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At all Libraries, in 3 vols. post Bvo., T OO STRANGE NOT TO BE TRUE. By Lady GEORGIANA FULLERTON, The New Danish Policy, Author of "Ladybird," &c. "The story is wonderful and full of interest, and Lady Fullerton tells it well. Some of the characters are touched off with considerable skill, as the Chamberlain, the Colonel, and the bargeman's daughter, Simonette."— Times. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. NEW WORK BY AUTHOR OF "LADY AUDLEY'S SECRET," ,Szc„ NLYAC L 0 D. This New Novel will commence in the August Number of THE EBBW VA7,E COMPANY Ir.corporated unler the. Companies Act, 18i2. Cap itat Foal' Millions, in 80,P00 shares of £5O each. Depos a on application Xi rArr share, and Li on allotrr.ent. Further calls wi I not excee , 1 £5 per share, made at irAervais of not less than three months, and will extend over a period of three years. It is estimated that not more than two-third's of the total capital will b 2. required to be called up, DIRECTORS. .Abraham Darby, Esq., Ebbw Vale Park, Monmouthshire, Chairman and Managing Director. .Joseph Robinson, Esq., Berkhampstead ar,d London, Deputy Chairman. Francis Tothill, Esq., Bristol. John Platt, Esq., Oldham. G. S. Beecroft. Esq., M.P., Tjeeds. James Aspinall Turner, F.Aq., M.P.. M anc h es t er. H Lon arr ydon. George Gordon, Esq,, 1, Clifden-pl ace, H yde -park, Charles King Anders Aon, Esq., 65, Old Broad-street, London. BANKERS. the Bank of lAngland. Ar.d its several Branches at Manchester, Birmingham, Li verpool, Bristol, Leeds, New castle, Rut', Plymout'a, Portsmouth, Leicester. sc o acnous. Nes sre. Preshfie.,ds and Newman, London. Messrs. Zoslm a Hu BROKERS. tchinson and Son, London. AUDITORS. David Ch_ae‘wt.ek, Esq. (Messrs.Chadwiek, Adamson, M`Kenna, anr, Co.), 27, Great George -strew Westminster. John YO Ling, Esq. (Messrs. Coleman, Turquand, Youngs, and Co.), Tokenhouse-yard, City. OPFICES, PRO TEM. Ista 27, Great George-street, Westminster, and 7, Laurence Pountney-hill, C,ty. ABRIDGED PROSPECTUS. Te Company is formed for the purpose of carrying into eut an agreement made for the Purchase of tee Coal, Iron, as d other Works, which have for a lorAoime been carried on With very satisfactory results by priv ate individuals, and are capable of considerable expansion, with greatly increased profits. m doe promotion-money or other s i m i lar payment will be . Shar D etailed Prospectuses and - Forms of Application for es may be obtained at V e Rank of England, and it s Reyeral Branches ; from the - lirokers ; or from the under- Signed, by whom any further information required will be l urnishe,l. CHADWICK, AbA7aSON, APKENNA, and Co., Financial Agents, 27, Great Georg e-street. Westminster, and 64, Cros s-street, Manchester. THE EBBW VALE COMPANY (Limited). Capital £4,000,000, in 80,030,00) Shares of £5O each. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR ALLOTMENT OF No. SUARES. To the Directorr, of " The Ebbw Vale Compaa ty (L i mited), " r ' er Messrs. C.iadwick, Adamson,llPlienn.4, and Co., Finan cial Agents, 27, Great George-street, Westminster, and 64, Cross-stree Manchester. Gen'clemen, Having paid a deposit cf Share, I beg to apply for Shares of £5O eacl'„ in the proposed "Ebbw Vale Company (Limited)," and I hereby agree to become a Share holler in that Company, subject to its rules and regulations, and to accept sucb. Shares, or any less number that may be allotted to me. I am, Gentlemen, Your obedient servant, Name in full • Address in full Profession or occupation Date ..., THE EBBW VALE COMPANY (Limited). NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That no f ur th er A pp li- W cations for Sliares in this Comp any w il l b e rece i ved after EDNESD AY, th 13th inst., for the Country. C H ADWICK, ADAMSON, M•KENNA, and CO., Financial Agents, 27, Great George-street, Westminster, and 64, Cross-street, Manchester. July 11, 1861. TITE HUDIKSVALL and FORSSA STEAM SAWING MILL COMPANY (Limited). Incorporated under the Companies Mt, 1862, limiting the 'Liability of shareholders to the amount of their shares. Ct4ital, Li 60,000, in 3,200 shares, of .C5O each, with power to increase to £200,000, of which about £75,000, or 1,500 shares, in ful y paid-up shares will be taken by the Hudiksvall Steam Saw-mill Company (Limited). Deposit, £5 per share on app ication, £lO on allotment The other calls to be made at intervals of not less thP...11 three months. Interest at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum will be allowed on all mo n ey paid in anticipation, of calls. DIRECTORS. J. C. Im Thurn, Esq., firm of Messrs. J 1, East I n dia-avenue. . C. Im Thorn and Co., Chas. Andreae, Esq., firm cf 34 1eSsrs. Nestle, Andreae, and Co.. 19, St. Dunstan's-h,ll, Chas. Victor Benecke, Esq., firm of Messrs. Schunk, Souchay, J. and Co., No, 63, Moorgate-street. H . r . . Esq , 63, Moorgate-street. J. C. W. R i tt er, Eeq., firm of Messrs. W. Ritter and Co., 157, FenCilUrCh-stlvet. With power 'co add to their number. BA NKERS IN LONDON". The London and Westm nster Bank. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Chas. Druce and Sons, 10, Ililliter-square. BROKEB4. Messrs. Wooll ty, Coates, and Itankey,26, Tokenhouse.yard. SEORETARY. . C. W, :Ei,itter, Esq., Hon. Secretary, until a Secretary shall have been appointed. TEMPORARY OFFICES. Mitre-chambers, 157, Fenchurch-street. A private Company was established in 1857, under the name of the Hudiksvall Steam Sawing Mill Company adini ed), for th e purchase of forests in Sweden, and the the right of selling the same; the completion of water com raunications for floating timber from the forests to Forssa, and thence to Hudiksvall erecting steam and water sawing Mills for converting the timber into deals, and the sale of such deals at Hudiksvall, or the consignment of them for sale to London or other places. The present Company is fw3i - med for the purpose of extend ing the operations of the above -mentioned Hudiksvall Steam Sawing Mill Compar4, the shareholders in the Hudiksvall Stearn Sawing Idni. Company being willing to take payment for the whole of the capital invested by the in paid-up shares of tb:e new Comp any. Considr4rable and valuable forests in the parish of Lillherr dal in the vicinity of the Herje and Ljusse rivers, in the pro vinc'a of Jemptland, also in Farila, have been secured upon leeses for 50 years, renewable every 10 years during the term. tit 50 years, without fine to the lessors. These forests, cover ing between 300 and 40., English square miles, or ~eO,OOO to 250,000 acres, are, from tie general advance in the value of forests, supposed to be of much greater value now than they were .t the time of the purchase. About £7,. 