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;. in both than on peas all but tho lc. New vour of 36 stone. s per qr. ) .9 per I. to 4s 3d I to 3s Od sack. ~d to Gad 7d to —ti to7d• but the ley were s. (I -) to ) to 1 3 0 1 to 26 . ;to 1 0 4 0 to 20 to 2 , 8 ° nd sales were 6d ads. ...IS h ...1S 6 ..17 , —lB 6 ..17 9 ..17 6 ..17 b _l6 9 ..16 „is 6 ..17 •.17 6 17 6 .. 1 7 6 eiptg• 1862. 721. 10 z 3 ,SW 064 2 7 .7 53 25,271 o,t , 01 2,0 13 15,002 1,77/ 1,2b3 IrtEMENII3EI.I, WE SUP AT EVANS' Mellon'sVEßY EVENING TIIIS WEEK after Alfred Promenade Concerts. BANK of ENGLAND, Sept. 10, 1851. riP, GOVERNOR and COMPANY of the LANK of ENGLAND GIVE NOTICE, That the A.L COURT held at the Bank This Day is AD opITRNE ti till TUI4]SDAY NEXT, the 15th inst., at Eleven clock in th e F orenoon, for the purpose of takingthe de -4rll!inittion by vote, in pri n t or writinz, of th e q ue stion on ' vollowino- Resolution, proposed at the Court for a Divi den6l, viz. Ti ,at Half-year's Dividend of Interest and Profits be rfial on the 10th O c t o b er nex t o f £1 1 0 s. per cent., without t teduethr t on account of income tax. The voting will commence at eleven o'clock, and terminate at four. JAMES STEWART, Secy. ATLANTIC AND GREAT WESTERN -RAILWAY (Penns , lvania Division). —Coupons due lst will be psid in London at the Consolidated Bank v o_o tnitinil, No. 4, Lombard-street, London (late Messr s. Hey -n Kenuards, and Co.), at the Exchange o f 4s. to the T he Coupons will beeuired to be loilg.ed at the Office of th • c Company two da y s previously fur examina tion. London, 2, old Broad-street, September 10, 186'1. • NORTH BRITISH AND MERCANTILE INSURANCE COMPANY. Established 1SGO• Incorporated by Royal Charter and Special Acts of Parliament. Ae tui , _ ..n.ated and Invested Funds lunua Revenue L' ) Ir)2 q.) 422,401 FIRE DEPARTMENT. ___-- Instuatres , ranted both at Rome and in Foreign Countries ou the most liberal terms. LIFE DEPARTMENT. Every facility offered to Insurers. Ninety per Cent. of the Profits divided among the Insurers on th e participating principle. The new Life business transacted in 1862 as follows : Policies. Amount Insured. Premiums. 1,037 £763,334 £23,641 0 0 Forms of Proposal and every infor.nation will be furnished on application at the OFFICES: LONDON 58, Threadneedle-street. 4, New Bank Buildings. Lothbnry. West-end Office B, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall. NORWICH UNION FIRE INSURANCE SOCIETY. The business of the Company exceeds £70,000,000. ,Zhe duty paid to G overnment for t h e year 1862 w as 5,0(12, and the amount insured on farming stock, £10 , 0 86,132. A bonus of three-fifths of the profits periodically made to Parties insuring, who have thus. from time to time, received sums amounting in the aggregate to £440,0 00 ; and th e Societ y few holds a la rge Reserve applimble to a future Bo nus. The rates of pr em i um are in no case higher than those charged by the other principal offices making no returns to t heir insurers. For prospectuses apply at the Society's Offi ces ' curreY - street, Norwich ; and 6, Crescent, New Bridge-street, Black friars, E C . . THE ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY. READ OFFICES, 29, Lombard -street, London, and Royal Insurance- Liverpoel. Total Annual Revenue exceeds ........ Lsoo,o^n, Accumulated Funds in hand over 1000,000. Chairman in Liverpool: CHARLES TURNER, Esq., MP. Chairman in London : WILLIAM WAINWRIGHT, Esq. XT T? A FROM TIDE REPORT FOR THE YEA' - 1862. 1,0 Directors of the R o y a l Insurance Company ar e now calledi, upon to make their accustomedper i o dical Report at the 1 06 of its Shareholders. FIRE BRANCH. ectedly The Directors have, as pleasingly as unexp , ri at the 1; °8 e 0 , the year, to announce, for the fir st time, that the Fire retritnms have not only reached, but exceed £ 300,000. The high comparative position held by the Royal in the Government Returns of Duty is again fully maintained. ihThe mounth realised in the precedg year, and in s fat Bur y that of any rear, with but tw o exce p tions, since the '° ol triencome n t of thin Office, the balance to the credit on account of British and Foreign Insurances being £15,107 10s. and of t he North American business, which is kept sepa rately, £11,097 16s. 10d. LIFE BRANCIT. The very gratifying duty now falls upon the Directors to `tate the sum assured on n-iv policies for the year 1P62 vxceeds even that of the year 1861 by £lBO,OOO, and has arrived at the almost unexampled amount for a single year of 17' 701 ,427 on 1,498 new policies issued. Until within the last few Years it is believed that such a sum assured as that ishich has just been announced as the result of one year's business Was all but unheard of. This portion of the Company's business has been carefully watched, and cannot fail to give much satisfaction to the Pliar,holdor, as well as no small encouragement for the future to the participating life assurer. Evidence of continued care in the selection of lives is amply afforded by a statement of the number rejected. These have amounted to 311 for the year, on which the agf,rre,gete Bum proposed or assuran^e A mounts to i 41,28 I. Various degrees of ineligibility have led to these lives being declined. No small number of the Assurance companies of the day record their accepted lives annually at a sum not much, if at eyeeeding those which the Royal has declared as inadmis ',filo in a single year from deterioration of some kind or If, to complete their review, the Directors now advert briefly to the United Kinv,dom, they have to announce that in Fire Business its pro. , zreNs has been undoubtedly more rapid than that of any other Company established either in tond in or