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Wrnt 40 Ar EDINBURGH (Reduced Yires), from Irongate wharf. Tower.--Saloon, 20s • fore cabin, 15s; deck (soldiers and sailors only), 7s Ad ; return ti' Acts (available for a month), 30s and 2.% rd. The cheanelst and qu , ckest sea route by the solend d new ST EA.3ISH r PS 0i the LONDON ant EDINBURGH SHIPPING COMPANY, sailing eve'y Wednesday and Saturday, at .0 morning. Aoply at the Spread Eagle, Regent-circus; or at Iro,ngate-wharf. SEA. —VAC kNCIES` , nrPa miDsPMEN and APPItENTICES in a fi Premium mod Prate. Al.° r .tat -elass London shipping: firm. Apply to susnoNDs an d Pprenti !es without premium.— co.. 38, cheap, B.C. Third officers. and St St. Mary-at-hill, East . wanted. SEA. — First - el'iss APPRENTICES required in an East In d' Aaman.—F ar premium, namel'ship, (to.. ITV). to :Alessi's. lain , and Co., 27, Coleman-street, Bank. o control over interference in the outfitting exercised CHE AP EST PASSAGES to all the C"lonies. ASSAGES giriran#ee at CfIEAPEST RATES to - 9 ', . 31 r-F4ICA, t'ANADA, BRITISFS COLUMBIA, AUSTRA -I;aA, NEW ZEALAND, PORT NATAL, the CAPE, &c., by Mril •,team riaid Clipper oailin, Ships weekly Lora LIVE itl'OOL, and other ports. Steimers for AMERICA aad AN DA, every few days, from £4 10s. to LA As., sailing packets £3. Passengers met at all th , r! Stations and conducted to the DoAs, thereby avoiding much imt:osition. trouble, and aunoyan , ,e. Free Grants of Land obtained and Outfits tiro- Through Tierets isdrd to all the chiet Ports in Aus tralia and New Zealand, and the Towns and Cities of the - united States and Canada, also to Halifax and St. Johns. Fall particulars, tree of charge, upon applcation to PEAR( E and C')„ First Floor. 100, Leadenhall-street, City, Luuden, or 43, Union-street, Liverpool. 13,- , " Parcels and packages collected, shipped, and invoiced. A LBERT LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, 7, Watee.oo-place, Pall-mall, London. Established 1838. NOT' 'E Is HEREBY GIVEN, That the HALF YEARLY DIVIDEND to the 30th &Am°, after the rate of Seven per Cent. per Annum, is in szourse of Payment to the Shareholders. FRANK EASUM, Secretary, July, 1863. T HE ORIENTAL HOTELS COMPANY (Limited). Incorporated under the Com .anies' Act, 1852, by which the Liability of each .'.3l.lare..holder is strictly limited to the amount of his S ares. Capital .£'50,000, in 25,000 Shares of £lO each. (With power to increase to One Million Sterling.) First Issue 12,500 Shares, wher of a portion will be reserved Deposit £1 e for India. r Share on application, and £1 on allotment. , Calls not to ex ceed £2 per Share, with an interval of not less three months• between each calL DIRKCIP, Sir Jolm/Ptter Grant, K.C.8., Ch M alinian, late Lieutenant- ' Governor oi Bengal. Colonel Anderson, C. 8., Director of the Eastern Bengal Rail- ' r , way Company. '-'reorg'e Constable, Esq., Firm of Henderson and Constable, Cannon- , treet, E.C. Sir Prederick Currie. Bart . Member of the Council of India. Col'onel French, Chairman of the Bombay and Baroda y. Rail- Colonel Holland, Director of the Agra and United Service Bank. John Stewart, Esq., Director of the Marine Insurance Com pany. John Robert Thomson, Esq., Chairman of the London and South African Bank. James Henry Young, Esq., late of the Bengal Civil Service. AUDITORS, T. R. Walker, Esq., 21, Hanover -.square, and A Shareholder, to be elected at. the First General Meeting. BANKEPA IN LONDON. The Agra and United Service Bank (Limited), 27, Cannon street, 143. C. The London and Co'anty Bank, F r .,snover-square, W. MANKERs IN INDIA. The Agra, arid Uni ed Service Bank (Limited). SOLICITORS. Messrs. Upton!. , Johnson, and Upton, 20, Austin- 'riars, E.O Francis Iltir.aand, Egg BROKER. , Lombard-street, ar -s , 78 L b d treet and 13 and 14 County-c 1 ambers, Cornhill, E.C. SECRETARY (pro tem.) 31 acdonald Yates, Esq. T einrJorary Offices :-38, Cannon-street, E.C., and 5, Parli ment-street, Westminster. The defici , ncy o; Hotel accommidation in India, China, :and other places in the East to which Eu, opeans now resort in large and annually increasing numbers, is a subject of general compl int ; and it is evident that the development of the means of transi by ocean and river steamers, and by years, must railways, which has been in rapid progress now for some imperfectly fulfil all i's important objects, so far as European intercourse with the East is cone _rued, until this what is adequately supplied. In England, and on the u"ntinent of Europe, it is now an :nice tained f ac t th at the joint-stock system may most sue cessfully be apt' e."Zi to the establishment of Hotels of the first class. If t !is be so where good private Hotels before existed in lame numbers, there seems no reason to doubt that an ( qua' , degree of commercial success is attainable by the applica:cion of cap tal, upon the sam system. to the same object, it Couutries where, though the demand is great and (10 net exist. it may almost be said that good private Hotels In Calcutta a joint-stock company has lately purchased and undertaken the management of an Hotel, and the pro spects of the enter 'rise, as a commercial speculation, may be hafe. red from th e very high prem um at which their shares etre quoted in the Calcutta market, see "Times" Ju'y 17, the " Englishman's Weekly Mail" of June 8, 1861, and "Allen's Indian Mail," viz., £25 paid, present value, ..£42i ex div., equal to 70 per cent. premium, and the payment of a dividend of 10 per cent. for the halt-year ending 10th April last, equal to 20 per cent. per annum. Bombay offers a wide field for the establishment of an Hotel of a firs - class character. The early completion of vast lines of railway converging in the island of Bombay, and the more frequent steam communica Lion between, that pert and Europe which will soon tak place, must very much increase the demand for such accom modation, The same may be said of Madras. It is under these circumstances that the Oriental Hotels hemp any ,Limitedi is established, in the co n fi .ent belief that 'Application of European capital to India in this form will n° 4 4; be less profitable than useful. It is proposed, in the first tastance, to supply the urgent requ i reme n ts of 13 ,mbay and Point de Galle. There are equally important places which dvilt naturally engage the early attenton of the Company, such for example as Madras, Singapore, and Kurrachee ; not to speak of many very important rail Nay stations in the in terior 01 India, where there are now no Hotels at all, and where, at a comparatively small outlay, there is a large field for profltab e operations. The larger class of the Company's Potels will afford all the conveniences of the best European Hotels, a lapted to the clam ate, and to the h .bits of those for - whom they are in tended; whilst, in even the smallest class, the health and comfort of the inmates will be carefully studied. It is intended to constAute local committees of management in ach Presidency where Hotels may be established. In the event of two-thirds of the first issue of shares not being subscribed tor, no allotmew will take place, and the deposits will be returned to the subscrib rs, without deduc tion. It is proposed to pay to shareholders 5 per cent. interest upon the capital as paid up, until the first dividend is de clared. Prospectuses and forms of application for shares may be had on application to the Bankers, the Bros er, or the Secre tary. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To be retained by the Bankers. THE ORIENTAL HOTELS COMPANY (Limited). To the Directors of the Oriental Hotels Company (Limited). Gentlemen,—Having paid to the Bankers of the above named Company the sum of £ I hereby request that you will allot m e shares in the said Company ; and I agree to accept such shares, or any s caller number th a t ma y be allotted to me , an d to become a Member of the Company, anct I authorise you to ulace my name on the Regist r of Members in respect of the shares to be allotted to me, and I agree to be bound by all the condians and regulations con taine,i in the Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company, in manner provided by " The Companies Act, 1862." I undertake to pay the balance (if any) of the Deposit of £2 per share on the shares all...tted to me within ten days after notice of allotment, and in default thereof, I authorise you to cancel the allotment, and I agree that the Deposit paid shall be forfeite to the Company. Dated this day 1861. Name in full Firm (if any) Flatness or Profes , ion Place of Business Residence CIELEBRATION of the TERCENTENARY of N.J the BIRTH of SHA.KSPE ARE, at Stratford-upon- Avon. Th, Tercentenary Committee (of which Sir Robert N. u. Hamilton, Bart , K.C.8.. is Chairman , are now receiv ing SU BSCRIPTION'', 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 I ondon agents, Messrs. Smith, Payne, and , Messrs Hanburys and Co., or Messrs. Glyn and Co , bankers, London. Name. Thn Itit_tht Hon. Lord Leigh F. Plower. Esq Mayor Sir R.N. e. Hamilton, Bart, K.C.B. Rev. G. Granville C. H. Pracebridgre R. H. Hobbes W. 0. Hunt Edgar Flower Charles E. Flower R. M. Bird E. Gibbs Thompson and Col bourne W. Gibbs, Alveston W. Lowry Ja mes Cox and Son 11 U. SJ. Nason unman W. J. Harding, Bara set C. F ...... . . LoLog in . .W. L. Norris.... : C. T. Wsrde,Cloptol; W. Greener. ....... John Lane Robt. Walker, . .. ... . John New....... . John Bachelor John Baldwin, .Lud dington ..... U. Gibbs . • • ..... M. C. A shwin ... way. . and G. calls Chas Thomas J. C. Jones, Loxl,y T. S. Burman W. Pearce ..... 