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Wm" I)EMEMBER, WE SUP AT EVANS' m c s ir ic it o Y e n a de EVENonse?rt,THIS WEEK after Alfred EDINBURGH (RNiuteed Fares), from Irongate wharf, Tower•_Saloon, 20s ; fore cabin, 15s ; deck (soldiers and sailors only), 75 M • return tickets (available for a month), 30s and 22s ed. The cheapest and quickest sea route by the spiend,d new STEAMSHIPS of the LONDON and EDINBURGH SHIPPING COMPANY, sailing every Wednesday and Saturday, at 10 morning. Apply at the spread Eagle, Regent-circus ;or at Irongate-wharf. SALE V.R.—TOWER. OF STORES.—By 0 7, iter of the SECRETARY OF STATE FOR "WAR, to be Sold, b y Public Auction, in the Tower, on' HURSDAY, the 20th of AuZust, 1863, at Eleven o'clock tae Forenoon precisely, the following Stores : Large Assortment of GreY and other Cl o thi ng. and Boiiers. Ranges complete, with Ovens Hammock Rugs , Bru nswick Rifles. Accoutrements. Tents and Marquees. 2 0 Gal. C o p pers. Great Coats. Several Lots of Firewood. Tiscellaneous Articles. Old iron, Steel, and Al _____ HE ORIENTAL HOTELS COMPANY nl.flaubility . (Limited). Incorporated under • the Corn Janies' Act. 1802, by which the of eaCh Shareholder is strictly limited to the amount s " " IS Shares. Capital £ ) 50,000, in 25,000 Shares of £lO each. —, (With power to increase to One Million Sterli) First Issue 12,500 Shares, whereof a portion will be n s served Deposit D •xi for India. on allotment. per Share on applicdion, and £1 l Calls not to exceed £2 per Share, with ' an interval of notless three Months between each calL Si Peter Gover r Joh n DIRECTORS. C o t t er ße G n 7 a lt . , R.C.B, Chairman, late Lieutenant - Colonel rn Anderson, CB , Director of the Eastern Bengal Rail , way Company. ""eorge Constable, Esq., Firm o f Henderson and Constable, Cannon-street, E.C. Sir Frederick Currie, Bart Member of the Council of India. Colonel French, Chairman of the Bombay and Baroda Rail way Company. Colonel Holland, Director of the Agra and United Service Bank. John Stewart, Esq., Director of the Marine Insurance Com- pang. John Robert Thomson, Esq., Chairman of the London and South African Bank. James Henry Young, Esq., late of the Bengal Civil Service. AUDITORS. T. R. Walker, Esq., 21, Hanover-square, and A Shareholder, to be elected at the First General Meeting. BANKERS IN LONDON. The Ara and United Service Bank (Limited), 27, Cannon street, E.C. The London and County Hank, Ilanover-r,quare, W. BANKERS IN INDIA. The Agra and United Service Bank (Limited). SOLICITrjgs. Messrs. Uptons, Johnson, any, Upton, 20, Austin-'riars, E.C. 1 :311.01(ER. Francis Burnand, Esq., 78, Lombard-street, and 13 and 14, County-'..;nambers, Cornhill, E.C. SECRETARY (pro tem.) Macdonald Yates, Esq. Temporary Offices :-36, Cannon-street, E.C., and 5, Parli ment-street, Westminster. ABRIDGED PROSPECTUS. This Company is formed for the purpose of introducing a system of efficient Hotel accommodation into India, China, and other places in the Last. In Calctitta a joist-stock company has lately purchased and undertaken the management of a Hotel, and the pro spects of the enteruriae may be inferred from the very high premium at which their shares are quoted in the Calcutta market, see "Times" July 17, the "Englishman's Weekly Mail" of June 8, 1863, and "Allen's Indian Mail," of August 4—viz., £25 paid, present value, £45 ex div., equal to 80 per cent. prem., and the payment of a dividend of 10 per cent. for the half-year ending 30th April last, equal to 20 per cent. per annum. It is proposed, in the first instance, to supply the urgent requirements of Bombay and Point de Galle. In the event of two-thirds of the first issue of shares not belly; subscribed for, no allotment will take place, and the deposits will be returned to the subscrib , rs, without deduc tion. It is proposed to pay to shareholders 5 per cent. interest upon the capital as paid up, until the first dividend is de clared. Detailed prospectuses and forms of application for shares may be obtained of the Secretary, Bankers, and Broker. ORIENTAL HOTELS COMPANY (Li m it e d). NOTICE is GIVEN, Th NO APPLICA TION for SHARES in HEREB t Y he Oriental at Hotels Company (Limited) WILL BE RECEIVED after THIS DAY (SATURDAY), the 15th August current ; and Applications from the Country must be posted not later than MONDAY Evening. MACDONALD YATES, Secretary pro tem. CELEBRATION of the TERCENTENARY of the BIRTH of SHAKSPEARE at Stratford-upon- Avon. The Tercentenary Committee , (of which Sir Robert W. C. Hamilton, Bart, K.C.8.. is Chairman) are now receiv ing SUBSCRIPTIONS, and they may also be paid to the Recount of the Tercentenary Committee, at the Stourbridge and Kidderminster or Warwick and Leamington Banks, Strati ord-upon-Avon ; Messrs. Greenway, Smith, and Greenway, Warwick ; or their London agents, Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Co , Messrs. Hanburys and Co., or Messrs. Glyn and Co., bankers, London. The Tercentenary Committee, in submitting the subscrip tion list to the nation, most earnestly appeal to the admirers of Shakspeare for their aid and assistance. The Committee rest their claims upon the ground that Stratford is not only the birthplace of Shakspeare, but the centre of attraction to all admirers of the great Poet's works, and that it was his home, the town he loved, and where he lived and died. T HE ROYAL INSTJRANCE COMPANY, r[Ema OFFICES, 29, Lombard-street, London, and Royal Inaurance buildings, Liverpoel. Total Annual Revenue exceeds £soo,o'o. Accumulated Pun& in hand over 1,000,000. Chairman in Liverpool: CHARLES TURNER, Esq., M.P. Chairman in London : WILLIAM WAINWRIGHT, Esq. EXTRACTS FROM THE REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1862. The Directors of the Royal Insurance Company are now called upon to make their accustomed periodicl:4lßeport at the Meeting of its Shareholders. FIRE BRANCH. The Directors have, as pleasingly as Unexpectedly, at the close of the year, to announce, for the, first time, that the Fire Premiums have not only reached, rut exceed £300,000. The high comparative positicr4 held by the Royal in the Government Returns of Duty ir., again fully maintained. The profit of the finerbusn 01 . the year exceeds considerably the amount realised e preceding year, and in fact sur passes that of any Year. With but two exceptions, since the commencement of Olt:, Office, the balance to the credit on account of British ar.d Foreign Insurances being £45,107 10s. 5d., and of the Norih American business, which is kept sepa- rately, £11,09716. /od. The ve LIFE BRANCH. state the ry 't,rratifying duty now falls upon the Directors to RUM assured on new policies for fhe year 1862 exceeds Wen that of the year 1861 by £lBO,OOO, and has arrived at the almost unexampled amount for a single year of £7Ol/427 on 1,498 new policies issued. Until within the last few years it is believed that such a sum assured as that which has just been announced as the result of one year's business Was all but unheard of. This portion of the Company's business has been carefully Watched, and cannot fail to give much satisfaction to the shareholder, as well as no small encouragement for the - future to the participating life assurer. Evidence of continued care in the selection of lives is amply afforded by a statement of the number rejected. These have amounted to 311 for the year, on which the aggregate sum proposed for as suranee amounts to £148,281. Various degrees of ineligibility