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'%-, 4 .it t,...„ ..... . _— .oristol on Monday, Aug. 26, at Z. 30 p.m., and \ <'-` * 4`1 , ,, , ._ .. ' - " ~ ...ner stations, as per bills. ...20\ at -.3 ' -,_ ~, GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. TWELVE DAYS' EXCURSION t) the WEST of ENGLAND. -On MONDAY, Au,•ust 26, an Excursion Train will leave PADDINGTON at 8 a.m., and Reading at 9 a.m., for Weston-super-mare, Highbridge, Bridgewater, Taunton, Tiverton, Exeter, Barnstaple, Bideford, Starcro.s, Daw•lish, Teignmouth, Newton, Torquay, Paignton, Brixham-road (for Dartmouth), Totnes, Ringsbridge-road, and Plymouth ; returning on Saturday. September 7, from Plymouth, at 6 &M. Passengers will be booked by this Train to Truro, Pen zance, and other stations on the Cornwall railways, proceed ing from Plymouth on the following day, and rrturning to Plymouth on September G. For fares and full particulars see handb 11g. The Plymouth Races will take place on the 2 , .th and 30th August, and Exeter Races on the 3d Septem ber. N° 21,574. PUBLICATIO_NS. This Day, with 249 Illustrations, Octavo, 245., MANUAL OF HUMAN MICROSCOPIC 1-T-1- ANATOMY. By ALBERT KOLLIKER, Professor of Anatomy and Physiology in the Un versity of Wurzburg. London : Parker, Son, and Bourn, West Strand. Fourth Edition, Two Volumes, Octavo, 305., PRINCIPLES OF POLITICAL ECONOMY. By JOHN STUART MILL. By the same Author, 1 1 HE 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. GrcAsmith's "Government upon First Prin ciples." Kent and Co., late Piper and Co.. Paternoster-row. Just published, Bvo, in cloth, price 55., by post free, ss. 6d., ON THE SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT o f STRICTURES of the URETHRA; showing why they so often appear Incurable, when in reality they might be removed by the most simple means. By F. B. COURTENAY, And formerly Surgeon to the Metropolitan Infirmary for the Cure of Strictures of the Vzethra. " This work is the production of a surgeon ,whirspecial attention has been directed, through a long professional life, to the treatment of strictures of the urethra. The cases which Mr. Courtenay has given supply ample evidence of his great discriminative power in the diagnosis of the various Idnds 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. ARGYLL ROOMS. Windmill-street, Hay ma,ket, will RE-OPEN for the Season To-morrow (SATURDAY), under the direction of Mons. Bour.courm principal Cornet-a-piston and Conductor. The music will be selected from Verdi, &Teyerbeer, Rossini, Flotow, Balfe, and other t minent Composers. During the recess these well known Rooms have been en'irely RE-DECORATED and I 4PROvED by Messrs. H. T. SMITH and assistants. The new Chandeliers by M. Benjamin. Admission, One Shilling. Al' the new Music to be had at the office, No. 7, Great Windmill-street. NATTONAL ASSEMBLY ROOMS, High Holborn. - This brilliant and favourite Ball Room IS N )1V OPENED FOR, THE SEASON. During the recess the entire buildin * has been re-decorated, and many impor 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 test dan e music. New Selections from the Rose of Caqille, Der Frieschutz, Robin Hood, Un Ballo in 3laschera, La Heine Topiz. La Circassienne (never per formed in England),) a Sanciniere, Redowa, New Champagne Galop, &c.—Doors open at half-past B.—Admission, is. SPANISH AND PORTUGUESE WINES. PORTS—Montero, 6s. per gallon, 15s. per dozen. Priorato, San Vicente. and Almanza, Bs. Bd. per gallon, 20s. per dozen. Alto Douro, , Os. 6d. per gallon, 21s. per dozen, to 19s. Bd. per gallon, 425. per dozen. Val de P,nas, • Os. and 21s. per dozen. SH ER RIES —Cordo an, very pale soft light Wine, 6s. per gallon, 15s. per dozen. X. rezano, Bs. 6d. per gallon, 20s. per dozen. 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It looked almost like a carrousel on a large scale—wheels between wheels, changes of front, echelons, and the final charge, with the cheer, " Five l'Empereur." Certainly nothing could be better than these evolu tions, which give a far better idea of the mobility of French cavalry than one gave them credit for hitherto. HER MAJESTY'S VISIT TO IREIAND, - KINGSTOWN, AUG. 21. Compared with London at this stagnant season, Dublin is in a very whirl of gaieties and excite ments. There are the Social Science meetings, there is a great Horticultural Show, there is a very admirable fine arts ext ibition, and there is the Queen's visit. As a kind of compensation for the strict privacy with which the latter will be con ducted, it happily affords an endless theme for ru mour, gossip, and speculation. Beyond the plain fact that the Queen is coming, nobody seems to know anything, and nothing is actually known. Theory, therefore, becomes not only laudable but necessary, and in the multitude of conjectures there is safety, for some of them must be right if her Majesty comes at all. According to the first programme, the Royal party Were to embark at Holyhead at 7 p.m. to night and reach the Kingstown jetty shortly, before 11. Whether her Majesty will avail herself of the darkness and quiet to land at once, or disembark in semi-State to-morrow has been left an open question, and, in fact, subject to her own wishes and feelings. Thus at this present moment all is in a delightful state of uncertainty, and everything is being done in duplicate and got ready to serve the occasion, either a couple of hours hence or at mid-day to morrow. In the same way the Royal train will be waiting at the station to convey the party to town by rail, but the Royal carriages and Royal escort will be also in attendance in case her Majesty pre fers to go by road. A decorated canopy, a raised scarlet dais, supernumerary benches, and all the usual paraphernalia have been erected on the Car lisle pier, where the landing is to take place, and to this coveted spot tickets have been issued, strictly limited in number to the standing room afforded by the pier itself. The fortunate holders of these have, however, been informed that, to prevent confusion and chance of accident, the cards will not admit in case the Queen disembarks to-night, so everyone is waiting in -t► state of the liveliest anxiety to know what they are to do or see. It is certainly to be hoped that the landing will not take place this evening, as the good citizens of Dub lin, who have looked forward so long in anticipa tion of this Royal visit, will be sure to feel it as a slight if her Majesty only drives through their city at midnight. Apparently they find, it very hard to reconcile themselves to the strict privacy which her :Majesty will observe while in the capital, and if to this is added a night landing and a night drive to the Viceregal Lodge, their disap pointment, to use the mildest term, will be extreme. From all these reasons I am inclined to think that the Royal d isembarkation will be deferred till to morrow, when it is certain to take place amid tremendous demonstrations of enthusiasm. (In Friday it is expected that her Majesty will pay a long private visit to the Art Exhibition in Kildare-street, which has been established under the auspices of the Royal Dublin Society. This, as an art treasures display, is inferior only to the , magnificent collection