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....0a......./0dur.......01.0..........r..... NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION,. C. F. HANCOC', Jeweller and Silversmith to the Queen, 33, Bruton-street, Bond-street, having been selected by the C]mmittee to make the " BADGE " to be worn by the Members of the "National Rifle Association, " begs respectfully to inform them that it may be procured at his Establishment, or on the grounds at Wimbledon, in SILVER, price 7s. 6d., and in GOLD ENAMELLED, price Three Guineas. - ______ _, HAYMAIRKET. Lessee, tin J. B. atoksterre. EVEIsTI Nu; the periorinaDePti commune with THE MIDDY ASHORE. Mrs. E. Fitzwilliam. After which THE OVERLAND ROUTE. Messrs. Chas. Mathews, Buckstone, E. Villiers. Rogers, Jrc.; Mrs. Wilkins, Mrs. C. Mathews, and Miss E. Weekes. Followed by TAKING BY STORM. Mr. C. Mathews. And THE GALICIAN FETE. Commcnce at 7. ROYA L P R INCE S S'S THEATRE.-- Loamee find Manatt•er, Mr. A. Harris. _ . THIS EVENING, the new comic drama, entitled A HOMESTEAD STORY, Messrs. Ryder Shore, and Miss M. Harris. Followed by HAMLET. Hamlet, Mr. Fechter. Sup ported by Hermann Vezin, Ryder, Meadows, ,te. ; Misses Beath, Xlsworthy, and R. Leclercq. NEW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI.- Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING MR. GORILLA. Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, Billing - ton ; Miss mate Kelly, Miss E. Phorne. After which (22Sth time), THE COLLEEN BAWN. Mr. D. Boucicauit, D. r isher, Blllington, Falconer, Stephenson, C. J. Smith, Romer, Howard, Ward ; Mrs. Boucicault, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Billington. and Mrs. Chatterley. To conclude with THE CENSUS. Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. Eburne, Miss K. Kelly, and Miss E. Thorne. Doors open at half past 6—Commence at 7. fIANTERBURY -HALL CONCERTS AND FINE ARTS GALLERY. EVERY EVENING, Two Grand Selections from celebrated Operas. including Verdi's new Opera. THE BAL MASQUE (first produced in England at this Establishment), with a Chorus of Forty Voices, and upon a scale unequalled at any other Concerts. Miss Russell, Miss Ernst, Mr. Grey'lle, Mr. Herbert, Signor Tivoli, Mr. Bernard ; popular Solos on the Cornet-a-piston, by Mr. Levy (the first performer of the day) ; the Brothers Conrad (in an entirely original entertainment on the double rope, not to be seen elsewhere); continued success of Mr. Wood and his talented little Son. The Comic Department comprises the following favourites: —Mr. Marshall, Mr. Hollingsworth ; the NERVES, by Messrs. Harvey and French ; and Mrs. Lawrence. Musical Director, Mr. JONGHM A NS. T H E X F 0 R D, 6, OXFORD-STREET. This noble building being now completed, its architectural beauty, elegance of ornamentation, and brilliancy of lighting render it one of the sights of the metropolis. Open-Every Evening. The programme is varied, and includes Selections (by a full company of principals, powerful band, and chorus) from "Macbeth" and "Un Ballo in Maschera." both operas by Verdi, the composer of the day—The wonderful Solos on the Cornet-a-Piston of the renowned LEVY—Scotch Duets by the Misses Stuart, and other vocal and instr u mental music , of the highest order. Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans. The Miss Comic portion of the entertainme nt is supported by Green, Messrs. Sam Collins, Harvey, and French (the Nerves), W. H. Wieland, E. Marshall. and W. Randall. Admission, Hall, sixpense ; Balcony and Stalls, one shilling. Private Boxes, 10s. 6d. HIGH WATER. AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tine DAY. —Morning, 3h. 24m.—Afternoon, 311. u m . To-moßßow.-Morning, 411. sm. —Afternoon, 4h. 20m. THE WEATHER. -SUN OFFICE, JULY 10, 1861. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADS. 72—highest since noon yesterday. 56—lowest this morning and during the night. 70—this day at noon. BARommTER-30.02. 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All that is worth telling us between Natchez and Vicks burg, the capital of Mississippi, situated on the river of that name, and Cairo—the first town in Illinois, placed at the very junction of the Ohio and Mississippi, and commanding the river access to the South—is here told us ; and told us in a manner borne what more interesting and self-verifying than the paragraphs we cut from Northern Heraldsi Tribuneg, &c. Within this distance the Father o Waters runs between five Slave States, Missouri and Arkansas on his west; Kentucky, Tennessee, and Mississippi on his east side. The eastern shore was the one which the steamer seemed to prefer, for we hear nothing of the other ; and the railroads are, as might be expected, all on the side where the cities, if we may so call them, are to be found. In deed, Mr. WYLD'S last map shows but one railroad at all on the Western side of the Mississippi ; it is in the State of Missouri, running parallel with the river of the same name. Respecting the numbers and movements of the Southern troops which confront General SCOTT on the Southern side of the Potomac, we have, indeed, not a word of information. But concerning the kind of men who are, we cannot say marching, but getting to Virginia as well as they can, we have an account full enough. We see, too, almost, as in a photograph, the cities in this half-wilderness land, and the fortifications, with their garrisons on the banks of the river, watching to sink any mischief-making steamer which may slip down from the North. Of the country we have had detailed, and matter of fact descriptions before, from the pen of Mr. FREDERIC LAW OLMSTED, yet we see things as they now are better through the help of Mr. RUSSELL'S pen. They give us a picture of soldiering under new conditions. The men seem to be a motley group of almost all Countries ; Ireland, we are sorry to say, furnishing the great majority of these fighters for freedom to enslave. One company consisted en tirely of Irishmen ; of another five-sixths were of that country ; there were brutal Germans, and vindictive Italians also; native Americans, not in large numbers—lrishmen taken from their works, appeared to form the greater part of the companies, their well-known brogue saluted the ear every. where. The merit of most of the defensive works on the bank of the river our English critic seemed to think but small; they were neither well planned nor usefully posted—gun-boats on the river, supporting and facilitating appropiate operations by land, would easily, he thinks, reduce them; The artil lery was contemptible ; powder very scarce, and the practice which he saw poor indeed. It would certainly be easy for trained gunners very soon to clear the great river of such impediments to its navigation as our writer describes, but probably for some time to come no attempt will be made to disturb them ; and if the Mississippians could but practise long enough, and get better guns and pow der, they may become formidable shots. At present their guns seem given to missing fire, sending their missiles short or wide of the mark, and recoiling out of the works. The soldiers themselves were rarely distinguish able by any wrticular uniform, and though pro bably forniidable slords, each man behind his tree, they had acquired yet but I;ftle of the arts of acting together ar.d handling their weapons in military style. Colonels appear to be numerous, seventeen ; and one captain, Mr. RUSSELL was introduced to i n O ne day. Free and easy seems to be the military rule on the Mississippi, and why should it not be ? What hive freemen to