00 have been expended in making dams, and clearing the streams in the forests, in order to facilitate the floating of the timber to the river Ljusne ; and about £31,000 in establishing a water com annnication between Swinhammer, on the river Ljusne, and. the Mill at Forssa, including about £5,000 paid as an equi valent for a snare in the existing floating arrangements in the river dues for ever. The w a t er communications between Swin leer and the Mill have been mo substantially con structed, under the direction of Commissioners appointed by the Swedish Government, and consist of ducts and canals— one of which has been cut through the solid rock—and in cludes a hauling bed, worked by a steam engine, for the pur pose of raisi- g the floating logs to a higher level, about 40 feet, from which point there is a fall gained of upwards of 340 feet, extending over this line of water communication,with an ample supply of water all the year round. These works have cost a large sum of money beyond the original estimate, be cause the Government insisted upon their being constructed upon a much larg er sca l e, i n order to make them available for the public in general, This additional outlay, however, has already begun to bear good fruits, since a profit has been cleared during the last year by floating timber for other par ties, which source of revenue is likely still further to reduce the fib Ain- expenses. About £22,700 have been expended on the steam sawing -mill and engines, with workshop com plete, which are of the best English workmanship, in excel day,lent condition, and capable of sawing about 1,000 logs per day, thus showing the magnitude of the works. £3,600 have thus at Forssa, Lillherrdal, and other places, for l abourers' dwellings and storehouses ; they are all substan tially built, and and freehold property, as well as the saw Mill, the entire line of water communication between Swin hammer and Forssa, the deal yards at Forssa, sundry farms, and the shipping %shelf in the por of Hudiksvall. The deals are brought by railway, about eight miles, to Hudiksvall, one of the best natural ports in Sweden. From various causes the arrangements were not completed before the year 1862, and thus the year 1863 is, in fact, the year in which the capabilities of the works have been tested, and upwards of 6,000 standards of deals, of shipping quality, Were actually produced and sold, the quality being generally approved of in the London markts and elsewhere. lu order to malts all Lite capacities of the works available, which are, without any further outlay for plant and deals m of 3 ma chinery, equal to the production of 8,000 s t an d ar d s o f shipping quality per annum, it is intended to create „201 shares of £5O each, 1,500 of which will be taken by the share holders of the Hudiksvall Steam Sawing-mill Company,w are willing to take payment fo r the w h o l e amoun t invested by them in paid-up s h ares . Th e remain i ng 1 , 700 shares are now offered to the public. If the capital of the Company i s extended to £200,000, it would be for the purpose of increas ing the operations of the Company, which is not by any means improbable. The total assets of the old Company on the Ist January of this year amounted to £137,960 19s. Id. These assets com prise £1,500 still to be paid in three instalments for the lease of the Lillherdal Forests, and also include about £33,000 for deals sold for early delivery and about 150,000 logs at the mill and floating ; there are also sundry other good out standing debts. In order to secure to the Hudiksvall and Forest'. Company the who e profits of the current year, it is proposed that all the properties as above, and assets of the Hudiksvall Com pany should be taken by the fludiksvall and Forssa Corn- Pany, for the sum of £ 59 Sou ; and thatau din,. ll moneys ointerest and expendeq , l since the Ist January of this year, in c ommission on the capital employed, be considered as ex pended by and for the benefit and at the cost of the Hudiks vall and Forssa Company. laTt h y e e c ar al . cu ations based upon the actual experience of the show a profit of 8 per cent. upon th or e th ex e t f e u n tur de e d . capital with fair prospects of a further increase f a n tie t e he ,ealculation or estimate of the probable profits, allow uas been made for a reserve fund, which, wit .d h o i ff nt a e- t rest, will allow the capital of the Company to be paid Ihe end of 43 years when the leases of he forest will expire unless it should be , deemed expedient at that lime to pur chase new leases The sale price s the prices a first brokers ' oduce and Doll which the calculations are based are e ually obtained for the last year s pr . some of the first brokers in the timber trade have given it as their opinioThat higher prices are likely to be obtained for the future. mills are at this moment in f all work, and about 1,700 standards of deals have been sawn in the last four weeks, 'which, of average qualit willin the English market u pwards of £9,600 net. y relise At the p resent mo ment there are 19 shi p s lludiksvall. loading at the Company's wharf at Applications for shares, in the annexed form, to be ad dress d to the brokers, or to the Secretary, accompanied by a receipt of the London and Westminster Bank, for a deposit of £5 to,. each share applied for, which will be returned, free of charge, for all shares not allotted, sented to th N.B.—Thie bankers entire, form of ication and r ece i p t must b e pre - FORM OF APPLICATION -.. Forssa Steam Sawing To the Directors oi the lludiksvai 'OR SHARES. dill Company k ,Landmatted) Gentlemen ,—Having' paid to v bankers, the London ..' ur ' and Westminster Bank, the sum of z quest that you will allot to me —,shares , I hereby re of £5O each in the above Company upon the terms of th es an Prospectus, and I me, and to execje the Articles of smaller number hereby agree to accept such shares, or That may be allotted to Association when reonircd. ' NAme in fu11......... Residence ........ . ................. Profession or occupation ... .--- ..... ' Address in full .................... gate •1r .. ........ ... ~.1. ...)ERSONS SEEKING LANDED 'SATES, TOWN AND COUNTRY RESIDENCES, FREEHOLD AND LEASEHOLD INVESTMENTS, AND PROPER rIES GENERALLY— To BE n kb GRATIS, at the principal Railway Bookstalls throughout the kingdom, or at the Auction and Estate Offices, No. 07, Chancery-lane, London, Messrs. E. and 11. Lumley's "FREE PROPERTY REGISTER," containing a varied selection of landed and house properties now in the market, from the nobleman's mansion. with its manorial domain, to the cottage with its few acres. OWNERS OF PROPERTIES wishing to Sell or Let can em brace the opportunity that the medium of this Rei, , ister affords, by sending the particulars of their properties to the Estate Offices, 67, Chancery-lane, London, as the Messrs. Lumley can in most cases introduce immediate customers, where the property is of an eligible °tiara ter, thereby avoid ing the disadvantages of delay and its attendant incon veniences. _ _ ITIERE IS NO CHARGE incurred, unless a tenant or pur cnaser is introduced through .Messrs. Lumley's Agency, %ad then only the usual moderate commission. Auction and Land Offices, 67, Chancery-lane, London. THE CREDIT MOBILIER COMPANY of LONDON (Limited) invite TENDERS for the PUR CHASE of MORTGAGE BONDS of £lO each, to the extent of £20,000, charged noon Leasehold Property of large value, and bearing interest at Ten per Cent. per Annum, payable Half-yearly on presentation of Coupons (which are attached to the Bonds), at the Union Bank of London. Temple-bar Branch, The principal of the Bonds redeemable is three years. Forms of Application may be obtained at he Com pany's Offices, 54, Threadneedle-street, London. (Entrance, If ercules-pas sage). T HE LONDON THEATRE COMPANY (Limited). Capital, £50,000, in 5,000 Shares of £lO each. V. per share to be paid on application, and £1 10s. on allotment. BANKERS. The London Bank of Scotland, 24, Old Jewry, E.C. Prospectuses, forms of application, and all other particu lars, may be obtained from the solicitors, Messrs. Druce and Co., 53, Victoria-street, S.W. ; the bankers ; or at the Offices of the Company, 1, Great Winchester-street, E.C. E. S. HARDING, Secretary. LONDON THEATRE COMPANY (Limited). APPLICATIONS for the REMAINING SHARES must be SENT IN on or before WEDNESDAY, the 13th inst., as the List will be Closed on that day. By order. THE ROBERTSFORS