The Sun. — London, England, 1863-09-23 00:00:00

o wife le, • of ter of e late RENIRMBER, WE SUP AT EVANS' EVENING THIS WEEK after Alfred Promenade TUE STAR and GARTER HOTEL COMPANY (Limited), RICHMOND, Surrey. Illcorporated under the Cornranies' Act, 1102, with Limited LiabLity. Capital, £120,000, in 12,000 Shares of LlO each. Deposit, £1 per Share, and £2 on allotment. Cal s not to exceed £3, at intervals of not less than three mtnths. The Hon. DIRECTORS. g c bit ha ll irm on tin t . he Lord DE TABLET, 32 Lower Brook street,', e Hon. Gerald C. Talbot, India Board, Cannon-row, West minster ; and Surbiton. The Hon. Henry Willi ,m retre The Bedford., Rornford. henry Augustus Murray, Esq., SS, Park-strect, Grosvenor squ re,John -,. Staples, Esq , The Albion, Alderszate-street . uoseph Underwood, Esq. (Hills, Underwood, and Co., East- Cheap), 5, Hyde I'ark-gardens. B ViKERS. Messrs. Ransom, Bonverl'e 'and Co., 1, pall-mall Fast. Messrs. R o b erts, Lubbock, and Co., 15, Lombard-street. Xesars. S OLICI TORS. Alarehant and Pead, 30, Great George-street, West- - Minsif r. J re. AUDITOR. • Coleman, Esq. (Coleman, Turqu . ind, Youngs, and CO, 'rokenhouse-yard, Xdward M. Barry, ARCHITECT. Esq., A.R. A., 1, Old Palace-yard, West minster. BIZOKER. G. Bone, Esq., 3, Bank-chambers, Lothbury, London, E.C., or Stock Exchange. SECRETARY. Augustus Browne, Esq.. 17n, Great George-street, West minster. Offices -17n, Great George-street, Westminster, corner of Parliament-street. ABRIDGED PROSPECTUS. The Star and Garter at Richmond has a world-wide cele brity. This is due not only to its situation, which is unsur passed, but also to its high reputation for tavern and enter tainment purposes. The current business has outgrown the proportions of the present building. and there is a great demand for increased hotel accommodation in Connection with the establishment. The object of this Company is to meet this difficulty, and, baying purchased the hotel and voodwill of the business, im prove and enlarge the present building. The property will be conveyed to the i'ompany as freehold, and upon terms such as the I, irectors, with competent profes sional advice, believe to be mcderate. The furniture, stock in -trade, and wines, will be taken at a valuation. _ In order to k eep the present connecticn identified with the house, arrangements have been made with Mr. Gorge Ellis, the present proprietor, to act as Managing Director of the Company for a period of two years, if desired so to do. This fact, aided to the presence of Mr. Staples on the board, will enenre more than ordinary attention to the details of prac tical management. a. The proposed improvements and a dditi ons —th e construe non of which will be so arranged as not to interfere for a s ingle day with th e current business -will, it is estimated, cost £60,000. The additions, which will consist OT additional wings, and be more especially designed for hotel purposes, liv.th a distinct entrance, will be of a substantial character, Without needless decoration. Starting as this company does with an hotel and business already in existence, an immediate income will be forth coming. The profits upon the current business are capable o f Paying a fair dividend on the whole of the proposed capl ', ; and it is not too much to anticipate that when the con teniPlated additions and improvements have been made, the profits will be such as to ensure the payment of large divi dends upon that capital. Mr. Coleman, of the firm of Coleman, Turquand , You n g s, and Co., has satisfied' himself of the merits of the project, and will act per sonally as the company's auditor. As the profits of the current business will allow of the payment of interest upon sums received from shareholders; 'Without entrenching upon capital, interest at £5 per cent. per ann um,, will be a ll owe d a ll ca ll s f rom the day of Payment* hi khe same rate of interest will be allowed on shares paid in No promotion money has been, or will be, Paid-, hares of th e present proprietor has agreed to oce I . s a hale-moY and th e Company, one part of his pur 6 , 48 e gr er e ib at e e d r . part of the capital has already been otherwise per the A pplications for the remaining shares to bematilfe x in t a l' l nn annexed to the prospectus, with tue ß. deposituverie, and Co., Iv,re, to the Bankers, Meters. Ransom, C 0•. 0. 1, Pail-mall East, or Messrs. Robarts, Lubbock, and 0. • 15 , Lombard -str - et. Pr ospectuses may be obtained at t c h . e ; offices of the e Broker, the e Bank Chambers, Lothbury, her of niy,a, Parliament-street; mCrerneatt-sGtreeoertg;e-asntrdeeatt,'Wtheestr,tainrsatenrd. GSLVt.er(,cora-t The liability of each shareholder will be limited to the amount of his subscription. If no allotment be made the deposit will be returned in full. NORTH BRITISH AND MERCANTILE INSURANCE COMPANY. Established ISC9. Incorporated by Royal Charter and Special Acts of Parliament. ' 4 eturnulated and Invested Funds A nnual Revenue 422,401 FIRE DEPARTMENT. _ _ in suran - es °Tauten both at Home and in Foreign Countries Ott 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. Any - lint Insured. Premiums. 1,037 £763,334 £23,641 0 0 Forms of Proposal and every information will be furnished on application at the OrricEs : LONDON 5B, Threadneedle-street. 4, New Bank Buildings. Lothbury. West-end Office 8, Waterloo-place. Pall-mall. N ORWICH UNION FIRE INSURANCE SOCIETY. The business of the Company exceeds £70,000,000. The duty paid to Government for the year 1802 was £ `" , ° o2 , and the amount insured on farming stock, £IO ,CS6 33q. A bonus of three-fifths of the profi's periodically made to Dailies insuring, who have thus, from time to time, received ' 34,11 8 amounting in the aggregate to £4 40 , 000 ; and the Society , holds a large Res 'rye appli 'able to a future Bonus. The rates of premium are in no case higher than those charged by the other principal offices making no returns to their insurers. ,Por prospectuses apply at the Society's Offices, Surrey reet, Norwich ; and 6, Crescent, New Bridge-street, Black riars, E.C. tIROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL LIFE AS.OOIATION. Established 1840. TRUSTEES. T homas Baring, Esq., 31. P. Win. Geo. Prescott, Esq. nomson Hawkey, Esq., 31. P. I Baron L. de Rothschild, M.P. Mutual Life 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 'O, , 00 It has paid in Claims .. • • • • 112,000 The whole of the profits are divided quinquennially among t he Members. Three divisions have already been made' then the following sums have been added as bonuses to the Dolicies Dec. 31, 1847 .. .. • • .. V,400 1852 11,500 •• 18.57 .. •• •• .. 23.200 „ 1862 . • • • • • • • • 56,500 trlakinEr the total bonus additions, £96,600. bonuses may be received in cash or applied to the Ireduc "oil of premiums at the option of the assured, in lieu of an addition to the ol cy. Attention is especially invited to the system of free or paid- Up Policies introduced by this Association, by which the s acrifice so often submitted to on the relinquishment of bo icy is wholly avoided. The balance-sheets of the Association are open to all, *whether assurers or otherwise Active and influential agents will be appointed in unrepre sented districts. WM. THOS. LINFORD, Secretary. Chief Office, 15, Moorgate-street, E.C., Aug 1, 1863. tifARPER TWELVETREES' GLYCERINE - SOAP POWDER makes its own Soap, and naves o ne-half of time, two thirds of Soa p , and tiree - fourths of L ondon. ! Patentee : Harper Twelvetr.es, Bromley•by-Bow, "ndon. Sold by Grocers , Druggists, and Oilmen. 1)R. SCOTT'S BILIOUS AND LIVER PILLS.—A NETER FAILING REMFDY.—Pre ared without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. Scott, of Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to all who P uffer from bilious And dyer complaints, indigestion, wind, 813 aPens, giddiness, dizziness of the eyes, &c. For habitual costiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier of the blood, they are truly excellent ; mild in their opera n tio and grateful to 'he stomach, they create appeite, pro ?cote digestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system. Sold by W. Lambert, 8, King William-street, Charing - -cross. 