The Sun. — London, England, 1863-08-24 00:00:00

1 • 1, 4 • REMEMBER, WE SUPi AT EVANS' , , EVERY EVENING THIS EK after Alfred • -444 ;> erion's Promenade Concerts. r y. ntm. QEA.—VACkNCIES for MIDSHIPMEN end ZOt .4.4 tea. , „ ,9,11. Hence k-. 7 APPRENTICES in a first-class London shipping firm. 1111 A, • Premium meturate. Ali.° apprentices without premium.— .Iw." public Apply to SIMIONDS and Co. 38. St. 3lary-at-hill, East nearly - _ _ v c1430-`4..L.,nrE f .14. q. 4 "DRorr. ' 1863, Its, by oazing •ch' for :h,' we its war ties in blow, ,ty.en ;s, 'the 58 sur it Cost urg, a 15,000 000ths t even it 'has ,te the mrs to hat its iditure at take gonist, of the —that State lotion. rth we rs who posing Le pre t least gricul of the a col ' thou venues North power. to the w that ;one to ,red at ho are There the le r Lin t their of the :tautest which ifice of t serve irmies. , these cruits, their en noW n the and all saleable e prices quoted ,eady at a. Irish. iced 6d uesday. otations d. Old articles acipally d prices mrable. 6 stone. per qr. —S per iarveet, ices are and a s. d. to 0 to 7 0 to to 15 6 to 21 0 to 7 0 .aw and ,nd De • air de• it. e. d. ..18 0 .]5 9 ~1d 6 .17 ~17 6 .16 0 ~16 9 ~16 9 ~17- 0 ~16; 9 .18 0 ~18 0 .17 9 ;pt. 12. ept. 3. ag. 29. ug. ug. 27. ag. ug. ng. 27. ag. 25. pt. 4. !pt. 3. ag. ug. 27. ug. 19. ag. 27. ug. 21. !pt. 10. lg. 27. ig. 8. ag. 28. ally in. :Talent, mes to isetise. organs iatural se first eve in mate- Use of ,steri a Lain E id, th hn of E e er. rinif sdalo e la (1.1101 r, tl OW eorf '01:13 Fo 3ar ,d :di Jo w, el D` , T,ItP; I S oe4 C 4 -4.4, .- -,-,, , 2 ::,.. ' 77- 40,- 1,,,-- - ....> ~...„ _ , e , c. 69' S E.C. Third Officers and Stewards wanted. idence public nehrly , 1863, its, by aezing •ch i6r :h, we is war ties i n blow, ;ty,en ;s, the ss sur it cost urg, a 15,000 ❑olths t even it has to tho 3tirs to hat its lditure 3t take gotast, of the —that /State lation. rth we rs who posing Le pre. t least gricul of the col ' thou venues Noah power. to the w that ;one to ,red at ho are There the le r Sey Lin t their of the :ontest which ifice of t serve Lreatee. these emits, i their now the and all saleable e prices quoted eady at pr Irish. iced 6d uesday. otations cl. Old articles ncipally d prices Nimble. 6 stone. per qr. -13 per iarveet, ices are and a S. d. to-- 0 to 7 0 to C to 15 G to 21 0 to 7 0 .aw and ,nd De • air de. pt. 12. ept. 3. ag. 29. ug. ug. 27. ug. -. ug. - n g. 27. Ili. 25. pt. 4. pt. 3. ug. 27. ug. 19. ag. 27. ;lg. 21. Tt. 10. lg. 27. ig. iB. ag. 28. •.......,., id, the , hn S. of E. o w fo cr. F 2 the cory of ootge rinity 3dale -43 late anon' Aim: 1862. oraP• Ken• Foot 3artill id 40. ditlly Yohn aged ward elch, riVS, 11'<, ty of L f `~ `~-' ~~ ~. EDINBURGH (Reduced Faresl, from Irongate wharf, Tower.—Saloon, 20s ,• fore cabin, 155: deck (soldiers and sailors only), 7s M ; return tickets (available for a month), 30s and ')Zs ed. The cheapest and quickest sea route by the splendid new ST POISIIIPS of the LONDON and EDINBURGH SHIPPING COMPANY, sailing every Wednesday and Saturday, at 10 morning. Apply at the Spread Eagle, Regent-circus ; or at Irongate-wharf. PASSENGERS AND TRAVELLERS PROTECTION AND COMPENSATION OFFICES, 16, Craven-street, Strand, London, W.C. Passengers by Rail, Road, or Water. and others sufforinfr fror loss or injury to thetni , elyes or proserty, should apply for redress and compenaat , on at the above Offices • established to render prompt assistance to all classes upon the most ad vantageous terms. Advice on application gratis. Letters must be addressed to "The Manager," enclosing a stamp for reply. NORWICH UNION FIRE INSURANCE SOCIETY. • The business of Pe Company exceeds £70,000,000. The duty paid to Government for the y ear 1862 was '`" ,062 , and. • the amount insured on farming stock, £ 10 ,086,332. A bonus of three-fifths of the profits periodically made to parties insuring, who have thus. from time to time, received sums amounting in the aggregate to X 440,000 ; and the Society now holds a large Reserve applicable to a future Bonus. The rates of premium are in no case o higher than tho t se Charged by the other principal offices making no returns their insurers. For pro-pectuses apply at the Society's Offices, Surrey street, Norwich ; and 6, Crescent, New Bridge-street, Black friars, E.C. PROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION. Established 1840. TRUSTEES. Thomas Baring, Esq., M.P. I Wm. Geo. Prescott, Esq. Th om son Hankey, Esq., M.P. Baron L. de Rothschild, M.P. Mutual Lit , Assurance for all classes. This Association has now in existence 6,000 policies, for a total sum of £1,500,000. The Annual Income is .. £51,000 The Accumulated Fund exceeds .. 20, 00 It has paid in Claims .. .. 112,000 The whole of the profits are divided quinquennially among the Members. Three divisions have already been made' when the following sums have been added as bonuses to the policies Dec. 31, 1847 .. .• . • 11 , 18.57 .. .• • • 1862 „ „ • =skint', toe total bonus additions, £96,600. Bonuses ma - , - be received in clsh or applied to the r, duo tion of premiums at the option of the assured, in lieu of an addition to the yol cy. Attention is especially invited to the system of free or paid up policies introduced by this Association, by which the sacrifice so often submitted to on the relinquishment of a po icy is wholly avoided. The balance-sheets of the Association are open to all, whether assurers or otherwise Active and influential agents will be appointed in unrepre sented districts. .. XN,400 .. 11,500 .. 23 200 .. 56,500 WTI. THOS. LINFORD, Secretary. Chief Office, 15, Moorgate-street, E.C., Aug 1,1863. G UARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, No. 11, Lombard-street;London, E.C. Established 1821. Subscribed Capital, Two Millions. DIRECTORS. Chairman—Sir MINTO FARQUHAR, Bart.,llr.r. Deputy Chairman—CHAßLES WILLIAM CURTIS, Esq. Henry Hulse Berens, Esq., G. J. Shaw Lefevre, Esq. Henry Bonham Carter, Esq. , John Martin, Esq. F. Devas, Esq. Rowland Mitchell, Esq. Francis Hart Dyke, Esq. James Morris, Esq. Sir Walter R. Farquhar, Bart. Henry Norman, Esq. James Goodson, Esq. Henry R. Reynolds, Esq. Thomson Hankev, Esq., M.P Abraham J. Ilobarts, Esq. John G. Hubbard, Esq., M.P. i Henry Vigne, Esq. Fredk. H. Janson, Esq. _MRS. Lewis Loyd, Esq. Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq. Cornelius Paine, jun., Esq. I Noel Whiting, Esq. T hos.Tallemach, Esq., Secretary I Saud. Brown, Esq., Actuary LIFE DEPARTMENT.—UNDER THE PROVISIONS or AN ACT OP PARLIAMENT, this Company now offers to new In surers EIGHTY PER CENT. of the Profits, at Quinquennial Divisions, or a Low Rate of Premium without participation of Profits. Since the establishment of the Company In 1821, the Amount of Profits allotted to the Assured has exceeded in cash value £660,000, which represents equivalent Reversionary Bonuses of £1,058,000. After the Division of Profits at Christmas, 1859, the Life A ssurances in force, with existing Bonuses thereon, amounted to upwards of £.1,730,000, the Income from the ',he i .,?,anch £207,000 per annum, and the Life Assurance Fund, "'"ePendent of the capital, exceeded £1,618,000. I- 3cfLOCAL MILITIA and VOLIETNTEER CORPS.—No ra Premium is required for service therein. va ~ l f u ° e - A-NS granted on Life Policies to the extent of their if such value be not less than £5O. A StiiGNMENTS OF POLICIES.—Written Notices of, re -0 eived and registered. „,‘ 1 , 1 -, 1 DICAL FEES paid by the Company, and no charge obey Stamps. FIRE DEPARTMENT.—lnsurances are effected upon every description of property at moderate rates. l '"ses caused by Explosion of Gas are admitted by this Company. NORTH BRITISH AND MERCANTILE INSURANCE COMPANY. Established 1809. Incorporated by Royal Charter and Special Acts of Parliament. Accumulated and Invested Funds ... L 2,122,828 Annual Revenue 422,401 FIRE DEPARTMENT. Insuranees granted both at Home and in Foreign Countries on the most liberal terms. LIFE DEPARTMENT. 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 In=ured. Premiums. 1,037 £763,334 £23,641 0 0 Forms of Proposal and every information will be furnished on application at the LONDON.. Omen: ••••••••••..58, Threadneedle-street „ . ............... .. 