1:1 G. T. Sm th,. Goldi cote H P. K.,Peach, Idl cite A. Crowdy, Billesley H.J. Starkey, Rhine- hi I J. R. West, Alscot park Charles Lucy T. B, Lucy E S P. Shirley The Tercc ntenary ton list to the nation, of Shakspeare for thei rest their claims upon the birihplace of Shak all admirers of the et home, the town he luv School. B. d. IGS 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 10 0 0 5 5 0 10 0 0 5 5 0 2 10 0 10 0 0 10 10 0 Monu mental Memorial. General Fund 1 for opening gardens and celebration of FestivaL £ a. d. 10 10 0 5 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 lo 0 0 5 0 0 10 0 0 1 1 0 5 0 0 2 2 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 2 0 0 5 0 0 3 0 0 5 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 10 10 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 0 o [limit tee, in submittingth e , most earnestly appeal to the admcii-eli).- it aid and assistance The C ommittee I the C.,TOllql that ~t ratford is not only ItSpeare. but the centre of attraction to reat Poet's works, and that it was his red, and where he lived and Med. ANEVER FAILING REMEDY.__ . Dr. SCOTT'S BILIOUS and LIVER PILLS, re without without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe ot Dr. 81 4 e, of Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to all who spa r t rorn bilious and pier complaints, indigestion, wind, ('08:111' giddiness, ~i zzinese of the eyes, •Sto. For habitual thvn.e,BB, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier non. blood , they are truly excellent; mild in their opera !noteai rateful to the stomach, they create appe ite, pro 'old digestion;,..„.._, and strengthen the whole nervous system. -cross Lo u ey, IN • Lambert, 8. King William-street, Charing • tinle u 'a l 'and by most druggist., boxes.lo. Soott. 4 le,„_quautity in oae, 28. ed. Be sure to ask for Dr. and three green bili ous and Liver rills. The genuine are a square "wip e eta 44311bert." engraved ou the R OYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION (Incorporated by Royal Charter). PATRONESs—FI er Most Gracious Majesty the Queen. PRE SIDENT —Vice-Admiral the Duke of Northumberland, K.G., F. R.S. C HAIRMAN —Thos. Baring, Esq., M.P., RMS., V.P. DEPUTY-CHAIRMAN—Thomas Chapman, Esq., F.R.S., V.P. APPEAL. The Committee of Management have to state that, since be beginning of the year 1860, the Royal National Lifeboat Institution has expended £32,000 on various Lifeboat Estab lishments nn the Coasts of England. Scotland, and Ireland. The number of lives saved by the Life-boats of the Society tnd other means, since its formation, is 12,800 : :or which services 82 Gold Modals, 718 Silver Medals, and £16,480 in cash have been paid in rewards. The Institu tion has also expended £67,' 00 on Life-boats, Life-boat Transporting-can 'ages, 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 enabued 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 ma's on them to maintain their fleet in a thoroughly efficient state, and its Crews practised in the management of their boats, whi h cat , only be effected by a large and pe manent annual income, they earnestly appeal to all classes of their countrymen to aid them in upholding and perpetuating so great and truly national a work. The Committee gratefully acknowledge the following non tributions Her Majesty the Queen • • •• Campbell, the Hon. Mrs. G. Clerk, Colonel, R.A. • • • • Coutts and Co., Messrs., Bankers Currie, w m , Egg £ s. d .. annual 50 C 0 .. annual 5 0 0 • annual 1 1 0 • annual 10 0 0 .. 4th don.lo 0 0 Erie, Lord Chi e f 'Justice • • • • .. don. 10 10 0 Peowick, G. J Esq coat of a Lifeboat and Tran- Fanshawe, Vim-Admiral Sir A., K.C.B. .. 2d don. 25 0 0 '" .. 250 0 0 T.,,oPorting Carriaze • • • • • • • Smith, Mrs. George, doh. 50 0 Martin, Sir Henry,Bart. n arveY, Rev. G. G. and Sirs. • • • • , .. .. 7th don. 10 0 0 Moor e , Rev. G. 13 1 „ .. don. 15 15 0 3 0 0 Stirling, Col. Sir Anthony, E.C.B. .. • • annual 20 0 Thom , s Lady , Weston-super -Mare, collected by her Ladyship , .. •• • • 16 16 0 .. annual 5 0 0 Donations and AnnualY. , :übscripti . o . ns will be thankfully re dived by the Rankers of ' the Institution, Messrs. Willis, Percival ' and Co• 76, Lombard-street; Messrs. Coutte and lame 59, Strand; sressrs. Berries, Farquhar, and Co., 16, St. • a'street, London ; by a 1 the Collectors of Onstorma Richard Lewis. MB and Bankers in the rrnited Kingdom • and hy ,...... , 4„,, the Becretur9 ~ at the Office 'of the 14, J4ll.lt r uit, • ToOlldosi. W.C. 7 , 4*.r7"l' 5 ; 0 5 ; 0 10 0 0 X s. d. 50 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 5 5 0 10 10 0 10 10 0 2 10 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 30 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 52 10 0 25 0 0 0 0 20 0 0 10 10 0 10 10 0 10 10 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 1 o 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 10 0 0 25 0 0 25 o 0 25 0 0 No. 22,181. Just ready, in 3 vols., V ER ()NIA. Also now ready, in 3 vols., MARY LYNDSAY. By L J.:ly EMILY PONSONBY. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. A NOVEL Just published, price 7s. 6d., 0143 :.:n Bvo., MEMORABLE EVENTS IN THE LIFE OF A LONDON In 'Three Parts. Vir ne Brothers, Amen Corner, and all the Libraries. CRITTc,I,U l?S nn the NEWSPAPER PRESS in LITERARY TIMES, every week, One Penny.— Fieet-street. Air R. T. CARRICK begs to Announce to his Vl_ Artist Friends and the Public, that his Photographic P.stab ishment, 32, Regent-street, Piccadilly-circus, is now in full operation. Cartes de Visite, 10 for 10s. 6d ; 21 for .£l. Miniatures on Ivory, Marble, and the Photographic base in his former styles. HOWELL, JAMES. and CO., respectfully ann.'ounce that, in accordance with their custom at this sea,:,on of the year, t: ey will OFFER THIS DAY, and durilz the month, their STOCK of FANCY SILKS, LIGHT DRESS FABRICS, LACES, RIBBONS, LINGERIE, EMBROI ERY. &c., at a VERY LARGE REDUCTION IN PRICE. _ • H., J.. and CO., will offer, at the same time, a quantity of RICH FRENCH SILKS, principally MOIRE ANTIQUES, and a variety of beautiful ORGANDI MITSLINS, which they have recently purchased at about one-hall the value. THE FARMER'S BAROMETER, 505., a new Instrumen`,, by Negretti and Zambra, will nor rectly indicate whether the Barometer falls for Rain or for Wind. Particulars by enclosing stamp.-1, Hatton-garden ; 57, Cornhill ; end 122, Regent-street. NIMEDIATE CASH ADVANCES.—Persons I requiring' Capital, repayable by instalments._ to enable. them to inerease' or . comnienc* business, or for any other pu pose, can readily obtain Advances on application at the Offices of the ST. GEORGE ADVANCr: FUND ASSO CIAT ONS, IV, Pall-ma 1, S W. Prospectus and forms sent free. E. 11. GILBART, Manager. TO Persons in W ANT of MONEY (in Town or Country).—A GENTLEMAN is willing. to MAKE ADVANCES of CAS 11, without delay, to respectable person (male or female), on their own security. The utmost secrecy can be relied on.—Apply (it by letter enclose four stamps) to Ar., at Mr. Robertson's, Accountant, 40, King William-street, London-bridge, E.C.—Money advanced on Dock Warrants. MONEY PROMPTLY ADVANCED by n Private Gentleman upon FURNITURE (without removal\ Leasehold and Freehold Property, or Reversions, m, in sums from £2O to £soo.—Mr. Howard, 18, Queen street, Cheapside. PAGE'S BRICK, TILE, AND PIPE MACHINE •;, for hand, horse, or steam power, are the most simple and efficient extant.—Ful: particulars and prices obtained of the makers, E. Page and Co , Laurence Pountney place, Laurence Pountney-hill, Ca anon-street, E.C., where they may be seen in operation daily. PASSENGERS AND TRAVELLERS PROTECTION AND COMPENSATION OFFICES, 16, Craven-street, Strand, London, W.C. Passengers by Rail, Road, or Water. and others suffering from loss or injury to themselves or pro,erty, should apply for redress and compensation at the above Offices ; established to render prompt assistance to all classes upon the most ad vantageous terms. Advice on application gratis.' Letters must be addressed to "The Manager," enclosing a stamp for reply. • D EAFNESS. —The SOUND MAGNIFIER INVISIBLE VOICE CONDUCTOR, a newly In.. vented instrument for severe cases of deafness. It fits into the ear, not perceptib e, removes singing noises in the head, and enables deaf persons to hear distinctly at church a+ d at public assemblies.