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~~~ go' 2 11 o f 0 Id sloval 0 0 )rice. lue. A the led, an- r ta nerican 130 a t to sell, eleisi and oa tin t n ' te a ders ;her 'ntaining the Oats, bean* 43sto 5:36 • ' 2 9 s to to wh o . s a o o. deseriPu°For ra tes. t, 544 ttoertWell;eai 3° laesf: ; per f o r 5 per (1r• ming j; 1; bale )g Od 11 1 3 :.,, A . D s lld do,,- is Od 1 1 1 3 * Is 9 d 111). -12ths •12ths .12ths •12ths -12ths 12 qrS 79 qrS S 7 qrs 03 qrs I. best quf!„_, so plentif u l as lerge, 8/1 , 4 good aupP . Gd to 6 1i Gd to 6} 3d per stoi c ' Gd. - ts. Aug. 0 ) Aug. „,".' . Sept. o• • Aug. 13 ' Aug. . 1 1 ' Sept. 18. Aug. i q Aug'• 10. Aug. i s 12. Aug. Aug. I° ' Overli e : A u g . 10 Aug. O v erd Aug. Aug. 15' , 0. Aug. : 3 Aug. le dar gls , 4 ge late heavJ r er on' slie o he aorta, ,Wise of 35 able. The _ .* the W ife of life of the q2s, Yo ae" u-hter'.fa e ' the 111.- 1:173- 1 dalig , s , Sot' ~ ?-I;'undoley vakesv ell? :aids.hill, ies, Esq• StePo e l '3echurclr (, Susses' ','ork, the bard, gr. ► VNG, d Stra ti. 71:1dRflef' GIRE AT WESTERN RAILWAY. -.1 CHEAP EXCURSION to the NORTH.-An EXCUR ION TRAIN at LOW FARE S w i ll leave Paddington at 9 . 4 5 a.m., and Reading at 10.50 a.m., en MONDAY, August 19, returning on Wednesday, August 21 :-For Oxford (Fares (68. 6d. and 45.), Banbury (Bs. and 55.), Leamington and War wick (10s. 6d. and es.), Stratford - on - Avon and Birmi ng h am (123. and 7 5 .) , West Bromwich, Wednesbury, and Bilston 02k 6d. and 7s. ed.), Wolverh am pt on (13s. and Ss.), Welling ton and Shrewsbury (17s. an d 10 s. ) , Oswestry, Llangollen reF,d, Wrexh am, an d Ch ester (18s. 6d. and lls.), Birkenhead, Liverpool, Warrington, and Manchester (21s. and 12s. 6d.) AN EXCURSION TRAIN, ALLOWING A LONGER PE RIOD, will al so l eave P a ddi ngton at 9.45 a.m., and Reading at 10.50 am. on MONDAY, Aug us t 1 9, returning on the 7 th or 11th of September :-For Oxford (11s. and ss. 6d.), Ban bury Ifs. and 6s. 6d.), Leamington and Warwi c k (18 s. an d 8 8. ) , Stratfo r don-Avon and Birmingh am ( 20s. and 9s. 6d.), West rolveßromwich, Wedn.esbury, and Bilsn Wellington 6d. and 10s.), rhampton (225. 6d. and 10s. 6d.), and Shrews ail' (275. 6d. and 135.), Oswestry, Wrexham,Llangollen-road, and. Chester (338. and 155.), Birkenhead, Liverpool, Warring billton-, and Manchester (37 5 . an d 175.) For full particulars see TGOVERNMENT SECURITY LIFE POLICIES. HE CONSOLS ASSOCIATION, 1 . Pro 429, STRAND, LONDON. rt des the Security of Consols for its Policies. 4 • ft lends, or returns to Insurers ON DEMAND at any time, about One-half of all Premiums Paid. undoubted Security for Money with a liberal Rate of Inte .ll;eBt. The Association possesses a Lar , e Capital, subscribed j sev eral Hundreds of Shareholders. Full information may rabtained on application to THOMAS IT. BAYLIS, Managing Director. PROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE ASSOCIATION. Established 1840. !tThe lamentable failures in the Life Assurance world. re ilting from reckless management, which have recently been i ' l T9l),ht to light through the medium of the public press, ex hibit the necessity of careful selection in effecting an assur ance, especially on the part of the trading and industrial assur e, The Annuli Income of the Provident Clerks' Association is ""11e A ccumulated Fund is 160,000 Y invested in Government and real securities in the mimes of the following Trustees, viz.:— Esq TRUSTEES. omas Baring, . M.P. I Wm. George Prestt, Esq. "xhomson Hankey, Esq., M.P. Baron L. de Rothschild,M.P. The balance-sheets are open to all, and may be obtained on appli cation at the Chief Office, 15, Moorgate-street, or of ,the agents, WM. TIIOS. LINFORD, Secretary. 15 s Afoot - gate-street, August 1, 1881. O-UARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, No. 11, Lombard-street, London, E.C. Established 1821. DIRECTORS. HENRY VIGNE, Esq.", Chairm. Sir STINT° T. FARQUHAR, Bart., M.P., Deputy Chairman. leauls Berens, Esq., John Labouchere, Esq. Char Wm. Curtis, Esq. john Martin, Esq. Charles F. Devas, Esq. Rowland Mitchell, Esq. PrarAcis Hart Dyke, Esq. James Morris, Esq. Si Walter R. Farquhar, Bart. Henry Norman, Esq. Thomson Sankey, Esq., M.P. Henry R. Reynolds, Esq. aohn Harvey, Esq. 1 john Thornton, Esq. John G. Hubbard, Esq., M.P. I James Tulloch, Esq. . 7 Lewis Loyd, Esq. AUDITORS. John Henry Smith , Es Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq. Thomas TalleM Cornelius Payne, jun., Esq. ac q, I h , Esq., Secretary.—Samuel Brown, Esq., Actuary. - - ACT DEPA RTMENT.—UNDER TILE P ROVISIONS OF AN OF PARLIAMENT this Company now offers to new In surers EIGnTv PER CENT. of the Profits, at Quinquennial Vs vi isT.ons, or a Low R a t e of' Premium without participation of rTonts. Since the establishment of the Company in 1821, the .Arnount of Profits allotted to the Assured has exceeded in cash value f... 660,000, which represents equivalent Reversionary Bonuses of £1,058,000. After the Division of Profits at Christmas, 1859, the Life Assurances in force, with existing Bonuses thereon, rount,A to upwards of £4,730,000, th e I ncome f rom th e Life ranch :U07,000 per annum, and the Life Assurance Fund exceeded £1,618,000. 1,,L0C AL MILITIA an d VOLUNTEER CORPS.—N o ,xtra Premium is required for service therein. I NVALID LIVES assured at corresponding . Extra Pre rnituus. % ,,, L ,„°- 11 .1sTS granted on Life Policies to the extent of their me` +, if such value be not less than 0, the OF POLICIES.—Written Notices of, re d and registered. or TEDICAL FEES paid by the Company, and no charge = °Bey Stamps. IRE DEPARTAIENT.—Insurances are effected upon -r "? description of property at moderate rates. ijosses patsy caused by Explosion of Gas arc admitted by this -". OYAL INSURANCE COMPANY. PLEAD OFFICES—Lombard -street, London ; and Royal Insurance Buildings, Liverpool. Br. '4lOl Offices—nanchester, Birminglam, Bristol, Leeds, Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Dublin. EX TRACTS FROM THE REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1860. I, T _lle success of the Company, even in its earliest years, e cotn 'L d the marked attenrion, and elicited the surprised sura;lertfs, of writers best acquainted with the history of In -1„,...ce Companies, for ti; 4 e Premitur.s for SEVEN YEARS 18 1860 45 EQ to 185UAL I the Total Fire Premiums rat„ ' ''ire Premiums for 1860 EXCEED the Entire Life Pre .Z"Laa for the EIGHT YEARS ending 1852. Bir t i Ur eha.e ed Annuities In 1860 LARGELY EXCEEDS the recelpti for the first TEN YEARS, 1845 to 1854. that 1 2 18 progress, it is believed, is unsurpassed, considerine ' aPplies to each of the three branches of the business.', FIRE BRANCH. ing The Fire Branch has certain'y shown no exhaustion dur - ~ ()ro il year 1860 of that impetus which had previously ght it to a position of the first magnitude among the Pr -lita ' ll oo Companies of the United Kingdom. The Fire I tL e i l u n balms in 1859 had advanced to the sum of £228,314 7s. 3d. 4 2 ,*1 the amount of Fire Premiums has arrived at a sum of c e , d 'io /7 195. 