4 New Bank Buildings. Lothhitry. „ West -end Office.. 8. Waterloo-place, Pall-mall. THE ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY. HEAD 29, Lombard -street, London, and , Royal Insurance. buildings, Liverpool Total Annual Revenue exceeds £500, 0 ,0. Accumulated Funds in hand over 1,090,000. Chairman in Liverpool : CHARLES TURNER, Esq., M.P. Chairman in London : WILLIA3I WAINWRIGHT, Esq. EXTRACTS FROM THE REPORT FOR THE YEAR 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 butthe e fi x rs ee t e t d im z e su t u h xu at the . Fire close of the year, to announce, h e fo d _r , Premiums have not only a h i e u ld tu b li y y t ua he tan ß t o a y in a e l d iu the The high comparative re po w ls on Government Returns of Duty_ f ag . The proflt of the business of eee he u y i e n a g r e y x ea ce r, e a d n s d co i n n s t i a d et era s b u l r y_ die amount realised in the pr Passes that of any Tear, with but tw o exceptions, since th e and of British and Foreign commencement of thi4 Office, t in h s e u b ra a n la ce nce s btoeintghzetesrOtioosn. r o a d ie , l a y ir z o i f the North American business, which is kept sepa -1,097 16s. 10d. __.... LIFE BRANCH state the sum assured on new p0,...0,000. licics fo r the year 1P62 Tbe very gratifying duty now falls upon the Directors to eels even that of the year 1861 by la° a_t the almost unexampled amount for and has arrived ~,13701,427 on 1,498 new policies issued. Until a within 1 e the a lastf le', year's business years it is believed that such a sum aesu n r e ed as that which Just been announced as the main of o Was all but unheard of. th,arreholder, actianwneoltl as satisfaction forto the - "ed. and f ai l to give much sa /r a ir t h „, lB Portion of the Company's business has been carefully the affo r"lee 0 'l7l„riedto th e t participating life assurer. no small encouragem en t These have amount by a statement of the number rejected. continued care in the selection of lives is amply ped to 311 for the year, on which the aggregate sum ot i P record theft t d for assur an •ie amounts to X 143,281. Varion!; d IsTaoelaVabitlity have led to these lives being declined . the day all, exceedir number of the Assurance Companies of Idol in risr, thos which the Royal has declared as n d I acceptives annually at a sum not m i nc a li._ m if . a s t e a s t a .., another. " e Year from deterioration of some kind or briefl t If t to C'omplete their review, the Directors now ad t vert ~_ __V o the United Kingdom, they have to announce hat • Ill'. alinsiness its progress has been undoubtedly more Tr2€_,t a t n bt n that of any other Company established either in -',1u.,1,i,. The elsewhere, except when amalgamations have taken lia747l_,Tte returna ty have proved this. In Life, the evld en u c b e er New Polieles already reported make all other ~,j,... e _ needless. ~ar___-901iraeetors conclude their present Report with the 11,"e,7, 0,, c of an opinion that the prospects of the Royal ititZitoundecroaacaY:vere never brighter, and of a consequent tilde, co „ lay lint .irateful remembrance of the past, that ()fli es comblausn. o d for it a sphere of still greater maeni to the witli a l'' dist inguished commercial to the Publi c. agithened ca.reer of usefulness andprofction I ' II RCY ar . aCinisi n. DOITZ, Manager and Actuary. Jovi .ANSTON, Secretary in Loudon. TEA.-MOORE EROTRERS respectfully They mate that their New Prospectus la now ready. cepeoiallY recoMmend educe improved Family Tea, reduced 38. 2cl. ; Souchonz, rd to 3s. ; mixed Assam, re 4d. timed to 3s. Bd. ; and the finest Amara, reduced from 48. to 3 8. lid. per and inti mooßE BROTIEERS. 53. Londoa-bridge, Cit E.C. y, „!j'iiiiB63' t7Tilole CONTRACT Poi; p a thozit,al, Chelsea, OVis l , _ the ' i- :6RDS -Royal H \''-' 8. THE RIGHT rioNo ult 14 and OTHERS, COMMlssi t jaiß„ inners 10th lltruhteton.l.?B7eing PITAL, do hereby give NOTICE r , e Ih - t n t S he o th is nos. receive TENDERS from and to t may be willing to Contract for vietuaili wi ntr th B Ltch re the i n r e rPons as ready to of the said Hospital, from the Ist OctcbS' September, 1865, both days inclusive, articles of provisions, &c., viz. :—Beet and Cheese, Butter. Potatoes, Salt, Oatmeal, B or Leeks, Pepper, Flour, Suet, Cocoa, Black Tea, sarmra ley , r Ri ad, Carrots, Celery, Thyme, Marjora m , i v t i lk‘ n i o ce n 4 and Parsley, daily, at per head per them for ' e h r ,,,Savory ration according . to the established allowances of the t fi aPecified in the form of Tender, which may be obtained et 2fEee of the Secretary any day between the hours of to and at l ock, which 'fender must be filled up and delivered -°- 3 at the Board-room of the said Hospital by the , sealed, m0 1l 1,,, b es tenderin , r. or by an agent appointed on his or their ''r, ht a e ll•„ 01 1 Tuesday, the Ist of Feptember, at 12 o'clock at i4to ti'n® their Lordships will be prepared to take the battle . It i s iideration. n” ) find s ° b e observed that the Contractors will be required Contra, 1 A t s ee4" Y to the Crown for the due performan , eof the and boa' and that Tender will be received after the day he c: ) . &hol t no • lowest m,„. lonent T end e l "rs do not pledge themselves to accept the r. A. J. 3100RHEAD, cecretary and Registrar, fi. d. N°. 22,201. MANILLA AND JAPAN. On Friday, Aug. 28, 1 vol., with Illustrations , 148., A LADY'S VISIT TO MANILLA AND JAPAN. ry ANNA D'A. Burst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough street. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., THREE LIVES IN ONE. " This story abounds with life and adventure."—Sun. " Among the merits of this novel there is a great deal of orseinality and power of portraying charac.er."—John Bull. Hurst and Blackctt, 13, Great Marlborough-street. T " 0 X F OR D, OXFORD STREET, w. THIS EVENING, will be performed Operatic Selections from Sir Henry R. Bishop's THE SLAVE and Halevy's MUSKETEERS (first time in England). Principal Artistes—Miss Russell. Miss Ellison, Messrs. Green, Bernardi, Iluish, (tc., with full band and chorus. Conductor, Mr. F. Jong,hmans. Flute Solos by Drew Dean itc. Comic, by UNSWORTH ("or any other man "), Eugene, W. Randall, E. Righton, and A. Lloyd. Also, a Performance by Herr SCHIALNENBNCH on his wonderful instrument, the PIANO ORCHEJTRE, contain ing a full baud of 40 instruments. he hALL 1118 just been newiy Decorated and Ventilated, and is one of the most Beautiful in the Metropolis. Open at 8 o'clock. Admission, Cd. ; stalls andbalcony, ls. ; private boxes, 10s. 6d. NOTICE. —The GHOST! GHOST !! GHOST!!! AT CANTERBURY lIAL L. Two representations of Professor Pr pper's startling Illusion will be given on Mondays. Wednesdays, and Saturdays, at Nine and a quarter. past Eleven o'clock ; other Evenings at Eleven only; and produced with all the newe,t improve ments by Mr. A. Silvester, which can be s(en only at this establishment. Dramatic Readings by Mr. Graham, in addition to Grand Operatic Selections. Cantatas, We s, Son 29, Comic and Sentimental, and UNSIVORTH, the Stump Orator. Open every Evening at half past Seven. Admission, Sixpence. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. The FAIRY FOUNTAIN.—A Grand Divertissement by Signora Rachele and Mariannina and Signor G uiseppe Fran ce.co, assisted by a corns of Twenty young Ladies—The Conrads as the Original French Clowns and on the Corde Eiastique—Les Petite Monstres—Brian and Conly in an amusing and novel Burlesque —Mrs. Brian as Old Aunt Sally, &e., &c.—Wood and his Wonderful Son—Grand Operatic Selections :—Principals, 1l iss M`Gregor, Mr. Albert, Signor Georgini (the new Italian tenor), and Mr. Vernon Rigby— Band and Chorus of Sixty Performers. "IMMENSE SUCCESS of the ALHAMBRA JiL GIIOST, a highly comical and amusing representation of the popular optical illusion.—EVEnX EVENING, at Eleven o'clock. ESTABLISHED 1533. fIOWDEN'S JERATED GINGER BEER, in glass or stone bottles, warranted to keep good twelve months. Lemonade, Soda-water, Potass, Seltzer, and every . d escription of Mineral Wate r s.