The Sun. — London, England, 1863-08-12 00:00:00

- - . z 7 Thir izo i k • NEWSPA.PER ( .7 n V v .. • /16 e?fli ~ 1 1 Mk =7 ‘• 1 a , Y;PaZ . 4111 111-7,N e arc 4 1 ST.A._TE o_ +___ P TRADE, r 4 7 . 4 -- EMEMI3Pjt, WE SUP AT EVANS' • k it • t-ri r . * 011‘; ' . 1 ":" .: O S AP ;41i . A, 4 5 ' 6V \ 4. 11 EVERY EVENING THIS WEEK aft :r Alfred ' 3 •D - _ t.114V -. , :Mellon's Promenade Concerts. ;4 ' • " I' , „,,ob 4 0, • .4„ • 4 1, N 174 . ? ( 4. / „ . 1111 1 4 " " 1 , DROTr• DDINBURGH (11-loce3 Flregl from Irrnvnte -411 „, DiE ibdu l4 .Bi f ; A ee N sr C s :i bin. E o S y T : E rt ß : , se A orfo : at g ecis l a . o l ef . s — ciar T sipt ia tT o io r un e ess h da a at s ya :::: : -ILA wharf. Tower.- Saloon. 203 ; fore cabin, •15s; deck " (soldiers and slilars on'yi,7s Ad; r‘iturn tickets (available for a month), 30s and 2!s rd. The chilnest and qui , ikest se2. \ " _~ route by the solend d new STEAMSHIPS of the LONDON and EDTNBURGII SHIPPING COMPANY, sailing every Wednesday and Saturday, at ;0 merninz. Apply at the Spread Eagle, Regent-circus; or at Ironczate-wharf. F" 1/14 SUN, LO (DUN, W.E_DNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 12, 1863. PR1CE.....—..4d. STAMPED ....sd. E A. — VAC kNCIES for MIDSHIPMEN sni L-7 APPRENTICES in a first-class London shipping fir.n. Premium mod rate. Al.° apprentices without prerrutnn.— Apply to SIIIINIONDS and Co.. 38, St. Mary-at-MIL _East cheap, E.C. Third offinrs and Stewards wanted. No. 22,191 THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. engineer, to the Liverpool; and E. N. Cockrell, first class assistant engineer to the Marlborough. Ia the contest betwteu " The North and South of Forth" (a challenge cup given by Major Moir, of Lockic), shot for'by eight competitors on each side —selected for the North by the Master of Lovat, for the South by Major Moir—distances 800, 900, and 1,000 yards, 10 rounds at each, any position, and any description of rifle not exceeding 101 b. in weight—the South were the victors. The total scores stood thus :—South, 568 ; North, 550. The Montrose battery carried off the artillery honours. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols. V ER O N I A. ANOVEL, Also now ready, in 3 vols., VICISSITUDES OF A GENTLEWOMAN. CHURCH AND CHAPEL. By the Author of "No Church," " Owen : a Waif," ac., in 3 vols. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. THE AR NIY. QE A, rirst-class APPRENTICES req u ired in an East In dia man. —E,r premium, name of shin, 4-c.. aPply to Messrs. Lain°. and Co., 27, Colf.rnan-street, Bank. No control over or interferenc in the outfitting exercised T HE ORIENTAL HOTELS COMPANY (Limited). Incorporated under the Corn..anies' Act. 18n2, by which the Liability of each Shareholder is strictly limited iodic amount 01 leis Shares. - . Firs Capital £'51,000, in 25.000 Shares of £ lO each. (Wit power to incre,s, to One Million Sterling. First Issue h 12 ,500 Shares, v.-het—of a portion will be reserved for India. Deoosit £1 per Share on anplicatlon, and £ 1 on allo tment. Cal ;s not to excee d £2 per Share, with an in terval of not less three months between each ealL DIRECTORS. Sir John Peter Grant, Chairman, late Lieutenant- Governor of Bengal. Colonel Anderson, - C.B , Director of the Eastern Bengal Rail way, Company. `Te°r2-e Constable, Esq., Firm of Henderson and Constable, Cannon-,treet, Sir Frederick Currie, Bart • Member of the Council of India. Colonel French, Chairman of the Bombay and Baroda Rail- Wa Compan. Colon y el Hollan y d, Director of the Agra and United Service Bank. John Stewart, Esq., Director of the Marine Insurance Com pany. John Robert Thomson, Esq., Chairman of the London and South African Bank. James H e nry young, Esq., late of the Bengal Civil Service. AUDITORS. T. E. Walker, Esq.. 21. Ilaiiover-square, and A Shareholder, to be eluted .t the First Genera! Meeting. BANKERS IN LONDON. The Azra and United Service Bank (Limited), 27, Cannon street, E.C. The London and County Bank, Ht,nover-square, W. BANKERS IN INDIA. The Agra and Uni ed S.rvice Bank (Limited). SOLICITORS. Messrs. Up tens, jolmson, and Upton, 20, Austin- riars, E.C. . , BROKL'R. Francis Burnsnd, Esq., 78, Lombard-stteet, and 13 and 1 4 , County-c' Cornhill, E.C. SECRETARY (pro tern.) Macdonald Yates, Esq. Temporary Offices : 3S, Cannon-street, E.C., and 5, Para ment-street, Westminster. ABRIDGED PROSPECTUS. This Company is formed for the purpose of introducing a !system of efficient Hotel occomnaDdation into India, China, and other places in the East. In Calcutta a joi2t-stock company has lately pur-hased and undertaken the management of a Rote', and the pro spects of the enter rise may be We , red from the very prem um at which their shares ere quoted in the Calcutta Market, see "Times" .lify 17, the "Englishman's Weekly Mail" of June B,lSO', and "Allen's Indian Mail," of A , Oust 4—viz., £25 paid. present value, £45 ex - div., equal to 83 per cent. prem., and the payment of a dividend of 10 per cent. for the hell-year ending 30th April last, equal to 20 per cent. per annum. It is proposed, in the first instance, to supply the urgent quirements of Bombay and Point de Galle. In the event of two-thirds of the first issue of shares not being subscribed for, no allotmenr , will take place, and rhe deposits will be returned to the subscrib rs, without deduc tion. It is proposed to pay to shareholders 5 per cent. interest 11 1)0n the capital as paid up, until the first dividend is de clared. Detailed prospectuses and forms of Application for shares may be obtained of the Secretary, Bankers, and Brolier. (RTENTAL HOTELS COMPANY (Limited). NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN, That NO APPLICA TION for SHARES in the Oriental Hotels Company (Limited) WILL BE RECEIVED after SATURDAY, the 15th August current. NTACLONALD YATES, Secretary pro tem. August 6, 1863. PASSENGERS AND TRAVELLERS PROTECTION AND COMPENSATION OFFICES, 16, Craven-street, Strand, London, W.C. Passengers by Rail, Road, or Water. and others suffering from loss or injury to themselves or property, should apply for redress and compensation at the above Offices ; established to render prompt assistance to all classes upon the most ad- Van tageous terms. Advice on application gratis. Letters must be addressed to The Manager," enclosing a stamp for reply. THE ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY. HEAD OFFICES, 29, Lombard-street, London, and Royal Inturance building,s, Liverpool. Total Annual Revenue exceeds £soo,o^o, Accumulated Funds in hand over 1 OJO,OOO. EXTRACTS FROM THE REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1862. The Directors of the Royal Insurance Company are now called upon to make their accustomed periodical Report at the Meeting of its Shareholders. FIRE BRANCH. The Directors have, as pleasingly as unexpectedly, at the close of the year, to announce, for the first time, that the Fire Premiums have not only reached, but exceed £300,000. The high comparative position held IT the Royal in the Government Returns of Duty is again fully nhanta , ned. The profit of the businees of the year exceeds considerably the amount realised in the preced,ng, year, and in fact sur passes that of any war, with but two exceptions, sine- the commencement of this Office, the balance t, the credit on account of British and Foreign insurances being £15,101 10s. 5d., and (,f the North American business, whichis kept sepa rately, £11,097 ifs. 10d. LIE BRANCA. The very gratifying duty now falls upon the .Directors to state the sum assured on n w policies for the year 16!, exceeds even that of the yesr 1861 by £lBO,OOO, and has arrived at the almost unexampled amount for a single year of £701,427 on 1,408 new policies issued. Util within te last few years it is believed that such a sum an n sured as thathwhich has just been announced as the result of one year's business was all but unheard of. This portion of the Company's business has been carefully watched, and cannot fail to give much satisfaction to the shareholder, as well as no small encouragement for the future to the participating life assurer. Evidence of continued care in the selection of lives is amply afforded by a statement of the number rejected. These have amounted to 311 for the year, on which the aggregate sum proposed for assuranne Amounts to £ 41,28. Various