4•ondon and by most druggists, in boxes, ls. lid., and three timed the quantity in one, 2s. Ed. Be sure to ask for Dr. Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are a square green Package, with « William Lambert," engraved on the stamp. A.RAIY CONTRACTS. Commissariat Office, Aldershot, 2d September, 1863. TENDERS will b e re ce i ve d et this office, until noon, on WEDN ESDAY, the 30th Septe m b e r, 1863, the sup from persons who may be 'willing to enter into Co n t ra ct f or ply of FORAGE, in such quantities as may be required, from let November, 18 63, to 3'st October, 1861, for the use of Her Majesty's Forces stationed at Aldershot Camp, and within the com mand. Porms of Tender and Conditions of Contract may be ob tained on application at this o ffic e , 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 Foraze"), and no Tender will be noticed unless made on forms obtained from this office, and delivered by the hour appointed. HENRY B. MORSE, Deputy Commissary- G eneral. ARMY CONTRACTS. TENDERS will he received at this Office until 12 o'clock noon on the :Id of October, from persons who "taY be willinz to enter into Contracts to supply FORAGP: AND PAILLASSE. STRAW, 1 .,T 1 Such quantities .f 4 may be required, for the use of Tier .. - 'Nesty's Land Forces stationed in the following tastes, 'rent Ist November, 1863, to 31st October, 1861 : FORAGE. 1 . Hyde -pa-k, Kensington, Regent's-park, and Horse 2 . Rounsi )w Guards. and Kneller HalL Hampton Court. '• Windsor. 6. llri,hton. 6 Sandhurst. 7 . Enfield. PAILLASSE STRAW. Brompton House, Hyde-park, and Kensington. 2 - Regent's -park, St. John's-wood, and Portman-street Barracks. 3. New Barracks, Chelsea. a . ;• Wellington and St. George's Barracks. ". Tower. ?: rinunslow and Kneller Hail. "arnpton Court 9 . Brighton , with Coast Forts from Newhaven to Shore -10• c ham. royd on. a„6,,,el),,arate 'renders must be made for Forag , and for Pail a'ciWatßraw for each ot the above-mentiencd Stations or Bar- Po r „; r °uPe and numbered. tained —s c't Tender and Conditions of Contract may be ob betwe,rtiifte lication at this office, by letter or in perso n , Tende r , hours of 10 and 4 o'clock. a'he printed forms must be properly filled up th e e u 'no Tender will be noticed unless delivered ontaid,l?ltion e d )fficp, under closed envelop. , (marked " ei°ek u Tender for Commissariat Supplies "), before it the. 3d October next. D eputy :::: ( ! --i g - ned) W. T. POWER, Coaintssary-General. N e ..11E3Sa r T W'S treet , J - General's Office, 440ndon, sm. , o lsrinp ; .gardens, 10U1 Sept., 1863. A No. 22,227. Crown Bvo., sewed, ls. 6d. ; cloth, 2,., THE NECESSARY EXISTENCE OF GOD, by W. 11. GILLESPIE, Esq., of Torbanehill. The "Russet " Edition, being the fourth. "A valuable audition to the science of Natural Theology." Lord Brougham. "Among the very ablest specimens of Speculative Philo sophy which this country has latterly exhibited."-- Sir Wm. tiamilton. London : Efoulston and Wright, 65, Paternoster-row. TROPICAL POEMS. Now ready at all the Libraries, crown Svo., price 65., BEAUTIES OF TROPICAL SCENERY, and Otter TROPICAL POEMS. With Notes. , By the Author of " The Nuptials of Barcelona." "A volume of word pictures."—Observer. "The amatory passages are worthy of Thomas Moore." — Crate. London: Robert ilardwicke, 102, riecadriy. T X F 0 It D OXFORD STREET, W. THIS EVENING, wi il be performed Operatic Selections from Sir Henry R. Bishop's THE SLAVE and Halevy's MUSKETEERS (first time in England). Principal Artistes—Miss Russell. Miss Ellison, Messrs. Green, Bernardi, Huish, dtc., with full band and chorus. Conductor, Mr. F. Jong, , hmans. Flute Solos by Drew Dean ezc. Comic, by UNSWORTH ("or any oilier man "), Eugene, W. Randall, A. Lloyd, and George Hodson. Also, a Pei formance by Herr SCHALKENI3A.CH on his wonderful instrument, the PIANO ORCHE6TItE, contain ing a full baud of 40 instruments. The HALL has just been newly Decorated and Ventilated, and is one of the most Beautiful in the Metropolis. Open at 8 o'clock. Admission, ed. ; stalls and balcony, ls. ; private boxes, l es. ficl. " GHOST."—In ord er curiosity HALL of nightly-increasing crowds, Mr. C. MORTON has t ransferred the representation of i U r A to N gratify Tß the YU Pro fessor Pepper and Henry Dirks, Esq.'s, world-famed spectral Illusion, " THE GHOST," from the Picture Gallery to the Concert Hall, where a new and elegant stage is erected, affording a more ample view of the Illusion from Stalls, Bal cony, and body of the Hall. He has also arranged for Mr. A. Silvester to give (with all that gentleman's latest im provements and effects), REPREStNTATIONS EACH 'EVENING, at Ten o'clock. - - All the other Musical and Pictorial attractions as usual, including Operatic Selections, &c. ; Ihsworth (the modern Demosthenes), Eugene, Arthur Lloyd, George Hodson, &c. pOLYGRAPHIC HALL.-MISS HERAUD and Herr KRUEGER'S celebrated SHAKESPF: 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. Beuthin, Esq. Solos Miss Mabel Brent, Mrs, Beuthin. Herr Bonn, Mr, Page. Mr. Stedman, and Signor Nappi. An efficient chorus. Booking, &c., at the Hall, King William-street, Strand, from Ten to Five, or Tickets of Musicsellers. 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 monster concerts cele brity. The band , s selected from the Cry , tal Palace, the Italian Operas, and the Household Troops of her Majesty. Doors open at 8 o'clock. Admission, 1 s. Mftnager-111. GRENET. 110YAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. The GHOST ! new version—The FAIRY FOUNTAIN— Grand Divertissement—Favourite Onera Selections —NICO SIA, the eminent Violinist—RAPHAEL DE SOLLA. the Evenin Infant Tenor—LANGLOIS, the Great J ugg l er, Every g. Doors open at 7—commence at half-past 7. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE, Great Musical Attraction — lmmense success of SIGN OR , ICOSIA, the eminent Violinist, who will appear Every Evening. ESTABLISHED 1833. BOWDEN'S AERATED GINGER BEER, in glass or stone bottles, warranted to keep good twelve months. Lemonade, Soda-water, flotass, Seltzer, and every description of Mineral Waters. .Manufactory, No. 3, White Hart-street, Drury-lane, W.C. TEA.—MOORE BROTHERS respectfnlly inti mate that their New Prospectus is now ready. They especially recommend their improved Family Tea, reduced. to 3s. 2d. ; Souchong, reduced to 3s. Rd. ; mixed Assam, re duced to 3s. Bd.; and the finest Assam, reduced from is. 4d. to 3s. 11d. per lb. MOORE BROTHERS, 33, London-bridge. City, E.C. DEAFNESS. —The SOUND MAGNIFIER INVISIBLE VOICE CONDUCTOR, a newly in vented instrument for severe cases of deafness. It fits into the ear, not perceptib'e, removes singing . noises in the head, and enables deaf persons to hear distinetly at church and at public assemblies.—S. and B. SOLO3IONS, 39, Albemarle street, Piccadilly. TO Persons in WANT of MONEY (in Town or Country).-1 GENTLEMAN is willing to ITAKI: ADVANCES of CAS ti, Without delay, to respectable person (male or female), on their own security. The utmost secrecy can be relied on.—Apply (it by l e tt er en close tour stamps) to W., at M r. Robertson s, Accountant, 40. King William-street, London-bridge, E.C.