The Sun. — London, England, 1863-08-19 00:00:00

\._ CONTRACT FOR PROVISIONS. A. J. 110OUTIEAD, Cek.ctary and Registrar, IHE ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY, HEAD OFFICES, 29, Lombard-street, London, and Royal Int nrance building Liverpoel. Total Annnal Revenues xceeds ...... .Z5Ol Accu mulated Funds in b an d over ........ LWO,O'O, ,000. Chairman in Liverpool ; CHARLES TURNER, Esq., MI P. Chairman in London : 'WILLIAM WAINWRIGHT, Esq. EXTRACTS FROM THE REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1862. T he Directors o f t he Royal Insurance rompany are now called upon to make their accustomed periodical Report at the Jkleeting- of its Shareholders. FIRE BRANCH. The Directors hay?, as pleasingly as unexpectedly, at the close o the year, to announce, fo , - the first time, that the Fire Premiums have not only reached, but exceed £300,000. The high comparative position held by the Royal in the Government Returns of Duty is arr , in fully mdnta ned. The profit of the business of the year exceeds considerably the amount realised in the preced ng year, and in fast sur passes that o f any vear, with but two exceptions, sine • the conanaencement of tht, B Office, the balance t, the credit Ott ac count off ritish and Foreign' Insurances being Sd., and rattelY, 411,097 oth N e orth Am erican business, £15,107 10s. 1 6s. lO which is kept sePa• d. LIFE BRANCIT. Directors to The very gratifying duty now f a ll s upon th e state the sum assure on n \V policies for The y s e a ar 1 arrived exceeds even that of the year 1861 by year of at the almost unexampled amount for a single he last XlBO,OOO, and has £701.127 on 1,4 9S new Policies issued. Until within few years it is believed that such a sum a , cured as that which has just be en announced as the result of one year's business Was all but unheard of. This portion of the Company's business has been carefully w atched, and cannot fail to give much satisfaction to the e s hareholder, as well as no s mall en couragement for th fut. re to th e participating life assurrr. Evidence of continued care in the selection of lives is amply afforded by a statement of th. number rejected. These have amounted to tit for the year, on which the an eTeg - ate s ,, m proposed for assuran'e - mounts to £ 43,28 i. Various degrees of ineligibility have led to these lives being declined. No small number of the Assurance t ompanies of the day record their accepted lives annually at a sum not much, if at all, exceeding those which the Royal has declared as inadmis sirle in a single year from deterioration of some kind or another. If, to complete their review, the Directors now advert briefly to the United Kingdom, they have to announce that in Fire Business Ps progress has been undoubted ly mo re rardd than that of any other Company established either in Lonebn or elsewhere, except when amalg-amations have taken place. The returns co 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 expression of an opinion that the prospects of the Royal Insurance Company were never brighter, and of a consequent hope, to , nded on a grateful remembrance of the past, that the future may unfold for it a sphere of still greater ma.ri lode, comhiniag distinguished commercial success to the Office with a le, gthened career of usefulness and protection to the pubic. JO P ERCY M. DOVE, Manager and Act uary , HN B. JOHNSTO, Secretary in London. NORTH BRITISH AND MERCANTILE INSURANCE COMPANY. Incorporated by Royal Charter and Special Acts of Parliament. Annual Accumulated and Invested Funds ...... . ........ ...42,422,808 Revenue.... ......................2 FIRE DEPARTMENT......... 2,11 In suran-es granted . both at Home and in Foreign Countries on the most liberal term s . LIF DEPART Every facility offered E to Insurers.MENT. Ninety per Cent, of the Profits divided among the Insurers on the participating principle. The new Life business 'ransacted in 1862 as follows; Policies. Al:lir:int In 'ured. 1,037 £763,334 Premiums.23,64l 0 Forms of Proposal a n d every info rmation will be fur 0 nished on application at the OFFICES : 1.014130 N. .......... 58, Threadneedle -street. ....... 4, New Bank Budding& Lothbnry. ..... West -end Office 8, Waterloo -place, Pall-mall, GUARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. No. 11, Lombard -street, London, E.C. Established 1821. Subscribed Capital, Two Millions. DIRECTORS. Sir MINT() FAR DIRECTORS. Rart., M.P., Chairman. 'CHARLES WILLIAM CURTIS, Esq., Deputy Chairman. Henry Hulse Berens. Esq.. John Laboucherc, Esq. Henry Bonham Carter , Esq. G. Shaw Letevre, Esq. Charles F. Devas, Esq. John Martin, Esq. Francis Hart Dyke, Esq. Rowland Mitchell, Esq. Sir Walter R. Farquhar, Bart. James Morris, E sq. d ames Goodson, Esq. Henry Norman, E sq. sl'homson Hankey, Esq., M.P H enry R. Reynolds, Esq. John G. Hubbard, Esq., M.P. Abraham J. Rob arts, Esq. Tredk. H. J anson, Esq. Henry Vigne, Esq. AuDrrons. Lewis Loyd, Eq. I Henry Sykes Thornton, Es Cornelius Paine, jun., Esq. Noel Whiting, E sq. q. Thos. Tallemach, Esq., Secretary I Sarni. Brown, Esq., Actuary LIFE DEPA RT3IENT.-•--ITNDER THE PROVISIONS or AN ACT OP PARLIAMENT, this Company now offers to new In * lifters EIGHTY PER CENT. of the Profits, at Quinquennial Divisions' or a Low Rate of P rem i um w ith ou t participation of Profits. .‘ Since the establishment of the Company in 1821, the ed has exceeded i l -ra „ h e va un i t of Profits allotted to the Assur n * tonn e ' le X6 e 0 ,000, which represents equivalent Reversionary ea of 1 058,000. After th ' Assuran ces ( ' D ivision of Profits a t Christmas, 1859, th e Lif e amounted t c , la force, with existing Bonuses thereon, 113 ranch £ 207 Loward s of £4,730,000, the Income from the Lite inde p e nuent"W i l' o er annum, and the Life Assurance Fund, LOCAL 3i n I„, e aPital, exceeded £1,618,000. Extra Preroti th i' is 's r iA and VOLUNTEER CEORPS.—No OIL` not less than £.50. LOANS granted ecluired for service therein. values, if such valuetne Life Policies to the extent of their ASSIGNIENTS reived and registered. POLICI RS. — Written Notices of, re orMEDICAL FEES Paid erery description ot propertY at in derate rates. Losses caused by Expl osion Company. of G as ar e admitted by this _ A NEVER FAILING D-, .... um the recipe of Dr. rtvila,luable to all who Dr. SCOTT'S BILIOUS and ia- 1 - 7,, - cd, s in ED I. ..wed without any mercurial i ngredient" f r " '''''"' eILLS, pre . &dig -cation. wind. Scott, of Bromley, Kent, will be found I suffer from bilious and iver plaints a their opera spasms, giddiness, oizziness oft he er e costiveness, as a family aperient med cine, and F or habitual of the blood, they are truly excellent ; mild in "s a Purifier Mtn and frratefill to the stomach, they create mote digestion, and stremrthoo the whole ne Ppe-it e , Pro ?volts ;Sold by AV. Lambert. 8, King Williamstreet, ch ari nratem. 2s. 9d. Be sure to atiltfo three 'L ondon, and by most drugpsta. in boxes,la. to rtticross. tl inos the quantity in one, kicott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are a, r D r. aPreen Pack ag e , with " William Lambert," eng raved :Mare MID. ENGRAVE D . CARD PLATES . An Pattern 2B. 1.-utST CARDS, Printed from I'late ls. 1„""Al. ROROCCO CARD CASES NEWSPAPER ENV . F LOPES, gummed 3a. F. Altsi ENVELOPES, 4 doz. 6d. OLD ' ALanuf ac t urin * g Stationer, E 6, Fleet;atreet, B.C. lIIISTOIn "RA M f BATiIES ( Gain 'a Se weiler y AT Krtraita) with 8 I n army , at SE:Aripi l , r , .a.buni cnlamements therefrom, taken , geoZ's-park, lc.p ir 0 PIS tokraph Depot. 3' Sussex-plaee..:.e pes9ea from the ,i'' where a c , a,srhratin . "or chfidre a n . ;l s ilt ; be seen. In lu 14141e1i attc4clca a Y er birth may now 6 - - 444 EMEMBER, WE SUP AT EVAN S ilfellon7F , Ry EVENING THIS WEEK aft..r Alfred Promenade Concerts. S EA —VAC XNCIES for MIDSPIIP MEN end APPRENTICES in a first- c l ass L ondon shipping firm. Premium modrate. ki-o apprentices without prem , um.— Apply to SIMIIONDS and Co.. 38, St. Mary-at-hill, East cheap, E.C. Third ufhcers and Stewards wanted. TWINBURGII (R9lneed Fares), from Ironvate -iLI wharf, Tower.- Saloon, 20s ; fore cabin, 15s; deck (so►diers and sailors on'yi. 7s Ad; return tickets (available for a month), 30s and 2 ?si rd. The cheapest and quickest sea route by the splendid new STNA3ISHIPS of the LONDON and EDINBURGH SHIPPING COMPANY, sailing eveiy I Vednesday and Saturday, at 10 morning*. Apply at the spread Eagle, Regent-circus; or at Irongate-wharf. GENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY. Incorporated by Act of Parliament. 