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IPMEMBER, WE SUP AT EVANS' VY.RY EVENING THIS WEEK after Alfred _________B_Promenade Concerts. NORTH BRITISH ANT) MERCANTILE INSURANCE COMPANY. Established 1809. I ncorporated by Royal Charter and Special Acts of Parliament. Act a .- ululated and Invested Funds -‘llllual Revenue.... 422,401 FIRE DEPARTMENT. Insar an es nrante4 both at Home and in Foreign Countries the most liberal terms. ' LIFE DEPARTMENT. Every facility offered to Insurers. j i),l l 'tY per Cent. of the Profits divided among the Insurers 'us particip- , ting principle. The new Life business , ransacted in 1562 as follows : Policies. Am-unt Inured. Premiums. 1,037 ..-C763,334 £23.6.11 0 0 FO SS of Proposal and every information will be furnished a PPlication at the tox boiv OFFICES : 58, Thresdneedle-street . 4 New Bank Buntli nes . Lothbury. '‘ West-end Office B,' Waterloo-place, Pall-mall. ORWICH UNION FIRE INSURANCE SOCIETY. The business of t'e Company exceeds £70,000,000. z 3s duty paid to Government for the farms 1862 was ,°62 , and the amount in on ng stock, 0,0 86,332. A bonus of three-fifths of the profl's periodically made to Parties insuring, who have thus. from time to time, received 'liras amounting in the an-mre,gate to L 440,000; and the Society bow holds a larg,e Res rve appli-able to a future Itonus. o ' he rates of premium are in no case higher than those Their by the other principal offices maki ng no returns to insurers. Per pro-pectuses apply at the Society's Offices, Surrey - street, Norwich ; and 6, Crescent, New Bridge-street, Wait f riars, E.C. - THE ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY. nEAD OFFICES, 29, Lombard-street, London, and Royal Inturance buildinixs, Liverpoel. Total Annual Revenue exceeds £500,0 Accumulated Funds in hand over 1000,000. Chairman in Liverpool: CHARLES TURNER, N',sq., Chairman in London : WILLIAM WAINWRIGHT, Esq. EXTRACTS FROM THE REPORT FOR THE YEAR call e A . 1862. 9 'llf• Directors of the Royal Insurance Company are now upon to make their accustomed periodical Report at the Diming of its Shareholders. ,The Directors haw'. as FIRE B RANCH. p'easingly as unex pectedly, at the Vose o the year, to announce, fo' the first time, that the Fire Premiums have not o n ly reach d, but exceed £300,000. Government high comparati ve position held by the Roy al in the Returns of Duty is ap, , in fully msintamed. thehe profit of the b us i ness of the year exce eds considerably a mount realised in the preced.ng year , a nd in fact sur passes that of any wear, with but two exceptions, sine' , the commencement of thi Office, the balance t' the credit on accountof British and Foreign Insurances be in g £45,107 108. r a g., and ~f t h e North American b us i nes s, which is kept sepa• at elY, £ 1 1,097165. ltd. The LIFE BRANCH. v erY gratifying duty now falls upon the Directors _to l 'e t )c a .. t . the sum assured on IF w policics for the year 1t , 62 at 7fds even that of the veer 1861 by £lBO,OO O , and has arrived 47 ,„%0e almost unexampled amount for a single year of 2 : 11 ,427 on 1,498 new policies issued. Until within the last years it is beleved that such a sum arsured as that which has "as all b. en announced as the iesult of one year's business ";_all but unheard of. 1, 7 „ ° ,1 8 Portion of the Company's business has been carefully C e lled. and cannot fail to give much satisfaction to the Jtreholder, as well as no small encouragrut re ement for the to the participating life assurtr. .2 Ev idence of continued care in the selection of lives is amply amountedlorded t_ y a stao 3111 ement for the of year, on the whichnumber rected. These h the aggregate sti ave m ~1, elPosed for assuranne mounts to £'43,281. Various degrees No have led to these live s bein g declined. '° small number of the Assurance Companies of the day Feord their accep , ed lives annually at a sum not much, if at V ii l . t:x.ceeding those which the Roy al has declared as inadmis a single year from deterior ation of some kind or au in bheft v to complete thsir review, the Directors now advert t 0 the United Kingdom, they have re to announce that 2 1 Fireßusiness pro gress has been undoubtedly more VLl.icl than that of any other Co m p any established either in `, ; ol ld,m or elsewhere, except when am al g amations have taken V a ce• The returns o 1 duty have proved this. In Life, the "Mount of New Policies already reported make all other lrlence needless. The Directors conclude their present Report with the TXpression Company an opinion that the prospects of the Royal linsuranca Company were never brighter, and of a consequent t he future to 'nded on a grateful remembrance of the past, that is future may unfold for it a sphere of still greater mas:ni tg, e u_de c , comhinigg, distinguished commercial success to the with a le. gthened career of usefulness and protection 40 the pubic. PERCY M. DOVE, Manager and Actuary. JOHN B. JOHNSTON, Secretary in London. PROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL LIFE ASOCIATION. Estalished 1840. TRUSTEES. Thomas Baring, Esq., M.P. Wm. Geo. Prescott, Esq, Thomson Hankey, Esq.,lll.P. I Baron L. de Rothschild, M.P. Mutual Life Assurance for all classes. This Association has now in existence 6,000 policies, for a total sum of £1,500,000. The Annual Income is .. • • .. £51,000 The Accumulated Fund exceeds .. 20, 00 It has paid in Claims .. .. 112,090 The whole of the profits are divided quinquennially among the Members Three divhdons have already been made when the following sums have been added as bonuses to the policies - Dec. 31,1847 ~ 1852 .. ~ 18'17 .. 18112 Maki the total bonus additions, £91,600. 4 14 onuses may b e rece i ve d i n cash or a ppliel W the redue '' 3 °n of premiums at the option of the assured, in lieu of an a dcliihm to the of cy. Attention is especially invited to the system of free or pai li p Policies introduced by this Association, by which the Ra criflee so often submitted to on the relingaishment of Po icy is wholly avoided. The balance-sheets of the Association are open to all, Whether assurers or otherwise Active and influential agents will be appointed in unrepre tented districts. .. £5,400 11,500 .. 23 200 .. 56,500 WM. THOS. LINFORD, Secretary. Chief Office, 15, M oorga te-street, E.C., Aug 1, 1863. A.D. 1720. ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE CORPORATION (E stablished by Charter of his Majesty George the First) FOR SEA, FIRE, LIFE, AND ANNUITIES. Offices, Royal Exchange, London. Branch Office, 29, Pall-mall. OCTAVIUS WIGRAM, Esq., Governor. GEORGE PEARKES BARCLAY, Esq., Sub-Governor. Sir JOHN HENRY PELLY, Bart., Deputy-Governor. DIRECTORS. Remy kobert Barclay Bainbridge, Es Wilmot Holland, Esq. . Earl of Leven and Melville. irohn G arratt .d Esq. q attlev, Esq. Chas. Jno. Mannin g , Es q . iark C urr i e Close, E sq. H en ry Nelson, Esq. The Hon. Josceline W. Percy, Davidson, Esq. homes Dent, Esq. Ai Charles Robinson, Esq. Samuel Leo Schuster, - Esq, Alexander Druce, Esq Fredk. Jos. Ildlmann, 'Esq. Eric Carrington Smith, Esq. Itiversdale W. Grenfell, Esq. William Solts,u, Esq,_ . _ . L'obt, Amade us H ea th, E s q. Joseph Somes, Esq., M Wm. Tetlow H al l ibbert, Esq.' William Wace, Esq. Esq. aas. Stewart Hodgson, Esq. - Chas. Barin oung, Medical Referee, SAMUEL SOLLY, E s q., F.R.S. FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected w ith this Corporation on advantageous terms. In the Life Department, assurances are granted with par ticipation in Profits, or, at lower Premiums, without such Participation. The - Reversionary Banns on British Policies has averaged nearly 2 per cent. per annum on the sum assured. Equivalent reductions have been made in the Premiums payable by persons who preferred that form of Bonus. The divisions of Profit take place every Five years. Any sum not exceeding Life. £ 15, " may be insured on one This Corporation affords to the Assured— Liberal participation in Profits—with exemption from the liabilities of partnership. A rate of Bonus equal to the average returns of Mutual Societies—with the guarantee of a large invested Capital Stock. The advantages of modern practice,—with the security of an Office whose resources have been tested by the ex perience of nearly a CENTURY AND A HALF. The Corporation have always allowed the Assured to serve in the Militia, Yeomanry, or Volunteer Corps within the United Kingdom, free of charge. ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON. ROBT. P. STEELE, Secretary. ARMY CONTRACTS. Commissariat Office, Aldershot, 2d September, 1813. TENDERS will be received at this office. until noon, on WEDNESDAY, the 30th September, 1853, from persons who may be willing to enter into Contract for the supply of - " -- FORAGE, in such quantities as may be required, from Ist November, 1W to 3 st October, 1861, for the use of Her Majesty's Forces Et tationed at Aldershot Camp, and Within the com mand. Forms of Tender and Conditions of Contract tained on apulication at this office, by letter or in p erson, may be ob- Si gned, and between the hours of ten and four o'clock. The Tenders must be properly filled up and delivered at this office (under closed envelop:, marked on the outside " Tender for Irnrage"l. and no Ten d .r. will be noticed unless made on forms obtained from this office, and delivered by the hour appointed. HENRY B. MORSE, Deputy Commissary-GeneraL ARMY CONTRACTS. TENDERS will be reeeivpd at thin Office until 12 o'clock noon on the 3d of October. from persons Who Maybe willing to enter into Contracts to supply FORAGE AND PAILLAiSE STRAW, in such quantities ,s ma y b e reet,lired, for the use of Her Majesty' s L an d F orces stationed i n the following places, from Ist November, 1863, to 31st October, 1864 : FORAGE. 1. Hyde -park, Kensington, Regent's-park, and Horse Guards. 2. Hounslow and Kanner Hall. 3. Hampton Court. 4. Windsor. 5. Bricrhton. 6 Sandhurst. 7. Enfield. 1. Brompton House, Jo h‘.. park, and Ken a i ng t on . PAILLASSE STRAW. 2. Regent's - park, St . j:- Barracks. B-w ood, and Portman-street 3. New Barracks, Ch e l sea. 4 Wellington and St. Geore'a Ba-ra c k s . S. The Tower. 6 I I ounslow and Kneller Ital. 7. Hampton Court. 3 Winds -r. 9. Brighton, with Coast Forts from rceiviiav en to Shore ham. 10. Croydon. Separate Tenders must he made for Fora::, , a and for Pail lasse Stra'y for each of the above-mentioned Station s or Bar racks as g roupe i and numbered. Forms of Tender and Conditions of Contract may be ob tained on appl cation at this office, by letter or in person, between the hours of 10 and 4 o'clock. Tenders on 'he printe 1 forms must be properly filled up "), before and st/ned, and no Tender will be noticed unless debvered at the under-mentioned ' ffice under ell:red enveloo, (marked Itthe outsiee " Tender for C'ommissariat Supplies -'cl°ek noon on the 3d October next. ( Si ned)g W. T. POWER, Comm F sary-General. 33 'l 2 .nt s.Le,_ornmissary-Generai's Mice, Lone-strePt. Spring gard ens . cl .)7', Ufa sept., 1G(33. t. 18. )t. 18 t. 27. t. 25 It. 20. civi- •vines erates r par d they )f the Lard a ftial W ith Lg m e be work hint to to fall E l day, h ( di essß3l. ohs I' l ° I d de' f viOTIC rheU' e sun' I derfut saes ot a worlg e, Man n, 14th , Hyde tughter. ion, the :nights' Sir g r • ) Edith 'bur ll o eldegt Ouse, to ionville , Jainc 9 3. Petal' 1 Gsvilb I,ovely -79---1/ 1. Nes" SarreSt Londotit House, Tonkivl )REWS No. 1 12 ountY °' No. 22,223 --, /Now ready at all the L braries, in 3 vols., L ADY EMILY PONSONBY'S NEW NOVEL, "MARY LYNDsAY." • ' • " 'Mary Lyndsay' is the best written Nnd most interesting of the author's works."—Morniag Post. " An original and graceful story."—John Bull. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. THE PIPE VERSUS HUMBUG. Just publi lied, one penny, 32 pages, Svo., 4, POPULAR Hisrn )ItIUAL. I'ATISTICAL, X l l.. RA I'IONAL, and 11 EDICAL DEFENCE of the PIPE ; or, the Use and Abuse of Tobacco. One of the cneapest, complet, st, and best Pub! cations on the question. London : The Newsagents' Publishing Company, 147, Fleet street; Berger, Ilolywell-street—Six copies posted for six stamps ; one copy, two stamps .—Address " Editor," 7,Wolsey read, Stoke Newington. , " E 0 X F O IL D OXFORD STREET, W. . . _ THIS EVENING, will be performed Operatic Selections from Sir Henry R. Pishop's T LIE SLAVE and Halevy's MUSKETEERS (first time in England). Principal Artistes—Miss Russell, Miss Ellison, Messrs. Green, Bernardi, Huish, &c., with full band and chorus. Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans. Flute Solos by Drew Dean &O. Comic, by UNSWORTIT ("or any oiirer man "), Eugene, W. Randall, A. Lloyd, and George Hodson. Also, a Pei formance by Herr SI_IIALICENBACH on his wonderful instrument, the PIANO oIICHESTRE, contain ing a full bald of 40 instruments. The LIALL /1 . 18 just een nevviyDecorated and Ventilated, and is one of the most b Beautiful in the Metropolis. Open at R o'clock. Admission, 6d. ; stalls and balcony, ls. ; private boxes, 10s. 6d. C AN TERBURY HALL " GHOST,"—In order to gratify the curiosity of nightly-increasing crowds, Mr. C. 310 itTON has transferred the representation of Pro fessor P. pper ..nd Henry Dirks, Eeq.'s, world-famed spectral Illusion, " THN: G HOST," from the Picture Gallery to the Concert Ban, where a new and elk•gant stage is erected, affording* a more ample view of the Illusion from Stalls, Bal cony, and Indy of the Hall. He has also arranged for Mr. A. Silvester to give (with all that gentleman's latest im provements and effects), REPRESILNTATIONS EACH EVENING, at Ten o'clock. All the other Musical and Pictorial attractions as usual, including Operatic Selections, &c. ; ULsworth (the modern Demosthenes), Eugene, Arthur Lloyd, George Hodson, &c. ARGYLL ROOMS, Windmill-street, Th• se el-zaat Rooms are NOW OPEN for the Winter Season. They have been entirely redecorated. Musical Director, Mons. Jullien, of monster concerts cele brity. The band +0 selected from the Crystal Palace, the Italian Operas, and the Household Troops of her Majesty. Doors open at 8 o'clock. Admission, I s. Manager—M. Gnvi ET. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. The GHOST ! The Polish Giantess, Countess Demol!)th, will be introduces in the Ghost Illusion this Week—The beautiful FAIRY FOUNTA IN—G rand Divertissement by Twenty young Ladies—Operatic Selections, by Ai iss M 'Gregor, Mr. Albert, Vernon Rigby, and Signor Georgini—Band and chorus of 60 Performers. First appearance ofIiAPHAEL DE SOLLA.. the Infant Tenor, and LANGLOIS VELOCISIAN, the Great Indian Juggler, THIS DAY (MONDAY). ROYAL ALHAiNIBRA PALACE. Great Musical Attraction —lmmense success of SIGNOR ~ I COSIA, the eminent Violinist, who will appear Every Evening. ESTABLISHED 1833. 1110 - WDEN'S /ERATiD GINGER BEER, in Affi glass or stone bottl warranted to keep good twelve months. Lemonade, Soda-water, votass, Seltzer, and every description of Mineral Waters.—Manulactory , No. 3, IN kite Hart-street, Drury-lane, W.C. 13AGE'S BRICK, TILE, AND PIPE MACHINE , ., for hand, horse, or steam nower, are the most simple and efficient extant.—Ful. particulars and prices obtained of the makers, E. Page and Co., Laurence Pountney place, Laurence Pountney-hill, Ca.mon-street, E.C., where they may ne seen in operation daily. 31ONEY PROMPTLY ADVANCED by a Private Gentleman upon FURNITURE (without removal\ Leasehold and Freehold Property, or Reversions, &c., in sums from £2O to £SUO.-31r. Howard, 18, Queen street, Cheapside. TO Persons in WANT of MONEY (in Town or Country).—A GENTLEMAN is willing to MAKE ADVANCES of CAS 11, without delay, to respectable persons (male or female), on their own security. The utmost secrecy can be relied on.—Apply (it by letter enc'ose four stamps) to A m r. Robertson's, Accountant, 40. King William-street, London-bridge, E.C.—Money advanced on Dock Warrants. DR. SCOTT'S BILIOUS AND LIVE R PILLS.—A NEVER FAILING REMFDY.—Pre ..red without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. -cott, of Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to all who .uffer trom bilious and dyer complaints, indigestion, wind, , pasms, giddiness, nizziness of the eyes, &o For habitual ostiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier of the blood, they ire truly excellent; mild in their opera tion and grateful to the stomach, they create appe ite, pro mote digestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system. Sold by W. Lambert, 8, King William - stre e t , Charinp,--cross . London, and by most druggists, in boxes , ls. lid., and three times the quantity in one, 2 s. 9 d. Be sure to a 3 k for Dr. Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine ore a square Breen package, with " William Lambert," engraved on the stamp. KEATING'S PERSIAN INSECT DESTROY ING PO WDER, for which a Prize Medal was awarded to the Producer at the International Exhibition, 1862, This Powder is quite harmless to an inAll life, but is un rivalled in destroying Fleas, Bugs, Flies, Cockroaches, Beetles, Gnats, Mosquitos, 2.oths in furs, and every other species of Insect. Sportsmen will find this an invaluable remedy for destroy ing Fleas in their Dogs, as also Ladies for their Pet Dogs. Being the original importer of this now invaluable article, which has found so great a sale that it has tempted others to vend a so-called article, the public are therefore cautioned to observe that the pickets of the Genuine Powder bear the autograph of THOMAS KEATING Sold in packets, ls., 2s. 6d., and 4s. 6d. each, or post free for 14 or 36 postage stamps, by Thomas Keating, chemist, 79, St. Psul's-churchyarJ, London, E.C . PELEBRATION of the TERCENTENARY of NJ the BIRTH of SHAKSPE ARE, at Stratford-upon- Avon. The Tercentenary Committee (of which Sir Robert N. C. Hamilton, Hart, K.C.8.. is Chairman , are now receiv ing SUBSCRIPTION -4, and they may also be paid to the account of the Tercentenary Committee, at the Stourbridge and Kidderminster or Warwick and Leamington Banks, Stratford-un-Avon ; Messrs. Greenway, Smith , anti Greenway, -Warwick; or their London agents, Messrs. Smith, Payne, and co , Messrs. Hanburys and Co., or Messrs. Glyn and Co • bankers, London. The Tercentenary Committee, in submitting the subscrip tion list to the natio n , most earnestly appeal to the admirers of Shakspeare for their aid and assistaLce. The Committee rest their claims upon the ground that Stratford is not only the birthplace of Shakspeare, but the centre of attraction to all admirers of the great Poet's works, and that it was his h! , me, the town he l ove d , and where he lived and died. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail way Terminus, at King's-cross. • Patron —The QUEEN. President—The Duke of BUCCLEUCH, K.G. Treasurer—Edward Masterman, Esq. This was the first hospital to introduce the principle of free . of uovernors' letters. It is entirely devoted to desti tution instant admission to the destitute sick, without the that which is for malityac,com- tutionin its most pitiable form—viz,, support, It may be rendered panted by sickness and disease, and is now of sufficient adequate in w g it i h nto Its wards a very large proportion of the casual sick of this great metropolis. It requires but the funds in order to have 500 beds available for the reception of these the most wretched of our fellow -creatures. Moreover, c m a a rabl it e u o d t e ad t m ha i t ti it gratuitously affords medical advice and medicine to more, on the average, than 3,000 out-patients a week. The Weekly Board feel it their imperative duty to make an EARNEST APPEAL to the public for continued support, to enable them to admit and relieve the distressing cases that daily present themselves. Contributions are received by the Treasurer, Edward Masrerman, Esq., Nicholas-lane; also by M essrs. C on t ts an d Co.; Drummond and Co. ; Berries and Co. ; R ans o m an d Co. Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co.: Glyn and Co. ; Jones Loyd and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; Denison and Co. ; W lliams, Deacon, and Co. ; Overend, Gurney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co. ; Messrs. J. Barned and Co., Liverpool and at the. Hospital. STANFORD S. SMITH Secretar OPAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT RINSTITUTION Majesty the Queen. A*ni 1 the Duke of Northumberland, PuESIDENT—Vice-A DEPUTY- KG., • P. B. S. ~,, Esq., M.P., P. 8.5., V.P. CRAIRMhos. Esq., F.R.S., V.P. PATRONEClSSTgeorriSaitoesdt by Graciousßoyal ii‘svhhtneenuthsince The Committee of Management t ROyak s ta te Naonal Lifeboat he beginning o expended 1860, 0 on various Lifeboat Estab- Institution has L32,00 C 11 A 11 t I AN—TN —Thomas ABll3nP'E AChr Chapman, e a ntO :%ocie7 number of ! nd other means, since its y formation, is 12,800; Silver Medals, and ' o r w which services 82 Gold Medals, 718 £16,480 C oastsuv e s of saved by StOhOetlad Life-boats , andire o lan t Ireland. the /ion has o )) on Life - boats, also expended L67,' In cash have been paid in TransPorti ne-cartiages, and Boat-houses. grateful sense of The Committee desire to express their rewards. The Institu- Life-boat porting-carriages the generou s 8 P Port which they have received tut w. .ch British public duuring• the past few years, a suppor nt has enab pit st, of 123 Lifeboats on the shores of the United ' .ern to establish their present m Kingdom. that Deeply sensible, however, of the great respousib V indent rests on them to maintain their fleet in a thoroughly f mawafloemet of their state, and i' terews practised in the inanaQciacrit boats, will .1, can he only be efr ecte . l b y a large an d nent annual income, ty earnestly appea l to a ll classPeesnomfatheir countrymen to aid them in upholding and perpetuating so gt i e , a h t e andtruly nationalbrat 11 1 1 work. , Committee .* con tributions:— acknowledge the following con - Campbell. Majesty the e th l e io Q u u . e 3 e i n r,s...BGan. t.e:rs • £ s. et Carr C'C Erie,pi,,, l e cu nn rt w .1 : sfacC, and Co., n;C:\CI. Colonel, e:i :e . l : 3l . lq l A r.:lA : s d : : : m rt , : i e r e 0 . e a — l s t S o r f ... A a .: L , K u e .....Cil . 0 1 l a . t •:••....:•.n. d 4a 2 aaa d : ::: ::P i r d a dul'uu . o i :aana annual . 5 2 11150 5 010° :00 0 0: 00:00 0 • • :: 7t1•;d0n".2.5100 0 0 0 0 sporting Carriage .. i .. 3 0 0 Moore,A ila ar rv t teny Bev. Sjlierv.6C4. Henry, * B (3 . . a ß il a d r t . 2.. r 8 . .... .... . . d 0 tt • 15 15 0 Stirling it I C r s o . 1 (. 3 S e i ° r r g A e n ' t 6 h r o c n e y n , Iv K i e . C h .13. : : : : annual Thom, a, Lady, Weston -super-Mare, collected by her 2 3 0 0 0 0 Ladyship .. • • •• Willoughby d•Eresby, Lo rd • • • . .. annual 0 0 Donations and Annual Su' , scriptions will be thankfully. v e _ eived by th e B a nkers of the institution, Messrs . Willis, Percival, and Co. 76, Lombard -greet; Messrs. Coutts and CO., 59, Strand ; Messrs. Herres, Farquhar. and Co., 16, St. , ' anaes's-street, London ; by a 1 the Collectors of Customs and Bankers in the e Unit difin,dom•' and by the Secretary ultiolchatre har.sdLet, a ti Lewis, nd,Laotthoeil.cl_ift. , 0 , t the IDstitutiou, ii, sPA R r, , and Laid. The Annamites are not yet qui .ni!fak t tfr i s - „Air • (1( 0 : 111-7 Ard 47i/ to European habits ; it was remarked that du ; in the hotel at Marseilles, they did not once op t "•' Zkiß • -‘ _ tti o *l o . is, ss.- .% p i.t. ;.2,:stak i kr , . 4"41y,1t.t. > t ft er Ate; k 1 7 t - 4 4 4 : I ' M fr k s -43' , • but contented themselves with lying only part 4 outside the sheets. On leaving the hotel a any • : I 'V " ' . was left as a present for the aftendants who had serveaSer S Nriors: 411 N:r 4 . p , 414 ktr Y; r. • •ge :g_•6 ; 1•15_0 is , si p , 90 DR ,,,,. `- during their stay, among which were several new silver coins: o s o co , 4 ,e DiE , bearing the e ffi gy of Tu-Duc, the Cochin Chinese Sovereign. J. `-' PRICE.— —..ld. STAMPED ....sd. The Austrian Note to Russia. Naval and Military Intelligence. FneNKFORT-ON-THE-MAINE, Sept. 17. The Europe of to-day publishes the full text of the despatch addressed by Count Rechberg to, Count Thun, at St. Petersburg, under date the 12th. of August. Tbis despatch is as follows: — You already know the text of the despatch of Prince Gortschakoff which M. de Balabine read to me, and of which he handed me a copy, on the 17th of July. As I have made you aware, the Imperial Government deeply regrets that Russia has not replied in a more satis factory manner to the overtures made by Austria, in con e( rt with France and Great Britain, at St. Petersburg. Prince Gortsehtleeff adheres in fact but vaguely to the six points proposed as the bases of negotiations. Ho con tests the expediency of proceeding to their immediate appli cation before the complete restoration of material order. The Vice-Chancellor appears to believe that the sole discussion of those bases might hinder the carrying into execution of the meat ures for the re-establishment of the authority of the Government in Poland. The co-operation of the Powers would import to the resolutions which would be adopted the character of an interference in the domestic affairs of Rus sia, which the Cabinet of St. Petersburg would not be will ing to admit. The Court of Russia refuses, therefore, to accept a conference of the eight Powers signing the Gene ral Act of the Vienna Congress. Considering the general principles mentioned in this act as foreign to the question, the Russian Government would only consent to a direct understanding with the Courts of Austria and Prussia in order to put the respective position of their Polish possessions (to which the stipulations of 1815 extend) in harmony with the present requirements and the progress of