The Sun. — London, England, 1861-09-14 00:00:00

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The Debentures ar for five years, and may be renewed for five years, at the same rate of interest. The Debentures may be converted into Indas Steam Flo tilla Capital 'took. at the option of the holder. Full particulars may be obtained at this office. THOMAS BURNELL, Sec. Scinde Railway Company, Gresham-house, Old Broad-street, Aug. 15, 1881. PRICE. STAMPED ....sd. 112 R. HENLEY, 21. P., IN OXFORDSHIRE. GREAT NORT DONCASTER RAI from London (alng's-cross; may usually be obtained, to 19th, and 20th, will be av ,, i and including Saturday, 21 don to Doncaster and Bac als. ed. 'HERN RAILWAY.- .CES.-DAY TICKETS issued 0, and other stations where they ) Doncaster, on the 16th, 17th,18th, ilable for return on any day up to at September. Fares front Lon ck :-Ist Class, 41s. 6d. ; 2d Class, THAME, FRIDAY. The annual meeting of the Thame Agricultural Association was held in this town yesterday, under the presidency of Mr. H. W. Wykeham, of Ty thorpe-park. Prizes for ploughing, hedging, ditch ing, thatching, and length of servitude were awarded in the course of the day at the Town hall, and in the afternoon a dinner took place, at which Mr. Wykeham presided. There were also present the Right Hon. J. W. Henley, M.P., Col. North, M.P., Mr. T. T. Bernard, M.P., Mr. Hugh Hammersley, the Rev. J. Ashurst, Mr. J. Pod well, Mr. R. Lee, Mr. Watson Taylor, Mr. J. Ashurst, Mr. Winslow, and the principal landed proprietors and tenant farmers in the districts. The usual loyal toasts having been given by the SPECIAL ['RAINS, by Able, will leave Doncaster p.m. on Fr,day, 20th, and September. which these tickets will be avail ror London (King's-cross), at 5.15 at 11.15 a.m. on Saturday, 21st rtv goo 83 tI z n .3 .24 ? , Z C.7t f. . 5 0 , NI g tz- W to fo a ,p • 0, 0 Chairman. - Mr. HAMMERSLEY (late High Sheriff of Oxford shire) proposed "The Health of the Members for the County." He did not believe that any county in England was more ably or more faithfully served than the county of Oxford. (Cheers.) They had as one of their members a gentleman who had acquired not only an English, but a world wide reputation for his sagacity, his honesty of purpose, the deep insight he possessed into all that concerned the prosperity of the country, and for the manner in which he had devoted his time, his energy, and his great intellect for the benefit of his fellow-countrymen. He was known to have effected as much good in Parliament as probably any man in that assembly. (Cheers.) But they had also another man in that assembly—Colonel North, who since he had been their representative had devoted his time and intellect to the general welfare of the country, and whose services in the House of Com mons were of peculiar value from the extensive military knowledge he possessed. During the period that the gallant Colonel had represented the county of Oxford in Parliament, many questions affecting the military service of the country and our military reputation in the eyes of the world had been brought under the consideration of the House of Commons, and Col. North had brought to bear upon them an acute knowledge and an' ability which were not possessed by any other county member. (Cheers.) The county of Oxford, therefore, was peculiarly well served in Parliament, and had rea son to congratulate itself upon having such men to represent it. He needed not to remind them—for every reflecting man was well acquainted with the fact—that he who went to Parliament resigned much of private an d domestic comfort that was dear to him in order to become a servant of the public. The right hon. g entleman (Mr. Henley) and the gallant Colonel he,d faithfully discharged their duty, and he had the greatest pleasure in proposing their health, and in expressing a hope that they might long continue to serve the county in the position in which they were now placed. (Cheers.) The toast was drunk with great applause. The Right Hon.. J. W. HENLEY, M.P., on rising to acknowledge the compliment, was received with loud cheers. He said—lt is not necessary for me in this room or in this company to say how much I appreciate the kind manner in which my friend Mr. Hamersley has been pleased to bring this toast under your notice, nor to express my gratitude for the kind manner in which it has been received. I feel most acutely the uniform kindness with which the neighbourhood has always been pleased to receive such sery ice as I have been able to ren der. My hon. frier d Mr. Hamersley was not altoge ther mistaken when he said that those who in these days are called upon to serve as members of Par liament have no lil;ht task to perform. The care ful consideration c.l important questions, long-con tinued employmen t—generally for fully six months in the year—is no light work ; and:l may fairly say that those who try - to make themselves acquainted with only a moiserate part of the business trans acted in the House of Commons have a very heavy work thrown upon them. (Hear, hear.) But I will add that when men have had the happiness, as we have, to be freely returned by a great indepen dent constituency---when men have been sent by that constituency unfettered by any pledges, but left alone to exercise their own unfettered judg ment, according t a the utmost of their ability, for the benefit of the whole country—then I say that although these labours are, no doubt, severe, they are much lighter than they would otherwise be. (Cheers.) They are also lighter when we come home again, and receive from all classes of the people—whether hey agree or disagree with us in politics—that corelial welcome which tells a man that so long as he holds the dish even, and tries to do his dury to the best of his ability, credit will be given to him for his exertions, and he will receive the thanks of the community he is chosen to repre sent. It is these s things which make every man's duty, however se were it may be, press lightly, and I trust the time will never come when English men will not tak e a pride in so treating their re presentatives, becE else I feel assured that so long as their representatives are so treated constituen cies at large will be handsomely served, and the greatest possible advantage will be derived by the whole country. (Cheers.) I have trespassed, perhaps, somewb at on the verge of politics in al luding to these niittters ; but I could not avoid the reference after th e manner in which my friend Mr. Hamersley was pleased to advert to our services (Hear.) Passing on to other matters, allow me to remind you that the special occasion on which we have met to-day ;a eeds no word of mine to say how much the usefuln e ss of these societies is appreciated. I see around met nen of the first eminence in their professions in the is neighbourhood. I am glad to find that this me eeing does not dwindle down. It is supported with the same spirit now as it was when it was origeie iated, although it has now been years on foot ; an d this assures me that those who are much better j a dges of the matter than I can be feel that these as! io ciations are of great use to the neighbourhood. (Cheers.) What is it that these meetings do? T'a ey do not confer any particular advantage upon th e occupiers of land, but the whole efforts either of re,§;ricultural