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>/ 0 ~ ~~~~ `_~ _____ ~~~~~~ x, 2 , I\ EWSPAPER Naval and Military Intelligo - & ' 2 @ • . 144001kt. e r"'4 A, • t ir \?•) i l o p "t4 4,t.t0 THE NAVY. r.5., 4 4".- i s 4-A -—= AM! - The Lords of he A dmiralty have dir , t y • - . l* sew • 04. .P4t0114& • ---- Admiral F. Bullock to place himself in A , ' -' • ju zat e 10 N•• lil o ., _ - DIE sP7l63.tuditii ^',l 4 - imorr• tion with the °facials connected with the steam reserve, as well as with the anew% oche a s METROPOLITAN RAILWAY. ON AND AFTER IST OCTOBER NEXT, ADDITIONAL T ENS Station Will between Paddington and the City, calling at every ~_TI IR OUGH TRAINS will also run to and from the Great orthern and Great Western Railways. Zlhe Metropolitan Company's NEW CARRIAGES, "L'IGIITED WITH GA.S, will be ready in a few days. MYLES FENTON, General Manager. P addington, Sept. 28, 1863. LONDON TAVERN COMPANY ( Limited). /Aabir Incorporated under the Companies' Act, with Limited d Capital £120,000, in 12,000 Shares of £lO each. ti First Issue 6,000 Shares. ePOsit on application £l, and .£1 , 10s. on allotment , wit h a further Call not exceeding £2 10s. within three months. DIRECTORS. (293, Mr. Alderman ABBISS, Ch a irman. Ph Canston, Esq., Eastcheap. Sir Cusack P. Roney, 15, Lan4ham-place. d ' W. Chater, Esq., London Tavern, Manaaing Director, (With power to add to their number.) MANAGER. Mr. John Fung,e. ANKERS. The Bank of London,B Th readneedle-street ; and 450, Strand, W.C. Some'Tons. l essrs, Sole, Turners, and Hardwick, 3 and 4, Alderman bury, 'E. C. Messrs. BROKERS. • essrs. Eykyn Brothers, 22, Change-a - ley, E.C. AUDITOR. -rY uoriey, Esq. (honey and Humplarys), 14, Ironmonger lane. SECRETARY pro tem. Mr. Reed. Offices—The London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street. PROSPECTUS. It is proposed to form a Company to purchase the business Of the well-known London Tavern, Blshopsgate-street. The Directors have entered into a provisional agreement the Mr. Chater, which g ves them t h e c pt i o n o f purchasing ( be Freehold (within three years), or leasing the property at a fair rental. The stock in trade, good will, wines, plate, furniture, fit tings, &c., are estimated at £30,000, and the present Proprie tor guarantees a minimum dividend of 10 per cent. on that "Mount for three years. These estimates have been verified as to the furniture and lant by Mr. Daniel Cronin ; as to the wines and spirits, by Air. tr, R. C, Wilson, of 37, Drury-lane ;as to the fre hold, by pebenham, of the firm of Debenham and Tewson, 80, Cheapside ; and a report has been made on the profits of the business by Mr. Henry Honey, of the firm of Honey and itunaphrys, Accountants. The company to take possession on the Ist October next, and the profits will accrue as from that date. The option of purchasing' the freehold of constantly increasing va ue, and a substantial guarantee of a minimum dividend of 10 per cent., are obviously great advantages. In the form a ti on o f thi s ( ompany no promot i on-money has been or will be paid, and with a view to avo all unnecessaryunnecessaryelPenses, the offices of the Company will b_ d e at the London Tavern. tpwards of two-thirds of the requisite Capital for the first Issue has already been subscribed for by Mr. Chater, the Lirectors, and their friends. Forms of Application for Shares to be made in the form a nnexed to the Pro s p ec t us , wi th deposit of £1 per Share, to ,ne Bankers, Tae Bank of London, Threadneedle - street , and 50 , Strand. The Articles of Association can be inspected at the offices ti,t.he Company. r oiiretuses may be obtained at the office of the Brokers , -r Z 2, Change -alley, E C. ; at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate street ; and at the Company's Bankers. The liability of each shareholder will be limited to the a mount of his subscription, and if no allotment be made, the deposit will be returned in full T O THE DIRECTORS OF THE LONDON TAVERN COMPANY (Limited). Registered as a Limited Company under the Joint-Stock Companies' Act, 1862. G entlemen,—l request you to allot me Shares of £lO e achin the above Company, and I hereby agree to accept such Shares, or any less number that may be alloted to me, qu'd to pay the deposit of £1 10s. on allotment, and I further athorise you to enter my name on the Register for the num ber of Shares so allotted. Siolature Address in full Date ONDON TAVERN COMPANY (Limited). NO APPLICATIONS for SHARES will be received .•ir Twelve o'clock on FRIDAY next, the 2 d of October , on winch day the Directors will meet to allot. NORTH BRITISH AND MERCANTILE INSURANCE COMPANY. Established 1800. Incorporated by Royal Charter and Special Acts of Parliament. lt ,, _ecutnulated and Invested Funds " 1 -unnal Revenue. FIRE DEPARTMENT. Insuran-es zranted both at Home and in Foreign Countries on the most liberal terms. LIFE DEPART3IENT. Every facility offered to Insurers. Ninety per Cent. of the Profits divided among the Insurers on the participating principle. The new Life business transacted in 1862 as follows : Policies. Amount Insured. Premiums. 1,037 £763,331 £23,641 0 0 Forms of Proposal and every information will be furnished tn application at the OFFICES : LONDON 58 Threadneedle-street. 4, New Bank Buddinzs, Lothbury, West-end Office.. 8, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall. T HE ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY, HEAD OFFICES, 29, Lombard-street, London, and Royal Insurance " buildings, Liverpool. Total Annual Revenue exceeds L'5OO,O `O. Accumulated Funds in hand over 1,000,000. Chairman in Liverpool: CHARLES TURNER, Esq.. MX. Chairman in London: WILLIAM WAINWRIGHT, Req. R XTRACI'S 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 alerting of its Shareholders. - BRAN. The Directors have, as FIRE pleasingly C a H s unexpectedly, at the lose or the year, to announce, for the first time, that the Fire ?remiums have not only reached, but exceed £300,000. The high comparative position held by the Royal in the Government Returns of Duty is agiin 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 Tear, with but two exceptions, since the commencement of thi4 Office, the balance to the credit on account of British and Foreign Insurances being £45,107 10s. 50 , a.nd of the North American business, whichis kept sepa rately, £11,097165. 10d. LIFE BRANCH. The very gratifying duty now falls upon the Directors to Mate the sum assured on new policies for fhe year 1862 exceeds even that of the yegr 1861 by £lBO,OOO, and has arrived at the almost unexampled amount for a single year of P 0 1427 on 1,498 new policies issued. Until within the last JAY years it is believed that such a sum acsured as that which Jim just been announced as the result of one year's business U'as all but unheard of. This portion of the Company's business has been carefully 'watched, and cannot fail to give much satisfaction to the shareholder, as well as no small encouragement for the tuti.re 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 snm Proposed for assuran^e P mounts to £141.281. 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 stele in a sin g le year from deterioration of some kind or an oth or. 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 comiude their present Report with the , sxpression of an opinion that the prospects of the Royal Insuranca Company were never brighter, and of a consequent hope, tounded 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 lengthened career of usefulness and protection to the public. PERCY M. DOVE, Manager and Actuary. JOHN B. JOHNSTON, Secretary in London. CELEBRATION of the TERCENTENARY of the BIRTH of SHAKSPEARE, at Stratford-upon- Avon. The Tercentenary Committee (of which Sir Robert N. C. Hamilton. Bart, K.C.8.. is Chairman) are now receiv ing SUBSCRIPTIONS, and they may also be paid to the account of the Tercentenary Committee, at the Stourbridge 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. R OYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION (Incorporated by Royal Charter). PAThonsa—Ber Most Gracious Majesty the Queen. rnESIDENT—Vice-Admiral the Duke of Northumberland, K.G., CirmitmAlsT—Thos. Baring, ESQ., M.P., F.R.S., V.P. DErUTY-CHAIRDIAN—Thomas Chapman, Esq., F.R.S., V.P. APPEAL. The Committee of Management have to state that, since the beginning of the year 18 60, th e Roy ai National Lifeboat Institution has expended £32,000 on various Lifeboat Estab lishments on the Coasts of England, Scotland, and e land..lrl.