The Sun. — London, England, 1863-08-13 00:00:00

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I subsequently .called upon Mr. Valentine. Mr. James Platt was next examined. In rcply to the jury, he said no break-power could hale stopped the train in the 40 yards. Mr. E. E. Durrant, Borough Treasurer of Lynn, and a director of the line, sworn, stated that he had never had a single complaint from those persons about the fences. He had received a letter of Mr. Beggs, through Mr. Simpson. He went down to the place indicated, and found that the fence had. been deepened, and it looked to him to he in a very fair and proper condition. He had frequently been a passenger on the line, but had never seen any cause of complaint, nor had any, either through their own p;:ople or the Great Eastern. Most em phatically, he never had any complaint from Mr. Swatman on behalf of Mr, Hammond as to the fences. Thompson, a shepherd, never complyined to him. EA. First-class APPRENTICES required in an East Indianian.— premium, . apply to M essrs. Laing and Co., 27, Q e of ship, &c. olemau-street, Bank. o control over or interference in the outfitting exercised. (Reduced Fires), from Ironzate wharf, Tower.—Saloon, 20s ; fore cabin, 15s ; deck (soldiers and sailors only), 7s Ad ; return tickets (available for a month), 305 and 22s 6d. The cheapest and quickest sea route by the splendid new STEAMSHIPS 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. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 13, 1863. N°. 22,192. PRICE.— _ ..4d. STAMPED ....bd. CRITIQUES on the NEWSPAPER PRESS in the LITERARY TIMES, every week. Naval and Military Intelligence. her troops and invalids yesterday. The invalids were removed to Netley Hospital, and the troops to their severai depots. The Royal Stuart sailed for the Thames yesterday afternoon. England, the substitutes provided being for the most part " rowdies" and ruffians of the great cities, v: ho bare all the physical and none of the moral attri butes of the good soldier, and who make it their business to desert as soon as possible after receipt of their money, to carry on the same trade in a new loca;ity. The name of " bounty jumpers" has re cently been applied to them. This morning a steamer with 117 conscripts and substitutes arrived an the East River, from Newhaven, in Connecticut. The vessel no sooner touched the pier than the men endeavoured to escape. Some jumped overboard, ands scene of the greatest confusion ensued, the bystanders generally doing all in their power to assist the runaways. The result was that 47 got clear cff and defied pursuit. The remaining 60 were marched to the Park Barracks under escort, to be removed forthwith to Washington. The enrolment of negro regiments has proved a greater failure in point of numbers than most people anticipated. There are about 2,000 white men be sieging the official bureaux at Washington for cap taincies and colonelcies in black regiments; but there are not nearly as many black candidates throughout the whole North for the perilous honour of serving the Federal Government in the capacity of private soldiers. The negroes know their friends from their enemies. They feel that the North has no affection for them, and that it is only anxious for black soldiers because it is running short of the white supply. If they did not, they might be un deceived by the speech of the Rev. Horace James, chaplain of a Massachusetts regiment, delivered a few nights ago at Roxbury, Boston, in favour of the establishment of a negro colony on Roanoke Island. " Remember," he said, " that every black soldier who is put into the field may intercept the bullet that would otherwise pierce the breast of a white man. How can any individual, with one spark of human feeling, look coldly on an experi ment the object of which is to save the lives of our own young men, as well as to elevate and interest an oppressed but tractable and courngeous race ?" not been until recently made acquainted with the fact. utiAßninri.ms7insloYE. Mr. SURGEY considered that t it shook all confi dbeonucgchtin the atoo boa re r r d a . cre L , a vv n a d s , 8 o w u o ha acres, et disposed o wa s ed s e u rg rd t r o e s . uppose th a t put and nthdecracrstoileud :o f t The o t h c e H c A o ImßpmaAnNy saidfor .E it l w o, a o s oo a b p s men would become the purchase rs o f 1 30 acres for the sakeAfter proposedmmerelyueh db iys o cA f uis s rs e .i l os l n i u n ra g gn etdwyow altercation, a a c s r e p s u . Y then inquired whether the chair man and his colleagues intended to resign. The CHAIRMAN said be intended to consult with ' his friends as to the course to be pursued, Mr. SURGEY said it was now a question for new directors. and T h t e he C meetingHAlß MANbsroakide u th p at . could not be done now, THE ORIENTAL HOTELS COMPANY (Limited). ultlcfrpurated under the Corn oa,nies' Act, 1862, by which the "'Alit) , of each Sir.treholder is strictly limited tothe amount of Ills Shares. Capital . - C250,000, in 25,000 Shares of £lO each. ( With po - ser to increase t o O ne Milli on St er li ng .) first Issue 1^ 500 Shares, whereof a portion will be reserved I) Dosit for India. c , e per Share on application, and £1 on allotment. not to exceed £2 per Share, with an interval of not less three months between each call. DIRECTORS. Sir John Peter Grant, K.C.8., Chairman, late Lieutenant- C; overnor of Bengal. ‘-010nel Anderson, C. 8., Director of the Eastern Bengal Rail way Company. Gf,orge Constable, Esq., Firm of Henderson and Constable, C annon -street, E.C. Sir Frederick Currie, Bart , Member of the Council of India. Colonel F renc h , Chairman of the Bom b ay an d Baroda - Way Company. Colonel Holla nd, Director of the Agra and United Service Bank. John Stewart, Esq., Director of the Marine Insurance Com pany. John Robert Thomson, Esq., Chairman of the London and South African Bank. James henry young, Esq., late of the ilengal Civil Service. - - ALFRED MELLON'S PROMENAT2,7E CON_ CELTS, Royal Italian Opera, Covent:.garden, THIS EVENING, at Eight o'clock. THE NAVY. The Sun of Wednesday, July 8, contained a de tailed account of the lengthened frigate Constance and a description of her engines. They were de scribed as double cylinder, or compound, of 500 horse power, and as designed especially to econo mise the use of fuel. In order to test them the fri gate was taken outside Plymouth Breakwater on Monday last. The trial was under the superinten dence of Capt. Edmonstone, chief of the steam re serve, aided by Mr. Dinner], inspector cf machinery afloat, and by Mr. Steil, assist.-engineer of Key ham-yard. Mr. Batt, master of the Indus, had charge of the ship, and Mr. Joseph H. Ellis of the engines. Mr. Randolph, senior partner of Messrs. Randolph, Elder, and Co., of Glasgow, the contrac tors, was also on board. The wind was from the south-west, the force from 2 to 5, and the weather moderate. The Constance made six runs at the measured mile, with the following results :—She made the first run in 4m. 548. ; rate,12.245 knots; the second i❑ 4m. 405.; rate, 12.5 knots; the third in 4m. 505.; rate, 12.081 knots; the fourth in sm. 25.; rate, 11.921 knots; the fifth in 4m. 425.; rate, 12 . 