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SOINDE RAILWAY COMPANY. At an EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of the Proprietors, held at the London Tavern, on FRIDAY, the 19th June, 1813, for the purpose of autlwrising, the Direc tors to raise adlilorial ca ital, The fW. . ANDREW, Esq., in the Chair, ollowing resolutions were carried unanimously :- 1 . That the Directors be and are hereby authorised to raise £ 3 50,000 of adoitional capital, by the issue of 17,500 Shares of £ 2O each, for the corn, letion or the Scinde Railway, and upon Which capital the Secretary o State for India in Council has guar nteed 5 per cent. interest upon the usual terms. 2 . That all the Scinde Railway S iares in respect of which the whole sum of £2O shall hereafter be paid up, shall from time to time be convertect or consolidated into Scinde Rail- Way Capital St - ck. 3. That the Directors be and are hereby authorised to raise the sum of £150,000 for the purposes of the Scinde Railway by the issue of Inconvertible Bonds or Debentures, payable at the expiration of five or seven years, and upon which the Secretary of State for India in Council had guaranteed inte rest at the rate of per cent. per annum. 4. That the Directors be and are hereby authorised to raise the sum of .£500,010 on account of the Purjaub Railway, by the issue of Inconvertii,ile Bonds or Debentures, payable in five or seven years, and upon which suns the Secretary ofState for India in Council has guaranteed 4i per cent. interest. 5. That the cordial thanks of this meeting are due to S. -I - - Andrew, Esq., for hie courteous conduct in the chair this day. W. P. ANDREW, Chairman, Qresham House, Old Br att-stzeet, London, 19th June, 1403. T HE EGYPTIAN COMMERCIAL AND TRADING COMP_ IsY (Limited). To be Incorporated, with Limited Liability, under "The I. °lnc anies Act, 1562." Ca; it il £2,000,000, in 100,00( , Shares of £2O each. Payment on allotment £2 per Share. The Capital has been subscribed, with the exception of 25,000 Shares, which have been reserved for ies a to the public by the International Financial Society. DIRECTORS. President—ll. H. Prince BALIM PASHA, late Governorof the Soudan. John Cater, Esq., Director of the B a nk o f Rrypt, London. Dervicu, Esq. (E. Dervieu and Co.), Alexandria. J. W. Larking. Esq , London. g. Oppenheim, Esq. (Oppenheim, Nephew, and Co.), Alex andria. H. Rose, Esq. (Briggs and Co.), Alexandria. Ruyssenaers, Dutch Consul. General, Ale,andria. W. F. Scholfield, Esq., London (late A. and S. Henry and Co.. Manchester). _ Sulzbach, Esq., Frankfort 0.3 f. Alexander Tod. Esq., London (Tod, Rathbone , a nd Co., Egypt ; and Stephen Kennard and Co., London). MANAGER. M. Sakakini, Esq. (Sakakini Br,,thers), Cairo. AGENTS. Messrs. Fruhling and Goschen, Lcndon. Marcuard, Andre, and Co., Paris. The Bank of Saxe Meiningen, Frankfort. BANKERS. Messrs. Glyn, Mills, and Co. SOLICITORS. Messrs. B . rcham, Dalrymple, Drake, and Ward, 46, Parliament-street, Westminster. PROSPECTUS. Encouraged by the desire of the Government of his High ness the Viceroy of Egypt, several Commercial Houses and Society have united to form this Company:— The Internatonal Financial Society, London. Messrs. Fruhling and Goschen, London. Messrs. Marcuard, Andre, and Cie., Paris. Mr W. F. Jaeger, Frank fort. Mr. S. Sulzbach, Frankfort. Messrs. Oppenheim, Nephew, and Cie., Alexandria. Messrs. Dervieu and Cie., Alexandria. The object of the Company is to devote special attention to the development of Commerce with Upper Egypt, Nubia, the haoudan, and adjoining countries, as well as the borders of the Red Sea, and to establish trading relations with those dis trio's, the enormous resources of which—till now almost un developed —are so well known as to render it needless to enter into a lengthened description. The Company will buy or exchange the produce, which consists of cotton, coffee, sugar, rice, tobacco, gums, oils, ivory, seams, beeswax, ostrich feathers, gold dust, silk, in digo, e t c, The Viceroy of Egypt has, by the grant of' a liberal subsidy, called into existence a Steam Navigation Company for the Red Sea and the Nile: he is also about, with the view of as sisting the operations of this Company, to complete, at his own expense, telegraphic communication between Alexandria and all the principal stations which have been selected for the op; rations of the Company, extending to Khartoum, the farthest town of importance in the interior of Africa within the limits of Egyptian territory, and to Taka on the frontiers of Abyssinia. By these means the d'fficulty of communication, hitherto existing, will be removed, a- d means of transport greatly facilitated. It will be an object of this Company to encou rage all enterprises which will tend to provide means of r apid transport, whether by steamers, railways, canals, or by the organisation of caravans. It will also be an object of t,he Company to encourage, by the advance of money to cul tivators, importation of seed, establishment of cotton gins, ''e., the cu tivation of cotton in Upper Egypt, where there exist immense tracts of land capable of producing it to al roost any extent. The population in those districts is nume rous and industrious. It is a well-ascertained fact that, in Upper Egypt and the Soudan, cultivators and traders can afford to borrow money at 4 ai d 5 per cent. per month, and Elll amass considerable Wealth. he Company intend to establish agencies on both coasts tf the Red Sea. On the Arabian coast Dgeddah has been selected as a principal place of commerce. On the coast of Abyssinia agencies will also be established at Kossier, Sa avakim, and Massawah. The trading._ operations of the Company will extend from Cairo up the Nile, as far as possib , e into the interior of Africa, following the courses of the White and Blue Nile, whilst communication will be carried on between the interior and the Red Sea, and its east and west coasts. It is intended to commence operations below Siout, ex tending gradually upwards, employing the capital, in the first instance, by making advances to cultivators in Upper g'7l:tt, operations with which the Alexandrian Directors are )veil acquainted, and which, being highly lucrative, at once i nsure a large interest on the capital employed. The capital of the Company will be gradually called up as its operations are extended. Ur. Sakakini, who has for traders carried on, and is thoroughly acquainted with, the of Upper Egypt and its adjoin:ng countries, has consented to act temporarily' as manager, in order to give the Company the advantage of his experience in the organisation of a sufficient and competent staff. The Articles of Association will provide for a defined and limited participation by the Directors in the profits, after payment of Interest, on the capital called up, and the houses who have founded the Company will be entitled to the privi lege of taking one-th , rd of any lurther issue of Shares, sub ject to which all new Sr area will be distributed pro rata amongst the existing Shareholders. Applications for Shares must be made to the International Financial Society (Limited), at their Offices, 51, Old Broad street, E.C. y, 20th June, No application will be received after Saturda at 12 noon. London, June, 1i63. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Directors of the International Financial Society (Limited). Gentlemen,--I request you to allot me Shares of £2O in the Egyptian Commercial and Trading Company (Limited), and I hereby agree to become a member of that Company,' and to accept such Shares, or any less number that may be allotted to me, and I request that my name may be placed on th • Register of Members in respect of the Shares allotted to me. I am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant, No. Name in full Address in full ti eference Date THE EGYPTIAN COMMERCIAL AND TRADING COMPANY (Limited , . The Directors desire to engage the services of a GENERAL ITANAG h R, competent to conduct the commercial busin ess of this Company in Egypt. A thorough knowledge of commercial and trading business, and of the Italian and French lanouages, is indispensable. Applications, with references, to be addressed to the Dl rectors of the Company, M, old Broad-street, B.C. A.D. 1720. ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE CORPORATION (Established by Charter of his Majesty George the First) FOR SEA, FIRE, LIFE, AND ANNUITIES. Offices, Royal Exchange, London. Branch Office, 29, Pall-mall. OCTAVIUS WIGRAM, Esq., Governor. GEORGE PEARKES BARCLAY, Esq., Sub-Governor. Sir Joint HENRY PELLY, Bart., Deputy-Governor. DIRECTORS. henry Bainbridge, Esq. Robert Barclay, Esq. John Garratt Cattlelr, Esq. Mirk Currie Close, Esq. William Davidson, Esq. Thomas Dent, Esq, Alexander Druce, Esq. Fredk. Jos. Edlmann, Esq. RiversdaleW. Grenfell, Esq. J:obt. Amadeus Heath, Esq. Wm. Tetlow Hibbert, Esq. 'IR. Stewart Hodgson, Esq. Wiimot 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. Medical Referee, SAMUEL SOLLY, Esq., F.R.S. NOTICE.— Pile usual fifteen days allowed for payment of -"IRE PREMIUMS falling due at Midsumnaer will expire eu 9th July. FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected with this Corporation on advantageous terms. In the Life Department, assurances are granted with par uelPation in Profits, or, at lower Premiums, without such Participation. The Reversionary Mums on British Policies has averaged ne arly 2 per cent. per annum on the sum assured. Equivalent reductions have been made in the Premiums Payable by persons who preferred that form of Bonus. The divisions of Profit take place every Five years. Life Any sum not exceeding £15,000 may be insured on one This Corporation affords to the Assured— Libeial participation in Profits—with exemption from the liabilities of partnership. A rate of Bonus equal to the average returns of Mutual Societies—with the guarantee of a large invested Capital Stock. The advantages of modern practice,—with the security of an Office whose resources have been tested by the ex perience of nearly a CENTURY AND A HALF. The Corporation have always allowed the Assured to serve In the Militia, Yeomanry, or Volunteer Corps within the United Kingdom, free of charge. ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON. ROBT. P. STEELE, Secretary. GUARDIAN FIRE OM AND LIFE ASSURANCE CPANY. No. 11, Lombard-streetiondon , E.C. Established 1821. Subscribed Capital, Two Millions. DIRECTORS. Sir MINT() FARQUHAR, Bart., M.P., Chairman. ‘-' I IARLEs WILLIAM CURTIS, Esq., Deputy Chairman. 11 en/Y Hulse Berens, Esq., , J o hn Labouchere, Esq. h enry Bonham Carter, Esq. IG. Shaw Lefevre, Esq. t'.harles F. Devas, Esq. , John M artin, Esq. Sir Walter Hart Dyke, Esq. I Rowland Mitchell, Esq. Walter R. Farquhar, Bart. 'James Morris, Esq. r▪ ,I!rnes Goodson, Esq. ' H enr y Norman, Esq. TnomSon Hankey, Esq. M.P Henry R. Rejnolds. Esq. ;; )11 11 G. Hubbard, Esq.,'M.P. Abraham J. Robarts, Esq. r edk. H. Janson, Esq. Henry Vigne, Esq. AUDITORS. Lewis Loyd, Esq. I Henry Sykes Thornton , Esq. C ornelius Paine, jun., Esq. Noel Whiting, Esq. Tallemach, Esq., Secretary I Saml. Brown, Esq., Actuary LIFE DEPARTMENT.—UNDER TILE PROVISIONS OF AN AC T OF PARLIAMENT, this Company now offers to new In turers EIGHTY PER CENT. of the Profits, at Quinquennial Divisions, or a Low Rate of P remium without t participation of Profits. Since the establishment of the Company in 1821, the Amount of Profits allotted to the Assured has exceeded in V ,1 311 value £860,000, which represents equivalent Reversionary •o nuses of £1,058,000. After the Division of Profits at Christmas, 1859, th e Lif e Assurances in force, with existing Bonuses thereon, amounted to upwards of £4,730,000, the Income from the Life liranch £207,000 per annum, and the Life Assurance Fund, M dePendent of the capital, exceeded £1,618,000. LOCAL MILITIA and VOLUNTEER CORPS. —N o Extra Premium is required for service therein. LNS granted on Life Po licies to the exte nt of their value°,OA if such value be not less than £5O. ASSIGNMENTS OF POLICIES.—Written Notices of, re- Ceived and registered. MEDICAL FEES paid by the Company, and no charge Orl ' 6ll cY Stamps. F IRE , A I DEPARTMENT.—lnsurances are effected upon 'Yery description of property at moderate rates, N°. 22,146. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JUNE 20, 1863. THE HON. MKS. NORTON'S NEW NOVEL. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., THIRD EDITION 01 " LOST AND SAVED." By the Hon. MRS. NORTON. " `Lost and Saved' will be read with eager interest by those who love a touching story. it is a vigorous novel." — Times. " A. work of such rare excellence that it would create a stir among novel readers even it it had not Mrs. Morton's name on the title page."—Atheneum. Hurst and Blackett, 13. Great Marlborough-street. MR. T. CARRICK begs to announce to his Artist Friends and the Public, that his Photographic stablishment, 32, Regent-street, Piccadilly-circus, is now in lull operation. p le e d r g so e, ns an q d ua w li e fie r d ep b e y at ex t p h e e r o ie o n v c c e r a n n m d en p t os h it a i s ve do k n n e ow a i l in its power to arrive at an exact appreciation. The needs for the public use of the building are instant and acknowledged, and it is well to provide now and for ever for those needs, instead of battling and debating questions of taste and style, interminable and immortal is this country, which has only of late years risen from a v er y chaos of likes and dislikes, such as belonged t oa b ar b ar ian order of things. Of course it would be useless to deny that we should much pm fer the exterior to be faced end decorated with stone instead of stucco; but this again is a question of expense, and there are many buildings in London "not deficient in beauty end faced with stucco." Lord Granville specialty mentioned the Trave.lers' Club in Pall-mall--a copy of the Borghese Palace, and one of the mos t beautiful and finished edifices in the whole metropolis, which contributed in no small degree to the early reputa tion of the late Sir Charles Barry. There is quite temper enough unhappily of a directly personal and vehement character altogether about this acquire ,nent and possession of the late Exhibition building for the Government to care to have its tone of pru dent economy impeached. And as for the part which the public is expected to play in this question, we may be quite sure of this, that when Professor Owen has occupied his five or six acres with the natural history speeimerrer-and — when the numberless illus trations of machinery belonging to the Patent Museum are duly provided for, whilst the British division of the picture gallery is being gradually filled with portraits of English worthies, there will be as large a crowd of visitors of all classes as there is on the most crowded days at the British Museum. Nor is it likely that the proximity of the edifice to the Horticultural Garden will be generally dis pleasing to the majority of those who come for instruction or amusement. To the masses of the metropolitan lieges the squabbles and bickerings, envy, jealousy, and