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' sented to the Metropolitan Board of Works by NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That an EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of the BRITISH N &TION LIFE ASSURANCE ASSOCIATION will be held at the Chief Offices of the Aos. elation, 316 Regent-street, London, on SATURDAY, the llth day of April instant, at Twelve o'Clo lr at Noon prec sely, at which Meeting Resolutions will be proposed for repealing or other wise altering the provisions of the 138th and other clauses of the Defd of Settlement, relating to the calculation and manner of ei,tribution of the quinquennial division of pro fits between the Funds 'herein specified, and the appropria tion of such Funds when formed, and for making' new and amended provis ons in lieu of and in addition to the provi stone above referred to. PRICE..... -..4d. STAMPED ....sd. THE SUE, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING. APRIL 2, 1863, No. 22,077. Dated this 2d day of April. 1863! By order of the Board. HENRY LAKE, Manager. Chief Offices, 316, Regent-street, London. NEW NOVEL BY THE A lITHOR ON' "THE INITIALS" SALE OF CHIPS, SAWDUS r AND SHAVINGS, &c. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the SECRETARY of STATE Rai* WAR is prepared to receive TENDERS for the REMOVAL of the CHIPS, SAWDUST. SHAVINGS, &0., which may accumulate at the Royal Carriage Department, Woolwich, during a period of three years from the tst April, 186 t Tenders must be made upon the proper printed farm, wh'eh may be obtained on application to the Director of Contracts, War-office, Pall-mall; or to the Superintendent of toe Royal Carriage Department, Woolwich ; and are to be delivered at the War-office, on or before the 9th April, 1853, addressed to the Under Secretary of State for war, and marked on the outside, "Tender for Removal of Chips, &.43 " The Secretary of State reserves the right of rejecting any or all of the Tende , s. THOMAS HOWELL, Director of Contracts. War-office, March 31, 1863. will be short shrift for the white officers who led them upon the rash and criminal enterprise. The proclamation of President Divis leaves these men no loophole of escape. They have been taken in the act of inciting servile rebellion—the most heinous crime that could be committed against the Southern Confederacy. But we would fain hope that they will be spared the fate they have so well deserved, and that the commencement of a series of reprisals which would outdo even the present horrors of this terrible war will not lie with the Confederates. In a military aspect there is little that is imprtant in the last American mail, but we are evidently or, the eve of great events. AND " On the 14th inst., in 2 was., AT ODD S. A NOVEL. By the Author of " The Inities" and " Quits." BRITISH NATION LIFE ASSURANCE OFFICE. 81s, Regent-street. ANNUAL INCOME, UPWARDS OF £150,000. COMPARATIVE PROGRESS Of the last three years, and of the current. year (e timated by the months wh'cu have already expired, the new business of this company, independent of its accessions by transfer, stands thus:— Richard Bentley, New Burlington. street. POEMS, DESCRIPTIVE AND LYRICAL. Now ready at all the Libraries, crown Bvo., price 65., I • - .. LLUSTRATIONS of the BEAUTIES of TROPICAL SCENERY, and Sketches of Objects of Interest ; with Noteq, Historical and Explanatory. By the Author of " The Nuptials of Barcelona." Policies Issued. New Annual Income. .1859-60 1860-61 1861-62 1Q62-63 Total new business in 1 7,571 four years "His illustrations are always happy, and often striking. . . His work contains many beauties."—Morning Post. SPECIAL ADVANTAGES. Policies become payable during the lifetime of the assured, 'without any increase of premium. Life polieie. are Indisputable, and not liable to forfeiture by inability to continue the premiums. Life Policies in full force during the days of grace. Annuities are granted on very liberal terms. Full particulars of these valuable and popular features will be found in the prospe 3tus. HENRY LAKE, Manager. STAR LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 10, Moor ate-street, I ondon. DinxcrAns. Chairman —CHARLES HA.R WOOD, Esq., F.S.A., Judge of the County Court of Kent, and Recorder of Shrewsbury. Deputy-Chair, an—JOHN CHURCHILL, Esq. Extracts from the Report of the Directors i re-ented at the Annual Meeting held at the Society's douse, March 2, 1863: The D rectors of the Star Life Assurance Society hive mu , h rleasure in presenting to the members their Nineteenth Annual Report. During the year 1862. 1,108 proposals for assurance were submitted to the consideration of the Directors, and 1,007 policies were issued for the assurance of £375,197, yi Ming; in annual premiumm £12,562 Ts. 9d. ; 86 were declined, and 13 stood over for completion at the end of the ye r By the Audit •r's report, the ociety's .ncome on the 31st December last amounted to Z 114,56! 128. 7d.; and its accumu lated fund, irrespective of the capital stock, at that Mate was £484,976 148. ; showing an increase of £, 0,745 3d. during the ye .r. The following table will best illustrate the progress of the Society during the last seven years Year. No. of New Sums Policies Assured issued. thereby. 603 X 201.451 572 221,122 658 235,350 812 291,495 902 336,290 1,115 361,960 1,(07 375,197 Total - Annual lAccumulations Premiums from therefrom. all Sources. -- £6,597 18 3 I £202,110 7 2 7,735 9 5 238,055 1 7 8,582 0 9 274,797 15 4 10,17 19 6 309,441 5 2 11,312 15 9 360,530 3 0 12,861 311 414,231 5 9 12,562 7 9 *484,976 14 0 By order of the Board, JESSE HOBSON, . * Since this report was closed the accumulated fund Secretary has so increased as to raise it above £5C0,000. THE P ANOXIA LEATHER CLOTH COMPANY (Limited). Re„, , istered under " The Companies Act. 1862," whereby the liability of Shareholders is limited to the amount of their Subscription. Cait4, ZlOO,OOO. First Issue £ 5O 000 , 5, in ,000 Shares of £lO each. £1 to be paid on Application, and £1 on Allotment. No call to exceed £1 per Share, nor to be made at any in terval of less than Three Months. DIRECTORS. Charles Bazin, Esq. (Messrs. Mechi and Bazin), Leadenhall street, A. Elliot, Esq., New Bridge-street, Vauxhall. I). Fraser, M. 8., 15, Ilat rWgton-square, N.W. Charles Mouat, Esq., Dacre House, Lee, Kent, C. W. Poole, Esq., 110, Wood-street, Cheapside. George Ritchie, Esq., Malvern -villa, Hounslow. 'Thomas Vaughan, Esq., 10, Addiseombe-villas, Croydon. N. C. szerelmey, Esq., Crescent-lodge, Clapham common (Director ex officio). 13.A.mcrus. Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, Limited, 75, Cornhill. BROKERS. Messrs. Crosley Brothers, 30, Cornhill. SOLICITORS. F. W. Snell, Esq., 1, George-street, Mansion E.C. Mesa's. C. A and A. Jenkinson, 7, Clement's-lane, E.C. SECRETARY (pro tern.). L. B. Martin, Esq. AITDITORS. C. F. Kemp, Esq. (Messrs. Kemp, Ford, and Co.), Public Ac countant , Gresham -street. Cornelius Walford, Esq., F.S.S., 27, Great George-street, Westminster. Temporary Offices-30, Comb'll. Leather Cloth, or American Cloth, has been manufactured With considerable success for some years past, and adat.ted to li any purposes for which leather had formerly been exclu sively employed. Mr. N. C. Szerelmey, the well-known chemist who for a ecinsiderable period has been engaged by the British Govern ment in indurating the exterior of the H ruses of Parliam-nt, has made very important improvements in the above -named article, and has erected works near London, for the purpose of more fully developing his improved process. There is already a considerable and rapidly increasing de mand for the improved pro . uction termed " Panonia " Leather Cloth, and the object of the Comp my is to provide suffirient capital to extend the works so that the ciemand may be met. The " Panonia" Leather Cloth, exhibited in the Great In ternational Exhibition of 1862 Class 27, was very favourably com mented on by several of the leading Jce.rnals ; and the following is a I extract from "The Times" of the 27th Octo ber, 1862 : " Daring the last few weeks Mr. Szerelmy, so well known for his labours in connexion with his new process for pre serving the stone of the Houses of P. rliament irom decay, has sent in several sr ecimens of a new kind of Leather Cloth, which is just now exciting a good deal of attention, and