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- 0 IP, P, P, 1 7 , 11 E SUP AT EVANS' EVENING THIS WEEK aft,r Alfred Promentute Concerts. ORIVICH UNION FIRE INSURANCE socnyrr. The business of the Company exceeds £70,000,000. 'Pile ~ CF', nuts, paid to Government for the year 1802 was ") A 4 and the amount insured on fanning stock , 10 ,;3(5,332. _ . A bonus of three..? `flis of the profi . s periodically made to D ar ties insuring', who have tints, from time to time, received sums amounting in the arrgTegate to .£110,000: and the Society not' holds a large Ilesrve appli able to a future Bonus. 1111 e rates of pr e mium are in no case higher than those ch arted, by the other principal offices making uo retur ns to wit insurers. For - Surrey street Norwich • and 6, Crescent, prospectuses apply at the N S el o v ci tria l ., ~, .., , , ii,,t,. ------------ B et r 3 i r' d s geTst c r e e s e ' t ,SßurrlaeckY: 1 1 11 E ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY. MEAD OrncEa, 29 , Loraard-street, London, and Royal Inturancc buildings, Liverpool. Total Annual Revenue excee ds ........ Accumulated Funds in hand ov er ...... 1,000,000. Chairman In Liverpool : CHARLES TURNER, Esq., M.P. Ch airman in London : WILLIAM WAINWRIGHT, Esq. RXTRU.I F S FRO3I THE REPORT FOR TILE YEAR 1862. The Directors of the Royal Insurance Company are now Called upon to make their accustomed p eriodical Re p ort at the ?Sleeting- of its Shareholders. FIRE BRANCH. The Directors have, as p , easingly 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 ag.dn fully mhintamed. 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 thi4 Office, the balance to the credit on account of British and Foreign Insurances being £45,107 10s. Sel., and of the North American business, which is kept sepa• rately, £11,007 16s. 10d. LIFE BRANCH. The very gratifying duty now falls upon the Directors to state the sum assured on ty-w policies for the year 1862 exceeds even that of the year 1561 by £lBO,OOO, and has arrived at the almost unexampled amount for a single year of £701,427 on 1,498 new policies Issued. Until within the last few years it is believed that such a sum assured as that which has just been announced as the result of one year's business Ni's . llll but unheard of. . This portion of the Company's business has been carefully 'watched, and cannot fail to give much satisfaction to the shareholder, as well as no small encouragement for the lutnre 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 assuran^e s mounts to £143,281. Various degrees of ineligibility have led to these lives being declined. No small number of the Assurance Companies of the clay tecord their accepted lives annually at a sum not much, if at all, exceeding those which the Royal has declared as inadmis elf& in a single year from deterioration of some kind or another. If, to complete their review, the Directors now adv ert briefly to the United Kingdom, they have to announce that in Fire Business its prog,ress has been undoubted l y m ore rapid than th a t o f any other Con3pqnv established either in zonclm 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 th e Ro y al I nsurance Company were never brighter, and of a co nse q uent hope, founded on a grateful remembrance of the past, that the future may unfold for it a sphere of still greater magni li'de, combining distinguished commercial success ption the Office with a le- gthened career of usefulness and prot to the pubic. PERCY M. DOVE, Manager and .Actuar. JOAN B. JOIINSTON, Secretary Lonydon. A.D. 1720. ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE CORPORATION (Established 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 PtaRRES BARCLAY, Esq., Sub-Governor. Sir .101 IN HENRY PELLE, Bart., Deputy-Governor. DIRE liehrp Bainbridge, Esq. Wilmot Holland, Esq. Robert Barclay, Esq. Earl of Leven and Melville. Garratt C a ttley, Esq. Chas. Jno. Manning, Esq. dark Currie Close, Esq. Henry Nelson, Esq. William Davidson, Esq. The Hon. Josceline W. Percy. Thomas Dent, Esq. Charles Robinson, Esq. Alexander Druce, Esq. Samuel Leo Schuster, Esq. Predk. Jos. Edlmann, Esq. Eric Carrington Smith, Esq. Riversdale W. Grenfell, Esq. William Soltau, Esq. Lobt. Amadeus Heath, Esq. Joseph Somes, Esq., M.P. tvm. Tetlow Hibbert, Esq.: William Wallace, Esq. Jas. Stewart Hodgson , Esq. g Chas. Baring Young, Esq. Jas. Medical Referee, SAMUEL SOLLY, Esq., F.R.S. NOTICE.— [he usual fifteen days allowed for payment of FIRE PREMIUMS falling due at Michaelmas will expire on 14th October. FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected with this Corporation on advantageous terms. The Reversionary Bonus on British Life Policies has ave raged r early 2 per cent. per annum on the sum assured. Equivalent reductions have been made in the Premiums ayable 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. 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 returns of Mutual Societies—with the guarantee of a large 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. SPECIAL NOTICE. Poilci , a on the participating system, granted on or before the 31st December, IS'3, and in force at fly- close of the year 1665 , will be entitled to share in the next division of profits ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON. ROBT. E. STEELE, Secretary. NORTH BRITISH AND MERCANTILE INSURANCE COMPANY. Established ISC9. Incorporated by Royal Charter and Special Acts of Parliament. Accumulated and Invested Funds £2,122,828 Annual Revenue FIRE DEPARTMENT. In snrarres qranted both at Home and in Foreign Countries on the most liberal terms. LIFE DEPARTMENT. Every facility offered to Insurers. Ninety per Cent. of the Profits divided among the Insurers on the participating principle. The new Life business transacted in 1862 as follows : Policies. Ameunt Inured. Premiums. 1,037 £763,334 £23,641 0 0 Forms of Proposal and every information will be furnished 131 1 application at the OFFICES: 58, ThreminPedle-street. 4, New Bank Buildings. Lothbury, West-end Office B, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall. LONDON.. PROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL LIFE AS6OCIATTON. Established 1810. TRUSTEES. Thomas Baring, Esq., M.P. Wm. Gee. Prescott, Esq. Thomson Ilankey, Esq., 31. P. I Baron L. de Rothschild, M.P. Mutual Lit. Assurance for all classes. This Association has now in existence 6,000 policies, for a total sum of £1,500,000. The Annual Income is £51,000 The Accumulated Fund exceeds 2 0,100 It has paid In Claims .. 112,000 The whole of the profits are divided quinquennially among the Members. Three divisions have already been made' when the following sums have been added as bonuses to the Policies Dec. 81, 1847 .. . • .. £,400 19 3852 11,500 , 1857 .• 23 200 1862 .. • • . .. 56,500 Makin , * the total bonus additions, £06,600. Bonuses ma;, be received in ctsh or applied to the reduc tion of premiums at the option of the assured, in lieu of an addition to the i obey. Attention is especially Invited to the system of free or /aid up policies introdnoed 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 rented districts. TIIOS. LTNFORD, Secretary, Chief Office, 15, )loorgate-street, E.C., Aug 1, 1863. ARMY CONTRACTS. Commissariat Office, Aldershot, 2d September, 1863. MENDERS will he received at this office, until noon, on WEDNESDAY, the 30th September, 1863, from persons who may be willing to enter into Contract for 'the supply of FORAGE, in such q uti October, 18 61, forties as may be requirethe ud, se fro of m Her Majes Ist Novemberty's, 1563, to 3 s an t 'Forces stationed at Aldershot Camp, and within the com mand. Forms of Tender and Conditions of Contract may be ob tained on application 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"). and no Tender will be noticed unless made on forms obtained from this office, and delivered by the hour appointed. HENRY B. MORE, Deputy Comm issary- G eneraL ARMY CONTRACTS. TENDERS will be received at this Office until who 12 o'clock noon on the 3d of Octob er, from persons may be willing to enter into Contracts to supplY FORAGE AND PAILLASSE STRAW, in such qua ntities 's may be required, for the u se of Her Majesty's Land Forces stationed in the following places, from Ist November, 1863, to 31st October, 1864 :—' FORAGE. 