do with martinets for officers ? Pluined felt hats ere distinction enough for soldiers,, what need of uniforms and mere useless appendages to a soldier's aims ? Why too should not a sentry smoke a cigar in his chair, and stt guard over the general's quarter s ? .g He is on guard over th eafterpart of the deck, called th e lad i es ' saloon, and s acred to the general and his staff an d attendants. i To is a tall, good-looking polin g .111.1Lgrgy .flannel shirt, a black wide-awake, grey trousers, fastened by a belt, on which is a brass buckle inscribed " U.S." His rifle is an Enfield, and the bayonet sheath is fastened to the belt by a thong of leather. The youthful patriot is intent on the ups and downs of fortune as exemplified in the pleasing game of euchre, or euker, which is exercising the faculties of several of his comrades, who, in their shirt sleeves, arc employing the finest faculties of their nature in that national institution ; but he is not indifferent to his duties, and he for bids your correspondent's entrance until he has explained what he wants and who he is—and the second is more easy to do than the first. The sentry tells his captain, who is an euchreist, that " It's all right," and resumes his seat and his cigar, and the work goes bravely on." Here is an account of seven or eight hundred men drawn up "for inspection." What would our military men, and our professional military critics say to it ?—" There were few of the soldiers in any kind of uniform, and such uniforms as I saw were in very bad taste, and consisted of gaudy fac ings and stripes on very strange garments. They were armed with old-pattern percussion muskets, and their ammunition pouches were of diverse sorts. Shoes often bad, knapsacks scarce, head pieces of every kind of shape—badges worked on the front or sides, tinsel in much request. Every man had a tin water-flask and a blanket. The general ad dressed the men, who were in line two deep (many of them unmistakable Irishmen). and said what generals usually s ay on such occasions—compli ments for the past, encouragement for the future." It by no means, however, follows that many of these men may not become very troublesome to the regulars if they can but have a guerilla chief to lead th e m. They would go where regular soldiers would not ; and if they could not face a well-appointed regiment, they could harrass it dreadfully in a land of swamps and forests. More, however, de pends on the duration of the war and the skill of the officers, these men are, after all, little better than raw recruits. They will, if they have time, make as good soldiers as others. They have probably nearly all one grand requisite, they are by nature good marksmen ; they have certainly another, they hate the North. Living in a half barbarous seclu sion from civilisation, they know nothing of the antagonists against whom they expect to be pitted, but that they are a set of Northern cowards, who will turn and run as soon as they see the smoke and fire of the Southern muskets; when they find that Northerns can fire also, and with better weapons, they are yet of a race not to be easily frightened. They live in a land of duels; they are accustomed to the expectation of being called out daily in time of external peace, to try their skill against some neighbour whose ire they have unintentionally excited, and they will have vengeance enough in their nature to fight despe rately. It is painful to know that the bloodshedding temper appears to be as prevalent as ever. " Next day (says Mr. RUSSELL) being Sunday I remained at rest in the house of a friend listening to local stories—not couleur de rose, but of a deeper tint-- blood-red; how such a man shot another, and was afterwards stabbed by a third ; how this fellow and his friends hunted down in broad day and murdered one obnoxious to them—tale after tale such as I have heard through the South and seen daily narratives of in the papers. Aceldama ! No security for life ! Property. is quite safe. Its proprietor is in imminent danger, were it only from stray bullets when he turns a corner." We may suppose that soldiers from such a country would at least fight like desperadoes. As to drill, General SCOTT requires for his troops as much as General PILLOW for his, and both may, therefore, ultimately face each other on tolerably equal terms. Arms of every kind and military stores will be the great want of the South. The completion as rapidly as possible of the Royal Naval Reserve is a matter, if not of great urgency, at any rate of very considerable import ance. It is an enterprise in the furtherance of which our patriotic ardour is directly appealed to. From the Admiralty downwards the whole of the maritime energies of the country are influenced appreciably by a sense of the mere fact that a movement of this kind is actually now afoot. Anything that can in any way tend to expedite it either directly or indirectly possesses for us an interest and is invested in our regard with an attraction that every loyal subject of the Crown will upon the instant not merely appreciate but warmly participate in. We gladly direct attention there fore to the proceedings which have just marked a public meeting of Shipowners, and of commanders, officers, and others connected with the mer cantile service of the United Kingdom. A meeting which took place yesterday at the London Tavern according to announcement, in order to consider, " First, the regulations issued by the Government under which masters and mates of merchant vessels may be enrolled as officers of the Royal Naval Reserve; and, secondly, how the owners, masters, and officers of the merchant service can most effec tually assist the Government in procuring the number of seamen required to complete the Royal Naval Reserve Forces." In addition to the cir cumstance that the meeting itself was very nume rously attended by influential persons connected with the mercantile service of the country, it was presided over by one of the most distinguished of our great shipbuilders, the hon. gentleman the member for Sunderland. Nothing could very well have been more directly to the purpose than the remarks which fell from Mr. LINDSAY yesterday as Chairman, when inaugurating the proceedings of the meeting over which he was presiding. It is now, as most of us will not fail to remem ber, between two and three years since this mo• 1 mentous question as to whether it might or might not be desirable to call a Naval Reserve as speedily as could be into existence —was submitted by the Sovereign to the scrutiny of a Royal Commission. Her MAJESTY in appointing this Commission was of course acting upon the recommendation of the Legislature. But—whatever led, mediately or im mediately, to the appointment of this Com mission—the Commission was appointed. And the problem submitted to it for solution was also in due course scrutinised very carefully bywtho w se as C t o o m ld . mi s s t i h o n e e rs Royalproposed so lve it, Ho moreover, plainly enough at the close of their labours, through e the succinct medium of a report , ur g in g u p on Government the establishment of a Reserved Naval Force of 30,000 men. Of this commission, it must be borne in recollection, that the mem ber for Sunderland was one of the most active among the Royal Commissioners. The Earl of HARDWICEE, first of all Lord DERBY'S Privy Seal, and afterwards his First Lord of the Admiralty, presided as Chairman over the Commis sioners. It happened, said Mr. LINDSAY yesterday, that in some respects he differed from his colleagues in their