maqc of COM CTS. The principal characters by • Mr. Phelps, Mr. 3racintyre, 11 , r. Janes Anderson, Mr. Fit _lames, Mr. T. Swiobourne, Mr. C. VandenhOlf, Mr. Robert Roxby, Mr. G. tpencer. Mr. Henri Drayton, Mr. Me..greson, Mr. Wilbye C. , oper, Kr. . Warner, 21r. G. Belnwre, Mrs. Hermann Vezin, Mr. Henry Mar4ton, Miss Atkinson, M r . A. Rayner, • • Mae Poole, Mr. E. Phelps. blissgusta Thomson, Mr. H. Barrett, Miz4 F. Fa.coner, and Mr. J. Neville, liiis C. Weston. New and eitaracteristie Scenery, by Mr. William Beverley. The (ieneral Action of the 3lask directed by Mr. Robert Roxby. The Choir of Fifty Voices under the leadership of Mr. Beale, and the increased Orchestra condi' ted by Mr. Barnard. Harp Accompaniments arranged and per ormed by Hr. Frederick uhatterton. The tasks ana 'ecorat . ve Furniture and :' , ymbols, designed from C:a4sical autnorit es by Mr. R. W. .lieene. The b..Autilul and Jharac eristi Dresses, from designs by the same artist, supplied by Mr. S. May and Mrs. Lawler. The B Lcchanalian Dances and Revel Rout arranged and directed by Mr. Cormack. Machinist, Air. J. Tucker. Property-maker, Mr. Needham. At the conclusion of the Tragedy on Saturday, September 23, the National Anthem will ba sung. Private Boxes, £1 2s, £3 3s, £4 4s, and .£3 5s ; Stalls, is ; Dress Circle, 5s ; First C'ircie, 4s ; Upper Boxes, 2s 6d ; Pit, 2s ; Lower Gallery, ls ; Upper Gallery, 6d. No Half-price. Box-ofEce open from Ten to Five da:iy. Doors open at Half-past Six, the performances commence at Seven o'clock. IiVEW THEATRE-ROYAL ADELPHI, Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, at 7, GOOD FOR NOTHING. Mr s Allred Mellon and Mr. Fells Rogers. After which, at 8, RIP VAN WINKLE. 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Whether in the immediate vicinity of the British isles, in our Eastern empire, our Australa sian colonies, or our transatlantic provinces, we are accustomed to find that the free circulation of speech and thought so speedily disperses any threatening clouds that . the general good sense of the body politic is quite sufficient to restrain the eccentricities or intrigues of the disaffected. Of course before free speech can secure tranquillity, it is necessary to premise good government and general laws, and such happily is the case amongst ourselves, for, although the law has indirectly some respect of persons by reason of its exorbitant cost it makes no distinc tion legally. The poor duke as well as the poOr tradesman may well shrink from a protracted law suit ; but it is not the fact of his rank which assists or hinders him, but his poverty, and all classes meet on common ground in abusing the law and the lawyers. However, it seems that we have still something to complain about, that the grievances which remain unredressed in our social systein . have 'become absolutely intolerable, that there is no cure for them but the total overthrow Of our clumsy constitution, and the erection on the site vacated by the three old-fashioned estates of Queen, Lords, and Commons, of the unadorned throne and the unmeasured eloquence of a President and a CongresS after the American fashion. Such, at least, is the opinion of the brotherhood of the Fenians,. who, not content with the cattle plague and the cholera as the sensations of the season, are inclined to provide us with another mental stimulant during this glowing month of September. At all events, they appear to have carried their political fanaticism beYong the very wide range which English states men Nviaely permit to malcontents of all descriptions, for the police have fairly suspended a weekly Dublin pa pe r,new s and twenty-two arrests have been made in Dublin alone. These strong measures are not likely to have_ been taken without very positive evidence, and there is no doubt that the news from America has t en d ed. to increase rather to diminish the natural uneasiness felt by the authorities. By the last mail we heard that meet ings of the Fenians are now being held in a ll parts of the Northern States, and that large sums are being collected and sent to Ireland as well as spent in the purchase of arms in America. This report is confirmed by, the statement that two of the parties arrested at the People office were Americans, though it is not authentically asserted that such was the case. The first intimation that the public re ceived that strong measures were about to be adopted was the visit of several police constables to the office of the Irish People. The house was. surrounded, the door broken in, and several prisoners were . taken to the Castle. There was a good deal of excitement about the affair, as might have been expected, but no disturbanee, .and even ;the arrests Which were subsequently made in all parts of the City provoked no active opposi tion. We may, therefcire, reasonably conclude that Fenianisrd has less diseiples than was supposed, and that the conspiracy is not very widely spread or deeply rooted. At the meeting of Cork magistrates, held on Thursday, some curious revelations where made. It seems that one gentleman was stc.)ppedouthe h!ehway and bid to give the password. Thanks to his horse he escaped without injury, but this was not the only display of Fenianism which had been noticed. Several of the magistrates re ported that midnight assemblies and drillings of men had taken place in their districts, and some time since a party of men surrounded a country house near Bantry, when three of them, with blackened faces, forced an entrance, and extorted the surrender of all the firearms in the place. These are outrages not to be tolerated in a civilised country, constitutionally governed, and the magistrates are quite right in requesting an addition to the police force and to the military. The Dublin authorities are wise too in promptly suppressing any secret organisation of the kind, since the longer it is suffered to continue the more likely it is to draw into its vortex eager and enthusiastic young men, easily imposed upon by professions of daring and patriotism. Ireland has grievances, no doubt, and with our best endeavours we may not always set about redressing them in the right way, but there is a very general anxiety that full and equal justice shall be done to the complaints of her peOple, and this feeling most sincere and patriotic Irishmen perceive and admit. Those who, rightly or wrongly, resent English government are no true friends of their country if they seek to enfranchise her by means of secret societies and armed rebellion. Their mistake is not happily likely to do much serious mischief, but it may ruin themselves and others without any possible return. International banquets are now the order of the day, and it is one of the most gratifying events of the time that they should be so, for, interesting in themselves, they are important in their significance and influence on passing events. Last week the Mayor and Corporation of Cherbourg were enter tained at a grand entertainment, given by the muni cipal authorities at Poole. This was a reciprocal festivity, because some time since the Mayor of Cherbourg receivedthePoole celebrities. On the oc casion referred to a very brilliant affair took place, and some interesting speeches were made The Mayor proposed the health of the