or horticultural asso ciations are direr ted towards endeavouring to in duce agricultural labourers to improve themselves in that calling in which they have been placed by Providence. Su .e h associations must, therefore, surely be for thei r advantage. No doubt, indirectly, they, act beneficil Lily upon the employers of agri cultural labour ; b ut, at all events, their establish ment in any part icular district evinces a kindly feeling upon the pi irt of landlords and tenant far mers towards tho who are engaged in the actual tilling of the soil. Associations of this character have spread throe ighout the length and breadth of the land. They :are not situated here and there only, but, taking the county of Oxfordshire as an example, we can . scarcely find any considerable market town wh ieh has not its flourishing agri cultural society. I cannot believe that my coun trymen, noted as they generally are for their good sense, would tak e upon themselves all the trouble of organising ai ill conducting such associations, the labour of reefing upon committees, and the general pet feirmance of arduous duties in order to secure I 'air play to all—l can never be lieve that intellig-e tit men like Englishmen would undertake all this i finless they were thoroughly con• vinced that such r i ssociations conferred very great benefits upon the v arious districts in which agricul tural societies are situated. (Cheers.) So far as my limited means of : forming an opinion is concerned, I can unhesitatingly say that they do great good. (Hear.) I am, tl terefore, always glad to give my countenance and support to them. I was asked by a gentleman to-day e in the garden in which your flower show was held, if I did not think it was a great bore to con le to a place of this sort. (Laugh tar.) Now, for t he life of me, I cannot understand what bore it can be to a country gentleman it l to an an agricultural c assoc i a tion at its annual disp r i at the close of tl le proceedings eat s a gooa i d ne r. „, ; fo' g V MA ::: it. .. 11 • o c.,. is, 'F) co ~ v ." Eg 4. 5 PA • 0 trt IV '5 to tv, 0.0 ,-• Ig ... a. .. co . e . M cf) op co or kc ." Nect po. r+ f+ PA E. R r CIT CA 1. , • . ~. '.< ' 4 -______________ 1: , to 0, .e , ..+ a 0., 1. c 4 3 . 5 (2/* ••o in c ; . ; P. et, r c' Ry ti ; 2 -gg tt o E m f2"'". 0 P co r.: is . El c. . 0 PP • 0 o is) 04 Pr ig r, Of 4 - 4, On Wednesday, 18th September, the Great St. Leger Day, and on Friday, the 20th September, the Cup Day, Cheap Ex cursion Trains will be despatched from London (King's-cross Station), at 6.0 a.m. for Doncaster, arriving at 11.0 a.m., and returning from Doncaster each day at 6.30 p.m. Fare for the Double Journey, in closed carriages, 1 s Horses may he sent on any week day by the Trains leaving King's-cross at 6.30 7.40 a . m., an d 12.0 noon, or 1.45 p.m., and on Sundays at 7.30 a.m. A Special Train for the conveyance of 11 orses will leave Doncaster of 10.0 a.m. on Saturday, 21st, for King's-cross and other stations. For further particulars see bills to be obtained at King's cross, the Receiving Offices in London, and at the stations in the country. SEYMOUR CLARKE, General Manager. Lend - on, King's-cross Station, Sept., 1861. GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY.- TOURIST.i' TICKETS, at - heap Fares, availale for One Calendar Month, are issued from King's-cross St b ation. as under:— Fares for the Double Journey. Closed Ist Class. 2d Class. Carriages s. d. a. d. s. d. 110 6 .... 79 6 .... 40 0 113 0 .... 82 0 .... 42 0 118 6 87 0 .... 44 0 120 0 .... 90 0 44 0 To Edinburgh and back .. To 41asow and back To Stirling- and back To Dunkeld or Perth and back To Dundee, Forfar, Brechin, Montrose, Arbroath, or 120 0 .... 90 0 .... 46 Aberdeen and back To Scarborough,Whitby,Red car, Piley, Bridlington, orl 51 0 35 0 Withrsrnsea and back To Harrogate and back To Isle of Man and back Passengers wishing to stay longer than one c , ilendar month at Scarborough, Whitby, Redcar, Filey, Bridlington, With ernsea, or Harrogate, can do so on payment of a small addi tional per -tentage, For further particulars, see Programmes, to b e o bt a i ne d a t King's-cross Statio n , and all the ReceAring Offices in London, and at the Stations ,n the country. SEYMOUR CLARKE, General Manager London, King's-cross Station, Sept., Ir6l. (4REAT NORTHER N RAILWAY. NA CHEAP EXCURSION TRAINS wig leave London (Ring's-c ross S tation), on SATUR 214 September, re tnrning on Wednes lay, 25th September, as under :; At 7.30 a.m. for Fares for the Double Journey. Ist Class. Clos'd Car. Peterborce Stamford.. 14" d 7s. (14. Grantham 15s. Od. .. 7s. 6d. §paldint .Elolbeacl6s. Od. Bs. od. . Fares for the Double Journey. Ist Class. Clos'd Car. Boston Ms. od. .. Bs. Od. Linnnin ___ 1 Horneastle 5 ISs. Od. 9s. Od. Louth .... Gt. Grims-1 225. Od. —lls. Od. by At 10.20 a.m. for Newark 15s. Od. .. 7s. 6d. I Leeds .... Sheffield .. 1 Barnsley.. 5 20s. Od. ..10s. Od. Bradford .. 20s. Od. ..10s. Od. Doncaster lBs. Od. .. 9s. Od. York 'Wakefield 2os. Od. —lOll. Od. Hull 1 255. Od. ..12s. 6d. CHEAP EXCURSION TRAINS will also leave London (Ring's-cross Station), at 10.0 a.m, for HUDDERSFIELD, STALEY B RIDGE, OLDHAM, MANCHESTER, and LIVERPOOL. Fares for the Double Journey. Fiist Class 2ls. Closed Carriages.. 12s. 6d. On SATURDAY, 26th September, returning only on Wed nesday, 2d October. On SATURDAY, 12th October, returning only on Wednes day, 16th October. And for the same stations—Fares for the Double Journey. First Class 37s. Closed Carriages.... 17s. On 'ATURDAY, lath September, returning either on Sa turday, 12th, or Wednesday, 16th October. On WEDNESDAY, 2d October, returning either on Satur day, 12th October, or on Wednesday, 16th October. CHEAP EXCURSION TRAINS will leave LIVERPOOL, MANCHESTER, STALEYBRIGDE, OLDHAM, and BUDDERSP I ELD, for LONDON, on the 28th S ep t em b er. and 2d and 12th October, at similar Fares to the above. Tickets for the Trains from London may be obtained on the two previous days to the running- of each train, at King's cross Station ; Angel-street, St. Martin's-le-Grand ; 32, Regent's-c rcus ; and 264, Holborn ; and on the morning of he running of each Train at King's-crosq Station only. An early application for them is particularly requested. Further particulars given in Bills, to be obtained at King's- Cross, and principal stations, or at any of the Company's Re ceiving Offices in London. SEYMOUR CLARKE, General Manager. London, King's-cross Station, September, 1861. THE VIGOUR OP YOUTH RESTORED IN FOUR WEEKS by Dr. RICORD'S ESSENCE OF LIFE. This wonderful agent will restore manhood to the most shattered constPution, whether arising from self-pollution, excesses, nocturnal emissions, the effects of climate, or natu ral causes The time required to cure the most inveterate ease is tour weeks ; and, if used according to the printed in structions (which are very simple), failure is impossible, This life-restoring remedy should be taken by ail about to marry, as its effects are permanent. It is acknowledged by the medical press to be the greatest discovery ever made. Success in every case is as certain as that water quenches thirst Dr. Rilord's Essence of Life is sold in cases, with full in efructions for use, at Its., or four quantities in one for 335.. and may be sent to any part of the world, carefully packed, on receipt of remittance or post-office order payable to Prout and Co. Dr. Ricord's Sole Agent in London is Prout, Patent Medi cine Warehouse, 229, Strand (seven doors west of' Temple ban. THE BUILDERS' STIRKE. 