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. 4-/ of the er---icw NEWSPAPER been : 11:417, "•-`t . *•ZA Ait o „ 4.CIE AC6 ‘7ljl . ( TA 410 - • es e s r ive, the bu sh t shake o f the ; . tt t r T -- • A 4 - Sti 00 AZ • •411 . , •"" 4014016 :1111111.1 7 : ~ , ine%ol r. . i.`" • 47 Ce 4, Warrior have made her as rigidtia i.t " ....... • GREAT WESTE RN RAILWAY. CITE AP EXCURSION t o th e NORT EL-An ENCUR SION TRAIN at LOW FARES will leave Paddington at 9.45 a.m., and Reading at 10.50 a.m., en MONDAY, August 11 , returning on Wednesday, August 21 :-For Oxford (Fares (6s. 6d. and 45.), Banbury (t , s. and 55.), Leamington and War wick (10s. rd. and 65.), Stratford-on-Avon and Birmingham (12s. and 75.), West Bromwich, Wednesbury, and Bilston (12s. 6d. and 7s. Rd.), Wolverhampton (13s. and Bs.), Welling ton and Shrewsbury (17s. and 10 s .) , O swestry, Llangollen road, Wrexham, and Chester (18s. 6d. an d l ls.), Birkenhead, Liverpool, Warrington, and Manchester (21s. and' 12s. 6d.) AN EXCURSION TRAIN, ALLOWING A LONGER PERIOD, will also l eave P a ddi ngton at 9.45 a.m., and Reading at 10.50 a m , on MONDAY, August 19, returning on the 7th or 11th of September :-For Oxford (11s. and ss. 6d.), Ban barY 14s. and 6s. 6d.), Leamington and Warwick(lBs. and Bs.), Stratf ord - on-Avon and Birmingham (20s. and 9s. 6d.), West Bromwich, Wednesb ur y, and' Bilston (21s. rd. and 10s.), Wolverhampton (225. 6d. and 10s. 6d.), Wellington and Shrews bin"' (275. 6d. and 135.), Oswestry, Wrexham, Llangollen-road, a nd Chester (33 5. an d 155.), Birkenhead, Lwerpool, 'Warring ton, a nd Manchester (375. and 175.) For full particulars see bills. THE SUN, LONDON, FIIIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 9, 1861. N°. 21,562. PR1CE....... .4d. STAMPED ....sd. PUBLICATIONS. MR. W. S. WOODIN'S 194th NIGHT with his highly-successful NEW ENTER TAINMENT, the CAB INET of CURIOSITIES, POLYGRAPHIC lIA LL, King Wil iam-street, Charing-cross, TO-NIGHT, and EVERY EVENING (except Saturday), at Eight. Private boxes, £1 Is. ; Stalls and box stalls, 3 s. ; area, 2s. ; amphi theatre, ls. -A plan of the stalls may be :•een, and seats secured (without extra charge), at the Box-office, from 10 till 4 Morning Performance, Saturday next, at 3. Breckinridge party. That two of these gentlemen were appointed by the Administration I believe to be correct, but General Butler came hither as a Brigadier-General. It was Massachusetts who first conferred that honour on him, and he was made a Major-General for putting down a mob and for the executive ability which he displayed. I under stand that General Patterson was appointed by the advice and on the recommendation of General Scott. uld the ing ing Just ready, in 2 vols., with Portraits, 215., bound, THE SECRET HISTORY OF THE COURT OF FRANCE UNDER LOUIS XV. Edited, from rare and unpublished Documents, by Dr. CIIALLICE. llurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough street. GOVERNMENT SECURITY LIFE POLICIES. THE CONSOLS ASSOCIATION, 429, STRAN, l • I'n-i r ides the Security of Con D soIs LONDON. for its Policies. 2 . It lends, or returns *to Insurers ON DEMAND at any time, about One-half of all Premiums Paid. l'Undoubted Security tor Money with a liberal Rate of Jute est. T he Association pos s esses a L a rge Capital, su b scr ib e d sPveral Hundreds of Shareholders. Full information may DC obtained on apAication to THOMAS 11. BAYLIS, 3lanning Director. PROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE ASSOCIATION. Established 1840. The lamentable failures in the Life Assurance world, re !tilting from reckless management, which have recently been. Ir Ptlr-Zlit to light through the medium of the public press, ex molt the necessity of careful selection hi effecting an assur ance, es The pecially on the part of the trading and industrial core mmity. Annu i 1 Income of the Provident Clerks' :hTAssociation is £44,000 b Accumulated Fund is 160,000 ° lle Y invested in Government and real securities in the atnes of the following Trustees, viz.:— TRUSTEES. meson aring Esq., M.P. I Wm. George Prescott, Esq. 4n llankey, Esq., M.P. I Baron L. de Rothschild, M.P. The balance-sheets are open to all, and may be obtained on aPpli3ation at the Chief Office, 15, Moorgate-street, or of the agents. WM. TIIOS. LINFORD, Secretary, 15, 31 corgate-street, August 1, 1861. GUARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, No. 11, Lombard -street, London, E.C. Established IS2I. DIRECTORS. HENRY VIGNE, Esq., Ch a i rman. 811 ' MiNTO T. FARQUHAR, Bart., M.P., Deputy Chairman - Henry Hulse Berens, Esq., John Labouchere, Es q . Charles Win. Cu evasrti. s, Esq. John Martin, E sq . • Charles F. D Esq. Rowland Mitchell Esq. Francis Hart Dyke, Esq. James Morris, Esq. Sir Walter R. Farquhar, Bart. Henry Norman, Esq. Thomson Hankey, Esq., M.P. Henry R. Reynolds, Esq. John Harvey, Esq. John Thornton, Esq. John G. Hubbard, Esq., M.P. James Tulloch, Esq. Lewis Loyd, Esq. Aura Tons. John Henry S m ith , Es Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq. Thomas Tallein a I Cornelius Payne, jun., Esq. ch, q. i Esq., Secretary.—Samuel Brown, Esq., Actuary. LIFE DEPA R TMENT.—UNDER THE PROVISIONS OP AN AC.T or PARLIAMENT, this Company now offers to new In urevisi.rs EIGHTY PER CEN T. o f t h e P ro fit s, a t Q u i nquennial Profits. D ions, or a L ow R ate of Premium without participation of Since the establishment of the Company in 1821, the Amount of Profits allotted to the Assured has exceeded in Cash v a l ue £660,000, which represents equivalent Re vers i onar y Bo nuses of £1,058,000. After the Division of Profits at Christmas, 1859, the Life 4Rsuranees in force, w ith existing Bonuses thereon, a mounted to upwards of £4,730,000, the Income from the Life ra nch X 2 07,000 per ooo. annum, and the Life Assurance Fund eXceeded X 1,618, LOCAL MILITIA and VOLUNTEER CORPS.—No r-..xtra Premium is required for service t T herein. INVALID LIVES assured at corresponding Extra Pre ‘,Ll ° ANS granted on Life Policies to the extent of their R, if Rich value be not less than £5O. boi-A‘SSIONMENTS OF POLICIES.—Written Notices of, re - ~v ed and registered. ° P EDI icy StCALamps FEES paid by the Company, and no charge FIRE M Po . DEPARTMENT.—lnsurances are effected upon — e q description of property at moderate rates. , j''' s ses caused by Explosion of Gas are a d m itt e d by thi s 111Panv. ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY. gEan Orricts—Lombard-street, London ; and Royal Insurance Buildings, Liverpool. ranch Offices—Slanchester, Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds, Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Dublin. tx , e , - - , RACTS FROM THE REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1860. tee e is v a e success of the Company, even in its earliest years, po rn ed the marked atten ion, and elicited the surprised anip Ace Companie ents, of writers best acquainted with the history of s.ln fer` he lre SEVEN Mu m s for th e EIGHT Y K l ie Premiums for 1860 ARS ending 185 2 EXCEED the Entire Life Pre ..,. of Annuities in 1860 LARGELY EXCEEDS the <41,1.r receipt 4 for the first TEN YEARS, 1845 to 1854. illat, ll , l a Progress, it is believed, is unsur branches of e business. ' FlßE BRANCH. The Pire Branch has certain y shown no exhaustion dur brotiol,e Year 1860 of that impetus which had previously Ina u V it it to a position of the first magnitude among the -ere O nce Companies of the United Kingdom. The Fire Itti B , o - Irlia in 1859 had advanced to the sum of . £2 , 8,314 7s. 3d. ( ) )77 t he amount of Fire Premiums has arrived at a sum of c e ,„4 19s. 11d., showing an increase of £34,663 12s. Bd., ex twong the large advance of the preceding year, so that lin ,n years the Fire Revenue of the Company has been en d.',F, by the enormous sum of £66,829 17s. sd. Lie Parliamentary Report of Returns of Duty paid to h`' c 'enlinent for the year 1860 exhibits the attgrnentation of of business In a more prominent way, as it affords the means b Co mparison with other Companies. The Proprietors will be gratified to learn that the increase of Duty paid by the c ,''' ) Yal in the last year is more than double that of any other l 'i s ftPany, either London or Provincial, whilst only one of ~.z c i a e Companies even approaches to 50 per cent. of the ad •ance of this Comp iny. Our increase actually equals 30 per cent. of the entire increase of the whole of he Metropolitan Offices combined, whilst of the Provincial Offices it forms - Wards of 30 per cent. of the total advance of th e other officeups 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 Prremiums ,O,lt New Policies, after deducting Gua ran t ees, b e ng £15,097 4 " 3 , led which is an increase on that item of £1,993 178. sd. above the amount received for the Year 1859. "But ev en thi s a d vance i s sma ll when compared with the this Branch and remarkable momentum whi c h h as b een g i ven to 'IS Branch of the Business in the present year (1861). ," It was not until the commencement of the year that the p i blic seemed to have become fully acquainted with the fact 'hit tit la st e Royal Insurance Comeau had published late in the t,_,3.rear an account of the investigation into the Assets and zt4llities of its Life Department, under a novel form, and . in a u ° ,!Ptin and intelligible a manner as the abstruseness of the pale admitted, tog,ether with the entire statements and „7:.ons necessary or that purpose. Plai et I s Conjectured from the extensive Notices of this Pam t, and its accompanying Diagrams, which have appeared ittte.e Periodicals of the day, that it has largely attracted the Itietion of vast numbers Persons in all parts of the United tiio'°n; l , as well as in other parts of the World. Indeed a azosafisfactory and conclusive evidence that such is the case In th„ r de.d by the fact that the sum Assured on New Policies luau '. Bl x months to the 3d June of the present year is ac oQ . 0 per cent. in excess of the sum assured in the corres- Months of the year 1860, although the latter amount Of tlm e exceeded the sum assured in any like previousperiod Pany it this success be continued, the Royal Insurance Com oe at would, with respect to the amount of its new business, he ad once placed (at least with one or tw . o exceptions) . at the e,e i ,jf all the Insurance Companies doing business in this ,ire ct 'l,v, and the anticipations of the last Report, to the 1 186, 4 tuat the details of the Lire Business then to be pub a sp4.,would form an epoch of the Establishment, will have and very happy realisation." I,i(iv'etAL ADVANTAGES OF THE LIFE BRANCH. Fl TS.—Larne proportion Returned every Five Years to P olicies then in existence Two E NT IRE YEARS. --4rPenses chiefly born • by the Fire Branch, in order to Increase the Bonus to be Returned. LIFE BONUSES DECLARED. ! t Two per Cent. per A nnum on th e S um A ssure d : G REATEST BONUS EVER CONVNUOUSLY DECLARED 4ci, BY ANY COMPAYY. tiltITY FOR BOTH FIRE AND LIFE BRANCHES _.. CAPITAL, TWO MILLIONS Accumulated Funds in hand exceed .£BlO,OOO. PERCY M. DOVE, Manager and Actuary. JOHN B. JOHNSTON, Secretary. !.1 (14 ,ZEATJ'S COPAHINE, or SACCHARATED uett,s'A-PsuLEs.—Copaiba and Cubeba are doubtless the ado re medies but these drugs are of a repulsive taste and h i v rba r r ,' a nd occasion colicky pains, nausea, and gastric dis kltoe "Ce• Jozeau has succeeded in rendering these wan thera • h a a tiopaii p n e e uti? l a i gents T erfeetly innocuous by increasing' In ur tive properties. This preparation 41 0ro be ,, e rt adop a ted 1 4 c the a Paris Academy of Medicine, after qizal - I ,tilan a thousand trials in Parh, and the different Lon kep,;loBPitals. viz„ St. mhomas's, Guy's, and St. Bartholo- Ma r k' , Under the care of Messrs. Lloyd, Poland, and Legros phec" Lancet," Nov. 6 and Dec. 10, 1857. The Copahme, in form of a pretty pink sugar plum, effects a cure at eap,,,,Ut six days, either in recent or chronic diseases. 100 22+ 4s. 6d. ; post free, is. 2p. Post-office order required; i °2 tAu's French Chemist, 42, Haymarket, London ; Il e St. Quentin, Paris ; and all the most important BIARLTIOROUGII-STREET, W., NEAR THE PANTHEON. CULVERWELL. 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HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN.-A FULL LENGTH PORTRAIT of BIER MAJESTY (by permission) will be published in the Drawing-Room Portrait Series of the ILLUSTRATED NEWS OF THE WORLD, on SATURDAY, August 10. Ihe above is the most faithful Likeness of her Majesty ever published. Proofs may be had on India Paper, price 10s. ; ditto on Plain Paper, ss. Office-13, Catherine-street, Strand. Price 6d. ; stamped, 7d. 1111 E 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." Kent and Co., late Piper and Co.. Paternoster-row. Just published, Bvo, in cloth, price 58., by post free, ss. 6d., (IN THE SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT of V 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 Urethra. " This work is the production of a surgeon whose special 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 kinds of stricture, and of the scientific principles upon which their management is founded. By his systematic management an immense mitigation of pain to the unhappy sufferers is attained, and future mischief prevented. The work we can most unreservedly and confidently recommend as a valuab contribution, both to the general and professional reader, and ought to be found in the private study of all who are subjeot to stricture."—Medical Circular. London: H. Bailliere, 219, Regent-street. IMPORTANT TO OWNERS OF HORSES.- After long experience, deep researches into chymistry, by the aid of costly machinery, I have discovered the means whereby oats, beans, and oilcake may be entirely dispensed with in the feeding of horses and cattle. I have now invented a compound meal, composed of locust beans, Indian corn, linseed, &c., at £l6 per ton, which is equal in value to £24 worth of oats, beans, or any other feeding material in the market. 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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 work on the cure of Nervous Debility, Loss of Memory, Dimness of Sight, Lassitude, Indigestion, Dislike o Society, Spermatorrhcea, Local Weakness, Muscular Re axation, Languor, Listlessness, Depression, &c., which, if neglected, result in consumption, insanity, and premature death ; with plain directions for perfect restoration to health ,nd vigour. The book will be sent, post free, secure from ob ' -ervation, to any address, on receipt of a directed envelope and two stamps. Address, HENRY SMITH, M.D., 8, Burton rescent, Tavistock-square, London, W.C. T HE VIGOUR OF YOUTH RESTORED IN FOUR WEEKS by Dr. RICORD'S ESSENCE OF LIFE. This wonderful agent will restore manhood to the most shattered constitution, whether arising from self-pollution, excesses, nocturnal emissions, the effects of climate, or natu ral causes. The time required to cure the most inveterate case is four weeks ; and, if used according to the printed in structions (which are very simple). failure is impossible. This life-restoring remedy should be taken by all about to marry, as its effects are permanent. It is acknowledged by the medical press to be the greatest discovery ever made. Success in every case is as certain as that water quenches thirst. Pr. 