Emperor' and Empress of the FRENCH in appropriate terms; and observed that such meetings as those which called them together were likely to increase the goodwill and "firmly to cement to gether in happy concord two of the most influen= tial nations of the world." No doubt such a state ment is perfectly true, and, indeed, it is difficult to over-estimate the advantages accruing from such gatherings. There was more meaning in the Words which were uttered than mere ceremony or idle com pliments of the hour, and when the Mayor of Poole bade his continental neighbours welcome to the shores of " merrie England," he took part, in a manner, in a national ceremonial, and mixed him self. up in an affair that _was symbolical of present peace and future progress. Steam communication has lately been opened between these two ports, and this has been a consummation long eagerly wished for and very anxiously desired. The Mayor remarked, with justice, that this year, the jubilee of peace, was a fitting one for the celebration of these national meetings ; and there is - certainly no reason why the magnificent entertainments given by the respective navies of France and England should not be emulated by minor celebrations given with as much hearty good-will and earnest rejoicing. The Mayor concluded his excellent speech by ex horting his hearers to do their best in order to pro mote the great objects which they had in view, and to try, with GOD'S help, to do their humble part to cement the bonds of union between the two countries. The Mayor of Cherbourg replied in appropriate terms to the address of his host, and said that he and his friends felt the greatest pleasure in responding to the invitation so cordially given to them, and adroitly described the meaning of the entertainment before them, which was intended to cement the friendship between the towns of Cherbourg and Poole, even as the grander rencontres that have lately taken place between the navies of the two countries was a type and shadow of their mutual feelings of respect and sympathy. Mr. DANBY SEYMOUR made some very appro priate remarks in his speech, and one passage was particularly impressive, in which he re minded his hearers that PROVIDENCE had given different gifts to different nations, and there fore both France and England could learn some thing of each other. This was a wise and true statement ; and how much better it is for the interests of humanity that the two foremost nations of the civilised world should unite to lead the van in the path of progress than that they should become involved in serious strife and discord ? It is by following out their high anti holy mission they will be able to impart great bene fits to other and less favoured countries, and thus fulfil the behests of PROVIDENCE and serve the cause of peace and progress. There is no exaggeration in stating th at these mutual evidences of friendly feelings interchanged between the representatives of the two countries are most satisfactory and also most significant. We may augur, from the events of 'this summer, that the entente cordiale between the two nations is. real as well as imaginary. In many ways; in countless directions, it will follow, as a matter of course, that the amenities prac tised and the courtesies exchanged between the representatives of England and France will be diffused far and wide .over the surface of society both at home and abroad. They were national meetings in their style and character, and as national affairs of a high import and lasting nature, they must be regarded by all who comprehend their real meaning and their nature. An interesting ceremony took place on Saturday, when the first stone of the Herbert Convalescent Hospital was laid at Bournemouth. The young Earl of PEMBROKE laid the foundation-stone in the presence of a brilliant assemblage, and the Right Hon. SornEßoN-Esrcounr delivered an impressive address. As the chairman of the committee for the subscribers to the memorial, the right hon. gentle man was the fitting person to do so, and he gave great satisfaction to his- auditory by his earnest and eloquent discourse. It has been wisely decided upon to .have two memotials of the late lamented Lord HERBERT, the one that is now erected in the market-place of Salisbury, and the one that was inaugurated on Saturday. Thus, as Sir SOTHERN EST COURT sa m id e , n th c e a present nbe c and future generations ofWiltshirec re minded of that " standard of excellency which every man who aspires to a public position in this country should endeavour to attain as fully as he can." The other memorial is a Home for Convalescents, and as the right hon. gentleman said, it is to be hoped that the inhabitants of the neighbourhood will endeavour to promote the success of the undertaking, and to do all that lays in their power to further the excellent, objects in view. The Earl of .1 1 E31- BROKE, having performed the ceremony, ex pressed his satisfaction at being able to officiate On such an_ occasion, and declared in impressive language that the stone was laid in memory of one now "gone to rest, who, during his days upon earth, was faithful in works of every broths ly kindness and charity." The late Lord HERBERT was con .:,pieuou3 fo: hi; kind actions and death of benevo. hence ; hence most assuredly this memorial A fitting and appropriate one to his memory. It must have . been very gratifying to the feelings of Lady HERBERT and her family to witness this tribute of respect paid to their revered relative, and indeed it was an honour which many even of greater abilities have not received. The departed nobleman, however, could lay claim to more than admiration and praise, for he could command the respect of many, and he earned the gratitude of not a few by his devotion to the cause of charity, and his steady persistency in that course which becomes those who lead a really Christian life. For many reasons the laying of this foundation stone waga desirable thing, and it is gratifying to all concerned to know that the affair went off successfully, and a suitable tone pervaded the character of the proceedings. This is proverbially a holiday season, and our M.P.'s are following the popular example. They are reposing from their electioneering labours, and recruiting themselves for the prospective Parliamen tary campaign eithir on the breezy moors of the North, or among the sunny Continental cities. Consequently, we have not lately had many of those " extra Parliamentary utterances " which during some weeks of a recess- are sufficiently common. The members for iOxfordshire offer,_ however, an exception to the rule, for they have found several occasions for addressing their constituents. Indeed, Mr. HENLEY begins to think it needful to restrain his .eloquence,, lest he • should exhaust his stock of words and ideas too fast. Politics are pro fessedly forbidden at the agricultural asssemblies ; but there are very few members of Parliament who do not, either intentionally or accidentally, revert to the old familiar themes. The American war, and the conduct of Austria and Prussia, figure largely in Mr. HENLEY'S brief address, though amongst a body of agriculturists he naturally found a good deal to say about the great topic of the day—the cattle disease. On