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31N!=°' EDINPURGH (Refinced Flres), from Irongate wharf, Tower. Saloon, 20s : lore cabin, 15s; deck (soldiers and sailors on y),7s rd; return tickets (available for It month), 30s and 23s rd. The cheanest and quickest sea route by the splendid new ST E AMSHIPS of the LONDON and EDTNBURGIT SHIPPING compANy, sailing every Wednesday and Saturday, at 10 morning. Apply at the Spread Eagle, Regent-circus ; or at Irongate-wharf. THE LONDON MAIN-TRUNK UNDER GROUND RAILWAY COMPANY (Limited.) This Company has been registered, and an influential Board of Directors is in course of formation for carrying out" the above project. Any particulars or information can be obtained on application to Mr. CHARLES BAYLISio. 30, Poultry, London. T HE ORIENTAL HOTELS COMPANY (Limited). Incorporated under the Corn yanies' Act, ISW, by which the Liability of each Shareholder is strictly limited to the amount of his Snares. Capital .V5n,000, in 25,000 Shares of £lO each. (With power to increase to One Million Sterling.) First Issue 12,500 Shares, whereof a portion will be reserved for India. Deposit XI per Share on application, and £1 on allotment. Calls not to exceed £2 per Share, with an interval of not less three months between each calL DIRECTORS. Sir John Peter Grant, K.C.8., Chairman, late Lieutenant - Governor of Bengal. Colonel Anderson, C. 8., Director of the Eastern Bengal Rail way Company. George Constable, Esq., Firm of Henderson and Constable, Cannon-street, E.C. Sir Frederick Currie. Bart . Member of the Council of India. Colonel French, Chairman of the Bombay and Baroda Rail way Company. Colonel Holland, Director of the Agra and United Service Bank. John Stewart, Esq., Director of the Marine Insurance Com pany. Robert Thomson, Esq. , John Ch a i r man of the London and South African Bank. James Henry young, Esq., late of the Bengal Civil Service. AUDITORS. T. R. Walker, Esq , 21. Hanover-square, and A Shareholder, to be elected at the First General Meeting. BANKERS IN LONDON. The Agra and United Service Bank (Limited), 27, Cannon street, E.C. The London and County Bank, Hanover-square, W. BANKERS IN INDIA. The Agra and United Service Bank (Limited). SOLICITORS. M es srs. Uptons, Johnson, and Upton, 20, Austin- riars, E.O Francis Burnand, Esq., 78, Lombard-street, and 13 and 14 County-chimbers, Cornhill, E.C. SECRETARY (pro tem.) Macdonald Yates, Esq. Temporary Offices :-36, Cannon-street, E.C., and 5, Parli meat-street, Westminster. The deficiency of Hotel accommodation in India, China, and other places in the East to which Ens opeans now resort Tn large and annually increasing numbers, is a subject of general complAnt ; and it is evident that the development of the means of transit by ocean and river steamers, and by railways, which has been in rapid progress now for some years, must imperfectly fulfil all Its important objects, so far as European intercourse with the East is concerned, until this want is adequately supplied. In England, and on the continent of Europe, it is now an asee , tained fact that the joint-stock system may most suc cessfully be applied to the establishment of Hotels of the first class. If this be so where good private Hotels before existed in large numbers, there seems no reason to doubt that an equal degree of commercial success is attainable by the application of capital, upon the same system. to the same object, in countries where, though the demand is great and increasing, it may almost be said that good private Hotels do not exist. In Calcutta a joint-stock company has lately purchased and undertaken the management of an Hotel, and the pro spects of the enter, rise, as a commercial speculation, may be Hire , red from the very high premium at which their shares are quoted in the Calcutta market, see "Times" July 17, the "Englishman's Weekly Mail" of June 8, 1863, and "Allen's Indian Mail," viz., £25 paid, present value, ZVI ex div., equal to 70 per cent. premium, and the payment of a dividend of 10 per cent. for the half -year ending 30th April last, equal to 20 per cent. per annum. Bombay offers a wide field for the establishment of an Hotel of a firs' class character. The early completion of vast lines of railway converging in the island of Bombay, and the more frequent steam communica• fion between that pert and Europe which will soon tak? place, must very much increase the demand for such accom modation. The same may be said of Madras. It is under these circumstances that the Oriental Hotels Company (Limited) is established, in the confi lent belief that the application of European capital to India in this form will not be less profitable than useful. It is proposed, in the first instance, to supply the urgent requirements of Bombay and Point de Galle. There are equally important places which wilt naturally engage the early attention of the Company, such for example as Madras, Singapore, and Kurrachee ; not to speak of many very important railway stations in the in terior of India, where there are now no Hotels at all, and where, at a comparatively small outlay, there is a large field for profitab e operations. The largerolass of the Company's Hotels will afford all the conveniences of the best European Hotels, adapted to the climate, and to the habits of those for whom they are in tended; whilst, in even the smallest class, the health and comfort of the inmates will be carefully studied. It is intended toconstitute local committees of management in each Presidency where Hotels may be established. In the event of two-thirds of the first issue of shares not being subscribed for, no allotment will take place, and the deposits will be returned to the subscribers, without deduc tion. It is proposed to pay to shareholders 5 per cent. interest upon the capital as paid up, until the first dividend is de clared. Prospectuses and forms of application for shares may be had on application to the Bankers, the Broker, or the Secre tary. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To be retained by the Bankers. - - -• THE ORIENTAL HOTELS COMPANY (Limited). To the Directors of the Oriental Hotels Company (Limited). Gentlemen, —Having paid to the Bankers of the above named Company the sum of £ I hereby request that you will allot me shares in the said Company ; and I agree to accept such shares, or any smaller number that may be allotted to me, and to become a Member of the Company, and I authorise you to place my name on the Register of Members in respect of the shares to be allotted to me, and I agree to be bound by all the conditions and regulations eon tuned in the Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company, in manner provided by "The Companies Act, 1862." I undertake to pay the balance (if any) of the Deposit of £2 per share on the shares allotted to me within ten days after notice of allotment, and in default thereof, I authorise you to cancel the allotment, and I agree that the Deposit paid shall be forfeited to the Company. Dated this day , 1863. Name in full ... Firm (if any) Business or Profession Place of Business Residence .. C ELEBR ATION of the TERCENTENARY of the BIRTH of SHA.KSPEARE, at Stratford-upon- Avon. The Tercentenary Committee (of which Sir Robert N. C. Hamilton, Bart., K.C.8., is Chairman) are now receiv ing SUBSCRIPTIONS, and they may also be paid to the account of the Tercentenary Committee, at the Stonrbridge 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. .N°. 22,180 NEW NOVEL. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., THREE LIVES IN ONE. A NOVEL. Also now ready, in 3 vols., VICISSITUDES OF A GENTLEWOMAN. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. LADY EMILY PONSONBY'S NEW NOVEL. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., MAR Y INDS AY. By Lady EMILY PONSONBY. • ," This story is interesting and enthralling throughout. Mary Lyndsay is a most charming heroine."— Sun. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Alarlborough-street. MR. LOWTH'S NEW WORK. Now Ready, Illustrated by the Hon. ELIOT YORKE, M.P., Bvo., 158., bound, T HE WANDERER in WESTERN FRANCE. By G. T. LOWTH, Esq., Author of " The Wanderer in Arabia," &c. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., CHURCH AND CHAPEL. By the Author of " No Church," "Owen : a Waif," &c. "This novel sustains the credit of the author's previous works. It is a st ry of well su tamed interest." —Atheneum. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. D UBLIN UNIVER No. 368. FOR AU , CONTI 1. Reynard the Fox. 2. Wylder's Hand. By the Author of " The House by the Churchyard." Part 3. Progress of Criticism. 4. Bella Donn' ; or, he Cross before the Name. A Ro- LSITY MAGAZINE.- [GUST. Price 2s. 6d. ENTS. 6. Summer Novels. 7. Pictures of Irish Life— Pagan and Early Chris tian. 8. Dr. Pentagram on Divers Things. 9. A Rhyming Legend of Shrewsbury. 10. The Irish Church before Parliament. mance. Book the Second. 5. The Assassination of Per- civaL Dublin: George Herbert. ,ondon : Hurst and Blackett. MR. T. CARRICK begs to announce to his Artist Friends and the Public, that his Photographic Establishment, 32, Regent-street, Piccadilly-circus, is now in full operation. Cartes de "Visite, 10 for lie. 6d ; 21 for £l. Miniatures on Ivory, Marble, and the Photographic base in his former styles. 110 WELL, JAMES, and CO., respectfully announce that, In accordance with their custom at this season of the year, they will OFFER THIS DAY, and during the month, their STOCK of FANCY SILKS, LIGHT DRESS FABRICS, LACES, RIBBONS, LINGERIE, EMBROIDERY. &0., at a VERY LARGE REDUCTION IN PRICE. IT., J., and CO., will offer, at the same time, a quantity of RICH FRENCH SILKS. principally MOIRE ANTIQUES, and a variety of beautiful OR&ANDI MCHLINS, which they have recently purchased at about one-half the value. • THE FARMER'S BAROMETER, 505., a new Instrument, by Negretti and Zambra, will cor rectly indicate whether the Barometer falls for Rain or tbr Wind. Particulars by enclosing stamp.-1, Hatton-garden; 57, Cornhill ; and 122, Regent-street. Name. The Right Hon. Lord Leigh. E. F. Flower. Esq , Mayor Sir R.N. C. Hamilton, Bart, KC.B Rev. G. Granville C. H. Bracebridge R. H. Hobbes W. 0. Hunt Edgar Flower Charles E. 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Z s. d. 10 10 0 5 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 10 0 0 1 1 0 5 0 0 2 2 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 2 0 0 5 0 0 3 0 0 5 0 . 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 10 10 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 3 G , 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 10 0 0 The Tercentenary Ci tion list to the nation, of Shakspeare for the rest their claims upon the birthplace of Shak all admirers of the gi home, the town he lov !ommirtee, in submitting the subscrip , most earnestly appeal to the admirers tr aid and assistance. The Committee L the ground that Stratford is not only kspeare. but the centre of attraction to reat Poet's works, and that it was his red, and where he lived and died. LUXURIANT WHISKERS, Moustaches, and EYebrows produced in a few weeks by the use of ELLIOTT' of which are B invites a trial from the u l n ' t o a N li l n C g. LOTION, the stimulative properties . imnostthesoeir tidal, operation. Thomas th T e h y o m m a a y s b E e ll c i o o n tt . winced of its infallible power. Price 3s. ad.. ss. 6d., 10s. ad., and 21s. Forwarded on receipt of postag,e stampa.—Thomas Elliott, hair grower (first floor), 51, Fencharch-street. T. E.'s wigs. £1 108. dILDRIDGE'S BALM OF COLUMBIA , established upwards of thirty yes, isthe best and only certain remedy ever discovered forpreservingf, strengthening, beautifying, or restoring the hair,whiskers, or moustaches, and preventingthemturninggrey. Sold in bottles, 35. 6d., 65., and i s., by n C W.C. C. an an d a, L ll chemists and perfumers. For chil ,dren'a and ladies' hair it is most efficacious and unrivalled. RUPTURES. —BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. WIIITE'S MOO-MAIN (PERFECTED AND Ex itin LEVER 1862 ), i i ti l ll D lev., lN TRUSS FROIBITIONS OF 1851 AND TnE G Two Hundred Medical Gentlemen to allowed by upwaradEATl -,nvention in the curative treatment the mon effective riChe use of a steel spring, so often hu °I i l l E R N IT ita here avoided soft bandage befejtiu- in its effects, body, while the requisite resisting p ewe ,,, B wora round the Moe-Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting. with so o muchbY the and closeness that it cannot be detected, and s m - kuis. , ease during sleep. A descriptive circular IllaY tm ha " worn truss, which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by p o , t, 0 , 1 , 1 and the cumference of the body, two inches below the hi the dr 'sent to the manufucturer, pe, being Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly. i. Ringle Truss, 168. 218., 265. Cd. , and 31s. 6d. Postage, i. A Double Truss, 31s. '6d., 425., an d 525. sd. Postage, leth-i: AU Umbilical Truss, 425. ands2s. 6d. Postage, ls. lod. 1'0.3-office Orders to be made payable to John White,-Post "lee, e.qCadilly. NEW PATENT ELAST I 0 STOCKINGS, KNEE -CAPS, tc., for Varkose Veins and all cases of Wuakees, form's, ii and Swelling oi. ; 4xpensive, and are drawn on form's ht in texture , and in, ean ordinary stook:in Fri go e di 78 . 04 " 108 ” t° 168 ' ft4ll . Postage g' Price • • 6d. . . 'Nautili'?• JO= WHITE, Manufacturer, US, --- - _ ESTABLISHED 1833. BOWDEN'S JERATED GINGER BEER. in glass or stone bottles, warranted to keep good twelve months. Lemonade, Soda-water, votass, Seltzer, and every description of Mineral Waters.—Manutactory, No. 3, White Hart-street, Drury-lane, W.C. MAR BRES ONYX d'ALGERTE.-0 e Thousand objects made from this beautiful marble, and comprehending every variety of work of decorative art, including clocks, candelabra, vases, gueridons, inkstands, tazze, card trays, jard.nieres, porte-bouquets, lamps, ring stands, &c., are now being exhibited in the Onyx Salon, at Messrs. HOWELL, JAMES, and Co.'s, 5,7, 9, Regent-street. CARD PLATES ENGRAVED. Any Pattern 2s. 50 BEST CARDS. Print. d from Plate ls. REAL 510 ROCCO CARL) CASES 1,000 BUSINESS ENVELOPES, gummed 3s. NEWSPAPER ENVELOPES, 4 doz 6d. F. ARNOLD, Manufacturing Stationer, 88, Fleet-street, E.C. ripHE LAUNDRESSES to her late MniAatv _IL Queen Adelaide say, that " BRIGGS' AUSTRALIAN S LARCH needs but to be tried to be approved." Sole Wholesale Agent, Harper Twelvetrees, Bromley-by Bow, London, E. - • .0 01 : ; ° — .14.• • 4. . I/ • 1. 11111 111111111%,„\\,„ `446., _ \.,,, • - ' - oiv , •fo L •-• • • ' - 3` •-• • „.4e • e 411.1 • . . I *r 4 . •jpir „ C.. DIE 1 6155 .4...2 4 75e' L' : • to' dIMIL ROIT. mir 1 :1 ' v .