have led to these lives being declined. No small number of the Assurance Companies of th da record their acc e pt e d l i ves annually at a sum not much, e if at all, exceeding those which the Royal has declared as inadmis sinle in a single year from deterioration of some kind or another. If, to complete their review, the Directors now advert briefly to the United Kingdom, they have to announce that in Fire Business its progress has been undoubtedly more rapid than that of any other Company established either in London or elsewhere, except when amalgamations have taken place. The returns of duty have proved this. In Life, the amount of New Policies already reported make all other evidence needless. The Directors conclude their present Report with the expression of an opinion that the prospects of the Royal I nsurance Company were never brighter, and of a consequent hope, founded on a grateful remembrance of the past, that the future may unfold for it a sphere of still greater magni tudfi e, co mbining distinguished commerci a l success to the Ofce with a lebgthened career of usefulness and protection to the public. PERCY M. DOVE, Manager and Actuary. JOHN B. JOHNSTON, Secretary in London. NORTH BRITISH AND MERCANTILE I NSURANCE COMPANY. Established 1809. Incorporated by Royal Charter and Special Acts of Parliament. Accu mulated and Invested Funds Z An nual Revenue. 422,401 FIRE DEPARTMENT. In surances granted both at Home and in Foreign Countries on the most liberal terms. LIFE DEPARTMENT. Every facility offered to Insurers. Ninety per Cent. of the Profits divided among the Insurers on the participating principle. The new Life business transacted in 1862 as follows : Policies. Amount Inured. Premiums. 1,037 £763,334 £23.641 0 0 Forms of Proposal and every information will be furnished on application at the Lorw r, O . —. • ........ OFFIcEs 58, Threadneedle-street. •• 4, New Bank Buildings. Lothbury, 22_ West -end Office 8. Waterloo-place, Pall-mall. NORWICII UNION FIRE INSURANCE SOCIETY. The business of the Company exceeds £70,0 00 ,0 00 . The duty paid t o Government for the year 1862 was £85,062, and the amount insured on farming stock, £10,086,332. A bonus of three-fifths of the profi , s periodically made to parties insuring, who have thus, from time to time, received sums amounngin the a ggregate to 2440,000 ; an d th e S oc iety The rates ns a largeßese premium ar applimble to a future Bonus. of e in no ease higher than those charged by the other principal offices making their insurers. no returns to For pro , pectuses apply at the Society's Offices, Surrey,- friars, street, E Norwich ; and 6, Crescent, New Bridge street, 131.sek- .C. PROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION. Established 1840. TRUSTEE S. Thomas Barinz Esq., M.P. 1 Wm. Geo. Pr Thomson Ilankey, Esq., M.P. Baron L. de ...Ticott, Esq. Mutual Life Assurance for all classes. nothschild, M.P. This Association has now in existence 6,000 Policies, for a total sum of X 1,500,000. The Annual Income is • • •• • • £51,000 The Accumulated Fund exceeds • . 200,000 It has paid in Claims • • • • • - 1 12,000 The whole of the profits are divided quinquennially among the Members. Three divisions have already b een mad : . When th e following sums have been added as bonuses to the Policies .. L.q,400 .. 11,500 .. 23.200 .. 56,500 Dec. 31, 1847 .• ~ 3852 .. • • •• 1857 . • • • .. maki ~ 1862 .. • • n.'?: the total b onu s additions , Bonu ses maybe received in ca sh or applied to t he reduc tion of addit Jo Premiums at the option of the assured, in lieu of an 11 to th e L a c y i n ?, Att ention is eipecially i nv ited to the sys tem of free or paid up policie s introduced by this Associ ation • b which the sacrifice so oft en po icy is wholly shment of a The balance - sheets of the Associat ion ar lY avos i u d b e m d. itted to on the re lin g a whether assurer s or otherwise. e open to all, Active and influential agents will be appointed in unrepre sented districts. WM. THOS. LINFORD, Secretary. Chief MN+ 1 K ..1 Jaoorgate•street, E.C., Aug 1, 1863. ~~~~~~~~ THE SUN, LONDON, SA FURDAY EVENING, AUGUST 15, 1863. N°. 22,194. Now ready, DUBLIN BE VIE W. New Series. No. I. Price 65., post free. M r' ArF:iage's Frescoes at Islington. horse power, by Messrs. Maudslay, Sons, and Field, may be ready in the course of a month to be passed into the hands of the Government. They were tried successfully on Monday last. The bottom of this ship is covered with some prepared metal con taining copper. In several places where it ap proaches the iron-plates galvanic action has com menced. From the Prince Consort Admiral Robin son proceeded to No. 2 dock, where the screw steam ship Ocean, 35, is receiving her casing of iron. Although launched at Devonport on the 19th of March last, and removed forthwith to Keyham, there is on her port side a section of only one layer of plates, which extends from the bow to a few feet abaft the foremast, and on her starboard side a similar layer with some plates on her waist. About 20 are ready in the store. Some delay has occurred in the supply on the part of the manufacturer. About a fortnight since the hydraulic machine at Keyham, while at work, broke, in consequence of the defective state of a cylinder. CONTENTS. L Popular Devotion in Spain. 11. The Abyssinian Schism. 111. Intrinsic End of Civil Government. IV. Ro Ferrucci. V. Catholic Church in England. VI, The Tractarian Movement. VIL The French Elections. VIII. Notices of Books. IX. Foreign Periodical Literature. London : Burns and Lambert, 17 and 18, Portman-street, and 63, Paternoster-row, to whom all Works for Review and Advertisements should be sent. (he revival t fresco-painting in Europe and its introduc tion ill England were fairly looked upon as the most hope- ful symptoms of recovery from a long and death-like sleep, during the continuance of which the lesser qualities of art had usurped the place of the greater in public estimation, and finish, softness, and delicacy had been accepted as bet • ter and more comprehensible things than composition, drawing, and expression. Fresco-painting is the test of a great painter as it is the confusion of a weak one. When Michael Angelo declared it to be the only manly style of painting, or, as Vasari says, "truly the most virile, most sure, most resolute and durable of all modes," he stated a conviction rather than uttered a sneer. He knew that the TOURISTS' FADE MECUM.—PRICE ONE SHILLING. NO one should cross the Channel without this useful companion, which comprises in a form for the waistcoat pocket every necessary phrase for Railways, Hotels, Shops, Cabs, Money, &e, &0., and not a word super fluous. practice of fresco can derive no help from the inferior beauties that lend a charm to oil-painting; and that the painter who should seek to express his thoughts in this, the most difficult language of his art, must rely on a perfect knowledge of it, directed by courage, skill, and consum mate judgment, and thus must be endo wed with a mind London : sold by Simpkin and Marsh Stationers' Court, and at all Booksellers and Railways, CRITIQUE'S on the NEWSPAPER PRESS in the LITERARY TIMES, every week nobly to conceive a subject, and a hand able unerringly to execute it. THOXF O R D, 6, OXFORD STREET, W. THIS EVENING, will be performed Operatic Selections from Sir Henry R. Bishop's THE SLAVE and Halevy's MUSKETEERS (first time in England). Principal Artistes—Miss Russell, Miss Ellison, Messrs. Green, Bernardi, Etuish, &c., with full band and chorus. Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans. Flute Solos by Drew Dean, &c. Comic, by UNSWORTH ("or any other man"), Eugene, W. Randall, E. Righton, and A. Lloyd. Also, a Performance by Herr SCHALKENBACH on his won . derful instrument, the PIANO ORCHESTRE, contain irkg a full baud of 40 instruments. The practice of fresco-painting in England dates From the destruction of the Houses of Parliament and she erection of the New Palace at Westminster. A royal • • commission was appointed to consider and advise upon the decoration of the new building ; and English artists were invited to prepare cartoons, in the first place,and afterwards to submit for a prize competition specimens and trials in fresco, An impetus was thus given to the introduction of a mode of painting already flourishing in Germany under the encouragement of the late King of Bavaria. English painters threw their energies thoroughly into the work, and the various exhibitions in which the competitive cartoons and frescoes were displayed were eagerly thronged, and the designs thoroughly appreciated by the public—rich and poor. Probably no exhibitions in England have ever created so much interest, or been visited with so much favour. The BALL has just been newly Decorated and Ventilated, and is one of the most Beautiful in the Metropolis. Open at 8 o'clock. Admission, 6d. ; stalls and balcony, ls. ; private boxes, 10s. 6d. N OTICE. —The GHOST! GHOST!! GHOST!!! AT CANTERBURY HALL. Two representations of Professor Pepper's startling Illusion will be given on Mondays. Wednesdays, and Saturdays. at Nine and a quarter. past Eleven o'clock ; other Evenings at Eleven only ; and produced with all the newest improve ments by Mr. A. Silvester, which can be seen only at this establishment. Dramatic Readings by Mr. Graham, in addition to Grand Operatic Selections. Cantatas, Glees, Songs, Comic and Sentimental, and UNSWORTH, the Stump Orator. Unfortunately, however, there were but a few spaces in one public building to which the new mode of painting could be applied. The Government had neither means, nor probably any strong in cli nation, to cause other buildings to be decorated ; and, as the large spaces available for fresco-painting can be found, with rare exceptions, only in public edifices or in churches, the stimulus which had awakened so mueh ability and so many new hopes was withdrawn, and the Open every Evening at half past Seven. Admission, Sixpence. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. The FAIRY FOUNTAIN.—The Risarelis (last week pre vious to their departure for the Continent)—The Brothers Conrad—Les Petit Monstres—The Francesco Family, from La Scala, Milan, &c. Grand Operatic Selection :—Miss M`Gregor. Albert, G eorg i n i , supported by Chorus and Band of Sixty Performers. 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They especially recommend their improved Family Tea, reduced to 3s. 2d. ; Souchong-, reduced to 3s. 6d. ; mixed Assam, re duced to 3s. Bd. ; and the finest Assam, reduced from 4s. 4d. to 3s. lid. per lb. PASSENGERS AND TRAVELLERS PROTECTION AND COMPENSATION OFFICES, 16, Craven-street, Strand, London, W.C. Passengers by Rail, Road, or Water, and others suffering from loss or injury to themselves or property, should apply for redress and compensation at the above Offices ; established to render prompt assistance to all classes upon the most ad vantageous terms. Advice on application gratis. Letters must be addressed to "The Manager," enclosing a stamp for reply. 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. only apparent results of the Westminster Hall competi tions have been, generally speaking, incomplete and expe rimental efforts on the part of these artists who were selected to cover the spaces considered to be most eligible for decoration. The chief prizes of the first competition were of equal value, and were awarded to Mr. Armitage, Mr. Watts, and Mr. Cope. Each of these painters has executed frescoes in the New Palace at Westminster, and in the performance of the work entrusted to him has probably well quali fied himself for the practice of this difficult branch of art. Unfortunately, however, in the ripeness of their powers the demand for their exercise has ceased. Mr. Watts has since painted, for love, the noble fresco in the hall at Lin coln's Inn; and Mr. Armitage undertook, for a nominal price, to paint, and has now completed, the frescoes in the Catholic Church of St. John, in Duncan-terrace, Islington. Mr. Armitage's work in St. John's Church consists of a mural painting in the apsis, repre senting our Lord and the Apostles, and of a large fresco in one of the side chapels, representing Francis of Assisi sub mitting the rules of his new order to Pope Innocent the Third. The young man stands in front of the kneeling re presentatives of his confraternity, before the Pope and his Cardinals. Unabashed by the splendour of the court, yet with no lack of modesty, he waits, with his hands crossed on his breast, while the Pope reads the rules by which the order just founded is to be governed. The eyes of all are fixed upon his calm, earnest presence. The painter has put aside all the picturesque elements which might encumber or endanger the unity and simplicity of this idea ; but, having rightly done so, his difficulties, on the other hand, are very great. As he can get but little aid from strong contrasts of light and shade and colour, it becomes of the highest importance that his drawing and composition should be thoroughly good. Mr. Armitage has been well trained ; he is a good draughtsman ; and perhaps there is no English painter who is better ac quainted with the rules of composition. His strength is best seen in such work as these frescoes represent. The " St. Francis" has been completed about three years, and is at this moment in perfectly good condition ; but we understand that the painter has made some change in his practice, and that he considers his lately completed work in the apsis to be more purely and simply alfresco painting. The custom of painting colossal figures of Christ with his Apostles on the wall behind the high altar is of the earliest date. When the Basilicas were converted into Christian temples, the effigies of the Cmsars, which had become almost the only objects of adoration in the Pagan world, were removed, and in place of them mosaic representations of the Saviour and his Apostles were dis played in the semi-cupola above the high altar. As might be expected, we find a pagan stamp upon these early works—the head of the Saviour bearing some resemblance to the Jupiter, and the costume being generally that of the period, consisting of the tunic and the pallium, with sandals. The early impression has never been completely effaced—and we may trace in the cartoons of Raphael, and " The Last Judgment" of Michael Angelo, ten centuries later, the influence of the earliest representations of the sacred characters of the Christian religion upon all subse quent Christian art. Mr. Armitage has adopted, in its greatest simplicity, this earliest type. The figure of our Lord—colossal in size—is represented seated in the centre of the apsis, and directly behind the high altar. On either side are ranged the Apostles in pairs —St. Peter and St. Andrew being foremost on one side, St. John and St. James on the other. The great merit of the fresco is its simplicity. The