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At home from 10 till 3, and from 6 till 8. DR. CURTIS' MEDICAL WORK, MANHOOD : MEDICAL ESSAY ON S PERMA TO RRWE A, NERVOUS AND GENERATIVE DEBILITY, &c. lust Published, the 150th thousand, with numerous plates, in a sealed envelope, price le., Sold by all Booksellers, and sent post paid, by the Author, for 12 stamps, ANHOOD: the CAUSE and CURE of PRE- T A MATURE DECLINE IN MAN, with Plain Directions for Verf cut Restoratiou to Ilealth and Vip:our. By Dr. J. L. CURTIS, 15, Al,bertuarle-street, Piccadilly, London. CONTENTS: - INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER on the Physiological Structure and Functions of the Reproductive Organs. CHAPTER ll.—Causes of Spermatorrhe.a mod Impotence; Tarty ITI s Tl . t — li k e' iccsDangers of Neglect. CReview of the various Disqnalifications of Marriage; whether resulting from Youthful Abuse, the Follies of Maturity, the Effects of Climate, or Infection. CHAPTERS IV. and V. on the modern Treatment of Gonorrhoea and Syphilis. The Book concludes with numerous varied and interesting aces, to which is added the Author's recipe of a preventive Lotion. • REVIEWS OF THE WORK. "Curtis on Manhood.—This is a truly valuable work, and should be in the hands of young and old."—" Sunday Times," 23d March, 1856. "The author has conferred a great boon by publishing this little work, in which is d escr ib e d th e sou rce of those diseases which produce decline in youth or more frequently premature old age."—" Daily Telegraph," Maroh 27, 1856. " This work, which for twenty years has stood the test of professional criticism and empirical hostility, treats in aplain and sympathising manner on the various disqualifications and impediments arising from nervous excitement and de bility ; and to invalids suffering from youthful errors and excesses it will be found valuable and useful."—Record. London : Published by J. Allen, 20, Warwick Lane, Pater noster-row; Minn. 310, Cornhill. Rom Of ConAulfatipll-10 to 3 434 6 to 8; Stwilays, 10 till COOL AND REFRESHING TOILETTE vv REQUISITE. Oldridge's Balm of Columbia is the most certain remedy for restoring and strengthening the hair. By it whiskers and m,ustaches are produced and beautified. Ladies will find it especially valuable, as the most delicate head-dress or bonnet can be worn without fear of soiling. Price 3s. 6d., es., and ils. C. and A. OLDRIDGE, 21, Wellington-street, Strand. AMERICA. LIVERP 0 OL, THURSDAY. The steamship City of Washington, which touched. at Queenstown yesterday, with advices from Neal York to the 27th ult., has arrived. In the Senate, on the 24th, the Bill to promote the efficiency of the Volunteer forces was taken up for the second time. The Bill allows the President to discharge officers who are incapable or inefficient or violate their official duty. Mr. Wilson said that this was a most important measure. Many regi ments were utterly demoralized by the incompe tency of their officers. The rout the other day showed the effect of their conduct, when the officers ran several miles before they stopped. He thought the time had come when attention should be called to these things. Mr Sherman thought it was no time to complain of any one. There never was a braver army than the one repulsed. They bad a duty to perform for the future, and should do that. He thought the repulse of the army would do good in rousing up the spirit all over the country. The bill was discussed at consi derable length, but no result was arrived at. On the 25th a motion to appoint a select committee to inquire into the circumstances of the surrender of the Federal yards at Norfolk, Pensacola, and Har per's Ferry was agreed to. Mr. Johnson, of Ten nessee, offered a resolution : " That the present civil war was forced on the country by disunionists of the Southern States who are now in rebel lion against the constitutional Government. In this emer gency Congress, banishing all passion and resentment, will only recollect its duty to the whole country. This war was not waged with any spirit of suppression or subjugation, or for any purpose of overthrowing the institutions of the States, but to maintain and defend the supremacy of the constitution and laws, and as soon as this is accomplished the war ought to cease." A lengthy discussion ensued, in the course of which Mr. Breckenridge denounced the proceedings of the Government in regard to the South. This provoked a lengthy reply from Mr. Browning, who said : " Chivalrous Southern treason boasts that the slaves aro arming in their behalf, but if it is suggested that the North put arms in the hands of its black citizens there goes up a dismal howl. Let them beware lest they teach us a lesson. If they force us to assume that, he would advise the Presi dent to proclaim universal emancipation." The resolution was adopted. On the 26th Mr. Kennedy presented a memorial from the Mayor and citizens of Baltimore, complaining of the usurpa tions of the military forces in that city, and demand- ing as a matter of right that the liberty of the citi zens should be preserved, and all their rights of pro perty protected. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Mr. Clark moved to take up the resolu tion offered the previous day in regard to the main tenance of the supremacy and integrity of the Union. Bill taken up and passed by yeas 34, nay I—Mr. Breckenridge. The bill to provide for the suppres sion of rebellion was taken up and passed. The bill to provide revenue was taken up, the question being on the amendments offered by Mr. Simmons from the Committee on Finance. Several amendments were adopted, when the bill was postponed. In the House of Representatives on the 24th, Mr. Elliot, from the Committee on Commerce, reported a Bill,which was passed authorizing the President, by and with the advice of the Senate, to appoint consuls at any foreign ports where he may deem ad visable for preventing piracy, at a salary not exceed ing 1,500 dols. per annum, their office to cease when internal peace shall be restored. A commit tee was appointed to report on the construction of iron-plated vessels. Mr. Blair, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the Senate Bill autho rizing the President to accept the services of 500,000 volunteers. Passed. Mr. Stevens, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported a bill appropriating 100,000 dols. to pay the police organized by the United States authorities in the city of Baltimore. Mr. Burnett, in reply, said,-- "This is one of those extraordinary measures resulting from the extraordinary acts of the Administration. The civil authorities in the city of Baltimore have been super seded and a military police established there instead, in vio lation of the express law of one of the sovereign States. This, too,was done without colour or claim oflegal warrant, either derived from the Constitution or any other power derived from law. This was followed by another high handed act. Private citizens, as well as the Police Com missioners, without justification, have been incarcerated in a fortress. The President has violated the Constitution by suspending the writ of habeas corpus. My God, where is this thing to stop ? We are not only in the midst of a re volution in the Southern States but in the midst of a revolu tion in the States within the jurisdiction of this Govern ment. Besides all this, a revolution has been introduced endorsing all the illegal acts of the