the age. Prince Gortschakolf observes, also, that this mode of action would be in conformity with the course pursued in 1315. The Imperial Government must state that it differs with the Russian Government upon the majority of these points. In the first place, we believe that it would be, on the contrary, most urgent at once to attempt a work of conci liation so necessary for the general interest. In availing herself of the legal and disinterested concur rence offered by Austria, France, and Great Britain, the Court of Russia secures the most powerful means of success in causing ideas of moderation to prevail in Poland, and thus laying the foundation of a durable peace. The organs of the most extreme parties may reject as in sufficient the programme recommended by the three Powers; but it would be an error to believe that there are in such a case but two parties to be considered—on the one side the Government occupied in suppressing the insurrection, and on the other the chiefs of the insurgents fomenting disorder and raisiag the most extravagant pretensions. Outside these two camps there is a great floating mass that wouli be content to see the security of persons and property placed under the protection of a just and beneficent Administration. In gaining the confidence of this portion of the population, Russia would make a great stride towards the pacification of the country. Prince Gortschakoff points out, as one of the principal obstacles to all attempts at conciliation, the moral encou ragement which the most insensate aspirations of the in surrection draw from the hope of an active foreign inter vention from without. It is true that events in Poland have excited a lively sympathy in Europe. This sympathy has been mani fested in almost every State where national represen tation exists. such manifestation, added even to the material assistance which the insurgents have been able to receive front neighbouring States notwithstanding the strict surveillance La the Government, do not, how ever, constitute the only obstacle to the re-establish ment of order in Poland. If the insurrection, as Prince Gortschakoff says, has concentrated all its efforts in the kingdom of Poland, it is because it has found there a favourable ground on which it was easy to call up well founded grievances, and where there existed causes for discontent, the removal of which is precisely what we ad vise. If the Court of Russia bad taken more into account. the engagements entered into in 1772 and 1815 in favour of the maintenance of religious liberty and of the national in-. stitutions, the agitation from without would not so easily have provoked these troubles, the frequent recurrence of which disturbs, not without reason, the neighbouring coun tries and the whole of Europe. Neither do we very well comprehend the objections offered by Prince Gortschakoff against the reassembling of a formal conference called to discuss the affairs of Poland. From the moment that the Cabinet of St. Petersburg admits that the other Powers have the right of interpreting the sense of certain stipulations concerning the kingdom of Poland, it implicitly recognises by such admission that these same Powers have a right of examination, leading them to make their opinion heard upon the execution of measures which are only the direct con& quence of these stipulations. We cannot discover in the participation of the eight Powers signing the acts of Vienna, or in deliberations upon the condition of the kingdom of Poland the character of a direct interference in the interior affairs of Russia, since it is evident that the Treaty of Vienna places his kingdom in a special position, very different from that of the provinces of the Russian Empire. We do not see, then, what, from Prince Gortschakofl's point of view, renders unacceptable to Russia the assembling of a conference of the eight Powers. We have already protested against the interpretation which the Cabinet of St. Petersburg seemed to give in this respect to a passage of our despatch of the 18th June. The Imperial Cabinet then only stated en elementary truth. It is clear, in fact, that the assembling of a conference with the object of negotiating with Russia becomes impos sible, if the party most directly interested, that with whom it is precisely necessary to negotiate, declines to appear. But we did not wish to be understood to indicate by this reserve that we should approve the refusal of Russia to take part in a conference. As regards the proposal of a direct undertaking between Austria, Prussia, and Russia, the Imperial Government could not, as far as it is concerned, regard this combination as admissible. We can only repeat here, on this head,that the concert established between the Cabinets of Vienna, London, and Paris, with the view of facilitating a pacific solution of the Polish question, forms between these three Cabinets a bond from which Austria cannot now disengage herself to negotiate separately with Russia and Prussia. We have besides been obliged to repel the assimilation which this proposal appeared to establish between the terri tories purely and simply incorporated with the Austrian Em pire, and the portion of ancient Poland constituted in 1815 into a State united to the Empire of Russia, but enjoying a, distinct Administration. The Emperor, our august master, has not hesitated to spontaneously endow his Polish possessions with institu tions in harmony with present necessities and the progress of the age. For its part the Imperial Government had not, therefore, to concert on this subject with the frontier Governments, and the measures which it recommended to Russia were not in contradiction with the example which it has set in its own dominions. We further hasten to note with satisfaction the declara tion contained in the despatch of the 15th (27th) of July, read to me by M. de Knorring, in which Prince Gortecha koff protests against the interpretation which_ we put upon his proposition. In fact it appears to me that the precedent of 1815 can not be successfully applied to existing circumstances,for the Powers who signed the Acts of Vienna had not at that period the title to intervene in the Polish question which they now claim, and which originates precisely in those very Acts. In thus communicating our views to Princo Gortschakoff there still remains an imperious duty for us to fulfil. It is to call his most serious attention to the gravity of the situa tion and the responsibilities which it throws upon Russia. Austria, France, and Great Britain have pointed out the urgency of putting an end to a deplorable state of affairs full of danger to Europe; they have at the same time indicated the means which it appeared to them ought to be employed. to arrive at this end, and they have offered their concurrence to attain it more surely. If Russia does not do everything in her power to second the moderate and conciliatory intentions of these three Powers, if she does not follow the path pointed out to her by amicable counsels, she exposes herself to the serious consequences to which a prolongation of the disturbances in Poland may lead. 'desire you, Count, to read this despatch to Prince Gorts chakoff, and leave with hint a copy of the same.—Receive, RECILBERG. THE NAVY. Her Majesty's iron paddlewheel eAr s df t ra e iy a e m ah, v a e pu s la s ei e dd l o ß ff l Bloodhound, h iv o u o n o f eh ro m o n the Tuesday, West C w o a a s s t y e o s f t out of basin and placed in ordinary ; and the Speed well, built last year at Deptford Dockyard, and commissioned by Commander Cottam, was yester day docked at Woolwich, in preparation for her first service on the West Coast of Africa. The steam storeship Dee, Master Commander Raymond, yesterday discharged the remainder of her cargo at Woolwich, under the outer shears at the river wharf, and proceeded to Deptford to ship machinery at Messrs. Penn's wharf for the Western yards. The store transport Rosabund, having shipped 16 12-pounder guns, carriages, and equipments from Woolwich Arsenal for the Royal Artillery batteries stationed at Quebec and Montreal, yesterday sailed for her destination. The Racoon, screw steam corvette, Capt. Count Gleichen, went out of Portsmouth harbour yesterday morning, and anchored at Spithead. She is now only waiting the arrival of his Royai Highness Prince Alfred, prior to sailing on another cruise. The Osborne paddle wheel steam yacht, Master- Commander G. K. Bower, went out of Portsmouth harbour yesterday to Stokes Bay for a trial of her machinery and her new paddle wheels, under the superintendence of Commander Brett and other officials of the Steam Reserve. The _trial was considered satisfactory. The Pioneer, screw,Acting-Commander Robin son, will be paid off alongside Portsmoutk Dock yard on Saturday. The court-martial on one of the engineers and two of the crew will be held to-day on board the flagship Victory. The undermentioned gentlemen were yesterday nominated to the naval cadetships:—Henry M'A. Cutfield, Thos. A. Houston Boswall, and Thomas The following appointments were made yester day at the Admiralty :—Lieut. Hugo L. Pearson to the Pelorns; Lieut. Frederick W. Inglefield to the Duke of Wellington ; Lieut. Wm. Walsh to the ineers, to the Fisgard, for the Cornwallis ; John A. Lodge, engineer, to the -Fis gard, rkas t l o e jy t : h Ha e s .s ips Hydra; ta..eekn John King (a) and W. hga m master's assistant, for dis posal; Chas. Topping, John B. Sams, and Edwin A. Lang, assist.