-- /~ . ~~ -..4d. STAMPED ...M. these guns were constructed before any experiments upon them had been concluded. A statement has been prepared by Mr. Whiffin, one of the Assistant Accountants-General of the War Office, showing the cost of guns and projectiles obtained from the Elswick Ordnance Company, compared with the rates of those produced at the Royal Arsenal, Wool wich. According to this statement, taking the class of stores which have been supplied from Elswick and from Woolwich, and which there fore admit of a direct comparison, the sum of £242,173 10s. 6d. on an expenditure of £593,275 10s. lid. would have been saved to the public had these guns, projectiles, and fuzes, supplied by the Elswick Ordnance Company, been manufactured in the Royal Arsenal. The value of this comparison rests entirely upon the accuracy of the principles upon which the cost of the articles produced at Woolwich has been arrived at, and the evidence on this subject is conflicting. The committee believe the Armstrong field-gun is the best known for field purposes. His Royal Highness the Field-Marshal Commanding in Chief states that, in his opinion, Sir W. Armstrong's system surpasses in completeness any other, and his conviction is that England in this respect is ahead of any other country. Col. Bing ham, Adjutant-General of Artillery, states that he is perfectly satisfied with the Armstrong field.gun. At the same time, some of the military officers examined state that, in their opinion, we aught not entirely to rely (for field ar tillery) on breech-loading guns, as they are com plicated and liable to injuries from rough handling and various accidents, and are in clined to retain a proportion of muzzle-load ing guns for horse artillery. The failure of some of these field-guns appears to have arisen from faulty manufacture. With respect to the 110- pounders, it is on all hands admitted that, although useful as chase guns, they ought not to be intro- aced into the naval service as broadside gun They were originally required for use against wooden ships, and whilst not sufficiently powerful for penetrating iron-plated ships, are as yet imper feet for general naval service, owing to the diffi culty of managing and manufacturing the vent piece. Nevertheless, the 110-pounder is considered by naval men of eminence in their profession as a most valuable weapon in its present proportion to the armament of a ship, and the Duke of Somerset is of opinion that the navy has not got too many of them. His grace states that "we have nothing better now for close quarters than the 68 pounder," and concurs with all the naval witnesses in con sidering that in the armament of her Majesty's ships only a small proportion of 100 pounders should be included. His grace further adds, "that it was not till we tried a 100 pounder and a 68 pounder against Captain Coles' copola that he be came aware that the 68 pounder struck a harder blow than the 100 pounder at short range." This comparison was made when the charge of the 100 was 141bs. ; it has now been reduced to 121bs. The Duke of Somerset informed the committee the Ad miralty " had a report that the Armstrong gun had the greatest range and the greatest power of pene tration of any gun tried ; when they came to try it themselves, that was not confirmed by the facts. For naval purposes at 200 yards, it certainly had not the greatest power; our old 68 pounder is a mare powerful gun than the 100 pounder Armstrong gun." The old 68 pounder is therefore the most effective gun in the service against iron plates. While almost every witness gave testimony to the superior accuracy and range of the Arm strong guns, great doubts have been expressed as to whether they are not too delicate a weapon. But the officers who commanded Armstrong batteries in the late operations in China found no difficulty in keeping them in order in all weathers and under all circumstances. The com mittee express a hope that the different systems. nut of Sir W. Armstrong and Mr. Whitworth only, but of the other able men whose minds are now engaged on ordnance questions, may be fairly expe rimented upon. - A uniform system of accounts is recommended for the manufacturing departments at Woolwich, by which the cost of guns and other produce may be clearly ascertained. Naval and Milit ary THE STJN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 30, 1863 T " 0 ORX FRD 6, OXFORD STREET. Will be performed Selections from the following Operas LA CTRCASSIENNE, MARTHA, and MASANIELLO. Supported by Miss Russell, Miss Townley, Miss Ellison, Messrs. Albert, Green, Bernardi, Huish, Kimberley, and - . W. Evaos, with full band and chorus. Conducted by Mr. Jonghmans. Drew Dean's Flute Solos Master Sanders, the Juvenile Vocalist. UNSWORTH, the modern Demosthenes. Eugene, W. Randall, J.RH autchensonnd BERT , RAND. and the marvellous The GALL his been newly Decorated and Ventilated, and is now one of the most Beautiful in the Metropolis. CANTERBURY H ALL AND FINE ARTS GALLERY. The Last Week of the Marvellous ARTHUR and BERTRANI), the Two Fren .11 Clowns. ARTHUR LLOYD'S burlesque Drama, arranged expressly for him. SAM COLLINS, with new Songs. UNSWORTH, the celebrated Stump Orator. EUGENE, and TAYLOR. GRAND SELECTIONS from OP . ERAS, GLEES, and CANTATAS Principal Artistes —Miss Russell, Miss Townley ; Mr. Green, Signor Bernardi, and Signor Tivoli. EVERY EVENING will be produced, with all the new OPTICAL EFFECTS, and by permission of J. H. Pepper, Esq., THE GHOST, Medium, Mr. A. Silvester. ROYAL ALHAMBBA PALACE. The MAORI WARRIOR CHIEFS will make their RE APPEARANCE THIS EVENING. ROYAL IS ALHAMBRA PALACE. The RARELIS, EVERY EVENING during the Week. ---- lop OYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. The *lv FAIRY FOUNTAIN EVERY EVENING, at Ten o'clock. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. —Signor and Signori FRANCESCO in a Grand Divertissement and Pas Deux—Operatio Selections from " Ernani" and " Lucia de Lammermoor." Miss M'Gregor, Mr. Laurence Albert, Signor Georgina, Mr. Vernon Rigby, &c. &c. Band and Chorus of Sixty Performers. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail. way Terminus, at King's-cross. Patron—The QUEEN. President—The Duke of BUCCLEUCII, 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 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 their imperative duty to make an EARNEST APPEAL to the public for continued support, to enable them to admit and relieve the distressing cases that daily present themselves. Contributions are received by the Treasurer, Edward Masterman, Esq., Nicholas-lane; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co. ; Drummond and Co. ; Berries and C 0..; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Glyn and Co. ; Jones Loyd and Ca ; Barclay and Co. ; Denison and Co. ; W Mame, Deacon, and Co. ; Overend, Gurney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co. ; Messrs. J. Barned and Co., Liverpool and at the HospitaL STANFORD S. SMITH. Secretary. R OIAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION (Incorporated by Royal Charter). PATnortEss—Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen. fnn SIDENT —Tice-Admiral the Duke of Northumberland, K.G., F.R.S. CHAIRMAN—Thos, Baring, Esq., M.P., F.R.S., V.P. DEPUTY-CHAIRMAN—Thomas Chapman, Esq., F.R.S., V.P. APPEAL. The Committee of Management have to state that, since he beginning of the year 1880, the Royal National Lifeboat Institution has expended £32,000 on various Lif eboat Estab lishments on the Coasts of England, Scotland, and Ireland. The number of lives saved by the Life-boats of the Society, and other means, since its formation, is 12,800; ior 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, Life-boat Transporting-carriages, and Boat-houses. The Committee desire to express their grateful sense of the generous support which they have received from the British public during the past few years, a support which has enabled them to establish their present magnificent fleet or 123 Liteboats on the shores of the United Kingd;,m. Dceply sensib'e, however, of the great responsibility that rests on them to maintain their fleet in a thoroughly efficient state, and its Crews practised in the management of their boats, whi-h can only be effected by a large and permanent annual income, they earnestly appeal to all classes of their countrymen to aid them in upholding and perpetuating so great and truly national a work. The Committee gratefulty acknowledge the following con tributions : £ a. d tier Majesty the Queen .. .. .. annual 50 0 0 Campbell, the lion. Mrs. G. .. .. annual 5 0 0 Clerk, Colonel, B.A. • • • • .. annur..l 1 1 0 Coutts and Co., Messrs., Bankers .• .. annual 10 0 0 Currie, Wm. Esq., .. • • .. .. 4th don.lo 0 0 Erle, Lord Chief Justice .. don. 10 10 0 Fanshawe, Vice-Admiral Sir A., K.C.B. .. 2d don. 25 0 0 'enwick, G. J., Esq., cost of a Lifeboat and Tran orting Carrag • • • • • • • • • • 0 0 RsparveY, Rev. G . U. and Mrs. 250 .. don. 3 0 0 Martin, Sir Henry, Bart. • • .. 