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p ENT ENlliEtt, WE SUP AT EVANS' EVERY EVENING THIS WEEK after Alfred Mellon's Prorn?nade Concerts. I .NCIES hr MIDSHIPMEN k.:7 APP rtEN NOES in first-class London shipping fir it. Premium molorate. _U-0 anprentt!es without premium.— Apply to SDINECINDS and Co.. :),8, St. Mary-at-hill, East cheap, E.C. Third Officers and Stewards wanted. 11.4 DINEURGH (Reduced F areq ) f rom Irongate .l.l.l wharf, Tower.--Saloon, 20s ; fo re ' cabin, 15s; deck (soldiers and sailors only), 7s Ad ; return tickets (available for a month), 3s and rd. The chesnest and uickest sea route by theo splendid 2.1 s new STEAMSHIPS of the q LONDON and EDINBURGH SHIPPING COMPANY, sailing every Wednesday and Saturday, at 10 morning. Apply at the Spread Eagle, Regent-ci rcus ; or at Irong ate-wharf. T HE ORIENTAL HOTELS COMPANY (Limited). Illenrporated under the Corn , anies' Act. 185'2, by which the Liability of each Shareholder is strictly limited to amount of his Shares. Capital £'5 9 ,000, in 25,0')0 Shares of £lO each. (With power to increase to One Million Sterling.) First Issue 12,500 Shares, wherPot a portion will be reserved for India. Deposit .£1 per Share on application, and £1 on allotment. Calls not to exceed £2 per Share, with an interval of not less three months between each call. DIRECTORS. Sir John Peter Grant, K.C.B• , Chairman, late Lieutenant- Governor ot Benga. 10l Anderson, C. 1 8., Director of the Eastern Bengal Rail way Company. George Constable, Esq., Firm of Henderson and Constable, Cannon-.treet, E.C. Sir Frederick Currie, Bart. Member of the Council of India. Colonel French, Chairman of the Bombay snd Baroda Rail wa Company. Colon y el Holland, Director of the Agra and United Service Bank. John stewart, Esq., Director of the 141arine Insurance Com pan John y. Robert Thomson, Esq., Chairman of the London and South African Bank. James Henry Young , Esq.. late of the Bengal Civil Service. AUDITORS. T. R. Walker, Esq., 21, Hanover-square, and A Shareholder, to be elected at the First General Meeting. BANKERS IN LONDON, The Agra and United Service Bank (Limited), 27, Cannon street, 14:.C. The London and County Bank, Hanover-square, W. BANKERS IN INDIA. The Agra and Unt ed Service Bank (Limited). SOLICITORS. Messrs. Uptons, Johnson, and Upton, 20, Austin-'riars, E.O BROKER. Francis Burnand, Esq., 7S, Lombard-street, and 13 and 14, County-climbers, Cornhill, E.C. SECRETARY (pro tem.) Macdonald Yates, Esq. Temporary Offices :-35, Cannon-street, E.C., and 5, Parli ment-street, Westminster. ABRIDGED PROSPECTUS. This Company is formed for the purpose of introducing a system of efficient Hotel accommodation into India, China, and other places in the East. In Calcutta a joint-stock company has lately purchased and undertaken the management of a Hotel, and the pro spects of the enter. rise may be inferred from the very high prem'um at which their shares are quoted in the Calcutta market, see "Times" Ju'y 17, the "Englishman's Weekly Mail" of June 8, 1861, and "Allen's Indian Mail," of August 4—viz., £25 paid. present value, £l5 ex div., equal to 80 per cent. prem., and the payment of a dividend of 10 per cent. for the hell-year ending 30th April last, equal to 20 per cent. per annum. it is proposed, in the first instance, to supply the urgent rrquirements of Bombay and Point de Galle. In the event of two-thirds of the first issue of shares not beino - subscribed for, no allotmen' will take place, and the deposits will be returned to the subscrib rs, without deduc tion. . it is proposed to pay to shareholders 5 per cent. interest upon the capital as paid up, until the first dividend is de clared. _ Detailed prospectuses and forms of application for shares may be obtained of the Secretary, Bankers, and Broker. ORIENTAL HOTELS COMPANY (Li m i te d) . NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN, That NO APPLICA TION for SHARES in the oriental Hotels Company (Limited) WILL BE RECEIVED after TO-MORROW (SATURDAY), the 15th August current. MACDONALD YATES, Secretary pro tern ROYAL ALHANIBRA PALACE. The FAIRY FOUNTAIN.—The Jtisarelis (last week pre vious to their departure for the Continent)—The Brothers Conrad- Les Petit Monstres—The Francesco Family, from La Scala, Milan, &c. Grand Operatic Selection :—Miss M'Gregor. Albert, Georgini, supported by Chorus and Band of Sixty Performers. Notice.—The Proprietor has much pleasure to announce that he has an eng, , gement with Mdlle. Taccani, from Her Majesty's Theatre, who will appear every evening. PASSENGERS AND TRAVELLERS PROTECTION AND COMPENSATION OFFICES, 16, Craven-street, Strand, London, W.C. Passengers by Rail, Road, or Water. and others suffering from loss or injury to themselves or proderty, should apply for redress and compensation 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 ➢Tanager," enclosing a stamp for reply. T HE ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY. HEAD OFFICES, 29, Lombard-street, London, and Royal Insurance buildings. LiverpoeL Total Annual Revenue exceeds £500, 0 ,0. Accumulated Funds In hand over 1,000,000. Chairman in Liverpool: CHARLES TURNER, Esq., M.P. Chairman in London : WILLIAM WAINWRIGHT, Esq. DEAFNESS. —The SOUND MAGNIFIER INVISIBLE VOICE CONDUCTOR, a newly in vented Instrument for severe cases of deafness. It fits into the ear, not perceptiNe, 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. N ORTH BRITISH AND MERCANTILE INSURANCE COMPANY. Established 1809. Incorporated by Royal Charter and Special Acts of Parliament. Accumulated and Invested Funds Annual Revenue.... 422,401 FIRE DEPARTMENT. Insurarres 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 iransacted in 1862 as follows: Policies. Amount Inured. Premiums. 1,037 £763,334 £23.641 0 0 Forms of Proposal and every information will be furnished on application at the OFFICES : LONDON 5B, Threadneedle-street. 4, New Bank Buudings. Lothbury. „ West-end O ffi ce 8. Waterloo -place, Pall-malL N ORWICH UNION FIRE INSURANCE SOCIETY. The business of the Company exceeds £70,000,000. The duty paid to Government for the year 1862 was £85,062, and the amount insured on farming stock, £10,w,332, A bonus of three-fifths of the profi's periodically made to parties insuring, who have thus, from time to time, received (Rums amount .ng in the aggregate to £410,000 ; and the Society now holds a large Res rye appli 'able to a future Bonus. ch The rates of p rem i um are i n no case higher than those th e a i r r g g by the other principal offices making no returns to figurers. For pr o street, IsT 'Pectuses apply a t the Society's Offices, Surrey friars, Erich ; and 6, Crescent, New Bridge-street, Black- PROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION. Established 1840. Thomas Baring, E3(l 31 ._TRIISTEER. Thomson Hankey, I Wm. Geo. Prescott, Esq. Mutual Lif.. Assurance for allßcarlasonee VL. de Rothschild, M.. This Association ha s n ew in e „ " ,_ t o tal sum of £1,500,000. ...fence 6,000 policies, for a The Annual Income ig The Accumulated Fund e • • £51,000 It has paid in Claim s id h e a d q U illq : U : enn 2l l l a The whole of the profits are 0 2 1 ,s 1 3: 0 00 among the Members Three divisions b ee , a v c 7.. al ready been made' when the following sums have policies ued as bonuses to the Dec. 31, 1547 • • 1852 • ' • • X 5,400 18 5 7 • • • • . • • • 11,500 " 1862 .. 1 • • 2 3.200 making the total bonus additions, £93,600. 5 6,500 Boluses may - be received i n c lsh or applied to th e reduc tion of 'premiums at the option of the assured, in lieu of an addition to the I ol ey'• Attentior. is especially invited to the system of free or • up policies Introduced by this Association, by which the sacrifice so oi , en submitted to on the relinquishment of a po icy is wholly avoided. The balance-sheets of the Association are open to all, whether assurers of otherwise Active and influential agents ~l be appointed in unrepr e . rented districts WM. TIIOS LINFORD, Secretary. Chief Office, 15, 3foorgate-street, E.C., Aug 1, 1863. JISTOLGRAMS of BABIES (Guinea Jewellery daily BitPt ~r traits), with album enlarffements therefrom, tak e , SKATPE'S Pigtolgraph Depot, 32, Sussex -place. Re, ilessesl ark ' NAV.' where a cia,sification ot children's like. antmtethdeedd.ay of birth may now be seen. Invalids and T EA.