painter has justly estimated the advantages and the limits of his materials. He has given his attention chiefly to the drawing and expression of the heads. The colour is merely suggestive—rich ness of effect being attained by means of the gold ground upon which the figures are relieved. The first impression conveys a sense of coldness, which gives place, however, to the admiration and approval which all good work inspires in true lovers of art. With the exception of the principal figure, in which, we think, Mr. Armitage has preserved too much of the character of the ideal Jupiter, the heads are true in character to the idea we form of the several Apostles, and rightly varied in expression. The drawing in general is masterly, and the draperies are well composed. An inexperienced observer has but little idea of the diffi culties involved in the successful accomplishment of such works as these frescoes, and would probably be surprised to learn that a very clever painter of cabinet-pictures would stand before a large space of wall as helpless as a child to cover it with design. Besides the necessary training,which must be of the highest order for him who aspires to be a fresco-painter, there are difficulties inherent in the process itself, and the uusucceseful battling with which has re sulted in the deterioration or ruin of so much good work in Westminster Palace. In reference to the above, we have been permitted to make the following extract from a letter written by the artist to a friend, relative to the frescoes in St. John's Church. " For the fresco of St. Francis of Assisi, I followed, as closely as I could, the precepts of Cennino Cennini. This old author and artist (himself a pupil of 1 :1'-iotto) recommends the preparatory modelling of the flesh with a greenish tint —terra verte, umber, &c.—and the, subsequent addition of the carnation hues applied in a - !ery fluid state. He never theless says that a small o - be mixed with these carnati on r-' ...4antitY of lime should ,lours. With the exception of the use of te rra verte. - For the t erra - followed his instruction to the letter. and oxide vait I substituted a mixture of raw umber any other calm. our e of Chromium, experience having taught me that -..tentmen's terra verte is a easy compound, which a.as had more to do with cue ruin of English frescoes than and less of the lime colour. The wall is a a when I undertook the large fresco of thaesaa pigment; and, . t As my ork proceeded, I got to use less altogether. Accordin method offers a great advantage ;3 the flesh tints of the "Christ and Apostles" there u!, I resolved dispense with it as the colours do not change from t o h f e or to any the body the work has every ratherelement t stamed than painted. I think wet themselves, We believe that these works Wduerraebility; undertakenand my by n i‘ e i w r. a& over the old, inasmuch state." lucrative employment of his time. and with a view to a independent of the cartoons, e actual time spent uponArmi Armitage as frescoes experimental tracings, &c., was four months for the "St. Francis" and seven months for the apsis.— The .Reader. 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 pcnied 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 Board feel it their imperative duty to make an EARNEST APPEAL to the public for continued support, to enable them to admit and relieve the distressing cases that daily present themselves. Contributions are received by the Treasurer, Edward Masterman, Esq.' Nicholas-lane; also by Mess rs . C outts and Co. ; Drummond and Co. ; Herries and Co. ; Ransom an d Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co. ; Smith, P ayne, and Co. ; GI on and Co. ; Jones Loyd and Co. ; Barclay an d C o. ; Denis and Co. ; W illiatas, Deacon, and Co. ; Overend, Gurney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co. ; Messrs. J. Barned and Co., Liverpool and at the HospitaL STANFORD S. SMITH, Secretary. ROYAL NATIONAL LIF E-B OAT (Incorporated by Royals Majesty Charter). PAntolass—Her Most Gra—outhe Queen. 1 IMESIDENT—Vice-Admiral the Duke ofNorthumberland, er and, K.G., F.R.S. CnArnmAN—Thos. Baring, • Fsq M.P. F. 8.5., DEPUTY-CHAIRMAN—Thomas Chapman, APPEAL. The Committee of Managementhave +.O state that, since the beginning of the year 1860, the fat National Lifeboat _pr Institution has expended £32,000 e: various Lifeboat Estab lishments on the Coasts of Eng'.and, Scotland, and Ireland. The number of lives sawr,„a by the Life-boats of the Society, and other means, 'since its formation, is 12,800;O Cl ipr which services 82 G_ Medals, 718 Silver Medals, and 216,480 in cash have The ..reen a tion has also a ppended £67,000 onrewards Life-boats, Life-boat Transport. and Boat-houses. th lid in . Institu- The kJommittee desire to express their grateful sense of e,- generous support which they have received from the British public during the past few years, a support which has enabled them to establish their present magnificent fleet nt' 123 Lifeboats on the shores of the United Kingdom. Deeply sensible, however, of the great responsibility that rests on them to maintain their fleet in a thoroughly efficient state, and its Crews practised in the management of their boats, which can only be effected by a large and permanent annual income, they earnestly appeal to all classes of their countrymen to aid them in upholding and perpetuating so great and truly national a work. 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Orders having been received for her to be fitted for the first-class steam reserve, in readiness for the service for which she is intended —that of a troopship, similar to the sister iron steamer Orontes, yesterday the dockyard hands gave the last coating of the anti-corrosive composition to both sides of her hull, which had previously been payed over with a mixture of coal tar and naphtha, two coats of which were applied to the iron in its erude state. Over this again was laid two coats of the anti-corrosive composition invented by Mr. Hayes, the Admiralty chymist, which bears the character of being the best of the several anti-foul ing compositions yet brought into use. It may, however, be at once stated that all of the many anti-fouling mixtures which have hitherto been in troduced to the notice of the Board of Admiralty are more or less failures, none of them possessing in an invention of the kind—namely, the property of pre venting the growth of marine incrustations and other accumulations on iron ships' bottoms, and of preserving the iron itself from the destructive chy mical action of the water and marine animalculw._ The old line-of-battle sailing ship Duncan was yesterday towed into Chatham harbour from Stan gate-creek and moored alongside the dockyard, in readiness to be placed in the first vacant dock, for the purpose of being taken to pieces in consequence of her unfitness for further service. A notice was yesterday posted at the dockyard gates for the entry of hired shipwrights, to be employed in breaking her up. Her Majesty's iron steam storeship Industry yesterday went up to the Victoria-yard, Dept ford, from Woolwich, to load with victualling stores for the Isle of Ascension. After receiving her cargo she will be fitted with a new foremast, now under construction at Woolwich, to replace the one eaten throughout with dry rot, and which fell over the deck in three pieces a few days ago on the vessel leaving the dock at Woolwich. STAMPED ....sd. desired