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-_ ~. liza . ) y all 1 Rail D and rvcst, hinge tidiest; wking d vife of ig ato, of a ifo Of rge'gr liucli , r. W. orsfall York, ;gton s tgton, METROPOLITAN RAILWAY. ON AND AFTER IsT OCTOBER NEXT, ADDITIONAL TRAINS - Will run between Paddington and the City, calling at every Station. THROUG'II TRAINS will also run to and from the Great Northern and Great Western Railways. The Metropolitan Company's NEW CARRIAGES, LIGHTED WITH GAS, will be ready in a few days. MYLES FENTON, General Manager. Paddington, Sept. 28, 1863. IONDON TAVERN COMP ANY (Limited). .4 Incorporated under the Companies' Act, with Limited Liability. Capital £120,000, in 12,000 Shares of £lO each. First Issue 6,000 Shares. Deposit on application £l, and £1 'los. on allotment, with a further Call not exceeding £2 10s. within three months. DIRECTORS. Mr. Alderman ABBISS, Chairman. .Tossph Causton, Esq., Eastcheap. Sir Cusack P. Roney, 15, Langham-place. J. W. Clutter, Esq., London Tavern, Manafzing Director. (With power to add to their number.) MANAGER. Mr. John Fun ;c. 13AIVICERS. The Bank of Londoli, Threadneedle -street ; and 450, Strand, W.C. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Sole, Turners, and Hardwick, 3 and 4, Alderman bury, E.C. BROKERS. r Messrs. Eykyn Brothers, 22, Change-a - ley, E.C. AUDITOR. Ilenry H one y, Esq. (troney and Ilumphrys), 14, Ironmonger lane. SECRETARY pro tern. Mr. Reed. Offices—The London Tavern, Bishops ate-street. PROSPECTUS. It is proposed to form a Company tO purchase the business of the well-known London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street. The Directors have entered into a provisional agreement with Mr. Chater, which g yes them the cption of purchasing the Freehold (within three years), or leasing the property at a fair rental. The stock in trade, good will, wines, plate, furniture, fit tings, &c., are estimated at £30,000, and the present Proprie tor guarantees a minimum dividend of 10 per cent. on that amount for three years. These estimates have been verified as to the furniture and plant by Mr. Daniel Cronin ; as to the wines and spirits, by Mr. R. C, Wilson, of 37, Drury-lane ; as to the fre hold, by Mr. Pebenhara, of the firm of Debenham and Tewson, 80, Cheapside ; and a report has been made on the profits of the business by Mr. Henry Honey, of the firm of Honey and Humphrys, Accountants. The Company to take possession on the Ist October next, and the profits will accrue as from that date. The option of purchasing the freehold of constantly increasing va ue, and a substantial guarantee of a minimum dividend of 10 per cent., are obviously great advantages. In the formation of this Company no promotion -money has been or will be paid, and with a view to avo;cl all unnecessary expenses, the offices of the Company will be at the London Tavern. Upwards f two- third.mttlie'rettillgifF issue has alr o eady been subscribed for by Air. Choler, the Lirectors, and their friends. Forms of Application for Shares to be made in the form a nnexed to the Prospectus, with deposit of £1 per Share, to the Bankers, Tee Bank of London, Threadneedle-street, and 450, Strand. The Articles of Association can be inspected at the offices of the Company. Prospectuses may be obtained at the office of the Brokers, 22, Change-alley, E C. ; at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate street ; and at the Company's Bankers. The liability of each shareholder will be limited to the amount of his subscription, and if no allotment be made, the deposit will be returned in full. TO THE DIRECTORS OF THE LONDON TAVERN COMPANY (Limited). Registered as a Limited Company under the Joint-Stock Companies' Act, 1862. Gentlemen.—l request you to allot me Shares of £lO each in the above Company, and I hereby agree to accept Such Shares, or any less number that may be alioted to me, and to pay the deposit of £1 10s. on allotment. and I further authorise you to enter my name on the Register for the num ber of Shares so allotted. Si mature ••• Address in lull Date ONDON TAVERN COMPANY (Limited). -m!_.l NO APPLICATIONS for SHARES will be received ftr Twelve o'clock on FRIDAY next, the 2d of October, on Which day the Directors will meet to allot. N ORTH BRITISH AND MERCANTILE INSURANCE COMPANY. Established 1809. Incorporated by Royal Charter and Special Acts of Parliament. Accumulated and Invested Funds £2,122,828 Annual Revenue 422,401 FIRE DEPARTMENT. In surairea ?ranted 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 In=ured. Premiums. 1,037 £763,334 £23.641 0 0 Forms of Proposal and every information will be furnished on application at the OFFICES : LONDON 58, Threndneedle-street. 91 „ West-end Office B, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall. T HE ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY. HEAD OFFICES, 29, Lombard-street, London, and Royal Inburanee buildings, Liverpoel. Total Annual Revenue exceeds £soo,o^o. Accumulated Funds in hand over 1,000,000. Chairman in Liverpool: CHARLES TURNER, Esq., M.P. Chairr.mn in London WILLIAM WAINWRIGHT, Esq. EXTRACTS FROM THE REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1862. The Directors of the Royal Insurance Company are now called upon to make their accustomed periodical Report at the Meeting of its Shareholders. FIRE BRANCH. The Directors, have, as pleasingly as unexpectedly, at the close of the year, to announce, for the first time, thatthe Fire Premiums have not only reached, but exceed £300,000. The high comparative position held by the Royal in the Government Returns of Duty is again fully mhintained. The profit of the business of the year exceeds considerably the aruount realised in the preceding year, and in fact sur passes that of any year, with but two exceptions, since the commencement of thi. Office, the balance to the credit on account of British and Foreign Insurances being £45,107 10s. 5d., and of the North American business, which is kept sepa rately, £11,097 16s. 10d. LIFE BRANCA. The very gratifying duty now falls upon the Directors to state the sum assured on new policies for the year IS'62. exceeds even that of the year 1861 by £lBO,OOO, and has arrived at the almost unexampled amount for a single year of £701,427 on 1,498 new policies issued. Until within the last few years it is believed that such a sum aesured 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 lonsine.s has been carefully watched, and cannot fail to give much satisfaction to the shareholder, as well as no small encouragement for the future to the participating life assurer. Evidence of continued care in the selection of lives is amply afforded by a statement of the number rejected. These have amounted to 311 for the year, on which the aggregate sum proposed for assuranne amounts to £143,281. 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. If, to complete their review, the Directors now advert briefly to the United Kingdom, they have to announce that in Fire Business its progress has been undoubtedly more rapid than that of any other Company established either in London or elsewhere, except when amalgamations have taken place. The returns of duty have proved this. In Life, the amount of New Policies already reported make all other evidence needless. _ . — Theiii7eefOiSconoluele their present Report with the expression of an opinion that the prospects of the Royal Insuranca Company were never brizliter, 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 M. DOVE, Manazer and Actuary. JOHN B. JOHNSTOS, Secretary in London. CELEBRATION of the TERCENTENARY of the TARTU of SHAKSPEARE, at Stratford-upon- Avon. The Tercentenary Committee (of which Sir Robert N. C. Hamilton, Bart, K.C.8.. Is Chairman) are now receiv ing SUBSCRIPTIONs, and they may also be paid to the account of the Tercentenary Committee, at the Stourbridge and Kidderminster or Warwick and Leamington Banks, Stratford-upon-Avon ; Messrs. Greenway, Smith, and Greenway, Warwick ; or their London agents, Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Co., Messrs. Hanburys and Co., or Messrs. Glyn and Co., bankers, London. The Tercentenary Committee, in submitting the subscrip tion list to the nation, most earnestly appeal to the admirers of Shakspeare for their aid and assistance. The Committee rest their claims upon the ground that Stratford is not only the birthplace of Shakspeare, but the centre of attraction to all admirers of the great Poet's works, and that it was his home, the town he loved, and where he lived and died. ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION (rmorporated by Royal Charter). PATRorrEss—Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen. PRESIDENT—Vice-Admiral the Duke of Northumberland, K.G., F.R.S. CuAlßMAll—Thos. Baring, Esq., M.P., F.R.S., v.p . DEPU"iy-CIIAIRMAN—Thomas Chapman, Esq., F.R.S., V.P. APPEAL. 9 :be Committee of Management have to state that, since the 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 lives saved by the Life-boats of the Society , . and other means, since its formation, is 12,800; tor' which services 82 Gold Medals, 718 Silver Medals, and £16,480 in cash have been paid in rewards. The Institu tion has also expended £67,e00 on Life-boats, Lite-boat Transporting-Carl iages, and Boat-houses. The Committee desire to express their gr ateful sense of the generous support which they have received from the British public during the past few years, a support which has enab'ed them to establish their present magnificent fleet 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 Crews practised in the management of their boats, whi , l - . can only be effected by a l arge 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 : s. d 11er Majesty the Queen .• .. annual 50 0 0 Campbell, the Iron. Mrs. (1, • • • • .. annual 50 0 Clerk, Colonel, B.A. •• •• •• .. annual 1 1 0 Coutts and Co., Messrs., Bankers .. annual 10 0 0 Currie, Wm., Esq., • • • • • . .. 4th don 10 0 0 Erie, Lord id Justice .• . .. don. 10 10 0 Fanshawe, Vice-Admiral Sir A.. Ii • .. 2a don. 23 0 0 Fenwick, G. J., Esq., cost of a Lifeboat and Tran --- sporting Carriage • • • • • • • • • • 250 0 0 Harvey, Rev. G. G. and Mrs. .. .. don. 30 0 Martin, Sir Henry, Bart. • • • . .. 7th don. 10 0 0 Moore, Rev. G. B. .. • • •• .. don. 15 15 0 Smith, Mrs. George, Greenwich .. .. .. 3 0 0 Stirling, Col. Sir Anthony, 1i.C.8. .. .. annual 20 0 Thom h s Lady, Weston-super-Mare, collected by her Ladyship • • • • • • • • • • • • 16 16 0 Willoughby d'Eresby, Lord .. .. annual 5 0 0 Donations and Annual Subscriptions will be thankfully re ceived by the ]tankers of the Institution, Messrs. Willis, Percival. and Co., 76, Lombard-street; Messrs. Coutts and Co., 59, Strand; Messrs. Berries, Farouhar, and Co., 16, St. James's-street, Loudon; by ail the Collectors of Customs and Bankers in the Unitedltlngdom ; and by the Secretary Richard Lewis. Esq., at the Office of the Institution, 14, Jolupstroot, Adolph', London, ry,/". ~~~~ ~ N°. 22,233. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 30, 1863. MRS. GREY'S NEW NOVEL. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., G " s ocIET Y. By MRS. GREY, ROSE, Mayor.—ln a Meeting or Assembly of the Mayor, Aldermen, and Liverymen of the several Companies of the City of London, in Common Hall assembled at the Guildhall of the said City, on Tuesday, the 29th day of September, 1863, Resolved unanimously— - - the noise of the dire cotflict which is still progressing on our immediate left. Then rain, and a partial suspension of hostilities, and more humbug. Got any coffee, Seeesch ?' No, don't care about it; ain't used to it now; but have you got the whisky ? Nary drop." Will you poor Yankee devils cease shouting for awhile, and let's meet by the trees below (a clump about half-way on the hill, and we'll have a game at cards, 'euchre,' seven up, old sledge. We're at home as anything, the whisky against the coffee.' Wish I could old fellow; I'd like a dram well, but it can't be did; it's against orders.' May be Mike Gooding would come and take a hand, eh ?" Can't well go back to ask him." Then take that, curse you,' and again they open on each other.' As the afternoen wanes into evening their fire slackens, our fellows making it too dangerous for them to show a bit of themselves, as showers of bullets are seen to fly where the least disturbance of branch or underbush would indi cate that a foe lay hid there. Three of our men were slightly wounded that day, but many is the narrow escape several of us have had. I've now in my cartridge box a bullet that missed a man in front, grazed my second lieutenant's face (he felt the windage), and it struck a flat rock on which I was reclining talking to him, glanced, hit a large loose rock next my side, and then whirled round like a top, I grabbed it, and having it shall try and keep it. 'Twas a very narrow escape, but none more than what we've had, though with out the bullet or piece of shell to show for it. The bullet is conical, and has in the hollow, part of the base a plug of hard wood, English make, to increase the expansion of the lead to fill up the rifles of the barrel on the explosion of the gunpowder. All day there was hard and determined fight ing on our left, the thunder of the heavy guns, and crash and rolling volleys of the rifles, then the wild cheers of our daring boys, boldly answered .by the rebels, as they—our men—charged a battery and beigade, captured two cannon, the battery flag,_ and the battiaag of tits _V Arkansas, got' taken in one fell swoop by the 35th Illinois, in barlin's gade, our division, and the 30th Indiana. Hera Col. Miller, Acting Brigadier-General was shot over the left eye leading his brigade in the charge—another gallant and talented Irish man gone, beloved by his men, who wreaked a terrible vengeance on the enemy, driving all before them, and re turning with scarcely a prisoner, all slain or wounded. That night we slept on the battle-field, and the enemy having by this time discovered the ruse, Gen. Rosecrans played on their left during the night. Here let me explain. Besides this Gap there was one other south-west, Hoovey's Gap, where the enemy were very strongly massed with batteries masked by brush, &c., thrown up on hills high and steep, and in full command of the road leading through the said Hoovey's Gap. When we marched for Liberty Gap and Sheridan, by the Shelbyville pike, the rebel generals sup posed, not only by the heavy cannonading, the stubborn and determined fighting to force our way through (we hear it is 7 to 10 miles long), but by the rapid and secret move ment of what amount of troops they knew not, that it was through here we determined to get and avoid the heavy siege guns erected in forts at Tullahoma, and terrible defiles, &e., between us and Winchester, and moved large bodies of their troops across to oppose us from Hoovey's Gap; taking quick advantage of which Ropey' advanced with great rapidity, brigades and divisions of cavalry, with infantry, artillery, &c., clearing the way, and with but little fighting, pushed his whole army through the Gap. The mounted infantry having swept far round to the left of Tullahoma, burnt the railroad bridge over the river in the rear of the town, thus cutting off all chance of Bragg (who promised his men a big battle and victory there) getting away his train of artillery, and so confound ing and terrifying him that they left their forts and breast works, three heavy 32-pounder guns, and skedaddled. Thus ended the capture of a place that we dreaded ; from all reports fearing that when we did move down south many of us would bite the dust ere the strong defences erected by the rebels could be taken. 