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c -. -: t' ;:.~ r ,w THE CONTINENTAL GAS AND WATER co 11 P Y (Limited). ABRIDGED PROSPECTUS. Capital £lOO,OOO, in 10,000 shares of £lO each. First issue £lO 000, in 5,000 shares. Deposit, 10s. per share on application, and 10s. on allotment. No future dill to exceed £z per share, ac intervals of not less than three months, Interest at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum to be allowed for the first twelve months, during the construction of the ne.w works. DIRECTORS.. Alexander Beattie, Esq., A.D., Medical Inspector Peninsular and Oriental Steam Company. Ampule! Elliott, Esq., 29, Cadozan-place, Belgrave-square. James Reynolds, Esq., Director of the Independent Gas Company, J. , hn Romanes, Esq., Director of the G neral Iron Foundry Company. Charles Saundcrson, Epq , Director of the Guarantee Society. George Seamen, Esq, Director of the Submarine Telegraph Company. Henry Palfrey Stephenson, Esq., Deputy Chairman of the Crystal Palace District Gas Company. Felix Webber, Esq., Catferd House. &Afford Bridge, Kent. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Edwards and Co,, Westminster. ENGINEER. J. Hodgson Jones, 3Teml3. — lnst7eivil Enalneers, F.C.S , 26, Great George-street, Westminster. BANKERS. Ms.tropolitan and Proviucial Bank, 75, Cornbill. BROKERS. Messrs. Crossley Brothers, 30, Cornhtll. Ofh, es : 30, CornhilL The highly profitable results which have attended the in vestment ot English capital in gas works on the Continent favour an extension ot enterprise in that diregtion. 'f he following are the dividends paid on. and the p►esent prime ot, the shares ot English companies hwiing works on the Continent:— Amoant paid Present Name of Company. Dividend. per share. Price. he Impe ial Conti 12 per ct. £43 15 £B3 to £134 • nental Gas . ..... he European Gas .... 10 . £lO 0 £l6 Ditto New .... 10 ~ £2 10 £6 he Malta and Medi terranean Gas. re- 6 £3 0 Xi to Ipm --41., owtAhli ed The Impe• ial Conti nental Gas ........ ) The European Gas Ditto New •• • . The Malta and Medi terranean Gas, re cently established.. £3 0 Xi to 1 pm. Tnere is room for great improvement in the present sup ply of water on the Continent. The directors hive already secured the water-works of Arras, the chief town of the de partment of the Pas-de-Calais, in France. The earnings of the current year will be sufficient to give six per cent. profit on this section of the capital of the company. No payment is to be made to promoters. Prospectuses and forms of application for shares may be obtained of the brokers, the solicitors, and at the offices of the company, where the memorandum and articles of asso ciation can be seen. ;~,,;.w No. 22,155. THE NEW NOVEL. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., VICISSITUDES OF A GENTLEWOMAN: A NOVEL. Also just ready, in 3 vols., MARY LYNDSAY. By Lady EMILY PONSONBY. Hurst and Blae,ett, 13, Great Marlborough-street THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 1, 1863. THE REVENUE FOR THE YEAR AND QUARTER ENDING JUNE 30, 1863. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., QUARTERS ENDED YEAR 4 QUARTERS ENDED . YEAR RESPECTABLE SINNERS. _______ A..._________-_--, ended T , n. _______, ended By MRS. BROTHERTON. f- Sept. 30, Dec. 31, March 31, June 30, June 30, ; Sept. 30, Dec. 31, March 31, June 30, June 30, • " 'Respectable Sinners' is very clev r ; the title is a happy 1862 1862 186$ 1863 1863. ; 1861 1861 1862 1862 1862 one-the style is bright and lively. It is a valuable, enter- £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ CUSTOMS — - - - ."- taming book 6,201,000 6,320,000 5,722,000 5,857,000 2 4 , 100 , 000 , 5,982,000 6,147,000 5,724,000 5,791,0 ' 0 23,614,000 CUSTOMS. "A very attra Athenrum. ctive novel The story is very naturally and charmingly told."-Sun. EXCISE sTA MPS 2,180,000 2,187,000 2,374,i,00 2,394,000 9,135,000 : 2,013,000 2,098,000 2,293,945 2,253,000 8,657,915 STAMPS. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. TAXES _ - - PROPERTY TAX 974,000 2,931,000 3,890,000 2,918,000 10,713,000 991,000 2,359,000 4,427,000 2,772,000 10,549,000 PROPERTY TAX. C. JONES'S lIUNDRED LECTURES.— POST OFFICE B• The Creation and the Deluge, Colenzo and Cumming CROWN LANDS 67,000 86,000 79,000 68,500 300,500 66,479 8,000 77,521 68,000 296,000 CROWN LANDS. Astronomy and Philosophy, Athenian and English Lawf; MISCELLANEOUS Compared, the Poets, Drama, Mythology, Elocutio :, and - - TOTALS 14,600,083 18,378,928 19,213,746 1 8 , 490,204 70,683,861 1 14 . 601,232 17,068,039 19,606,614 18,409,904 1 69,685,789 TOTALS. Oratory. No. I.—An Abstract of the Gross Produce of the Revenue of the United Kingdom, in the undermentioned Periods, ended June 30, 1863, compared with the Corresponding Periods of the Preceding Year. MR. CHURCH'S New Picture, the ICEBERGS, painted from studies made in the Northern Seas in the summer of 1859.—German Gallery, 168, Ns w Bond-street, W. Admission, ls. W. 11. Allen and Co., Waterloo-place. - " : Inenrf-fetr 'tinder the Companies Act. lean — 4, ereby the Liability' of every Shareholder is um amount of his shares. Capital £20,000, in 20,r00 Shares of Li each. Depeett ss. on application, and 58. on allotment. Calls not to exceed ss. per share. No call to be made within three months irom the Incorporation of the Company, and sub sequent Calls at intervals of not less than three months. DIRECTORS. F. M. Hayward, Esq., 32, G. orge-street, Hanover. square. Major Bamford, 6, Sutherland-street, Belgrave-square. Frederick Angerstein, Esq., 133, S• oane-street, and Carlton Club. Frank Cole, F:sq., 76, Gower-street, Bedford-square. T. Littlewood, Esq, Broom Hall, t heffield. J. Stevens, Esq„ 66, Cornhill. • With power to add to their number. BANKERS. The English and Irish Bank (Limited), 25, Poultry, E.C. SOLICITOR. Charles Parke, Esq., 37, Moorgate-street, E.C. AUDITOR. Mr. S. T. Cooper, Public Accountant, 10, Basinghall street, E.C. SECRETARY—Mr. C. H. Baker. MANAGER Or WORKS—Mr. James Lane. Temporary Works—Arthur-terrace, Holloway. Offices -No. 1, sun-court, Cornhill. This Company is formed for the purpose of manufacturing Coma-Nut F bre Mats and Matting, under Letters Patent granted to George Davies. dated the 24th April. 1862. The principal feature of Davies's Invention consists is the improved pile of the mat, and, owing to the mode of weaving, great durability is given to the fabric at a reduced cost of Manuf ant ure. The superiority of articles manufactured by this process over the present method will be well understo d in the trade When it is stated that matting of all descriptions, and car riage and door mate, dm, have a thick fibrous pile upon the surface hitherto v:nattained. The ontinuAlly extendir g demand for articles made of Cocoa fibre will b,e gr. atly stimulated by the introduction of the patent pr`Jcess into the manufacture. The harshness hitherto complal-4ed of in matting,'made of this material in the ordi nary rliethod will no longer rema n a source of complaint, the patent process rendering the material and articles made of it no,t, only more durable , but much softer. The Patent at the present time is being worked profitably to a limited extent. The proposed Capital will be ample for the payment of the 'purchase-money for the patent, for looms and other plant, and for working the busine,s on a large scile. The calculations made warrant the probability that the profits will exceed 26 per cent., and as the manufactory re quired is of a simple and inexpensive character, the works will be in operation, and profits will be realised, within three months after allotment of shares. The following is an Estimate of Profits to be realised : 60 Looms, producing 302 t. Mate per day, at 2d. £ a. d. per foot profit (when sold at the lowest mar ket price), equal to £llos. per week per loom; alter allowing for stoppages, &c., say £ t per week per loom, equal to per annum .. .. 3,120 0 0 20 Looms on Matting and Fancy Work at a profit of its. per loom per week, equal to per annum 620 0 0 £3,640 0 0 FRENCH GALLERY, 120, Pall-mall.