The Sun. — London, England, 1863-10-03 00:00:00

/ vte- •••••1.T7....11 ; 4 7 II 1 • • • „/ was yesterday, after the inspection on VS), . 0 01wicp.: . . a r t • 2w, ; , Common, presented with a medal and £lO gi 'at uity `<-‘)A-• oe . ADI° ) o ffif fi k • 411111 1;6 4 Kil " .:: r s, 7l - )0111111111 , - t , :. = • for gallant bearing in the Crimea and ).• • . 2 • (411rattlatf 14.6 5 • 4,17 i DROrr• fir .• • 4 good conduct. nn - ROYAL VISITORS IN EDINBITRGIL\,....- S it THE LIVERPOOL AND LONDON FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY. Established in 1836. OMees :-1, Dale -street, Liverpool ; 20 and 21, Poultry, London, E.C. PROGRESS OF THE COMPANY SINCE 1850 : Year, Fire Premiums. Life Premiums. I Invested Funds. 1851 £51,305 1856 222,279 1861 360,130 1862 436,065 Th £27,157 72,781 135,974 13Q,703 £so2 ' 824 821,061 1,3 1 1,005 1,417.808 ..4d. STAMPED ....sd. EDINBURGH, Friday Morning. . nea T r h ly e Prince and Princess of Wales:left Abergeldie Castle yesterday morning at half-past nine o'clock, and posted to Aboyne, which they reached about 11, and from that point they commenced their rail way journey to Edinburgh, travelling in a saloon carriage attached to the ordinary train. At Ferry , d o t f ae o m g . r u i m Ad a hill Junction, Perth, Larbert, and other places where stoppages were made, there were large as semblages, and the Prince and Princess were re ceivedhwaiit half-an-hour an .. h cordial ou r behind its appointedtrain, heavy, reached Wave:ley-bridge station at 6 47, Sheriff rplatformiff oo Gordon, the o n, a Crown o.P, other n g c e e n a t ill gentlemen n w c e e a r s e ofl'rus present.- the Prus sia waited the arrival of their distinguished relatives occa sion, the high constables General Walker and Staff, the Earl of Kintore, Mr. guard e o of honour oud ch e cheering rno o gc n eoe t fd h ae e dn lastu toin oe numerous to c hu a e - s There iow.nngaeiteetaha w rero a luap s gtis n eai t b ab u l t es an be e in sc g o e r n t torfusttheed3waiHthukseseaprs affectionate meeting took place between . the Royal Party, who left the station in and rather eager crowd. Darkness having fallen during the delay of the train's arrival, the many hundreds waiting outside. could see nothing but the carriage which contained the illustrious visitors, whom, however, they welcomed . i n a very enthusi astic a.ow minutes after 7 o'clock. Apartments had been taken there for two nights for the Prince and Princess of Wales and for their suite, consisting of the Hon. Mrs. Grey, - Lieutenant-General hnol y, ' 1 s the Hon. M. Douglas manner.Ho Hotel, w T h n i c e h w c carriage i r a e g a e c h e d at , Meade, and the Hon. Colonelheppel. The Crown Prince and Princess of Prussia, who arrived in Edinburgh from London yest erda y morn ing, left Waverley station this morning at a quarter past 9 o'clock by the ordinary train for t he north, en route to Balmoral on a visit to her 111ajesty the Queen. They are accompained by their infant children, the Princes Frederick William and Henry and the Princess Victoria, and by the Countess Hohenthal, Lord Charles Fitzroy, &c. After break fast yesterday their Royal Highnesses drove out THE SUN, LONDON, SAI URDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 3, 1863. Was 71.£e Fire Duty paid by thi s C om p a ny i n E ng l an d in 1862 ,254. No. 22,236. SWINTON BOULT, Fecretary t 3 the Company. JOHN ATKINS, Resident Fe rotary, London. Fire Policies falling due at AlLhaelmas should be renewed by the 14th October. No wready, aßthe Libraries, in 3 vols., G 0 0I) SOCIETY. By MRS. GREY, Author of " The Gambler's Wife," &C. The Lord Chief Baron on Agricultural Science.—Mr. Lindsay, M.P,, on American Slavery and the War. There could be no question whatever that the Nor therners were very highly prejudiced against the ne groes. But apart from all considerations of that kind, had those who cried out about the emancipation of the slaves ever considered how that great question was to be dealt with—how it was possible to liberate all at once more than 4,000,000 of blacks,who had unfortunately been trained to slavery ? The thing was impossible. It could not be done, It would not take merely one, but two generations to do it. He said still more, with that object in view, if it was their object, which he did not believe, their conduct bad been both vain and wicked. (Hear, hear.) 11Ir. Lincoln, in his proclamation, had talked of giving freedom to the whole of the slaves, and of their being sent away to some district Far West, where the foot of civilised man had never trod ; but when offered freedom on these terms the blacks had re fused to accept it. Thep hay talked of sending them away to some other country. But they had never considered the possibility of carrying out such a scheme—had they ever considered how utterly impossible it was to convey 4,000,00 0 of men, or in what ships they could be conveyed ? The LORD CHIEF BARON—Twenty Great Easterns could not do it, (Hear, hear.) • Murder and Robbery in the Public Street. nexions, and 119 vaults are also completed. The value of these and other works incidental thereto, including about 1,000 yards super of new granite paving, amount to £12,500 £1,500 more than at the date of my last report. J. W, BAZNLGETTE, Engineer." Considerable excitement has been created in the neigh bourhood of Shoreditch, by the murder in Old-street-road, of a pork butcher named Edward Vial, who was brutally attacked and robbed of a small sum of money by some mis creants, who subsequently made their escape. Last evening Mr. John Humphreys,one of the Middlesex coroners, opened an inquiry into the circumstances, at the Princess Royal Tavern, Paul-street, Shoreditch,when the following evidence was adduced : NORWICH UNION FIRE INSURANCE SOCIETY. The business of the Company exceeds £70,000,0 00 . The duty paid to Government for the year 1862 was X 85,062, and the amount insured on farming,' stock, 510 , 0 86,33 9 . _ _ " Good Society, in all its various phases, comes in for a complete anatomization at the hands of our author. That very many of the characters are sketched from life, can admit of no doubt. The dialogue is lively, and the interiors are painted with a well-accustomed hared—whether the scene is laid in the m arquis's mansion, the squire's hall, the country parsonage, the Romish chapel, or the lodging-house in Bel gravia. Altogether, to our mind, this surpasses any of the former works of th e wri t e r."—United Service Mag. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. SHEPPERTON, Friday. The annual meeting of the Middlesex Agricultural Asso ciation took place to• day in the village. In the absence of Lord Enfield (who is at present in Ireland), Major General Wood presided at the dinner, and was supported by a large gathering of the gentry, clergy, and farmers of the district. The dinner took place at the Anchor, and the proceedings were enlivened by some excellent glee and part-singing under the direction of Mr. Simpson, assisted by Mr. Chap lin Henry and Mr. G. Ford. After the usual loyal and patriotic toasts, The CHAIRMAN gave" The Health of Lord Chief Baron The report was received and ordered to be printed. PROPOSED NEW STREET FROM lIOLBORN TO LINCOLN'S INN •FIELDS. A report was brought up from the Works and Improve ment Committee, stating, in reference to a letter received on the subject of opening a thoroughfare from Holborn to Lin coln's. inn-fields, through Little-turnstile, that it was not of such a character that they could recommend the Board to entertain it, as it would cost £30,000, Mr. Alderman LAWRENCE said the sum of £30,000 was not such an enormous burden to be cast upon the ratepayers of the metropolis that it should be weighed against the great benefits which would be derived in throwing open a new roadway from Holborn to Lincoln's.inn- fields. It was cer tainly extraordinary that they should have a large park — for so Lincoln's-inn-fields was—so enclosed and shut up, and have no public thoroughfare for carriages. He moved that the subject be referred to the committee for considera tion and report. Mr. LE BRETON seconded the amendment. Mr. FREEMAN said there was no doubt that this would be a great improvement, but it was not so urgent as many others, and he thought that if they attempted to drive the public too fast in making improvements they would be doing more harm than good. After a few words from Mr. H. L. TAYLOR the amend ment was negatived, and the original motion agreed to. A bonus of three-fifths of the profits periodically made to Parties insuring, who have thus, from time to time, received rums amounting in the aggrega.te 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. M