71. Lombard-street, London. WOTTCE IS II! , RE lII' . GIVEN, That the HALF YEARLY GENE itA T, MEET fNG of the PROP!: IE tORS f this C NY w,ll he held at the Compiny's Offices Lombgril-street. on TUESDAY, the 25th insta-t, at Taco o'clock prectselv, nu•sliant to the Act of Parliament, t, transact the usual business. and to declare the Dividend for the half-year ending :;Otit June, 18113. London, August 1, 1563. MARTIN PRATT, See. Royal Hospital, Chelsea, 14th Aug., 1/•6 THE RIGHT HONOURABLE the LORDS and OTHERS, C011:1117SsIONERS of this HOS PITAL, do hereby give NOTICE, That they are ready to receive TENDERS from and to treat with such persons as may be wil•ine• to Contract for victualling the in-pen'-iriners of the said Hospital. from the Ist October, 1863, to the 30th 'September, 1861, both days inclusive, with the following articles of provisions, &c., viz. :—Beet atid Mutton, Bread, Cheese, Butter, Potatoes, Salt, Oatmeal, Barley or Rice, Pepper, Flour, Suet, Cocoa, Black Tea, Sucar, Milk, Onions or Leeks, Carrots, Celery, Thyme, Marjoram, Winter Savory And Parsley, daily, at per head per diem for the whole ration according, to the established allowances of the house. as ' specified in the form offender, whi•:.h may be obtained at the office of the Secretary any day between the hours of 10 and 3 o'clock, which 'fender must be filled up and delivered, sealed, at the Board-room of the said Hospital by the party er parties tendering, or by an agent appointed on his or their brdialt. on Tuesday, the Ist of `eP ten b at 12 o'clock at which time their Lord s hi ps will be prepar:d r. to take the same to consideration. It is to be observed that the Contractors wi'l be requir e d to find Security t') the Crown for the due ' performan e of the Contract, and that no Tender will be received after the day and hour Lblve mentioned. The Commissioners do not pledge themselves to accept the lowest Tender. NORWICH UNION FIRE INSURANCE SOCIETY. The business of the Company exceeds £70,000,000. The duty paid to Government for the year 1862 was .£88,06?, and the amount insured on farming stock, 510,086,332. A bonus of three-fifths of the profi's periodically made to parties insuring, who have thus, from time to time, received sums amounting in the aggregate to .£410,000 ; and the Society now holds a large Res rve appli.able to a future mnus. The rates of premium nre in no case higher than charged by the other principal offices making no returnsos to their insurers. For pro pectuses apply at the Society's Offices, Surrey street, N orwich ; and 0, Crescent, New Bridge-street, Black f friars, E.C. PASSENGERS AND TR AVELLERS PROTECTION AND COMPENSATION OFFICES, 16, Craven-street, Strand, London, W.C. Passengers by Rail, Road, or Water. and others suffering from loss or injury to themselves or pro,erty, should apply for redress and compensation at the above Offices ; established to render prompt assistance to all classes upon the most ad vantageous terms. Advice on application gratis. Letters must be addressed to "The Manager," enclosing a stamp for reply. ESTABLISHED 1833. lass OWDEN'S fERATFD GINGER BEER, in or stone bottl , s, warranted to keep good twelve months. Lemonade, Soda-water, POt£lB3. Seltzer, and every description of Mineral Waters.—Manufactory, co. 3, White Hart-street, Drury-lane, WC. HARPER TWELVETREES' GLYCERINE SOAP POWDER. makes its own Soap, and saves one-half of time, two thirds of Soap, and t ree-fourths of labour! Patentee: Harper Twelvetr-es, Bromley•by-Bow, London. Sold by Grocers, Druggists, and Oilmen. TEA.—MOORE BROTHERS resneetfnily inti mate that their New Prospectus is now ready. They eFpecially recommend their improved Family Tea, reduced to 3s. 2d. ; Souchon , , reduced to 3s. rd. ; mixed Assam, re duced to 3s. Bd. ; and the finest Assam, reduced from is. 4d. to 3s. 11d. per lb. MOORE BROTHERS, 33, London-bridge, City, E.C. PAGE'S BRICK, TILE, AND PIPE MACHINE. 4. for hand, horse, or steam power, are the most simple and ellicboat extant.—Pul. particulars and prices obtained of the makers, E. Page and Co , Laurence Pountney place, Laurence Pountney-hill, Ca , inon-street, E.C., whe re they may be seen in operation daily. MONEY PROMPTLY ADVANCED by a Private Gentleman upon FURNITTJIM (without removal'. Leasehold an Freehold Property, or Reversions, &e, in sums from £2O to X.soo.—Mr. Howard, 28, Queen street, Cheapside. TO Persons in WANT of MONEY (in Town or Country).—A GENTLEMAN is willing- to MAKE ADVANCES of CAS t 1, without delay, to respectable person (male or female), on their own security. The utmost secrecy can be elied on.—Apply by letter enc'ose tour stamps) to 'v., ,4t 51 r. Robertson's, Accountant, 40. K n, William-street, London-bridge, E.C.—Money advanced on Dock Warrants. M MED T ATE CASH ADVANCES.--Persona jj requiring- Capital, repayable by instalments, to enable them to increase or commence bitsinti,s, or for any other put pose, can readily obtain Advances on application at the Offices of the ST. GEORGE ADVANCE FUND ASSO CIAT lONS, 11w, Pall-ma 1, STY. Prospectus and forms sent free. E. H. GILBART, Manager. I Z EATING'S PERSIAN INSECT DESTROY ING POWDER, for which a Prize Niedal was awarded to the Producer at the International Exhibition, 1862, This Powder is quite harmless to an mrl life, but is un rivalled in destroying Fleas. Bug's, Flies, Cockroaches. Beetles, Gnats, Mosquitos, moths in furs, and every other species of Insect. Sportsmen will find this an invaluable remedy for destroy ing Fleas in their Dog,s, as also Ladies for their Pet Dogs. Iteing the original importer of this now invaluable article, which has found so great a sale that it has tempted other, to vend a so-called article, the pubic are therefore cautioned to observe th a ' the packets of the Genuine Powder bear the autogragla of THOMAS KEATING Sold in packets, is., ?s 6d and 4s. 6d each, or post free for 1+ or 16 postage stamps, by Thomas Keating, chemist, 79, St. P. ul s-churchyar, r, London, E.O CELEBRATION of the TERCENTENARY of the BIRTH of SHP KSPEARE, at Stratford-upon- Avon. Th.- Tercentenary Committee (of which sir Robert N. u. Hamilton, Bart , K.O. ii.. is Chttirmant are now receiv ing' SUBSCRIPTION -4, and they may also be paid to the amount of the Tercentenary Committee. at the Stourbridge and Kidderminster or Warwick and Leamington Banks, stratiord-upon-Avon ; Messrs. Greenway, Smith. and Creenway, Warwick ; or their 1 ondon agents, Messrs. Smith, Payne. and uo , Messrs Hanburys and Co., or Messrs. Glyn and Co banke-s, London. The Tercentenary Committee, in submitting the subscrip tion list to the natio n , mos t earnestly appeal.to the admirers of shakspesre for their aid and assistaLce The Committee rest their claims upon the grou.,d that Stratford is not only the birthplace of Shakspea , e. hut the centre of attraction to all admirers of the great Poet's works, and that it was his home, the town he Ived, and where he lived and died. R OYAL 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 BUCCLEUCII, 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 pcnied 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 theirimperative 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. Contrib nit u n t rn. i o po n t s qd.. areaNtttedi. Nicholas-lane; oa e .,3 lv ;_ l e a .ndneer,br andies b e y c oMessrs. Treasurer,pacuoBu:tindtswaaanur and Cu. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith Payne . , and Co.; Glyn and Co. ; Jones Loyd and Co.. Barclay and ; Denison and Co. ; W Mains, and ,Co. Co. ; Overend, Co.du'rney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co. • Messrs. J. Earned and Co., Liverpool and at the Hospital. STANFORD S. SMITH. Secretary. ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION (Incorporated by Royal Charter). P ATRONESS—Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen. PRESIDENT — Vice-Admiral the Duke of Northumberland, K.G., eTTATRIVAN—Thos. Raring, Fsq., M.P., P.R.S., V.P. DEP UT Y - CIIAIRMAN —Thomas Chapman, Esq., P.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 "n the Coasts of Eng'and, Scotland, and Ireland. The number of lives saved by the Life-boats of the Society. 'nd other means, since its formation, is 12,800; for which services 82 Gold Medals, 718 Silver Medals, and £16,480 in cash have been paid in rewards. The Institu tion has also expended £67.