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-~ .NEWSPAPER ~,~, j ~:= ~ °4 Tr - ~. ~ i ~ ~~` ;~ 1 I 1 , THE NATION'S GIFT to the BRITISH VOLUNTEERS. sr, The Committee beg most respectfully to solicit the con tributions of the public towards this great national under taking, s Subscribers are requested to cross all cheques with the names of the bankers, Messrs. Barclay and Co., or Sir Claude Scott and Co. ; and to make post office orders pay able to Desmond G. Fitzgerald, Esq., the Hon. Secretary, at the offices of the Committee, 7, Princes-street, Cavendish • Square, W. Subscriptions may also be paid to authorised Collectors, who will each be furnished with a book of stamped receipts, countersigned by two of the Committee, and by the Secretary- A receipt will be given by the collectors for every sub scription, in addition to which a printed acknowledgment will be forwarded from the office within three days. Sub scribers failing to receive such acknowledgment will much oblige by immediately communicating with the Committee. DESMOND G. FITZGERALD, Hon. Sec. August 14, 1861. THE NATION'S GIFT to the BRITISH r Tyr T VOLUNTEERS. Ladies and gentlemen desirous of forwarding this great national project, by forming Local Committees for the col lection of subscriptions or otherwise, are respectfully requested to communicate with the Committee, at their °l leeß, 7, Princes -street, Cavendish-square, \V. DESMOND G. FITZGERALD, Hon. Sec. August 14, 1861. GENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY. Incorporated by Act of Parliament. 71, Lombard-street, London. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the HALF ,EARLY GENERAL MEETING of the PROPRIETORS of this COMPANY wi 1 be held, at the Company's offices, 7 ! , Lombard -street, on TUESDAY, the 27th inst., at Two clock precisely, pursuant to the Act of Parliament, to trans act the usual bnsiness and to declare the dividend for the half-year ending the 30th June, 1861. MARTIN PRATT, Secretary. London, August 2, 1861. THE COMMERCIAL UNION FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY. (Registered provisionally, and intended to be incorporated under the statute 7 and 8 V ict., cap. 110.) CaAtal, £2,500,000, in 30,000 shares of £5O each, of which it is intended to call up only £5 per share. Preliminary deposit, .£1 per share on application, and £1 upon allotment. PROVISIONAL DIRECTORS. Wm. -" Peck, Esq. (Peek Bothers and Co.), Chairman. ftryTrcwer, - Esq:(Trowerst and r Lawson),Deptttr-Chnirman. Charles Curling (Charles Curling and Co.) Edwin Fox, li.sq. (Halliday, Fox, and Co). Ghinn, Eqq., late of Victoria, 39, Eaton-square. ehemiah Griffiths, Esq. (N. Griffiths, Tate, and Fisher). Samuel Hanson, Esq. (Samuel Hanson and Son). George Harker, Esq. (G. Harker and Co.) Frederick William Harris, Esq. (Dixon, Harris, and Ainger). ~,Struith Harrison, Esq. (Harrisons and Crosfield). - "arid Hart, Esq. (Lemon Hart and Son). Francis Hicks, Esq. (Thomas and Francis Hicks). John Hodgson, Esq. (Grant, Hodgson, and Co.) John Humphery, jun., Esq. (Humphery and Son). Noss Joshua. Esq. (Joshua Brothers and Co.) William Leask, sq., Eastcheap. William Lee, Esq., M.P. (Lee, Son, and Smith.) kr. Sheriff Lusk (A. Lusk and Co.) John Robert Thomson, jun., (J. R. Thomson and Co.) Joseph Underwood, Esq. (Hills and Underwood.) John Kemp Welch. Esq. (Orlando Jones and Co.) (With power to add to their number.) BANKERS. The London and County rank. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Marten, Thomas, and Hollams, Mincing-lane. 'BROKER. George E. Seymour, sq., 38, Th - ogTnorton-street. TEMPORARY OFFICES. 34, Gracechurch-street, E.C. PROSPECTUS. The Committee of Merchants, Brokers, and others appoin ted at a Public Meeting, held at the Mansion House, on the 25th July, 1861, to consult with the combined Fire Insurance Offices relative to the re-adjustment of their greatly increased rates of insurance, have decided upon the establishment of an Independent Company. Powerful support has been already obtained from the vari ous interests represented at that Meeting, and a Provisional isoard has been formed from leading commercial h uses, and others, who, by their influence and extensive connections, at °nee secure to thi4 Company a large amount of profitable business. The first principles of the Company will be the establish ment of an equitable classification of risks, as regards both Inerchandise and Warehouses, and more liberal arrangements than are now obtainable upon Floating and Short-time Poli cies. A Scale of Rates will be adopted which, while fully re munerative, shall be sufficiently moderate to encourage a universal habit of insurance. It is intended to reserve a Per-centage of Profits for perio dical division amongst Insurers. The Company will undertake the Insurance of Houses and their contents at equitable rates, this class of business having l ong proved a large source of profit to the existing offices. The Company will be strictly independent in its operations, and, in pursuance of the comprehensive principle on which the Board has been constituted, will address itself to every Class of Insurers. The principle of Limited Liability will be extended to all Insurances effected with the Company, by the introduction of the usual clause limiting the amount of each Shareholder's r eSPOnsibility. Power will be taken in the Deed of Settlement (with the Consent of a Meeting of Shareholders) to extend the opera tions of the Company . to Life and Marine business, should it hereafter be thought desirable to do so. It is intended to call up £5 per Share only, of' which a de- Posit of £1 will be paid on application, £1 on allotment, and £1 at intervals of three, six, and nine months. • Prospectuses and Forms of Application for Shares may be obtained of George E. Seymour, Esq., 38, Throgmorton-street, the Broker of the Company ; or of the Solicitors ; or at the Temporary Offices of the Company. A deposit of £1 upon each Share applied for must be paid to the Company'4 Bankers previously to the Application being sent in. This sum will be returned if no allotment is made to the applicant. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Provisional Directors of the Commercial Union Fire Insurance Company. Gentlemen,--13..hyr paid to your bankers the som of I hereby request you to allot me Shares of £5O --acu in the Commercial Union Fire Insurance Company, and tbe t rby agree to accept such Shares, or any smaller number. that may be allotted to me ; and to pay the further sum of £1 per Share upon allotment, and to sign the Deed of ziettle xnent of the Company when required. I am, Gentlemen, Name in full Address in full Date Received the 1861, on account of the Provisional Directors of the Commercial Union Fire Insurance Company, from the sum of being the deposit made In accordance with the terms of the Prospectus on an application for an allotment of Shares in the undei - taking. RIIPTURES.—BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. -I AT HITE'S MOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (PERFECTED AND EXHIBITED IN THE GREAT EXHIBITION OF 1851), is allowed by upwards of Two Hundred Medical Gentlemen to he the most effective invention in the curative treatment of ii ERN I A. The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its , ffects, 1 5 here avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the ~..11.bcdy, while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the 'oc-Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease and closeness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn during sleep. A descriptive circular may be had,' and the truss, which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the cir eninference of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manufacturer, Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly. A Single Truss, 165., 215., 265. 6d., and 31s. 6d. Postage, is. Double Truss, 31s. 6d., 425., and 525. 6d. Postage, is Bcl. 4111 Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6€l. Postage, is. 10d. ..Post-office Orders to be made payable to Jolm White, Post cluice, )LASTIC STOCKINGS, KNEE-CAPS, &c., for , Varicose Veins and all cases of Weakness and Swelling of 'Be Legs, Sprains, &c. They are porous, light in texture, b and inexpensive, and are drawn on like an ordinary stocking. rice 4s. 6d., 7s. 6d., 105.,_ and 16s. each. Postage 6d. JOHN WHITE, ➢lanufacturor, 228,-Piccadilly. OLUNTEERS.—RIFLE PRACTICE at the SCHOOL of MUSKETRY, HYTHE.