The Sun. — London, England, 1863-09-17 00:00:00

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Oats not and peas to 50s Od to 46s Od to 49s Od to 47s 0, to 378 O d to 28s Od to 35s Od to 31s Od to 31s Od to 28s Od Ito 13d to 03131 d Ito osl3d to 45s Od to 44s Od to 42s Od to 33s 0d ty 35 Od tc 34s 01 to 01 to 34s Oa to 56s Od to 52s 0 so 0 0 9 0 0 0 5 10 ° of wheat' ist week. last ieVl 34s to 38 0 8s to 32 0 Os to 24s —s to --"I Aloway's Artillery as Prosy lf, was a s on tl l . O ant in hi e Dlloway '6 ease, ea' he appa -1 health. have re heyhave , Ayrton, twins —a e, Hyde' agineeret 5-square, msburh Church , Franca R.N., of d, Glov Stroud• Esq 1 of Nor aged 7 , Dor- Lndovert 0 infant . neurY .terrace► E s ther, tr, aged t, W.C.I "VS )I{.}. No. 11l onntl 0 111 I I I I iiol' EMEMBER, WE SUP AT EVANS' ReiLrERY EVENING THIS WEEK after Alfred __l:Lit Promenade Concerts. NORTH BRITISH AND MERCANTILE INSURANCE COMPANY. established lBO9. Incorporibted by Royal Charter and Special Acts of Parliament. Accumulatedeand Invested Funds £2,122,828 Annual Revenue (.. 422,401 FIRE DEPARTMENT. I nsnran'es zrantei both at Home and in Foreign Countries on the most liberal terms. LIFE DEPARTMENT. 4, Every facility offered to Insurers. Ninety per Cent. of th e P ro fit s di v id e d am ong the Insurers on the participating principle. The new Life businets 4 ransacted in 1882 as follows : Policies. A mrunt Insured. Premiums. 1,037 £763,334 £23.641 0 0 Forms of Proposal and every information will be furnished on application at the toatno lf OFFICES 58, Threadneedle - st r e et. 4, New Bank Budding.a. Lothbury. ~ West-end Office B, Waterloo -place, Pall-mall. NORWICH UNION FIRE INSURANCE SOCIETY. The business of the Company exceeds £70,000,000. ~„The duty paid to Government for the farming 62 was '. 1 ,062, and the amoun t insured on stock, X 1 0,086,332. A bonus of three-fifths of the profits periodically made to Parties insuring, who have thus. from time to time, received stuns amounting in the aggregate to £440,000 ; and the Society applicable to a future Bonus. now holds a large Reserve a The rates of premium are in no case higher than those Charged by the other principal offices making no returns to their insurers. }'or pro:pectuses apply at the Society's Offices, Surrey street, Norwich ; and 6, Crescent, New Bridge-street, Black friars, k friars, E.C. THE ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY. HEAD OFFICES, 29, Lombard-street, London, and Royal Inburance buildings, Liverpoel. Total Annual Revenue exceeds Z500, 0 ,0. Accumulated hinds in hand o ver 1 , 000,000. Chairman in Liverpool: CHARLES TURNER, Esq., Chairman in London : WILLIAM WAINWRIGHT, Esq. EXTRACTS FROM THE REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1862, -- The. Di of the Royal Insurance Company are now eastln make th e i r accus t ome d per i o dical Report at the ting of its Shareholders. FIRE BRANCH. The Directors ha v e, as pleasingly as une xpectedly. at the Vose o' the y ear, t o announce, for the first time, that the Fire Premiums ig tu h ms h have not only reached, but exceed £ 300,000 . comparative position held by the Royal in the Gove rnment Returns of Duty is again fully mhintained. the pro fi t of th e business of the year exceeds c onsiderabl y tile amount realised in the p receding year, and in fact sun - Passes that of a n y year, w i t h but two exceptions, sine• the co mmencement of Office, the balance to the credit on neo unt of British and Foreign Insurances being £45,107 10s. tat, and of the N ort h A mer i can b us iness, which is kept sepa - Late lY , £ 11 ,007 16s. lOd. state The LIFE BRANCH - . ver9 gratifying duty now falls upon the Directors tO _ the sum assured on new by for fhe year 1P62 exceeds even that of the yeer 1861 by £lBO,OOO, and has arrived the almost unexampled amount for a single year of b a g on 1,498 new po li c i es i ss ued. Until within the last b l 7 years it is believed that such a sum assured as th at which Ras all bee n announce d as the t esult of one year's business 91 but unheard of. This Portion of the Company's business has been carefully shareholder and cannot fail to give much satisfaction to the 4 2,1tr i eholder, as well as no small encouragement for the '1 re to the participating life assurer. afforded of continued care in the selection of lives is amply ...o_rded by a statement of the number rejected. These have ‘,4uounted to 311 for the year, on which the aggregate sum proposed for assuran^e mounts to £143,281. Various degrees u i neligibility have led to these lives being declined. bl i No small number of the Assurance Compa nies of the da y record th e i r accepte d li ves an nually at a sum not much , if at , e slexceeding those which the Royal ha s declared as in admis n anot a single year from deteriorat i o n of some kind or her. bjf. to complete their review, the Di rectors now advert " e nY to the United Kinerom, they hato announce that 11 'ire Business its pro - g d ress has been undoubtedly more I ,Pid than th a t of any other Company established either in London or elsewhere, except when amalgamations have taken Mace. The returns of duty have proved this. In Life, the amount of New Policies already reported make all other evidence needless. The Directors conclude their present Report with the Vtpression of an opinion that the prospects of the Royal ;_hsuranca Company were never brighter, and of a conseq uent hope, founded on a grateful remembrance of the past, that the future may untold for it a sphere of still greater magni tude, combining distinguished commercial success to the Office with a lengthened career of usefulness and protection to the public. PERCY M. DOVE, Manager and Actuary. JOHN B. JOHNSTON, Secretary in London. PROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION. Established 1840. TitusTzzs. Thomas Baring., Esq., M.P. Wm. Geo. Prescott, Esq. I Thomson Hankey, ksq., M.P. Baron L. de Rothschild, M.P. Mutual Lif. Assurance for all classes. This Association has now in existence 6,000 policies, for a total sum of £1,500,000. The Annual Income is The Accumulated Fund exceeds It has paid in Claims .. Z 51,000 .. 2 - 0, 00 .. 112,000 The whole of the profits are divided quinquennially among the Members. Three divisions have already been made' When the following sums have been added as bonuses to the policies - Dec. 31, 1847 .. „ 3852 .. „ 1857 .. tnakinz the total bonus additions, £98,800. itonuses may be received in clsh or applied to the reduc tion of premiums at the option of the assured, in lieu of an addition to the obey. Attention is especially invited to the system of free or paid nP policies introduced by this Association, by which the sacrifice so often submitted to on the relinquishment of Po icy is wholly avoided. The balance-sheets of the Association are open to all, Whether assurers or otherwise. Active and influential agents will be appointed in unrepre sented districts. .. X 5,400 .. 11,500 .. 23 200 .. 56,500 W3l. THOS. LINFORD, Secretary. Chief Office, 15, :Margate-street, E.C., Aug 1 , 1863. A.D. 1720. ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE CORPORATION (Established by Charter of his Majesty George the First) FOR SUA, FIRE, LIFE, AND ANNUITIES. Offices, Royal Exchange, London. Branch Office, 29, Pall-mall. OCTAVIUS WIGRAM, Esq., Governor. UECIRGE PEARICES BARCLAY, Esq., Sub-Governor. Sir .TORN HENRY PELLY, Bart., Deputy-Governor. TORS. Wilmot Holland, Esq. Retry Bainbridge, Esq. Earl of Leven and Melville. Robert Barclay, Esq Robert Garrett Cattlev. , Esq. Manning, Esq. Mark Currie Close, Esq. Qeeline W. Percy. William Davidson, Esq. The Hon. Jo. , H C h e a n s r . Thomas Dent, Esq. Charles Robinson, Esq. y j N n elson,Esq. A lexander Druce, Esq. Samuel Leo Schuster, Esq. Smith, Esq. Predk. Jos. Edlmann, Esq. Eric Carrington Riversdale W. Grenfell, Esq. William Soltau, Esq. Esq M.P. R obi. Amadeus Heath, Esq. Joseph Somes, , ~ . Wm. Tetlow Hibbert, Esq.' William Wallace, lsq Jas. Stewart Hodgson, Esq. ' Chas. Baring Young, Esq. Medical Referee, SAmtrEt, SOLLT, Esq., F.R.S. FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected with this Corporation on advantageous terms. In the Life Department, assurances are granted with par ticipation in Profits, or, at lower Premiums, without such participation. The Reversionary }l.mns on British Policies has averaged nearly 2 per cent. per annum on the sum assured. Equivalent reductions have been made in the Premiums payable by persons who preferred that form of Bonne. The divisions of Profit take place every Five years. Any sum not exceeding X 15,000 