The Sun. — London, England, 1863-10-02 00:00:00

T HE STAR knd GARTER 'HOTEL COMPANY (Limited), RICHMOND, Surrey. Incorporated under the Comranies' Act, It 6?, with Limited I.iabi ity. Capital, £120,000, in 10,0)0 Shares of £lO each. Deposit, £l . per Share, and .£2 on allotment. Cal .s not to exceed £3, at intervals of not less than three me lths.' DIRECTORS. The Right Hon. the Lora DE TABLEY, 32 Lower Brook street, Chairman. The Hon. Gerald C. Talbot, India Board, Cannon-row, West minster ; and Surbiton. The Hon. Henry William tetre, The Brdfordq, Romford. Henry Augustus Murray, Esq., 85, Park-street, Grosvenor squ re, John Staples, Esq, The Albion, Aldersgate-street. Joseph Underwood, Esq. (Hills, Underwood, and Co., East cheap), 5, Hyde Park-gardens. BANKERS. Messrs. Ransom, Bonver.e, and Co., 1, Pall-mall Fast. Messrs. Roberts, Lubbock, and Co., 15, Lombard-street. SLIITORS. ISlessrs. Marchant and Pead, C 3O, Great George-street, West- minst( r. AUDITOR. a. E. Coleman, Esq. (Coleman, Turqusnd, Youngs, and Co.), fokenhouse-yard, E.C. ARCHITECT. Edward M. Barry, Esq., A.R.A., 1, Old Palace-yard, West minster. BROKER. J. G. Bone, Esq., 3, Bank-chambers, Lothbnry, London, E.C., or Stock Exchange. SECRETARY. Augustus Browne, Esq.. 17n, Great George-street, West minster. Offices-17n, Great George-street, Westminster, corner of Parliament-street. ABRIDGED PROSPECTUS. The Star and Garter at Richmond has a world-wide cele brity. This is due not only to its s.tuation, which is unsur passed, but also to its high reputation for tavern and enter tainment purposes. The current business has outgrown the proportions of the present building. and there is a great demand for increased hotel accommodation in connection with the establishment. The object of this Company is to meet this difficulty, and, having purchased the hotel and L oodwill of the business, im prove and enlarge the present building. The property will be conveyed to the 'ompany as freehold, and upon terms such as the Directors, with competent profes vional advice, believe to be moderate. The furniture, stock in-trade, and wines, will be taken at a valuation. In order to keep the present connection identified with the house, arrangements have been made with Mr. George Ellis, the present proprietor, to act as Managing Director of the Company for a period of two years, 3f desired so to do. This fact, a 3ded to the presence of Mr. Staples on the board, will ensure more than ordinary attention to the details of prac tical management. The proposed improvements and additions—the construc tion of which will be so arranged as not to interfere for a single day with the current business it is estimated, cost £60,000. The additions, which will consist of additional - wings, and be more especially designed for hotel purposes, with a distinct entrance, will be of a substantial character, *Without needless decoration. Starting as this company does with an hotel and business already in existence, an immediate income will be forth coming. The profits upon the current business are capable of paying a fair dividend on the whole of the proposed capi tal ; and it is not too much to anticipate that when the con templated additions and improvements have been made, the profits will be such as to ensure the payment of large divi dends upon that capital. Mr. CO!eman, of the firm of Coleman, Turquand, Youngs, and Co., 12as satisfied himself of the merits of the project, and will act personally as the company's auditor. As the profits of the current business will allow of the payment of interest upon sums received from shareholders, -without entrenching upon capital, Interest at £5 per cent. per annum will be allowed all calls from the day of payment. The same rate of interest will be allowed on shares paid in No promotion money has been, or will be, paid. The present proprietor has agreed to accept, in shares of the Company, one-fourth part of his purchase-money, and the greater part of the capital has already been otherwise subscribed. Applications for the remaining shares to be made in the form annexed to the prospectus. with the deposit tlf Xi per share, to the Bankers, Messrs. Ransom, Bouverie, and Co., No. 1, Pail-mall East, or Messrs. Robarts, Lubbock, and Co.. 15, Lombard-street. Prospectuses may be obtained at the offices of the Broker, 3, Bank Chambers, Lothbury, F..C.; at the offices of the Company, 17, Great George-street, Westminster, S.W. (cor ner of Parliament-street ; and at the Star and Garter, at Richmond. The liability of each shareholder will be limited to the amount of his subscription. If no allotment be made the deposit will be returned in full. T HE STAR and GARTER HOTEL COMPANY (Limited). NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That NO FURTHER APPLICATIONS for SHARES in this Company will be received after SATURDAY, the 3d day of October next. Dated this 25th day of September, 1863. By order. AUGLTSTUS BROWNE, Secretary. THE LIVERPOOL AND LONDON FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY. Established in 1836. Offices :-1, Dale-street, Liverpool ; 20 and 21, Poultry, London, E.C. PROGRESS OF THE COMPANY SINCE 1850 : Year. I Fire Premiums. I Life Premiums. I Invested Funds. 185 t £54,305 £ 27,157 £502,83 1856 222,279 72,781 821,061 1861 30.130 135.974 1,3 , 1,905 1862 436,065 13 4 ,703 1,417.808 The Fire Duty paid by this Company in England in 1862 'was £71,214. SWINTON BOULT, Feeretary is the Company. JOII ATKINS, Rtaident Se , retary, London. Fire Policies falling due at 3lihaelmas should be renewed by the 14th October. THE ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY. HEAD OFFICES, 29, Lombard-street, London, and Royal Insurance buildings, Liverpool. Total Annual Revenue exceeds £500,010. Accumulated Funds in hand over 1 OOO,OOO. Chairman in Liverpool: CHARLES TURNER, Esq., M.P. Chairman in London : WILLIAM WAINWRIGHT, Esq. Erntkers FROM THE REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1862. -- - The Directors of the Royal Insurance Company are now called upon to make their accustomed periodical Report at the Meeting of its Shareholders. FIRE BRANCH. The Directors have, as pleasingly as unexpectedly, at the close 01 the year, to announce, for the first time, that the Fire Premiums have not only reached, but exceed £300,000. The high comparative position held by the Royal in the Government Returns of Duty is again fully maintained. The profit of the business of the year exceeds considerably the amount realised in the preced.ng year, and in fact sur passes that of any year, with but two exceptions, since the commencement of this Office, the balance to the credit on account of British and Foreign Insurances being £45,107 10s. 5d., and of the North American business, which is kept sepa rately, £11,097165. lOd. LIFE BRANCH. The very gratifying duty now falls upon the Directors to state the sum assured on new policies for fhe year 1862 exceeds even that of the year 1861 by £lBO,OOO, and has arrived at the almost unexamled for a sile ear of £701,427 on 1,498 new policies amounissued.t Until within the last few years it is believed that such a sum assured as that which has just been announced as the result of one year's business was all but unheard of. This portion of the Company's business has been carefully watched, and cannot fail to give much satisfactton to the shareholder, as well as no small encouragement for the future to the participating life assurer. Evidence of continued care in the selection of lives is amply afforded by a statement of the number rejected. These have amounted to 311 for the year, on which the aggregate sum pr9posed for