—Messrs. SOLO SONS' new WAISTCOAT - POCKET RIFLE GLASSES ~.1 1a Ying been sent to the above school to be tested, they have rceeived a te4imonial stating it is the only glass suited to 'Hat purpose showin at long ranges the shotmarks upon the farm with the greatest clearness. They also serve every . 13 orpose on the Racecourse and at the Op era House. Country rßnery and ships are clearly seen at 10 to 12 miles. Her Ma "ePtY's Coastguards are making use of them as day and night tiasses. Their powerful telescopes, 3 4 inches. with an astro ornical eyepiece, will show distinctly Jupiter's moons, Sa turn's rings, and the double stars; with the s a m e telesco p e a „ ,„, i ' r ,s o n can be seen and known 34 and an object fro m 14 to 16 ,Tes. In endless variety with increasing powers. 39, Albe arle-street, Piccadilly, London. SIGHT and HEARING being s y mpathetically connected, Messrs. SOLOMONS having a thorough ^ Bowledge of the anatomy of the eye and ear, and, after the "Perience and extensive practice of 40 Deaf years, have invented al instrument for extreme cases of n, the j VIIND MAGNIFIER, Organic Vibrator, ess and called Invisible °lee Conductor. It fits into the earnot perceptible ; the un pleasant sensation of singing noises in the head is entirely removed. It affords immediate relief to deaf persons, and' fables them to hear distinctly at church, &c. They have also constructed TINTED SPECTACLE LENSES of the Veatest transparent brilliancy. The advantage derived is that vision impaired is prFserved and strengthened; very r . i oute IRed persons aretio enabd to employ their sight at the most occupan can t e see with them of much less magnify itg Power, and do not require the frequent changes to more Werful assistance. 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. I)ISSOLVING VIEWS & MAGIC LANTERNS lent out, and sent into the country, with the option to t i rehase. Messrs. SOLOMONS' improved Phantasmagoria a.. snter us being arranged with their beautiful light, which d 'iu*Dasses any other, a clear disc is obtained from 6 to 20 feet aineter. Slides in great variety, viz., Pilgrim's Progress, r e • Their new k i llickshank's Bottle,Missionary Sketch of American Life, Instrument is one of the es most amusing and it'tructive ever brought out. It illustrates the motion of Planets, and many instructive laughable effects. ''curers and schools supplied at reduced prices. Scientific Instrument Makers, 39, Albemarle-street. Piccadilly. W. ekers of the new Government Barometer to tell the weather '5 13 before hand. 4 . GREAT MARLBOROUGH-STREET, W., NEAR THE PANTHEON. 1)1/ CUTNERWELL, Member of the Royal tb„„ College of Surgeons, Licentiate of Midwifery, and Apo- Hall, London, can be consulted daily (only) as /. 011 0 , on all cases of Nervous Debility, Languor, Incapacity , of b o ' of Memory, Sterility, and all Functicnal Derangem ents etuleh, Sexes, emanating from early and excessive indul- l in Just published, price Is. ;" by post, 11 stamps; 18 sealed, No. 4, An entire new and original Work, entitled OURSELVES. -.. , M0PP10: The Physiology and Anatomy of our Generation A I,% e Otigin of Disease —Symptoms, Treatment, and Cure. - and M '" exposition of. and Remedy for, all Urinary Derange- The Marita l Disqualifications, MALE. trio s Inodern treatment of Syphilis, Stricture. Blennorrhagi a Vie iy,, f l2. „ ll cea), Spermaterrimea, Impotency, and all Diseases of - 'arY Organs, with Prescriptions, &a.. The 1,. FEMALE. re, u , ilYaiolog - v and Anatomy of Women--Functional Ir tielatities in 'ffealth and Sickness—Choice in Marriage_ 4 . 11 , 111 ' , Pectancies and Disappointments—The Cause and 'tun oi Sterility—The Theory and Symptoms of Gests se 01 the Speculum. Also, No. 1. 1 .) HAPPLNESS, and LONGEVITY; eu ultY, Nervousness, Dyspepsia, and Indigestion, No. 2. ?b elt ii 3 OVE AND MARRIAGE : nd otiZ bli gations, Happiness and Disappointments ; Love Frit, . 1 ' tlvßTatoheis b f terility Removed, and Healthy Off " 'eaed.' No.l. TilE CASE BOOK': Th eip „ 100 Cues of SPERTiTATORRH ( EA9 8 an d Cur e "u,eg. SYmptome, and Treatment, Confession 4,.„c1b.,,3' e:TlT:tat-lone Galvanim &o. kc. Mann, 39, Corinth': and the Authors. r' oo to the Workinc, Classes fee Half-a-Guinea. (spEctaf, NOTICE.) H o t - Culverwell is the only legally qualified medical praeti 444elliVing Of that name, and can be consulted (only as DR. CITRTIS' MEDICAL WORK, MANHOOD: 7,TEDTCAL ESSAY ON SPERMATORRHCE A, NERVOUS AND GENERATIVE DEBILITY, Jim lust Published, the 150th thousand, with numerous plates, in a sealed envelope, price le., Sold by all Booksellers, and sent post paid, by the Author, for 12 stamps, 1/ ANHOOD: the CAUSE and CURE of PRE '!I MATURE DECLINE IN MAN, with Plain Directions for Perfect Restoration to Health and Vigour. By Dr. J. L. CURTIS, 15, Albermarle-street, Piccadilly, London. - :..`_ _ di. : -_.,___, N°. 21,567. PUBLICATIONS. S4TATE OF THE CROPS.- ki THE GARDENERS' CHRONICE AND AGRICUL TURAL GAZETTE of Saturday, August 17, will contain a Full Report of the State of the Crops throughout the coun try. Order of any Newsvander. A single copy sent on re ceipt of six stamps. Office fo r Ad ver ti semen t s, 41, Welling ton-street, Covent-garden, W.C. THE PRESENT DISTRESS IN TRADE fully explained in J. GROSSMITII'S J. " GOVERNMENT UPON FIRST PRINCIPLES." The cause is there Predicated of the monetary difficulties ex perienced in 1860. The Crisis is at hand. Anxiety in bus ness has now become the grim torture. Purity of motive, intelligently exercised, must animate all Governments, or all is lost, All denominations of Constitutions are carefully examined in J. Grossmith's "Government upon First Prin ciples." Kent and Co., late Piper and Co., Paternoster-row. Just published, price 25., free by post, 2s. 4d., ON SPERMATORRIIMA. By F. B. COURTENAY, M.R.C.S.E., And formerly Surgeon to the Metropolitan Infirmary for the Cure of Strictures of the Urethra. " The aim of the author is to present a common-sense view of the Causes, Nature, Consequences, and Treatment of this Disease, as also to free these questions from the Professional Fallacies, the Popular Delusions, and the exaggerations of Quackery by which they have hitherto been surrounded, to the destruction of the health and happiness of thousands. These objects are discussed in a common-sense and highly practical manner."—Medical Circular. London : H. Bailliere, 219, Regent-street:. r RADICAL CURES BY ELECTRICITY. Just published. Sire., of 300 pages, price ls. 6d., IXTRACTS FROM DR. CAPLIN'S CASE BOOK. Containing the Demonstration of his System. In Opposition to the Usual Mode of Practice, with the Ra tionale of Fifty-six Cases.—To be had at H. Bailliere's, 219, Regent-street, and at the Author's Electro-Chemical Bath Establishment, 9, York-place, Baker-street, London, PROMENADE CONCERTS, COVENT GARDEN.—"PIaygoers sup at Evans'."—Athenaeum. INTATTONAL ASSEMBLY ROOMS, High Holborn.—This brilliant and favourite Ball Room IS NOW OPENED FOR THE SEASON. During the recess the entire building has been re-decorated, and many important additions and alterations effected conducive to the comfort of the visitors. The celebrated Band, under the able direction of Mr. W. M. Packer, will perform Over tures and Selections from the latest Operas, &c., with the newest and choicest dance music. New Selections from the Rose of Castille, Der Frieschutz, Robin Hood, Un Ballo in Maschera, La Refine Topaz. La Circassienne (never per formed in England), La Sanciniere, Redowa, New Champagne Galop, &c.—Doors open at half-past B.—Admission, is. ROYAL NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTITU TION.—The AID of the public is earnestly solicited to enable the Institution to continue the maintenance of its 108 Lifeboat Establishments in a state of efficiency. Bankers—Messrs. Willis and Co., Coutts and Co., Herries and Co. Secretary—Mr. Richard Lewis, 14, John-street, Adelphi. R OYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road. Patron—Her Majesty the QUEEN. President—His Grace the Duke of Buccleuch, Treasurer—Edward Masterman, Esq. 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 avail 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. IMPORTANT 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 31bs., at the cost of 5d., mixed with a peck of chopped hay, is a feed for a draught horse, and superior in every respect to three quartems of oats, costing 74d. 