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G UARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. No. 11, Lombard-street, London, E.C. Established 1821. Subscribed Capital, Two Millions. DIRECTORS. Sir MINTO FARQUHAR, Bart., M.P., Chairman. CHARLES WILLIAM CURTIS, Esq., Deputy Chairman. llenry Hulse Berens, Esq., ~John Labouchere, Esq. llenry Bonham Carter, Esq. G. Shaw Lefevre, Esq. f'harles F. Devas, Esq. John Martin, Esq. Francis Hart Dyke, Esq. Rowland Mitchell, Esq. Sir Walter R. Farquhar, Bart. James Morris, Esq. . T ames Goodson, Esq. Henry Norman, Esq. Thomson Hankey, Esq., M.P Henry R. Reynolds, Esq. o bn G. Hubbard, Esq., M.P. Abraham J. Robarts, Esq. Predlt. H. Janson, Esq. ' Henry Vigne, Esq. AUDITORS. L ewis Loyd, Esq. I Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq. uornelius Paine, jim., Esq. Noel Whiting, Esq. TboasTallemach, Esq., Secretary I Saml. Brown, Esq., Actuary LIFE DEPARTMENT.—UNDER THE PROVISIONS or AN ACT OF PARLIAMENT, this Company now offers to new In- Furers EIGHTY PER CENT. of the Profits, at Quinquennial Divisions, or a Low Rate of Premium without participation of Profits. Since the establishment of the Company in 1821, the Amount of Profits allotted to the Assured has exceeded in rQsh,,, value £660,000, which represents equivalent Reversionary ucuuses of £1,058,000. After the Division of Profits at Christmas, 1859, the Life Assurances in force, with existing Bonuses thereon, a mounted to upwards of £4,730,000, the Income from the Lite branch £207,000 per annum, and the Life Assurance Fund, l] dependent of the capital, exceeded £1,618,000. LOCAL MILITIA and VOLUNTEER CORPS.—No I :xtra Premium is required for service therein. LOANS granted on Life Policies to the extent of their if such value be not less than £5O. ASSIGNMENTS OF POLICIES.—Written Notices of, re- Oeived and registered. - - MEDICAL FEES paid by the Company, and no charge 'or Policy Stamps. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that FIRE Policies Which expire at Midsummer must be renewed within fifteen clays at this Office, or with Mr. SAMS, No. 1, St. James's-- street, corner of Pall-Mall ; or with the Company's Agents throughout the Kingdom, otherwise they become void. Losses caused by Explosion of Gas are admitted by this Company. MR. T. CARRICK begs to announce to his Artist Friends and the Public, that his Photographic Establishment, 32, Regent-street, Piccadilly-circus, is now in full operation. Cartes de Visite, 10 for 10s. 6d ; 21 for £l. Miniatures on Ivory, Marble, and the Photographic base in his former styles. ANEVER FAILING REMEDY.— Dr. SCOTT'S BILIOUS and LIVER PILLS, pre without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. oott, of Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to all who NulTer from bilious and fiver complaints, indigestion, wind, 4uitns, giddiness, dizziness of the eyes, &c. For habitual Costiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier cf the blood, they are truly excellent; mild in their opera tion and grateful to the stomach, they create appetite, pro mote digestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system. Sold by W. Lambert, 8, King William-street, Charing-cross. London, and by most druggists, in boxes,ls. lid., and three times the quantity in one, 2s. 9d. Be sure to ask for Dr. Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are a square green package, with " William Lambert," engraved on the stamp. T" FARMER'S BAROMETER, 50 5. , a new Instrumen`, by Nep.:retti and Zambra, will cor rectly indicate whether the Barometer falls fbr Rain or fOr Wind. Particulars by enclosing stamp.-1, Hatton-garden; 67 , Cornhill ; and 122, Regent-street. TEA.—MOORE BROTHERS respectfully inti mate that their New Prospectus is now ready. They especially recommend their improved Family Tea, reduced to 3 8 . 2d. ; Souchone . , reduced to 35. ed. ; mixed Assam, re duced to 3s. Bd.; and the finest Assam, reduced from 4 s. 4 d. to 3s. lid. per lb. MOORE BROTHERS, 33, London-bridge, City, E.C. RUPTURES.—BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. IVHITE'S MOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (PERFECTED AND EXHIBITED IN TILE GREAT VxIIIBITIONS or 1851 AND 1862), is allowed by upwards of Two Hundred Medical Gentlemen to be the most effective invention in the curative treatment of HERNI A. The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effects, Is here avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the body, while the requisite resistin g power is supplied by the Moe-Main Pad and Pat en t L ever' fitting with so much ease and closeness that it cann o t b e detected, and may be worn during sleep. A descriptive circular may be had, and the truss, which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the cir cumference of the body, two inches below the hips, being cent to the manufucturer, SALE of INTEREST in MILL PREMISES and LANDS at O'BRIEN'S 13R Eo3-E, in the County of Clare. IN THE COURT of BANKRu f'cY and INSOLVENCY. IN BAN Ii RUPTCY. In the Matter of William Digan and Henry Wickham Hird, both of O'Brien's Bridge, in the County of Clare, Bankrupts. T 0 BE SOLD BY PUBLIC AUCTION, pUr e Tiara to the order. and subject to the approbation of said Court, at Michat:l Hartigan's Auction Roams, Julystre, LIMERICK, on WEDNESDAY, the Ist day of 1863, at the hour of (inc o'clock in the Afternoon, All the Estate, Right, Title, and interest of the said Bank -I'ill3fri, and of their Assignees, and of the Mortgagee of, in, and to all th a t an d th ose, the Dwelling-house, ; ffices, Stores, and Mills sitnate, lying, and being, at O'Brien's Bridge, in re County of Cl are, h e ld un d er n Indentureot Fee Grant, sentdate the 15th August, 1854, for ever, at the Yearly of £l2O 13s. 10d. with the right of turbery on the Red Bop; at O'Brien's Bridge.' And also all that and those that part of the lands of u Brien's Bridle, contain in-' 2 roods, and known by the name Of the New Mi ltl'onci, situate, lying, and being at O'Brien's -,lAridge aforetaaid, held under Indenture of Leas.ii dated 19th govember, 1828, (or the lives therein named, at the Yearly Rent of £2 ios.; and also All (hat and t hose , th a t part of the Lands or Building Ground of O'Brien's Bridge, held under li.denture of Lease, dated 19th November, 1828, tor the term of Viree lives therein n amed, at the yearly rent of £3; and also All that and those, the Watercourse or Mill 'trearn run niog through the lands of Moss Bank, part of the said lands ,;! , o 'Brien's -lodge. t thee with the strip of gr , und or path „' running- alongside said new Watercourse to the 'eft thereof, as it proceeds from the Bridge at Bridgetown, Coo taiing in length, from the Bridge at Brt'ge own to where !aid course joins the old Mill stream. 95 perches and 6 feet, or thereabouts, and in breadth 8 feet, held under lease of 25th November, 1,28, for lives renewable for ever, and subject to to rent. CIIEYNE BRADY, Chiet Registrar. of Tit particulars of Title and conditions of Sale, see Abstract of Title pcsted for inspectimi at the Court of Bankruptcy Lind Insolvency, Four Courts. Dub in ; at the Auctioneer's Rooms, Cecil-street. in the City of Limerick; or at the office Joseph Murphy, Solici.or for the Mortgagee, I aving ?c age of of the Sal-, No. 11, Bachelor's-walk, Dublin, and 55, v er , rge-street, Limerick. Michael Murphy, Esq., Official assignee, No. 33, Upper Ormond-quay, Dublin. DESCRIPTIVE PARTICULARS. These Mills are within seven miles of Limerick, in the Oentre of an extens ve corn-growing country, embracingpart Of the counties of Clare, Limerick, and Tipperary, are situate 0 0 the banks of the River Shannon, with water carriage al racist to the Mill door, and having the same coMmunication With Dublin, Athlone, dcc., &c., and are in every possib le re 'lied about the best circumstanced in the South of Ireland. They are nearly quite new, and have been erected with all the new and modern improvements and have cost, from time t o_time, over £20,000, and consist of No. I—A Steam Mill, driven by a powerful S team En g ine, by Caird a nd Company, of Gl , sg - ow, with three very lar g e Boilers, which work up to 100-horsepower, and for the su pp l y of which there is abundance of fuel in the immediate neigh bourhood. This Mill Is in the most perfect order, is fitted up with 9 Par of first-class 4-feet Belgian stones, with Bovill's patent exhaust. 