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_~. ` 7 ,>Z _ ENV PER - • in the following order—Rank a n d fil e t. m '1 6 ? : ' , 0: 0\ 4 4`!, • , = men; lieutenants, captains, and lient: • • .op,. • 1.).=? 0 *„ the two colonels commandant brinizi o o rp n s th i e n ar ga riv rr a i l so a n t th a e ls g o ra t v . e it ; y:;, ,lt tf . :! 4 "41 „ -;' 4, . 4 :4„:"4.1 441 - 1 434111Kk _ , '• , .‘ A number of quartermasters of the .• - . 0 - tA 9-affiL - (*\ W Y ' DIE " 'lllllll-- .',"'4 1.4 ? OMIT. • 4. ap s :r a o a : led the religions ser °erstel:Ceerlilved by the cbaplain, the Rev. kriess,„—s.; EMEMBER WE SUP AT EVANS' EVERY EVENING THIS WEEK after Alfred zte)lon's Promenade Concerts. Ee bcitcr after- end to ock, and all ages, )ast half my de irevious id Irish d polled stocks SANK of ENGLAND, Sept. 10, 1863. T HE GOVERNOR and COMPANY of the BANK of ENGLAND GIVE NOTICE, Th a t th e CENERAL COURT held at the Bank This Day is AD -4OTTRNEI) till TUESDAY NEXT, the 15th inst., at Eleven tclock in th e F orenoon, f or the purpose of taking the de - 'lnitiation by vote, in print or writing, of the question on. The cr followin Resolution, proposed at the Court for a Divi (lend, viz. : That a Hall-year's Dividend of Interest and I'rofits be wile on the 10th October next of Li 10s.er cent., without de duction on acco un t o f i ncome t ax. p The voting will commence at eleven o'clock, and terminate at four. THE SUN, LONDON, SA ruRDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 12, 1863. No. 22,218. PRICE..... -..4d. STAMPED ....sd. ST. LEGER PROPHECIES. for 2-yr- olds ; winners extra; second to save his stake. Three-quarters of a mile. 26 subs. was what some people would call a little " jolly," but was not intoxicated. ;, except 7, The [nal, in- JAMES STEWART, Secy. Bell's Life. Lae was iclusion et a fair I. Th 3 1 High iderable prices. lumber but tbis beasts )etweett ighlaud ing ge e in the beasts, cement. ,n, were l CO J 8 5o lima. )f both ,stances ted the a ss. a me last The ear•old were show, hose of as last nd the were 0 10s; ots, SS )s 6d; I; and 3, and molds, 3 ; and York- 1118147 3 £46. were , and ighter !, but have 'to of a dis- It than dear. Eldest OatS Chairman in London : brim slow, so in t last In theat, °ldes. d 40s 6s to 0 30s 31. qr. -Red , y, 68 )d to let a let a arer. )WI2• )WII• the um not 7d Ad (ale. 20. 10. 12. 17. ATLANTIC AND GREA RATLWAY (Pennsylvania Divisior.).—Coupons, due T WESTERN lst will be paid in Loudon at the Consolidated B ank .`,.._ lo o l Ted), No. 4, Lombard-street, London (late Messrs. Hey -170 j i a ; .. lienuards, and Cu.), at the Exchange of 4s. to the .iehe Coupons will b e requ i re d t o be lodged at the Office ut the Company two days previously for ex ' uutnutiwl. London, 2, Old Broad-street; September 10, 1863. NORTH TiItiTTSTI AND Ai FACANTILF, INSURANCE COMPANY. Established 1S t). Incorporated by Royal ChPrter and Special Acts of Parliament. ilecumuNted and Invested Funds Annual Revenue. • 422,401 FIRE DEPARTMENT. Insorarres 9Tanted both at Home and iu Foreign Countries on the most liberal terms. LIFE DEPARTMENT. I :very facility offered to Insurers. Ninety per Cent. of the Profits divided among the Insurers on the participating principle. The new Life business transacted in 1562 as follows: Policies. Amount Insured. Premiums. 1,037 £163,334 £23,611 0 0 Porms of Proposal and every information will be furnished on application at the OFFICES : LONDON 54, Threadneedle-street. We........... • • 4, New B an k B uild i ngs: L o thbury. st - end Office., 8, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall. NORWICH UNION FIRE INSURANCE SOCIETY. The business of the Company exceeds £70,000,000. The duty paid to Government for the year 1862 was £85,06 2, and the amount insured on farming stock, £ 10 ,086,332. A bonus of three-fifths of the profits periodically made to Parties insuring, who have thus, from time to time, received s ums amounting. in the aggr ega t e t o £440,000 ; and the Society how holds a laxre Reserve applimble to a future Bonus. The rates of p remium ara in nq eharp,-ed by th e o th er principal offiees making no returns to th eir insurers. oasoLOster tin those Por - prospectuses a p p l y at the Soc i e ty' s Offices, Surrey street, Norwich ; and 6, Crescent, New Bridge-street, Black friars E• c •---' • TUE ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY. HEAD OFFICES, 29, L ombard -street, London, and Royal Insurance buildings, Liverpoel. Total Annual Revenue exceeds £500, 0 10. Accumulated Funds in hand over 1,000,000. Chairman in Liverpool: CHARLES TURNER, Esq., M.P. WILLIA.AI WAINWRIGHT, Esq. .xTrtitcrs FROM THE REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1862. „Zile Directors of the Royal Insurance Company are now jii-eeljn g eit Up of its on to make their accustomed periodical Report at the Shareholders. FIRE BRANCH. The Directors have, as pleasingly as unexpectedly. at the free oi th e year, to anounce, for . tote Brat time, that the Fire remiunts have not only reached, but exceed £.300,000. "e higlt comparative position held by the n ll t o n y in a e l d in . the ,-,evernrnent Returns of Duty is again fully mai T he Profit of the business of the year exceeds considerably amount realised in the preceding year,- and in fact sur passes that of an y y ear . w ith but two exceptions, sinceit on mrneneem en t of HID Office, the balance to the credit w, Acc ount of Briti s h an d For e ign Insurances being £15,107 108. .."";, and Of th e N ort h A mer i can b us i ness, w hi c hi s k ep t sepa .4lelY, £11,097 IGs. 10d. LIFE BRANCIT. „,,Tile very gratifying duty now falls upon the Directors to ..,"'`ale the sum assured on now policies for the year 1862 'x'eeeds even that of the year 1861 by £lBO,OOO, and lies arrived ate he almost unexampled amoun t f or a s i ng l e y ear o f 4 1 ,127 o n 1 , 108 new policies issued. Until within the last - 'evir years it is believed that such a sum assud as that which 'as inat been announced as the result of one re year's business Was all but unheard of. T his portion of the Company's business lies been carefully watched and cannot fail t o g i ve moc h a sa ti s f a ction to the shareholder, as well as 00 small encouragement for the lliture to the participating, life assurt r. Evidence of continued care in the selection of lives is amply :Worded by a statement of the number rejected. These.have amounted to 31i for the year, on which the aggregate sum mounts to 1 1 3 .2 81 . priliposed tor as suranre No small ntiniber N i N a l t i si te tin A bn asura v i t ice s Coriin' 01 ineligibility have led to these 11 being declined' record their accepted 1' Various degrees 7,,liti,,,,e,xicneeadisn.g thoseles Royalually at has declared den Ingle year from deterioration sum not much, if at of the day aoother. If briefly to the United Kingdom, , to complete their review, w advert of some i a n s e in k a i d n in d j o s ; ow, the Directors no in Fire Business its pro" . leave ress has been undoubtedly more rapid than that of any other Company they 1 to announce that established either in lon 41 in or elsewhere, except vvhen amalgarnations have taken place. The returns of ditty have proved this. In amount of New P o li c i es already reported make all other evidence needless. Life, the The Directors conclude their present Report with the I:xpression of an opinion that the prospects of the Royal ,lesuranci+ Company were never brigliter, and of a consequent "'Me, foandcd on a grateful remembrance of the part, that the future may unfold for it a sphere of still greater magni -I,!ilie, combining distinguished commercial success to the iirw.‘ with a lengthened career of usefulness and protection to the pubic. PERCY M. DOVE, Manager and Actuary. JOHN B. JOHNSTON, Secretary in London. pROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION. Established 1840. Tau sTEE s. Thom as E sq., my. I Wm. Geo. Prescott, Esq. li mMson 'Esq M.P. Baron L. de Rothschild, M.P. Life Assurance for all classes. tot Tips Association has now in existence 6,000 policies, for a 0 . 1 Ellin of £1,500,000. The Annual Income is £5 1 , 000 The Accumulated Fund exceeds 2'0, 4 00 It has paid in Claims .. 112,000 th TIT whole of the profits are divided quinquennially among v d Me mbers. Three divisions have already been made p o l i e e l l e t s h_e following sums have been added as bonuses to the Dee. 31, 1847 .. 