is likely to prove a valuable discovery. By the application of a comp sition known only to the inventor, calico, linen, or alpaca, when coa ed with it, assumes many of the most valual,,ve properties of ordinary leather, the fabric itself re taining all its flexibility, though oertectly waterproof and possessing all the strength of commo.i leather, though in finitely lighter an d l ess than half the cost. The pro _ess is capable of application to all the materials for which hides are now used, so that if the material only realises in an on eof the many savings its use is said to effect it p wi ra l c l tic- be oney of the most valuable new materials the Exhibition has brought forth." tSpecimens of the "Panonia" Leather Cloth may be seen. heevery information obt a i ne d , a t th e Temporary Offices of Company. of Athe pplications for shares mus t b e a dd ressed to the Bankers , otnpany, with a deposit of £1 per share. ProspeAuses may be had of the Brokers of the Company, Messrs. Crossley Brothers, 30, Cornhill. --_-___ R.H. THE PRINCE AND H.R.H. THE -L• PRINCESS OF WALES, the Nobility, and the Gentry are respectfully recommended to use OLDRIDGE'S BALM of COLUMBIA, established upwards of fo r ty y ears . It is ack now l edged to be the best and only certain remedy ever discovered for preserving, strengthening, beautifying, or restoring the hair, whiskers, or moustaches, and prevent ing them f rom t urning grey . Price 35. 6d., 65., and lls. C. and A. OM:MIDGE, 22, Wellington-street, Strand, London, W.C., and all chemists and perfumers. For children it is in valuable. S TRATFO RD - ON - AVON STEEPLE CHASES will take pace over the Borden Hill Ground, on Wed nesday, April 8, 1813. The STR ATFORD-ON-AVON ()PEN STEEPLE CEIASE rllan- Thur dicap) of 10 soya each, 5 it , an d 2 only if declared on or before sday, April 2, 186:3, with 60 sovs added, over al;out four rldlrs of fair hunting, country ; the winner of any handicap steeple chase, after the weights are declared, to carry : lb extra ; the winner to pay 10 suits towards expenses, and the se:.ond horse to save his stake. To close and name to Capt. Hamilton, Shottery, Stratford-on-Avon, on or before Mon day, March 23, 1 5 63 ; weights to appear in " Bell's Life," on the 20th day of March ; the 5 sovs ft, name of horse, and Colours of rider to be enclosed together, or the nomination will not be received ; three horses to start or the public money will not be added. The HurcrErts' STARES of 5 sovs each, 3 forfeit, with 30 soya added, over about four miles of fair hunting country, for horses that have been regularly hunted with any established pack of foxhounds in the season 1862-63 lour years 12st, five years 12st 71b , six and aged 13st ; winners 71b extra; professional riders 71b extra ; the winner to pay 5 sovs to wards expenses. To close and name to Capt. Hamilton, Shottery, Stratford-on -Avon, on or before March 23 1863; the 3 soya ft, name of horse and colours of rider to be en closed together, or the nomination will not be received ; three horses to start, or the public money will not be added. The WELTER CUP, added to a Sweepstakes of 10 sovs eac•),* 13st 71b ; about three mil es ; a w i nner of 100 sow; to carry 71b extra, and of 200 sovs 141 b extra ; gentlemen riders : nomi nation, with entrance-money, name of horse, and colours of rider, to be sent to Capt. Hamilton, on or before Wednesday, April 1.1863. he FARMERS' AND T7ADESTIEN'S STARES of 2 soya each, with 5 soya added, for horses bona fide and unconditionally the property of farmers or tradesmen residing within fifteen miles of Stratford-on-Avon, and that have not been in a train ing stable for six months from date of entry ; 12st each ; to be rid en by farmers, tradesmen, or their sons ; winners of any steep' echase or hurdle race 101 b extra. To close and name (with entranco money) to Capt. Hamilton, Shottery, S , ratf orcl-on- A von, on or before Wednesday, April 1 ; about three miles ;_ three horses to st ar t , or t h e public money will not be a dd ed. Sir t HARLES MORDAT I NT, Bart., M.P., Sir ROBERT HA AILTON, Bart„ K.C.8., Capt. PEACH. lion. W. H. NORTH, Stewards Lord CONYERS, F. W. HAMILTON, Shottery, Stratford-on -Avon, Ho Secretary and T. easurer. BERIvIcKgTITRE STF , EpI ,E n " _ Fs KimmerAt ame-Mains, ee At miletwelve of Berwick, on Wednesday, Ap r il 29th, and I. THE SCOTTISH GRAND NATIONAL S TEEP LE nABE Of 100 soya, added to a Free Handicap of 5 Bov e each in of acce thrice); the winner of any handicap at spi t o, H : s a ge, the value of 50 toys after the weights are ~üblished to carry 71b extra; the winner to pay 20 soya town ds expense., and the second to sa ve hi s r a k e ; fi v e horses to start, or the added money will nnt be given wit out the consent of the Stewards ; about three mil a and half over a ood hunting country; 2 soya entrance, to no to the fund, which must he remitted with the entries, otherwise they will not he received. To close and name with the Clerk of the Course, Dunse, on or before 31st of arc • 1553. Top wei.ght, 12st 71b. Handicapper, Mr. R. Johnson, York. 11, —The HUNT STEEPLE CHASE of 50 BOk S., aided to a Sweepstakes of 5 sovs each, 1 forfeit to the fund, open to all orses that ha ve b een regularly hunted in Scotland, and with the Earl of Wemyss's Hounds in Northumberland ; second hor ato save his stakes four yr old- ltst 41h. five yr olds 12st 21h, six and a ed 12st 71b ; previous winners of any steeple chase or hurdle race value 50 soya 71b extra ; the winner to pay 1 Fovs towards expenses : about three miles and a half ; gentlemen riders : professionals, trainers, grooms, or any one who has ridden for pay 71b extra. In.—The TALLYHO 11IINT STEEPLE CHASE of 25 sovs., a lc - led to a sweepstakes of 2 sovs each, 1 forfeit to the fund, for horses that have never won any steeple chase or herdic race, nor paid race horse duty previous to 1863 ; open to all horses that have been regularly hunted in Scotland, or with the li'arl of Wemyss's Hounds in Northumberland ; second horse to save his stake; about three miles and a half; weiAts and riders same No. 2. HUNTER!' SELLING STEEPLE CHASE of 2 sovs each, I forfeit to the fund, with 20 sous added ; the second to save his stake ; four year olds, list 41b ; five year olds, 12st 21b ; six and aced, 12st 71b ; the winner to be sold for 60 sovs: if entered t.) be gold for 50 R 0179 allowed 71b, if for 40 soya 141 b, if for 31 soya 211 b, and if for 20 sovs 281 b ; the winner to be sold immediately after the race, and the surplus to go to the race fund; three horses to start, or the added money will not be given : about three miles and a half. Nos. 2 and 3 being intended for bo na fid e h unters only, cer tificates from the respective masters of hounds must be pro duced before starting, if required, th at they have not only been regularly hunted, but ridden to hounds, and must not have been in a public training stable in Vea, Entries for Nos. 2 and 3to be made to the Clerk of the Course, Dunce, on or before the 21st April, and objections to qualification of hor-es to be made to him in writing not later than Monday, 27th April. Colours to be declared at time of entry for each race. r 18'6 1857 1858 1850 1860 1861 186 t •' The author has a poetic temperament, great felicity of versification, and a keen, zestful admiration of the beauties of nature ; and so spirited, graceful, an I warm is the verse in which he sings of tropic -11 glories, that he rouses the en thusiasm of the reader, and bears him triumphantly through his volume. We propose to give our readers a few examples of the author's vivid paintings."—Lloyd's, Edited by Blan lard Jerro d. " He has a fine poetical taste "—The Era. London : Robert Hardiyicke, 192, Piccadilly. DINNERS. -THE WELLINGTON, St. James's-street.—During the Season a Set Dinner will be served at F , ve Shillings each, including Dessert and attendance. Dinners from the " Carte," and the Three Shilling set Dinner served as usual. WILLIAM COX, Superintendent. The Wellington, qt. ames's-street. Entrance, leo, P ccadiily. N. 8.