22 3 11tilbpr of S of friends whom have not the opportunity meeting, perhaps, at any other period of the year. Besides, it is always said that nothing goes on well in England unless it is supplemented by a good dinner. Even our public charities do not get on very well unless there is an annual banquet. In point of fact, nothing can be well done in this coun try without a good dinner. (Hear, and laughter.) Why, then, should not agricultural associations celebrate their anniversary meetings with a dinner ? When men dine together publicly they have an op portunity of seeing and conversing with those whom they do not often meet. Oki friendships are revived, an d we hear a good deal that stirs us up. (Hear.) We often get to know something more of each other than we knew before, and we often hear statements 1 that convey valuable information to our minds. For my own part, I never could understand the notion I that Englishmen should not come together on any legitimate occasion and enjoy a good dinner. I shall always be happy, iu my individual capa c it y, to assist and countenance these associations. (Cheers.) In conclusion, I beg to thank you for the hearty manner in which you have drunk my health, and trust that, on many future occasions, I shall have the pleasure of meet ing my Oxfordshire friends at these gatherings, and of marking the general advancement of agriculture and the spread of agricultural knowledge among all classes of the community who are more deeply in terested in its prosperity. (Cheers.) Colonel NORTH, M.P., also responded. He said, —My right hon. friend has so entirely expressed my feelings that he has completely taken the wind out of my sails; but, at the same time, I cannot help expressing with him the gratitude and delight we feel at the manner in which you have returned us as your representatives. Every Englishman must be proud of the high position of representing his fellow-countrymen in the British House of Com mons ; but the honour and pleasure which accom pany it depend on the manner in which that mem ber is returned. Here in Oxfordshire you do us the kindness to return us perfectly unpledged, and I can only say for one that I would hardly undertake the duties on any other terms. (Hear, hear.) Certainly the experience which I have acquired in the House of Commons teaches me the folly of extracting pledges, for I have always found that those members who have been steeped up to their throats in pledges have been the first to throw their constituents to the winds. (Hear, hear.) As you are well aware, many most important and difficult questions are brought before the House of Commons, but I believe there are few questions that do come before us that are not thoroughly understood by my right hon. friend and colleague. (Cheers.) I believe there is no man in the House of Com mons who is more looked up to or whose opinion is more valued than Mr. Henley. (Loud cheers.) It sometimes happens that questions arise of consi derable importance, which I am not so well able to understand as my right honourable friend, but I am always happy and delighted to receive the benefit of his advice and assistance. (Hear, hear.) I can only add that I am always desirous of bringing to bear upon the discussion of these ques tions the little ability I possess, and a sincere and anxious desire to do justice to my countrymen and to the country at large. My friend, Mr. Hamers ley, in proposing the toast, has been kind enough to refer to the part I have taken in the debates of the House of Commons upon military questions. I believe that the Volunteer movement has done much to open the eyes of the people of this country upon military matters, and to lead them to understand, more thoroughly than they did before, that sort of freemasonry and affectionate feeling which exist between the officers of our army and those they have under their command. I fearlessly assert that considering the difference in birth and station that exists between the officers and the men, considering also that that difference is increased by the stern and necessary rules of discipline which regulate the army, there is no body of men in the world in which a more affectionate regard subsists between class and class. (Hear.) There are one or two acts of injustice which were formerly committed with regard to the army, for the removal of which I my self claim the credit. Perhaps you will allow me 'to mention one instance. You will hardly believe that until a comparatively recent period the only person who was excluded from the gallery of the House of Commons, and prevented from listening to the debates, was the mar. who wore that uniform which has carried the honour and glory of this country to every part of the world. It so happened that towards the end of the Crimean war I saw in one of the lobbies of the house an artilleryman and a private of the 17th Lancers, who had been most desperately wounded. They asked me for an order that would admit them to the stranger's gallery, which I gave them immediately, when one of the officials who was standing by observed, " It's of no use, sir ; when they get up they will find the door shut in their faces." I said, "If that is so, it is the last time it shall occur, if I can help it." The men went up and found the door closed against them, on which I at once went to the Speaker and reported the matter to him. He expressed great surprise, and said he could not understand under what circumstances such a rule had been adopted. He added that, in his opinion, the last man who ought to be excluded were men who had rendered so many gallant services to their country. I felt it my duty to bring the matter before the House, and I am glad to say the result was that the rule was immediately abolished. (Hear.) I must say that ever since I have felt no little pride and de• light when I see red coats in our gallery. (Hear, hear.) There are other matters in which I have interfered where my opinion was that injustice was being done. Many circumstances have occurred which have shown that our policy with regard to the men of the army has been most miserable and parsimonious. lam bound to say, however, that the moment I have brought under the notice of the House any instance in which injustice has been done, I have experienced to difficulty in obtaining its removal. (Cheers.) I feel most thankful to you for having afforded me the means of being of assist ance to those in whose ranks I have served, and for whom, to the last hour of my life, I shall feel the most ardent affection. (Cheers.) Mr. BROWN proposed the health of Mr. Bernard, M.P., who, in responding, expressed his great gra tification at the abundant harvest which Providence had blessed us with, and contrasted the present condition of things with the gloom and despond ency which overspread the land at this time last year. Various other toasts were proposed, and the pro ceedings were brought to a close at a late hour. The London Strike Committee have received within the last few days the sum of £lOO from va rious trade societies, and yesterday the sum of XlOO was forwardedto them from the United Society of Boiler Makers, These