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 1/ cwt., may be had for 305., at 77, Newgate-street, City, or of any of my accredited Agents in the country. THORLEY'S CONDIMENTAL FOOD -I- (mixed with crushed Oats, &c.) for Dry 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 443 feeds, with measure Inclosed, and carriage paid to any railway station in the ingdom. rHORLEY for My pi gs . 40s. per barrel. THORT,EY'S GLEANER is Published every Monday in time for post, 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. ~,,lAUCE.-LEA AND PERRINS KJ beg to caution the Public against Spurious Imitations of their world-renowed WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE. Purchasers should ASK FOR LEA AND PERRINS' SAUCE, Pronounced by Connoisseurs to be "THE ONLY GOOD SAUCE." *** Sold Wholesale and for Export, by the Proprietors, Worcester; Me , Frs. CROSSE and. BLACKWELL, London, &c., and by Grocers and Oilmen universally. 8, GROSVENOR-STREET, GROSVENOR-SQUARE.- ALL CONSULTATIONS FREE. ARTIFICIAL TEETH on a NEW and XIM PROVED PRINCIPLE, at TEN SHILLINGS EACH TOOTH (including all charges.) Mr. ESKIiLL'S PATE %TED INVENTION (protected by her Majesty's Royal Seal, July, 1860), for adapting . Arti ficial Teeth from one to a complete set, by Self-Adhesion, are fixed without springs or fastening, without pain or ex traction, restore perfect articulation and mastication, ren dering detection impossible, and last a lit ntime. "Unrivalled for its utilityand economy."—Horning Post. "An admirable contrivance for rethedying the defects of nature, without requiring new sets of teeth."—Sun. Decayed Teeth Stopped, Loose Teeth Fastened, Discoloured Teeth Restored, &c. Constant Daily Attance at 8, Grosvenor street, Grosvernor-square, London •; Old Steine, Brighton• ; Bennett's-hill, Birmingham GIVEN AWAY TO NERVOUS S UFFERERS. HENRY SMITH. M.D., of the Unive r sity of Jena, has just published, for the benefit of Nervous Sufferers, 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 to Society, Spermatorrhcea, Local Weakness, Muscular Re laxation, Languor, Listlessness, Depression, &c., which, if neglected, result in consumption, insanity, and premature death ; 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 and two stamps. Address, HENRY SMITH, M.D., 8, Burton ,.rescent, Tavistock-square, London, W.C. T HE 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 four 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. Ricord's Essence of Life is sold in cases, with full in structions for use, at lls., 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). (Entered at Stationers' lialL) CONTENTS: INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER on the Physiological Structure and Functions of the Reproductive Organs. CHAPTER ll.—Causes of Sperinatorrhcca and Impotence; Early Vicious Indulgences; Dangers of Neglect. CHAPTER Review of the various Disqualifications of 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 Gonorrhea and Syphilis. The Book concludes with numerous varied and interesting sees, to which is added the Author's recipe of a preventive Lotion. REVIEWS OF THE WORK. "Curtis on Manhood.—This is a truly valuable work, and should be in the hand s o f y oung an d old."—" Sunday Times," 23d March, 1856. "The author has conferred a great boon by publishing this little work, in which is described the source of those diseases which produce decline in youth or more frequently premature old age."—" Daily Telegraph," March 27, 1856. This work, which for twenty years has stood the test of professional criticism and empirical hostility, treats in aplain and sympathising manner on the various disqualifications and impediments arising from nervous excitement and de • bility ; and to invalids suffering from youthful errors and excesses it will be found valuable and useful."—Record. London : Publishefty J. Allen, 20, Warwick Lane, Pater nostelBll•ow ; Mann, 39, Cornhill. HMO Qt Consultation-10 to 3 and 6to 8 LStuiday% 1Q till Z. - 4‘ i . • • . • • ' r . N ' . ... / 4 A ~ 4,i i ~........ , _A 4 . , -4, . a ir • lltd t . 4 „ ..4.,,,,,,„114,;4_,.10..„ ..„......„. ,_ i......, ~.........,..„,... , 40 -.?... 4A1 , *‘*'/,.. f .l 'ft i liW, _ '.- Mk ''''''''' ce: .' - -,-,. .0 , .. /".- -- -,r, mnrlV •:to ..t \ll . - ."r • 0 ",,,,- 0- • 44 , _ .---.' g „ ' i --- -,4 k ,-,1 /: 7 , ~,...,,„, i o ..,,,,,„: -I.FICITT. ''''' • re 4 -, ?,,i,.. • r, . - ~.. '/' ,ti,..i "\ .' '' II I '4._-• '' , ' , .S - - ..:70 f - '. l' B,;'* - L .. . . :„.... - 666. , A,A, airF -4-N+ THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 15, 1861. THE BANS ACT AND THE CURRENCY QUESTION. The following petition was presented to the House of Commons at their last sitting on Tuesday, Aug. 6, by the Right Hon. the President of the Board of Trade, and has since been printed for the use of the members. It is an elaborate but con densed summary of the whole currency question, emanating from the Bank Act and Currency Com mittee in Birchin-lane. It bears but few signatures, but amongst them are those of some of the most influential firms in the City : TO THE HON. THE COMMONS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND IN PARLIAMENT ASSEM- BLED, The humble Petition of the undersigned Merchants and Traders of the City of London showeth 1. That frequent and extreme fluctuations in the value of money and the prices of commodities are most injurious to trade and commerce, and inimical to the progress and gene ral prosperity of tl.e people. 2. That for the space of 140 years previous to the passing of the Bank Act of 1844 variations in the Bank rate of discount were of rare occurrence, and the rate never fell below 4 pea cent., and never (except once in 1839) rose above 5 per cent,, and this necessarily tended to produce steadiness and equability in the value of money. But since the passing of that act fluctuations have been more frequent and more extreme than were ever known before. No less than 79 changes have occurred within the space of 17 years, and the minimum rate has varied from 2 per cent. to 10 per cent. (being a difference of 500 per cent.), and has sometimes varied more than once during the same week. 3. Your petitioners believe and submit that these fluctua tions are the direct and inevitable results of futile and vici ous attempts by legislative measures to erect a fictitious s) stem of currency upon a false basis, and by a series of artificial regulations and restrictions to render cenformable to natural laws operations which in the nature of things must ever be in perpetual conflict with them. 4. That, contrary to every sound principle of political and financial economy, our currency is made dependent upon the bank note issues of a mere banking corporation, which is already burdened with the collection of the public re venue and the payment of the public creditor, besides being encumbered by the onerous responsibilities of a bank of de posit and a bank of discount ; and the circulation is there fore complicated with the banking operations of its issuers, in addition to the speculative or trading operations of the bullion dealers and bankers of this and other countries. 5. That the whole of such bank note issues are profes sedly based upon and payable in gold on demand, but the larger portion of them are in reality not based upon gold but are issued against a series of unmarketable Government securities, which the Government has no gold to redeem if required, and which the Bank could not sell if it were neces sary; and the convertibility of such notes can, therefore, be secured only by unnatural and oppressive restrictions and artificial regulations imposed by Act of Parliament. Bat for that 14 millions of notes which there is no gold to meet, there would have been no necessity for the Act of 1844. 6. That the avowed objects of the promoters of the act of 1844 were to diminish fluctuations in the value of money and in the prices of commodities, to prevent monetary panics, and to ensure the absolute convertibility of the really inconvertible bank note. And these objects were to be effected "by regulating the Bank issues according to the foreign exchanges," and "by compelling the circulation to contract in the event of unfavourable exchanges, precisely in the same manner as a purely metallic circulation would have contracted." 7. That the lamentable failure of that act as regards its primary objects, stands recorded in the proceedings of your honourable house, in the evidence reported by its commit tees, and in the acts of indemnity which have been rendered necessary by the repeated abrogation, on the part of the executive government, of its most essential provisions. 