degrees of ineligibility have led to these lives being declined. No small number of the Assurance i onipanies of the day record their accepted lives annually at a sum not much, if at all, exceeding those which the Royal hastleclared as inadmis *dole in a single year frown deterioration of some kind cr another. If. to complete their review, the Directors now advert briefly to the United Kingdom, they have to announce that In Fire Business s progress has been undoubtedly more rapid than that of any other Company established either in London or elsewhere, except when amalgamations have take. place. The returns 01 duty have proved this. In Life, the amount of New Policies already reported make all other evidence needless. The Directors conclude their present Report with the expression of an opinion that the prospects of the Royal Insuranca Company were never brizhter, andconsequent hope, founded on a grateful remembrance ot the past, that the future may untold for it a sphere of still greater ma, ni tude, combining distinguished commercial success to the Office with a le gthened career of usefulness and protection to the pubic. PERCY M. DOVE, Manager and Actuary. JOHN B. JOHNSTON, secretary in London. NORWICH UNION FIRE INSURANCE SOCIETY. The business of Vie 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,C86,332. A bonus of three-fifths of the profifs periodically made to parties insuring, who have thus, from time to time, received sums amounting in the aggregate to £440,000 ; and the Society now holds a large Res eve applimble to a tuture Bonus. The rates of premium are in no case higher than those charged by the other principal offices making no returns to their insurers. For pro-pectuses apply at the Society's Offices, Surrey street, Norwich ; and 6, Crescent, New Bridge-street, Black friars, E.C. UROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION. Established 1540. TRUSTEES. Thomas Barinz, Esq., M.P. Wm. Geo. Prescott, Esq . Thomson Hankey, ksq., M.P. } Baron L. de Rothschild, M.P. 'Mutual Lif- Assurance for all classes. Tills Association has now in existence 6,000 policies, for a total sum of £1,500,000. The Annual Income is .. .C 51,000 The Accumulated Fund exceeds .. 20, 00 It has paid in Claims • • .. 112,0)0 The whole of the profits are divided quinquennially among the Members. Three divisions have already been made when the following sums have been added as bonuses to the policies Dec. 31, 1847 .• , 1852 11,505 '„ 1857 .. 205 1862 .. 56 , 500 3nakinEr the total bonus additions, £0%600. "nuses mari be received in (visit or applied to the r duo tier "t premiums at the option of the asi,ured, in lieu of an adcliiiun to the of cY• sur;lllntiort iB especially invited to the system of free or paid- Fq-er'iMeteß introduced by this Association, by which the po ,Z 4, often submitted to on the relinquishment of a The bala O,IIY avoided. 'whether as or otherwise nure-slmets of the Association are open to all, Active n ' sented distric agents will be appointed in unrepre- WM. THOS. LINFORD, Secretary. Chief Office, IS, lloorgate-street E.C., Aug 1, 18G3. W) , OYAL FREE A.:, 11, in the immed• AL. Gray's-inn-road way Terminus, at Rl a ii t ,,,J l ,4;: a lt i ; T o T f the Great Northern Rail. Patron—li 3 nn ,, , - -** President—The Dukehe EN. Treasurer—Edward to ientroduce ' F"1. el ---- •-• , --..EU This was the first hospital M asterman CIL K.G. and instant admission to ,irithout the or of eovernors' the let, ers d i stitut e si g ,. !e Principle of free evored to de tution in its most pitiable for ni t 18 p an fed by sickness and diseaa—evan z" d tl d t :h i ch is worn magnitude that, with adequate ; s nr a Po ,n r . t, it ma w ,(,) 3 f sufficient capable of /I dmittimr into its ward th g e . r i ee e e s but the ncrtures. the casual sick of this great metrop'y lar^re Y p r ren dered It ;,',_ or Portion ot funds in order to have Mlo beds available f or these the most wretchei of our fellow n: it ~ratuitonsly affords medical advice 4 e tion of on the avers' e, than '.7,0t1 out-patients a rnell eine t e"r ' o more, The Weekly lloard i.el it theirimperatr v e e ek • du y ~... ,_ EARNEST APPEAL to the public for eontir t ' ~1 „'"aK-e an to enable them to rdniit and relieve the distressa; - cup Port, daily present themselves. ~, eases that Contributions arc received by the Treasurer, p,, :Masi erman, Esq., Nicholas -lane; also by Messrs. co„l,'-, Edward Co.; Drummond and Co.;"Terries and Co, ; p ans - 0 "s and and Co.. Denial,ll., Co. ; Prescott, Grote. and Co.;C Smith, Payne, an d c .o . ll : l G and and Co. ; Jones Lovd and Co. ; Barclay and co. ; W lliams,Deacon. and Co. ; Overend. Gurney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co. ; l':lesers. J. Barged and Co., Liverpool and at the ilospitaL STANFORD S. S3IITII. Secretary. P_ ISTOLGItANIS of BABIES (Guirion Jorvol3n , y , 4 ,.,„„ P."eraito, ' v ia . , a lb um cair,,ements rite - efrom, taken u . iti. at SETAT -,c. e n's -park, N.w., FE'S Pistoh;, __ph Depot, 32, u,. , :itr , .-pl , we, !,:e -wher, a C.a,,sification or children's like_ Lull._ from the day of L.lrt'a way now De stv - s, in ..alica , aDd. ilivs atteacitd, LADY EMILY PONSONBY'S NEW NOVEL. Nov ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., - 1 . 1 A It Y YNDS A Y. _2l_& By Lady EMILY PONSONBY. 'This story is interesting and enthralling throughout. Mary Lyndsay is a most charming heroine." —Sun. Burst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Now Ready, Illustrated by the ion. ELIOT YORKE, M.P., 255., THE WANDERER in WESTERN FRANCE. By G. T. LOWTII, Esq. "The art of gossipping in Mr. Lowth', style, never weary ing. its • listener, et perpetually conveying to him valuable int ormation, is a very rare one, and he possesses it in perfec tion. No one will quit his volume without feeling that he understands Brittany and La Vendee."—Spectator. Hurst and Elackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. T 0 T I C E.-THE CREAM OF A LIFE. The New Novel is now ready, in 3 vols , at all Libraries and Bookseilcrs. Richard Bentley, New Burlington • street. Just published, in Bvo., price is., mAGNEOPATHY H . E T A H LT E H PHILOSOPHY OF Bentley, New Burlington street. A T,FRED NTELT,ON'S PROMENADE CON „nth. CEItA7S, Voyal Italian Opera, Covent-garden, THIS EVII.ING, at Eight o'clock. ocalist—gdilc. CARLOTTA PATTI. Band of nearly 100 performers. Admission, One Shilling,. T " OXFOR D, e, OXFORD STREET, IV. THIS EVENING, will be performed Operatic Selections from Sir Henry R. Pishop's TOE SLAVE and Halevy's MUSKETEERS (first time in England). Principal Artistes—Miss Russell, Miss Ell son, Messrs. Green, Bernardi, Huish, &c., with full band and chorus. Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans. Flute Solos by Drew Dean &c. Comic, by UNSWORTH ("or any other man "), Eugene, W. Randall, E. Righton, and A. Lloyd. Als , a Pei formance by Herr SCHATACENB 4CIT on his wonderful inst urnent, the PIANO ORCHE6TRE, contain ing a full ba ,d of 40 instruments. he Eau. his just been newly Decorated and Ventilated, and is one of the most Beautiful in the Metropolis. Open at 8 o'clock. Admission, Cd.; stalls and balcony, ls. ; private boxes, 10s. Cd. NOTICE. —The GHOST! GHOST !! GHOST!!! AT C aNTERBURY lIAL L. wo representations of Professor Pi pper's startling Illusion will be given on Niondays. Wednesdays, and Sa . urd4ys. at Nine and a qn,rter past Eleven o'clock; other Evenings at Eleven only; and produced with ail the newest improve ments by Mr. A. Silvester, which can be sten only at this establishment. Dramatic Readings by Mr. Graham, in addition to Grand Operatic Selections, Cantatas. Gle-s, Sones, Comic and Sentimental, and UNSWORTII, the Stum9 Orator. Open Ivory Eyining at half past Seven. Admission, Sixpence. OYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE The FAIRY FOUNTAIN.—The Tlisarelis (lagt week pre vious to tbeir departure for the Continent)—The Brothers Conrad—Les Petit Monstres— The Francesco Family, from r. a Scala, Milan, &c. Grand Operatic Selection :—.IN 1 88 M'Gregor. Albert, Georgini, supported by Chorus and Band of Sixty Performers. Notice.—The Proprietor has much pleasure to announce that he has an end gemPnt with Mdlle. Taccani , from H er Majesty's Theatre, who will appear every evening. ESTABLISHED 1833. BOWDEN'S iERATFD GINGER BEER, i n Mass or stone bottl , s, warranted to keep good twelve months. Lemonade, Soda-water, votass, SCtzer, and every description of Mineral Waters.