strife, which have all along assailed the encouragement of the higher tastes of the nation, are but little known. They recognise mutely, but intimately, the comprehensive thought that warranted the belief of the Prince Consort and the Commissioners of 1851, in his own words, "that in securing space on which, in unison with each other, and with a systematic interchange of mutual assistance, separate societies and departments might attain to a degree of usefulness which their presen confinement and isolation must materially lessen, the Commissioners had correctly appreciated the great want of the day and the requirements of the public, for whose benefit alone they should work, and by whose assistance alone they can "hope to prosper." Cartes de Visite, 10 for 10s. 6d ; 21 for Xl. Miniatures on Ivory, Marble, and the Photographic base in his former styles. The Distress in the Manufacturing Districts. An adjourned conference of representatives of boards of guardians relative to the exigencies of the distress in the cotton manufacturing districts, was held yesterday afternoon in the Mayor's Parlour, at the Town-hall, Manchester. There was a very large attendance, including gentlemen representing a large majority of all the unions in Lancashire and Cheshire. Abel Heywood, Esq., Mayor of Man chester, presided. Mr. HOLGATE read a letter from Mr. Cobden, M.P., to the effect that he should watch the pro ceedings of the meeting with much interest, but could not make it convenient to attend. He hoped a satisfactory measure would be obtained. The Rev. Mr, PITCAIRN (Eccles) moved the adop tion of the report of the committee, which was agreed to unanimously. The Mayor of ROCHDALE (Mr. Ashworth) moved the adoption of the following resolution :—" That, inasmuch as Government has introduced a bill to facilitate the execution of public works in certain manufacturing districts, &c., this meeting partially approves of the principle of such bill, but considers that it will not meet the exigencies of the case. That the bill, if passed, can only come into opera tion where there is a local authority. That where no local authority exists the meeting is of opinion that as boards of guardians are responsible for the maintenance of the poor in the districts where the act will not take effect, such boards of guardians (in the absence of municipal corporations, local boards, or local improvement commissioners) ought in such places to be the local authority for the purposes of the act, in order that all portions of unions may be provided for and similarly dealt with. But such bill, passed into a law with the alteration now Bug gested, falls far short of the requirements of the suffering localities, as any works which can be de vised in these localities will only afford partial em ployment for the persons thrown out of occupa tion, leaving a large portion of such persons still unemployed; and the position of boards of guar dians is one of very great responsibility, and calls for special aid from government, because boards of guardians must at all times provide for and relieve existing distress and destitution." Mr. ASHWORTH spoke at some length to show that the distress would be very great in the coming winter, and that the government were bound to make adequate provision to meet it. There must be a continuance of the Rate-in• Aid Bill in some modified form. Mr. J. PLATT, of Oldham, seconded the motion, and said it was necessary that some extra borrow ing powers should be given in the bill to boards of guardians. Mr. ROBERTS, of Bury, thought that a clause should be inserted requiring the auditors to pass accounts when they had been sanctioned by boards of guardians. Sir J. KAY-SHUTTLEWORTH reviewed the sub ject generally, and remarked in particular on the erroneous view entertained of the distress in the cotton trade by persons at a distance. Some por tions of the press contended that in a short period the prosperity of Lancashire would be restored. It was strange to contrast vaticination of that kind with the doom predicted by the same authority ; that the extinction of the cotton trade was of little importance to the national weal, that England would hardly afford it a decent funeral, and that its epitaph would be one of ignominy and forgetfulness. There was still great misconceptions as to the con fidence in the returning trade of the district. The answer was that the whole history of the cotton trade was a pertinacious triumph over obstacles and embarrassments. Each successive crisis of inven tion was overcome with the ingenuity and enter prise characteristic of the district. He had confi dence that even with only the present half supply of cotton the great capital, genius, and enterprise of this district would resuscitate the trade either by finding new fibres, creating new fabrics and com binations, or usurping the trade of some neighbour ing district. The trade would not lie down in the ditch simply because it had this obstacle to :over come. (Applause.) But they had also confidence that the trade would be invigorated by supplies of cotton from new sources, as well as by the resources of science and art. Hence the wisdom of those who were embarking their capital with a view to future returns. Passing on to an anticipation of the future, Sir James gave his reasons for expecting great dis tress during the coming winter. First there was a limitation of the supply of the raw material; and second, there was a limitation of price, which was not taken into account by the.so who were not con versant with the subject. This limitation of price limited the market, and new fabrics camp in and helped to destroy the trade. These things tended greatly to disturb the calculations of the manufac turer, and stocks had to be held for months before the original outlay could be reaped. At present there was a certain limitation of s upply, but a tem porary increase of demand. Stocks had had to be replenished at home and abroad; but they could would k ex etnily calcullte how soon that su pp ly hausted. From these causes the Central Drecutise Committee were assured that the approaching win. ter would witness as much distress as last winter, while it would have to be met with diminished re sources among the working classes, lessened ch ar i ty and a condition of the middle classes and small manufacturers every day becoming more perilous and more onerous to the country. This was the state of things that had to be met. His impres sion was that it would be better to leave Mr. Villiers's bill to be considered by itself, for it was a question if the bill provided proper machinery for ~,i , • ' . . ,• , . ••• • ~.s . ' - .....\11 , 4 . • I . , • . .... . ' ,';; N'.i . .... .• ft, ~...,„; ti ... 1 • , -., --- . * 4 -,,..--.....„.. .;., . ...., ro c. , ~L 144 -. : st t l 9"r-r4, ..:; . ,,.... :O2 - .....it',,,,,\,,,..,...).,•,k-!:,,--:,.",. --11,,4_ 7 1: 1 ---- 1 :.4 ~.. .---.,,,, 1. 1 . -.,.. _.k ...;---- ' . vi ti . i.,4 AI i -, . I ~,_-•-' --,- 11 ,. , ' ,, k-..4, ivc - 1 , -„- 91 , — 2.4111 , ; ,.: 6 : , ~. . --.------ '',„-:` •,...! if - 4‘ 1) 4 • Nt. COPP-,b. PRICE ..... -..4d. STAMPED ....sd. the outlying districts. (Hear, hear.) It was not the object of the guardians to find employment with wages. The law did not enable them to do that. All that boards of guardians were enabled to do was to find the means of sustaining life, and to employ tests to determine whether the applicants were really indigent. Mr. Villiets's bill proposed a totally different thing ; it proposed to find employment for the able-bodied with wages, inste2d of alms or parochial relief. No doubt the outlying districts would be considered in committee. They ought to for the renewal of the Union Relief Bill of last year, with power to enable the gir.rdiaus to obtain loans for relief of the poor. After a discussion the resolution was passed by a fare majority.