The Sun. — London, England, 1861-08-05 00:00:00

ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY READ OrricEs—Lombard-street, London ; and Royal Insurance Buildings, Liverpool. • Branch Offices—Manchester, Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds, Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Dublin. EXTRACTS FROM THE REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1860. "The success of the Company, even in its earliest years, received the marked atten , ion, and elicited the surprised comments, of writers best acquainted with the history of In surance Companies. , "Fire Premium s for 1860 EQUAL the Total Fire Premiums for the SEVEN YEARS 1845 to 1851. "Life Premiums for 1860 EXCI , ED the Entire Life Pre miums for the EIGHT YEARS ending 1852. "Purchase of Annuities in 1860 LARGELY EXCEEDS the similar receipt , for the first TEN YEARS, 1845 to 1854. This progress, it is believed, is unsurpassed, c,ousidering t it applies to each of the three branches of the business." FIRE BRANCH. "The Fire Branch has certain y shown no exhaustion dor tng the year 1860 of that impetu s which had p reviously brought it to a position of the first magnitude among the I nsurance Companies of the United Kingdom. The Fire - 1. - rerniums in 1859 had advanced to the sum of £228,314 7s. 3d. ',,va 1860 the amount of Fire Premiums has arrived at a sum of 2 i' , 2,977 19s. lid., showing an increase of £34,663 12s. Bd., ex reding the large advance of the preceding year, so that in I, W o Years the 'Fire Revenue of the Company has been en hanced by the enormous sum of £66,829 17s. 5 "The Parliamentary Report of Returns of Duty paid to Government for the year 1860 exhibits the augmentation of the business in a more prominent way, as it affords the means be gratified to w learn that the i n crease of Duty paid by the Royal in the last year is more than double that of any other Company, either - London or Provincial, whilst only one of those Companies even approaches to 50 per cent. of the ad vance of this Comp , ny. Our increase actually equals 30 per cent, of the entire increase of the who le of he Metro p olitan "Ices combined, whilst of the Provincial Offices it forms up- Wards of 30 per cent. of the total advance of the other 28 offices 'established out of London. LIFE BRANCH. `The Reports of the Company for several years have had i nvariably to announce a constant periodical expansion of its / ue Business, the New Policies of each succeeding year shovv. VP', an advance over the one that had immediately preceded t• A similar result is shown in the year 1860, the Premiums ?.,n New Policies, after deducting Guarantees, be ng £15,097 0, led., which is an increase on t hat item of £1,993 17s. sd.a uove the amount received for the year 1859. "But even this advance is small when compared with the sudden and remarkable momentum which has been given to 'Ws Branch of the Business in the present year ( 1861). "It w as no t u ntil the commencement of the ear that the P ublic seemed to have become fully acquainted year that the U)lic seemed to have become fully acquainted with the fact that the Royal Insurance Company had published late in the last year an account of the investigation into the Assets and Liabilities of its Life Department, under a novel form, and in ; B ,Plain and intelligible a ma nner as the abstruseness of the floiect admitted, together with the entire statements and V aluations necessary for that purpose. " It is conjectured from the extensive Notices of this Pam tlet and its accomp an ying Diagrams, which have appeared the Periodicals a the day, that it has largely attracted the attention of vast numbers of Persons in all parts of the United -r ‘ing.dom, as well as in other parts of the World. Indeed a larost satisfactory and conclusive evidence that such is the case 1 a afforded by the fact that the sum Assured on New Policies the six months to the 3d June of the present year is ac malty 50 per cent. in excess of the sum assured in the corres- Ponding months of the year 1860, although the latter amount to itself exceeded the sum assured in any like previous period of time. "If this success be continued, the Royal Insurance Cora- Pany would, with respect to the amount of its new business, Oe at once placed (at least with one or two exceptions) at the head of all the Insurance Companies doing business in this Country, and the anticipations of the last Report, to the effect that the deta Is of the Lie Business then to be pub lished would form an epoch of the Establishment, will have a speedy and very happy realisation." SPECIAL ADVANTAGES OF THE LIFE BRANCH. PROFITS.—Large proportion Returned every Five Years to Policies then in existence Two ENTIRE YEARS. Expenses ch , efly born by the Fire Branch, in order to Increase the Bonus to be Returned. - --- LIFE BONUSES DECLARED, Two per Cent. per Annum on the Sum Assured 4 TIF; GREATEST BONUS EVER CONTINUOUSLY DECLARED • iIY ANY COMPANY, IaECLTRITY FOR BOTH FIRE AND LIFE BRANCHES CAPITAL, TWO MILLIONS Sterling. Accumulated Funds in hand exceed £90,000. PERCY M. DOVE, Manager and Actuary. JOHN B. JOHNSTON, Secretary. W. .S. WOODIN'S 190th NIGHT with h his highly-sucCessful NEW ENTER TAINMENT, t CABINET of CURIOSITIES , POLYGRAPH IC HALL, Wil lam-street, Charing-cross, T 0-NIGH T. and b v ERY EVENING (except Saturday), at Eight. Private fl ls. ; Stalls and be stalls, 3s. ; area, 2s. ; amphi theatre, ls. -A plan of the sta lls ma y be -een, and seats lured (without extra bharge), a t the Box-,Mice , from 10 i 7 '' 4l 4 Morning Performance, Saturday next, at 3. 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DR: CIILVERWELL, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, Licentiate of Midwifery, and Apo hecaries' Hall, London, can be consulted daily (only) as .tbove, on all cases of Nervous Debility, Languor, Incapacity, Loss of Memory, Sterility, and all Functional Derangements of both Sexes, emanating from early and excessive :indul enoest HIS Just published, se ale d ,; pr by post, 11 stamps, 18 No. 4, An entire new and onal Work, entitled OURSELVES. Synopsis: The Physiology and Anatomy of our Generation —The Origin of Disease—Symptoms, Treatment, and Cure. Iso, an Exposition of. and Remedy for, all Urinary Derange ments and Marital Disqualifications, MALE. The modern treatment of Syphilis, Stricture, Blennorrhagia Gonorrhoea), Spermatorrhcea, Impotency, and all Diseases of he Urinary Organs, with Prescriptions, &o. FEMALE. 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CURTIS' MEDICAL WORK, MANHOOD X MEDICAL ESSAY ON SPERMATORRHCEA, NERVOUS AND GENERATIVE DEBILITY, &c. Just Published, the 150th thousand, with numerous plates, in a sealed envelope, price ls., Sold by all Booksellers, and sent post paid, by the Author, for 1 2 stamps, ! Ofd ANHOOD: the CAUSE and CURE of PRE MATURE DECLINE IN MAN, with Plain Directions (or ('erfect Reqteration to Health and Viffour. Ry Dr..l. L. CURTIS, 15, Albenuarle-street, Piccadilly, London. CONTENTS: INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER on the Physiological Structure and Functicns of the Reproductive Organs. CHAPTER IL—Causes of Spermatorrhcea and Impotence; Farb , Vicious Indulgences: Dangers of Neglect. CHAPTER lII.