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EMEMI3ER, WE SUP AT EVANS' ) 'EVERY EVENING THIS WEEK after Alfred Mellon's Promenade Concerts. EA.—VAC kNCIES for MIDSHIPMEN and k 3 APPRENTICES in a first-class London shipping fir. - n. Premium morl.rate. Al , o apprentices without premium.— Apply to SIMMONDS and Co.. 38, St. Mary-at-hill, East- C heap, E.C. Third Officers and Stewards wanted. NORTH BRITISH AND MERCANTILE INSURANCE COMPANY. Established 1809. Incorporated by Royal Charter and Special Acts of Parliament. ACCUMULATED AND INVESTED FUND?, 4.12,12: , ,828. ANNUAL REVENUE, £422,401. LONDON BOARD. John White Cater, Esq., P. du Pre Grenfel l . Esq. Chairman. A. Klockmann, Esq. Charle; Morrison, Esq., De- John Alolle - t, Esq. putt' c hairman. I .T.nius S. Morgan, Esq. A. De Arrovave, Esq. G. Garden Nicol, Esq Edward Cohen, Esq. dames du Bui sson , Esq. John Wm der, Esq. Ex-DIRECTORS. A. TT. Campbell, Esq. Hobert Smith. Esq. P. C. Cavan, F,sq. F re d e ric Somes, Esq. I '. P. Ralli, Esq. Manager of Fire Department —G . corg^ 11. Whyting. Manager of Life Department—W. F. Birkmyre. S uperintendent of Foreign Department—G. H. Burnett. Secretary—F. W. Lanc e . General Manager—David Smith. FIRE DEPARTMENT. 'rho Company tyrants Insurances against F ire in the United - "-- 111 ..,d0m and all foreign countries. Xercantile Risks In the Port of London accepted at n oticed rates. Losses romptly and y settle. , Foreignp Risks —The liberally Director., having a practical kn . ow 'edue of foreign countries, are prepared to issue Polices on 0, - most fa vou rs ,le terms. In all cases a discount will be allowed to Merchants and others effecting such Insurances, LIFE DEPARTMENT The following Statement exhibits the improvement effected Bring the las - few years : No. of Policies Issued. Sums. Premiums. 1 0 .54 1 86ri .. 6: 5 ]8 0 1Bil 1 862 Thus in five years the number of' Policies issued was 3,623, a 3 suring the large sum of £2,028.917. The leading features ot the Office are:- 1. Entire Se7urity to Assurers. 2. The large Bonus additions already declared, and the prospect of a further Bonus at the neat investiga tion. 3. The advantages afforded by varied Tables of premiums —unrestricted conditions ot Policies—and general liberality in dealing with the A ssured. Forms of Proposal and every information will be furnished on application at the HEAD OFFICES • LONDON. 58, Threadneedle-street. 4, New Bank Buildings. EDINBURG-11...64, Princes-street.. NORTH BRITISH AND MERCANTILE INSURANCE COMPANY. WEST-END OFFICE : F, WATERLOO -PLACE, PALL-MALL. Secretary—ALEX. J. RUSSELL. T HE ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY. HEAD OFFICES, 29, Lombard-street, London, and Royal Insurance buildings, Liverpoel. Total Annual Revenue exceeds .Csor),o^o. AccumUlAted Funds in hand over .....,1,00,000. Chairman In Liverpool : CHARLES TURNER, Esq., M.P. Chairman in London : 'WILLIAM WAINWRIGHT, Esq. ENTRA.CTS FROM THE REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1882. 'the Directors of the Royal Insurance Company are now called upon to make their accustomed periodical Report at the 3 lceting of its Shareholders. FIE The Directors have, as R pleasingly ßßANCH. as unexpectedly, at the close ot the year, to announce, for the first time, that the Fire Premiums have not only reached, but exceed £30 0 ,000. The high comparative position held by the Royal in the Government Returns of Duty is again fully msiutained. The profit of the business of the year exceeds considerably the amount realised in the preceding year, and in fact sur passes that of any year, with but two exceptions, since the commencement of this Office, the balance to the credit on account of British and Foreign Insurances being £45,107 10s. 5,1 ., and of the North American business, which is kept sepa rately, £11,097 16s. 10d. The ve LIFE BRANCH. state ry gratifying; duty now falls upon th e Di rec t o rs t o the sum assured on new policies ande year 1562 exceeds even that of the year 'Selby £lBO,OOO, has arrived at the almost unexampled amount for a single year of £ 7 01,427 on 1., 98 4 new policies issued. Until within the last IeNV years it is believed that such a sum acsured as that %hich has just been announced as the result of one year's business was all but unheard of. This portion of the Company's business has been curefully watched, and cannot fail to give much satisfaction to the shareholder, as well as no small encouragement for the future to the participating. life assurer. Evidence of continued care in the selection of lives is amply afforded by a statement ot the number rejected. These have amounted to all for the year, on which the aggregate sum proposed for assurance amounts to £ 41,281. Various degrees of ineligibility have led to these lives being declined. No small number of the Assurance Companies of the day record their accepted lives annually at a sum not much, if at all, exceeding those which the Royal has declared as in admis- Bitle in a single year from deterioration of sonic Idnd 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 London or elsewhere, except when amalgamations have taken place. The returns ot duty-Agree proved this. In Life, the aMtmnt of New Policies already reported make all other evidence needless. The Directors conclude their present Report with the expression of an opinion that the prospects of the Royal Insurance Company were never brichter, and of a consequent hope, founded on a grateful remembrance of the past, that tile future may unfOld for it a sphere of still greater maeni tude, combining distinguished commercial success to the °fliee with a lengthened career of usefulness and protection to the public. PERCY M. DOVT.. Manager and Actuary. JOHN B. JOHNSTO. , ;, Secretary in London. N----ORIVICH UNION FIRE INSURANCE SOCI The business of Vie Company ETY. exceeds £70,000,000. The duty paid Government fo the year 1862 was X 8 5062, and the t a mount insured on farming stock, £10,086,332. A bonus of three-fifths of the profile periodically made to Parties insuring, who have thus. from time to time, received sums amounting in the aggregate to £440,000; and the Society now holds a large Reserve applicable 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. For prospectuses apply at the Society's Offices, Surrey- Etreet, Norwi c h ; and e, Crescent, Neiv Bridge-street, Black friars, E.C. PROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL LIFE A SSOCIATION. Established 1840. TRUSTEES. Thomas Barium, Esq., M.P. I Wm. Geo. F.,ri Prescott, Thomson Hankey, Esq., 141. P. Baron L. de itothschild, M.P. Mutual LIP Assurance for all classes. This Association hai now in existence 6,000 policies, for a total sum of £1,500,000. The Annual Income is .. The Accumulated Fund exceeds It has paid in Claims .. £31,000 00 .. 112,000 The whole of the profits are divided quinquennially among Me Members. Three divisions have already been made' when the following sums have been added as bonuses to the policies .. £5,400 .. 11,503 Dec. 31, 1847 .. ~ 3852 .. „ 1857 .. 1862 .. .• • • ?tanking the total bony , : additions, £96,600. tionuses ma - , , be received in Tish or applied to the reduc addi `l^l ,tion pre mi tiras at the option of the assured, in lieu of an to the pol cy. A ttention is especially invited to the system of free or.paid l_lo polici es i ntroduced by this Association , by which the pc so often submitted to on the relinquishment of icy Is wholly avoided. fhe bala nce -sheets of the Association are open to all, whether assurers or oth erw i se. Active and influential agents will be appointed in unrepre sented districts. • 23 200 • 50,500 Chief IV3I. THOS. LINFORD, Secretary. Office, 15, 111 orgate-street, E.C., Aug 1, 1563. A.D. 1720. ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE (Establish CORPORATI ON P,OR SEA ed by Charter of hi s M ajesty George the First) , EIRE, lAPE, AND ANNUITIES. Offices, Royal Excpauge, Lo n d on. OCTAVIUS Branch Office, 29, Pall-raaILWIGRAM GEORGE PEARRES BARCL AY , , D E.ESSfICI"..6'. B°l7boomot e - rn° ve r. Sir JOAN HENRY BELLY, Bart., eputy-Governor. DIRECTORS. lrenry Bare lay, Fs Bainbridge, Esq. Wilmot Holland, Esq, obert q. Earl of Leven and Melville. .lohn Garratt Cattley, Esq. Chas. Jno. Manning, Esq. Mark Currie Close, Esq. Henry Nelson, Esq. William Davidson, Esq. The Flom Joseeline W. Percy. Thomas Dent, Esq. Charles Robinson, Esq. Samuel Leo Schuster, Esq. Alexander Druce, Esq. Predk. Jos Edlmann, Esq. Eric Carrington Smith, Esq. RiversdaleW. Grenfell, Esq. William Soltau, Esq, q ' i?obt. Amadeus Heath, Esq. Joseph Somes, Esa. : Wm. Tetlow Hibbert, Esq.: William Wallace, I.sq. , Jas. Stewart Hodgson, Esq. '' Chas. Baring Young, Escl. M edical Referee, SAMUEL SOWN, Esq.,F.R.S. C orporation E F rit a ni LIFF, aPdEv ASSURANCESan tae ous terms. may granted with par- In the Life Department, assurances are . be effected with this ticipation in Profits, or, at lower Premiums, without such participation. The Reversionary Banns on British Policies has averaged nearly 2 per cent. per annum on the sum assured. Equivalent reductions have been made in the Premiums payable by persons who preferred that form of Bonus. The divisions of Profit take place every Five years. Any sum not exceeding X 15,000 may be insured on one Life. This Corporation affords to the Assured— . ' Liberal participation in Profits —with exemption from the liabilities of partnership. A rate of Bonus equal to the average returns of Mutual Societies —with the guarantee of a large invested Capital Stock. The advantages of modern practice,—with the security o f an Office whose resources have been tested by the ex perience of nearly a CENTURY AND A ziAt.r. Th e Corporation havealwoarysynolliorteederthce,oArpsssurviredititioinsegee in the Militia, oEtxchearirA%e.GE, LONDON. United Yeomanry, Kingdo ß m o , y fr A e L e ROBE P. STEELE: Secretary. HARPER POWD ER TWELVETR akes its oEETwn.S GITACERIN-' SOAP moap, itnd e aves- E . une-tialf GI time, two:air& of Soap, and t oree-fourth labour! Patentee: 'Harper Twelvetr , es, Bro m l ey b Of • Y-bsow London. Soal by Grocers, Druggists, and Oilmen. ANEVER FAILING REMEDY.-_, Dr. SCOTT'S BILIOUS and LIVER (ILLS, pre ared with out any mercur i a l ingredient, from the recipe of D r . pre- Pared of Bromley, tient will be found invaluable to all who Hiller from bilious and ' t i v er complaints, indigestion, wind, costiveness,FPasm9, giddines s , dizziness of the eyes, &c. For habitual as a family aper i e nt medicine, and as a purifier of the blood, they ere truly excellent; mild in their opera ;onte. anddizzestioritul to the stomach, they create appe:ite , pro , and strenn - thert the whole nervous system. old oy W. Lambert, 8, William-street, Charing-cross. -k(Tid..,oril,„ti,.nqdnabnytirtityos,t dro. ,, i'sts, in boxes,ls. and three sgreen r,a , , lfo cr ati 411fi. in 9 s. 7 7 he B g e en s uf ul n e e to er ' e '''k a io sei r u l a ) r r e . starry, " a . ,e, With " William Lambert," engraved on tne fI x.j EUB BI R R A T I I ;I . O f NsTroxfKtshpeETAEßEß, . TERCENTENARY Stratford-upon- Avon. The Te rcentenary Committee (of which Sir Rober t N. C. Hamilt on, Bart, K.C.8.. is Chairman) are now receiv ing SUBSCRIPTIONs, and they ma y a l so b e p a id to the account of the T ercentenary Committee, at the Stourbridge NTENATtY o 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 admirers of Shakepeare for their aid and assistance. The Committee rest their claims upon the ground that Stratford is not only the bir'hplace of Shakspeare, but the centre of attraction to all admirers of the great Poet's works, and that it was his hmc, the town he I.,ved, and where he lived and died. OYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail. way Terminus, at King's-cross. Patron—The QUEEN. President—The Duke of IIUCCLEUCIL R.G. Treasurer—Edward Masterman, Esq. This was the first hospital to introduce the principle of free and instant admission to the destitute sick, without the for mality of uovernors' letters. It is entirely devoted to desti tution in its most pitiable form—viz., that which is accoin pcnied by sickness and disease, and is now of sufficient magnitude that, with adequate support, it may be rendered capable of admitting into its wards a very large proportion of the casual sick of this great metropolis. It requires but the funds in order to have 500 beds available for the reception of these the most wretched of our fellow-creatures. Moreover, it gratuitously affords medical advice and medicine to more, on the average, than 3,000 out-patients a week. The Weekly Board feel it their imperative duty to make an EARNEST APPEAL to the public for continued support, to enable them to admit and relieve the distressing cases that daily present themselves. Contributions are received by the Treasurer, Edward Masi erman, 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 an d Co. ; ones Loyd and C a o n . d ; C I I o ar ; cl o a y vann a r n de n d cdo G Co.; Ln nv D eer e yp n , oi andsooln and acnnd. at to Nisbet e W eitt oa l l ns i p a d : u tca, s t , D ; ea con Messrs., J flamed STANFORD S. SMITH Secretary. ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT IN ST ITUTION PATRONE ( s T s r e 6 r r D a l t oesdt Royal m Cl ai ta e r s te) ty r t . he Queen. PREsiDENT—Vice-Admiral the Duke of Northumberland, K.G., F.R.S. DEPUTY —Thos. Baring, E M.P., sq., P.R.S., V.P. UTY-CHA IRMAN —Thomas Chapman, Esq., F.R.S., V.P. I-)Er APPEAL. R o ya i National Lifeboat T g of the year 1860, the hbeeetCnomnimn Committee of Management have to state that, since the lnstitution has expended £ 32,000 on various Lifeboat Estab lishments on the C oasts o f England. Scotland, and Ireland. The number o f li ves save d b y th e Life-boats of the Society. and oth er means since its formation , i s 12,800 ; for which service s 8 2 Gold Medals, 718 Silver Medals, and £16,480 in cash have been paid in rewards. The Institu tion has also expended £67,000 on Life-boats, Life-boat Transporting-cart cages, and Boat-houses. The Committee desire to express their grateful sense of the generous support which they have received from the public during the p as t f ew years, a s upport which has enabled them to establi s h th e i r present magnificent fleet or 123 Lifeboats on the shores of the United Kingdom. Deeply sensible, however, of the great responsibility that res:s on them to maintain their fleet in a thoroughly efficient state, and its Crews practised in the management of their boats, whi h can only be eflected by a large and permanent annual income, they earnestly appeal to all classes of their countrymen to aid them in upholding and perpetuating so great and truly national a work. The Committee gratefully acknowledge the following con tributions : 4 s. d Iler 'Majesty th e Queen .. .. .. annual 50 0 0 Campbell, the Hon. Mrs. G. .. .. .. annual 50 0 annual 1 1 0 Clerk, Colonel, R.A. •• Bank ers • Contra and Co., Messrs., . ........, ....... don, 10 1 1 0 0 10 0 0 0 Currie, Wm. Esq., • • • • • • 9th don 10 0 0 Erle, Lord Chief' Justice I` a s : l ; er a t i : g e Vice-Admiral, ecvarerniar7, _• _ Sir A.,.. I ..(.., .B . .... 2 d dlo, , d Lon . 25 3 0 0 0 0 l'en wick, G. J., Esq cost of a Lifeboatand ran . • .... 7111 .. d0n 2 . : 0 0 0 0 0 StirlirYig,ltCol. S a l . r G. 11a rtin, ' Sir il Bart. • • ** • • Moore, Rey. G. • 13. don. 15 15 0 S•• •• .. 3 0 0 Smith, Mrs. George Greenwich • • • • • • Willoughb y trEr*, (eorge, and Mrs. annual 2 0 0 Tliom„ s, Anthon y T by her -- 'adY, Weston-super-Mare, lil°adyei,LadY, y, Ii.C.R• .. .. 16 16 0 1 1 a s . n b k y e , r l B . ;o o r i d will be thankfully re- Donations and Annual Subscriptions eived by the collected s Wi o llis o , Percival, and Co Co., 50, Strand; Messrs, !76 Lombard-street ; Messrs. Coutts and .►ames's-street, London ; by ad' 'he Collectors of Customs the ..: Institution,. ' a :I: u s: I s. and Bankers is the United Ritnrdom ; and by the Secretary john-street, AdClnhi, LOnldleornr):: R;cl " rd Lewis ' RM., at the (mice of th 6 - Institution, 11, ‘...,le.ar.auliar, and Co., 16, St. Elyde- rife of t, the rif e of t, Ed' a, the phatn• HoIP Lsq•: ter of Ken- ;TOW, J. us , near .--••■ .E,WS s to. 112 LOY ye I\l°. 22,209. NEW NOVEL by the Author cf "COUSIN GEOFFREY." Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., LEF T TO THEMSELVES. By the Author of "Cousin Geoffrey," Sze. " A very touching story. It is one of the most clever booics of the season."—United Service Mae'. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great 3larlborough-street. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., E It 0 N I A. IT "This novel exhibits no mean powers of conception and expressiou."—Mbrning Post. " The style is both lively and picture- que."—raily News. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Mar:borough-sfreet. Just published, pr ce 125., the 3d Edition (considerably enlarged) of CHEMICAL PHYSICS. By WILLIAM ALLEN MILLER, M.D., LL.D., F.R.S., F.G.S., Professor of Chemistry, King's College, London. Forming, the First Part of ELEMEN PS OF CILIALIS TRY, THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL. PART IL—INORGANIC CHEMISTRY. 2d Edition. 20s. PART lIL—OUGANIC CHEMISTRY. 20s. 2d Edition. London : Parker, Son, and Boum West Strand. T"E ox F ORD, OXFORD STREET, W. THIS EVENING, will 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, Sc., with full band and chorus. Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans. Fiute Solos by Drew Dean, dm. Comic, by UNSWORTII (" or any other man "), Eugene, W. Randall, A. Lloyd, and George Hodson. Also, a Pei formance by Herr SMALICENB &CFI on his wonderful instrument, the PIANO ORCHEbTitE, contain ing a full baud of 40 instruments. The HALL hss just been newiy 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, 30s. 6d. CANTERBURY HALL " GHOST."—In order to gratify the curiosity of' nightly-increasing atio crowds, Mr. C. MORTON has transferred the representn of Pro fessor Pt pper and Henry Dirks, Esq.'s, world-famed spectral Illusion, " Tilt GHOST," from the Picture Gallery to the Concert Hall, wh ere a new and el.gant stage is erected, affording a more ample view of the Illusion from Stalls, Bal cony, and b3dy of the Hall. He has also arranged for Mr. A. Silvester to give (with all that gentleman's lateQt im provements and effects), REPREStNTATIONS EACH EVENING, at Ten•o'clock. All the other Musical and Pictorial attractions as usual, including Operatic Selections, &c. ; flu sworn (the modern Demosthenes), Eugene, Arthur Lloyd, George Hodson, (Sze. OYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. The 4"1.) (- MOST ! The GI - 10t:T ! ! The ONLY COMIC 6 - 110 ST ! ! —The beautiful FAIRY FOUNTAIN.—A Grand Divertissement by Signora Rachele and Mariannina and Signor Guiseppe Francesco, assisted by a corps of Twenty young Ladies—Selections from favourite Operas : Principals, 3i iss M'Gregor, Mr. Albert, Signor Georgini (the new Italian tenor), and Mr. Vernon Rigby. NICOSIA, the Great Violinist. will make his First Appearance in England on Monday next, at the ALHA3IBRA. ARGYLL ROOMS, Windmill-street. Piccadilly. NOTICE.—The above elegant Rooms will be Opened en SA'T'URDAY, September 5, entirely redecorated 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 assistants. The musical department under the directorship of Mons. Jullien, 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 art sts of the present day. Conductor of the Rooms and Manager, Mons. GRENET. sole Lessee, R. R. BIGNELL. Admission, is. ESTABLISHED 1833. 110WDEN'S YERATED GINGER BEER, in glass or stone bottles, warranted to keep good twelve months. Lemonade, Soda-water, rotass, Seltzer, and every description of Mineral Waters.—Manutactory, O. 3, White Hart-street, Drury-lane, W.C. TEA. —M °ORE BROTHERS respectfully inti mate that their New Prospectus is now ready. They especially recommend their improved Family Tea, reduced to 3s. 2d. ; Souchom, , , reduced to 3s. ed. ; mixed Assam, re duced to 3s. Bd.; and the finest Assam, reduced from 4s. 4d. to 3s. 11d. per lb. bIOORE BROTHERS, 35, London-bridge, City, E.C. PAGE'S BRICK, TILE, ANI) PIPE MACHINE-; for hand, horse, or steam power, arc the most simple and effici“nt 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. IirONEY PROMPTLY ADVANCED by a —NIL Private Gentleman upon FURNITURE (without removal). Leasehold ana Freehold Property, or Reversions, &a, in sums from .C2O to £soo.—Mr. iloward, 18, Queen street, Cheapside. To Persons in WANT o f MONEY (in Town or Country).—A GENTLEMAN is willing . to MAKE ADVANCES of CASH,without delay, to respectable person (male or female), on their own security. The utmost secrecy can be relied on.—Apply (it by letter eneose four stamps) to W., et Mr. Robertson's, Accountant, 40, Kim , : William-street, London-bridge, L.C.—Money advanced on Dock Warrants. EATING'S PERSIAN INSECT DESTROY ING PO WDER, for which a Prize Medal was awarded to the Producer at the International Exhibition, 1862, This Powder is quite harmless to animal life, but is un rivalled in destroying Fleas, Bugs, Flies, Cockroaches, Beetles, Gnats, Mosquitos, 2c oths in furs, and every other species of Insect. Sportsmen will find this an invaluable remedy for destroy ing Fleas in their Dogs, as also Ladies for their Pet Dogs. Being the original importer of this now invaluable article, which has found so great a sale that it has tempted others to vend a so-called article, the public are therefore cautioned to observe that the packets of the Genuine Powder bear the autogragh of TitomAs KEATING. Sold in packets, ls., is. 6d., and 4s. 6d. each, or post free for 14 or 36 postage stamps, by Thomas Keating, chemist, 79, St. Paul's-churchyart, London, E.C. ,r,,, 1 1 ~..2 __ __ v , c----:, ' '' 4 7,..#-` •-e-'4. 4 11 ,4,, , 1 ""' . • %. -,,,,, ir_rr.:7",-- , ~: .; '..' 44 ...., • "•••• . THE NAIT I Y I3 : „. .., , --- -.... N • -' ... ~ . tellfgenee. 1 i ..--,. , , . ....4.ta„. . . ~=. ";.....- - ..4"- ' , Ahl"-i, ~. ,:, •. ~...-.- ~ ~ • , .110 , .. ''.:..=.•-,. / ------ f'r , • ,: , t,„,, $.• clxrE r at 'd . 1 . - Al fr' . . -.. _„- , ~e,.fp ~,,t,„1,,...,, - ,- .., . . ~,,;,,,,,t ~ • * ,„, :::. • ; ,', • - .9. ~.a r al ~,4., , 4... -.4, .t- i 0 c ,, ~.,„‹...,... AN, "P,- , i , ‘,.. . . _ . " 1I r __ N , xey. -7.. ~;, t x • , a ,, , - -...— ..... - Am - _ - t- , ‹, dit ''''' -,A.,„,z -,- ~., i .:.... ..>: ; , Naval andMilita l 7_ :::. 4" ‘, , -, , .‘ , 1 ?:4 4 . X.,,, . _-- . =.-z-41011111116kg al '''' 7l P llll M-iiit , s, -isL orr. ' 146 6' 71:41':IPS' , ~A,..,,, „' :, ! t : ' '4 .-" i. ir011e: -• .4.01,.4.01,801 - • -fi, _.. Atirpf' ' DIE ' 4,, , ,, , ; -v;k43...,,,, PR1CE..........4d. STAMPED ....sd. The " Times" on Count Montalembert, Count Montalembert's grand burst in favour of liberty of conscience at the Congress at Malines seems almost to have taken the breath out of that venerable assembly. It was prudently qualified, indeed, with denunciation of the " intolerant Eng land of former days," the "intolerant weden o to day," with encomiums on " Thomas Morns," the victim of Anglican persecution, and the "pious Jesuits who bathed cruel England with their blood," and with lamentation over butchered " Vendee, starved Ireland, and agonising Poland." Here he carried his audience all with him. But when he turned the tables upon them, and declared he hated the Spanish persecutor as much as he did the French terrorist, applause was mingled with " sensation." Count Montalembert, however, drives the whole system of toleration, with all its contents, straight down the throat of the assembly ; swallow it they must and they shall, he allows no quarter ; it is a stiff mouthful for them, but "it will do them good." He allows no exception, no qualification ; the full and absolute rights of conscience—theright of every body to hold, utter, and preach, by word of mouth or by writing, whatever he thinks to be true, with out let or hindrance, without penalty or restraint — are his watchwords. No Dissenter, Methodist, In dependent, or Baptist, could say more. " Without • -mental reservation and Witlitiiir hattlifibirrdierali myself an upholder of liberty of conscience. I frankly accept all its consequences. . . . Can one at the present day demand liberty for truth and refuse it to error ? I distinctly say No.' . . . I bow before all the texts, all the canons that may be cited to me, and not one of them will I contest or discuss. But I cannot to-day repress the conviction which reigns in my conscience and in my heart. . . A supply of :the new description of 4-inch ta pered armour plates, which Messrs. Brown and Co., of Sheffield, have contracted to supply to the Add miralty for the stem and other parts of the iron frigate Achilles, 6,000 tons, building at Chatham, have arrived at that dockyard, and are now in the hands of the mechanics to undergo boring, planing, and bending processes preparatory to their being affixed to those portions of the exterior of the Achilles for which they are destined. The plates, which are of the best possible description of rolled iron, are considerably larger than those used in plating the broadsides of the Achilles, the whole of ta t hf h te e etr i nv t a t r e d r s h g a i ving bean manufactured at the Park dtsgoitlanptaaeprnyi ( 4 .4u ' d o in r t. : hif nose,: uniform a o rtot r he k nis s c p h irce i ln r age e tt by :Brie ea idlathein building atb same huei ladri tapering apparent, tfi the rt m o wi NN tefo h voy i re c mar h ,l O ap a e k r . ed l p u la t t h e e s ir ea m m all u tl ch faC a t s = 2 o s the per ' c ' e b n l "bloom" constructing i vr consisteo n d u t c o e the a them.ni n s ra its t iron vessel, e f hs iron p, shot-resistingtb h y t h e chief planing m merit r t t machiues. This operation imereases the cost of the e po o l. mo n v t 'r h i st a p h s r o eo w . l n ol e re o r: d t , the whole of the plates should be as thic k as it is of f w possiblehich willt produce escaped the attention of the Admiralty, and in the construction of the Belleroph on an d f uture iron Nes sels the tapering form will be given to the ship's planking on which the plates are laid, and not to the plates themselves. The minimum thickness to which each plate is planed is 3in., and these