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1 1 1 6 /2 EW S PAPE R ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-FIRST SALE. CUSTOM HOUSE, London, August, 1861. FOR SALE, by order of the Honourable the Commis. stoners of her Majesty's Customs, at the COMMERCIAL SALE ROOMS, Mincing-lane, on WEDNESDAY, Aug. 21st 1881, at Twelve o'clock at noon precisely, the following GOODS, for the Benefit of the Crown, viz. : BRANDY, RUM, and WINE, The above goods may be viewed by sample at the Queen's Warehouse, Custom House, Thames-street ; and at the Lon don, West India, and Victoria Docks ; on Tuesday, August 1 0th, 1861, from ten o'clock in the morning until th ree o ' c l oc k ha the afternoon, and on the day of Sale, from ten o'clock in the morning until twelve o'clock at noon— the tasting, as regards the Queen's warehouse, being restricted to the day of sale. Take notice, that goods sold at this sale will not be de livered until after two clear days of the day on whichthey are Bold, and that no lots can be paid for at the office of the Re ceiver-General after two o'clock in the afternoon. Catalogues may be had at the Queen's Warehouse, Custom Rouse, Thames-street, price 3d. each _ RE COMMERCIAL UNION FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY. ( Registered provisionally, and intended to be incorporated under the statute 7 and 8 V ict., cap. 110.) Ca , X 2,500,000, in 50,000 shares of £5O each, of whlch it la intended to call up only 25 per share. Preliminary deposit, £1 per share on application, and £1 upon allotment. PROVISIONAL DIRECTORS. Henry Wm. Peek, Esq. (Peek Brothers and Co.), Chairman. Henry Trower,Esq.(Trowers and Lawson),Deputy-Chairman. Jeremiah Colman, Esq. (I. and J. Colman). Chkrles Curling, Esq. (Charles Curling and Co.) Edwin Fox, Esq (Halliday, Fox, and Co). Henry i Ghinn, Eeq., late of Victoria, 39, Euston-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 and Harris), Smith Harrison, Esq. (Harrisons and Crosfield). David Hart, Esq. (Lemon Hart and Son). Francis Hicks, Esq. (Thomas and Francis Hicks). John Hodgson, Esq. (Grant, Hodgson, and Co.) John Humphery, jun., Esq. (Humohery and Son). Moss Joshua. Esq. (Joshua Brothers and Co.) William Leask, sq., (L Eastcheap. W illiam Lee, Esq., M.P. ee, Son, and Smith.) Mr. Sheriff Lusk (A. Lusk and Co.) John Robert Thomson, jun., Esq. (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 Bank. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Marten, Thomas, and Hollams, Mincing-lane. BROKERS. George E. Seymour, Esq., 38, Throg,morton-street. Messrs. Horsfall and Addison, Liverpool. TEMPORARY OFFICES. 34, Gracechurch-street, E.C. PROSPECTUS. -rile Committee of 31au;;1;;;;t4;,Wr:1;:ars, and others appoin ted at a Public sleeting, 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 inc rease d 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 Board has been formed front leading commercial h ,uses, others, who, by their influence and extensive connections, at business.once secure to this Company a l arge amoun t of profitable The first principles of the Company will be the establish ment of an equitable c l assification of risks, as regards both Merchandise and Warehouses, and more liberal arr sngemenis than are now obtainable upon Floating and Short-time Poli cies. A Scale of Rates will be adooted which, while fully rd munerative, shall be sufficiently mode Tate to encourage 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 their contents at equitable-rates, this class of b us i ness h a long proved a large source of profit to the existing offices. The Company will be ate ctlyindependent in its operation and, in pursuance of the comprehynsive principle on which the Board has been a Instituted, 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 c'ause limiting the amount of each Shareholder's responsibility. 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 do- 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, London ; and Horsifla 1 and Addison, - Liverpool; t Brokers of the Company; -or of the- Solicitois ; or at the Temporary Offices of the Company. A deposit of £1 upon ach Share applied for must be paid. to .he Company's Bankers previously to the Application• being sent in. This sum will be returned if no allotment ikmade to the applicant.' GOVERNMENT SECURITY LIFE POLICIES. THE CONSOLS ASSOCIATION, 428 9 STRAND, LONDON. 1. Provides the Security of Consols for its Policies. 2. It 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 rest The Association possesses a Large Capital, subscribed by several Hundreds of Shareholders. Full information may be obtained on ap dication to THOMAS H. BAY LIS, Managing Director. PROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE ASSOCIATION. Established 1840. The lainentable failures in the Life Assurance world, re sulting from reckless management s which have recently been brought 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 community. The Annu .1 Income of the Provident Clerks' Association is • £44,000 The Accumulated Fund i5....s 160.0e0 wholly invested in Government and real securities in the names of the following Trus , ees, viz. : PUBLICATIONS. This Day, Second Edition, Demy Bvo., 95., CONSIDERATIONS on REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT. By JOHN STUART MILL. London : Parker, Son, and Bourn, West Strand, TRUSTEES. —--- Thomas Baring, Esq., M.P. Wm. George Prescott, Esq. l T homson Hankey, Esq., M.P. Baron L. de Rothschild, M.P. The balance-sheets are open to all, and may be obtained on a pplication at the Chief Office, 15, Moorgate-street, or of the agents War. THOn. LINFORD, Secretary. 15, Moorgate-street, August 1, 1861. PURSUANT to a Decree of the High Court of Chancery made in a cause "DE BROC DE LA Tu- VE LIE RE v. DAWSON," the Creditors of George -owland Minshull, late of Aston Clinton, in the county of Bucks, and of Bentinek-street, Cavendish-square, in the county of Mid - 1810, , Esquire, who died in or about the month of July, are, by their Solicitors, 3n or before the 4th day of No vember, 861, to come in and prove their Debts at the Cham bers of the Vice-Chancellor Kindersley, No. 1, Stone-build ings, Lincoln's-inn, Middlesex ; or, in default thereof, they will be peremptorily excluded from the benefit of the said Decree. Tuesday, the 12th day of November, 1881, at 12 o'clock at noon, at the said Chambers, is appointed for hearing- and adjudicating upon the claims. CHAS. PUGH, Chief Clerk. CLARKE, GRAY, and WOODCOCK, 20, Lincoln's-inn-fields, W.C.. Plaintiff's Solicitor. RUPTURES.-BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. WHITE'S MOO-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (PERFECTED AND EXHIBITED IN THE GREAT ExgrBITION OF 1851), is allowed by upwards of Two Hundred Medical Gentlemen to the most effective invention in the curative treatment of El ERN I A. The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effects, Is here avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the body, while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the Bloc-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 ae had," and the truss, which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the cir cumference 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. Doublo Truss, 31s. 6d., 425., and 525. ed. Postage, is Bd. An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. 64. Postage, is. 10d. Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post office, Piccadilly. EPLASTIC STOCKINGS, KNEE-CAPS, Bzo for Varicose Veins and all cases of Weakness and Swelli ng the Legs, Sprains, &c. They are porous, light in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on like an ordinary stocking. Price 4s. 6d., 7s. 6d., 10s., and 165. each. Postage 6d. JOHN WHITE, Manufacturer, 228, Piccadilly. GIVEN AWAY TO NERVOUS SUFFERERS. HENRY SMITH, M.D., of the University 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 w6rk 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 Fervation, to any address, on receipt of a directed envelope and two stamps. Address, HENRY Sattru, M.D., 8, Burton crescent, Tavistock-square, London, W.C. THE VIGOUR OF YOUTH RESTORED IN FOUR WEEKS by Dr. RICORD'S ESSENCE OF LIFE. This wonderful agent will restore manhood to the most shattered constPution, whether arising from self-pollution, excesses, nocturnal emissions, the effects of climate, or natu ral causes The time required to cure the most inveterate case is tour weeks ; and, if used according to the printed in structions (which are very simple). failure is impossible. This life-restoring remedy should be taken by all about to parry, as its effects - are permanent. It is acknowledged by the medical press to be the greatest discovery ever made. Success 111 every case is as certain as that water quenches thirst. Dr. Rilord's Essence of Life is sold in cases, with full in structions for use, at 11s., 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 Front, Patent Medi eine Warehouse, 229, Strand (seven doors west of Temple bar). V T PRACTICE at the V SCHOOL of MUSKETRY, HTTHE.