The Sun. — London, England, 1863-09-10 00:00:00

_ • , ,~, V NEWSPAPER ~dale. REMEMBER, WE SUP AT EVANS' Meß's VF , RY EVENING THIS WEEK alter Alfred llon Promenade Concerts. ...Er , ' .al e N • 'N I I . 45.131 • 7'llr •frel • a & „Atli • : cf D I ' • ele I • 1.4 j" nns, and Kirkdale spited up r y proba - The men nen, both most part .speet to following barrister, AT a GENERAL COURT or PROPRIETORS, held at the BANK OF ENGLAND, on THURSDAY, the 10th of September, 1863, Resolved —That the Thanks of this Court be given to the Governor, Deputy-Governor, and Court of Directors of the Bank of En g l an d , for their able management of the affairs of this Corporation during the last half-year. Ordered —That the said Resolution be advertised in all the Daily Morning and Evening Papers. JAMES STEWART, Secy. No. 22,216. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EV EN ING, SEPTEMBER 10, 1863. ..4d. STAMPED ....bd. EARL RUSSELL AT DUNDEE. NEW NOVEL 13Y" MRS. THOMSON. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., E X T D 0 0 R. By Mrs. THOMSON, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. 9, at 2 56 p.m., Bryn Gwyn, out of Great Yorkshire Handicap. 9 at 8 p.m., Leonora, out of Doncaster engagements. A CRUMMLES FAMILY IN FRANCE. 7, 1863. Kledge the 11f of John I am to all the eh - - he cannot vising her aw,--I am, INGTON. !WARWICK RACES.-WEDNESDAY. Author of "Constance." &c. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. A bright autumn sun pouring down its rays with the heat of July was a welcome change after the rather chilly air of yesterday, and helped to crowd the course and stand with gay pleasure-seekers. A sale of blood stock by Messrs. Bretherton and Harrison attracted a large audience to the course an hour before the races, and some of the stock fetched fair prices. DONCASTER, 1863—Doncaster should not have been in cluded among the acceptances for the Great Yorkshire Handicap. RICHMOND, 1863—Alexandra should not have been in cluded among tne entries for the Be!say Castle Nursery. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols„ L ADY EMILY PONSONBY'S NEW NOVEL, "MARY LYNDsAY." ilway. From York completelY ie waggons be passing 3. and Dar -4 lines for er at right enger train ied. These fission, and their per the buffers a power" ditch close link of the ;ht of waY, 'milieus to passenger rcial gen be con• care. 00 a he cried raises, but their jour ,mselvee of main HO re superio" erous stag vay, which The blame Sin. This and mines, 'sere in the t morning► Chaytor's ant named ether Gale ) be inves - Le pushing sway from crossing• in arriving L frightful, wagg ons nobabiliti 1 the Cur The U ndanco of tended to t about 4d and Pe al sed quiet' ' 36 gat 29s to 3 '7 23s per 2' e demand I to 17s „, 03 I to 19s 90_, I to 18s oil to 20s Oci, I to 17s 6 1 I to 56s Ou I to 328 Oil to 38s Ocl i 1 to 27g 00 ite whea t 36 state; er 38 st. sr qr. for to 9d and 0 to —' 1 0 to 13 , 0 0 to 2 8 ~° 6 to 1 4 v 0 to 20 0 0 to 28 ° Sept. IS. Sept. I •2 * Oct. 5 ., Sept. Sept. 1 `" Sept. id' Sept. 10. Sept. I s. Sept. 12, Sept. I° ' Sept. 4' Det. 5 .' Sept. 10. Sept. g,,* Sept. I‘. Sept. 111 Sept. 11 ' Sept. l 4 °. Sept. . Sept. Sept. 14' it ifici' RaiDel vas pre• in which rate leaP duchess• )v ii the .e street, ted feat, augh ter ae of the isely further 1. Th e ; illness healing mselves kin dis ma, but Dat, and, e parts• decking Angle wife Of Lacli of Jas• Mari' r . p., to !b i got', an ford? )harieo ~, !dr. rn, gr. rshiret its, 14' Gore, n tlettp Fresh' ander, . o. 1 12 ; uti 1)1 NORTH BRITISH AND MERCANTILE INSURANCE COMPANY. Established 1809. Incorporated by Royal Charter and Special Acts of Parliament. Accumulated and Invested Funds Annual Revenue.. 422,401 FIRE DEPARTMENT. Insuran - es granted both at Home and in Foreign Countries on the most liberal terms. LIFE DEPARTMENT. Every facility offered to Insurers, Ninety per Cent. of the Profits divided among the Insurers on the participating principle, The new Life business transacted in 1862 as follows : Policies. Amount Inured. Premiums. 1,037 £763,334 £23,641 0 0 Forms of' Proposal and every iuforenation will be furnished on application at the LONDON.. OFFICES : .58, Threadneedle-street. 4, New Bank Buildings. Lothbury. West-end Ofte S, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall. NORWICH UNION FIRE INSURANCE SOCIETY. The business of the Company exceeds £70,000,000. The dn'cy paid to Government for the year 1862 was 05 , 0 6 Z, and the amount insured on farming stock, X 1 0,6,332. _ A bonus of three-fifths of the profits 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 pro-pectuses apply at the Society's Offices, Surrey street, Norwich ; and 6, Crescent, New Bridge-street, Black friars, E.C. T HE ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY. HEAD OFFICES, 29, Lombard-street, London, and Royal Insurance buildings, LiverpoeL Total Annual Revenue excepda .cson,ono. Accumulated Funds in hand over 1000,000. Chairman in Liverpool: CHARLES TURNER, Esq., M.P. Chairman in London: WILLIAM WAINWRIGHT, Esq. EXTRACTS FROM THE REPORT FOR THE YEAH 1882. The Directors of the Royal — Insurance Company are now called upon to make their accustomed periodical Report at the Meeting of its Shareholders. FIRE BRANCH. The Directors have, as pleasingly as unexpectedly, at the close of the year, to announce, for the first time, that the Fire Premiums have not only reached, but exceed £300,000. The high comp a r a ti ve position held by the Royal in the Government Returns of Duty is again fully umintained. , 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 co mmencement of thi. Office, the balance to the credit on account of British and Foreign Insurances being £45,107 108. ° ,1 ., and of the North American business, which is kept sepa• l ' a telY, £11,097 16s. 10d. LIFE BRANCH. The very gratifying duty now falls upon the Directors to state the sum assured on new policies for fbe 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 4701 ,127 on 1,498 ne w p o licies issued. Until within the last few years it is believed that such a sum acsured as that which has just been announced as the result of one year's business Was all but unheard of. This portion of the Company's business has been carefully Watched, and cannot fail to give much satisfaction to the sharehold er , as well as no small encouragement for the future t o 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 as suran^e s mounts to 43,281. 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 inadmis sible in a single year from deterioration of some kind or another. br eft to If, to complete their review, the Director s now advert to the United Kingdom, they have to announce that In Fire Business ID s 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 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 consequent hope, founded on a grateful remembrance of the past, that the future may unfold for it a sphere of still greater magni tude, combining distinguished commercial success to the Office with a lengthened career of usefulness and protection to the public. PERCY U. DOVE, Manager and Actuary. JOHN B. JOHNSTON, Secretary in London. PROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL L I F E ASSOCIATION. Established 1840. TRUSTEES. Thomas Baring, Esq., M.P. Wm. Geo. Prescott , E sq. Thomson Hankey, Esq., M.P. I Baron L. de Rothschild, M.P. Mutual Life Assurance for all classes. This Association has now in existence 6,000 policies, for a total sunk of £1,500,000. The Annual Income is .. • • • . £51,000 The Accumul a t e d F un d exceeds .. 2n0, , 00 It has paid in Cl a i ms .. • • 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 . • • • • • £,400 „ 1852 . • • • • . 11,500 „ 1857 .. • • .. 23.200 „ 1862 .. 56,500 Making the total bonus additions, £96600. .