The Sun. — London, England, 1863-03-30 00:00:00

GREAT WESTERN RAIL WAY.- On EASTER SUNDAY, the sth April, an EXCUR SION TRAIN will le lye Paddington at 7.45 a.m., and Re•id- Yng at S5O a.m., for Cirencester and Stroud (9s and 54), Glou cester and Cheltenham (10s and 6s), Chippeahans and Bath Os and ss), and Bristol (10s and 65); returning the same evening, as per bills. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.— On EASTER SUND AY, the 6th April, an EXCUR SION TRAIN will leave Paddin , ton at 9 a.m., for Henley nn -Thames and Readin , (6s 6d and 3s), Theale (6s and 3s 3d). Woolhampton. Newbury, and Ilungerford (As 6d and 3s Ad), Bed yn. and Saverneke (for Marlboro) 8s and Is 6d), PCVG sey ( 9 8 and Is 6d), and Devizes (lt. s and 6s); returning the tame evening, as per bills. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.- On EASTER MONDAY, the 6th April, an EXCUR. SION TRAIN will leave Paddington at 8 a.m. and Reading at 9.5 a.m., for Oxford (6a Sd and 4s), Banbury (8s and ss), Leamington and Warwick (10A (id and 6s), Birmingham (12s and 7s), West Bromwich, Wedneshury, and Bil.ton (125 6d and 7s 6d), and Wolverhampton (13s and 8s); returning the Same evening, or on the following day, as per bills, which May be obtained at any of the Company's offices. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.- , EASTER HOLTDAYS.—CHEAP EXCURSION to tne WEST of ENGLAND.—On THURSDAY, the 2d April, 4 n EXCURSION TRAIN will leave Paddington at 12.30 tan., and Reading at 1.35 p.m., to. Weston-super-Mare, -r fighbridge, Bridgewater, and Taunton (1 5 s Cd a.d 12s 6d), Nt r illiton and Watchet (for Min head and Lvnton) T , verton and Exeter (20s and 14s); returning on THURSDAY, the 9th April, as per bills, which may be obtained at any of the enrapany's offices. T HE NEW THEATRE COMPANY (Limited). Established under "The Companies Act, 1562," limitinz the liability of the shareholders to the amount subscribed. Capital, £125,000 in 5,000 shares of £25 each, with power to increase. Deposit on application, Xi per share ; and on allotment, .£2 per share. . It is anticipated that not more than £l2 per share will be re quired to be call d up. Two months' interval between each call. PATRONS. The Duke of Wellington. - Tle Earl Grosvenor. I The Duke of Leinster. The Earl of Hardwilre. The Marquis of Donegal. The Ea'l of Sefton. The Marquis of Norrnanby. I The Earl of Dudley. The Earl of Malmesbury. Sir J. V. Shelley, Bart., M.P. Colonel the Honourable J. Macdonald. DIRECTORS. ---- H. C. Cobbold. Esq., 17. New Bridge-street, Blacktriars. J. W. Cusack, Esq., 12, Lancaster-gate, Hyde-park. E. Edwards, Esq., C.E., Adelphi Chambers. tieut.-Col. Napier Sturt, M.P., 19, Portman-square. Gerard de Witte, Esq., Th e Gr ee nways, Leamington. kliocEus—Messrs. Ransom, Bouyerie, & Co., Pall Mall East. Auorrons—Messrs. Quilter, Ball, Jay, & Co., 3, Moorgate-st. „, 13RoitER —G. B. Rickard, Esq.. 21. Austin-triars. OLIC ITORS —Messrs. Kimberley and Pope. 25, Old Broad street, City. SECRETARY—Mr. H. J. Montague. Offices-9, CornhilL The object of this Association is to carry out certain very desirable improvements in the structure of theatres and their internal e'onomy. The new theatres lately erected in Paris at the expense of the French Government have proved sue asful not only as architectural ornaments to that metropo da, but have attracted popular patronage from the older and Inconven'ent places of amusement. It is proposed to :mom- Wish in London by private ente prise that which in France has been done by Government subsidy, This Company has purchased a long leasehold in the Bay- Market, whereon a theatre will be erected, embracing all the advantages and improvements to which the people of London are entitled ; including wide entra , ces, roomy seats, unob structed passages, and good ventilation. By adopting a more fitnple plan of construction, not only is the cost of tho build- PR' diminished, but the cost of management and maintenance is materially reduced. Contracts for the performance of all the work are before the Directors, and the ' , mount is safely Within the limits of the capital. A freehold of equally ample dimensions, and In the immediate neighbourhood, can be obtained, and the Directors reserve the right to prefer that site, if in the interest of the Company it shall seem to them advi s ab • e. Thi; Company has also acquired the long leasehold of hearty an acre of land on the corner of Westminster-bridge, With frontage on the bridge, in the Westminster -bridge-road, and also on the river, facing the Houses of Parliament ; in 'eluding the Westminster Theatre, its whole stock of scenery, Wardrobe, property. and machinery. On a portion of this ~Found will be erected, among other uildings, a large paint- Ing-room, machinery works, and property manufactory, to Serve b th theatres, The Directors have received an offer from Mr. Boucicault to lease the whole at a rent v*hich will pay the shareholders 10 per cent. on the capital subscribed ; or to manage the en terprise on theirblhalf, receiving for Ws services one-third of the net profits, after all outgoings have been paid. The Directors have resolved to accept the latter form of the offer, having satisfied themYelves that during the erection of the Proposed new thetre the Westminster Theatre alone will Pay the shareholders 10 per cent. on their subscriptions. The dividend will commence from the date of allotment, and it is Proposed shall be payable quarterly. When the buildings are completed, which will probably occupy about four months, a dividend of more than double that amouut may be reason ably anticipated. The satisfactory features of this enterprise are these :—lt fi bayed on valuable and substantial property, which, in its present unimproved state is rented for £4,100 a year ; a value Which, if the property is left undisturbed, will be greatly en hanced by the new southern embankment, which comes on its principal frontage. And secondly, from the moment of the formation the Company comes into the posse. sion of a Part of the project in full operation earning a dividend. A large number of the shares have teen privately sub acribed for. AppliCi : ons for shares may be made to the solicitors of the Company, to the Secretary at the offices of the Company, or at the Theatre Royal, Westminster. Form of Application for Shares. To the Directors of the New Theatre Company, Limited. Gentlemen,—Having paid to your bankers* the sum of being a deposit of £1 per share on shares in the above Company, I request that you will allot me that number, and I hereby accept such shares, or any lrss number which may be allotted to me, subject to the articles of association; and I further request that my name may be nlaced on the register of shareholders for the shares so allotted. Name in full Address Profession or business Date 1863. * If the amount is remitted to the Secretary by cheque it Must be crossed with the name of the Company s Bank rs. The receipt will be forwarded by return of post. BRITISH NATION LIFE ASSURANCE OFFICE. 81A, Regent-street. ANNUAL INCOME, UPWARDS OF £150,000. COMPARATIVE PROGRESS Ot the last three years, and of the current year (e timated by the months which have already expired, the new business ofthis Company, independent of its accessions by transfer, stands thus:— Policies Issued. New Annual Income. 1859-60 1860-6 t 1861-62 1462-63 Total new business in 1 7,571 four years SPECTAL ADVANTAGES. Policies become payable during the lifetime of the assured, Without any increase of premium. Life policies are Indisputable, and not liable to forfeiture by inability to continue the premiums. Life Policies in full force during the days of grace. Annuities are granted on very liberal terms. Full particulars of these valuable and popular features will be found in the prospectus. HENRY LAKE, Manager. A.D. 1720. R OYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE CORPORATION (Established by Charter of his Majesty George the First) FOR SEA, FIRE, LIFE, AND ANNUITIES. Offices, Royal Exchange, London. Branch Office, 29, Pall-mall. OCTAVIUS WIGRAM, Esq., Governor. GEORGE PEARRES BARCLAY, Esq., Sub-Governor. Sir JOHN HENRY PELLY, Bart., Deputy-Governor. DIRECTORS. Henry Bainbridge, Esq. Wilmot Holland, Esq. Rohert Barclay, Esq. Earl of Leven and Melville. iohn Garratt Cattley, Esq. Chas. Jno. Manning, Esq. Mark Currie Close, Esq. Henry Nelson, Esq. William Davidson, Esq. The Hon. Josceline W. Percy. Thomas Dent, Esq. Charles Robinson, Esq. Alexander Druce, Esq. Samuel Leo Schuster, Esq. Fredk. Jos. Edlmann, Esq. Erie Carrington Smith, Esq. Riversdale W. Grenfell, Esq. William Soltau, Esq. Pobt. Amadeus Heath, Esq. Joseph Somes, Esq., M.P. Wm. Tetlow Hibbert, Esq.' William Wallace, Esq. Jas. Stewart Hodgson, Esq. Chas. Baring Young, Esq. Medical Referee, SAMUEL SOLLY, Esq., F.R.S. NOTICE.