—The meeting had no t concluded g when our report was despatched. Naval and Military Intelligence. THE NAVY. The Royal Oak has arrived at Spithead from Portland with Admirals Sir Frederick Grey and Eden on board. The Duke of Somerset has also arrived at the same place. Their lordships visit the Warrior and other ships at Portsmouth to-day. Her Majesty's steam storeship Fox, master com mander Thomas Pullen, 1,131 tons, arrived yester day at West, and will probably reload from . Wool wice and Deptford with machinery. The following appointments were made at the Admiralty yesterday :7 F. W. S. Ponsenby, Assistant-Paymaster, to the Aboukir. Edmund H. Key, Clerk, to the Racoon. Naval Cadetship—Mr. Andrew Wm, Rogers. THE ARMY. Preparations are in progress at Woolwich for a banquet to be given to the Duke of Cambridge and some of her Majesty's Ministers, on Wednesday, the 24th inst., in the Royal Artillery Mess-room, after the distribution of the prizes awarded to the Gen tlemen Cadets of the Royal Military Academy and the half-yearly inspection of the garrison troops. It was yesterday announced at Woolwich that the Prince of Wales had abandoned his intention of being present on the occasion, as was anticipated. Notices were yesterday issued throughout the de partments at Woolwich, announcing that a close holiday will be observed on Monday, the 29th inst., the anniversary of her Majesty's coronation, so that the establishments will be closed from Saturday midday until Tuesday morning. NEW NOVEL BY THE AUTHOR OF "NO CHURCH." Now ready, at, all the Libraries, in 3 vols., CHURCH. AND CHAPEL. By the Author of " NO " Owen : a Waif," &c. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. 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Now ready at all the Libraries, A NEW NOVEL, BY THE REV. J. PYCROFT, Author of " Twenty Years in the Church," DR A GON'S TEETH 2 vols., post Bvo., cloth boards, price 21s. L. Booth, 307, Regent-street, W. Just published, price 65., the FINE ARTS QUARTERLY REVIEW. No. I. CONTENTS: 1. English Painting in 1862. 2. H.K.H. the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection. 3. Early History of the Royal Academy, I. 4. The Loan Museum at South Kensington, I. 5. Description of the Tenison Psalter. 6. Italian Sculpture at South Kensington Museum. 7. Principles of Design in Architecture. 8. Points of Contact between Science and Art. 9. Catalogue of C. Visscher's Works, I. 10. Th Preservation of Paintings and Dr ,wing- s , I . 11. Discoveries in the Royal Collection of Drawings. 12. The Fine Arts during the Interregnum (1619-1660). 13. Ancient Ornamental Book-bindlog. 14. Correspondence. 15. New Purchases at the National Gallery. 16. Recent Acquisitions at the British Museum. 17. The National Portrait Gallery. 18. Summary of Art News. 19. Recently Published Works on the Fine Arts. Chapman and Hall, 19. 3, Piccadilly. T HEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE, JUNE 39, 1863. A Grand MELANGE DRAMATIQUE will take place in AID of the FUNDS for a NATIONAL METROPOLITAN MONUMENT to SHAKESPEARE, under the immediate Patronage of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Prin cess of Wales, before wnom 6o eminent artistes will have the honour of appearing. —Hon. Sec., Mr. Adolphus Francis, 43, Cumberland-street, Hyde-park. SAWYER'S FAMOUS LONDON DINNER FOR THIS DAY. At 2s. M. each Person. SOUPS. Chesterfield. Julienne. FISH. Fried Fillets of Whitin2s. Stewed Eels. ENTREES. Fillets of Beef ala Francaise. Tate de Veau en Tortuc. JOINTS. Roast Beef. Roast Lamb. SWEETS. Lemon Puddings. Compote of Bordeaux Plums. Cheese and Salad. TO-MORROW (SUNDAY), THE LONDON DINNER, At 2s. 6d. each Person. SOUPS. Green Pea. Macaroni. FISH. Sturgeon Cutlets a la Genoise. Soles, Maitre d'HoteL ENTREES. 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Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White,Tost uttise, NEW PATENT pLAST IC STOCKINGS, KNEE -CAPS Am.. for Varicose Veins and all oases of Weakness and Swelling or the Legs, Sprains, &c. They are porous, light in texture, raid ineXpensive, and are drawn on tire an orddnary stocking. Prioe 4s. 6d., 7s. 6d., 10s., to 16s. each. Postage 6d. JOHN WHITE, Alanufacturor, 2.28 : Plocadill7. THE FARMER'S BAROMETER, 505., a new Instrument, by Negretti and Zambra, will cor rectly indicato whether the Ba, °meter falls for Rain or for Wind. Particulars by enclosing stamp.-1, Hatton-garden ; 57, Cornhill ; and 122, Re,ent-street. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. TIMES.-It is not without some reason that our Admiralty congratulates itself on the success achieved by a new iron cased frigate. We shall pre sently show what still remains to be established be fore the critical problem of modern shipbuilding can be solved, but a great point has certainly been gained for the present. The Royal Oak, the trial perform anees of which we have this week reported, hasps tified all the expectations which could be brought to the test of pacific or domestic experiment, and the result is all the more important from her being the first specimen of a class. If she is successful,. there is no reason why four similar ships now coming for ward should not give equal satisfaction, and the whole batch will constitute no less than a quarter of our entire iron fleet, built or building. More over, the model is presumably a cheap one, and at any rate it admits of rapid despatch, so that no success could be more convenient or timely than that jusc announced. The Lord Mayor took the oppor tunity at the late Mansion-house banquet of con gratulating the First Lord of the Admiralty on the intehigence, and the Duke of Somerset acknow ledged the value of the compliment. The Royal Oak is not an iron ship, but her name is so far a misnomer that, as the Duke informed the company, she has not a plank of British oak about her. She is, however, a wooden vessel. She was originally laid down for a 91-gun ship, at the time when that model was in fashion, and was afterwards taken in the frame and converted to her present form and purpose. The Prince Consort, the Caledonia, the Ocean, and the Royal Alfred are undergoing similar transformations, and will appear in their new cha racter one after another. Instead of being wooden two-deckers, they will be 32-gun frigates, cased in iron, and though they are not expected to equal the regular iron built vessels on the Warrior pattern they may prove very serviceable ships indeed. So eligible, in fact, was the original design considered that a proposal was made to extend it a little, and it will be remembered, probably, that if the House of Commons had not objected to the scheme, the Admiralty would have built seine new wooden frames in addition to those already standing, for the mere sake of converting them afterwards as they have converted the Royal Oak and her con sorts. So, this success of the Royal Oak is a suc cess for the Admiralty in more ways than one, and will furnish new arguments fur a Government plan, besides reflecting credit on dockyard workmanship. The merits of a modern fighting ship are measured by three qualifications—speed, strength, and power, it being always presumed that she is fit to go to sea, and contains wholesome and commo dious lodging for her crew. In the first of