„ Bonuses ma - i be received in clsh or , applied to the reduc tion of premiums at the option of the assured, in lieu of an addition to the policy. Attention is especially invited to the system of free or paid- Ill) policies introduced by this Association, by which the sacrifice so often submitted to on the rainqvishment of po icy is wholly avoided. The balance-sheets of the Association arc open to all, Whether assurers or otherwise. Active and influential agents Will be appointed in unrepre sented districts. WM. THOS. LINFORD, Secretary. Chief Office, 15, Moorme-atreet, E.C., Aug 1, 1863. A.D. 1720. OYAL :EXCHANGE ASSURANCE CORPORATION (Established by Charter of his Majesty George the First) FOR SEA, FIRE, LIFE, AND ANNUITIES. _ _ Offices, Royal Exchange, London. Branch Office, 29, 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. John Garrett Cattlev, Esq. Chas, Jno. Manning, Esq. Mark Currie Close, Esq. Henry Nelson, Esq. William Davidson, Esq. IThe Hon. Josceline W. Percy. Thomas Dent, Esq. Charles Robinson, Esq. Alexander Druce, Esq. Samuel Leo Schuster, Esq. Fredk. Jos. Edlmann, Esr 4 . Eric Carrington Smith, Esq. RiversdaleW. Grenfell Esq. William Soltau, Esq. Robt. Amadeus Matt, 'Esq. Joseph Somes, Esq,, M.P. Wm. Tetlow Hibbert, Esq.! William Wallace, Esq. Jas. Stewart Hodgson, Esq. ' Chas. Baring Young, Esq. Medical. Referee, SAMUEL SOLLY, Esq., I.R.S. FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected with this corporation on advantageous terms. In the Lite Department, assurances are granted with par ticipation in Profits, or, at lower Premiums, without such participation. The Reversionary Bonus 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 £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 Stock. Societies--with the guarantee of a larg e i nves t e d C apital 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 RALF. The Corporation have always allowed the Assured to serve in the Militia, Yeomanry, or Volunteer Corps within the United Kingdom, free of charge. ROYAL EXCD'.A.NGE, LONDON. ROBT. P. STEELE, Secretary. OYAL FRE2 HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, .11) in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail way Terminus, at King's-cross. Patron—The QUEEN. President—The Duke of BUCCLEUCH, K.G. Trehsurer—Edward Masterman, Esq. without ote d to the desti tution This was tlie firSliiosiiital to introduce the principle of free and instant a d m i ss i on to the desitsiteuntteirseiely d k, for mality of governors' l e tters. It in its most pitiable form—viz., that which is worn- Pealed by s i ckness and d i sease, and is now of sufficient Ma g ni tude that, with ad Hate very large proportion of support, it may be rendered ca pable of admitting into its wards a t he casual s i ck of this great metropolis. fluids in ord er to have 500 beds available for the reception of It requires but the these the most wretched of our fellow-creatures. it gratuitously affords medical advice and medicinei_. On the average, than 3,000 out-patients a weea The Weekly Board feel it their imperative duty etdo support, an , EARNEST APPEAL to the public for contra' to enable them to admit and relieve the distressing cases that daily present themselves Contributions are received by the Treasurer, Mae t er tts and man, Esq. Nichol b TVieSsrS. COU Co. Drummond' as-lane; also y Ransom and and Co. ; Jones P Loyd and Co. and Co. ; Ilerries and Co. ; a A Co.;Givn Co.;, rescott, Grote, and Co. ;Smith , Payne, anc. ,o. . Edward Co. Nisbet and COnd and Co. ; W ,iii am , De ; Barclay and Co. ; Denison ; 3arcoesnsr, s an j d . B C a o r . Co.;;:leodvaenrden Co.,Gurney, and at the Hospital.. Liverpool STANFORD S. SMITH Secretary. 14 °NEY P ROMPTLY ADVANCED b y a remo val trate Gentleman upon FURNI TURE (without ka, '. Leasehold and Freehold Property, or Reversions, la sli ms from. £2O to £soo.—Mr. Howard, 18, Queen stree, Cheapside. A ---- ,...,,,- (1" -V-;PS BRICK, TILE, AND PIPE MACIIINE•4, for hand, horse, or er, are the most siznple and efficient extant. —Full particularspandprioes they may obtained of the makers, E. Pale and Co., Laurence Pountney place, Laurence Pountney-hill, (7a,inon-street, E.C., where be seen in operation daily. tizailed EATING'S PERSIAN INSECT DESTROY. Produce WDER, for which a Prize Medal was awarded to th e ~,, at the International Exhibition, 1862, i "I , Powder is quite harmless to awmal life, but is un in destroying Fleas. Bugs, Flies, Cockroaches, sp4". Gnats, Mosquitos, Aloths in furs, and every other m e r m ,.° l Insect. 'nit pi,;"nen will find this an invaluable remcdy for destroy '"" in th ' D er , ls also Ladies for their Pet Dogs. „ nit i. k . eir 0,,5, 4 ‘r ' ." i greatsale that it has tempted other. to ~,,1 , ha p e r °riginal importer of this . now invaluable article, ob s ,, a tio.. wi n( so a pubic are therefore cautioned to aut t°e that Fovvder bear the ed article, the pubac . ° " - - 4 411. t he packets of the Genuine I Sold i ~,0 1 i z0 ,,,, i 1 k ,,,",36°. : 14e41tet5,- W2 .' s. }: f3d k , T , l a N nd 4s. fkl. each,. or post free fo! -.oily htanins by Thomas Keating, Cbe I ST) tV, St. - .Vilyit a a• . J , London, E,C. " 'Mary Lyndsay' is the best written and most interesting of the author's works."—Post. " It is interesting and enthralling throuhout."—Sun. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. TROPICAL POEMS. Now ready at all the Libraries, crown Bvo., pri ce 6 5., BEAUTIES OF TROPICAL SCENERY, and Other TROPICAL POEMS. With Notes. By the Author of " The Nuptials of Barcelona." " A volume of word pictures."—Observer. " Criti c. The amatory passages are worthy of Th omas Mooro."— London: Robert Hardwicke, 192, Piccadilly. ZADKIEL'S ALMANAC for 1864. P r i ce 6 d . Fiftieth Thousand. Contains a full Report of the Action for Libel and Verdict gained by the Editor. Stinging reply to the Critics of the Press. Letters from H.R.H. the late Prince Consort to Zadkiel I London : G. Berger, Holywell-street, Strand, London. EGYPTIAN HALL-MR. J. K. LORD, F.Z.S., Nightly in his popular Entertainment, entitled " AT HOME IN THE WILDERNESS." Admission-55., 35., 25., ls. T$ E X F O R D, f, OXFORD STREET, W. THIS EVENING, will be performed Operatic Selections from Sir Henry R. Bishop's THE SLAVE rind Halevy'n titusikEmlemus (firmt (nue in England). Principal Artistes—Miss Russell, Miss Ellison, Messrs. Green, Bernardi, Huish, Arc., with full band and chorus. Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans. Flute Solos by Drew Dean dm Comic, by UNSWORTH (" or any other man "), Eugene, W. Randall, A. Lloyd, and George Hodson. Also, a Performance by Herr SCHALKENBACH on his wonderful instrument, the PIANO ORCHESTRE, 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, 6d. ; stalls and balcony, Is. ; private boxes, 10s. 6d. CANTERBURY HALL " GHOST."—In o r d er to gratify the curiosity of nightly-increasing crowds, Mr. C. MORTON has transferred the representation of Pro fessor Pepper and Henry Dirks, Esq.'s, world-famed spectral Illusion, " THE GHOST," from the Picture Gallery to the Concert Hall, where a new and elegant stage is erected, affording a more ample view of the Illusion from Stalls, Bal cony, and body of the Hall. He has also arranged for Mr. A. Silvester to give (with all that gentleman's latest im provements and effects), REPRESENTATIONS EACH EVENING, at Ten o'clock. All the other Musical and Pictorial attractions as usual, including Operatic Selections, &c. ; Unsworth (the modern Demosthenes), Eugene, Arthur Lloyd, George Hodson, &c. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. The GHOST ! The GHOST ! ! The ONLY COMIC GHOST !! ! —The beautiful FAIRY FOUNTAIN.—A Grand Divertissement by Signora Rachele and Mariannina and Signor Guiseppe France co, assisted by a corns of Twenty young Ladies—Selections from favourite Operas : Principals, Miss M`Gregor, Mr. Albert, Signor Georgini, and Mr. Vernon Rigby. NICOSIA, the Great Violinist, will make his Fonrth Appearance in England THIS EVENLNG and Every Evening, at the ALHAMBRA. Doors oven at 7 —commence at half-past 7. ARGYLL ROOMS. Windmill-street, Piccadilly. Th , se elPzant Booms, entirely and costly redecorated, are NOW OPEN for the Winter Season. The musical department is under the directorship of Mons. Jullien, conductor of the band. This celebrated band will be called for the future "The London Band." Manager of the Booms -31. GRENET. Sole Lessee, R. R. BIGNELL. Admisteton, is. Doors open at 8 o'clock. ',ESTABLISHED 1833. _ UP OWDEN'S IERATED G INGER BEER, in glass or stone bottles, warranted to keep good twelve months. Lemonade, Soda -water , votass, Seltzer, and every description of Mineral Wat em — Manutactory, No. 3, White Hart-street, Drury-lane, ITC. THE LAUNDRESSES to h er l ate Ma j esty Queen Adelaide say, that " BRIGGS' AUSTRALIAN S LARCH needs but to be tried to be approved." Sole Wholesale Agent, Harper Twelvetrees, Bromley-by Bmv, London, E. RUPTURES. —BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. WHITE'S MOO-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (PERFECTED AND EXHIBITED IN THE GREAT EXHIBITIONS OF 1851 AND 1862), is allowed by upwards of Two Hundred Medical Gentlemen to be the most effective •nvention in the curative treatment of 11 EItN I A. The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effects, .8 here avoid e d— a soft bandage being worn round the body, while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the Toe-Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease nd closeness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn during sleep. A descriptive circular may he had, and the truss, which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the cir cumference of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manufacturer, Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly. A Single Truss, 165., 215., 265. 6d., and 31s. 6d. Postage, ls. & Double Truss, 31s. 6d., 425., and 525. 6d. Postage, is Bd. An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. Postage, ls. 10d. Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post office, Piccadilly. NEW PATENT ELASTIC STOCKINGS, KNEE-CAPS, &c., for Varicose Veins and all eases of Weakness and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, &a They are porous, light in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on The an ordinary stocking. Price Is. 6d., 78. 6d., 108., to 16s. each. Postage 6d. JOHN WHITE, Manufacturer, 228 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. ; Souchong reduced to 3s. 6d. ; mixed Assam, re duced to 3s. Bd. ; and the finest Assam, reduced from 4s. 4d. to 3s. Ild, per lb. MOORE BROTHERS, 33, London-bridge, City, E.C. ARMY CONTRACTS. Commissariat Office, Aldershot, 2d September, 1860. TENDERS mill b e received at this office, until from pe rson noon, s who on WEDNE SDAY, the 30th S ep t em b er, 1863 , the supply of may be willi ng to enter into Contract for FORAGE, in such quantitie s as may be required, from Ist November, 1863, to 31st October, 1861, for the use of Her Majesty's Forces stationed at Aldershot Camp, and within the com mand. Forms of Tender and Conditions of Contract may be ob tained on application at this office, by letter or in person, between the hours of ten and four o'clock. The 'renders must be properly filled up and signed, and delivered at this office (under closed envelope, marked on the cratside " Tender for Forage"), and no Tender will be noticed unless made on forms obtained from this office, and delivered by the hour appointed. HENRY B. MORSE, Deputy Commissary-General. CELEBRATION of the TERCENTENARY o f t 11 Th e B e cen lß T T er lio te f nSallryAKCSomPEmAire (o , at f whichStratfo s rd ir - R u o p b o e n r - t N A . v c o n . . }i ara ilton, Bart, K.C.8., in 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-npon-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 th e a d mirers of Shakspeare fo r th e i r 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. R OYAL NATIONAL LIP E-BOAI INSTITUTION (Incorporated by Royal Charter). PATRONESS—Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen. I'IIESIDENT—Vice-Admiral the Duke of Northumberland, 8.G., F.R.S. CHAIRMAN—Thos. Baring, Esq., M.P., F.R.S. v.p . DEputry-CnAinmAN—Thomas Chapman, Esq., P.R.s., v.r . APPEAL. th ehe Committee of Management have to state that, si nce beginning of the year 1860, the Royal National Lifeboat Institution has expended £32,000 on various Lifeboat Estab lishments on the Coasts of England, Scotland, and Ireland. The number of li ves save d by the Life-boats of th e Society. and other means, since its formation, is 12,800 for which serv i ces 82 Gold Medals, 718 Silver Medals, and £16,480 in cash have been paid in retvards. The Institu tion has also expended £67,000 on Life-boats, Life-boat TransportinZ-cari iages, and Boat-houses. The Committee desire to express their grateful sense of the generous s upport which they have received from the British public du r i ng the past few years, a support which has enabled them to es t a b lish their present magnificent fleet of 123 Lifeboats on the shores of the United Kingdom Deeply sensible, however, of the great responsibility that rests on them to maintain their fleet in a thoroughly efficient state, and i aCrews practised in the management of their boats, which can only be effected by a large and permanent annual income, they earnestly appeal to all classes of their countrymen to aid them in uph o ldi ng and perpetuating so grTeahteacnodnitinrultyteneagrtioanteahly k nowledge the following wofterk Con tributions:— 2 s. d :. annual 1 1 0 annual. 50 0 0 Campbell, the Hon. Mrs. „ .. .. • .. annual 10 0 0 annual 5 0 0 I:leerrk3,lcajoelsotny:ie:Au.een .._ G , :.. .. Currie, Wm. Esq. , 4th don.lo 0 0 Erle, Lord Chief Justice .. K.C.B. • • don. 10 10 0 Coutts and Co., 31essrs., Bankers Fanshawe, Vice-Admiral Sir A., K. .. 2d don. 25 0 0 Fenwiek, G. J. Esq., cost of a Lifeboat and Tran sporting Carriage •1_ • • • • • • • • 250 0 0 Harvey, Rev. G. G. and Mr• . • • .. don. 30 0 Martin, Sir Henry, Bart. • • • • .. 7th don. 10 0 0 Moore, Rev. G. B. • • •• • • • • • don. 15 15 0 Smith, Mrs. George, Greenwich .. .. • • 0 0 Stirling, Col. Sir Anthony, K.C. B. . • 3 0 annual 2 o Thom.s, Lady, Wes t on - su per-Mare, collectedby her Lady s hi p , , .. • • • • • • 16 16 0 Wi lloughby d'Eresby, — Lord • • • • • • annual 50 0 Donations and Annual Subscriptions will be thankfully re . eived by the Bankers of the Institution , Messrs. Willi s, Percival, and Co., 76, Lombard-street; Messrs. Coutts and Co., 59, Strand; Messrs. Berries, Farquhar, and Co., 16, St. James's-street, London; by a 1 the Collector s of Customs and Bankers in the United Kingdom ; and by the Secretary Richard Lewi s . Eg _q., at the Office of the Institution, 1 4, John-street, Adelphi. London, *l.'3. - -'- DUNDEE, Wednesday. The freedom of the town of Dundeo was this morn i ng conferred on Earl Russell, in presence of a vast assem blage, in the Corn-Exchange, the visit of the noble earl to the town being in compliance with an invitation to Park, to him to take part in the c e remony of opening the People's presented to the town of Dundee by Sir David and Misses Baxter, at the cost of about £50,000. The town council and guildry took advantage of the Earl's visit to offer him the freedom of their respective corporations. The Earl Lord itbe l and Countess , r ie y, Russell, drove in a carriage an e d orgina Russell four from Meikleour-house, Perthshire, where they wero residing mfoirleths, about eautum i i o'clock. The noblen,andarrivedinDu lord nde was loudly he Dundee, afteradriv c eo e f r 2 ed o in the streets, which were filled with people, the day being a holiday in Dundee and neighbouring towns, on occasion of the opening of the park. Earl and Lady Russell and family were accompanied to the platform by the Earl of Dalhousie, the Earl of Camperdown, Sir D. Baxter, Sir David Brewster, Principal of Edinburgh University, Sir John Ogilvy, Hon. C. Carnegie, M,P., Mr. W. E. Baxter, M.P., the Sheriff, the Provost, and magistrates, &c. The Corn-Exchange was crowded by the influential citizens of Dundee, who gave the noble Earl a cordial welcome. Provost Parker read the addresses of the Town Council, which contained the following sentences : " When we pass in review the many great measures which your Lordship has introduced into Parliament during your long political career, and the important mea sures introduced by other distinguished men who had your hearty and powerful support, measures connected with civil and religious liberty and commercial freedom—measures which were often defeated, but which happily eventually triumphed, —we feel how large a debt of gratitude is due to your Lordship from this large and commercial community and the nation at large. " We cannot close this address without congratulating your lordship, as Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, on the peaceful relations at present existing between the Crown and all the European Powers, and expressing our great satis faction that her Majesty's Government have kept the nation from entanglement in the much to be deplored conflict still existing between the Northern and Southern States of Ame rica. The constitutional principles which have been the guide of your lordship hitherto are the best assurance the nation can have as regards the future." Dean of Guild KENNEDY then delivered the address of the Guildry, which in a few wends congratulated his lord ship on his political services in behalf of civil and religious liberty. Earl RUSSELL, who was received with loud and general cheering, read the following reply :—Sir and Gentlemen,— I receive with gratitude the freedom of the anc i ent and Royal burgh of Dundee. I have come for the first time in order to add my tribute of respect to one of your most distin guished citizens, who has nobly provided for the health and recreation of his fellow citizens, and well deserves to be re membered to all time as a public benefactor. (Cheers.) The increase of large towns is a proof of increasing wea l t h , and the effect of prosperous industry is not without accompany ing evils. One of these evils is the exclusion of the face of Nature ; and happy is he who can give to those " in popu lona city pent'' a rest from exhausting toil, amid scenes which invigorate the body and turn the mind to th e contem plation of the wonderful works of God. (Cheers.) I n refer ring to measures which I have contributed to prom o t e dur ingsbeand distinguishedtocontribute a long course of Parliamentary exertion, you hav e d one honour.hmuemtobolymtuocthhevictory of those I have oe en eloquenthappy men who were foremost in the cause of Catholic emancipa tion—who won for the people the great battle of the repeal of the Corn Laws. (Cheers.) With regard to the measures in which I had a more immediate part in preparing —the re peal of the