the future Poland to be governed by an in telligent minority or by an ignorant h majority, to '. which he at one replied, ~ an intelligent mi nority," and seemed astonished that I could think him capable of giving any other reply. I have not yet been able to find a Polish "democrat" unwise enough to maintain that the Polish peasants ought to have votes, or a Polish " aristocrat" unjust enough to deny that all classes ought to be equal before the law. What really did divide the two parties until the insurrection broke out was the pea sant question; the proprietors of the so-called "aris tocratic" party wishing to cede to each peasant a port ion of the land wtaich he had been in the habit of cultivating fo r his own profit, while the non proprietors of the so-called " democratic" party were generous enough to maintain that the whole of such land should be given up. The democrats, however, were not " socialists," as it has been the fashion to call them. They never proposed to rob the prop rietor, nor did they want anything for themselves. All they desired was that the peasant-land should be made over as absolute property to the peasants and that the proprietors should be indemnified by the nation. Their scheme may have had a communistic look, but the proprie tors can scarcely say so now, for they have them selves adopted it, "If," the so-called'` democratic" party used to say, " the peasants are not disposed to join the national movement, that is because the proprietors did not long ago give them up the ground for which, until the present insurrection broke out, they had either to perform task work or to pay rent. If the proprietors had been more patriotic, and had only sacrificed a portion of the land which belonged to them for the sake of the land to which they belong, the peasant would have had something to fight for, and would have taken up arms with the rest of the country." " Why," observed a highly democratic insurgent to me one day, " I saw a peasant near Olkusz go under fire to save his calf. What would he not do if he pos sessed a field really his own, and the Russians were going to ravage it ?" It is difficult to say what he would or what he would not do, but, in the mean while, itis certain that the land question can give rise to no more disscusions among.the Poles, for the peasants have had their farms formally and finally ceded to them by the National Government, and the April and July quarters have passed without rent having been received or claimed in any part of Poland. The peasants, always anxious to be on the safe side, have in some places in the Kingdom taken their rent to their late landlords and begged them to accept it ; and I am told that they were at first very much mystified, and afterwards very grateful, but still rather perplexed, when they were told that they had nothing to pay, and that their land had been given to them by order of the Polish National G overnment. Nevertheless, there are two parties in every coun try in which discussion has long been a habit, and the mode of conduct pursued in connection with the insurrection, while approved by the educated part of the nation in general, is at the same time stigma tised by one section as" reactionary.' Here, again, there is an abuse of terms. No one in Poland (excepting always the peasants, who form a class apart, and want simply to be let alone) is opposed to " action" on behalf of Polish independence; but the majority have throughout been in favour ot moderate, sustained action, and the general plan has been to keep up a good continuous blaze in as many parts of Poland as possible, while taking care not to burn up everything at once. According to this party the object ot the Polish insurrection is to keep Russia at bay, and to give the Western Powers the opportunity of intervening on behalf of Poland under favourable circumstances. The party of extreme action, ou the other hand, maintain that half measures have been and may be again the ruin of Poland. They have no faith in diplomacy, and say that, instead of counting upon foreign aid, the Poles should rise in all parts of Poland, and stake everything on one great trial. The men of the moderate, otherwise the "aristo cratic," " diplomatic," and " reactionary" party believe that if this great experiment were made it would be unsuccessful, and then everything would be lost, whereas, under the system hitherto pursued, the insurrection may at least be kept up long enough to allow the Western Powers to come to the aid of Poland if they really wish to do so. Of course, reproaches are interchanged. The leaders of the moderate party are accused of think ing too much of their estates and of fearing too much the penalty of confiscation, while the leaders of the extreme party,who have for the most part no estates to think about, and who laugh at the pen alty of confiscation, as the penniless traveller laughs at robbers, are accused of being " the enemies of property," of wishing to raise themselves on the ruins of the aristocratic class in Poland, and so on. It seems to me that these recriminations are not deserved on either side. The great proprietors, so far from being selfish, have contributed immense sums towards the expenses of the insurrection, and without their personal aid not a single detachment of those that are formed in Galicia would be able to reach the frontier. On the other hand the lower and middle classes (counting in the latter small proprie tors, students, and the managers, stewards, &c., of estates) have done nearly all the fighting, and allow ances ought to be made for them if they sometimes hastily corademn those who from a commendable pru , deuce, and not from any want of patriotism, have hitherto abstained from joining them in the field. Doubtless on both sides there are some bad men. There are aristocrats so selfish as to think of nothing but their own private interests, and democrats so envious as to wish to destroy the most ancient and honourable families of Poland, from mere hatred of social superiority. But the only democrats in Po land, in the proper political sense of the word, are the Russian and Austrian Governments, who para lyse the influence of the educated classes by raising up the peasantry against them. There is no poli tical democratic party, and consequently no politi cal aristocratic party to oppose. Eve r y so-called Polish democrat knows—what the real democrats of France and England seem to be igno ra nt of— that by far the greatest class i in Polands utterly opposed to the notion of Polish independence. The two parties, then, ex i s ting in Po lan d consist, on the one hand, of those w h o hitherto have wished os seand who ho foreign have s l o w, steady in the country, only to keep up a with the view of atntrat i nterven ti o n, and, 0 means of a general blaze, to burn ou t c h t e i ng other forfi , e ir o ge f n t e h r desired, by on ce without thinkin g o f f ore i gners the Russians at at all. But at the present moment the policy of t h e moderate party, or at least o f a port i on o f it to be changing, seems and I hear many pe r sons — shoc ked at the terrible losses which the Poles have already e xperienced, and it is to be hoped not in va i n —say that the insurrection has done its work, and that no fresh expeditions need be sent either to Volhynia or to the Kingdom. .