elsewhere, except when arnal2 - amations have taken place. The returns of duty have proved this. In Life, the amount or New Policies already reported make all other evidence needless. ThCT)i;eetOWconelnde their present Report with the expression of an opinion thac the prospects of the Royal Insuranc4 Company were never brighter, and of a consequent hope, fo,nded on a grateful remembrance of the past, that the future may untold for it a sphere of still greater manni t!'de, eombiniug, distingnished commercial success to the ,- 'ffv.e with a leLsgthenecl career of usefulness and protection to the public. PERCY M. POV?, Manafzer and Actuary. JOHN E. JOIINSTO.N, secretary in Loudon. pROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION. Established 1840. TRUSTEES. Thomas Baring, Esq., 31. P. Wm. Geo. Prescott, Esq. "mason Hankey, Esq P.. I 31 Baron L. de Rothschild, 31. P. toraittial Life Assurance for all classes. n A m s o soci f z 'a l t s io co n o h o a o s now in existence 6,000 policies, for a • , • WheAnnual Income is £51,000 he Accumulated Fund exceeds 2 , '0, 1 00 It has paid in Claims .. 112,000 the The whole of the profits are divided quinquennially among Members. Three divisions have already been made' when the following sums have been added as bonuses to the Policies Dec. 31, 1847 • • • • •• • • ~ 1852 .. • • ~ 1857 •• • • _•• 1882 ... . • • • ztking the total bonus additions, £96,000. llonnses may be received hi cash or applied to the reduc • xion .premiums at the option of the assured, in lien of an addition to the rol.cy. Attention is especially invited to the system of free or paid oP policies introduced by this Association, by which the sserifice so often submitted to on the relinquishment of po icy is wholly avoided. The balance-sheets of the Association are open to all, whether assurers or otherwise. Active and influential agents will be appointed in nnrepre iented districts. XN,400 .. 11,503 .. 23 200 .. 56,500 WM. TILOS. LINFORD, Secretary. Chief Office, 15, bfoorgate-street, E.C., Aug 1,1563. A.D. 1720. OYAL EXCH — A — NG — E ASSURANCE CORPORATION (Established by Charter of his Majesty George the First) FOR SEA, FIRE, LIFE, AND ANNUITIES. Offices, Royal Exchange, London. Branch, Office, 29, Pail-malL OCTAVIUS WIGRAX Esq., Governor. GEORGE PEARKES BARCLAY, Esq., Sub-Governor. Sir Joan HENRY TELLY, Bart, Deputy-Governor. DIRECTORS. henry Bainbridge, Esq. Xobert Barclay, Esq. John Garratt Cattley, Esq. 3 1ark Currie Close, Esq. , William Davidson, Esq. Thomas Dent, Esq. Alexander Druce, Esq. Predk. Jos. Edlmann, Esq. itiversdaleW. Greniell, Esq. Robt. Amadeus Heath, Esq. Win. Tetlow Hibbert, Esq.• Jas. Stewart Hodgson, Esq. V Wiimot Holland, Esq. Earl of Leven and Melville. Chas. Jno. Manning, Esq. Henry Nelson, Esq. The Hon. Joseeline W. Percy. Charles Robinson, Esq. Samuel Leo Schuster, Esq. Eric Carrington Smith, Esq. William Soltau, Esq. Joseph Somes, Esq., M.P. William Wallace, Esq. Chas. Baring Young, Esq. Medical Referee, SAMIIEL SOMA', Esq., F.R:S. FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected with this Corporation on advantageous terms. hi the Life Department, assurances are granted with par ticipation in Profits, or, at lower Premiums, without such participation. The Reversionary BAUM on British Policies has averaged nearly 2 per cent. per annum on the sum assured. Equivalent reductions have been made in the Premiums payable 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—' 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 CENTURY AND A DALE. The Corporation have always allowed the Assured to serve itnuitedthe Yeomanry, or Volunteer Cor p s within the 'kingdom, free of charge. ROYAL EXCDANGE, LONDON. ROBT. P. STEELE, Secretary. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Grads-inn -ro ad, in the imm e di a t e v i c i nity of the G rea t Northern Rai'- - Way Terminus, at King's-cross. Patron—The QUEEN. President—The Duke of DUCCLEUCIT, N•G' Treasurer —Edward Masterman, Esq. This was the first hospital to introduce the p r inciple of free and instant ad m i ss i on to the destitute sick, without the 10r . mality of gove rnors ' l e t ters. It is entirely devoted to desti tution in its mos t p i tiable form—viz., that which is accom pcnied by sickness and disease, and is now of sufficient magnitude that, with adequate support, it may be rendered capable of ad m itti ng 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 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 eases that daily present themselves. Contributions are received by the Treasurer, Edward m ns term " , Esq., Nicholas-lane; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co. ; Drummond and Co.; Herries and Co. ; R ansom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, an d Co. Smith, Payn e . and (o. ; Glyn and Co. ; Jones Loy dan dCo. ; Barclay and Co. ;De n i son and lliaras, D eacon, .and Co .; Overend, Gurney, and Co.;• Co. ; Ni sbet and Co. ; Messrs. J. Earned and Co., Liverpool and at the Hospital. .—__ STANFORD S. SMITH Secretar SPECTACLES.—The Patent Newly-invented NobilTinted Spectacles are patronised by the majority of the o ineludincrViscount Palmerston. They afford extra. B r o'alvv relief Optwek, dip, and detective vision.—S. and B "NS, icians, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. PROMPTLY ADVANCED by a Zniovai,lve Gentleman upon FITRNETURA ( without in a —asellold an Freehold Property', or Rversions, Klee (m u ms "eaPside — 4 20 to £500.-11r. iioWitrcl, IS, Quen- 8. (I, Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vole., LEFT TO THEMSELVES. By the Author of "Cousin Geoffrey," &c. _ "A very interesting story. It is one of the most clever booizs of the tieason."