recommendation. He considered that the Government "ought rather to appeal to the mer chant service through the masters and officers of that service, and he was glad to find that the Government had adopted his suggestions." How ever, the Government of that day had issued stipulations and conditions under which 1119114 THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 10, 1861. ters and mates of merchant vessels might be enrolled as officers of the Royal Naval Reserve Force. The Admiralty, it is now pretty well known—(we took occasion to comment upon the whole of the new scheme very recently our selves)—have proposed to invite from the merchant service, to be enrolled as Lieutenants in the Royal Naval Reserve, as many as 400 officers altogether —these 400 to consist of two distinct classes, 130 ranking with (but after) lieutenants of the Royal Navy, the remaining 270 in their capacity as sub lieutenants or " reefers" with (but after) the Royal Navy sub-lieutenants or midshipmen. Of the sailors themselves, that is of those who are not officers, but simply seamen before the mast, or ready to go before the mast, when wanted to the number of 30,000 in all—no more than 5,000 or 6,000 have as yet gone over from the merchant service in answer to the summons, or rather it should be said the invi tation, of her Majesty's Government. That such is absolutely the fact, Mr. LINDSAY said yesterday, is to be regarded with nothing less than surprise, " considering the very liberal terms upon which," as he remarked, " seamen of the mer chant service are invited to join the Royal Naval Reserve." Invited, observe—as yet ! But, said the hon. member for Sunderland, "It behoved the seamen of this country to remember that the law of impressment was not abolished, and that when the country was in need of their services they would be liable to be called out, as in former years !" So much in terrorem : but now as an in ducement, as an attraction—Mr. LINDSAY thus epitomises in a few plain words the alluring condi tions held out to the merchant seamen of England ! "Every seaman," said he, "of the Royal Naval Reserve would receive a retaining fee of £6. When called out they would receive the same pay, allow ances, and victuals as the continuous service seamen or petty officers of the Royal Navy. They would have the same prospects of promotion, and men joining for actual service would receive clothing, bedding, and mess traps ; they would receive a pen sion after 60 years of age, and not less than £l2 a year. If wounded or injured they would have the same pensions and allowances as in the Royal Navy. If they had been 10 years in continuous service they would be eligible for all the benefits of Greenwich Hospital." So soon as these conditions come to be really known and thoroughly understood by the sailors in the merchant service, we cannot have any doubt whatever but that the 30,000 men required for the Royal Naval Reserve will be completed, and, if need be, as Mr. LINDSAY conjectures, even 20,000 additional. ► IL! !,..) A a. 1.1.1 V • . BERNE, JULY 10. The Federal Assembly has elected M. Staimpfli, present Vice-President, as President of the Swiss Confederation for 1862. Dr. Furrer, Federal Councillor, has been elected Vice-President of the Swiss Confederation. MILAN, JULY 9. The Lombardia of today says :—" It is stated that the Austrian Government has ordered all the Venetians who are imprisoned in Mora'via, Bohe mia, and Styria, for political reasons, to be set at liberty and allowed to return to their own coun try." PARIS, JULY 9. The pleadings in the case of M. Mires terminated today. Judgment will be delivered on Thursday next. The Patrie of this evening says—" It is asserted that King Victor Emmanuel will shortly proceed to Naples, and will reside there for some time." There is no truth in the statement that General de Lamoriciere will again take command of the Papal troops. Count Arese is about to return to Turin. The Chevalier Nigra is shortly expected in Paris. The Duke de Gramont has taken his departure for Vichy: LIVERPOOL, JULY 10. The Liverpool, New York, and Philadelphia Company's steamship Glasgow, which sailed to-day for New York, took £189,761 in specie. LITERATURE. Autobiography of Miss Cornelia Knight, Lady Companion to the Princess Charlotte of Wales. 2 vols. Allen and Co., Leadenhall-street. These are two pleasant and entertaining volumes of chronicles, which rise above scandal, although they deal largely with the Court affairs of various countries, and are the work of a lady's pen. Miss Knight had' considerable reputation in her own day for her literary and scholastic abilities, although to us she is only known as a lady of high principle and cultivated taste. She was the daughter of Sir Joseph Knight, an admiral of some distinction in the British navy, who served his country faithfully during a long life; a fact of which his daughter did not scruple to remind royalty itself when she was treated with undeserved disrespect. Her mother, who was a woman of much ability, took care that her child should have a first-rate education ; and Cornelia, whose talents were far above the average, amply repaid her care. Her father died when she was about 18, and her mother, whose income was inadequate for the expenses of a London life, took up her abode on the Continent for the next 20 years. At Naples they formed the acquaintance of Sir William and Lady Hamilton, who were very kind to them, and to whose protection Lady Knight especially commended her daughter at her death. Here too they frequently met with Nelson himself, of whom many interesting anecdotes are told. On her return to England, Miss Knight, who had obtained considerable reputation among her conti nental friends, was appointed to be in attendance on Queen Charlotte, and took up her abode at Windsor. She retained this position for seven years, when, on some arrangements being made for the household of Princess Charlotte, Miss Knight received a press ing invitation from the Regent to become one of its members. She was herself very ready to accept the offer, having a chivalrous sympathy for the miser able position of the young Princess, and a keen per-, ception, as she frankly confessed, of the injudicious treatment which was adopted towards a high spirited and open-hearted young woman, whom it was the fashion to treat as an untrained child. The acceptance of the post of Lady Companion to the young Princess, however, gave mortal offence to the Queen, who never treated her with common kind ness afterwards, and scarcely with ordinary civility. She persisted in calling her " Sub-governess," and objected to treating her differently from the sub governesses of her own daughters. To do Miss Knight justice, notwithstanding her loyalty and Tory principles, she resented any indignities with spirit and decision, and appears to have acquitted herself with kindness, delicacy, and judgment in a very awkward and invidious position. The conduct of Queen Charlotte is only what might be expected from the sweet Queen" of Miss Burney's memoirs; that of the Prince Regent was also in accordance with his character. Miss Knight was summarily dismissed at the time of the Princess's flight from Warwick House to the Princess of Wales, and it was the announcement of the changes, which included the departure of this faithful friend, which drove the unhappy Princess to desperation, Miss Knight, however, has had her revenge quite unconsciously. With all her care and discretion in avoiding scandal her bare narrative of the daily life at Warwick House reveals such a system