this point he remarked that the minuteness and stringency of the Orders in Council proved that the Government fully appreciated the - gravity of the case, and that they were anxious to use every ,means to check it. Mr. HENLEY found some matter for ridicule in the eccentric cautions given by some of the learned professors, but - he admitted it was incumbent on every one to exert themselves to the utmost to stop the evil. As for the great German question, Mr. HENLEY, in his blunt but, pointed fashion, re marked that when the history of the time was read he thought kings and emperors would make but a bad figure. His praise of the institutions of the New World was rather more than was warranted, and remembering some of the incidents of the war, now happily concluded, we can scarcely admit there is nothing for America to be ashamed of. The object of the great German Powers, says Mr. HENLEY, is now quite apparent, but, in fact, it was England's own fault if she did not detect it long ago. There was nothing in Prussia's antecedents to inspire such confidence, and Lord PALMERSTON cannot pretend to have been a dupe after his memorable speech in the House of Commons. If it be more praiseworthy to detect imposture without trying to check it than to be really deceived, England may claim that un questionable credit, for it is all she is likely to get out of the spoliation of Denmark. Death of the Rector of St. Paul's, Covent- garden. Yesterday morning a deep gloom was thrown over the congregation of the church of St. Paul, Covent-garden, by an announcement made from the pulpit that the Rev. C. E. Oakley, M.A., whose name was mentioned on Thursday last in connection with the bishopric of Melbourne, was dead. The church was draped in black, and when the Rev. Mr. Watling, the curate, ascended the pulpit he said, before commencing his sermon, "Beloved Friends—Our dear rector, whom we have known and loved in the faith, is now with Him. His spirit left its earthly tabarnaclo on Fridy night, at half-past nine o'clock (at Rhyl, in Wales, where the rev. gentleman had been staying), to go to be with Jesus. Little did we think last Sunday, when he at tended the house of prayer, that we should have to-day to mourn over the death of our beloved rector. Little did we think we should have to speak of him as one who had gone to his rest. May God grant that you, to whom he has preached, may be among the number of those who will be with him in eternity, so that you may stand before the throne of God with your robes washed in the blood of the Lamb. I commend to your sympathy the sorrowingmother who has lost her only son, and the Lady Georgiana Oakley, the afflicted widow, who is loved so tenderly by you all. May God in His mercy sustain, her and her seven orphan children. I may tell you, for your comfort, that by herside at present is the excellent rector of Mells (as we under stood), who will lead her to Him who alone can give her consolation in her affliction. The rev. gentleman then preached an excellent Bermen from the ,sth chapter of St. Paul's epistle to the Corinthians, v. 7, "For we walk by faith, not by sight," referrin g, wherever a fitting opportunity offered, to the losS which the parish had sustained. Mr. Oakley died at Rhyl, in Wales, on Friday evening, and it was not until late on Saturday night that the sad intelli gence reached his London friends. Many of the pa rishioners went to church yesterday morning entirely igno rant of the circumstance. The parish of St. Paul, Covent - garden, has been particularly unfortunate during the last few years. The Rev. Henry Hutton, who was its rector, was taken ill, and was obliged to leave for a time. He en gaged the vicar of St. Peter's, in the Isle of Thanet, the Rev. Sanderson Robins, formerly a well-known London clergy man, to take his duty for six months, but before the six months elapsed Mr. Robins died in the midst of his work. Mr. Hutton returned, and died also. Mr. Oakley was then appointed to the rectory, which, unhaPpily,'is once more vacant, and there will doubtless b e muc h difficulty in repairing the loss which has been sustained. Mr. Oakley was a man of singular powers,, and had a happy way of making himself liked by everybody with whom he was brought into contact. Connected by marriage with a noble family, and having ample pecuniary means at his disposal, he threw himself heartily into the work of the parish, whose supervision he had accepted, and all classes, Churchmen and Dissenters alike, flocked around him. The parish, presenting in many respects difficulties which would have frightened a man with less courage, was admirably worked, while its schools and its parochial institutions generally might well serve as a model' to many metropo litan incumbents who are not 'so careful of such things. But they have lost the fostering care of Mr. Oakley and of Lady. Georgians, his wife, so that it will now fall to the Duke of Bedford, who is the patron of the living, to nomi nate another rector. Mr. Oakley was but a young man ; he graduated in high honours at Oxford, in 18,55, and having been seven years rector of Wickivar, in Gloucestershire, was appointed to the rectory of St. Paul's, Covent-garden, in 1863. He was married to Lady Georgiana, a sister of the Earl of Ducie, and leaves, as Mr. Watling stated, seven young orphan children to mourn their father's death. The Duke of Cambridge, Field-Marshal Com manding-in-Chief, visited the camp at Aldershott on Friday and reviewed the division. He arrived at Farnborough. shortly after 9 o'clock, and , pro ceeded to Cove-common ; where the infantry was drawn up in line of contiguous columns, and received him with a Royal salute. He then made a minute inspection of the ranks, after which the troops marched past in open column of grand divisions in quick time, and again by brigades in line of con tiguous columns. Tip; troops were then manceuvred in different formations, the evolutions being most satisfactorily performed. On their conclusion, the Duke called the commanding officers to the front and congratulated them upon the high efficiency of the troops. The infantry then marched to quarters, a : n rs d tpiel t le l e i t e reya, Duke proceeded to Eelmoor-hill, whe r e he inspected the Royalßoyal Engineers,H rs e A r t a i l n l e d r yc Militaryvalr y Train. , Royal ri They performed a variety of manoeuvres with an efficiency equal to, that displayed by the infantry, and elicited great approval. The Duke, accom panied by Lieut.-Gen. Sir John Pennefather, Lord W. Paula, Major-Gen, Russell, and other officers, ers, proceeded to Gen. Russell's quarters and partook of luncheon, returning -to town shortly afterwards. THE' STORY 9F. AN A-311tICA N nwho beingvt s t a e s a k e e h d i n i g f who, repli e d b y g i v i ng o gl r a b u s d in " I go, thou wen t est, h e de parted, we there3iae En g l i sh solitaryNv e r w ere eaoxdaaemGtrpealrGerman, ks. irregul ar a , It you cut sticks, they skedaddled."t was But on asking for a repetition of it the German found that it varied every time, and lie had at last to give it up in despair agi a grammatical Protetto. rim sari, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 18, lEEE LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) THE OVERLAND MAILS. The following telegram has been received by Reuter's Telegram Company (Limited) from the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Com pany, Sept. 18 : GIBRALTAR, SEPT. 18. The Ceylon, with the heavy portion of the Cal cutta, China, and Australian mails, left here at 11 a.m. yesterday for Southampton. OUTWARD BOMBAY MAIL. The Panjore, from Southampton on the 12th inst., reached Gibraltar to-day (17th), at 6 a.m., and left at 10 a.m. for Alexandria. FRANCE, BOURSE, Sept. 16.