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13. EI\TEM BE R. WE St P AT EVAN'S' ot, , EVERY EVENING Tins WEEK aft e r Alfred Mellon's Promenade Concerts. THE ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY. HEAD OFFICES, 29, Lombard-street, London, and Royal Insurance buildings, Liverpool. Total Annual Revenue exceeds £son,oio. Accumulated I'unds in hand over 1,0^0,000. Chairman in Liverpool: CHARLES TURNER, Esq., M.P. Cliairmai in London WILLIAM WAINWRIGHT;(Esq. EXTRACTS FROM THE REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1862. The Directors of the Royal 'lltsurance 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 o' the year, to announce, for the first time, that the Fire Premiums have not only reached, but exceed £300,000. The high comparative position held by the Royal in the Government Returns of Duty is sodu fully m.intained. The profit of the business of the year exceeds considerably the amount realised in the preced , ng year, and in fact sur passes that of any year. with but two exceptions, since the commencement of this Office, the balance to the credit on account of British and Foreign Insurances being £45,107 10s. 5d., and of the North American business, which is kept sepas rarely, £11,097 16s. 10d. LITE BRANCH. The very gratifying - duty now falls upon the Directors to state the sum assured on row policies for the year 1F•62 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 1,498 new policies issued. Until within the last few years it is believed that such a sum acsured as that which has just been announced as the result of one year's business Was all but unheard or. 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 fut , re to the participating life assurer. Evidence of continued care in the selection of lives is amply afforded by a statement of the number rejected. These have amounted to 311 for the year, on which the aggregate sum proposed for assuranv s mounts to £ ' 43,28 I. Various degrees of ineligibility have led to these lives being declined. No small number of the Assurance Companies of the day record their accepted lives annually at a sum not much. if at all, exceeding those which the Royal has declared as inadmis stole in a single year from deteri o ration of some kind or another. _ . If, to complete their review, the Directors now advert briefly to the United Kingdom, they have to announce that in Fire BuSiness its progress has been undoubtedly more rapid than that of any other Company established either in Lond3n or elsewhere, except when amalo - arnations have taken Place. The returns of duty have proved this. In Life, the amount Of New Policies already reported make all other evidence needless. expression eDire3tors conc lude their present Report with the linosuraneG of an opinion that the prospects of the Royal Company were never brighter, and of a consequent the e t' 'nded on a grateful remembrance of the past, that tulle, inure unfold for it a sphere of still greater mag.ni offie_, may distinguished commercial success to the to gelpviuttlinica!eYnlthened'career of usefulness and protection PERCY M. DOVE, Manager and Actuary. JOHN B. JOHNSTON, Secretary in London. NORWICH UNION FIRE INSURANCE SOCIETY. The business of the Company exceeds £70,000,000. The duty paid to Government for the year 1862 was ,62, and the amount insured on farmin g stock, £10e8G , 1 32. A bonus of three-fifths of the profits periodically made to Parties insuring-, who have thus. from time to time, received Ennis amounting in the agg - regate to L 440,000; and the Society now holds a large Reserve applimble to a future Bonus. The rates of p r emium are in no case highe r t h an those charged_ by the ot her principal offices making no returns to their insurers. Vor nro , pectuses apply at the Society's Offices, Surrey street, Norwich ; and 0, Crescent, New Bridge-street, Black friars E C , E.C. PROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION. Established 1840. TRUSTEES. Thomas haring, Esq., M.P. Wm. Geo. Prescott, Esq, Thomson liankey, Esq., 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 0,1 00 It has paid in Claims • • 112,000 The whole of the profits are divided quinquennially among the Members. Three divisions have already been made' When the following sums have been added as bonuses to the Policies Dec. 31, 1847 .. • • .• £5,400 3852 • • •• •• 11,500 23 200 1857 1862 • • • • • • • 56,500 making the total bonus additions, £95,600. Bonuses ma - be received in elsh or app lied to the twine tion of premiums at the option of the assured, in lieu of an addition to the 1 , 01;cY• Attention is especially invited to the system of free or paid 11P policies introduced by this Associarelinquish b which the sacrifice so often submitted to on the ment of Po icy is wholly avoided. The balance-sheets of the Association are open to all, Whether assurers or otherwise. Active and influential agents will be appointed in unrepre sented districts. WM. TIIOS. LINFORD, Secretary. Chief Office, 15, iloorgate-street, E.C., Aug 1,1853. A.D. 1720. R OYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE CORPORATION (Established by Charter of his Majesty George the First) FOR SEA, FIRE, LIFE, AND ANNUITIES. Offices, Royal Exchange, London. Branch Office, 29, Pail-mall. OCTAVIUS WIGRAM, Esq., Governor. CEORGE PEARFES BAnCLAY, Esq., Sub-Governor. Sir JOHN HENRY PELLY, Bart., Deputy-Governor. nenry Bainbridge, Esq. Wil mot Holland, Esq. Robert Barclay, E. Earl of Leven and Melville. °am Garratt Cattlev, Esq. Chas. Jno. Manning, Esq. Mark Currie Close, Esq. Henry Nelson, Esq. William Davidson, Esq. The Hon. Josceline W. Percy. Thomas Dent, Esq. Charles Robinson, Esq. Alexander Druce, Esq. Samuel Leo Schuster, Esq. Predk. Jos. Edlmann, Esq. Eric Carrington Smith, Esq. Riversdale W. Grenfell, Esq. William Soltau, Esq. Robt. Amadeus Heath, Esq. Joseph Somes, Esq., M.P. W., Tn. Tetlow Hibbert , Esq.: William Wallace, Esq. as. Stewart Hodgson, Esq. " Chas. Baring Young, Esq. Medical Referee, SAMUEL SOLLY, Esq., F.R.S. Corporation and LIFE ASSURANCES may be e ffected with this , -e_rporation on advantageous terms. t -In the Life Department, assurances are gra nted with par 'elPation in Profits, or, at lower Premiums , without such Participation. The Reversionary Bonus on British Policies has averaged early 2 per cent. per annum on the sum assured. Equivalent reductions have been made in the Premiums Pa able by persons who preferred that form of Bo nus. TThe divisions of Profit take place every Five years. L ife ARY sum not exceeding X 15,000 ma y be insured on one This Corporation affords to the Assured—' Liberal participation in Profits—with exemption from the liabilities of partnership. loci rate f Bonus equal to the average returns of Mutual st„%t.ies— o with the guarantee of a large invested Capital The of a , a dvantages ofi of modern practice,—with the security Periene e ' o l' Whose resources have been tested by the ex- The c orpor nearly a CENTURY AND A HALT. In the Militia a , ti " have always allowed the Assured to serve United Kin g . d geomanry, or Volunteer Corps within the free of charge. LOYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON. ROBT. F. STEELE, SeCretarY. NORTH 'll;llBlrxisAlltaB:abreiliEsiahnieAdenNlBo9. COMP ANY. IVIE RCANTILE Incorporated by Royal Charter and Special Acts of ACCUMULATED AND INVESTED FUNDS, £2,122,828. ANNUAL REVENUE, £422,401. LONDON BOARD. John White Cater, 1 -) . du Pre Grenfell, Esq. Chairman ' E li D sq" l A. Charle Morrison, sq., e- Joh, lilockmann, Esq. M o n n o llett, Esq. ty ( hairman. Jr i i i i pu G. „Os S. Morgan, Esq. A. De Edward Ar c r o o h y e a n ve , , E E s s q q. uard en Ni col, Esq du Buisson, Esq, George young,Wiu EX-DIRECTORS. S li ch sq ro . der, Esq. James A. IT. C a mpbell, Esq. I Robert S-nith, Esq. P. C. Cavan,Fs Es q* Frederic Somes, Esq. p. P. Egli, ' q' Manager of Fire Department—Georgs IL Whyting,. Manager of Life Department—W. F. Birkmyre. Superintendent of Foreign Department—G, 11. Burnett. Secretary—F. W. Lance. General Manager—David Smith. FIRE DE PARTMENT. c -r ,uts Insurances against Fire in the United The CoMPanY a all foreign countries. Aingdom. and ks in the Port of London accepted at re- Mercantile nis duced rates. t i c A nd liberally settl e d. Losses pl l ' lT T.'"' The Director, having; a practical know , Foretell 114sT—nn n tries, are prepared to issu e P o li c i es on ledge of forehZ.. c le terms. rin g. In all cases a di scount will be the most favoura'i allowed to Merchants ando E th r e A rs it e T ffec liE tin N g T such Insurances, LIFE p The following Statement exhibits the improvement effected during the las - few years . No. of Policies SUMS. Premiums. Issued. ,c 377,425 X12,56518 8 1554 ...... 455 ....... . .•4 4 , ,9 13 18 59...... •• .. 675 ..... •• • 4-5,619 18 0 1861 . 186 2 1,137 assuring Lin the tivleaze una ar s sthe o n f zun2l,l3,2l,ooft7olieles issued was 3,623 , • The leading feat ures of t h e Office are:— 1. Entire Se , nrity to Assurers. declared, and the 2.The large Bo nus addit i ons already prospect of a f ur th er B onu s at the mitt investiga tion. 3. The advantages afforded by varied Tables oa — unrestricted conditions of Policies— and in dealinv, with the A ssured. of premiums ge n er al Forms of Proposal and every information will be furnished on application at the READ OFFICES • LONDON. .......58, ED1NR URCR...6 5 4 48 , " Princes-street -_______ N O RTH BRITISH AND MERCANTILE INSURANCE Coltr,ANY. WEST -END OFFICE e , WATERLOO - PLACE , PALL-MALL, Secretary—ALEX. J. RUSSELL. 