may be insured on one Life. DIREI --- This Corporation affords to the Assured— Liberal participation in Profits—vrith exemption from the liabilities of partnership. A rate of Bonus equal to the average returns of Mutual Societies—with the guarantee of a large invested Capital Stock. The advantages of modern practice,—with the security of an Office whose resources have been tested by the ex perience of nearly a CENTURY AND A HALF. The Corporation have always allowed the Assured to serve hi the MlMiff, Yeomanry, or Volunteer Corps within the 'United Kingdom, free of charge. ROYAL EXCHANGE, EXCHANGE, LONDON. ROBT. P. STEELE. Secretary. ARMY CONTRACTS, Commissariat 0111 , e, Aldershot, 2d September, 1863. TENDERS will be received at this office, until noon, on WEDNESDAY, the 30th September, 1863, from persons who may be willing to enter into Contract for the supply of FORAGE, In such quantities as may be required, from Ist November, 1863, to 3.st October, 186#, for the use of Her Majesty's Forces stationed at Aldershot Camp, and withi n th e eem _ mand. Forms of Tender and Conditions of Contract may be ob tained on apnlication at this office, by letter or in person, between the hours of ten and four o'clock. The Tenders must be properly filled up and signed, and delivered at this office (under closed envelope, marked on the outside "Tender for Foraze"). and no Tender will be noticed unless made on forms obtained from this office, and delivered by the hour appointed. HENRY B. MORSE, Deputy Commissary-General. ARMY CONTRACTS. TENDERS will be received at this Office until 12 o'clock noon on the 3d of October, from persons who maybe willing to enter into Contracts to supply FORAGE AND PAILLASSE STRAW , in such quantities as may be required, for the use of Her liajesty's Land Forces stationed in the following ' , laces, from let November, 1663, to 31st October, 1864 : FORAGE. 1. Hyde -park. Kensington. Regent's-park, Guards. 2. Hounslow and K 3. H ampton Court. neller Rall. 4. Windmor. a nd Horse 5. Ttriehton. 6. Sandhurst. 7. Enfield. PAILLASSE STRAW. 1. Brompton 'House, Hydepark, and Kensington. 2. itegent'p-park, St. John's -wood, and Portman-stree Barracks. 3. New Par/licks, Chelsea 4. Wellington and St. George's Barrack,. 5, The Tower. 5. oi i - An p s t l o o n w c a o n urt and hneller Half. Hampton S. Windsor. _ 9. Bit h am. with Coast Forts frtma li•ewha ven to Shore ; ' 10. Croydon. Separate Tenders must be made for Foraze and f lease Straw for eh ot the abovc-mentioned Stations Orr pail. r a te's as groupe and numbered. Forms of Tender and Conditions of Contract may b e 'tsined on a 1: tion at this office, by letter or in person, pp .ca b etween the hours of 10 and 4 o'clock. T enders on the printed forms must be properly filled In at 6i7 iled, and no Tender will be noticed unless d e l ivered ob:the nder-mentioned I tffice, under closed envelop, (marked 12 ce e tataide " Tender for Commiarssiat Supplies' ), befor e —l ` noon on the 3d October next. W. T. POWER, Collura' s sary-G eUcral. . co ls , e n fi',. °l7 altissary.G enera Fs °face, off. Street , Spgardenk "w", W„ loth, S e pt Mal (Signed) No. 22,222. T H X F OR1) 6 , OXFORD STREET, W. THIS EVENING, will be performed Operatic Selections from Sir Henry R. Bishop's THE SLAVE and Halevy's MUSKETEERS (first time in England). Principal Artistes—Miss Russell, Miss Ellison, Messrs. Green, Bernardi, Finish, &c., with full hand and chorus. Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans. Flute Solos by Drew Dean &c. Comic, by UNSWORTH ("or any ()liner man"), Eugene, W. Randall, A. Lloyd, and George Hodson. Also, a Pe, formance by Herr SuIIALKENBACH on his wonderful insti ument, the PIANO ORCHEbTRE, contain ing a full baud of 40 instruments. • '1 he HALL hls just been newly Decorated and Ventilated, and is one of the most Beautiful in the Metropolis. Open at 8 o'clock. Admission, ed. ; stalls and balcony, ls. ; private boxes, 10s. 6d. CANTERBURY HALL " GHOST."—In order to gratify the curiosity of nightly-increasing crowds, Mr. C. MORTON has transferred the representation of Pro fessor Ptpper and Henry Dirks, Esq.'s, world-famed spectral Illusion, " THE GHOST," from the ricture Gallery to the Concert Hall, where a new and elegant stage is erected , affording a more ample view of the Illusion from Stalls, Bal cony, and body of the Hall. He has also arranged for Mr. A. Silvester to give (with all that gentleman's latest im provements and effects), REPRESENTATIONS EACH EVENING, at Ten o'clock. All the other Musical and Pictorial attractions as usual, including Operatic Selections, &c. ; [Jnsworth (the modern Demosthenes), Eugene, Arthur Lloyd, George Hodson, &o. MADAME TUSSAUD'S HISTORICAL GAL LERY—Established 27 years at the Bazaar, Baker street.—AMEßlCAN WAR —A Model of GENERAL M'CLELLAN, in military uni orm, late Commander-in- Chief of the Federal Army, is now added.—CONTINUA TION of ANCIENT ENGLISH KINGS, Henry V., in the costume of the period. Open from li till 10 at night. Ad mittance, Is ; extra rooms, 6d. ARGYLL ROOMS. Windmill -street, Piccadilly. These eireant Rooms are NOW OPEN for the Winter Season. They have been entirely redecorated. Musical Director, Mons. Jullien, of mo.ster concerts cele brity. The band , s selected from the Cry.tal Palace, the Italian Operas, and the Househola Troops of her Majesty. Doors open at 8 o'clock. Admission, Is. Manager—M. GRENET. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. The (1 - i-TosT ! The Polish Giantess, Countess Demolnth, will be introduced in the Ghost Illusion this Week—The beautiful FAIRY FOUNTAIN--Grand Divertissement by Twenty young Ladles—Operatic Selections, by 51 ass M'Gregor, Mr. Albert, Vernon Rigby, and Signor Georg•ini—Band and Lhorus of 60 Performers. - First appearance of RAPHAEL DE SOLLAq. the Infant Tenor, and LANGLOIS VELOCIHAN, the Great Indian Juggler, THIS DAY (MONDAY). ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. Great Musical Attraction —lmmense success of SIGNOR bICOSIA, the eminent Violinist, who will appear Every Evening. ESTABLISHED 1833. BOWDEN'S .iERATED 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. THE LAUNDRESSES to her late Majesty YY Queen Adelaide say, that " BRIGGS' AUSTRALIAN srAitcti needs but to be tried to be approved." Sole Wholesale Agent, Harper Twelvetrees, Bromley-by Bow, London, E. Gi,PECTACLES.—The Patent Newly-i nvente d 1 , -, Tinted Spectacles are patronised by the majority extra- Nobility, including - Viscount Palmerston. They afford ordinary redef to weak, dim, and defective vision.—S. and B SOLOMON S, Opticians, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. CAPTAIN WHITE'S ORIENTAL PICKLE, CURRY or 3IULLIGATAWNY PASTE, Curry Powder, and Curry Sauce, may be obtained from all Sauce Vendors, and wholesale of CROSSE and zsLACKWELL, Purveyors to the Queen, Soho-square, London, lIEATING'S PERSIAN INSECT DESTROY ING PO WDER, for which a Prize Medal was awarded to the Producer at the International Exhibition, 1862, This Powder is quite harmless to animal life, but is un rivalled in destroying Fleas, Bugs, Flies, Cockroaches, Beetles, Gnats, Moto/tans, Dloths in furs, and every other species of Insect. Sportsmen will find this an invaluable remedy for destroy ing Fleas in their Dogs, as also Ladies for their Pet Dogs. Being the original importer of this now invaluable article, which has found so great a sale that it has tempted others to vend a en-called article, the public are therefore cautioned to observe that the packets of the Genuine Powder bear the autogregh of THOMAS KEATING Sold in packets, ls., 2s. 6d., and 40. 6d. each, or post free for 1 i or 36 postage stamps, by Thomas Keating, chemist, 79, St. P ill' s-churchyara, London, E.C. RUPTURES.--By ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. WHITE'S MOC-M AIN LEVER TRUSS xII (PERFEC TED IONBOFIBSI u AND EXHIBITED IN Tx GREAT F IBIT AND 1862), is allowed by upwards of Two II undred Medical Gentlemen to be the most effective nvention in the curative treatment of iIERNI A. the use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effects, :s here avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the hody, while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the %loc-Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease ,nd closeness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn luring sleep. A descriptive circular may he had, and the `ruse, whioh cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the cir lumference of the body, two inches below the hips, being kent to the manufacturer, Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly. A. Single Trues, 16e., 215., 265. 