—Manufactory, No. 3, White Hart-street, Drury-lane, W.C. HARPER TWELVETREES' GLYCERINE SOAP POWDER makes its own Soap, and saves one-half of time, two thirds of Soap, and t ree-fourths of labour ! Patentee : Harper Twelvetr es, Bromley •by-Bow, London. Sold by Grocers, Druggists, and Oilmen. I)E A FNE S S.—The SOUND M AGNIFIER INVISIBLE VOICE CONDUCTOR, a newly in vented instrument for severe eases of deafness. It tits into the ear, not perceptib e, removes singing noises in the head, and enables deat persons to hear distinctly at church aud at public assemblies.—S. and B. SOLO3IONS, )9, A 'bent.- le - street, riccadilly. PAGE'S BRICK, TILE, AND PIPE MACHINE, for hand, horse, or steam vower, are the most simple and efficient extant.—Pull particulars and prices obtained of the makers, E. Page and Co Laurence Pountney place, Laurence Pountney-hill, Ca. anon-street, E.G., where they may be seen in operation daily. TEA.—MOORE MOORE BROTHERS respectfully inti mate that their New Prospectus is now ready. hey e pecially recommend their improved Family Tea, reduced to 3s. 2d. ; Souchonft, reduced to 3s. ed. ; mixed Assam, re duced to 3s. Bd. ; and the finest Assam, reduced from Is. 4d. to 3s. 11 d. per lb. MOORE BROTHERS, 35, London-bridge, City, E.C. 310NEY PROMPTLY ADVANCED by a Private Gentleman upon FURNITURE (without removal'. Leasehold awl Freehold Property, or Reversions, , in sums from £2O to £500.-31r. Howard, 38, Queen street, Cheapside. TO Persons in WANT of MONEY (in Town or Country).—A. GENTLEMAN is willinz to MAKE A DVANCES of CAS I - 1, without delay, to respectable person. (rnab, or female), on their own security. The utmost. secrecy can be elied on.—Apply (it by letter en close tour stamps) to ..t Mr. Robertson's, Accountant, 40. Kin , Willam-street, London-bridge, E.C.—Money advanced on Dock Warrants. TNIMEDTATE CASH ADVANCES—Persons 111,_ requiring' Capital, repayable by instalments, to eoable them to Increase or commence businees, or for any other pu pose, can readily obtain Advances on application at the 0111 es of the ST. GEORGE ADVANCE FUND ASSO CIAT ONS, 11Q, Pall-ma 1, SW. Prospectus and forms sent free. E• IT. GILBART, Manager. K EATING'S PERSIAN INSECT DESTROY ING PO WDF.II, for which a Prize Medal was awarded to the Producer at the International Exhibition, 1462. Thin Powder is quite harml ess t o an mil life, but. is un rivalled in destroying Fleas. Bugs, lilies, Cockroaches, Beetles, Gnats, Mosquitos, 3ioths in furs, and every other species of Insect. Spnitstnen 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 other. to vend a so-called article, the pubic are therefore cautioned to observe that the 'pickets of the Genuine Powder bear the auto;. of THOMAS KEATING Sold in packets, ls.. 2s. 6d., and 4s. 6d. each, or post free for 1 t or 36 postage stamps, by Thomas Keating, chemist, 79, St. P. urs-churchyari, London, E.O NEVER FAILING REIkIEDY. Dr. SCOTT'S BILIOUS and LIVER ?ILLS, pre ,ared without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. ,ott, of Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to all who uirer from bilious and 'iver complaints, indigestion, wind, pasms, giddiness, lizziness of the eyes, arc. For habitual ostiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier .1 the blood, they are truly excellent; mild in their opera tion and grateful to he stomach, they create appe de, pro mote digestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system. sold by W. Lambert, 8, Icing William-street, Charing,,-cross. London, and by most druggists, in boxes,fs. 16d., and three times the quantity in one, 2s. 9d. Be sure to ask for Dr. Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are a square rreen package, with " William Lambert," engraved on the stamp. R O IAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION (Incorporated by Royal Charter). PATRONESS —net Most Gracious Majesty the Queen. RESIDENT—Vice-Admiral the Duke of Northumberland, K.G., C ITAIRMAN—Thos, Baring, Esq., M.P., F.R.S., Chapman, Esq., F.R.S., V.P. APPEAL. The Committee of Management have to state that, since I , e beginning of the year 1800, the Royaa National Lifeboat institution has expended £32,000 on various Lifeboat Estab lishments n the Coasts of England, Scotland, and Ireland. The number of lives saved by the Lite-boats of the Society. nd other means, since its formation, is 12,800; or which services 82 Gold Medals, 718 Silver Medals, and 010,480 in cash have been paid in rewards. The Institu 'ion nas also expended £67, 00 on Life-boats, Life-boat Transporting-eari iages, and Boat-houses. The Committee desire to express their grateful sense of :he generous support which they have received from the British public during the past few years, a support which has enabled them to establish their present magnificent fleet o* 123 Lifeboats on the shores of the United Kingdom Dreply sensib e, however, of the great responsibility that res s on them to maintain their fleet in a thoroughly efficient state, and its Crews practised in the management of their boats. whi h cat , only be effected by a large and pe manent annual income, they earnestly appeal to all classes of their countrymen to aid them in upholding* and perpetuating so great and truly national a work. The Committee gratefully acknowledge the following con tributions:— Her liaiesty the Queen •• £ s. d • •• annual SO C 0 Campbell, the Hon. Mrs. G. .. • • • • annual 50 0 Clerk. Colonel, V.A. •• • • • • .. annual 1 0 contts and Co., Messrs., Bankers .. • . annual 10 0 0 Currie, \Val. Esq., .. • • •.4 th d0u.30 0 0 Erie, Lord C'hief Justice • • ••• . • (Thn. 10 10 0 Panshawe, Vice-Admiral Sir A., K.C.B. . • 2d don. 25 0 0 Fenwiek, G. .T., Esq., cost of a Lifeboat and 'rran sportin2• Carriage • • • • " • • • • 250 0 0 Harvey, G. end Mrs. " • • ( Inn. 30 0 NI art ln, Sir Henry, Bart .. .. .. 7th don. 10 0 0 Moore, Rev. G. B. • • • • " don. 15 15 0 Sith, Mrs. • George, Greenwich .. .. .. 3 0 0 Stirling, Col. Sir Anthony, K.C.B. .. .. annual 20 0 Ti mm s, Lady, Weston-super-3lare, collected by her Ladyship .. .• ••"•• 16 16 0 I, ereival, and Will"f2.llby d'Ereeby, Lord .. .. annual 50 0 Donations and Annual ,I,;lll , scriptions will be thankfully re _ ! ive d by the Bankers of the Institution, Messrs. Willis, an d by th,• Secretary t.,,,t0,4(5,,1,k, Strand • NI eFfirB. II erries, i Collectors ,C0.,16, M. Co., 76, Lombard-street; Messrs. Contts and Mll:anktrs .11 the United Kintldoinilr;ouliar, and o. — slant" 6-6 ' 11,0 , London ; by a 1 the of cu stoms 'oh ''e ''2*ct Lew is l'No at the Ofli 'e of the IllbtitutiCn 1/ a-3 t• .* . '. ''' cet., _ I , J t.f.t..., 4aell'Aii, L911e.0/2, w.c. The London and East India Shipping Company's steamship Golden Fleece, Captain E. G. Bird, has arrived at,Penzance from Calcutta May 17, Madras May 28, Cape of Good Hope July 2. She brings a large mail from the Cape, including the Frontier mail that reached Capetown too lute for the last mail steamer, the Roman. Her passengers trom India are about 90, and from the Cape about 20. At the Cape the prospects of business were little altered, and prices ruling about the same, with the exception of wool, which was declining. In the eastern province carriers were again complain ing of the dry state of the up country districts ; very little ploughing was going on there, and farmers were getting anxious about the prospects for food and forage. A warm dispute had taken place in the Cape Legislature on the report of a Government official, which charged the farm ing squatters and settlers at Nanaagnaland, Cianwilliam, and adjoining districts, with cruelly exterminating the Bushman people by hunting them down and shooting them. The report gave details and authorities, but several members of the House of Assembly denied the statements. A mution to suspend the sale of crown lands in those districts until the Bushman had been provided for and placed under the protection of the law was re jected. 