11Ki,,,--Fk-iittv y noyAi , LETTERS PATENT. V BIT t ; g •-11 1110C-MAIN LEVER TRUSS vxinDirrlqN (Pl lnr Two numb-A" ECTED AN - • ~ rxiIIIIITED rN TRE GREAT n is .o allowed by upw ar d s of be the most invention i n Medical Gentleme treatment of if EP. NI effectiveA. The use of lBsl AND 1862), a the at curative treaten 50 ot hurtful in its effects, is here avoided ee l sPring, , - r e being worn round the body, while the r e a Wer is supplied by the Bloc-Main Pad a soft banda,„ , , jillsite resistinf„l4.og with i se much ease and closeness that t !ttent Lever, In mg y be had, and the detected, and may be w orn during sleep. -ar truss, which cannot fail A de : cr e t annot be t ptive circ a u r i . orw ded by post, on the cir cumference of the body.° fit, f -- 0 below the hips, being two inches sent to the manutt,et u ij r, Mr. VirillTE, 228, Piccadilly. p st 1 A Sins!le Truss, its., 215., 26s 6d and 315.81 o e ag l e s' . A Douhl., Trues, 31s. 6d., 425., sn'd 525. 6d. Postli., Bd. An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. Postage, is ' I payable ....ost to Post -office Orders to be made John White, r °ince, Piccadilly. NEW PATENT isi G S - E L ASTIC sTociiii— , iiNi,l4:-CAP '!isroakn, s , and Swelling S. &c., for Varicose Veins and They RTC _ ew e h . llß l o .. r o d s i t n ag ar e y 6 a d tocld ng, 01 the Legs, Sprains, on orous, light I are drawn 0 ,1 1 , n texture, and inexpensive, and all cases of Price 4s. 6d., is. 6d., 10s., to 168 . JOELN WRITE, Mautdaotorer, 22% FicoaaillY. 7i2 L 05,427 2,162 29,078 21,27 6 4 3.tif 60 2,51 14,8 c, 1,241 1,144 826 1,4 14 54,03' 3 28,2 27 4,5 14 526 1,-- ,0 55,43 Sep • t 18. Sept. I .`" Oct. 5 Sept. 0, Sept. 1 '; Sept. 3.'" Sept. 1() ; Sept. 1 7 Sept. 1." Sept. 10. dept. 4 ' Oct. 6 ; n Sept. 1 "' Sept. Sept. 11. Sept. 11' Sept. 4 ', 1 Sept. 1., Sept. 2. Sept.'" Sept. 14. pens Ori B. Barbot, LrdeD, be' Diable,' are Ta' nd basses lini, and ...m........•0•1, -.-...--.-........."` of Arthur of Lieut. pare, the 3r. . 0 , the Vi , B e ar" " to A-row , of re° D er ehaloi Dilliugt o , P o of the 16' p anel ;toy, 4e of 3011451" Cll of B°' ,t, Dlr• l'°' Main JOllll illitauS, of ND .ce , t t couoti ..b . '.. 4: No. 22,212. 11. E O X F O R ii, 6 , OXFORD STREET, IV. THIS EVENING, will be performed Operatic, Selections from Sir Henry R. Bishop's THE SLAVE and llalevy's MUSKETEERS (first time in England). Principal Artistes—Miss Russell. Miss Ellison, Messrs. Green, Bernardi, Huish, &c., with full band and chorus. Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans. Flute Solos by Drew Dean, &c. Comic, by uNswoRTH ("or any other man "), Eugene, W. Randall, A. Lloyd, and George Hodson. Alsr', a Performance by Derr SuIIALKENBACH on his wonderful instrument, the PIANO URCHETBE, contain ing a full band of 40 instruments. The HALL has just been newly Decorated and Ventilated, and is one of the most Beautiful in the Metropolis. Open at S o'clock. Admission, Cd. ; stalls aud balcony, ls. private boxes, 70s. Gd. CANTERBURY HALL " GHOST."—In order N._,) to gratify the curiosity of nlo , htly-increasin crowds, Mr. C. MORTON has transferred the representation of Pro fessor Pc pper 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 (w)th all that gentleman's latest im provements and effects), REPRESENTATIONS EACH EVENING, at Ten o'clock. All the other Musical and Pictorial attractions as usual, De luding Operatic Selections, Ur Hod(the modern Demosthenes), Eugene, Arthur Lloyd, George son, ..te. 'ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. The GHOST ! The GlIO•iT ! ! The ONLY COMI'I GHOST !! ! —The beautiful FAIRY FOUNTAIN.—A Grand Divertissement by Signora P.achele and Mariannina and Signor Guiseppe Franceico, assisted by a corns of Twenty young Ladies—Selections from favourite Operas : Principals, Miss M`Gregor, Mr. Albert, Signor Georgini (the new Italian tenor), and Mr. Vernon Rigby. NICOSI A, the Great Violinist. will make his First Appearance in England on Monday next, at the ALHAMB.B.A. • ARGYLL ROOMS. Windmill-street. Piecadilly. RE-OPENING THIS EVENING, SATURDAY, September 5. The above elegant !looms have been entirely rettecorated under the sole direction of Messrs. Delicourt, of Paris, decorators to the Palaces of the Emperor Napoleon. The artistical work will be done by Messrs. Biggs and assis tants. The musical department under the directorship of Mons llien, and chef d'orchestre. The band will be chosen from the Household Troops and the Royal Italian Opera Houses. This celebrated band is well known by the public, and will be called in future the London Band, and will be represented by the best artists of the present day. Conductor of the Rooms and Manager, Mons. GRENET. Sole Lessee, R. R. BIGNELL. Admission, is. ESTABLISHED 1533. pOWDEN'S AERATED GINGER BEER, in glass or stone bottles, warranted to keep good twelve months. Lemonade, Soda-water, votass, Seltzer, and every description of Mineral Waters,—Manutactory, No. 3, 1 2 4 hite Hart-street, Drury-lane, W.C. TEA.—MOORE BROTHERS respectfully inti mate that their New Prospectus is now ready. 9 hey especially recommend their improved Family Tea, reduced to 3s. 2d. ; Souchomr, reduced to 3s. ed. ; mixed Assam, rp cluced to 3s. Bd. ; and the finest Assam, reduced from 4s. 4d. to 3s. lid. per lb. 3100 RE BROTHERS, 33, London-bridge, City, E.C. PECTACLES.—The Patent Newly-invented Tinted Spectacles are patronised by the maj.wity of the Nobility, ineludinz Viscount Palmerston. They afford extra ordinary re•ief to weak, dim, and detective vision.—S. and B SOLOMON S, Opticians, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. THE LAUNDRESSES to her bit e NlRiestv Queen Adelaide say, that " BRIGGS' AUSTRALIAN S I'ARCEI needs but to be tried to be approved " Sole Wholesale Agent, Harper Twelvetrees, Bromley-by:Bow, London, E. IiEATING'S PERSIAN INSECT DESTROY ING, POWDER, for which a Prize Medal was awarded to the Producer at the International Exhibition, 1862, This Powder is quite harmless to animal life, but is un rivalled in destroying Fleas. Bugs, Flies, Cockroaches. Beetles, Gnats, Mosquitos, moths in furs, and every other species of Insect. Sportsmen will find this an invaluable remedy for destroy ing Fleas in their Dogs, as also Ladies for their Pet Dogs. Being the original importer of this now invaluable article, which has found so great a sale that it has tempted others to vend a so-called article, the pubic are therefore cautioned to observe thai the packets of the Genuine Powder bear the autograph of THOMAS HEATING. Sold in packets, Is., is. 6d., and 4s. 6d. each, or post free for 1 t or 36 postage stamps, by Thomas Keating, chemist, 79, St. P. ul's-churchyara, London, E.C. FAGE'S BRICK, TILE, AND PIPE MACTIINE';, for hand, horse, or steam nower, are the most simple and efficient extant. —Full particulars and prices obtained of the makers, E. Page and Co., Laurence Pountney place, Laurence Pountney-hill, Cannon-street, E.C., where they may be seen in operation daily. MONEY PROMPTLY ADVANCED by a Private Gentleman upon FURNITURE (without removal). Leasehold and Freehold Property, or Reversions, &e., in sums from £2O to £500.-111r. Howard, 18, Queen street, Cheapside. ARMY CONTRACTS. Commissariat Office, Aldershot, 2d September, 1863. TENDERS will be received at this office, until noon, on WEDNESDAY, the 30th September, 180, from persons who may be willing to enter into Contract for the supply of FORAGE, in such quantities as may be required, from Ist November, 1863, to 3 , st October, 1861, for the use of Tier Majesty's Forces stationed at Aldershot Camp, and within the com mand. ----- Forms of Tender and Conditions of Contract may be ob tained on apnlication at this office, by letter or in person, between the hours of ten and four o'clock. - - The Tenders must be properly filled up and signed, and delivered at this office (under closed envelope, marked on the outside " Tender for Forage"), and no Tender will be noticed unless made on forms obtained from this office, and delivered by the hour appointed. HENRY B. MORSE, Deputy Comm is s ary- G en eral. CELEBRATION of the TERCENTENARY of the BIRTH of SHA.KSPEARE, 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 Ter cen t enary C omm i t t ee , a t the Stourbridge and Kidderminster or Warwick and Leamington Banks, Stratford-upon-Avon ; Messrs. Greenway, smith, and Greenway, Warwick ; or their London agents , Messrs. Smith, Payne. and Co , Messrs Hanburys and Co., or Messrs. Glyn and Co , bankers, London. The Tercentenary Committee, in submitting the subscrip tion list to the nation, most earnestly appeal to the adm irers o f Shakspeare for their a id 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 hme, the town he luved, and wh ere he lived and died. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road , in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern ro ' sn-er—T"hse QUEEN. wayßail- Terminus, President —The a t lriiang Duke of BU CCLEUCH, R. G. t Treasurer—Edward Masterman, Esq. This was the first hospital to introduce the principle of free and instant admission to the destitute sick, without the wards metropolis, ave r y large for mality of eovernors' letters. It is entirely devoted to desti tution in its most pitiable form— viz., that which is accom panied by sickness and disease, and is now of sufficient magnitude that, with adequate support, it may be rendered capable of ad sickinicattle It requires but the proportion of funds in order to have 500 beds available for the reception of these the most wretched of our fellow-creatures. Moreover, o tt f in t ga i n g to re i a t t s it gratuitously affords medical advice and medicine to more, on the average, than 3,000 out-patients a week. The Weekly Board feel it their imperative duty to make an EARNEST APPEAL to the public for continued support, to enable them to admit and relieve the distressing cases that daily present themselves. Contributions are received by the Treasurer, Edward Masterman, Esq. Nicholas -l a ne; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co. ; Drummond' and Co.;Berries and Co. ; Ra nsom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co.;C Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Glyn and Co. ; Jones Lovd and C o. ; Barcla y and Co. ; D enison and Co. ; w Iliarns;Deacon, and Co. ; Overend, Gurney, an d Co. ; Nisbet and Co. ; Messrs. J. Barned and Co., Liverpool and at the Hospital. STANFORD S. SMITH Secretary, R OYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION anoorpGrated by Royal Charter). PATnowEss—ller Most Gracious Majesty the Queen. PREsinnnT—Viee-Admiral the Duke of Northumberland, _..._..., CrrAtrtAtAlq—• Tbos Baring, Esq., M.P., F.R.S., V.P. „„ DEpUTY-CHAIRMAN — Tn A o r n i T E s AL. Chapman, Esq., E.R.S., V.P. have ß to state that, since Royal National Lifeboat h T e h b e e4 C in om ni m ,w it o te f e tß of e y Dlaearaigmeom, e t il l t e Institution has expended :C32,000 on various Lifeboat Estab lishments on the Coasts of Ety-oand, Scotland, and Treland. The number of lives saved by the Lite-boats of the Society, and other means, since its formation, is 12,800: I or . which services 82 Gold Medals, 718 Silver Medals, and X ti l o fi n ,4B l, o m in al ea so sh e,, l= d l e nn 67 pa ooo id in rewards . The Institu- Transporfni-r-cart iages, and Boat- o houses. e British public during the past few Years, -boats, Life-boat The Committee desire to express their grateful sense of the generous support which they have received from the has en them to establish their resent am9a'gTni3ilnicretnivtitreceiti of 123 Lifeboats on the shores of the United Kingdom. Deeply sensible, however, of the great respo ns ibility that re sts on them to mai n t a i n their fleet in a thoroughly efficient state, and its Crews practised in the management of their boats, which can only be effected by a large and permanent annual income, they earnestly appeal to all classes of their co untrymen to aid them in upholdi ng an d p er petuating so gre at and truly national a work. The Committee gratefully acknowledge the following con tributions:— x s. d Her Majesty the Queen •• •• .. annual 50 0 0 Campbell, the Iron. Mrs. G. .• • • . , annual 5 0 0 Clerk. Colonel , B.A. .. .. .. .. annual 1 1 0 Coutts and Co., Messrs., Bankers .. .. annual 10 0 0 Currie, Wm. Esq., • • • • .• .. 4th don.lo 0 0 Vice-Admiral 2d don. 25 0 0 Erle, Lord Chief' Justice .. • • .. don. 10 10 0 Esq., cost of a Lifeboat and Tran- F F a en u l s il w , e• G. .T.. sportino - CarriaLre • • . • • • • • • . 250 0 0 Harvey, Rev. G. G. and 31rs. .• .. don. 30 0 Martin, Sir Henry, Bart. .. • • .. 7th don. 10 0 0 Moore, Rev. G. B. • • • • • • • • don. 15 15 0 Smith, Mrs. George, Greenw ich .• • • • • 30 0 Thomas, Col. Sir Anthony , 1C.C.8. .. .. annual 20 0 aorn.s, Lady, Weston-super-Mare, collected by her Percival, d v x Ladyship .• • • • . .. 16 16 0 ,1111 a; Strand Willoughby d'Ere . s . by, Lord .. .. .. annual 50 0 Donations and Annual Su'scriptions will be thankfully re- Ci and o i c.a t n h d e l CO., k 7k e i, r s i, n o ni t b t a h r e d l . , t , i t s r t e i e t t u ; t l 3 o i n e , a s3rlae.ssrs. Coutts and Willie, James's-street, London ; by a 1 the Collectors of Customs ; Messrs. llerries, Farquhar, and Co., 16, St. joh a - sa n t rkezerteswAii a n d. the ilp,,Ba ll . , n La t o t tn e da theol C n i , n ol g• i d ffi l e n e : ; :if ft n t d he b by the li sti t ut Secretary i9n , 3i , , e 1 c -- _.,?--• ..,, ' .. . . •e". , ..1... , . . icitr4.- • - . - ~.,*•Si)),,,:l');ol.k'-iaio,l,-‘1,1: , . ,:: ; ~..., ~. . - •"'... .:::': : :. . 7 to, • -,.. ' - 4- k• .e. 4 I / , . . oxv, _ ~.,,,,,, ‘, \•,,, , r-;, , ,-- _p... A , P- 4 - --"-- ' ' ,‘., - 1 40 -: '4'l7 141°/ ' 1 . •.. ~ . "" - j.iti.,. , # k.i' ,, ,,,„•'- ' -J. ''''''' . ~ N''' -f .6 'fi g* ',-' kki r " . 13,...d l' . . Q. - T3I •M. , . iii '. . .• " . . -;'' , Y.,,•.," ~ P ' = : — e l' , • ir , ~ .,_....11k . . . :', V - '`'.•lo ' ). c, -`• , i' ,l ' 1,-, , ,-tat,,, .. . . • .. , ...,48. A • .0 ... , ..... ' , .. , • I • - 111111 . : . r ;4 . ''. • , ~... ' f 4. ' , 7 : , W 4 7 . ' 1 ~, -- ' • - ' V:. '. ' t. , :' , ..'- - " ,- ;- '', • . • ' , , : • . , ..,. ..„. ~. - _.... ~, 1 -1 ,1.71 . I 1 -4 -, 'le s „ . - r 4.1.1 ' ' 1 4.0 - • ' e'.4 -DU OIT• ''' • or Are . • .., ‘ ,•, 1 1„ . 1 4:. „....... ,17,,, , , „ 4 , , , TAE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 5, • 1863. THE SHEFFIELD CUTLERS' FEAST. fulness and duo humility to the Giver of all good for the blessings which we as a country enjoy. (Hear.) As to foreign politics, we have endeavoured to preserve the peace of the world, and not to undertake any Quixotic crusade for the liberties of other countries—(hear)—have given our moral support to all who aro struggling for freedom—(ap plause)—and in the great civil contest which is waging at the other side of the Atlantic, we have, I think, performed our duty by preserving a strict neutrality. (Cheers.) I should have been glad to have said no more, but, after the observations of Mr. Dunn, I cannot help referring to that department over which I have the honour to preside. (Hoar.) I concur in what Mr. Dunn has said, and bear out the truth of his observations. I have now, for the second time, become connected with the Administration of India. (Hear.) I must say that the power of this country in India seems to me to be something miraculous. No man would have believed, four or five years ago, that the energy of a few Englishmen could have suppressed that most formid able mutiny, which nearly desolated the country from one end to the other. Undaunted by numbers—standing almost alone—no man, no woman quailed, and in the end they triumphed over the mutiny in the most splendid manner. (Applause,) Since that time tranquillity has been restored, the country has attained a degree of prosperity which it never enjoyed before, and the whole of its institutions have been revised. (Hear.) I do not wish to take more credit to myself than is my due, but since I have been at the office which I now hold the government of the country has been recast, natives admitted into the administration— (hear)—the judicature has been revised ; the penal code, civil proceedings, the army, and the navy have all been re modelled—(hear)—and I hardly know a point in which administrative improvement was required in which we have not done that which was best, and which has met with the approbation of Parliament at home, and the approval of the great masses of the population of India. (Cheers.) We are performing our mission to that country in govern ing it for the benefit of the great masses of the people there, and in the welfare of the people of India we shall not only derive the best pecuniary reward, but we shall have per formed, I hope, that great mission to which we have been called, of improving and civilising the largest population which at present exists under the rule of any one sove reign. (Cheers.) Mr. Alderman JACKSON proposed q The healths of Sir J. W. Ramsden and Sir J. Crossley, the members for the West Riding." (Hear.) Take the nearest country to us—there is no liberty there ; while we are free to say and to do what we like, so that we injure no man. (Hear.) Austria is in the very throes of establishing a constitutional government. We have gone through that difficulty ourselves; she is now in the very heart and midst of that great attempt. (Hear.) Prussia is under the control of one who—it would be a great mercy to his people if he were to be [after a short pause] relieved of the trouble of government. (Hear, and laugh ter.) Russia is in the very throes of a revolution. And if we stretch our view across the sea, to our friends, as we call them, to our descendants, as we know them—(hear)—what is there to be seen ? Liberty gone ;no man able to say that his soul is his oven—(hear, hear, and oh, oh)—compelled to do the commands of two or three men at Washington— (cries of "Shame," and " Despotism")—creat;ng misery throughout the world. (Hear.) Now we here, sir, enjoy freedom such as mankind has never before known. We are well governed; every man before the law is equal. The poorest man in the country before the law is equal to the greatest man among us. (Cheers.) Now, sir, for all this, we are not altogether indebted to our Government. (Hear.) There are in the people themselves, a prudence, knowledge, and virtue that have vindicated for themselves the great power which they possess. I acknowledge, sir, that the rulers have very often paid deference to public opinion, that they have yielded to public opinion when it has been too strong for them. At the present moment I feel very much tempted to talk—but I wont talk. (Go on, and hear, hear.) I feel that there are things which press upon us here, that we in this town shall know of before 12 months are gone over our heads ; and I would ask any right honourable friend (Sir Charles Wood) to bear in mind what I am about to say. There has been one great symptom of politi cal advancement in the people of this country. They have suffered a calamity such as hardly ever was thrown upon any country before. How have they borne it ? Quietly and with patience. They have not turned round upon the employer; they have not turned round upon the Govern ment. And why ? Because political knowledge has reached them, and they know that neither their governors nor their employers were answerable for the mischiefs of which they complained. (Hear.) But let my right hon. friend (Sir C. Wood) recollect that that knowledge and that feeling will not very much longer continue. They will ask themselves if they could not have been relieved from the sufferings that they will have to bear; and if they could, then the blame of the miseries which they suffer will be visited upon the heads of those who have created them. Let my right hon. friend bear this in mind. Sir, I won't go further. I have trodden now upon very dangerous ground. (Mr. Dunn and others—Hear, hear.) I know my friend Mr. Dunn. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) If I had been terrified in that way, great things would not have been done that have been done. (Hear.) If my countrymen had been alarmed in that fashion we should not have been in the proud position we now occupy. (Cheers.) Therefore I say, sir, I thank you most heartily on behalf of my colleague and myself for the way in which you have received the toast, and for the great honour you have done us in drinking it. Sir C. goon --Mr. Master Cutler, ray Lord, and Gentle men—l have obtained leave to propose a toast, without which no assemblage of English gentlemen would willingly separate. It is a toast which will be drunk gladly by an assemblage among whom I see so many of that noble pro. fession who are renowned for their gallantry in arms no less than for the devotion which they cherish towards the ladies. Not that I believe that the toast will be less willingly drunk by the civilians whom I see around me. (Hear, hear.) Indeed, I augur from what I have heard to-night that the ladies of Sheffield are not less deserving of the compliment we are about to pay them than the gentle men of Sheffield are assidious and enterprising in their attentions. It seems to me that the trade of Sheffield has undergone a great change of late. The town used to be cele brated for weapons of offensive warware ; now it seems to have entirely taken the defensive line. The mayor does nothing but provide defensive armour for the waists of our ships, and the Master Cutler tells me I don't know how much steel he furnishes for defensive armour for the waists of the ladies. (Laughter.) I suppose that that mode of de fensive armour was invented here because the charms of the ladies were irresistible, and the gentlemen were too enter prising to be withstood without some such defence. (Loud laughter, and Oh, oh.) I entirely agree with all that yoir worthy neighbour said on this subject, that it is most de sirable that those defensive measures should be somewhat diminished. (Oh, oh.) I don't mean to say should be ren dered less effective for the purpose for which they were invented—(laughter)—but I believe the ladies could be . rendered quite as safe and less inconvenient to their neigh bours. (Renewed laughter.) I have not the pleasure of the acquaintance of many of the ladies of Sheffield, but I am sure their charms are such as to induce you to drink with the greatest goodwill "The health of Mrs. Jessop, the wife of the Master Cutler, and the ladies of Sheffield. The toast was drunk with all the honours. Several other toasts were proposed, and the company separated about 10 o'clock. SHEFFIELD, Friday. The annual feast of the Cutlers' Company of Hallamshire was given at the Cutlers'-hall yesterday evening, by Mr. Thomas J.:ssop (of the firm of Wm. Jessop and Sons, steel manufacturers), the newly-elected Master Cutler. The feast, as usual, was most sumptuous, and the hall was crowded with guests. T he Master Cutler presided, the principal guests being Lord Wharncliffe, Sir Charles Wood ( S ecre tary of State for India) , Sir J. W. Ramsden, M.P., Mr. Roebuck, M.P. , Mr. Remin g ton Mills, M.P., the Hon. Francis S. Wortley, Sir T. W. White, Mr. Dunnage (the Master Cutler of London), the Mayors of Sheffield, Leeds, and Doncaster, &c. _ _ . Atter the loyal toasts had been duly honoured the MAS TER CUTLER proposed " The Army, Navy, and Volunteers," tae toast being acknowledged by Major WHITE on behalf of the army and navy. Lord WHARNCLIFFE, in responding on behalf of the Volunteers, said—lf the necessity should ever arise, which God forbid—for calling out the volunteers, not only will the volunteers of the coast districts offer their services; we who are in the inland parts of the empire, and positively free from any chance of disturbance in our own districts, should, on the first call to arms, rush to the assistance of our fellow• countrymen. We should be followed, I doubt not, by every man whose name is upon our roll, and shall not, like many of our friends on the other side of the Atlantic, " skedaddle" in the day of battle. (Cheers.) Lord WHARNCLIFFE next proposed "The health of the Master Cutler." (Cheers.) The MASTER CUTLER, in responding, referred to the re cent extension of the Cutlers' Company by obtaining a new act embracing steel manufacturers and some other trades, not previously included. Many manufacturers previously excluded had joined the company under the new act, but he was the first of them who had had the honour of being elected Master Cutler. (Cheers.) He was satisfied that the new act would add greatly to the usefulness and pros • perity of the Cutlers' Company. (Cheers.) The toast of "The Neighbouring Nobility" having been next given and acknowledged by Lord Wharncliffe, Mr. T. DUNN, who was received with prolonged cheer ing, said,—The toast which you have called upon me to pro pose is, so far as I am aware—and I am not a novice at the festivities of this hall—quite unprecedented. Ido not recol lect that previous to this occasion the toast of " Her Ma jesty's Ministers" has been given at the dinner of the Cut lers' Company. Sir, I am well aware of the rule which from time immemorial has been adopted, and in the main carried out, on these occasions, of excluding party politics. That is a wise and a just rule. We meet here not as members of any political party, but as members or all political parties, and members of one great mercantile town. I infer, there fore, that this toast has been put on the list to•-night in honour of Sir C. Wood, who has attended this meeting as one of her Majesty's Ministers. (Cheers.) Sir Charles is a good Yorkshireman—(hear, hear) —and I may say without (silence, speaking merely personally, a good Whig. (Hear, laughter, and some cries of "No party politics.") lam speaking to the toast of her Majesty's Ministers, and 1 con fess it is most difficult to steer clear of questions of party politics, but I will on that point say no more than this— that whether the Ministry be of one class or the other, I believe that in our own time, or within the last 30 years, they have in the main had at heart the welfare of the coun try. (Cheers.) I believe they have sincerely endeavoured to carry out at home those principles which should lead to the prosperity of the country, and abroad I believe they have, with equal sincerity, endeavoured to carry out those prin ciples which should render this country honoured, respected beloved, and, if need be—though we should regret such necessity—feared. (Hear, hear.) No doubt, sir, we differ as to the best means of carrying out these principles. I do not say, and gentlemen here know me too well to be lieve me if I did say, that I believe all Ministers have car ried out these princi2les on the best plan. But I believe that for the last 30 years they have honestly endeavoured to promote the prosperity of the country on principles and in a manner they believed to be the best. (Hear.) But confining myself a little to what I conceive to have been the reason for placing this toast on the list, let me restrict my observations to the office held by Sir Charles Wood. If I was asked to point out an office in which the wealth, the power, the good feeling, the morality—nay more, the Chris tianity of this country could be exercised with most effect, I should point to the office of Secretary of State for India. That country was civilised when we were in the depths of barbarism, but we now call it in some degree uncivilised, and so it is, and I fear I might be right if I were to say that such civilisation as it has is one of the great hindrances to what we believe to be the proper civilisation. Here is a country of countless myriads of different faith, oppressed for ages, a country with a language, with literature, with laws, with institutions at a time when we had none, except per haps a barbarous kind of semi-language. Fate, to use a common term—Providence, as I would rather say— brought us English to this country some hundred years ago. A few British merchants settled there, and what do we now see ? We see the whole of that immense peninsula, with its hun dreds of millions of people, subjected to British rule. We have seen 100, or I scarcely know how few men, trained to the British system of warfare, and commanded by British officers, doing wonders. And we have seen the revolt of these men. Then we sent a few red coats—a " thin red line," losing no heart, using no bombastic language, eaying in their hearts and with their tongues " We are few, but if we give way what will they say of us in England ?" We saw the