—The TENTH ANNUAL EXHIBITION of PICTURES, the Contributions of Artists of the French and Flemish Schools, is NOW OPEN. Admission, ls. Catalogue, 6d. T H 0 X F 0 It D, 6, OXFORD STREET. Will be performed Selections from the following Operas : LA CIRCASSIENNE, MARTHA, and MASANIELLO. Supported by Miss Russell. Miss Townley Miss Ellison, Messrs. Albert, Green. Bernardi, Huish, Kimberley, and , W. Evans, with full band ano choruit. Condgcted by Mr. Jodeloans. 4 Dreir Dean'e Pint* Soles Master Sanders, the Juvenile Vocalist. UNSWORTH, the modern Demosthenes. Eugene, W. Randall, J. Hutchenson, and the mat venous ARTHUR and BERTRAND. 'I he HALL has been newly Decorated and Ventilated, and is now one of the most Beautiful in the Metropolis. CANTERBURY HALL AND FINE ARTS GALLERY. NOTICE.- ENTIRE CHANGE OF ENTERTAINMENT. This Evening the Marvellous ARTHUR and BERTRAND, the Two Fren h Clowns. ARTHUR LLOYD'S burlesque Drama, arranged expressly for him. A. B. HOLLINGSWORTH'S new Comicalitles, &c, SAM COLLINS, with new Songs. UNSWORTH, the celebrated Stump Orator. EUGENE, and G. HUTCHINSON. .. 180 0 0 Rent, Taxes, Gas, and Firing for Mannfactur- Wages and Management .. 3 Horses' keep E p€L . A.. urfices and Staff Wear and Tear a count Reserve account GRAND SELECTIONS from OPERAS, GLEES, and CANTATAS. Principal Artistes —Miss Russell, Miss Townley ; Mr. Green, Signor Bunali, and Signor Tivoli. Conductor, Mr. Jonghmans. Admission--Ball, Bd. ; stalls and balcony, is. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. —New Musical Invention, the GRAND PIANO ORC Fl EST RE, combining a full Band of 25 Instruments, will be Performed on by the Inventor, Herr SCHILKENBACH, EVERY AFTER N 00N, between the hours of Three and Five o'clock. Admission—Sixpence and One Shilling. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE.—Continued Success of the marvellous RISARELIS. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. The FAIRY FOUNTAIN EVERY EVENING, at Half past Ten o'clock. ARGYLL ROOM S.-JULLIEN'S PROMENADE CONCERTS. NOTlCE.—During the Week the Selections will be—" Der Frieschutz "—" I a Forza del Destino "—" II Trovatore " " Don Giovanni," &c. LEVY, the great wonder on the Cornet-a-Piston, plays from half-past Nine to Twelve. Admission, le. MR. T. CARRICK begs to announce to his Artist Friends and the Public, that his Photographic stab'ishuient, 32, Regent-street, Piccadilly-circus, is now in full operation. Cartes de Visite, 10 for lis. lid; 21 for £l. Miniatures on Ivory, Marble, and the Photographic base in his former styles. TEA.—MOORE BROTHERS respectfully inti mate that their New Prospectus is now ready. They especially recommend their improved Family Tea, reduced to 3s. 2d. ; Souohong, reduced to 3s. ed. ; mixed Assam, re duced to 3s. Bd.; and the finest Assam, reduced from Is. 4d. to 3s. 11d. per lb. MOORE BROTHERS, 55 London-bridge, City, E.C. .. 624 0 0 150 0 0 . 300 0 0 .... £2OO 0 .0 GEORGE HOBSON invites public attention to his Superfine West of England Woaden BLACK CLOTHS, for Beaufort and Frock Coats, £2 15s. to .£3 3s. ; the Ne.v Neutral Co!our Scotzh Angola Travelling and Tourist Suits, £2 10s. to X) 18s. ; the new Summer Trousers, 16s. to 215.; the Baden Waistcoats, 11 a. .. 200 0 0 400 0 0 Balance of Profit on Capital of 5.5,000, nearly equal to 40 per cent. per annum .. .. 1,986 0 0 Excellence wi h Economy. GEORGE HOBSON, 57, LOMBARD-STREET. £3,640 0 0 If no allotment be made, the deposit will be returned in fulL Specimens of the new and improved manufacture may be seen at the offices of the Company, where applications for prospectuses arid shares may be made. ROME and FOREIGN INQUIRY OFFICE.— JUL Confidential inquiries and legal investigations pri vately instituted with the utmost fidelity and despatch, in England and all parts on the Continent, by Mr. POLLAKY, 14, George-street, Mansion-house, E.C. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Directors of the London Cocoa-Nat Fibre Company (Limited). - No. 1, Sun-court, Cornhill. Gentlemen,—Having paid to your Bankers the sum of , being the deposit of ss. per share on shares in the London Cocoa-Nut Fibre Company (Limited). I request that you will allot me that number; and I accept such shares, or any less number, And I further request that my name may be placed on th • register of shareholders for such shares so allotted. And I further agree to sign the Articles of Association when called upon so to do. I am, Gentlemen, your most obedient Servant, DEAFNESS. —The SOUND MAGNIFIER INVISIBLE VOICE CONDUCTOR, a newly in vented instrument for severe cases of deafness. It fits into the ear, not perceptib:e, removes singing noises in the head, and enables deaf persons to hear distinctly at church and at publio assemblies.—S. and B. SOLOMON S, 39, Albemarle street, Piccadilly. ORNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library, And Dining-room, eonsisting of a new and elegant assort ment of VA SES, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obelisks; Ink stands, beautiful inlaid Tables, Paper weights, &a, in Italian, Alabas er, Parian, Marble, Bronze, Derbyshire Spar, &c. Imported and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Mine ralogist to her Majesty, 149, Stand, W.C., Lonaon. Mr. Tennant arranges elementary collections of SHELLS, MINERALS, ROCKS, and FOSSILS, which will greatly facilitate he interesting study of MINERALOGY, CON CHOLOGY, ind GEOLOGY, at 2, 5,10, 20, 50, to 100 guineas each. - - Name Address Profession or Business Date RECEIPT FOR DEPOSIT. Received, this day of . 1863, from the sum of pounds shillings, being a deposit of ss. per share on shares in th e London Cocoa-Nut F.bre Company (Limited). For If Inconvenient to make the deposit with the Bankers, the entir, , form may be sent to the Comp*ny's offices, by post, accompanied by a Cheque crossed, or by Poet-office Order, payable to the Secretary. PRACTICAL INSTRI7CTION in GEOLOGY and MINE• RALOGY is given by Mr. TENNANT, at 149, Strand, W.C. ANEVER FAILING REMED Y.- Dr. SCOTT'S BILIOUS and LIVER PILLS, pre ,.red without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. -cott, of Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to all who suffer from bilious and liver complaints, indigestion, wind, 4pasms, giddiness, dizziness of the eyes, &c. For habitual oStiveness, 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, they 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 are a square green package, with " William Lambert." engraved on the stamp. THE GREAT CAPER IDRIS LEAD, COPPER, IRON MINING, and SLATE COMPANY (Limited). This company belnv, completely registered under the Joint- Stook Companies' Act, 1 862, with Limited Liability, no Shareholder can, under any circumstances, be made re- SPonsible for a greater amount than the shares for which b.e — tbscribes. Capital £40,00), in 40,000 Shares of £1 each. posit, ss. per share on application, and ss. per share on allotment. DIRECTORS. Col:Abbott, 150, Leadenhall-street, and Upper Spring-street, artman-square. William Ancrum, Esq. (formerly H.M. Consul at Tunis), Penge, Surrey. ~„ J. Bridell, Esq. (Director of the St. David's Mining Corn- Liy), 34, Beaumont-street, Portland-p ace. • J. Cole, Esq., 76, Gower-street, Bedfora-square. Edwards Richards, Esq., Knightsbridge, and Westbourne, Emsworth. Sussex. James Young. Esq., 19, Great George-street, Westminster. With power to add to their number. BAIMERS. Messrs. Robarts, Lubbock, and Co., Lombard-stree'. SOLICITOR. G. R. Dodd, Esq.,,F.S.A., 26, New Broad-street, E.C. AUDITORS. Will be appointed by the Shareholders. SZORETARY (pro tem.)