—A Review of the various Disqualifications )1 - Marriage ; whether resulting from Youthful Abuse, the Follies of Maturity, the Effects of Climate, or Infection. CHAPTERS IV. and V. on the modern Treatment of Gonorrhoea and Syphilis. 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This Hospital relieves distress in its most helpless shape, that of disease aggravated by destitution. With more ade quate funds the Weekly Board could make immediately avp able 500 beds for the relief of the large mass of suffering in this metropolis. Its present resources, supplied entirely by the Voluntary Contributions of the Public. enable it to afford, in addition to its In-patients, effective Medical Assistance to an average exceeding 2,000 Out-patients weekly. Contributions are received by the Treasurer, Edward Mas terman, Esq., Nicholas-lane ; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co. ; Drummond and Co. ; Herries and Co. ; Ransom and Co. Prescott, Grote, and Co. ; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Glyn and Co. ; Jones Loyd and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; Denison and Co. ; Williams, Deacon, and Co. ; Overend, Gurney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co., Berners-street ; Masterman and Co.; and at the Hospital. J. B. OWEN, 31. A„ Chairman of the Weekly Board. M IPORTANT TO OWNERS OF HORSES. - After long experience, deep researches into chymistry, by the aid of costly machinery, I have discovered the means whereby oats, beans, and oilcake may be entirely dispensed with in the feeding of horses and cattle. I have now invented a compound meal, composed of locust beans, Indian corn, linseed, &c., at £l6 per ton, which is equal in value to £24 worth of oats, beans, or any other feeding material in the market. Two quarts of this compound meal, weighing albs., at the cost of 5d., mixed with a peck of chopped hay, is a feed fsr a draught horse, and superior in every respect to three quarterns of oats, costing 71 1 d. 14 barrels weigh net 1 ton 1 cwt., at 16s. per cwt., £l6 16s. net cash, free, delivered by my own waggons to any station in London. Nothing less than 21 cwt. sold at the manufactory, and orders must be accom panied with cheques crossed, made payable to the inventor, JOSEPH THORLEY. Steam Mills, Caledonian-road, King's-cross, April 8, 1861. Single barrels, weighing 11 cwt., may be had for 305., at 77, Newgate-street, City, or of any of my accredited Agents in the country. TIFIORLEY'S CONDIMENTAL FOOD (mixed wi h crushed Oats, ctc.) for My Horses.—Read Admiral Rous on the English Racehorse. 40s. per barrel, containing 448 feeds. THORLEY'S CONDIMENT for My Cows. Increasing the quantity and enriching the quality of Milk. 40s. per barrel. THORLEY'S COMPOUND for My Sheep. Sold in barrels, containing 44R feeds, with meal re n3losed, and carriage paid to any railway station in ingdom. THORLEY for My 40s. per barrel. THORLEY'S GLEANER is Published every Monday in time for po4, and contains forty Columns of valuable information, including Mark-lane Report, Agri cultural and Sporting Intelligence up to time of going to press. Price One Penny. Order of any Newsvendor.-77, Newgate-street, City. GIVEN AWAY TO NERVOUS SUFFERERS. HENRY SMITH. M.D., of the University of Jena, has just published, for the benefit of Nervous -ufferers, a FREE EDITION of his valuable work, THE WARNING VOICE TO YOUNG MEN (120 pages). A medical work on the cure of Nervous Debility, Loss of Memory, Dimness of Sight, Lassitude, Indigestion, Dislike , o Society, Spermatorrhcea, Local Weakness, Muscular Re axation, Languor, Listlessness, Depression, &c., which, if neglected, result in consumption, insanity, and premature ieath ; with plain directions for perfect restoration to health and vigour. The book will be sent, post free, secure from ob -ervation, to any address, on receipt of a directed envelope end two stamps. Address, HENRY Smrrn, M.D., 8, Burton rescent, Tavistock-square, London, W.C. THE 'VIGOUR OF YOUTH RESTORED IN FOUR WEEKS by Dr. RICORD'S ESSENCE OF LIFE. This wonderful agent will restore manhood to the most shattered constitution, whether arising from self-pollution, excesses, nocturnal emissions, the effects of climate, or natu ral causes The time required to cure the most inveterate case is tour weeks ; and, if used according to the printed in structions (which are very simple), failure is Impossible. This life-restoring remedy should be taken by all about to marry, as its effects are permanent. It is acknowledged by the medical press to be the greatest discovery ever made. Success in every case is as certain as that water quenches thirst. Dr. Ri:',ord's Essence of Life is sold in cases, with full in structions for use, at 11 s., or four quantities in one for 335., and may be sent to any part of the world, carefully packed, on receipt of remittance or post-office order payable to Prout and Co. Dr. Ricord's Sole Agent in London is Prout, Patent Medi cine Warehouse, 229, Strand (seven doors west of Temple bar). 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Li S 17707 - n — dihas the followin g observations on the comin g visit of the King of Prussia to France, but the attel it of 'ttemporary to - A that _imp our contemporary to connec act of courtesy and good feeling with revolutionary schemes will scarcely meet with much approba• tion PR1CE....... .4d. STAMPED ....sd. " The news of an approaching interview be tween the Emperor Napoleon 111. and King Wil liam I. gives serious importance to th e un i on i s t tendencies of Germany, of which Becker's crime was an evident consequence. For a longtime past, the Revolutionists have been exciting Prussia to become the Piedmont of Germany ; they are endea vouring to dazzle Portugal with the same hopes ; and, without doubt, they do so in virtue of the new logic which has overthrown the old and changed the terms of the axiom Major pars trahit ad se minorem. At that rate France has everything to f ear f rom Belgium, which some day might be disposed to make annexations. But for the moment we sp ea k on l y o f Germany. It i s d es i re d that the King of Prussia shal I take the direction of the German revolutionary move ment, and what Becker said in a brutal way, the . National V ere i n or N a ti ona l S oc iety has rep e at e d in more becoming terms in its meeting at Dantzic.' The writer then gives at length the resolutions voted, and terminates his remarks with a compari son between Prussia and Piedmont, which is about one of the most forced and far fetched we ever re member, given in any serious journal. It runs thus : "The position of Prussia has a great analogy s with that of Piedmont. Prussia, aP ro t es t an t P ower , is naturally