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111 I I Mt , . 1.7 1 4 ., Cyrus o/el l 0 • NOTICE N IS GIVEN, That a, itn #4. AQurrAV Y 4 . 4117 ,m, & i 0 --1 ; 1 ) , . •-4,4l f igu i - d vs, . „. , DRorr . o•As' • ` • OPP 4 NOTICE IS GIVEN, Th a t an EXTRAORDI NARY GENERAL MEETING of the LONDON -r•QUITARLE MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE SOCIETY Will be held at Radlev's Hotel, New Bridge-street, Blacir- Mars, London, on WEDNESDAY, the 23d inst., at One o'clock precisely, to ratify an agreement, to be read at such meeting, for a transfer to and an amalgamation of the busi ness of the Society with another approved Assurance A sso - ciation, and, it deemed advisable, to dissolve the Society. J. L. PILRINGTON, Manager. wet deg rate las", 36$ 38s --s 38$ NORWICH 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, £10,086,332. A bonus of three-fifths of the profi' s periodically made 4 .m Parties insuring, who have thus, from time to time , r ece., ved 811 ms amounting in the aggregate to .E 440,000 ; and the c: i ociety now holds a large Resn've appli ^able to a future The rates of premium are in no case higher than those charged by the other principal offices making no returns to their insurers. • For prospectuses apply at the Society's Offices, Surrey street, Norwi c h ; an d 6 , Crescent, New Bridg e -street, Black friars, E.C. __ THE ROYAL INST;ECANCE COMPANY. HEAD, 29, Lombard-street. T .„ciidon, and Royal lneurance buit,dings, LiverpoeL Total Annual r.evenue exceeds vson,o , o. Accumulated Funds in hand over 1,000,000. Chairman in Liverpool : r.JHARLES TURNER, Esq., M.P. Chairman in London : WILLIAM WAINWRIGHT, Esq. EXTRA crs FROM THE REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1862. i. 28. 18. Th'. Directors of the Royal Insurance Company are now called upon to make their accustomed periodical Report at the 11e , cting of its Shareholders. FIRE BRANCH. The Directors have, as pleasingly as unexpectedly, at the close o' the year, to announce, for the first time, that the Fire Premiums have not only reached, but exceed £300,000. Tie high comparative position held by the Royal in the Gcwernment Returns of Duty is ag , in fully m.intained. The profit of the business Of the year exceeds considerably the amount realised in the preceding year, and in fact sur passes that of any year, with but two exceptions, since the commencement of thi+ Office, the balance to the credit on account of British and Foreign Insurance. being £45,107 10s. Sd., and of the North A mer i ca n business, which is kept repa y,tal £11,097165. 10d. LIFE BRANCH. The very gratifying duty now falls upon the Directors to s tate the sum assured on m-sw policies for fhe year 1862 exceeds even that of the yekr 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 haw years it i s b e li eve d that such a sum acsured as that which as Just been announced as the result of one year's bu siness Was all but unheard of. watched, portion of the Company's business has been carefull y _atched, an d canno t f a il t o give much satisfaction to the ! h areholder, as well as no small encouragement for the re to the participating life assurer. Evidence of continued care in the selection of lives is amply afforded by a statement of the number rejected. These have amounted to 311 for the year, on which the aggregate sum proposed for assurance mounts to L 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 th e ir review, the Directors now adve rt brieflyl to the United Kingdom, they have to announce that in Fire Business its p r ogress has been undoubtedly more ,Fid than th a t o f an y other Company established either in London or elsewhere, except when amalgamations have taken P l ace. The returns of duty have proved this. In Life, the amount of New Policies already reported make all other e vidence needless. The Directors conclude their present Report with the e xpression of an opinion that the prospects of the Royal thee, Company were never brighter, and of a consequent thefounded on a grateful remembrance of the past, that Oe future may unfold for it a sphere of still greater maeni ljide, combining distinguished commercial success to the Uffice with a lengthened career of usefulness and protection to the public. PERCY M. DOVE, Manager and Actuary. JOHN B. JOHNSTON, Secretary in London. PROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION. Established 1840. TRUSTEES. Thomas Baring Rsq., M.P. Wm. Geo. Prescott, Esq. T homson Hankey, Esq., M.P. I Baron L. de Rothschild, M.P. Mutual Lif , 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 .. The Accumulated Fund exceeds It has paid in Claims )en ac lit- at- 3ell £51,000 .. 2 0, , 00 .. 112,000 The whole of the profits are divided quinquennially among the Members Three divisions have already been made• when the following sums have been added as bonuses to the policies - .. X 1,400 .. 11,500 .. 23 200 .. 56,500 Dec. 31, 1847 .. „ 1852 .. „ 1837 .. „ 1882 making the total bonus additions, £98,600. }'onuses nri:i be received in cash or appliei to the reduc Lion of premiums at the option of the assured, in lieu of an addition to the ()Icy. Attention is especially invited to the system of free or paid up policies introduced by this Association, by which the sacrifice so often submitted to on the relinquishment of po icy is wholly avoided. The balance-sheets of the Association are open to all, whether assurers or otherwise Active and influential agents will be appointed in unrepre sented districts. WM. THOS. LINFORD, Secretary. Chief Office, 15, Moorgate-street, E.C., Aug 1 , 1863. A.D. 1720. ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE CORPORATION (Estnblishea by Charter of his Majesty George the First) FOR SEA, FIRE, LIFE, AND ANNUITIES. Offices, Royal Exchange, London. Branch Office, 29, Pall-mall. OCTAVIUS WIGRAM, Esq., Governor. GEORGE PEARRES BARCLAY, Esq., Sub-Governor. Sir JoRN HENRY PELLY, Bart., Deputy-Governor. 'Henry Bainbridge, Esq. Robert Barclay, Esq. •john Garratt Cattley, Esq. Mark Currie Close, Esq. William Davidson, Esq. Thomas Dent, Esq. Alexander Druce, Esq. Fredk. Jos. Edlmann, Esq. Riversdale W. Grenfell, Esq. iiobt. Amadeus Heath, Esq. Tetlow Hibbert, Esq.' _ Jas. Stewart Hodgson, Esq. !ORS. Wi►mot Holland, Esq. Earl of Leven and Melville. Chas. Jno. Manning, Esq. Henry Nelson, Esq. The Hon. Josceline W. Percy. Charles Robinson, Esq. Samuel Leo Schuster, Esq. Eric Carrington Smith, Esq. William Soltau, Esq. Joseph Somes, Esq., M.P. William Wallace, Esq. Chas. Baring Young, Esq. Medical Referee, SAMUEL SOLLY, Esq., F.R.S. FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected with this Corporation on advantageous terms. In the Life Department, assurances are granted with par ticipation in Profits, or, at lower Premiums, without such participation. The Reversionary Bonus on British Policies has averaged nearly 2 per cent. per annum on the sum assured. Equivalent reductions have been made in the Premiums payable by persons who preferred that form of Bonus. The divisions of Profit take place every Five years. Any sum not exceeding £15,000 may be insured on one Life. No. 22,214. MANILLA AND JAPAN. 1'; ow ready, Bvo., with Illustrations, 148., A LADY'S VISIT TO MANILLA AND JAPAN. By ANNA D'A. durst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough street. This Corporation affords to the Assured— Liberal participation in Profits—with exemption from the liabilities of partnership. A rate of Bonus equal to the average r Invested Capital Stock. The advantages of modern practice,—with the security of an Office whose resources have been tested by the ex perience of nearly a CENTURY AND A HALF. The Corporation have always allowed the Assured to serve in the Militia, Yeomanry, or Volunteer Corps within the United Kingdom, free of charge. ROYAL ExcHANG7I, LONDON. ROWI. P. STEELE. Secretary. NORTH BRITISII AND MERCANTILE INSURANCE COIIPANY. NEW NOVEL BY MRS. THOMSON. Nov ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., AT E X T D 0 0 R. By Mrs. THOMSON, Author of "Constance," &c. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. FGYPTIAN HALL.