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''' .' t\ ''. • '- -.. • , , Ilk., MI 9,1 , ,Or I.'' yfr,..'" .4 1 A • I AN) ....,)7 •..4. - ,P, •:. • - 41W4,,, _.-- ' l, l' ,• ~ - d.- ~...,, ~,,,A .y..., . " \ • ..,.. ,, •.I,lfr , ,_!' : . ,-;---- • ' --• ' -- - t- '57.„ 'T: 1 i A WIDOW LADY, possessing a thorough kripwledge of Domestic Management, Is most desirous of an eneagoment as Companion to a Lads', or to superintend the Family of a Widower or Elderly Gentlem an.—Address C. G., 4, Trinity street, Blackheath-hill, Blackheath, Kent. :ET - CALEDONIAN. ~.;444, The half•yearly meeting of this company was ' Aktky . .._ Glasgow on Wednesday ; Air. William Johnstone in iV 1 : 2 41%,, e e t chair. :,,, e, The report, an. alostrAct of which has apisoared in The NI 11 Sun, was held as read. Ile CHATEAUX stated that the directors regretted ex ceedingly that they had to propo,., so snail a dieidend. They had done all in their power to ebtaie a better re turn, but circumstances which he would explain wou!d, be believed, satisfy the shareholders that 'a larger divi. t dend could n - .. be icoramended. A question would naturally arise to the effect—" Since you have had as much traffic as in the half-year ending July, 1855, why have we not now as large a dividend as in that half year 1" Then they paid a divine dat the rate Fit 3 per cent, per annum, and now- he regretted to say they could only recommend one at the rate of 1 per cent, per annum. The amount of dividend on the ordinary stock in July, 1855, was 45.795/ for that half-year. The amount of the liviclend for the helf year ending July, 1856, was 15,270/. The difference therefore was 30,5251. The increase of expenditure in the one half: year, as compared wits the other, was thus accounted for :—The increase in repairs of stations in the 1344- year just ended, as compared with the corresponding one in 1855, was 1,6001. The increase in relmirs of plant was 9,800/ ; the increase in locomotive expenses, 4,0001.; in general charges, 2,000/. ; in interest of money, 6,400/ ; in rates and taxes, 6,40(1. ; in passenger dory, 400/. ; in dividend on preferen ce shares, 2,5001. These, with other items, amounted tensors than 30,0001 of increased expenditure in the half-year of 1856, and thus more than accounted for the difference in the dividend. He then moved that the report be adopted, that the dividends of 4i per cent and 5 per cent. upon the preference stock, and 1 per cent. upon the ordinary stock, be paid on the lE of October. Mr. W. FENTON seconded the motion. Mr. COLQUHOUN moved : as an am en d ment to the re port, that the company s servants be rested on the Lord's day. This motion was seconded and supported, the speakers being repeatedly inaudible from the reluctance of the meeting to hear them. Mr. GILLOW moved that a committee be appointed to inquire into the affairs of the line and report upon what they considered the best mode of improving their con dition. A, Rcz-vi - a, ROOATS,—LAURENT'S CALSIN 4 ', °relit above clegan Rooms are row open every evening for the winter season, with Laurent's c , .tlehrated Orchestra. Principal Cornet-a-piston, M. Boulcourt. ' The Prowietor begs to iriform the public teat th s fashionAbl , 4 place of resort ha - been entirely redecorated during the recess. l.Soors open at half-past eight, commence at rite. Admis sion One Shilling. 16 otoves 6d. to 126 LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 19, 1856. (N . 20,047.) [PRICE 4D. STAMPED 61), lasi, each DIL KAHN'S ANATOMICAL MUSEUM, 4, Coventry-street, Leicester-s•-quare.—Operi (for Gontlemon only). from 10 till 10. containing tipw +rds of one thousand models and preparations, illus , ,•Ating every part of the human frame in health • end disease, the race of men, &c. Lectures delivered at 12, 2, and half-past 7, by Dr. G. SExro,r, F.R.G.S. ; and a new and highly-interesting series of Lectures is now in courss of delivery by Dr.' KAHN, at 4 p.m. precisely. Admission, One -,llllling. 15 meal, 1 of PUBLICATIONS. BANQUET TO CRIMEA.V OFFICERS AT PORTSMOUTH. Stephenson's statement in his address to the institution for Civil Engineers, no less than 3,000,000 tons of iron have been rolled into bars for railway purposes in the United Kingdom; and 200,000 tons of old rails have to be re rolled every year ; so that railways could neither have been formed nor maintained without the grooved rollers invented by Henry Cert. The saving to the public by r.ol .way conveyance is estimated by the same competent authority to be progressing at the rate of 40,000,0001. annually ; and as the total consumption of rolled iron is now at least 2,000,000 tons yearly, if we reckon the sav ing," on the iron at 10/. per ton, there are 20,000,0001. to add • the saving in conveyance, making an aggregate of 00,000,0110/. per annum. Again, if we compare the magnitude to which the iron trade of this country has been brought by Henry Cort's inv2ntions with the operations of foreign iron -masters, we ~ hall find that the iron manufactured in Great Britain is •qual in quantity to that produced in all the rest of the Worll. Neither France nor the United States manufac urei a third of the quantity which is produced by Great Britain alone. What, then, should be the measure of gratitude from the iron trade to the sole surviving de scendants of the man whose genius opened such a bound less field for the profitable employment of its skill and capital in all the markets of the world ? Third. A 48 , tm Oa ( MRS. TIOLLOPE'S NEW NOEL, F ASHIONABLE LIFE; or, PARIS and O'• DON, PORTSMOUTM, SEPT. 18. L.lst nibt the officers, naval and military, now stationed here, who served in the Crimea, thy: Black Sea, and the Baltic, wore entertained at a public dinner, given in their honour and as a token of welcome on their return home, by the gentry and inhabitants of the town and neighbourhood. The festival was held in the pavilion situate in the gover nor's parade-ground, in which the banquet to the soldiers, sailors, and marines took place on the previous day, and there were between 200 and - 300 gentlemen present, in cluding several officers of both services who distinguished themselves during the recent war. At least as many ladies Is now ready at all the libraries, in 3 vols. "A very amu'ing novel."—Standard. "The hook has among its merits the invaluable one of being ihoroughly readable."—EXaMhler. Hurst and Blackett, publishers, successors to Henry Colburn. ROYAL GARDENS, CREMORNE. -TO MORROW (Saturday, Sept. 20th), is AND FETE in Com- Inemoration of the Battle of the Alma. This Day and Nicht Gala Is Intended to display, through all the varierl features of these delightful Grounds, a Great Military Festival, and, to add to the attractiors of the day, there will be a Balloon Ascent and Lottery, the prizes being drawn.at 6in the evening 'Admittance, is. Doorso , en at 2. A SECOND EDITION, Revised, is now ready, in 2 vols., 215., bound, of REVELATIONS of PRISON LIFE ; with an Inquiry into Prison Discipline and secondary Pun ishments. this dal• Fere 3(1 tA? it s peseen s i ng doing ROYAL SURREY GARDENS.— M. CONCERTS.—Last Week but one.—THIS EVENllNG(Friday).—The production of the music and the Raading, by M[s b VANDENHOFF, of S-hakspere's play, A MEDATIMMER NIOH1"S DREAM, having given the highest satisfaction to an over towing audience, it will be continued This Evening and To-morrow Evenintg. Principal singers—Miss Poole and Miss Stabbach. The Chorus conducted by Mr. Land. Admittance Is. Mr. PERRIN will have the honour of making his first apps arance on Monday next. By GEORGE LAVAL CHESTERTON, Twentv-flve Years Governor of the House of Correction at Cold to 3 9 O d; oats 4 o l d , net, 186 'Weil 14s wt; Bath-fields. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough-street. TWELFTH EDITION. Now ready, with 15 illustrations, 65., bound, T HE CRESCENT AND THE CROSS. By ELIOT WARBURTON. " Independently of its value as an original narrative, and its useful and interestin4 informs' ion, this work is remarkable for the colouring power and play of fancy with which its descriptions are enlivened. Among its greatest and most lasting charms is its reverent and serious spirit . "—Quarterly Review. ; An d cow ill. Primal an 0 91— 1511 Y light! for tar t " ers is la CA/ TTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road. -OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The celebrated HUNGA RIAN MANE), under the direction of Herr KALOZDY, will perform every Es ening at 9 and 11 o'clock, in addition to the usual Vocal Entertaimment. The following company of talented Vocalists are perman cntly engaged for the performance of Selections from all the Popular Operas, Madrigals, Choruses, Duets, &c., :—Mrs J. Caulfiel , 1, Miss Brunel, Miss Sommers, and Miss Pearse ; Sam Cowell, Mr. J. Caulfield, Herr F. Jonghmans S. Jones, T. Farrant, W. Melling. Barker, Russell Grover, and P. Corrie; Masters E. Con nell, Au stin, and Bennett, and Mr. T. Mackney. Pianoforte, Mr. J. Hart 'oway, harmonium, J. Caulfield, jun. ; director, Mr. J. Caulfield. Commence at seven o'clock precisely. Suppers, &c., •etil twelve o'clock. Hurst and Blickett, Publishers, successors to Henry Colburn. ; THE ROMANCE AND RECORDS OF MAGYAR HISTORY, Just Published, in 2 vole. crown 8 vo., with Portrait of the Authot, and many Wood Engravings, price 288., cloth. ASIATIC CHIEF 8. By J. SZEREDY, Noble of Szered. "The author, instead of teaching history in a severe and critical spirit, examining all things with a special jealousy of poetic details, is iond of weaving threads of love, of song, and of adventure, with the harder textures of war and conspiracy. The glow of the East is on every page. An oriental atmosphere—splendid, panoramic, Tur neresque—floats above us as we read; the world ceases to appear prosaic; the past resolves itself into a splendid legend; and life assumes the poetic va• I ties of the "Arabian Nights." In the hands of a Magyar, a warrior, and an exile, it seems natural and proper. The Eastern cast of the book is, indeed, its especial charm."— Athenaium. Two documents are now in course of signature in refer. ence to this subject. One, signed by numerous members of Parliament who are justly apprehensive of the odium that would attach to the national name were Mr. Cort and his sisters to be left unprovided for, is addressed to the Premier, recommending to the favourable consideration of his Lordship and the Government the petition presented to the House of Commons at the close of the last session. The other is a circular to the iron trade, signed by several eminent iron masters, setting forth the claims of the family, and soliciting subscriptions for their immediate relief. Each of these; — we are sure, will be productive of beneficia raults ; but it is to the public at large that those who have taken up this affair look with the strongest anticipations, and we trust that their confidence will be fully borne out. —Birmingham Journal. mite‘. We s .o• . l i9 18 6 6 . 170 18 g v WELLINGTON MONUMENT.—The Com missioners of her Majesty's Works and Public Buildings give notate that it is the intention of her Majesty's Government to erect a 11 tonument in Paul's Cathedral, London, to the Memory of the labs Duke of Wellington, and that the Commissioners are pre pared to receive Designs for the same from artists of all countries. A drawing showing the ground plan of the Cathedral and the site of the proposed Monument, together `with a statement of the pre miums, and other particulars, will be forwarded to artists on applica tion by setter addressed to me at this office.. ALFRED AUSTIN, Secretary. Office of her Majesty's Works and Public Buildings, Whitehall, London, 6th Sept., 1856. After some discussion, Mr. Colquhoun's amendment was put against' the chairman's motion, but the latter was carried by a large majority, only 13 voting for the amendment. d s . ...... . ^ ...1° 6 ,2 3 6 . '; l 2 5 London : Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, and Roberts. E AST AND WEST INDIA DOCK COMPANY. NOTICE IS. HEREBY GIVEN, That all articles of Baggage lying at the Baggage Warehouses, East or West India Docks, landed previous to the IE4 of January, 1854, will be Sold for payment of charges, unless the same shall be paid on or before the 31st day of October next. Lists of the said Goods may be inspected at the Bag gage Warehouses, Eastern or Western Docks. By order of the Court of Directors. GEORGE COLLIN, Secretary. Bast and West India Dock House, 18th September, 1856. Cl_ RAND - REVIEW OF THE HIGHLAND BRIGADE (Cavalry and Artillery) on the CLIFFS at DOVER, by H R.H. the [hike of Cambridge, the Commander-in- Chief. To-morrow (SATURDAY, 20th Sept.) a Special Excursion • Train will leave London F.ridge Terminus for DOVER, at 7 a.m., • calling at Croydon. Red Hill, and Tunbridge, returning from DOTER the same day at 7.40 p.m. Fares, there and back, ss. covered car riages; 7s. second class; I Os. first class. An opportunity is thus afforded to passengers by this train of visit ing the ancient Castle of Dover, the Fortifications on the Cliffs, the Government works for the New Pier and Harbour of Refuge, &c. C. W. EBOEALL, Manager. London Bridge Terminus, Sept., 1856. • GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.- CHEAP EXCITIZSION to the WEST of ENGLAND.—On WEDNESDAY, Ist October, an Excursion Train will leave Pad dington at 8 a.m., for Plymouth (offering facilities for visiting Tor bay, Brixham, Dartmouth, and the south coast of Devon), calling at Weston-super-mare, Bridgewater, Taunton, Tiverton-road, Exeter, Crediton, Eggesford, South Itolton, Instow, Barnbtaple, Bideford, Btarcross, Dawlish, Teignmouth, Newton, Torquay, Totnes, and Kingsbridge-road, and will return on Saturday, October 11th, front Plymouth at 6.30 a.m., Bideford at 6 a.m., and from intermediate stations as per hand-bills. Fares there and back : Weston-super-Mare and Bridge eater, 20s. and 13s. ; Taunton sad Tiverton-road, 225. and 15s. ; Exeter, 24a. and 16s. ; rlrediton, Eggesford, South Molton, Instow, ' Barnstaple, and Bideford, 30s. and 20s ; Starcroes, Dawlish, and • Teignmouth, 255. and 17s. ; Newton, rorquay and Totnes, 27a. and 18s. ; Kingsbridge-road and Plymouth, 30s. and 20s. Children under 12 kalf-price. Tickets not transferable, and only available for the Ex cursion Trahn. MID DLESEX LUNATIC ASYLUM at Hanwell. - Persons willing to Tender for supplying the above Institution with Meat, Flour, Malt, Hops, Hay and Straw, Oatmeal, Peas, Hither, Cheese, or Bacon, for six calendar months, from the Ist of October next, or with anc of the under-mentioned articles for twelve m onths from that day, viz., Groceries, Soap, Oil, Oil Colours, brooms, Brushes, Window-glass, Lead and Leaden Piping, Hosiery, Linen and Woollen Drapery, Blankets, Rugs, Straw Hats and Bon nets, Tobacco, Snuff, Cloth Boots and Shoes, Leather, and Wines and Spirits for the sick, are requested to deliver sealed Tenders to me before Eleven o'clock on TuEsnay, the 23d inst., at the Sessions souse, Clerkenwell-green, and to attend there personally at Twelve •'clock on that day. Blank forms, in which Tenders must be made, may be obtained, and the form of contract may be seen, either upon application to me, at the said Sessions Howe, or to the Storekeeper at the Asylum, and patterns and samples, to which the contractors will be requir , strictly to conform, may be seen at the Asylum at Hanwell. The Committee of Visitors will not bind themselves to accept the lowest or any of the tenders. Dated this 12th of September, 1856 . CHARLES WRIGHT, Clerk to the Visitors. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road. Patron—The'QUEEN.—Founded 1828. The sick poor are admitted on their own application alone ; no recommendation is required. During the past month the following number received the benefits of this Charity, either as out or in-door patients, on their personal Application:— Week ending 7th August 2,214 •Ditto .14th August .• •••• •• 2,435 Ditto 21st August.. • • Ditto 28th August.. .• 2,175 29th, 30th, and 31st August ..... • 1,143 Total in August.... • • • 10,740 of which 4,540 were new cases, the remainder (still under treats inent) having been admitted previously. , Heavy expenses are inevitably incurred in affording such exten• live relief. Tile Committee, therefore, earnestly entreat the aid of the public. The management of the Hospital is in the hands of 30 Governors, Yearly elected from the general list of subscribers, at the Annual General Meeting in January. A Board is held every Thursday, at 4 o'clock (Rev. J. B. Owen, Chairman), to conduct the business, When any subscriber may attend, if so disposed, the Board being at all times desirous of receiving suggestions o' giving explanation. The Hospital is not endowed, but is wholly dependent on volun tary contributions and legacies, which are received by the Treasurer, John Masterman, Esq., M.P., Nicholas-lane ; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co. ; Drummond and Co.; Berries ar d Co.; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Cd. ; Smith, Payne, and Co.;Glyn and Co. ; Jones Loyd and Co.; Barclay and Co. ; Denison and Co. ; Williams. Deacon, and Co. ; Overend, Gurnev, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co., Ber- Rers-street ; Masterman and Co.; and at the Hospital. Clothing for the destitute patients will be thankfully received. By order. J. B. OWEN, M.A., Chairman. BANK of LONDON and NATIONAL PRO VINCIAL INSURANCE ASSOCIATION, for effect ing every description of Life and Fire Insurance business. Capital—One Million Sterling. Principal