4 Silx-dressing Machines, 1 Wire Machine (Amen esto another patent Cleaning and Sc reenin g Machine, all on th e, newest and most approved prin ci p les, and are capable of f, 'f,, l l2,ding and Dressing 1,200 Barrels of Wheat per week. ,do. 2—A Water Mill, fitted up c omplete, with four p air of .ew 4 feet 6 inch French Burr Stones, two Silk-dressing Ma chines, and is capable of Grinding and Dressing a s very large quantity of both-Wheat and Indian Corn. In thi Mill there la room for two pair more of Mill Stones, and the Wator- Dower has been vastly increased this season by extensive draintwe works, which are being carried out in the neigh bourhood. N o . 3__A 1 rge and convenient Corn Stores, quite free and independent of the Mills, and capable of containing 10,000 :Barrels of Grain. No. 4—i largo range of Shedding. Stabling for 12 Horses, Coach-houses, Bake-house, Piggeries, &c. &c. No. s—The Dwelling' House and Garden, modern and con venient, handsomely fitted up, and is in perfect order and re air. whole of the premises are thoroughly enclosed, are all in the most substantial order and repair, ready for immediate occupation, and do not require an outlay of one shillln.; for the Milling Trade on either Machinery or Buildings. Those Premises are so extensive that there is ample room and sufficient spare buildings. so that a portion, with great advantage and at a sma ll outlay, could be easily converted into a first-class Brewery, for the carrying on of which trade there is every possible facility, and for which this situation presents many most important advantages, offering thus on the whole to traders and capitalists a rare and most desirable investment. Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly. A. Single Truss, 165., 215., 265. 6d., and 31s. 6d. Postage, ls. A Double Truss, 31.5. 6d., 425., and 525. ed. Postage, is Bd. An Umbilical Truss, 42e. and 525. 6d. Postage, ls. 10d. Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White,"Post °Mee, Piccadilly. NEW PATENT ELASTIC STOCKINGS, KNEE-CAPS, &c., for Varicose Veins and all oases of Weakness and Swelling 01 the Legs, Sprains. &c. They are porous, light in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on 11 ean ordinary stocking. Price 4s. 6d., 75. 6d., 10s., to 16s. eadi. Postage 6d. JOHN WHITE. Manufacturer. 228. Piccadilly. ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION (Incorporated by Royal Charter) PATRoprtss—Fler Most Graaious Majesty Charter). Queen. ITE BID EN T —Vice-Admiral the Duke of Northumberland, I .G., F.R.S. CriArrimAN—Thos. Raring, Fsq. DErIITY-CIIAIRMAN—Thomas Chapman," 31.. P" "'S.' V.?. Esq., F.R.S., V.P. APPEAL. The Committee of Management have to state that, since I lie beginning of the year 1860, the Royai National Lifeboat Institution has expended £32,000 on various Lifeboat Estab lishments on the C oasts of En g land, Scotland, and Ireland. The number of lives saved by the Life-boats of the Society, and other means, since its formation, is 12,800; for which services 82 Gold Medals, 718 Silver Medals, and £16,480 in cash have been paid in rewards. The Institu tion has also expended £67,(.00 on Life-boats, Life-boat Transporting-carliages, and Boat-houses. The Committee desire to express their grateful sense of the generous support which they have received from the British public during, the past few years, a support which has enah'ed them to establish their present magnificent fleet of 123 Lifeboats on the shores of the United Kingdom. Deeply sensible, however, of the great responsibility that rests on them to maintain their fleet in a thoroughly efficient state, and he Crews practised in the management of their boats, whi h tautonly be effected by a lar g e and pe,rnanent annual income, they earnestly appeal to all classes of their countrymen to aid tnem in upholding and perpetuating so great and truly nation , il a work. The Committee gratefuhy acknowledge the following con tributions:— X s. d Her Majesty the Queen .. annual 50 C 0 Campbell, the Hon. Mrs. G. • • annual 5 0 0 Clerk, Colonel, R.A. • • • • .. .. annual 11 0 ( butts and Co. Messrs., Bankers .• • • annual 10 0 0 Currie, Wm. • • • • -. .. 4th don 10 0 0 Erie, Lord Chief Justice .. • • • don. 10 10 0 Fanshawe, Vice-Admiral Sir A., K.C.B. .. 2d don. 25 0 0 Fenwick, IL J., Esq , cost of a Lifeboat and Tran sportin2. Carriage • • • • • . • • 250 0 0 Harvey, Rev. G. (t. and Mrs. .. don. 30 0 Martin, Sir Henry, Bart. • • • • .. 7 th don. 10 0 0 Moore, Rey. G. B. • • • • • • don. 15 15 0 Smith, Mrs. George, Greenwich .. • • • • 30 0 Stirling, Col. Sir Anthony, - • .. annual 20 0 Thom, s, Lady, Weston-super-Mare, collected by her Ladyship • • • • • • 16 16 0 "Willoughby d'Eresby, Lor d • • • .. annual 50 0 Donations and Annual Su' , scriptions will be thankfully re reived by the Bankers o f the Institution, Messrs. Wrillis, Percival, and Co. 76, Lombard - street; Messrs. Coutts and Co., 59, Strand; If essrs. Herries, Farquhar. and Co., 16, St. James's-street, London ; by a 1 the Collectors of Customs and Bankers in the United Kingdom ; and by the Secretary Richard Lewis. Esci., at the office of the Institution, 14, 1 1 911 A -stree t, Adolph , London, W.C. ~~z ~~~~ N°. 22,147. THE SUN, LONDON, MON DAY EVENING, JUNE 22, 1863 Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., RESPECTABLE SINNERS. By MRS. BROTHERTON. _ . _ SEA. —FELLOWS and CO., Shipbrokers, 127. Fenchurch-street, E.C., require MIDSHIPMEN and FOUR First-class APPRENTICES in an A 1 clipper India man, 1,50) tons. Premium moderate, returned in wages. Also stout Lads, without premium, for other ships. Wages £35. J. T. Comyn, Spanish Minister, M. R. Merry del Val, Second Secretary of Legation, Madame Merry del Val, the Duke de Granada, Attaché, M. Manuel F. Alvarez, Attache ; M. Antonio M. Pradilla, Colombian Minister, M. Luis Bernal, Secretary of Legation ; Earl Russell, K G., the Queen's principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs ; the Via. countess Palmerston, officiating for the Countess Russell ; and Lieut.-Gen. the Hon. Sir Edward Cust, K.C.H., her Majesty's Master of the Cere monies. days from Rangoon for London ; May 21, lat. 0.40 S., long. 23.30 W., the British ship Earl of Hard wick°, from London ; June 9, lat. 38.0 N., long. 43.30 IV., the British bark Chimtorazo, 80 days from Peru for Falmouth ; and June 14, lat. 48.0 N., long. 20'0 W., the Prussian bark Ceres, from New York for Glocester. There have been three births and 12 deaths (11 men and one woman) during the voyage. "A very attractive novel in which some of the Tartuffes and Pharisees of modern days are skilfully depicted. The story is very naturally and charmingly told."—Sun. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. S". —VACANCIES for MIDSHIPMEN and APPRENTICES in a first-class London shipping, firm. Premium moderate. Al o apprentices without premium.