'ihe synod of the English church at Graham's ['own had been opened by the L)rd Bishop of that diocese. The Bishop, in his address, had discussed at some length the power and constitution of the synods. An indignation meeting has been held at Port Elizabeth on account of the delay of the Frontier mail, but the circumstances arose, not from the negligence of the postal authorities at Cape Town, but from the conveyance breaking down on some of the rough roads of the Eastern Province. The long disputed boundr.ry line between the Queen's Town district and British Kaifraria had at length been settled. Kaffir robberies on the frontiers were still being continued. At the village of Whittelsea two Germans had been beaten by Kaffirs, robbed, and left for dead. In the Free State, at a special meeting of the Volksraad, at Bloemfontem, Mr. Pretorus's resig nation of the Presidency had been accepted, also the resignation of Mr. Allison as Secretary and Treasurer' General. _ News arrived at the Cape, from Madagascar. confirm the report that the revolution arose through the King's liberal measures and grants to Europeans. The principal cause of the dissatisfac tion of the people being brought to a climax is said to be Mr. Ellis having sent persons to preach at a village in which are deposited the remains of the late Queen, who was an anti• Christian, and the preaching was considered an insulc and desecration to her memory. _ In Simon's Bay were the Narcissus, screw, 51, flagship of Sir Baldwin Walker ; Seringapatam, 4; Pioneer, 6. The latter arrived, June 27, from Sydney, en route for Plymouth. The Gorgon, 6, left, June 30, for Madagascar. The Chinese gun boas Tien-tsin arrived out June 25; the French gunboat Fulton, 4, from Brest for New Caledonia, arrived out June 21. The French gunboat Sybille, 4, also for New Caledonia, was still in Simon's Bay. CONFEDERATE CORRESPONDENCE. The following intercepted Confederate correspon deuce will be read with interes: : ..kojt.- General's- office, Richmond, June 28. " General,—While with the President last evening I received sour letter of the 23d inst. After reading it to the President, he was embarrassed to under stand that part of it which refers to the plan of assembling an army at Culpepper Court-hnuse, under Gen. Beauregard. This is the first intima- lion that he has had that such a plan was ever in contemplation, and, taking all things into conside• ration, he cannot see how it can by any possibility be carried into effect. " You will doubtless learn before this reaches you that the enemy has again assembled in force on the peninsula—estimated between 20,000 and 30,000 men—from 6,000 to 10,000 of whom are reported to be in the vicinity of White House, and the remainder at Yorktown. It is impossible to say whether the estimated number is correct, as the several accounts vary and are not deemed altogether trustworthy ; but the estimate, making due allowance for errors, is quite near enough to satisfy the most incredulous that he is in this vicinity in sufficient force in cavalry, artillery, and infantry to do much harm, whether his purpose be to make a demonstration on Richmond or to confine himself to 'aids in breaking your commuLications and devastating the country. His efforts in the last case may prove more success- till than in the first, if we may judge by what took place at Hanover only two days ago, when about 1,000 or 1,200 of his cavalry suddenly appeared there and did some execution in breaking the rail road and burning a bridge, some buildings, and public stores. It is important that this raid took place only about two days after Gen. Corse's bri gade had left there for Gordonsville. Had it re mained at Hanover Junction it is reasonable to suppose that most of the enemy's cavalry would have been either destroyed or captured, and the property saved from injury. Every effort is being made here to be prepared for the enemy at all points, but we must look chiefly to the protection of the capital. In doing this we may be obliged to hazard some other points. You can easily estimate our strength, and I suggest for your con sideration whether in this state of things you might not be able to spare a portion of your force to protect your line of communication against at tempted raids by the enemy. " Very respectfully, your obedient servant, " S. COOPER, Adjutant-General. " General R. E. Lee, Commanding Army Northern Virginia, Wincheaer, Virginia." " Richmond, June 28, 1863. "General,—Yours of the 23d received this even- I ing, and I hasten to reply to the point presented in relation to the forces on the coast of South Carolina and Georgia. The hopes indulged as to our opera tions at the time which would intervene between the discharge of the enemy's trained troops and the substitution for them by others have been die appointed by the very error against which it was sought by warning to guard. Grant reached the river, got reinforcements, made intrenchments, and General Johnstone continues to call for reinforce ments, though his requisition was more than filled by withdrawing troops from Generals Beanregard and Bragg. General Bragg is threatened with attack, has fallen back to his entrenched position at Tullahoma, and called on Buckner for aid. " General 13ea.uregard says that no troops have been withdrawn by the enemy from his front since those returned toN , wbern, and that his whole force is necessary to cover his line. This being in answer to a proposition to follow a movement of the enemy, said to be to the west, with all his disposable force, pointing him at the same time to the vital import ance of holding the Mississippi, and communicating the fear that Vicksburg would fall unless Johnstone was strongly and promptly reinforced. D. H. Hill boo a small force, part of which has been brought here. Clingman's brixtide is near Wil mington, Colquith's at Kingston, Martin's nominal, on the railroad at Weldon, and C. Cook's, Ransom's, and Jenkins's have been brought here—the two last temporarily from the defence of Petersburg and the country thereabouts. defence of brigad e is, you left it, engaged in the de Richmondand serving in the country to the east of the city. The enemy have been re pulsed in large force at the White House, with indicatioes of an advance cn Fichmoud. We are organising companies for home duties, and the spirit of reeietanee is iuceeating. Corzif in accordance with your orders, has been left at Hanover Junction. All the artiLery, I am informed, was taken away, and the singe regiment of infantry which constituted the guard for the bridges, proved unequal to the duty, as you have no doubt lea►ned. Reinforcements were ordered to go up, but some delay occurred, and they arrived too late to save the bridge or the brave guard which had unsuccess fudy defended it. The Yankees, reported to be three regiments of cavalry, returned from the Central Road in the direction of Hanover (old town), and nothing has been heard of them since. " It was stated that Gen. H. F. Lee was captured at the house of Mr. Wickham, but I trust it will prove to be one cf the many startling rumours which the newsmongers invent. The advance of your army increases our want of cavalry on the north and east of the city, but except one regiment from North Carolina, I do not know of any which we can expect soon to be available to us. In yours of the 20th you say, If any of the brigades that I have left behind for the protection of Richmond can, in your opinion, be spared, I should like them to be sent me.' It has been an effort with me to answer the clamour to have troops stopped or recalled to prot€ct the city and the railroad communicating with your army. Corse's brigade has gone, and Vise's is the only other left by you. Cook's was in North Carolina, and Davis's brigade was sent to complete Heth's division in pinee of Cook's, and Ransom's and Jenkins's constitute the defences of the south side as far as Weldon, and are relied on for service elsewhere from Wilmington to Richtnond. "General Ely is positive that the enemy intend to attack here, and his scouts bring intelligence .which, if I believe it, would render no more anxiety for the city than at any former time. Ido not be- lieve that the Yankees have such force as is stated, but they have enough to render it necessary to keep some troops within reach, and some at Petersburg, at least until Suffolk is truly evacuated. Do not understand me as balancing accounts in the matter of brigades. I only repeat that I have not any to send you, and enough to form an array to threaten if not capture Washington as soon as it is uncovered by Hooker's army. My purpose . was to show you that the force here and in North Carolina is very small, and I may add that the brigades are claimed as properly of their command. Our information as to the enemy's intentions may be more full and trustworthy hereafter. It is now materially greater than when you were here. "Very respectfully and truly yours, " JEFF. DAVIS." Naval and Military Intelligence. THE NAVY. His Grace the Duke of Somerset, the Hon. Capt, Drummond, Mr. Mansfeld, Mr. Milner Gibson, and Mr. Romaine, arrived at Portland on Saturday night, and on Monday morning commenced their inspection by going over the Britannia, training ship for naval cadets, after which they landed and went over the Breakwater works, where the loan- dations of a large circular fort, at its extremity, are being put in. This work is in 50 feet of water, and will mount about 60 guns, in three tiers. Their lordships were accompanied by Mr. C on d e , Admi ralty engineer, by Capt. Parnell, R.N., Captain Sotheby, R.N., Lieut.