( 00 on Life-boats, Lite-boat Transporting-carriages, and Boat-houses. The Committee desire to express their grateful sense of the generous support which they have received from the Ilritish public during the past few years, a support which has enabied them to establish their present magnificent flea of 123 Lifeboats on the s l imes of the United Kingdom Deeply sensib e. however, of the great responsibility that resrs on them to maintain their fleet in a thoroughly efficient state, and its Crews practised in the management of their boats, whi h can only be effected by a large and pe, manent annual income, they earnestly appeal to all classes of their countrymen to aid them in upholding and perpetuating so ow ee t he following I dg git , e r a he a c n o d ni t m ru i l t y te n e a g ti r o a nal a tefuli wrk. y o ukn con tributions:— x s. d annual 5 0 0 .... annual 50 C 0 annual 1 1 0 Campbell, o M b a e j l e l, st t y he tl H ic o Q n ne xt en rs. G. :: :: .. Clerk, Colonel, K.A. • • n i,:j„ • • .. annual 10 0 0 Coutts and Co., Messrs., Ba .. 4th don.lo 0 0 •• •• •• Currie, Wm., ief Justice Esq., • • .. don. 10 10 0 Erie, Lord Ch • • t of a Lifeboat at, d Tran- Fenwiek, G. J Esq., cosK.C.B. .. "....d don. 25 0 0 ~ ranshawe, Vice-Admiral Sir A., sporting* Carrlatre • • ' ' • • ..: do • n. 30 0 Rariey. Rev. G. 0. and Mrs. .. 7th don. 10 0 0 . 250 0 0 Martn, Sir Henry,Bart. • • '' .. don. 15 15 0 3Ioore• Rev. G. B . .. • • " , 30 0 Smith, rs. George, Greenwich • • • • annual 20 0 V.irling, Col. Sir Anthony, E.C.B. • • norn.s Lady, Heston-super-blare, ' Ladyship 1816 re- Percival and Willoughby d . 'Ere — shy Erd •••• • • .' • annual 50 0 lionatio 9 o 4. ; na will be thankfully re eived ns and Annual quhscrip-0--- by the lla Bankers •- ' the Institution, Messrs. Willis, collectedby her C., 9, Stand; Ntesaria. Berries Faranhar. and Co. . nts Co., Lo o n% bard-street ; ,inniei's-street, do •by 1' Collectors of Cum and Bankers in the ' n a the the Secretary itich.,,,,d Lewis ~'Gaited Kingdom ; and by ...,,, i9n ti ' r AN., at the office of flip 4 4 5 ,,, *" ' ' t Joku-stmt, 4cielpi a , . ; v 4,0ncL04, fie slessrs. Coutt,ag.ll. Si' NI No ady at all the L'braries, in 3 vols., P1:1 CL+'......... 4d. I .4 ADY EMILY PONSONBY'S NEW NOVEL, "MARY LYNDSAY." "This story is interesting enthralling; throughout. `Mary Lyndsay' is a most charming heroine "—Sum Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. together to the stand, where Mr. Harrison's filly dropped back, the other two finishing with a dead heat; Change. able was third close up, Coronet fourth; the others beaten off. STAIIPED ....td. at for irTao nceneesextwGe r battery t av having w,, h lec e ee l isp d rt i re s or ix . his e absolute has t to be timesoat wo yl n fu. rrt d :Tei lzyeh h r.:esls a ha n Boer d gnt shseaTmaht announce* e t rp r rze e ar asaaocyhn, greatb c e o fu n o r p roei e tt i et 2ibecomesco7on. n . te s I t t t in e d eep:a shoot Thursday, corps will for fi n e al o b e e h e ller for recently .1 37 1 aedr erected near s i c L o a i o r a n e n t T o be ff h do e n r y e s d a r T last A fortnightly sweepstakes was shot for on W the Glocester corps, when the following gained n :r B, ' daY : Mr. Mr. J. Buchanan, Ist; Mr. E. Rhead, 2d ; Mr. HutztnlB.,T. Stow-on-the- Wold had its annual rifle contest for ' the challenge cup last week. The contest was open to all corners resident within 12 miles of Stow, the cup to be won twice by the same person. There were 31 competitor., and the pr ize was hotly contested. The shooting was at 200, 400, and 600 yards, and the highest score was made by Private J. Gallop, of the 15th Gloccstershire, who scored 33, nine other scorers from 25 to 32 each. A sweepstakes was afterwards got up, when Private J. Keen, making three centres, was declared the winner. The great Yorkshire prize rifle shooting was continued upon Strensall common and at Pickering, terminating on Tuesday week. The following is ventinuation of the keport which has app fared in The Sun. The second series of prizes given by the city of York were determined by shoot ing seven shots at 500 yards. The shooting was excellent. The first prize of £2O was won by Sergeant W. Dove, of Scarborough, who scored 25. There were 164 entries for the prize given by the town of Halifax— the gross amounts being £lOO. Some of the best shooting with Enfields was shown in this contest. The winner of the main prize, Mr. C. Other, scared not less than 51 marks—the distances be ing 400 and 600 yards. Sergeant W. Dove, of Scarborough, won the second prize with 48. The competition for the Whitworth rife given by Earl de Grey and Ripon was among 160 capital shots. The regulations were three shots at any indefinite distance ordered, in order to bring into play the power of judging distance. This was regarded as the most important contest of the meet ing, being a test of a Volunteer's usefulness more than any other. Lieutenant Harrison, of Rotherham, who made two bull's eyes and a centre, won the prize with a score of 11, and was heartily cheered. The contest for Volunteers who attended the Doncaster review, shot for with seven shots at 200 yards, resulted in a tie of 21 between Mr. T. C. Dawson, of Halifax, and Mr. D. Popplewell, of Barnsley, who divided. There were 75 competitors. The prize of plate given by the Reverend R. Brook, of Gate ofef hr r , fivesat North - 00o r h rrn o tt :u h u Er n: Rn d e : fi s fi do Sn:eoeggarl Enfields, 0, was csa a o w nwr t t l eo s den 2 r3 O sbo s o , r Bedale, with a score of 20. The members of the associa tion's ands o eac t vnoodwl f no o ous r 3nhrojoo b st s y eLryaogtar B ed6r 7 adonß. : competitors, Colour-Sergeant yards, indo o ss r op lo n grr prize e of prizes, £2O and £5, were shot for with any rifle, in any position. In this contest the champion shots again met, and therefore the greatest attention was bestowed. The result showed that Captains Heaton and Ross had again tied with a score of 39, five shots at 400 and 600 yands. In shooting oft each of these marksmen made another bull's eye, but in the second round Captain Ross retrieved his previous defeats by another bull's eye, Captain Heaton making an outer ; Sergeant Boynton, of Bridlington, scored 36, the Hon. W. T. O. Powlett 33, and Lieutenant Harland, of Bridlington, 35. The last contest on the common was for a sweepstakes, at 200 and 300 yards, in which Mr. Calvert, of Carpetby, and Mr. Winn, of the same place, tied with 30, and divided. The remaining con test was for the challenge cup given by Colonel Duncombe, M.P., to the 2d North Riding Battalion, to be won twice to give absolute possession. As more convenient for the corps engaged, it was resolved to re-assemble on the Pickering range. There were eight representatives from the Melton, Castle Howard, Scarborough, Helmsley, Thirsk, Wydale, and Pickering Companies. The contest was at 200 and 500 yards, and resulted in victory for the Pickering Company, with a score of 253, Scarborough being second, with 231. The prizes for individual shots went to the Castle Howard and Pickering Corps. This concluded the meeting, which was remarkably successful. Deciding Heat--g to 5 apt Sledmere, who waited upon the non-favourite to half-way in the distance, when he went up and won in a canter by two lengths. The winner was bought in for 72 guineas. The Brambam Park Stakes, of 100 soya each, 30 ft, for foals of MO, the produce of mares which never produced a u inner ; colts, Bst 71b; fillies ; Bst 31b. One mile and a half. Three subs. Mr. T. I'Anson's na Borealis, Bst Gib (in 3lb ex) (Chall'onEr) w.o. The Old Three7Yr-Old Produce Stakes of 100 sovs, h ft; colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 41h. Two miles. Mr. Watt's Miss Armstrong, Bst llb (in 31b e 3) _ (J. Snowden) w.o. Naval and Military Intelligence. At an early period of the summer Major Melly inti mated that he would invite the effective members of the 4th brigade of Lancashire Artillery to a pie-nic, and on Saturday that event came off in Knowsley-park. The Earl of Derby gave every countenance and assistance to the pro ceedings. The corps and its friends, to the number of fully 800, were conveyed by special train from Liverpool to Huyton, whence proceeding to the Prescot-gate of Knowsley-park they reached the ground set apart for the feta. This was in close proximity to the lake in the deer park, and it afforded ample space for the pitching of tents and the performance of drill movements. The day was fine, there was a goodly muster of the brigade and spectators, and the park presented a very gay ap pearance. Among those present to welcome the Volunteers were the Countess of Derby and Lady Cremorne; Lord Cremorne, Captain Hornby, R.N., and party; Admiral Grenfell, Lieut.-Col. Sir J. Jones, K.C.8., &c. The party, numbering 420 men and non-commissioned officer s of the 4th Brigade, Lancashire Artillery Volunteers, and their friencle, arrived on the ground about 4 o'clock. They were drawn up in open column, and went through a variety of field operations, under command of Lieut.