Corporation and Test Acts ; in framing a plan for the reform of Parliament, and introducing a bill for the re form of our Municipal Corporations —I have been studious to build upon the ancient foundations—(cheers)—to adapt new measures to existing , laws, and to p u t th em in h ar m o ny with the institutions of a country justly proud of its liberty. (Loud cheers.) thirty years of experience have shown that I have not been mistaken in my hope ; every year has strengthened our political constitution, and con firmed, as you justly observe, our domestic tranquillity. (Cheers.) As Secretary for Foreign Affairs it has been my object to preserve peace with honour. (H ear , h ear.) You may rely with confidence in the Administration of Lord Palmerston, who is so justly and universally popular— (cheers) —for maintaining a line of strict impartiality in the lamentable conflict in America. (Cheers.) The duties of neutrality between parties violently hostile are not easily performed. (Hear, hear.) It has been, and it will be, our endeavour to exercise the powers now intrusted, or which may be intrusted, to the Crown by Parliament in such a manner as at once to defeat every attempt t o engage our people in enterprizes inconsistent with our neutral position and to preserve for oursslves, our persons, and our property those safeguards of British law and British justice to which alone they - are indebted for the security they now enjoy. (Loud and prolonged cheering.) A vote of thanks to the Provost and cheers for the Queen and the Earl and Countess Russell closed the proceedings. OPENING OF BAXTER PARK. At 1 o'clock the varionsbodies who took part in the grand ceremony of the day met in the Barrack Park. When the line had been formed the procession marched through the principal streets to the People's Park, which is situated at the north-eastern extremity of the town. The park occu pies a space of 38 acres, and is most tastefully laid out. In the centre stands a handsome pavilion in the Italian style, built at a cost of £6,000. At each entrance are handsome lodges. The cost of the park, its embellishment, and the sum set apart by the donor for its maintenance cannot be less than £50,000. A statue of Sir David Baxter, subscribed for by upwards of 16,000 of the people of Dundee as a mark of their gratitude for his noble gift, and which was executed by Mr. Steel, sculptor, of Edinburgh, was uncovered on the occasion. _ _ Among the speakers at the opening of the park were Earl Dalhousie, the Earl of Camperdown, Sir David Baxter, and others. In replying to a vote of thanks for his presence, Earl RUSSELL, who was received with enthusiastic cheers by the vast multitude, said--I hope you will allow me, as the youngest burgess of Dundee, to say a few words with regard to a matter which I think may tend to the usefulness of this park, for which the town of Dundee is so much indebted to Sir D. Baxter. (Applause.) I was speaking to him of a notion which has occurred to my mind, and I found it had also occurred to his, and, indeed, from his benevolence and sagacity it was not likely to have escaped him. I have been accustomed in the course of my life to pay a great deal of attention to education; and I have been told of late years by those who are occupied in education in great towns—such as Glasgow, Birmingham, and similar large towns—that there is one great difficulty they have to contend with in their schools, and that is that in those towns there is no such thing as a playground. (Hear, hear.) I think a play ground is quite as useful as a school—(laughter and ap plause)—and it is still more easy to occupy a playground in these days, when we aro told by some clever philosophers that the boy who is at school three days in the week learns quite as much, if not more, than the boy who goes six, and that the boy who is at school half a day learns quite as much as the boy who is at school the whole day. (Laughter and cheers.) Whether that be true or not lam not going to say, but I think it would be a great advantage to the schools in this town if they were to ask the permission of Lord Dalhousie and the other trustees, that from time to time, at certain fixed hours, this park should be made a playground for certain games during the hours of recrea tion which the school allows. There is a very great ten dency at the present time—which is a good tendency — of bringing people together in large towns, but it has a hopes that, should learn dis advantage, and that is that the children are brought 11 P great Without having the least notion of the green fields, or a pre sumption game at cricket, or a game at trap-ball. (Hear, heal.) And lladeya enjoysbeetOteae it is quite as essential that the body of a boy should be edu cated, coinuP b h e i t s ng m t in he d y t e u uu rn g ed est t h o u t r h g e e s s e s in thi D n un gs, d a ee s , W thr y ttho his alphabet and ciphers, (Applause.) lam in e a d d . van (A tag la e u s be a knew that the young gene those who are the alders , laugh.) . t ) his l p t a h r i k nk as i ra t mut w ico o hn ul ao d sf and able to give themselves to more manly ptic • am the name r' Russell. (Applause.) I beg to thank you in - 1 Lady found by exp er i ence that there (Cheers.) I have certainly t come to for a wife than needs no better place t 9 an to Scotland, and I cotainly shall recommend the practice to others myself. (Laughter and great which I h ave adopted applause.) The weather wa s fortunately dry y ceedings passed off w ith greatda r at* There and sun n y, an d th e pro display of fireworks i n th e park, an 'here w as a gran d d i vari ous parts. It was inte n d e d to set illuminations in the wind was unfavourabl e . off a lar ge b a ll oon, but ATROCIOUS OUTRAGE ON A CHILD. —Yesterday a young man named Abraham Farrant was committed for trial by the borough magistrates at Guildford, for a criminal and most brutal assault upon a child of two years old, th e daughter of the landlord of the Rose and Crown public house in that town. It is feared that the poor little girl is not likely to survive the injuries she has sustained. THE ADVANTAGE OF A " POSTMAN'S KNOCK."-.._ At the Judges' Chambers, on Wednesday, an appli cation was made to discharge a person named Onions out of custody, on the ground that the arrest had been effected by the sheriffs' officers breaking open the outer door. The officers swore they got into the house at night, after watev ing for some time, by the dodge of a " postman's The door was opened and after a struggle the e made. M r . Justice Mellor refused to order .4ptu re was . the disch arge, believing that the arrest was through , the „ postrnaler knock." Cadiz carried off the first race easily, Nebula in the Welter Cup squandering a great favourite in the person of Cheerful, who had been previously backed for the St. Leger. The County Handicap was another surprise for the gentlemen, a filly of Mr. Snewing's making all the run ning, and winning easily. The Warwick Cup brought only three horses to the post, the presence of Dr. Syntax, an extreme outsider for the Great Northern event, promising a taste of his quality. He pulled double all the way, and, taking the lead from the stand, won with comparative ease by three parts of a length. The pace was but indifferent. After the race 40 to 1 was taken about the winner for the St. Leger. The Nursery Handicap was won cleverly by Rizzio, being the second time to-day his owner's colours first caught the judge's eye—a rather unusual circumstance for Mr. Robertson. The St. Leger betting will be found below. A Sweepstakes of 5 sovs each, with 50 sovs added ; for 2-yr olds, 6st 121 b ; 3-yr-olds, Bst 101 b. Fillies and geldings allowed 31b. Winners extra. Three-quarters of a mile. 0 ( . N 7 e l b r In ; n x .)) 