President, instead of the representatives of the people standing up in their manhood and arraigning the chief magistrate at the bar of the coun try, and administering to him a rebuke. lie would tell gentlemen that there is a sleeping sentiment at the North. There was no power to prevent it from developing itself. He would tell them that these are the saddest events ever written on the page of our country's history." "Mr. Richardson wanted to say a word to his friend from Kentucky. You, he remarked, are more than any other man responsible for the present condition of the country. You aided the mischief at Charleston and Baltimore, which had brought this sad calamity upon us. You have stood by the Republicans and aided them under the pretext that you wanted to break up their party. I do not know whether this bill is right or wrong. I have not listened even to the reading of its provisions, but I desire to say to those gentle men who are plotting the ruin of the country they are the last men to stand up claiming a violation of the Constitu tion, while they themselves are trampling on the laws. "Mr. Burnett, rising and asking earnestly—The gentle man certainly does not intend to do me injustice ? • "Mr. Richardson—Of course, not. " Mr. Burnett—When the gentleman states that I was at Charleston engaged in plotting to break up the Demo cratic party, he states that of which he knows nothing. I had no agency in it whatever. So far from this, I was the only man from a slave State who, after the Convention separated, went after those who had withdrawn and ap pealed to them to come back. " Mr. Richardson resuming, and speaking emphatically —I was not mistaken in the position I assume. I found the gentleman there lending his sanction to the breaking up of the Democratic party, and I am responsible for this statement. "Mr. Burnett, with equal earnestness—So far as the responsibility is concerned, I have never refused to take it. " Mr. Richardson—So help me God, I am responsible everywhere. (Applause, which was speedily checked.) " Mr. Burnett —And I am responsible everywhere else. (Sensation.) " Mr. Richardson—l stand hero to declare what I myself saw. " Mr. Burnett—l desire to say to the gentleman that I will have no personal controversy with any one on this floor ; but if the gentleman desires a personal controversy with me, so that he can make a personal assault, he can have it elsewhere. "Mr. Richardson—l desire no personal controversy with anybody, but if the gentleman desires he can have it. (Laughter and applause.) "Mr. Vallandigharn—After the late disaster, and the enemy almost Within cannon shot of the capital, such per sonal indecorum does not become the House. (Slight hissing from the Republican side.) i 4 M r . Richardson—l am not ambitious of personal diffi culties. Ido not desire, but shall not shrink from them. I fear no man who walks on God Almighty's earth. I have said the gentleman from Kentucky; was engaged in breaking up the Democratic party. I know the fact. 4 6 m r . Burnett (excitedly)—Let me tell the gentleman once for all— _ "The Speaker—Will the gentleman yield the floor ?" Here the personal discussion ended and the de bate was resumed. Subsequently recriminations were indulged in respecting who was to blame for the disaster at Bull's Run Ar r . Blair (Mobile) —I desire to eay a few words. Generals pntler, Patterson, and Cadwallader were freni the " Mr. Richardson—l said four Generals were appointed from the Breckinridge, but none froni the Douglas party, but I have no complaint. " Mr. Blair—Of all the Douglas men who are qualified for such command, I have no doubt the gentleman is the first and best. " Mr. Richardson (bowing) —l am very much obliged to you. " Mr. Blair—The gentleman said that General Scott had been driven to risk a battle by gentlemen on this side, but nothing has been said here derogatory to that soldier. Is the Major-General fit to command if he can be forced to battle against his own best judgment and at the outcry of outsiders ? Nobody on ;this side has said aught against General Scott. The charge came from the gentleman from Illinois, and it was derogatory in the highest degree. " Mr. Richardson—l take it all back. (Laughter.) I repeat that General Scott had been forced to fight this battle. I will tell you what occurred yesterday morning. My colleagues (Logan and Vashburne) and myself were present with the President, Secretary of War, and General Scott. In the course of our conversation General Scott re • marked ' I am the biggest coward in the world.' I rose from m y seat. Stay,' said General Scott, I will prove it. I have fought the battle against my judgment, and I think the President ought to remove me to-day for doing it. As God is my judge,' he added, after an interval of silence, I did all in my power to make the army efficient, and 1 de serve removal because I did not stand up when I could and did not.' I stand here to vindicate General Scott. I am indebted to the gentleman from Missouri for the compliment he paid rae. I desire to say for myself that lam here the last of a generation, my father and grandfather having fallen beneath the flag of their country. I too have fought under its folds at home and abroad, and, God willing, there I will stand till the end of my life, defending it against all foes. " Mr. Washburne—As my colleague has referred to General Scott's remarks, he might also allude to what the President said. " Mr. Richardson—l will do so. ' Your conversation implies,' said the President to General Scott, that I forced you to battle: To which General Scott replied, I have never served under a President who has been kinder to me than you have been.' But General Scott did not relieve the President from the fact of the latter having forced him to fight the battle. General Scott then paid a compliment to the President personally. I desire to say of the President that I have known him from boyhood. If you let him alone he is an honest man. (Laughter.) But lam afraid he has not firmness to stand up against the politicans around him." After further discussion the bill passed. The house then went into committee on the bill to pro• vide additional revenue for defraying the expenses of maintaining the Government and defending the public credit by the assessment of a direct tax and internal duties ; and on the motion of Mr. Conkling resolved : " That the bill be recommitted to the committee of ways and means, with instructions to amend it so as to provide that the tax on real and personal estate provided therein be levied, assessed, and collected in the several states and ter ritories, and the district of Columbia, in the same manner as state and territorial taxes are by local law collected therein." On the 25th Mr. Richardson rose and apologised for the heated remarks hethad made on the previous day. The Senate resolution appropriating 2,000 dols., in order that the President may adopt such measures as may be necessary to insure a represen tation of the United States at the World's Fair in London in 1862, was agreed to. Mr. Stevens, from the Committee on Ways and Means, reported the Senate Bill supplementary to the late Loan Act with an amendment authorising the Secretary of the Treasury to fix the denomination of Treasury notes below 50 dols., which he may exchange for coin, bearing interest at 9 per cent. per annum, if this amount is necessary in order to negotiate a loan. The aggregate amount of Treasury notes not to ex ceed 250,000 dols. The duties on imports, tea, coffee, sugar, spices, wines, liquors, and all such ex cise and other internal duties and taxes as