hostile to the Roman Catholic Church ; than ten Piedmont, years, a R ran been Piedmont had Savoy ; Prussia, has the Rh en i s h Provinces. The revolutionists d esire.to take advan tage of the situation of Prussiais similar to that of a the Catholicenemy Power,. o f the has,a m Church. for more Piedmont ; but it remains to be seen if William 1. will be pleased to play the part of Victor Emmanuel, and if Europe, duly warned, will allow to be done in Germany what is permitted to be done in Italy." memorials and monuments were erected over the graves of those brave heroes by hearts sorrowful and dejected, who dropped the tear of true friend ship and sympathy over their lost comrades, but the ravages of time had made serious inroads upon the enclosures and monuments, which I have lately endeavoured to restore as far as possible ; and now, Sir, allow me through you most sincerely to thank the officers and friends of the British Army wh o have been pleased to bestow this munificent testi monial upon me; and, Sir, I assure you as long as life lasts it shall be my most cherished possession, and shall ever remind me of the generous donors and their esteemed appreciation of my best endea vours to restore the cemeteries and monuments that protect the last sad resting places of your lamented countrymen. • " After a residence of several years here I cannot better express myself on this city of ruins and the sacred resting places of the dead around than by quoting the words of the most celebrated corres pondent of the English press : " ' In times to come this Cathcart's-hill will be a chosen terminus of Saxon pilgrimage. Whether the traveller beholds from its humble parapet the fair aspect of the Imperial city guarded by three fold mightier batteries than before, or sits upon the cemetery wall to gaze upon the ruins of Sebastopol, he must, if he has any British blood in his veins, regard with emotion that little spot which encloses all that was mortal of some of the noblest soldiers that ever sprang from our warrior race. He will see the site of those tedious trenches where the stron 6 man waxed weak day after day, and where the British soldier fought through a terrible winter, with privation, cold, frost, and rain—more terrible and deadly than the fire of the enemy.' " THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 5,186 L THE NAVY. The Winchester, 60, at Chatham, which is to be sent from that port to Liverpool to be used as a training-ship for boys destined for the mercantile marine, where she relieves the Conway, 26, is to be fitted with the masts, spars, yards, rigging, and other gear belonging to the Iris, 26, paid off at Chatham on Saturday. A party of men from the dockyard commenced making the necessary pre parations on Saturday for transferring the gear from the Iris to the Winchester. The Orpheus, 21, 400-horse power, is to be towed up to Chatham harbour to-morrow, and placed under the floating shears, to be masted and brought forward for sea. On Saturday a number of shipwrights com menced laying down the blocks in the spacious dock at Chatham, in which the iron-plated frigate Achil:es, 50, is to be built. Nearly the whole of the powerful machinery required in the construction of the beams, plates, and other portions of the iron vessel has been fixed in the new factory adjoining No. 2 dock, in which the steamer will be built, and already the preliminary works for preparing the plates are in operation. An exceedingly powerful hydraulic press for bending the massive iron plates to any pattern has been fixed adjoining the dock, and the trials made with it have been exceedingly satisfactory. As fast as really good mechanics offer themselves at the dockyard they are taken on. In the course of a few weeks there will be as many as 1,000 workmen employed about the new steamer. The class of mechanics mostly required. are platers and angle iron smiths, especially the latter. The Iris, 26, Capt. C. G. H. Vernon, late the flag ship of Commodore W. Loring, C. 8., on the Aus tralian station, NN as paid off and put out of commis sion in Chatham harbour on Saturday last. The screw steam troopship Himalaya, Capt. John Seccombe, which has been thoroughly repaired at Keyham steamyard, left Plymouth Sound on Satur day afternoon for Gravesend. Mr. Melrose, engi neer at Keyham, goes with her to watch the condi tion of the machinery. The Himalaya will, it is said, embark troops for the Mediterranean. Preparations are making at Plymouth for sup plying the Channel squadron with water and provi sions immediate on their arrival in the Sound. The Aboukir, 84, Capt. C. F. A. Shadwell, C. 8., which grounded in the Orkneys, will go into dock No. 1 at Keyham for inspection and repair. The screw steam gunvessel Surprise, 5, Comman der Whyte, which left Plymouth Sound with de spatches on Thursday for the Mediterranean, put back on Saturday evening through stress of weather. The screw steam frigate Emerald, 51, Capt. A. Cumming, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral of the White the Hon. Sir H. Keppel, K.C.8., from South America, and the iron screw steam troopship Megzera, 6, Commander Henderson, from Corfu, Malta, and Gibraltar, arrived in Plymouth Sound yesterday evening. The Emerald will disembark invalids and supernumeraries, and then proceed to Spithead. The Megvera has troops, invalids, and other passengers, including some engineers, who land at Plymouth. By direction of the Admiralty a new Coastguard station is to be erected at Shoeburyness. The armaments intended for the following ships —viz., the Defence, Resistance, and Achilles, re cently laid down, and also to be iron-clad, after the method of the Warrior, are announced as follows : —The Defence and Resistance, of 1,462 tons each, and to be fitted with engines of 600 nominal horse power, will have two 100-pounders on the upper deck, 16 100-pounders as side guns on the main deck, and four 40-pounders also on the main deck. The Achilles will be provided with 34 100-pounders on the main deck. On the upper deck there will be two 100-pounders on revolving carriages. There will be eight of the same on slides and carriages; four 40-pounders on truck carriages, and two 32- pounders smooth bore of the old castiron ordnance, making a total of 50 to the Achilles, and 22 each to the Defence and Resistance. The whole of the guns have been handed over to the store for despatch from Woolwich on demand. A complete battery of 14 of the large 100-pounder Armstrong guns, for distribution among the ships composing the steam reserve in the Med way, arrived at the Ordnance-wharf, Chatham, on Friday, from Woolwich, in the War Department transport Henry, which was placed under the steam crane. Theguns were landed on that and the following day. The steamers at Chatham which are to be furnished with the 100-pounder Armstrongs are the Hood, 91; the Waterloo, 91; the Rodney, 91; the Bombay, 81; the Irresistible, 81; the Goliath, 81; the Meeanee, 81; the Severn, 51 ; the