— £he usual fifteen days allowed for payment of FIRE PREMIUMS falling due at Lady Day will expire on 9th April. 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 Premiums, without such participation. The Reversionary Bonus on British Policies has averaged nearly 2 per cent. per annum on the sum assured. Equivalent reductions have been made in the Premiums r ayable by persons who preferred that form of Bonus. The divisions of Profit take place every Five years. Any sum not exceeding £15,000 may be insured on one Life. This Corporation affords to the Assured-7 Liberal participation in Profits—with exemption from the liabilities of partnership. A rate of Bonus equal to the average returns of Mutual Societies—with the guarantee of a large invested Capital Stock. The advantages of modern practice,—with the security of an Office whose resources have been tested by the ex perience of nearly a CENTurtv AND A ITALY. The Corporation have always allowed the Assured to serve in the Militia, Yeomanry, or Volunteer Corps within the United Kingdom, free of charge. ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON. ROBT. P. STEELE, Secretary. TRULY EFFICACIOUS AND MILD.- Dr. SCOTT'S BILIOUS and LIVER PILLS, pre pared without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. Scott, of Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to all who suffer from bilious and 'iver complaints, indigestion, wind, spasms, giddiness, dizziness of the eyes, &o. For habitual costiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier of the blood, they are truly excellent; mild in their opera lion and grateful to the stomach, they create appe ite, pro mote digestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system. Sold by W. Lambert. S, King William-street, Charing-cross. London, and by most drug gists, In boxes,ls. lid., and three timee the quantity in one, 2s. 9d. Be sure to ask for Dr. Scott's ous and Liver Pills. The genuine are a square green package, with " William Lambert," engraved on the stamp. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gra y 's-inn-road, in th 2 immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail way Terminus, at Icing's-cross. Patron—The QUEEN. President—The Duke of BUCCL HUGEL K.G. Treasurer—Edward Masterman, Esq. This was the first hospital to introduce the principle of free and instant admission to the destitute sick, without the for mality of governors' letters. It is entirely devoted to desti tution in its most pitiable form—viz., that which is arcom pcnied by sickness and disease, and is now of sufficient magnitude that, with adequate su ,, port, it may be rendered capable of admitting into its wards a very large proportion of the casual sick of this great metropolis. It requires but the funds in order to have 500 beds available for the reception of these the most wretched of our fellow-creatures. Moreover, it gratuitously affords medical advice and medicine to more, on the average, than 5,000 out-patients a week. The Weekly Board feel it their imperative duty to make an EARNEST APPEAL to the public for continued supt, to enable them to admit and relieve the distressing cases that daily present themselves. Contributions are received by the Treasurer, Edward Mast erman, Esq., Nicholas-lane; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co. ; Drummond and Co. nerries and Co. ; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co. Glyn and Co. ; Jones Loyd and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; Denison and Co. ; « lliams, Deacon, and Co. ; Overend, Gurney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co. ; Messrs. J. Barned and Co., Liverpool and at the Hospital. STANFORD S. SMITH, Secretary. No. 22,074 Nov ready, at all the Libraries, in 2 vols., 21/3.. HEROES, PHILOSOPHERS, and COURTIERS of the TIMES of LOUIS XVI. By the Author of "The Secret History of the Court of France under Louis XV." Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough street. MR. JEAFFRESON'S NEW NOVEL. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols.. SECOND EDITION of LIVE IT DOWN, by J. C. JEAFFRE SON, Author of " Olive Blake's Good Work," &c. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. MR. KINGLAKE'S " INVASION OF THE CRIMEA." The THIRD EDITION WILL BE PUBLISHED on WEDNESDAY next. Two Vols. Svo. 325., cloth. William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. DINNERS. -THE WELLINGTON, St. James's-street.—During the Season a Set Dinner will be served at Five Shillings each, including Dessert and attendance. Dinners from the " Carte," and the Three Shilling set Dinner served as usual. WILLIAM COX, Superintendent. The Wellington, St. James's-street. Entrance, 160, Piccadilly. SAWYER'S FAMOUS LONDON DINNER FOR THIS DAY, At 28. 6d. each Person. _ _ SOUPS. Purée Crecy Vermicelli. FISH Soles, Maitre D'Hotel. Fried Whitings. ENTREES. Stewed Kidniys au Madere. Filets de Bceuf ala Parisienne. JOINTS. _ Roast Saddles of Mutfon. Roast Sirloins of Beef. SWEETS. Cabinet Puddings. Orange Jelly. Cheese and Salad. An extensive and carefully selected stock of FRENCH, RHENISH, MOSELLE, and other WINES, imported ex pressly for The London Dinner. THE LONDON, 19', FLEET-STREET. CANTERBURY HALL AND FINE ARTS GALLERY. GRAND SELECTIONS from OPERAS and CANTATAS. Principal Artistes —Miss Russell, Miss Townley ; Messrs. Raynor, Green, and Signor Tivoli. Conductor, Mr. Jonghmans. The celebrated Unsworth, the only Negro Orator, together with Eugene and Duley, forming a most pleasing Comic Trio ; also Arthur Lloyd, Frank Hall, and Miss Laura San ders. Mr. Hilton, the Comic Ventriloquist and Modern Ma gician, every evening. NOTICE.- Les Quatre Freres Athos, from Caripfnan 'Thea tre, will appear cn Monday next (first time in England). THOXF O R D, e, OXFORD STREET. "TH F. ROSE OF DENMARK," Sung every Evening by Miss Russell and the entire Company, also The New Cantata, by Herr Meyer Lutz, " HERNE THE tIUNTER," ALCESTE, ERNANI, NABUCO, and other Operatic Selections, Supported by Miss Russell, Miss Townley, and Miss Oesten, Mr. Green, Mr. Bernardi, Mr. J, B. Huish, and Mr. Albert, with full band and chorus. Conducted by Mr. Jong,hmsins. Drew Dean's Flute Solos. Ballads by Master Edwin Sanders, the juvenile vocalist, aged 2 years. George Hodson's Irish, Miscellaneous, and Ventriloquial Entertainment. Unsworth's great Stump Speech, "Or any other man." Eugene's burlesque Scenes and Dances. W Randall's New Comicalities. Miss Caroline Parkes' Vocal and Terpsichorean Sketches, and other varied attractions. THIS EVENING-, ARTHUR and BERTRAND will make their first appearance. Hall, 6d.—Balcony and Stalls, I.e.