The Sun. — London, England, 1863-07-03 00:00:00

THE LONDON COCOA - NUT FIBRE COMPANY (Limited). Incorporated under th.. Cmipanii a Act, 1802, whereby the Liability of every Shareholder is limited to the-amount of his shares. Capital £20,000, in 20, 00 Shares of £1 each. Deposit ss. on application, and 58. on , liotment. Calls not to exceed ss. per share. No call to be made within three months irom the Incorporation of the Company, and sub sequent Calls at intervals of not lees than t-nree months. DIRECTORS, M. Hayward, Esq., 32, orge-street, Hanover-square. Major 11-,mtord. 6, Sutherland• street, Belgrave-square. Fr. derick Anerstein, Esq., 133, S.oane-street, and Carlton Club. Frank Cole, i , 7sq., 76, Gower-street, Bedford-square. T. LittlE wood, Esq, Broom Hall, ..-heffield. J. Stkvens,f'sq...6N Comilla. • With power ro add to their number. RANKERS. The English and Irish Rank (Limited), 25, Poultry, E.C. SOLICITOR. Charles Parke, Esq., 37, Moorgate-street, E.C. AUDITOR. Mr. S T. Cooper, Public Accountant, 10, Basinghall street, E.C. SECRETARY—Mr. C. H. Baker. MANAGER OF WORKS—Mr. James Lane. Temporary Works—Arthur -terrace, H olloway. Offices —No. 1, 'un-court, Cornhill. This Company is formed for the purpose of manufacturing Coon- Vut F bre Mats and Matting, under Letters Patent granted to George Davies, dated the 24th April. 1862. The principal feature of Da, ies's Invention consists in the improved pile of the mat, and, owing to the mode of weaving, great d.irability is given to the fabric at a reduced cost• of man of act ore. The sup eriorit of articles manufactured b y this process over the presentmethod will be well on dersto d in the trade When it is stated that matting of all descrip ions, and ear- T i rf "ge and door mats, Ar.c., have a thick fibrou s p ile u p on the surface hitherto unattained. The ontinually extendir g demand for articles made of Cocoa fibre will be gr atly stimulated by the introduction of the Patent process into the ma,,utacture. The harshness hitherto complained of in matti n g'made of this material in the ordi nary meth,cl will no longer rema-n a aource.of complaint, the patent process rendering the material and articles made of it not only more durable, but much softer. The Patent at the present time is being worked profitably to a limited extent. The proposed Capital will be ample for the payment of the purchase-money for the patent, for looms and other plant, and for working the bueine-s on a large scale. The calculations made warrant the probability that the profits will exceed 25 per cent., and as the manufactory re quired is of a simple and inexpensive character, the works will be in operation, and profits will be realised, within three months after allotment of shares The following is an Estimate of Profits to he realised : £ s. d. 60 Looms, producing 30ft. Mats per day, at 2d. , per foot profit (when sold at the lowest mar ket price), equal to Ll.los. per week per loom; atter allowing for stoppages, &e., say XI per week per lo , m, equal to per annum .. 3,120 0 0 20 Looms on Matting and Fancy Work at a profit cf les. per loom per week, equal to per annum 620 0 0 X3,(40 0 0 Rent, Taxes, Gas, and Firing for Manufactur- ing .. .. .. .. Wages and Management .. 3 Horses' keep .. • • • • E pence. of Offices and Staff Wear and Tear a count Reserve account . • . . .. • • • • .. 180 0 0 • • • • .. 624 0 0 • • • • .. 150 0 0 • • • • .. 300 0 0 .. £2OO 0 0 .. 200 0 0 400 0 0 Balance of Profit on Capital of £5,000, nearly equal to 40 per cent. per annum .. .. 1,286 0 0 £.3,640 0 0 If no allotment be made, the deposit will be returned in lull specimens of the new and improved manufacture may be seen at the offices of the Company, where applicstions for prospectuses aid shares may be made. FORK OF APPLICATION FOR SHIRES. To the Directors of the London rocoa-Nut Fibre Company (Limited). No. 1, Sun -court, Cornhill. B.C. Gentlemen,—Having paid to your Bankers the sum of , being the deposit of s s. p er s h are on shares i n the L on d on Cocoa-Nut Fibre C mpany (Limited). I request that you will allot me that umber; and I accept such shares, or any less number. And I further request that my name may be placed on th register of shareh , lders for such shares so allotted. And I further agree to sign the Articles of Association wh n called upon so to do I am, Gentlemen, your most obedient Servant, tame Address Profession or Business Date RECEIPT FOR DEPOSIT. Received, this day of . 1e63, from , the sum of pounds shillings, being a deposit of 58. per share on shares in the London Cccoa-Nut FJ)re Company (Limited). For If Incrinvenient to make the deposit with the Bankers, the entlr • form may be sent to the Company's offices, by post, accomr,ant. d by a cheque crossed, or by Post-office Order, payab,ie to the Secretary. r r HE CONTINENTAL GAS AND WATER CO NiPANY (Limited). ABRIDGED PROSPECTUS. Capital CIOO,OOO, in 10,000 shares of £lO each. First issue .£5O 000 I 6,0°0 shares. Deposit, 10s. per share on application, and 10s. on allotment. No future call to exceed L 4 per share, ac intervals of not less than three months, Interest at the rate of 0 per cent. per annum to be allowed for the first twelve months, during the construction of the new works. Draxcrons. Alexander Beattie, Esq., M.D., Medical Inspector Peninsular and Oriental Steam Company. Amyand Elliott, Esq., 29, Cadman-place, Belgrave-square. James Reynolds, Esq., Director of the Independent Gas Company, J. hn Romanes, Esq., Director of the G neral Iron Foundry Company. Charles Saunderson, Esq., Director of the Guarantee Society. George Scamell, Esq., Director of the Submarine Telegraph Company. Henry Palfrey Stephenson, Esq., Deputy Chairman of the Crystal Palace District Gas Company. Felix Webber, Esq., Catford House. Catford Bridge, Kent Sotamons. Messrs. Edwards and Co., Westminster. J. ENGINEER. IrOdgson Jones, Memb. Inst. Civil Engineers, F.C.S. • 26, Great 'GeoTge-street,Westminster. BANKERS. Metropolitan and Proviucial Bank, 75, Cornhill. BROKERS. Messrs. Crossley Brothers, 30, Cornhill. Offices: 30, Cornhill. The highly profitable results which have attended the in vestment of English capital in gas works on the Continent favour an extension of enterprise in that direction. The following are the dividendis paid on, and the 'resent prices ot, the shares of English companies having works on the Continent:— Name of Company. D Amount paid Presentividend. per share. Price. The Impe ial Conti-1 12 £43 15 £B3 to £B4 nental Gas The European Gas .... 10 £lo 0 £l6 i)itto New .... 10 „ £2 10 £8 The Malta and ‘ledi- terranean Gas. re- 1 6 „ i £3 0 Xi tol pm. cently established Tnere is room for great improvement in the present sup ply of water on the Continent. The directors h ye already secured the water-works of Arras, the chief town of the de partment of the Pas-de-Cal,is, in France. The earning.; of the current year will be .ullitien , to give six per cent. profit on this s ction of the capital of the company. No payment is to be mad to promoters. Prospectuses and forms of application for shares may be obtained of the brokers, the solicitors, and at the offices of the company where the memorandum and articles of asso ciation can be seen. THE GREAT CADER IDRIS LEAD. COPPER, IRON MINING, and SLATE COMPANY (Limited). This ompany being completely registered under the Joint- Stook Companies' Act, 1 862, with I imited Liability, no Shareholder can, under any c;rcumstartces be made re sponsible for a greater amount than the shares for which he subscribes. --------- Capital £40,00), in 40,000 Shares of each. Deposit, ss. per share on application, and ss. per share on allotment. DIRECTORS. Col. Abbott, 150, Leadenhail-street, and Upper Spring-street, Portman-squve. William Ancrum, Esq. (former .y H.M. Consul at Tunis), Penge, Siirrey. E. J. Bridell, Esq. (Director of the St. David's Mining Cora pa v), 34, Beatumin/ -street, Portland-p ace. E. J. Cole, h.:sq., 76, Grow. r-street, I3edtor ,-square. Eel • ards Richards, Esq., Knightsbridge, and Westbourne, Emsworth, Sussex. James Young. Esq., 19, Great George-street, Westminster. With powe: to add to their number. RANKERS. Messrs. Robarts, Lubbock, and Co., Lombard-stree . . SOLICITOR. G. R. Dodd, Esq., F.S.A., 26, New Broad-street, E.C. AUDITORS. Will be appointed by the Shweholdera. SECRETARY pro tem.)