766 knots ; the sixth in 4m. 425.; rate, 12.766 knots. The other results were —average speed per hour, 12.325 knots ; revolutions per minute, 55 to 58 ; steam pressure, 321 b.; barometer pressure, 301 b.; vacuum, 281 in.; temperature of the stoke hole, 96 deg.; engineroom, 74 deg.; deck, 68 deg. There was no indication of hot bearings. With half-boiler power she made the first run in sm. 435.: rate, 10.496 knots ; the second in 6m. Bs.; rate, 9.783 knots ; the third in sm. 125.; rate, 11.538 knots; the fourth in sm. 555.; rate,lo.l4l knots. Her average speed was 10.544 knots per hour, the num ber of revolutions was 46, and the steam pressure 281 b. The results as to speed are very satisfac tory. Although the consumption of fuel was less, and the labour of the stokers not so much as with other engines, yet it is considered that unless the the ship is sent on a comparatively long voyage no correct conclusion can be arrived at in reference t 3 the quantity of fuel required. It is therefore sug gested as being very desirable to test the competing engines fitted on board the sister frigates Constance, Arethusa, and Octavia at an early period by pla c i ng them all in commission. The Constance went out on Friday last, but, owing to the state of the weather, her engines were not tried. When re turning through the Sound, about four p.m., three shots were fired from the practice battery in the lower fort of Plymouth citadel, which passed over the deck of the Constance scarcely funnel high. They seemed to be only a few feet from the heads of those on her bridge. CARLOT7CA PATTI. Band of nearly 100 performers. Admission, One Shilling. THE CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA. (From the Timcs' Correspondent.) T" E OXFO R D, 6 , OXFORD STREET, W. THIS EVENING, wiil be performed Operatic Selections from Sir Henry R. rishop's THE SLAVE and Ilalevy's MUSKETEERS (first time in England). Principal Artistes—Miss Russell, Miss Ellison, Messrs. Green, Bernardi, Huish, dm., with full band and chorus. Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans. Flute Solos by Drew Dean. &c. Comic, by UNSWORTII ("or any other man "), Eugene, W. Randall, E. Righter], and A. Lloyd. Also, a Performance by Herr SCIIALKENBACH 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, ed. ; stalls and balcony, ls. ; private boxes, 10s. 6d. Thompson, recalled, said he had spoken to Mr, Durrant in his office as to the water and the fencing. Mr. Durrant said he might have had conversa tion as to the water—the culverts. In his opinion a nine-foot dike with a rail was a sufficient one. It was supposed the ditches never would be dry. The inquiry is still proceeding. AUDITORS.. T. Ft. Walker, Esq, 21. Hanover -square, and A hareliolder, to be elected at : the First General Meeting. NOTICE. —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, Glees, Songs, Comic and Sentimental, and UNSWORTII, the Stump Orator. Open every Evening at half past Seven. Admission, Sixpence. SAN PAULO (BRAZILIAN). Yesterday the half-yearly meeting of the proprie tors was held at the London Tavern, Mr. R. A. Heath in the chair. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said the first section from Santos to Muji, 13 miles, was by this time finished. The inclines on the second section of 37 miles were proceeding rapidly. The contractors were under engagou s to finish the line to San Paulo by 1866, but they were not forced to deliver the whole line until 1868. The contractors had applied to Government to give them a certain bonus if they finished the works sooner, and the directors had recommended the Government to give them £25,000 for every six months they saved of the contract time for com pleting the works. The report having been unanimously adopted, thanks were given to the chairman and directors, and the meeting separated. BANKEP.6 IN LONDON. 'The Agra and United Service Bank (Limited), 27, Cannon- Inquest on the Body of the late Sir F. W. Slade, Bart, Q. C. street, E.C. The London and Con my Bank, Hanover-square, W. ITANKERS IN INDIA. The Agra and UnPed Service Bank (Limited). SOLICITORS. Messrs. Uptons, Johnson, and Upton, 20, Austin-friars, E.C. BROKER. Francis Surnand, Esq., 78, Lombard-street, and 13 and 14, County-mbers, Cornhill, E.C. SECRETARY (pro tem.) Macdonald Yates, Esq. Ttirritiorary Offices :-36, Cannon-street, E.C., and 5, Parli ment-street, Westminster. ABRIDGED PROSPECTUS. This Company is formed for the purpose of introducing a aYstem of efficient Hotel accommodation into India, China, and other places in the East. In Calcutta a joiflt-stock company has lately purchased and undertaken the management of a Hotel, and the pro spects of the enterprise may be inferred from the very high premium at which their shares are quoted in the Calcutta market, see "Times" July 17, the "Englishman's Weekly Mail" of June 8, 1863, and "Allen's Indian Mail," of August £25 paid. present value, £45 cx div., equal to 80 per cent. prem., and the payment of a dividend of 10 per cent. for the half-year ending 30th April last, equal to 20 per cent. per annum. R OYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. The FAIRY FOUNTAIN. —The Risarelis (last week pre vious to their departure for the Continent)—The Brothers Conrad—Lee 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 tgement with Mdlle, Taccani, from Her Majesty's Theatre, who will appear every evening. ESTABLISHED 1831 11 0 WDEN'S iERATED GIN GER BEER, in _LIP glass or stone bottles, warranted to keep good twelve months. Lemonade, Soda-water, Potass, Seltzer, and every description of Mineral Wate rs. — Manufactory, No. 3, White Hart-street, Drury-lane, W.C. It is proposed, in the first instance, to supply the urgent requirements of Bombay and Point de Galle. In the event of two-thirds of the first issue of shares not being subscribed for, no allotment will take place, and the deposits will be returned to the subscrib rs, without deduc tion. The tender mercies of the Northern Aboli tionists are cruel. If this passage meant anything it meant that white blood was valuable, and that black blood was not, and that the cheapest food for the gunpowder of this strife was the black food. The negro understands the matter perfectly well. He says little, but he prefers to sweep chimneys, whitewash walls, or be a waiter in taverns and eating-houses, to shouldering the musket as a soldier; more especially since it has become the fashion, first set by General Banks, to place him in positions of the greatest danger, where the whole sale massacre of himself and his companions is in evitable. Though such a proceeding answers the double purpose of sparing white blood and of prov ing what no one ever doubted—that a negro pro perly drilled, educated, and ied, will make almost as good a soldier as an Irishman—the negro may be well excused for not seeing any advantage to him self in the experiment. The Railway Accident near Lynn. It is proposed to pay to shareholders 5 per cent. interest 11 Pon the capital as paid up, until the first dividend is de clared. THE LAUNDRESSES to her late Majesty Queen Adelaide say, that " BRIGGS' AUSTRALIAN S PARCH needs but to be tried to be approved." Sole Wholesale Agent, Harper Twelvetrees, Bromley-by Bow, London, E. KING'S LYNN, Aug. 12. The inquest on the body of Mr. John Dennis, who died from the effects of injuries received on Mon day, the 3d, at the accident on the Lynn and Hun stanton Railway, was resumed at the Town-hall, Lynn, before Mr. E. M. Beloe, deputy coroner, this morning. Detailed prospectuses and forms of application for shares May be obtained of the Secretary, Bankers, and Broker. ORIENTAL HOTELS COMPANY (Li m it e d). NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN, That NO APPLICA TION for SHARES in the, Oriental Hotels Company (Limited) WILL BE RECEIVED after SATURDAY, the 15th August current. MACDONAI,D YATES, Secretary pro tern. August 6, 1863. CARD PLATES ENGRAVED. Any Pattern 50 BEST CARDS Printed from Plate s. RE AL MOROCCO CARD CASES 1,000 BUSINESS ENVELOPES, gummed 3s. NEWSP APER ENVELOPES, 4 doz. 6d. F. ARNOLD, Manufacturing Stationer, 86, Fleet-street, E.C. Mr. Edwards appeared for the Great Eastern Railway Company, and stated that the verdict of the county jury was such an extraordinary one, and its terms so extravagant, that the company had de termined to appeal, as it were, from that jury to the present one, and to ask them, as gentlemen of the town, to go as fully into the inquiry as it had been gone into before; for he (Mr. Edwards) could not believe that two bodies of men who brought un biassed minds to the subject could arrive at the same decision as had been arrived at. PAGE'S BRICK, TILE, AND PIPE MACHINES, for hand, horse, or stea m p ow er, a re th e most simple and effseicnt extant.