--1 he Estgblishmeht will be entirely CLOSED on GOOD FRIDAY. It will re-open on SATURDAY, the 4th April, at Five o'clock. SAWYER'S FAMOUS LONDON DINNER FOlt TETIS DAY. At 2s. 6d. eaet, PereOn. SOUPS. Green Pea. Macaroni, FISH. Stewed Eels. Fried Sol , s. ENTREES. Mutton Cutlets, sauce Tom, , te Minced Beef and Poached Eggs. JOINTS. Saddles of Mutton. Sirloins of Beef. SWEETS. Tapioca Puddingr. Cheese Cakes. Cheese and Salad. To-Morrow (GOOD FRIDAY), THE LONDON DINNER. At 2s. 6d. each Person. SOUPS. Ox Tail. Printaniere. FISH • Salt Cod and Egg Sauce. Fried Whitings. ENTREES. Veal Cutlets, Fines Herbes. Rissoles aux Salpicons. JOINTS. Boiled Beef. Rout Saddles of Mutton. SWEETS. Sir Watkin Puddings, and Orange Fritters. Cheese and Salad. An extensive and carefully selected stock of FRENCH, RHENISH, MOSELLE, and other WINES, imported ex pressly for the London Dinner. THE LONDON, 191, FLEET-STREET. CANTERBURY HALL AND FINE ARTS GALLERY. GRAND SELECTIONS from OPERAS and CANTATAS. Principal Artistes—Miss Russell, Miss Townley ; Messrs. Raynor, Green, and Signor Tivoli. Conductor, Mr. Jonghmans. The celebrated Unsworth, the only Negro Orator, together with Eugene and Duley, forming a most pleasing Comic Trio ; also Arthur Lloyd, Frank Hall, and Miss Laura San ders. Mr. Hilton, the Comic Ventriloquist and Modern Ma gician, every evening. NOTICE.— Les Quatre Freres Athos, from Carignan Thea tre, Turin, will appear on Monday next (first time in Eng land). T H 0 X F OR D, 6, OXFORD STREET. "TH E ROSE OF DENMARK," Sung every Evening by Miss Ru , sell and the entire Company, also The New Cantata, by Herr Meyer Lutz, "HERNE THE HUNTER," ALCESTE, ERNANI, N A EITCO, and other Operatic Selections, Supported by Miss Russell, Miss Townley, and Miss Oesten, Mr. Green, Mr. Bernardi, Mr. J, B. finish, and Mr. Albert, with full band and chorus. Conducted by Mr. Jonghnagns. Drew Dean's Flute Solos. Ballads by Master Edwin Sanders, the juvenile vocalist, aged a years. George Hodson's Irish, Miscellaneous, and Ventriloquial Entertainment Unsworth's great Stump Speech, "Or any other man." Eugene's burlesque Scenes and Dances. W Randall's New Comicalities. Miss Caroline Parkes' Vocal and Terpsichorean Sketches, and other varied attractions. Monday Evening next, ARTH R and BERTRAND will make their first appearance. Hall, 6d.—Balcony and Stalls, la.—Private Boxes, 10s. 6d. Air JULLIEN'S PROM ENADE CONCERTS. At the ARGYLL ROOMS, Greit WindrniU-street, Piccadilly. Co•,tinued success of J. LEVY, the celebrated Cornet-a -; Ist , n playa N ightly, at Nine and Ten o'clo"k, one of his admir d Solos, also at Eleven, Variations, " The Carnival de Venise." Revival of the Scotch Fantasia and Irish Quadrille, by M. Jullien. Solos by Tyler, King, Horton, M'Ele-ey, &c. Cavatina, Ei Nabuco," on the uphonium. yL. Mosca. Doors open at Eight o'clock. Admissi"n, is. Manager, Mons. GRENET. THE LONDON ANATOMICAL MUSEUM. containing the Wonders of Nature and Art. shown by innumerable Models, Illustrating every part of the Human Frame ; together with a variety of Natural Preparations, Malformations, Monstrosities, &e. ; also the Moving Ana tomical Dying Zouave, and other life-size figures. Open daily from 11 to 10, for Gentlemen only. Admission, One Entrance-44 A, Maddox-street, Regent-street, London, W. Illustrated Catalogue, free by post for 12 stamps, sealed 20. Explanations throughout the day. Lecture at 4. Address the Secretary, as above. T" FARMER'S BAROMETER, 505., a new Instrument, by Negretti and Zambra, will cor rectly indicate whether the Barometer falls for Rain or for Wind. Particulars by enclosing stamp.-1, Hatton-garden ; 57, Cornhill ; and 122, Regent-street. 0S T E EIDONz Patent, March 1, 1862, No. 560. GABRIEL'S Self-adhesive Patent Indestructible MINE RAL TEEM and FLEXIBLE GUMS, without palates, springs, or wires, and without operation. One set lasts a lifetime, and WARRANTED FOR MASTICATION and ARTICULATION, even when all others fail. Purest ma terials only, at half the usual cost. Messrs. GABRIEL, the old-established Dentists, 27, HARLEY-STREET, CAVENDISH-SQUARE; 34, LUDGATE-HILL, LONDON ; 65, NEW-STREET, BIRMINGHAM; and 134, DUKE-STREET, LIVERPOOL. Complete Sets, 4 to 7 and 10 to 15 guineas. One visit only required from country patients, Gabriel's Practical Treatise gratis. Consultations free. RIIPTURES.-BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. WHITE'S MOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (PERFECTED AND EXHIBITED IN THE GREAT FxrmarrioNs OF 1851 AND 1862), is allowed by upwards of Two Hundred Medical Gentlemen to be the most effective nvention in the curative treatment of II ERNI A. The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its , ffects, 's here avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the body, while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the floc-Main Pad and Patent Lever,' fitting with so much ease , nd closeness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn luring sleep. A descriptive circular may be had," and the truss, which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the air nimference of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manufacturer, Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly. A Sinele Truss, 165., 215., 265. 6d., and 31s. 6d. Postage, is. 1. Double Truss, 31s. Bd., 425., and 528. Bd. Postage, is Bd. 'fin Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. lid. Postage, is. 10d. Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post nee, Piccadilly. NEW PATENT ELAST IC STOCKINGS, KNEE-CAPS, &c.. for Varicose Veins and all cases of Weakness and Swelling, ix he Legs, Sprains, &c. They are ;iorous, light in texture, aid inexpensive, and are drawn on 111 ean ordinary stocking. Price 4s. 6d., 7s. ed., 10s., to 16s. each. Postage 6d. .TOTENT WHITE, Manufaetnrer, 225, Piccadilly. LIVERPOOL JULY MEETING QECONO DAY.- TUESDAY, JULY 14.—The LIVER POOL CUP, in specie, value 2 0 soya given by the Lessee, added to a ' l andicap ' weep takes of 2' soya each, 15 ft, and 5 only if declar d on a 'lay hereafter to be named, to Messrs. Weatherby, London; or to M . W. Topha- , Clerk of the Course, Chester; the winner of any sw« epstakes, cup, cup stakee, or plate, of the clear value of 500 soy- alter the u eights appear s!b, s bet : er , i two of such races 101 b extra, but this in an case to be t o h r e T e r x ad tr e e s m t % p p , e A n a s l e t o y t ; s t t h a e k w es i , n N n o er rth o u f m t b h e e r M lan an d ch p e l s a t t e e r , v a n al d u !'l c a f te 2 , oo l f ,l B b4 , B x e tr ie a a ; r o S r ib o , f of ani no otp th e , r o h r an oi di a c n ap y peuoobfulliu.hchdlßa7st mentioned handicaps 81b extra ; the winner 8:oys n to d t . h e e t j t u m d e g . e, and 20 sovs towards exr , enses of to n ay 30 t th w e o second to save his stake; two miles. Weights to be Lord Annesley PRESENT SUBSCRIBERS. Lord Canterbury Mr. J. Bennett Lord Hartington ....Mr. H. Bignell Lord Sefton ...sr. W. G. C raven Mr. I) i LordWestmoreland Mr: pe wzon Sir L. Newman I Mr. Frail Col. Forester Mr. }' Hall Col. C. P. Leslie , Mr. rfargreavcs 1 Capt. Christie Mr. Hart Capt. White 1 • l'i 3331 a rrr oCe PT T d t Hil in 4inuu g gg b hll e less under Bst 121 b, it will be Sib, ss 200 r Mr. G. Angell Mr. Barber The 'MERSEY STARES Of '5 soya each, sft Nyithcsto BOV: ralisfetdhteohtrate,satnwdeithhe'others in proportion. 71b ; secondadded, ftoor gave two his y e stake year old s : ; winnerscolt s 8s t o flinlbo, sous clearfl l fillies more 81b extra, but not to be accumulative; 8 subs or no race; T.Y.C. THIRD DAY.—WEDNESDAY, JULY 15.