which was brought together in Manchester. Unlike the Manchester exhibition, however, which was confined exclusively to ancient and modern art, the show at Dublin is combined with such manufactures as are more or less akin to the fine arts. The collection is arranged in the New Apiculture' Hall—of course a much smaller building than that at Manchester, but roomy enough, and especially well adapted to the display of its works. The centre hall and its galleries are entirely devoted to statues, rcediteval works of art in metal, ivory, or ceramics, and to the display of modern fine art manufactures. The side courts are devoted to the ancient and modern Masters, with a special gallery for water-colours. The great bulk of pictures are of course sent from the collec tions of the Irish nobility and gentry ; but there is a selection of the old masters from Hampton Court, some splendid examples from the Vernon, Sheepshanks, and Turner Galleries, and pictures from the private galleries of the Queen, Prince con sort, and King of the Belgians. Dr. Waagen has selected a series to represent the Prussian school from the galleries of Dusseldorf and Berlin, and there is also the Sotheby collection. On the whole, it makes a superb gallery, and includes specimens of all masters, from the earliest of the pre-Raphael ites to the Landseers and Maclises of our own time. In fine art manufactures the exhibition is equally worthy of attention. South Kensington sends some excellent specimens of mediaeval metal work, and Mr. Kerr, of the Royal Porcelain Works at Worcester, and Messrs. Elkington, in particular make very fine displays. There is also a show of Irish lace and crotchet work, as compared with the finest and rarest point laces, and the laces of Brus sels and Valenciennes and Guipure, in which the advantage is all on the side of the Irish manufac ture. At present it is supposed that Her Majesty will devote the greater part of Friday in minutely examining this most interesting exhibition. On Saturday there is to be a grand review and sham fight at the Curragh. For this event great preparations are making, and there is certain to be an immense concourse of spectators. On Monday the Royal party start for Castlerosse, Killarney, the mansion of Lord Kenmare. On Tuesday Her Majesty goes on the lakes, and witnesses a stag-hunt. During Wednesday and Thursday Mr. Herbert will and on Friday she re-embarks en route for Scotland, have the honour of entertaining herhTehrre This, onlyoit loyal usoacuwdkbderi address, ec s es s trs s , Of course, in compliance with the tremendous known wishes of Her Majesty, everything relating to her tour will be y m alaba c wi s o ntrebhe n dntete d hohl neci u teaveee c vtrsev i taene e oay:r d fcti nhest a uhrhhi s gaseeet p tgvowg r a:w i oli Ir a ytl umes aeooll, isbb l tdr y ut eriegeosa a rerhan s se. dade p i enfa o dloict s :rt s aoeb i lar b diellps l l e apo . the great gathering will take nredsernetpeldiepdrtiovawteilyll pa r l a ta t e i Ke o . n illa o r f n ll ey ub t l h i a n t , Already, I am told, it is crowded with visitors from all parts of the country, and " accommodation" commands fancy prices —though the highest fails to secure it, according to the real meaning of the term. Even boats are being sent down and up to the lakes from all directions. 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Synopsis: The Physiology and Anatomy of our Generation —The Origin of Disease—Symptoms, Treatment, and Cure. s I so, an Exposition of. and Remedy for, all Urinary Derange m tuts and Marital Disqualifications, MALE. The modern treatment of Syphilis, Stricture, Bknnorrhagia Gonorrhcc«), Spermatorrhcea, Impotency, ana all Diseases 0 1 t he Urinary Organs, with Prescriptions, itco.! FEMALE. The Physiology and Anatomy of Women--Functional Ir re.rilatities in Health and Sickness—Choice in Marriage— T leir Expectancies and Dkappointments—The Cause and R , moval 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 : rheir Obligations, Happiness, and Disappointments ; Love ad other klatches. Sterility Removed, and Healthy OJT pring secured.; • The Royal yacht arrived here safely soon after half-past 10 o'clock last night. The vessels of war off the harbour burnt blue lights and illuminated, but at that hour did not, of course, salute. There were great crowds on all the piers of the harbour, who remained till past midnight—long after it was known that her Majesty would not disembark till to-day. In the same way all the avenues leading to Westland-row station in Dublin were equally thronged. There will be immense crowds on all the line of route to-day, especially as the landing is not expected much before twelve o'clock. The time in which the Royal yacht made the voyage last night seems to have quite puzzled the Kingstown people, who cherished the belief that there was no vessel as fast as the Leinster, Holyhead packet. The Leinster makes her best trips in little over four hours, and the Royal yacht was considerately allowed five in all calculations. The Victoria and Albert accomplished the whole distance ( 64 m iles from land to land) in little more than 31 - h o urs. The weather i s cold, wet, and gloomy—likely to become worse if possible, and apparently certa in t o continue bad throughout this day at least. No. 1. THE CASE BOOK': 100 Cases of SPERMATORRINEL Their Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment, Contessiolui and Cure by Cauterisations, Galvanism, &C &C. &C. To be had of Mann, 20, cornhin ; and the Authors. Advice to the Worhine el m ," t ee Half-a-Guinea. (SPECIAL NOTICE.) Dr. Culverwell is the only legally qualified medical practi tioner living of that name, and can be consulted (only as Owe). The Lords of the Admiralty resumed their inspec tion of the naval establishments at Chatham yester day morning. They left the Black Eagle, on board which they remained during Wednesday night, shortly after ten o'clock yesterday morning, and were rowed to the Ordnance wharf, where ti:cy landed, and briefly examined the batteries of Arm strong guns, together with the piles of shot and shell deposited on the wharf and in store for the supply of the ships of war fitted at Chatham and at the Nore. After leaving the store department, they proceeded to the Royal Marine-barracks, where the whole of the officers and men of the division now at head-quarters, numbering upwards of 800 men of all ranks, were drawn up in line on the parade-ground. Their lordships were received by Major-Gen. Sir R, Wesley, Deputy-ALjt.,Geu , and Col. E. Rea, the commandant, and the stall' of the division. The division afterwards broke into com panies and marched past in slow and quick time, Their lordships next witnessed the entire battalion go through the bayonet exercise, which the men per formed in an excellent manner, under the direction of Lieutenant-Colonel M‘Killop. After inspecting several of the barrack-buildings and school-rooms, they were occupied some time in an examination of the plans for the proposed enlargement of the Roy al Marine Barracks. At present there is a want of accommodation in the barracks for the Royal Ma rines at head-quarters, as a proof of which 100 ma rines are at present quartered at Chatham with the troops • of the