—United tiervjec Mag. "One of the mo t eharmlng tales we have seen for some Line." —John Ilurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. EGYPTIAN HALL.-MR. S. K. LORI). F.Z.S., Nightly in his nopular Entertainment, entitled " AT HOME ITV THE WIL Admission-55., 35., 28 , is. CANTERBURY HALL " GHOST."—In order k . ./ to gratify the curiosity of nightly-increasing crowds, Mr. C. MORTON has transferred the representation specro fessor Pepper and Henry Dirks, Esq.'s, world-famcd pral Illusion, " THE GHOST," from the ricturc 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 b3dy of the Hall. He has also arranged for Mr. A. Silvester to give (with all that gentleman's latest im rovements and effects), REPRESENTATIONS EACH E V ENING, at Ten o'clock. - - - • • - • • ~ All the other Musical and Pictorial attractions as usual, including Operatic Selections, &c. ; Unsworth (the modern Demosthenes), Eugene, Arthur Lloyd, George Hodson, &e. BiOYAL ALHAMBRA. PALACE. The GHOST ! The GEIO,,T ! ! The ONLY COMIC GHOST !! ! —The beautiful FAIRY FOUNTAIN.—A Grand Divertissement by Signora Rachele and Mar;anniria and Signor Guiseppe France , co, assisted by a co-vs of Twenty young Ladies—Selections from favourite Cpe 7as : Principals, Miss 141‘Gregor, Mr. Albert, Signor Geot glai, and Mr. Vernon Rigby. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. Great 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. Thr se eb-R.atit Rooms are NOW OPEN for the Winter Season. They have been entirely redecorated. Musical Director, Mons. Jullien, of monster concerts cele brity. The band selected from the Crystal Palace, the Italian Operas, and the Household Troops of her Majesty. Doors open at 8 o'clock. Admission, I s. Manager—M. GRENET. ESTABLISHED 1833. 1101VDEN'S /ERATED GINGER BEER. in ALP glass or stone bottles, warranted to keep good twelve months. Lemonade, Soda-water, Potass, Seltzer, and every description of Mineral Waters.—Manutactory, No. 3, W hite Hart-street, Drury-lane, W.C. THE LAUNDRESSES to her late Majesty Queen Adelaide say, that " BRIGGS' AUSTRALIAN S PARCH needs but to be tried to be approved " Sole Wholesale Agent, Harper Twelvetrees, Bromley-by BJw, London, E. TEA.-7400RE BROTHERS respectfully inti mate that their New Provectus is now ready. They especially recommend their improved Family Tea, reduced to is. 2d. ; Soueliong•' reduced to 3s. Cd. ; mixed Assam, re duced to 3s. td. ; and the finest Assam, reduced from 4s. 4d. to 3s. 11d. per lb. 3I(1011E BROTHERS, 33, London-bridge, City, E.C. EATING'S PERSIAN INSECT DESTROY ING PO WDE 11, for which a Prize Medal was awarded to the Producer at the International Exhibition, 1562, This Powder is quite harmless to an rmil life, but is un rivalled in destroying Fleas, Bugs, Flies, Cockroaches, Beetles, Gnats, Mosquitos, sloths in furs, and every other spejes of Insect. Spoitsmen will find this an invaluable remcdy for destroy ing Ii in their Dogs, as also Ladies for their Pet Dogs. Being the original importer of this now invaluable article, which has found so great a sale that it has tempted others to vend a so-called article, the pubiic are therefore cautioned to observe that the packets of the Genuine Powder bear the autograph Of TIIOMAS KEATING Sold lu packets, 15..25. 6d., and 4s. ed. each, or post free for 14 or 3G postage stamps, by Thomas Keating, chemist, 79, St. P ul •s-eliurchyari, London, KC RUPTURES.-BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. WHITE'S MOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (PERFECTED AND EXHIBITED IN THE GREAT EXHIBITIONS OF 1151 AND let 32), id allowed by upwards of Two II undred Medical Gentlemen to be the most effective nvention in the curative treatment of II 11; II NI 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 Nioc-Main Pad and Patent L ever , fitting with so much ease Ind closeness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn during sleep. A descriptive circular may be had, And the truss, which cannot ail 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, 18s., 215., 265. 6d., and 31s. Bd. Postage, ls. A Double Truss, 31s. 6d., 425., and 525. 6d. Postage, is Bd. An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. Postage, ls. 10d. Post-oftice Orders to be made payable to John White, Post office, Piccadilly. NEW PATENT VLASTIC STOCKINGS, a—A KNE E - CAPS, &0., for Varicose Veins and all ea ses of Weakness and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, &o. They are porous, light in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on 9l aan ordinary stocking. Price 4s. 6d., 78. 6d., 100, to 168. each. Postage 6d. JOHN WHITE, Xanufacturor. 228. Pioaadilly. 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 Her 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. CELEBRATION of the TERCENTENARY of N.J the BIRTH of SITAKSPEARE, 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 Stourbridge and Kidderminster or Warwick and Leamington Banks, Stratford-upon-Avon ; Messrs. Greenway, Smith, and Greenway, - Warwick ; or their London agents, Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Co , Messrs. Hanburys and Co., or Messrs. Glyn and Co , bankers, London. The Tercentenary Committee, in submitting the subscrip tion list to the nation, most 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 home, the town he loved, and where he lived and died. R OYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION (Incorporated by Royal Charter). rATRONESS—Tier Most Gracious Majesty the Queen. - - FILE SIDENT —Vice-Mmiral the Duke of Northumberland, E.G., F.R.S. CIIAIR➢IAN-ThOS. Baring, Esq., M.P., F.R.S., v.p. DEP UTY-CIIAIRMAN—Thomas Chapman, Esq., F. 8.5., V.P. APPEAL. The Committee of Management have to state that, since ,lie beginninglnstitution has expended £32,000 on various Lifeboat Eatab of the year 1860, the Royal National Lifeboat lishments on the Coasts of England, Scotland, and Ireland. The number of lives saved by the. Life-boats of the Society, and other means, since its formation, is 12,800; for which ser v i ces 82 Gold Me d a l s, 718 Silver Medals, and £16,480 in cash have been paid in rewards. The Institu tion has also expended £67,000 on Life-boats, Life-boat Transporting-carriages and Boat-houses. The Committee desire to express their grateful sense of the generous support which they have received from the British public during the past few years, a support which has enabled them to establish their present ma,gnifleent fleet of 123 Lifeboats on the shores of the United Kingdom. Deeply sensible, however, of the great responsibility that rests on them to maintain their fleet in a thoroughly efficient state, and i %Crews practised in the management of their boats, whi l can only bo effected by a large and permanent annual income, they earnestly appeal to all classes of their countrymen to aid them in upholding and perpetuating so The Committee acknowledge the following Con tributions : x, e. d Her Majesty the Queen ... .. .. annual 5u 0 U • • • . annual 5 0 0 Coutta and Co., Messrs., Banker • • • • annual 11 0 8 .. .. annual 10 0 0 10 10 0 Currie, Wm., Esq., •• •• •• .. 4th don 10 0 0 Fanalme, Campbell, Clerk, the Colonel,lllto.l. Mr 5..._G G. . : * Erie, Lord hiet Justice A., . .. 2d don. 25 0 0 Penvvick, G. .T., Esq., M ill a o 1 O v r e e Y . ' R r e ' ' e v • v: G G • .13G , cost of a Lifeboat and Trail sportina Carew • • • • • • • • .. 250 0 0 .. .. .. .. don. 15 15 0 " • • don. 20 0 Vice-Admiral Sir E . e• . B . • • don. • • .. 7th don. 10 0 0 Martin, Sir Henry, aßnardtrs. • • Smith , Mrs. George, Greenw ich • • • • • • 30 0 Stirling, Col Sir Anthony,nonY, K.C.B. ...iedabnynhuearl 2 0 0 Lady, T homas, Lad Weston-super-Mare, oollectedby Ladyship ** • • • • • • Percival d va ty j e ano o dim , B s . 9 Eitr S kee t c r ni a .. 16 16 0 Willoughby d'Eresby, Lord .. .. .. annual 50 0 Donations and Annual Subscriptions will be thankfully re mit hde Co.,Bankers 76L Lombard-street; b t ahrethlsntarteiettu;t I 3 i n e , s s it r l s e . s c s Messrs. ttB Willis and .lames's•atreet, London ; by ail the Collectors of Customs ndsletiMhDehesi.usriaLsi9.tuedllaie9unrn.rieTigds,:Fm.arz;quhar. and Co., 16, St. , Richard L and by the Secretary Esq., eWis, Es at the Office of the Institution, 11, No. 22,218. 7-J f•-; • • >O4N • can • • "mcrer, 1• 4 4 ; , ‘ 1.• ,1( •• ir 2 ‘ " • (V. 4 . 9 , Itih r _ I s, 7 2: _ s\ - 4 - ,0 a , • Z"? Drf, "" , r _2l I, 4 4 ,4 7 .1t,;10/41k fr„ t 4. 1 !".„,, • 1118, plwrr* THE SUN, LONDON, SA TURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 12, 1863; for 2.yr• olds ; winners extra; second to save his stake. ST. LEGER PROPHECIES. was what some people would call a little "jolly," but was not intoxicated. Three•quarters of a mile. 26 subs. Mr. H. Bird's Regina, 7st 2lb (J. Daley) 1 Mr. F. Fisher's Aurora, 6st Sib (J. Grimshaw) 2 Mr. John Osborne's Greenland, Bst Mr. IV. Bevill's Junius, 7st 9lb (H. G r i ms h aw ) 4 Mr. Gibson's Wheldrake, 6st 71b (Viney) 5 Lord Bateman's Coimbra, Est 121 b (E. Taylor) 6 A juryman asked if he was quite capable of taking care of himself, and of going to the railway station with safety. Witness said ho 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 ho paid 7s. Gd. Bell's Life. 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 Dr. Syntax of the out siders, and a careful analysis of "public form," 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—BoII's Life. The green and straw looks dangerous, then flickers, and dies out ; The chance of Borealis, scarce conceived, as quick has flown, The boy in yellow calm and still as monarch on his throne ; " Stay, Gooier! still there's peril I cast a hasty glance Rai° 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 • , Betting-6 to 4on Regina, 7to 2 agst Aurora, sto 1 each agst Wheidrake and Junius, 10 to 1 each agst Greenland and Coimbra. By Alfred Morris—The bottles of champagne were quart, not pint bottles; and both were drunk while deceased was there. After he 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 officet replied in the negative. 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 Coroner said there mint 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 £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 en him at his office about 10 o'clock on the morning of Thurs day week, and offered to lend him £3 or Xi 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 Welter Handicap of 10 sous each, 3 ft, with 40 added; through. Ero 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 winners extra; gentleman riders ; jockeys, 61b extra. One mile and a quarter. 10 subs. Capt. Shaw's Little Dick, 6 yrs, 9st 41b.... (Mr. Bevill) 1 Mr. Reldiff's Jack o'Newbury, 3 yrs, Oat 61b (in 61b ex) (Payne) 2 Mr. C. IV intringham's Weatherwiso, 4 yrs, 9st 121 b (in Gib extra) (Bumby) 3 Mr. Saxon's Formidable, 3 yrs, Bst 121 b (Mr. G: S. Thompson) 4 Mr. Mellon's Fletton, 3 yrs, 9st 71b (carried Oat 81b) (Mr. H. Wombwell) 5 Mr. J. Dickson ns Ripley, 3 yrs, 9st 21b (inclu. 