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B ANK OF BRITISH NORTH AMERICA. Incorporated by Royal Charter. NOTICE IS If43REBY GIVEN, that there are TWO VACANCIES in the Direction of this rank, occasioned by The retirement of Henry B3rnewall and 'Wiliam Chapra - ,n, Esqrs. ' whickwill be filled up at the General Meeting on the Bth of December next, which will be made an Extraordinary Meeting, for that purpose. By the terms of the Deed of Settlement it is required as follems "That every Proprietor intending to become a Candidate, .or to propose some other Proprietor as a Candidate, for the 'Office of Director, must, within ten days from the time when The advertisement shall have been inserted, signify by some writing under his or her hand, to be left within the same ten days at the Office of the Corporation, either his intention to become a Candidate, or the name and place of abide of the Candidate intended to be proposed by him or her." Names of Candidates cannot therefore be received aft:r the sth proximo. By order of the Court, C. 31VA.8, Secretary, 7, St. Heim's-place, London, Oct. 26, 1863. T HE MERCANTILE CREDIT ASSOCIATION (Limited). Incorporated under the Companies Act, 1862. Capital £2,0 0,00, in 40,000 Shares of £5O each ; First Issue, 20,000 Shares, of which Ten Thousand are already sub scribed. Deposit on Application £1 per Share, and £2 on Allotment. No future Call to exceed £5 per Share, and at intervals of not less than three months. It is not intended to call up more than £25 per Share. DIRECTORS. Xenopho n Balli, Esq., Merchant, London. Thomas Dakin, Esq.. Alderman, Abchurch-lane. Dargan, Esq., Dublin. - Wiliam H. Ilariord, Esq. (Sir William Miles, Bart., and Co.), Bristol. T. D. Hadow, Esq., Deputy Chairm an o f t h e Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company. gorge F. Holroyd, Esq., Director of the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway Company. J. G. Homere, Esq., Merchant, London. F. Proudtoot, Esq • Manchester. Joseph Thornton, Esq., Beaver Hall, Southgate. F. G. Westmorland, Esq. (Charles Joyce and Co.), London. Altred Wilson, Esq., Director of the Bank of London. Michael Zarifi, Esq. (Zarifi Bros.), London. B A.NRERS. Sir The Bank of Lo n d on, T hreadneedte-street and Charing-cross. William Miles, Bart., and Co., Bristol. C. J. H. Alen, Esq., 52, AUDITORS Threadneedle-street. John Young, .csq. kilesers. Coleman, Turquand, and Co.) SOLICITORS. Messrs. Edw ar d s and Co., Westminster. Messrs. Sole, Turners, and Hardwick, Aldermanbury. SOLICITORS IN BRISTOL. Messrs. Daniel and COX. BROKERS. Messrs. Robins and Barber, 29, Threadneedle-street, E.C. Messrs. Boyle, Low, and Pim, Dublin. SECRETARY PRO TEM. W. C. Winterbottom, Esq. Temporary Offices-21, Threadneedle-street. This Company has been formed with the view of s ssisting the development of those constantly-extending operations in all departments of trade and commerce, which presents F o extraorainary a feature in the industrial statistics of this country. The marked success which has attended the establishment of other Associations of a similar character proves beyond all question that a wid e fi eld exists for business of this descrip tiVVhile this A ssociation will assimilate in its principles with the institutions alluded to, it differs from them in several ma teria! featur es. Without excluding Foreign Investments, it will in preference use its resources in affording increased faci litre 1 r t he development of all legitimate descriptions of enterprise especially in the leading Provincial Towns of the United Kingdom. oily L ive. pool arrangements are pending for the formation y e ry influential connexion.. It is not its purpose to assume the functions which belong to ordinary banking but it will make cash advances upon the a deposit of all soun 'and bona fide securities, such as Deben tures and Dock Warrants, including approved Bills of Ex chan, e. It will extend the benefits of its experience and i fluence in fo rwarding the successful completion of all public and Private undertakings, the uti. ity and lucrative character of Which is satisfactorily assured; and with the view that the / . 3 pherii of its operation s m a y b e as en l arge d a s p oss ibl e , it is inter,ded that the Association shall be represented at all the More important towns by some of the most influential persons at 'those places, to be appointed from time to time. No promotion money has been or will be paid. Prospectuses and forms of application for shares may be obtained at the offices of the Company, and of the brokers, and the solicitors in Londbn, and at the several offices of the brokers and solicitors in the country. In the event of no allotment being made, the deposits will be returned in fidl. Should a less number of shares be allotted than are applied for, the deposit will be made available towards the payment on allotment, and the balance, if any, returned to the ap- PliCant. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Directors of the Mercantile Credit Association (Limited) • £ Gentlemen,—Having paid to your Bankers the sum of I request you to allot me Shares in the Mer chantile Credit As,ociat.on, Limited, and I hereby agree to become a member of the Society, and to accept such shares, "r any less number that may be alloted to me ; and I request You to place my name on the Register of Members in respect Of the shares allotted to me. I am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant, Name in full Address Usual Signature Date THE MERCANTILE CREDIT ASSOCIA TION (Limited). _NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That Applications for Shares in this Association will not be received after Four 0 clock (Jn THURSDAY next, the 29th inst. By order. W. C. WIN TERBO rTO3I, Secretary pro tem. 21, Threadneedle-street, 26th October, 1803. CELEBRATION of the TERCENTENARY of the BIRTH of SHAKSPEARE, at Stratford-upon- Avon. The Tercentenary Committee (ot which Sir Robert N. C. Hamilton, Bart., K.C.8., is Chairman) are now receiv ing SUBSCRIPTIONS, and they may also be paid to the account ot th e T erc entenary Committee, at the btourbridge and Kidderminster or Warwick and Leamington Banks, Stratford-upon-Avon; Messrs. Greenway, Smith, and (;,-re.enwaY, Warwick ; or th e i r London agents, Messrs. ;Smith, Payne, and to , Messrs. Flanburys and Co., or Messrs. Glyn and Co , b an k ers, London. The Tercentenary Committee, in submittimz the subscrip tion li , t to the nation, most earnestly appeal to the admirers of Shakspeare for their aid and assistance. The Committee rc st their claims upon the ground that Stratford is not only the birthplace of Shakapeare. but the centre ot attraction to all admirers of the great Poet's works, and that it was his home, the town he loved, and where he lived and died. SALE OP OLD STORES, AT THE ROYAL ARMY CLOIHING DEPARTMENT, PIMLICO. WAR OFFICE, PALL-MALL, 17th October, 1i63. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the SECRETARY of STATE for WAR is prepared to receive on or before SATURDAY, 31st inst., Tenders for the purchase of Unserviceable Stores now lying' at the Royal Army Clothing Department at Pimlico, comprising Military Clothing, Great Coats, Tin Ware, Waterproof Articles, Tools, &c., &c. The Stores may be viewed at Pimlico from 9 to 11 and from 1 to 4 o'clock during the four days previous to the 31st inst. Tenders must be made upon the prsper printed form, whieh may be obtained on application at this office, or to the Military storekeeper at Pimlico. The Secretary of State for War reserves the right to reject any or all of the Tenders. THOMAS HOWELL, Director of Contracts. ARMY CONTRACTS. TENDER S will be received at this Office until 12 o'clock noon on the 3d of November, from persons who may be willing to enter into Contracts to supply BREAD AND MEAT In such quantities , s may be required, for the use of Her Majesty's Land Forces stationed in the following Flares, from Ist December, 1863, to 31st May, 1864 :- 1. Brompton House, Hyde -park, and Kensington. 