-clerks, additional, to the Fisgard; E. W. C. Mackay and A. 'l'. T. Wise, assist..elerks, to the Royal Adelaide, as supernumeraries ; and Thos. Grey, assist: clerk, additional, to the Cumberland. A BARONET'S DAUGHTER AND GRANDCHILD IN THE POLICE CELLS.—On Monday the Glasgow police apprehended a woman, named Margaret Lindsay or Cowan, on a charge of uttering base coin. When she was brought to the police office on this charge, two detective officers went to her lodgings in Alison-street, with the view of making further inquiries regarding her. In the course of their investigation they discovered, in the possession of her mother, who occupied the same lodgings, two pawn tickets—one for a table-cloth and the other for a sheet pledged by her, while they were the property of their land lady. The owner, unaware of this transaction until this discovery, at once committed her to the officers Her name is Phillir, Pettey, or Lindsay, daughter of the late Sir Ww. Fettes, Bart., who, it is said, omitted to make a suitable provision for her in his will, when arranging for the endow ment of an hospital at Comely Bank. The trustees on Sir estate, however, gave her an allowance from the funds under their control; but it is said that after the de cease of the late Lord Rutherford this was discontinued. At length, after enduring several privations, and disposing of all her marketable property, she, in a state of utter desti. tution, pledged these articles for a few coppers. She pled guilty to the charge, and was sentenced to 30 days' impri. sonmeut,—.irortic British, Xad. THE SUN, LONDON, FEIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 18, 1863. Cardinal Wiseman on Self-Culture. OL•TIIAMPTON, Thursday. The great hall of the Hartley Institution was last night densely crowded, Cardinal Wiseman haring undertaken to inaugurate the 34th session of the Polytechnic Institution by an address on the sub ject of self-culture. Mr. J. R. Stebbing, the presi dent of the institution, occupied the chair, and in a brief address introduced his Eminence, who was re• ceived with great cordiality. sided, commenced his add ress, the delivery of which Cardinal WISEMAN , w hen the cheering had sub occupied upwards of tw o hours, during tae whole of which time he was listened to with the greatest attention. He said he nad selected the subject of self-culture as one perfectly in unison with the object for which the institution was founded,—to enable those who joined such a noble foundation to ac quire learning for themselves, to form their own minds, and to improve those faculties which they individually possessed. The tendency and aim of his address would be not to excite ambition or the aim at distinction, not to stimulate extraordinary energies to induce men whom Providence had placed in a humble sphere of life to make their way from it, and rise higher and higher, perhaps with a fruitless aim constantly held before them. He was not about to show how individuals had risen from even the lowest ranks of society by industry, honesty, and self-reliance to the very highest dig nit:eta That was not his aim, for this reason—there was not one in ten thousand who could possibly succeed in so high a mark ; and for one who did succeed there were hundreds and thousands whose ambition had been over-excited, and whose hearts had been broken in early youth in attempting to arrive at that for which they were never destined, and there were others who had consumed a long age in murmuring impatience and discon tented with themselves and others because they thought they had been dealt with unjustly by society in not having achieved their mistaken ob• ject. No; he wished to make everyone feel that it was in his power to make such a position in society as would make him honoured, respected, revered by all around him, and respected by himself—to show how a man may work through a long life without being raised a step in that social position in which his lot is cast, and yet hold up his head among the noblest and the best, not in supercilious pride, not in overbearing ambition, but in the con sciousness that his heart has also been true to its duties, that his conduct has been unblemished—so so that he might walk with his head erect, except in those moments when it must be bowed down before that higher and better power which has given him those gifts which he has assiduously cultivated. He felt it due to himself to say—and he was sure all present would agree with him— that if he excluded from his address those sub limer aims, those nobler motives, those stronger incentives to righteousness and to virtue which ought to influence man in his whole career, it was not because he undervalued them, or that he wished by silence to exclude them. The meeting was a scientific and social meeting, and while he reserved to himself the fulness of his own convictions, and his sense of the propriety of such thoughts being before all men, he was sure he should be excused for making what might be considered a moral and perhaps a worldly discourse. He had spoken of self culture being the object of such institutions as the presen t. It was, in fact, the essence of all educa tion. Education supposed to be given to a passive and unresisting object by any amount of external pres sure that might be applied to it was a mere folly. A certain amount of information might be poured into the errs and understanding of a man, but he was not thereby educated. ASSISTING NATURE. No one believed that the art of healing consisted in the application of mere external remedies. The art of curing recognised the healing in the vital power. It existed in the constitution, in the frame, and the object of medicine was to bring forth those latent curative powers of nature which had to act in a given way. Although outward appliances might assist indi rectly, the main object was to stimulate and assist those latent powers given by nature, and the cure, so to speak, wisely aided and seconded, was in our selves. And so, with respect to the mind, lectures, and c onversaziones, and libraries and museums were all ends to education. But the true, the real edu cation was that which was performed within, and which none but the individual himself could perform for himself. Self-culture might be divided into three distinct ranges or spheres, and had to be applied— first, to the intellectual powers; secondly, to the power of acquisition—the power of aggregating what is without to our own minds; and thirdly, to the cultivation of the moral powers. These three powers were distinct. The first—cultivation of the intellectual powers—had little or no aid from with out. That was a work from within. Each man must cultivate his own intellect, his power of judg ment,his power of acting through the operation on theoPerations of his own mind. The second—the power of a cquisition—was of a mixed character. It was the power of bringing into our minds and under the judgment of the intellect that which was pre pared by others, and which we did not ourselves make, and which was not within as. It was mixed ; there was the double operation, the acting upon ma terials which we had not naturally within our reach through the means of the fac ulties within us. The third power, a gain, was of a mixed character—that moral portion of our being which, while it has within, t hi c n Otne forth duties and becauset w o ith b o e ut c , ultyet has its action obligations which reach those that are without our selves ; so that one is purely inward, the second is partly exterior through its obj ec t s ; the third iae d fromalso is partly exterior through its aims. Beginning with the intellectual powers, they were subject to a triple subdivision. THOUGILT-.