—S. and B. SOLOMONS, 39, Albemarle street, Piccadilly. ESTABLISHED 1833. BOWDEN'S lERATED GINGER BEER , in glass or stone bottles, warranted to keep good twelve months. Lemonade, Soda-water, rotass, Seltzer, and every description of Mineral Waters. —Manufactory, No. 3, White Hart-street, Drury-lane, W.C. MAR BRES ONYX d'ALGERIE.--One Thousand objects made from this beautiful marble, and comprehending every variety of wprk of decorative art, including clocks, candelabra, vases, gueridons, inkstands, tazze, card trays, jard , nieres, porte-bouquets, lamps, ring stands, Atc„ are now being exhibited in the Onyx Salon, at Messrs. HOWELL, JAMES, and Co.'s, 5,7, 9, Regent-street. 91 H 0 X F O R D, A, OXFORD STREET, Z 9. THIS EVENING, will be performed Operatic Selections from Sir Henry R. ishop's THE SLAVE and Halevy's MUSKETEERS (first time In England). Principal Artistes —Miss Russell. Miss Ell' son , Messrs. Green, Bernardi, Huish, &c., with lull band and chorus. Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans. Flute Solos by Drew Dean Comic, by UNSWORTH ("or any other man"), Eugene, W. Randall, E. Righton, and A. Lloyd. Als-, a Pei formatme by Herr S'IIALICENBACH on his wonderful instrument, the PIANO ORCHESTRE, contain ing a full band of 40 instruments. 1 he HALL It's just been newly Decorated and Ventilated, and is one of the most Beautiful in the Metropolis. Open at 8 o'clock. Admission, 6d. ; stalls and balcony, ls. ; private boxes, 10s. 6d. CANTERBURY HALL AND FINE ARTS GALLERY, Westminster-road. OrriTHIS EVENING, THE AA. S GH i Iv OST, with all the newest cAL ErrEcTs, by Mr. ester. GRAND SELECTIONS from OPERAS, CANTATAS, &c., by Miss Russell, Miss Townley, Miss Hugo, and Messrs. Tivoli, Kimberley, S. Ray, tc. wit , . full Band and Chorus of 30 performers. Leader, Mr. E. JONGHMANS. Comedy, Burlesque, and Pantomime by UNSWORTH (the Modern Demosthenes) EUGENE , J. TAYLOR, A. LLOYD, Sze. Open at half past Seven. Admission, Sixpence. Stalls and Balcony, ls. ROYAL ALHAMBBA PALACE. The MAORI WARRIOR CHIEFS will make their RE APPEARANCE THIS EVENING. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. The RISARELIS, EVERY EVENING during the Week. IXOYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. The FAIRY FOUNTAIN EVERY EVENING-, at Ten o'clock. ROYAL ALHAMRRA PAL/VB.—Signor and Signori FRANCESCO in a Grand Divertissement and Pas Deux- -Operatic Selections from " Ernani " and " Lucia de Lammermoor."' Miss M'Gregor. Mr. Laurence Albert, Signor Georglni, Mr. Vernon Rigby, to. &c. Band and Chorus of Sixty Performers. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail. way Terminus, at King's-cross. Patron—The QUEEN. President—The Duke of BUCCLEITCH, K.G. Treasurer—Edward Masterman, Esq. This was the first hbspital to introduce the principle of free and instant admission to the destitute sick, without the for mality of eovernors' letters. It is entirely devoted to desti tution in Its most pitiable form—viz., that which is accom panied by sickness and disease, and is now of sufficient magnitude that, with adequate support, it may be rendered capable of admitting into its wards a very large proportion of the casual sick of this great metropolis. It, requires, but the funds in order to have 500 beds available for the reception of these the most wretched of our fellow-creatures. Moreover, it gratuitously affords medical advice and medicine to more, on the average, than 3,000 out-patients a week. The Weekly Board feel it their imperative duty to make an EARNEST APPEAL to the publics for continued support, to enable them to admit and relieve the distressing cases that daily present themselves. Contributions are received by the Treasurer, Edward Mae erman, Esq., Nicholas-lane; also by Messrs. C ou t ts and Co. ; Drummond and Co. ; Herries and Co. ; Ran som and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co.;Smith, Payne, and Co. ; G lyn and Co. ; Jones Loyd and CO. ; Barclay and Co. ; Denison and Co. ; W !Hams, Deacon, and Co. ; Overend, Gurney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co. ; Messrs. J. Barned and Co., Liverpool and at the HospitaL STANFORD S. SMITH. Secretary. 7\T 14. :R k r „, NC' oa t s no r,t7 • • lf • k •-• _ _ • • - 74 • 1 1 • ?SAM. , • ;(- ITE•Ar '"' • • ~• ,* 42 ` 11 4 1 C-: c, _ • I - y - r'l`~4llllts, -. DRorr• ~~• rl._ • • Ia, C4I:II::WeStaPAP this calamity—viz., temporary insanity. , to be, &c., " JOHN 'WARREN, It may further be mentionA that Dr. Call, for the county of Louth, sent a letter to the Howe . ze, which was forwarded to the bench of magistrates cf New port, Pagnell, stating that Michael Lyons had been under eatment and care as a lunatic by Dr. Callam. Mr. i s ta:Flings then observed that, for is clients, he had ,no more evidence to call. Mr. Jones, for 'the prisoner, urged that the eolith:Let of hts client throughout was quite reconeileable with the state ments made by the unhappy roan at the deck when: taken into custody--viz., that he was under the impression that the two men in the carriage intended to rob him, and that bench ma gistrate sum l r. of would o m o n u o e l n d s e t n y h o e t f n o i r n sought his acts were in self-defence. After the usual caution the bench committed the prisoner bai l, bu t m d r e . cl ß in a ed w I i t . n o gs make opp a o n s y i n o g r , d order, for trial, the defence being reserved. Mr. Jones made an application for thereturn of a further Mr. to lo t r u ap t cicy t e h pt e to e P e tu , or b :: I n n : : eu l leaves E a the:oefsthe Chairman said the a judge. PRICE..... -..4d. STAMPED ...M. The Murderous Assault in a Railway Carriage. Yesterday morning, at a special sessions held at Newport Pagnell, Michael Lyons was brought up on remand charged under the 11th section of the 24th and 25th Vict., cap. 100, with assaulting with a clasp knife and wounding with in tent to murder James Worland and Peter M'Lean in a rail way carriage on the London and North-Western Railway, between Blelchley and London, on the night of Friday, the 17th July, 1863. It will be remembered that the prisoner was charged on the last occasion under the 20th section of the act with havir g unlawfully and maliciously inflicted grievous bodily harm, the punishment under which was, as e misdemeanour, three years' penal servitude. On mature consideration Mr. Powell, the clerk to the magistrates, considered it advisable to alter the charge to that made in the 11th section, which made the offence committed a felony, and the penalty penal servitude for ten years. Mr. R. W. Selby Lowndes. Mr. Charles J. Rawlings, solicitor, attended on behalf of Is'oawuniee (chair appeared, aainr- Rev. C. d man) r s, e t m .h t ee r av a n. t e ai s n. p d r T e iva s e ro n vr t elra, w ntd e h r : e e c ss . S. L l d M'L Mr. the former occasion, for the prison er, who was brought up as before by Mr. Superintendent T homas Bream from Fenny Stratford, where he has been sinc e the remand on Wednesday week. a ppeared, as on Mr. Rawlings said he appeared before the bench to pro secute the charge against the prisoner inthedock, instructed by Mr. Peter M'Lean and Mr. James Worland, as it was understood that the railway authorities did not intend to in terfere in any way or take any steps whatever in the matter, holding it as not being an affair in which the company was concerned. Mr. Peter M'Lean, examined by Mr. Rawlings, said—l keep the Victoria Tavern, West Ham, Essex, and am also an engineer. I have known Mr. Worland about ten years. After having visited with him Halifax, Manchester, and Liverpool, we were returning from the last-mentioned place on the 17th inst. by the 3.45 p.m. train for London. After passing Bletehley Mr. Worland pulled out his pocketbook to settle the payments made by me, as I had been cashier. He gave me £2 se. out of between £25 and . £3o in gold he had. Almost immediately afterwards we both got up, and I made a step towards the end of the carriage where the pri soner was then sitting. He rose up exclaiming, "Advance further and I'll murder you," at thesamemoment brandish ing a knife, and making a plunge at me with his left hand. He missed me, but immediately afterwards stabbed Mr. Worland on the forehead. I think I had hold of the pri soner when he made the plunge at Mr. Worland. (The knife was produced by Orpen, the railway policeman. It was an ordinary double-bladed pocket-knife, the large blade of which was the one with which the injuries were inflicted.) I had hold of the prisoner by the arm, but he kept " job bing" at Mr. Worland, as I could only lay hold of his sleeve, and he had