2. Regent's-park and St. John's-wood. 3. New Barracks, Chelsea. 4. Wellington Barracks, Buckingham Peace, and St. George's Barracks. 5. The Tower. 6. Hounslow and Kneller Hall. 7. Hampton Court. S. Windscr. 9. Brighton, with Coast Forts from Newhaven to Shore ham. 10. Croydon. 11. Sandhurst. each of the Sfparate T enders for Bread and f or M ea t mus t b e ma d e for ratel above- mentioned Stations or Barracks as sepa gyouped and n um b ered. Forms of Tender and Conditions of Contract may be ob tained on ap p lic ation at this offi ce , by l e tt er or i n person, between the ours of 10 and 4 o'clock. and Tenders on and Printed forms must be p ro p er ly fill e d up sig,ned, the no Tender will be noticed unless delivered at the under-mentioned Office, under closed envelope (marked on the outside " Tender for Commissariat Supplies "), before 12 o'clock noon on the 3d November next. W. T. POWER, Commissary-General. D e p u ty Commissary-G . emr a a r l' d s e O ns Tce, 5, New-street, Spring London, S.W., 10th Oct., 1863. ARMY CONTRACTS. Commissariat Office, Aldershot, Oct. J,1863. TENDERS will be received at this Office, until 12 o'elock noon, on TUESDAY, the 3d November,lB63, from persons who may be willing to enter into Contracts to Supply FLOUR AND MEAT, in such quantities as may be required, from the Ist December, 1883, to :its , May, 1881, for the use of her Majesty's Forces stationed at Aldershot Camp, and within the command. Separate Tenders are required for Flour and for Meat. Forms of Tender and Conditions of Contract may be ob tained on application at this office, by letter or in person, between the hours of ten and four o'clock. The Tenders must be properly filled up and siemcd, and delivered at this office (under closed envelope, marked on the outside " Tender for Army Supplies,") and no Tender will be noticed unless made on forms obtained from this office, and delivered by the hour appointed. ARMY CONTRACTS. Commissariat-office, Aldershot, Oct. 9, 1863. TENDERS will be received at this Office, until 12 o'clock. noon, on TUESDAY, the 3d November, 143. from persons who may be willing to enter into Contract to supply FLOUR FOR IIOS"ITAL BREAD, in such quantities as may be required, from the Ist Decem bor,lB,3, to 31st May, 1- (IL for the use of Iler Majesty's Forces stationed at Aldershot Camp, and within the com mand. Forms of Tender and Conditions of Contract may be oh tamed on application at this office, by letter or in person, be tween the hours of ten and four o'clock. The Tenders must be properly tilled up and sianed, and delivered at this office (under closed envelope, marked on the outside "'Tender for Army Supplies"), and no tender will be noticed un ess made ou forms obtained from this office, and delivered by the hour appointed. A RMY CONTRACTS. Commissariat Office, Aldershot, O c t, 9, 1863. TENDERS will be Tee ,, tved at this mita 1' o'cli ck, noon, on THURSDAY, the sth November, 3663, trim persons who may be willing to enter into Con tract to supply PAILLASSE S I'RAW AND STRAW FOR ROYAL ENGIN EE It SERV ICE, in such quantities as rim be required Cram the let December, 1 8f 3, to 30th November. 1865, for the use of her Majesty's Porces stationed at Aldershot Camp, and within the corn /111nd. Forms of Tender and Conditions of Contract may be ob tained on application at this office, by letter or in pers on, b etween the hours of ten and four o'clock. The Tenders must be properly filled up and signed, and delivered at this office (under closed envelope, marked on the out me "Tender for Supply of Straw)," and no Tender will be noticed unless made on forms obtained from this office, and atlivered by the hour appointed. !() 17 6 18 6 18 6 7 3 ),0 0 17 6 [8 0 18 6 L 9 6 18 6 17 6 pur 1, and is the every range • zabeth IoW V. Jas. torpt nent." ; ?41.13' )ndon ; ists in l'olonel ,streeto deacoU dshire, s-road► C. 8., unes Ann ie nicker, ,- l uktfo &G,, of rieorgo n Geo. J°' innl d ~ asp Grove El °US° , l 33• irye tta ''''.'''' ;,.)„ 11: antY No. 22,256. MISS KA VANAGII'S NEW NOVEL. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., U E E N M A B. Ily JULIA KAVANAGH, _ Author of " Nathalie," " Adele," &c. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Immediately, in dewy Bvo il 10a. Gd., THE RISE AND FAT,I, OF THE MODEL REPUBLIC. By JAMES WILLIAMS, Esq., Late United States Consul to the Sublime Porte of Turkey. Richard Bentley, Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty. Immediately, in post Bvo., 10s. Gd., with a Portrait of the Author, IMPRISONMENT. AND THE FIRST _LTA. YEAR OP ABOLITION RULE IN WASHING- TON. By ROSE GREENHOW. Richard Bentley, Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty. PEOPLE'S EDITION OF MACAULAY'S HISTORY OF ENGLAND. - - - On Monday next, will be published, in crown Bvo , Part 1., to be completed in 14 monthly Parts , price is. each , LORD MACAULAY'S HISTORY OF ENGLAND. People's Edition, uniform with the People's Edition of Lord Macaulay's Essays, and the Rev. Sydney Smith's Works embodying the Author's last Cor rections and Notes, and including the briet Memoir by the Very Rev. the DEAN of Sr. PAUL'S. London: Longman, Green, and Co., Paternoster-row. Price One Shilling, H STORY of the MHOW COURT MARTIAL, recited by J. 0. See Cornhill Magazine for November. Smith, Elder, and Co., 65, Ccrnhill. 122, FLEET-STREET, LONDON. Essßs. JOHN MAXWELL •AND CO: beg to lII_ announce that the undermentioned new Works may be now had at every Circulating Library : SACKVILLE CHASE. 3 vols. 2d Edition. STRONGHAND. By G. AIMAIID. 2 vols. BREAKFAST IN BED. By GEORGE AuouSTUS SALA. Second Edition. 1 vol. THE REV. ALFRED HOBLUSH AND lIIS CIJRACIES. 1 vol. SECRETS OF MY OFFICE. 1 vol. CROSS OF HONOUR. 1 vol. [This day. London : John Maxwell and Co.. 122. Fleet-street. EGYPTIAN HALL—Continued Success of Mr. J. K. LORD, F.Z.8., in his AT HOME IN THE \VIED ERN.ESS, the 140th Representation! assisted by Mr. REGALoi, the celebrated Vocalist. Nightly, at Eight. Saturday, at Three. Admission, is., 35., 25., ls. MR. GERMAN REED begs respect fully to announce that a New Entertainment will be produced on MONDAY EVENING next, November 2, at Eight o'clock. in welch he will introduce an entirely new and original 0 t - 'i,RA DI CAMERA, entitled JE6SY LEA, written by John Oxenford, Esq., and composed by G. A. Mactarren, Esq. The characters will be sustained by Miss Edith Wynne, Mr. Whitlin, Mr. Wilkinson, and Miss Poole. Walter Mac farren, Esq., will preside at the Pianoforte Scenery by Mr. John O'Connor.—ROYAL GALLERY OF ILLUSTRA TION, 14, Regent-street.—Unreserved scats, is., 26. ; stalls, 35.; stall chairs, 55. ; may now be secured, without fee, at the Gallery, and at Cramer, Wood, and Co.'s., 201, Regent street. T " 0 XFOR D, OXFORD STREET, W. THIS EVENING, will be performed Operatic Selections from Sir Henry R. Bishop's THE SLAVE, CLARA, the MAID of MILAN, and Bellini's SONNAMBULA. Principal, Artistes—Miss Russell, Miss Elbson, Messrs. Green, Bernardi, finish, &c., with full band and chorus. Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans. Flute Solos by Drew Dean, &c. Comic, by UNSWORTH (" or any oilier man "), Eugene, W. Randall, George Hodson, and those marvellous French Clowns, Messrs. ARTHUR and BERTRAND. Also, a Pei formance by Herr SCHAL li_ENBACFI on his wonderful instrument, the PIANO ORCHESTRE, contain ing a full baud of 40 instruments. The HALL has just been newly Decorated and Ventilated, and is one of the most Beautiful in the Metropolis. Open at 8 o'clock. Admission, 6d. ; stalls and balcony, is. ; private boxes, 30s. 6d. C AN TERBURY HALL " GHOST."