-IMAGINAT ION-M EMORY. lhere was, first, the power of thought, and what immediately depended upon it ; and then came the imagination and the memory. Upon the two latter points his remarks would be very short, because the principles which he was about to lay down were embodied in the first point, on which he wished fully to open his mind. He did not intend to go into any metaphysical definitions or ex p lanations o f the power of thought, believing that he could make hi s meaning more clear by comparison and by illustra tion. He would take the sense of sigLt as the one parallel to thought in the mind : and trace its opera tion. The eye A BEAUTIFUL. COMPARISON. with seeing. Whatever of objects, the multiplicity If we walked they held no placew in ti t s o tnhweicerounstartyiataeldon, e n b ev y e tt r satisfied , but were continually changing pleasant• path there was no t an i nstant i n w hi c h w e did not see something—th e t rees, mountains—as we moved the head and inclined it i n a different angle, as w e moved the pupil of the eye , every possible change t oo k p l ace i n our bodily objects relation to the outward presentei to the vision, and yet all these objects were connected, book et train a a nd there was not a moment without at some picture being presented to the eye. E xact l y so w ith h weregllt, :en l' w \T h e ile reading never a a moment there nt was without think ing,in of thought passing through the mind over which it ex t o u Even no control. One thought succeeded another, more linked, more united by the power of association than the objects that metthe eye. That corresponded exactly to the action of the eye. It would be exceed ingly difficult to render an account of the th oug h ts passing through the mind during the day. B ut there was another power—the power of arresting thought, and there commenced the self -command necessary for self-culture. _A man might pass a whole day never distinctly distinguishing any ob ject with his eye; but by eiercieirg a certain degree of mental power he might stop and examine some object and fix it upon his memory. With re spect to the eye, that would be observation; to the mind, it would be reflection. When thoughts were passing through a man's mind, he might consider some one of them rather singular and reflect upon it, and thus arrest the current of thought, and fix upon something distant which would occupy his mind in future years, and lead to something useful and practical. That was the second step. But there was a third, and a higher, and more important one. A man might not be satisfied with a passing view of an object, but desire to know something more about it. OBSERVATION AND CONTEMPLATION. For instance, in looking for thefirst time at the ruins at Netley Abbey he saw all that could be seen in passing by. That was observation. It occurred to his mind that if ever he passed that way again he would make an examination into its architecture, and try to make out its history, having previously gathered such information as he might be ableto do from books treating on the subject. That would be a very dif ferent degree of observation from either of the first, and might be caked contemplation. That would be seeing in the highest sense. Exactly the same thing took place with regard to the mind. A man might say, "I wish to cultivate my powers of thought. I am not satisfied with dwelling for a few minutes on a thought which invites my attention ; here is a great question on which a thoughtful and earnest man cannot remain satisfiott ignorance and I will study it." • For this purpose.be would collect the necessary materials and exercise the varied powers of his mind and memory and reasoning, until he came to a solemn and well-matured decision how he ought to think and act. That was the course of thought, the operation of the mind corresponding exactly with the third operation of the sense of sight, and this analogy brought forward all the pro cesses of which thought was capable. The first and simplest power of thought meant little or no self culture, except by the application of those degrees of it which followed. DAY. D REAMING. There was nothing more dangerous than the habit which the indulgence in the first pro cess of thought, unchecked and unguided, might produce_ A person left to the mere suc cession of day-dreams, thought succeeding thought, with curious connexion,but without men tal analysis, would lose hours and hours of his time in mere vain, vague, roving ideas, which instead of fructifying in his heart would rot there and corrupt it. An illustration of this unchecked progress of thought might be found in the story of the merchant of Bagdad, whose dreams ended in the destruction of his precious porcelain. There were men who, not gaining the power of constraining their thoughts and arresting them at the proper time, had been led into the day-dream of every thieg excepting their duty, neglecting what they ought to have done, and consequently coming to misery and ruin. The first lesson, therefore, to be learnt in mental culture was to gain the power over the ordinary course of thought by applying what he had termed reflection—the arresting and checking out of the procession of thoughts those not worthy to be dwelt upon, and checking them immediately. Tug GERM OF MONOMANIA. He wished especially to impress on those who cared for the cultivatio❑ of their own minds the necessity of making use of this pro cess, which might be described as the second pro cess o' thought. It was necessary at once to check anything that was luxuriant, that did not tend to produce fruit, that tended as it almost always did to some amount of eccentricity. The moment a fa vourite thought began to haunt the mind, when it returned again and again with new vigour, and the mind tools a pleasure in dwelling upon it, it slum d be checked without a moment's hesitation and cut away.; and a man having acquired a control over his thoughts, over his mind, would at once deter mine that the idea should not dwell in his mind. Otherwise it might be the beginning of a thousand monomaniac. Indulgence in such ideas was the way in which they became fixed in the mind. They returned again and again. He was not speaking of moral consequences, but of intel- lectuai consequences. There was not a more serious impediment to self-culture than that of allowing a dominant thought to assume a propor tion to the rest of the faculties which was not in proportion with its own value. Of this there was no question, and he might lay it down as a certai❑ intellectual result, and say never allow hat might be considered a favourite idea, or fancy, or imagin ing, to dwell for any length of time in the mind. THE SEED OF INSANITY. It had been said, and he believed with truth, that there was hardly a mind so strong as not to hay e within it the possible seed of insanity, and that seed might be found in this form—a single idea, without any reason to account for its talzing possession of the mind, might go on developing until it became a sort of morbid feeling, resulting in the manner which he had indicated. There was a third and greater application of the mental power. It con sisted in not merely being able to arrest thought, to dwell upon it, but in being able to study the principles and earnest thoughts which were within the mind—being able tohave the power of directing all the energies of the mind to their solution and explanation, and so to treasure up within ourselves the principle drawn from sound and solid reflection. SPEAR. ONLY 'WHAT YOU THINK AND BELIEVE. He would not go - :,nto detail, but the ap plication was this. There was nothing more common than for persons to like to dispute — to discuss a subject, to provoke by the earnestness with which they pursue a paradox and answered every objection and difficulty raised against them, and then ,;,ay it is all a joke—it was done by way of trying my skill against yours. A man ought never to take a part which he did not believe. Inward truth fulness was as necessary to the formation of a sound moral character as was exterior truthfulness. He would say, never maintain a thing that you do not believe—never disputa a principle for disputa tion's sake—never consider it a mere recreation to be warring on the side of falsehood , or immorality, or anyth in g that is wrong. Heknew one instance in which the fondness for disputation and discussion had led to the person who did not believe in his cause bringing the other over and converting him to a