—Messrs. SOLO MONS' new WAISTCOAT-POCKET RIFLE GLASSES having been sent to the above school to be tested, they have received a testimonial stating it is the only glass suited to that purpose, showing at long ranges the shotmarks upon the target with the greatest clearness. They also serve every purpose on the Racecourse and at the Opera House. Country , scenery and ships are clearly seen at 10 tol2 miles. Her Ma -3 esty ' 8 Coastguards are making use of them as day and night glasses. Their powerful telescopes, 34 inches. with an astro nomical eyepiece, will show distinctly Jupiter's moons, Sa turn's rings, and the double stars ; with the same telescope a person can be seen and known 3i and an object from 14 to 16 miles. In endless variety with increasing powers. 39, Albe marle-street, Piccadilly, London. (Entered at Stationers' Hall.) I, GREAT MARLBO PANTHEON. ROLIGH-STREET, W.. NEAR THE DR. CULVERWELL, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, Licentiate of hlidwifery, and Apo ,beeariss' Hall, London, can be consulted daily (only) as above, on all cases of Nervous Debility, Languor, Incapacity, I , oss of Memory, Sterility, and all Functicnal Derangements of both Sexes,-emanating from early and excessive indul gences! Has Just published, price Is. ; by post, 1$ stamps, 18 sealed, No. 4, An entire new OURSEL and oriziVES. nal Work, entitled Synopsis : The Physiology and Anatomy of our Generation —The Origin of Disease—Symptoms, Treatment, and Cure. A lao, an Ennosition of. and Remedy for, all Urinary Derange ments and Marital Diaqualifloations, MALE. The modern treatment of Syphilis, Stricture, Blennorrhagla (Gonorrhcea). Spermatorrhcea, Impotency, and all Diseases of the Urinary Organs, with Prescriptions, dm FEMALE. The Physiology and Anatomy of Women--Functional Ir re mlarittes in Health and Sickness—Choice in Marriage— T aeir Expectancies and Disappointments—Thl Cause and R , mov a l of Sterility—The Theory and Symptoms of Gesta tion—Use of the Speculum. Also, No. 1. HEALTH, HAPPINESS, and LONGEVITY; On Debility, Nervousness, Dyspepsia, and Indigestion, No. 2. 'LOVE AND MARRIAGE : Their Obit rations Happiness, and Disappointments; Love rlit other Matches, Sterility Removed. and Healthy Off- Pring sec ure d. _ No. S. THE CASE BOOK : Their 100 Cases of SPERMATORRHCEA , Causes; n S; Symptoms, and Treatment, Confessions and CurcTTo be I , 'Luterisations, Galvanism, Scc. Acc. had of Mann, S 9, Cernhili ; and the Authors. Advise to the Working Classes fee Half-a-Guinea (SPECIAL NOTICE. Dr. Culverwell is the only legally qua l ified medical preen abto ne r of that name, and ca n be consulted (only ail ove ). LIGHT and HEARING being sympathetically ►►J7 connected, Messrs. SOLOMONS having a thorough knowledge of the anatomy of the eye and ear, and, after th►e experience and extensive practice of 40 years, have invented an instrument for extreme cases of Deafness, called the SOUND MAGNIFIER, Organic Vibrator, and Invisible Voice Conductor. It fits into the ear not perceptible ; the un pleasant sensation of singing noises in the head is entirely removed. It affords immediate relief to deaf persons, and enables them to hear distinctly at church, &c. They have also constructed TINTED SPECTACLE LENSES of the greatest transparent brilliancy. The advantage derived is that vision impaired is preserved and strengthened; very aged persons are enabled to employ their sight at the most minute occupation; can see with them of much less magnify ing power, and do not require the frequent changes to more powerful assistance. 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. DISSOLVING VIEWS & MAGIC LANTERNS lent out, and sent into the country. with the option to purchase. Messrs. SOLOMONS' Improved Phantasmagoria Lanterns being arranged with their beautiful light, which surpasses any other, a c l ear d i sc i s o b ta i ne d f r o m 6 t o 20 feet diameter. Slides in great variety, viz., Pilgrim's Progress, Cruickshank 's Bottle,Missionary Sketches of American Life, &c. Their new Instrument is one of the most amusing and instructive ever brought out. It illustrates the motion of the Planets, and many instructive and laughable effects. Lecturers and schools supplied at reduced prices. Scientific Instrument Makers, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, W. Makers of the new Government• Barometer to tell the weather days Oetore band. N° 21.569. THE PRESENT DISTRESS IN TRADE fully explained in J. GROSSMITH'S " 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." Bent and Co., late Piper and Co.. Paternoster-row. The Fourth Edition, Just Published. Bvo, in cloth, price ss. by post free, ss. 6d. QN TRUE and FALSE SPERMATORRHCEA ; with the View to the Correction of wide-spread Errors in relation to the Treatment and Cure of Sufferers from De bility of the Generative system, or Sexual Hypochrondriasis. Translated from the German of Dr. PICKFORD. " Dr. Pickford is known to English readers by his frequent practical contributions to German medical literature. This is the first time, he informs us, that he has addressed himself to the non-medical reader. We trust that this may not be the last, if he shall detect any other equally flagrant evil which it may be in his power to correct."—London Medical Gazette. " The editor has conferred a great boon on the sufferers from this distressing malady by translating this little book, and by laying bare the scandalous practices of unqualified adventurers, who profess to cure a disease of which they know nothing, with no other object than to fill their own purses. The difference between true Spermatorrhcea and the various forms of disease which resemble it are accurately de scribed, and thus a safe guide is offered for the treatment of the malady."—Medical Circular. " We have dilated so long upon the contents of the preli minary chapter, that we have scarcely left ourselves space for any notice of the subject specially treated of by Dr. Pickford ; but the moderate price at which the 'brochure' is sold, places it within the reach of every one interested in the matter."— Dublin Medical Press. London : H. Bailliere, 219, Regent-street. RADICAL CURES BY ELECTRICITY. Just published, Bvo., of 300 pages, price ls. 6d., - - - A_AVXTRACTS 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, Idrk-place, Baker-greet, London. PROMENADE CONCERTS, GARDEN.-:-'4Playgoers sup at Evans'."• COVENT '—Athenaeum. A RGYLL ROOMS. Windmill-street, Hay market, will RE-OPEN for the Season on SATUR DAY, ' 4th August, under the direction of Mons. BOULCOURT, principal Cornet-a-piston and Conductor. The music win be selected from Verdi, Meyerbeer, Rossini, Flotow, Balfe, and other eminent Composers. During the recess-these well known Rooms have been entirely RE-DECORATED and I VPROVED by Messrs. H. T. SMITH and assistants. The new Chandeliers by M. Benjamin. Admission, One Shilling. —All the new Music to be had at the Office, No. 7, Great Windmill-street. NATIONAL 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-decCrated, .and many impel- ant 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 cho cent dance music. New Selections frotnthe Rose of Caqtille, Der Frieschutz, Robin Hood.. TJn Ballo Maschera, La Wine Topaz. La eircassienne (never .per- Mormed in England), IA Sanciniere, Redowa, New Champagne Galop, &c.—Doors open at half-past B.—Admission, ls. 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. Ihave now invented a compound meal, composed of locust beans, Indian eorn, linseed, Am., 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 at the cost of 5d., mixed with a peck of chopped hay, is a feed fer a draught horse, and superior in every respect to three quarterns of oats, costing 70. 