1. Hyde-park, Kensington, Regent's-park, and Norse Guards. 2. Hounsl AN , and Kneller Hall. 3. Hampton Court. 4. Windsor. 5. Brighton. 6. Sandhurst. 7. Enfield. PAILLASSE STRAW. 1. Brompton House, Hyde-park, and Kensington. 2. Regent's-park, St. John's-wood, and Portman-street Barracks. 3. New Barracks, Chelsea. 4. Wellington and St. George's Ba , racks. 5. The Tower. 6. Hounslow and Kneller Ht• Cl. 7. Hampton Court. S. Windsor. 9. Brighton, with Coast Forts from Newhaven to Shore ham. 10. Croydon. Separate Tenders must he made for Forage and for Pall asse Straw for each of the above-mentioned Stations or Bar acks as groupel and numbered. Por tainwe.,ing f en the h Tender and Conditions of Contract may be ob be of 10 and at thi4 o' s officlockce, by letter or in person, a n 4 d „,. e , n i tra on the printed forms must be properly filled up at thV il .,d, and no Tender will be noticed unless delivered ?It th e , o'a - mentionedCflice, under closed envelope (marked 12 o'elo4e " Te on t n he 3d Oct der for Commnext.issariat Supplies "), before °tber (Signed) W. T. POWER, Deput y c ° Comm'ssary-General. punt ' New-sr 4817-General's Office, .401140, of Spring-gardena .) loth §opt,, 1663- _,~_ No. 22,228. MIZS. GREVS NEW NOVEL. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., GOOD SOCIETY. By MRS. GREY, Author of " The Gambler's Wife," ke. Murat and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-strat. NEW SPORTING NOVEL. Immediately, at all libraries, in Three Vols., Price 31s. 6d, SACKVILLE CH ASE. By C. J. COLLINS. London : John Maxwell and Company, 112, Fleet-street. IIH2 0 XFO R D e, OXFORD STREET, W. THIS EVENING, will be performed Operatic Selections from Sir henry R. Lishop's TtlE SLAVE and Bellini's SONNA MBULA. Principal Artistes—Miss Russell. Miss Ellison, Messrs. Green, Bernirdi, Buish, &c., with full band and chorus. Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans. Flute Solos by Drew Dean. &c. Comic, by UNSWORTH ("or ar. - oiler man"), Eug ene, W. Randall, A. Lloyd, and George Hodson. Also, a Performance by Herr SCHALICENBACH on his wonderful instrument, the PIANO ORCHESTRE, contain ing a full baud of 40 instruments. The HALL has just been newsy Decorated and 'Ventilated, and is one of the most Beautiful in the Metropolis. Open at 8 o'clock. Admission, 6d. ; stalls and balcony, ls. ; private boxes, 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 and Henry Dirks, Esq.'s, world-famed spectral Illusion, " THE GEOST," 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 Operaticosi and Pictorial attractions as usual, including p Selections, ; Uusworth (the modern Demosthenes), Eugene, Arthur Lloyd, George Hodson, &c. pOTSGRAPHIC HALL.-MISS HERAUD and Herr KRUEGER'S celebrated SIIAKESPE RIAN ENTERTAINMENT Illustrative of THE PAS SIONS, interspersed with Descriptive Music, THIS EVEN ING, and every Evening, at Eight; Saturdays at Three. Music by J. C. Beutbin, 14:sq. Solos Miss Mabel Brent, Mrs. Beuthin. Herr Bonn, Mr. Page. Mr. Stedman, and Signor Nappi. An efficient chorus. Booking, Sze., at the Hall, Kin.. Will i am -street, Strand, from Ten to Five , or Tickets of' Alusicsellers. ARGYLL ROOMS, Windmill-street, Piccadilly. These elegant Rooms are NOW OPEN for the Winter Season. They have been entirely redecorated. Musical Director, Mons. Jullien, of mo ,, ster concerts cele brity. The band is selected from the Crystal Palace, the Italian Operas, and the Household Troops of her Majesty. Doors open at 8 o'clock. Admission, Is. Manager—M. GRENET. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. The GHOST ! new Version—The FAIRY FOUNTAIN— Grand Divertissement—Favourite Opera Selections—NlCO- SlA, the eminent Violinist—RAPllAEL DE SOLLA. the Intent Tenor—LANGLOIS, the Great Juggler, Every Evening. Doors open at 7—commence at half-past 7. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. • G reat Musical Attraction —lmmense success of SIGNOR N ICOSIA, the eminent Violinist, who will appear Every Evening. ESTABLISHED 1833. BOWDEN'S lERATED GINGER BEEP, i n glass or stone bottles, warranted to keep good twelve m onths. Lemonade, Soda-water, Potass, Seltzer, and every description of Mineral Waters. — Manufactory, No. 3, Whit e Hart-street, Drury-lane, W.C. THE LAUNDRESSES to her late Majesty Queen Adelaide say, that ` BRIGGS' AUSTRALIAN S FARCE' needs but to be tried to be approved." Sole Wholesale Agent, Harper Twelvetrees, Bromley-by ,Row, London, E. RUPTURES.—BY ROYAL LETTERS 'PATENT. WHITE'S •MOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (PERFECTED AND EXHIBITED IN THE GREAT EXHIBITIONS OF 1851 AND 11 , 62), is allowed by upwards of Two Hundred Medical Gentlemen to be the most effective nvention in the curative treatment of it ERN I A. The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in it s e ff ects, is here avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the body, while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the Bloc-Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease P.nd 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, Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly. A Single Truss, 165., 215., 265. 6d., and 31s. 6d. Postage, le. A. Double Truss, 31s. 6d., 425., and 525. 6d. Postage, is Bd. An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. Postage, is. 10d. - - - Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post office, Piccadilly. NEW PATENT TILASTIC STOCKINGS, KNEE-CAPS, .to, for Varicose Veins and all cases of Weakness and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, &o. They are porous, light in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on like an ordinary stocking. Price 4s. 6d., 7s. 6d., 10s., to 16s. eaoh. Postage 6d. JOHN WRITE. Manufacturer. 22% Piccadilly. KEATING'S PERSIAN INSECT DESTROY ING POWDER, 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, Buf. , ;s, Flies, Cockroaches Beetles, Gnats, Mosquitos, ftioths in furs, and every oth er species of Insect. Sportsmen will find this an invaluable remedy f or 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 , s 2 i si E 6 A d T ., l a N n G d 4s. ca. each, or post free for by Thomas Keating, chemist, 79, St. R P I 1 11 YStou°orl7 Sold C c np h hop u soa r t : ca l kTg i y e: 1: stamps, msA L . p o s ridon, E.O . C E LEBRATION of the TERCENTENARY of the BIRTH of SHARSPEARE, at Stratford-upon- Avon. The Tercentenary Committee (of which Sir Robert N. C. Hamilton, Bart-, K.C.8., is Chairman) are now receiv ing' SUBSCRIPTIONS, and they may also be paid to the account of the Tercentenary Committee. at the Stourbridge and Kidderminster or Warwick and Leamington Banks, Stratford-upon-Avon ; Messrs. Greeuway, Smith, and Greenway, 'Warwick ; or their London agents, Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Co , Messrs Ilanburys and Co., or Messrs. Glyn and Co , banker e, London. The Tercentenary Committee, in submitting. the subscrip tion list to the nation, most earnestly appeal to the admirers of Shakspeare for their aid and assistance. The Committee rest their claims upon the ground that Stratford is not only the birthplace of Shakspeare. but the centre of attraction to all admirers of the great Poet's works, and that it was his home, the town he luved, and where he lived and died. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road in the immediate vicinity 01 the Great Northern R a il. Kil wa y Terminus, at lg'l3-CTOSS. patron—The. --- President —The Duke of BUCCLEUCH, K.G. Treasurer—Edward Masterman, Esq. This was the first hospital to introduce the principle of free and instant admission to the destitute sick, without the for mality of governor s ' letters. It is entirely devoted to desti tution in its most pitiable form—viz., that which is accom panied by sickness and disease, and is now of sufficient magnitude that, with adequate support, it may be rendered capable of admitting into its wards a very large proportion of the casual sick of this great metropolis. It requires but the funds in order to have 500 beds available for the reception of these the most wretched of our fellow-creatures. Moreover, it gratuitously affords medical advice and medicine to more, on the average, than 3,000 out-patients a week. The Weekly Board feel it their imperative duty to make an EARNEST APPEAL to the public for continued support, to enable them to admit and relieve the distressing cases that daily present themselves. Contributions are received by the Treasurer, Edward Maverman, Esq., Nicholas-lane; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co. ; Drummond and Co. ; Herries and Co. ; Ran som and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; ec i y n and Co. ; Jones Loyd and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; Denison and Co. ; W nano, Deacon, and Co.; Overend, Gurney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co. ; Messrs. J. Barned and Co., Liverpool and at the Hospital. STANFORD S. SMITH Secretary. ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOATI INSTITUTION (Incorporated by Royal Charter). PATROIVESS—Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen. PRESIDENT—Vice-Admiral the Duke of Northumberland, K.G., F.R.S. CHAIRMAN—Thos. Baring, Faq., M.P., F.R.S., V.P. DEPUTY-CRAIRMAN—Thomas Chapman, Esq., F.R.S., V.P. APPEAL. The Committee of Management have to state that, since ( he beginning. of the year 1860, the Royal National Lifeboat Institution has expended £32,000 on various Lifeboat Estab lishments 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 services 82 Gold Medals, 718 Silver Medals, and £16,480 in cash have been paid in rewards. The Institu tion has also expended £67, 1 00 on Life-boats, Life-boat Transporting-cari 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 es t a bli sh the i r presen t magn ificent fleet ot 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 s t a te, and i' SCrews practised in the management of their boats, whi can only be effected by a large and permanent annual income, they earnestly appeal to all classes of their countrymen to aid them in upholding and perpetuating so eleat and truly national a work. The Committee gratefully acknowledge the following; con tributions : • • • . annual 50 0 0 • : • . annual 50 0 Hon. Mrs. G. •... . ITer Majesty the Queen • • £e. d ' Coutts and Co., Messrs., Bankers .. • : Campbell. Clerk, Col o t n h e e l , n R o . annual 1 1 0 Currie, Wm.. Esq., , • • • • . ... annual 10 0 0 Erle, Lord hief Justice ~ • • • • do don.lo 0 0 Fanshawe, Vice-Admiral Sir A., R.C.B. • • 10 10 0 2d n d'on Fenwick, G. J., Esq., cost of a Lifeboat and Pram: 25 0 0 sporting. Carriag-e „ . • • • • • Harvey, Rev. G. G.and Mrs. • • 250 0 0 • • • • don. 3 0 0 Martin, Sir Henry, Bart. •• • • • • • 7th don. 10 0 - Moore, Rev. G. B. • • " • • • • don. 15 15 ° Smith, Mrs. George, Greenwich .• • • 0 • • 3 0 0 Stirling, Col. Sir Anthony, K.C.B. .. .. annual 20 0 Thomas, Lady, Weston -super-Mare, collected by her 2....adYshiP • • " • • • • • • • • 16 16 0 • • .. annual 5 0 0 Willot::Thby d'Eresby, Lo rd .. DB, A tions will be thankfully r eived onationg by the nd Bankersnnual of then nstitution, Messrs. Willis, e s Percival, and Co., 76, Lombard -street; Messrs. Coutts and Co., 59, Strand ; Messrs. lierries, Farquhar, and Co., 16, St. James's-street, London ; by a'l the Collectors of Customs and Bankers in the Unitedlthigdom; and by the Secretary Richard Lewis, Es q., at the Offiee Ot Ul6 Infititl4loll, it, Jo,ll:litrcet, 414elphi, LouclWa l WA,. . . _. . ....,_. _ • - -- _ . . . I t••• .. ~ • G. ~ •' . . 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"44. *-- 1 ' i . • x.. t, , ,..-..„,;: if, •,-.• •A.--- it , -H ~ ,C' ' 1)E1 L ,,, e 4-, "f;'''' , ''- I; 4,Prr 4,`' (:) --- , 0- A ---- 4 . an ,r 4,11 4 , .** 441131 1--, ..: "-i"cer--ftE7, g .„ . •ip ... Li -, ~ . h;, s i i. F,f ,\ . ~.,-,- .1 '4"' -,, ' - .. , . 4, , , c„... __.4.__,.. ; ,,, .5.....?__;tt.".. 4 4 4,.......... 1211... . %,,,,, , ..4 , 6 .. .., nhaii.• ,y 2 \ , . kleii,!' ... 4 1. alr %'• / q' ; ' ' ''''' . . . 4 § l ,ll. ' ''''4-ili4iie..,.,kke-Vr.., in modest and becoming terms by one of the fleet. At the conclusion of his brief address *:A! , 14:yfk applauded by his messmates and the of i 'i l '.ine,Oit:e....Vitt, o , , ffel t ite . fleet present. Songs were then sung s_. 42 . i 1410444:z• El" 1 j crews belonging to the Emerald an These, like the other musical performAtibeict*E. T :,,, 4 4 ,„„::.4;" , ' men and marines, were loudly applauded4Viiiiiegig and the proceedings ware appropriately broNeht tcli a close by the performance of' " Rule Britannia" on the great organ by Mr. Best. As a whole, the banquet went off in the most, satisfactory and successful manner. Every one seemed delighted with the entertainment. Tho hall and the fine company afforded ciljects of special admiration. and delight to "Poor Jack." The idea of giving this treat was in all respects a happy one. The mcn landed at half-past 12 o'clock, each wearing a sprig of oak in his jacket. They marched to the Exchange,where they received a most enthusiastic greeting, and they were also loudly cheered as they went along the streets, which were crowded with people, although the day was wet and stormy. A thousand of the men belonging to the fleet have been invited to the Theatre Royal and the Royal Amphi theatre in the evening by Mr. Copeland, the leisee. STAMPED ....sd. similar manner, consequently all guns of that species are now undergoing, a shortening of one foot at the muzzle. Fifty have been thus reduced and re-issued for service. Whaber the 300 pounder will be eimi larly shortened or rc-•,voided will be decided by th e Select Committee. In its present condition the gun is totally unfit for use. A rifle match has just taken place between 33 sergeants belonging. to the 4th depot battalion at the camp at Colchester. The competitors were divided into two Fections of 17 and 16 respectively, and the contest took place at 200, 400, and 600 yards, four rounds each. So close was the competition that the second section merely won by 0.01 marks, the average for the first section being 16.37 marks, while that of the second section was 16 41 marks. The Career of a French Convict. WORTHY OT A PLACE IN VICTOR TII_TOO'S "MTSERAHLTS." On Tuesday, the 28th of April last, the French frigate L'Amazone arrived in th e h arbour of Toulon with 150 returned convicts from Cayenne. Di e . charged at the Prefecture of poiiee;-'l 3 . ac h of the 1i.,0 received a small sum of money and a passport, setting forth his destination. Condemned criminals in France, even after they had served out their full term of punishment, are not free. They h a d to settle within a certain district, either chosen by themselves, or fixed by the police ; and whenever they go beyond the limits of this district they are liable instantly to be taken up again and sent to prison, or to be returned to Cayenne. Among th e 150 convicts set on shore at Toulon on the nth of April, there was a man named Maurice, a bastard. Brought up in misery and vice he had been many times alrtady condemned for theft and robberies, although only 29 years of age. His last ten years' sojourn in the deadly swamps of Cayenne made him eager, no doubt, to breathe again the air of liberty, and, in company with two of his convict brethren, he hurried away from Toulon as fast as his legs would carry him. At the little town of PontsSaint- Esprit the trio separated, proceeding in different directions. Maurice, whatever his intentions, was not inclined to enter the new eniarged prison selected for him by the police, the town of Blois, but kept beating about the country in gipsy fashion, in part a beggar and in, part a thief. After lengthened wandering s , he arri ve d i n the depart ment of Indre•et-Loire, ferming part of th e anc i ent province of Touraine. Oe INlay 29, Maurice reached a village called Melande, where he was not so fortunate as to obtain a lodging, but had to creep into a barn, to