sums are independent of the strike allowance from their own society, and the weekly levy of 3s. each from every member of the society working in London. It is also expected that the Executive Council of the Amalgamated Engi neers, at their next meeting, will, in accordance with the recommendation of some of their influential branches, propose a 6d. levy on the 23,000 members composing this important and influential body. The following outline of the proceedings at the meeting of the master builders on Thursday last is stated to be reliable. Much disappointment was ex pressed by those present at the number of absentees, and in consequence no definite action w . upon. It was acknowledged that, in the b i ents, maintain the hour system in their suffering, great they had suffered, and were still stubborn pecuniary loss, owing to the unexpectedlykayers to the resistance of the masons and bricklayers the m asons now ralis:hfrmorts to sys tem. A proposition to send th s entertained, but found with the country jobs . . was orm or two exceptions, the it e stated , the resultwa s ultimately o f the call a d m j o a u d r e n4 working in London under the some e ur system to go on impractic Ible, as, with one were not wholly manned. London jobs t e for Th the Masons' Society . eamfeewetidnagy,s, to se upon their country members. The 1218180138' committee are about taking active measures to induce those men who have accepted the hour system in London to come out, and have offered to those who will leave a remission of the fine they have incurred, to place them on the strike fund, and to recognise them as fair members of the trade. 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Now ready, with Portrait and numerous Illustrations, 215., THE OKAVANGO RIVER. A NARRATIVE of TRAVEL, EXPLORATION, and ADVENTURE. By CHARLES JOHN ANDERSSON, Author of " Lake Ngami." "Mr. Andorsson's book, from the number of well-told ad ventures, its unpretending style, its rich fund of information, and spirited illustrations, µ•ill command a wide circle of readers. The interest of his story never flags for a moment." —Atheneum. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. 1 1 HE PRESENT DISTRESS IN TRADE fully explained in J. GROSSMITH'S " GOVERNMENT UPON FIRST PRINCIPLES." The cause is there predicated of the monetary difficulties ex perienced in 1860. The Crisis is at hand. Anxiety in bus ness has now become the grim torture. Purity of motive, intelligently exercised, must animate all Governments, or all is lost, All denominations of Constitutions are carefully examined in J. Grossmith's "Government upon First Prin ciples." Kent and Co., Paternoster-row. The Fourth Edition, Just Published, Bvo, in cloth, price ss. by post free, ss. 6d. ON TRUE and FALSE SPERMATORRHCEA ; with the View to the Correction of wide-spread Errors in relation to the Treatment and Cure of Sufferers from De bility of the Generative system, or Sexual Hypochrondriasis. Translated from the German of Dr. PICKFORD. " Dr. Pickford is known to English readers by his frequent practical contributions to German medical literature. This is the first time, he informs ns, that he has addressed himself to the non-medical reader. •We trust that this may not be the last, if he shall detect any other equally flagrant evil which it may be in his power to correct."—London Medical Gazette. " The editor has conferred a great boon on the sufferers from this distressing malady by translating this little book, and by laying bare the scandalous practices of unqualified adventurers, who profess to cure a disease of which they know nothing, with no other object than to fill their own purses. The difference between true Spermatorrhcea and the various forms of disease which resemble it are accurately de scribed, and thus a safe guide is offered for the treatment of the malady."—Medical Circular. " We have dilated so long upon the contents of the preli minary chapter, that we have scarcely left ourselves space for any notice of the subject specially treated of by Dr. Pickford ; but the moderate price at which the 'brochure' is sold, places it within the reach of every one interested in the matter."— Dublin Medical Press. London : H. Bailliere, 219, Regent-street. ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY, HEAD OFFICES—Lombard-street, London ; and Royal Insurance Buildings, Liverpool. Branch Offices—Manchester, Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds, Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Dublin. EXTRACTS FROM THE REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1860. `The suocess of the Company, e en in its earliest years, received the marked al ten ion, and elicited the surprised co • ments, of writers best acquainted with the history of In surance Companies. " Fire Premiums for 1860 EQUAL the Total Fire Premiums for the SEVFN YEARS 1845 to 1851. "Life Premiums for 1860 IeXC 4 ED the Entire Life Pre miums for the EIGHT Y;• ARS ending, 1852. "Purcha e of Annuities in 1 8 60 LARGELY EXCEEDS the similar receipt for the first TEN YEARS, 1845 to 1854. "Thi. progress, it is believed, is unsurpassed, cnasidering, hat it applies to each of the three branches of the business." FIRE BRANCH. "The Fire Branch has certain y shown no exhaustion dim ing; the year 1860 of that impetus which had previously brought it to a position - of the first magnitude among the Insurance Companies of the United Kingdom The Fire Premiums in 1859 had advanced to the sum of .E2'8,314 7s. 3d. in Thee the amount of Fire Premiums has arrived at a sum of X? '2,977 19.. Ild., showing an increase of £3.1,663 12s. Bd., ex . eedinr; the large advance of the preceding year, so that in two years the Fire Revenue of the Company has been en h need by the enormous sum of £66,829 17s. sd. " The Parliamentary Report of Returns of Duty paid to Government for the year 1860 exhibits the alimentation of the business to a more prominent way, as it affords the means of comparison with other Companies. The Proprietors will be gratified to learn that the increase of Duty paid by the Royal in the last year is more than double that of any other Co • pany, either London or Provincial, whilst only one of those Companies even approaches to 50 per cent. of the ad vance of this Comp ny. Our increase actually (Tina's 30 per cent. of the entire increase of the whol •of he Metropolitan Offices combined, whilst of the Provincial Offices it forms up wards of 30 ner cent. of the total advanceof 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 of each succeeding - year show ing an advance over the one that had immediately preceded it. A similar result is shown in the year 1860, the Premiums on New Policies. after deducting Guarantees, be ng £15,097 17s, 106., which is an increase on that item of £1,993 17s. sd. above the amt , unt r.tceived 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 Com any 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 of 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 itself exceeded the sum assured in any like previous period of time "If this success be continued, the Royal Insurance Com pany would, with respect to . the amount of its new business, be at once placed (at least with one or two exceptions) at the head of all the Insurance Companies doing business in this Country, and the anticipations of the last Report, to the effect that the details 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. Expenses chiefly born by the Fire Branch, in order to Increase the Bonus tl be Returned. LIFE BONUSES DECLARED, Two per Cent. per Annum on the Sum Assured : THE GREATEST BONUS EVER CONTINUOUSLY DECLARED BY ANY COMPANY. SECURITY FOR BOTH FIRE AND LIFE BRANCHES CAPITAL, TWO MILLIONS Sterling. . Accumulated Funds in hand exceed £BlO,OOO. PERCY M. DOVE, • Manager and Actuary. JOHN B. JOHNSTON, Secretary. ARGYLL ROOMS, Windmill-street, Hay market, IS NOW OPEN for the Season EVERY EVENING, under the direction of Monsieur BOULCOURT principal Cornet-a-piston and Conductor. The music will be selected from Verdi, Sleyerbeer, Rossini, Flotow, Belie, and other eminent Composers. During . the recess these well known Rooms have been en•irely RE-DECORATED and I VPROVED by Messrs. H. T. SMITH and assistants. The new Chandeliers by M. Benjamin. Admiss'on, One Shillimr. —Al' the new Music to be had at the office, No. 7, Great Windmill-street. LIPANISH AND PORTUGUESE WINES. 