-Col. Bourne. The corps were then formed in three sides of a square in front of the saluting flag, where the prizes were presented to the successful competitors by Mrs. Col. Bourne. These consisted of handsome silver salvers and cups to the bat teries which had proved successful in the competition of gunnery. In addition to these, each gunner who had struck the target was presented with a handsome cross of merit. A fourth series of prizes should have been pre sented, but that ceremony was deferred on account of the lamented death of Mr. Theodore W. Rathbone. The prizes having been presented, Col. Bourne addressed the brigade. He said it had afforded him the utmost pleasure to be connected with them. They had been most regular in drill, and the result of that regularity and attention had manifested itself in the general excellence of their evolu tions. He was happy to say that not longer than last Sa turday they had been inspected by an officer of the Royal Artillery, sent down especially by the War Department, and he had much pleasure in keying that that officer had expressed himself in terms of high admiration cf the bri cwhheieerhs could fo rt surpass he E Earl r l o t them e D m e in b a request gado. He said he had never seen a volunteer regiment of their movements. In conclusion he called for three heartily responded to. At the conclusion of the feast and a dance on the bowling -green, the guests were conveyed by a special train to Liverpool, where they arrived about e a l n ly cl t regularity , 10 o'clock, greatly delighted with the day's amusement. ythaendstlkealadjionresMs . .. . EW S PAPER ---, , -------- HE FORESTERS' PET Ir I: 5 .'42/ 2... ,4'., jii i gy.: . ,._ • ' ~............,,, '''' ,4l4 t '-.4 - ...: ...7- , Kati - n„ V......t., - ~ , t1, . ..,,, t w; • t.v,.. , , -'` . 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It is a kind of workiz men's carnival and great day out, the carnival el ment being supported by a number of simpletons. usually the ugliest and worst made men of 1: 1 whole assembly, who, for this occasion, put on tl picturesque costume which tradition ascribes it differently to merry foresters and medieval bat dits. There is nearly always a sufficient springlit of these wonderful stage characters to give conside able animation to the general muster, to say nothit of those who limit their travestie to the me. hat and feathers over the every-day costume or whose only concession to the spirit of the day a false nose and beard —the farmer often an in. provement on nature. Last year this fete was rs wonderful one , li: ond i n ' s performances and tL fineness of th e weat h er tempting more than 100,00 visit ors to N orwood. Yesterday the numbers, t compared w i t h t h e previous great occasion, shows aconsiderablet a l Palace fallin g of am gr p partly rtie, w due hie h w toe were programme, the and threat en i ng weather, and also in a great mea sure to th ere b eing no unusual features of attractiot in the Cryst a l y eth c o o s l 1 of an ordinary shill i ng day, if we except the f attempt made t o p l ay th onntains against a higl wind. The great mass theof visitors, of course. went down by rail ; but there was no lack of the usual vanloads from all parts of the metropolis and suburbs, thronging the rends to Norwood, which, in the neighbourhood of the building itself, were each, like long straggling country fairs, thronged with conventional niggers, washed into dingy aiif castes by occasional showers, with showmen, acro bats, and singers, performing monkeys, and preeo cious children. Within the precincts of the Palac e , as is always the case on these occasions, the grounds were the great attractions, and here the visitors swarmed in thousands over terraces and lawns and walks even down to that neglected spot where th e mute preachers on the wonders of the pre - Adaanite creation usually reign alone. From 12 till 2 o'clacla dining seemed to be the great business of the day, and when their widespread picnic was over and the ground littered deep with pots and greasy papers and the debris of many thousand meals, everyone took themselves to their own devices for amusement. With some it took the extremely simple, and at first sight, unpleasant form of rolling down the banks, but the n'ajority shunning these frivolities, assembled near the many bands, stood in a crowd round the large platform, where a great number of ladies and gentlemen, with their marts round each other were hustling about, in 'wild confusion, and were stimulated to renewed efforts by occasional cheers from the lookers-on—for this was the dancing. Then there was an archery match, at which the spectators were most wisely kept in rear of the archers—the only safe place from which to view the contest, except the butts aimed at. In this latter. strife the gentlemen in character we have before alluded to utterly failed to realise the popularexpectations formed from their complete equipment as hardy bowmen, and fell an easy prey to obloquy and public commiseration, both of whicX we are bound to say were loudly and abundantly tendered upon their breakdown. The fountains played at three, and tried hard for some time to bear up against the wind, but in vain. It cut away the feathery column of water at half its height, breaking it into flaky undulations like white fire works, and as the sun shone through the drift, filling the gardens with the splendour of rainbows in all directions. The ascent of Mr. Coxwell's bal loon attracted an immense audience, who waited with exemplary patience for a long time before the machine was let go, and when at last it was released it rose at once and moved away so swiftly as to create rather a feeling of disappointment at there being so little to see after all, and led apparently to a very general opinion that an ascent to be worth seeing ought to be repeated several times. The departure of Mr. Coxwell set free some 30,000 visitors in search of amusement, and the grounds were soon dotted over with quadrille parties, in whose hands the gentle dance was soon made to assume the appearance of powerful athletic exer cise. Kiss in the ring, too, became highly popular, and was carried on with such vigour and swiftness on the part of the fair donors of the handkerchiefs as apparently made one or two such favours quite enough for the longest winded. Everywhere there were games of. some kind or another, and it was nearly dusk before the public were as usual seized with the simultaneous idea that they would all go home together, and experienced the customary amount of crashing and discomfort in endeavouring to carry this idea into effect. It was late in the night before the last were out of the Palace, by which time even the most enthusiastic holiday-seekers appeared to have had quite enougl of it. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, Just published, in Bvo., price ls., TAGNEOPATHY. THE PHILOSOPHY OF z_L HEALTH. Bentley, New Burlinzton- street. CRITIQUrS nn the NEWSPAPER PRESS i n the LITERARY TIMES, every week. T " 0 X F OR D , e, OXFORD STREET, W. THIS EVENING, will be performed Operatic Selections from sir Tlen*y P. rishop's THE SLAVE and Halevy's MUSKETEERS (first time in England). Principal Artistes—Miss Russell, Miss Ellison, Messrs. Green, Bernardi, finish, (tc., with full band and chorus. Conductor, Mr. F. Jon;.thmans. Flute Solos by Drew Dean &c. Comic, by UNSWORTII ("or any other man "), Eugene, W. Randall, E. Righton, and A. Lloyd. Also, a Pei formance by Herr SCHALKENBACII on his wonderful inst. ument, the PIANO ORCLIETRE, contain ing a full ba..id of 40 instruments. 1 he HALL his ju , t 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, is. ; private boxes, 10s. 6d. NOTICE. —The GHOST! GHOST !! GHOST!!! AT C %NTERBURY HALL. Two representations of Professor P, pper's startlimr, Illusion will be given on Monclay3. Wednesdays, anal Sa•urdiys, at Nine and a qu , rter past Eleven o'clock ; other Evening's at Eleven only; and produced with all the newest improve ments by Mr. A. Siivester, which can be sten only at this establishment. -Dramatic Rearlinzs by Mr. Graham, in addition to Grand Operatic Selections. Cantatas G'e s, Son ,, s, Comic an d Sentimental, and UN,WORTII, the Stum,, Orator. Open every Ev-ning; at half past Seven. Admission, Sixpence. OYAL ALHAMBRA PATACF,. The • FAIRY FOUNTAIN.—A (;rand Divertissement by Smnora Rechele and Mariannina and Signor Guisepne Fran ce co, assisred by a corns of Twenty young Ladies—The Conrads as the Original Wrench Clowns and em the ('orde Elastique—Les Petit Monstres- Brian and Conly in an amusing and novel B ur l esque - Mrs. Brian as Old Aunt Sally, ecc., &c.—Wood and his Wonderful Son—Grand Operatic Selections :—Principals, miss M‘Gregor. Mr. Albert, Signor Georg- ni (the new Italian tenor), and Mr. Vernon Rigby— Band and Chorus of sixty Performers. T HE FIRST - WEEK of the ALHAMBRA GHOST of , a highly com i cal and amusing vpresentation the popular opt.cal illusion.