—Meisrs. Leich and Maguire. Temporary Offices—No. 1, Coleman-street-buildings, Moor. gate-street, E.C. _ . This Comp iny is formed for the purpose of purchasing an extensive and valuable grant of Lead, Copper, Iron Ore, and Slate, en the north side of the noted Carder Idris Mountain, known as the Cylannedd-fawr, in the parish of Llanegryn, Merionethsh re, North Wales, held under lease for 21 years, at 1-15th Royalty on all minerals (except Iron Ore, at a Royalty of only 4d. per too). The greet grant includes numerous lodes of Lead, Zinc, and Copper Iron of the best quality, and blende with traces of Gold—also excellent Slate. An adit-level intersects several lodes of Silver-lead, or Galena. aults. A Copper lode opened upon, gives promise of excellent re- An Iron vein runs through the entire grant. An extensive bed of Slate of good cleavage can be worked to great advantage. The Silver-lead, proved by assay, has yielded 40 ounces of silver to the ton of ore. Lead and Copoer from a shaft at the end of the adit have reali.ed £32 per ton. The Iron vein is estimated to produce 61 per cent. of iron. The Slate is o f super i or quality, an d can b e cut into pave rar ent' flooring, chimney pieces, &c. The streams of water _tinning through the grant offer great facilities for working, , ceouring and c tti u P ( ' ll u cutting the slate. In fact, a Quarry opened rp h , property will pay well for working. Wr Plug facts and the position of the grant, in a rich werite a a, gistrict, warrant the conclusion that, efficiently of the prat mine is capable of yielding returns equal to those The pro_t_ Profitable mines in the Principality. mile from Y being advantageously situated about half a be construct ed -W elsh Coast Railway, from which a siding can road from the t4 t moderate cost, ant only 2 miles by t.ubl c of transit which „. I) ,P I uS port of Barmonth, affords a facility With these ar;;..„ a tlY enhances its value. working machineryr,". alid adequate water power for careful investigation, ' en e " d ug ores, &c., the Directors, after share develope uponhe wealth the capitoat he, fihe dently anticipate that sufficient to sults without further mine, and p r od u c e profitable re- The Lessee having agreed t o t„,„ paid up shires. assigns all Ilia i - r" 3,00 C ) in cash, and 5.000 upwards of ICO acres of ni t ne ; , a rest in the mine, inc uding lay—minify , buildings, smith , . nh vround—the previous out bucking house, Sal. , immediate opera, offices, dre.sing floors, of is can therefore be commenced when, in the judgment capital is subscribed. the Directors, sufficient Samples of the duffel cut ores taken of the shares, may e prospectuses, and forms o Offices cat Cra f the mine, reports, o o r na i t a no n allotment and t e obtained at the TemporarV deposit paid on appl,catioa will be returned be made to the apt licant. IRNAMENTS for the Drawing_ronra, Library, .nd Dining-room, consisting of anew and e , ezant assort went if VASES, Figures, Groups, Can dlesticks, O belicks, Ink stands, eautiful inlaid Tables Paper weights, & e , in ita 11 , Alabas er, Parian, Marble, ilronze, Derbyshire s uar, Imported and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT , mi Z e u: . ralogist to her tlajesty, 149, Stand, W.C., London. Mr. Tennant arranges elementary collections ot BFIELLS, MINERALS, ROCKS, and FOSSILS, which will greatly facilitate he interesting study of MINERALOGY, CON CHOLOGY, .nd GEOLOGY, at 2,5, 10, 20, 50, to 100 g u i neas each. PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and Mum, gALOGY is given by Mr. Tiontiarr. at Ha, Strand. W,C. •" THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 3, 1863, No. 22,157. E IN TERNATIONAL FINANCIAL TSOCIETY Litnited) are Prepared io Receive Snbscrip tons for the issue at par of Capital Stuck, in the Hudson's Bay ompany. Incorporated by Royal Charter, 1670. The Stock will be issucd in certificates of £2oeich, and the i ns t a l m ents will be payable as folluws (to be returned in the : £1 being 5 per cent. on application event of no allotment being made). Now ready, Illustrated by Millais, 58., bound, CHEAP EDITION of " MISTRESS AND MAID," by the Author of "JOHN HALIFAX, GEN TLE vt AN," forming the New Volume of " Hurst and Blackett's Standard Library of Popular Modern Works." "A good, wholesome book, gracefully written, and as pleasant to read as it is instructive." — Athenaeum. "A charming tale, charmingly told."— Herald. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. ably adapted to take advantage of circumstances. This sagacious lady profited by the alarm caused by a man throwing himself over a bridge to effect her brother's escape from the bailiffs, and to declare that he had committed suicide to escape his merci less creditor. The sums of money which she con trived to extort from the unfortunate bill broker en this ground, before the imposture was discovered, were more profitable to herself and her coadjutor, than pleasant to the giver. The fifth part of " Royal Favourites" tells the oft told tale of the weakness and improvidence of our first Stuart King. An animated description of Accot, an account of a Night at St, Bernard's, and a brief but Interesting paper on the various unsucessful searches for the source of the Nile, are among the remaining contents, 4 „ 5 „ 5 o 5 ~ 20 „ on allotment 25 „ on Ist September, 1863. 25 „ on 2d November, 1863. 25 „ on Ist January, 1864. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., RESPECTABLE SINNE RS. By AIRS. BROTHERTON. " 'Respectable Sinners' is very clew- r ; the title is a happy one—the style is bright and lively. It is a valuable, enter taining book."— Athenaeum. "A very attractive novel. The story is very naturally and charmingly told."—Sun. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. X2O With an option of prepayment in full on al'otment, or on either of the days fixed for payment of the instalments, under discount, at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum. The Capital of the Hudson's Bay Company has been . duly fixed at £2,000,00 0 , of which amount the International F man cial Soelety(Limited) have obtained and are prepared to offer to the public £1,93 1 ,000. The subs •ribers will be entitled to an interest, correspond ing to the amount of their subscription, in -1 The Assets (exclusive of Nos. 2 and 3) of the Hudson's Bay Company, recently and specially valued by competent valuers at £1,023,f,69. 2. The Landed Territory of the Company, held under their Charter, and which extends over an estimated area 4.f more than 1,400,000 square miles, or upwards of t 96 000 1 tioo. 3. A Cash Balance of £370,000. The present net income, available for dividend amongst Stockholders of the Company, secures a minimum interest exceeding 4 per cent. on the above £2,000,020 Stock. The Directors of the Hudson's Bay Company are as under : The Right Honourable Sir Edmund Head, Bart., K.C.B. (late Governor-Genera of C-in ada), Governor. Curtis Miranda Lampson, Esq. (C. M. Lampson and Co.), Deputy mernor. Eden olville Esq, Hudson's Bay Haus e, Fenchurch-street. George ',rill, Esq., M P. Headley Park, Surrey. Daniel bleinertzhagen, Esq. (B`. Huth and Co.). James Stewart H..dgson, Esq. (Finlay, Hodg,son, and Co.). John Henry William Schroder, Esq. (J. A. SchrUder and 7ARKIEL and HIS CRITICS, JUDICIAL and LITERARY.—A SPECIAL and EARLY EDITION of ZADKIEL'S ALMANAC for 56.1 will be Published, con taining a TRIUMPHANT REPLY. G. Berger, London. Price 6d. 11 C. JONES'S HUNDRED LECTURES.- • The Creation and the Deluge, Colenzo and Cumming, Astronomy and Philosophy, Athenian and English Laws compared, the Poets, Drama, Mythology, Elocution, and Oratory. W. H. Allen and Co., Waterloo-Place. MR. CHURCH'S New Picture, the, ICEBERGS, painted from studies made in the Northern Seas in the summer of 1859.—German Gallery, 168, Ne a Bond-street, W. Admission, is. P A E&tab RI S.-GRAND HOTEL DU LOUVRE. lished In 1855. —S ituated in the most Central part of Paris, Rue de Rivoli and Place du Palais Royal —Six hun dred Bedrooms at from 3 to 20fr-- , 0 Sitting-rooms at from 4 to 20fr.— a richly decorated Dining Saloon—Table d'llote at six o'clock—Public Coffee and Dining Rooms Choice Wines—Dinners served a la carte both in the.dining-rooms and the private' apartments— Reading and Conversation. Saloon. ; also Saloons for Musical, Wedding, and other par ties all Newspapers and serial Publications received — Divans, Coffee, Smoking, and Billiard Rooms—numerous Bath-ro oms—Carriages on the premises—first-class Private Equipages at command—Omnibuses running to all the rail- Way stions—Postal Letter-box—Telegra day and night—Pathotographic studio—a staff of 6ery p ants h-office speaking all Languages. Co.). . Richard Potter, Esq., Standish House, Gloucestershire. The Hudson's Bay Company were incorporated under a Royal Charter granted by King Charles 11. in 1670 by the name of "The Governor and Company of Adventurero of England trading Into Hudson's Bay," and, by the Charter, a vast tract of territory was vest ed in the Company, together with the sole right of trade and commerce, and all " mines royal," as well then discovered as not discovered,- within the said territory The operations of the Company, which, with slight excep tione, have been hitherto exclusively of a trading character, have been prosecuted from the date of the charter to the pre sent day. It has become evident that the time has arrived when those operations must be extended, and the immense resources of the Company's territory, lying as it does between Canada and British Colombia, should be developed in _accordance with the industrial spirit of the age, and the rapid advance ment which colonisation has made in