6d., and 31s. 6d. Postage, Is. A. Double Truss, 31s. 6d., 428., and 52a. 6d. Postage, is &n Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. Postage, is. 10d. Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Poet office, Piccadilly. NEW PATENT ELASTIC STOCKINGS, KNEE-CAPS, Arc.. for Varicose Veins and all cases of Weakness and Swelling 01 the Legs, Sprains, &o. They are porous, light in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on ll'e an ordinary stocking. Price 4s. 6d., 7s. 61, 106.. to 16s. each. Postage 6d. JOHN WHITE, Manufacturer, 228. Piccadilly. CELEBRATION of the TERCENTENARY of the BIRTH of SHA.KSPEARE, at Stratford-upon- Avon. The Tercentenary Committee (of which Sir Robert N. C. Hamilton, (tart— K.C.8.. is Chairman) are now receiv ing SUBSCRIPTIONS, and they may also be paid to the account of the Tercentenary Committee. at the stourbridge and Kidderminster or Warwick and Leamington Banks, Stratford-upon-Avon ; Messrs. Greenway, Smith, and Greenway, Warwick ; or their London agents, Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Co , Messrs. Hanburys and Co., or Messrs. Glyn and Co , bankers, London. The Tercentenary Committee, in submitting the subscrip tion list to the nation, most earnestly appeal to the admirers of Shakspeare for their aid and assistance. The Committee rest their Claims upon the ground that Stratford is not only the birthplace of Shakspeare, but the centre of attraction to all admirers of the great Poet's works, and that it was his home, the town he loved, and where he lived and died. 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 BUCCLEUCH, K.G. Treasurer—Edward Masterman, Esq. This was the first hospital to introduce the principle of free and instant admission to the destitute sick, without the for mality of governors' letters. It is entirely devoted to desti tution in its most pitiable form—viz., that which is 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 dailytoenapb present Contributionse them t th are EARNEST APPEAL to the public f or cont i nue d support, toemasclentilve received relieve the distres s i ng cases th a t by the, Treasurer, Edward Mas erman,c Esq. Nieholaa-lane; by Messrs . Sesere. outts and a te nd , an C d o. C ; Co. C C Co. ;; Prescott,Drummond Gm ' Co. ; R d ansom and ;ersrimith, Payne, and Co. ; Jones Loyd and Co. ; Barcla an an d Co. I)n G is aYn on W Mains, Deacon, and Co. ; o Y verend, Gurney, and bet and Co. ; Messrs. J. Barned a c n o d . ; C N o. is ; and at the HospitaL and Co., Liverpool STANFORD S. S3IITH Secrets!. R OYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION (Incorporated by Royal Charter). PATRONESS—Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen. PRESIDENT—Vice-Admiral the Duke of Northumberland, K.G., F.R.S. CnAtustAN--Thos. Raring, Faq., M.P., F.R.S.,_ v.p. D EPUTY-CIIAIRMAN—Thomas Chapman, Esq., F.R.S., v,p • APPEAL. The Committee of Management have to state that, since :he beginning of the year 1860, the Royal National Lifeboat Institution has expended £32,000 on various Lifeboat Estab lishments on the Coasts of England. Scotland, and Ireland. The number of lives saved by the Life-boats of the Society, sad other means, since its formation, i s 12 ,800; tor which serv i ces 82 Gold Medals, 718 Silver Medals, and £16,480 in cash have been paid in rewards. The Institu tion has also expended £67,000 on Life-boats, Lifeboat Transporting -cart iages, and Boat-houses. The Committee desire to express their grateflll gentle hi the generous support which they have received froth the British public during the past few years, is stippdtl whichhas enabled the m t o establish their present, taiiftbificent fleet 7311arat .. • • • . of 123 Lifeboats on the shores of the trilited 'Kingdom rests on them to maintain their fleet ih a tt o i Deeply sensible, however, of the great responsibility that state, and I . tCrewa practised in the t of their boats, whi 'I, eats only be effected ' -43anallerne income, they earnest' 07 a large and permanent annual tb-- i, appeal to all classes of their countrymen to aid.n y ougi ll ily efficient gleat and truly n- ... : 0 1 a in upholding aiding and perpetuating so The Come . - ona ...ittee gratefully acknowledge the following con tributi, ....,as : x s. d • Tier Majesty the Queen .. • • _ anrual 50 c 0 1 1 0 Campbell, the Hon. Mrs. G. .. .. .. annual 50 0 Clerk, Colonel, R.A. .. annual Bankers •. annual 10 0 0 • • • • .. 4th don.lo 0 0 Currie, Wm., : i'sci ,i • ustice • • • • • • • • don. 10 10 0 Erle, Lord Chief Vice-Admiral Sir A., K.C.R. .• 2d don 25 0 0 Fanshawe, costof Lifeboatand • Coutts and Co., Messrs., Esq., Fenwick, G. J., —sqo .. • • .. 7th don. 10 0 0 250 0 0 sporting Carriage ,•:,... .. .. don. 3 0 0 11 a Martinry ey: Sir ß e v u . Goirl4y., • • .• • . don. 16 15 0 Moore, Rev. G. B. • • suPer-Mart . 16 16 0 3 0 0 Smith, Mrs. George, G reenwi ch &e.g. • , .. annual 20 0 Stirling, Col. Sir Anthony. collected by her Thorn. a, Lady, Weston- Ladyship .• • • .. annual 5 0 0 Willoughby d'Eresby, Lord .• • • ' haeriptions will be thaukfu_lly re- Donations and Annual bu Institution, Messrs. Willis, e v ei by the Rankers of the t • Messrs. Coutts and ‘,.-calrei. and Co, 76, Lombard-street; . nd lSt ‘ 1 • 5 r Messrs. Berries, Farquhlar, o a rs of Customs James's -street, London ; by ail the Col d the Secretary and ilmi liers ' the U ited Kingdom ; and by Rithm_Lewis,if n the Office of the Digital-911, ;f, I s im,,,, _A• Es q., at _ , w—A T!!. I " - egt. Adelna London, Tv . 1 - 4 -- .......7,..;,...:::.„:: lt,a_s.:-.., ..._ ~ .-fs,,._tcs.--.:, „cari•au. ~........T hi - --N ,..... ..•..- „.,,, . . . 1. ~ . . ~,... .„:. ~ ........„ ~ ..... .._ i :. .t...,...:. ,„•,. .6- % /11 W: t : : , ( 1 ".- .4. I/ • . -47 •,,t , - . THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 17, 1863 STATE OF GREECE. CHARLES MATHEWS AT PARIS. HEALTH OF LONDON. (From the Registrar-General's ;Peekly Return.) The deaths in London in the week that ended last Sa turday were 1,257. The average number of deaths in the 37th week of each of the 10 years, 1853-62, becomes 1,158, when deaths from cholera in 1854 are excluded from tb e cal culation, and a correction made for increase of population. The deaths in last week were about 100 in excess of the estimated number. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sir,—M. KehayaF, Greek Minister of Finance, has forwarded to this committee the following letter in connection with his report on the state of the Greek Exchequer. This letter explains in a very satisfactory way the present position of Greek finance, and refers also to the important question of the bonds of 1824-5, which have now so much interest for the English public.-1 have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient servant, STEPANOS XENOS, Hon. Secretary. Philhellenic Committee-rooms, 12, Charing cross, S.W., Sept., 16. THE " MONITEUR'S" TRIBUTE TO HIM, AND THE COMPLIMENTARY OPINIONS OF OTHER FRENCH PAPERS. In the customary theatrical review given every Monday all the principal Paris papers of yester day's date (said the Paris correspondent of the 7izncs in his communication of Tuesday even ing) make honourable mention of Charles Mathews's performance at the Varietes. The Honiteur leads the van, and nearly the whole of Theophile Gautier's feuilleton is devoted to " The Timid Englishman." In him he finds a sign of the times, a new tendency, and one peculiar to our epoch :—" When English actors came to France for the first time, towards the close of the Restoration, their presence caused tumults which almost became riots. The national amour propre repulsed them with a violence such as to-day one can hardly ima gine. One might really have thought perfidious Albion was seriously attempting to dispossess us of our territory. Intercourse was then rare between the two natione, and there was little goodwill be tween them. The study of Shakspere, Byron, and Walter Scott had not then initiated us into the English imagination, and the grotesque caricatures due to the rancours of 1815 passed for striking por traits. On the other hand, the British had not a very correct idea of the French. They pictured them always as hairdressers and dancing-masters, feeding exclusively on frogs. That was the sum total of their information concerning us, and Ho garth's old caricatures still appeared to them true to nature. Things have now changed. Thanks to steam, we breakfast in Paris and dine in London. People seldom hate one another except from want of sufficient acquaintance, and aversions generally