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.........eclisito tle better the after- a end to lock, and all ages, least half duly de previous ind Irish ad polled se stocks 13, except I v. The , qual, in ,here was inolusiop net a fair 2d. The th High lighland siderable h prices. ) number , but this le beasts between iighland Ring ge` ere in the d beasts, agement. ion, were in copse- . so much of both instances irted the on ss.' a. time last re. The year4o le ;were ast yaw, een this iallowaY tle. The famous ly picked The 2- MOWS!' ival, but slightly the last ;'0 show, Those of El as last and the ies Were were :-- ;10 10s; ;tots, £ 8 lOs 6d; ss; and 18, and yr•.olde, 16 ; and 1 York loularly to £46. t were and lighter >w, bnt t have ;tate of it a dia•• eat Wa ar than is dear• Lands at Oats mdance Is slow, also lu st last le. wheat, rendes. lnd 40 , 36s to to 300 per qr. -13tcl deb 63 I 9d to met met fearer. up. up. down s IA ; ad the 'uum show• as not to 7,1 to 50 stove• )t. is. )t, 12. t. 5 , t. 2S. t. IS t. 12. t. 11. r. 10. t. 14. Mro) EN-ENING ellon's Pront',na , le Co:le,,rts SUP .4T - EVAN' THIS WEV,K aft _r Alfred BANK of ENGLAND, Sept. 10, 18G'. OVEHNOR and P ANY ..•f the T rfr BANK of EL , .GLAND Nr'kTICE, That the GE,, BANK C01771T tell at the Bank This Day is AD RNE , k till - I` t:ESDAY `iF.XT, the 15th inst., at Eleven 9'cloc‘k in the Poren)on, for the purisise of taking the de- Termi nation by vote, in pr nt or vrriting, of the question on the tollonino-EesolL ion, proposed at the Court for a Divi dend viz.: 6 Tnat Half-year's Dividend of Interest an d P r ofits ba I ttade on the 10th October next of Li Os, per ce,t., without deducti:n on account of income tax. at fhe vothr.3; will commence at eleven o' c lock, and terminate 3nr. JAMES STEWART, Secy. A T LANTIC AND GREAT WESTERN (Penns lvani a Division). —Coupons due Doi , ber fr,t will be paid in London at T he Consolidated Ban k (li mited). No. 4, Lombard-street, London (late Messrs. Hey- Wood, Kenuards, and Co.), at the Excuange of 4s. to the Dollar. The Coupons will be requi ed to be lodged at the Office of the Company two days previously fi.r examination. London, 2, Old Broad-street, September 10, 1864. SEA. --VACANCIES —VAC kNCIES MIDSI-iIPMEN And t.--/ APPRENTICES hi a first-class London shipping firm. Premium moderate. Al. o ftpprentices without premium.- 4 1)P1y to SIMNIONDS and Co.. 38, St. Mary-at-hill, East eneaP, E.C. Third v,fficers and Stewards wanted. NORTH BRITISH AND MERCANTILE INSURANCE COMPANY. Established 1869. Incorporated by Royal Charter and Special Acts of Parliament. Aezumulated and Invested Funds Annual Revenue • • 422,401 FIRE DEPARTMENT. Insuran es Flrante,: 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 ransacted in 1862 as follows : Policies. Am , unt Inured. Premiums. 1,037 £163,334 £23,611 0 0 Forme of Proposal and every infor.nation will be furnished on application at the OFFICES : LONDON 5B, Threadneedle-street. 4, New Bank Buildings. Lothbury. West-end Office B, Waterloo-Place, Pall-mall. NORWICH UNION FIRE INSURANCE SOCIETY. The business of t'.e Company exceeds £70,000,000. The duty paid to Government for the year 1862 was £81,062, and the amount insured on farming stock, 4 1 0 ,C86,332. A bonus of three-fifths of the profifs periodically made to Parties insuring, who have thus. from time to time, received 'urns amounting in the aggregate to £410,000 ; and the Society now holds a large Res'rve appli .able to a future Bonus. ....The rates of premium are in no case higher tha returns n tho to se y,na.rgred by the other principal offices making no their insurers. For pro - pectuses apply at the Society's Offices, Surrey street, Norwich • and 6, Crescent, New Bridge-street, Black friars, E.C. THE ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY. HEAD OFFICES, 29 , Lo r.bard-street, London, and Royal Ineurance buildings, Liverpoel. Total Annual Revenue exceeds Z500,0 0, Accumulated Funds in hand over 1,000,000. Chairman in Liverpool : CHARLES TURNER, Esq., M.P. Chairman in London : WILLIAM WAINWRIGHT, Esq. FATRACFS FROM THE REPORF FOR THE YEAR 1862. --- The Directors of the Royal Insurance Company are now called upon to make their'awustomed periodical Report at the Meeting of its Shareholders. FIRE BRANCH. The Directors have, as pleasingly as unexpectedly, at the close o the year, t o announce, for ate first time, that the Fire Premium s have not only reached, but exceed £300,000. The high comparative position held by the Royal in the qovernment Returns of Duty is ag-in fully maintained. The profit of the business of the year exceeds considerably the amount realised in the preceding year, and in fact sur passes that of any year, with but two exceptions, since the commencement of this Office, the balance to the credit on account of British and Foreign Insurances being £45,107 10s. 5 d., and of the North American business, which is kept sepa• rately, £11,097 16s. 10d. LIFE BRANC Fr. The very gratifying duty now falls upon the Directo rs to state the sum o f on n w policies for the year 1862 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 be ieved that such a sum assured as that which has just been announced as the result of one year's business was all but unheard of. This portion of the Company's business has been carefully watched, and cannot fail to give much satisfaction to the shareholder, as well as no small encouragement for the futrre 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 agfregate sum proposed for assurarre mounts to £ 43,281. Various degrees of ineligibility have led to these lives being declined. No small number of the Assurance f:ompanies of the day record their accepted lives annually at 8 sum not much, if at all, exceedinc those which the Royal has declared as inadmis- Bird(' 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 ta -, id than that of any other Company established eit her in London or elsewhere, except when amalgamations have taken Place. The returns of duty have proved this. In Life, the amount of New Policies already reported make all other evidence needless. The Directors conclude their present Report with the expression of an opinion that the prospects of the Royal -: . nsuranca Company were never brighter, and of a consequent to,nded on a grateful remembrance of the past, that future may unfold for it a sphrre of still greater re, aoli combiniag distinguished commercial success to the `;Mires with a le, gthened career of usefulness and protection lo the pubic. PERCY M. DOVE, Manager and Actuary. JOHN B. JOHNSTON, Secretary in London. IFOYIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL LIFE AS6OCIATION. Established 1840. TRUSTEES. °Mos Baring', Esq., M.P. Wm. Geo. Prescott, Esq. Thomson Hankey; Esq., M.P. I Baron L. de Rothschild, M.P. ,1 1 utual Life Assurance for all classes. !hls Association has now in existence 6,000 policies , for a total sum of £1,500,000. The Annual Income is • • • • • • £51,000 The Accumulated Fund exceeds Z1),o00 It has paid in Claims • • • • • • 112,000 The whole of the profits are divided quinquennially among th e Members. Th r ee divisions have alre ad y been made' `vnen the following sums have been added as bonuses to the Policies - Dec. 31, 1847 .• • • •" • .. £5,400 , 1852 .. 11,500 187 23.200 . •• •• 1862 .. 56,500 I o• nakin the total bonus additions, X 95,600. Honuses may be received in cash or applied to the reduc ton of premiums at the option of the assured, in lieu of an addition to the acY• Attention is especially invited to the system of free or paid policies introduced by this Association, by which the I.4acrifice so often submitted to on the relinquishment of To icy is wholly avoided. TI , e balance-sheets of the Association are open to all, whether assurers or otherwise Active and influential agents will be appointed in unrepre sented districts. WM. THOS. LINFOED, Secretary, Chief Office, 15, goorgate-street, E.C., Aug 1, 1863. A.D. 1720. R O YAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE CORPORATION (Established by Charter of his 3ift,iesty George the First) FOR SEA, FIRE, LIFE, A/CD ANNUITIES. Offices, Royal Exchange, London. Branch Office, 29, Pall-mall. OCTAVIUS WIGRAM, Esq., Governor. GEORGE PEARRES BARCLAY, Esq., Sub-Governor. Sir JOHN HENRY PELLY, Bart., Deputy-Governor. DIRECTORS. Wilmot Holland, Esq. Earl of Leven and Melville. Chas. Jno. Manning, Esq. Henry Nelson, Esq. The Hon. Josceline W. Percy. Charles Robinson, Esq. Samuel Leo Schuster:Esq. Eric Carrington Smith, Esq. William Soltau, Esq. Joseph Somes, Esq., M.P. William Wallace, Esq. Chas. Baring Young, Esq. tL SOLLY, Esq., F.R.S. ITenry Bainbridge, Esq.. Rohert Barclay, Esq. ;ohn Garratt Cattley, Esq. Mark Currie Close, Esq. William Davidson, Esq. Thomas Dent, Esq. Alexander Druce, Esq. Fredk. Jos. Edlmann, Esq. Riversdale W. Grenfell, Esq. !'obt. Amadeus Heath, Esq. Wm. Tetlow Hibbert, Esq. Jas. Stewart Hodgson, Esq. Medical Referee, SAM' VIBE and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected with this ( "ra-poration on advantageous terms. ~ In the Life Department, assurances are ~nTanted with par "tine-ion in Profits, or, at, lower Premiums, without such Pnrticip,?tion. The Recersionary Bonus on British Policies has averaged l '` arlY 2 ner cent. per annum on the sum assured. 