—EVEitY EVENING, at Eleven o'clock. YORK AUGUST MEETING.—TrEsDAr. The gathering on Knavesmire, that prelude to the great Northern event which it is supposed so much to influence and foreshadow, has this year been denuded of none of its usual attractions. The entries for tee two-yr-old Stakes, such important features at this meeting, have kept quite up to the mark as regards both the number and character of the an , rn ds entered, the Convivial alone boasting S 8 nomi nations, while the anticipated presence of Queen Bertha, Lady Augusta, Marigold, and the Ranger, among the three-yr-old division, and the probable meeting of such animals as Maccaroni, Carbineer, Tim WLifller, &e, in the Cup gave promise of contests that should he worth record ing, and fields that would afford the industrial community a profitable return for their labours. One drawback there has been, in the small number of ac ceptances fur the Great Ebor, rendering it a bad betting w h a e s m seldomention o t ff h e a r t e t d h s e o n good e a r oprospect race for th e l ayers of the odds—with this exception, York t o o f be sp d o e r c t i , d e a d nd by w hen Judge average 11 on each day, we think the keenest sports man must be satisfied with the entertainment provided. Two or three days' rain, too, had made the " going" necrly eeerylhing that could be wished, and caused York to bo about the first meeting distinguished by the absence of dust. The walks-over for the Juvenile and Black Duck Stakes introduced the Two-Year-Old Convivial, for which a dozen appeared at the post, Appenine a very fine colt of Mr. Jacques's, being made a warm favourite at 5 to 4. After some delay a good start was effected, and, coming well together to the distance, Claremont and the two next placed singled themselves out, and a pretty race re sulted in favour of Claremont by a neck. The Burgundy was an easy victory for Lord Glasgow—and then th, Yorkshire Oaks, rendered interesting by the presence of Lady Augusta and Marigold, and for which the former was considered the deadest of certainties, added one more example to the many "mistakes" in racing, by the winner turning up in an outsider and the favourite finish ing a bad fourth. The company was more select than numerous, and the weather fine. The &eland Stakes (handicap) of 5 sovs each, with 50 added, for all ages. The second to save his stake. One mile. 12 subs. Duke of Beaufort's Doncaster, 6 yrs, Bst 41b..(Fordbam) 1 Mr. J. Oeborne's Lady of Coverham, 2 yrs, Sat 71b (Carroll) 2 Mr. W. Hart' s Erin-go-Bragh, S yrs, 85t.... (Clement) 3 The following also ran :—Ophelia, Anonyma, Welcome, Entrement, Little Hannah, Globule, Stampede, Michael Scott. Betting-5 to 2 agst Anonyms, sto 1 each agst Stampede and Doncastei-, 100 to 5 agst Coverham, and 100 to 6 egst Globule. Globule, in company with Entrement, Lady of Coverham, the favourite, Stampede, and the Little Hannah colt, made the running, with the others lying close in their track, with the exception of Welcome, who appeared to get badly off. On reaching the T.Y.C. post Globule disappeared from the front, and Entrement was seen in advance, but shortly after she was headed by Lady of Coverham, attended next the rails by Ophelia, Erin-go-Bragh, Anonyma, and Doncaster almost abreast to the half-distance, where Lord de Freyne's filly was disposed of, and in a few strides further she was joined by the favourite, leaving Doncaster in attendance upon the 2-yr-old to the Stand, when Fordham went to the front, and won clearly by a neck, Lady of Coverham beat ing Erin-go-Bragh by a head for the second money, Ano nyma was fourth, close up; the others beaten off. The Juvenile Stakes of 100 sovs each, 30 ft., for foals of 1861; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 51b. Three-quarters of ......... borne) .o. a mile. Three s u b s . Mr. Launde's Min er , Bst 71b . The Black Duck Stak es o f 1,000 sovs each, O s 300 ft., w for the produce of mares covered in 1860; colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 31b. Those got by untried stallions, or out of untried mares allowed 31b; both, 61b. Three-quarters of a mile. Zhree subs. Lord Glasgow's Miss Whip filly (61b), 7st Illb The Convivial Stake s o f 1 0 (Ford hstu) w.o. sovs, le ft, with 100 added ; colts Bst 71b, fillies bat 31b. Winners extra. The second to receive 10 per cent, out of the stakes, and the third to save his stake. T.Y.C. 88 subs. Mr. Bowes's Claremont (31b), Set 41b .... (A. Edwards) 1 Mr. Wintringham's Appenine (3ib), Bst 41b..(Fordhatn) 2 Mr. Merry's Phemy Bst 31b Mr. Hudson's Coastguard (31b), Bst 9ib (Whiteley) 4 The following also ran :—Durham, Harvest Mell, Rose neath, King George, Lord Adolphus, Hymettus, Achilles, and Tarlatan. Batting -5 to 4 agst Appenine, 4to 1 agst Durham, and 10 to 1 agst any other. After a protracted delay at the post, the advanced flog was lowered to an admirable start, Harvest Melt, lying in the centre of the course, was the first off, and with Dur ham, the favourite, the Phemy colt, and King George made the running to the distance, where Claremont (who being a slow beginner, lost considerabl e ground at the start) im proved his position, and on reaching the stand he, in com pany with Mr. Merry's filly, joined the favourite, the three running closely locked to the chair, Mr. Bowes's colt, who appeared to run the longest, winning cleverly by a neck, like distance separatin g th e second and third, Coastg a card was a good fourth, King G eorge fif th, Durham sixth Harvest Mell next. ,and The Burgundy Stakes of 100 sovs each, le ft, for 4-yr-olds; colts Bst 10db, fillies Bst 61b. Two miles over tha Old Course. Three subs. Lord Glasgow's Minnie, Bst 101 b ........ (T. Aldcroft) 1 Mr. Savile's Harlequin, Bst 10lb ........ (G. Fordham) 2 Betting-55 to 50 on Harlequin, who made the running at a slow pace to the enclosure, when Aldcroft set his horse going, and won in a canter by two lengths. The Yorkshire Oaks of 15 sovs each, 5 ft, with 100 added, for 3-yr-old fillies, Bst 10lb each. Winners extra, with maiden allowances. The second to receive 50 sovs of the stakes, and the third to save her stake. One mile and a quarter. 62 subs. Mr. Watt's MIAs Armstrong, Bst 101 b (J. Snowden) 1 Mr. W. PAnson's Bonny Bell, Bst 31b..., Withington) 2 Mr. Bowes's Seuterelle, Bst 31b .......... (G. Fordhatn) 3 Lord Stanford's Lady Augusta, Oat 4lb extra) (A Edwards) 4 . Lord *Westmoreland's Marigold, Bst 131 b (ieclu. 31b ex) Lord Uxbridge's Erythia, Bst 101 b ...... (J Goat er .. (S. Roger) 5 Rogers) a) in to 4 on Lady Augusta, 6 to 1 agst Marigold, Bto g st - 11 .7 1iss Armstrong, and 9to 1 ag s t S auterelle. B Miss t Armstrong jumped away with a com man d ing lead, whicet asst retained to the end, and won cle ver l y by a distance separating the second an d third ; a length, a like neck between the third aed fourth. Second Year of the Seventh Biennial Stakes of 10 sovs each, h ft, with 100 added, for foals of 1863 ; colts:, Bst 101 b; fillies, Bst 51b. Winners extra. Two miles, ove r th e Old Course. 74 subs. Mr. Savile's The Ranger, Bst 13Ib (including 31b ext ra ) (J. Go a t er) 1 Mr. J. Scott' s Th e E ag l e , B s t 10lb (Ashineli) 2 M Mr. John D awson ' s T rum p s , Bst 101 b (1 t) og ers ) 4 Mr. John Osborne's Fanfaron, Bst 101 b Betting -2 to lon The Ranger, 6to 1 each agst Tr umps and Early Purl. d of a dozen .lengths i n followed by the Eagl e advance of th e f avour it e, w h o was hi per-in, until Th ey Fanfaron made play at a good and Trumps, E ar l y P ur l act i ng as w p dually came back to passed the wo o d, w h ere the leader gra post was beaten, an d his horses, and on reac hi ng the T.Y. C . pace, s and before they h ad reached the mile p os t was upwar d s Ranger in possessi on disappeared from the fr on t,l eav i ng t h e Goater let out th e where mmate ease by a length, littl e separating the second of the lead, who, with the Eagle, Trumps favourite, wh o won w i t h the most consuand Trumps, and Early Purl, came on togeth er t o t h e enclosure, third; a bad fourth. Winners by the Race Committee, for horses of all ages. extra. One mile. 30 subs. . (Doyle) 1 The Chesterfield Handica? of 5 says each, with 100 added Mr. 