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South Wales Railway Offices, 10 , Eastbourne-terrace, Paddington, W., 9th August, 1861. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 30, 1861. N°. 21,580. PRICE• ...... .4d. STAMPED ....sd. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. colts, Bst 71b ; and fillies, 8A 31b. The second to save his stake. One mile and a half. 7 subs. (one mile) open to all, 49 persons ran. The success ful competitor was Black, of the sth Dragoons, and in a heavy marching order race (300 yards), open to all, the first prize fell to Corporal Harris, 84th. P U BLICATION S. Mr. O'Hara's Ivanhoff, Bst 121b(in. 51b cx.) (Aldcroft) w.o. RAILWAI' _INTELLIGENCE. GOVERNMENT SECURITY LIFE POLICIES. THE CONSOLS ASSOCIATION, 429, STRAND, LONDON. 1. Provides the Security of Consols for its Policies. 2. It lends, er returns to Insurers ON DEMAND at any time, about one-half of all Premiums Paid. Undoubted Security tor Money with a liberal Rate of Inte rest. The Association possesses a Large Capital, subscribed by several Hundreds of Shareholders. Full information may be obtained on ap lication to THOMAS H. BAYLIS, Managing Director. PROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE ASSOCIATION. Established 1840. The lamentable failures in the Life Assurance world, re sulting from reckless management, which have recently been brought to light through the medium of the public press, ex hibit the necessity of careful selection in effecting an assur ance, especially on the part of the trading and industrial community. The Anon .1 Income of the Provident Clerks' Association is The Accumulated Fund is 160,000 wholly invested in Government and real securities in the names of the following Trus ees, viz.:— TRUSTEES. Thomas Baring, Esq., M.P. I Wm. George Prescott, Esq. Thomson Hankey, Esq., M.P. Baron L. de Rothschild, M.P. The balance-sheets are open to all, and may be obtained on application at the Chief Office, 16, Moorgate-street, or of the agents • - WM. THOS. LyNFORD, Secretary. 15, Moorgate-street, August 1, 1861. ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY HEAD OFFICES—Lombard-street, London ; and Royal Insurance Buildings, Liverpool. Branch Offices— Alanchester, Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds, Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Dublin. EXTRACTS FROM THE REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1860. 'I The success of the Company, e , en in ite earliest years, received the marked atten ion, and elicited the surprised co T ments, of writers best acquainted with the history of In surance Companies. " Fire Premiums for 1860 EQUAL the Total Fire Premiums for the SEVEN YEARS 1845 to 18.51. "Life Preniums fovo‘ /900.4 , `XC1' ED the Entire Life Pre miums for the EIGHT Y ARS ending 1852. "Pureha e of Annuities in 1 5 z60 LARGELY EXCEEDS the similar receipt for the first TEN YEARS, 1845 to 1854. "T hi• prouress, it is believed, is unsurpassed, cnusidering• hat it applies to each of the three branches of thebusiness." FIRE BRANCH. "The Fire Branch has certain y shown no exhaustion dur ing the year 1860 of that impetus which had previously bought it to a position of the first magnitude among the Insurance Companies of the United Kingdom. The Fire Premiums in 1859 had advanced to the sum of £2?8,314 7s. 3d. In 1860 the amount of Fire Premiums has arrived at a sum of £2e2,977 19s. Ild., showing an increase of £34,663 12s. Bd., ex ceeding the large advance of the preceding year, so that in two years the Fire Revenue of the Company has been en hanced by the enormous sum of £66,829 170. sd. " The Parliamentary Report of Returns of Duty paid to Government for the year 1860 exhibits the augmentation of the business in a more promine , 4 way, as it affords the means of comparison with other Companies. The Proprietors will be eratified to learn that the increase of Duty paid by the Royal in the last year is more than double that of any other Company, either London or Provincial, whilst only one of those Companies even approaches to 50 per cent. of the ad vance of this Comp , ny. Our increase actually equais 30 per cent. of the entire increase of the whole of he Metropolitan Offices combined, whilst of the Provincial Offices it forms up wards of 30 per cent. of the total advance of the other 28 offices established out of London, LIFE BRANCH. '• The Reports of the Company for several years have had invariably to announce a constant periodical expansion of its Life Business, the New Policies ofeach succeeding year show ing an advance over the one that had immediately preceded it A similar result is shown in the year 1860, the Premiums on New Policies, after deducting Guarantees, be ng, £15,097 17s, tod., which is an increase on that item of £1,99317x. sd. above the amount received for the year 1859. " But even this advance is small when compared with the sudden and remarkable momentum which has been given to this Branch of the Business in the present year (1861). "It was not until the commencement of the year that the Public seemed to have become fully acquainted with the fact th t the Royal Insurance Comnany had published late in the last year an account of the investigation into the Assets and Liabilities of its Life Department, under a novel form, and in as plain and intelligible a manner as the abstruseness of the subject admitted, together with the entire statements and valuations necessary for that purpose. " It is conjectured from the extensive Notices of this Pam phlet and its accompanying Diagrams, which have appeared in the Periodicals of the day, that it has largely attracted the attention of vast numbers f Persons in all parts of the United Kingdom, as well as in other parts of the World. Indeed a most satisfactory and conclusive evidence that such is the case is afforded by the fact that the sum Assured on New Policies in the six months to the 3d June of the present year is ac tually 50 per cent. in excess of the sum assured in the corres ponding months of the year 1860, although the latter amount in it self exceeded the sum assured in any like previous period of time " If this success be continued, the Royal Insurance Com pany would, with respect to the amount of its new business, be at once placed (at least with one or two exception& at the head of all the Insurance Companies doing business in this Country, and the anticipations of the last Report, to the effect that the deta ls of the Life Business then to be pub lished would form an epoch of the Establishment, will have a speedy and very happy realisation." SPECIAL ADVANTAGES OF THE LIFE BRANCH. PROFITS. —Large proportion Returned every Five Years to Policies then in existence Two ENTIRE YEARS. 