• The number of lives saved by the Life-boats Fociety, and other means, since its formation, is 12,800; for which services 82 Gold Medals, 718 Silver Medals, and £16,480 i cash have been paid in rewards. The Institu tion has n also expended X.. 67,000 on Life-boats, Life boat Transporting-earl 'ages, and Boat-houses. The Committee desire to express their grateful sense of the generous support which they have received from the British public during the past few years, a support which has enabled them to establish their present magnificent' fleet of 123 Lifeboats on the shores of the United Kingdom. Deeply sensible, however, of the great responsibility that rests on them to maintain their fleet in a thoroughly efficient state, and !Crews practised in the managetneet of their boats, whi i can only be effected by a large and permanent annual income, they earnestly appeal to all classes of their countrymen to aid them in upholding and perpetuating so great and truly national a work. The Committee gratefully acknowledge the following con tributiona X s. d Tier Majesty the Queen • • • • .. annual 60 0 0 Campbell. the lion. Mrs. G. • • .. .. annual 50 0 Clerk, Colonel, R.A. • • ......annual 1 1 0 Coutts and Co. Messrs., Rankers anu o a a lo 0 ( Currie, Wm. 1%m1.,4th d l O 0( ) ) Erle, Lord Cl .. • . iet Justice • • . .• don. 10 10 0 loanshawe, Vice-Admiral Sir A., E.C.B. .. 2d don. 25 0 0 Fenwick, G. J.. Esq., cost of a Lifeboat and Tran sportin2: Carrisf_fe .. • . • • • • • • 250 0 0 Tlarvey, Rev. G. G. and Mrs. .• .. don. 30 0 Martin, Sir Henry, Bart. .. •• .. 7th don. 10 0 0 Moore, Rev. G. B. . • • • •• • • don. 15 15 0 Smith, Mrs. Georg - e, Greenwich .. 3 0 0 Stirling', Col. Sir Anthony, K.C.B. annual 2 0 0 Thom %s, Lady, Weston-super-Mare, collectedby her Ladyship • • •• .. 16 16 0 Willoughby d'Eresby, Lord • .. annual 6 0 0 Donations and Annual Subscriptions will be thankfully re ceived by the Bankers of the Institution, Messrs. Willis, Percival, and Co., 76, Loinbard,treet ; Messrs. Coutts and Co., 50, Strand; Messrs. lierries, Farouhar, and Co., 16, St. James's-street, London ; by ail the Collectors of Customs and Bankers in the TJnitedliirgdom ; and by the Secretary Richard Lewis, Esq., at the ()dice of the Institution, 14, John-street, ddelphi, London, -II ninrent. iCh W ill i s t he honesti iumen t ' pret .e Russel' its role pag es oralitY A , Englan hat xp ks e nted Ant, be d to ( 1 ° )able of o f our d inter n o 1.- •„,. a Min,' of We ) stroon ing the teknO: qnnie n " !elf, but Soon!! . e fforto ies int° iay no, di n i s ter breas ts y effec t lc ev er, - towar d ! attac,' part 111 rate, 873 c! iellere, 6St 1(6" ; IS Pe r Clb ange. ite 0 11131 ut IN p er ;a; other 33s L 6„ 5 ' 3ss "- .403 42 350 333 la of inpv s price" !lad to be ar ticlest 37 , 400 3 ,, 40 0 40s 436 330 36 . 6 . —s 340 "; —s '3os 381 1 of grai n and Oats ret. E. d° : ..19 9 0 ...17 9 „ ...19 v _lB 3 6 ~.17 6 ...18 18 ,23 9 : ..17 3 )ct. 19. )ct. 13. )ct. lept. )Ct. ;ept. `2l' let. 2 . )et. t A tep. " )ct. 11 ' ' )ct. 5. )ct. 5. )ct. 2. )ct. 110. 3ept. iept• 3°' )ct. )ct. I °' )et. ; o pt. A• 81 sept• wife 1 : 4 el of l'' Übblea" 13) rill. e .cora ° iter. peter ~,,, well, to s, Cary .) 1.435 t 3dwarti 1, late ~iclLard on, the 49. Fineb, .park' t.N•l3' S'o. ll LeY .~1 No. 22,233. MRS. GREY'S NEW NOVEL, Now ready, at all the Libraries!, in 3 vols., G oOD s OcIET Y. By MRS. GREY, Author of " The Gambler's Wife," &c. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. ANTHONY TROLLOPE'S NEW NOVEL. In 2 vols., post 6v0., R A C H E L It A Y. By ANTHONY TROLLOPE. [Early in October.] Chapman and Hall, 193, Piccadilly. In post Bvo., with P or t ra i t and Map, 2s. 6d., T HE LIFE OF GENERAL STONEWALL JACKSON. By the Author of " Life in the South." Chapman and Hall, H 3, Piccadilly. This day, in post Silo., 10s. 6d., THE ENGLISH AT THIRD SERIES. By ALPHONSE ESQUIROS. Translated by Sir LASCELLES WRAXALL, Bart. Chapman and Hall, 103, Piccadilly. H OME• Crown Bvo., sewed, ls. 6d. ; cloth, 2e., THE NECESSARY EXISTENCE OF GOD, 1 by IV. H. GILLESPIE, Esq., of Torbanehill. The "Russel" Edition, being the fourth. "A valuable addition to the science kNatural Theology." Lord Brougham. "Among the very ablest specimens of Speculative Philo sophy which this country has latterly exhibited."-- Sir Vim. Hamilton. London : Houlston and Wright, 65, Paternoster-row. An Important Reference Book for Historical Students, Lawyers, Authors, and the General Reader. In Crown Bvo., price 12s. 6d.. half-bound, 960 pp., =„_.. rpHE MANUAL CIF DATES; 1 A DICTIONARY OF REFERENCE To all the most important Events in the History of Mankind to be found in Authentic Records. By GEORGE H. TOWNSEND. With a Carefully Prepared Index, and List of Authorities. London : Routledge, Warne, and Routledge, Farringdon street ; and 16, Walker-street, New York. NEW SPORTING NOVEL. Immediately, at all libraries, in Three Vole., Price 31s. 6d. SACKVILLE CHASE. By C. J. COLLINS. London : John Maxwell and Company, 112, Fleet-street. V.R.-TOWER. SALE OF STORES.—By Order of the SECRETARY OF STATE FOR WAR, Mr. GEORGE SPILLMAN will SELL, by Public Auction, in the Tower, on THURSDAY, the Bth of October, 1863, at Eleven o'clock in the Forenoon precisely, the following Stores : Bed Cases and Blankets. Small Arms of various de- Grey Clothing and Woollen scriptions. Caps. Armourer's Pack-saddle Hammock Rugs. Forges. 20 Gal. Coppers. I Sets of Ironwork for do. Ganges complete, with Ovens Files, various. and Boilers. May be viewed at the Tower from 10 to 4 o'clock the three days previous to the day of sale, and catalogues may be had at the War-office, Pall-Mall ; the Tower ; and Royal Arsenal, Wootwi h. T " 0 XFOIt D, 6, OXFORD STREET, W. THIS EVENING, will be performed Operatic Selections from Sir Henry R. Bishop's THE SLAVE and Bellini's SONNA MBULA. Principal Artistes—Miss Russell, Miss Ellison, Messrs, Green, Bernardi, Huish, &c., with full band and chorus. Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans. Flute Solos by Drew Dean &c. Comic, by UNSWORTH ("or ar.; oiler man"), Eugene, W. Randall, A. Lloyd, and George Hodson. Also, a Pei forrnance by Herr SCHALKENBACH on his wonderful instrument, the PIANO ORCHESTRE, contain ing a full baud of 40 instruments. The HALL has just been newly Decorated and Ventilated, and is one of the most Beautiful in the Metropolis. Open at S o'clock. Admission, 6d. ; stalls and balcony, ls. ; private boxes, 10s. 6d. CANTERBURY HALL " GHOST."—In order to gratify the curiosity of niahtly-increasing crowds, Mr. C. MORTON has transferred the representation of Pro fessor Pepper and Henry Dirks, Esq.'s, world-famed spectral Illusion, " THE GHOST," from the Picture Gallery to the Concert Hall, where a new and elegant stage is erected, affording a more ample view of the Illusion from Stalls, Bal cony, and body of the Hall. He has also arranged for Mr. A. Silvester to give (with all that gentleman's latest im provements and effects), REPRESENTATIONS EACH EVENING, at Ten o'clock. All the other Musical and Pictorial attractions as usual, including Operatic Selections, &c. ; Uusworth (the modern Demosthenes), Eugene, Arthur Lloyd, George Hodson, &c. ARGYLL ROOMS, Windmill-street, Piccadilly, These elezant Rooms are NOW OPEN for the Winter Season. They have been entirely redecorated. Musical Director, Mona. Jullien, of monster concerts cele brity. The band is selected from the Crystal Palace, the Italian Operas, and the Household Troops of her Majesty. Doors open at 8 o'clock. Admission, l a. liana.ger—M. GRENET. OPAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. The XV GHOST ! new version—The FAIRY FOUNTAIN-- Grand Divertissement—Favourite Opera Selections—NlCO- SlA, the eminent Violinist—RAPHAEL. DE SOLLA. the Infant Tenor—LANGLOIS, the Great Juggler, Every Evening. Doors open at 7—commence at half-past 7. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. Great Musical. Attraction —lmmense success of SIGNOR iICOSIA, the eminent Violinist, who will appear Every Evening. ESTABLISHED 1833. fIOIVDEN'S JERATED GINGER BEER , in glass or stone bottles, warranted to keep good twelve months. Lemonade, Soila-water, votass, Seltzer, and every description of Mineral Waters.—Manutactory, No. 3, White Hart-street, Drury-lane, W.C. HARPER TWELVETREES' GLYCERINE SOAP POWDER makes its own Soap, and saves one-half of time, two thirds of Soap, and three-fourths of labour ! Patentee : Harper Twelvetrees, Bromley .by-Bow, London. Sold by Grocers, Druggists, and Oilmen. TEA.—MOORE BROTHERS respectfully inti mate that their New Prospectus is now ready. They especially recommend their improved Family Tea, reduced to 3s. 2d. ; Souchonir, reduced to 38. 6d. ; mixed Assam, re duced to 3s. Bd. ; and the finest Assam, reduced from 48. 4d. to 3s. 11d. per lb. MOORE BROTHERS, 35, London-bridge, City, E.C. NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE.—The greatest and most useful invention of theday, AGUA AMARELLA. Messrs. JOHN GOSNELL'and CO., 3, King-court, Lombard street, London, Perfumers to her Majesty, respectfully offer to the public this truly marvellous fluid, which gradually restores the human hair to its pristine hue—no matter at what age. The Agua Amarella has none of the properties of dye s ; it, on the contrary, is beneficial to the system, and when the hair is once restored one appl!cation per month will keep it in perfect colour. Price one :nines, per bottle, or in half bottles, 10s. 6d. Testimonials from artistes of the highest order, and from individuals of undoubted respecta bility, may be seen on application. Messrs. John Gosnell and co. have been appointed Perfumers to her Royal High ness the Princess of Wales. ( VINAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library, ,nd Dining-room, consisting of a new and megant assort ment of VA SE S, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obelisks, Ink stands, beautiful inlaid Tables, Paperweights, &c., in Italian, Alabas er, Parian, Marble, Bronze, Derbyshire Spar, &o. Imported and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Mine ralogist to her Hajesty, 149, Stand. W.C., London. Mr. Tennant arranges elementary collections of SHELLS, MINERALS, ROCKS, and FOSSILS, which will greatly facilitate the interesting study of MINERALOGY, CON CHOLOGY. and GEOLOGY, at 2,5, 10, 20, 50, to 100 guineas each. __ _ _ PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and MINE. EtALOGY is given by Mr. TENNANT. at 149. Strand, W.C. KEATING'S PERSIAN INSECT DESTROY ING POWDER, for which a Prize Medal was awarded to the Producer at the International Exhibition, 1.862 ' This Powder is quite harmless to airmal life, but is un rivalled in destroying Fleas, Bugs, Flies, Cockroaches, Beetles, Gnats, Mosquitos, Moths in furs, and every other species of Insect. Sportsmen will find this an invaluable remedy for destroy ing Fleas in their Dogs, as also Ladies for their Pet Dogs. Being the original importer of this now invaluable article , which has found so great a sale that it has tempted others to vend a so-called article, the public are therefore cautioned to observe that the packets of the Genuine Powder bear the autograph of THOMAS KEATING. Sold in packets, is., 2s. 6d., and 4s. 6d. each, or post free for it or 36 postage stamps, by Thomas Keating, chemist, 79, St. Paul's-churchyard, London, E.C. DR. SCOTT'S BILIOUS AND LIVER PILLS.—A NEVER FAILING REMEDY.—Pre pared without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. Scott, of Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to all who suffer from bilious and liver complaints, indigestion, wind, spasms, giddiness, dizziness of the eyes, &a For habitual costiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier of the blood, they are truly excellent ; mild in their opera tion an grateful to the stomach, they create appetite, pro mote digestion and strengthen the whole nervous system. Sold by W. La mbert. 8 , King William-street, Charing-cross. London, and by most druggists, in boxes,ls. lid., and three times the quantity in one, 2s. 9d. Be sure to ask for Dr. Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are a square green package, with '• William Lambert, " stamp. engraved on the vicinity ot HOSPITAL, G r G e a r t a; IN in the Immediate the OYAL FREE o 's r - t i i n te n rn -r ß o a a i d t: Terminus, at lit waY ng s-eross. Patron —The QUEEN. President—The Duke of BITCCLEUCH, K.G. Treasurer—Edward Masterman, This was the first hospital to int ro d uce the Esq. principle of free and instant admission to the destitute i s without the for mality of governors letters. It is entirely devoted to les ti tutiou in its most pitiable f orm — viz., that which is (accom panied by sickness and disease, and is now of suli ee magn it u de that, with adequate support, it may be rendered capable of admitting into its wards a very large proportion of the casual sick of th is g reat metro p olis. It requires but the funds in order to have 500 beds available for the reception of these the most wretched of our fellow-creatures. bioreover, it ~,ratuitously affords medical advice and medicine to ' more, on the average, than 3,000 out-patients a week. Th e W ee kly 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 Masterman, 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. ; Glyn and Co. ; Jones Loyd and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; Denison and Co. ; W 'Maras, Deacon, and Co. ; Overend, Gurney, and Co.' Nisbet and Co.; Messrs. J. Barned and Co., Liverpool and at the Hospital STANFORD s, S lITII Secretary, THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY ROSE, Mayor.—ln a Meeting or Assembly of the Mity . or, Aldermen. and Liverymen of the several Companies of the City of London, in Common Hall assembled at the Guildhall of the said City, on Tuesday, the 29th day of September, 1863, Resolved unanimously— That this Common Hall take this opportunity of recording' their deep impression that the past year has been oue of vital importance to the City of London, as well as to the nation in general, by the Harrias, , e of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales with the l'rincess Alexandra of Denmark, and by the imposing and friendly greeting which the Citizens gave to the Royal Pair on the occasion of their Royal Highnesses passing through this ancient City. And that this Common Hall have ranch pleasure in ex pressing their estimation of the distinguished mark of Royal favour by the presence of the ltigldlionourable the Lord mayor, Wiliam Anderson Rose, Esquire, end the Sheriffs, James Clarke Lawrence, Esquire and Alderman, and Hugh Jones, Esquire, as the Representatives of the Citizens of London at the Marriage of their Royal Highnesses. Anxiously desirous that no circumstance should occur to mark the year with other than pleasurable feelings, this Common Hall deeply deplore that an attempt has been made to deprive the Citizens of one of their most valued i'rivile,ges by amalgam ting their Police with the Metropolitan Force—an unconstitutional and dangerous proceeding. This Comnion Hall, nevertheless congratulate their fellow citizens in having had a gentleman as Lord Mayor who has manfully defended, not merely the constitutional rights of the City, but those of the Kingdom, both in and out of Par liament, and cannot allow him to retire from a position he has so ably filled without tendering. in the name of them selves and their fellow-citizens, their best and warmest thanks, at the same time expressing their regret that his Lordship has not received that full meed of honour which his conduct so justly merited. Resolved unanimously— - That the best thanks of the Citizens of London are due, and are tendered, by this Common Hall, to James Clarke Lawrence, Esquire and Alderman, and Hugh Jones, Esquire, Sheriffs of this City and Sheriff of the County of Middlesex, for the exemplary manner in which they have discharged the varied and important duties of their office—for the firm and judicious manner in which they have defended the rights and privileges of the Citizens -f, r the munificent aid they have afforded to numerous charitable institutions of the City and County—for their endeavours to relieve the destitute, and for their liberal hospitality during their year of office. - - WOOD THORPE. -4- MINERALOGY. --King's College. London.-- Pr:Aessor TENNANT, F.G.S., will commence a COURSE OF LECTURES on MINERALOGY, with aview to facilitate the study of Geology, and of the application of mineral substances in the Arts. The Lectures will begin on FRIDAY, October 2, at Nine o clock, a.m. They will be continued on each succeeding Wednesday and Friday at the same hour. Fee, £2 2s. R. W. JELF, D.D., Principal. CAMPAIGNING IN TENNESSEE. The following is a letter dated Cam, near Win chester, Tennessee, Franklin county, N.A., 22d Re giment. Indiana Volunteers, Department of the Cum berland, July 18 :---- " My dearest, --,—Four days since I received your long-looked for letter of the 21st ult., and indeed did it take a heavy load off my mind, for I got not a letter since the 26th February, and none in answer to my sketch of Stone River (Murfreesborough) battle. However, yo , t did write, I see by your note, but unfortunately it went astray. I have had hard work. 1 had to learn the manifold duties, details, and business connected with the position ; yet I've overcome them all, and am now nearly au fait with everything con nected with it; application, system, and tact are the three great requirements, and these I employ diligently, having a thorough confidence in myself and my abilities, which an American author whose wLrks I was lately reading says, ' Irishmen ere apt, too apt, to underrate themselves-' I have done so, but, judging by the standard around me, I shall never again be so confoundedly silly. " You see by my address, as you have before this in the papers, that our army has mad© a grand movement, sudden and unexpected to us as to the enemy, and in the course of a short time forced strong positions, taking some of them by surprise and superior tactics, passed rapidly where we anticipated a siege, viz., Tullahoma, and now occupy the rebel capital of this State, after traversing a country for miles upon miles, wild, barren, mountainous, full of defiles, and such roads as man never saw. Yes, dear —, by the superior skill and generalship of our commander, Gen. Rosecrans, many a life has been saved, to, I trust, return and gladden the anxious hearts of those loved ones at home. But to recount a little of my own regiment's doings. On the 17th ult. our brigade went out on ten days' grand picket, five miles frcm camp, and south on the Shelbyville pike; on the 23d got orders to march next morning, 5 o'clock, with three days' rations, &c. Weather really beautiful for weeks previous but rather too hot at times. Next morning up and ready but detained waiting on General