'Wilkinson's Dictator, 5 yrs, ast 51b 1 b ... Colonel Towneley'e Newchurch, 3 yes, 6st 9 (A. Edwards) 3 Lords tamford's Bertha 4 yrs 78 , 121 b • • %--' L ates) 4 Ridley's Alice, ha, bat 91b (J. o Stanton,Beau sThlowing also ran :--Little Pippin, . (Covey) 2 val Paddy O'Rourke, Angela., Fluke, and Manchester. BettinDoncaster was s truck out at 2 5 p.m. g-6 to 2 agst Ne wc h urch, 9 to 2 agst Dictator, 8 to 1 each agar Be r th a and Angelus, 10 to 1 eget Beauvale. Fluke ; in c ompany with Paddy O'Rourke, Dictator, and Newchurch, mad e t h e running gave way, an d B ertha and to the ro a d, w h ere the former running in close Alice join e d th e l ea d ers , the lot next the rails com pany to th e b end, where Dictator, , earn° to th e f ront, and won in a trot by half. a•doson lengths; four lengths separating the second and third, Alice wee fourth, Beauvale fifth, Paddy O'Rou r k e and Little Pi ws and Stanton sixth; ppin were the tw o last. olds, 6st 101 b; 3-yr-olds The Selling Stak es of s so each, with 40 added; 2.yr 6. yr-olds •and upwards, 9st 121 b 'mares an d ge ldi ngs allowed 31b; the wi nner to bed for £10 0; if for £BO, sold 3 yrs, 7st 71b (X4O) allowed 41b ; if for 430 , 81b ; if for 449, 141 b. T.Y . C . Flower, 3 yrs, 7st 41b (X4O) Six subs. s , m S I r e d r a m i r e i r e e , (elements) t Mr. J. J. G R r o e b a i v iis er o ' : (Whit eley) t Mr. A. Harrison's Chan gea bl e, 2 yrs, ast 71b (440) (Carroll) 3 Mr. Barber's C orone t, 6 yrs, Bst 121 b (z4O) Mr. Orroe's Mousley, 2 yrs, 6st 21b (Z6O) (G. N oble) 4 A. Woodhouse 5 ) Mr. robert's Lachesis, 4 yrs, Bst 101 b( (440):.. (Doyle) 6 Betting-5 to 2 agst Moulsey, 3to 1 agst Changeable, 4 to 1 each agst Coronet and Lachesis. The latter jumped awayiiif;n7and made the running to the distance, when §he was beaten, and the lead was taken up by Sledmere, Who was joined at the enclosure by !to Prafro 'lower aLd c4,ltlzoble the three running THE NAVY. VALETTA, Aug. 14.—Her Majesty's' despatch vessel Psyche, 2, Lieut.-Commander R. Sterne, ar rived this morning from Constantinople, the Piraeus, Suds Bay (Caudill), and Calamata. She had been relieved at Constantinople by her Majesty's vessel Caradoc, 2, Lieut. Commander E. H. Wilkinson. She left the Marlborough, 121 (bearing the flag of the Vice-Admiral Commander-ire Chief R. Smart, K.H.), Capt. C. Fellowes, at Suda Bay, on the 11th inst., where there was also a Turkish squadron, The Marlborough, with the Trafalgar, 70, Capt. T. IL Mason, had left the Piraeus on the Bth inst. for a cruise. The St. George, 84, Capt. the Hon. F. Egerton, left the Ph mus ou the 6rh inst. for Nau plia. The Queen, 74, Capt. C. F. Hillyar, was still at the Pirmus on the Bth, with the Meeanee, 60, Copt. G. Wodehouse, the Icarus, 11, Commander N. Salmon, V. C., and the Orlando, 46, Capt. Ra nolph, which last-mentioned vessel arrived there on the 3d inst. from Malta. The Magicienne, 16, Capt. W. Armytage, which left Malta on the 7th inst., had also joined the Commander-in -Chief. The Fox hound, Commander IV. H. Anderson, was likewise on the Athens station. On the lonian Islands and west coast of Greece station there were the Revenge, 73 (bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral H. R. Yel verton, C. 8.), Cept. the Hon. F. A. C. Foley ; the Liffey, 39, Capt. G. Parker ; the Pelican, 17, Com mander P. Brock ; and the Waederer, 4, CoMmander M. C. Seymour. The Revenge bad visited Calamata and Cerigo, and when last heard from was bound to Zante, Cephalonia, and Corfu. The Firefly, 5, Com. A. L. Mansell, had received orders to leave Corfu for Zinte and Patras. The Psyche brought down as passenger the Rev. A. G. Berry, formerly chaplain to the Liffey. She also brought news of the death of Lieut. Frederick H. Blair, of the Tra falgar, which occurred after an illness of only three days. The following foreign vessels of war were lying at the Piraeus at the date of the last accounts: French—the Redoubtable, 90 (bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Touchard), and the Zenobie, 38. Italian—the Re Gelantuomo, 80 (bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Vacca), and the Costituzione, 8. Austrian—the Novara, 50 (bearing the pend4nt of Commodore Tegaihoff), the Frederich, 22, the See hoand, 4, and Kerka. Turkish —the Broussa, 22. Greek —the Hellas, 28. The Helloes and two other Greek vessels were being got ready to be despatched on the 13th of August to Toulon, to embark there the young King George I. and convey him to Greece. All was quiet at Athens. Her Majesty's iron paddlewheel vessel Weser, 6, Commander A. H. L. John atone, and the screw ganboat Cockatrice, Lieut.-Commander R. M. Gillson, were still on the Danube and Constantinople station. The Chanti deer, 17, Commander C. Stirling, was on the coast of Syria. The Phoebe, 35, Capt. 'l'. A. D. Fortescue, arrived at Alexandria on the 4th inst. from Bey. rout, and has since left that port under sail for Malta. Her Majesty's screw corvette Cossack, 20, Capt. W. IL Rolland, left the Malta dock on Mon day, and steamed round the island to try her re paired screw shaft, which was found to answer ad mirably. She left port about 10 a.m., and returned at 4 p.m., and towed out the Malacca, 17, Capt. G. J. Napier, which immediately afterwards made sail tor the north-east, for a cruise in the channel. The Malacca returned to the mouth of the harbour on Tuesday, and Wednesday reported herself to the Admiral, and stood out to sea again. Tnis morning signals were made for her to re-enter port, orders having come out to send her instantly to England. These orders were quite unexpected, as it was be lieved that the legal proceedings before referred to would not necessitate her proceeding home, at any rate for some time to come. Things have turned out otherwise, and she will leave to-morrow. Her Majesty's surveying vessel Growler (tender to the Medina, Capt. T. A. B. Spratt, C. 8.) left port on Monday afternoon, under the command of Mr. Stokes, R.N., master of the Medina, on surveying service in the Malta channel. The Hydra paddle sloop, which is to replace the Medina, is expected out here from Woolwich about the middle of Sep tember, under the command of Lieut. G. R. Wil kinson, who is at present at home on leave. On her arrival Capt. Spratt will assume the command, and the other officers and crew of the Medina will be transferred to her. Her Majesty's iron paddle. wheel sloop Trident, 3, Commander C. F. Balfour, has been ordered from Gibraltar to Malta. Her Majesty's screw gun-vessel Surprise, 4, Commander W. H. Whyte, is under orders to take the mail ex pected to-night from Marseilles to the commander in-chief. The Cossack will probably be sent up to the Piraeus with the next mail, and thence to the coast of Syria. The only ships in port are—The Hibernia, receiving ship (bearing the flag cf Rear- Admiral H. T. Austin, C. 8.), Commander R. B. Harvey ; the Cossack, the Malacca, the Medina, the Psyche, the Surprise, and the Boxer (tender to the Hibernia). The Black Eagle yacht with the Lords of the Admiralty and their staff arrived at Falmouth, on Monday, on an official visit, and were received by Capt. Grenfell, of her Majesty's ship Russell, the coastguard ship of the station. After the usual in spection, the Duke of Somerset and the other Lords made a survey of the breakwater and docks which are in a forward state of construction at that port. The undocking of the iron -cased ship Caledonia, officially announced to take place at Woolwich at the end of the present month, is now ordered to he deferred until the arrangements for her reception in the basin are completed. These may probably extend over a period of two months or more, as the works can only be performed at low tide by reason of the coffer-dam having been driven away by the flood. The armour-plating of the sides has been completed with great success, the only portion of the iron-casing now remaining to be affixed being the end plates, which require much care and inge nuity in bending. Her Majesty's screw steam corvette Clio, 22 guns, 1,472 tons, 400 horse power, Capt. Thos. Miller, arrived at Sheerness from the Pacific on Monday, and was inspected by Vice-Admiral Sir George R. Lambert,K.U.B., Commander-in-Chief et Sheerness, and staff. She will be paid out of commission in a few days. Tho Clio was fitted out at Sheerness in July, 1859, by Capt. Miller, and since that time has bon employed on the Pacific station, most of the officers who went out with her still remaining in the ship. The Itleruit, 6, iron paddlewheel store ship, 590 tons, 160 horse power,Commander F. Cottam, which has recently been refitted at Chatham dockyard, arrived at Sheerness on Saturday. She has since coaled, taken in p ow der, and been sw ung f or the adjustment of her compasses. Her final trial trip measured mile off Maplin will take place at the Sands on Thursday next, previous to h er d eparture for the West Coast of Africa, to which station she has been appointed. The Snipe, 3, screw steam gunvessel, 431 tons, 80- hor,© power, Commander A. H. W. Battiscombe, has completed fitting for sea, and will be taken for tr ial rtt the measured mile off Maplin Sands on T "?rc l3 .lr. PLQU'.4. the trial rron 4atiagutory, the STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER, Aug. 18.