8. That the convertibility of the Bank note has been se- , cured only at a fearful cost to the country—the circulation, though violently acted upon, in order to adapt it to the state of the foreign exchanges, has not been regulated in accord ance therewith. And the attempt to compel the circulation, which during prosperity is inflated by the expansive power of paper, to contract during adversity, according to the law of gold, is founded upon a principle which your petitioners submit is unsound in theory and ruinous in practice. 9. When credit is good and the rate of discount low the circulation becomes unduly inflated with Bank notes ; and money being abundant ; pr_ces rise, and as prices rise at home in our favour they rise against us abroad ; and as more paper is issued pekes continue to rise, and our profits, purchases, and accumulations at paper-made' prices go on increasing, until in the plenitude of our wealth and abun dance the investments we have made in foreign loans, funds, and securities, and other importations in extravagant excess of our exportations turn tie exchanges against us. And then the prices created and the debts contracted in a paper currency mnst be paid and discharged in gold, and we have not gold sufficient. 10. That adverse exchanges, and the consequent drains of gold have the natural tendency, by contracting the cir culation, to reduce the prices of commodities, and the act of 1844 appears to have been specially designed and con trived to accelerate and exaggerate that reduction by en forced advances in the Bank rate of discount, making money (both gold. and bank notes) dear to the British trader, because British gold happens to be cheap to the foreigner ; the object contemplated and desired, and the end effected being to compel British manufacturers and traders to force sales of their commodities at reduced prices, in order that the foreigner may be tempted to bring back the gold to purchase them. 11. Your petitioners respectfully submit that the object of the legislature, if under such circumstances it intermed dles at all, should be to retard and moderate that reduction of prices until the pressure shall be reduced or obviated and the exchange be rectified by the operation of other and more natural means, and that the adoption of the contrary prin ciple as the basis of legislation has the direct tendency to produce the frequent extreme and ruinous fluctuations and panics which the act was professedly intended to prevent. 12. That the effect of these fluctuations upon trade and commerce has been disastrous in the extreme, every dram of gold, to the extent of a few millions only, and from what ever cause arising, whether from an adverse balance of trade, wars, or rumours of war on the Continent, foreign loans, or the speculative operations of foreign banks or bul lion dealers, being met by successive advances from time to time in the Bank rate of discount, and a consequent depre ciation in the values of mercantile commodities and securi ties, to the extent of hundreds of millions, involving bank ruptcy and ruin to great numbers of otherwise solvent manufacturers and traders, a diminution of employment to the artisan and labourer, and a reduction of their wages, and resulting in a degree of poverty and privation, speculation and demoralisation in the mercantile and manufacturing communities, affecting more or less the wellbeing of millions of the people. 13. Your petitioners submit that the creation of currency, or in other words the conversion of an adequate proportion of the capital of the country into portable and convenient media of exchange for the transfer and circulation of the remainder, ought to be free, and that if free the currency would regulate itself in accordance with the natural law of supply and demand, and the requirements of trade and taxation. 14. That the whole of our currency, being based upon or convertible into gold, is subject to those natural laws which govern the distribution of the precious metals throughout the world, and any legislative restriction upon the acquisi tion of gold is in direct contravention of those laws. 15. That the law which compels the Bank of England, as the issuer of the currency, to take in exchange all gold that may be brought to it at £3 17s. 9d., and to pay all gold that may be demanded from it at £3 17s. 101 d -, virtually fixes the exchangeable value or price of that metal, and de prives it of its just marketable value, and thereby renders it unnaturally cheap in this country whenever its market price rises above our fixed price in any other country in the world. 16. Whenever, therefore, from any cause whatever, the market price of gold rises in other countries above its fixed price here, it must, in accordance with the natural law, depart from the country where it is cheap to the country where it is dear, the profit derivable upon the transit ope rating as a bounLy upon its exportation. And all past ex perience proves that so long as that profit can be realised no law can prevent its exportation. 17. It is a principle in political economy that anincrease in the value of the commodities produced or consumed in any country will necessitate a commensurate increase in the quantity of the money of that country to circulate and ex change them. And in like manner any increase in the value of the commodities produced and exchanged amongst seve ral countries will require a commensurate increase in the quantity of the money common to all of them, to effect the circulation and exchange of such commodities. 18. That as in the former case those individuals who bought more than they sold would require more money to give in exchange for the commodities they consumed so in the latter case that country which imports more than it exports will require more of the universal money to give in exchange for the excess of its imports, and will there fore require unrestricted freedom in obtaining gold, the raw material of that money. 19. That the home trade and the foreign commerce of this country have enormously increased since the passing of the act of 1844, and such increase rendered necessary a proportionate increase in the currency and of the metallic basis on which it rests, but no such increase has been pro vided for. The fixed issues of the Bank of England remain the same; the fixed issues of the country banks remain about the same, with a tendency to diminution, but no power to increase; and the price or exchangeable value of gold, the only source of increase possible, still remains vir tually fixed by the act of Parliament. 20. That such increase of trade and commerce under such circumstances has been rendered possibly only by an exag gerated multiplication of bills of exchange, cheques, and notes, by greatly increased banking operations, and by the extraordinary facilities for economising the currency afforded by the Bankers' Clearing -house. And so far as re gards the home or inland trade these aids and appliances may have proved sufficient; but even as regards the home trade, only so long as the basis on which the whole of them rest shall not be unduly contracted by the exigent demands of our foreign commerce for gold. 21. That the increase of our foreign commerce required a commensurate increase in the quantity of gold to enable us to balance the foreign exchanges when unfavourable, and to sustain without inconvenience the more frequent and heavier drains of gold arising therefrom—but the price of gold remaining fixed here, and having a tendency to rise in other countries, there has been no possibility of our obtain ing such increase, or of retaining it (notwithstanding the enormous influx of gold from Australia and California), nor any means of supplying the deficiency by such substitutes as bills of exchange, &c., afford in the caso of our inland trade. Hence the total derangement of both foreign and inland trade whenever foreign commerce requires gold. 22. Gold, like water, will find its own level ; and it is clear that when gold is flowing from us it cannot at the same time be flowing to us; and mir main resource therefore in a period of pressure must be the diminished and diminishing stock on hand at the time of its commencement. And the of tix of that gold can only be arrested by reducing the values of all mercantile commodities from the paper or bank-note prices on the basis of which they were created, down to and below the barter level of gold, and that involves ruin to the indus trious manufacturer for the enrichment of the banker and capitalist; and that is the operation and effect of the Bank Act of 1844. Your petitioners therefore humbly pray that your honour able house will be pleased to institute further inquiry. 