-MR. J. K. LORD. F.Z.S., Nightly in his popular Entertainment, entitled " AT HOME IN THE WIL bERNESS." &dmlesion-55., 35., 25., is. T" E OXFO R D, s, OXFORD STREET, W. THIS E VENING, will be performed Operatic Selections from Sir Henry R. Vishop'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. itc. Comic, by UNSWORTH (" or any oiler man "), Eugene, W. Randall, A. Lloyd, and George Hodson. Ale a Performance by Herr SCHALKENBACH on his wonderful insti ument, 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, is. ; private boxes, 10s. 6d. CANTERBURY HALL " GHOST."—In order to gratify the curiosity of nightly-increasing crowds, Mr. C. MORTON has transferred the representation of Pro fessor Pepper 'nd Henry. Dirks, Esq.'s, world-famed spectral Illusion, "THE GHOST," from the Picture Gallery to the Concert Hall, where a new and elegant stage is erected, affording a more ample view of the Illusion from Stalls, Bal cony, and body of the Hall. He has also arranged for Mr. A. Silvester to give (with all that gentleman's latest im provements and effects), REPRESENTATIONS EACH EVENING, at Ten o'clock. All the other Musical and Pictorial attractions as usual, including Operatic Selections, &c. ; Unsworth (the modern Demosthenes), Eugene, Arthur Lloyd, George Hodson, &c. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. The GHOST ! The GHOST ! ! The ONLY COMIC GHOST !! ! —The beautiful FAIRY FOUNTAIN.—A Grand Divertissement by Signora Rachele and Mariannina and Signor Guiseppe Francesco, assisted by a corns of Twenty young Ladies—Selections from favourite Operas : Principals, Miss M'Gregor, Mr. Albert, Signor Georgini, and Mr. Vernon Rigby. NICOSI A, the Great Violinist. will make his Second Appearance in England THIS EVENING and Every Evening, at:the ALHAMBRA. Doors open at 7--commence at half-past 7. ARGYLL ROOMS, Windmill-street, Piccadilly. Th, se eb , gant Booms, entirely and costly redecorated, are NOW OPEN for the Winter Season. The musical department is under the directorship of Mons. Jullien, conductor of the band. This celebrated band will be called for the future "The London Band." Manager of the Rooms—M. GRENET. Sole Lessee, R. R. BIGNELL. Admission, ls. Doors open at 8 o'clock. RUPTURES.—BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. WHITE'S MOO-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (PERFECTED AND EXHIBITED IN THE GREAT XIIIBITIONS OF 1851 AND 1862), is allowed by upwards of Two Hundred Medical Gentlemen to tie the most effective nvention in the curative treatment of HERN I A. The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its , effects, s here avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the ody, while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the Hoc-Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease nd closeness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn luring sleep. A descriptive circular may be had, and the cruse, which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the cir lumference of the body, two inches below the hips, being 'eat to the manufacturer, PRICR..._..4d. STAMPED ....sd. Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly. A Single Truss, 165., 215., 265. 6d., and Us. ed. Postage, Is. t Double Truss, 31s. 6d., 425., and 525. ed. Postage, is Bd. A.ti Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. Postage, ls. 10d. Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post office, Piccadilly. 1E NEW PATENT LAST IC STOCKINGS, KNEE-CA PS, ke... for Varicose Veins and all oases of Weakness and Swelling oi 'he Legs, Sprains, !to. They are .orous, light in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on Ite an ordinary stocking. Price 4s. 6d., 7s. ed., 108., to 16s. each. Postage tiff. JOHN WHITE. Manufacturer. 225. Piccadilly. 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, Ca anon-street, E.C., where they may be seen in operation daily. KEATING'S PERSIAN INSECT DESTROY ING PO WDER, for which a Prize Medal was awarded to the Producer at the International Exhibition, 1862, This Powder is quite harmless to animal life, but is un rivalled in destroying Fleas, Bugs, Flies, Cockroaches, Beetles, Gnats, Mosquitos, Moths in furs, and every other species of Insect. Sportsmen will find this an invaluable remedy for destroy ing Fleas in their Dogs, as also Ladies for their Pet Dogs. Being the original importer of this now invaluable article, which has found so great a sale that it has tempted others to vend a so-called article, the public are therefore cautioned to observe that the packets of the Genuine Powder bear the autogragh of THOMAS KEATING. Sold in packets, ls., 2s. 6d., and 4s. 6d. each, or post free for 14 or 36 postage stamps, by Thomas Keating, chemist, 79, St. P:ul's-churchyard, London, E.C. ARMY CONTRACTS. Commissariat Office, Aldershot, 2d September, 1863. TENDERS will be received at this office, until from p n ers oo o n n , son who m ED ay N b E e S w D i A lli Y o , g t t h o e e 3 o o t t e h r i S n e t p o t c em on b t e r r t i ot lB f 6 o 3 r , the supply of FORAGE, in such quantities as may be required, from Ist November, 1863, to 3 st October, 1861, for the use of Her Majesty's Forces stationed at Aldershot Camp, and within the cOm - Iliand. Forms of Tender and Conditions of Contract may be ob tained on api , lication at this office, by letter or in person, between the hours of ten and four o'clock. The Tenders must be properly filled up and signed, and delivered at this office (under closed envelope, marked on the outside " Tender for Forage"), an d no Tender will be noticed unless made on forms obtained from this office, and delivered by the hour appointed. HENRY B. MORSE, Deputy Commissary-General. Established 1809. Incorporated by loyal Charter and Special Acts of Parliament. ACCUMULATED AND INVESTED FUNDS, £2,122,828. ANNUAL REVENUE, £422,401. LONDON BOARD. John White Cater, Esq., I P. du Pre Greutell, E sq . Chairman. A. Klockmann, Esq. Charle Morrison, Esq., De- John Mollett, Esq. puty hairman. jmius S. Morgan, Esq. A. De a rroyave, Esq. G. Garden Nicol, Esq Edward Cohen, Esq. John H. Wm. Schroder, Esq . James du Buisson, Esq. George Young, Esq. EX-DIRECTORS. A. H. Campbell, Esq. Robert Smith, E. P. C. Cavan, Esq. Frederic Somes, Esq. P. P. Ralli, Esq. Manager of Fire Department—George , H. Whyting. Manager of Life Department—W. F. Birkmyre. Superintendent of For e ign Department—G. H. Burnett. Secretary--F. W. Lance. General Manager—David Smith. ?IRE DE ?ARMEN . 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. ..... The Company ►rants Tnsurances against Fire in the United Ringdom, and all foreizn countries. e o d r i Mercantile. Risks :n the Port of London accepted at re d:4: Losses, prt , mptly and liberally settled. Risks. — The Director:, having a practical know ... Fie of foreign countries, are prepared to issue Polices on the most tavouraAe terms.' In all cases a discount will be allowed to Merchants and others effecting such Insurances. LIFE DEPARTMENT The following Statement exhibits the improvement during the las few years : NO. of Policies Premiums. effected Issued. Sums. £12,565 18 8 1956 ........ 455 ....... . £377,425 14 070 1 5 1859 ........ 615 ...... 449 913 18 0 ........ 741 .......... 4-5:649 ..... ' 14, 0 7 1 ~) 16,553 2 • 1861 ........ 785 ..... 527 6in 1862 ........ 1t37 .......... 7 '3.34 Thus in five years the number 68 of Policies issued was 3,623, assuring the large sum of £2,928 947. Th.e_leading features of the Office are :- 1 Enti features to Assurers. 2. thererge Bonus additions already declared, and the on of a further B s onus at the next investiga tion. 3 . The advantages afforded by varied Tables of premiums —unrestricted conditions of Policies—and general liberality in dealing with the A ssured. Forms of Proposal and ever information will be furnished on app:icati on at the y IIEAD OFrICES : .... LONDON. 58, Threadneedle-stre e t 4, New Bank Buildings, Princes-street. N EDINBURGH... 64, 'ORTII BRITISH AND MERCANTILE INSURANCE COMPANY. WEST-END OFFICE: 8, WATERLOO-PLACE, PALL-MALL. Secretary—ALEX. J. RUSSELL. 