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1) OYAL 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 BUCCLEUCIT, R.G. Treasurer—Edward Masterman, Esq. - • . 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—yiz., that which is accom pcnied by sickness and disease, and is now of suffici en t 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 Mas !errnan, Esq., 7{ ichol -lan e ; also by Messrs . Coutts and Co. ; Drummond and Co. ; Herries and Co. ; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Giyn and Co. ; Jones Loyd and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; Denison and Co. ; lAMBS, Deacon, and Co.; Overend, Gurney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co. ; Messrs. J. Barned and Co., Liverpool and at the Tdospital. STANFORD S. SMITH Secretary. ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION (Incorporated by Royal Charter). PATRONESS—Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen. PRESIDENT—Vice-Admiral the Duke of Northumberland, K.G., F.R.S. CHAIRMAN—Thos. Baring, Esq., M.P., F.R.S., V.P. DEPUTY-CHAIRMAN—Thomas Chapman, Esq., F.R.S., V.P. APPEAL. The Committee of Management have to state that, since the beginning of the year 1861, the Royal National Lifeboat Institution has expended £28,550 on various Lifeboat Estab lishments on the Coasts of England, Scotland, and Ireland. The number of lives saved by the Life-boats of the Soviet and and other means, since its formation, is 1 3 ,2 20 ; zr which services 82 Gold Medals, 733 Silver Medals, and 11 7,200 in cash have been paid in rewards. The Institu trZ has also expended £75,380 on Life-boats, Life boat ThP?rting-earliages, and Boat-houses. the r , Committee desire to express their grateful sense of Ilri ti Verous support which they have received from the leas ena rblic during the past few years, a support which ot 125 L F,(l e them to establish their present magnificent fleet Deeply 4 1 boats on the shores of the United Kingdom rests on tjilble, however, of the great responsibility that state, a nd "ril to maintain their fleet in a thoroughly efficient boats, whit 3 Crews practised in the management of their annual in coinn all,9nly be effected by a large and permanent countrym en wtrY earnestly appeal to all classes of their great and truly 4' d the m in upholding and perpetuating so The Committe ational a work. tributions:— e g r atefully acknowledge the following con- ITer Majesty the oi Campbell, the Tiogleen £ a. d •• .• annual 50 0 0 s ll g le s sr s.,* 'Bank:era Clerk. Colonel, r t.A : • Urs. G. *.• Curriec s , a N n v d m C . 0 1 . ], annual 5 0 0 ••: ..• annual 1 1 0 Erie, Lord C•hiet .T•tisti(c • • -. .. annual 10 0 0 •• .. 4th don.lo 0 0 F an shawe,,Vice - Adinirai Ri " • .. d Fenwielc, G.. T., Esq., cost -n ,A., r,- .e l B. .. 2 n. on r 5 to o sportirur Carrine . ‘-', a Lifeboat and T * 0 0 Harve y, Rev. G. G. and • Mrs. ** • ran - .. 250 0 0 Martin, Sir Jienry. Bart. .. • • • .. don. 3 0 0 Palmer, Sir _Roundel], M.P., n iv ,. • •• .. : 4 ':" 8 Soli c .. tor-General .• • • lc - hdon. 10 0 0 Royal Yacht Squadron• • .. .. - . annual 2 2 0 Steel, Michael, Esq. • . •• •• • • annual 10 0 0 Thom ,s, Lady, Weston-super-Maro• collecteddon. 100 0 0 Ladyship • • • • • • • . •• by her Willouoliby d'Eresby, Lord .. .. • • • 16 16 0 annual s Donations and Annual :•I.l' , Feriptions Win be thankfully- 0 0 reiyed by the Bankers of the Institution, mes re- Pereiml, and Co. 76, Lembard—street; ; Messrs. l ' o s i l f Wi llis. Co., 59, Strand; N•lessrs. Berries, Farquhar, and c o. l a n and .Tames's-street, London ; by a 1 the Collectors of Customs and and Bankers in the UnitedlCuiv,dom; and by the Secretary, Lewis. Esq., at the Office Of the Institution, a John-street, Adelnhi, London, WA.;. CELEBRATION of the TERCENTENARY of kJ the BIRTH of SHARSPEARE, at Stratford-upon- Avon. The Tercentenary Committee (of which Sir Robert N. C. Hamilton, Bart., K.C.8.. is Chairman) are now receiv ing SUBSCRIPTIONS, and they may also be paid to the account of the Tercentenary Committee, at the Stourbridge and Kidderminster or Warwick and Leamington Banks, Stratford-upon-Avon ; Messrs. Greenway, Smith, and Greenway, 'Warwick ; or their London agents, Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Co , Messrs. Hanburys and Co., or Messrs. Glyn and Co bankers, London. The Terccntenary 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 r.•st 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 I()ved, and where he lived arid died, T HE SARDINIAN MINING COMPANY (Limited). The Directors GIVE NOTICE that the SHARE LIST will be CLOSED TO-MORROW, Wednesday, the 21st Oct., and that no applications will be received after that date. By order. GEORGE WASHINGTON HARRIS, Secy. 5, Nicholas-lane, London, E.C., Oct. 20, 1863. FOR SALE.—RAILWAY BONDS. having Three Years to run, in Lots, to suit Purchasers. Coupons are attached for Interest of 5 per cent. per annum, payable Half -yearly, at the London and Westminster Bank. Apply to Mr. S. 0. Rattenbury, 6, John-street, Bedford-row, London. CONVEYANCE OF TROOPS. Transport Department, Admiralty, Somerset House, Oct. 17, 18,3. THE COMMISSIONERS for Executing the Office of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, do Hereby Give Notice, that on TUESDAY, the 20th instant, at Half-past One o'clock, they will be ready to treat under the Conditions contained in the Regulations for her llaiesty's Transport Service and the form of Charter Party, which may be seen at the ab ove office, for the conveyance, f rom Woolwich to AUCKLAND, N.Z., in two fast-sailing ships. of abJut other Ship. In the In one Ship. Officers l 4 Ladies 6 Officer' Children .... 4 Soldiers 18 . •• •• 50 Women Soldiers' Children •• 53 Stores (heavy) 10 tons ••••• • • 25 tons Stores (light) 106 tons. Tenders are to be made at rates per head (officers and men separately), and per ton for Stores. The rates per head are to include conveyance, freight of 13 , ggage according to Government scale (App. XXII. of the Transport Regulations), the supply of articles for the mess place, cabins, and berths (App. Xv.), articles for table use of Troops (App. XVI.), and of cooking utensils, fuel, lights, and necessaries tor their use (App. XVII.), as well as of all such Stores (especially those referred to in Art. 97), and other requisites as are re quired by the Transport Regulations to be provided by the owners. Messing for officers or othe r first and second class passengers is to be supplied by the owners, and will be paid ter, in addition to the above charges "per head," at the rates specified in App. XXIII. of the Regulations, which rates are to include the supply of bedding 'exclusive of bed inen and towels), medical comforts, articles for table us., cooking utensils, fuel, light, and other requisites (Fee Art. 201 and App• XV. to XVII. of the Regulations). Fittings will be erected, and provisions, a supply of water, medical comforts, and Bedding for the soldiers and their families, will be put on board by Government. The owners are to supply a dis tilling apparatus, and water casks or tanks. Drinking tanks in the mess decks for the daily use of the troops will, how ever, be lent by Government, in lieu of the usual mess water barrels. The Vessels are to be ready for immediate service, and to sail as soon as the Government fittings, &c., are completed, without any delay on account of the shipment of private Cargo. No private passengers are to be conveyed. All Tenders must be made on the printed form provided for the purpose, which may be obtained on application at the said office, and be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, Somerset House, and bear in the lett-hand corner the words " Transport Department." No tender will be received after half-past one o'clock on the day of treaty. 