—The STANLEY STARES of 15 soya each, 5 ft, with 50 sows added, for two and three year olds ; two year olds 7st 41b, three 41st ; fillies and geldpinregsse a n i t l o y w e a e r d a 2 m ll3 o ; u nwtiinnngetro o s 1 0 0 f platese clear o r to sweepstake s carry sth, in the 200 or more Blb extra, handicaps excepted ; the winner to pay 10 soya to the fund; T.Y.C. Mr. Jackson Mr. W. Lynn Mr. J. Merry Mr. W. Owen Mr. Payne Mr. W. R Mr. R. Riddell Mr. R.. Riddell Mr. Saxon Mr. J. Scott Mr. P. Swinde; PRESENT SUBSCRIBERS. Lord Annesley, G. Craven, I Mr. G. Payne. In all races, at Liverpool, where fewer than three horses start, the added money will be withheld. The Stanley Stales closes on Tuesday, the 17th of March, and names the evening preceding the race ; and the Cup and Mersey Stakes also close and name on Tuesday, the 17th of March, being the Tuesday following the Liverpool Spring Meeting. Nominations received by Messrs. Weatherby, London ; Mr. R. Johnson, St. Mary's, York ; and M. E. W. Topham, Cheater. NOTICE TO BEST GUNMAKERS. THE SECRETARY of STATE for WAR desires to call the attention of best Gur.makers to a consider able quantity of best quality GUN STOCKS, suitable for first-class Sporting Guns, which it is intended to SELL by TENDER. These Stocks have accumulated in the Government Stores in recent years, and are thoroughly seasoned and fit for im mediate use. The Stocks are lotted in small parcels, and are to be viewed at the Royal Small Arms Factory, Enfield, on any day of the week ~x cei t Saturday, on application to the Superintendent, tor fourteen days from thi4 date. Forms of tender are t be obtained on application to the Di ector of Contracts, War-office, Pall-mall, or to the super intendent of the Royal Small Arms Factory, Enfield ; and ar to be del vered at the War-office, Pall-mah, on or before the 14th April, 1863, addressed to the Under Secretary of State for War, and marked on the outside " Tender for Gun Stocks." irTe§ecretary of State reserves the right of rej, cting any or all of the tenders. TH( MAS H 4 )WELL, Director of Contracts. War-office, March 30, 1863. WALKER'S NEW NEEDLES.—The H Patent Ridged-Eyes are easily threaded, and work without the slightest drag.-100 post free for Twelve Stamps. —H. WALKER, Queen's Works, Alcester, and 47, Gresham street, London. 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TIMM—The commercial world has recently been startled by the capture of a British vessel under circumstances not apparently calculated to lend even a colour to the proeeeding. The Peterhoff, a British screw steamer, trading between this country and Matamoras, in Mexico, has been made prize by the Federal squadron under the command of Admiral Wilkes. The report of the case informs us that the vessel left Falmouth in January last with a cargo, not contraband of war, for Matamoras, and that she arrived in duecourse at St. Thomas's, into which port she put for the purpose of coaling. In those waters she was boarded by an officer from the Fe deral cruiser Alabama, who examined her papers and passed them, decliningto endorse them with the notification of his search, but allowing the vessel to proceed. During her stay, however, at St. Thomas's Admiral 'Wilkes entered the harbour in his flag ship, and is alleged to have declared at once that the Peterhoff should have been seized. Matamoras is undoubtedly a Mexican port, but it is on the frontier of Texas. end Texas is one of the Confederate States. From Mexico to Arkansas and Nlisseuri is a long and painful journey, but it is a journey which may be accomplished with the neces sary perseverance, and there seems to be little doubt but that the Confederates have obtained some sup plies by this overland route. Admiral Wilkes, there fore, looked probably on the Peterhof'', cargo as a cargo which, though consigned to a Mexican port, would find its way ultimately to a Southern mar k e t, and he stopped it on its way. It is even probable that be had received direct instructions to act in this manner, and to seize the Peterhoff wherever he found her, pretty much as he might seize the Oreta or the Alabama. The Federal Government, Mr. Laird has assured us, has its spies all o ver England. " I believe," he said, " there are spies in my son's works at Birkenhead, and in all the great establish ments in the country. A friend of mine had detec tives regularly on his track in consequence of some circumstances connected with his vessels." It seems that some "circumstances connected" with the Peterhoff brought the Federal Admiral on her track with special orders. Th , ship was one of a regular line of steamers advertised to run between this coun try and Matamoras, but the line was not advertised till recently, or since the outbreak of the American War. Whether the American Minister at our Court thought this advertisement suspiciously timed, or whether he had any more particular reason for mis trust, we cannot say, but it appears that in com municating to Lord Russell a list of "suspected vessels "he included the Peterhoff by name. Now, as these suspicions were, doubtless, communicated by Mr. Adams to his own Government as well as to ours, and as the officers of Federal cruisers have made no secret of their orders to capture certain vessels wherever they were foam, we shall pro bably be not far wrong in assuming that the Peterhoff was on the black list, and that Ad miral Wilkes made prize of her accordingly as soon as he ascertained her name and destination. But a very grave question has thus arisen. As far as regards the Peterhoff herself, it is antici pated that she will be restored to her owners, since the Magicienne, a vessel captured under similar circumstances, and taken also into Key "W est as prize, has been just now released. Bat what is to be said of the practice, and of the principles on which the capture was hazarded ? Assuming, for the sake of argument, that the necessities of the Southern States do actually create a demand in Mexico, and by those means in this country, is the trade between this country and Mexico therefore liable to interruption? The new doctrine appears to be that any cargo consigned not merely to a bel ligerent port, but to a port from which it may after wards reach a belligerent port, is exposed to cap ture. On these principles, for example, all trade with the Prussian ports in the Baltic might have been forbidden during the Crimean war, as well as all trade with the Russian ports, for a land journey would have sufficed to carry the goods from Dantsic to St. Petersburg, just as goods might be carried from Matamoras to Vicksburg. It was one of the arguments recently urged against the right of blockade that railway communication had rendered it ineffectr.al, since all that was now necessary was to run to the nearest neutral port, and thence de spatch the cargo overland to its destination. But the pretensions of the Federal Government would upset this argument, for a blockading squadron might seize a cargo, whit hersover consigned, on the mere calculation that, sooner or later, it would find its way to belligerent hands. We have no doubt, in short, that Admiral Wilkes carried precise in structions to capture the Peterhoff. We believe, also, that, she may be released after more or less de tention, and compensation perhaps paid on demand. The Ft derals will find their own recompense in the command acquired over the commerce of the seas, and the alarm communicated to traders, but it can hardly be denied that such proceedings call for serious attention on the part of our own Government. PosT.—lt is rarely that any subjtct, however in teresting, is thoroughly ventilated in the Upper adjouHousehlhtoauCampbell protracted of Parliament. The nominal time for the rnment of the House of Lords is before dinner I tha consequently d it sapf et after re i is ha theffs which,oe hr l d d a en o d m d sme indeed aofttnthierdiffor arn t ) d h np a a oe yti great rt a we t aeo d t: e ks o b u: aer Lord o e roei rks i d s e. inaugurated what he hoped might have proved a debate on the question of the Southern Recognition, only elicited a reply from the Secretary for Forei gn seatr Affairs.Whe a n rr Earl Russell lnien, re d sti n thefatl hour had iv usage of the house, two causes emtleycl his Independently, however, of the con tributed very materially to curtail what must other wise have proved an interesting debate. The one was the absence of the noble earl who leads her Majesty's Opposition and the other the rather sin gular entreaty with which Earl Russell terminated his speech. He begged his brother peers not to pro- long the discussion, and as the request chimed with the observances of the house, it met with ready ac quiescence. As, however, the question of recognis ing the Southern Confederacy cannot be shelved, though it may be thus temporarily evaded by one of the branches of the Legislature, it will not be considered out of place to review dispassionately the grounds on which the claims of the infant St to are based, and the principles which should govern the conduct of neutral Powers. We do not see what gaud purpose it can serve to endeavour as it were to hush up a subject which is ever present before our minds, and to attempt to postpone indefinitely the solution of a problem which sooner or later we will most undoubtedly be called upon to solve. We therefore sincerely regret, when Lord Campbell sub mitted to the House of