61b ex) (Withington) 6 Betting-7 to 4 agat Little Dick, 4to 1 each agat Jack o'Newbury and Formidable, 100 to 15 agst Ripley, Won by three lengths ; a bad third. The Two-Year-Old Selling Stakes ofssovs each, 1 ft, with 25 added; colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 41b; selling allow ances. Half a mile. known, But past the post with dauntless strido TUB RANGER holds his own. SOMMIOSUS—BeII's 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. MANHATTAN—BeII's 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 lue Mantle, Cheerful, Donnybrook, E ach I pass without a word— ] 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—Vie Field. Mr. Doyle's Jewel, Gst 41b (£10) , grimshaw) 1 Mr. J. Andrew's Madame Ttitclioflm, Gst 4113 (£ 4 O) (Zanker) 2 Lord Bateman's Coimbra, 6st 111 b (£6O) .... (E. Taylor) .3 Betting-5 to 4ou Jewel, 7to 4 agst Coimbra, sto 1 agst Madame Tagliafico. _ _ The Coroner repeated that he should see to the post mortem examination being carefully made, and he ad j -aimed the Inquest for a week. Naval and Military Intelligence. 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, 9st 71b ; five, lOst ; six and aged, lOst 11b. Three miles. 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 yester 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 cfficially in spected at Spithead, yesterday steamed into Ports mouth harbour to dismantle and pay out of com- 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 BERTLIA,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 Ranger and Golden Pledge. AlTGUR—Sporjing Mr. I'Anson's Caller Ou, 6 yrs, lOst (Challoner) w.o. Match £lOO. One mile. Marquis of Hastings's Oi Poilei (12 b), 3 yrs, 12st 41b (Mr. 11. Wombwell) 1 Mr. F. Wombwell's 0. T., 3 yrs, llst 41b .... (Owner) 2 Betting-3 to lon Oi Polloi, who made nearly all the running, and won by half a length. I shall boldly nail my colours to the mast with the stan dards et LORD CLIFDEN and QUEEN BERTHA, Whose most dangerous opponents are likely to be Golden Pledge and Biue ItlanAe. ORLANDO —Sporting I read it clearly. Good ProNidence decrees That you should back BLUE M ANTLE So shall you win your fortune back. BEACON—Sporting Gazette. 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 Islesn for trial at the measured mile off Marlin Sands, the result being that the mean of the runs to and fro was 8.698 knots au hour, as contrasted with 7.751 knots obtained at Portsmouth previous to the vessel be-ing, placed in 2.1 r. Curtis's hands; showing a gain of .531, cr 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 ws 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 halt' 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 poet 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 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, 281 b; 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., c omman di ng the Sheerness Steam Reserve ; and Vice• Admiral Sir G. R. Lambert, K.C.8., Commander-in-Chief at the Nore, was on board to witness the trial. The contractors, Messrs. J. Penn and Son, were repre- sented by Mr. Mathews. Mr. Rumble, inspector of machinery afloat, and Mr. Blalland, 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, Corn.' Henry H. Baamish) ar rived at Sheerness from the West Coast of Africa, last from Dzvonport, on Thursday evening. On the following day she was inspected by Capt. J. Ful ford, of her Majesty's ship Formidable, flagship of Vice-Admiral Sir G. R. Lambert, C. 8., who con gratulated her commander on the effective state of the vessel and crew. She will be paid out of Corr mission in about ten days and p laced in the Sheer ness Steam Reserve, having been in commission since May, 1860. o.llv 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 of that vessel, with the exception of the stern, which, from the difficulty of fixing the plates to that part, will delay the finishing of this frigate about a mouth beyond the time originally fi xe d . It is n ot 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 bides of the vekrsel from I expect to see the St. Leger of 1563 fall to either Avenger, Golden Pledge, or Queen Beriha; 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 prrenomen is National, He and Donnybrock stand as conjointly dividers Of the favour—'tis small—which 1 feel for outsiders; But I won't have a " cockboat," and so—sink or swim— Lord Clifd en , Q ueen B , With AVENGER and BERTHA my vessel I WILL I Birmingham , Sporting G aze tt e. r e ll t gt or at Paris you must have a ca ll , u le ile T h h a e n i d l y a , n a g r e e r' all that I see; o f st. Vincent is losi ng hi s steel, man tle of honour will ne'er on th ee fall; Blue rGoArhrrveeetahn: D egev l et a i 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. a ve nge 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 hoplessly ft)ored, As finishing second—one mighty hurrah, Proclaims that AVENGER, is victor to-day I NEVER MlSS—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 I Tern TWOPENNY W ARBLER—Sporting Gazette. Queen Bertha—well, the Mahon touts all swear that every sweater Thatau w ith Hurricane she takes s h e s h ows still better f orm d 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 —Bra. 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 touch 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. and then placing th em f ace to face, and toPsY P u tting this and that togeth er , and then pulling ' eta t a u p r a v r y t , and head over heels, this is my conviction as to the result of the St. Leger, that QUEEN BERTHA. and GOLDEN PLEDGE will be first and second, with Borealis 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 BEET mad must retain our confid ence through weal HA., WllO was our VANGTJARDTSporting or woe. love, increasing places, i favour 11 : e whole n B oe Bertha, t t h h a e , per formancesTh e n t d:noted also the tone g h candidates,e d through a of the market, we can arrive at no other conclusion than let us that the Leger of Wednesday next is confined to Avenger, Having carefully the several w ei assign the positions thus :— AVEN G ER, 1; Qu een Rangerß lue ; and Mantle , i n three Pledge, to osecure Bertha, 2; The Ranger, 3; with a profound respect for Blue Mantle also. FLy-EY-NIGHT— Weekly limes. Lord Stamford's horse is each day 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 ho was at Ascot, and we saw how ridi culously easy his victory there was accomplished, though he had not had a gallop for a fortnight previous thereto. The present showery weather is most favourable for 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 p r i u of 4,925 sous. VATICINATOR —Sunday 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, we make our choice as follows :—AVENGEIt, 1; The Ranger, 2'.; Golden Pledge, 3. LEICESTER RACES.