- N mate that th •4.- • TOORE 13 RO rl-1 ERS respectfully inti etTecialv re their New Prospectus s. 2d. ; Souchonil Tea, reduced is now ready. They to 3 recommend their imrovetl Fain 9 duced to 3s. Bd._; 2' reduceto . s. , . , d 1 rd • mixed Assam, re_ to 3 and' the finest Assam, reduced from 4s. 4d. s. 11d. per lb. Ain — " E BROTHERS, 35, London -bridge, City, E.C. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail way Terminus, at King's-cross. Patron—The QUEEN. President—The Duke of BUCCLEUCH, K.G. Treasurer—Edward Masterman, Esq. - This was the first hospital to introduce the principle of free and instant admission to the destitute sick, without the for mality of governors' letters. It is entirely devoted to desti tution in its most pitiable form—viz., that which is accom panied by sickness and disease, and is now of sufficient magnitude that, with adequate support, it may be rendered capable of admitting into its wards a very large proportion of the casual sick of this great metropolis. It requires but the funds in order to have 500 beds available for the reception of these the most wretched of our fellow -creatures. Moreover, it gratuitously affords medical advice and medicine to more, on the average, than 3,000 out-patients a week. The Weekly Board feel it their imperative duty to make an EARNEST APPEAL to the public for continued support, to enable them to admit and relieve the distressing cases that daily present themselves. Contributions are received by the Treasurer. Eward Mas erman, Esq., Nicholas-lane; also by Messrs. Coutt d s and Co. ; Drummond and Co. ; Herries and Co. ; R ansom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Glyn and Co. ; Jones Loyd and Co. ; B arc l ay and Co. ; Denisim and Co. ; W lliams, Deacon, and Co. ; Overend, Gurney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co. ; Messrs. J. Barned and Co., Liverpool and at the Hospital. STANFORD S. SMITH, Secretary. R O IAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION (Incorporated by Royal Charter). PATRONESS—Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen. PRESIDENT—Vice-Admiral the Duke of Northumberland, K.G., F.R.S. CHAIRMAN—Thos. Baring, Esq., M.P., F.R.S., V.P. DEPUTY -CHAIRMAN—Thomas Chapman, Esq., F.R.S., V.P. EXTRACfS FROM THE REPORT FOR THE YEAR - - 1862. The Directors of the Royal Insurance Company are now called upon to make their accustomed periodical Report at the Meeting of its Shareholders. FIRE BRANCH. The Directors have. as p , easinglv as unexpectedly, at the close o the year, to announce, for file first time, that the Fire Premiums have not only reached, but exceed £300,000. The high comparatiie position held by the Royal in the Government Returns of Duty is ag,,in fully maintained. The profit of the business of the year exceeds considerably the amount realised in the preced,ng year, and in fact sur passes that of any year, with but two exceptions, sine- the commencement of this Office, the balance to the credit on account of British and Foreiv,n Insurances being £95,107 10s. 5d., and of the North American business, whichis kept sepa• rately, £11,097 16s. 10d. LIFE BRANCH. The very gratifying duty now falls upon the Directors to state the sum assured on n w policies for fhe year 1862 exceeds even that of the ye.r 1861 by £lBO,OOO, and has arrived at the almost unexampled amount for a single year of £701,427 on 1,498 new policies issued. Until within the last few years it is believed that such a sum assured as that which has just been announced as the result of one year's business was all but unheard of. This portion of the Company's business has been carefully watched, and cannot fail to give much satisfaction to the shareholder, as well as no small encouragement for the future to the participating life assurer. Evidence of continued care in the selection of lives is amply afforded by a statement of the number rejected. These have amounted to 311 for the year, on which the aggregate sum` proposed for assuranre Amo un t s t o £143,281. Various degrees of ineligibility have led to these lives being declined. No small number of the Assurance Companies of the day record their accepted lives annually at a sum not much, if at all, exceeding those which the Royal has declared as inadmis sible in a single year from deterioration of some kind or another. If, to complete their review, the Directors now advert briefly to the United Kingdom, they have to announce that in Fire Business its progress has been undoubtedly more rapid than that of any other Company established either in London or elsewhere, except when amalgamations have taken place. The returns of duty have proved this. In Life, the amount of New Policies already reported make all other evidence needless, The Directors conclude their present Report with the expression of an opinion that the prospects of the Royal Insurance Company were never brighter, and of a consequent hope, founded on a grateful remembrance . of the past, that the future may unfold for it a sphere of still greater maeni tude, combiniag 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. K ._ . O. 22,193. NEW NOVEL by the Author (4 "COUSIN GEOFFREY." Just ready, in 3 v 015.,. L EFT TO THEMSE LVES. By the Author of "Cousin Geoffrey," &C. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. LADY EMILY PONSONBY'S NEW NOVEL. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., MAR Y LYND S A Y. By Lady EMILY PONSONBY. " This story is interesting and enthralling* throughout. Mary Lyndsay is a most charming heroine."—Sun. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Now ready, in crown Bvo., 10s. 6d., THE THIRD VOLUME of DR. MONIMSEN'S III•VrORY OF ROME, Translated by the Rev. W. PITT DICKSON. Richard Bentley, Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty. Just published, in Bvo., price is., M AGNEOPATHY, THE PHILOSOPHY OF HEALTH. Bentley, New Burlington street. CRITIQUES on the NEWSPAPER PRESS in the LITERARY TIMES, every week. ALFRED MELLON'S PROMENADE CON CERTS, Royal Italian Opera, Covent-garden, THIS EVENING, at Eight o'clock. Vocalist—M(llle. CARLOTTA PATTI. Band of nearly 100 performers. Admission, One Shilling. THOXF O R D, e, 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, Huish, &c., with full band and chorus. Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans. Flute Solos by Drew Dean &c. Comic, by UNSWORTH ("or any other man "), Eugene, W. Randall, E. Righton, and A. Lloyd. Also, a Pei formance 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 8 o'clock. Admission, 6d. ; stalls and balcony, ls. ; private boxes, 102. 6d. N OTICE. —The GHOST! GHOST !! GHOST!!! AT CANTERBURY HALL. Two representations of Professor Pepper'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 newest .improve ments by Mr. A. Silvester, which can be seen only at this establishment. Dramatic Readings by Mr. Graham, in addition to Grand Operatic Selections, Cantatas, GleFs, Songs, Comic and Sentimental, and UNSWORTH, the Stump Orator. Open every Evening at half past Seven. . Admission, Sixpence. ESTABLISHED 1833. BOWDEN'S AERATED GINGER BEER, in glass or stone bottles, warranted to keep good twelve months. Lemonade, Soda-water, Potass, Seltzer, and every description of Mineral Waters.—Manufactory, No. 3, White Hart-street, Drury-lane, W.C. PAGE'S BRICK, TILE, AND PIPE MACHINE', for hand, horse, or steam power, are the most simple and efficient extant.