will be affixed to those portions of the exterior of the Achilles where it is scarcely possible a hostile shot will ever strike her. On the exposed portions of the Achilles the plates are 41-in. in thickness; but in the con struction of the Bellerophon, which is to be imme diately commenced at Chatham, plates of a thick ness of 6in. will be used. The whole of the broad side plating of the Achilles has been completed, so that the entire broadside on both sides the frigate for a length of nearly 300 ft. presints an unbroken surface of iron, the caulking of which can scarcely be detected. About 50 only of the stern plates re main to be fixed. As soon as the Achilles has been floated out of dock several hundred mechanics will be at the disposal of the Admiralty, and these will immediately commence the construction of Mr. Reed's new iron ship the Bellerophon, the dockyard officials being anxious to retain the services of the hired hands, who during the time they have been employed in the Chatham yard have attained re markable proficiency in iron shipbuilding. A por tion of the shipwrights will at the same time com mence the iron-clad wooden frigate Lord Warden, which is to be proceeded with simultaneously with the Bellerophon. I declare that I feel an invincible horror for all tor tures and violence inflicted upon humanity under the pretext of serving or defending religion. . . . The fagots lighted by a Catholic hand inspire me with as much horror as the scaffolds on which the Protestants have immolated so ninny martyrs." So far, however, the speaker only protests against vie lence and bloodshed. Is he in favour of intolerance i❑ any milder shape, as a negative principle checking the spread of obnoxious doctrine, allowing people to hold their own opinions, but interfering with their efforts to convince others of the truth of them ? He casts it to the winds, and will have nothing to do with any modification of intolerance. Th e gag forced into the mouth of whomsoever lifts up his voice with a pure heart to preach his faith—that gag I feel between my own lips, and I shudder with pain." This is the full charter of liberty of con science—the right to promulgate opinion, to pro selytise, to attack publicly the dominant creed, and establish any new sect you please, so long as you confine yourself to the weapons of argument and per suasion. This is " a fair field and no favour," and Count Montalembert advocates it not only as a debt to justice, but also " in the interest of Catholicism." All this is in keeping with Count Montalembert's public spirit, and with that signal and enthusiastic advocacy of political liberty which brought him so prominently before Europe some time ago. And yet such language in the mouth of an ardent Ultra montane arrests us, and takes us at first by surprise. And why ? Because we should have expected be forehand that M. Montalembert would have liked the Spanish Inquisition, and that kind of persecu tion ? Not at ail. We could never have dreamt of xis having any other opinion of the Spanish Inqui sition than that which he now expresses. But M. Montalembert says what he thinks, and says it openly, honestly, and without the least reserve or disguise ; and that is an unusual and extraordinary fact. Every educated Catholic, every prelate, every ecclesiastic of the slightest mind and information in the Roman Church, must know that the Spanish Inquisition was an abomination, and that other things which were done at the instigation of the Church in those days were utterly indefensible. He would not uphold for a moment the acts of those days; he must in his own mind give them up. But Le will shrink from denouncing them in public. " It will not do to say so. It will not do to own this. No, that is impolitic. It will not answer to aban don the past in this way, and sacrifice a page of history. We must not throw our friends overboard. They meant well, those old lighters of faggots ; they were earnest men, though somewhat stern ; they were devoted sons of the Church ; we must not pu t t company with them ; we must His Prussian Majesty's frigate Adler, 4, Captain Klatt, from Dantsic, last from Yarmouth, has ar rived in Plymouth Sound. After being supplied with coal and provisions she will sail for Constan tinople and Athens. Her Majesty's corvette Wolverene, launched on Saturday at Woolwich, was yesterday hauled into m th a e ch in in n e e r r y b , a s s u in p , pli t e o be dby fitted lue with her tssrs.Raven b hii o i, ilers and Salkeld, and Co., of Millwall. The screw steam troop ship Orontes, having been repaired at Devonport, embarked seamen, marines, and marine artillery on Monday, and yesterday morning left Plymouth Sound for Gibraltar, Malta, and the Mediterranean. The screw steam gun-vessel Snipe, 5, from Sheer ness, arrived yesterday morningin Plymouth Sound, for the purpose of replenishing with fuel, prepara tory to Bailing for her destination, the W es t C oast of Africa. The following appointments have been made at the Admiralty :—Henry A Close, assist.-surg., to the Royal Adelaide; Isaac B. Moorman, assistant paymaster in charge, to the Fox ; W. 0. Greens dale, assist.-clerk, to the Racoon ; and Charles F. Roberts, assisteclerk, to the Jackal. TIDE ARMY. The 2:1 Battalion of the Grenadier GuardiyundeK he command of Col. Bruce, returned to Welling- on Barracks yesterday morning from Aldershot, where they have been doing duty under canvas for the past four weeks. The 19th Regiment left the Richmond-barracks in Dublin, for Queenstown, on the 26th ult., and embarked for Burmah on the 27th, in the Fanny Fawcett and the Trafalgar. A draught of the 70th Regiment, consisting of Lieut. Monteith, one ensign, two sergeants, and 117 rank and file, are under orders to proceed shortly to New Zealand from the camp at Colchester. About 50 volunteers from the various regiments have ar- rived at the camp for the purpose of joining the regiment. The troops garrisoned in Portsmouth yesterday were revievred o❑ Southsea•common by Major-Gen. Lord W. P inlet, C. 8., the General officer command ing the fortress of Portsmouth and the S.W. carry them along with us on the road of time, and say as little about them as we can." That is the attitude of the educated Romanist world towards the atrocities of the past which shock the moral sense. It is one of those reticencies, and suppres • sions, and shirkiegs in which humannature delights. There is nothing so easily avoided and escaped as owning the truth. The debt to truth is such a mere nominal eff tir, hardly to be called a debt at all ; nobody need pay it unless he likes. There i s no thing so easy as to shut your eyes. In this way haimau nature—especially on religious questions — defies all cross-examination, a nd stands fairly at bay, in the comfortable assura nce that the pincers have not been yet invented which can extract the truth from it. It is, therefore, a surprise to us —an agreeable surprise--to hear a man simply sayi ng what he knows to be true. It is an unusu a l act, partaking of the miraculous in the world of religious speech. M. Montalembert throws the Inquisition overboard, and denounces the persecuting acts of the Roman Church. He sacrifices a whole page of the past. Bat this is not all that M. Montalembert does., He declares his hostility to all the existing remains of this system—to that modified persecution which consists in simply prohibiting the spread of new doctrines, and coercing the agents in such efforts, imprisoning them, and fining them. But this Is the system now in Spain ; it has only just been abolished by Sardinian rule in the greater part of Italy ; and it is in full action at this moment in Rome. Anybody in the Papal States can be put in gaol for disseminating obnoxious doctrine. Will M. Montalembert try to convince his Holiness of the impropriety and inexp ediency of this p oli cy ? Will he urge upon the 1101 Y Father the n o bl e d uty of throwing open, " in the interest of Cath o li c i sm, " the religious area o ver which he rules, and admit ting all sects to preach and spread their doctrines at Rome by w hatever peaceful m eans t h ey can ? Let there be no gag. The gag fo rce d i nto t h e mout h of the pare-m inded disinterested preacher of any doctrine whatever is a gag to M. Montalembert himse lf, and therefore really a gag to the Pope, if he could but feel it. Every gag upon a heretic is a ga g upon the Roman Catholic also. It is a source of weakness, discouragement, and stagnation to the R o man Church, accustoming her to depend upon an arm of flesh inst ea d o f upon t h e i n trinsic purity and sublimity of her faith, keeping her within barriers, and preventing her from throwing herself upon the heart of Catholicism, and giving free vent to all her powers and energies. 