1 8 subs. King George, 6 Mr. Fleming's Cadiz, 3 yrs, 9at(inc. 71b extra) K(inin Capt. Gray's King's George, 2 yrs, 7st 51b (Dowling) 2 Mr. Barber's The Clown, 2 yrs, 7at Sib (inc. 71b extra) to B 4 e ag tti o n t g T - (E. Taylor) 3 - lfe The Clown, followed by the favourite, made play to the straight, where the three closed and ran together to the to clo 4 w a n gs , t an (a d t S fi to rst l 6 9g to st 4 ca o d ni z. distance, where Cadiz came out and won in a canter by two lengths; a bad third. The IV alter Cup, value 100 soya, the rest in specie, by sub scription of 15 siva each, 10 ft, and 5 if declared. Winners extra. Professionals 61b extra. One mile. 23 subs., 14 of whom declared. Mr. Down's Nebula, 3 yrs, 9st 41b .... (Mr. W. Beville) 1 Mr. Handley's Cheerful, 3 yrs, 9st 81b (Mr. G. Thompson) 2 Major Wombell's Alcibiade, 3 yrs, Bst 131 b (in. 61b ex) (Challoner) 3 Betting-9 to 4on Cheerful, 4to 1 agst Nebula, and 7to 1 agst Alcibiade. Cheerful, girths,ne made play, Nebula lying off ing the Star Close, where th e latte r a t th e same ti me taking the second place. On ent ering the straight, Nebula ran up to Cheerful, the p air comin g on in company to the e t w r th i favourite threeAlcibiade d r w lengths drew a t until away, h s t distance, where Mr. Down's filly took a decided lead, and won very easily by a length ; a bad third. The County Handicap of 10 soya each, 5 ft, with 100 soya added. Winners extra. The second horse to save his stake. One mile. 32 subs. Mr. C. Snewing's Barter, 3 yrs, sst 121 b (J. Grimshaw) 1 Mr. W. S. Crawfurd's Crotchet colt, 4 yrs, 7st 41b Daley) 2 Mr. R. Boyce's The Principal, 4 yrs, 6st 131 b (T. Osborne) 3 The following also ran :—Aurelian, General Hess, Golden Dust, Paddy O'Rourke, ()Man, and Fletton. Several failures occurred before Mr. Marshall could get them in order. When the flag was lowered Barter jumped away with a decided lead, followed by Aurelian and General Hess side by side ; then came the Crotchet colt, Golden Dust, Ossian, and Paddy O'Rourke, Principal and Fletton being the two last. On entering the straight Barter some what increased his lead, and on reaching the distance had his horses beaten, General Hess being the first to give way, followed in a few strides after by Aurelian, which left the favourite and Principal (the latter having run past the pull ing up horses) in hopeless pursuit of Mr. Snewing's colt, which won in a canter by three lengths ; Principal finished a wretched third, Golden Dust was fourth, Paddy O'Rourke fifth, and Ossian sixth; Aurelian, in ccmpany with General Hess and Fletton, were the last three. The Members' Plate of £5O; for 2 -yr-olds, 6st 71b; 3-yr- olds, Bst : 4-yr-olds and upwards, Bst 101 b. Winners extra. The winner to be sold for 50 soya. Lord Westmoreland's Usher, 2 yrs, Gat 1 llb (Morgan) 1 Mr. J. H. C. Wyndham's Queen Fastrada, 2 yrs, fiat 71b (Dowling) 2 Mr. Saxon's Wave, 3 yrs, Bst (Midgley) 3 Mr. W. Owen's Madame Tagliafico, 2 yrs, 6st 71b • (Cannon) 4 Mr. Arthur's Vulture, aged, 9st (Reeves) 5 Betting---7 to 4on Usher, sto 1 agst Vulture, and 100 to 1 5 agst Queen Fastrada. Vulture, in company with Queen Fastrada, cut out the work, having Wave and the favourite side by side as her immediate followers, Madame Tagliafico acting as whipper in. They ran thus to the bend, where Usher drew forward and joined Vulture, who in a few strides after drew back, leaving Lord Westmoreland's colt in command, who won cleverly by half a length, Queen Fastr ada defeating Wave by a length for second; a bad fourth. The winner was bough;, in for 155 guineas. The Warwick Cup, value 200 sous, by subscription of 10 soya each, 50 of which will be given to the second horse, and 25 to the third, for 3-yr-olds and upwards. Weight for age. Winners extra, with maiden allowances. Two _ . miles and a half. 24 subs. Mr. W. Ashworth's Dr. Syntax, 3 yrs, 6st 61b (E. Taylor) 1 Mr. Cartwrighes Fairwater, 5 yrs, Bst 91b ..(Custance) 2 Mr. Fleming's Magnum Bonum, 4 yrs, Bst 71b (Norman) 3 In consequence of the required number of horses not starting the added money was not given. Betting -11 to 8 agst Fairwater, 6to 4 agst Dr. Syntax, and 4 to 1 agst Magnum Bonum. Fairwater went to the fi ont immediately after starting, waited vpon by Magnum Bonum and Dr. Syntax to the Star enclosure, where the latter overpulling Taylor, ran past his horses and came on with a commanding lead, but running extre mely wide at the bend, which enabled Fairwater once again to appear in front ; but on passing the stand the young one again went to the fore, and with the favourite in close company made the rest of the running and won very cleverly by three parts of a length; Magnum Bonum finished a length and a half in their rear. After the race 1,000 to 30 was offered against the winner for the St. Lege r . The Nursery Handicap of 10 soya each, 5 ft , with 100 added, for 3-yr_olds ; the second horse to save his stak e. Winners extra: Three-quarters of a mile. 28 subs. Mr. W. Robertson's Rizzio, 7st 21b ........ (W hitele y) 1 Mr. Flemings Jet c o l t, 68t lub ... (H. Covey) 2 Mr, G. Lamberts Farnhu rs t, 75t................. (Morgan) 3 The following also ran :—Verbena filly, The Sea Boy, Mary Copp colt, Bl ac k Friar, G az ehound, Eleanor, Im position, and Diplom a . Betting-5 to 2 agst Eleanor, sto 1 each agst the Jet colt and Black Friar, 8 to 1 each agst Farnhurst and the Sea Boy, 10 to 1 agst Rizzio. After several breaks away, th e flag was lowered exactly a quarter of an hour after the time set down. On settling into their places the Jet colt took a clear lead, followed by Imposition and Farnhurst side by s id e , with Diploma, Rizzio, and Black Friar lyi ng up. Enter i ng the Star en closure Farnhurst took second place, Rizzio going on third, with Imposition next. On reaching t h e distance Rizzio joined the Jet colt, the pair running locked to the s t and , where Mr. Robertson's colt drew away and won cleverly by a length and a half, Farnhurst was a bad third, Black Friar was fourth, Gazehound fifth) Eleano r s ixth, and Imposition next ; the three last, beaten off, were Diploma, and the Mary Copp colt. the Sea Boy, The Grand Stand Plate (Handicap) of 100 sovs, for all ages. Three-quarters of a mile. Mr: Astley's Quicksand, 3 yrs, 7„t 21b .(J. GrimshaW) 1 Lord Warwick's Calabria, 5 yrs, B st 81b * .. (J Osborne) 2 Mr. Payne's Margery, 4 yre, 7st 21b (Herbert) 3 Vulture, Miss Livingstone, Coronet, and Kennett) also ran. Betting--7 to 4 agst Miss Livingstone, 4to 1 agst Coro net, 5 to 1 agst Calabria, 8 to 1 ag e t Margery. Won by half a length; two lengths between the second and third. LATEST BETTING. THE LEGER. 11 to 2 agst Avenger (taken) 6to 1 agst Ranger (taken) 6to 1 agst Queen Bertha (taken) 9to 1 agst Golden Pledge (taken) 1,0 to 1 agst Lord Clifden (taken) .•. ___;;‘, (taken) 16 to 1 agst bona.. ) 18 to 1 agst Blue Mantle (takei:; 40 to 1 agst Dr. Syntax (taken) HORSES STRUCK OUT OF THEIR ENGAGE- MENTS. Sept. 5, at 0 30 p.m. (to the Clerk o f the Course ), Die tutor, out of Northern Metropolitan Handicap, Manchester. 7, at 9 a.m., Blackdown, out of Warwick Cup. 7, at 9 a.m., Cobbler, out of Scurry Handicap. Leicester. 7, at 9 a.m., Gem of the Sea, Mr. Longfleld's Garotter, and all Mr. Bryan's horses, out of Warwick engagements. 7, at 0 30 p.m., c by Young Melbourne— Gameboy, out of Doncaster St, Leger, and Makeshift, out of the Gre at Yorkshire Handicap, 7, at 5 15 p.m., Heber (dead), out of all engagerents• S, at 9 a.m,, Angelus, out of Doncaster St. Leger. 8, at 9 a.m., Marquis of Hastings's horses, out of War . wick and Leice; cer en gagements. 8, at 9 a Tarragona, Gordian Knot, and Captain Christ' ..e's horses, out of Leicester en gagements. $, at 9 a.m., Southampton, out of Troy Plate, Monmouth. 8, •at 9 a m H i l l y Grove, out of Lic ense d Vi c t ua ll ers ' Plate, Leicester. 8, at 1 18 p.m., Megador , out of Doncaster St. Leger. 9, at 10 45 a.m., Duchess of Kent, out of Leicestor en gagements. 9, at 11 18 a.m,, Sea Kiag, out of Doncaster engagements. HORTICULTURAL GARDENS. IYesterday the last fruit and flower show of the season was held at these gardens. The attendance of visitors, when the state of the weather and the time of the year is con sidered, was very good, and almost as numerous as at the exhibition which takes place in the midst of the flower show season in this fashionable promenade. The show was arranged in the long saloons which used to form the French refreshment department during the Exhibititn time, and here, protected from the weather, which, as is nearly always the case in nearly all horticultural fetes, was most unfavour able, it was seen to the greatest advantage. The collection shown, though not a large one, was emphatically one of the most excellent in all its branches that the society has brought together for some time past, and there was scarcely one of the classes in which the specimens sent for competition were not of the highest order of merit. Messrs. Youell, of the Royal Nurseries, Great Yarmouth, showeda most mag nificent stand of cut flowers of the gladiolus, in which all the rarest and most delicately-tinted varieties of this splen did flower were shown in the utmost perfection of bloom. Mr. Standish and Mr. Prince also exhibited largely in blooms of the same kind, so that the united collections formed a bank of such varied and beautiful colours as only a large collection of this plant could ever display. In dahlia blooms Mr. Turner, of the Royal Nurseries, Slough, as usual dis tanced all competition, and it is difficult to imagine of their kind anything more beautiful in form and colour than the collections of these flowers with which he carried off all the chief prizes. Second to these, but to these only, were the specimens sent in by Mr. Reynes, of Salisbury. The dis play of phloxes, verbenas, and roses was equally remarkable for its excellence, and some noble specimens of hollyhocks attracted a great amount of admiration. The show of miscel laneous plants was good, especially in those of variegated foliage, though