rest in a heap of straw. watchin g the departure of the inmates of the neighbo ur i ng farm the next morning, he then broke into the house, regaled himself with the best the cellar contained, dressed in the clothes found hanging on the wall, and emptied the contents of a small till into his Pocket. Being a new man now in outward appear ance, he walked to another village, Antriche, couple of miles distant, where he had himself shaved, took a glees of wine at an inn, and bought a short pipe and a box of matches at the shop of a tobacconist, All the people he visited noticed a peculiar-looking necktie, with red, blue, and green stripes, which he wore, and of the possession of which he was evidently proud. Leaving th e lit t l e village of Antriche, the man Maurice was lost to view—until the evening, when the gendarmes of the parish found him, covered with blood, in a forest not tar distant, and at once took him into custody, wader the accusation of murder. At noon on the same day, the 30th of May, a labourer, worki ng i n the fields not far from Antriche, heard loud cries coming from a cottage inhabited by a very ag e d and infirm gentleman named 13arillaut. The cries did not last long, and the labourer, after listening for a while and hearing nothing more, continued his work. An hour after, a girl entered the outer yard of the old gentleman's cottage, with a pailful of milk, and, knocking in the accustomed manner, tried to obtain entrance. Nobody answering, the girl got alarmed, and ran into the field,from whence she returned to the house with the man who had heard the cries. After a short consultation, the door was broken open, when a frightful spectacle presented itself. The old man was lying in the yard, in a pool of blood, completely disfigured, and with numerous wounds all over his body. Round his neck was a striped cravat, with which he seemed to have been strangled ; one of his ears was cut off, and the remaining portion of his face looked as if it had been crushed in the vice-like grip of a powerful hand, so strong as to break the whole of the teeth from their sockets. Oa close inspection, it was found that all the boxes and cupboards in the house were broken open, and all the valuables, among them a considerable sum of money, partly consist.. ing in old and curious pieces, had been carried off. It was evident that a brutal murdr,r, as well as robbery, had been committed. Two men at once jumped into a cart, to detect, if possible, the assassin. A suspicions-looking individual had been seen on the road shortly before, and they drove after him as fast as they could. But just when on the point of reaching him the man jumped a ditch, and threw himself into a neighbouring wood, into which they were afraid to follow him. But the gendarmes of the village, having been informed of the murder, searched the wood in all directions, and, before long, found the returned convict, Maurice, lying on the grass, his clothes besprinkled with blood. H e was carried off to Tours, and put on his trial for the murder of the old man, Barillaut. He is a rather h an dsome man, with deep black ey es; h e awa k ene d some sympathy at first s i g ht , the more so as h o strongly, though calmly, denied being guilty of the murder of which he was accused. He avowed, however, having committed various robberies sub sequently to his liberation at Toulon ; and, after very much pressure on the part of the presiding judge, confessed also to the theft in the farm-house of Melande, on the morning of the 29th of May. " Among the go ods stolen was a striped necktie, in red, blue, and green ?" questioned the judge. " No," replied the accused. " But you have been seen by numbers of people at Antriche With the tie round your neck ?" " Th e peop l e were mistaken," quietly replied Maurice. " But whence came the blood on your clothes, when the gendarmes a rres t e d y ou ?" "It was owing to the bleedi ng o f m y nose ," answered the prisoner. At this point of the in terrogatory a medal and a copper coin, which had been found on the returned convict when arrested, were handed up to the president. Both were proved to have belonged to the murdered man, Barillaut, and were extremely rare pieces—the copper coin being known as a " double Tournois," bearing the date 1634, and the effigy of Louis XIII. ; and the medal, the figure of a cavalier, with the motto " Tuetur et ornat." At the sight of these coins, the prisoner got pale, and, being again questioned, faltered in his speech. Suddenly, ho started from his seat, and demanded permission to speak. "It was me who killed him," he exclaimed in a hoarse voice. " Tell us all the circumstances," enjoined the president. " I cannot, and I dare not V , exclaimed the convict. Being pressed hard to make a detailed confession he said that when he entered the house of the old man, he found him at his dinner, and was invited to sit down to table with him. Wine was twice fetched from the cellar; and ex claimed Maurice, "on his return the second time I committed the . . misfortune (malheur)." The sight of blood, he partly avowed in further con fession, awakened a wild desire for carnage with him. Having strangled the old man with the stolen necktie, he cut off his ear, mu tilated his face, and hacked the body with a stiletto kn ife all over . Not content with this, he dragged the corpse into the yard, and with a paving stone broke the skull and some of the limbs. "Is a ll this true ?" asked the judge. "It is just possible," calmly replied the convict, assuming his former air of impaesa bility. The jury thereupon retired for a few minutes, and, returning into court, brought in an absolute verdict of guilty. The prisoner heard the verdict of death pronounced upon him by the judge without moving a muscle of his face. Passing be tween the row of gendarmes back to his cell, he exclaimed, with a smile, "Well, the gameis played out." The Government :having at length decided on erecting a suitable range of buildings at Chatham for the married non-commissioned officers and troops of the line regiments quartered at that garrison— almost the only one of our large military stations at which separate quarters have not hitherto been pro vided—a proposal has been submitted to the Lords of the Admiralty for the erection of a block o f buildings to be occupied by the married non-com missioned officers and men of the Chatham division of Royal Marines. Under the existing regula tions the latter are compelled either to live with their wives and families away from the barracks, or to be separated from them in the barracks. A plan was laid before the Admiralty for erecting a building in a convenient site, but contrary to ex pectation their Lordships decided not to authorise its erection. It is therefore probable that some time will elapse before the married men of the Chatham division of Marines are placed on the same footing as their comrades in other branches of the service. ~. i ~, ~ THE SUN, LONDON, rim SDAY EV EN ING, SEPTET V BER 24, 1863, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. -As- BETTING AT MANCIIESTER--WEDNEsuAY. Speculation on the Cesarewitcb. and Cambridgeshire moves but slowly. Nothing, with the esception, perhaps, of Anfield for the Cesarewitch, was in any great force; and the business done is of such a desultory character that it is difficult to form even a correct quotation. Closing prices:— CESARE - WITCH. 14 to 1 agst Anfield (taken) 22 to 1 agst Hurricane (taken) 25 to 1 agst Jack of Hearts (taken and offered) 25 to 1 agst Myrtle (taken) 50 to 1 agst Limosina (taken) 50 to 1 agst Real Jam (taken and offered) 66 to 1 agst Springbok's dam gelding (taken) CAMBRIDGESRIRE. 