these qualities the Royal Oak has actually surpassed ex pectations. She was calculated to make 112 knots an hour, whereas she made upwards of 121 with ease. She even went faster with all her guns and stores on board than she did in light draught. We are told, too, that she answers her helm " as quickly and as sensitively as a cutter," and that her steer ing " capabilities cannot be approached by any vessel above the size of a gunboat" on the list of the Royal Navy.. Altogether it is thought there is not .a faster man-of-war in the service. So far, there fore, her success must be regarded as complete. As respects her strength or capacity to resist attack, we can only say that she is protected all over with 41-inch plates, and has no unarmed part exposed to hostile shot. Her powers of offence are expressed by a broadside battery of 16 guns, 12 of which are the old smooth-bore 6S-pounders and four 1101 b. Armstrongs. In these respects she does not differ from the other vessels of our iron fleet, which are all armed alike, with more or fewer of these same guns, according to their dimensions. If, therefore, we assume that ordnance of this description is the best for our purposes, that it is best to carry it in broad side ports, and that iron plates upon wooden hulls give a structure not materially inferior to one of iron throughout, we shall arrive at the conclusion that we are making a very good thing out of our "conversions," and that we have got a capital bar gain in the new Royal Oak. But the reader will have guessed from these reservations how much re mains to he proved. It has been admitted without contradiction that an iron-plated wooden ship is not so good a vessel as a ship built of iron:from first to last; but still it is a vessel not to be despised even in the modern estimates of a fighting fleet. The famous Gloire was built on this plan, and as we had got the timber ready, and great expe di t i on could be used, we gained something both in economy and despatch, if we lost something in strength. As to power, the capacity of the Royal Oak class is ex actly similar to the capacity of the Warrior class. We can arm either one kind of ship or the other with exactly such guns as we think fit to select; but here an important question arises. It has not yet been ascertained whether the system of mount- ing a battery in broadside ports is better or worse than that of mounting a quarter as many guns of four times the calibre in revolving shields or turrets. As this somewhat bitter controversy can never be terminated except by actual experiment, we should be very glad to see the Royal Sovereign fairly tried against the Royal Oak. The former ves sel is the only one of six which is to b e converted on the turret principle, and it is ex ceedingly desirable that we should know how this principle works. There is some reason for giving the broadside principle the preference as things now stand. We do know that guns can be safely carried and worked in broadsides, but we have not the same experience in favour of turrets or shields. Wed do know that guns of the calibre above speci fied can be conveniently managed, but we can no t say es much for 300-pounders. It was reasonabl e enough, therefore, as we were already making an experiment with armour-plated hulls, to shrink from a second experiment at the same moment. It Is something to find, as we have found, that we can affix enormous slabs of iron to a ship's side without impairing her speed or handiness, and we might have complicated the trial, and perhaps damaged the result, if we had also endeavoured to provide an armament on enti re l y new pr i nc i p l es . W e conc eive, too, that the experience of the American war is by no means conclusive in favour either of turret-ships or enormous ordnance; indeed, the Monitors seem repeatedly to have failed in doing what the Royal Oak with her 68 pounders ought, if our experiments arc trustworthy, to do without difficulty. Still, it is impossible to be blind to the powers which this new artillery may be found to possess. If a large gun is best for a fort, it must be best for a ship also, provided only the ship can carry it. Captain Coles maintains that his Royal Sovereign, with her five guns worked in revolving shields, will be a better, cheaper, and more formidable vessel than any ship of the Royal Oak class. He may be either right or wrong in this conviction, but it is a pity the ques tion should be left doubtful. It is amusing to look at some of the changes whi c h th e new style o f ar chitecture has produced. The Royal Oak—this model frigate, is about the ugliest thing afloat. All the poetry of the matter has vanished. The grace ful outline and beautiful features of a ship have been supplanted by the requi s it es o f strengt h an d security indispensable to an impregnable battery. The difference is that between an ancient castle and a modern redoubt; and ugly as the Royal Oak is, the Duke of Somerset tells us that he has some spe cimens in hand which will be uglier still. But we can put up with these drawbacks. " Handsome is that handsome does," all the world over; and if our ships can carry their guns, protect their crews, and outstrip their rivals, we shall very eas il y persuade ourselves t o dispense with the accessories of elegance and grace. POST.—The suspension of diplomatic relations betweenarl of xaim this country anopportunity, ry an d Brazil ha of wh s ffor ded i e t oh he the E has availed himself, of reviewing the circumstances which led to this unforeseen occurrence. On Thurs• day we published the official despatch of th e Foreign Secretary recalling our representative at the Bra zilian Court. This step followed as a matter of course on the departure from London of the Brazilian Legation. The initiative was taken by the G3vern merit of his Imperial Majesty, and nothing was left to the British Government except to express their re gre t that such a proceeding should have been considered indispensable. It is certainly impossible to avoid a feeling of sore disappoinment at finding diplomatic rela tions suspended between ourselves and one of the best regulated Governments in the South American continent. Brazil has for many years honourably distinguished herself among the republics by which she is surrounded by her honest endeavours to secure ,such a political system as would command the respect and the confidence of European States. THE CIVIL SERVICE, Foreign-office—The consul-generalship at Algiers has become vacant by the death of Mr. John Bell; salary £BOO. India-office—Mr. William Neville Sturt has been appointed private secretary of Mr. T. G. Baring, M.P., Under-Secretary of State. Post-office—Mr. Henry Shipley Blyth has been appointed a temporary clerk, London. Civil Service Commission—There is a vacancy for a junior clerk—salary £lOO, rising £lO a year to £250, to be competed for on the Bth of July. Customs—Mr. Jas. Anderson has been appointed outdoor officer, Greenock; Mr. Albert Davis has been appointed out-door officer, Bristol ; Mr. John Holmes has been appointed out-door officer, Greenock. Inland Revenue—Mr. William Corbett, assistant secretary, Excise branch, has been appointed secre • tary, Excise branch, in succession to Mr. Dobson, retired; Mr. Adam Young, surveying-general-ex aminer, has been appointed assistant-secretary, Ex cise branch, in succession to Mr. Corbett ; a vacancy in the secretary's cface has been caused by the death of Mr. John J. Russell, committee clerk. Excise Branch : Mr. James Harvey, supervisor, Stroud dis trict, Gloucester collection, has been appointed supervisor of Plymouth district, Plymouth collec tion ; Mr. James Foot, supervisor, Chepstow dis trict, Gloucester collection, has been appointed supervisor of Stroud district, Gloucester collec tion ; Mr. William D. Sade, dropped supervisor, Kingston district, Wales (middle) collection, has been appointed supervisor of Chepstow district, Gloucester collection ; Mr. Wm. Armstrong, officer, Bandon, Ist division, Bandon collection, has been appointed to Liverpool, 11th division, Liverpool collection; Mr. Wm. Curran, officer, Killarney, Ist ride, Bandon collection, has been appointed to Ban don, Ist division, Bandon collection. The East Indies—Mr. A. G. Macpherson has been appointed to officiate as deputy secretary to the Government of India during Mr. Wylie's ab sence, or until further orders; Lieut.