7th don. 10 0 0 Moore, Rev. G. B. • • • • .. don. 15 15 0 Smith, Anthony,rs. George, Greenwich . • • • • • 3 0 0 Stirling, Col. Sir K.C.B. annual 2 0 0 Thom. s , Lady, Weston-super-Mare, collected by her Ladyship Percival,o. and• • .. 16 16 0 Willoughby d'Ere' sby, Lord .. annual 5 0 0 ce Donatiens and Annual Subscriptions will be thankfußy re- Ladr_aßans retrrseetnt yel -Y the Bankers of the Institution, Messrs. Willis, he of Sec tu re sth ta r r a y s Co., 76, Lombard-street; Mossrs. Coutts and Co., _ 59, Strand ; Messrs. Herries, Farquhar , and Co. ; 10, St. Richard L the London unt t ; ed b i y un a g l d n t m he ; an and Collectors by t ja m "vie. Esq. at the Office of the Institution, 14, - stieet, Adel bi g P London, W.C. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. ----„ POST.—Her Majesty has, with her usual good feeling and good taste, addressed a letter, through Sir Charles Phipps, to the Mayor of Birmingham, on the subject of the recent accident to the female rope dancer at Aston-park, which will be read with sa tisfaction by every one. The Sovereign is, by a legal fiction, the parenspatrice, but she who at present occupies the throne has given to a fictitious charac ter a reality it never before possessed, by the paren tal solicitude which she constantly manifests in the welfare of her subjects. It is in the recollection of the public that, on the occasion of some festivities at Aston-park, in the outskirts of Birmingham, about ten days since, a woman met with a most shocking death whilst endeavouring to emulate the feats of Blondin upon a rope suspended at a considerable height from the ground. The rope was rotten, and, having snapped across, the un fortunate performer fell and was instantane ously killed. The casualty was rendered still more shocking by the circumstance that the woman was at the time in an advanced state of pregnancy. Notwithstanding, however, the occurrence of this terrible calamity the committee engaged in the con duct of the festivities did not think proper to bring theta to a close, nor did the spectators consider them • selves bound in common decency to desist from the amusements in which they were engaged. The pro gramme of the evening was strictly carried out, and a volley of fireworks terminated an entertainment in the coarse of which a human creiture was with out a moment's notice hurried into the presence of her Creator. This catastrophe, the remote causes which produced it, and the conduct of the spectators after its occurrence, form the theme of her Majesty's letter. Writing by command of her Majesty, Col. Phipps expresses the horror with which she heard "that one of her subjects had been sacrificed to the gratification of the demoralising taste unfortunately prevalent for exhibitions attended with the greatest danger to the performers." We are willing to be lieve that in this estimate of the character of the amusements to which she refers her Majesty will command the assent of every right-thinking person in the kingdom. The Queen is peculiarly fitted not only to express a just opinion of the tendency of these amusements, but to check their further de velopment by the example which she affords for the imitation of others. In the columns of this journal, and in those of others, the attention of the public has been frequently directed to the growing taste for exhibitions whose sole attraction consists in the danger which is entailed upon the perfor mere. The subject has been canvassed in Parlia ment, and proposals have been made to prohibit, by legislative enactment. performances equally perilous to those engaged in them and degrading to the spectators. But this is a free country, and, if people like to risk their necks, it is urged that the Legislature would not be justified in prevent ing them. Now, there is one way by which this growing perversion of public taste can be checked, and that way her Majesty has adopted. As a woman, she has expressed her personal feelings of horror at the late catastrophe; and, as an exalted lady, she has pronounced the exhibitions which are attended with such casualties to be revolting to humanity and demoralising to public taste. Her Majesty noticed with great appropri ateness the convincing proof afforded on the occasion of the fete at Aston-park that exhibi tions of the kind which she condemned had the effect of deadening the finer sentiments of human nature. That proof was shown "in the decision arrived at to continue the festivities, the hilarity, and the sports of the occasion after an event so melancholy." We know by experience how much fashion has to do with determining the nature of public amusements, and through the Queen's letter we believe that those which, on account of their perilous nature, have been so frequently condemned, have now received their death-blow. As a kind hearted woman, her Majesty deprecates the en couragement of exhibitions which are fraught with danger to the performers; as a Queen, she protests against the lives of her subjects being needlessly sacrificed ; and as one who, by her high taste, is entitled to direct and control public taste, she con demns a practice whose effects are proved to be grossly demoralising. There is an amusing simpli city in the reply of the Mayor of Birmingham which cannot fail to arrest attention. That dignitary ap-- pears to have thought that her Majesty's sole object in addressing him was to reprove him for having failed in his duties in permitting an exhibition which resulted in loss of life. He hastens to assure her Majesty that no one laments more than he does the accident which has taken place, or regrets more sin cerely the introduction into Birmingham of "a bar barous species of amusement," which, he apologeti cally adds, " has become popular in the metropolis." So anxious is he to convince the Queen of his zeal, that he alludes to a previous occasion on which, though " not empowered by law to interfere," he did interpose in preventing a similar exhibition with success, and not obscurely hints that, for the future, he will not hesitate, even though Aston park is beyond his jurisdiction, to prevent the pos sible repetition of such a scene as that witnessed ten days since. The intensely personal view which the worthy Mayor takes of her Majesty's letter, and the idea which was evidently upper most in his mind, that it never would have been addressed to him had not his name appeared in the list of the patrons of the Ate, may well excite a smile. By the public the letter will be regarded in a different light. It will be accepted as one more proof of the warm interest which her Majesty takes in the occupations of her subjects ; and we enter tain a sincere conviction that it will exercise no trifling influence in checking the further develop ment of a form of public taste which is eminently discreditable to the age in which we live. TIMES. —Of all the States of Europe there is no one the movements of which are so difficult to calcu late aright, as the Empire of Austria. It possesses, like most States in which public opinion has had the opportunity of developing itself, two antagonistic parties ;—there is a Liberal and Constitutional party, which is for the moment in the ascendant ; there is a feudal and reactionar y party, which is for the moment depressed and overborne. Men form different judgments as to the future career of Austria, according as they fall into the hands of one or the other of these sections of opinion. On the one side, Austria is represented as true at heart to the good old cause of divine right and the solidarity of monarchs against nations ; on the other hand, we are told that her Court is determined to act in accordance with her institutions, and that the days of arbitrary government and despotic alliances have passed never to return. We ourselves gave the ex ample of a similar vacillation of policy and sentiment during the reign of Charles 11. when we were the allies or the adversaries of the liberties of Europe, just as one party or toe other might gain the