16 to 1 agst Birdhill (taken and offered) 16 to 1 agst Borealis (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst Catch-'em-alive (taken) 33 to 1 agst Limosina (taken) 33 to 1 agst Polynesia (taken) 40 to 1 agst Exchequer (taken) 40 to 1 agst Comet (taken and offered) 40 to 1 agst Jack of Hearts (taken) 100 to 1 agst Fanfaron (offered) RICHMOND (YOREISII IRE) RACES—WEDNESDAY. The Wright Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 50 added, for two yr-olds; coltF, Bst 101 b ; fillies and geldings, Bst 71b ; winners extra. Grey stone in. Lord Zetland's Saragossa, Bst 121 b (inc. 61b extra) (Marchant) 1 Mr. Jaques's Harvest )Udell, 9st llb (inc. 51b extra) (Ashman) 2 Mr. Watt's Gondola, Bst 21b .. (Snowden) 3 Mr. Osborne's Little Stag, Bst 101 b 'lacuna colt and Chivalry also ran. Betting-7 to 4on Harvest Mell, 7to 2 agst Little Stag, 5 to 1 agst Saragossa, 10 to 1 agst Gondola. Won by a neck; a length between second and third; a bad fourth. The Burton Handicap of 7 soya each, with 50 added. One mile and a half. 10 subs. Mr. Watt's Newmarket, 3 yrs, Est gib. (11. Covey) 1 Mr. Osborne's Fanfaron, 3 yrs, 6st Sib (inc. 71b extra).. 2 Mr. l'Anson's Bonny Bell, 3 yrs. Est 51b.... (Robinson) 3 Capt. Gray's Trust, 3 yrs, Est 91b .. (Manion) 4 Betting-5 to 4on Fanfaron, 3to 1 agst Bonny Bell, 4 to 1 agst Trust, 5 to 1 agst Newmarket. Won by half a length ; a bad third. The Zetland Plate (Handicap) of 50 soya, for all ages ; winners extra. Half a mile. Mr, Jackson's Lady Louisa, 5 yrs, gat 31b (inc. 51b ex.) (Aldcroft) 1 Mr. A. Young's Who's Who, 7st 71b (H. Covey) 2 Mr. Watt's Miss Armstrong, 3 yrs, 7st Mb (Snowden) 3 Mr. E. Gill's Miss Tees, 2 yrs, 547113 (Craddock) 4 The following (also ran :—Maid of the Mist, Starlight, Newchurch, and Ploughboy. Betting-7 to 4 agst Lady Louisa, 2to 1 agst Miss Arm strong, 6 to 1 agst Maid of the Mist. Won by four lengths; half a length between second and third; a length between third and fourth. Her Majesty's Plato of 100 guineas, for mares only, 3-yr olds, Bst 41b ; four, 9st 71b; five, lOst ; six and aged, 10st 11b. Three miles. Mr. I'Anson's Caller On, 5 yrs, lOst (Challoner) 1 Mr. Temperley's Alice, 3 yrs, Bst 41b.. (Snowden) 2 Mi. Watson's Unfashionable Beauty, 3 yrs Bst 41b '(11. Covey) 3 Lord Warwick's Calabria, 5 yrs, lOst (Osborne) 4 Betting-4 to lon Caller Ou. Won by four lengths ; same between second and third. The Volunteer Rifle Corps Plate of 30 sovs, for all ages. Grey stone in. Wisdom, Est 71b (Marson) 1 Prairie Flower, Set 3lb (Dixon) 2 Brother to Stockton, 6st 101 b (Whiteley) 3 Sarah Ann, 7st 121 b The following also ran :—Alexandria, Who's Who, and Saltant. Betting—Even on Who's Who, 3 to 1 agst Prairie Flower, 6 to 1 agst Sarah Ann. Won by a length ; same between second and third ; a neck between third and fourth. The winner was bought in for 38 guineas. The Belsay Castle Nursery Handicap of 100 cove, for two-yr-olds. Grey stone in. Mr. Jones's Kapunda, 7st 101 b (E. Harrison) 1 Mr. Osborne's Mantrap, 7st 71b (Whiteley) 2 Mr. Gill's Leyburn Lass filly, 6st 131 b . (J Grimshaw) 3 The following also ran :—Whitethorn, Lady Douro colt, Charlotte Rosse, Ghillie Callum, Lyra, Found Again, Secret Treasure filly, Brandy, Louis Napoleon, and Jeremy Diddler c. Betting-3 to 1 agst Kapunda, 7 to 2 each agst Louis Napoleon and Mantrap, 6 to 1 agst Carib:o filly, 10 to 1 each agst Leyburn Lass filly and Lyra. Won by halt a length; a length between second and third. bourquct fifth, and Pyrrha last. The winner was bought by Mr. Wright, for Mr. Reeves, for 90 guineas. The Volunteer Cup, value £4O, for horses bona fide the pro perty of members of Volunteer Corps, 12st 711) each; pro fessionals, 711) extra. Two miles. Mr. Williamsou'e Michel Grove, 4 yr:3, 136 t 71b ex.) (Fordnani) 1 Mr. Marsh's Rapture, 5 yrs, 12st lib (Mr. Grant) 2 Mr. G. Perkins's Irene, 6 yrs, 13st (including 71b extra) (A. Marlow) 3 The following also ran :—Twilight, Gin Drinker, and Kangaroo, Betting—O to lon Michel Greve, who waited upon Rap ture to the half-distance, where he came away, and won in a canter by half a length; a bad third ; Twilight was fourth, WALSALL RACES—WEDNEsDAY. Trial Stakes. Sir Watkin, 2 yrs (1°,30) Wyrley, 2 3rs (330) Won by a head. Tradesmen's Plate of 50 sous. One mild and a half. Middlewatch, 3 yrs, 6,t 111 b Ladybird, 5 y , s, 7atSlb True Heart, 3 yrs Gst 91b 3 The Pony, 3 yrs, Gst 111 b.... Won by a length. Two.yr-old Stakes of 5 sovs each. Three gra, of a mile. C by Teddington—Jessie (£3O) .. 1 Wyrley (E3O) Won by a length. Members' Plate of 25 sous each. One mile and a quarter. Jacob, 6 yrs, 7st 61b Portland, 6 yrs, 6st 131 b... _ . Won by two lengths. GREAT YARMOUTH RACES—WEDNESDAY. Victoria Garden Stakes. . _ Baron of Avon Supple 3 Santa on board. To aid the ventilation holes have been perforated in the masts above and below, and the coal shoots have hollow-work deck covers, which admit both air end light. Covelhead vcntilators can be substituted. On the suggestion of Mr. Sampson, her engineer, her iron flaps in the air casings which inclose her smoke chimneys below give place to glass doors, by which light as well as air is admitted to the 'tween decks. At each side of the upper deck of the Prince Consort, amidships, there is a round tower, seven feet high and about five feet diameter, constructed of wood 12 inches thick. The ship wrights' work is complete, and, excepting the last coat, which will not be applied until she is further advanced, most of the painters' work is finished. The Prince Consort, though not built for, can be used as a ram; she is classed with the Caledonia, built at Woolwich ; the Ocean, at Plymouth ; the Royal Oak, at Chatham ; and the Royal Alfred, at Portsmouth. The two last have engines of 850 horse power, the other threenf 1,000 horse. All are iron-plated. The number of plates on the Prince Consort is 259, and weight 873 tons ; bolts and nuts, 26 tons ; those on the Ocean will be 275, weighing 935 tons; the odd plates go round the sterm. The plates on the Prince Consort are rolled ; those on the Royal Oak are hammered. Where the displace ment of the Prince Consort is 6,328 tons, that of the Royal Oak is ever 7,000 tons. The Oiborne, royal paddle yacht, Staff Comman d, er George K. Bower, yesterday steamed out of Portsmouth harbour, and tested her machinery at Spithead, returning to harbour again on the con clusion of the trial. The fitting of new wheels to this yacht, recently carried out by Messrs. Manda lay, Field, and Co., has given a full knot per hour additional over her old rate of speed when under full steam. Her Majesty's screw steam corvette Scylla, 21 guns, 1,467 tons, 400-horse power, recently com missioned at Sheerness, by Capt, S. G. Creswell, having been swung for the adjustment of her corn passes, and received her ammunition and stores on board, will proceed for trial of her engines and machinery, it is expected, on Thursday next, at the measured mile off Maplin Sands. Should the trial prove successful, she will immediately be inspected by the Commander-in-Chief at the Nore (Vice- Admiral Sir G. R. Lambert, K.C.8.) and Staff, previous to her departure for her destination—the East Indies and China stations. The Tamar, 3, iron screw troop ship, 2,812 tons, 500-horse power, Capt. F. H. Stirling, is progress ing with her fitments in the most rapid manner at Sheerness dockyard, and has nearly completed coaling, so that, in a short time, she will be ready for the pennant. Her trial will take place in a few days. The Terrible, 21, paddlewheel frigate, 1,850 tons, 800-horse power, is in the hands of the artisans of Sheerness dockyard, being brought forward with all possible dispatch for commission. She was built from designs by Mr. E. 0. Lang, master ship wright of Chatham dockyard, and is considered the finest vessel of her class in the British navy. When her repairs are completed she will be fully equal to a new vessel. The Rhadamanthns, paddlewheel storeship, 220- horse-power, is undergoing repairs to her hull and machinery, and being fitted with new boilers in No. 4 dock of Sheerness-yard. She is being brought forward for the Ist division of the Sheerness Steam Reserve. A large number of workmen are employed on board the Fawn, 17, screw steam sloop, 100-horse power, at Sheerness dockyard, in making good her defects preparatory to being commissioned. It is expected that she will proceed to the Mediterranean to relieve the Greyhound, 17 screw steam sloop, 200-horse power, Commander Henry D. Hickley, which was