—Full 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. NORTH BIEUTISH AND MERCANTILE T.NsuRANcE COMPANY. Established 1809. Incorporated by Royal Charter and Special Acts of Parliament. Annual Accumulate,a and Invested Funds Revenue 422,401 FIRE DEPARTMENT. 00 Insu runces granted both at H ome an d i n F oreign Countries the Most liberal terms. TE A.—MOORE BROTHERS respectfully inti mate that their New Prospectus is now ready. They especially recommend their improved Family Tea, reduced to 3s. 2d. ; Souohowr,, reduced to 3s. ed. ; mixed Assam, re duced to 3s. Bd. ; and the finest Assam, reduced from 4s. 4d. to 3s. 11d. per lb. 3100 RE BROTHERS, 35, London-bridge, City, E.C. The brig Ferret, 8, Lieut.-Commander Robert Mansell, from Ireland, which arrived at Plymouth on Tuesday, was appointed to return again yester day. 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 Inured. Premiums. 1,037 ,C 763,334 £23.641 0 0 on a Forms of Prop osa l and every information will be furnished application at the Tho troopship Windsor Castle, Capt. Price, left Plymouth on Monday evening for Bombay. The hulk Thisbe was towed on Tuesday from her moorings in Hamoaze to the Devonport dockyard, where she will be prepared for a chapel ship, and will probably leave for Cardiff on Saturday. Mr. Edward Blomfield repeated his evidence, He also said that he did not make any complaint to the company of the state of the fences before the 20th of July, except to the navvies when they were making the line.,. He knew from the nature of the soil that the ditches would be dry in summer. ONEY PROMPTLY ADVANCED by a Private Gentleman upon FURNITURE (without removal), Leasehold and Freehold Prope r ty, or Reversions, (to„, in sums from £2O to £soo.—Mr. Howard, 18, Queen_ street, Cheapside. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN, TO Persons in WANT of MONEY (in Town or Country). —A GENTLEMAN is willing to MARE ADVANCES of CAS 11, without delay, to respectable persons (male or female), on their own security. The utmost secrecy can be relied on.—Apply (it by letter enclose four stamps) to W., at Mr. Robertson s, Accountant, 40, King, William-street, London-bridge, E.C.—Money advanced on Dock Warrants. The Fire Queen steam yacht, Master Comman der Pearl, with Vice-Admiral Sir M. Seymour, K.C.8., Commander-in-Chief at Portsmouth, sailed from Portsmouth yesterday morning for the Chan nel Islands, where the Admiral will make his an nual tour of inspections. During the absence of the the Commander-in-Chief the duties of the port will devolve on Rear-Admiral Elliott, Superintendent of Portsmouth dockyard, who has shifted his flag to the Victory. The Lucifer, paddle, in temporary command of Master-Commander Allen, accom panied the Fire Queen. The Orontes troopship, Capt. li. W. _Hire, is under orders to proceed to Gibraltar on or about Saturday next, to be employed in removing troops to and from Malts. This will occupy her until about the middle of September. She will take out a few supernumeraries, to be distributed among the ships on that station. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held yesterday, at the Euston Station. Mr. R. Mon, the chairman, presided. The CHAIRMAN explained that, in order to enable the warrants to be prepared ready for issue, as usual, immediately after the declaration of the dividend, the transfer books had to be closed on the 29th July, and the meeting now called within a fortnight of that date was usually held on the 3d Friday in August ; but as the accounts could not be issued so as to be in the hands of the proprietors seven days prior to the day of meeting, the ordi nary business would be adjourned to the 21st inst. at noon. By Mr. Edwards—When I complained I appre hended that the bullocks might be killed ; but I did not suppose it would throw the train off the line. When I made the complaint, I was told wire fenc ing was being put up. By the Jury—l did not think the line safe as to the fences when the Government inspector gave his report. Thomas Andrews, whitesmith, Lynn, said he came home by the first train from Hunstanton, and went back to Wootton with the engine and carriages that went to the relief. He saw a third-class car riage on its side, with the compartments broken through. He observed a little bit of rottenness in the carriage ; but a part they had to knock out was as sound as when it was built, he should say. OFFICES: LONDON. .. 58, Threadneedle-street. West-end Office 4, New Bank Buildings, Lothbury. 8, Waterloo-pl ace , Pall-mall. • THE ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY. HEAD ()me s, 29, Lombard-street, London, and Royal Insurance buildings, Liverpool. Total Annual Revenue exceeds £500,010. Accumulated Funds in hand over 1,000,000. 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 CIATIONS, 118, Pall-mall, S.W. Prospectus and forms sent free. E. H. GILBART, Manager. IN DASSENGERS 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 property, should apply for redress and compensation at the above Offices ; established to render prompt assistance to all classes upon the most ad vantageous terms. A SHAREHOLDER wished to know what the dividend was likely to be on the 21st ? The CHAIRMAN saidthat the dividend would be at the rate of 4-1- per cent. per annum, which had been fairly earned, leaving a small balance over. He stated that since the first half of 1855 they had not been able to add anything to the surplus forward for the second half year. The remainder of the ordinary business of the half.-yearly meeting was then adjourned to the 21st inst. at noon. By the Jury—lt was a cill that was rotten, not the framework. In washing the carriage it might have become rotten. Advice on application gratis. Letters must be addressed to "The Manager," enclosing a stamp for reply. RIIPTURES.—BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. WHITE'S MOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (PERFECTED AND EXHIBITED IN 'rnz GREAT Ex-runrrzotis or 1851 AND 1862), is allowed by upwards of Two Hundred Medical Gentlemen to be the most effective invention in the curative treatment of Ii ERNI A. The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effects, s here avoid e d— a so ft bandage being worn round the body, while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the Moe-Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease and closeness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn during sleep. A descriptive circular may be had, and the truss, which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the cir cumference of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manufacturer, The special general meeting was then held, to consider the propriety of raising further capital. The CHAIRMAN moved a formal resolution autho rising the directors to create additional capital to the amount of £2,197,666, in shares of £lOO each, having a perpetual preference dividend of 5 per cent. per annum, payable half yearly, at the same time as the ordinary dividends. After some discussion the motion was carried by a large majority. Resolutions were passed authorising the directors to convert a further amount of the debenture bonds into a perpetual 4 per cent. debenture stock to the extent of £5,000,000. Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly. A Single Truss, 16s. 21s. 265. 265. 6d., and 31s. B d. Postage , ls. A Double Truss, 31s. '6d., 425., and 525. 6d. Postage, is Bd. An Umbilical Truss, 425, and 525. 6d. Postage, ls. 10d. Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post office, Piccadilly. ENEW PATENT LASTIC STCKI, KNEE-CAPS, &e., fo r VaricoseO Veins and ali u st N . C i a G es ar of Weakness a n d Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, &e. fitporous, light in texture, and inexp , ensive, •, and are drawn on ean ordinary stocking. Prick 4 6d 7s. 6d 108 ., to 168. 8. . each. Postage 6d. EXTRACTS FROM THE REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1862. The Directors of th e Royal Insurance Company are now called upon to make their accustomed periodical Report at the Meeting of its Shareholders. FIRE BRANCH. The Directors have, as pleasingly as unexpectedly, at the close of the year, to announce, for the first time, that the Fire Premiums have not only reached, but exceed £300,000. The high comparative position held by the Royal in the Government Returns of Duty is again fully maintained. The profit of the business o precedent; yar exceeds considerably the amount realised in the 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 Foreign Insurances being £45,107 10s. 5d., and of the North A mer i can business, which is kept sepa ratrAy, £11,097165. 10d. LIFE BRANCH. The very gratifying duty now falls upon the Directors to state the sum assured on new policies for the year 1862 exceeds even that of the year 1861 by £lBO,OOO, and has arrived at the almost unexampled amount for a single year of £701427 on 1,498 new policies issued. "Until last few years it i s b e li eved that such a sum acsured within as that the which has just been announced as the result of one year's business was all but unheard of. This portion of the Company's bnsine4s has been carefully watched, and cannot aswell failas no sto give much satisf ac t ion to the sh , sutur e to the participating mall enc ouragement for the 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 f or th e year, on which the agz,regate RUM Proposed for assurance amounts to £ 149,281. Various degrees of ineligibility have led tb 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 stole in a single year from deterioration of some kind or another. If, to complete their review, the Directors now advert briefly to the United Kingdom, they have to announce that in Fire Business its progress has been undoubtedly more rapid than that of any other Company established either in London or elsewhere, except when amalgamations have taken place. The returns of duty have proved this. In Life, the amount of New Policies already reported make all other evidence needless. The Directors conclude their present Report with the expression of an opinion that the prospects of the Royal Insurance Company were never brighter, and of a consequent hope, founded on a grateful remembrance of the past, that the future may unfold for it a sphere of still greater magni tude, combining distinguished commercial success to the Office with a lengthened career of usefulness and protection to the public. PERCY M. DOVE, 11Ianagor and Actuary. JOHN B. JOHNSTON, 'Secretary in London. NORWICH UNION FIRE INSURANCE SOCIETY. The business of the Company exceeds £70,000,000. T he duty paid to Government for the year 1862 was 4 1 4 '54V86,, ,062332. and the amo unt insured on farming stock, A bonus of three-filths of the profits periodically made to Parties insuring, who have thus, from time to time, received n sums amouning, i en. the aggregate t o £ 4 40,000 ; and the Society ow holds a larg Reserve applicable to a future Bonus. The rates of premium are in no case higher than those eharo insurerse other principal offices making no returns to their', For pyoApectuses apply at the Society's Offices, Surrey street, Norwich ; and 6, Crescent, New Bridge-street, Black friars, E.C. P ROVID ENT CLERKS' MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION. Established 1840. TRUSTEES. Thomas Baring, Esq., M.P. I Win. Geo. Prescott, E sq. Thomson ilankey, Esq., M.P. 1 Baron L. de Rothschild, M.P. Mutual LIP 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 Accubinlated Fund exceeds .. 2r0,r00 It has Wald in Claims .. • • •• 112,000 the he of th e p ro fi ts are divided qu i nquennially among wh e en ill . e ,.. m _iers. Three divisio ns h ave alre a dy b een made' polluter-, following sums have been added as bonuses to the : Dec. 31, 1847 ~ .. £5,400 i 852 • • • • • • • : .. 11,500 1857 • - • • • 6 • 23 200 inakinZ tli'emtoallsBl.”2l3on't; .. .. .. .. • • Bonuse s additions,£o6,6oo. • • 56,500 lion of premiu.trnbe received m cash or applied to the reduc additiun to the v s ol it i t the option of the assured, in lieu of an Attention is espec7.7 up policies introduce* Invited to the system of free or paid sacrifice so often g b by this Association, by which the po icy is wholly avollden4itted to on the relinquishment of a whethe b r The alassurersore ance-s wi he other the Association are open to all, Active and influential agents will be appointed in unrepre sented districts. " c ni• Tilos. LINFORD, Secretary. Chief Office, 15, Moorgate-street, EX., Aug 1, 1863. .......---- R O OYAL FREE 110spITA Gray's in the immediate vicinity t the'Great Northern - inn-road, wa y Terminus, at King's-cross. Rail- Patron—The Qu EEN. President —The Duke of BUCCLE pr K.G.reasurer—Edward Masterman Ue ß ' -". This was the first hospital to sick, -'-,',8% and instant admission to the destitutealr i Plo of free mality of governors' letters. It is entirely without tu tution in its most pitiable form—viz., that rawahytlcrarteetfahlladeiefesr;trid:t milled by sickness and disease, p an oil d s. magnitude that, with adequate support, it Moreover, capable of admitting into its wards a very large prop the casual sick of this great metro iS I::::::: :: ::: funds in order to have 500 beds available for the reception but the these the most wretched of our fellow-creatures. of it gratuitously affords medical advice and medicine t° more, on the average, than 3,000 out-patients a week. The Veekly Board feel it their imperative duty to make an EARNEST APPEAL to the public for continued Ruppert, to enable them to admit and relieve the distressing cases that daily present themselves. C ontributions are received by the Treasurer, Edward m 141 erman, Esq N i c h o l as -l a ne; also by Messrs. Coutts and