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THE ANNUAL BALL of the LONDON RIFLE BRIGADE under the immediate patronage of Field -Marshal the Duke of Cambridge, K G., Colonel of the Regiment, will take place at 'Willis's Rooms, TO MORROW (Friday), the sth June. Tickets may be obtained at Head-quarters from 10 a.m. to 8 P m.. and at Willis's Rooms from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. 4th June, 1863. By Order. LONDON AND LISBON CORK WOOD COMPANY (Limited). Prospectuses and Forms of Application for Shares may be Obtained of the Secretary; of Joseph Sebagr, Esq., Broker, 12, Throgmorton-street ; and of Messrs: Lumley an Lumley, F.olicitors, No. 2, Moorgate-street. LONDON AND LISPON CORK `WOOD COMPANY (Limited). NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That NO APPLTCA TIONS for SHARES in the above Company WILL BE RE CEIVED after FRIDAY, the sth June next. SAIL. OLDFIELD, Secretary. 12, St. Benet's-place. Gracechurch-street. T RE PERTUSOLA LEAD MINING AND SMELTING COMPANY (Limited). Incorporated under the Companies Act, 1862, with Limited Li tbility. Capital £250,000, in 25,000 Shares of £lO each. Deposit on application. £1 per share, and on allotment a further payment of £2 per share. Calls not to exceed £2 per share, at intervals of three months. Druncrons. Charles Bell, Esq. (Messrs. J. Thomson, T. Bonar, and Co.) James H. Enthoven, Esq. (Messrs. 11. J. Enthoven and Sonio John P. Judd, Esq. (Messrs. Nathaniel J o h nston and Sons). " John Orred, Esq., Ashwicke Hall, Gloucestershire. Edmund A. Pontilex, Esq (Messrs. Pontifex and Wood). John Richard Taylor, Esq. Messrs. John T a yl or and Sons. BANKERS. Messrs. Barnett, Hoares, and Co., London. Messrs. J. Barned and Co., Liverpool. SOLICITORS—Messrs. John and William Galsworthy, 12, Old J ewry - chambers. BROKERS—Messrs. Joshua Hutchinson and Son, Angel court, Th rogmor ton. slre e r. MANAGERS—Messrs. John Taylor and Sons, GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT IN ITALY—Mr. Geo. Ilenfrey. SECRETARY —Mr. W. G. Williams. Offices -6, Queen-street-place, London. ABRIDGED PROSPECTUS. ' bili This Company has be e n d u l y reg i s t ere d with limited lia - Its ty. object is the purchase of a large interest in the cele brated lead mines of Dlonteponi, in the I.land of Sar dinia . together with th e extensive lead smelting establishment of Pe rtusola and the S arzane ll o C oa l Mine in the Gulf of Spezz. The purchase-money for these prop: rties(lncludinn ele , t ven- 6 twelfths of the Monteponi Mine), plant,.n .toeal as £ 150 ,000, and it is estimated that £50,000 will be q u floating capital, so that in fixing the the Company to nominal nre es cap i r v £?50,000, a margin of £lO.OOl is left to enable take advanttwe of such opportunities tn maysmines. present them selves of extending their interest I talian This undertaking differs essentially in its nature from ordi nary mining enterprises. Its capital being invested in the purchase of mines and works, which are in lull operation, and yielding very large returns. Full prospectuses with forms of application for shares may be had st the offices of the Company, No. 6, Queen-street.. place. London, or of the Brokers of the Company, Messrs. Joshua Hutchinson and Son. No appl i cation will be con sidered unless a deposit of £1 for each share a ppli e d f or shall have been previously made with the Bankers of the Com pany. This sum will be returned in full in the event of no allotment being made. T HE PERTUSOLA LEAD MINING and SMELTING COMPANY (Limited). NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That NO APPLICATION for SH A RES in this Company will be received after SATUR DAY, the 6th day Gi June next. W. G. WILLIAMS, Sec. THE DUNABURG and WITEPSK RAIL WAY COMPANY (Limited). Incorporated with Limited Liability under the Joint-Stock Copanies Act, . The Line to be constructed under a 1862 concession gTanted by his_ Imperi a l M a j esty the Emperor of Russia, dated 19th March, Oa, 1863 Nominal Capital, fixed by the concession, £2,600,000. On which the Russian Government guarantees an annual interest of £5 per cent., amounting to £130,000 in sterling money, for 8.5 years, and an ad iltional 1-12th drawings redeem the capital at par in 85 years, by annual Commencing the first year after the completion of the line. The above capital will be issued in 26,000 shares of ZlOO each, bearing a minimum interest of £5 per share, which, on an outlay of £B3 per share, amounts to a fraction above 6 per cent, Interest on the calls, at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum, will also be paid during construction. Deposit, £5 per share on applicat'on, and £5 on allotment. One-third of the capital has been taken by the Concession aires. hie IN LONDON. 11. L. Bischoffsm, Esq. (Messrs. Bischoffsheim and Gold- Schmidt). Geo.J. Goschen, Esq., M.P. (Messrs. Fruhling and Goschen). William Miller, Esq., M.P. (Messrs. William Miller and Co., St. Petersburg). T. A Mitchell,'Esq., M.P. (Messrs. Mitchell, Yeames, and Co). Jervoise Smith, Esq. (Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smiths). DIRECTORS IN RUSSIA.. His Excellency de Cube, Vice-Governor of the Province of Livonia. James Armttstead, Esq. (Messrs. Mitchell and Co., Riga). James Henry Hill, Esq, (Messrs. Hill Brothers, Riga). li.ANKERS. Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smith. OLICITORS. Messrs. F r eshflelds and Newman. CONSULTING ENGINEER. John Eiawkshaw, Esq. RESIDENT ENGINEER. Morgan Williams, Esq. AUDITORS. Messrs. Coleman, Turquand, and CO, SECRETARY, pro tem. Mr. W. 11. Trumpler. OFFICES. 21, Throgmorton- street, E.C. This Railway, of the length of 161 English miles, will con meet Dunaburg, the terminus of the Eig - a and Dunaburg Railway, with Witepsk. The Line passes through one of the moat productive districts of Russia, furnishing a large pro por, ion ot the exports from Riga; and, in facilitating the transport of produce of the rich and wheat-growinro vinces ot Smolensk, Mohilew, hursk, and Orel, will prove of the greatest importance both to England and Russia. In consequence of the absolute impossibility of forwarding goods at certain seasons of the year, and the very heavy charges at all times, a great part of the produce of these lat ter provinces has hitherto been almost lost to exportation, or :wadable only in seasons when the markets of Western The Europe were approaching famine prices. transport of the colonial and foreig n pr o duce required in th part of the interior at heavy chanties , effected hitherto, to a great extent, from St. Petersbur g , w ill b e carried on by thence means of this Rail way from Riga to Witepsk direct, and be hence distributed. 'There will also be a considerable passenger above.named p rov i nc e s are amongs t the mosttraffic, as the populous of the empire. This Railway will be the only convenient and expeditious route for the inhabitants both to St. Petersburg and Western Europe. The Russian Government, attributing special importance to the early construction of this line, has granted a conces sion of th e mos t f avoura bl e c h arac t er , embracing privileges never before obtained. Among the distinguishing features of the concession are the following:- Ist. The Company is to be constituted accordingtoEnglish law, with th e B oard of Direction in London, and an Agency of three Directors in Riga. 2d. The Government guarantees the interest in sterling money, not, as in previous cases, in roubles. 3d. The Government also guarantees an additional sum Payable half yearly, on the capital of £2,600,000, sufficient to redeem the whole capital at par in 85 years. 4th. 130th the interest and the sinking fund are payable half -yearly at fixed dates. btli. The net receipts of the lin e are appLcible in relief of The Government Guarantee ; but the Company is authorised, in priority, to set apart 10 per cent, of such net receipts, to the extent of £lOO,OOO to forma reserve fund against contin gencies. 6th. The shareholders are entitled to all net profits of the line, up to 6 per cent., on the nominal capital ot £2,600,000. are furth er entitled to one-half ot all urther profits, over and above the 6 per cent., until tee Government is re • imbursed the moneys which it may have paid in respect ofthe guaranteed interest beyond the net earnings of tee line ; after which reimbursement, the shareholders are entitled to the whole of the net profits, whatever they may be. A contract for the execution of the line of railway by the 30th November, 1867, with all necessary stations, buildings, and works, and for the supply of rollinc , stock, according to the specifications and requirements or the Government, has been entered into by the concessionaires with Messrs. Peto and Betts, under the superintendence and with the approval of Mr. Hawkshaw, the eminent civil engineer, for a sum of 41.755,015. An arrangement has also been concluded, by which that contract, together with the concession. is to be Thule cver to the Company for the sum of £lB,OOO, which sum covers all preliminary E ngland, in connexion x lo p o e t n h a with the concession ßussia and then caution money of £1 30,000, these arrangements the cost of the undertaking, as : h s onw m n o b f y 4 t 2 h ,l e 4 s 3 u ,e b its. ned statement, has been brought within The Contract with Messrs. Peto ain and Betts for the entire construction, inclu . g Rolling Stocic, amounts to ........... The Engineering and Inspecti7m . ''We . •.... £1,755,915 during the wkle period of co nstruction, inclu ding the costs of the Preliminary Surveys dm has been contracted for at a sum of " • .... . aid 73,700 Interest during construction, w hi ch will be at the rate of 6 per cent., is calculated at about 196,000 Competent persons at Riga have offered to con tract for the purchase of the land necessary for the Railway (the Crown Lands being assigned gratuitously) at ...• • .. .... ..... . ..... The line is to be completed and ready for traffic 31.000 within 4i years from this time. The cost of Offices, expenses in London, Riga, and Duna burg, together with the remuneration of the Directors in London and Riga, is estimated for the above peri o d a t .... - - Price paid for the Concession, Contracts, and pre liminary expenses, as above ... Brokerage and incidental expenses, say . 30,000 48.000 6,000 From the above statement it wilt be seen that the ' ' annual guarantee of £130,000, oiled by the Russian 2143615 will yield, on the above o j u n ry of £2,143,615, a net Government,reveia dentl e T i of the amortisationne at the rate of 6 per cent., imnoatteexd exceed 'fund and of the profits et theeliinene large sum, and that the amount' rwehqiuirearweilti £53 per share. It is contempiated to take Articles power in the of Asso ciation i to issue Debentures n relief of th e Capita rate as will afford a further benefit to the Shareholders. at such a An arrangement has also ben made with th e Contractors, by which it is anticipated that a section of the line will bt, opened by the 30th November, 1866, from which source a saving cf £lO,OOO may be anticipated to the Company on the item of .` interest during construction. The Share Capital will be paid off at par by annual draw ings which will commence one year after the opening of the line. For further details as to the terms of the Concession, re ference may be made to the certified copy of the original, which lies at the Company's office for inspection. The origi nal document is deposited as customary in . the Imperial Archives at Articles the principal Articles Petersburg An extract of principal of Concession accompanies the Prospectus. addressed to Applications for Stares to be made In the annexed form, reseed to tile Director ' s ; but no application will be enter tained unless P a yee, and accompanied with the receipt of Messrs. Smith , Smiths ter £5 applied ' per Share on the number of Shares applicatifor. This sum will be returned in the event of the aed will be eing granted, a n d if a n a llotment is made it to be made.ppli towards the paym. nt of £lO per Share then FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. No ........... To be forwarded to 21. Thro. morton-street, after payment o: an the Preliminary Deposit t o the Bankers. To the Directors of the Dunaburg a n d W itepsk Railway Company (Limited). Gentlemen, Having paid to your credit, with Mesßre. Smith, , Pkv ne, and Smiths, the s um of z I hereby request that you will allot m • Shares in the Dunaberg and Witepsk Railway Company (Limi ed), and I hereby accept such Shares her number that may be allott and agree or any sma t o a.gn the Articles of Association of the Company when re quired.—l am, Gentlemen, Name in full ................ Address in fu11.............................. Date LUXURIANT WHISKERS, Moustach es, and Eyebrows produced in a few weeks by the use of ELLIOTT'S TONIC LOTION, the stimulati ve properties of which are unfailing in their operation. Thomas Elliott invites a trial from the most sceptical, that they may be con. vinced of its infallible power. Price 3s. 6d., 6s. 6d., 10s. 6d., and 21s. Forwarded on receipt of postage stamps.—Thomas Elliott, hairgrower (first floor), 51, FellehllrCh-street.:.T. E.'s *lige, 41 Ns. CANTERBURY HALL AND FINE ARTS GALLERY. NOTICE.— ENTIRE CHANGE OF ENTERTAINMENT. This Evening the Marvellous ARTGUR and BERTRAND, the Two French Clowns. ARTHUR LLOYD'S burlesque Drama, arranged expressly for him. A. B. HOLLINGSWORTH'S new Comicalities, &C. SAM COLLINS, with new Songs. UNSWORTIL the celebrated Stump Orator. EUGENE, and G. lIITTCHINSON. GRAND SELECTIONS from OPERAS, GLEES, and CANTATAS. Principal Artistes —Miss Russell, Miss Townley ; Mr. Green, • Signor Bunali, and Siznor Tivoli. Conductor, Mr. Jonghmans. Admission 6d. ; stalls and balcony, is. ROYAL ALTIAMBRA PALACE. The will RISA RELIS, in a d dition to their other performair,eb entitled LA MAive during- the week a NE ENTERTAINMENT, R NEW ENTERTAINMENT, A PERCHA SELLAS. _____--.--- ROYAL ALTIAIVIBRA P ALACE.--The great Spanish Gymnasts, RIsARELIS and BALAGER, in Three separate Entertainments. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE.— erace fal Madame ADAMS and t he amusing COZTRADE Clowns. ROYA- - arid L PALACE. ALHAMBRA MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT, by Messrs V son, Vernon, 1112 by, Bartleman ; 3rissea M‘Grerari4n- Brian ; Ale , srs. Brian and (knley, Weiland, , te , • RGYLL ROOMS.—ifir.aps PROMENADE CONCERTS. NOTICE. —During the Week the Selections will be,.. ji TrOVaLOre "—" La Huguenots "—" La Forza del Destino,' 3 &c., at Eleven o'clock. Jullien's Grand Descriptive Galop, THE DERBY, To be dedicated to the OwLer of the winning Horse. LEVY, the great wonder on the Cornet-a-Piston, plays from half-past Niue to Twelve. Admission, Is. AN Musttoed and Descriptive Catalogue of the Wonders contained in the LONDON ANATOMICAL AIUSEUM sent post free for two stamps. Ad dress the Secretary, 29, George •street, Hanover-square. THE FARMER'S BAROMETER, 50 5., a new Instrument, by Negretti and Zambra, will cor rectly indicate wh e th er the Barometer falls for Rain or for Wind. Particulars by enclosing stamp.-1, Hatton-garden ; 57, C 9 ruhill and 122, Regent-street. N°. 22,132. DR. MOUAT'SADVENTURES. To-Morrow, June 5, in Svo., with Illustrations, 1 6 s , ADVENTURES AND RESEARCHES AMONG TBE ANDAMAN ISLANDERS. By Dr. MOUAT, F.2t.G. S., &C Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. NEW NOVEL BY THE AUTHOR OF "NO CHURCH." Just ready, in 3 vo7s., CHURCH AND CHAPEL. By the Author of " No Church," "Owen : a Waif," ,tc. Hurst and Blackctt, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Now ready at all the Libr aries, in 3 vols., T HIRD EDITION 0, LOST AND SAVED." By the llon. MRS. NORTON. "`Lost and Saved' will be read with eater interest by those who love a touching story. It is a vigorous novel. —Times. "'Lost and Saved' is a work of such rare excellence that it would create a stir among novel readers, even if it had not Mrs. Norton's name on the title page. It surpasses Stuart of Dunleath ' in strength, delicacy, and finisri."—Athenmum. Hurst and Blackctt, Publisners, 13, Great Marlborough steeet. MR. THOMAS ADOLPHUS TROLLOPE'S NEW NOVEL. In Three Vols., post Svo., GIULIO MALATESTA. By THOMAS ADOLPHUS TROLLOPS . A NOVEL. [This Day. Chapman and Hall, 193, Piccadilly. NEW SPORTING NOVEL. In Three Vols., post Bvo., CHARLIE THORNHILL ; or, the Dunce of the Family. A Novel. By CIIARLEB CLARKE. Chapman and flail, 113, Piccadilly, [This Day. In post Bvo., 7s. ed., STRANGE THINGS AMONG US. By 11. SPICER. [This Day. Chapman and Hall, 193, Piccadilly. NEW NOVEL BY MRS, BERNAL OSBORNE. In Two Vols., post Bvo., FALSE POSITIONS. By Mrs. OSBORNE. [Next Week, Chapman and Hall, 193, Piccadilly. Three Vols., post Bvo, WATERS. A NOVEL. DEEP By Miss ANNA Dam, [Now Ready. Author of "Misrepresentation " "Friends and Fortune," &c. " The story begins well. * * * If once taken up the book will be read through. * * * Some of the scenes are very forcible, and each character is nicely discriminated." A thenmum. Chapman and Hall, 193, Piccadilly. Now ready at all the Libraries, A NEW NOVEL, BY THE REV. J. PYCROFT, Author of " Twenty Years in the Church," DR A GO N'S TEE T H 2 vols., post Bvo., cloth boards, price 21s. L. Booth, 307, Regent-street, W. Now ready, Illustrated with Six Chromo-Lithographic Drawings, FOUR MONTHS IN A DAHABEELI: A Narrative of a Winter's Cruise on the Nile. By M. L. M. CAREY. 1 vol. demy Bvo., cloth hoards, price 15s. L. Booth, 307, Regent—treet, W. Just ready, Second Edition, fcp. Svo„ cloth boards, price 3s 6d., JESSE'S LECTURES ON NATURAL HISTORY. Delivered at Brighton. L. Booth, 307, Regent-street, W. SAWYER'S FAMOUS LONDON DINNER FOR THIS DAY. At 2s. 6d. each Person.' SOUPS. Green Pea. Claremont. FISH. Mackerel, Maitre d'HoteL Sturgeon Cutlets, sauce Genoi ge. ENTREES. Mutton Cutlets, sauce Tomate. Minced Veal and Poached Eggs. • JOINTS. Roast Beef. Roast Mutton. SWEETS. Cabinet Puddings. Fruit Jellies. Cheese and Salad. An extensive and carefully selected stock of FRENCH, RHENISH, MOSELLE, and other WINES, imported ex pressly for the London Dinner. THE LONDON, 191, FLEET-NTREET. S. TIIALBERG'S FAREWELL. TITALBERG'S remaining MA LINERS, and 1.7. LAS I' APPEARANCES in London, will take place at the t ANOVER-SQUARE ROOMS, on ➢MONDAY next, June 8 (his lest appearance but one), and MONDAY, .June 15, being the " Farewell. Matinee." To commence at half-past 2. Stalls,2ls. ; family tickets, 3 guineas ; unreserved seats, 10s. 64., to be had of Mr. Fish, llanover-square ttooms, where the plan of the seats may be seen ; at Austin's, Piccadilly ; and the libraries and musicsellers. CRYSTAL PALACE.—SATURDAY NEXT , 6th June, being appointed for the celebration o' her MAJESTY'S BIRTHDAY, a special display of the GREAT FOU \ TAINS at Two o'clock. A Military Band will attend. The Concert at Three. The following eminent Artistes will appear :—Mdlle. CAIILOTTA PATTI, Mdme. LEM 11Elsis- S HE RKINGTON, Signor S EVERINL Mdmc. ARABELLA GODDA RD, Signor COLOSAN TI. After the Concert performances by the Military Band and on the Great Organ during the Promenade. Admission :—By Guinea Season Tickets free; by tickets if Purchased before the day Half-a Crown ;by payment on the day Five Shillings. Reserved Stalls Half-a-Crown extra. GREAT FOUNTAINS NEXT SATURDAY. CRYSTAL PALACE -QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY NEXT SATURDAY. —GREAT FOUNTAINS, Grand CONCERT, .tc. Half -a-Crown Admission Tickets now on sale at the Crystal Palace, 2, Exeter Hall, and the usual agents. T O -MORROW, LAST DAY for HALF-A. CROWN TICKETS. CRYSTAL PALACE, SATURDAY.- RESERVED STALLS for next Saturday are NOW on SALE. Halt-a-Crown each. To prevent disappointment they should be at once applied for. CRYSTAL PALACE.—GREAT FOUNTAIN S and GRAND CONCERT` next Saturday. Half-a_ Crown Admission Tickets, Reserved Stalls, and the G'u nea Season Tickets, at No. 2, Exeter Hall. NOTE.—This Day and To-morrow this office will be OPEN until :even o'clo k for the issue of Half-Crown Admission Tickets. On Saturday the price will be Five Shillings. Saturday being a doubly attractive day , visitors will do well to provide themselves with tickets in good time. T " 0 X F OR D, 6, OXFORD STREET. Every Evening will be performed Selections from the following Operas : Verdi's LA FORZA DEL DESTINO ; and Flotow's MARTHA. Supported by Miss Russell, Miss Townley, (tc.; Messrs. Albert, Green, Bernardi, Finish, Kimberley, and W. Evans, with full band and chorus. Conducted by Mr. Jonghmans. Drew Dean's Flute Solos UNSWORTH, the modern Demosthenes. Eugene, W. Randall, J. Hutehenson, and the mat vellous ARTHUR and BERTRAND. " These two Parisian clowns have carried the art of tumbling to apparently the highest pitch of perfection, and it is impossible even for the most staid of visitors to avoid being amused by their original gambols. They elicit shouts of laughter and applause."—Times, April 7, 1863. , , ,/1„,„--.0-- -- J0 _ . • , • , ...... , • , -,-.....--,-.. ~ • ~....- • • , z, - . N , _ ::" . t , "**4llll i - H 1,7 ,1 4:, -.'". * A ' 4l - Nr-:-----;!-1:74''' ::. ~:.,,,, ....;.•:.. ' ' , - . ~.. , ~,,,, : :: ,,,,,, A „.•,• . ~ , ,,.? „ , c ;, ,,,,,, , i,,,,,,,,,. ~.."-_, r-----,\-9- -..-- ' ' - .......- 4 , ~ j , , , v;: . * . - ... . ... . T''' . ...11.' .1 •--t \,,,,... ~_ „,,,,..„),,,„„__,.,.,,, _,, ~,a, 4 3 .,.--.-...;4?-. ~ 0 , 7„, _ j. 6. ,, .... <.... 1 , ,i, ~ .v ve i n . , 0 # , . . 4 = - ' se 4 1 't i• .3 1 134111 k) • 16. 4 ' 0 ... ~ . .r . tel "•---- , - , r -- • DIE • , ~,,. - tzil i v ''W NA :',. ' ' .„. 4 ,.. , _ orr ''‘ . r', - -.-- .;. ' , DR 4, ~-...e1 . , ',...,,,,-..„. " ..-- v,, i , t . 4. ~..........,_„,..... PR1CE.....-..4d. STAMPED ....sd. them the vices alone of civilisation without its cor responding benefits, and having acquired no other advantages but a knowledge of the French lan guage, disfigured, however, by the plentiful intro duction of slang terms. With proper precautions, and under proper guidance, these evils might easily be averted, and a serious investigation into our institutions may be made to supply a remedy for the defects of their own. The feast of Courban Bairam begins on Wednes day. To-day is observed as a holiday at the Porte in consequence of the entertainment to the diplo matic corps. To-morrow being the eve of the fes tival, the day is observed in the same manner. The feast itself lasts four days, so that a whole week is set aside, during which all work is at a standstill, and devoted to the pleasures of the dolce far niente, which is so much the vogue with this easy-going Government. Naval and Military Intelligence. THE NAVY. Mr. Reed, the new chief constructor of the navy, yesterday paid an official visit to Woolwich dock yard, of which the authorities had been previously apprised by the Board of Admiralty. Mr. Reed was first cnndncted over the iron-cased ship Caledonia, and afterwards inspected the Repulse, Wolverine, Dartmouth, and the other ships about to be converted under the new system. He also inspected the dock yard schools, with the intention of establishing a school of naval architecture in the dockyard. Mr. Mr. Reed will renew his visit of inspection to• the dockyard this morning. The official Admiralty designs, prepared under the direction of Mr. Reed, for the re-construction of the wooden frigate Belvidere, 51, as an armour plated frigate, have been received at Chatham dock yard, and are now being copied to scale preparatory to the vessel being taken down and reconstructed under No. 7 shed, where preparations are making for commencing the work as soon as a sufficient number of hands are released from the other vessels now in progress. The statement that the Belvidere is to be converted into an armour-plated frigate, ac cording to the plans of Mr. Laing, the master•ship builder at Chatham, is not strictly correct. Although he prepared designs for the new vessel, they were not acted upon by the Admiralty. The Belvidere, as well as the whole of the. five armour-plated frigates ordered to be built in accordance with the recent decision of the House of Commons, are to be constructed from the designs prepared by Mr. Reed. The sailing frigate Active, 36, Commander T. Heard, one of the squadron of sailing vessels built from the designs of Admiralty Symonds, having been converted into a training ship for the Naval Reserve, left Chatham harbour yesterday for Hartle pool, where she will be stationed. The Active, although launched about 20 years since, was never out of Chatham harbour. Her upper and main decks are fitted up in a very complete manner for the service for which she is meant, and commodious cabins have been erected for the officers, warrant officers, and police who will do duty on hoard. The following appointments were made yes. terday at the Admiralty : Commander—David Miller, to be Captain. F. W. Sutton (B), engineer, to the Indus, as supernu merary. _ . . -- . Edward Tewell, acting engineer, to the Orlando. Thomas Catchpool, assistant-engineer, to the Asia, for the Charger. Thos. Scott (B), to the Cumberland, as supernumerary. James Legate, to the Edinburgh, for tenders. THE ARMY. The summand of the additional troops of the Mounted Royal Engiaeer hick is now being raised to augment the branch of the service, has been given to Capt. R. N. Dawson. The head quarters of the troop will be at Aldershot camp. Capt. W. A. Frankland has been appointed to the command of the 24th company of Royal Engineers, on the removal of Capt. Dawson to the command of the B Troop of the Royal Engineer Train. Lieut. R. G. Thorold has been appointed to the command of the 36th company at Chatham garrison, and Capt. W. S. Boileau to that of the 37th depot company at bead-quarters, Brompton, the latter officer suc ceeding Capt. 0. H. Stokes, has been ordered to proceed from Chatham to Ireland. A detachment of Royal Engineers, under the command of Lieut. Scott, left head-quarters, Chat ham, yesterday for the purpose of undergoing a course of ball practice at the Government rifle range between the Thames and Medway, previously to embarking for colonial purposes. Yesterday.loo non-commissioned officers and gun ners of the Royal Artillery, under the command of Capt. Dixon, lest the head-quarters of the first division of the depot brigade, for Shoeburyness, where they will undergo an extended course of instruction at the School of Gunnery previous to embarking for India with the reinforcements about to be despatched. The detachment, under the com mand of Capt. Heathorn, having completed their course of instruction, rejoined head-quarters, from Snoeburyness, yesterday. The strength of the Ist Division of the Depot Brigade Royal Artillery, was increased yesterday by 200 gunners from the division at Warley. The officers who accompanied the detachment were Captains Crowe, Loch, and Whateley. TICE VOLUNTEERS. The third annual prize meeting of the Surrey Rifle Volunteer Association was brought to a close yesterday at the ranges on Wimbledon-common. The Challenge Cup, value £lOO, with gold medal, was won by Colonel Cole, 11th Surrey; the second prize, £lO, by Lieutenant Pott ; and the third prize, £5, by Major Sir H. Fletcher, 6th Surrey. The ranges were 650 and 700 yards, five shots at each distance. The cup will remain the property of the association unless won three consecutive years by the same person. when it will become his absolute property. The Lord-Lieutenant and County Mem bers' Prize of £5O was shot for at the 300, 500, and 700 yards ranges, and won by Private T. White, 13th Surrey. The prize for the best volley firing, a cup value 10 guineas, was carried off by the 12th Surrey. The Ist and 7th were next highest in the order of merit. Consolation prizes, ranging in value from £7 to £1 were also shot for. The annual inspection of the Wesltuntiedrds Rifles by Col. Erskine, Inspector of Vo Regent s-park in place on Tuesday evening , le to s o ex k presence of a large number forming six talion, to the number of about 0 9 bands, marched off companies, and headed nyiontf3stphee_cmtaetnor:. The bat . its head quarters, and Lord ci Radstock, assisted by f u r n o d m er L t o h r e d' e s oni Cr in ic a k n e d t- 5 . and Captain and Adjutant Penny sition in the Regent's -park nolford-house. There the ground had facing under more, took r k i d u g ; admirably kept by a considerable force of the 19th Aliddlesex, already been ta ta k illi e e n r u p 2 o , and was command of Captain Reed, the Adjutant of the Regi ment. The corps having marched past in an ex ceedingly steady and soldic-rlike manner, were put through a series of the most difficult battalion move ments—skirmishing, falling back upon supporte, forming squares to rece i ve cava l ry , re f orm in g column, deploying into line from the right and left flank a n d centre companies, file-firing from right and left of faces, firing volleys by companies and subsequently by the whole battalion, concluding with a spirited charge in line, amid the loud cheers of the men as well as the spectators. While the regiment was forming company squares to receive cavalry, a serious accident occurred to a young man named Lilley, a member of the corps, residing in High-street, Marylebone, and also a slight injury to a comrade, who was his front rank man. It appears that he had not discharged his rifle when the order was given to cease firing and nnfix bayonets. He was in the act of 'infixing his bayonet when his rifle , bein g on full cock, exploded., THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 4, 1863. WESTERN MANCHESTER and LONDON LIFE ASSURANCE and.ANNUITY SOCIETY. Established 1842. Chief Offices-3, Parliament-street, London, and 77, King-street, Manchester. ACTUARY—Arthur Sciatchley, Esq., ➢i.A. SPECIMENS OF BONUS ALLOTTED.—E. G. has paid £lB3 lls. 3d. in Premiums towards his Policy for £1,500 ; £lO6 12s. 1.:1. Bonus has already 0 860) been allotted to him. R. S. has paid £7 Os in Premiums towards his Policy for .£.lO ; £6 2s. 11d. Bonus has already (1860) been allotted to him. ANNUITIES AND ENDOWMENTS GRANTED. Full Prospectuses, Proposals, and every information may be obtained from the Actuary in Loudon, the Local Secretary in Manchester, or any of the Society's Agents. AGENCY DEPARTMENT. This Sociel y, always desirous of extending its operations awl connections, offers to influential residents in the towns and villages of the United Kingdom liberal allowances on business which they may be able to introduce. The services of Soli citors, Medical Men, Surveydre, Auctioneers,. or Tradesmen of good local standing, are• invited in the capacity of Pri• vate or Public Agents. All applications to the Offices are treated as confidential. Prospectuses, Forms of Proposal, Almanacks, Sz3., forwarded post free. R OYAL INSURANCE COMPANY. HEAD Omens, 29, Lombard-street, London, and Royal Insurance buildings, Liverpoel. Total Annual Revenue exceeds £soo,o^o. Accumulated Funds in hand over 1,030,000. FIRE DEPARTMENT. The Receipt of FIRE PREMIUMS has been as follows :- 1854 £128,459 IPSB £195,148 1856 While for 1862 they exceeded £300,(00. The Fire Revenue has been enhanced, in four years, by the enormous sum of more than £lOO,OOO, and during the last six years it has been dcubled. 3ioreover, the latest Parliamentary Return of Insurance Tax paid to the Inland Revenue Office (ordered to be pr.nted by the House of Commons, Sth July, 1862) exhibits the ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY, as respects increase of business, at the READ OF ALL the Insurance Offices. LIFE DEPARTMENT. The rapid progress and position of this branch will be best shown by the following statement of the New Life business effected for tha Year. Sum Assured. 1855 £206,514 1857 829,380 1859 434,470 1861 521,101 New Premiums. £5,90918 7 10.270 8 6 13,086 8 5 16,627 18 0 While the sum assured by New Polices in the year 1862 amounts to more than Seven Hundred Thousand Pounds Sterling. Large Bonuses declared 1856 and 18T—£2 per Cent. per annum. The greatest Bonus ever continuously declared by any Company. PERCY M. DOVE, Manager and Actuary. JOHN B. JOHNSTON, Secretary in London. MR. T. CARRICK begs to announce to his Artist Friends and the Public, that his Photographic Iflstablishment, 32, Regent-street, Piccadilly-circus, is now in full operation. Cartes de Visite, 10 for 10s. 6d; . 21 for £l. Miniatures on Ivory, Marble, and the Photographic base in his former Styles. TEA.—MOORE BROTHERS respectfully inti mate that their New Prospectus is now ready. They especially recommend their improved Family Tea, reduced to 3s. 2d. ; 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. S T E 0 E ID O N. Patent, March 1, 1862, No. 560. GABRIEL'S Self-adhesive Patent Indestructible MINE RAL TEEM and FLEXIBLE GUMS, without palates, springs, or wires, and without operation. One set lasts a lifetime, and WARRANTED FOR MASTICATION and. ARTICULATION, even when all others fail. Purest ma terials only, at half the usual cost. Messrs. GABRIEL, the old-established Dentists, 27, HARLEY-STREET, CAVENDISH-SQUARE; 34, LUDGATE-HILL, LONDON ; 65, NEW-STREET, BIRMINGHAM; and 134, DUKE-STREET, LIVERPOOL. Complete Sets, 4 to 7 and 10 to 15 guineas. One visit only required from country patients. Gabriel's Practical Treatise gratis. Consultations free. RIIPTURES.-BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. WHITE'S MOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (PERFECTED AND EXHIBITED IN TILE GREAT EXHIBITIONS OF 1851 AND 1862), is allowed by upwards of Two Hundred Medical Gentlemen to be the most effective nvention in the curative treatment of El EItN I A. The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effects, , s here avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the body, while the requisite resistinr , power is supplied by the Moe-Main I'ad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease end closeness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn luring sleep. A descriptive circular may be had, and the truss, which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the eir aumferenee of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manufacturer, Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly. A Single Truss, 165., 21s. 265. 265. , apd 31s. 6d. Postage , Is. A Double Truss, 31s. Scl.; 425., and 525. bd. Postage, is Bd. An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. Postage, ls. led. Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White, .Post office, Piccadilly. NEW PATENT ELAST IC STOCKINGS, KNEE-CAPS, &c., for Varicose Veins and all cases of Weakness and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, itc. They are porous, light in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on lire an ordinary stocking. Price 4s. 6d., is. 6d., 10s., to 16s. each. Postage 6d. TRINITY MONDAY.—A Special General Court was held at the Trinity-house, on Tower-hill, at which the Right Hon. Viscount Palmerston was unanimously re elected Master, and Captain William Pigott Deputy Master of that ancient corporation for the ensuing year. PRECEDENCE OF EDINBURGH AND DUBLIN.—We understand that the committee of the Royal Horti • cultural Society charged with the arrangements for the ceremonial of uncovering the memorial of the Exhibition of 1851, en the 10th of June, have had under their considera tion the position to be occupied in the procession by the representatives of the cities of Edinburgh and Dublin, and have decided that the Scottish capital is entitled to prece dence over the Irish. The quarterings of the arms on the Royal shield gives a heraldic precedence to Scotland, and it appears that in all the public ceremonies, such as corona tions, which have occurred within the last hundred yea' 5, the officials of Scotland have been ranked before those of Ireland. It has been said by some of our contemporaries that at the coronation of George 111. the Irish peers took rank immediately after the British peers, and it has been thence inferred that they came before the Scot tish peers. But this is an unwarrantable inference, founded on a mistake. The Scottish peers on that occasion, as on all others, ranked as British peers (in terms of the 23d article of the Union) before the British peers of their own degree, created since 1707; while the Irish peers were ranked after nuter t the f all the B r i t i sh (English and Scottish) of t h e d egree. On the same occasion Ulster King at Arms was ranked below Clarencieux and Norrey ; while the Lyon King at Arms was funerarani a k o e r d t n h e e x p t u to ke G o a f Iv rter. elli a n ' g h t e o s n. ame precedence was fol lowedcoronation of George IV., at which a larger at th a t officials were p resen t, at that of William IV., of her present Majesty, and nd on the occasion of the properties, and so healiit ages. scald [ADVERTISEME Friend. This ex cel! Holloway's Ointment. Youth's in skin disc Ointment is so innocent in its gin its action, that it is invaluable the many varieties of rashei; totter tooth rash, chafings, and deeply dreaded in the nursery , and pptions well known and be met and conquered at therout Tri vial maladies may by it overcome before it has gained ho lds and all future mischief and endangered health. F u ll directions uon the constitution e ach pot of Ointment. Holloway's unguean7 w m rap y ged ro und d with the best results in many di seases to which the ae sufferer i silently submits because the - taste, of investigating them would be both difficult aud delicate. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION. HOUSE OF COMMONS, JUNE 3. PUBLIC HOUSES BILL. Order for second reading read. Motion made and question proposed, " That the bill be now read a second time." Amendment proposed, to leave out the word "now," and at the end of the question to add the words "upon this day three months." Question put, " That the word ' now' stand part of the question." The house divided—Ayes, 103 ; Noes, 278. AYES —lOl Adderley, C. B. Getty, S. G. Owen, Sir 11. Agnew, Sir A. Glyn, G. C. l'acke, Col. _Bailey, C. Grogan, Sir E. Pakenham, Col. Baines, E. Hadfield, Geo. Paull, H. Barnes, T. Ilaliburton, T. C. Pennant , Col. Baxter, W. E. Hamilton, Lord C. Pigott , Sergea nt Bazley, Thomas Hamilton Maw' r Price , IL U. Beach, W. W. Hamner, Sir J. Pugh, D. Bernard, Col. Ilassard, 2,1. D. Robartes, T. J. A. Blackburn, I'. liibbert J. Rogers, John Bond, J. W. Hohnesdale Lord Rolt, J. Bridges, Sir B. Hood, Sir A. Salt, T. Brooks, R. liorthali, T. B, Selwyn, C. J. Buckley, Maj.-Gen. Ilume, W. ,Smith, Abel Buller, Sir A. Hunt, G. W. : "'Spooner, R. Burghley, Lord Kendall, li. Stuart, Col. Caird, James Laird, J. Stuart, Col. W. Cairns, Sir H. Langton, W. 11. G. Syites, Col. W. ILL Chapman, J. Lawson, W. Talbot, C. R. M. Chohneley, Sir M. Lefroy, A_ Tite, Wm. Collier, R. P. Lindsay, W. S. Tollemache, Hon.E Coningham, Wm. Lyall, G. Tollemache, J. H. Dent, John Dent Mackie, J. Trollope, Sir John Dering, Sir E. 31•Mahon, P. Vance, John Dunbar, Sir Win. Maguire, J. E. Verner, Sir Wm. Duncombe, A. Mainwaring,, T. Vivian, H. H. Duncombe, W. E. Miller, T. Waldron, L. Dunlop, A. Miller, William Watkins, Col. L. Dutton, Hon. R. li. Mills, A. Westhead, J. Ennis, John Morris, D. Whalley, G. 11. Esmon de, J. Mundy, Wfillant -Winnington, Sir T Ewart, William Mure, David Swart, J. C. Newdegate, C. Ewing, H. E. C. Ogilvy, Sir J. Finlay, A. S. O'Neill, E. Foljambe, F. J. S. O'Reilly, M. TELLERS. Somes, Joseph Pease,, H. NOES —275. Acton, Sir J. George, John North, Col. Adair, H. E. Gibson. T. M. . O'Brien, Sir P. Adam,W. P. • Gladstone, W. E. O'Ferrall, M. Alcock, T. Gore, J. R. 0. O'Hagan, T. Angerstein, W. Gore, W. R. 0. Onslow, Guildford Aunesley, CoL H. Goschen, G. J. Packe, C. Antrobus, E. Gower, G. W. L. Padmore, R. Agell,J. H. Greaves, Edward Paget, C. Atherton, Sir W. Greene, J. 'Paget, Lord C. E. Bagwell, J. Greenwood, J. .n. Si , r G . 1 1. - ' l li n i n l l e ip y, s , Parker, Major W. ' Baring, H. B. Gregson, S. Peacocke, G. M. Baring, Sir F. Greiffell, C. P. Peel, Sir It. Baring, Thos. Geo. Grenfell, H. It. Peel, F. Bar tteot, Col. Greville, Col. F. Peto, Sir M. Bass IM. T. - Gray, Capt. . • Pevensey, Viscount Bathurst, A.A. Beecroft, G. S. Grosvenor, Lord R. Pilking - t'on, James Bellew, R. M. Col. Bentinck, G. C. Hanbury, It. - - Portman, W. 11. B. Grey,, Kt. Berkeley, H. Handley, John Potts, George Berkeley, Col. Hankey, Thomson Powell, F. S. Berkeley, C. Hardcastlo, Jos. A. Powell, J. Biddulph,;Col. R.M. Hardy, Gathorne Pritchard, John Booth, Sir R. G. HartopP, E. B. Ramsden, Sir J. W. Botfield, Beriah Hayter, Sir Wm. Raynham, Viscount Bouverie, E. P. Headlam, Thus. E. Repton, G. W. J. Bouverie, P. P. Heathcote, Sir W. Ricardo, 0. Bramley-Moore, J. Heathcote, G. 11. Ridley, Sir M. W. Bramston, T. W. Henley, Lord Roebuck, J. A. Brand, H. B. Henniker, Lord Rowley, Hon. R. T. Briscoe, J. I. Herbert, li. A. Russell, Hastings Browne, Lord J. T. Hervey, LordA. Russell, A. J. E. Bruce, Lord E. A. liesketh, Sir T. Russell, Sir Wm. Bruce, H. A. hill, lion. It. St. Aubyn, J. Bulke ley, Sir R. Hodgson, K. Salomonq,Alderman Butler, C. S. Hodgson, R. Scholefietd, W. Buxton, C. Holiord, R. S. Sclater-Booth, G. Calthorpe, F. H. Holland, E. Scourfield, J. H. Cardwell, Rt. Hn. E. Hopwood, J. T. Scrope, G. I'. Cartwright, Col. Hornby, W. H. Scully, V. Cave, S. Ilorsm.o, E. Seely, C. Cavendish, Hon. W. Howard, non. C. Seymour, Digby Cavendish, Lord G. Howes, E. Seymour, A. Cecil, Lord R. Hubbard, J. G. Shaft°, R. D. Churchill, Lord A. Humberstone, P. S. Shelley, Sir J. V. Clifford, Col. Hutt, W. Sheridan, H. B. Close, M. C. Jervoise, Sir J. Shirley, E. P. Cobbett, J. M. Johnstone, Sir J. Smith, Augustus Cobbold, John_C. Jolliffe , Sir W. Sm ith , SirF. Coke, Col. Jolliffe, H. Smith, M. Cole, Hon. H. Jones, D. Smollett, P. Cole, J. L. Kekewieh, S. Somerville, Sir W. Colebrooke, Sir T.E. Kerrison, Sir E. Stacpoole, W. Cowper, Hon. W.F. King, Hon. P. Staniland, M. Crawford, R. W. King, J. K. Stanley, Lord Cubitt, George Kinglake, A. W. Stansfeld, J. Cubitt, Ald. Kinglake, Serj. J. Steel, John Darner, S. D. Kingscotc, Col. Stirling ' Wm. Davey, R. li na tchbull-Hugess Stewart, Sir M. R. Dickson, Col. Knight, F. Stracey, Sir H. Dillwyn, Lewis L. Knightley, R. Sullivan, 31. Dodson, John G. Knox, Col. Taylor, P. A. Douglas, Sir C. Lacon, Sir E. Tempest, Lord A.V. Doulton, F. Leader, N. Thornhill, W. P. Duff, 31. E. Lee, W. Thynne, Lord H. Dundas, Sir David Legh, G. C. Trelawny, Sir J. S. Dunne, M. Legh, W. Turner, J. A. East, Sir J. B. Leighton, Sir B. Turner, C. Edwards, Col. Lennox, Lord G. G. Vandeleur, Col. Egerton, A. F. Lever, John 0. Vane, Lord H. G. Egerton, E. C. Lewis, Harvey Vansittart, Wm. Egerton, W. Liddell, Hon. H. G. Verney, Sir Harry Elcho, Lord Locke, John Vernon, H. Ellice, Rt. lion. E. Long, W. Villiers, Rt. Hon. C. Elphinstone, Sir J. Longtield, Robert Walcott, Adm. J. E. Enfield, Viscount Lopes, Sir M. Walker, J. R. B. Evans, Sir De L. Lowe, Rt. Hon. R. Watijngton, J. Evans, T. W. Lowther, Col. 11. C. Way, Arthur E. Fano, Col. Lygon, Hon. P. Weguelin, T. Farquhar, Sir M. MacEvoy, E. Western, S. Farrer, J. Malcolm, J. W. Whitbread, S. Fellowes, Edward Marsh, M. 11. White, L. Fenwick, Henry Marshall, W. Wickham, 11. W. Ferrand, W. Martin, P. W. Williams, Col. Rimer, Sir E. Martin, J. Williams, W. Foley, Hon. 11. W. Mildmay, 11. Wood, lit lin. Sir C. Forster, Charles D. Milford, W. T. Woods, Henry Foster, W. 0. Moffatt, George Wrightson, W. Fortescue, Hon. F. Moncreiff, J. Wyvill, M. Fortescue, C. S. Montgomery, Sir G. Yorke, Hon. E. French, Col. Morgan, C. 0. S. Gallwey, Sir W. P. Morgan, Major TELLERS. Galway, Viscount Mowbray, Itt.l.ln. J. Jervis, Captain Gard, R. S. Norris , J. T. S e y mer, 11-. K. THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE. (From the Times' Correspondent.) CONSTANTINOPLE, May 25. Nubar Pasha, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of is expected to arrive here in h the Viceroyfew days, Egypt, of charged with the mission of bringing to a termination, one way or another, the much discussed and still unsettled question of the Isthmus of Suez Canal. The last mail has brought to us a copy of the original Note of the Porte on the sub ject, addressed to the Turkish ambassador. in Lon don and Paris, and communicated by them to their respective Cabinets. This Note, the substance of which I placed before you in various letters, found its way into the Monzteur, and the replies of the English and French Governments are anxiously ex pected. It is not difficult to foresee what the reply of England will be ; but it is not quite so easy to foretell in what spirit it will be dealt with by the Government of France. The tone of m oder ation in which this document is framed, th e nature of the objections which it brings forward, will no doubt place the French Government in some difficulty, if they should be still inclined to urge the execution of the original agreement between the late Viceroy and M. de Lesseps. The force of this appeal lies not only in the political considerations which induce niontgfa on the iled to see that this argument , in the j ud g ment of E urope , the Turkish Government to withhold their assent to the undertaking in its p resent form ; but also upon the broader principles of the interests of humanity, which have been in vaded by the constant employment of the eocfanfaolr.cedThleabTouurrksinhacvaerry would serve them, even more than an exposition of the political encroachment of the scheme; and they have, therefore, concentrated upon it all the logic and reasoning which are likely to find favour in the eyes of free and unprejudiced people. The ques tion, at the point to which it has now been reduced by the Turks, stand thus :—They propose a revision of the unrecognised concession, expunging such ob jectionable stipulations from it as threaten the pre. rogative of the Porte ; more particularly as regards the appropriation of the land irrigated by the fresh water canals and the employment of forced labour, and the introduction of a special agreement, gua ranteeing the neutrality of the canal. Should these objections be rejected by the company, the Porte, with prodigal generosity, proposes to indemnify the parties interested by the reimbursement of such expenditure as may have been incurred, and to un dertake itself, in conjunction with the Viceroy, the termination of the works. It is a question how far the company would b 3 enabled to dispense with the system of labour as hitherto carried on, and, in the event of their being able to dispense with it, whether the introduction of legitimate means of labour would not involve the outlay of more capital than they are possessed of ; and, al so, whether with such increased expenditure the remunerative prospects of the enterprise would not be jeopardised. The sue • render, also, of the privilege which confers on the company the possession of extensive tracts of land— s privilege to which the promoters attached as very great importance—is not likely to prove palatable to them. Be this as it may, it is not likely, I think, thatthe Turkish Government will consent, in nego tiation, to diminish any of their pretentions as set forth in their Note. Special Councils were held on the subject. The Imperial Divan has been specially convened to fully discuss the matter ; and the unani mous resolution arrived at on these occasions hes been to withhold the confirmation of the grant, and to resist the execution of the enter prise on its pre sent principles. A succession of fetes and entertainments is being given by the Sultan in the Valley oftha Sweet W eters where he has fixed his summer residence. The troops forming the garrison of Constantinople are made partakers of these festivities. In detachments of some hundreds each time they are marched to the valley, where the Imperial bounty is extended to them in the form of a substantial repast, followed by athletic sports. To-day the diplomatic body will be the guests of the Sultan at a great dinner, for which invitations, in his name, have been issued by the Minister for Foreign Affairs. In conse quence of these rejoicings the quiet valley now daily presentt the appearance of a gay and animated scene. On Friday last a very large concourse of people, numbering some 15,0e0 of different classes and denominations, assembled here with the object of petitioning the Sultan to allow his portrait to be taken, and distributed in photographic cartes de visite among his subjects. From this multitude a selection was made, consisting of two members for each separate creed, who formed a deputation charged to convey to the Sultan the public desire. The deputation was received in a gracious manner, and their request acceded to. The originator of this movement was the person most interested in the matter, inasmuch as he will reap a rich harvest from the enormous sale which is sure to be realised. It is, of course, represented as a spontaneous move ment of the population ; and the eagerness with which people come forward to sign the petition gives colouring and confirmation to the assertion. The idea was started by Abdullah, the photographic artist of Pera, the same whom the ,Prince of Wales did the honour to sit to during his visit to Constan tinople. In the midst of these festivities, demonstrations, and rejoicings it is to be hoped that the more serious intentions of the Sultan and his Ministers will not be lost alight of. It is in moments of great popu larity like the present that advantage should be taken to establish a firm hold on public opinion by reducing to practice the public measures of which so much is heard in theory. This Imperial munificence dazzles and captivates the people for the time, but re action seldom fails to set in. The soldier , is undoubt edly gratified by the feast which is served to him by order of the Sultan, but it is not likely it will make him forget that he is several months in arrears of pay. The Government clerk who has to support himself on 500 or 1,000 piastres a month cannot fail to give way to a feeling of bitterness in witnessing these prodigalities when he knows that his humble stipend has not been paid to him for many months. An enlightened critic, in reviewing in one of the London journals some of my letters, in which I pointed to the cruel position of the civil employes whose salary had fallen in sad arrears, accounted for the fact by the bold statement that it was in no way wonderful, inasmuch as by the rules of the Turkish service the employes were paid " quarterly and as to the troops, why they had "always" been in arrear, and so it did not matter. I know of in numerable cases of employes who have nothing in the world besides their pay, and who have received nothing for six, seven, and in some cases ten months. As to the army, I have no hesitation in saying that some of the provincial corps d'armee have not been paid for months. In the forthcoming discussion in the House of Commons on the subject of Turkish affairs we shall hear it stated, no doubt, on authority, that the empire is in a state of high prosperity ; but the facts which I have mentioned tend to prove one of two things,—either that this vaunted prosperity is exaggerated, or else that there has been a culpable negligence while lavishing large sums in other channels in providing for the more urgent require. ments of the service. No one has ever ventured to deny that the resources of the country are great, and only require for their development that they should bo properly administered. Towards this desirable end home progress has been made very lately as regards the administration of finance. The improvement of the condition of the provinces is also occupying the attention of the Government. There is still, however, an immense deal to be done, and this c;n be accomplished only by the adoption of firm and vigorous measures, in the execution of which regard should be had to personal suscep tibilities, or to a desire to screen the misdeeds of offending administrators. The means at command, unfortunately, for the prosecution of such a policy, are limited. There are undoubtedly acme able and well-meaning men disposed to undertake it, but their efforts are often paralysed by the active intrigues of many and the listless apathy of the rest. It is again stated, and this time with an authority which leaves no doubt on the subject, that Fuad Pasha will be reinstated in his old post of Grand Vizier. The nomination will be made it seems either before or immediately after the approaching festival of Cour ban Bairam. He is to be succeeded, it is affirmed, in the administration of the Ministry of War by Omar Pasha, the Commander-in-Chief of the Army. The Budget has not yet made its appearance. I have reason to believe the leading features of the financial statement have been communicated to the embassies here, who have already reported to their respective Governments on the subject. The outline of it I have already given two months ago, and until its publication in extenso it will be unneces sary to make any further remark on the subject, the more so as the information which has since reached me leads me to know that I have cor rectly anticipated its provisions. When I stated that the amount would be between £14,000,000 and £15,000,000 I was not far from the mark, for it is now estimated at 321,000 "purses," equal to £14,1300,000. I understand that the Turkish Go vernment lay great stress upon the great increase which exists, as compared to the financial receipts in 1830, which then only showed a revenue of £6,000,000. It must not be forgotten, however, that in those days Turkey had no public debt ; and the system of taxation which has since been adopted, in order to provide for the increasing requirements of the State and the payment of interest on their liabilities, which in itself exhausts more than one fourth of the public revenue, was not then in existence. With the view of giving an opportunity to the Turks of visiting Europe and acquiring such know ledge and information as may be advantageously applied towards the progress of their own country, an excursion trip (train de plaisir) is being organized here, and I understand that this well-judged scheme is receiving the support of the Government. The first expedition is to consist of 150 or 200 young Mussulmans, including, it is said, the sons of some of the leading statesmen and Pashas. M. Misierie is charged with the arrangements of the voyage, and a staff of interpreters and employes who have some knowledge of Europe is to be attached to the expedition. The programme includes a visit to the French capital, via Mediterranean and Marseilles ; from thence to England, and back again, by way of Germany, Vienna, and the Danube, to Constanti nople. The charge made, comprising travelling ex penses, subsistence, and sightseeing, is to be £7O, which is certainly very moderato ; and if the first voyage bears satisfactory fruits, it is proposed to f in repeat the experiment and exten d its obj en t ar t the pursuit of amusement , t hese y oung r c e vised to lay aside their or iental prtj u dices, and to - o examine and investigate seriously the wonders which they are about to wit.tehssa wi th r e tt e o evmi ate t o their permanent good, and per hsps, be the most European institutions, it will, practical means t o o p en their eyes to the defects of V ie mode of European education men pursued p c h n e r e n s h e t e n h r t e e , their own syste m. e uhc more h s ngoot a o, d du v y a n ßt c o e u d tt h pur sued by some of th in regard to their o s f on m s been productive means employed have been ill-judged and dan gerous. Wo see man y instances of Young Turks suddenly, transplanted from the paternal harem to the unsteady regions of the Quartier Latin in Paris. w ithout guidance or There,advice of any kind, they are but too frequently drawn into a course of riot and dissipation ; and, after two or three years, they return to their own country, importing with MOORE BROTHERS, 35, London-bridge, City, E.C. (ALDRIDGE'S BALM OF COLUMBIA, kJ established upwards of thirty years, is the best and only certain remedy ever discovered for preserving, strengthening, beautifying, or restoring the hair,whiskers, or moustaches, and preventing thym turninggrey. Sold in bottles, 3s. 6d., Cs., and lls., by C. and A. OLDRIDGE, 22, Wellington-street, Strand, London, W.C., and all chemists and perfumers. For chil dren's and ladies' hair it is most efficacious and unrivalled. JOHN WHITE, Manufacturer, 228, Piccadilly. R OYAL 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. DEpu Tr -C HA tantAx—Thomas Chapman, Esq., F.R.S:, V.P. APPEAL. The Committee of Management have to state that, since 'he beginning of the year 1860, the Royal National Lifeboat Institution has expended £32,000 on various Lifeboat Estab lishments on the Coasts of England, Scotland, and Ireland. The number of lives saved by the Life-boats of the Society, and other means, since its formation, is 12,800; tor which services 82 Gold Medals, 718 Silver Medals, and £16,480 in cash have been paid in rewards. The Institu tion has also expended £67,00 on Life-boats, Liie-boat Transporting-carriages, and Boat-houses. The Committee desire to express their grateful sense of the 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 of 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, whi^h 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. The Committee gratefully acknowledge the following con tributions £ S. d ler Majesty the Queen .. annual 50 C 0 Campbell, the Hon. Mrs. G. .. .. annual 5 0 0 Clerk, Colonel, R.A. .. annual 1 1 0 Coutts and Co. Messrs., Bankers .. annual 10 0 0 Currie, Wm., 11:sq. 4th don.lo 0 0 Erle, Lord Chief sq., .. don. 10 10 0 Fanshawe, Vice-Admiral Sir A., K.C.B. .. 2d don. 25 0 0 Fenwick, G. J., Esq., cost of a Lifeboat and Tran sporting Carriage .. 250 0 0 Harvey, Rev. G. G. and Mrs. .. don. 30 0 Martin, Sir Henry, Bart. .. 7th don. 10 0 0 Moore, Rev. G. B. .. .. don. 15 15 0 Smith, Mrs. George, Greenwich .. • • • • 30 0 Stirling, Col. Sir Anthony, K.C.B. .. annual 2 0 0 Thorn, s, Lady, Weston-super-Mare, collected by her Ladyship .. • • • • 16 16 0 Willoughby d'Eresby, Lord .. .. annual 5 0 0 Donations and Annual Subscriptions will be thankfully re ,eived by the Bankers of the Institution, Messrs. Willis, Percival, and Co., 76, Lombard-street; Messrs. Coutts and Co., 59, Strand ; Messrs. Herries, Farquhar, and Co., 16, St. James's-street, London ; by a 1 the Collectors of Customs and Bankers in the United Kingdom; and by the Secretary Richard Lewis. Esq., at the Office of the Institution, 14, John-street, Adelphi, London. W.C. ENV S P..-P - 1. R :It • 4 • , bz completely blowing off' the centre fit iger of A . ‘ 3oa. "4: hand, and lacerating the skin of the, nee! a, 41'5 the right ear of the volunteer in front of hi_ Jackson, assistant-surgeon of the corps, promptlyt'sl. S attended, and having bandaged Mr. Lilley's shat tered hand, and administered a little brandy to him and his companion, Lilley walked away from the park in the most manful manner. Col. Erskine at the conclusion of the evolutions addressed tht) re giment, and said he was not going to flatter them, that was no part of his duty; but ho should not faithfully discharge his duty if he did not award them that praise he considered they deserved. He was much pleased with two things especially— their steadiness under arms and the silence which had been observed in their ranks ; and the ready manner with which thcyLad fermed square on being called upon by him through their commanding offi cer suddenly to do so proved that they were well drilled—a fact creditable not only to those who drilled them, but to themselves for having so e fli • ciently acquired it. Ho should not fail to make a moat favour:hie eport to the Secretary of State for War, not only as to the efficiency of the bat talion, but as to the able manner in which it had been handled. The regiment then marched back to headquarters. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. SOUTHEASTERN• A Wharncliffe meeting of this company was held yesterday at the Bridge-house Hotel, London bridge ; the Hon. J. Byng in the chair. Mr. S. Smiles, the secretary, haling read the notice convening the meeting, The CHAIRMAN said the meeting was called for the purpose of considering two bills now before Par- liament. The first was a bill of the Charing-cross Railway Company, and it was submitted because it contained clauses conferring a permissive power to lease or amalgamate that undertaking with the South Eastern Company. *He thought there could not be two opinions.as to the desirableness of their being placed in such a position as to be enabled to make that railway an integral part of their own system, should they consider it desirable to do so. The present bill committed them to nothing, as it was merely permissive. When the bill became law it would be for them to go into the question of terms, and they would be called together when a definite scheme had been prepared, such es the directors could recommend for their adoption. The other bill to be submitted for their consideration was the Hastings Pier and Harbour Bill. It was promoted by another company, and gave them a permissive power to enter into working arrangements with that company, and the directors considered it desirable they should possess such a power. The Solicitor read the heads of a bill for regu- lacing the capital and debenture debt of the Charing cross Railway Company, and for authorising the amalgamation of that company with the South- Eastern Railway Company. In reply to Mr. Adams, it was stated that the present powers of the company authorised the rais ing of £1,926,600 and the bill gave power to raise an additional sum of £700,000 on shares, and £233,330 on debentures. A long diAcussion ensued, in which Mr. Adams, Mr. C. Bell, Mr. Michell, Mr. C. Child, and Mr. Beavis took part. Considerable dissatisfao tion was expressed at the great increase of the capital of the Charing-cross Railway from time to time, and the large amount of it the South-Eastern Company were called upon to subscribe; but under all the circumstances it was thought desirable to approve the bill. A formal resolution approving the bill was then adopted. On the motion of the chairman, , seconded by Mr . Thomson, a formal resolution approving a bill to authorise the construction of a tramroad from the South-Eastern Railway at Hastings to Hastings harbour was passed, and the proceedings terminated with a vote of thanks to the chairman. HANIMERSNIITH AND CITY. A Wharucliffe meeting of this company was held yesterday at the offices, Duke street, Westminster, for the purpose of considering a bill to authorise the company to make another junction with the Great Western Railway—Mr. J. Parson in the chair. The Solicitor read the heads of the bill, which au thorised the company to raise £60,000 for the pur pose of making a junction with the Great Western Railway. The CHAIRMAN moved a formal resolution ap proving the bill, and in doing so expressed his regret that the Great Western Company had thought it necessary to request them to make the new junction by means of a line under the Great Western up-line at Paddington, as he believed that no danger would have resulted from the facing points for the level, junction, as originally proposed. A long discussion ensued, chiefly in reference to the purchase of the land required for the proposed junction and deviation line, and the meeting was adjourned until the 9th inst. for the reconsideration of the bill. TEWKESBURY AND MALVERN. A special meeting of this company was held yes terday at the office, Pariiament-strest, Mr. Henry in the chair, to consider a bill for enabling the Mid land Railway Company to construct new railways and works, and to acquire additional lands, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, and in the counties of Derby, Stafford, Warwick, Leicester, Glocester Worcester, Nottingham, and Northampton. The solicitor having read the heads of the bill, the Chair man moved a formal resolution approving it, which was agreed to, and the proceedings terminated. RAILWAY BILLS. Yesterday, in Earl Amherst's committee, the bill of the Mid-Wales was passed. The committee then proceeded with the consideration of the Great Western and West Midland Amalgamation—Mr. Saunders, secretary of the Groat Western, and Mr. Fenton, chairman of the West Midland, being examined at considerable length. In the Commons the bill of the Norwich and Spalding was thrown out, and that of the Peterborough, Wisbeach, and Sutton passed. The bill of the London and North- Western for new branch lines in Warwickshire, and also L t h e e i c c e o s in t e p r s a h n i y r , e s , s a e c n o d n d C b h i e l s l h f i o r r e a w d a d s it p io a n s a se l d Powers, for new railways in York and Lancaster, and arrange ments with other comp anies. Further evidence was taken on the Oswestry and Newtown Amalgama st andill for th e P ort a that - C e ntral was opened. The committ ee on the tion Bill. Aft er refusing a locus standi to the Ulster Ra il wa y Company, the co mmit tee of which Lord Stanley Waterford i s t an d he chairman Passage. sage passed . T he h case the b ill of t he Scottish com peting lines of the Edinburgh and Dunfermline, and Edinburgh and Glasgow (Edinburgh and Dun fermline branches), passed portions of both bills, leaving the general settlement of questions on con sideration of clauses ' . Ihe principle:witness exa mined in opposition to the p roposed new line to M Brighton w as Hawkins, r. the traffic manager of the Brighton Railway. ACTRESSES ENNOBLED.—Miss Lavinia Fenton has not been the only lady who has been led to the peerage by her performance of " Polly Pcachum." Other representatives of the character have been similarly honoured. Lord Thurlow, the son of the chancellor of that name, who succeeded to his father's title on the 12th Sept., 1806, was married to Miss Bolton, of Covent Garden Theatre, on the 13th Nov., 1813; and the famous Miss Stephens, of the same theatre, is now the Dowager Coun tess of Essex. And to say nothing of other examples, the 12th Earl of Derby married Miss Farren, and the late Lord Craven married Miss Louisa Brunton. —Once a Neck. ENGLAND AND FRANCE CONTRASTED !—The extent of Franco is about that 130,000,000 of acres, or 204,000 square mi les: of England, 50,387 square miles. The popula t i o n of France was in IS6O, 36,331,64.2, or about 160 inhab i tants to each square mile. Therefore mo re inhabited than France in proportion to the En area. The slle increase in population throughout France in a proportion of 0.5, or I per cent. That of 261,327, or la- per cent. The birth rate in FE w ran as gi l an 74 a , 4o w B as , nee was 2 . 605, and in England 3.437. The marri age ratesere were respectively 0.8 per cent. and 0 . 855; the dea t h s 2.14 per cent. in France, and 2'12 in England. Th e iii e eimate births were 7'24 per cent. in France in F " l an d 6.4 per cent of the whole number b Science .Review. • bo rn , —.So c ial w