14 barrels weigh net 1 ton 1 cwt., at 16s. per cwt., £l6 16s. net cash, free, delivered by my own wagons to any station in London. Nothing less than 21 cwt. sold at the ma nu f ac t or y, an d or d ers mus t 13e 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 cwt.. may be had for 305., at 77, New.gate-street, City, or of any of my accredited Agents in the country. THORLEY'S CONDIME N TA L FOOD -A- (mixed Nvi , h crushed Oats, drc.) for My Tiorses.—Read Admiral Rons on the English Racehorse. 40s. per barrel, containing 44S feeds. THORLEY'S CONDIMENT for My Cows. Increasing the quantity and enriching the quality of Milk. 40s. per barrel. 'ITIORLF,Y'g COMP OUND ft, r MT- Shoep. /- Sold in barrels, containing 449 feeds, with measure (mlosed, and carriage paid to any railway station in the ingdom. rH ORLEY for My pigs. 40s . per barrel. THORLEY'S GLEANER is Published every Monday in time for post, and contains forty Columns if valuable information, including Mark-lane Report, Agri 'ultural and Sporting intelligence up to time of going to nress. Price One Penny. Order of any Newsvendor.-77, isrewgate-street, City. ROYAL NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTITITTION.—The Committee of this Institution earnestly APPEAL to the public for PECUNIARY ASSIST ANCE to aid them to meet the present heavy demands on the limited funds of the Society. THOMAS BARING, Chairman. THOMAS CHAPMAN, Deputy-Chairman. 14, John-street, Adelphi, Feb., 1861. Bankers—Messrs. Willis and Co. ; Coutts and Co. ; Herries glad Co. R OYAL FREE HOSPITAL. Gray's-inn-road. Patron—Her Majesty the QUERN. President—His Grace the Duke of Buccleuch, K.G. 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 En-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. 'Co.;• Herries and Co. ; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co. ; Jones Loyd and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; Denison and Co. ; Williams, Deacon, and Co. ' • Overend, Gurney, and Co. ; Nisket and Co., Berners-street ; Masterman and Co. ; and at the Hospital. J. B. OWEN, M.A„ Chairman of the Weekly Board. KEATING'S PERSIAN INSECT DESTROY ING POWDER.—This Powder is quite harmless t animal life, but is unrivalled in destroying' Fleas, Bugs, Emmets, Flies, Cockroaches, Beetles, Gnats, MoEquitoes, Moths in Furs, and every other species of insects in all stages of metamorphosis. Sportsmen will find this an invaluable remedy for destroy ing fleas in their dogs, aq also ladies for their pet dogs, and sprinkled about the nests of poultry, it will be found ex tremely efficacious in exterminating those insects with which they are usually infested. It is perfectly harmless in its nature, and may be applied without any apprehension, as it has no qualities deleterious to animal life. So'd in Packets ls., 2s. 6d. and 4s. 6d. each, or post free for 14, or treble size, for 36 postage stamps, by 1 'TOMAS KEAT nvG,'Chemist. 79, St. Paul's Churchyard, London, E C. Take notice, each genuine picket bears the above name and address. 8, GROSVENOR-STREET, GROSVENOR-SQVARE.- ALL CONSULTATIONS FREE. RTIFICIAL TEETH on a NEW and IM PROVED PRINCIPLE, at TEN SHILLINGS EACH TOOTH (including all charges.) Mr. ESKELL'SPA.TE • TED INVENTION (protected by her Majesty's Royal Seal, July, '860), 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 lifetime. "Unrivalled for its ntilityand economy."—Morning Post. "An admirable contrivance for remedying the defects of nature, without requiring new sets of teeth."—Sun. Decayed Teeth Stoppek Loose Teeth Fastened, Discoloured, Teeth Restored, &c. Constant Daily Attance at 8, Grosvenor street, Grosvernor-square, London; Old Steine, Brighton; Bennett's-hill, Birmingham / . ~. 4 , , - ~ ,,i i- ,, , ,• , i • ,----, , .., . el ..,,• ...,.. . 1 ....,. • 4 . art • 3144 . , 4 ,...-•....z- k .... % .. -(t. , ~. ~...., ~... ~,,.1 .4 ~* . L , ..,,,,. , , , , t „,,_.,, Aff . ~...0 ' . ..." --,` 07 -- ---- Vi: , ... .0 ' ‘`. '-- , t 1 1 1 t,,. 4. 7 - .11 4 "' , - '-'• ..*', ..- 'QC- - ; i)11 : : , .--% ii ,......ig . ..„,,,, , ,„.."' '' ' , 7, ;, 7 .'- .\,‘;',' /-„4',.«‘‘ ‘ ,..- t. :II: ;R...OTT. ot a, - . ....,.,.._ THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST 17, 1861. FRO3I THE GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT. OSBORNE, AUG. 5. The Queen was this day pleased to confer the honour of Knighthood upon Round°ll Palmer, Esq. ; her Majesty's Solicitor-General. TREASURY CHAMBERS, Aim, 12. The Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury have been pleased to appoint the Right Hon. Lord Stanley, M.P., to be a Trustee of the National Portrait Gallery. WAR-OFFICE, Auct. 16. st Regiment of Dragoon guards—Lieutenant Charles Levett to be Captain, by purchase, vice Walter Clopton Wingfield, who ietires ; Cornet William Potter Stephen son to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Levett. 3d Dragoon Guards—First Lieutenant Henry Langtry, from Antrim Artillery Militia, to be Cornet, by purchase,.vice Dawson, promoted. 6th Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant Henry Reginald Forster has been permitted to retire from the Service, by the sale of his Commission. Bth Light Dragoons—Lieutenant Walter Tuckfield Golds worthy to be Adjutant, vice Michael Clarke, who resigns that appointment. 13th Light Dragoons—Captain Fitz Roy Donald Maclean to be Major, by purchase, vice Alexander George Dick son, who retires; Lieutenant Walter Sydney Tucker to be Captain, by purchase, vice Maclean; Cornet William Mitchell Ines to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Tucker. Royal Artillery—Surgeon Thomas Connor O'Leary, M. 8., from the 45th Foot, to be Surgeon. The Commission of Paymaster William Shepherd to be antedated to the 14th May, 1861. Coldstream Guards—William Chafyn Grove, Gent., to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Carter, pro moted. Ist Regiment of Foot—Liehtenant George Hall, from half pay, late Land Transport Corps, to be Lieutenant, vice Samuel Seggie, appointed • Quartermaster 9th Light Dragoons. 4th Foot—Ensign John Rimington Sharp, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice George Hall Hall, who retires. 11th Foot—Ponsonby Slteppard;"Dent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Watson, promoted ; Denis Bingham, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Alexander Willoughby Montgomery Moore, appointed to the 97th Foot. 13th Foot—Major Henry. Christopher Marriott, from the 82d Foot, to be Major, vice Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel George Latham Thomson, who exchanges. 15th Foot—Alfred Sebastian Boom, Gent., late Ensign, Elthorne Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Thomas Prince Lloyd, appointed to the 93d Foot. 16th Foot--Captain and Brevet-Major Richard John Evans, from the 27th Foot,- to be Captain, vice John G. Dartnell, who exchanges: 17th Foot—Charles Earnest Gaitskill Burr, Gent, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Dwyer, promoted. 20th Foot—Ensign George Frederick Harris to be Lieute nant, by purchase, vice Frederick Fox, who retires. 27th Foot—Captain John George Dartneil, from 16th Foot, to be Captain, vice Brevet-Major Richard John Evans, who exchanges. 33d Foot—Major Arthur Sisson Cooper, from half-pay, late 25th Foot., to be Major, vice Thomas Wickham, who re tires upon balf-pay. 43d Foot—Spencer Perceval Talbot Nicholl, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Tod, promoted. 45th Foot—Staff-Surgeon-Major William Home Fairbairn M.D., to be Surgeon, vice Thomas Connor O'Leary M. 13., appointed to the Royal Artillery. 47th Foot—Quartermaster, with the honorary rank of Cap tain, Jobn Dunlop, from half-pay, 75th Foot, to be Pay master, vice Captain Henry Charles Watson, appointed Paymaster of the School of Musketry. 48th Foot—Lientenant Arthur George Wyse to be Captain, without purchase, vice Cairnes, pt .- emoted. 55th Foot—Staff-Surgeon Thomas Parr to be Surgeon, vice Henry Somers, M.D. deceased. 