IRON WORKS COMPANY, Limited. To be Incorporated under the " Companies Act, 1562," by which the Liability of Shareholders is limited to the amount of their Shares. Capital, £300,000, in 16,000 Shares of £2O each. Deposit, 10s. per Share on Application, and £2 on Allotment. First Issue, 7,5C0 Shares. No call will exceed £2 10s, per Share, at intervals of not less than three months. No promotion money will be paid, and the preliminary expenses will be confined strictly to the proper charges only. DIRECTORS. The Right Honourable Lord G,rvagh, Army and Navy Club, Fah-mall, S.W. D. C. Griffith, Esq., F.R.G.S., Messrs. Griffith and Barton, Assayers to the Bank of England, and the Anglo-Mexican Mint Company. Louis Guilletmot, Esq., Messrs. Guilletmot and Weylandt, Bankers, Stockho m. Edward Nixon, Esq., Ormonde-house, Bognor, Sussex, and 10, Victoria-road, .vv., Director of the lieneral Financial and Estate Agency Corporation, Limited. - J. Paton, Esq., Messrs. raton and Co., Merchants, Stock holm. Charles Weber, Esq, Messrs. G. Hammond and Co., Swed'sh and Norweo . i„ an Consuls, Ramsgate and Deal. With power t) add to their number. BANKERS. The Consolidated Bank, Limited, Fenchurch-street. AUDITORS. Messrs. Bennett and Gaskell, Accountants, 31, Nicholas-lane, Lombird-street. BROKERS. Francis Burnand, Esq., London and County-chambers, Lombard-street. W. Hannam, Esq., Manchester. SOLICITORS. Messrs. R. and S. Mullens, 7, Poultry. SECRETARY PRO TEL A. Robinson, Esq. TEMPORARY OPPIOES. 7A, Lawrence Pountney-hill, Cannon-street, B.C. The Company is formed for the purchase of the extensive estates of Robertsfors and Eredricksfon, comprising about 1 50,0"0 acres cf freeho'd and crown lands, with large forests and agricultural districts,as also timber andiron works, ship building yards, &c., and which are situated in the county of West Dotter), in Sweden, five English miles from the harbour, belonging to the estate, called Sisea„ s in the Gulf of luthnia; and also to extend the presen manufacture of iron, intro duce Bessemer's steel process, so as to produce on the spot. from the pure Swedish iron ore and charcoal, a quality of steel adapted for rails, ship-building, locomotive engine tires, axles, shafts, and other machinery, boiler plates, armour plates for ships, cannons, mo -tars, &c., and for all other pur poses Where it has proved desirable to substitute Bessemer steel for iron. It is also intended to extend the yearly pro duce of timber for export, to build ships, and work the other resources of the estate in such manner as may be found most bow. fic al to the interests of the shareholders. • The Swedi h bar ar d pig iron is justly celebrated in the vari ous markets of the world. At the International Exhibition of 180, in less than fifteen exhibitors from Sweden received medals for different kinds of iron and iron manufactures, among which was part of an iron =hip that had struck on a rock, And which was entirciy bent without breaking or injuring the iron in any way. thus establishing its great superiority for ship plates. It has been repeatedly stated in our public journals—" The Times," " Mining Journal," and other leading and ac entific organs—that we cannot as yet do without Swedish iron. _ _ . . The present proprietors have but to a small extent deve loped all the resources at their command, having derived an average annual income of about £8,030 rAerling from the profits obtained by employing only a moderate capital. Thus the average yearly produce of charco .1 bar iron has been limited to 620 tons, at a cost price of £7 58. per ton. Freight hitherto paid from Sikea to England by timber vessels, 10s. per ton ; other expenses, about Is.; making a total of £7 16s. per ton, delivered in En. land, where the market price of such iron now ranges from 2 los. to £l3 per ton—thus leaving a nett profit of at least Li 17s. per ton. No pig iron is at pre sent sold from the property, and all the bar iron has of late years been contracted for by a large firm (who are willing to contract for more than double the quanti yl in France, where it is considered one of the most superior qualities of Swedish iron. and used for cutlery and other fine manufactures. One of that firm has lately visited Sweden for the purpose of making a contract for a series of years. The present average produce of timber has also been limited to about 27,000 dozen planks, which have been sold at an average profit of 2s. per dozen— leaving a nett profit of £2,700 sterling. It is proposed to erect at a cost of about £16,010, converting furnaces for the production of steel by the Bessemer process, up to 200 tons per week, according to requirements, and as Inv be found desirable. The cost of steel ingots will not exceed £0 per ton, delivered in England ; and as the present selling price is £l5 per on, a nett profit is left of £6 per ton, which, with a production of 200 tons per week, would give au annual profit of £62,400, or equal to 41. per cent. on the capital of the first issue, on steel alone, besides what would accrue from the other resources. Dried wood has lately berg used with great success and economy as a substi tute for charcoal. There is no doubt that Bessemer steel will ultimately supersede wrought iron in all such manufactures ; and it is with a view to this that the Company intend to devote con siderable attention to its production in a locality where it can be made from the very best materials. 'l he returns may fairly be estimated as follows : a. Net annual returns of present proprietors, .28,903, say b. Profit on 203 tons of Bessemer's steelper week at £6 per ton *lir •. £8.900 62,400 £71,30) 5,300 Deduct for expenses of management, &e. Net £66,000 or 41 per cent. on the first issue of capital, £150,000, without calculating' on my extension of the trade in bar and hoop iron, timber, deals, ship-building, and produce of cast steel for tools, &c., for which there is a ready market. It will thus be clearly seen that the iron and timber works, with the improvements proposed by this Company, and all the other available resources posses ed by these estates, will yield a very large and certain profit when English capital and skill are brought to bear upon them, There is ample water power on the estates (the Iticklea river, which is made available for saw-mills, various machi neries for iron manufactures, ac., and also a flour mill. There are on the estates iron foundries, furnaces, forges (iron and brass), workshops, stores and warehouses, dwelling houses for workmen, mechani a, and foremen ; offices, and stabling for forty-five horses, and a large farming siock (in cluding 140 cows). At the ship-building yards there are newly-built hou es for inspectors, shipwrights, and work , men. The produce of timber may be considered unlimited, con sisting as it does of a large extent of virgin forests. The vendors have agreed to accept X.50,0:,0 for the whole of the oututoe. Th.. .tnek *e.ide as well as iron, charcoal, .tc., in store, to be taken at a valuation according to the books, will amount to about £2o,ooth A a both the mines and iron works are already in active operation, the prugts win accrue to the Company from the date of purchase. The whole of the property, mines, works, &c., have been carefully surveyed by an eminent engineer, Mr. Franz Hoff man ; and on his report his Majesty the King of Sweden has granted permission to form a joint-stock company, and con firmed the valuation of the property at Rgs. D. 1,000,000 Swedish, or £55,550 sterling. NOTE.