'That is M. Montalembert's opinion, and if be can convince the Holy Father of the truth of it, he will do a work which will, at any rate, gain him the praise of every Protestant in Euroi:e immediately, and eventually, upon his own assumption, of every Roman Catholic, tart' rlle Se district.ereary of State for War has considered it expedient to establish uniform rules in regard to the grant of public holidays to the artificers, labourers, &e., in the various branches of the War Depart ment., and has therefore decided that in future the following days only shall be observed a; holy - days with pay :--Good Friday and Christmas Day, the latter, if falling on Sunday, may be observed on the following day ; the anniversary of the Coronation of the Sovereign; and the day fixed each year fcr the observance of the Sovereign's birthday. The new Government storehouses for ammunition and military clothing, on the Surrey side of the river and close to the Charing-cross Railway, are now completed, and will be shortly appropriated. for the reception of stores. Capt. Seymour, Lieuts. Richards and Kennedy six sergeants, six corporals, and 115 privates Royal Marine Light Infantry, in duty on the Victoria Victualling yard at Deptford, returned to head- quarters, Woolwich, yesterday, and were replaced by a detachment, consisting of Lients. Wright and Rule, six sergeants, six corporals, and 150 rank and file from Woolwich. The E and P batteries of the Horse Brigade and. No. 7, 13th Brigade Royal Artillery, under the ceparate command of Capt. Newbolt, the Hon. D. Fraser, and Major Craufurd, were yesterday relieved at Shoeburyness from Woolwich by the C and G batteries, in command of Capt. Gore and Major Newton. The trcops arrived and de parted in the steamer Medusa,tender to the Cumber land, guard ship, of the steam reserve at Sheerness. The barrack buildings formerly occupied by the Sappers and Miners at Woolwich, and appropriated for some years past to the use of the gentlemen cadets of the Royal Alilitary Academy, have been again vacated and transferred to the corps, now the Royal Engineers, in consequence of the reduction of the strength of the cadet company from 300 to 240, the latter number being the maximum until new arrangements are made. Many of the rooms are in consequence occupied by three and four beds. The deaths of the following officers have been officially reported at the War-office since the Ist of August :—Field-Marshal Colin Lord Clyde, G.C.8., K. 5.1., Colonel of the Coldstream Guards ; Generals J. 0 Idfield, K.H., Colonel-Commandant of the Royal Engineers, and Lord Downes, G.C.8., Colonelol the 29th Regiment; Major-Gen.: W. Dunn, Royal Artillery ; J. H. Burke, 3d Buffs ; Mejors J. Fraser, 60th Rifles, and R. Shepherd, 76th Regiment ; Captains W. Rigeworth, 3d Prince of Wales's Dragoon Guards ; A: 1). Gordon, 1023. Royal Madras Fusileera ; W. R. Mulliner, 3d Wetit India Regiment ; H. T. Fox, Royal Marines ; N. Furnace, 60th Itfies ; T. H. Trafford, Royal Artillery ; J. Thomson, Gold Coast Artillery Corps; W. Smith, 6th Regiment ; J, Hilder, 15th Regiment; J. Bustecd, 16th ; W. Von Lubeck, Brunswick Cavalry ; and J. N. Stobcr, Chasseurs Britanuiques Fosign W. S. P. Keene, 21 West India Regiment ; Quartermasters W. Mansfield, 22d Regiment, and F. do Bothemer, Brunswick Cavalry ; Inspector• Gen. of Hospitals A. Stewart, M.D. ; Surgeons F. 0. Barker, M.D., 90th Light Infantry, and J. F. Nivison ; Assist.- Sarge,ous T. F. Langstaff, and G. Rutherford, M.D.; Veterinary Sung. 11. Peen. from Dispatches were sent yesterday, f the Colonial Office, to the governors of the Nest India Islands, British Columbia, and Bermuda, QUEBEC TIMBER. TRADE. —PLYMOUTH, Tuesday. —The ship Jessie Boyle, Captain W. Symons, which kit Quebec august 12th, arrived here yesterday, the 31st, only two days after the Owner's receipt of the master's sailing letter, which came by mail steamer. The Jessie Boyle sailed from Plymouth July 3, and has therefore accomplished the voyage out and home in one month and 28 days, Like others, she made a voyage in the spring. Unless the Shannon has arrived at Greenock, or the Jauo at Liverpool, the Jessie Boyle is the first ship hom:. to England on the second voyage this year. The Eliza and City of Ottawa were left loading. They belong to Plymouth, which has this year despatched nine other ships their second voyage to.Qti:be. , • THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 2, 1863. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. LICIIFIELD RACES—TuEsnnY. rho Copeland Nursery Handicap of 50 save, added to a Sweepstakes of 5 sous each, for 2-yr-olds ; winners extra. Three-quarters of a mile. 24 subs. Mr. Barber's Cutaway, 7st 21b (E. Taylor) 1 Mr. T. Smith's Dermot Asthore, 7st 2lb (S. Taylor) 2 Lord Uxbridge's Edward the Confessor, 7st 7lb (A.. Woodhouse) 3 Mr. T. Cliff's Wildman, 7st (Williamson) 4 Mr. W. Saundet s' Queen of Trumps, 7,t 61b....(Nt-ale) 5 Mr. J. A. Hind's Drumhead, Set (J. Daley) 6 Betting-2 to 1 agst Cutaway, 9to 4 agst Edward the Confessor, 4 to 1 agst Dermot Asthore, and 10 to 1 agst aay other. They were started at the first attempt, Cutaway, 'W ild man, and Dermot Asthore in a few strides getting in ad vance of the other three, the last being Edward the Con fessor, who, prior to the start, evinced no disposition to join his horses. He, however, in the first quarter of a mile took close order with the leaders, Cutaway holding the front position, having Wildman on her left and Edward the Confessor and Dermot Asthore on her right. Before reaching the distance the three last mentioned were beaten, and Cutaway, coming along at her leisure, won easily by three lengths. A similar distance separated the second and third. Wildman a bad fourth. Queen of Trumps and Drumhead, who were outpaced from the start, s‘ ere beaten off. An objection on the ground of crossing was overruled by the stewards. The Gold Cup (Handiclp) of 50 soya in specie, added to a sweepstakes of 5 soya each, 2 ft; winners extra. One mile. 15 subs. Lord Coventry's Umpire, 6 yrs, 9st (J. Adams Mr. Wallace's Golden Drop, 3 yrs, Est (Inc - to — extfa) (car Est 11b) (A. Woodhouse) 2 Mr. T. Hunt's Charming Woman (late Misfortune, 4 yrs 7st 2lb (Neale) 3 _ _ _ _ _.. ._ p 1 Marquis of Anglesey's Cadeau, 3 yrs, sst 71b ( Stagg) 4 Mr. Martin's Key of the Gate, 6 yrs, 6st 31b (Tomlinson) 5 Betting-6 to 4on Umpire, 4to 1 agst Golden Drop, 5 to 1 agst Charming Woman, _6 to 1 agst Cadeau, and 20 to 1 agst Key of the Gate. The hitter made play for a quarter of a mile, closely attended by C tiarming Woman and thonpire side by side ; Cadeau and Golden Drop lying a couple of lengths off Coming round the turn, Golden Drop, with a slight lead of Umpire, headed Key of the Gate, who ra pidly dropped into the rear. Half a mile from home the issue was left with Umpire and Golden Drop. Lord Coventry's horse, apparently having plenty l um p s of weight," led his opponent to the finish, and won, without being called upon, by two lengths; Charming Woman a bad third, and the other two beaten off. A Sweepstakes of 10 soya each, 5 ft, for two and three-yr olds ; winners extra, and maiden allowances. Straight half a mile. 7 subs. Mr. Goodlass's Gnicowar, 6st 41b (Stagg) 1 Lord Uxbridge's Edward the Confessor, 6st 71b (A. Woodhouse) 2 Betting-6 to 4on the Pretty Girl filly. Edward the Confessor made play for a quarter of a mile, after which the favourite went to t he front, and won in E : canter by three lengths. The Anson Plate (a Handicap) of £3O, for all ages ; winners extra. Halt a mile. Capt. Christie's Miss Julia, aged, lOst (Fordham) 1 Lord Uxbridge's Keane, 4 yrs, 7st llb (A. Woo-thouse) 2 Mr. Wallace's Sir W Atkin, 2 yrs, sst 121 b....(Britton) 3 The following also ran : — Lapidary, Eugene filly, Measure for Measure, and Lady Bountiful. Betting-s issulia m to a 2 de on all A t l h is e s r J u u n l nin Julia. m g., and won easily by h a lf a length. A length separated the second and third. The rest were beaten off—Measure for Measure being fourth, the Eugene filly fifth, Lapidary sixth, and Lady Bountiful last throughout. The Anglesea Plate of 40 Bova; weight for age, with selling and other allowances. Three•quarters of a mile. Mr. Orme's MouIAFT, 2 yrs, sst 101 b (130) .... (Hume) 1 Mr. Devereux's Highland Mary, 2 yrs, sst 71b (£3O) Keny 2 Mr. Marsh's Peru, 4 yrs, 7t 71b (£3O) ((Colli eon) ry) 3 Mr. Richard's Fair Salopian , 2 yrs, sst 71b (£3O) (Tomlinson) 4 The betting opened at 7 to 4 on Highland Mary, and closed at 7 to 4 agst Moulsey. `Von by a length; half a length between second and third ; Fair Salopian was four lengths behind Peru. The winner was sold to Captain Moss ter 00 guineas. The Duke of Beaufort claimed Fair Salopian. The Flying Stakes (Handicap) of 50 sous, added to a Sweep stakes of 5 sous each, 2 it, to go to the fund ; winners extra. Straight half toile. 