rs. Phoebe Humphreys, 40, Willow-•street, Shoreditcb, said that she was the sister of the deceased, who lived at 14, Willow -street. On Tuesday week, having heard that he had been robbed, and had received dreadful injuries, and that his life was in great danger, she went to his house. Sho found him lying on the bed. He had been rendered deaf by the manner in which he had been beaten on the head. He was, however, then sensible. He said that on the preceding evening he had been to the West-end. On his way back he felt thirsty, and he turned into the Luke's Bead Tavern and called for half a pint of beer. Deceased said that when he left the house, which he did soon, he pro ceeded along the Old-street-road, until he came to Mr. Fel ton's coach factory at the corner of Pump-row. He had then in his pocket a bag, containing the following pieces of sil ver:—two florins, four shilling pieces, one sixpence, and a threepenny-bit. He said that he saw no person about at the time, but he suddenly received a dreadful blow on the t e mple which dashed him at once to the ground. It was so violent that he was instantly rendered senseless. He knew nothing whatever further about the attack, it wan so sudden a nd so violent. He had no idea of how he got home. By the Coroner—lt was well known that deceased was in the habit of coming home by the corner of Pump-row. At that spot there was a stack of timber, and a person could easily have concealed himself behind it and have inflicted the injury upon the deceased before the latter was aware that any one was there. 122, FLEET-STREET, LONDON. NEW WORKS. 'MESSRS. JOHN MAXWELL AND CO. beg 1_ to announce that the undermentioned Works may be now had at every Circulating Library. Subscribers to those useful Institutions should not experience any delay in ob taining copies, as adequate editions have been printed, and the type is kept standing, to meet every demand as quickly as it arises :- 1. SAGE:VILLE CHASE. 3 vols. For prospectuses apply at the Society's Offices, Surrey- Ftreet, Norwich ; and 6, Crescent, New Bridge-street, Black friars, E.C. Pollock and the Judges of England," which toast was re- ceived with loud cheers. PROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION. The LORD CHIEF BARON, in responding, said that he acknowledged with gratitude the honour that they had con ferred upon him and his colleagues in the administration of justice. They had, no doubt, arduous duties to perform, and Established 1840. TRUSTEE S. Thomas Baring', Esq., M.P. Wm. Geo. Prescott, Esq. Thomson Hankey, I Esq., M.P. 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 0,C00 It has paid i n 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 „ 1852 11,500 „ 1857 .. .. 23.200 1862 • .. 56,500 making the total bonus additions, X 03,600. Bonuses may be received in cgsh or applied to the reduc tion of premiums at the option of the assured, in lieu of an addition to the ' , obey. Attention is especially invited to the system of free or paid bp policies introduced by this Association, by which the sacrifice so often submitted to on the relinquishment of po'icy is wholly avoided. The balance-sheets of the Association are open to all, Whether assurers or otherwise. Active and influential agents will be appointed in unrepre sented districts. 2. STRONGHAND. By GUtTAYE AIMARD. 2 vols. 3. BREAKFAST IN BED. By GEORGE AUGUSTUS SALA. 1 VOI. it was always gratifying to them to find that they dis charged their duties to the satisfaction of the public whom they served. He must confess that he was more pleased 4. THE REV. ALFRED HOBLUSH AND lIIS CURACIES. 1 vol. with this kind of public recognition of their services when it cccurred at a meeting of his friends and neighbours in this part of the country ; and he was, therefore, highly delighted to find himself received at the present meeting as one whom 5. SECRETS OF MY OFFICE. 1 vol. In One Vol., Post Bvo., 10s. 3d., THE CROSS OF HONOUR. By the Anther of " Small House in Piccadilly." [On Oct. 10. London : John Maxwell and Co . 122. Fleet-street. hey respected and were glad to see. He might, perhaps, be Fcap. Bvo., 280 pp., cloth, lettered, 3s. free by post, asked what he had to do at an agricultural meeting. He was afraid that there were very few now present who were able to recollect that he took the chair at the first meeting of the Middlesex Agricultural Association. (Hear, hear.) He also had the honour of filling the chair on a second, and NEW STREETS FROM OXFORD-STREET AND NEW BOND- T HE PRINCIPLES and PRACTICE of VEGETARIAN COOKERY, STREET. The sanction of the Board was given to a plan for the for mation of two new streets to run from Oxford-street and New Bond-street, in lieu of the existing thoroughfares in the-parish of St. George, Hanover-square. Founded on Chemical Analysis, and embracing the most approved Methods of the Art. By the Author of "Fruits and Farinacea the Proper Food ho believed on a third occasion. Although he was not much addicted to agricultural pursuits himself, he had not alto gether neglected other studies than those which belonged to his school and college ; nor had he entirely confined his pur poses as a lawyer to the dry details of his profession, but he _ _ _ _ _ of Man." London : F. Pitman, 20, Paternoster-row, E.C. Emily Vial, 15, Willow-street, widow of deceased, said her late husband was a pork-butcher. On the night in ques tion he left home at six o'clock to sell somo German sau sages. She saw no more of him until one o'clock the fol lowing morning, when he knocked at the door. She opened it, and be rushed past her in a terrified state exclaiming o They're after me. There they are." When he became se nsible he made a statement to his sister. He said, "My Go d, they have not only robbed but they have injured me, a nd Ido not know who they are." There were signs of blows on the back of his head as well:as upon the temple. Dr. J. Poole Collier said that on the 23d ult. he was c oed in to see the deceased. Deceased was then dull and and was suffering great pain in the temple and back. g e said that he had received a blow which stunned him, an d lie believed he had fallen on the ground. Death too k place on the 20th ultimo. Witness made a post mortem examination, and there were extensive bruises arou nd the neck and on the back of the head and on the s houlders. Those bruises were the result of a frightful fal l. On the temple there was a lump as if from a blow. Upon removing the scalp he found the temple muscle high ly congested where the blow had been delivered. A blow there would produce almost instant insensibility. On the back part of the head and corresponding with the mark from the fall there was an extravasation of blood. The immediate cause of death was effusion into the ven tricles of the brain from the violence inflicted. By the Coroner —The blow on the temple was suc h as wou ld be inflicted by a knuckle-duster. A person skilled in the use of the knuckle-duster would have produced pre cisely s uch an injury. After some further evidence, Th e Coroner said that one fact had been very clearly proved that deceased had been murdered. The next step would be to ascertain, if poss ibl e , w h o the perpetrators were, an d to bring them to j us ti ce . H e s h o uld adjourn the in quiry, to give the polic e an o pp or tunity of discovering some c l ue to the guilty parties. The Court was accordingly adjourned. THE TENDER FOR THE THAMES EMBANKMENT FROM WEST, MINSTER-BRIDGE TO WATERLOO•BRIDGE. T" OXF OB.D, 6, OXFORD STREET, W. THIS EVENING, will be performed Operatic Selections from Sir Henry It. Bishop's THE SLAVE, CLARA, the MAID of MILAN, and SONNAMBULA. had studied other matters which had afforded him the delight of an enlightened existence. Perhaps he might be permitted The Board sat upwards of two hours with closed doors to receive from the solicitor of the Board a report of the result of his inquiries into,the sufficiency of the sureties proposrd by Mr. Samuel Ridley, to whom the tender was last week conditionally awarded. As the reporters were excluded no information could be obtained as to whether they were considered to be satisfactory or not. _ _ _ WM. THOS. LINFORD, Secretary. Chief Office, 15, Moorgate-street, E.C., Aug 1, Mt. ATORT # BRITISH AND MERCANTILE INSURANCE COMPANY. Principal Artistes—Miss Russell, Miss Elltson, Messrs. Green, Bernardi, Buish, ke., with full band and chorus. Conductor, Mr. P. Jonghmans. Flute Solos by Drew Dean &c. Established 1509. Incorporated by Royal Charter and Special Acts of Parliament. _ . _ Comic, by UNSWORTH ("or any oi,her man "), Euzene, W. Randall, George Hodson, and those marvellous French Clowns, Messrs. ARTHUR and BERTRAND. After transacting some uninteresting business the Board adjourned. Accumulated and Invested Funds Annual Revenue. .. . 