-Col. J. P. Beadle, R.E., has been appointed chief engineer and secretary to the Government of Bengal, in Public Works Department, in succession to Col. C. Young, R.E. ; Capt. F. S. Taylor, R.E., officiating as con sulting engineer and joint secretary to the Govern ment of Bengal, in the Railway Department, has been permanently appointed to that office, vice Lieutenant-Colonel Beadle; Mr. J. Graham has been appointed to be a member of the council of the Lieutenant Governor of Bengal, for making laws and regulations ; Mr. A. M. M'Gregor has been ap pointed to officiate as joint magistrate and deputy collector of Nuddea ; Mr. T. J. C. Grant has been appointed to officiate as joint magistrate and deputy collector of Midnapore ; Mr. S. J. Durant has been appointed to be secretary to the Local Committee of Public Instruction at Pooree ; Mr. R. J. Scott, officiating commissioner of revenue and circuit of the Rajshahye division, has been appointed to be commissioner of revenue and circuit of that division. —Cavil Service Gazette. STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER, June 19.—The yarn market to-day has continued to exhibit the same quietness of tone which was experienced on Tuesday. There is no particular demand for any quarter, and what business has been effected to -day has consisted of very limited sales for various markets, including the home trade. The small scale on which busi ness is doing has a natural tendency to depress prices. Many spinners being well engaged con tinue to exhibit a good deal of indifference about' orders at anything under full prices ; but others being in a less fortunate position are less firm, and consequently there is some irregularityfilyn the he rates at which some descriptions of yarn in pur chased. In cloths also there Thereis n o i h g a ew en o c r e of worthy of notice since Tuesday.ancsan bs demand, which cause the m but it is not worse than at a t r h k e e t a commencementto very at ot ; . the week. There is no g sopstenmemedranluf to give Way, butgacivtuinregrawbaeyining well reilcle unders ; on ordersth e contrary,are nd m i inasmuch as there are some of them who exhibit more anxiety to sell than others the tendency to lower rates. In other words, sellers in some cases will take lower rates rather than not sell, though they are unwilling to acknowledge the fact. ThL , demand is extremely limited in every department of business, whether for the home trade or for export. CARDIFF, June 18.—The coal trade still suffers from the scarcity of vessels, but not to so great an extent change tertta in as wars the case a few weeks ago. There i n quotations. Nearly every branch of ft - aft iron trade evinces unmistakeable signs of im provement, crraili•quent upon several gnod order:- having come to band. An advance of from 5,a, to 7s. Cd. has been the result in bars, and rails and other descriptions of iron are in better request, with a decidedly upward tendency as regards quotations. NOTTINGHAM, June 19.—There was not much business transacted at this exchange-hall to-day. The attendance was thin, and lace yarns were in some cases in favour of the buyer. I❑ th© value of hosiery yarns there is no important alteration. Spun silk as before. Very little was done in other articles. Higher prices are being asked for brown nets, but the advance is not generally paid. She has done more. She has to a considerable ex tent borrowed the institutions peculiar to this coun try, and has accepted as a model the British consti tutioe. Her Emperor, unlike those of the Eastern world, is a monarch who rules by responsible Minis ters. Her Government is based ov, and regulated by, principles not practically dissimilar from those which in Great Britain have beer: ratified by the experience of centuries. Nor have the efforts or Brazil to inspire the confidence of Europe and of this country in particular been unavailing. Foreign capital has found its way into that country, and in the money markets of the world the credit of its Government stands high. Between this country and Brazil commercial relations of no ordinary magnitude and importance subsist, and in its chief city the greatest of its mercantile firms are compoied of Eng:istimen. With a country thus situated as regards ourselves, it is indeed a matter for regret that amicable relations should be suspended, and that at the Court of neither State there should re main any official personage to represent the mani fold and important interests of the subjects of the two Powers. In the despatch communicated to Earl Russell by the Brazilian Minister at this Court the grounds assigned for breaking off diplomatic relations were, not as might have been supposed, the orders given by her Majesty's Government to the British admiral on the Bre zilian station to make reprisals in the event of certain demands not being complied with, but the manner in which those orders were carried into effect. Now on this point we can &Ally confess that we cannot discover any just cause for the complaints of the Brazilian Government. Fair notice was given to the Brazilian authorities t hat the reprisals would be made, and when they were made every care was taken to prevent the employ ment of unnecessary violence or the loss of human life. If it be once conceded that her Majesty's Government were justified in making reprisals, it is impossible to understand how any objections could be raised to the manner in which the British admi ral performed the painful duty imposed upon him. The motives assigned in his despatch by Earl Rus sell for having recourse to the proceeding which has given umbrage to the Brazilian Government were, "To obtain some security for the lives and properties of her Majesty's subjects who may have the misfortune to be wrecked on the coast of Brazil, and to ensure due respect to the persons of her Ma jesty's naval officers on Brazilian territory." If these motives, however, be acknowledged as suffi cient to justify recourse to arbitrary measures, the only tenable ground for complaint by the Brazilian Government is at once abandoned. It would scarcely be correct, however, to say that this ground was abandoned because the immediate cause of the with drawal of the Brazilian Ambassador was said to be the mode in which the orders given to the British admiral were executed. Against the orders for re prisals the Brazilian Government always protested, and over again denied that her Majesty's Govern ment had any just claims for redress. In estimating the causes, therefore, which have led to the present rupture between the two countries, one must regard the unlucky shipwreck of the Prince of Wales, the scrape into which three naval officers unfortunately got themselves, the investigation and correspon dence to which