Sheridan's and Johnstone' divisions, which marched past; we followed, 0= '- kept straight on towards Shelbyville, but Joh Davis's (ours) filed left, and marched over v through ploughed fields, mid tol rents of rs: (ono of the passes to bo forced to go stone's men surprised the rebels Inn , them, and by evening they were fi- • awaiting, them. We stopped and h. nonading, xtr 1 , -,4:6 - oing on in front; it, nor did it disturb our appetites, for come—so does war blunt the finer feelings dark we pushed two miles further, and c. again silent. The rain deluged us out tho lowing morning we marched through the two miles, and again halted to draw ratio_ tie noise of the dire conflict which is ,still progressing on our immediate left. Then rain, and S.,,partial suspension of hostilities, and more humbug. Got , sny coffee, Secesch r ' No, don't care about it; ain't used to it now; but have you got the whisky ? ' Nary drop. ' Will you poor Yankee devils cease shouting for awhile,land, let's meet by the trees below (a clump about half-way 4,3, the hill, and we'll have a game at cards, 'euchre,' seven up old sledge. We're at home as anything, the whisky against pecoffee: Wish I could old fellow ; I'd like a dram wer,„ but it can't be did ; it's against orders." May be MikeeGoading would come and take a hand, eh ?" Can't well g 4 back to ask him. . Then take that, curse you,' and again Haw open on each other.' As the afternocn wanes into e *l* their fire slackens, our fellows making it too danger for them to show a bit NE , of themselves, as showers of bul are seen to fly where the least disturbance of branch or uuderbush would indi cate that a the lay hid there. Threof our men were slightly wounded that day, but many is` he narrow escape several of us have had. I've now in my cootridge boo a bullet that missed a man in front, grazed my second lieutenant's face (he felt the windage), and it struck' s flat rock on which I was reclining talking to him, glanted, hit a large loose rock next my side, and then whirled rousit like a top. I grabbed it, and having it shall try and keepit. 'Twas every narrow es cape, but none more than wh a t *eve had, though with out the bullet or piece of shell to show for it. The bullet is conical, and has in the hollow part'of the base a plug of hard wood, English make, to increase the expansion of the lead to fill up the rifles of the bartal en the explosion of the gunpowder. All day there was t . and determined fight ing on our left, the thunder of heavy guns, and crash and rolling volleys of the rifles, eta*the wild cheers of our daring boys, boldly answered by , tha rebels, as they—our men—charged a battery and brikade,'eap,tated two cannon, the bisttery flag, and the Pattle_ flag of the td Arkansas, both taken in one fell swoop by the 35th Illinois, in Carlieiba= wade, our division, and the 30th Indiana. Here Col. Miller, _ _ Acting Brigadier-General was shot over the left eye leading hii brigade in the charge—another gallant and talented Irish man gone, beloved by his men, who wreaked a terrible vengeance on the enemy, driving all before them, and re turning with scarcely a prisoner, all slain or wounded. That night we slept on the battle-field, and the enemy having by this time discovered the ruse, Gen. Rosecrans played on their left during the night. Here let me explain. Besides this Gap there was one other south-west, Hoovey's GET, where the enemy were very strongly massed with batteries masked by brush, &c., thrown up on hills high and steep, and in full command of the road leading through the said Hoovey's Gap. When we marched for Liberty Gap and Sheridan, by the Shelbyville pike, the rebel generals sup posed, not only by the heavy cannonading, the stubborn and determined fighting to force our way through (we hear It is 7 to 10 miles long), but by the rapid and secret move ment of what amount of troops they knew not, that it was through here we determined to get and avoid the heavy siege guns erected in forts at Tullahoma, and terrible defiles, &c., between us and Winchester, and moved large bodies of their troops acres to oppose us from Hoovey's Gap; taking quick advantage of which `Roney' advanced with great rapidity, brigades and divisions of cavalry, with infantry, artillery, &c., clearing the way, and with but little fighting, pushed his whole army through the Gap. The mounted infantry having swept far round to the left of Tullahoma, burnt the railroad bridge over the river in the rear of the town, thus cutting off all chance of Bragg (who promised his men a big battle and victory there) getting away his train of artillery, and so confound ing and terrifying him that they left their forts and breast works, three heavy 32-pounder guns, and skedaddled. Thus ended the capture of a place that we dreaded ; from all reports fearing that when we did move down south many of us would bite the dust ere the strong defences erected by the rebels could be taken. 'Twas a splendid piece of strategy quickly and daringly effected, and as I reniazked saved a number of lives, while the Southern army is thoroughly disheartened, disorganised to some extent, and Bragg hated for a tyrant, coward, and liar, so the conscripts who gave themselves up in hundreds and the prisoners and deserters inform us. NVe countermarched, and a wea - y suffering time had we; holes in the reads big enoug'. • ngulph an army waggon, so through wheat, ,ad. rye fiele we, waggons, artillery, &c., re°. ae a.tea soon made enpo rary roads through el- -- t length we reached the Manchester Oro. . - 2 1iits marched briskly along throurb. - es Gap. Camped that night one, steep :11, when our train came up, a L time of it. I had to draw rations for them ; get shoes, socks, whatever I could •ounds-40 the usual amount—cartridges up in the pile of knapsacks, deg-tents, sud a change of clothes, so that it was be . y k a.m. before I lay down, and had to -ed march at 4 a.m. Indeed, the prin- Vlt were little cared for when search kem 4&e. We in the rear Alf auktrain `Vey teared --e th l i ripted fury, and cowing , throug WI ran a stream that • of trout and old times fresh to the me ad eating a hasty dinner, sought the About 3 marched gradually, getting into • 1--the road like a bed of a mountain torrent, higher and higher, mile after mile. Long halts -rtillery and waggons getting stalled; then up hort distance, and another halt—the most t etful, and annoying thing that could occur when ,re anxious to push through and get over whatever was before us, have supper, and rest. Thus passed the weary ing hours into night. Fortunately, a bright silvery moon shone torth with true southern lustre, and on we pressed, regiment got mixed with regiment, for we had to keep in the woods which skirted the road, till we halted on a high flat hill, which had been camped on frequently, we could plainly see. Here we rested far half an hour, our pontoon train having got so badly used up from the miserably wretched roads, which train had to be got out of the way to permit artillery and our ammunition train to pass, and we hoped we were to camp for the night. But no, eight miles further, it was now half-past 9 o'clock, and pressing on, parsing waggons, everything, we marched with a rapidity you would not believe, and with loud cheers, yelps, crowing of cocks, chuckling of hens, barking of dogs, all mimicked admirably by the men, we and our old friends the 59th En nuis marched side by side over the bridge at Duck river, near Manchester, at a quarter past 12 o'clock, muddy, filthy, and wet, and waiting for no supper, cut brush to lie on, and with oil-cloths under us and three blankets over us, we soon were fast asleep. Marched 27 miles that day, and in all my marchings never travelled on worse roads, nor ever did I see such an enormous amount of waggons upset, broken, smashed, mules killed, and barrels of sugar, flour, meal, &c., and bread lost. Passing camps where our troops had been, we could get almost anything we wanted, but if we did require them we had no means of bringing them. Next day, the 30th June, had usual monthly muster, made out muster roll, &c., and on the Ist of July we marched, suffered much from the hot sun, and 12 miles from the town camped at Tullahoma, where a vast amount of stores were captured by our men. Marched 12 miles next day to the Barrens,' a wild mountainous district, and crossing the Elk river next morning we reached here about 2 o'clock, in a wretched plight. For three days our rations had run out--what little we had saved the rain destroyed in our canvas havresacks —crackers went to paste —sugar, coffee, and salt melted away; but potatoes, hogs, chickens, corn-meal, to which all helped themselves when the chance offered, kept life in us. The high water in the river from continuous rain, bridges destroyed, prevented our train from coming up, so five men from each company, in command of a commis sioned officer, were every day detailed to go foraging. But that was a trifle. All hours of the day and night were soldiers passing in and out of camp with havresacks, buckets, and camp kettles, so that by this time potatoes. onions, apples, blackberries, chickens, &c., are