422,401 FIRE DEPARTMENT. Insurances granted both at Home and in Foreign Countries on the most liberal terms. Also, a Pe►formance by Herr SCHALKENBACFI on his wonderful instrument, the PIANO URCHE6TItE, contain ing a full baud of 40 instruments. The HALL has just been newly Decorated and Ventilated, and is one of the most Beautiful in the Metropolis. Open at 8 o'clock. Admission, ed. ; stalls and balcony, ls. ; private boxes, 10s. 6d. Naval and Military Intelligence. THE NAVY. The Scylla, 20, screw, Capt. Courtney, is expected to sail from Spithead this morning for Japan, tak ing out supernumerary seameu and marines for ships serving on that station. The Sharpshooter, iron screw sloop, of 503 tons and 200 horse power of engines, is drawing near the completion of her repairs in dock at Portsmouth. She has been fitted with Commander Warren's pa tent bow rudder, and her inner skin, from her keel to a level with her water line, has been coated with Spence's paten, non-conducting and preservative composition. An official trial of Commander War ren's bow rudder will be made by the officials of Portsmouth dockyard on the Sharpshooter coming out of dock. _ _ _ LIFE DEPARTMENT. Every facility offered to Insurers. Ninety per Cent. of the Profits divided among the Insurers On the participating principle. The new Life business transacted in 1862 as follows : Policies. Amount Inured. Premiums. 1,037 £763,334 £23,641 0 0 Forms of Proposal and every information will be furnished on application at the CANTERBURY HALL " GHOST."—In order to gratify the curiosity of nightly-increasing crowds, Mr. C. MORTON has transferred the representation of Pro fessor Pepper and HenryDircks, Esq.'s, world-famed spectral Illusion, "THE GHOST," to the Concert Hall, where a new and elegant stage is erected, affording a more ample view of the Illusion from Stalls, Balcony, and body of the Hall. He has also arranged for Mr. A. Silvester to give (with all that gentleman's latest improvements and effects), REPRESENTATIONS EACH EVENING, at half-past Nine o'clock. All the other Musical and Pictorial attractions as usual, including Operatic Selections, &c. ; Comedy by Unsworth (the modern Demosthenes), Eugene, George Hodson, and the marvellous Arthur and Bertrand. LONDOIST ........ . OFFICES : .. 58, Threadneedle-street. 4, New Bank Buildinvs. Lothbury. West -end Office B, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall. 19 •••----..-_____ ARGYLL ROOMS, Windmill-street, Piccadilly. These elezant Rooms are NOW OPEN for the Winter Season. They have been entirely redecorated. Musical Director, Mons. Jullien, of monster concerts cele brity. The band Is selected from the Crystal Palace, the Italian Operas, and the Household Troops of her Majesty. Doors open at 8 o'clock. Admission, Is. Manager—M. GRENET. -- Yesterday the iron screw frigate Marley Hill ar rived alongside the dockyard at Chatham from Liverpool, having on board about 50 tons of machi nery and tramways ordered by the Admiralty to be erected beneath the building sheds on which it is intended to construct the iron frigates about to be laid down, A.D. 1720. ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE CORPORATION (Established by Charter of his Majesty George the First) FOR SEA, FIRE, LIFE, AND ANNUITIES. Offices, Royal Exchange, London. Branch Office, 29, Pall-mall. OCTAVIUS WIGRAM, Esq., Governor. GEORGE PEARRES BARCLAY, Esq., Sub-Governor. Sir JOHN HENRY PELLY, Bart., Deputy -Governor. DIRECTORS. Henry Bainbridge, Esq. Wilmot Holland, Esq. Robert Barclay, Esq. Earl of Leven and Melville. .lohn Garratt Cattley, 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 Bruce, Esq. Samuel Leo Schuster, Esq. Fredk. JO9, Edlmann, Esq. Eric Carrington Smith, Esq. RiversdaleW. Grenfell, Esq. William Soltau, Esq. Pobt. Amadeus Heath, Esq. Joseph Somes, Esq., M.P. Wm. Tetlow Hibbert, Esq.: William Wallace, Esq. Jas. Stewart Hodgson, Esq. Chas. Baring-Young, Escl• Medical Referee, SAMUEL SOLLY, Esq., E.R.s. NOTICE.— l'he usual fifteen days allowed for payment of FIRE PREMIUMS falling d ue at Michaelmas will expire on 14th October. FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected with this Corporation on advantageous terms. The Reversionary Lulus on British Life Policies has ave raged ' , early 2 per cent. per annum on the sum assured. Equivalent reductions have been made in the Premiums I ayable by persons who preferred that form of Bonus. The divisions of Profit take placa every Five years. L Any sum not exceed i ng £15,000 may be insured on one This Corporation affords to the Assured— Liberal participation In Profits—with exemption from the liabilities of partnership. A rate of Bonus equal to the average returns of Mutual Societies —with the guarantee of a large invested Capital Stock. The advantages of modern practice,—with the security of an Office whose resources have been tested by the ex perience of nearly a CENTURY AND A HALF. SPECIAL NOTICE. Policies on the participating system, granted on or before the gist December, 1883, and in force at the close of the year 1885, will be entitled to share in the next division of profits ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON. ROBT. P. STEELE, Secretary. IFIE ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY, TIE AD OFFICES, 29, Lombard -street, London, and Royal Insurance buildings, Liverpool. Total Annual Revenue exceeds ..... ...Zsooonn. Accumulated funds in h an d over ...... 1,000,000. Chairman in Liverpool : CHARLES TURNER, Esq., M.P. Chairman in London : WILLIAM WAINWRIGHT, Esq. EXTRACTS FROM THE REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1862. The Directors of the Royal Insurance Company are now called upon to make their accustomed periodical Report at the Meeting of its Shareholders. RE R. The Directors have as as plea ß sing A ly NCH as unexpectedly, at the close of the year, to announce, for the first time, that the Fire Premiums have not only reached, but exceed £300,000. The high comparative position held by the Royal in the Government Returns of Duty is again fully maintained. The profit of the business of the year exceeds considerably the amount realised in the preceding year, and in fact sur pasmes that of any year, with but two exceptions, since the commencenaent of this Office, the balance to the credit on account of 13ritish and Foreign Insurances being Z 45,107 10s. Ad., and of the North American business, which is kept sepa rately, £11,097165. 10d. LIFE BRANCH. The very gratifying duty now falls upon the Directors to state the sum assured on new policies for fhe year 1862 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 assured as that which has just been announced as the result of one year's business was all but unheard of. This portion of the Company's business has been carefully Watched, and cannot fail to give much satisfaction to the shareholder, as well as no small encouragement for the future to the participating, life assurer. Evidence of continued care in the selection of lives is amply afforded by a statement of the number rejected. These have amounted to 311 for the year, on which the aggregate sum Proposed for assurance "mounts to £143,28 I. Various degrees of ineligibility have led to these lives being declined. Din 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 sible in a single year from deterioration 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 Lon dan or elsewhere, except when amalgamations have taken place. The returns of duty have proved this. In Life, the amount of New Policies already reported make all other evidence needless. The Directors conclude their present Report with the expression of an opinion that the prospects of the Royal Insurance Company were never brighter, and of a conseq uent hope, founded on a grateful remembrance of thep that the future m ay un f o ld f or i t a sphere of s till greater tilde, combini ng di s ti ngu i shed commercial suc ces s °Moe 'with a lengthened career o f use f u l ness and protection to the public.tothe PERCY M. DOVE, Manager and Actuary. JOHN B. JOHNSTON, Secretary in London. SALEV.R.—TOWER. OF STORES.