—The proprietors offer to reserve for themselves the ith share of the liaggaro iron mines, part of the property proposed to be sold, at a drawback of £5,000 from the pur chase money of the estate, should the Company wish them to do so. The magnetic iron ore, which can be obtained in any quantity from these mines, is of the same quality as that from which the famous Dannemora iron is produced. It has been analysed by the well-known firms of Messrs. Johnson, Matthey, and Co., and Messrs. Griffith and Barton, assayers, and found to contain 66} per cent. of good pig iron. It is entirely free from sulphur. The capital of the Company has been fixed at £300,000, in 15,0.0 shares of £2O each. It is not proposed to include more than £150,000 in the first issue, as after paying the purchase money for the property and stock, and tho cost of erecting the Bessemer furnaces and paying all preliminary expenses, about £60,000 will be left as a working capital. to be called up as it may be required, until the Company shall consider it desirable to further extend their operations, The articles of association, with plans of the estates and samples, may be inspected at the Offices of the Company, where also all the details respecting the properties may be had on application. Prospectuses and forms of application may be obtained of fhe bankers, brokers, and at the Offices of the Company. *T his harbour is capable of accommodating the largest vessels — being one of the best i n th e nor th o f S we den, close to the open sea, and sheltered from winds, so that ships can load and discharge in all weathers. During the Russian war many large English men-of-war were accommodated in this harbour. Vessels entering the harbour pay a small port duty to the proprietors. NEW PATENT CURTAIN HOOK that requires no sewing, and, if reversed, can be used for m any purposes. To be had of all shops in town or country. Patentees, W. TENT and Co., 23, Birchin-lane, London, E.C. 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The 2d battalion of the Tat Royals, now stationed at Portsmouth, are under orders for service in the Channel Islands. Three hundred men of the regiment who have been employed, under the direction of the Royal Engineers, on the defensive works of Portsdown hill, return to regi mental headquarters to-morrow. A company of Royal En gineers expected at Portsmouth from Gibraltar will replace the detachment of the Ist Royals on Portsdown. The 64th Regiment, at present stationed at Gosport, will succeed the Ist Royals in Portsmouth garrison, and the 64th will be succeeded at Gosport by the 87th Regiment from Aldershott. The iron East Indiaman Michael Scott, 1,197 tons, Capt J. W. Padley, belonging to Messrs. Fenley and Campbell, 41, Threadneedle-street, which has been chartered by the Government for the conveyance of reinforcements to India, embarked yesterday for Bombay the following cavalry and infantry troops from Custom-house. quay, Gravesend—viz., 30 non-commissioned officers and men, two women, and 10 children of the 3d Prince of Wales's Dragoon Guards, Canterbury—one woman of the 6th Carbineers, from Maidstone—one officer of the 19th Hussars-14 men, two women, and one officer's wifc of the Royal Horse Artillery, and 158 non-commissioned officers and men, six women and ten children of the Royal Artillery, from Woolwich, Worley, and Sheerness—two non-commissioned officers of the Army Hospital Corps, and seven men, three women, and five children of the Ist Battalion of the 4th King's Own Regiment, from Chatham -71 noncom missioned officers and men, five women, and two children of the 56th Regiment, from Colchester-67 non-commissioned officers and men of the 102 d Royal Madras Fusileers, from Chatham—and 30 men, three women, and four children of the 103 d Royal Bombay Fusileers, from Colchester—total, 3women reinforcements :—Major 101 v 380 men ag etn of e e a r l a l ranks,embarked 2 with theand 21 child ren . Th e f o l- R. Pittman, Royal Horse Artillery—Cornet A. B. Donni thorne, 3d Dragoon Guards—Lieut. 1 3-. C. B. Taylor, 19th Hussars—Lieut. C. E. B. Leacock, Royal Artillery—Capt. Attilio Scheberras, 98th Regiment (ix charge or detachment of the 103 d Fusileers)—Lieut. J. Charley and Lieut. G. D. Grimes, 55th Regiment—Lieut, C. F. Hooper, 4th King's Own Regiment—Lieut. J. Maule, 102 d Fusileers—Ensign G. H. Stoddart, 103 d Fusileers—and Staff Assist.-Surgeon W. T. Paliologos, in medical charge. The Michael Scott, which is an entirely new ship, and is about proceeding on her first voyage, was inspected by Major-General H. Eyre prior to the embarcation of the troops, when all the arrange ments for the health and comfort of the officers and men during the voyage were found to be satisfactory. The embarcations were effected under the superintendence of Brigade-Major Congreve and the officers connected with tue Quartermaster's Staff, Chatham, and the Michael Scott will proceed on her voyage to-day. Yesterday a detachment of Royal Marine Artillery and Light Infantry, numbering four non-coramisdioned officers, one drummer, and 34 gunners and privates, under the command of First-Lieut. J. L. Needham, Royal Marine Artillery, left head-quarters Chatham, and embarked on board the screw corvette Clio, 22, 400-horse power, fitting for sea. In consequence of the companies of Royal Marine Artil lery being below their proper strength volunteering for that branch of the service has been opened at Chatham. Yesterday 42 volunteers, the names of whom had previously been submitted for approval at the Royal Marine-office, left head-quarters for Portsmouth to join the Artillery companies. The iron-cased screw. frigate Prince Consort, Capt,Willes, has been detached temlorarily from the Uhauhel Fleet, at Spithead, and anchored in Cowes Roads, where she will re main during the sojourn of her Majesty at Osborne. The Nugent, screw troopship, Capt, Henderson, tried her machinery yesterday at the measured mile in Stokes Bay prior to being formally handed Over by the steam factory department to the Steam Reserve for commission. The Frederick William, screw coastguard line-of-battle ship, Capt. E, Codd, will, according to present arrange ments, go out of Portsmouth harbour to Spithead on Thurs day next, make her official trial II the measured mile on the following day, and on Saturday sail for a cruise in the Channel, and afterwards take up her station at Portland, in the place of the Colossus. The Pigmy paddle-steamer, Master-Commander Vine, under the comniand of Commander Colotub, R.N., sailed from Portsmouth yesterday morning to resume her station south of the Isle of Wight as as experimental signal ship, in conjunction with a signal pa t ty on St. Catherine's Down Isle of Wight, under the command of Capt. Balton, 12th Regiment. The experiments bring carried on by these two officers are most important and interesting. The Accountant-Gener a l of the Navy, Mr. .I'. Beeby, assisted by some of the o fficialsconnected with that depart ment, has been engag d at Ctatham Dockyard in the in vestigation of the accounts and returns previously prepared at that establishment by 4li. 1 1 W. R. Walker, the inspec tor and auditor of dockyard accounts, and Mr Watson, con• netted with the construction the Royal Oak, ironplated wooden frigate, in order that an actuate account may be obtained of the entire cost of that veso, previously to the returns being made up of the cost of tle other armour-clad wooden ships built at Portsmouth, Vroolwich, Plymouth, and Pembroke. __ The following appointments were trade yesterday at the Admiralty :—Lieut. John J. Martin, to tho Prince Consort —Lieut. C. J. Carey, to the Clio —Henry S. Ley, master, to