63d Foot—Captain Falkland "Tovinshend Logan Paterson • to be Major, by purchase, vice Charles Le Mesurier, who - retires; Lieutenant George W. Clutterbuck to be Cap tain, by purchase, vice Charles Celquhoun Pye, who re tires ; Lieutenant John Richard Ramsbottom to be Cap tain, by purchase, vice Paterson; Ensign Thomas At. kinson to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Clutterbuck ; Ensign Thornton Scovell to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Richard Halliday Archer, who retires; Ensign John Pollard Mayers Burton to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Ramsbottom ; Gentleman Cadet Henry Nicholas Bayly, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Atkinson ; Alexander Hovenden. Goldie Taubman, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Sco vell; Thomas Foster, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Burton; Lieutenant Charles Henry Kinahan to be Adjutant, vice Ciutterbuck, promoted. 78th Foot—Ensign Andrew Murray to be Lieutenant, by purchase vice Malcolm McNeill, who retires ; Robert Lockhart , Daglish, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Murray. 82d Foot—Major and Brevet Lieutenant. Colonel George Latham Thompson, from the 13th Foot, to be Major, vice Henry Christopher Marriott, who exchanges. 84th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Hernlan Bicknell has been permitted to resign his commission. 86th Foot—Lieutenant Duncan Stewart to be Captain, by purchase, vice Edward John Lees, who retires; Ensign Francis Glasse Marshall to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Stewart ; Henry Wise Ridley Blackett, Gent., to be _ _ Ensign, by purcbasj, vice Marshall ; Lieutenant Thomas Yardley to be Adjutant,. vice Duncan Stewart, promoted. 90th Foot—Ensigia_Francis Russell to be Lieutenant, without purnase, vice George Gregg, deceased. 97th Foot—Ensign Alexander Willoughby Montgomery Moore, from the 11th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Fulford, promoted. 99th Foot—Staff-Surgeon Cornelius Clark Rutherford, to be Surgeon, vice Richard Cooper Todd, appointed to the Staff. 2d West India Regiment—Ensign John Sheil, from the Ceylon Rifle Regiment, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Bellamy, promoted. Ceylon Rifle Regiment—Josiah Erskine Collins, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice John Sheil, promoted in the 2d West India Regiment. STAFF.—Captain and Brevet-Major Alexander Aber crombie Nelson, Unattached, Assistant-Inspector of Rifle Volunteers, to be Fort-Major at Guernsey, vice Major and Brevet-Colonel John Hankey Bainbrigge, Unattached, promoted Major-General. BREVET. Col. Alexander Tulloh, of the Royal Artillery, to have the temporary rank of Major-General while serving as the Director of Ordnance. Lieut.-Col. Edward Whitmore Scovell, 96th Foot, hav ing completed five years' service in the rank of Lieutenant- Colonel, to be Colonel in the Army under the Bth clause of the Royal Warrant of Oct. 14, 1858. Major Montagu Hamilton Dowbiggin, 99th Foot, to be Lieut.-Colonel in the Army. Second Captain Theodosius Webb, half-pay Royal .Engi neers, to be Major in the Army. Capt. Edward H. Langmore, Bengal Infantry, to be Major in the Army. Sergeant-Major M in. Hawtree, of the Army Hospital Corps, to have the local rank of Ensign while employed as Acting Captain of Orderlies at the General Hospital, Wool wich. MEMORANDIIM.—The undermentioned officer upon half pay has been permitted to retire from the service by the sale of his commission, under the condition of the Horse Guards' Circular Memorandum of the 15th February, 1861: —Second Captain Theodosius Webb, half-pay Royal En gineers. BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. William Porter Walton, corn merchant, Kingston-upon. Hull. BANKRUPTS. Edwin Henry Spark, wholesale jeweller, Great Coram street, Russell-square, to surrender Aug. 29 and Sept. 24, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Daniel Terry, smith, Dover, Sept. 2, at twelve, and Oct. 1, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Robert Griffiths, innkeeper, Llantrissant, Aug. 27 and Sept. 24, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Joseph Hamerion, worsted manufacturer, Shibden, Yorkshire, Aug. 30 and Sept. 20, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Edward Wevill, broker, Liverpool, Aug. 26 and Sept. 16, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Charles Brittain, builder, Bebiugton, Cheshire, Aug. 26 and Sept. 16, at eleven, at the Liverpool DistricCourt. John Edward Elford, grocer, Bayswater, Aug. 26, at half-past twelve, and Sept. 18, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edward Simons, Italian warehouseman, Newgate-street, City, Aug. 27, at half-past twelve, and Sept. 11, at half past two at the Court of Bankruptcy. John Milhench, Thomas Wroe, Benjamin Taylor, and Juhu uuttuu spinners, Oldham, Sept. 3 and Oct 15, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. George Scrivener, provision dealer, Wigan, Aug. 26 and Sept. 17, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Thomas Bell and John Wiseman, grocers, Sunderland, Aug. 23, at half-past eleven, and Oct. 4, at half-past twelve, at the Royal Arcade ; Newcastle-upon-Tyne. John Christian Benjamin Wild, licensed. victualler, St. Mary Axe, City, Aug. 28, at half-past eleven, and Sept. 18, at half. past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Henry Augustus Hope, hay and straw•salesman, West Smithfield, Aug. 26 and Sept. 18, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Wm. James Epps,-nursery and seedaman, Maidstone, Aug. 28, at eleven, and Sept. 18, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. John Brait, draper, Gatehouse, Kircudbrightshire. William Porteous, manufacturing chemist, Clydeford, near Rutherglen, and in Glasgow. SPURTING INTELLIGENCE. LUDLOW RACES-FRIDAY. The Corporation Handicap of 5 sovs each, with 25 added, for two-yr-olds and upwards; the second to save his stake; winners extra, 8:c. About five furlongs. 9 subs. Captain Christie's Spicebox, 4 yrs, Bst 81b (G. Foram) 1 Mr. Owen's Deserter, 3 yrs, sst 131 b I - letting-4 to lon Spicebox. Won by two lengths. The Weston Handicap of 5 sovs each, with 40 added; for three-yr-olds and upwards ; the second to save his stake ; winners extra, &c. About one mile and a quarter. 15 subs. Mr. Lincoln's Nightingale, 4 yrs, 7st 51b (inc. 31b extra) (H. Taylor) 1 Captain Christie's AI odors, 3 yrs, Est 41b.. .. (E. Taylor) 2 Mr. Adam's Wortham, 3 yrs, Est 61b (carried Est 81b) (H. Grimshaw) 3 Mr. Lincoln's Petra, 5 yrs, 7st 121 b (car. 7st 131 b (Lynch) 4 Mr. Owen's Irish Emigrant, aged, 7st 51b.. (Entwistle) 5 Mr. Sly's Yorkshire Miss, 5 yrs, Est 131 b.. .. (A. Saddler) 6 Betting—b to 2 agst Nightingale, 4to 1 agst Medora, sto 1 each agst Wortham and Irish Emigrant. Won by half a length, the second beating the third by a neck. The Oakley Park Plate of 50 sovs, for two-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 101 b; fillies, Bst 71b; Winners extra. Straight half- mile, Mr. Stevens's Ethel, Bst 12Ib (inc. 51b extra) • . (Payne) 1 Mr. Edwards's Palermo, Bst 131 b (inc. 31b ex.) Kendall) 2 Captain Christie's My Partner, Bst 71b (W. White) 3 Mr. Wadlow's Ace of Trumps, Bst 101 b.. (G. Fordham) 4 Mr. Rich's Miss Eliza, Bst 71b (H. Grimshaw) 5 Betting-4 tp lon Ethel. Won by two lengths; My Partner a bad third. The Stewards' Cup of 25 sovs, added to a Handicap of 5 sovs each, for 3-yr-olds and upwards ; the second to save his stake. Winners extra, &c. About a mile. 9 subs. Mr Fadlaves Flirtation, 3 yre,„ast 41b Grimshaw) 1 M. Sadler's The Gift, 5 yrs,)sit 91b (car. 6st 121 b) (A. Sadler) 2 Mr. Byrn's Caliban, 3 yrs, Est llb (E. Taylor) 3 Betting-6 to 4on Flirtation. Won by a length; Cali ban a bad third. The Ludlow Handicap of 5 soya each, with 40 added; the second to save his stake ; winners extra, &c. ; about one mile and a half ; 11 subs. Mr. Cliff's Nosegay, 5 yrs, 7t 71b (in. 51b extra) (H. Taylor) t w.o. Mr. Lincoln's Petra, 5 yrs, 7st 111 b (Gardiner) t Mr. Adam's Wortham, 3 yrs, Est 41b (car. Est 81b) (H. Grimshaw) 3 Mr. Barber's Foxhead, 3 yrs, Est llb (E. Taylor) 4 Betting-5 to 2on Nosegay; A dead heat ; Mr. Cockin having declared to win with Nosegay, the latter walked over. Gardiner was not aware of the declaration, neither had the owner a shilling on the race. The Herbert Handicap of 3 soya each, with 25 added, for 2-yr-olds and upwards ; the second to save his stake ; winners extrit; the winner to be sold for 50 sovs ; straight half mile. Mr. Sadler's Sweetmeat filly, 3 yrs, Bst 71b (A. Sadler) 1 Mr. Owen's Corumba, 3 yrs, Bst (H. Grimshaw) 2 Mr. Byrn's Camperdown, 2 yrs, 7st (J. Taylor) 3 Eveen betting between the Sweetmeat filly and Corumba. Won by two lengths ; a bad third. The winner was bought in for 61 guineas. BETTING AT MANCHESTER-FRIDAY. There is but little to notice in the betting here. For the Ebor Handicap Stockade has nearly displaced Virgilius in the position of favourite, and the next two in request were Bally Edmond and Lady Trespass. For the St. Leger Ripon and Janus were fairly supported, whilst against Big Ben there was some "hedging money" that was rather freely laid at 20 to 1. Closing prices : EBOR HAND/CAP. 7to 1 agst Virgilius (offered) Bto 1 agst Stockade (wanted) 10 to 1 agst Moorcock (offered) 12 to 1 agst Bally Edmond (taken) 12 to 1 agst Lady. Trespass (taken) 16 to 1 agst Prologue (taken) 16 to 1 agst Sir William (offered) ST. LEGER. 