3852 1857 .. £5,400 .. 11,500 .. 23.200 .. 56,500 1862 .. .. .. .. l i n i - ri o n ni 2t e li s ' e ' total bonus additions, £ 06,600 . ma".: be received in clsii or applied to the reduc ad et premiums at the option of the assured, in lieu of an ib1.,31, c e rei h t eit t fiyhe e c i ie l e i o n i s es p a .clittort to the Lacy. ecially invited to the system of free or paid ul3 policies introduced by this Association, by which the ve j o ho o l f i l;n avo s i u d b e m d. itted to on the relinquishment of balance-sheetst of i t Association are open to all, Active and influential agent se nted districts, s will be appointed in unrepre- Chief office Wm. THOS. LINFOBD, Secretary. ,15, N looreate - street , E.C., Aug 1, 1863. A.D. 1720. ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE (Establ ished b CORPORATION FOR y Charter of his Majesty George the First) SEA, FIRE , LIFE, AND ANNUITIES. Offices, Roy a l E xchange, London. Branch Office, 29, Pall-mall. OCTAVIUS WIGRAM, Esq., Governor. GEORGE PEARKES BARCLAY, Esq., Sub-Governor. Sir *TORN HENRY PELLY, Bart., Deputy -Governor. DIRECTORS. Henry Bainbridge, Esq. Wilmot Holland, EBCI. Earl of Leven and Melville. Robert Barclay, Esq. aohn Garratt Cattley, Esq. Chas. Jno. Manning, Esq. Mark Currie Close, Esq. Esq. 3 Henry Nelson, Esq. William D av i dson, The Hon. Josceline W. Percy Thomas Dent, Esq. Charles Robinson, Esq, Alexander Druce, Esq. Samuel Leo Schuster, Esq• Freak. Jos. Edlmann, ESq. Eric Carrineton Smith, Esq. RiversdaleW. Grenfell, Esq. William Soltau, Esq. Robt. Amadeus 'EsHeathq. Joseph Somes, Wm. Tetlow Ribbed, q William Wallace, Emit _. Jas. Stewart Hodgson, Esq. 1 Chas. Baring Young, iitkl• Medical Referee, SAMUEL SOLLY, Esq., F.R.S. Esq., MX FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected with this Corporation on advantageous terms. In the Life Department assurances are granted with par ticipation in Profits, or, at lower Premi s, without such participation. The Reversionary Banns on British Policies has averaged nearly 2 per cent. per annum on the stun ass d. Equivalent reductions have been made in the Premiums payable by persons who preferred that form of Bonus. The divisions of Profit take place every - rive years. Z 15,000 may be insured on one Any sum not exceeding Life._ _ . -- • This Corporation affords to the Assured—. -- - exemption i‘ru from tu - a - 1 S • Liberal participation in Profits__ w i th a" reintuvilie:ted Capital the liabilities of partnership. of A rate of Bonus equal to the aver Societies—with the guarantee of a large tock. The advantages of modern practice,—With emir', of an Moe whose resources have been tested by the e x .. P e rienee of nearly a CENTURY AND A HALF. Th c Corporation have always allowed the Assured to ser ve in the Mili t i a, Yeomanry, or V o lunteer Corps withi n the ti nned Kingdom, free of charge. ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON. BOST. P. STEELE, Secretary. ItOYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Grnv's-inn-road, in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail .9l4Y T erminus, at King's-cross. Patron—The QUEEN. P resident —The Duke of lIUCCLEUCIL, IC'er. Treasurer—Edward Masterman, Feel. . This was the first hospital to introduce thc prinelpletg free and instant admission to the destitute sick, without to desti tution of aovernors' letters. It is entirely devoted m. in its most pitiable form—viz., that which IS frielent panted by sickness anti disease, . and is now o f Su- magnitude that. w ith adequate support, it may b e ren dered capable of admitting into its wards a very large proportion of the casinual sick of have this great metr o p o li s. It requires but the funds order to beds available for the tion of these the mo s t wretched of our fellow-creatures.recemoreover, it gratuitously affords medical advice and medicine to more, on the average, than 3,000 out patients a week. The Weekly Board feel it their imperative duty to make an EARNEST APPEAL to the public for continued support, to enable them to admit and relieve the distressing cases that daily present themselves. Contributions are received by the Treasurer, Ildward Esq., Nicholas-lane; also by Atestira. Couttshnd rimeabalt,laylCio.; and Co. 4 ro a te nd , an Co d . co ; I . l ; er s 3 C l o aa • term Drummond an ' 'es Loyd and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; Denison and an Co ; W Hiatus, Deacon, and Co. ; Overend, Gurney, and C o d . ' :• C i o 'r . 7Jones o. ; Nisbet and Co. ; Messrs. J. Earned and Co., Liverpool and at the HospitaL STANFORD & SMITH • sceretar ority extra- SPECTACLES.—The Patent Newly-i nve ji: dt Tinted Spectacles are patronised by the maj Nobility, including Viscount Palmerston. They afford ° R td ,,, i narY relief to weak, dim, and detective ♦islon~S and ""',0310145, Opticians, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. 111 ° ' N E, Y PROMPTLY ADVANCED by a reniovzil vat e Gentleman upon FURNITURE (with ou t Ce 44, " 'asehoki Property, or Reversions plurna h. %te nn, £2o and Freehold to Zsoo. — Mr. Howard, 18, Queen , Now ready, 1 vol., with Illustrations, 145., A LADY'S VISIT TO MANILLA AND JAPAN. Py ANNA D'A. " A most interesting and entertaining work. It mingles an abundance of amusing and instructive anecdotes, with a clever and pleasing recital of what is going on, and may be expected, from a part of the world the interest attaching to which is greatly on the increase."—Messenger. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., EF T TO THEMSELVES. Ey the Author of "Cousin Geoffrey," &c. "A very interesting story. It is one of the most clever LA)O4B of the reason."--ITuited service Mag. " One of the Ino:.t charming' tales we have seen for some line." —John Bull. Ilurst and Blaekett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. EGYPTIAN HALL-MR. J. K. LORD, F.Z.S., Nightly in his I,opular Entertainment, entitled "AT HOME EN TIIE WIL bERNESS." Admission-55., 35., 25., is. H E 0 X F OR D, 6, OXFORD STREET, W. THIS EVENING, will be performed Operatic Selections from Sir Henry R. Bishop's THE SLAVE and Haleyy's MUSKETEERS (first time in England). Principal Artistes—Miss Russell. Miss Ellison, Messrs. Green, Bernardi, Huish, with full band and chorus. Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans. Flute Solos by Drew Dean. dm Comic, by UNSWORTH (" or any other man "), Eugene, W. Randall, A. Lloyd, and George Hodson. Also, a Performance by Herr SCHALKENBACH on his wonderful instrument the PIANO ORCHESTRE, contain ing a full band of 40 instruments. 'The HALL has just been newly Decorated and Ventilated, and is one of the most Beautiful in the Metropolis. Open at 8 o'clock. Admission, 6d. ; stalls and balcony, ls. ; private boxes, 10s. 6d. CANTERBURY HALL " GHOST."—In order to gratify the curiosity of nightly-increasing crowds, Mr. C. MORTON has transferred the representation of Pro fessor Pepper and Henry Dirks, Esq.'s, world-famed spectral Illusion, " THE GHOST." from the Picture Gallery to the Concert Hall, where a new and elegant stage is erected;' affording a more ample view of the Illusion from Stalls, Bal cony, and body of the Hall. He has also arranged for Mr. A. Silvestcr to give (with all that gentleman's latest im provements and effects), REPRESENTATIONS EACH EVENING, at Ten o'clock. All the other Musical and Pictorial attractions as usual, including Operatic Selections, ; Uusworth (the modern Demosthenes), Eugene, Arthur Lloyd, George_Hodson, OYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. The Od GHOST ! The GHOST ! ! The ONLY COMIC GHOST ! —The beautiful FAIRY FOUNTAIN.—A. Grand Divertissement by Signora Rachelc and Mariannina and Signor Guiseppe Franceco, assisted by a co - vs of Twenty young - Ladies—Selections from favourite Cpe t'as : Principals. Miss M`Gregor, Mr. Albert, Signor Geo} gin', and Mr. Vernon Rigby. 114 OYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. Great 11) Musical Attraction —lmmense success of SIGNOR NICOSIA, the eminent Violinist, who will appear Every Evening. RAPHAEL DE SOLLA, the Infant Tenor, will make his first appearance on Monday next. ARGYLL ROOMS, Windmill-street, Piccadilly. Th( se elegant Rooms are NOW OPEN for the Winter Season. They have been entirely redecorated. Musical Director, Mons. Jullien, of monster concerts cele brity. The band is selected from the Crystal Palace, the Italian Operas, and the Household Troops of her Majesty. Doors open at 8 o'clock. Admission, Is. Manager—M. GRENET. ESTABLISIIED 1833. BOWDEN'S iERATED GINGER BEER, in glass or stone bottles, warranted to keep good twelve months. Lemonade, Soda-water, rotass, Seltzer, and every description of Mineral Waters.