the Indus, for the C alelonia—F ra ncis E. Wolrige, Wm. Y. Ottley , Wm- C. S . Hathorn, : - A E. S. Vidal, G. H. P to Caledonia _J• Harris, n aval cadets, to the Clio—C. Icely, h the Caledon— . Oliver, chief J. Downes, chief engineer, engineer, to the Royal Sove reign—F. G. Bar r, chief e ngineer, to the Asia, for the im cEt oditee the Eden, engineer, c and o _ H . Clio—W. mortalite when paid off— W- Ash and J. IV. DV ilenzie, eng ineers, to the Roy al Sover e i en gineer, to the Clio---V- Hartle, assist. eng i ne er, to the Cale donia-T. M'lntyre , H. Onio ns, . J, Dinwoodie, and H. W. gu Hetherington, 1 Wilkins, assist. engineers, to the Royal Sovereign—R. H. Cooper,er, Cumberland, for the Wild fire—and W. Gentl es and J. T. Coo m b s , as sist. engineers, to th j Clio. eng i n eer, to the P e C' Speech o f B a °11 Beust. • DRESDEN, July b. The Premier, Baron von Beast, the represen ta tva the London Con. ference, at noon to-day from io arrived the Germanic h here Diet at Frank fort-on-the-Main, and wa s . re ceived by a large crowd convinced that the course at the railway station With . enthusiastic cheers. A future deputation subsequently waited opoa his Excellency with an address of welcome, t .° which he returned the following reply : and ' I te a r ni min m a n ti s o t n C onference could not favourab le permit, favourable Londont have a n v e tanner than has have operated innaf entirelythe more nee of Schleswig- Holsteinbeen balanced by 5 f Germany. ' I been an d upon the power i n o d n e d p e n d e position Rained there with outam of opinion that the any sacrifice could most . any agreement, even th e a dvantageous, which personally thethe will least c s ir p c e u ed m doi s ul tyba doubt be eehsat thiswould recognised a somewhats. assertion 19 easily precise truth. The judgment, however, prejudiced in a matter in which one has been concerned; extended no forger, as a t the and it, therefore, a ff ords me the utmost comfort and pleasure to see that I have not forfeited the confi dence of my fellow-citiz ens . The assurances of trust which accompanied me fro so many parts of Germany alone enabled m° m ot e I h9n once to make decisive statements without authority, actuated merely by the consciousness of their nece ss ity. May that confidence which the Ge r man Governments are e p n le t n it t l y ed ! thediarhianvge also not to them in lavish und people of outset of the Conference, threate ned by the fo tTo h c e la n i a m tio b n e al e: l te u fo reigner. May the Governments Ger many strive in unison that it may n o t now be en dangered from within after Europe has learnt to respect it ! May they c(rmbine their efforts that the noble fruit which e i pened at the London Cone ference be not agai:,l lost—mutual and faithful brotherhood betwf,el 2 the German, Powers and the ~ Ciermanic Diet 1" The Independance Beige of Sunday evening says " The resolution suddenly formed by King Chris tian IX. to engage in direct negotiations for peace with the hostile courts, in consequence of the disas ter of Alsen, sufficiently indicated that the pressure of the war party at Copenhagen was beginning to weaken, The addresses of the Chambers, approving of the absolute abandonment of the Duehies in ex change for the complete emancipation of Denmark from all Germanic influence, afford the best proof of it. Tne Conservative journals first, and in their wake the Dagblad, which is known to be the organ of the party of the Eider, had shown without die guise the desperate situation of Denmark, and pros claimed the necessity of taking a definitive part. It was under these circumstances that King Christian decided to send his young brother to Germany to offer peace, and to dismiss the Monrad Ministry, which was too much compromised for its continu ance in power not to be an obstacle to the success of the negotiations which are going to be opened. The despatch which brings us this news adds that the King has charged Count Moltke, who was for. merly part of the Bluhme Ministry, with the formation of a new cabinet. The necessity of making peace, even at the price of great sacrifices, being once recognised by Denmark, the German powers probably will not refuse to treat on this basis, and it is to be presumed that negotiations will proceed rapidly. Among the rumours which the brusque determination of the King of Denmark has given rise to, one has been circulated at Paris, according to which King Christian offered to the allied courts to enter with the whole Danish mo narchy into the German Confederation on conside ration that the personal union of the duchies with the crow❑ of Denmark should be preserved. We do not see what great advantage Germany would find in such a combination, and we are certain that it would please neither the Danish people nor the European powers. We regard it simply as a con jecture." The Temps of yesterday says that the entering of Denmark into the Germanic Confederation would be tolerated neither by France, England, nor Rus sia. It would perhaps tempt the German popula tion, by the prospect of supremacy in the Baltic, but it would raise the liveliest resistance in the Danish nation, the war party still preserving a marked preponderance in the Rigsraad. " The more we consider this Danish question as affected by ev ents,;:the more," says the Temps, "we are convinced that there is but one radical solution for the difficulties of the present and the threats of the future, and that is the Scandinavian union. Apart from that there is nothing but the insufficient pal liations and convulsions of a government at bay." Armstrong and Whitworth, Shoeburyness has not been established all these years without having had to go through its share of experiments which have been found worthless when tried, and experiments which were known to be worthless before they were tried at all. Yet we venture to say that few more valueless in its re sults either for ships or guns have ever been made than those which have just concluded between the competing 70-pounders of Sir Wi liam Armstrong and Mr. Whitworth against a Warrior target. What comparative results the Special Committee may draw from this portion of the programme of course we cannot say, but every one at Shoebury knew from the commencement that it was a mere folly and waste of time to fire such light ordnance as 70-pounders against iron targets at all. The re sult has only been what all foresaw and told. The arget is just so much shaken as to make it useless as a test for heavier ordnance, and just so much un injured as to prove that men under its cover might have slept with the most perfect confidence, and let both uumpetitoro hammer away as they pleased 'Ws is an unsatisfactory return for the large out lay this ordnance competition will cost the country and what is more unsatisfactory still is that we must look for no better so long as the competition is confined to 70-pounders. We are ignoring all that we have learnt with so much cost at Shoe bury during the last four years; we are literally going back to experiments which were proved to be worthless now fully three years ago. Until these trials commenced no one ever dreamt of seeing a 70-pounder used at Shoebury again. Since Sir William's breech loader 70-pounder was withdrawn from both services it has become an ab normal piece—a calibre to which no one expects or wishes we should return ; too heavy for light work, much too light for the heavy work of smashing iron frigates for which now-aadays naval guns should only be made. Yet, in spite of the tremen dous lesson the Lord Warden target got from Sir