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sited a ult. to L that imum .; the to tho mbers is of 3nsity trt de on of mum ,er he brane an— high is so to of essed ortive xey of pottts phate tried state iorn aging the truer f, and esults übarb L that g r6l iloro of an in a ~ In es of while e for le the )f the body ; de- cting rded, s ap. REMEMBER, WE SUP AT F,V ANS' RVERY EVENING THIS WEEK after Alfred Mellon's Promenade Concerts. ciIEA.—VAC kNCIES for MIDSHIPMEN 2nri P., APPRENTICES in a first-class London shipping flr n. Premium moderate. Al-o apprentices without premium.— APPIy to SIMNIONDS and Co.. 38, St. Mary-at-hill, East cheap, E.C. Third Officers and Stewards wanted. EDINBURGH (Reduced Fares), from Irongate- Wharf, Tower.—Saloon, 20s ; fore cabin, 15s; deck ( ( sold iers and sailors only% 7s Ad ; return tickets (available for month% 30s and 22s rd. The cheanest and quickest sea route hy the splendid new STE A3ISHIPS of the LONDON and E DINBURGH SHIPPING COMPANY, sailing every liednestlaandat 10 morning . Apply at the y Saturday , Spread Eagle, Regent-circus; or at Irougate-wharf. THE ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY. HEAD OFFICES, 29, Lombard -street, London, and Royal Int urancc- Liverpoel. Total Annnsl Revenue exceeds £son,o ' o. Accumulated Funds in hand over 1,0:0,000. Chairman in Liverpool: CHARLES TURNER, Esq., M.P• Chairman in London WILLIAM WAINWRIGHT, Esq. EXTRAC I'S 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. FIRE BRANCH. The Directors have, as pieasingly 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 p osition held by the Royal in the Government Returns of Duty is ag"in fully maintamed. The profit of the business of the year exceeds considerably , the amount realised in the preceding year, and in tact sur passes that of any Year, with but two exceptions, sing; the commencement of tilt.. Office, the balance to the credit on account of British and Foreign Insurances being £15,101 10s. s d, 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 n •w policies for fhe year lio2 exceeds even that of the yesr 1801 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 satisfact , on 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 assuran.e ' , 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, exceedin , those which the Royal has declared as inadmis sible in a single year from deterioration of some kind cr another. If, to complete their review, the Directors now advert briefly to the United Kingdom, they have to announce that in Fire Business its progress has been undoubtedly more rapid than that of any other Company established either in Lond3n or elsewhere, except when 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 rrtac2ri tude, combining distinguished commercial success to the Office with a lengthened career of usefulness and protection to the public. PERCY M. DOVE, Manager and Actuary. JOHN B. JOHNSTON, secretary in London NORWICH UNION FIRE INSURANCE SOCIETY. The business of tie Company exceeds £70,000,000. The duty paid to Government for the year 1862 was £85,062, and the amount insured on farming stock, £10,086,332. A bonus of three-fifths of the profi's periodically made to parties insuring, who have thus, from time to time, received sums amounting in the agg,regate to ztio,ono and the SocieLy now holds a large Res 'rye 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 nt the Society's Offices, Surrey street, Norwich ; and 6, Crescent, New Bridge-street, Black friars, E.C. PROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION. Established 1840. TRUSTEES. Thomas Baling Esq., M.P. I Wm. Geo. Prescott, Esq. Thomson Hankey, Esq., M.P. Baron L. de Rothschild, 31. P. Mutual Life Assurance for all classes. This Association hai now in existence (,000 policies, for a total sum of £1,500,000. The Annual Income is £51,000 The Accumulated Fund exceeds .. 2 0, , 00 It has paid in Claims 112,000 The whole of the profit s ar e di v ided quinquennially among the Members Three GiVitiiotlB have already been made* when the following sums have been added as bonuses to the policies - Dec. 31, 1847 .. . £ 5 ,400 „ 1832 11,500 „ 1857 23 200 „ 1862 . • .. .. 56,500 cr makin the total bonus additions, £ 98,600. Ponuses may be received in ctsh or applied to the reduc tion of premiums at the option of the assured, in lieu of an addition to the of ey. • Attention is especially invited to the system of free or paid up 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 others ise. Active and influential agents will be appointed in unrepre sented districts. W3l. THOS. LINFORD, Secretary. Chief Office, 15, Moorgate-street, E.C., Aug 1,1863. N ORTH BRITISH ANTI MERCANTIL E 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 vranted 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. AmPunt Inured. Premiums. 1,037 £763,334 £23.641 0 0 Forms of Proposal and every information will be furnished on application at the OFFICES : LONDON. 5B, Threadneedle-street. •+ , West-end Office.. 8. Waterloo-place, Pall-mall. CELEBRATION of the TERCENTENARY of the BIRTH of SHAKSPE ARE, at Stratford-upon- Avon. The Tercentenary Committee (ot which Sir Robert N. C. Hamilton, Bart , K.C.R. 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 Shakspeate but the centre of attraction to all admirers of the great Poet's works, and that It was his the town he loved, and where he lived and died. CONTRACT FOR PROVISIONS Royal Hospital, Chelsea, 14th Aug., 1161. THE RIGHT HONOURABLE the LORDS and OTHERS, COMMISSIONERS of this HOS PITAL, do hereby give NOTICE, That they are reedy to receive TENDERS from and to treat with Berth ;ersons as may be willing to Contract for victualling the in-pensioners of the said Hospital, from the Ist October, 1863, to the 30th September, 1861, both days inclusive, with the following articles of provisions, itc., viz.:—Beef and Mutton, Bread, Cheese, Butter, Potatoes, Salt, Oatmeal, Barley or Rice, Pepper, Flour, Suet, Cocoa, Black Tea, Sugar, Milk, Onions or Leeks, Carrots, Celery, Thyme, Marjoram, Winter Savory And Parsley, daily, at per head per diem for the whole ration according to the established allowances of the house, as specified in the form of'f'ender, which may be obtained at the office of the Secretary any day between the hours of 10 and 3 oat which 'fender must be filled up and delivered, sealed, at the Board-room of the said Hospital by the party or parties tendering, or by an agent appointed on his or their wl ich •on Tuesday, the Ist - of September, at 12 o'clock. at time their Lordships will be prepared to take the same " 1 ° consideration. It is to be observed that the Contractors will be required t , ( , ) "'ld Security to the Crown for the due performan e of the Contract, and that no Tender will be received after the day and hour a b ove ment i one d . The Commissioner s do not pledge themselves to accept the l owest Tender. A. J. MOORHEAD, Secretary and Registrar. A. NEVER FAILING ILLS, prc- Dr. SCOTI"S BILIOUS an to all who p,ared without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. , :eott, of Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable LIV R E E 2I -1 E D 1 .-- sureettir Irani bilious and Liver complaints, indigestion,& For habitual 81ltiv-g• RiddineBB, dizziness of the eyes, wind, t th e ness, aa a family aperient medicine, n e blood th ra tion and ey ae trul exec en . grateful formotedi esonstomach b l nervous sys em. Londo7n7 Sold b — 11 t • ild ao;l ui d a t s he a lr p o urifier T. , it,n4 t B h t e ren eo they create Charts its, pro_times the quantity to - ' Y most druggists in boxes,ls. lid., and _ and —a b ni bM 8, King William-street, Chari-c t r h o r s e s e . Scott's Biliou s and One, 2a. 9d. Be sure green package, Liverwith Pills. The genuine are a square stamp. . to ask for Dr. " William Lambert," engraved on the DISTOLGRAMS of EAMES (Guinea Jewellery daily a l',,r+raltsl, with album eularzements therefrom, taken SR ATFE'S Pistokraph Depot, 32, Sussex-place. lle gen'es.park, NAV, where a el asses trout the day of birth MaY now be seen. In 7alids and amines attended. ay ildrens like- WHITEI; UPT URES.—BY ROYAL Lkrp TklßS PATENT. 's Moc-mA ~. IN IN THE GREAT (PERFECTED AND EXI; II,,IIEVER TRUS FXHIRITIONR OF ISM AND 1862 ), 1 i--.