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MAP OF THE SEAT OF WAR IN AMERICA. The ILLUSTRATED TIMES of SATURDAY next, August 31, will contain an excellent Map of that portion of Virginia in which Civil War is now raging, showing di.tinctly the relative position of places and parties Also will appear Engravings of her Majesty's Visit to Ireland—Landing at the Carlisle Pier, Kingstown—The Review on the Curragh The Resistance' Steam Ram—The Ouse Regatta at Bedford—With others on interesting sub jects. Price of the Paper, 2,d.; per post, 4 stamps; two copies, 7 stamps. Office, 2, Catherine-street, Strand, W.C. THE PRESENT DISTRESS IN TRADE fully explained in J. GROSSMITH'S " GOVERNMENT UPON FIRST PRINCIPLES." The cause is there predicated of the monetary difficulties ex perienced in 1860. The Crisis is at hand. Anxiety in bus ness has now become the grim torture. Purity of motive, intelligently exercised, must animate all Governments, or all is lost, All denominations of Constitutions are carefully examined in J. Grossmith's "Government upon Poirot Prin ciples." SECURITY FOR BOTH FIRE AND LIFE BRANCHES r. ewer er. Turn ATTLT.TIVATQ Accumulated Funds In hand exceed £81 , ),000. PERCY M. DOVE, ➢tanager and Actuary. JOHN B. JOHNSTON, Secretary. p OYAL NATIONAL LIFEBOAT 1 L INSTITUTION.—The Committee of this Institution earnestly APPEAL t , .) the public for PECUNIARY ASSIST ANCE to aid them to meet the present heavy demands on the limited funds of the Society. THOMAS BARING, Chairman. , THOMAS CHAPMAN, Deputy-Chairman. 24, John-street, Adelphi, Feb., 1861. Bankers—Messrs. Willis and Co. ; Coutts and Co. ; Herries and Co. COOL AND REFRESHING TOILETTE REQUISITE. Oldrid,ge'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 especia ly valuable, as the most delicate head-dress or bonnet can be worn without fear of soili ,, g. Price 3s. 6d., fis., and lls. C. and A. 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Hours of Consultation-10 to 3 and 6to 8; Sundays, 10 till 2. YORK RACES—YESTERDAY. This meeting has proved one of the most success ful on record, the attendance having been larger, and the chid* race of the meeting, the Ebor Handicap, having con tained more favourites than any of its predecessors. So nicely was the scale balanced that a few days only before the event itself took place it was next to impossible to state with any degree of certainty which of five horses was really first favourite. The question was at last settled by the re sult of the Biennial Stakes, won so easily by Virgilius that he immediately sprang to 3 to 1, which was eagerly taken during the evening. The Yorkshire Oaks was an interest ing race, and Brown Duchess won it (giving lumps of weight to her eight antagonists) in a style which gave her friends sanguine hopes of her success in the Cup of to-day, in which she is expected to meet The Wizard. Two other races were regarded with much attention —namely, the Juvenile Stakes, won by Laughing Stock, and the Con vivial, won by Neptunus. Each of these colts has been in trusted with a large sum of money for the Derby of 1862. On Thursday morning every street in York had the appear ance of a fair. The Ebor-day had arrived, and seemed to have drawn all Yorkshire towards Knavesmire. At 1 o'clock that common field, now happily undergoing drainage, was alive with pedestrians, and the Grand Stand contained not only the elite of the Ridings, but an enormous number of visitors from all parts of England. The " ring" was in great force, and betting on events to come most spirited. The Derby, the St. Leger, and the Ebor Handicap were touched upon by turns, until the numbers were hoisted for the latter, when that alone rivetted men's attention. Breeders and owners of racehorses passed the morning in inspecting Sir Tatton Sykes's yearlings, 20 of which were offered to public competition by Messrs. Tattersall, and 12 sold at an average of 236 guineas. The'racing of the day opened with one of the finest contests ever witnessed, four horses having finished so close together that no one hut the judge could say whether it was or was not a dead heat be tween them all. The handicapping gave general satisfac tion, and the weather throughout the day was brilliant. The Londesborough Cup of 50 soya in specie, added to a Handicap Stakes of 5 sous each, for all ages. Three quarters of a mile. Ten subs. Mr. J. Osborne's Lancelin, 3 yrs, 7st 121 b (Challonsr) t Mr. Hodgman's Cronstadt, 3 yrs, 7st 91b.. (G. Fordham) t Mr. W. T' Anson's Cramond, 4 yrs, Bst 91b (L. Snowden) 3 Mr. Smith's Shef f ield, 5 yrs, B st 31 b.. (Smethurst) 4 The following also ran :—Maid of the Mist, Annie de Clare, Conspiracy filly, Idol filly, and Pompadour. Betting-2 to 1 agst Cramond, 3to 1 agst Cronstadt, Bto 1 agst Sheffield, and 10 to 1 each agst the Conspiracy filly and Pompadour. After several breaks away, occasioned by Sheffield and Pompadour, the flag was lowered to an excellent start. Cramond, next the rails, was the first away, and, with Lancelin, Sheffield, and Cronstadt lying close up, came on together. Crossing the road, the leading horses got closer together, and ran so to the stand, where they joined issue, and ran abreast to the end. Lancelin and Cronstadt, on the upper ground, catching the judge's eye first, finished with a dead heat, Cramond finishing a head in their rear, and a head in advance of Sheffield. Maid of the Mist was fifth, Pompadour sixth ; the others beaten off, the last of all being the Idol filly. Deciding Heat-6 to 4on Cronstadt, who won by a neck. The Prince of Wales Stakes of 10 soya each, with 50 added, for 2-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 21b ; win ners extra; with maiden allowances. T.Y.C. (5 fur longs 44 yards,) 26 subs. Mr. T. Valentine's Hippodamia, by Pelion, Bst (Charlton) 1 Col. Towneley's Humming Bird, Bst 21b .. (J. Snowden) 2 Mr. Simpson's Bannerdale, Bst (A. Edwards) 3 The following also ran :—Coppall, Vertumna, Bolero, Hopeful Duchess, Dutch Sam, and Jung Frau. Betting-6 to 5 agst Hippodamia, 100 to 15 each agst Bannerdale and Jung Frau, and 8 to 1 agst Bolero. The flag was lowered to an excellent start ; Humming Bird cut out the work, followed by Hippodamia, Coppall, Dutch Sam, and Jung Frau, the others headed by Bolero lying two or three lengths in their rear. In this way they ran to the stand, where Charlton brought out the favourite, and won rather cleverly at last by a neck, Humming Bird defeating Dutch Sam by two lengths for second, Bolero was an indifferent fourth, Jung Frau fifth, Hopeful Duchess sixth, the others beaten off. The Lottery Plate of 25 soya, added to a sweepstakes of 5 soya each, for 3-yr-olds and upwards. Weights for age, with maiden allowances, with optional selling weights. One mile. Three subs. Mr. Jaques's Ericthonius, 3 yrs, Est 81b (L3O) (Whiteley) 1 Mr. Jackson's Princess Maud, 3 yrs, 6st I llb (E3O) (Hibberd) 2 Mr. Gordon's Erica, 3 yrs, 6st 81b (R3O) . (Doyle) 3 Betting-6 to 5 agst Erictbonius, sto 4 agst Erica, and 3 to 1 agst Princess maim Princess Maud made play at a good pace, waited upon by Erica and the favourite, to the stand, where the latter came out and won cleverly by half a length, a length sepa rating the second and third. The winner was sold to Mr. Johnstone for 100 guineas, and goes into T. Dawson's stables. The Filly Sapling Stakes of 50 soya each, 30 ft, for 2-yr olds, Bst 71b each. T.Y.C. Five furlongs 44 yards. 