ascendant in the Royal Councils. When the recent note on the affairs of Poland was laid before the Government of the Em peror of Russia it became exceedingly important for him to ascertain what were the real intentions of Aus tria in joiningtheWesternPowers. The Russian Mini ster at Vienna is said to have reported to his Court most favourably on this subject. Probably M. de Balabine fell into the not unusual error of consulting persons whose feelings and predilections were iden tical with his own; at any rate, he is said to have received assurances from the quarter to which he applied which left no doubt on his mind that Austria ancient surmised friend t ally.ba that Ru e was resolved to take the first opportunity that she r t s Rrn ussia oowuius Powers o sd m n e e vt such never have bt as suranceounv ee ventured to add ress t h e Wst W which she saw fit to use. The Russian Minister must have believed that by setting aside the Treaty of Vienna, refusing to grant an European Congress, in which Austria should have had effectually separmrateesdte and referring everything to a kind of family council, a seat and a voice, be No scheme could be alliance bette ethe l e aid,if, himself to flout the indeed,and enabled himself make for herself an opportu a n e i Powers with impunity. o t untry like Russia to ever be worth the while of e y of spurning well wmeantitu discredit cl vice, and and of contumely, covering o h s e e who offered it h laid, but it has failed, and failed, owing, eem ite was as must wellbe said, to the honourable, sincere, and straightfor ward conduct of the Austrian Government.bieu Russia Risin g onw interferenceof f doubtless entirely relied—tot o jealousy feeling us ya atthe the Western Powers with a matter so delicate the affairs of Poland —risin g superior to the cajole riesee and menaces with which he has been alternately plied by Russian diplo mac y , the Emperor of Austria has announced, in unmistakeable language, his in tention to stand firmly by F ran ce and England i n their demand of justice to Poland. We have good reason to hope that this convincing proof that Austria has thrown in her lot with the cause of progressin Europe has not been lost on the Emperor of Russia. Ever since the attitude of neutrality as sumed by Austria at the time of the Crimean war the press and the diplomatic agents of Russia have been breathing vengeance against her for so signal and notorloos an act of ingratitude. And yet it has come to pans that instead of gratifying her wrath Russia finds herself compelled to sue for the good offices of Austria, and to sue in vain. We believe that no time has been lost in modifying and qualifying, by all the arts of which a subtle and unscrupulous diplomacy disposes, the disagreeable effect pro duced by the reply of Prince' Gortschakoff upon the Western Powers. If this be so, we have escaped a great peril, and have to thank the Austrian Cabinet for extricating us from a dilemma in which our own imprudence and the arrogance of Russia had placed us. We had said that an unfavourable reply from Russia would leave this country little choice between disgrace or war, and the answer of Prince . Gortschakoff - niore than realised our prediction.lt i s to the firmness and good sense of Austria, and by no means to the wisdom of our own counsels, that we owe the prospect we enjoy of being relieved from an unfortunate dilemma which seemed perpetually pressing for a solution of a nature which we were not disposed to give. We shall sincerely rejoice if these anticipations be realised, and shall accordingly hail the accession of Austria as a supporter of the cause of humanity and good government throughout the world. But while Austria is thus shaking off the shackles of her old traditions, and doing the highest honour to the new form of government which she has adopted, we look in vo in for any symptoms of a similar spirit in the other Monarch on whose bead has descended the other third part of the ter rible responsibility of the partition of Poland. If we owe to Austria the probability of an escape from an European war, it is undoubtedly due to the King of Prussia that the possibility of such a war ever existed. Had the King of Prussia been in any degree true to the solemn engagements towards his own people to which he has bound himself by oath, had he respected the constitution of his country, the feelings of his subjects , the interests of his Crown, the independence of his kingdom, or the dictates at humanity, the present dreadful civil war which is desolating Poland would have been long ago stayed, and those questions which are now left to the adjudication of the torch and the sword would have been decided by calm and im partial mediation. It is the heavy lot of the people of Prussia not only to be deprived by arbi trary violence of their own liberty, but to be made an unwilling and reluctant means of trampling down and overthrowing the liberties of others. The insurrection of Poland was the fruit of deliberate and intolerable provocation, of an act which con verted a process ostensibly designed for the recruit ing of the army into a cruel proscription of all that was best and bravest in the land. The Government of Russia would never have ventured on an act of such outrageous and preposterous tyranny if it had not calculated with a most perfect certainty on the support of that nation the whole territory of which is interposed between Russia and the Western Powers. The Emperor well knew that he might count on the support, the countenance, and, if ne cessary, the armed intervention of the army which is at the absolute disposal of the King and aristo cracy of Prussia, to put down any effort for Polish freedom. He was well aware that the feeble mon arch and the petty aristocracy who have taken in hand the subjugation of the Prussian nation dreaded nothing so much as the contagion of liberty, and would be ready to employ the whole usurped power of the nation to prevent the rise of anything like a liberal or constitutional spirit in the north-east of Europe. Nor has the Emperor of Russia any rea son to repent of the confidence which h e h as re p o sed in his Prussian brother. The telegraph informs us that the paper which has stu to th e circula tion and to the political principles of the Kreut: Zeitung, as the organ of absolutism and feudally, considers it urgently important for the p o licy of Prussia to seek a better understanding with Aus tria, and especially with .England, Russia alone is neither an entirely sufficient nor a reliable ally. Things must have gone far, indeed, when exhorta tions to the Government to retrace its steps are beard from such a quarter. The remonstrant news paper probably perceives that the King is acting too strenuously on the principles of his own parry p for the interest of those principles themselves. In the present conjuncture a little less zeal and a little more dissimulation would probably serve the cause better. The warning does not come too soon. The King of Prussia has broken definitively w ith hi s own subjects, he is entirely isolated in Europe, and be retains his present position by the forbe arance o f those Powers whom he has irriteted. DAILY NEWS.