25 subs. Lord Uxbridge's Erythia, 3 yrs, 6st 21b .. (Woodhouse) 1 Mr. Pratt's The Pony. 3 yrs, 6st .......... (Tomlinson) 2 Captain Christie's Miss Julia, aged, 2st 101 b (Fordhato) 3 Mr. J. A. Hind's Lord Zetland, 2 yrs, sst 10lb (Stagg) 4 Betting —Even on Miss Julia, 6 to 4 agat Erythia, 5 to 1 agat The Pony, and 20 to 1 agst Lord Zetland. Won by three lengths ; same distance between second and third ; the other beaten off. Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas; three-yr-olds, Bst 71b; four, 9st 71b; live, 9st 121 b; six and aged, 9st 121 b. Two miles. Caller Ou, 5 yrs, 9st 121 b (Challoner) 1 Umpire, 6 yrs, 9at 121 b, ............. (J. Adams) 2 holy Poly, 3 yrs, Bst 71b (Fordham) 3 Sir William and Portland also ran. Betting-7 to 4on Caller Ou, 2to 1 apt Umpire, 20 to 1 agst any other. Won by two lengths ; a bad third. DEVON AND EXETER MEETING—TUESDAY. The Haldon Plate (Handicap) of 100 sous, for all ages ; winners extra, Three quarters of a mile. Mr. Ellison's Heber, 2 yrs, sst 91b Mr. Starky's Princess Vocqsal, 3 yrs, 7st 61b (S, Adams) 2 Captai n a ptain BKaintegh'esillocrsuP 5 yrs, T a t 41b Lady di Vergy, 2 yrs, (Whitehouse) 0 sst 71 ( b Covey) 3 Betting-2 to lon Heber, who won by half a length; a bad third. _ ~- - A Selling Stakes of 3 sous each, with 25 added ; .weight for age, with selling and other allowances. Three quarters of a mile. Sir Lydston Newman's Victoria Cross, 2 yrs, Gst 81b 3 yrs, 7st 121 b (Dowling) 1 Mr. E. Braylev's Kennett, 3 yrs, 7st i 21b.... (Cannon) 2 , 7 to 4 ant (S. Adams) 3 Mr. Alr JBOarrrkocks's F C r h in ani ce p ss ag V ne ° , eq3Ba y i r ' s, 7st 71b (R. Jones) 0 4 1 a o g n st P an ri y nc n e t s h s er. Vocqsal K e ß n e n t e t Betting Won by a head; three lengths between second and third The winner was sold to Mr. Brayley for 90 guineas. . The Ladies' Plate (Handicap) of 30 sovs, added to a sweep stakes of 5 Boys each, 1 it ; winners extra ; gentlemen riders; 71b extra. One mile and a half. 8 subs. Mr. Guy's Brown Betty, 3 Yrat lOst 131 b.. (Mi . Scobell) 1 General Holloway's Ring, 4 yrs, lOst 91b (Mr. Holloway) 2 Mr. Brayley's Tonio, 5 yrs, list 51b (Mr. Wood) 3 Betting -3 to lon Tonio. I Won by a l eng th ; a bad third. I The Devonshire Stakes (Handicap) of 20 soya each, 10 ft, and only 5 if declared; with 100 added if three horses start; winners extra. Two miles and a distance. 20 subs, 13 of whom declared. Mr. Brayley's Golden Dust, 3 yrs, 7st 41b .... (Cannon) 1 Mr. Merry's Costa, 4 yrs, Sat 41b.... (Covey) 2' Betting-7 to 4on Costa. Won by a head. The Rougemont Stakes of 25 soya, added to a sweepstakes of 3 soya each, for all ages; winners extra. One mile. Mr. E. Brayley's Kennett, 3 yrs, Gst 121 b .... (Cannon) 1 Mr. Guy's Brown Betty, 3 yrs, 7st 21b (Pearson) 2 Mr. Brayley's Tonic), 5 yrs, B s t (A. Cowley) 3 Captain 11. Rhys's Rhombus, 5 yra, Bst 12Ib (S. Steggles) 0 Betting 6 to 4 on Rhosbus, 5 to 2 agst any other. Won by a length ; a bad third. The Dawlish Stakes (Handicap) of 5 sovs each, for all __ r ages, with 50 a dd e d ; w i nners ex tra. One mile. .1%. Brayl e y' s Th e Dictator, 3 yrs, 7st.. (C ann on) 1 I‘l • Jorrocks's Surbiton, 4 yrs, Bst (A. Cowley) 2 Betting -6 to 4on the Dictator, who won in a oantor. THE ST. LEGER. We are requested by Messrs. Weatherby to state that Lord Strathmore's Saccharometer was struck out of the St. Leger, August 31, at 7.42. before the men had again taken their places in the ring. In the first, or rather the second round Mace tried to force Goss into a c.xner. The latter succeeded, however, in dealing his antagonist a blow with his left on the eye, which brought the first blood. Exchanges ensued in favour of Mace, until Goss retreated, and, in an doing, fell. So ended tt is round, which lasted 8 minutes. In the next both men came up eagerly. Alter a good deal of sparring, which lasted . 26 minutes, Mace made a rush to close quarters, but his feet slipped and he fell between Goss's legs. In the fourth round filace dealt .Goss a blow which knocked him down. The round lasted 35 minutes. In the next struggle both men fell, and rolled side by side. Mace was up first, and the fighting which ensued was all in his favour until Goss was down. In round seven Goss xvent down again. Both fell in the next round, Goss under, and in that which fol lowed the latter was forced to the ropes, where after a .me stiff wrestling both went down again, Mae() under. In round the tenth Mace dealt his antagonist a heavy blow on the left eye, and both went down. In round 11 Mace brought clown Geis. In rounds 12 and 13, however, Goss threw his antagonist and fell on him, still keeping his hold while on the ground. In rounds 14 and 15 Goss fell in endea vouring to get away. In round 16 he was felled to the ground. In round 17 both men fell ; but, in 18 a blow on the nose again prostrated Goss, The last round was a tedious one. A left-handed blow on the nose and a right handed one on the jaw prostrated Goss, who fell with his head doubled up ader him in a state of insensibility. Mace then advanced to the referee and called out, "Have I won, Sir ?" upon which he was assured that the stakes were his. The company then relurned to London, chitfly by the Dartford route. _ RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. GLASGOW AND SOUTH-WESTERN. The report of the directors of this company states that £25,871 had been expended on capital account during the half-year ending the 31st of July, making the total expendi ture£l,94l,2lB, including£2lB,344 in shares of other under takings held by the company. The renewal of the perma nent way had been rapidly proceeded with during the half year, and the sum of £13,258 had been expended on this account. Revenue had been debited-with £B,OOO, and £3,955, the premium on stock sold during the half-year, to gether with £1,444 previously standing at the credit of the account for the renewal of locomotives, but not now required for the purpose, had also been credited to the renewal of way account—in all amounting to £13,399, leaving a balance now outstanding of £22,614. The rolling stock had been maintained in the best condition. The average rate of inte rest on the debenture debt was now £3 195.1 d. per cent. The Bill for running powers over the Ayr and Maybole Rail way was settled in committee by an arrangement between the two companies, by which the company was empowered to work, maintain, and renew the Ayr and Maybole Rail way in perpetuity, on terms which were considered mutually advantageous. Plans for the junction between the Glasgow and Paisley joint railway and the Renfrew Railway at Paisley were being prepared, and the works on the Kirkcudbright and Bridge of Weir Railways were rapidly progressing, and both those lines were expected to be opened for traffic before the end of the year. The re ceipts from all descriptions of traffic showed a very satis factory increase over the corresponding period of last year, and were larger than those of any previous half-year since the opening of the railway. In the receipts for passengers there was an increase of £2,752, in those for goods and minerals of £8,521, as compared with the corresponding six months of last year. The total receipts amounted to £219,907, against £206,856 for the corresponding half of 1862, showing an increase of £13,051. the working expenses amounted to £88,099, or 401 per cent., against £82,668, or 40t per cent., for the corresp 2 o o nd ia in t g be netperiodr,ecsehipowtai.ngTbane in crease of £5,431, and of £7,6 ba lance available for dividend, after deduction of working ex penses, interest on mortgages, the £B,OOO transferred to the account for the renewal of permanent way, and other revenue charges, amounted to £93,936. The guaranteed and pre ference dividends would absorb £18,709, leaving £75,227, out of which the directors recommended the shareholders to declare a dividend on the ordinary stock at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum, payable on tb<ti list inst., carrying forward £1,086. increase in the traffic. lie did not approve a lease to the Great Northern on the terms proposed. After a long discussion the report was adopted, and the dividend recommended therein was agreed to, PUGILISM. The great fight for £l,OOO between Mace, the ex•chani bayetin special v pion, and Goss, of Wol ve rhampton, \ wir fixed to take place b y a es ta te n r t d s a l y e , f t at p aWadoiontgtotonn 3s ss e h aw i r r el e ya . tihne T trh l w i e e ams c flo o r mnne-train: The ing by the Great Western Railway. about and an excellent ring was formed, place s a t m a h k r:s e c s ew w o