11d., showing an increase of X 34,663 12s. Bd., ex two - ing the large advance of the preceding year, so that in b,„ 'Years the Fire Revenue of the Company has been en i'r!ed by the enormous sum of X 66,829 17s. sd. The Parliamentary Report of Returns of Duty paid to t2s',vernrnent for the year 1860 exhibits augmentation of ' e business in a more prominent way, ash t affords the means "of comparison with other Companies. The Proprietors will Y 3 o ?;ratified to learn that the increase of Duty paid by the Royal in the last year is more than double that of any other 4 C.,oropany, either London or Provincial, whilst only one of "lose Companies even approaches to 50 per cent. of the ad 'Wince of this Comp my. Our increase actually equals 30 per cent. of the entire increase of the whole of he Metropolitan Offices combined, whilst of the Provincial Offices it forms up wards of 30 per cent. of the total advance of the other 23 offices established out of London, LIFE BRANCH. "The Reports of the Company for several years have had invar l atbly to announce a constant periodical expansion of its Life Business, the New Policies of each succeeding year show ing an advance over the one that had immediately preceded it. A similar result is shown in the year 1860, the Premiums .?u. New Policies, after deducting Guarantees, be ng £15 , 007 s, 10d., which is an increase on that item of £1,993175. sd. alxive 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 t his Branch of the Business in the present year (1861). "It was not until the commencement of the year that the that Public seemed to have become fully acquainted with the fact the Royal Insurance Company had published late in the , fit year an account of the investigation into the Assets and -14 abilities of its Life Department, under a novel form, and in . 48 Plain and intelligible a manner a s th e a bstruseness of th e s ect admitted, together with the entire statements and V 4 'nat ions necessary for that purpose. t." It is con j ectured from the extensive Notices of this Pam let and its accompanying Diagrams, which have appeared thee • tt Periodicals of the day, that it h as l arge ly a tt rac t e d the attention of vast numbers of Persons hi all parts of the United s ...._ I ngdom, as well as in other parts of the World. Indeed a lost satisfaory and conclusive evidence that such is the case Is afforded. bathe fact that the sum Assured on New Policies tti the six months to the 3d June of the present year is ac- Ppally 50 50 per cent. in excess cf the sum assured in the corres " umg months of the year 1860, although the latter amount Lief exceeded the sum assured in any like previous period Of m al " If this success be continued, the Royal Insurance Corn ht would, with respect to the amount of its new business, r, at once placed (at least with one or two exceptions) at the ed of all the Insurance Companies doing business in this untrY, and the anticipations of the last Report, ' to the piect that the details of the Life Business then to be pub :shod would form an epoch of the Establishment, will have 'Peedy and very happy realisation." SI'ECIAL ADVANTAGES OF THE LIFE BRANCH. —o FlTS.—Large proportion Returned every Five Years to Policies then in existence Two ENTIRE TEARS. '"Penses chiefly 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 E GREATEST BONUS EVER CONTINUOUSLY DECLARED SE CURITY BY ANY COMPANY. -uR,ITY FOR BOTH FIRE AND LIFE BRANCHES CAPITAL, TWO MILLIONS Sterling. Accumulated Funds in hand exceed £BOO,OOO. PERCY M. DOVE, Manager and Actuary. JOHN B. JOHNSTON, Secretary. JOZEAU'S COPAHINE, or SACCHARATED 1 )4 , 4 CA.PSULES.—Copaiba and Cubeba are doubtless the ''" remedies, but these drugs are of a repulsive taste and Tunlir, and occasion colicky pains, nausea, and gastric dis rbance. M. Jozeau has succeeded in rendering these vain therapeutic agents perfectly innocuous by . increasing in enpahine all tie curative properties. This preparation , been adopted by the Paris Academy of Medicine, after bre than a thousand trials in Paris and the different Lon e hospitals , hospitals. viz., St. Thomas's, Guy's, and St. Bartholo ",'a, under the care of Messrs. Lloyd, Poland, and Legros 14'It.—" Lancet," Nov. 6 and Dec. 10, 1857. The Copahine. j„ ieh Is in form of a pretty pink sugar plum, effects a cure e 4; abaut six days, either in recent or chronic diseases. 100 41,sules, 4s. 6d. ; post free, ss. 2d. Post-office order required; 22 ' l ..,, , TozEAu's, French Chemist, 42, Haymarket, London ; Ohsists. -Lille St. Quentin, Paris ; and all the most important nl I ' GREAT MARLBOROUGH-STREET, W., NEAR. THE PANTHEON. 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The cases which Mr. Courtenay has given supply ample evidence of his great discriminative power in the diagnosis of the various kinds of stricture, and of the scientific principles upon which their management is founded. By his systematic management an immense mitigation of pain to the unhappy sufferers is attained, and future mischief prevented. The work we can most unreservedly and confidently recommend as a valuab., contribution, both to the general and professional reader, and ought to be found in the private study of all who are subject to stricture."—Medical Circular. London: H. Baithere, 219, Regent-street; 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. 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GIVEN AWAY TO NERVOUS SUFFERER S. -HENRY SMITH, M.D., of the Uni vers it y o f Jena, has just published, for the benefit of Nervous ' , titterers, a FREE EDITION of his valuable work, THE WARNING VOICE TO YOUNG MEN (120 pag es ). A medical work on the cure of Nervous Debility, Loss of Memory, Dimness of Sight, Lassitude, Indigestion, Dislike 'o Society, Spermatorrheea, Local Weakness, Muscular Re axation, 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. THE VIGOUR OF YOUTH RESTORED IN -I- FOUR WEEKS by Dr. RICORD'S ESSENCE OF LIFE. 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Dr. La'Mert's Treatise on "Self-preservation," published by Mann, bookseller, 39, Cornhill, price ls., post free for 13, or sealed, for 20 stamps, contains much useful information regarding the moral, social, and physical obligations of mar riage, with simple and efficacious instructions for the resto ration of health, vigour, and all the dignified prerogatives of Manhood, when lost or impaired by pernicious habits or excess. The work will be found totally free from those ex aggerated and alarming statements contained in the host of pretended medical publications by unqualified persons, pro fessing to treat on these important subjects. At home from 10 till 3, and from 6 till 8. DR. CURTIS' MEDICAL WORK, MANHOOD : MEDICAL ESSAY ON SPERMAT 0 RIME A, NERVOUS AND GENERATIVE DEBILITY, &c. - lust Published, the 150th thousand, with numerous plates, in a sealed envelope, price is., Sold by all Booksellers, and sent post paid, by the Author, for 12 stamps, TA ANHOOD: the CAUSE and CURE of PRE MATURE DECLINE IN MAN, with Plain Directions for Perfect Restoration to Health and Vigour. By Dr. J. L. C URTIS, 15, Albermarle-street, Piccadilly, London. CONTENTS: INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER on the Physiological Structure and Functions of the Reproduotive Organs. CHAPTER ll.—Causes of Spermatorrhcea and Impotence; Early Vicious Indulgences; Dangers of Neglect. CHAPTER lII.—A 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 Gonorrhoea and Syphilis. The Book concludes with numerous varied and interesting ases, to which is added the Author's recipe of a preventive Lotion. REVIEWS or THE WORK. "Curtis on is a truly valuable work, and should be in the hands of young and 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 a plain 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 : Published by J. Allen, 20, Warwick Lane, Pater- HpuiBof C9lll3llitati9ll l o to 3 and 6to 8; 51 1 / 3 dayl, 19 till 2. .. , . . ... • . , . e 4,4 's, ''. 