—Manufactory, No. 3, White Hart-street, Drury-lane, W.C. THE LAUNDRESSES to her late MniPsty Queen Adelaide say, that " BRIGGS' AUSTRALIAN S needs but to be tried to be approved." Sole Wholesale Agent, Harper Twelvetrees, Bromley-by Bow, London, E. TEA.-11100RE BROTHERS respectfully inti mate that their New Prospectus is now ready. They especially recommend their improved Family Tea, reduced. to 3s. 2d. ; Souchomr., reduced to 38. 6d. ; mixed Assam, re duced to 3s. Bd. ; and the finest Assam, reduced from 4s. 4d. to 3s. 11d. per lb. MOORE BROTHERS, 35, Londou-bridge, City, E.C. EATING'S PERSIAN INSECT DESTROY ING I'O %MEI:. for which a Prize Medal wag awarded to the Producer at the International Exhibition, IS6?, This Powder is quite harmless to an mal life, but Is un rivalled in destroying Fleas, Ihur.s, Flies, Cockroaches. Beetles, Gnats, Mosquitos, Moths in furs, and every other species of Insect. _ Sportsmen will find this an invaluable remtdy for destroy ing- Pleas in their Dogs, as also Ladies for their l'et Dos. Being the on importer of this now invaluable article, which has found so great a sale that it liss tempted oilier, to vend a so-called article, the public are therefore cautioned to observe that the packets of the Genuine Powder bear the autogragh of THOMAS KEATING Soid iii packets, ls., 2s. 6d., and 4s. (id. each, or post f ree for 11 or 36 postage stamps, by Thomas Resting, chemist, 79, St. PAurs-churcliyar-1, London, E C RUPTURES.-BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. IVHITE'S MOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (PERFECTED AND EXHIBITED IN THE GREAT EXHIBITIONS OF 1851 AND 1862), is allowed by upwards of Two Hundred Medical Gentlemen to be the most effective invention in the curative treatment of HEItN I A. The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effects, is here avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the body, while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the Moc- Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease Ind closeness that it cannot he detected, and may be worn during sleep. A descriptive circular may be had, and the truss, which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the cir cumference of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manufacturer, Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly. - - A Single Truss, les., 215., Ns. 6d., and 31s. ed. Postage, le. A Double Truss, 31s. 6d., 425., Bud 525. 6d. Postage, is Bd. An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. Postage, is. led. Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post office, Piocadilly. NEW PATENT LASTIC STOCKINGS, IN_J KNEE-CAPS, &c., for Varicose Veins and all cases of Weakness and Swelling 01 the Legs, Sprains, &o. They are 9orous, light in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on ..1)•e an ordinary stocking. Price 4s. 6(L, 78. 6d., 10s., to ills. each. Postage 6d. JOHN WHITE, Manufacturer, 228, Piccadilly. ARMY CONTRACTS. Commissariat Office, Aldershot, 2d September, 1863. TENDERS will be received at this office, until noon, on WEDNESDAY, the 30th September, 1863, from persons who may be willing to enter into Contract for the supply of FORAGE, in such quantities as may be required, from Ist November, 1863, to 3 , st October, 1861, for the use of Tier Majesty's Forces stationed at Aldershot Camp, and within the com mand. Forms of Tender and Conditions of Contract may be ob tained on application at this office, by letter or in person, between the hours of ten and four o'clock. The Tenders must be properly filled up and signed, and delivered at this office (under closed envelope, marked on the outside " Tender for Forage"), and no Tender will be noticed unless made on forms obtained from this office, and delivered by the hour appointed. HENRY B. MORSE, Deputy Commissary-General. CIELEBRATION of the TERCENTENARY of N.J the BIRTH of SHAKSPEARE, at Stratford-upon- Avon. The Tercentenary Committee (of which Sir Robert N. C. Hamilton, Bart., K.C.8., is Chairman) are now receiv ing SUBSCRIPTIONS, and they may also be paid to the account of the Tercentenary Committee, at the htourbridge and Kidderminster or Warwick and Leamington Banks, Stratford-upon-Avon; Messrs. Greeuway, Smith, and Greenway, Warwick; or their London agents, Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Co , Messrs. Hanburys and Co., or Messrs. (.31yn and Co , bankers, London. The Tercentenary Committee, in submitting the subscrip tion list to the nation, must earnestly appeal to the admirers of Shakspeare for their aid and assistance. The Committee rest their claims upon the ground that Stratford is not only the birthplace of Shakspeare, but the centre of attraction to all admirers of the great Poet's works, and that it was his lime, the town he loved, and where he lived and died. R O YAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION (Incorporated by Royal Charter). PATRONESS—Her Most Graeious Majesty the Queen. PRESIDENT—Vice-Admiral the Duke of Northumberland, livhnicentsnon K.G., E.R.S. CHAIRMAN—Thos. Baring, Esq., M.P., Ir.R.S., P.P. DEPuTy..onArninAN—Thomas Chapman, Esq., F.R.S., V.P. APPEAL. tt The Committee of Management have to state that, since Institution be ginnhag of the year 1860, the Royai. National Lifeboat .C 16,480 :__ stitutio h p ended £32 000 on various Lifeboat Estab atsheexCcasts of England, Scotland, and Ireland. Bodo n umber of lives saved by the Life-boats of the toy w Zi eli nd other means, since its formation, is 12,800; services 82 Gold Medals, 718 Silver Medals, and lion I„,: l jash have been. paid in rewards. The Institn the .•.;enerous tee Transp erti O expended £67,000 on Life-boats, Life-boat British public The Counit eania ges , and Boat-houses. has enabled them • ''' : i desire to express their grateful sense of Bduulitort *which they have received from the Deeply seltsibte, C the past few years, a support which of 123 Lifehe m t s 4•0 the their present magnificent fleet rests 011, them to the shores of the United Kingdom. olding and mar:lever, of the great responsibility that statro, and f' terews tale. their fleet in a thoroughly efficient liats, which can on l y ij i La?timed in the management of their annual income, they , red by a large and permanent earne lr l Y appeal to all classes of their countrymen to aid them Z great and truly national a :: e u r t h . The Committee gratefully nek no perpetuating so tributions:— wledge the following con- fTer Majesty the Queen s. d Campbell, the non. Mrs. G. '2 . • • annum 5a 0 0 Clerk; Colonel,A. •• • • anT ma i 5 0 0 Coutts and Co., Mcsrs., Bankers " 11 0 Currie, Wm. Esq., • • ' Rnnual 10 0 0 Erie, Lord Chief Justice I , th don.lo 0 0 P ans hawe, Vice- Adlitir . 4l Sir A., TC.C.II. 2 Zi f 10 10 0 Fenwick, G. J., 'SA., cost of a Lifeboat and Tr::: 25 sporting Carriage • • • Harvey, Itev. G. G. and ' Rai ' •• 250 0 0 • • • • don. 30 0 Martin, Sir Henry, Bart. • • • • • 7th O. 10 0 0 Moore, Rey. G. B. • • • • •• • • don. 15 15 0 Smith, Mrs. George, Greenwich .. 3 0 0 Stirling, Col. Sir Anthony, K.C.B. . annual 2 0 0 Tbom•, s, Lady, Weston-super - Mare , collected by her lAdyship .. • • • • • • • • 16 16 0 Willoughby d'Eresby, Lord .