—Money advanced on Dock Warrants. KEATING'S PERSIAN INSECT DESTROY ING POWDER, for which a Prize Medal was awarded to the Producer at the International Exhibition, 1662, This Powder is quite harmless to an mil life, but is un rivalled in destroying Pleas, Bugs, Flies, Cockroaches, Beetles, Gnats, Mosquitos, Moths in furs, and every other species of Insect. Sportsmen will find this an invaluable remedy for destroy ing Fleas in their Dogs, as also Ladies for their Pet Dogs. Being the original importer of this now invaluable article, which has found so great a sale that it has tempted °then to vend a so-called article, the pubic are therefore cautioned to observe that the packets of the Genuine Powder bear the autograph Of THOMAS KEATING Sold in packets, is. , 2s. 6d., and 4s. 6d. each, or post free for 14 or 36 postage stamps, by Thomas Keating, chemist, 79, St. Paul's-churchyard, London, E.G. CELEBRATION of the TERCENTENARY of the BIRTH of SHAKSPE ARE, 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 W arw i ck and Leam i ng t on B an k s, Stratford-upon-Avon ; Messrs. Greenway, Smith, and Greenway, Warwick; or their London agents, Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Co , Messrs Hanburys and Co., or Altssrs. Glyn and Co bankers, London. The Tercentenary Committee, in submitting the subscrip tion list to the nation, most earnestly appeal to the admirers of Shakspeare for their aid and assistance. The Committee rest their claims upon the ground that Stratford is not only the birthplace of Shakspeare, but the centre of attraction to all admirers of the great Poet's works, and that it was his home, the town he loved, and where he lived and died. ItOYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn•road, in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Ran way Terminus, at King's-cross: Patron—The QUEEN. President—The Duke of BUCCLEUCH, Treasurer—Edward Masterman, Esq. This was the first hospital to introduce the principle of free and instant admission to the destitute sick, without the for mality of governors letters. It is entirely devoted to desti tution in its most pitiable form—viz., that which is accom punted 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 Roard feel it their imperative duty to make an EARNEST APPEAL to th e 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 Masterman, Esq., Nicholas-lane; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co. ; Drummond and Co. ; Herries and Co. ; Ransom and co, ; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Glyn and Jones Loyd and Co. ; B arc l ay and Co. ; Denison and Manse, Deacon, and C o. ; Overend, Gurney, and an mCet and Co. ; Messrs. J. flamed and Co., Liverpool ood. acCtNoo.i. the nosp . STANFORD S. SMITH Secretary. ital ROYAL NATIONAL LIF E-B OAT INSTITUTION b G y rae ßo lu y t a u3 l m Ch a j a e rt st e y r). the Queen. i 1 tt uPATRONESS—DeriuEnT_(i vncellrdl‘o a m ite i sd r t al the Duke of Northumberland, K.G., F.R.S. Chapman, Esq., F.R.S ., P .P. DE Btr.kihm AN —Thos. Baring, Esq., M.P., F.R.S., v.p . APPEAL. The Committee of Management have to state that, since nnadgotfhehe Y Institution ° t d e ed £32,000 on various Lifeboat Estab ar 1860, the Boys., National Lifeboat Society, lishtnents Chasnthee Coasts en of England. Scotland, and Ireland. The nurnber of the Life-boats of the lion has also expended £67,000 on Life-boats, its formation, is 12,800; lives sav i e n d ee hy for which servicesr 41 1e t' n o s fd s liledals, 718 Silver Medals, and X 16,480 in cash have been paid in rewards. The Institr.- Transporting-cariiaes, and Boat-houses. -boats, Li_ poet The Committee desire to express their grateful sense of the generoua support which they have received from the British public during the past few years, a support which has enabled them to establish their present magnificent fleet of 123 Lifeboats on the shores of the United Kingdom. rerests sensible, howe ver, of the great responsibility that rests on them to maintain their fleet in a thoroughly of state, and i sCrews practised in the inanagemeizt of their boats, whi li 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 atefuliy acknowledge the follo w i ng con tributions Committee : great and truly nation a l a work. ... annual 5 0 0 Tier Majesty the Queen X s. d Campbell, the Hon. Mrs. G. .. .. •• annual 50 C 0 c 0 Clerk, uttg Colonel, anco. • annual 1 1 1 31 .A es . srs.,..Baniers .... • .. a - 0 tumid 10 0 0 C urr i e, W i n I::sq., • • • • • • 4th cion.lo 0 0 Erie, Lord Chief Justice • • • • .. don. lo 10 .. .. dm. 15 15 0 Panshawe, Vice-Admiral Sir A., NAIR .. 2d don. 25 0 0 Fenwiek, G. J., Esq., cost of a Lifeboat and Tran- 0 sporting Carriage • • • • • • • • • • 250 0 o Harvey, Rev. G. G. and Mrs. .. • .. don. 30 0 M M o ar o t r i e n . , u S e i v r . G. Henry, n. Bart . .. .... .. .. 7th don. 10 0 0 I 1 3 6 16 0 Smith, Mrs. George, Gre .. enwic . h . .... .... Stirling, Col. Sir Anthony, K.C.B. . • .. annual 20 0 Thom A s, Lady, Weston-super-Mare, collectedby her Ladyship Willoughby d'Eresby, Lord .. .. .. annual 50 0 Donations and Annual Subscriptions will be thankfully re reived by the Bankers of the institution, Messrs. Willis, Percival, and Co., 76, Lombard-street; Messrs. Coutts and Co., 59, Strand; Messrs. Herries, Farquhar, and Co., 16, St. James's-street, London ; by all the Collectors of Customs and Bankers in the Unitedliingdom ; and by the Secretary Richard Lewis, Esq., at the Office of the ImAttution, 11, John-street, Adeinhi, Loudon, WA.;. • • • - - - - • I • -4, 1 / 4 q ‘ „t".. 411J1 4 . 1; f % • ,11 •• _ . 4 34. „ v , „.„ .• „ to t- 4 , e , ',1,k,. -1 • had h d had a reLL g) P b - - 1. or. fr V- , .4 1) bil& • .40 k.-11 1 ), „ . 't Kam , met had eve me with. (Applause.) He had been &,•; . Lift a* • c 1,,„ ,„ A A fsii 4 , „ o , in all quarters of the globe, but he had never septi U p : ever S RA.P ER 4 - 4; ; Nlok 11,„,, N r o le n , We. 4 4,4 ovt, other evening were simply unequillle4,4^.4o66o The ladies there collected together were . the prettiest women—(lo u d an d continte'd, c ing)—and he had had a pretty long experfNnee-J S he had ever met with. (Applause.) He had been. in all quarters of the globe, but he had never seem such a number of pretty women as those assembled at the Town-hail on Friday night. (Loud cheers.) His worthy friend on his left had just hinted to him that " it was a very pretty story to talk in that way," and no doubt it was, and one upon which he should like to enter upon rather more fully. (Cheers and laughter.) But he had to talk o f a graver s uhject—and that was the Mayo r an d Corporat i on of Liverpoo l . (Ch eers an d laughter. without being s t ruc k w i th the c l ean li ness o f th e proved place and the excellent san it ar y arrange ments which prevailed. No ono one Statistics co ditsh L ea i l v t e h r i p n o c ol sa payprisit to —the registrar's ret urns showed how carefully and well the causes of death and disease had been re moved from its midst. Now, these things could not be looked after unless there were working men ; and that those intrusted with the government of the place did work, and that in the right direction, was proved by the high sanitary condition of the town (Hear, hear.) There was another matter which to him bad the greatest interest as the Admiral of a fleet, from which there were necessarily a good many sailors always on shore. Of all the places at which the Channel Fleet had yet been, there had been fewer reports of misconduct on the part of the sailors at Liverpool than at any other place. He believed that was owing, not to the fact that Liver pool had a better police, but because the sailors had been better treated. " Jack" was a knowing fel low: he knew when he was well off, and wonldnot kick up a row. (Laughter.) With respect to the entertainment to the sailors on the morrow, he would take the opportunity of expressing the feel ing of pleasure which himself and his brother offi cers felt at this display of kindness. At the same time, he did not conceal from himself that the thing was an experiment, but it was an experiment which it would have been unworthy of his position to have forbidden. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) It was now for the men to show their appreciation of the kind ness exhibited towards them by not abusing it. He valued the men who formed the British navy as much as man could do, and though they had their faults, yet they had a hundred good qualities. (Loud cheers.) But he would beg of them not to be too kind in their hospitality. Those connected with the Channel Fleet had been eating cake all round the coast, and he expected some of them would be getting sick of it. (Laugher.) The MAYOR (Mr. R. C. Gardner) responded. Lord STANLEY then proposed " The Town and Trade of Liverpool," for which Mr. RANKIN, Chair man of the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board, re turned thanks. Captain HORNET, RN., of her Majesty's ship Edgar, proposed " Tne Ladies," on whose behalf Mr. R. HUTCHISON, ex-Mayor, responded. Naval and Military Intelligence. THE NAVY. A naval court, martial was held on board the flagship Victory at Portsmouth yesterday for the trial of James Petly Symes, assistant-paymaster of her Majesty's ship Pioneer, on the charge of being on or about the 17th of September, 1863, fraudu lently deficient in the public moneys in his charge to the amount of £44 125., and for making or caus ing to be made erasures or alterations for the pur pose of showing a balance of £276 15s. 11d., instead of the true balance of £314 Bs., certified by the ex amining officers on the 31st of March, 1863. The Court was composed of Capte. Scott and Seccombe, and Commanders Curme, Lowther, and Simpson. The prisoner was found guilty, and ho was sen tenced to bo dismissed from her Majesty's service with disgrace. The Pioneer, 6, screw gunvessel, Commander Robinson (acting), was paid out of commission yes terday afternoon alongside Portsmouth dockyard. Of the squadron of screw gunboats and mortar vessels attached to the three divisions of the Chat ham steam reserve in the Medway, nearly tho whole, constructed for the Government during the excitement of the Russian war, chiefly by private builders, those which upon survey have been found unfit to be retained in the service are to he for warded from Chatham to Deptford dockyard to be broken up. Provided it be practicable the engines and machinery of the condemned gunboats are to bo taken out before their remoN al to Deptford. A his tory of these gunboats and the vast sums lavished on their construction would contain some singular disclosures. Scarcely one of the gunboats now be longing to the navy has been built more than nine years, and yet of the 190 which figure in the Nary Li s t f u lly one-half would, upon survey, prove to be unfitted for active naval operations. With regard to the fleet of mortar vessels lying at Chatham no orders have yet been received, but directions have been given to the dockyard officials to adapt them for dockyard lighters and transports, as they may be required. For this service their size and great strength render them well adapted. There is still et fleet of iron mortar vessels of large size lying high and dry at Chatham dockyard. These are all housed over, and each boat is carefully covered with a thick coating of red lead. Notwithstanding the care taken to protect them, it is believed that several of these would upon examination be found unfit for the ser vice for which they were originally intended. While the Medusa, 4, 312-horse power, paddle wheel steamer, was being removed from Chatham harbour into No. 3 dock at Sheerness, a day or two since, an accident occurred to the vessel, resulting in rather considerable damage to the hull and machi nery. The ship was shored up before she had pro perly settled down on the blocks, so that on the water being pumped out she came down with a sud den crash on to the blocks. A survey was yester day made to ascertain the extent of the damage done, which is estimated at from £5OO to £l,OOO. The screw gun-vessels Alacrity, 4, 200-horse power, and the Reynard, 4, 200-horse power, both just paid off into the Chatham steam reserve, ale to have the defects to their engines and boilers made good, but previous to their being taken in hand both vessels are to be surveyed by the dockyard officials in order to ascertain the state of their hulls. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 23, 1863. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. RADCLIFFE AUTUMN MEETING—TUESDAY. The Craven Two Year Old Handicap of 5 soya each, with 40 added ; winners extra. 5 fur. 11 subs. Mr. Peace's Alice Lee, Est gib (J. Grimshaw) 1 Mr. Cowell's Hartford Hill, 6st 91b (Hovstead) 2 Mr. Barber's Helen, Est 91b (E. Taylor) 3 Betting-5 to 2on Alice Lee. Won by two lengths; three lengths between second and third. Tho Grey do Wilton Cup (Handicap) of 100 soya, added to a Sweepstakes of 5 save each, 3 it, for 3-yr-olds and up wards ; winners extra ; the second to save his stake. About one mile and a half. 11 subs. Mr. Barber's Donne Canne, 4 yrs, 6st 10Ib, . (E. Taylor) 1 Mr. Buckley's Wynnstay, 5 yrs, Bst 7.1 b (H. Grimshavq) 2 Mr. Lincoln's Tourist, 3 yrs, 7st Blb .. (H. Taylor) 3 Betting-5 to 4 agst Wynnstay, 6to 4 agst Donne Canne, 5 to 2 agst Tourist. Won by two lengths ; same distance between second and third. The Bolton Plate (Handicap) of 40 soya, for all ages; winners extra. About half a mite. Mr. Anders's Mousetrap, 5 yrs, 7st (11. Taylor) 1 Mr. Hudson's Walloon, 5 yrs, Bst 21b (H Grimshaw) 2 Mr. Barber's Cutler, 4 yrs, 7st (E. Taylor) 3 Mr. Owen's Boeotian, 2 yrs, sst 121 b (J Grimshaw) 4 Betting-6 to 4on Walloon, 4to 1 agst Mousetrap. Won by a neck; four lengths between second and third; half a length between third and fourth. A Handicap Hurdle Race of 5 soya each, 3 ft, with 30 added• About two miles, over eight hurdles. 5 subs. her shoulder, and had to be destroyed. Marson was not hurt. Deciding Heat—Betting-5 t) 4 on 01dt:cinder, who was beaten by a neck. The Richmond Cup (handicap) of 50 cove; winners of any race after Sept. 18, 51b ; of any race value 100 soya, 71b extra. Grey Stone in. Mr. Jackson's Lady Louisa, 5 yrs, Bst 111 b (Aldcroft.) 1 Mr. Ternperley's Alice, 3 yrs, 7nt (H. Covey) 2 Mr. J. Robinson's Prairie Plower, 3 yrs, Get 41b (Heslop) 3 The following also ran :—Wetsail, Calabria, Newchurch, Satinstone, Betsy Copeland, Lyra, and Miss Tees. Betting-5 to 2 agst Calabria, 3to 1 agst Newchurch, 4 to 1 each agst Lp.dy Louisa and Alice, 8 to 1 agst any other. Won by three lengths; a neck between the second and third. The Licensed Victuallers' Plate of 20 sous, added to selling stakes of 3 soya each; 2-yr-olds, Bst 31b; three, 9st 13Ib ; four, lOst 71b; five and upwards, list; selling and other allowances. Half a mile. Wbo's Who, 2 yrs, Bst 61b (Snowden) 1 Saltant, 2 yrs, 71st 121 b.... Ruby, 2 yrs, 6st 71b (Heslop) 3 Brother to Stockton, 2 yrs, fist 101 b (Whiteley) 4 Betting—Even on Who's Who, 7 to 4 agat Brother to Stockton. Won by a length; the same between the second and third. The winner was not sold. The Members' Plate (handicap) of 50 sovs, added to a sweepstakes of 6 sovs each, 2 ft; winners extra; second to receive 10 sovs. One mile. 18 sub'. Mr. john Osborne's Maid of the Mist, aged, 7st 91b (Whiteley) 1 Mr. Watt's Miss Armstrong, 3 yrs, 7st 71b .. (Snowden) 2 Mr. Gill's f by Neville—Leyburn Lass, 2 yrs, sst 71b (Carroll) 0 Marson weighed for Betsy Copeland (3 yrs, 6st 101b),but the mare did not go to the post. Betting-2 to lon Miss Armstrong. Won by a neck. The Leyburn Lass filly did not pass the post, NEWMARKET SECOND OCTOBER MEETING. MONDAY, Oat. 12.—Match-200, h ft—Lord Westmore- land's Confidence, Bst 101 b, against Mr. Beauclerk's Southport, Bst 41b; both 5-yr-olds. Last half of R.M. FRIDAY.—A Free Handicap Sweepstakes of 500 sous each, 200 ft. for 3.yr-olds; three to accept, or no race. T.M.M. 2,5 entries. (Accep - antes to be signified on or before Tuesday, Sept. 29, to Messrs. Weatherby.) at lb Lord Clifden Macaroni 8 12 Carnival La Toucques Queen Bertha .... 8 0 Tippler 7 10 Hospodar 7 10 Glenorchy Rapid Rhone 7 7 King of the Vale 7 7 Golden fledge Tom Foul Borealis 1 at Blue Mantle 5 Onesander Anfield National Guard . 7 4 Old Orange Girl 7 3 Fantail Trumps Clarior E•trl Purl Jack of Hearts ...... 