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 m at m etropolis. a very large proportion of the casual sick of this great metropolis. It requires but the funds in order to have 600 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 theirimperative duty to make an EARNEST APPEAL to the public for continued support, to enable them to admit and relieve the distressing cases that daily present themselves. Contributions are received by the Treasurer, Edward Alas erman, Esq. ' Nicholas-lane ; also by Me ssrs. C ontts and Co. ; Drummond and Co.;!ferries and Co. ; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and 60. ; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Glyn and Co. ; Jones Loyd and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; Denison and Co. ; W lliaras, Deacon, and Co. ; Overend, Gurney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co. ; Messrs. J. Barned and Co., Liverpool and at the Hospital. STANFORD S. SMITH Secretary. The Moors and Forests in Scotland. (From the Inverness Courier.) The moors have not generally yielded well during the present week, owing to unfavourable weather. Previous to the 31st ult. Mr. W. Webb, at Fodderty, bagged to his own gun, in two days and three afternoons, 326 brace grouse ; and on the 31st Mr. Garth shot 28 brace grouse, 1 woodcock, 1 snipe, 16 hares, and 1 rabbit at Achnacleroch. Up to the same date Lord Scarsdale and party, at Carr Bridge, had killed 400 brace of birds. On the 25th ult. Mr. Bentinck, M.M., bagged 30 brace grouse on the Cromdale Hill moors, Capt. Hutton bagged 211 brace grouse and 2 hares in a few hours the following day, on the Blairnamarrow beat, and on Friday upwards of 20 brace grouse. On the Ballindalloch moors, on the 25th, Thos. Cambell, Eq., Edinburgh, and Mr. Lawson, M.P., shooting over the same dogs, bagged 20 brace grouse, 1 snipe, and 3 hares. On the same day Mr. Lawson and R. Pocklington,Esq., bagged 23} brace grouse, 1 snipe, 2 hares, On the Cromdale moors Mr. Saltmarshe, on the 22d, killed 18 brace grouse after 12 o'clock. On the 24th he and Mr. Bathurst had 34 brace grouse and 3 hares ; and on the 25th Mr. Bathurst and Mr. Blackburn, M.P. killed 37 brace of grouse and 2 hares. On the 28th Mr. Saltmarshe and Mr. Bathurst killed 34 brace grouse and 7 hares. The grouse are plentiful, strong, and wild; the covies are very good on the high ground. On the 21st ult. Simon Heir, Esq., went to the Lesmurdie moors about an hour and a half, and killed 7} brace grouse and 4 hares. F. V. Nugent, Esq., and Capt. Nugent shot on the Farr moors, Strathnairn, from August 12 to 22, 131 brace grouse, 5 blackgame, and 20 hares. On Monday, 31st ult., Mr. Tew Capt. Munro, of Poyntzfield, and Mr. Fenton went to the Swordale moors to try for blackgame, and shot 7i brace. They finished with 261 brace grouse and 5 hares. His Grace the Duke of Richmond and party continue to get excellent sport. On the 24th, the Duke and Prince Edward killed 22 brace and 2 hares, and Lord March a stag. Mr. Cox and Mr. Vivian had 141 brace, 4 hares, and 4 snipes. On the 21st, Lord March brought down two deer, and the Duke of Richmond and Mr. Cox had 26 brace grouse and 2 hares. Prince Edward had 2 brace grouse. On the Dun .d 22 Dun phail moors, Major Cumming Bruce and Henry Gordon Cumming, Esq., bagged 201 brace grouse and 3 hares on anded 19 f brace e grouse Tbe Ea and rl of 1 Fife 3 hares.was the 20th. On the 27 s t, M a j or C umm ing a nd Mr. Henry Gordon agge brace Cumming gr ousebag g 6 hares . Mr. Smith and party, on the 19th b agge d 15 brace, 1 duck, and 1 hare; and, on the 24th, Mr. A. S m ith and party b out on Thursday and Friday on the Baynack moors, and bagged 36 brace of grouse on the former and 28 on the latter day. Some of the Perthshire moors appears to be well stocked with game. On Thursday his Royal Highness the Maha rajah Dhuleep Singh bagged to his own gun, on the Loch Kennard range, Grandtully, 50 brace of grouse, and a few hares and snipe. Sir H. H. Campbell, Bart., shot on the hill of Monzie, in the afternoon, 7 brace of grouse. The numerous sportsmen who are residing at Drummond Castle have secured some excellent bags. The sport of Glenartney, Longside, Lochernside, &c., has been good. Grouse are plentiful, and not the least symptom of disease has been seen among them. Good sport is obtained in the forests. Down to the 28th ult. Mr. Holmes had shot at Monar no fewer than 13 stags, all carrying capital heads, and one weighing 17} stone. Deer were never seen in finer condition in this district. From the commencement of the season to the last day of August, Mr. Thistlethwayte brought down 14 stags in Lochluichart forest, shooting on that day a fine animal with beautiful large antlers of the following dimensions, viz.:— Span, 23f inches ; length, 33 inches ; thickness, 5 inches ; length of front tines 10 inches. The head was a royal, with palmated tops, of 6i inches in breadth. Lord Lovat and party succeeded in killing 23 stags during last week, ten of the number being shot on Thursday, and all in Glenstrath farar forest. On the 21st the Rev. W. Basset shot a fine stag at Kinclochewe ; and on the 26th J. F. Basset, Esq., shot a beautiful animal with a royal head in the same forest. Lord Stamford shot in his forest of Rothiemurchus, on Wednesday and Thursday, 4 excellent stags, and about 70 brace wild ducks, and on Friday 5 stags. The Hon, G. S. Duff has had capital sport in Mar Forest, and up to Thurs day last bad killed 14 stags, all of them splendid animals, the lightest weighing 15 stone, and the heaviest 18 stone. On the 21th Mr. Bentinck, M.P., killed two fine stags in Glenavon, weighing respectively 14 stone and 14 stone 101bs ; and on Wednesday he killed one weighing 15 stone. In spite of bad weather, Mr. Snowie has during the week received a number of stags heads for preservation. J. G. Leigh, Esq., has forwarded six, three of them being royals; Lord Galway, one of ten times ; Christopher Turner, Esq., Glenfeshie, a good specimen of a royal ; and F. Bassett, EFq., Kinlochewe, also an excellent royal. Horatio Ross, Esq , has also sent a very fine specimen of a royal head. The antlers measure in length, 321 inches; in span. within bow of the antlers, 3li inches ; and between the outside tops, 37 inches. The stag was shot in Glendibidale on the 28th of August ; it weighed 18 stone 31b -, and makes the twenty•eighth stag shot by Mr Ross and his sons since the commencement of the season. On the same day a young gentleman staying at Glendibidale went out with a common carbine, and shot a stag of nearly 18 stone weight, with antlers of 33 inches span. Two very fine heads, from J. G. Leigh, Esq., Strathconon, have been received this morn ing. Span of one, 27 inches ; brow antlers, 10 inches in length; length of horns, 34 inches ; thickness, 5k inches; weight of de2,r, 17 stone. The other head is almost a caberslach. R OiAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION The Wolverhampton and Dudley Mysteries. (Inoorporated by Royal Charter). PATRONESS—Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen. RESIDENT—Vice-Admiral the Duke of Northumberland, E.G., F.R.S. CHAIRMAN—Thos. Baring Esq., M.P., F.R.S., V.P. D EPUTY-CIIAIRMAN—Thomas Chapman, Esq., F.R.S., V.P. APPEAL. The Committee of Management have to state that, since he beginning of the year 1850, the Boyar National Lifeboat Institution has expended £32,000 on various Lifeboat Estab lishments on the Coasts of England, Scotland, and Ireland. The number Society. and other means, since its formation, is 12,8 00 ; of lives saved by the Life-boats of the tor which services 82 Gold Medals, 718 Silver Medals, slid £.16,480 in cash have been paid in rewards. The Institu tion nas also expended £67,000 on Life-boats, Life-boat Transporting-can 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 tew years, a support which has enab' ed them to establish their present magnificent fleet at 123 Lifeboats on the shores of the United Kingdom. Deeply sensible, however, of the great responsibility that rests on them to maintain their fleet in a thoroughly efficient state, and its Crews practised in the management of their boats, which can only be effected by a large and permanent annual income, they earnestly appeal to all classs of their to perpetuating so A them in u holdin ,, and great and truly tefulry acknowledge the following con nationat a wor . countrymen tributions • tier West,- the Queen Yesterday a further attempt was made to throw some light upon the deaths of two persons, which occurred under extraordinary circumstances