1'74141va-tent :eductio ns have been made in the Premiums insured nyable by persons who preferred t hat form of Boneaus. The divisions of Front ta ke p lat© every F be ive on one l At l 7 sum not exceeding £15,000 may This Corporation affords to the Assured — Liberal participation in Profits —with exemption from the liabilities of partnership. A rate of Bonus equal to the Societies—with the guarantee of a large invested Capital e returns of Mutual The advantages of modern practice,— w ith the security of an Office whose resources have been tested by the ex perience of nearly a CENTURY AND A BAL I ' The Corporation have always allowed the Assured to serve n the Militia, Yeomanry, or Volunteer Corps within the United Kingdom, free of charge. ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON. ROBT. P. STEELE, SecretarY• OYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road , !LE, in th! immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail way Terminus, at Icing's-ernes. Patron—The QUEEN. President--The Duke of BUCCLE UCH, K.G. Treasurer — Edward Masterman, Esql priueiple of free . This was the first hospital to introduce and instant admission to the destitutesicik,evithout the to for malitydean- of aovernors' letters. It is en ti rely tution in its most pitiable form—viz., that which devoted is accom panied by sickness and disease, and is now of sufficient mag:nitude that, with adequate suriport, it may be su capable of admitting into its wards a very largeprop° rendered proportion of the the casual sick of this great metropolis. It requires but funds in order to have 500 heds available for th e reception of these the most wretched of o ur fellow- c r eatures. Moreover, it gratuitously affords medical advice aud medicine • to more, 42 .11 the average, than :- , „0(,0 out ) advice a week. The Weekly Hoard feel it their Imperative duty to make an %A.RNEST APPEAL to the p ublic for continued support, 1° ' r . able them to ,dmit and rel ieve the distressin g case s that daily present themselves. Contribution s received by the Treasurer, Edward AT _ utions are As.(:rrnan, I , :sq Nicholas -lane; also by . Messrs Coutts and ~, , n • ; Drummond; ' and Co. ; gerries and Co. ; Ransom and t1 2,-,' ; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; smith, Payne, and Co. ; Glyn Co. ;Jo ' Co. Barclay and Co. ; Denison and c o. , „. , )ones Loyd and Co. , Co.verend, Gurney, and c o .. N .!, v , Mains, Deacon, and ,o.; ' i.net and Co., Liverpool and at th, n a nd Co. ; Messrs. J. Barred —°BPitai. STANFORD S. S3IITIT Secretary IV ----- ------------ - R "R „ rr .,,,, \ATE L vETREEi' GLYCERINE SOAp "' ale half of v - ' ,I )ER. makes its own S?ap,.,an_d h sa g ve o s f labour p li n, tvfo third of Soap, and tiree lOnn Iced° atentee- Ist 3 u• Sold by izi . arPer Twelvetrees, Broml_ey•by-Bow, roctra, Druggists , and Oilme n. w .N O . 22,217. H E t X F 0 RI), A, OXFORD STREET, W. THIS EVENING, will be performed Operatic Selections from Sir Henry IL Bishop's THE SLAVE and Halevy's MUSKETEERS (first time in England). Principal Artistes—Miss Russell, Miss Ellison, Messrs. Green, Bernardi, finish, ctc., with full band and chorus. Conductor, Mr. F. Jonglimans. Flute Solos by Drew Dean Ate. Comic, by UNSWORTH ("or any (Wrier man "), Ewrene, W. Randall, A. Lloyd, and (3 eorg - ,e Hodson. _ _ _ Ais a PeLformance by Herr SIIALKIINBACH on his wonderful instalment, the PIANO oRCII14:T RN, contain ing a full baud of 40 instruments. - i he HALL Irts just been newly Decorated and Ventilated, and is one of the most Beautiful in the Metropolis. Open at 8 o'clock. Admission, Ed. ; stalls and balcony, ls. ; private boxes, 10s. Gd. ANTERBURY HALL " GHOST."—In ordt, - NJ to gratify the curiosity of nightly-increasing. crowds, Mr. C. MORTON has transferred the representation of Pro fessor P pper snd Henry Dirks, Esq.'s, world-famed spectral Illusion, "THlt GHOST," from the ricture Gallery to the Concert Hall, where a new and elegant stage is erected, affording a more ample view of the Illusion from Stalls, Bal cony, and body of the Hall. He has also arranged for Mr. A. bilvester to give (with all that gentleman's latest im provements and effects), REPRES6NTATIONS EACH EVENL'G, at Ten o'clock. All the other Musical and Pictorial attractions as usual, including Operatic Selections, &c. ; Unsworth (the modern Demosthenes), Eugene, Arthur Lloyd, George Hodson, &c. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. - The GHOST ! The GHOST ! ! The ONLY COML3 GHOST !! ! -The beautiful FAIRY FOUNTAIN.—A Grand Divertissement by Signora Rachele and Mariannica and Signor Guiseppe France , co, assisted by a corps of Twenty young Ladies—Selections from favourite Operas : Principals, Miss M`Gregor, Mr. Albert, Signor Georgini, and Mr. Vernon Rigby. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. - Gr , t Musical Attraction Immense success or SIGNOR ICOSIA, the eminent Violinist, who will appear Every Evening. RAPHAEL DE SOLLA. the Infant Tenor, will make his first appearance on Monday next. ARGYLL ROOMS, Windmill-street, Piccadilly, Th. se el , eant Hooms are NOW OPEN for the Winter Season. They have been entirely redecorated. Musical Director, Mons. Jullien, of mot , ster concerts cele brity. The band , s selected from the CryMtal Palace, the Italian Operas, and the Household Troops of her Majesty. Doors open at 8 o'clock. Admission, ls. Manager—M. GRENET. ESTABLISHED 1833. 1001 OWDEN'S ERATFD GINGER BEER, in II glass or stone bottles, warranted to keep good twelve months. Lemonade, Soda-water, f - otass, Seltzer, and every description of Mineral Waters.—Manutactory, No. 3, hite Hart-street, Drury-lane, W.C. PAGE'S BRICK, TILE, AND PIPE MACHINE', 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, Cannon-street, E.C., where they may be seen in operation daily. nEAFNESS.—The SOUND MAGNIFIER INVISIBLE VOICE CONDUCTOR, a newly in vented instrument for severe cases of deafness. It tits Into the ear, not perceptib e, removes singing noises in the head, and enables deaf persons to hear distinctly at church and at public assemblies.—S. and B. SOLOMONS, 39, Albemarle street, Piccadilly. MONEY PROMPTLY ADVANCED by a Private Gentleman upon FURNITURE (without removal'. Leasehold and Freehold Property, or Reversions, &a, in sums from £2O to £soo.—Mr. Howard, 38, Queen street, Cheapside. F~- E....,, ..4d. STAMPED Naval and Military Intelligence, THE NAVY. TO Persons in WANT of MONEY (in Town or Country).—A GENTLEMAN is willinti 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 (if by letter enc'ose four stamps) to •t'., at Mr. Robertson's, Accountant, 40, King William -street London-bridge, E.C.—Money advanced on Dock Warrants. ANEVER FAILING REMED Dr. SCOTT'S BILIOUS and LIVER t'ILLS, pre „ ared without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. ieott, of Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to all who 4uffer from bilious end fiver complaints, indigestion, wind, F•pasms, giddiness, i.izziness of the eyes, &a For habitual costiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier of the blood, they are truly excellent ; mild in their opera tion and grateful to the stomach, thOY create appe ite, pro mote digestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system. Sold by W. Lambert, 8, King William-street, Charing-cross. London, and by most druggists, in boxes,ls, lid., and three times the quantity in one, 2s. 9d. Be sure to ask for Dr. Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine ore a square green pmkaire, with " William Lambert," engraved on the stamp. KEATING'S PERSIAN INSECT DESTROY ING PO WDER, for which a Prize Medal was awarded to the Producer at the International Exhibition, 1862, This Powder is quite harmles s t o an ma l lif e, b u t is un rivalled in destroying Fleas. Bugs, Flies, Cockroaches, Beetles, Gnats, Mosquitos, xoths in furs, and every other species of Insect Sportsmen will find this an invaluable remedy for destroy ing Fleas in their Dogs, as also Ladies for their Pet Dogs. _ . Being the original importer of this now invaluable article, which has found so great a sale that it has tempted others to vend a so-called article,-the public are thareLarw,ca►utioned to observe that the packets of the Genuine Powder bear the autogrngh Of THOMAS KEATING Sold In packets, le., 2s. 6d., and 4s. 64. each, or post free for it or 36 pottage stamps, by Thomas Keating, chemist, 79, St. Paul's-churchyar ~ London, E.O Her Majesty's screw steam corvette Scylla, 21 guns, 400 horse-power, was commissioned for cer. vice on the East India and China stations, on Wcd• aesday last, at Sl;&ruess, the pennant being hoisted by Mister John Jones, for Capt. S. G. Cress.veli. The vessel's fitments are being completed wiLh the greatest rapidity, and she will be ready for sea in a few days. it UPT IMES.