12 subs. Lord Stamford's Donna del Lago (A.. Edwards) 1 Mr. J. Osborne' s Flytrap (J. Osborne) 2 Mr. R. C. Naylor's Feu de Joie (S. Rogers) 3 Sir C. Monk's Vertumna (Challoner) 4 Lord Glasgow's Coalition filly ' (T. Aldcroft) 5 Betting-5 to 4on Feu de Joie, 7to 4 agst Donna del Lago. Donna del Lago jumped away with a commanding lead, which she held to the erri, and won very cleverly by half a length. Flytrap passed Feu de Joie opposite the stand, and defeated her by a length for second. Vertumna was a bad fourth, and Coalition filly last. • The Eglinton Stakes of 10 sovs each, 5 ft, with 100 added. For 2-yr-olds, 7st ; 3-yr-olds, 9st. Winners extra, with maiden allowances. The second to save his stake. One mile. 30 subs. Mr. Valentine's Silverhair, 3 yrs, Bst 101b..(Fordham) 1 Count F. de Lagrange's Gabriel d'Estrees, 3 yrs, Bst (Grimshaw) 2 Mr. R. C. Naylor's Barricade, 2 yrs, 6st 31b.. (J. Daley) 3 Mr. J. Osborne's Zetland, 2 yrs, Est 71b .... (Whiteley) 4 The following also ran :—Neptunus, Scandal, Watchfire, and Tattoo. Betting-2 to 1 agst Gabriel d'Estrees, sto 2 agst Nep tunus, 4 to 1 agst Silverhair, 10 to 1 agst Watchfire, 100 to 15 agst Zetland. Tattoo, Watchfire, Barricade, and the favourite led to the turn into the straight, where Tattoo was beaten ; Neptunus at the same time joined the front, and came into collison with Gabriel d'Estrees, nearly knocked her over the rails, which let in Silverhair, who went on and won a good race by a Heck ; a bad third ; Zetland fourth, Scandal fifth, and Tattoo next. The Great Ebor Handicap of 100 sovs, added to a Sweep stakes of 20 sovs each; 10 ft, and 5 only if declared. The winner of any handicap value 100 sovs subsequent to the declaration of the weights to carry 71b; of two of that value, or one of 200 soya, 101 b ; of three, or one value 500 sovs, 141 b extra. The winner to pay 15 sovs towards expenses, and the second to receive 50 sovs out of the stakes. Two miles over the Old Course. 74 eubs, 41 of whom pay 5 sovs forfeit. Sir J. Hawley's Rising Sun, 4 yrs, 7st 91h.. (Fordham) 1 Mr. W. Hudson's Lady Trespass, 4 yrs, Bst 21b (Challoner) 2 Lord Derby's Cape Flyaway, 4 yrs, Bst 71b (Aldcroft) 3 The following also ran :—Moorcock, Hetman, Syringe, Bally Edmund, Voltella, Gardner, and Virgilius. Betting-5 to 2 agst Virgilius, 4to 1 agst Lady Trespass, 7to 1 agst Voltella, 15 to 2 agst Rising Sun, 8 to 1 each agst Cape Flyaway and Bally Edmond, 12 to 1 agst Gar. dener, and 100 to 7 agst Moorcock. Shortly after starting Gardener rushed to the front, and, with Voltella, Hetman, Bally Edmond, and Rising Sun made the running at a good pace to the corner of Dring house-wood, where Voltella's bridle broke, and Drew had to steer her with his whip. On making the turn the two went on with a lead of ten lengths, Hetman third, Vigilius, Bally Edmond, Lady Trespass, and Rising Sun next, the others, headed by Cape Flyaway, following at wide inter vals. At the T. Y. post the lot closed up, and shortly afterwards Gardener and Voltella were out of the race, leaving Virgilius with the lead, followed by Lady Trespass, Rising Sun, Cape Flyaway, and Bally Edmond to the road, where Virgilius was beaten, Rising Sun, Lady Trespass, and Cape Flyaway coming on together, finished a fine race home, won by a neck. A length between second and third horses. Virgilius, pulling up, was fourth, Bally Edmond fifth, Syringe, Hetman, and Voltella finished next, nearly abreast, the last pair being Gardener and Moorcock, and the latter did not pass the post. The First Year of the Sixth North of England Biennial Stakes of 10 soya each, h ft, with 100 added, for foals of 1859; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 21b. Mr. H. W. Thomas's The Pilot, Bst 41b (Aldcroft) 1 Mr. R. C. Naylor'. Caterer, Bst 101 b (in. 51b ex ) (Rogers) 2 Lord Zetland's Picador, Bst 71b (Osborne) 3 The following also ran:--Neptunus, Vest colt, Pem broke, Grimston, Staple Oak, and Carisbrook. Betting—Even on Caterer, 3to 1 agst Carisbrook, 5 to 1 agst Neptunus, 10 to 1 agst Picador. The favourite, with Neptunus and Pilot, made all the running to the Stand, where Pilot went up to Caterer in a few strides, got to his head, and won a fine race by a head. Half a length between second a third. Pembroke a bad fourth, Carisbrook fifth. The Ebor St. Leger, of 25 sovs each, for 3-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 71b ; and fillies, Bst 21b. Sir C. Monck's Gardener, Bst 71b (Challoner) 1 Mr. Wentworth's Royalist, Bst 71b Lord Fitzwilliam's Conjuror, Bst 71b (Osborne) 3 Betting—Even on Gardener, who wln after a good race. Hall a length between the second and third. The Hopeful Stakes, of 25 soya each, 10 ft, for 3-yr-olds; SOUTH-EASTERN. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held yesterday at the Bridge-house Hotel, Lon don-bridge ; the Hon. J. BTng in the chair. Mr. S. Smiles, the secretary, having read the notice convening the meeting, the report, an ab- stract of which has app6re - d in The dun, was taken as read. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said they had not on that occasion the pleasure they had in previous half-years of congra tulating them either upon sn increased traffic or an increased dividend. i But when the various circum stances were taken into account which had affected their traffic during the past summer they would find that they had really no reason to be dissatisfied with the result. In the first place their traffic hal been affected, like that of riost other railways, by the unfavourable harvest of last year, and especially by the failure of the crop on which Kent more than any other county in England derended—he meant that of hops. (Hear.) There had conse quently been less money in the district to spend on railway travelling and in other ways, the country people having expended so much less on coals that during the six months their receipts from that traffic showed a decrease of more than £l,OOO. In the corresponding period of last year there was the Agricultural Show at Canterbury, which in creased their receipts by ipwards of £4,000 from passengers alone ; so that tau had a large item of exceptional income to tgraparA again t. (Hear.) But in addition to those circumstances, they had also had an opposition railway to contend against, which had necessarily taken a portion of their traf fic between London, Strood, and Canterbury. The falling off in that branch of traffic had, however. been principally in receipts, and was the result of the low fares which they had been obliged to adopt. When they took into account these three circum stances—the agricultural depression in the districts served by their railway, the agricultural show of last year, and the competition of a rival line—pro bably they would concur with him that the fact of their having been able to maintain their gross re ceipts so well as they had done, showing a decrease of under £l,OOO, was by no means an unsatisfactory result of the half year's working. Any falling off which they had experienced from those causes had been made up by the increase in the local traffic at other points, both in passengers and goods, which he hoped and believed would continue to follow the efforts which they made to improve the accommo dation and conveniences afforded by their railway. The working expenses had increased during the half-year. This had been occasioned principally by the increased rate paid for the freight of coal and coke used upon the railway, the increased cost of forage for the horses at the Bricklayers' Arms and other stations, and the increased mileage run as compared with last year, which had been 142,000 miles. This increased mileage had been rendered necessary, partly to give accommodation to the in creased local traffic at certain points, and partly in connection with the new mail and tidalservlces. The mileage had also been increased by the compe- tition at Strood and Canterbury, and the necessity which existed for maintaining the services at those points in the highest efficiency. An item of £2,210 was charged in the accounts for repairs of streets in the goods department, or nearly £2,000 beyond the amount charged last year, swelling the ex penses of that department in an exceptional degree. The result of the half-year's working was that they were enabled to recommend a dividend at the rate of £4 3s. 4d. per cent. per annum. (Hear.) It was true this was a less dividend than they paid under the peculiarly favourable circumstances of last year ; but, excepting only that dividend, it was higher than any they had paid for more than 10 years past; and, such being the case, he thought they had no grounds for complaint. (Hear.) He then referred to the further sums which they pro- posed to expend on capital account. The principal item consisted of estimates for additional locomotives and carriages. At the present time they were con siderably hampered for want of carrying stock, and they could readily understand that the number of passengers they could carry was limited by the number of locomotives and carriages at their dis posal. The reduction in the rates caused by the competition which had been forced upon them had already led to a large increase in the number of pas sengers conveyed upon their lines, and they might expect to experience a still further large increase. Under the present circumstances it was only by carrying a much larger number of persons that they could expect to maintain their dividends, and he had no doubt whatever that they would have passengers enough to fill their proposed new carriages. In illustration of this he might mention that during the first 26 days of this month they carried upwards of 100,000 more passengers than in the correspond ing period of last year. (Hear, hear.) Besides this addition to their local traffic, they must be prepared to carry the large number at continental passengers expected next year during the period of the Exhi bition, and which it would be their interest to ac commodate in the most satisfactory manner. '[he additional workshops at Ashford, for maintaining and repairing the various additions made to the company's stock, had long been in contemplation, and their execution had been postponed from time to time ustil it could no longer be delayed. They therefore requested the sanction of the pro prietors to expend the capital required to provide those and the other necessary additions to sta tions, as set forth in the half yearly report. The special business to be brought under their notice was connected with the completion of the Charing cross undertaking, with the object of placing this company in its proper position with respect to terminal accommodation in London. He need scarcely inform them that the company with which they were in competition was pro vided with a West end terminus at Victoria Sta tion, and had obtained powers to construct a city station in Farringdon-street. The capital they had to protect and render productive was too great to permit them to be passive or inert under such cir cumstances. They were bound to secure the best terminal accommodation which it was possible, un der the circumstances, to secure ; and he considered it fortunate indeed that by means of the Charing cross Company, with which their interests were so closely identified, they would shortly be enabled to provide, without exception, the most convenient terminal accommodation of any railway in London. It was quite unnecessary for him to point out the immense advantages which the Charing-cross Rail way would secure to this company, and the certain large increase of their traffic which must follow its completion. It would give them a station close to Charing-cross, and another close to the Bank of England—almost in the heart of the city. Fur nished with such metropolitan termini their inte rests would be more effectually protected than by any other method which could possibly be devised, and with the most perfect confidence in the sound ness of the policy they were pursuing in this mat ter, he asked their sanction accordingly to the mea sures which they recommended, for the purpose of carrying them into effect. (Cheers.) Mr. G. THOMPSON, Deputy-Chairman, seconded the adoption of the report. Mr. G. SMITH called attention to an error in one of the tabular statements in the report, which showed an increase of £11,036 under the sidehead of net receipts for the half-year, instead of a de crease of £11,036, the net receipts for the past half year being £281,629, against £292,665 for