—Ma n utactory, No. 3, White Hart-street, Drury-lane, W.C. lIARPER TWELVETREES' GLYCERINE SOAP POWDER makes its own Soap, and saves one-half. of time, two thirds of Soap, and V)ree-fourths of labour! Patentee: Harper Twelvetres, Bromley .by-Bow, London. So'd by Grocers, Druggists, and Oilmen. PISTOLGRAMS of BAI3IES (Guinea Jewellery Portraits), with album enlargrements therefrom, taken daily at SKATF E'S Pistolgraph Depot, 32, Sussex-place, Re gent's-park, N.W., where a classification of children's like nesses from the day of birth may now be seen. Invalids and amilies attended. PAGE'S BRICK, TILE, AND PIPE MACHINE, for hand, horse, or steam rower, are the most simple and efficient extant.—Fill: particulars and prices obtained of the makers, E. Page and Co., Laurence Pountney place, Laurence Pountney-hill, Cannon-street, E.C., where they may De seen in operation daily. FEAFNESS.—The SOUND MAGNIFIER INVISIBLE VOICE CONDUCTOR, a newly in vented instrument for severe rases of deafness. It fits into the car, not perceptib'e, removes singing noises in the head, and enables deaf persons to hear distinctly at church and at public assemblies.—S. and B. SOLOMONS, 39, Albemarle street, Piccadilly. "VrONEY PROMPTLY ADVANCED by , _.., TR_ Private Gentleman upon FURNITURE; (without removal'. Leasehold and Freehold Property, or Reversions, &c., in sums from .£2O to £soo.—Mr. Howard, 18, Queen street, Cheapside. TO Persons in WANT of MONEY (in Town or Country).—A. GENTLEMAN is willing: to MAKE ADVANCES of CAS tl, without delay, to respectable persona (male or tern ale), on their own security. The utmost secrecy can be relied on.—Apply (it by letter enclose four stamps) to .v., st Mr. Robertson s, Accountant, 40, King:William-street, London-bridge, E.C.—Money advanced on Dock Warrants. IMMEDIATE CASH ADVANCES.—Persons .11._ requiring Capital, repayable by instalments, to enable them to increase or commence business, or for any other pm - pose, can readily , obtain Advances on application at the Offices of the ST. GEORGE ADVANCE FUND ASSO CIAT lONS, 118, Pall-ma 'l, SW. Prospectus and forms sent free. E. H. GILBART, Manager. A NEVER FAILING REMEDY.- ix Dr. SCOTT'S BILIOUS and LIVER PILLS, 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 dyer 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 pre truly excellent; mild in their opera tion and grateful to the stomach, they create appe rite, pro mote digestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system. Sold by W. Lambert, 8, King William-street, Charing-cross. London, and by most druggists, in boxes,la. lid., and three times the quantity in one, 2s. 9d. Be sure to ask for Dr. Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are a square green package, with " William Lambert." engraved on the stamp. CELEBRATION of the TERCENTENARY of the BIRTH of SHAKSPE ARE, 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 ot 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 ot attraction to all admirers of the great Poet's works, and that it was his lime, the town he loved, and where he lived and died. 1110YAL 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 BUCCLEUCII, 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 panied by sickness and disease, and is now of sufficient magnitude that, with adequate support, it may be rendered the capable of admitting into its wards a very large proportion of this great metropolis. It requires but the funds in order t o 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 Roard feel it their imperative duty to make an EARNEST APPEAL to the public for continued support, to enable them to A dmit 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. ; Berries and Co. ; Ransom and ; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Giyn and Co. ; Jones Loyd and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; Denison and Co. ' • w :Mains, Deacon, a n d C o. ; Overend, Gurney, and ib Co. ; the H ospital t and Co. ; Messrs. J. Barred and Co., Liverpool and at STANFORD S. SMITH. Secretary. ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION (Incorporated by Royal Charter). PATRONESB—Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen. FRE siDENT—Vice-Admiral the .S. Duke of North um b erland, F.R CHAIRMAN—Thos. Baring, Esq., M.P., F.E.S., V.P. DEPUTY-CHAIRMAN —Thomas Chapman, Esq., pats ., v.p. APPEAL. The Committee of Management have to state that, since the beginning of the year 1860, the Royai National Lifeboat Institution has expended £32,000 on various Lifeboat Estab lishments on the Coasts of England, Scotland, The number of lives saved by the Lite-boats of the 10,48: 8, s in Society, and other means, since Its formation, is 12,800 ,• for which services 82 Gold Medals, 718 Silver Medals, and Life-boats, Life-boat ales.anshexhpaevnedebdeel677oooid innnrewards. The Institu tion Transporting-carriages, 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 or 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 its Crews practised in the management of their boats, which 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 gratefithy acknowledge the 'following con tributions:— x s. Her Majesty the Queen •• •• .. annual 50 0 0 Campbell, the Hon. Mrs. G. .. _ • • annual 50 0 Clerk, Colonel, ILA. • • • • • • • . annual 1 1 0 Coutts and Co., Messrs., Bankers .. .. annual 10 0 0 Currie, Wm., Esq., • • • • • • •.4 tb don.lo 0 0 Erie, Lord hief .Justice . • • • don. 10 10 0 Fanshawe, Vice-Admiral Sir A., K.C.R. .. 2d don. 25 0 0 l loore. Rev. G. B. • . l 'enwick, G. J., Esq., coot of a Lifeboat and 'Fran .. •• .. don. 15 15 0 ~..aporting Carriage • • • • • • • • • • 250 0 0 V arvey.Mrs. loughby d'E•• •• don. 30 0 'Tartin, Sir Henry, Bart. •• •• • • 7th don. 10 0 0 _ retval and fl.lith, 515.8. George, Greenwich . • • • .. 30 0 T t i l l 'lnig, Col. Sir Anthony, 1i..C.8. .. — annual 20 0 " IA 8. Lady, Weston-super-Mare, collected by her La dysh • W a • • • . • • 16 16 0 ret• v,annual 5 0 0 Ponations and Annual Subscriptions retved , - b Lord .. .. • . will be thankfully re- Pe • k'Y the Bankers of the Institution, Messrs. 'Wilis, V ), 59, Strand ; Co., - es -, - 76 Lombard-street ; Messrs. Coutts and uatues• s and ita -street, London ; by a 1 the collectors of Customs • Riehard uk -r eta in the 'United Kingdom ; srs. berries, Farquhar , and Co., 16, St. and by the Secretary John - star A da phi; 7 .40334011, W.C. - - '" vi, Xsq., at the Oiliee of thu Institution, 71, THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 24, 1863. .Naval and Military Intelligence. THE NAVY. Vice-Admiral Sir Michael Seymour, G.C.8., Naval Commander-in-Chief at Portsmouth, rehoisted his fig on Saturday on board 11.M.5. Victory, on resuming his duties in command of the port. on his return from his annual ofruial tour of inspection through the Channel Islands. The Admiralty paddle yacht Enchantress, Master Commander Petley, is filling up coal and sores at Portsmouth preparatory for further service. It is probable that a part of the Board will, in the course of a few days, embark on board the Enchantress and pay a visit to Rear-Admiral Sir S. C. Dacres, C. 8., and the Channel fleet. The superheater casings of this vessel at the base of the funnels on the upper deck have been coated with Spence's patent non conducting and non-combustible composition, to prevent the radiation of heat only in this instance, and its use during the period of the Lords of the Admiralty's recently concluded official tour of in spection has been attended with the most satisfac tory results. The crew of the screw steam corvette Brisk, 16, Capt. John P. Luce, recently returned from the West Coast of Africa, were paid off at Davenport on Saturday by Admiral Superintendent Thomas M. C. Symonds, C.B. The Brisk will be placed in the third division of the steam reserve in Hamoaze. The Odin,l6, paddle, Capt. Lord John Hay, C. 8., is dismantling in Portsmouth harbour, and will pay out of commission at the end of the present week. In consequence of the Admiralty requiring the whole of the land at and near St. Mary's Creek, Chatham, for the extension of Chatham dockyard, it has been found necessary to remove the Royal Engineer pontoon depot to the opposite side of Coat ham harbour, near Upnor Castle, where a suitable portion of the river has been selected to be formed into a pontoon•hard. Already the principal por tion of the Royal Engineers' stores, boats, pontoons, &c., have been transported across the harbour to the new