111 -- I - fti‘ % '•.• , 7 , ... N.... !/: :, c. ,_ , ... , '( ............____L,,,,s : ,'.Z.'% 911 , , jilitkU. IA 01. H ei g 'l :' ;I:OiTT ' w - n . .4. • * e - -1, - . -,- tc" 111 1 ‘ -- '/+ ..--.................."'" kar- ' r , at , * Dn ~,,,,, .., viz „ ... ~,,A,.. ....... 4 6 01 ~‹ 1 ' ' ~""' , • r,t: fr ..,..,- EWSPAPER A fl € l . l power, the sha to of the se , excessive, but the iron frame a . of the Warrior have made her as rigid as . 0 1 a S spite of the double row of furnaces—like a street "arrtre7—the stokehole yesterday was remarkably cool, but, as we anticipated, the engine-room was much less so. A ventilating arrangement is about to be made which will remedy the heat of this latter portion of the ship entirely. All that now remains to be done to the Warrior is in the way of internal fittings, her rigging and hull are complete. The outside, as it shows now, is the very perfection of workmanship, the plates fitting in with the smoothness of a coat of varnish. It is impossible to detect with the eye where any join is made. Yesterday morning notices were sent round from the Admiralty to the Thames Iron Works, Messrs. Samuda, Mr. Mare, Mr. Wigram, Mr. Laird, Messrs. Palmer, Mr. Napier, and Messrs. Westwood and Bailie, asking tenders for build ing three more iron frigates. These vessels aro to be 20 feet longer and 151 inches broader than the Warrior clasp—viz., 400 ft. long by 59ft. 34 inches beam. Their depth is to be the same as the Warrior's ; their tonnage 6,620, with engines of 1,250 horse-power, nominal. They are to have a flatter floor though with the same draught of water, 251 ft. Each is to be entirely coated from stem to stern with armour plates of 51 instead of 41 inches thick. Behind this, as at present arranged, is to be a backing of nine inches of solid teak. The Ad miralty, however, reserve to themselves the right of altering this portion of the contract within the next three months and either increasing the thick ness of the iron to 61 inches and doing away with the teak altogether, or leaving the proportions as we have mentioned. In fact, the Admiralty aro waiting to see other results from experiments on Mr. Fairbairn's plan of iron only for ships' sides, and also to see how the target which is being built on the same plan as the Warrior's side will stand. the pounding it will shortly receive at Shoebury ness. At all events, the armour, of these, new vessels, whether of wood and iron, or iron only, is to weigh 2,100 tons—the armour alone of the Warrior being very little over 900 tons. The spar deck is to be of half inch iron, instead of, as with our pre sent ships, only quarter-inch, and all the lower decks are to be of wood, laid on iron beams, and strengthened across with diagonal stringers and braces of iron, in the usual manner. Neither bows nor stern are to overhang. The bows are to be sharp and wedge-shaped, rising straight from the water, like that of the Great Eastern, The stern is to be quite round and almost straighter than La Gloire's. Tenders are required at the Admiralty from the firms we have mentioned for three such vessels to be begun at once. Tenders for three more will be required, it is said, in the course of another month or so. "It is better late than never" per haps, but really the order for these vessels seems almost unpardonably late. The Admiralty have not now any information with reference to ships which they had not at least as fully this time last year, when the six vessels now so tardily about to be commenced might as well have been ordered. At least two years and a half must elapse before any of these ships for . which tenders are asked will be ready for sea. Yet at this very day the French have actually 11 iron-cased frigates afloat or in commis sion, and no less than 17 building. Of these ships two--the Mangenta and Solferino—are two-deckers, 11 are floating batteries, like our Defence and Re sistance, and 14 are either 40, 46, or 50-gun frigates, like the Gloire, Tonnante, Couronne, Normandie, Saigon, Invincible, &c. Yet the first iron vessel belonging to this country will not be at sea before October, and it will be quite six months before she has a consort in the Channel. PR1CE....... .4d. STAMPED ....sd. ceived at the War Department at noon to .day. This report states that the Confederate loss amounted to CO killed and wounded. The loss of the enemy was over 500. Five hundred loaded muskets were taken and two pieces of can non. The enemy twice asked permission to take their dead off the field. Our loss was 137 in killed, wounded, and missing, but the missing since returned reduce this to GO. The number of the enemy engaged is variously estimated at between 5,000 and 10,000, while our force little exceeded 3,500." A despatch to the Louisville Courier, dated the 23d, says that the Confederates captured 63 cannon, 25,000 stands of arms, 1,200 horses, and all the stores and provisions of the Federal forces, valued at 1,000,000 dols. The despatch also says that a buggy and epaulets, marked " General Scott," were captured. Another despatch says that the loss of the Confederates was 2,000 ; that the loss of the Federal forces was 15,000 killed, and that the number of the wounded and prisoners taken was not known. Two members of Congress were among the pri soners. Among Gen. Johnson's force was a regi ment of Kentuckians, who refused more than one round of cartridge, preferring their heavy bowie knives. Letters from Norfolk state that the Confe derates had strengthened that place immensely. Several hundred Secessionists had taken possession of Memphis, Missouri, and were intrenching them selves. 1,000 stands of arms had been distributed along the Southern border of lowa by Gen. Kirk wood. The Secessionists were said to be disarming the Union men in Eastern Missouri. An attack on Fort Monroe was apprehended. The Confederate Secretary of the Treasury had issued the following notification respecting the Produce Loan : "Confederate States of America, Treasury Department, Richmond, July 11. "Hon. O. M. Dantzler, St. Matthew's Parish, S.C. " Sir,--Your letter of the 6th instant makes an inquiry which I find repeated from several other quarters, to which I think it best to make a public reply. The inquiry is, whether, in case no sales can be made before the day named in the cotton subscriptions, without a sacrifice of the pro perty, the sales are still to be insisted on. I answer, cer tainly not. The day named is upon the presumption that the blockade will be broken, and that sales of produce can then be made. I propose to submit another plan to provide for the contingency of a continuance of the blockade, which will allow an indefinite retention of the crop. But it con stitutes no part of either plan to force the produce on the market at a sacrifice. With much respect, your obedient servant, C. G. MEMMINGER, Secretary of the Treasury." RAILWAYS AND PUBLIC COMPANIES. GREAT WESTERN. The directors of this company have decided to recommend to the proprietors a dividend at the rate of 21 per cent. per annum for the half year ending the 30th of June last, leaving a balance of about £2,400 to be carried over to the next half-year. THE SUN, LONDOR, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 9, 1861. /R. W. S. WOODIN'S 194th NIGHT with his highly-successful NEW ENTER TAINMENT, the CABINET of CURIOSITIES, POLYGRAPHIC HALL, King' Wiliam-street, Charing-cross, TO-NIGHT, and EVERY EVENING (except Saturday), at Eight. Private boxes, ..