the cor responding period of 1860, showing the decrease of £11,036. Mr. BEVIS congratulated the shareholders that they were in no worse a position. He, as a practi cal farmer, could bear out the chairman's statement as to the failure of the crops in Kent last year, and that no doubt was a reason why their receipts were not greater. He was glad to see the increase in the third-class passengers, and thought more attention ought to be given to the accommodation of that class of passengers. If they could work the traffic for 45 per cent. of the receipts, instead of at 50 per cent., it would make a difference in their dividend of 1 per cent. Mr. ADAMS thought it was hardly of any use to say any thing about their extensions. Their West end and City schemes could not cost less than £2,500,000. He hoped the shareholders would not hereafter blame the directors for the outlay if it should not be so profitable as anticipated. He thought the county of Kent could never pay them for the outlay on their terminal stations in London. He did not see what use there was in carrying more passengers if they did not get any more money for it. If the competition should involve increased speed they must be prepared for heavier expenditure on the maintenance of the permanent way and rolling stock. Mr. EVANS said all they had now to do was to carry out what had been decided upon at former meetings. It was not to be expected that their working expenses would diminish when they had to compete with a rival company; he thought, how- ever, that the dread some people seemed to enter tain of competition was far more than the result would justify. Mr. G. SMITH thought they had no reason what ever to despond ; they had a valuable property, and must make the most of it. With regard to the pro posed new carriages, he hoped they would carefully examine the whole of the stock, and see what they could do with what they had, so as not to buy one more than was wanted for the traffic. He wished to know whether the company still adopted the plan of signalling every train from station to station, so as not.to let a train pass a given station until the one before it on the line had passed the next station. Mr. FYLDS said it was generally understood that increased demands for new rolling stock indicated increased dividends. He never felt more confidence in the ultimate success of the undertaking than he did at present. He hoped that a portion of the Charing-cross line would be opened before the Ex hibition of 1862. The CHAIRMAN said, if the passengers continued to increase at the rate they had recently, there could be no doubt they would require additional carriages very soon. He hoped a portion of the Charing-cross line would be opened in time for the Exhibition. The usual precautions were of course adopted to insure the safety of the passengers and the regularity of the trains. The report was then unanimously adopted ; and a dividend of 12s. 6d. per £3O share, or at the rate of £4 3s. 4d. per cent. per annum, for the past half year was declared payable on the sth of September. The meeting was then made special. and the di rectors were authorised to subscribe a further sum ofX36o,ooo'to wards the Charin g -cross line, and to raise additional capital to that amount on 5 per cent. preference shares of £lO each, redeemable at par at the end of 10 years, the deposit to - be .£l - ifer share. The directors were also authorised to sub scribe £250,000 tc - <; construction of the City Terminus line tcok.,_ street, and to borrow the amount on bond or tt.uk They were also authorised to borrow £80,500 for the general pur poses of the company. The proceedings concluded with a vote of thanks to the chairman and directors. ?,t LS d tt le , Le Kent and Co., Paternoster-row. 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The fore and main lower yards are each 105 ft. in length , and 25in. in diameter. The cross-jack yard is 71ft. in length and 17in. in diameter. The mainmast contains 1,235 cubic feet of yellow pine, and 125 cubic feet of oak in its trestle and cross-trees, &c. These spars, notwithstanding their apparently great size, are far below the average for a ship of the Black Prince's tonnage, or for a modern steam line of-battle ship. The Wellesley, 72, Capt. E. G. Fanshawe, flag ship at Chatham, is ordered to leave her present moorings off the dockyard, and to go higher up the harbour, taking up the berth formerly occupied by the Poitiers, 74. The Furious, 16, paddle, Capt. 0. J. Jones, will pay off her crew, and be put out of commission at Portsmouth to-day. Letters received from her Majesty's ship Tartar, dated at Panama, July 27, announce the arrival of the ship there the previous day, after a passage of 35 days from San Francisco. She had expe rienced a heavy gale of wind on the Ist of July, in which one of the crew was washed overboard and lost. Seven of the best men belonging to the crew had taken a boat from a swinging boom, and made their escape. After coaling, the vessel was to start again for Callao, with despatches for the Calypso, ordered to England, and was afterwards to return to Panama, to relieve the Clio, The Termagant was at the place last named, waiting the Clio's arrival, after which she was to go to the coast of Mexico. The Sparrow, 5, screw steam gun vessel, attached to the steam reserve at Chatham, is ordered to be sent from that port to Devonport, to be placed in the first-class steam reserve. THE ARMY. The depot of the Ist battalion 23d Royal Welsh Fusiliers, which has been encamped at Chatham during the summer, left that garrison yesterday morning by special train on the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway, and proceeded to Dover, from which they marched to Walmer to be attached to the depot battalion at that station, where the depot companies of the 2d battalion of the 23d are now doing duty. The depot of the Ist battalion of the I2th Foot, from Walmer, relieves the 23d Royal Welsh Fusiliers, and the depot of the 2d battalion of the 12th will also proceed to Chatham, from Ply mouth. Orders were yesterday received at Chatham di recting detachments of non-commissioned officers and gunners from the depot brigade, Royal Artil lery, and also a detachment of gunners belonging to the coast brigade, stationed at Tilbury Fort, to proceed to that garrison, under the command of an officer of the Royal Artillery, to assist in returning into store at Chatham, under the direction of the principal storekeeper, the dismounted armament which is at present distributed over the forts and and works of the Chatham district. The armament so dismounted is altogether obsolete, and entirely unfitted for modern purposes of defence. This order has been given preparatory to the commencement of the extensive line of defences about to be erected at Chatham, both on the land and sea side, and which, when completed, will render the arsenal and garrison almost invulnerable. The Megcera screw troopship, Commander Hen derson, arrived at Portsmouth yesterday at 7 a.m., from Cork, with the following depots on board :- 2d battalion Ist Royals—Capt. Legge, Lieuts. Thompson and Gray, Ensign Smith, 6 sergeants, 1 drummer, 170 privates, 31 women, and 39 children. 