—Ful: particulars and prices obtained of the makers, E. Page and Co., Laurence Pountney place, Laurence Pountney-hill, Cannon-street, E.C., where they may be seen in operation daily. MONEY PROMPTLY ADVANCED by a Private Gentleman upon FURNITURE (without removal\ Leasehold an Freehold Property, or Reversions, &a, in sums from £2O to £500.-31r. Howard, 18, Queen street, Cheapside. TO Persons in WANT of MONEY (in Town or Country).—A GENTLEMAN is willing. to MAKE ADVANCES of CAS ti, without delay, to respectable person , (male or female), on their own security. The utmost secrecy can be relied on.—Apply (it by letter enclose four st amps ) t o AT., at hlr. Robertson s, Accountant, 40. King William-street, London-bridge, E.C.—Money advanced on Dock Warrants. IMMEDIATE CASH ADVANCES.—Persons requiring Capital, repayable by instalments, to enable them to increase or commence business, or for any other purpose, can readily obtain Advances on application at the Offices of the ST. GEORGE ADVANCE FUND ASSO CIAT lONS, 118, Pall-mall, S.W. Prospectus and forms sent free. E. H. GILBART, Manager. ANEVER FAILING REMEDY.- Dr. SCOTT'S BILIOUS and LIVER PILLS, pre dared 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, &o. For habitual costiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier of the blood, they are truly excellent ; mild in their opera tion and grateful to the stomach, they create appetite, pro mote digestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system. Sold by W. Lambert, 8, King William-street, Charing-cross. London, and by most druggists, in boxes,ls. lid., and three times the quantity in one, 2s. 9d. Be sure to ask for Dr. Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are a square green package, with " William Lambert," engraved on the stamp. APPEAL. The Committee of Management have to state that, since , he beginning of the year 1860, the Royal National Lifeboat Institution has expended £32,000 on various Lifeboat Estab lishments nn the Coasts of England, Scotland, and Ireland. The number of lives saved by the Life-boats of the ,ciociety, and other means, since its formation, is 12,800; tor which services 82 Gold Medals, 718 Silver Medals, and £18,480 in cash have been paid in rewards. The Institu tion has also expended £67,000 on Life-boats, Life-boat Transporting-cart iages, 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 sensib'e, 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 gratefully acktlowledge the following con tributions:— Her Majesty the Queen „ • •• .. annual 50 C 0 Campbell, the lion, Mrs. G. .. .• .. annual 50 0 Clerk, Colonel, B.A. .. • • .. .. annual 1 1 0 C Co u n rr tt i : . a i n v d m Co t ,. s 3 q le , sers.,..Bank . e . rs ; ; 4 a t n h u d u o a n l . l o o 0 0 0 0 Erie, Lord Wm., Justice • • • • • • don. 10 10 0 Faushawe, Vice-Admiral Sir A., K.C.B. .. 2d don, 2,5 0 0 F:lonewire,ekß'e:.. j., ES4" cpst of a Life , b . oat a..nddTonra.n sporting Carriage .. • • • • Martin, Sir II Bart. .. .. 250 0 0 .. 7th don. 10 0 0 TSn Stirling,ll. Harvey, i d e gB. ;r bi psoay. Rev. G. G r ; l ys G :e o :: l w . r ßi rA Y g . e .' n, and I d ro en ; te r I I ' , , :, . ~. . ~ • •• annualdo. n , , . 0 0 0 0 K 0 B Donations and W . 7170 6 u Ere ;by, Lord .. • • • • • 16 16 0 .• •• Weston-super-Mare, eolleeted by her annual 5 0 0 Rankers S t u be thankfully Willis,llyre dived by the Percival, and co . era o the + Messrs. Coutts and • 76 Lombard-strOc.; Co., 59, Strand; Sfeeers. Henries, Farauhar. and Co., 16, St. ,lames's•street, London ; bya l the Collectors of Quetoms and Bankers in the Unitedkingdom; and by the Secretary Subscriptions will Richard Lewis, La's at at the Office of the Institution , 14 , John-street, Adelphl, London, W.C. , t , . % , 7 11111111 . , N SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. a clear lead, which he retained to the stand, when Dawdle came with a rush, and won a fine race by a head; a length and a half separating second and third Queen of the Gip sies was fourth, and Nereus neat; the others beaten off, the last two being the Toy filly and Rosa. READING RACES, AUG. 13. w p e le re as t a h n e t in d d i u st c a e n ni c e e n f ts ro t m ha t t own, a n T d h a e n. al lovely t v r e a l c y t i ' v v e e a b t i h l l e r Of fare e e yes terday brought crowds to the King's Meadow and filled the hotels of this quiet Berkshire borough to overfLwing. The Great Western, of course, carried the greatest number of passengers, but the more circuitous routes of the rival lines were not disdained, and the trains from Waterloo and Lou don-bridge were heavy. The entry for the Reading Stakes, it is true, dwindled down to four starters, and the absence of Mr. Ten Broeck's Derby colt Paris robbed them of a great deal of their inte rest; Mr. Merry's good-looking filly Crisis winning with perfect ease. A pretty race for the King's Meadow Stakes heralded the event of the day—the Berkshire Stakes, for which only five came to the post. Change and Blackdown were nearly equal favourites, the former, from his running at Wolver hampton, having the call. The race was left to these two, Change succeeding in defeating the Goodwood winner by a neck. BETTING ON THE COURSE. MICR HANDICAP. sto 1 agst Clarior (taken) 100 to 15 agst Golden Pledge (taken) 10 to 1 agst Melrose (taken) 10 to 1 agst Carisbrook (taken) 10 to 1 agst Piccador (taken) 10 to 1 agst Bellman (taken) 12 to 1 agst Captain Crow (taken) 15 to 1 agst The Monk (taken) 20 to 1 agst Oldminster (offered) ST. LEGER. sto 1 agst The Ranger (taken) 6to 1 agst Lord Clitden (taken and offered) 100 to 15 agst Queen Bertha (taken) 7to 1 agst Avenger (taken) Mr. Merry was able to place the Ladies' Plate to his account with Sister to Melsonby, and a very slow-run race for the Nursery eventuated in the easy victory of Mr. Trimmer's Verbena by two lengths. The Stewards' Plate brought 11 to the post, and after some delay in starting Kingswood landed his owner's colours victorious by a head, after a good race with Bali ♦erne. YORK AUGUST MEET Weights for the Chesterth 'ING.—TUESDAY, Aug, 18. Led Handicap. One mile: Age st lb Dictator Johnny Armstrong 4 9 5 Ace of Clubs .. 4 8 13 Calabria 5 8 7 Little Pippin 4 8 5 Lothian's King Stanton (lemma 4 8 0 Doncaster Bertha Toggery 6 7 7 Flash in the Pan a 7 7 Comet Golden Pledge Despair Weights for the Nurs( Age st lb Beauvais .. Old Orange Girl 3 7 1 Paddy O'Rourke Angelus 3 6 13 Fluke 3 6 13 Dolphin 3 6 9 Michael Scott Newchurch Alice Li ttlecote Manchester Trump Queen 3 6 5 Jer ny- Wren 3 6 2 Middlewatch 3 6 0 Coverdale 3ry Handicap. T.Y C. The sport, though not first-rate, was satisfactory, and the praiseworthy punctuality of the arrangements deserves notice at our hands. The Eaathampstead Park Stakes of 5 soya each, 2 ft, with 30 added ; for 3-yr-olds and upwards ; weight for age ; winners extra, with maiden allowances. One mile and a half. 11 subs. Mr. Brayley's Golden Dust, 3 yrs, 7st 21b .... (Cannon) 1 Mr.lßeadman's Fontenoy, 3 yrs, 7st 31b (Plumb) 2 Mr. Merry's Lioness, 4 yrs, 7st 111 b (H. Covey) 3 Betting-7 to 4on Golden Dust. at lb The Clown 8 10 Madame Walton Thimblerig 8 2 Tarleton •••• Appenine Rouge Crosse 7 11 Procella „„ .. 7 11 Goldylocks Prescription Lyra Inverness Balderstone 7 6 Coverdale Good Advice Ghillie Callum .. 7 3 Mysterious Lady Rose Theobalda Lady de Trafford Claxton Oulton Lowe 7 0 Nemo Skylark .. 7 0 Harvest Mell . 7 0 Jet colt 7 0 st lb Ess Bouquet lAle Girl Fauconberg 6 13 Acolyte Greville Mother Carey's Chicken Cutaway 6 12 Kapund a 6 12 Ignorance filly .. 6 12 Daunus (late Stonewall Jackson) .... The Shuffier .. 6 10 Land of the West .... 6 10 Dawdle B angle 6 9 Exile of Erin's dam o 6 9 Caroline Jane Shore 6 7 Frondenr . 