of petty tyranny and heartless selfishness on the part of the royal father, that Miss Knight's wrongs are amply avenged. To many readers these records will be the most interesting part of the work. The portrait of the Princess Charlotte is prefixed to the first volume and corresponds with the character given of her in its pages. She is described as being open-hearted, impetuous, and generous to a fault, and if she did not always dis play the discretion and wisdom of greater years and experience, it was scarcely to be expected from one so young and so unfortunately situated. Rather it is surprising that a warm-hearted and impul sive girl, meeting so little love and sympathy, dis tracted by the dissensions between her patents, and subjected to the restraints and strict surveillance of a State prisoner, should have displayed so many admirable qualities. Even the discreet Miss Knight cannot always restrain her indignation at the treatment of " the future Queen of England." On one occasion, in conversing with Lord Moira, Miss Knight told him that her sole motive in ac cepting the post offered to her was "to assist in rescuing a noble young creature from surrounding persecution, to give her room to show what she really was, misunderstood as she appeared to be, and certainly capable of becoming a blessing to her country or the reverse. Measures such as had been recently pursued with her, must drive her, I urged, to despair, and spoil her disposition if not counter acted by affection and tenderness." As she argued thus on the discipline to be pursued towards a dispo sition which could not turn to harmless mediocrity, but must be good or evil, tears fell from Lord Moira's eyes as he exclaimed, " This is what I felt for her father ; he was everything that was amiable and still I cannot help loving him." To the Princess Charlotte's untimely death, Misa Knight, scarcely alludes, though, unless the warm affection she profess ed for her evaporated very quickly, she must have felt it deeply. Soon after her summary dismissal from Court duties, Miss Knight went abroad wne. ehe spent the rest of her days. She died in 1837 at Paris in the 81st year of her age. Of course, in the records of her wanderings many allusions to Continental politics are introduced, and numerous anecdotes possessing authenticity and originality are given. The reputation she obtained among her contemporaries was extensive, as we find from the mention made. of her by several writers. Mrs. Piozzi, who gave her anecdotes of Johnson and Boswell, called her " the far-famed Cornelia Knight," and many similar phrases show the esti mation in which she was held. Her literary labours are not likely to attract much attention in the pre sent day ; the principal ones were " Dinarbas," a companion to " Rasselas," and "Marcus Flaminius," a classical novel. The volumes before us have been carefully edited, and reflect credit both on the writer and editor. They will furnish the reader with ample entertainment for leisure hours, and possess the interest attaching to records of court life without scandalous gossip or unsuitable revela tions. The anecdotes at the conclusion are selected from a large number recorded by Miss Knight at the end of her journals; they were gathered in vari ous quarters at different times, and are, says the editor, "if not new, at all events authentic." We subjoin a few as fair specimens of the quality and variety of the collection : At the timo (1830) when Louis Philippe was shaking hands with everybody in the street, he held out his hand to a man who said, " Stop a little." Thrusting both hands in the mud, ho offered them to the King, saying, " Now they are fit for you." As we were going in the Admiral's barge the other day, looking at the ships and talking of the victory (of the Nile), Sir William Hamilton could not be pacified for the French calling it a drawn battle. "Nay, it was a drawn battle," said Nelson, 'for they drew the blanks and we the prizes." * * The Duke of Richmond, great uncle of the present one (recently deceased), was very fond of hares and rabbits, especially the latter, and used to have them constantly served at table, dressed in various ways. His chaplain in ordinary, who used to sit near the lower end, was not a little tired of them, more especially as by the time they came to him they were often quite cold; so being asked to say grace, he recited— " Rabbits young and rabbits old, Rabbits hot and rabbits cold, Rabbits tender, rabbits tough, Thanks to Heaven, we've had rabbits enough." This local habitation assigned to the oft-quoted grace on rabbits is on the authority of the Princess Augusta. 4 • * * * Sir Edward Sngden, a celebrated lawyer, who has lately come into Parliament, having heard that he had been turn.A into ridicule+ for Loin Er the Rnn of a hairdresser, made answer, " So I am, and I am come into the house to give a dressing to the Whigs." Tho Marquis of Wellesley, when Lord-Lieutenant of Ire land, was at table with a party of Irish gentlemen who were chiefly Orangemen, and in the dining-room hung a paint ing of the Battle of the Boyne, which in that country is usually called the Victory of Boyne Waters. The com pany wishing him to pronounce an opinion, invited him to change his seat. " Surely, my lord," said one, " you would not turn your back on Boyne Waters ?" Lord Wel lesley replied, pointing to a bottle of claret that stood before him, " Oh, I never look at water when I can get wine." Forays among Salmon and Deer. By hmes Conway. Chapman and Hall. The author of these pages informs us in his pre face that he is a mere tyro in thebranch es o f sport on which he writes ; be this as it may he has con trived to furnish a very interesting volume which consists of narratives of different excursions made by himself and a friend in the Highlands in pursuit of deer and salmon. He also relates many curious anecdotes and wild legends told him by the moun taineers. Among others one relating to the lon gevity of the stag may be taken as a specimen— A CENTURION. There is a tradition, said by ourinformant to be preserved in the family of the Mackenzies of Brahan Castle, to the following effect : Many generations ago the male calf of a red deer was reared as a pet in the family. Though a great favourite while young and harmless, its popularity gradually de clined as its ago increased, and its play became rough and eve l dangerous. Allowed to roam at large, tearing a silver collar about its neck, as the badge of servitude ; it eventu ally broke away from this easy thraldom and returned to its native hills. Still, however, less timid than his brethren, it continued occasionally to be seen, as it croised the path of the huntsman ; but the silver charm about its neck pur chased for it a comparative immunity from danger; the rifle was never directed, nor the deerhound slipt against the former favourite of the castle. But these chance meetings became less and less frequent, until at length they ceased altogether ; and the doer was either not seen or not recog nised any longer. Some years ago a stag was killed in the forest of Brahan, and the flesher in cutting open the skin of the throat, felt his knife strike against some hard substance which would not yield to his blade. An investigation laid bare a silver cellar, deeply imbedded in the flesh, and bearing an inscrip. Lion to the effect that the deer had been reared by the Mac kenzies of Brahan upwards of a hundred years before. The whole is written in en off-hand manner with out any pretention to grand effect, but open where you will