‘ The object," they allege, "of the h Pal' is insurrection was to bring about a diplomati c intervention, which may or may not lead to an • intervention by arms. The diploma tic knot having now been tied, it remains to be seen whether or no, it will have to be cut with the sword, and the Sol • ution or scission does not," they main tain, "depend upon the possibility of Russia and the Western Poo era coming to an und.erstanding:on the subject of Poland." 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There is a great deal that is sublime and much also that is ridiculous in the Polish insurrection, and it is ridiculous and some thing worse for any Pole or Poles to claim publicly the direction of affairs in a province belonging to Austria, with which Power it is conventionally supposed that all Poland is on good terms. The first address issued by the " Chief of the Town" is printed in the form of a handbill, and is marked " No. 1," from which it may be inferred that a series is meditated. Few nations have shown such an aptitude for political blunders as the Poles; but I think it is generally felt by the most influential people in Lemberg that a mistake of no ordinary magnitude has now been committed, and that the " Chief of the Town" had better hide his head as soon as possible. This is a case for the interven tion of the Poles themselves. They should inter vene between the Lemberg " Chief of the Town" and his folly, or between the Lemberg Committee and their folly. I have heard it suggested that it would be a good idea to attribute the composi tion and circulation of the address in question to Russian agency, and certainly the Russians could not injure the general prospects of the Poles more effectively than by setting the Austrian Govern ment against them. The address is as follows : Fellow•citizens,—The present moment, so important for the national cause, is one in which all our ardour must be maintained. "The enemies of the movement would, to the injury of the nation, check that readiness to make sacrifices which is our only strength. It is our duty, then, to take care that the national enthusiasm be allowed to work, and through the proper channels. To this end, having been appointed by the Committee for Eastern Galicia, I now assume my functions and take upon myself the heavy responsibility of watching your conduct and directing the manifestations of your patriotism. " From this position I invite your respect. Citizens, re main peaceable and pay no heed to provocations from what ever quarter they may come. Do not take part in any move ment in the streets, for this would be to act in the interest of our enemies. Preserve a dignified tranquillity, and re member the loftiness of the cause which we all serve. " I know your readiness to make sacrifices of money. " To increase and strengthen this readiness to the extent of our present necessities is one of my main duties. "I must warn you against all abuse of confidence. De posit money and other offerings in the hands of those per sons only who are authorised by me. "On my demand only, and only in the way indicated by me, you must give active support, with men and with money, to the war now waging in the provinces held cap tive by Russia. " Patience and subordination must be your motto. Im plicit obedience is now your first duty. Indifference is a Bin, and opposition a crime. "CHIEF OF THE TOWN OF LEMBERG. (Naczelnik Miasta Lwowa.)" It is an error to suppose that there is a " revolu tionary" committee in Lemberg, as some German newspapers have hinted, and as a Bohemian journal of Panslavonian tendencies, and therefore bitterly hostile to any movement that may have the effect of weakening Russia, has openly asserted. The Com mittee for Eastern Galicia, sitting at Lemberg, like the Committee for Western Galicia, sitting at Cracow, is in correspondence and in union with the Central Committee of the National Go vernment sitting at Warsaw. It was formed for the purpose of directing the efforts of the Galicians on behalf of their countrymen in Russian Poland, and in aiding the movement against Russia in every possible manner. It has committed an act of great imprudence in sanctioning the circulation of an address in which one of its officials claims op enl exercise authority over the Polis h subjet ; s tse. y of Austria, but it can be seen from th e address 1 that the i that the committee desires mo st earnestybe at o authority of the Austrian Government shall the same time respected. to " check that readi who are described as wishing is our only strength." One word as to the "enemies of the movement," ness to make sacrifices wh i i d ch a bout the existence of s and it might be imagined A great deal has bee d n two parties in Poland, t f an th t e o cautions hisfellow-citizens a re Town" of Lemberg that the persons his political opponents. say what separates against. awrthieosminthpeo"laCnhdief p lt is easier, however, t o them or what different views words entertain. A great abuse is made of the say that there are two words " aristocratic" and " democratic" here, as in other countries. I asked a distinguished Polish "democrat" the other day (who, by the way, would be very much annoyed if any one were to question the antiquity of his family) whether he AUSTRALIA. PLYMOUTH, Friday Evening. o n rr g h i ne g V t e a rn m on r ,.B F 9 . l G to re n e s Ca n , ,fr p a t m ; Edw Sydney, ard May 1,l hbaes passed up Channel for London, having landed here Mr. Patton, 14th Regiment, and wife, Mr., Mrs,, and Master Simmonds. She bringa 630 z. of gold, a quantity of shipbuilding timber, and a cargo con sisting of 1,179 bales of wool, 2,663 hides, 59 bales of leather, 321 bags of gum, 90 bags of iron bark, 43 cases of sperm oil, and 7,125 trenails. Her pas sengers include 50 in the cabin, and 25 in the steerage. Among the former are Mesdames Bray brook, Maxwell, Austin, Howel, and Padden; Lieut. and Mrs. Good, Mr. and Mrs. Lad brook, Mr. and Mrs. Peacock, and Mr. and Mrs. Knabeuschal, Mr. Bath and daughter, the Rev. G. F. D. Priddle, Mrs. R. Hankey, F. Lacey, M. A. Johnston, T. Wallace, W. F. Emmens, W. Marshall, R. Snell, Connan, J. Padden, B. Londres, F. Hermann, A. Matthews, and J. Stewart, and Masters Austen and Hudson. On May 10, in lat. 53 37 S., long. 155 25 W., the Vernon fell in with three large icebergs, and con stantly passed drift ice and bergs to long. 111 37 W. Large blocks of drift ice could be scarcely ob served at night until within a ship's length. Is traversing 2,000 miles of mean, 700 icebergs were seen. Many were some miles long and 300 ft. high. Those first met were the largest. Cape Horn was rounded on June 6. On Sinday, June 28, lat, 25 S., long. 30 W,, she got the south-east trades at 3 a.m. The report of a guu was heard, and when Captain Jones came on deck he observed a vessel on the starboard quarter. Thinking she was in dis tress, he tacked. The stranger rapidly rounded the Vernon, which then hove on to the port tack. The stranger often approached within a mile, and at length hove to, hoisted a light at her peak, and lowered a boat which came alongside. A man re presenting himself as an officer of a United States' cruiser jumped on board and demanded the Vernon's papers, which were refused, as the man was not in uniform, nor had he the appearance of a naval officer. He wore a short sword, bowie-knife, car ried a revolver, and had on a pair of cavalry boots. On refusal he said his ship would fire into the Ver non. He was then told that if he did not wish his boat towed under water he had better shove off. On leaving he repeated his