—After such a disclosure of appal ling facts as the Indian Sanitary Report has given us, there should naturally be no delay in considering the recommendations of the Commissioners in re gard to a remedy of the disease and mortality. The admirable regulations of October, 1859, for which the country is indebted to Sidney Herbert, and the whole constitution of our military sanitary system, owed their origin to the dismal proof we had had that the medical service is not only inadequate to the work of preserving the health of the army, but wholly inappropriate to it. Dr. Sutherland's testi mony to this fact, in the evidence before us, is very impressive. Being asked what he meant by there being no sanitary service in India, while there were medical men with every regiment, he showed that the care of health is a wholly different thing from the cure of disease ; and that the ablest and most accomplished physicians and surgeons had no edu cation on sanitary matters, till the recent reg ula t i on required of medical officers that they should have gone through a course of sanitary instruction at Chatham. Again, the medical officers of a regiment have no power to establish a system in India, or anywhere else. They may do their best for their own men ; but their nearest neighbours , or their next successors, may be subject to all the causes of sickness a n d morta lity, w ith ou t any body being able to h e lp it. A ga i n, t h e d oc tors have quite as much to do in their own department as they can manage, without undertaking a wholly different and more extensive sort of work. Finally, the treatment of the causes of disease and death must be as general as the causes themselves ; and this can be done only by a spec i a l a d m i n i s tration, charged with the care of th e pu b l i c h ea lth and armed with authority to provide all the conditions of it. "The public health," we say a ft e r the Commis sioners and their most experienced inform ants. In India, even more th an elsew h er e, it is impos sible to take separate care of the health of the civil and military sections of society. There may be some purely military arrangements, such as the oc cupation and amusement o f so ldiers in barracks, desirable with a view t o h ealth • b u t the great epi demics to which the special mortality of India is due arise from mischiefs under which natives and Europeans, civilians and so l d i ers, su ff e r together ; and these evils can be dealt with only by a special administration, furnished with large powers and an indisputable authority. Such works; as draining districts of land, bringing water from remote high lands, suppressing and int er di c ti ng the atrocious nuisances of the bazaars, superintending river works, and the building of towns as we ll as barracks, in specting the public food, registering deaths and their causes, and many other regulations needful to the general health,are beyond the scope of any authority but that of a department, and a re no t di v i s ible be tween theinterests of the civil and military popu lation. There must, then, be a Sanitary Department for India ; and this once resolved on, the department ought to be made as good as the most liberal wis dom can make it. It is scarcely conceivable that objections will be made on the ground of expense. The most thorough and well-paid organisation that could be created could not absorb a tithe of the cost we are sustaining by the loss of trained soldiers, valued at £lO each ; and by the loss o f th e serv i ce of many more lying sick in hospital, for the most part recoverable only so far as to be sent home in valided. and (most costly of all) by desertion. If, of the 20,000 annual desertions from the British army, nearly all would in a few years be p r event e d by practicable improvements in the soldier's lot—by his being made healthier, happier, and more intel ligent, and by a better class of citizens being there by attracted to the military calling —the saving would pay for a dozen sanitary administr a ti o n s . As for the cost of such public works as th e new depart ment would at once require and institute—the new buildings, drains, aqueducts, &c.—th e means are ready. Sir C. Trevelyan's budget showed us how pro minent an object beneficial public works are in the policy of the Indian statesmen who are conducting the rapid progression of our great dependency ; and we may safely rely on the needful funds being forthcoming whenever the department about to come into existence is ready with its estimates. What, then, should this department be ? This is the last and most weighty recommendation of the Com mission P No one Commission could undertake, to any effectual purpose, the care of the health of a public consisting of one hundred and fifty milliens of persons. Moreover, the conditions of health vary considerably in different parts of uo vast a region as that of our Indian empire. It is proposed, there fore, that there shall be a Commission for each Pre sidency ; and certainly each Presidency will give any department quite enough to do in superintend ing the whole sanitary economy of stations and bazaars, the improvement of towns and purification of the country, and the constant collection of know ledge, and reporting of it for the public benefit. As for the constitution of these Commissions, We have g cl .o v eo i a l have e g le n m i cla in nt t ee m e unhsttehbaede excellent cpertielhse the army t ,a o er p r e , y r a a na t a i t o t n hh eo o et Theoryn e; the sanitary and the medical ; the eng ineering ; I and, we hope we may add, the statistical ; the latter being of essential importance to the a dvancement of medical science, and to the formation of sanitary arrangements for the generations to come. A bock" of trained sanitary physicians would be connected with the Commission, as would, no doubt, a suffi cient force of engineers familiar with the works re quisite for sanitary objects. It is obvious, however, that such Commissions cannot go to work inexperi enced and unaided. Men, chosen for their familiarity with India, could hardly know anything of the praz tical working of our military direction at home ; and again, if accomplished members are chosen from home they would have everything to learn of the Indian conditions of their work, The proper course clearly is to introduce an Indian element into the depart ment at home, which may learn what is already known and done, and guide the Indian Commis sions till they have gained experience enough to judge and act for themselves. The recommendation is that two officers of the Indian Government shall be associated with our War-office Commission at home, in order to render available for India such knowledge and such methods as have been already acquired and instituted. The delay of five months in the presentation of this Report and Evidence is much to be lamented, when it is considered that, by due punctuality in the production of the Blue Book, any needful modifications of the laws, and the appointment of the new Commissions, and the addition to the existing one, and the new regula tions, and a very necessary plan for the registra tion of deaths and of the causes of death in the chief cities of India (to be extended in time over the whole,pountry) might_ have occupied the atten tion and obtained by this time the cheerful recog nition of Parliament. There can be no doubt that the recommendations will be carried out in one way or another. The essential now is, that they shall be carried out in the true spirit, without damage from the hostility, tyranny, ignorance, apathy, or jobbing tendencies of Court, Horse-Guards, Minis ter, or any adverse influence whatever. f THE ARMSTRONG GUNS. A very important parliamentary paper has been issued respecting the arrangements between the Government and Sir William Armstrong for the in troduction of his artillery into the naval and mili tary services. The select committee appointed to inquire into the expenditure incurred since the be ginning of 1858 on improved ordnance, whether obtained by contract or manufactured in the Go vernment founderies, have presented a report dated July 23, 1883. They state that the Armstrong gun was first brought to the notice of the Government in December, 1854, when the Duke of Newcastle (then Secretary of State for War) gave Sir W. Armstrong (then Mr. Armstrong) an order for a number of his guns, not exceeding six, for trial. A three-pounder was delivered in July, 1855, when Mr. Armstrong forwarded a detailed report of the experiments he had made. The subject was referred to the Ord nance select committee, whose report, though quali , fled, was in the main favourable to the gun, and who desired