—A very large business has been done in yarn to-day, and many old par cels have been cleared out of the market, some of which had been in stock since last year. The buy.. ing has been chiefly for Chins:, India, the Mediter ranean, and home trade. Yarns of all descriptions are now exceedingly scarce, and an advance of ' prices ia reported of 33. to ld. per lb. on both kinds. Spinners being well under contract this advance has been obtained without much difficulty. The market closes strong at the advance. For cloths we have had a steady, continuous demand for the last six or seven days, and a fair amount of business has been done at last Tuesday's prices. To-day business has been checked a little in con - sequence of manufacturers having asked rather higher rates, to cover to some extent the advance in the cost of cotton, but still the market continues good, the demand being of a more general character than of late. The demand for India is still chiefly in the lighter makes of cloth, but it also em b races 48-inch an d 50 to 54-inch shirtings, which are prin cipally i n request for Bombay and Calcutta, and as there are fewer makes of these, the prices are rather better for them than of the lighter fabrics. As showing the more general character of the demand it may be mentioned that amongst the fabrics in request are th e heavier descriptions, in c l u di ng l ong cloths, T-cl o il ie, and domestics, partly for India and for the Levant and for the home trade. Some of the orders given out have been heavy, and we hear of several mills having been re-opened. Messrs. John Slagg and Co., in their report of the cloth market this day, observe :—" There is no new fea ture in the market since Tuesday last. We con tinue to have a very steady general demand for goods, and a fair amount of business has been done at the full quotations of last week. Owing to the state of the cotton-market and the reduction of stocks many parties are asking an advance, and business to-day has in consequence been restricted." LEEDS, 18th.—The improvement lately noticeable in the woollen cloth trade of this town and district is keeping up well. To-day there was a good at tendance both of buyers and sellers, and at the close of the market a considerable bulk of goods were found to have been sold, and were removed from the halls. The warehouse trade, too, is active, there being a full average amount of orders making up as well by the export houses as those in the home trade. Heavy goods, such as have lately been mentioned in these rerorte, continue to com mand the chief attention. There is a Hitt() doing in light fabrics for female dresses, and not flinch in ordinary cloths. The wool market is active, and prices are firm. NOTTINGHAM, 18th.—There was about the usual. attendance at the Exchange-hall to-day, and lace yarns were held at fully Friday's rates. In hosiery yarns there is more doing, and extreme prices may be quoted. There was no material change in the value of silks. The demand for brown nets was again very slow, and prices may be written about the same as last week. ROCHDALE, 1703.—There has been a good de mand tor flannel to-day, and the trade is altogether active, both the plain and fancy departments ex periencing a call for goods as fast as they can ho produced. Indeed, niazufacturers might have more orders at the current rates, but there is a disposi tion to stand out for an advance, the prico of Wool keeping ve . Yr high, and E 0711 e kinds having ail up ward tentlehev. There is also a goo 3. ee::,nd for i;0 0 d 93 and „rice, arc VIVA; HEALTH OF LONDON, (From the Registrar-Ge)teral's Weekly Return.) The deaths in London, which rose to 1,514 in the last week of July, fell to 1,4 02 in the first W ee k o f the present month, and again to 1,320 in the week that ended last Sa turday. The average number of d ea th s in ten corresponding weeks, viz., the 33d in each of the years of 1853-62, is, with the omission of 720 deaths from cholera in 1854, and a cor rection for increase of population, 1,256 ; and the actual re sult as shown in the ',resent return therefore exceeds by 64 the estimated number for this period of the year. By comparing the results of the last two weeks, it is seen that there is an increase of the deaths caused by zymotic diseases, while there is a decrease in all the four other classes, viz., constitutional, local, developmental diseases, and violence. Forty-five fatal cases of smallpox were returned, which differs little from the weekly average n umber since the end of May. The mortality from the disease is nearly stationary but on the whole shows a tendency to decline. Five out of the 45 cases are stated to have occurred to persons who had been vaccinated. There were 118 deaths from scarlatina and 22 from diph theria. Three children died from scarlatina, 3 from diph all in the Chi ldren's Hospital, theria, and 1 from measles , Great Ormond-street, in the present month, Eight deaths from scarlatina occurred in Islington, 5 in the north sub district of west London, 8 in Rateliff and Limehouse, 6 in Bow. Diarrhsoa and English cholera Were fatal in 209 cases, of which 190 occurred to children. L as ; week the births of 979 boys and 930 girls, in all 1,909 children were registered in London. In the ten corre sponding weeks of th e years 1853-62 the average number (corrected) was 1,806. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29.351 in. The reading rose to 30in. on Sunday, and fell to 29 65 in. Saturday. The mean temperature of the air in the week was 65'1 deg , which is 3 5 deg. above the average of the same week in 43 years (as determined by gr. Glaisher). The mean daily temperature was above the average on every day except Friday. The highest day temperature was 81.9 deg., and occurred en Sunday. The lowest night temperature was 5().1 deg., and occurred on Wednesday. The range of tem perature in the week was therefore 31'8 deg. The mean daily range was 24.3 deg. The difference between the mean daw-point temperature and air temperature was 10 deg. The mean degree of humidity of the air was 70, complete saturation being represented by 100. The air was very dry on Tuesday and Wednesday, when the humidity was only 63 and 62. The wind blew irons the south-west, except on Wednesday and two following days, when it was generally in the northeast. No rain was measured in the week, [ADVERTISEMENT.] — HoIIoway's Ointment and Pills. - Chest Complaints.—The propriety of disturbing the nervous and vascular system in pulmonary maladies by administering internal medicines was long questioned before Professor Holloway was enabled to pruve the practicability of reliev ing ovorgorged lungs and motoring their natural action by external means. His Ointment thoroughly rubbed upon the walls of the chest twice a day gives the utmost security and comfort in influenza, acute and chronic cough, bron chitis, pleurisy, stitches in the side, shortness of breath and palpitation- The weakest may safely try this remedy and will find that they have not staked their hopes on an un certainty or frittered away valuable time in fruitless or injurious experiments. Molerate doses of Hollowa.y':, v,r9 bOn:e :111-4S aciv.*ablo. vessel will immediately leave Saeerness for the West Coast of Africa. Tne Aretbusa, 39, screw steam frigate, 3,141 tons, 500-horse power, having been brought forward for the first division of the steam reserve at Sheerness in the dockyard at that place, was removed to moorings in the harbour yesterday, Gnd will shortly be taken out for trial of her engines at the measured mile off Maplin Sands. THE ARMY. In consequence of the death of Field Marsha Lord Clyde, the siege operations, which were on ginally to have taken place at Chatham yesterday, and in which the entire force of the garrison as well as the squadron of gunboats would have taken part, have been indefinitely postponed, and it is now un certain on what day the contemplated operations will take place. Tke second annual marching out and encampment of the troops in garrison at Woolwich on Dartford heath took place yesterday. The troops assembled on parade at Woolwich at 7 a.m., and commenced their march at 8. The Horse Brigade and the Riding trocp proceeded by way of Plnmatead and Crayford, in command of Colonel D'Aguilar, C. 8.; the 9th brigade and one field battery of the depot, and one 40-pounder battery of guns took the road through Eltham and Bexley, and were commanded by Colonel Smyth, C.B. ; the 13th Brigade (foot) and Royal Marine Light Infantry marched over Shooter's-bill and Crayford, under the command of Colonel Buchanan. The whole of the troops arrived on the heath simultaneously at 11 o'clock. They were accompanied by Captain Grant's ambulating cooking battery, by means of which dinners were cooked on the march, and served with the same promptitude as from the garrison kitchens. The men returned to quarters at four o'clock, evidently gratified with the day's excursion. Capt. F. J. Bolton, 12th Regiment, the inventor of the lime light telegraph signals recently intro duced into both branches of the service, has just completed a lengthened course of instruction of the several corps at Chatham garrison, in the use and working of the new system of day and night tele graphy. He has rejoined his regiment at the Curragh Camp. THE VOLUNTEERS, The fourth annual prlz3 meeting of the 11th Middlesex (St. George's) Rifles was held at Wormwood Scrubs on Monday and Tuesday week, under the superintendence of Lieut.