1. As to the principles and operation of the Bank Act of 1844, and especially with reference to the adequacy of its provisions for the great increase of trade and commerce since the passing of that act. 2. Whether it is expedient that the issue and manage ment of the currency shou'd continue to be dependent upon or complicated with the business of a banking corporation, or should be transferred to_some responsible minister of the crown. 3. Whether the 14 millions of Bank notes now issued against Government securities should not, if still made pay able in gold on demand, have gold provided to meet them on demand ; or, if not, whether such notes should not be rendered inconvertible ? 4. Whether it be not necessary, and whether by some means the manager of the currency cannot be enabled to command and maintain larger reserves of gold to meet the possible eventualities of a largely increased and still in creasing foreign commerce ? 5. And generally, whether such a system may not be adopted as will permit of the more natural expansion and contraction of the currency with the increase and diminu tion of trade; and of its self-regulation, according to the laws of supply and demand. Or that your honourable house will be pleased to take such other proceedings herein as to your honourable house may seem meet. And your petitioners, as in duty bound, will ever pray, &c. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. READING RACES.-WEDNESDAY. The King's Meadow Stakes (Handicap) of 5 sous each, with 30 added ; winners extra. One mile and a quarter. 10 subs. Mr. Mellish's Gaylad, 4 yrs, 7st (11 Grimshaw) 1 Mr. J. Dawson's Misty Morn, 6 yrs, Bst 71b (G. Fot dham) 2 Mr. Bell's c by Kingston—Gloom, 3 yrs, 64 71b Grimshaw) 3 Mr. Jackson's Jackal, 3 yrs, 6st 41b (Hardcastle) 4 The following also ran :—Doncaster, Scent, Shepherdess, Cheesecake, Don John, and Clotilde colt. Betting--3 to 1 agst Misty Morn, sto 1 agst Cheesecake, 7 to 1 each agst Gaylad, Doncaster, and the Gloom colt. They kept pretty close order to the distance, where Gay lad, Misty Morn, and the Gloom colt came out, and had the finish to themselves, Gaylad winning on the post by a short head, four lengths separating the second from the third, and a head only between third and fourth ; the others were scattered. The Abbey Stakes of 10 sovs each, with 50 added ; for two yr olds; colts, Bst 101 b; fillies, Bst Glb; winners extra. Three-quarters of a mile. 7 subs. Mr. Merry's The Knave, Bst 101 b (Custance) 1 Col. Towneley's Imperatrice, Bst Glb (J. Snowden) 2 Lord Stamford's Blackcock, Bst 131 b (in. 31b extra) (A. Fivnch) 3 Mr. R. Law's Incitatus, Bst 101 b (G. Fordham) 4 Mr. J. Clark's Bloodhound, Bst 101 b (H. Grimshaw) 5 Betting-3 to lon The Knave, Bto 1 bar ono (off). After a slight delay a good start was effected, Imperatrice for a few strides taking the lead, when she was eased, and both Incitatus and Blackcock passed her, The Knave and Bloodhound lying off. In this order they ran on to the dis tance, where Incitatus and Blackcock were beaten, and Im peratrice with the Knave took their places; opposite the stand the two were neck and neck, Custance then gave the; favourite a shake and sent him in a clever winner by a neck ; three lengths separating Imperatrice and Blackcock Incitatus was a bad fourth, Bloodhound was last, beaten off. The Berkshire Stakes (Handicap), of 20 sovs each, with 200 added, the owner of the second horse to receive 50 sous out of the stakes; winners extra. About two . _ miles. 23 subs. Mr. Saxon's Bally-Edmond, 3 yrs, sst 1.01 b.. (Midgeley) 1 Mr. Lincoln's The Lawyer, 3 yrs, 7st 111 b (in 71b ex) (G. Fordham) 2 Mr. Merrifield's Conscript, 4 y rs, 6st The following also ran : — Pixie, Weatherbound, Bevis, Fitz-Avon, and Paul Clifford. Betting-5 to 2 agst Tho Lawyer, sto 1 each agst Con script and Bally-Edmond, 7 to 1 agst Weatherbound, and 12 to 1 agst Pixie. The Lawyer, following up his Wolverhampton tactics, went to the front, and carried on the running at a good pace, having Bally-Edmond close at his girths, Weatherbound third, Conscript fourth, Bevis fifth, Pixie, Fitz-Avon, and Paul Clifford bringing up the rear. No change occurred until after rounding the turn into the straight, when Bally- Edmond took close order with the favourite, and the two came on side by side, Bally-Edmond winning easily by half a length; Conscript finished a bad third ; Pixie (who ran the he wrongha Paul Clifford were pulled up a n d did not pass t h e post . T ) Stakesfirkfth'Weatherbound, Bevis, and of 5 sovs each, with 30 Eastm side pste of ad a po Park added, for 3.-yr-olds and upwArds, mares and geldings allowed 3113 ; winners extra. One mile and a half. Mr. E. Brayley's Sycophant, 3 yrs, 63t 111 b.. (J. Daley) 1 Mr. S. Jacob's Amsterdam, 6 yrs, 9st 51b (in 31b ex) (T. Johnson 2 Mr. Bell's Gloom colt, 3 yrs, Est 1 Ilb%. (H. Grimshaw) ) 3 Mr. J. Jervis's Don John, 3 yrs, 7st (J. Reeves) 4 Mr. J. N. Brown's Medusa, 3 yrs, Est 81b .... (Parsons) 5 Gaylad and Vesper also ran. Betting-2 to 1 agst Sycophant, sto 2 agst Asterdam, and 6 to 1 apt any other offered. The favourite made nearly all the running, and won easily by five lengths; a bad third; neither Gaylad nor Vesper passed the post. The Ladies' Plate of 25 sovs, added to a sweepstakes of 3 sovs each, for 2-yr-olds and upwards, weight for age ; mares and geldings allowed 31b. Selling allowances. • Straight five furlongs. Mr. Parry's Memo, 3 yrs, 7st 51b (£.50)„,. (J. Snowden) 1 Mr. Hare's Eheu, 4 yrs, Bst 31b (£50)..„„ (G. Fordham):t Lord Coventry's Antwerp, 3 yrs, 7st 81b (L5O) (W. Bottom) t Lord St. Vincent's Draghound, 2 yrs, sst 101 b :(£SO) (Mid le t Mr. Marshall's Montebello, 2 yrs, sst 121 b (£5O) (Parsons) 5 The following also ran :—Reporter, England's Beauty f, British Grenadier, Midnight, and Isis f. Betting-6 to son Antwerp, 4to 1 agst Draghonnd, 7 to 1 agst Eheu, 10 to 1 agst Reporter, 100 to 6 agst Memo. _ _ _ _ Memo jumped off with a good lead, which ha held to the distance, when he was joined by Eheu, Antwerp, and Draghound ; an exciting finish with the four ensued. Memo, running the longest, won by a head, a dead heat with the next three for second place. Montebello was fifth. The others tailed off. The winner was sold to Mr. Lincoln for 200 guineas. (Handicap) of 100 sous, for two-yr _ noeldsN;uwrsienrzylersex Plate extra. Straight run in, about seven fur- longs. Mr. York's The Principal, Est 41b. ......... (Whiteley) 1 Mr. R. Ten Broeck's Annette, 6st 71b (car Est 81b) (H. Grimshaw) 2 Mr. G. Simpson's Hariole, 7st 91 b........ (A. Edwards) 3 The following also ran :—Repartee, Stella c, Silkstone, Turn of Luck, Pinkepoe, Strawberry Leaf, Dulcet, Grin doff, Scorpion, Snowdrop, and Harmony. Betting-7 to 4 agst Annette, 11 to 2 agst the Principal, 10 to 1 each agst Hariole and Repartee, 12 to 1 each agst Strawberry Leaf and the Snowdrop colt. After a long delay at the post, caused by the difficulty in getting certain horses together and the breaking away of Annette and the Principal, Hariole jumped off with the lead, Annette going on second, the Principal close up third, theSnowdropthe next lot, the rear being brought fore most rank neared the stand, shouts of " The favourite's up by Dulcet coltheading d Harmony. A s the beat" were raised, but she struggled on gamely to the end, and was beaten by a short head only ; four lengths between the second and third ; Repartee was fourth ; the others, whipped in by Harmony, beaten off, The Borough Plate of 25 sovs, added to a sweepstakes of 3 boys each; for 2-yr-olds and upwards; weights for age ; mares and geldings allowed 31b. Tho winner to be sold for £BO if demanded. Half a mile. Mr. R. Ten Broeek's Santa Claus, 2 yrs,6st 71b (car. 6st 81b) (H. Grimshaw) 1 Mr. Mellon's Seahorse, 2 yrs, 6st 71b .. (J. Reeves) 2 Mr. Hare's Little Gerard, aged, Bst 111 b.. (G. Fordham) 3 The following also ran :—Miss Woolgar filly, Letty Long, Chateau Leila°, Trineoinalee, and Don Giovanni. Betting-6 to 4 agst Little Gerard, 7to 2 agst Santa Claus, 5 to 1 agst Seahorse, 6 to 1 agst Letty Long: The running was made by Seahorse, to the Stand, where Santa Clatise headed him, and ran in an easy winner by a length and a half; Little Gerard finished three lengths be hind Seahorse; the Miss Woolgar filly was fourth; the others beaten off. Mr. Mellon claimed the winner, which goes into Reeves' stable. BETTING AT MANCHESTER. WEDNEsDAv. There is very little doing on future events. we saw nothing done on the St. Leger; and on the Ebor Handicap none but the favourites are mentioned. sto 1 was taken and offered against Virgilius, 9 to 1 was the taking price of Moorcock, and 12 to 1 was laid against Lady Trespass, but the highest offer at the close was 10 to 1 against her. After the result of the Berkshire Stakes was known, 20 to 1 was taken about Bally Edmond to some little money. Closing prices : ST. LEGER. 