6 10 Sauterclle Jarnicoton The Mysterious Deaths at Wolverhampton and Dudley. Yesterday the adjourned inquest was held in Wolver hampton, on the body of the man William Cheenery, who was found dead in a house in Wolverhampton, his head having been frightfully injured, apparently with a hatchet, with the cognisance, there is no doubt, of the young woman, Rosannah Steadman, who had lived with him as his wife, locked up the house in which Cheenery was found, and who, the day before the house was forced open by the neighbours, was discovered dead in an empty house in Dudley, her body, like that of her murdered paramour Cheenery far gone in decomposition, but which, on the authority of the Secretary of State for the Home Department, was exhumed from the Dudley Cemetery. The Chief Constable at Wolverhampton (Capt. Segrave) was present during the inquiry. The first witness called was— Alfred Hill, who deposed—l am a doctor of medicine, and reside at Birmingham, in the county of Warwick. On the 10th day of September inst. I received two glues jars, sealed up, from Police-constable John Bealey. Upon opening them I found the stomach, liver, spleen, and hand of a human being, with also portims of a woman's dress. On the 13th inst., by the direction of Mr. Thomas Moss Phillips, coro ner, I made an examination and analysis of them, and the following is the result:—From the stomach I have ob tained indications of the presence of morphia (the essential principle of opium) by means of the iodic acid test. The reaction with the nitric acid test was, however, dubious, and not positively and absolutely confirmatory of the iodic acid test. I obtained no evidence of its presence in the liver or spleen, nor of the presence of any other poison in any of the organs. The black stain upon the light piece of dress consisted of tar and fat, the latter probably derived from decomposition of the body. Another portion of dress pre sented a red mark, duo to red paint, containing lead and red ochre. The black mark on the hand, like the black stain on the dress, consisted of tar. As decomposition had proceeded so very far, and as the bloodvessels had been rup tured, and divided in amputating the hand, I did not deem it desirable to prosecute a search upon it for blood, as the detection of its presence even might lead to fallacious con clusions. His experiments had taken 14 days before they were completed. The portions of a human frame, spoken of by Dr. llill, were taken from the corpse of the woman Cheenery by Mr. Nesbitt and Mr. Keogh, surgeons, of Woverhampton, after the body had been taken from the grave at Dudley. The presence of tar on the hand and dress still further identifies this woman with Cheenery's murder, for it will be remembered that the body of that unhappy man had had gas tar in a partially hot state brushed over it. Thomas Gatehouse, an assistant to Mr. Bayley, chemist, of Bilston, deposed that on an afternoon towards the end of July last, he remembered selling two-pennyworth of laudanum to a woman who wore a showl with much red in it. The woman was about five feet in height. (The shawl which was found in the house at Dudley, hanging up with the bonn , t, to the skylight in the same room in which Steadman's corpse was lying, was here produced, and the witness identified it as that to which ho referred ; also the laudanum lobel found in the house at Dudley.) He served her with the laudanum because she gave him a satisfactory answer as to the use to which she wished to put it. He sold to one customer an ounce of laudanum a-day, for she could not live without it. Several R itnesses were then examined as to quarrels be tween Steadman and Cheenery respecting a hawker of matches, with whom the latter charged Steadman with having had improper intercourse at Birmingham, and also as to conversations which some of the witnesses had had with the matchman after the murder. Ultimately the inquiry was adjourned for a month to afford the police time to trace cut the matchman. THE DUNDEE MURDER CASE.—PERTH, SATURN DAY, 9 p.m.—The autumn circuit closed here to-night at 9 o'clock, the last case being Grant's, from Dundee, for the murder of his wife. After a lengthened trial the jury found him not guilty. The verdict was received with immense cheering both in court and in the streets. The crowd fol lowed Mr. Grant and his friends to the hotel, cheering moot enthusiastically. BUST OF SHAKSPEARE—by the American sculp tor Greenough.—The bust is intended to be sent to England on the occasion of the Shakspeare festival, and will, no doubt, produce all the effect, as a work of art, that it has already done here. The realisation of Shakspeare—of whom no bust exists save that at Stratford on-Avon—had long been a favourite dream of the artist's; and, as is the case so often, it was by chance rather than by choice that he was hurried into its Execution. He was one evening expressing his regret that no real and thoroughly authenticated portrait, from which a bust of the great poet could be taken, was in existence ; the only one possessing the smallest claim to attention being the Chandos, which bears too great a st am p of ideality for artists to accept it without some little doubt. It so hap pened that the lady to whom Greenough was thus address ing his complaint was a rich lady of Boston, Miss Joy, whose father, when emigrating to America, towards the lat ter end of the last century, bore with him numberless speci mens of art and vertu, which had made his house in Boston a complete museum. The lady, on hearing the sculptor's ob servation, rather startled him by declaring that she had in her possession, at Boston, a real and original portrait of Shakspeare—one over which no doubt could be thrown —painted by Zucehero, the Court painter of Shakspeare's time, whose portraits of Queen Elizabeth and Sir Walter Raleigh are well known by amateurs, and whose signature appears at the corner of this very portrait of Shakspeare ! The painting was bought by Mr. Juy at the sale of various effects and curiosities, the property of a gentleman who had once owned much of the property belonging to an indivi dual whose ancestor had been proprietor of the Globe Tavern. The tradition cow/eyed with the picture to Mr, Joy was, that it was known to have been the Shakspearo belonging to the collection at the Globe, and that Zucehero had painted it in one of the rooms of the tavern. The de scription, of course, fired the artist, who promised to wait till Mies Joy's return to Boston, where she would have the painting photographed for his benefit. This was done, and it is partly from this original portrait of the immortal Shak speare, and partly from his own conception of what the original of that picture must have been a few years before it was taken, that the bust just completed has been done. It is a beautiful work, full of fire and gentleness, and, above all, possesses the individuality which is wanting in all the portraits of Shakspearo hitherto seen. The Channel Fleet at LiverpooL On Monday night the officers of the Channel Fleet were entertained by the Royal Mersey Yacht Club to a magnificent banquet at the Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool. Although the charge for the dinner tickets was high (three guineas) and the accommoda tion extensive, every place was quickly and eagerly secured. The entrance-hall was fitted up as a com servatory, the boxes and galleries were thrown open to the ladies, and here too every seat was occupied by the elite of Liverpool. During the evening the ladies were served with ices and fruit. The chorus of the Philharmonic Society tendered their services on the occasion, and sang in the intervals between the toasts. The tables were literally covered with silver plate, kindly contributed for the occasion. There was likewise displayed a considerable num ber of the vases, candelabra, and other prizes won by various members of the Mersey Yacht Club. The cross or principal table was especially rich in silver plate. Immediately behind the chairman's seat was a tastefully arranged buffet, consisting of some magnificent pieces of silver plate, backed by a row of massive shields. Every table was beauti fied with vases of flowers. The magnificent cande labra, as well as being ornamental, were applied to a useful purpose; all were furnished with candles and lighted, and during the evening no fewer than 500 wax tapers threw additional light into the hall, causing the bright plate and gorgeous trappings of the tables to be reflectod on every hand. Tne guests were received by Commodore Graves, Major Melly, Mr. F. B. Moyley, Mr. Carlyle, and other members of the club, to whom is due the credit of having in the space of a very few days organised this grand banquet. The guests numbered in all 480, of whom 194 were officers of the fleet. There was a very large staff of honorary stewards, each of