-€1 ls. ; Stalls and box stalls, 3s. ; area, 28. ; amphi theatre, is. -A plan of the stalls may be F een , and scats secured (without extra charge), at the Box-office, from 10 till 4 Morning Performance, Saturday next, at 3. 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The rout the other day showed the effect of their conduct, when the officers ran several miles before they stopped. He thought the time had come when attention should be called to these things. Mr Sherman thought it was no time to-complain of any one. There never was a braver army than the one repulsed. They had a duty to perform for the future, and should do that. He thought the repulse of the army would do good in rousing up the spirit all over the country. The bill was discussed at consi derable length, but no result was arrived at. On the 25th a motion to appoint a select committee to inquire into the circumstances of the surrender of the Federal yards at Norfolk, Pensacola, and Har per's Ferry was agreed to. Mr. Johnson, of Ten nessee, offered a resolution : " That the present civil war was forced on the country by disunionists of the Southern States who are now in rebel lion against the constitutional Government. In this emer gency Congress, banishing all passion and resentment, will only recollect its duty to the whole country. This war was not waged with any spirit of suppression or subjugation, or for any purpose of overthrowing the institutions of the States, but to maintain and defend the supremacy of the constitution and laws, and as soon as this is accomplished the war ought to cease." • A lengthy discussion ensued, in the course of which Mr. Breckenridge denounced the proceedings of the Government in regard to the South. This provoked a lengthy reply from Mr. Browning, who said : " Chivalrous Southern treason boasts that the slaves are arming in their behalf, but if it is suggested that the North put arms in the hands of its black citizens there goes up a dismal howl. Let them beware lest they teach us a lesson. If they force us to assume that, he would advise the Presi • dent to proclaim universal emancipation." The resolution was adopted. On the 26th Mr. Kennedy presented a memorial from the Mayor and citizens of Baltimore, complaining of the usurpa tions of the military forces in that city, and demand ing as a matter of right that the liberty of the citi zens should be preserved, and all their rights of pro perty protected. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Mr. Clark moved to take up the resolu tion offered the previous day in regard to the main tenance of the supremacy and integrity of the Union. Bill taken up and passed by yeas 34, nay I—Mr. Breckenridge. The bill to provide for the suppres sion of rebellion was taken up and passed. The bill to provide revenue was taken up, the question being on the amendments offered by Mr. Simmons from the Committee on Finance. Several amendments were adopted, when the bill was postponed. In the House of Representatives on the 24th, Mr. Elliot, from the Committee on Commerce, reported a Bill,which was passed authorizing the President, by and with the advice of the Senate, to appoint consuls at any foreign ports where he may deem ad visable for preventing piracy, at a salary not exceed ing 1,500 dols. per annum, their office to cease when internal peace shall be restored. A commit tee was appointed to report on the construction of iron-plated vessels. Mr. Blair, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the Senate Bill autho rizing the President to accept the services of 500,000 volunteers. Passed. Mr. Stevens, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported a bill appropriating 100,000 dols. to pay the police organized by the United States authorities in the city of Baltimore. Mr. Burnett, in reply, said,— "This is one of those extraordinary measures resulting from the extraordinary acts of the Administration. The civil authorities in the city of Baltimore have been super seded and a military police established there instead, in vio lation of the express law of one of the sovereign States. This, too,was done without colour or claim oflegal warrant, either derived from the Constitution or any other power derived from law. This was followed by another high handed act. Private citizens, as well as the Police Com missioners, without justification, have been incarcerated in a fortress. The President has violated the Constitution by suspending the writ of habeas corpus. My God, where is this thing to stop ? We are not only in the midst of a re • volution in the Southern States but in the midst of a revolu tion in the States within the jurisdiction of this Govern ment. Besides all this, a revolution has been introduced endorsing all the illegal acts of the President, instead of the representatives of the people standing up in their manhood and arraigning the chief magistrate at the bar of the coun try, and administering to him a rebuke. He would tell gentlemen that there is a sleeping sentiment at the North. There was no power to prevent it from developing itself. He would tell them that these are the saddest events ever written on the page of our country's history," "Mr. Richardson wanted to say a word to his friend from 'Kentucky. You, he remarked, are more than any other man responsible for the present condition of the country. You aided the mischief at Charleston and Baltimore, which had brought this sad calamity upon us. You have stood by the Republicans and aided them under the pretext that you wanted to break up their party. I do not know whether this bill is right or wrong. I have not listened even to the reading of its provisions, but I desire to say to those gentle men who are plotting the ruin of the country they are the last men to stand up claiming a violation of the Constitu tion, while they themselves are trampling on the laws. "Mr. Burnett, rising and asking earnestly—The gentle man certainly does not intend to do mo injustice ? " Mr. Richardson—Of course, not. "Mr. Burnett—When the gentleman states that I was at Charleston engaged in plotting to break up the Demo cratic party, he states that of which he knows nothing. I had no agency in it whatever. So far from this, I was the only man from a slave State who, after the Convention separated, went after those who had withdrawn and ap pealed to them to come back. " Mr. Richardson resuming, and speaking emphatically —I was not mistaken in the po s iti on - I assume. I founa the gentleman there lending his sanction to the breaking up of the Democratic party, and I am responsible for this statement. "Mr. Burnett, with equal earnestness—So far as the responsibility is concerned, I have never refused to take it. "Mr. Richardson—So help me God, I am responsible everywhere. (Applause, which was speedily checked.) " Mr. Burnett—And I am responsible everywhere else. (Sensation.) " Mr. Richardson—l stand here to declare what I myself saw. "Mr. Burnett—l desire to say to the gentleman that I