something to claim attention will be found. PIUNCESItS THEATRE. Last night Shakspere's comedy "As you like it" was performed at this theatre, in which Miss Mary Provost made her first appearance in London as Rosalind. The house was very crowded on the occasion, every seat being occupied long before the rising of the curtain. In the second scene of the play Rosalind makes her entry on the stage, and the hearty welcome she met with was highly en couraging. Miss Provost in personal appear ance is prepossessing; she has a pair of spark ling eyes; and altogether Nature has been very bountiful of her gifts. Having gracefully acknow ledged the reception she proceeded with the part, although it was evident she was labouring under great agitation and nervousness. In the latter part of the play she seemed to have overcome much of her embarrassment, and some of the speeches were given with the most telling effect ; but before giving our opinion on her merits as an actress we prefer witnessing her performance on another occasion, as it is too much to expect that last evening afforded her an opportunity of displaying her abilities to the full. Miss Rose Leclercq, as Celia, acted very prettily ; and Miss Harris> as Pheabe, and Miss Murray an Audrey, acted with their usual ability. The part of Jacques, as rendered by Mr. Phelps, sen., is too well known and appreciated to call for further remark than that it was given with all that force and effect which so delights his numerous admirers. Of Mr. Vezin's Orlando we have on a former occasion spoken in the highest terms of praise. It was a fine manly performance, and shows that he is an actor of the greatest ability. Mr. Ryder made a capital banished Duke, and Mr. Widdicombe, as Touch stone, acted with a true Shaksperian spirit, and, as a natural result, made a very excellent impression. Mr. Walter Benn made his first bow on the London stage as Oliver. It is a most ungracious character, and affords not the slightest opportunity for any display of dramatic art. However, what he had to do he did very carefully and well. At the fall of the curtain, at the termination of the play, Miss Provost was led forward by Mr. Vezin to receive the enthusiastic applause of the audience. MISS ABBLINDE RAE'S MATINEE MUSICALE. Among the brilliant concerts which have attracted the fashionable world during the present season, Miss Abelindo Rae's matinee musicale well deserves a special notice. Honoured by the patronage of royalty and nobility, Miss Rae has proved worthy of it by the selection of the pieces performed in her concert, as well as by the fame of the artists who have lent her their support, and amongst whom her young and distinguished talent appeared to the public like a fresh blossom bursting suddenly in the midst of a bed of flowers in full bloom. Miss Abelinde Rae is a pupil of that most excellent school of Music, the " Conservatoire" of Paris, and her execution bears that stamp which our neighbours value above everything, and which they call " cachet de distinc tion." Such is also the characteristic of her delightful compositions, some of which were performed at her concert and elicited great applause from the audience, who encored the mazurka earaetdriatique, the tarentelle, and that deli cious canzonet, " Bella Napoli," sung with exquisite taste by Madame Lemmens Sherrington. DEATH OF SIR FRANCIS PALGRAVE.—A vacancy has occurred in the office of deputy-keeper of her Majesty's records by the death, on Saturday last, at an advanced age, of Sir Francis Palgrave. The deceased was born in Lon don in 1788, and was called to the bar at the Inner Temple in 1827, and was one of the municipal corporation commis sioners. In 1832 he received the honour of knighthood for his general services and attention to constitutional and Parliamentary literature. An impression has prevailed for some time in the Stock Exchange that the Consol market has been de pressed by Government sales. The Government have authority under the Fortifications Act to raise £2,000,000 in terminable annuities, and, according to the last revenue return, it appears that in the quarter just ended they have availed themselves of this to the extent of £160,000, making with previous issues a total of £360,000 out of the £2,000,000 granted. The terminable annuities created are taken by the Savings-banks Commissioners, who either sell Consols to pay for them or make the payment in cash which would otherwise be invested in Consols, so that under any cir cumstances the market is equally damaged. Of course under ordinary circumstances the issues of new securities for such a sum as £360,000 during a period of several months could have only a very slight effect; but the ana un certainty of the process disturbs the confidence of investors h . reports of impending and continuous sales of , and gives speculative operators an opportunity for spreading b Stock me the la magnitude. For any i n co n venience they may now sustain, since Ex they change nowt however, great ma aanuodwtedhe this c lu h m av ey e only themselves er, to and wasteful mode of raising might to be adopted, when l e gitimate method of a distinct g Consolavel caused the old and oan to be adhered to. TELEGRAPH TO INDIA. --The convention h with the Sultan has been laid before Parliament. T the Ottomans consonts that the cable from Malta e a E lt m a Emperor of may be l an ded near Alexandria and placed in communicati on with o th er telegraphic lines termin.ting at th a t c i ty, and also that the cable may be landed at such points of the coast of Africa within the Regency of Tripoli as may be found neces sary. The British Governm ent is to be allowed to establ ish stations at Alexandria and all other points where the cable may be landed, the s tations to be watched over and pro tected by the Ottoman Government, but the persons em ployed to be under the protection of Great Britain, and p ro ceedings against them governe d b y the rules established for British subjects in like cases. Any message addressed to a person residing within the Ottoman territory, not being an officer of the line, is, unless intended merely for trans mission beyond the Ottoman territory, to be delivered only through an agent of the local Government. All despatches of the Ottoman Government aie to have lik e e priority with those of the Port 054 G overnme nt over p/rivat flespitches, FRANCE. Yesterday's .Moniteur publishes the following letter from the Emperor to the Minister of the Marine and the Colonies : Fontainebleau, July 1, 1861. Monsieur to Ministre,—Since the emancipation of the slaves our colonies have sought to procure labourers on the coasts of Africa by way of repurchase, and by means of contracts assuring to the negroes a salary for the work which they execute. These engagements are made for five or seven years, after which the labourers are sent back to their country gratuitously, unless they prefer to settle in the colony ; and, in that case, are permitted to reside there on the same terms as the other inhabitants. This mode of recruitment, it must be admitted, differs completely from the slave trade ; in fact, while the latter had for its origin and object slavery, the former on the contrary leads to liberty. The negro slave as soon as he is engaged as a labourer is free, and is not under any other obligations than those which result from his contract. Nevertheless doubts have been raised as to the conse quences which these engagements may have on the Afri can populations. It has been asked whether the price of repurchase did not constitute a premium on