• • annual 50 0 D onations and Annual Subscriptions will be thankfully re gpmved... by the Bankers of the Institution, Messrs. Willis, Co., and Co., 76, Lombard-stree,t ; Messrs. Coutts and James's-street, 59 . Strand; Messrs. Herries, Farquhar. and Co., 16, St. " meB ' B- Street, London ; by ad d the Collectors of Customs Ri an c d har : l3 kers in the Unitedillnaom; and by the Secretary John. Eticl., at the Mace of the Inetitutioe, )1, Adelpla, /AMU; Vi •%; To sum up, we must plead to a preference for Avenger, Golden Pledge, and Borealis of the favourites; and for Na tional Guard, Erin-go-Bragh, and Br. Syntax of the out siders, and a careful analysis of "public lona," the money put on the horse, and the good hands he is in, justify our giving the St. Leger of 1863 to AVENGER. ORANGE BLOSSOM—BeII's Life. The green and straw loots dangerous, then flickers, and dies out ; The chance of Borealis, scarce conceived, as quick bas flown, The boy in yellow calm and still as monarch on his throne; " Stay, Goater! still there's peril I cast a hasty glance a4.le For Donnybrook comes out and overhauls you every stride. Don't take a pull or beat for speed, the fatal act you'll rue, Trust to the Blacklock heart of steel to pull your favourite through. Ere Leeds can taste of victory the cup perchance may slip;" The doubt has changed to certainty as Clement lifts his whip. They finish ; stark and staunch the strife as ever yet was known, But past the post with dauntless stride THE IZANGEII holds his own. SOMMIOSU s—Bell' s life. Each jockey flogs with all his might Till, when the Stand they've passed, LORD CLIFDEN gets his head in front, And wins the race at last. MANIIATTAN—BeII' 8 _Life. Q uery—what will win the race? U nto all the name I'm telling— E ach that studies " form" and " pace," E ach that backs to " win" or " place," N ow may read and mind his spelling. B luo Mantle, Cheerful, Donnybrook, E acb. I pass without a word— ]L anger will perhaps be second; T hough I place AVENGER third, H undred tongues shall soon proclaim A lternate Scott's and Falmouth's name. OBSERVER—Mc Field. Had the Ranger not exposed himself so much at York, I should unhesitatingly have regarded him as the winner. But the exhibition was too poor a one to rely upon, and the validity of the excuse offered for him I cannot acknowledge. I shall therefore prefer trusting to QUEEN BERTHA,WhO has had every chance given her, and, I believe, is destined to tread in the steps of Queen of Trumps. Next to her I shall look for The Banger and Golden Pledge. AUGUR—Sporting life. I shall boldly nail my colours to the mast with the stan dards sf LORD CLUDEN and QUEEN BERTHA, whose most dangerous opponents are likely to be Golden Pledge and Blue Mantle. ORLANDO—Sporting Life. I read it clearly. Good Pro'idence decrees That you should back BLUE MANTLE; So shall you win your fortune back. BEAcoN—Sporting Gazette. I expect to see the St. Leger of 1863 fall to either Avenger, Golden Pledge, or Queen Bertha; and looking at the manner in which Lord Stamford's horse ran away with the Prince of Wales Stakes I must give the preference to AVENGER. RHYMING RlCHARD—Sporting Gazette. The shifty Blue Mantle is not worth a (w)rap I To defend such a coward my Muse will not stoop, No " I spy" he will hear in return for his Hoop; I own to a sort of half-fancy irrational In behalf the Guard whose preenotuen is National, He and Donnybrook stand as conjointly dividers Of the favour—'tis small—which 1 feel for outsiders; But I won't have a " mahout," and so—sink or ciwim— With AVENGER and BERTHA my vessel I trim Bitminghant Oportiny Gazette. Blue Mantle, The Ranger, Lord Clifden, Queen B, Avenger quite handy, are all that I see; Great victor at Paris you must have a call, Or the mantle of honour will ne'cr on thee fall; Th e pet of St. Vincent is losing his steel, Come, Challoner, give him a taste of your heel; And Wells is at work before reaching the Stand. Though the Queen gamely answers each stroke of his wand. Avenge her, Avenge her, defeat is the cry, As Stamford's bright colours rush gallantly by; But all is in vain, for the captain's aboard, And the three by Blue Mantle are hoplcssly fLurcd, As finishing second —one mighty hurrah, P ro claims that AVENGER i s v i c t or t o -d a y ! NEVER M ISS — Sporting Gazette. But all in vain, for gamely though Queen Bertha struggles on, By the shortest head, just on the post, LORD STAMFORD'S horse has won! THE TWOPENNY WARBLEB—Sporting Gazette. Queen Bertha—well, the Malton touts all swear that every sweater That with Hurricane she takes she shows still better form and better ; But, to cut the matter short, my friends, the end of all my tale is, That the Leger eighteen-sixty. three will fall to BOREALIS. TOUCHSTONE—Era. We never knew this famed race to present a more open character, and that it has that aspect is evidenced by the price offered on the field, a much longer one than ought to be if The Ranger and Lord Clifden are all right, seeing that they have displayed the best form of the whole lot who have shown in public. We shall stand against the majority of the favourites, and anticipate the judge's verdict thus — THE AVENGER, 1; Blue Mantle, 2; National Guard, 3. STABLE MOUSE —Era, Putting this and that together, and then pulling 'em apart again, and then placing them fac e t o f ace , and topsy turvy, and head over heels, this is my c onv i c ti on as t o the result of the St. Leger, that QUEEN BER THA an d G OLDEN PLEDG E will be first and second, with B orealis very close to them. Sporting News. The trial of Avenger has really been so good that danger must be apprehended from Lord Stamford's jacket; never theless, we cannot desert QUEEN BERTHA, who was our earliest love, and must retain our confidence through weal or Woo. VANGUARD—Sporting Pilot. Having carefully we i g hed thro ugh the whole of the per, secure plac es , l et us f o rmances of the several candidates, and noted al so t h e t one of the market, we can arrive at no o ther conclusion than that the Leger of Wednes da y next is confined to Avenger, w ith a profound respect for Bl ue Mantle ; Q ueen Berth a , 2 ; RBT assign h l a u ne e gR M e ra nt a h; n ge a t ep i nr e o,d , s ai B ti ;in o o r n e ss a l et l i he s ue , ts G i n: 0 1 l d At e h n vrEe r ile l ci e t d Eo g ß e ) Que en B ertha, The , 1 also. FLY-BY-NIGHT— TVeekly Lord Stamford's horse is each day increasing in favour with the public, and before the 16th inst. will see as short a price as 3to 1. Jos. Dawson estimates him a 211 b better animal than when he was at Ascot, and we saw how ridi. culously easy his victory there was accomplished, th ough be had not had a gallop for a fortnight previous thereto. Tb 0 present showery weather is most favourable fur hi' s " poor feet," and from the confidence that is expressed by all the friends of the stable I feel justified in nominating AVENGER as the absolute winner next week of the rich pri ze of 4,925 soy& VATICINATOR-820day limes. We have now glanced at the prospects of all the likely runners, our leaning being towards The Ranger, Avenger, Golden Pledge, Blue Mantle, and Borealis, and confessing to a doubt between Mr. Savile's and Lord Stamford's re presentatives, wo make our choice as follows :—AvEliarn, 1; The Ranger, 2'; Golden Pledge, 3. LEICESTER RACES,-FRIDAY. The Scurry Handicap of 50 sovs, added to a Sweepstakes of 10 soya each, 3 ft, for all ages; winners extra. Half a mile. Mr. J. Saxon's Lord of the Manor, aged, Bst 41b (Midgley) 1 Mr. John Osborne's Paddy O'Rourke; 3 (Whiteley) 2 Mr. F. Fi s h er ' s Aurora, 2 yrs, sst 71b Grirashaw) 33etting—G to 4 o n P a dd y O ' Rour k e, s t o 2 a gst Aurora, 100 to 30 agst Lord of th e M anor. yrs, 6t5 12 1 b The trio left the starter in a line, but after proceeding a few strides Aurora went to the front, followed by Paddy O'Rourke, Lord of the Manor lying off. Before running 200 yards; Aurora swerved right across the course, came into collision with a post. which she passed on the wrung side, and being disqualified from winning for that mishap, J e mmy Grimshaw did not uersevero with her. Paddy O'Rourke was then loft with the lead, which ho maintained until half-way up the straight, where Lord of the Manor beaded him, and wen easily by a neck. Aurora was pulled up Ee veria lengths in the rear of Paddy O'Rourke. The All-aged Selling Stakes of 25 sow, added to a Sweep stakes of 3 soya each; two-yr-olds, 7st 31h; three, 9rt llb ; four, Oat 121 b ; five, six, and aged, 10st 21b ; sell ing and other allowances. Three quarters of a mile. 4 subs. Mr. Fisher's Reindeer, 5 yre, Bst 61b (no) (Mitchell) 1 Mr. Moreton's Telscombe, 2 yrs, sst 101 b :( O) ( 3 . Grilushaw) 2 Mr. J. Andrew's Madame Tagliafico, 2 yrs, Sat 91b (car. sst 131 b) (L3O) (Zenker) 3 Betting—Even on Reindeer, 6 to 4 agst Telacembe. Reindeer made play throughout, and won by three parts of a length; Madame Tagliafico was beaten off. The winner WAS bought in for 105 guineas. The Castle Donnigton Nursery Handicap of 100 sous (60 given by the Marquis of Hastings and 60 by the Race committee) Added to a Sweepstakes of 10 sovo each, ft,, Mr. H. Bird's Regina, 7st 21b Mr. F. Fisher's Aurora, 6st Sib (J. Grimshaw) 2 Mr. John Osborne's Greenland, Bst Mr. W. Boyars Junius, 7st 9lb (H. Grimshaw) 4 Mr. Gibson's Wheldrake, Gat 7lb (Viney) 5 Lord Bateman's Coimbra, Gst 121 b (E. Taylor) 6 Betting-6 to 4on Regina, 7to 2 agst Aurora, sto 1 each agst Wheldrake and Junius, 10 to 1 each agst Greenland and Coimbra. Coimbra made play for a short distance, and then left Greenland in front, Mr. Osborne's horse being waited on by Regina and Aurora, both of whom passed him coming round the bend, where Regina took up the running, was never afterwards headed, and won a good race by a neck ; a head separated the second and third. The rest, with the exception of Coimbra, were well up. The Welter Handicap of 10 soya each, 3 ft, with 40 added ; winners extra; gentleman riders ; jockeys, 61b extra. One mile and a quarter. 