Arethusa, 51 ; the Phmton, 51; the Leander, 51 ; the Galatea, 26 ; the Orpheus, 21; the Orestes, 21 ; and the Barossa, 21. Each of the above ships will also be furnished with a certain number of the 40-pounder Armstrong guns, several of which have already been put on board from the supply received at Chatham. We have to announce the death of Admiral Sir Barrington Reynolds, K.C.8., who expired at an early hour on Saturday morning at Penair, his re sidence, near Truro. The gallant admiral was the son of Rear-Admiral Robert C. Reynolds, who was lost in the St. George, 98, on returning home from the Baltic in December, 1811, and was born in 1185. The deceased officer entered the navy as a first-class volunteer soon after he had completed his tenth year ; he was midshipman on board the Amazon, 36, when in company with the Indefatig able, 46, L'Unite, 38, and La Virginie, 44, were captured. In January, 1797, he was wrecked and taken prisoner near Ile Bas, at the close of the gal- Lunt action of ten hours with Les Droits de I'Hommc, 74, also wrecked. On regaining his liberty in January of the following year he was appointed to La Pomone, in which he assisted in the capture of Le Cheri, French privateer, of 26 guns. He shortly afterwards joined the Indefatigable, Capt. Sir E. Pellew (afterwards Lord Exmouth), under whom he contributed to the capture of La Vaillante cor vette. Under the same famous commander he served with the squadron sent in the summer of 1800 to co-operate with the French Royalists and Chouans, in Quiberon Bay, and the I\lorbihan, and in August accompanied the expedition against Fer rol. For his gallantry in several successful boat actions with the enemy he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. In the boats of the Diana, on the night of the 28th of March, 1806, Lieut. Rey nolds captured Le Nearque, of 16 guns, off L'Orient, the rearmost of the French squadron, without being discovered by the three French frigates, her con sorts. Afterwards he proceeded to the East Indies, and early in 1811 he was appointed to the com mand of the Hesper, 18, part of the force employed in the expedition against Java, where he assisted at the bombardment and storming of Fort Cornelis, and served on shore with a party of seamen through out all the operations. After the reduction of the town of Cheribon he was appointed Com mandant, pro tem., of that place. As a re ward for his distinguished services in the subjugation of that island, he was appointed to the command of the frigate Sir Francis Drake, and was in the following year removed by the Com mander-in-Chief, Sir S. Hood, into the Bucephalus, 32, in which he continued until paid off in 1813. From impaired health engendered by the climate of the East Indies he was not employed for several years. From October, 1833, to April, 1842, he com manded the Ganges, 84, which formed one of the fleet in the Mediterranean. He superintended; Syria,dur isted at the the landing of g . n jo o u f r n lB i e 4,0 and in assisted bom bardment of Beyrout, and the blockade of Alexan itnhge t t h r e o o c p a s m a l l a D i Alexan dria. In 1843 to 1852 he was Commander-in-Chief at the Cape of Good Hope and the Brazil station. It was during his command at that station that he obtained the thanks of Government for his activity and zeal in suppressing the slave trade. Shortly after his return home he was sele c t ed b y the Admi -1/4 ralty in May, 1857, for the post of Commander-in- Chief at Devonport, which appointment he filled up to October last. In 1838 he was made a Companion of the Order of the Bath, and in February, 1856, was made a Knight Commander of that most hon ourable order of knighthood. The late Admiral's commissions bore date as follows:—Lieutenant,Sept. 18, 1801; Command fir, Oct. 3, 1810; Captain, Jan. 22, 1812; Rear - -Admiral, Jan. 8, 1848; Vice-Admi ral, July 4, 1855; and Admiral, Nov. 1, 1860. The following appointments wet e made on Satur day at the Admiralty :—The Rev. J. W. Bussell, chaplain to the Hawke ; the Rev. H. Bannister, chaplain to the Britannia ; Horace H. Smith, sur geon to the Wasp ; John T. Moore, acting assist.- surgeon to the Wasp. a flourishing condition, having no liabilities and a balance of £133 in the hands of the bankers. On the motion of the chairman the report was unani mously adopted. After the discussion of various other matters, the question of the proposed amalga mation with the 4th Tower Hamlets was brought for ward, and adjourned for further consideration. A grand review of the volunteer corps of Lan cashire took place on Saturday, on the racecourse at Newton-le-Willows, by Lieutenant-General Sir G. Wetherall. The corps assembled were nomi nally about 10,000 strong, but the incessant rain of the previous night and of the morning of Saturday up to nearly the time for the troops to start, pre vented the muster from being as full as it other wise might have been. The greater part of the volunteers, including those from Liverpool and Manchester, were conveyed to Newton by the Lon don and North-Western Railway Company, who had laid down a branch line to the course, and numerous sidings for the especial accommodation of the troops. The whole of the troops were on the ground by about half-past four o'clock, and had taken up the positions laid down in the programme. Sir G. Wetherall, accompanied by the Earl of Sefton and a brilliant military staff, then rode along the front of the line. The usual evolutions were then performed. The weather was better than expected, and only slight showers fell. The proceedings closed about seven o'clock, by the whole body of the troops marching past, amidst repeated bursts of cheering from some thousands of spectators. There seemed to be a general opinion that a considerable improvement had taken place both in the drill and general bearing of the volun teers since last year. The rapid manner in which the volunteers and visitors were taken up by rail and conveyed homewards was highly creditable to the London and North-Western Company's management. The Westmorland Rifle Volunteers were reviewed by Major Harman, Inspector for the Northern Dis trict, at Culgarth, Windermere, on Monday last. Until last week the Westmorland Volunteers had never before had an opportunity of assembling for the purposes of battalion drill. The weather was beautifully fine, and 3,000 or 4,000 spectators were present at the picturesque scene to witness the dis play. The tourists staying in the neighbourhood of Windermere flocked to the place. The battalion having been inspected "marched past," and after wards went through the manual and platoon exer cises. Upon the conclusion of the review Major Harman praised the volunteers for the way in which they had executed the manoeuvres, especially the Kendal corps. The officers dined together at the Low Wood Hotel. Lieutonant-Colonel Gandy then promised to give a ten guinea cup to be com peted for by the Westmorland battalion, and a com mittee was formed to