almost the free use of his wrist. As the prisoner was making the attempt to stab me first, I said— " Good God, man, what are you going to do with the knife ?" While I had hold of the knife the prisoner cut my right hand very severely, We got him down on the floor of the carriage. Mr. Worland was too faint to give me much assistance ; but he said, " I shall sink under this. You stick to him, Mae." After struggling for nearly half an hour, we got him on the floor, and I held him till we got to Camden. road station, where Orpen, the railway police man, took the knife from him. While were were struggling he shouted out several times " Jesus will fight for me," "Murder," "Help," and we all shouted and screamed in the hope of attracting attention, but without avail. The prisoner was removed, and the knife taken from him. The floor of the carriage and the back of the compartment were covered with blood. There was more than enough blood to fill a hat. Mr. Worland fainted from exhaustion, and was taken to the Royal George Hotel, Euston-square. I have since been attended by Dr. Bain. The witness was cross-examined by Mr. Jones, who pu numerous questions, with a view to show that the conduc of Mr. Worland and the witness might have led the prisoner to think that they intended to do something towards him, but Mr. M'Lean, with some vehemence, said, after replying in the negative to many interrogatories. " Pray, sir, do not agitate me further with such utter nonsense," and the Bench interposing, the cross-examination stopped. Mr. Jas. Worland, examined by Mr. Rawlings, confirmed the evidence of Mr. M'Lean, and stated in addition that after the prisoner stabbed him he (Mr.Worland) kicked the prisoner, to overcome him if possible. The witness fell on the platform, after getting out of the carriage, being weak from loss of blood. Mrs. Maria Eaton, examined by Mr. Rawlings, said that she was 78 years of age, and lived at 31, Herbert-street, Hoxton. She left Liverpool on the 17th inst. in the same carriage with the last two witnesses. She had a sniall dog with her. She saw three gentlemen in the carriage, and after the train passed Bletchley she suddenly looked up, being aroused by a noise, and saw the three struggling violently, The prisoner Lyons had a knife in his hands. She said, " For God's sake, what's the matter? Give rue that knife." The prisoner atruck Mr. Worland on the temple, and afterwards made several attempts to stab both the others, exclaiming, as if invoking, " Jesus, Jesus I " but what else he said she could not hear. She partially fainted, and when recovered she found they had got the prisoner down, and she bound up Mr. Worland's forehead with three handkerchiefs and her apron. She wanted to get the knife away from the prisoner, and if she had got it she would have thrown it away at once. She would have thrown herself out of the carriage to escape. John Orpen, the railway company's constable, examined by Mr. Rawlings, stated that he received the prisoner into his custody, charged with attempting to murder Mr. Peter M'Lean and Mr. James Worland. The prisoner said that what he had done was in self-defence, for he thought the two gentlemen in the carriage were going to make an attack upon his life. Dr. 'William Bain, of Poplar deposed to the character of the wounds inflicted upon Mr. Worland, and that there was great danger for tnree or four days. He also attended Mr. M'Lean for the wounds on his hand, which might have been very dangerous. Inspector Cox produced the following letters, which he had received upon the subject-matter of the charge : " July 20. " Sir, —Seeing an account in to-day's paper of an assault committed by a schoolmaster named Lyons recalls to my recollection a man of that name who was usher at the school I was at some 12 years ago, His actions then were so pe culiar he was generally considered mad, and was dismissed for an assault on a boy who he fancied was speaking of him, The man I refer to is tall and thin, given to speak to him self, and in the habit of uttering incoherent words, "Yours, &c., " J. DENNISTON, "Audit-office, King's-cross Station. " To Inspector Cox." " Consular-lodge, Dundalk, July 2 " Sir,—As borough magistrate of this town I consider it my duty to report to you that Michael Lyons, who imade y the murderous at tack on the two merchants in the eralwaabout carriage, was at the b u si n ess house of my firm, when lnowing to sail by one of our steamers on Thursday last. i him for several years as a national school teacher lecturer on science in this neighbourhood , told me be was the boat with him for half an hour previous leaving, and he appeared quite rational, to I disco ur and sed about to take his holidays in England, an a l me when he returned, to see if I would patronise 0 - o t wisoeuld call on for the benefit of the Free Library. 1 f elt surprised o Sun day morning when I read that he outrage. I feel that I should reportsd a a large sum of money hatbdepseerepierteruaratesd:nuceohs an you. I cannot account how he c '-' 0 _ were ,' a poor man. I on his person, as he was always , have sent word to his relatives. 2. J, E. (Signed) it 15 Mr. Inspector Cox." lso been r eceived by the chai r - The following letter has a man of the Newpor t Pagnell bench of magistrates:— P f u l arr , Dundalk, Ireland, July 28 . " Glebe, 13allY T r a m — th e newspapers that the case o f Mr. Michael LyonsSir,—Pereeiving to bo heard at your session s on Thurs d a y nest, Itake the liberty of addressing yo u as chair man of the N e wport Pagnell bench of magistrates. The na donsl school and teacher's house of , Rampark, i n thi s par i sh, ar e less than two miles distant from the Glebe, where I have resided for the last 12 years. Mr. Lyons has been the teacher a , Rampark for a longer period. He has been tutor to my children for upwards of four years, spending several h our s in my house every eveni ng except Saturday and Sunday. On the Saturday afternoons he has been teaching natural science in the chief school (the grammar school) of this district. As a popular lecturer in Dun dalk and its neighbourhood he is well known, and has been moat successful. Although struggling with diffi culties, his untiring industry and ingenuity have fur nished him with opportunities for scientific purposes, the construction of which at once prove him to be no ordinary man, and yet withal I have invariably found him most modest, unassuming, and gentle. Possessed of qualities of head and heart calculated to fit him for a higher position in life than that of a national schoolmaster, he was recom mended to raise his social stat us by the acquisition of a degrsz in scic nce,and having been assisted in a pecuniary way he left Dundalk for London on the evening of the 16th with the intention of presenting himself at an examination at Bur linton House, to be held the following week. I saw him a fewl hours before he left home. His strength was severely taxed by physical exertion under an unusually hot season, ahe mentioned to me that ha had lost his rest at night through the strain upon his mind. If we add to this a very high nervous temperament, naturally a predisposition to mental, derangemnt, which on more than one occasion ull_had been evinced, anxiety about this examination , and an broken sea voyage and long railway journey , it will not be difficult, I presume, to arrive at the true and so le es • THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 31, 1863 SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. TIMES. —The weakness, the folly, and the credu lity of mankind are exemplified in our courts of law with a boldness which fiction dares tot emulate. A column of Divorce Court cases reveals vices which would be held to outrage all probability if hazarded in a three-volume novel ; the romance of the Rou- pell case seems equally beyond the possibili y of an actual occurrence, whether we believe or disbelieve the story of the convict ; and now this cause celebre in the Bankruptcy Court, whereof Colonel Waugh is the hero, comes to tax our capacity of belief in the impudence of an adventurer, and in the blind credulity of his dupes. If a man would prey upon his fellows, audacity seems to be the only requisite for a temporary success. Colonel Waugh comes before the Bankruptcy Court, not as a public wrong doer, but as an unfortunate man worthy of all com miseration. He tells us at every turn of the argu ment that he is a rough, honest old soldier, who has spent 23 years of his life in the service of his country. He is so weak in his eyes that it would be a cruel persecution to imprison him; and he is able to get up a burst of virtuous indignation at any suggestion that he and his fellow directors in the London and Eastern Bank were not " the most honest men in the world." If he keeps up the representation long enough, and if