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(Established A.D. 1844.) No. 3, PALL MALL EAST, LONDON. Prospectuses and Forms for Opening Accounts sent free on application. PETER MORRISON, Managing Director. ADVOWSON.—FREEHOLDS 'UPTON AND ROTHERS THORP E, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE. TO BE SOLD, pursuant to an Order of the High Court of Chancery, in a cause of Donaldson v. Fairfax, with the anprobation of Vice-Chancellor Kindersley, in Five Lots, by Messrs. Holloway and Son, at the George Hotel, Northampton, on SATURDAY, the 26th day of Octo ber, 1861, at Three o'clock in the Afternoon, very valuable Freehold Estates, situate at Upton and Rothersthorpe, in the county of Northampton, consisting of 374 Acres of Land, Water Mill. and the perpetual Advowson and Right of Pre sentation to the V carage of Rothersthorpe, part of the Estates of the late Sir Thomas -Samwell, Baronet. - - - . Particulars and conditions of sale, with plan, may be had gratis of Messrs. King and M'Millin, No. 4, Danes-inn, St. Clement's, Strand, London, solic tors ; at the George Hotel, Northampton ; the Swan Hotel, Bedford ; the George Hotel, Huntingdon ; the Royal Hotel, Kettering ; the Angel Hotel, Market Harborough ; the Spread Eagle, Rugby ; the White Bart Hotel, Leicester ; the Crown Hotel, Leamington ; and of the Auctioneers, Pitsford, near Northampton. EDWD. WEATHERALL, Chief Clerk. TIIE PAPER TRADE. The papermakers of this country have the satis faction of finding that their own predictions have been signally verified. To be sure, the satisfaction is rather a gloomy one, inasmuch as their forebodings implied the ruin of their trade, but it is something, still, to find one's-self in the right. It has been said that even calamity may have its agreeable side so long asit is exceptional, distinctive, and altogether without parallel. Victims of misfortune delight in describing their fate as unprecedeuted and unique. It gratifies them to dilate on the peculiar and ex traordinary features of their case, and to represent themselves especially as suffering from a visitation which they had always foretold, though nobody would believe them. Our readers can hardly have forgotten the protests which were put in from the paper trade during the recent legislation upon that I subject. Nothing could be more reasonable than these expostulations, but unhappily there was a presump tion against them too strong to be overcome. What the papermakers were saying all kinds of people had said before them. Every trade in turn had repre sented its own position as "unexceptional" and " peculiar." Nobody denied the abstract truth of Free-trade doctrines, but all rules have their excep tions, and here was the exception to Free-trade. " Competition in all other callings, but protection in ours," was invariably the demand, and when it came to the papermakers' turn, and they set up the same cry, they were not believed. So the Acts were Passed and the ptipermakers were non suited ; and now appears the report of a select com mittee confirming in all important particulars the allegations of these unlucky traders, and declaring the injustice with which they have been treated. The paper manufacture is pronounced upon this un impeachable authority to stand in " a peculiar and exceptional position." It cannot really be classed with the other staple trades of the country. The doctrines which applied to other manufactures are not applicable to this. The illused papermakers are really in a bad way, and, for once, all that was said about the " untaxed foreigner" and destruc tive competition has turned out to be true. That paper, or at least that class of it which is used for literary purposes, is principally made from rags, ;s a very elementary proposition, though it would have been as well if our authorities had borne it a little better in mind. This raw material on which a great manufacture depends is of a character altogether peculiar. It is not a production of industry in any way whatever. It is nothing but a refuse, and the consequence is that the supply cannot be increased or extended to meet a demand. When a piece of linen or cotton has answered its original purposes it becomes a rag ; but, as the rag can never be so valuable as the linen itself, nobody would ever think of deliberately turning linen into rags. Rags therefore are produced involuntarily, and the producers indeed are interested in limiting the production, for the longer a man can wear his* clothing before throwing it away the better will it be for his pocket. The raw material, therefore, of paper cannot be sown or grown. So much of it, and no more, comes into the market according to the numbers or other conditions of any particular population, nor is there any method of iqcreasing the available amount except by greater care in the process of collection. This being the case, the papermakers urged that if England allowed free exports of rags and free imports of paper, while other countries prohibited or taxed the exportation of the raw material, the foreign paper manufacturers would enjoy such an advantage as would . give them the command of the English market to the ruin of the home trade. France, for instance, and Belgium would have the raw material of paper artificially cheap. They would keep their rags at a compara tively low price by shutting out foreign purchasers from their rag markets, and, having thus got a start, would send their manufactured paper over here duty-free, and undersell the British papermaker by virtue of the advantage which they had themselves created. " So," said our manufacturers, " let us have fair play and free trade on both sides. Give us access to foreign rag markets and we will meet foreigners in our own paper markets, but it you allow them to have the benefit of Protection when they are buying their material, and Free Trade when they are selling their manufactures, we cannot stand up against such competition as that." However, the collective wisdom of the nation thought otherwise. The appeal was unsuccessful, and when the Customs duty on foreign paper finally expired'our manufacturers were left exactly in the position they had predicted. The Report of the Committee, in recapitulating the actual results of this legislation, confirms the