whom wore badges elaborately executed in watered satin, worked in silk and gold, with an anchor and crown, supported by an ensign and union jack, and with a liver underneath. The Cunard Company placed at the disposal of the club a large staff of stewards in uniform, who attended solely to the wine department. Mr. Har ker acted as toastmaster. On the removal of the cloth, The CfrAIRMAN proposed " The health of the Queen, the Duchess of Lancaster, and Patroness of the Royal Mersey Yacht Club." The chorus of the Philharmonic Society gave the National Anthem in a style that elicited universal commendation. The CHAIRMAN next gave " the Prince and Fria- cess of Wales, and the rest of the Royal Family." The toast of " the Bishop and Clergy of the Diocese" was responded to by Archdeacon Jones. The CHAIRMAN next rose and proposed " the Navy, Army, and Volunteer Services," which were respectively responded to by Admiral Evans (Con servator of the Mersey), Colonel Sir John Jones, C. 8., and Lieutenant-Colonel M'lver. The CHAIRMAN then proposed the toast of the evening, " Admiral Dacres and the Officers of the Channel Fleet." The chairman said your reception of this toast is but a reiteration of the shout of wel come which rose on this day week from the count less thousands who lined our shores—(cheers)—and if those shouts of welcome were not sufficient to convince Admiral Dacres and the officers of the Channel Fleet how thoroughly welcome they are in our port, I can scarcely hope that any words of mine can convince them that they are welcome. For the first time in the annals of Liverpool a Chan nel squadron floats on the broad waters of the Mer sey, and though that fleet be few in number it is sufficient'y mighty in power to be at this very moment the arbiter of peace er war. (Loud ap plause.) It has efforded to us an opportunity of testing the capabilities of our port, of which before we were utterly unaware; but I have the gallant admiral's opinion this evening that our port can not only contain with safety the Channel squadron, but the whole navy of England. (Cheers.) It has also afforded to us an opportunity of show ing to the gallant admiral, the officers, and men the extent and importance of that commerce which will be handed over to their care in the great hour of need. (Applause.) And fur ther still, it has given to us the pleasure of meeting in social intercourse the officers who command the Channel squadron of England this day. (Cheers.) I need scarcely say one word of the pleasure which it has afforded to the town, for the joy which has lighted up every face since the fleet entered the Mersey is the best answer I can give as to what the feeling of the town is. (Ap plause.) And I may say that what we have seen of those who are in charge of that fleet has materi ally added to the friendly feeling which has always existed for the blue jackets of England. (Cheers.) The admiral has asked me not to put too much blarney into my speech. (Laughter.) Therefore I will spare him on this occasion, and I know that at this time no words are needed from me to commend this toast to your most hearty reception, for you feel as I do the greatest pleasure in seeing around the festive board this evening the officers of the Channel Fleet and the representatives of the English navy. (Loud cheers.) It is not, however, from mere curiosity that you are assembled here to-night. It is not the mere idle curiosity that prompts the ovation to the Channel Fleet at every pert it has touched from the moment it left Spit head until the time when it cast anchor in the Mer sey. There is in that ovation a deeper and more significant meaning. There are unmistakeably shown in that ovation the feelings and opinions of the reflecting minds of the country that, come what will, cost what it may, the defence of Eogland rests in her navy, (Loud applause.) Fortifications have had their day, and ships are now having theirs, and though we may alter the material of which those ships are made we never will alter the " hearts of oak" with which they are manned. (Loud applause.) The simple fact is, and I ask you to endorce this opinion, that we are determined to have the navy equipped and manned in every re spect sufficient to cop e with any Pewee whose mis fortune it may be to be our enemy—(a laugh, and Hear, hear), or any combination of Powers. I can safely, simply, and truthfully assure the gallant admiral and the officers who are our honoured guests this evening, that the feeling which we have exhi bited towards them to-night is not merely the feel ing of the moment, and that when they leave our port the feeling will not vanish. (Hear, hear.) Those officers who came here a few days ago as strangers will leave us as friends. (Cheers.) When in other climes, or in other countries—wherever duty may call them to serve—the record of their doings will often bring back with it many agreeable and pleasant recollections of the visit of the Channel Fleet to Liverpool; and we should, in fact, realise the idea of the bard when he wrote You may break, you 'nay ruin the vase if you will, But the scent of the roses wilt cling round it still. (Applause.) And now, ladies, for I take the liberty on this occasion to address you, for I know full well your feelings for the " blue jackets" are as keen and as sensitive as ours, and I will ask you to rise on this single occasion and join with us in doing hon our to Admiral Dacte3 and the officers of the Chan nel Fleet. (The whole company unanimously rose to respond to the toast ; the gentlemen chel , :red, the ledie3 waved their handkerchiefs, and the scene was ono of the greatest enthusiasm.) Admiral DACRES, who was received with czn. tinned applause, replied as follows—You aro per fectly aware, as well as I am, that we have been going a tour of the British Isles, through what 1 think a very far-sighted policy of the B ritish Govern- ment. Wherever we have been we have been re ceived with the greatest enthusiasm, and this has very often set me thinking, and raised in my mind a feeling of pride—pride that I belonged to a country where so much patriotism exists. When we sailors are at sea we feel, and the best of our mca feel, influenced by kindness like PRICE...., —..4d. STAMPED ....sd. this. Don't let me be misunderstood. I should like to speak in returning thanks as well as the gentlemen who proposed our health, but that gift is not given to me. But I have got one knack —and that is of saying what I mean. (Applause.) I would not for anything give up the command of this fleet, for two reasons—first, because I see all this enthusiasm given to the navy, and in the next place because I command some of the finest officers and gentlemen I wish teebe among. It v:ould be unworthy of you, and it would he unworthy of me, if I drew the slightest comparison between our re ception at one place and another. Liverpool, lam sure, needs no praise for her hospitality from me, and good wine needs no bush. Bat in Liverpool there is this advantage, that yon have the ships lying at your own doors. You see them, and you know them as well now as if you had seen them for mouths. You, gentlemen, have paid a good deal of money for these ships ; you now know the terms of your insurance, and I hope you are satisfied with them. (Applause.) Two or three of the speakers who preceded me have spoken on the importance of keeping up a naval force, and this is a fact which cannot be too much impressed. It is not the fear of invasion, for I believe that our army and our volunteers, whom nobody values more highly than I do—(applause)—would be of the greatest service. But I should like to know how you, gentlemen, would look if the French fleet had the command of the Channel for only one week. But when I say that I would impress upon everybody the necessity of keeping up the naval resources of this country, I refer also to the naval reserves. The reserves of this great commercial port, I understand, are only 1,000. I should like to see the reserve in pro portion to the number of sailors, so that if we are beaten in the Channel—which I do not expect — there will be plenty of sailors