—Two o'clock.—After a weak opening the market is better than it was at yester day's close, and an advance has been obtained in most classes of Securities. Threes, for the Account, are now doing at 68f. 75c., - which with the coupons of 75c. detached is equal to an advance of 10e. Italian Fives have an improvement of 12ic., viz., 66f. 70c. Credit Mobilier Shares, after having been done at 823 f. 75c., are now quoted at 830 f. The most notable feature of the day is the upward move ment of Comptoir d'Escompte Shares, owing to the report that this company is charged with the issue of a new Egyptian Loan ; these shares are in great demand at 985 f., which constitutes an advance on yesterday of 22f. 50c. On the other hand, Roman Railway Shares are offered at 220 f., with a decline of 6f. 25c. Three o'clock.—The market continued improving to the.end, and closed at the following quotations :- 4} per Cents 96 25 Do. end month — 3 per Cents. 6B 75 Do. end month 6B 80 Credit Mobilier 836 25 D. end month Bank Shares 3593 Ditto Threes — Roman 74 Mexican Loan 5l 25 Do. Bonds 33 - 50 Russian — •Austrian Spanish Threes Home Debt — Deferred Credit Fonder 1335 Italian Loan 66 60 Do. end month 66 70 'AY& Orleans Northern Lyons and Mediterranean Southern Western Eastern Sardinian , Austrian Lombard North of Spain Saragossa ' Ditto to Barcelona Roman Cash. Acct. ... 850 ... 1097 50 - ... 878 75 ... 570 - - ... 548 75 ... 535 .- - 250 - - ... 465 - - 217 50 - ... 317 50 .228 7 RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE CALEDONIAN• The report of the directors states thatthe accounts show a balance of £179,020. After payment of divi dend on preference stock, £51,668, there remained £127,353, out of which the directors recommended a dividend on the original stock at the rate of 61- per cent. per annum, leaving a surplus of £977 to the credit of contingent account, which amounted to £39,334. As the amalgamation with the Scottish Central Railway Company would be in force for the future, the directors recommended that the greater part of this sum should be divided among the proprietors of Caledonian ordinary stock in the shape of a bonus of 1 per cent. on the half-year. This would absorb £37,444, and leave a balance of £1,990 to the credit of revenue. The revenue ac count for the six months ending July 31st showed that £501,981 had been received, against £468,050 for the corresponding half of 1864, showing an in crease of £33,931. The working expenses amounted to £202,273, against £182,114, showing an increase of £20,159. The expenditure on capital account dur ing the half-year amounted to £211,224. The rail way to Wemyss Bay, worked by the company, was opened in May last, and there was already a consi derable passenger traffic on it. For the amalgama tion of the Scottish Central with the Caledonian Company, the Scottish Central ordinary stock would from the Ist of August last receive a gua ranteed minimum dividend at the rate of 7 per cent. per annum, and would participate with the Caldedonian in any dividend above that rate. The ordinary stock of the Scottish Central amounted to £1,113,070. The general Terminus and Glasgow Harbour ordinary stock was guaranteed 4 per cent. per annum to the 31st of July, 1867, and therafter 4+ per cent. per annum. The total liabilities in respect of this company were restricted to £54,000, in adition to £160,000, being the amount of the General Terminus ordinary stock. The Dumfries and Lockerby ordinary stock was £90,000, upon which a dividend at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum was guaranteed by the Caledonian amalga mation Act, 1865. EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW. The report of the directors states that the ac counts for the six months ending the 31st of July last showed a larger net balance of income than that produced by any previous half-year. The total in crease in the gross receipts over those of the corre sponding tix months of last year was £19,100 for goods and minerals, from which had to be deducted £2,075, the decrease in the receipts for passengers and parcels, leaving the net increase £17,025. The working expenses showed an increase of £3,661 as compared with the corresponding period The re ceipts for passengers, parcels, &c., amounted to £97,940, and for goods, minerals, &c., to 121,518 — total, £219,458. The working expenses amounted to £86,810 leaving a balance of £132,648. The loco motive and rolling stock had been kept in excellent order, and also the permanent way and works. After deduction of taxes, interest, and fixed charges the net balance was £83,260. A correction had been made in the capital account, by which a sum of £10,266 had been credited to capital which should have been placed to revenue account. A considerable sum had been expended in improving and extending the works on the existing lines ; also a large addition had been made to the rolling stock, principally by increasing the number of wag gons, and £118,972 had been paid towards the con struction of the lines and works to Queensferry and Glasgow harbours, and of the other new undertak ings. In Parliament several bills had been passed into Acts which were -promoted jointly by the North British and this company, authorising some new lines of much utility ; but by far the most im portant were the Acts by which the North British, Monkland, and Edinburgh and Glasgow Companies became consolidated into one company. Under the Act of Amalgamation the Edinburgh and Glasgow ordinary stock became preference stock of theunited North British Company, preferable to that com pany's present ordinary stock, and to any new shares or stock which might hereafter be created. Except for the purposes of winding up the revenue affairs, from and after the Ist of August, the date of amal gamation, the ',Edinburgh and Glasgow Company ceased to exist as a separate corporation, and it was for the purposes of transacting this last business that they were to meet on the 19th inst. The net balance of the revenue for the last half-year was, as before stated, £B3 260. To this amount was added revenue assets to the amount of £23,779, making the total of £107,039. From this fund the direc tors thought that justice and liberality both required, before its division, to provide proper compensation for some of the company's servants, who after long and faithful service had lost their situations from the extinction of this as a separate company. The Board particularly called attention to the case of the general manager, Mr. Latham, who had served the com pany for 18 years with most undoubted zeal and fidelity, and had done his best in assisting to pass this amalgamation as for the interests of the com pany, though adverse to his own. The Board recommended that to him and to Mr. Jamieson, who had