2to lon the field (offered, take sto 2) 11 to 1 agst Lady Ri2on (taken) 12 to 1 agst Kildonan (offered) 16 to 1 agst Janus (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst Big Ben (taken) THE DERBY. 30 to 1 agst Cellarius (taken) 66 to 1 agst Duke Rollo (taken) lIORSES STRUCK OUT OF THEIR ENGAGE- MENTS. August 9, at 1 p.m., Convivialist, out of all engagements ; Hopeful Duchene, out of Reading and Devon and Exeter engagements; Little Dick and Rhoebus, out of Reading engagements. . _ _ August 10, at 9.a.m., Adam Bede, out of Enville Welter Cup, Wolverhampton; Lucknow, out of Thames Handicap at Reading; at 5.15 p.m., Olive Branch and Santa Claus, out of Reading Nursery ; Umpire, out of the Berkshire Stakes, Reading. August 12, at 9 a.m., Fairwater, out of Devon County Cup; Anthem, out of Surrey and Middlesex Stakes, Egham; at 4.25 p.m., Canary, out of the Great Ebor Handicap, York. August 13, at 9 a.m., Sermo and Squire Percy, out of Reading engagements ; Sharpshooter, out of Plymouth and Oxford engagements ; Paleface and Simla, out of all engage ments; at 1.5 p.m., Vesper, Marine, and Chance Shot, out of handicaps ; at 4.34 p.m., Redpole, out of Devon and Plymouth engagements ; at 8 p.m., Kildrum, out of all engagements in 1861. August 14, at 5 p.m., all Lord Stamford's horses and Neophyte out of Egbam engagements. August 15, at 9 a.m., Leveret, out of the Weston Handi cap at Ludlow ; i t 1 p.m., Man-at-Arms and Prince Im perial out of Egham engagements; at 2.30 p.m., Rouge Dragon out of the St. Leger. ' great execution can be done, as the birds will not On Wednesday, on the Gleneagles moors, one gun in two hours killed nine brace of grouse, one brace of snipes, and two brace of plovers. At Du ehally Mr. Mylne and party shot eight brace and some other game. On Strathallan and Carim moors good sport is enjoyed. A large quantity of game was despatched from thd Crieff Junction on Wed nesday for London. Prices are good, as few birds have yet been in the market. CRIEFF.—The weather still continues unpropi tious for the sport on t h e moors. H eavy s h owers of rain have fallen every day since Monday, and in many cases sportsmen have not ventured out yet. On Monday afternoon, in th e course o f th ree h ours , the Hon. Gilbert lieathcote, M.P., and Col. Tyr whitt killed 26 brace of grouse on the Perth estate. On Tuesday and Wednesday they bagged an im mense number of game. On the Balhaldie estate two guns shot on Tuesday 35 brace of grouse and 12 hares. In Strathtay, Monzie, Glenalmond, and Strathbraan the sport has been also good. The train on Wednesday afternoon from Crieff railway station took away 50 boxes of game from Drum mond Castle and Glenturret grounds alone. The boxes and hampers yesterday were also nume rous. The birds are selling from ss. 6d. to 7s. per brace. GREENOCK,—The sport in this neighbourhood was interrupted on Wednesday by a heavy fall of rain. On the 12th Sir R. M. Shaw Stewart, Bart., M.P., killed 15 brace on Greenock Moor in a few hours, and a townsman on the hills in the neigh bourhood of Dunoon bagged 16 brace. Mr. Taylor, of Rockbank, near Campbelltown, shot upwards of 30 brace on his moors. The birds are very wild, rising at a distance of 40 yards. Game is very scarce in the market, and sells at the following prices :—Grouse, 7s. per- brace ;_ hares, 3s. each ; rabbits, ls. 6d. per pair. AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR. Computed from the Returns made in the week ending Aug. 13, 1861, exclusive of the duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the importation thereof into Great Britain : per cwt. Muscovado, the produce of British America 23s 4d Muscovado, the produce of the Mauritius .. Muscovado,. the produce of the East Indies.. 15s 10d Average price of the foregoing.. .. 22s lld The Eloctqc Light is now produced by the latent but im• mense force of the magnet, precisely similar to that em ployed in Herring's magnetic brushes. Dr. Hassan says— . I regard them as the most perfect brushes hitherto made, as respects their mechanical construction, and their magneti cal action." They are the remedy for grey hair, neuralgia, rheumatism, &c. N.B. — Counterfeits are being made.— Offices, 32, Basinghall-street, London. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—HoIIoway'sPiIIs.--The Safe Re gulators.—To keep the human frame in health or even to maintain its life, three great sy s t ems must work well—the b r eathing, the circulatory, and the nervous. These are all nourished by our food through the w on d er f u l powers o f di g estion ; any weakness in it soon act s unwholesomely on o ne of the three essentials. Holloway's Pills guard against this untoward result by assisting nature, and securing the complete digestion of all nutritive substances in her secret and living laboratory, the stomach ; whence nothing er3 eapes till thoroughly acted upon. Holloway's Pill s :like-. w ise regulate the peristaltic action of the bowels, and excite the necessary absorption of all nutritious matter from the dissolved food in its passage through the in testines. FORTIFICATIONS OF PO_RTSMOUTII. Forty 100-pounder Armstrong guns are ordered to be forwarded to Portsmouth, to be placed on the salient points of the sea face of its defences and the western approaches to Spithead. On the old Ports mouth line three of these guns will replace the pre sent 95-cwt. pivot smooth-bore guns, mounted at the St. James's-gate, the Semaphore 8-inch shell gun battery, and the one on the southern angle of the King's bastion. The auxiliary earthen redans, east and west of Southsea Castle, will receive two each, and the cavaliers of the new forts at Lumps and Eastney will also be armed with the same de scription of weapon. Cumberland Fort will also receive one, if not two, and will complete the sea face of the defences on the island of Portsea. The remaining portion of the guns will be distributed between Blockhouse Fort, the auxiliary earthen batteries of Fort Moncton, and at Browndown, the earthern batteries at Hurst Castle, the fort at Cliff end, and Victoria Fort. The addition of these guns will add much to the effectiveness of the defensive works at the Needles entrance, and would also be of great service at Fort Moncton and in Stokes Bay ; but on all the points of the works bearing di rectly upon Spithead, more especially on the " No man,' and the "Dean"—that is, the passage between those two shoals, their service to their friends and damage to an enemy, when the new forts are con structed, will be more problematical. An engage ment between an enemy's fleet and the marine forts would render any support from the batteries on shore entirely out of the question, owing to the smoke which would envelope the whole expanse of water from Bembridge harbour to Southsea Castle. Under these circumstances any discharge from the forts at present existing at Portsmouth, or from the projected ones on the Isle of Wight shore, would be quite as likely to strike a fort as it would a ship. Enemy's ships, too, will have this advantage—the smoke of battle will not obscure their passage in the deep water ways. The huge forts will not only pilot their adversaries past the shoals in safety, but will also point out the exact position of Portsmouth dockyard, which, if the iron-clad ships really are invulnerable, they can shell with a certainty even from amid the smoke of the engagement. The fortifications, present and projected, for the defence of Portsmouth harbour, dockyard, and arsenal may be divided into three sections, inde pendent of the works to defend the approaches to Spithead and the southern shores of the Isle of Wight :- 1. The inner line of defence, comprising the lines of for tification surrounding the towns of Portsmouth, Portsea, and Gosport, with the Blockhouse double-tier fort, and Point Shell Battery, on either side the harbour's mouth. 