assurawe amounts to £143,281. Various degrees of ineligibility have led to these lives being declined. No small number of the Assurance Companies of the day record their accepted lives annually at a sum not much, if at all, exceeding those which the Royal has declared as inadmis sible in a single year from deterioration of some kind or another. If, to Complete their review, the Directors now advert briefly to the United Kingdom, they have to announce that in Fire Business its progress has been undoubtedly , more rapid than that of any other Company established either in London or elsewhere, except when amalgamations have taken place. The returns of duty have proved this. In Life, the amount of New Policies already reported make all other evidence needless. The Directors conclude their present Report with the expression of an opinion that the prospects of the Royal Insurance Company were never brighter, and of a consequent hope, founded on a grateful remembrance of the past, that the future may unfold for it a sphere of still greater magni tude, coMbining distinguished commercial success to the Office with a ler gthened career of usefulness and protection to the public. PERCY M. DOVE, Manager and Actuary. JOHN B. JOHNSTON, Secretary in London. SALE OP V.R.—TOWER. ORS.—By rder of the SECRETARY OF ST E E FOR WAR O , Mr. GEORGE on THURSD AY SPILLMAN will ST T SELL, by Publi c Auction in the , the Bth of October, 1863, at Eleven o'clock in the Forenoon precisely, the following Stores : Bed Cases e and Blankets Small Arms of various de- Grey Clothing and Woollen scriptions. Caps. Armourer's P Hammock Rugs. ack-saddl e Forges. 20 Gal. Coppers Sets of Ironw or k for do. . /tangos complete, with Ovens Files, various. and Boilers. May be viewed at the Tower days previous to the day of sal at the 'War-office, ; Woolwi h. r from 10 to 4 o'clock the three le, and catalogues may be had he Tower ; and Royal Arsenal, ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION (Incorporated by Royal Charter). PATnowEss—Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen. PREsiD ENT — Vice-Admiral the Duke of Northumberland, K.G., F.R.S. CIiAIRMAN—Thos. Baring, Esq., M.P. REA. V.P. DEPUTY-CIIAIRMAN—Thomas Chapman, Esq., F.R.S., V.P. APPEAL. he Ili T e beginning Co mmittee of Manage men t h ave to state that, since ypititution of the yea r 1860 , the Royal. National Lifeboat has expended £32,000 on various Lifeboat Estab lishments on the Coasts of England, Scotland, and Ireland. _ The number of lives saved by the Life-boats of the ' . 6°ci etY. and other means, since its formation, is 12,800; T;,. which ser vices 82 Gold Medals , n 8 Silver Medals, and ti in he been paid ' The Institn- Tr an :as also expended X 67,( 00 i onLife-boats, Life boat Th_P,9rting-cartiages, and Boat-houses. the ,7.,,2ollirnittee desire to express their grateful sense of trittWerous support which they have received from the hail ~,.,lblic during the past few years, a support which .ci! 1 231r,them to establish their present magnificent fleet " e ePly Re "._" o ats ho w ever , shores a the United Kingd rests 0, „....aible, of the great responsibility that state, ar ld ila to maintain their fleet in a thoroughly e ffi cient boats, whi,, 'Crews practised in the manag ement of their annual ine o l_e_an only be e ff ected by a large 'and permanent national a wort.. ' countryrr ier ;l o , the great and trui The Corium" to rnestly appeal to all classes of their aidhem in upholdinc , and perpetuating so tributions:— tee grateruilY aCialOWledge the following con- Her Majesty th e Qu x s. d Campbell, the 1111.7111„ .. .. annual 50 0 0 Clerk, Colonel, R.A . ' B ' G... . • _ annual 50 0 Coutts and Co., Messr s :1 1 ._.• • • • . • annual 1 1 0 Currie, Wm. Esq., B ankers • •. annual 10 0 0 Eric, Lord Chief Justice. • • •• .. 4th don.lo 0 0 Fanshawe, Vice-Admiral si r •*,; . _ . don. 10 10 0 Fenvcick, G. J., Esq., cost et•T;S . c•l3. :. 2d don. 25 0 0 sporting" Carriage . Mrs, - 4,naboat and Tran- „ Harvey, Rev. G. G. and Mrs. • • • •• • • 250 0 12 . trartin, Sir Henry, Bart. .• •• • • don. 3 0 ? Moore, Rev. G. B. .. . don. 15 1 ( 0 3 Smith, Mrs. George, Greenwich •...• .... 7th don. 10 0 0 Stir ling, Col. Sir Anthony, K.C.B. :: • • .. 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'Puma, giddiness, dizziness of the eyes, &a For habitual oostiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier of 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, vr —IIIZ William -street. Charing-cross. London, and by most druggists, in boxesB. iid., and three timed the quantity in one, 2s. 9d. Be sure to ask for Dr. lavnuine are a square Scott's Bilious an wi d t L h i ‘ v , e vv r i Pi Lu l am ls. L T am he berv. green package, engraved on the stamp. CELEBRATION of the TERCENTENARY of the BIRTH of SHAKSPEARE, at Stratford-upon Avon. The' Terce n tenary Committee (of which Si r R obert N. C. Hamilton, Bart., K.C.8., is Chairman) are now receiv ing SUBSCRIPTIONS, and they may also be paid to th e account of the Tercentenary Committee , at the p aid and Kidderminster or Warwick and Leamington Banks, Stratford-upon-Avon; Messrs. Greenway, Smith, and Greenway, Warwick ; or their London agents, Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Co., Messrs. Hanburys and Co., or Messrs. Glyn and Co , bankers, London. The Tercentenary Committee, in submitting the subscrip tion list to the nation, most earnestly appeal to the admirers of Shakspeare for their aid and assistance. The Committee rest their claims upon the ground that Stratford is not only the birthplace of Shakspeare, but the centre of attraction to all admirers of the great Poet's works, and that it was his home, the town he loved, and where he lived and died. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail way Terminus, at King's-cross. Patron—The QUEEN. President—The Duke of BUCCLEUCH, K.G. Treasurer—Edward Masterman, Esq. This was the first hospital to introduce the principle of free and instant admission to the destitute sick, without the for mality of governors' letters. It is entirely devoted to desti tution in its most pitiable form—viz., that which is accom pc.nied 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 gratuitously affords medical advice and medicine to more, on the average, than 3,000 out-patients a week. The Weekly Board feel it their imperative duty to make an EARNEST APPEAL to the public for continued support, to enable them to admit and relieve the distressing cases that daily present themselves. Contributions are received by the Treasurer, Edward Masrerman, Esq., Nicholas-lane; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co. ; Drummond and Co.; Herries and Co. ; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co. ; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Giyn and Co. ; Jones Loyd and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; Denison and Co. ; W Deacon, and Co. ; Overend, Gurney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co. ; Messrs. J. Barned and Co., Liverpool and at the Lieopital, STANFORD f 3, SMITE _ Secretary. ' %%! • , • 0ft.. 0 % i) A16 R011 111 • \ • .4111::ti s % . Ws ' (W • " • • N,. .! "'MV DXE I -s e`e!".` THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING. OCTOBER 2, 1863 SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. Adgar and Enfield. Won by throe lengths. Lady Jane was a bad third. one of great merit, and if carried into effect would have re flected honour on the Corporation of London ; but they found that the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway Company had obtained an act of Parliament empowering them to erect a viaduct for their line across Ludgate-hill, and bad expended such large sums of money in constructing their works as to render it impossible for them to abandon the viaduct, which was an essential part of it. The directors, with whom the committee put themselves in communica tion, declined under those circumstances to consider any alternative plan, andthe committee had to relinquish an op position which was hopeless. The company, however, had undertaken to build a viaduct highly ornamental in design and appearance; but he believed that, decorate it as they might, the thing would be a great eyesore in that part of the metropolis for all time. (Hear, hear.) THE CITY TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT. Deputy LOTT, chairman of the Police Committee, stated, in reply to Mr. Kelday, that the Court of Aldermen, on whom the duty devolved under the act of last session of making a code of by. laws for the regulation of the city traffic, were now engaged on the work. NEWMARKET FIRST OCTOBER MEETING. The Regimental Handicap of 5 soya each, with 33 afided; gentlemen riders ; professionals, 71b extra. One mile. Bonnington, 12st 71b (Captain Sharpe) 1 Regulator, list 51b Father Daley, 12st Helvelley, lOst Betting—Even on Bonnington, 4 tt aiainn Donaldson) G gs U t rn F aen a t t tt Father Daley. Won by two lengths. Father Daley was a bad third. THURSDAY. A very interesting race for the Queen's Plate over the Beacon Course began to-day's spot t. Six horses entered for it, though in reality only Harlequin and the NN inter of the Goodwood Cup were in the race, which, before they had breasted the hill, was left entirely to them. The issue was never in doubt, however, for the game Iselin answered to every call of her rider, and came in a clever winner by half a half. Walloon carried off the Handicap Sweepstakes, de • featiag the favourite, Croagh Patrick, after a good race between them, by half a length. The Sixteenth Triennial brought together Midnight Mass, Evelina, and Ely, with five others of lesser degree. The Baron's filly was made the favourite, Ely being also backed for some money. Owing to a very straggling start Evelina was left a long way in the rear,—a disadvantage which she did not recover, and the race, which was looked upon almost as a certainty for her, was won cleverly by Ely, Midnight Mass succumb ing half way up the cords, and the celebrated Tomato gain ing second honours by three lengths from Olivia. The T wo-year- old Handicap, bringing 16 to the post, was won by Land of the West, who made all the running, and won with the utmost ease by three lengths. The Plate A.F. Manrico put to Lord Strathmore's account, the favourite, Bosh, being second. The Rutland Stakes looked a cer tainty for Claremont, from his public running, the others being too unknown to fame to warrant any outlay on their chances. The Duke of Beaufort's filly made the running, followed by the favourite, going steadily within himself, looking as if he only waited for Aldcroft's call to come out the winner. But to the dismay of his backers he stopped on mounting the hill, and Acolyte, who had been lying third, came with a rush and landed Lord Stamford's colours by same eight lengths. The weather changed for the worse this afternoon, a drizzling rain rendering the heath very disagreeable. The Queen's Plate of 100 guineas, for 3-yr-olds, Bst llb ; 4- yr-olds, 9st 71b; 5-yr-olds, lost; 6-yr-olds and aged, The Buccleuch Handicap of 7 sous each, with 60 added; winners extra. lm 3fur 86yds. Mr, I' An§on's Bonny Bell, 3 yrs, 7st 41b (Marson) 1 Mr Brodie's Lothian's King, 5 yrs, Bst 101 b (Howey) 2 Mr. Calder's Miss Chaytor, 4 yrs, GA 121 b (Metcalf) 3 Betting-4 to lon Bonny Bell, who won by half a length. Miss Chaytor was a bad third. The Musselburgh Plate of 25 sovs, added to a sweepstakes of 3 soya each. lm 3fur 66yds. Fernando, 3 yrs, Sat lllb (Goodall) 1 Sherwood, 5 yrs, 7st 21b (Metcalf) 2 Lady Jane, 5 yrs, 9st (in 241 b over) .... (Bunting) 3 Benevolence, 3 yrs, Sat 121 b Betting-5 to 2on Sherwood, and 3to 1 agst Fernando. Won in a canter by four lengths. The winner was sold to Captain Christie for 58 guineas. Benevolence was left at the post. Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas; three-year-olds, Bst 51b ; four, 9st 71b ; five, 9st 121 b ; six and agel, 9st 131 b• _ _ B ENEVOLENCES. On the recommendation of the Coal, Corn, and Finance Committee, the Court granted £5OO to the City of London National Schools; 150 guineas to the Royal Infirmary for Asthma, Consumption, and other Diseases of the Chest; and £lOO to the British Asylum for Deaf and Dumb Females. _ . Twice round, about two miles and a half. Mr. Merry's The Knave, 4 yrs (Hayward) 1 Mr. Temperley's Alice, 3 yrs (Snowden) 2 Mr. Ruddock's Dick Swiveller, aged ..(Bunting) 3 BROKERS' CHARGES. Mr. Ex-Sheriff Lusx gave notice of a motion, " That it be referred to a committee to consider the - present charge upon brokers admitted to act within the city, and the law and practice of brokerage there; and whether the same cannot be modified and improved, so that the control exercised by the corporation may be rendered more efficient for the public, and advantageous to the brokers." The betting was 5 to 1 on the Knave, who won by a length. Dick Swiveller bolted. The Edinburgh Welter Handicap of 5 sous each, with 60 added; gentlemen riders; professionals, 7th extra. One mile and a half. Mr. Watson's Unfashionable Beauty, 3 yrs, lOst 31b (Snowden) 1 Mr. Ruddock nd Dick Swiveller, aged, list 61b (Bunting) 2 Mr. Charles's Adrift, 5 yrs, lOst 71b .... (Mr. Dryden) 3 The following also ran :—Aubone, Miss Taft, Manches ter, and Picco. The betting opened at even, and closed at 6 to 4 agst Manchester, and sto 2 agst Unfashionable Beauty. Won by a length; half a length separated the second and third. The Third Hussars' Tattoo Stakes. Margery, list llb Corney, list (Captain Unett) 2 Lucifer, lOst Illb (Mr. North) 3 Nelley Gray, 9st 131 b (Captain Grant) 4 Betting—Even on Corney, and 5 to 4 agst Lucifer. THE ROYAL ENTERTAINMENT AT CWILDHALL. Deputy ELLIOTT, pursuant to notice, brought forward a motion on a matter arising out of the Royal entertainment at Guildhall. He said a certain kind of abuse had for many a long year been practised in the corporation, which on a late occasion he believed was wholly unparalleled in its magni tude, and a repetition of which it concerned the honour and c haracter of every member of the Common Council, if pos sible, to prevent. He had been asked by some members not to proceed with the motion of which he had given notice ; by others he had been urged to modify it in every possible „ a y, and by all means not to foul his own nest. His ans wer to that advice was that the nest was already foul enough—(a laugh) —and he wanted to cleanse it. To show that he was not a cantankerous man, disposed to take ex ception on slight occasions, it was really necessary that they s hould have some conception of the abuses of which he had to complain. On the recent Royal entertainment at Guild hall a large sum o f money h ad b een spent—t h e greater pa rt of it in a munificent and honourable manner—but much of it in such a way as to warrant the extenuating i n f e rence that the Entertainment Committee had been for t h e time in a chronic state of intoxication, either from l o yalty or wine. (A. laugh.) Things were ordered w hich it was almost an affront to the graceful and well bred guest? who were invited to suppose that they could have occasion to use in the few hours they spent at the en tertainment. He held in his hand a bill for perfumery sup plied on the occasion, amount i ng to £lO9 , i nc l u di ng seven I i vor y hair - brushes, £l2 10s.; ten tortoiseshell dressing combs, 17s. ; and five dozen bottles of eau de Cologne, L 6 14s. 6 d- One would think that, instead of ladies of pr i nc ely rank, the leading personages in the company were the Bingof Dahomey and his black negresses. (A. laugh.) "A d o yen and a half of fancy powder boxes, ten rose-cut b o ttles of perfume r y, £5 O s . ; 117 soap t a bl e t s, £4 12e. 6d . " It was an insult, he repeated, to suppose that such things could have been wanted a t suc h a ti me. " T wo patent ha i r b rus hes, £ 3 16 8. ; 4 ivory cloth-brushes, £0 ;" and, to make short f ork of a dal, " Engraving ivory hair brushes, £7." These were the purposes to which much of the Leong of the corp orat i on h ad b een applied on the occa sion. It might as well have been thrown into the fire. Then there were a pair of Sevres vases, £32, and a costly porcelain tray, £lO 17s. Now, if such things had after wards f o und their wsy to the Kensington Museum or the Mansion -house to be treasured up as beautiful specimens of t h e ce ramic art at th e p resent time, he should have held his tongue; but not so. On the contrary, they had since dis or, as chymists w ou ld say , b een " su bli me d . " appeared, (Laughter.) Then he held in his hand a bill, amounting altogether to £644, for porcelain articles supplied on the oc casion by Alderman C o p e l and —(hear, hear)—though it was a standing order of that C ourt that no member of it was to sell or furnish goods to the corporation. That account in for dessert pl a t es. Th ose, he ought to say, were e l u ded £9 O honestly bought after th e en t er t a i nment by some of the un members of th e C ommon Council, who wished pr i v ileged to have mementoes of the occasion and to pay for them. (A laugh.) Then there was a fi ne porcelain tea service, £lB 188., wh i c h, so far as h e k new to the contrary, had also dis appeared. MAYOR, interp os i ng, sa id t h at was now part The Lo" of the perm anent property o f the Mansion-house. Deputy ELL ' orr was delighted t o h ear th a t it was. Th ere was a toilet serice, Xo2 lOs ; and h e s h ou ld b e glad to hear that that also formed part of the property of the Mansion house. There were two o th er s i milar services, costing £lB and These, as far as he could ma k e ou t, h a d a ll dis appeared. They certainly ere not in th e sa l e o f remanets which they, the un p riv ileged members of the C our t, b oug ht and paid for. 1-I€l might go ov er an enormous list of articles w hich had all disappeared. They ought not to have been never wanted by the di s ti ngu i s h e d ordered, for th e y were persons w ho attended the ball only for a few hours. The apprehended,. wo u ld b e t h at t h e mem b ers answer, he of the E n tertainment C ommittee, who gave gra tuitous and labor ious services on the o ccas i on , were en ti t l e d to a few souvenirs in the shape of waifs and strays. But the total cost of all that flotsam and jetsam amounted to no less than £soo—(a laugh)--and the wh o l e a d ornmen t s o f th e Princess's boudoir had disappeared. Besides, the com mittee were precluded from setting up that excuse, seeing that during fi ve or six weeks ' work they spent £2OO in dinners and luncheons-- £ l 5O in a bre a kin g u p t rea t—( a laugh)—and, not satisfied wi t h a ll t h at, they expended £ l 5O more for articles of personal decoration used by them selves, w as not that payment t w i ce over f or s i x weeks ' work in getting' uP an entertainment whieh eve r y true hearted citizen o f London would have been delighted to do for nothing on s o auspicious and joyous occasion ? Now, he thought he had made out a case for putting a stop to an abuse of public funds which h a d grown up from small de grees until it had c ul minated in thi s grea t scan d a l . N o single member of th at Co urt, whatever his office, ought to take away from Gail" : 1 1 prop er t y worth—he was ashamed to say how mucb , but e believed £2OO. It concerned the honour of the corporation to put a stop to such reckless abuse. As it was, it would be nut s t o th e i r opponents, an d Sir Geo, Grey, who signally failed i n h arm i ng t h em w h en they had a just quarrel , might now prepare himself f o r an other attack on t heir cor porate privileges, assailing them in a vulnerable point , or th e Metropolitan Board of , Works might say, A . re the se th e men to bo entrusted with the execution of great works of public utility and necessity, who spend their time, and, what is worse, the public money, on sii c " i, gewgaws ?" He ought to say there was a retriev in g circumstance connected with the subject ho bad brought under their consideration. Two very beautiful chairs of state used on the occa• sion, he had been told, were by an immense effort saved by the vigorous exertions o f one member—(a laugh)— and taken to the Mansion-house , where they remained as i n t eres ti ng m emorials of an i nteresting event. With the exception, however, of the things that were sold—and there ' was some little trouble to save even them—a very large num ber of valuable articles had been taken away, how and by whom remained to be seen. There was but ono thing for the parties concerned to do, but he should not say what it was. (A laugh.) Let bygones be by gones, but at the same time let the Court come to a manly and dignified resolution which would show to the world that the great majority of the cor poration had clean hands in the matter, and had no part in such a scandal. (Cheers.) He concluded by moving "That it be referred to the law officers to consider and report whe ther it was competent for any member of that corporation, whatever official position he might hold, to accept or take into his own possession any chattels or other property of the corporation other than by a vote of the Common Council." The motion was seconded by Mr. WEBBER.. Mr. TRUSCOTT, chairman of the Royal Entertainment Committee, said he was prepared to give a satisfactory an. swer to the charges which had been made against the com mittee, and to contend that what they had done on the oc casion redounded to their credit and to the renown of the corporation. He preferred, however, to make that answer its a full court, and with that view he moved tho adjourn ment of the debate. lOst 21b. B.C. Mr. Naylor's Isoline, 3 yrs, Bst llb (Challoner) 1 Mr. Savile's Harlequin, 4 yrs, 9st 7th.... (G. Fordham) 2 Baron Rothschild's Crafton Lass, 3 yrs, Bst_llb (J. Daley) 3 Mi. R. Big-nelrs The Prophet, 6 yrs, lOst 21b (S. Rogers) 4 Mr. Parker's Farce, 3 yrs, Bst llb (S. Adams) 5 Sir W. Booth's Dunsinane, 3 yrs, Bst llb (A. Edwards) 6 Betting-11 to 10 agst Isoline, 6 to 4 agst Harlequin, and 10 to 1 agst The Prophet. _ _ _ They started at a slow pace, Dunsinano having the com mand, ;the others lying nearly abreast for the first two miles, when he was beaten, and suddenly dropped into the rear, the lead being left with Harlequin, close up with whom was the favourite and Crafton Lass, the others, one by one, giving way. On entering the rails Isoline joined Harlequin, and half way up obtained a slight lead, whieh she retained to the end, and won very cleverly by half a length. Crafton Lass finished a bad third the others trotted in some distance in the rear. Won by a length; half a length separated the second and third. COURT OP COMMON COUNCIL. Yesterday, at 12 o'clock, the members of the Common Council held a meeting at Guildhall, the Lord Mayor pre siding. They sat for some hours, and a speech by Deputy Elliott, reported below, in reference to certain matters in connection with the royal