—By rder of the SEC RETARY OF STATE FOR W A R, Mr. GEORGE iSPILLMAN will SELL, by Public Auction, in the Tower, n IIII TRSDAY, The Bth of Oct o b er , 1863 , a t El even o ' c l oc k the Forenoon precisely, the foll ow i ng St ores : .ed Cases and Blankets. Small Arms of various de ., CCaps, Clothing and Woollen scriptions. aps. Armourer's Pack-saddle -llainmock Rug s 20 Gal. Co • Forges. Ita_ pliers. Sets of Ironwork for do. u gem complete with Ovens Files, various. and Boilers. ' At k ~... da y , ~ a, "-'e v iewed at th e T ower from 10 to 4 o'clock the three teeirvitous to th e d ay of sale, and catalopites may be had W coiwZ r-o ffine, Pall -Mall ; the Tower ; and Royal Arsenal, YAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, ii -- , - ------------------ aY TelLtbe imme diate vicinity of th e G reat Northern Rail --giaile, at Ring ' ' s-crois. Patron --The QUEEN. rre a t d cnt—The Duke of BUCCLEUCH, K.G. This was this Treaßurer—Edward Masterman, Esq. snd in s 'a s _ : first hospital to introduce the principle of free nrdity ot 71,1ifision to the destitute sick, without the for till ion in it, I.4:l'N' letters. It is entirely devoted to desti pr.nied by „foul' ialitiahle f orm —viz., that which is accom rnaznitude that, ~;itrici disease, and is now of sufficient capable of admittinr). i i adequate support, it may be rendered the casual sick o f tti.nto its wards a very large proportion of funds in order to have rrreat metropolis. It requires but the these the most Ivretc}?e,p_Peds available for the reception of it gratuitously afford, ni,",ii!),Ur fel low -creatures. Moreover : p.atiente a week. on the average, than 3,0% :4 1 _ advice and medicine to more, The Weekly Roard feel it th EARNEST APPEAL to the e l7, l l, n ;Perative duty to make an to enable them to admit and refte-1° I°r daily present themselves, continued support, re the distressing, cases that Contributions are received by the Treasurer, Edward_ Masterman, Esq., Nicholas-lane; al e , - Co. ; Drummond and CO. ; Herries byd Messrs. Courts and Co.; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; S mith a ,P.,,, e(x ; and Co. ; Jones Loyd and Co.; Battle --"'°' and Co. ; Glyn Ransom and ..,Y and Co. ; Denison and Co. ; Waves, Deacon, and Co.;' ' " v erend G ev and Co. ; Nisbet and Co. ; Messrs. J. Berried and C0.,-Luiniveip'ool Mid at ttw U9opital. STANFORD a nurrix uvretary. R OYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. The GHOST ! new version—The FAIRY FOUNTAIN— Grand Divertissement—Favourite Opera Selections—NlCO- SlA, the eminent Violinist—RAPHAEL DE SOLLA. the Infant Tenor—LANGLOIS, the Great Juggler, Every Evening. Doors open at 7—commence at half-past 7. ROYAL ALHAAIBRA PALACE. Great Musical Attraction —lmmense success of SIGNOR NICOSIA, the eminent Violinist, who will appear Every Evening. THE LAUNDRESSES to her late Majesty Queen Adelaide say, that " BRIGGS' AUSTRALIAN S PARCH needs but to be tile t to be approved " Sole Wholesale Agent, Harper Twelvetrees, Bromley-by Bow, London, E. SPECTACLES. —The Patent Newly-invented Tinted Spectacles are patronised by the majority of the Nobility, including Viscount Palmerston. They afford extra ordinary re def to weak, dim, and detective ♦ision.—S. and B SOLOMON S, Opticians, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. TEA.—MOORE BROTHERS respectfully inti mate that their New Prospectus is now ready. They especially recommend their improved Family Tea, reduced to 3s. 2d. ; Souchonz ' reduced to 3s. ed. ; mixed Assam, re duced to 3s. Bd. ; and the finest Assam, reduced from is. 4d. to 3s. lid. per lb. MOORE BROTHERS. 35, London-brikce, City, E.C. 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NEW PATENT ELASTIC STOCKINGS, KNEE-CAPS, &c., for Varicose Veins and all cases of 'Weakness and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, &a They are porous, 1 i ght in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on ean ordinary stocking. Prioe 4s. 6d., 7s. 6d., 10s., to 16s. each. Postage 6d. JOHN WHITE. Manufacturer. 228. Piccadilly. CELEBRATION of the TERCENTENARY of the BIRTH of SHAKSPEARE, at Stratford-upon- Avon. The Tercentenary Committee (of which Sir Robert N. C. Hamilton, Bart., K.C.8., is Chairman) are now receiv ing SUBSCRIPTIONS, and they may also be paid to the account of the Tercentenary Committee, at the Stourbridge and Kidderminster or Warwick and Leamington Banks, Stratford-upon-Avon; Messrs. 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 Shakspeare for their aid and assistance. The Committee rest their claims upon the ground that Stratford is not only the birthplace of Shakspeare, but the centre of attraction to all admirers of the great Poet's works, and that it was his home, the town he loved. and where he lived and died. WILLS AND BEQUESTS (From the Illustrated London News.) The will of Sir John Walter Pollen, Bart., of Rodenham, near Andover, Hants, was proved in London on the 17th ult. by his relict, Lady Pollen, the solo executrix. The personal property was sworn under £14,000. The testator succeeded to the baronetcy on the death of his father in 1314 ; was twice returned M.P, for Andover, was late colonel of the South Hants Militia and deputy lieutenant of the county, and died at the age of 79, having executed his will in April, 1862. To his relict, Lady Pollen, he bequeaths a lite interest in his estate and residence at Rendenham, with the lands thereto, and directs that certain portions of the plate, &c shall be held as heirlooms with the succession to .9 his estate and title, which has descended to his nephew, now Sir Richard Hungerford Pollen, Bart. The testator al so leaves to his relict, Lady Pollen, the interest arising f rom his personal estate, which, upon her ladyship's decease, is t o be applied to the renewal of the leases of the advowson and tithes of Andover. The will of the Rev. John Russell, D.D., Canon of Can terbury, Rector of St. Botolph, Bishopagate, was proved in the London Court by his eons and executors—Francis Rus sell, Esq., barrister-at-law, and the Rev. William Russell. The personal property was sworn under £35,000. Dr. Russell was appointed to a canon.•ry in Canterbury in 1827, and to the rectory of St. Botelph's in 1832. This valuable living is returned in the Clergy List at £2,290 a-year. Dr. Russell executed his will April, 1862, and died in the Oak Precincts, in the city of Canterbury, in June last. The will is attested by the Revs. James Bell and William Gill, curates of St. Botolph's. lie bequeaths to his wife a life interest in his property, saving an annuity of £250 to his daughter Mary ; and upon the decease of his relict leaves to each of his daughters, Augusta and Mary, such a sum as, with other securities, will make up £B,OOO to each. The remainder of his property to be equally divided betweed his two sons, his executors, Some liberal legacies are left to servants. The will of Major Francis Wingrave Pinkney, C. 8., late a Commissioner of Jhansee, in Central India, a major in her Majesty's Indian Forces, was proved in London by John Rees Whitecombe, Esq., M.D., one of the executors—power being reserved to Lieutenant IL P. Lane, of the Madras Artillery, the other executor and trustee nominated in the will. This gallant military' officer executed his will a few months before his decease, devising his freehold estate in Glamorganshiro to his oldest son, and dividing his personal property amongst his children. to say that he thought agricultural as compared with other science was a little behind hand, although it was the first branch of industry that was cultivated by the human race. He was very glad to hear the tribute which had been paid by the gallant officer who returned thanks for the army and navy to the agricultural classes, and hear him say that it was from that class that our best soldiers were obtained. Still it was rather to be lamented that agriculture was at the present moment behind almost all other pursuits of life. They were, he thought, as a class at least 50 years behind any other cla , s following pursuits the objects of which were to increase human means and human happiness, and to do it by availing themselves of all the circumstances necessary to ensure success. Mineralogy, meteorology, chemistry, and mechanics had as yet contributed little or nothing to agri cultural science compared with what might be expected from them—(hear, hear)—and in his view of the question the science of meteorology alone would become one of the greatest exponents to teach farmers when it would be pro per to cultivate one particular description of produce rather than another. At the present moment the study of meteo rology as an agricultural science was entirely neglected, and there was no man who attended to it in the slightest degree in an agricultural point of view. Who could doubt that if due attention was paid, and a proper record made of the various changes in z ecurring seasons, such an accumu lation of experience would be obtained as would enable the farmer to judge beforehand in what manner he should direct his industry and his course of crops. So again with respect to the improvement