—Fun its. The Scurry Handicap of 50 sovs, added to a Sweepstakes of 10 soya each, 3 ft. for all ages; winners extra. Half a naile. Mr. J. Saxon's Lord of the Manor, aged, Bst 41b (Midgley) 1 Mr. John Osborne's Paddy O'Rourke, (Whiteley) 2 Mr. F. Fisher' s A urora, 2 yrs, sst 71b Grirashaw) Betting -6 to 4 on P addy O ' Rourke, sto 2 ags t Aurora, 100 to 30 agst Lo r d o f t h e Manor. 3 yrs, 6st 1 21 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 collision with a post. whi c h she passed on the wrong si d e, and being disqualified fr om w i nn i ng for that mishap , Jemmy Grimahaw d i d not persevere with her. Paddy O'Rourke was then left with the lead, w hi c h he ma i nta i ne d until half-way up the straight, wh ere L ord of the Manor headed him, and won easily by a neck. A urora was pul l e d u p several lengths in the rear of Paddy O'Rourke. into - ----- The All-aged Selling Stakes of 26 eovs, added to a Sweep stakes of 3 sovs each ; two •yr - olds, 7st 31b ; three, Os llb ; four, 9st 121 b ; five, six, and aged, lOst 21b ; sell ing and other allowances. Three quarters of a mile. 4 subs. Mr. Fisher's Reindeer, 5 yrs, Sat 61b .. (£3O) (Mitchell) 1 Mr. Moreton's Telscombe, 2 yrs, oat 101 b u3o) (J. Gruushaw) 2 Mr. J. Andrew's Madame Tagliafico, 2 yre, 6it 91b (Zenker) 3 ofB(a h c e a lt r e t . n i n S g a gt — tl :vn on 131 b) (£3O) 6 to 4 aget Telscombe. Reindeer made play throughout , and won b y three parts Madame Tagliafico was beaten off. The winner was bought in for 105 guineas. The Castle Donnigton Nursery Handicap of 100 soya (50 given by the Marquis of Hastings and , 50 by the Race Committee) added to A Sweepstakes of 10 soya each, 3 ft., BETTING AT MANCHESTER-FRIDAY. For the St. Leger, Avenger and Queen Bertha maintain the positions they held yesterday. Lord ()liftlen advanced a point, 7 to 1 being booked about him ; and The Ranger receded one, 7to 1 being laid against him. There was not a great amount of business done, and there was nothing in 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 (offered) 16 to 1 agst Silkstone (taken) 20 to 1 agst The Serf (taken) 20 to 1 agst Blithfield (taken) THE LEGER. 11 to 2 agst Avenger (taken and offered) 6to 1 agst Ranger (takes and offered) 7 to 1 agst Lord Clifden (taken) Bto 1 agst Golden. Pledge (taken and offered) 30 to 1 agst National Guard (taken and offered) 40 to 1 agst Dr. Syntax (taken) CESAREWITCH. 1000 to 30 on the ficald (offered) The Alleged Murder of a Bank Clerk. Yesterday, at 12 o'clock, Mr. Humphreys, the ceitoner for the eastern division of the county of Middlesex, anti jury opened an inquest at the Dock Hotel, East Smithfield, touching the death of Hugh Dolvin Morris, 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 in the neighbourhood of the St. Katharine Docks, and there it was seen yesterday by the coroner and jury, pre • oratory to the inquisition. Alfred Morris was the first witness called. Ho said, in reply to questions by the Coroner—l reside at Hazelwood lodge, Rovpell-park, Streatham, And am a bank clerk. The deceased was my brother, and was 23 years of age. Ho 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. He was not in any trouble or difficulties, pecuniary or otherwise: Although he did not owe more than £l5 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. He 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 0 the St. Katharine Docks. The body was dressed, but without a hat. H e 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 Willes, a surgeon, at 32, Upper East Smith field, said he examined the body of the deceased on Tuesday afternoon. It was fully dressed, and was covered with mud and slime. He had it washed. He found a 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 slight 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 a ny 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 decomposition. The discolouration was su perficial, and if death had resulted from blows given before death he should have expected that the discolouration would have been deeper. Edward King, a very you ng man , an d a principal witness, was next called. He said—l reside at Bellevue, Forest-hill, and am a clerk in the Cityßank. On the everting of Thurs day week the deceased stopped at the bank to assist me in my duties. We left the bank ab ou t 9 o ' c l oc k. It was a very wet night, and he and I went to a place near the bank to take some refreshment. We 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 in Arthur-street, near London bridge. He is a friend of mine, and has known my family for some years. We reached there a little after 11, having gone direct from the place where we took refreshment on leaving the bank at 9 o'clock. At the Ticket Porter we bad two bottles of charaPagna among four of us, Mr. Stephens and Mr. Cox being the other two. It was getting late, and ti :ceased began to fear we should lose the traia. He got up suddenly and saying, We must not lose this train," went out. I asked hins 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 outside. 