to make further experiments. The gun was re-bored up to a 5-pounder, and in December, 1856, was tried in the presence of Col. Eardley Wilmot (superintendent, Royal Gun Factory), near Newcastle, who reported, Dec. 30, 1856, that at 1,500 and 2,000 yards the gun had made remarkably good practice. In January, 1857, a second gun was ordered, to correspond as nearly as possible with the service 9-pounder field gun. Experiments were made with an 18-pounder in competition with a service 32-pounder gun. The result was so satisfac tory that Lord Panmure said—" I am clearly of opinion that this is a most valuable contribution to our army. For all purposes of projection and accu racy of flight of the projectiles, the experiments are conclusive. Further experiments should be made." In 1858 the attention of General Peel, Secretary of State for War, was directed to the circumstance that we were behind other countries in not having any rifled ordnance for field service. He accordingly called upon Col. Lefroy, his scientific adviser, for a report on all the experiments that had been tried on rifled ordnance; and, in accordance with the recom mendation of that report, appointed a special com mittee to advise him as to the best rifled gun for field service. This special committee came to the conclusion that it was not expedient to incur the expense of trying further experiments with any ex cept those of Messrs. Whitworth and Armstrong. The experiments with the WLitworth gun were not of as extended a character as those with the Arm- strong. At that time Mr. Whit worth had not any gun of his own construction, nor did he propose any system of constructing guns. The committee ap pointed to investigate the question recommended the Armstrong as the field gun of the service. A gua rantee was given to Sir W. Armstrong that he should not be a loser by the expenditure of £12,000 on a plant sufficient to enable him to turn out 100 guns a year. This guarantee was afterwards increased; but Lord Derby, in a letter addressed to General Peel on the 18th of December, 1858, said that he should rather doubt the expediency—in the present infancy of the invention, and when, doubtless, time and ex perience will both suggest improvements and pro duce economy in manufacture—of pressing for the immediate supply of a large number of guns, of the first type and at the highest rate. He also sug gested that the first orders should be confined chiefly, if not exclusively, to that class of guns, say 32-pounders, of which we have had sufficient proof, and that we should defer any order for heavier guns till they had been rather more tested. On the 15th of January, 1859, Sir W. Armstrong assigned his interest in all patents for, and improvements in, the manufacture of ordnance to the Government. In order to obtain as soon as possible a supply of Arm strong guns, it was decided to enter into arrange ments with a company set up at Elswick for the manufacture of Armstrong guns and projectiles. A guarantee was given to this company to secure them against loss by the erection of buildings and machi nery, The Government undertook to keep them in full work, but kept in its own hands the power of terminating the engagement on the payment of com pensation. The necessities of the service requiring a larger number of Armstrong guns to be provided than were at first anticipated, the guarantee given by Lord Derby's Government was increased, first to £50,000 and then to £60,000. After Gen. Peel left office Lord Herbert, in Oct., 1859, owing to the increased pressure for guns, raised the guarantee to its final amount of £85,000. This agreement was terminated in April of this year, and £85,000 has been paid to the company. Lord De Grey states that value of over £19,000 in plant and stores has been received. This would mske the amount paid as compensation about £65,000. In the winter of 1858-59, the Board of Admiralty, acting upon the advice of Capt. Hewlett, R.N., of her Majesty's ship Excellent, gunnery ship at Portsmouth, de cided upon the introduction of the Armstrong guns into the navy for boat service; and in the summer of 1859, the same officer having urged the im portance of introducing into the navy larger calibres of Armstrong guns, the Board of Ad imnirtahletystrreoqnugeessttemd a th n e ne S r e , c t r o eta s r u y pp o ly f Sthtaetme,for.tW ar, se little delay as possible, with a large At g°°a• 40-pounder and 70-pounder Armstrong g ex periments the same time careful and extensive safe system of were carried on to test whether any be found, or strengthening cast-iron couldgunsoroheaper system of whether any better, speedier, .ted than that proposed constructing rifled guns existed aving been found None . by W. Armstrong. , the Armstrong a y e . ember, approved for nav a o l f s t e h r e . within the period for inquiry , adopted by the Government. tam was completely 18.59, a committee, of which Sir numberwi of On September 24, a ttarr. of the P was first extended to the 110 vice. The system 14th October, 1839. The political necessities on the of the day appear to have been so urgent as not to allow time for maturing the design pre vious to its manufacture. In consequence of the gst:::ga4mo pressure which existed at that time the first 100 of William ArhmstArorinn ELECTION INTELLIGENCE. PONTEFRACT.--.Major Waterhouse, who con tested the seat with Mr. Childers, h as come forward in the Conservative interest with a fair prospect of success. Sir Edmund Head, formerly governor of Canada, also offers himself. The hon. b a ron et , who is totally yesterday an afternoon at any specific specific promises. unacquainted with the borough , signifies his ad herence on the whole to t h e principles of her Majesty's present advisers. Still , however, he de clinesth Thee Marketwtroi writ w fetteracs himself rops br.oel withp r ocl a imed ed the evening Sir Edmund Head was to have addressed the electors. Both parties are, of course, busily canvassing, but it is still difficult to say which has the greatest popu. larity. MONTGOMERY DISTRICT OF Boßouorts.--We regret to have to announce the death of Captain John Samuel Wiles Johnson, the respected member for the above district. Captain Johnson was first elected for the Montgomery boroughs in 1861, having succeeded Mr. David Pugh, his father-in law, who represented Montgomery district from 832 till 1861. We understand that the Conserve. tive candidate for the seat is Mr. Pugh, son of Mr. David Pugh, and it is not probable there will be any opposition. DEVONPORT.—In the recent revision of the re gister in this borough, consequent upon the inquiry into the payment of rates by registered electors, it must be a gratifying fact to Conservatives to know that every Conservative elector was found duly qualified, while no less than 22 Radicals will have to deplore the absence of their names on the register. As Mr. Ferrand was returned by a majority of 20 against a First Lord of the Admiralty, his seat 18 now probably secure against all comers, and " in censed are the dockyard workmen with the Secretary treatment they have met with from ment will have of the Admiralty that the Govern resent seat. The great difficulty in retaining their p energetteally recent success will be followed uP when, there is every reason the registration courts, ill be realised. the unjust to believe, fresh gains w ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. _ HOME CIRCUIT'—MAIDSTONE, J u l y 2 9. Mr. Baron Channel) CROWN SIDE. MURDER. a private in the Royal Artil lery, Bo lden, smart s oldier-like lookin g a lery, • dat the bar to plead to an indictment, and also place inquisition by the coroner, both of which charged an wilful him with the murder of his child, eleven months old, named Alfred James Holden. I n some of the counts of the indictment the child was described as an infant of tender years, known by the name of Tom. When the prisoner was called upon to say whether he pleaded