6 7 Villagiatura Thornton 6 6 Alice Lee 6 4 Laura Fontenoy took the lead, followed by Golden Dust and Lioness, until the turn into the straight, when Mr. Bray ley's colt drew up, passed Fontenoy at the stand, and won cleverly by a neck. A bad third. The Reading Stakes of 15 sous, 5 ft, with 50 added, for 2- yr-olds ; colts, Bst 101 b and fillies Bst 51b ; winners extra. Half-a-mile. 32 subs. Mr. Merry's Crisis, 88L 21b Mr. J. Powney's Lady Williams (31b), Bst 21b .. (Judd) 2 Mr. W. S. Cartwright's Inca (31b), Bst 21b (Custance) 3 Mr. Greville's Bradamante, Bst 51b (J. Goater) 4 Betting-9 to 4on Crisis, sto 1 agst Lady Williams, and 6 to 1 agst Isca. - - - The favourite, in company with Bradamante, Lady Wil liams, and Isca, made the running to the enclosure, where Mr. Greville's filly was beaten; Crisis at the same time drew slightly in advance, and won very cleverly by three parts of a length. Lady Williams obtained the second honours by a head ; a bad fourth. The King's Meadow Stakes (handicap) of 5 soya each, with 30 added. Winners extra. Straight, 7 furlongs. 15 subs. Mr. Reeves's Topsy, 3 yrs, 7st (T. French) 1 Mr. F. Jacob's Lufra, 3 yrs, 7st 121 b .......... (D a l e y) 3 .... Sir F. Johnstone's Tailor, 2 yrs, sst 71b .. (B arrett ) 3 The following also ran !—Rubini, Churchman, Tom Sayers, Margery, The Dictator, and The Reserve. HORSES STRUCK OUT Of THEIR ENGAGEMENTS.— August 7, at 9 a.m. all Sir Joseph Hawley's horses out of their engagements at York August Meeting. Bth, at 5.50 p.m. Mulberry, out of Chillington and Nursery Stakes, Wolverhampton. -10th, at 9 a.m. Breechloader, Umpire, and Polynesia (left in by mistake) out of Wolverhampton Stakes ; Lytham out of Nursery Stakes, Reading ; Tro janus eut of Ebor Handicap, York ; at 10 40 a.m. Village Belle out of Berkshire Stakes, Reading ; at 4 15 p.m. Madame Walton out of Reading and Wolverhampton en gagements ; at 4 30 p.m. Turn of Luck out of Holyoake Stakes, Wolverhampton. 11th, at 9 a.m. Blight and Oneida out of Staffordshire Nursery, Wolverhampton; Queen Elizabeth out of Stewards' and Borough Members' Plates, Wolverhampton; Cachnca out of Yorkshire Oaks ; at 11.40 a.m. Wild Rake out of Fifth Stamford Bienuial and Chillington Stakes, Wolverhampton; Queen of Trumps out of Patshull Stakes, Wolverhampton ; Trojanus out of Stamford Biennial Stakes, Wolverhampton ; at noon, all Mr. James Smith's horses, out of Wolverhampton and Reading engagements ; at 2 5 p.m. Rouge Dragon out of all engagements ; at 4 5 p.m. all Mr. Hodgman's horses out of their Reading engagements. 13th, at 9 a.m. Brown Duchess, Killarney, Countess, Jerry, and Ordeal out of all their engagements, and Lady Superior out of all engage ments this year. __ • _. Betting-100 to 30 agst Churchman, 4 to 1 agst Topsy, 5 to 1 each agst Rubini and Margery, 8 to 1 agst Lufra, 10 to 1 agst Dictator, and 100 to 6 agst The Reserve. Upwards of half an hour was wasted at the post before Mr. M‘George could get them in anything like order. At last the signal was lowered, when Topsy, next the rails, made play, closely attended by Lufra, Margery, Churchman, and Tailor ; Rubini, with Tom Sayers, heading the rear division. As they rounded the bend into the straight, Margery and Mr. Saxon's colt were beaten. The favourite, with Lufra and Tailor lying up, came on with a decided lead to the enclosure, when Lufra got up, the pair running a punish ing race home; Topsy winning in the last stride by a head. Tailor, who ran extremely raw and ungenerous, was beaten by two lengths for second; Dictator was fourth, The Re serve fifth, and Rtibini next. The Berkshire Stakes (handicap) of 20 sovs each, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared, with 100 added. The owner of the second horse to save his stake. Winners extra. About two miles. The highest weight accepting being Bst 31b, it has been raised to Bst 121 b, and the others in propor• tion. 35 subs, 17 of whom declared. Mr. Whittaker's Change, 3 yrs, Est 71b (J. Grimshaw) 1 Mr. Wyon's Blackdown, 3 yrs, 7st 41b (in 71b ex) (H. Grimshaw) 2 Mr. Merry's Wasp colt, 3 yrs, Est 71b .. (H. Covey) 3 Mr. R. Drewett's Detective, 3 yrs, Est 91b....(Mordan) 4 Mr. Low's Gibraltar, 6 yrs, Bst (C. Searle) 0 Betting-6 to 4 agst Change, 7to 4 agst Blackdown, 100 to 15 each agst Gibraltar and the Wasp colt. Gibraltar, as usual, rushed to the front, and made the running at his best pace, followed by Detective and Black down, the favourite and the Wasp colt lying off. In these positions they came past the Stand, but proceeding along the river side the leader ran on the inside of two of the post, but still went on in advance, closely attended by Blackdown, the Wasp colt, and Cuange, to the bottom turn, when Gibraltar again bolted and stumbled over the rails, leaving Blackdown in possession of a clear lead, with the Wasp (colt and Mr. Whittaker's colt lying close up with him. At the distance Change came out, and in a few strides obtained a slight lead, which he retained to the end, and won a fine race by a neck. There were four lengths between the second and third; Detective was fourth. Gib. raltar did not pass the post. The Ladies' Plate of 25 sovs, added to a sweepstakes of 3 sovs each; for 2-yr-olds and upwards. Weight for age, with selling allowances. Straight five furlongs. 10 subs. Mr. Merry's Sister to Melsonby, 3 yrs, 7st 51b, £5O (H. Covey) 1 Mr. Chancellor's Wee Aggie, sst 51b, £5O (J. Grimshaw) 2 Mt. John Day's Eudora, 2 yrs, sst 71b, £5O ..(Mordan) 3 The Late Dreadful Accident near Lynn. KING'S LYNN, Thursday Afternoon. The proceedings before Mr. Belee, the borough coroner, was resumed this morning at the Guildhall. Mr. Edwards represented the railway company, and Mr. Coulton, solicitor of Lynn, appeared for the family of the deceased, Mr. John Dennis. After some evidence had been adduced similar to that given on the former inquest, Captain Tyler read the following statements by the permission of the coroner, as the company felt the decision of the inquest as too strong : " I will now, gentlemen, with the coroner's per mission, say a few words in my own defence, i n consequence of the censure which I have so unex pectedly, and as I think very unjustly, received in a recent verdict. " It was quite impossible for me to distinguish, i n passing over the line in September last, between those ditches which retained and those which would lose their water during the present summer. The farmers who live on the land from year to year have good opportunities of observing the rise and fall of the water in the district, but no person visiting the country for the first time, and for a limited period, can pretend to form an accurate judgment in this respect. It any of them had taken the trouble to write ever so short a note to the Board of Trade before the line was inspected, and expressed, however feebly, the apprehension that they now, after the lamentable occurrence, proclaim so loudly, my attention would in that case have been specially directed to the subject. I should have placed myself in communication with them when I made my inspection, and we should have had a dif ferent result. I need hardly tell you, for instance, if I could have foreseen that the ditch opposite Mr. Bloomfield's field would become dry in the present year, and be for this reason a cause of danger to the public, I should have required the railway com pany to place a higher fence on the inside of it. " Mr. Valentine, the engineer w h o constructed the line, who has had considerable similar marsh districts, was himself deceived with reg ard regard to the water. The low fence was, of course, only intended as an additional protection to wet ditches. He paid great attention to the construc tion of those fences, and if he could have formed a more accurate judgment extended he would, of course, have the high fence fora greater both sides of the line. distance along The following also ran :—Maid of Lincoln colt, Canter bury, Buckhound, Skuddle filly, Falsestep, and Aber nethy. Dawdle was weighed for by Loates, who was found to be 21b. overweight, and his number was taken down. Betting-4 to 1 each agst Wee Aggie and Buckhound, 6 to 1 agst Eudora, 100 to 15 agst Sister to Melsonby, and 10 to 1 agst Abernethy. Sister to Melsonby, with the favourite and Eudora lying up, made all the running, and won in a canter by three lengths—Wee Aggie defeating Eudora by a length for second. The Maid of Lincoln colt was a bad fourth, and Buckhound fifth, and Abernethy next; the others were beaten off a long way, the last being Falsestep. The winner was sold to Mr. Rayner for 280 guineas. The Nursery Plate (Handicap) of 100 sovs ; for 2 yr-olds. Winners extra. Straight run in, about seven furlongs. 