-Col. Henderson (successor to Sir Joshua Jebb), Capt. Du Cane (Director of Con vict Prisons), and Major Nugent (commanding Royal Engineers). They afterwards proceeded in waggons up the tramroad to the Convict Prison, where are now about 1,200 prisoners, over which he official party was conducted by Captain Butler, in charge of the establishment. After examin ing this their lordships made an inspection of the works of fortification cn the Verne-hill, the strength of which is, perhaps, as great as that of any works that have been erected in modern times. The• casemate barracks and fortifications were minutely examined and explained to their lord- ships in detail by Major Nugent and Lieutenant Home, in charge of the works. These, as well as the breakwater, have been principally erected by convict labour. The official party did not leave the works till near six o'clock. The whole of the mortar vessels built for the Ad miralty during the late Russian war, and since laid up in ordinary at Yantlett Creek, Chatham, have been surveyed by the dockyard officials, and those found in a sound and serviceable condition are being brought forward for the service of the dockyard. The mortar vessels No. 5 and No. 7 are to be fitted at Gravesend for harbour service• The Brisk, 16, sere +V steam corvette,Capt. J. Luce, arrived at Spithead from the West Coast of Africa yesterday. On anchoring she exchanged the customary salutes with the flagship Victory. She sailed again from Spithead yesterday afternoon for Plymouth to be paid off, taking with her a few supernumeraries for the flagship there. The Orontes troopship, Captain W. H. Hire, went out of Portsmouth harbour yesterday morning, and proceeded to the measured mile in Stokes Bay, to make her official trial of speed, under the supervision of Capt. H. Broadhead, of her Majest3's ship Asia, and commanding the steam reserve at Portsmouth, Mr. Murdock, chief inspector of machinery afloat, and Mr. Ward. Mr. Langdon, who represented the firm of Messrs. J. Watt and Co., the makers of the engines, was also on board. On com i n g out of the harbour a schooner yacht, with a string of boats astern, was anchored in mid-channel, so that the greatest care had to be exercised by the pilot to pre vent this new and valuable ship from getting ashore or running the schooner down. She made six runs at full speed, with steam pressure at 221 b., vacuum 22in., and 60 revolutions of engines, giving an ave rage of 12 . 352 knots; and at half-boiler power, with steam pressure at 251 b., vacuum 25in., and 46.5 re volutions . of engines, giving an average speed of 9.755 knots. She then made the circle, with helm e port, at full power, in i ` Orrin.24sec., and at half power, with helm a-port, in llrain. lsec. ; and with helm astarboard, at full power, the circle was made in 9min., and at half-power in 9min. 28sec. The half-circle was made, with full power and helm a port, 9min. 26sec., and at half-power, 4niin. 45sec.; and with helm astarboard, full power, 9min.l7sec.; half-power, 4min. 41sec. Her draught of water was—forward, 21ft. 6in. ; aft, 22ft. bin. The trial was considered very satisfactory. The Orontes re turned into harbour about 2 p. m . to comp l ete her fitting out, prior to further service. In consEquence of the success which has attended the ventilating arrangements carried out on board the iron-cased frigate Royal Oak, Admiralty directions have been forwarded to Chatham direct ing that the iron frigate Achilles, 6,000 tons, 1,250 horse-power, now rapidly approaching completion at that dockyard, is to be ventilated on the same principle. The leading feature of the ne w system is that a constant circ u l at i on o f a i r i s kept up between the decks by means of open gratings to all the berths and cabins, instead of the old fashioned plan of bulkh eads . The ad opt i on o f su ch a system on board the Achilles will, however, be attended with some difficulty, as that vessel is con structed with as many as 18 watertight, and conse quently airtight, compartments, which will consi derably interfere with the ventilating arrangements. As in the case of the Royal Oak, all the four huge iron meets with which the Achilles i s to be fitted will serve the purpose of ventilators, as they will be hallow, and contain an opening f rom each ikc k . stem of ventilation w il l be fitted on Mr. Baker's system board the Achilles for ventilating th e engine loct , and stokeholes, by which a uniform temperature of between 80 and 90 deg. will be maintained. The Lords of the Admiralty have within the last few days directed Messrs. Penn and Co. to fix their tell tale apparatus to the engines of the Achillee. The following a;,pointnaents were :Lad e y es t er d a y at the Admiralty Simons and M. Salt hove been nominated to naval cadetship s ; yir . P . O ' Br i en, paygoaster, to the Formidable; Robert Crosewaite, Yesterday a detachment of the 9-Ith Regiment, numbering 190 non-commissioned officers and men, left Chatham garrison, RP d proceeded to Gravesend, where they embarked for Kurrachee, to join the service companies in ludia. The Royal Stuart, hired transport, arrived ai Shithead from Madras yesterday with militia in valids and time-expired men. The militia invalids will be disembarked and sent on to Netley Hospital, and the time-expired mea to their several depots, to-day, THE VOLUNTEERS. A match has just taken place at Althorp between 11 men from the London Scottish and the same number from the Northamptonshire corps. Each squad also included the acijutant. Much interest was excited by the contest, which was fixed for the 7th. The conditions were ranges of 200, 500, and 600 yards, seven shots at each. .Northamptenshire won by 51 marks. The following are the scores ; Northamptonshire—Corporal Rushton, 64 marks ; Private Phipps, 44 ; Sergeant Roger, ,52; Ser geant Peasland, 57; Sergeant Hamsham, 51 ; Corporal Brayfield, 52 ; Private Adait, .19 ; Corporal Cowley, 52 ; Sergeant Craig, 58 ; Cor poral Oswin, 48; and Capt. Landon, 43 ; in all, 570. Loudon Sc)ttish—Lieut.-Col. Lord _Echo, 51 ; Capt. Macgregor, 51 ; Lieut. Fisher, 55; Lieut. Scott, 51; Private Cree, 45 ; Private IV. J. Taylor, 33; Private A. G. Mackenzie, 36 ; Quartermaster Sergeant Murray, 51 ; Private Anderson, 52 ; Lieut. Suther land, 52 ; Capt. Page, 42 ; in all, 519 marks. The annual inspection of the Staffordshire Volun teers, with the Etruria Artillery corps, took place at Ingestre-park, the seat of the Earl of Shrewsbury and Talbot, on Monday. The Volunteers were divided into five battalions, and there were about 3,000 Volunteers present. The men having been formed into line, Col. M'Murdo and staff, escorted by Lord Ingestre'a troop of Stafford Yeomanry, rode upon the ground. Among the company pre sent were the Earl and Countess of Lichfield, Lord Hatherton, the Earl of Shrewsbury and Talbot and party, the Earl of Harrowby, the Marquis and Marchioness of Abercorn, Lord Vern on, Lord Anson, Lady Mount-Edgcumbe, and Lady Georgiana Hamilton. Colonel M'Murdo's staff consisted of Colonel Dick and Colonel Erskine, Assistant-In spectors of Volunteers, the Earl of Lichfield, Lord Hatherton, Colonel Manners, the Hon. Reginald Talbot, and Lord Ingestre. After the marching past the battalions were formed into a brigade, and under the command of