may be collected, are pledged for the redemption of the debt incurred. Adopted by a majority of one. The bill P• Mr. passed, Stevens, from the C o mmittee on W a y s and Means, to whom the Direct Tax and Internal Duties Bill was referred on the previous day, re ported that they were unable to devise any provision which would be constitutional and at the same time carry into effect the instructions of the House. The Direct Tax and Internal Duties Bill was then con sidered in Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Stevens moved to include slaves in the objects of the direct taxation. After a discussion Mr. Stevens's amendment tax ing slaves received a vote of 69 against 25. On the motion of Mr. Wickliffe the committee rose, when he moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means with instructions to report a revenue tariff bill, and if necessary for direct taxes and excise, in order that the taxes may bear equally on the wealth of the country, and that the committee report next session. Objection was made, when the house adjourned. On the 26th the house went into committee on the Direct Taxation Bill, b ut no conc l us i on was arrived at. Alluding to the tariff, the Washington correspon dent of the New York Herald says " The Committee on Finance this morning at their meet ing substituted Senator Simmons's Tariff Bill for the House Bill, making, however, a few alterations from his original bill. They changed the compound duties on sugar, tea, coffee, and molasses to specific duties. Brown sugar, under the tariff as it stands, will be two cents, refined sugar four cents, coffee four cents, tea 15 cents, and molasses five cents. With these exceptions the bill remains the same." Respecting the military Bills, the Washington correspondent of the New t t s e nT t t o h toehfesie bill ra et e f g o ih r ma t ed h n e tps i r n oo c fv r i e d2 a e, s 3d e oof o o f mr t ea h nn e , }ork Tribune say s: ___ " The two branches of Co ngress have comp rom i se d th e i r in accordance with the recommend a ti ons of thaxecutive. establishment a n t g i o a n m to o°nthedm e e n x . This the house altered to a volunteer force, but through militaryad u i s g a m gr e e n e t the joint Committee Of Conference receded from its amend ment and agreed to the Senate Bill, with a proviso that the army, which is thus made to consist of 40,000, shall be re duced to 25,000 men at the end of the War, without further legislation. All the officers of the regular army who may be assigned to dutyin newregiments are, on the latter being disbanded, to return to their former regiments, with the pay and promotion to which they shall be entitled." The five men belonging to the Confederate cruiser Sumter had been committed for trial on the charge of piracy by the United States' Cora mission Court at New York. Among the miscellaneous intelligence by this mail, we learn that General M'Clellan, on his ar rival at Philadelphia, en route to Washington, to assume the chief command of the Federal army, received an enthusiastic ovation, bouquets being showered upon him. He delivered the following address My friends,—ln this time of action it will not do to make useless speeches. I take this greeting as intended for my brave soldiers of Western Virginia, to whom the whole credit of the recent skirmishing in that section is due. But your applauses assure me that the cause of the Government lies next to your hearts, and, remembering it, I shall try to do better in my new field of labour. I bid you good b y. ,, The general is thus described : " Instead of greeting a scarred, colossal figure, full of the marks of a campaign, they saw only a boyish figure, not over five feet eight inches in height, and although brown from exposure, yet fresh and acti , e. He did not wear epau lettes, but the simple fatigue dress of an officer—blue blouse with shoulder bars and black pants, With gold stripe." Only one of the members of Congress, who went to Bull's Run to witness the battle, had fallen into the hands of the enemy—the Hon. A. B. Ely, of Rochester district. During the marching of a body of Confederate prisoners through Washington the mob made great endeavours to ill-treat them, and in some cases were successful. Professor Low had made a successful balloon reconnaisance through the disaster at Bull's Run, which is thus reported He observed a large body of rebels at Fairfax Court house. He counted 200 of their tents in one field, and there were a number of others in the adjoining wood. A number of cavalry were about a mile this side of the Court-house, probably at the principal barricade on the road. There were two regiments of infantry and a large body of cavalry on the road from Centreville to Fairfax Court-house, and in the vicinity of Manassas Junction, the whole face of the country Was covered with the rebel forces." The 14th Ohio, on returning to Toledo, their term of enlistment having expired, experienced a very cordial reception. It is mentioned that " after a few weeks' furlough" they would be ready to re enlist. In Alexandria disturbances and disorders prevailed to a deplorable extent, and the general in command had been compelled to issue very stringent regulations. At Washington similar oc curences were prevalent, and in several cases it was found necessary to charge the drunken mob of sol diers with cavalry. The Federal Government, had accepted the services of a regiment of " British Vo lunteers," formed, or in course of formation, at New York. Since the disaster at Bull's Run, Pennsyl vania had sent 11,000 men to Washington. Major- General Dix in command of the Federals at Balti more had, with the sanction of General Banks, ap pealed to his men to stand by him in case of any outbreak. The appeal was specially directed to those regiments which having served their time were about to disband. The General was only passenger from Bremen by partially successful. A the steamer New York, who expressed strong Se cession sentiments on the passage, and said he had despatches for Jeff. Davis, was arrested on landing at New York. Some of the New York papers were demanding a court :martial on General 11‘Dowell, against whom and many other officers the most se rious charges were being made by the ultra-North ern press. The President and his Cabinet are also accused of having forced General Scott into action before the army was properly prepared for an ad vance against the enemy. Many of the news papers of New York contain charges of great cruel ties to Northern soldiers by the Confederates after the battle, but none of them appear to be well sub stantiated. The following are a few among the many accusations : " That the throat of Captain Haggerty was cut while he lay dead on the battle-field, and his ears and nose cut off, that some who surrendered themselves as prisoners were riddled with balls ; that two women (vivandieres) were fired upon while ministering to the wounded ; that ambulances conveying the wounded were fired upon, flags of truce at tacked, the hospital fired into and set on fire, and similar savage cruelties perpetrated. The telegraph also reports that some of our troops were pinioned to trees, and tortured with bayonets thiust at them." The New York journal of Commerce cautions the nation that the Abolitionists were about to com mence a crusade for the emancipation of the slaves, by demanding that the Government should retaliate upon the South in that way. At the meeting of the New York Union Defence Committee, on tr e 23d, the leading Republican members demanded the re moval of the Secretary of the Navy and the Secre tary of