Office—Threadneedle-street, London. TRUSTEES. Sir John Villiers Shelley, Bart., M.P., Chairman of the Bank of London. Sir James Duke, Bart., M P., and Alderman ef London. The Right Hon. Thomas Milner Gibson, M.P. Lieutenant-Colonel Elsey, H.E.1.C.5., Lireetor of the Bank of London. DIRECTORS. CHAIRMAN—Sir Henry Muggeridgo, Alderman, Lirector of the Bank of London. VICE-CIIAIRMEN. John Cumberland, Esq. I Wm. Anthony Purnell, Esq. John E. Anderdon, Esq., Devonshire-terrace, Hyde-park, Director of the Bank of London. William Black, Esq. (firm of Black and Bidmead), Trump- street, Cheapside. Stephen Proad, Esq., Rye-hill, Peckham. William Carr, Esq., Bishopagate-street-without. John Cropp, Esq., Oaklands, Park-road, Clapham. John Geary, Esq., the Crescent, Edmonton. Thomas Gooch, Esq. (firm of Gooch and Cousens), Director of the Bank of London. Alexander C. lonides, Esq. (firm of lonides, Sgouta, and Co.), Director of the Bank of London. Lord Claud Hamilton, M.P., 19, Eaton-square. Fred. Winn Knight, Esq., M.P., Southwick-street, Hyde park, and Wolverley House, Kidderminster. Thomas Luce, Esq., M.P., King-street, St. James's, and Malmsbury, Director of the Bank of London, John Malcolm, Esq., 47, Mark-lane. Professor Morton, Royal Veterinary College. Peter Robb, Esq., St. Martin's.le-Grand. Thomas B. Stevens, Esq., The Elms, Kilburn, and Dement Mills, Derby. John Tarring, Esq. (firm of Tarring and Son), Bucklersbury. Alfred Wilson, Esq. (firm of Vcnables, Wilson, and Tyler), Director of the Bank of London. PROVINCIAL DIRECTORS. Alexander Abercromby, Esq. (firm of Alex. Abercromby and Co.), Glasgow. William Allen, Esq., Lower Dominick-street, Dublin. Anthony 8an.1.t.., Esq., Mayor of Hull. John Barwell, Esq. (firm of Barwell and Sons), Birmingham. Samuel Briggs, Esq., Bradford•street, Birmingham. John Brown, Esq., Buchanan-street, Glasgow. John Burnet, Esq., Procurator-Fiscal, Glasgow. Theophilus Carrick, Esq., Official Assignee, Hull. R. G. Collis, Esq. (firm of Mcßirney and Collis), Dublin. H. C. Cooksey, Esq., Heathfield louse, Birmingham. George Dingwall, Esq., Talbot-street, Dublin. Peter McEvoy Gartlan, Esq., Gaybrook, Malahide, Dublin. William H. Huffam, Esq., Hull Dock Company. John Killeen, Esq., Malahide, Dublin. Alexander Kirkland, Esq. (firm of Kirkland and Russell), Glasgow. Robert Morton, Esq. (firm of J. and R. Morton), Dublin. Thomas Dundas Spiers, Esq., Houston, Glasgow. Cbarles Wilkinson, Esq. (firm of Wilkinson and Ingleby) Hull. ' ' AUDITORS. DIRECTORS' AUDlTOR—Benjamin Scott, Esq. SHAREHOLDERS' AUDITOR—Henry Chatteris, Esq., Public _ A ccountant. Pursewq—Henry Letheby, M. 13., Professor of Medical Jurisprudence, London Hospital; and Officer of Health for the City of London. ENROBONS. James Part, Esq., F.R.C.S., Surgeon to the Artists' Annuity Fund Society, President of the North London Medical Society. Thomas Carr Jackson, Esq., M.R.C.S., Royal Free Hospital. SoLicrroas—Messrs. Tyrrell, Paine, and Layton, Guildhall. yard. BANEERS—Bank of London. ACTUAnY—Thomas Walker, Esq., 8.A., F.S.S., MANAGER AND SECRETARY Edmund Clench, Esq. ' The Directors have the pleasure to announce that. all ne cessary preliminaries having been completed, the OFFICE will OPEN for BUSINESS on MONDAY next, the 22d inst. Insurers in this Association have the security of a large paid-up capital, a proprietary of more than one thousand shareholders, and an income from business already acquired exceeding 36,0001 per annum. Prospectuses, with tables and terms of business, may be had at the chief and local offices, or of the agents throughout .the country.—By order. EDMUND CLENCH, Manager and Secretary. Thteadneedle-atreet, Sept, 16, 1556. „~ ARCTIC WHALE FISHING.—SIR JOHN FRANKLIN.— ABERDEEN, Sept. 17.-0 . n Friday th e b r i g L a d y Frank lin, Captain Penny, arrived here from Hogarth Sour.d, Cumberland Straits, where Captain Penny and his crew had been prosecuting the fishing during the winter, with upwards of 10e tuns of boiled oil, and six tons of whale hone—produce of 11 fish. The Lady Franklin left the fishing ground on the 15th of August. Her companion ship, the Sophia, was busy fishing, and may be expected here shortly, with a fair result. The Alibi, the third vessel belonging to the Arctic Company, which left Aberdeen this summer, was not seen, and is supposed to have gone up Davis' Straits. The Traveller, of Peter head, which wintered in the Sound, was left in Cumber land Straits, with 140 tuns of blubber, and was waiting to complete her cargo. The Clara, of the same port, which sailed this summer, bad arrived out, hut had got no fish. We are sorry to report that Captain Penny has been seriously ill since April last, but it is hoped he will now speedily recover. In the course of the winter he saw many of the native Esquimaex, and was informed by some of them that they had heard from some other tribes of their having seen, a long distance in a north westerly direction from Hogarth Sound, and probably about the year 1850, a circular white tent, erected on the ice, and that, in the absence of all the inmates, they had stolen from it articles made of bright motal. On the second visit, several moons after, two white mar were seen at tha tent. The .Datives ale) brought the story of a party In the l oca lit y i nd i ca t e d, having been compelled of white me hyhnu,nger to de vour eac h o th er . These reports are quite consistent with th a t b roug ht by Dr. John Rae. The articles of " bright metal " stolen may have been the silver forks, medals, and nautical instru ments, &c., recovered from the natives in a broken state by Dr. Rae. The other part of the report i s too h orr ibl e to contemplate; but there is too much reason to fear that the sufferings of the devoted followers of Sir John Franklin, of whose proceedings we have here another I glimpse, must have been sad in the extreme.— Aberdeen 1 Journal. belonging to the families of the higher classes in the town had the opportunity of witnessing the entertainment from a commodious gallery thrown across the upper end of the building, immediately over and behind the chair. The dinner was arranged and provided, as on the preceding day, by Messrs. Bathe and Funge, of the London Tavern, and was in all respects worthy their well-earned reputation, and that of Mr. Nicholes, their chef de cuisine. Lord G. Lennox occupied the chair, supported right and left by Major-General Sir H. Jones, Commodore the Hon. H. Keppel, C. 8., Sir F. Baring and Viscount Monck, the representatives of the borough in Parliament, General Sir W. F. Williams of Kars, Major-General Sir R. Dacres, Mr. Bonham-Carter, M.P., Major-General Lord W. Paulet, Captain L. T. Jones, C. 8., Captain Dacres, C. 8., General Cannon, of the Turkish army, Colonel Morris, Prince Vic tor of Holsenlohe, and Colonel Cameron, of the British German Legion. Captain Peel, Captain Ommanney,,,Col. Norcott and Colonel Teesdale, Lieut.-Colonel Wright, General Moore, General Mercer, and other naval and mi litary gentlemen, with Lord Guilford, were also present and occupied seats in , the immediate vicinity. of the chair. Dr. Engledue, Mr. B. Bramble, Mr. Andrew Nance, Mr. T. Bolph, Mr. T. Hoskins, and Mr. L. A. Vanden bergh acted as vice-firesidents: Mr. W. B. Carter, Sir Raymond Jervis, the Rev. J. P. M`Gbie, the vicar of Portsmouth, the Hon. W. Gore, and Mr. Jervis S. Tibbltts and Mr. H. Hollingsworth, the honorary secretaries, were also among the general company. A military band from the garrison played with great spirit during the evening, and the occasion was altogether one of much interest. On the removal of the cloth the usual loyal and consti tutional toasts were drunk. General Moore, of Fareham, of the Royal Artillery, an old officer with six clasps, re sponded to the toast of " The Army ;" and Commodore Keppel, C. 8., to that of " The Navy." For " The Bishop and Clergy of the Diocese" the Rev. J. P. M`Ghie re turned thanks in an effective speech. The CHAIRMAN then proceeded to give the principal toast of the evening. He said he rose to do so with mixed feelings of regret and pleasure—regret that it had not fallen into abler bands, being perfectly convinced that he could not do full justice to the subject, but grateful at the same time to have the honour to propose the health of our brave army who served in the Crimea. (Cheers.) Had he con sulted his own feelings he should not have occupied the chair that evening, well knowing that there were many in habitants of Portsmouth around him who would have dis charged the functions of a chairman of such an assembly with far more efficiency. But fortunately for him no ora tory was necessary to commend such a toast to the appro bation of the company, for the noble deeds of the British army rendered all oratory wholly superfluous. (Cheers.) He