— Apply to SIMMONDS and Co., 38, St. Mary-at-hill, East cheap, E.C. Third t/fficers and Stewards wanted. LORD WILLIAM LENNOX'S BIOGRAPHY. On Tucsday, June 23, in 2 vols., Svo., 28e. bound, FIFTY YEARS' BIOGRAPHICAL REMINISCENCES . By LORD WILLIAM PIT LENNOX. llurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. THE EGYPTIAN COMMERCIAL AND TRADING COMPANY (Limited. Now ready, in royal Bvo., with M a p and 50 Illustrations, TRAVELS ON HORSEBACK IN MANTCHU TARTARY ; being A Summer's Ride beyond THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA. By GEORGE FLEMING. "Mr. Fleming, has many of the bet qualities of the travel ler—good spirits, sound sense, the faculty of ob ervation, and litcrary culture. He has rendered us his debtor for much in struction and amusement. The value of his book Is greatly enhanced by ,he illustrations —as graphic as copious, and well executed "—The Reader. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. The Directors desire to engage the serzices of a GENERAL MANAG r R, competent to conduct the commercial business of this Company in Egypt. The Countess Bernstorff was prevented by her deep mourning, and the Baroness de Cetto by indis position, from attending the Drawing-room. The Haytian Minister was prevented by severe indis position. A thorough knowledge of commercial and trading business, and of the Italian and French lanouages, is indispensable. Applications, with references, to be addressed to the Di rectors of the Company, 54, old Broad-street, E.C. _ The day being the Anniversary of the Queen's Accession was a Collar Day. The Knights of the THE DRAWING-ROOM. (From the Court Circular.) Garter, the Thistle, and Sr. Patrick, and the Knights Grand Cross of the Orders of the Bath and St. Michael and St. George appeared in their collars of gold and enamel. His Royal Highnees the Prince of Wales was habited in a general's uniform, and wore the col lars of the Garter and the Golden Fleece. His Royal Highness also wore the stars of the Order of the Garter and India. On June 24, will be publishe, in 2 vols., post Bvo , OPPOSITE NEIGHBOURS. A NOVEL. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. By command of the Queen her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales held a Drawing-room on her Majesty's behalf, in St. James's Palace, on Sa turday afternoon. The presentations of ladies amounted to two hun dred and twenty-three, and, by the Queen's pleasure, presentations to her Royal Highness at this Court are considered as equivalent to presentations to her Majesty. The Prince and Princess of Wales, escorted by a detachment of Life Guards, arrived from Marl borough-house at a quarter past two o'clock, and were received by the Mistress of the Robes, the Great Officers of State of the Queen's Household, and by Groom of the Stole to his Royal Highness. The Royal Body Guard of her Majesty's Hon. Corps of Gentlemen at Arms was on duty in the State saloons under the command of the Lieutenant. Captain Philips, the Sab-Officer, was on duty with the Corps. The Yeomen of the Guard were under the com• mand of Captain Rickford, the Exon in waiting. Their Royal Highnesses the Princess Helena and Prince Alfred, attended by Lady Caroline Barring ton, Captain Sir William Hoste, Royal Navy, and Major Cowell; her Royal Highness the Princess Mary of Cambridge, attended by Lady Augusta Cadogan ; his Royal Highness the Duke of Cam bridge, attended by Colonel Tyrwhitt ; his Roy al Highness the Duke de Montpensier, attended by Colonel Solis; the Hereditary Prince of Reuss Schleiz, attended by Lieut. Colonel du Plat and Captain Hilldorff; Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, and Prince Frederick of Holstein, were present at the Drawing-room. The Princess of Wales wore a mauve petticoat with boutants of tulle trimmed with handsome white Brussels lace and roses. The train of white moire with a deep border of mauve silk, covered with handsome Brussels lace and trimmel with roses to match the petticoat. The ornaments were emeralds and diamonds. MRS. WOOD'S POPULAR STORIES. MRS. HALLIBURTON'S TROUBLES. 68. EAST LYNNE. 6s. THE CHANNINGS. 6s. *** Each work is embellished with two illustrations. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. The Duke of Newcastle, Earl Russell, and the Earl of Harrowby wore the " Garter," together with the collar of the most noble Order. The Marquis of Ailsa wore the collar of the Thistle. Now ready, leap Svo., price 55., L IFE, LAW, AND LITERATURE. Essays on various Subjects. By WILLIAM G. T. BARTER, Esq , Barrister-at-Law. London : Bell and Daldy, 186, Fleet-street. The Marquis of Clanricarde and the Marquis of Donegal' wore the collar of St. Patrick ; the latter named Marquis also wore the collar of the Guelphio Order. REV. CHARLES KINGSLEY'S NEW STORY. With Two Illustrations by J. Noel Paton, R.S.A., 4t0., extra cloth, 7s. 6d., THE WATER BABIES : A Fairy Tal e for a Land Baby. By CHARLES KINGSLEY, M.A., Chaplain in Ordinary to the Queen and the Prince of Wales. The Earl of St. Germans, Viscount Sydney, Sir G. Grey, Sir G. Pollock, Sir A. Woodford, and Sir F. Stovin wore the collar of the Bath. Sir G. Pollock also wore the collar of the Order of the Star of India, and Sir A. Woodford that of the Order of St, Michael and St. George. The Earl of Wilton and Viscount Falkland wore the collar of the Guelphic Order. The Lord Chief Baron wore his gold collar of S.S., with the portcullis. The Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone wore his gold embroidered robe as Chancellor of the Exchequer. By the same Author, 1. HYPATIA ; or, New Foes with an Old Face. 6s. 2. TWO YEARS AGO. 3d Edition. 6s. 3. WESTWARD HO! 4th Edition. 6s. 4. ALTON LOCKE. New Edition. 4s. 6d. 5. GLAUCf,S ; or, Wonders of the Shore. 7s. 6d. 6. THE HEROES ; or, Greek Fairy Tales. 3s. 6d. Macmillan and Co.. 23, Henrietta-street, Covent-garden, London, and Cambridge. THE POLISH INSURRECTION. Lately published, Crown Bvo., cloth, with Map, 78. 6d., ACROSS THE CARP ATHIANS. An Account of a Journey from Freeburg to Cracow. " One of the very beet works of travel that we have met with. . . The author's thoughts on what he sees are always thoroughly original and sagacious."—John Bull. " One of the most pleasing books of modern travel"—West minster Review. Macmillan and Co., 23, Henrietta-street, Covent-garden, London, and Cambridge. Naval and Military Intelligence. THE NAVY. The anniversary of her Majesty's accession was commemorated in the usual manner at the dock yards on Saturday. Lieut. his Royal Highness Prince Alfred re joined her Majesty's screw corvette Racoon, Capt. Count Gleichen, at Portsmouth, on Saturday, on return from leave. The Racoon goes out of Ports mouth harbour to Spithead to-day. Now ready at all the Libraries, A NEW NOVEL, BY THE REV. J. PYCROFT, Author of " Twenty Years in the Church," DR A GON'S TEETH. 2 vols., post Bvo., cloth boards, price 21s. L. Booth, 307, Regent-street, W. Just published, price 65., the F INE ARTS QUARTERLY REVIEW. __ No. I. Vice-Admiral Sir Michael Seymour, G.C.8., pro ceeded in his steam yacht Fire Queen, Master- Commander Paul, on Friday, to Portland, where he inspected the cadet training ship Britannia, Capt. R. A. Powell, C.B. After the inspection the Ad miral had the naval cadets mustered on the quarter deck, and Jelivered to them the prizes awarded at the June quarterly examinations. The gunboat Magpie, tender to the Hawk, having embarked guns at Plymouth, left the Sound on Saturday for Ireland. Rear-Admiral of the Blue Thos. M. C. Symonds, C. 8., Superintendent of the Dockyard, struck his flag at Devonport at sunset on Saturday, and left the Sound in his yacht for the eastward, on a week's leave of absence. CONTENTS: 1. English Painting in 1862. 2. H.R.H. the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection. 3. Early History of the Royal Academy, I. 4. The Loan Museum at South Kensington, I. 5. Description of the Tenison Psalter. 6. Italian Sculpture at South Kensington Museum. 7. Principles of Design In Architecture. 8. Points of Contact between Science and Art. 9. Catalogue of C. Visscher's Works, I. 10. Th Preservation of Paintings and Drawings, I. 11. Discoveries in the Royal Collection of Drawings. 