War, and Mr. Moses H. Grinnell and Cap tain C. H. Marshall made earnest speeches in favour of such a change. A despatch of a doubtful character from Harper's Ferry to the 26th states that the Confederates had been defeated there. General Banks and his staff had assumed the command at Harper's Ferry, super seding Gen. Patterson, who had returned to Balti more. Before leaving General Patterson issued a proclamation, announcing that as the term of most of the troops from Pennsylvania had expired, and nearly all of them were returning home, he, by order of the War Department, relinquished his command. General Patterson had also published a letter, dated at Harper's Ferry, on the 22d inst., explanatory of his movements while in command, in which he says : " General Johnston retreated to Winchester, where ho had thrown up extensive entrenchments and had a large number of heavy guns. I could have turned his position and attacked him in the rear, but he had received large re• inforcements from Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia--a total force of over 35,000 rebel troops and 5,000 Virginia militia. My force is less than 20,000 men. Nineteen regi ments, whose term of service was up, or would be within a week, all refused to stay an hour over their time but four —viz., two Indiana regiments, Frank Jarrett's (the 11th Pennsylvania), and Owen's (the 24th Pennsylvania). Five regiments have gone home. Two more to-day, and three more to-morrow. To avoid being cut off with the remainder I fell back and occupied this place." An expedition on the 25th from Fortress Monroe to Black River, an arm of the sea between Old Point and York River, was successful in surprising and burning nine sloops and schooners, and in bringing off a valuable prize. From St. Louis, under date the 23d, we learn that Colonels Siegel and Solomon were reorganising the Federal Regiments for three years' service. Col. Sweeney had started from St. Louis, with 1,200 men, for Forsyth, on the White River. General Lyon's command had left St. Louis for Camp Little York on the Mount Vernon-road. Gen. M'Culloch was at Camp Walker, Arkansas, with 5,000 well-armed Federal troops. Governor Jackson, with 10,000 undisciplined men, was about 12 miles from Camp Walker. General Cox had oc cupied Charleston, Virginia, the Confederates re treating and burning the bridges. It was thought that Col. Rosencrantz would cut off their retreat. Front the blockading squadron we learn that on the 20th the Federal fleet at the mouth of the Mississippi was reinforced by five war vessels. Cap tures of small coasting vessels had been frequent. Southern accounts of the battle at Bull's Run re port that five Confederate generals were killed -viz., Barton, of Georgia ; Bee, of South Carolina; Kirkby and Smith, of Florida ; and also Colonel Johnson, of Hampton's Legion. A special despatch to the Charleston 21Iercury, dated Juiy 23, says :—As soon as it became evident that the enemy meant to give battle, President Davis hastened to the scene of action, and was in time to take part in the battle. He immediately assumed command of the centre. General Beauregard was commander of the right wing ; and General Johnston of the left. It was against Gen. Johnston's command the enemy con centrated their best troops, who fought most obsti nately. At one time the left was pressed so severely that the issue of the conflict in that direction seemed doubtful. It was here that Col. Barton's Georgian regi ment was posted, which was so terribly cut up that a large body of our troops from the centre was sent out at a critical moment to the left's assistance, and turned the tide of the battle. The enemy broke and fled before the impetuous charges of the Southerners, and the battle soon be came a route. LGUISVILLE, July 26, 1861. A dispatch from Richmond, 22d, says : Soon after prayer in the Confederate Congress, the following dispatch was read to that body : MANASSAS JUNCTION, Sunday night. Night having closed upon a hard fought field, our forces were victorious. The enemy was routed, and fled precipitately, abandoning a large amount of arms, ammunition, knapsacks, and baggage. The ground was strewed for miles with those killed, and the farm houses and the ground around were filled with wounded. Pursuit was continued along several routes towards Leesburg and Centre ville, until darkness covered the fugitives. W e have captured several field batteries, stands of arms, and Union and State flags ; many prisoners have been taken. Too high praise cannot be bestowed ; whether for the skill of the principal officers or for the gallan try of all our troops. The battle was mainly fought on our left. Oar force was 15,000, that of the enemy estimated at 35,000. (Signed) JEFFERSON DAVIS. Another dispatch says the entire Confederate force was about 40,000, and the entire forces of the United States near 80,000. No particulars are received of the dead and wounded. The Washington correspondent of the New lark Herald says, though some would fain deny it, yet it is undeniable that Fairfax Court House is again in possession of the, Secession troops. It is said and credited that Johnston, although numbered among the dead by many, is there in person with upwards of 15,000 troops. A despatch to the New Orleans Picayune, dated the 19th, says :- 4 , An 464 account of the ),attle of EIA 104 re ceived at the War Department at noon to .clay> This report states that the Confederate loss amounted to 60 killed and wounded. The loss of the enemy was over 500. Five hundred loaded muskets were taken and two pieces of can non. The enemy twice asked permission to take their dead off the field. Our loss was 137 in killed, wounded, and missing, but the missing since returned reduce this to 60. The number of the enemy engaged is variously estimated at between 5,000 and 10,000, while our force little exceeded 3,500." A despatch to the Louisville Courier, dated the 23d, says that the Confederates captured 63 cannon, 25,000 stands of arms, 1,200 horses, and all the stores and provisions of the Federal forces, valued at 1,000,000 dols. The despatch also says that a buggy and epaulets, marked "General Scott," were captured. Another despatch says that the loss of the Confederates was 2,000 ; that the loss of the Federal forces was 15,000 killed, and that the number of the wounded and prisoners taken was not known. Two members of Congress were among the pri soners. Among Gen. Johnson's force was a regi mtnt of Kentuckians, who refused more than one round of cartridge, preferring their heavy bowie knives. Letters from Norfolk state that the Confe derates had strengthened that place immensely. Several hundred Secessionists had taken possession of Memphis, Missouri, and were intrenching them selves. 