C 0 • ; Drummo n d' and Co. ,• H err ies and Co. ; Ransom and t 3.; Prescott, Grote, and Co.;Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Glyn and Co. ; Jones Lod and Co'. ; Barclay and Co. ; Denison and Co.;W lli Co. ' ---ams, Deacon, and Co.: Overend, Gurney, and o. ; Nisbet and Co. ; and at the Hoe Messrs. J. Barred and Co., Liverpool STANFORD S. SAIITH, Secretary. JOHN WHITE, M anufacturer, 228, CELEBRATION of th e TE RCENTENARY of the BIRTH of S HAKSPRA.RE, 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 Sturbridge 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 nation, most earnestly appeal to the admirers of Shakspeare for their aid and assistance. The Committee rest their claims upon the ground that Stratford is not only the birthplace of Shakspeare, but the centre of attraction to all admirers of the great Poet's works, and that it was his home, the town he loved, and where he lived and died. R OYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION (Inoorporated by il - oi;1 - Charter). PATRONESS —Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen. Pn EsIDENT—Vice-Admiral the Duke of Northumberland, K.G., F.R.S. CITAI RMAN — Thos. Baring, Esq., 11LP.R. DEPUTT-CrIAIRMAN—Thomas Chapman,. , EFs., F S., V.P. APPEAL. q .R.S., V.P. The Committee of Management have to state that, since the beginning of the year 1860, the Royal National Lifeboat Institution has expended £32,000 on various Lifeboat Estab lishments on the Coasts of England. Scotland, and Ireland. The number of lives saved by the Life-boats of the Society, and other means, since its formation, is 12,800 ; for which service s 82 G o ld Medals, 718 Silver Medals, and £16,480 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 sensible, however, of the great responsibility th at 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 th e i r countrymen to aid them in upholding and perpetuating so great and truly national a work. The Committee gratefully tributions : — acknowledge the following con- Fier Majesty the Queen .. annual 50 o . 0 Campbell, the - the Cler Hon. Mrs. G. .. annual 5 0 0 k, Colo nel R.A. .. annual 1 1 0 Coutts and Co. , , Messrs., Bankers .• • .. annual 10 0 0 Currie, Wm., Esq., .. • . .. 4th don.lo 0 0 Erie, Lord Chief Justice . . don. 10 10 0 Fanshawe, Vice-Admiral Sir A., .. 2d don. 25 0 0 Fenwick, G. J., Esq., cost of a Lifeboat and Tran sportinfr, Carriage . 250 0 0 Harvey, Rev. G. G. and Mrs. .. don. 3 0 0 Martin, Sir Henry, Bart. .. 7th don. 10 0 0 Moore, Rev. G. B. .. • .. don. 15 15 0 Smith, Mrs. George, Greenwich 3 0 0 Stirling, Col. Sir Anthony, K.C.B. .. annual 2 0 0 Thomas, Lady, Weston-super-Mare, collected by her Ladyship • • _ 16 16 0 Willoughby d'Eresby, Lord . • • . annual 5 0 0 Donations and Annual Subscriptions will be thankfully re ceived by the Bankers of the Institution, Messrs. Willis, Percival, and Co., 76, Lombard-street; Messrs. Coutts and Co., 59, Strand ; Messrs. Herries, Farquhar, and Co., 16, St. James's-street, London ; by a'l th e C ollectors of Customs and Bankers in the Unitedlilngdom; and by the Secretary Richard Lewis. Esq., at the Office of the Institution, 14, John-street, Adelphi, London, W.C. [ A DVERTISEMENT.]—HoIIoway's Ointment and Pills.— Distempers of the Skin.—The readiness with which Hollo ware unguent removes all obstructions in the c i rcu l ation of the vessels, and lymphatics explains their irresistible in fluence in healing old sores, bad wounds, and indolent ulcers. diately w e ii To ensure the desired 'effect the skin surrounding the diseased parts should be fomented, dried, and ireme- PluitY to the foul blood, and strength to the weakened rubbed with the ointment. This will gi ve nerves _the only conditions necessary for the cure of all those ulcerations Which render life almost intolerable. N e sooner is th e ointment's protective power exerted, than the destructive process begins. N ew ceases, and the constructive busine ss painful excavat e d pit T health growths appear to fill up the lately - The Admiralty have directed temporary roofs to be erected over the stacks of timber deposited at Chatham dockyard, in order to preserve them from the effects of the weather until required for use in wooden shipbuilding. This latter contingency, however, appears to be exceedingly remote, as the whole of the bands are at present employed, and will be employed for some years to come, in the con struction of those iron and iron-cased vessels which are already ordered to be built at Chatham. Mr. 0. Lang, the master-shipbuilder at Chatham dockyard, has within the last few days sent in a formal application to the Admiralty, requesting to be relieved of his appointment, and for permission to retire from the service. Mr. Lang is one of the most eminent shipbuilders in her Majesty's service, and during his comparatively brief career as master shipbuilder has designed and superintended the construction of nearly all the finest and best of our modern vessels of war. He was the constructor of the Royal Oak, the pioneer of the squadron of iron clads which has turned out so complete a success. His step has created considerable surprise, not unmixed with regret. We have reason to believe, however, that Mr. Lang is firm in his intention to retire from the service, which, in consequence of some recent important appointments at the Admiralty, has be come distasteful to him. It was yesterday an nounced at the dockyard that a reply had been received from the Admiralty accepting Mr. Lang's resignation, but requesting him not to quit the ser vice until the completion of the iron frigate Achilles, the construction of which he has superintended up till now. It is probable that Mr. Lang's retirement will be followed by that of others at some of the dockyards. THE ARMY. Oa Tuesday afternoon there was another removal of troops from the camp at Aldershott, which has been rendered necessary in consequence of the great scarcity of water which has this summer been ex perienced there. One hundred and eighty-nine non-commissioned officers and men of the D brigade of Artillery, with 92 horses, left for Shorncliffe Camp until the winter quarter, when the supply of water is usually greater than in the summer months, and when they will return to their old quarters. A movement is to be at once set on foot to procure an adequate supply, either by an arrangement with the water company of the town of Aldershott or by the sinkin g of new artesian wells within the precincts of the C amp . Still further removals of troops are daily exp ected. The number of troops at Alder shott was never so small since it has been a camp as it is at present. Col. T. G. Greene, director of engineering and e architectural t w h e o r victualling t ua and nMr.g department,Charles Richard s,arr i ved Tuesday evening at Moorshead's Royal Hotel, Devonport. The Duke of Somerset,K.G, First Lord, and the other Lords of the Admiralty, in the paddle wheel steam yacht Enchantress, 1, Master John E. Potley, were expected to arrive at Devonport yes terday evening, and to commence their annual inspection to-day. Their lordships dine on Friday at Mount Wise with Port Admiral Sir Houston Stewart, K.C.B, the Commander-in -Chief, and in the evening patronise a ball in favour of the Royal British Female Orphan Asylum, which will be held in the new mess-room of the Royal Marine Light Infantry at Stonehouse. On Saturday, at 11 a.m., the Duke of Somerset will hold a