'Twas a splendid piece of strategy quickly and daringly effected, and as I remarked saved a number of lives, while the Southern army is thoroughly disheartened, disorganised to some extent, and Bragg hated for a tyrant, coward, and liar, so the conscripts who gave themselves up in hundreds and the prisoners and deserters inform us. We countermarched, and a weary suffering time had we; holes in the roads big enough to engulph an army waggon, so through wheat, corn, oats, and rye fields we, waggons, artillery, &c., moved (the axes soon made tempo rary roads through the woods), and at length we reached the Manchester pike, and in good spirits marched briskly along through the celebrated Hoovey's Gap. Camped that night at Beech-grove, on a steep hill, when our train cane up, and there I had a sweet time of it. I had to draw rations for my men and issue them ; get shoes, socks, whatever I pould get, serve out 50 rounds-40 the usual amount—cartridges to each man; hunt up in the pile of knapsacks, dog-tents, &e., nay blankets and a change of clothes, so that it was be• tween 12 and 1 o'clock a.m. before I lay down, and had to be up at 3 o'clock and march at 4 a.m. Indeed, the prin ciples of meum and tuum were little cared for when search ing for clothing, blankets, &c. Wo in the rear of the train did not march till 7. Day cleared up, and sun thundering hot, blazing down on us with unmitigated fury, and coming to a beautiful valley through which ran a stream that brought up visions of trout and old times fresh to the me mory we halted, and eating a hasty dinner, sought the shade and slept. About 3 marched gradually, getting into a wild country—the road like a bed of a mountain torrent, up-tending higher and higher, mile after mile. Long halts occurred, the artillery and waggons getting stalled; then up and march a short distance, and another halt—the mcst wearying, fretful, and annoying thing that could occur when all were anxious to push through and get over u hatever was before us, have supper, and rest. Thus passed the weary ing hours into night. Fortunately, a bright silvery moon shone torth with true southern lustre, and on we pressed, regiment got mixed with regiment, for we had to keep in the woods which skirted the road, till we halted on a high flat hill, which had been camped on frequently, we could plainly see. Here we rested for half an hour, our pontoon train having got so badly used up from the miserably wretched roads, which train had to be got out of the way to permit artillery and our ammunition train to pass, and we hoped we were to camp for the night. But no, eight miles further, it was now half-past 9 o'clock, and pressing on, passing waggons, everything, we marched with a rapidity you would not believe, and with loud cheers, yelps, crowing of cocks, chuckling of hens, barking of dogs, all mimicked admirably by the men, we and our old friends the 59th Illi nois marched side by side over the bridge at Duck river, near Manchester, at a quarter past 12 o'clock, muddy, filthy, and wet, and waiting for no supper, cut brush to lie on, and with oil-cloths under us and three blankets over us, we soon were fast asleep. Marched 27 miles that say, and in all my marchings never travelled on worse roads, nor ever did I see such an enormous amount of waggons upset, broken, sm ashed, mules killed, and barrels of sugar, flour, meal, &c., and bread lost. ' Passing camps where our troops had been, we could get almost anything we wanted, but if we did require them we had no means of bringing them. Next day, the 30th June, had usual monthly muster, made out muster roll, &e., and on the Ist of July we marched, suffered much from the hot sun, and 12 miles from the town camped at Tullahoma, where a vast amount of stores were captured by our men. Marched 12 miles next day to the Barrens,' a wild mountainous district, and crossing the Elk river next morning we reached here about 2 o'clock, in a wretched plight. For three days our rations had run out—what little we had saved the rain destroyed in our canvas havresacks --crackers went to paste--sugar, coffee, and salt melted away; but potatoes, hogs, chickens, corn-meal, to which all helped themselves when the chance offered, kept life in us. The high water in the river from continuous rain, bridges destroyed, prevented our train from coming up, so five men from each company, in command of a commis sioned officer, were every day detailed to go foraging. But that was a trifle. All hours of the day and night were soldiers passing in and out of camp with havresacks, buckets, and camp kettles. so that by this time potatoes. onions, apples, blackberries, chickens, &c., are getting rare and scarce. Every man round here is rank rebel, and the men say they don't mean to starve while the rebels have plenty they can help themselves to. And, indeed, they are right. Now, however, es e are beginning to get enough of meat, bacon, beef, sometimes fresh pork, coffee, sugar, and bread; before long we will get the extras, rice, beans, dried peas, and compressed vegetables. Everything we had was lost or destroyed. I have nothing now save tho clothes on my back and one blanket ; have to go without while I wash and dry my own shirt. What knapsacks,&c., we sent back to Murfreesborough in charge of some cavalry were all burnt or destroyed, the excuse being that the mules ' gave out and could not haul them. May be so, but indeed I doubt it very much. I should not be surprised if we re mained here for a long time yet. The engineers have been I out surveying tho country round, to put up works of de fence, I learn. Nearly all the churches and academies (four or five academies there were here) are being converted into hospitals, frame houses are being pulled down, and large buildings are being erected out of the old material for com missary and quartermaster's stores, and every preparation is being made to occupy this place as a military post. Ano ther satisfactory feature in the matter is that our General Davis is in command here, so should there be any forward movements, which are yet uncertain, it is possible our di vision will be left here to plate the post. Thank God, everything is looking favourable foe the Union cause — Vicksburg fallen, Port Hudson also; Johnstone whipped by Sherman, Meade driving Lee out of Penneylvania and Maryland with enormous losses-33,000 killed, wounded, and prisoners-91,000 prisoners Union troops itlok this July, the simultaneous advance of all our armies are d at about the same time, and from every direction, the attacek on Charleston, South Carolina, the intended assault on Mobile, the revolutionary movements in our favour in North Carolina, and ours and other large armies threaten ing au advance any time that suits us, will give the Southern fellows more than they have men or time to attend to ; art ( i I do pray and trustfully hope that by this day t we/ se months the South shall be crushed, the arch-traitors i ,oho tallied thii fearful staugglo be dead or Author of " The Gambler's Wife," Are. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. That this Common Hall take this opportunity of recording their deep impression that the past year has been one of vital importance to the City of London, as well as to the nation in general, by the Marria;. - ze of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales with the Princess Alexandra of Denmark, and by the imposing and friendly greeting which the Citizens gave to tlw Royal Pair on the occasion of their Royal Highnesses passing through this ancient City. And that this Common Halt have much pleasure in ex pressing their estimation of the distinguished mark of ltoyal favour by the presence of the Right Honourable the Lord mayor, 'Wiliam Anderson Rose, Esquire, and the sheriffs, Tames Clarke Lawrence, Esquire and Alderman, and Hugh Jones, Esquire, as the Representatives of the Citizens of London at the Marriage of their Royal Highnesses. Anxiously desirous that no circumstance should occur to mark the year with other than pleasu:able feelings, this Common Hall deeply deplore that an attempt has been made to deprive the Citizens of one of their most valued .:rivileg,es by amalgam ting th,ir Police with the Metropolitan Force—an unconstitutional and dangerous proceeding. This Common Hall, nevertheless. congratulate their fellow citizens in having had a gentleman as Lord Mayor who has manfully defended, not merely the constitutional rights of the City, but those of the Kingdom, both in and out of Par liament, and cannot allow him ty retire from a position he has so ably filled without tendering . , in the name of them selves and their fellow-citizens, their best and warmest thanks, at the same time expressing their regret that his Lordship has not received that full meed of honour which his conduct so justly merited. Resolved unanimously— • - ANTHONY TROLLOPE'S NEW NOVEL. In 2 vols., post Evo., RACHE L R A Y. 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The Agua Amarella has none of the properties of dyt , s ; it, on the contrary, is beneficial to the system, and when the hair is once restored one application per month will keep it in perfect colour. Price one 'uinea per bottle, or in half bottles, 10s. fid. Testimonials from artistes of the highest order, and from individuals of unaoubted respecta bility, may be seen on application. Messrs. John Gosnell and ro. have been appointed Perfumers to her Royal High ness the Princess of Wales. RNAMENTS for the Drawing-r oom , Lib rar y, U rind Dining-room, consisting of a new and eAegant assort ment at VASE S, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obelisks, Ink stands, beautiful inlaid Tables, Paperweights, &a, in Italian, Alabas er, Parian, Marble, Bronze, Derbyshire Spar, Sic. Imported and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Mine ralogist to her alajesty, 149, Stand. W.C., Lonaon. 