make the necessary arrange ments. The annual rifle contest between the members of the Ist Wilts (Salisbur3 ) Rifle Volunteers came off on the practice ground at Laverstock, near Sails. bury, on Wednesday and Thursday last. The weather was propitious, although the wind was perhaps rather more boisterous than riflemen care to have it on occasions such as this. The first prize offered for competition consisted of the silver challenge cup, presented to the corps last year by Sir Alexander Malet, to which was added a very hand some claret jug, given by Major Jacob, the prize being for the best shot at 200, 500, and 600 yards, five rounds at each distance. A second prize, a pail. of silver saltcellars, with spoons, was also given by Major Jacob for the second best shot at the same ranges. For these prizes 43 competitors entered the lists. The highest scores made were 17 each by Corporal Sheppard and Private Watson, of the 2d company, and 16 by Sergeant Butler (who won the challenge cup last year with 18 points), of the Ist company. On shooting off the ties Sheppard was declared the winner of the first and Watson of the second. A silver pint cup, pre sented by the Mayor of Salisbury and a silver pocket flask were next contended for at 200, 300, and 400 yards, with five rounds at each range. There were 43 competitors, and, after rome excel lent general firing, particularly at the two longer distances, the first prize was won by Private J. Sidford with 23 points, and the second by Ensign C. Brown with 20. The two next prizes were given by the officers, and consisted of a cream jug, and a pair of silver saltcellars, with spoons, the range being 500 yards with five shots each, Thirty-five fired, Corporal Dodds obtaining seven points, and Sergeants Farrant and Clapperton six each. On the tie being shot off the former carried off the second prize. The contest, particularly on the second day, was very interesting. SEBAS7 OPOL. The following are extracts from a letter received from Colonel Gowen at Sebastopol. The subscribers to the valuable testimonial recently presented to him, and referred to in his letter, will doubtless be glad to read his reply : " Sebastopol, July 12. " I am getting on very slowly with the ships. They are so rotten there is no part of them strong enough to ' bear their own weights' We tear out their ports, cut holes through the sides below the orlop, through the plank, timbers, and ceiling, and then pass chains through. They cut up at once. After tedious labour, we manage to mine under the ships (which are in 60 feet of water, and away below at that depth they are submerged in 24 feet of mud), and pass chains under the keels. They cut through. We then pass chains around the stem through the hawse pipes and two forward ports ; we then tear the upper portion of the stem ; hawse pipes, portions of two decks, top, &c., are broken off and brought to the surface by the aid of my power ful caissons, which have a lifting capacity of, in round numbers, 5,000 tons. There is sufficient lift ing capacity, but no place to apply it that is capable of sufficient resistance to raise the unwieldy bodies below. " I have raised and removed some 50 vessels, a large majority vessels of war, of which there were nine war steamers, several 60-gun frigates, and in fact such variety of vessels as form a fleet fur a first class Power. " The harbour of Sebastopol is as practically clear this day as it was before the sinking the fleet. Ti3ere is not a vestige of any portion of a vessel east of a line drawn from Fort Michael to Fort Nicholas, with the exception of two vessels away on the north side of the harbour, which lay so far in that nothing ever approaches so near the shore, Then there are five other vessels that lay between the line before mentioned and the sea, but they have been blasted, so that they are no virtual ob struction other than to the anchorage over the spot where they lay, and their position is too much exposed for any 'vessel to anchor where they are. All the other harbours, bays, and creeks are entirely free and clear of any obstruction „caused by the sinking of the fleet. '‘ I had a magnificent piece of plate presented me the other day by Captain Clipperton, her Britannic Majesty's Vice-Consul at Theodesia, on the part of the 'officers of the British army and the friends of those who fell during the Crimean war, as a testi mony of their grateful sense of the generous care he has bestowed on the restoration and preservation of the graves before Sebastopol,' as the inscription upon it says. It is a most beautiful and magnificent piece of plate, and is a superb testimonial. I as sure you I feel greatly delighted and proud of such distinguished honour." " COLONEL GOWEN'S REPLY TO CAPTAIN CLIPPERTON "Sebastopol, May 12 (24), 1861. " Sir,—lt is with feelings of the deepest respect and truly heartfelt thanks that I have listened to the highly flattering remarks von have made touching the slight service it has been in my power to render, in endeavouring to preserve from oblivion some traces of those monuments and memorials that were placed over the remains of your devoted countrymen in this foreign land. " It would be needless for me to recount the severe privations under which your brave country men struggled during the early part of the Crimean campaign, or with what heroic fortitude they up held the honour of their country during that san guinary and momentous struggle. "Five years have now passed away since those THE MIRES LOAM Among the facts which have become public in the course of the late trial of Mires there is one which seems to have pass •unnoticed, but which nearly concerns the Turkish Government. In the book entitled A 111 es juges several pages are devoted to the scandalous Ottoman loan. Among other things, Mires or his literary representative gives in the statement which he submitted to the French Minister of Finance with a view of allaying any anxiety that might be felt as to the effect of the loan in France as a money drain. The capital for which the Turkish Government made itself responsible was 400,000,000 f. Let us see how much they were to receive for this, according to Mires. The loan was contracted for at 531 ' which would yield 215,000,000 f. but from this there has to be deducted the commis sion of 13 per cent., 6,000,000 f., and two years' in terest and sinking fund, making, with the deferred instalments (payable in the course of 18 months), 55,000,000 f., reducing the sum at the disposal of the Porte to 154,000,000 f. The amount payable an nually for interest and sinking fund was 27,360,0001'., so that the Porte would pay at the rate of 17 1-10 per cent. per annum (15 for interest and 2 1-10 for sinking fund) on the effective proceeds of the loan. The excuse offered for the acceptance of such con ditions was that the Government would be able to extinguish debts on which they were paying a still higher rate of interest. Now, it has been stated again and again that the