at Wolverhampton and Dudley respectively. It will be remembered that the woman who was found a worm-eaten cot pse in an empty house at Dudley, and who was supposed to be the woman who lived with the deceased man Cheenery as his wife, and who was the last, person seen in the house where his murdered body was found, was, after the coroner's inquest, buried without any post-mortem examination having been made of her body. Capt. Segrave, the chief constable of Wolverhampton, and Mr. T. M. Phillips, the coroner for that borough, both de sired that she might be exhumed, and they applied to Mr. Robinson, the coroner for Dudley, to issue his order for the exhumation. That gentleman, however, having completed the inquest, could not comply with the request. At the inquest on the body of Cheenery, which was further adjourned last week, the evidence still left a doubt on Mr. Phillips's mind that the woman found at Dudley was the woman Steadman, who must undoubtedly have had a hand in the murder of her paramour. That gentleman therefore made an application to the Secretary of State for the Home Department for his order to exhume the body and to submit it to a post-mortem examination. That order was received yesterday, and witnesses were sent over to Dudley from Wolverhampton, including the mother of Cheenery, to endeavour to speak to the body being that of Steadman or not; and surgeons also went over to make the post-mortem examination. When the ctffin was opened identification from the features was utterly impossible, but the height and build of the corpse were quite those which characterised Steadman. The identification of the clothes, was however, complete, most of the garments which were s upon the woman when she was found, and in which was interred, being sworn to as those which Steadman had l essrs. accustomed to wear. The surgeons, who were surgeon °l2e been Nesbit and Mr. Keogh, the latter the senior of the South Staffordshire Hospital a t s was don© in the il'olverhampton, then commenced their examination. d the inquiry was charnel-house of the Dudley ondent left Dudley. being proceeded with when oueremcoerrt-04, The Drought and Seat of the Season. CELEBRATiON tratford-un of the TERCENTENARY ,t of Avu n. t he„, BIRTH of SHAKS PE N. e . /I 'he Tercentenary Co hairceh now Sir S ir It r eee bent ir _ ing stirl,llton, Bart-, K.C.8.. 1 at the Stourbridge Committee ' sC t h te a e irm (of an v i account Se RIPTION.:, and they may also be paid to the at m R i 4: l l the Tercentenary Comm d Lesmington Banks, rati„d4rtninster or Warwick an d e Smith, and Gree nwaV i tt-Avon ; Messrs. Gree n Smith i.'' a rck ;' or their ° and Co., or Mes -.l's. 'Glyn ' -and ' M ssrs Hanburys and Co e, ,co , k e - agents, Messrs. The Ter,_,, " a llkers, London. I ond 1 the admirers tion list t., 4 11, _ te nary uo mnr i tee, in submittina the subscrip of Sha ' ks ~, m e Ti a ppea_ to Committee rest their claims Pelre t n ati °n, most earnestly t. _ r their aid and assista Ge that Stratford is not only the bin hplace u p o n the rou2 ,' I liv centre of attraction to The all admirers of the ; B e l : ear o e e ' ;'s ut works, and that it was his htnne, the town he I vved t , and where he lived and died. For many year s thee h a s not been so hot a summer on th e eo has just ended ; and both th ere which Continent as th at t y w the drought has been v er y grea t . It and in this ga u s l f a serious error had been committ e d i n the almost looks A ld e rshot as a site for a barrack town ; f or, the droughtselectiuohe s b e en so great this summer as t o compel the troops to quit the place altogether from want o f wa t er. In fa an d its vicinity no such drought and h ea t h ave been suffered for many years as during the past summer. In deed, as regards heat, during the last 158 years it has pro.. bably only once been warmer than it lately was on certain days. The thermometer last month reached 39 degrees (102 degrees Fahrenheit) in the shade, which implies something like the scorching heat of 65 degrees in the sun! In Paris it is very rare for tho thermometer to rise above 36 degrees in the shade. The river Seine fell to the level of the great drought of 1719, which forms the zero line of the metrical ladder on the Pont Royal for measuring the depth of the river. This is only the second time of such an occur rence for nearly 150 years, and the first since the year before the c , met of 1811. The waters of the Loire, too, have never been known to he so low as in the season just past. This great river, which has so often ravaged the country for leagues by its excesses, was lately crossed, where it meets the Nievre and Cher, both on foot and in carriages without either difficult} or danger. The drought and heat in Aus tria have been extreme ; as also in Italy, especially at Rome. In a r _ O T n i2 l In Germany, too, water be lame both scarce and d e drought at Aix la Chapelle was such that wat s er s e old ' at 15 groseben, or ls. 6d. a 1 arrel. Some few . years ago there but not was a considerable drought for successive seasons, in present year, to so great an extent, it would seem, At that time, it may be remembered, there there were serious- diminishing. Sine • fears that the rain all was permaneve then, however, here have been very wet , seasons which ave tended grea tly to rest re the average; and doubtle ss sooner or later we may look out for a recurrence of the like compensatory process.---Builder. £ s. d .. annual 50 0 0 _ Campbell, the Son. Mrs. .. annual 5 0 0 Clerk, Colonel, R.A. .. . • • • .. annual 1 1 0 Bankers .. •.. •.. ... ... 4d a t n ohn n d u 0 a m 1 2 151 0 000 1 0 000 o ooo_ .. a .. 0 d 2 rr d .r d .a . o n n_. 25 0 0 Coutts and Co. Messrs. , Currie, Wm. 1::scl., • • Erie, Lord Chief Justice . .... Fenwick, G. J., Esq., cost ° don. 15 3 150 00 Fanshawe, Vice-Admiral ...... Tran sporting Carriag - e • • • ' Harvey, 7 , ' Sir Rev. G Henry . G. , a ß il a d r t 1 ,1" . 7th don. 10 0 0 . • an . n . ual 2 3 0 0 0 0 Moore, Rev. G. B. .. • • •• Smith, Mrs. George, Greenwich • • St irling, Col. Sir Anthony, 1C.C.8• • • • • Thom, s, Lady, Weston-super-Mare, col lectedb y her Ladyship .. .. 16 16 0 Willoughby d'Eresby, Lord .• • • • • annual 50 0 Donations and Annual :••'n' scriptions will be thankfully re eived by the Bankers of the Institution, Messrs. Willis, i'ercival, and Co., 76, Lombard- treet ; 3lessrs. Coutts and Co., 59, Strand ; \iessrs. Berries, Farquhar. and Co., 16, St. Tani( • 's -street, London ; by a 1 ;he Collectors of Customs and Bankers in the United Kingdom ; and by the Secretary Richard Lewis, Esq., at the Office of the institution, 11, John-street, Adelohi, London, ii-A.:. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTErBER 8, 1863. THE POLISH INSURRECTION. (FT on the Special Correspondent of the Times.) NEAR CRACOW, Aug. 31. The facts of the Polish insurrection, as seen from Galicia, have recently been so much of the same character that a formula might serve to describe them all. Expeditions go into the kingdom. fight a first battle, with or without success, and in either case get overpowered later or sooner by superior numbers. The Galician frontier is so guarded by a double line of troops that for a small force to cross it and penetrate into the interior, unobserved, is impossible. The task of crossing is equally difficult for a comparati%ely large force which cannot be large enough to hold its ground for any length of time against the host of Russians who are sure to be poured on it from all sides as soon as its position becomes known. Nevertheless, detachments do pass the border from time to time, and take their chance —which, unhappily, is less a chance than a cer tainty of being driven back or destroyed. If the detachment is strong, the first line of Russians usually falls back and only accepts battle when the second line is near enough to act as a support. Or else, if the attack is sharp and sudden, messengers are sent to the second line, who are then driven for ward in peasants' carts kept always in readiness. When the attacking force of Poles is known to be weak it is sometimes _allowed to-pass the first line; Its fate is then terrible. It is enclosed between the two lines, and in this manner several small and gallant companies have been