1,000 stan d s of arms h a d b een distributed along the Southern border of lowa by Gen. Kirk wood. The Secessionists were said to be disarming the Union men in Eastern Missouri. An attack on Fort Monroe was apprehended. The Qonfederate Secretary of the Treasury had issued the following notification respecting the Produce Loan : " Confederate States of America, Treasury Department, Richmond, July 11. "Hon. 0. M. Dantzler, St. Matthew's Parish, S.C. " Sir, —Your letter of the 6th instant makes an inquiry which I find repeatel from several other quarters, to which I think it best to make a public reply. The inquiry is, whether, in case no sales can be made before the day named in the cotton subscriptions, without a sacrifice of the pro perty, the sales are still to be insisted on. I answer, cer tainly not. The day named is upon the presumption that the blockade will be broken, and that sales of produce can then be made. I propose to submit another plan to provide for the contingency of a continuance of the blockade, which will allow an indefinite retention of the crop. But it con stitutes no part of either plan to force the produce on the market at a sacrifice. With much respect, your obedient servant, C. G. MEMMINGER, Secretary of the Treasury." TILE WARRIOR. ' Yesterday morning the grand frigate hoisted her pennant at last, and made her first brief voyage from Blackwall to Greenhithe. Beyond the mere fact of its being the first voyage there was not much of interest in the proceeding. She had the assist ance of many powerful tugs, was under steam her self, and answered her helm so readily as to be al ways completely in hand. With such aids, not withstanding the very strong wind and sharp turns in the river, she proved as manageable as a penny steamboat, and within two hours of the time of her leaving the Victoria Dock was quietly swinging to her anchor a little above Gravesend. The time fixed for her departure yesterday was 1 o'clock, about two hours before high tide, in order that she might have the check of the stream against her in dropping down the river. Before that hour, however, she was warped out from the corner where she has so long been fitting, and brought to the entrance of the dock leading to the river. With a vessel of such enormous size and weight, and in a dock so crowded with shipping, to move her at all was a labour re quiring no ordinary care and vigilance, and the work had to be accomplished very slowly. By 11 o'clock, however, she was brought quietly to the entrance, and before 12 Capt. Cochrane had all in readiness for going out into the stream at a moment's notice. Steam was got up in all the boilers, for though professing to depend on the tugs for mo mentum and guidance, it was very prudently deter mined that in case of any mishap, such as a hawser breaking, the Warrior should be quite ready and able to take care of herself if required. There was an almost total absence of curiosity to witness her departure from the docks, and in fact, very few at all ventured to brave the gusts of wind and torrents of rain that swept across the river like banks of mist throughout all the early parts of the day. This lack of interest, however, was evidently due solely to the wretched weather. Precisely at half past 1, the tide in the river having risen to the level of the water in the docks, a regular, team of steam tugs made fast to the Warrior's stern, and the gates being opened, went blustering and splashing out into the Thames, towing the massive, black, and ominous-looking ship stern foremost after them. As she cleared the dock gates the ensigns and pen nant were run up, the band of the Marines playing " Rule Britannia." No cheering was attempted, for there was plenty to be done at once, as the force of the tide and wind came full on her broadside, and in spite of all the sturdy efforts of the tugs began to drift her up the stream. The tugs made a gallant struggle for it, but in vain, and if the Warrior herself had not been in working order with her engines she might have gone much fur ther up the river than would have been either safe or convenient. As it was a very few turns of her gigantic screw, which seemed to stir up the very bottom of the Thames, soon checked her progress, and sent her into the middle of the river, facing fair down the stream. Once in this position, no further difficulty was experienced. In the very sharp turns just below Woolwich and just above Greenhithe it was of course necessary to use considerable care, and to screw astern till she was sometimes brought almost to a standstill. Beyond this, however, all went as well as could have been desired—she fouled nothing, never touched the ground, and was, as we have said, quietly at her moorings in less than a couple of hours after she had started. At all the ' bends of the river she answered her helm like a yacht, and though the wheel worked stiff and was hard to get over, yet a very few turns did all that was wanted. Admiral Keppel, Commodore Sey mour, and Commodore Eden, who were on board, were delighted with the perfect ease with which she was at all times held in hand. The engines worked with an ease which, considering their im mense size and newness, was almost marvellous. Not a single part required alteration, easing, or even adjustment of any kind whatever. Mr. Penn was, of course, on board, and would have liked nothing ':setter than to have driven her at full speed right away. But this high speed, in a narrow river crowded with shipping, was quite out of the ques tion, and he could only once or twice partially gratify his inclination in this respect by going full speed astern, when at the turns the Warrior's head was nearer the shore than was desirable. The greatest pressure of steam in the boilers at any time was 211 b., but as a rule it was kept below this. The greatest number of revolutions obtained, or, more properly speaking, allowed per minute yesterday was 58, and at this all worked as smoothly and quietly as when the screw was scarcely turning. This number of revolutions was required on l y once, and that merely for a minute or two, to turn the Warrior astern. At full speed at sea the engines will make 62 revolutions per minute, which will give her a speed of screw of 18 knots. Allowing as much as cf this for " slip" (in the ease of the War rior the slip is not expected to exceed one-eighth), we shall have a speed of 15 knots—a speed which ,no man-of-war in the world comes within a knot, an hour of. As far as can be judged at present there is every prospect of the Warrior making even more than this great velocity in her trial trip n ext month. The highest speed attained yesterday W as soon after passing- Woolwich, when the tide was almost at its height, though on the whole slightly against the vessel. Going at rather less than 50 revolutions she went at the rate of 14,1 knots. At no time, even when her rate was changed from slow ahead to full speed astern, was the vibration of the screw more than perceptible, practically speaking, either in the bows or on the quarter-deck. With a wooden vessel of the same length and exerting the ite of the double row of furnaces- 7 -like a street ° fire, the stokehole yesterday was remarkably cool, but, as we anticipated, the engine -room was much less so. A ventilating arrangement is about to be made which will remedy the heat of this latter portion of the ship entirely. All that now remains to be done to the Warrior is in the way of internal fittings, her rigging and hull are complete. The outside, as it shows now, is the very perfection of workmanship, the plates fitting in with the Mr. Wigram, Mr. smoothness of a coat of varnish. It is impossible to detect with the eye where any join is made. r Yesterday morning notices were sent round • from the Admiralty to the Thames Iron Works, L M a e i s r s d r , s. M S e a s m sr u s d . a l' ' a l%l lm ir e . r, l\ 7 l 4 a r r . e, Napier, and Messrs. Westwood and Bailie, asking tenders for build ing three more iron frigates. These vessels are to be 20 feet longer and 15 1 inches broader than the Warrior class—viz., 400 ft. long by 59ft . 