will have no personal controversy with any one on this floor; but if the gentleman desires a personal controversy with me, so that he can make a personal assault, he can have it elsewhere. " Mr. Richardson—l desire no personal controversy with anybody, but if the gentleman desires he can have it. (Laughter and applause.) " Mr. Vallandigham—After the late disaster, and the enemy almost within cannon shot of the capital, such per sonal indecorum does not become the House. (Slight hissing from the Republican side.) " Mr. Richardson—l am not ambitious of personal diffi culties. I do not desire, but shall not shrink from them. I fear no man who walks on God Almighty's earth. I have said the gentleman from Kentucky was engaged in breaking up the Democratic party. I know the fact. 44 Mr. Burnett (excitedly)—Let me tell the gentleman once for all — "The Speaker—Will the gentleman yield the floor ?" Here the personal discussion ended and the de bate was resumed. Subsequently recriminations were indulged in respecting who was to blame for the disaster at Bull's Run : " Mr. Blair (Mobile) I desire to say a few words. ` Generals )3utler, Patterson, and Cadwallader were from the Breckinridge party. That two of these gentlemen were appointed by the Administration I believe to be correct, but General Butler came hither as a Brigadier-General. It was Massachusetts who first conferred that honour on him, and he was made a Major-General for putting down a mob and for the executive ability which he displayed. I under stand that General Patterson was appointed by the advice and on the recommendation of General Scott. " Mr. Richardson—l said four Generals were appointed from the Breckinridge, but none from the Douglas party, but I have no complaint. "Mr. Blair—Of all the Douglas men who aro qualified for such command, I have no doubt the gentleman is the first and best. "Mr. Richardson (bowing) --I am very much obliged to you. "Mr. Blair—The gentleman said that General Scott had been driven to risk a battle by gentlemen on this side, but nothing has been said here derogatory to that soldier. Is the Major-General fit to command if he can be forced to battle against his own best judgment and at the outcry of outsiders ? Nobody on Jhis side has said aught against General Scott. The charge came from the gentleman from Illinois, and it was derogatory in the highest degree. " Mr. Richardson—l take it all back. (Laughter.) I repeat that General Scott had been forced to fight this battle. I will tell you what occurred yesterday morning. My colleagues (Logan and Vashburne) and myself were present with the President, Secretary of War, and General Scott. In the course of our conversation General Scott re • marked lam the biggest coward in the world.' I rose from my seat. Stay,' said General Scott, ' I will prove it. I have fought the battle against my judgment, and I think the President ought to remove me to-day for doing it. As God is my judge,' he added, after an interval of silence, ' I did all in my power to make the army efficient, and 1 de serve removal because I did not stand up when I could and did not,' I stand hero to vindicate General Scott. I am indebted to the gentleman from Missouri for the compliment he paid me. I desire to say for myself that lam here the last of a generation, my father and grandfather having fallen beneath the flag of their country. I too have fought under its folds at home and abroad, and, God willing, there I will stand till the end of my life, defending it against all foes. " Mr. Washburn—As my colleague has referred to General Scott's remarks, he might also allude to what the President said. " Mr. Richardson—l will do so. Your conversation implies,' said the President to General Scott, 'that I forced you to battle: To which General Scott replied, I have never served under a President who has been kinder to me than you have been.' But General Scott did not relieve the President from the fact of the latter having forced him to fight the battle. General Scott then paid a compliment to the President personally. I desire to say of the President that I have known him from boyhood. If you let him alone he is an honest man. (Laughter.) But lam afraid he has not firmness to stand up against the politicans around him." After further discussion the bill passed. The house then went into committee on the bill to pro- vide additional revenue for defraying the expenses of maintaining the Government and defending the public credit by the assessment of a direct tax and internal duties ; and on the motion of Mr. Conkling resolved : " That the bill be recommitted to the committee of ways and means, with instructions to amend it so as to provide that the tax on real and personal estate provided therein be levied, assessed, and collected in the several states and ter ritories, and the district of Columbia, in the same manner as state and territorial taxes ere by local law collected therein." On the 25th Mr. Richardson rose and apologised for the heated remarks he had made on the previous day. The Senate resolution appropriating 2,000 dols., in order that the President may adopt such measures as may be necessary to insure a represen tation of the United States at the World's Fair in London in 1862, was agreed to. Mr. Stevens, from the Committee on Ways and Means, reported the Senate Bill supplementary to the late Loan Act with an amendment authorising the Secretary of the Treasury to fix the denomination of Treasury notes below 50 dols., which he may exchange for coin, bearing interest at 9 per cent. per annum, if this amount is necessary in order to negotiate a loan. The aggregate amount of Treasury notes not to ex ceed 250,000 dole. The duties on imports, tea, coffee, sugar, spices, wines, liquors, and all such ex cise and other internal duties and taxes as may be collected, are pledged for the redemption of the debt incurred. Adopted by a majority of one. The bill passed. Mr. Stevens, from the Committee on Ways and Means, to whom the Direct Tax and Internal Duties Bill was referred on the previous day, re ported that they were unable to devise any provision which would be constitutional and at the same time carry into effect the instructions of the House. The Direct Tax and Internal Duties Bill was then con sidered in Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Stevens moved to include slaves in the objects of the direct taxation. After a discussion Mr. Stevens's amendment tax ing slaves received a note of 69 against 25. On the motion of Mr. Wickliffe the committee rose, when he moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means with instructions to report a revenue tariff bill, and if necessary for direct taxes and excise, in order that the taxes may bear equally on the wealth of the country, and that the committee report next session. Objection was made, when the house adjourned. On the 26th the house went into committee on the Direct Taxation Bill, but no conclusion was arrived at. Alluding to the tariff, the Washington correspon dent of the New York Herald says :- 4‘ The Committee on Finance this morning at their meet ing substituted Senator Siminon's's Tariff Bill for the House Bill, making, however, a few alterations from his original bill. They changed the compound duties on sugar, tea, coffee,und molasses to specific duties. Brown sugar, under the tariff as it stands, will