-Col. the Hon. C. H. Lindsay. The first prize on the list was the St. George's Challenge Cup and Gold Medal. It was competed for by first and second class shots of any year, in five rounds, at the 400, 500, 600, and 700 yards' ranges. Corporal A. Crookes became the winner, with a score of 54 marks. The next contest was for a gold watch, value 20 guineas, presented by Mr. J. T. Robinson, for a first prize. The entrance fees, amounting to over 8 guineas, formed a second prize. Theranges being 650 and 700 yards, seven shots at each distance. The watch was won by Pri vate Blaize, with a score of 39 marks; Sergeant Stewart and Private Sandford tied for second prize, with a score of 33 marks. On shooting off the tie, Sergeant Stewart made a centre, and thus carried off the entrance fees. The Turner Plate and Silver Medal, which is now the properly of the corps, was competed for in five shots at the 200, 500, and 700 yards' ranges. Sergeant Gray was the winner, with a score of 38 marks. A silver cup, presented by the non commissioned officers was competed for by first-class men. The ranges were 300, 500, and 700 yards; five shots at each distance. Ensign Waller was the winner, with 41 marks. Another cup, given by the non-commissioned officers for competition by second-class men, in five shots, at the 200, 500, and 600 yards' ranges, was won by Private Torr, who made 26 marks. The remaining prizes were won as follows: A silver tankard, presented by Mr. Basil Woodd, 200 and 400 yards, five shots, was won by Corporal Crookes, with 31 marks. The Ladies' Challenge Plate and silver medal, 200, 300, and 500 yards, five shots at each distance, was won by Sergeant Millard, who made 44 marks. The Chal lenge Shield, value £25, presented by Messrs. Ortner and Houle, was won by Private Rowe, who made 27 marks. The ranges were 250 and 500 yards; fiye shots at each distance. The silver goblet, value £lO, presented by Lord Vernon, was competed for by effective members upon the Swiss principle of concentric circles; the target was divided into increasing circles, the smallest, or bull's eye, counting nothing, and the outer circles, according to size, counting from one point upwards, the extreme outer circle counting the highest number of points, the member getting the least number of points being the winner. The range was 400 yards, five shots. Private Pearce was the winner, with 11 marks, of this prize, as also of the silver wine cup presented by Ensign Banting, which was shot for in five rounds, at the 200, 500, and 600 yards' ranges. The meeting was brought to a close through the unfortunate accident which happened to Col. Lindsay. The 4th and 13th corps of the 10th Administrative Brigade of Kent Volunteer Artillery have very successfully expended the greater portion of their annual allowance of practice ammunition from the 32-pounder and 68-pounder guns mounted on the sea defences which guard the approaches to Chatham harbour. A great improvement has been made by both corps in the accuracy of alignment, correct eleva tion, and the cuttiag and fixing of Boxer's fuzes. On nu merous occasions during the practice with the heavy siege guns the target has been struck, altbough moored to sea ward at a range of 2,000 yards, and subjected to the unsteady motion of a rough sea. On several instances the target has been completely shot away. The target is purposely con structed of a moderate size, in order to accustom the volun teers to strike objects at a considerable distance from the batteries. The judgment displayed by the volunteers in determining the exact elevation of the gun and the allowance to be given for the deflection of the shot merit approbation. In Suffolk the Bungay and Beceles companies have been reviewed during the past week by Lieut.-Col. Thelluson, who availed himself of the occasion to present Sergeant Miller, drill instructor of the Halesworth corps, with a medal for long service and good conduct, and a gratuity of £5. The Suffolk County Rifle Association will hold its annual meet ing at Ipswich in September. The Norfolk corps are preparing for the annual meeting of the Volunteer Service Association, which commences on Monday, Sept. 7. On Thursday, the 3d Company of the Norwich corps had a contest at the Mousehold range for a variety of prizes. A challenge cup, previously held by Sergeant Bridgman, was won by Capt. C. H. Gurney, who made 41 marks, at ranges of 200, 500, and 700 yards, five shots each. An Enfield rifle, presented by the non-commis sioned officers for recruits, was won by private Andrews. A match followed, open to non-commissioned officers and pri vates, at the same ranges, and the prizes won as follows: —A Kerr rifle, presented by Capt. C. IL Gurney, by pri vate T. Bridgman, 38 marks ; £5, also presented by Capt. Gurney, by Corporal St. Jon, 33 marks ; a silver-mounted beer jug, presented by Ensign Hansel!, by private Challis, 31 marks ; an Enfield rifle, or £3 10s., presented by Mr. Croker, by private G. Figg, 31 marks. In Lincolnshire the Horncastle company has had its an nual contest for classification prizes, 31 members entering the lists. In the first-class the firing was at ranges of 200, 400, and 800 yards, five rounds each, and the first price was wen by Corporal Clitherow. At the annual prize competi tion of the Louth corps some excellent shooting was made. A prize of £3 35., competed for by members of the first-class final classification, was won by Sergt. Mason. A match against time took place for a silver cup of the value of £5 55., presented by Mr. S. J. Welfit. The shooting was at 200 yards standing, ea ch man having five minut es a ll owed; won by private Waite. A prize of £5 55., given by the Rev. W. Smith, and another of £2 2s. by Mr. J. W. Wilson, were shot for at 600 yards, and won by Lieut. Sowerby and private Bucknell. In Essex the annual prize meeting of the Ilford corps has just been celebrated at Cranbrooke- park, the seat of Mr. J. Davis. The first contest was for an officers' cup, shot for by five men from each company. The corps consists of two companies, one situate at Ilford and Barking and the other at Walthamstow. Each man of the winning squad received' a silver medal, and the highest scores in each company 80- cured for the makers of them a prize of £5, presented by Mr. Davis. The ranges were 200, 500, and 600 yards, five shots each, and the scores made as follows—The Waltham stow company 178 marks (Sergeant Mosey taking the £5) ; and the Ilford company 161 marks (Corporal W. Wisher taking the £5). A marksman's cup, highest score in eac h com p an y, waswith a prise for the presented by Mr. Doublett, The shooting was at 700 yards, seven shots. En sign Mitchell. of the Ilford Company, won the cup and prize —a second prize went to Lieut. Wilson, of the Walthamstow company, who made 17 marks. A ladies' cup, with two Lord Bury telescopes, presented by Captain Colesworth, were shot for at 200 and 500 yards, five rounds each ; the , ---s, cup was won by Corporal g r isker, and the telescopes were carried off by Sergeant Fitt and Sergeant Munn. At the close of the shooting the members of the corps were hospi tably entertained by Mr. Davis, who was unable from indis position to join them—in his absence the chair was ably filled by Lieutenant-Colonel J. C. Davis. There has not been much doing of late among the Cam bridge corps. Several members of the Wibeck company have, however, competed for the tenth time for a challenge cup, which has now paSSCIi into the hands of Private Oliver. No Lambe; h r,t LUcc` , :44 , A in LCCW:ina 4 .11 Q - twice, eat, ne; 3t. ; for new )nal u 70 C ,5 6 0 70 gr and the 7erY ark' our ,. r. ,the ford► l a ce, , of late ry's , ;ton? )f J . ,S(IY wil e fito% ; .yle - 1, D• l ber t ga" v Y. ;nth had' ov'S► i 1.21 ity Ot U p