day after day his counsel shall be allowed to dwell upon his personal ailments and his military services, Colonel Waugh will soon get a little public of commiserators. It is eight years since he dazzled the town with his pomps and his splendour. It is seven years since the ears of the nation were filled with the wail of the victims who were being swallowed up in the little social earthquake which destroyed so many humble families. If - we could resuscitate the details of those miseries, if we could follow the fortunes of the victims, and contrast the present position of scores of men and women and children with what it might have been if Colonel Waugh bad lived upon his moderate competency and had never got access to the f un d s of the London and Eastern Band, public opinion would still go hard against Colonel Waugh. But time has flown by ; the victims have all been swept away; death and ruin and inso vency have rolled over them, and they are gone do wn to the bottom of the social scale, oat of sight and out of hearing. The only residuum of this great evil is the man who was the chief agent in it; and he comes before us claiming our pity, and even remonstrating against our censure. He evi dently has the same audacity in defence which he showed in his adventure, and there are fools enough in the world, although of another class, to make a party against punishing him, just as there were fools enough to believe in his story of untold millions lying hid in the clay of Branksea Island. We laugh at the absurdity of the Monto Christo romance, and yet we find ourselves gravely investigating the in cidents of this Branksea Island reality. A retired Colonel, with an income of £4OO a-year, buys a little island upon the coast of Dorsetshire. Fifteen thousand pounds was the price, and, of course, he had not the money to pay for it, but so plausible was the Colonel, or so silly were the people with whom he came in contact, that in a short time he had invested £30,000 in the island, and had raised about the same sum in mortgage upon it. This seems to have been the state of affairs when he in troduced himself to the managing director of the London and Eastern Bank. He went there to raise more money upon some property belonging to his sister, and he took the occasion to launch his story of the wonderful wealth that lay hid in the clay of Branksea Island. He was too wise to talk of hidden treasures. Boxes of diamonds and chests of ingots are left now to more professional romancers ; your practical men take a bolder flight and assert that the whole soil is a treasure. Here was an " old soldier," whose possession was a deposit of clay mortgaged to double its worth, persuading a banker that this clay was a security for £70,000 and was of the value of untold millions, A. piece of paper purporting to be a report or valuation, showing how all this island might be made into alum, and calculating its value at about L 8 per ton, was sufficient to induce the managing director to lend £50,000 upon this pre cious clay. We suppose we must believe that this statement is correct. There is no proof that this was a conspiracy between Stephen and Waugh from the first, and therefore we have no right to as sume it from the mere improbability of the alterna tive story. But, if that story be true, how strange a truth it is! The next step is stranger still, if pos sible. Upon the strength of this very indebtedness Colonel Waugh becomes a director of the bank from which he had borrowed. As a director he seems to have done pretty much as he liked, and he went on " borrowing" till the amount reached £114,000. It was only £114,000. Colonel Waugh complains bitterly that he has been injuriously put down as a debtor to the bank to the extent of £240,000, and he evidently thinks that he has been by this cheated out of £126,000. As we read his own statement, however, it would appear that he raised £114,000 and £30,000 upon a mud bank for which he gave £15,000. What became of all this money ? There is a shell of an unfinished castle and some pottery works cn Branksea Island, and there is a fading tradition of ostentatious banquets in London. There is, moreover, an estimate for the formation of a working establishment, which was to cost £5,000, and a paper of most audacious calculations concern in,' 30,000,000 tons of " marketable clay," worth £40,000,010 sterling. This is all we have to show for £144 000 in hard cash. The flight of the co directors when the extent of the old soldier's bor rowings became known, the shifts, contrivances, and broken promises, the confident assurances, and the ultimate smash, are all too necessary a sequence to the antecedent facts to be dwelt upon. The great fact notable in the history of human credulity is that a man of no great means, but living in an ex travagant flashy style, was able to raise £144,000 alum, to the extent of a profit of £40,000,000. It upon a story that he was able to convert clay into the people who suffered were the people who were cajoled by this impossible nonsense, and none others, we might be inclined to say that no laws can protect such folly as this, and we might be satisfied to see such delusions work their natural result. But the hundreds whom the London and Eastern Bank ruined had no choice or voice in this matter. They did not know that their managing di rector was lending their money upon this promising adventure; they did not know that their director was helping himself to their money upon this won derful security ; they believed that their business was being conducted as banking business generally is conducted. When they awoke to ruin, and were told that they were liable to their uttermost shil ling, because Branksea Island clay was not worth £8 a ton, they had, probably, never heard of Brank sea Island, and had no notion that their fortunes had ever depended upon any so singular an impro bability. This is not a fair risk. Take it in the most favourable light; let us strive to believe that this man was his own dupe as well as the deceiver of others ; still the manner in which he obtained this money was as bad as bad can be. The moral wrong produced was as great as that effected by Redpath or R ou p e ll ; and if the law looks more lightly upon it, and has no name for it among the criminalcatalogu e law. of crimiPerhapsnal offences,if there m were ere a shamepu b public our secutor some section of our Criminal Code might be found to have a bearing uponsuchacts tt for as ese, in the majority of cases where the public cry out against the impunity of wrongdoers it is not the law which i s in fault , but the administration of the law. Let it be, hee however, that nothing of a crimi nal character has occurred. We are not about to call for any vindi c tive Colonel Waugh , Something, however, even against however, ought to be done to prevent such amanlike k as this passing through the Bankruptcy C our t trader, and escaping scot - free, while others who have not occasioned half so much misery are expi ating their offences under heavy sentences. POST.—Notwithstanding the recent r reverses sus tained by the Southern Conf e der a cy, it may well be doubted whether any material ad vantages accrued to the Federal Governm en t. The h ages have South has lost many men and large quantities of warlike stores, and has seen pass into the hands of its en emy one of the most important strategic ti on s within its territories ; but although the posi tions blows which have been inflicted must appear un doubtedly heavy, it is questionable whether by the Federal Government they can be turned to any practical account. The campaign in the north east will once more be carried on within the limits of Virginia, as Maryland and Pennsylvania are no longer obliged to support a hostile army. General Meade bad not, according to the latest accounts, crossed the Potomac ; but when he does it will be either to resume the old position at Falmouth, or some other from which operations may be con ducted against Richmond with some hopes of suc cess. That those operations will prove successful there is, however, no reason to believe. Although Lee experienced heavy losses at Gettysburg, hi s opponent suffered no less severely, and, acting on the defensive, the Confederates will doubtless be as well able as hitherto to oppose the advance of the grand army of the North. The marked dish). the e sro t vnep4epr obablept heelsi position n ri anoofon Hooker, the wo c no h i ktt hhe M ore retreating n: e rth a own w e d noehs Bexcuse,si i not shown oaatgltah noustg Confederates ht t h o eh bi tread rseeh tpefoeokar etc o ene n dss assaults con clusionews were aeunitts sufficiently ooff that, c t o h ne whenfi s d o e nu n ut c rr n rnroy h uni i snr s mgt o yow. hold Not strength at b stronge i ng we defen sive either ef h er n i as pos- sible country, iorwar