33 subs. Mr. Trimmer's Verbena, by De Ruyter, 7st (J. Grimshaw) 1 Marquis of Hastings' Attraction, 7st 71b Mr. W. Day's Signalman, 7st 91b (S. Adams) 3 The following also ran :—Lady Wild filly, Stainley, Anglo-Saxon, Langford, Danaus, Heber, Elise, Petit Oiseau, Fairy, Nervous colt, and Wheldrake. Betting--7 to 4 agst Verbena, 4to 1 agst Attraction, 8 to 1 agst Wheldrake, and 10 to 1 agst any other. The favourite getting the best of the start made the run ning, with Attraction at her side, the others pzior to reech ing the distance being widely spread. Verbena retained her advantage to the end, and won in a canter by two lengths. Signalman was a wretched third, Danaus was fourth, Whel drake fifth, the Lady Wild filly and Elise next; the others were pulling up, the last being Anglo-Saxon, who got badly off. .‘ I have myself no c ow , of railways, and am only rol over the construction them after they are supp sed called upon to inspect ready for traffic; and I w a ould put the question to to be complete and you in this way. Supposi ng near the end of next month-- as that I was called upon e round again—to inspect a similar September is coming 'near line through a similar country, and were to wet ditches with a low fence, aold, as in this case, the ) I d en ineer, dry ditches with a high one, should I say to mis trust your wet ditches, and thereforevee ' e you shall now h add a high fence along the of the line, and I will recommend the Board of Trade to postpone tbn opening of the line from un til it is completed.' if 1 month to month were to adopt this course, gentlemen, shareholders and directors, en gineers and managers, would all ' wo uld justly complain of being put cry out, and to unnecessary expense in construction and delay • opening ; de putations would be sent up to the B oard 'l . denouncing of Trade, , and and an impatient public would lei, n me as an unreasonable inspector, such duties ought n ot to be entrusted, one to whom will cry ,c Th e engineer of the line would w ld out, • Let us open the line, an d we add to the fences, from time to time, as experience re it to be necessary ;' and I should b e oblith e ged to may sho co m- w m end the Board of Trad e t o allow the railway upon that ex p lanati on, leaving it openingo the of railway company to m aintain, fr om time to time, a sufficient fence at the sid e of th e rail way, and t o clear them out and to rep air them, and to them as may be required, taking due c are of the safety of the public while they d id so. "I can only, by recommending the Board of Trade to postpone the op enin g of the line from month to month, cause such deficie ncies to be recti fied as I am able to observe , and I feel, I assure you a heavy responsibility in doi n g so ; but I am obliged to trust to the care and watch fuln ess of the officerse( and servants of the railway company in guarding against contingencies which constantly arise—many of them of far greater importance than the condi tions of the fences—in the working of a railway. The present accident will, however, bring the ques .ion of f e n ces i n t o grea ter prominence than anything that has previo u sly occu rred in railway history, and will, no doubt, induce greater care on all hands with • tegard to it. "Government inspection, before the opening of a line, does good in many ways. It is the means of obtainingsv f or y(qi stronger bridges, a better perma nent ay, more substantial earthworks, ' superior system of signals, anda more finished railway than you would have in . of the majority cases without it ; but it cannot be expected to make up for defect of maintenance, inasmuch as the inspector has no con- - The 3.y S r- t o e l w d a s r a d n s' d u P p la w t a e r ( d H s. an lv dic i a n p n ) er o s f ex l t O r O a. soa e in mi s l p e nie ; and a quarter. 36 subs. Mr. S. Thellusson's Kingswood, 3 yrs, 6st 91b (Mordan) 1 Mr. W. Burbidge's Baliverne, 4 yrs, let 41b (Midgley) 2 Mr. T. Hughes's Remunerator, aged, 7st 21b (T. French) 3 The following also ran :—Berkeley, Ripon, Flash in the Pan, Everlasting, The Drone, Dux, Salisbury, and Lady Emma. Betting-9 to 4 agst Ripon, 6to 1 agst Everlasting, 7to 1 agst Kingswood, 10 to 1 each agst Lady Emma and Flash in the Pan, and 100 to 8 agst Remunerator. Remunerator jumped away in advance, having Dux, Salisbury, Everlasting, and Ripon in close attendance, Kingswood, with Baliverne at his side, lying two or three lengths in their rear. As they rounded the bend into the straight Ripon ran into the second place, and came on in waiting upon Mr. Hughes's representative to the distance, where the pair were headed by Kingswood and Baliverne, who came on together, the former with a slight lead, which he retained to the end, and won on the post by a head ; a bad third, Flash in the Pan was fourth. Everlasting fifth, and Salisbury sixth ; the others, who were widely spread, were pulled up and did not pass the post. The Borough Plate of 25 sous, added to a sweepstakes of 3 sovs each; 2-yr-olds and upwards. Weight f or age. The inner to be sold for £BO, if demanded, &c. Half a mile. _ _ 16 subs. ~. Mr. W. Hart's Dawdle, 2 yrs, 6st 41b ...... (E, Taylor) 1 Mr. E. Law's Duke of Cambridge, 4 yrs, Bst 81b (Customer) 2 Mr. Simpson's Neilgherry, 3 yrs, 7st 111 b (Fordham) 3 The following also ran :—Bubble, Nereus, Queen of tha Gipsies, Blanche of Lancaster, Rosa, Telacombe, Irishman, Toy ally, Good for Nothing, and Lawrestina. Betting -6 to 4 agst Neilgherry, sto 1 agst Good for Nothing, 100 to 15 agat Dawdle, 8 to 1 agat Queen of the Gipsies, and 10 to 1 agst Duke of Cambridge. Blanche of Lancaster cut out the work, with Dawdle, Duke of Camb r id ge , th e f avour ite, Queen of the Gipsies, and Nereus lyin g a t h er h ee l s t o the distance, when Mr. York's filly was b ea t en , leaving Duke of Cambridge with THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING. AUGUST 14, 1863. trol whatever over the lines, nor even an oppor tunity of seeing it after it has been opened for traffic. " And I would here ask to be permitted to make an observation upon a doctrine laid down by Mr. Wilkins in his address to the former jury. " That learned coroner represented the Great Eastern Company as sitting in London, and as having a right to assume that having the certifi cation of the Government inspector, the fences were in a fit and proper state. It was impossible (he said) for them to know, being in London, and not having constructed the fences, that they were not so. But having taken upon themselves the work ing of the line, immediately they saw the state of the fences they were bound to take notice of them and to repair them. And the best evidence that they did so is this—that they have gone to consi derable expense in putting up a good new fence, so as to prevent the possibility of an accident of this kind ever occurring again from such a cause.' Now, gentlemen, a railway company, in taking over a railway from another company and in undertaking the responsibility of working it, is bound to see through its own officers that it is in a safe condition in all respects, according to the mode in which it is worked, and—irrespective of any Government in spection which may have taken place—to main tain it and improve it from time to time, and you have heard from Mr. Sinclair, in his evidence. that he did go on the line, on the part of the Great Eastern Company, as was his duty, and that his inspection was