William's 160-pounder the other day; in spite, too, of the equally conclusive experiment of the Rear. sage's heavy guns on the Alabama,we once more see at Shoebury time and skill and money deliberately lost in bringir.g forward these guns to destroy a Warrior target. What makes this more annoying to those who really wish to see this great contest have a proportionably valuable result to the country is that side by side with the 70-pounders cn the ground Sir William has 150-pounders, and Mr Whitworth has another ready at Manchester which could be brought to Shoebury in a week; yet, strange as it may seem, it is not intended to make any trial with these 150-pounders, which are ex. eluded from the Special Committee's programme altogether. The £40,000 or £50,000 which this com petition will certainly cost the country would be well spent if it in any degree helped to bring out clear and definite results on a vexed question, in the solution of which every reflecting Englishman must be deeply interested. What makes the matter more singular still is that both Sir William and Mr Whitworth are willing that their rival 150-pounders should be tried, and each alike agrees in the futility of trying with light 70-pounders to pierce the massive target opposite which their guns are now result. placed. Anotner uupinotiant Tettioro, no far an *hel proper armament of our ships and batteries is concerned, is the apparently illimitable nature, in point of time, of the controversy which our authorities have undertaken to settle. Sir William and Mr Whit. worth may think that the race now lies between their two selves, and that whoever is declared the victor will be acknowledged to have designed the best gan, and thus the question will be set at rest. They may be right, or they may be wrong, in this opinion; but, as a matter of fact, it is by no means shared by other inventors. When this fresh com petition—for it is the second—was allowed between Sir William and Mr Whitworth, other and by no means unimportant artillerists were allowed a trial also. Thus there are two committees to de cide on rifled guns, one the Special Committee, which it is hoped will settle the Armstrong and Whitworth rivalry ; the other the Ordnance Select Committee, which has to choose between the claims of five guns—the French rifled can. non, Mr. Bashley Brittain's system, Mr. Lan caster's system, and the systems of Mr. Scott and Mr. Jeffereys. EAch kind of gun has been made at Woolwich, and experiments with some of the five have, we believe, actually commenced. The trials of these five guns are certain to take a much longer time than the trials of the Armstrong and Whitworth, which are not likely to be over before O c tober, nor reported on, perhaps, before the end of the year. At present nothing is known of an authoritative kind of the performances of the five guns we have spoken of, but among them there are said to be at least two which can equal if they do not surpass either Armstrong or Whitworth. If these promises ate supported by performances, it follows as a matter of course that the best of these five guns will claim, and be allowed to try, conclu sions with whichever is victor of the Armstrong or Whitworth. Thus,. Wen, about this time twelve month, at the earlieet i we shall begin really to get on the track of the best gun, i f no better invention, or what is claimed to be a better invention, turns up in the interval to insist on another endless trial. In the meantime the supply of rifled guns to the forts and fleets stands still, while ali Europe and Ame rica are manufacturing them by hundreds. The im portance of the time we are now lo3ing may not be remembered is we remain at peace—it will never be forgotten should we unfortunately become involved in war. Rifled guns cannot be manufactured off band by scores like the cast iron rubbish cf old ; and the worst rifled gun is better than the best smooth-bore ever cast. The most uncompromising partisan of Armstrong or Whitworth will always admit that they are both admirable guns—the !Ast i certainly, that are known to exist in any country. Is it too much, then, to ask, in the interest of the public, that a certain number, say 100, of the 150- pounders on each system should be ordered at once and placed on board the large ships in commission, there to be used with the other guns under all the varying conditions of temperature, wind, weather, and range which an ordinary cruise of six months would be sure to develope ? The public who read the marvellous results obtained at Shoebury in this competition hug themselves with the idea that all is going well, and that the country possesses an invincible ordnance. This is a fatal delusion. It cannot be too strongly impressed upon their minds that these guns are being tried not manufactured. War to-morrow would find this country without any recognized rifle gun in either service, and what is worse, with no means of manufacture to supply a fraction of the want in this respect which hostilities would instantly call forth. Nothing, in fact, can be more unsatisfactory or even more dangerous than the present state of our rifled gun question. The old saying of " two stools" would have a fresh illus tration of its truth in the number of our ships that would some to the ground if war broke out suds denly. One of the most recent stages of the competition with the 12-pounder field-guns was made with their trail buried in the ground, so as to enable the guns to get the enormous elevation of 33 deg. Several rounds were fired, and at this contest for range Mr. Whitworth gained a most clear victory, as, indeed, in the matter of range he has throughout been more or less ahead of the shunt gun. This, indeed, was to be expected from the much smaller circular area, and therefore diminished resist ance, of his shot. But what at trials of 6,8, or 10 degrees had at most only been 400 yards, at 33 degrees rose to a most formidable gain. In rough numbers Mr Whitworth averaged the im mense range of 8,800 yards, or a little short of five miles, and Sir William's shunt gan averaged about 6,700 yards, or short of four miles—an increase of range to Mr Whit worth of nearly a mile and a quar ter. Even if we call it only a mile, this is a most important advantage. It may be said that field-guns are rarely, if ever, wanted to be used at this eleva tion, which is true enough, but it is equally true that the gun which possesses it in addition to other qualifications is in range by so much the better gun, and unless the committee consider that what is gained in superiority of range by diminished area of shot is lost in efficiency as a shell gun, this vic tory of Mr Whitworth's must weigh seriously in their decision. As regards the trials against the armour with the 70-pounders, we have already expressed our opi nion as to their very unsatisfactory nature and Two things, however, they have very conclusively proved, if proof were needed, which are—first, the immense importance and value of Mr Chalmers's principle of backing targets; and, second, that though there are no soft places in a target, there are some which are very much harder than others. Singularly enough, as regards Mr. Chat. mers's principle, two allots, ono from Sir Wil• liam's shunt-gun, and one from Mr. Whitworth's, struck full upon a plate where it was supported behind by one of the horizontal stringers which are used at wide intervals in the Warrior piAi of building, but which, according to Mr Chalmers's patent, ought to be used at intervals of about nine inches apart. All were astonished to see that these two shots fired at 