—In o r d er to gratify the curiosity of nightly-increasing crowds, Mr. C. MORTON has transferred the representation of Pro fessor Pepper snd Flenry Dircks, Esq.'s, world-famed spectral Illusion, " THE GHOST," to the Concert Ball, where a new and elegant stage is. erected, affording a more ample view of the Illusion from Stalls, Balcony, and body of the Hall. lie has also arranged for Mr. A. Silvester to give (with all that gentleman's latest improvements and effects), REPRESENTATIONS EACH EVENIAG, at half-past Nine o'clocs. All the other Musical and Pictorial attractions as usual, including Operatic Selections, &c. ; Comedy by Unsworth (the modern Demosthenes), Eugene, George Hodson, E. Marshall, and the marvellous Arthur and Bertrand. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. The GUOST ! new version—The FAIRY FOUNTAIN— Grand Divertissement—Favourite Opera Selections—NlCO- SlA, the eminent Violinist—RAPHAEL DE SOLLA. the Infant Tenor—LANGLOIS, the Great Juggler. ~Every Evening. Doors onen at 7—commence at half-past 7. OYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. Great 11.) Musical Attraction —lmmense success of SIGNOR r ICOSIA, the eminent Violinist, who will appear Every Evening. ARGYLL ROOMS, Windmill-street. These elegant Rooms are NOW OPEN for the Winter Season. They have been entirely redecorated. Musical Director and Conductor, Mons. L. JULLIEN. Great Success of his new Qnadrille, " The Prince of Wales," nightly encored. The band is selected from the Italian Operas and the Household Troops. Doors open at 8 o'clock. Admission, ls. Manager—M. GRENET. 29, GEORGE-STREET, HANOVER - SQUARE. grit LONDON ANATOMICAL MUSEUM, Open daily from 10 till 10. Lectures at 4 and 7 o'clock. Where may be seen the Asters; Bushman and Wife ; Julia Pastrana and Infant ; Eng and Shang, the Siamese Twins ; and upwards of 3,000 Models, Natu r al Pre parations, (to. Egyptian Mummies, unwrapped, 4,000 years old. Admission, One chilling Gentlemen only),. SHORTHAND. -PITMAN'S PHONOGRA PHIC TEACHER. 6d. ; free by post, 7d. S HORTHAND.-PITM AN'S PHONOGRA PHIC MANUAL. Free by post, ls. 6d. SIT O R THAN D.-"PITMAN'S PHONO GR AMIN forms an exceedinzly efficient—probably the MOST efficient— system of Shorthand that exists."—Sir Rowland Ellll. London : F. Pitman, 20, Paternoster-row, E.C. QPECTACLES.—The Patent Newly-invented K. , Tinted Spectacles are patronised by the majority of the Nobility, including Viscount Palmerston. They afford extra ordinary relief to weak, dial, and defective Tision.—S. and B SOLOMON S, Opticians, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. 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It is entirely devoted to desti tution in Its most pitiable form—viz., that which is aecom pnnied by sickness and disease, and is now of sufficient magnitude that, wits► 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 01 these the most wretched of our fellow-creatures. Moreover, it gratuitously affords medical advice and medicine to more, on the average, than 3,000 out-patients a week. The Weekly Board feel it their imperative duty to make an EARNEST APPEAL to the public for continued support, to enable them to admit and relieve the distressing cases that daily present themselves. Contributions are received by the Treasurer, Edward Alas ierman, Esq., Nicholas-lane; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co. ; Drummond and Co. ; Berries and Co. ; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Giyn and Co. ; Jones Loyd and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; Denison and Co. ; NV lliams, Deacon, and Co. ; Overend, Gurney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co. ; Messrs. J. Burned and Co., Liverpool and at the floopital. STA_NFORD S. SMITH Secretor? c .-- //.27 ,• , . • • • • v„; • `"‘ • ‘ fig '.. P1.161/1 1 c .. •,.4 • ‘ - I c4r/kL ‘ f 4ll l ' . • 4 . 1 1 1 ). ' l c' • r • . . o:Aio e.ot , 4 - %1 1 6 4 , 4;1, .- . • „ •:= 7 1. '" 10 5 on. 4 Adm , • A 4 DIE r Zrr , R 4101 111 P . PR1CE......,,..4d. STAMPED ....sd. rice. The progress of affairs in America showed how fallacious were the principles which a few years ego soma people thought would ultimately prevail in England. When we saw how much blood had been shed, how much treasure had been wasted, and what evil had arisen in a manner from the form of government which the Americans had sketched out for themselves, we might congratu_ate ourselves that our own different form of govern ment established by our forefathers had exempted us from those evils ; attd we should take care that the blessings which the Constitution of this country secured for us might be handed down from us to our children and to our children's children. (Cheers.) He felt strongly the lesson which was derivable from the state of affairs in America; he felt that that lesson had been brought home to the convictions of many who had before allowed them selves to float down the stream of public opinion without caring where it drifted them to. He thought it right at the present moment to make some remarks on the question whether their Home Government was to be supported or opposed by the Conservative party, and on this point he must say that he believed Lord Palmerston had done more to degrade and demoralise public opinion than any other statesman. He was a man who had never maintained any great principles of his own, but had always been at the beck and call of the majority, which was a dangerous and unsafe position for any leader of her Majesty's Government to take up. At the beginning of the present century Lord Palmer ston was a Tory of the Tories, and held office un der Lord Liverpool, and afterwards was a supporter of Canning. At Canning's death he took office un der the Duke of Wellington, and was in the suc cessive Ministries of Lord Grey, Lord Melbourne, and Lord John Russell, and when Radical opinions were in the ascendancy he was ready to give 11,§ support to any Radical. And while at one time Lord Palmerston was ready to lend himself to a large degradation of the suffrage, so he now thought it wise, with Lord Russell, to turn round and laugh at those who had raised them to power, on the pre tence of advocating that extension. Mr. Lygon then referred to Earl Rassell's recent speech in Scotland, and went on to say that he was not one of those who asked for any extensive degradation of the suf frage; but he was astonished at reading that speech, remembering as he did that so recently as the year 1859 Lord Russell had solemnly stated in public that as he had supported reform when he was young so he would not desert it when he was old. With regard to other public questions he might allude to the course taken by Lord Palmerston on the church rate question as illustrating his character as a statesmen. Some years ago when there was no ques tion raised about church-rates, Lord Palmerston supported their imposition. Subsequently, when the agitation against them was raised, and church-rates . were pronounced to be doomed, Lord Palmerston consented to give them up, and voted for their abo lition. That was not all; a change again took place; the opinion of the House of Commons was altered, the minority against their abolition increased, and at last was turned into a majority. What did Lord Palmerston do then ? He paired with a mem ber who it was well known was in Italy, and left the question to take care of itself. And thus he maintained the character which he (Mr. Lygon) had given of him. Whichever side of a question had the majority was the side supported by Lord Palmer ston. He (Mr. Lygon) maintained that this was not the motive that should