12. The Fine Arts during the Interregnum (1649-1660). 13. Ancient Ornamental Book-binding. 14. Correspondence. 15. New Purchases at the National Gallery. 16. Recent Acquisitions at the British Museum. 17. The National Portrait Gallery. 18. Summary of Art News. 19. Recently Published Works on the Fine Arts. Chapman and Hall, 193, Piccadilly. The head-dress of the Princess Aas formed of a diamond tiara, feathers, and tulle veil. The Princess Mary of Cambridge wore a train of rich white silk trimmed with plaitings of tulle and bows of black lace. The petticoat of white silk trimmed with plaitings of tulle and two rich flounces of black Brussels lace. Her Royal Highness's headdress was composed of a tiara of diamonds, feathers, and tulle veil. The stomacher, necklace, and earrings were turquoise and diamonds. The Prince and Princess of Wales entered the Throne-room, accompanied by Prince Alfred, the Princess Helena, the Duke and Princess Mary of Cambridge, the Duke de Montpensier, Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, the Hereditary Prince of Reuss Schleiz, and Prince Frederick of Holstein. In attendance were the Duchess of Wellington, Mistress of the Robes to the Queen ; the Marchioness of Ely, the Countess of Gainsborougb, the Dowager Countess of Mount Edgecumbe,Viscountess Jocelyn, and Lady Churchhill, Ladies of the Bedchamber ; Countess do Grey, Lady in Waiting to her Royal Highness; Viscountess Forbes and the Hon. Mrs. George Campbell, Bedchamber Women to the Queen ; Hon. Mrs. F. Stoner, Woman of the Bed chamber in Waiting to her Royal Highness; Hon. Caroline Cavendish, Hon. Flora Macdonald, Hon. Beatrice Byng, Hon. Emily Cathcart, Hon. Horatia Stopford, Hon. Harriet Phipps, and Hon. Eleanor Stanley, Maids of Honour to the Queen ; the Earl of St. Germans, G.C.8., Lord Steward; Viscount Sydney, G.C.8., Lord Chamberlain ; Marquis of Ailesbury, Master of the Horse ; Earl Spencer, Groom of the Stole to his Royal Highness ; Lord Harris, K 5.1., Chamberlain to his Royal High ness ; Viscount Bury, Treasurer of the Household ; Viseount Castlerosse, Vice Chamberlain ; Lord Proby, Comptroller of the Household; Lord Canoys, Lord in Waiting to the Queen ; the Earl of Mount Edgecumbe and Lord Alfred Harvey, Lords of the Bedchamber to his Royal Highness; Col. the Hon. Sir C. B. Phipps, K.C.8., Keeper of her Majesty's Privy Purse ; Lieut.-Gen. Knollys, Comptroller and Treasurer to his Royal Highness; Lord Alfred Paget, Clerk Marshal; the Hon. Mortimer Sackville West, Groom in Waiting to the Queen ; Hon. Robt. H. Meade and Mr. Charles L. Wood, Grooms of the Bedchamber to his Royal Highness; Lieut.-Col. Keppel (in waiting) and Major Teesdale, Equerries to his Royal Highness; the Hon. A, T. Lyttelton and Hon. S. F. Jocelyn, Pages of Honour in Waiting to the Queen. The Foreign Ambassadors and Ministers were introduced, when the following ladies and gentle men, foreigners of distinction, had the honour of being presented to her Royal Highness the Prin• cess of Wales on behalf of the Queen in the diplo matic circle : T HEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE, JUNE 33, 1863. A Grand MELANGE DRAMATIQUE will take place in AID of the FUNDS for a NATIONAL METROPOLITAN MONUMENT to SHAKESPEARE, under the immediate Patronage of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Prin cess of Wales, before wriom 60 eminent artistes will have the honour of appearing. —Hon. Sec., Mr. Adolphus Francis, 43, Cumberlana-street, Hyde-park The screw steam frigate, Orlando, Capt. George G. Randolph, is appointed to leave Plymouth to day for the Mediterranean. The screw steam corvette Cossack, 20, was ap peinted to leave Plymouth on Saturday for the Mediterranean. The gunboat Renard, Commander Charles J. Rowley, arrived at Plymouth on Saturday. She left Hong Kong November, 30, 1862 ; Labuan February, 9, 1863; Singapore on the 20th, Finlingo Island March 7, the Cape of Good Hope, April 25, St. Helena, May 8, and Ascension on the 14th of the same month. On the 25th of March she passed, in lat 27.43 S., and long. 58.18 E., the English barque Canning, 79 days from Japan for London ; on the 28th, lat. 27'23 S., long. 5031 E., the bhip Queen of the Nortb, 49 days from Calcutta for London; and on the 6th April, lat. 34.11 S., long. 27.44 E., the bark War Eagle, 14 days from Mau ritius for Cardigan. Between the Cape of Good Hope and England, May 12, lat. 11.09 S., long. 11 W., the English ship Ethereal, 40 days from Mau ritius for Falmouth ; 24th, lat. 9.29 N. long. 24.55 W., the brig Speedy, from London to China ; and June 16, lat. 6.26 N., long. 12.13 W., the bark Margaret, from Liverpool for Pernambuco. The Renard has been in commission three years and nine months, during which period she was employed in the operations in the north of China, then at Nan kin, in the Yang-tzee, afterwards in Japan, and on the coast of Borneo. During the passage to Eng land she has experienced unusually fine weather. The Renard has lost a considerable number of men and officers by sickness. Her machinery is in toler able condition, but her hull is said to be unequal to the rotation of the engines. She was commissioned at Sheerness in 1859, and her crew will be paid off there. The Renard left Plymouth Sound again on Saturday afternoon. THOXF O R D, e, OXFORD STREET. Will be performed Selections from the following Operas : LA CTRCASSIENNE, MARTHA, and MASANIELLO. Supported by Miss Russell, Miss Townley, Miss Ellison, Messrs. Albert, Green, Bernardi, Iluish, Kimberley, and W. Evans, with full band and chorus. Conducted by Mr. Jonghmans. Drew Dean's Flute Solos Master Sanders, the Juvenile Vocalist. UNSWORTH, the modern Demosthenes. Eugene, W. Randall, J. Hutchenson, and the mat vellous ARTHUR and BERTRAND. The HALL has been newly Decorated and Ventilated, and Es now one of the most Beautiful in the Metropolis. CANTERBURY HALL AND FINE ARTS GALLERY. NOTICE.— ENTIRE CHANGE OF ENTERTAINMENT. This Evening the Marvellous ARTIIUR and BERTRAND, the Two Fren, h Clowns. ARTHUR LLOYD'S burlesque Drama, arranged expressly for him. A. B. HOLLINGSWORTH'S new Comicalities, &c, SAM COLLINS, with new Songs. UNSWORTH, the celebrated Stump Orator. EUGENE, and G. HUTCHINSON. GRAND SELECTIONS from OPERAS, GLEES, and CANTATAS. Principal Artistes—Miss Russell, Miss Townley ; Mr. Green, Signor Bunali, and Signor Tivoli. Conductor, Mr. Jonghmans. Admission--Hall, ed. ; stalls and balcony, is. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. - LES TROIS NICHOLETS.—FIRST WEEK o f th ese ex traordinary CLOWNS, from the Cirque Napoleon, in a Per formance never before attempted in this country. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE.—lmmense Success of the Great Spanish Gymnasts, the RISARELIS. ARGYLL It 00 M S.-JULLIEN'S PROMENADE CONCERTS. NOTlCE.—During the Week the Selections be—" Der Frieschutz "—" a Forza del Destino "—" Trovatore " "Don Giovanni," &c. LEVY, the great wonder on the Cornet-a-Piston, plays from half-past Nine to Twelve. Admission, is. 29, GEORGE-STREET, HANOVER-SQUARE. THE LONDON ANATOMICAL M USEUM, containing 1,200 Models, Natural Preparations, Monstro sities, &c., illustrating every part of the Human Frame ; also the Moving Anatomical Dying Zouave, Julia Pastrana, &e. Admission, One Shilling (tor Gentlemen only), from 10 till 10. 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Forwarded on receipt of postage stampa.—Thomas Elliott, hairgrower (first floor), 51, Feneharch-street. T. E.'s wigs. £1 lOs. OLDRIDGE'S BALM OF COLUMBIA , established upwards of thirty years, is the best and only , certain remedy ever di scovere d for preserving , mt rengthennlg; beautifying, or restoring the hair whiskers , or moustaches , a nd preventingthem turning grey. Sold in bottles, 3s. 6d., 68., and 118., by C. and A. OLDRIDGE, 22, Wellington-street, Strand, London, W.C. and all chemi s t s an d perfumers. F o r chil dren's and ladies' hair it is most efficacious and unrivalled. 