—Private Boxes, les. ed. MJULLIEN'S PROMENADE CONCERTS. At the ARGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street, Piccadilly. Continued success of J. LEVY ! , the celebrated Cornet-a- Piston Plays Nightly, at Nine and Ten o'clock, one of his admired Solos, also at Eleven, Variations, "The Carnival de Venise." Revival of the Scotch Fantasia and Irish Quadrille, by M. Jullien. Solos by Tyler, King, Horton, M'Eleney, &c. Cavatina, " Di Nabuco," on the kuphonium. by L. Moses. Doors open at Eight o'clock. Admission, is. Manager, Mons. GRENET. THE LONDON ANATOMICAL MUSEUM, containing the Wonders of Nature and Art. shown by innumerable Models, illustrating every part of the Human Frame ; together with a variety of Natural Preparations, Malformations, Monstrosities, &c. ; also the Moving Ana tomical Dying Zouave, and other life-size figures. Open daily from 11 to 10, for Gentlemen only. Admission, One Shilling. Entrance-44 A, Maddox-street, Regent-street, London, W. ------ - Illustrated Catalogue, free by post• for 12 stamps, sealed 20. Explanations throughout the day. Lecture at 4. Address the Secretary, as above. THE best TROUSERS for gentlemen to wear are those made by ELSTOB, of 60, New Bond-street. They are neither so low in price as to necessitate their being carelessly put together, nor so dear as to gain only the wealthy as purchasers. "In media via tutissimus ibis." ELSTOB'S TROUSER PER PAI TWE R NTY-ONE SHILLINGS TEETH. -By MR. ESKELL'S INVENTION (Royal Seal granted 17th July, 1860), Sets or partial Sets of Teeth, exquisitely enamelled to nature, are made and fitted in a few hours by means of his patented soft elastic and imperishable base of the colour of the gum, to which it ad heres with wonderful tenacity, dispensing with springs or unsightly fastenings, and defying detection by tne closest observer. The peculiar attribute of Mr. Eskell's invention is, the readiness with which these teeth can be re-adapted to any change of the mouth (even by the wearer); and as they act independently of all disturbing causes which affect teeth of ordinary construction, they are guaranteed tc last a life time, as well as for mastication and articulation. Mr. ESKELL'S TREATISE, which fully explains hisinvention, post free for seven stamps.—lnspection of specimens and Con sultations free. Terms strictly moderate.—(, Grosvenor street, Bond-street, London ; and 39, Bennett's-hill, Bir mingham. OS TE O EIDONt Patent, March 1, 18(12, No. 580. 3ABRI EL 'S Self-adhesive Patent Indestructible MINE RAL TEETH and FLEXIBLE GUMS, without palates, Fringe, or wires, and without operation. One set lasts a if etime, and WARRANTED FOR MASTICATION and. A ItT IC UL AT TO S, even when all others fail. Purest ma terials only, at half the usual .ost. Messrs. GABRIEL, the old-established Dentists, 27, HARLEY-STREET, CAVENDISH-SQUARE; 34, LTJDGATE-HILL, LONDON; 65, NEW-STREET, BIRMINGHAM; and 134, DUKE-STREET, LIVERPOOL. Complete Sets, 4 to 7 and 10 to 15 guineas. One visit only required from country patients, Gabriel's Practical Treatise gratis. Consultations tree. THE SCOTTISH CHAMPION OPEN MEETING, under the auspices of the Biggar and Cale donian Coursing Clubs, by the kind permission of the Right Hon. the Far' of Home, &c., will be held at Douglas, on Tuesday, March 24, 1863, and followinz day when the fol lowing stakes will be run for:— I. Th , CALEDONIAN CHAMPION CUP. for 32 all aged greyhounds, at £lO 10s. entrance ; to be divided in the following manner:— Winner £l6o Runner-up Third and fourth, each Fifth, sixth, F•eventh, and eighth, each 10 11. The DOUGLAS CU, for 32 all-aged greyhounds, at £5 ss. entrance ; P divided as follows : W"nner £BO Runner-up 25 Third and fourth, each lO Fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth , each 111. The CLYDE STAKES, for 16 puppies of 1861, at £4 10s. entrance ; divided as follows : Winner Runner-np Third and tourth, each IV. The FORTH STAKES for 16 greyhounds, pupped on or after Ist June, 1161, the age of which has been ~ut)- lished in "1 he Sporting Gazette," " Bell's Life," or " The Field," during the season 1862-3, or proved to the satisfaqion of the stewards and committees ; divided as follows : Winner £4O Runner-up Third and fourth each 5 V. The SELLING STAKES, for 16 all-aged greyhounds, a t £2 ]Os. ; dog ent , red in this stake may be claimed for £lO, except the winner and runner-n , which may be claimed for £l5 each; the owner of the runner-up to have first cairn for the winner. but all claims must b lodged with the secretary within fifteen minutes after the stake is won ; divided as follows : Winner Runner-up 6 Third and fourth, each 2 The meeting to be governed by the National Club rules. All winners of £2O and inwards to pay 5 per cent. to the dinner fund. The drawings for Nos. 1,2, 8, and 4, will take pace at 6 p.m., in the Douglas Arms Hotel, Douglas, Lanark shire, on Monday, the 23d March, 1863, previous to which all entries must be made, and entry moneys paid. Diviner imme diately after the drawing. All nominators in Nos. 1 and 2 must take a dinner ticket, price 3s. 6d. The entry and draw ing for the Selling Stakes will ee place after the second day's running. Single nominations secured in the order of application to E. J. Lindsay, Esq., Hon. Secretary, flallcraig House, Carluke, Lanarkshire, N.B. If the stakes do not fill by the 14th March, double nominations will then be given in the order of application. A four-horse omnibus will be in waiting at Carstairs Junction station, on Monday, the 23d March, which will start for Douglas direct at 6 2n p.m., for the exclusive accommodation of gentlemen attending the meeting. The express train from Carlisle at 1 t7O p.m., the expresses fr'm Glasgow at 4 p.m., and from Edinburgh at 4 15 p.m., will c tch the omnibus, the arrival of which at Dou glas will he waited for for dinner. Private conveyances can be had at any time at Carstairs or Lanark by ordering them beforehand of Mr. Irving, the Clyde sdale Hotel, Lanark. The meet each morning will be within a few yards of the Lanark and Douglas turnpike-roads at 930 a. n. Quarters for men and dogs can be secured by applying to Mr. Amos, Douglas Castle, Lanarkshire. BIGGAR CLUB. CALEDONIAN CLUB. J. Gordon, Esq., of Aikenhead PRESIDENT. A. Graham, Esq., of Capellie His Grace the Duke of BuO- J. L. Ewing, Esq., of Calder- clench eruix STEWARDS FOR 1862-3. B. Irving, Esq., of Milbank Earl of ii addinp:ton A. W. M. Gilmour, Esq.,olGlas- John n Gibson, Esq. LBinning goW W. G. Borron.Esq.,of Glaagow Major Boothby J. Jardine. Esq., of Arkleton John Gordon, Esq. E. J. Lindsay, Esq., Hon. Sec., A. Graham, Esq. 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As it seems probable, from the remarks made in the House of Commons the other night, that some members intend to honour future experiments with their presence, we would, as a preliminary step, earnestly recommend them to take a liberal view of the Shoeburyness Estimates, in order that some really stout splinter-proofs may be erected, from which they may see the trials with something like safety, Without some such additional safegulra, even all the care and precautions taken by Colonel Taylor cannot lc ng avert an accident. On Friday the officers engaged and all the members of the committee had very narrow escapes from two large fragments of steel splinters which came through the splinter-proof and passed over the heads of those crowded in it, fortunately without touching any one. All the splinter-proofs are more or less rough, temporary erections, made of any strong materials that are nearest at hand. And, indeed, in all its appliances for shifting guns, &c., there is an evident want of proper means to the end, which is not what one expects to meet in a practice ground of such national importance as Shoeburyness has now be come. This want of a proper plant doubles the labours of a most zealous staff of officers, who, without such additional - duties, are already almost overworked. THE LATE RIOTS. STA LEYBBIDGE, Saturday. There is reason to believe that the disgraceful proceedings of the malcontent recipients of relief in this populous neighbourhood have at length been finally checked. Farther disorders had been appre hended, and as early as 9 o'clock this morning a troop of the 14th Hussars took up a position in front of the Town-hall, to be ready for any emergency ; but happily their active services have not been needed. It will be remembered that on Tuesday evening the working classes, assembled in public meeting, passed a resolution to return to their schools next morning and await the decision of the Relief Committee, who had promised to reconsider the minute by which money payments of 3s. 4d. per week had been substituted by tickets for 3s. only. Unfortunately the news received on Wednesday morning of the resolution adopted by the Mansion house Committee went far towards the reopening of the whole question ; and up to this morning it was doubtful if the discontented would not recede