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Third Officers and Stewards wanted. aas me, feel .hat tent EDINBURGH (Reduced Fares), from Irongate wharf, Tower.—Saloon, 20s ; fore cabin, 155; deck (soldiers and sailors only), 7s (id; return tickets (available for a month), 30s and 22s fd. The cheapest and quickest sea route by the splendid new STEAMSHIPS of the LONDON and EDINBURGH SHIPPING COMPANY, sailing every Wednesday and Saturday, at 10 morning. Apply at the Spread Eagle, Regent-circus ; or at Irongate-wharf. No. 22,205. THE. SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 28, 1863. PRICE..... _..4d. STAMPED ....sd. THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION. and situated at an elevation of 1,240 feet above the r.ver ; thence by a circuitous line through the pro vinces of Santiago, Tacuman, Catamarca, and Rioga. Passing up a fertile valley, and along the celebrated mountains of Famatina, it is to reach Fiambala, at the foot of the Cordilleras, at a height of 5,161 feet above the Pacific at Caldera. From that point the road will ascend the eastern side of the Andes with practicable gradients, until it reaches the culmina ting point, in a depression of those tnountains, at an elevation of 16,023 ft. above the Pacific Ocean at Caldera, and in a distance of 136 miles, or at about Soft. per mile. From this pass cf San Francisco it will descend the western side of the mountain through the valley of Paipote, and reach the city of Copiapo, 1,300 ft. above the ocean ; end thence continue to Caldera, one of the finest ports in the Pacific, after a descent of 246 miles from the cul minating point of the road in the Andes. Mr. Wheelwright does not apprehend any insuperable difficulty in traversing this immense elevation, which he thinks can be accomplished with locomotive power, excepting one in clined plane of five or six miles. Mr. Wheel wright has already had a railroad constructed from the valley of Copiapo to the mineral district of Charmacillo, on which the trains run 12 miles an hour, ascending 1,900 feet in 9 miles. At the last Manchester meeting, we interchanged questions and answers with the philosophers of St. Peters burg during an evening assembly—and since then great advances have been made in transmitting telegrams round the world. In this way a vast stride will be made in the ensuing winter by the extension of the telegraph from Constantinople through Asia Minor—and thence via the Persian Gulf to the country of Mekran, at the head of the Indian Ocean, and so to the British possessions in India. At the same time their efforts are in pro gress to carry a system of telegraphs from Russia through Siberia, and thence even across the Desert of Gobi to Pekin. The great desideratum, however, o: connecting Europe with America, by a subma rine telegraph remains to be accomplished. With a view to that desirable end, the Council of the tional collection. one single, ingot of silver is shown rough as it came from the mould, which weighs 17' cwt., and is worth upwards of .£B,OOO. This splendid ingot was all re covere d b y the late Mr. Pattinson's dcsilvering process, applied to the common of Spanish loud as i mported into thiscun i p tr ig y:. During the excursion to Mr. Beaumont's great mines Allen heads this si m pl e process (Jdesilree'r . ing the lead to its Jest grain will b e shown to th e visitors. Sir William shows a berlutiful seri es o f sections of his percussion and time shells, with a section of one gigantic 600-pounder shell, a MI rnber of which have recently been manufactured at Els wick for the approaching trials with the great 600- pounder at Shoeburyness. The Mayor shows some splendid eneeimens of works of art in aluminium, and these, with a variety of fine models of various apparatus used in the different mines and manufac tories of the district, make this portion of the exhi bition exceedingly int.,resting to the many visitors now drawn from all parts to this town. There is one small wrought-iron model of what the pump ing beam to mines should be if coalowners wish to guard against a repetition of the tremendous Hart ley catastrophe. That terrible pit is now disused and drowned in water, but there are other single shafted pits in the neighbourhood over which the great cast-iron pumping beams still swing slowly and are ominously suggestive of other similar calamities if cast iron is used for this purpose. In addition to