the countries adjacent to the Hudson Bay territories. Tile average net annual. profits of the Company (after set-. ting aside 40 per cent of them as remuneration to the factors ' and se vents at the Company's posts and stations) for the 10 years ending the 31st May, 1852, amount to £Bl,OOO, or up wards of 4 per cent on the present nominal capital of £2,01 , 0,000: A portion only of this income has been distributed as dividend, while the remainder is represented i the he assets and balanc s. The assets of the Company, in which Subscribers will be entitled to an interest corresponding to the amount •ot their subscriptions, will consist of goods in the interior, on shipboard, and other stock in trade, includ ing ship Bing business, premises, and other buildings n oes sary for carrying on the fur trade , in a ddition to which there will be funds immediately available for the proposed ex tended operations of the Company, derived partly from t ro he cash balance of the Hudson s tray Company, and partly fm th - new issue of Stock, and amounting in the whole to a sum not less than £70,000. • The Company's territory embraces an estimat acres, of ed area of more than 1,400,000 square miles. or 896,000,ti00 of which a large area, on the southern frontier, is well adapted for European colonisation. The soil of this portion of the territory is fertile, producing in abundance wheat and other he cereal crops, and is capable of sustaining a numerous pulation. It contains 1,400 miles of n vigable lakes and rivers, running for the greater part east and west, which constitute an important feature in plans for establishing the means of communication between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, across the continent of British North America,as well as for immediate settlement in the intervening country. The territory is, moreover, rich in mineral wealth, including coal, lead, anti iron. In addition to its chartered territory, the Company possess the following valuable landed property - . Several plots of land in British Columbia, occupying most favourable sites at the mouths of rivers, the titles ,0 which have been confirmed by her Majesty's Government; farms. building sites in Van couver's Island ; and in Canada, ten square miles at Lacloche, on Lake Huron, and tracts of land at fourteen other p' aces. The trading operations of the Company are chiefly carried on in the fur bearing and-northern portion of the territory. where the climate is too severe for European colonisation. These trading operations will be actively continued and, as far as pAsible, extended, whilst the management will be judiciously economised. Consistently with these objects,-the outl3ing estates and valuable arms will be reatisen where the land is not required for the use of the Company—the southern district wit] be opened to European colonisation, under a liberal and syste matic scheme of land settiem. nt. Possessing a staff of factors and ufficers who are distributed in small centres of civilisation over the territory, the Company can, without creating new and costly establishments inaugurate the new policy of colo nisation, and at the same time dispose of mining grants. With the view of providing the means of to egraphic and postal communication between Canada and British Columbia, across the Company's territo y, and thereby of connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans by an exclusively British route, negotiations have been pending for some time past be tween certain parties and her Majesty's Government and the representatives of the Government of Canada, and prelimi nary arrangements for the accomplishment of these objects have been made through her Majesty's Government (subject to the final sanction of the Colonies), based upon a five per cent. guarantee from the Government of Canada, British. Columbia, and Vancouver Island. In further aid of these Im perial objects, her Majesty's Government have signified their intention to make r , grants of land to the extent of about 1,000,00 acres, in portions o f the Crown territory traversed by the proposed telegraphic line. One of the first objects of the Company will be to examine the facilities and consider the best means for carrying out this most important work, and there can be little doubt that it will be puccessfully executed either by the Hudson's Bay Company itself, or with their aid and sanction. For this, as well as for the other proposed objects. Mr. Ed ward Watkin, who is now in Canada, will be mi comsiiioned, with other gentlemen sit.cially qualified for the duty, to visit the Red It ver and southern districts, to consult the Officers of the Company there, and to report as to the best and safest means of giving effect to the contemplated opera tions. - - • - Applications for allotments of Certificates of Stock of £2O each, to be made to - the International Finan. ial Society (Limited), at their Offices, 54, Old Broad-street, E.C. A preference in allotment w 11 be given to parties hitherto holders of Stock in the Hudson's Bay Company, and to the Shareholders of the International Financial Society (Limited) No application will be received after Wednesday, Bth July, at twelve o'clock. T " OXFOR D , 6, OXFORD STREET. Will be performed Selections from the following Operas : LA CIRCASSIENNE, MARTHA, and MASANIELLO. --- Supported by Miss Russell, Miss Townley, Miss Ellison, Messrs. Albert, Green, band, Kimberley, and W. Evans, with full and chorus. Conducted by Mr. Jonghmans. Drew Dean's Flute Solos Master Sanders, the Juvenile Vocalist. UNSWORTH, the modern Demosthenes. Eugene, W. Randall, J. Hutchenson, and the marvellous ARTHUR and BERTRAND. The HALL hRs been newly Decorated and' Ventilated, and is now one of the most Beautiful in the Metropolis. CANTERBURY HALL AND FINE ARTS GALLERY. NOTICE.— ENTIRE CHANGE OF ENTERTAINMENT. The Last Two Weeks of the Marvellous ARTHUR and BERTRAND, the Two Fren h Clowns. ARTHUR LLOYD'S burlesque Drama, arranged expressly for him. SAM COLLINS, with new Songs. UNSWORTH, the celebrated Stump Orator. EUGENE, and TAYLOR. GRAND SELECTIONS CANTA from TAS. OPERAS, GLEES, and Principal .Artistes—Miss Russell, Miss Townley ; Mr. Green, signor Bernardi, and Signor Tivoli. Conductor, Mr. Jonghmans. Admission—Hall , ed. ; stalls and balcony, la. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. New Musical Invention, the GRAND PIANO ORCHESTRE, mbining, a full Band of 24 Inst uments, will be Performed o on by_ the Inventor, Herr SCH LHENBACH, EVERY AFTER 00N, between the hours of Three and Five o'clock. Admission —Sixpence and One Shilling. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE.—Continued success of the marvellous RISARELIS. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. The FAIRY FOUNTAIN EVERY EVENING, at Half past Ten o'clock. IPI OYAL ALH AM BRA P A LACR—The ji.lo MAORI WARRIORS. —Unprecedented Attraction— The Maori Chi fs, who arrived from Australia on board the Dover on the 22d June, will give a TION ofCastle VARIOUS SCENES of NATIVE REPRESENTA- LIFE on SA TURDAY NEXT. The MaoriWarDance—The Maori Game - Launching the War Canoe—Maori Wrestling—The Maori Double War Dance, &c., &x. Com mencin g at Half-past Nine o'clock. ARGYLL ROOM S.-JULLIEN'S PROMENADE CONCERTS. NOTICE. —During the Week the Selections will be—" Der Frieschutz "—" Forza del Destine. "—" II Trovatore " " Don Giovanni," &c. LEVY, the great wonder on the Cornet-a-Piston, plays from half-past Nine to Twelve. Admission, is. BUDSON'S BAY COMPANY. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR ALLOTMENT OF STOCK. To the Directors of the International Financial Society (Limited). Gentlemen,-4 request you to allot me Certificates of .£2O each of the Stock in the "Company of Adventurers Eneland tradinc into Hudson's Bay,' and I hereby agree to become a member of the C. mpany, subject to its rules and regulations, and to accept such Stock, or an less amount that may be allotted to me. I am. Gentlemen, Your obedient Servant, Name in full Address in full Date N.B. If the applicant has hitherto been a holder of Bud son's Bay Stock, or is a proprietor of shares in the Intel n tional Financial Society (Limited), the fact should be stated, together with a memorandum of the amount of the holding. MR. T. CARRICK begs to announce to his Artist Friends and the Public, that his Photographio istabishment, 32, Regent-street, Piccadilly-circus, is now in full operation. Cartes de Visite, 10 for Us. 6d; 21 for £l. Miniatures on Ivory, Marble, and the Photographic base in his former styles. GEORGE ROBSON invites public attention to his Superfine West of England Woaden BLACK CL TIIS, for Beaufort and Frock Coats, £2 15s. to £3 3s. ; the Ne v Neutral Colour Scotch Angola Travelling and Tourist Suits, £2 10s. to £ 18s. ; the new Summer Trousers, 165. to 215.; the Baden Waistcoats, 1:s. Excellence wi h Economy. GEORGE HOBSON, 57, LOMBARD-STREET. ESTABLISHED 1533. 1110WDEN'S RATED GINGER BEER, i n JEJI glass or stone bottles, warranted to keep good twelve months. Lemonade, Soda-water, rotass, Seltzer, and every description of Mineral Waters.