depot, where the Royal Engineers, who are assisted in the undertaking by a party of convicts to perform the heavy portions of the work, are en gaged in constructing. a large building in which all the stores and materiel for pontooning and engi neering operations will be deposited. The staff of draughtsmen and clerks connected with the architectural department of the navy at Chatham Dockyard are busily employed in copying and preparing the drawings and plans sent from the Admiralty of the interior portions of the new description of iron-clad war frigate, the Lord Warden, ordered to be built at Chatham, in order that no delay whatever may be experienced in cora memiag that vessel as soon as the hands are released from the iron steamer Achilles, which will shortly including cabins, be out of dock at that dockyard. The internal magazines, constructio and nofthseheLlol-rrdoolmVasrwdeinll differ very , mate rially from that of all vessels hitherto constructed for the British navy. The cabins will be arranged upon an entirely yew principle, in order to afford light and air in abundance, and thus remove one of the most serious defects of existing iron-clad ships. Provision has also been made for furnishing ample supplies of air to the men engaged in working the powder magazinesand shell-rooms in time of action, so that the guns may be fought as rapidly as pos. sibie, while special care is taken to place the pow der and other combustible stores low down in the ship, nearly loft. below the water line, so that they may be beyond the reach of the enemy's shot and shell. The following appointments and promotions have been made at the Admiralty :—Captain George Le G. Bowyear to the Phaeton, vice Capt. Tatham, superseded at his own request; Edward G. Whit more, Cecil Reid, and Reginald O'Bray, assist.- clerks, to the Marlborough ; Henry Cook, promoted to acting chief engineer; and John T. Kelly, pro moted to acting first-class assist.-engineer. THE PROJECT OF FEDERAL REFORM. The following is rather a full analysis of the draught of the Austrian project of Federal improve ment : REFORM OF THE GERMAN BEND. Art. I—The objects of the German Confederation are— The maintenance of ►he security and power of Germany in respect to foreign countries; the maintenance of public order at home, and the furtherance of the interests of the Garman nation, &e. Art. 2—A new Directory, to be formed for the manage ment of the affairs of the Confederation. A Federal Council to be formed of the plenipotentiaries of 'the Governments. An assembly of Federal Delegates to be convoked periodi cally. A assembly of princes to meet at stated periods, A Federal court of justice to be established. Art. 3.—The Directory of the Bund to be formed of the Emp, , ror of Austria, the King of Prussia, the King of Bavaria, and two persons to be elected by the Sovereigns who supply troops to the Bth, 9th, and 10th Federal corps d'arnacc. The two elected members of the Directory to re main in office for three or for six years. Art. 4.—The Federal Council to be composed of the 17 "votes" of the "Engerer Beth," As Austria and Prussia will have three}Aes-each, the number of votes in the Fede ral Council will be 21. Art s.—Auatr to preside in the Directory and in the Federal Council: Should Austria be prevented doing so, Prussia is to take her place. The President is to have no other attribute or privilege than the formal direction of affairs. The resolutions of the Directory and of the Federal Council to be carried by a similar majority of votes. The elected members of the Directory and the members of the Federal Council are bound to obey the in structions of their Governments. The Military Commis sion to be subject to the Directory Conatnissions for inter nal affairs, ustlee, finances, and commercial matters, to be formed. Art. 6. The executive power of the Bund to be in the hands or the Directory. In some cases, which are to be specified, the Directory is bound to consult the Federal Council, and to follow its opinions. Art. 7—ln as far as foreign Powers are concerned, the Directory is the representative of the Band. The Directory to appoint the diplomatic agen , s of the Confederation. Art. B—The Directory has to care for the external (aussere) security of Germany. Should there be any danger of an attack on the Confederation, or any part of the Federal territory, the Directory to take the necessary steps for the defence of the same. No declaration of war can be made without the consent of two-thirds of the members (votes) of the Federal Council. Sould the non-Federal possession of a Federal State be in danger of being attacked, "a majority of the votes of the Federal Council will have to decide whether the Bond shall interfere." Art. 9—As a rule, the several Governments have to care for the maintenance of peace and order, but the Directory has to see that the internal peace of Germany is not dis. turbed. Should there be serious disturbances, the Direc tory has to take proper measures for quelling them. Art. 10—The Directory has to see that peace and concord prevail between the different members of the Bund. Serious disputes to be referred to the Bundes-Gericht (Federal Court of Justice). Art. 11—In virtue of resolutions taken by the Federal Council, the Directory to have the right to make proposi tions in mstters of legislation. Art. 12—The Directory has to see that the resolutions of the Bund are properly carried out, and, if necessary, by means of an adequate number of troops. Art. 13--The Directory to have the management of all the military matters of the Confederation. Art. 14.—The Directory to have the management of Fedet al financial matters. Art. 15.—The Directory to convoke, open, prorogue, dissolve, and close the Assembly of Federal Delegates, This Directory to represent the Federal Government vis-a vis the Assembly of Deputies. OF THE ASSEMBLY OF DELEGATES. Art. 16—The representative bodies in the different Fede ral States to send delegates to the Frankfort Assembly. The number of delegates to be 300. Austria to send 75 " from the States belonging to the German Bund," Prussia 75, Bavaria 27; S,xony, Hanover, Wurtemberg, 15 each; Baden 12, Hesse Cassel 9, He , se-Darmstadt 9, Holstein and Lauenburg 5, Luxembourg and Limburg 4, Brunswick 3, the two Mecklenburgs 6, Nassau 4, Saxe-Weimar 3, Saxe-Meiningen, Saxe •Coburg-Gotha, and Saxe-Alten burg, 2 each; Oldenburg 3, and each of the other States and free cities 1 each. In States in which there are two Chambers, " the Upper House will elect one-third," and the Lower House two-thirds, of the delegates. Art. 17—Tbe delegates to be elected in accordance with the laws in force in the countries they are to represent. The delegates to receive a daily allowance and their travel ling expenses from the Bund. Art. 18—The Assembly of Delegates to meet once in three years, in the month of May. The Assembly can be prorogued by the Directory for a period not exceeding two months, and it can adjourn for eight days. Should the Assembly be dissolved, the Directory has immediately to issue orders for new elections. . . . Art. 19—The Chamber of Delegates to tiled its Presi dent, Vice-Presidents, and Secretaries. Its sittings to be public. A house is formed when two-thirds of the dele gates are present. As a rule, bills may be passed by a simple majority of votes. Ari. 20—The Chamber of Delegates has " a right to pass resolutions" on the following subjects :-1. On alte rations in the Constitution of the Band , 2 . On the present or future organic institutions of the Band. 3. On the Budget of the Bund. 4. On matters connected with the public press, the right of association, the right of domicile, and sundry other matters of inferior importance. Art. 21—In matters which concern the separate States rather than the Bund the German Chamber of Delegates has only the right to deliberate and mediate. Art. 22—In all Federal matters the Chamber of Dele gates has a right to make representations and complaints. OF THE ASSEMBLY OP PRINCES. Art. 23—As a rule, the Assembly of Princes will meet after the close of the sittings of the Chamber of Delegates. The Emperor of Austria and the King of Prussia will toge ther invite the Princes to assemble. The Princes may be represented by members