levee for the reception of s') officers in the office of the Admiral Superintendent Thos. M. C. Symonds, C. 8., at the dockyard, Devonport. Detachments of the 18th Hussars are expected to arrive at Norwich, Ipswich, and Northampton bar racks to-day or to-morrow. The headquarters of the regiment will be at Norwich. Some of the 112 en have already arrived. The regiment succeeds the sth Lancers at Norwich, Ipswich, and Northampton. The Royal Stuart, hired transport, disembarked NEW YORK, July 31. The conscription is to be enforced in the city as well as throughout the State of New York. In New Jersey the Governor has made an attempt to render it unnecessary by resorting to the old system of voluntary enlistments and high bounties—but his success is problematical. In New York the system has been twice tried, the last time unsuccessfully, and is even now in operation without perceptible results. And as the Government has actually put the whole machinery of the law into motion throughout the New England States, it is compelled, by regard for its own dignity, not to be, or seem to be, turned from its purpo,se in the principal city of the Union by the dictation of the mob. Consequently, it is ex pected, after a futile attempt on the part of the State authorities to raise the quota required under the Act, that the draught will be ordered to recommence. The Republican prints loudly proclaim the fact, and urge upon the Government the utmost rigour as well as vigour in carrying out the law. Apprehen sive of disturbance, or, as many affirm, anxious to provoke it, the Administration has sent either three or four gunboats to the North and East rivers, so as, in case of need, to command any of the lateral streets of the city in which disturbances may break out; and poured into the neighbourhood all the Federal troops it can spare from other service. The emigrants from the Old World, who in continually increasing numbers arrive in the New, no sooner land at Castle Garden than they see before them all the means, appliances, and paraphernalia of war. The green sward of the Battery, where Castle Garden stands, is covered with the white tents of the soldiery. There are 12 pieces of artillery on the ground ; the lean, scraggy steeds of a whole regiment of cavalry are tethered to a rope, ready for immediate service; and two regiments of infantry bivouac on the square. Should Charleston ever be occupied by a Federal force, it will scarcely present an appear apse more like that of a captured city than that which the lower part of New York presents at this moment. The sentinels pace to an fro, and allow no one to penetrate their lines, turnin g the nursery maids and children and the usual stream of pedes trians out of their precincts, with a brutal insolence of speech and demeanour that bespeaks the rowdy class from which they sprang—a " rowdyism" in tensified and aggravated by their war training, and that does not promise, in case of collision be tween troops and people, any such fraternisation of the military with the insurgents as the world has so often seen in the street revolutions of Paris and other European cities. The design of the Admi nistration to override local authority is glaring. Disappointed in Gen. Wood, who was too honest, and in General Harvey Brown, who was too indis creet to play into its hands, it will doubtless find some strong and unscrupulous military tyrant who will take advantage of the first symptoms of riot or insurrection to declare the city unde r mar ti a l l aw . The object is openly avowed by all the " shoddy" contractors, negrophilists, war " Christians," doctrinaires, emancipationists, and zealots who usually support the Government. The favourite candidate for the office is General Butler. And as it is highly probable, if he should accept it, that he will irreparably ruin his present fair prospects for the Presidency, Mr. Lincoln, Mr. Stanton, and all the other Presidential candidates in the Cabinet, may not only see no objections to his appointment, but may gladly give him the chance to serve their purposes, and damage his own reputation by one and the same process. Persons whose houses, shops, and other property were destroyed during the late riots have sent in claims of compensation to the amount of 451,266 dols., equivalent, at the present depreciation of greenbacks as compared with gold, to about £70,000 sterling. But the list is far from complete. The negro claims have not been investigated ; and the stage and om nibus companies whose traffic was stopped for four days intend to demand compensation for the whole amount of the earnings which they did not receive, i n Consequence, as they allege, of the failure of the municipal authorities to keep the peace. The claim, it appears, will be resisted for the reason that, it allowed, the fashionable jewellers, haberdashers, and other retail traders of Broadway, who were compelled during the same interval to close their establishments, might, with as good a plea of equity, demand compensation for their lost custom. The operations of the draught, when resumed, will have to be carried on in booths or hustings in the open air, it having been found impossible to hire premises for the purpose in any part of the town; so fearful are property-holders and occupants that new scenes of incendiarism and pillage will be the result of any attempt to make men soldiers against their will. The cons cription—enforced or unenforced— threatens to be the test question of the war. If un enforced, Mr. Lincoln and his party will be defeated in the field for want of soldiers, and in the Council for want of that popular support without which no Government can live, Government least of all a that expires like the Parliaments of E n gland by the operation of the law that brought it into being. If enforced, the chances provoke civil are that it will strife in all the States where the Democratic party is in the majority, and that it will be so extensively evaded in the States where the Republicans are in the ascendant as to becom e virtually a nullity. In New England, where it h as not been contested with violence es in New York and the North-West, the prudent a nd "canny" people seem to have discovered that there are other and better means of aveiding unpalatable military service than by t a king up arms in the streets, plundering shops, burning down orphan asylums, and ha ng i ng inoffensive negroes. Persuasion being better than force in their estima tion, they have resolved to persuade the medical gentlemen of their villages, towns, and cities to tes tify to their physical incapacity to perform military duty. According to a Connecticut journal, the Hartford Times, the exemptions by surgeon's cer tificate of draughted men since the commencement of the draught in New England amount to the enormous proportion of 73 per cent. The amount of fee given for this service is variously estimated. If a man be very poor—and the surgeon also—a glass of whisky is sufficient honorarium to offer and accept. But as a general rule the price varies with the worldly circumstances of the p erson "who will not be a soldier," and ranges from 1 to 20 dols. The would-be exempt is stripped, and if the surgeon finds a greenback between the man's toes, under his arm pit, behind his ear, between his teeth, or elsewhere, the matter becomes as clear to his capacity as it was prev iously to that of him who does not w is h t o risk his life for