cut to pieces. In the interior of the kingdom the Poles are in a better position. In mcny districts they are esta blished in great force, and if the Galician expeditions do no other good they, at least, keep an immense number of troops occupied on the frontier, and thus facilitate the operations of the bands formed in the heart of the country. In Volhynia and Podolia nothing is being done just now. In Lithuania so many families, once well-to.do and even wealthy, have been reduced to destitution by confiscation, devastation, and the stop put to all payment of rent, that the pro vince abounds in men who, as a mere matter of prudence, had now better fight the Russians than starve quietly. Hitherto, Lithuania had suffered more than any other portion of ancient Poland, and the manner in which all classes in th e Catholic districts, from the principal proprietors to the peasants, have joined in the national war leaves no doubt as to the thoroughly Polish senti ment which animates the Lithuanians. If it were permissib:e in such cases to cite names, I could men tion several Lithuanian families, well known throughout Europe in connection with recent tragic events, so completely ruined that their relations say openly that, if left to their own resources, th ey would be without bread. It has formed part of the plan of the Russian Government to starve the Lithuanians into submission, and by its system of confiscations and forced contributions it certainly has enfeebled the Lithuanian insurrection. But, on the other hand, it has created a class of desperate men who, whatever be the general prospects of the war against Russia, will go on fighting from pa triotism, from a spirit of vengeance, and also because there is nothing else left for them to do. From day to day, to judge by the Polish news. papers, the opinion in Poland varies as to the chances of an intervention. One morning all le despondency. Europe is accused of looking on calmly and even complacently at the struggles of Poland to save her life from Russia; and the Western nations are compared to fatigued Romans at a circus, vie wing with shameful interest " the contest of a Christian gladiator against a wild beast." Then the Poles are assured that, do what they may, the Western nations cannot avoid coming to blows with Russia before long; that they may hope to escape, but can only postpone the war which next spring will for a variety of reasons be inevitable. It is difficult to say who is to blame, but it is quite certain that the Poles have been led to believe that sooner or later they would be assisted from abroad, and that the great object of diplomatists now seems to be to avoid giving them assistance. The Poles complain that they have been deceived, and that too much has been said on their behalf if speech was not to be followed by action. But, on the other hand, what indignation would they not have expressed, and with reason, if Europe had preserved a strict silence on the subject of their misfortunes, on the injustice with which Russia has always treated them, and the horrible cruelties inflicted upon them systematically since the very beginning of the pre sent insurrection ! As far as I have been able to observe, the people who have talked least and done most for the Poles hitherto have been the Hungarians. Daring the insurrection of 1830 several Hungarian comitats asked permission to send troops to the aid of the P lles, and a willingness and readiness to assist them were also expressed by the Hungarian Diet. I have met Hungarian ladies who are almost as enthusias tic as the ladies of Poland on behalf of the Polish insurrection. If it be said i that this social enthu siasm bears no gr eat fruits, t must be remembered that in Poland itself the number of insurgents is very th and small small a as s comparedcompared withwith the e educated entire portion alone, for the plan of the Polish insurrection has hitherto been to make the war of independence not short, strong, and decisive, but long, tedious, and exhausting for the colossal clay-footed enemy. Volunteers are actually kept back, so that when there is really a want of fresh victims there is always a supply forthcoming in superabundance. However, of the few foreigners who have gone to the help of the Poles, the Hungarians have cer tainly formed the majority. They have not sent many well qualified to act as officers, but a great many who cannot have failed to prove themselves good soldiers. It was thought at one time the Hun garians would come in large numbers to Poland. This notion was, no doubt, based on the ancient political sympathy and social connection which existed so long between the two nations, and also well-knowno Hfo n rom t w h ee e d7ra,nd, n fact that the Polish legions of Dembinski a n d Wy soc ki ren d ere d mo s t important aid to th e H ungar i ans d ur i ng t h e i r war o f 1848 -9. Polish-Hun garianoasarule themselv es at the se r vice;i only Hungarians t belongingto the emig the whoorfattihosn';olish am Government d t have been students f ' rem the gymnasiums of Kas mark, Leutschme, and E • eries—all towns in Up- per Hungary, bordering P upon Poland. I suppose 1 no people in Europe know and understand the Poles nearly so well as the Hungarians. The Poles and Hungarians had, for centuries, insci• talons almost identical, and quite identical in principle ; and whatever abuses may have crept into the Constitutions of Poland and also of Hun gary, the political life in both countries kept up and developed a genuine love ' of liberty which dis tinguishes them in the present day from all other Catholic countries. The suff • erings of Poland have been so infinitely greater than those of Hungary, that an exaggerated and morbid religious feeling has been generated in the former country, which is not to be found in the latter; and thus se- N eral devout and warlike Poles were found at :Castel Fidardo fighting in the spirit of ancient crusaders, and mistaking General de Lamorieiere for Godefrai de Bouillon, while alt the Hungalians who took part in the Italian war seem to have regarded it entirely from a political point of view, and, therefore, fought naturally on the side of Italian independence, as the Polish volunteers, if they could separate religious from political ques tions, must also, without exception, have done. Of course there were very many Poles who fought on behalf of Italian unity, but these were person - not to be spoken of in polite society except with a shudder. The men of the moderate and 5 , ,-called / aristocratic party, whose names are generally con nected in England and Franca with the cause of liberty in Poland and in other countries, regard Victor Emmanuel as an unprincipled invader doing the same work in the south of Eu rope that the Empress Catherine, Frederick of Prussia, and Maria Theresa did in the North. Men of this way of thinking look upon Garibaldi either with horror as a sort of Antichrist, or with effected pity as a simple-minded republican, engaged on ac count of his notorious virtue to give dignity and re spectability to the democratic movement in Europe, and upon the express condition that, in order to keep up his character, he should retire from time to time to an island and plant ..abbages. One Polish officer who (under a rtom de yuerre)has rendered important services and performed br:lliant exploints in conduct ing expeditions and detachments of expeditions from Galicia to the kingdom, fought heroically on the wrong side at Castelfidard o ; but 1 am convinced taat the great majority of the fighting men engaged in the Polish movement, though not of the diplo , matixers, are full of sympathy for the Italians. Were it otherwise, we should not find so many Italians of the Garibaldian party in the ranks of the insurgents. But more Hungarians than Italians have joined the Polish insurrection, and they have been, for the most part, men who cannot be suspected of being revolutionists for the sake of revolution. The en thusiastic interest taken 14 the Hungarians in the Polish movement—a movement, be it remembered, which, as it has hitherto been conducted, can in no way help Hungary—is a valuable testimony to the generally noble qualities of the Polish nation; for the Hungarians are really the only people who have