made previous to mine. " A railway is a complicated concern, requiring constant attention and supervision from month to month, from day to day, and from hour to hour. Those only who have charge of it can only be re sponsible for the safety of the public using it. The doctrine which the learned gentleman has laid down, besides being entirely erroneous, has a most dangerous tendency, because it would absolve rail way companies from their legitimate responsibi lities. Parliament, taking a contrary view, has always wisely abstained from permitting Govern. ment interference in the management of railways, and principally for this very reason, that responsi bility 'tight not be shifted from the shoulders of those who alone are in a position to undertake it." Mr. Edwards having addressed the jury on the part of the railway company, the coroner summed up. The Jury returned the following verdict :—" We find unanimously that John Dennis died from in juries received on the Lynn and Hunstanton Rail way on the 3d of August, in consequence of an ac cident caused by a bullock having strayed upon the line. We are also of opinion that the accident was owing to the insufficiency of the fences and the neglect of the same by the Great Eastern Railway Company ; that the driver and guard of the train to which the accident occurred acted to the best of their ability and in accordance with the instruc tions issued to the company's servants. The Jury strongly recommend that the carriages used by the company should be more frequently subjected to close examination. We are further of opinion that Captain Tyler, the Government inspector, was per fectly justified in passing the line in September last." _ ...4d. STAMPED ....sd. leagues north of the capital. In all these places he will probably cause them to pronounce against Barrios and in favour of Mr. Francisco Duenas, who been set up by Carrera, and acknowledged as provisional president iu the departments of Santa Ana and Eonsonate, and where he has organised a Government. " It will be seen that on the west and north the capital is threatebed and its communicatio n cut off. Cerna will undoubtedly pass on to Cojutepeque to aid the Indians, who will gladly adhere to him, and thence to San Vicente, where there is a complete disaffection. If this be done, the only department really under General Barrios is that of the capital, for San Miguel will undoubtedly declare in favour of that candidate for president whom they think is strongest. " San Salvador itself is a strong position, and can easily be defended. The streets around the plaza are barricaded, the people are rapidly leaving, and General Barrios has some 2,500 men there, who may be (or may not be) reliable. The approaches to San Salvador are easily defensible (the Barranca or ravine of Guaramul and the declivities of Abajo and Milingo), but General Barrios has no force in either. He seems to have determined to confine himself to the plaza of the capiall. Meantime he is without resources, except the monthly assessment on those who remain, and the sales he can make of some confiscated goods. It is probably the inten tion of General Carrera to surround the capital, not to attack it, to cause the whole country to pro nounce, and shut General Barrios up in San Salva dor alone, occupying the port of Libertad also pos sibly, or at any rate the road to it; if so, and no sortie or attack on Carrera's forces is made by General Barrios, it is hard to understand how he can maintain himself another month. " There are many who will regret deeply the overthrow of President Barrios. Individually he has many warm friends among the people of Central America, and the wholesome reforms he has ini tiated in the administration of affairs in Salvador (not the least important of which was to check the influence of the priests by making them amenable and subordinate to the civil power) will not soon be forgotten. The rock upon which Barrios split was his Minister Irungary ; a man without another friend in Central America ; a sly, sneaking, mischief maker ; an unprincipled adventurer from Guate mala, whence he had been banished ; a man with a character so bad that even his family, his wife and children living still in Guatemala, will have, and have had, no intercourse with him. What could be expected from a Minister with such a character but ruin and disgrace. It is stated on very good autho rity that Carrera had said, it he caught Barrios and Irungary, he would send the former to Guatemala and give him the freedom of the city, but the latter he would hang on the highest tree he could find around San Salvador. " There is no news of consequence, from the other States. Nicaragua had despatched a force to invade Honduras, otherwise all is quiet. I also under stand that General Martinez, the worthy President of Nicaragua, in view of the success of Carrera in Salvador and Cerna in Honduras, is about to recall his troops from the frontier and disband them, that their labour may be made available in plant ing cotton, the season for whin is just approach ing." Naval and Military Intelligence. THE NAVY. take The Royal yacht Victoria and Albert, Captain his Serene Highness Prince Leiningeu, arrived and came into Portsmouth harbour at 4 p.m. yesterday from Antwerp, whither she had conveyed her Ma• jesty and the Royal Family. The annual inspection by the Lords of the Ad miralty was commencen at Devonport on Wednes day by Rear-Admiral Charles Eden, C.B. He, in company with the Controller of the Navy, Rear- Admiral Thomas Spencer Robinson, went on board the training-ship Impregnable, 78, Capt. Francis M. Tremlett, and her tender, the sloop Squirrel, 8, Lieut. Arthur H. Wright, both in Hamoaze, when the boys were exercised at the sails and guns. Sub sequently Vice-Admiral the Hon. Sir Frederick William Grey, K.C.8., Admiral Robinson, and the Director of Engineering Works, Colonel Godfrey Thomas Greene, visited the new long dock in the Devonport yard, the works of which were com pleted by the contractors about two months since. The dock proper is enclosed by a pair of iron gates, but, between them and Hamoaze there is a apace of 50ft., the outer part being protected from the sea by an iron caisson. The sea can be excluded from the the dock by the caisson only, in which case the length of the dock is increased 50ft. There is at present inside the caisson a quantity of mud and rubbish ; when this is removed the dock will be ready for use. The new long dock is constructed on the sites of the old docks Nos. 2 and 3, which were one inside the other. It is 437 ft. long over all and 915 ft Gin. below, and can take in the Warrior class of ships: On the arrival of the Agin court, which is larger than the Warrior, she will probably be placed in this dock. The sheer hulk moored outside will, it is said, be fitted with a steam capstan, for the purpose of hauling ships into and out of the new long dock. From the dockyard Sir Frederick Grey proceeded to Keyham steam yard, where, between I and 3 o'clock in the after noon, he mustered the men belonging to the Steam Reserve, who are commanded by Capt. William Edmonstone, C.B. His lordship next went on board the training-ship Implacable, 24, Comman der S. B. Dolling, and the receiving-ship Canopus, 8, Capt. Charles H. May, and inspected the crews of both. When landing at the dockyard Sir Fre ' derick examined the new lifeboat constructed by Mr. Turner, master shipwright of Woolwich yard, Which had been sent to Devonport to be tested. The paddle-wheel steam-yacht Enchantress, 1, Master -Commander J. E. Petley, from the Channel Islands and Dartmouth, arrived at Plymouth yes terday morning. Instead of landing at Devonport dockyard or Keyham steamyard his Grace the Duke of Somerset proceeded at once to New Pas sage. Thence he and his colleagues, the other Lords of the Admiralty, obtained an easy access to the Devonport park, where they went in