Outrams and the llavelocks, men worthy to be named with the Olives and the Hastings and the Wellesleys, serve the country. We are again masters of India, and now we see Sir Chas. Wood Minister of that country ; the troops being, not the troops of a mercantile body, nor the agents of a trading company, but the troops and the agents of what we call her Majesty's Government, the agents of the great • power of this country, Now, I know no position in which it is possible for a man to distinguish himself more than in the administration of that country. Its difficulties—ah I who can even attempt to estimate them ? Great they are, because they are difficulties connected with a certain state_ of civilisation—great because they are connected with a religion which makes falsehood and trickery a part of its system. Over this people Providence has placed us; there we have a work to perform ; that work has been begun. Five years ago who dare have whispered even in his own heart that India would have become in this time the country which we now see it—self-supporting, paying its way, making its roads, its railways, and its laws, and offering to the natives a share in the administration ? We see all this, and I doubt not that England, going on with this work, will achieve one of the greatest triumphs that have been achieved in modern times, and will bring India not only within the pale of what we believe to be real civilisation, but within the pale of what we believe to be necessary to all real civilisa• tion—the pale of Christianity. (Cheers.) Sir JOHN RAMSDEN, who was received with applause, desired to be allowed, in the first place, to return thanks on behalf of his hon. colleague end himself for the honour done them. However little it might be in his power to deserve all the kindness which they never failed to show him, he trusted, at least, that he might never have reason to reproach himself that by any act of his had it been diminished. The remark was often made that the late session of Parliament had been barren of results, because, contrasted with former years, no great measures had been passed. Some people always seemed inclined to assume that the relations of Parliament to the country were those of an over-indulgent master to en over-idle servant. It was unnecessary for him, as their representative, to vindi cate the House of Commons from any such mis-coustruc tion ; but, so far from believing that at the present time the House of Commons could be guilty of neglect of duty, he would even be so bold as to say that he believed there never was a time when it was more true to its representative iunctions than during the last two years of quiet. (Hear, hear.) If, indeed, there were no difference between Parliament and the country ; if public opinion had de manded any change, and Parliament had given no response to that demand; if any great measure could be shown upon which the opinion of the country had been pro nounced in a clear and unmistakable manner, but upon which no legislative action had followed, then there would be indeed just grounds of reproach. But, he would ask, could this be alleged now ? No. To what, then, could they attribute the state of calm which had now existed for so long a time ? Was it true that the country had gone torpid or apathetic ? Could they believe that in an ago like this—when education was being every day more diffused--when hardly a day passed without bringing to light some new truth of political or eco nomic science—could they believe that people like ours—so keenly alive to everything passing in other and distant parts of the globe—could be struck with apathy and indifference upon those domestic questions respecting which they had until now ever been so clamorous and vigilant ? They knew, however, that indifference was not a characteristic of the present age. Experience had shown them that great benefits had arisen from those reforms already alluded to by Sir C. Wood. They had been so universally acknowledged, that at the present time, without any distinction of party, we might truly call ourselves a nation of reformers, who were earnestly and unanimously desirous of removing every abuse. What could be the cause of this calm ? What but profound contentment and wide-spread prosperity ? The influence of perfect freedom and equal laws becoming dif fused throughout every class of society; ought they to re gret the calm which sprung from so happy a source as that? Or could it be said it argued fickleness on their part, or dis loyalty to their ancient principles on the part of the people, that no great measures of change were called for ?ilWas not that calm the most conclusive proof of the reasonableness of their policy? If the people were not clamorous for change, was it not a proof that the changes already made had been so vast and beneficial that the desire for change had of ne cessity become to some extent exhausted ? So much having al eady been done, there remained of necessity less to do. Prosperity might have produced contentment and caution, but contentment or caution was not indifference. They might be sure that improvements would be as welcome as ever—that they would be as resolutely demanded as ever, but perhaps more deliberately weighed and carefully consi dered by a people who have now learned that there is wis dom in forbearance as well as wisdom in action—(cheers) — and who are determined not to encourage the introduction of any change until that change has proved itself in their convictions to be a real improvement. But if our apparent inactivity in domestic legislation were no proof of indiffer ence, could it be said that because they refused to meddle in affairs of foreign nations that therefore they took no interest in the great events passing in other quarters of the world ? Could it be said that we viewed without interest that most moral and to Englishmen most gratifying event—that as sembly of princes convened together, summoned by the ruler of that empire which in times past had been regarded as the fountain of all European reaction and obstruction, and that those princes were doing nothing less than considering a reform bill for Germany. But they would experience feel ings far different when they turned to that disastrous civil war now raging in the Northern States of America, He feared that that war, so far from promising to come to a speedy end, seemed to gather strength and ferocity every day it continued, until at last they had before them the fearful spectacle that, as the white population was becoming exhausted, men who professed themselves Christians and brethren were arming negroes to carry out that vengeance which they desired to wreak upon their own kindred. (In terrupticn.) Whatever their opinions might be upon the merits of that war, he was free to confess that he had very strong opinions, as he doubted not most of those ho ad dressed had of their own, although that was not the proper opportunity of discussing them. Still he thought they must all join in a common desire that peace might be restored. (Cheers.) We had the greatest cause:not only for gratitude, but for wonder, in the proof we have just had that, while our best market had for the last two years been entirely closed against us, when the raw material of our most impor tant manufacture had been cut off,that still the mightyfabric of our prosperity remained unshakened ; that our commerce had not been impaired; that our finances had not been de ranged; and specially, that they must be glad to know that those great articles of consumption by which they were wont to test the prosperity of our manufacturing classes were consumed as largely as ever. And if anything were wanted to complete this happy picture of peace abroad and content ment at home, there was never a time when this country was more powerful abroad, or when its opinion weighed in the councils of Europe with greater power or strength. (Cheers.) Again thanking them for the honour they had done him, the tight hon. gentleman sat down amid loud cheers. The Confederate Steamer Florida at Brest. A correspondent in a contemporary says—Arriving in Brest the day before yesterday by way of Quimper and Chateaulin, the first thing I heard on getting on board the steamer which navigates the picturesque little river Elora from the latter place to Brest was the arrival of the Confederate States' cruiser Florida, and on crossing the glorious Rade de Brest for the mouth of the harbour I had no difficulty in making out this now celebrated vessel as she lay at anchor among some of the giants of the French navy—a long, low, black, rakish-looking craft, not over-smart in appearance, yet useful every inch of her—a pigmy among these monsters, and yet a formidable pigmy, even to the unpractised eye, the Palmetto flag flying proudly from her mizen. We happened to have a French Vice-Admiral, a liussian Vice-Admiral, and a senator of the Empire on board, and you may imagine there was an infinity of gossip, but no reliable nformation. When we landed at the Cale in the harbour, the crowd which usually assembles to welcome or pester new comers was full of "La Floride":and.her doings. Elle a," cried an enthusiastic commissionnaire to me, " elle a, Monsieur, je vous assure sur ma parole d'honneur, pour deux millions de livres sterling a bord, tout en or, je vous assure." " Eh mon Dieu ; c'est beaucoup I" cried a smart little mousse from the Turenne. I could not help agreeing with the mousse that the sum named was certainly a great deal. That evening (aided by my