10 subs. Capt. Shaw's Little Dick, 6 yrs, 9st 41b.... (Mr. Bevil]) 1 Mr. Relditl's Jack o'Newbury, 3 yrs, 9st 61b (in 61b ex) (Payne) 2 Mr. C. \V intringham's Weatherwise, 4 yrs, 9st 121 b (in Gib extra) Mr. Saxon's Formidable, 3 yrs, Bst 121 b (kr. G. S. Thompson) 4 Mr. Mellon's Fletton, 3 yrs, 9st 71b (carried 9st Sib) (Mr. H. Wombwell) 5 Mr. J. Dickson ns Ripley, 3 yrs, 9st 21b (inclu. 61b ex) (Withington) 6 Betting-7 to 4 agst Little Dick, 4to 1 each agst Jack o'Newbury and Formidable, 100 to 15 agst Ripley, Won by three lengths ; a bad third. 'rho Two-Year-Old Selling Stakes of 5 so vs each, 1 ft, with 25 added ; colts, B st 7 1 b ; fillies, BsL 4113 ; selling allow 4b, . ances. Half a mile. Mr. Doyle's Jewel, Gst 41b (i 10) ........ (J , Grimshaw) 1 Mr. J. Andrew's Madame Tag liafiCO, Gat 41 b (i 1 0) (Zanker) 2 Lord Bateman's Coimbra, as (£6O) ... (E. Taylor) 3 Betting-5 to 4ou Jewel, 71.0 4 agst Coimbra, sto 1 agst Madame Tagliafico. Jewel made all the running, and won by three lengths ; a bad third. The winner was bought in for 100 guineas. Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas; three-yr-olds, Bst 41b ; four, Oat 71b ; five, lOst ; six and aged, lost 11b. Three miles. _ _ Mr. I'Anson's CallerOu,£s7 O , lOstn (Challoner) w.o. Match 10 e mile. Marquis of Hastings's Oi Polloi b), 3 yrs, 12st 4th (Mr. H. Wombwell) 1 Mr. F. Wombwell's 0. T., 3yrs, 11st 41b .... (Owner) '2 Betting-3 to lon Oi Polbi, who made nearly all the running, and won by half a length. BETTING AT MANCHESTER —FRIDAY. For the St. Leger, Avenger and Queen Bertha maintain the positions they held yester da y . Lord Clifden advanced business n done, and th ere was nothing in laid against a point, 7 to 1 being booked about him ; and Th e R anger receded ureat a o m n o e, un 7 t of tol beig him. Th ere was not a any great force, nor anything to be sent to the right about. Closing prices : GREAT YORKSHIRE STAKES. 12 to 1 agst Blondin (taken) 12 to 1 agst Barter (ofbred) 16 to 1 agst Silkstone (aken) 20 to 1 agst The Serf (taken) 20 to 1 apt Blithfield (taken) THE LEGER. 11 to 2 agst Avenger (taken and offered) 6to 1 agst Ranger (taken and offered) 7to 1 agst Lord Clifden (taken) Bto 1 agst Golden Pledge (taken and offered) 30 to 1 agst National Gnard (taken and offered) 40 to 1 agst Dr. Syntax (taken) CESAREWITCR. 1000 to 30 on the field (offered) The Alleged Murder of a Bank Clerk. Yesterday, at 12 o'clock, Mr. Humphreys, the coroner for the eastern division of the county of Middlesex, and a jury opened an inquest at the Dock Hotel, East Smithfield, Touching the death of Hugh Dolvin Mortis, a clerk in the City Bank, in Threadneedle -street. The deceased disap peared in a mysterious manner on the night of Thursday week, and was never again seen alive by any one to whom he was known. His body was found floating in the Thames on 'Wednesday last, under circumstances which it will be seen were disclosed yesterday in evidence, and his friends believe he was murdered. The body, which has been identified, lies at a dead•house [n the neighbourhood of the St. Katharine Doeks, and there it was seen yesterday by the coroner and jury, pre• raratory to the inquisition. Alfred Morris was the first witness called. He said, in reply to questions by the Coroner—l reside at Hazelwood lodge, Rorpell-park, Streatham, and am a bank clerk. The deceased was my brother, and was 23 years of age. He was also a bank clerk. 'I last saw him alive on Thursday week, Sept. 3, about half-past 2 in the day, at the entrance to the City Bank. We had been taking luncheon together, and I parted with him there. So far as I know he had no ac quaintance at the river side. Ho was not in any trouble or difficulties, pecuniary or otherwise: Although he did not owe more than £1.5 or £2O I never heard him threaten to take his own life. He did not wear a watch. We had rea son to expect him home that night as usual. He was a lad of good character. Ho must have had money about him at the time of his death. A.lighterman named Finnison, living in Globe-street, St. George's-in -the-East, deposed that he was on the river on his barge on Tuesday last, and picked up the body of the deceased just outside the entrance to the St. Katharine Docks. The body was dressed, but without a hat. He brought it ashore, and it was then removed to the dead house. It appeared to have been in the water about a week. One of the eyes was black. Mr. John Wines, a surgeon, at 32, Upper East Smith field, said he examined the body of the deceased on Tuesday afternoon. It was fully dressel, and was covered with mud and slime. He had it washed. He found s great deal of con tusion over the right eye and slight contusion over the left eye. The face was extremely bloated, and the marks over the eyelid appeared to be the results of decomposition. On the right eyelid there was a flight abrasion. The body was swollen. There were marks on it, but they were only those of decomposition and not due to bruises. He could not in an y way account for the cause of death. Witness added, in reply to Mr. Alfred Morris (deceased's brother), that if vio lence had been used immediately before death there might have been some difficulty in distinguishing it from marks resulting from d ecomposition. The discolouration was su perficial, and if death had resulted from blows given before death he should have expacted that the discolouration would have been deeper. Edward King, a very Young man, and a principal witness, was next Galled. He said —I reside at Bellevue, Forest-hill, and am a clerk in the Cityßank. Oil the evening of Thurs day week the deceased stopped at the bank to assist me in my duties. We left the bank about 9 o'clock, It was a very wet night, and ho and I went to a place near th e b an k to take some refreshment. No- e —had some sherry and water, with bread and cheese. We then went towards London bridge on our way to the railway station. It began to rain heavily, and we called on Mr. Stephens, the landlord of the Ticket Porter publichouse iu Arthur-street, near London bridge. He is a friend of mine, and has known my family for some years. We reached th ere a li t tl e a ft er 11, h av i ng gone direct from the place Where we took refreshment on leaving the bank at 9 o'clock. At the Ticket Porter we had two bottles of champagne among four of us, Mr. Stephens and Mr. Cox being the other two. It was getting late, and deceased began to fear we should lose the train. He got up suddenly and saying, We must not lose th i s tra i n ," went out. I asked hire to stop and I would go with him. I did not hear what reply he made, if any. I followed him four or five minutes afterwards, and expected to find him outsido. I looked about for him, but he was nowhere to be seen, and I went home without him. I also looked for him at the station, but in vain. It would be a few minutes after 12 when we left the Ticket Porter. The Coroner—Was the deceased sober ? Witness—He was excited, but I could not say he was in- toxicated. The Coroner—Was he excited from drink? Witness—No ;he was in a laughing mood, and spoke in a rational manner. The Coroner—Were you sober Witness—Yes ; perfeetlY The Coroner—Do you know what money he had about him ? IVitnoss—l noticed him ch'•"nge a sovereign during - the eveuiDg. The. Coroner—Travelling on the same line of railway from day to day and being in the same establishment, you possibly knew some of his acquaintances? Witness—l . never heard him speak of his having any seciaqint.nees about the watorsila. That is all the Willem° on give. By Alfred INlorris, deceased's brother—l