—Messrs. Letch and Maguire. Temporary Offices—No. 1, Coleman-street-buildings, Moor gate-street, E.C. This Company is formed for the purpose of purchasing an "tensive and valuable grant of Lead, Copper, Iron Ore, and Slate, nu the north side of the noted Cader Idris Mountain, tnown as the Cyfannedd-fawr, in the parish of Llanegryn, "erionethshire, North Wales, held under lease for 21 years, tt 1-15th Royalty on all minerals (except Iron Ore, at a RUalty of only 4d. per ton). The greet grant includes numerous lodes of Lead, Zinc, and Copper lron of the beet quality, and blende with traces of Gold also excellent Slate. An alit-level intersects several lodes of Silver-lead, or Galena. A Copper lode °pent d upon, gives promise of excellent re snits. _...... An Iron vein runs through the entire grant. An extensive bed of Slate of good cleavage can be worked m great advantage. _,,The Silver-lead, proved by assay, has yielded 4 0 ounces of silver to the ton of ore. r „ 1 - , ,ead and Cop rer from a sha ft at the end of the adit have ` / - aileed £32 per ton. The • Iron vein is estimated to produce 61 per cent. of iron. t , en u t e ,Tate is of superior Quality, and can be cut into pave run/It:L(2oring, chimney pieces, &c. The streams of water a ce ,,,,,y through the grant offer great facilities for working, itp ot iT,g2 and cutting the slate. In fact, a Quarry opened Th e r Property will pay well for working. minem ° ' d eFoing facts and the position of the grant, in a rich work ed strict. warrant the conclusion t ha t, efficiently of the r oost mine is capable of yieldingreturns equal to those The p ro f mines in the Principality. mile fro m IVY being advantageously situated about half a be constru cts Welsh C oas t Railway, from which a siding can road from th4t moderate cost, and only 24 miles by public of transit whi c h Pplog port of Barmonth, affords a facility With these a ip'-atiy enhances its value. working maclun e ' r rtages. and adequate water power for careful investigatt o i l cl rtssing ores, &e., the Directors, after share upon the canitafftfidently anticipate that 10s. per develope 'he wealth ot 1) } ! Ole Company will be sufficient to sults without further call: mine, and produce profitable re- The Lessee having a greed t paid up shares. assigns all hi, :n . take £3,00 1 in cash, and 5.000 upwar. , s of 160 ELCres Ot hie interest in the mine, inc uding lay—mining buildings, smitii,,_ al ground—the previous out bucking house, &c., immedi a tZ 'PM oferati onfices, an dre then therefore be tit of the Directors, sufficient capital is subscribed. Samples of the different ores taken t ram the prospectuses, and forms of applcation—i o mine, reports, obtained at the Temporary Offices of the c r s i:, h a ar n es, may • e y ; and the deposit paid on application will be returned if no allotment be made to the anlicant. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road. in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail• way Terminus, at King's-cross. Patron—The QUEEN. President—The Duke of BUCCLEUCH, K.G. Treasurer—Edward Masterman, Esq. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR MARES To the Directors of the Great Ceder Idris Lead, Copper, Iron Mining,, and Slate Company , (Limited), Gentlemen,—Having paid to your crpclit with M essrs Roberts, Lubbock, and Co., X , I hereby request you will allot me shares in the above Company, and I a gree to accept such shares, or any less number that may be allotted to me ; and I authorise you to inst.rt my t ame in the register of Shareholders for the same. Name Quarter ended June 30,1863. Year ended June 30, 1863. Increase. Decrease. Increase. Decrease. Increase. Decrease. X X £ £ X X CUSTOMS 66,000 .. 456,000 00 CUSTOMS. • • EXCISE 48 1 ,000 00 1,373,000 EXCISE. .. *0 STAMPS 141,000 .. • • 477 ,055 • • STAMPS. • • 33,000 .. .. 29,000 .. TAXES. TAXES PROP OO • • 164,000 .. PROPERTY TAX. ERTY TAX 146 , c00 .. POST OFFICE CROWN LANDS 5OO .. •• 4 500 • • CROWN LANDS. MISCELLANEOUS 74,800 . . .. v . V' ' .p. , —4,02417 t • • MISCELLANEOUS. TOTAg I . 561,3C0 -- 481 00) 1 , ... .. • • • • 1 2,371,072 t 1,373,000 TOTALS. This was the first hospital to introduce the principle of free and instant admission to the destitute sick, without the for mality of governors' letters. It is entirely devoted to desti tution in its most pitiable form—viz., that which is accom panied by sickness and disease, and is now of sufficient magnitude that, 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. Moreover, it gratuitously affords medical advice and medicine to more, on the average, than 3,000 out-patients a week. The Weekly floard feel it their imperative duty to make an EARNEST APPEAL to the public for continued support, to enable them to admit and relieve the distressing cases that daily present themselves. Contributions are received by the Treasurer, Edward Masterman, 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. ; Glyn and Co. ; Jones Loyd and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; Denison and Co. ; W llama, Deacon, and Co. ; Overend, Gurney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co. ; Messrs. J. Barned and Co., Liverpool and at the Hospital. STANFORD S. SMITH, Secretary. . G .UARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, No. 11, Lombard-street,'London, E.C. Established 1821. Subscribed Capital, Two Millions. DIRECTORS. Sir MINTO FARQUHAR, Bart., M.P., Chairman. CHARLES WILLIAM CURTIS, Esq., Deputy Chairman. Henry Hulse Berens, Esq., John Labouchere. Esq. Henry Bonham Carter, Esq. G. Shaw Lefene, Esq. Charles F. Devas, Esq. John Martin, Esq. Francis Hart Dyke, Esq. Rowland Mitchell, Esq. Sir Walter R. Farquhar, Bart. James Morris, Esq. James Goodson, Esq. Henry Norman, Esq. Thomson Hankey, Esq., M.P Henry R. Reynolds, Esq. .Tohn G. Hubbard, Esq., M.P. Abraham J. Robarts, Esq. Fredk. H. Janson, Esq. Henry Vigne, Esq. No. IL—lncrease and Decrease in the Periods en d Preceding 30 Ye 63, as compared with the Corresponding Periods of thr. ATM: Net Increase .... £80,300 Lewis 'Loyd, Esq. I Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq. Cornelius Paine, jun., Esq. Noel Whiting. Esq. Thos.Tallemach, Esq., Secretary I Sam]. Brown, Esq., Actuary LIFE DEPA RTISIENT.—UNDER THE PROVISIONS or AN ACT OF PARLIAMENT, this Company now offers to new In . ureris EIGHTY PER CENT. of the Profits, at Quinquennial Divisions, or a Low Rate of Premium without participation of Profits. Net Increase Net Inerease....Xib9B,o72 Since the establishment of the Company in 1821, the Amount of Profits allotted to the Assured has exceeded in 'ash value £660,000, which represents equivalent Reversionary Bonuses of £1,058,000. After the Division of Profits at Christmas, 1859, the Life Assurances in force, with existing' Bonuses thereon, amounted to upwards of £1,730,000, the Income from the Llie Branch £207,000 per annum, and the Life Assurance Fund, ndependent of the capital, exceeded £1,618,000. LOCAL MILITIA and VOLUNTEER CORPS.—No Extra Premium is required for service therein. LOANS granted on Life Policies to the extent of their values, if such value be not less than £5O. lIM., 0* ..... Address Profession or business Date ASSIGNMENTS OF POLICIES.—Written Notices of, re ceived and registered. MEDICAL FEES paid by the Company, and no charge or Policy Stamps. NOTICE IS HEREBY GWEN, that FIRE Policies which expire at Midsummer must be renewed within fifteen days at this Office, or with Mr. SAMS, No. 1, St. James's street, corner of Pall-Mall ; or with the Company's Agents throughout the Kingdom, otherwise they become void. Losses caused by Explosion of Gas are admitted by this Company. !-- - P'' - ~ ----, 11 , -- e" --1 : • , - ___ , ,e N /I . WS PARE • ~........r , I L A '•• .;,/ I LA ' ••.` • • 1 7 ;*:- • 7 - ' l= . . 0" , „ .... ~-,7 . - ~ v , , -- c sA „call • 4 4.4 is —, ~ ) 1 trii . e ... ~ ..4:, , , .. r., , , -.. ..r... ii tz,. \\\, irii,,i, N... \; ( ,- - --A - c•ro: 4 ;;ff"' .41Th:flii* , __ '',l:Ar Hon. (guards, , n a a n l 7 c d o e i. Rog Ho w w m a i s a in vyse commaoof Ir 'l!-' 1 7 • ' 4 '''' ~ , *ftes , .0• 41 r c:D ‘ 0 ........'1,... ;.......m \ .' ..., 0 ,1111 _ A toi lli - ':srei 4-# , -, ,- ‘\%. ' ‘\ l., ..„../ , 1 , 4:10, ' --- o,..itigr '... ~., , 4 . , i „.„...... % T a "end t b h r e i 18 a t d h e Hussars ofeavai w r were 77,........A,1k '7 7 ,- g . Y _ ...,..,. n , 'of ..-- ..: r." • • AJ ZII ' - 411 10. - I*, dil lii ". • G • - and the Fii Oa S ac°Blßunmdaenrdth / :-4': ''''' 10_7 4b41 - Lord F. Pan PRICE..... -...4d. STAMPED ....sd. Major-taeneral J. Lawrenson, under the command of Major-General let, C. 8., attached to the Foot Guards. The hands of the several regiments were on the ground, 3Tha on the arrival of the Duke of Cam brid g e the tai ds struck up the National Anthem, the troops pres.