2to lon the field (offered, take sto 2) EBOR HANDICAP. sto 1 agst Virgilius (offered) 9to 1 agst Moorcock (taken) 12 to 1 agst Lady Trespass (taken) 12 to 1 agst Stockade (taken) 20 to 1 agst Bally Edmond (taken) THE RA VI. The Osborne paddle yacht, Master-Commander G. K. Bower, will leave Portsmouth this morning for Cowes, to convey from Osborne the Crown Prince and Princess of Prussia, with the Prince William and Princess Charlotte of Prussia and suite, to Ostend, en route for Berlin. Prince Oscar of Sweden and Norway arrived at Portsmouth yesterday morning, in the screw yacht Fairy, from Osborne. He visited the various points of interest within the yard. The Glasgow, 51-gun screw frigate was first visited, on coming from which he next went to the Sheer jetty, where the cele brated angulated target of Mr. Josiah Jones, of Li verpool, was receiving new plates, preparatory to its being tested with the Armstrong shunt gun. The Prince displayed the greatest interest in en deavouring to make himself thoroughly acquainted with recent experiments on plated vessels, and re quested Mr. Jones to communicate with him on his (the Prince's) return to Sweden. He said that Swe den also intended to have iron ships. The Board of Admiralty, at Portsmouth, yes terday morning landed on the west side of the harbour, and inspected the Royal Naval Hos pital at Hasler, the gunboat yard and slipway, and the Royal Clarence Victualling - yard. This morning, at 10 o'clock, his Grace the Duke of Somerset will hold a Levee at the Royal Naval Col lege, in the dockyard. Among the alterations sug gested to the minds of the Admiralty, or rather, perhaps, confirmed by their 1861 inspection of Ports mouth Dockyard, is the renewal of the work of Nos. 7 and 10 dock, so as to render the section of each alike. It is suggested that a "keel groove" should be cut in the floor of No. 7 to receive the keel of the Warrior. The folly of designing a dock of a certain depth of flooring, at a great expense, and then destroying any benefit that might be derived from that by the construction of inverts three feet above the level of the flooring, and the continuation of the united dock flooring at its original height, has been more than once pointed out in these columns. The Meteor floating battery, lying with her plates and planking stripped from her sides in No. 2 dock, has so struck their lordships by its dilapidated state that an order is expected to break her up and ap propriate the armour plate to some other purpose. A site for a Naval Cadets' College, to supersede the Britannia, is naturally receiving a large share of the attention of the Board. It must not be far from a dockyard, and we would venture to suggest that there is a piece of waste land the sea front of which has been strongly fortified, at a spot where an enemy would never land, forts or no forts, which would be contiguous to the seashore and but a short mile from Portsmouth Dockyard—St. Helen's-park, lying between Lumps Fort and Southsea Castle. On Tuesday evening the Lords of the Admiralty were entertained at dinner by Vice-Admiral Sir H. W. Bruce, Commanding in Chief at Portsmouth. Our Malta correspondent, under date of the 10th of August, announces the arrival that day of H.M.S. Marlborough, 131, Capt. W. H. Stewart, C. 8., from Spithead, Falmouth, Ferrol, and Gibraltar. Soon after her arrival signals were made for the Neptune and Liffey to prepare for sea immediately, and it was understood they would start on Tuesday, the 13th inst., for Naples. The Commander-in-Chief, on board the Marlborough, with one or two other ves sels, was to follow in a day or two. The Russian steam frigate Ilia Mau rometz and steam corvette Sokol left Malta on the morning of the 10th inst. for Gibraltar and Cronstadt. The steam frigates General Admiral (bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Shestakoff), and the Peleg, both of 74 guns, were to remain at Beyrout and the coast of Syria until the beginning of next summer, when they will re turn to Russia. The Gromoboi, of the same nation, was expected at Malta from Beyrout in about a week. The crew of the paddlewheel steamfrigate Valor ous, 16, Capt. W. C. Aldham, C. 8., at Devonport, were paid off yesterday in the presence of Admiral Superintendent Sir T. Pasley. The steamship Golden Fleece, 3,000 tons, Capt. George Western, from Quebec July 28 for London, with a general cargo and 22 passengers, has landed two here, and is gone up Channel. She spoke, on the Bth Aug., the ship Czar, of Greenock, 21 days from Quebec, all well; and on Tuesday, off Start Point, the Bremen bark Fanny Richardson, from New York for Bremen. Considerable progress has been made with the Valiant iron-cased steam frigate now building for the Government at the premises of Messrs. West wood, Baillie, and Campbell, London-yard, Isle of Dogs. She is a sister vessel to the Resistance, built by the same firm. The screw steamships Revenge, 89, Capt. C. Fel lowes, flag of Rear-Admiral R. Smart, K.H. ; Done gal, 99, Capt. S. Osborne, C. 8.; Conqueror, 99, Capt. E. S. Sotheby, C. 8.; and Centurion, 80, Capt. H. D. Rogers, C. 8., were under orders to leave Ply mouth Sound yesterday afternoon for Holyhead, where they will join the port division of the Chan nel fleet. Sir F. Nicolson, commodore superintendent of Woolwich dockyard, accompanied by Capt. the Hon. A. Cochiane, C. 8., yesterday steamed down to Greenhithe in the steam tender Princess Alice, and inspected the fittings of the Warrior. The Commo dore afterwards proceeded to an inspection of the steam battery Trusty, now lying off the Royal Ar senal, in order to ship her ammunition, preparatory to her forthcoming trial, at Shoeburyness, of Capt. Coles's revolving shield. THE ARMY. The Duke of Cambridge having decided on making Chatham a station for the Royal Artillery, under the new regulations for the reorganisation of that branch of the service, No. 4 battery of the 9th Brigade Field Artillery, stationed at Ath lone, and a portion of No. 8 battery, of the same brigade, new quartered at Newbridge, have been placed under order to proceed to Chatham as soon as the necessary accommodation has been pro vided for them at that garrison. The strength of No. 4 battery is 196 non-commissioned officers and men, and 98 horses, with the following ofcers— vi M. M. J. Mackay, Capt. G. B. Hum phrey, Lieuts. IL J. Palliser, W. Browne, and J . A. Campbell. The detachment selected from No. 8 battery will consist of 120 men of ail ranks and 54 horse, together with the undermentioned officers —viz,, Capts. 0. R. Stokes and S. T. Daubuz, Lieuts. F. A. Mant, H. W. Isacke, and P. F. Gall wey. The barracks at Warley, near Brentwood, having been transferred from the Indian to the home mili tary authorities, have been placed under the charge of Sir W. O'Malley, who is at present also fulfilling the duties of barrack master at Colchester. A de tachment of the sth Fusileers, about SO strong, un der the command of Capt. Fender, left Colchester on Tuesday to join the headquarters of the regi ment at Portsmouth. Capt. Ponder, however, re turns to Colchester. An artesian well is about to be commenced for the supply of the new cavalry barracks contemplated at Colchester. A party of Royal Artillerymen have placed three guns upon the martello tower at Shotley Paint, and it is expected that they will in a few days com mence practice. The redoubt at Harwich is under going reconstruction, and the guns are now all dis mounted. Her Majesty's steamer Megfera will embark a detachment of the 73d Regiment on the 15th inst., also about 300 naval supernumeraries. With these she will sail on the 16th for Plymouth, where she will disembark the troops and discharge the naval supernumeraries to H.M.S. Sanspareil for passage to the Mediterranean. On Monday she will embark the -61st Regt., and return with them to this port. In consequence of additional space having been obtained at Chatham Barracks for the officers