falsehood. Such a course of proceeding was a serious moral offence. The mind ought in everything to be accustomed to form a just judgment. If it became accustomed to loose ideas of truth and falsehood, what would be the result when it had to pronounce a stern judgment on it self, to overcome temptation, and when evarything depended upon that uprightness of mind which was able, from long practice and constant training, on no occasion to swerve by a hairsbreadth on one side or the other ? That the training of the mind must be by the individual was self-evi dent. No two persons thought and felt alike, THE ELM AND TILE VINE. Ho would illustrate his m ean i ng by refer ring to a we'l-known fact, although it might be re garded as rather commonplace. From the earliest ages poets and agriculturists had considered tivo trees as intimately united together--the elm and the vine; and those who had visited the beautiful plains an d valleys of Italy must have been struck by the loving group and their verdure and fruitfulness. The elm g rew up a stately tree. Th e v ine crept up by its side, a miserable sapling, with ou t vigour or una ble to sustain itself. Th e o ne tree lent s t r ength, strength, the other gave beauty. They were born together, their roots were mingled almost inseparably beneath the soil, they lived upon the same food,they sucked up nourishment from the same ground, they drank the same dew and the same rains from hea ven. And yet no skill, no power could make them the same. The husbandman might trim and prune and enrich the SOH as intit.l as Le pleased, he would never bring a single grape out of the elm, and never form a self-sustaining stock for the vine. They re ceived the same nourishment, but they created what was given to them into a different substance. And so, two daughters growing up together, two sons going to the same college on the same day, would be as different as possible from each other, and no power of exterior culture would make them the same. The aim ought to be not to make them exactly alike, but to make them both useful and good. His EMINENCE then proceeded to the con sideration of imagination and memory. Imagi nation consisted in the faculty of receiving pictures in the mind—receiving them from without or even creating them within, although that created within would generally be found re ferable to something from without. Thought and language corresponded with one another. Imagi nation corresponded with painting—the mind saw the whole picture before it. But no two people imagined in the same way or bad obit cts impressed upon them in the same way. Imagination had the power of producing pictures in the mind, but in every instance at a different angle, so that each con templated it,at a different point. Speaking practi cally, there were two forms of imagination, each of which ought to be watched over and corrected ; the one was excess, the other was deficiency. The ex cess came very much from the mind running away with the reflective power, and strength was required to pull it back. As to deficiency, unless a person was called upon to use his imagination for useful purposes, it did not matter much whether his ima gination was weak or strong. Imagination might be cultivated by the contemplation of nature, by the contemplation of art, and by reading that which was sound and good. THE CARDINAL'S TRIBUTE TO ENGLISH POETRY. Take poetry, for instance. No country possessed such an unbroken series of good poets, from Shakspeare to Tennyson, as England, and the character of that class of literature was most wholesome. But he should not recommend the cultivatioe of the imagination by the reading of novels, many of which were founded on false sen timents and had an immoral tendency. With re spect to memory, this was a power which varied more than any other in different people ; but it could be cultivated successfully with respect to things which we ought to remember and desired to remember. It might be encouraged and strengthened by reflection, by dwelling upon events and occur rences which were worth knowing, and mastering them, and treasuring them up in our thoughts, and by securing principles and attaching facts to the memory, not caring too much for mere details, which might easily be obtained. While trying to cultivate scientific, historical, and artistic tastes, there were other courses which would bring more help to self-culture than any of these. Biographies and narratives of travels acted better upon self culture of the mind than any other class of works. His Eminence next adverted to the manner of em ploying our powers to the acquisition of learning from without, observing that the first thing to study was the bent of the mind, and then to ascertain its peculiar methods. PURITY OF THOUGHT. A person growing up ought to train his mind so that he should not fall into any thing intellectually immoral. He would lay it down as a fundamental principle that every thought partook in guilt of the nature of the action to which it naturally led or tended, and therefore if the ultimate end of anything in the mind would be wrong morally, wrong in action, that thought so immoral must be pursued with greater vigour and animosity than any thoug - at that was loose and foolish, and ought to he at once eradicated. The greatest crimes were often com• mitted in two different ways. The first was em bodied in the little proverb, " Opportunity makes the thief." A man might have been strictly honest until the opportunity of committing a crime pre sented itself to his mind. As an illustration of this he might mention a case which occurred in London some years ago, when a most respectable lady and gentleman were murdered in the night. The clue was so simple that the perpetrator of the murder was instantly arrested. He had stolen nothing, and had been on the best possible terms with his master and mistress. Before his execution he stated how the murder had been committed. He said, " As I was cleaning the plate in the pantry, knowing there was a staircase that led directly to the master's room, the idea suddenly flashed through my mind how easy it would be to assassinate them, and I went upstairs and committed the crime." There was the opportunity, and there was not the power of moral control. Another way whi c h led to the commission of crime was allowing a thought to grow for years and years, until it ripened into a monomania, when it might have been checked by resistance in the first instance. CLOSING REMARKS. In conclusion, His EMINENCE observed that the result of all this training of the intellect was the formation of character. A man ought not to be too solicitous about the forma tion of character. He could not form it. Character must grow. It must be the result of many circum stances. If there was one thing of which men were more ambitious than another it was what was com monly called " character"—" He is a man of charac • ter." Now, what did that mean ? A man of firmness, a man of determination, a man who would carry through his projects—that was a character the most envied. But experience had taught the truth—that the firmness of small minds was o bstinacy, while the firmness of great minds was perseverance in the midst of difficulties, resembling the course taken by the water springing from a fountain high up in the Alps, which after overcoming every obstacle becomes a great river, and eventually finds its way into the mighty ocean. At the conclusion of the address a cordial vote of thanks was given to his EMINENCE, who in acknow ledging the compliment said he should be happy at all times to render his assistance in promoting interests of the institution. the i The French Consul at Pernambuco has sent to the SociLe d'Acclimatation, a number of animals, among which are a royal vulture, a guaras, or flamingo, two Brazilian golden pheasants, an electric fish or torpedo, and two large aras (birds of the parrot tribe), male and female. One of the latter was last year the unconscious cause of a useful discovery. Having one day thought pro per to pick off the inflammable matter from a quantity of lucifer matches, it was soon seized with violent convulsions. The Consul, its master, guessing the cause, forced a spoon ful of mixture of water and arnica, or leopard's bane, down its throat. As this remedy seemed to produce a good effect, it was repeated for several days, and so conscious was the bird of its beneficent effects, that it at length used to come and ask for it of its own accord. At the end of a week it was perfectly cured. The Jardin d'Acclimitation has also received a Chinese rose-tree, the flowers of which change their colour three times a-day. FAST LIVING.