%it ing arms. The line was formed precisely at 9 o'clo3,ity and on the ground were Lieutenant-General We Earl of Cardigan, K.C.8., and several other officers' of rank. Shortly after the Duke of Cambridge and Staff had gone through the lines, minutely inspect ing every squadron and company, the customary evolutions and manoeuvres commenced. Ti)e dif ferent movements lasted an hour and a half, ard-at ~he conclusion the cavalry and infantry marc.d e,a 1 past in the three paces before his Royal Hightuass and Staff. At the conclusion of the p roesedino the Field Marshal Commanding-in-Chief called the several officers in . command in fro nt, and in complimentary terms c7pressed his app r o bation at the creditable mlnn2r tlie troops had gone throug h the different movements ; more particularlyhe nosed the efficiency and steady soldierlike bearing o f the Foot ndOtnhethteroosretirement of a Qti Guards.ne” members of the St a ff th e bands played " God save returned t ot theirthe D u respec tive barracks. Epe speech was t h e ex p os itio n which he gave of the r ub to je s c t t a o t f e S to ou t t h h e ern ß r r e it c i o s g h n p it u io b u li . c t T h h e e mem ber views entertained by the Emperor of the French on m the ro s for Sh e ffi e ld h as l ate l y h a d an i n t e rview with his Imp er i al M a j esty, and was authorised by the which he i s w illi ng to take i n respect t o th e Southern States. Th e E mperor, i t wou ld seem , h a s expressed his willing ness to ac k now l e d ge t h e inde pendence of the South if England will join him in a ccording that recognit;on. Of the accuracy of the report which Mr. Roebuck gave the house of his conver sation with his MEjesty we entertain no doubt, but at the tpme time we must observe that no com munication in a similar strain )1,8 been made to her M‘sjcsty's Government. Indeed, almost simu neously with Mr. Roebuck's stai enien t, Earl Ru s s e ll, in reply to a question pat t o him in the House of Lords, stated that although only a short time pre-, viously he had seen the French Ambassador, b his excellency had made no communication to him on' on the subject of Southern recognitio n. One o M f Roebuck's chief arguments for immediately recog nising the independence of the South was the ad vantage derivable to this country from such a course —by curtailing, as it probably would, the durcion of the war. To this line of argument, however!, we must demur. In the conduct we pursue in this matter we certainly ought not to be guided by sel fish considerations. If the South has established its right to be regarded as an independent league, we ought to acknowledge that right, unless by so doing we conscientiously believed we should work the belligerents themselves more harm than good. In Mr. Gladstone's objections to Mr. Roebuck's views upon the point we entirely concur. But, on striking a balance between the pros and cons ad vanced respectively by the member for Sheffield and the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the expediency of immediate recognition, the reasoning of the for mer appears to us unanswerable. Recognise the South, said Mr. Roebuck, and you publicly admit what you cannot conscientiously deny—namely, that the Southern States have demonstrated their I ability to maintain their national independence ; and by so doing you will convince the Northern States of the folly of the enterprise in which they are engaged. Recognise the South, without at the same time intervening in some other manner, said Mr. Gladstone, and you will only irritate the Government of the Federal States, without at the same time benefitting the infant Confederacy. On the consequences of recognition it is of course only open to us to form conjectures; but, consider ing the course which the war has taken, and the present reaction in the sentiments of the Northern population, we cannot help thinking that the formal acknowledgment by the principal States of Europe of Southern independence would contribute more than anything else to bring the present contest to a close. HERALD.—We hold Mr. Roebuck's motion per fectly justified; we admire the courage and truth fulness of the speech by which he defended it ; we are glad that, in the face of his ancient friends and now rancorous enemies, he dared to declare the real character of the Abolitionism now professed by the North, and of the slavery upheld by the South, and to tell the pretended friends of the negro that their Northern clients hate the slave with tenfold the hatred they feel for the slaveowner, and that their hatred of slavery is a mere hypocrisy and cant. We would go further, and as Mr. Forster bade us look to results, we will tell him frankly what Mr. Roebuck might have added—that if the South were con quered the slave would not be freed. The North would confiscate the possessions of the rebels, and those possessions would be valueless without slavery. Slavery, therefore, would continue, and the negro would only have exchanged a master whom he loves, and who knows him, has been brought up with him, and feels kindly for him, for a master who cares not for him, and whom he hates, who is even to white men the hardest of task masters, and under whose harsh rule the slave race, which has multiplied and thriven under its present masters, would languish and finally die out. The complete subjugation of the South, therefore, would be a horrible misfortune to the negro ; the loss of the States west of the Mississippi, compressing the negroes within a narrow area, obliging the domi nant race to take stricter precautions as their numbers grow relatively greater, and diminishing the value of slaves, would also be an aggravation of their condition. We think, therefore, that Mr. Roebuck showed sense as well as courage in grappling boldly with the question of slavery, and wish that time and the occasion had allowed him to go further into that question as bearing upon his motion. DAILY NEWS.—The tone of Mr. Roebuck's speech did not at all help to remove the serious disqualifi cations under which he laboured as the avowed agent of the Slave Power, and the ambiguous re presentative of the French Emperor, or tend in any way to commend his proposal to the reflective judg ment and honourable feeling of the house. Any in terference of ours in the American quarrel, to be worthy of our character, or of the smallest practical use, must be of the most friendly and disinterested kind. It must proceed on the clearest grounds of international justice, and be on the face of it free from all political passion or selfish interest. But Mr. Roebuck did not even attempt to justify the intervention he proposes on these grounds. He did not pretend to discuss its justice, lawfulness, or ex pediency on the recognised and established princi ples of international procedure. He appealed at once and exclusively to the lowest motives, the most vulgar passions, and the most selfish interests. A. proposal that produces such speeches as those de livered last night by Mr. Gladstone, Mr. Forster, and Mr. Bright, is a gain to the country, as well as a gain to the cause of justice, freedom, and hu manity on both sides of the Atlantic. Church, Convent, and Hospital of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem. Naval and Military Intelligence. THE NAVY. (-Prom the Building News.) G r eat Ormond-st ree t , Queen-square, contains a nu mber of large O M - fashioned houses, which in the last century were t he residenoes of the nobility,ambassadors , ba tale, infirmaries, and similar institutions; and on the.site of t w o of the houses there are now be in g erected a church, con vent, and hospital , be lon g in g to the Order of St. been idrs' appropriated Bic . Many ,of th ese mans i ons have for hospi John of Jerusalem. The intention of this building is to combine an hospital for invalid members of the Order; a home for the Sisters of Charity, who are also the nurses ; a convent for