knew not which most to admire, whether it was the manly bearing of the British officers when surrounded by sickness and death in their worst forms, their gallant and heroic conduct at the Alma and Inlierman, or their pa tient endurance for months and months in the trenches before Sebastopol. When the British army planted their standard in the Crimea they did so with the determination that nothing should move it but peace, and they showed the enemy that he need never hope to conquer British sol diers led by British officers. (Cheers.) He hoped they would join him in drinking a bumper, with three times three, to the health of our brave army who fought in the Crimea. The toast was drunk with enthusiasm, , Col. NORCOTT, C. 8., of the Rifle Brigade, senior regi mental officer present, responded to the toast, and in doing so eulogised the heroic valour and the noble endurance of the whole army in the Crimea, but especially the infantry, which he designated the vertebra of the lion. He com pared We good fare of which they had just partaken with that on which they subsisted for months iu the Crimea, when a leg of mutton was a thing not to be realised. Point ing to the ladies' gallery, he said the feeling that most sus tained the troops in the exhausting trench-work and their heroic conduct in actual fight sprang from thoughts of their mothers, wives, and sisters at home, the memory of whom never forsook them, For the cordial welcome whioh that part of the army now at Portsmouth had received from the inhabitants on its return home, and particularly for the hospitable entertainment to which they had been invited, he would return those thanks which they could feel more than express. (Cheers.) The CHAIRMAN said nothing gave him greater pleasure than to propose the next toast, which was that of " Our gallant Navy engaged in the War with Russia." A finer fleet never before left those shores, or men and officers more determined to do their duty to their Queen and country. (Cheers.) There was but one circumstance which prevented those officers and men covering them selves with glory, and that was that they could not find tire enemy's'fleet to contend with, for - it was either safe in harbour or converted .into a sort of breakwater to repel the advance of the allies. (Cheers.) The British navy took every opportunity of showing England what they would have done if the enemy had dared to show his face, instead of skulking behind stone walls where it was impossible Ito rout him out. (Cheers.) He would asso ciate with the toast the name of Commodore Koppel, which was well known in England. That gallant officer gave up the command of one of the finest ships in her Majesty's service that he might be enabled to join the naval brigade, and he held the command of it so long as it was a naval brigade. He (the chairman) had heard a great deal about " the right man in the right place," but if ever the right man was in the right place it was the gallant Harry Keppel, the commander of the naval bri gade. (Loud cheers.) Commodore KEPPEL briefly acknowledged the compli ment, remarking that in doing so the right man was no longer in the right place. He added that if the navy had few or no exploits to point to during the late war that was due to its great efficiency, which had completely cowed the Russian fleet, and that had it been less efficient the officers and men of the navy would not have received so hospitable a welcome from the inhabitants of Portsmouth. The CHAIRMAN next gave " The Royal Marines who had served in the Crimea," observing that that part of the ser vice had the advantage of sharing in the dangers and the glories both of the army and navy. The only regret he felt was that they had no opportunity of joining their comrades of the line in regular action, for ho knew that they would have shown they were determined to do their duty as well as the best disciplined regiment of the line. (Cheers.) Colonel HOLLOWAY responded to the toast, and in doing so spoke in complimentary language of Lord Lyons, through whom, he said, the Royal Marines were fortunate in parti cipating in the successful operations against Kertch and Kinbourn. Mr. E. GALT gave " The Memory of the Fallen," who, he said, had offered up their lives as a holocaust to the cause of freedom, and had consolidated the peace of Europe as well by their sufferings and their heroic valour as by their death. Though, ho added, their mortal bodies had passed away, their names would livelong in the page of history, be handed clown as household words from one generation to another, and cherished with the most lively emotion in the hearts of a sorrowing and grateful country. (Loud cheers.) The toast was drunk in silence. Mr. J. HOSKINS, of Gosport, said he wished to call their attention for one moment to the heavenly ministrations of British womanhood during the late war. (Hear, hear.) Nothing could be more delightful or heart-soothing than to find when the news reached this country of the privations and sufferings of our brave countrymen 10,000 female hands, in the cottages of the humble, in the dwellings of the middle classes, in the mansions of the noble, and in the palace of Royalty itself, were employed in providing comforts for those enduring privations in the Crimea. (Cheers.) But, amid all that generous sisterhood there arose a still brighter star than all, and we were startled into admiration and sur prise when we learnt that a heroic woman in England had volunteered her personal services to attend the sick, wounded and dying, at the seat of war. (Cheers.) Influenced by her example, others of her sex enlisted under the same banner, and leaving home, friends, and country, regardless of priva tion, suffering, disease, and death, intent only on their an gelic mission, went forth the best, noblest, and most heroic band of British volunteers that ever embarked from the shores of England. (Cheers.) Then, in the hospitals of Scutari they were found, like ministering angels, by the bedside of the sick man, administering to his comfort, giving him hope and consolation, and relieving his fears. Many a brave soldier had lived to tell of the benefits be de- rived from their mission of mercy ; and many a hero had cast his last long lingering look on Florence Nightingale, and whispered his dying blessing on her name. (Ch eers .) That name would be enshrined far all time in the hearts of all her countrymen and countrywomen of every denomina tion ; even our most gracious Sovereign herself, the most illustrious of her sex, had done honour to her name, and the pen of the historian would hand it down to posterity en circled with a halo of glory. (Cheers.) He would ask them to drink to the health and happiness of Florence Nightingale. The toast was drunk with enthusiasm, and responded to by Mr. BONHAM-CARTER, 31. P., a relative of Miss Nightingale, in a few brief, spirited words, in the cqurse of which he said Miss Nightingale felt in the deepest tnw• ner grateful for the kind. feelings and sympathy evinced towards her whenever her name was men/toned in any as sembly of her countrymen. Sir F. BARING, M.P., then gave "Major-General Sir R. Dacres and the Royal Artillery who served in the Crimea." There was no one, he said, in that assembly who was not aware of the services and of the gallantry and efficiency of the Royal Artillery, whenever it had been called into play. Of their conduct in the Crimea it would be a piece of impertinence in him, a cis ilian to speak, when he saw around him so many of their gallant compatriots in arms ; but he must be allowed to say that Sir R. Dacres was one of the first who landed in the Crimea, and he had served during the whole campaign, commanding the corps after General Strangways, full of honours and years, found a soldier's grave. (Loud cheers.) Major-General Sir RICHARD DACRRS said, in acknow ledging the compliment, that to the noble troops composing the Royal Artillery who served in the Crimea he was in debted for all the honours and decorations he wore, and to them his gratitude could never be sufficiently expressed. After nearly 40 years' service in the artillery, he had the honour of commanding them in the Crimea, and the very high notions he had always entertained of the corps were considerably enhanced by witnessing the noble conduct of all ranks in the late war. To the gallantry and skill of the field artillery, while opposing the superior metal of the enemy's guns at Alma and Inkerman, he could bear ample testimony, as one who shared in these victories as a lieu tenant-colonel. Since the latter action he had, as com manding officer, frequently expressed his admiration and thanks for their energy, zeal, and devotion. The able manner in which the difficult duty of conveying ammuni tion to the trenches was executed