his country, and the bu s i ness is settled to the mutual satisfaction of doctor and patient. But the dishonesty does not answer its purpose, the Government having resolved to treat all such cer tificates as of no avail, and to admit of no exemp tions but such as are signed by its own appointed army surgeons. The figures prov e , nevertheless, how little real heart there is in the war, even in New England. In one of the municipal districts of the city of Boston, out of 1,13 5 conscripts submitted to examination last week, 9 3 7 were exempted, either on the ground of foreign citizenship, physi cal incapacity, or error in the enrolling lists, which included boys under 18 and men over 45 years of age. Another batch of 70 paid 300 dols. each as the exemption fine ; 108 provided Substit utes ; and ten, being too strong for exemption, and too poor to pay for s u b s tit u t e s, were co mpelled to do duty, or suffer th e pena l ty d ecre ed against deserti on . Nor do these numbers, a ppear to unfavourable as they the Government in its hour of need, convey the whole extent of the evil. A regular business of "substitution" has been organised throughout New MARYPORT AND CARLISLE. The report of the directors states that the receipts for the half-year ending the 30th of June amounted to £34,699, and for the corresponding period of 1862 to £28,160, showing an increase of £6,533. The expenditure amounted to £14,883, against £11,370, showing an increase of £3,513. The balance for the half-year, after carrying £1,029 to the credit of the renewal and contingency ac count, was £15,994, which enabled the directors to recommend a dividend on the ordinary shares of the company at the rate of 8 per cent. per annum. The capital account showed that £555,000 had been expended. HAMMERSMITH AND CITY. The half-yearly general meeting of this company was held yesterday, at the London Tavern,—Mr. John Parsons in the chair. The CHAIRMAN said he had not much to say in addition to the report on the ordinary business, because they were at the present time constructing the railway which was sanctioned by Parliament in 1861. They were progressing satisfactorily, and from Mr. Fowler's report they might see that the railway would be opened for traffic in the course of a few months. There was one thing that might prevent it, and that was they had not yet come to an agreement with the Great Western Railway as to the mode of forming a junction with that line. The report having been adopted the meeting wa s made special, to consider the circumstances under which certain of the directors of the company had purchased and were about to sell to the company land required for t he com p an y' s works , and to de termine the course to be pursued by the sharehol ders thereon. Mr. SURGEY went into the whole question, and concluded by moving, " That the conduct of Messrs. Parson and Blake as directors, in purchasing land part of which they knew would be required by the company, and their subsequent demand from the company of an enormously enhanced price for it, was, in the judgment of the meeting, inconsistent with their position as directors of the company, with their duties in their fiduciary condition as directors, as guardians of the interests as share holders, and with their retention of office as direc tors." Mr. TAYLOR seconded the motion. The CHAIRMAN said the fact was that Mr. Blake, as a resident in the district, had bought the estate, and finding it too much for him, induced him (the chairman) to join in the purchase. The whole affair had arisen out of a refusal on his (the chair man's) port to release the contractor from his land contract unless he paid £15,000, and Mr. Surgey was the contractor's nominee. Mr. PAYNE and ot her p ro p rietors de p rec ated such conduct as had been disclosed on the part of the directors of public companies. Mr. FoAKES and Mr. STAUNTON, directors, de clared that they, although sitting at the Board, had Mr. Billing produced a piece of rotten wood taken from the end of the carriage he came out of. Mr. Robert Howlett, of Stowbridge—l remember the 3d of August. I was travelling by the train from Cambridge. As we were getting near Lynn, I observed either a bullock or a heifer on the line. I did not communicate to either guard or engine driver, or any one. It was feeding by the side of the line. It did not appear to take any notice of the train, and I looked at it until the train was quite by. By the Jury—l was about midway of the train, and I did not observe that the engine -driver whistled or took any notice of it. John Thompson, the shepherd, said he had had bullocks in the fields since Michaelmas last, and they had not got on the line. Both at Mr. Blom field's and Mr. Hammond's fields there never was a fence since it was put up. He complained of the fences to the workpeople, and to "our squire," and to " Lawyer Swatman likewise." He had never seen above a foot of water in the ditch. Mr. T. R. Mills, station-master at Lynn, said— The servants have never complained to me of stock on the line, not in one single instance. By the Coroner—Fifteen minutes is ample time between two trains ; we consider ten minutes enough. The second train cannot be called a fast train. It was a special train, which knew the cir cumstances under which it started, and it had to stop at two places on its journey. By the Jury—The driver should report to his foreman at the finish of his journey, and also at the next station he passes if he sees any obstruction on the line. The driver of the Cambridge train nor the driver of the next train from Hunstanton did not report that a bullock had been seen on the line. I believe the drivers of the first of the two trains might have pulled up with perfect safety, supposing he took immediate precautions to protect his train. I should certainly consider a bullock a dangerous impediment. The driver was guilty of a dereliction of duty if he did not report that ; but he did not arrive at Lynn in time to do so. The accident oc curred while he was coming into the yard. There was certainly time for him to have reported the ob• struction to me. Mr. Edwards said it was not in evidence that any driver or guard had seen bullocks on the line. Witness continued—The C a mbridge train only coming to the junction ought not to make any differ ence in his reporting to me: I think the d r i ver of the first of the two trains did the best thing in not stopping to put o ff the bullock. James Beaumont said—l drove th e t ra i n from Hunstanton to Cambridge on Monday. I saw no obstruction on the line. I saw a bull oc k par tly in the dike, and partly out on the other s ide of the fence. I just caught a glimp se o f i t as I went by. I h a d nothing to tell, and I told nothing. Mr. Howlett, recalled. I was sitting with my back to the engine. The bullock was to my left. Another person, my wife's sister, saw it as wzll as myself. The bullock that I saw was feeding by the side of the ballast. Thomas Wakefield was also examined. He had turned out many carriages for defects, but never any for rottenness. Mr. Wm. Attock, superintendent of the carriage department at Stratford, said—My attention has been called to carriage 272. The last time it was in the shop was in December last. It went through a thorough repair and painting in 1856. [The witness gave the dates of several repairs and alters tions of the carriage.] The other carriages were firmly built, and the decayed part