the training of novitiates; and a church, forming part of the same establishment, in such a manner that communication to and from all parts is afforded without leaving the roof. As far as the hospital is concerned, it may be said to be finished and in a few days will be fit for occupation. It will accommodate 44 patients; and besides the general arrangements being very perfect, there are several ingenious contrivances for the promotion of health and the alleviation of suffering. The windows, for instance, work with a crank, and can be set at any angle so as to regulate the temperature of the wards to the required degree. The sinks are fitted with a double window, the inner one opening and the outer one shutting when the sink is being used, and the outer one opening and the inner one shutting when it is no longer required. A lift runs from the bottom to the top of the gallery, and by this patients incapable of walking can be received from the ground floor, landed at the destined ward, and thence conveyed to bed. The church and convent are now being built, and the convent will be shortly completed. The front elevation presents a very fair specimen of the Corinthian over the lonic; and it is composed of Portland stone backed up with brickwork. It is further ornamented by the symbols of the Order of St. John, and is sur mounted by a Maltese Cross. The inner portion of the church is divided into three sections, the first section leading from the front entrance being for the general public ; the second, for the members of the Order; and the third for the Sisters. The di vision between the second and third sections will be formed by the high altar, which reaches from the body of the church to the coping of the dome. This altar will be of various kinds of marble, as will also the floor, and two side altars will be situated north and south of it. Immediately over the altar there is a dome, built from a model of St. Peter's. This is 24ft. 6in. in diameter, 37ft. high, and 75ft, from the floor. It will be lighted with a lantern, containing six windows of amber-stained plate glass, set in gilt mouldings, and will be supported by niarblo pilasters and pediments. On that side of the church adjoining the hospital there will be galleries fitted up, and these communicating immediately with the wards, the patients will be enabled to join in the service with the least possible personal inconveni ence. The convent can accommodate 34 Sisters. It is approached by a covered way by the side of the church ; and besides a refectory, a communion room, and other apartments, it contains ten cells for the novitiates. The dimensions of the church are 76ft. 3in. by 26ft. ; and the convent is 65ft. by 24ft. This combination of ecclesiastical with charitable establishments is common enough in Italy and othe r l extended scale existing Roman Catholic countries ; but wen elieve this wi It has been be the first instance of such an ititution on an in Englan d. g.P., at whose originated by Sir George B ow y e r , expense, chiefly, it is undertake_ _ L NDON, HEALTH 0 .• aes erars Weekly Return.) (From the Registrar-season of the year the mortality At this usually he , a r l eet thl that ended on Saturday the deaths declines ; and in t; fu. rther decrease, and were 1,158. in London exhibited of deaths in 10 weeks of 1853.62, each last week is, with a correction for in f papue° ,236. The present return, therefore, crease o if the shows um ber less by 78 than it would have shown e a mte of mortality had ruled. The . birt hs in the week exceed the deaths by 801 . it io ntisfactory to observe that the mortality from small does not make progress, it rather gives indication of .de cline, In the week there were 49 deaths from the disease; in e ach of the last two weeks of May there were 68. In the number now returned are included two cases of varicella; 13 of the 49 deaths are stated to have occurred to person who had been vaccinated. The eor r es average p o nduvilt 1 Sixteen deaths from small pox occurred in the east dis tricts, which number is greater than that of any of the four other divisions. The deaths from it were also numerous_ t the central division. In consequence of the advanced state of the armour casing and interior fittings of the 34. gun ship Cale donia, 4,125 tons and 1,000 horse power, in course of construction at Woolwich, and appointed to be uudocked in August next, 20 gangs of men and boys' about 120 in number, were yesterday removed fro m time. this vessel to the 21 screw corvette Wolverene, iiiu: tons, which is to be launched about the saw: f Ia The Wolverene is one of the wooden class deferred, cor vettes, 240 ft in length between perpendiculars, the completion of which was some months a g o now pending an Admiralty inquiry , a n d u adocked again , will ordered. The Caledonia, after being to to receive he r be brought round to the outer e a l nd will be cm:. machinery and other equipments , removal of the Cale pleted at Sheerness. On the do . .. by r. Reed's d k M donia she will be replaced in Enterprise, building at be tfo d experimental ship slabs, i ntended for her armour from a o n o a lw ve ic i h llbe A number of 41--inch bent a n Messrs. d casing, have been recehiveedifieeitZ Brown and Co., of S prepared by the p owerful hydra u li c machinery now ._O . B, 1 an d • which has in use for the Colo" proved so effective for that purpose. Her Maj e sty ' s [ . eDj . 07 , 8 i ron steam sto res hi p I n d us t ry , 1 -, Commander ij Master Clo l n ' dward C. T. Youel, returned to Woolwich dockyard yesterday morning laden with returned stores from the Isle of Ascension, and proceeded to Deptford to discharge her cargo. The following appointments were made at the Admiralty yester day : Dlr. W. Anderson, second master to the Euryalus. George P, Martin, paymaster-secretary to Sir G. Lambert. Henry G. Barlow to the Formidable, as secretary's clerk. John H. Cloverton, assist.-paymaster do., do. Arthur Hodson clerk, do., do. George W. S. Sutherland, assist-surgeon to the Rifle man. James Hutchinson, acting assist.-surgeon to the Eurya lus (supernumerary). Lucas G. Stovin, master's-assistant to the Edgar. W. G.Warren, engineer to the Fisgard (supernumerary) C. E, Uffindale, assistant engineer, ditto, ditto. Willism Maxwell, engineer, to the Asia. W. Wynd, ditto, to the Cumberland, for the Sheerness. William Robinson, ditto, to the Wyre. W. J. Shannon, assistant-engineer, to the Asia, for hospital treatment. Lieutenant G. D. Morant, to the Formidable. Lieutenant A. H. G. Richardson, to the Edgar. At the present time scarlatina is more fatal than anY other zymotic disease. There were 89 deaths from it last week, 5 of which occurred in the rectory sub-district of Marylebone, 4 in St. George, Holborn, 5 in St. Botolph, 7 in the Poplar district. Five nonagenarians died in the week; their ages wero 92, 93, 94, 96, and 99 years. All of them were women, exoeP t the oldest, who was a Chelsea pensioner. Last week the births of 1,035 boys and 934 girls, in all 1,959 children, were registered in London. In the 10 cor responding weeks of the years 1853-62 the average number (corrected) was 1,912. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29.912 in. The reading was 29.74 in. on Sunday morning ; and it rose to 30.01 in. on Fri-. day. The mean temperature of the air in the week was 61.2 deg , which is 0.8 deg. above the average of the same week in 43 years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher). The highest day temperature was 76.5 deg. on Tuesday. The lowest night temperature was 49.4 deg. on Friday. The range of the temperature in the week was therefore 27 1 deg. The mean daily range was 19'2 deg. On Friday the range was 26.6 deg. The mean of the highest temperatrun of the water of the Thames was 65.1 deg. ; that of the lowest was 62.9 deg. The difference between the mean dew-Peint temperature and air temperature was 8.3 del. The mea n ' degree of humidity of the air was 74, complete saturation. being represented by 100. The wind generally blew frora a westerly or south-westerly point. The rain-fall was 0'47 in., nearly all of which fell on Wednesday. At 8 o'clock on the evening of that day there was a thunder -storm, which continued more or less heavily t ill m idnight. Ra in fell occasionally on Friday, on which day Dlr. Glaisher ascended in a balloon from Wolverton, a nd at the height 0f three miles encountered a snowstorm. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE.. Auelralia an_d Mauritiue, vviiaa Name July ............ J j. j- u u u i 1 1 y:1 5 13 . 9 .. Lirazil end Calve Verde, by itinansilcirr. Helena June 29. THE ARMY. Cape of Good Ilope, Mee" — ' F R, southamptou.July 2. China Penang, and Singapore, v i a Marseilles —June 27. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, as ' Field-Marshal Commanding-in-Chief, accompanied Falkland I v slan a tgiton . by General the Hon. Sir James Y. Scarlett, the Ad- India (Calcutta), and coylon, a Coutharn t n j J u u l ? ' 2: nvaLMarseillpeso Julyy 10. jutant-General, General Sir Richard Airey, Colonel ,-;.). via Southampton .. July 10. the Hon. James Macdonald, Colonel Tyrwhitt, and Jttly 5. rortugal .... .. July 5. a brilliant staff attached to head-quarters, were pre- India c„,j3"°— via Marseilles 4 and Aden, via Southampton ...... Jul 2 . • sent at a field-day yesterday, at Wormwood Scrubs. Dial tu ' kg r i;:i via Marseilles ........ June 27. Brit. packet.... ,July 2. 8 2: The troops on the ground were the Ist and 2d Regi- o pt po etu: n d d a vigo meats of the Life Guards and the 18th Hussars, to" v ; s. and British N. America, 3 r . u ards, gether with the 2d battalion of Grenadier G . Ile the Ist battalion of the Coldstream Guards,canf 0., the W.C. of Africa, — Madeira, and TbbYyenCljealizi.Sifa.edlflaniackpeate.liet.. July 3. let battalion of the Scota Fusilier quo*. July 10 ! , No. lII.—An Account showing the Revenue and other Receipts of the Quarter ended June 30, 1863; the Application of the same ; and the Charge of the Consolidated Fund for the said Quarter, together with the Surplus or Deficiency upon such Charge. Surplus Balance beyond the charge of the Consolidated Fund, for the Quarter ended March 31,1863, viz.:— Great Britain £198,290 Ireland 587,572 Income received in the Quarter ended June 30, 1863, as shown in Account I 19,490,204 Amount raised per Act 25-26 Viet., cap. 78, on account of Fortifications, &c..... 170,000 Amount received in the Quarter ended June 30, 1863, in repayment of Advances for Public Works, &0. £19,571,81 0 Balance, being the Deficiency on June 30,1863, upon the charge of the Consoli dated Fund in Great Britain, to meet the Dividends, and other charges, payable in the Quarter to Sept. 30, 1863. and for which Exchequer Bills (Deficiency) will be issued in that Quarter 1,07J,065 £20,650,875 SEA. —FELLOWS and CO., Shipbrokers, 127, Fenchurch-street, E.C., require MIDSHIPMEN and FOUR First-class APPRENTICES in an A 1 clipper India man, 1,501 tons. Premium moderate, returned in wages. Also stout Lads, without premium, for other ships. Wages £35. SEA. VACANCIES for MIDSHIPMEN and APPRENTICES in a first-class London shipping firm. Premium moderate. Alpo apprentices without premium.— Apply to SIMMONDS and Co., 38, St. Mary-at-hill, East cheap, E.C. Third Officers and Stewards wanted. SEA. First - class APPRENTICES re q uired in an East Indianian.—Far premium, name 4 ship. &c. apply to Messrs. Laing and Co., 27, Coleman-street, Bank. No control over or interference in the outfitting exercised, THE ENGLISH and SCOTTISH MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY (Limited) will COM MENCE BUSINESS at its Temporary Offices, No. 2. Royal Exchange-buildings, on WEDNESDAY NEXT, the Ist July. By order, D. MACPHERSON, Secretary. 26th Junc, 1E63. T HE RICHMOND HILL HOTEL COMPANY (Limited). Capital £lOO,OOO, in 10,000 Shares of £lO each. First issue, 5,000 shares. Deposit, 10s. per share on application, and £llO5. per share on allotment. DIRECTORS. The Right Hon. the Earl of Sefton, 53, Grosvenor-Place, and Croxteth Park, Liverpool. The Eton. J. C. Vivian, 14, Belgrave-square. J. Loraine Baldwin, Esq., 15, St. James's-street. J. Sainsbury Devonport, Esq., Deputy Commissary-General, Clarendon Lodge, Brighton. D. J. Hoare, Esq., Director of the Langham Hotel Company. I he Hon. Charles Hay, 33, Cadogan-place, Belgrave-square. BANKERS. ILombard-street, City. London and County Bank Hanover-square, Richmond. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Sole, Turners, and Hardwick, Aldermanbur . ARCHITECT. John Giles, Esq., 2, Vernlam-buildings, Gray's-inn (Architect to the Langham Hotel Company). AUDITOR. Herbert George Ladbury, Esq., King-street, Cheapside. BROKERS. Messrs. Shorter and King, 26, Birchin-lane. SECRETARY—Francts R. Spry, Esq. Temporary Offices-48, Lombard-street, London. 1. The scenery of Richmond and its neighbourhood, whose beauties have long been the theme of poet and artist, has always attracted the aristocratic pleasure seekers of the me tropolis. Convenience of access, both by rail and river, has increased the number of visitors to so great an extent as to rend. r the present accommodation utterly inadequate. 2. The object of this Company is to erect on Richmond-hill an Hotel possessing every modern luxury and convenience whether for visitor or equipage. 3. The Directors have secured an excellent site, in close proximity to the "Star and Garter," commanding a most lovely view of the river Thames and the surrounding country, at a cost of £7,500. The property is now known as Ashburn ham Lodge, and contains about three acres. partly copyhold (equal to freehold) and partly leasehold, wi.ll upwards of 50 years to run at a moderate ground rent of £2O per annum. The grounds are at present beautifully laid out, and will be further improved to make them as perfect as possible. 4. '[he Hotel will contain large and small dining rooms, reading rooms, billiard rooms, bath rooms, smoking room, and upwards of one hundred bedroom., and will offer every possib!e convenience and attraction both to visitors desiring to spend a few hours out of town, and to those desiring tem porary residence. 5. Hotel Companies having become a recognised institution in England, and, with hardly an exception, paying good dividends, no excuse need be offered for putting this under taking before the public. Large fortunes hav e been realised by the pr and of hotels in the immediate vicinity, fro op m rietors which it may lessees be confidently anticipated that this Hotel may be among the most prosperous of this very profitable class of undertakings. 6. As an evidence of the large profits derived from hotel property, it may be mentioned that the Queen's Hotel Com pany, Norwood. (an undertaking similar in nearly every re spect to i he proposed Richmond Hotel), have declared a divi dend of 10 per cent 7. The nominal capital of the Company is fixed at £lOO,OOO, but it is confidently expected, looking to the smallcost of the site, &c., that not nearly all of this sum will be required ; the Directors therefore propose at first to issue only one-half of the shares. Plans of the site, tin ether with a photograph of the view, may be seen at the temporary offices. Interest at the rate of 5 per cent. will be paid an all sums received until the opening of the Hotel. Prospectuses and forms of application may he had at the offices of the Company, or of the brokers and bankers. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Directors of the Richmond-hill Hotel Company (Limited). Gentlemen,—Having paid into the hands of the sum of , being ten shillings rer share on shares in the above Company, I request you will allotme that number of shares, and I hereby agree to accept the same, or any less number which may be allotted to me—to pay the re mainder of the deposit of One Pound Ten Shillines per share, and all calls when due on the shares allotted, and to sign the Articles of Association when required. Name Profession or business Address ,1863. Dated the day of RIIPTURES.—BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. MOO-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (PERFECTED AND EXHIBITED IN TILE GREAT EXHIBITIONS or 1851 AND 1862), is allowed by upwards of Two Hundred Medical Gentlemen to be the most effective nvention in the curative treatment of RERNI A. The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effects, is here avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the body, while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the Moc-Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease and closeness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn during sleep. A descriptive circular may be had; and the truss, which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the cir cumference of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manufacturer, Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly. A Single Truss, 165., 215., 265. 6d., and 31s . 6d. Postage, ls. A Double Truss, Ms. 6d., 425., and 525. 6d. Postage, ls Bd. An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. Postage, Is. led. Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White,' Post office, Piccadilly. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. TIMES.-With all his usual vehemence, though, perhaps, with a little less than his usual acrimony, Mr. Roebuck last night pressed upon the House of Commons and the British nation the recognition of the Confederate States. The oceasion was impor tant. The lapse of time, the events of the war, the all but universal sympathies of the English people, the alleged desire of the French Emperor, combine to make the demand for recognition, or for some kind of mediation, a more plausible and weighty proposal than it was a year ago. Mr. Roebuck was embarrassed only by the number of the arguments he could employ, the aptness of the parallels, the weight of the authorities. On the question of con stitutional right there is little more to be said. In an age when the efforts of every petty and semi barbarous race to make itself independent receive the loud approbation of philanthropists, certainly a people of our own blood and language, inhabiting a vast territory, and possessing every quality of po litical greatness, may be allowed to assert the right of sell-government. If the 13 British colonies are held to have deserved independence when they showed their ability to resist the ill-directed strength of the mother country across the ocean, the South ern States, which have defeated so many invasions of their territory by a pdaverful enemy on their frontier, and are now, at the end of two years, able to carry the war into his country, may fairly be looked upon as having taken their place among the nations of the earth. It was hardly requisite for Mr. Roebuck to sound the praises of a people who are admitted even by their enemies to have given an example of public virtue in time of trial unsur passed in any annals, and perhaps it was fortunate for the cause he advocated that his hearers knew these things so well, for the speaker was disposed rather to indulge in dispraise of the North than to point out the merits of its adversaries. It is not because the United States in former times main tained an insolent tone and bearing towards our selves, it is not because at the North the negro is despised far more than on the Southern plantations that we should think of mediation or recognition, but because the South has shown its ability to main tain itself in arms, and because the war is bringing untold oils on the world. However, the speech of Mr. Roebuck hardly touched the practical ques tion. He delivered a clever declamation, which un doubtedly gave pleasure to his bearers, but he failed to show that any good would ensue from the House adopting and the Government obeying the terms of his motion. He proposed that an Address should be presented to her Majesty, " praying that she will be graciously pleased to enter into negotiations with the great Powers of Europe for the purpose of obtaining their co-operation in the recognition of the independence of the Confederate States." By the great Powers it is confessed that France alone is meant. So that, in fact, England and France are to join and recognise the South either with or without due notice of their intention to the Federal Government. According to Mr. Roebuck, this is the policy of the French Emperor, although it had been announced already that no proposal of the kind has been actually made by Baron Gros to our Government. But, assuming that the Emperor's assurances to Mr. Roebuck go further than a gene ral desire to see peace restored, and a conviction that it cannot be restored by the conquest of the South—assuming that the Emperor actually thinks it advantageous to proclaim at the present time the formal admission of the Confederate States into the list of nations, is it advisable that we should join him in the enterprise? That is the question for the House of Commons and the Government; and, without abandoning any opinion they may have formed, we think that Englishmen are justified in deciding that no good can conic of our interference at such a moment. No man has spoken his mind more boldly on this question than the Chancellor of the Exchequer. He said last autumn that Jefferson Davis had made a nation, and he says so now. He believes that the South can maintain its independence, and that it would be expedient for the Federals to de sist from a hopeless, and therefore an unjustifiable war. No one can suspect him of partiality to the North. As a man, his sympathies are on the other side ; as a Minister, interested in the financial pros perity of this country, he wishes for peace between the producers of cotton and the blockaders of their ports. But Mr. Gladstone, after once more assert ing his former opinions in the plainest language, opposed Mr. Roebuck's preposition. His speech may, indeed, be taken as an exposition of enlightened English opinion on the subject. He condemns the war, he condemns the incitements to servile rebel lion of which Mr. Lincoln's Government has been guilty, but he denies that England and France can abate the miseries of the contest by such an act as the recognition of the South. Recognition, it :s evi dent, can do nothing in itself. The reception of Mr. Slidell at the Tuileries, and of Mr. Mason at Wind sor, cannot by themselves cause one shot the less to be fired in the New World. Peace can only be restored by inducing the Government of the Federal States to acquiesce in the independence of the South, and this must be done either by per suasion or force. As to the former, we do not see how any argument can be added to those that hues been already urged by both England and France, Both Governments, the press of both countries, and all but an insignificant section of society have been counselling peace for two full years. If Mr. Lin coln and his friends are capable of being influenced by foreign Governments, what can be added to the demonstrations that have been already made ? The French Emperor, it seems, tells every one who talks to him that, in his opinion, the South has won its independence, and both the Foreign Secretary and the Chancellor of the Exchequer in England have reprobated with a strength of language rarely heard from official men the cruel war which the North is waging. lint European opinion has as vet produced not the slightest effect on theFoderal-Government,althrtgo. there are signs that the population is not I gather uninfluenced by it. Why sho uld an official representation be more successful ? It remains, to to consider whether the North c ould be brought by force to desist from the war. Whatevereo will, we may be entertained on this point , every likel on not y think, agree that the - English pe o p le are Amount applied out of the income to Supply Services, in the Quarter ended June 30,1863 10,999,837 Charge of the Consolidated Fund for the Quarter ended June 30, 1863, viz. : Interest of the Permanent Debt £6,313,180 Terminable Debt 347,497 Principal of Exchequer Bills 1,029,300 Interest of Deficiency Bills The Civil List Other Charges on Consolidated Fund Advances for Public Works, dm Sinking Fund 6488 i Surplus Balance beyond the charge of the Consolidated Fund, for the