actuate public men and leaders of public parties. A man entrusted as Lord Palmerston was with public affairs ought to main tain a principle, abide by it, and make sacrifices for it. (Hear, hear.) He should make up his mind what was the right course to pursue on a public question, and having done this he should follow that course. (Hear, hear.) It was all very well to say that Lord Palmerston was always found on the winning side. That might be so, but that was not the only qualifi cation that they had looked for in a statesman. To maintain a great principle, to promote the oincation and improvement of your fellow-man, and to lay down a great principle of government, was a task to which any man might aspire; but if he became a mere weatherglass, to record the opinions of a ma- jority which might be black one day and white on another, was the worst possible state of things that could exist. He was not one of those who meant to say that a man might never change his opinions ; but he did oppose any such change when it became not a change in principle, but a change in order to maintain in office the party effecting it. (Hear, hear.) He next alluded to foreign affairs, They had an unfortunate state of things in Poland, and a Ministry doing something for the sake of doing something, and treading in those steps of vacillation which in 1854 led to the war with Russia, and which he feared might lead them to war again, although contrary to the wishes of the people of this country. (Hear, hear.) He believed that the people of this country were not prepared to ' go to war with Russia for the sake of Poland. (Hear, hear.) If unfortunately war should arise between this country and Russia, it should be made known that it had arisen from want of principle on the part of her Majesty's Government in reference to its conduct towards foreign nations. In con clusion the hon. gentleman thanked the electors for the kindness they had shown towards him and his family, and moved the thanks of the meeting to the High Sheriff for his conduct of the election. Sir JOHN PAKINGTON, in seconding the vote, paid a passing tribute to the memory of the late Earl Beauchan3p, who in the Hou se o f C ommons and the House of Lords had represented the county over a period of 45 years ; and, alluding to the ab sence of opposition to Mr. Lygon's election on the part o f the Liberals of the county, said he would accept that fact as a mark of respect offered to the memory of the late earl; but (Sir John added) he suspected sound discretion had something to do with t he decision of their political opponents. But Mr. Lygon had now been elected, and would proceed to Parliament to support those Conservative opinions which he had that day expressed to them in so accurate and just a manner; and in no respect was he more accurate in his enunciation of Conservative principle than in his statement that Conservative opinions were not opposed to liberal and gentle pro gress. (Hear, hear.) What Conservatives opposed was democratic innovation. We loved our consti tution, we loved our country, and we loved that liberty which was the result of those institutions. That was the feeling which actuated the Con servative party in the country—(hear, hear) —and he (Sir John) believed that the great body of the British people sympathised in the soundness of the Conservative policy, and that it was this unanimity of feeling that had obliged Lord Palmerston to abandon those principles on which ho had taken office, and to govern the country on Con servative principles, in order to keep him and his colleagues in office. He had only to add his con gratulations on the proceedings of that day, and on their choice of a member who would do honour to the county of Worcester. He had known Mr. Lygon from a child, and respected his abilities. He was one of those young men who preferred to devote themselves to the public service of their country rather than to give themselves exclusively u p to pleasure. He had had the pleasure of acting w ith him for it short time in official life, and he hoped ha would long live to represent them. Although ie ) 0 (Sir John) was not much in the habit of quotitigtt?, opinion of Earl Russell, he thought he could no d better than close his remarks with the few words of advice lately offered to them by the noble earl, it Ife would therefore say that, havlngnO iv I good member, it would well bEcorne them to " re: , t and be thankful." (Laughter and cheers.) ac. knowiedged the The limn SHERIFF having in due f vote, and the new member havi.ng girt with a sword, the proceedings end edorm beef, ended f orm hon. member afte rwards rode in procession through the streets of the city. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 27, 1863. rro PERSONS SEEKING LANDED ESTATES, TOWN AND COU-NTRY RESIDENCES, FREE ROLD AND LEASEHOLD INVESTMENTS, AND PROPER VIES G KNERALL Y To BE HAD GRATIS, at the principal Railway Bookstalls throughout the kingdom, or at the Auction and Estate Offices, No. 67, Chancery-lane, London, Messrs. IC. and H. Lumley's "FREE PROPERTY REGISTER," containing a varied selection of landed and house properties now in the market, from the nobleman's mansion, with its manorial domain, to the cottage with its - few acres. OwNERs OF PROPERTIES wishing to Sell or Let can em brace the opportunity that the medium of this Regis! er affords, by sending the particulars of their properties to the Estate Offices, e 7, Chancery-lane, London, as the Messrs. Lumley can in most cases introduce immediate customers, where the property is of an eligible ehara ter, thereby avoid ing the disadvantages of delay and its attenuant incon veniences. _ _ THERE IS NO CHARGE incurred, unless a tenant or pur chaser is introduced throned' Messrs. Lumley's Agency, and then only the usual moderate commission. Auction and Land Offices, 67, Chancery-lane, London. THE QUEEN INSURANCE COMPANY. 156, Leadenhall-street,"London, E.C. Queen Insurance-buildings, Liverpool. Capital ONE MILLION STERLING. At the Annual Meeting of the Proprietors, held at Liver pool, on the 21st October, 1861, BERNARD HALL, Esq.. Chairman of the Company, in the Chair, the Directors' That the Fire Premiums for the year amounted to .... £7 0 , 300 being an increase over the precedinr , year of .... 22,680 That the Life Premium Receipts for the first three years were and for the past three years • being an increase in the latter triennial period over the former of That the amount accumulated since last Meeting, as a Fire Reserve Fund, wa 5.... and the amount added to Life Fund was That during the past five years the Company had paid for Claims the Actuary reported that the Life Liabilities had been valued on the soundest principles, viz., Net Premiums at 3 per cent. interest, and that the Bonus to part cipating Policy holders averaged as much as 46 per 'cent. per annum of the Premiums paid, while in some Instances it was as high as 65, 70, and e'ven 73 per cent. A dividend was declared to proprietors at the rate of 8 per cent. per annum. J. MONCRIEVF WILSON, Manager and Actuary. JOHN E. LEYLAND, Secretary. ballot if possible—by the bullet it need be or oppor tunity offer, in the outbreak, spontaneous or orga nised, of disturbances at the polls. Another charac teristic of these elections and of that which is approaching for some of the minor offices in the gift of the people in the State and city of New York is, that they will be more purely American than any similar contests of the last quarter of a century. Heretofore, it has invariably been noticed whenever State or city elections drew near in any part of the Union that immense numbers of newly arrived aliens applied weekly and daily for' the " first papers," or attested declarations of intention to be come