jumpinto an at t enemy's he the wo F u e l d d eragen s e n c o t n h s e i d Confederatee rably ,r e ' necessarily eral prove to do more invincible. c t i h b a l e n . n f o capital.t. e ed t will s lnoton long eas h e t U h n re l e a s t o occupies a position either on the left bank of the Rappahannock or elsewhere in the vicinity of Richmond, so long the Confederate Government will be obliged to maintain their finest army in a state of comparative idleness. But of reinforcements there is no prospect. It has been stated to be the intention of the Government at Washington to en force the conscription notwithstanding the recent riots. Whatever may be the projects of the Admi nistration, there can be no doubt that the draught will never be assented to by the Northern popula tion. The Federal Cabinet may threaten to enforce it, but they do not possess the means. Mr. Lin coln might poisibly wish to convert New York into a Warsaw, but in order to do so he would be obliged to occupy it with a numerous army. New York is, however, only one of a number of cities in every one of which the inhabitants have, with more or less vehemence,, announced their refusal to be dragged from their homes to fill the ranks of the Federal army. If Mr. Lincoln would enforce the conscrip tion he must employ his armies in carrying into effect the orders of his provost marshals. New York was pronounced by its Governor to be in a state of insurrection, but we may neat expect to hear that it has been declared by the President to be in a state of siege. We do not think, however, that a feeble attempt at establishing a military dictator ship will either strengthen the Federal Government or recruit the Federal armies. But if in Virginia military operations will in all probability flag, there seems but little likelihood of the Northern armies being able in other parts of the Confederacy to do more than retain the positions they at present oc cupy. The necessity of providing Vicksburg and Port Hudson with strong garrisons will have the effect of withdrawing from active service no incon siderable portion of the armies which have succeeded in reducing them. It is one of the necessary inci dents of the war in which they are engaged that the Federal Government must employ one set of armies in retaining possession of territories which another set of armies have conquered. It is true that at the present moment the navigation of the Mississippi is, comparatively speaking, uninterrupted ; but still it is far from being in that condition which the necessities of commerce imperatively demand. The Federals cannot occupy the banks of a river which flows for many hundreds of miles through an enemy's country, and their inability to secure pro tection for vessels navigating t he Mississippi should teach them how hopeless it is t o e xpect to exercise undisputed dominion throug hout the length and breadth of the Southern St ates, If the Fedefal Governmentresult tof the are really and sanguine concerni ng th e if they think their r ecen t successes are of ouch a kind as to be fitly celebrated by a day of general thanksgiving, they would do well to cast a glance on the map of the Confederate States. Out of the many hundreds of thousands of square miles over which the Southern territories extend they might count by hu ndre ds those in which they have re-established their domini on . Th e Unionists of the North should never forget that, in order to succeed in re-establishing in its original integrity the Great Republic of the West, they must not only conquer the Southern population, but re duce it to perpetual submission. The siege of Charleston has been renewed, though in a different form. Even iron-clad Monitors have been obliged to succumb to fortifications whic h were built years before iron-plated gunbcats were thought of, and all hopes of reducing the town by a naval attack seem to have been abandoned. The same tactics which the allies pursued at Sebastopol are now about to be employed by the Federals at Charleston. The harbour of Sebastopol was naturally inacces sible, and the French and English armies wer e obliged to depend almost exclusively on siege opera tions to effect the reduction of the town. The recent attempt by the Federal iron-clads to force their way past the forts commanding the entrance to Charleston proved so disastrous in its results that it was not renewed, and now the North appears to place reliance solely on its armies to recover posses sion of that Southern port. It would be premature as yet to express an opinion of the probable issue; but although the operations of the attacking foree have been up to the present tolerably successful, it is not likely that Charleston will prove to be the asy prize which the Northern generals anticipate. But suppo s i ng , lik e New Orleans, it shou ld suc cumb. Wh a t th en ? From the ca pture of the Crescent City the North, independently of the plunder of the inhabitants, derived no material advantage. The seizure of Charleston, beyond re lieving a portion of the Federal fleet from the necessity of blockading that port, would not place the Government at Washington in a superaor posi tion. In fact, however we regard the successes of the North, whether past or future, it is equally impossible to connect them with the realisation of the object for which the war is prosecuted. Assum ing that the Southern population continue averse from an amalgamation with the inhabitants of the Free States, neither the command of the Mississippi nor the capture of the principal cities in the Confe deracy will place the latter in such a position as to enable them to dictate to the former the conditions of their political existence. If the Federal Govern ment have now, at the close of more than two y ears ' hard fighting, begun to conquer, they will find themselves equally o bli ge d to retain forcible posses aim, of their conq ues t s . T he latter t a sk, however, in the present temp er o f t h e N ort h er n population, will be found no less difficult than the former. for cessful in the House of Commons. His position R as made before he was a member of Parliament, and his seat for Liverpool neither advanced nor retarded him in his career. When Mr. Littledale was asked by the Patronage Secretary of the Treasury what his politics were he replied that he was a special pleader. Cresswell could not have given this answer, but when he was made one of the Justices of the Queen's Bench in 1842 it was because he was a sound lawyer, and certainly not oecause he was a member for verpool. He fully answered all expectations formed of him as a lawyer. He was what is called a " strong" judge. That is to say, he was not only a learned judge, but a man who would have his own way. He had suf ficient confidence in himself, a sufficient contempt for his audience, and a sufficient power of saying very disagreeable truths at proper times to keep every one in awe of bim. It is a great temptation to have this power in that position, and perhaps Sir Cresswell Cresswell abused it as little as it is in human nature to do. The work by 'which, however, Sir Cresawell Cresawell will be remembered—and the only work by which he will be remembered—is the creation of the Divorce Court. Sir Cresawell Cresawell was appointed to preside here in January, 1858. It was an experiment distrusted at the time by the public, and most dangerous to the reputation of the man who should firat undertake it. Sir Cresawell Cress well's confidence in himself allowed him to accept it, and, as that self-confidence was fortunately in his case well founded, it enabled him to carry it through. To him chiefly it is owing that the Divorce Court has been a great success. He has made a code of divorce law by his decisions; and he has based it upon sound, broad principles. As a social lawgiver, Sir C. Cresswell is as great as Lord Mansfield is as a mercantile lawgiver. He has built a bridge in chaos ; and if his successor has the prudence to keep to it he may travel without any very violent falls. This building up of a new system of law must have grown to be a labour of love with Sir C. Cress well. He had long since earned his pension. He was rich in private means; he was childless, and, indeed, unmarried. It could only have been an absorbing interest in his work and a desire to con solidate the practice of his court which could have induced him to toil on in a drudgery which must caused him frequent disgust and continual labour. It is true that he was generally appreciated by his countrymen and countrywomen, and was doubtless conscious that he was doing his work well; but in the work itself he could have taken no pleasure. He was a hard-working, conscientious, and successful public servant, and his life has been useful. How few there are who die and of whom so much as this can be truly said ; and who