50 yards had failed to penetrate to little more than one-third of the depth which on the previous day they had accomplished at 600 yards. It was some minutes before this apparent mystery was solved by finding that both shots had struck on where, as we have said, the plate was supported by one of the stringers pro posed by Mr. Chalmers, and all on the ground could only look with astonishment at this unex pected proof of the value of an invention which to this hour the Admiralty persist in depreciating. As to striking upon hard parts, it often happened that the shot struck on bolt heads or just in front of where the plate was supported by a main rib, and though, of course, in war there would be the same chances to contend against, yet in a trial of this kind the widely differing results, according as the shots strike on supported or unsupported parts, make it exceedingly difficult to arrive at a good general average of the performance of each gun. Mr. Whitworth got a fine result from one of his shells, which went clear through the armour plate, and burst in the wooden backing, giving the target a great shake and slightly, but very slightly bulging the inner skin. With one of his shells, also, Sir Wil liam got a still finer result, drawing the lower plate on which it struck with all its massive bolts bodily forward, nearly 2in., knocking off the,heads of 10 out of the 40 bolts, which fastened all the plates of the target, and setting the target itself on fire. This shell shook the target more than any which was fired against it. With solid shot the result was pretty equal—that is to say, all got more or less of their noses through the plate, and some got through it almost entirely, except when, as we have said, they happened to hit on very hard places. It must be recollected, however, that the small sectional area of Mr. Whitworth's shot has always enabled it to penetrate iron:; it is in damaging effect that his solid shot frequently fails. The sectional area of the Whitworth is 23,75, of the Armstrong 31.17, an d the reerk to be done in penetration must be taken inversely as the areas, that is it DOM shot penetrate say Gin., the Armstrong would have done more by reason of its having made the larger hole. From this competition against iron Sir William withdrew his side- wedge breech-loader, and, though it remains to compete in other stages, it is by its withdrawal from the armour contest virtually put out of this competition altogether. From its lightness this in dividual breech-loader can effect very little worth speaking of against armour, and Sir William per• haps did well in withdrawing it, lest its failure might have damaged the reputation of the principle of this breech-loading system. This new principle of closing the breech by powerful wedges of such solidity that it is apparently almost impossible to break them, while they fit with such accu racy as to slide easily into their places, seems to answer very well up to the present. It is most earnestly to be wished that either this or some other principle of breech-loading for our heavy pins may be discovered by mechanicians, for with out some such apparatus the use of very heavy ordnance, which seems now absolutely essentteist on board ships, will be attended wit h the grc m ade last difficulties. In the trials for rapid firing week, when each gun was to fire 120 r ounds at a g e t) . 4 , through its target, this new breech-loader hitworth th . . in in 132 minutes. work splendidly in 88 minutes, 127 minutes, and the shunt gull withutt.ere was some water, merely h All the guns were wo rked on e s or twice . dry sponged, and difficulty in getting home the wed wedges of th e breech loader, which we re covere d with the white d r y sul phurous deposit of the powder. After it h a d go t t h roug h its task a bucket of water was thrown into the bre ech, when all parts instantly worked with the most perfect ease. Once during these ex periments with the heavy guns Mr Whitworth's shot j am med in the muzzle, and was not got home w i t h o ut great difficulty and the use of a heavy metal rammer. This is the first time1a.100,,.,,',.; occurred with Mr Whitworth's gun ; but occasions there has been great difficulty in geiklf g home, the shot of the shuntguo, which has - been accomplished after continued blows. All these hitches may, in a great measure, be said to arise from the trials being concluded with dry guns—that is, no wet sponging allowed to remove the fouling. Considering that these guns are intended entirely for the naval service, where, as a matter of course, a bucket of water can always be got on shipboard, and where, as a fact, wet sponges are always used, it seems curious that the ordnance at Shoebury should not all be worked with wet sponges. How ever, it is indi s p u t a bl e that a gun which works well dry will work still easier wet, and so far, therefore, it is not an unfair condition cf trial, and, fair or un fair, it is applied with the must. rigorous imp',/ , ' ti&lity to all. During all this week trials will go on with the 70 pounders for rauge end accurr.ey. The fe.:ld guns have now fired bearly 2 ; 500 rounds each. Im pressions taken cf their burrs lest week show no perceptible wear—in fact, for war purposca they are all as good es the Cloy they ciime f rom proof at Woolwich. The Prince and Princess of Wales at Clothworkers'-hall, Yesterday the corporation of Clothworh-crs, one of the oldest and wealthiest of the ancient guilds of the city of London, presented the freedom of their order to the Prince of Wales, and afterwards entertained his Royal Hi g h ness with the Princess of Wales and a select company at lun cheon in their hall in Mincing•lane. In February, 1863, at a special meeting of the Court of Assistants, as the governing body is designated, his Royal Highness was unanimously elected a freeman of the company, on the motion of Mr Justice Willes, seconded by Alderman Sir John Musgrove, the Court desiring thereby to manifest its loyalty and attachment to the Throne and its esteem for his Royal Highness. The resolution electing him to the freedom recorded the fact that his illustrious and lamented father had conferred upon their ancient and loyal corporation the honour of accepting a similar compliment at their hands, and also of becoming a liveryman. The Ciothworkers were incorpo rated by Royal Charter in 14$0, in the reign of Edward IV., and the guild at different periods of its histo..- has enrolled kings, princes, statesmen, and other distinguished persons among its members. In 1607, during the mayoralty of Sir John Watts, himself a Clothworker, James I. was admitted to the brotherhood and entertained at'a grand banquet in the hall, in consideration of which his Majesty was pleased " of his princely bounty" to order that two brace of bucks be presented to the company yearly for ever--a behest which is observed to this day. Again, in 1662, Sir John Robinson, then Lieutenant of the Tower of London and Lord Mayor, entertained in the hall of the company Charles 11. and his Queen, the Queen Mother, and their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of York. On the 25th of March, 1814, the Dukes of Kent and Sussex honoured the company with their presence at a banquet, as did also in 1844 the then Premier, Sir Robert Peel, and the rest of her Majesty's Ministers ; and in 1860 his Royal Highness the late Prince Consort. Secretary Pepys, the author of the famous Diary, was a member of the company, and presented them with a magnificent drinking cup of silver gilt, which they retain to this day and aro justly proud of