Americancitizens. Armed with these, and propped up by a little forgery, they were held to be entitled to the privilege of a vote, and voted accord ingly. Another class of immigrants, who had taken out their first but not their second papers, and who had qualified themselves by right of residence to vote at elections, were diligently bunted out by the agents of both political parties, and induced to com plete their naturalisation, in order that they might help the party to which their sympathies attached them, or by which they been bribed and bought by promise of worldly advancement, or a share in the loaves and fishes of corruption. But this year all has changed. The aliens are no longer ambitious of the privileges of American citizenship, involving .as they do the unenviable privilege of conscription ; and those who have taken out their first papers obstinately reftwe to take - out the second, because they Would the'ieby forfeit all claim to the protec tion of the countries 4vhence they came. This natural,'but as it appears unexpected action of the foreign population, has greatly deranged the calcu lations of the election-managers and wire-puller, and established the principles of the ancient party of " Know Nothings" in a manner which the most violent supporter of native Americanism never anticipated. A yellow-covered pamphlet, entitled " Secret Cor respondence Illustrating the Condition of Affairs in Maryland," has just been privately printed at Balti- I more, and circulated among a chosen few through- 1 out the Northern States. One copy having found its way to a New York editor, copious extracts have been made from it in the columns of his journal, and have thence been transferred to the press gene rally. The correspondence is stated by the corn piler, issurer, or printer to be " published as a con tribution to the materials of which the future history of Maryland is to be written,"and the endorsements on the backs of the letters as well as the letters themselves are affirmed to be exact copies of the originals. The series commences with the letters of "'spies and informers" addressed to Mr. Seward and Gen. Banks, when the latter was in command at Annapolis, among which spies and informers are several postmasters in the towns and cities of Mary land, the Republican and Abolitionist Governor of the State, Mr. Thomas H. Hicks; a lady who si gns herself S. M. Bonaparte, and who is said to be the wife of General, or Mr. Paterson Bonaparte, the son of King Jerome; and several others of lesser note. The second series consists of letters from and to Mr. Seward, Mr.Ex-Secretary Cameron, Gen. M'Clellan, Gen. Banks, and others, and refers exclusively to the arrest of the members of the Legislature of Maryland in 1861 by the order of Mr. Seward, not to punish those gentlemen, or to bring them to trial for anything which they had done, but to prevent them fram doing something which it was supposed they would do—namely, the passing through the Legislature of an act or ordinance for the secession of the State of Maryland from the Federal Union. The letters have all the appearance of authenticity, and must, if genuine, have been stolen from the archives of the War Department and that of the Secretary of State by some minor official in the service of the Government, or been given to the press for a political purpase,with the connivance and consent of Mr. Stanton or Mr. Seward. The pamphlet is very damaging to the reputation of four persons—Mr. Seward, Mr. Cameron, General M'Clellan, and General Banks; but, as it discloses nothing particularly new with regard to the Secre tary of State or to the ex-Secretary of War, nothing in fact that was not previously known with regard to the willing and zealous part they played two years Clga in the arbitrary arrest of their political opponents, it is probable that the intention of the publisher or publishers of the pamphlet was mainly to tar and feather and Let adrift upon the street to be hooted by the People those hitherto immaculate and unsuspected patriots, Generals M'Clellan and Banks. If Burnside, Schenck, Butler, and Milroy, are to bo held up to public odium for the alacrity with which they lend themselves to the dirty work of an incipient despotism, the acts of these gentle men prove that as the Butlers and Schencks were and are in 1862 and 1863, M'Clellan and Banks were-in 1861. The two following letters, selected from the mass, are sufficient to tell the story. The first is from:SecretarY Cameron to General Banks : 1 War Department, Sept. 11, 1861. General,—Th --e Passage of an y act of secession by the Legislature of Maryland must be prevented. If necessary, all or any of the members must be arrested. Exercise your o wn judgment as to the time and manner, tut do the work effectively.—Very re spectivefully your obedient servant, SIMON CAMERON, Secretary of War. To Major-General N. P. Banks, commanding near Darnecown, Maryland. The second letter marked "confidential," is from General M'Clellan to General Banks on the same subject, dated on the following day : Head - quarters, Army of the Potomac, Washington, Sept. 12. General,—After full consultation with the President, Secretaries of State, War, &c., it has been decided to effect the operation proposed for the 17th. Arrangements have been made to have a Government steamer at Annapolis to receive the prisoners, and carry them to their destination. Some four or five of the chief men in the affair are to be arrested to-day. When they meet on the 17th you will please have everything prepared to arrest the whole party, and be sure that none escape, It is understood that you arranged with General Dix and Governor Seward the modus operandi. It has been inti mated to me that the meeting might take place on the 14th. Please be prepared. I would be glad to have you advise me frequently of your arrangements in regard to this very important matter. If it is successfully carried out it will go far towards breaking the backbone of the . rebellion. It wo u ld pro b a bly be well to have a s pecial train quietly prepared to tako the prisoners to Annapolis. I leave this exceedingly i m portant affair to y our t a ct and discretion, an d have but o ne thin g to impress upon you— the absolute necessity of secresy and success. With the highest r egard, I am, my dear General, your sincere friend, GEo. 13, M'CLELLAN, Major-General United States Army. Major-General N. T. junks, United St a t es Army. All the world knows how very well th e " a ff a i r " was managed; with what skill, secresy and success c arried through, an d t h a t th e it was planned and victims, torn from their beds at night, were confined dungeons of Forts API - Leary, for 14 months in the Lafayette, and Warr en, and submitted to indigni ties and indecencies such as make the flesh curdle to hear and read of; but no one, except the members of the Administration, knew, until the publication of this'" Secret Correspondence," how thoroughly 1 and with what gus t o these two popular Generals lent themselves to the work. Under all the circum stancesn of the case it is nut likely that they ha ve been published by some member of the Government for the malicious purpose of outing both M'Clellan and Banks from the r ing of candulatos who aspi re to the Presidential chair in succession to Mr. Lin coln. Both Generals are prime favourites among th ee Democracy; and, a s the Democracy have made the illegal arrests ordered by the Government, the sus pension of the habeas corpus, the atrocities of Gen, Butler, and the blundering offensiveness of Burn side and Schenck th e stalkinghorses of th e i r oppo shim to the Administration and the party it repre robable that this expo sure i s stints, it is extremely P an electioneering " dodge, intended