2d battalion 6th Foot—Capts. Annesley and Pro theroe, Lieuts. Hale and Walseley, Ensign Collis, 6 sergeants, 3 drummers, 6 corporals, 179 privates, 15 women, and 21 children. 2d battalion 12th Foot— Capts. Espinasse and Kipper, Lieuts. Morland and Alban, Ensign Ferris, 7 sergeants, 2 drummers, 9 corporals, 79 privates, 9 women, and 16 children, The lastnamed were disembarked from the Megmra in the morning alongside the dockyard, and for warded by train to Farnborough for Aldershott. The Ist and 6th depots landed in the afternoon, and were forwarded on by train at 7 p.m. to Colchester. The Megrera returns to Plymouth with the re mainder of the 32d Regiment from Aldershott, and from Plymouth to Cork with the remaining portion of the 12th Regiment. The depot of the 2d battalion 25th Regiment marched into Portsmouth yesterday morning from Aldershott, three days from the camp, and em barked on board the hired steamer Foyle, leaving immediately afterwards for Dublin. The depot comprised Capt. J. T. Blunt ; Lieuts. Carruther, Hanley, and Mackinnon ; Ensign Morgan, 9 ser geants, 4 drummers, 10 corporals, 110 privates, 18 women, and 29 children. The annual divisional sports at Aldershott took place yesterday in the presence of several thousands of spectators. The scene was the cricket ground, near the Royal Pavilion, a spot admirably suited to the purpose. The number of non-commissioned officers or men to compete for each event was limited to three from each regiment. A large number of competitors entered. The games in cluded jumping, flat, hurdle, and sack racing, put ting the shot, throwing the hammer, and belling the ring. In the hurdle race for officers (250 yards, over five flights of hurdles), the first prize, a silver cup, was won by Mr. Truell, of the 53d Regiment. In the fiat race for officers (half a mile) Mr. Wallis, 60th, took the first prize. Not withstanding the great heat , th e runnin g in this race was excellent, and the competitors reached the winning post nearly together. In another flat race (100 yards) for officers, Mr. Wallis, 60th, came in first, and Mr. Truell, 53d, second. In a flat rac 2EE FRENCH ARMY. (From the Special Correspondent, of the Times.) • CAMP OF CHALONS. Cavcary has been at a discount in military affairs for some considerable time, but never more than since tb,e infantry was armed with arms of precision and rifled guns were invented. Nor was this un favourable opinion groundless, for how could the best organised line of horsemen ever expect to do anything against those formidable far-carrying weapons, against which no armour could protect ? And the. judgment not unnaturally was that, al though perhaps not quite useless in completing defeats or changing by pursuit a defeat into a rout, and although not without its advantages for out post duty and patrolling, cavalry was almost useless in acturd battle, and that therefore it was time to reduce this expensive arm to its minimum. This opinion, which was current enough already ten Yeats ago, has not only not been shaken, but more than ever confirmed by the two last great wars in gallant charges of the East and in Italy. The heroic but use less efforts of the British cavalry at Balaklava, and the the Piedmontese squadrons at Montebello, seemed only to confirm by the test o f ex perience the fore gone the _conclusions that the time of taking guns and breaking infantry by cavalry bad gone By, while the battle of Solferino seemed to go a step further and furnish a proof of the utter uselessness I of cavalry in a general action, even when assisted by guns and a numerous infantry. There was the open flat of the Campo di Medole about two square miles in extent, only interrupted by insignificant ditches which an English sports man would scarcely have remarked, not a tree, scarcely a shrub anywhere, only here and there a scanty crop of Indian corn, too soft to offer any resistance. From 5 a.m. till 10 a.m. there was M'Mahon trying by extending his corps d'armee to cover the large interval between the French centre attacking the position of Solferino and the left, working its way from Medole into the plain. Later in the day there were four French divisions of cavalry (16 regiments), assisted by a reserve ar tillery of 40 guns at the entrance of the same plain. Solferino had been taken, Niel was trying to de bouche into the plain in the right front ; certainly no two better occasions could have been found for cavalry, and yet some desultory charges at different points, jest sufficient to fatigue the horses but not to produce a result, were all the part which the cavalry took on either side. The Austrians have at least the excuse that a large portion of their cavalry had gone for a promenade in the marshes of the Mincio. The French cannot plead even this, and I assure you the opinion about the efficiency and utility of French, and in general of all cavalry, brought back by the French army was not flattering. The Emperor seems to have shared only one half of this opinion—namely, that which relates to French cavalry, but by no means the second half, which refers to cavalry in general; on the contrary, if one is to judge from the changes introduced, he thinks cavalry an important element, not only in outpost duties and pursuits, but in general actions. The conclusion seems just enough, for if the cavalry has been so inefficient in the late wars, it was less because the improvements in the other arms of the service left us no room for its activity, but because, while the other arms have so wonderfully improved, the cavalry has remaiied more or less stationary. This matter has now teen seriously taken in hand. The direction of the improvements tends towards assimilating the cavalry evolutions to the character taken by those of infantry and artillery. Individual excellence, rapidity, and consequently simplicity of movements and action with large masses in extended lines—these are the three points which have been assumed as bases. The success gained by the efforts thus made is very creditable, but owing to the difficulties offered by the peculiarities of country and people