-.D T wo 1 I undred Medical Gentlem en "toallowed b l y t u E p i w t a N ril l s A oi . ,nvention in the curative treatm e 4 the most effective The use ot a steel spring, so ott en 4 .4 ! Is here avoided—a bolt bandag e b ein n o : ,, rd in its ,frects, body, while the requisite resisting po wer javr.iern round the Aloc-Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting wil t '', 1 5 Vied by th e nd closeness that it cannot be detected, a n d , n ° ' n uch ease durin, slee A descriptive be m a y be ba n d Y be worn truss,"which cannot fail toforwarded by post , ~,, a ,nd the ne ountlerenee ot the body, two inches below t h e la t cy. P B , being aunt to the aaanuffeturer, Mr. WHITE, =B, Piccadilly. A Sinuie Truss, 168., 215., 265. 64., and 31s. Bd. p ° -- t . & Double Truss, Ms. 425., and 525. ed. P osta e, 44 Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. Postage, Is.iOd; 15 B d. o p °Bt-office Orders to be made payable to John white p oet. Piocadilly. NEW PATENT LAST IC STOCKINGS , .41,:1; ""1 IC E•CAPS, Ate., for Varicose Veins and all cases of porous se and Swelling ut rile Legs, Sprains, Zie. They a re e a,„‘'.llit in texture, and inexpcntdve, and are drawn c n eaeh. F o ll 4 l lary stocking. rrice 4s. Gd., 75. ud., 1 0 3., to Us. J- 0 , 4 F- 73 Ed. AntITE, Manufacturer, s al, riNadilly. ARPER TWELVETREES' GLYCERINE SOAP POWDER makes its own Soap, and saves one-half of time, two thirds of Soap, and t iree-fourths of labour! Patentee: Harper Twelvetrees, Bromley•by-Bow, London. Sold by Grocers, Druggists, and Oilmen. No. 22,203 Now !lady at all the Ltraries, in 3 vols., L ADY EMILY PONSONBY'S NEW NOVEL, "MARY LYNDSAY." ‘.. Mary Lyndsav ' is the best written and most interesting of the author's works."—Morning Post. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Now Ready, Illustrated by the Hon. ELIOT YORKE, M.P., 155., 1111 E WANDERER in WESTERN FRANCE. By G. T. LOWTII, Esq. " If Mr. Lowt is conversation is only half as rood as his bock he must be a very . harming- acquaintance. No one will quit his volume without feeling that he understands Brittany and La VenGe."—Spectator. Hurst and Llackctt, 13, Great Marlborough-street. CRITIQUES on the LEADERS of the NE WSP A PER PRESS—Reviews of el New Books— English and Foreign Scientific Int ormation—K xtracts— Gossip, &c., &c., in the LITERARY TIMES, every week. Twopence. 8,, Fleet-street. T " OXFOR D, R, OXFORD STREET, W. THIS EVENING, will be performed Operatic Selections from Sir Henry R. Fishop's THE SLAVE and Halevy's MUSKETEERS (first time in England). Principal Artistes—Miss Russell, Miss Ell'son, Messrs. Green, Bernardi, Huish, &c., with full band and chorus, Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans. Flute Solos by Drew Dean &c. Comic, by UNSWORTH ("or any other man "), Eugene, W. Randall, A. Lloyd, and George Hodson. Als , , a Pei formance by Herr SCHALKENB A.CH on his wonderful instrument, the PIANO ORCHIWPRE, contain ing a full baud of 40 instruments. '1 he HALL hqs just been newly Decorated and Ventilated, and is one of the most Beautiful in the Metropolis. Open at 8 o'clock. Admission, ed. ; stalls andbalcony, ; private boxes, 10s. 6d. CANTERBURY HALL " GHOST."—In order to gratif the curiosity of nightly-increasing crowds, Mr. C. MORTON has transferred the representation of Pro fessor Pepper sad Henry Dirks, Esq.'s, world-famed spectral illusion, " THIV 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 b)dy of the Hall. He has also arranged for Mr. A. Silvester to give (with all that gentleman's lateat im provements and effects), REPRESENTATIONS EACH EVENIG, at Ten o'clock. All the other Musical and Pictorial attractions as usual, including Operatic Selections, &c. ; Litisworth (the modern Demosthenes), Eugene, Arthur Lloyd, George Hudson, Sr. OYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. The _FA) FAIRY FOUNTAIN.—A Grand Divertissement by Signora Rachele and Mariannina and Signor Guiseppe Fran cesco, assis! ed by a corns of Twenty young Ladies—irbe Conrads as the Original French Clowns and on the Corde Eiastique—Les Petits Monstres— Brian and Conly in an amusing and novel Burlesque - Mrs. Brian as Old Aunt Sally, (tc., &c.—Wood and his Wonderful Son—Grand Operatic Selections :—Principals, Miss M'Gregor, Mr. Albert, Signor Georgini (the new Italian tenor), and Mr. Vernon lligby Band and Chorus of Sixty Performers. TIVIMENSE SUCCESS of the ALHAMBRA 1 GHOST, a highly comical and amusirT, representation of the popular optical illusion.—EVEtil. EVENING, at Eleven o'clock. ESTABLISHED 1833. ROWDEN'S tE RATED GINGER BEER, in glass or stone bottles, warranted to keep good twelve months. Lemonade, Soda-water, Potass, Seltzer, and every description of Mineral Waters. —Manufactory, No. 3, White Hart -street, Drury-lane, W.C. TO ENGINEERS, ARCHITECTS, AND CONTRACTORS IN THE EASTERN, SOUTH-EASTERN, AND SOUTH- WESTERN COUNTIES. GREAVES' BLUE LIAS LIME, 14, SOUTH WTI ARP, PADDINGTON, TATHAM, Agent. Arrangements are now made by which this well-known BLUE LIAS 7 DIE can be sent direct from the kilns in Warwickshire, in Greaves and Kirshaw's own trucks, to any stations on the above-named lines, as fresh as though burnt upon the spot, and at a lo'rer price. ANY QUANTITY, of either lump or ground can be sup pl,ed at a few days' notice, and trucks forwarded daily from the kilns and mill. Con,ractors will find this worth their notice, as they can be supplied at any time, in quantities to quit their require ments, from SIX TONS and upwards. MONEY PROMPTLY ADVANCED by a Private Gentleman upon FURNITURE (without removal\ Leasehold and Freehold Property. or Reversions, Sac., in sums from £2O to £soo.—Mr. Howard, 18, Queen street, Cheapside. TO Persons in WANT of MONEY (in Town or Country). —A GENTLEMAN Is willing to MAKE ADVANCES of CASH, without delay, to respectable person (male or female), on their own security. The utmost secrecy can be relied on.--Apply (it by letter ene'ose four stamps) to }it Mr. Robertson's, Accountant, 40, King William-street, London-bridge, E.C.--Money advanced on Dock Warrants. DEAFNESS. —The SOUND MAGNIFIER INVISIBLE VOICE CONDUCTOR, a newly in vented instrument for severe cases of deafness. It fits into the ear, not perceptib e, removes singing - noises in the head, and enables deaf persons to hear distinctly at church aed at public assemblies.—S. and B. SOLOMONS, 39, Albemarle street, Piccadilly. TEA. -MOORS BROTHERS respectfully inti mate that their New Prospectus is now ready. They especially recommend their improved Family Tea, reduced to 38. 2d. ; Souchonm reduced to 3s. (id. ; mixed Assam, re duced to 3s. Bd. ; and the finest Assam, reduced from is. 4d. to 3s. 11d. per lb. MOORE BROTHERS, 33, London-bridge, City, E.C. PAGE'S BRICK, TILE, AND PIPE MACIIINE 4 .. for hand, horse, or steam power, are the most simple and efficient extant.—Ful: particulars and prices obtained of the makers, E. Page and Co, Laurence Pountney place, Laurence Pountney-hill, Ca mon-street, E.C., where they may be seen in operation daily. KEATING'S PERSIAN INSECT DESTROY IN G POWDER, f or w hi c h a P r i ze M e dal was awarded to the Producer at the International Exhibition, 1862, Thi, Powder is quite harmless to an mil life, but is un rivalled in destroying Fleas. Bugs, Flies, Cockroaches, 'kenos, Gnats. Mosquitos, Moths in furs, and every other species of Insect. Sportsmen will find this an invaluable remedy for destroy iwnhgfrlh'ilehaassifnouthnedirsoDogs, as also Ladies for their Pet Dogs. veßnedinagsoth-ceaourriei,diglioairal importer of this now invaluable article, o au lizv r e ag t h ha o r t the ps b u o i l d s- i e n hu p r a c c h k y e a ts r , l l . s L , o 2 d. pitaAi g s ce r skl eeealka; s tTi3 a lu l t e NibiGel that ie a Genuiner i e t h as thereforetre mowp Powder ru otbitoehnaerer cautioned to the 14 or 36 postage stamps, R OYAL FREE 'HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail way Terminus, at King's cross Patron —The QUEEN. President —The Duke of BUCCLEUCH, K.G. Treasurer—Edward Masterman, Esq. This was the first hospital to introduce the principle of free and instant admission so the destitute sick, without the for mality of governors' let era. It is entirely devoted to desti tution in its most pitiable form—viz., that which is accom panied by sickness and disease, and is now of sufficient magnitude that. wills adequate support,ii. may be rendered capable of admitting into its ward s a very large proportion of the casual sick of this great metropolis. It requires but the funds in order to have 500 beds available for the reception of these the most wretched of our fellow -creatures. Moreover, it gratuitously aflords medical advice and medicine to more, on the average, than 3,000 out-patients a week. The Weekly Board feel it their imperative duty to make an EARNEST APPEAL to the public for continued support, to enable them to admit and relieve the distressing cases that daily present themselves. Contributions are received by the Treasurer, Edward Mac erman, Esq. ' Nicholas-lane; also by M essrs. Coutts and Co. ; Drummond and Co. ; Berries and Co. ; Hansom and Co.;• Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, P a y ne, and Co. ; Glyn and Co. ; Jones Loyd and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; Denison and Co. ; W nuns, Deacon, and Co. ; Overend, Gurney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co. ; Messrs. J. Barned and Co., Liverpool and at the Hospital. STANFORD S. SMITH, Secretary. ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION (Incorporated by Royal Charter). PATRONESS—H er Most Gracious Majesty the Queen. RESIDENT—Vice-Admiral the Duke of Northumberland K.G., F.R.S. , CHAIRMAN—Thos. Baring, Esq., M.P., F.R.S., P.P. EPUTY-CDAIRDIAN—Thomas Chapman, Esq., F.R.S., V.P. APPEAL. The Committee of Management have to state that, since be beginninf.v, 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 lives saved by the Lite-boats of the Society. and other means, since its formation. is 12,800; ior which services 82 Gold Medals, 718 Silver Medals, and £16,480 in cash have been paid in rewards. The Institu tion was also expended .£67,t00 on Lite-boats, Life-boat Transporting-carriages, and Boat-houses. The Committee desire to express their grateful sense of the generous support which they have received from the Pritish public during the past few years, a support which has enabled them to establish their present magnificent fleet of 123 Lifeboats on the shores of the United Kingdom Deeply sensible, however, of the great responsibility that rests on them to maintain their fleet iu a thoroughly efficient state, and its Crews practised in the management of their boats, whi.h cau only be effected by a large and permanent annual income, they earnestly appeal to all classes of their countrymen to aid them in upholding and perpetuating so great and truly national a work. The Committee gratefully acknowledge the following con tributions :-- x a d tier Majesty the Queen •• • • .. annual 50 0 . 0 Campbell, the Hon. Mrs. G. .. .. .. annual 5 0 0 Clerk, Colonel, R. A. .. .. .. .. annual 1 1 0 Coutts and Co., Messrs., Bankers .. ... annual 10 0 0 Currie, Win., Esq., •• •• •• .. 4th do n. lo 0 0 Erie, Lord Chief Jastice .. .. .. don. 10 10 0 Panshawe, YIN., Admiral Sir A., R.C.R. .. 2(1 (ton. 25 0 0 Penwiek, G.. 1., Esq., cost of a Lifeboat and Tran- sporting' Carriage .. • • • 250 n 0 Ilarvey, Rev. G. G. and Mrs. •• •• doll. 3 0 Martin, Sir Henry, Bart. • • • • .. 7th don.lo 0 0 Moore, Rey. G. B. • • • • • • don- 15 15 0 Srnith,yrs. George, Greenwich .. 3 0 0 !4tirliigreol. Sir Anthony, K.C.B. .. annual 2 0 0 Thorns, Lady, Weston-super-Mare. collected by her Lady s hi p • • • • •• • . 16 16 0 Willoughby d'Eresby, Lord •• .. annual 5 0 0 Donations and Annual Subscriptions will be thankfliA,Y re lived by the Bankers of the lnt.titution, Messrs. Willi s, c e re!Yal, and Co. 76, Lombard-street; _Messrs. Coutts and ' 9, Strand ; Ilerries, Faronhar. and Co., 16, St. s street, London ; by a 1 the Collectors of Customs ii,ch;::.kc.rs in the United Kingdom ; and by the Secreta ry J oba. s 4 L ewis. Esq., at the Office of the '.lustitutinn, • evt3 A.delrhi, Loudon, WA:, ›* ~~ Did EWS PA PER - - :1; to the test yesteriiity, eitort K -..."" • • .1. • 411 11111‘ . '- .2\1). 74' 4 . I ) \o: N.: / (1U "'• 4%0 kto Ato \ ': 4 1 11 1 .1 iE ? " 1 - 1 13,411k „ e . 141 b., withstood the tensile strairrYr: Admiralty test of the largest cinch It then showed signs of yielding a egie-..etb '`VIV - 4 . .40 • .7 z ,* 44: = was condemned. *lT' <4,14 • Artiallikk4.- 3'int•.e • , N 4 71 1,7 A _ . The follovving appointments were 'ltle *lke - 141 : 16• 0 "=A'r ". . Admiralty :—William S. Roche, surgeon, to The PlrIC -...4d. STAT FED ....sd. point of the Aurora's day's work, beinc: reached in one hour and seven minutes, the distance being 20 miles. At BlrAckwall the numerous visitors disem barked and returned to town by rail. Among the visitors on board were Vice-Admiral Sir George,Sartorius, Captain Symonds, B.N. (a strong advocate with the Admiralty for the adoption of the double screw principle in the 114a1 Navr for some time past), Capt. Cuenskaw, the owner of the Aurora, destining her for the China trade ; Mr_ Russel, C.E. ; Mr. Allen, R.N., of the United Service Gazette; and other gentlemen whose names are well known in the naval, scientific and literary world. Charybdis; and Joh❑ J. Hayward, paymaster to the Medina. HEALTH OF LONDON. (Fiona the Registrar-General's Weekly Baum.) The principle of the adaptation of double screws to ships of war has been so far acknowledged in its importance by the Admiralty that their lordships have given Messrs. Dudgeon an ordc r to construct a small vessel which shall combine in their most efficient form the double-screw principle which they have so spiritedly and successfully brought into public notice. Naval and Military Intelligence. THE NAVY. The iron troopship Tamar, 2,812 tons, 500 horse power, since ber removal from Chatham harbour to the steam basin, has been inspected by Capt. W. R. Mends, C. 8., director of the transport department of the navy, who was accompanied by Capt. C. Wise, superintendent of the dockyard, and Mr. W. Moody, master shipwright. The result of the inspection was in the highest degree satisfactory, and the manner in which the Tamar has been constructed and fitted, rcfficts great credit on her builders, Messrs. Samuda Brothers. All the available hands belonging to the dockyard are at present engaged in preparing the vessel for soa, and already her lower masts have been put in, and a commencement The deaths in London in the week that ended. Saturday the 22d August, numbered 1,337, includ ing the deaths of 690, males and 647 females. 963 of the deaths occurred on the north side, and 374 on the south bide of the Tharn;:s. If a correction is made f,r cerc-:ase of population, it will be found that the deaths of London at the present are only 13 above the average derived from ten corresponding weeks, viz , the thirty-fourth week in each of the Ttari 1853-62. It is thus ap 01,31aTrarehonerttdatelhat the health of London is not materially as i o ff ne e r c ao t gf e e d t he b ee y rsi t ve l ea l the dr p lir r ra e ov v me a . l bt e he n ee c n e i n o : t n . : a t wen ten years. o t f o t b h w o e s i e iTtihi virulent eeb ill mor tality tdurasetaisleass j (i u f st w e e n e d x e c ,d ep w t e s r m e all-pos) which at this sea son from the zcv4m,o, oric c 34 12 stns more in re thetha than the by diarrhoea to children under two years of age was no less than 146, in a total of 182. The deaths from small-pox in the last six weeks were successively 51, 34, 43, 49, 45, and 39. The deaths from measles were 17, or 7 below the cor rected average; from scarlatina and diphtheria 139 , or 77 above the average ; from whooping cough , 20, or 5 below the average; from typhus, includieg gastric, infantile, inflammatory, and other fevers, 61, or 13 above the average; from diarrLec I, dy sentery, and cholera, 205, or 83 below the average ; more than one half of the deaths which occurred from scarlatina, typhus, and other fevers, and from diarrhoea, occurred in the east and south districts, Five nonagenarians died, two widows, aged 90 and 94; a single woman, aged 93, and two me n , aged respectively 9 Last week the births and 9 irthso3 Sears. Last 912 boys and 876 girls, I in all 1,788 children, were registered in London. In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1833. 62 the average number (corrected) was 1,811. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29.758 in. The reading decreased from 29.72 in. at the begin ning of tt e week to 29.54 in. on the 17th ; increased to 29.77 in. by 9h. a.m. on the 19th ; decreased to 29.60 in. by 9'a. p.m. on the same day; increased to 30.02 in. by 9h. a.m. on the 21st, and was 29.88 in. at the end of the week. The mean temperature of the air in the week was 58.1 deg., which is 2 9 deg. below the average of the same week in 43 years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher). The highest day temperature was 76 deg., and occurred on Sun day. The lowest night temperature was 46 deg., and occurred on Friday. The range of temperature in the week was, therefore, 30 deg. The difference between the mean dew-point temperature and air temperature was 9 deg. The mean humidity of the air was 72, complete saturation being represented by 100. The wind generally blew from the south west. Nearly three-tenths of an inch of rain fell, chiefly on Monday and Wednesday. PUBLIC ASSISTANCE IN PARIS. The official annual report on the hospitals and charitable institutions of Paris during the year 1861 lira just been published by M. Husson, director of that department. He begins by calling attention to an important improvement introduced into hospitals as regards spiritual consolation. llitberto the clergy of the recognised forms of worship had alone enjoyed free access to the hospitals, to the exclusion of members of the Anglican, Greek, and other foreign churches. This restriction has now been removed, and ministers of all creeds, appointed for the purpose by their respective ambassadors, have now free admittance to patients of their own nation. Since the annexation of the new coin munes to Paris, the right of sending patients to the hospices or alms-houses is exercised by the Bureaux de Bienfaisance of the 20 arrondissements in an inverse order of rotation; thus, the bureau of the 20th arrondissement has the presen tation to the flu at vacant bed, that of the 19th to the second, and so ou. The number of admissions to the hospices of the Salpetriere, the Incurables, Menages, and Charonne was 1,071 in 1861. The bake-house for all the hospitals, in which establishment, as our readers may remember, impor tant experiments have been in progress on a large scale for the better extraction of all the most nutritive parts of bread stuffs in general, baked 7,551,238 kilos. of bread in 1861. The hospitals consumed during the same year 1,307,315 kilos. of meat; 1,890,500 litres of wine, 1,333,325 litres of milk; 1,601,284 eggs; 105,383 kilos. of butter; and 1,317,000 kilos. of vegetables. The Bureaux de Bienfaisance of the 20 arrondissements expended 4,401,129 f. for chari table purposes, The number of patients treated in the hos pitals of Paris was 31,011, the number of days passed there was 2,137,635, and the total expense 4,321,079 f. The largest number of patients were contributed by the sth, 11th, 10th, and 4th arrondissements, commencing from the sth as the heaviest (8,076 patients). The minimum of patients was contributed by the 16th arrondissement (1,220 patients). The total expenditure of the Administration of Public As sistanur amounted in 1861 to 23,467,301 f. ; the amount of donations received during the year was 1,622,327 f. in money, and 3,646 f. rents. M. Husson's report contains many other valuable details, for which we must refer the reader to the book itself, According to an official report, Paris in 1859 contained 1,433 streets, boulevards, or avenues, 84 courts, 36 quays, and 141 squares or open places. By the exten sion of the limits of the city to the fortifications in ISCO, there were added 1,230 streets, boulevards, or avenue 6 14G court, 13 quays, and 103 squares or open places. SUDDEN DEATH OF A CLERGYMAN.—The Rev. Splicer 10,41 Wilde, M. A„ vicar of the pariah of Fletehin,cr, in Sussex, has just died in a very unexpected manner. On Sunday last, alter performing the usual morning service in the church, he went to the pulpit to deliver the sermon, selecting for his text the words, "The rich and the poor get meet h o m e rm; commenced dL hieord is d is t c h o e ur ni s e a k a er fel o v f m t n e u m t e s all . '' when l h i eo had o t n o l faltered and appeared unlible to go on. It wa sat first sup posed f m h g is un b d ro e t r h estrongr7mr. emotion, George arising Wilde, from the that serious w h o resides in Surrey , and with whom he had been staying for a f ew weeks previously ; but it s oon b ecame apparent he was illness iab O that he was too ill to proceed with his sermon. Ile was then assisted from the pulpit and conveyed to the vicarage im mediately adjoining, and the et mgrc•gation dispersed. Medi cal aid was promptly obtained, but proved unavailing, as the reverend gentleman lingered in a semi-unconscious state until four o'clock on Monday morning, when he expired. Apoplexy is believed t have been the cause of his death. The deceased was 60 years of age, and had held the vicarage for about 30 years. Sll.li.—i t is an interesting historical fact that although the rearing of silkworms and the un ravelling of the thread from them to be manufactured into articles of dress, were first practised by the Chinese, the introduction of this branch of industry into Europe was due to Justinian, who, in the year 550, first succeeded in having the eggs brought to Constantinople. Mul berry trees were planted, and every attention bestowed on the rearing of the insects. In a subsequent region, we aro informed by Gibbon, that such was the pro gress made, that China silk was successfully com peted with by the new industry. Spreading into Greece, it did not extend farther till the 12th century, when, cn the sacking of Corinth and Athens by the King of Sicily, it was introduced into Italy, and from thence, in the latter part of the 15th century, the rearing of silkworms was first prosecuted in the south of France. There it was deemed of such importance by Henry IV. that ho rewarded persons who had been engaged in the manu facture of silk for 12 years with patents of nobility. The value of silk at Rome in Julius Cresar's time was that of gold—a pound of silk being worth the same weight of the precious metal. Justinian's labour was not in vain, as Europe has since realised its advantages, and it is now a remarkable, but for Turkish economists a gratifying, fact that at the present day the district of Brousa occupies the foremost rank for the production of this valuable filament. —Levant Herald. [ADVENTISE3IENT-]—ConSUrilptioll, all nervous, bilious, liver, and stomach complaints, in every stage, are only ii,•es grayate a and accelerated by drugs of every description, but vertecily curable by Du Barry's health restoring Revalenta Arabica, Food, as proved by thousands of cases which had been considered hopeless. NVe quote a lcw.—Cure No. (12,M. Miss Lange, 18 years of age, cured after the medical men had. abandoned all hopes of her recove r y from th e last stage of pulmonary consumption, with fearful cough, expectoration, exhaustion, spitting of blood, perspirations, hollow ch e eks. emaciated to a skeleton. She is now, thank Clod, a perfeetly fleshy girl,---1";. 'Lanny, Cominissaire de healthy, blooming , Pollee. Cure, No. 45,270. 111 r. James Roberts, of Friinle - y Surrey, of thirty years' diseased lungs, spitting of blood, liver derangement , and partial deafuesB.—Cure, No. 47,121. Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of extreme nervousness, indigestion, gatherings, low spiiits, and nervous fancie s.—Cure, No. M,816. The Rev. Jame s Campbell, Fakenham, Norfolk, of indigestion and t or pidity o f the liver, wh i c h had resisted tilb all medical treatment. In tins, 11b, 28 Pd; 21b, 45 ; lls ; 121 b, Vs; 241 b, 40s. Barry du Barry and Ca., No. 77, IZegent-street, London ; also Fortnum and Mason; and all 0 - 0 e ,r 2 cud ch t:l ni,6ls in every town of toe Lanced has been made in fitting her wire standing rigging I❑ consequence of the great length of the Tamar some difficulty was experienced in turning her when placed in the great basin, the size of which is 520 ft. by 300 ft., and it was found necessary to open the gates of No. 1 dock to allow the ship's head to get clear. As soon, however, as the large basins now in progress at Chatham Dockyard are completed, not the slightest difficulty will be experienced in turning vessels of double the size of the Tamar. During the time the vessel was in dock at Chatham she was fitted with a couple of steam cranes in the forecastle for hoisting in and out stores, baggage, &c. In addition to the poop and topgallant fore castle, with which sbe has been fitted since her launch, she is to have cabinserected for her warrant officers, she will also be supplied with an improved oven for baking fresh bread for the use of the troops and ship's company on a plan invented by Mr. Blake, of Portsmouth dockyard. The cabin for the officers of the ship under a lofty poop, and the quar ters for the ship's company are placed beneath the topgallant forecastle, by which arrangement all communication is cut cif between the troops and the ship's company. The Clio, 22, 1,472 tons, 400 horse power, Capt. 