during the early part of the siege, the patient endurance and soldierlike spirit with which the privations and hardships of the first winter were encountered, the promptitude with which the hbrse artillery and field batteries recovered their efficieney when the severest of thelrdistresiel Were paib, and finally, the guarantee so splendidly given of their fitness to commence another campaign when at the conclusion of the war they marched past the Russian General in splendid order on the same plains that had been the scene of their achievements and sufferings, —those considera tions called forth his warm and heartfelt recognition. With regard to the siege train, such an opportunity of displaying their soldierlike qualities could scarcely present itself again. Their discipline had been tried by an eleven months' siege—their energy by enormous difficulties and labour— their endurance by terrible hardships —and their steadiness by tremendous sad sustained cannonades. Amid all these trials their conduct had been admirable, while their skill had been attested by the enemy's ruined ramparts and dis mounted guns. (Cheers.) Those who after suchservices are permitted to return to their homes must always consider the siege of Sebastopol as the most glorious epoch of their lives. The officers, non-commissioned officers, and men of the artillery and the field-train department who superin tended the supplies of ammunition and stores to the trenches deserved all possible 'raise for their zeal, their intelligence, and their unwearied exertions. Their duties, so essential to the success of the siege, were executed amid difficulties comparatively as greatas the services in the trenches. No class of men could have displayed more humanity, skill, and devotion in their important duties than the officers diseasewh o had in t i he ts medical charge forn andotfhteh severestartillery . (Hear.) casualties then of 'war filled the field hospitals ,heywere prompt and indefatigalble, and they had 'his warmest gratitude for alleviating thesuf ferings of his gallant comrades. In 'the staff of the artil lery, general and personal, he necessarily reposed, the greatest trust, which vas fully justified; and he was de lighted to acknowledge the ability and cheerful zeal with which they were at all times ready to render him both in camp and before the enemy every . asSistance. He had hoped, after sharing with the Crimean artillery the duties of the past'glorious war, to have enjoyed the pride and gratification of appearing as their commander for the last time before their Sovereign—(hear) —and afterwards thanking them, as he now did, for all they had done for their country and himself, but it was not afforded him,- It was not likely that future, any more than past, generations would see such a force of artillery assembled as in thelate war; and it was with the deepest thankfuln ess that, while honoured with the most powerful divisional force or the army from the sth Nay., 1854, to the 6th June, 1856, con sisting of 8,000 men, 5,000 horses, 90 field and 300 garrison guns, he had served in so famous a campaign with Such Roble troops as the Eoyal Artillery. (Cheers.) Mr. BONHAM-CAR7ER, M.P., gave "The Naval Bri gade," on whose courage and efficiency he passed a well deserved eulogium ; and, alluding to their being called on to do duty as soldiers as well as sailors, he said of tiiem, parodying the old song— .‘ One foot on land and one on sea, " To one thing constant ever." (A. laugh.) Commodore ICEPPEL returned thanks. Captain PEEL, who was loudly called on, said the honour of responding to the toast had come upon him quite unexpectedly, and he could truly say that, although he was deeply proud of it, perhaps he would rather have avoided it. Captain Henry Beppel was one of those spirits under whom he would brave anything to serve, and be had returned thanks for the naval brigade. He would there fore only say—speaking as one of them, and not to refer to deeds which were past—that if ever it pleased God that they should go forth to fight again the memory of the hos pitality shown them in their own seaport would not be forgotten. He would not say more, except to return his moat sincere thanks on behalf of Lieut. Dalyoll and himself for the compliment that had been paid to them. (Cheers.) Dr. ENGLEDUE said—Although I have seated on my left hand two old warriors belonging to the Peninsular cam paigns—the one having had the misfortune, and yet the honour, to lose his leg at the battle of Vittoria, and the other an officer of artillery with a medal and five clasps—l think, nevertheless, that I am right in stating that I wish you to drink the health of the oldest military o'fficer present—General Sir Harry Jones, of the Royal Engi neers. (Loud cheers.) His name is familiar to all English men from recent events with which he has been connected —but you must remember that his career was commenced many years ago—l believe with that ill-fated and illscon sidered expedition to Walcheren. We find him paising through all the Peninsular campaigns from 1809 to 1814. (Hear, hear.) He was at the siege of Cadiz, the battle of Tarragona, the siege of Badajoz, the battle of Vittoria, the siege of St. Sebastian, the passage of the Bidassoa, and the battles of the Pyrenees. It is the duty of the artillery to prepare the fatal breach—it is the duty of our gloriotis in fautry to pass through that breach—but it is the duty of the Royal Engineers to lead the way and to point out the road. It was here, at the assault on St. Sebastian, that General Jones led the forlorn hope. The attack was not successful. He was wounded, left in the breach, and taken prisoner; and I have heard received the gre.atest kindness front ,ttieFrench soldiers. Let me ask you for a cheer for the gallant Freneh soldiers, our allies. (Cheers.) In 1854 he proceeded to the Baltic, and was present with the gallant Napier at the destruction of Bomarsund. He then proceeded to the Black Sea, and conducted the latter portion of the siege of Sebastopol. At the assault he was on a bed of sickness, and, contrary to the advice of his general and his comrades, he caused himself to be placed on a litter and was carried into the trenches— (cheers)—and I believe, if his duty had consisted in lead ing the immediate assault on the Redan, ha would: have caused his litter to be carried there also. (Rehewed cheers.) My lord and gentlemen, I proposee " Tho Health of Major-General Sir Harry Jones, the Royal Engineers, and the Sappers and Miners who served in the Crimea." (Cheers.) Major-General Sir HARRY JONES, who was received with loud cheers, after thanking the company for the cor dial manner in which they have received the toast pro posed in such complimentary terms by Dr. Engledne, said there was nothing he could say that eould enhance the high character sustained by the Royal Engineers. No officer was ever more cordially or efficiently seconded than he was in the Crimea by the officers and men of the Royal Sappers and Miners, and he frequently had occasion to bring the distinguished bravery of the officers and Men of that corps under the notice of Lord Raglan. (Cheers.) He bore his testimony to the noble manner in which the work ing parties and the guards in the trenches conducted them selves, adding that during the numerous times he went into the trenches ho never heard a word of complaint on the part of any soldier there, however great were his la bours and privations. (Cheers.) It should be borne in mind that the men who thus suffered and toiled were not fresh soldiers, but soldiers borne down by fatigue unknown before in any army. (Hear.) They stood nobly to their work. It was not necessary to call them up ; the diffi culty was to call them down. It was not with them as with his friend just now (pointing to Captain Peel, who had beon called up to respond to the previous toast) ; it was not—" Peel, got up ;" but " Peel, get down. (A laugh.) They made several important movements towards the trenches rather than stand idle in their batteries. Nothing could exceed the accuracy and beauty with which their fire was directed ; and tbe great success attending the efforts of the French to get possession of the Malskhoff was influenced by the material assistance they derived from the British batteries. (Cheers.) Properly speaking, he him self ought not to have been at Sebastopol, for he was one of the old good-for-nothings who servcd in the Peninsula —(a laugh, and " No, no")—but he endeavoured to serve his country in his old age, and he was glad to find that his services had not been forgotten. (Cheers.) Mr. T. ROLPH, in a complimentary speech, gave "Ge neral Sir W. F. Williams and the Heroes of Kars," which was drunk with acclamation. General WILLIAMS, who on rising was enthusiastically