acteil together as joint manager and secretary of the Edinburgh and Glasgow and Scottish Central Companies for more than ten years, an allowance should be made in the same proportion as had in the' like circumstances been granted to them by the Caledonian and Scottish Central Companies. And the Board also proposed, on the same groands, some additional but smaller stuns, the whale being as follows:—Mr. Latham, general manager, and Mr. Jamieson, sec retary, £9,600 ; Mr. Thomson, superintendent, £1,000; Mr. Tawse, accountant, £5OO ; Mr. MGre gor, chief clerk, secretary's office, £5OO ; in all, £11,600. Should the shareholders adopt this recom mendation of the Bc ard, there would remain £95,497; but from this sum there was a further possible de duction. Notice had been given to the board by some influential shareholders that it was intended to pro pose a resolution at the meeting of the 19th inst. to the following effect :—"That in consideration of the long and faithful services of Mr. Peter Blackburn, chairman of the company for nearly 20 years, the company vote him £5,000 in testimony of their appre ciation of the zeal and ability which he had devoted to the service of the company." The proxies would be used in support of those proposals unless other wise expressly directed by the shareholders who had signed them. If those proposals should be carried, the net revenue would be £90,439, out of which £23,282 would be deducted for dividend on the 5 per cent. preference stocks, £54,440 to pay 4/ per cent. per annum on the ordinary stock, and also £9,073 as a bonus, at the rate of 4 per cent. per an num, leaving a balance of £3,644 to meet any ex penses that might arise in finally winding-up the affairs of the company. MANCHESTER AND MILFORD. The section of this line extending from Pencader to Lampeter is nearly completed, and is expected to be opened for passenger traffic early in October. This will open up an, important new route from North Wales, Liverpool, Manchester, &c., to the western counties of South Wales, and it will re duce the distance by railway from Milford Haven to the great manufacturing districts of the kingdom fully 40 miles. The Manchester.and Milford Com pany have power to lay,,down a narrow gauge on the Carmarthen and Cardigan, and the Pembroke and Tenby Company have a like power as regards the South Wales from Junction to Carmarthen, and therefore when these powers are exercised the nar row gauge will then be complete from Milford to the North. SOUTH-EASTERN. The gross traffic receipts on this company's after deducting £2,775 for collecting and delivering goods, &c., amounted for three weeks and five days ending the 26th of August to £110,115, to which was added £2,600 for rents and sundries, and £6,498 for steam packet service, making the total receipts £119,173. The expenditure, including rates, taxes, tolls, Government duty, conapensation, and expenses of steam packet service,. amounted to £62,723, leaving a net sum of £56,450. WELLAND (CANADA). The traffic receipts on this company's line for the week ending the 18th of August amounted to £732, and for the corresponding week of 1864 to £691, showing an increase of £4l. MELBOURNE AND HOBSON'S BAY. The, traffic returns on this company's line, six miles in length, for the five weeks ending the 22d of June last amounted for passengers, &c., to £3,245 ; for goods, &c., to £4,oBl—total, £7,326, being at the rate of £244 per mile per week, against £7,461, or £249 per mile per week, for the corresponding five weeks of last year, showing a decrease of £135. Herbert Memorial Home for Convalescents. On Saturday last the ceremony of laying the first stone of the Herbert Convalescent Hospital took place at Bourne mouth, Hants. Immediately after the decease of the late .Lord Herbert of Lea, his friends and neighbours in his native county of Wilts met to decide on the most appro priate mode of commemorating his good services in amelio rating the condition of the British soldier, when it was de cided that a statue of the noble lord should be erected in the Market-place, Salisbury, and that a home for convales cents should be founded. On the 29th of June, 1863, the statue, executed by Baron Marochetti, was uncovered at Salisbury, in the presence of many thousand people, by Earl de Grey and Ripon, in the unavoidable absence of Lord Palmerston, who was prevented from being present through illness. Sines that time several circumstances have intervened which have delayed the establishment of the convalescent home. A few months ago, however, it was decided by the committee, of which the Right Hon. Sotheron Estcourt is the chairman, the home should be built on the West Cliff, at the salubrious watering-place, Bourne mouth. Accordingly on Saturday, which was the anniver sary of the birth of the late Lord Herbert; the first stone of the building was laid by his son, the youthful Earl of Pem broke, in the presence of Lord Herbert, and many hundreds of the elite of the counties of Wilts, Hants, and Dorset. At a short distance from the site a procession was formed by the clergy and the choir of St. Peter's Church, Bournemouth, who sang a processional Psalm (103 d). The procession was then joined by many of the sub scribers, who had come to witness the laying of the stone. The company having arranged themselves around the site, the Right Hon. SOTHERON ESTCOURT, Chairman of the Herbert Testimonial, delivered the following address : Ladies and gentlemen;—lt is my duty, as chairman of the committee to the subscribers to this memorial, and en trusted with the distribution of the money, to remind some of you, and to inform others, in a few words, of the pur pose of our meeting here together this day. When four years ago it pleased God to take to himself the late Lord Herbert, there was one general and most spontaneous ex pression of public opinion amongst his neighbours through out the whole of Wiltshire, who were desirous that some permanent memorial might be established to remind them and future ages of the virtues of that excellent man. Whilst some of us desired that that memorial should be presented in a form that might be called a living man—his features and his figure—others were rather desirous that the memorial should be one that should remind them of the benevolence of his character and of all the virtues for which he was distinguished. After some long consultation it was agreed that we would have both the one and the other. Accordingly there now stands in the market-place of the county town of Wiltshire a figure wrought in the highest walk of art, which no one passes by without involuntarily being reminded of Sydney Herbert himself. , The other memorial is .that which we happily this day inaugu rate in this place.