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 ho excited from drink? Witness--No ;he was in a l au ghing mood, and spoke in a rational manner. The Coroner—Were you sober? Witness—Yee ; perfectly so. The Coroner—Do you know what money him ? he had about Witness—l noticed him change a sovereign during the evening. The Coroner—Travelling on the came line of railway from day to day and being in the same establishment, you possibly knew some of his acquaintance s ? Witness—l never heard him speak of his having any acquaintances about the waterside. That is all the evidence I can give. By Alfred Morris, deceased's brother—l should not say he was at all intoxicated wh e n we were at the Ticket Potter. He could walk perfectly straight. I should not have been afraid of his falling into the river. was not excited to any undue extent. He was not at all a likely person to commit suicide. He bore a very good character 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 th e Ti cket Porter in Arthur-street, Upper Thames . .street, d epose d that the de ceased, with the previous witness , came t o hi s h ouse on the night i n ques ti o n about 1 1 o'clock, He was perfectly sober, He had part of two bottles of champagne, and left a little before 12 o'clock, Ile drank nothing more there. WitintS could ;lot Pay the deceased WM quite sober, Jie STAMPED ....sd. the lower deck upwards fore and aft of the shot proof bulkheads, is n ear l y all fiyod in its place, and the won: of completing the bulkheads is now pushed forward with all possible ener g y. The plates 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 extrem e 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' eddilional 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 near St. Mary's 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-Limit. Lynedock N. Moncrieff and Sub- Lieut_ Archibald Little, to the Pelorus ; Sub-Lieuts. Charles J. Doxatt and Henry R. Kelly, to the Scylla ; Sub-Lieuts. Thomas S. Jackson, Charles B. Theobald, Robert Barton, and Richard P. W. Dow ney, to the Gibraltar ; Frederick Lucas, paymaster, 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; John 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 Annable, 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. Morman, assist-engineer, to the Pclorus ; 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. c---- . , .. NEWSPAPER //--- -- '- '‘- ---e.. • Ok 54 SI e collo v,itr --.. tank a + 41 ' C < .i . i. 4 7 , .. i'tf a meu ; lieutenants, captains, an d f'4 ."171, to :fit: :fit:.4l . the two colonels commandant bre' ! 77:51164',,Atik0k A number of quartermasters of th e f, l ril'i -'..'Y' -i f and other corps in garrison also tookparTt th e procession. procession. On the arrival at thegraveyard the body was received by the chaplain, the Rev. James C. Connolly, 8.A., who performed the religious ser vice. As soon as tha 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 eflicers taking up their respective commands. The drums and instruments were then stripped of the crape and other sable emblems with which they had been dressed, and the division marched off to berracks preceded by the band Playing a number of lively airs. _l'he wh o l e o f th e ava il a bl e t roops i n garr i so n a t 1 °°livieli yesterdey assembled on the artillery ' barrack field, and witnessed the ceremony of pm senting- (by I/acres) the General-Commandin ,, Richard , , Sir a numb-r of gratuities and silver medals, awarded to the following noncommissioned officers and men for long service and geed conduct : Depot Royal Horse . Artill er y Staff - collar-maker Thome; Fairchild, £lO Cadet ; C om p any G unner John Chapman, £5; Battery S' 2rgt .:M a j or D av i d Montgomery, £l5; Drum-M a i o r James Lawson £l5 ; Farrier Sergt. William J o h nson, £5 , Sergt. ' William Newstead, £lO ; Sergt . Joseph . Smith £l5; Bombardier John Gardner, £5 ; Gunner ' Robert Ki r k, £5; Gunner Thomas Sewell, £ 5; Gunner Augustus Malmsley, £5; Sergt, Jaw" Hinckley, £5; Gunner Samuel Dick, £5; Gunner George Blanchard, £5 ; Gunner Rowland Redmile, £5; Gunner Joseph Leclgett, £5; and Private Joseph Wilde, £5, making a total of £l3O. 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 said 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 her Majesty, upon his recommendation, as a special recognition 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 Royal Engineers, commanded by Col. Ford, on their own 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 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 peace footing, and consists of 412,000 men and 80,000 horses. There are 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 dismissed from drill. These additions would bring the army up to between 600,000 and 700,000 men—a very respect able force, and quite sufficient, as a F renc h naner lately observed, to meet all eventualities. Tee 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 rassemblement is the corps of occupation at Rome, about 20,000 men in one 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 divisiors of infantry and l of cavalry), the Army of Lyme (2 divisions of infantry and 1 of cavalry), and the divicion 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, snecially allotted to the garrison of the capital, and. •trhieh never leaves it. These two armies, and the Luneville division, may be reckoned. at 40,000 men. Tee 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 Turcoe), 33 squadrons (37 with the Spahis), form ing a total of 30,000 men. The remainder of the French army is distribated in six great corps, five in France and one in Algeria. There used to be 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, m ay 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 Tureos (liraillaurs Algerians) three of Chasseurs d'Afrique, and three of Spahis— about 15,000 infantry and 3,000 horse. Besides these there are the punishment battalions, popular/y 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 is 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. Comparatively few regiments were i n the Crimea and Italy. To Africa, where they have the Spahis and Chasseurs d'Afrique, and where the clim a t e and nature of the country and warfare are un favourable to heavy horse, only the lightest cavalry, Hussars, and Chasseurs, are occasionally sent. 