Quarter ended June 30, 1863, viz.:— Great Britain Ireland 8,679,820 971,218 X 20,650,875 to join in any such scheme of coercion. Such an interference would be as unjustifiable and immoral as the war which it would seek to terminate. It may be true that the Warrior alone could destroy the whole Federal Navy, but the English people would hardly consent to see the armaments of the country employed for such a purpose. It is plainly our duty, as well as our policy, to bear with this misguided people for some time longer. True, we have suffered, and shall suffer, by the blockade of American cotton ; but as we have borne with this for two years, and until the worst is past, it would be idle to throw away the just reputation gained by such self-denial at a time when the trial may be coming to an end. The events that are passing at this time in America mark the crisis of the campaign of 1863. _ With immense energy, and by the eipenditnre of some two hundred millions sterling, the North raised an army which towards the latter part of last year was said to amount to three-quarters of a million of men. It is said that the prospect of a French interference increased the willingness to enlist ; if so, that is an additional reason for not again snasing the population by anything ',llse a menece. But, whatever the causes which produced this enormous host, they have apparently ceased to operate. Death, desertion, and, still more, the expiration of the time of service, have diminished the Northern armies, until now they are confessedly unable to do more than occupy the positions they have gained. All along the frontier they are merely " c•nirront ing" the Southerns. At Vicksburg only is a Northern General cairying on active operations, and, although in this region the Suuthern popula tion is; F parse and the armies are weak, it is not im probable we may near that General Grant has been obliged to raise the siege. So broken is the army of the Potomac that General Lee is able to assume the offensive, and carry the war into Pennsylvania. In short, it is the opinion of the best judges that the Northern States must either raise another large army or allow the war gradually to wear out. The conscription is languishing—most people think it can never be enforced. If even the new levies are made, it will be six months at least before they are rs.ady for service, and next Spring before they can be used. This being the case, is it not better ro wsit and see what the next few months will bring forth ? It may be that the failure of so many enterprises and the wasting away of their enormous hosts will at length teach the Northern people wisdom. They may then indicate their readiness to receive the mediation which if offered now might give a new impulse to the war. PosT.—lf no other end was gained by Mr. Roebuck last evening than of eliciting the views entertained by the English House of Commons on the present condition of American affairs, the debate which be inaugurated was far from fruitless. Of all the foreign topics which have, during the course of the present session, been ventilated in Parliament none possesses so close and intimate an interest for the British people as the American question. By the war which now rages, and has raged for upwards of two years on the other side of the Atlantic, no neutral State has suffered so much as Great Britain, and none looks forward to its termination with greater anxiety. But this very interest which we feel in its speedy close makes us the less capable of deciding with impartiality between the contending parties, and deprives of the weight which they might otherwise possess the opinions which we may think proper to express on the merits of the struggle. Although, however, the situation which we occupy should inspire us with caution, it ought not to induce us to abandon duties which it is our province to fulfil. If we would be true to others we must also be true to ourselves. It is not there fore because we may be interested even more than other nations in bringing to a termination the most bloody, and we would also add the most demoralis ing, of modern wars, that we should shrink from casting into the balance the weight of our influence, even though by so doing we might in appearance be acting from purely selfish considerations. The question of Southern recognition may by interna tional lawyers be supposed to depend upon abstract considerations, but it se as not thus that it was re garded by the House of Commons, nor is it thus that it is considered by the people of England. To a jurist it would seem that, as the recognition of Southern independence would not in any way modify the rights of the belligerents, practically the status quo would remain unchanged, But by neutral states the recognitie• • ill would be regarded in a different light. It would be considered as a solemn and formal condemnation of the war in which the Government of the United States is engaged, and as a species of moral intervention between the contending Powers. It is thus that England would view it ; it is on this basis that those who joined in the debate last night discussed it; and there can be no doubt that it is thus that we are bound to consider this momentous question. Mr. Roe was right when he told the House of Lo dmbrna:k bug that the causes of the present civil war este? wards over a long series of years, Notwithstand ing compos the independence of the several States. ee ing the Union, there have in effect long hose different leagues almost identical with t p w ( u jl l ie h now constitute the two Confederaciens. imposi e . to make th Y of the Northern league has Southern dependent upon it ; been by the the e n a d n .t h s a l s f been effected. tion of a protective tariff, heteSoroauvythwas materialleft alone The North in effect confined 1 t he right of manufacturing, whilst to th of two the privilege of consid • Southern quarrel becomesindependence, all mug the producin t or three commodities. the expedi ency of recognising re moteness of the cause to show impor tant, tending as it doess the impracticability of a re-establishment of the former system of go vernment. But in the presence of the evens which the last two years have called forth it •is needless to seek in the early history of the Am • of the incomp atib ility of the Northernmean for proofs and Southern characters. That the Union can never again be re-established in its pristine only by those who e integrity was admitted Southern o advocated th e recog nition of that recognitio n as independence but by th ose who opposed ill-timed ; and consequently the sole question whi c h remained for discussion was, wh.sther the present was the fitting opportunity for acknowledgin g fact. Thewhit in truth is an accomplished most startling feature of Mr. Roebuck's NEW PATENT ELASTIC STOCKINGS, KNEE-CAPS, Sze., for Varicose Veins and all cases of Weakness and Swelling in the Legs, Sprains, Aro. They are porous, light in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on lit ean ordinary stocking. Price 4s. 6d., 76. Gd., 108., to lea. each. Postage 6d. JOHN WHITE. Manufacturer. 226. Piccadilly. CLERICAL:QUALIFICATIONS IN SCOTLAND.—The English must have a queer notion of the qualifica tions which the Scotch require in their preachers, when they learn that, as was done at Duthil on Wednesday week, a medical man is subjected to a questioning which brings out the following answers in reference to the rev. gentleman, the presentee to the vacant charge :—" Mr. Robertson's fingers are long, but they never appeared to me as particu larly slendbr. I have not looked particularly at his fingers and nails. I never observed any irregularity in his teeth, nor any discolouring but what may be produced with smoking. Mr. Robertson's upper lip is not particularly thick nor thin. I never saw his gums, and cannot say whether there was a deep red margin or not. Mr. Robert son has not a shining skin, but a good mixture of the white and red. I cannot say whether Mr. Robertson has a clear skin unless ' clear' is defined to me. He is of fair com plexion. ;/- - .P -- ff' ,3/--_e, -4