whole debt of Turkey, floating and consolidated, dces not exceed £33,000,000. Of this the foreign loans, consolides, hasne-tahvili, and bons for 10 years, representing £21,184,000, is at 6 per cent. ; the sehims at 8 per cent. amount to £675,000. It follows, therefore, that the balance of the debt, £11,140,000, is at a higher rate of interest than 15 per cent. per annum, a statement which we certainly will not believe without very good evidence. That loans were made on conditions as regarded reimbursement, which represented a charge on the Treasury of 30 per cent, and upwards, is probably true; but that in addition to these enormous collateral profits the mere interest was fixed above 15 per cent., we re peat that we cannot believe. Evidently there is some dirty mystery :connected with the nego tiation of a loan on such monstrous terms, which needs dragging into the light, and Mires' book may put the Sultan's Ministers, whose reputation is in terested in the question. upon the track. The com mission payable on the loan was 1 1 ; per cent., but Mires distinctly states that the portion of the com mission coming to him, the contractor, was only 1 per cent. The question therefore arises, who re ceived the other per cent., amounting to 3,000,000 f. There were no intermediaries in the affair ; Mires states distinctly that on the 20th of October, 1860, he concluded the treaty for the loan with Mr. G. Court, representing the Ottoman Government, and that it was ratified by the Sublime Porte in Novem ber. There were only three parties to the affair— the Sultan's Ministers, Mr. Court, and M. Mires. We cannot suppose that the Ministers pocketed the 3,000,000 f., nor can we imagine that Mr. Court, the person employed as negotiator, accepted a bribe from Mires to induce his employers to consent to so atrocious an extortion. Nothing that we have heard of Mr. Court authorisei such a suspicion, but that M. Mires did abandon one-half of his commis sion to some one who had influence enough to blind the Porte to the real features of the contract is quite clear. This singular fact being now made public, we cannot believe that the chief Ministers of the Sultan, men of undoubted honour and integrity, will suffer it to pass unchallenged ; for it affects every one who had a voice in the ratification of the treaty. That any Minister of Finance should have. consented to such a convention would appear incre— dible were it not that, within the last few months,t so many financial blunders have been perpetrated. A measure exhibiting the most elementary know ledge of financial principles is the only thing that could astonish us. The sole apparent explanation of the ratification of Mr. Court's convention is that other parties had a direct interest in mystifying the Government, if the statement of Mires be correct. establishments, and th a t as these bills would be paid by the f various One of the arguments presented to the Fren ch Mini ster of Finance in favour of th e Loan was this— that bills to the amount of 80,000,000 f, dra wn by the bankingbankers, were in the proceeds of the loan, so much less money wou ld leave France ; the orte would, in fact, on l y ge t 74,000,000 f. The bills represented mo ne y l en t to the Turkish Government, which had b een ra i se d by o Constantinople French this colossal system of kite-flying. It is a curious coincidence concerning this statement, that the Constantinople bankers, represented by Couturier and Co., Rostand, and Arland, Court, and Co. (Mr. Court being the negotiator on behalf of the Porte), amicably consented to take 90,000,000 f. of the capital as soon as the public had swallowed 125,000,000 f. at the extortionate price of 623, and that the success of the speculation was consequently certain. These, gentlemen, we believe, were to get their stock at the contractor's price of 531. levant Herald. /IRE CLAY CROSS COLLIERY ACCIDENT. The adjourned inquiry into the cause of the death of the 23 men and boys who lost their lives in the Clay Cross pits on the 11th of June last, was brought to a conclusion, after a protracted investi gation, at a late hour on Friday evening last, at Clay Cross, before Mr. Busby, coroner for the. dis trict. Mr. Hedley, Government inspector of mine s; Messrs. Woodhouse and Jeffceek, the e minent manvi ing engineers; Mr. Eardley, and others, gave accident, ge scientific evidence as to the cause Francs Bradley and ." We find that the death of Fran water accumulated in and the jury returned the following others took place from the into No. 117 No. 1 workings having broken into 2 pit, stall, worked by Nathaniel Dawes, r INand that the deep verdictd ee : 1) — o f the barrier tokeep back such prove by whom, or under what circum stances, in consequence level in No. 1 o f,the coal m g° pit having been worked for a distance of 42 yards beyond the south-eastern boundary, Booth plan, shown in the working but there is no evi dence such coal was worked to beyond such stances, boundary. The jury recommend that in all cases there was not a sufficient . workings are approaching to a distance w h er e a barrier is Proposed to be left, n otice should be given by the owner of the collieries to the in spector, 'with a view to provide for the safety of the mine; and they consider it desirable in all such cases for coil owners to drain the old workings on the Property they are working. where here to " The ju r y are of o pinion that several of the ordinary deputy, a well quali workmen, viz., Nathaniel Dawes, Thomas Britton, a t n h a eir ja d m ut e y s were Silk 8 tb°l na b mac e icl; a ßb : e p nj o a i f n omr t iendn neglecting fulfilct Wright,ing the duties under the colliery rules, and they recommend that, „ The jury consider that there is 'great praise dim to Alfred Smith for his exertions in rescuing the men under his charge." After the verdict had been delivered, Mr. Jackson, M.P., one of the proprietors of the works, who was so deeply affected as to be almost unable to speak, expressed the grief which himself quali fied such hhedeapb personus t e y n s. c h c a of ll and partners felt at the awful calamity which had occurred, and said they felt bitterly the loss which the poor widows and children had sustained. Tile proceedings did not close till near eight o'clock. THE CAREER OF M. NIGRA The Debats has an exceedingly long article on the career and qualifications of Commandeur Nigra, the Minister-Plenipotentiary of the King of Italy at Paris. We take from it the following extract : " This young diplomatist, who already occupies a distinguished place among the statesmen of his country, is not unknown in Paris. He is not only a diplomatist, but has displayed ability as soldier and administrator, and, what spoils nothing, has made excellent classical studies in the University of Turin, and has not ceased to cultivate literature and science. When the great national movement of 1848 commenced, M. Nigra had not terminated his studies, but he placed himself in the first