getting :are and scarce. Every man round here is rank rebel, and the men say they don't mean to starve while the rebels have plenty they can help themselves to. And, indeed, they are right. Now, however, w e are beginning to get enough of meat, bacon, beef, sometimes fresh pork, coffee, sugar, and bread ; before long we will get the extras, rice, beans, dried peas, and compressed vegetables. Everything we had was lost or destroyed. I have nothing now save the clothes on my back and one blanket ; have to go without while I wash and dry my own shirt. What knapsacks,&c., we sent back to Murfrecsborough in charge of some cavalry were all burnt or destroyed, the excuse being that the mules gave out and could not hau l them. M ay b e so, but indeed I doubt it very much. I should not be surprised if we re mained here for a long time yet. The engineers have been out surveying the country round, to put up works of de fence, I learn. Nearly all the churches and academies (four or five academies there were here) . are being converted into hospitals, frame houses are being pulled down, and large buildings are being erected out of the old material for com missary and quartermaster's stores, and every preparation is being made to occupy this place as a military post. Ano ther satisfactory feature in the matter is that our General Davis is in command here, so should there be any forward movements, which are yet uncertain, it is possible our di vision will be left here to guard the post. Thank God, everything is looking favourable for the Union cause— . Vicksburg fallen, Port Ilulsou also; Johnstone whipped by Sherman, Meade driving Lee out of Pennsylvania and Maryland with enormous losses-33,000 killed, wounded, and prisoners-91,000 prisoners Union troops Lick this July, the simultaneous advance of all our armies and at about the same time, and from every direction, the attack on Charleston, South Carolina, the intended assault on Mobile, the revolutionary movements in our favour in North Carolina, and oars and other large armies threaten ing an advance any time that suits us, will give the Southern fellows more than they have Inca or time to attend to ; and I do pray and trustfull y hope that by this day twelve neont4o the South shall be crushed, the 1 arch-traitors who camed this fearful staugglo in dead or &c., and dine. At 2 o'clock moved fo, crowded with troops, artillery waggons, a , commissary. Sharp, heavy, and fierce figh upon our left all day, and increasing as evenin, We, to gain our old position on the extreme rig:: up steeps hills crowned with trees in full foliage, our canteens at a beautiful spring gushing out of the moun tain side, we crested the steep incline, and, concealing our selves behind logs and trees, the hills soon took up the echoes of the spang of the rifles as we shot at one another—we and the Secesh—across a deep valley, from one high summit to another—we putting double charges of powder in our long range Enfields to throw and hit further and harder. Mind, 'tis regulation contract powder we use You'd scarcely credit it, but so it was, while we kept up a running fire of skirmishing with the rebels, so did we and they a running fire of fun and with what is denominated chaff. Go home, you Yank ; you're no account. You shoot a mile too high-' ' Curse you, Secesh, give me a fair show, and I'll bring you,' Of course, I will, if you do the same ;eh I Yank, honour mind I' On honour, I will, old fellow.' 'All right, then, Yank, hero you are I' Secesh shows himself a little _ _ . _ from behind a tree, when spang, spang, go half a dozen rifles; but 'rob' is too fast—dodges back. ' Missed, you fools, you! now give me a show ;' and so on ; but 'twas next day all the fun was. We having orders to hold the position did so, but did not push on ; which 'twould be sheer madness to do so, as we would have no way of pro tPcting, ourselves, there being no trees on the steep incline. There we remained cautiously watching one another, and when the puff of smoke showed where a rifle was fired our bullets flew in and round them thick and heavy. The sun sets, dusk, and then darkness, and shouldering our rifles we hunt our regiment up, and not being permitted to light fires, we rolled in blankets supperless, and there being no rain slept soundly till reveille. Morning bright and watery, sun hot, close, and very sultry; marched a mile or so; there was sharp musketry firing, heavy cannonading, which, with the crash of bursting shells, resounded and rebounded in deep hollow echoings from hill to hill, which added to the grand and solemn sublimity of the beautiful scenery around, and caused feelings to permeate through your bosom inde scribable—so awful, so awe-inspiring, God help us all I but a battle scene is terrible, horribly beautiful in its excitings, of charges made and repulsed, the wavering lines, the re charge,chcers—maddening, furious,the tearing and bursting of grape:and shells through living masses, and the pursuit and horrible carnage, where all is forgotten in the one sole thought of revenge and slaughter. Our time has come ; we pass several regiments camped who have had their two days' bloody work performed. That little yellow flag over the tents yonder show you where the wounded lie ; that detail of men with picks and spades bespeak the solemn duty of the burial of the dead ; the saddened faces of those groups of men tell of friends and :comrades lost, but all is soon forgotten in the stern duty that is now before you. Men, fill your canteens (if wounded) thirst is agonising, and, mind, any man found straggling from his company - without suffi cient reason shall be shot down,' Such were our orders, and proper too. We filed again to the right, again up steep, high hills, the men smothering under knapsacks, dog-tents, blankets, and our three daye' rations; but soon these were thrown away (not rations), save what little mementos of home and dear friends which each one took from his knap sack. At length we reached the top, and, marching down by rail or worm fence (of which more anon). We halted on the hill-side, and two companies at a time were thrown out as skirmishers (two hours at a time) ; we hid ourselves as well as we could by an open rail fence from the rebel bullets, which flow over and into our company and cowponies, C, J, F, and A, our flanking ones that is, when the rebels shot too high at our skirmi,hers, who were treed below us, while the rebels were thickly concealed in a wood, which topped a very high and steep hill right in front, and partly on our right flank, over us. Thus were wo exposed to what is termed a plunging fire, while 50 or 80 yards further back we'd have been comparatively safe. Firing soon began pretty sharp, when one of our fellows ' Hallett ? lecla ?" Yes ; we knew ye.' Tbey were the men we fought in every battle we've keen in, and, strange to say, here were we now opposed to one another again. Glad to see you, 22d ; how the -- did ye hang together so long ?' Go to -; there's enough of us left to whip ye again , you - Secesh.' Don't lose your temper, Yank ; how's Mike Gooding (our Colonel, taken prisoner by these same fellows at Perryville fight last October); is he with you yet ?' ' Yes, he's here." Tell 'aim to come up and see us; there are some old friends of "oj s who'd like to have him again.' At this taunt crack, ere c k , go a l o t o f r ifles, which are quickly answered. The- , silence for some time, save the ech oin g report of the rifle and the distant cannonading, heard now and ther.: ear away to our right , which creates man y surmises as ' furi)w burst of .= was pushin3 through Hovey s Gap ; I.4whose corps or division is fightin ) g off or the there (then ‘Rosey' EVENING, SEPTEMBER 30, 1863. banished, never to find a home in any free country, never to see the soil of this land agin, and that law and order may peaceably rule the destinies of this nation. One day's rations of everything amounts to a very great deal ; indeed, a soldier could not consume it. Beef fresh, or ham or shoulder, sugar, coffee, or tea (chiefly the former), potatoes, rice, bread, hominy, grit, dried split peas, beans, compressed vegetables, soap, candles, vinegar, salt, &c. One ration of each of those for, say, 10 days (10 rations) amounts to a very considerable item—in fact, while living in camp for any time even on rations there is enormous wsste. A very great deal depends on the cooking. Many of the above articles would be uneatable unless properly cooked— such as hominy, peas, beans, compressed vegetables, but when you understand how you can make quite an extra dish out of tbem— good, wholesome, and very palatable. " I am not the big, s' out, heavy 121-stone fellow I was. I'm moderately slender, square enough in the shoulders, straight, and with flesh and muscle firm as a rock. I wear no beard, but a moustache, which every one says becomes the contour of my face wonderfully well. My hair is de cidedly more gray than black; sickness, mental trouble, and hardships and sufferings attendant on the campaigning life we lead have caused the change in me, as in very many young:men here. In truth