-• Now, it - is - - not - a sanitarium—it is not a rival of the excellent hospital which has been built in this town of Bournemouth. ft is a place where those who have been afflicted with infirmity and ,disorder, but who may by the blessing of God accomplish their recovery by medical assistance, and may be restored to a perfect state of health before their return to their ordinary dwel lings, many of which, as we well know, are unprovided even with the common necessaries and comforts without which their health can hardly be re-established. I must say, in the presence of a large assembly of the neighbours of Bournemouth, and of the inhabitants of that town, that the manner in which they have kindly attended here to day, and responded to the invitation which I had the honour to send, hasgiven me a great hope that the good feeling which is shown here to-day may not be of a transitory and evanescent kind, but that it may follow the fortunes of the homo for years to come, that it may help us to give it a more ornamental-appearance, and supplrit with all the necessary furniture. Being thus on the spot, lam sure it will be in their power greatly to conduce to the success of our under taking. Now, it was finally resolved that should be the spot, and the day was fixed. There remained only one choice to make—who should bo the man that should be en trusted with the laying of the first stone. You will not be surprised if I say at once and without hesitation, with the greatest accordance, all of us made application to my noble friend—the representative of the name and, I trust; here after the representative of the virtues of his father- 7 - to come here to-day to lay this stone. (Cheers.) I shall not at the moment say one word of Lord Pembroke. He has a hard task for a young man to perform ; in doing it he will carry with him something more than goodwill—the attachment, I am sure, of every one of his countrymen. (Applause.) Nor shall I venture in this open spot to add one word with regard to Lady Herbert beyond this, that that kind, good, friendly lady is here on the spot to give us the sanction of her presence, and to see for herself with what cordial affection the memory of her husband is re garded. (Cheers.) • Now permit me, all of you, my friends, with hearts filled with the memory of the past, filled with the best hopes for the future, trusting to the Divine bles sing to turn out the work we now begin for the benefit, of our suffering fellow-creatures, to call upon my noble friend, Lord Pembroke, to do that part which is assigned to him ; and in doing it I am sure that every single persou here will raise up a prayer to God that the rest of his life may be like its beginning. (Cheers.) But, before the actual work is done, let us all, with one voice and one heart, raise our spirits to that source from whence alone permanent good can come, that God may be pleased to give His blessing to the work. I will ask the incumbent of Bournemouth to offer up prayer. The Rev. A. M. BENNETT then offered up a suitable prayer; after which The Earl of PEMBROKE duly laid the stone. He said— It is with great pleasure that I have been asked this day to lay the foundation stone of a building to be erected as a memorial of my late father. A better or more fitting memorial could not have been chosen than this, which is for the relief of the sick poor; for all my father's life was spent in relieving suffering, which is an example I trust that his successors will follow. lam glad this memorial has been chosen in connection with the Salis bury Infirmary—an institution in which he took' great interest, and gave up many of his engagements in order to attend at the committees of the hospital. lam glad also that the plan has been approved of by Miss Nightingale, whose name has long been associated with that of my father in promoting the welfare of the poor. To-day is the anni versary of his birthday, and therefore a very fit time to begin,such a work. My dear mother, and my father during his life, were accustomed to do some special work oftbatity and love that day. I wish to express on behalf of my mother, my brothers, my sisters, and myself, our thanks and gratitude for your subscriptions to this fit and proper memorial to my father's name. We lay this stone of the. Herbert Convalescent Home in the name and to the glory of the ever-blessed Trinity, in the name of the Father, the Son, affd the Holy Ghost, and in memory of ono now gone to rest who, during his day upon earth, was faithful in works of mercy, brotherly kindness, and charity. Suitable prayers were then offered up, and the 127th Psalm was sung, and the blessing pronounced by the Rev. A. M. Bennett, after which the ceremony terminated. At two o'clock upwards of 250 of the gentry who had re ceived special invitations to the Cranbourne Pleasure grounds (kindly lent for the occasion by Mr. R. Kerley), where, in a large tent, a splendid luncheon had been pro vided at the expense of the Right Hon. Mr. Sotheron- Esteaurt. Amongst those present were Lady Herbert, the Earl of Pembroke, the Bishop of Oxford, the Bishop of Salisbury, Earl Nelson, Lord Ernest -Bruce, Mr. G. W. Pack, M.P., Mr. H. D. Seymour, M.P., Lord G. G. Len nox, M.P. Mr. Sotheron-Estcourt took the chair, and after the oual loyal and patriotic toasts were proposed and responded to, The Bishop of OXFORD then rose and said—The toast which has been committed to me is happily one which neither requires nor will admit of the person who proposes it saying much about it. It does not require this, because I believe every one present is perfectly prepared to drink the health of Lord Pembroke and Lady Herbert without a single word of comment. It does not admit it, because it is not an abstract sentiment like those you have hoard before, upon which people can safely indulge, but the toast is the health and happiness of two persons who aro with you in your company to-day, and, :there fore, as to whom it is not possible in their presence —as to what we wish to say is all in their praise—to' speak out as we would wish to utter that which is in our minds. (Hear, hear.) Those of you who were pre sent at the laying of the stone to-day could estiniate to yourselves the promise which, if God wills, is given of the future life of Lord Pembroke. (Cheers.) I think I never saw a more touching scene, I never heard a more moving address than Lord Pembroke's, because there was in it a simplicity, a perfect absence of thought of himself, a perfect devotion to the work ho had undertaken, which it was his hereditary right to possess as his father's representative. (Hear, hear.) May God grant that that life may be pro longed amongst us to be beloved and honoured as was the life of my dear friend, his father. May God grant that in the whole estate and realm of England, in the Church of which lam a bishop,* the name of Lord Pembroke, when the day shall come, may be held in honour, esteem, re verence, and love, as is now the name of his father—the late Lord Herbert. (Loud cheers.) And in her presence you will not expect me to say much of her who has strained every feeling to be amongst us this day and to do honour to that beloved memory. This, let me say, every ono of you, I think would catch that remarkable statement of Lord Pembioke that it was the custom of his parents, when the day of the birthday came round, to spend it, not in selfish merriment, but to make it the occasion of doing some act of good to some sufferer, or some act of kindness to sonic one needing it; (Hear, hear.) In the very spirit, in the very essence of that tradition, Lady Herbert has come amongst - us on her husband's birthday to help to lay the stone of this testimonial. I can testify that day after day and ° month alter month she has been carrying ou t on th e great estates which have come to her son the purpose of his father—in doing good to all dwelling on them, restor ing and repairing the churches, founding sehools, gladden ing thelvidows' hearts with - joy, and training up the young of that county of Wiltshire in the fear of God and in the honour of their Queen. (Cheers.) lam sure, my friends * Allusion being here made very pointedly by the Lord Bishop of Oxford, to the fact that Lord Pembroke's mother, Lady Herbert of Lea, has recently become a convert to Catholicism. HER MAJESTY. BALMORAL, Sept. 15. The Queen walked in the grounds yesterday morning, and in the afternoon went out with Princess Helena. Earl Russell arrived at the Castle in the evening. Sept. 16. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Helena and attended by Lady Churchill, drove round by the Lion's Face yesterday afternoon. Earl Russell had the honour of dining with her Majesty and the royal family. Foreign Courts. - PARTS, Sept. 16. The Emperor and Empress received a visit at Biarritz, the day before yesterday, from the Duke of Mecklenberg-Strelitz and the Grand Duchess Catherine. The Debats notices as follows the interviews bet ween the Emperor Napoleon and the Queen of Spain :—" We have remarked how sparing the Ilioniteui- has been in commentaries and details Of the two interviews of St. Sebastian and Biarritz ; the Spanish journals hardly dwell on the subject any more than the Moniteur. In their opinion the two interviews were entirely affairs of etiquette• They think that all that ought to be seen in them at most an amicable demonstration, but not an evens of any great political import." His Royal Highness Prince Amadeus. Prince Amadeus of Savoy, second son of king Victor Emmanuel, after paying a visit to his sister , the Princess Clotilde, at Hendon, left Paris on Saturday morning for London. His Excellency the Marquis d'Azeglio (the Italian Minister at the Cow of St. James) had arrived the previous day from Spa, expressly to accompany his royal highneee during his journey to London. On landing 3 ! Dover the Count Maffei (who during the absence (3 ' the Marquis d'Azeglio had been acting as charge el'affaires) and the Marquis Balbi were present t° receive his royal highness. The illustrious prince and attendants arrived at the Italian Legation in Grosvenor-street at half-past 6 o'clock, and it is the intention of his royal highness to reside there during his sojourn in London. His excellency had th e honour of entertaining his royal highness and a select party at dinner in the evening. The following officers are in attendance on b ia royal highness:--Colonel Morro., first aide-de-ca' Captain Cotta, of the Grenadiers ; and a cavanl officer, Captain Salvatico, a Venetian nobleman . Yesterday morning his royal highness, aeee ra ‘ panied by his excellency the Italian Minister a 0 the noblenien and gentlemen in the suite of th prince, and attached to the Legation, attend Divine service at the Roman Catholic Church :r e Farm-street, Berkeley-square. In the afternoon 141:o, prince and party drove to Kew, and, after ge l : over the gardens, went to Richmond to dine, turning late in the evening to the Legation. The Italian prince travels in the 'strictest ince ; Saito, under the title of Count de Pollenzo. The title of 1 3 ollenzo is deriVed from a country residence king' 'Victor Eriirnanuel in Piedmiint,"ijear where, in former ages, stood the Roman town 0 4 , Pollentia. His royal highness inten ds to visit not only the metropolis, but some of the principal towo and Scotland. The Maharajah Dhuleep Singh, who arrived 0 Elvedon, near Thetford, Norfolk, a few days since for P tridge shooting, has left for Scotland, where th e .M a haral is staying. His highness is expected again at Elvedon 11 ° month. The Duke and Duchess of Grafton are entertain; ing a select party of friends at Euston Hall, near Thetf +hem . °:, The Duke and Duchess of Manchester left 'T residence in Stanhope-street on Saturday for their 00" the north of Ireland. • The Duke of Somerset left his official resider at the Admiralty on Saturday for Bulstrode Park , -- f or The Countess Poulett will leave town in n f t o days for Amport House, near Andover, the seat 12 Marquis and Marchioness of Winchester. ba ps Count and Countess Pouchkine and - family left the Clarendon Hotel for the Isle of Wight. Viscount de Laguiche has arrived a t the JrC rendon Hotel from Paris. Lord and Lady Ashburton have arr ir Buckenham Hall for the season. lef t Lord and Lady. Edward Pelham-Clingy town at the close of the past week for Canada, We- , lordship joins his battalion of the Rifle Brigade. The Right Hon. Edward Cardwell, M•L'' town on Saturday for his seat near Godstone, Sar rel ,. THE QUEEN AT BALMORAL.—The ' f ed' journ at Balmoralis distinguished for the absence l a jesti thing approaching to ostentation or parade. - g er 46 cov i ' is frequently seen walking by the - side of the river,,-a. a t panied by one of the princesses or a lady in weitlitiae• tended only by a footmen, or driving out without r 00 40 The Empress is now at Biarritz, her fav itba watering-place (says the Queen), where the Wei.‘,eo' is all that can be desired, and the Imperial couP le :f Oj eit h joying this second summer fully as much as any A-pito; subjects. A large circle of both the French P • ad d os aristocracy are staying at Biarritz, where the toilettes or ve defy description.tlmagine all that can be poset''' c if ' It most costly and most eccentric, an d you Will r 9" Jail/ a tenth part of the toilettes which - are to be se en v , i3 pr e ' Biarritz. On an early day aft er h er arrival, th e t appeared in a rich blue silk d ress l oo ped uP : °jl fo riit t straps trimmed with Cluny, or as it is called a l t Gandillot, guipure ; the skirt was allowed to Vali? , tiv ) back, and the petticoat was made of the same dress. A blue silk paletot, which fitted the figure' scolloped out round the edge, elaborately trimalitu 9, ie gimp and guip ure; a M on tp en sier straw hail I ` v i , t accentuated point, both in front and at the bo' c ' Te il, too brim turned up at the sides ; a long white ga u° :i e tecl .. ..o an agrafe of white 'feathers at the side CO the toilette. The Empress wore the boots an d carricaside• which are now considered indispensable at the MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC ME 310 RA"N ro Jullien will open her Majesty's concerts forthwith- Afterwards—towards Oae_seasoa October, that is—Mr. Mapleson will give a. bY r Italian opera for a few weeks with his rega l , A p ir io• in a strengthened, we(Orehestra) hear, by Grisi a•a" N voec l ' aveas 10' Fechter's next part will be the Master of 11 . 