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Being the original importer of this now invaluable article, which has found so great a sale that it has tempted others to vend a so-called article, the public are therefore cautioned to observe that the packets of the Genuine Powder bear the au4ogTagh of THOMAS KEATING ,oId in packets, is., 2s. 6d., and 4s. 6d. each, or post free for ii or 36 postage stamps, by Thomas Keating, chemist, 79, St. Paul's-churchyam London, E.C. DR- SCOTT'S BILIOUS AND LIVER PILLS.---A NEVER FAILING REMEDY.—Pre oared without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. Scott, of Bromley, Kent, w ill b e found invaluable to all who suffer from bilious and liver complaints, indigestion, wind, spasms, giddiness, dizziness of the eyes, Ste. For habitual costiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier of the bl oo d , t h ey are truly excellent; mild in the i r opera tion and grateful to the stomach, they create appetite, pro mote digestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system. Sold by W. 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It is entirely devoted to desti tution in its most pitiable form—viz., that which is aecom palled by sickness and disease, and is now of sufficient magnitude that, with adequate support, it may be rendered capable of admitting into its wards a very large proportion of the casual sick of this great metropolis. It requires but the funds in order to have 500 beds available for the reception of these the most wretched of our fellow-creatures. Id oreover, it gratuitously affords medical advice and medicine to more, on the average, than 3,000 out-patients a week. The Weekly Board feel it their imperative duty t o 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 Masrerman, Esq., Nicholas-lane; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co. ; Drummond and Co. Herries and Co. ; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Giyn and Co. ; Jones Loyd and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; Denison and Co. ; W dliams, Deacon, and Co. ; Overend, Gurney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co. ; Messrs. J. Barned and Co., Liverpool and at the Hospital. STANFORD S. SMITH Secretary. That the best thanks of the Citizens of London are due, and are tendered, by this Common Hall, to James Clarke Lawrence. Esquire and Alderman, and Hugh Jones, Esquire, Sheriffs of this City and Sheriff of the County of Middlesex, for the exemplary manner in which they have discharged the varied and important duties of their office—for the firm and judicious manner in which they have defended the rights and privileges of the Citizens - for the munificent aid they have afforded to numerous charitable institutions of the City and County—for their endeafours to relieve the destitute, and for their liberal hospitality during their year of office. WWIDTAINtrz- - MINERALOGY --King's College, London. — Professor TENNANT, F.G.S., will commence a COURSE OF LECTURES on MINERALOGY, with a view to facilitate the study of Geology, and of the application of mineral substances in the Arta. The Lectures will begin on FRIDAY, October 2, at Nine o clock, a.m. They will be continued on each succeeding Wednesday and Friday at the same hour. Fee, £2 2s. 11. W. JELF, D.D., Principal , )th ELECTION INTELLIGENCE. TAMWORTH. ) ; ,1 • • • • • .. •0:4L . •; .1 • • ATI • Are \. 4 r , es, _ • ' ' ..4k • t_ • ,A n Nib,. -4, • 013 , s 4 ' &If!. • ''''4l3f tik: i'M .47 * t'S 'n Ro banished, never to find a home in any free country, never to see the soil of this land agin, and that law and order may peaceably rule the destinies of this nation. One day's rations of everything amounts to a very great deal ; indeed, a soldier could not consume it. Beef fresh, or ham or shoulder, sugar, coffee, or tea (chiefly the former), potatoes, rice, bread, hominy, grit, dried split peas, beans, compressed vegetables, soap, candles, vinegar, salt, &c. One ration of each of those for, say, 10 days (10 rations) amounts to a very considerable item—in fact, while living in camp for any time even on rations there is enormous wsste. A very great deal depends on the cooking. Many of the above articles would be uneatable unless properly cooked— such as hominy, peas, beans, compressed vegetables, but when you understand how you can make quite an extra dish out of them—good, wholesome, and very palatable. "I am not the big, s± out, heavy 121-stone fellow I was. I'm moderately slender, square enough in the shoulders, straight, and with flesh and muscle firm as a rock. I wear no beard, but a moustache, which every one says becomes the contour of my face wonderfully well. My hair is de cidedly more gray than black; sickness, mental trouble, and hardships and sufferings attendant on the campaigning life we lead have caused the change in me, as in very many young:men here. Ia truth the saying has become proverbial among us soldiers that when this war is over there will be more gray young men in this country than ever were knewn. Yet my health generally continues right good. Lying ha camp too long never does; it is not beneficial to health. Men get lazy and unsettled ; they lie about too much after meals, although 1 must give the majority of them the credit of doing all they possibly can to keep themselves and their clothes clean. Go to the river after morning company or evening bat talion drill, and it is crowded with men from all the camps round here, washing off'. as they term it, while the whole banks are lined with fires covered with camp kettles, washing and boiling their clothes. Shirts, drawers, blue (light) pants, blouses, blankets, everything goes to pot to keep off the ' body-guards.' Then, with insects of various kinds that prey on human flesh we're bothered; nits (like a bug) go head and shoulders into your flesh, and you can't get them out without soaking them in tobacco juice; then there's a big-sized knob on your flesh that keeps you up to the scratch all the time. Then there's the chigger, about the size of a pin's point, yellow, like ground mustard grain; they eat under your skin too. Mosquitoes, tobacco smoke and that of the camp fires beat off pretty well ; yet they come with their noisy hum, and then what a slap you give yourself ; but Miss Kitty' slopes, and don't get hurt. Also the vilanous small black ant and poison-spiders as big as hazel-nuts--aye, and larger. 'Tis scarcely a week since one of our men had to come to camp off picket ; he was bit while asleep by one of them under the eye, and his whole face and neck swelled up, The doctor gave him a lotion which reduced the swelling, but it was very painful, accompanied with sickness and nausea. We see no snakes, which is very strange; nor did we while on the march through a wild rocky country, which places they do most congregate in. Around Murfreesborough the woods were alive with squir rels, quite tame ; the brown and ground, also the fox and gray squirrel (the latter being most scarce), also the flying squirrel are extraordinary creatures. One night some three months ago, about 10 o'clock, I was in the outer post on grand picket, in thick wood where some thick timber had been cut down, underbrush and branches lying thickly round, while the leaves were ankle deep. To our right that day we heard cannonading, and when the officer of the day came round at dusk with the countersign and rally ing call, he told us:to be on the alert, expecting an attack. I was not long on post, the night clear without moon, when the whole wood seemed teeming with life; the in sects in the leaves kept them in a rustle, the squirrels kept jumping, running, and cutting up all sorts of devil ment, which made me feel anything but comfortable, for I was trusting to my ears as much as to my eyes. Suddenly such a caterwauling, such a mewing, never two old Toms cut up ; they were two polecats pitching into one another, which alarmed me not a little, the cries came so suddenly. Then they'd cease for a while, and in concert they'd make the night horrible; at length one or the other skedaddled, and when my nerves were getting settled, and I supposed all the devilment was over, a loud chuckling laugh burst 1 1 out in front of me, answered by a softer and less loud one. The devil,' thought I, I'll stop your fun,' when