the saying has become proverbial among us soldiers that when this war is over there will be more gray young men in this country than ever were knewn. Yet my health generally continues right good. Lying in camp too long never does; it is not beneficial to health. Men get lazy and unsettled ; they lie about too much after meals, although 1 must give the majority of them the credit of doing all they possibly can to keep themselves and their clothes clean. Go to the river after morning company or evening bat talion drill, mid it is crowded with men from all the camps round here, washing off' as they term it, while the - siluilelYanlos are tlneCwith fires covered-with camp kettles, washing and boiling their clothes. Shirts, drawers, blue (light) pants, blouses, blankets, everything goes to pot to keep off the body-guards.' Then, with insects of various kinds that prey on human flesh we're bothered ; nits (like a bug) go head and shoulders into your flesh, and you can't get them out without soaking them in tobacco juice; then there's a big-sized knob on your flesh that keeps you up to the scratch all the time. Then there's the chigger, about the size of a pin's point, yellow, like ground mustard grain; they eat under your akin too. Mosquitoes, tobacco smoke and that of the camp fires beat off pretty well ; yet they come with their noisy hum, and then what a slap you give yourself; but Miss Kitty' slopes, and don't get hurt. Also the villanous small black ant and poison-spiders as big as hazel-nuts—aye, and larger. 'Tis scarcely a week since one of our men had to come to camp off picket ; he was bit while asleep by one of them under the eye, and his whole face and neck swelled up, The doctor gave him a lotion which reduced the swelling, but it was very painful, accompanied with sickness and nausea. We see no snakes, which is very strange; nor did we while on the march through a wild rocky country, which places they do most congregate in. Around Murfreesborough the woods were alive with squir rels, quite tame ; the brown and ground, also the fox and gray squirrel (the latter being most scarce), also the flying squirrel are extraordinary creatures. One night some three months ago, about 10 o clock, I was in the outer post on grand picket, in thick wood where some thick timber had been cut down, underbrush and branches lying thickly round, while the leaves were ankle deep. To our right that day we heard cannonading, and when the officer of the day came round at dusk with the countersign and rally ing call, he told usito be on the alert, expecting an attack. I was not long on post, the night clear without moon, when the whole wood seemed teeming with life ; the in sects in the leaves kept them in a rustle, the squirrels kept jumping, running, and cutting up all sorts of devil ment, which made me feel anything but comfortable, for I was trusting to my ears as much as to my eyes. Suddenly such a caterwauling, such a mewing, never two old Toms cut up; they were two polecats pitching into one another, which alarmed me not a little, the cries came so suddenly. Then they'd cease for a while, and in concert they'd make the night horrible; at length one or the other skedaddled, and when my nerves were getting settled, and I supposed all the devilment was over, a loud chuckling laugh burst out in front of me, answered by a softer and less loud one. ' The devil,' thought I, ' I'll stop your fun,' when suddenly I thought of the big horned owls, who do indulge in the most perfect imitation of a laugh—quiet chuckling one— ever you heard. I could net help indulging in a quiet laugh myself, as I listened to them, and thought of the cir cumstances which had occurred, for it seemed as if the brave birds were laughing at the fight the chunks or polecats had. Those matters, light and trifling as they may read, yet try men's nerves. In the lone, silent old woods, silent save the buzz and hum of animal life, on the qui vine for a footstep sound, the breaking of a twig or a branch, the barking of a dog or sudden flight of birds, anything to mark the coming 0.60111(3 sneaking hound who'll prowl round to shoot the ,yicicets down, has a certain effect .. .ono soldies,asho , has tail& iokceptiten and rifle to save him, which I could not well describe, 1,6 t selt in the peculiar position you may have a tolerable clear idea of it. It is now night, and in the solemn stillness I try to finish my letter, writing in a—you would not guess in a twelvemonth—graveyard, on a tombstone, alongside of which we are encamped, and far from the noisy talk of my comrades, who are all exulting in the daily arrival of favourable news. Morgan's raid into Indiana gave most of the Indiana boys intense satisfaction. Strange yet true, for the Copperheads, or Northern traitors, suffered most in loss of personal property, and the very fact of their losing fine horses, their mills, steam and water power, burnt down, corn, meat, and money being taken from them, fully compensated the hoosiers here for any loss they or their friends may have sustained at home, and by all accounts Morgan and his men were more brutal and harder on the Northern Southern sympathiser' than on the Union men. They (Southern soldiers) despise them for mean, low-flung, cowardly dogs, that would not come out like men to fight. By telegram to-night we learn that Morgan's, Bazil's, Duke's, and other of the guerilla leaders' race is run; they're taken prisoners; I hope sincerely 'tis true. Also that only 300 of from 5,000 to 6,000 which the rebels took into Indiana with them escaped to Virginia, but have not yet cleared our lines there. Little Rock,' the capital city of Arkansas, has been captured by a Gen. Blunt, and Price has been whipped at Helena while trying to get troops to Vicksburg. The good cause is progressing; we have had a favourable summer so far ; not extremely hot, with plenty of rain to give men and animals water and keep up what the Americans call a ' big river '—i.e., plenty of water for the boats to run. We learn through a New York paper that Louis Napoleon has acknowledged the Southern Confederacy, and the same paper in a leading article breathes war to the knife against France, with a big army for Mexico to clear the Johnny Crapeauds out• It would be very popular here—such a war would, surely, for the Americans have been looking with a suspicious and angry eye on France's interference with Mexico, and their talk was, Wait awhile, we'll fix him one of these days.' They'll do it if they go about it, for they're able. Candle's going out—phew 1 look out for ghosts!" ELECTION INTELLIGENCE, TAMWORTH. A meeting of the electors of Tamworth was held in the Town-hall, yesterday, at noon, for the pur pose of hearing Mr. John Peel, of Middleton Hall, one of the candidates for the representation of the borough, give an expression of his political views. The meeting was a large and respectable one. Mr. Peel, in the course of a lengthened address, avowed himself to be an " independent" candidate, and stated that during the last two years he should have been a steady supporter of Lord Palmerston's Go vernment. He was a member and sincere lover of the Church of England, but favourable to a settle ment of the church-rate question. In foreign politics he supported the principle of non-intervention. In allusion to a personal remark made by Sir Robert ' Peel, he said that he pleaded guilty to having all his life traded upon the name of Peel—(hear, hear) which was his birthright. The grandfathers of himself and Sir Robert Peel were brothers. His grandfather was the elder of the two brothers, and inherited the family estates, which had descended from father to son during upwards of two centuries, and were now held by his elder brother. (Cheers.) If he had not a right to the name of Peal, who had ? (Hear.) It had always passed current as a guaran tee of his honour and integrity in every relation of life, and he trusted that he had never dote anything to sully its brightness or depreciate its value. Mr. Willington then moved that Mr. Peel was a fit and proper person to represent the borough of Tamworth in Parliament. (Cheers.) Mr. James Haywood seconded the motion, which was carried with much cheering. Ma. IL T. CRAVEN, the very succasful author of the " Post Boy" and the " Chimney Corner," has in pre paration at the Strand a new three-act serio-comic drama, Miss Kate Saville being engaged to play the heroine. A MODEL THEATRE IN PARIS.—Tho new theatre of the Bouffes Parisians is rapidly approaching its completion. Floor and ceiling will be of iron, and the stairs of atone, the latter being twice as large as in the former houee. The lighting will be most brilliant, and the venti lation will be arranged according to th© latest improve ments. 