—Manui actory, No. 3, White Hart-street, Drury-lane, W.C. DEAFNESS.—The SOUND MAGNIFIER ll INVISIBLE VOICE CONDUCTOR, a newly in vented instrument for severe eases of deafness. It fits into the ear, not perceptih•e, removes singing - noises in the head, and enables deaf persons to hear distinctly at church arid at public assemblies.—S. and B. SOLOMONS, 39, Albemarle street, Piccadilly. SEA. —FELLOWS and CO., Shipbrokers, 127. Fenchurch-street, E.C., require MIDSHIPMEN and FOUR First-class APPRENTICES in a n A 1 clipper India mall, 1,50 q tons. Premium moderate, returned in wages. Also stout Lads, without premium, for other ships. Wages £35. S". —VAC kNMES for MIDSHIPMEN and APPRENTICES in a first-class London shippincr firm. Premium moderate. Al- o apprentices without premium.— Apply to SIMAIONDS and Co., 38, St. Mary-at-hill, East cheap, E.C. Third ufficers and Stewards wanted. STEAM FIRE-ENGINES. The trials of the three different machines were continued throughout the whole of yesterday at the gardens of the Crystal Palace. The tests were on this occasion most severe, and devised to put the strength and durability of each machine to the most arduous proof. For this purpose each engine had to work by itself for two hours without stopping, drawing its supply of water up into the engine from a depth of 18ft., and delivering it through a hose no less than 400 ft. long, the hose being laid from the lower basin of the fountains up the steep incline along the bed of the cascades into the water temples at the top. To raise its feed-water up from a depth of 18ft., and afterwards deliver it up a very steep hill through a 400 ft. length of hcse, requires the most powerful and perfect engines, and of course only these of the large size. were used. The wea ther was very unfavourable for the trial, especially in the early part ef the day, when the high wind scattered a great deal of the water as it came from the hose. engine of Messrs. Shand and Mason, which was tried first, was exposed to great disad vantage from this cause, from 10 to 15 per cent. of the quantity of its jet being blown away before it could pass through the aperture of the target in the water temple. The American engine was unable to go through this ordeal, not being able to keep up steam enough for the great force required to raise and propel the water. Two other American engines, however, winch are to be tried to-day, will, it is said, be able to accomplish the feat easily, one of them especially being very powerful, simple, and well put together. On the whole, the honours of yesterday decidedly remained with Mr. Merry wea ther, his powerful three hose engine accimplishing its two hours' task with great ease, notwithstanding that the hose burst twice under the very great pres sure of the water. Several ether engines have to be tried in a similar manner today, when it is hoped to bring the trials to a conclusion. The gene ral results of this competition, and the names of the successful competitors, will not, however, be made known until the committee make their report in a few days. ----- Full benefit of reduced duty obtained by pur chasing Horniman's pure Tea ; very choice at 38 4d. and 4s, 4, High Standard "at 4s. 4d. (formerly 4s. Sd.), is the strongest and most delicious imported. Agents in every town supply it in packets. . • 1 4,. : • k4g . ' (1131.7 kit • ' I . Clll A, `may /,‘ tit A 6 t o d. d r. 41gLaNn-Vit Ary.i 4111111.11111 . 4:l r •s. , . 6 • , ~, , - 4 ) 1b11111116,. sk .„, • , A 41111 E- 4 ‘ jaaL itorr 7 A , t f.• ^ 47 4 WE • • • LONDON SOCIETY.—" A London Story," as it is styled, is the first thing to greet the reader in the July number of this lively serial. It is entitled "The First Time I Saw Her," and is original and interesting enough to provoke the reader's curiosity as to the sequel. " The Derby Day under an Umbrella" is an animated sketch of the busy scenes on Epsom Downs under rather unfavourable cir cumstances. "Dickens's Dogs" is the name of a pleasantly written paper, which styles the popular novelist " the Landseer of fiction," in testimony to his pen-and-ink portraits of Bull's-eye, Boxer, Tip Merrylegs, and a host of other remarkable canine characters. It is curious how often we notice that great sketchers of men are equally successful in depicting the qualities of the lower creatures. The utthersal sympathy and quick insight which make the writer a master of his art enable him to dra w with equal fidelity those varying characteristics of inferior creatures only perceptible to those whom they love and confide in. An essay on powder making is worth reading. It is headed " Among the Powder," and describes an expedition to a pow der mill, and the various processes witnessed in the course of it. The lovers of exciting narratives will find a " new sensation" in " The Doctor's Fortune." We leave them to discover the extraordinary crisis that brought fame and fortune to the humble sur geon of Ilallowleigh, and turned his dangerous rival into his powerful auxiliary. A paper on " Holiday Walking Tours" concludes a pleasant number, in which the illustrations are of the usual high order. THE NEW REVIEW.—This new competitor for popular favour continues to run its race with vigour, and deals boldly with the gravest and most pressing questions of the day, as well as giving us articles — literary, social, or discursive—after the manner of the quarterly reviews. It manifests undoubted ability, and its writings are the work of no unprac tised hands, tot of combatants who have fought in the arena of political conflict, and have familiarised themselves with every aspect of the problems and perplexities of the age. Its tendencies are decidedly conservative, but it is not by any means a party publication. It ranges, if not from grave to gay, from ancient to modern, from a discourse on the relative advantages of single and married life to a view of the prospects of Poland, from reflections on the antiquity of man to Irish facts and figures of the present day. One of the most singular and inte resting features in the general contents is the intro duction of several pages, with facsimiles of the autographs of celebrities of different times. As a whole, The New Review may be considered to have taken a high place among its associates and rivals. THE NATIONAL.—We find in this part the com panion picture to the plate in the last number, representing the different degrees of plainness when accompanied with expression and intellect, and with out those embellishers of the human countenance. Captain Mayne Reid continues his story of " The White Gauntlet" at some length, and the two other tales that are going on in the magazine proceed with interest. The scene of one of them is laid in America, just at the outbreak of the war, so we shall probably have some of the stirring scenes of the opening of the conflict introduced. "The Discovery of the North-west Passage" and " Dress and the Dressed" are two among the subjects discussed, and due honour is paid to David Wingate and Jonn Harris in a paper on our Wayside Poets. GOOD WORDS.—" Good Words" has long pos sessed, in a rare and fortunate degree, the art of making high principle and unshrinking morality interesting; of offering some entertainment for all readers, as well as grave thought and kindly sug gestions. Much is due to its entire absence of pro fession, dogmatism, and bitterness ; at any rate the result is as pleasant to the reader as it is reported to be satisfactory to the publisher. The number before us contains the continuation of Dr. Guthrie's papers on the Parables, and of Dr. Caird's "Essays for Sunday Reading." It has a story by Sarah Tytler, an essay by A.K.H.8., a sketch by Madame de Gasparin, a scientific paper by Sir John Herschel, and a poem by Isa Craig. There are other contri butions as well, including some by the able and accomplished editor, but those we have already enumerated are sufficient to establish the claim of " Good Words" on the attention of most readers. THE ECLECTIC REVIEW.—This serial certainly bears out its title in the character of its contents, for we meet in this number with essays on " A Modern Quaker Apostle," Stephen Grellet, Adam Ochlenschlager, and the Abb€ Lacordaire, and these not in any party or sectarian spirit, but with the recognition of virtue and genius in every form. Mr. Laiseet's recent work receives a careful criticism, suited for deep thinkers, and "Our Book Club" notices some recent works. The chief interest of the number, however, centres in its biographical papers. THE ODDFELLOWS.