suddenly I thought of the big horned owls, who do indulge in the most perfect imitation of a laugh—quiet chuckling one— ever you heard. I could not help indulging in a quiet laugh myself, as I listened to them, and thought of the cir cumstances which had occurred, for it seemed as if the brave birds were laughing at the fight the shunks or polecats had. Those matters, light and trifling as they may read, yet try men's nerves. In the lone, silent old woods, silent save the buzz and hum of animal life, on the qui vice for a footstep sound, the breaking of a twig or a branch, the barking of a dog or sudden flight of birds, anything to mark the coming of some sneaking hound who'll prowl round to shoot the pickets down, has a certain effect on a soldier, who has naught but his quickness of perception and rifle to save him, which I could not well describe; but imagining your self in the peculiar position you may have a tolerable clear idea of it. It is now night, and in the solemn stillness I try to finish my letter, writing in a—you would not guess in a twelvemonth—graveyard, on a tombstone, alongside of which we are encamped, and far from the noisy talk of my comrades, who are all exulting in the daily arrival of favourable news. Morgan's raid into Indiana gave most of the Indiana boys intense satisfaction. Strange yet true, for the Copperheads, or Northern traitors, suffered most in lots of personal property, and the very fact of their losing fine horses, their mills, steam and water power, burnt down, corn, meat, and money being taken from them, fully compensated the hoosiers here for any loss they or their friends may have sustained at home, and by all accounts Morgan and his men were more brutal and harder on the Northern ' Southern sympathiser' than on the Union men. They (Southern soldiers) despise them for mean, low-flung, cowardly dogs, that would not come out like men to fight. By telegram to-night we learn that Morgan's, Bazil's, Duke's, and other of the guerilla leaders' race is run; they're taken prisoners; I hope sincerely 'tis true. Also that only 300 of from 5,000 to 6,000 which the rebels took into Indiana with them escaped to Virginia, but have not yet cleared our lines there. 'Little Rock,' the capital city of Arkansas, has been captured by a Gen. Blunt, and Price has been whipped at Helena while trying to get troops to Vicksburg. The good cause is progressing; we have had a favourable summer so far; not extremely hot, with plenty of rain to give men and animals water and keep up what the Americans call a big river '—i.e., plenty of water for the boats to run. We learn through a New York paper that Louis Napoleon has acknowledged the Southern Confederacy, and the same paper in a leading article breathes war to the knife against France, with a big army for Mexico to clear the Johnny Crapeauds out• It would be very popular here—such a war would, surely, for the Americans have been looking with a suspicious and angry eye on France's interference with Mexico, and their talk was, Wait awhile, we'll fix him one of these days.' They'll do it if they go about it, for they're able. Candle's going out—phew I look out for ghosts 1" A meeting of the electors of Tamworth was held in the Town-hall, yesterday, at noon, for the pur pose of hearing Mr. John Peel, of Middleton Hall, one of the candidates for the representation of the borough, give an expression of his political views. The meeting was a large and respectable one. Mr. Peel, in the course of a lengthened address, avowed himself to be an " independent" candidate, and stated that during the last two years he should have been a steady supporter of Lord Palmerston's Go vernment. He was a member and sincere lover of the Church of England, but favourable to a settle ment of the church-rate question. In foreign politics he supported the principle of non-intervention. In allusion to a personal remark made by Sir Robert Peel, he said that he pleaded guilty to having all his life traded upon the name of Peel—(hear, hear) which was his birthright. The grandfathers of himself and Sir Robert Peel were brothers. His grandfather was the elder of the two brothers, and inherited the family estates, which had descended from father to son during upwards of two centuries, and were now held by his elder brother. (Cheers.) If he had not a right to the name of Peel, who had P (Hear.) It had always passed current as a guaran tee of his honour and integrity in every relation of life, and he trusted that he had never done anything to sully its brightness or depreciate its value. Mr. Willington then moved that Mr. Peel was a fit and proper person to represent the borough of Tamworth in Parliament. (Cheers.) Mr. James ITAywood seconded the motion, which was carried with much cheering.' MR. 11. T. CRAVEN, the very successful author of the " Post Boy" and the " Chimney Corner," has in pre paration at the Strand a new three-act serio-comic drama, Miss Kate Saville being engaged to play the heroine. A MODEL THEATRE IN PARIS.—Tho new theatre o f t ,!le Bouffes Parisiens is rapidly approaching its com pi e t l ;:m. Floor and ceiling will be of iron, and tho stairs of etone, latter being twice as largo as in the former 11thig house. Th© 1115 will be most killiant, and the venti lation: will be arranjed according to the latest improve ments. 860 seats will vt.'e provided, besides the ample stand ing rnm. s, PRICE..... _..4d. STAMPED ....sd. HEALTH OF LONDON. (Front the Registrar-Gcneral's Weekly Return.) There were 1,233 deaths in London in the week that ended last Saturday. The average number in 10 corresponding weeks (i. e., the 39th in each of the years 1853-62), with the omission of deaths from cholera in 1854, and a correction for increase of population, becomes 1,210. The actual num ber of deaths in last week therefore very closely agrees with that which is obtained by calculation, and the present state of the public health is neither better nor worse than what is usually enjoyed at this generally healthy season of the year. But scarlatina is exceedingly prevalent, and appears de cidedly to be on the increase. The deaths from it, which were in the previous week 130, rose to 148 last week. They have been constantly above 100 weekly since the middle of July. Diphtheria does not exhibit the same tendency to increase; it was fatal in 12 cases in the week. The deaths from scarlatina were most numerous lastweek in the following sub-districts :--St. John, Westminster, 5 ; Kentish-town, 8 ; Islington West, 6 ; Islington East, 7. There were 10 in the district of Bethnal-green, and the same number in Deptford. Small pox numbered 29 cases, diarrhcoa 46, both diseases showing a decline. On the 23d inst., a man died under chloroform in the London Hospital, and on the following day another under the same influence in St. George's. A labourer died on the Bth inst., in St. Martin's work house, from " consumption, accelerated by want of the com mon necessaries of life ;" and a cooper on the 16th, at 7, St. John-street, Bethnal-green, from "aneurism, death ac celerated by,want of proper and sufficient nourishment." Last week the births of 948 boys and 853 girls, in all 1,801 children, were registered in London, In the 10 cor responding weeks of the years 1853-62 the average number (corrected) was 1,880. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29.274 in. On Monday and Tuesday the mean daily reading was below 29 in. The barometrical pressure was as low as 28.78 in. on Tuesday; and it was 30 05 in. on Saturday. The mean temperature of the air in the week was 50.4 deg., which is 4.9 deg. below the average of the same week in 43 years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher). The mean daily temperature was below the average throughout the week. The lowest night tempera ture was 40. S deg., on Wednesday. The highest day tem perature was 63.2 deg. on Saturday. The range of tempe rature in the week was therefore 22.4 deg. The mean daily range was 17,2 deg. The cifference between the mean dew point temperature and air temperature was 6 deg. The mean degree of humidity of the air was 80, complete saturation being represented by 100. The south-west has been the prevailing wind during many weeks. Nearly an inch of rain was measured in the week, the greater part of which fell on Sunday. There was thunder and lightning on Tues day, with heavy showers of rain, and there was also light ning on the two following days. The mean of the highest temperature of the water of the Thames was 61.4 deg., that of the lowest was 59.2 deg. NEW SPORTING NOVEL. Immediately, at all libraries, in Three Vols., Price 31s. 6d. SACKVILLE CHASE. By C. J. COLLINS. London : John Maxwell and Company, 112, Fleet-street. V.R.