of their respective families. Two new members will sit in the Assembly of Princes instead of the two Houses of Hohenzollern. Art. 24—The Princes are to deliberate together as in dependent Sovereigns, who are on a par with each other. Art. 25—The Assembly of Princes takes into considera tion the results of the deliberations of the Chamber of De puties, and finally disposes of the propositions made by the same. It directs the Acts which it has sanctioned to be promulgated by the Directory and by the separate States. It examines into the representations and complaints of the Chamber of Delegates. It can tako into consideration pro positions for the reception of new members into the Confe deration, and for a change in the right of voting of its pre sent members. OF THE FEDERAL COURT OF JUSTICE. Arts. 26 and 27—The Bundes-Gericht to have two attri butes: the right of administering justice, and of acting as umpire. It can take cognizance of matters in which the various Federal States are concerned, or in cases in which private individuals are at issue with some of the Federal States. (Several other matters which have but little in terest for foreigners are specified.) Art. 28—The Bundes-Gericht to act as umpire between members of the reigning German families in respect to en tailed property, &c. Articles 29, 30, and 31 relate to attributes of the Banda- Gericbt, which are of minor importance. Art. 32—The Bundes-Gericht will be divided into seve ral " Senates" for the readier despatch of business. Art. 33—The ordinary members of the Bundes - Gericht will be paid for their services by the Bund, and can only be dismissed by order of the Federal Court. The extraor dinary mem b ers , w h o w ill a l so b e remu nerated for their trouble, will be summond by the Bund as occasion may re quire. Art. 3 4—The way in which the Bandes-Gericht is to be formed will b e ma d e k nown i n a separate s t a t u t e , Art. 35 contains propositions for the abolition of some of thenow existi ng F ederal institutions. Art. 36—Th e F ederal laws which are not changed b y the foregoing project of reform to remain in force. elf: v nl i a . t o i alle v ia tion THE LATEST USE FOR PETROLEUM.—An assistant y lr ge allow On, me,sv r writing nango t G ettysburg, the horro rs ing wounds? As volunteer assistant I rece ived s mostt ion s ° ft o field, to call your attention a3r o s f : permissiont—h ebllaVttliel-1 e of coal oil in suppurat toil! the Fifth Corps, from the surgeons of the First Division v e e cases. By its Gettysburg,manifest uti l i t t o y useen and it the in. Solicitations de d I wa watereedto is en to la a rg w e e i nn ts use,die uitnetiielfllebmeceadmeetete,weoeuen oil s uia dll t. satisfiedl is to it in its that what cinola suppurating state, dispelling flier, expellin g ve r m in, swee tening the wound, and promoting health y gran It can be used b y an assistant of ordinar y judgment :it 'l l; perfect safety, and to the great comfort of the patient. I have seen two patients whose wounds had been dressed with it asleep before I was through with the third."--Ili, souri Democrat. SHOCKING DEATH AT YORK.—A fine young woman,lB years of age,named Chesney, the daughter of a draper residing in Monkgate, York, has met with a terrible death, it is supposed from the wearing of crinoline. On Wednesday she was in the kitchen near the fire, when she found her clothes in dimes, and being greatly claimed, she rushed into the gardei:. Her cries brought assistance and the fire was extinguished, but it was found that she had been literally roasted. Dr. Arthur and Mr. Husband, s u r geon, were called in, but the poor girl died next morning THE ARMY. It is not expected that any further draughts o troops will be despatched from the camp at Col chester at present for India. In the course of last week the following officers and men left the camp for conveyance by the Stalwart to Bombay, in order to join the service companies of the respective re giments named :—Capt. Nott, Ensign Hale, 1 ser geant, and 39 rank and file of the Ist battalion Ist Regiment ; Ensign Bain and 14 rank and file, 44th ; Brevet-Major Margesson,• Ensign Le Mottee, and 70 rank and file, 56th; and 1 sergeant and 176 rank and file, 103 d. The inhabitants of Aldershott have during the week been in cerrmunication with the Secretary of State for War in reference to the extension of rail way accommodation to that town and camp. For the past two years the growing necessities of intercom munication between the camp and London have ren dered this extension most desirable. At present the most direct railway route to London from Aldershott is via Farnborough, involving an in terim journey of five miles; if Tongham, which is two miles from the camp, is chosen as the place of departure, a loss of time is incurred by travelling to Guildford and being subject to detention. This in convenience is seriously felt on the occasion of nearly every transit of troops and stores that takes place by railway. The question of railway extension to Aldershott has been discussed more than once, and one of the projects named during the discussion was a tramway by Mr. Train. This, however, was re ceived with great disfavour, as being by no means commensurate with the necessities of the case. Nothing but a railway was accounted adequate. The inhabitants of Aldershott have convened a meeting for Wednesday, Aug. 26, to take up the matter. The general feeling seems to be that a line will be constructed from Tongham Station to the Recrea tion-ground, High-street, Aldershott. It would pass through no property surrounding residences, and no engineering difficulties would attend its for mation. It would be carried up to the site of the pound, so that the military would be able to take material and ammunition from the terminus into their stores without unloading. Mr. Boulter, a re sident, has received a letter from the Secretary of State for War, in which it is stated that " Sir George Lewis does not wish to offer any opposition to the construction of the proposed railroad from Alder shott to Tongham railway station." The proposed line will bring passengers nearer to the metropolis and Aldershot by three-quarters of an hour. It has been resolved, at a preliminary meeting held at Boulter's Hotel, " That the town and camp of Aldershott require additional railway accommoda tion, and this meeting pledges itself to use every means in its power to obtain it." The hired transport Essex, a new ship of 1,250 tons, belonging to Mr. George Marshall, of London, and commanded by Captain Lash, arrived in Ply mouth Sound on Saturday morning, and is ap• pointed to leave to-morrow (Tuesda;,7) for Calcutta. Including women and children she has on board 400 passengers, being detachments belonging to 20 regi ments, who go out under command of Capt. Chap man, of the 24th. After leaving the Thames two children sickened, apparently from some disorder, and were landed. The ship was in consequence ordered to call at Plymouth. As there has been no other sickness on board, she will proceed direct fo r her destination. POSTAL BAGS AMISSING.