commissioned in 1861. The Assaye, laden with a portion of the tele graph cable from Mr. Henley's factory at North Woolwich, was yesterday towed down to Gravesend from Deptford, where she has been engaged for some days in shipping her sea stock. On passing the factory she dipped her colours and fired a salute, which was returned by the sister vessel Tweed (late the Panjaub), which will also shortly be ready for the Persian Gulf. A portion of thz, masting gear belonging to the line-of-battle screw steamer Hocd, 79, 600 horse power, in the second division of the Chatham Steam Reserve, is to be sent from Chatham Dockyard to oe fitted on board the Cumberland, 74, Capt. Hall, C. 8., guardship of the steam reserve. In consequence of the favourable report made to the Admiralty of the satisfactory working of the system of ventilation invented by Vice-Admiral Sir A.Milne, K.C.8., Commander-in-Chief of the North American Squadron, and introduced as an experi ment into the screw gun vessel Lily, 4, instructions have been received at Chatham, directing that the system is to be carried out in all screw despatch vessels and ships of that class, including gunboats, when practicable. The system of engine room ven tilation invented by Mr. Baker, inspector of ma chinery at Chatham Dockyard, can only, from the peculiarity of its working, be carried nut on board vessels of comparatively large size ; but wherever it has been introduced, especially on board iron ships, its success has been complete. There is still, however, scope for improvements on the mode of ventilating smaller steam vessels, especially these serving in the tropics. On the recent official trial of the iron frigate Recruit, 6, 150 horse power, at Chatham, with only a decreased number of furnaces the temperature of the stokeholes occasionally ceeded 120 degrees. The Scylla, 21, 400 horse power, fitting for sea, is ordered to be expedited as much as possible. A rumour was current at Chatham yesterday that there will be a change in the command of this ship, necessitated by the ill health of Capt. Cresswell. The following appointments have been made in the Royal Naval Reserve :—To be Lieut.—Fred. Stanley Ewen. To be Hon. Lieut.—Wm.Curling. Grand Stand Stakes. —....... _ 1 Equinox Baron of Avon 3 Oneida Members' Plate. Polonaise Whitebait Innkeepers' Plate. 1 Xurullo Zora Pretty Bird The Beatea Plate (handicap). . - . Supple .. 1 l'ounce Whitebait Naval and Military Intelligence. THE NAVY. The trial of the engines of the new screw steam ship the Prince Consort, at Plymouth, which will take place shortly, will be conducted in a manner different from that which has hitherto prevailed. It has been the practice for a newly fitted ship to be navigated in the morning from her moorings in Hamoaze to the back of the breakwater, or round he Eddystone Lighthouse, and to be replaced in ,he evening in the Hamoaze. In the present in- stance the Prir.ce Consort will ba placed in the hands of 100 men selected, with their officers, from the Steam Reserve, who will moor her every even- ing inside the breakwater, and thus avoid the long and intricate navigation to Hamoaze and the sub- sequent difficulty of threading between the ships at anchor in that harbour. This ship was laid down at Pembroke as a line•of-battle ship on the same hies as the Gibraltar, but was afterwards cut in two, lengthened 23 feet, and, like the Ocean, re duced to a two-decker. She was first called the Triumph, but this name was altered to the Prince Consort. Her launch took place in June, 1862. The dimensions are—length over all, 277 ft.; length between perpendiculars, 273 ft. ; keel for tonnage, 232 ft. 3ain. ; breadth extreme, 58ft. sin. ; do. for tonnage, 57ft. 2in. ; do. moulded, 56ft. 4in. ; depth of hold, 1911. 10in.; tonnage, 4,045 26.94 tons; do. Board of Trade, 3,521.34 tons; tonnage of en. gine room, 1,913 . 71 tons; do.-register, 1,607.6 tons; displacement when light, 2,924 tons ; do. estimated when loaded, 6,328 tons; estimated draught when loaded, 23ft. 7in. forward, 25ft. 2in. aft: Her draught, when launched, was 12ft. llin. forward, and l6ft. 10in. aft; mean draught, 14ft. 10in. It is intended on the trial to make her draw 23 feet Sin. forward, and 25 feet Sin. aft. Her iron masts are stepped, and the guns are on board; there will also b© six months' stores in her ; the remainder will be made up with iron ballast. The heel of the mainmast is forked to admit the propeller shaft; the mast is 115 ft. bin. long; foremast, 109 ft. bin. ; mizen, 82ft. Bin.; and bowsprit, 41ft. Gin., all of iron. The armament on the main deck is 24 guns for 8-inch solid shot, each weighing 25 cwt., with four Armstrongs, 110-pounders, each weighing 84 cwt. forward, and the like number aft; on the upper deck two Armstrongs forward and one aft-35 in all. The engines collectively of 1,000 horse-power (nominal) are from the manufactory of Messrs. Maudslay, Sons, and Field, and aro seated 15 feet before the mainmast; they are termed '° horizontal double piston rod." The horizontal double-action air-pump is worked direct from the engine. Each of the engines is fitted with box slides ; they are worked by double eccentric and link motion, and are provided with metallic slide valves. The air-pump valves are of indiarubber, with metallic valves to discharge through the sides of the ship. The air pumps are 29in. in diameter, and hare a 4ft. stroke. pne inside diameter of the steam cylinders is 92in.; they are steam jacketed. The diameter of the main steam pipes is 23in. The pistons are fitted with me tallic packing, and not with hemp as heretofore There are aiso in the engine-room two small mud- . Nary e ngines of 12in. diameter. Each of these is fitted with a pump for filling boilers from the sea ; the requisite toge ther they are capable of supplying amount of water when the main engines are work ing full boiler power. She has in addition a double 7in. pump, which can be worked by hand or steam, capable of supplying a sufficient quantity of water for working half-boiler power, and arranged so as to pump on deck or overboard, and to draw water from the bilges or the sea. The Prince Consort has two stokeholes, the one before the engine-room has four boilers, with five furnaces in each, the one abaft four boilers with three furnaces in each. The eight boilers contain 3,840 t u b es , eac h of which is 6ft. long by 21 in. outer diameter, and 21 inner diame ter. By the foie boilers the power of 600 horses (nominal) can be obtained, and by the other 400 horses, calculated at jibs. effective pressure per square inch. The fore chimney is Bft. Sin. diame ter, the after 6ft. Gin. Both stoke-holes are well ventilated, but the pressure of the screw shaft, shoulder high, in the after stoke-hole, is very in convenient—it is cased. Th e after stoke-hole is , however, a little wider than the fore stoke-hole. The length of the propeller shaft in board is 98ft. 3in., weight 17 tons, diameter 18in. forward, and 20in. aft. The gun metal screw propeller is four bladed ; it weighs about 151 tons, and overhangs, or, rather, has no outer bearing. The diameter is 21ft., and the pitch, on Maudslay's principle, can be altered from 20ft. to 25ft. mean pitch. The stern bracket is surfaced up, and the boss of the screw is surfaced also ; the machinery is arranged so that the screw-shaft can be carried forward to close the opening entirely where the two surfaces meet, and thus the sudden influx of the sea can be prevented in case of an accident similar to that of the Royal Albert in 1856, When the water rose to her ash-pans, and her commander was obliged to run her on a sand bank in the island of Teo, in the Me diterranean. The Prince Consort's screw shaft is fitted with a disconnecting clutch and friction brake, by which, when the ship is under canvas only, the screw will be allow e d to revolve freely in the water. The brake can be used when it is ne cessary to step the screw, and reconnect it with the engines for the purpose of resorting to steam. In the fore stoke-hole there is a space blade for use in case of accident ; like the others its flange is per forated with slotted holes for the reception of the screws which fasten it to the boss. The blades are twisted slightly, and become much thinned towards the outer ends. The engines and machinery weigh 750 tons; the cost is about £50,500, and the manufacturer obtains in ad dition £1 rer horse power (X1,U00) for placing them TUNBRIDGE RACES.