these circumstances gave rise, the orders for reprisals, and the execution of those orders, as forming part of one entire transaction whose relative bearing on each other, and on the ultimate result, it is impossible to overlook. It was thus the matter was viewed not only by the Earl of Malmesbury, but by Earl Russell, in the debate 'ast night. The entire dispute from its origin to its termination was again reopened, and the thrice-told stories of the wreck of the Prince of Wales and the arrest and maltreatment of the officers of the Forte again repeated. Into the merits of the discussion it is not our intention again to enter. Our Govern ment considered themselves justified in making certain demands from that of Brazil, and, con sidering those demands to be legitimate, found it necessary to enforce them. The Brazilian autho rities had no reason to complain of precipitation upon our part. if the statements made to us by our representative at the Court of the Emperor of Brazil were to be relied upon, no other course was left open to us than that which we adopted. The Earl of Malmesbury endeivoured to show that Mr. Christie was unpopular, not only with the Bra zilian authorities, but with the other members of the diplomatic body at Rio; but these assertions have already been made and have been denied. Even the sanity of Mr. Consul Verreker, who visited the scene of the wreck of the Prince of Wales, has been questioned; but it has been shown that it was not until some months after the loss of this vessel that his health broke down. It no doubt seems an arbitrary act to enforce reprisals, but such a pro ceeding is sanctioned by the law of nations. If a State is aggrieved, it is by such means alone that it can enforce redress. But these are not the first grounds of difference which have arisen between this country and Brazil. The Brazilian Govern ment have failed to carry out their engagements towards us in respect to the emancipated negroes. Nor is it alone in this that they have broken their stipulations. They have also evinced a total disre gard for the protests which over and over again we have found it to be our duty to make. If diplo matic relations are now suspended between the two'countries, the blame cannot be laid exclusively at our door. The Brazilian Government is the best in South America, but it is not altogether without blemishes. It has yet to learn that sovereign States are not free to violate engagements delibe rately entered into; and, though independent, may be called upon to satisfy the claims of other States us independent as themselves. _ _ HERALD.—It is a wise discretion in the Premier, in spite of the vilification and abuse out of doors by certain prejudiced critics, to adhere to the proposed purchase of the buildings of the Exhibition at South Kensington, as well as that of the ground on which they stand. Conceive the dilemma in which the Government would be placed with the unoccupied land on its hands, and the appeals, outcries, and exclamations of the whole coterie which would at once start up to provide plans, estimates, and designs for the edifices to be erected thereon by their favourite architect. All the discussion, pro crastination, reversal and mutation of style, and whilom confusion which we remember in the House of Commons about the New Foreign Office, would be nothing to the storm of plot and counterplot which would arise on the ruins of Captain Fowke's edifice,:and:the ample amount of ground it occupies. In the House of Lords on Thursday evening the Duke of Rutland proposed that the buildings, which would please his taste in lieu of those already erected, should be in harmony with the Gothic me morial to the Prince Consort which Mr. Scott is to construct in Hyde-park ; and doubtless Mr. Beres ford Hope, who presided over the small but deter mined lot of dissentients to the entire purchase of land or buildings on the previous evening at St. James's Hall, would furnish us with a high art pro posal to amend or totally transform the " mass of deformity," as he pleasantly termed the edifice at South Kensington. But the Goverment, backed by the Commissioners of 1851, have in this instance resolved upon laying out the public money honestly and are ensured more than an adequate value in return; and having a clear idea of what they in tend to do with their purchase when completed, are not likely to be cajoled or terrified out of any part of a predetermined measure of great public utility and general good. The best professio n al advice has been obtained on the question of the worth of the materials of 'the structure erected by Messrs. Kelk and Lucas, and the use to which they can be put; so the amateur opinions about the precise value of the bricks, and the timber, and the i ron , and the ruinous expense of altering the domes and the addi tional erection of a third dome, the rottenness of the flooring, the rough beams in the roof, &c., are all mere idle froth and nonsense, which it would be waste of time to discuss. We are certainly disposed to agree with Lord Derby that in the first instance the House of Commons should have been fully in formed on the comparative economy of improving as compared with building on the South Kensington property. Tire difference would have been startling and suggestive even to a partisan so hostile as Mr. Gregory. The permanent portions of the structure, as the noble lord urged, are allowed to be unexcep tionable; "it would be difficult to find any picture gallery possessing greater advantages." The picture gallery may be placed alongside that of the Louvre itself, and will not suffer in comparison either with respect to sufficiently lighting and accommo dating the 'pictures or the people who come to see them, and we entirely disagree with the gentlemen who recommend " small chambers cros.sed by screens" as fitting repositories for larger portraits in vogue with the English school and its admirers, or the general class of pictures likely to occupy these galleries. The objections raised by Lord Hardwicke against buying a building erected for temporary purposes and applying it to a permanent use, only hold good to certain portions of the building, which for the present do not require much change or re pair. The whole of the brickwork erected will last as long as any Government edifice which could be named, and was avowedly designed from the first day of its being laid down for perpetuity and a permanent purpose. The value of the materials, as mere materials, is to be ascertained only from X/. I ~ 0 ,- t ' IN ElfS ~ ~. 1 .-''. ._ I ---) ..:,.‘; *4-(c +4 l -, ',-;-,-A--- ,- N . . 4 . ,;.••••;,'",.. .....,.,, , ... 