fellow-traveller, Mr. Henry Tupper, Vice-Consul of France in Guernsey and one of the jurats of that island), I found some of the officers of the Florida at the Hotel de Nantes (Rue d'Aiguillon). Lieu tenant Lingard Hoole (a young man who apparently did not number more than three-and-twenty years) received us courteously, and gave us his card to assure us admission on board. He stated, however, that his superior officer, Capt. Maffitt, was generally to be found on board his vessel, and would be glad to see us. The frankness, courtesy, and total absence of boasting manifested by this young officer, impressed us most favourably. All next day it blew a gale of wind in the Rade, and wo could not find a boat to venture out. To-day, however, the wind was most propitious, and early morning found us alongside the Florida. We sent our cards to Capt. Maffitt, and were immediately admitted on board, the captain him self coming to the top of the companion to receive us. Directly Captain Matt understood we were British sub jects he invited us below to his little cabin, and when I told him that there were many people in England who regarded his career with great interest he entered very freely into a recital of his adventures. Sir C. Woo D—l should be the most insensible of men if I did not deeply feel the kind manner in which my old friend Mr. Dunn has proposed the toast of my health in connection with her Majesty's Ministers, but still more the kind man ner in which you, to most of whom I am necessarily a stranger, have received it. On my behalf, and on behalf of my colleagues, I return you my best thanks for the honour which you have done us, believing that, in no patty spirit, a large and intelligent community like this will give its sup port to whatever Ministry is in power, provided that Minis try does its duty. (Cheers.) I have a somewhat difficult task imposed upon me, for I am to avoid politics, and yet to speak of a political body—(laughter) —a body which exists only as a political one. Fortunately for me, in looking back at the events of last session, I am able to say that party politics can hardly be discovered ; that tho course her Ma jesty's Ministers have felt it their duty to pursue has received the general approbation of the House of Commons, and, as far as I can judge, the House of Commons faithfully represents the opinions of the people of England. We are sometimes reproached for having done little, but the truth is we have approached a time when there is a lull, when the time of great measures has passed. My hon. friend referred to a date—some thirty years ago— which calls to my recollection the last time I had the honour of appearing before a Sheffield audience, when the country was in the throes of the agitation for reform. (Hear, hear.) It is net for the want of most hospitable invitations that I have not been hero since that time, but unfortunate circum stances have prevented my presence on many such festive occasions. However, when we look back to the measures which have been carried since that time—when we remem ber the fact that every department of the Government, every institution of the country, has undergone a searching in quiry and a general improvement, it is not surprising that at this day there are no great measures to press. Dr. Dunn has said, and I entirely concur with him, that the measures which have been carried have not been due to one Adminis tration or to one party alone—(hear, hear)—but each suc cessive Administration, as it came into power, has done its best to improve the institutions and departments of the country. (Loud applause.) The truth is, that there is a power prevalent in this country greater than the power of the Ad ministration—the power of enlightened public opinion, which sometimes encourages, sometimes retards, but in the end guides the course of public affairs. (Cheers). Public opinion is aided by a free and intelligent press—(hear, hear) —and it is ultimately decisive as to the course to be pursued in public events. (Hear.) The administration of affairs is generally carried on in conformity with the wishes of the great msjority of the country, and putting reason aside, the instinct of a great nation always leads to what is right. r ( a ll i s e e a d r , eto a a r. s t ) a t T e h o e f r e p s o u l t t o c a f l all c o t is, n h s n tm that ent a t n h country prosp er prosperity which is perfectly:unexampled, and which is hardly effected even by the sad calamity which has befallen our neighbours in a sister country. We have been enabled to look with considerable pride at the happy and contented state of this country, so different to some other nations, which are now experiencing the dreadful effects of a civil war, and struggling for liberty. We may, I think, leek with thank- I will here subjoin a copy of some notes which Captain Maffitt subsequently handed to me relative to the career of the Florida. promising, at the same time, a continuation, which has not yet arrived. They are as follows : "The Confederate States' steamer Florida, Commander J. N. Maffitt—This steamer was built in Liverpool and sent to Nassau in April, 1862 ; was put in the Admiralty Court ; cleared on the 6th of August, when her present commander took charge with some 18 men, went to sea, met her tender, and received guns, dee. On the 16th of August the yellow fever appeared on board, and Captain Maffitt had to perform surgeon's duty, until necessity forced the vessel into Car duces. There she lost nearly all her crew, her paymaster, and third engineer. She ran the blockade off Havannah in and out, and on the 4th of September appeared off Mobile. The entire blockading fleet put after her. Captain Markt was brought up from a bed of sickness (yellow fever) to take her in. For two hours and forty-eight minutes she was under a close fire. All the crow were sent below, and the officers only remained on deck, for she had but 11 men on duty, and her guns were not furnished with rammers, quoins, beds, or rights ; in fact, she was almost helpless. Three heavy shots struck her hull. One shell struck her amidships and passed through, killing one man and wound ing seven. Her standing rigging was shot away, and some 1,500 shrapnel shot struck her hull and masts." So far the notes which Captain Maffitt has as yet found time to send me. Of the captain himself I may say that he is a slight, middle-sized, well-knit man, of about 42 ; a merry-looking man, with a ready, determined air, full of life and business; apparently the sort of man who is equally ready for a fight or a jollification, and whose prefer ence for the latter would by no means interfere with his creditable conduct of the former. his plainly furnished little state-room looked as business-like as a merchant's office. The round table in the centre was strewn with books and innumerable manuscripts, and on the shelves were for midable looking rows of account books, charts, ST. I may observe of the cabin, as of every part of the Florida, that none of it appears to have been built for ornament—all for use. "You see," said the captain, pointing to the heaps of papers, letters on files, account books, &c., which literally littered the table, " you see I've no sinecure of it. Since my paymaster died, I've had to be my own paymaster. There's a young MAD, named Davis (no relation tp our Fre- In responding to the " llealth of the Borough Members,' Mr, J. A. RornucK, M.P., was received with cheers, which were again and again repeated, and some time elapsed before he could proceed. At length, the applause having subsided, the hon. gentleman said,—lt is my duty to return thanks fur the toast which you have just so cordially drunk. For the absence of my colleague I can only grieve, and ex press ray sorrow for the event, and more especially for the cause of it. Sickness in his house has prevented him from being here : and he has told me that the real misery of those whom he loves would have made it a matter irksome and miserable to - himself to have been feasting hero. Therefore I am sure you will excuse his absence, and grieve for it and for its came, as I do. (Hear, hear.) Now, sir, on behalf of myself, I beg to return you and the gentlemen present my most humble thanks for the kindness with which th-y have received the mention of my name. Sir, there was a phrase of the old Napoleon which I have often thought a very wise one, which has been called to my mind on the present occasion—namely that it is a very unwise thing to wash one's dirty linen in public. (Hear, hear, and laugh ter.) Therefore, sir, I will content myself with this expres sion, that I hope that long service —faithful service—(bear, hear)—will be no disadvantage—(cheers) —and that the best way to retain confidence is to deserve it. (Applause.) Here, sir, I might end, but still upon an occasion like this I should not like to cud without making one or two obser vations upon the present state in which we find ourselves —(hear, hear)—and more especially as I have at my right hand one of the great rulers of this country. Sir, it must be obvious to any one that we in England are pecu liarly favoured at the presmt time. When we compare our position with any of the great Powers of Europe, we have every reason to congratulate ourselves upon our position, ~~~~ PRICE..... ...4d. STAMPED ....Ed. sideut), who does paymaster's duty—but he's not yet quite up to the work.