order, if possible, to settle the question of a site for n aval barracks. The screw steam corvette Brisk, 16, Capt. John W. Luce, from the West Coast of Africa, last from g Po r t s m o uth, arrived in Pl y mouth So und yesterday morning. The officers composing the Ordnance Select Com mittee of -Woolwich Arsenal have been engaged at the proof butt during the week in order to test the Broadwell breach-loading principle, which they have had under consideration for some months past. As previously stated, this system consists of a pecu liarly shaped self-acting gas ring or valve, which during the former trials was placed in the wedge or breech block of the gun, the position and shap e of which Mr. Bioaa well has since changed. The chief object o f this week's trials, it is stated, was to test the a dvantage s of the alteration. The as'ring is now fit ted behind the bore, and . g sets against e bearing in the face of the breech block. The intention of the inventor in making this alteration appears to be to i mprove the facility of its application to guns not constructed expressly for its use. The issue of the trials is pronounced exceedingly satisfac tory, and, according to the opinion freely given at their termination, the merits of the system were fully established, in so far, at least, as it is applica ble to guns of a calibre equal to an 18-ponnder, with which it had been tested. The method is now to be tested in a similar manner with the 110-pounder or larger guns. An important feature in the inven tion is, as in the case of a common steam valve, that the greater the pressure the tighter the breech be comes closed against the escape of gas. This justi fies the opinion that the subsequent trials about to ~~~~~~ ii %~ ~~.~ ssetem applied to larger guns will be equally successful. Yesterday the steam dtedging machine employed in clearing and deepening the harbour at Chatham was removed to the,entracee of the harbour, at Gil lingham Reach, where it will be occupied effMP time in (IcepFning the liver at the berth which ie tended to be occupied by the iron frigate Achilles as soon as she has been unlocked. His Norwegian Majesty's sailing corvette Ornen, 16, Capt. H. %%retie' Jarlsberg, from Quebec, which arrived on Sunday last at Plymouth, left the Siund on - VI ednesday, and was towed back again yester day, in eonsEquence of the appearance on board of one positive and one suspected case of smallpox. The following gentlemen passed their eamina lion and received their certificates as acting lieu tenants yesterday at the Royal Naval College at Portsmouth :--R. H. Harris and C. E. Read. As sub-lieutenants :—A. Little, L. A. Moncrieffe, C. A. Harris, R. Barton, L. Ching, W. B. M•Hardy, C. J. Doxat; R. P. W. Powney, R. H. W. Cornwall, and C. B. Theobald. As actin.. masters :—A. E. Dowdall and H. V. Russell. THE ARMY. A general regimental order signed by Col. C. Bingham, Deputy-Aejt.- Gen., has been issued from the Horse Guards by order of Field-Marshal the Duke of Cambridge, containin g the following an nouncements :--Col. G. It. H. Kennedy to be Col. on the staff of the army serving at Malta, while holding the command of the Royal Artillery in that island, vice Col. Crofton, deceased ; Brevet -Col. E. Wodehouse, C. 8., to command the Depot Brigade, Royal Artillery, vice Col. Kennedy ; Second-Capt. C. L. Tredcroft appointed to the Royal Horse Artil lery, vice Capt. Williams. The following officers are posted to the Depot Brigade, and will join at the stations named on the 20th inst., for duty until required to embark for India—viz., Lieuts. Pratt and Sorell, Hilsea ; Lieuts. Brinkley, Bomford, and Graves, Shorncliffe; and Lients,Barker and Rawle, Aldershott, to do duty with the 4th Brigade. The following removals have been ordered :—Lieut.- Col. Elgee, from Ireland to Shorncliffe; Capt. Williams, from Dorcester to Hilsea ; Capt. Higgon, from Ireland to Davenport ; Capt. Tredcroft, from Devonport to Dorchester ; Capt. Gilmour, from India to Ireland ; Capt. Welch, from Woolwich to the Isle of Wight; and Lieut. 11. Murray, Coast Brigade, from Carlisle to Alderney. The under mentioned officers are posted as follows ;—Lieut. R. Warburton, to No. 1 battery, 24th Brigade ; Lieut. J. R. Disney, to No. 4 battery, 25th Bri gade ; Lieut. E. Waller, to No. 5 battery, 25th Bri gade ; Lieut. C. R. Foulger, to No. 6 battery, 25th Brigade; Riding-Master Sampson, to sth Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery ; Riding-Master 13utler, to 9th Brigade; Riding-Master Barnett, to the depot of the Horse Brigade; Lieut. H. L, Armstrong, from No. 1 to No. 3 battery, 17th Brigade ; Lieut. F. L. Weston, from No. 3 to No. 1 battery, 17th Brigade ; Lieut. H. W. Ferrier to 2d Brigade, and to join at Dover on the 20th inst. ; Lieut. G. S. Perry to Ist Brigade, and to join at Sheerness on the 20th inst.; Lieut. G. A. Ernpson to 13th Brigade, and to join at Woolwich on the 20th inst. The following officers are raised to increased pay:—Lieut.-Col. J. R. An derson, C. 8., 4th Brigade, vice Marriott, promoted ; Lieut. C. Kirk wood, Ist Brigade, vice Gilmour, pro moted; Lieut. J. A. Kelso,l4th Brigade, vice Welch, promoted. The following transfers have been sane tioned—viz., Col. R. R. Kinleside, from 19th to 25th Brigade ; Col. G. R. H. Kennedy, from 2d to 3d Brigade ; Brevet-Col. W. J. Smythe, from 14th to 13th Brigade ; Brevet-Col. J. M. Adye, C. 8., from 13th to 14th Brigade ; Capt. F. B. Urquhart, to H battery, 19th Brigade ; Capt. F. Alexander to 7th battery, 25th Brigade ; Capt. A. R. Fuller, to 25th Brigade, as a supernumerary ; Capt. J. D. Higgon, to E battery, Bth Brigade; Second Capt. and Adjutant J. Hana ell, to the head-quarters of the Depot Brigade; Second Capt. W. B. Cumber land, to E battery, 19th Brigade; Second Capt. F. Fitzroy, to 6th battery, 24th Brigade ; Second Captain G. Cracklow, to 7th Battery, 24th Bri gade; Brevet Major W. Wilson, to the 6th bat tery, 25th Brigade ; Second Capt. C. Hunter, to 25th Brigade; Lieut. A. S. Heyland, to D bat- I tery, 16th Brigade; Lieut. J. F. Cooksley, to E I battery, 16th Brigade; Lieut. H. L. Jones, to H battery, 16th Brigade; Lieut. W. S. Alexander, to H battery, 16th Brigade; Lieut. H. Munro, to Bth battery, 25th Brigade ; Lieut. J. H. G. Browne, to 6th battery, 7th Brigade; Lieut. Macartney, to 4th battery, 7th Brigade ; Lieut. F. Johnson, to 2d battery, 7th Brigade ; Lieut. Slessor, to C battery, Depot Brigade; Lieut. Egan to Ist division, Depot Brigade ; and Lieut. Grey, to F battery, 14th Bri gade. The following exchanges have been sanc tioned :—Between Second Capt. Capt. J. R. Dyce, of G battery, Bth Brigade, and Second Capt.R. P. L. Welch, of Bth battery, 7th Brigade ; between Lieut. G. E. Handcock, of G battery, and Lieut. T. FL Trappard, of F battery, 18th Brigade. Lieut.. Coilew is posted to No. 6 battery, 7th Brigade, and is to join at Gosport on the Ist September. Lieut. Sutton is posted, temporarily, to the Depot Brigade` and will join at Shorncliffe on the Ist September, for duty with a field battery at that station. A detachment of the Ist division of the Depot Brigade, Royal Artillery, in the Chatham district, numbering 40 non-commissioned officers and gunners, will leave head-quarters this morning and proceed to Portsmouth, under the oonamand of Lieut. Parry, and embark on board the iron screw troop ship Orontes, 5 00-horse power, for conveyance to Gibraltar. Detachments have also been placed under orders to embark for British North America, to augment the Royal Artillery stationed in Canada, Nova Scotia, and Bermuda. •• ,-..•- _ 11? ,7... c.?