line—an arrangement which is, of course, highly inexpedient. In order to obviate the inconveniences experienced from these causes, the present barracks are to be considerably en larged, and additional accommodation provided for 500 men. The purchase of the site, which is already in possession of the Board, and the erection of the new barracks, will involve an outlay of little less than £lOO,OOO, of which £55,000 has already been voted by Parliament, and the sum of £22,000 expended. Their Lordships, accompanied by Col. Greene, director of Admiralty Works, and Mr. Rivers, went over the site and the buildings to be removed, and it is understood that the works, which have been so long in abeyance, will be proceeded with as soon as the plans have been finally approved. Before concluding their inspection of the Royal Marines their Lordships expressed the wish to wit ness the men go through the great gun exercise. A party of 70 men who are under instruction, and most of whom have only recently been trained to gun drill, were marched down to the ships' gun battery, under the command of Major C. J. Ellis. The battery is constructed to represent the broad side of a line-of-battle ship. Here the Marines were put through their exercise with the large 68-poun ders, ',and, notwithstanding their size, they were moved about, cast loose, lowered, p o i nte d, an d fi re d, with the greatest apparent ease, the facility and promptitude with which these movements were ef fected eliciting high commendation. Their Lord ships returned to the dockyard shortly before one o'clock yesterday afternoon. • The President, 50, fitting in the fourth dock at Chatham fora trAining ship in the Thames, will re quire more repairs than were at first anticipated. Already a considerable portion of her copper has been stripped off her in order that she may he re coppered, in addition, to which she requires sonic extensive repairs internally. The screw steamship Sanspareil, 70, Captain Bowycar, left Plymouth on Tuesday with naval supernumeraries, stores, and ammunition, for the Mediterranean. The Boscawen, 70, fitting at Devonport for a training ship at Southampton, was put into 1 dock yesterday, to have her bottom cleaned, examined, and repaired. The screw stearnsloop Pantaloon, 11, at Devon port, is ordered to be commissioned forthwith ; she will have a complement of 125 men. The screw steamship Aboukir, 86, Capt. Charles F. A. Shadwell, C. 8., left Plymouth Sound on Wednesday evening for Holyhead. She took supernumeraries for the squadron. The War Department transport Henry, having landed several hundred cases of the 100-pounder, 40-pounder, and 25-pouuder Armstrong solid shot at the Ordnance-wharf, Chatham, sailed yesterday with a quantity of return stores for Woolwich.. THE ARMY. —4- A detachment of 80 rank and file of Ihe sth Fu siliers, under the command of Brevet-Major Meara, has left the camp at Colchester to join the service companies of the regiment at Portsmouth. Leave of absence until the 15th of October has been given to Sir W. O'Malley, barrack-master. The following officers have obtained leave of absence, generally on account of sickness :—Staff-Surg. Leivens, of the 9th; Lieut. Newton, 34th; Capts. Saunders and Raymond; Lieut. O'Neille, and Ensign Burn, 44th; Capt. Thomson, 54th. A squadron of the 18th Hussars, consisting of 90 rank and file, under the command of Capt. Perring, arrived at Shorncliffe camp this week from Alder shot, having marched through Sevenoaks, Maid stone, and Ashford. The remainder of the regiment and the headquarters, under the command of Lieut.- Col. Knox, has arrived at Brighton from Aldershot. The 7th battery of the 9th brigade Royal Artil lery, under the command of Capt. Byrne and Lieuts. Kenzie and Milner, has arrived at Canterbury from Dublin, in accordance with the recent determination of the War-office to form artillery stations at Chat ham and Canterbury. The War Department having ordered a recon struction of the coast brigade of Royal Artillery, one division is to be formed at Purfieet, under the command of Second Capt. Scott, while another divi sion will comprise the Tower and Medway district, under the command of Capt. Handyside. A detachment, consisting of one corporal and six sappers of the Royal Engineers, under the command of Lieut. Hon. Le Poer Trench, has proceeded to France to co-operate with the Engineer Depart ment of that empire and Russia for the purpose not only of carrying out a uniformity of triangulation, but of substituting one meridional line for the three lines of Greenwich, Paris, and St. Petersburg. The party expects to be absent from England about eight months. The General Commanding-in-Chief has awarded a medal and gratuity of £lO to Sergt. John Shearer, Royal Engineers, who has been in corps upwards of 21 years without being once re ported for any offence. In accordance with the arrangements decided on by the Duke of Cambridge for concentrating the depot companies of the Ist and 2d battalions of regi ments at the same station, where practicable, the depot of the 2d battalion of the 4th King's Own, now stationed at Chichester, is ordered to leave that city and proceed to Chatham, at which garrison it will be attached to the Ist depot battalion, to which the Ist battalion of the 4th King's Own belongs. The depot of the 73d Regiment has bean placed under orders to va ca t e Ch at h am barracks and pro ceed to Chichester, th ere t o j o i n the 21st depotbat talion. The depot compan i es of the 2d b attal i on 23d Royal Welsh F us ili ers h ave also been plaCV d under orders to pro cee d t o Ch atham for the being attached to th e same battalion as the Ist bat talion of that c or p s. pu rpose of ... In consequence o f th e l amen table accident which occurred a few day s a t Woolwich' where a private of the Royal Marines, who was acting as a marker at the targets during the firing of the Vohunteers, was shot dead, positive orde rs were issued ; at Chat ham yesterday forbidding the Ro y al Ma rini es, under any circumstances, to act as markers for Vc ilunteers at the rifle range. Similar orders will also Ibe issued at each of the other divisions of Royal Maa ines. The troop ship Megmra, from Portsmo a th, with the head-quarters first division of the 3.12 d Regi ment, arrived in Plymouth Sound yesteri lay fore noon, and proceeded at once into Hamoaz e for con venience of disembareation at the Royal. Willia m Victualling-yard. To-day she will rem ye from Plymouth Citadel the first division of the 12th Re giment. With these the Megmra proceeds ttl us after noon, or to-m orrow morning, for C or k. S. b e will in the course o f an d embark f or C ork the 2d di v i s i o n of the I'2 th. The l depot company of the 12th, commanded. by Capt. "S Espin a few days return to Plyn outh et 'will not go with the regiment to Ireland, but to Chatham probably via Portomoulth. CONTRACT FOR COALS FOR FATAL. Department of the Storekeeper General of the Navy, Somerset Place, 22d Aug., 1881. THE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRELAND, DO - HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, That on TUESDAY, the 24th September next, at Two o'Clock, they will be ready to treat with such Persons as may be willing to Contract for supply ing and delivering on board her Majesty's Steam Vessels in Payal Roads all such quantities of SOUTH WALES COALS, fit for her Majesty's Steam Vessels, as shall from time to time be demanded, under a contract for twelve months cer tain from the Ist Dece i.ber, 1.6 , , and afterwards until the expiration of three rnon hs' warning,. A Form of the Tender may be seen at the said Offlee. No Tender will be received after Two o'clock on , he day of treaty, nor will any be noticed unless the party attends, or an agent for him duly authorised in writing. Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and hear in the left-handcorner the words "Ten der for Coals ;" and •must also be delivered at Somerset place, accompanied by a letter si;ned by a responsible per son, engaging to become bound with the Person tendering, in the sum of £2OO, for the due performance of the Contract. GOVERNMENT SECURITY LIFE POLICIES. THE CONSOLS ASSOCIATION, 429, STRAND, LONDON. 2. Pr-vides the Security of Consols for its Policies. It lends, or returns to Insurers ON DEMAND at any time, about One-half of all Premiums Paid. Undoubted Security tor Money with a liberal Rate of Inte rest. '1 he Association possesses a Large Capital, subscribed by several Hundreds of Shareholders. Full information may tie obtained on ap , lication to THOMAS H. BAYLIS, Managing Director. PROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE ASSOCIATION. Established 1840. The lamentable failures in the Life Assurance world, re sulting from reckless management, which have recently been bronuht 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 , l Income of the Provident Clerks' Association is The Accumulated Fund is 1130.0^0 wholly invested in Government and real securities in the names of the following Trustees, viz. : TRUSTEES, Thomas Baring, Fsq., M.P. Win. George Prescott, Esq, Thomson Hankey, Esq., M.P. I Baron L. deßothschild,M.P. The balance-sheets are onen to all, and may be obtained on application at the Chief Office, 15, Moorgate•street, or of the agents. WM. THOS. LiNFORD, Secretary. 15, Moor ate-street, August 1, 11361. R OYAL INSURANCE COMPANY. - . HEAD Omen—Lombard-street, London and Royal Insurance Buildings, Liverpool. Branch Offices Stanchester, Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds, Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Dublin. EXTRACTS FROM THE REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1860. " The success of the Company, e en in ite earliest years, received the marked atten ion, and elicited the surprised co ments, of writers best acquainted with the history of In surance Companies. " Mire Premiums for 1860 EQUAL the Total Fire Premiums for the SEVEN YEARS 1845 to 1851. " Life Premiums for 1860 1. XC - ED the Entire Life Pre miums for the EIGHT Y ARS endinc , 1852. "Purcha e of Annuities in POO LARGN:LY EXCEEDS the similar receipt for the first TEN YEARS, 1845 to 1854. "Thi. progress, it is believed, is unsurpassed, considerina that it applies to each of the three branches of the business." FIRE BRANCH. " The Fire Branch has certain y shown no exhaustion dur ing the year 1860 of that impetus which had previously brought it to a position of the first magnitude among the Insurance Companies of the United Kingdom. The Fire Premiums in 1859 had advanced to the sum of £2 0 8,314 75. 3d. In 1869 the amount of Fire Premiums has arrived at a sum of £2 2,977 19.. Ild., showing an increase of £34,663 12s. Bd., ex ceeding the large advance of the preceding year, so that in two years the Fire Revenue of the Company has been en h need by the enormous sum of £66,829 17s. 51. "The Parliamentary Rrport of Returns of Duty paid to Government for the year 1860 exhibits the aurrmentation of the business In a more prominerit way, as it affords the means of comparison with other Companies. The Proprietors will be gratified to learn that the increase of Duty paid by the Royal in the last year is more than double that of any other Co pany, either London or Provincial, whilst only one of those Companies even approaches to 50 per cent. of the ad vance of this Comp ny. Our increase actually equais 30 Der cent. of the entire increase of the whol- 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 invariably 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 on New Policies, after deducting Guarantees, be ng £15,097 17s, led., which is an increase on that item of £1,993 17s. sd. above the am. , unt received for the year 1859. " But even this advance is small when compared with the sudden and remarkable momentum which has been given to this Branch of the Business in the present year (1861). " It was not until the commencement of the year that the Public seemed to have become fully acquainted with the fact th t the Royal Insurance Company had published late in the last year an account of the investigation into the Assets and Liabilities of its Life Department, under a novel form, and in as plain and intelligible a manner as the abstruseness of the subject admitted, together with the entire statements and valuations necessary for that purpose. " It is conjectured from the extensive Notices of this Pam phlet and its accompanying Diagrams, which have appeared in the Periodi ca l s o f the day, that it has largely attracted the attention of vast numbers f Persons in all parts of the United Kinzdom, as well as in other parts of the World. Indeed a most satisfactory and conclusive evidence that such is the case is afforded by the fact that the sum Assured on New Policies in the six months to the 3d June of the present year is ac tually 50 per cent. in excess of the sum assured in the corres ponding months of the year 1860, although the latter amount itseif exceeded the sum assured in any like previous period of time " If this success be continued, the Royal Insurance Com pany would, with respect to the amount of its new business, be at once placed (at least with one or two exceptions) at the head of all the Insurance Companies doing business in this Country, and the anticipations of the last Report, to the effect that the detads of the Lire Business then to be pub lished would form an epoch of the Establishment, will have a speedy and very happy realisation." SPECIAL ADVANTAGES OF THE LIFE BRANCH. PROFITS.—Large proportion Returned every Five Years to Policies then in existence Two ENTIRE YEARS. Expenses o , efty born by the Fire Branch, in order to Inere - ase the Bonus t) be Returned. LIFE BONUSES DECLARED. Two per Cent. per Annum on the Sum Assured : THE GREATEST BONUS EVER CONTINUOUSLY DECLARED BY ANY COMPANY. SECURITY FOR BOTH FIRE AND LIFE BRANCHES CAPITAL, TWO MILLIONS Sterling, Accumulated Funds in hand exceed £Bl^,ooo, PERCY M. DOVE, Manager and Actuary. JOHN B. JOHNSTON, Secretary. ROYAL NA fIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTITU TION.—The AID of the public is earnestly solicited to enable the Institution to continue the maintenance of its 108 Lifeboat Establishments in a state of efficiency. Bankers—Messrs. Willis and Co., Coutts and Co., Herries and Co. Secretary—Mr. Richard Lewis, 14, John-street, Adelphi. GIVEN AWAY TO NERVOUS SUFFERERS. TIY 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 WA RNING VOICE TO YOUNG MEN (120 pages). 