spring from misapprehensions. Paris gave an en thusiastic reception to Macready and Helen Fancit, and London applauded Fechter playing in English as it had applauded him when that charming actor belonged to the French company at the St. James's Theatre. And now Mr. Charles Matthews pays us the compliment of eoming to the Varietes to perform in a piece of his own in our language. Mr. Mathews is a first-class comedian, very cele brated in England, a distinguished author, and a perfect gentleman. His success in Paris hae been complete, especially since the piece has been relieved from certain developments rather too lengthy for Parisian impatience, which understands everything when only half-spoken, and listens no longer when once it has understood. Mr. Mathews has in his acting a something of Perlet, something of Henri Monnier, and something of Arnal, and, moreover, a special Britannic savour, which to our mind gives a great deal of originality to his play. His accent, exceedingly slight, destroys no illusion, since he is playing the part of an Englishman who is speaking French. Is it not strange that, at the moment when one of the most esteemed English comedians is acting in our language, Taillade is preparing to perform Macbeth in English at the Vaudeville Theatre ? Is it not a sign of that intellectual reconciliation we spoke of at the beginning of our article, and which has been brought about, after such long antipathies, by the progress of a civilisation which tends to blend all nations in one common humanity ?'' Jules Janin in the Debate, the 7 enzps, the France, the Presse—all, in short, speak in equally hand some and friendly terms. The Siècle finds that Mathews's style of acting has something of Lafont and somethingof Levassor. The 7emps declares that Levassor or Brasseur would envy him his carica ture of an Englishman, and urged him to select, in the French repertory, some of the pieces Levassor is wont to play; the Opinion Nationale [whose tri bute to Mr. Mathews has been already given in The Sun] wishing him to take Arnal's part of the "Homme Blase" which he has played habitually in the English version, and predicts a great success. As it is, in the " Anglais Timide," the papers all declare his success complete, and the best proof of it is that the Varietes, which was doing very badly with a stupid piece called " La Chanson de la Marguerite" before he came, now cannot find room for all who fain would have places. The.mortality from smallpox is now greatly reduced, the deaths from it in the last three weeks baying been 31, 29, and 28 respectively. The deaths from diarrhoea, which reached 233 in the third week of July, have fallen to 93, as shown in the present return. Scarlatina is at the present time the most formidable of the epidemic diseases ; it was fatal in 124 cases in the week, while measles was returned in only 7 cases. Ministry of Fivance, Athens, Sept. 5, 1863. My dear Sir,—M. Rouffos, the President of the Council of Ministers, has communicated to me the translations you forwarded to him of the letters of "A Philhellene," the article of the limes, and also your answers. I must con gratulate you on the lucidity of your replies, which so easily correct the erroneous opinions of "A Philhellene" regarding the state of our finances. I take advantage of this oppor tunity to forward you an explanation of the reasons that induced me to draw up my financial report, and to point out to you at the same time, more in detail, some of the incorrect statements published on the subject. When I asked from the National Assembly a credit for the month of July (the entire Budget of 1863 could not yet be voted), I took occasion to make a brief expose of the state of the National Exchequer and the consequent necessity of contracting a loan. Having been asked at the same time by one of the foreign ambassadors for a state ment of the monetary wants of the country, I hastened ta publish, in the shape of a memorandum, the report I had presented to the National Assembly. It was this report which M. Rouffos forwarded to your committee. It is easy to perceive that I did not intend it as an expose of the Budget of the current year, or a picture of our future finan cial prospects, but simply as an answer to questions ad dressed to me, and a statement of the amount of loan required. (The necessity for the loan is absolute.) That this is the real character of the report is proved by the fact that I only speak of our estimated possible revenues, and mention, en passant, our trifling actual taxation as compared with other countries. It is strange that "A Philhellene" should have mistaken the report for the budget of the current year, making thereby some grievous errors. In the first place, he supposes that 12,000,000 drachmas are a deficit of the present year; and secondly, that 22,000,000 drachmas, which represent the constant yearly revenue of the country during some years past, should now be returned on the balance-sheet minus 6,000,000 drachmas. which "A Philhellene" regards as a visionary property, though these 6,000,000 are the proceeds of former arrears and revenue arising from the national pro perty. How incorrectly am I interpreted, and what strange burdens are thrown on this unfortunate budget of 18631 As you yourself correctly observed in your letter, this de ficit of 12,000,000 drachmas will be better des3ribed as an inheritance derived from the bad financial management of the Governments of the fallen dynasty, which was hidden by provisional loans, and by the refusal to meet acknowledged engagements, particularly with foreign creditors. It is true that a part of this amount represents monetary wants of the present year, but this is not a deficit between expenditure and revenue, but az rears of acknowledged and secured debts, the collection of which is postponed by the anomalous state of the country. It surprises me to find that after having mentioned this in my report, the deficit of 12,000,000 drachmas, arising from explained causes, should still be characterised as a deficit attachable exclusively to the year 1863. And what appears still more extraordinary is the attempt to saddle even the future with the same constantly recurring burdens. I ask you whether, when a European State transfers ancient loans, originating either in extraordinary expenses or other causes, from a dette jletante into Como/ides, it is assumed that the capital of such loans is to form a regular item in every future budget, or whether the interest only is to appear there ? What else do we purpose doing than to transfer into Consolide's all the debts contracted before the revolution of last year, and, at the same time, to cover by a loan the extra wants which this revolution has created ? There were 4 deaths from scarlatina in Kensington-town sub-district, 4 in Kentish-town,? in Islington, 9 in Bethnal green district, 9 in Whitechapel, 4 in Poplar, and 11 in Newington. Last week the births of 938 boys and 985 girls, in a 111,923 children, were registered in London. In the 10 correspond ing weeks of the years 1853-62 the average number (cor rected) was 1,802. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29 801 in. The mean daily reading was above 30 in. on Friday and Saturday, The barometrical pressure fell to 29'40 in. on Monday; and it rose to 33.10 in. on Saturday, The mean temperature of the air in the week was 54.5 deg., which is 3.1 deg. below the average of the same week in 43 years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher). The mean daily temperature was below the average throughout the week. The highest day tempera ture was 66.6 deg. on Monday. The lowest night tempe rature was 42.3 deg. on Friday. The range of the thermo meter in the week was therefore 24.3 deg. The mean daily range was 17.0 deg. The difference between the mean dew point temperature and air temperature was 7.7 deg. The mean degree of humdity of the air was 76,complete saturation being represented by 100. The wind was in the south-west on five days. Nearly an inch of rain fell on four days, and of that amount 4-10ths on Thursday. A thunder-storm occurred after 10 p.m. on Wednesday. Tho mean of the highest temperature of the water of the Thames was 63.8 deg. ; that of the lowest was 61.6 deg. I now come to the second erroneous argument of " A Philhellene," which, I have no doubt, arises more from mis take than a deliberate wish to misrepresent. In concluding my report, I wished, by contrasting the taxation in Greece of 10s. a head with that of other coun►ries, to show how comparatively light our burdens are, and bow, without be