--WEDNESDAY. _ The South-Eastern Plate (Handicap) of 50 soya, for all ages . Three-quarters of a mile. Mr. Marsh's Margery, 4 yrs, 7st 7lb (Viney) 1 Mr. Beadman's Rubin!, 3 yrs, 7st 91b (C. Searle) 2 Mr. O'Malley's (pedigree unknown), aged, 6st 10lb (J. Plumb) 3 Lady Derby, Blanche of Lancaster, Knight Templar, and Prescription also ran. Betting-5 to 2 agat Lady Darby, 4to 1 agst Mr. O'Mally's ch in, 5 to 1 agat Prescription, 6 to 1 sgst Blanche of Lancaster, 8 to 1 agst Knight Templar. Mr. O'Malley's mare made play, followed by Prescription, Rubini, Lady Derby, and Blanche of Lancaster for half the distance, when Margery rushed past her horses, and took second place. Upon entering the straight Margery headed Mr. O'Malley's mare, and stalling off Rubini's effort half way within the distance, won by a length ; half a length separated the second and third ; Knight Templar was fourth, Blanche of Lancaster fifth, Lady Derby sixth, and Prescription last. The Mid-Kent Stakes (Handicap) of 10 sous each, 5 ft, 2 only if declared, &c,, with 50 added, for 3-yr-olds and upwards, winners extra. About one mile. 15 subs, sof whom pay 2 ft, Mr. Low's Gibraltar, 6 yrs, Oat (Fordham) 1 Mr. Burbidge's Baliverne, 4 yrs, 7st 21b (Jas. Nightingall) 2 Mr. T. Read's Lavender, 3 yrs, 6st 61b .... (S. Mordan) 3 Deerfoot, Devotee, and Spitfire Kitty also ran. Betting- 5 to 2 agst Gibraltar, 7to 2 agst Lavender, sto 1 each agst Deerfoot and Spitfire Kitty, 8 to 1 agst Bali verne. ~ .....,, At the second attempt they were capitally started, and Baliverne, Deerfoot, end Spitfire Kitty passed the stand to gether, Devotee fourth, Gibraltar fifth, and Lavender bring ing up the rear. Immediately after passing the stand Bali verne took the lead, followed by Spitfire Kitty, Devotee, Deerfoot, and Gibraltar, Lavender lying a long distance in the rear. Half a mile from home Deerfoot ran into second place, but upon approaching the turn into the straight "the Indian" dropped back, and upon entering the straight La vender and Gibraltar drew upon each side of Baliverne. Upon reaching the end of the enclosure Gibraltar quitted the pair, took a clear lead, and won easily by a length; La vender, who never quite reached Baliverne, was beaten for second place by a head; Devotee was a bad fourth, Deer foot fifth, and Spitfire Kitty last. A Handicap Sweepstakes of 3 sovs each, with 25 added, for all ages. The winner to be sold for £4O, &c. About one mile. Mr. Mellon's Fletton, 3 yrs, Est 121 b (Zenker) 1 Mr. Ward's Maubourquet, 3 yrs, 6st 41b Mr. Marsh's Peru, 4 yrs, 7st 121 b (J. Plumb) 3 Mr. Burbidge's Baliverne, 4 yrs, Bst 71b (J. Reeves) 4 Betting---2 to lon Fletton, 4to 1 agst Peru, 10 to 1 agst Baliverne. After running a quarter of a mile, Fletton went to the front, maintained the lead to the end, and won by half a dozen lengths. Two lengths separated the second and third. The winner w as b oug ht in for 56 guineas. Mr. Low's Stainley, 7st 121 b '''''''' Mr. Woodson's Elise 6st 1011; 7. '' '''''''''' The Nursery Plate (Handicap) of 50 Psvs, for 2- y r-olds ; winners extra. Three-qusrters o f a mile. Mr. Merton' s Telseombe, Est 101 b ........... (J. Plumb) 1 (Hopkins) 2 (Zenker) 3 agst agst Bittern, Mysterious The following a l so ran :— C on f e d era list, Bianca filly, Wheldrake, Mysterious Lady, Bittern. B i eatiteiz 5 2 to to 1 1 — loto 1 Ladoyff,ersed to a a 2 ,4 t agst aay s t a other. Several failures were succeeded by a wretched start, in which Stainley jumped ,away in front and carried on the running with a clear lead of Mysterious Lady, Bittern third, Wheldrake coming on at the head of the ruck, in the rear of whom followed Confederalist, the Bianca filly bringing up the rear at least fifty lengths off. Rounding the last turn but one Stainley ran out and left Mysterious Lady with the lead, bat she ran wide at the turn into the straight and jumped the ropes surrounding the course. This mishap left Elise in front, and she was joined at the distance by Stainley, who again took the lead half way up, and won by three-quarters of a length ; three lengths separated the se cond and third ; Bittern was fourth, Confederalist fifth, Wheldrake sixth, and the Bianca filly last. A Selling Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 30 added, for all ages ; selling allowances. Half a mile. Miss Marsh's Measure for Measure, 2 yrs, (£3O), Gst 41b (Viney) 1 Mr. Burbidge's Rosa Lee, 2 yrs (£3O), Gst 41b (7, anker) 2 Mr. T. Stevens's Pinkepoe, 4 yrs (£3O), Sat 61b(Fordham) 3 The following also ran . : —Pyrrha, Maubourquet, and Telescombe. Batting-5 to 4on Pyrrha, 4to 1 agst Pinkepoe, 100 to 15 agst Measure for Measure. Pinkepoe, with the favourite in close attendance, made play to the second turn from home, where Pyrrha bolted, and at the distance Measure for Measure and Rosa Lee joined Pinkepoe. Measure for Measure obtained the lead half way up, and won by a neck. A similar distance sepa -1 rated -the B QC 9 A4 And third, Webombe was fmrtb, Nau THE ARMY. Orders were yesterday received at Portsmouth for the 55th (Westmoreland) Regiment, stationed in Portsmouth garrison, under the command of Lieut.-Col. Robert Hume, to increase its numbers to the customary standard for foreign service by volun teers from other corps, and to be held in readiness for immediate embarcation for India. The "K" Battery of Armstrong field artillery, under the command of Major Barstow, stationed at Hilsea, near Portsmouth, yesterday received orders to prepare for immediate marching from thence by road to Woolwich, to embark for foreign service, reported for New Zaaland. Major-Gen. Lord W. Paulet, C. 8., commanding Portsmouth garrison and the South-Western Mili tary District, will to-day officially inspect on South sea common the 6th and ith brigades of Garrison Artillery, the I and K batteries of field artillery of the 4th brigade, and the Royal Marine Artillery. A detachment of troops, from various regiments, arrived at Portsmouth yesterday from Parkhurst, Isle of Wight, and were forwarded on to Woolwich, by the military authorities, to embark in the ship Chariot of Fame, for conveyance to New Zealand. An experimental 300-pounder Armstrong gun, manufactured at the E!swick factory, was yesterday landed from the barge Henry on the wharf in Wool wich Arsenal, from Shoeburyness. The weight of the gun is 11 tons 14ewt. 3qrs., and from the name " Excellent" painted upon it, the inference is that it is intended for practice on board the gunnery ship at Portsmouth. The gun was fired nine times only, and at the termination a very perceptible defect was discovery in the chase, about 10in, from the muzzle. The officials were yesterday engaged in taking an impression of the interior of the gun in gutta percha, and the defect was clearly marked thereon. It consists of a separation of the coils, forced asunder by the concussion, and is accounted for by an imperfect welding together. No other part of the gun bears any symptom of injury. It appears that some of the 12-pounders have coffered iu Visit of the Channel Fleet to Dublin. a Excited discussions have taken place in the Corporation of Dublin with reference to the entertainment to be pro vided against the approaching visit of the Channel Fleet — an extreme section of the " National party" taking the op portunity to intrude their own factiousness. On Monday it was proposed by Aide, man Hudson that an address should be presented to the Admiral and officers, and he expressed his regret that the Corporation had no public funds to pro vide a banquet, though he had no doubt there would be liberal contributions from private funds. In opposition, Mr. Sullivan, editor of the Natim, who leads the National party, spoke to the following effect :—The committee had