entertainment, gave rise to consi derable excitement and some angry feeling. On the motion of Alderman Firm's, Mr, H. N. Nissen and Mr. T. Cave, recently elected Sheriffs of London and Middlesex, were invited to take theirseatson the aldermen's bench, though not members of the Court of Aldermen. Handicap Sweepstakes of 10 eovs each, sft, if declared, &c. for 3-yr-olds and upwards. T.Y.C. 23 subs, 9of whom pay 5 soya ft. Mr. C, P. Hudson's Walloon, 5 yrs, Bst 21b (A. Edwards) 1 Mr. J. G. Blake's Croagh Patrick, 5 yrs, Bst 121 b (Aldcroft) 2 Mr. W. G. Graven's Wild Duck, 4 yrs, 6st 41b (Morris) 3 The following also ran :—East Sheen, Humphrey, Pe g noir. Sparkle, Rosina, Actreon, and Tom Kiag. Betting-4 to 1 agst Croagh Patrick, 6 to 1 each agst Sparkle, Rosina, and East Sheen, 7 to 1 agst Humphrey, and 9 to 1 agst Walloon. Sparkle cut out the work, closely attended by Rosina, Croagh Patrick, Walloon, and Peignoir into the cords, where Walloon came through his horses and took a decided lead, and won very cleverly by half a length, three lengths separating the second and third ; Rosina was fourth, Sparkle fifth, Peignoir, sixth, and East Sheen next, Tom King was last, beaten off._ First Year of the Sixteenth Triennial Produce Stakes of 10 sous each for the produce of mares covered in 1860; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 41b ; the owner of the second horse to receive a sum equal to 10 per cent., and the third a sum equal to 5 per cent. on the whole stake. T.Y.C. 50 subs. Mr. W. S. Cartwright's Ely, Bst 71b (Fordham) 1 Baron Rothschild's Tomato, Bst 41b (J. Daley) 2 Mr. Payne's Olivia, Bst 41b (H. (irimshaw) 3 The following also ran :—Midnight Mass, Baragah, Eve lina, and Figaro. Betting-6 to 4 agst Eveline, 100 to 30 agst Ely, sto 1 aget Midnight Mass, and 8 to 1 aget Tomato. J. Goater weighed for Ambassador, who bolted prior to reaching the post, and ran to the top of the town, and in consequence did not reach the post in time to start. After one failure they left the post to a straggling start, in which the favourite was left a long way in the rear. Midnight Mass, lying wide on the extreme right, came on with a clear lead, followed in the centre of the course by Olivia, Tomato, and Ely, the two latter running wide on the lower side. Half way in the cords Ely drew in advance, and won, after a fine race home, by a head ; three lengths between the second and third. A Handicap Sweepstakes of 10 soya each, h ft, for 2-yr-olds. Last half of Ab. M. 23 subs. Mr. W. Baker's Land of tho West, Get 21b (Morris) 1 Lord Stamford's Galileo, Gat 121 b (Loates) 2 Mr. Fleming's Overcast, 7st 81b (Daley) 3 The following also ran :—Algarsife, Birthday filly, Woodcraft, Usher, Lady Mary, Lady Fanny Cavendish, Daniel, Persiflage, Iphigenia, Pyrrha, Lorette, Toy filly, and Abderrahman. Betting-2 to 1 agst Land of the West, 6to 1 agst Lo rette and Pyrrha, 8 to 1 agst Birthday filly, and 10 to 1 agst Usher. The Birthday filly jumped away with the lead, which she held for the first 200 yards, when she was headed by Land of the west, who with Galileo, Overcast, Abderrah man, and the Toy filly following, wade the rest of the run ning, and won in a canter by three lengths ; a bad third ; Abderrahman was fifth; the Toy filly sixth, Iphigenia seventh, and Lady Fanny Cavendish last. - - . Handicap Plate of £5O, for 3. yr.olds and upwards. A.F. Lord Strathmore's Manrico, 4 yrs, 7st (Thomas) 1 Mr, IV, Day's Bosh, 4 yrs, 7st 71b (S. Adams) 2 Count F. de Lagrange's Jarnicoton, 3 yrs, 7st 51b (Hunter) 3 Lady Louisa, Queen of Trumps, Spark, Black Deer, Novice, Douche, Equinox, and Littlecote also ran. Betting-2 to 1 agst Bosh, sto 1 agst Equinox, and 100 to 15 agst Manrico. The latter getting away with a clear lead made strong running, followed by Equinox, Jarnicoton, Bosh, and Little cote to the Bushes-hill, where Bosh quitted his rearward position and joined the leader in the Abingdon Mile bottom, but was beaten after a severe struggle by a neck; Jarni coton was beaten three lengths for second ; Equinox finished fourth, and Littlecote next; the others, who were widely spread, were brcught up by Queen of Tramps. The Rutland Stakes of 30 sovs each, 20 ft, for 2.yr-old colts Bst 101 b, and fillies Bst 61b ; the winner of a sweepstakes of 200 sovs, including the winner's own stake, to carry 41b, of two such stakes, 71b extra. From the turn of the lands in. 12 subs. Lord Stamford's Acolyte, Bst 101 b (A. Edwards) 1 Duke of Beaufort's Esperance, Bst 61b (Fordham) 2 Mr. Bowes's Claremont, 9at (including 41b extra) (Aldcroft) 3 Captain W. H. Cooper's Sister to Knutsford, Bst 61b (F. Adams) 4 Betting-6 to 4on Claremont, and 9to 4 agst Acolyte. Esperance made play, closely followed by Acolyte, with the favourite and Sister to Knutsford, side by side, lying up. On entering the rails Edwards brought up Lord Stamford's colt, and in a few strides headed Esperance, and won in a canter by eight lengths. A bad third. Sweepstakes of 5 soya each ; for 2-yr-olds 6st 101 b, 3-yr. olds Bst 81b, 4-yr-olds and upwards 9st. The winner to be sold for 70 Boys if demanded, &c. Rutland Stakes Course. 6 subs. Mr. Fleming's Marpesia, 2 yrs, Est 101 b (Loates) 1 Mr. G. Angell's Naxos, 2 yrs, 6st 101 b .... (T French) 2 Mr. Greville's Verdiere, aged, Est 101 b ..(J. Grimshaw) 2 Betting-7 to 4on Naxos, 7to 2 agst Verdiere. and 4to 1 agst the Marpesia filly. The latter made all the running and won by three lengths ; a bad third. The winner was sold to Mr. Angell. LATEST BETTING. CESAREWITCH. 12 to 1 agst Lioness (taken) 25 to 1 agst Drummer Boy (taken) 25 to 1 agst Limosina (taken) 28 to 1 agst Romanoff (taken) 30 to 1 agst Anfield (taken) 30 to 1 agst Fantail (taken) 100 to 3 apt Chere Amie (taken) 100 to 3 agat Umpire (taken) 40 to 1 agst Hurricane (taken) 40 to 1 agst Buckenham (taken) 50 to 1 agst Twilight (taken) CAMBRIDGESHIRE. 100 to 8 agst Catch em Alive (taken) 25 to 1 agst Exchequer (taken) 40 to 1 agat Cairncastle (taken) 15 1 a ag gs s t t J B a a c t q h u il e d l e in ( e ta c k . (taken) 1 1 0 0 5 0 00 0 0 to o 15 agst Polynesia (taken) Mr. Ricunuosox declared that he laboured four or five weeks on the Reception Committee, and had not even a glass of wine in that time; but it was well known in the corporation that on these occasions everything in the way of refreshment depended on the presiding genius, (Laughter.) Mr. LAWLEY expressed his great regret that this matter had been mooted before the report of the Entertainment Committee had been presented. Mr. KELDAY complained of the vague manner in which the charges had been made, and that Deputy Elliott had not been manly enough to prefer a specific charge against some individual or individuals, if he had any to make. The debate was then adjourned, and the Court broke up in the state of excitement which it produced. EDINBURGH AND LOTHIANS' CLUB MEETING. THURSDAY. The Stewards' Plate (handicap) of 30 sovs, added to a sweepstakes of 3 sovs each; gentlemen riders; profes sionals, 71b extra. One mile. Mr. Thompson's Manchester, 3 yrs, lOst lib .. (Owner) .2 .: Mr. Jenkinson's Enfield, aged, list 31b.. (Mr. Dryden) Mr. Reid's Lady Jane, 10st 51b (inc. 71b ex.) (Metcalfe) The following also ran :—Wallachie, Adger, and Spirit of Air. lietting-5 to 2 on Manchester, awl 5 to 1 04 agar According to the Critic for October (just pub lished), Messrs. Longman and Co. have suspended the publication of Mr. D. D. Home's " IneidEnts of My Life," in consequence of Sir David Brewster thretitning legal proceedings on account of some statements contained in the book relating to spiritual manifestations said to have been %tamed by ZfiliPgt THE PRINCE OF