from the terms of compromise by which they had them selves agreed to abide it acceded to by the Relief Committee. A meeting of the Relief Committee was fixed for 11 o'clock this morning to receive a deputation on the subject, and up to the last mo ment there was uncertainty as to the result. The meeting was held at the Town-hall, and there was a rather full attendance of members. There were present, in addition to the committee, Sir J. S. Shuttleworth, Mr. I. W. Maclure, Mr. Commis , sioner Farnall, and Mr. John Cheetham. The de putation consisted of 13 working men, being one from each school. Upon their admission the chair man (Mr. Birks) briefly opened the proceedings by asking what was to be the nature of the com munication they had to make. The leader of the deputation (Mark Der went) said he was very glad to have to make a satisfactory report, which was that they had transmitted to the several schools the question whether they would accept the committee's proposal to give the relief half in tickets and half in money, and they had unanimously agreed that they would each accept the proposal. As to the qnestion whether, in consideration of the relief having been reduced from 3s. 4d, to 3s. per week, the committee would agree to take off a day's work per week, they did not propose to press it. It would be a very acceptable concession, and if made they would prefer to have Monday, because that would be the best day on which to seek employment elsewhere. The chairman inquired how it was, if they were unanimous, that a message had been re ceived yesterday to the effect that the central school bad resolved to have the whole 3s. in cash and that only on condition of a day's attendance per week less ? A member of the deputation said such a proposition had been made, but it had never received the sanction of the school, and when it was made it was with a proviso that if the other schools accepted the compromise they would accept it also. The chairman said he was very glad to hear the re sult of their deliberations. If any cause of discon tent in future arose, he hoped they would seek a solution in a more reasonable way than had been adopted in this matter, by sending a deputation to the committee. It is a matter of great regret to many persons here that there is not more harmony of action be tween the Mansion-house and the Central Execu- tive Committee. The course adopted by the former in remitting the £5OO is thought likely to create an impression that the Central Committee have been dealing harshly with the operatives, and gives a colour to the assertion that the recent outbreak was a contest of the cotton lords versus the operatives. Such an impression is the reverse of truth. There are only four or five so-called cotton lords on the Central Executive Committee the larger proportion of the committee representing the territorial aristo cracy of the county and the commercial and other interests. Great credit is given generally to the Mansion•house Committee for the sunessful efforts they have made to raise a fund for the relief of the prevalent distress and as having been the first in the field—but at the same time it is alleged that for want of local knowledge and correct information, they have been a good deal misled in the distribu tion of their funds, and in one instance, it is said, in reply to a letter, they intrusted a sum of money for distribution to a man who had not only been the leader of a local strike, but had been connected with the strike against the joiners and bailders of London—a man whose moral character was not high and who had been the inmate of one of the county gaols. The military are to remain here for some days. The courtesy and attention of Sir G. Wetherall, commandant of the district, in his communications with the authorities of the various towns in this neighbourhood during the late tumults, are spoken of in the highest terms. Sir J. K. Shuttleworth said, in reference to the proposed remission of a day's attendance per week at the schools, it was undesirable to enter upon that question to-day, inasmuch as the Central Cmmittee at Manchester had it in contemplation to make changes in the mode of relief which would be a con siderable modification of the present system. Dur ing the inclemency of the winter it had been thought undesirable that the men out of employ should be ex posed to outdoor work, and he therefore wrote to the Poor Law Board on the subject. The result was that a system of indoor mental employment had been sub stituted for outdoor manual labour; but now that the spring was advancing, and milder weather might be anticipated, it was under consideration whether outdoor work would not be better. Probably the working men themselves would prefer healthy outdoor employment to the monotony and confine ment connected with the school system. In that case they would probably be paid by the hour, at the rate of 3d. per hour, which was half-a-crown for the day of ten hours, and was the amount usually paid for out-door labour. It was not in tended that such work should go on in inclement weather, and it would be necessary to make some difference in the scale of payment according to the numbers in a family, and to make some departure from the rule in case of sickness ; but, of course, these were matters of detail which would require careful consideration. As to the nature of the work, that would depend upon the authorities in the various towns, but probably it would be found in most of them that there were streets unpaved and unsewered upon which they might be employed. He did not mean that they should make permanent improvements, because local Acts might interfere with a proposition ct that kind very much, but they might put streets in better temporary repair, so as to add to the healthiness and salubrity of the dwellings in those streets of the working men them selves. All that would have to be matter of ar rangement, and no doubt the committee would be considerate, and make the tasks as little irksome as possible, whatever they might be. In the mean time he would advise them not to listen to men who sought to excite their passions. There were men who thought the relief ought to be greater, who told them what a mean pittance it was, and said it was less thin the criminal in gaol was receiving. These were appeals to their passions. The cause of their present sufferings could not be laid upon any class of the community, and they could not make the thing otherwise than it was by any action they might take. Those who were doing most to help them were suffering as well as they, and they thought, the working men should kindly co-operate with the committee, and endeavour to make their duties as light as might be. He had spoken B i ron 1 y to them yesterday, because he thought their conduct in the late acts of violence was disgraceful and without excuse. The committee were disposed to consider their welfare in the kindest spirit, but they would not bend in the slightest degree to any agitation, and if there was any at tempt at intimidation, they would probably have to withdraw their subscriptions &together from the town. He was glao t, see the tone in which they had rapt the committee to-day, and in anything he such a ppiiic he should be g lad to do /I>PAPER , -",,, t.. - : . is : E.,- , • s A.. could to forward their views if wi, reason. — .l -'. ":: .7' . " 1,1,;:. g--7:::, 4 ,,, , kv Mr. John Cheetham thought that . rtarettor -'-‘«.f.-.