shirked the question of a subscription in a manner that would disgust the A Imiral ; and, if he had anything of the spirit that was attributed to him, he would not accept the invitation. The address was rather a windy compliment to an admiral, who got breez:.:s enough. Nothing could be more nauseous or flatulent. There was no man in the com mittee of the whole house who stood up there to say, " There is £lOO towards the entertainment of the officers of the Channel fleet." He denounced the report as one of the meanest instances of evasion ho clad ever met. He denied that the visit of the fleet was calculated to awaken recollec tions of the glories of the pact. What glories ? When did any British fleet come to Dublin Bay, except for invasion? When the address spoke of the British fleet aiding every tyrant•trampled country and the oppressed of every clime, he could understand it if it referred to Britain, the people of which country were justly proud of the traditions and memories associated with the fleet. But Irishmen, as such, could hold no such language to the British fleet. When, in memorable hours of agony, Ireland lay panting and prostrate in the gripe of famine, and this British Govern ment was asked for transports to bring food to these shores to our starving countrymen, that Government, boastl /2g the finest fleet in the world, would not deign to lord this famine-stricken nation two ships out of its great navy to do this work of mercy. No ; let it be told that this British fleet lay with its guns shotted for duty, it may be, but had not a deck en which to lay food for the dying. But there was a Government who heard the cries of Ireland and came to help. That was the Government of free America, who stripped its war ships of their armament and sent to these shores the produce of American soil, He could un derstand the Irish people welcoming to their shores such a fleet, but the people of Dublin had no right to use this lan guage to the Channel Fleet. Mr. Sullivan then alluded to the Italian war, and said that the British fleet hed been sent out on a malignant mission of disturbance, " to encourage disorder among ungrateful rebels, and set the south of Europe in a flame, in order that British interests and Bri tish bigotry might be preserved." This burst of loyalty to the 'Pope was received with loud applause in the gallery. Alderman Bonsall called the speaker to order for using ,sedi tious language. Mr. Martin replied, and said the addresr, was drawn up by loyal men—they did not want to meet the views of disloyal men. Mr. Sullivan's speech, be said, proved that this was the freest country in the world, for in no ether country would a man be permitted to utter such sentiments. On a division the address was carried by an overwhelming majority, only four members having voted against it. This terminated the proceedings. The Lord Mayor had called a private meeting of influen tial citizens at the Mansion-house, at four o'clock p.m., to consult about the reception to be given to the Channei Fleet. It was not numerously attended, nor at all unanimous as to the course to be adopted. A banquet was proposed, but those who proposed it seemed to reckon without their host. On the motion of Mr. Alexander Parker, seconded by Alder man Atkinson, the gentlemen present were elected a com mittee to carry out the object of the meeting, with liberty to add to their number. Alderman Hudson, Sir Timothy O'Brien, Mr. A. Parker, Mr. H. J. M'Farlane, Mr. Juhn Martin, and other gentlemen expressed their opinions that the citizens of Dublin should do all in their power to render the reception cf the fleet suitable to the occasion and befit ting the position which Dublin held as the second city in the empire. After some discussion, it was agreed to give up the idea of a banquet, and have a ball, to be given on Monday, if the Admiral can remain long enough; if not, on Friday next. Sailors and Marines of the Channel Fleet. 1 Vhile the magnates have been giving and receiving Prifigely hospitalities and enjoying an interchange of so cie.iity and good feeling with the gallant officers of the Channel fleet, it forms en exceedingly gratifying feature of these hospitalities that the seamen and marines who man that noble fleet have not been overlooked. In accordance with previous arrangements which had been entered into by a number of the leading men connected with the commer cial enterprise of Liverpool, an invita tion was given to as many of the men as could be spare d off duty to enjoy an entertainment in St. George's Mill. This event took pla ce on Monday, when upwards of 1,000 men, including petty officers and sailors, marines and marine artillery, belonging to the different vessels, together with about 200 gentlemen belonging to the Royal Mersey Yacht Club, sat down to a substantial dinner, consisting of hot roast beef and mut ton, with a few other dishes, and vegetables ad libitum. These substantial viands were washed down by a reason able allowance of grog and Allsopp's a l e. Th e noble hall was completely filled, .the galleries b e i ng occup i e d b y a large assembl a g e of ladies and gentlemen, The feast was presided over by Mr. S. R. Graves, Commodore of the Royal Mersey Yacht Club, and th e execut i ve d epar t me nt of the feast was admirably performed by the extensive staff of stewards belonging to the Cunard Company's establish ment. After the cloth had been removed the chairman pro posed " The Queen," remarking that among all the great and glorious titles by which she was known there was no one of which she was so proud as that of being the friend of the sailor and the soldier. This announcement was re ceived with great cheering. The choir then sang the Na tional Anthem, the chorus being joined in with an earnest ness and heartiness of enthusiasm such as has but seldom been heard, and which itis difficult to conceive being equalled by any vocalists but by a similar number of British sailors. The next portion of the programme was a song by one of the m ar i nes b e l ong i ng t o the chip Liverpool, which was sung in good style and heartily applauded. A song was then called for from one of the " blue jackets" of the Liverpool, when one of them gave in true 66 Jack-tar" style the song of " The Red, White, and Blue." Th e chorus of this popular naval ditty was given by the who!e of the Channel fleet men with so strong a d egree o f har mony as produced a most exciting effect. St. George's other wise magnificent hall is somewhat unfavourably noted for its echoes—but all the echoes of the place were shaken out of their senses, or, at all events, driven out of the hall, by the sonorous and measured shouts of the thousand sten torian voices which joined in asserting and reasserting the glories and the triumphs of the " red, white and blue." The choir then sang in good style a four-part song, which evidently had an exceedingly pleasing effect on the " sons of ocean," who at its conclusion hurrahed and shouted their approval in a most enthusiastic manner. The next musical performance was a song with a rattling and highly-appre ciated chorus by the men of the Edgar, the flagship. The chairman then in a few appropriate words proposed as a toast, " The Health of the Non-Commissioned Officers, Petty Officers, Seamen, and Marines of the Channel Fleet," paying them a high compliment for the excellent conduct which they had displayed since their arrival and during their stay in Liverpool. The toast was drunk with great enthusiasm, which was loudly joined in by the ladies and gentlemen who occupied the galleries. After the applause had in acme measure subsided the toast was acknowledged 'fee-,~ ~- .wo red ha g clock cant, 110 ;said been pri. )1e ;" in , Red trict, fair -ices. eant 4 [er to o 32g , 0 30g ;0 24e ;0 41s ,0 Eng ;es of aleY, n re' lato berat at 20 r , but aloes 0 3" 0 32g 2 6 a 0 ""$ a . d. 8 9 7 6 8 9 6 17 6 6 .8 9 7 3 18 6 :27. . 25. :27. 25. . -25. 30. 30. 25. 10. 22. ;. 28. eh is miceS Leck. mtly ding e, at mart iter- lon. WO, ing• Len ruse, r of vr'Elt •ace, sire, V. J. . 0. rde.. )eth cad, n?, Y Ot