cheered, said he begged them to accept the expression of his deep gratitude for the manlier in which they had drunk his health and those who fought with him at Kars, whom they had been pleased to designate as heroes. He should not say one word more with regard to himself, but he had a most pleasing duty to perform in thanking them on behalf of the British officers and that glorious band of Turkish soldiers with whom he was associated in the East. He saw at Portsmouth ou the previous day how 2,500 British sol diers were regaled by their countrymen on returning hop , from the dangers and hardships of war; he saw them wit I all that display of good things before them and the mann,i in which they enjoyed themselves without abusing the oc casion ; and he should remember the scene as long as he lived, proving, as it did, how worthy they had shown themselves of the hospitality of their countrymen. But every medal had its reverse, and the occasion brought to his recollection, by contrast, the way in which the glorious little Turks for a length of time drove back one of the finest of the Russian armies from Kars, though they were unpaid, ill-clothed, and suffered from the pangs of hunger. (Cheers.) The same sentiments, too, which actuated our own countrymen actuated them—devotion to their Sove reign, patriotism, religion, and the hope of promotion ; but they had returned to their country unrequited and almost unknown. He said, therefore, there was a reverse to the most beautiful of medals, and the condition of the Turkish soldiers was a source of the greatest pain to him ; but he looked to the time when they would have their pay given to them, and when the Turkish Government would do them justice. He had a few words to say to the donors of the feast of which the company were partaking—a scene which, if it was not unprecedented, was at any rate unsurpassed. They had shown how highly they appreciated the services of the army and navy, and he begged. of then not to lull themselves into a false security, for the complication of po litical partiesin Europe might call on the army and navy in one, two, or three years to do what they hUd just done —to briqg their country through a difficulty and establish the peace orZuropa. -Ho had an a fdrmer occasion, on land ing at Dover, urged on the nation not to neglect the mili tary art, and hoped they would always bear that advice in mind. Turning to the ladies' gallery, he would address a word to his fair countrywomen. He spoke, perhaps, to those who had lost friends and relatives in the late war; he hoped that war would be sanctified to them, and that they who had still children to give would give them as freely as they had already given others of their children. (Hear.) General CANNON responded to the toast of " The Turk ish Army," with which his name was coupled, and on whose spit it and gallantry, as it had front time to time come under his own observation, he passed a high eulo gium. Mr. JARvIS TIBBITTS was called upon .to propose the health of Vice-Admiral Seymour, the Naval Commander in-Chief ; Major-General Breton, the Military Governor ; and Rear-Admiral Martin, Superintendent of her Majes ty's Dockyard. He did so with much gratification, and was glad of the opportunity of expressing the thanks of the committee for the spontaneous and generous counte nance and aid' rendered by each in their several exalted stations towards the carrying out of the wishes of the promoters of the ovation. Sir George Seymour gave, his patronage at the first. General Breton and staff had been most kind in giving military artificer s an d the site for the erection of the elegant structure in which they were then assembled ; and Admiral Martin' had as readily lent all the substantial materials with which it had been built, and had all been done with the utmost courtesy and good nature, and without going 'through the " circumlocution office." (Cheers, and a laugh.) Captain SEYMOUR, flag captain, and son of the Com mander-in-Chief, returned thanks. Several other toasts followed. Sir F. Baring and Lord Monck answered for " The Members of the Borough.' Lord Monck also gave "The Infantry who served in the Crimea," to which Major-General Lord William Paulet responded. Early in the evening, immediately after the toast of " Prince Albert and the rest of the Royal Family," the Chairman proposed " The Emperor and Empress of the French, the King of Sardinia, and the Sultan," for which Chevalier Vandenbergh returned thanks; and the health of the chairman was given by Dr. Engledue. The banquet,like that of the preceding day, was ex ceedingly successful, and the company did not separate until an advanced hoar of the night. cola's CLAIMS ON THE IRON INTERESTS. At a moment when the competing pretentious of modern benefactors of the iron trade are being canvassed with con siderable emphasis, it is gratifying to find a general unani mity prevailing as to the value of the services of the origi nator of the process withoutwhich the metalliferous supe riority of England would at this moment have bean as merely traditionary as that of Toledo or Damascus, with, indeed, a good deal less historic eclat to compensate for present obscurity. It is still more gratifying that the re cognition of the inventor of puddling and rolling as the real author of our ferruginous supremacy is not about to pass away in the utterance of an idle platitude, but is pro ducing fruit of the kind lately so earnestly asked for by the press on behalf of Henry Cort's children, Richard Cort, aged upwards of 72 years, and his all but destitute sisters. After an exhibition of seeming insensibility, the most apathetic ever yet known under similar circumstances, considering the peculiar merits of the case itself, and the unprecedented advocacy they elicited, both the public and the trade are apparently awakening to a sense of obligation. Ever foremost in the work of benevolence, Miss Burdett Coutta gives 101. Mr. Robert Stephenson, M.P., has fol lowed up his first donation with -a like amount ; and Messrs. Maudsley and Field have done the same. Mr. R. Kennard, of Thames-street, and of the Blaehaven Irom Com pany, also gives 101.; Mr. Nottage, of that establishment, lately prominent in conjunction wirh Dr. Elliotson in the relief of some remarkable instances of distress, has taken up the matter with his customary zeal ; and as he acts as secretary to the Hardware and Metal Trades' Pension Society, he will doubtless enlist the sympathies of the iron interests collectively. Messrs. Thompson and Foreman, of the Penydarver Iron Company, have given 10/. ; the Ebbw Vale Company 20/. ; the Low Moor Company 10/. ; Hor ton and Son 51. ; Mr. John Finch, of Liverpool, 5/. ; and several other smaller sums. But as it is from the commu nity at large, and not from any particular section, that substantial aid in all cases of this sort is to bo really looked for, wo beg to remind intended donors that their contribu tions will be thankfully received at Lubbock's Bank, Man sion -house, London, or by any member of the committee. The amount already subscribed is 1881., of which sum 601. was a donation from the Royal Bounty Fund, obtained through the kind consideration of Lord Palruor don, before the printed case and evidence were forwarded to his lord ship. The whole having been absorbed in printing, ad vertising, and other expenses incurred during the last fifteen months, the object of the committee now is to raise a sufficient sum to purchase annuities of moderate amount for Mr. Cort and his sisters. The Parliamentary adherents of the cause of Mr. Cort have been increased by the accession of one of the members for this borough, Mr. Scholefleld ; the other, Mr. Muntz, is, we believe, not less willing to render his assistance. So too, we understand, with several farther representatives of the iron districts, including Mr. Cbas. Forster, lumbar for Walsall, who will, we are informed, support Mr. Win. Mathews, Mr. P. Williams, and Mr. John Bagnall, in bringing the matter before the next meeting of the iron masters of South Staffordshire. It cannot be doubted that the response in this quarter will be worthy of the liberality of so spirited and affluent a body—affluent because of the inventions of Henry Cort, whom the age he beneated left in penury, and in behalf of whose destitute children this age is now being appealed to. Let us summarise briefly a few of the consequences to England and to the iron trade in pArticular that have resulted from these discoveries. In 1782 the quantity of pig iron produced in Great Bri- tain did not 'exceed 17,350 tons, whereas in 1855 it amounted to 4,399,836 tons, more than half of which was converted into puddled and rolled iron by the process of Henry tort ; and assuming the quantity of cast hon to average 30 