of the soil and the application of manure much remained to be done. Then again, in regard to the application of mechanical power to agricultural labour, no one could doubt that a great change had come over the far mers, and many prejudices had been dispelled. Of this, therefore, they might be assured that no riots would ever take place because machinery was resorted to as a means of assisting agriculture. It was a remarkable fact that, according to all experience that had yet been obtained on the subject, wherever they had introduced machinery, and had thereby displaced one labourer, they had actually introduced two others in conse quence of the adoption of improved machinery. That ought to be borne in mind by every one interested in the question. He rec,llected very well being At torney-General at the time of the introduction of railway traffic, when a deputation of post-horse masters waited upon the then Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Goulburn, and put in a strong claim for the reduction of the post-horse duty, on the ground that the diminution in the amount of duty might be so great that it would be hardly worth collecting. But, said Mr. Goulburn, " Gentlemen, if that be the only ground on which you can urge for a remission of the duty, I assure you that you are very much mistaken, for so far from there having been any diminution in the number of post. horses consequent upon the introduction of railway traffic, the post-horse duty has actually doubled." And that was perfectly true. Those who expected that the number of horses would be diminished by the introduction of the railway system were never more mistaken in their lives, for the number of horses was doubled. So, again, when a new mode of conveyance was started in the metropolis, great complaints were made by the hackney coach and cab proprietors that their business would be ruined, whereas, on the contrary, it was greatly increased, because people soon found out that it was a great advantage _ _ to them not to use up that strength in walking which they required for the performance of their ordinary duties. (Cheers.) It was a great pleasure to him to find himself respected by those among whom he lived, and he thought he might say ho had been of some service—(cheers)--for although he was Attorney-General at the time of the Re becca riots, he was engaged and successfully engaged, in the removal of a toll-bar in that neighbourhood, for which he had the pleasure of receiving a testimonial at the hands of the farmers and others passing that road. (Hear, hear.) In conclusion, he begged to return his sincere and hearty thanks for the manner in whieh his name had upon all oc casions been received by them. (Cheers.) The health of the county members was then drunk, the chairman apologising for their unavoidable absence on the present occasion. The next toast was, " The House of Commons, in connec tion with the name of Mr. Lindsay, M.P." Mr. LINDSAY, on rising, was received with cheers. lie thanked them very warmly for associating his name with the House of Commons, of which he had now been a mem ber for some years. The longer he was a member of that house the prouder he was of his connection with it. It was indeed a noble assembly, and, after all, the palladium of our national liberties. It was an assembly to which not only the people of the British Empire looked as an impartial re presentative body, but it was an assembly to which the four quarters of the world looked, and were actuated by the opi nions expressed in it, because they believed that the opinions there expressed were always boldly and honestly avowed. Above all, it was an assembly which truly represented the opinions of the great British people. No doubt there were times and occasions when the leaders of that assembly did not fully adopt the sentiments of the people and the house, and when even the leaders of the Executive Government did not fully express the feelings and sentiments of that assembly. (Hear, hear.) Even at the present moment he believed there were some great questions on which he was afraid the Government did not altogether represent the opinions and sentiments of the people or of the House of Commons. The noble earl at the head of the Foreign office, when speaking the other evening as a member of the Government and a leader of the executive, said he thought the sympathies of the majority of the people of this country were in favour of a particular section of those who were now engaged in a great civil war in America. He might have been speaking his own sentiments when he gave utter ance to such words, but he (Mr. Lindsay) denied that Lord Russell had spoken the sentiments of the country or of th e House of Commons on that occasion. It might be per fectly true that the House of Commons felt the propriety of leaving the Government unfettered in its responsibitity on this question. The house felt that the responsibility ought to rest on the Government, and on it alone, because it was not certainly the duty of the house to dictate to the Government what course it should pursue in respect to the civil war now raging on the other side of the Atlantic; but the noble lord did not express the sentiments of the people of England when he said that the sympathies of the nation were with the Northern section of that great people now unhappily engaged in war. (Hear, hear.) If the people of England believed that horrible war was being waged in order to put an end to slavery, then ho could understand that their sympathies would be with the Federals. We, in this country, however, had seen sufficient to persuade us that they were neither honest nor earnest in their profession to put down slavery, but that there were other reasons which induced them to wage war against the Southerners. He had soon enough to k now t h at if they really desired to put down an insti t ut ion w hi ch few people, he was happy to soy, in this country ad m i red, they would have obtained the eN-m -pathies of a very large majority enter himself entered office tered fo of r li t e h e e and purpose of i of the people of this country. (Hear, hear.) But w h en they found that the President n p t u h t i t s in p g la , t i f o o w rm n , s t l h av a e t ry h: not did and did not intend to take any steps to put down slavery, nor did ho believe he could legally do so, the people of England could not believe that he was in earnest, and it was vain for him to attempt to support a mere political cry by endeavour ' ing to persuade the people of this country that his motive for carrying on the war was to put down slavery, and that upon that ground he was entitled to their sympathies. Was it the fact that the Northern people entertained any friendly feeling towards the coloured population ? No one who had travelled in America could believe they did. On the contrary, they lost no opportunity of showing their disgust when they were brought into contact in a public carriage, or a steam boat, with the negro. He had often witnessed their conduct on such occasions, and their attempts to exclude even the most educated and well behaved negroes from parti cipation 111 the rights and amenities of ciyilisiid Mr. LINDSAY—No, nor a hundred nor a thousand Great Easterns. Where were they to take them to? To Africa, from where their forefathers came ? 'Why, if they were sent to Africa they would have to endure far greater miseries than they did at the present moment. He had conversed with Dr. Livingstone on the subject,and Dr. Livingstone had told him that it was not possible to conceive the amount of de gradation to which the black people were subjected in Africa. (Hear, hear.) If, therefore, they were sent back to that land from whence their forefathers came they would be sent to an amount of misery far worse than that to which they were subjected in the South. (Hear, hear.) Any one who gave these questions a calm consideration, and who did not speak upon them merelyfor the purpose of carrying with them the popular voice, who find, however much he might de sire to root out slavery, that any attempt to do so suddenly by means of a civil war would create an immense amount of injury, not merely to the proprietors—the white people in the Southern States—but to the blacks themselves. This had been found to be the case. He had just received a letter from New Orleans, in which the writer stated that the plan of giving freedom had been tried, and that the result had been that the negroes in general had returned to their owners on the nominal condition of payment for the labour. (Hear, hear.) Emancipation had been found impossible, un less the United States would consent to the establishment of