Col. M‘Murdo were put through a number of evolutions, which they pel formed in a manner to elicit the commendation of the inspecting officer. After the review the prizes won at the recent shooting match of the County Rifle Association were distributed by Lady Lichfield, Mrs. Adderley, Mrs. Willoughby Wood, Lady Adelaide Talbot, Lady Ger trude Talbot, Mrs. Bagnall,wife of the High Sheriff, the Marchioness of Abercorn and Lady Georgiana Hamilton. The first prize at 200 yards was won by Sergt. Nicholls ; the second by Private Patrick; the third by Sergt. J. Edwards. The first prize at 400 yards was won by Sergt. H. Palmer, winner also of the Countess of Lichfield's prize of £5O, and the bronze medal of the National Rifle Association; the second prize by Lieut. Brougham; the third by Capt. Budgwood. The fist prize at 600 yards was won by Private G. Hodgkinson ; the second by Sergt. Tate ; and the third by Private \%rinzer. Of the battalion prizes the first prize was won at 200 and 400 yards by Private R. Johnson; the second by Private J. Adams ; and the third by Private Baggaley. Prizes also fell to Private N. Johnson and Private J. Adams. The artillery first prize was awarded to Bombardier Darling; the second to Gunner T. Jones. The proceedings of the day were wound up by an address from the Earl of Lichfield. Major Hicks is at present making an inspection of the Volunteer Artillery regiments in the North. On Saturday he inspected the Ist Newcastle Artil lery Volunteers, under the command of Lieut.-Col. Alhnsen. The corps mustered in full force upon the Town Moor, and took with them to the review ground a heavy or Beige battery of four 18-pounders and a light field battery of lour Armstrong guns. The latter, which are muzzle-loaders, have been provided by Lieut.-Col. Alhusen. The guns were very well horsed. The men went through the in spection in an admirable manner. At the conclu sion Major Hicks, in addressing the officers and men, said their light and heavy gun drill was almost as perfect as any officer could wish or expect to have it under the circumstances in which they were pieced. Their manual and platoon exercise was aiso very creditable. On Monday evening the Ist Northumberland Brigade of Artillery Vo lunteers, under the command of Lieutenant- Colonel Potter, were inspected by Major Hicks, in the Castle-yard, Tyneworth. The corps were put through the usual evolutions and manual and platoon exercise, and afterwards had some ex cellent shot and shell practice with the great guns firing at a target moored out at sea. At the con clusion of the inspection, Major Hicks congratu lated the officers and men on the admirable manner in which the regiment had acquitted itself, both while going through the revolutions and in hand ling the largo guns. He said the men bad a soldier-like appearance under arms, and had evi dently made very considerable progress in artillery practice. The Angus and Mearns Rifle Association—" the Wimbledon of Scotland"—commenced their fourth annual meeting on the links of Montrose on 'Wed nesday last, the proceedings terminating on Satur day. Prizes amounting to £156 in money and £95 in cups were given by the Asscciation, these being supplemented by prizes from Lord Dal housie, Major Moir, Capt. Horatio Ross, Messrs. Mappin, Ludon, &c. The following are the results of the principal contests :—The bronze medal of the National Association for Forfarshire was won by Private Will, and for Kincardineshire, by Ensign Walker. Private Walker, Fetteresso, carried off the Montrose Corporation Challenge Cup, and Private Ritchie, Laurence Kirk, stood highest for the Coun ties' Cup for Skirmishers. Colour-Sergeant Smith, Kincardine, took the Angus and Mearns Cup, value £2O, with a score of 29 points, the conditions being five shots at 200 yards, standing ; five shots at 300 yards, kneeling. For the Strangers' Cup, open to all corners, there was a keen competition, the best shots in Scotland having entered for the prize. The conditions were any description of rifle not exceeding 101 b., ten shots at 900 yards, and the same number at 1,000 yards. The follow ing were the highest scorers :—Mr. J. Farquhar son, Rosebery (Henry rifle), 53 ; Captain Mitchell, Alloy (Whitworth), 51 ; Captain H. Ross (Whit worth), 48 ; Master of Lovat (Whitworth), 45. Mr. Farquharson, therefore, won with the fine score of 53. " Scotland's Cup," value £2 5 , brought ou t a strong array of celebrated marksmen, the lir S iz h e ot ea of titling the holder to the title of "' On seven Scotland " for the year. The condition s were s t 900 yards; shots at 700, seven at 800, and ex to be shot for with any descriptsie_ovnerno.zfer,ifixe7 not ; eeeding 101 b. in weight. Sec . ond ca p si : . third, The follow.. £5 ; fourth, £3 ; to be given lord Hadclo, Aber deen, were the chief scnr . es: A. Farquharson, rdinlinrgh, '74 ; J. F de a e r n g , tih 7 a l r ; san C , apt it a o in seb li e l r •G y : bb 7 o 3 n ; Blairnowrie, 73 ; Captain M itchell, Alloy, 71; J. 61°Peterain, Cambridge, 70 ; Master of Lovat, 70 ; Corpora l Ferguson, Inverness, 69 ; Mr. Milne, 11Iur~, Harvey Hall, Aberdeen, 69 ; C a ptain H. Ro ss, Ensign Crum, Gl asgow , 67 . 56 th ,9 e 6;7; In shooting ofl tie on Saturday between Lord Haddo and Captain M•Giblion the latter made the winning pcinto, and EO earned championship. The Bristol Channel Shipping Ports. The returns of the trade of several of the principal ports in the Bristol Channel for the financial year and for the past month of July have just been published, and it is satis factory to find therefrom that there is a steady and satis factory increase, notwithstanding the continuance of the American war and other events which materially interfere more especially with the chipping trade. BRISTOL.—The financial year of the Docks' Committee has just ended, and the annual report has been published, and, notwithstanding the extraordinary advance which the port made during the years 1860-61, there has been a still further advance upon the financial year just completed. In June, 1861, a very large reduction of tonnage rates was made, the estimated loss of revenue theretrom being set down as about £6,000. It is gratifying, however, to be able to state that, compared kith the income of 1860 (the year previous to the redaction of tolls), the returns of the past year show but a decrease of £BOO, and there is every reason to believe that the present financial year of the port will show returns quite as large as any previous to the reduc tion. The total income of the Docks' Committee for the year 1862 is £12,457, while the ordinary expenditure was only £29,366; but some extraordinary amounts swelled the item of expenditure to £31,666. The committee report that they had a balance in hand at the close of the year of no less than £16,540; and they therefore felt justified in re- commending a large reduction of the dues on goods brought in coasting vessels, which it is expected will tend materially to develope the trade and prosperity of the port. Referring to the tonnage statistics, we find an equally satisfactory re•• suit; the tonnage of shipping from foreign ports which entered Bristol during the past year being 277,329 tons, as against 262,327 tons of the previous year. Altogether, the report of the committee is most satisfactory, and there is every prospect of the trade steadily increasing. _ _ CARDIFF.-This by far the largest exporting port in the Bristol Channel has had a great impetus to its average trade during the past month, consequent upon the extensive de• mand for iron and coal for exportation. The two previous months.-viz , May and June-were more than ordinarily dull, but the past month of July has been more brisk than any previous month of the present year, or, in fact, of any month in the history of the port. The total quantity of coal shipped during July was 136,259 tons, and of iron 23,237 tons ; while for the former month of June they only amounted to 95,108 tons coal, and 15,649 tons iron, showing an increase in favour of the past month of nearly 40,000 tons of coa', and upwards of 8,000 tons in iron. The ex ports of iron during the past month were upwards of 20,000 tons more than the average exports of the previous six months. The trade of the first ,even months show a total export of 719,442 tons of coal, and 111,970 tons iron ; the quantities exported during the corresponding period of 1862 being 734,451 tons coal, and 113,463 tons iron, and for 1861, 628,652 tons coal, and 77,719 tons iron ; the increase of the present year over 1861 and 1862 being 170,790 tons and 64,991 tons coal respectively. The great increase during the past mouth has been in the coasting trade. NEWPORT.