threat of firing ; when informed that the Vernon hove to only because the gnn was thought to be a token of distress, he said if she had not they would have fired into her. The boat's crew stated that the American ship was the Cato, from Valparaiso, four months in commission. anchored at Angra, left on the 4th. Captain Jones considers that she was a privateer. The Vernon n crossed the Aug.line ug. 2, Julyand l 5 The steamer Flora was at the island coaling. A Federal cruiser was hourly expected there. The Vernon spoke, June 19, lat. 42 37 S., long. 38 44 W,, the bark Enid, 43 days from Caldera for Liverpool ; 28th, lat. 24 51 S., long. 29 30 W., the French ship Ganges, from Gravelines ; July 8. lat. 17 37 N., long. 27 14 W., the ship Rajah of Sara wak, 94 days from Hongkong for Liverpool; 11th, lat. 9 59 N., long. 26 15 W., the French bark Les Bons File ; 12th, lat. 11 13 N., long. 26 49 W., a bark showing third distinguishing pendant, 6,891, 70 days from Peru for Hamburg; 23d, lat. 29 33 N., long 40 42 W., the bark Shallet, 86 days from Cochin for London ; 28th, lat. 34 41 N., long. 36 66 W., the bark Landwistern ; 29th, lat. 37 4 N., long. 33 40 W., the Dutch ship Philip von Marnix, 132 days from Akyab for Amsterdam ; Aug. 11, lat. 47 58 N., long. 36 42 W., the ship Fearnought, and off the Lizard the bark Caroline Elizabeth for Port Phillip. The bark Cheviot, Captain J. Henderson, belong ing to Messrs. Smith, of Newcastle, has passed up Channel for London. Her cargo consists of 300 jaggery, 30 tons red wood, 9 bales blue cloth, 90 trunks handkerchiefs, 53 pieces horns, 2 cases condiments, 6 cases shells, 1 case books, 160 bales tanned skins, 1,327 bales cotton, and 421 chests indigo. She left Madras, April 19 ; rounded the Cdpe of Good Hope, June 12 ; crossed the line July 6 ; and spoke, April 27, lat. 8 N., long. 85 E.) the ship Empress, 9 days from Madras, and the bark Chandernagore, 13 days from Madras, both for London ; May 12, lat. 81 S., long. 88 E., the ship Royal Stuart, with troops from Madras for London ; July 15, lat 144- N., long. 29i W., the bark Thus nelda, 162 d a y s f rom R angoon for Bremen ; 18 th, lat. 17 N., l ong . 33 W. th e American ship Inez, 120 days from R angoon for Falmouth ; 19th, lat. 18 N., long. 35 W., the French ship Cunandig, 59 days from Bourbon for Nantes ; 25th, lat. 32 N., long 36 W., th e b ar k V orse ty n , 80 days from Peru for Hamb urg ;. 30th, lat. 34 N ., l on g. 31 W., the British bark Lavinia, 56 days from Algoa Bay for Falmouth ; and August 12, lat. 48 N., long. 8 W., the British ship Star of Denmark, standing west ward. Naval and Military intelligence. THE NAVY. As stated in Th e Sun of Thursday, the first ob jest which received the attention of the Duke 01 Somerset on his arrival at Devonport was the con. templated site for the new naval barrac ks. His lordship was accomp an i ed to the par k by Capt. the Hon. J. R. Drummond Romaine, C. 8., and Capt. R o b er t Hall, R.N. He , C.B. Mr. Stansf eld, Mr. was met by Earl de Grey and Ripon, Under-Secre tary of War, and Mr. Woolcombe, town-clerk of Devonport. In addition to the sites mentioned yes terday, their lordships examined a waste piece of the glacis westward of the road to Keyham, and which in some measure faces Hamoaze. Accompa nied by Col. G. C. Langley, Deputy Adjutant-Gen., Royal Marines, they next inspected the Plymouth division of Royal Marines. They were received by Col.-Commandant Gascoigne, C. 8., who is in com mand. The division was formed round the Barrack square, and subsequently marched past in quick time, in open and quarter dist ance column, &c. Their lordships then inspected the recruits, the men's barrack-rooms, and the new north wing (capable of accommodating 700 men), which is nearly complete. The number of marines of all ranks present at the Plymouth headquarters is 1,847, including 179 at Millbay, under command of ("apt. N. W. De Courcy. The average percentage on the sick list is seven. From the barracks his grace and his colleagues proceeded to the Royal Naval Hospital, where they were received by Capt. Superintendent Curry, Inspector-General Dr. J. D. Stewart, Mr. Grant, and the other officers. After inspecting the various wards they visited the Royal William Victualling-yard, and on passing through the different departments, entered a barge at the landing, and proceeded to the grounds of Mount Edgoumbe. In the evening, on board the Enchan tress, they entertained Port-Admiral Sir Houston Stewart and other official personages. While the First Lord was at Stonehouse, in specting the Royal Marines, the Controller of the Navy, Admiral Robinson, accompanied by Captain Edmonstone, of the Steam Reserve, Capt. Stewart, R.N., and Mr. Edwards, assistant master ship wright at Keyham, made a thorough inspection of the screw steamship Gibraltar, 893,722 tons, which is in the first division of the steam reserve in Hamoaze. They were escorted round her by Staff-Commander Renaud, the chief engineer, and other officers,and expressed themselves well pleased with her cleanliness and in efficiency. Some addi tions are to be made to her ventilation. The Con , troller next inspected the Princess Royal, 73 guns, 3,129 tons, and the first division of his gunboats. Admiral Robinson, accompanied by Mr. Senn del's, Commander Biddlecombe• Master-Attendant, and' Mr. Batt, of the Indus, visited also the iron case d ship Prince Consort, 35, 4,045 tons. She is in the south basin of Keyham steamyard, nearly read, y for bending sails, and will soon be prepared for ri meiving a commission. Her engines, of 1,000- //A gee NEWS Pis,P E R ( C - TIFT, - \ —\ \ ,-- • - f- -, : , `,: i l l'a ..,ikt ., ''!' '7 I ~,,A .l- -.) .. 4 ''m_Thp, - gr'e, - 7 , --'ziLkl AO's , find itself mistaken if it imagines that by rntty srt tern of diplomatic delays it can postpone the pro posed settlement of the Polish question until the Polish insurrection falls to nothing of A itself. UGUST 8. \Ve hear from Cracow that a terrible explosion has taken place in that town by which seven persons are known to have lost their lives. Various expla nations are given, but all that seems to be really known is that gunpowder had been concealed in the house where the accident occurred, and that the un fortunate men and women who perished were often engaged in making cartridges. The number of houses in Cracow in which ammunition is supposed to lie hid is very great, and an order from the police has appeared, cautioning proprietors, in the interest of the inhabitants generally, against allowing explo sive substances to be collected by their lodgers. Although by the latest accounts only seven bodies h ave been discovered in the ruins of the house, it is oelieved that others may yet be found, as several of the late inmates; are missing. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. READING RACES, AUG. 14. The Forbury Stakes (handicap) of 3 sovs each, with 25 added ; for 3-yr-olds and upwards; winners extra; the winner to be sold for 40 sovs, and any surplus to go to the fund. About seven furlongs straight. Mr. W. Pearse's Nereus, aged, Bst. ~... (H. Grimshaw) 1 Mr. David's Dominie Sampson, 5 yrs, Bst 101 b - - Mr. M. Henry's Abernethy, 3 yrs, Tat Sib (E. Forster) 2 (J. Grimshaw) 3 Mr. Harroway's Telegram, aged, 7st 61b (Clement) 4 Betting-6 to 4 agat Dominie Sampson, 2to 1 agst Nereus. The latter made play throughout, and wen easily by a length; Abernethy was a bad third. The winner was purchased by Mr. Jacobs, of Cheltenham, for 51 guineas. The Caversham Stakes (handicap) of 3 soya each, with 25 added; winners extra. Straight run in, three-quarters of a mile. Lord Bateman's Danaus, 3 yrs, sst 71b (J. Grimshaw) 1 Lord Bateman's Miss Livingstone, 3 yrs, Bst 41b (Custance) 2 Mr. Chancellor's Sister to Melsonby, 3 yrs, 7st 71b (car ried 7st 81b) ........................ (FL Grimshaw) 3 The following also ran :—Teddy, Cairncastle, Flash-in the-Pan, Overture, Deerfoot, The Gunner, Midnight, Rubini, Vitus, Victorine, Voluptas, and Flutter. Betting-9 to 2 agst Flash-in-the-Pan, 6to 1 agst Sister to Melsonby, 100 to 15 each agst Deerfoot and Voluptas, to 1 each agst The Gunner, Miss Livingstone, and Rubini, 10 to agst Teddy, 12 to 1 agst Danaus, 100 to 8 sgst Over ture, 100 to 6 agst Cairncastle, 20 to 1 each agst Midnight and Flutter. The Gunner made play, followed by Miss Livingstone, Danaus, and Teddy on his left, Voluptas close up on his right. They ran in this order to the distance, where Dalian' took up the running, followed by Sister to Melsonby, Deer foot, and Livingstone, Rubini, and Flash-in the-Pan. Half way up Sister to Melsonby gave way to Miss Livingstone, who, unable to reach her stable companion, was beaten three-quarters of a length; Flash-in-the-Pan was fourth, and the last two were Voluptas and St. Vitus. Flutter, in making the turn, struck into the heels of some other horse and fell, Mordan, the jockey, being carried to the infirmary, but, on examination, was found only to have been shaken. The Thames Handicap of 5 sovs each, 2 ft, with 50 added, for three-yr-olds and upwards; winners extra. One mile and three-quarters. 14 subs. Mr. Low's Gibraltar, 6 yrs, Bst 71b (Custance) 1 Mr. S. Thellasson's Kingswood, 3 yrs, 7st 91b (inc. 71b extra) (car 7st 101 b) (Fordham) 2 Mr. Brayley's Hampton Court, 3 yrs, 6st 71b.. (Cannon) 3 The following also ran :—Violet, Sweet Willie, Remune rator, Quicksand, Petersham, and Willie the Beau. Betting-7 to 2 agst Gibraltar, sto 1 agst Violet, 6to 1 agst Remunerator, 100 to 15 agst Hampton Court, 8 to 1 each agst Kingswood, Sweet Willie, and Quicksand, 10 to 1 agst Petersham. Sweet Willie held a slight lead of Remunerator, Violet, Petersham, and Kingswood for three-quarters of a mile, when he retired, and Remunerator want on with the running. Half a mile from home Gibraltar, who had been lying fourth, deprived Remunerator of the lead, and, continuing in front to the end, won cleverly by a length and a half ; Hampton Court a bad third, Petersham fourth, Violet fifth, Quicksand sixth, and Willie the Beau and Sweet Willie were beaten off. The Selling Stakes of 3 sovs each, with 25 added, for all ages ; selling and other allowances. Half-a-mile. Mr. T. Hughes's Good-for-Nothing, 4 yrs (£2O), 7st 11Ib (T. French) 1 Mr. Sutton's Bittern, 2 yrs (£2O), sst 81b.. (Doolan) 2 Mr. Payne's Tomfoolery, 2 yrs (£2O), sst 81b (J. Grimshaw) 3 The following also ran :—Neilgherry, St. Vitus, Wee Aggie, Maid of Lincoln colt, and Nereus. Betting-7 to 4 agst Tomfoolery, sto 2 agst Neilgherry, 6 to 1 agst Wee Aggie, 8 to 1 agst Good for Nothing, 10 to 1 each agst Bittern and Nereus. Good for Nothing made the running, attended by Tom foolery until arriving opposite the stand, where Bittern came with a rush, but never getting up was beaten by half a length; Tomfoolery finished three•quarters of a length behind Bittern ; and Neilgherry was only beaten a head from the favourite. The winner was bought by Mr. Patterson for 80 guineas, and Bittern was claimed by Mr. Simpson. The Whitley Stakes (Handicap) of 10 soya each, 5 ft, with 50 added; winners extra. One mile. 41 subs, 21 of whom declared. Mr. Reeve's Topsy, 3 yrs, Est 31b (inc 71b extra) (J. Grimshaw) 1 Mr. Merry's Calliope colt, 3 yrs, Est (J. Loates) 2 Mr. W. S. Crawfurd's Crotchet colt, 4 yrs, 6st 71b (H. Covey) 3 The following also ran :—Game Cock, Gibraltar, Earl of Surrey, and Balliveme. Betting-6 to 6 agst the Calliope colt-100 to 30 agst Topsy-100 to 15 agst Gibraltar. The Calliope colt made play to the half distance, where Topsy obtained the lead, and won a capital race by a neck ; three lengths separated the second and third ; Gamecock was fourth, Baliverne fifth, Gibraltar sixth, and Earl of Surrey did not pass the post. The Abbey Stakes, of 15 sovs each, 5 ft, with 50 added, for 2 yr-olds ; colts, Bst 101 b ; fillies, Bst 61b ; certain penal ties and allowances. Five furlongs. 32 subs. Mr. E. Crawshaye's Eastminster, 9st 111 b (inc 51b extra) (Fordham) 1 Marquis of Hastings's Garotter, 9st 31b (ino 71b extra) (S. Rogers) 2 Mr. Merry's Crisis, Set 131 b (inc a 31b allowance and 101 b extra) (H. Covey) 3 Mr. E. Brayley's De Grey, Bst 71b (allowed 31b) (A. Cowley) I Mr.Sason's Lord Cochrane, Bst 71b (allowed 31b)(Miagle 5 ') 5 Betting—Even on Garotter-9 to 4 agst Crisis -100 to 15 agst Eastminster. The latter made play, and for some distance followed by De Grey, who giving way to Garotter, a splendid race from the distance ensued, and resulted in the defeat of the fa ths separated the second and vourite by a neck; two lengths third. Bst 41b ....(Fordham) The Stand Plate (Handicap) of 100 soya, for all ages ; ners extra. Half a mile. 33 subs. 7 :_ st T l2 o l m b ........ . , Cadiz, 3 yrs, 7st Slb ............ (Daley) 2 WFiaedmloinw;ss Tarragona , 4 Ps, (J. Holman) Mountain Buck, 31r T . h J e a c f o o b ll s o ' i L n u f g r a a 1 , s 3 O r r a e n , G i ps y Girl, Vigil, Peahen, Calliope colt, Blanche of Juliet, Lancaster, Perseverance, Vindicta, Tom Sayers, Overstone, Girdle, Signalman, Eleanor, Imposition, Elise, and Tom. foolery. Betting-5 to 2 agst Tarragona, 6 to 1 agat Vigil, 10 to 1 agst Gipsy Girl, 100 to S each agat Lufra, Signalman, and Overstone, 100 to 6 agst Perseverance, 20 to 1 each agst Imposition and Mountain Buck, and 50 to 1 agat Tom Sayers. Gipsy Girl obtained a clear lead at the start, followed by Tarragona, Tomfoolery, Cadiz, Lufra, and Elise to the half 'distance, where Tarragona and Cadiz drew away, the first -mentioned winning cleverly by half a length ; Cadi4 beat Lufra (who passed Gipsy Girl opposite the Stand) by half a length. Perseverance, who went in front of Gipsy Girl in the last few strides, was fourth, and Tomfoolery sixth. BETTING ON THE COURSE. GREAT EBOR HANDICAP. Gto 1 agst Clarior (offered) Bto 1 agst Golden Pledge (offered) 10 to 1 agst Monk (taken) 10 to 1 agst Piccador (taken) 15 to 1 aget Fantail (taken) LEGER, sto 1 aget Ranger (taken and offered) 100 to 15 agst Lord Clifden (taken and offered) 7to 1 agst Queen Bertha (offered) Bto 1 agst Avenger (offered) 30 to 1 agst Onesander (taken) 40 to 1 agst Borealis (taken) 1000 to 10 agst Kemptown (taken) 1000 to 10 agst Cheerful (taken) 15 to 1 aget Lord Glasgow's lot (wanted) BETTING AT MANCLIESIER-FRIDAY. EBOR ItANDIcAY. sto 1 agst Clarior (offered) 17 to 2 agst Golden Pledge (taken) 9to 1 agst Carisbrook (taken) 10 to 1 apt The 11Ionk (taken) 10 to 1 agst Melrose ((liken and offered) 14 to 1 agst Belknap. (uttered) 20 to 1 agst Fantail (taken) - - - - T. LEGER. 11 to 2 agst Lord Clifden (taken) 6to 1 bar one (offered) A HINT PICKED Up IN THE STREETS OF PARIS. —Every street in Paris is swept and washed down each morning. Plenty of work is inv olved in that, for all litter of the day goes i n t o the street at n i g ht—bein g not kept festering in dustbins, as is our habit to keep the like. But, after the cleansing, not a stalk, a shell, or straw, will offend the sight for the remainder of the day. • ~~ I