be two cents, refined sugar four cents, coffee four cents, tea 15 cents, and molasses five cents. With these exceptions the bill remains the same." Respecting the military Bills, the Washington correspondent of the New lark Tribune says :- 4 , The two branches of Congress have compromised their disagreeing amendments to the bill for the increase of the military establishment. The Senate had provided for an hsaitaeln eou s of aug mentation to the extent o f 11 regiments of 2,300 men, in accordance with the recommendati ons of the)Executive. This the house altered to a vol un t eer f orce, b ut t h roug h the joint Committee of Conference r ece d e d f rom it s amend ment and agreed to the Senate Bill, w ith a prov i so th a t th e army, which is thus made to consist o f 40,000, s h a ll be re duced to 25,0 00 men at the end of the w a r , without further legislation. All the officers of the re gu l ar a rm y who may bo assigned to dutyin new regiment s are , on th e latter being disbanded, to return to their former r egiments, with the pay they shall be entitled." to the Confederate and he promotion five men to which belonging cruiser Sumter had teen committed for trial on the charge of piracy by the United States' Com missionrouteintelligence bythisar rival Court at New York. the Federal army, rec eived an enthusiastic ovation, b ouquets b e i ng showered up'rn him. He delivered th e f o ll ow i ng address at we learn the hl eit laharcednhei miscellaneous command address " My friends,—ln this time of action it will not do to make greeting as intended for my brave Western thl yif s gi Virginia, to whom the whole credit of the recent skirmishing in th a t section is due. But useless s your applauses assure me that the cause of th e G overnmen t lies next to your hearts, and , remembering it, I s h a ll try to do batter in my new field of labour. I bid y ou goo d by." oldiers of speeches. W The general is thus described Instead of greeting a scarred, colossal figure, full of the marks of a campaign, they saw o n l y a b oyish figure, not over five feet eight inches in height, and although brown from exposure, yet fresh and active. He did not wear epau lettes, but the simple fatigue dress of an officer—blue blouse with shoulder bars and black pants, with gold stripe." Only one of the members of Congress, who went to Bull's Run to witness the battle, had fallen into the hands of the enemy—the Ron. A. B. Ely, of Rochester district. During the marching of &body of Confederate prisoners through Washington the mob made great endeavours to ill-treat them, and in some cases were successful. 'Professor Low had made a successfulballoon reconnaisance through the disaster at Bull's Run, which is thus reported : " He observed a large body of rebels at Fairfax Court house. He counted 200 of their tents in one field, and there were a number of others in the adjoining wood. A number of cavalry were about a mile this side of the Court-house, probably at the principal barricade on the road. There were two regiments of infantry and a large body of cavalry on the road from Centreville to Fairfax Court-house, an d in the vicinity of Manassas Junction, the whole face of the country was covered with the rebel forces." The 14th Ohio, on returning to Toledo, their term of enlistment having expired, experienced a very cordial reception. It is mentioned that " after a few weeks' furlough" they would be ready to re enlist. In Alexandria disturbances and disorders prevailed to a deplorable extent, and the general in command had been compelled to issue very stringent regulations. At Washington similar oc curences were prevalent, and in several cases it was found necessary to charge the drunken mob of sol diers with cavalry. The Federal Government had accepted the services of a regiment of "British Vo lunteers," formed, or in course of formation, at Now York. Since the disaster at Bull's Run, Pennsyl vania had sent 11,000 men to 'Washington. Major- General Dix in command of the Federals at Balti more had, with the sanction of General Banks, ap pealed to his men to stand by him in case of any outbreak. The appeal was specially directed to those regiments which having served their time were about to disband. The General was only partially successful. A passenger from Bremen by the steamer New York, who expressed strong Se cession sentiments on the passage, and said he had despatches for Jeff. Davis, was arrested on landing at New York. Some of the New York papers were demanding a court ;martial on General M'Dowell, against whom and many other officers the most se• rious charges were being made by the ultra-North ern press. The President and his Cabinet are also accused of having forced General Scott into action before the army was properly prepared for an ad vance against the enemy. Many of the news papers of New York contain charges of great cruel ties to Northern soldiers by the Confederates after the battle, but none of them appear to be well sub stantiated. The following are a few among the many accusations : " That the throat of Captain Haggerty was cut while he lay dead on the battle-field, and his ears and nose cut oil', that some who surrendered themselves as prisoners were riddled with balls ; that two women (vivandieres) were fired upon while ministering to the wounded ; that ambulances conveying the wounded were fired upon, flags of truce at tacked, the hospital fired into and set on fire, and similar savage cruelties perpetrated. The telegraph also reports that some of our troops were pinioned to trees, and tortured with bayonets thrust at them." The New York, journal of Conznzerce cautions the nation that the Abolitionists were about to com mence a crusade for the emancipation of the slaves, by demanding that the Government should retaliate upon the South in that way. At the meeting of the New York Union Defence Committee, on tie 23d, the leading Republican members demanded the re moval of the Secretary of the Navy and the Secre tary of War, and Mr. Moses H. Grinnell and Cap tain C. H. Marshall made earnest speeches in favour of such a change. A despatch of a doubtful character from Harper's Ferry to the 26th states that the Confederates had been defeated there. General Banks and his staff had assumed the command at Harper's Ferry, super seding Gen. Patterson, who had returned to Balti more. Before leaving General Patterson issued a proclamation, announcing that as the term of most of the troops from Pennsylvania had expired, and nearly all of them were returning home, he, by order of the War Department, relinquished his command. General Patterson had also published a letter, dated at Harper's Ferry, on the 22d inst., explanatory of his movements while in command, in which he says " General Johnston retreated to Winchester, where he had thrown up extensive entrenchments and had a large number of heavy guns. I could have turned his position and attacked him in the rear, but he had received large re• inforcements from Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia--a total force of over 35,000 rebel troops and 5,000 Virginia militia. My force is less than 20,000 men. Nineteen regi ments, whose term of service was up, or would be within a week, all refused to stay an hour over their time but four —viz., two Indiana regiments, Frank Jarrett's (the 11th Pennsylvania), and Owen's (the 24th