rank of those serious young men who displayed patriotic enthusiasm, and preceded by conflicts in the press the strife of battle-fields. As soon as war broke out between Austria and Piedmont, M. Nigra became a soldier, and fought bravely at Pastrengo, Saint Lucia, Calmasino, and Rivoli, receiving at the latter place a grave wound which obligt-d him again to become a student. In 1849 he obtained the de cree of doctor ih law, and after a public compe tition was admitted to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which was then directed by the Chevalier d'Azeglio. Count de Cavour about that time made the Piedmontese Chamber adopt the principle of free trade, and it was necessary to enter into treaties of commerce and navigation with most of the Great Powers ofE urope in order to render the new system fe cund. M. Nigra took an active part in the labours those measures necessitated, and he thereby became known to the future Prime Minister of Victor Emmanuel. Be tween Count de Cavour and M. Nigra relations of esteem and affection were established, and they ripened into a close friendship which was only broken by the death of the illustrious statesman whom Italy deplores. M. Nigra, under the direc tion of Count de Cavour, took part in the negotia tions with France, England, Austria, Belgium, and the German Zollverein ; and those negotia tions ended in the treaties of commerce which now form the basis of the public law of Italy in all that concerns economic interests. Somewhat later the Chevalier d'Azeglio made M. Nigra one of his secretaries, and confided to him the re served correspondence—a great proof of kindness, by which M. Nigra was greatly honoured. The protection of M. d'Azeglio has never failed him, and M. Nigra is profoundly grateful for it. When Count de Cavour accompanied King Victor Em manuel to Paris and London, in the visits which his Majesty paid to the Emperor Napoleon and the Queen Victoria, M. Nigra attended him as secre tary, and when Count de Cavour returned to Paris, in 1856, to take part in the Congress, M. Nigra assisted him as chief of his chancery. Up to that moment Count de Cavour, President of the Council of Ministers, had only directed the Ministry of Finance; but on his return from the Congress at Paris he also undertook the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and, as the burden of the two offices was very great, he gave the direction of his cabinet to M. Nigra, who thereby became acquainted with the most secret thoughts ef his chief, and associated in his acts. After that time M. Nigra did not separate from Count de Cavour. Previous to the war of 1859 he accompanied him in his frequent excursions to Paris, and was re marked by the Emperor Napoleon, who treated him with kindness. During the war he was at the head quarters of the allied Sovereigns, re doubling his efforts to render lighter the execu tion of the immense task the latter had imposed on himself. And after the temporary retirement of Count de Cavour, who would not accept the responsibility of the conditions of the peace Villafranca, M. Nigra was sent to Zurich with the Italian Plenipotentiaries, in order that the opinions and policy of Count de Cavour might be represented. The return of Count do Cavour to the Ministry took place very shortly after the signature of the treaty of Zurich, and M. Nigra was sent to Paris with the title of charge d'affaires, which, however, was soon replaced by that of Minister. Subsequently grave events took place in Italy, and the position of Sardinian Ministers at Paris became excessively delicate. M. Nigra, however, displayed great moderation and pru dence, and when he had to leave France, after the rupture of diplomatic relations, he was sLnto- re gretted by those to whom he wa s known. At the end of last December, Count d e Cavour charged A NG I ea . np N el er i sa g , r. where h Te t rh o en thetasKingk w accompany en a sent Prince l ine s a cult one; M. Nig ra was surrounded with dan gers, and he had t o choose b etween two systems thankless him c a s d e i and a diffi h Carignan ute a n t —that of conciliation, and that of revolutionary mea ns. It was the former he adopted, but it did not succeed. When the Prince do Carignan and M.. Nigra saw the failu r e o f th e i r plan, they solicited, and obtained, their recall from the King. M. Nigra then wrote for the Government and the public a long report on his management of affairs at Naples. King Victor Emmanuel, in re appointing M. Nigra to his former post, has accomplished one of the last wishes of Count de Cavour, who only waited for the recognition of the King of Italy by the Emperor Napoleon, to re-establish friendly relations between the two Governments. M. Nigra is peculiarly adapted for that task, because he is intimately acquainted with what interests the two countries, and pos sesses, in the highest degree, the confidence of the two Sovereigns." THE POLISH NATIONA LI2Y AND ITS DET.RACTORS. In the number of the Revue Contenzporaine just published, M. de Calonne vindicates the Polish nationality of Posen against the attacks of a Prus sian pamphleteer, who contends that there are now so few Poles left in Posen that they are not worth mentioning. The Revue says:— " Official statistical documents give us in 1840, for Western Prussia, a population of 517,000 Poles; 18 years later, in 1858, they only announce 174,408. What has become of the 342,592 others? What frightful scourge has swept over that people? By what horrible cataclysm has it been buried alive in ana b th the entrails of the earth ? Those figures are so facto in dc w teor h itcohretni metamorphosed: grossly absurd that they must deprive Prussian sta tistics of all value ; and the cause lies in the manner Jews, all those that have German names, are ipso or Ci p e h r o m s i a s ns. more ° e f a t s e y a : the: graot d h it e y m t s h el e ve P s ol w is i h th tla t m h e e s ir , a that increase etaisi the authorities of b y i n grati a degreesti n they are completely Germanised. The function aries entrusted with this business are Prussians, and when these reach tot h wneea m gyl i .e li c t t a An ry noat c h o it n ns ip i t t. io i n s t l h is a t t , render censusrthe in is eitnainto flo taken. All Protestants, all op s t d n h ue io le i' : yeienrsr:ui accessibleuoi number s b n ofe o a r x : i d n therefore in r i e t r f ah o t a a r nte promotion and favours are the German element, according t o the Prussians , tends to suffocate the Slavonian el ement; an d thus, been in 18 years, 342,000 Poles have killed 'in a single province, while the population of that I) r 0- vincehas never ceased to increase." THE ARMY. Major Arbuthnot's battery of Royal Horse Artil lery, which has for several months been stationed at Dorchester, arrived in Bristol on Saturday, and will embark to-day on board the Preussischer Adler steamer for Dublin barracks. A few days since a party of invalids belonging to the sth and 56th Regiments, in