none in this class were sufficiently promi nent to merit a special prize. The fruit collection included almost every known specimen of hardy or hothouse plants, the plums, peaches, and grapes being unusually abundant and good. From the Chiswick gardens there was a splendid collection of varieties of grapes, which as a collection were unequalled by anything else of the kind exhibited. The pears, also, as might be expected after a season so unusually propitious to this fruit, were exhibited in their endless va rieties and in the highest perfection of size and shape. The following are the names of the chief nrize-takers at this competition : Class 1-12 Hollyhocks, single flowers, distinct kinds (open)—First prize, Messrs W. Chater, nurserymen, Saf fron Walden; second do, Messrs W. Minchin and Son, nurserymen, Hook Norton. Class 2-24 German Asters, quilled, distinct kinds (open) —First prize, Mr. R. H. Betteridge, Milton-hill, near Ste- venton ; second do, Mr C. Wyatt, gardener to Mr. H. Will es, Epsom. Class 3-24 French Asters, tasseled, distinct kinds (opei) —First prize, Mr R. H. Betteridge, Milton-hill; second do., Mr. C. Wyatt, gardener to Mr H. Willes, Epsom, Class 4-24 Gladiolus, cut spikes, distinct kinds (open)— First prize, Messrs Youell and Co., Royal Nurseries, Great Yarmouth; second do., Mr J. Standish, Royal Nurseries, Ascot. Class 5-12 Gladiolus, cut spikes, distinct kinds (ama teurs)—First prize, Mr J. Sladden, Ash next Sandwich, Kent; second do., Mr C. J. Perry, the Cedars, Castle Bromwich. Class 6-24 Phloxei, single trusses, distinct kinds (open) —First prize, Mr Chas. Turner, Royal Nurseries, Slough. Class 7-24 Verbenas, five trusses of each, distinct kinds (open)—First prize, Messrs Perkins and Son, Park Nursery, Coventry; second do., Mr C. J. Perry, The Cedars , Castle Bromwich. Class 8-48 Dehlia Blooms, distinct kinds (nurserymen) —First prize, Mr C. Turner, Slough; second do., Mr J. Reynes, Salisbury. Class 9-24 Dahlia Blooms, distinct kinds (nurserymen) —First prize, Mr C. Turner, Slough; second do., Mr J. Reynes, Salisbury. Class 10-18 Dahlia Blooms, Fancies, distinct (nursery men)—First prize, Mr J. Reynes, Salisbury ; second do., Mr C. Turner, Slough. Class 11-18 Dahlia Blooms, distinct kinds (amateurs) — First prize, Mr H. Thorneycroft, Floore, Weedon ; second do., Mr J. Charlton, Ribworth. Class 12-12 Dahlia Blooms, Fanbi6S, distinct kinds (amateurs)—First prize, the Rev. C. Fellows, Norwich ; second do., Mr W. Corp Milford, Salisbury. Class 13—Miscellaneous, for flowers not specified (open) —First prize, Mr C. Turner, for collection of cut roses; second do., Messrs Paul and Son, do. FRUIT. Class A—Collection of Fruit, eight dishes, six distinct kinds—First prize, Mr C. Turner, Slough; second do., Mr A. Henderson, gardener to the Duke of Sutherland. Class B—Peaches, four dishes, distinct kinds—First prize, Mr T. Dawson, gardener to Earl Cowper, Panshanger ; second do., Mr A. Henderson, gardener to the Duke of Sutherland, Trentham. Class C—Peaches, single dish—First prize, Mr J. Rust, gardener to the Right Hon. R. Sulivan, Fulham; and Mr W. Haile, gardener to Earl Lovelace, Ripley, Surrey (equal). Class D—Nectarines, four dishes, distinct kinds —First prize, Mr T. Dawson, gardener to Earl Cowper, Panshan ger ; second do., Mr A. Henderson, gardener to the Duke of Sutherland, Trentham. Class E—Nectarines, single dish—First prize, Mr G. Wil son, Gishurst-cottage, Weybridge-heath ; second do., Mr T. Bailey, gardener to Mr T. T. Drake, Amersham. Class F—Figs, three dishes, distinct kinds, 12 fruits each —First prize, Mr A. Bousie, gardener to Lord Taunton, Stoke-park. Class I—Cherries, single dish, 50 fruits—First prize, Mr S. Snow, gardener to Countess Cowper, Silsoe, Bedford shire; second do., Mr C. Turner, Slough. Class J—Plum.!;, 4 dishes, distinct kinds—First prize, Mr S. Snow, gardener to Countess Cowper, Silsoe, Bedford shire; second do., Mr J, Cox, gardener to Mr W. Wells, Redleaf, Penhurst. Class L—Apples, dessert, thre3 dishes, distinct kinds— First prize, Mr A. Bousie, gardener to Lord Taunton, Stoke••parK ; second do., Mr J. Martimore, Wallington, Carshalton. Class M—Apples, kitchen, three dishes, distinct kinds — First prize, Mr S. Snow, gardener to the Countess Cowper, Silsoe, Bedfordshire; second do., Mr H. Ansties, market gardener, Chiswick. Class N—Pears, dessert, three dishes, distinct kinds-- First prize, Mr W. Wren, gardener to Mr E. Purser, Car shalton; second do., Mr G. Wilson, Geshurst-cottage, Weybrid ge-heath. Class o—Miscellaneous—First prize, Mr A. Henderson, for a box of 24 Apricots; second do., Mr G. Perry, for six dishes of Currants; third do., Mr J. Leslie, for a basket of ridge Cucumbers; fourth do,, Messrs. H. Lane and Son, for a collection of Grapes in pots, and for a collection o Orchard-house Fruit Trees in pots. A FACTION FIGHT. At the Killaloe petty sessions, a few days ago, 18 persons were summoned for having been engaged in a faction fight on the 26th ult. Two families, named Connells and Skebans, had a long-standing dispute about the right to an acre of land, resulting in protracted litigation and many collisions. They are all related as first and second cousins, The priest and the landlord vainly sought to reconcile them ; the latter even divided the piece of land between them, but all to no purpose. When they met they fought, and at a place called Fahybridge, on the day mentioned, they had an engage ment which, both for the vigour of the onslaught and the number of casualties, completely eclipsed all that had pre ceded it. It appeared that the fight was originated by the Skebans. Among other acts it was sworn that a lad about 16 or 17 went behind Michael Connell with a stone, and felled him to the ground. The fight then raged with inde scribable fury. Pitchforks and other weapons were used, and such was the fury of the combatants that they broke the handles of some of the instruments on each other's per sons; loaded whip-handles prostrated those they struck, and stones flew in every direction. The melee ended at length more through the exhaustion of both parties than tether cause. Many of the combatants were left cone • any loss on the grt7: llo, The Clare Freeman ;. 1 AsCrib , es the parties on both b e longing to the respectable class af farmers, and_ I :s *itireescor years compsidesr. lug all ages, from the grey-headed man - • • hearty to the young girl and boy of 16. They were all h r aie, o en? and comfortably-dressed persons, and nearly E t ) i v iv e y Y t ' a g "' been some marks of the savage a ff ray in lily in their lives. The prisoners were the v s r 0,, i and their engaged. The magistrates said they newvehriS; spt:crehenbsruwtah-o should have been expected to quell such twth Sentencesha hard do labour f a t h r o o u m r conduct was a disgrace to then ountryti two months to three weeks impsonmethe combatants, the were passed upon the most gu ilty o f others were bound to keep the peace. /1010 F RENC H PouLTRY.--Wonderful poultry of the French-Flemish country, w hy take the trouble t o ,:' , e poultry? Why not stop shodrt one at e with it ? t P ggs in thearents rising geno: a ti o n, and die out and have so scraggy and weak, that the -is have I seen this day, followed by their wretched of chicke, s le lre ,i co e m l es a mockery when applied scratching nothing out of the mud with an young foraili... 4 ' helcens's last " air tottering ale:it on valiant word drumstick._ to them, and the crow of t.,. () i t'd and master has been a mere dejected case of croup,-..,,, Uncommer cial," The members of the Fa m il y P . Salty werersthe s local s s i o t f r a and so like one another—fathers, mothers, brothers, uncles, and aunts—that I thi n k audience were much confused about the plot of the piece under representation, and to the last exp ecte d that everybody must turn out to be the long-l ost relative of everybody else, The Theatre was esta blished on the top story of the Hotel de Ville, and was approached by a long bare staircase, whereon, in an airy situation, one of the P. S ilcy Family —a stout gentleman imperfectly repressed by a belt— took the money. This occasioned the greatest ex citement of the evening; for, no sooner did the cur tain rise on the introductory Vaudeville, and re veal in the person of the young lover (singing a very short song with his eyebrows) apparently the very same identical stout gentleman imperfectly re pressed by a belt, than everybody rushed out to the paying-place, to ascertain whether he could pos sibly have put on that dress-caat, that clear com plexion, and those arched black vocal eyebrows, in so short a space of time. It then became manifest that this was another stout gentleman imperfectly repressed by a belt; to whom, before the spec tators had recovered their presence of mind, entered a third stout gentleman imperfectly repressed by a belt, exactly like him. These two "subjects," making