WALES. The LORD MAYOR, addressing the Court, said that hav ing had the unprecedented honour of filling the office of chief magistrate of the city of London on the occasion of the Prince of Wales coming of age, and on the still more auspi cious one of the marriage of his royal highness, he (the Lord Mayor) had asked and obtained consent to present a marble bust of the Prince for the adornment of the Council Chamber. He now had the pleasure of asking the Court to accept the bust, and that the City Lands Commissioners be requested, with the assistance of the sculptor, Mr. M. Wood, to find an appropriate place for it. The bust is a very spirited work of art, portraying with great fidelity all the characteristic lineaments of the Prince, and their general expression. His royal highness gave seve ral sittings for it to Mr. Wood, the sculptor, at Buckingham Palace, a few days before his marriage, and was so pleased with it that the artist has since had the honour of executing a companion bust of the Princess at Marlborough-house. On the motion of Alderman DARIN . , the gift of the Lord Mayor was accepted by the Court, with an expression of their grateful thanks. THE GOVERNORSHIP OF THE IRISH SOCIETY. The LORD MAYOR said he was grieved to have to state that he had received a communication from the family of Mr. Alderman Humphery apprising him of the death of that gentleman, and another from Mr. Davis, the secre tary of the Irish Society, stating that the office of governor of the society had become vacant in consequence of Mr. Humphery's decease. According to the terms of the char ter of the society, it was incumbent on him to announce, at the first Court after the event, that the office was vacant, in order that a fresh appointment should be made at their next meeting. Mr. Cox, M.P., the deputy-governor of the society, re minded the Court that the late governor was elected in 1843, at the time he filled the office of Lord Mayor, and that the charter of the society provided that the governor should take the bath of office before the chief magistrate for the time being. That being so, it had been matter of doubt with some whether the late governor was legally sworn in, hav ing in fact taken the oath before himself, as Lord Mayor. He made those observations simply in order that the present Lord Mayor, who might possibly be elected to fill the vacant office, might not be prejudiced if, in the event of his elec tion, a question was raised as to whether he could take the oath of office before himself. The LORD MAYOR said he was advised by the Town Clerk that the swearing in did not necessarily take place on the occasion of the election, and that there would be no diffi culty in that respect, supposing the Court were disposed to confer the vaunt appointment upon the present chief ma gistrate. Of course, it was difficult for him to express any opinion on that point, and he would only say that he should be proud to fill as honourabl e an office On the motion of Mr. TRUSCOTT, chairman of the City Lands Committee, it was resolved that the vacancy should be filled up at the next Court. THE LORD MAYOR ELECT. Mr. WOODTHORPE, the Town Clerk, read a letter ad dressed to the Lord Mayor by Alderman Lawrence, the Lord Mayor elect, stating that he was prepared to assume the duties of the office when the proper time arrived. The letter was ordered to be entered on the journals of the Court. THE CITY ARCHITECT. Tho TOWN CLERK read a communication from Mr. Bun ning, the city architect, to the Lord Mayor, resigning his office, which he had held for about 20 years, and assigning as a reason failing health during the last two years. Mr. Bunning stated in his letter that while holding this distin guished position of city architect he had erected several im portant buildings, at a cost o f £ 750, 000 , connected w i t h the e d uca tional, trading, and social interests of this great city, and he trusted that they would worthily transmit his name as their officer to posterity. Among them he referred to the Freeman's Orphan School, Billingsgate Market, the Coal Exchange, the New Cattle Market, the new city prison, and the lunatic asylum—all works of magnitude and of public utility. lie referred to other public services, and in con clusion he asked the Court, in kind and just consideration of those services, to grant him, while it may please God to s pare his life, such a pension as they might deem right. Alderman DAKIN, prefacing a motion he afterwards made on this subject, bore his testimony, among many sympathis ing expressions of the Court, to the fidelity and devotion with which Mr. Bunning had disch arge d hi s d u ti es, a ddi ng that he would leave behind him monuments of taste in the erection of many public buildings, and proofs of judgment in the application of his great talent s to matters concerning the well-being of the landed property of the corporation. He moved a resolution expressing the deep regret of the Court that severe indisposition had caused Mr. Bunning to tender his resignation, and their Sense of the faithful and efficient manner in which he had discharged the duties of his office. To this a request was appended that he would continue to hold the appointment until arrangements could be made for the due execution of the department. The resolution was carried unanimously. PUBLIC WORKS IN TH E CITY. Deputy FRY, chairman of the Improvement Committee, pursuant to notice, moved a resolution, founded on a report of that body presented to the Court on the 23d of July last. It had been referred to the committee to consider whether, and under what circumstances, the Court should aid, by grants of money from the corporation funds, in such im provements as the Commissioners of Sewers had at this time in hand, or might hereafter consider it desirable from time to time to effect for the p ublic benefit. On that refer ence the committee came to the conclusion that it was un desirable the Court should pledge itself to any specific pay ment without knowing and assenti n g beforehand to the particular improvement proposed or effected, and he moved that the report containing that recommendation be adopted. To this Deputy DE JE RsEY, chai rman of t he Commis sioners of Sewers, moved an, amendment, asking the Court to contribute £7,495 towards improvements in the streets of the city made and agreed to be Made Ly the Commis sioners since the 18th of September, 18 6 2 . The subject led to a discussion, and in the event the original motion for the adoption of the report was carried on a division. THE LUDGATE - HILL VIADUCT. Deputy FRY brought up a report from the Improvement Committee, to whom it was referred on, the 28th of May to consider a plan by Mr, Greenhill, engineer, for a rail way and road communication between the north and south sides of the Thames, and which had for its object to obviate the necessity for the proposed viaduct across Ludgate-hill, and contemplated raising the bottom of Ludgate-hill and licabinu YaHey, lie stated that Kr, plan To _ _ //./." PR1CX.....-_..4d. STAMPED ....sd. Mr. Bentinek, HP.. on Foreign and liome Affairs. Last evening the Marshland Agricultural Asso ciation held its annual dinner at Terrington, St. Cletnent'e, near King's Lynn, the Rector of Hillin .1.