to mak e an end of the patriotic pretensions of both Generals, espe and to bowl Lim out of th e cially of M'Clellan'is , political game. Though Mr. Seward and Mr. Cameron show but ill in the business, the publica tion does them no harm, for they have both retired from the Presidential arena, with no chance or hope of re-entering it, and no accusation of ;this kind that can be brought against either of them can do them any harm, Whether it be Mr. Stanton, in the interest of Mr. Chase or Mr. Lincoln in his own, who has winked at or brought about this surreptitious disclo sure is a query that none can answer but themselves. That neither of the two is likely to be much ag grieved by it is clear enough to every one who understands anything of the agencies which are at work to prepare the way for the election of 1864. The political and anti- British deification of the Russian officers continues unslackened. The British Admiral and his little fleet take their departure lo morrow, without having been participants •in any thing but the curiosity of a few sightseers and the hospitalityof a few citizens, much to the satisfaction of the British residents, who ever since the Admiral arrived in port have been apprehensive that a studied insult or mark of disrespect would be shown him by some arrogant official of the city or the Go vernment. Nothing of the kind has happened, and the absence of the fleet will doubtless give a renewed impetus to the laudations which the Republicans and Ministerialists are never weary, publicly or privately, of piling upon the Czar, his Government, his policy, and his sailors. A dinner, to which 2,000 guests have been invited, is to be given to Admiral Lesoffsky and the ether officers, at the Academy of Masic, at which, doubtless, all that can be directly said in favour of a Federal alliance with Russia, and indirectly hinted against amity with Great Britain, will find utterance. In the meantime the admiration of the Russo-maniacs vents itself at smaller dinner parties, got up at the cost of eminent contractors, and the proceedings at which, together with the bill of fare, are duly chronicled in the newspapers. At a dinner of this character given last night at Astor-house, Mr. Brady, a dis tinguished Hibernian and hater of England, which he calls a " detestable land," was in the chair, and spoke of his " friend" Admiral Lesoffsky, whom he called his friend because he was the friend of his, Mr. Brady's, struggling country, and proposed the toast of "The Emperor of Russia" for the reason, among others, that he was " absolute as a monarch, and allied to the people of all lands by his efforts in behalf of the freedom of his own." In reply to the toast of "The President of the United States," who was declared to be the elected leader of the nation which was solving the question of self-government, and which was very properly proposed by an Irishman, unconscious of the blunder made in regard to a man who has done more to destroy the principle of self-government than any man of Anglo-Saxon lineage since Cromwell or James 11., the Hon. Mr. Winter Davis could not let slip the opportunity to sneer at the British aristocracy, denounce the mercantile classes of England, and declare that, in return for the noble reception given by the Americans to the Prince of Wales, there was nothing to show " but the imper tinence of the Trent affaire' and the fitting out of the Alabama and the Florida, and a nest of pirates to swarm around the American coast. The Rev. Dr. Chapin was as complimentary to Russia, and uncomplimentary to England, as all the previous speakers, in speaking to the toast of " The Govern ments of Russia and the United States;'' while ano ther rev. gentleman, Dr. Hitchcock, who had, per haps, never heard of Prince Gortschakoff's letter to Mr. Lincoln in 1861, proclaimed that Russia was the only Power in Europe that had any real sym pathy with the Federal Government. The "shoddy" interest was largely represented at the banquet, one member of which wound up the proceedings by a toast that is said to have largely astonished and amused the polished Russian Admiral, who tho roughly understands the English language and knows the full significance of the word" buncombe," by proposing as a sentiment, "The City of New York ; with her left hand she grasps the harvests of the West; with her right hand she weds the everlasting sea !" This was not to be outdone, and all the after oratory fell so fiat and stale as to have been judged unworthy of being re ported. The Russians have much of the same sort of tribulation yet to encounter, as they have ac cepted invitations from the municipalities of Boston and Baltimore. Doubtless a grievous amount of ‘: buncombe" is in store for them in these cities, both in the shape of praise of their own country and abuse of Great Britain. ELECTION INTELLIGENCE, WEST WORCESTERSHIRE. The election of a knight of the shire in the room of the late member, Viscount Elmley, now Earl Beauchamp, took place at Worcester yesterday. The Hon. Frederick Lygon, brother of the present and second son of the late Earl Beauchamp, was the only candidate, and the Liberal party in the county put forth an announcement some weeks ago that they should not oppose the election of Mr. Lygon out of respect to his father. The hon. candidate was met at the outskirts of the city by a strong body of mounted freeholders, who escorted him to the Grand Stand at Pitchcroft, where the election took place. The writ having been read, and the High Sheriff (Mr. Heming) having briefly addressed the electors on the business of the day, and asked for each speaker a fair hearing, The Hon. WILLIAM COTENTRY shortly addressed the electors, and nominated Mr. Lygon as a fit and proper person to represent the Western Division in Parliament. He observed that Mr. Lygon did not come before them as an untried man, having been for some years member for the neighbouring bo rough of Tewkesbury. Mr. Coventry paid a tribute of respect to the late Earl Beauchamp. Mr. T. G. CURTLER, in seconding the nomination, alluded to the fact that the county of Worcester, or the Western Division, had been represented for 70 years by a member of the Lygon family, and he added that that fact was not so much owing to their territorial possession and influence as to the politi cal principles which they maintained, and the re spect in which they were hold in the county. Lygon also stood before the electors on the present occasion not in the character of a novice, but as o ne who had had large Parliamentary experience. (Cheers.) No other candidate being nominated, the n i g h Sheriff declared the Hon. Frederick Lygon dul y elected, amid much cheering. The Hon. F. LYGON then addressed the ele ctors, and after acknowledging in f ee li ng t e rms the kind remarks which had been made by the previous speakers with regard to his father, said he should so endeavour to follow his good example as to gain for himself at least a portion of that esteem and re spect which had been paid to the m emory of his late father. He went on to say that this was not a time for entering into a disquisition e e Conservative prin ciples, but he would say that h e would continue to follow the course w hi c h h e had adopted in public life hitherto. (Hear, hear.) He might also on this occasion be permitted to touch briefly on borne of the public questions of the day. , It had latterly becom e greatly the fashion to say that there was no difference nowadays heen Whig and T ory . Hf. aw believ e d th a t was a great fundament a l miatakt.