31, inches beam. Their depth is to be the same as the Warrior's; their tonnage 6,620, with engines of 1,250 horse-power, nominal. They are to Faye a flatter floor though with the same draught of water, 25ft. Each is to be entirely coated from stem to stern with armour plates of 51 instead of 42 inchea thick. Behind this, as at present arranged, is to be a backing of nine inches of solid teak. The Ad miralty, however, reserve to themselves the right of altering this portion of the contract within the next three months and either increasing the thick ness of the iron to 6-3, inches and doing away with, the teak altogether, or leaving the proportions us we have mentioned. In fact, the Admiralty are waiting to see other results from experiments on Mr. Fairbairn's plan of iron only for ships' side and also to see how the target which is being buil on the same plan as the Warrior's side will stand the pounding it will shortly receive at Shoebury ness. At all events, the armour of these new vessels, whether of wood and iron, or iron only, is to weigh 2,100 tons—the armour alone of the Warrior being very little over 900 tons. The spar deck is to be of half inch iron, instead of, as with our pre sent ships, only quarter-inch, and all the lower decks are to be of wood, laid on iron beams, and strengthened across with diagonal stringers and braces of iron, in the usual manner. Neither bows nor stern are to overhang. The bows are to be sharp and wedge-shaped, rising straight from the water, like that of the Great Eastern. The stern is to be quite round and almost straighter than La Gloire's. Tenders are required at the Admiralty from the firms we have mentioned for three such vessels to be begun at once. Tenders for three more will be required, it is said, in the course of another month or so. "It is better late than never" per hap, but really the order for these vessels seems almost unpardonably late. The Admiralty have not now any information with reference to ships which they had not at least as fully this time last year, when the six vessels now so tardily about to be commenced might as well have been ordered. At least two years and a half must elapse before any of these ships for which tenders are asked will be ready for sea. Yet at this very day the French have actually 11 iron-cased frigates afloat or in commis sion, and no less than 17 building. Of these ships two—the Mangenta and Solferino—are two-deCkers, 11 are floating batteries, like our Defence and Re sistance, and 14 are either 40, 46, or 50-gun frigates, like the Gloire, Tonnaute, Couronne, Normandie, Saigon, Invincible, &c. Yet the first iron vessel belonging to this country will not be at sea before October, and it will be quite six months before she has a consort in the Channel. RAILWAYS AND PUBLIC COMPANIES. GREAT WESTERN. The directors of this company have decided to recommend to the proprietors a dividend at the rate of 2+ per cent. per annum for the half year ending the 30th of June last, leaving a balance of about £2,400 to be carried over to the next half-year. LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN. The directors of this company have resolved to recommend to the proprietors, at the half-yearly general meeting on the 15th inst., that the divi dend for the half-year ending. the 30th of June, 1861, be at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum on the ordinary consolidated stock of the company. LONDON AND BLACKWALL. The directors of this company have determined on recommending to the proprietors a dividend for the half-year ending the 30th of June last at the rate of £2 15s. per cent. per annum. MARYPORT AND CARLISLE. The directors of this company intend to recom mend to the shareholders a dividend for the last half year at the rate of 7 per cent. per annum. HULL AND SELBY. The report of the directors states that the accounts for the past half-year show a balance of £32,266 in favour of the company, out of which they recom mend the payment of a dividend of £2 9s. 6d. per whole or £5O share ; of £1 4s. 9d. per half or £25 share; and of 12s. 43-d. per quarter or £l2 10s per share (less the income-tax deducted by the lessees), payable on or after the 30th inst. Several important measures submitted to Parliament during the present session have required the attention and care of the board in protection of the interests of the company. The directors have the satisfaction of reporting that the suggestions of their counsel for amendments i n eventuallyseveral p o sed on n be o f the choan bills lsfe on ft etd hwereitso companyand received ad opbtey were, b h iyn e t p h r e o m ju substance,oe t a e i r s of them, and discussed in a conciliatory spirit, an d d in such bills as have passed the amendm en t s pro lature. PNEUMATIC DESPATCH COMPANY. The report of the directors of this company states that extended experiments have estab:ished to the satisfaction of the engineers of the company the prepared for the line fr e o the efficiency n nm pa o n f y t . h rr e h s e y i s a t s e t m p Bloomsbury, tube, end for the adoption of a pr s o e v t i o n f g ap th p e ar c a o t n u l s .. e b rimentshavebeen carried on with a portion of th ex t p i e d n neral Post-office to plete sufficien c y of the disc arrangement for pro ducing the power, as well as in showing that the power may be conveniently and economically ap plied. The directors, therefore, now that the trial of the full sized tube has shown the efficiency of the plan, have at once placed themselves in communica tion with the Post-office, the railway companies and a_ limited scale, . will ap other parties, a w nd ith ha a ve vi r e me w su t l o teedaGn arrangements for the immediate construction of the first section of their works. The directors hope that the original plan of commencing the works from the Post-office to Bloomsbury, and thence to the London and North Western Railway, will be carried out, but they are preliminary anxious before committing the company to a n y serious outlay, and to the precise line of their first operations, to obtain a guarantee, or such arranr, e , ments for traffic, as will secure even this first see tion being remunerative. Theextension of the wo r k s - ' must speedily follow, but the shareholders -4-- " °11, fully confirmed the anti pb p oe r rf e ot c r i e a t t h e tah t t h e the the etjeenctdrt theextended dl expendituree experiments directors ob taining practical experience uponview o f in periments which have to comprise the entire parcel . d st e a li t v e er icnacrurrireedd out. h the company's engineers, fuel' and 1 Clark, bbeeenyinciftlhnrii ti of nd th t e he tu t b ra e n . public and private, have anticipation expressed in their report upon the prer • scale at the Soho Works, near:Birmingham. Single carriages, and trains of carriages, of weight vary ing from one t p ly orrerfrom to three tons, have been successfully passed through the tube or portions of the tube, at speeds varying from 15 t ' o 40 miles an h •under pressures , trials on a smaller pressures ranting inch between 1 oz. and Gcz. p er squsre only ; and t h ese e xperitneut3 have: I, a,:ii i o peated from day to day with uniform results. Th -; end to end instantaneous, the buffing and delivery of the trains to he . 1 per_ feet control, and, generally the combination to sess an elasticity in its working which is allto pos h is that could be desired. As regards economy of power they have no doubt it will be found that a fair Percentage of useful effect is obtained, while in respect to the much more • important considera tion, convenient application tsomibsesioanpopfartehnet of power, the advan tages of the medium employed are too obvious to need remark. On the whole, they are fully satis fied with the results obtained, and are convinced that the company possesses the new s ystem in means of tra n smission which, from the great facilities it affords, must soon come into extended practical use.