- ton, the Rev. H, Flokes, presiding. Mr. G. W. P. I3entinck ; M.P., and Mr. B. Gurdon, M.P., were amongst the company. In reply to the toast of his health, Mr. BENTINCK said—Gentlemen, you cannot for get that we all have our opponents, and that even agricultural associations have theirs ; and amongst the various opponents we have had no more active nor powerful one than the limes newspaper. There are, probably, very few present who do not read the limes, and I will appeal to you whether we have not seen in the course of the last few years a series of attacks upon associations of this kind, upon the objects for which they were instituted, and upon the results which were likely to accrue from them. Now, gentlemen, that newspaper is a very powerful an tagonist. It is powerful from its wide circulation— it is powerful from the almost unrivalled ability of its writers, and it is also powerful from the equally unrivalled power of sarcasm and sophistry which it brings to bear upon every question with which it deals. (Hear, hear.) I would ask you to remember that the Times, though professing to be the organ of public opinion, is more especially and notoriously the organ of those who financially, and, therefore politically, are the avowed antagonists, and I might almost say the enemies, of the rural districts of this country. It is the organ of the great capitalists. It is the organ of those whose interest it is to see dear money and cheap labour. Now I apprehend that the interests of the rural districts is to see cheap money with a remunerative result for labour, and the produce of that labour; and I venture to say to you, and I appeal to the proof of history, that there is no country in the world which may not be tested by that result. Wherever you find a full remuneration for labour, and for the produce of labour, you will find the wealth and the pros perity of that country on the increase ; wherever you find the value of labour, consequent upon the decrease of the value of the produce of that labour, falling, you will find disaster. That I hold to be an axiom which no one will venture to dispute, and if he does dispute it he will dispute the history of the world. I have always considered that the interests of the landowner, of the occupier, and of the agricultural labourer, are one and iden tical. (Cheers.) They are inseparable; they cling together by the closest ties, and there is but this distinction between them—that, unfortunately, in this world the man who has the least feels the pinch the soonest. With that exception, I for one contend that there is no possible distinction to be drawn between the interests of the landowner, the occupier, and the agricultural labourer. They must sink or swim together. When one does well, all do well ; when one does badly, all do badly ; and it is by their union that they can preserve their position in the country. The gimes—acting wisely, I ad mit, in its own generation—has endeavoured to sow dissension among those classes ; it has endeavoured to show that these associations were got up for sel fish and for useless purposes, and that the rewards offered were inadequate to the merit of the services which were praised. I venture to think for one that those attempts will fail throughout the rural districts of this country ; and I will only ask you to remember when you read the limes—however much interested you may be by the great ability of the writers, however much amused you may be by the amount of sarcasm and sophistry which they bring to bear upon this question—that it is an ex ponent of an interest, numerically small, though powerful from its wealth, but which is antagonistic to the interests of the rural districts of this coun try. Now, gentlemen, the last time I had the good fortune to be present on the occasion of the meeting of the Marshland Agricultural Associa tion I ventured to address you upon the subject of the war which is now raging in the northern continent of America, and I then expressed the opinion that the policy, and I thought the duty, of this country was at once to recognise the indepen dence of the Southern States of America. (Hear, hear.) I think that the result has shown I was right. We have all been horrified for two years past by the tyranny practised by President Lincoln, and by the brutalities of General Butler. (Hear, hear.) I think there is justly no limit to the strong expression of disgust with which the accounts of the transactions in that country have been received in what I, in contradistinction to them, will term the civilised world. We as Englishmen have learned that we ought to be thankful for those monarchical institutions under which this country, thanks to Providence, has en joyed the greatest amount of rational liberty ever known to any country in the world. (Cheers.) And whenever the time comes when we are called upon to discuss a question of—l will not use a word which creates alarm sometimes in public assem blages—but whenever we are again called upon to discuss the question of any revision of our institu tions—l will put it in that more circuitous form— I venture to think that, without reference to party, there are very few present here, or anywhere in England—excepting one particular party, which I am sure is not represented here—who will not at once say, " Let us be careful before we tamper rashly with those institutions under which we have enjoyed sach manifold blessings." (Cheers.) But, gentlemen, since I had the honour of addressing you last, very nearly in the same locality, a new subject has arisen, certainly of equal interest, and perhaps, as far as this country is concerned,of almost equal importance—l refer to what is going on in Poland. Now there can be no doubt, if we could deal with every question in the abstract, upon its own merits, that there are few men in England who would not say, and who do not say, that they deeply deplore the sufferings of the Poles ; that they deeply lament the course which has been taken by Russia in dealing with her Polish sub jects; that they, as Englishmen and lovers of freedom, would do all in their power to alle viate the sufferings of those people. In that sentiment I in the fullest degree coincide; but un fortunately it is utterly impossible to deal with any great public question upon that limited, though natural view of the subject. We must go farther into the question. We must see first what has given rise to the state of things which we lament, and we then are bound as Englishmen to ask our selves next what will be the effect of our conduct in dealing with this question upon the welfare and the prosperity of our own country. The hon. gentleman .then went on to give his views as to the cause of the present condition of things in Poland. He considered that the insurrection was not brought about the oppression of Russia, but by the machinations of the Church of Rome. France's sympathy for Poland he believed to be entirely a selfish one; and he was, for both those reasons, glad that England had expressly declared her determination not to involve herself in a European quarrel on account of Poland. Referring to bo w in e unrestricted questions, the hon. gentleman continued aso llo f o llo ws If free trade means anythin g —it means un competition. Very good. Now what _ does stricted competition mean ? I apereue-nd.',.with out pre iuming to have discovered any n ew heans upon the subject, that unrestricted competition means a t least this—that if you are net to have the benefit of protective duties, that at leas t :In bringing " to market the produce of your industry, yo u s h all have no antagonistic impediment in in operation with other n • that you shall star t fair in the market o f the world, and that neither favour nor a ff ec tion shall be shown t o one side or the other. I t hi n k it would be a work of superero gation to 5 ,k such an asaerably as that I have now t h e honour of e.ddresaing if they are a ware o f th e fact that, out of the large revenue collected in this coun try, five millions