poor-houses and asylums to support the negroes in idle ness, The emancipation proclamation had hurt no one but its author and his party. It had been stated on reliable authority that the American Government, in answer to communications upon the subject, had said, "If the free negroes refuse to work whip them." So that, after all, they would get nothing by the change, and the same system of discipline would be carried out, and probably in a more cruel manner, by the Southerns than by the Northerns. (Hear, hear.) He was surprised to find that some gentle men, and especially clergymen, had stated that the procla mation of emancipation from slavery by President Lincoln was a humane act. Humane to whom ? It could not be humane to the slaves, who were not yet prepared for freedom, and it certainly would not be humane to the five or six mil lions of white people in the Southern States, because the real object, aim, and end of that proclamation was nothing less than this—" You black men, henceforth be free ; if any one resist you in your desire to live, resist him, and the arms of the North will support you in that resistance," Practically, that is—" Massacre your toasters, massacre your mistresses, and massacre their children, so that you may obtain your freedom." (Hear, hear.) Instead of being a humane proclamation, it was in fact a specimen of the most horrible barbarity, and a more terrible proclamation than had ever been issued in any part of the world. There was one question on which he wished to say a word, he meant the building of ships here to be afterwards used by the Con federate Government. He was not going to enter into any discussion of the legal part of the question in the presence of the Lord Chief Baron, but a good deal had been said about maintaining an impartial neutrality. He was i n f avour o f doing so, but were they ? It was said that they ought not to allow ships to be built in this country for the Southern States; but ought they to allow cannon and ammuniticn to go out of this country to supply the Northern States? The cannom now being used to bombard Charleston was obtained from this country, and for aught he knew the horrible Greek fire, of which so much had been said, was manufactured here too. He could not see why they should prevent the Southern people from being supplied with ships while the Federals continued to be supplied with arms. Of course if a clear infringement of the Foreign Enlistment Act could be proved the case would be different, but the whole question at present amounted to this, the South American coast had been declared to be under blockade, and if they attempted to run the blockade the Queen's proclamation said that they must do it at their own risk. Of course if a vessel which was running the blockade, having been made here and in tended for the Southerners, was captured, her owners must bear the loss. For his own part he confessed that he could see no immediate chance of the war terminating, but he could see what the end would be. It would not be reunion but separation, and he believed that before many years had elapsed that separation would not be mere!) , into two countries—the Northern and Southern—but that it would be separated into four different parts—that was into North and South, and West and California. The Southern men and Southern women would fight to the last drop of their blood before they would be reunited to the States, and if the Northerners persisted in the course they were now taking, terrible as the war had been, he grieved to say it would become far more terrible before it was brought to a conclusion. At present the Southerners felt that they had got sufficient white men to defend themselves and maintain their independence ; but if they once called out the slaves, as they would be justified in doing, no more horrible scenes had ever been witnessed than would be wit nessed in the American war. In endeavouring to subjugate the South, the North had committed a grievous mistake. The employment of slaves would be the last resources of the South, but when that period came, the retribution and the vengeance would be terrible. (Hear, hear.) He believed that he only spoke the sentiments of a large majority of the people of this country when he said it would be impossible to restore the Union, and in those sentiments he believed the House of Commons joined. (Cheers.) Various toasts of a local character followed, and the pro ceedings did not terminate till a late hour. The Ship Run Down by the Great Eastern. The Receiver of Wreck of the port of Liverpool has for warded to the Marine Department of the Board of Trade the depositions of Capt, Paton, the commander of the Great Eastern steamship, and Capt. Duff, of the ship Jane, of Liverpool, which latter vessel was run down in the Atlantic and two of the crew killed. Capt. Paton thus reports the catastrophe :—The Great Eastern left New York on Sept. 8, with passengers and a cargo of merchandise, comprising grain, provisions, and tobacco, and. reached lat 51 deg 15 min N, long 14 deg 4 min W, without casualty. On the 18th, at 2 15 a.m., wea ther dark and rainy, wind W., under steam and sail, standing about E.S.E., at about 13 knot speed, regulation light burning in proper position, watch on deck, saw a bright light three points on starboard bow. Put helm hard aster board, but finding we were closing with the light, stopped and reversed the engines, when the ship Jane, of Liverpool, came alongside on starboard how, both rolling heavily; car ried away Jane's mainmast, foretopmast head, and bowsprit. A s th e s hip was apparently breaking up fast, succeeded in saving the master, mate, second mate, and 18 of the crew, ono man being killed, and another supposed to have fallen overboard. having ascertained that no more of the crew were left on board, backed clear of the wreck. At 225 a.m., h eav y swell, ship rolling heavily,found it impossible to lower a boat, and stayed by the wreck until daylight. At 4 35 a.m., steamed twice close past the Jane slowly, but could not discern any one on board, the rolling of the ship still rendering it impracticable to lower a boat, continued our course towards Liverpool. The crew of the Jane were taken to Liverpool by the Great Eastern. Capt. Duff states the ship Jane left Liverpool for Quebec, in ballast, on Sept. 10, and had reached lat 51 15 N, long 14 11 W, without Meeting with any casualty. On the 18th, at 2 30 a.m., weather thick, with rain, wind W.S.W., under all plain sail, standing at N.W.) watch on deck, saw the masthead light of a steamer two points on the portbow, steeting eastward. Immediately put helm hard sport, the regulation lights at this time on board the Jane were burn ing brightly and in position. The vessels being very near, a collision occurred immediately. The other vessel, which was the Great Eastern, struck the Jane on the portbow, carrying away the bowsprit and gear, fore-topmast, main topmast, end all attached, end the rnizen top gallantniast. The vessels now swung alongside each other, and the rolling of the Great Eastern caused the sponsons to cut. the Jane down on the port side , o that all bands considere d it un safe to remain longer on the veti.sel, and got on board the Great Eastern as beet they could. Two men of the Jane were killed by the casualty. The names of the deceased men aro not given. The Jano was a ship of nearly 1,000 tons. ALONG Elihu Burritt, " the learned blacksmith," well known as the great linguist, and whose " Sparks from the Anvil" has made his name a household word, was yesterday to complete a long walk. He has ac tually walked all the way from London to John o'Groat's. He was in Wick on Saturday, and was to complete his walk to John o'Groat's House yesterday. to is to lecture this evening (Tuesday) in the Free Church, on " The Benevo lent Institutions of the Day—their Philosophy tau-'d rower." •llat 2 Phire Journal. METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS. The usual meeting of the Metropolitan Board of Works was he ld yesterday at the office in Spring-gardens, Mr. J. Thwaites in the chair. The financial statement was presented, and the principal heads of accounts were as follows :—Current accounts in the 8ank15,46 f London, £26,383 15 s. ; i n the Ban k o f E ng l an d, £ 6d. Depo s it accounts i n the Ban k o f E ng l an d, £74,000. Government securit ies , £57,500 9s, ld. T he sums to be set aside this y ear for repayment of mortage debts are £9,268 Os. 7 d - TIIE NORTIIERN EMBANKINIENT OF THE THAMES. The f o llowing report was b roug h t up f rom t h e Th ames Emban kment Committee:—. 