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From this work it will be seen that none n eerdespair, but all may look forward confidently to permane recovery. - - By Dr. A. F. HENERY. London : Published by the Author, Medical Institution, 53, Dorset-street, Manchester square, W. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 23, 1861. MR. _HADFIELD AT SHEFFIELD. At the conclusion of Mr. Roebuck's speech, Mr. HADFIELD, M.P., rose and said—l am sure that the speech which we have just now heard from my hon. col league will sink very deep into the hearts of the people of England. It is a subject of vast and awful importance. I confess that I, for one, shall depart only as a last—a dernier resort, on any appeal that may be made to me, from what I conceive to be the true interest and policy of this country —a peaceful course of action with regard to its foreign affairs. We talk of civil war as a great evil, and a great evil it is ; but war once begun in Europe would be of a tre mendous character indeed. I hope before such an alterna tive shall be resorted to the grounds of it will be seriously and solemnly considered. In Mr. Kinglake's speech the subject to which my hon. colleague has referred was ex• plained in detail, with an amount of instructiveness that it would be impossible for my hon. friend to give to-night at a meeting like this. It will be indeed a serious question for us to learn whether Sardinia would be worth sucha conflict as that which has been hinted at. I give no opinion upon that subject. If the interests, existence, character, influ ence, usefulness, and honour of this country are aoncerned I feel confident that there would be one unanimous voice in the answer on such on occasion. Whatever may be the divisions of opinion now, we should be one united people under our present Sovereign, the object of our uni versal loyalty and our determined support. (Hear, hear.) But these are all awful considerations, gentlemen—(hear, hear)—and I hesitate to discuss them now. I feel a diffi culty, my hon. friend feels none—(Mr. Robuck.—l beg your pardon)—in expressing his opinions on an occasion like this. I feel that we cannot discuss these matters with any degree of deliberation on an occasion like the present. Credit has been given to me for devoting my attention to one subject. Well, what is the House of Commons ? It is nothing more than the expression of the general will of the people of England. The power of public opinion here has been well described. We all feel its potency. We have just had in Lancashire a most severe contest, which shows the division of opinion that exists on questions of domestic policy. That contest, in its results, reminds me of a similar occur rence 20 years ago, when the present Earl Fitzwilliam and the present Earl of Carlisle were defeated in their contest for the West Riding of Yorkshire. The question then at issue was the Corn Laws, and Lord Wharncliffe, who was the elected of the great Riding, said Lord John Russell had appealed to the country en the question of the Corn Laws, and he had brought the answer of the West Riding that the Corn Laws must be perpetuated. But that very Parliament which at first gave a majority of 90 for the perpetuation of the Corn Laws afterwards itself repealed them. (Mr. Web • ster.—' And a very wise Parliament it was.') (Hear, hear.) Now. however, the questions the; divide the House of Com mons are comparatively of the most paltry kind, and we are so divided that we are well-nigh at a dead lock. Parties are so equally divided that the Speaker has to determine the resolutions of the House. If that is to go on, we know not what may happen. The noble lord to whom my hon. colleague has referred is not a young man. (Mr. Roe buck.—Unfortunately not ; but he is a grand old man. A Voice.—lle is a fine old man.) His competitor, Lord Derby, is in his 63d year. Tho history of these two men is as diverse as it can possibly be. One began his political life as a sound Tory. But the conservative of that day is now the leader of the Liberal party. The other came out as an ardent Reformer, and assisted to carry the great measure of 1832, and as a church reformer he annihilated church rates, and diminished the number of bishops in Ireland. He is now at the head of the Conservative party, makes church-rates the subject of political strife, and religious animosity, and bitter contention in the country. One thing, however, is clear—namely, that whoever comes into power must follow out the policy approved by the country. I believe I am speaking the opinion of the people of this coun try when I say that the principle of non-intervention in the national affairs of other countries is our true policy. (Cheers.) Whoever, therefore, may be in power, the people of Englani will watch carefully the decisions they come to upon great and mighty questions such as we have heard of to-night. Can the Corn Laws be brought on again? Is Free Trade in peril now ? It was when you returned me to Parliament nine years ago, sending me expressly charged to support free trade. But the principles of free trade are now safe. Why ? Because the power of public opinion is so great as to insure the support of whatever is generally con sidered to be the true policy of the country. In that policy the happiness of mankind is greatly concerned. Had the Corn Laws been in existence here during the past year, the people would have burst the barriers of the law, and in sisted on the repeal of famine laws. We last year imported no less than 15,000,000 quarters of grain, of the value of £30,000,000, and without that supply the people must have famished. Unhappily, the commercial horizon is at present overclouded. The people of Lancashire are in great anxiety as to the welfare of the labouring population of that great county. America has, indeed, signalised herself in a very peculiar manner. We say not that it is a bubble, as has been represented by the northern baronet, who on the spot received from Lord John Russell a dignified and statesmanlike re buke. No, Sir ; I believe that it is no bubble that has burst in America. It has been obvious for a long time that a storm was gathering over that mighty country. I, along with my hon. colleague, deeply regret that in North America a spirit of monopoly prevails. In the South the " domestic insti tution"—the perpetuation of slavery—is the object of their efforts. I regret that the object of the North is not to break the fetters of the slave ; they are not yet so refined in morals as to attempt that, though no doubt there are many earnest abolitionists among them. The sole object of the North is the maintenance of their monopolies, and the South have just ground for complaint. Froth the South, moreover, we have drawn our supply of cotton, which, next to corn, is of primary importance to this country. 