'l'. Milles, is being rapidly dismantled at the Nore, previously to her being paid off into the Chatham steam reserve. She has been in commission up- wards of four years, during which time she has been attached to the Pacific station. The Clio has been an exceedingly healthy ship, and only a compara tively small portion of her crew who left England in her in 1859 have been sent home E s invalids, while desertions have been very few. Most of her stores have been returned to the dockyard, and her guns and shot forwarded to the Ordnance stores, Chatham ; her powderand shell have been deposited in the magazines at Upnor Castle. The ships on the Australian station at the date of the last advices were the Harrier, 17, Capt. Sul van, at New Zealand; the Miranda, 14, Capt. Jen kins, at Sydney ; the Eclipse, 4, Commander Mayne, at New Zealand. The Miranda has been under going repair in the Government dry dock at Syd ney, dry rot having penetrated the hull in so many places that it was found necessary to lay both sides open. Several portions of the frame have been taken out and replaced by colonial timber of excellent quality. Her Majesty's steam storeship Supply, Master- Commander Bowden, from the Mediterranean, has been docked at Woolwich for survey and repair. Her masts have been taken out and tested in the usual manner by scraping, straining, and baring, to ascertain their efficiency for further service, and have been found defective. The mainmast has been in place since 1849, in constant use, and the fore mast was heel-pieced in Malta dockyard two years ago. The yards and topmasts are still serviceable and good. The lower masts will now be replaced by spars of more substantial dimensions, suitable to the burden of the ship, with new rigging, &e. The tunnel to the screw alley, hitherto dangerous, on ac count of its confined size, will be enlarged, and the ship will be entirely refitted throughout. Peacock's composition, which has been found to a nswer the purpose of preserving the ship's bottom, is in course of being removed, and the ship will be paid down anew with the same process. Mr. Reed's experimental iron cased sloop Enter prise, built at Deptford, is now receiving her armour casing, which is bent in Woolwich dockyard and forwarded to the chip, ready to be applied. T wo of the plates, 15 ft. b y 4ft. 9in. each, have been fitted to the sides in an admirable and most success ful manner, and two others are ready to be for warded. The whole of the plates will be supplied by Mr. Brown, of Sheffield, who made a large pro portion of those used in the Caledonia. The paddlewheel steam storeship Dee, with vic tualling- and other stores, l e ft Pl ymout h S oun d o n Monday evening for Hawlbowline. The screw steam gunboat Goshawk (tender to the Majestic), having been repaired at Davonport, was placed yesterday alongside the gun wharf to receive artillery. A naval court-martial assembled yesterday on board the Formidable, 84, Captain J. Fulford, flag ship of Vice-Admiral of the Red, Sir G. R. Lam bert, K.C.8., Commander-in-Chief at the Nore, for H en nessey, Royal Ma her Majesty's gunboat Mag net,the trial of P r ivate Jarmo rines, serving On board tender to the Pembroke, 60, on a c h arge o f having absented himself from his post when on sentry on board the said vessel, on the 6th August last, and remaining absent from th e sa id s hi p unt il the following day, .and also for ma ki ng away w i t h certain of his dsional necessaries. Capt. J. nil and Lieut. - Commander C. G. Fegan, ford presi ded, o f the Magnet,prosecuted. Mr. Knight, s olicitor, Rec bester, officiated as Deputy Judge-Advocate, and conducted the case. The prisoner, who pleaded gu ilty, and threw himself on the mercy of the court, was sentenced to nine months' imprisonment with hard labour in the prison of Lewes, and to forfeit two days' pay. The court afterwards proceeded with the trial of Private Thomas Pratt, Royal Marines, serving on board the Magnet gunboat, on a charge of having absented himself from the said ship, and also with making away with hie divisional neces saries. The prisoner, who made no defence, was sentenced to three months' imprisonment with hard labour, and 21 days' solitary confinement, and also to forfeit two days' pay. Capt. the Hon. G. 1), K eane , who has recently refurned from the command of the Charybdis, 21, 400-horse power, in the Pacific, has been appointed to the cornivand of the naval barracks at Sheerness, p his appointment, which, it is m end has taken u moor ed, he will rotain for a short time. One of the old anchors, of which a cargo was brought home a few days ago from Antigua in the Betsy Hall, was yesterday tested by the hydraulic machinery. at Woolwich, with a view of appropriat ing those Ili the beat state of preservation to the purposes of harbour moorings. Many of the an chors are supposed to have been forged upwards of 200 years ego, and are much corroded. Ttic FRE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 26, 1863, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. The Cleveland Stakes of 5 soya each, with 100 added, for 2-yr-olds ; winners extra. T.Y.C. from the Red Post Mr, J. Osborne's Lady of Coverham, Set 101 b (J. Osborne) 1 Mr. Crook's Dawdle, 8•t 71b Mr. Winteringham's Harvest Mell, Sst 71b (Noble) 3 The following also ran :—Tooi Tooi, Mary Jane colt, Gondola, and Saragossa. Betting—Even on Tool- Tool, 5 to 2 agst Lady of Cover ham, 6 to 1 each agst Sarag ssa and Dawdle. Won by a length and a half; a head between second and third. The Stockton Tradesmen's Handicap of 15 soya each, with 100 added; winners extra. Two miles. 41 subs, 22 de• Mr. J. Whittaker's Change, 3 yrs, Gst 71b (inc. 91b ex.) (H.. Covey) 1 Mr. R. Buckley ns Trust, 3 yrs, 6st llb (inc 51b extra) (parson) 2 Mr. J. Osborne's Flytrap, 4 yrs, 7st 51b (inc. 51b extra) (Whiteley) 3 Mr. W. I'Anson's Bonny Breastknot, 4 yrs, 7st llb (inc. 9ib extra) (Robinson) 4 _ _ EGHAM RACES, TUESDAY. Distinct from the saturnalia of Hampton and the greater pretentions of the meeting at Reading, the Egham gather ing affords an especial attraction to the Londoners in its easy distance from town, and in the certainty that if the sport be not of first-rate character, yet an agreeable day may be enjoyed on Runnymede. On this occasion, the ele ments were, however, unpropitious, and the heavy showers sadly interfered with the enjoyment of the multitude. The card did not hold out any great prospect of sport, but there were one or two close contests, and a dead heat for the Runnymede gave an unlooked for excitement to the pro ceedings. The first race for the Betting Stand Plate was won, after a pretty race, by Bolero, and the King John Stakes were the hollowest of victories for Mr. Alexander's good-looking filly by Teddington. For the Runnymede, Odine was made a very warm favourite at 6 to 5 on her, and she looked like a winner opposite the stand, but Detec tive managed to get up, and a good race between the two resulted in a dead heat. In the deciding one, Detective walked over, and the stakes were divided. Mr. W. Beville cantered in on Devotee for the Welter Stakes, making an example of his opponents, and for the Ankerwycke, the two favourites, Reindeer and Fletton, finished first and second. Her Majesty's Guineas brought the unusual number of 12 to contend for the prize, which was won in hollow style by Gibraltar. At the conclusion of the race, a tremendous storm of rain and thunder quickly cleared the course of the crowds, The attendance was good, though the counter at tractions of Stockton detained many professionals in the North, and the sport was better than was anticipated. The Betting Stand Plate of 100 sovs (Handicap), for all ages. Wieners extm. Three-quarters of a mile. Mr. W. W. Baker's Bolero, 4 yrs, 7st Illb (Daly) 1 Mr. Burbidge's