is there among us of whom we could truly say much more ? (From the Lancet) At seven minutes to 7 on the evening of Wednesday the distinguished Judge of the Court of Probate and Divorce, Sir Cresswell Cresswell, suddenly expired. It is well known that he had recently met with a severe accident; but the injury which he then received, although it may have accle rated his decease by the severe shock which it undoubtedly inflicted on the system, does not appear to have had any direct share in the fatal result which has unexpectedly oc curred. When violently thrown over by the runaway horses which broke from Lord Aveland's carriage, Sir Cresswell was found, on being raised from the ground, to be suffering from fracture of the knee-pan. This was not, however, a fracture from direct violence ; but when examined by the surgeon summoned—Mr. James Lane, of St. Mary's Hos pital—he found that from the nature of the fracture it was evidently one of those rare instances in which the knee-pan is rent by the sudden and violent action of the extensor muscles of the thigh, commonly in the effort to recover the balance of the body, and avoid falling. There was but little bruising—much less than might have been anticipated. and no other apparent injury. The fractured part was healing favourably, and Sir Cresswell bore the confinement with great equanimity, and was in good spirits throughout. Mr. James Lane and Mr. Charles Hawkins were in continuous attendance, and everything promised a speedy recovery. Properly devised splints having been adjusted, Sir Cresswell was able, with assistance, to shift himself from the bed to a couch, and had done so in the course of Wednesday. As he was being lifted in the evening from the couch again to the bed, with the assistance of his brother, the Rev. Oswald Cresswell, he complained of feeling faint, asked for wine, and almost immdiately died. He had always considered himself a specially healthy man,and was mentioning shortly after his accident that he had never had a day's illnees,and had never consulted a physician since he left the school. He had lately become somewhat suddenly corpulent, but it was never suspected, by himself or any other person, that the hand of disease had seized him so firmly though silently. The poet mortem inspection was performed at 7 p.m. on Thursday by Mr. Charles Hawkins, Mr. James Lane, and Dr. Baber. The examination of the chest showed that the heart was the sole seat of disease. It was loaded with fat, the walls of the ventricular cavities were thin and weak, and the muscular fibres pale; the valves were competent. Throughout the rest of the body the organs were found in a healthy condition, although in parts much loaded with fat. On examining the knee joint some blood was found effused between the fractured surfaces of the bone , there was no inflammation, irritation, or effusion in the interior of the joint, but repair was going on satisfactorily. The cause of death was doubtless severe syncope, fatal because occurring in a weak heart fattily degenerated. A circumstance occurred in connection with the accident which, although by no means exceptional, deserves to be mentioned, as illustrating the admirable spirit in which oar hospitals are administered, and the firmness and self-devo- tion with which the members of the medical profession per form their duties to the poor in those establishments. Sir Cresswell was overthrown within sight of St. George's Hospital, and a hasty message was sent there, stating that an accident had occurred to the d:st nguished Judge, and requesting that the house surgeon might accompany him to his home. The house surgeon, however, was then en gaged in urgent duties of attendance upon poorer sufferers, and felt unable to leave his post. Other skilled attendance was immediately at hand. Such incidents are not rare, and we cannot but think that they reflect honour on our profes sion and deserve to be widely known. The Late Sir Cresswell Cresswell. (From the Times.) The shock to the system caused by an acciden has deprived us of one of the best and perhaps altogether the most valuable of our Judges. Sir Cresswell Creswell died yesterday morning. He was an old man, for, as he took his degree at Cam bridge in 1814, be must in all probability have been in his seventieth year. Time, however, had not, impaired the vigour of his intellect. He was in the full enjoyment of his judicial powers; his memory was as good, his discrimination as prompt, his learning as ready, and his nerve as strong as in his earlier years when battling at the Bar. But for this miserable occurrence of a broken-down carriage and a frightened pair of horses he might, notwith standing that he appears to have had a latent disease lurking in his frame, have gone on for years doing good service to his country, and finding his best enjoyment in the discharge of his duties. Sir Cresswell Cresswell's career has been simply that of a hardworking lawyer. In later years he appeared to be one of those who seem to love work for its own sake, and such men always make their way at the English Bar. This, however, may have been an acquired habit. Being only the fourth son of a gentlemen of good estate, perhaps it was in the first instance a necessity to him to apply with assiduity to his profession. It is certain that after his call in 1819 the attorneys found out a capacity which the Cambridge examiners had failed to dis cover. That he drudged away in Westminster hall the long series of Barnewall and Cresswell's reports will testify. He joined the Northern Circuit at a time when Brougham and Scarlett governed the revels of the Grand Court, and divided the business of serious litigation. He fought his way along through the dust in which these two gladiators were always enveloped; and at last when the heroes were taken up into the sedes discrete pioruni, and no longer vexed the Northern Circuit, unless as judges, Cresswell and Alexander succeeded to their places. The leader. ship of the Northern Circuit was in those days some thing to struggle for and something to retain. It took a strong man to hold his own there. Cresswell was not a Brougham, perhaps he was not in tact and power of persuasion a Scarlett, but he was strong enough to seize upon the leadership of the Northern Circuit, and to hold it easily against all comers. He got. his silk gown in 1834, and from that year till 1842 he worked very hard, and must have made much money. Most men in such a position would have looked to the House of Commons and to the high prizes of his profession, all of which seemed to be Within his reach. Cresswell was elected for Liverpool in 1837, and retained his seat until be Was raised to the Bench. He was not, however, a . very ardent politician, nor was be partiCtllarlY IM°• SCALP HUNTING IN MINNESOTA. General Pope is again making himself notorious, and Butler must look to his laurels. Governor Ramsay, in his department, has organised a volun teer corps to serve against the Indians. In the order directing the organisation occurs the follow ing : " A compensation of 25 dollars will also be given to anybody for each scalp of a male Sioux, delivered at this (the adjutant general's) office." On the 7th of July, the sheriff of M'Leod county received 25 dollars for the scalp of a Sioux warrior, killed o❑ the 4th July, near the town of Hutchin son. The Indian shot was one of a party of four teen, and when killed was engaged in picking berries. The winner of the first bounty, Harper by name, though pursued by the remaining Indians, made his escape, obtained the aid of his neighbours, returned, and then secured the indisputable evidence of State indebtedness. The Chicago 7iines publishes a dispatch from St. Paul, Minnesota, which thus refers to the effair " An order from the adjutant general's office is issued, calling for scoucs to volunteer for 60 days, in squads of not less than five, to scour the big woods and kill Indians wherever they can find them, with out regard to red tape or tactics. The order says A compensation of 25 dollars will be given. tod any person for each scalp of a male Sioux delivered at this office.' The scalp mentioned in Y" er d d 7he dispatch was delivered according to order,staonmnas 25 dollars paid over. Some .squeamish mode of seemed disposed to revolt at this an people , warfare being adopted by a Christ: co mplaints for fear are restrained from uttering any thisrs. Whatever of being charged as Sioux sy is wrong about it they the war is over, for fear of ..ents embarrassingconclreudPcatoendorse till the adminis tration or discouragienlistn3 enlistments ."