an intimate and traditional knowledge of the solid virtues of the Poles, and also of their national defects—such es their want of fore sight, their extreme but perfectly intelligible and excusable sensibility under oppression next to in supportable, but which, nevertheless, they ought for a time and for their own sake to have supported, and their political imprudence, as manifested in a atiety of ways during the last two centuries of their history. However, most of the Hungarian volunteers en gaged in unsuccessful expeditions from Galicia to the kingdom of Poland have, after falling into the hands of the Austrians, been sent back to their homes under bail; and it does not appear likely now that Hungarians or any other foreigners will offer, in large numbers, to go to the help of the Poles un less an armed intervention should be resolved upon or ehe rHungarians,eiitgn governmentgovernments. In o n r perhaps, even that by somecase,f neither these Poles themselves who have hitherto abstained from joining the insurrection in the field, and who may also be accustomed to the use of arms, would be wanted. Nevertheless, it must not be supposed for a moment, that there are any men in P )land, ore of the most warlike countries in an Europe, who want foreigners to come and fight their bat tles for them throughout. It is against the pos sibility of such a thing happening, that the Poles of the extreme party, who quite reject the idea of their country being restored through foreign aid, desire to guard. Wild as these brave, desperate Law may be—and certainly are --they have never theless reflected enough on the modern history of their own country, especially on the Napoleonic period, from 1807 until 1812, to understand that it is habitually made use of to weaken and frighten the Russians, and abandoned when there seems to be a good chance of bringing Russia to terms. " Every one has made use of Poland, no one has re , Wy assisted her," says M. Guizot in his me moirs ; and the opinion of that experienced Minis ter and calm, philosophical writer is shared by many despondent patriots who now seem on the Point of becoming revolutionists, and who have arrived at what some will think a judicious, others merely a cynical conviction that no one will ever help Poland from admiration of the Poles, or from indignation at the unexampled manner in which the Polish nation is being tortured and murdered. Naval and Military Intelligence. THE NAVY. The Recruit, 6, 160-horse power, Commander C)ee . F. Cottam, iron paddlewheel steamer, was put out of commission yesterday in Chatham harbour, and her officers and crew turned over to the Speed well, 5, SO-horse power. The paddlewheel steamer Medusa, 4, 312-horso power, Master-Commander J. Loane, steamed into the harbour at an early hour yesterday morning and received on board the officers and crew of the Recruit for conveyance to the Speedwell at Woolwich. Commander Cottam hauled dojo his pennant yesterday afternoon. Upwards of :t12,000 have been spent in repairing the Recruit and fitting her for sea. She goes into the first-class steam reserve until final orders respecting her have been received from the Admiralty. Her internal fittings, bulkheads, &c., are undisturbed. The paddlewheel steamer Salamis, 4, 250-horse power, fitting at Chatham, has a considerable num ber of hands employed on board, in order that no time may be lost in completing her for sea, though uo to the p re sent tim e no d e fi n it e instructions have been received at the dockyard as to the part i cu l ar s ervices for which she is intended. Her internal fittings and decorations are on a scale of great splendour. _ Th e Bloodhound, 3 , iron paddle vessel, Lieut. - Commander John E. Stokes, which has just returned to England from the West Coast of Africa, will shortly be paid off a t iVoclwich. This vessel was commissioned at the latter port by Lieut. F. lir. Bennett, Julie 25, 1860 , with a complement of 55 officers and men, and left t for G ree nhithe on the 14 th of the following month arrived at Plymouth July adjust compasses. She T 2O , was at the ri ver Ni g er in Nov., and at Lqges ori the 10th of December. 'le Enterprise end Favourite screw steamvesse l a, now building at Deptford Dockyard, on the plan of Mr. Reed, Chief Constru ct or of the Navy, are n o w in a forward state, and have commenced receiving their 4i inch armour plates, manufactured by Messr3. Brown, of Sheffield, The Enterprise has peen fitted with her machin ery and her cupola , which will be armed with four The Dwarf and Fidget heavy guns. gunboats, built by con tract for the Government d but which were never brough t ring the Crimean war, into service, having had their boilers and machinery removed, have been Woken up at Deptford Dockyard, and the timbe r a ppears to be in sound condition. The Adventure, screw troopship, Commander T. , B. Lethbridge , i s ordered to embark detachments of troops at Portsmouth for cony, Mr. Stansfeld, M.P. , on , of the to Canada. Lords of the Ad miralty, visited Portsmouth e Dockyard yesterday, and went on boar d the iron fr igate Hector, and other vessels in progress at the p ort. Yesterday a public trial w as made at Chatham of dockyard of a new descri ptiontraction engine invented by Messrs. Aveling andporter, of Roches t,,,i, which has been brought i nto use at the dock yard for conveying the machinery and other heavy materials used in the im p r ovements now in progress at the establishme nt to a nd from th e dockyard works. The exp eriments W ere carried out under the Bes. inspection of Professor 0 . lich, of Kaiser lautern, and a party o f foreigners, who have been specially deputed to visit this country to re port upon the inventi on previous to its introduction into B avaria. Shortly before two / o'clock three of the en g i ne , -, each having a henvy load attached, started frwn Messrs Aveling and Porter's works, on the Strood side of the Ro chester-bridge. The first engine weighed 12 tons, and was one of several On the eve of being shipped to Kingston, Jamaica, to be employed on the sugar growing estate of Messrs. Salomon and Co, At tached to the engine were two lorries, each con tiining three cast iron girders, to b, used in the works now in progress at the dockyard. The uni ted weight of the girders was 18 tons, and of the two trucks 5 tons. To the second engine were at tached five empty lorries, each weighiog 24 tons, and constructed to carry 7 tons each. The last engine was one which had taken three prizes, and to this was attached a large steam-thrashing ma chine, and some other agricultural machinery, The three engines with their loads started away over Rochester-bridge, and through the narrow streets of the town towards the dockyard, the speed vary ing from two to four miles an hour. The ascent of Star-hill, which has an incline of 1 in 12, was made by all three engines, with their respective loads, without the least apparent difficulty, and without any stoppage, the rate being two miles and a half per hour. In the passage through the crowded roads at Chatham to the dockyard no in convenience whatever was experienced, the engines adapting themselves to every variety of road, and travelling with an uniform rate of speed. Attached to one of the engines is an appliance for loading and unloading heavy weights, and on the train of trucks being stopped, the engine was detached and brought round to the trucks conveying the girders, when, by means of the lifting apparatus, the latter were lifted from the lorries and deposited in the spot selected for them. Each of the engines tried yesterday started from the factory with a stock of 10 cwt. of coals, which is sufficient for eight hours consumption. The trials were pronounced in all respects satisfactory. The following appointments and promotions were made yesterday at the Admiralty :—Capt. Henry Boys to the Pelorus ; Capt. F. H. Stirling to the Cumberland, for service in the Tamar ; Dr. Walter Reid, John P. Way, John A. Macdonald, Dr. John Craw, and Dr. John Walsh, acting assist.-surgeons, to the Victory, as additional for service at Hasler Hospital ; John T. Comerford, Isaac Waugh, Dr. Robert Hay, and Dr. Wm. M‘Mahon, acting assist.