—BY ROYAL LETTEIIS PATENT. 1N - HIT E'S MOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS y (l'ErtrEffeED AND EXII/DITED IN THE GREAT ';ximitTiorkis or lilt AND 162), is allowed by upwards of Two H unfired Medical Gentierien to tile most effective .uvention in the curative treatment of II EItN 1 A. The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effects, .s here avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the uody, while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the Koc-Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease nid closeness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn luring sleep. A descriptive circular may be had, and the truss, which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the cir -3:o:Mere:ice of the body, two inches below the hips, being ion, to the manuffsetnrer, Mr. WHITE. 228, Piccadilly. A Single 'DIM, 165., 215., 26e. 60., and 31s. 6d. Postage, is. I Double Truss, 31s. B d., 42 e., and 52 5. Bd. Posage, is Bd. In Umbilical Truss, es. and 525. Postage, Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post office,Piccadilly. NEW PATENT ls. t led. ELAST IC STOCKINGS) KNEE-CAPS, tw„ for Varicose Veins and all cases of Weakness and Swelling* of the Legs, Sprains, &c. They are porous, light in texture, rind inexpensive, and are drawn on .11 , e an ordinary stocking. Price 9s. 6c1., 75. 6d., 10s., to Hs* ea.ih. Postage 6d. JOHN WHITE. Manufauturer. 22A. Piccadilly. ARMY CONT PACTS. Commissariat Office, Aldershot, 2d September, 1863. TENDERS will be rec e i ve d at this office, until noon, on WEDNESDAY, the 30th September, 1863, from persons who may be willing to enter into Contract for the supply of The Gibraltar, 81, screw ship, 3,721 tons, and 800-horse power, fitting for sea at Devonport, is to have a complement of 860 officers and men, and will be commanded by Capt. James Charles Pre vost. The Gibraltar was launched at Devonport on the 16th of August, 1860, and is now for the first time being put into commission, and it is reported her first station is to ba the Mediterranean. Capt. Prevost entered the Navy in 1829, and, previous to his promotion to commander, which took place on the 22d of October, 1814, he served in the Mediter ranean, at Lisbon, on the North America and West India Station, and at Portsmouth. He was com mander of the Vernon, 50, on the South American station and in the East Indies; of the Portland, 50, flagship in the Pacific, from August, 1850, to the spring of 1854; and commanded the Satellite, 21, on the last mentioned station from September, 1856, until the spring of 1861. The massive screw shaft for the iron frigate Achilles was landed yesterday at the Centre-wharf, Chatham Dockyard, from one of the transports which had conveyed it round from the establish ment of Messrs. John Penn and Son, Greenwich, who are making the 1,250-horse power engine for the Achilles. The screw shaft is one of the finest specimens of brass castings ever produced in this country, and it is finished and polished in the most perfect manner. Its gross weight is 3 tons, Bcwt., 2qrs., 31b., and its diameter clear, 2ft. 2in. The mechanics are now boring the passage in which the shafting will be inserted. This operation, which has been some days in progress, will be completed during the present week. The steam ev d e r e l dg w i e n e g ks m p ac a h s machine o n, f ors r a has boveeinngemployed at the entrance to Chath am h ar b our, near Folly P sand and in deepening the river at the spot selected for mooring the large iron frigate Achilles, 6,079 tons, when she has been floated out of the dock, where she is rapidly approaching completion. Under the direction of Commander Pope, Queen's harbour master at Chatham, suitable moorings are being laid down at the harbour's mouth, as she could not be moored alongside the dockyard without taking the ground at low tides. Two dockyard transports are now employed in removing the collection of stores from the naval establishment at Deal to Chatham, prior to the Deal dockyard being abolished, and its site disposed of by the Government. The quantity of stores already landed is very large, but a considerable proportion is altogether useless for naval purposes. In accord ance with instructions from the Admiralty, Mr. "Hutchens, one of the assistant master-shipwrights at Chatham, proceeded yesterday to Deal to make a survey of the remaining stores, in order that the delay and expense of removing materiel ultimately proving valueless may be avoided. The stores con vected with the victualling department will not be landed at Chatham, bat are to be forwarded direct to Deptford. CELEBRATION of the TERCENTENARY of the BIRTH of SHA.KSPITI ARE, at Stratford-upon- Avon. Th- Tercentenary Committee (of which Sir Robert N. C. Hamilton, Bart, K.C.8.. is Chairman; are now receiv ing SUBSCRIPTION , , 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 , banke , s, 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 gTollfti that Stratford is not only the birthplace of Shakspeace. hut 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. RO fAL NATIONAL LIF E-BOAT INSTITUTION • (Ineorperated by Royal Charter). PAruorness—Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen. PRESIDENT—Vice-Admiral the Duke of Northtunberland, R.G„ F.R.S. CHAIRMAN—Thou. Baring, Esq., M.P., F.R.S., P.p. DEPDTT-CRAIRMAN—Thomas Chapman, Esq., F.R.S., V.P. APPEAL. The Committee of Management have to state that, since he beginn i ng of the year 1880. the Royal Na tional Lifeboat Institution has expended £ 32,000 on various L ifeboat Estab lishments , •11 the Coasts of Eng'and, Scotlan d, and Ireland. The number Society, • • , nd oth er means, since its formation, IS 12,800; of lives saved by the L ife-boats of the for which service s 82 Gold Medals, 718 Silver Medals, and £16,480 in cash have been paid in rewards. The Institu tion has also expended £87. , 00 an Life-boats, Life-boat Transporting-can cages, and Boat-itonsea The Committee desire to express their grateful sense of the generous support which they have relayed from the British public during the past few years, a support which has enab l ed them to establish their present magnificent fleet of 123 Lifeboats on the shores of the United Kiev= sensible, however, of %le d in b t y he a l in ar e4 ge ng an ein d eli P t el Deeply the great responsibility that res's on these to maintain their fleet in a thoroughly efficient boats, whir` Car y t he earn tl s tate, and i' sCrews ly p h r e ac e i ff i annual inco m e, , they et y appeal to all clasAes of their .3 aid em In upholdino• , and perpetuating so countrymen i national a work, an their en t at and tru,Y tee gratefulty acknowledg The Co e the following con tributions : X F. d • . Her Majesty the Queen ~•.. annual 80 p 0 Mrs• G. .. ' , • .. annual 50 0 Campbell, the lion. • Clerk, Colonel, R.A. • • .. ~ • . annual 11 0 Coutts and Co., Messrs., Bankers .. ... annual, 10 0 0 Currie, Wm., Esq., • • " .. ~ 4ritdon.lo 0 0 on 0 I'lee, Lord Chief Justice .. _._._ _ .. . • 1 10 0 Panshawe, Vice-Admiral Sir A., KALB. .. 2d dnn. 26 0 0 Fe nwiek, G. J., Esq., co st of a Lifeboat and Tran sporting Carriage • • • • • ' • • _.. 250 0 0 H arveY, Rev. G. G. an d Mrs. .. .. don. 30 0 Illarlln, Sir Henry , Bart. • • • • " 7th don. 10 0 0 310 ore , Rev. G. B. • • • • •• • • don. 515 0 Smith, Mrs. G eorge , Greenwich .- •• • • 30 0 Stirling, Col. Sir Anthon y, K,(3.13. • • • . Thom, a, Lady We ton-super-Mare, collectedby her annual 2 0 0 l iatlYshi " • 8 .. 16 18 0 Willo 0.1, P • • • • • • • • annual 50 0 u —by d'Eresby, Lord .• • • • • Donations and An 1 Sul scriptio ns will be thankfully re eived by the Ran ker s a CI the Institution, Messrs. Willis, Percival, and Co., 76, Lombard- .4 * *,o ; Messrs. Coutts and Co., 50, Strand ; messrs Berries, Farquhar , g,nd Co., H. St. James's-street, Loud • by 1 the Collectors of Cuetents a/34 Bankers In the on ; a and by the Secretary Richard Lewis , United Kingdom; Institution, it, „1,... „ -`""ri" Es treet, ., at the O ffi ce of t he j ‘ cm,.. Undon, 1TA.;..