-- - committed on this occasion was that the olierativis, S when they felt themselves aggrieved by the change in the mode of relief, did not send a deputation to confer with the committee, as they had done now. There had been men who had sought to poison their minds against the committee, but he was sure that no men could have tried more earnestly to serve them than did the members of that committee. He regretted that they had not sought an interview with them earlier. The deputation then withdrew. Now that a peaceful solution of the differences between the committcc and the discontented opera tives has at length been arrived at, it may not be undesirable to edvr. , rt to a few facts connected with the matter upon which attempts have been made to mislead public opinion concerning it. The attend ance revired at the schools is five days of five hours each per week. It has been said that the committee have dealt harshly with the unemployed in reducing the scale of relief, but the fact is that the ecalf) of relief here is still high as compared with that given in other distric s. .An Irishman in the deputation was pointed out, who, with his wife and three chil dren, is receiving 14s. per week under this scale, and yet the average earnings of such a man in full employ at the cotton mill would not exceed 13s. 6d. to 14s. Taking the average of relief given in other districts, such a man would not receive more than 10s. With regard to the ticket system, the reason urged by one of the discontented operatives hero why he objeeted to tickets was that it was degrad ing; but the distribution by tickets has been prac tised in other districts and not objected to as degrad ing. It has been found in practice that where men have really wanted to change their tickets into money instead of food they have found only too much facility. A publican is know to have paid for all tickets the full value, and to have given the bearers a glass of ale each into the bargain. The strongest reason urged for making the compromise now arrived at, and paying partly in money, is in the case of unmarried men, who have their lodgings to pay for weekly, and therefore require money as well as food. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 30, 1863. NEWS FROM DR. LIVINGSTONE. THE OXFORD, CAMBRIDGE, DUBLIN, AND DURHAM UNIVERSITIES' MISSION. (From the ..south African Advertiser.) In the course of the month we have received news from Dr. Livingstone and the Zambezi to the 20th November, or more than six months later than any previous advices from that quarter. H.M.S. Rapid, which put into Natal for English letters and supplies, met the Doctor in Novem ber at Quillimaine, and has brought down letters from him to Sir Thomas Maclear, the Hon. Mr. Rawson, and the Rev. Mr. Glover, which have been kindly placed at our disposal. From the letters to Sir Thomas, which w,-; now reprint and subjoin for the benefit of English readers, it will be seen that Dr. Livingstone had just returned in the Pioneer to Quillimaine, after a trip to Johanna for a stock of supplies. It is not mentioned whether before that ex pedition he had effected his meditated advance with the Lady Nyassa steamer along the Shire from Shupanga to the Nyassa Lake. It is quite possible that he may have done this, that afterwards he returned down the Zam bezi, crossed over to Johanna, and written letters there, detailing all his experiences—which, however, have unfortunately not yet turned up. At all events, if he did ascend with his little steamer to the Great Lake, there is no information of it available now; nor is any mention made in these letters of the Rev: Mr. Stewart, or of any of the mein bars of the Livingstone expedition itself. Ths doctor, as we have stated, arrived at Quillimaine from Johanna in November,—the Pioneer deep laden with eight months' provisions, and her decks all lumbered with draught oxen, required to carry this inland to convenient points on the river. Here he met the Rapid, with advices from England and the Cape, with supplies moreover for the mission - and the expedition, and with intelligence, besides, of the charges made against the doctor by the Rev. Mr. Rowley in refer ence to the unfortunate mission attack on the Ajawas, and the alleged example set previously by Livingstone himself. Of course he is considerably annoyed at the accusation, but takes it and disposes of it with his usual boldness and good. humoured banter and bonhommie. It will be sufficient now to say that Dr. Livingstone denies the charge entirely ; and de clares it "totally untrue that he ever in any instance adopted an aggressive policy against the Ajawa or took slaves from them. He took slaves from Portuguese, but never hunted the Ajawa, nor took the part of the Maganja against the Ajawa. In a postscript he adds --" I repeat again that slaves were taken from Portuguese alone—people of Tette —some of whom I knew personally; the first party was left on our hands by the head men running away. There was no fighting in any case ; and for every act I bear and will bear the responsibility without shirking.." Of the missionaries themselves, notwithstanding this passing un pleasantness, he speaks kindly, as of old, and expresses the most unfaltering confidence in the ultimate success of the great enterprise in which they have embarked. " Re cently," he says, " they have been suffering from avant of supplies, as the drought which has so severely visited the Cape colony, has extended its devastating influence even as far as the Zambesi highlands." The stores brought up by the Rapid would, probably, have arrived in the very nick of time, and thus prove doubly acceptable to those for whom they were sent. The following is the first of the letters addressed to Mr. Sir Thos. Maclear immediately on receiving the news by the Rapid. Quillimaine, Nov, 17, 1862. My dear Friend,—" When coming from Johanna we had a current through the Mozambique Channel that bore us along against a light wind ahead over 60 miles a day. It seems to be the strongest in southing between 39• and 40• east long. When about 15• north of Kongone it was carry ing up among east winds, so we steamed on, but expended all our coals, which had been sun-dried, and went very quickly before we could reach our port. The wind would not help us to make it, so we bore away to Quillimaine river to cut wood. Before doing so we looked in at Nyamiara, a double-•mouthed port or creek, on the chart about 30 miles from Sualeo, but it looked rough, and we thought best, if lost, to lose ourselves on a civilised bar. We have been for. tunate enough to meet a boat from H.M.S. Rapid, and to find that Capt. Jago has brought some supplies for the Ox ford and Cambridge mission, and possibly a few for us. I always feel exceedingly thankful to these naval gentlemen when they bring anything for us; they do it with so much in convenience to themselves. Nobody would lend a launch or boat at this time but Col. Nunes, and he did it on account of my engaging to tow her out and over the bar. We can take nothing into the Pilneer ; we are deeply laden with eight months' provisions, and our decks are lumbered with draught oxen. If the supplies were sent to Mozambique, Mr. Soaro's vessel would bring them up here. No one is willing to risk his launch on the bar, and no wonder. W e have no insurance companies here. Col. Nunes is very kind, and will do anything to oblige you, but the use of his launch without a steamer will be to break the willing borse's back. His nephew is equally obliging. " I always imagined that my mistakes were the necessary consequence' of my own stupidity ; in fact, that it would be unmanly to screen myself behind any mortal man or thing; but one gets new light as one gets older. So I shall bear my burden and feel thankful if I can do anything to for ward the great work in which all are engaged. I look upon the work, not of the individuals, but of the great church of which they are the messengers, and of which the end will be glorious. " Waller was down here on Oct. 5, and took up what supplies he could scrape together hero. . . It is a great pity they came down to the lowlands. I am anxious to hear how they get on. Here all I can learn is that they have war on all sides, and great scarcity of food in consequence of a drought. The provisions will go up when the river rises next month, so you need be under no apprehension. The rumours of war here are generally much worse than the reality. I feel, as you will readily believe, very anxious to hear of a new and good bishop. Give him a hint to take care of himself. Good people are scarce. He will take it well from you. There is a small knot of Scotch emigrants at Aliwal North anxious to join us. I have not had time yet to set my thoughts about it, but I think favourably of their project if they will work at anything as well as their trades. "DAVID