and men belonging to the various East India depots, the whole of which have been considerably reduced, orders have been issued for the camp formed at the Spur Battery at the commencement of the summer to be broken up, and the depots of the Ist battalion 23d Royal Welsh Fusiliers and 31st Regiments, now under canvas, to go into quarters at Chatham Barracks. The 73d Regiment being now on its passage home from India, orders have been received at Chatham, at which garrison the depot companies of the regi ment are stationed, for the first portion of the depot to proceed to-morrow to Plymouth, there to await the arrival of the head-quarters. The A and B batteries of Royal Horse Artillery, in command of Major G. Le M. Tupper and Capt. L. G. Paget, marched into headquarters, Woolwich, yesterday, from Aldershot camp. The two batteries, which have been stationed during the last three summer months for change of air and more extended field operations and drill, appear to have benefitted generally by the change, and both men and horses looked exceedingly well. The strength of the gar rison at Woolwich, which has been rapidly reduced from day to day by entire brigades and large de tachments despatched to home and foreign stations, now consists of the following detail :—Horse brigade of Royal Artillery, under the command of Col. Tees dale, 745 of all ranks ; riding establishment, in command of Col. Henry, 193 ; remnant of 4th bri gade, consisting of Col. Dick, Lieut.-Cols. Gardiner and Crofton, and 46 rank and file ; 10th brigade, in command of Col. F. Dunlop, C. 8., 409 ; and the depot, in command of Col. Kennedy, I,9os—total Royal Artillery, 3,298. Royal Engineers, in com mand of Col. Ford, 78 ; Ist Battalion Military Train, Major Hill, 339; 2d battalion Military Train Lieut.-Col. Robertson, C. 8., 293 ; and the battalion of Royal Marines, Col. Campbell, I,299—making a general total of 5,307. The garrison will be again replenished to its full strength shortly for the win ter season; the quarters, having been renovated and fitted with numerous military improvements, are again ready for winter occupation in excellent con dition, and increased accommodation has been de manded and granted for the married men, separate from the barracks. PRICE 4d. STAMPED sd, TILE ARCHDUKE OF AUSTRIA AT SOUTITAMPTOA: Yesterday afternoon his Imperial Highness the Archduke Frederick Maximilian'of Austria, accom panied by his illustrious Archduchess, who is a daughter of the King of the Belgians, arrived at Southampton by special train, at half-past one o'clock, for the purpose of inspecting the docks and ascertaining the facilities of the port, with a view to its selection as the terminus of the line of steam packets projected to run bgtween Austria and England. Their Imperial Highnesses were received with every demonstration of enthusiasm ; the prin cipal streets of the town were gaily decorated with flags, the bells were rung, and a salute of 21 guns was fired from the Platform Battery. At the rail way terminus their Imperial Highnesses were met by the Mayor and Corporation, the resident naval officers in the town, the principal commercial men connected with the port, and others. The Mayor (Mr. Alderman Coles) having welcomed the Arch duke and Archduchess, Mr. C. E. DEACON, the town clerk, read an ad dress, which was elegantly inscribed on vellum in illuminated writing. The Archduke MAXIMILIAN, whose pronunciation was excellent, replied in the following terms :—I thank you cordially for the flattering words in which you have been pleased to address me, but above all I thank for the way in which y ouhave welcomed me, associating me as you have done with your own beloved and honoured Queen. It has indeed been a source of boundless gratifi cation to the Archduchess and to myself to feel that close ties of relationship unite us to a Sovereign more united even by her own private virtues than by the almost unexampled greatness of the nation over whom she reigns. I rejoice, too, that in me you should do honour to that noble profession to which England owes so much of her glory. lam proud, very proud, of being a sailor, and the object of my utmost ambition and constant efforts will be to contribute as much as in me lies to the advance ment and prosperity of the Austrian navy. My country is now a constitutional one like your own ; and as it is full of aptitudes for freedom—(cheers) —and as it in many respects resembles England more than any other European land, I live in the conviction that each day will see stronger sympa thies spring up between Great Britain and Austria, and that, therefore, the two empires will be politi cally and commercially drawn towards each other. It is always with the most heartfelt delight that I revisit England, for no one admires more sincerely than I do her greatness and its causes—(cheers)-- and nothing could afford me more genuine satisfac tion than the warm greeting which I have this day emaepresoaltraina carriage, e a community , received from the represent a t e i n v ( e Le s no o tu f edr s e o cdh i T he iillustrious t a r s i ous Southampton.visitors th accompanied by the Mayor and Colonel Barlow, and, drawn by four greys, were driven round the docks. The visitors and those assembled next embarked on board the South-Western Company's steamship Havre, in which they steamed gently down the Southampton Water, viewing the forest scenery, the Royal Victoria Military Hospital at Netley, S:e• The Havre returned to the Royal Pier, where the party disembarked, and proceeded to the Vic• for is Assembly Rooms, where, at four o'clock, a magnificent dejeuner was provided, supplied by Fisk, of the High-street. on the the present;Arc hduke left worship. The band of the 2 d Hant s (S outham p ton) Rifle Volunteers were s tationed on the lawn, and per formed in the intervals between the toasts ; and Christy's Minstrels sang a selection of their choicest concerted songs. The Town Clerk read letters from Viscount Pal merston and Earl Granville, stating their inability to attend, in consequence of their engagement to sign the Princess Alice's marriage contract, a cir cumstance the announcement of which was re ceived with enthusiastic applause. The MAYOR proposed in succession the toasts oy " The Queen," "The Emperor of Austria," " Royal Family," and " The Health of the Ar eh duke Ferdinand Maximilian, Lord High Ad rniral of Austria." He expressed a fervent hope that the Archduke and Archduchess might enjoy ac happy a life as our beloved Queen and her Consort, and he wished them with all his heart, long life, pro sperity, and happiness. (Loud che' ers. ) The Archduke MAXIMILIAN, who rose amid re i tera t e d a pplause, said,—G e ;ntlemen—Deeply ' moved at the kind manner in u hich you have re ceived this toast , I express v, best and most cor dial thanks, and I propose to my You on this occasion, to drink to the Prosperity, 'the power, and the 5~ , . dis sf, -- .711 „,, Al s ess England, the elevated model of all fres, iv , industrious nations. (Great cheerino.) The Hon. R. H. BUTTON, 31. P., proposed " The mow, the Army, and the Volunteers." Capt. PATEY,II.N., Admiralty Superintendent of. Packets at Southampton, Col. CAMERON, R.E.,.ancP Col. GRIMSTON, severally responded. The Archduke MAXIMILIAN—GentIemen, I plo pose the toast of " The Mayor of Southampton," our amiable host, Who has received us so well. (Cheers.) The MAYOR acknowledged the compliment. Mr. T. FALVEY proposed " The British House of Commons." Mr. ROEBUCK, M.P., said—Mr. Mayor, if on an ordinary occasion I should feel diffident of my powers in attempting to reply in returning thanks for the toast of the House of Commons, I should do so now particularly ; for we have, sir, now amongst us one who is a near relation of a great monarch, who has ,attempted to bring about his dominions constitutional government, and I would say that, in so doing, he has met with all those prejudices, those ignorances, and those mistakes that constantly attend men who attempt to do good to their fellow beings. He has attempted to bring into the coun try which he rules—a great, a commanding country in Europe, a constitutional government, of which we afford so admirable a type. He has not attempted to make any part of that empire supreme over the rest, but he has attempted to make all equally alike, and to make them to be equally represented in the Imperial Parliament of Austria. Now that, I say, is a thing that ought to enlist itself in every English man's mind; and however there may be persons