should not say he W:l9 at all intoxicated when No ware at the Ticket Potter. II e could walk perfectly straight. I should not have been afraid of his falling into the river. lie was not excited to any undue extent. He was not at all a likely person to commit suicide. He bore a very good oharaeter at the office, and his accounts were quite correct. A gentleman present from the City Bank bore out that statement. John Stephens, the landlord of the Ticket Porter in Arthur-street, Upper Thames .street, deposed that the de ceased, with the previous witness, Cai ne t o hi s h ouse on the night in question about 11 o'clock. Re was perfectly sober. He had part of two bottles of champagne, and left a little before 12 o'clock, He drank nothing more there. Witness could not say the decea B o waa clAitQ sober, lie A juryman asked if be was quite capable of taking care of himself, and of going to the railway station with safety. Witness said he was, and if witness had thought other wise he should not have allowed him to go alone. The de ceased changed a sovereign at his house, out of which he paid 7s. 6d. By Alfred Morris—The bottles of champagne were quart, not pint bottles; and both were drunk while deceased was there. After ho left they had a third bottle. Witness let the deceased out of the house and shook hands with him. He did not see where he went to. The Coroner asked if there was any evidence as to his having been seen alive after that ? The summoning ()fleet replied in the negative. The Coroner said there must be an adjournment with the view to a post mortem examination, and he should take care that it was carefully made. As yet there was no evidence to show the cause of death. Alfred Morris said he had reason to believe that the de• ceased had money upon him on the night he was last seen alive, for his mother had given him L 2, and he had received £5 from the bank within two days previously. Charles Blake, of Little Winchester-street, deposed that the deceased, whom he had known for some time, called on him at his office about 10 o'clock on the morning of Thurs day week, and offered to lend him £3 or £4 if he wanted it, leading him to suppose that he had then money about him. Alfred Morris said the examination which had been made of the body was entirely superficial. In the Wolverhampton case it was supposed at first that no blows had been inflicted because there were no very decisive marks, but when the scalp was removed it was found that the man had been dreadfully beaten. The Coroner repeated that he should see to the post mortem examination being carefully made, and he ad journed the inquest for a week. Naval and Military Intelligence. THE NAVY. Her Majesty's yachts Victoria and Albert, Capt. his Serene Highness the Prince Leiningen ; Os- borne, Staff Commander Bower; and Fairy, Staff Commander Welch, arrived at Portsmouth ytster day from Antwerp and the Thames, The Osborne made the passage from the Downs to Portsmouth in exactly seven hours, an extraordinary passage con- sidering the yacht's age, tonnage, and engine power, and the fact that one of her paddlewheels is all but useless, and part of her engine machinery considerably in want of repair. The Pioneer, 6, screw despatch vessel, Comman der Robinson (acting), having been officially in spected at Spithead, yesterday steamed into Ports mouth harbour to dismantle and pay out of cora- mission. On Wednesday and Thursday a series of very interesting experiments was carried on at Sheerness by order of the Admiralty to test the value of a steering screw propeller applied to the Charger gunboat, the invention of Mr. Curtis, C.E., of Hol loway, and 142, Fenchurch-street, London. The peculiarity of this screw is that a ring forming an universal, or ball and socket joint, is placed within the hollow boss of the screw, which is thereby con nected with the main shaft, the centre of gravity of the screw and the centre line of the rudder inter secting the centre line of the main shaft, so that the entire weight of the screw is borne by the shaft, and by means :of the tail or spindle of the screw projecting from the boss working in the rudder, whatever may be the movement of the rudder, it communicates an equal movement to the screw, which therefore becomes not only the pro pelling but also the guiding power of the ship. Fur thermore, by this invention the retarding action of the rudder and likewise the vibration are removed, while the speed of the vessel is increased. The Charger gunboat, having been handed over to Mr. Curtis for the purpose of making experiments, was on Wednesday taken for trial at the measured mile off Maplin Sands, the result being that the mean of the runs to and fro was 8698 knots an hour, as contrasted with 7.751 knots obtained at Portsmouth previous to the vessel being placed in Mr. Curtis's hands; showing a gain of -531, or about half a mile, in favour of the steering screw, while the indicated horse power showed 113.30, against 145.25 obtained at Portsmouth. It was felt by those who witnessed the experiments that had the engines been in a more efficient working state the gain would have been still more considerable. On Thursday a competi- tive trial of speed took place between the Charger and the Spanker, twin boats, having been built upon the same model and lines by the same builders, and each containing engines of 60 horse power. The distance run was from a buoy off the Formid able, flag ship of Vice-Admiral Sir G. R. Lambert, K.C.8., commander-in-chief at Sheerness, round the Nore Light and back, a total distance of about eight miles. In this distance the Charger beat the Spanker by 17 minutes, being 25 per cent. gain, or equivalent to about a mile and a half per hour, the whole run being made by the Charger in one hour and one minute. This gain is evidently obtained by avoiding the retarding effect of the rudder, as it was found that to keep the vessel in her course the helm never varied more than from 3 to 5 deg. The full circle was made in 2 minutes 40 seconds, helm starboard 40 degrees, the diameter of the circle being 120 ft., measured by a line paid out from the stern of the ship. The circle to port helm 40 degrees, was made in 2 minutes 30 seconds, diameter the same, the length of the vessel being 115 ft. By working the screw astern and putting the helm over 40 degrees, the vessel can be turned in about half the time above stated, and in a radius of only one-third its length, measuring from the screw itself. The screw can be applied in the dead wood of the ship, and lifted as in the ordinary way, so that the vessel may be governed either by the rudder or screw, or by both, at the option of the commander ; also, if found necessary or desirable, the rudder may control the movement of the vessel by the momentum after the engines are stopped ; but all that has been sought or could be expected by a first trial is the establishment of the principle l i of the invention, which is considered to be proved beyond all question. Its value to large ships must be apparent, whether for war or commercial purposes. Her Majesty's screw steam frigate Arethusa, 39 guns, 3,141 tons, 500-horse power, having under gone several important alterations in her machinery to enable her to work either as a surface or common condenser, or the two conjointly, was taken out of Sheerness Dockyard on an experimental trip for five hours yesterday. During the trip the average revolutions of engines were 68 per minute; vacuum, 28Ib ; and pressure of steam, 251 b. The trial was of a most satisfactory character, the result exceed ing the most sanguine expectations. The vessel was in charge, of Capt. W. K. Hall, C. 8., commanding the Sheerness Steam Reserve; and Vice• Admiral Sir G. It. Lambert, K.C.8., Commander-in-Chief at the No re , was on board to witness the trial. The contractors, Messrs. T. Penn and Son, were repre sented by Mr. Mathews. Mr. Rumble, inspector of machinery afloat, and Mr. Blaxland, chief engi neer of Sheerness Dockyard, attended on the part of the Government. The Wrangler, 4, screw steam gun vessel, 477 tons, 80 horse power, Cona.!Henry H. Baamish, ar rived at Sheerness from the West Coast of Africa , last from lli;vonport, on Thursday evening. 