2. Southsea Castle, Lumps, Eastney, and Cumberland Forts, with their auxiliary e irthen batteries. The Hilsea lines, guarding the only entrance to the island of Portsea by land. The line of detached forts (5) from Frater Lake to Stokes Bay, and the defensive works along Stokes Bay, be ginning with Fort Gomer and its auxiliary batteries, and ending with Fort Moncton, opposite to Southsea Castle. 3. The marine forts at Spithead, the extensive works on Portsdown-hill, seven miles in extent, and the large de tached forts in advance of the forts between Browndown and Frater Lake, and situate respectively at Lee Farm, Roome, Newgate, Old Ford, and Wallington, the two latter lying north and South of Fareham, and guarding the ap proaches to the west end of Portsdown. The greater portion of the first section, the origi nal lines of defence in front of Portsmouth and Port sea, landward, have long been acknowledged to have become useless for the purposes of defence. A large portion of the Portsmouth lines, from the town bas tion to King James's•gate, it has been determined to level with the ground, and devote the space gained to the erection of barracks and the formation of parade grounds, &c. To make this really sensible work appear ridiculous, however, it has been deter mined, at great cost, to connect the remaining por tion of the old Portsmouth lines with the Portsea lines, by bastion and curtain, in the good old style. The suburbs have so sprung up around Portsmouth since these lines of defence were first carried out that a dense population resides up to the very foot of the glacis, from Southsea Common to the termi nation of the Portsea lines on the beach of Ports mouth harbour, near the north-eastern extremity of the dockyard. As a consequence, all guns from these extensive and expensive works, not pointing exactly seaward, point with droll significance at the bedroom windows of the inhabitants of the two towns. While bastion and ravelin thus situated are crowded with cannon of all calibre and descriptions, Southsea beach, which forms one side of the Ports mouth harbour channel from the sea, is without a single battery or gun, from the King's Bastion of the town lines we have just spoken of to the auxi liary earthworks of Southsea Castle. Bastion and curtain, rampart and moat, which frown so terribly against the people they are intended to protect, might surely be more appropriately placed on the sea beach, where one day they may do service against an enemy, than be kept inland where the houses of the inhabitants are gradually closing round and growing over them. Of the second line of defence the chief fault seems to be landward. Southsea Castle and the adjacent forts and batteries are all able to do good service, although many faults exist in them. The same remarks apply to Fort Monc ton. The line of defence along Stokes Bay assumes a formidable appearance as it becomes further deve loped, as do the lines of Hilsea ; these latter will be gigantic creations, and are daily making their trace more plain to the eye of the uninitiated as their earthen bastions and curtains, connecting the flank casemated batteries, are being thrown up by the con tractor. In nearly a straight line from the south west shore of Portsmouth Harbour to Stokes Bay are fire detached forts, two—Gomer and Elson.-- complete, and three others in co urse of construction. This line of forts is now allowed to be not only bad in situation, but bad in design. Fort Gomer has always enjoyed an unenviable reputation, while the other completed work, Fort Elson, has been eva cuated by the Royal Artillery quartered in it to allow of repairs 'eing effected in less than 12 months' time of its completion. It is now ordered to have 15 of its heavier guns removed, and replaced by the same number of lighter calibre. But these lines of forts are stated to be useless, and it is therefore necessary to have another girdle, and hence the advanced forts at Roome, Lee Farm, and Fareham. The forts just PR1CE....... .4d. STAMPED ....sd. referred to, however, are not to be neglected, if they are useless. They are to be connected by ditch from Gomer to Elson, but as the forts themselves will not be complete before December, 1862, probably b 3 that time they may be ordered to be pulled down again, so that their construction will not much signify in their case alone. The warnings inculcated in the public mind by these repeated failures and mistakes give but little hope of any reasonable return for the immense outlay the proposed experimental fort. making on Portsdown or on the shoals surrounding Spithead will involve. Sebastopol's greatest forti fications were made on the spur of the moment with the pick and the spade, by the indomitable perse veranca of a man of genius. The pick and spade would also play an important part in England in the event of an enemy ever landing. Portsdown hill, should such an event as invasion ever threaten, could, by the aid of the garrison, the labour of the town and dockyard, the convicts, &c l l., be rendered impregnable in a very few hours. The proposed and existing works and forts for the defence of Portsmouth, it must be borne in mind, would require the whole British army to take charge of. What is required is a good military road, covered with a rampart, contiguous to and parallel with the sea shore. Heavy and light batteries of artillery manoeuvring on this road, backed up by the regu lar army and Volunteers, would render more efficient service than all the costly schemes that ever emanated from the brains of the Royal Engineers. \ \,, ... \ , Z., i'o.ailiWlF -. 4 . 4,0 w k., --i - - - AC wEt retu mouth from Dovonport on Monday wittahe t S Regiment, for Aldershott. RAILWAY INTELLIG.L.NCE. SOUTH \VALES. The- directors of this company have decided on recommending a dividend for the half-year ending the 30th of June last at the rate of £2 15s. per cent. per annum, leaving a balance over of about £2,300. The dividend for the corresponding half of 1860 was at the rate of 2 per cent. per annum. GREAT WESTERN. The half-yearly meeting of this ompany was held yesterday, at the Paddington station—the Earl of ._Shelburne in the chair. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, explained the various causes which had not only prejudicially affected the traffic during the past half-year, but added to the expeudit u:e — t h y principal cause being the weather, and an absti ac /ion by the South-Western line of a portion of the Exeter traffic. He congratulated the shareholders on the fact that the narrow gauge between Padding- ton and Reading wail; rapidly approaching pletion, when the full advantages of the arrange ment with the West Midland would be felt, the northern traffic being enabled to come over their line without break of gauge. He also anticipated favourable results from the Birkenhead lines as soon as the Birkenhead docks were completed. In reply to questions, it was stated that an attempt had been made to put an end to all disputes with the South Wales line by a complete amalgamation, and offers had been made that, of the totaLreceipts, the share of the Great Western and the West Midland lines should ba 894, and of the South Wales, 10-0. These terms the directors of the latter company had de clined, wanting 11 out of the 100, which the directors of the Great Western did not feel justified in the in terest of their shareholders in giving. Great stress was laid by some of the shareholders on the aggres sive policy of the South Western Company, and the directors were advised to take care that the An dover and Redbridge line didnot fall into the hands of that company. The chairman deprecated any discussion on the subject, though the diectors were fully aTive.to, its importance ; and also explained his concurrence in eereartrialivriationlifelativo-ta-the pressure of taxation upon railways, and the desi rability of cultivating the traffic with Ireland when ever it could be advantageously done. The report ' t was adopted and the dividend declared. C 0 LNE VALLEY AND HAL STEAD. The report of the directors states that the line to Hedingham was opened on the Ist of July last, making nine miles now open. The contractor states confidently that if he gets possession of the land required he will be able to complete the line to Haverhill by the end of the present year. The application to Parliament for power to extend the railway from Haverhill has been unsuccessful, the Eastern Counties scheme to make a line to Cam bridge having been granted in preference, but the Eastern Counties Company is bound by the 29th clause of their Act to make and open their line to Cambridge previously to opening the other rail ways granted by the same Act. The Eastern Counties Company are also bound to take and work the railway, it this company call upon them to do so, on the terms of paying over 50 per cent, of the earnings. The capital account shows that £129,980 bad been expended. The' revenue account for the half-year ending the 30th of June last shows that £1,155 had been received, and £1,142 expended leaving a balance of £l3. -46 1-Aeediterranean. The Megwi THE MOORS AND FORESTS. (From the Scotsman of yesterday.) ARGYLLSHIRE.