e n re ad g al Tanrhdeed Br ourppooelnvsnhinsdNf a aoco r mile i e Goss from Flicks Ind much time was lost in atid ad justed by about 25 minutes past 0 o'clock, antagonist the \ to V s ° s ° f t o t r mi ch ß oic s e se o t f S s t i a d t e i s o , n a . nd of course, secondedss r uo e i pph r o e a e rtt aet supported d eb' ‘ylm o o h c;e e ln. r ai en p d r gTo e n lj uao m preliminaries, bat at three into minutesselecting the p . a s a t 7Bothtlet s m e e e n t o h ed ad in s a n d a m ke ir n ab h le an etd a i n ti d o: tep M ee a d ce met his ring, oppo nent confidently, but Goss looked serious, and had evidently made up his mind to act with great caution. For ; l o t : minutes and 40 seconds the combatants dodged, made feints, and sought an opening, but not a blow had been exchanged when the police made their appearance, Their arrival was expected, as it was well known at Swindon the night before that the fight was to take place nt Wootton Basset, and constables had been seen from '41 , ,e train evidently on the look-out at Reading, Dic T .cot, i.nd Swindon. The company were, of course, compelleer. to quit the fi :Id, and they repaired to b'witlon. They after eva'..ds returned to London with the view of proceeding by or( linary train to Purdeot. The second journey was soon compl( ted, and at half-past 3 the river was crossed at Long Reach. The Essex constabulary mustered in great force, but as th 3 fight was beyond their jurisdiction they could do nothing, it was 5 minutes to sin the afternoon SHREWSBURY AND HEREFORD, The half-yearly meeting of this company was held at Shrewsbury on Monday. Sir C. R. Boughton occupied the chair. The report merely stated that the dividends for the last halt-year, at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum on the con solidated stock of the company and on the amount p tid on new shares, also the interest, at the rate of 41 per cent. per annum, nn preference shares and money paid in advance calls, had been received from the lessees, and would be payable to the proprietors on the Ist of September. The retiring directors and auditor were re-elected, and the report was adopted 22011. con. KNIGHTON. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held at Shrewsbury on Monday, Sir C. It. Boughton in the chair. The directors in their report announced that the working of the line for the last half-year allowed them to recom mend a dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum, less income•taa, alFo that the line had been effic'ently worked by the London and North-Western Company. It also stated that a bill for the amalgamation of' this company with the Central Wales had been sanctioned by Parlia ment. The reporb was unanimously adopted. THE DISTRESS IN THE NORTH. The weekly meetit g - trf the Central Executive Committee was held in the Manchester Town Hall on Monday, the Earl of Derby presiding, and there were also present Lord Egerton of Tatton, Lord E. Howard, M.P., Mejor E. Leigh, Mr. H. B. Farnall (commissioner), Mr. IV. Hutchison, Mr. G. L. Ashworth, Mr. M. Ross, Mr. Jas. Worrall, Mr. H. Mason, Mr. J. S. Sterne, Mr. A. 11. Heywood, Mr. R. H. Hutchinson, Mr. J. W. Maclure, Mr. J. Goodair, Mr. Josh. Fenton, the Mayor of Manchester. Mr. Rawlinson also attended. Mr. Macioce, the hon. secretary, reported that the bal ance in the bank was £307,29715s 6d, and that £1,470 Os 9d had been received during the week. No clothing had been received or sent off. Mr, Farnall read the following report : " Manchester, Aug. 31. "My Lords and Gentlemen,—l beg to inform you that, on the 22d inst., there was a decrease of the number of per sons receiving parochial relief in 27 unions in the cotton manufacturing districts, as compared with the numbers so relieved in the previous week, of 1,251. This decrease of 1,251 is explained as follows :—There is a decrease at Ash ton-under-Lyne of 300, at Burton-upon-Irwell of 3, at Blackburn of 101, at the Fylde of 6, at Garstang of 20, at Manchester of 576, at Prestwich of 51, at Rochdale of 202, at Saddleworth of 87, at Salford of 359, at Stockport of 80, at Todmorden of 5, at Warrington of 10, and at Wigan of 12; making:a total decrease of 1,823. But there is an in crease at Bolton of 22, at Burnley of 62, at Bury of 99, at Chorley of 5, at Chorlton of 52, at Glossop of 35, at Heeling den of 122, at Lancaster of 8, at Leigh of 9, at Macclesfield of 27, at Oldham of 105, and at Preston of 26, making a total increase of 572; so that there is a net decrease of 1,251, and since the 6th of December last a total decrease of 127,003 has taken place. There were on the 22d inst. 144,980 persons receiving parochial relief in the 27 unions adverted to; in the corresponding week of 1861 46,277 persons were so relieved. There is, therefore, an increase of 98,703 persons in the receipt of parochial relief, or 213.3 per cent. In the corresponding week in 1862 134,732 persons received parochial relief. The total weekly cost of out-door relief on the 22d instant was £8,903 8s 4d ; in the corresponding week of 1861 it was £2,256 lOs 3d ; there is, therefore, an increase of £6,646 18s Id, or 294.6 per cent. In the corresponding week of 1862 it was £763 6s 2d. The average per tentage of pauperism on the popu lation of these unions on the 221 instant was 7.3 ; in the corresponding week of 1861 it was 2,4, and in the corres ponding week in 1862 was 6.7. The amount of money in the hands of the treasurers of the above unions, on the 22d instant, was £90,126 19e 2d. I annex a table to this re port, showing the number of old and infirm persons, the number of able . -bodied /miles, the number of able•bodied females, and the number of children, who were receiving parochial relief on the 22d instant in each of the unions adverted to; the total number of each class being 34,100 old and infirm persons, 16,591 able-bodied males, 30,321 able-bodied females, and 63,956 children under 16 years of age. The last returns made by the committees of charity in the cotton manufacturing districts show that they were maintaining 78,980 persons who were not receiving paro. chial relief. On the 22d inst. the number of able-bodied adults and children in receipt of parochial relief was 110,883, and of that number 15.0 per cent, were males, 28.0 per cent. were females, and 57.0 per cent. were children. Presuming that the committees of charity do not provide for old and infirm persons, and that the 78,890 persons whom they do maintain represent the same proportion of classes as the pauper lists, there are 11,847 able-bodied males, 22,117 able bodied females, and 45,010 children dependent on charity. In the aggregate, therefore, there are 28,438 able-bodied males, 52,441 able-bodied females, and 108,981 children under 16 years of age who are now maintained either out of the rates or by charity, together with 34,100 old and infirm persons who are dependent on the poor rates, making a total of 223,960 persons.—l am, my lords and gentlemen, your obedient servant. "H. B. FARNALL, Special Commissioner." Mr. Goodair, during a discussion on the application of the Public Works Act, said the experience in Preston was that the operation of the act would be interfered with by the com parative s3arceness of skilled labour, which would be re quired to a large extent for the execution of works already contemplated there, and if this could not be obtained there would be a difficulty in employing the full amount of un skilled labour which might otherwise be made use of. Major E. Leigh thought that the number of unskilled workmen out of employ would probably increase as winter approached. Mr. Goodair said ho could express no opinim upon that point, He referred more especially to the scarcity of brick layers and stone masons, as proved by practical experience. Mr. Itawlinson said this difficulty was, perhaps, not to be regretted, as it might lead ultimately to some bene ficial results, by inducing the several local authorities to select, as first experiments, those works which would employ the largest amount of unskilled labour. Many applications had already been made for money to execute works involving large outlays upon skilled labour, and in some cases they were for objects which probably the public might think should not have been sanctioned. Be was not sorry, therefore, on account of the fact mentioned by Mr. Goodair. Although the Poor-law Board did not wish to be too rigid on this point, it was certainly expected that the authorities would select works which would absorb the greatest number of unskilled labourers. In reply to the noble chairman, Mr. Itawlinson added that a considerable portion of the money asked for was to be applied to the erection of public buildings. He also stated that the whole of the applications which had been sent in to the Poor-lax Board, up to the date of his last official report, amounted to £169,729, and applications had since been made for £529,000, making a total of £698,729, or very nearly halt the sum sanctioned by Parliament. It should be remembered, how.