Lords the advisability of ac knowledging the independence of the Southern Con federacy, that nothing was evoked beyond a minis terial reply. It is notorious that the majority of persons in England consider that the Southern States have achieved their independence, and that the efforts made by the North to effect a reconquest are entirely hopeless. There are many in the House of Lords who hold this opinion ; and it is therefore to be regretted, when Earl Russell assumed that the enterprise in which the Northern States are engaged might still be crowned with suc cess, that some were not found to point out the groundlessness of such an assumption. If it be conceded that the Southern Confederacy must ulti mately succeed in establishing its independence, then the obligation of recognising becomes a matter for the consideration 6f neutral States. A refusal to accord the required recognition must consequently be founded either upon the conviction that the ultimate success of the Confederates is problemati cal, or that, for political reasons, it is more expedi ent to defer for a time an official declaration that the object with which the Southern States have taken up arms has been, in fact, attained. Let us briefly consider these several grounds. As regards the supposed invincibility of the South, it is of course impossible to prove a negative and demon strate that it cannot be subdued. In matters of this kind, however, certainty is not essential ; and the first authorities on international law, including Vattel, DeMartens, and Wheaton, concur in declar ing that an infant State is entitled to demand the recognition of its independence so soon as it can satisfy neutral States that in all probability it can maintain itself against foreign aggression. The Southern Confederacy has sprung from what to other nations must be regarded as a revolution, be cause, even admitting the right of the Southern States to secede from the American Union, still they formed part, and diplomatically considered, continue to form part of a republic still officially recognised by the rest of the world. It is therefore right that the neutral States should attach the greatest weight to the fact that the war to which the secession of the Southern states gave rise still continues, and that the established Government has not desisted from its attempts to reduce to sub mission those which it still terms its revolted pro -sinces. But no expounder of international law, if we except Sir George Lewis, has ever enunciated the proposition that until a war between the esta blished Government and those who set its autho rity at defiance has been brought to a close, the in dependence of the revolutionists cannot be recog nised. It is sufficient if those who constitute them selves into a new State establish, to the satisfaction of the world, that, regarded as a matter of proba bility, their efforts will in all likelihood prove successfal. Now, judging from the position of affairs in America at the end of the second year of the civil war, it is impossible for any unprejudiced person not to feel that the re-establishment of the American Union is the vainest of chimeras. The circumstance that the Federal Government have been unable to penetrate into the interior of the c o ntiguous State of Virginia would in itself prove that the subjugation of the entire Confederacy is not within the bounds of possibility. We can do no more than point to facts, and if, notwithstanding the experience of the last two years, there are those who still believe in the possibility of the Federal Government vindicating its authority in the Southern States, why, we must decline undertak ing the useless task of attempting to alter their con viction. But admitting that the Southern Confede racy has established its independence, it is suggested that at the present juncture, it is inexpedient to recognise that fact. By so doing, it is urged that we shall not materially alter the relations of the belligerents to each other, and may give serious umbrage to the Government of the United States. T r ,,, t , we would be regarded by the Government at Washington as having done an unfriendly act is probable enough; but we do not think that such a consideration should prevent us discharging such an act of duty. It is, however, scarcely correct to entitled sae that, by recognising the independence of the South, we should not sensibly modify the relations of th e belligerents inter se and it h but t he we the ld rest ew o f would u he world. We would not, byacknowl e dging in dependence of the Southern Confeder a cy, view be tit to interpose between the belligere nts , s b e e tt p ing placed in finoaotmnueeghomtiaotrieonfs with a to the ed favourable positi on f or restoration of peace. Nor is it urea son ab, e to suppose that the admis•,ion by the Europ ean Pow ers of the sovereignty of the Southern C onfedera cy would exercise considerable influence in determining the At present the course of the Federal Governmen t : . Government at Washington are disinclined t o con fessee North may y e t that they are without hope of re-establishing their authority in the South, si nce the Eur o p ean Powers, by their refusal to recognise the new Con federacy, in effect admit that t bring the war in which it is engaged to a success ful issue. But if Europe authorit ativel y p ronou nced the American Union to be fina ll y dissolved, the Federal Government would be forced b y circum stances to concur in that decisiolie If the bellige rents are entirely ignored by t he neutral Pow ers , there seems every prospect of a protracted war ; but if, without intervention, th e g reat mari time Powers of Europe were to declare Southern inde pendence to be an accomplished fact, an opening would be afforded for negotiatio ns which would in all probability speedily lead to a conclusion of th e war. HERALD.—Every mail from America may now be expected to bring us more and more important news. Like the last act of stirring tragedy, the great drama that is being played out in the West er n World gathers force and thrilling interest as it nears the closing scene ; and we, the audience, await with almost breathless interest the upshot which may make or mar the history of half a con tinent. For whatever may bathe issue of the shock of battle now about to be delivered, it will be as re gards the result of the war conclusive. Never again will the North be able to resume the conflict with greater odds ; and believing, as we do, that this, its last effort, will fail as disastrously as those which have preceded it, we confidently expect that the conviction of the hopelessness of its efforts will at length dawn upon the Northern mind, and enable the voice of reason once again to make itself heard in Northern councils. There is not a single gleam of hope to the Federal cause East, West, or South. The failure of the attempt on Port Hudson has vir- ; tually settled the question of the freedom of the Mississippi. Admiral Farragut cannot be in a position to resume the attack this season. The utmost his damaged flotilla is capable of is the pro tection of the Federal garrisons at Baton Rouge and New Orleans, and the blockade of the Missis sippi and Galveston. And there is even less chance of reducing Vicksburg. The inundations which were to starve out the defenders of this position have, according to the latest accounts, compelled the Federals to leave their camps, if net to abandon the siege altogether. The " cut-off" is a failure. The route by Lake Providence and Tenses River is impracticable for so large en armament as the North would have to despatch down the river for the assault upon Port Hudson. There seems to be nothing for General Grant to do but to risk another assault immediately, against all reasonable hope or to lead back his enfeebled and demoralished army to Memphis. Even Rosencranz is brought to a stand-still in Tennessee. At Knoxville and Tulla homa there are large armies in his front. South of the Duck River, and threatening at any moment to outflank his right, is General Van Dorn, with a considerable force. Along the banks of the Ten nessee River there are hordes of guerillas, and in Western Tennessee a Confederate army is muster ing for another inroad into Kentucky. Chatta nooga is safer than Nashville, and Rosencranz, instead of penetrating into Georgia, has to content