cwt. per ton of rolled iron, his inventions are now providing for the annual consumption of no less than 3,000,003 tons of pig iron. In 1732 the total quantity of British iron exported was only 427 tons; n 1854 the exports of pig iron alone amounted to 293,074 bins, and of paddled and rolled iron to 883,237 tons, which, if one third be added fur waste in conversion, will be 1,177,619 tons, making the total exportation 1,470,723 tons. Again as to the invention for rolling : taking the bar iron made in 1853 at only 2,000,000 tons, its value at 301. per ton, the cost of foreign iron previous to 1784, the date of Henry Cort's patent, would be equal to 60,000,0001., whereas by the puddling and rolling process, at the average cost of 10'. per ton, it would be only 20,090,0001. Taking the total expor:s of puddled and rolled iron during the last sixty-six years at 8,000,000 tons, and the home consumption at 22,000,000 tons, the profits, at an average of V. per ton, amount to 30,000,000/. ; while the mineral owners have realised at least 12,000,0301., and fohr generation's of workmen and their families, exceeding 600,000 individuals, have been maintained. These are the services of Henry Court. Will any ironmaster say that they should be disregarded be cause they were performed moro than half a century ago ? Does not the lapse of time rather strengthen the claim:, which his children now put forth to the gratitude, not only of the iron trade, bat of the whole country? 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" To officers commanding-regiments, depots, &o." Her Majesty's paddlewheet steamer Antelope, in the outer basin of Woolwich Dockyard, yesterday morning received a set of new boilers. Her machinery has under gone a thorough repair, and is ready to bs displaced. The Triton has commenced returning stores, and is preparing to be paid off. The troopship Resistance, Master Commander Cato jar (Acting), is ordered to enter the outer basin of Wool wich dockyard, in order to clear out the remainder of her Russian auchors brought from Sebastopol. The transp-rt Security arrived at Woolwich pier yes terday morning with a cargo of medical stores, waggons, cases of harness, &c., returned from the East. The tran- sport Inn likewise arrived yesterday morning at Wool wich with a cargo of miscellaneous stores. The Enter prise, Koh-i-Noor, and Calliope arrived also, and, being laden with Tower stores, they were ordered to enter the Victoria Docks to discharge. The freightship Voltigeur has completed her shipment of powder, viz., 900 barrels, from the floating magazine off Woolwich, and is to sail for Halifax. We are requested to state that Major Mortimer Adye, No. 4, of the 3d battalion Royal Artillery, has not re ceived orders to proceed with his company to Alderney, as reported. Tne following appointments were mado yesterday at the Admiralty :—Lieut. A. G. Bogle, to the Ajax ; Lieut. J. W. Vaughan, to the Shannon ; J. W. Chap man, mate, to the Coquette ; W. Dawes, mate, to the Urgent ; M. A. S. Hare, to the Inflexible ; H. Hand, mate, to the Devastation ; Hon. G. Fitzclarence, mate, to the Retribution ; C. C. P. Fitzgerald, mate, to the Retribution ; Lord \V. T. Kerr, midshipman, to the Shannon; F. S. Clayton, midshipman, to the Cruiser; H. A. Lascelles, naval cadet, to the Shannon ; G. F. N. Greville, naval cadet, to the Shannon ; Percival Briggp, naval cadet, to the Shannon ; R. J. T. Edgoumb, naval cadet, to the Caesar ; E. Drummond, naval cadet, to the Brilliant. • The following promotions have taken place in the corps of Royal Marine Light Infantry, consequent on the death of Captain A. Ramsay, of the Portsmouth divi•ion :—First Lieutenant I. T. Haverfield, to be Captain, vice Ramsay ; Second Lieutenant F. J. Parry, of the Chatham division, to be First Lieutenant, vice tiacerfield. A. large detachment of Crimean invalid , , belonging to various regiments in the service, arrived at Cnatham yesterday afternoon, having been for war Jed to the in valid establishment at Chatiiam from the military hospi tals at Portsmouth and Chichester. Yesterday morning a detachment of convalescent in valids, to the number of 59 men of all ranks, belonging t) the Ist Dragoon Guards, 4th Light Dragoons, 14th Light Dragoons, 23 Royals, sth Fusiliers, 7th Fusiliers, Bth, 13th Light Infantry, 23,1 Welsh Fusiliers, 331 (Duke of Wellington's), 41st, 45th, 50th (Queen's Own), 52d Light Infantry, 531, 55tb, 60th Rifles 68th Light Infantry, 62d, 87th Royal Irish Fusiliers, 88th Con naught Rangers, 95th aril 97th Regiments, with a draught of the Laud Transport Corps, left Chatham for their respective homes, the whole of them having re• ceivecl pensions varying from 6d. to 23. a day on being, discharged from the service owing to woundS;pr, sich ness. Each man received his arrears of pay before leay.. ing, and a number of men belonging to the Medical Staff,. Corps accompanied those blind and helpless'.weial svho were in need of such assistance. . . . . The Powerful, 84, Capt. T. L. Massie (1854), from the North American and West India station, arrived at Cuatham ye-stertlay to be paid off, having been previously inspected at the Great Nore by Captain J. J.. Tucker, the second in command at that station. NEW LINE OF PACKETS TO WEST AFRICA —Milford Haven Ens been selected, it is reported, as the terminus of a new line of packets about to be established between this country and tee west coast of Africa, via Lisbon. At the latter capital four new lines are to be started— viz., to West Africa, Brazils, the Azores, and England ; nod the terminus of the English line will be at the Ha ven. This is in coenection with the rail between Lisbon and Bedajoz, a portion of which will shortly be opened. A large and increasing traffic is daily developing itself in the Haven packet communication which has been esta blished between Waterford, Dublin, Cork, Liverpool, and Bristol. THE NEW SALOON 03,INIBUS.—There is now on view at the Hungerford Hall a newly-constructed omnibus, which possesses many most valuable improvements upon the present incommodious class of public vehicles. It is elegant. in appearance, light in draught, easy of ingress and egress for toe passengers, admirably ventilated, and more roomy and commodious in the interior than the ordinary omnibus. The carriage is the invention of Mr, Aystord, of Drury-lane. The front of the omnibus, in stead of projecting forward to the horses, recedes back wards in a bold curve, like the bows of a clipper ship. By this arrangement the weight of the omnibus is re duced, and the horses can gat much nearer to their work ; a much larger " lock " can be obtained, and higher fore wheels can be used than are ordinarily em ployed. Entrance to the carriage is afforded by two doors, the space between them is provided with a foot board for the conductor, and steps with hand-rail for outside passengers to ascend to the roof. The near side door conducts to the main body of the vehicle, which affords accommodation to 12 persons, 3of whom would occupy a seat on the right hand, facing the side windows of the omnibus having no vie a vis, and piss seseing ample room for passengers passing before them to the other end. Beyond this seat for three pers , ns are ranged two seats on the same plan as the existing omnibus—one seat accommodating four and the other three persous. There is a stand fitted up for umbrel las, handles to guide the passenger to his place, and there is a bell-pull hanging from the roof to signal the conductor to stop when required. But only ten persons are yet provided for; two more are to be accom mo d ate d . ' Toe " off," or right-side, door opens into a small coupe, like an arrnchair, which, it is suggested, would be highly patronised by very stout passengers of either sex, by pie sons nervoesly anxious about the contents of their pockets, or ladies with an infant. The twelfth passenger 18 provided with a seat at the extreme end of the bus, with his 'lnca to the horses, the seat being so arranged as to be turned back when not required to be used. The doors being at the sides of the vehicle, passengers may be landed on the pavements, instead of, as at present, in the ocean of mud through which they so frequently have to wade to land. So much for the inside accommodation. The discomforts of the "knife-board," and the inconvenient modes of reaching it now in use, aro abolished. Convenient steps lead up to the roof, and when arrived at that elevated and salubrious locality, the traveller will feel that his seat is a secure as well as a comfortable one. The passengers may sit in two rows lacing eaeli other, along the whole length of the roof, toe pace between the rows of seats being sufficiently de pressed to enable the passenger to sit at his owe, while in wet or stormy weather he