these objects, a collection of paintings, lent for the occasion, also adorns the walls of the Exchange-rooms. These works aro by no means of a local character, but, on the contrary, include some of the masterpieces of Turner, Louis Gallait, Gainsborough, De Virint, Hunt, Millais, Faed, Etty, Patrick Nasmytb, Ward, Copley Fielding, Goodall, &c,, with a small but fine collection of water colours. All these, as we have said, are lent by the gentlemen of New castle, for in this town, as in Manchester and Bir mingham, art finds its most liberal patrons in the possessors of the great wealth which is here won as freely from collieries and iron mines as from mules and spindles. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, Aug. 27. NORTH BRITISH AND MERCANTILE INSURANCE COMPANY. It was natural that, in a district like this, de pending so greatly on the alliance of science and industry, and in which there must nec , 2ssarily be so many, from the nature of their pursuits, familiar with one branch or other of scientific knowledge, the British Association should have been welcomed with more than usual enthusiasm. The success, however, of the opening meeting last night, and the prospects of the week have far exceeded the most sanguine expectations. The only damper is the rain, t w h p i F c r e h i ez h nr a ot s y s , sd e t oe ieons. co-operation; eo r r y t a tipersistently.o n appear and, ntdo,have a v i eh thoughe secured philo sophers Coun cil Admiral engaged in the enforcement of a favourite theory may be above atmospheric influences, it is not pleasant for the 900 ladies who have enrolled themselves as Associates for this occasion to have to trip from section to section through the heavy black rain, ankle deep in the coaldust and other strata of which Newcastle mud is compounded. The great room of the new Town-hall, most taste fully decorated for the occasion, was filled last night to overflowing with a brilliant audience, gathered together from all points of the two great mining and manufacturing counties of Northumberland and Durham. The address of the President was loudly applauded, and its eminently practical character seemed to arouse a deeper and more general inte rest than is often observable on such occasions. It has been distributed in the form of a pamphlet, and the general verdict is that it was worthy of the occasion and the place. His remarks on the supply of coal have created already a small sensation, and no doubt will be fully discussed in the proper sec tion. If there be any ground' for his forebodings, it is to be hoped that before the meeting is over some practical measures will be suggested for pre venting the waste and staving off the future defi ciency to which he points. Established 1809. Incorporated by Ro y al Charter and Special Acts of ' Parliament. Accumulated and Invested Funds Annual Revenue.... 422,101 FIRE DEPARTIJENT. Insuran^es eTantel both at Home and in Foreign Countries on the most liberal terms. ItIT- BLACKWOOD'S MAGAZINE for SEP TEMBER, 1863. No. DEXXV. Price 2s. 6d. he cers CONTENTS. Caxtoniana.—Part XIX. No. 94.—0 n come Authors in whose Wrl'ings Know ledge of the World is eminently displayed. The Spectre of Illilaggio. Jean Paul Richter. Chronicles cf Carlingford: The Perpetual Curate.—Part IV. On Hearing. Week• day Service at Westminster Abbey. The Pyramids—Who Built them ?- and When? The Battle of Gettysburg and the Campaign in Pennsyl vania.—Extract from the D ary of an English Officer pre sent with the Confederate Army. William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. LIFE DEPAJITMENT. Every facility offered to Insurers. Ninety per Cent. of the Profits divided among the Insurers on the participating principle. The new Life business transacted in 1862 as follows : Policies. Amr•unt In•nred. Premiums. 1,037 £763,334 £23,641 0 0 Forms of Proposal and every information will be furnished Ott application at the OTTICES : I.olc DON 4, New Bank Building - R. Lothbury. West-end Office S. Waterloo-place, Pall-mall. CiOLBURN'S NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE. ) Edited by W. HARRISON AINSWORTH, Esq. Contents for SEPTEMBER. No. DXIII. I. Central Australia. 