slavery. As far back as 1859 I ordered the cessation of all recruit ment on the eastern coast of Africa, where it had caused inconveniences ; sine then I have prescribed the restriction of operations of this sort on the Western Coast. Lastly, I have desired that the questions raised by African emigra tion should be most carefully examined. To-day I sign a treaty with the Queen of Great Britain, by which her Bri tannic Majesty consents to authorise in the provinces of India submitted to her Crown the engagement of labourers for our colonies on the same terms as those observed for the English colonies. We ought to find then in India, in the French posses sions in Africa, and in the country in which slavery is prescribed, all the free labourers we have need of. In such circumstances I desire that the African recruitment, by way of repurchase, be completely abandoned by French commerce from the day when the treaty concluded with her Britannic Majesty shall begin to receive its execution and through its whole duration. If that treaty should cease to exist, it could only be in virtue of an express autho risation to this recruitment, and if it was recognised as in dispensable and without inconvenience, could be resumed. You will be good enough, then, to take the necessary measures for giving effect to this decision from July 1, 1862, and for prohibiting in our colonies the introduction of negroes recruited on the coast of Africa subsequently to that epoch. NAPOLEON. BOURSE, July 9.—The market has been heavy, but prices have been well maintained and with even a slight improvement, Threes being now at 67f 70c. Railways quiet. The following were the last quotations :- 4t per per Cents... 97 35 Credit Fonder 1055 Do. end month.... 97 50 Belgian 47t — 3 per Cents Do. end month 67 75 I Roman Bank Shares 2855 —; Austrian Credit Mobilier.... 663 7.5 I Spanish Threes 4B Do. Account 665 , Home Debt RAILWAYS. Cash, Account. Orleans 1370 1371 25 Northern New ditto Lyons and Mediterranean Geneva Southern Western Eastern 967 50 968 75 382 50 .. 383 75 557 50 .. 558 75 506 25 .. 507 50 568 75 .. 665 - 353 75 .. 355 - 481 25 .. 483 75 490 - .. 490 - Sardinian .. Austrian Lombard AMERICA. NEW YORK, JUNE 28. (Per Jura, via Londonderry.) There is no news of importance. Skirmishes daily occur between the outposts of the contending armies, but no serious movement has yet taken place. LATEST BY TELEGRAPH TO FARTHER POINT. NEW YORK, JUNE 29 (Evening). Political affairs have undergone no important change. The steam ships City of Baltimore and Bavaria sailed to-day for England. Exchange—bankers' bills, 106. Stocks firm. Erie, 221-; New York Central, 73; ; Illinois, 673. Cotton closed firm, with an advancing tendency. Midland Upland, 141 c. 15c. Wheat and flour de clining. Chicago, 80e. 90c. per bushel ; superfine State flour, 4 dole. 10c. Corn steady. Provisions quiet. QUEBEC, JUNE 29. His Royal Highness Prince Alfred arrived at Montreal yesterday, and met with a hearty recep tion. He will leave to-day for this city. The election returns continue to be favourable to the Government. The Postmaster-General, how ever, has been defeated in his own county. The weather continues beneficial to the crops. THE CHARIIVG-CROSS WATER WORKS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE BUN. SIR,—In your paper of Monday you gave an ex tract on the subject of the Charing-Cross Water works, complaining of the corruption of the water in the ornamental reservoirs in Trafalgar-square, and suggesting a remedy. Allow mo to suggest a remedy far more certain, much less expensive, and decidedly ornamental. It is, that these reservoirs should have their bases covered to the extent of one foot all over, with good strong mold, wherein shall be planted all the aquatic plants which will bear an out-door English climate. Then add to the water gold and silver fish, Crussian carp, &C. Any naturalist who has studied the aquarium, will back my assurance that the water will always remain pure, and explain the reasons why, which I have not time to do at this moment. I speak not only from theory, but from practice and experience also. In the West Indies, where the water always re mained about 80 deg., and the air in the shade ranged from 90 deg. to say 68 deg. at the lowest, I built a tank 16 feet in diameter and 4 feet deep, and filled it as above, and planted it with the Vic toria Regia and other tropical aquatics, and put in gold fish quantum suf. I would sometimes leave the water unchanged for a month and upwards, and yet, in such a climate, the water was never in the least impure. The tank was within four yards of my sittin g an d s l ee pi n g rooms, but night or day it was never in the least degree offensive. Pure water alone in a tub would stink in 48 hours. Faithfully yours, July 8, 1861. T. S. PRUDENT RESERVE.—A young lady should often maintain a prudent reserve and silence in the presence of her lover ; ho will in certain to fancy her a great deal wiser tAPA # l lO cau phew herself by her talks Robin Goodfellow, No. I. A new aspirant for public favour among the weekly miscellanies of light literature (price 2d.) has just made its appearance. Beautifully printed, upon excellent paper, altogether admirably well got up—it holds out many temptations to the pur chaser in the very look of it. What will render it especially welcome to many a home circle is the fact of its being Edited, or as the phrase is now-a days Conducted, by Charles Mackay, the song writer. From the contents—which are very varied —ef this initial number of Robin Goodfellow we extract the following exquisite stanzas from the Editor's own hand—certain that they cannot but be read with delight by every one : DYING-A CHORUS OF ANGELS. Come away : come away ; life is too sad for thee ; Chill are its winds on thy delicate breast : Earth is too rude for thee—Heaven shall be glad of thee— Come away, lovely one; come to thy rest I Low in thy narrow bed Lay down thy gentle head, Give back to mother Earth all she can crave; All thy mortality Doomed to finality, Leave it behind in the dust of the grave Come away: come away; Earth is not meant for thee; Beautiful spirit, mount up to the sky : Men who have lost thee, shall mourn and lament for thee, Thou shalt rejoice in thy glory on high. Spread thy bright wings and soar Spotless for evermore, Sin-stained no longer, but white and forgiven ; Heir of infinity, Robed in divinity, Come away, happy one ! come up to Heaven I Contenting ourselves with that one sufficient ex tract from the 32 double-columned pages of this new weekly—we here give cordial welcome to our youngest contemporary, _Robin Goodfellow, to wit ! One who will prove himself, we trust, a right down Goodfellow justifying as all in now greet ing its advent with a " Hail fellow—well met !" - - -- --- THE NAPE LAUNCH OF THE RATTLESNAKE. CITA 'PITA kf, JULY 0. -This bonntifill vPagpl wao launched to-day in the most successful manner. The Rattlesnake is a screw steam corvette, and is to carry 21 guns. Her engines are to be of 400 horse-power. She was commenced in March, 1859, in No. 1 slip, and has consequently been about two years and three months building. These are her dimensions---Length between the perpendiculars, 225 ft. ; length of keel for tonnage, 179 ft. 71 in.; extreme breadth, 40 ft. 8 in. ; breadth for tonnage, 40 ft. 4 in.; breadth moulded, 39 ft. 8 in. ; depth in hold, 24 ft. 2 in. Her burthen in tons is 1,623 43-94ths. The length of the cngine-room is 66 ft. 6 in. Her engines are to be supplied by Ravenhill, The morning being showery, the attendance of