Pennsylvania). Five regiments have gone home. Two more to-day, and three more to-morrow. To avoid being cut off with the:remainder I fell back and occupied this Dlace." An expedition on the 25th from Fortress Monroe to Black River, an arm of the sea between Old Point and York River, was successful in surprising and burning nine sloops and scbooners, and iu bringing off a valuable prize. From St. Louis, under date the 23d, we learn that Colonels Siegel and Solomon were reorganising the Federal Regiments for three years' service. Col. Sweeney had started from St. Louis, with 1,200 men, for Forsyth, on the White River. General Lyon's command had left St. Louis for Camp Little York on the Mount Vernon-road. Gen. M'Culloch was at Camp Walker, Arkansas, with 5,000 well-armed Federal troops. Governor Jackson, with 10,000 undisciplined men, was about 12 miles from Camp Walker. General Cox had oc cupied Charleston, Virginia, the Confederates re treating and burning the bridges. It was thought that Cul. Rosencrantz would cut off their retreat. Frora the blockading squadron we learn that on the 20th the Federal fleet at the mouth of the Mississippi was reinforced by five war vessels. Cap tures of small coasting vessels had been frequent. Southern accounts of the battle at Bull's Run re port that five Confederate generals were killed -viz., Barton, of Georgia ; Bee, of South Carolina; Kirkby and Smith, of Florida ; and also Colonel Johnson, of Hampton's Legion. A special despatch to the Charleston Mercury, dated July 23, says :—As soon as it became evident that the enemy meant to give battle, President Davis hastened to the scene of action, and was in time to take part in the battle. He immediately assumed command of the centre. General Beauregard was commander of the right wing ; and General Johnstoa of the left. It was against Gen. Johnston's command the enemy con centrated their best troops, who fought most obsti nately. At one time the left was pressed so severely that the issue of the conflict in that direction seemed doubtful. It was here that Col. Barton's Georgian regi ment was posted, which was so terribly cut up that a large body of our troops from the centre was sent out at a critical moment to the left's assistance, and turned the tide of the battle. The enemy broke and fled before the impetuous charges of the Southerners, and the battle soon be came a route. LOUISVILLE, July 26, 1861. A dispatch from Richmond, 22d, says: Soon after prayer in the Confederate Congress, the following dispatch was read to that body : MANASSAS JUNCTION, Sunday night. Night having closed upon a hard fought field, our forces were victorious. The enemy was routed, and fled precipitately, abandoning a large amount of arms, ammunition, knapsacks, and baggage. The ground was strewed for miles with those killed, and the farm houses and the ground around were filled with wounded. Pursuit was continued along several routes towards Leesburg and Centre ville, until darkness covered the fugitives. We have captured several field batteries, stands of arms, and Union and State flags ; many prisoners have been taken. Too high praise cannot be bestcwed ; wheth er for the skill of the principal officers or for the gallan try of all our troops. The battle was irtainly fought on our left. Our force wss 15,000, to at of the enemy estimated at 35,000. (Signed) JEFFERSON DAVIS. Another dispatch says the entire Confederate force was about 40,000, and the entire forces of the United States near 80,000. No particulars are received o f the dead and Protind.Pd. The Washington correspondent of the Neu? York Herald says, thoug h some would fain deny . it, yet it is undeniable that Fairfax . Court House is i again in possession of the Secession troops. It s said and credited that Johnston, although numbered among the dead by many, is there in person with upwards of 15,000 troops. A despatch to the New Orleans Picayune, dated t h e 19th, says :- 4; Az QMoial accolult of tb,s bAttle of 13811'$ 111 w, wag re- THE WARRIOR. Yesterday morning the grand frigate hoisted her pennant at last, and made her first brief voyage from Blackwall to Greenhithe. Beyond the mere fact of its being the first voyage there was not much of interest in the proceeding. She had the assist ance of many powerful tugs, was under steam her self, and answered her helm so readily as to be al ways completely in hand. With such aids, not withstanding the very strong wind and sharp turns in the river, she proved as manageable as a penny steamboat, and within two hours of the time of her leaving the Victoria Dock was quietly swinging to her anchor a little above Gravesend. The time fixed for her departure yesterday was 1 o'clock, about two hours before high tide, in order that she might have the check of the stream against her in dropping down the river. Before that hour, however, she was warped out from the corner where she has so long been fitting, and brought to the entrance of the dock leading to the river. With a vessel of such enormous size and weight, and in a dock so crowded with shipping, to move her at all was a labour re quiring no ordinary care and vigilance, and the work had to be accomplished very slowly. By 11 o'clock, however, she was brought quietly to the entrance, and before 12 Capt. Cochrane had all in readiness for going out into the stream at a moment's notice. Steam was got up in all the boilers, for though professing to depend on the tugs for mo mentum and guidance, it was very prudently deter mined that in case of any mishap, such as a hawser breaking, the Warrior should be quite ready and able to take care of herself if required. There was an almost total absence of curiosity to witness her departure from the docks, and in fact, very few at all ventured to brave the gusts of wind and torrents of rain that swept across the river like banks of mist throughout all the early parts of the day. This lack of interest, however, was evidently due solely to the wretched weather. Precisely at half past 1, the tide in the river having risen to the level of the water in the docks, a regular team of steam tugs made fast to the Warrior's stern, and the gates being opened, went blustering and splashing out into the Thames, towing the massive, black, and ominous-looking ship stern foremost after them. As she cleared the dock gates the ensigns and pen nant were run up, the band of the Marines playing " Rule Britannia." No cheering was attempted, for there was plenty tube done at once, as the force of the tide and wind came full on her broadside, and in spite of all the sturdy efforts of the tugs began to drift her up the stream. The tugs made a gallant struggle for it, but in vain, and if the Warrior herself had not been in working order with her engines she might have gone much fur ther up the river than would have been either safe or convenient. As it was a very few turns of her gigantic screw, which seemed to stir up the very bottom *sf the Thames, soon checked her progress, and sent her into the middle of the river, facing fair down the stream. Once in this position, no farther difficulty was experienced. In the very sharp turns just below Woolwich and just above Greenhithe it was of course necessary to use considerable care, and to screw astern till she was sometimes brought almost to a standstill. Beyond this, however, all went as well as could have been