of 279 no one could have detected if it had not been knocked to pieces. Timothy Wilson, foreman to Mr. Attook,said the facts which Mr. Attock had stated that he could corroborate. Mr. Alan H, Swatman said,—After the line was made Thompson came to me at least six or seven times to complain of the difficulty he had in keeping Yesterday an inquest was held at Maunsell House, near Bridgwater, by W. W. Munckton, Esq., coro ner, on the body of Sir F. Slade, who expired sud denly on Sunday morning. It was mentioned .in the course of the inquiry that the deceased L'-‘ the death of Sir Cresswell Cresswell exceedingly, and mentioned the circumstance to Mr. Fitzgerald in the assize courts at Wells on Friday morning last. In the course of conversation he said that no one knew who had a diseased heart, and God only knew who would die from it next. About two years ago a favourite servant of his died from diseased heart, and that circumstance also affected him. On Satur day, during his walk in his garden with his medical attendant, Mr. Summers, he repeatedly referred to the death of Sir Cresswell Cresswell. Marcus Slade, sworn, said—l am the son of the deceased. He returned to Maunsell from Wells Assizes on Friday night last, apparently in good health. The following morning, about half-past seven, he rode out on horseback, and on his return he walked to the dairy. On his way back, when he got to the coal house, he said he had a pain in his chest. He returned and had his breakfast with Lady Slade and the family. He did not eat much. He drank a cup of lot coffee, and said that it did him good. After breakfast the pains came on worse. Mr. Summers saw him between ten and eleven o'clock that morning. After he left he went upstairs and lay down on my brother's bed, where he remained until half-past three o'clock, when ho came down stairs and went out into the garden, and said that he felt better. At half-past seven o'clock he came into dinner, but did not eat any thing excepting some dry toast and hot brandy and water. He said that he felt better during the evening. He had a cup of tea about a quarter-past nine. He said he would go to bed early, but he changed his mind and did not go until after we had gone ; at dinner time he said his left hand was cold, which he considered as a sign of gout coming on. About halfpast ten o'clock that night I last saw him alive. I was then in the drawing room. In the night I was awoke up by bells ringing and mamma screaming. I ran into his bed room. He was lying near the edge on his left side. Mamma and a gentleman who was staying with us (Mr. Cantillo) were with him. Cold water was applied to his head, but it fell down again. He never spoke. Mr. Summers was sent for immediately. I felt him and he was quite warm. William Alexander Summers deposed—l am a surgeon residing at North Petherton. On Satur day morning last, about ten o'clock or a little after, I was sent for to see the deceased, and found him at Maunsell in the drawing room. He complained of an intense pain in his chest and stomach. His face was much flushed, and he was in a great perspiration. His left hand and arm were considerably colder than the right ones. I examined his heart, and found its action very laboured, al though regular. I attributed the symptoms to in digestion. I gave him some remedies, ordered a mustard poultice to be applied, and his arm to be rubbed. I saw him again at about half-past five o'clock in the afternoon, when he told me that the pains in the stomach and chest were almost gone, but that he had a slight headache. I found animation in the arm quite restored. He walked about the garden with me for upwards of three quarters of an hour and seemed very cheerful. I ordered the medicine to be repeated and left. About a quarter to twelve o'clock at night I had a message to come to Maunsell directly, Sir Frederick k, fro m his w hich he soon recovered. Lady Slade inform e d m e e b his le making e a about king a it.r rattling I ring attended noise was in a fit. I immediately went down and i , and att attack, that found him in his bed - room , l y in g rather on his left side, and quite d ead, althou g h still warm. I did tnhoatt see e e a w ny as zn a a w rk ok s ofi on in h his imab t o h u r t oa l t s a m s ohnethweas lying agofor ne d a si mi lar face and neck were ff su used with blood; when I saw him he was very pale, as he had been dead some 20 minutes. I • • am of opinion that he had fatty de generation of the heart, and that the immediate cause of death was apoplexy, the result of natural causes. ----- Itomain Bouroon sworn—l am the butler at Maunsell. The family went to bed on Saturday night at 10 o'clock. Sir Frederick Slade remained up sitting in the drawing-room reading the 2 imes: directly the family went to bed ho called me to put out the lights, which I did and left him in the drawing-room. I heard him go to his bed room about 10 minutes to eleven o'clock. About forty minutes afterwards her ladyship's bell rang. I went to the bedroom and found Lady Slade out of bed, and Sir F rederi ck lying in bed on his left side. He was insensible. I sent imm e diat e ly for Mr. Summers. Sir Alfred Frederick" Adolphus Slade, Bart., sworn—l am the eldest son of the deceased. The letters which I now produce are in the handwrit ing of the deceased. They were delivered to me by Lady Slade. They were sealed and stamps put on them. I opened them : Maunsell, Bth Aug. 1863. " My dear Sampson,—Will you be so kind as to send me hero the name exact of the preparation of taraxacum, and the address of the shop in London where it is to be had. You will remember having told me that I ought to take it for a series of weeks or months. I have lately had a severe bilious derangement, which brings your advice to my mind. We are looking very beautiful here now, all the flowers out and the harvest in full progress. We go to the sea at p a ignton, near Torquay, for three weeks on the 19th of the month, after which we shall be here, and hope to see you. and Mrs. Sampson —Yours very truly, (Signed) " F. W. SLADE. " George Sampson, Esq., Fisherton, Salisbury." " Maunsell Grange, Bth August, 1863. "My Dear Lord Bishop,—l was in Wells on Friday, but so busy in court that I could not pay my respects to Lady Auckland and yourself as I had wished. Business over, I returned here, leaving everything at my lodgings, ready for me to return to-morrow to have the honour of dining at the palace. E homme propose, male Dieu dispose. I got up as well as any man this morning, rode out early before break fast, but was seized with what they call indigestion, but what I call the pains of hell, and have been in all day. Under these circumstances will you and Lady Auckland kindly excuse me, and believe yours very truly, (Signed) "F. W. SLADL. " The Right Honourable the Lord Bishop, Palace, Wells, Somerset." The Coroner, in summing up the case, considered the jury could not have the slightest hesitation in coming to the conclusion that the deceased ijiel from natural causes, and it appeared to him that the proximate cause of death was similar to that of Sir Cresawell Cresswell's—fatty degeneration of the heart. Possibly faintness came on, the heart put in increased action, more blood was sent to the brain than was normal, and a bloodvessel gave way, pro ducing apoplexy, which, as the surgeon truly stated, was the immediate cause of death. The jury returned a verdict of "Death from Natural Causes."