charge of Lieut. Seagrim, who have just returned from India, arrived in Colchester camp, and were united to their respec tive depots. In conformity with the new regula tions for the more efficient management of military hospitals, a detachment of the Army Hospital Corps has been sent from Colchester to join the body of non-commissioned officers who will have the charge of the Woolwich General Hospital. The present strength of the camp is little over 1,500 men, but it is rumoured that during the present and ensuing month changes will take place which will augment the force to its full complement of about 2,500. By order of the War Department extensive addi tions are to be carried out forthwith at the military establishment, Gravesend, by the erection of officers' quarters, men's barracks, magazine and stores, and staff, guard, cooking, and bath houses. The work will be carried out under the direction of the Royal Engineer Department. The ship Star of the South, Renner master, ar rived yesterday afternoon at Spithead, from Kurra chee, with the left wing of the 64th Regiment, under the command of Major Chads, consisting of 281 men, 15 women, and 16 children. .The Royal Patriotic Society has granted a pension of Bs. 6d. per week to the widow and children of the late Hugh Davis, ft gunner of Royal Artillery, whose signal bravery during the Crimean war was rewarded by a pension from her Majesty. The de ceased while employed in the trenches before Se bastopol was wounded by a bullet shot, but refused to leave his gun, and while engaged in sponging weapon, after firing, both his arms were shot off. The Queen's Own Worcestershire Yeomanry Ca valry assembled at Worcester on Thursday, for eight days permanent duty, under the command of the Right Hon. Sir J. Pakington, Bart., M.P., in the absence of the Colonel Commandant, Earl Dud ley. The regiment musters nearly 800 strong, and is well mounted. A capital band and two pieces of artillery are attached to the regiment, whose firing is'considered very superior. THE VOLUNTEERS. Among the numerous reviews that have taken place this year that on Saturday on Wanstead-flats _ _ may be registered as one of the most successful. There were present between 10,000 and 15,000 spectators. In accordance with the general order issued, between 4 and 5 o'clock the different corps destined to take part in the review began to arrive upon the flats. Among them were the 3d Essex Administrative Battalion (250), the 2d Tower Ham lets (200), the Victoria Rifles (140), the 3d, 7th, and 10th Tower Hamlets, followed by the West Essex Artillery (300 strong, with the field battery of six guns). The troops were reviewed by Gen. Eyre, who was accompanied by Col. Gordon, Capt. Con grove, Major Deshon, and Capt. Sidebottom. The annual challenge plate, presented last year for competition by Mr. Turner, the eminent silver smith, of New Bond-street, to the members of the Victoria, St. George's, and Queen's (Westminster) Rifles, was shot for on Tuesday at Wormwood Scrubbs. The weather was fine, though extremely windy. The conditions of the challenge were for ten men for each corps to shoot five shots at each range of 500, 600, and 700 yards. In the first range the Victories and Queen's made 35 paints, the St. George's only scoring 31. Ia the next range the Westminsters fell back, the St. George's gaining one point on the score of the Victories. At the 700 yards' range the contest was most exciting, the shots being very evenly balanced. The last shot but two of the Victories was a centre, which gave them a majority of one point, a fact not discovered until the aggregate score was announced, amid much interest and excitement. After the declara tion of the numbers it was found that the rifle used by Mr. Clayton, of the Victories, was only 51b. in the pull, and, the regulation for the cup being a 61b. pull, Colonel Kennedy, as umpire, on being appealed to, gave his decision in favour of the St. George's. Colonel Lindsay, however, in the most chivalrous manner declined on the part of his corps to accept the cup, under such circumstances, as winners. It was at once agreed that the Victories and St. George's should fight the fight over again. A great number of persons attended to witness the shooting and appeared highly delighted with the proceedings. Saturday afternoon , the various regiments of volun teera,A brigade fieldday took place at Highgate on on their arrival, assembled on a large field, the property of Miss Burdett Coutts. The proceed ings created great interest. The brigade consisted of the following regiments :-2d Administrative , Hampstead, an d H ornse y Rifles, Captains W alte rs , Barclay, &c.), all under Battalion ettcaolmionin (Highgate and of Major Wilkinson, and the 29th, or , under the command of Adjutant R. W. Jone s , Major Ross, sz:Captain i It ilkinson acted as bri ga d e - m ajor, and North . Middlesexajaoand Rifles, Major Ross as aide-de-camp. The ground was kept by the 7th Middlesex. Shortly hpast 6 o'clock the manoeuvres commenced. Theneldday was brought to a close by both battalions march ing past in quick and double time in a very ad mirable manner. The p rizes wo n by the Highgate Rifles were then award ed to the s uccessful competi tors, the first by Mr. Bo dkin, Assis tant - Judge of the M co i u d t d t l s e ,s s ) ex by Se t s h s e Sessions, and the second (Mi ss B ur d e tt Rev. Mr. Dalton, i ncum b ent o f Highgate, who ersonally was prevented consequence of the giver, Captain Langdale, havin g l eft the corps, but by yj ird it will be presented by dep ut y at some future time; indispositiongpatiez prize eo was nbehalf not from awarded, o presenting that la it and the fourth, a silver ornamental badge, was pre sented to Sergeant Weddle. On Saturday afternoon the members of . the 37th Middlesex (Bloomsbury) Rifle Volunteers went through the movements of a field-day at Willesden. The regimental prizes of the corps will be shot for in the first week of September. The St. John's division of the Queen's (West minster) Rifle Volunteers will shoot for their prizes on Wednesday next at Wormwood Scrubs. There will be six prizes for the seventh company, and five for the eighth. The competition for Mr. Bird's prizes between the West Middlesex, St. George's, South Middlesex, Queen's, and the Paddington Rifles is announced to take place at Wormwood Scrubbs on Tuesday next. On Wednesday last the ceremony of presenting a handsome dress sword to Major Ross, of the 29th North Middlesex Rifle Volunteers, was performed at the parade-ground of the Albany street barracks, Regent's-park, in presence of the two members for the borough of Marylebone, and a large number of the inhabitants of the district. The annual general meeting of the North-East London Rifle Brigade was held at headquarters on Thursday night, Lieut.-Col. Money presiding. It appeared from the report that the regiment was in se ttee, rote. n a i be 3aSet Sing 30In" s as )ted, eriod se of line, ) the ;orre g Esq•,