to go on with. There is plenty of courage in the merchant service. I was in the Crimea with hundreds of merchant sailors, and I believe there are as good officers among them as any of us—(applause)—and as they are British sailors they are sure to fight well. We must have something to fall back upon. The Government find ships, but the country must find men. Gentlemen, I thank you from my heart for the very kind way in which you have drunk the Navy, for it is a pro fession which I glory in belonging to. (Applause.) Admiral DACRES then proposed "Commodore Graves and the Members of the Royal Mersey Yacht Club." Commodore GRAVES responded, and proposed " the Two Houses of Parliament." Lord STANLEY, on rising to respond, was received with long-continued applause. He said,—l thank you, Mr. Commodore Graves,—l thank you, gentle men, not only for the kind and cordial reception which you have given me in this room, not only for the flattering things which have been said personally of myself, not only for that which 1 value far more— the enthusiasm with which you have welcomed my father's name—(great applause)—not only for the terms of respect, just and well deserved as I believe them to be, in which you have spoken of the great legislative body of which I am proud to be a member, and which exercises practically at the present day supreme po wer in the State, and uses that power on the whole with j udgment, with moderation, and with fairness, butl thank you far more for the opportunity which you have given me in my own . narne, in my father's name, and I think I may say in the name of the inhabitants:of this neighbourhood, of thanking Admiral Dacres and the officers under his command, for the honour of this visit paid us by the Channel Fleet,and expressing the gratification which we have all derived from a sight which is not only interesting but unique. (Cheers.) I believe the chairman was strictly correct when he told ou that at no time since Liverpool had been a borough—certainly at no time since the Channel Fleet has been an institution ()fulls country—has the Mersey ever been visited by so con siderable a portion of the Royal Navy. We hope that the first visit won't be the last. Admiral Dacres has found his way here once, and we will take very good care that he finds it again. (Cheers.) And without disparagement to any other place, I am sure I may say this—that there is in all Great Bri tain no town where naval men are more honoured or naval acts more appreciated than here in Liver pool; the sea has made it what it is, and Liverpool men take pride in the sea. We have, as it has been said, in our yacht club no contemptible naval re serve, and though we cannot locally pretend to com pete with those magnificent vessels which are now ling in our waters, yet I think we have a navy of our own not wholly unworthy to compete even with them—a navy existing, indeed, for purposes exclu sively peaceful, but not the less a triumph of human industry and skill—those vast ocean steamers which have joined the New World to the Old, and crossed the Atlantic with the regularity of boats crossing a ferry at a speed which is only surpassed by the rail road. (Cheers.) But, gentlemen, it is not only to us, it is to every person, of whatever country he may ba, that the sight of such vessels as we have now witnessed is not only interesting but novel. We are seeing that which is strictly an experi mental fleet, a fleet in which almost every vessel is an experiment, or, perhaps I should say, a combi nation of experiments. (Hear, hear.) We have seen, probably, the last of those old wooden two-decked line-of-battle ships which will ever carry the flag of a British admiral, and certainly a more splended vessel of her class than the Edgar never sailed the sea. (Hear.) We have seen the first of these noble and mighty engines of destruction which are revolution ising naval warfare, and which our friends on the othe r side of the Atlantic are kind enough to us to be trying on so large a scale at their expense and for our instruction. Gentlemen. I confess I wish that the House of Commons as a body could feel what you and I have witnessed, for seeing is believing, and I am sure that sight will have impressed upon every mind two great facts which have been very strongly impressed upon mine ; one, that for the money which we have expended pretty largely of late years we have value received; the other, that in this naval architecture we are literally feel ing our way. (Hear.) I can speak of course upon this subject only on second hand, but if I may ex press what seems to be a very general opinion among those best competent to judge, it is more than doubtful whether we have as yet got that gun which is to be the gun of the future, and it is per haps open to doubt, splendid as are those ships which now lie in our waters, whether we have got the exact mould of a ship which is to be the man-of war for the future. Now, I think it is our duty, as members of the House of Commons, to bear in mind specially the tentative and experimental character of what we are now doing. It is our duty to grudge no outlay which is necessary for purposes of efficient defence, and that is a duty from which assuredly we shall not shrink. It is our duty above all to shrink from no outlay which may be neces sary for the purpose of experiment, but it is not the less our duty at the same time to avoid that fault into which we have often fallen before, and into which, while men remain what they are, it is always possible we may fall again. I mean the fault, of being satisfied with what wo have accom plished, of resting upon our oars, and of assuming that what we consider as the perfect model of the day will he en equally perfect remodel ten years Imerce. (Hear, hoer.) Pardon me, gentlemen, for referring very momeroarily to such a subject ; and, es brevity is the order of the day, permit me at once and without further preface to return you my thanks en behalf of the :Muse of Commons. (Applause.) "The Mayor and Corporation of Liverpool" was proposed by Admiral Dames in the following terms :—lt was quite unnecessay for him to speak of the magnificent hospitality which they had re ceived at the hands of his worthy friend, the Mayor of that town. (Applause.) In Liverpool, where everything was carried out in the most princely style, his Worship had excelled in his display of hospitality; the bail and dinner that he gfiYe the Mr. Antrobus's Shan Van Vocht, 4 yrs, 9st l2lb . . (f. Turner) w.o. The Scurry Handicap of 2 Bova each, with 25 added ; open to all horses running at this meeting, but to which each winner must subscribe. T.Y.C. Mr. Anders's Mousetrap, 5 yrs, 7st 121 b.... (H. Taylor) 1 Mr. Hudson's Walloon, 5 yrs, Sst 71') ..(H. Grimshaw) 2 Betting-5 to 4on Walloon. Won by half a length. LATEST BETTING. CESAREWITCH. 1000 to 70 agst Anfield (taken) 20 to 1 agst Lioness (taken) TUNBRIDGE RACES.-TUESDAY. The Tunbridge Wells Stakes (Handicap) of 3 soya each, with 25 added, for all ages ; winners extra. About one mile. 9 subs. Mr. Morley's Devotee, 3 yrs, Est 41b (Viney) 1 Mr. Burbridge's Baliverne, 4 yrs, 7st 2 1 b (vl orris) 2 Mr. Headman's Rubini, 3 yrs, 6st 121 b (J. Plumb) 3 The following also ran :—Deerfoot, Rapture, Flettop, and Knight Templar. Betting-7 to 4 agst Deerfoot, 3to 1 agst Baliverke, 6to 1 agst Devotee. Baliverne made play, followed by Devotee and Rapture side by side, Rubini fourth, Deerfoot and Knight Templar bringing up the rear. On the far side of the course Bali- Verne took a commanding lead, and half a mile from the finish Rapture, being beaten, dropped to the rear. Coming round the turn into the straight, Devotee closed with Bali- Verne, headed at the distance, and won cleverly by a neck; two lengths separated the second and third; Fletton beat Deerfoot by a head ; Knight Templar was last throughout. The Two•Year-Old Stakes of 5 soya each, with 40 added ; colts, Bst 101 b ; fillies, Bst 71b ; penalties and allowances. Five furlongs. 