-- (hear, hear) —and when he heard people say that political differences were now melted away he an swered that no persons who made that assertion could have closely observed what was going on either at home or abroad. "here would always be a difference of opinion With regard to both our fo reign and our domestic politics, and there would be always those who Were unwilling to change and those who would be always changing. He wished it to be understood that he was not averse to change. No unprejudiced man could be averse to cautious and wise changes, but it was another thing to goon recklessly changing for the mere sake of change — (cheers)—and getting into such a state of confusion as that which th e y were unfortunately in in Ame THE CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA, (From the Correspondent of the Times.) NEW YORK, Oct. 13. Rumours of disasters to the Federal arms both on the Rapidan and Chattanooga have been current during the whole of yesterday and to-day, and have sent up the premium on gold from 48, at which it stood on Saturday, to 56 this afternoon. The Go vernment is in possession of despatches from both quarters which it refuses to publish; and thus adds to the general alarm, until it almost amounts to a panic. But the steady rise in the premium prior to Saturday and its sudden leap to-day are not to be solely attributed to the unfavourable opinion in the money market of the rumours from the Rapidan, from Chattanooga, and from Charles'on, but to other and purely economic cruses. The "Fall" or autumn importation of dry goods and articles of luxury from England and France, rendered larger than usual by the extravagant habits of the nou veaux riches, and by the gradual exhaustion of the large stock of goods previously on hand, has led to a double demand for gold. As Europe does not need American breadstuffs this season in anything like the quentity of past years, Clad as America can not consequently balance importation by exporta tion, the difference must be paid in the precious metals, The exports of produce for the week end ing on Saturday last were of the value in green backs of 2,413,600 dole., and in gold of about 1,600,000 doll.; while the imports were of the value of 2,994,500 dots. in gold, showing a difference of 1,334,500 dole. to be now or hereafter remitted to Europe. The total exports from January to Octo ber have been 93,000,000 dole. in gold valuation, and of imports for the same period 145,817,776 dols. from which it follows that America has purchased from Europe to the amount of 53,000,000 dols. more than she has sold. During the time gold to the amount of 35,000,000 dole. has been remitted from New York and about 10,00,000 dole. direct from Cali fornia, leaving, if these figures be correct, about 8,000,000 dols. still due to the Old World for com modities which the New World is not ab:e to pro duce. The natural effect has been, in conjunction with the war news, to raise the premium on gold from the low level of 20 or 22 per cent., when Mr. Chase would gladly keep it, to the high rate of 56, which it reached this afternoon. And, as Mr. Chase will not take his own greenbacks in payment of duties on imports, but insists upon specie, there is a large domestic, as well as foreign demand for hard money. These influences have not only com bined to make gold scarce for trading purposes, but to deter holders from effecting sales, in the expecta tion of that further rise which is certain to occur under one or all of the four following contingencies, each of which is both possible and probable : First, the capture of the whole army of Cosencrans; second, the defeat of General Meade ; third, the rais ing of the siege of Charleston; and, fourth, the re appearance of Mr. Chase in the money-market as the borrower of another sum of 50,000,000 dols. to pay the amount which was due to the army and the navy on the first of this month. Should these events, or any one of them, occur simultaneously, it is safe to calculate that gold wilt reach a higher premium and greenbacks a lower depreciation than has been known since the commencement of the war. To-day the State elections in Pennsylvania and Ohio will be decided; but the results are not likely to be known with anything like accuracy until the end of the week. The issues raised in both States by the candidature of Judge Woodward in the one, and Mr. Vallandigham in the other, are political rather than national. Judge Woodward has said little; but his friends assert in his behalf that he is not opposed.to the continuance of the war against the South, bat only to the mode in whieh Mr. Lincoln conducts it, and to the suspension of the popular liberties, which he has deemed necessary to its successful prosecution. General Welellan, de parting from his usual prudent course of saying nothing, has written a letter to a Mr. Biddle, of Pennsylvania, in which he expresses his belief that the election of Judge Woodward is called for by the interests of the nation, and in which he takes ground in no equivocal terms against the whole policy of the Administration. Gen. M'Clellan is opposed to the conversion of the war into an agency for the eman cipation of the slaves. " Understanding," he says, " that Judge Woodward agrees with me that the sole objects of this war are the restoration of the unity of the nation, the preservation of the Consti tution, and the supremacy of the laws, I would, were it in my power, give the Judge my voiceand my vote." This is the Democratic platform, very good as far as it goes, but having the fatal demerit of being utterly unable to bear the weight of the superincumbent circumstances. The Union is dead, and the Constitution has become a piece of waste paper. Gen. M'Clellan and the War Democrats would revive the dead, re-establish voluntary Union by force, and set up again a Constitution which, by the consecration of slavery, would inaugurate a new rebellion at no distant day,with this only difference, that the rebels and secessioaists of that time would tbheatthme Republicans r.Lineoln, and A Mr. Seward, ew b a o r l d i , ti m onits r. s cha o s f e, t m hi r s . ; and Sum ner, and oth ers would probably find themselves the logicall?orts rcns Lafayette onrs a w n h d o umOrh.iovuthlleanidssi o o c f c t u h p e a m et o s of re 'A pe ' () H p e l e n r t Y h o i s n e s d t euand igne Pennsylvania. to s - y d l a v y a . n a I . t h l r e: am are ho th p e es s a a g m a e in a s s t hope that the unity of the nation will be restored, and that the rivers of blood which have been shed will be bridged over, so that peaceable and friendly and f ma y pass to ro as menhappily and uncon strainedly as before ; though, with the spirit of a lawyer rather than with that of a soldier, he believes that an armistice for six months:would b 3 far more - likely to produce the desired result than any prosecution of the war, however suc cessful. In reality the only importance to the Ame rican people and to the outer world of the struggle to be decided to-day in these two influential States will be the effect of the victory of the one or the other party upon the Presidential canvass of next year. Whatever the decision may be, the Acliniai s . tration and their friends, comprising all the since re Abolitionists and theoretical Republicans, as well as the contractors, will leave no stone unturned to pin the Nietory. They have resolved to win by the WINDSOR. Last night a n influential meeting of th e suppor ters 01 Capt. Hayter took place at the Castle Hotel, Mr. H. D r iver in the chair. Cspt. Ra f t er haying l~ --ee-x---yr ---- e - - ; . .7>"'•:..- '.;-: 1-Z. A )k;:x, explained his political views, and which app,,c-- -, -i. : . : yq , t with his address previously circulated, the i) itisk.4l.f,V;l resolution was unanimously adopted—" :1",41K0-014-r j,,:: : - IV, meeting having heard the statement of Cap 41120,..