-. The Pioneer, 6, screw despatch vessel, Comman der F. C. Robinson (acting), arrived at Spithead yesterday morning, from the Australian station, after a long passage, having sailed from England from Sydaey, on the 12th of April last. The Pioneer arrived at St. Vincents, Cape de Verde, on the Bth of August, and sailed from there again on the 11th, bringing with her a mail from her Ma jesty's steamer Himalaya, which was coaling there in prosecution of her voyage outward from England. She called at Madeira on the 27th day of August, and ascertained that the Virago, 6, paddle sloop, sailed thence on the previous day for Halifax, Nova Scotia. Fine weather was experienced by the Pioneer on her passage home until making the Channel, where she fell in with strong S.W. winds. Mr. Phillips, late paymaster of her M a je s ty' s s hi p Eclipse, a few naval invalids, and tw o nava l i nva lid s from the Tien-tsin, Commander Ni co l as , rece i ved on i b n oa t r h d e at p t i h o e ne C e a r p a e s of pa G s e se o ng dHerosp. The Pioneer wase, came to Engl an d commissioned at Portsmouth in May, 1869, by Com mander May, and proceeded to China. While on that station Commander May received this promo tion to post rank, and was succeeded by Comman der O'Reilly, who remained in the ship until after her arrival on the Australian station, to which she had been detached from the China squadron. Having lost his life by an accident while on horse back ashore at Brisbane, Commander O'Reilly was succeeded by first Lieut. Robinson, who brought the vessel home to England. The acting rank of this officer will doubtless be confirmed by the Admiralty on paying the ship out of commission., The following appointments were made on Wed nesday at the Admiralty :—Capt. S. G. Cresswell to the Scylla ; Lieut. J. A. F. Luttrell, Lieut. Duncan Stewart, Lieut. Q. G. Hunt, and Lieut. J. E. Pringle, to the Scylla ; Albert Warren, assis tant paymaster to the Blenheim ; and R. J. Willi s, assistant clerk, to the Duke of Wellington. T . '--- ./ 7 -14- -- 4--""--- vEWSPAPER c.-- -/ ce--o.e-e9 .;- -f - ki.lr4. ..,, Ai ._ 4 ,.., „.• , .. --s.. ....41._. , under command of Capt. de M. • 4 td7:40;.42 I . -,--- 'itc-1 .... Alleyne, there gill also embark. C - ~ 4 . - 7. ' 4, ‘' .. " --4- -..!..... i ;! .. ;/'..- i`'-- ..„-_,-;,!,„;.',• .: • . , , - -4. If , ...,... 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Talbot, was assembled ott the parade ground of the hettd.qtrartele at Sneernuss, to witness the distribution of medals for long service and good conduct to several members of the bri gade. The troops formed three sides of a hollow square, when they were addressed in a few appro priate words by Col. W. R. Nedham, emnmanding the garrison at. Shf•erness, who afterwards handed Phan to tLe forrunale mcipientß,.—Sg. Rolle, 13 ,, rniyiiivi Hull, and Gunners Win. tilf-plaens lied . 1- m z - _7s Graham, who . have each served for a period of 21 Thu following detachments of the depot - Royal Artillery yesterday left head quarters, Wo& wich, for Gravesend, and embarked on board the trcopship Cannin g , f or Madras :—Lieut.-Col. Macinti re , C apt . Purvis, C apt. Laurie, lai,Lits. Macurthy, Gambi ur , CarabEis, H a y nes, Tohnsuzi end Llvie, Capt. Jaelcsun, three officers' wiv es , 149 men, 15 wom en , an d 16 children. Roberts, Knot, Deus, Improvements in Modern Schooling. Not only are the books now used in teaching the rudiments of Greek and Latin vastle improved, but the method of using them indicates on the parr of the teacher a much higher style of scholarship, and leads oa the part of the pupils to a more intelligent appreciation of what they learn. Although we are surprised to find some clinging with amiable tenacity to the old " Eton Latin Grammar,"—which. we had fancied the labours of Kennedy, Donaldson, and others had long superseded, —we congratulate these on their adoption of "an easy and pleasant method for the perfect acquisition of that gram mar." Until quite lately, the only idea of teaching Latin consisted in making the boy learn by rote unintelligible rules, written in the very language he was studying to acquire, in the fond hope that some time or other he would be able to understand and apply them. It is encouraging nowadays to find masters using the grammar as a book of reference before it is committed to the memory as a system of rules, explaining beforehand the form, usage, or construcrion on which the rule is founded, and in various ways leading their pupils to regard the grammar as made for the acquisition of the lan guage, and not the language for the acquisition of the grammar. To be able to repeat the rule was the first and great commandment with the school master of the last generation ; to understand the principle and quote an illustration of it is the wiser demand made by our present teachers on their youthful scholars. It were needless to enlarge on the benefits, direct and indirect, resulting from the single change. Another improvement, hardly less valuable, seems to us to lie in the greater attention paid to philology in its various branches as an aid in teaching. How many boys, for example, thirty years ago, under stood the meaning of a e ease ?" On the other hand, what a light must be thrown now on the chaos of genitives and datives, when most pupils are shown by their teachers at these c the be g i nn i eg t h at case -endings only serve the purpose of the prepositions which are placed before English words —that the "i " and "o" in " domini," " domi no ," simply express th e " of " and " to" of their ow tongue, and when t h e k nowledge of even the rudi tents of French and German will be made to illus trate by contrast the point in question ! The same holds in a still greater degree with etymology. Nothing is calculated to enlist a young pupil's at tention, improve his memory, and make him see the use of what he is learning so much as the percep tion of the likeness between his own speech and what he hears called " the dead languages." It is not that this was omitted by former schoolmasters, but their attempts were, to say the least, infelici tous —even if their false etymology has not cone ributed in some degree to discredit the true. Hap pily, we shall not hear again (the -. l ' I breatlee," derived from the first and lust letter of the alpha bet, as the first and last thing done in life ; or OLS traced to the reptile "o yeas" to Eve, Every new dictionary and.lexicoa adds something valua ble to this branch of study, end the increased ac quaintance with the modern languages makes its introduction still more welcome to the learners. Let an intelligent boy once have the likeness, not be tween single words mcrely, but (say, f or i nstance) between the French and Latin conjugations pointed out to him, and a curiosity and mode of inquiry will. have been awakened in him, which will go on rais ing for itself and solving after a fashion similar pree. blems in each day's lesson. A third point on which we cannot but think we have advanced is the diminished stress laid on mak ing Latin verses. We are perfectly aware of all that can be urged in their favour, as teething the delicacies of the language, cultivating general taste, supplying a correct pron unc i ation, arid so forth ; but while we should be the last to undervalue these re sults when gained by the few, we cannot forget the ti me wasted, the honest labour sacrificed, the more valuable subjects neglected, byhe many who never gain any of th e sa i d results at all. t Of all the unsavoury sacrifices presented at the shrine of Parnassus we can conceive none equal to the " nonsense verses" written. by boys at their first school. Yet till quite recently Latin versification formed a necessary and impor tant part in the classical training of private as well as public schools ; and there was no greater epoch in a boy's life than when he first succeeded in making Bland's horse " wander in wide fields," according to the correct measure of a LaCtre hexameter. We have a hearty satisfaction in 'the thought that it is no longer deemed necessary fo r a boy to have made some ten thousand Latin 'verses (more than are contained in the " eEneid before he is nineteen years old ; that except for bop s w h o are likely to distinguish themselves at Univer sity, the system is now rarely retained ; and that the time once, expended in hunting but epithets in the Geus free t o b e used more wisely on subjects not less beneficial to the mind, and infinitely more valuable for life. And here, perhaps, lies the crowning improve ment of all. While the classics are taught more intelligently, other subjects are made of scarcely less importance. Arithmetic, mathematics, history, and perhaps the rudiments of natural science, are linev put on, nearly an equal footing with the study of Virgil and Homer, Ccesar and Xenophon. It can no more be said of the young Englishman or his preceptor, that his great object is " not to reason, to imagine, or to invent, but to conjugate, decline, and derive." Many are beginning to believe, with Dr. Donaldson, that the study of Lain and Greek should not even be entered upon till the tenth or eleventh year of age', and that the previous years of boys are better spent in acquiring the geography and history of their own country, and storing their memory with passages from their vernacular litera ture. However this may be, it is certain that in all the better private schools a wiser adjustment be tween the classical and non-classical part of instruc tion is now made with due reference to what !rely be known or conjectured respecting the prepil's work and prospects in life. The boy who is to enter business at fifteen or the army at sixteen ; has not only not to swellow the same dose