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.D. 1255, to a very pernicious purpose. Henry 111. had contracted an immense debt to the Pope in prosecuting the absurd project of making his son Edmund King of Sicily; and his Holiness, w h o was muc h i n d e b te d to certain Italian merchants, who had advanced money for carrying on the war, had become importunate for payment. In this extremity the Bishop of Hereford suggested to Henry the following curious scheme for the payment of al/ his debts without money :—That the Italian merchants to whom the Pope was indebted should draw bills 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 t' these prelates tor 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 159,540 marks, were drawn and presented, and the prelates, after many remon strances, were compelled to pay them, by threats of excom munication.—history of England, by Dr. Henry. 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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 convert:A 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 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 nnc men of the Royal Engineers have been selected from the depot ecmpanin at head-quarters, Chat ham, and placed under orders to embark for New Zealand for the purpose of augmenting the 6th com pany of 11.3yal 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 llorsc Guards for their embarkation. The Hougomont, Indiaman, Capt. Flamank, be longing to Messrs. Gellatley, 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 Garratt, 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 steamtug, 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- Gen. Lord Paulett, C. 8., and C o l. E. S omerset, C. 8., Deputy-Ass ist. Quartermaster-Gen. for Canada, the following d e t ac h ments for reg i ments serving in Canada and Halifax :—Royal Artillery —Capt. D 3 Moleyns, Lieut. Alleyne, 72 men, 3 women, and 3 children. Royal Engineers- 1 man -3d battalion Military Train-10 men and 2 women. Ist battalion Grenadier Guards—Capt. Clinton, 61 men and 2 women. Coldstream Guards —Captain Seymour and 1 man. Scots Fusilier Guards—Capt. Peel and Lieut. Gascoigne. Ist battalion 16th Foot —Capt. Castle, 2 women, and 1 child. Ist batta lion 17th Foot—Capt. Utte rson and 2 women. 30th Regiment—Lieuts. Smith, Eden, and Green ; En sign Thom and 20 men. 62d Regime n t-1 man, 1 woman, and 1 child. Ist battalion Rifle Brigade —Major Warren, 15 men, an d 1 Woman. Army Hospital Corps- 3 women and. 1 child. Late Royal Artillery-1 man, 1 woman., and 4 children. Canadian Rifles—Mesdames Reynolds, Reilly, Mill, and child. Royal Artillery—Mesdames Coslin, O'Brien, and 3 children. Ist battalion Rifle Bri gade—Mrs. Smith, schoolmistress. Army Hospital Corps—Mesdames Arnold, Baglon, Tanner, and child. For Halifax—Royal Artillery—Capt.O'Hara and 41 men. Royal Engineers-4 men. 39th Regt. —Assist.-Sorg. Everett (for Bermuda). Newfound land Corps -1 man. Tne Adventure was appointed to sail from Portsmouth last evening, calling in at Cork, where she wouldembark for Cauada-Ist bat talion, 16th Regiment—Capt. Chicester, wife, and 7 children. Ist battalion 17th Regiment—Capt. Bradhuine, wife, and 3 children. 47th Regiment —Capt. litukcs, wife, and child; Lieut. Lavern, wife, and child. 63d Regiment—Capt. Hunt and wife ; Lieut. Knapp and wife. 156 men, 8 women, and 10 children from sundry corps. Quartermaster Briekdale, who died in the Royal Marine Infirmary at Woolwich on Sunday last, was yesterday:buried in the Charlton Cemetery, with full military honours. Tho 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.for the duty. The entire division followed the corpse (borne on Ci 9 pounder gun and carriage) 1 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.tho interest attaching to which is greatly on the increase." —Messenger. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. TH E 0 XFOR D, 6, OXFORD STREET, W. THIS EVENING, will be performed Operatic Selections from Sir Henry R. Bishop's 'VIE SLAVE and Halevy's MUSKETEERS (first time in England). Principal Artistes—Miss Russell. Miss Ellison, Messrs. Green, Bernardi, finish, tc., with full band and chorus. Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans. Flute Solos by Drew Dean. ex. Comic, by UNSIVORTH ("or any other man"), Eugene, W. Randall, A. Lloyd, and George Hodson. Also, a Pei formance by Herr SCHALKENBA.CH on his wonderful instrument, the PIANO oRCHE6TRE, contain ing a full baud of 40 instruments. The HALT. tole just been newly Decorated and Ventilated, and is one of the most Beautiful in the Metropolis. Open at 8 o'clock. Admission, ed. ; stalls andbalcony, le. ; private boxes, 10s. 6d. - 45,8 22 4,3 5 1,721 2,570 120 3 66,141; 3,221 8.408 3,0/1 i)81 2, , 25 4,891 :09 1 456 4,182 31,159 2.008 - 213 2,131 411. 1,092 83 2 9.1 01 741 753 373 8,881 18,808 2,223 50,908 1,309 350 36,66 0 31,238 643 1,441 4,032 t 1,0 73 4,060 7:34 1,218 10,•471 t. 18. t. 12. . 5, t. 28. t. 18. t. 12. t. 10. t. 18. t. 12. t. 20. 5. i 10. t. 12. t. 17. ;. 11. 10. 24. .28. 14. .Inca !port : tho ......,I , l E. 47th ion• sex) Pt the the k ~~:'YY~