0 , of fc, 7 7) ,p new version of the " Bride of Lammertuoor s. we understand, the Lyceum will open iu due ; 500 a . %t with p e ue'oa ott it 13oncicault, they say, is making (lucky wan) o dict ( '; ‘ ,9 in droits d'auteur by Arrah-na-Pogue. Mr. foild e o gi' work on a grand opera for the German staget . ,_ .; O a, 0 the exquisite psychological story of Schiller, Seer." Pauline Lucca, the personable, the :4 /6 kept in eye —or, rather, in ear, for the heroirte DEMERARA. The traffic receipts on this company's line for the eight days ending the Bth July amounted to $2,100, against $2,269 for nine days in the corresponding period of last year. COPIAPO EXTENSION. The traffic receipts on this company's line for the month of May amounted to $8,144, and the working expenses to $5,628, leaxing a surplus of $2,516. Naval and Military Intelligence. The Field-Marshal Commanding-in-Chief is ex pected to make shortly an official visit to the camp at Colchester. The Helicon, paddle, improved despatch vessel, was commissioned at Portsmouth on Saturday by Commaader Morgan Singer. Commander Singer is a gii nnery officer of great P.xperioncc. He served for some considerable time, previous to receiving hispro motion to commander's rank, as senior lieutenant of the gunnery ship Excellent. Since his promotion from the Excellent Commander Singer has been a member of the Whitworth Armstrong Ordnance Committee. The Helicon, with her sister-vessel the Salamis, is ordered to proceed on a trial cruise in the Channel, and thus supplement their trials of speed over the measured mile in Stokes Bay with a competitive test of their respective speeds over a given distance at sea. In working out the figures given by each ves sel on her trial over the measured mile, and com paring the horse-power indicated with the midship section of each and the actual weights on board, it is believed that the advantage in point of speed does not lie so much in favour of the Helicon as was at first supposed. Hence, perhaps, the order for a sea-going trial, which indeed we should be glad to see established as a rule, to a certain extent, as supplementary to all trials of her Majesty's ships over the measured mile. The Helicon's engines gave an indicated horse-power, on trial, at full boiler power 1,610 horse ; half do., 877 horse. Salamis, at full boiler power, 1,338 horse ; half do., 636 horse. The Euryalus, 35, screw frigate, Capt. M‘Dowell, C. 8., now dismantling and returning stores at Ports mouth on her return to England from service as Admiral Kuper's flagship in China and Japan, is ordered to be paid out of commission on the 23d inst. Previous to this taking place there will be a grand parade of the troops in garrison at Portsmouth and the seamen and marines of her Majesty's ships in the port, on Southsea-common, to witness the pre sentation of Victoria Crosses to Mr. D. G. Boys, midshipman ; Thomas Pride, captain of the after guard ; and William Seeley, ordinary seaman, all belonging to the Euryalus, for special acts of gal lantry during the attack by the allied fleets on Simonasaki, Japan, in September of last year. The gallant and respected naval commander-in-chief at Portsmouth, Admiral Sir M. Seymour, will present the crosses to the recipients. There will be about 8,000 seamen under arms, exclusive of field piece parties, training ships, boys, &c. The Royal Ma rine Artillery and Light Infantry, with Royal Artil lery field batteries and troops of the line, will pro bably muster over 3,000 strong on the occasion. The 1,350 horse power engines of the Minotaur iron frigate on the ship's trial last week at the mea sured mile in Stoke's Bay, gave an indicated horse power of 6,639 horse. By a printer's error in a report of the trial the " immersion" of the ship's upper blade of the screw was given, whereas it should have been "emersion." The following appointments were made on Satur day -at the Admiralty :—Captain Charles Stirling, to the Greyhound, commissioned ; Captain Arthur Wilmshurst, additional, to the Fisgard, for service in the Prince Albert ; Lieut. John B. Taller, to the Formidable, additional, for service in the Lizard, vice Challis, promoted ; Lieut. Robert Montray, to the Princess Royal ; Alexadder Collins, surgeon, to the Greyhound ; Benjamin Browning, surgeon, to the Basilisk ; Nicholas T. Connolly, assist.-surgeon, to the Lion ; Thomas R. Dinnis, paymaster, to the Greyhound ; William Rogers, paymaster, to the Basilisk; Edward M. 0 mmanney, assist.-paymaster, to the Greyhound ; John E. Cooke, assist.-pay master, to the Basilisk; Edward W. Jago, assist.- paymaster, to the St. Vincent ; W. 11. Symons, master's-assist., to the Dee, as supernumerary ; and Charles B. Hargrave, first-class assist.-engineer, to the Princess Royal. The following appointment has been made in the Royal Reserve :—To be honorary Lieut., Richard Brinsley Sheridan, M.P. ABSCONDING FROM A REFORMATORY.—On Satur day, at the Hampstead Police-court, a young woman, named Rebecca Evans, was .charged with absconding from the Hampstead Reformatory. Miss Nicholls, the matron, at tended, and described the prisoner as being More'fitted for a penitentiary than a reformatory. She had been . sent for five years by the magistrates of Worship-street police court. Mr. Inspector Webb said there were 100 inmates, and the example of one escape was very bad. Mr. Fal coner, the magistrate, said it was a serious offence, and asked what was to become of the girl when she left prison. Miss Nicholls supposed she would return to the reforma torj. The magistrate committed her to the House of Cor reotioti for three months, with hard labour. you sympathise with me when 1 say this is a day in which we cannot but, we may say, rejoice with her in the midst of her sorrows, because it has been the wish of this county, and all who knew Lord Herbert, to erect a memorial, not a bare statue, however beautiful, but that which is to minis ter comfort to the suffering and to the sick, conceiving that the sweet and precious wreaths of that ever fruitful memory could be best preserved amongst us, not by a painted image, but by banging the fruit-bearing branches which were to make glad the heart of man around the pillar which recorded his memory. I ask you, in remem brance of the past and in hopes of the future, to drink "The Health of Lady Herbert and Lord Pembroke." (Loud cheers.) The toast was drunk with cheers. Mr. S. ESTCOURT said that for reasons which all would appreciate, Lord Pembroke and Lady Herbert had desired that ho should acknowledge the toast. He had long known them both,and felt it difficult to make an adequate response, being acquainted with their kind dispositions and the ex cellent way in which they devoted themselves to honour the great name they bore. The right hon. gentleman then proposed •' Success to the Herbert Convalescent Home," reminding his hearers that the extent of the building would be in exact proportion to the funds placed at the disposal of the managers, and that although they started well upon the subscriptions of the county, yet the assistance of the public at large would be valuable in extending the,benefits of an institution devoted to the relief of suffering and the memory of an honoured name. SEYMOUR, M.P., proposed " The Salisbury Infir mary;" and Lord E. BRUCE, M.P., in a happy and humorous speech, gave " Our future neighbours the inhabitants of Bourne mouth ;" to which Mr. Trigonwell responded. The Bishop of SALISBURY proposed "The Chairman, Vice- Chairman (Mr. Hinman), the Honorary Secretary (Mr. T. Pain)," whose labours had been so arduous, so prolonged, and so successful. Thanks were given to Mr. Kerley for the use of the grounds, and the Wiltshire visitors started upon their re turn journey, while the rest of the company devoted the evening to a promenade, which was rendered agreeable by the performances of the band of the Royal Marine Ar tillery. rt iCtLPIf la auk