predictions on which the Papermakers had ven tured, while it shows that the prophecies uttered on the other side had not been realised. The "equalisations" anticipated from sundry influences have not taken effect, so that the disadvantage under which the British papermaker labours "ap pears to be permanent." The substitutes said to be forthcoming for rags have not been found. The relief expected from the French Government has not been fully experienced, inasmuch as the prohi• bition, instead of being removed, has only been ex changed for a duty, while in Belgium the absolute prohibition exists still. When, therefore, under these circumstances the last penny of import duty was removed on this side the Channel, and paper manufactured from this protected material admitted freely into oar markets, the effect was to reduce the value of British paper about 10 per cent , " so as to entail a loss on the working of some mills and drive others to go upon half-time, while the foreign makers have been able to secure an enhanced price." In fact, the Report speaks as roundly to the point as a meeting of the trade could do, affirming that " the most disastrous consequences must ensue to the British paper manufacturer unless some steps umec fact t cit i eth t s i nt o h n hua at twhv other F t r hr their eteh hand,o s e Trade os it f t e the aai Continent." are speedily tak en t o p l ace h i m on terms of fair n a m l t doneipe o s s . s i b i e a r ew t o cu a o r kn v e . r s l p o A o i n k l nu competition cotton and manufacture hardware better than any people: We are getting the command of the French market at thi s moment in a variety of manufactureno or a n t y he articles pf n tuh o s t e w Frenchii t n h s t t a h n e d i other c o s t of of people p t r a a p n e s r po , can w r transport, o s a h nn o tds ti t l r d ii be content to have it so, provided we meet them on equal terms. All this is plain sailing, but all this, it must be confessed, does not touch the point on which the Papermakers insist. They concur unanimously, as the report observes, in re pudiating all desire for protective duties. They profess themselves ready and willing to contend against " any natural facilities or advantages which foreign nations may possess." What they ask is that those countries which desire the benefit of free admission to our market should not be allowed to create for themselves an artificial advantage by shutting their markets against us. If the raw material were of a less unique and extraordinary nature they could easily procure supplies; but where re strictions they cannot make head the whole am ount available is limited b y such in superableagainst the superiority which a protected supply how it can be denied that this is We do not see a bard case for the British Papermakers. Parlia which virtually taxes t has sanctione d a treat y men confers upon the manufacturer. , as if the sane duties Were levied 0 Southampton the raw material of o ur Pa p ermakers q uite as much ' and Hull instead of at Havre and Hamburg. The object of treaties is to do justice to both sides, but in this instance the advantage has been wholly secured to our rivals. Of course, we cannot re turn to our old system of countervailing duties, " and the committee therefore recommend that the British Government should continue strenuous exertions to effect the removal of all restrictions abroad upon the export of all papermaking mate rials." That is the alternative, no doubt, but are our " exertions" likely to be successful ? Our foreign rivals are tasting the actual delights of commercial superiority, and are probably not a little gratified to find how completely we are beaten. Will they surrender their advantagejust when it is beginning to iny ? We can hardly ex pect such magnanimity at their hands. On the contrary, we should rather fear that, when the field is all their own, they may turn the monopoly to good commercial account, and saddle us, not only with foreign paper, but with dear paper to. — Times. MEETING OF THE oPERATIVES IN THE SILK TRADE. Last evening a numerous meeting of the opera tives in the silk trade Was held at Crown and Anchor Tavern, Cheshire -street, Waterloo Town, Bethnal-green, " in consequence," to use the words of the bill calling the meeting, "of a fearful reduc tion of wages which had been offered to the opera tives-by an association of silk manufacturers; to hear the report of the various deputations which had been sent to the employers, to remonstrate against the most extravagant and uncalled-for re duction that had ever been offered to the already starving workman ; and also hear the report of the conference which had taken place on the subject at a meeting of employers and workmen." Mr. Walker was called to the chair. The CHATRMAN briefly stated the object of the meeting, after which Mr. PERRY, who formed one of the deputation that waited on the associated masters in connec tion with this matter rose to explain the circum stances of the case. He commenced his observations by saying that that was not a meeting of velvet weavers alone, to whom the reduction in wages was to be made, but it consisted of members of all branches of the silk trade, who desired to do all that in them lay to assist their brother workmen in the velvet branch of the trade. He might now observe that 12 months ago the velvet silk weavers con sented to a censiderable reduction of wages. Some masters at the time said it would not be possible to reduce the wages of the operatives lower, yet they now associated with other masters who had pro posed to reduce the wages still lower. (Hear.) The proposition was unprecedented, not only es regarded the period of the year at which it was made, but also to the extent to which it was intended to go, for it was actually proposed to make a reduction in some instances even as much as 25 per cent. In consequence of this proposal on the part of the mas ters meetings of the operatives took place, the result of which was a deputation to the Associated Mas ters. A meeting between the masters and the depu tation took place on Tuesday last. There were eight out of the ten associated masters present. The state ments made by the masters in justification of the proposed reduction were of a most conflicjing cha racter—some said they were suffering from the effects of foreign competition because the foreign silk manufacturer could, owing to the rate of wages which he paid being less than that paid in this coun try, undersell the English manufacturer here. Other of the associated masters, however, attributed the difficulty with which they had to contend to home competition—namely, that some masters could get their work done cheaper than they could; and a third portion of the masters said that they only kept their workshops open out of sympathy with the men, as the prices they received for the mann factured article did not remunerate them. Now, with respect to the first ground stated by the mas ters, namely, that they were not able to compete with the foreigner because of the rate of wages which they paid, the deputation of the working men showed the English velvet weaver was receiv ing less wages than the weaver at Cranfeldt, in Rhenish Prussia. They showed this from the book of wages agreed to in 1859, with the sanction of the Government, and which rate of wages would