with the money-taker three of the announced fifteen, fell into conversation touching a charming young widow : who, presently appearing, proved to be a stout lady altogether ir repressible by any means—quite a parallel case to the American Negro—fourth of the fifteen subjects, and sister of the fifth who presided over the check department. In good time the whole of the fifteen subjects were dramatically presented, and we had the inevitable Ma .Mere, 2114 Mere! and also the inevitable malediction d'un pere, and likewise the inevitable Marquis, and also the inevitable provin cial young man, weak-minded but faithful, who followed Julie to Paris, and cried and laughed and choked all at once. The story was wrought out with the help of a virtuous spinniug-wheel in the beginning, a vicious set of diamonds in the middle, and a rheumatic blessing (which arrived by post) from Ma Mere towards the end; the whole result ing in a small sword in the body of one of the stout gentlemen imperfectly repressed by a belt, 50,000 francs per annum and a decoration to the other stout a n g a e s n s t u l r e a m n a c n e f i r m o p m e r e f v e c e t r o r d e y p r t e o s stehde provinbelt,cial young man that if he were not supremely happy— which he seemed to have no reason whatever for being—he ought to be. This afforded him a final opportunity of crying and laughing and choking all at once, and sent the audience home sentimen tally delighted.—New number of " All the Year _Round." be 60fr long, and to average 12ft high, a, a cylinder would contain 5,760 cubic power of that quantity of hydrogen wo•IJ le' • posing the silk and whatever apparat . . furnished with to weigh 2601bs,—in rea v nearly so much, —there would still rem: sufficient to lift and sustain a man weigh of ordinary strength is able to lift 6,0001 bah: , • t o one foot in a minute, when applying his strength under fair mechanical advantages. Five miles an hour is 440 ft in a minute, and 440 into 6,000 goes 131 times; so that the strength of one man, applied under proper conditions, would be sufficient to lift 1311bs 440 ft in a minute. A plane sur face, moving through the air at the rate of 440 ft in a minute, or five miles an hour, would experience a resistance of 25 times 'OO5, or '125, of a pound on every square foot; and if the plane surface %%ere equal in extent to the largest section of the proposed cylinder, it would thus experience a total resistance of 141bs. In the case of the cylinder itself, owing to the paraboloidal form of its ends, the resistance wouhl be a third less than this, reducing the total to 911bs. To propel this cylinder at the rate of five miles an hour would there fore require the exertion of force capable of lifting 9Dbs i t 4Oft in a minute. We have seen that a man of ordinary he could could lift lUbs Ilt'ft in a minule. Consequently , propel the cylinder, at the speed luentioned, with great ease. Naval and Military Intelligence. ,es Lieut.-Commander iron paddl ew h ee l s t camvessc l THE NAVY. Stokes, from the Bloodhound H er :Majesty's West Coast of Africa, yesterday hauled alongside the eastern wharf in the outer basin at Woolwich, in order to return stores, in readiness to pa 3- out 3of commission on Tuesday, the 15th inst. Lieut. Stokes was appointed by Commodore Edmonstone to the command of the Bloodhound on the 6th Sept., 1861, and took up his commission in the Congo river, superseding Lieut. Dolben, who returned home. Lieut.-Stokes sailed from England in the paddle sloop Alecto, in which vessel he served as First Lieut. in Feb., 1860, and was subsequently ap pointed to the command of the Brune, in which vessel he was present at the attack of Porto Novo, and was afterwards employed principally in the Bights of Biafra and Benin in the suppression of the traffic in gases, but took no prizes. In Sept., 1862, yellow fever manifested itself in several cases ou board the Bloodhound, and carried off Mr. Hamp shire, the engineer in charge, and seven of the crew. The commander was likewise severely attacked with the disease, but recovered. Lieut. Stokes' services, in company with Capt. Barton, her Majesty's Con sul at Fernando Po, to assert the rights of Bri tish subjects in the Benin River, have been fa vourably reported. Captain Barton and Lieut. Stokes are the only white men who up to the present moment have been known to ascend the Elephant Mountain in Batanga, where they were attended by a numerous guard of bushmen, to whom they were objects of curiosity and wonder. Her Majesty's paddle sloop Hydra, about to re place the Medina in the Mediterranean, and in pro gress of fitment at - Woolwich, yesterday commenced coaling, in readiness for an early trial trip of her machinery. The iron paddlewheel steamer Recruit, 6, 160- horse power, is to be placed in No. 3 dock at Chatham, for the purpose of ascertaining the locality of her leak. The old line-of-battle sailing ship Duncan, 74, is partially demolished at Chatham dockyard, and in the course of a few days will have entirely disap peared. Notwithstanding that she is one of the oldest vessels of her class belonging to the English navy, most of her timbers are sound, and give but few signs of decay. In consequence of the difficulty experienced in obtaining hired shipwrights to break her up, the work has to be performed by the me chanics belonging to the establishment. A number of workmen are employed at Chatham dockyard in erecting strong cast-iron girders on each side of No. 6 shed, beneath which the screw gunvessel Myrmidon is standing partially com pleted. These additions are made in the expecta tion that this slip will be used in the construction of one of the new iron-cased vessels which are to he commenced at that establishment. The Myrmidon, which is about two-thirds comp'.eted, will be the only wooden vessel taken in hand at Chatham dockyard. Master W. Shepley Taylor, whose name stands at the head of the list of successful candidates passed at the Royal Naval College, Portsmouth, as naval cadets of the first class, was educated during thir teen months previously on board the Conway train ing ship, Commander Richard I\l °aid, R.N. While in the Conway, Master Taylor gained the first cadetship given by his Grace the Duke of Somerset, K.G., First Lord of the Admiralty, the gold medal for greatest general proficiency in all subj,:ets of training and education, and the first mathematical prize in the first class. Master Robert Findlay, who passed his examination as first-class naval cadet at the Royal Naval College at the same time, was also educated on board the Conway, and gained the second cadetship given by the Duke of Somerset. The Lord Bishop of Salisbury held a confirmation service on Tuesday at IVyke Regis, Dorset, spe cially for the naval cadets of her Majesty's ship Britannia, Capt. R. Ashmore Powell, C.B. (cadet in for her Majesty's na v y s t a ti one d at Portland) i 72 of the young gentl emen presente d training - ship : P themselves, and were confirmed. HOW TO FLY ! A NEW SCHEME OF AERIAL NAVIGATION.—Art article in the September number of Weldon's Register, after set ting forth some new and curious arguments and calcu lations with a view to disprove the doctrine taught by the imes, that " the problem of aerial navigation will be readily solved [by means of artificial wings] whenever the pro gress of science shall place us in command of a motive power sufficiently lighter, in proportion to its capabilities, than the steam engine," and to show that, even if we had " an engine which, while capable of putting forth any re quired amount of force, should weigh absolutely nothing at all, the transport of passengers or merchandise by means of artificial wings would still be as impossible as it is at pre sent," proceeds as follows : And yet man may navigate the air if he will, and as soon as he will. To the question—" If by means neither of balloons nor of artificial wings, than by what means ?" I reply—By imitating, not the birds, but the fishes. The birds and the fishes constitute the only examples we have in nature of animals being able to sustain them selves in, and at the same time to propel themselves through, an element lighter than the heavier portions of their own bodies. We have seen by what means the birds do this, and that we cannot imitate them. In the case of the fishes, the matter is managed in another way. Unlike the bird in flying, the fish in swimming has no weight to bear, and so all the exertion it needs to put forth is for the purpose of propelling itself. The greater portion of its flesh and bones is of as nearly as possible the same specific gravity as the clement which it inhabits, and the excess of weight of the heavier portions is balanced by means of a long narrow bag filled with some gaseous body by many more times lighter than water than hydrogen -ie lighter than atmospheric air. As a whole, the body of the fish is thus rendered