—The Manchester Unity of Oddfellows is no inconsiderable or insignificant body, and the magazine, especially since it has passed into the able hands of its present editor, is well worth reading. The quantity and variety of the contents can hardly fail to please,while many of the articles are of a high order. Eliza Cook con tributes a wise and witty prose sketch on the dangers of three little words—" Bye-and-bye," and an original poem, " The Infinite," teaching, as of old, a lofty moral from the simple things around us. " Summer Time," " The Salts in the Sea," " The Culture of the Mental Faculties," " Music as a Means of Culture" are among the graver contents, while song, sketch, and story enliven and vary the pages. All information connected with the pro ceedings of the Oddfellows is duly chronicled among which intelligence we find a copy of their address to the Prince of Wales on a late auspicious occasion, and his Royal Highness's reply, We can assure our readers that they will find this northern magazine not unworthy of notice, even among the crowd of metropolitan serials. '• " - . -- - ' e, ,".'-- - r <j 34 1 e 1 7 fr f:t ) k ~---.. ,1 , P,, , ,7 34 •M4 designs as it should deem best suited. r,, ` . ` " !k 6 • purposes for Which a national museumWif ' .. n__ ! .4,4 e, After a lengthened debate the former altei*aaVv unconditionally rejected. The chief grow* wail S which the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when. moving the resolution for the purchase and adapta tion of the Exhibition Building of last year, based the Government proposal were these : to purchase the present structure would be cheaper than to build an entirely new one ; and to secure possession of an existing building would enable the nation forthwith to dispose of and arrange collections which otherwise must remain for a much longer time hidden from the public view. The opposition to the purchase of the building rested upon equally broad grounds. The economy of buying it was denied, because from the nature of its construction the expenditure de manded for keeping it. in repair would be infinitely greater than that necessitated by a different descrip tion of building; and although it was admitted that the erection of an entirely new structure would in volve a greater delay, still it was alleged that the present one was entirely unadapted for the purposes to which it was sought to be applied. The main ob jection, however, to the Government proposal was based upon the irredeemable and irremovable ugli ness of the late Exhibition Biiii:ir g. On this point indeed there could be little diErute ; but in a metro polis abounding with public buildirgs the immense majority of which possess no claim to architectural beauty, her Majesty's Government doubtless con sidered it was a hypercritical objection to cavil at one more being added to the number which might fail to secure the approval of architectural connois seurs. The objections of the opponents of the scheme were in fact u nanswer able.lt was perfectly useless for the Chancello r o f th e Exc to exhibit co loured designs to t h e h ouse , an d endeavour to satisfy it that, if the opportunity was afforded, secured by a very re spectable-looking building would b e cou ntry as a national museum. In the course of his speech Mr. Gladstone was obliged to refer to the domes, and in doing so avoided a disquisition upon their merits, whether useful or ornamental, by say ing that it was the intention of the Government to postpone the cons ideration of what should bo done with them . " to the future." The House - of Commens evidently thought that what might be said of the domes might equally be said of the building which they surmounted. No part of the scheme was it prepared to adopt, and no portion of the building was it ready to purchase and redecorate. of i Parlia ment will not give £ BO,OOO for the mass ron„ glass, and bricks which constitute the late Exh k ibi tion Building. so the cont ractors may set to wor as soon as thelease to reduce it to its component parts, and find some other purchaser for them than ,he British public. -..4d. STAMPED word. We grieve to say we anticipate no such result. The buildings which formed the subject of last night's discussion will be carted away ; and there will remain as we understand the buildings included in the purchase of the site—that is, the garden front, excepting the centre, which belongs to the Horticultural Society. Denuded of the nave and the northern courts, these refreshment rooms will present anything but a graceful exterior to the Cromwell-road. That exterior is all that the occu pants of the ,houses in Cromwell -road will see from their drawing-rooms for many a long year to come. Before long a lofty hooding, with „ Posters be ware !" at regular intervals, will surround the doomed site. Inside will be mounis, holes, brick bats, weeds, unburied animals, and cistaway hu man raiment. Could that power which opened the eyes of Ease to the airy warfare over Troy do the like for us, we should see all the schools and all the styles, instituter, archeologists, engineers, fighting for the ground. The Society of Arts, the South Kensington Musenm, would be seen in mortal con flict with the outside world of Art and Science and the public instincts of utility and economy. pe bate after debate, commission after commission, will stir the endless question, till the topic becomes as familiar as the noise of street traffic and the cry of the costermonger. Ten years hence, when many of us have passed from the scene, and the rest of us are not quite so keen after historical portraits, ma jolica ware, and patent steam engines as perhaps we have been, the site will remain a howling wil derness. It will be as the site for the Fleet Prison has remained for a quarter of a cen tury, as theemiste ground on. the south side of Downing-street has remained for half a century, and as many other sites have remained for longer or shorter periods. Could we hope that something will at last be done, we cannot venture to hope that it will give us what we want, or satisfy the taste of the day, or even give us peace. In virtue of our own position, we cannot throw ourselves into this or that school with the enthusiasm which is not only allowable but even very graceful in some other quarters. Though disposed to prefer stone, and not insensible to the charms of red brick, we cannot for get that no nation of antiquity scrupled to use stucco, and that even the temples of Paestum were stuccoed and coloured. Though we like to see a building stand well, with a good open area before it, yet we can only regard that as a rare fortune, not as an absolute necessity. Though we should like to see these 17 acres raised almost any number of feet above the level of Brompton, yet we remember how many great edifices we have walked down into, and that the requisite elevations here insisted on would cost several hundred thousand pounds. Though we must confess to the usual craving for eternal structures, yet we have seen many works of the giants pulled down, and others come to grief. Hungerfoid-market was a most classic and most costly structure, but it has just been carted away. The Pantheon at Paris exhausted one quarry for its foundation, and another for its superstructure ; but the latter has crushed the former, and half the windows have had to be filled with masonry. The south front of the British Museum is an eternal structure and an eternal nuisance. Waterloo-bridge is an eternal structure and has ruined the proprie tors. We are glad to find our opinion as to the capable character of the exterior corroborated by some eminent architects. The building is unfinished, and there is an old and true saying about the class of people who ought not to be allowed to see an un finished work. Every large building is sure to present difficulties, for the plain reason that all our theories of ornamentation are derived from a smaller scale. If we will have a Flavian amphitheatre, or an aqueduct forty miles long, or a Basilica to hold ten thousand people, or any other huge thing, we must have immense repetitions and accumulations, orders piled one upon another, and " the Pantheon mounted on the Temple of Peace." Wherever there is exaggeration. as there must be in many cases, the effort is sure to exceed the limits of taste and sense. The national Museum of France is Versailles, where the greatest mass of architecture and the most am bitious flights of genius have produced she smallest possible result. But we are told we may spare our pity and husband our regrets, for that the truth is the House of Commons has set its face against the whole thing." It will stop the movement of art, which, with some pardonable indiscretions and some less pardonable foibles, has done so much for us lately. That we hardly believe. We have not yet come to such a pass that the richest aristocracy in the world, which pays the highest prices for pic tures, makes the most costly collections, and in dulges in the most magnificent houses and furni ture, should begin to grudge the public its compa ratively cheap enjoyment of collections belonging to all. That we do not believe. But it is a con clusion that the public will be driven to if they see the Legislature more eager to shut up and pull down than to open and raise. There is much to be said for last night's decision, but not if it rests there. POST —The