to the for mation of a really superior cavalry, it will take some time before a satisfactory solution of the pro blem can be come to. Individual excellence is an even more indis pensable condition for cavalry than for modern in fantry, and this is difficult to obtain in a country almost without good saddle horses, and with a people having little taste for riding. The first thing was to get the horses, and certainly in this respect a great deal has been done. Who ever recollects the French cavalry horses ten years ago, nay even during the Crimean war, must be astonished by the changes which have taken place. Long before the war in Italy began, England, Ger many, and Switzerland were ransacked for horses for the cavalerie de ligne and the grosse cavalerie, while Algeria and the neighbourhood of Tarbes, which boasts of the same blood, were almost ex hausted. There is no light cavalry here, only Lan cers, which are cavalerie de ligne, and Cuirassiers, which are grosse cavalerie, but from what I saw in Italy, where, with the exception of the cavalry of the guard, nothing but light cavalry was employed, I should say that the latter have only one advan tage over the others as regards the quality of their horses, and this is better blood on an average. Apart from the real Arab horses of the Chasseurs d'Afrique, the mixture of the same blood in the Tarbes horse imparts to it a good deal of the spirit and endurance which are so essential in a cam paign. In spite of the great odds in weight, if a light cavalry division had had to pass through the same fatiguing work in camp, I have no doubt that they would not present that skeleton-like appearance which most of the horses of the Lancers have. This will be always the insurmountable difficulty of heavy cavalry. As for saddle and bridle, they have greatly im proved both of them very much on the English model ; one might object to some heaviness still, but in campaigning, where the same care cannot be taken as in the stable, a pound or two of more weight saves many a sore back. Having done a great deal to improve horses and saddles, the next step, even more difficult, was to improve the horseman. Who has net looked at the skies through a troop of Cuirassiers riding at a trot ? I remember in this respect a curious scene. The Villa Pieroslawsky,close to tke Woronzow-road, leading to Baidar, was occupied by a heavy cavalry detachment, which had a picket on the roadside. A General officer is espied from afar, and the picket has to get on horseback. A pull at the bridle which makes the horse jib, a kick or two in the belly which makes him sidle, a few hearty charognes, disembroiling the bridles, trying to find the stirrup, throwing back all impediments such as carbine, sabre, hopping with one leg in the stirrup, at last falling into the saddle with only the danger of rolling over on the other side, a desperate pull at the bridle, accompanied by groans from the horse, and an attempt to pull out the sword, which, how ever, was given up, as the General officer had long reached Baidar. I, could. not but think it fortunate it was a friendly General officer, instead of a patrol of nimble Cossacks. Having such scenes in my memory, I was sur prised at the progress which has been made in riding. This is owing to great labour directed chiefly towards obtaining individual excellence be fore any combined movement is attempted. For merly as soon as a man who had never before sat on horseback could somehow or other manage to keep in the saddle while trotting he was immediately practised in evolutions. The result was that all he could do never went beyond keeping by means of hand and feet in the saddle, and that was all. Now this individual practice in single files in all paces forms the most prominent part of the exercise. The stirrup has been somewhat shortened, so as to let ;ruck by lance or sword. Barriers, too, are to ac custom the horses and men to leaping. All these are, if you like, old things, but prac tised as they are they give now a very different result. Both men and horses of the Lancers, who have gone regularly through this practice for the last two months, have acquired an agility which they never before possessed, and which has had no small effect en the evolutions themselves. All these latter are in fast trot or gallop, and certainly the confidence which the men h ave in their riding enables them to go through their evolu tions with a precision which is quite new in the French cavalry. These individual exercises whieli have been introduced in the whole cavalry were above all applied in the camp to form rapidly an extended line of battle by brigades or even divi sions of cavalry—that is, 1,000 to 2,000 horsemen charging in a line—an element which, if judiciously applied, might turn many a contested battle. Hitherto successive lines of smaller extent, placed behind each other en echelon, was the more favourite mode of attacking. Besides this the Lancers are practised in charges en fourageurs, which is even more calculated to perfect individual excellence. Marshal Randon is spoken of as the initiator of these changes ; but, without taking away anything from the merits of the Marshal, one cannot help remembering that the Emperor himself is one of the best horsemen in France. • You can see from this short sketch that not less attention has been paid to this than to the other arms of the service, the object in view being always to harmonise all the means of warfare and to trans form each of them according to the changes taking place in the others.. The_direction thus tar has been quite right, and wonders have been done in comparison with former times, but, as in the changes made with the infantry, there are still many of those old notions remaining which render the whole work difficult, even if they cannot stop its progress. What better proof can you have of this than that Cuirassiers, which have been abolished even in Austria, still form part of the camp of Chalons ? The terrific hobby of weight still haunts the French cavalry. If cavalry is to take its proportionate share in modern warfare, with long-range arms of precision, it can surely be only by using its special advantage in speed, which can never be equalled by men on foot; and superior speed vrapensates for any weight against infantry. But even in moral effect, which is a far greater agent in all these en counters, great rapidity is far surer to shake even steady soldiers than any superior size of men and horses. In cavalry encounters likewise the im portance of weight, if not altogether illusory, i s certainly greatly exaggerated. An active light cavalry, rapid in its movements, can almost