coming onerous, they may be still increased. For this reason I` divided the sources of revenue into two classes—firstly, the revenues arising from the real taxes (16,000,000 drachmas)—and secondly, the revenues arising from the income of the national property, and the sums of taxes remaining from former years, amounting to 6,000,000 drachmas. " A Philhellene" mistook their classification for almodification, and, regarding the 6,000,000 drachmas arising from the second source of revenue as visionary, adopted 16,000,000 drachmas as the real yearly revenue of the country. I consider it scarcely necessary to add that the yearly reveflue of 6,000,000 drachmas which I placed in the second class is much more likely to increase than to diminish, for, as I stated in the report, the national property, valued at more than 50,000,000 drachmas, and the arrears of debt to the nation, amounting to 60,000,000 drachmas, guarantee to the national treasury a yearly revenue of 6,000,000 drachmas, By a judicious arrangement, and with good management of the national property, this sort of revenue is capable of being vastly augmented. From this you will perceive how exaggerated are the eel ctthhuealatdteeivofinec ry s it of " A Philhellene,' who raises our expenditure to 1,500,000, an d l o wers our revenue t0.£500,000. When the contemplated loan is negociated, e l v a er m y as gp positive expense t o ll! n l g 2 7 oo i 1 0 1 , b 0 e 0 s 0 a t d i s r f a a c c h t o m r a i an d arranged ,also both connected with the reception of our new King. The fears of a deficit in the next three months are wholly groundless —in the first place, because these three months fall at the end of the year, a period when most of the taxes become due ; and secondly, because the arrival of the King will re establish order, which will enable the outstanding taxes to be collected. I must inform you at the same time that the loan taken from our National Bank of 3,500,000 drachmas, p ee t intend e to ub lsettlepublic d iffiocuutl toyf itsth eproceedspayment of may the b e p o new tt. foreign loan, is n o t p aya bl e i mme di a t e ly—and even, in case wopfoll l n must which we ainceuiaex a not pass over in silence the blame which "A Philhellene" throws on the National Assembly for having reduced the land -tax. This reduction was dictated by a spirit of justice towards all the tax-paying classes, and this reduction is compensated for by a proportionate impost on articles hitherto untaxed. What most surprises me is the effort made unsuccessfully it is true, but still made—by " A Philhellene," to mix up with my report the question of the old loans. My report had no other object than to show the unavoidable necessity of a loan in order to cover the present monetary difficulties of the country, and was wholly unconnected with the sub ject of those bonds. My fervent desire was, and now more than ever is, to see the just demands of all the creditors of the Greek Treasury satisfied as soon as possible. This de sire is dictated by a sense of justice as well as by the con viction that such a mode of proceeding would tend to the real wellbeing of the country. I know very well that the resources of the kingdom cannot be developed, unless that which distinguishes civilised nations be established, namely, public credit—a fact which I must confess was unfortu nately lost sight of by the different Governments of the fallen d 3 nasty. But this subject could not be made an item in my report, as nothing was yet definitely decided regard ing it by the legislative bodies, and, such being the case, I think "A Philhellene" ought to have been satisfied with what I sa id regarding the ancient creditors of our country. In conclusion, I have reason to hope that the information which I have forwarded to you in this letter, though brief, will suffice for the present to enlighten public opinion in England regarding the state of our finances. Accept, my dear Sir, the assurance of my sincere friend ship. E. J. KEHAYA.S. M. Stefanos Xenos, Lion. Sec. Philhellenic Committee, London. SUICIDE IN THE STREET.—Last night Mr. S. F. Langharn, deputy coroner for Westminster, held an 1 inquiry at King's College Hospital, touching the death of John Hunter, aged 41, a tailor, lately residing at 41, Lower Whitecross-street, who committed suicide on Monday last. Caroline Hunter, wife of the deceased, said her husband had been in bad health for the last six months, and had threatened to commit suicide before he left home on Mon- , day morning. He also threatened witness, and said they had better go out of the world together. She did not see him after he left home on Monday morning until she saw him dead at the hospital. Ho was not in want, but had been so reduced by illness, she believed, as to affect his mind. Thomas Grant, carman, in the employ of Messrs. Chaplin and Horne, deposed to finding the deceased on Monday morning, about 8 o'clock, inside the gateway of the George and Blue Boar .yard, Holborn, with his throat cut. No one was near him at the time. A shoemaker's knife was lying by his side. There was a great quantity of blood lying at his feet, as if he had fallen backwards. With assistance he put deceased in his van, and brought him to the hospital. He was not dead then. Witness had previously sent for Mr.Williarns, surgeon. Police-constable Sutton said he was called by the last witness to the George and Blue Boar on Monday morning. He found deceased as described by the last witness. He asked deceased why he had done it, and he said because he had a bad wife. He tried to seize the knife, and wanted witness to finish him at once. He also expressed the same wish to the surgeon. Mr. Williams, surgeon, Gray's• inn -road, proved being called to the de ceased. He attended to the wounds in his throat, and advised that he should be removed to the hospital. There were also some stabs in the stomach. Chas. Antonini, house surgeon at King's College Hospital, said deceased when admitted had a large gash in his throat about seven inches long, and was very much blanched from loss of blood. He was put to bed, but he died the same day. Death, no doubt, resulted from the wound in the throat. After further evidence the jury returned a verdict of " Temporary Insanity." CELIBACY AND MARRIAGE.—Another volume of the "Population Tables," compiled from the English census returns of 1861, has been issued. Among the subjects with which it deals is that of the civil condition of the people of England and Wales. In April, 1861, there were found to be in England and Wales 12,032,157 persons—men, women, and children—who had never been married, 6,917,395 per sons married, and 1,116,672 persons widowed—in all 20,066,224. The females were 10,289,965 in number, being 513,706 more than the males ; but against this excess must be set about 162,000 for persons belonging to England in the army and navy, and merchant seamen abroad at the time of taking the census, and consisting mostly of adult males. With regard to the condition of women, we learn that while the increase of the entire population of England and Wales in the ten years 1851-61 was below 12 per cent, and the increase in the total number of females was be low 13 per cent, the increase in the number of wives was above 15 per cent. In 1851 there were 3,015,634 mar ried women in England and Wales; in 1861 there were 3,485,952. The proportion of children to a marriage and the increase of population are greatly affected by the age at which marriage takes place. The number of wives who were under 25 years of age when the census was taken in 1851 was 290,034 ; but in 1361 the number had risen to 350,919, an increase of more than a fifth. Marriages in creased in the ten years, and celibacy declined. The census of 1851 found in England and Wales 62.5 per cent of its male population and 69'8 per cent of its female population unmarried ; at the census of 1861 the proportions had fallen to 6P2 per cent among the males and 58'7 per ce nt amon g the females. But this is calculating on the whole popula tion, children as well as adults; the adult bachelors, men of 20 and upwards, fell from being 30.28 p er cent of all the adult males in 1851 to be only 27'671r ce nt in 1861, and the adult spinsters from 28.32 per cent of all the adult females in 1851 to 26'72 per cent in 1861. 