himself with fortifying Murfreesborough and covering the capital of Tennessee. At Charles ton the bombardment is still only threatened; the great army that General Foster landed at Hilton Head is demoralised by perpetual squabbles about the status of the negro ; whilst the Confederates are employing all their time in maturing their plans of defence for holding Charleston to the last against the fire of the iron clads, and preventing a repetition of the catastrope of New Orleans. In Florida Vie first attempt of the Federals to excite a servile insurrection has signally failed. A regiment or brigade of negroes, bearing arms to place in the hands of insurgent slaves, has been surrounded and captured, and we fear there Naval and Military Intelligence. THE NAVY. The Lords Commissioners composing the effective Board of Admiralty yesterday paid an official visit to Woolwich dockyard. They first inspected the hydraulic machinery employed in bending and pre paring the armour plates of the iron cased ship Caledonia, and afterwards went on board the ship. Their Lordships—viz., the Duke of Somerset and his secretary, Captai❑ Ryder, Admirals Sir Fredk. Grey, K.C.8., and Charles Eden, C. 8., Captain Drummond, Admiral Robinson, Controller of the Navy, entered the dockyard at 3 p.m., and left at 4. After leaving the Caledonia they inspected the operations of Bray's traction engine, purchased by Government for the general work of the yard, and made a short visit to the inner basin. _ Mr. Thornton, assistant master shipwright of Woolwich dockyard, having completed his inspec tion of the Galway packet, on behalf of Govern ment, yesterday returned to Woolwich from Liverpool. The Royal Oak, 34, 800 horse power, having completed coaling, got up steam yesterday morning alongside the Ocean coal depot, in the Med way, and proceeded up the river to Chatham harbour, taking up her moorings at Folly Point, where she is to be completed for sea. The paddlewheel steamer Adder, and other steamers were in attendance on the Royal Oak, in order to render any assistance which might be required. There is still a great deal remaining to be done on board, and fully six weeks or two months will elapse before the Royal Oak can be ready to proceed to sea. The Hector, iron frigate, has been undocked from the large double dock at Portsmouth, in order to render the dock available for the Black Prince, iron frigate, Capt. J. F. B. Wainwright, now refitting for further sea service in the steam basin. A few men are about the Hector's decks marking every part of her metal fittings, whether of brass or iron, with the Government broad arrow, and greatly to the disfigurement of some of the work, such as the brass tubing, stanchions, and hand rails over the engine-room. No other men are yet em ployed upon the ship's outfit from the shipwright department, nor will there be until the outfit of the Esk and Curacoa, wooden corvettes, is completed. The Defence, 18, iron frigate, Capt. A. Philli more, is lying alongside the dockyard at Ports mouth, with sails unbent, &e. She awaits orders. It is expected that her officers and crew will be turned to the Hector, and that she will then be placed in the steam reserve of the first class. The Pandora, 4, screw gunvessel, Commander Ruston, has been swung in Portsmouth harbour, to ascertain the deviation of her compass, and is ex pected to go out of harbour to Spithead to-day be fore sailing for her destination. The Dutch screw corvette Sorembing, 8 guns Commander J. N. Slegt, anchored at Spithead shortly before sunset yesterday evening, from Batavia, bound for Flushing. She will resume her voyage homewards after taking in a supply of coals and provisions. The deaths of the following officers have been officially reported at the Admiralty since Jan. 1 : Admirals F. Temple and C. G. R. Phillips; Vice- Admiral A. T. E. Vidal; Rear-Admirals C Wy yid), J. J. F. Newell, D. Marsh, and D. Cox; Capts. J. J. M'Cleverty, C. 8., F. Liardet, W. A. Willis, C. Knight, K.H., J. Roche, J. Shepherd, W. S. Ad dington, G, Palmer, and J. N. Gladstone; Com manders A. C. May, J. A. Pritchard, R. Reid, R. Ward, J. White, J. Dalrymple, J. Jones, J. Athill, J. M'Killop, T. Akers, J. Heyland, W. Leslie, the Hon. C. St. Clair, C. Seaver, S. H. Pickard, A. Cooper, H. G. Veitch, and J. Higgs ; Lieuts. B. W. Clark, G. H. Barnard, T. F. Studdert, T. M. Wright, F. Bickerstaff, J. G. Seton, G. Lyall, and J. Sander son ; Masters J. W. Smith, F. R. Child, E. Colburne, C. Chown, W. Yeames, J. Brown, T. B. Codnor, and J, Bowler; Surgeons J Coulter, M.D., W. H. Woods, F. Logan, G. H. Jones, M.D., N. W. Roche, M.D., J. Campbell, M.D., and W. Doak ; Assist.- Surgs. R. Ratliffe and W. Dickson ; Chief Engineer W. Lowther ; Paymasters G. Teait, R. H. Hire, T. Darby, F. W. Pike, J. Walter, J. Mason, and G. Starr; Assist.-Paymaster D. L. Rhind. Royal Marines—Major. Gen. H. E vans ; Lieut.-Col. G. H. Coryton ; Capts. E. T. T. Jones and R. Searle; Lieuts. W. S. Bond, P. M'lntyre, and S. H, Browne. The following appointments were made yester day at the Admiralty :—Capt. his Serene Highness the Prince of Leiningen, to the Victoria and Albert Royal yacht, vice Seymour, promoted to be Rear- Admiral ; Capt. W. Armytage to the Magicienne, vice the Prince of Leiningen; Capt. J. Seccombe, to the Hannibal, commissioned ; Lieut. P. Sharpe, to command the Investigator, vice Lefroy, pro moted ; Thomas Potter, master, to the Hannibal ; W. H. Harris, master, to the Canopus ; Sub-Lieut. Augustus B. C. Booth, to the Defence ; Daniel Finnicane and Horace H. Smith, surgeons ad ditional, to the Meander; James B. Hay, paymaster, to the Canopus ; Charles A. Thorne, paymaster, to the Hannibal ; and W. P. Guyer, in the Narcissus, promoted to acting engineer. THE ARMY. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, General Commanding in Chief, will commence his annual inspection of the troops and fortifications at and around Portsmouth, and in the south-west mili tary district, in the early part of next week. Yesterday a detachment of the Ist division of the depot brigade, Royal Artillery, numbering 100 non commission officers and gunners, proceeded from head-quarters to Shoeburyness, where they will go through a course of instruction at the School of Gunnery, preparatory to embarking for India during the ensuing summer. By direction of the Duke of Cambridge a number of non-commissioned officers are to be selected from the battalions at Chatham garrison in order that they may undergo a special course of training to qualify them as instructors at the military gymna sium which is about being established at Chatham. The new gymnasium, the erection of which has been commenced, will be placed in an appropriate spot within the inner line of fortifications, and within a convenient distance from the several barracks in Chatham garrison. The building will be one of the most commodious establishments of the kind yet erected, and will be adapted in a complete manner for carrying on the physical education and training of the officers and troops according to the ottgyes tioas and recommendations of the Army Sanitary Commissioners. The main building will be close arms 100 ft. long by 50ft. wide, together with a se red soft floor, of parate gymnasium, with a pr r epa p w a r h e o a l ea twillthe Royal ysaulrEmno Engineer i n n t e e e d r be esta blishment, aa. exactly the same dimensions. ,ommunioating with upon 200 ft. in length, and will include, a s . chool of the two larger rooms willbean officers' fencing room of rrh eD estimatedove Dover, and e t o l le t plans i s 50ft.by 25ft.,together with dressing and other rooms for o ffi cers and men, as well as instructors' and other handsome square tower, 70ft. in height. The builder wereis Mr. A. Tphree apartmegnsts. £oooo.drawin The whole is to be completed and taken posses • ion of by the Government in •in eight months from the contract being signed. The new Matthews,Cha tha regulations for the appointment of an ---------- additional paymaster to th e cor p s of Royal Engi neers and the re-adjustment of the duties connected with that department took effect yesterday, in ac cordance with orders to that effect received. at Chatham. Instead of the paymasters being all attached to headquarters, as has hitherto been the rule, the pa) masters' staff will form three separate departments, at Chatham, Aldershot, and South ampton. The headquarters of the 2d battalion of the 18th 18th Regiment (Royal Irish), under the command of Lit ut.