spectators at the launch was considerably less than usual. The time appointed for the Rattlesnake to enter the Medway was at the top of the tide, about half-past one. By that time the galleries erected for visitors were well filled. The men employed in removing the blocks from under the keel of the ves sel knocked them away in succession, a heavy and unpleasant task, and at length the noble vessel was retained in her position, half on land and half in the water, by the dog-shores alone. Soon after half past one Miss Loch, niece of Capt. Loch, who served in the recent war, and was one of the captives to the Chinese, dashed the flower-bedecked bottle of wine against the prow of the vessel, and named her the Rattlesnake. Miss Loch performed her task more deftly than some christeners of ships have done. It was noticed with some merri ment, that the young lady dashed the bottle against the ship with no small amount of energy, and it was shattered to fragments. A few seconds after she severed the cord which sustained two heavy weights. These, in their fall struck the dog-shores ; and the two bits of timber (which were gaily labelled " Suc cess to the Rattlesnake"), which alone retained the great ship on shore, instantly fell, and in another moment the Rattlesnake, amid the hearty cheers of the spectators and the strains of the Royal Marine band, began her majestic descent into the river. A more successful launch it would be impos sible to conceive. There was not a hitch of any kind, and everything proceeded as was intended, the shipwrights with their mauls and the hydrau lic ram not being called into requisition to aid the launch. Great credit is given to Mr. Vine, foreman of shipwrights, who had the superintendence of the building of the Rattlesnake, for the energy which he has displayed, and through which solely the yes• sel has been so rapidly completed. The various officers of the yard were present at the launch, and a number of naval and military officers. The Rattlesnake entered the Medway— almost crossing to the opposite shore—at 20minutes to two o'clock. Her figure-head represents the bust of an Indian chief, with a crown of feathers ; per haps some rattlesnake of Cooper's romances of the wilds. The new ship was made fast alongside the sheer hulk, the Bombay lying on the other side of the hulk. The men of the Chatham division of Royal Marines were granted a half-holiday that they might wit ness the launch. During the launch two marines were arrested for stealing a gentleman's gold watch by twisting it off at the swivel. They were arrested by one of the dockyard detectives, and the watch recovered before the gentleman was conscious of his loss. The Persian, 12, sailing brig, Commander Har dinge, arrived at Spithead. on Monday afternoon from the Cape, and after communicating with the Port Admiral's-office, proceeded on to the eastward with a fine wind from the west. Two mooring lighters were yesterday engaged in raising the monster wrought iron Elorsfall gun from its position, at low water, near Southsea Castle, for the purpose of conveying it further along the beach to the old works at Eastney, where it is intended to carry out some experimental firing with it. The Brazilian frigate Bahiana, 22, Captain Jose Maria Rodrigues, from Pembroke, arrived on Sun day afternoon at Plymouth. She was followed on Monday by a Danish screw steam corvette, the Heimdal, which entered Plymouth. She is bound to St. Croix, West Indies, where she will remain 18 months. The paddlewheel steam frigate Leopard, 18, Captain F. B. Wainwright, flag of Rear-Admiral Sir Stephen Lushington, K.C.8., arrived in Plymouth Sound on Monday night. She left Rio Janeiro on the 3d of June, Bahia on the Bth, St. Vincent on the 22d, and Madeira on the 3d instant. Fine weather was experi enced from Rio Janeiro to St. Vincent.; strong north-east gales prevailed between the 22d of June and the 4th inst., since which the weather has moderated. She steamed all the way from Rio Janeiro, whence she brings two naval invalids, her only passengers. The crew are in a healthy con dition. The Roebuck, 6, screw despatch-vessel, Capt. F. Marten, arrived at Spithead yesterday from China and Japan, and is ordered into Portsmouth harbour to dismantle and pay off. Her dates of sailing are —Japan, March 4 ; Hongkong, March 21; Singa pore, April 6 ; Cape of Good Hope, May 22 ; and St. Helena, June 5. Very fine weather was expe rienced during the entire passage home. The following appointments were made yester day at the Admiralty :—Lieut. G. J. Armytage, to the Surprise ; James J. Rutter, paymaster, addi- tional, to the Camber:and ; George Penfold, pay master, to the Sanspareil ; John P. Pasco, assistant paymaster in charge, to the Flying fish ; W. H. Whichelo, assistant-paymaster, to the Sanspareil; and F. D. B. Smith, Clerk to the Sanspareil. DEATH BY SUNSTROKE.—We regret to have to report the death of Mr. C. WeHoeft, midshipman of the Victor Emmanuel, on the 10th of June, from the effects of sunstroke while out at a picnic. He was buried at Cepha lonia with military honours. All the officers of the ship, excepting those required for duty on board, attend,d his re mains to the grave. The pall-bearers were Messrs. Cameron, Cooper, Abbs, Detley , L lo y d, a nd Boxer, the ma t e socond mate being chie f mour ners. Mr. Walleott wa and s very promisingyoung officer, and much beloved by mates, by whom his loss is severely felt, ...T, - 1 OWN, Vnitict /Yen* _ CONVOCATION OF THE PROVINCE OF CANZERBuRY. Yesterday both Houses of Convocation assembled at Westminster for the despatch of business. THE UPPER HOUSE. The Archbishop of CANTERBURY presided, and there were present the Bishops of London, Oxford, St. Asaph, Lincoln, B angor , S a li s b ury , Gloucester and Bristol, Bath and Wells, and Chichester. Their lordships commenced business at half-past 3. THE 29TH CANON. The Bishop of CHICHESTER moved that his grace the President be requested to communicate to the President of the Convocation of the Province of York the form of canon adopted by the Convoca tion of the Province of Canterbury. The Bishop of OXFORD seconded the motion, which was unanimously agreed to. THE " ESSAYS AND REVIEWS." The Bishop of CHICHESTER moved that the re port of the Lower House on the subject of the volume entitled " Essays and Reviews" be read. Mr. F. H. DYKE, the registrar, read the resolu tion which had been proposed by Archdeacon Deni son, and seconded by the Rev, Dr. M'Caul, proctor for the clergy of the Archdeaconry of London, to the effect that in the opinion of the Lower House there were sufficient grounds for proceeding to a synodi cal judgment upon the book. The Bishop of CHICHESTER said that upon that resolution a question would rrise whether the Upper House would enter upon the subject of adopting that or any similar resolution with regard to the "Essays and Reviews." Their lordships were in a different position from the members of the Lower House, inasmuch as they were under the presidency of his Grace the Archbishop, who, with the Bishop of London, might under certain circumstances be called upon to act in a judicial capacity, arising out of a suit which the Bishop of Salisbury had thought it right to institute against the Rev. Dr. Rowland Williams, vicar of Broad-Chalk, in the diocese of Salisbury, one of the authors of " Essays and Re views." It was possible that the case might go on to be heard hereafter before the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, and that the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Bishop of London