28 Of the en of wom the age of 20 and upwards, therefore, in every 100 were without husbands in 1851, not 27 in 100 in 1861. Or, taking none but persons in the prime of life, 20 and under 40 years of age, 45 in 100 of the men of this age were bachelors in thate n the2o an d ce c elibacy b 4 a B e y left of s ome i n c celibacy; 1 i m b a a c k y e s ; 1851, but only 42 in 1861; and of the women 41 in 100 were spinsters in 1851, but only 39 in 1861. These figures indi cate a time of prosperity and comfort. It is true that the census of 1861 still found in England and Wales 1,201,576 of the men between 20 and 40 years of age bachelors, and e number of men and women never marry it prudent for the rest to marry. The census again shows the population in England can increase moderately, and the bl,u2t29it,omsuBl otfbtehreewmoe w ork of colonising and ;subduing the earth still go on. ; women n er b e ee that though a larg SUPERSTITION IN SOISIERSETSHIRE.—A sad in stance of moral depravity, and a proof that the once popular belief in witchcraft has not entirely died out in our country villages, came before the magistrates of the Bridge water Divisional Potty Sessions last week. The facts came out in a charge of assault preferred by two women—a mother and daughter—of Auntspill, against another woman of the same place, and from the evidence it appeared that the de fendant (Ann Hogg) had for a long time considered herself " hag ridden "--that is; she had experienced queer sensa tions, non-orthodox maladies, &c. She had for some time before had occaaion to "fall out" with the complainants (Charlotte and Caroline), and in consequence her ignorance had led her to put down these feelings and illnesses to the credit of a power possessed by the complainants. With this idea uppermost in her mind she had resources to the specific counter -charm of "drawing blood" from the bewitcher, w hich operation was described by the elder of the com plainants thus:—" Between eight and nine o'clock on the evening of the 28th ult. I met the defendant on the Hunt spill-road, and she came behind me and ran something in my shoulder. It was semething sharp. Neither of us spoke. When I took off my dress there was blood. When she pricked me she accused me of being a witch. It appears that this " infallible " remedy for,ouce " failed," but the failure did not in the least affect her belief that she was be witched, for she on the next day stabbed the daughter on the arm with a needle, end drew blood from her also.— , Western pey Tress, THE ANNAMITE AMBASSADORS IN PARIS.—The Annamite Ambassadors, whose arrival we yester day announced, are the objects of great curiosity to the Parisians. Their appearance cannot be said to be prepos sessing, and eleanliness they seem to look upon as a crime. Like the Chinese and Japanese they dispense with pocket handkerchiefs, but the square pieces of paper which the for mer use as a substitute, either have not found their way to the kingdom of Annam, or are considered there as one of the superfluities of exaggerated civilisation. The conse quences are not pleasant to witness, the change of climate having affected some of the distinguished visitors with coryza. It has also been seen with surprise that the chief dignitaries among them alone wear shoes—rank with the Annamites being outwardly marked by the covering for the feet. They are great smokers,and are hardly ever to be seen without a cigar or cigarette in their month, and they are said to show a lively appreciation of French cuisine; they are fond of champagne, and truffles in particular meet with their approbation ; they are even said to prefer this savoury tuber to their favourite dish at home—pickled caterpillars. Like other countries, the empire at Annam possesses several orders of chivalry—the Order of the "Elephant's Tusk," and that of the " Horn of the Rhinoceros" being the prin cipal. These honorary marks of distinction are not, it is stated, greatly coveted, as the insignia weighs, according to the various classes, from 15 to 100 pounds, so that a grand cross is exposed literally to sink beneath the weight of his sovereign's favour, The ambassadors have commenced their rounds of official visits, and are said to be well versed in the laws of etiquette. The first ambassador—described as re mat for his intelligence, and for that reason looked upon with suspicion at the Court of Hue--is accompanied by two great dignitaries, who under the pretence of assisting him are specialty charged to keep a watch over him. He is re ported to be aware of this, and takes his precautions in con sequence. The account which has been given of their mis sion appears to be true. The Emperor of Annam wishes to recover the three provinces of Lower Cochin-China occupied by the French. The motive for this desire is not so much to recover a few hundred leagues of territory as to plunder and hang the faithless subjects who have submitted to the French. At the same time he would not be sorry to dupe the foreign barbarians, to whom he offers, it is said, 40,000,000f,without having the remotest intention of giving them a sou, The ambassadors will consequently have to broach a very difficult question, and the more so as it is with people already aware of their manner of interpreting treaties they have to deal with. Accustomed as they are to conceal their thoughts and never telling the truth, they be lieve that every one else acts in the same manner. Thus, when the first ambassador was informed of the arrival of Commander Aubaret, who is charged to escort them while in France, he perfectly understood he was about to have to do with a man who knew how to manage them, and could not help exclaiming " Bon nous allons echanger autant de mensonges que de paroles." The ambassadors will not be presented at Court until the Emperor's arrival at CompiZssme in the course of next month.—Gdignani. DARING BURGLARY AND CLEVER CAPTURE.—On Monday evening, the premises of Mr. James Clark, umbrella manufacturer and warehouseman, Candleriggs street, Glasgow, were broken into, and a cash box and £44 stolen. The premises were locked up at the usual time, a little past 7 o'clock, when it was believed everything was secure. Shortly before eight, however, a girl on the back stairs ob served three boys making their exit from one of Mr. Clark's back windows, and accordingly informed Mr. Morrison, stay manufacturer, of what she had seen. Mr. Morrison promptly informed the police of the matter, and at once steps were taken to discover the robbers. As it was pos sible that some of the party might still be inside, the pre mises were surrounded by constables, and a messenger sent to Mr. Clark to bring the keys of his establishment. This being done, on entering the premises no one was found, but it was apparent that facilities for the entrance of the robbers must have been given from within. It was also di sco vered that a desk in the counti ng -h ouse up stairs and one in the shop on the street flat had been f orce d open , an d themoneyboy they contained, amountin g t o £44, carried off. A pair of ,s boots had been left behi n d, an d these were carefully preserved by the police. Suspicion was at once attached to John Maitland, a lad of thirteen years old, who was in the habit of closing the back windows. Hence Detectives Stewart and Harley were sent to Whitevale to apprehend him. To apprehend the other boys, who must have taken part in the robbery, was now the duty set down for the detective police. With a rather imperfect description of them, they sallied forth to scour the city. About midnight a little light was thrown upon their pathway, by the inquiries of a woman named Ramsay and a man named Moffat, at the Central Police -office for boys belonging to them who had not come home as usual that evening. Sub-inspector Audley Thomson, w h o took a note of the description and names of the missing b oys, shrewdly guessed that the youths might have had some thing to do with the burglary, and therefore produced the boots which had been found in Mr. Clark's warehouse, in quiring whether either person knew them. Mrs. Ramsay at once identified them as belonging to her son. When Maitland was brought to the station-house he confessed it was he and two other boys who had Committed the depredation —the other boys being Ramsay, aged 13, living in Wesleyan_ attest s land James Moffatt, aged 16, residing in Nelson. street. What had become of them he could not say, as they had been disturbed on coming out with their boo t y , and had taken a differ e nt way an d had left him, but he had heard them speak of goin g t o Li ver p oo l or L on d o n. No further trace of the boys c ou ld b e f oun d unt il y es terday morning , a bout nine o'clock, when a telegram was being d e spatched from Glasgow to the Liverpool police, one was recei ved from the chief constable o f Li verpoo l i n f orm i n g the Glasgow chief constable th a t t wo b oys named Ramsay an d Moffatt had been apprehended that morning there, with £42 in their pos session. The boys must have left with the 910 p.m. train for Liverpool, but what caused the Liverpool police to ap prohend them is yet unknown. An officer has been sent to Liverpool with a warrant to bring them hither. 