00 " Spring-gardens, Sept. 28. „ Your bon. Board, on the 7th of August, having refer red to you r committee for consid era ti on an d re p or t th e pl ans for the co nstruction of that pa r t o f th e nor th ern embank ment of the river betw een Waterloo-bridge and the eastern end of the Temple- g arden s , and instructed your solicitor to our committee a s t o th e severa l propert i es w hi c h ted by these work s , your comm i ttee h ave now to rree willpp e o port be t t o ehtsa y ect they have considered said plans, and have re ceived from yo ur superintending architect a report which c arefully examined by y our so li c i tor w i t h regar d perdes referred to, an d th ey h ave di rec t e d the pre no tices to be serve d for acquiring or otherw i se thdzioeaeasteelhinbseesgeu necessary ywith those properties. Your committee have also rt that the questi on w i t h regard to t h e i nterest o f the ee Crown u i n the foreshore requ i re d f or the wor k s h as b een ascertained p arran ged, Plans and l e tti ng the contract for the works in questionapproving t ; and your co mm i ttee therefore recommend that t e plans for the Thames E m b an k men t (N or th) f rom h d that no imp e di ment now exists to the B oar d go to the eas t end of the Temple-gardens, itt Board by the eng i neer on th e 7th A ugus t last p r l: r o i r d the Board an d t h at a d vert i sements b e i ssue d inviting ten d er s for the execution of the works. All which your committee beg to subm (No.e d i7),to submit." Mr. FILEEM°T moved that th e B oar d d o rece i ve th e re port and sanction the r ecommendations of the committee. The eAI put the m o ti on , w hi c h was unan i mous l y agreed t:11;:ss OP TAB MAIN DRAINAGE WORKS. TILE TRO Engineer p The resented the following report on the progress the main drai nage wor k s : Chief of " S -gardens, Oct. 1. " Sat i s f a ctory pr o gress continues,Prigunpon the whole, to be made t he main dr a i nage of the metropolis. Messrs. Brassey and C o. have now co mpleted about 10 i miles of the intendedin the exe cution of th e several sections of the works for Middl e Level Sew 12ft er andftits branches, in sizes varying from 4 by 9 6in. A junction has been effected between passing under the various private pro pertiesft by 2 ft t Sin he W works from wilderness w -ro to Clerkenwell Sessions-house, a nd the sewer , with sli g ht e xception, is now complete from Old Ford up to that point. T he Metropolitan Railway has yet to be cross ed w at ' V ictoria -street, the design (a single wroughtfor effecting which object is now under t iron aqueduct), the consideration of th e B oar d. The works for the diversion of the Fleet Sewer are progressing as fast as their nature and the difficulties of the locality and ground will permit. The main line westward of the Fleet, passing along Liquorpond-street, Oxford-street, and other leyaing Saffron-hill thoroughfares, is, with the exception of a portion b minor works, completed. 'rho leading atr works of the Pic cadilly branc h are also in progress. The total value o f the work executed up to this date is about l , £278,000, being £20,000 in excess of my last report. Rather more than two miles of the Western sewers, of sizes varying from 3ft 9in to 2ft Sin to 4ft circular, have been completed by Messrs. Moxon and Co., at a probable cost of £32,000, or £6,000 more than at the date of my last monthly report. Th e N or thern Out fall Sewer, with the exception of some portion of the embankment, the Parapets of the bridges, and the apronpl e t throughout d in the bd t s entirecom ivlength of 51 miles. Th e c sewage of the High and Middle Level Sewers has now been permanently turned into two of the 9-feet sewers, and is discharged through the tumbling -bay direct into the Thames near Barking Creek—thus permitting the abandonment of the temporary measures adopted in July ast for diverting the sewage from the River Les. Tha accomplishment of these works has facilitated the testing of the third 9-feet sewer, which has been satisfactory, no leakage being per ceptible from either the ironwork or brickwork. The total cost of the work done by Mr. Furness under tho con tract is about £630, 000— £ 15,000 being due to the progress made ',ince presenting my last report. O ne compartment of the Northern Outfall Reservoir is completed, and a second is in a forward state. The foundations of the re mainder are nearly all got in, and the brick piers and walls are being built thereon. The amount of the work done under this contract by Mr. Furness is estimated at £BO,OOO or 0 17,000 333 , re than I3st reported. At the Crossness pumping Station the engine and boiler houses, reservoir, culverts, and other works arc all advancing. Upwards of 130,000 cube yards of excavation and 66,003 cube gelds of concrete have been executed, in addition to about 25,000 cubic feet of masonry. 56,000 superficial feet of York paving have been laid, and 56 penstocks fixed. The value of Mr. Webster's works under the contract is about, £147,000, of which £22,000 is due to the work done since my last report. Upwards of 1 mile of the Southern Low Level Sewer have been constructed by Mr. Webster, at a cost of about £17,500, being £23,501 in excess of my last report. Messrs. Aird and Son have completed a length of nearly three miles of the Bermondsey branch of the Southern Low Level Sewer at an estimated cost of £86,000, dr £4,000 more than last reported. Mr. Pearson is making fair progress with his contract for the completion of the Southwark new street, between Great Guildford-street and the Blackfriars road. Up to the present date he has completed 1,130 ft. of the subway, with about 500 ft. in progress, 1,140 ft. of sewer TIM of area wall, about 1,2001 t, of pipe con- Her Majesty's ship Majestic, 80 guns, Capt. In gle field, C. 8., lett Holyhead for Liverpool on Thursday. She was stationed at Holyhead for nearly three months for the purpose of training her crew and the Naval Coast Volunteers on the station. Her Majesty's ship Hydra, now completed at Woolwich for surveying duties in the Mediterra nean, yesterday returned to the dockyard after a two days' trial trip of her machinery down the river. Her average rate of speed was 71 knots, the wind blowing fresh the whole time. On Tuesday she will be swung at Greenhithe for the adjustment of com passes, and onWednesday will proceed on her voyage, calling at Plymouth on her way down the Channel. She is expected to arrive at Malta about the 21st inst. She was commanded by Lieut. George It. Wilkin son, of the Medina, who, on his arrival at Malta, will transfer his command to Capt. Spratt. The officers and crew, being appointed for the voyage only, will be turned over as supernumeraries to the flagship Marlborough , Four of the large iron cylinders cast at the foun dry of Messrs. Aveling and Porter, Rochester, have been received at Chatham dockyard, to be used in the works now in progress for the enlargercont and extension of that establishment by taking in the whole of St. Mary's Island. The cylinders, which are the largest of the kind ever manufactured for that particular operation, are intended to be used in the construction of the new basins and docks, the foundations for which are now being excavated. In the construction of the new basins and docks, ad vantage has been taken of St. Mary's Creek, which intersects the southern portion of the island, and the bed of the creek, which is now being drained, will, in fact, form the site of the three basins, the united area of which will be nearly 90 acres, or about double the extent of the who le of the existing avail able basin accommodation at a ll the Royal dock yards. Up to the present time the entire work in t connection with the enlargemen of Chatham dock yard has been performed by convicts, of whom be. tween 800 and 900 are daily employed. The whole of the shipwrights and other dockyard mechanics have been withdrawn from the paddle wheel steamer Salamis, 4, 200-horse power, lying alongside the dockyard in Chatham harbour, and that vessel is now entirely completed and in all re spects ready for commission. THE ARMY. Field-Marshal his Royal Highness the Duke o General Commanding-in-Chief, C a mbridge, LH. , arrived yesterday at the Gosport terminus of the South -Western Railway on a visit to the garrison and fortifications of Portsmouth and the South- Western District. His Royal Highness, on alight ing from the train, was received by Major-General Lord W. Paulet, C. 8., the Lieut.. Governor of the garrison and commanding general officer of the district, attended by Col. Thackwell, Deputy-Ad jutant-General; Col. E. Somerset, C. 8., Deputy- Quartermaster -General ; Col. Warde, C. 13., com manding the Royal Artillery ; Col. Gordon, C. 8., commanding the ',Royal