- Col. A. A. Chapman, arrived at Portsmouth yesterday in the Lucifer and Comet steam tcndtrs from Parkhurst, Isle of Wight, and immediately embarked on board the hired sailing transport Elizabeth Ann Bright, lying alongside the dock yard, for conveyance to New Zealand. It was ex pected that the ship would sail for her destination this afternoon. The second division of the regiment follow in the hired sailing transport Norwood. The deaths of the following officers have been re ported at the War-office since the Ist March : Gen. T. Evans, C. 8., colonel of the 81st Regiment ; Major-Gen. P. Young, K.H., colonel of the 59th Regiment. Cols.—The Earl of Harrington, C.B. ; W. Sadlier, 4th King's Own ; and J. M. Wemyss, C.B. Lieut.-Cols.—J. Williams and G. H. Cory ton, Royal Marines. Majors—J. L. 0. Mansergh, 44th Regiment ; and R. Searle, Royal Marines. Capts.—G. C. H. Waters, Land Transport Corps; F. M. S. Taylor ; B. H. Vernon ; R. Harrington, 37th Regiment ; and T. B. Hornbrook, Royal Ma rines. Lieuts.—C. Brockman, 4th King's Own; R. Statham, 33d Regiment; J. R. Kildahl, 72d Highlanders ; H. Carter, 104th Bengal Fusiliers ; E. D. Hay, St. Helena Regiment ; J. A. Wilkinson, 24th Regiment ; E. Stopford, 72d Regiment ; L. C. D'Anforsy, Royal Artillery ; W. Fowler, W. Magin, H. Grape, W. Bond, P. M'lntyre, W. White, G. L. Burlton, and F. Long, Royal Marines. Ensigns—A. Clarke, 55th Regiment ; S. H. Carrell, 82d Regi ment ; and H. L. Baldwin, 2d West India Regi ment. Assist.-Surg.—J- G. Cuppage. The ship Hotspur, 1,050 tons register, Capt. H. Toynbee, F.R. A.S., belonging to Messrs. J. and W. Smith, from Calcutta for London, was off Port land on Tuesday afternoon, beating up Channel against a strong E.S.E. wind. She bad a full and valuable cargo of indigo, rice, saltpetre, seeds, cas ter-oil, &c., and brings 122 men, 6 women, and 9 children, invalids from various regiments in the East Indies, under command of Capt. Fitzgerald, her Majesty's 60th Regiment. Among her passen gers are Major-Gen. Sir Sydney Cotton, Capt. and Mrs. Cotton (97th), and family, Mrs. Fitzgerald, Mrs. Davis, Capt. and Mrs. Mitford and child,Capt. and Mrs. Carlisle, Mrs. Anderson and family, Lieuts. Spragge, Alderson (7th), Trotman, Pope, Glasscock ; Lieut. and Mrs. Mould, Drs. Grogarty and Sharkey, Capt. and Mrs. Orchard and family, and Mr. Adams. There were two births during the passage—viz., December 28, Mrs. Cotton and March 1, Mrs. Alderson, both daughters ; and three deaths—December 30. W. Owens, a distressed sea man ; January 27, Sergeant Kennedy, Royal Artil lery, and, March 4, Private Johnson, 90th Regiment. The Hotspur left the Sand Heads December 25, touched at the Cape of Good Hope February 12, and crossed the line March 2. She spoke February Bth, lat 34 49 S long 26 43 E, the British ship John Norman, 42 days from Adelaide for London, and the bark Bayswater, 70 days from Moulmein for Lon don, which had experienced very severe weather off the Mauritius ; 10th, off Cape Lagulhas, the ship Hermione, 19 days from Mauritius for Cork; March 4th, lat 147 N, long 20 41 W, the French brig Fraternite, 35 days from Nantes for Mayotta Island ; 6th, let 2 45 N, long 21 45 W, the American bark Lucy A. Nichols, 27 days from New York for Valparaiso; 7th lat 3 5 N, long 22 52 W, the Olden burg bark Falcon, from London for Bahia; 20th, lat 37 43 N, long 43 23 W, the British ship Rowena, 85 days from Calcutta for Liverpool, with main topgallant mast gone; 28th, lat 46 36 N, long 10 9 W, the British schooner Thai], five days from South ampton for Shanghai, and 29th, lat. 48 07 N, long 702 W, the British ship Clifton, 143 days from Calcutta for London. On the 24th March, in lat 37 48 N, long 34 23 W. the Hotspur was chased for three hours by an American steamer, which tacked and stood to the southward when the British ensign was hoisted by the Hotspur. METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS. A special meeting of the Metropolitan Board of Works was held yesterday at the office, Spring gardens—Mr. J. Thwaites in the chair. The financial statement was presented, which showed the following cash balances in the hands of the treasurer :—Current accounts, £53,124 18s. 9d. ; deposit accounts, £46,500; total, £99,624 18s. 9d; Government securities, £76,732 13s. 11d. Pay ments were ordered to the amount of £51,620 17s. lid. THE PROGRESS OF THE MAIN DRAINAGE WORTS. Mr. Bazalgette, the chief engineer, produced the following report on the progress of the main drainage works . " Chief Engineer's Office, March 31, 1863. "The several sections of the main drainage works con tinue, upon the whole, to progress satisfactorily. Messrs. Brassey and Co. have completed rather more than 8b miles of sewers in connection with the Middle Level line, at an estimated cost of about £226,000, being £7,000 in excess of my last monthly report. Mr. Moron has constructed about 3,177 feet of the Western Sewers at a probable cost of £9,000, making £2,000 due to the past month. On the Northern Outfall nearly the whole of the brickwork of the sewers forming the line between the River Lee and Barking-creek is now complete, and the concrete embank ment over it is being rapidly proceeded with. The iron work of the numerous bridges, &c., is also fairly progres sing. The special construction of the outlet works into the Thames is being carried on cautiously and safely. The total value of the works now executed by Mr. Furness under this contract amounts to about £547,000, being £lO,OOO in excess of last month. Mr. Furness has commenced the works of the Northern Outfall Reservoir, the excavation for three of the side walls being in hand, as well as for the pier foundations. Altogether about 2,500 cube yards of earth have been removed, and the concrete is being filled in. The dam v. i iMessrs. iaos7oree6rndse,wssoepraraoousstroo..: pumping i v .shopalcerianaonustdr completed Watt and 1 station. eeao o attdthro f pei oohec and t n h amo B. em. more mr e te eoeo thand. proceeding rnrd s ote ho s tepae r efarty e odv yortingbdnherri machinery o x t caa asnne: branch nh t ifti n e ot t,;oir yfsimet h hz anyt a a hot m ewt e hl s eo i wp s eapl levelst o being driven. The cost of these works is estimated at about e £7,000. At the Southern Outfall Works, Crosness, the engine and boiler houses, reservoir, eastern outlet, and culverts are all rapidly progressing under Mr. Webster's contract. Upwards of 90,000 cube yards of excavation and 34,000 • 13000 f yards eet s u of f e r concrete oof y Yorkshire r k s hi havere stone been haexveecbueteendb.,uwantihl de about re building ox b ri o iaunn u rdgt t e 4,000 cube yards of Bromley-fall and Derbyshguirmhersemet:frnwaeecop,:roukrrstee.. t o o f ta t l he eos e t n o g f in th es e w an or d k p d n o ini n h e pasv u p u fit to t th he e iwr i present j3thzrothien and fitting of the engines an la e a lready reported that Messrs. Aird and Son's works in connexion. d " of until all the machinery is got in. The total t oftheir work ork under the contract is Messrs. Aird and Son have constructed now about £97, o ° °. estimatedcost of £25,500, £6,500 being the work done last month. The whole of the Southern high leve l sewer is completed from the respective districts of available for the drainage of the several localities through which it passes. Its entire length is about 10 miles, and its cost about £195,000. Mr. Pearson has furnished rather more sewer,nearly eatmaaile than three miles of the extension line of this sewer through Dulwich and Norwood at a pr o bable cost of £ 16,500, of which £2,00 is due to the progress made last month. In my next month's report 1 hope to be enabled to state that this contract has been completed. Hitherto the work has been somewhat retarded by causes not under Mr. Pearson's control. The total length of the Effra diversion sewer now completed at Brixton is about 1 mile 720 feet, the value of which is about £12,000, or £l,OOO more than was reported last month. Mr. Webster would probably have finished the work by this time had it been possible to have diverted the upper waters of the Effra earlier. This, by the completion of the Southern high level sewer, can now be done, and the work will therefore at one be proceeded with without fur ther delay. The contract for the completion of the new street, subway, and sewers from London-bridge to Stamford street, Blackfriars-bridge-road, has been let to Mr. Pearson since my last report, W. an J is now commenced. 