Baliverne, 4 yrs, Tat 91b .... (Clement) 2 Mr. Wodsou's Deerfoot, 3 yrs, 7st 121 b .... (Hopkinson) 3 Gamecock, Flash in the Pan, Juliet, Spitfire Kitty, and Lady Bohun also ran. Betting-5 to 2 agst Bolero, 4to 1 agst Flash in the Pan, 5 to 1 agst Gamecock, 6 to 1 agst Baliverne, and 8 to 1 agst Spitfire Kitty. Gamecock, in company with Deerfoot end Spitfire Kitty, got away in front, and ran in company to the straight. where they were joined by the favourite, who took a de cided lead as they reached the distance, having Mr/Nel sou's colt, Deerfoot, and Spitfire Kitty in attendance. Half way up the latter dropped back, and in a few strides further Gamecock was out of it, leaving the issue with the two, Bolero winning cleverly at last by a neck; a length and a half between the second and third; Gamecock a bad fourth. The King John Stakes of 10 Boys each, 10 ft, with 40 added, for 2-yr-olds; colts Bst 101 b, fillies Bst 71b. Winners extra. T.Y.C. 15 subs. Mr C. Alexander's Birthday f (31b), Bst 101 b (E. Sharp) 1 Colonel Martyn's Oberon, Bst 101 b (F. Adams) 2 Mr. E. Brayley's De Grey ( 31b), Bst 71b.... (A. Cowley) 3 Betting-3 to lon the Birthday filly, who made all the running, and won in a canter by eight lengths. The Runnymede Stakes (Handicap) of 10 soya each, 5 ft, and 3 only if declared by Tuesday, the 18th of August, with 50 added, for all taogecsa.rry IbTh4ewienxntrear,ofoafntywhoasnudeih cap value 100 sovs after the declaration of the weights races,(Au orf 200 so g 13 O at9a y .m.) s clear, 71b extra; any other winner, 31b extra. If eight accept, the second to save his stake. One mile. 30 subs, 21 of whom pay 3 soya each. Mr. R. Drewitt's Detective, 3 yrs, 6st 41b....(Mordan)t 1 Mr. Reeves's Odine, 3 yrs, Est 41b (J. Grimshaw)tdr Mr. W. Nelson's Gamecock, 5 yrs, Bst 101 b.. (Walters) 3 S. Adams weighed for Mr. W. Day's Joco, and his number was put up, but was subsequently taken down, the lad having weighed without instructions from the owner. Betting-6 to son Odine, sto 2 eget Gamecock, and 7 to 2 agst Gamecock. Gamecock cut out the work, closely followed by the favourite and Detective to the distance, where the latter went to the fore and came on with a clear lead, but was joined halfway up by Odine, who appeared to have the best of it to the stand, when Detective coming again got up in the last stride, and was enabled to make a dead heat of it. Gamecock finished a good third. Deciding Heat—Detective walked over, and the stakes were divided. The Egham Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 59 added, for three-yr-olds and upwards. Weight for age; winners extra, with maiden and selling allowances. One mile. 6 subs. Mr. Burbidge's Baliverne, 4 yrs, Est 101 b (£so) (Morris) 1 Mr. Flemin's Lady Derby, 5 yrs, 7st Illb (in 511 ex)(£3o) (J. Daly) 2 Mr. Edward's Jamaica colt, 4 yrs, 7st llb (C 80) (H. Cox) 3 Mr. B. Land's Sherborne, 5 yrs, ist 91b (£80) (Beasley) 4 Mr. Alexander's Xurullo, 4 yrs, 7st 71b (£100) (Crouch) 5 Mr. Saxon's Churchman, 4 yrs, Est 101 b (£80) (J, Grimshaw) 6 Betting-6 to 4 agst Lady Derby, 100 to 30 agst Bali verne, and 100 to 15 agst Sherborne. Churchman, with Baliverne at his quarters, made the running, with Lady Derby and Sherborne lying up. They ran thus to the distance, when Mr. Saxon's colt was dis posea of, and Baliverne immediately assumed the premier ship, closely attended by Lady Derby, to halfway up, where she was beaten, leaving Baliverne to canter in the winner by half a dozen lengths; a bad third. The others were beaten off a long way, and passed the post as placed by the judge. The Welter Stakes (Handicap) of 10 sovs each, 6 It, and 2 only if declared, &C., with 30 added. Gentlemen riders. Professional jockeys 71b extra. One mile. 11 subs. Mr. Drewitt's Devotee, 3 yrs, Oat 121 b (Mr. W. Beville) 1 Mr. Arthur's Salisbury, 3 yrs, lOst 31b (inc 71b ex) (Reeves) 2 Major Wombwell's Alcibiade, 3 yrs, lOst slb (Mr. H. Wombwell) 3 Mr. B. Land's Amy, 5 yrs, .11st 71b.... (Mr. Edwards) 4 Mr. Proctor's ni by Meteor, aged, 9st Sib (inc 71b ex) (J. Daly) 5 Mr. R. B. Halliwell's Castle Hill, 5 yrs, 10st 71b (inc 71b ex) (New) 6 Betting-6 to 4 agst Devotee, 3to 1 agst Alcibiade, and 5 to 1 agst Amy. Salisbury jumped off with a decided lead, followed by Devotee and Alcibiada to the turn into the straight, where Devotee came out and made the rest of the running, and won in a canter by five lengths ; a bad third; the others were pulling up as they passed the post. The Ankerwycke Stakes of 3 sove each, with 30 added, for 2-yr-olds and upwards ; weight for age, with selling allowances. Three quarters of a mile. 6 subs. Mr. F. Fisher's Reindeer, 5 yrs, Bst 121 b (£5O) (Mitchell) 1 Mr. Alexander's Fletton, 3 )rs, 7st 91b (£20).. (Crouch) 2 Mr. W. Reeve's Telscombe, 2 yrs st, 5 101 b (.£2O) (J. Grimahaw) 3 Mr. B. Land's Nancy, 3 y rs, 7st 61b (£20).... (Beasley) 5 Mr. Ward's Maubourque t, 3 yrs, Bst (£50).... (H. C ox ) 4 Betting-2 to 1 each agst Fletton and Reindeer, and 3to 1 agst Telscombe. The three placed ran in clos e com p any, Telscombe with a slight lead to the distance, wh ere Reindeer came out, and carried on the running to the enclosure, where Fletton came with a rush, when too late, awl was beaten en the post b y a head, a like distance separating the second and third. The others beaten off, The Queen's Plate of 100 guineas, 3-yr.olds, B st 51 b; 4-yr olds, 9st 71b; s.yr-olds, 6-yr-ells, an d a g ed, 9st 121 b, Two miles and a distance. Mr. Low's Gibraltar 6 y Dust, 3 yrs, B st Sib .. (Fowley rs, 9st 121 b ........ (Cnstance) 1 Mr. E. Brayley's Golden Mr. E. Lincoln's Tourist, 3 yrs, Bst bib ...... (Clement) ) 3 2_ The following also ran :—Flas gelding, Bochet, Gladia tor, The Drone, Mountain Buck. Michelgrove, Tom Payne, Castle Hill, and Dotterell. Betting -9 to 4 agst Tourist, sto 2 agst Golden Dust, 4 to 1 agst Gibraltar, and 5 to 1 agst Miehelgrove. Bochet jumped away with a clear lead, followed by Mountain B uc k, T our i s t , an d G o ld en D u st, the others, wh o were headed by Gib ra lt ar an d Gl a di a t o r, lying in a body close in th e i r t rac k . On reach i ng t h e l ower turn the two leaders r an out and lett Tourist with a clear l ea d, Golden any material got his change,horse safely t o round the g t a h p e , Dust going on second, with Gibraltar an d Mi c helgrove third and f our th , then came the Flax gelding, close up with him being B oc h et. These positions were retained, w i t hout where" eta turn, brought to the front, and on reach i ng the distance he ha d a ll his horses beaten, and wo n i n t h e commonest of canters b y h a lf a dozen lengths ; Gold en D ust, who headed the favour it e (which was pulling up) in th e centre of the stand, fi n i s h e d us r m e second several lengths in advance of Mr. Lincoln's colt, the Flax gelding was fourth, Mountain Buck fifth, Michel grove sixth, and Bochet next; the last two were Dotterell and The Drone. BETTING ON THE COURSE. ST. LLGER. 9 to 2 agst Lord Clifden (offered) 6to 1 agst Queen Bertha (taken) to 1 agst Ranger (taken) 25 to 1 agst Donnybrook (taken) $3 to 1 aget Oneeander taken) STOCKTON RACES -TITF.SDAY. The Trial Stakes of 5 soya each, NN ith 25 added ; selling and other allowances. Ono mile. Mr. C. Winteringham's Entremet, 4 yrs, Bst 111 b (X 300) (Noble) 1 Mr. J. Osborne's Balderstone, 2 yrs, Gat (L 300) (Carroll) 2 Mr. J. Chancellor's Belladrum, 3 yrs, ist 111 b (L 300) (H. Grimshaw) 3 Mr. W. Carter's Alexandra, 2 yrs, sst 121 b (car. sst 131 b) (J. Marsco) 0 Betting-7 to 4 each agst Entremet and Balderstone, 2 to 1 agst Be:ladium, 10 to 1 agA Alexandra. Won by a length; two lengl - 114 between second and third. Mr. Holines's Sarah Ann, 3 yrs, sst 71b ....