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Naval and Military Intelligence. ..- -- --,.----J.- THE NAVY. The Cumberland, 74, Capt. W. K. Hall, C.B, guardship of the Chatham steam reserve, is bein ' stripped of her rigging, in order to be fitted with a pair of masting shears, for masting small vease)s on the plan proposed to flat.. Admiralty by Capt. Hall, by which it will no longer be ner.essary to send the vessels either to Sheerness or Chatham to be masted. li The paddlewheel steamer salamander, 6,818 tons, 220 horse power, fitting for the Chatham steam re serve in the Medway, has been almost entirely rebuilt, having undergone a very extensive repair, besides being fitted with new boilers, in addition to which her machinery has undergone a thorough overhaul. Her standing and upper rigging has been fixed, and she will shortly be ready to take her place in the first division of the steam reserve. Th e screw frigate Tamar, 3, 2,812 tons, 500 horse power, Capt. F. H. Stirling, fitting at the Tore for immediate service at sea, is receiving on board nearly 1,000 tons of coals in the great basin, where two colliers are alongside discharging. The coals are all heisted on board by means of the steam cranes, by which a great saving of time is effected. Mr. Stansfeld, M.P., the Civil Lord of the Ad miralty, is now on a visit to Portsmouth dockyard, accompanied by Mr. Walker, Inspector and Auditor of Dockyard Accounts, engaged in investigating the principles and data upon which future annual Parliamentary returns of dockyard expenses are to be made out. , The Speedy, screw gun-vessel, Master Comman der Burney, in commission for service at the Chan nel Islands, having undergone repairs to hull and machinery at Portsmouth, and received new boilers, was yesterday tested at the measured mile in Stokes Bay, under the supervision of the officers of the steam factory and reserve of Portsmouth yard. Condensing, she realised a mean speed of eight knots, and under high pressure she rather exceeded that rate. The machinery worked satisfactorily. The Sprightly, paddle-tender, Master Comman der Allen, which has also undergone heavy repairs at Portsmouth, and received new boilers, was tested at Spithead in the working of her machinery on Tuesday, and was tried at the measured mile. The Pioneer, 6, screw despatch-vessel, Comman der Robinson, recently returned to England from service on the Australian station, hauled alongside the shear jetty of Portsmouth yard yes terday, and was dismasted under the shears. She is cleared out and her stores are returned, and will be paid out of commission after the conclusion of a court martial, expected to be held on one of her subordinate officers, which will probably take place to-day. The Lyra, 9, screw, Wasp, 17, screw, and Falcon, 17, screw, wooden corvettes, are being brought forward for commission as rapidly as possible by the seamen riggers and reserve in the steam basin of Portsmouth yard. The Hector, iron frigate, still remains in the large dock at Portsmouth, and from the slow progress being made with her outfit, will in all probability remain there until driven out by the wants of the Channel fleet on their arrival at Spithead at the conclusion of their present cruise. The following appointments were made yester day at the Admiralty :—Andrew Farmer, master, to the Zebra; Robert Brown, master, additional, to the Fisgard ; John A. H. Marcus, assist.-engineer, to the Asia as supernumerary; James R. Gow, master's assistant, supernumerary, to the Euryalus ; Edward M. Ommanney, clerk, to the Alert; and Charles H. Baker, clerk, to the Royal Adelaide, as supernumerary. _ -_--,---0-0 , - - __:,----"--- . - ~ -- -.s-,-- ,--- cj 4 ENV S PA PE It . _,.. 9 A I 1 -,', WA M. DE PERSIGIITS .. , ,.. 4- •4:ge:.l -------•-- ~.,P- a fiv .-- The decree conferring a "Du ‘ds' - •• " 7 - Y -• -,. 1_ I ~.._-; precise, the title of d u k e on :111. d -iy fi f. • ..§ spires the following refl ec ti ons to M. F.a4ade a the Revue des Deux Mondes, the new number of which appears to-day :—" How nervous speculators must have felt after the panic of Saturday when they tore open the Mottiteur on Sunday morning ! How relieved they must have felt when they found that the official sheet contained nothing but the decree making M. de Pereigny a duke. It is undeniable that the anxieties of the readers of the Moniteur could not be more happily dispelled. It is a real piece of good fortune for the ex-Minister of the Interior that the publicity given to his exaltation should have oecurred just in time to dissipate such intense alarm. We have alma another civilian for a duke. We have already stated our opinion on the subject of the institution of civilian dukes, and there is no need to repeat it. It would not have been unders:ood at a time when nobility was a reality, and when titles were a social distinction, nor can wo now make up our minds to duke those who have not won their coronets on the field of battle. As M. de Persigny follows close on the heels of M. de Morny, there is reason to believe that the collection of civili an d ukes will be enriched in course of time with fresh specimen s , an d t h at we shall be provided with a fresh institution. Persons among us who still cultivate the science of heraldry are likely to make some remarks on the subject. It is to be noted that both under the second as w e ll as under the first Empire no marquises are created. A count takes a sudden leap upwards and be comes a duke. The marquises have no reason to complain of this system, which will make their title (the object of so much ridicule at the hands of Moliere and St. Simon) rare and recherch6 in France. Another remark is, that in making dukes the second Empire does not follow the mistakes of Napoleon I. There were civilians who were made dukes under the first Empire, but names of towns or provinces were tagged on to their titles, and effectually swamped a lawyer or financier under a cloud of feudalism and aristocracy. Such is no longer the case. Spain has a custom which seems appropriated to the creation of a civi lian nobility. The Spaniards couple the title with some word expressing a moral idea. Thus they have Dukes of Victory or Fidelity, and Prsnces of Peace. Had M. de Persigny become a duke in Spain, he might, in the most natural way in the world, have received the title of Duke of Devotedness, cr Duke of the Elections, but no one will regret that in our newfangled mania for titles we should have refrained from imitating Spanish usages. Neither do we feel inclined to question the eaims of M. de Persigny to the honour bestowed upon him. The political an noyances he may have caused us have never pre vented us acknowledging his merits, nor applaud ing sincerely the sober and useful zeal with which, during his last tenure of office, he applied himself to the beneficial promotion of country roads, as is proved by his report to the Emperor on the subject. M. de Persigny, moreover, has long shown himself deeply learned en the subject of nobility, and the title of duke could not possibly be conferred on a man more capable of appreciating or enjoying it. Surely if such honours can give pleasure to any one we have no hesitation to admit that they cannot do anybody any harm. They no longer even excite the jealousy and envy which the creation of a new title used to cause in former days. On the con trary, the new comer is well received by his prede cessors, and his bran new title makes theirs which date from yesterday appear more respectable be cause more ancient, for even our new nobles must have heard that nobility, like 'wine, improves as it grows older." A Carpenter evidently up to a Trick or Two, Mr. Robinson, in his new work, called " Shirley Hall Asylum, or the Memoirs of a Monomaniac," gives an account of a passage in his early life which, if not told in the manner of Defoe, is very much in the manner of Mr. Dickens. When domiciled as a boy in the house of a stingy uncle, he used fre quently to enliven his evenings by visits to the Lyceum Theatre. A popular piece called " The Dog of Montargis, or the Forest of Bondy," struck his imagination forcibly. The dog's master hap pens to be cruelly murdered in the forest ; and in the next scenea street in Bondy is represented, with several houses in perspective, a bell-handle being plainly visible at each street door. After smell ing at the doors of several houses in sue session, the faithful dog gives a violent pull at the right bell-handle, and announces the non arrival of his master. Young Robinson, seized with the desire of imparting the same amount of sagacity to his own dog Rover, got one of the carpenters belonging to the theatre to come home with him. The carpenter declared himself perfectly 'wil ling and able to instruct Rover, at the naoderai:e of one shilling for each trick to b e t aught. Tprcehieboy was delighted and went to fetch the dog : " Rover was accordingly introduced, and the ear, penter examined him attentively and critically, while I stood by in a state of no little anxiety, wait, ing for his judgment. "That dog will do capitally, sir. I never say one, leastways judging from his appearance, who could learn faster. 