—Tne mail bags for Arisaig, due on Thursday of last week, have gone amissing, no trace of them being found up till this time. The mail is raid to contain several important letters, amongst others some addressed to Mr. Young, the Solicitor.. General, who is at prisent residing at Morar. The post runner, whose business it is to take charge of the bags, was examin e d b e f ore Sh er iff F ra ser and the authorities of i % ; a-William on the 15th, but he can give no account of the manner in which they have gone amissing, and con fessed that he was in, a state of inebriety at the tirae,—Was got, Emzl(l, BOILER EXPLOSION IN SUFFOLK. On Friday afternoon Mr. C. C. Brooke, coroner for the liberty of St. Etheldred, held an inquest at CharsfiAd, near Wickham-market, Suffolk, on the bodies of two men named Denny and License and a boy named 13 tttle, who had been killed on the pre ceding day by the explosion of the boiler of a port able agricultural engine. It appears that the engine was at work upon the farm of Mr. Walter Burch, of Campsea Ashe, and that it had been stopped for the purpose of adjusting the driving band, which came off soon after work had been resumed after the men had taken their afternoon meal. The two men and the boy, who were employed about the engine, were killed on the spot, and Mr. Burch himself was struck upon the head by a large piece of iron, sustaining a scalp wound which reduced him for several hours to a state of insensibility, The contents of the fire-box were scattered in all directions among the straw and wheat stacked near the engine, and a barn, the thrashing machine, and the entire produce of 18 acres of wheat were destroyed. The engine was fitted with a multitn bular boiler, and the end next the fire-box was blown out. The engine was at work about 12 yards from the barn, and was turned round and hurled against the thrashing machine, which stood next the barn. The cylinder with the pistons was driven 40 yards into an adjoining meadow, and a heavy piece of pipe, containing the throttle valve, was projected 112 yards in the same direction. The fur nace door and the iron plate upon which it was hung, weighing about 11 cwt., were blown quite across the meadow through a fence into another field, finally coming to rest at a distance of 188 yards from the scene of the explosion. The jury having viewed the bodies, which, as usual in such cases, presented a sickening spectacle, evidence was adduced to the effect that License was the engine driver—that Denny, just before the explosion, was taking off sacks from the thrashing-machine, and that Battle had been employed on the straw stack, but just before the accident took place his master called him down. All the men about the engine, which had been working unusually fast during the day, were sober. Mr. Barclay, solicitor, wto ap peared for Mr. Whitmore, the owner of the engine, expressed the readiness of his client to afford every information respecting it. He could show that the engine had been well constructed, and that it was in good repair; at the same time, nothing could be more satisfactory to Mr. Whitmore than that an engineer should be called in to examine the remains of the boiler and state his opinion to the jury. It was agreed that this course should be adopted. Before an adjournment of the inquiry, however, took place a witness named Stept en Ward was called, who stated that he was at work earlier in the week with the same engine at Mr. Mannall's. License was then driving the engine, which ap peared to be in a defective state, as the governors, which regulate the steam, did not work at all. The witness made an observation to License as to this, and asked him why the governors were not acting. In reply, License said it was an old machine out of repair. License leaves a widow and nine children, and Denny was also a married man with a family of three children. BURNING OF A SERAGLIO. (From the Levant Herald, August 12.) A positive calamity has befallen Stamboul. The old palace of Selim,of Muetepha, and of Mahmoud, next to the principal mosques, the most unique and characteristic feature on the south side of the Golden Horn—has been levelled by the flames. The disaster which has thus deprived the Turkish capital of one of its most striking and historically interest ing monuments, happened on Monday forenoon, when about seven o'cicck, the sudden bursting out of a column of black smoke from the southern ex tremity of the building announced to nearly every quarter of the city that the quaintly beautiful old building, which had escaped the fiery vicissitudes of a hundred years, had at length fallen a prey to the common local fate. In less than ten minutes from the first appearance of this fatal signal, the crimson flames shot up from out the black spreading mass, and, fanned by a strong north-west breeze, spread rapidly over the building, which, being of wood and dried already to a burning point by a ten weeks' broiling sun, speedily ignited, wherever a spark fell ; till, in little more than half a hour, the whole pile was hopelessly and irretrievably in a blaze. The fire-guns above Scutari vainly boomed out their summons of rescue to both sides of the Bosphorus; which was repeated equally to no pur pose by the signal-flags of the Galata and Seras keriat towers, from Tophaneh to Eyoub, and thence round to the Seven Towers; before the first of the scores of wretched engines which hurried from every quarter of the capital to the scene of the cala mity could even reach the Point, the old palace was far beyond salvation by any local means. Toe Grand Vizier, who happened to be ac Dalma-baktche at the time, was the first on the spot, having hurried across in one of the palace caiques. He was speedily fol lowed by the whole of the other Ministers, nearly all the general officers n garrison in the capital, and about 3,000 troops. A couple of strong boats' crews from H.M.S. Weser, lying off Tophaneh, also hastened to the scene and lent excellent help in the efforts made to overcome the flames. It was re marked that neither the large Russian steamers nor those belonging to the Messageries Imperiales— both lying close by—made any show of offering similar assistance. Their aid, however, would have availed but little. Favoured, as we have said, by the wind and tinder-like dryness of every part of the main and adjoining buildings, the fire defied all efforts to check it. The usual remedy of pulling down whole perches of building on either side of it was in vain resorted to—the flames literally jumped over each successive chasm thus made, and rolled on in increased volume, enveloping and devouring everything before them. Incredible as it may read to those who know the distance, not merely sparks but whole flakes of fire were carried right over the brow of the hill which sepa rates the Point from St. Sophia, and falling in and around the At-meidam, ignited more than one house in the neighbourhood. The fire which spread thus distantly was not long in reaching the beauti ful alleys of cypresses behind the palace, and as these caught, one after another, the blazing current was carried on in an almost unbroken wave to the successive courts and buildings in the rear. In an attempt to cut down these trees one of them fell upon an unfortunate sergeant of infantry and killed him on the spot. Happily this was, so far as we have been able to ascertain, the only fatal accident attending the disaster. Several small burns and contusions are repurted, but only this one life was, we are officially assured, lost on the occasion. Of the many narrow escapes that of the Grand Vizier was one of the closest. Accompanied by a dozen or so of soldiers his highness had penetrated into the centre of the building, where it was believed some of the fair inmetes yet remained. Whilst searching for these, the flames literally surrounded the room in which Fuad Pasha and his companions were, and it was only by escaping through a win dow which opened on the Marmora that his high ness end the men with him effected their retreat but a few minutes before the roof of the room they had left fall in. By 3p m. the work of destruction was complete. The fire indeed still ragel at that hour in the detached buildings in the rear 7.r.ci round toward Yali Kiosk, but of the old palace on the Point only the outer court walls and the chimney-stacks remained. About an hour after the fire broke out the Sultan himself proceeded to the scene, but on the - urgent advice of his Ministers, his Majesty remained only a short time in the dangerous neigh bourhood, returning to Doima-biktche, Nviienee the progress of the confligration was nearly as visible as from the perilous epot The site of the old building thus destroyed is one of the most hi s t or ic Stauthonle In th e earliest STAMPED -.50 . Byzantine days it was covered by the Acropolis of the new eastern capital ; later by a palace of the Empress Plaeidia ; later still, by another and grander imperial residence reared by Justinian, on the ruins of whi.lth other palaces were successively built, till Mahoraer 11. erected that of which the structure destroyed on Monday was the last of many restorations. In this actual building took place the assassinations of Sultans Shim 111. and Mustapha IV., and from it issued the successire edicts which crushed the Wahahees, annihilated the Janissaries, and inaugurated the other acts of reforming " vigour' , which illustrated the reign of Mahrnoud. On the completion of the new palace of Dolma 'oaktche the late Sultan removed to the latter resi dence, and the old building sunk into a retreat for the surviving (and unmarried off) members of his father's harem. On the death of AbdulMedjid him self, the former inmates were cleared out, and the ladies of his own late establishmentinstalled in their stead. AMERICAN AFFAIRS. (From the Special Correspondent of the Times.) BALTIMORE, Aug. 11. Years ago, aq I happened sometimes to sit with friends at a marble table in one of the Florentine cafes, conversation would, in spite of all efforts to the, contrary, take a political turn ; when I, accus tomed to the free air of happier climates, too dull to perceive that the voice of my interlocutors had sunk to a warning whisper, warming with my sub ject, and yielding to that foolish instinct which makes us heighten our tone by way of strengthen ing an argument, would break into a loud ' most in defiance of their cautious undertone s uuui my well-bred prudent companions, made aware that on nod or wink of theirs would sober me into dis cretion, began to rise and glide away one by one, leaving me to recollect, as I found myself alone master of the field, that I was in a country where walls had ears, and where men were called to ac count for words as often as for theds. I was hardly prepared, as I crossed the Atlantic, to find an American community haunted with all the terrors of old-fashioned Italian espionage. The gentleman who greets you at the reading-room, or at any of the parlours of one of these palatial hotels, casts an uneasy glance over his shoulder as he shakes hands, fidgets in his chair as he starts the momentous subject of the weather, and at last fairly begs you to take him into your private room, as " no talk can safely be carried on in these spy-beset public apartments." Gen. Schenk has decidedly inaugurated a petty reign of terror in Maryland, town and country. H e is going about with lighted lantern at noon, looking for " disloyal people," in a country where, if you accept his own definition of the word, every man, and, even more certainly, every woman, is " dis loyal." The Southern cause ought not to be gene rally the cause of the cities. Baltimore has little or nothing in common with the interests of slavery. There were not, at the first outbreak of the Civil War, as many as 200 negro bondmen in the whole town. Yet Southern feelings are very deep and very widely spread in Baltimore. Out of 250 mem bers of the bar hardly a score are looked upon as Unionists. The proportion among the rich merchants and bankers is even smaller. I scarcely know a family here—and my acquaintance begins to be pretty extensive—that has not one or more than one mem ber out in the ranks cf the Confederate army. I know of cases where as many as five or six brothers have gone off to Lee's camp from under the same roof ; young men, hardly full grown, rolling in wealth at home, softly nurtured, petted, and pam pered, have enlisted in the ranks as privates ; they have borne and bear unheard-of hardships, declining all aid and subvention from their parents, cut off from all communication with them, too happy when a secret scout or disguised messenger from General Stuart goes the round of the houses where anxious mothers are watching and praying, with the wel come though concise verbal message that their dar ling is " alive and well." And it is among a people so circumstanced that the agents of the Federal Government are seeking for " loyal" sentiments and are determined to enforce them. Tue fight between North and South has al ready long since been fought here on legal ground; and ever since the members of the State Legislature were sent " to consider themselves" at Fort Warren for 18 months, there has been no such thing a s even the pretence or semblance of law in Mary land. The military exercise supreme sway, and, under their patronage, the Government has fallen into the hands of that minority which had just been crushed in 1860 before the outbreak of the civil war. A stranger to local passions, and proud of my neutral position, I shall not repeat all I hear to the disparagement of that minority from the mouth of their adversaries. That they are " men of no rank, strangers to the country, Yankees for the most part" is, however, sufficiently manifest; con stituted into a Union party,backed by the bayonets of a strong garrison, and by the helpless condition of a State cut off from all communication with its friends, and exposed to attack by land and sea from its enemies, these Union men have the whip hand of their adversaries, and most unmercifully they use it. To displease them is to be disloyal; the charge of disloyalty is sufficient to send a man to prison or to doom a woman to be forcibly conveyed across the lines to Virginia. Under such circumstances men are, as I said, soon taught the bitter lessons of caution and dissimula tion. People here dream of nothing but spies and informers ; social intercourse is at an end, letters are deemed unsafe, the clubs have been shut up, the press is made to conceal hotels are shunned , the rather than to utter thoughts. It is only if you are admitted into th e p r i v a c y o f the Baltimore houses, if you disarm all suspicion, and win titles to free intercourse with the people, that you get at the real state of their minds and hearts, when such an exhibition is made of their feelings that it is only by the strongest efforts that Ton can prevent your own from running away with your calm judgment. I thought I knew some thing of the hatred of the Lombards for Austria or of the Poles for Russia, but I am quite sure I had no idea of such rancorous feelings as harbour in Southern breasts against the mere name of Yankee. There is no a moant of education, no polish of manner, that has power to moderate the or at least to soften its expression. The sternest of men, the gentlest and loveliest of women, are equally apt to speak and behave as savages whenever the hideous topic is brought in; and when is there any other theme of talk introduced at any momen t among these excited p eop l e ? The mere question of slavery moves s them not ; Union or Secession are words which have lost not a little of their import ; Democracy and Republicanism have no very great weight on their mind. On all these subjects they can reason. What stirs them up is the word " Yankee." It is against the North, as such, that they cherish implacable hate. Rather than be, I will not say reunited, but reconciled to them on any terms, there is not one among them, if you hear them, that is not willing to give up not only life, but, what is infinitely dearer, home and country, the most sacred domestic and social ties. The strong, true instinct with them is in the event of the ultimate downfall of the South to baffle the North by universal emigration. Of the grievances of the South against the North previous to the opening of the present civil war there seems hardly anything more to be said. I hear now no great complaints of Yankee hypocrisy and fanaticism on the subject of slavery, of their tarif f , of their jealousy of Southern superior abili ties and political ascendancy. It is the war itself, they say, which has set forth the Yankee character in its true light, and has roused in Southern bosoms a resentment which no lapse of time would seem likely to extinguish. In a war which for the North was one of mere aggression ; in a war in Which NEWSPAPER 4 . 