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, Treasurer—Edward ➢lasterman, Esq. . . This was the first hospital to introduce the principle of free and instant admission to the destitute sick, without the for mality.of governors' letters. It is entirely devoted t o desti tution in its most pitiable form—viz., that which is accom panied by sickness and disease , and is now of sufficient magnitude that, with adequate support, it may be rendered capable of admitting into 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, it gratu i tous ly aflords 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 ft dmit and relieve the distressing cases that daily present themselves. C on t r ibutions are received bya 111ftsierman, Esq., stoh bye Tmreeasserusr.ecr,ouEtdtswaanrdd Co. ; Drummond Nicholas-1W; and Co. ; Berries and Co. ; Ransom and Cu. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Glyn and Co. ; Jones Loyd and Co. ; Barclay and Co. Denson and C o . ; W ;Matas, Deacon, and Co. ; Overend, Gurney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co. ; Messrs. J. Banned and Co., Liverpool and at the HospitaL STANFORD Ss MITA seoretar7. By her Excellency the Countess d'Apponyi—The Countess Laura Dunin Borkoweka, nee Countess Krasika, Dame de l'ordre de la Croix etoilee ; and Mademoiselle Cerrosa. By the Russian Ambassador—Le Comte de Nes selrode, Maitre de la Cour Imperiale de Russie, Le Baron Vietinghoff, Gentilhomme de la Chambre, and Le Prince Ouroussow, Gentilhomme de la Chambre. By the Hanoverian Envoy—Baron Biome, Coun cillor of Legation of H.M. the King of Hanover. By the United States Envoy—His Excelleney Hon. Richard M. Blatcbford, United States Minister at Rome. The diplomatic circle was attended by the Turkish Ambassador and Madame Musurus, Khalil Effendi, first Secretary, Paul Musurus Bey, Attaché ; the Austrian Ambassador and Countess Apponyi, Count Wimpffen, Conseiller, Count Ka.lnosky, Secretary, Prince Yzenburg, Attaché, Baron Dornberg, At tache; the Russian Ambassador and Baroness Brttnnow ; Mr. Sabouroff, first Secretary ; Count Bernstorff, the Prussian Ambassador; M. Frederic de Kette, first Secretary ; Baron Gros, French Ambassador, Marquis de Cadore, first Secretary; Vicomte de Contades, Secretary, Vicomte de Beau mont, Secretary, Marquis do Caumont la Force, Secretary ; the Belgian Minister and Baron Van de Weyer; Baron de Cetto, Bavarian Minister; Count Kielmansegge, Hanoverian Minister ; Marquis d'Azeglio, Italian Minister, Count Zannini, Attache, Count de S. Damiano ; Baron Bentinck, the Nether. lands Minister, Baron Mackay, Attache; Count de Lavradio, Portuguese Minister, Chevalier dos Santos, Secretary; M. Juan de Francisco Martin, Guatemala Minister; Count Vitzthum, Saxon Mi nister; Monsieur de Bille, Danish Minister, Capt. de Falbe, Secretary, Monsieur C. A, Gosch, At tache; M. Carlos Gutierrez, Honduras and Sal vador Minister, M. Jose F. Quiros, Attache to the Salvador Legation ; Hon. Charles Francis Adams,Adams a U n d e M ited r . S B t a e t n e j s a m in Moran, Minister, Mrs,Second n a d n ds Secre tary e s s tary of Legation ; Count Wachtmeister, Minister for Sweden and Norway ; Mr. M. J. Sanz, Peru vian Minister, Mr. J. B. Valdivia, Secretary ; Mahmoud Khan-Nasserolmolk, Comeili Persian Minister ; Gen. Aman Oullah Khan, Priv u,Con e : seiller, Mohamed Aly Khan, First Secretary; Mr. His Imperial Russian Majesty's screw steam cor vette Posadnick, 10, Capt. Berilef, and the screw steam gunboats Nayesdnick, 3, Commander Kanar gezvski, and Kasboynick, Commander Papof, arrived in the Sound yesterday morning. They left Singapere January 22, Batavia February 3, and the Cape of Good Hope April 13. The following appointments were made on Satur day at the Admiralty :—Sub-Lieut. John Hayes, to the Resistance; Sub-Lieut. John Anderson, to the Liverpool; Sub-Lieut. Hugh S. Bailie, to the Racoon ; Francis H. S. O'Brien, midshipman, to the Liverpool. Lloyd W. Matthews and Arthur N. Hayne have been nominated to naval cadetships. 4,1,_t I:- "1 21r4 .4 . " h7Y, 9 - , 7 0' 1 • 41/1 t Ado ,e, 4 44 c° r'N ;,3 z -**.b,z r o 0•T 406, - Y e. • • 2,. , v "Zo •—• t.N ;404_ 14- • 41. UIM 7313N.14--Z Messrs. Green and Co.'s ship Malabar, Captain Pope, also arrived at Spitheed yesterday morning from India, with officers and men from the Indian Army, and with orivate passengers. The military on board comprised :—Lieut.-Col. Gawler, 73d Foot, and Mrs. Gawler; Capt. Smith, Indian army, wife, and two children; Dr. Massey, 2d Dragoon Guards, wife, and two children ; Quartermaster M.'Laugh:an, 35th Regiment, 147 non-commissioned officers and men, 6 women, and 13 children. The Malabar sailed from Calcutta on the 28th of Feb ruary, arrived at St. Helena May 10, and sailed again on the 12th. The troops from both vessels will be landed to-day, the time-expired men being forwarded to the several depots of their regiments, and the invalids to the Royal Military Hospital at Netley, PRICE..... -..4d. STAMPED ....sd. cording to weight and condition. For the Northern Continent-5,500 hides sold at 42 teals ox, 381 reals cows matadero hides; camp hides at 43 reals for noviilos, and nominally 41 reals for half novillos half cows ; stock, 12,000 hides. For France, Spain, and Italy-19,000 hides sold as follows :-11,000 Cor. doba, 363 to 40 reals; 4,000 bccerro and low Wright, 30 to 31 reals ; 3,530 ditto for Spain, 39 to 413 reals ; dOO dick, heavy novillos, 37 ma's. The stock of unclassified hides was as follows :-3,000 Cordoba, 1,000 Paraguay, 10,000 the provii)ce of Buenos Ayres ; total, 19,000. Salted ox and cow hides — , :tiles since last mail :-1,000 novillo hides, 381 reals 7,500 ditto, 39 reals; 1,500 cow hides, 30 1 reeds. Total saves, 20,000 hides, and last price 39 reals for novilles. The sales of all the season amounted to 208,400 hides, and the total slaughter to 205,400 animals. During the fortnight the slaughter had been 27,500 animals ; there was a stock of 1,000, and sales to make up for 4,000. Besides the fore going sales took place of 1,500 cow at 321 reis, and 500 oic at 37 reis from Colonic, to be delivered at Buenos Ayres, duties payable by purchasers; 1,650 cow at 30 reis, and 600 bull at 6 reis from Laguna de Los Padres. And from the rivers, delivered free of duty; 1,100 cow at 32-1 - - reis, and 500 ox at 401 reis; also 6,000 Entre Rios hides at 391, with cow at 31 reis, and tallow to correspond at 141 reis, all free of duty. Salted horse hides, 6,000 at 121 reis, guaranteeing 351 b. weight. Very few dry horse hides coming in. Tallow sales during the fortnight were :-150 pipes, at 131 reals; 505 pipes, at 13! reals; 125 pipes, at 131 reals ; 100 pipes, private terms. Total sales 585 pipes. Last price 131 reals. Stock 100 pipes. Also 200 pipes to arrive from the rivers at 15 reals. In the Uruguay there had been a sale of 560 pipes, at 14 reals. I `;Fs iVS PAPER 4. - -r- ,,,--- :. t . _ t .4tll-6,,*' —'ll \•i:V, . k ;o_, to -,17.,-;-,- . " 4 t4.k.?;•-",-7 I ,s- %-i it '''--. ~ - "... 1 141,,%7 , " ~... ..,. ' rZ:NC. d itti-7 ~ T t.