can avail himself of the protection afforded by a moveable and waterproof umbrella covering. If the new omnibus company were only to provide vehicles of such a class as this, instead of the odious machines now in use, they would earn a little of the gratitude of the community, and be deserv ing of the highest dividends they could obtain without • undue exactionfroia the travelling public. TT Mr. Gillow's amendment was next put against the chairman's motion, when the latter was again carried, orly five holding up their hands for the amendment. Mr. Gillow demanded a poll. A poll was taken, when there appeared—for the chairman's motion, present, 67; proxies, 700; representing 1,380,000/. of stock. For Mr. Gillow's amendment, present, seven persons. The scrutiny of the votes was deferred. This closed the proceedings. SCOTTISH CENTRAL. The report of the directors of this company states that tie addition of the cap tat expenditure during the half year was 21,867/. Ten new cattle vragg,u i and six nreak•vans have been added, at a cost of 1,2561. The land for the harbour branch has been acquired at a cost o f 824/. A sum of 6,168/. has been paid towards the expense of obtaining the Denny Branch Act. The works will be commenced forthwith and proF;ectited with vigour. The amount available for dividend is 25,5451., out of which the directors recommend a dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum on theconsolidated stock, payable on the 9th of October next, which would absorb 25,0001. and leave 451. for tke surplus fund, which would then amount to 5,4151. Tile dividend on the 5 per cent, and 43 per cent. preference shares will be paid at the same time. BRECKNOCK AND AI3ERGAVENNY. A Ppe ci al meeting of the Brecknoek and. Abergavenny Canal Company has been held at Brecon, to consider an offer male by Messrs. Brassey, M'Cormick, and Thornton for the purchase of the canal property, for conversion into a railway. Sir J. Bailey, M.P., presided. A propositinia was made by Mr. OARNSON, on behalf of Messrs. Brassey and Co., for the purchase of thecanal at 122,0001., of which 85,0001. was to be paid in railway shares to the canal shareholders, and 37,0001. in railway debentures to the holders of debentures on the canal. The Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford Company were to lease the line in perpetuityand to pay 4 per cent. interest, or 300,0001. from the date of the completion of the line. To this an amendment was proposed that the canal should only be sold on cash terms, but on a divi• cion the original motion was carried, and the meeting aiijourned to October 2. HERNE BAY AND FAVERSHAM. An influential meeting was held on Tuesday at Herne Bay to consider the propriety of establishing direct rail way communication between Herne Bay and London, by means of a junction with the East Kent Railway at Faversham ; Captain Clarke was called to the cbair. It was stated that the of of the proposed railway was to bring Herne Bay within 50 miles of London, by connecting it with the East Kent line, which would be opened for traffic as far as Faversham, in less than 12 months. The proposed line was ten miles in length, and could be constructed at a cost of 7,0001. per mile. There will be a station at Whitstable, situated near the town ; and Herne Bay will thus be brought into direct communication with London. Mr. HOLTROD, the secretary of the East Rent Rail way, said there was no doubt whatever the line cuu d be constructed for the sum named. The undertaking only required the cordial support of the inhabitants and per sons interested in the district to early it out successfully. If they wo*ld petition Parliament in favour of the scheme, and subscribe for a reaQona.ble number of shares in the undertaking, the object they had in view could be accomplished. It was proposed to issue 3,500 shares of 201. each, and to receive a deposit of 21. per share. Resoluti ,ns were passed in favour of the scheme, and Mr. Newton, Mr. Jewry, Mr. Reyno!ds, Mr. Percival, and Mr. Godfrey were appointed a committee to carry out the object of the meeting. A number of shares were subscribed for, and the pro ceedings concluded with a vote of thanks to the chair man. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. GREAT NORTHERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the week ending Sept, 7, 1856 £.22,937 3 6 Corresponding Week last year 21,853 18 1 LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the week ending Sept. 14, 1856 £66,375 0 0 Corresponding week last year CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffie return for the week ending Sept. 14, 1856 £7,182 0 0 Corresponding week last year 7,0: 8 0 0 Inzrease in 1856 LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAILWAY. —Traffib re turn for the week ending Sept. 14, 1856 P 25,084 19 6 Corresponding week last year 22,282 15 4 SCOTTISH CENTIIAL RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the wick ending Sept. 14, 1556 £7,255 8 4 Wrresoondint , week last year 6,505 6 7 CORK AND BANDON RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for week em.ing Sept. 13, 1856 £223 I() 8 Corresponding week last year 206 12 2 LONDON GENERAL OMNIBUS COMPANY —Traffic re. turns for the week ending Stpt. 13, 1853 £10,428 4 1 THE NEW BISHOPS OF LONDON AND DURHAM. The Very Rev. A. C. Tait, D.C.L., who has been nominated by the Crown to the Bishopric of London, which will be formally vacated by the Right Rey. Dr. Blonifieki at the close of the present month, was eon cated at Bailin! College, Oxford, in which University he graduated in 1833, when he tack a first class in classic', in the same year but not in the same term with Mr. h. Lowe, M.P., Dr. Jackson, Bishop of Lincoln, and Dr. Liddell, Dean of Christchurch, all of whom were first class in classics. He became a fellow and tutor of his college, and a select preacher of the University. Upon the death of Dr. Arnold, who so long and so ably pre sided over Rugby School, Dr. Tait was elected his suc cessor. In 1849, on the death of Dr. Cramer, he was nominated by Lord John Russell to the Deanery ~f Carlisle, and has been in possession of that dignity up to the present titna. In 1852 he voted for Mr. Gladstone, as the representative for the University or Oxford, when he was opposed by Dr. Marsham, the Ward, n of Mer ton College, and again for the right hon. gentleman on his acceptance of the office of Chancellor of the Exehe quer under Lord Aberdeen's Government, when he was opposed by Mr. D. M. Perceval, recently deceased. Im mediately after Dr. Blomfield's resignation is completed her Majesty will direct a cenge d'eliee to the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's Cathedral, empowering them to elect Dr. Tait to the bishopric, and his " contirmato.n ' will shortly afterwards take place in the parish ohur h of S. Mary le Bow, Cheapside. He will be consecrand by the Archbishop of Canterbury, in whose province the diocese of London is situate. The new bishop helde what are usually called via media views on the dectrinal ques• tions which aeitate the two great parties in the church, sympathising, however, rather than otherwise, with the evangelicals. Dr. C. T. Langley, who has accepted the Bishopric of Durham in the room of the Right Rev. Dr. Maltby, who has resigned, was educated at Christ Church, Ox ford, where he graduated in 1815, taking a first class in classics. He ie a younger . son of Mr. John Longley, formerly re corder of Rochester, and for some time one of the macistrates at the Thames police i court. He was born at Rochester n 1794, and having gone through the usual course at Westminster School removed to Oxford. In 1829 he was presented to the rectory of West Tytberley, near Stockbridge, Hemp. shire, and in 183 1 resigned .that benefice on b e i ng e l ec t e d to the head unistership of Harrow School, O n the for. ! nation of the see of Ripon. in 18 3 6 , he was a pp o i nted by Lord Meleourne, thee Prime Mini s t er , t o b e i ts fi rst btylioi ,acid as 11is theological views pre,idedovertt diocese. up t o th e pre sent a=e moderat e , w i t h a 11 slight leaning to the evangelical rather than to the high church parry. Dr. Longley's confi rmat i on to the ties of Durham after his election liy the dean and' chapter will ake piece ie the parish church of St. James, Piccadilly. It has not yet transpired who will succeed Dr. Long ley in the bishopric of Ripon, or Dr. Trait in the deanery of Carlisle. A decision of some importance was pronounced by Cornmis.ioner Ilolroyd, in the Court of Bankruptcy, Y, t's,ten-my. It appears that %. here a trader has come oeiore the court under a petition for arrangement he is not t.rotected from bankruptcy, if it should appear that he has committed an act of bankruptcy prior to the filing of Lie petition.