- surgeons, to the Royal Adelaide, for service at Ply mouth hospital ; Geo. Park, chief engineer, to the Indus, for the London ; Edwd. Barrett and Josh. Brand, assist.-engineers, to the Cumberland, as supernumeraries; John M'Laren in the Cumber laud, E. Carling in the Indus, M. M'lntyre in the Adventurer, A. B. M'Luckie in the Victoria and Albert, T. Pringle in the Wye, W. Gentles, of the Cumberland, for the Wildfire, D. M'Vean of the Fisguard, for the Bann, and T. Spence in the Sup ply, are promoted to be first-class assist.-engineers ; J. Bannatyne in the Centaur, D. Storrar in the Cygnet, D. M'lntyre in the Argus, and R. Findlay in the Cormorant, are promoted to the rank of acting first-class assist.-engineers. The undernamed gentlemen were yesterday no minated to naval cadetships W. Newell, Charles G. Prater, Edward H. Geen, Charles M. Luckraft, Ernest James Seymour, Arthur Target, and George T. Hall. iAbb, ESTABLISHED 1833. 110WDEN'S JERATED GINGER BEER, in glass or stone bottl-s, warranted to keep good twelve months. Lemonade, Soda-water, otass, Seltzer, and every description of Mineral Waters.—Manutactor y, No. 3, Whi te Hart-street, Drury-lane, W.C. THE ARMY. A review of the troops in garrison at Portsmouth will take place on Southsea-common on Thursday next at 3 p.m. Major-Gen. Lord W. Paulet, C. 8., will command the force. By direction of the War Department a new kit chen-range, &c., has been provided for the sergeants at the Shorncliffe Camp to avoid the inconvenience of cooking in the general mess room. The non commissioned officers of the sth Fusileers have pre sented a valuable testimonial to Sergt. Borkes, on his retirement after 21 years' service. Two detach ment s of Royal Horse Artillery are ordered to encamp on the Warren at New Romney for gun practice. THE VOLUNTEERS. The Margate Cinque Ports and county of Kent Rifle con test, under the patronage of the Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, commenced on Monday morning at North Down, near Margate, a well-selected spot on the cliffs about mid way between Margate and Broadstairs. This contest, from the circumstance of receiving the patronage of the noble Premier, and the support of the Marquis of Conyngham, Sir Brook W. Bridges, M.P., Sir E. C. Dering, M.P., Mr. Knatchbull-Hugessen, M.P., Mr. Frederick North, M.P., Mr. H. B. Sheridan, M.P., the Mayor of Margate, and a large number of gentlemen of local influence, is not only popular throughout the district, but being in nearly every competition open to all colliers, with the shooting portion o f . the volunteer forces generally, thus attracted cracks from all parts of the kingdom, and even from remote parts of Scotland. The competition consisted of the Premier Stakes of £l5O, and the general distribution amounted in the aggre gate to £220, divided into 47 separate prizes. In the Pre mier Stakes the first prize consists of the Palmerston Cup, of the value of £52 10s. ; second prize (money), £2O ; four prizes of the value of £lO each; one of £7, four of £5 each, and the other of £3 and £2 each. Among the other com petitions was one for an elegant tea service, open to all ser vices the arm of the corps. A competition open to all corners, first prize £26 55., and a second a Steward's Lord Bury telescope; a competition for a gold watch value £lO 10s., and various other competitions of considerable value, amounting to 17 in the aggregate. The charge for entries to the Premier Stakes was 15s. if paid by Sept. 4, but on the ground £1 ls., and the others varied in accordance with the value of the stakes competed for. The competition in the Premier Stakes is to continue throughout the meeting, and will not close till a given hour on Wednesday, to be shot for at 200 and 500 yards, seven rounds at each range, En field rifles and Government ammunition. The arrangements were entrusted to Capt. Cox, of the 7th Cinque Port (Mar gate) Rifles, and the targets were erected on the North Down, near the Waterloo Gardens. Marquees for refresh. ment, &c., had been erected, and a plentiful display of flags gave the spot an exceedingly gay and pleasant appearance. It was arranged that the competition should commence at 9 a.m., but " as there is many a slip between the cup and the lip," so it may be in respect to rifle shooting. The targets had been duly prepared, but unfortunately the distemper colours distinguishing black from white had been prepared without sufficient size or other combining mate • rial, and when Mr. J. H. Keble and Mr. Smith arrived on the ground they found the targets entirely obliterated by the pelting rain which had prevailed through out the night and morning. This circumstance caused a de lay of nearly two hours before the proceedings were com menced. The weather was most unpropitious for shooting, at 9 o'clock blowing at least half a gale of wind from south west by west, right across the range. It subsequently sub sided, but not to any great extent. Among the notabilities in the shooting volunteer world were Sergeant Thornberry, of the Victories, Lieut. Marriner, of the West Middlesex, Ensign Chambers and Messrs. Dynes and Chattook, of the London Irish, Capt. M'Gregor, of the London Scottish, Lieut. Morris, &c. It was understood that nearly 150 entries had been made for the Premier Stakes, and over 200 for the other competitions. The principal scores made for the Pre mier Stakes throughout the day were—Sergeant Hall (South Middlesex, 39 ; Private W. Dalton, 22d Keat, 36 ; Private Macrone, South Middlesex, 38; Private Sanders, 29th Kent, 36; Sergeant Spencer, 35; Sergeant Harris, 33. In the third oompetition, for the tea service and other prizes, Sergeant Thornberry, of the Vistorias, won the first with 15 marks, For the second prize Lieutenant Marriner, of the West Middlesex, and Private Thomas, of the Kent Battalion, tied, and in shooting off Lieutenant Marriner won. There were ties for the third prize, not shot off. For the Sweep stakes, Private Dalton, of the 22d Kent, won the first. Lord Palmerston is expected to present the prizes on Wed nesday, but in his absence the duty will devolve on Lord Harris. The Mayor of Margate has advised that Wednes day should be kept as a holiday. The third annual meeting of the County of Lancaster Rifle Association commenced on Monday at Alicar. Though the prizes were more numerous than last year, there was a considerable falling off in the number of competitors, owing, perhaps, to the fact that the meeting had not been more widely announced. The shooting continued through out the week, but in consequence of the heavy rain which fell on Saturday, th e l as t d a y o f the meeting, the firing for the volley p r iz es was necess arily postponed till of the ll next year. Shortly aft e r 4 o 'cl o ck on Saturday , all hop t immediate return of fine weather hav in g been abandoned, prizes were distributed by Lieut.-Col. Bruce, regret t o fi n d that the entries of competitorsr w h o expressed had not been so numerous on the present as on totrmee o ccasions, and a assoiation woud hope that next year the meeting of h be more successful. The Asso ciation Cup was c won b y Ca I pt. E. Ross, who was loudly cheered when he presented him self to receive it. 