44 . BAZALORTTE, Engineer." The report was adopted, and ordered to be printed. Some uninteresting routine matters were disposed of, and the Board adjourned. Mr. J. W. Bazalgette, engineer : " The first point to which my attention has been directed in preparing the designs for the Thames Embankment is the depth and character of the requisite foundations, and the mode of constructing them and the embankment wall. In order to deter mine these points borings were made in the bed of the river, along the line of the face of the embank ment, down to the London clay; the result of which I herewith submit for the cansideration of the Board, and from these a longitudinal section of the silt stratum of the river under the proposed embenk meat wall has been formed. From this section it appears, with some exceptions, indicated upon the section, the river mud and sand averages about 7 feet in depth, and that below it is a bed of g ravel, varying in c e:irseness and character, over laying the London clay, and avcraging from about sft. to loft. in thickness; and that the London clay is reached at a depth of about 42fr. below Trinity high-water mark. lam of opinion that a sufficient and solid foundation for the embankment can be o btained upon the lower portion of this bed of gravel at a depth of about 14tt, below low-water mark, and 10ft, above the Lond on clay, or about the depth of the bottom of the deep-water channel of the river in the mid-stream. In order to get in the founda tions to this depth I propose, by excavating within them, to sink a connected line of iron cams nig,. and to fill them with Portland cement concrete to within Oft. of low water; at this depth, and upon within Oft. will be built the brick granite faced embank ment wall. The caissons will be so const r ucted as to form a full tide dam , an d the work will be carried on in short lengths, so that the upper portion of the dam above low water can be removed, as each sec tion is completed, and employed in the formation of the adjoining length. Thus the ironwork used as a dam between high and low water will not be wasted, but will become available for other purposes after the whole work is completed. This, therefore, will be a safe, rapid, and economical mode of ope ration. Behind the embankment wall, and under neath the roadway, it is proposed to construct the subway and sewers, an arrangement which will add much to the stability of the embankment wall. " The total length of the embankment is about 7,000 ft., but it is completely divided by the bridges into three sections, each of which will be viewed by itself, and the line of vision will not ordinarily be continned from one section to the other. The first section is from Westminster to Hungerford-bridg e, the second from Hungerford-bridge to Waterloo, and the third from Waterloo to Btackfriars-bridge. "A continuous line of embankment wall would not in itself be productive of ranch architectural effect, the present landing places for steamboats are exceedingly ugly, and there would be much diffi culty in connecting the river wall with the exist ing bridges, so as to produce an effective and con sistent design. " At each of the bridges there are, and must be, landing-places for steamers, and midway between the bridges there are landing-places of some descrip tion, which will have to be maintained. " To meet these requirements it is proposed to treat each length of em b an kment from bridge to bridge as a complete design, and to make the steamboat piers and landing-places prominent and effective, as well as useful and necessary features. "At Westminster -bridge the roadway, which rises at an inclination of 1 in 80 to the level of the bridge, is set back some 30 or 40 from the face of the em bankment wall, and the intervening space would be reserved as a promenade and steamboat pies, having access from the bridge by a wide and imposing flight of steps opposite the Houses of Parlia ment. This will terminate without abruptness the varying styles of architecture at this point. Be tween 'Westminster and Hungerford bridges would be landing-stairs for smaller craft, and here it is proposed to introduce the beautiful water-gate now situate at the end of Buckingham-street, and erected after a design by Inigo Jones. On either side of Hungerford and Waterloo bridges would be steam boat landing-places, the dummies for which would be partly concealed within reces ses formed by pro jeeting into the river, in front of the general line of embankment, massive granite piers with moulded pedestals rising about 30ft. above the roadway, and hereafter to be enriched with bas reliefs and sur mounted with groups of statuary. " Half-way between Hungerford and 'Waterloo bridges it is proposed to construct a flight of land ing steps 60ft. wide, projecting into the river, and flanked:at each end with massive piers, rising to the level of' a few feet above the roadway, and here after to be surmounted with colossal figures of river deities, or other appropriate groups. It is proposed to form an approach for foot passengers from the high level roadway to the river by a second flight of steps, descending to the level of the lower or em bankment roadway, which would add much to the effect of this central feature as viewed from the river. On the other side of this approach a lino of shops could be erected on the land side of the em bankment roadway, the backs of which would form a retaining wall to the ornamental crescent and promenade above them. " Between 'Waterloo and Blackfriars bridges, and in front of Arundel-street, a steamboat pier would be constructed, in lieu of the present Essex-street pier, designed upon the same principle as those ad joining the bridges. " The embankment wall itself has been enriched with mouldings of a simple character down to the level of h'gh-water mark, the continuous line of moalding being broken by the introduction, at in tervals, of massive blocks of granite to carry orna mental lamps, and by occasional recesses for pro menade seats. " It is proposed in the first instance to construct the embankment wall and fill in behind it to the level of 4ft. above Trinity high-water mark, and afterwards to arrange for the laying out of the area reclaimed. I propose to divide the work into two contracts, the first, from Westminster to Waterloo bridge, which may be let about the end of May or early in June; an d the second from Waterloo to Blackfriars-bridge , w hich may b e let before August next. " I have now submitted the drawings to the Board in a less finished state than I could have desired (nest Friday being Good Friday), and in order to obtain the sanction of the Board thereto, so as to enable me to c omplete them for contract, and to sub mit one or two for exhibition at th e R o y a l A ca d em y for the information of those of the public who take an interest in this subject. " J. W. BAZALGETTE, Engineer." A PROBLEM FOR NATURALISTS.—James Watt, labourer, was the other day digging a pump well for Mr. Harvey, farmer, in one of his parks at Backburn, (tartly, and when about 12 feet down, a live frog came out from a crevice in the rock. How came the frog to be there? and how did it manage to live ?—Ban Phire Journal. HINTS FOR BATHERS.—The venomous c 5 anon, though a harmless-looking creature, is, in truth, one of the few inhabitants of the sea that are to be feared by bathers on our favoured shores ; but its presence is so much to be dreaded that no one who has once suffered from the lash of its envenomed filaments will venture to bathe without keeping a careful watch on the surrounding water. At its first infliction, the pain is not unlike that caused by the common stinging nettle, but rather sharper, and with more of a tingling sensation. Presently, however, it in creases in violence, and then seems to attack the whole nervous system, occasionally causing a severe pain to dash through tho body as if a rifle bullet had passed in at one side and out at the other. Both the heart and lungs suffer spasmodically, and the victim occasionally feels as if he could not survive another m inute. 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