1 :17 AZ4I;;P " the North was at least four to the South, why could not the fa the same fair, honourable means as Behold ! Virginia, Carolina, Maryland he_ taken the field with all their chivalry; officers in their lines are gentlemen ; the law of nations, the calls of common courtesy and humanity are obeyed by the armies under the orders of Lee, on the battle-field as at a tournament. Before the -Jo victory the Southerner behaves like a man who fears God, and whose sword has no edge where it meets with uo resistance. " The North," these Marylanders say, contrast ieg the conduct of the two belligerents, "the North never took the field ; it fought its battles by proxy ; it led the scum of its own cities, the refuse of emi grant Europ , , to the invosion of the South. I's soldiers are mere ruffians ; its alicers, you see them, greedy attorneys, low peddlers, crack-brained schoolmasters—a ruthless, grasping, fanatical set, of which the Schenks and the Butlers are the proto types. Ali the horrors of war, the hardships and sufferings, either altogether inseparable from war fare on an extensive scale, or attributable to imper fect means and want of experience —the strict, harsh, arbitrary measures attendant upon military occupation and the infliction of martial law—all is by these Southerners laid to the charge or the innate base malice of Yankee nature. They have endless tales of the refined, petty cruelty, of the coarseness of language, of the outrageous manners by which the mean victors wilfully, as they say, eg grovate ti rowful condition o f t h e vanquished. A few o r their most striking cases of Yankee harshness and vul garity I gave you in a former letter. Z have one to add to-day which, perhaps, better characterise s the mutual feelings of the contending parties than any of the foregoing. A certain number of ladies of the Union party, chiefly from the North, have taken upon themselves the management of the Baltimore hospitals, which are at this time full of the sick and wounded from the fields of Gettysburg. The wife of a Yankee schoolmaster, now at the top of political influences, under Scheni: patronage, is at the head of this cha 'on. On one of her late visits this zealous woman walked into the ward ., ef the Con federate wounded with a Federal flag in her hand, and held the obnoxious stars and stripes over the bed of a dying sufferer, saying, as she waved the rustling silk in his very face, "There my friend, you were loth to live under this glorious banner; it must be refreshing to you at least to die under it !" It is by these shocking, incredible outrages against good taste, no less than good feelings, that the Yankees have laid for themselves so large a trea sure of hatred among these Southerners, who be lieve themselves, and who are, in my opinion, so much more humane and gentle. Unfortunately, the North is aware of this implacability of the Southern people, and, as I have before hinted, contemplates no less than the restoration of its power over the land by the utter, reckless ruin and extermination of its inhabitants. It was only after Lee's retreat at Gettysburg and the fall of Vicksburg and Port Hudson that the real intentions of the Republican party in power at 'Washington began to reveal themselves. It was then that the armament of negroes on a very large scale and the all-sweeping confiscation of rebel property were openly resolved upon. But the thought that no quarter should be given to the South, the,t none should be spared, and the innocent perish with the guilty, was lurking in many a Northern bosom at a very early time. "Witness the following paragraph, printed on the 21st April, 1862, in the TVashington Globe--a paper then, as now, under the immediate influence of the Government : " If such is really the will and purpose of the body of the Southern people, and not merely the vain bravado or desperation of. their rui ne d leaders, who would pu ll down everything with them, in their own certain ruin before Heaven let the final trial of power and truth and justice in this question be made at once and for ever. If with no complaint against the Government —for they have never yet made any—they choose traitorously to resist to the death the efforts of that Union, like a chastening. father, to bring them back, repentant, to its fostering arms, let them die the death, let their very memory fade for ever, and let their desolated fields be given to some better race who will know how to cultivate them for the good of all man kind." Here the doom —not of the Southern combatants alone, but of all the race—was R ith sufficient clear ness foreshadowed. That doom is now being ful filled, and without inconceivable prodigies of valour, or without foreign interference, it will not be averted. It is true, there are noble hearts in the North, and there are not ungenerous parties who revolt against this unheard-of abuse of victory. There are wary men and jealous parties who look upon the subjugation of the South on these un sparing terms as an evil fraught with serious con sequences to themselves, a danger for the future libertieid the Union, and for the independent ex ercise of single States. Opposition is already to be heard thundering loudly in many an influential Northern organ, and Mr. Lincoln and his Cabinet are made the subject of the most virulent attacks. The blackest republicanism is rampant, however, and the moderate, conservative, or " Democratic" party, seem to have neither head nor heart. The " Copperhead? are likely enough to stand by and see the South immolated, though they ought to be aware their own turn will come next. The intense beat under which we' are all suffering seems to have prostrated, and to some extent dis organised, both the armi es i n Vi rginia. That of General Meade, who has repeatedly tendered his resignation, and is likely to be superseded by Grant, is said to be about to be drawn back "in front of Washington." Lee is reported to have sent :leveret brigades to Charleston. His army is reduced in numbers, and the sufferings, both in the camp and. in Richmond, are described as severe. The ther mometer is often up at 100 deg. there (we had it at 94 deg., and even 98 deg. here yesterday in the shade). Illness is rife among the troops. All au thorities agree that "ouch a heat was neeer expo. rienced in these parts of the American Continent." - There is in one of the Northern papers an article which I hope will not escape your attention, as it is the best picture the Americans can draw of them selves, politic a l state, and of the men : : c their gu social iding and their destinies. The article is entitled " Saratoga : Past and Present," and it con trasts the brilliant reunions of that favourite water in-place in the days of President Van Buren, a quarter of a century ago, with the riffraff which congregate on the same cool spot now-a-days. "That," says the paper, "was the classic age. This is the age of shoddy. Then the destinies of the nation were controlled by statesmen. Now a pack of poor, crazy fanatics rule to ruin. The then Goddess of Liberty was represented as a young and lovely woman, fresh, vigorous, immortal. Now the repre sentative cf Liberty is supposed to be a halt-witted fellow, who wears his trousers tucked into his boots, and his old white hat on the back of his head, as if the disorder of his dress were typical of the dis order of his mind Our politicians used to be gentlemen, but now the majority of them are arrant scoundrels. Society, politics, and, indeed, the whole Republic, have lost their tone," &c. The writer goes on to build his hopes on the future, and in the " reconstruction of the Union, followed by a general regeneration ;" but it remains to be seen whether a restoration of the Union brought about by " pour crazy fanatics," under the guidance of a half-witted fellow," and at the suggestion of arrant scoundrels, calling themselves politicians," —a restoration grounded on the extermination of the white and the ruin and confusion of the nee,-ro race in the South, will be conducive to that " rapid, triumphant, and glorious progress" which this out spoken laudator Import's acti anticipates. THE PRIMMEST, 'MINCING SYMPATHY—perhaps ever put into words, is that expressed by the Queen of Prussia in a note accompanying her Majesty's contribu. tion of 59 Fredericks d'or to the Cobourg committee for the erection of a monument to the late Prince Coneort, a note expressed in the manner following :—" I have followed the project of erecting a monument to the departed Prince Albert in his native town with great sympathy, and desire se much the more to participate in ita execution, as the ever-memorable Prince constantly stood on terms of close acquaintance with me both as relation and friend; mid his memory is esteemed and dear to me. With these feelings I accompany your noble enterprise, for which the enclosed contribution is intended, with my best wiehes.—AUGUSTA, Queen of Prussia—Coblentz, July 25, 1563."_