00 the following day she was inspected by Capt. J. .I?th-, ford, of her Majesty's ship Formidable , ilagsluP of Vice-Admiral Sir G. It, Lambert, C. 13? who Con gratulated her commander on the effectivo state of been in COMMIEEIOII ness the vessel and crew. She will ho r aja out o f "m -mission in about, ten days and piocedin the Sher , Steam Reserve, having since May, 18G0. Only some six of the armour plates remain t o b e affixed to the stem of the iron frigate Achilles, in Chatham Dockyard, to complete the plating o f that vessi,l, with the except ion of the stern, Which, fr o m the difficulty of fixing the plates to that p ar t, w ill delay the finishing. of this frigate about a m onth beyond the ti me originally fixed. It is not now probable that she will be ready for floating out of dock before the early part of the month of December. The three-quarter and inch plating, which will form the sides of the vessel from the w lo e w r e: e d f e e c o k m u p p le w ti a n r g d t s ho lo b r ue ik a h n e d ad a s f is n of o thenow pushed u s s h h o e t d proof bulkheads, is nearly all fi xe d i n i ts p l ace, an d forward with all possible energy. The dates used in encasing the bows and stern of the Achilles are those manufactured by the firm of Messrs. Brown and Co., of Sheffield, and, owing to the extreme care and nicety with which each plate has to be fitted, this part of the work proceeds but slowly. Each of them tapers gradually from 4 to 3 inches. There will be fully six months' additional work to be performed on board the Achilles, in the way of completing and fitting her, before she will be ready to proceed to sea, and as this will have to be per formed some distance from the dockyard, near Folly Point,where the iron frigate will be moored, tempo rary ticket and other offices will be erected nea r St. Marrs Island for the accommodation of a staff of clerks, and to enable the mechanics to proceed direct to and from their work, without compelling them first to enter the dockyard. A considerable saving of time will thus be effected. A pontoon raft will be formed to the vessel by the Royal Engi neers for the convenience of the workmen leaving and entering the ship. The four iron lower masts have been received at Chatham from the manufac turer at Chepstow, and are placed on board two of the vessels lying in the harbour. The upper and other masts, as well as the bowsprit, will be of wood, and these are being prepared at the dockyard. The following appointments have been made at the Admiralty :—Lieut. Charles W. Manthorp, Lieut. Henry Cardale, Lieut. Arthur Williams, Lieut. John L. F. Paul, Lieutenant Ralph de B. Hawtrey, and Lieut. Mather Byles, to the Gib raltar; Sub-Lieut. Lynedock N. Moncrieff and Sub- Lieut. Archibald Little, to the Pelorus ; Sub-Lieuts. Charles I. Doxatt and Henry R. Kelly, to the Scylla ; Sub-Lieuts. Thomas S. Jackson, Charles B. Theobald, Robert Barton, and Richard P. W. Pow ney, to the Gibraltar; Frederick Lucas, paymalster, to the Cumberland for the Tamar; Thos. T. Murray, chief engineer, to the Gibraltar; James W. Steil, chief engineer, to the Pelorus ; James Gillies, chief engineer, to the Scylla; Robert Anderson (a), en gineer, to the Supply ; John Snell, engineer, to the Scylla ; William Skeen, engineer, to the Gibraltar; W. Maxwell, engineer to the Asia, for the Earnest; J o hn L. Davies, engineer to the Indus, for the De light; F. W. Sutton (b), engineer to the Indus, for the Royalist ; Edward Taylor, engineer, to the Pe lorus ; Job Ann able, first-class assist-engineer, to the Pelorus ; 'William N. Sennett, assist.-engineer, to the Indus, for the Donegal ; J. Hopwood, assist.-engineer, to the Fisgard, as supernumerary ; William Bowen, assist.-engineer, to the Scylla; R. J. Merman, assist.-engineer, to the Pelorus ; G. 0. Wilson, assist.-engineer, to the Russell ; William Pilcher, George W. Robins, and William F. Cole, assist.-engineers, to the Gibraltar; and Benjamin F. Pine, promoted to be chief engineer. THE ARMY. A War-office order has been received at Chatham garrison announcing that to avoid the inconveni ence likely to arise from having two descriptions of bursters for the 20 pounder Armstrong segment shells, it has been decided that the bursters manu factured for use with the original 25 pounder seg ment shell shall be converted into 20 pounder burst ers of the approved pattern, and the necessary al terations are to be made by the insertion of a wooden plug, which is to be dropped into the shell, and tightly driven down before the burster is in serted, for the purpose of filling up the vacant space caused by the reduction in the size of the burster. Detachments of non-commissioned officers and men of the Royal Engineers have been selected from the depot companies at head-quarters, Chat ham, and placed under orders to embark for New Zealand for the purpose of augmenting the 6th com pany of Royal Engineers and raising it to its full strength. The non-commissioned officers and men composing the reinforcements have completed their course of instruction and fortification and other en gineering studies at head-quarters, Brompton bar racks, where they have been medically inspected, and now only await the order from the Horse Guards for their embarkation. The Hougomont, Indiaman, Capt. Flamank, be longing to Messrs. Gollatley, Hankey, and Sewell, of London, arrived at Spithead yesterday morning with military officers, time-expired men, and inva lids on board, from Calcutta, as follows :—Captain Bainbrigge, 13th Foot ; Capt. M'Gregor, 92d High landers ; Lieut. H. C. Kemm, 91st Regiment ; • Assist. -Surgeon Heysted, 77th Regiment ; Assist. Surgeon Kilgour, 79th Highlanders; Capt. and Mrs. Cunningham, Madras Army, and three children ; 86 non-commissioned officers and men, 11 women, and 23 children, from 33 different corps serving in India ; 30 insane patients and 10 convicts. Mrs. Millett and three children and Mr. Lovett, one woman, and one child died on the pas sage. During the latter part of the voyage the Hougomont spoke :—On the 9th of August, in lat. 6 29 N., long. 26 40 W., the bark Coronella, steer ing south ; on the 12th, in lat. 21 25 N., long. 34 22 W., the bark William Seckir, from Callao for Cork. On the 29th, in lat. 40 43 N., long. 39 6 W., the bark Rangoon, from Cochin; on the 9th inst., off Scilly, the ship Lancaster, outward bound. The vessel was consigned to Mr. James Garrett, Lloyd's agent at Portsmouth, and by 3 p.m. the whole of the troops on board were disembarked, and the Hougomont, in tow of a Government steamtng, was under weigh for the Nab light, on the resumption of her voyage,to London. She has a valuable cargo on board. The Adventure, iron-built screw troopship, Com mander Thomas B. Lethbridge, yesterday embarked at Portsmouth, under the superintendence of Major- G e n. Lord Paulett, C. 8., and Col. E. Somerset, C. 8., Deputy-Assist. Quartermaster-Gen. for Canada, the following detachments for regiments serving in Canada and Halifax :—Royal Artillery —Capt. De Moleyns, Lieut. Alleyne, 72 men, 3 women, and 3 children. Royal Engineers-1 man -3a battalion Military Train-10 men and 2 w omen. Ist battalion Grenadier Guards—Capt. Clint", 61 men and 2 women. Coldstream Guards ---Cap tain Seymour and 1 man. Scots Fusilier Guards—Capt. Peel and Lieut. Gascoigne. Ist batta/ion 16th Foot c hild. Ist tea t —Capt. —Capt. Castle, 2 women, and 1 A n 2 women. 30th lion 17th Foot—Capt. Utters on Regiment--Licuts. Eden, and Green ; Licuts. Smith, En -62d Regiment-1 sign Thom and 20 men . man, 1 woman, and 1 ch ild . l st battalion Rifl e B r i ga d e —Major Warren, 15 m en, and 1 Woman. Army Hospital Corps- 5 women and 1 child. Late woman, and 4 children. Royal Artillery roan, lames Canadian It Reynolds, Reilly, Mill, and child. ,floyal Artillery —Mesdames Coslin, d 3 children. Ist battalion Rifle Bri - O'Brien, 8 13 gade _mrs. Smith, schoolmistress. Army Hospital Corps--Alesdames A rno ld, Ba g lon, Tanner, and child. For Halifax—Royal Artillery—Capt.O'Hara l and 41 men. Royal Engineers—} men. 39th Rcgt. .—Assist.-Surg. Everett (fax Bermuda). Newfound land Corp; -_1 man. The Adve n ture was appointed to sail fr om P artinnouth last eyen;lig• calling in at Cork, Where she would embark for Cau,:tda-Ist bat talion, 16th Regiment—Capt. Chicester', wife, and 7 children. Ist battalion 17th Regiment---Capt. Bradhurne, wife, and 3 children. 