-TOWER. SALE OF STORES.—By O r d er o f th e SECRETARY OF STATE FOR WAR, Mr. GEORGE SPILLMAN will SELL, by Public Auction, in the Tower, on THURSDAY, the Bth of October 1863, at Eleven o'clock in toe Forenoon preci se ly, the following Stores : Bed Cases and Blankets. Small Arms of various de- Grey Clothing and Woollen scriptioos. Caps. Armourer's Pack-saddle Hammock Rugs. Forges. 20 Gal. Coppers. Sets of Ironwork for do. Ranges complete, with Ovens I Files, various. and Boilers. May be viewed at the Tower from 10 to 4 o'clock the three days previous to the day of sale, and catalogues may be had at the War-office, Pall-Mall; the Tower; and Royal Arsenal, Woolwi h. CAMPAIGNING. IN TENNESSEE. The following is a letter dated Cam, near Win chester, Tennessee, Franklin county, N.A., 22d Re giment Indiana Volunteers, Department of the Cum berland, July 18 : _ " My dearest, ---,—Four days since I received your long-looked for letter of the 21st tilt., and indeed did it take a heavy load off mymind, for I got not a letter since the 26th February, and none in answer to my sketch of Stone River (Murfreesborough) battle. However, you did write, I see by your note, but unfortunately it went astray. I have had hard work. 1 had to learn the manifold duties, details, and business connected with the position ; yet I've overcome them all, and am now nearly au fait with everything con nected with it; application, system, and tact are the three great requirements, and these I employ diligently, having a thorough confidence in myself and my abilities, which an American author whose wsrks I was lately reading says, Irishmen are apt, too apt, to underrate themselves,' I have done so, but, judging by the standard around me, I shall never again be so confoundedly silly. " You see by my address, as you have before this in the papers, that our army has made a grand movement, sudden and unexpected to us as to the enemy, and in the course of a short time forced strong Positions, taking some of them by surprise and superior tactics, passed rapidly where we anticipated a siege, viz,, Tullahoma, and now occupy the rebel capital of this State, after traversing a country for miles upon miles, wild, barren, mountainous, full of defiles, and such roads as man never saw. Yes, dear —, by the superior skill and generalship of our commander, Gen. Rosecrans, many a life has been saved, to, I trust, return and gladden the anxious hearts of those loved ones at home. But to recount a little of my own regiment's doings. On the 17th ult. our brigade went out on ten days' grand picket, five miles from camp, and south on the Shelbyville pike; on the 23d got orders to march next morning, 5 o'clock, with three days' rations, &c. Weather really beautiful for weeks previous but rather too hot at times. Next morning up and ready but detained waiting on General Sheridan's and Johnstone's divisions, which marched Past; we followed, the former kept straight on towards Shelbyville, but Johnstone's and Davis's (ours) filed left, and marched over wretched roads, through ploughed fields, mid tot rents of rain, to Liberty Gap (one of the passes to be forced to go south), where John stone's men surprised the rebels harvesting, pitched into them, and by evening they were fighting hard, our men still awaiting them. We stopped and had dinner while the can nonading, &c., was going on in front, but we never heeded it, nor did it disturb our appetites, for our turn had not yet come—o does war blunt the finer feelings of man I Towards dark we pushed two miles further, and camped, and all was again silent. The rain deluged us out that night. The fol lowing morning we marched through the neck of the gap, two miles, and again halted to draw rations, dry cartridges, Sec., and dine. At 2 o'clock moved forward, the roads crowded with troops, artillery waggons, ammunition, and commissary. Sharp, heavy, and fierce fighting going on upon our left all day, and increasing as evening advanced. We, to gain our old position on the extreme right, laboured up steeps hills crowned with trees in full foliage, and, filling our canteens at a beautiful spring gushing out of the moun tain side, we crested the steep incline, and, concealing our selves behind logs and trees, the hills soon took up the echoes of the spang of the rifles as we shot at one another —we and the Secesh—across a deep valley, from one high summit to another—we putting double charges of powder in our long range Enfields to throw and hit further and harder. Mind, 'tis regulation contract powder we use ! You'd scarcely credit it, but to it was, while we kept up a running fire of skirmishing with the rebels, so did we and they a running fire of fun and with what is denominated chaff. Go home, you Yank ; you're no account. You shoot a mile too high.' Curse you, Secesh, give me a fair show, and I'll bring you,' Of course, I will, if you do the same; eh I Yank, honour mind I' `On honour, I will, old fellow.' 'All right, then, Yank, here you are Secesh shows himself a little from behind a tree, when spang, spang, go half a dozen rifles; but ' reb' is too fast—dodges back. Missed, you fools, you! now give me a show;' and so on; but 'twas next day all the fun was. We having orders to hold the position did so, but did not push on ; which 'twould be sheer madness to do so, as we would have no way of pro tecting ourselves, there being no trees on the steep incline. There we remained cautiously watching one another, and when the puff of smoke showed where a rifle was fired our bullets flew in and round them thick and heavy. The sun sets, dusk, and then darkness, and shouldering our rifles we hunt our regiment UP, and not being permitted to light fires, we rolled in blankets supperless, and there being no rain slept soundly till reveille. Morning bright and watery, sun hot, close, and very sultry; marched a mile or so; there was sharp musketry firing, heavy cannonading, which, with the crash of b ur sting sh e ll s , resoun d e d and rebounded in deep h o ll ow ec h o i n g s from hill to hill, which added to the grand and solemn sublimity of the beautiful scenery around, and caused feelings to Permeate through your bosom inde scribable —so awful, so awe-inspiring, God help us all I but a battle scene is terrible, horribly beautiful in its excitings, of charges made and repulsed, the wavering lines, the re charge,cheers—maddening, furious,the tearing and bursting of grape:and shells through living masses, and the pursuit and horrible carnage, where all is forgotten in the one sole thought of revenge and slaughter. Our time has come ; we pass several regimenta camped who have had their two days' bloody work performed. That little yellow flag over the tents yonder show you where the wounded lie ; that detail of men with picks and spades bespeak the solemn duty of the burial of the dead ; the saddened faces of those groups of men tell of friends and :comrades lost, but all is soon forgotten in the stern duty that is now before you. Men, fill your canteens (if wounded) thirst is agonising, and, mind, any man found straggling from his company without suffi cient reason shall be shot down,' Such were our orders, and proper too. We filed again to the right, again up steep, high hills, the men smothering under knapsacks, dog-tents, blankets, and our three days' rations; but soon these were thrown away (not rations), save what little mementos of home and dear friends which each one took from his knap sack. At length we reached the tap, and, marching down by rail or worm fence (of which more anon). We halted on the hill-side, and two companies at a time were thrown out as skirmishers (two hours at a time) ; we hid ourselves as well as we could by an open rail fence from the rebel bullets, which flow over and into our company and companies, C, F, and A, our flanking ones that is, when the rebels shot too high at our skirmishers, who were treed below us, while the rebels were thickly concealed in a wood, which topped a very high and steep hill right in front, and partly on our right flank, over us. Thus were wo exposed to what is termed a plunging fire, while 50 or 80 yards further back we'd have been comparatively safe. Firing seen began pretty sharp, when