'Well, how will the North conduct themselves with regard to foreign coun tries ? An effort was made at the Paris conferences to put an end to privateering in time of war, but America would not consent unless commercial ships were to be entirely free from capture. Privateering may therefore still be resorted to. Will the North, then, seal up the Southern ports and compel them to leave that supply of cotton which is so much needed here to rot upon the ground ? Ido not think civil ization will allow that. To counteract such a consequence as far as possible, efforts are now being made to produce cotton in other parts of the world. We have a market open for the competition of the world, which is almost incredibly large. From an article in the Times it appears that in this year cotton to the amount £40,000,000 will be wanted from abroad, in addition to all other produce imported into this country. lam glad to be able to say that in India every effort is being made to supply our wants. Our Consuls in all parts of the world have also been appealed to to see what can le done in the places which they respectively represent in the way of sepplying us with cotton. (Hear, hear,• and cries of "Order.") To show the enormousness of our trade in this article permit me to say that a rise of 11c1 in the lb. on the stock in Liverpool amounts to no less a sum than £2,593. These are matters demanding earnest attention. I trust that there will be no interruption to the peace of the world. I cannot but hope that better things are in pros pect. I know that there are intelligent minis feeling the deepest interest in these matters, whose opinions of the great ruler of France are of a character most honourable to that mighty man. Let us not forget that, as far as out ward acts have hitherto gone, he has never shown an un kind or hostile intention towards this country. On the contrary, let me remind you the name of Englishman is a passport at this time to every part of his dominions. Sir, let us hear both sides. I wish Austria had a better repute. tion for liberal sentiments than she has hitherto enjoyed. I respect the people of Hungary in their earnest desire for the liberties of that country. I feel deeply interested in the liberty and prosperity of Italy. I feel also deeply interested in the prosperity of the people of Poland. (Hear, hear.) I, however, do not think that war, should it break out, would advance those liberties. My opinion is that those countries are looking to England for countenance; are looking to her with an intense interest which I cannot de scribe. The tears almost start in their eyes at the mention of English influence for their own unhappy countries. It is my earnest wish and desire that the evils of which we have forebodings may not come. I trust, on the part of the Government of this country, that nothing will be left un donelto perpetuate peace and goodwill throughout the world. I believe that if it be possible to unite England, France, and America in bonds consistent with their mutual interests and honour, it would be a consummation in which every good man would exult and rejr,ice, and would confer the greatest possible blessings upon mankind. I therefore earnestly hope that the Government of this country will take great care before they commit themselves to any act which shall involve this country in such tremendous consequences as war would inevitably entail. (Cheers.) CHARGE OF ADMINISTERING CANTHARIDES WITH A FELONIOUS INTENT.—A man named Louis Sobieski, said to be a Polish refugee, and who has been a resident in Cheltenham for a brief period only, was brought up on Monday before the magistrates, charged with endeavour ing to administer cantharides to Sarah Ann Smith, a young girl residing in King-street. From the evidence it appeared that the prisoner had been in the habit of asking her to take a glass of ale, and that upon several occasions she had acquiesced. On Friday last he again asked her to take some porter, but she declined, whereupon he urged her to take it home and give it to another girl residing in the same house. She did so, but being informed by the landlady of the beerhouse in which it was given to her that the prisoner had put something into it, she examined it, and found it to contain a substance which, smeared over her hands, glittered very much. She at once communicated with the police, and the county analyst, M r. Horsley, deposed to finding cantharides in the beer. The Bench, after a lengthened investigation, committed the prisoner for trial At the assizes. THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS. THE NORTH OF SCOTLAND. The very wet and stormy weather which has been experienced in Aberdeenshire, and the North of Scotland generally, during the past fortnight, is exciting no small amount of fear for the speedy ripening and safe in-getting of the excellent crop which happily is to be 4ecn in all the northern counties. Rain has fallen more or less during almost every day for some time back, and on Satur day one of the heaviest storms of thunder and lightning, accompanied by an extraordinaiy fall of hail, which has been experienced in this quarter for a long time passed over Aberdeenshire, doing con siderable damage in laying the grain, particularly on soft soils. A month or so back (nothing could have looked more promising in regard to the har vest than the fine condition of all kinds of crops, and, though the boisterous weather has somewhat prevailed, still with a week of gentle wind and a strong sun much would be done to raise the hopes of the husbandman. Harvest has commenced in Deeside—which this year yields a splendid crop— . and in early places, and in three weeks cutting will be common over the north. Pasture for cattle is most phntiful, and in consequence the northern bestial markets are, in professional phrase, " Stiff, stiff." The Appearance of the potatoei, of which there is also ,4% fine crop, is likewise very disheartening, the dreaded disease of 1846 having again unmistakably begun its ravages in a great many fields. Indeed, the evil may be said to be universal over the north, and the proba bility is that a large pov ion of this most im portant crop will be totally lost. Good potatoes were selling in the Aberdeen market this week at from Bd. to 10d. per peck, while swine feeders were getting as many of a doubtful appearance as they pleased at 1; 1- ; d. per peck. The unseasonable weather which has affected the crops has also been sorely against the prospects of the sportsmen on the hills and moors. The "12th" opened most inauspiciously, the rain falling in torrents, and during the half dozen days that followed the sport among the grouse was by no means encouraging. Better bags are now, however, being made, and, as the birds are, on the whole, pretty plentiful, the hopes of the sportsmen are reviving. But such is the difficulty and such the decision to be made once for all by the Hungarians. They sympathize with the Italians, as Italy does with them, and they consider that, at all events, they are under no obligation to fight in a cause in which they h ave no sympat h y. At suc h a t i me Austria, which claim s t o b e fortunate in extremi zt , and is certai n l y very clever and con d escen di ng i n exfremis, makes a splendid offer, a whole Constitu tion of the mast liberal character, more English than the English itself as regards the distribution of the representative seats. It is a Constitution on paper, and we have assigned to it such merits us can be given on paper. But Hungary tries it, as we say, by the rule of thumb, and flatly rejects