who endeavour to mislead us, however there may be pess , --- s governed by interest to induce us to heliev, ontrary of what is the truth, the em pire ,f ust at this time, is attempted to be made. a constitutional Government by the Imperial re lative of our honoured guest on this occasion. He has to meet with great difficulties—difficulties which we mow, for we have attempted and accomplished the same thing. (Hear, and cheers.) We have made !stile co mmun i t i es , differing in language and in religion, one united empire. (Hear, hear.) That he is attempting now to do. That he is belied, that he is maligned, that he is misrepresented, belongs only to mankind ; for let him be assured, that he 'sill be cheered onward in his path by all well-con ducted and well-thinking Englishmen—(cheers)— and that they will endeavour to do all they can to assist him in his great and beneficent task. (Loud cheers.) Now, Sir, when we have this honoured guest at our table, we wish him to carry back to that country which he adorns the feelings whi c h will tell his Imperial relative what he is about to accomplish. What is it he sees now around him ? He has been this day through the docks of this town. They are the results of individual enterprise —enterprise that has been allowed to attain its end, because of the good Government that he sees here established. And how is that good Govern ment attained ? Simply by enabling the people to o ( C u g h e h e t r s t . o ) E b n e g i r a e n a d d f t o s h e e v h e a r s y a m p o o s n i t a i r o c n h , make their ow n l aws; and this is the lesson that an in d s E he ur h e a p s e a . position—among the nations of the earth, derives it solely from herself; it is not any royal power which has given it to her ; it is not any benefi cent deity which has given to her that which we possess ; have wrought it out for ourselves. Eng lish have produced what England now yields to the world. But I would ask our imperial guest who now adorns this table, what is it he has seen amongst us that most marks the people among whom he now is ? Is it the mercantile &eta coming in from every sea, wafting to our shores freights manufactured and made by every people upon earth? Is it this? No, it is not this. Is it our manufactures that so manifest our power, now so accomplished over nature that we have made the powers of nature our slaves ? No, it is not this. It is that Englishmen are obedient throughout everything to the law, and above every thing, that the law is made by themselves. Aud I will tell him, and thrcugh him that great head. of his nation, that a nation which governs itself is the best governed, and that a nation that go verns itself is the most gratifying to those who have the nominal sovereignty over it. As his Imperial Highness has seen on this occasion, we very nearly adore our Queen—(cheers)—sh e is a constitutional monarch, heading the nation. I will not say the first, for I would not be vainglorious, but among the first that the earth affords. Is she not great, is she not secure, can she not go from one end of her kingdom to the other and be met by acclaiming multitudes ? If she were an abso lute monarch she could not do this. His Impe rial Highness has to-day seen multitudes met to gether, but he has met no soldiers. (Cheers.) The law is not thrust down our throats at the points of bayonets. Every well-conducted man is a policeman, because we have made our own laws. And I honour that great monarch who from his high position has seen that there are things below him worthy of regard, and that he has made the people of Austria to thoroughly appreciate the value of " what the Emperor o Austria is doing. And the people of England fully appreciate and I believe under stand the greatness of what the Emperor of Austsia has been doing. It has grown slowly upon them. He is not attempting to make one party suprrior to another, or one part of his great dominions superior to another, but he is attempting te, give all alike constitutional government. He will be opposed by interest, by faction, and by dema gogues; but let him depend upon the people of England ; they will support him through all his difficulties. They know from experience what those difficulties are, and they will hail him as one of the great benefactors of mankind. (Cheers.) Now, sir, we enjoy all. these things bees use we govern ourselves, and, governing ourselves, •we have a House of Commons. (Hear, hear.) I have brought round my argument from the point at vliicli we started. The House of Commons does all these things. Small wits may urge their petty power to descant upon the mistakes we make ; but I would ask, where do you meet 650 men togethe r. and there shall not be a fool amongst them ? (Laughter.) That there are fools amongst us, nobody is more willing to allow than I am. I undergo that from day to day. I suffer what you do not ; but, never theless, that is a great assembly representing Eng land, the great England, and they represe n t it worthily. Depend upon it, if you get rid of us.— the House of Commons—and I have unfortunately p s—no been thirty years there—you will get rid o f the distinguishing mark of England. (Ch eers. ) w e are a free people , free to speak that whicl2, we do ple.sta Grumblingke feel. If we mistake — and God knows th a t i t i s the fortune to body is so ' is the g reat business of life, and I am quite stirs that of ready t o e f l u men s as t o make people. mistakes —nobody the faculties of the t h e House of Commons, grumbling in is the most important. Where despotic coun tries people are coerced till they feel a. temptation to rise in arms aga i nst the Government„ in overnment„ England every man who feels a grievance writes to his mem ber, or to some naem b member-1 wish you knew the let ters I receive (1 h aug ter)—and if he does not find a voice it is very remarkable, for the knave, the fool, has always found a representative and a voice in the House of Commons. (Hear.) Never theless the House of Commons has made England what it is ; and in its name, fully understanding my own inefficiency to do so,I return thanks, and I hope that its example may be of the same value to the rest of mankind that its good government has been to England. (Loud cheers.) Mr. DEACON proposed " The Public Companies," and Col. BABLOW responded. Mr. J. R. STEBBING, President of the Chamber of Commerce, proposed " The Commerce of Austria and England." Count APPONYI—I find it very difficult, I assure you, to express my grateful sense of the honour you have done me. The good wishes of Englishmen for Austria go straight to every Austrian's heart ; and it is not only the many struggles borne together in the past which should attach the two countries to each other; it is also a certain undeniable resem blance in character, feelings, and pursuits. ear.) WtheEmperorhilst I am called upon to rep resent my master at the court of your universally -honoured Queen, I have happily often had occasion to study in the various classes of society all that • s so great in England. And it is with sincere pes • l pride that, looking back to Austria,l a ny of recognise in her m the self-same capacities for greatness, and I will also stayfreedom. odness and (Cheers.) It is the fond belief ffor who know this G those Austrians country well th day be more a their own must one t closely formed upon her model than can be a ny other Continental State. For my own part , gen tlemen, I confess that my ar d en t hopes for the ever stronger union of the two countries rest upon the fact, that all their interests are the same. It is almost impossible to conceive any case upon which the interests of England and Austria could clash. They rt.'ze allies formed by nature. (Cheers.) Again permit me to tender my heartfelt thanks for the honour you have done me by coupling my name with the wishes expressed for the welfare of Austria in se enlightened a community as this. Other toasts followed, and the distinguished visi tors left for London by special train. dle;anclunee jn.::isneonft The Antwerp journals say that the rifle match, s na o l f G tb ua a r t which is about to take place in that city, will be attended c bl a l s ,2 s o eur o o s f t e h e e la N ir a c t ur io the National Guard of Sc;haerbeek, Saint-Gilles, Ander • person designated by hi tn, to be painted lccht, Ghent, Mons, &c. Numerous prizes are to be given, d ci ;f ,, B a rus na se b l y s, by the corps of the principal being a portrait of the winner, or of some artist, M genover. ~~~