- Capt. Maffitt forthwith began an animated recital of his career and adventures. He is 42 years old, and is the oldest officer on board. All the officera were born in the Confede rate States, and most of them were officers in the United States Navy before the outbreak of the war. The oldest officer is not more than 23. Tho men aro not more mixed. There aro 100 able seamen on board the Florida, and about 13 offieers. Four fine fellows are from the neighbourhood of Brest. Captain Maffitt says ho has already never taken a prize but some of the crew of the prize have come forward to say, " Should like to serve with you, sir." Generally speaking, he has to refuse—but if he sees a very likely fel low he takes him on. Captain l'Slaffitt was a lieutenant of the United States Navy before the outbreak, and in that' capacity distin guished himself greatly. In 1858 he commanded the brig Dolphin, when he captured the slaver Echo with 400 slaves on board, and took her into Charleston. For this feat his health was drunk at a public dinner at Liverpool ; and it is a curious fact, for those who maintain that the civil war in America is founded upon the slave question, that the com mander of this important Confederate cruiser should be the very man who has distinguished himself actively against the slave trade. In 1859 Captain Maffitt commanded the United States steamer Crusader, and captured four slavers. The captain had a great deal to say about his successful feat at Mobile, In his opinion it has been the greatest naval feat of modern times. He dwelt long and warmly upon the incidents of the affair, and pointed proudly to the marks of shrapnel, which are numerous enough, upon the masts and smoke stacks. The Florida was struck with three heavy shots on that occasion, and one can easily perceive in the side of the ship where the mischief caused by the 11-inch shell has been repaired. The Florida made no endeavour to reply to the fire which she received, the sea running too high to admit of steady aim, and her small crew being too much occupied in the management of the ship. The captain showed us a water colour sketch (very well drawn by one of the midshipmen) of the Florida running the blockade. It would not have disgraced a professional artist. The only broadside which the Florida has fired in anger was against the Ericsson, an armed merchantman, which she encountered 40 miles from New York. The Ericsson, a very large vessel, did not reply, but made the best of her way off, and succeeding in escaping. When they ventured within 40 miles of New York they did not know that the arrival of the Taconay (one of the "outfits") had put the New Yorkers on their guard, and they soon found that there were about 70 armed vessels out searching for them, and so were glad to retreat. " We never seek a fight," said Captain Maffitt, " and we don't avoid one. You see we've only two vessels against 1,500, so we should stand a poor chance. Our object is merely to destroy their commerce, so as to bring about a peace. We've taken altogether 72 prizes,and estimate the value at about 15,000,000 dole. The Jacob Bell alone was worth 2,100,000 dols." The captain exhibited a book, in which all the prizes were regularly en • tered and all particulars relating thereto. He explained that their mode of procedure was to burn and destroy the property of the Northern States wherever they found it. I asked if they took gold and precious articles, and the reply was, "Pretty quick, when we get them." The papers of the burnt prizes are all kept and a valuation is made before the destruction of the vessels, in the expectation that when peace is restored the Confederate Government will make an appropriation of money equivalent to the claims of the cap tors. In consequence of this arrangement there is very little actual treasare on board the Florida, and the officers and crew are working mainly on the faith of the future inde pendence and solvency of the Confederacy. " Any wan ° said Captain Moffitt, "we have cost the Government very little, for we've lived on the enemy. Oh, yes, we've served them out beautifully." In reply to some questions as to the method of capture, the captain said, "Wo only make war with the United States Government, and we re spect little property. IV e treat prisoners of war with the greatest respect. Most of those whom we have captured have spoken well of us. To be sure we have met with some ungrateful rascals ; but you meet with those all the world over. The last prize we took was the Anglo-Saxon, which we took in the English Channel the other day, in mid channel, about 60 miles from Cork. She had coal on board, and we burnt her. The pilot was a saucy fellow, and maintained that he was on his piloting ground. He in sisted on being landed in an English port, but we could not do that. I brought him and 24 men here (to Brest), and sent them to the English Cow ul. If the pilot has any just claim upon us it will be settled by the Confederate Govern ment. That's not my business. My business is to take care of the ship." When.the Florida came into Brest she had been at sea for eight months without spending more than four entire days in port. Before entering the port of Brest she had not been more than 24 hours in any one port, although she had visited Nassau, Bermuda, Pernambuco, and Siorra (Brazil). " Yes, indeed, Sir I" said the captain, "two hundred and forty five days upon solid junk, without repairs or provision.' During all this time they have only lost 15 men, including those who were killed and wounded at Mobile, the pay master (who died of consumption), and one officer (win was accidentally drowned). They have come into Brest to re pair the engines, which are somewhat out of order, the shaft being quite out of line. The Emperor has given orders that the Florida is to be admitted into the port for all necessary repairs, and is to be supplied with everything she may require except munitions of war. In the course of conversation Captain Maffitt gave me an account of what ho called "the outfits" of the Florida. These have been three in number. The Clarence was cap tured off Pernambuco on the sth of May, and Lieut. Reed was put on board with 20 men and one gun. These were afterwards changed to the Taconay, a better vessel, which was captured shortly after, and (to borrow Capt.Maffitt's ex pression) "she captured right and left." Finally, she took the reventie cutter off Portland Harbour. The other "fit out" was the Lapwing, on board of which Lieut. Avrett was put to cruise on the Equator. He made several cap tures, and has now returned to his ship. Capt. MOW showed us over his ship, which was in pretty good order considering the eight months' almost uninter rupted cruise, and he presented us both with a photographic picture of ber, which was taken at Bermuda. The Florida mounts only eight guns—six 48-pounders of the Blakeley pattern, made at Low Moor, and stern bow chasers. On taking our leave I asked Capt. 'dant whether ho expected to bo intercepted on leaving Brest, pointing at the same time to the Goulet, the narrow passage which affords the only ingress and egress to and from the Rade. "Well," replied he, "I expect there will be seven or eight o f th em out there before long, but I'm not afraid. I've run eight blockades already, and it'll go hard but I'll run the ninth." TEE MOSAIC MINISTRY, AS DESCRIBED BY A CONSERVATIVE IN THB "NEW REVIEW" FOR SEPTEMBER. From one end of the world to the other he is interfering and intermeddling, lest the world should forget him ; and, even sinco we wrote the first few pages of this article, he has given a fresh proof of incapacity and nepotism in the recall of Si: James Hudson from Turin to make way for a privileged Elliot I The next thing that we shall hear of will be the recall of Lord Napier from St. Petersburg to make way for a companion Phipps! As Castor and Pollux divided the year, And held one another in passing eclipse, An Elliot ascends if a Phipps disappear— If Elliot is waning we look for a Phipps: And so, persevering in sunshine or storm, Without interregnum or Tory eclipse, We steer in the name and the cause of reform, By the twin constellation of Elliot and Phipps. At the Home Office we have seen a minister alike igno rant of what to do and what to leave undone ; insulting and offending, on the most frivolous pretext, the wealthy and powerful corporation of the City of London; setting himself perversely against the general feeling of the public o n the question of our criminal population; and com mitting the Royal prerogative to the most questionable re laxation of justice. At the Exchequer we see Mr. Glad stone still playing with the public purse as if it were a toy ; trying financial experiments either contemptible for frivo lity or odious for harshness ; and deferring to still another day the redemption of his ancient pledges. In Ireland, we find Lord Carlisle's popularity on the wane. People are tired of him. Something more is expected of a Viceroy than a daily attendance at bazaars, cricket matches, flower shows, and such like. Thus, in addition to those general causes which favour the progress of Conservatism, we have special reasons also for diistrusting a Whig Administration. Nothing practical, on the other hand, was eves urged against the Conservatives, even by their enemies—except, of course, by regular Democrats and Dissenters—but the ono possibility that their foreign policy might be retro gressive. Waiving the question of how much there may be to choose between a retrogressionist and a Russell, we only care to point out that little can be got out of this cry more favourable to one party than another. The Conser vatives could not well adopt any reactionary foreign policy —not so much because public opinion would not let them, as because there are few, if any despotic Governments left upon the Continent. Austria is constitutional; Russia is, at all events, becoming Liberal ; Italy is parliamentary ; France is the most despotic of all. Yet a close alliance with France has never been supposed to savour of a reactionary spirit. The Pope is the only ruler left, sympathy with whom would be so interpreted. And really the temporary power of the Papacy, besides being a French "idea," is a some what slender foundation for so heavy a superstructure to be reared upon. CITY EXTENSION OF THE NORTH LONDON RAIL. wAv.