7 4 , - * '; - t i' pfl (- ; METEOROLOGICAL OBSP.M.V,&11141(r . t1)::: I i ) ;\I 3 PT Yesterday morning a copy was Nurnp . p. tour_liamcnt of a correspondence between the Board of Trade and the Royal Society on the subject of me teorological observations,;telegraphy, and forecasts. The secretary of the Board of Trade wrote in February last to the R - Jyal Society concerning the new features which the operations of the meteoro logical department had assumed, and expressing an anxiety to know whether the science of meteorology was now in such a state as to admit of a permanent reliable system of storm signals and daily weathcr forecasts; and whether the progress and useful ap plication of me!corological scieeee wouhl be more fficiently promoted by devoting the money voted by Parliament to the original objects contemplated viz., the collection, tabulation, and discussion of me teorological phenomena, or by devoting it to the z.ystem of telegraphy and weather forecasts. Tee - lecretary of the Royal Society, after the lapse of a month, replied, on behalf of the President and the Council, to the effect that they were assured by :admiral Fitzroy that the original objects for which - he meteorological department was formed were still kept is view. "In the fore-warnings of storms," adds Dr. Sharpey, muc h must as yet undoubtedly be viewed as iu a great mea sure tentative ; but there is one class of cases on which such premonitory information is en titled to be regarded as resting on more assure scientific relations. Admiral Fitzroy considers that he has satisfactorily established the occasional oc currence of storms of a cyclonic character, of very limited diameter, not much exceeding perhaps that of the British islands themselves, and originating in their vicinity. The practice of forewarning is specially suited to such storms. They are charac terised by great violence, and by frequent and rapid changes in the direction of the wind. The key to their comprehension is supplied by the telegra?hic reports, which convey to the central office a know ledge of the various simultaneous directions of the wind in different localities ; and, wh en once com prehended, they are particularly suited for fore warning, inasmuch, as, in its general course, the advance of the cyclone is steady in direction and moderate in rate. In connexion with this subject the President and Council revert with satisfaction to a reply by Sir John Herschel to the Royal Com mission on Lights, Buoys, and Beacons, that the most important meteorological information which could be telegraphed would be information first re ceived by telegraph of a cyclone actually in progress at a great distance, and working its way towards the locality. There is no doubt that the progress of a cyclone may be telegraphed, and might secure many a ship from danger by forewarning.' It is obvious that this remark, which refers to the ap proach of a distant cyclone, is equally applicable to cyclones originating in or near our islands, the existence of which has been made known by the sys tem of telegraphy which Admiral Fitzroy has esta blished. With respect to the 'forecasts of the state of the weather,' which are published in the news papers, the President and Council learn from Ad miral Fitzroy that they really occasion no cost to Government, and scarcely fall therefore within the questions submitted for reply ; moreover, the Pre sident and Council have no data whereon to rest a conclusion in regard to the degree of reliance to which these last-named forecasts may be entitled." Outrage upon Englishmen in South Russia. A correspondent of the Levant Herald, writing from Odessa on the sth, says :—" An outrage has just been committed on a couple of Englishmen in South Russia, which I appeal at once to you to bring to the notice of her Majesty's Government and to that of the home press and public. The facts —which it is impossible to report in precise detail, though my information as to them is of the most cer tain kind—are shortly as follows. About ten days ago a party of Cossacks proceeded to the estate of Count Branitzki, of Biatocerkieff, to effect his arrest on a charge of insurrectionary complicity. Though the Count quietly submitted to be arrested, the party subjected him to brutal insult and violence, and nalf pillaged the chateau besides. Amongst the servants—nearly all of whom came in for a share of their master's ill-treatment—were two English gardeners, named Douglas and Cun liffe.. These the ruffians seized, stripped, and nearly flogged to death, and finally dragged off with them, with their arms tied behind their backs. The poor fellows have since been thrown into prison at, my information states, Saratoff, where the count is also incarcerated. It is not pretended that the victims of this brutal outrage were in any way implicated in the alleged offence of their master, but they were unprotected Englishmen, and that was enough to entail on them the savage violence I have men tioned. I know not if our local consul-generhl have taken any steps in their behalf; but whether or not, the matter is one for the home papers, and for Mr. Hennessy, or some other independent Parliamen tary friend of Polend, to make the use of it which it justifies." Swimming Across the Mersey. As a wind-up to the annual contests among members of the Liverpool Athletic Club, under the designation of " Olympic games," a s wimming match took place yesterday on the Mersey, the prize being one of the club medals. On Saturday last the other athletic competitions, held under the auspices of the club, took place in presence of a large con course of spectators, and yesterday the swimming match took place as a wind-up to the sports. The course selected was from New Brighton to a flag boat moored off the great landing stage. There were nine entries—viz., Messrs. F. Graham, Alex. Aitkin, G. Harford, R. A. 0. Beaver, E. Bolton, M. M'Cullin, J. Pennington, W. L. Tease, and S. Miles. Of these, eight competitors started, leaving New Brighton at five minutes before 12 o'clock at noon, the tide flowing, and the day calm, and, though cloudy, warm. Immense crowds of specta tors lined the pier-heads and landing-stages, and numerous parties were in boats and steamers on the river. In little more than five minutes after stal t ing six of the eight competitors gave in and were taken up by boats which were in attendance. The competitors thus left were reduced to two—Messrs. M'Cullin and Aitkin, both of whom continued to swim in admirable style and with praiseworthy emulation. From the strength of the tidal current, the swimmers were c arried well u p th e river before they could make any att em pt to cross, which was not essayed till they had reached a point nearly opposite to the Albert Warehouses, which was a ttained about 1 o'clock. At thi s p o i nt M r. Aitkin becanao e xhau 6 1\ 1. and was taken on b oar d one o f Junin, continuing on hi s career , the boats, and passed the flogboat, was declared the winner of the medal, and got out of the water at 1 35 p.m., hav ing been an hour and 40 minutes engaged in his arduous enterprise. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. AnKralia and Mauritius, via Southampton. June Is. via Marseilles July 13. Lirazil and Cape Verds, by British packet. July 5 Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena June 29. (Mina, Fenang, and Singapore, via Southampton June 18. via Marseilles June 27. Falkland Islands .. June —. Gibraltar, via Southampton June 18. India o.;aleutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton ..1 suit, 18, via Marscillon June 27, India (Bombay), via Southampton June 25. via Maneitles tilleN J um; '..'. 0. y Portugal Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton J une 20. via Mars , Jul 10. NowfoundlAPd •• , C oo • ~ ii. t )pcdio find Vigo .......... 131. - dleli N. y • „ June 24. 1 7 c , C - iiia&rin gßek,t.June 19. July 10 L % ; . I), C a . nl o a % v fr i i : a y , d - July Julie 29, Mcmco . All parts of Kest Indies, in c l u di ng Chili, Peru, J une 29, C a l if ornia. and britisli Columbia DEATH ON MR. J. LEWls.—Our obituary of this week will be found to include the name of Mr. Joseph Lewis, for the last twelve years treasurer to Mr. E. T. Smith, at Drury-lane Theatre and Cremorne Gardens. For some time he filled a similar position with Mr. George Wild, when that gentleman was Lessee of the Olympic Theatre. To both employers he was a zealous and faithful servant. Mr. Lewis was sixty years of age,--Err,