47th Regiment —rapt, Stolcc;-1, wife, and child; Lieut. Davern, and 63i Regir,vynt—Capt. Hnnt, and wife ; Liont.T_nnpp and wire. 156 men, 8 averne;::- and 10 childr: n from sundry corps. Quartermaster Brickdale, who died in the Royal Marine Infirmary at Woolwich on Sunday last, was yesterday; buried in the Charlton Cemetery, with fall military honours. The funeral procession was headed by a firing party with arms reversed, con sisting of forty rank and file and one drummer, fol lowed by Lieut. Allnutt and the regimental band playing the " Dead March in Saul." The pall was supported by six officers of the division, detailed specially far the duty. The entire division followed the corpse (borne on 0-pounder gun and carriage) Connolly, 8.A., who perform , vice. As soon as the corpse was lowered into the grave, the firing party drew up in double file, and fired three volleys of musketry over the remains, and the troops commenced forming in the usual order, the officers taking up their respective rlldit;. William Johnson, £5 ; Sergt." commands. The drums and instruments were then stripped of the crape and other sable emblems 15 J ;I: oh l. n 0 ;Gardner, £5 with which they had been dressed, and the division abp m nal da a ryr r iti i.a c i heneiegcnd. barrack-field, of number d f f um t labo o nendrgowfs iel barracks itrvneilscysee ad p iar r ns e t a.h c preceded" e d by the band s 0 n i t ' whole i h n e: (i : y t l o i e f the Gen Genera?-Commanding,, in m tr a o n o a p i s ng , Sir g a r u r i awarded lliwie t h o theye gceeroedmoc sterd followingay non-commissioned assembled o n offi artillery cers ::ay Royal Horse ber of Ar t g u r i a c t r u y i . t_i gratuities t and a fr collar-maker, o silver ll a r - m m isc e l a n d ri k a a e ra l r s dt : .Z Drum-Majorl O t t Cadet ysr Company gjta..el Gunner sa no i ny oL d r o a u p f w cp as v : o —t ind - , t. Joseph Smith, ThorneJ.,A.{:lolohsnnt Montgomery, . I:. ' r yaimei Farrier Fairchild, Gunner ßl Thomas Sewell, £5; Sorg ; Gunner William B Kirk,o N in b ow a r s d t li e es t3 r; d , Gunner Augustus Malmsley, £5 ; R ..,Orgt. James Hinckley, £5; Gunner Samuel Dick, £5 ; Gunner George Blanchard, £5 ; Gunner Rowland Redmile, £5; Gunner Joseph Ledgett, £5; and Private Joseph Wilde, £5, making a total of £139. After the distribution of the medals and gratuities the men formed a square, and the General, in a short address, exhorted them to be moderate in the use of spirituous liquors, which he saki were drank to such a degree that promotion in the ranks was impeded. The . men he had now • rewarded had. gained the distinctions awarded by bin' Majesty, upon his recommendation, as a special xecognition, of their steady and meritorious conduct. The de corated men then passed in front of the square, and the troops were dismissed, The General afterwards inspected the corps of iloyal Engineers, commanded by Col. Ford, on their °WEL parade ; and at 1 o'clock proceeded to the Plum stead Marshes, and witnessed a course of gunnery exercises at the long range by the 13th Brigade► Royal Artillery, under Col. Buchanan. This morn -0 ing Gen. Dacres will inspect the Coast Brigade,. R.A., commanded by Major Campbell, and also the battalion of Military Train, commanded by ColoneL Kennedy, C.B. Distribution and Strength of the French. Army, _ With the exception of certain troops on foreign service, that army, according to the Paris corre spondent of the Times, is now on what is called the pence footing, and consists of 412,000 men and 80,000 horses. There aro two reserves, which may be called in at a moment's notice, one of old soldiers and another of young ones—the latter not yet in corporated, but almost ready to be dism.;ssed from drill. These additions would bring the array up to between 600,000 and 700,000 men—a very respect able force, and quite sufficient, as a French paper lately observed, to meet all eventualities. The 412,000 are thus distributed :—ln Mexico, two divisions of infantry and a brigade of cavalry, &c.,. together nearly 31,000 men; in Cochin China, 1,600 men. The above are on the war footing. On what is called the footing of rassemblenzent is the corps of occupation at Rome, about 20,090 men in ono division of three brigades, with a few squadrons of cavalry. On the peace footing, divided into divi sions and brigades, the Army of Paris (3 divisions of infantry and 1 of cavalry), the Army of Lyons (2 divisions of infantry and 1 of cavalry), and the division of cavalry of Luneville, consisting of four regiments. There is also at Paris what is called a reserve brigade, of 3 battalions and 5 squadrons, specially allotted to the garrison of the capital, and . which never leaves it. These two armies, and the Luneville division, may be reckoned at 40,000 men. The Imperial Guard forms a special corps, a reserve composed of 2 divisions of in fantry, 1 of cavalry, 3 brigades, and a body of horse and foot artillery—together 33 bat talions (34 just now on account of the battalion of Turcos), 36 squadrons (37 with the Spahis), form ing a total of 30,000 men. The remainder of the French army is distributed in six great corps, five in Frauce and one in Algeria. There used to bcr generally 65,000 or 70,000 men in Algeria, but just now there are not so many, several regiments having been sent thence to Mexico. The troops in Algeria may be divided into two classes,—French corps whichremain there in garrison for a certain number of years and then return to France, and what are called indigenous corps, which never quit the colony except for fighting purposes. In these latter corps, however, it is to be observed, there are a great num ber of Europeans. They consist of three regiments of Zouaves, three of Turcos (7irailleurs Alyeriens) three of Chasseurs d'Afrique, and three of Spahis— about 15,000 infantry and 3,000 horse. Besides these there are the punishment battalions, populaey known as the battalions of Zephyrs. Very few corps of infantry and artillery in the French army have not seen more or less service, and, always excepting the young soldiers who have entered since 1859, most of the regiments one falls in with are plentifully bemedalled and decorated. Crimea, Italy, and China have all been recorded in the way that soldiers prize, and the Mexican medal will soon be added to the adornments of the military breast, among which are found in addition, in many cases, the Legion of Honour, the Italian military medal, the French good service medal, and the Medjidie. The cavalry has been less fortunate. I Comparatively few regiments were in the Crimea and Italy. To Africa, where they have the Spahis and Chasseurs d'Afrique, and where the climate only occasionally e cai onse t and nature of the cou ntr y and warfare are un favourableto Chasseurs, heavy hors e are , y the sy all lightestsent. cavalry : Hussars, and ONE WAY OF PAYING DEBTS WITHOUT MONEY. --That most excellent device for the payment of accounts between merchants residing in different countries, by bills of exchange, without the actual transmission of cash, was not unknown in England in the present period. We find Peter Egiblank, Bishop of Hereford, employing this contrivance, A.l). 1255, to a very pernicious purpose. Henry 111, had contracted an immense debt to the Pope in prosecuting the absurd project of snaking his son Edmund King of Sicily ; and his Holiness, who was much indebted to certain Italian merchants, who had advanced money for carrying on the war, had become impo r t una te for payment. In this extremity the Bishop of Hereford suggested to henry the following curious scheme for the payment of all his debts without money :—That the Italian merchants to whom the Pope was indebted shodd draw bilis in favour of their creditors in England, on all the rich bishops, abbots, and priors, in that kingdom, for certain large sums of money alleged to have been lent by them to these prelates for the use of their respective churches ; that these bills should all be sent to the Pope's legate in England, who should com pel the prelates to accept and pay them, by threats of eccle siastical censures. This iniquitous scheme was adopted by the King, and the bishop was sent to Rome to procure the Pope's consent and concurrence. These were easily pro cured. The bills, to the amount of 150,510 marks, wore drawn and presented, and the prelates, after many raison- , strancos, were compelled to pay them, by threats of excoui munication.—llistory of England, by lir. Henry. 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