are derived from the duties on i~ malt. (Hear.) Those duties on malt so derived constitute a direct tax upon one of the most import ant of our cereal products. Take off those duties, Ind not only the value of that produce would he increased, but the sale for it would be enormously extended. Well, do you call that unrestricted com petition ? Is that carrying out the principle of free trade ? Now, take Ireland, and take some portions of England, as illustrating another part of the question of free trade. lam prepared to say that there is a great district in Ireland, and there is a certain extent of laud in England, which could grow to a much greater profit than it can any other produce—tobacco. Now, how do you stand with regard to tobacco ? Mind you, free trade—no pro tection—but unrestricted competition in the market to all competitors. Well, you stand in this position, that:a stilt larger amountof duty is levied every year for the revenue b y the prohibition that you shall utilise the soil of this country for the growth of to bacco, in order. that you may levy a customs duty of so many millions a year upon the importation of foreign tobacco. 'Well, is that unrestricted corn petition? Bat I go further, gentlemen, I ask you is it common sense—ls it reasonable ?Is it rational? Is it tolerable ? But thinking as strongly as I do upon the wrong s of the rural districts, I would ask, is there any other i n t erest i n t hi s coun try to be found which would submit for one boor your own battles or for one minute to the intol era b le injustice which (Cheers.) I have just bought before you ? fl / 4 , ueers.) We have only with ourselvesmeans s o I ; blame.hiehy 0 Fight uhave. Disregard all est of th e rura l questions of party and fight the inter districts of this country. Whenever th e t i me comes for the revision of the representation, be ar this fact in mind—that there is but one real griev ance now existing which requires a remedy, and that is th e inadequate representation of the rural districts. Bear this in mind; fight your battle now to a man without flinching. Whenever you have to discus s the question of reform, say at once, "We are th e majority of the people of England, and no reform shall take place till our grievances have been remedied." Mr. BRAMPTON GURDON, M.P., also responded to the toast, and said that though a member of Par liament would ill fulfil the duties of his situation if he did not do his best to support the agricultural interest, his experience warned him that to rely upon any extraneous assistance from what Parliament could do, or was likely to do, would prove again, as it had done before, a broken reed. Naval and Military Intelligence. THE NAVY. Lieut. Wm. H. Liddell and Lient. Fred. C. B. Robinson were yesterday promoted to the rank of commanders. The following appointments were made yester day at the Admiralty ;—The Rev. W. V. Lloyd, chaplain and naval instructor to the Scylla ; John Tweedie, paymaster to the Hogue; James W. Ozzard, paymaster to the Victory ; and Arthur C. Dowdell, second master to the Supply. THE ARMY. Col. Hawkins yesterday took he command of the Royal Engineer Department at Woolwich, in suc cession to Col. Ford, appointed to the command of the corps in Canada. On Col. Ford's forthcoming departure from Woolwich having been made known the members of the local Board of Health repre senting the Town Commissioners convoked a meet ing, and drew up a memorial expressing their thanks to the gallant colonel for the valuable assistance rendered by him on the various questions which have arisen during his term of office. Lieut.-Col. Campbell, R.A., a member of the select committee of Woolwich Arsenal, having been ap pointed Superintendent of the Royal Gun Factories, yesterday assumed the duties of the department. The B battery 9th Brigade Royal Artillery is under orders to leave Woolwich to-morrow, on a four days' march, to Hilsea barracks, Portsmouth. The officers commanding the battery are as follows : —Major Milman (on leave) ; Capts. Whinyates and and Sadleir ; Lieuts, Blackwood and Brodie. A number of passed recruits of the Royal Artil lery, numbering 153, in command of Capt. Stewart, arrived at headquarters, Woolwich, from Warley, yesterday- They were distributed in nearly equal numbers in the A, B, and C batteries. The commodious pile of buildings which have been for some time in progress at Chatham, to be used as a gymnasium for carrying on the physical training of the officers and troops at that garrison, are now completed, and, in accordance with the terms of the contract, will be handed over to the War Department on the 12th, at which date they will be ready to be taken possession of by the mili tary authorities at the garrison. The building is the first of several of a similar kind, which, should the experiment about to be carried out at Chatham be found to answer, will be erected at each of the great military stations. It has been erected in a very substantial manner by the contractor, Mr. Alfred Matthews, of Dover, from designs prepared at the Royal Engineer-office, Chatham, under the direction of Colonel J. Twiss, commanding Royal Engineer, and its total cost, exclusive of the requi site fitments, &c., will be about £5,000. In compliance with the orders received some time since from the Horse Guards the staff of the Invalid depot at St. Mary's barracks, Chatham, has been broken up, and yesterday the portions of the esta blishment hitherto set apart for the transaction of the official business connected with the invalid depot, passed into the hands of the garrison barrack master's staff, preparatory to the necessary altera tions being carried out to adapt the various build ings for the reception of regular troops. For some time past a number of workmen have been employed at the barracks in making various alterations, pro viding extra ventilation, and carrying out other improvements, most of which were suggested by the Army Sanitary Commissioners on the occasion of their last visit to Chatham. Social Science Meeting in Edinburgh, The forthcoming meeting of the Social Science Association promises to be very successful bo d th i. e regards the number of members attending an. been papers to be read. Several papers on subjects r b been ing more or less directly upon agriculture h a v e .0 by forwarded to the secretary; among these . : o :" tion of Mr. Torrens " On Conveyancing by Reg i stra tion act in Titles as in operation in Australia." Aus tralia was operation in the colony of South s •of the • given some time ago in the colum n s read a paper Agriculturist. Professor Gamgeeo'a " The Use a n d on " Diseases in Cattle ;" and i o ti n i e rai Mr. Scot Skir- Mr. Practice ;,, Abuse of Poisons in Agriatione on " The Condi- George Hope, Fentonbarn s o , s;o mr. J. Robb, Edin. " The Condi ad•un°;aper on tions of Agricultural So , o_ee__ ses. o burgh, one on i , Hind s ving, Campton, will re ad of Scotland." We Condi tion of the Rural La 0. .r.r Thos. Apc • ornbie, of Mel understand that the Ho n• a d two .• - - -one on " Gold Dis bourne, is to . read upon Prices and Commerce;' coveries, their ,,... /l enai Discipline.' There are seven the other oo r the iatter subject • b • , besides the one by Mr. papers °F ther e is one by m‘comble , ik i Mr. Torrens, one by the _...n. r. Adderley, M.P. one by Mr. R i g ht xi ' • The R eason, , -; - c• committee have agreed to set Monday apart for the reading of the pape rs on ‘, penal Discipline•—the Whole o f th e p apers are to be read, and then the discussion will take place upon them.—N. B. Agriculturist. 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