of Greek para. digms send Latin exerciser es his compenien wh o i s destined for the University, but he is also furnished with the instruction that will best, fit him for his callieg. Such subjects as mathematics and modern languages are not regarded in the light of " extras," to be left to chance teachers, but are being more and. more incorporated with the regular schoolwork, taught with the same precision and treated with the same importance as the rest. There is yet, no daubt, much to be done; but with improved books, 'better qualified teachers, and juster notions of &lineation, with the various examinations challengina; emula tion, testing acquirements, exposing the incapable schoolmasters, and recommending the, successful— we may fairly hope to see a still gre ater improve ment in the method and results, of our private school teaching than any we have? hitherto attained, —London Review. FORAGE, in such quantities as may be required, from Ist November, 1t63, to 3 , st October, 1884, for the use of Her Majesty's Forces stationed at Aldershot Camp, and within the com mand. Forms of Tender and Conditions of Contract may be ob tained on armlication at this office, by letter or in person, between the hours of ten and four o'clock. The Tenders must be properly filled up and signed, and delivered at this office (under closed envelope, marked on the outside "Tender for Ferage"l, and no Tender will be noticed unless made on forms obtained from this office, and delivered by the hour appointed. HENRY B. MORSE, Deputy Commissary-General. THE ARMY. The subjoined general order , dated Hor se G uards, i n re ference to d ist i nctions obtained regimen .s of cava l ry the muti n y i n India, was pro and infantry mb t hyue the g3al engaged ts e t d i i n n y s get several 8 . n , t e e r du la gy Th e Queen, in commemoration of the services of the undermentioned regiments in restoring order in her Ma jesty's Indian dominions, is graciously pleased to command that the words ' Delhi," Lucknow," Central India,' re spectively be borne on their standards, colours, or &poin t " ments, &c. relief L sth, Bth, 00adt,893dEue, 9 7th, 101st Re, 1 "Delhi-6th Dragoon Guards, 9th Lancers, Bth, 52d, 60th, 61st, 75th, 101st (late Ist Bengal Fusi li ers), and 104th 23d, 53d, 75th, 82d, and 93d R e gime nt s. m, (late 2d Bengal Busiliers) Regiments. 12th Lancers, 14th Hus uoefliLnuowe - k -- no F w o_r 9 d t e h fen L c an e c o e f rs L , milucknitao:-6Train,th, 32d, 04 th, 78th, 84th, 90th, and 102 d (late Ist Madras Fusiliers). For " For capture of Lucknow-2d Dragoon Guards, 7th 34th, 38th, 42d, 53d, Hussars, 9th Lancers, 101st 78th, 79th, Train, sth, 10th, 20th, 23 d, gin:lents, and the Rifle Brigade. (late Bengal Fusiliers), 102 Clate Bl . 4Bt t h M , 88th, 95th, 108th (late 3d Madras Europeans), Hus sars, , C 7 e l n e t t r , a 7 l 2 La d, di s a o --B th 7 B3d, 8611, and 109th (late 3d Bombay European) Regiments. "By command of his Royal Highness the Field-Marshal Commanding-ill-Chief. "A. IL HORTFOBD, Deputy Adjutant-General." A review of the troops in garrison at Ports mouth took place on Southsea-common yesterday afternoon, and a large number of residents and visitors assembled to Witness the proceedings. The force consisted of three regiments of infantry, the 55th under Col. Hume, 53d under Major Harene, and Ist battalion 2d under Col. Holcombe, mustering together 1,663 of all ranks, and on each flank was drawn up a hsttery of field Armstrong artillery-- on the right the " I" battery of the 4th Brigade o f six 12 pounders under Lieut.- C o l . B arnston, and on the left the " K" battery of six 12 pounders under the command-in-chief of Lieut.-Col. Anderson, C. 8. Major-Qen. Lord W. Paulet, C. 8., the General commanding the district, reviewed the troops, who afterwards performed an animated series of field manoeuvres. D Aachments of various regiments are under orders to proeeea to Portsmouth, to embark in the troop ship Adventure, Commander Lethbridge, on the 11th inst. for conveyance to Canada—viz., 61 men of the Grenadier Guards, 62 men of the Scots Fusilier Guards, 20 men of the 30th Regiment, 15 men of the Rifle Brigade, 15 men of the Military Train, 32 men of the 16th Foot, 32 men of the 17th, 30 men of the 47th, 53 men of the 63d, with the above will embark 72 men of the Royal Artillery LONifil 4N, FRIDAY EVENING SEPTE -- BER 11, 1863 WORCESTER MITSICAE FESTIVAL, -4---- I ORCESTER, Sept. 10. Herr Schachner must be dn , ailt to satisfy if he was not pleased with the very admirab'e, performance of his orato rio in the Cathedral this morning. With regard to the work itself there is not a word to add to what was published the day following the produc' i, , n of Israel's Return from Babylon" at Exeter. If i, e composer is neither a great master nor a man of Penh's, ha is, at I,ast, a consci-ntious musician, and doez his best---viii ,, !i now al-days can hardly p b o s ci a ; c o s f omnatnhymwho account.nr e without being have his oratorio brought out at the Worcester Festival, and more n h e i rVS y ch g i i t i e l h ed ner was lucky to to get the place of honour assigned him iu preference even to Handel, still luckier in finding auch z.talous and congenial interpreters as the band, chorus, and solo singers, under the superintendence of Mr. Don ,-.1. Rarely has a new work of pretension enjoyed a fairer chance ; and if, at the end of the performance, the whole of the vast asse ~ bly crowding the nave and aisles of the Cathedral 4id not rise from their seats with the firm conviction that they had been listening to a chef d'oeuvre, it was certainly no fault of the executants. Probably not a single amateur who had heard the ora torio in London, and was to-day equally fortunate at Worcester, would refuse to athoit that the last attempt was better than the first, although the first—as may be readily imagined, with Mr. Alfred Mellon at the head of a splendid orchestra, a powerful chorus, and four of the most distin • guiehed singers of the day—offered very few points for cri tLism. By this performance, indeed, of "Israel's Return from Babylon" the Worcester Festival of 1863 deserves to be remembered. The judgment that led to the selection of such a work, while the oratorios of t err Ferdinand Hiller and one or two other living composers of universally recognised distinction, have never been produced in England, may be questioned by some people who like to pick a hole where they can without serious risk; but the pains taken by every one concerned, from the wielder of the conductor's stick up to the owner of the double drums, the commendable anxiety of those in whom the direction of the music meeting is vested to have full justice done in al! senses to the new work, and thus, as it were, to justify their choice, call for nothing less than hearty acknowledgment. The Worcesterian en thusiasts, in thus honouring Herr Schachner, have done honour to themselves, and earned unqualified credit. They would have made " Israel's Return" pass for a veritable chef d'oeuvre, had it lain in their power; but failing in that, they resolved it should sound as like a chef d'oeuvre as the materials of which it is constructed would allow. One espe cial advantage was vouchsafed to the oratorio yesterday. There were, in all probability,, just as many friends and partisans of Herr Schachner present as on that former me morable occasion when the walls of Exeter Hall reverbe rated with vociferous demonstrations of approval ; but the arena being now a cathedral church, whatever the impres sion created, there was no chance of applauding, either in right or wrong places; and as not a single repetition was asked for, by those who enjoy the exclusive privilege at these morning ceremonies, the performance was nowhere interrupted, so that Herr Schachner's work could be heard and jadged fairly and impartially as a whole ; and if this second experience suggested nothing new to say about it the inference to be drawn is palpable. " Israel's Return fromßabylon"—the reader may care to be reminded— is divided into four parts—the Captivity, the Deliverance, the Reconcilement and Return to Zion, the Promise and Song of Praise. These headings alone suffice to explain the plan of the book, which, as there are no inci dents, is all that is necessary to remember. They will also serve for reference in the few observations to be made in yesterday's performance. The band gave the orchestral pre lude --meant doubtless to describe the despondent feelings of the Israelites under the yoke of their bondage —as finely as it could possibly be given. Here were pianissimos no less than fortissimos—pianzssimos, too, the like of which it would be agreeable to welcome a little more frequently in London ; and this too without offence to the members of our London orchestra, seeing that the band engaged by the conductor of the Worcester Festival is almost entirely se lected from their ranks. Perhaps it is easier to play softly in a church than in a thew re or concert-room. The choruses in the Captivity—" Go ye conquerors" and " War against Babylon" —though wholly different in character, were equally well sung. The first, by the way, is one of several instances in which Herr Sehachner imparts peculiar indi viduality to the celestial bequests—the, words of the divine admonitions being always set to a single note. 