—On the large and extensive moorland tracts in this county there is a great abundance of game. The grouse, however, are never so plentiful here as on many moors in Perth shire and other neighbouring counties, but we learn from keepers and shepherds who have traversed the hills that the number of grouse this year exceeds that of last year. The brooding season was rather dry, and many broods suffered for want of water; but no disease has affected the birds in Argyllshire, and at present thay appear very healthy. Not a single bird, old or young, has been found on the moors dead of any malady. The heather is in fine bloom just now, and the young grouse are in capital condition, and feeding well. In going over a large moorland tract our correspondent says there is a marked improvement in the grouse, both in number and condition, as compared with last year and some late years. There are a few broods with only three or four birds, but many coveys number six, eight, and ten birds. Owing to the heavy rains of late they are wild on the wing, and will give capital sport. Many moors were not shot over on the 12th, as the grouse are not so soon ready as in many other places ; but where sportsmen were out, we hear they had capital sport. Other game are very plentiful. Partridges were scarcely ever so nume rous, the coveys generally numbering a dozen birds. Both fallow and roedeer are plentiful in the forests and woods. There is abundance of hares and snipe; and flocks of wild ducks, numbering from 100 to 200 are not rare. The white hares from the Black Mount are spreading over the county. There is a fine stock of both woodcock and black cock in many of the thick woody districts of the county. Foxes, however, prove destructive both to the flocks and the game. A considerable number were captured this season at Deguish and Kilnmoor, on the Marquis of Breadalbane's Ardmaddy estate. Game hawks are numerous likewise, and a large one was seized the other day by the shepherd on Deguish. SELKIRKSIIIRE. — The morning of the "Twelfth" was as unfavourable as could well be conceived. The moors were thoroughly soaked with rain, which, up till mid-day, continued to fall heavily ; and the result was, that scarcely a shot was fired, and a day's grace was given to the grouse. Tuesday, how ever, was a good day, but it was noon before many had reached the grounds, The birds were found strong end healthy, and from the dampness they sat but indifferently, and hard work was required to make good bags. In Ettrick, the Earl of Dal keith and Viscount Valletort killed (on Newhouse) 341 brace; Captain Coxon and friend (on Wynd hope) 13 brace. In Yarrow, Mr. Mark Sprot of Riddell bagged, on Altrive, 131 brace; Mr. James Sandh o p e , s i x b race . O n Johnstone of Alva, on Bowerhope and Crossclench, on Monday and Tues day, the Master of Napier and party bagged 52 brace. Sheriff Arkley and Mr. J. Kennedy shot 92 brace, on Yair; Colonel B a ll ar d f our b race, on Linglie ; 152 brace fell to the g-m of Mr. Charles S. Plummer on Sunderlandhall, which, considering the small range of moorland, was, we believe, the best bag to one gun madeon Tuesday. A UCHT ERARDER.--iuesday was fine throughout, and the Earl of Camperdown and another gentle man killed 31 brace on the Gleneagles moors. At night, rain again fell very heavily. In the fore noon of Wednesday, however, the weather cleared up, allowing sportsmen a few hours' work; but the rain set in about mid-day, and few details have been reps'` '‘s to the sport enjoyed. The birds e are still.' --- • ' , Afore the weather is settled no s;# g ,..,....... %.,..,. ir 1 ' 14 St 4 • 411"''IP? THE NATTY. Letters received by our Portsmouth correspon dent from Hongkong, dated June 27, say We have here the Imperieuse Pearl, Scout, Simoom, Sphinx, and several gunboats. The Sphinx sails in a few days to the chartered steam transport Lemon with invalids for England as far as Singa pore, and then returns here. The Admiral goes to Japan on the Bth proximo. The Simoom arrived to-day, after a quick passage to Penang and Madras with native troops, and back. She goes to Pecheli in a few days with stores and previsions. She is nearly five years in commission, and has done much good service. The Urgent is expected from India in about three weeks. She also goes north." The Osborne paddle yacht, Master-Commander G. K. Bower, passed Spithead yesterday morning from Cowes, with the Crown Prince and Princess of Prussia on board, en route for Berlin. IThe experiment al practice from the Armstrong gun upon Mr. Jones's target at Portsmouth, ordered to take place yesterday, has been postponed until Monday or Tuesday next. _ _ _ By direction of the Lords of the Admiralty a number of the labourers employed at Chatham Dockyard have been selected. to be employed as hammermen for the Achilles, 50. Several hundred shipwrights have also memorialised the Admiralty to be employed in the construction of the new iron steamer, and their lordships have given directions for such as are found competent to be taken on in that department. Among many other alterations and additions to Portsmouth Dockyard, the result of the Admiralty visit, the bed of the basin is to be excavated to an additional depth of four feet, commencing at some 20 feet from the sides, and a shed over No. 3 dock is to be removed so as to take in ships with their masts in position. It is also stated to be their Lordships' intention to introduced the half-holiday movement into this dockyard at an early date. The following appointments were made yester day at the Admiralty :—Adolphus De G. Sutton, master, to the Gannet ; Thos. Pounds, master, to the Asia for the Medea ; Ettrick W. Creak, second master, to the Liffey ; Francis H. Boys, master's assist., to the Antelope ; Lewis J. W. Thomas, master's assist., to the Geyser; Richard R. A. Richards, assist.-paymaster, to the Centurion ; and Edward B. Nettleton, clerk, to the Virago. THE ARMY. Charles XV., King of Swedes and Norway, and Prince Oscar, the King's brother, attended by Lord Harris and Col. the Hon. A. Hood, Equerries in Waiting on the Prince Consort, yesterday visited Woolwich garrison and Arsenal. The King and Prince's personal attendants consisted of General de Bildt, the Baron Beek Frus, Baron Silferschiod, Commodore Haffner, Mr. Duncker, civil engineer, and Capt. Afzelius. In consequence of the want of sufficient accommo dation at Chatham for the Royal Artillery intended to be quartered at that garrison, the Duke of Cam bridge has decided that only one battery of Field Artillery shall be removed to that station until increased accommodation shall have been furnished, either by the troops evacuating existing quarters, or by the erection of new buildings. The removal of a portion of No. 8 battery of the 9th brigade from Newbridge to Chatham has accordingly been coun termanded, and the battery which will occupy the quarters prepared for the Royal Artillery at Bromp ton Barracks will be the 4th, belonging to the 9th brigade, now stationed at Athlone. The 31st and 33d companies of Royal Engineers, attached to headquarters, Chatham, have been filled up to their proper compliment of 100 non-commis sioned officers and men each, from the companies at Brompton, the men selected being all skilled mecha nics. Both companies have been placed under orders for foreign service, and according to present ar rangements will proceed to