might be called upon to sit as judges on that committee.. Assuming that possibility, the Archbishop and the Bishop of London might feel some difficulty in dis cussing and pronouncing judgment in convocation upon a volume which they might thereafter have judicially to consider. If that should be the feel iiis a the Archbishop and the Bishop of London, the other bishops would have to discuss the volume in their absence, and thus much of the weight. which would otherwise attach to their decision would be lost. He would, therefore, propose the following resolution :^" That his Grace the President be requested to communicate to the Lower House that this house having taken into consideration the communication of the Lower House, touching a book entitled Essays and Reviews,' have resolved that, whereas, since this house formerly considered this question, a suit has been commenced against one of the writers for his contribution thereto, and whereas his grace the President, and the other members of this synod who are Privy Councillors, may in the course of the appeal upon it have to decide in the said suit judicially, and whereas it appears to this house inexpedient either to proceed with the con sideration and discussion in the absence of his grace the President, and such other bishops as may be members of the Privy Council, or to embarrass them hereafter as sitting as judges, by their having joined in a synodical judgment of the book—it is expedi ent to adjourn the further consideration of the sub ject pending the course of the suit." The Bishop of ST. AsAPH said he was fully aware , that this question was surrounded with difficulties, but he could not help thinking that the scheme pro posed by the Bishop of Chichester was more free from difficulties than any other ; and feeling this, he gladly seconded the motion. The difficulties must be so obvious to all the right rev. prelates pre sent that he need not state them. Their lordship were placed in a totally different position from that they occupied when the subject was last under dis , - cussion, in consequence of the proceedings which had been taken by the Bishop of Salisbury against. the Rev. Dr. Rowland Williams, a beneficed clergy man of his diocese, and the writer of one of the Essays. Until that matter was settled he, thought, their lordships ought not in Convocation to proceed further with the matter. The Archbishop of CANTERBURY put the resolu tion, and it was carried nem. dis. Their lordships then adjourned. THE LOWER HOUSE. The members of the Lower House assembled 10 the Jerusalem Chamber, under the presidency of the Ven. Edward Bickersteth, M.A., Archdeacon of Buckingham. SISTERS OP MERCY. The Rev. R. SEYMOUR proposed—" That this house do agree to present to his Grace the Arch bishop and to the Upper House a respectful address, vruying their lordship,' tr, aua agree on: certain rules by which women whose hearts God has, moved to devote themselves exclusively to works of piety and charity may be associated together os terms and conditions distinctly known as those which the Church of England has sanctioned and prescribed." After some lengthened remarks from Mr. Seymour in support of the motion the debate was adjourned. The PROLOCUTOR then announced that he hadt received from his Grace the Archbishop the schedule of prorogation, in virtue of which Convocation would - stand adjourned until the 13th of August. The house then adjourned at ten minutes past six o'clock. ROY.,dL NAVAL VOLUNTBEII RBSERYZ Yesterday a crowded public meeting of ship owners and masters and officers connected with the mercantile marine, was held in the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, for the purpose of considering the regulations issued by the Government, under which masters and mates of merchant vessels may, be enrolled as officers of the Royal Naval Reserve:; as also to consider how the owners, masters, and officers of the merchant service can most effectually assist the Government in procuring the number of seamen required to complete the Royal Naval Reserve force. tse S ad . g to L o l at r D IRe s o c AY yhaal , M ir c , o .P ni stated havingi ss ohnatwsbaosemene appo i nte d t u w n oa ar n in three °Mu sri y YW e v a o r . to consider the best means of manning the navy from the mercantile marine, and that marine, and that commission recommended that there should be raised from the merchant service a reserve of 30,000 men, and while in some respects he differed from the finding of the commission (as he and others considered that the seamen to be raised ought to be got at through the channel of their own officers), he was glad to find that the Government of the day had taken up that view of the matter, and were now endeavouring to carry it out. The regulations of the Government were, that they proposed to raise 400 masters and mates from the merchant service, the first class of whom should rank with, but after, first lieutenants, and the second class with, but after, second or sub-lieutenants ; and if he were allowed to offer any opinion on that subject, he would say, that as officers in the volunteer land force were permitted to rank 'with officers in the army, he would have officers in the naval reserve force, taken from the merchant ser vice, to rank with officers of equal rank in the navy. (Cheers.) Besides the force of 400 officers which it was proposed to raise from the merchant service, there was also proposed to be raised 30,000 seamen, and he must say that he felt surprised how, up to the present time, only five or six thousand of that number had been raised. He could attribute it to no other cause than that the great majority of the seamen were not aware of the terms proposed by the Government, which he considered m os t liberal. Captain RIGHT then moved the following resolu tion :—" That this meeting considers it not only desirable, but a matter of national importance to raise a permanent naval reserve, and is of opinion that 400 competent officers can easily b e raised front the mercantile marine for theßoyal Navy Reserve, required number of proper footing in respect to the public service." He i ly place them available, videdon a provided that Government sp_ w e i e l ,d l seetlhvees lowered as rerded command large as they could ac ceh effia p a ct i we n ni o tt ho d : 0 doubt :b feeling s butwould t t h h e that the the recmlations were such chipsMasters o th f e m ir en ow w n ou s l e d rv n i o e t e. like ( R to e a b r e , considered an inferior officerp accus tomed to n i a n nd th l e arg n e av n y u_mb a e n r d s placed i under what theywhere was the man over 500 ton s on who had c omman d e d a s hi p o f . t f o t r o ei h g a n ve ve h y i a m ge se s lf fs p r la t c h ed re u e n y d e e a r rs a sub-lieut enant 2 , who would subm (Loud cheer s .) Ca ptain PRICE secon d e d t h e resolution, which, on being l pat from the -chair, was unan i mous ly adoptd. Ca • ptain k, ri ONGALTON next moved the second re solution, which. was—,, That this meeting is of opinion that the rank of lieutenants and sub-lieute nants offered by the Government will be accepted by the masters and mates of merchant vessels, pro vided that rating shall imply equality with the cor responding ranks in the Royal Navy, and that the efacers of the reserve shall not be called upon to serve under any officers of inferior rank to that of commanders in the Royal Navy." The motion was put from the chair and agreed to. Other resolutions were also agreed to, and the proceedings terminated with ft cordial vote of thanks 19 lb() chair:au.