122, FLEET-STREET, LONDON. MESSRS. JOHN MAXWELL AND CO. beg to announce that the undermentioned new Works may be now had at every Circulating Library. Subscribers to those useful Institutions should not experience any delay in ob taining copies, as adequate editions have been printed, and the type is kept standing, to meet every demand as quickly as it arises :- 1. SACEIVILLE CHASE. 3 vols. 2. STRONGHAND. By G. AIMARD. 2 vols. 3. BREAKFAST IN BED. By GEORGE AUGUSTUS SALA. Second Edition. 1 vol. 4. THE REV. ALFRED HOBLUSH AND HIS CURACIES. 1 vol. 5. SECRETS OF MY OFFICE. 1 vol. 6. CROSS OF HONOUR. 1 vol. [This day. London : John Maxwell and Co.. 122. Fleet-street. PEOPLE'S EDITION OF MA C 4.IILAY'S HISTORY Qrs. Shares in Shares Total Receipts. O ENGLAND. ending progress. Complete. Shares. F On Monday, Nov. 2, will be published, in crown Bvo , Part 1., " £ s. d. to be completed in 14 monthly Parts, price ls. each, Dec. 24, 1862 .... 136 67 20 3 1 5 ,9 46 15 2 T_ORD MACAULAY'S HISTORY OF March 25, 1863 .. 208 24 232 15,03 19 11 At ENGLAND. People's Edition, uniform with the June 24, 1863.... 255 91 346 20,697 2 0 People's Edition of Lord Macaulay's Essays, and the Rev. Sept. 30, 1863.... 178 67 245 23,496 8 4 Sydney Smith's Works; embodying the Author's last Cor- --- rections and Notes, and including the briet Memoir by the Totals for the Very Rev. the DEAN of ST. Palm's. year 1862-1863.. 777 249 1,026 75,754 5 5 London: Longman, Green, and Co., Paternoster-row. Totals to Sept 30, 1862 14,760 3,925 18,685 625,392 13 2 122, FLEET-STREET, LONDON. Grand totals to -1. /.1-17 VCI - T - 1 r. Trvr-rivr iir A", NIT 771 T . ...-... nn k. _, _ blichaelmas,'63 15,537 4,174 19,711 701,146 18 7 ARMY CONTRACTS. -1 ENDERS will be received at this Office until 12 o'clock noon on the 3d of November, from persons who may be willing to enter into Contracts to supply - BREAD AND MEAT in such quantities .s may be required, for the use of Her Majesty's Land Forces stationed in the following places, from Ist December, 1863, to 31st M 1864 : 1. Brompton House, Hyde-park, di Kensington. 2. Regent's-park and St. John's-wood. 3. New Barracks, Chelsea. 4. Wellington Barracks, Buckingham Palace, and St. George's Barracks. 5. The Tower. 6. Hounslow and Kneller Hall, 7. Hampton Court. 8. Windsor. 9. Brighton, with Coast Forts from Newhaven to Shore ham. 10. Croydon. 11. Sandhurst. Separate Tenders for Bread and for Meat must be made for each of the above-mentioned Stations or Barracks as sepa rately grouped and numbered. Forms of Tender and Conditions of Contract may be ob tained on application at this office, by letter or in person, between the hours of 10 and 4 o'clock. Tenders on The printed forms must be properly filled up and shrned, and no Tender will be noticed unless delivered at the under-mentioned nee, under closed envelope (marked on the outfside " Tender for Commissariat Supplies "), before 12 o'clock noon on the 3d November next. W. T. POWER, Commissary-General. Deputy Commissary-General's Office, 5. New-street, Spring -gardens, London, S.W., 10th Oct., 1863. EGYPTIAN HALL, Piccadilly. EVERY MORNING, at Three, and EVENING, at Eight, except Saturday, when no Evening Representation, W. TELBIN'S NEW MOVING DIOd.AMA (4 the HOLY LAND, Egypt, Syria, and Turkey, in illustration of H.R. H. the Prince of Wales's Tour in the East, from Sketches made by Mr. W. Telbin and his Son during their special journey fu those surpassingly interesting countries, comprising Views of Cairo, Philce, Jerusalem, the Holy Sepulchre, Ford of the Jordan, Plain of Jericho, Dead Sea, Nazareth, Gal:lee, Moun llermon, Damascus, Interior of a Turk's House. Baalbec, Beyrout, Street in Smyrna, Constantinople, and Bosphorus by +1 oonlight. With Descriptive Lecture, adapted and de livered by Mr. Arthur Matthison. Musical Arrangements under the direction of Miss Fosbroke. Balcony, ls.; Area, 2s. ; Reserved Stalls, 3s. ; a few Sota Stalls, ss. each ; Private Box, to contain four, £l. Tickets at all the Libraries, ac., and at the Hall. ARMY CONTRACTS. Commissariat Office, Aldershot, Oct. 9, 1863. TEND EI:I.S will be received at this Office, until 1 12 o'elAlck noon, on TUESDAY, the 3d November, 1863, from persons who may be widing to enter into Contracts to supply FLOUR AND MEAT, in such qusntlties as may be required, from the Ist December, 1863, to 41st May, 1864, for the use of her Majesty's Forces stationed at Aldershot Camp, and within the command. Separate Tenders are required for Flour and for Meat. Forms of Tender and Conditions of Contract msy be ob tained on application at this office, by letter or in person, between the hours of ten and four o'clock. The Tenders must be properly filled up and aloud, and delivered at this office (under closed envelope, marked on the outside "Tender for Army Supplies,") and no Tender will be noticed unless made on forms obtained from this office, and delivered by the hour appointed. T " 0 XF 0 It D, 6, OXFORD STREET, W. THIS EVENING, will be performed Operatic Selections from Sir Henry It. Bishop's THE SLAVE, CLAIIA, the MAID of MILAN, and Bellini's SONNAMBULA. Principal Artistes —Miss Russell, Miss Ellison, Messrs. Green, Bernardi, Bluish, &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, George Hodson, and those marvellous French Clowns, Messrs. ARTHUR and BERTRAND. Also, a Pei formance by Herr SCHAL IiENBACFI on his wonderful instrument, the PIANO ORCHESTIIE, contain ing a full baud of 40 instruments. the HALL has just been newly Decorated and Ventilated, and is one of the most Beautiful in the Metropolis. Open at 8 o'clock. Admission, ed. ; stalls and balcony, ls. ; private boxes, 10s. 6d. ARMY CONTRACTS. Commissariat-office, Aldershot, Oct. 9, 1813. TENDERS will be ree.wed at this Office, until 12 o'clock, noon, on TUESDAY, the 3d November. 156;, from persons who may be willing to enter into Contract to supply FLOUR FOR HOSPITAL BREAD, in such quantities as may be required, from the Ist Decem ber, 1863, to 31st May, 1.64, for the use of Her Majesty's Forces stationed at Aldershot Camp, and within the com mand. Forms of Tender and. Conditions of Contract may be ob tained on application at this office, by letter or in person, be tween the hours of ten and four o'clock. The Tenders must be properly filled up and sizned, and delivered at this office (under closed envelope, marked on the outside " Tender for Army Supplies"), and no tender will be noticed un.iess made on forms obtained from this office, and delivered by the hour appointed. CANTERBURY HALL " GHOST."—In order to gratify the curiosity of nightly-increasing crowds, Mr. C. MORTON has transferred the representation of Pro fessor Pepper snd Henry Dircks, Esq.'s, world-famed spectral Illusion, "THE GHOST," to the Concert Hall, where a new and elegant stage is erected, affording a more ample view of the Illusion from Stalls, Balcony, and body of the Hall. He has also arranged for Mr. A. Silvester to give (with all that gentleman's latest improvements and effects), REPRESENTATIONS EACH EVENIG, at half-past Nine o'clock. All the other Musical and Pictorial attractions as usual, including Operatic Selections. Azc. ; Comedy by Unsworth (the modern Demosthenes), Eugene, George Hodson, E. Marshall, and the marvellous Arthur and Bertrand. ARMY CONTRACTS. Commissariat Office, Aldershot, Oct, 9, 1863. TENDERS will be received at this Office, until 12 o'clock, noon, on THURSDAY, the sth November, 1863, from persons who may be willing to enter into Con trar t to supply PAILLASSE STRAW AND STRAW FOR ROYAL ENGINEER SERVICE, . _ In such quantitiesslnS;:l3efeqnlled tram the let December, 1853, to 30th November. 1861, for the use of her Majesty's Forces stationed at Aldershot Camp, and within the com mand. Forms of Tender and Conditions of Contract may be ob tained on application at this office, by letter or in person, between the hours of ten and four o'clock. The Tenders must be properly filled up and signed, and delivered at this office (under closed envelope, marked on the out.ide "Tender for Supply of Straw)," and no Tender will be noticed unless made on forms obtained from this office, and delivered by the hour appointed. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE Great Musical Attraction Immense success of SIGNOR ICOSIA, the eminent Violinist, who will appear Every Evening. ORNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library, And Dining-room, consisting of a new and elegant assort ment of VASES, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obelisks, Ink stands, beautiful inlaid Tables, Paper weights, Sm., in Italian, Alahas er, Parian, Marble, Bronze, Derbyshire Spar, Ara. Imported and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Mine ralogist to her Majesty, 149, Stand, W.C., London. Mr. Tennant arranges elementary collections of SHELLS, MINERALS, ROCKS, and FOSSILS, which will greatly facilitate the interesting study of MINERALOGY, CON CHOLOGY, and GEOLOGY, at 2,5, 10, 20, 50, to 100 guineas each. PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and MINE RALOGY is given by Mr. TENNANT, at 149, Strand, W.C. No. 22,250. MISS KAVANAGI3'6 NEW NOVEL, Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., QU E E N M A B. . By JULIA KAVANAGIT, Author of "Nathalie," " Adele," &c. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. MODERN STANDARD COOKERY BOOKS. I. FRANCATELLI'S COOK'S GUIDE. 13th Thousand. 1,600 Recipes and 40 Illustrations. Price ss. 11. FRANCATELLI'S MODERN COOK. 14th Edition. 1,500 Recipes and 60 Illustrations. Price 12s. M. EVERYBODY'S PUDDING BOOK. 2s. 6d. IV. THE LADY'S DESSERT BOOK. 2s. 6d. V. WHAT TO DO WITH THE COLD MUTTON. 2s. 6d. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. Immediately, in post Bvo., 10s. 6d., with a Portrait of the Author, MY IMPRISONMENT, AND THE FIRS r 4,TA_. YEAR OF ABOLITION RULE IN WA.SIIING- By ROSE GREENHOW. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. kJHEAP EDITIONS of POPULAR NOVELS. Each work is embellished with Two Illustrations. EAST LYNNE. By Mrs. WOOD. 6s. The CIIANNINGS. By Mrs. WOOD. Os. MRS. HALIBURTON'S TROUBLES. By Mrs. WooD. Os. The INITIALS. By the Author of "Quits" and "At Odds." 6s. Also, just ready, The LAST of the CAVALIERS. Os. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. TOY. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 20, 1863. TO PERSONS SEEKING LANDED 1 ESTATES, TOWN AND COUNTRY REdIDENCES, FREEHOLD AND LEASEHOLD INVESTMENTS, AND PROPER VIES G aNERALLY— To BE HAD GRATIS, at the principal Railway Bookstalls throughout the kingdom, or at the Auction and Estate Offices, No. 67, Chancery-lane, London, Messrs. E. and H. Lumley's "FREE PROPERTY REGISTER," containing a varied selection of landed and house properties now in the market, from the nobleman's mansion, with its manorial domain, to the cottage with its few acres. OWNERS OF PROPERTIES Wishing to Sell or Let can em brace the opportunity that the medium of this Resister affords, by sending the particit!ars of their properties to the Estate Offices, t 7, Chancery-lane, London, as the Messrs. Lumley can in most cases introduce immediate customers, where the property is of an eligible character, thereby avoid ing the disadvantages of delay and its attenuant incon veniences. THERE IS NO CHARGE incurred, unless a tenant or pur chaser is introduced through Messrs. Lumley's Agency, and then only the usual moderate commission. Auction and Land Offices, 67, Chancery-lane, London. CONSERVATIVE LAND SOCIETY. MEETING THIS DAY. The 44th quarterly general meeting of the members took place this day, at the offices, No. 33, Norfolk-street, Strand. The SECRETARY (Mr, Gruneisen) read the advertise ment convening the meeting. The NOBLE CHAIRMAN (Viscount Ranelagh) read the following report of the Executive Committee : The Executive Committee have the satisfaction of sub mitting, in this, their 44th report to the members, the an nexed gratifying returns for the past quarter, and the aggregate items for the financial year ending the 30th Sep tember, 1863 : permission to break the ground when a grave was wanted, he abused the clerk in terms which, proceeding from a clergyman, greatly astonished the bystanders. It is said, though we cannot vouch for the fact, that Mr. Henniker has declared that he will not officiate at the burial of his pari shioners any more. It is understood that the rural dean will visit Cauldon, and hold an investigation into Mr. Hen niker's conduct on the 23d inst.—Stailordshire Sentinel. Naval and Military Intelligence. THE NAVY. The gunboat Specd well, Commander George F. Cottam, has sailed from Greenhithe, after the adjustment of com passes, for her station on the West Coast of. Africa, and the iron storeship Supply, Master Commander Bowden, has also sailed from Greenhithe, with a cargo of victualling and dockyard stores from Deptford and Woolwich, for Gibraltar and Malta. The iron frigate Achilles, under construction at Chatham, is to have her bottom covered with Hayes's composition to prevent fouling before being undocked. At the request of the Admiralty, Mr. Hays and Mr. Crispin are to inspect the bottom of the iron steamer Recruit, to which both their compositions were applied before the incrustations and ac cumulations on the bottom of that vessel are removed. The screw steamer Victor, 6, 859 tons, 350-horse power, belonging to the second division of the Chatham S team Re serve, has been disposed of by the Admiralty, by public tender, to Mr. Pearson, shipbroker, London, for the sum of £9,500. By direction of the Admiralty she has been removed to Sheerness, where she has been docked and examined, and has since been placed in the great basin, where she is un aergoing a thorough overhaul and refit, and at the same time supplied with a new rig, at the expense bf the pur chaser. The Victor is a modern vessel of her class, and an exceedingly fine ship, her sale, therefore, by the Admiralty for the comparatively low sum stated has created consider able surprise. Her engines are in first-rate condition, re quiring little repair, and are of themselves quite worth the entire sum paid for the ship. The principal reason assigned for the very low speed hitherto attained by this ship, consi dering her enormous engine power, is that her boilers are placed too low and cannot pass the steam quickly enough to the engines. This defect, however, canbe easily and cheaply remedied, and there is little doubt the Victor will ultimately become an exceedingly fast and efficient ship in the hands of private owners. The Edgar, 71, screw line-of-battle ship, Capt. G. T. P. Hornley, flagship of Rear-Admiral of the White, Sidney, Colpoys Dacres, C. 13., Commander-in-Chief of the Channel Fleet, went into Portsmouth harbour from Spithead on Saturday for docking and refit. The Salamander, 6, paddlewheel sloop, 320 horse power, Mr. Vernon Jones, master in charge, after having been fitted for the first division of the Sheerness Steam Reserve and made ready for immediate commission, has been re taken into dock at Sheerness by orders from the Admiralty, to be fitted with anew poop and to undergo other alterations to render her fit for surveying services off the coast of Van couver's Island. The necessary alterations will take six weeks to accomplish, after which the vessel will be commis sioned, and proceed at once to that duty. The name of the principal and other officers who were connected with the accident which recently took place on the occasion of docking the paddlewheel steamer Medusa, 4,312 horse power, at Sheerness, as reported in lice Sun have been forwarded to the Admiralty, together with a full report of the circumstances connected with the occurrence, preparatory to a full and stringent investigation as to the alleged neglect which gave rise to the accident. His Danish Majesty's screw despatch. gun-vessel Fylla, 3 guns, Capt. Kreiger, having completed coaling, &c., went out of Portsmouth harbour on Sunday morning, and at noon sailed for St. Thomas's. His Prussian Majesty's brig of war Rover, and a frigate; the latter supposed to be the Thetis, have been reported at Portsmouth as being off the Isle of. Wight on Saturday, bound up Channel for the Baltic. THE ARMY. His Royal Highness the Field-Marshal Commanding-in- Chief will hold a levee at 1 o'clock on Wednesday, the 28th inst. The annexed general order, dated Horse Guards, the 10th inst., has been promulgated by the Adjutant-General, Sir J. Yorke Scarlett :-- " His Royal Highness the Field-Marshal Commanding in-Chief is pleased to approve of general officers command ing districts and divisions in Great Britain, and officers com manding in garrisons not included in any military district, granting leave of absence to officers, and furloughs to non commissioned officers and soldiers, under the following regulations and restrictions, viz.:--1. Leave of absence granted under this order to officers may commence on the 15th of October, or as soon after as the half-yearlyinspec tion shall have been made. Furloughs granted to non commissioned officers and soldiers may commence from the Ist of next month. 2. These indulgences are to terminate on the 14th of March next, when, agreeably to her Ma jesty's regulations, all officers and soldiers are to be pre sent with their respective regiments and depots. 3. One field-of f icer, one-half of the captains, and one-half of the subaltern officers are always to be present. 4. No officer (except in the performance of duty, or for the purpose of joining his regiment) is to quit the United Kingdom with li - out having first received her Majesty's special per mission, according to the regulation on that head. 5. Officers employed on the recruiting service or upon the Staff of the army are not to be included in the number hereby fixed for the constant duty of the regiment or depot. 6. The applications for leave for regimental paymasters and medical officers are to continue to be made in the mode prescribed in the regulations and orders for the army. 7. In case of short leave of absence being required by adjutants, riding masters, quartermasters, or veterinary surgeons of regi ments, it will be necessary that a special report be made as to the mode in which their duties are to be performed during their absence, and that their commanding officer is satisfied. 8. The proportion of non-commissioned officers, trumpeters, drummers, and private men to whom furloughs may be granted is not to exceed 20 per battery of horse and field artillery, or ten per troop battery of garrison artillery or company.. Commanding officers of regiments returning from India may exercise a liberal discretion in granting furloughs to soldiers who come home with their corps, W hen corps are not stationed in garrisons or military dis tricts, the officers commanding are at liberty to use their discretion in granting the indulgence of leave of absence under the foregoing restrictions, to the officers and soldiers under their command, rep or ti ng th e same to the Adjutant- General. His Royal Highness expects that the general and other officers who are empowered to grant leave of absence under the provisions of this order will strictly confine that grant to the proportion of officers herein specified." It is understood that the court-martial on Lieut.-Col. Crawley will be held at the Clubhouse at Aldershot. No date is yet notified for its commencement, but the proba bility is that it win take place about the middle of Novem ber. A divisional field-day, ordered, according to popular rumour, in anticipation of the presence of the King of the Greeks and his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, took place at Aldershot on Wednesday. At 10 o'clock the division was formed up on Claycart-ridge, and immediately afterwards advanced to the westward. It proceeded to Eelmoor, then wheeled to the right, and manoauvred to the northward. About two hours were spent in performing evolutions, and on their termination the troops marched past. The half-yearly inspections at Aldershot have been con tinued during the past week. Lieut.-Gen. Sir John Penne father, K,C.8,, inspected the D and H batteries of the Royal Horse Artillery on Wednesday, and the A battery, 4th bri gado. Major-Gen. Russell, C. 8., i nspecte d t h e R oyal Engi neers, under Col. Simmons, on Tuesday and Wednesday— the 24th company under Capt. W, A . F ran kl an d , on t h e i r , private parade ; and the 2 d company, u nd er C a pt. H arr i son , at Bourley-bottom. Brigadier-Ge n , Bates inspected the Commissariat Stall Corps on Mond ay , t h e compan i es un d er comm and of Assiet.-Commissary_G en. Fagan, being formed up in quarter-distance column, on their parade ground. The i nspect i ng generals on each occasion expressed their appro bation at the app earance and discipline of the troops, and the well-ordered internal economy of the respective regi- ments. The 76th Regiment will leave Aldershot in two divisions to-morrow, and proceed to Portsmouth, where they will em bark on board the cha rtered troo pships Hornet and Atalanta en route for Madras. A detachment of the Commissariat Staff Corps, number ing 8 sergeants, 73 rank and file, under the command of Deputy-Assist. Commissary-Gen. Elkington, are under orders to proceed from Aldershot to New Zealand, and will shortly embark for their destination. Detachments of the sth battalion Military Train left Al dershot on Thursday, to be stationed as follows—Plymouth, 6 Netley, 1 sergt. men ; 1 sergt. 8 men ;Shorncliffe, 1 sergt. 1 man, The H troop of this battalion is under orders to proceed to Portsmouth on permanent duty. The 75th Regiment, now stationed a t Pl ymou th , i s un d er orders to proceed to Aldershot on the arrival of the 31st Re giment from China. The 61th Regiment is under orders to leave Aldershot on the 27th inst. ; headquarters and four companies to Gos port, and detachments to Weymouth, Tipner, and March wood. The noncommissioned officers and men selected from the gineers at head-q uar t ers , Chat depot companies of Royal En ham, to augment the several companies now on the home establishment, left Brompton barracks on Saturday last for their respective destinations, Col. Harness, C. 8., director of the Royal Engincer,establishment, inspecting the rein forcements prior to their departure. The companies of Royal Engineers which require augmentation are the 2d and 21th, at Aldershott camp; the 7th company, at Dover; the 20th and 26th companies) at Weymouth; and the 23d, at Shorn cliffe. An order was yesterday received from the War Depart ment by the officials of the Royal gun factories in Wool wich Arsenal to make arrangements for the manufacture of a new kind of naval and garrison 100-pounder muzzle loading gun, about to be commenced without delay. The specifications and designs are to b,t forrraed from the War Department at a future period. It is believed, however, that the projectile is to be elongated and hardened at the point, so as to penetrate the armour-plating of the present method of line-of•battle shipbuilding, mad to be effectual at a considerable distance from the point of action. 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Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post office, Piccadilly. NEW PATENT ELASTIC STOCKINGS , KNEE-CAPS, Arc., for Varicose Veins and all cases of Weakness and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, &c. They arc porous, light in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on We an ordinary stocking. Price 4s. 61, 76. 6d., 10s., to 166. each. Postage 6d. JOHN WHITE, Manufacturer. 22.8. An Extraordinary Clergyman, Last week we gave particulars of Mr. Henniker's conduct in refusing to read the burisl service over the body of an aged parishioner named Alcock, and actually detaining the body in the church until, after it had remained above ground 14; days, it was taken possession by some of the parishioners, and interred by the Rev. H. Ward, of Calton. Mr. Henniker by his conduct excited a strong feeling of indignation, which led on Sunday last to the results we are about to describe. A great number of persons assembled in and out of the church during the afternoon service, and greeted the rev, gentleman on his arrival with shouts and hisses. The service lasted about 15 minutes, during which several persons standing at the door shouted in the church, and we are informed several stones were thrown in also. At the conclusion of the service there was a great crowd out side the church waiting to give Mr. Henniker a " reception," but instead of coming out the way ho was expected, he came out another way, after using some very harsh language to his clerk, calling him a fool and a liar. The crowd then followed Mr. Henniker down a by-road about 50 yards from the church, hissing and shouting, and we are told several clods were thrown at him. Here he made a rush at a group of persons, who all ran away, except a young man, a shoe maker, from Cheadle, whom he struck. The Rev.:B Henniker is not only the incumbent of Cauldon, but of the adjoining parish of Waterfall, both livings being in the gift of his father, Mr. A. Henniker. He is quite a young man. For some time he has been in the habit of conduct ing the services at both churches in the most extraor • dinary manner, generally dispensing with the Confession, the Absolution, the Thanksgiving, the prayer for the Royal family, and many other prayers, and also with sing ing and preaching. Sometimes, however, a homily or a tract has taken the place of a sermon. Bat the strangest thing of all is that he has been in the habit, until some months ago, of reading the Lessons from the Douai version of the Bible, and since he has given up this practice he has read unauthorised translations from scraps of paper. The service, curtailed in the way described, has generally been got through in 15 or 20 minutes. This course of conduct, coupled with his refusing early in the present year to bury a little child named Basset, who died of typhus fever, re • sulted in an inquiry by the rural dean, the Rev. J. Simp son, of Alstenfield. The latter gentleman buried the child himself, after it had been in the church several days, in cluding Sunday, when the stench from the corpse filled the whole church. The result of the inquiry was that Mr. Henniker signed the declaration drawn up by Mr. Simpson, in which he promised to conduct the church services pro perly for the future. He, however, soon relapsed into his old way, with the exception that he did not commence read ing the Douai Bible, bat read from scraps of paper as stated above. There can berm doubt that Mr. Henniker is liable to bo proceeded against at ecclesiastical law both for refusing to bury, and his systematic violation of the or d er of service laid down in the Book of Common Prayer. As yet the only proceedings that have been taken, so far as we can learn, a re that a summons has been taken out a ga i nst M r. Hen niker by a young man named Joseph Richardson, for an assault alleged to have been committed in th e c h urchyard on Sunday week. The case is to be heard at Leek next Wednesday. The villagers call to mi n d var i ous acts on the part of Mr. Henn iker which it would be speaking of lightly to call eccentric. Some months ago he refused to proceed 1 with a funeral until a person whom he chose to consider a Dissenter, and who was one of the funeral party, left the church. When any of his Cauldon parishioners wish to have a christening performed he refers them to Waterfall, 1 and vice versa. A short time ago he served the parish clerk with a notice, of which the following is a copy :—" Cauldon churchyard not to be broke without an order from Rd. 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"f e - e•- • ‘`•:-:.,, venerable Lyndhurst rose to oppose the Paper AT a s Bill? The House of Lords has not been stirred so pro foundly since the repeal of the Corn Laws as on that occasion. It was agitated to its utmost depths. From remote castles and feudal halls came old men, who had not entered Parliament for years, to mea sure their strength with the House of Commons, and to vindicate the privileges of their chamber. Peeresses and other ladies of disti. The are a around the throne was thronged with future peers and distinguished commoners. The b ß el e r d s es o d f ale th i e nte L rr o u w p e t r ed H the ous e debate s.h on 1 t d o demand be space below the bar was so crowded that Lord a smiles and sympathy like the a, expelled. The anxiety to be prn). l tournament, The younger sans of peers and mem bers rained down Pee Imes of old at a Great issues were at b take; tou l eut was almost upon the Earl' unprecedented. of Derby, and all eyes were at first centred who had taken upon himselfsef what Mr. Gladstone afterwards described AS "the the most dangerous intr.) ration that has been attempted i n our til e. " But an old man, a very old m an, the e r n e t s e p r o s n t) . hi e b i h l i o t u y s . o e . f l His lower limbs seem almost helpless, and he is as sisted with pious care by a brother peer. The old man is led, almost carried, indeed, to his usual seat. That seat has now become historic, like the Great Duke's, or the cross bench now occ u pied by the heir apparent. It is a seat on the second bench be hind Lord Derby, but at its extreme end, nearest to the bar, and consequently next to the gangway. Great sensation is excited by the appearance of this venerable old senator, and still more wonder i s felt when the spectators observe that a little hand -rail covered with red cloth—the only one in the House —has been affixed to the back of the bench below, so as to enable the aged peer to grasp it and address their lordships without falling. It is Lord Lynd hurst, who enters that day on his eighty-ninth year, and is about to celebrate his birthday by a speech. which, as we can already predict, will be accepted by all the peers on his own side of the House as perfectly conclusive and unanswerable. The debate is opened by Earl Granville, who moves the second reading of the bill. His smiling, good-humoured face prepossesses the audience in his favour, but his style is that of one who tries to coax by a persuasive tone rather than convince by incon trovertible arguments. He twitters round his sub ject, and pecks at it, like a sparrow amusing him self with an empty periwinkle. He holds weapons of the best edge and temper, but handles them feebly and inartistically, and too often thrust by a jocose smile. After a long speech, in which he quotes many authorities in literature against the paper duty, Lord Granville resumes his seat. PRICE.— „ ...„4.d. STAMPED ....sd. li s h men ts summarily confiscated in case of any con traband article, such as arms, ammuni tion , uni forms, or military equipme nts of an y kind, being found on their premises. To carry on business un der such regulations as these is of course impossible, The police of Warsaw can find bullets wherever they please ; but even if it were certain that they would always conduct their researches in the fairest manner the proprietor of a factory would still be liable at any moment to be ruined, and sure to be ruined if the Government desired it. The workmen of Warsaw began the insurrection.. Numbers of them are at this moment with detachments in the field, and those who remain at their ordinary occu pations are at the same time doing all they can to help the insurgents. To pretend that their actions can be constantly controlled by their employers is more than unreasonable. The ironworks of Messrs. Evans and Co. must necessarily be closed. Polish factory owners will, it is said, not be allowed to shut up. _ I find that whenever any act of tyranny is per formed or meditated here the Russians turn naturally to Imperial France, and ask what the French Go vernment would have done, or would probably do, under similar circumstances. It is a favourite boast in France that French ideas penetrate everywhere, and they certainly have penetrated here, As the Russians, when they were trying to raise themselves, demanded in their assemblies the introduction of reforms based on the principles of the English Con stitution, so, now that they are degrading themselves, they inquire what in their present'case the Emperor of the French would do. " When Napoleon's troops were fired upon from a house in Dec., 1851, he did not content himself with arresting the inmates and bringing them to trial," they remark ; and they are now considering whether he did not, in January, 1852, cause employers of labour to keep their work shops open so as to prevent disaffected artisans from being turned out idle upon the streets. It is as easy to introduce such ideas as these from France as it is to put French forage caps upon the heads of Rus sian soldiers—a change, by the way, which has given to the old Muscovite bear somewhat the ap pearance of a monkey. Some day, perhaps, when the present madness of Russia has ceased, the Rus sians will discover that there is something better to imitate in France than its administrative despotism, which joined to the original Russian despotism of Oriental pattern gives a result that neither East nor West can stand. I have already had occasion to mention that the Polish newspapers p üblished in Warsaw never men tion or allude in any manner to Polish affairs. One might imagine from the contents of these sheets that no such place as Poland existed. On the other hand the Russian journals which arrive here from St. Petersburg and Moscow speak with considerable freedom, and not always with admiration, of what is now taking place in this unhappy country. A letter from Warsaw published in the St. Petersburg Vedonzoste gives an account of the sacking of the Zamoyski house, which is very like the accounts printed in the foreign papers with the adjectives and adverbs left out. Thus the writer tells us that the soldiers destroyed 6,000 volumes belonging to Pro fessor Kowalewski, and that he heard a Pole atPiotr kow say that several persons were killed during the pillage, and that an infant in its cradle was thrown out into the street from a fourth floor window. Sucl words as " infamous," " barbarous," &c., are not once used in the description; nor, indeed, are they necessary. The truth, by the way, as to the cradle story is that a cradle was thrown out of window, but there was no child in it. The increase in the receipts of the year 1862-3 over the corresponding year of 1861-2 is The total sale of land to Michaelmas, 1863, is £330,370 8 6 Being an increase over the returns to Michaelmas, 1862, of £15,683 15 7 The total withdrawals since the formation of the society (Sept., 1852), to Michael mas, 1863, are £205,883 8 0 The returns of the register of the order of rights are as follow :-- ... . Completed. Drawn. Seniority. Tot Al. 5,061 3,191 1,631 9,933 Deduct rights exercised on estates, &c, .... 7,501 Unexercised rights 2,432 The last share number on the register by seniority is No. 13,853, and the last share issued up to the 30th September, 1863, was No. 19,711. The balance-sheet 1862-3 and the annual report of the committee will be submitted at the usual yearly meeting next December. The candidates for the two auditors to be elected by the shareholders this day, under Rule 30, are the Rev. Wm. George Goodchild, Mr. James Goad, and Mr. Harding. The committee have the pleasure to state that they have re elected Wm. Astbury, Esq., and Newnham Winstanley, Esq., as their two auditors, and when the members have nominated their two auditors, the society's accounts for the past year will be audited in due course. The Henwick Road Estate, West Worcestershire, was allotted at Worcester, on the 27th of August, after a public meeting, at which Sir E. Lechwere, Bart., presided, and at which Viscount Ranelagh, the Hon. and Rev. W. Talbot, the Hon. Robert Bourke, attended as a deputation from the Board, to explain the general working of the society, and the mode of allotment of estates. The meeting was highly satisfactory, and the sale of land has been equally so ; and as the Henwick Road Estate is within an easy walk of Worcester and of a first-class station, has a gravelly soil, stands high, with fine views of the Malvern Hills, the pro perty bids fair to be speedily built upon, The Ipswich estate was offered for sale on the Bth of July, after a public meeting, at which Viscount Ranelagh wes the chairman, supported by J. C. Cobbold, Esq., M.P., the Hon. and Rev. W. Talbot, and Capt. Jervis, M.P., mem bers of the board. After some plots had been selected, a wish was expressed by the inhabitants of the town that the formation of a crescent, leaving an open space in front for ornamental gardens, should be abandoned, and the whole of the land thrown into allotment : a new plan has been issued to meet the local views. `the estate adjoins the Handford Hall Villas, and is close to the station, and is essentially building laud. Owing to the new line of railway which will soon pass through the Kentish-town estate, it has been re quisite to issue a new plan of allotment for this increasing neighbourhood, The station will be within a few yards of the property. The second portion of the Woodhouse estate, Wanstead, which will be offered for sale has been included in a new plan, affording futilities for the erection of either small or large houses, which are much required in this healthy district. The executive committee will allot the Avenue estate, Bevels Mount, Southampton, after a public meeting in that town, on Wednesday, the 21st of Octo ber. The land has been divided into 44 building plots, ranging in price from £44 per plot up to £4lB. The 11th anniversary was completed on the 7th of September last; and the executive committee cannot enter on the 12th year of the Conservative Land Society without a word of congratulation to the shareholders on its prosperous pro gress, with a renewal of the assurance on the part of the board, that no exertions shall be spared to secure its con tinuous prosperity. Earl of Dudley and Sir J, Pakington on Piison Discipline. WORCESTER, Oct. 19. What do we seo now ? The venerable figure that we saw enter the House is showing signs of life and animation. He grasps his hand-rail, and, after two or three convulsive efforts, gains his feet. His lower limbs are so weak that he dare not let go his hold, for fear of falling either forward or back ward. Sir Charles Barry's magnificent chamber has never offered a more curious and remarkable spectacle than it presents at this moment from the members' gallery. The Liberal peers who sit on the opposite benches look at the old man with visible interest, but of course without movement or change of position. Not so the peers on his own side of the House. They are compelled to turn on their seats, and thus rows of eager, anxious, in quiring faces, in which admiration and respect are equally blended, are upturned to view as they are directed to the aged orator. It is impossible to describe the intense interest with which men of all parties and statesmen of both Houses listen to an old man who has come to be viewed as the Nestor of his time. The Iron Duke, even in the later days of his lite, was scarcely regarded with so much. pride and respect. That a statesman who is almost a nonagenarian should address their lordships at all, is almost unparalleled in Parliamentary annals. But that a peer of so great an age should bear the brunt of a debate, should "get up" a constitutional question, and exhaust all the precedents and full me to w collect ith masterly u ehltfs in the pauses between his sentences, and deliberately choosing his words as he goes along, the noble and venerable peer defends the privileges of the House of Peers, and contends for the constitutional right of that estate of the realm to reject Mr. Gladstone's bill, if financial difficulties and a dark and troubled European horizon warned their lordships to inter fere. Loud and long were the cheers that greeted the close of his masterly speech. The love of praise, that " last infirmity of noble minds," was by no means dead in Lord Lyndhurst, and the old man was evidently gratified by the plaudits and the ad miration he excited. While other men of fewer years have sought to gratify their craving for noto riety by rushing into eccentricity, his cool judgment led him to eschew all singularity except that de rived from legitimate oratorical distinction. A arguments bearing upon the privilege in dispute, The Michaelmas quarter sessions for the county of Worcester have been opened hers to-day, and among other subjec.s brought under discussion were prison discipline and capital punishment. The Earl of Dudley, chairman of the court, presided, and there was a very full bench of magistrates, among whom were Lord Lyttelton, Lord North wick, Right Hon. Sir J. Pakington, Bart., M.P., &c. A report, presented by the visiting - magistrates of the gaol, was read, recommending, infer alia, that for the future the prisoners' bedding, instead of mattresses, should be boards, with proper cover ing for warmth, for the first month of their con finement. The question of selecting a place for erecting a public scaffold having also been referred to the visiting magistrates, they recommended a site, but that nothing should be done until a capital sentence had actually been passed. Sir J. PAKINGTON approved of the proposal for sleeping the prisoners on boards, but objected to defer action with respect to the treadwheel (which it was recommended should not be used again for associating prisoners on it) until the Legislature had settled the question of prison discipline. The Earl of DUDLEY explained that the object was to keep the separate system, and hen .. went on to express his approval of the proposia.on of the visiting magistrates to defer erecting a was bo long actually scaffold until a capital sentence passed—an event whic h he hoped might deferred. He consid ered a public execution was nothing wore than a public spectacle of a ten dency, and he added most demoralising an opinion that the r ailway companies which helped this abominable system for their own profit ought to be brought to a better sense of the duty which they owed to the public. It was true, as was stated, th at the late Sir Joshua Jebb (who was known for his humane tendencies in the matter of prison disc i p line) recommended , " hard fare, hard beds, and h a rd work as the most serviceable means for the reformation of offenders, he thought they could no t no better than adopt it. He (the Earl of Dudley) would have every prisoner commence his imprisonment (for whatever term he might be sen tenced) with the severer treatment applied to pri soners for short terms. Ho would not propose to wait for that undefined period when the Legislature should have settled the general question of prison discipline, but would suggest that they should P r ceed at on ce to em p lo y such means as they had in t h e ir power for the suppression of crime. (Hear, hear.) they listened to his peroration the peers could not help thinking that they might be listening to the honied and persuasive accents of the venerable Nestor for the last time. Every one felt that the scene they were gazing at possessed a certain his torical interest. Some Royal Academician may yet try and make a picture of the ancient lawyer on his legs, with every peer on the Opposition side turning round to look at him. When he lets go the hand-rail, and sinks into his seat, the old man falls back with such a want of elasticity that nothing but an apparatus of pulleys and chains seems likely to lift him on his legs again. When he leaves the house, the Earl of Lucan well nigh carried him out, and one would scarcely have been surprised if the Crimean general had, like pious ./Eueas, seized the old man, and borne him out on his shoulders. When the division takes place' and Lord Chancellor Campbell announces the nun'' bers to b e —F or th e P aper D u t y Bill, 104 ; aga inst it, 193; as t on i s h men t a t so unex p ec t e d a majority for an instant arrests the Derbyite cheer. IVI-len it ' bursts forth, a number of strangers in their lordships gallery are so carried away by the excitcrobtch of they, too, join in the shouts of victory—lse cannot order which the oldest officer of the that b : ass es almost remember to have before occurred. ' unnoticed, however, so absorbed are t he peers in n the probable rs are scarcely less congratulations and conversation o° - results of the vote. The auditors the speech of the interested. And all admit that which was weak, night was not Lord Granv h l ic i: s tirred his hearers nor even Lord Derby's, which of an old man with like a trumpet, but the sPe one foot in the grave. dl_uiresiet's. last great spce c h Parliament: T h wasis _ Lord Ly ri Sir J. PAKINGTON replied to the remark of the noble earl on the subject of capital punishments, and said he did not object to the recommendation that no steps should be taken for erecting a public scaffold until a capital sentence should have been passed, if, by deferring operations, there would still be left sufficient time should the emergency arise. Lord Dudley had expressed a hope that the time for using the scaffold would be long deferred. If by that remark he meant that he hoped no capital crime would be committed in the district, he (Sir John Pakington) heartily joined in the wish. 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Tt is said that Emperor. and raising . ‘ l , ii l m e s h el a f il in n he recognised th© h ev is er b e d, squeezed his Majesty's hand, saying, you again, s ire, but we shall meet in heaven !" The see Eni_ p er or left the bedside affected to tears. LORD FITZLIARDINGE'S HOUNDS have killed up wards of thirty brace of cubs this season ; in by -gone the av erage num ber of foxes killed o.nrin , 1 103 who's--g oli "a"n e days, scarce !y amotuated to t4at number, i4l ~.e,:e ~~ ~~~f NEWSPAPER - 2- -I- C I, • # THE POLISH INSURRECTION. (From the Special Correspondent of the Times.) WARSAW, Oct. 8. A barbarous scene was enacted here yesterday in the courtyard of a private house which the Rus- sians took upon themselves to turn into a place of execution. A workman employed at the iron fac of Messrs. Evans tory and Co., h a d b een arrested in the street and found to have in his pocket some hollow knobs of iron, one inch in diameter, and which, according to some, were screws for iron bed- steads, and according to others cases for grenades, but which, by all accounts, would not, hod they been filled with fulminating powder, have been at a n formidable missiles. Having positively refused, after numerous interrogatories, to state for whom hese possible bed screws and probable grenade cases had been made, he was ordered to be s hot, and at 10 o'clock yesterday morning was deliberately executed in presence of his fellow workmen, who were summoned by the police t he night before and forced to attend. The poor fel low had contravened a Russian police decree, and it is likely enough that he may have meant the bits of iron which he carried in his pocket to be used against the men with whom his country is at war. B u t, however that may have been, every Pole who can rea d and write has aided the present insurrection aga inst Russia in some form or other, and hence the workman convicted of having carried grenades in hi s pocket is justly looked upon by his fellow•citi• zens as a man who, in the f u ll es t se nse of the word, h as suffered for his country—as a man who had done the s ame sort of thi ng th at every o th er P o l e h as done, and will continue to do, but who, having been found out, had to bear the penalties consequent upon detection. The courtyard of Messrs. Evans's factory for so me hours before the execution was occupied an d guarded from the outside by as many as 2,000 troops, and no one w as a ll owe d to go i n or ou t o f th e pafter 8 o'clock. Th e pr i soner, w h o h as l e ft a r e s , widow and several children, put on the condemned shirt himself, and died with the greatest firmness. Where, I wonder, will the Russians do their hang ing and shooting at last? In the dining room of an hotel before the frequenters of the table d'hote, sum moned to be present under pain of being hanged or shot themselves? or in a private apartment, in pr esence of the family and intimate friends of the acc used ? They began at the Citadel, and executed pr i s oners as, after due conviction, they are executed in other countries. After the infamous attempt on G e e. Berg's life (of which, by the way, it is idle to attempt to exculpate th e N at i ona l G overnmen t, n National G overnment w i shes to b e h e ld e for it), th ey made five of the N at i ona l since t p h t e suffer d eat h in the principal places o f the Y Afterwards r ge s n p d o a n r s in i Afterwards, as if in consequence of the asse assassination of a Russian agent called Ber tholdi, at the Hotel de l'Europe, they change their sce ne o f execution from the public square to the courtyard of a private establishment, and appa rently fail to perceive that their punishments have no longer the character of terrible acts of justice, but of horrible acts of vengeance and retaliation. They are not able to convict one of their recent vic tims o f murder or of an evident intent to murder. The o ff ence for which th ey had executed so many persons o f late has be en th at of carry i ng d ea dl y missiles supposed t o b e d ea dl y . Th e weapons or Russians h a ve numbers o f men i n the Citadel aga i nst w h o m there ere is similar presumptive evidence of their haemviirialig committed by b ee n connected with t h e i nsurrection, and h plan s eems now to b e t o ta k e the blood of one or more of those in return for ev er y ac t o f v i o l ence co the Poles. For the mur d er of Ber ld one man; for the i n j ur i es done to the Cos sack, t c avalry horse, th e two carr i age horses an d G e neral Berg' s p aletot, five. tho i the Moreover, the strange principle that heads of fam ili es are liable for the acts of their servants, and owner s of factories and shops for the acts of their workmen and apprentices, is n ow b e i ng i n t ro d uce d by the Russian Government i n P o l an d . I k now cases pr oprietors of est a t es i n Li thuan i a b e i ng imprisoned i n conse q ue nce of their servants having joined the of insurrection; and three days ago a fine of 15,000 roubles was imposed on Messrs. Evans and Co., in V arsaw' on account of the aforesaid un happy wor kman of theirs h av i ng b een found w i th supposed gr enade cases in hi s poc k et. As th i s fi ne was demanded in virtue of no law (though a special edict, applic a bl e to M essrs. E vans ' as published aft er t h e d emand had b een made), paym ent of it was, o f course, refused. This probable result h a d b een f oreseen , an d ce p alone, police ee was the Government than u rnment had deigned to command that until was paid the works sh ou ld b e c l ose d . Th e t h e n arose as to wh a t wou ld b ecome o f 400 questionteeh workmen fine rkmenthrown idle upon the streets of Warsaw, and exasperated at the execution, in their forced presence, one of their fellow-workmen, whom they looked upon, not as a criminal, but as a martyr ? The proprietors of the factory were told .that unless paid the fine they mus t c l ose th e i r doors, h that if they d ec id e to close their m ust still d oor s they pay their workmen. The reply wa s that the fine being tanedy unjust and founded upon no co nviction, or even ac cusa ti on , it wo uld not be paid ; that the facto r y m i g h t b e shut up, b ut that in that c ase the men would receive no wages. Finally, M r . Evans, who is in England, having been consu lt e d by telegraph, desired that a formal pro test against the whole proceedings should be en tered on his behalf as an English subject, and to night a very becoming notice appears in the War r saw Police Gazette, to the effect that there has been some mistake, and that Messrs. Evans and Co. need not pay the fine of 15,000 roubles unjustly imposed upon them. This result leads one to ask how it happens that the Zamoyski Pelage, which the Russian Government must now be convinced has no connection with the Zamoyski house, is stil l hel d as confiscated property ? If bombs were thrown from the Zamoyski house (and Poles who witnessed the explosion say that the smoke was so great and such general confusion was e caused that it is impossible to say where they nani from), then it is not astonishing that i n accordance Governments with a police edict published last Janu ar y the house s h ou ld have been confiscated. Indeed, pretending to be more civilised th an Government have before now, and without bom any b ar ded houses pre vious regulation on the subject, t he Russian t, have c from which it had been asser ted that slots ha c aused fired upon soldiers, and, more t han t ß ha u t this sort of been every inmate to be put to dea th. F tFrance, ia the face of n h s i u n grect is only done, even d n insurrection; he possibility of any risin g Russians do not ad mit t •seized the Zamoyski Palace und er rion, or pre pretended and the in Warsaw. They . They must know by this point, Can such a time that the belief that it formed one building with the Z moyski house. in error on t his Government as that of Russia be only capa blestrorg they have been of admittin g that it has committ e d en i n j ust i ce w hen it has acted unjustly towards an English sub• j eet ? OCT. It appears that the affair between the Russian Go vernment and Messrs. Evans is not yet at an end. As if annoyed at having had to rescind one of its orders (though a Government so equitable as that of Russia ought to remember that it is never too late to be just), it has now published a formal edict by which all proprietors of factories and workships are made responsible for the acts of their operatives b and srvauts, and condemned to have their esta