—Mcssrs. Waring and Co. have taken the contraci for the construction of this branch railway from Kings. land to Liverpool-greet, City, for the aura of £216 2 000. — City Pi -cu. //~yr= %~~~t-s g oa l test Inteltig4enm THE NAVY. Her Majesty's paddle yacht Victoria and Aiber t nailed from Portsmouth yesterday for Cowes, to embark Captain his Serene Highness the Prince and Princess Leiningen, and will sail hence this morning for Antwerp, to convey her Majesty the Queen to England at the close of her visit to Ger many. Existing arrangements are for her Majesty to embark on board the Victoria and Albert et Antwerp at 8 a.m. on the 9th, the yacht imme diately starting on her voyage, and anchoring at the Nore for the night on reaching the English coast. On the following morning the yacht will weigh her anchor early, and resume her voyage to wards Greeuhithe, where her Majesty will disem bark from the large yacht and proceed to Woolwich in the Fairy. The Fairy left Portsmouth for the Thames yesterday morning. The Admiralty yachts Black Eagle and Vivid at Woolwich were yesterday ordered to be held in readiness to sail on Sunday morning next for Antwerp, and join the Royal squadron about to convey the Queen and Royal family back to England. The Bloodhound, 3, paddle, Lieut.-Commander Stokes, arrived at Spithead yesterday, from th West Coast of Africa. She sailed from Ascensio . July 4, and afterwards calling in at Sierra Leone. Goree, Teneriffe, Madeira, and Vigo, her date from the latter port being Aug. 29. From Madeira the Bloodhound experienced strong north-east 'winds. She has brought home Mr. Allen, late Second Master of her Majesty's ship M u ll ett ; Mr. Bell, late engineer of her Majesty's ship Zebra ; and six naval invalids. She is ordered to fill up coal and leave Portsmouth this morning for Woolwich to dis mantle and pay out of commission. Private letters received yesterday at Portsmouth from the Channel Fleet state that the ships will visit the Mersey about the 15th inst. The Wye, steam store and tank vessel, has arrived at Spithead from Woolwich, on her way to Ascension. The steam storeship Industry, Master Comman der Youel, has received her new fore and main masts, under the outer sheers at Woolwich, and has been rigged down anew. She has shipped a full cargo of victualling stores for the West Coast of Africa, and is under orders to sail this afternoon. On coming out of dock, as already stated in The Sun, she came in collision with the Kite, when the In dustry's foremast fell over in three pieces on the deck. On a subsequent examination of the main mast that was also found to be defective and rotten. The Calcutta line-of-battle ship arrived at Ports mouth yesterday from Devonport, in tow of her Majesty's steamer Geyser, Commander Pechell. The Calcutta is to supersede the Illustrious as drill ship and tender to the Excellent gunnery ship at Portsmouth, the Illustrious being in a very defeo tive condition. The Monarch target ship has been brought down from the practice moorings in Dorchester-creek and placed in No. 2 dock in Portsmouth-dockyard, to have her cropper stripped off her bottom prior to resuming her duties as target ship. The Controller of the Navy has given orders that the 15ft. armour plate which has been recently coated with copper by Mr. Walenn's electro-alkaline process in the steam factory of Portsmouth yard is to be bolted on the Monarch's side while in dock, so that when afloat again the plate shall have about three-fourths of ; its surfaces submerged below the ships water line. After having undergone this test for a certain time, to ascertain whether any action is created by its contact with salt water, the plate will next be fired at from a 68-pounder and broken, to ascertain the exact nature of the cohesion between ; the deposited copper and the iron plate. A 15ft. plate, 3ft. in width, and lin. thick, coated with the large armour-plate, has been tested in a very severe manner by striking it with the utmost possible force with a 141 b. hammer. The blows were struck ob liquely by one of the boiler makers of the factory, in the endeavour to rip up and separate the two metals if it was possible. This separation was, how ever, found impossible ; large indents were made by the hammer as if on solid copper, but no other re. sults could be obtained. The following appointments were made yester day at the Admiralty :—Dr. J. Henderson, staff surgeon, to the Boscawen ; Henry Brown, chief engineer, to the Challenger ; J. Davis, chief engineer, to the Lily; S. H. Dawkins, acting engineer, A. J. Tout, J. D. Lamont, Malcolm Baird, R. Young, and George R. Beer, assist.-engineers, to the Nile, as supernumeraries. -.-' '-*--2-Z-e:-=' ~.._, c--) THE ARMY• By direction of the authorities at the Horse Guards a number of non-commissioned officers and men have been selected from the depot companies of the Royal Engineers at headquarters, Brompton barracks, Chatham, to proceed to New Zealand to augment the 6th company of Royal Engineers sta tioned in that colony. The men selected to com pose the detachment have been taken from the com panies who have undergone the longest course of instruction at the fieldworks and at the several schools at the Royal Engineer establishment. Major-Gen. Sir R. Dacres, K.C.8,, having re turned to Woolwich from leave of absence yesterday resumed the command of the garrison, and was en gaged during the day in inspecting the barrack quarters, offices, &c. Official instructions weio yesterday received by Col. Ford, commanding Royal Engineers at Wool wich, announcing his appointment to the command of the corps in Canada, whither he is to proceed early in October to relieve Major-Gen. Servante, recently promoted by the death of Major-Gen. Old field. Col. Ford will be relieved in his command at Woolwich on the Ist proximo by Col. Hawkins, R.E., who has been employed for some years past on the Boundary Commission, between the United States and British territory, in the western portion of North America. Lord Palmerston and the Unemployed of Glasgow, On the visit of the Premier to Glasgow in March last, a memorial from the unemployed was present ed to his lordship in the City Hall, at the soiree of the trades. The answer to the memorial has been received, and is as follows : " Treasury Chambers, 19th August, 1863. " Sir,—l am commanded by the Lords Commis sioners of Her Majesty's Treasury to acquaint you that Lord Palmerston brought the memorial adopt ed at the meeting of unemployed operatives at Glasgow on 24th of March last, together with other similar applications, under the consideration of this board, with reference to the measures which it it might be the duty of Her Majesty's Government to propose during the last session for the alleviation of distress in the manufacturing districts. " Their lordships desire me to state that although it is deeply to be lamented that the intermission of the ordinary employment which is afforded by the cotton manufactures should have extended to other localities than those in which that manufac ture constitutes the staple and almost exclusive source of employment, her Majesty's Government did not feel justified in submitting to Parliament any general measure for the promotion of employ ment, or the amendment of the poor-law, or for facilitating emigration. " However desirable such measures may appear to partiessuffering under what it is hoped may prove but a temporary want of employment, my lords must observe that it is seldom expedient and seldom ultimately advantageous, even to the parties them selves, that general alterations affecting the large subjects of employment, poor relief, and emigration should be made in consequence of temporary pres sure; and Parliament accordingly, in the two acts passed for affording relief in the last session, have confined their operations to the districts in the coun ties of ' Chester,' Lancaster,' and 'Derby,' known as the manufacturing districts. " My lords have only to add, in expressing their sympathy with the distressed operatives, that look ing to the increasing general prosperity of the coun try, their lordships trust that in the manufacturing districts of Scotland, having regard to the demand for labour and the various sources of industry which prevail in those districts, those on whose behalf the memorialists have been addressed may be able to find profitable employment.. —I am, sir, your obe dient servant, " F. PEEL. " To Mr. John Macdonald, " Chairman of Meeting of Unemployed Operatives at Glasgow," red ital tear, lore cea. the do•- ;ady r qr. per Is 3d 3s Od 7J. -day, s. (1. 13 6 14 0 21 0 2S 0 sales rive ; si 316 some fair )ts. asea. 2,129 .724 2,023 7,703 17.437 264 310 1,571 371 1,485 1,703 2,455 8,205 2,(589 8,75 3 29,102 3t,553 2,144 - 42* 7,55* 68,b0 0 1,48 3 1,77* 37.73 1 170 136 47,9, 59 4 3 v" I:V 2 2,79'T