LIVINGSTONE." The second was written three days later, after the Doctor had perused his despatches, and learned, from Sir Thomas' letters and the articles in this paper, the complaints pre ferred against him by the Rev. Mr. Rowley, of the Univer sities Mission. It gives a clear and decisive refutation to the whole charge, as we quite anticipated that it would : " Quillemaine River, 20th Nov., 1862. "My dearFriend,—On meeting the boat of the Rapid, as we were coming down from the village to cut wood, I took my letters out of the mail and went back in the boat. Yours of Sept. 15 was left behind, and I did not read it till last night. My companions tell me that the editor of the paper* pointed out that the assertion of Rowley, attacked under Livingstone's direction advisedly, was proved by the Bishop's journal to be untrue. My advice, which no sane man would imagine relieved him from person responsibility for his actions, was pointedly not to act on the offensive; and the Bishop, in a manly way, recorded in his journal that in acting in an opposite manner he did so with the con sent of his subordinates and on his own responsibilty. The opinion of all present (even that of our engineer) was asked, and I believe had Mr. Rowley objected, the attacks 1,2, and 3 would not have been made. I took the responsibility where I had any hand or word in the actions ; but to blame me for deeds done contrary to my advice when I was on Lake Nyassa is rather too hard. And then to attribute motives—' Living stone would have withdrawn from the Ajawa from prudence, not principle,' &c.,—savours little of the tone we expect from the University mission. It is, moreover, totally un true that I ever in one instance adopted an agressive policy against the Ajawa or took slaves from them. I took slaves from Portuguese, but never hunted the Ajawa, nor took the part of Manganja against Ajawa. The pitched battle re ferred to took place when I was gone to Nyassa; and from it our engineer and two quarter-masters maintain that Mr. Rowley ran away. In this, I believe, every member of the msision will support my assertion. I repeat again that slaves were taken from Portuguese alone—people of Tette, some of whom I knew personally. The first part was left on our hands by the headmen running away. There was no fighting in any case : and for every act I bear, and will bear, the responsibility without shirking. He mast even acid the assertion ' that the highlander a are not cotton-producing in the sense always understood of them,'—uncomoious. pos sibly, that his Bishop bought a col ton gin from me to show the people around him how much more easily the cleaning process could be effected by it than by th ) slow process which even Mr. Rowley must have seen in every village he entered; and a conjecture of ours, made on our first visit uwe shol probabl to Shirwa, that the tail of that Lake was probably not more than 30 miles from the R at o, Nyassa, is vaunted as an error , in sa y in g that there existed try a n d carr y a boat up th way and and thence ud to Lake but 30 miles between the navigable part of the Ruo and Shirwa. For what reason this conjecture—which we hsd too much wit ever to put to the test, for as y ou know we went up the Shi re to the Lake—is here held up as an error it is difficult to say. " I am glad that some new men are coming with a new bishop. The messengers of a great and Catholic Church like that which establishes this mission ought to possess a larger portion of its spirit. I earnestly hope that the Ox ford and Cambridge Mission will look to their mission col leges for agents—a special education is required, and they ought to be enlisted for life. Mr. Glover writes to one apo s s b t o t t t h or f nor my r m logising for having published R ow l ey ' s l e tt er . I answer him in a jocular style. 'lt will never ma k e m e swerve from doing G oNdvhastpeledcainrom the to them all Mis takes will still be made, though probably n o t o f the same heart:f o wishing kind; but as to the ultimate result I have no sort of appre hension. —---- " V I cannot add more at present, as we are going out at high water to the Rapid, with the lighter of Colonel Nunes in tow, to get the mission goods across the bar. We shall then proceed to the Zambezi. * * * * * " DAVID LIVINGSTONE." The !South African Advertiser and Xail. Naval and Military Intelligence. THE NAVY. VALETTA, March 22.—Her Majesty's screw line of-battle ship Marlborough, 131, Capt. W. H. Stewart, C. 8., went out of port on the 17th inst. for a cruise, which, it is expected, will extend as far as the lonian Islands. The Queen, 74, Capt. F. C. Hillyar, is now flagship pro tern. The St. George, 86, Capt. the Hon. F. Egerton, left port the same day for target practice, and returned to her moor ings in the evening. The St. George is under orders to proceed to Naples to relieve the Meeanee, 70, Capt. G. Woodhouse, at Naples.: The Surprise, 4, is under orders to leave for Corfu, and the Trident, 6, Commander C. J. Balflur, for Gibraltar, after the arrival of the overland mail from Marseilies, due this evening. The Magicienne, 16, Lieut.-Com mander White (temporary), is ;still here awaiting the arrival of her captain, the Prince of Leiningen, expected from England to-day. This vessel will convey Prince Alfred to Marseilles. Vice-Admiral Sir Henry B. Martin, K.C.8., who has been here on a visit to his brother the Commander-in-Chief, left on Sunday last for Italy, in the French packet Annie, on his return to England. The Russian brig Plod, which arrived on Monday last from Cardiff, had on board the captain and crew of the Norwegian barque Columba, which was abandoned in a sinking stote on the 12th lust:o'w lat. 38 24 N., let. 640 E. The Columba had left Trapani on the 27th ult. for Norway, with a cargo of salt. All the crew were saved in the ship's boat. Having fallen in with the Plod, they were taken on board that vessel. It is feared other maritime disasters have occurred from the severe weather which has prevailed in the western parts of the Mediterranean during the last three weeks. Here the weather has been very bad, with violent squalls, accompanied by rain and hail. The cold has been excessive, and invalids have been suf fering somewhat severely from it. The remains of the late Commander Reid, of her Majesty's ship Trafalgar, were interred with military ceremony in decease of Naval Hospital a t the o ß c i e g m h j e , t e o r n y t h a e t t l a 9 c h t h e d i :s o t . the B R y say t h a e l Com mander Reid, a vacancy for the rank of commander has become the gift of Vice-Admiral Sir W. T. Martin, as also one for lieutenant, by the promotion of the officer to commander. Flag-lieut. P. W. Pellew, and sub-lieut. R. H. Harris, of her Majesty's ship St. George, are the officers selected by the Commander-in-Chief for promotion. The Firebrand, 6, paddle, Commander S. B. Piers, arrived at Spithead on Friday morning from the Mediterranean, and has received orders to proceed o❑ to Woolwich to pay out of commission. The following military invalids and passengers arrived in the ship from Malta and Gibraltar :—Royal Ar tillery—Capt. J. B. Richardson, Lieut. R. M. G. Stewart, one sergeant, two corporals, and four gunners; Royal Engineers, two privates; 2d bat talion 15th Foot, four privates ; Ist battalion 22d foot, one corporal and five privates; 2d battalion 22d Foot, three privates ; 2d battalion 23d Foot, three privates; Ist battalion 25th Foot, one sergeant and one private; 4th battalion Royal Buffs, two privates. Sixteen of these men were invalids, and were sent round in the steam tender Comet to the military hos pital at Netley ; the remainder were landed at Ports mouth dockyard and will be forwarded to their re spective depots. A number of naval invalids were also brought home in the ship, and were transferred to her Majesty's ship Victory and the Royal Naval Hospital at Hasler. Capt. the Hon, J. R. Drummond, C. 8., one of the 1 ords of the Admiralty, arrived at Portsmouth on Friday from London, and, accompanied by Rear- Admiral Superintendent Elliot, visited the paddle yacht Enchantress, of 835 tons and 259-horse