exhibiting. The ancient hall of the company, then upwards of 180 years old, was restored after the fire of London in 1666, but having, nearly 200 years later, become dilapidated by time and unsuited to the requirements of the corporation it was taken down, and the present stately edifice was erected on its site in 1859. A memoir of the company states that "the associations of the old hall were venerated. Kings, Princes, and nobles of the land had assembled there, and met men eminent in every station of life. It was decorated with the effigies and records of the bequests of the good and great, and it had an aspect of comfort as well as of state." The present hall is one of the most magnificent of the kind in the city of London, though as yet but little known. Situated in a crowded thoroughfare and among a class of modern edifices, some of them more like palaces than places devoted to trade and commerce, its exterior, handsome though it be, is apt to escape notice. The most imposing feature of the interior of the building is the banqueting hall, which is of stately proportions and elaborately decorated. The roof, divided into small compartments, is supported on pillars of polished granite and splendidly embellished with gold. The arms of the twelve principal civic companies are emblazoned on the walls, and those of eminent past masters, in stained glass, ornament the windows. The banqueting hall is ap proached by a spacious vestibule and a noble flight of stairs, which is lighted by a lantern in the roof of elegant propor tions and design. A spacious court room, a reception room, and two drawing rooms make up the rest of the interior of the building. The ceremony of yesterday took place in the court room. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess arrived at the ball at half-past 1 o'clock, and were received at the entrance with every mark of consideration and respect by the Master and Wardens, accompanied by their clerk, Mr It. B. Towse, all of whom wore their robes of office. A detachment of the Hon. the Artillery Company, of which his Royal Highness is Captaln General and Colonel, formed a guard of honour on the occasion, under the command of Capt. Ritherdon. On alighting the Prince and Princess were tuwily cheered by the peoplo who had auszeuddaa cut.. bic;, , , and the b , nd played the Notional Anthem. nom tho cwrance their s , cs were escort, d to the re ception room, where the Wardens and members of the Court of Assistants had the honour of being formally pre sented to them. Their Royal Highnesses were attended by the Marchioness of Carmarthen, Earl Spencer, Lieut.-Gen. Knollys, and Capt. Grey. The Prince wore the blue riband of the Order of the Garter on the occasion. Their Royal Highnesses were then conducted to the court room, attended by the members of their suite and household men tioned, and the Mat ters, Wardens, and Assistants being constituted a Court, the ceremony began. The Duke of Manchester, the Bishop of London and Mrs. Tait, and Miss Burdett Coutts were also present among others. The Master having requested the Prince and Princess to be seated, the clerk of the company (Mr Towse) read the resolution of the Court inviting his Royal Highness to assume the freedom. This done, the MASTER (the Rev. Edward John Ward, A.M.), addressing the Prince, who rose as he did so, said the pleasing duty devolved upon him of requesting his Royal Highness to accept the freedom and livery of the Com pany of Clothworkers, and of expressing, on the part of the governing body, their sense of the honour his Royal High ness had conferred upon them by condescending to become a member of their ancient guild. He hoped that might not be the last occasion on which they would be honoured by the presence of his Royal Highness. They esteemed it a high privilege to enrol the name of his much-lamented father on the list of their brotherhood, and they trusted that hereafter, as in times past, there would be a continuous association between them and the Royal family of this king dom. The Master then handed to the Prince the gold box enclosing the document relating to the freedom, and re marking that it was set in a table of chestnut wood, part of a beam of the ancient hall of the company, on the site of which the present building was erected. His ROYAL HIGILNESS, turning to the Master, Wardens, and Assistants, assured them that it was a great source of gratification to him to receive the freedom of their company and to be enrolled among its members, and he thanked the Master for the kind words he had been pleased to address to him on the occasion. The Clerk then tendered to the Prince the accustomed oath, which he took and subscribed. It pledged his Royal Highness substantially as a freeman to be good and true to oar Sovereign Lady Queen. Victoria ; to observe, maintain, and keep the laws and ordinances for the government of " the fellowship of the art or mystery of clothworkers," and for its common profit; to be obedient at all times and in all lawful matters to the Master, Wardens, and Assistants, and to attend before them at all times upon a lawful summons either of clerk or beadle, having no lawful or reasonable excuse to the contrary. On day ulutiuu ut Alderman Sir J. Musa'toVE, seconde d by Mr Alderman ROSE, M.P., the seal of the companY was affixed to the deed of enrolment, and with that the ore roony terthinated. The Prince and Princess were then conducted to t he . ba n" and on lath:11re:: queting hall, where their Royal Highnesses which was served with befitting splendour. The Master presided at the entertainment, of the Master, the Marquis right hand, and the Prince on his left, th ne e dent.-General linollys, and and left of their Royal Highnesses were Duke of Man chester, Mrs Ward, and Marchioness of Carmarthen, the Bishop of London and Mrs Tait, Earl Spencer, 1. 4 Captain Grey, Miss Burdett / Mrs Thwaytes, and and 'lend s. The hall was taste fully Lieut, Colonel Csvendish. The the Wardenseonip ally Asst t 150 ter theref- of the a r company, a Assistants d and i th nhi membersn Te n i dhruemtahnivibecelAcreo decoratedbs, raa their chair of oiawfr i t e ieftt. c ah l : u tdi Master ee a d a bannerss was a grand display of gave the toast cf " The Queen," which was drunk with every mark cf respect. He afterwards proposed in complimentary terms, " The Prince and Prin cess of Wales.” His Royal taid .:: m ne a s s s te t r h , e m P y rt L l o N r c d E s:dies, responding an d Gentle men,--I h compliment, beg to tender my wannest thanks ler the very kind words in which the Master has proposed my health and that of the Princess, and for the way in which the the wife coe:tt.t.s the Frincsa sat on his toast h4s been received by every person in this hall. I need hardly assure you that it has been a source of sincere gra tification to me to-day to be enrolled as a member of this ancient corporation. I feel proud to think tint I follow in that• respect in the footsteps of those Kings, ray ancestors and relations, and of my beloved and lamented father, who received a similar compliment at the hands of the company; In my turn I beg to propose a toast, which I am sure will be well received in this hall. It is " Prosprity to the Clothworkers' Company, coupled with the Master and Wardens." The MASTER having acknowl e dged the honou r w hi c h his Royal Highness had paid them, the Prince and Prin cess took their departure, attended as before. Their Royal Highnesses were esc a V t e h d ey te le t f h t e t i h r e c he ar l r l ia t g h e e by the Master and Wardens, and outside raised an enthusiastic cheer.