one of our fellows called, ' llalloa ? s ei s e 1, Yes ; we knew ye.' They wer e the men we fought in every battle we've been in, and, strange to say, here were we now opposed to one another again. Glad to see you, 22d ; how the -- did ye hang together so long ?' Go to —; there's enough of us left to whip ye again, you Secesh.' Don't lose your temper, Yank; how's Mike Gooding (our Colonel, taken prisoner by these same fellows at Perryville fight last October); is he with you yet?' ' Yes, he's here.' Tell him to come up and see us; there are some old friends of his who'd like to have him again.' At this taunt crack, crack, go a lot of rifles, which are quickly answered. Then silence for some time, save the echoing report of the rifle and the distant cannonading, heard now and then far away to our right, which creates many surmises as to whose corps or division isfighting off there (then 'Posey' was pushin3 through Hoovey'r; Gap); or the furious burst of COPYRIGHT OF DESIGNS. Mr. Corrie, the magistrate at Bow-street, was occupied during the greater portion of the evening yesterday in the investigation of a case in which Messrs. Clarkson and Co., the well-known chintz manufacturers, of Baniston Hall Works, Lancashire, and of Coventry-street and Cheapside, London, proceeded to recover penalties under the Copyright of Designs Act, .5 and 6 Vic., against Messrs. Shoolbred and Co., of Tottenham-court-road, for exposing for sale certain patterns of chintz being a fraudulent imitation of a design registered by the complainants. Counsclwere retained on both sides; Mr. Aston, instructed by Messrs Bailey, Shaw, and Smith, for the prosecution, and Mr. Poland, instructed by Mr. Ashurst, for the defence. Mr. Aston stated the case. In the early part of last year Mr. Thos. Clarkson, the son of Mr. Clarkson, the head of the firm, was informed by Messrs. Jackson and Graham that they would be glad to have a nice lilac chintz. In con sequence of this Mr. Clarkson instructed the designer and artist of his firm to prepare such a design, which was done. The design was registered, and by an agreement with Messrs. Jackson and Graham they became the solo licencees, with the exclusive right of selling the pattern. In April, 1863, Mr. Clarkson discovered that Messrs. Walters, of New gate-street, were selling a pattern so precisely similar that they believed it to have been imitated from the registered design, with only so much alteration that it could not be strictly termed a copy. Or this Mr. Clarkson thought it his duty to give intimation to Messrs. Jackson and Graham. In consequence of that a correspondence ensued, and the matter was arranged by Messrs. Walters taking a course which ought to be regarded as a precedent by every re spectable firm. They agreed not to issue any more of the "pirated" pattern, but to give up to Messrs. Jack son and Graham all the stock they had on hand, to recall all the " patterns " then out on show (a sample of the design), and, with regard to any portion which had been sold for consumption, that if the parties should nquire more to match they should be referred to Jackson and Graham, from whom only they should be enabled to receive it. Subsequently it was ascertained that Messrs. Shoolbred were selling a chintz of the same pattern. An attempt was made to induce them to accede to the same terms as Messrs. Walters, but they declined, and after a protracted correspondence closed the matter by referring to their solicitors. In the course of that correspondence Messrs. Shoolbred intimated that a copy of the agreement between Messrs. Walters and Messrs. Jackson and Graham sent to them by the latter firm was not correct, and that in the agreement there was an understanding that there was to be no interference with those who might have purchased from Walters and Co. before the date of the agreement, and that therefore they were justified in selling the chintz, as they had purchased it before that period. Upon the agreement being produced, Mr. Corrie said it was somewhat ambiguous, and he thought it did not touch the point as to the chintz sold before that time. However, if the design was a fraudulent imitation, the defendants would not be justified in selling it after their attention was drawn to it. He would suggest, however, as both parties were very respectable, the whole affair might be settled by amicable arrangement. After a discussion, in the course of which it appeared that Messrs. Shoolbred had bought GO pieces from Messrs. Walters, and had 35 pieces left, the case proceeded, neither party being willing to come to any agreement. Mr. Aston then proceeded at some length to call the atten tion of the magistrate to the details of the two designs, con tending that they were similar in all general and leading features, and that they only differed in some minor details. The original consisted of lilacs of four colours, via., the na tural, red, violet, and white, with green leaves, and the imi tation contained natural, violet and white lilacs, red roses, and green leaves. Mr. Aston then called a number of wit nesses, partly as to the facts, and partly as to their judg ment as persons of experience that the design in question was an imitation. Amongst them were Mr. Dennis, who superintended, and Mr. Aumonin, who executed the design which had been registered. They said the design was what is called a "bordered and filled chintz." The filling, which is the middle portion of the pattern, was designed first, and it then occurred to the artists to put a border of the same flowers. They gave their opinion that the general effects, the colours, the grouping, and all the essentials of the two designs were the same, and that the variations were only introduced for the purpose of making some sort of distinc tion. They considered it quite impossible that the second could have been made so like the first by accident. They were satisfied that the designer must have imitated it from the registered design. Mr. Conic had great difficulty in perceiving any greater resemblance than would necessarily arise if it was admitted that any one might make a bordered and filled chintz with a pattern of lilacs of those colours. The witness explained in great detail that the absolute and relative sizes of the patterns and the various parts, the groupings, arrangements, and "balancing" of the colours were the same; and upon Mr. Corrie pointing out distinc tions, the witnesses declared those points of difference to be wholly immaterial. Several members of large firms in the chintz trade, and having many years' experience, thoroughly confirmed the opinions of Mr. Clarkson, Mr. Dennis, and Mr. Aumonin, ono gentleman going so far as to declare, that if curtains of the respective designs were hung on opposite sides of the bench a person in the body of the court would not be able to distinguish them. For the defence Mr. Poland called Mr. Wm. Pearman, a designer of 20 years' experience, who said ho was instructed by Mr. Sinnott, manager t o Walters and Son, to design the chintz in question. It was to be a boidcred and fil l e d c hintz, and a sheet of a French pattern was given hint as a gu ide to the colours. H o h a d never seen the registered design till last week. Mr. Sinnett proved that 'no received the design from Mr. Pearman in September, which was before the other was re gistered, and of courae before he had seen it, Had shown p a tterns of it to Jackson and Graham, asking them to buy some of the chintz. Never admitted that it was an imita tion, but male the agreement to avoid litigation, and be cause it was worth his while, Jackson and Graham being good customers. It was distinctly understood that persons who had purchased should not be interfered with. Mr. Corrie said that even on the view of the patterns he did not think this was an imitation; b ut after this evidence he must either declare the two witne sses were perjured, or dismiss the summons. Nr. Poland applied for costs. Mr. Corrie thought they had better drop it, and not quarrel any more. No doubt the complainants had really thought it was a fraudulent imitation, but they must be convinced to the contrary now. Summons dismissA. ,/-2,. ift-/- T .c Naval and Military Intelli - ne . e.-;" La it S PAPE R 4 . ..„V •44 THE NAVY. 