- ever, that mo-t of the largo towns were included .in this statement. The Mayor of Manchester had informed.bim that the corporation of Manchester contemplated asking for a much greater sum than ho mentioned last week (£100,000). The Chairman said the mayor had st ated to him that, nearly £200,000 would probably be required for Manchester. Among the grants subsequently made were £1,500 to Gi°s"?, £1,500 to Manchester, £750 to Salford, £l5O to Ashton-under-Lyne, £l5 O to Stalyhridge, £2OO to Dukin field, £lOO to Tintwistla, £l2O to Broadbottom and Charles worth, £6O to Leyland, £BO to Mottram in Longdendale, £6O to Newchureh in Rossendale, and other smaller sums, making a total of £5,460. This concluded the business. THE CONDEMNED PRISONERS IN KIRKDALE GAOL.—On Sunday last the gaol governor (Captain Gibbs) received front the Home-office a respite for Eliza. beth Benyon, the young woman sentenced to death at the late assizes for the murder of her illegitimate son, a child about 12 months old, by drowning him, at Salford, on 15th June last. The capital sentence will probably be commuted to penal servitude for life. We understand that exertions are being made to obtain a commutation of the sentence in the cases of the Spanish seaman Jose M. Alvarez, convicted of the murder of James Harrison, by stabbing him, in Old hall-street. on the night of the 12th of Nay; arid Joh n Hughes, the shoemaker, condemned for th e murder of hit t wife, in Great Homer-street, in April last. It .d_ e a e l s f no t appear that any steps have been ta ken on ced to Benjamin Thomas, the Welsh sailor, se ntenced death for the murder of Mary Rowlands, behalf Oldhall-street, on tho Bth of May or on z O'Brien, the seaman convicte d of the murder of eth in rteo:ls.- Jab a r ms e t ste e , Callaghan, in a house of ill-fame in Spitalfields, on the 9th of June. Hughes , O' Brien, and Thomas, being Pro.. testants, have the benefit of the spiritual ministrations of the worthy chaplain of the gaol, the Rev. R. Appleton ; r ati criminalsn s ofhatvhee apparently e m an . paid aenardnethsteattiwene tfitornatt-onathmeeed xboo On Saturday Thomas expressed an !anxious desire to see a Welsh Dissenting minister, and en the following day the Rev. Dlr. Ilughere a minister belonging to the Welsh Calvinistic Methodist denomination, viri!ed him. Directly he was introduced to the unhappy man the latter recog nised him as a minister he heard preach in :Vales some six yea rs since. They held a long conversation in the Welsh l a nguage, and Thomas subsequently intimated that he was glad he had seen the rev, gentleman. Alvarez is entirely unacquainted withthe English language, but he is attended daily by a Catholic priest who speaks Spanish fluently. The executions will, in the customary order of things, take place on Saturday week. DLYTH AND TYNE. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held in Newcastle on Monday—Mr. J. Laycock in the chair. Tho report having been read, The CHAIRMAN, in moving its adoption, remarked that while the income of the railway had fallen off during the past half-year, the loss had been more than met by a reduc tion in the expenditure that had not affected the efficient working of the line, which was never in better condition. Some discussion, he said, had taken place in the district lately NI ith regard to the probable time that it would take to exhaust the supply of coal. But he had no fears of the property of the line on that score. The works for the New castle branch had been let to a respectable contractor, and the directors anticipated it would be completed by the end of the year, and be opened for passenger traffic in the spring of next year. The report was adopted, and dividends were agreed to at the rate of 10 per cent, on the 10 per cent. preference stock; 5 per cent. on the 5 per cent. preference stock, and at the rate of 9i per cent. per annum on the ordinary stock. The CHAIRMAN then moved that the company raise part of the share capital authorised by the act of 1861. The sum to be so raised being between £60,000 and £70,000 ; the shares to be offered at par to the holders of ordinary stock in the proportion of £lO to every £2O so held. Mr. F. LAMBERT seconded the motion, and it was adopted. The proceedings concluded with a vote of thanks to the chairman and directors. COCKERMOUTH, KESWICK, AND PENRITH. The half yearly meeting of this company was held on Thursday at Keswick, Mr. T. A. Hoskins in the chair. The Secretary (Ur. Cattle) read the engineer's report, which stated that about four-fifths of the earthworks had been executed, and that there was a reasonable prospect of the works being completed by March 31, 1861, the time specified in the contract. The directors' report stated that the bill for legalising the working arrangements with the London and North-Western and Stockton and Darlington. Railway Companies had re ceived the Royal assent. The new floating dock at Work ington, it was expected, would be ready for traffic by the time the line was completed. The Whitehaven and Cteator Company had obtained power to construct a branch line from the present terminus in Lamplugh to the Cockermouth and Workington Railway, near the junction of the rivers Marrow and Derwent. That line would considerably shorten the distance from the company's terminus at Cockermouth to th e iron-ore-producing and coke-consuming district, and could not fail to prove advantageous. The directors strongly recommend a project for the construction of a first-class hotel at the Keswick station. The capital account to June 30 showed that £131,169 had been expended, leaving a balance of £21,262 against the company. The Cl/AIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, expressed satisfaction at the progress of the works. The line being so nearly finished, he trusted, as they had good security, that the money they proposed to raise would be obtained at a low rate of interest. Mr. FLE'FCHEit seconded the adoption of the report, and it was carried unanimously. The directors were authorised to borrow on mortgage a sum not exceeding in the whole £66,000. The retiring directors (Mr. Hoskins, Mr. M'Cilassan, and Major J. J. Spedding), and the retiring auditor (Mr. J. I''• Crosthwaite), were re-elected. A special meeting was then held to consider the project for a first-rate hotel, to cost about £lO,OOO. Mr. J. STEEL, M.P., moved that the directors be author- ised to proceed with the construction of a first-class hotel, with stables, in Keswick, which was seconded by Mr CROZIER. Some opposition was manifested, an amendment was pro. posed and rejected, and the origiaal motion was carried. A vote of thanks to the chairman terminated the proceed. ings. BOSTON, SLEA FORD, AND MIDLAND COUNTIES. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held on Monday at the Euston Hotel, Euston-square; Mr. Parry in the chair. The report stated that the total earnings of the line for the past half-year amounted to £10,316, being au increase of £1,:?33 aver these for the corresponding half of 1862. Negotiations had resulted in a proposal for the lease in per petuity of the Boston line to the Great Northern Company, that company guaranteeing annual payments on the share capital of the Boston and Sleaford Company for the year 1863, at the rate of £3 per cent, per annum, and at an in creased rate until 1867, when the dividend would be fixed in perpetuity at £1 2e. 6d. per cent, per annum. From the available balance of £2,856, a dividend of 3s. per share was recommended. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said the terms of the proposed agreement would be submitted to the shareholders for approval at a special meeting. For the half-year ending June, 1860, the dividend paid was 3a per cent. for the half-year ending Jane, 1861, 21 per cent, for the same half-year in 1832, 21, and for the past year 3! per cent., so that for the years the line had been opened the dividend averaged 21 i per cent. Those dividends had been earned without any through traffic. Mr, TOOTAL seconded the motion. Mr, PARSONS congresUl2ted the ehareholth , rs upon she ~~~~~~ i is ars. eg. v was era- ;nce era- air The r on icier cur- Less '3f) of full In- tone. ) 33a r 24 sand very fair fitter. neat, one; • for note flack rket, as of S. d. _0 13 6 0 14 0 21 0 28 0 b. 18. ;.12. t. 3. . 28. 1. t. 1. 12. 10. t. 4. 3. t. 4. t. ,2. t. 2. t. 4. t.:10. t. 24. t. 13. w.m•qC ......••••••••• dr. S 'airliet reene, >urcill FRU