Engineers ; Capt. Paulet, Aide-de-Camp, and other officers; the Royal Stan dard being hoisted on the flagstaff of the garrison on the King's Bastion, and a Royal salute fired from the garrison saluting battery and also from the guns of her Majesty's ship Victory. On alight ing from the train, the duke, accompanied by the officers named and his own personal staff, rode round the outer lines of the defences of Portsmouth —from Stokes Bay to Portsmouth harbour, and thence past Forts Fareham and Wallingford to the commanding position of Portsdown, crowned with the gigantic works now drawing near their first stage of completion. Descending from Portsdown, his Royal Highness entered the island of Portsea, through the extensive and but partially completed lines of Hilsea, and proceeded to the Government house, Portsmouth, where he remains the guest of Lord William Paulet during his stay in Portsmouth. Major-Gen. Sir :Richard .02cres ycsterday spected the local di7ision of Royal Marine Infantry Infantry on Woolwich Common. The 61elle al „ccre, attended by (N. Buchanan and Col- liiiwad, 13th Brigade Royal Artillery, Ai d tiZ e r arnp , c aw. Brigade Major, Mvjor Ma e- ger -Gen., and Nanglc,Dcputy-Assistant-Qu ar i t iv : ion mustered in other officers of the staff. u heavy marching order,d of Capt. Fraser, in . fall siiracungth, with the ex heavy of a detachment in comet the Plumstead marsh. m arched past in grand di engaged in rifle practice After the inspection tbdeoyut in companies, and went visions, retired, . f° o t r e battalion movement ' s, Before Gen._ Dacres testified his appro -1 through a eene dba is t mi o i n ss t i o ngthtelace:: ' andant, Col. Mitchell, of the ^lency o'R a t h e corps. ,1 Celopr cergt. TOl,ll. Willoughby, Royal Marines, from the Douglas Hotel, and having made some purchases of Scottish jewelry and tartans, and driven through some of the principal streets, they paid a visit to the Castle. They were received at the New Barracks there by the Fort Major, who cooducted them through the Crown-room in which the Scottish regalia are kept, Queen Mary's rooms, and St. Margaret's Chapel. Their Royal High nesses returned to the hotel about 2 o'clock by way of High-street and North-bridge. The Lord Pro vost, the Prussian Consul, and other gentlemen had the honour of waiting upon the Prince and Princess, and Earl Russell, who was staying for a few hours at the hotel, on his way to Meikleonr to Minto-house, Roxburghshire, had also an interview with their Royal Highness. At half past three the Prince and Princess again drove out in order to visit Holyrood Palace. There they were shown through the Royal apartments, and they also visited the Picture Gallery, Queen Mary's room, and the Royal Chapel, and took a walk through the grounds. Leaving by the park entrance, their Royal Highnesses went round the Queen's Drive by way of St. Margaret's Loch, Dunsappie, and St. Leonard's, returning to town about half past five o'clock. At a quarter past six they proceeded to the station to await the arrival of the Prince and Princess of Wales, in whose company they spent the greater part of the evening in the hotel. In the course of the afternoon the infant children of the Prince and Princess were taken out for an airing. The Prince of Wales was present at the depar ture of the Crown Prince. Prince Alfred is expected to arrive in Edinburgh from Balmoral on Tuesday next and take up his abode in Holyrood Palace, where he is to reside for several months in the prosecution of his studies. His Royal Highness is to attend the meetings of the Social Science Congress, which opens on Wed. , nesday next. FRIDAY NIGHT. The Lord Provost, Magistrates, and Council of Edinburgh attended at Holyrood Palace to-c Ely for the purpose of presenting an address to the Prince of Wales, which, at a meeting held in the morning, they had voted. At twelve o'clock the Prince and Princess of Wales arrived at Holyrood in an open carriage. They were loudly cheered by a large assemblage of persons. The civic address was re ceived in the throne-room. The Lord Provost in troduced the corporation, and the City Cierk read the address, which was in the following terms : "TO HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OP 'WALES. ' your Royal Highness,—We, th e Lord Provost,‘lsiay Magistrates, and Council of the city of Edin burgh, most gladly avail ourselves of this the earliest opportunity of offering to your Royal Highness and your illustrious Consort our warmest welcome to this city. In the profound admiration and love entertained by all classes of the people for tho exalted virtues of our beloved Queen and her illustrious Consort, your Royal Highness, and every member of the royal family, has a strong hold on the gratitude and affection of the nation. But the citizens of Edinburgh cherish the remembrance of more personal claims established by your Royal Highness during your residence in this city while prosecuting your studies, and we rejoice that your visit to Scotland at this time with your illustrious Consort affords us an opportunity of renewing to your Royal Highnesses the expression of our warmest loyalty and devotion. We earnestly trust that her Royal Highness may have enjoyed and benefited by her residence in Scotland, and that the associations of her Highland home may be such as she may recall with satisfaction and renew with pleasure. We hail her presence in this old Palace of Ilolyrood, associated as it is with the most stirring inci dents of our national history, in which the destinies of our Royal House were long centuries ago intertwined with those of Denmark, as they now happily are. Kindred in race to that from which her Royal Highness has sprung, the people of Scotland have rejoiced in the union which your Royal Highness has formed; and rich as you are in the enjoy► ment of a noble heritage of love and veneration derived from your illustrious parents, as well as in the possession of personal qualities which have commanded the admira tion and love of a great and free people, wo earnestly hope and pray that you may be endowed with every other gift and grace which can adorn your exalted station, and fit Y° 4 for the discharge of its high duties. " Signed in name and by appointment of the Lord pro " Signed Magistrates, and Council, and the seal 0 f r; city affixed thereto, at Edinburgh, the 2d day of O tuber, 1563. " CHARLES LAWSON, Lord 1101f4t." for your p i r n il t i e e r e e e s s t :s The PRINCE read the following reply 7: 5 " Lord Provost and Gentlemen, --I tl an ci k u lave alluded address and for the kind terms in whie b _?: v3 y studies in to my residence among you while purisiimfa Holyrood Palace—a palace associated ing events in your history. I have a l soo, h a ve expressed among the most to thanks to mine for the sentirneut tr s l . / b e g you to believe wards her and towards her cou ntry are aro sb d I'd many the that my recollections of Ed t i hese early imprescons 1 have agreeable of my life, and tha t _ t ate h e arty welcome which the been forcibly s trengthenc e d r u e Y eeive d on our return from the Princess and myself . 1 1 !°_ in eve r ho attended with the most Highlands,a visit wh cl! w ill but record my gratitude for pleasing associationvse. alm(' to the 11 -ueen and my much the tribute you ha ItoA ft will be impossible for either the lamented father; , e ntertain an— th. ladies th e warmest feel ings.etsoiflisLti'itZswerbedutt.hen admitted to it 1 " ,an its interests." Princess for y o o r u u Ir,,,cY Committee Thu C °l°— : o f the of Edinburgh. Mrs. r , Lam son made the presentation, and read the - 11 ' following address 1--- „g a y it please 4 , To j azz, uoYA.L HIGHNESS THE PRINCESS OF WALES. present the gi fts Your Royal Highness,—The ladies of Edinburgh are glad to have this opportunity of testifying their loyalty and devotion to her Most Gracious Majesty tbc Que,,n and the Royal :Family. They desire to express their vivroest congratulations on the marriage of your Royal Bighness with his Ron Highness the Prince of Wales, and they pray your Royal Highness's accept - time of thin gift as a token for the joy with which you 1-re welcomed to this and mt capital." ThP Princess bri: fly erpresTed her thanks and aamirati on of the gift. ! _ - In the nfternoot;the Prince and Princess drove •ut to Dalkeith-house_ The Prince and Princess honoured the Lord Pro vost by dining at his house with a select company. The house was beautifully decorated, and his Lord ship afterwards held an evening party. Their Royal Highnesses were warmly cheered on their way to the Lord Provost's. They will leave to-morrow (Saturday) by.the LOUQuti expius train, at 10 o'cloc k io the =min g,