'mwo ./ The Lords of the Admiralty have dir Admiral F. Bullock to place himself in comm „Dien s tion with the officials connected with the ChathEm. steam reserve, as well as with the officers of t he dockyards at Sheerness, for the purpose of th 0- roughly testing the efficiency of his invention fcr measuring with accuracy the speed of ships at sea, The metal curves on the decks of the whole of the.. ships fitting for the first division of the Chatham steam reserve, as well as of those already attached to that division, are to be carefully inspected by the dockyard officiods, who will report on their condi tion previous to the vessels being commissioned for service at sea. The Fawn, 17, 100 horsepower, is being brought forward for sea at the Nore, with all possible de spatch. Orders having been received at Chatham for her to be hastened forwerd :or commission, as the is intended to relieve the screw steamer Despe rate, 8, 400 horse power, CommaaderA. T. Thrupp, attached to the West India squadron, and not the Greyhound, 17, 200 horse power, as previously an nouuced. The old line-of-battle sailing ship Duncan, 74, for several years past employed as a lazaretto ship at Stangate-creek, is almost entirely demolished, and by the close of the present week the shipwrights and labourers at Chatham dockyard will have en tirely broken her up. Many of her timbers are still exceedingly sound, notwithstanding that the Dun can was built upwards of half a century since. The best are being conveyed to St. Mary's Island, where they will be used in the works in progress for the extension of Chatham dockyard. Her Majesty's 21 gun screw corvette Wolverene, 1,702 tons, was yesterday warped out of basin at Woolwich, and floated into No. 2 dock to be pre pared for sea service. The Wolverine is built on the same principle as the unfortunate Orpheus, and is intended for the Australian station. The armour clad ship Caledonia, undocked on Monday at Woolwich, and afterwards moored at Purfleet, was yesterday morning towed up the river and received in the Victoria Docks, where she will remain until the spring tide at the commencement of November, to be fitted with her boilers and ma chinery. The shipwrights and other artificers, 300 in number, employed in the construction of the in terior accommodation of the ship have been granted an additional 2 s .pe r day, termed "sleeping money," toindemnify them for the extra expenses incurred by their absence from home. Admiral Gold smith, C. 8., and other naval officers, awaited the arrival of the Caledonia yesterday morning in Woolwich Dockyard as she passed up the river, and expressed admiration of her appearance. Notwithstanding the enormous weight of her ar mour and other appliances added since she was launched, weighing over 1,500 tons, she floated up on the surface of the tide with remarkable steadi ness and buoyancy. Being intended to act as a ram, she is unprevided with a figure•head. On her removal from dock she will be taken down to Sheer ness to be completed for sea. Mr. Thornton, assistant-master shipwright of Woolwich, having completed his survoy of the Calais and Dover packet Breeze, about to wrry the French mails, yesterday left Woolwich, by s eder of the Admiralty, to survey the Pacific Steam Navi gation Company's ship Chile, at Liverpool. Her Majesty's steam storeship Fox yesterday arrived at Woolwich from Pembroke, and wai hauled into basin to ship boilers and machinery for Mr. Reed's experimental iron-cased ship Repulse. The Hecate, war steamer of 700 tons burden, carrying six guns and under the command of Capt. Richards, which was lying in Port Jackson at the last dates, was about to leave for England via Ba tavia and the Cape of Good Hope. The Hecate has been engaged on a scientific and surveying voyage extending over seven years. She left Vancouver's Island Dec. 22, 1862, and having touched at San Francisco, proceeded to Honolulu, where she ar rived March 17. She left the Sandwich Islands on April 21, and made Fanning's Island May 8. She touched at Humphrey's and Reardon's Islands, and also at several islands from which the natives have been recently been kidnapped by slavers. Sunday Island has been stripped of its inhabitants, and the plantations and settlements in the other islands in the vicinity have also been completely destroyed. It is understood that the plans and reports sub mitted by Mr. Scamp, C.E., Deputy Director of Works, to the Board of Admiralty for the extension and improvement of Portsmouth Dockyard have been approved, and that a bill embodying the de tails of this scheme will be laid before Parliament early next session. Of late Mr. Stansfeld, M.P., Junior Lord of the Admiralty, has visited Ports mouth daily, and in addition to investigating the dockyard system of accounts has spent considerable time in acquainting himself with the requirements of the port. The ships of war on the Australian station at the date of the last advices were the Harrier, 17, Capt. Sullivan, at New Zealand ; the Miranda, 14, Capt. Jenkins, at Sydney; the Eclipse, 4, Capt. Mayne, at New Zealand ; and the Hecate, 6, Capt. Richards. The Miranda has been undergoing extensive re. pairs for some time at the hands of Mr. Cuthbert, of Sydney. Dry rot was discovered to have pene trated the hull in so many places that it was neces sary to lay both sides open. She was, therefore, placed in the Government dry dock and stripped ; several portions of the frame have been taken out and replaced by colonial timber, and the frigate is now again ready for service. The Australian Steam Navigation Company has constructed a gunboat for the New Zealand Government, intended for service on the inland waters of that colony. She is 140 ft. in length, 20ft. beam, Bft. 6in. depth of hold, and will draw only 2ft. 6in. of water. She is built of din. iron, is fitted with four water-tight compart ments, and is bullet-proof. The propelling power consists of an overhanging stern wheel with feather ing floats, driven by two 30-horse engines. On deck are placed two cupolas, each 7ft. in diameter, the sides being pierced for rifles ; these cupolas are placed on forward and the other aft, the communi. cation being from below. As it was important to protect the gunboat in the event of her getting aground, a 3-inch pipe is ca rried fore and aft, flush With one of the t with the gunwale, and connected generated. The pipe i pe ibso piercedilers in withwhich a seriessteam is of holes, e so that a con- , tinuous jet of scalding hot water could be thrown from the gunwale sh ould an enemy_ come alongside, The gunboat affor ds accommodation for 300 men. Ceps. Marine Harris, three sergeant s , an d f our c orporals Royal or dered to leav e Wool wich for Lincoln 00 recruit ing se rvice, the strength of the corps, Light Infantry, were yesterday ordered of all. ran k s , having diminished about 1,000 in consequence ty of dismissals, deaths, & - c. The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty ;—Commander Stapleton J. Ore.. vine to the St. Vincent, vice Commander Lowther; Lieut. George W. Carter to the Asia ; the R e v. Francis ilan n an, chaplain, to the Gibraltar ; George Foster, naval instructor, to the Gibraltar; and Jas, N. 'Hall has been nominated to naval cadetship. 1.._.. .- THE ARMY. 0 10-pounder Arm s t r ong gull On Monday th e OIL the Bock Perch battery, near Li ver p o ol, was fired for the first time by the men of the Coast Brigade, under the command of Lieut. Marshall, B.A. The range was 3,400 yards. Throughout the practice a strong wind was blowing. The following was the result of the firing :—The first solid shot, 150 yards right, elevation good ; second shot, 160 yards do.; third shot, 50 yards do.; fourth shot, 25 yards right, 20 yards short ; fifth shot, 10 yards right, elevation gond ; sixth shot, 15 yards do. The first shell, with cr omission fuse, 11 _e._ 100 yards short in good line, hut did not explode. The second shell fell 15 yards short and 55 feet to the left, and exploded. Two segment shells with time fuses were then fired at a Irene of about 1,200 yards, it having become too dark for practice at the longer range. Good prac tice was made. The gun was worked with ease. At the same time a 68-pounder gun was fired at a range of about 1,200 yards, and made excellent practice with shot and shell. It was tried once at the same ,range as the Armstrong, but the shot fell 200 yards and 300 to the right. EON rer 3 ve fa 48, m- the gilt but ley, one. 32t4 r 24 nay teat Dale; a. ; for It 6d In- S. ci• 0 13 0 26 6 14 0 20 1 26 0 , 19. 13. . 5• . 10. 22. ,29 . 14. put' , 1. an d is th ° evcrY luaret Clar Esq.. Johil tonne' cA int [ate of Cap aged 60th saud, 1 En's D. 112 aty