-Whatever may be acid to the contrary by interested parties, we are very much afraid that both the import and export trade of this port is slowly but surely falling off, and certainly the empty appearance of the docks during the latter part of the past month fully guarantee this assertion. Trade, however, has materially improved of late, and there has been a certain degree of activity manifested, but nothing like that which existed some few years ago, when Newport was justly reckoned one of the, if not the most prosperous ports in the channel. We have no hesita• tion in saying that the policy of the harbour authorities in keeping up the present high dues upon goods and shipping i s most suicidal, and until these dues are reduced, no great increase of trade can be reasonably expected. We have no official statistics of the exports of the past month, but, from calculations and inquiries made, we may state, in round numbers, that there has been between 50,000 and 60,000 tons of coal, and 16,000 or 17,000 tons of iron, being somewhat above the average. The trade coastwise has been more sa tisfactory during the past month than for some time pre viously. SWANSEA.-The financial year of this port has just ended and the statistics of trade were brought forward at the an nual meeting of the trustees held on Monday last. From these returns we find that the rates on shipping received during the past financial year was £15,890 7s 6d ; the rates on goods, £8,634 Ils 8d ; bridge tolls, £2,015 ; ballast rates, £2,946 15s 82-which, together with other minor receipts, made the total income of the harbour for the past year, £31,304 193 10d; while the expenditure was £25,931 6s Gd. Within the past two or three years, however, the Trust has taken possession of the South Docks and estate of the Dock Company, and the proper facilities to bring this into profit able operation not being yet developed, there has been consi derable loss thereon. The total revenue derivable from the South Dock estate during the past year was £4,938 19s 10d, and of the harbour railway leading to the docks £2,770 13s ; making a total of £7,759 12s 10d, while the expenditure amounted to no less than £14,530 lOs Gd, or an excess over income of £6,820 18s 4d, and the profits on the general har bour being deducted therefrom, leaves a clear loss of about £1,350 for the year. It is only right that we should again remark that the whole loss accrues on the South Dock estate, which is as yet undeveloped, but which is expected to be fairly remunerative now that the Swansea and Neath mineral line is brought down thereto, and when the Dun went Valley line is complete. Referring to the trade of the port for the past month we find it one of the most prospe rous in the history of the port. The total number of vessels entering the port were 591, with an aggregate registered tonnage of GO, 121 tons, and the total shipping rates received amounted to £1,346 13s 9d, and the receipts arising from the rates on goods, the bridge tolls, ballast rates, rent of harbour, railway, &c., made the total i nc ome of te Trust for the month £ 2 , 9 '' 9 16s sd. Classifying,- the t h rade, find that there were 349 ve ssels, of 29,809 tons, engaged in the coasting trade; 224 ships, of 24,360 tons, in the Euro pean trade; and 18 ships, of 5,952 tons, in the foreign trade. Compared with the corresponding month of last year, there is a large increase in every department. In July, 1862, the number of vessels entering of e t port w e e n r s e , 513, with an aggreg ate re g istered tonnage 52,710 the shipping rates received amounted to £1,201 lls 7d. These were classified as 307 ships, of 25,682 tons, coasting ; 193 ships, of 22,380 tons, European ; and 13 ships, of 4,648 tons, foreign trade. Although the special returns of the exports are not given, it is expected that there have been at least 70,000 tons of coal and other general merchandise exported. Nrann- Since the opening of the Briton Ferry docks there has been a steady increase in the general trade of the port, and the past month is no exception to the rule. The coal drops have been fully employed, and, should the trade progress in the future in the same ratio as it has dune in he past, other drops will be shortly requited. Full benefit of reduced duty obtained by Pur chasing Horniman's pure Tea ; very choice at 3a. 4d. and is the 4s. "High Standard" at 4s. 4d. (formerly 4s. 861.), strongest and most delicious imported. Agents in every town supply it in packets. Courtiers de A DUEL IN A BALLOON. —.The Etats Unis is responsible for the tollowing extra ordinary story, which appear s in its issue of the 18th J u l y at New York —Two aeronauts recently arrivanedd Tarteiffer, a , na M ti e ve sr o s i John Lewis, from England'iverks ascents, at John' s W ood, where and at the end of a Prussia, met about three both intended to snake publm_ dispute produced by Pr°le"l"al rivalry one of them gave a challenge to the other. The choice of w ea p ons was debated for a long time t h e n, after an animated di scuss i on, a con elusion was corns e to which w joke; it w as agreed that_ the twoas generally con s idered as a champions should fight in balloons without parachutes, each one firing, n ot at the person , but at the balloon. of hi s a d versary. ar ther, as a pisto l ball could not produce sufficient effect, it was decided tha t each should be armed with a blunderbuss loaded with four grape-shot. As we have said, the belief was that this affair was a pure comedy, or, as theYankeessay, a humbug inspired by the atmosphere of the country. It was, how ever, perfectly serious, so serious that the denouement has just proved a veritable catastrophe. Thursday last week two balloons exactly alike, made at Boston, was taken out and inflated ins field near the village of Sallisburg on the frontier of Vermont, and each aeronaut took his place in• the boat of his balloon. Four others accompanied them to the ground, and shook hands with them cordially before their departure. At an agreed-on signal the ropes were cut, and the two aerial skiffs rose parallel to each other in a perfectly calm atmosphere. The balloons had been started at 84 paces distance from each other ; the same distance waR preserved till they reached an elevation of about 100 yards. A rocket was then let off as a signal at the starling place, and a minute after a double report was heard in the air. One of the balloons continued its course majestically, and soon disappeared in a westerly direction. The (Aber whirled round a rement and then descended, slowly at first; but the rapidity of the fall constantly increasing, it ended by falling violently and heavily on the ground like an inert mass. Mr. Lewis, who was found in the boat, was insen sible, with an arm broken and his body dreadfully bruised, and them is some hope of his life being saved. As for M. TarteiffeY, no one 1.I:LOW8 ;;hat has become of him. 7 - ing has been very general, but the greater propor tion for India, China, rind the Mediterranean. The home trade have bee= buyers, but have not operated nearly to the extent they would have done in con sequence of the high prices required. The yarn market closes very sneang, with o decided upward. tendency. In cloths there is also a demand, which is only checked by the higher prices required by manuiacturers. Oar report of Friday stated the improvement which, h eying comtneneed last Tues day, had led to some :heavy purchases, and Messrs. Pender and Co., in their semi-monthly circwar (via Marseilles) of the Bth, confirm that report, stating that the business of the week " has included a wider extent of buying in cloths than has been the case conse quence for a co ns id era bl e time past." The demand con tinues quite as b r i s k t o - c li el y, p er h a p s ; b u t b us i ness has b e o e f r: cotton, which within remains hinnarrowaetr nearly limits, thecon siderable in of ma nu f acturers , lik e sp i nners , try i ng to force up prices, s o as t o