Bermuda and the Medi terranean. Yesterday a notification was issued from the office of the Deputy-Adjutant-General, Horse Guards, announcing that under the new regulations recently adopted in the corps of Royal Engineers, two in structors in fortifications and two instructors in military drawing are require at the Royal MiEng litary Academy, Woolwich. Officers of the Royal neers, under the rank of first captain, who may be desirous of becoming candidates, are required to forward their applications to Colonel F. A. Yorke, Royal Engineers, Inspector of Studies, at the Aca demy- Yesterday the first portion of the depot of the 73d Regt., numbering 167 privates, left Chatham garrison, and proceeded by railway to Portsmouth, whence they will be forwarded by steam to Ply mouth to await the arrival of the headquarters now on the passage home from India. The following officers of the 73d left Chatham yesterday with the detachment :—Capt. G. J. Burne, Capt. F. Reeve, Ensign J. P. Clarke, and Ensign J. Fergusson- Ensign G. S. Holroyd, who is at Hythe, and En sign P. T. Foley, on leave, are ordered to join at Plymouth. The depot of the 73d which remains at Chatham numbers about 100 men of all ranks. Lieut. Pritchard, of the Royal Engineers, has arrived at Colchester Camp and b e en attached to the department of Engineers for the Eagtern Dis trict, now under the commad of Captain Clarke, R.E., vice Col. Hadden, C.B n ., who has received an appointment in Ceylon. The detachments forwarded from the Indian depots in Colchester Camp to the service companies of their regiments at home and abroad have reduced the strength of the camp to a smaller number than at any period during the occupation of the camp by the Indian depots. The following officers are now absent from duty on leave, chiefly through illness :—S taff-Surgeon Lewins, 9th Battalion ; Lieut. Newton, 34th Foot ; Capt. Raymond, Lieut. O'Neill, and Ensign Burn, 44th Regiment ; Capt. Saunders, 34th Regiment ; Lieut. Seagrim, Ist Battalion, Ist Royals; Captain Thomson, 54th Regiment; and Lieut. Buchanan, 88th Foot. The Megana, screw troopship, Commander Henderson, embarked yesterday at Portsmouth Dockyard a part of the 73a R egiment and a number of naval supernumeraries for conveyance to Devonport, the former to be stationed in Plymouth garrison, and the latter to proceed on board her Majesty's ship Sanspareil for conveyance to the WORCESTER AND HEREFORD. The works on this line frost! Malvern to Hereford are now ready for the traffic, with the exception of finishing the tunnels through the Malvern Hill at Malvern and through Dog-hill at Ledbury. The Malvern tunnel was cut through hard rock, and it was'thought would therefore not require casing ex cept at the one end. Cracks, however, are found in the rock now that it is exposed to the effect of the air, and consequently it has been deemed advisable to case it throughout with brick. As soon as this work is completed, which will be in three weeks, the line will be opened to Hereford, and the West Midland system will be complete. CARMARTHEN AND CARDIGAN. The short portion of this line from the junction of the South Wales line to Carmarthen is now again open for public traffic. Two trains also run daily to Convil, to which point the line is completed. BELGIAN EASTERN JUNCTION. Yesterday the adjourned general meeting of the proprietors was to have been held at the London Tavern, but at the hour appointed for the purpose it was announced that the meeting was again adjourned. NORTH AND SOUTHWESTERN JUNCTION. The half-yearly meeting of this company, was held yesterday at the offices, Euston-station, Mr. H. Tootal in the chair. The report having been read, The CHAIRMAN, in moving its adoption, said he had little more to do than congratulate the pto prietors on the satisfactory state of their property. From the statement of accounts which had been for warded to them they had seen that the directors were enabled to recommend the payment of a divi dend at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum for the past half-year. Their passenger traffic had increased to the extent of gbout £5,000 more than for the corresponding period of last year, and, indeed, there had been an improvement in every source of traffic, with the exception of that of merchandise. The works undertaken at Kew and Barnes were progres sing favourably, and they might look forward to the line being shortly opened ; the branches to Bushey Park and to Hammersmith would also soon be corn-. pleted, and when opened would no doubt be highly remunerative. Mr. HARTRIDGE seconded the motion for the adoption of the report. He wished to call the at tention of the Board to one subject whichitiheetTouanpa peared to have overlooked in the report. ofand vacancy n o n intention' who f t a n d recently resigned. Was h only seven directors now on the Board, ties given. of an intention to fill up it t caused by the retirement ahgeentlema Board to fill that vacancy ? in which the Chair- The CHAIRMAN replied that the Board were of t w he e n re e e n n s o u n e g d h , and lir it Lacy, Mr. opinion Some thatdiscussion seven Cox, and Mr. was agreed a t, t l the next half -yearly meeting. to bring he rate of 5 per cent. per annum, for wardmaA n AllenderMh dividendre. took subj ae p t part, partridge,tr being 21 per cent. for the six months ending the 30th of June, was then declared, and a vote of thanks to the chairman and directors concluded the proceedings. TEE GENERAL POST-OFFICE. The new scale of salaries in the minor department of the Post-office has been issued. This department consists officially of five sections, namely, porters, messengers, stampers, letter-carriers, and labourers. Each of these sections is divided into two classes, first and second ; but, in the case of the messengers and stampers, whose duties closely assimilate, it has been found more convenient to place them under a single head in the classification, as will be hereafter seen. The new scheme, which will come into operation to-day, is thus officially stated :—Sorters, first class, 100, wages 40s to 50s a week ; second class, 450, wages 24s to 38s ; messengers and stampers, first class, 60, wages 28s to 35s per week ; second class, 204, wages 21s to 27s ; letter-carrier s first class, 350, wages 26 s t o 30s p er week ; sec ond class, 960, wages 20s to 255. In all the above cases each officer will be entitled, whatever may be his fixture in the classes, to rise by an annual increase remain m o e f r i s t u c a h n d cl q a s u s a , iwfichaetrieonhehemmu_asyt class to of is per week per annum in his own the be u m n a l x es im s b u y m pro moted to any other of the classes above him. In the case of the letter-carriers, however, it should be borne in mind that there is yet another still more subordinate character , their class of a carriers- denomination being auxiliary or supplementary 'rhese men hold no direct appointments, but they are pro visionally engaged to assist the service in cases of emergency. Any one, or the w hole, of this body may be removed b y the authorities at a week's notice. Heretofore the amount of pay to this class was only lOs per week, but under the new regula tions they are to receive 18s per week, no extras being in future allowed to any one. These men moreover will under the new arrangements obtain the additional advantage of obtaining appointments upon the establishment should they be found trust worthy and active in the service. The following is the new scale for labour ers :—First class, 2 at 305 per week; second class, 82 at 20s. N.B.—The letter-carriers and the labourers receive the addi tional advantage of clothing, From the new scale the following statistical facts may be gleaned, viz. —That there are at present employed in the minor branch of the metropolitan Post-office service 550 sorters, 264 messengers and stampers, 1,310 letter carriers (exclusive of auxiliaries), and 84 labourers. Total number of persons employed (with the above exclusion), 2,208, The Female Swiss Singers cornyonce their Pro vincial Tour on Monday, Aug. 26th, at the conclusion of their engagement at the Royal Cremorne Gardens. They are engaged to sing at two grand fetes at the Horticultural Ciardens, Barnard Castle, Durham, on Tue sda y , the 2,7 th 1 hastaUt. ~~~ Vag nic e lour r of eat° 52 ) 5 5 ) 54g and rhito , 60/ pe r aud POI' JO' 0 11 ' IWO' 9 0 3er li Oa