„, . Qui • Ar A ., " IP: 4 c , ican, I, e , j ,'''•••,...,,,N.,":p.C4i0‘ . --' i t , ,„i. .... eV !, _ '- ' *-4-----;'— ' —'- ,....._ ' -411 C -, '-• .314"...La1e ~- -4)" 4 rT;•;•, , 'lt - ---, ' - ''--z- - • c/ V , -----... / THE WAR IN CENTRAL AMERICA. The Panama Star and Herald of July 24, in its summary of news from the Pacific coast brought by the steamer Bogota to Panama, says : " The news from the Central American States engaged in war is important. Hostilities which have been going on for some time between the States of Guatemala and Nicaragua, as allies, on the one side, and Salvador and Honduras on the other, are approaching a conclusion in the success of the former States. Gen. Carrera, President of Guate mala, chief in command of its invading Salvador, had at last accounts complete possession of Santa Ana and Sonsonate, the chief towns in the two departments of Salvador bordering upon Guatemala. The success of Carrera was chiefly owing to the die affection and treachery of Gen. Gonzalez, who pro nounced against President Barrios. The particulars of the affair, as near as we can get at them, are as follows : " On the 28th of June the people in San Salva dor, the capital, were very much surpriccd, at three in the afternoon, at hearing General Barrios had returned from the army at Santa Ana, which twenty leagues (sixty miles) he had ridden since three in the morning of the same day. It seems he had learned of a certain arrangement en tered into by some of the principal citizens of the capital to pronounce there, at the same time with a similar movement in other towns; while, as events proved, the army itself in Santa Ana was to join the movement. One of these principal citizens was lion Jose Antonio Gonzalez (brother of the general of that name), who, hearing on the afternoon of the 28th of June of the President being so unexpectedly at his country seat about a mile from San Salvador, actually rode out to welcome him, escorted him to his house, and, leaving him there with many com pliments, suddenly at midnight decamped with several others engaged in the conspiracy. " The next day Gen. Barrios (who knew, or said he knew, all the conspirators) was furious that the leaders had so tricked him. He at once put down their names for very pretty little sums in the way of a forced loan, and (Gonzalez being down for 100,000 dols) proceeded to seize their goods, &c. He also placed an officer in the doorway of Gonzalez' house, where only his family remained, and held his wife and daughters prisoners, demanding 10,000 dols. for their release. Gen. Barrios, however, in the midst of his rage, calculating that the clearing out of the leaders was worth a large sum of money to him, saying they would have to pay him from 5,000 dols. to 10,000 dols. each, and said ho wished a few more would go, Gen. Barrios also wrote to Gen. Gonzalez, with the army in Santa Ana, stat ing the measures he was about to take against his brother (J. Antonio), and telling him he could re sign if he chose so to do. Gen. Gonzalez, however, had probably notice of this, and, on the 30th June, during the temporary absence of Gen. Cabanas, caused the army in Santa Ana to pronounce against Gen. Barrios, and in favour of himself. General Cabanas, Bracamonte, and others, who refused to join, were allowed to return to San Salvador. " Gen. Gonzalez at once addressed a letter to Car rera, who was in Chalchuapa, offering propositions of peace. They, however, could not agree, and on the 3d July Carrera, after being at first repulsed, occu pied Santa Ana, drove out and scattered in every direction Gonzalez' army. General Gonzalez was himself wounded in the arm, and hid himself in the mountains. General Osorio (Salvadorean), who commanded that portion of the armywhich had been encamped on a hill near Santa Ana, refused to join Gonzalez, and with some other officers came into San Salvador with some 600 men in all on the 4th July. Meantime an aide of General Gonzalez who had taken part in the pronunciamento, Castellanos by name, and another officer (Zepud a) also impli cated, came into San Salvador, were taken, con demned, and shot at 5 p.m.on Sunday, sth July, in the Plaza de Santo Domingo. g , The conspiracy or movement against General Barrios had extended to various parts of the State —in San Vicento (east of the capital) Cojutepeque (N E.), as well as in Santa Ana and Sonsonate (W.) In Cojutepeque, which has in its neighbour hood some 8,000 or 10,000 Indians, they have re volted against the Government, driven out the whites and ladinos, have murdered and cut into pieces Dr. Bessieres, a Frenchman settled there ; ' and their cry is Viva Carrera, venga el Obispo !' Bracamonte was sent against them with 500 troops defeated and scattered them, in Cojutepeque, to which of course they returned and took possession as soon as Bracamonte and his forces passed on to San Vicente. There also he had a skirmish, shot some of the pronunciados, and brought back with him into San Salvador ; on the 11th July, some 25, tied and driven ahead. , “nc-ueral Cerna, with his Gautemalan Column, having defeated and routed the army of Ifonduru on the llanos or plains of Santa Rosa, in Honduras, and installed Don Jose Maria Medina provisional president, returned from Honduras to Santa Ana, joined Carrera, and by him he was sent towards Chaletenago (due north of San Salvador), Where he entered on the 11th July, and Whence he came doubtless a day or two afterwards to Cuehitoto, 10 -~/~ THE LONDON COAL TRADE, The quantity of coal received at the port of Lon don during the month of July last from the various railways having access to the metropolis has ex ceeded the quantity for the corresponding month of 1862 by no less than 16,818 tons 18cwt. The supply for the month just ended reaches 126,273 tons against 109,455 tons 2 cvit. for July, 1862. The London and North -Western has conveyed 59,747 tons scwt.; Great Northern, 33,383 tons Bcwt. ; Midland, 11,665 tons 12cwt. ; Great Western, 10,688 tons ; Great Eastern, 8,876 tons locwt.; South Western, 1,552 tons Bcwt. ; Chatham and Dover, 309 tons 1 7csvt. ; and Tilbury and Southend 71 tons. The tonnage for the whole year ex hibits a great increase. For the seven months of the present year the entries show 927,545 tons 7 cwt• against 775,850 tons 14cwt. for the same period of 1862, or an increase of 151,694 tons 13cwt. The Grand Junction Canal brings 835 tons for July against 534 tons for July, 1862, but this year's traffic has declined 839 tons. The sea-borne supply has declined this month, as it has done throughout the year. Last month 259,817 tons came to hand, and, as compared with that of the same period last year, there is a decrease of 9,591 tons. From Newcastle, 87,644 tons have arrrived in 227 ships; Sunderland, 66,132 tons in 157 ships ; Hartlepool and West Hartlepool, 52,715 tons, 193 ships; Seaham, 22,619 tons, 91 ships ; Middlesborough, 6,536 tons; Elyth, 286 tons, 1 ship ; Scotch, 2,460 tons, 13 ships ; Welsh, 13,446 tons, 29 ships ; Yorkshire, 3,806 tons, 38 ships; 320 tons, 1 ship; 2,493 tons of small coal, and 1,360 tons of cinders. From the Ist January to the 31st July of the present year 1,837,644 tons were imported in 5,429 ships ; and in the corre sponding period of 1862 1,922,581 tons in 5,911 ships, being a decrease of 483 ships and 94,937 tons. This decline is more than counterbalanced by the extra tonnage brought by the railways, and, from all sources this year we have had 2,751,022 to ns 7 cwt., as compared with 2,715,153 tons 14 cwt• for the first seven months of 1862. COLONEL LINDSAY.—It will, Withollt doub't, be in the highest degree satisfactory to th e members of the volunteer force and to the public generally, to know that Colonel the Hon. C. H. Lindsay h as passed two good nights and is progressing as favourably as possible. Photographs are simply the effect of light on iodide ot silver. "Defects of manipulation have been remedied, and perieetlon produced. The same with Herring's magnetic brushes and combs, which are now so perfected that they are unfailing in restoring the colour to grey hair, and eradicat— ing the agonies of tic-dolorens and nervous headacite,,— N.B.—Counterfeits are being made. Offices, 82, Basingban. street, Loudon. i