- . , . :.:4 S bugle sounding in their front, preceded the militia, bearing with them the am, and tattered remnants of the flag under had marched to sanguinary defeat under. side, or Hooker, or to fruitless victory un. tan. And what, it may be asked, made NewXrk a SO jubilant and brought all these crowds into the streets ? Nothing but the return of several otL'er regiments from the Army of the Potomac—who had borne the brunt of the battles of Virginia, and were• determined to fight no more—regiments which, like the Irish Brigade, had lost as many as three fourths or seven•eigbths of their men in struggles with the camp fever, the enemy's bullets, and the: blundering and ignorant surgery of their own medical fficers, and whom all New York intended to honour oy a grand public reception. It was this which hrought the motley population into the highways rejoicing; it was this which day after day excited their expectation and their enthusiasm, and neemcd: to drive the femele portion of the spectators wf 11- nigh frantic with delight. The great bulk of these returning braves having been detained at Phila lelphia longer than was expected, did not errive in New York on Saturday in time to receive the obstreperous welcome which awaited them, and passed noiselessly through the city near midnight. Under the circumstances the " ovation," as it was called, was postponed until yesterday afternoon, when New York turned out once again the immense mass of its pleasure-seekieg population. As the ragged and sunburnt heroes marched along in their picturesque raggedness, the men shouted at every corner, the boys from every tree-top and lamp-post, while the women at window and balcony waved their handkerchiefs, white as flags of truce, but symbolizing no such blessed meaning. Amid a. hurricane of welcome such as these, the 37th and, 38th Regiments —or such poor fragments as war had left of them—toiled up the long road from the City-hall to the Fifth Avenue Hotel, where, stationed at a balcony overlooking Madison-square, was their old commander, General M'Clellan. It was now the turn of the soldiers to cheer, and as soon as they caught sight of " Little Mac," such wild hurrahs arose as threw into com parative whisperings all the previous shouts of the day, and, being swollen by the sympathizing re sponses of the crowd of onlookers, gradually deep ened into that loud and long-continued roar of an. excited people, which is one of the sublimest sounds in nature. General M'Clellan acknowledged by gestures alone, the cordial greeting of his former comrades, who passed in review before him, and persisted in keeping silence, though the multitude vociferously demanded that he should make a speech. In the evening a banquet was given to the soldiers, at which only 150 were pre sent and about 1,000 citizens, Genera. M'Clellan did not appear, but his name may be said to have presided over the festivities. Mr. Opdyke, the Mayor of New York, was in the chair, and in the little ap propriate speech which he made was constantly in terrupted by cheers for M'Clellan again and again renewed, and always led off by the soldiers. There being loud calls for Judge M'Cunn, a prominent member of the Mozart-hall Democracy, and formerly colonel of the 37th Regiment, that gentleman arose, complimented his old comrades on their bravery, deplored how very few of them were left out of the 1,000 who composed it, advised them to take care of their money, and wound up by declaring that though once as enthusiastic for the war as any of his coun trymen, he was now for peace, and hoped it would speedily dawn upon the land. This sentiment was loudly cheered by the soldiers, but it was too much for the chairman of the evening—a civilian, who had never mingled in a battle, or smelt gunpowder, ex cept when fired as a harmless salute, and who had besides a fat contract from the Government for the supply of army clothing. Rising hurriedly, and in a state of considerable excitement, Mayor Opdyke exclaimed, " When a eity judge stands up before me and cries Peace! peace!' when there is no peace ; it is time for me to say' War ! war to the bitter end." Immediately there was a tumult which threatened to become a fight. Judge WOunn, who was pushedoff the platform into the body of the crowd by some one, perhaps an indignant contractor, but not the Mpyor, was evidently the favourite of the soldiers, a party of whom, excited by the whiskey-punch served out Advices from Rio de Janeiro are to the 25th of May. Exchange on England opened at 27-Zd., but subsequently declined to 274 d., 90 days, at which rate it was fiat ; on Paris quotations were 350 to 352 per franc. Specie.—Doubloons, 30 ; sovereigns, 8,890; Brazilian gold, par. The Bank rate of dis count was 10 per cent. In the coffee market small sales had caused dealers to give way somewhat in prices, and business as a rule was effected with more ease, the market favouring buyers, though holders contended over every concession. Receip►s continued small, and would have had more effect if there had been any disposition evinced to operate, to them, se zed their ex-Colonel as he fell, and bore him in triumph on their shoulders high above the crowd, shouting vigorously meanwhile for M'Cunu and M'Ciellan. The mayor in vain endeavoured to restore order, and ultimately proclaimed the meet ing adjourned, and retired in disgust. The heroes had become, if not positively drunk, a little tco much heated by liquor and speeches to be altogether responsible for their behaviour, and it required a good deal of patience on the part of the auditors, and of mingled suavity and firmness on the part of the police to preserve order. Ultimately, however, all went well. The judge rescued himself from his triumphal but uneasy seat, and after a few more speeches and sentiments, and a vehement out burst of enthusiasm for M'Clellan, the proceedings were brought to a close without the indiscriminate battle a la Donnybrook. The reception and review of the soldiers were all very well, but the banquet was a mistake, which is not likely to be repeated. After all, the occasion was one for sorrow rather than for joy. These re turning regiments wereasprecious as drops of blood oozing from the heart of the Republic in the hour of its greatest need; a Lmmorrhage that, if long con tinued, may become fatal. Had the original enthu siasm of these men not been cooled down by time and mismanagement, it would have required but small persuasion on the part of the Government to induce them to remain in the ranks; but all persuasion failed. The lions had had enough of the asses. They had lost faith, if not in the cause, most cer tainly in the men by whom it was conducted, and had returned home with the determination to take no further part in the war, unless in common with others of their age and condition, it should fall to their lot to become the victims of the conscription. Meanwhile, the conscription lags. The enrolment has commenced, but makes small and slow progress; and even if the Government, in spite of the warn ings it has received that New York and other States swarm with secret societies of working men pledged to resist the draught, individually and collectively, should determine to carry out the Act of Congress and call for 300,000 fresh levies, the very lowest number with which it can hope during the summer to carry up its armies to the numerical standard of last year—it is scarcely possible to complete the arrangement for a draught under a couple of months, by which time the summer will have well nigh passed away, and not at all probable that half the number can be trained and brought into a - proper state of efficiency before the winter. So urgent is the need of men, and so dilatory or so timid is the Government in the matter of the conscription, as almost to warrant the suspicion that it has became hopeless of final success, and has com mitted the management of affairs to chance and cit.-. cumstance, hoping for the best, but quite resigned for the worst that may befall. Great, t, however, must have been the pr ev i ous sins of this nation if it be justly punished wietnheraaLl.incol n for a President and a Hooker fora General. OPENING Murdoch OF A NEW CATHOLIC CHAPEL AT DUNOON. 