(Lawrence) 5 Betting-6 to 4 (at first 2to 1) agst Change-5 to 2 agst Flytrap-3 to 1 apt Trust-5 to 1 agst Sarah Ann. Won by a length ; the other two beaten off. The Harry Fowler Stakes (Handicap) of 70 soya, added to a Sweepstakes of 5 sovs each, for all ages; winners extra ; second to receive 15 sus. From the Red Post, T.Y.C. 20 subs. Mr. R. M. Jaques's Entremet, 4 yrs, Bst 41b .. (Noble) 1 Lord Warwick's Calabria, 5 yrs, fist 21b (Whiteley) 2 Mr. E. A, Watson's Unfashionable Beauty, 3 yrs Cat 31b (Lawrence) 3 Sir G. Strickland's Angelus, 3 yrs, Est 71b.... (Arno t) 4 Mr. Jackson's Lady Louisa, syrs, Bst llb (Doyle) 5 Mr. Deighton's Royalty, 5 yrs, Cat 121 b.... (J. Masson) 6 Fast Runner also ran. Betting-2 to 1 agst Calabria-5 to 2 agst Eistremet 6to 1 each agst Fast Runner and Lady Louisa-8 to 1 agst Unfashionable Beauty-10 to 1 agst any other. Won in a canter by three lengths; a bad third. Fast Runner did not pass the post. The South Stockton Selling Stakes of 5 soya each, with 25 added ; weight for age, with selling and other allowances. Red Post, T.Y.C. Mr. Chancellor's Wee Aggie, 2 yrs, Est (L3O) (Woodhouse) 1 Mr. C. Winicringham's Weatherwise, 4 yrs, Bst. 111 b ( 3O) (Noble) 2 No Betting. Won by a neck. The winner was brought in for 40 guineas. The Second Year of the Sixth Zetland Biennial Stakes of 10 sovs each, h. ft., with 50 added, for three-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 101 b; fillies and geldings, Bst 71b; winners extra; second to save his stake. One mile and a half. 31 subs. Mr. Watt's National Guard, Bat 71b (Snowden) 1 Mi. Bowes's Sauterelle, Sat 4th (Challoner) 2 Mr. Jones's Stockman, Bst 71b (E. Harrison) 3 Mr. Osbcnne's Comet, Bst 71b (Osborne) 4 Mr. Hart's Erin-go-Bragh, Oat 41b (inc. 81b extra) (E. Taylor) 5 Mr. Fobert ns Manfred, Bst 131 b (Doyle) 6 Betting-6 to son National Guard, 4to 1 agst Manfred, sto 1 agst omet. Won in a canter by two lengths; a length between the second and third; three lengths between third and fourth. After the race 40 to 1 was " wanted" about National Guard for the St. Leger. The Town Plate (Handicap) of 50 sovs, for all ages. Half a mile, straight run in. 22 subs. Col. Towneley's Newchurch—Rosaura (h b), 3 yrs, 6st 121 b (H. Covey) 1 Mr. J. Cireaves's Rosebud, 3 yrs, 6st (car. 6st 21b) (E. Taylor) 2 Lord Warwick's Calabria, 5 yrs, Bst 41b (Whiteley) 3 The following also ran :—Little Pippin, 'Who's Who, Unfashionable Beauty, and Prescription. Lawrence weighed for Thornton, 2 yrs, sst 71b, but the colt, having thrown his jockey, did not go to the post. Betting-6 to 4 agst Newchurch-4 to 1 agst Prescription —5 to 1 each agst Rosebud and Calabria. Won easily by a length; a head between the second and third. BETTING AT MANCHESTER—TUESDAY. For the St. Leger a few investments placed Lord Clifden in the position of favourite, 9 to 2 being the highest offer against him. At the close Queen Bertha apparently was not so firm ; but a few pounds would hava placed her in quite as good a position as his lordship. There is little, if any, change on anything else. Closing prices : ST. LEGER. sto 1 agat Lord Clifden (taken) 11 to 2 agst Queen Bertha (offered) 6to 1 agst Ranger (taken) 10 to 1 agst Avenger (offered) 100 to 8 agst Golden Pledge (taken) 60 to 1 agat Donnybrook (taken) 100 to 1 agat Bonny Bell (taken) STATE OF TRADE• MANCHESTER, Aug. 25.—1 n the yarn market there has been a considerable business done to-day, especially for expert. Prices have been advancing, as will have been perceived by previous repot ts, during the last two or three weeks, and they ara higher again to-day. Yarns (mule and water twist) for export ars in some instances as m uc h as ld. per lb. higher than they were last Friday. Spinners are now rather deeply under contract, and old stocks are very much reduced, so that there is scarcely any left. Shippers to India have been among the buyers, and, in fact, the purchasing has been pretty general for all markets. A moderate business is reported for the home trade, the de mand running a good deal upon 32's to 70's cop yarn, which are about id per lb. higher in price than on Friday. Cops for export are also in moderate request, and sellers of these are asking about the same advance. Doubled yarns (80's to 120's) are 2d per lb. above recent rates, with a moderate business at the advance. In cloths since last Tuesday a very large business has been done, and an ad vance in prices has taken place which may be considered fully equal to /c 1 per lb. This refers to fabrics of nearly all descriptions. Manufacturers are so well engaged that they refuse to go on at the current rates in the early part of last week. Many of them are so well engaged for some months forward that they are unwilling to take additional orders for future delivery. The demand has been very general, and includes T cloths, long cloths, printing cloths, and shirt lugs, The lighter fabrics for India, such as mulls, jacco nets, &c., are also in good request. The orders held for these latter descriptions of cloth are understood to be con siderable in magnitude, and the demand will extend in some cases over September. Notwithstanding the impressions created by the Poor-law returns during the last few weeks, there are strong reasons for believing that the prospects of the operatives are looking brighter than they have been for some time past. No inconsiderable number of manufacturers are coming or have come to the conclusion that they will lose less by running their mills than by keeping them idle, and have started their mills again, while others are pre paring to follow the example. Messrs. John Slagg and Co. report:—" From Tuesday last to the close of the week we had a very active demand for nearly all rinds of goods, and a very large business was done in them at gradually har dening prices. Yesterday and to-day, as buyers have satis fied their wants for the present, and are unwilling to pay the further advances generally asked, the amount of busi ness done has been considerably restricted." LEEDS, 25th.—The cloth halls have been moderately well attended to-day, and some parcels of miscellaneous goods were bought. The great bulk of the business, however, is done directly between the manufacturers and the merchants, so that no very large quantities of new goods are brought into the halls, but the markets in the latter, by their general cheerfulness, indicate that the woollen trade of the district is sound. Some of the dressers and finishers are working overtime in order to complete cloths which have just been purchased, and most other departments of the trade keep active. Wools keep very firm in price, and the same may be said of all the newest fabrics, whether wholly made of wool, or of wool and cotton, or of wool and decondhand woollen stuff. ROCHDALE, 24th.—The flannel t ra d e h as no t b een more brisk for many weeks past than it was to-day, and buyers not only attended numerously, b u t s h owed muc h free d om in buying. These remarks apply to all descriptions of goods, and especially to fine dyed goods, which have come greatly into favour, and this improvement appears likely to be con tinuous. The supply of inferior flannel seems likely to be deficient, and as it has been the feast here last week the ope ratives' exertions have been wanting to assist in recruiting ste-eke. The high prices of Yorkshire woollens do not seem to depress them in this market, for they are disposed of readily, and still higher rates are spoken of, Woolstaplers are doing more general business, and good parcels of all sorts have been sold since our laet report at the high prices now so fully established. In the Paris corn-market during the past week p r ices have again tended downw ar d s . Th e f our mar ks o f flour have been quoted at 53fr. 60c. the sack of 157 kilos. • • wheat, 29fr. 50c. the hectolitre and a half; rye, 1 7fr. 500. the 115 kilos.; barley, 17fr, the 100 kilos. ; and oaia 25fr. 50c, the 150 kilos. [ADVERTISIMENT,] Holloway's Pills. • Instructivo Fact.