desired—she fouled nothing, never touched the ground, and was, as we have said, quietly at her moorings in less than a couple of hours after she had started. At all the bends of the river she answered • her helm like a yacht, and though the wheel worked stiff and was hard to get over, yet a very few turns did all that was wanted. Admiral Keppel, Commodore Sey mour, and Commodore Eden, who were on board, were delighted:with the perfect ease with which she was at all times held in hand. The engines worked with an ease which, considering their im mense size and newness, was almost marvellous. Not a single part required alteration, easing, or even adjustment of any kind whatever. Mr. Penn was, of course, on board, and would have liked nothing getter than to have driven her at full speed right away. But this high speed, in a narrow river crowded with shipping, was quite out of the ques tion, and he could only once or twice partially gratify his inclination in this respect by going full speed astern, when at the turns the Warrior's head was nearer the shore than was desirable. The greatest pressure of steam in the boilers at any time was 211 b,, but as a rule it was kept below this. The greatest number of revolutions obtained, or, more properly speaking, allowed per minute yesterday was t 58, and at this all worked as sm oothl y and Tile lyas when the screw was scarc el y turning. This number of revolutions was required only once, and that merely for a minute or two, to turn the Warrior astern. At full speed at sea the engines will make 62 revolutions per minute, which will give her a speed of screw of 18 knots. Allowing as much as one-sixth of this for " slip" (in the case of the War rior the slip is not expected to exceed one-eighth), we s hall have a speed of 15 knots--a speed which no man-of-war in the world comes within a knot in hour of. As far as can be judged at present om :cis every prospect of the Warrior making even more this great velocity in her trial trip next mont h . . 1 -^ _he highest speed attained yesterday was 'W o olwich, when the tid e was soon after pasbj n g almost at its heig2it, though on the whol e s li g h t l y against the vessel. Going at rather less th an 50 _ revolutions she went at Ihe rate of 141 k no t s . At no time, even when her rate waschanged ibration of the from slow ahead to fall speed astern, # was he v scr ew more than percept i ble , pract u 7ally speaking, either in the bows or on the quarter-dock. With A wooden Tepee' of the game length and exsrtiog the LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN. The directors of this company have resolved to recommend to the proprietors, at the half-yearly general meeting on the 15th inst., that the divi dend for the half-year ending the 30th of June, 1861, be at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum on the ordinary consolidated stock of the company. LONDON AND BLACKWALL. The directors of this company have determined on recommending to the proprietors a dividend for the half-year ending the 30th of June last at the rate of £2 15s. per cent. per annum. MARYPORT AND CARLISLE. The directors of this company intend to recom mend to the shareholders a dividend for the last half year at the rate of 7 per cent. per annum. HULL AND SELBY. The report of the directors states that the accounts for the past half-year show a balance of £32,266 in favour of the company, out of which they recom mend the payment of a dividend of £2 9s. Gd. per whole or £5O share ; of £1 4s. 9d. per half or £25 share ; and of 12s. 41d. per quarter or £l2 lOs per share (less the income-tax deducted by the lessees), payable on or after the 30th inst. Several important measures submitted to Parliament during the present session have required the attention and care of the board in protection of the interests of the company. The directors have the satisfaction of reporting that the suggestions of their counsel for amendments in several of the bills were received by the promoters of them, and discussed in a conciliatory spirit, and in such bills as have passed the amendments pro posed on behalf of this company were, in substance, even t u ally consented to and adopted by th e Legis lature. PNEUMATIC DESPATCH COMPANY. The report of the directors of this company states that extended experiments have established to the satisfaction of the engineers of the company the efficiency of the system proposed for the adoption of the company. The l as t portion of exP for th e line fromponrewpaitrhedaerimentshavebeen carried the e a rseelt Post-officeof a pa apparatus to Bloomsbury, and have_ resulted in proving the com plete sufficiency ofthe disc arrangement for pro ducing the power, as well as in showing that the power may be conveniently and economically ap plied. The directors, therefore, now that the trial of the full sized tube has shown the efficiency of the plan, have at once placed themselves in communica tion with the Post-office, the railway companies and other parties, with a view to arrangemc nts for the immediate construction of the first section of their 1 works. The directors hope that the original plan of • commencing the works from the Post-office to IBloomsbury, and thence to the London and North Western Railway, will be carried out, but they are anxious before committing the company to any serious outlay, and to the precise line of their first operations, to obtain a guarantee, or such arrange. ments for traffic, as will secure even this first sec tion being remunerative. The extension of the works, to comprise the entire parcel delivery of Loudon' must speedily follow, but the shareholders will ap preciate te p th re e et o i b c j e e l ct ex th p e er d i i e r n e e c e tor u s p h o a n v: illtitavrei tewdosfc ob tainingscale, the extended expenditure f Rammell and 1 Clark, beforeP recia 0 capital shall be incurred. Messrs. th e company's engineers, state in their re experiments which have p o rt that the trial been carried out both in fully confirmed the in , public and private, have anticipation report upon the prelim . scale at the Soho Works carriages, and trains vary ing from one to 'nary trials on a smaller_i , near:Birmingha.m! Sing lo expressed in their of carriages, of weight three tons, have been successfully passed through the tube, or portions of the tube, at speeds on v l a y ry ; mg from 15 to 40 m iles an hour, under pressures ra ng i ng b e t w een lox. and 6 o z. per square inch and these ex periments have been re peated from day to day w ith uniform results. Th e y e te n iic o rietd d Y. o find the transmission of the power from end to end of the tube to be apparently instantaneous, the buffing and delivery of the trains to be under per fect control, and, generally the combination to pos sessg which is all that in A i I s w regards orkiworking economy of power will be found that a fair e t h ou ey l d an h b a e e v i d a e s percentage of useful effect is obtained, while in respect to the much more important considera tion, convenient application of power, the advan tages of the medium employed are too obvious to need remark. On the whole, they are fully satis fied with the results obtained, and are convinced that the company possesses in the new sys tem a means of tran sm i ss i on which, from the great , facilities it affords, must soon come into extended practical use, ~:'. . 7,! , ; I