be in force for four years from that time. The masters professed to follow the principle carried out in Ger many, but the deputation fully established the fact that the rate of wages was higher in Germany. The deputation also proved that the home competition referred to by the masters was equally without foundation ; and that as to the subject of sympathy the deputation thought it would be better for the masters to close their workshops for the present rather than a permanent reduction of the wages of the operatives should take place; so that when the shops opened again they could do so at the old rate of wages. Now he (Mr. Perry) thought it would be better to let the masters close their shops, if they chose to do so, but they had no such intention, than for the workmen to take out work at the newly pro posed rate of wages, and if there was no other way of meeting the difficulty they must only have re course to the Poor Law. (Hear, hear.) The masters seemed determined to abide by the proposal, and the consequence was that it became necessary for the general body of the operatives in the silk trade to take some action in the matter. (Hear,) Mr. WHITER then begged to move the following resolution :—" That having heard of a most un called-for and unprecedented reduction of wages just made by some of the masters in the velvet branch of the silk trade in Spitalfields, this meeting, consist ing of workmen in all branches of the silk trade, is determined, when the opportunity arrives, to assist the velvet weavers to drive as hard a bargain with their employers as th e em pl o y ers are now driving with them.' Mr. WATTS in seconding the resolution showed that the effect of the proposed reduction in wages would be equal to 25 per cent., and said that the masters in Spitalfields were many of them making rapid fortunes at the expense of the operatives. One house that had commenced with very small means was now said to be worth £lOO,OOO. (Hear.) It ought to be made known that it was not the city masters, but the Spitalfields masters, that were the persons who proposed the present reduction of wages. The resolution was then put to the meeting and was unanimously adopted. Thanks were given to the Press and to the chair man, and the meeting separated. THE NEW STATE OF KANAWHA. The following letter addressed to a member of the Convention of North-Western Virginia, gives the opinion of the United States' authorities on the question raised by the proposed creation of the new State of Kanawha : "Attorney-General's-office, Aug. 12. " Sir,—Your letter of the , 9th inst. was received within this hour, and, as you ask an immediate answer, you of course will not expect me to go elaborately into the subject. " I have thought a great deal upon the question of dividing the State of Virginia into two States, and since I came here as a member of the Govern ment I have convErsed with a good many and cor responded with some of the good men of Western Virginia in regard to that matter. In all this in tercourse my constant and earnest effort has been to impress upon the minds of those gentlemen the vast importance, not to say necessity, in this terrible crisis of our national affairs, to abstain from the in troduction of any new elements of ravolution—to avoid, as far as possible, all new and original theories of government, but, on the contrary, in all the insurgent commonwealths, to adhere as closely as circumstances will allow to the old constitutional standard of principle, and to the traditional habits and thoughts of the people ; and I still think that course is dictated by the plainest teachings of pru dence. "The formation of a new State out of Western Virginia is an original, independent act of revolu tion. Ido not d en y th e p ower o f revo l u ti on . Id o not call it right, for it is never prescribed ; it exists in force only, and has and can have no law but the will of the revolutionists. Any attempt to carry it out involves a plain breach of both the Constitu tions—of Virginia and of the nation. And hence it is plain that you cannot take such a course with out weakening, if not destroying, your claims upon the sympathy and support of the general Govern- i ment, and without disconcerting the plan already adopted both by Virginia and the general Govern ment for the reorganisation of the revolted States and the restoration of the integrity of the Union. "That plan 1 understand to be this :—When a State, by its perverted functionaries, has declared itself out of the Union, we avail ourselves of all the sound and loyal elements of the State, all who own allegiance to and claim protection of the Constitu tion, to form a State Government nearly on the former model, and claiming to be the very State which has been in part overthrown by the success-. ful rebellion, In this way we establish a constitu tional nucleus, around which all the shattered elements of the commonwealth may meet and com bine, and thus restore the old State to its original integrity. e "This, I verily thought, was the plan adopted at Wheeling, and recognized and ac t e d u p on by th e General Government here. Your Convention an. nulled the revolutionary proceedings at Richmond, both in the Convention and the General Assembly, and your new Governor formally demanded of the President the fulfilment of the constitutional guaranty in favour of Virginia—Virginia as known to our fathers and to us. The President admitted the obligation, and promised his best efforts to fulfil it ; and the Senate admitted your senators, not as representing a new and nameless State, now for the first time heard of in our history, but as repre senting 'the good old commonwealth.' " Must all this be undone, and a new and hazar dous experiment be ventured upon at the moment when dangers and difficulties are thickening around us ? I hope not ; for the sake of the nation and. the State I hope not. I had rejoiced in the move ment in Western Virginia as a legal, constitutional and safe refuge from revolution and monarchy—as at once an example and fit instrument of all the revolted States. " I have not time now to discuss the subject in its various bearings. What I have written is written with a running pen, and will need your charitable criticism. If I had time to think I could give persuasive reasons for declining the attempt to create a new State at this perilous time. At another time I might be willing to go fully into the question, but now I can say no more. " Most respectfully, your obedient servant, "EDWARD BATES. "Hon. A, F. Ritchie, Virginia Convention, Wheeling." THE LATE ATI EMPTED MURDER AND BURGLARY AT ISLINGTON. At the Clerkenweli Police -court yesterday Mary Ann Redkisson, the young woman who was nearly murdered by Frederick Strugnell, at the late rob bery in Chapel-street, Lower-road, Islington, attended before Mr. D'Eyncourt, and said that she had come forward to vindicate her character from the aspersions that had been made on it, not only by the inhabitants of Kensington, where she resided, some of whom had written to the magistrates at this court, but also from the remarks that had been made in the press. The complaints that were made to the magistrate were to the effect that when the unfortunate woman received her weekly allowance which had been sent to this court by a generous public, she sadly mis applied it. She