869 seats will be provided, besides tho arople stand ing Ilona, STAMPED HEALTH OF LONDON. (From the Registrar-General's Weekly Return.) There were 1,253 deaths in London in the week that ended last Saturday. The average number in 10 corresponding weeks (i. e., the 39th in each of the years 1853.62), with the omission of deaths from cholera in 1854, and a correction for increase of population, becomes 1,240. The actual num ber of deaths in last week therefore very closely agrees with that which is obtained by calculation, and the present state of the public health is neither better nor worse than what is usually enjoyed at this generally healthy season of the year. But scarlatina is exceedingly prevalent, and appears de cidedly to be on the increase. The deaths from it, which were in the previous week 130, rose to 148 last week. They have been constantly above 100 weekly since the middle of July. Diphtheria does not exhibit the same tendency to increase; it was fatal in 12 cases in the week. The deaths from scarlatina were most numerous last week in the following sub-districts :--St. John, Westminster, 5 ; Kentish-town, 8 ; Islington West, 6 ; Islington East, 7. There were 10 in the district of Bethnal-green, and the same number in Deptford. Small pox numbered 29 cases, diarrhoea 46, both diseases• showing a decline. On the 23d inst., a man died under chloroform in the London Hospital, and on the following day another under the same influence in St. George's. A labourer died on the Bth.inst., in Stalartin's work. house, from " consumption, accelerated brwant of the com mon necessaries of life ;" and a cooper on the 16th, at 7; St. John-street, Bethnal-green, from " antarism, death ao. celerated by want of proper and snfficientnourishment." _ _ Last week the births of 948 boys and 853 girls, in all 1,801 childzen, were registered in London. In the 10 cor rmonding Nfre k *, o f th e yea= 1853-62 the average number (eorreeted) - wat 1,880. : At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29.271 in. On Monday and Tuesday the mean daily reading was below 29 in. The barometrical pressure was as low as 28.78 in. on Tuesday; and it was 30 05 in. on Saturday. The mean temperature of the sir in the week was 50.4 deg., which is 4.9 deg. below the average of the same week in 43 years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher). The mean daily temperature was below the average throughout the week. The lowest night tempera ture was 40.8 deg., on Wednesday. The highest day tem perature was 63.2 deg. on Saturday. The range of tempe rature in the week was therefore 22.4 deg. The mean daily range was 17.2 deg. The difference between the mean dew point temperature and air temperature was 6 deg. The mean degree of humidity of the air was 80, complete saturation being represented by 100. The south-west has been the prevailing wind during many weeks. Nearly an inch of rain was measured in the week, the greater part of which fell on Sunday. There was thunder and lightning on Tues day, with heavy showers of rain, and there was also light ning on the two following days. The mean of the highest temperature of the water of the Thames was 61.4 deg., that of the lowest was 59,2 deg. COPYRIGHT OF DESIGNS. Mr. Corrie, the magistrate at Bow-street, was occupied during the greater portion of the evening yesterday in the investigation of a case in which Messrs. Clarkson and Co., the well-known chintz manufacturers, of Baniston Hall Works, Lancashire, and of Coventry-street and Cheapside, London, proceeded to recover penalties under the Copyright of Designs Act, 5 and 6 Vic., against Messrs. Shoolbred and Co., of Tottenham-court-road, for exposing for sale certain patterns of chintz being a fraudulent imitation of a design registered by the complainants. Counstlwere retained on both sides ; Mr. Aston, instructed by Messrs Bailey, Shaw, and Smith, for the prosecution, and Mr. Poland, instructed by Mr. Ashurst, for the defence. Mr. Aston stated the case. In the early part of last year Mr. Thos. Clarkson, the son of Mr. Clarkson, the head of the firm, was informed by Messrs. Jackson and Graham that they would be glad to have a nice lilac chintz. In con sequence of this Mr. Clarkson instructed the designer and artist of his firm to prepare such a design, which was done. The design was registered, and by an agreement with Messrs. Jackson and Graham they became the sole licencees, with the exclusive right of selling the pattern. In April, 1863, Mr. Clarkson discovered that Messrs. Walters, of New gate-street, were selling a pattern so precisely similar that they believed it to have been imitated from the registered design, with only so much alteration that it could not be strictly termed a copy. Of this Mr. Clarkson thought it his duty to give intimation to Messrs. Jackson and Graham. In consequence of that a correspondence ensued, and the matter was arranged by Messrs. Walters taking a course which ought to be regarded as a precedent by every re spectable firm. They agreed t not to issue any more or alas a.s a ss.sassi ,• p aastasara hist ". pon and Graharr all the stock they ~l 1 the " nat I erns then irTirii-n—igncrva gampio of au: design), anU, .pith regard to any portion which had been sold for consumption, that if the parties should require more to match they should be referred to Jackson and Graham, from whom only they should be enabled to receive it. Subsequently it was ascertained that Messrs. Shoolbred were selling a chintz of the same pattern. An attempt was made to induce them to accede to the same terms as Messrs. Walters, but they declined, and after a protracted correspondence closed the matter by referring to their solicitors. In the course of that correspondence Messrs. Shoolbred intimated that a copy of the agreement between Messrs. Walters and Messrs. Jackson and Graham sent to them by the latter firm was not correct, and that in the agreement there was an understanding that there was to be no interference with those who might have purchased from Walters and Co. before the date of the agreement, and that therefore they were justified in selling the chintz, as they had purchased it before that period. Upon the agreement being produced, Mr. Corrie said it was somewhat ambiguous, and he thought it did not touch the point as to the chintz sold before that time. However, if the design was a fraudulent imitation, the defendants would not be justified in selling it after their attention was drawn to it. He would suggest, however, as both parties were very respectable, the whole affair might be settled by amicable arrangement. After a discussion, in the course of which it appeared that Messrs. Shoolbred had bought GO pieces from Messrs. Walters, and had 3.5 pieces left, the case proceeded, neither party being willing to come to any agreement. Mr. Aston then proceeded at some length to call the attar tion of the magistrate to the details of the two designs, con tending that they were similar in all general and leading features, and that they only differed in some minor details. The original consisted of lilacs of four colours, viz., the na tural, red, violet, and white, with green leaves, and the imi tation contained natural, violet and white lilacs, red roses, and green leaves. Mr. Aston then called a number of wit nesses, partly as to the facts, and partly as to their judg ment as persons of experience that the design in question was an imitation. Amongst them were Mr. Dennis, who superintended, and Mr. Aumonin, who executed the design which had been registered. They said the design was what is called a" bordered and filled chintz." The filling, which is the middle portion of the pattern, was designed first, and it then occurred to the artists to put a border of the same flowers. They gave their opinion that the general effects, the colours, the grouping, and all the essentials of the two designs were the same, and that the variations were only introduced for the purpose of making some sort of distinc tion. They considered it quite impossible that the second could have been made so like the first by accident. They were satisfied that the designsr must have imitated it from the registered design. Mr. Corrie had great difficulty in perceiving any greater resemblance than would necessarily arise if it was admitted that any one might make a bordered and filled chintz with a pattern of lilacs of those colours. The witness explained in great detail that the absolute and relative sizes of the patterns and the various parts, the groupings, arrangements, and "balancing" of the colours were the same; and upon Mr. Carrie pointing out distinc tions, the witnesses declared those points of difference to be wholly immaterial. Several members of largo firms in the chintz trade, and having many years' experience, thoroughly confirmed the opinions of Mr. Clarkson, Mr. Dennis, and Mr. Auruonin, one gentleman going so far as to declare, that if curtains of the respective designs were hung on opposite sides of the bench a person in the body of the csurt would not be able to distinguish them. For the defence Mr. Poland called Mr. Wm. Pearman, a designer of 20 years' experience, who said he was instructed by Mr. Sinuett, manager to Walters and Son, to design the chintz in question. It wati to be a bordered and filled chintz, and a sheet of a French pattern was given him as a g uide to the colours. Ile had never seen the registered design till last week. Mr. Sinnett proved that he received the design from Mr. Pearman in September-, which