—The --___=-- --- N EW ACT ON BILLS OF EXCHANGE AND PRO. missoßY NOTES. —Yesterday an act was issued to re p ea l the res trictions to the negotiation of bills of exchange and promisso r y notes for sum s under £5. In order to test the alteration in the law the act is limited to v th ei r r e v e c ie ltn a: tn : ißssoiolynaosl ARMY COMMISSIONS. —A return issued y es t er d ay of the number of non-commissioned officers who, during the throe year' ending June 30, 1863, received in the army was as follows—viz., Ca 1 Artillery, 16 ; Royal Engineer', 1; Military ' ' Gikazds, 2; and laantry, 69, /7 Train , 1 i Foot Royal National Lifeboat Institution, A meeting of this institution,was held yer4erdes, at its houie, Johnstreet,'Adelphi— . --Mr. Thome& Chapman, F.R.S., vice president, in the their. There were also pres en t......e r , pta • n L r o e t w t s l: t a h r t e . , 13 e A c r d e m t a i r r y a M'llhardlSir Edward Per -111.P., Captain de St. Croix, lolY' lki r. 'George LYall' and Mr. Richard. voted at this and the previous meeting rewards of the insti tution:—Ll2 to the crew of the Ip sw i c h lif e b oat of the institution , stationed at Thorpe, Suffolk, for p u tting off at midnight and rescuing, with great difficulty, the crew of six men from the brig Flo rence Nightingale, of London, which, during a heavy gale of wind , was totall y wreck ed on Size well Bank, on the Suff olk coast. While en g a g ed in the rescue of the shipw recked men a heav y se a s t r uck the lifeboat and ca rried awa y one of her b r ave crew; but he fort unatel y re g ained the boat by means of his lifebelt a nd a line. William Alex ander, the gallant coxsw ain, had on several occa sions, in this and other l ifeboats, been off to save life under very perilous circumstances. The so ciety also voted to h im its silver medal, in testi mony of his valuable s ervices as coxswain of the Thorpe lifeboat. The cost of this lifeboat was pre sented, about 12 months ag o, to the National Life boat Institution by the res idents of I p swich. She has since been the mean s of rescuing two ship wrecked crews from an inevita ble death, besides rendering important services on one or two occa sions to vessels in distress during storm y weather. A reward of £4 10s. was also vot ed to the crew of T efo the society's lifeboat at St. Ives, Cornwall, for going ' off and saving the crew of four men from the schooner Azores, of Falmouth, which during a heavy gale of wind had stranded, and afterwards sunk at the entrance of the harbour of St. Ives. The cost of , this and of three other lifeboats was presented to the institution by a benevolent lady who has withheld her name. A reward was likewise granted to the crew of the lifeboat of the institution at Rhoscolyn, near Holyhead, for going off in the night and rendering important services to the barque Diadem, of St. John's, Newßrunswick, which during foggy weather was observed is a disabled condition off that place. The life-boat landed four passengers from the vessel. A reward was also given to the crew of the New Brighton tubular life-boat belonging to the society, for putting off and rescuing the crew of six men from the schooner Vigilant, of Kirkaldy, which was totally wrecked during a strong wind on Taylor's Bank, near Liverpool. The life-boat was towed to windward of the wreck by the steam tug Blazer, Liverpool, and remained by the vessel some hours to see if she would float off or not, before the crew were taken off. Before the lice-boat had proceeded far on her return, the vessel was seen to capsize and become a total wreck. The thanks of the institu tion, inscribed on vellum, 'were voted to Mr. John Long, agent for Lloyd's on the Isle of Wight; Mr. Wm. Webb and Mr. James Webb, pilots, and £lO to be divided between the two pilots and three other men, in acknowledgment of the gallant and perse vering conduct in their pilot-boat in rescuing, at considerable risk cf life, the crew of six men from the brig Alabama, of Gloucester, which, during a very heavy gale of wind, was totally wrecked on the middle of the shingles while running through the Needles, on her way to Southampton. Upon nearing the distressed vessel, the sailors found it im possible to rescue the crew, owing to the fearful sea, which ran so high as to break over the vessel'e. maintop, completely obscuring the poor men in the rigging who were shouting for help, and seemed frantic with despair. The crew of the pilot-boat, however, determined not to leave them, and stood off and on all night until the weather had some what moderated, when they succeeded with great difficulty in snatching the six men from an inevita ble death, The Carmathen Bay life-boat of the insti tution bad put off with the view of rendering assist ance to the French lugger, Jean P. Baptist, which, during very foggy weather, had struck on a dan gerous sandbank in that bay on the night of the 22d inst. ; fortunately, however, the vessel suc ceeded in getting off from her dangerous position, an d afterwards proceed ed on her voyage. The expense of this ser vice, amounting to £5 45., was paid by the institution. Various other rewards were also voted to the crews of some of the lifeboats of the institution, and to those of s horeboats for either rescu i ng shipwrecked crew s or putting off with that view. It was reported that the lifeboats of the in stitution had, during the seven months of the present year , saved 12 3 shipwrecked persons, in addition to y assisting several vessels into port. The crews of shoreboats to whom the institution voted pecuniary rewards had also saved 216 lives, making altogether a total of 339 lives saved during the present year. For these joint services £648 18s. 2d. had b een. granted by the institution. It i ba 7 s ,o a s ls s o, 9 d B u . the con T t h in e ued support committee varioussame per i od, lifeboatapppeaali paid of a e h b e s l iusmh publicm o e f n o s r . efoarlenesatblYle them to maintain the large fleet of life boats of the institution, now numbering 125, in a state of efficiency. It was also reported th a t. Mr. R. W. Hollon and Mrs. Harlo n , of Spellow Park, ha d presented to the institu the cost of a new lifeboat, to be stationed at Filey, on the Yorkshire coast. The institution bad recently sent three new lifeboats to the coast, one to be stationed at Tenby, another at Lytham, Lancashire, and the third at , Cornwall. The Haven, n ve p n resented to the cost of th ese lif e b oa ts B ha u d de b H ee railwaysoeietyby benevolent persons, and the several given the boats afreeeonveyance over c ompanies their li n lines s a t d o their respecti ve that th e Gov destin a tions. Messr s . F orres tt re portedordered th em to buld ernment of Meckl en b ur g had trustees lifeboat eeshf th e on l o t t h e e m p r l s a . nof the institution. The Adams, io s widow of the late Mr. Adams, nava l an d m ilitary oatfitter, Plymouth, h ad amounting t o l l kindly remitted contribu tionso2o, the B t s o o,g ha having institution. beend eon Pay ments, amounting to £ various lifeboat establishments, the proceedings ter minated. TREASURE TROVE !—A lucky " find" is thus re corded in the recently published " Life of Caxton," written by William Blades :—ln the summer of 1858, I embraced an opportunity of inspecting the old library in the Grammar School attached to the Abbey of St. Alban's. 1 found a few valuable books, all contained (and I believe aro at the present time) in an old deal cupboard, upon which the leakage from the roof had dripped apparently for years. It must have been long since any one had touched a book there, and the amount of dust and decay was certainly enough to deter even a bibliomaniac from so doing. After ex mining a few interesting books, I pulled out one which e was lying flat upon the top of others. It was in a . most e plorable state, covered thickly with a damp, sticky dust,_ and with a considerable portion of the back rotted away by wet. The white decay fell in lumps on the floor as the ev un appreciated volume was opened. It proved to be se at ff ie r n . e Chaucer's English translation of "poems d . e . 1 Philosophise," printed by Caxton, in the origitu,a°llnboinudiexg., as issued from Caxton's workshop, and u n e c t n an . ed, I found amining the amount of damage it bad bo s ‘ e hs c d ov a er ls s o .:ve b r y e that the wet, which had injured theh separating the layers of . paper of w fact that several frig composed, revealed the ,Interesti:g eared, had been used in menu, on which Caxton s type! ichouktii were induce to allow the book, delays the acting ti?stees.l their manufacture. After vexati.oupspopdposition and repeated , to be deposited in the care hig The British Mr. J. Winter Jones, of Museum, for the which they now of rebinding. On dissecting the covers they were prized Purr)" of cem posed entirely of waste sheets from Caxton's found to be press , two or three being printed on one only. Ihe two covers yielded no les s than fifty - six half - cheats of printed paper, proving the existence of three m , orke from Caxton' ; prom quo unk>l<o *OO4 1 2 , Of El