cover th e i ncrease d . price advance which it attained the week before last. At the prices of last week for cloth, sellers report that they could still do a good o busi ness, but that th e a d vance has checked, though i t has not suspended, operations. The chief business doing is for India in the lighter makes f O. shirt ings, madapollams, long-cloths, and jacconets, but there is also some inquiry for th e h ome trade and for various smaller foreign markets. The im provement has caused a more cheerful feeling in the market generally. It appears that the prospects of increased employment have for the present received a check, as shown by Mr. Faraall's report to t e qe Central Committee yesterday, and in fact this was to be expected. The consumption of cotton has already reached, probably, the limit which the supply is likely to afford for sone )time to come, and this alone would stop more mills resuming work for the present. There is another indication of the limit being reached also in the fact that the demand for cotton goods probably already exceeds half what it did before the cotton famine, so that in reality fully as much or more money is turned over in the trade as in 1860—a limit which the best in formed commercial men have all along expressed an opinion was not likely to be much exceeded. Messrs. John Slagg and Co. report of the cloth market :—" The better feeling in the market re ported on Tuesday last continues, and we have a steady demand for nearly all descriptions of goods, and the full prices of last week are readily obtained. Yesterday and to-day sellers are generally asking an advance, but this only serves to stop business." LEEDS, Ang. 11,—There has been a satisfactory market in the cloth halls to-day, as was evidenced by the attendance of buyers, end the spirit with which they made purchases. Considering the amount of really seasonable goods on offer in the halls, a more than ordinary quantity for a Tuesday's market changed hands at the full current rates. Diagonals, meltons, witneys, and tweeds are the main kinds of fabrics in request, and in them are found considerable variety, as well in pattern as in quality and make. Considerable orders for fine white meltons have been given out, and of such, to be afterwards dyed and finished according to taste and demand, the market is rather bare. Not only is there a good business doing in the home trade, but large shipments are making by some of the German houses, and fair ones are still making for Canada and America. NOTTINGHAM, Aug. 11.—At this exchange-hall to-day there was an average attendance of dealers in lace yarns, but only few buyers were present, and a limited share of business was done at late prices. There was rather more doing in hosiery yarn, and full rates were obtained. No material change in the value of silk. For brown nets the demand was flat, buyers having already purchased stocks for the Leipsic fair to be held in September. ROCHDALE, 10th.—Both at market and in the warehouses an excellent spirit exisits. Buyers have been somewhat numerous, and the number of actual transactions proportionately large. There has been perhaps less doing :n the finer qualities of goods, but medium sorts, and also such as can be bought at low prices, met with a rather brisk sale. There is a good spirit also with regard to fancy goods. From such a demand as has been witnessed to-day manu facturers may expect more business, as at the pre sent moment they have nothing like stocks sufficient to replenish the . market. The Yorkshire goods branch has been as animated as the other, and the supply being smaller than usual it rather tended to dearness. Sales of wool are not very easily effected, though there is an average business, considering the prevalent dearness. The History of the Arabian Nights Enter•. tainments. Antoine Galland has the merit of introducing a portion of this work to the European world. Like most Oriental scholars, he was .induced to investigate the treasures of the East by a pure love of the subject. When young be underwent much privation, and was very nearly compelled to earn the means of existence by some petty tred.. lle managed, however, to surmount all difficulties, and died in Paris in 1715, having filled the of of Professor of Arabic for several years. The manuscript which he used still exists in the Impe • rial Library at Yetis. It consists of three small quArto volumes (a fourth having been lost.) We may here mention that Galland added several tales which he procured from other sources. Among these are " Aladdin, or the Wonderful Lamp," " Ali Baba, or the Forty Thieves," and several others. These are excellent stories, but form no part of the genuine "Arabian Nights." The manner in which Galland's translation was written is open to serious otjections, for in striving to make everything in the book agree with European taste, h e very much injured its origi nal character. This defect is of course still more apparent in the English translation, which possesses no particular merit, and was probably executed to order for the book sellers. From time to time various portions of the original were obtained, but the work was very imperfectly known in Europe until good fortune threw a complete manuscript copy into the had severalof the ceyleeabrrsa theedhOad inquired riental in vain, and Jovseapb., von I L thawmeer;• Forn s very moment wh en h is wishes were accom plished, his literary ardour saved him from tho most im minent peril. Ono or two intimate friends pressed him to join in an excursion on the water. After considerable hesi tation, his zeal for Eastern learning prevailed, anti he re fused to delay the perusal of the cherished manuscript. Ail those who went perished within sight of the shore, and ne was thus saved by his enthusiasm from an almost certain death. Von Rammer translated the portion of the manuscript which Galland did not possess, into the French language. This translation was, however, unfortunately lost bel,re arrangements for its publication could be made. A Ger man Nersiox by Professor Zinserling had fortunately been already completed, and was published in three volumes in 1823-4. From this a French translation was made by M. Trebutien. Both these works have now become scarce, and can with difficulty be procured in this country. The first edition of the original text was published at Breslau, the capital of Silesia, under the superintendence of Professor llabieht, and after his death, of Professor Fleis cher. The text does not agree with that of the manuscript of Von Rammer, and is said to be full of vulgarisms. The manuscript was procured for Professor Habicht by a learned native of Tunis. It is printed in 12 small volumes, and may be considered a hatadsome book. The first volume was pub lished in 1824, the last in 1843. Th 3 concluding portion of the Breslau edition differs materially from the editions of Cairo and Calcutta. For those who are curious in these matters, it may be as well to state that the last 118 Nights of the Breslau edition may be found in a German translation of the " Arabian Nights," publiblicel at Breslau, in five volumes (1840), under the care of Professor liabicht and others. About the same time, that is to say, about 1839, two other manuscript copies were pi inted, one at Cair,o, the other at Calcutta. The Calcutta edition was edited by W. H. Mac.. naghten, Esq., Bengal Civil Service, better known as Sir Macnaghten, who was murdered in Affghe..nist an some years afterwards. Both the Cairo and Calcutta editions agree in the main with the manuscript of Von Hammer, and with each other. The Cairo text contains more poetry, and is supposed on the whole to be the best, We must next take notice of the translation of the "Ara bian Nights" published by Charles Knight, in three vols., royal Bvo. (1839-41). This translation was executed by Mr. Lane, who is acknowledged to be one of the best Arabic scholars in Eurppe, and is the only faithful representation of the original. Several objections which wero made by critics to Mr. Lane's plan proved rather their own ignol'ole of the subject than any fault in the author. Numerous wo:Al engravings, by Harvey, embellish the text. Some time sh. , ce a second edition was published, which first in beauty,— .5'0ci. , 7/ scienceit(viewis very inferior to the A ~ i J :.-J ` -µ _n