it. She will not sell what she considers her birthright for a mess of pottage, however well cooked, howtver good the ingredients, and nicely apportioned. She will not be so united with Austria even to have the run of the whole Empire, with all its emnloyments and dignities, as the Irish and Scotch have now . the run of this Empire. Why is this ? Various answers may be given, more or less good. She does not like Austria. Is that wonderful ? Her honour is engaged to Italy. How has that come to pass, except through the fault of Austria ? She does not believe in Austria. There is nothing for which in human affairs a man is less answerable than his belief in another man's honour. Few people believe in a Bourbon Prince or an Austrian Em peror. They cannot help it. True, there are faults on both sides, and when England is urged by zealots to support the cause of order, of the balance of power of legitimacy, of Germany, and we know not what *on the one side, and nation-,, ality, freedom, and independence on the other, we only reply that we have too many sins of our own to answer for, without seeking the responsi bility of other people's sins. No doubt, Austria and Hungary have both been in the wrong. But the greater the power the greater the responsi bility. The world will conclude Austria in the wrong, and they will judge her even by the perverseness and obstinacy of her dependent pro vinces. NORTH NOTTINGHAMSHIRE. Since the severe storm on the 26th of July the weather in Nortb ottinglarnshire has been all that could be desired, and in the district of Bassetlaw one of the finest harvests, biking it altogether, ex perienced for many years past is now nearly com pleted. Throughout the north part of the county the prospects of harvest are encouraging. There has been a fair breadth of wheat sown on the sands, and the greater part of this has been safely gathered in the best possible condition. A few patches of spring wheat here and there remain to be cut, and some to be garnered, but the bulk has been safely housed. With regard to the yield, as an average, there is a difference of opinion, but from 10 to 12 and 14 loads per acre seems to be the general estimate. All the crops are well topped, and the corn is re markably bold, large, and fine in the skin, which will not only make it yield well, but at the same time produce an abundance of the best flour. Better samples of wheat have not been gathered for some years past. Barley is not large, but it has been well got. It is not stained, and is beauti fully clear and wrinkled in the skin, and must make malt of first-rate quality. The oat crop is an especially prolific one, and has been equally well secured. EAST RETFORD. The prospects of the hop•grawers in this district are far•from cheering, one-half the plantations being gone without hope of recovery. The recent weather —mostly dry, yet cold an ungenial at night—has done much towards this unfortunate result. On sonic of the best managed grounds, however, espe cially in the interiors, they are doing moderately well, and a few useful hops may yet be gathered, but the duty of the district cannot be estimated at more than £BO to £l2O. The price of hops here for some time has been stationary, but a slight reaction has recently taken place. Still, should the duty of the country reach £140,000 or £150,000, good hops must realise high prices for some time to come. MR. ROEBUCK ON AUSTRIA. (From the Times,) Nothing is more natural than that any gentlemen who has once appeared before the public as an advo cate of Austria should be only too ready to hail everybody and everything that promised a momen• tary aid. If the unfortunate Hayaau in his struggle with the mob had but caught the eye of a cabman with whom he had squabbled about a fare, or even of an Hungarian whose face he remembered, no doubt he would have sought his assistance against this new form of danger. We really do not happen to know under what obligation we lie to Mr. Roe buck that he should offer us gratuitous compli ments for anything that appears in our columns. Still less do we. see anything in the matter of what he is pleased to call a " remarkable article" that can do him any good, or help him out of the slough in which he is floundering. That article was the simplest and barest description of an actual state of things, without a word to show the slightest lean ing towards either party or any event. There was no "opinion," no " event," designated at all. It would puzzle any critic to make out whether we wished Austria to swallow up Hungary, or Hun gary to succeed in setting Austria at defiance. The oniy inference which any impartial reader could form from the article was that there did not appear to be any ext*ication from the difficulty, or any settlement, ueless it should be the rude process of war, and that, in the event of a war, Austria would find fearful odds in a conflict with Hungary and Italy. We stated, indeed, that Hungary had re fused an offer which an Englishman could not, in consistency with his own constitution and tradi tions, consider otherwise than a fair one ; but we did not enter into the peculiar circumstances under which it was refused. It was a most singular com plication of affairs, and we described it as fully as our space would allow us. To do more, to go into the reasons, the recollections, the anticipations, on both sides, would have carried us far beyond our limits, and compelled us, indeed, to reiterate the substance of many previous artic:es. All we could say was that Austria had offered to Hungary a Constitution exceedingly, though not quite, similar to our own ; and that Hungary had declined it, standing out for a perfectly distinct nationality and State under the Hapsburg dynasty. Mr. hoe buck is now known as the advocate of Austrian predecessors. policy, character , and pretensicns, insomuch as to make them the objects of European sympathy and interest. If he will take the trouble to peruse the " remarkable article" over again, he will find it as sympathy for Austria as its IdeesvAsos,i,dwr "remarkable" n r n k y especial a bo tl e ,pretendany " opinion" in favour of Austria, so also we con• fess ourselves still to share the general blindness as s to be the "forerunner" of to "coming events." He must indeed be very sharpsighted who can penetrate through the clouds and darkness now hanging over the whole Austrian Empire, The issue of war no man can tell. The accident of an hour, the panic of a moment, the slightest cloud on the landscape or the brain, will change the fortunes of a day, disconcert the plan of a campaign, and place this side or that under the heel of its foe. To all appearance, Austria and her foes, internal or external, are fast drifting to that terrible arbitrament, and we are forced to regard the offers of Austria as so many pleas and persua sions to stave it off, or throw on the other side its inevitable odium. At such a crisis it is impossible to regard the most plausible and reasonable offer as we should the concessions of a Power to contented subjects in full security and peace. Hungary has at least a very good case for refusing the offer of even a British Constitution at such hands. This is the case of two parties who do not trust, and