was before the other was re gistered, and of conrae before he had seen it, Had shown p a tterns of it to Jac kson and Graham, asking them to buy soma of the chintz. Never admitted that it was an imita tion, but made the agreement to avoid litigation, and be cense it was worth his while, Jackson and Graham being good customers. It was distinctly understood that persons who had purchased should not be interfered with. Mr. Corrie said that even on the view of the patterns he did not think this was an imitation ; but after this evidence he must either declare the two witnesses were perjured, or dismiss the summons, Mr. Poland applied for costs. Mr. Corrie thought they had better drop it, and n o t quarrel auy more. No doubt th e complainants had really thought it was to fraudulent imitation, but they must be e - nvineed to the contrary now. Summons dismissed, nn hand, fo dockyards at Sheerness, for the purpose of tho rotghly testing the effioiency of his 'invention for Dimon ring with accuracy the speed of ships sea. The metal curves on the decks of the whole of ti`se ships fitting for the first division of the Chathat steam reserve, as well as of those already attached' to dockyard officials, who will report on thei r condi— tion previous to the vessels being commissioned for ser t v h ic a e t division,a are to be carefully inspected by the, t sea. The Fawn, 17, 100 horse power, is being brought forward for sea at the Nore, with all possible de spatch. Orders having been received at Chatham for her to be hastened forward :or commission, as she is intended to relieve the screw steamer Despe rate, 8, 400 horse power, CommanderlA. T. Thrupp, attached to the West India squadron, and not the Greyhound, 17, 200 horse power, as previously au- nounced. The old line.of-battle sailing ship Daman, 74, for several years past employed as a lazaretto ship at fitaugate-creek, is almost entirely demolished, and. by the close of the present week the shipwrights and labourers at Chatham dockyard will have en tirely broken her up. Many of her timbers are still exceedingly - Bona, notwithetanding that the Dun can was built upwards of half a century since. The best are being conveyed to St.-Mary's Island, where they will be used in the works in progress for the y sc w re a w r 2 t e g r u d i extension of Chatham dockyard'. 1 11 Woolwich, and floated into No. 2 dos* to be pre pared for sea service. The Wolverine is Wilton the er to M ns ei , e :as tia ye orvette same principle as the unfortunate Orpheus, anda p e eT o W f intended for the Australian station. lve r i r a e t , 1,702 The armour-clad ship Caledonia, undocked on Monday at Woolwich, and afterwards moored at Partleet, was yesterday morning towed up the river and received in the Victoria Docks, where she will remain until the spring tide at the commencement of November, to be fitted with har boilers and ma.. chinery. The shipwrights and other artificers, 300 in number, employed in the construction of the in terior accommodation of the ship have been granted an additional 2s.per day, termed "sleeping money," to indemnify them for the extra expenses incurred by their absence from home. Admiral Gold smith, C. 8., and other naval officers, awaited the arrival of the Caledonia yesterday morning in Woolwich Dockyard as she passed up the river, and expressed admiration of her appearance. Notwithstanding the enormous weight of her ar mour and other appliances added since she was launched, weighing over 1,500 tons, she floated up on the surface of the tide with remarkable steadi ness and buoyancy. Being intended to act as a ram, she is unprevided with a figurehead On her removal from dock she will be taken down to Sheer ness to be completed for sea. Mr. Thornton, assistant-master shipwright of Woolwich, having completed his survey of the Calais and Dover packet Breeze, about to carry the French mails, yesterday left Woolwich, by order of the Admiralty, to survey the Pacific Steam Navi gation Company's ship Chile, at Liverpool. Her Majesty's steam storeship Fox yesterday arrived at Woolwich from Pembroke, an d was hauled into basin to ship boilers and machinery for Mr. Reed's experimental iron-cased ship Repulse. The Hecate, war steamer of 700 tons burden, carrying six guns and under the command of Capt. Richards, which was lying in Port Jackson at the last dates, was about to leave for England via Ba tavia and the Cape of Good Hope. The Hecate has been engaged on a scientific and surveying voyage extending over seven years. She left Vancouver's Island Dec. 22, 1862, and having touched at San Francisco, proceeded to Honolulu, where she ar rived March 17. She left the Sandwich Islands on April 21, and made Fanning's Island May 8. She tcuched at Humphrey's and Reardon's Islands, and also at several island from which the natives have been recently been kidnapped by slavers. Sunday Island has been stripped of its inhabitants, and the plantations and settlements in the other islands in The victoity nave also been completely ticatroyga. it iq Tintlergtood that the plans and reports sub mitted by Mr. Scamp, C.E., Depot, Dtreeior of Works, to the Board of Admiralty for the extension and improvement of Portsmouth Dockyard have been approved, and that a bill embodying the de tails of this scheme will be laid before Parliament early next session. Of late Mr. Stansfeld, Junior Lord of the Admiralty, has visited Ports mouth daily, and in addition to investigating the dockyard system of accounts has spent considerable time in acquainting himself with the requirements of the port. The ships of war on the Australian station at the date of the last advices were the Harrier, 17, Capt. Sullivan, at New Zealand ; the Miranda, 14, Capt. Jenkins, at Sydney ; the Eclipse, 4, Capt. Mayne, at New Zealand ; and the Hecate, 6, Capt. Richards. The Miranda has been undergoing extensive re pairs for some time at the hands of Mr. Cuthbert, of Sydney. Dry rot was discovered to have pene trated the hull in so many places that it was neces sary to lay both bides open. She was, therefore, placed in the Government dry dock and stripped ; several portions of the frame have been taken out and replaced by colonial timber, and the frigate is now again ready for service. The Australian Steam Navigation Company has constructed a gunboat for the New Zealand Government, intended for service on the inland waters of that colony. She is 140 ft. in length, 201 t. beam, Bft. Gin. depth of hold, and will draw only 2ft. Gin. of water. She is built of iron, is fitted with four water-tight compute meats, and is ballet-proof. The propelling power consists of an overhanging stern wheel with feather.. ing floats, driven by two 30-horse engines. On deck are placed two cupolas, each 7ft. in diameter, the sides being pierced for rifles ; these cupolas are placed on forward and the other aft, the communi• cation being from below. As it was im p ortan t to protect the gunboat in the event of her getting aground, a 3-inch pipe is car ried fore and aft, flush with the gunwale, and co nnected with one of t he two boilers in which steam is generated. The series e swoaft water holes, pipe tino i u s s p j i e e t r pierced ds scalding i i d t with n a g ao that a con tinuous could be thrown f-om the gunwale should an enemy come alongside, The gunboat affords accommodation for 300 men. Cap:. Harris, three sergeants, and four corporals Royal Marine Light Infantry, were yesterday ordered to leave Woolwich for Lincoln on recruit ing service, the strength of the corps, 18,000 of all h a ving diminished ranks, about 1,000 in consequence of dismissals, deaths, S ee. The following appointments were made yesterdey at the Admiralty :--Commander Stapleton J. Ore-. ville to the St. Vin cen t, v i ce Commander Lowther ; Lieut. George 1 1 1 .v r . Carter to the Asia ; the Rev. Francis Hannan, chaplain, to the Gibraltar ; George Foster, naval instructor, to the Gibraltar ; and Jas, N. Hall has been nominated to naval cadetship. TUE ARMY. On Monday the 100-pounder Armstrong gun on ;he Rock Perch battery, near Liverpool, was fired for the first time by the men of the Coast Brigade, under the command of Lieut. Marshall, R.A. The range was 3,400 y ards. Throughout the pra ctice a strong wind was blowin g . Th e f o ll ow i n g was the r esult O i the firing :—The first solid shot, 150 ya rds right, elevationgood ; second shot, 16 0 yards do. ; third shot, 50 yards do.; fourth shot, 25 yards right, 20 yards. short ; fifth shot, 10 yards right, elevation good ; sixth shot, 15 yards do. The first shell, with eme"Bion fuse, fell 100 yards short in good line, but did net explode. The second shell fell 15 yards short and 55 feet to the left, and exploded. Two segment shells with time fuses were then fired at a rooga of about 1,200 yard s, it having become too dark for practice at the longer range. Good prac tice was made. The gun was worked with ease. At the same time a 66-pounder gun was fired at a range of about 1,200 yards, and made excellent practice with shot and slaell• it was tried once at the same range as the Armstrong, but the shot fell 200 yards and 300 to the right. ..,