10 subs. Mr. R. Drewitt's Wild Huntress, Oat (inc. 7lb extra) (Fordham) 1 Mr. T. Stevens's Faith, Oat (inc. 71b extra) (Payne) 2 Mr. Fleming's Overcast, Bst 10lb (inc. 31b extra) (Hibberd) 3 The Golden Cross and Narbonne also ran. Betting—Even on Faith, 2 to 1 agst Wild Huntress, 5 to 1 " bar two." Overcast made play, followed by Wild Huntress and Faith, to the turn into the straight, where Wild Huntress took up the running, with Faith in close attendance. Alter a spirited race Wild Huntress maintained her lead to the end, and won by a neck; Overcast was beaten three lengths from Faith ; Narbonne was a bad fourth; and The Golden Cross was pulled up opposite the enclosure. The Medway Stakes of 3 sous each, with 25 added, for all ages; selling allowances. About one mile. 3 subs. Mr. Geo. Perkins, jun.'s, Irene, 6 yrs (£10), Bst 131 b, Mr. Wake walked over for the forfeits. The Tunbridge Handicap of 10 sovs each, 5 ft; winners extra. About two miles. 13 subs, 6of whom paid 2 sovs ft to the fund. Mr. R. Drewitt's Detective, 3 yrs, 6st 41b .. (S. Mordan) 1 Mr. T. Read's L.vender, 3 yrs, 6st 41b (Norris) 1" Mr. Ward's Spitfire Kitty, 3 yrs, sst 101 b ....(Zanker) t Mr. Low's Gibraltar, 6 yrs, 9st Betting-7 to 4 agst Detective, 2to 1 eget Gibraltar, sto 2 agst Lavender, 5 to 1 agst Spitfire Kitty. Gibraltar made play, followed by Detective and Lavender, Spitfire Kitty waiting on the trio several lengths in the rear. At the top turn, the pace, which had hitherto been a mere canter, was improved by Detective going to the front. On passing the stand the second time Gibraltar again assumed the lead, Lavender lying at his quarters, Detective bang pulled a length in the rear of the pair, Spitfire Kitty still hinging up the rear. On the opposite side of the course to the stand Detective and Gibraltar ran side by side, Laven der lying close up third, with Spitfire Kitty well up with the trio. Before making the turn into the straight, Gibral tar dropped into the last place, and the other three closed up and rau home together, and Detective, in the last half dozen strides, getting an advantage, won by a short head. A dead heat for second place, and a bad fourth. The Ladies' Plate (Handicap) of 40 soya for all ages ; winners extra. Half a mile• Mr. W. W. Baker's Rest, 3 yrs, 7st 71b (Jas.Nightingall) 1 Mr. J. Low's Stanley, 2 yrs, 6st 1016 (car. 6st 1216) (J. Flurub) 2 Mr. R. Drewitt's Mysterious Lady, 2 yrs, Est (Mordan) 3 - - Southport, Vigil, Lady of the Manor, Blanche of Lan caster, and Maubourquet also ran. Betting-7 to 4 agst Mysterious Lady, sto 2 agst Stan ley, 5 to 1 aget Southport, 7 to 1 each agst Rest and Blanche of Lancaster, 10 to 1 agst Maubourquet. After three-quarters of an hour's delay in futile attempts, caused principally by Rest refusing to join his horses, they were indifferently started. liest jumping away in front, made the whole of the running and won by a length; a length and a half divided the second and third ; Southport was fourth, Vigil fifth, and Maubourquet last. The Sevenoaks Stakes of 5 soya each, with 30 added, for all ages ; selling allowances. Five furlongs. 3 subs. Miss Marsh's Measure for Measure, 2 yrs (410), Gst llb (S. Mordan)f t 1 Mr. Hodgman's Rosa Lee, 2 yrs (110), 6st llb (Morris)ll- 2 Mr. T. Stevens' Pinkepoe, 4 yrs (£4O), Bst 31b (Payne) 3 Betting-6 to 4on Measure for Measure, sto 2 agst Rosa Leo. The latter made play, followed by Measure for Measure, the two closing as they came round the turn into the straight, and raced home together, finishing a dead heat; Pinkepoe,who was last throughout, was beatea half a dozen lengths from the pair. Second Heat— 5 to 4 on Rosa Lee, who made play until half way up the distance, where Measure for Measure made her effort and finished a second dead heat. Third Heat-6 to bon Measure for Measure. Rosa Leo again made the running, but was headed by Measure for Measure before reaching the turn into the straight, round ing which Rosa Lee ran against a post, and Morris was thrown heavily to the ground, receiving a severe cut on the head. The winner was bought in for 41 guineas. RICHMOND RACES-TUESDAY. The Easby Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 20 added ; two-yr olds, 7st ; three, Bst 121 b; certain 'penalties anal allow ances. About three-quarters of a wile. Mr. Wiriteringham's Harvest Mell, 2 yrP, 7st_7ll) (Snowden) 1 Mr. John Osbome's Little Stag, 2 yrs, 7st .. (Whiteley) 2 Mr. J. Osborne's Stolen Moments colt, 2 yrs. 7st (Carroll) 3 Mr. R. E. Wilson's BelIP-sius, 2 yrs, 75t.... (Crawshaw) 4 Veterinarit;n as() ran. Betting-5 to 4on Little Stag, 6to 4 agst Harvest Mell, 100 to 8 agst any other. Won by a length; a bad third, Veterinarian did not pass the post. The Sapling Stakes of 10 cove each h ft, with 50 added, for 2.yr-olds ; colts, Bst 101 b ; fillies and geldings, Bst 71b; penalties and allowances ; second to receive 15 sous. Grey Stone in. 29 subs. Mr. Winteringham's Appenine, Oct ( hmall) 1 Lord Zetland's Revival, Bst 4lb .. (II. Cove)) 2 Sir C. Monck's Gondola, Bst 41b (Snowden) 3 Mr. Chilt on ' s Claxton, Bst 41b ..(Whiteley) 4 Mr. Ridl e y' s Wensley c, Bst 71b Mr. Morris's Siva, Bst 101 b Betting-7 to 4on Appenine. 4to 1 agst Gondola, 6to 1 agst Claxton, and 10 to 1 agst Revival. Won by half a length; four lengths between second and third. The Richmond Handicap of 10 soya each, h ft, and 2 only if declared, &c., with 83 added; winners extra; second to receive 20 soya, Once round and a distance (about one mile and tbree-quarters). 29 subs, 18 de: clarcd. Mr. Osborne's Fanfnron, 8 yrs, Gat 11b. • (Cravv•shaw) t 1 Mr. Wilkinson's Oldminster, 5 yrs, Sat 101 b (Aldcroft) t 2 Lord Zetland's Piccador, 4 yrs, 7st 311)—(11. Covey) 3 Sir G. Strickland's Angelus, 3 yrs, sst 1 21b..(Arnott) 4 Mr. Masterman's Honest John, 3 yrs, Est 1 llb _ 5 Mr. B owes ' s W e l c ome, 4 yrs, 7 s t 31b (Noble) (Oram) 6 Mr. Jacques's Trump Queen, 3 yrs, 6,t 31b (Maur on) 0 Betting -5 to 4 agst Oldminster, 2to I agat Fanfaron, 5 to 1 agst Piccador, 6 to 1 agst Trump Quezn, 7 to 1 agst Honest John. A dead heat between Fanfaron and Oldminatcr ; Piecador was third, beaten four lengths. Trump Queen fell, broke THE ARMY. Major-Gen. Sir R. Decree, accompanied by 111 , jor Mill ward, Major O'Malley, Capt. Nangle, and De puty Quartermaster• Gen. and Capt. Humble, has just made his half-yearly inspection of the troops at \\Tuley barracks, near Brentwood. The troops went through a number of evolutions under the command of Col. Hay and Col. Ratcliffe, and at the close Major-Gen. Dacres declared that their marching and general appearance reflected the highest credit not only on themselves, but also on their officers. New quarters for married men, a sergeants' mess room, and a gymnasium have recently been com pleted at this depot. The rifle practice range formed on the glacis of the fortifications commanding the entrance to the river Medway and Chatham harbour, which was granted by the War _Department for the use of the Royal Artillery and the Rifle and Artillery Volun teers, and since constantly used by those bodies, is situate in a position attended with such danger to the public that, unless prompt measures are adopted by the authorities, it is scarcely possible for accidents to be averted. The maximum distance afforded by the range is only 300 yards, and firing parties are emptied to take up a position only half-; -dezan yards from the high road, over which considerable traffic passes. In itself this would be a sufficient reason for the reeioval of the rarg., but 300 yards are insufficient for even the preliminary stages of instruction ivith rifled artillery carbines. For the advanced course of musketry instruction the range is useless, and it cannot be used by volunteers with the long Eulleld rifle. Iu the event of a bul let not striking the target owing to undue elevation it passes over the earth butt into the sea ; boats and vessels of all kinds are repeatedly crossing the line of fire, so that there have been many hairbreadth escapes, in spite of the precautions adopted and en forced by the military authorities. Nothing short of the saleclion of another site will give puthvant security to the poblie. be ;ss ,nt %," be gVOd Lce of med.. Lylx week. 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