dare not trust, each other. She has trusted and been deceived. This is proved by the very case put for ward by Austria herself. If Hungary has been indeed part of the Austrian Empire so long, if she has lost her independence, if she is only a province, then why is she not Austrian ? Why are they not both one, as England, Ireland, and Scotland are one at this moment? If, as we explained, Hungary is still the separate, alien, and distrustful race which it is impossible to manage in any way whatever, but equally impossible to do without, then Hungary at least enjoys the admission that the amalgamation ' has never been perfected, and Hungary is Hungary still. Of course, Hungary is now very much wanted. Austria feels how important she is, and she very naturally feels it herself. It is a hard case, doubtless, and it may occasionally occur to the Hungarians that, like most of us, they have done something to create their own difficulty. THE FRENCH ARMY. (From the Special Correspondent of the Times.) CAMP OF CHALONS, AUG. 20. Camps are supposed to teach officers and soldiers campaigning, nor was this supposition altogether false when the old method of so-called concentra tions was followed by large continental armies. A number of regiments, horse and foot, and a propor tionate number of guns were called up from all corners of the country. The time of their depar ture from cantonments and that of their arrival at the camp being fixed, all the details were left to the commanding officers, who had thus a first oppor tunity of exercising their discretion in the march ing, providing, and encamping the troops on the road. The march was always conducted as if be fore the enemy, with advanced guards and rear guards, flankers, and regular outposts and patrols at night. Both officers and soldiers were thus initiated in field duties ; the infantry learned march ing without being footsore, the cavalry to save their horses, to picket them, to prevent sorebacks ; both were exercised in pitching and striking their tents, packing and unpacking without losing, break_ ing, or spoiling half their things, so that by the time they arrived at the camp a good deal of the helplessness which cantonments and garrisons pro duce was worn away. The same system of appren ticeship in self-reliance was, as much as possible, adhered to in camp. Roads of communication were made, wells dug, field-ovens erected, and wherever there was brushwood the tents were stored, so' as to teach the soldier to shelter himself without them. Even in the manoeuvres and sham-fights the aim was as much as it could be to bring real warfare before the soldier and officer. Instead of the feeble line of dots supposed to mark the position of the enemy, the forces were divided into two hostile armies, and a broad enough programme was drawu up to leave the respective commanders a certain latitude in handling their troops. Theory and garrison life are to real warfare and i campaigning what pure mathematics are to me chanics. The friction and the disturbing forces are' not and cannot be calculated. The old method of temporary concentrations brought, although imper fectly, some of these into play. The standing camps, aided as they now are by railways and other me chanical inventions, are likely in most cases to re- , duce camps to mere shows. As far as the teaching of campaigning goes the Camp at Chalons is another Aldershott. In winter a small garrison for a few thousand men, it becomes in summer and autumn a convenient place for ma nceuvring and airing a part of the army. And cer tainly no better place could be found for such a purpose than the healthy and airy chalk plateau lying between the Marne and the Aisne and the Valley of Argonne and almost equi distant from Chalons and Rheims. I don't know why it should be called the Camp of Chalons, except from defer ence to history, which shows Attila's camp of Chalons on the same plateau, to the south-east of the present one. A stranger coming to Chalons would find himself mistaken in looking for the camp at Chalons, for it is almost 18 miles north of it. From the fertile plains of the Marne the plateau rises up in successive wave lines, not unlike the petrified surface of a colossal ocean after a storm. This plateau in the heart of France, blocking up as it were all approach from the north-east and north, is in itself of considerable strategic importance, and Napoleon I. had conceived the idea of a fortified camp on that commanding situation when invasion was threatening on that side, and who knows whe ther this Napoleonic idea has not contributed to the establishment of the present camp ? As a man oeuvring ground for the movement of large masses it is scarcely to be surpassed. With barely six inches of vegetable soil over the chalk, most part of the plateau was scarcely 15 years ago a desert with only here and there some patches of cultivation round the few hamlets which border the small streamlets intersecting this high land. Since that time, but, above all, since the camp was esta blished and road and railway made to it, cultivation has been gradually creeping up ; but the inroad thus made has not been great enough to spoil the plateau as a manceuvring ground. Nay, it assisted it by planting numerous patches of fir woods, which are no small advantage on the otherwise too open ground. The long uncultivated sweeps of ground are covered with short and scanty grass, scarcely soft enough at this time of year for horses, but excellent marching ground for infantry. On one of the highest points on the north-west of the plateau lie the two hamlets, Mourmelon le Grand and Mourmelon le Petit, built at a couple of miles from each other. The Roman road from Rheims to Bar-le-Due crosses between the two, and passes over the little stream of the Cheneu, along which both hamlets are built. The stream makes a bend from south-east to west, about four to five miles and this bend has been followed by the camp, which has its centre just behind the village of Mourmelon le Grand. Easy access to water was probably the reason for such close proximity, for so destitute of it is the neighbourhood that wells have been dug be hind the present camp in expectation of the further arrival of troops. The centre line of the camp consists of several rows of huts, considerably augmented since last year. and now sufficiently numerous to harbour a whole division of infantry, four regiments each of three battalions, and a battalion of Chasseurs, besides hos pitals. All the rest of the troops are under canvas. There are in all three divisions of infantry and two of cavalry, Lancers and Cuirassiers, besides 10 batteries of Artillery, the whole under the command of the Duke of Magenta. As the regiments have a good number of men on furloagh, they are scarcely more than 1,200 to 1,500 strong, which would give from 6,000 to 7,000 the division of infantry, about 1,000 horses the division of cavalry, so that alto gether from 22,000 to 23,000 men may be assembled. Hitherto none of the great manoeuvres and experi ments have taken place. The rule until now has been to have twice a week manoeuvres of corps d'armee, and the other days divisional field exercise. This morning only the Lancer§ And two batteries / ,__._~: