The Sun. — London, England, 1863-09-15 00:00:00

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Sept• 0 Oct. 1 4. S e pt. S e pt. nS. 1 Sept. l stecullet iverpool 011' Is. ' Besides ' bad a full kt 6 . 3° a.'" telegraDlSl 11. rts, Mrs. 1.1 near Cuel‘' T Maunglif mmon, PIP the wife of Thono ne, ao cit3 7 7 l o f daught er d '-street, inst., 1, ,t ady ig h to ly Pacu nigh, , e 3. M.A., go flue' Ch 115ef _ Of t 6° ll D g eS lor , Csiall, 5z3 , near L rn.3.terr 9ce' ad 64. of 3. t r eet, W ' - S 6 ' trice 10* of he COlllll - lIRMENTBER, w 1 SUP AT EVANS' Mello EVERY EVENING THIS WEEK alter Alfred n , 8 Promenade Concerts. t 9000 REWARD.—Whereas, a Warrant vi has been granted for the apprehension DITRICHS r FIN", late of the Jamaica Coffee tie 7 4 B • and of Worthing who Ilas abscde, having b l as i'a of a fraud obtaineh in London, on the 29th August • the undermentioned BANK NOTES, viz.:- 2 of l'An • • Nos. 92597 and 92598.. dated 16th February, 1863 6of £2OO 5 Nos. 85128 to 85132 ▪ and 84954 „ 4th July, 1832. 12 of tioo t Nos. 42635 to 421154 19th May, 1863. 9 0 , • and 42681 to 42636 j " 410 .. N os . 88309 t o 883 1 7 „ 20 th A pr il , 1863. la of £ 2O Nos. 22451 to 22500 „ 21st July, 1863. ▪ • and 19109 __The said Sigmund Ditrichstein is a Hungarian, about 33 fears of age, 5 ft. 7 o r 8 i n . hi g h , w ith d ar k h a i r, ;ray e yes of ~Tellliar appearance, small head, thin face, sallow corn eMon, slight mous t ac h e, sma ll w hi s k ers, very sma ll hands, andvery small narrow feet. He is accustomed, when speak inn-, to shrug up his shoulders August He was last seen London durins,r the afternoon of 29th Ile • b IS married, and may be travelling with his wife and child, a is an boy about three years old. Mrs. Ditrichstein Austrian, and about 26 years of age. N, said Ii will within six months from this date give so a o,h, L l l tor mation as shall lead to the apprehension of the _ Ir ' 4n lartd Ditrichstein shall receive £2OO reward; and who" tver shall within he same time give such information as lead to the rteovery of the said bank notes, shall re ee've a reward of .£BOO, or a proportionate part thereof, ac cording to the amount recovered. Information 10 tie given to Messrs. It. an d S. Mullens, 7 0 licitors - Poultry, I I n E.C. or to Inspector amil -4•°l-1, Detective' Police-office, 2 , 1, Old Jewry, London, E.C. London, 15th September, 1863. TIM LIVERPOOL AND LONDON FI RE AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY. Established in 1836. -1, Dale-street, Live E. rpool ; 20 and 21, P ou lt ry, London, C. PROGRESS OF THE COMPANY SINCE 1851 : °faces Year. Fire Premiums. I Life Premiums. Invested Funds. ---___ -_____ --- 1851 £51,305 £27,157 £502,874 1856 222,279 72,781 821,081 1861 360.130 135,974 1,3 1 1,905 1862 416,065 13Q,703 1,417.808 The Fire Duty paid by this Company in England in 1862 Was £71,234. SWINTON BOULT, See'ehry b the Company. JOIIN ATKINS, Resident SeLretary, London. N ORTH BRITISH AND MERCANTILE LINT SURANCE COMPANY. Established 1809. Incorporated by Royal Charter and Special Acts of Parliament. Accumulated and In Funds Annual Revenue FTP-7. DEPARTIIENT. In suranoes 'ranted both at Home and in Foreign Countries on the most liberal terms. LIFE DEPARTMENT. Every facility offered to Insurers. Ninety per Cent. of the Profits divided among the Insurers On the participating. principle. The r.ew Life business transacted in 1862 as follows : P olicies. Amount Insured. Premiums. 1,037 £763 , 33 4 £ 23,641 0 0 Forms of Proposal and every information will be furnished on application at the 14)1 C12.0N OFFICES : 58, Threadneedle-street. 4, New Bank Buildings. Lothbury. West-end Office B, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall. NORWICH UNION FIRE INSURANCE SOCIETY. The business of the Company exceeds £70,000,000. Th e „ duty paid to Government for the year 1862 was i ,02 , and the amount insured on farming' stock, 0,0 86,332. A bonus of three-fifths of the profits periodically made to Parties insuring w ho have. thus, from time to time, received now amounting in the ae,gref.•, , ate to £440, 000 ; and the Society 'ow holds a large llesreVe applizabla to a future Bonus. ch T he rates of premium are a in no case higher than those th a .gd by the other princip offices making no returns to en. insurers. P e or et, Norwich • Prozpectus , s apply at the Society's Offices , Surrey "r and 6 Crescent, New Bridge-street, Black friars p , THE ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY, HEAD OFFICES, 2 9, Lombard-street, London, and Royal InEurance buildings, Liverpool. Total Annual Revenue exceeds £500, 0 10. Accumulated Funds in hand over 1,000,000. Chairman in Liverpool : CHARLES TURNER, Esq., M.P. Chairman in London : WILLIAM WAINWRIGHT, Esq. 'EXTRACTS FROM THE REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1862. The Directors of the Roy a l — Insurance Company are now ealled upon to make their accustomed periodical Report at the /Sleeting of its Shareholders. BRA The Directors have, as FIRE pleasingly NCH. as unexpectedly, at the close of the year, to announce, for the first time, that the Fire Premiums have not only - reached, but exceed £.100,000. The high comparative position held by the Royal in the Government Returnik et Duty is again fully maintained. The profit of the business of the year exceeds considerably- Me amount realised in the preceding year, and in fact sur passes that of asiy year, with but two exceptions, sine , ' the commencement of this Office, the balance to the credit ou account of BriV.sli and Foreign Insurances being £15,107 10s. ;id., and 4'f the N ort h A mer i can b usiness, which is kept sepa. rately, £11,007' 16s. 30d. LIFE BRANCH. The very gratifying duty now falls upon the Directors to state the, sum assured on TI , 'W policies for the year 1i62 exceeds even that of the year 1801 by £lBO,OOO, and has arrived at the almost unexampled amount for a single year of £ 70 1,4(. 7 .1 on 1493 new policies issued. U n til w ithi n th e l as t few years it is believed that such a sum arsured as that cNhich has just been announced as the result of one year's business has all but unheard of. This portion of the Company's busineas has been carefully ' l N:atched, and can not fail to give much satisfaction to the l iareholder, as well as no small encouragement for the futur e to the participating life assurer. E vidence of continued care in the selection of lives is amply afrorded by a ~ t atement of the number rejected. These have am ounted, to 311 f or the year, on which the aggregate sum pro posed for assur an ^e s mounts to .E 143,2 8 1. Various degrees of ineligibility have led to these lives being declined. N 0 small number of the Assurance Companies of the day l'ecord their accepted lives annually at a sum not much, if at ,„ all, exceedin g those which the Royal has declare d as in admis 6iein a single year from deterioration of some kind or another. brie If, to complete their review, the Directors now advert fiv to the United Kingdom, they have to announce that Pre Business its progress has been undoubtedly more raAid than that of any other Company established either in , L ondon or elsewh ere , exce pt w h en a malgamations have taken Pl ace. The returns of duty have proved this. In Life, the amount of New Policies already reported make all other e Vldence needless. The Directors conclude their present Report with the l_ u x preseion of an opinion th a t the prospects of the Royal t s uralleQ Company were never brighter, and of a consequent her u fi e,e om b e, found e d on a grateful remembrance of the past, that future i i n n ar ag unfold for it a sphere of still greater reap,ni- Watinguished commercial success to the Office with a lengthened career of usefulness and protection to the public. PFIRcy m. DOVE. Manager and Actuary. j' °l l N B. JOHNSTON, Secretary in Loudon. JROVID ENT CLERKS' MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION. Established 1840. TRUSTEES. Thomas Baring, Esq., M.P. Wm. Geo. Prescott, Tho mson Hankey, Esq., M . P . I B aron L . de Rothschild, Es M utual Life Ass urance for all classes. • • Th is Association h as now in existence 6,000 P ollClcs ' for a rl N.P. total sum of £1,500,000. The Annual I ncome is •• • • £51,000 The Am 2^0,( 00 mulated Fund exceeds • • It has paid i n Claims •• •• •• 112,000 The whole of the profits are divided quinquennially among the Members. Three divisions have already been made when the following sums have been added as bonuses to the policies Dec. 31, 1847 .. „ 1852 .. ~ 1857 .. 1862 • • .. £5,400 11,500 • • 23.200 • • 56,500 7naking the total bonus additions, - £91,G00. Bonuses ma - , be received in cash or applied to the reduc Von of premiums at the option of the assured, in lieu of an addition to the policy. Attention is especially invited tone system of Tree or paid -1,I) policies introduced by this Association, by which the sacrifice so often submitted to on the relinquishment of 1)0 icy is wholly avoided. The balance-sheets of the Association arc open to all, Ivhether assurers or otherwise. Active and influential agents will be appointed in unrepre- Sented districts. WM. THOS. LINFORD, Secretary, Chief Office, 15, Moorgate-street, E.C., Aug 1, 1863. A.D. 1720. ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE (Established b CORPORATION y Charter of his Majesty George the First) FOR SEA, FIRE, LIFE, AND ANNUITIES. Offices, Royal Exchange, London. Br anch Office, 29, Pall-mall. OCTAVIUS IVIGRAM, Esq., Governor. GEORGE PEARKES B ARCLAY, Esq., Sub-Governor. Sir Joini HENRY PELLE, Bart., De p u ty-Governor. DIRECTORS. Henry Bainbridge, Esq. Wilmot Holland, Esq. Robert Barclay, Esq. Earl of L even and Me l v ill e. .i ohn Garratt Cattley, Esq. 1 Chas. Jno. Manning, Esq. - . nark Currie Close, Esq. , lie Nelson, E sq. William Davidson, Esq. The Hon. Josceline W. Per Cy. Thomas Dent, Esq. Schuster,tonSmi th Esq. Charles Robinson, Esq. * }SarricucealniLenosz Alexander Druce, Esq. F redk..Tos. Edlmann , Esq. Joseph William o au, Esq. ll - Slt ' Esq. RiversdaleW. Grenfell. Esq. Somes, Esq.,M.P Vobt. Amadeus Heath, Esq : Wm. Tetlow Ilibbert, Esq. William Wallace, Esq. Jas, St ewar t Hodgson, Esq. ~ Chas. Baring Young, Esq. Medical Referee, SAMUEL SOLLY, Esq..e,clPte.Rd with.S. um, 'FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCES may b e eff ected ,2 orporation on advantageous terms. In the Life Department, assurances are ^,ranted with par tidPation in Profits, or, at lower Premiums, without such Pa r ticipation. averaged ,„ The Reversionary Bonus on British Policies has .t".,_arly 2 per cent. per annum on the sum assured. -E quivalent reductions have been made in tie Premiums r a table by persons who preferred that form of Bonus. T he divisions of Profit take place every Five years. Lite. A nY sum not exceeding £15,000 may be insured on one Tills Corporation allcords to the Assured— Liberal participation in Profits—with exemption from the liabilities of partnership. A rate of Bonus equal to the average returns of Mutual Societies—with the guarantee of a large invested Capital The advantarres of modern practice,—with the ecurity of an Office whose resources have been • tested by the ex perience of nearly a CENTURY AND A HALF. in . ti h - Corporation have always allowed the A' , 4sured to serve t,.le Militia Yeomanry. or Volunteer Corps within the &died. ingd'om, free of charge. ROYAL EXCILt.NOF., LONDON. ROBT. I'. STEELE, Secretary. CELEBRATION of the TERCENTENARY of the BIRTH of SIINKSPEARE, at Stratford-upon- The TercentenaTy Committee (of which Sir Robert i n ,y . , l- lamilton, Hart-, K.C.8., is Chairman) are now receiv n__', S UBSCRIPTION'S, and they may also be paid to the Stof the Terceutenary Committee, at the - Stourbridge K idderminster or Warwick and Leamington Banks, G eo atio rd-npon-ltvon ; Messrs. Greenway, Smith. and Bn % t ip ,. way, Warwick ; or their Loudon agents, Messrs. tily n .l ;„ ? ,,anle, and Co , Messrs. Ranburys and Co„ or Messrs, li on list centenary -`" Cr) an d o, London. The Ter " ommittee, in submitting the subscrip yip!, the nation, most earnestly appeal to the admirers ti:'„, t ,tlaei: e „,are for their aid and assistance. The Committee astilrihaallus upon the ground that Stratford is not . only 130biro 4 lre t l e e,ef Shakspea.re. but the centre of attraction to late the treat Poet's works, and that it was hls rgo, 6 • , «bye loved, and where he lived and died. aibal. B. Od 5d Dcl '--, N°. 22,220. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 15, 1863. 3 , .ZEIV NOVEL BY MRS. THOMSON. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., E X 'r D 0 0 R. By Mrs. THOMSON, Author of "Constance." Sze. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Naval and Military Intelligence. tested by firing a double-proof service charge, of 361 b. of powder, and a cylinder gradually in creased in size. The gun was fired upwards of 100 rounds without manifesting the slightest signs of giving way, and burst at the 107th round. The result is considered exceedingly favourable, and has been reported accordingly to the War Depart ment. A number of cast-iron service guns have been consequently placed at Capt. Palliser's dis posal, to bo bored and altered in accordance with his principle, and to be similarly tested at the Arsenal proof butt at Woolwich. Capt. Palliser, it appoars, has for many years applied himself to 'he study of cast iron ordnance. His plan consists in removing a portion of the existing metal from the interior of the gun and inserting a combination of steel and iron tubes in such a manner as to re restoration of which have made rapid progress, under the superintendence of Mr. T. D. Barry (surveyor to the Coun cil of the city of Norwich and architect to the Corporation), since the last festival. The building itself—aptly designated as a "noble structure in the perpendicular style of archi tecture, with some parts of earlier date"—has mere than once been fully described in reports of the music-meetings. What has recently been effected in the way of restoration may be seen by the subj 3ined extract from the official description, prepared by Mr. Barry :—" The roofs have been entirely stripped, thoroughly repaired, and covered with new THE NAVY. VALETTA, Sept. 9.—Her Majesty's screw frigate Phoebe, 35, Capt. T. D. A. Fortescue, went out of port on the 7th inst. to try her engines, and returned the same afternoon. She left a few hours afterwards for Athens with a mail and the despatches received by the overland mail from Marseilles for the Com mander-in-Chief. The Queen, 76, Captain C. F, Hillyar, will take up the next mail, on the 14th, and the Foxhound, 4, Commander W. H. Anderson, the following one of the 21st inst. The Queen will also convey stores and provisions for the fleet. This ship, which has been so long expecting to be sent home, is to remain on the station another three months. A court-martial was held on the sth inst. Wi MRS. GREY'S NEW NOVEL. On Friday, in 3 vols., GOOD SOCIETY. By MI IS. GREY, Author of " The Gambler's Wife," &c. Hurst and Binh:at, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough str:et. lead. The internal decorations of the roof have a very ight and elegant effect; the panels are coloured deep blue, filled in with gold stars ; the hollow moulded parts of the timbers are coloured bright vermilion ; those form- MR. HOSKINS' NEW WORK ON EGYPT. Just ready, in Bvo., with Illustrations, 11s., A - WINTER IN UPPER AND LOWER EGYPT. By G. A. HOSKINS, Esq., F.it.G.S., Author of " Travels in Ethiopia," " Spain As it Is," &c. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. [ng the arched ribs of the roof, and those surrounding the cletestory windows, being ornamented with gilt flowers at stated distances ; and the lower members of the arch ribs being coloured alternately dark and oak colour in a spiral form, to develope its rounded character. 'I he de on board her Majesty's ship Hibernia, in Malta har bour, to try W. B. Calder, Royal Marine Light In fantry, of the Phoebe, on a charge of having de serted from the said ship on or about the 13th lieve the outer cast-iron case from all strain, whereby the gun acquires all the advantages of the present wrought iron ordnance. Capt. Palliser, it is understood, maintains the principle that steel and wrought-iron tubes of limited thickness can be so inserted into cast-iron skins or outer portions of the existing service guns to relieve the structure from all strain, and that only a small portion of the gun is required to resist explosion, the remaining por tion being useful merely to prevent recoil. Several guns are being prepared on Capt. Palliser's plan, and, should the issue of further experiments be such as to establish more fully the correctness of his theory, the cast-iron guns now in store in vast num bers may be utilised with economy and advantage. T" ox.FORD, 6, OXFORD STREET, W. _ - - THIS EVENING, will be performed Operatic Selections from Sir Henry R. Bishop's THE SLAVE and Halevy's MUSKETEERS (first time in England). Principal Artistes—Miss Russell; Miss Ellison, Messrs. Green, Bernardi, Huish, &c., with full band and chorus. of December, 1862. The Court was composed of the following officers :—Capt. C. F. Hillyar, of the Queen, President; Capt. T. A. B. Spratt, C. 8., of the Medina ; Commander It. B. Harvey, of the Hibernia ; Commander W. H. Anderson, of the Fox hound; and Commander H. B, Woollcombe, of th€ Queen. W. H. Fitz Patrick, Esq., R.N., officiAting Judge-Advocate. Capt. T. A. D. Fortescue, of the Phoebe, prosecuted. The Court found the pri soner not guilty of desertion, but guilty of ab sence without leave, and in consideration of the high testimonials produced, only adjudged him to be placed at the bottom of the list, there to remain for two years, and to be dismissed his ship. Her Majesty's ship Growler, 2, tender to the surveying ship Medina, Capt. T. A. B. Spratt, C. 8,, left Malta harbour on the 3d inst., for Sicily, under the command of Mr. J. Stokes, RN., Master of the Medina. Her Majesty's gunboat Boxer is to be sent to the Piraeus, in charge of Lieut. F. S. D. Broughton, of the Queen, for particular service, to carry despatches and telegrams between the Piraeus and Syra, &c, _ three of large size, and the aisles having each three of Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans. Flute Solos by Drew Dean &C. Comic, by UNSWORTH (" or any oi,her man "), Eugene, W. Randall, A. Lloyd, and George Hodson. Also, a Pei tormance by Herr SCHALKENBACH on his wonderful instrument, the PIANO ORCHESTRE, contain ing a full baud of 40 instruments. The HALL has just been newiy . 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• CANTERBURY HALL " GHOST."—In order to gratify the curiosity of nightly-increa s i ng cr ow d s, Mr. C. MORTON has transferred the representation of Pro f ebsor Pepper and Henry Dirks, Esq.'s, world-famed spectral Illusion, " THE (41106 T," from the ricture Gallery to the Concert Hall, where a new and elegant st age i s erec t e d , affording a more ample view of the Illusion from Stalls, Bal- of . the ll . all. e has also arrawred for Mr. conand ba d y A y, . Silvester to give prove ments and efl. (with all that gentleman'tilatest hn ects), REPRESENTATIONS EACH EVENING, at Ten o'clock. NORWICH MUSICAL FESTIVAL. NORWICH, Sept. 14. The 14th triennial festival, in aid of the principal charities in the county of Norfolk and city of Norwich, begins this evening with a grand performance of Handel's " Judas MacceLmls. "The Jewish Oratorio," as it has been called All the other Musical and Pictorial attractions as usual, including Operatic Selections, &c. ; IJusworth (the modern Demosthenes), Eugene, Arthur Lloyd, George Hodson, &c. —in consequence of the great favour it at one time enjoyed with the Jews,who recognized in the book the elements of a national story, and in the hero one of the greatest captains and deliverers of their often oppressed nation—is well chosen for Monday evening, the single occasion of which a large number of very worthy people who cannot meet the high prices charged for the subsequent performances on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, morning and evening, and whose business occupations render it virtually impossible for them to attend in the morning, are able to avail themselves. The prices of admission for Monday night—half a guinea to the reserved seats in the Patron's Gallery,and 58. to the unreserved seats in area and galleries —are, it must be allowed, still a little too high, the main object of this preliminary concert being kept in view. The present meeting bids fair to be one of the most in teresting on record, and let us hope, for the sake of the ad mirable charities on behalf of which the triennial festival was instituted, it may also be one of the most productive. It would be a great advantage if the use of the splendid old cathedral, the pride and ornament of the East Anglian capital, could be obtained for the morning oratorios ; but that favour is ineyorably denied by the ecclesiastical authori- ARGYLL ROOMS, Windmill -street, Piccadilly. These elrfrant Rooms are NOW OPEN for the Winter Season. They have been entirely redecorated. Musical Director, Mons. Jullien, of monster concerts cele brity. The band i s se l ected from the Crystal Palace, the Italian Operas, and the Household Troops of her Majesty. The paddlewheel steam yacht Salamis, 835 tons, 250 horse-power, fitting at Chatham for special service, took on board at the dockyard yesterday one 40. pounder and one 9-pounder Armstrong gun, together with the usual supply of shot and shell. She is being rapidly completed for sea, but no orders have yet been received at the dockyard as to the particular service on which she will b e employed. The drawings and plans for Mr. Reed's new iron frigate Bellerophon, proposed to be constructed at Chatham, have been prepared by the draughtsmen at that dockyard from the designs sent down from the office of the chief constructor at Whitehall, in readiness for the immediate commencement of that vessel on the completion of the Achilles, which occupies the same dock at Chatham as that in which the new iron frigate is intended to be built. In the construction of the Bellerophon several impor tant improvements will be introduced by Mr. Reed, the result of the experience acquired during the progress of the Achilles, Research, and other iron ships of war now building. The thickness it is pro posed to make the sides of the Bellerophon has not yet been determined, the Admiralty awaiting the result of some experiments which are to be made upon a target constructing by the Millwall Ironworks Company before this is finally decided upon. The target which is new under construction is formed of 10in. iron • Doors open at 8 o'clock. Admission, ls. Manager—M. GRENET. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. The G - HOST ! The Polish Giantess, Countess Demolnth, will be introduced in the Ghost illusion this Week—The beautiful FAIRY FOUNTAIN--Grand Divertissement by Twenty young Ladies—Operatic Selections, by 31 is s 31`Gregor, Mr. Albert, Vernon Rigby, and Signor Georgini—Band and Chorus of 60 Performers. First appearance of RAPHAEL DE SOLLAS. the Infant Tenor, and LANGLOIS VELOCIIIAN, the Great Indian Juggler, THIS DAY (MONDAY). 'ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. Great Musical Attraction —lmmense success of SIGNOR. ICOSIA, the eminent Violinist, who will appear Every Evening. ties, although while the Bishop of Norwich, as before. withholds both his influence and name from the proceedings, the Dean, Archdeacon, and four Canons are conspicuous among a list of vice-presidents upwards of 70 strong. It is consoling,at any rate,to know that the Church is not wholly unrepresented. The president of the festival is the Earl of Leicester, Lord-Lieutenant of the county ; the patrons are the Queen, the Prince and Princess of Wales, the Duchess, the Duke, and the Princess Mary of Cambridge ; and Lord Suffield is chairman of the general committee of management, which, with the sub-committee, numbers about GO noblemen and gentlemen. In short, not one of our great festivals is more powerfully represented, if a pro fusion of distinguished names from the highest ranks of society count for anything, It is to be wished that on this occasion there may be something in " a name," something, indeed, in more than a name; for it must be borne in mind that the Norwich Festival, like that of Birmingham, de pends entirely on the profits declared in the balance-sheet of the hon. treasurer (Mr. J. F. Blake), added to such do nations as the wealthy are inclined to bestow—there being no collections at the door =, as at the meetings of the Three Choirs. The number of charitable institutions which de rive benefit from these very costly and responsible under takings, and the gross amount of the sums received by each respectively, at various periods, from 1824 to 1860 (the date of the 13th and last festival), inclusive, may be seen in the following table : Norfolk and Norwich Hospital .. West Norfolk and Lynn Hospital SSPECTACLES.--The Patent Newly-i nven t e d Tinted Spectacles are patronised by the majority of the Nobility, including - Viscount I'almerston . . They afford extra ordinary relief to weak, dun, and detective vision.—S. and B SOLOMON S, Opticians, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. TEA.—MOORE BROTHERS respectfully inti mate that their New Prospectus is now ready. 'l hey especially recommend their improved Family 'Pea, reduced to 3s. 2d. ; Souchong, reduced to 3s. ed. ; mixed Assam, re duced to 3s. Bd. ; and the fines t A ssam , reduced from 48'. 4d. to 3s. lid. per lb. MOORE BROTHERS, 33, London-bridge, City, E.C. frames, about 2ft. apart, covered first with iron nearly 2in. thick, then with teak 12in. in thickness, and finally with Gin. armour-plating. The utmost confidence is entertained that this construc tion of sides will exceed in shot• resisting strength every other system hitherto actually adopted in any ship yet built, and should the proposed arrangement be found to succeed on the occasion of the trial, the Bellerophon will be built after the same manner from stem to stern. The Admiralty have determined to fit the Bellerophon with engines of the most powerful description, in order that she may steam at least 14 knots per hour, and this, coupled with her enormous strength and her shot-resisting power, will render her by far the most formidable of the iron vessels yet constructed. The whole of the remaining stores have now been removed from Deal Dockyard to Chatham, Drepara• tory to the yard being handed over to the parties who have hired it of the Government for conversion to a private shipbuilding establishment. Among the stores landed at Chatham are some 50 anchors of all sizes, from 105 cwt. to 40cwt. each, and these have been tested and deposited in store in readiness for reissue. Tho naval transport Aid is now at Dept ford, discharging a cargo of stores belonging to the victualling department at Deal. The whole of the armour-plates required for the iron frigate Achilles, 6,079 tons, building at Chatham, having been forwarded to that dockyard by the Parkgate Ironworks Company, in ncenrcl. .. £5,768 2 0 .. 795 0 0 Yarmouth llosidtal 770 0 0 Norwich Dispensary .. .. 387 7 0 Eve Infirmary .. .. 292 7 0 Blind Hospital 287 7 0 Sick Poor Society .. .. .. 230 0 0 Lying-in Charity .. 140 0 0 District Visiting Society .. .. 140 0 0 Shipwrecked Mariners' Association .. 105 0 0 Jenny Lind Infirmary .. 65 0 0 Benevolent Society for Decayed Tradesmen 50 0 0 National Lifeboat Association .. 30 0 0 Stanley Hom© . 40 .. 00 10 0 0 X 9,070 1 0 The Norfolk and Norwich Hospital further enjoys a per manent annual income of £75 from £9,500 Consols invested after the first festival of 1824. The zealous and intelligent Mr. R. Kerrison has seceded from the post of hon. secretary to the festival, the duties of which he performed so admirably ; but in revenge he con tiaues to prepare the literary descriptions of the pro grammes, which are more than usually full of information. His place as hon. secretary is filled up by Mr. I. 0. Howard Taylor, one of the most active members of the sub-com mittee. That the musical arrangements will leave little to desire the name of Mr. Benedict, director of all the performances, is a warrant. The services rendered by this accomplished musician since he was first appointed conductor have been dwelt upon frequently, and are acknowledged far and wide by none more emphatically, it should be stated, tkan by the general committee of management, who, as is well known, postponed the festival of 1351 to a year latter in consequence of Mr. Benedict's absence with the then Mademoiselle Jenny Lind in the then United States. Mr. Benedict has provided a company of principal singers hardly to ba surpassed in effi ciency :—Sopranos, Mademoiselle Tietjens, Madame Lem• mens Sherrington, Madame Weiss, and Miss Eleonora Wilkinson ; contraltos, Mademoiselle Trebelli and Miss Palmer ; tenors, Mr. Sims Reeves, Mr. Montem Smith, and Signor Bettini ; barytone, Mr. Santley ; basses, Mr. Weiss and Signor Rossi. The band consists of 14 first fiddles (prin cipals, Messrs. Blagrove and Sainton) ; 14 second fiddles (principals, Messrs. Watson and Newsham) ; 11 violas (principals, Messrs. H. Webb and Glanville) ; 9 violoncellos (principal, M.Paque) ; 10 double basses (principals, Messrs. Howell and Severn)-58 "strings," with the usual comple ment of wood and brass instruments, &c., represented by eminent members of the London orchestras, —making in all a thoroughly competent force of upwards of 80 players. Messrs. Sainton, Blagrove, and Paque are each to perform a solo at the evening concerts; and Mr. Harcourt, of Nor wich, will occupy his accustomed post as organist at the oratorios in the morning, The chorus—comprising 76 trebles 60 altos, 64 tenors, and 75 basses—total, 275—is derived from the usual local sources (including the cathedral choir), with th e addition of some experienced singers from London, Birmingham, Glocester, and elsewhere. The performances of sacred music are as follows :—Tonight (Monday) "Judas Maccalseus ;" Wednesday, the new sacred drama called " Joash," composed expressly for the festival by Mr. Silas (who will take the conductor's stick in his own hand), fol- lowed by a scene from Mr. H. Leslie's " Immanuel," se lections from the various settings of the " Stabat Mater" by ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road in the immediate vicinity of the Great Noirtiern way Terminus, at King's-cross. Patron—The QUEEN. President—The Duke of BUCCLEUCIT, K.G. 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The number of lives saved by the Life-boats of the n n d 4„ :i c t a h r e t r ia i , i e e s a , ns, since its formation, is 12,800; 2.r.,,' which servicer 3 8" Gold Medals, 718 Silver Medals, and .:cei,egtiina cash have - been paid in rewards. The Institu- Trans • "P ' . 1 00 on Life-boats, Lie-boat The Comte ' ended Xf 7 their sense of t h e R . Committee desire to express grateful . cro ss they have received from the Brats] na,,, support which. 1 ' ''''' Jo d • I years, a support which has enrabitd during the past few and lloat-houses. of ;^... 5 ...ateboats on the shores of the United Kingdom ".. T. them to establish their resent magnificent fleet Dr,eply kr , --ns " ,lo , however, of the "mat' responsibility that boats, whi , 1 . , can only be effected by a and rests on them to maintain their fleet in a thorougnly efficient state, and i• ',Crews practised in the management of their i r n i n l t y t e n e a g t ' r e a l , Il i ; annual income, they earnestly appeal to largeall classes of their countrymen to aid them 1 1 1 'and perpetuating so permanent 11 lip to diug perp, gr i e , a h t e a c n o d m t o a r e k knowledge the following con tributions:— Pcrgolesi, Haydn, and Rossini—so combined as to appear in the form of a single work (a most infelicitous arrange ment, the styles of the three composers having absolutely nothing in common)—and a miscellaneous compilation from Handel, Cherubini, Beethoven, and Thouless, whoever " Thouless" may happen to be; on Thursday " Elijah ;" and on Friday " The Messiah." Wednesday's selection looks very long, if not very inviting; but the result will show whether quantity and quality, in this instance, go hand in hand. Tho chief features of interest at the first evening concert are "Beethoven's "Pastoral Symphony;" Mr. W. H. Cusius' " Royal Wedding Serenata" (pro duced under such unfavourable circumstances at Her Majesty's Theatre, and deserving of a new and better chance) ; the overture to " Oberon " ; some pieces from M. Gounod's "Faust ;" and selections from the opera of " Ruy Bias," and the graceful little operetta, "Once too Often,'' both the composition of Mr. Howard Glover. Wednesday evening's concert includes a promising selection from Mozart's operas, " Idomeneo, Le Nozze di Figaro," and Cosi fan Tutti ;" a manuscript " war song," by Weber ; a selection from Mr. Sullivan's "Tempest" music ; and the overtures to "La Gazza Ladra " and " Fra Diavolo." The third and last concert, on Thursday evening, besides a symphony of Haydn (~ The Surprise''), includes the over ture to Mr. Macfarren's opera, "Don Quixote.," and the "cantata " prepared expressly for the festival by Mr. Bene dict, entitled "Richard Coaur de Lion," with the merits of which rumour is already busy. Tho chief points in these miscellaneous concerts have alone been named, the remain der being composed of interminable series of songs, duets, &c., so made out as to afford each of th e p r incipal singers a chance of display, and t he audience no chance of repose. All the performances are to take place, as on former ocea- SIOTA 41 St, A 114005 jiall, the repairs, decoration, and • s. d Tier Majesty the Queen •• annual 50 0 0 Campbell, the lion. Mrs. G , • - annual 5 0 0 Clerk. 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Several excellent rooms have been erected on the north side for the use of commit- tees and as retiringrooms. The whole of the internal stone work has been scraped and restored, including the beautiful moulded bases of the columns, which had been nearly de- stroyed. The east wall of the wive has been entirely re moved, and a magnificent stone arch, nearly the entire breadth of the nave, has been inserted, by which the space formerly known as the Tower of the Dutch Church, is added to the hall; within this increased space, and extending as far as the dais in front, the organ and orchestra are placed, by which arrangement accommcdation for nearly 300 addi tional sittings has been obtained in the hall. A new western window, of great beauty, has been erected instead of the old one, and is thrown open to the hall, producing an internal Effect which it is impossible to convey to those who have not seen the hall with the west window thrown open to the in terior. The side windows at the north, south, and east have been restcred and reglazed, and the walls repaired and faced with flintwork. A new south porch of suitable cha racter has been erected in connection with the principal door. The west wall has been almost rebuilt and flintfaced, and a spacious and handsome door provided under the great west window." Besides the preliminary rehearsals of the new works un der Mr. Wilkins (leader of rehearsals) and Mr. J. F. Hill (choms m aster), Mr.B ened ict has attended several in person. The grand rehearsal taking place to-day, and that which is to take place to-morrow (there being no oratorio on Tuesday morning), may be regarded as public performances rather than private rehearsals, inasmuch as the public are admitted for the moderate consideration of half-a-guinea a ticket. Those who are lured by this temptation must be uncommonly fond of music ; hut the example is a bad one, - - - - - • and it is to be hoped may not be imitated elsewhere. The Norwich Festival has always been honourably dis tinguished, among other good qualities, for its spirit of en terprise. It has never been afraid of venturing upon new or unknown works, as was shown by the production of Spohr's " Last Judgment," " Calvary," and " Fall of Babylon," Herr Molique's " Abraham," Mr. Benedict's " Undine," and other pieces of less importance. This year, as in 1860, we have a new sacred drama in the morning, and a new secular cantata in the evening. The Joash of Mr. Silas ventures on high ground, the subject being so nearly related to that of Racine's "Athaliah," which inspired Mendelssohn with some of his most wonderful music. Let us hope that the clever Dutch composer may not lose ground by a comparison which is inevitable. The characters intro duced in Mr. Silas's work aro Jehoiada, the Jewish High Priest (bass); Mattan,Priest of Baal (barytone) ; Ishmael, Jehoiada's confidant and captain of the Levites (tenor) ; Joash, the boy-king (contralto) ; Zebiah, his mother (soprano) ; and Athaliah, usurper of the throne of Judah (soprano). How closely the subject is allied to that which Mendelssohn has treated may be gathered from the follow ing argument :—" Ahaziah, King of Judah, having been killed, his mother, Athaliab, seized upon the crown, and or dered every descendant of King David and her own grand children to be destroyed ; but Joash, the infant son of the late king, was wonderfully preserved by Jehosheba—the daughter of King Joram, the sister of Athaliab, and wife of the High Priest Jehoiada, who stole him from among the king's sons who were slain, and secretly hid him in the Temple for six years, where he was brought up and edu cated by Jehoiada, unknown even to his mother, Zebiah, who believed that her child had been murdered with the rest—(2 Kings, xi., verses 2 and 3.) When Joash was seven years old, the High Priest, Jehoiada, informed the Levites that one of the royal house of David still lived, produced the child, and annointed him King, and the people ' clapped their hands, and said, God save the King.'—(ver. 12.) When Athaliah heard the noise of the guard and of the people, she was informed that her Jewish subjects were in a state of revolt, and went to the temple to quell the tumult by her presence.—(ver. i 3.) ' And when she looked, behold, the king stood by a pillar, as the manner was and the princes and trumpeters by the King, and all the people of the land • rejoiced and blew with trumpets, and Athaliah rent her clothes, and cried, Treason, treason,'—(ver. 14.) ' But Jehoiada the Priest commanded the captains of the hundreds, the officers of the host, and said unto them, Have her forth without the ranges ; and him that followeth her kill with the sword. For the priest had said, Let her not be slain in the house of the Lord,'— (ver. 15). 6 And they laid hands on her; and she went by the why by;which the horses came in to the King's house; and thero she was slain' (ver. 16.) ' And all the people of the land went into the house of Baal, and broke it down ; his altars and his images brake they in pieces thoroughly, and slew Mattan, the priest of Baal, before the altar' (ver. 18.)" "And Jehoiada made a covenant between him, and between all the people, and between the King, that they should be the Lord's people (ver. 16.)" The introduction of the Pagan element, it is true, dis tinguishes " Joash" from "Athaliah," but here again Mr. Silas will have to encounter Mendelssohn, in his " Elijah." For Mr. Benedict's "Richard Coeur de Lion" the author of the book has invented a new and for musical purposes extremely effective variation on the popular legend of Blondel de Nesle, the favourite minstrel of the "Lion King." In this cantata the old story has been modified to admit the introduction of a French character. The castle in which the King of England is confined its supposed by the neighbouring villagers to be haunted by a spectre called the White Lady, whose appearance they dread, while they commiserate her fate as a victim of un requited love. None regard the legend with greater interest than Mathilde, daughter of the governor of the castle, who, though ignorant of the prisoner's rank, has become deeply enamoured of him, and compares the unhap piness of the White Lady with her own. When Blonde', to the surprise of the villagers, arrives at the place, and nar rates the trials he has undergone in his endeavours to dis cover a lost friend, he has almost begun to regard his enter prise as hopeless. However, the sound of his lute elicits a response from the castle ; Blondel recognises the person of his royal master ; and they accompany each other in an old song of the lifinnielicd kind. Mathilde overhears the song, learns the mission of Blonde', and promises to assist him by assuming the character of the White Lady, and thus terri fying the guards. The plan succeeds, and Richard is libe rated ; but Mathilde, finding too late that the object of her affections is a king, already blessed with an august consort, resolves to end her days in the seclusion of a convent. How Mr. Benedict has dealt with these materials it would be pre mature to discuss; for although the cantata is already in print, what looks admirably well on paper does not always in performance exactly respond to expectation. Mr. Bene diet, nevertheless, to judge by previous efforts, and especially his romantic and beautiful " Undine"—with which " Richard Coeur-de-Lion" will naturally be compared—is not a musician about whom to be particularly apprehensive. The scene chosen from Mr. Henry Leslie's oratorio of "Immanuel" (Wednesday morning) is the incident of the widow and her son at the gates of Nain. The selections from the three settings of the "Stabat" comprise the "Stabat Mater" (quartet and chorus), " Cujus animam" (tenor air), " Quis est home" (duet, soprano, and contralto), and " Pro peccatis" (bass air), of Rossini ; " Eia mater" (contralto air), and "Fab ut ardeat" (duet for soprano and centralist), of Pergolesi; "Fab me yore tecum fibre" (con tralto air), and " Virgo virginum prteclara" (quartet and chorus), of Haydn; " Inflamruatus" (soprano air, with chorus), and " Quando corpus" (unaccompanied quartet), of Rossini ; and "Paradise gloria" (chorus, finale), of Haydn. In this singular concoction—in which Rossini has the lion's share, to the detriment of his highly re spectable Italian and German predecessors—Madem oi selle Tietjens, Madame Lemmens Sherrington, Mademoiselle Trebelli, Miss Palmer, Mr. Santley, and Mr. Sims Reeves are to take part, besides a second tenor and second bass from Her Majesty's Theatre. It may be presumed therefore that the Committee of Management view it as a sure card, likely b to support "Joash," which, being a new work by a com poser hitherto unknown to Norfolk and Norwich, could hardly be relied upon as an attraction on the Wednesday, with "Elijah" to threaten it on Thursday and "Messiah" to overwhelm it on Friday. If so, " Joash" may bo con gratulated on such an acquisition of strength, however questionable the procedure by which it has been enlisted. The sufferers are Pergolesi and Haydn, who being dead could not be asked their consent to the premeditated jumbling together of their " Stabats," and Rossini, who, though not dead, is indifferent to any liberties that may tie taken with his music, and who, had he been applied to, would have responded laconically—Rites cc qui goes pla flgt PR1CE.....—..4d. STAMPED ....sd. Homage to the Divinity of Our Lord. (PROCESSION AT ROME, AS DESCRIBED BY THE CORE,ES PONDENT OP TILE " HERALD" IN THE ETERNAL CITY. J The painting of the Saviour, which is the princi pal object of the devotion, is of remote antiquity ' and is traditionally attributed to St. Luke. It is of the very earliest school of art , and though rude enough in its execution is a very impressive picture, the traces of the Passion of Our Lord being ren dered with almost painful truth and vigour. It was covered by Pope Innocent 111. with exquisite gold and jewelled wrought platings, to preserve it from inner chapel injury of time, and it has been kep t in the chapel of the Scala Santa, on the altar called " Sancta sanctorum" from time immemorial, and carried from time to time in solemn state to one of the great Basilicas, when any crisis menaced Christendom. In the war of the Ghibellines, when the Turks attacked Dalmatia, and before Lepanto, and in the last century, before the outbreak of the French Revolution. So much for historical remi niscences. In the present crisis the Pope was requested to order it in 1860, and again in 1862, and refused to accede to it, not wishing to create an alarm. The reason his Holiness is said now to have acceded to it is not on account of now political com plications, but on account of the great increase of open atheism, and the spread of works denying the truth of Scripture and Our Lord's divinity; and more especially Renan's "Vie de Jesus," which is being now translated into Italian all over the kingdom of Italy, and is recommended by the Independants as the " most evangelical work since the Gospels," and another book of Proudhon's " La Justice de la Revolution," dedicated openly " a Satan," par Joseph Proudhon, which is doing infinite mischief in all the towns of Upper Italy, where nothing is read but the reproductions of the most infidel and blasphemous French works. This procession, which is especially a devotion to the divinity of Christ, was at length ordered by the Pope as an act of public reparation for the scandals of infidelity and avowal of Christian faith. Prayers were also ordered for the peace of Italy and Poland, but neither of them in any sense save the religious one. The revolu tionists here and in the kingdom of Italy, however, chose to give a political significance to the order, and sent a counter circular round on Sunday morn ing to prevent people attending, and containing t h rea t e ning notices—a measure which only served to show the little hold they have on the Roman population by increasing the attendance. At four o'clock the piazza and church of the Lateran were crowded with persons of all ranks and classes. Every window, wall, an d gallery within sight of the line of procession was occupied, and when it issued from the Basilica, headed by the clergy of the seven great churches, of the Maria Mag giore, Maria in Cosenedaro, Maria in Traste vere, St. Lorenzo in Damaso, St. Lorenzo Fuori le Muore, St. John Lateran, and St. Peter's, and followed by committees, guilds, religious orders, bodies of clergy, and thousands of people of every grade joining in the chaunt of the litanies, it would be difficult to imagine a more picturesque scene. There was a spirit of enthusiasm among those fol lowing the procession that was very striking from its depth and reality. A number of Poles were very conspicuous by the rather gesticulatory fashion of their devotions. 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Hon Edwa rd E. Daws on , to be Lieuts , The undernamed ge ntlemen wer e yesterday no minated to naval cad etshi p s:—Ho n. Robert W. Craven, August u sßichard K H e n . w C n o t k c e h r,ar—lesEdward Reynard, Gallwey, Cecil R. Hervey, Gerald W. 'tussah, Richard B. Sayce, Leonard Clive Strachey, Cecil H. Wish, and Robert Thomas Wood, At the Royal Naval College, Portsmouth, the fol lowing sub-lieutenants have successfully passed their examination,, (five yearly), and received certificates to that effect for the rank of lieutenant :—A. G. M'Kechnie, H. H. Justice, and J. A. Dashwood. The following second masters have also passed their examinations, nod received certificates for masters :—John P. Barns, George Royal, E. H. C. Smith, and Frederick K. Taylor. THE ARMY. Yesterday a detachment of 22 non-commissioned officers and men of the Chatham division of Royal Marines Light Infantry, together with 17 non-com missioned officers and gunners of the Royal Marine Artillery, l c e o f r t v b e e t a t e Scylla , d -qu art r2sl 1,467 t ons , 400-h orse , and embarked on board the sce powe r, commissioned by Captain S. Ei Croswell. Yesterday a detachment of 42 con-commissioned officers and men arrived at head - quarters, Chatham, r % from the Royal Marine establishment, Deal, under the command of Lieut. Dixon, in readiness for em barcation on beard those vessels fitting for foreign service. A course of experiments is now in progress in the Royal Arsenal at Woolwich which promises import ant results. A 32 pounder cast-iron service gun, strengthened on Copt, Palliser's Rio, hags been -.OMg.- MEMORIALS NOW IN PROGRESS. THE MEMORIAL TO WEDGWOOD. The Chancellor of the Exchequer has promised, if his engagements permit, to lay the first stone of the Wedgwood Memorial at Burslem, on the 20th October. The Committee of Council contribute £5OO in aid of the building. The Potteries district has honoured itself by taking up the fame of its great benefactor in a thorough way. The recently placed statue of Wedgwood, by Mr. Davis, is, we are glad to see, only an instalment of gratitude. THE MEMORIAL TO THE HARTLEY ST:ITERERS. A plain but massive monument is about to be erected in Hartley churchyard over the graves of the sufferers by the Hartley calamity. The names of the 204 men and boys who lost theft lives so terribly will be inscribed on it, with a suitable inscription recording their fate. The work will be executed by Mr. Elliot, of Hartley, from a design by Mr. A, Dunn, architect, of Newcastle,—Building News. THE MEMORIAL TO MULREADY. The memorial to Mr, Mulready already alluded to in our columns is to consist of a tablet on his tomb at Kensal Green, to be supplemented by a statue in the National Gallery. . - TILE MEMORIAL TO HAMPDEN. A memoral, consisting of an obelisk eight feet high, sur mounted by a Maltese Cross, is to be erected by public sub scription to John Hampden, in the field at Stoke Mandeville, where the first assessment for ship-money was made. An inscription, as follows, will be placed on the cross:--“For these lands, in Stoke Mandeville, John Hampden was assessed in twenty shillings, ship money, levied by com mand of the King without authority of law ; the 4th of August, 1635. By resisting the claim of the King in legal strife he upheld the rights of the people under the law, and became entitled to grateful remembrance. His works on earth ended after the conflict in Chalgrove Field, the 18th of June, 1643, and ho rests in Great Hampden Church." We may record this as a singular improvement in taste over the fact that several professed lovers of Hampden did not scruple to dig up a body they. believed t o b e hi s an d mutilate it, in order to decide how he was killed. — Atheneum. THE MEMORIAL TO THE LATE LADY CANNING, designed by' Mr. G. G. Scott, has been erected over her grave. It is of Sicilian marble, composed of a massive plinth supporting a coffin-shaped, horizontal slab, the top of which is wrought with a floriated cross ; a shield of arms is placed on either side of the stem of the cross. At the head of the tomb a tall stone rises, w rou g ht at the t op into a richly-earved cross, having a n appropriate inscription beneath it. SUGAR FROM SERPENTS' SUINS.—In 1861 M, do Luca made some experiments, from which it ap. peared that the skins cast off by silkworms might be trans formed into sugar• The same chemist has sent in a paper to the Academy of Sciences, in which he describes a similar Process for changing serpents' skins into sugar. These skins contain a small quantity of a substance resembling the cellulose of plants, soluble in ammoniuret of copper, and transformable into glucose, which reduces the tartrate of copper and potash, and ferments under the influence of yeast, yielding thereby carbonic acid and alcohol. Concen trated sulphuric acid and a solution of potash aro the best re-agents for depriving serpents' skins of their nitrogenous matter; the residue, although very refractory to chemical agents, may nevertheless be transformed into fermentable glucose, recognisable from its property of reducing the tartrate of copper and potash. Thus, M. de Luca boiled 50 grammes of serpents' skins in a litre of water containing 40 grammes of caustic potash, the skins having been pre viously treated with concentrated sulphuric acid. The liquid having been allowed to cool, a great deal of water was added, and the malissr,lvei residue was several times washed by decantation, and then treated with ammoniuret of copper, whereby an alkaline solution was obtained which, on being neutralia•eel by hydrochloric acid, yirlded a white precipitate; this, heated in slightly acidulated water, re duced the tartrate of copper and potash, thereby showing that it was glucose, or the base of sugar. In another some what similar operation, glucose was obtained which fer , mented in contact with yeast, producing carbonic acid and alcohol. The former was completely absorbed by caustic potash ; the alcohol extracted from the solution by distil lation, and insulated by means of crystallised carbonate of potash, was nearly pure, since it would burn without leav ing any residue ; rubbed between the hands it evaporated, emitting an agreeable smell, though still partaking of that of animal matter. From all this it may be concluded that serpents' skins contain a very small quantity of sugary matter or glucose,--04(ignani. ',9trSlims erg in 44 :SPAPER • Birmingham has of late been infested with ei e „ ....... ..e" ,4 24 11 , e ,;,. ~,,e , A large number of that class of persons known a- ' 1Y 1514 4e. e e - -- ailt -2 - 4 ,:,... e;:` T or passers of counterfeit coin; but, fortunate: . ''":74 l4 ` k o., lance of severalmembers of the borough cons p . , „....;.e r , --e` ,..n ; _,. F.4 of them have been brought to justice. A f.. %,...: .. 24 ,- - ;... ~I , L:,- • '..; . i p i r ef man was captured with three moulds for make 1 •gg'r - - 7 -Fit3 . c . - '''Y lings and sixpences in his possession ; but the tr : i Lin thle i c "smashing" line seems to be chiefly with bad halrelbwnee h " As recently as Friday ayouth was committed by the borough magistrates for trial at the sessions for having passed three counterfeit half-crowns—two of them to a poor widow; and on Saturday last four men, well-known to the p olice, were brought before Mr. F. I. Welch, at the public office, on a charge of having passed three and attempting to PASS one other base half-crown at the house of Mrs. Upton, licensed victualler, Bradford-street. They described themselve,e as Wm. Thornton, brass-caster, Bull-ring; Edward Janes, stamper, Mass. house-lane ; David Swift, striker, Thorpe , - street ; and William Jones, stamper, Icknield-port-roade . Mr. Dickens defended Swift. From the evidence it ap peared that on Friday evening, at about seven o'clock, five or s six liquor pers oz, p amengst whom were the prisoners, were in the of the prosccutrix. The prisoners in the course of the evening succeesfully passed three ,counterfeit half-crowns, one lor gin, another for ale, and a third for some sherry. They received a good amount of change in genuine money for their base coins. At length one of the prisoners, Thornton, we believe, threw down another half crown ceivad a th n e d re a s s t k o e f d th t e br b e a h se an m g o e n . ey lk , l e rs x . a U mi p .n t e o d n, th w e h c o oi h n a , d an re d - , discovering it to be a counterfeit one, called out her son, and told him that she had taken three other similar coins from the prisoners, lie at once looked into the till, and find ing three bad half-crowns, went round the counter and en deavoured to arrest the four men. The latter, however, made a desperate resistance, and all, with the exception of Thornton, got away. The prisoner having been taken into an adjoining room. a police-constable was sent for. Before thee arrival of an officer, however, the three men who had escaped. returned, in company with five or six other wen, and at tempted to rescue their captured companion—but the son of the landlady, not willing to liberate his prisoner, seized a good strong poker, and laid it about his assailants pretty freely. At this point a police-officer came to the scene or action, but no sooner did he make his appearance than alf Thornton's gallant rescuers ran away, Thornton was then quietly handed over to the officer, and removed to the po lice station, On the following morning Detective Serjeants Mountford, Seal, and Robinson, from a description they had received of the men who had escaped, apprehended the two Joneses at a lodging , house in Mssshouse-lane, and Smith at a house of ill-fame in Thorpe-street. The whole of the prisoners were now clearly identified by the prose cutrix, and they were remanded for a week in order that the depositions may be sent to the Mint authorities, who in. the meantime will consider the advisability of a prosecution. at the sessions. ' Full benefit of reduced duty obtained by pur chasing Horniman's pure Tea; very choice at 38. 4d. and 4s. "High Standard "at 4s. 4d. (formerly 4s. M.), is the strongest and most delicious imported. Agents in every town supply it in packets. ELECTION OF LORD MAYOR.—The citizens of London have been cited to attend at the Guildhall on the 29th inst. for the purpose of proceeding to the election of a Lord Mayor for the year 1863-64, in succession to Mr William Anderson Rose, whose terra of office will expire on the Bth of November. The Lord Mayor, sheriffs, and other civic officials, will attend Divine service in the parish church of St. Lawrence Jewry, where a sermon will bo preached by the Rev. J. Lupton, M.A., minor canon of St. Paul's, and rector of St. Michael's Queenhithe. At the Guildhall the following gentlemen "below the chair" will be put in nomination;—Mr. William Lawrence, alderman of Bread-street Ward, elected 1855; Mr. Warren Stormes Hale, Coleman-street, 1856; Mr. Benjamin Samuel Phillips, Farringdon Within, 1857 ; Mr Thomas Gabriel, Vintry, 1857; Mr John Joseph Mechi, Lime-street, 1858; Mr Edward Conder, Bassishaw, 1859 ; Mr James Abiss, Bridge Within, 1859; Mr James Clarke Lawrence, Wal brook, 1860. The following aldermen, below the chair, are ineligible, inasmuch as they have not served the office of sheriff :—Mr Thomas Dakin, Candlewick, 1861; Mr Robert Besley, Aldersgate, 1861; Mr Sells John:Gibbons, Castle Bayard, 1862 ; Mr Sydney Waterlow, Langbourn, 1863. The livery will, no doubt, return Mr William Lawrence and Mr W. S. Hale, upon which the Court of Aldermen will select Mr Lawrence as the Lord Mayor for the ensuing year. lie carries on the business of a builder in Lambeth. EMIGRATION—PLYMO'CrTII, Saturday.—The ship Derwcntwater, 567 tons, Capt. Thompson, belong ing to Messrs. Richardson Brothers, of St. Helen's-place, arrived here this morning, the first of several ships which have left London within the last ten days for Plymouth, but have been detained in the channel by heavy weather. She is bound to Canterbury, New Zealand, with a full general cargo and 16 passengers, including Mr. Harper, son of the Bishop of Canterbury. The ship Duncan Dunbar, 1,374 tons, Capt. J. B. Swenson, built by the late Mr, Dunbar ex pressly for the trade, now the property of Messrs. Gellatley, Hanley, end Sewell, of Leadenhall-street, arrived in the Sound this afternoon, bound for Sydney. She has a com plete cargo, including 150 tons of railway iron, a lerge quan tity of Burton and other ales in cask and bottle, and an un ' usual proportion of furniture, carriages, &c., beloncing to the passengers, one of whom has 150 measurement tons. On deck there aro three choice bulls, seven cows, 12 mmeino sheep, &c. The Duncan Dunbar has, as usual, many pas sengers, there being no less than 60 in the chief cabin, be sides those in the steerage. Among the former aro severer old colonists, Mr. Land and family, Mr. George Thorneand family, Mrs. Carr and Son, and Mrs. Henderson, who has been here several days. It is intended that the Derwent water and the Duncan Dunbar shall sail for their destina tion this evening. The Dover Castle, Capt. J. M, Ayles, belonging to Messrs. Green, of Blackwell, bound to Mel.- bourne, received Mr. Glinn, her pilot, off Exmouth yester day. She is expected every hour. The Ida, Capt. Laws, with Government emigrants for Sydney, is due here on the 14th, and the Northumberland, Capt. Hawkings, for South Australia on the 21st. All these ships are despatched hence by Mr. Wilcocks. The total number of passengers and emigrants who have left this port during the quarter ended June 30 is 2,090, being 995 more than in the parallel quar ter of 1862. Of these 107 went to Canada, 833 toNew South Wales, 250 to Victoria, 389 to Queensland, 19 to South Australia, and 467 to New Zealand. SHOOTING DESERTING SUESTITUTES.—The exe , cution of the five deserting substitutes from the 118th Pennsylvania—Charles Walter, Emile Lai, John Reannese, G. Kuhn, and John Folany —took place yester day afternoon, at 20 minutes to 4 o'clock, within the lines of Col.Sweitzer's brigade, before the Fifth Army Corps. The condemned were paraded, with hands manacled behind, accompanied by their priests, before each regiment in turn, preceded by their coffins and by a band playing a dirge. The different regimental bands either joined in as they passed or the drum corps beat a muffled roll. On reaching their graves each man was seated on his coffin, and Captain Orme, Provost-Marshal of the First Division, read the several sentences, preceded by long and tedious charges and specifications. Through this trial of patience the agonised men appeared resigned. Their eyes were vacant and glazed, with a general idea that a marshalled host of men was before them, and that a few stood near by. They fixed their vision on no one person or thing, they were ab sorbed in their fate. Walter was a Jew, and was attended by the Rev. Mr. Szold, Rabbi of the Gnebshalon Congrega tion in Baltimore. Lai and Reannese were Catholics, and attended by the Rev. C. L. Egan, of St. Dominick's,Washe ington, in lace canonicals. Kuhn and Folany were Gor.. man Protestants, and were administered to by the Rev. W. O'Neill, chaplain of the 118th Pennsylvania. Walter, much agitated, stood up and recited in Hebrew after the Rabbi the Penitential Psalms and Voices of the Penta teuch, swinging his body rapidly backward and forward. The rest knelt, while their priests knelt and prayed, At the close the Rabbi kissed Walter, Walter kissed him in return, and crossing over to Folany, with whom he had been intimate, also kissed him. The men again sat on their coffins. Their eyes were bandaged with white cloth. Fifty men, in two ranks, stood before them. A rapid "Ready, aim, fire 1 " was given, and they simultaneously fell back ward on the coffins, placid lumps of clay. Reannese, Kuhn, and Folany ran off and fell upon their faces. The two former breathed for a few moments, though insensible. Ten men fired at each, one of the ten muskets being unloaded, as is customary. An argument for precedence in the process sion took place between the Rabbi and the Catholic priest. The latter claimed the first rank as representing what he considered the first of churches. The former asserted his right as acting for the eldest of faiths. The provost-marshal decided in favour of the Rabbi. Another argument took place between Gens. Sykes and Griffin. The court-martial ordered the execution between the hours of 2 and 4. The troops of the sth corps had not all arrived till long after 3, Griffin, in whose division the transaction was to occur, said if 4 o'clock struck before their arrival he would feel himself to bo murdering them to allow their death. Sykes, com manding the corps, did not see the point in the same light. The tarrying regiments, however, came up before the time had elapsed. Four of the culprits were married. Folany was single. Walter's wife lives in New York, and interceded with the President, but to no purpese. The families of the rest live in Europe. They had all hopes of pardon till the precession commenced.—Kete Tork 2r ibunc. SUICIDE TIIROUGH DISTRESS.—YESfErday Mr. John Ilrimpbreys, the coroner, held an incriest at the Bell Tavern, Church-lane, Whitechapel, respecting the death of Jame Hartley, aged 66, a coachman. The deceased lodged at No. 42, Church-lane, \Vhitechapel, and had been out of employment for a considerable period, which fact preyed on his mind, The deceased was a widower, and went to bed about eleven o'cloc k on Thursday night. OR the following morning the deceased did not make his appearance as usu al, when the landlady opened his room door, and found him in a sitting position on the floor with a rope round his neck.NVh some enmfuredthicearl assistance was procured life had gone. After ev id ence , showing that deceased had been desponding and had threatened his life, the jury returned a verdict of " Suicide while of unsound wind.' . t . -