of exactly the same weight as the quantity of water which it displaces, and it is, therefore. sustained in the water just as a balloon is sustained in the atmosphere,—and this, too, at least to some extent, by exactly parallel means, For man to navigate the vir e the machine by which he does so must have thus much in common with the balloon, —it must be as self-buoyant in the element it is to travel through as a fish is in its element. Therefore, although balloons cannot accomplish the navi gation of the air, it can be effected only by the aid of those light gases by means of which balloons are rendered buoyant. The object in view can only be achieved by some method of applying the lifting power of the light gases more a dvantageously than this is done in the case of balloons. That method can only consist in an alteration of theform of the receptacles containing the gas. Instead of being spheroidal, they must be more or less fish-shaped; they must be flattened cylinders with paraboloidal ends, In order to show clearly, by a readily intelligible illus tration, what influence this simple change of form would have, let us suppose a hundred balloons, all of exactly the same size, to be ranged in a row, like the carriages of a railway train, and let the hundred balloons be all connected with, and so all assist to support, one long, narrow car. Such a train of balloons would represent the pro posed cylinder sufficiently nearly,—especially as the " cylinder" would itself virtually consist of a number of distinct bags of gas connected together, the chief differ elite° between it and the train of balloons being tLat in it space would be economized, and steadiness of lifting power and uniformity of motion secured, by their being no such interstices between the bags of gas composing it as there would in the case of the train of balloons. It is obvi ous that, to the motion through it, end-foremost, of the sup posed train of balloons, the atmosphere would be able to oppose only the same amount of resistance as it would oppose to the motion through it of any one of the balloons singly. No more force therefore would be required to propel the train of balloons than would be required to propel a single balloon, but the train would be able to lift an engine for the supply of that force a hundred times heavier than the single balloon could lift.' As the power of an engine in creases much more rapidly than its weight, there could thus b e a pplied to the propulsion of the train of balloons several hundred times more force than could be applied to the pro pu;sion of any one of them by itself. have said that the aerial cylinder which this article is written tt.? suggest would consist, in effect, of a combination of a number of separate bags of gas. It would never do to make it consist simply of one huge long narrow bag, because such a bag, if filled With light gas and allowed to rise into the atmosphere, instead Of floating horizontally, as the cy linder must, in order to be available as a means of navigat ing the air, would float with its 'Longest axis vertical to.the earth's surfsce. To prevent its doing that, the when not actually composed of a numi;er of distinctbebour':f combined together, should be divided int . 2: s separate compartments, or cells, each of that is to higher than it was wide—should bo say, in the direction perpendic ular in the other 1 7crtle loi4zest axis of the cylinder as a who:heat by th e this simple ar direction. It will readily be seen t an hlly. rangement it would be secure d that it should boorizonta impossible for the cylinder to float in any °t iler way d b e propelled, and by such means Thatt,such cylinder c ould for the supply of motive forc e as we have already at our command is not a merely speculative opinion—an enthu siastic'which may or may not be well-founded conviction , It rests on data w hi c h have long been established, and ste d by actual experience thousands of times, h I taNi-se beanbased te en the following established facts : let- The weight of a cubic foot of hydrogen is 36.5 grains, an d that of a cubic foot of atmospheric a i r 5 23 s i ns . A cubic foot of hydrogen will, therefore, su sta i n furthe atmosphere a heavy body weighing 4865 grains, h a n g the difference between its own weight and that of the volume of air which it displaces. There are 7,000 grains to the pound avoirdupois, and 14 . 5 times 486.5 is 7,054.25. Consequently 14,! , , cubic feet of hydrogen will sustain a pound and 54.25 grains. 2d. A body cloying through the atmosphere at the rate of U2' , Mile au hour, and presenting a flat, surface for the atmosphere to amttpen in opposin g it s mo ti on, exper i ences t a resistance of .t.)05 of a poille.l tar every square foot of such surface, and this resistance increaSca as the square of the velocity. 3d. The resistance to motion through the atmosphere is greatly modified by the form of the moving body. Du , form that gives least resistance is nearly that of a parabola, or a form somewhat resembling the breast of a duck or the head of a fish. The body should also taper backwards, like the body of a fish." The resistance to a paraboloid is one third less than the resistance to a plane surface equal in extent to a section of the paraboloidal body, taken at its widest part. From these data, both the lifting power of a cylinder of any given dimensions, and the resistance which the at • ruosphere would oppose to its motion, at any g i v en speed, can be readily calculated. Let us suppose, then, a cylinde r of the ki n d indicated tu W THE ARMY. Th e lieugoumont, Capt. Flamink, arrived at Fal mouth on Wednesday evening from Calcutta, and proceeded for Spithead to land time-expired troops, women and children, and some insane and con victs. She left Calcutta on the 30th of April, and experienced fine weather in rounding the Cape, but met with ten days' east wind off the Western Island. Passengers—Captains Iteenbrigge and M'Gregor, Lieut. Kernin, and Assist.-Sur. Haystedt, in charge of troops; also Lieut. Cunningham, of the Madras army ; Assistant-Surgeon Kelgour, 29th Highlanders ; and Mr. M'Nair. The Adventure screw troopship, Commander Lethbridge, will embark to-morrow, at Portsmouth, for conveyance to Canada the following aggregate number of troops in detachments for the Guards, Ist battalion Rifle Brigade, 30th Foot, and oth er corps serving in the colony:-21 officers and their families ; 453 men, 55 women, and 42 children. The Woolwich division of Royal Marine Light Infantry, in comm and of Col. Michell, yesterday assembled in three battalions on Woolwich-common, e b t Colonel Colone l Col. Suther,Travers, andand went thro u g h a field d ay's evolutions. The b a ttalions Marriott, w ere and commanded iju per formed the various manoeuvres with admirable order and precision. Experimental practice i Royal Artillery is daily carried on by the with the rifled guns erected on the sea defences commanding the approaches to Chatham harbour with the 70-pounder and 40-pounder Arm strong guns, in or d er to test the comparative effi ciency of the sid e -l oa di ng p r i nc iple. The results hitherto obtained have been very satisfactory as regards the increased rapidity with which the load ing And firing can be carried on. The practice is made under the personal superintendence of Col. Nedham, commanding the Royal Artillery in the Chatham district, assisted by Lieut.-Colonel Talbot, commanding the First Division of the Depot Bri gade. The large general hospital just erected at Cha tham, which le on the eve of being opened, will have a commodious ward attached for the reception of female patients suffering from Lock diseases, the expenses connected with which department of the establishment will be almost entirely defrayed by the Government. A considerable portion of the funds for the election of the hospital has been contri buted by the Admiralty and the War Dopurttuout, the Government at the :nne time making okeingnatiai n thatnoamtual grant to the hospital on the express oue portion of the hospital lis thietatdestr a ie the v:t,etdkel t exclu sively lu)y -sively to Lock cases. the Government to establish Llck Luespitals iu our I large garrison and seaport towns. TILE WIGWELL HALL MURDER.—The prisoner, George Victor Townley, who awaits his trial for Ow wilful m urder of Miss Goodwin, still maintains the samo demeanour, and conducts himself as he did before and im mediately after his committal. Ile has had interviews with his legal adviser, Mr. Leech, of the firm of Gamble and Leech. Last week his brother visited bini, an d on Tuesday Mr. Townley, sen,, returned to Derby, and saw the pri soner. The f r i en d s o f T own l e y s till correspond with hifra in terms of the warmest affection ; and his conduct towards all with w h om h e conies i n co ntact is ma rked by its civility and gratefulness for any favour conferred or duty done,—. Darby Mercury. s