0 T hero n for hu t sday St. Mun's Catholic Chapel high nta rr al e was opened public worship by the Right Rev. Dr. of Glasgow, sgow:bishop of th diocese, with pontifical A chci rge number of priests took part in the ser vices, sang a mass specially composed for the occasion. The Catholics at Dunoon, Kirn, Kilmun, and Inncllan, numbering about 200 in the winter and - .'oo dur ing the summer season, had no place of worship in the Cowal district until about twelve months ago, when the Rev. Joseph Small was appuinted to take charge of them. Having pureliv.ed a site at the corner of Albert and Ed ward-street, or nearly between Dunoon and Kim, Mr. Small has succeeded in erecting the present eliNel at a ccot of £lOO. The building is a very handsome edifice in the modern Gothic style. It was designee and coronletzd ;,y Mr. John Philip, End is, though plain ; f:ulhituitially ecU neatly finished throughout. There are sittings for about 250 persino. The apse for the giltAr is beautifully orna mented, and has,a, vestry on each side. Along with the chapel has also been secured a considerable space of ground, with a house for the clergyman.—Scotsman. According to La Nation the forthcoming work of the Emperor of the French the " Vie de Cesar" is now going through the press at the Imperial printing office. There will be three volumes. The first is ready for publication, while the second is in hand ; both will appe ar together. The third volume Gill be issued by itself, at r, somewhat later period. THE ARMY. A telegram was received at Woolwich on Friday evening, from the Horse Guards, announcing the intention of the Prince of Wales to visit Woolwich this morning at 11 o'clock. On the following morning an order was issued to the commanding officers throughout the garrison by the Major-Ge neral commanding, Sir Richard Dacres, for the sse man, capable of duty, o a nw m o b o li i n w g ic o h f . e co v m er m y o a n va t i h la i b e le morning at 10 o'clock, in marching order. They were provided with 25 rounds of blank ammunition per gun, and went through the manoeuvres of a sham battle. The ship her Majesty, 1,112 tons register, Capt. G. F. Seymour, arrived at Spithead yesterday morn ing from Kurrachee with military officers and in valided soldiers from regiments serving in India, comprising Capt. Hickey, 10 Royal Bengal Fusi leers, Mrs. Hickey, and four children ; Captain M'Lcod, 42d Royal Highlanders, Mrs M'Leod, and two children ; Lieut. Wood, 93d Sutherland High landers ; Ensign Harrington, Rifle Brigade; Assist.- Surg. Bannyman, 89th Foot ; 272 non-commis sioned officers and men, 29 women, and 52 children, from various regiments. The ship sailed from Kur rachee on the 11th of March, called in at St. Helena on the 12th of May, and sailed again on the follow ing day,. The Cape of Good Hope was rounded on the 29th of April. Light winds and calms were experienced frcm Kurrachee to St. Helena, with intensely hot weather in the Arabian Sea. At the date of the ship leaving St. Helena the following vessels were lying there :—Her Majesty's paddle steamer Sphinx, from China, bound for Spithead; the Duke of Wellington, from Mauritius for Liver (P), from Adelaide for London ; and the City of Manchester, from Mauri pool ; the Aurora Australis tins for Falmouth. The following vessels were spoken since rounding the Cape : —May 9, lat. 18'12 S., long. 2.41 W., the British bark Eunice, 85 THE CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA. (From the Times' Correspondent.) NEW YORK, Jun© 9. The attack on Port Hudson and its consequences seem to be bat a repetition of the story of Vicksburg. Brave onslaught, obstinate resistance, immense loss of life, and a conviction on the part of the assailant that the assailed place is impregnable, unless by the starvation of the garrison, or the slow process of sap, mine, and old-fashioned siege. Both fortresses hold out vigorously. Every day the public is informed by the wise men of Washington all goes well, that the Mississippi will be cleared of obstruction in 20 hours at furthest ; that the Confederacy will thus be split in twain, and the "backbone of the rebellion broken" in real, unmistakeable earnest. But the day comes; the hope is not fulfilled; a new predic tion is made; and lying stories of sham deserters are paraded in the journals, to show the weakness of the enemy, and prove that he is desperate, de moralised, and famished. Bat still the enemy holds his own, and efficient Generals who have been re lieved of their command by the inefficient Govern ment work out for themselves the problem of the Mississippi by a study of the map, and an investiga tion of all circumstances on both sides, coming re luctantly to the:conclusion that Gen. Grant at Vicks burg is in a critical position, but may escape without much loss either of prestige or men ; but that Gen. Banks at Port Hudson is in "a very tight place." The whereabouts of Gen. Joseph Johnstone con tinues up to the time of the despatch of this letter to be suspected rather than known. Every one, however, expects to hear stirring news from him shortly, especially the military men, who know his genius and calculate on his opportunities. Gold, contrary to all the known laws that regu late its price, has fallen five per cent. within the last seven days. There has been no news from any of the numerous seats of war to justify the depression. On the contrary, there have been cir cumstances ugly enough to warrant the belief that the Federal armies would be defeated at more points than one, and that the Confederates would successfully invade Maryland and Pennsylvania, if they did not strike at still bolder game, and make a dash at the Federal capital. Yet gold has fallen. People ask, why is this ? One reason is that gold is no longer a favourite object of speculation ; that brokers and stock jobbers have a wider range for gambling in the price of railway and other stocks than in gold and Government securities; that, con sequently, a smaller number of people are engaged in it, and that these are people of larger means than those who formerly hoped to make speedy fortunes out of the rapid fluctuations in the price of the com modity. Another explanation is that Mr. Chase can successfully "bear" the gold market whenever be thinks proper. He has possession of so large a stock of gold as to be able, to the extent of 4 or 5 per cent., to raise or depress the price, as the supposed policy of the Government may recommend. Whenever the Government is in possession of very bad news, the publication?af which is certain to send up the price, Mr. Chase's confidential agents offer to sell gold in excess of the legitimate demands of commerce, and the price goes down. When the bad news is pub lished the price goes up again, but not, it is sup posed, to so high a mark as it might have done had the price remained uninfluenced by the delicate manipulation of the Secretary of the Treasury. It is supposed to be Mr. Chase's opinion that the fair premium on gold at the present time is only 20 per cent., and that every dollar above that is due to fac tious, disloyal, and illegitimate influences operating in the market. In other words,he thinks the mistrust of the American people in his financial system, and the ability of the Government to carry on the war, are measurable by an insurance risk of 20 per cent., and that as soon as the risk is measured by 25 or 50 per cent. there is disloyalty at work rather than the natural and ineradicable suspicion and jealousy of commerce and banking, acting on and by their own laws. How far this notion is a fact, and in how much it is the dream of a sanguine theorist and an uncompromising partisan, the sound heads that govern the monetary affairs of the world will be at no loss to determine. Yesterday and for three days preceding, the Sun day excepted, New York has made holiday. From spire and housetop in the long l en gth of Broadway the star-spangled banner has flaunted e women, in theted in the bright sunshine; and crowds elf peoplc--t full exuberance of silk, s atin, and crinoline, forming