pl a y with its heavy, unwieldy antagonists. It has bean more than once the case in India with Sikhs, and it was always the case between Hungarian Hussars and Austrian Dragoons and Cuirassiers. But, admitting even that there is a use in heavy cavalry, it is the weight of the horse, and not of the man and his accoutrements, which tells. As regards this question, there has been very little or nothing done to remedy the evil. Light and heavy cavalry both are in the old humdrum way. The tallest and handsomest men are chosen for the purpose, instead of studying to have the lightest, wireiest, and those who have at least an idea of a horse, however slight that may be. After the Balaklava charge, and after the experience in Algeria, one might surely have abandoned the illusion that it is the tall, powerful men, who deliver the formidable blows. It is the impetus of the horse and the good rider who knows how to combine his blows with the impetus of the horse which are formidable. The good Eng lish swords, handled by the fine men on the tall, spirited horses, could rarely cut through a Russian greatcoat, and the Chasseurs d'Afrique had to be armed with an almost straight sword for thrusting, because they could not cut through an Arab bur• nous, while a young Turkish cavalry soldier, on a bad pony, severs a head, and a slightly-made Sikh Irregular will do the same. As for small wiry men there is no want here, but I suppose a French cavalry colonel, like those of many other countries, would scout the idea of stunting his regiment. As. for finding riders to make cavalry soldiers of, it is more difficult, but more might have been done in this respect too. But the first thing is to get rid of the overweight, which oppresses heavy and light cavalry equally. It is very rare that any one learns riding after he has attained his full growth; the legs will no longer adapt themselves, besides which the real care and affection which the cavalry soldier ought to have for his horse are the result of early habit. As too much cannot be done at once, the present practice with sword and lance at objects fixed on the drill ground is already a step; but if it stops there it will produce very little practical result. The great point is to judge the distances and deliver blow or thrust accordingly. In the present manner with fixed objects, both horses and men get accus tomed, like the circus rider with his hoop. Besides, I need not tell you that practising at a bar will teach little leaping. There is space enough about the camp for changing the position of the puppets, as well as getting up ditches, hedges, &c. But there is yet time for this, and, in spite of shortcom ings, " progress" is everywhere, in infantry, artil lery, and cavalry, and if fate should bring on an other war there would probably be another occa sion for astonishment. The American Government has appointed Mr. Bigelow, late of the New York Evening Post, to the Paris Consulate. Mr. Bigelow was one of the most accomplished and versatile members of the profession in America—a journalist who, although identified with politics as a de cided partisan, enjoyed the respect of all for his integrity, his talents, and his varied knowledge and accomplishments. yes D te ß rd E s A y D m F o U rn L in F g lßES.-- Shortly before alarmed by th e outbreak t he inhabitants a o b f i t an fire.t s tw o o'clock o f T S ohe u p th re w m a l i s c es w i e n re w ag h a ic in h the disaster occurred were in the occupation of Messrs. Green and Co., wholesale brush m anufacturers, carrying on business at No. 8, Kent-street, opposite Captain Williams's pipe stores. The discovery was made by one of the inmates by finding his room filled with smoke. This pes son upon jumping out of bed found the flooring so hot that he could scarcely stand. Ile, however, managed to run to the top of the building, screaming "Fire 1" This had the effect of arousing the various inmates, who made for the t op part of the building, and cried loudly from the window for help. In the course of a few minutes several police cons tables ar rived, also the Royal Society's escapes from St. George's Church and Tooley-street, under Superintendent Topsall and Conductor Dunk. By the time the first-nau led escape hid arrived—less than three minutes—the fire could be seen rushing from the first and second floor windows. Mrs. Green was standing at the window with a child in her arms, surrounded with flame. Topsail having pitched his machine to the second floor, happily succeeded in saving them, as well as a person named Henry Waggoner ; the hatter, how ever, was fearfully, and, it is believed, fatally burnt. The poor creatures were in the first instance removed to the house of Mr. Murphy, the Cooper's Arms, and Oho last after being wrapped in blankets, was conveyed te st ' Thomas's Hospital. A man named William then seen upon the roof of the house, and down e°ll'll2 :l2e escape. Mattthherwps vas was obliged to pull him off and pass him It was with great difficulty that t h e escapemen could get down, for the fire, in rus hi ng so fur iously out of the w ere compOled to elide win dow, had ignited the canvass trough of the escape, and, in order to reach the ground , the men through an immense sh eet of fire. The excitement was great when it became known that one of the children slept in the back room seco nd floor, and that the fath e r had gone in search of it, an d neither of the two had been seen to leave the building. It was hoped for some time that they had been fortunate enough to get out of one of t:t we windows leading into the back yard, but such was not flu! case. As soon as the fire was got under Mr. Foreman Swi nton found the child, three years old, under the wind ow , . qu ite dead ; an d the father w as found in the back room, ssiffocated. — ' While this fire was raging another occurred 'in the pre noises of Mr. Fry, pastrycook, carrybib, - on business at No. 15, Crisp-street, Poplar. When Henry Hortc in, the con ductor of the firo escape, attended with his rciachine, he found three persons—Mr. and Mrs. Jones, with an infant —about to throw themselves into the street. Horton, how ever, unshipped the first story ladder, and carried the three down. He was then informed that there were other per through a court, but a difficulty th en sons sleeping at the back. He therefore look his ladders getting the machinery over some Paliesdin .g• Having cut 3sented itself in the obstruction away with his axe, Jae placed one of the ladders on a water-butt, and by tha 4 expedient succeeded in rescuing th e o th er six inmates. Th e fire was soon ex tingUi 3 hed, but the damage was COI aiderable. 'l- 1 4