—Throughout our summers numbers of persons suffer from feverishness, loss ci appetite, digestion, snd shooting; pains could at once comb pains in the muscles. and jo i , nts, wand ease by resorting to elloway This is fact which has been jwtly and for a long time admitted by the profession and the public . .In all cases of debility these Pills exercise the most indisputable .efficacy in, and they successfully combat with, indigestion , involuntary sighing, headache, and habitual constipation. They healthfully, yet quietly, regulate the stomach, liver, and bowels. Such Valuable and extended benefits explain the cause of Rollo way's Pills being overywhere received with such universal favour, and satisfactorily account 10; 04. e consicler4We and inQcssaat increase in tht:r TRIAL TRIP OF THE AURORA. Since 1840-1, when the screw may be considered to have been definitely adopted in this country for both the Royal and mercantile narks, there has been no ircident connected with its hubtglient tory which has created so great a degree of interest. in the minds of scientific men and the cffi.!ers of both services as the introduction of the dough, or " twin" screw principle, each screw worked by in dependent engine power. The reason of this is suffi ciently obvious to the initiated, although perhaps not to the general public. The fact is, we are enor mously increasing the tonnage of our ship and their engine power, and, as a natural sequence to this course, the draught of water of these large vessels has to be increased in proportion to their tonnage, in order to fully develope their screw's power, for, as the engine power is increased so also increases the diameter of the screw, and so also must increase in the same ratio the ship's draught of water. The natural result of this general increase i❑ size and driving power is that the deep-loaded merchant single-screw steamer can only move in certain direc- tions in narrow and tortuous rivers, and conse.. quently incurs a considerable degree of extra cx- pense under such circumstances, exclusive of loss of time, which in the present day is acknowledged to be of more real value than money itself. Our War rior and Black Prince are, and our Minotaur and Northumberland will be, from their great draught of water and the great space they require to turn in, perfectly useless to attack such for tresses as Cronstadt, New York, or even Cher- buurg ; or to run into such a place as Spithead, passing the proposed marine forts on the Noman and Horse, and tackle a ship or two inside the forts. The use of a single screw is, in fact, attended with so many dangers and difficulties, which may possibly be avoided by the use of two screws both in the Royal and mercantile marine, that it can be no matter of wonder that the subject should have acquired a degree of importance second only to the universal adoption of the screw itself in pre- ference to the paddle. The practical introduction of the "twin" screw principle in this country is owing to the enterprise of Messrs. J. and W. Dudgeon, shipbuilders and engineers, of Limehouse, who, in November last, tried their first vessel fitted in this way on the Thames, the Flora, of 400 tons and 130 horse power of engines (collectively), fol lowed after wards by two other vessels, the llebe and Kate, of about the same dimensions and power, the trials of which were carried out under the. bupervision of Admiralty officials, and were fully reported on each occasion in The Sun. The success of the trials were in each instance most unequivocal and satisfac- :ory, and in yesterday's trial of the Aurora, while :he value of the twin screw principle was again de- monstrated in the most satisfactory manner possible, it was also on this occasion developed more fully than in either of the previous trials. The double screw was adopted by the Admiralty some years since in the construction of the iron-cased floating batteries, but they were driven in those vessels by collective, not independent engine power; copse- quently the adoption of the principle in feeir case only enable the Admiralty to construct vessels that float at a moderately light draught of water, and carry an immense (for their tonnage) weight of armour and armament, in addition to the weight of their engines, but it gave the vessels no increased powers of turning, or manoeuvring rapidly under steam in any circumscribed space, which they would have possessed had their screws been driven by in• dependent engines, as were the Aurora's in yester day's trial. It is these increased facilities which the double independent screws offer to ships of war for manoeuvring rapidly, whether engaged with as enemy afloat or with a shore battery, that has brought the subject so prominently before the notice of the Admiralty and the general public, and to these military purposes our report of yester day's trial more especially refers. The Aurora is an iron vessel, 165 ft. in length, with a beam of 23ft., a depth of 13ft. 6in., an area of midahip section of 150 square feet, and a dis placement of 400 tons. Her engines have a collec tive nominal power of 120 horse, and drive two three-bladed screws, each independently of the other, 71t. in diameter, and with a pitch of 14ft. Gin. The cylinders have a diameter of 26in., and a 21in. stroke. The Aurora is a smart looking vessel, with much finer lines forward and aft than were pos sessed by either of her predecessors. She carries two short masts, rigged for fore and aft canvas, and altogether, although " light as a bladder" on the water, has the appearance of a thorough steam " clipper." Her draught of water at starting yes terday was 7ft. 3in. aft, and sft. 3in. forward. A large party of gentlemen left town yesterday morning by the 10.52 train from Fenchurch-street or Tilbury station pier, alongside which the Aurora lay with her steam up. Immediately on the party embarking the screws were set to work in opposite directions, and the vessel slewed round with her head down river and started on her trial at 12.20 p.m., under the charge of M. Leigh, Trinity pilot, the wind being strong at S.W., and the tide at half ebb. In running past the mea sured mile, in the Lower Hope, with the engines not up in the number of their revolutions, she was timed and found to go over the ground in 4 min. 8 sec., giving the vessel a speed of 14.5:6 knots. At 1.30 p.m. the Aurora was approaching the Nore Light vessel, the engines averaging 120 revo lutions, with 271 b. of steam and a vacuum of 25in., and every part working with the greatest possible smoothness. At 137 the Nore was passed, the dis tance from Tilbury, 20 nautical miles, having been done in 1 hour and 17 minutes, an almost unparal leled rate of speed, considering the vessel's horse power of engine and hull displacement. From the Nore to the Mouse Light the vessel continued her course, the wind still fresh from the same quarter, and the movement of the water which necessarily accompanied it giving the vessel, from her light draught and hold upon the water, sufficient " roll" to detract from the efficient acting of her only just submerged screws. Notwithstanding this disad vantage, however, she ran past the " mile" on the Maplin Sands in 4 minutes 10 seconds, giv ing a speed of 14.400 knots, it being now about slack water, and the tide of little moment either way, and accomplished the distance to the Mouse Light at 2h. sm. 2es,, hay ing been 28 minutes and 23 seconds from the Nore —eight nautical miles. During the latter part of the run down a small jib had been set to steady the ves sel, but no other help was given by the vessel's canvas to her engines in attaining this somewhat extraordinary rate of speed. From the Mouse the Aurora was run out between the Maplin and the Barrow es far as the S win Light, passing the James Dixon, a fine screw collier under sail and full steam, with her head in the same direction as the Aurora's on the way. On reaching the Swin the vessel's bead wasbrought round and laid homeward, it having been decided not to lengthen the trial by ma king circle s, See, owing tothe hi g h s t a t e o f the wind, the lig ht con dition of the vessel, and the very satisfactory manlier in which she had already turned both to port end star board in answer to her rudder or screwa, proving that she possessed the same facilities in that respee., as were possessed by the Flora, Hebe, and Kate, a faci lityn ily , of manoeuvring, in fact , whic h must necessarily he by every vessel built for end fitted with double screws driven by independent engines. Southend was passed at 4h. 15 1 n., and abo u t two miles e ahead was seen t he Sea Swallow, ono of the fastest paddle steame rs on the Thu-nr--. PI-in, be tween London, Southend, and Sheerness, and a hot chase naturally ensued, the Aurora eventually pass ing the clipper a t 4h. 40m. in the mid s t o f a heavy squall of wind and rain, and subsaguse,tly during the run up to Blackwall passing everything under steam she came across. GraVESelld was passed at sh. 15m., the eng ines makin g o n the average at the 81w , * , ..05 - 411 Fier, the cleeie g time 127 revolutlowi, ~~ ~~ S. icient y col- ) first erous ,olved 'ter a these titut- trdly with :. cur little Ice of fair week. Were dull. ur of r to mey. tone. 3 36s er '24 :five, last lavy. Liettt, one; st. ; '.for L the rain. et a s. d. 0 70 - C 14 0 21 0 70 28. 10. 27. !". 7"S 12 of ismig