'What a shame, he continued, in an under tone, to starve a poor brute in that manner.' "I felt exceedingly annoyed at the remark, but, as it was a true one, I said nothing. The meanness of my uncle's housekeeping was visible in poor. Rover's ribs, all of which might' easily be counted. After a moment's silence on both sides, the carpen ter said, Well, sir, is it a bargain ? lam agreeable if you are.' _ ~ 4 It is,' I said, ' and there is the shilling for tho first trick.' " Which would you like to know, sir ?' " How the dog of Montargis was taught to ring the right bell.' " The carpenter put the shilling into his pocket. "' I will now tell you faithfully, sir, how it is done. I never gets off a bargain. All the ball pulls in the street is made of wood except the tone at his own house, and that's a sausage.' " A what ?, I almost screamed. A sausage. The poor brute knew his own house by the sausage for the bell-pull ; and when he catches hold of it, he naturally rings the bell.' " Then I can't teach Rover to ring my bell " Oh, Yea, you could sir, if you had a sausage tied to the wire ; not otherwise. But then I don't know that your servants would much like it, for they would soon have to answer the door pretty often. There is not a dog within a mile round that wouldn't soon find it out, and have a pull at your bell to tell you his master was murdered.' I was thunderstruck at the information, but there was no help for it; the money was gone." POLYGAMY IN BENGAL.—It is believed at Cal cutta that the Hon. Rajah Deo Narain Singh in.. tends to introduce a bill to lessen the evils of polygamy. This is a very delicate question and will be dealt with ten derly. In 1856 the leading Hindoos of Bengal petitioned the Legislature to put down a curse which practically is as bad as infanticide and worse than suttee. The question is a moral not a religious one ; and that a Hindoo member of council from the sacral city of Kasi or Benares should deal with it is a great advantage. Tho Shasters nowhere do more than tolerate polygamy, and it exists in Bengal in a hideous form unknown elsewhere. Three centuries ago, when Bengal was ruled from Gour by Adisur. a low-caste king, ho found there was not a Brahmin in his dominions who could perform certain ceremonies, owing to the perse cution of the Buddhists in former times. He accordingly applied to the King of Kanoje, who sent five Sagnic Brah mins, venerated priests, who preserved till the hour of their death, for their funeral ceremonies, the sacrificial fire lighted by their parents on the day of their birth, and fed daily by fuel and clarified butter. From these live have descended a whole crowd of Kutin or privileged families. They are simply hereditary spiritual pens, and as no father will marry his daughter, if of a certain caste, except to them, many of them live solely by such marriages. Twenty wives is a common number for a Kulin Brahmin to have—but there are cases in which one man has ISO. The polygamist does not feed these wives, but resits the richer of them at their father's houses, and is in fact maintained by his wives. In many cases whole families, consisting of sisters, aunts, and nieces are married to one avarici .us sen sualist. You may imagine the moral evils which flow from this, and understand how, as a social_ nfor a m bu a s ti ! o , n na is ti n ve cw op b in ei i r. on g would like it put down penally. T collected by the Itajah to see how much further legiqatien can g 0 than this,-4egor from , ailouqq, THE ARMY. On Friday, the 25th inst., the 21 battalion of Coldstream Guards, now stationed at the Sheet street Barracks for garrison duty it Windsor, will leave for the new barracks, Pimlico. This battalion will be relieved by the 3d battalion of Grenadiers, from St. George's Barracks, Charing-cross. The change of the troops being earlier than usual is in consequence of the lease of the Portman-street Bar racks having expired, and the building being about to be pulled down. The undermentioned draughts are ordered to be held in readiness to embark for New Zealand, to complete the strength of the service companies of their respective corps—viz., 2 officers and 119 men of all ranks, 70th Foot, 27 men of the Royal Horse Artillery, and 15 men of the Royal Engineers, with one Medical Staff surgeon. They are to embark at Gravesend. The following draughts embark at Cork :-1 officer and 144 men of all ranks, 21 bat talion 18th Foot, from Buttivant ; 2 officers and 30 rank and file, 40th Regiment; 5 officers and 36 all rauks, 65th Foot, from Bin ; and 2 officers and 41 men, 57th, from the 20th depot battalion at Cork— making a total of 13 officers and 412 non-commis sioned officers and privates. Lieut. C. S. Beauchamp, with Lieut. G. W. Gif ford and three other officers of the Royal Engineers, arrived at Gravesend yesterday in charge of 75 non commissioned officers and privates, to go through the annual course of ball firing at the rifle ranges below Gravesend, under the instructor of musketry, Capt. C. R. Lempriere, Royal Engineers. During the present week the whole of the officers and men belonging to the first division Depot Bri gade Royal Artillery (Lieut,-Col. R. Talbot com manding) have u nder g one their usual half-yearly inspection at headquarters,. Sheerness, by Col. W. R. Nathan], 8.A., commanding the garrison at that place and s taff. At the conclusion of th e i nspect i on t h e troops received the warmest praise of the gal lant colonel for their martial appearance and gene ral efficient state. Preparations are now being made by the contrac tors for commencing th e cons t ruc ti on o f the large semi-circular casemated fort at the entrance of the Medway, which is intended to guard the passage to Chatham harbour, the foundations having been completed some time since and a sufficient period allowed to elapse to allow for their consolidation. The position of the fort will e nable it to effectually s hips attempting to ap bar the passage of any proach either Sheerness or Chatham dockyards. It is intended, on t h e completion of thi s an d the other forts which command the approaches to the Medway, to arm them w i t h th e most powerful description of guns, throwing the heaviest projectiles, recent events at Charleston proving that forts are only superior to ships in exact pro portion to the description of armament used. The position which the work occupies in relation to the adjacent defences which command the main chan nel of approach will enable its armament to be worked with decisive effect against shipping at a comparatively short range, white its formation will allow of a concentration of fire at any given point. The passage of the rivers Thames and Medway will also be guarded by the extensive fortifications, now rapidly approaching completion, erected on the Isle of Grain, the guns mounted upon which will have entire control of the mid-channels of both streams. Both sides of the estuary of the Medway will, on the completion of the works now in progress, possess a line of powerful batteries. A BODY FOUND IN A GLACIER.—The body of a man, a native of Pasay, near Chamounix, who had been missing for the last 19 years, has just been discovered in the crevice of a glacier de 13ruet, near Mont Blanc. He left his home on 14th Sept., Sept. 1844, on a pilgrimage to the Great St. Bernard, and had not been since heard of until a few days back, when a pedestrian, exploring the glacier, came upon the body, which wra in a perfect state of preservation. After being identified, the body was strapped to a plank, and conveyed on the back of a commis sionaire over the mountains to Passy, where he was buried —after "laying in state" for 24 hours,—Gat'gnani.