House of Commons has refused, by an overwhelming majority, to sanction the purchase of the International Exhibition Building at South Kensington. On the division, the numbers were one hundred and twenty-one in favour of the Go vernment proposal, and two hundred and eighty seven against it. In the propriety of this decision a still greater majority of the public will coincide. Indeed, we doubt if ever a scheme was suggested which was received with more universal disfavour than that which last night was so decisively re jected by the Lower House of Parliament. A few public organs supported it, and, as will be seen, upwards of one hundred members of the Legisla ture sanctioned it with their formal approval; but we venture to say that .very few of our readers can call to mind one of their acquaintance who ex pressed himself in favour of the adaptation of the temporary shed at Brompton to the purposes of a museum which was to satisfy the wants of future generations. Literally speaking, almost every one who took the trouble of considering its merits was opposed to the project. Nor is it surprising. The International Exhibition Building was raised under a contract by which the builders were bound to remove it at the end of a year. As prudent men, they very properly avoided all useless expenditure in endeavouring to invest with solidity or strength a building which it was intended should bear the wear and tear of a few months. It was not drained, because, for the purposes of an Ex hibition, drainage was unnecessary. The walls, wherever bricks and mortar were employed, were made of just sufficient strength to support a certai t number of iron girders and a glass roof vv The crumbling to pieces before the end of a year. o f rto te f, m a - s flooring was—well, even for the purpos es porary exhibition—shockingly ball, and , the structed our readers can doubtless recollect , was free admis on some recondite principle which g ave however sion to every falling shower. Irrespective,otioonial e moat in t_hi.s.c-itoy of its faults of construction, the Intern ightly Exhi bition Building was certainly th f P ublic ,were asked the many unsightly edifices to and its environs. And yet W it b a e a s ll these both physical and aesthetic, the to purchase it at a high prie ®, Paysfopresiaes, as a first a 'Tauter of a instalment of the outlay necessradys of putting it i n a upwa tolerable state of repair, only has the existing million of money. This proposal has been rejected, as it deserved to be; and 110 erp._ genera ti o n reason to b e thankful Perpetuate to its representa tives for refusing to Captain Fowke's ma iden effort at house-building, but post er ity may in time to come bless the lucky c h ance which has saved it from the annoyance and the cos t o f k ee ping in a state of r epair a tumble-down s h e d plastered over with stucco. We have end eavoure d on pre vious o ccasions to place before the public the real issue involved in the adapt a ti on o f t h e I nterna ti on al E x hibition Building to the P urposes of a national mu seum. Of the necessity of possessing some b u ilding within whi ch not merely to collect but to ar range the varied treasures of science and art which the n a ti on i awlmhiocshta every s from year to year accumulating, one is satisfied, and the large majority fortnight since in the House of Commons de cidedmi purchasing seventeen acres of land as a site for such a building fairly represented the opinion of the people upon this point. The museum in Blooms- IT is confessedly too small for the purposes to which it is at present applied. A very consider able portion of its contents might, so far as the public are concerned, just as well be at the Anti podes. The only question that ever was raised on the subject of a change in the existing order of things regarded the site of the building, which was universally admitted to be absolutely indispensable. Some suggested the enlargement of the existing structure in Great Russell-street ; others advocated the erection of an independent building ; some pro posed a central situation, whilst others, on econo mical grounds, expressed themselves contented with a suburban site. All disputes on these matters were however determined by the vote of the House of Commons appropriating the sum of £120,000 for the purchase of the grounds on which at present stands the Exhibition Building of last year. Last evening the issue was confined to the simple ques tion whether the country would avail itself of the building at present covering the ground which it the owners purchased, or wbether it wou ld compel owners to remove it, and then set about Nob I lug an entirely new building according to Naval and Military Intelligence. _______ , -- THE NAVY. Capt. R. S. Hewlett, C. 8., Superintendent of the Royal Naval College, Portsmouth, and command ing her Majesty's ship Excellent, yesterday, for the last time during his present period of command at Portsmouth, superintended the trials of armour plates at the practice range in Porehester - creek . The plates on trial consisted of one from Messrs. John Brown and Co., of Sheffield, for the iron cased ship Ocean, 15ft. in length by 3ft. 3in- in width and 4sin. in thickness, and one 41-in. plate 6ft. by 4, made under the steam hammer in Ports mouth Dockyard from a special quality of iron, stated to be foreign, supplied by Messrs. Walton, Sons, and Yates, of London. This last plate was virtually destroyed by the first shot, and utterly so by the second. The plate furnished by Messrs. Brown, for the Ocean, underwent a very severe testing byl3 shots (nine of which were edge blows, in three instances overlapping each other), very successfully, and fully maintained the reputation of its manufacturers. To-morrow Captain Hewlett will be succeeded in his duties as Superintendent of the Royal Naval College and Captain of her Majesty's ship Excellent, by Captain Astley, C. 8., and will carry with him into his temporary retire ment general respect and esteem. The Warrior, 40, iron frigate, Capt. Hon. A. A. Cochrane, C. 8., in No. 10 Dock at Portsmouth, is having a portion other bottom covered with Brown's patent vitreous sheathing as an experiment. The ship will be undocked about the 11th inst. Yesterday Vice-Admiral Sir George Robert Lam bert, K.C.8., hoisted his flag, red at the fore, on board Her Majesty's ship Cumberland, guard-ship of the steam reserve at Sheerness, as Cominander in-Chief at the Nore, vice Sir W. J. Hope John stone, K.C.8., whose term of cffice has expired. The flag of Vice-Admiral Johnstone was hauled down at sunset from the Formidable (flagship), and the flag of the new Vice-Admiral was removed to the Formidable. The Alert, 17, screw steam sloop, 751 tons, 100 horse-power, Commauder Henry C. Magendie, and the Columbine, 4, screw steam sloop, 669 tons, 150 horse-power, Commander Thomas L. H. Ward, arrived at Sheerness yesterday to be refitted, after which these vessels will proceed to the North for the protection of the Scotch fisheries. The Sphinx, 6, paddle, Commander Jones, arrived at Spithead yesterday morning from China with the crew of the despatch vessel Beagle (recently con demned in China) on board, and a few naval and military invalids. She sailed from St. Helena on the 11th of May, and called in at Fayal on the 24th of June. Before she could let go her anchor, the Sphinx was signalled to proceed round to the south side of the Isle of Wight to the assistance of a small b e dismantled and paid passenger steamer on shore there. In the afternoon she returned to Spithead, and to-day will .sail for Woolwich, where she will Navy ts • the b y Hon. C. out of commission. The names of the following officers have been re m order of m th o e v t d or f d ro s m of th th e e l istofbe Roy al eu Admiralty _L D. R. H. Tracy , N• D. F. Lili ington, C. G. Harvey, A. a Cadogan ; and the Hon. Masters E. J. Mait land and T. Oyler ; Sub-Lieuts. E. S. Watson, the Eiphinstone, and W. E. G arne tt ; Chi e f Engineernu Green ; Assist.-S urg . S . H. K n egg s ; A ss ist. -pay masters E. Weymouth and Mr, 5, wh i t taker, The following appointments were made at the Admiralty yesterday afternoon yieut. J. C. H. Facey, to the Russell . Commander R. 0. Leach , to the • , Liverpool. Lieut. R . Ca y, to the Majestic. a HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY. No. BANKERS' RECEIPT FOR DEPOSIT ON APPLICA TION FOR ALLOTMENT OF STt)CK. Received the day of , 1863, of on account of the Directors of the International Financial Society (Limited), the sum of £ being the fir 4 n stalment made in accordance with the terms of the l'rospectus on an application for an allotment of Certificates of .