power, Master-Corn. J. E. Petley, now fitting in the steam basin of the dockyard specially as a yacht for the Lords of the Admiralty, and afterwards the Os borne paddle yacht, Master-Com, Geo, K. Bower, lying off in the stream. The plating of the Royal Sovereign turret-ship is going on in Portsmouth dockyard in the most satis factory manner, but the progress of the cupolas or turrets, and the internal and deck fittings of the ship is still very slow. Ten times the present num ber of men could and should be employed on the cupolas and 'tween decks. Her side armour consists of three rows of si-in. plates, about 15ft. in length, and 3ft. 6in. breadth, extending from her topsides, that is level with her upper deck planking, to below her water line, and about 6-10 as of this will be above and 4-10ths below the water line. On her port-side amidships she has already bolted in the places on the lower tier 8, on the middle 7, and on the upper 3 plates. On the starboard side she has the same number. A coating of patent waterproof glue is applied hot to the inner surface of each plate the plate being slightly warmed by a ship fire, and also to the diagonal teak planking of the ship's side before the plate is fixed in its final position. Tongueing and grooving the edges and butts of the plates has been discarded in the Royal Sovereign as in the other iron-clad vessels now building, and the plates now rest with edge and butt against each other as simple slabs of metal. Great credit is cer tainly due to the master shipwright's department of Portsmouth dockyard for the manner in which the plates are being put on the ship's side. The joints, even now, with the plain, uncovered iron, can scarcely be detected between the plates, so accurately have they been fitted to each other. There will certainly be no occasion for cement or caulking the edges and butts of the Sovereign's plates, and we would suggest that caulking in this instance should be dispensed with. If water should collect between the teak and the plates, the absence of caulked seams will allow of its escape in a natural way instead of being kept at the back of a plate, ruining its bolt fastenings. A non-caulked plate would also expand under the influence of heat in a tropical climate. The following appointments were made on Friday at the Admiralty :—Corn. C. G. Nelson, to the Gala tea ; W. C. Stone, nominated to a naval cadetship ; Edwin R, Miall, paymaster, to the Archer; R. A. Fowler, naval instructor, to the Galatea ; and J. L. Davies, of the Sphinx, promoted to be engineer. The following appointments were made on Satur day at the Admiralty :—Commander James H, Coxon to the Narcissus ; Lent. Charles J. Fare, to the Hogue ; Lieut. Henry J. Challis, to the Formid able ; Lieut. Henry S. Boger, to the Boseawen ; Lieut. John A. Fisher, to the Warrior ; Walter H. Horsfold, master, to the Archer; Alfred W. White house; paymaster, additional, to the President; Ben jamin Wickham, paymaster, additional, to the Colossus ; Samuel S. Sugden, clerk, to the Anchor; and Herbert H. Jollye,assist.-clerk, to the Defence. employed on the particular service on which they will be engaged in New Zealand they will receive an increased rate of pay, besides enjoying other advantages. The Royal Marines belonging to the Chatham division who have volunteered for service in the Royal Marine Artillery left head-quarters on Fri day for Woolwich, where they will be joined by the volunteers from that division. The whole will pro ceed to join the head-quarbrs of the Artillery divi sion at Portsmouth. O❑ Friday a full-dress parade of the whole of the officers and men of the Royal Engineers at head quarters, Chatham, took place at Brompton Bar racks, on the occasion of the promulgation of the finding and sentence of a court martial, whiCh assembled a few days previously for the trial of Colour-Serg. Lendrim, Royal Engineers, on the cnarge of conduct unbecoming a non-commissioned officer, in having been drunk and assaulting Serg. M'Queen, in the non-commissioned officers' mess room on the night of the 21st inst. The Court found the prisoner guilty, and sentenced the pri soner, who has been 22 years in the service, and is decorated with several medals, to be degraded to the rank of a private sapper. At the promulgation of the sentence Col. Browne, C. 8., read the follow ing remarks on the trial to the assembled troops : " The commanding officer has been pleased to ap proVt arid -- eonfittn the - sentence, but in considera tion of the strong recommendation of the Court in the letter addressed to me by the President, and the good character given to Colour-Sergeant Lendrim by the officer commanding his company, and by the Adjutant, I remit the sentence as far as the reduc tion is concerned, and he will cease to be colour sergeant. The whole transaction is, however, so discreditable that it is after much hesitation, and with some reluctance, that I have adopted this lenient course, feeling that it was due to the other members of the mess to punish the individual who had by his drunkenness been the cause of so dis graceful a brawl in their premises ; and I cannot but consider:Sergeant M'Queen to have acted very improperly in using language which would have been at any time wrong to employ to his comrades, and was, under the circumstances of Sergeant Len drim's state at the time, very unseemly, and very imprudent from a non-commissioned officer." On Thursday the 4th depot battalion arrived at Colchester from Canterbury. The battalion com prises the depots of the 64th, 70th, 82d, 90th, 98th, and 103 d Regiments, in all 22 officers, 500 non commissioned officers and privates, 55 soldiers' wives, and 72 children. The drum and fife bands from the camp met the newly arrived troops at the Colches ter station, and in the evening the officers previously stationed at the camp entertained the officers of the 4th battalion, the sergeants following their example with regard to the non-commissioned officers THE ARMY. General Sir John Burgoyne, G.C.B„ Inspector- General of Fortifications, embarked on board her Majesty's steamer Fire Queen, Master-Com. Paul, at Portsmouth on Friday morning, accompanied by other officers, and steamed out of the harbour on his annual tour of inspection of tie fortifications of the port and approaches to Spithead. The 20th company of Royal Engineers, under the command of Capt. E. C. Sim, is ordered to be aug mented to its home strength by the addition of a number of men of various trades from the depot companies at head-quarters, Chatham. This com pany will shortly leave Brompton Barracks for Portsmouth, where it will relieve the 22d company, which is ordered to embark for China. The officers, non-commissioned officers, and men, have gone through a course of ball practice at the new Govern ment rifle range near Rochester. The Royal Engineers selected for service in New Zealand have been furnished, at the expense of the Government, with their outfit, and the non-commis sioned officers and men inspected by Major-General Eyre. The detachment is now ready for embarca tion, and only awaits orders from the Horse Guards to leave Chatham. During the time the sappers are ) • EXPERIMENTS AT SHOEBURYNESS. On Friday the members of the Ordnance Select Committee and the Ironplate Committee, with several officers of the Artillery and Engineers, made some novel gunnery experiments at Shoeburyness both with cannon and forms of projectiles. The first was made by the Ordnance Committee entirely, and consisted of trials to ascertain how far a method now rather in favour among French artillerists, by which a series of holes, about an inch in diameter, are bored through the substance of the cannon near its muzzle, in order, by permitting a quick escape of gas, to diminish its recoil, affects the services of the piece as to range and accuracy. The experiments were made with two brass nine pounder ordinary smooth-bore field pieces, which were loaded with the usual service charges and spherical shot. Five rounds were fired from each gun in GUCCt ssion, the recoil of both being carefully mea sured after each discharge. They were then shifted, so that each occupied the platform