—The present age lives only for the minute. Railway guards and omnibus conduc' tors have not the sole monopoly of the expression "Harry up." The poor little baby of 1863 is made to recognise it, and allowed short time for growing and le ,ruing. It is to be taught precocious habits of personal cleanliness, at what cost soever to its health, lest some trouble be else incurred by the lazy nurse. Young girls must shorten the excellent period of doll-playing to become miniature belles, and marry early. Y ung boys must smoke early, thus forfeiting a gradual steady vigour, and using perfected for sham manli ness. Young ladies must go through their educetion with a hop-skip-and-a-jump celerity which is safe in all cases to ensure supte. liciality. Everything must be abbreviated, cut short, and curtailed. Nobody has any time for anything., and so prematurely old age comes on; end, lookieg, will s ) weary eyes over the back-track of time, its travellers see many a quiet shady spot where they wish they had stopped to rest, instead of galloping at break-neck speed along life's dusty highway.— Fanny Fern. The flowers in Covent-garden surpass those of every ether country, for the reason that every improvement in their cul ture is instantly adopted. From the same cause Herring's magnetic brushes and combs surpass every other means for I restoring grey hair to its original colour, and curing the most inveterate cases of neuralgia and nervous headache. They do this with almost undeviating certainty. N. B.—Countcr teits are De-124; made. Oftco, 52, BaAo,;hall 7 strea, J.QadQn• THE ARMY. Major.-General W. F. Forster, K.H., Military Secretary to his Royal Highness the Duke of Cam bridge, resumed his duties at the Horse Guards on Wednesday last, after a few weeks' leave of absence. Gen. Sir Richard D.Lcrcs, in continuation of his half-yearly inspection of the garrison district of Woolwich, yesterday went down to Purfleet in the Admiralty yacht Vivid, accompanied by the garri son staff, and inspected the 7th Division of the Coast Brigade Royal Artillery, stationed there, in command of Clot. Scott. The Light Infantry Division of Royal Marines, stationed at Wool with, were yesterday brigaded on Woolwich Common, in the presence of Colonel Rodney, Assistant-Adjutant-General, and the staff of the Inspector-General's department. The whole of the division were drawn out and formed in three battalions, in chief command of Col. Mit chell, the respective battalions being commanded by Col. Travers, C. 8., second commandant, Lieut.-Col. :\larriott, and Lieut.-Col. Slither. The duties of brigade-msior were performed by Capt. Bunce. The troops assembled at half-past lin heavy march ing order, to the number of 1,200 mer, and went through the evolutions of a brigade field day, dis playing as usual an amount of drill equal to that of any corps in her Majesty's service. The recruits and undisciplined men recently retgrned from foreign service [ALAI went through a course of exercises on the barrack parade. A general inspection and field day was held on Southsea Common yesterday afternoon, Lord W. Paulett. commanding the South-Wee, District, be ing the inspecting officer. The Annamite Ambassadors. The Jioniteur gives some further interesting particulars respecting the Annamite ambassadors, and particularly de scribes their stay at Toulon :—" The Annamites, who are the people of the extreme East, most advanced in naval constructions, examined with much interest all that was shown to them. Our immense supply of cannon of all sizes, and particularly the armoury, excited their astonish ment. Although it is in general very difficult to detect any expression of feeling in the countenances of the natives of the East, yet the novelty of such a spectacle more than once was seen to strike them with amazement. The nume rous sailors composing the crews of the line of-battle ships, all in full dress, made a deep impression on the first ambas sador, and it was on this subject that he asked the greater number of questions. The first vessel visited by the am bassadors in the roadstead was the Imperial yacht the Aigle. They were evidently deeply impressed by the honour done them, and several times expressed their gra titude towards the Emperor of the French. They would not allow the mandarins of their suite to go below, and themselves abstained with much delicacy from entering the private cabins of their Majesties. The ambassadors during their journey from Marseilles to Paris, constantly took notes of all they saw, and what particularly struck them was the highly cultivated appear ance of the country. So long a panorama of variously cul tivated ground excited their admiration." —The Paine adds some further details of the manners and customs of these " distinguished strangers" ; it says :—" Before describing the impression produced upon these Asiatics by the aspect of our civilisation, we may mention that the spectators who beheld them on their arrival were not overwhelmed with admiration at their personal appearance, which is of a cha racter inferior to that of the late Japanese ambassadors, or the more than simple attire attire of their numerous attend ants. These representatives of the yellow race have been immensely flattered by the illustrated journals which have published their portraits. They are generally small and thin, with long black hair, which they do not shave off like the Chinese; their eyes and teeth are also black. F is For the latter they use a die partly composed of copperas which pro duces that appearanc e. B y them it considered a mark ot beauty ;to heighten it they chew betel-nuts, and rub their teeth several times a day with tobacco. The three ambassa dors wear silk dresses ornamented with gold thread s,and carry almost perpetually in their hands an ivory stick, which is an insignia ot their rank. The stick, in fact, plays a great part in the customs of the country. With a bamboo rod the officers and persons of their suite make their inferiors understand what they mean. Contrary to the Japanese, who were remarkable for the profusion of jewellery which they wore, the Annamites wear only a few rings. The clothes of the inferiors consists of simple robes of very thin material. On arriving in France they did not even abandon their national usage of going barefooted, the mandarins alone wearing silk stockings and Chinese shoes, the upper part of which are of stout cloth ; the soles are nearly two inches thick. Their stockings are embroidered with curious fantastical figures. 13 1 .ack, which is considered an aristo cratic, and at the same time a national colour in Cochin- China, predominates in their costume. The cotton-hand kerchief with which the inferiors cover their heads are of this colour. The head-dress worn by the chiefs is of a more pretentious character. It is a sort of a double cardboard hat, covered with black silk, and garnished with figures and gold rosettes. These natives, accustomed to a temperature of more than 100 degrees Fahrenheit, shivered with the cold on their arrival in Paris, having nothing on beyond their thin robes, fastened round the waist with a cord. The officers charged to accompany them immediately proposed to provide them with r• dress more suitable to the climate of the French capital, but there were certain diffi culties to be overcome. In Cochin China shoes (as before stated) are an article of luxury and a mark of distinction. The ambassador was perfectly willing that warm clothing should be provided for his soldiers and servants, but on the subject of shoes he was inflexible. It was eepleined to him that the wearing of shoes form no part of the ceremonial in France, and that the pavement was dangerous to the health, but he only gave way on the condition that a difference should be observed in the making of the shoes, and that those of the inferiors should be less handsome than the others. Among the persons composing their suite is a young man, a native of Cochin China, of very agreeable I co u n tenance, and the only one among those Asiatics pos sessing the slightest pretensions to goo d manners. He . speaks four language?, and is peculiarly fittent in French ieir l•of ads ing hose oops k a to I the anCO neW to day arrel meal each 1 40s 6s to 3 30$ r qr. -Red r, 5g id to net a net a own. [own. ',OWII• ,own. sad; d the ffered Large The sk aO to nd to 50 t. 18. t. 28. t. 18. t. 27. it. 20. t. 24 It. Is. t. 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