£2O each in the above undertaking. For Messrs, GLYN, MILLS, and Co. £ : : R OYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION (Inoorporated by Royal Charter). PATRONESS—Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen. I nrsiDENT—Vice-Admiral the Duke of Northumberland, K.G., F.R.S. crrAirmAN—Thos. Baring, Faq., M.P., F.R.S., V. 17. Er umr-CHAIRm AN —Thomas Chapman, Esq., F.R.S., V.P. APPEAL. The Committee of Management have to state that, since I , e beginning of the year 1860, the Royal. National Lifeboat Institution has expended 432,000 on various Lifeboat Estab lishments the Coasts of Eng'and, Scotland, and Ireland. The number of lives saved by the Life-boats of the Society. ,nd other means, since its formation, is 12,800; or which services 82 Gold Medals, 718 Silver Medals, and £16,480 in cash have been paid in rewards. Te Institu tion has also expended £67,' paid on Life-boats, h Life bo u t Transporting-cart cages, 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 enab'ed them to establish their present magnificent fleet of 123 Lifeboats on the shores of the United Kingdom Deeply sensib'e, however, of the great responsibility that rests on them to maintain their fleet in a thoroughly efficient, state, and its Crews practised in the management of their, boats, whi h can only be effected by a large and e manent eir annual income, they earnestly appeal to all classes of th countrymen to aid them in upholding and perpetuating so great and truly national a work. The Committee gratefully acknowledge the following con tributions X 8. d Fier Majesty the Queen .. annual 50 0 0 . annual 5 0 0 Campbell, the Hon. Mrs. G .• . . annual 1 1 0 Clerk, Colonel, R.A. • • • • .. . . annual 10 0 0 Coutts and Co. M es srs., Bankers .. . Currie, Wm., 14q. .. • • .. 4th don.lo 0 0 Erie, Lord Chief justice .. don. 10 10 0 Fanshawe, Vice-Admiral Sir A., K.C.B. .. 2d don. 25 0 0 Fenwick, G. J., Esq., cost of a Lifeboat and Tran sporting Carriage .. • • • . • . 250 0 0 Harvey, Rev. G. G. and Mrs. .. don. 30 0 Martin, Sir Henry, Bart .. .. 7th don. 10 0 0 Moore, Rev. G. B. .. don. 15 15 0 Smith, Mrs. George, Greenwic h .. • • .. 30 0 Stirling, Col. Sir Anthony, K.C.B. .. annual 20 0 Thom s Lady, Weston-super-Mare, collectedby her Ladyship . 16 16 0 .. annual 5 0 0 Willoughby d'Ere,by, Lord .. Donations and Annual Sui scriptions will be thankfully re eived by the Bankers of the Institution, Alessi - 8. Willis, Percival, and Co., 76, Lombard-street; AlessrF. Coutts and Co., 59, Strand; Messrs. Berries, Farquhar, and Co., 16, St. James's-street, London ; by a I the Collectors of Customs and Bankers in the United Kingdom; and by the Secretary Richard Lewis. Esq., at the Office of the Institution, 14, John-street, Adelphi, London. W.C. HOME and FORE:ON INQUIRY OFFICE. — Confidential inquiries and legal investigations pri vatelv instituted with the utmost fidelity and despatch. in England and all parts on the Continent, by Mr. POLLAKY, 14, George-street, Mansion-house, E.C. A. NEVER FAILING RENTED V.- Dr. SCOTT'S BILIOUS and LIVER (ILLS, pre ,4red without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. -cott, of Bromley, Rent, will be found invaluable to all who 4uffer from bilious And iver complaints, indigestion, wind. spasms, giddiness, dizziness of the eyes, &c. For habitual ostiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier of the blood, they >ire truly excellent ; mild in their opera rum and grateful to •he stomach, they create appeite, Pro mote digestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system. sold by W. Lambert, 8, King William-street, Charing-cross. London, and by most druggists, in boxes,ls. lid., and three times the quantity in one, 28. 9d. Be sure to ask for Dr. Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are a square green package, with " William Lambert," engraved on the stamp. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. TIMES.—The House of Commons has decided 1 against the purchase of the Exhibition Building, with so much passion, and by a majority so over whelming, that the " International' of 1862 may now be considered a thing of the past. We do not even share the Chancellor of the Exchequer's fore bodings that, in the event of his proposal not being accepted, the fabric will long cumber the ground. It will probably follow its predecessor into the suburbs, and rear its much persecuted domes over Hampstead-heath or Muswell-hill. Even nearer the heart of the metropolis it may be found very useful for purposes condemned by the rigorous taste of an Elcho, and beyond even the usual range of the First Lord of the Treasury. It may open its nave to charitab e bazaars, and give three or four thousand people a chance of meeting together onre a fine summer's day without raising t he atmosphe to the tropical temperature of our metropolitan " Halls." The Aladdin's Lamp that reared it in . 11 winter has passed into the hand of a hostile magi.: cian, who will transport it to serve the behests of some rival power. Wherever it goes, re tire as slowly and reluctantly as Mr. Gladstone imagines, it will not soon beovertalsen in its growth even ifdit those by its happier successor_ The Royal Institute o7"' British Architects have swept the ground clean, v,Ter s i o t r h e pe r _ but they have not yet decided who i t s t to enter in . and possess it. For our part, iu the ma e of architec tu who re, do we somethingwill own to or a o t d h e e c r i , i s e n d a p s reference i t an s yaugtliivoe pose. There lies our only regret for the decision of last night. If Lord Elcho, or even Sir S. North cute,site could be installed at once as ouraecteltl rity in the Fine Arts, and if he c ou ld upon this reallyus ts ground h against more t an satisfied. happen —which is far from Mr. Gladstone, and able fo adverse criticism, we should be thus raised under the Elcho and t he impossible —that the edifice a N u a s y p , i ceevse ofn ifL Lord it d E should ie great authorities of the age is quite as much abused and only stands because the critics are a s h ame d an d as its p re d ecessor , wearied with the work of incessant railing, we shall be content to see something ug done, and suffered to stand, and growing dual vitiation of by t. t time--aye, even by the gra public taste—into a household - THE ARMY. A great review and sham fight took place yester day on W oolwich-common. The whole of the troops and batteries in garrison were mustered on the occa sion, and were drawn up in two divisions, represent ing a besieging and defending army. The former, commanded by Col. Sir David Wood, were posted on the high ground near Shooter's-hill, while the other portion, commanded by Col. Kennedy and Col. Ward, occupied the grounds and entrenchments surrounding the Royal Artillery Repository, near the barrack and the barrack field. Every preparation was in readiness for the attack and the defence by twelve o'clock, at which time the General commanding, Sir Richard Dacres, attended by the garrison staff, and accompanied by the Mar quis of Anglesey, Lieut.-Gen. the Earl of Rokeby, Brigadier-Gen. Staveley, recently commanding in India, and a number of mounted officers, arrived on the ground, when a most excitingscene commenced. The attacking force, consisting of a long line of in• fantry and a number of 12-pounder batteries, toge- , ther with the batteries of 40-pounder Armstrong guns placed in position, poured in a volley of mus ketry and artillery. This was responded to by the defending party, who were taken in flank and speedily driven back behind the ha-ha, from which they again advanced, and were a second time driven back, The gunners then formed into an infantry column and pushed forward, but were soon repulsed and retired in a most orderly manner. A portion of the two battalions of Royal Marines engaged in the enemy's lines was ordered to advance as skirmishers. Upon this the embankments and parapets, which had literally bristled during the attack with bayonets, and from which a well-sustained defence had been and kept up, covered by the batteries of the -R o y al Artillery depot, suddenly di"PPea ry No. 1 the enemy's skirmishers, accom p an ied battalion of Roy al command of colours of the regiment, Upon the defenders, and Lieut.-Col. Mat riott, lclosook Marines,t and inbearing the the place by storm. going in at the doab le t ook dinner. The field -day, ethen proceeded to the The General an d party k of luncheon, partook messroona and marching off the ground to l a sted less than two hours , was w hich e xceedingly interesting and attracted a large number of spec tators. The ground was Weil ke t P by spare men of the Royal Artillery, Royal Train. tames, and the Field THE MAGAZINES. BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY.—A simple story of domestic country life opens this number. It might with advantage have been curtailed, and has no very striking in c id ents; b ut i t i s rat h er refreshing in these days to meet with a tale of everyday life without great crimes or marvellous mysteries. The editor's romance of " Cardinal Pole" proceeds with its usual animation and interest. The character of the good Cardinal is shown in strong contrast to some of his contemporaries. Frederick Marshall, who has previously attracted notice by his admir able series of essays on the commerce and institu tions of our neighbours, contributes an entertain ing sketch of " French Kitchens." He remarks that there is no mole radical or conspicuens difference between the English and French internal arrange ments than exists in the organisation of that im portant branch of domestic economy. Mrs. Bushby continues her narrative of a visit to Denmark and Sweden, and confirms her previous pleasant im pressions. A Crimean officer criticises Mr. King lake's strange eventful history, and a Garibaldian recounts a recent visit to his old chief at Caprera. The pleasant position of the Sultan's son-in-law is amusingly described in a paper on Turkish women and their ways, and there are several other papers, mostly on subjects of foreign interest. ---- TEMPLE BAR.—" John Marchmont's Legacy" is very painful in this instalment, as Edward becomes convinced that his wife is dead. The character of Olivia is well sketched throughout, and she now begins to reap the consequences of her fearful acts. The account of the mystery that envelopes_ the dis appearance of Mary Maiehmont is admirably sus tained, and altogether this promises to be one of the most exciting of the authoress's eventful tales. Cavinia Weston is a very sharp woman ; she tyrannises over her weak husband, and is mixed up in her brother Paul's transactions. Edward Arundel is left on the watch, which he has resolved never to relinquish until some light is thrown upon the crime, and its consequences are revealed. " French at a Glance" is a light sketch of the mis chances that befel a man who went abroad to learn the language he ought to have known before to ensure comfort, especially as he travelled alone. " Nursery Classics" is an entertaining paper on that topic, and explains the great mischief that arises from substituting new-fangled notions for those beautiful old songs that have charmed and delighted so many children for successive generations. " Breakfast in Bed" takes us to Paris, which is an agreeable variety, and furnishes a change of topics, which are of course dealt with in a very amusing style. "Forty per Cent." is an article that is de serving of attention, and brings before us a very solemn subject. In the bills of mortality it is stated that forty per cent, of the children born in England and Wales die before they are a year old. A long analysis is made as to the various causes which lead to so sad a result, and this paper is well worthy of the consideration of all likely to be of service to those referred to. It is truly said that "something ought to be done to clear us of the responsibility of this wholesale infanticide, which must shock every soul that gives it a moment's consideration." " The Trials of the Tredgolds" is proceeded with, and poor old Bryan is pronounced in a hopeless state. " Bohemia" is a clever article, that brings before us some striking phases of human life, and is original in some of its descriptions. " The Peril of Florence Weston" is a very extravagant sketch. It is written in an entertaining style, but is so very outre [ in its events that it scarcely comes under the pale • of probability. There are other topics of interest in this number. " Working Men's Clubs" is on a subject that will prove attractive to many readers. THE CORNHILL.—" Romola" is continued, and in this portion is truly dreadful. It is a most har rowing tale on the whole, and the last ch a pt er b r ings before us a vivid picture of retributive justice. Baldasaire i s a t h and, when Tito lands after his desperate struggle with the waters, and he but ex changes one death for another. No oue can lament the fate of such a deceiver. The tale is so fraught with horrors that it is not likely to prove attractive but it exhibits great skill in its general style, and some of the characters are very forcibly delineated, " The Small Rouse at Allington" is continued, and this number is an attractive one. Lily Dale shows great spirit, and improves so much upon acquaint ance that it is quite a relief to think that she is freed from such a wretch as Crosbie. It is also a relief to fir d that Crosbie is as unhappy as he de ?erves to be. It is not often that ouch men reap their due deserts, but certainly Crosbie had out raged even the appearance of decorum. An elabo rate plan is made by the Earl de Guest regarding Johnny Eames and Lily Dale, but as yet it does not progress very far. There is something very natural in the manner in which this story is described, and it cannot fail to prove interesting to its readers. " Was Nero a Monster ?" is a really extraordinary sketch. It , sets out to show that there is not any evidence whatever of the capital charges against the Roman Emperor, who has shared such unenviable notoriety. One argument adduced is, that the three historians who write so strongly against Nero were not present at the events they describe. This reason applies with more force to the writer of this essay, since they were considerably nearer to the epoch described. " Professional Etiquette" is a readable paper which satirizes some of the absurd rules and regulations that have been laid down by some people. " Amateur Music" contains some very good advice for those concerned, and sets forward the doctrine that it is not impossible for the Eng lish to become a musical people. _ACIIILLAN.—ItaIian and ecclesiastical ques Lions nearly divide the contents of this number be tween them. We have a continuation of " Vin cenzo on Sunken Rocks," in which instalment the miserable hero escapes from his state of forced de pendence and inaction, and enters, we may hope, upon a more honourable and useful career. He rejoins his friend at Turin, who, although dispirited at the result of his former experiment, does his best to befriend him. 4 , Southern Italy, Its Condition and Prospects," is discussed in a paper by Aurelio Saffi. " Clerical Life in Scotland" and " Convocation and Bishop- Colenso," are the two ecclesiastical papers ; the. first revealing some curious peculiarities of the Northern cha racter. " Letters from a Competition Wal lah" give an amusing account of a novice's social adventures and experiences in India. A paper on " Cottage Gardens" tells us the very gra tifying and successful results of an allotmentexpe riment. The writer owned a large field, which he divided into several parts, and let out at a very low rental to som e d eserv i ng la b ourers of his parish. The experiment answered perfectly well, and has proved of great benefit to the cultivators in more ways than one. One of the most noticeable articles of the magazine will be found near the conclusion. It is the first of a series on "Lord Bacon as a Natu ral Philosopher," by no less a person than Baron Liebig. It is, moreover, a severe attack upon the claims of the E ng li s h cele b rity to scientific distinc tion. As it would be a serious task to take part in such a battle, we will merely refer the scientific reader to the attack in question. Christina Ros setti contributes a quaint and original poem called "A Bird's-eye View," which, although par taking too much of the vagueness and mistiness of the modern school, bears evidence of talent. ST. JAMES'S—Though far ieferior to what it was in its early days, has some entertaining read ing. It opens with a fresh instalment of the story of " Aubrey Marston," which contains a true inci dent of romance, for the hero succeeds in rescuing the heroine from imminent danger. Nevertheless, the tale is anything but a romantic one, the grim figures of speculators and schemers continually passing across the page, while Aubrey Marston himself is evidently becoming the dupe of sharp practitioners. The popular and national style or art is considered in a brief essay, headed " Wanted a National Gallery," the writer of which considers that our artists would be more generally admired and honoured if they selected subjects of popular interest, such as scenes in the lives of our great men, or striking incidents in the national history during the last two hundred years. The critic considers that if "at least halt of our collections were devoted to modern pictures of historical and human interest, both landscape and figure, works that would reflect the wants and feelings of the ninteenth century," more would be done to raise art in dignity and value than all the Sk,hti-ols of Design can effect. We can hardly complain, however, that the modern element is altogether neglected. Maclise and Leslie have represented subjects suffi ciently human in their interest to awake our sym pathies ; Millais's Huguenot and Order of Release are both drawn from histo r y, an d represent possible occurrences. Stanfield's s e a pi eces an d the land scapes of Redgrave, Cooper, an d a h os t o f others, prove that our artists hav e no t a l toget h er lost ” sight of the romance of reality. " Th e Bi I Broker. who narrates his chequered experi ence , chiefly drawn this I from the dark side of human lif e , tel month of the ingenious manner in whichh admir is tolls us self was imposed upon by a lady who Was astute :...~ lil