resides in James-street, Kensington, and the neighbours complained of the riots that were made in the house in which she resided, and that she paraded the neighbourhood dressed in a manner that was not very becoming. The Chief Usher of the court was directed to inquire into the matter, and from what he reported to the magistrate, our reporter was requested to state that no further money would be received at this court for Mary Ann Redkisson. The applicant now stated that all that had been said about her was false, and very wicked. She was living with quiet respectable people, and she kept herself very quiet. Mr. D'Eyncourt inquired of the Chief Usher if he had made proper inquiries as to the truth of the statements that had been made, and whether they were correct or not. The Chief Usher said that he was sorry to say that the statements were too correct. The young woman was well-known to the police of the district as living in a turbulent neighbourhood, and was walking about with a hat and feathers. When she came to this court to receive her money she came in a cab, not being content to ride in an omnibus. The applicant said a young man paid for the cab; and as for the hat, for she had no feathers, that was also made a present, when Mr. D'Eyncourt said it had been stated that you are pregnant. Is it so, or not ? Applicant—lt is not so. It was said that I was so when I was in the hospital, but it was found not to be so. I have always had a great many enemies. Mr, D'Eyneourt said, after some further conver sation, that he must decline to receive any more money for the applicant. Applicant—But I can have the money that is in hand. Mr. D'Eyncourt—No; at all events, not for the present. Whan kindly-disposed and benevolent persons send money here to be applied for the use of any particular individuals, and it is ascertained that the party receiving it does not apply it pro perly, the money remaining is placed in the poor box, so that the parties who sent it can either re ceive it back or allow it to remain for the use of the many pressing cases that continually come under the notice of the magistrates. If, after a time, it was ascertained that the applicant was livieg with re spectable persons, an d s h e h erse lf was conducting herself quietly, then he would take into considera tion Whether she should have the remainder of the money or not. The woman with whom the applicant is residing said that all that had been stated was false. Her house was very quiet, and she herself was a sober woman, and her husband was a respectable man. Certainly the streets at the back of her house and at the end were very noisy, being inhabited by costermongeri and other low persons. Mr. D'Eyncourt said he could do nothing fur ther in the matter, and the parties then left the court. The building of the Repulse, 91, screw man-of war, at Woolwich, has been suspended for some time past, and she has been surveyed by the Ad miralty authorities with a view to decide as to the advisability of altering her construction to a 51-gun frigate. THE GUN BOAT FLOTILLA.—The Admiralty have given instructions at Chatham and other of the Royal dockyards for the construction of ten more additional gun boats. ROYAL MARINES.—.First Lieut. John Strahan, in command of 2 serjeants, 2 corporals, and 60 Privates left the h ea d- quarters of thio Chatham division, yesterday morning, en route for Plymouth, ; and 30 recruits left Chatham for thefor embarkati onßoyal Aia rine depot, at Deal, the same morning. ANCIENT INCO SIE-TAX. It is remarkable that the old " subsidies" made the same distinction as that which it is now sought to establish in respect to the income-tax. In the reign of Henry VIII., for instance, and in the reign of Elizabeth, we find subsidies of 2s. Bd. in the pound on goods, and 4s. on land, the former sum exactly two-thirds of the latter ; so that it seems to have been an ancient principle of taxation in this country to recognise a distinction between capital embarked in trade and the rent of land. At the period to which we refer, land was worth not more than about 12 years' purchase, so that £12,000 invested in land producing £l,OOO a-year would pay £2OO tax ; the return from capital in trade was about £1 on £B, and £12,000 in stock-in-trade would return £1,500 a-year, and would also (at 2s. Bd.) pay £2OO tax. £lOO worth of goods traded with would yield one half more income than £lOO invested in land, but the tax was assessed with a reference to the value of the property from which the income was derived. This was stated before the Commons' Committee on the income-tax as a precedent for the plan now pro posed of assessing the professional and mercantile classes on only two thirds of their precarious in come—a proposal which the witnesses defended on various grounds, according to their various views. One maintained that the value of the two kinds of income differ in about the proportion of three-thirds and two-thirds; another, that one-third is about what ought to be, and is, saved from precarious in comes (on account of their being such), and made capital which will be taxed hereafter in its produce; another, that a deduction of one-third from profes sional incomes would about replace the capital laid out on the education necessary to earn them ; and another, that without resorting to science, common sense sees a difference between the position of a man who gets his income entirely from his exertions— from brains and work—and the position of a man deriving the same income from Consols or land. There is the risk of health, the precariousneSs of profit or employment, and the necessity of saving for old age, and also for a family. But though the witnesses alleged such various reasons, they all agree that the plan proposed would be " a fair ap proximation to equitable taxation," and would be accepted as such. The committee reported that it is better " not to unsettle the present basis of thetax ;'' but Mr. John Stuart Mill had remarked that that might be well said if the system pr oposed to be in terfered with were one that gave general satisfac tion, but that it is not so ; while, on the other hand, the schem e propounded would ' cover the greatest number of cases that have any claim to relief, and also the strongest cases, though it is not denied that there must still be cases of more or lees injustice. P, g t 'al r.s co so Eg ce; 0 •('? • 1,,, '5 . S p. ,- El 4.• El Pr •• cd, 0 . bo 1:1 4. 't;7' TiF -...: 0 v ~ Fel Pr . t‘,2 '7l oo . - t:, ... 5 la, 01 Pr - Ch c, r 0 '5 GO CA .. " Pr ••1.., ti t-i o o >1 O. 0 c )-3 tl i 74 a ci" .2 i i I ;. ia. 5 '; ARMY CONTRACTS. COMMISSARIAT, SOUTH CAMP, ALDERSHOT, SEPT. 5,1861. TENDERS will be Received at this Office until Noon on the 3d of OCTOBER, from Persons who may be willing to enter into Contract for the Supply of FORAGE, in such quantities as may be required from the Ist of Novem ber, 1861, to 31st of October, 1862, for the use of her Majesty's Land Forces stationed at Aldershot Camp, and within the command. The Tenders must be properly filled up and signed, and delivered at this Office, under Closed Envelope (marked on the outside "Tender for Forage "), before Noon on the 3d of October next, and no Tender will be noticed unless made on PRINTED FORMS, obtained from this Office. ALFRED SALWEY, Deputy Commissary-General. P O O h m ;4 4. `.l P )4 )