which had been used by the other, when again more rounds were firm The minute official results of the experi ment are not likely to be made out for some days, but the general merits of the performances of each gun could be seen at a glance, and were exactly what were anticipated before a shot was fired. The recoil of the ordinary gun was, in round numbers, just twice as great as that which had the holes bored round the muzzle, while the range and accu racy of the latter were scarcely more than half as good as that of the common piece. The lateral escape of gas and flame through the side holes of the French gun, it we may so call it, was very great indeed, so much so as to prove at once that even if the gun otherwise possessed the most transcendent merits it could never be used either on shipboard, in casemates, or even at embrasures. In the open air on Friday the trigger had to be pulled by a laniard nearly 20 yards long. One half of the force of the explosion evidently escaped through the sideholes before the force of the powder was ex pended on the shot, and virtually therefore the barrel of the gun is shortened by as much of its length as is thus perforated. As a general rule, the recoil of the gun is always in exact proportion to the force it exerts in propelling the shot, and any thing which takes off from this recoil, by allowing the gas generated by the explosion to escape before it has done its work, just diminishes by so much the range, and, therefore, the accuracy of its fire. The results obtained with this curiously bored gun on Friday were enough apparently to satisfy the Ord nance Committee that it would be a waste of time to continue the experiments further. Some experiments were then made with the Arm strong 110-pounder service-gun, loaded with steel shot, against a box target faced with 43-inch plates and lined inside with teak and an iron skin like the Warrior. The only interest of this ex periment was to test the penetrative power of the projectiles, one of which was prepared by the Ordnance Committee, weighing 651 b. and fired with a 161 b. charge of powder. The immense superiority of this projectile over the cast and wrought iron shot, which, as the standards or units of penetration, were fired at the target before, was at once apparent. Its indentation was nearly 50 per cent. deeper than either the wrought or cast iron missiles. The next shots tried were those of a pecu liar kind of steel made by Makin and Sons of Shef field. Friday was the third time that steel shots supplied by this firm have been tried at Shoebury ness, and always with the same result—that their metal, both for toughness and hardness, is superior to any other kind that has yet been experimented upon. A conical-headed shot of this kind, of which the cone was small and sharp, with a very small shoulder, weighing' 651 b., and propelled by only 141 b. of powder, smashed its eone completely through the plate, damaging the backing and break ing a rib behind—the greatest result that has ever been obtained with so light a shot and so small a charge. It was evident that only the very full form of the shoulder beneath the cone, part of which was sheared off, prevented the whole going completely through the target. A second shot of the same kind, the same weight, and fired with the same charge, struck the upper plate of the target on an uninjured part, and about 12in. from its edge. It completely smashed away a piece about 15in. deep by 18 or 20 wide, splintering and ripping up the backing be hind. One piece of the plate, of considerable weight, was carried far behind the target, where it fell with the shot itself. An examination of the shot showed a part of the cone broken off, but otherwise it was little injured, though the injury to the target was very great, in spite of the hard, rather than tough, character of its metal. The trial seemed to show that to pierce the plates almost as much depends upon the metal of the projectile as upon either the gun or charge of powder which fires it. Certainly, the result seemed quite to upset the notion that a flat-headed shot is essentially necessary to punch armour plates, and, on the other hand, to strengthen the belief that the best form for this purpose may, after all, and with proper metal, be found to be the conical form adopted by Sir William Armstrong. STATISTICS OF FRANCE. The population of France in 1861 was 37,38'2,000 persons, which, according to the present area of that country, including S Avoy and Nice, making a total of 209,420 square miles, gives a mean popula tion of 179 persons to the square mile. The popu lation returns show a decennial increase of only 2.23 per cent., while the increase in England and Wales during 1851 and 1861 was 12 per cent., the density of population being 344 persons to the square mile. Under the head of agriculture we find the gram crops, 28.30 ; other miscellaneous cereals, s'oo ; artificial meadows, 500 ; fallow, 10.80; natural fields, 9.50; vineyards, 4.10 ; orchards, chestnut forests, olive and mulberry groves, &c., 0.20; pas ture and waste lands, 13.50 ; forests, rivers, and lakes, roads, houses, and uncultivated, 23.60. Under the head of wheat we find that the total quantity raised in 1861 was 25.1 million quarters. The total number of live stock in 1861 was—horses, 3,000,000; donkeys, 400,000 ; mules, 330,000 ; horned cattle, 10,094,000 ; calves, 4,104,000 ; sheep and lambs, 35,000,000 ; goats and kids, 1,400,000; swine, in cluding sucking pigs and wild boars, 5,400,000. Few facts in these returns are more striking than those ex hibiting, on one hand, the vast extent of uncultivated. l country in France, and on the other, the great num ber of cattle imported for food. During the years from 1856 to 1860 these averaged in France 528,200, while during the same period in England they only averaged 303,500. Under the head of wine, the mean annual production, taking the average of 15 years, is 1,09,000,000 gallons; of which 67 per cent. is consumed in the country, and 33 per cent. exported. The production of silk has greatly di minished. The average production from 1846 to 1852 was 53 million lb., while from 1858 to 1861 it was only 261 million lb. The quantity of coal raised in 1861 was about eight million tons, and the average price 10s. ld. per ton. The total quantity of iron and steel produced was 1,595,000 tons. The increase in steam power is very remarkable. In 1847 this was re presented by a total horse-power of 145,007, while in 1859 it was 513,092. The tonnage of steam vessels has increased in the same period from 21,134 tons in 1847 to 33,690 tons in 1859. The railways at the latter end of 1861 extended to 6,269 miles, and the number of letters conveyed by the Post office has more than doubled between 1847 and 1861. There is a great increase in the quantity of tobacco manufactured by the Faench Government, amount ing, as compared with 1847, to no less than 22 million lb. Other articles of home consumption, such as sugar, salt, &c., also exhibit a large in crease; but the result of all the returns is, that while the resources of France are almost him , . haustible, they remain most imperfectly developed. APOTHECARIES'- HALL.— The following gentle. men passed their examination in the science and practice of medicine, and received certificates to practise, 012 Thursday, March 2G.—John Page Pulian, Durham ; Henry Seekamp Ward, Horncastle ; Thomas Lawson Craisters Leeds ; Francis Blake Hutchinson, London ; Frederick Page Atkinson, St. Thomas's Hospital; G. Ireland Rua.. sell, Gravesend ; Henry Charles Wine, Bristol ; Thomas Baker, Birmingham ; Samuel Lloyd, Smethwick; R o b ert Sidney Stone, Bath; Jas. Allen, Hale, near Liverpool. A GREAT CINGALESE WEDDING.—A Ceylon cor respondent writes :—" Colombo has been enlivened by a grand Cingaleso wedding. The bridegroom is reported to be very wealthy—worth £3oo,ooo—and the bride had about £20,000 of her own. The marriage took place a few miles out of town ; a hundred Europeans wore present, and endless numbers of natives. The band of the rifle regiment was there discoursing sweet music. 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