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' ) CS/4 "-,...... _NT. a S According to his own account of his literar y career in his recently published Autobiographic Re collections, called Yesterday and 70. day: —My first lucubration in type was in youth, in 1801, in an epitaph en Sir Ralph Abercromby, who had just fallen in Egypt. Some translations from Ovid, and similar pieces between 1801 and 18C4. The year 1806 found me in the Abbey, at the funeral of Pitt, afloat on the wide world, and soon afterwards I became fatherless. Fox was in power, and during . his short administration I commenced my labours, and for a year after its close I laboured on the Pilot newspaper. I adopted Liberal principles, and have never faltered, working for them, too often without fee or reward. I have stated before how it fell to my lot to proceed to Plymouth, where a newspaper came wholly into my hands. That paper was neutral as far as regarded Whig or Tory principle. No Liberal s or Radicals wore then known ; Whio•strongor Tory divided t h e politicians. A strong desira to do right induced me to support Cathode emanci pation, ou which question the Cabinet was divided • I have stated how I was served by Mr. Perceval for that heinous offence. It struck a severe blow on a ll my future life ; in fact made me a political mar tyr. I sold the paper at a great loss, I may s a y o f nearly all I possessed, and more indignant than re pentant, after five or six years of life wasted, I re turned to London with a little money in my pocket. While at Plymouth I wrote for the Naval Chronicle in London, and published two letters to Lord Holla nd, on the libel law. The year 1814 found me in London working at a Dramatic _Review, publishing articles in the Morning Chronicle and Examiner, and learn ing German. All this was given up for a projected work on Ireland, in consequence of Wakefield's volumes not being satisfactory. It was to have been on a large scale. I had letters from persons of con sequence, to individuals in the island. After wait ing several months, the whole was abandoned, be cause no one could be got on moderate terms to manage the plates and engravings, which were a necessary. After the battle of Waterloo I went to France and resided four months at Rouen ; then at Gisors, collecting notes on Normandy, or travelling in the country south, and making observations on the vine and its product. I also corresponded with the Examiner. I next proceeded to Paris, and there edited Galignani's Messenger. I returned after three years' absence, and, going into Warwick shire, edited a tapper for a short time at 'Warwick, as a holding of place for another. I also, while there, wrote two letters on the Game Laws, to Dr. Parr. In 1820 I commenced writing in the Nsw Monthly Magazine, at the same time as the late Judge Taltourd, but in two months afterwards Campbell was engaged as the editor. I have ees plained elsewhere the part I had in that work, in which every third volume, part original and part compilation, was mine. Besides this I found time to correct the proofs of all the work, and write one hundred and seventy-seven articles besides. Campbell's articles were not more than one-third of mine even in the original part ; all bear his name. The whole weight of it soon fell on myself. The form of that wonderfully successful work was different then from what it has been since. Here I have to lament I wasted ten years, the best years of my life, doing nearly the wh o l e wor k, an d wr i t i ng all t h e political matter. But Campbell and myself were intimate friends. The Metropolitan followed the abandonment of the Nero Monthly. In 1833 I went into Sussex and put together my work on wine, which has made me extensively known in England and America. The history of that work is curious ; to myself it was of less advantage than any other 1 had undertaken considering its labour. The MS. in material lay untouched for thirteen years ! None of the " trade" would look at it, or hear of it. I had, proposed it to Colburn in vain. "It would not answer." " So few drank wine," and so on ; which meant that there was no work in the market, like it, that had made a noise, by which it could he judged. My notes on wine, like those on Normandy, had. not, like them, become useless from being snper seded by others. When I left the Metropolitan, therefore, I put the work in order. The late Mr. Wffittaker, who was a particular friend, et last said he would publish it on the priuc:ple of half proffis. It was most beautifully printed by Gilbert and Rivington in one volume. Tht. , woodcuts were then five times the price they are at present, and the ex pense of the work was thus greatly enhanced. It went through a second edition, but I never received more profit from it than paid my sojourn on the coast for two or three months while I put it together. I abandoned it in disgust, as labour and toil en tirely wasted lt is continually ex pected that literary men should serve public p u rposes gratuitously, while the p u bli c cares not a rush how they fare, or live, or die in harness, never giving its services without an equi valent. I was glad to serve the public, I confess, bat more because it was a pleasure in my case than a d u ty, though ruinous as a waste of time, for I could look nowhere for remuneration. But it has been the same in politics. I have served liberal and - reform and free-trade principles devotedly for above half a century without more pecuniary profit than very common labour returned, and can ask myself the question mi bone? except that the public bene fited. Still it is a very serious question, at above three-score years and ten, to a literary man, too whose time is his estate. In active politics, it is true, I worked con amore for my party ; I paid my own expenses, and never received a shilling, except the moderate salary paid me, all through my c ar ee r. Besides the weight of a paper to meet this sala r y, working at the same time for London p eriodicals, which nothing but a happy constitution of body enabled me to bear. Of the same politics, from the time of Mr. Fox I have Been almost all the away, the I have been in rary men I knew pass way, wh the same state. In political works through perilous times, often from the e b pressure . of circumstan ces , no t having quitte d t h e writing table even for a meal, for thirty Six hours together. I find myself i n my age es, _ t ter off in worldly circu mstances than when, in 1814, I left Plymouth, though I am the oldest continued literary workman in England, and over the largest scope of action. . . . But to conclude, besides between forty and fifty volumes of my own, I have edited above a hundred, begin ning in 1806. I have established four newspapers, and edited six, one in France, and written for four others. There are few periodicals which have not had something of mine, and I have published, articles I;know not how many in Encyclopaedias and similar works. Redding—as Man of Lei Journalist. LAIVERTistmENT.I—A Share in a lucrative manufac turing business for disposal. From £1,500 to £4,000 required according to the proportion of share purchased ; if desired, half the amount of purchase money may remain on security of the share, to be paid off from profits. Apply to the Post office, 132, Jermyn-street. THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG.—The road at Gettysburg was lined with Yankee dead, and as they had been killed on the Ist the poor fellows had already begun to be very offensive. We then returned to the bill I was on yesterday, but finding that to see the actual fighting it was absolutely necessary to go into the thick of the thing, I determined to make my way to General Longstreet. It was then about 2 30. After passing General Lee and his staff I rode on through the woods in the direction in which I had left Longstreet. I soon began to meet many wounded men returning from the front; many of them asked in piteous tones the way to a doctor or an ambulance. Th© further I got the greater became the number of the wounded. At last I came to a perfect stream of them flocking through the woods in numbers as great as would crowd Oxford-street in the middle of the day. Some were walking alone on crutches composed of two rifles, others were supported by men less badly wounded than themselves, and others were carried on stretchers by the ambulance corps; but in no ease did I see a'ound man helping the wounded to the rear, unless he carried the red badge of the ambulance corps. They were still under a heavy fire; the shell was continu ally bringing down great linal , s of trees, and Cal rYirg fur ther destruction among this melanchelv procession. I saW all this in much less time then it takes to wilt it, and. although astonished to meet such vast numbers of wounded I had nut teen enough to give me any idea of the real extent of the mischief. When I got close up to Gen. Longstreet, saw one of his regiments advancing through the woods in good order ; so, thinking I was just in time to see the attack, I remarked to the general that wouldn't nave missed this for anything." Longstreet was seated at the top of a make fence at the edge of the wood, ane looking perfectly calm and unt,rturbed. He replied, laughing, "The devil yeti woulda , I I would like to have missed it very much; we - ve attaeked, and been repulsed—look there I"—Black wood's Idagazine for ,September.