the majority—have encumbered the side walks, and filled window and balcony as far as the eye of the passing spectator could reach. At every tree and l am p-post on the line the little ragged boys have clambered to bough or cross-iron to catch a view of the numerous regiments of militia, preceded by music, that have marched to and fro e ll d a y y nds of playing " Yankee Doodle," " Hail Columbia," "See the Conquering Hero comes, and oth er " well known airs. At intervals the whole ordinary traffic of the crowded streets (and for business purposes Broadway may be said to be tlee only street in New York) has been turned off into the side avenues to allow,the proc?f,slons to monopolise the rung merry peals, pavement, bells have guns have been fired, and all the paraphernalia and pride of a great mili tary gala have been exhibited to the delighted crowd. Sometimes a mere fragment of a regiment that had seen service in the war, and whose members had resumed at the beginning of last month their usual places in the ranks of trade and industry, gathered together :their scattered comrades, donned once again the old uniform, and with drums beating, or SOUTH AMERICA. We have received per French mail steamer Guienne advices from Buenos Ayres to the 14th of May. Congress was in Session, its opening being inaugurated by President Mitre in a lengthened message, described by the Standard as " a nice piece of rhetoric, and true in all its details, yet it has two faults, being rather too long, and too much couleur de rose in promising immense progress, re form, enterprise, &c." After a long controversy, Mariano Saavedra was re-elected Governor of the extramural province of Buenos Ayres by 39 votes, out of an Assembly of 64 members. Grave doubts were raised as to the !egality of such an act, the Constitution prohibiting re-election. Nevertheless, his former tenure of office having been brief, the difficulty was overleaped, and his re-election was regarded as a triumph of the peace party over the second candidate, Signor Gainza, who is an ultra-provincial, i.e., anti-nationalist. Signor Riestra's party was divided, voting in equal moieties for the opposite candidates. The Chambers had as yet done nothing, the Cordova Railway and other important bills being before committee, among others, the proposed change in the Custom-house law, which, if carried, will cause a serious reduction of duties on nearly every class of English goods. The Minister of Finance had also laid before the house a Free Banking Law, which will tend, if passed, greatly to increase the value of the Buenos Ayrean securities. Flores, the filibuster chief, was still hiding from the authorities, with a force variously represented at from 70 to 700 men. Several parts of the Argen tine Republic had been threatened by the bandits of Rioja ; but in every case they had been re pulsed and routed, and the national Govern ment counted on sufficient elements to crush out all opposition, even if, as was suspected in some quar ters, General Urquiza should have sinister inten tions. The. Buenos Ayres Great Northern Railway was doing a large business, and the works rapidly pro gressing, the third portion of the road, to a place called Lo Olivos, being intended to be opened to the public on the 20th or 25th of May. The Boca Railway, to connect the wharfage of Buenos Ayres with the city, was steadily progressing. The works of the Cordova, or, as it is called, the Grand Central Argentine Railway, had commenced, and the contract with Mr. Wheelwright awaited speedy ratification by Congress. The Government, who are the owners of the Western Railway, had ad vertised for bids for the extension of the line from Moreno to the town of Mercedes, and it was considered more than probable that an Eng lish contractor would get the contract. A rail road was projected to connect an important town in Corrientes with Concordia, one of the river ports in Entre Rios, the contract for which would pro bably be taken by an English house. This road will ensure the carrying trade from Brazil to Con cordia, as vessels cannot pass that town in conse quence of the cataracts in the Uruguay. The city of Rosario is about to be lighted with gas, an English engineer, in company with Mr. Calzadilla, a native gentleman, having got the contract. Several vessels had arrived at Buenos Ayres during the fortnight with emigrants, and over 100 Irishmen were landed from La Zingara, Gll of whom were immediately employed by their fellow countrymen in the camp. The high price of gold was the cause of serious inconvenience to foreign merchants. Doubloons had kept so long over 400 paper dollars currency, that, notwithstanding the regular burning of the paper money each month, people had lost all hope of having the currency improved by any, •save the most 'stringent measures. The London and River Plate Bank was doing a good safe business, as also the Maua Bank, which it was thought will establish banks of issue in the provinces if the new banking law is passed. In exchange transactions by this mail had not been active, and the sum total .was a little under the usual average. The sales, however, 'had been firm, and very little fluctuation experienced. On England a few transactions were effected at 6218., but nearly all the bills passed at 675. The total amount on England was £140,000. On France the rate was 85f. to 851 f., and the amount passed about 400,000 f. On Brazil about 1,000 oz. passed at from 29,800 reis. Bolivano cur rency had no alteration, and all the sales for the fortnight were made at the uniform rate of 211 per doubloon. Paper currency had fluctuated about the end of the fortnight, owing to the un favourable advices received from the interior and neighbouring republic of Banda Oriental. The last quotation was 444 reis per doubloon, and rates of foreign exchange as follows:—England, 675. ; France, 84f. 841 f. 84f. ; Antwerp, 841 f. 84f. ; Rio Janeiro, 29,800 reis ; Montevideo at par ; Gas shares, 8 per cent. premium; Bolsa shares, 14 per cent. prem. Business at Buenos Ayres had been rather brisk, During the fortnight subsequent to the sailing of the British ship Oneida for Southampton a good deal of wool was sold at fair prices ; the high figure of ounces enabling the shipper to pay a few more paper dols. the arrobe. There was but a very small stock of wool on hands, the bulk having been already shipped. The sheep farmers of the province had had a splendid lambing season. In some parts drought was experienced, but within the last week it rained most copiously, and all fears of a winter drought were dispelled. The extreme high price of land in the province was, however, a great drawback. Many cheep farmers were cross ing the Arroyo Medio, and settling down in the fertile wilderness of Sante Fe, where pasture lands are unreasonably cheap. The arrivals of wool from the camp since the commencement of the season amounted to 2,100,000 arrobes, of which 1,950,000 were sold, and str,cks amounted to 150,000,000. Good lots of superior mestizo and well conditioned wools had been in good demand, and the prices paid were as follows—Fine mestizo wool, unwashed, 90 to 96; good do., 85 to 90; fair do., 75 to 85; mixed do., 70 to 75 ; Borrego. do., 60 to 70; low mixed and creole, 60 to 60. From the province-s the fol lowing sales have been effected-270 bales Cordova at 351 reals; 250 do., at 36 reels; 620 do., at 37 ; 100 do. Santiago, at reserved price ; 600 arrobes Entre Rios, at 26 reis ; 1,600 do. Corrientes, at 27 reis; 500 do., at 28 reis; and 2,000 do. ordinary Banda Oriental, at 21 reis. The sales of os and cow hides during the fort night had been as follows :—Dry hides.- Vor North America-24,000 sold at 381 to 39 reels for Cot rientes, 39 to 41 reels for Entre Rios, 36 to 40 reals for classified from the province of Buenos Ayres, ac•