'This note remains unchanged, and is reiterated upon each successive syllable, while the harmony is modulated in the accompani ments. The expedient was applied by Mendelssohn, in his comic operetta " Heimkekr," the part of the Mayor being cast to an amateur who could boast but one available note in his voice ; but what Mendelssohn aid for a joke Herr Schachner has imitated with the gravest conceivable inten tions. The admonition in the first part (Captivity)—" Go ye conquerors"—is uttered upon a series of E's; that in the third (Return to Zion)-_" Whom I have spared from the sword"—upon a series of G ' B ; that in the fourth (Promise) e . e .“ They shall be my people" —upon a series of C's. The idea wae, perhaps, by the aid of simplicity, to confer in creased solemnity; but the effect is at the best mono• tenons. The chorus in the Deliverance--" Sound the loud timbrer—was given with extraordinary spirit ; that in the Return to Zion—" Go forth to the Mount,'' con veying the exultation of the Israelities on their delivery and their joy at the thoughts of seeing Zion once again—splen didle ; the final chorus of the Song of Praise—" Praise to the Lord," which, like the chorus just named, i nvo lves an example of Herr Schachner's method o f con d uc ti ng a which"fugueh"e—vai views s is a st p o te ra e l e e d_ed b byan e example o f th e li g ht in f In short, more effec tive singing has not been heard at any of the meetings of the three chairs ; as d, as the music was strange to the singers, they may be said, without exaggerated eulogy, to have covered themselves with glory, Nor sh ou ld th e s olid and continuous support they received from the members of the orchestra be passed os er, inasmuch as to that was in great part due the highly satisfactory result. Pal mar. solo Simssingers e v w:e s r , e an M d a d m e r ra . s oi a s n el t l i e ey T . ie u tj e e r n r% Missch ahn e P e a r ora torio only stands in need of four "principal s ," an d he cou ld not possibly have fallen into abler or more willing So when the hinds. The thr ee q uartets (wit h chorus)-.-4. clouds," thy(containing s ' t spe cimen of "fugue")—the first of which occurs in The Deli verance, the second and third in The Return, were incom parably given by theee excellent and invariably attentive singers. Another striking performance was the duet, " Hark 'tis the breeze of twilight" (Evening Hym n __ written strictly throughout in what is termed "canon on the octave," the voices answering each other note for note), sung in the most perfoct style by Mademoiselle Tietjens and Mr. Sims Reeves ; and again another, the duet for men's voices --" The Lord has tried His children"— w hi ch, it is scarcely necessary to state, was equally fortunate. The solos were beyond reproach. Mademoiselle Tietjens, W h o was in magnificent vole?, gave the cavatina, " Come not, 0 Lord," the air (with chorus), "On high resound our songs with praise," and the soprano recitatives (which are both incessant and fatiguine) as thoroughly well as the corn., pose-, most nervous and exacting about his own music, could possibly have desired ; Miss Palmer threw genuine sentiment into the air, "Fallen is the throne, 0 Israel I" and the arietta, "The Lord bath laid bare His holy arm ;" Mr. Sentley gave " Awake, rise, and shine" (in which is observed a setting of the passage, " Behold, darkness shall cover the earth," materially differing from Handel's "He sent a thick darkness"), with wonderful energy; and Mr. Sines Reeves surp. ssed li'mself in the air, "The Lord of Hosts is with us," aud the solo, " He will bring them again into His holy place," finer singing than which has not been heard. Thus every iecitlent of the performance was in favour of Herr Schachner, and the best wish we could offer up in his behalf is that he may again have an opportunity of hearing "Israel's Return from Babylon" thus unim peachably performed. The selection from Handel comprised the overture to "Esther" (his first oratorio), the chorus "Cherub and Seraphim," the air " Waft her Angels," with its impres sive recitative, " Deeper and deeper still" (Mr. Sims Reeves) ; the air " Farewell ye limpid streams" (Miss Palmer), and the chorus " When his loud voice in thunder spoke," from " Jephtha" (his last) ; the chorus " A wake the trumpet's l o fty sound/. including the solo "Ye men of Gaza" (Madame Leinmens- Sherrington) ; the air "Total eclipse" (Mr. Wiibye Cooper), the chorus "0 first created beam," the air "Return, 0 God of Hosts" (Madame Sain ton-Dolby), the chorus "To dust his glory they would tread," the air "H onour and arms'' (Mr. Weiss), the double chorus "Fixed in His everlasting neat," the air " Lot the bright Seraphim" (Mademoiselle Tietjens—trum pet Mr. Harper), and the chorus "Let their celestial concerts," from ffemson," the oratorio which its composer ranked with the "Messiah" itself, scarcely knowing to which he would give the preference. Here was an after- Doci v e music I The selection, however, was really admir able; and thetigh the performanc e did not terminate till 4 p.m., no cue was induced to complain that there was too much of it. The numbe , s in the Cathedral were 2,170 — near ly 00 more than yesterday—and yet the collection for the chari y WAG only £240 9s. Bd. This is accounted for by a report generally circulate 4 t4et a vast number of tickets had been bought up in certain quarters, for the partieniae ,occasion, to be given away; and if the repcirt be true, the result is 4ct ttonishing, it being notorious that people who attendperforinwnce gratis are ne ver so liberal as those who have paid for their admissions. The last miscell a neous concert in the College Hall this to-morrow afternoon (for both o f evening, the "Messiah'; leas been sold) ,and the ball in the which every ticket 'Guild hall in the evening, will bring this unpreeedentedly success ful festive! to Al.l end, A steady surply of gold to the amount of £ 2O , O OOONQ a year has reached us of fate years from Cali fornia and Australia. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. LEICESTER RACES.—TituRsDAy. The Belvoir Stakes, a Sweepstakes of 5 soya each, with 20 added, for hunters that have been hunted with an esta blished pack of hounds at least seven days, to be bona fide the nominator's owil property at the time of entry; for four-yr-olds and upwards. Three miles, 5 subs. Mr. .i.'. Hughes's Real Jam, 4 yrs, lOst 121 b (1). Hughes) 1 Mr. J. C. Pickering'i3 Lady Bird, 5 yrs, list 71b (Mr. T. Price) 2 Capt. Shawe's LitVe Dick aged, 12at (Mr. T. Brown) 3 Mr. T. Hunt's Jacob, 6 yre, 12st (S. Rogers) 0 Betting -2 to 1 agst Real Jani, sto 2 agst Little Dick, 3 to 1 agst Jacob. The latter made play until the horse went on the wrong side of a post, when he was pulled np and left Real Jam in front, whete she continued to the end, and won by six lengths; two lengths between second and third; Jacob walked in. The Leicestershire Handicap of 100 sovs, added to a Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each, 5 ft, and 3 it declared; winners extra. One mile and half. 25 subs, 7of whom declared. Mr. Lincoln's Tourist, 3 yrs, 7st 51b (H. Taylor) 1 Mr. R. Bignell's The Prophet, 6 yrs, Bst 81b (S. Rogers) 2 Mr. John Osborne's Flytrap, 3 yre, 7st 51b (J. Osborne) 3 Yr. Handley's Ossian, 3 yrs, 7st llb (E. Taylor) 4 Mr. Handley's Cheerful, 3 yrs, Bst 21b (Mr. G. S. Thompson) 5 Mr. Saxon's Formidable, 3 yrs, bat 61b (J. Grimshaw) 6 Mr. Redliff's Jack o'Newbury, 3 yrs, 6st 131 b (inc. 71b ex) (Pearson) 7 Betting-7 to 4 agst Formidable, 3to 1 agst Tourist, 5 to 1 agst Flytrap, 8 to 1 agst The Prophet. After going a quarter of a mile Tourist took the lead from Formidable, was never afterwards headed, and won b y a length. Flytrap was a bad third ; and the rest came past the post in straggling order. The:SkeffiLgton Park Stakes of 10 soya each, 3 ft, with 40 added, for two •yr-olds ; colts, Bst 101 b ; fillies Bst 71b; winners extra, and maiden allowances. T.Y.C. Half a mile. Mr. Lincoln's Light, 95t Mr. Redliff's Cranbury, Bst 131 b ............. (Payne) 2 Mr. W. Bevill's Junius, Bst 516........ (a. Grimshaw) 3 Mr. J. Osborne's Greenland, Bst 131 b ...... (J. Osborne) 4 Lord Fitzwilliam's Ignorance filly, 84 41b (Smith) 5 Betting—Even on Light, 5 to 2 agst Cranbury, 7 to 2 agst Junius, 100 to 15 agst Greenland. w h ett to th e f ront and won - Cranbury jumped away first, but after g o i ng 200 yar d s bad thi r d . resigned in favour of Junius, who h w e h ld n a h c a l d ear be le e a n d w in a t i o ti t n h g e u s t p r o a n l g h j t un . i n A a t a t h n e d distance r y Lig , h e a a s l f l y w by way w a i l t e h n i n g t t h n . e d J i s u t n a i n u e s e , , fi w n h i o s h g e d a v a e way to C ran b ury The County Cup Stakes, by subscription of 10 sovs each, for three-yr-olds and upwards ; winner to be sold for 300 sovs if demanded, &c. Twice round and a distance. Bst ........ (Payne) w.o. with 35 a dd e d, f ir a ll agesr Selling ng Plate of o 3 e t th, v 5 subs. ees. Th ree - quarters of i other lo each, a mile. 5 subs. The . T; Stevens's sel iand V 4 r a yrs,s w ln Mr. Newbold's Vulture, aged (£5O), 9st llb (S. Rogers) 1 Mr. Mereton's Telscombs, 2 yrs, (£5O), Est lib (Zauker) 2 Mr. Mellon's Fletton, 3 yrs (£5O), Sat ........ (Reeves) 3 COTTON SUPPLY ASSOCIATION. At the usual weekly meeting of the Executivo Committee held on Tuesday, the 81h September, a letter was read from Salto Republica de la Banda, Oriental South America, for warding a sample of cotton grown from Georgian seed, planted in October, 1862, and which was valued at 21d. per pound. The plants commenced flowering in January, the first cotton was picked at the end of February, and had continued producing up to the middle of July. Each plant has given on the average nearly a pound of cotton, and next year double that quantity is expected. The writer has farms of about 300 acres each, land on easy terms can be obtained from the Government, and a company with a capital might successfully and profitably extend the culti vation, A sample of cotton from Africa, grown in the vicinity of Accra, was submitted for examination, and valued at 19d. per lb., also one from Persia valued as 15d. per lb. A beautiful specimen of hybrid cotton, grown at Lucknow, forwarded by the honorary agents of the associa tion at Calcutta, together with samples grown in New Cale donia from Sea Island and Pernambuco seed, were sub mitted for inspection, and valued at 151, 24d., 25d., and 36d. respectively. Consular despatches, relative to the amount of cotton likely to be grown in the respective districts this year, were received from the Foreign-office—viz., from Diarbekir, Mr. Consul Taylor, dated July 22, reporting that the ravages of the locusts still continued in the districts around, and " have completely put a stop to cotton cultivation for the present year, and that there is not the slightest probability of any cotton being available for export. No foreign seed of any description has in the meantime been made use of." From St. Domingo, Mr. Consul Hood, July 10, stating that a very large amount of cotton seed has been sown during this and the preceding year, that the country and climate are well adapted to the cultivation of cotton, which grows indigenously, and that a very large supply of good quality might be obtained if it were not for the scarcity of labour. As correct an estimate as possible will be for warded. From the Acting Consul-General, Mr. J. Y. Crawford, Havannah, August 4, enclosing a Government return of cotton cultivated in Cuba, and extracts from the reports of her Majesty's Vice-Consuls, from which it ap pears that the coming crop may be safely estimated at 1,500,0001 b, or 3,000 bales of 5001 b each. It is stated that the cultivation of cotton in Cuba is decidedly progressing, in spite of the hostility evinced towards it by the majority of the sugar planters, and that the encouragement afforded by the Government, together with the present high prices, will ensure the continuance of this progress. From Para, July 25, Mr. Consul Perry, reporting that in the province of Maranham this year's crop is considered good and ex ceeds that of 1862 by some 9,000 bags. This province pro duces the.best Brazil cotton, and were it not for the scarcity of labour very large quantities might be raised ; and should prices be well supported, the crops:of 1864 will be far greater than it has been for years. From the provinces of Gram Para and Amazonas the rate of increase appears to be about 800 arrobas of 321 b each per annum; the scarcity of labour is the great hindrance. From Lima, July 28, Mr. Consul Jerningham also reports the probable crop of this year in Peru to be 30,000 quintals of 100 lb each. From Callao, July 16, Mr. Consul Robertson, stating that the quantity of cotton likely to be grown in the province of Ica this year will be 10,000 quintals, from 2,000 to 3,000 more than last year. From the Acting-Consul, Mr. Cocks, Islay, July 23, enclosing a specimen of indigeneous cotton from the Valley of lambo, Peru, valued at 245. per cwt., and stating that the cotton hitherto grown in his district has been for local use only, but that high prices are stimu lating the production with a view to exportation. Peru, in many parts of the interior, and in all the valleys along the coast, possesses advantages for the cultivation of cotton which few other countries enjoy—a suitable climate, the absence of strong winds, abundance of water, free labour, &c. Notwithstanding the almost insurmountable indolence and apathy of the population, many would embark their capital in this promising enterprise if they could have grants of land, secure possession, suitable protection, &e. Foreign assistance in the development of this branch of industry would be most useful. From Monte Video, July 21, Mr. Consul Lettsom, reporting that in his district no cotton of any consequence is likely to be produced this year. The ravages of the black ants have been most destructive, the price of laboijr and transport is a serious obstacle, and only in the neighbourhood of navigable rivers is it likely that cotton will be grown to any extent. The demand for seed in Cuba is reported in the consular despatch from Havan nah, induced the committee to resolve to send out a quantity forthwith, to be disposed of to the planters at cost price. Betting-5 to 2on Vulture. Vulture made play throughout, and won by three-quar ters of a length ; half a length divided second and third. There was no advance on the selling price of the winner. Match : £lOO. Half a mile. Storey. jun.) 1 3yrs, llst 61b xi M r a . rq w ui o s m o b f w H ell a , s s ti o n . g T s' . 0 3 i y P rs o , l l lo l i st ( 6 h (l b i ) r: ........ (Owner) 2 Betting-6 to 4on Oi Polloi, who waited on 0. T. until approaching the distance, where he came away and won in a canter by 10 lengths. The Licensed Victuallers' Plate (Handicap), a Sweepstakes of 5 sous each, Ift ; winners extra. Mr. Saxon's Churchman, 4 yrs, 7st . • (J. Grimshaw) w.o. There was no betting on future events. TATTERSALL'S—LAST EvENING. As might be anticipated on the "off day "—and the Leicester meeting on—the attendance was small. The transactions were correspondingly meagre, and, save and except that the "turf talk" during the afternoon clearly indicated that Lord Clifden still occupied an equivocal position in the market, and that The Ranger was rather " shaky," there was no feature worth recording. Bto 1 was accepted about Lord St. Vincent's horse, although later on, when but few were present, there were offers to take 7to 1. The Avenger was unmistakeably firm, sto 1 being the highest offer, bus: half a point more would have been taken kindly. Queen Bertha was very healthy, and at 6to 1 would have met with support. A commission was out in the morning in favour of Golden Pledge, but the layers got on the scent, and in the City offers of 100 to 12 did not meet the views of the "commissioner," and conse quently nothing was done. At Hyde-park Corner he was even in better odour; and although his City price would have been readily snatched up, S to 1 was the highest offer, and which was accepted once or twice; £7OO to £2OO was booked about The Ranger and Lord Clifden coupled; £4OO to £2OO that The Ranger does not finish one of the first three, and £lOO to £4O against Lord Clifden being first, second, or third. One or two animals were " put up " for the Cesarewitch, but beyond some chaff about the "cripples," and offers of 1000 to 30 on the field for the Cesarewitch, the great autumn handicaps were scarcely touched upon. Closing prices : ST. LEGER. sto 1 agat Lord Stamford's Avenger (offers to take 11 to 2) 11 to 2 agst Mr. T. Valentine's Queen Bertha (offers to take 6 to 1) Bto 1 aget Mr. H. Owen's Golden Pledge (taken) Bto 1 agat Lord St. Vincent's Lord Clifden (taken) 16 to 1 agst Mr. I'Anson's Borealis (offered) 400 to 200 agat The Ranger being first, second, or third (taken) 100 to 40 agst Lord Clifden being first, second, or third (taken) 700 to 200 agst The Ranger and Lord Clifden, coupled (taken) CESAREWITCH. 1000 to 30 on the field (offered) The Subscription Room will be opened on Saturday next for " co mparing" on D oncaster, and the transaction of business as usual. BETTING AT MANCHESTER—THURSDAY. For the St. Leger, Avenger and The Ranger were about equal favourites, as 6 to 1 would have been taken about either of them. The same figure (offered) stood against Queen Bertha, but less than 13 to 2 was declined. Lord him, and no higher offer than 7 to 1 was made at the close. , fi an rm d er another of 2 to 1 was offered that he A bet of 3 to 1 was taken durin g to-day, as 8 to 1 was booked about the day that he would be ran for the St. Leger. Closing prices : setemtherdee THE LEQER. 6to 1 agst Avenger (wanted) (taken) 6to 1 agst Ranger (taken) 13 to 2 agst Queen Bertha (wanted) Bto 1 agst Lord Clifden (taken) (taken and, offered) 10 186 0 tt t o o o taken and offered) 100 to 1 agst blogador (offered) 1 11 a aa g gg s ss t tt GoldenßßluoenMantle n PI ( e t adkg Richard Si' . LE , , G , "Beacon" and "Rhyming EwitithPLßOatreHstEßeEttsinbgy, and exclusive information of Doncaster—the Sld mere Sale—Special Reports of Warwick, Probable Starters, Jockeys, &c. List Leicester, and Baden Baden Meeting% and all the Racing, Shoring, Cricket, and Aquaticof the week—See 2he of Horses expected at y next. Sept. 12, the and Lord Clifden Ist o,Spriy paper Ga th ze a t t te ( prophesiedlimi t e d) of MacaroniSatu rda T R o ti o n e g g e o r e s f o r 1 the a n G d r a2udd forPrix o o d P w a o t i , n a_n u d p . Es o p l i r n i , 0 3 0 and 2d fo r t h e D er by, Queen Berth a f or the Oaks, t h e Covent garden, London. and La Stamped F our pence. Office, 1 4, York-street, ALLEGED MURDER OF A BANK CLERK.—Yester idna t y h e m d morning o f considerable rumour t m h a e t n a t young w a was created . man, a clerk i n t h e Ci ty B an k, had been f ound murdered in the river. It appears that s i n ce the eight o f S ep t . 3 , M r. Hugh Dolley M orr i s , age d a bout 22 year s , was missing, and throughout the metropolis walls were pl acar d ed with de scriptions of him, an d th e police had m a d e i nquiries after him in every di rect i on . H e could nowhere b e f oun d. O n Wednesday, h owever , hi s b o dy was disco vered floating in the Thames, off the St. K a th ar i n e's Docks. It was remov e d to the Aldgate dead-h ouse, an d u pon examination marks of ill usage was found up on th e f ac e and body. There was no mo ney or other pr o p er t y f oun d in the Pockets, but the de ceased was stated to have b e en in comparativ e l y goo d cir cumstances, and not t o h ave b e en in the l east likely to have comm itted self-destructi o n. It has bee n ascertained that at g near London-b: h tla: d t Thursday oEt. b r g id e, Atallrk.iM talking was in A r th ur - s t ree t to East,n orris a w oman, r evi 0 lls l a Udy he e ta w nd as nev er seen alive after. He had been just P g with a man near the same spot, but 'whether th e w o m an y and the man were connected is not p reci sely known. Thew appears to be no dou bt that the dqeak:o4 Was robbed, and i il ni the fact of injuries being found on the face and bead wnpil , midnight, in so indicate that he was robbed with violence. Such an out ragelB that open a spot, and therefore the woman must have enticed him d own the steps to could hardly havetakethnepliancfee,reenvceen.at • . the river side, where the crime might have been accomplished without ob servation. Who the woman was has not as yet w on- tamed ' _ *seer- Tl. .. 4 e Mina Journal states that a member of the Fiscal Chamber of Oszmiana, named Suadzici, h as just been shot under sentence of a court-martial; he had belonged to an in:uncut baud. Government Emigration, The following are the details of the emigration to the Australian Colonies, the Cape of Good Hope, &c., conducted by her Majesty's Emigration Commissioners during the year 1862 :—T he number of ships chartered by the Commis sioners was 30—nine of these sailed to New South Wales, six to Queensland, four to Victoria, three to South Austra lia, two to Western Australia, two to the Cape of Good Hope, and four to Natal. The number of emigrants con veyed to' the colony of New South Wales amounted to 3,078 souls, equal to 2,811 statute adults, of whom 207 were mar ried men, 221 married women, 1,175 single men, 1,011 single women, 192 boys between the ages of 1 and 12, 203 girls between the same ages, 29 male infants, and 40 female —6Ol were English, 179 Scotch, and 2,298 Irish. The num ber of emigrants conveyed to Queensland was 1,659 souls, equal to 1,757 statute adults, of who 271 were married men, 271 married women, 558 single men, 515 single women, 132 were boys between the ages of 1 and 12, 152 girls between the same ages, 33 male infants, and 20 female-874 were English, 576 Scotch, and 502 Irish. The number of emi grants conveyed to Victoria was 1,505 souls, equal to 1,394 statute adults, of whom 144 were married men, 144 married women, 28 single men, 1,000 single women, 75 boys between the ages of one and 12, 82 girls between the same ages, 17 male infants, and 12 females-691 were English, 443 Scotch, and 368 Irish, The number of emigrants conveyed to South Australia was 1,066 souls, equal to 969 statute adults, of whom 120 were married men, 124 married women, 325 single men, 320 single women, 58 boys between the ages of one and 12, 82 girls between the same ages, 12 male infants, and 15 female; 533 were English, 305 Scotch, and 228 Irish. The number of emigrants conveyed to Western Australia was 572 souls, equal to 501 statute adults, of whom 86 were married men, 88 married women, 69 single men, 207 single women, 48 boys between the ages of one and 12, 54 girls between the same ages, 12 male infants and 8 female-321 were English, 33 Scotch, and 218 Irish. To Tasmania 19 emigrants were conveyed-2 were married women, 16 single women, and 1 girl-6 were English, and 13 Irish. The number of emi grants conveyed to the Cape of Good Hope was 500 souls, equal to 4501 adults, of whom 57 were married men, 57 married women, 167 single men, 127 single women, 44 bays between the ages of 1 and 12, 41 girls between the same ages, 3 male infants and 4 female-207 were English, 66 Scotch, and 227 Irish. The number of emigrants conveyed to Natal, South Africa, was 422 souls, equal to 348 statute adults, of whom 66 were married men, 71 married women, 100 single men, 59 single women, 53 boys between the ages of 1 and 12, 51 girls between the same ages, 12 male infants and 10 female-329 were English, 46 Scotch, and 47 Irish. To the Falkland Islands 12 emigrants were conveyed, viz., 2 married men, 2 married women, 6 single men, 1 girl, and 1 male infant-3 were English, 8 Scotch, and 1 Irish, To St. Helena only 2 emigrants were conveyed—one was a married woman and the other a girl, both English. The o t oftwalhm 5 amounts troe married 9,l2 en 5 seu m ls,er 98al1 mtoB,262women, statute adults, 2,438 single men, 3,255 single women, 602 boys between the ages of 1 and 12, 668 girls between the same ages, 119 male in fants, and 109 female-3,567 were English, 1,656 Scotch and 3,902 Irish, EFFECT OF WAR.—We have just received the annual report of the auditor of Kentucky. It Con tains a statement of the taxable property for 30 odd years, and from it we find that in 1860 the taxable'property of our State was valued at nearly 517,000,000 dols; in 1861 it fell off 62,000,000 dols, and in 1862 113,060,000 dols, so that the aggregate depreciation has been over 165 ,000,000 dots, and our state has been put back eight or ten years. The decrease in the valuation of articles subject to taxation ex tends to every article in the list. Comparing their value in 1862 with that of the previous year, the valuation of land has decreased 50,468,747 dols ; of town lots, 10,365,266 dols ; of slaves, 30,706,168 dols ; of horses and mares, 4,089,625 dols; of mules, 1,539,113 dols; of jennies, 107,430 dole; of cattle, 1,078,045 dots; of stores, 3,905,574 dole; b ia a u nder the Equalisation Law 1 0,759,491 dole, t e i ng a n aggreg ate of nearly U 3,000,000 dols for ' the financial year ending the 10th of October, 1802 , while for the year previous the de crease was 52,294,131 . — Louisville JournaI. NOTTINGHAM meeting ol the council held on W e dnesday, the 9'll CHAM4ER OF COMMERCE. --At a insz., notice was read from the Board of Trade as to altera tions in the Portuguese tariff of duties, a nd also notice stat ing that th e re d uced rate of duties accorde d by Belgium to France by the treaty concluded between those countries on the 12th of May last are only applicable to the same articles of British origin when imported into Belgium. Copies of the report of her Majesty's Secretaries of Embassy an d Ligation, respecting th e manufac ture s and countries in which they reside, and of the ` commerce of th e i tommercial re ports" of her Majesty's 0010als 9:;,road have been received from the Foreign-01 , — I'lr. ..,e and were brou g ht before th e meet . Mr. M. Dann gave goods are placed in case of forward forsdiscussion t hethe council he should bring • posi tiondamage lace e ither railway, canal, or other o n t tingh a transit mb tion being claimable from the carriers carriers, no compensation aignewohriclohssNi for such damage or loss of "lace," unless a h i gh rate of car riage, by way of insurance, has been previously paid thereon. t. 10. ,t. 18. t. 12. t. 10. t. 20. t. 10. t. 12. t. 17. t. lb p 11 r . and s the very ••••.f jell of a Geo• hire, , of a Loki reet, ,eq., Pic jar- ,of ffect ,urY