guilty or not guilty of the felony and murder of which he was accused, he replied in a calm and deliberate tone, " I am guilty." Baron Channell asked the prisoner whether he was aware that he was charged with the crime of wilful murder, for which his life might be forfeited, (B ld e e fo n r : 2s, and he at the same time told him that he must clearly understand that pleading guilty would not have the slightest effect or in any way alter the sentence that w ou ld h ave t o b e p ronounce d on him. The pri soner , coo ll y , sa id t h at h e was aware o f a ll that the l earne d j u d ge h a d etate d. Baron Ch anne ll—A n d d o y ou still say that you are guilty ? Prisoner—l do, my lard. His lordship then passed sentence of death in the usual form, and the prisoner, who was perfectly unmoved, when he had concluded, turned hastily ie round and retired from the bar apparently gulfs ,unconcerned. EW S PAPE R ~~ - r.ft f t , g 4 2 krzi • - ante: THE NAVY. 11 S Ten of the foreign manufacture d a rm.onr-plaes supplied to the Admiralty by Messrs. Petin Gaudet and Co., of France, have been selected at Portsmouth for trial, and will be tested in the usual manner with the 68-pounder gun in Porchester Creek ; on Tuesday next, under the superintendence of Capt. Astley C. Key, C. 8., commanding the gunnery ship Excellent, at Portsmouth. Her Majesty's iron steam troopship Tamar, re cently built at Millwall by Alesrs. Samuda, was yes terday despatched from - Woolwich to Chatham to be fitted for service. In getting under wav one of the c.•.ntracter's men slipped off the gang way and was drowned. Atter much exertion, and the lapse of upwards of an hour, the body of the unfortunate man was fished up. A new pilot lifeboat, 22ft. in length, built by the shipwright department of Woolwich Dockyard by order of the Board of Admiralty, from designs fur nished by lir. Turner, the master shipwright of the yard, was yesterday forwarded to Devonport b the steam storaship Fox. The boat, which is self-right ing, cannot sink by reason of the buoyancy eff,:cted by air cases and open tubes through the bottom. If turned over and filled with ws.ter it will right itself in about 15 seconds. The air cases are moveable, so as to be easily taken out for painting and inspection, with the exception of the long middle trunk, through which the open tubes pass, and which is fastened to the boat for the purpose of strengthening her lengthways. Should any water penetrate into the trunk by any unforeseen mishap it can be cleared out readily by the removal of some metal screws in the lower part of the sides cf the trunk. But should the boat by any possibility ship a sea, filling her entirely, it would run out in 15 seconds. If a small quantity of water should find its way into the joints of the cases they can be emptied by taking up the short piece of midship bottom board and the case under each side. The sailing qualities of the life boat were tested at various tines in the river pre paratory to her being despatched from Woolwich yard. On one occasion during a high wind when all her sails were set she continued her course buoyantly with her gunwale 12 inches under water. The boat is ordered to undergo an additional course of sea trials at Devonport for the information of the Lords of the Admiralty. THE ARMY. Yesterday the following troops left Chatham garrison and embarked at Gravesend on board the Star of India, of 1,045 tons, Capt. H. Morris, be longing to Messrs. Somes—viz., Brevet-Major H. E. Jerome, V.C., Lieut. A. M. Handley, Ensign T. B. Emerson, and 60 non-commissioned officers of the Ist battalion of the 19th Regiment ; Lieut. E. D. Oliver aad 40 men of all ranks of the 51st (King's Own) Light Infantry ; and 128 non-commissioned officers and men of the 109th Bombay Infantry. Prior to the embarcation of the troops they were inspected by Major-Gen. Eyre, who also visited the Star of India at Gravesend in order to ascertain that every requirement for the officers and men was on board. The vessel will quit the Thames this morning for Knrrachee, where the reinforcements will be landed. The following detachments of Royal Artillery at tached to the first division of the Depot Brigade in the Chatham district have been placed under orders to embark for colonial service—viz., 40 non-com missioned officers end gunners to embark for Gibral tar, to join the Ist Brigade; 30 gunners for Ber muda, to join the 10th Brigade ; and 10 gunners for Nova Scotia, to join the 15th Brigade. The 2d battalion, 13t Regiment, will replace the 20th Regiment in Portsmouth garrison, from the camp at Aldershott, on the 4th proximo. The de parture of the 64th Regiment from the camp for Gosport has been deferred until the early part of September. The Himalaya screw troopship, Capt. Lacy, with the 2d battalion 25th Regiment and a detachment of the 50th Regiment on board, sailed from Spit head at daylight yesterday morning for Ceylon. In the list of officers' names embarked belonging to the 25th Regiment, published in ?1e Sun of yester day, that of Ensign A. H. Turner was inadvertently omitted. The officers in command of the 25th, Lieut.-Col. Henry Torrens Walker, was gdzetted to the Lieut.-Colonelcy of the regiment on the day of embarcation, vice Lieut. , Col. and Brevet-Col. Allan, retired. A further reduction is announced to take place in the royal gun factories at Woolwich. A number of brassfitters and moulders were yesterday dismissed from the Dial•square, a branch of the factory in which all castings have recently been made. No tices have also been given for the dismissal of others on Saturday next. The number of hands at pre sent employed in the Dial-square is below 100, The total number of workmen at the royal gun factories a few months ago was upwards of 3,500 men, in work on over time. The total does not now num ber 500 of all grades. STATE OF TRADE. DUNDEE, July 28.—Only a moderate business has been done to-day, arising more from the in ability of spinners and manufacturers to take on further orders than from want of demand. The inquiry for flax continues good, and the sales mad e , although not of large extent, are at very full prices. Tow and cedilla are also wanted, and bring steady prices. The demand for jute is not active, but there is no change in value , and the business done is a t previous rates. Yarns continue scarce and difficult to be got in quantity for delivery even weeks hence. For all qualities, flax, tow, and jute, demand i s greater than the production, which keeps prices v er y high. The American lettsrs received yesterday ad vise large sales of burlaps and other heavy li nens at paying prices, and they contain cons i derable orders for linens suitable for war purposes. Buyers h ave been trying to p lac e these orders here to-day, many cases it has been • but in impossible to get manufacturers to undertake them within a reason able time, in consequence of previous engagements. LEICESTER, July 99 has been a good a mount of business doing in hosiery during the past few days, and the operatives are well employed. The present brilliant Weather will soon ripen the crops, and all surplus labour will be then employed. At Loughborough and Hinckley there is rather more doing. Warns maintain rates, and spinners are well emplobut the yed. In wools there is no change, market keeps firm. NOTTINGHAM, July 29.—There is about the same amount of business doing in lace goods this week Qs last. Mechlin quillings continue in request, and in this branch there is a tolerable degree of activity. There is little or no improvement in the cotton fancy branch. Silk laces and edgings continue in demand, and are likely to do so for some time to come. The buyers who have been lately in the market have been purchasing chiefly for the foreign trade. There is not much change in hosiery, but the amount of business now doing is equal to that transacted for some time past. 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