-!T- 1 -7!, 1 f 4 p 0. in reference to his political views, is of fir '341.;.i.:,. - IZL, -,-- that he is a fit and proper person to represent ot k es .11 s borough in Parliament, to supply the vacancy ocet v sioned by the lamented decease of Mr. Hope, an d .. pledges itself to use its utmost exertion to secui e his return." Colonel Vyse, the Conservative canal - date, accompanied by Mr. C. S. Voules, his solicitor, , and a party of friends, commenced an energetic cm- • vass of the electors yesterday morning, which was; continued throughout the day, and from his lot lg . connection with the town, seems likely to receb ;a many promises of sn?port. Captain Hayter an d cis friends in the meantime were not idle, and the y immediately began canvassing the Liberal portiOi I of the community, with excellent results. Naval and Military Intelligence, THE NAVY. The Emerald, 35, screw 2tearn frigate, 2,913 tont., 600-horse power, Capt. A rt h ur C umm i ng , arr i ve d at the Nore from Spithead on Sunday forenoon, an.d saluted the flag of the Commander-in-Chief, Vice- Admiral Sir G. It. Lambert, with 13 guns, the salute being returned from the Formidable, flag ship, with 7 guns. On Monday the admiral inspected the vessel at her moorings, after which she steamed into Sheerness harbour, and took up moorings in the stream. She is to be dismantled , and in about a fort night will be paid out of commission. Th e E mera ld was commissioned at Sheerness on May 12, 1859, and has been employed in the Channel squadron. On being paid off she will be inspected by the offi cers of the Sheerness steam reserve and the officials of the dockyard, to see whether she should be placed on the first or second division of the steam reserve. If found in a fit condition for the first division it is thought probable that she will shortly be recommis sioned. The iron-cased ship Caledonia, fitting in the Vic toria-docks, will be hauled out, according to present arrangements, to-morrow at high tide, and will be towed down to Sheerness to be completed for service. The screw steamship Cordelia, 11, having under gone a thorough repair, was removed yesterday afternoon from No. 4 dock at Devortport, and placed alongside the Sheer hulk in Hamoaze, to be rigged and stored for the first division of the Steam Reserve. The screw steam corvette Brisk, 16, at Devon port, is ordered to be placed in No. 4 dock to be re paired, and advanced to the first division of the Steam Reserve. The Monarch, target ship at Portsmouth, is re ceiving a fresh supply of armour-plates of siin. thickness, on her sides for testing by the 68-poun der gun. They comprise three experimental plates from Messrs. John Brown and Co., of bheffield ; one from the Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Com pany, and one from Millwall. Messrs. Cammell and Co., of Sheffield, are about to enter the field as armour-plate manufacturers to the Government. They have erected a large plant at their works for the purpose, and their two first plates will be placed under trial at Portsmouth in a short time. Admiralty instructions have been received at Chatham directing that in all cases in which vessels of war are sold out of the service the greatest pos sible care is to be taken in removing all the gun- , fittings, and returning them to the War Depart ment. The order also directs the officials to make a return of the exact cost of the sails, spars, rigging, and other gear belonging to the screw gun vessel Victor, 6,350-horse power, just sold by private con. tract. Private letters received at Portsmouth from the cadet training ship Britannia, stationed at Dart mouth, state the fever was raging on hoard, and that several cadets had already fallen victims to it, and among others the young Count de Metaxes. Sixty continuous service men aro under orders to be forwarded this morning from the flagship Fis gard, at Woolwich, to join her Majesty's coastguard ship Majestic, Capt. Inglefield, at Liverpool, for service. Soule considerable delay has been experienced in laying down the keel of Mr. Reed's new iron ship Pallas about to be commenced at Woolwich, in con sequence of her length (2251 t) exceeding that of the slip on which she is to be built. The work is now in progress for the extension of the shed, about 4.9 ft. beyond its original length, and also for laying down a solid base of concrete and other material for in creasing the length of the slip. The whole of the keel is in readiness, as well as a large portion of her framework of ash and Italian oak, and on the re lease of the Caledonia from the Victoria Docks to morrow, the shipwrights and others, 350 in num ber, employed on her will be transferred to the pre paration of the Pallas. The following appointments were made yesterday ' at the Admiralty :—Lieut. George R. Hope to the Falcon ; Lieut. the Hon. Edward S. Dawson to the Royal Oak; Vernon Jones, master, to the Indus for the Royalist; Thomas H. Hayman, master, to the Cumberland for the Salamander; the Rev. S. C. Parkyn, chaplain and naval instructor, to the Pelorus ; Alfred A. Taylor, naval cadet, to the Liver pool ; Cecil E. Willoughby, nominated to a naval cadetship; George N. D e i g h ton, paymaster, to the Black Prince ; James Leys, chief engineer, to the Cumberland for the Achilles; John A. Burton, chief engineer, to the Cumberland for the Bombay; Jas. W. German, chief engineer, to the Cumberland for the Amphion ; George H. Weeks and H. W. Fitz gerald, assistant-engineers, to the Asis, as super numeraries. /*L THE ARMY. The division of the 55th Regiment, under the com mand of Major T. S. Browne, embarked at Ports mouth yesterday at 7 a.m. on board the hired trans port Hougomont, 962 tons, Captain John Flamank, under the superintendence cf Colonel E. Somerset, C. 8., Deputy-Quartermaster, and Capt. Locke, em barcation officer to the Hon. ..Council for India. The very cleanly state of this fine ship and the ample accommodation provided on board for the officers and men embarked, together with the care with which she had been fitted to insure, as far as pos sible, the comfort of all during the voyage, drew the warmest encomiums from the inspecting officers. Major-Gen. Lord W. Paulet, C. 8., visited the ship during the embarcation, and expressed his adwire tion of the ship's internal condition and the amount of space she afforded to the men embarked. Vice- Admiral Sir Michael Seymour, G.C.8., and num ber of naval officers also visited the ship. As soon aas the embarcation was effected, pre parations were at once made for sending the ship on her voyage, and at 10 sail. she left the harbour, in tow of a Govern. ment steam .tug, which took her two . o utside th the the Nab Light vessel, when the hawsers were Hougo m ont cast off, and the fairly commenced h er n voyage for Madras, under all pla i n wind light at N.E., and weather rather hazy. T he H k Hougomont belongs H an key, and Sewell, of London, and . is a very to Messrs. superior frigate found . in every respect. Among built ship, and well the rest of her troop fittings she carries one of Dr. Normandy's best fresh water distilling apparatus. Her consigne e at Portsmouth was Mr. Jas. Garre t t , agent to the Hon. Council for I n di a an d to Lloyds. Lieut. Elliott and 20 non-commissioned officers an d privates Royal Marine Light Infantry yester day arrived at Woolwich for emcarcation in the Velocidade, for the Falkland Islands. They will embark on Thursday, the 29th lust. Brigadier-Gen,Woolwich St. George, It.A.,C.B.,P res id en t ; Cept. Sir W. iscman, R N., Vice-President ; and the members o f t h e Ordnance Select C omm itt ee o f , yesterday insp ec t e d th e Arm strong and Whitworth competitive experimental g u ns in course of being mounted on their carriages at 'Woolwich. 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