11. e Shadow of Ashlydyat. By the Author of " East Lynne." Part XXIV. 111. Ilomo Ilominum lixmon. By M. C. Houstoun. IV. John Lord Carteret (Earl Granville). By Sir Natha niel. V. Washineton living. A Third Volume. VI. Strathmore ; or, Wrought by his Own Hand. By the Author of "Granville de Vigne." Part 111. VII. Twice Sacrificed. By Mrs. Bushby. Part I. VIII. We Spake of Merry Days. By Frederick Enoch. IX. Tiberius a s Man and Emperor. X. A Parisian Tourist. Xl. The Kingdom of Siam. Chapman and Hall, 193. Piccadilly. THE ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY. HEAD OFFICES, 29, Lombard-street, London, and Royal Inturance buildings, Liverpoel. Total Annual Revenue exceeds £500, 0 ,0. Accumulated Funds in hand over 1,030,000. Chairman in Liverpool: CHARLES TURNER, Esq., M.P. Chairman in London WILLIAM WAINWRIGHT, Eeq. EXTRAM FROM THE REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1862. The Directors of the Royal Insurance Company arc now called upon to make their accustomed periodical Report at the Meeting of its Shareholders. BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY. The SEPTEMBER NUMBER contains CARDINAL POLE. OR, THE DAYS OF PHILIP AND MARY. .., ,- An Historical Rom an ce. By WILLIAM HARRISON AINSWORTH. Book VI.—'TIE LEWES MARTYR. Chaps. I. to VI. 11. Six Weeks at Hunsdon VII. Ghost Stories. Manor. Part 11. VIII. Captain Kettle and the 111. At the Tower Window Insurance Agent. By with SirWalterßaleigh. W. Brodie. By Francis Jacox IX. Sir John Ha w kwood. IV. Gibsou's stiscellanies. X. French Wet - Nurses. V. Count Wala, the First ' By F , eder!ck Marc.hall. Prisoner of Chilti,n. XI. The Notary's Nose. VI. After the Battle. London : Chapman a FIRE BRANCH. The Directors have, as pleasingly as unexpectedly, at the tlosia oi-Alut.,year, to anununce, for the first tirric,tibet tbe.Firc- Premiums have not only reached, but exceed £.300,000. The high comparative position held by the Royal in the Government Returns of Duty is again fully mkintained. The profit of the business of the year exceeds considerably the amount realised in the preceding year, and in fact sur passes that of any year. with but two exceptions, sine, , the commencement of thi4 Office, the balance t) the credit on account of British and Foreign Insurances being £15,107 10s. 5d., and of the North American business, which is kept sepa rately, £11,097 its. 10d. LACIT. The very gratifying dutynow falls upon the Directors to Mate the sum assured on new policies for fhe year 1862 exceeds even that of theyesr 1861 by £lBO,OOO, and has arrived at the almost unexampled amount for a single year of £701,427 on 1,498 new policies issued. Until within the last few years it is believed that such a sum acsured as that which has just been announced as the result of one year's business was all but unheard of. This portion of the Company's business has been carefully watched, and cannot fail to give much satisfaction to the shareholder, as well as no small encouragement fbr the future to the participating life assurer. Evidence of continued care in the selection of lives is amply afforded by a statement of the number rejected. These have amounted to 311 for the year, on which the aggregate sum proposed for assurance s mounts to X 143,281. Various degrees of ineligibility have led to these lives being declined. No small number of the Assurance Companies of the da record their accepted lives annually at a sum not much, if at all, exceeding those which the Royal has declared as inadmis sible 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 its progress has been undoubtedly more rapid than that of any other Company established either in London or elsewhere, except when amalgamations have taken place. The returns ot ditty have proved this. In Life amount of New Policies already reported make allother 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, founded on a grateful remembrance of the past, that the future may unfold for it a sphere of still greater magni tude, combining distinguished commercial success to the Office with a lengthened career of usefulness and protection to the public. PERCY M. DOVE, Manager and Actuary. JOHN B. JOHNSTON, Secretary in London. xi Hall, 193, Piccadilly. After being opened in the constitutional manner by a speech from the chair, the Parliament of Science applied itself this morning to the dis charge of business in the various sections. As might be expected, the Chemical Science and the Geology Sections, in which there are papers to be read on the manufactures and mines of the district, were the most crowded. The rooms devoted to Geography and Economic Science were also well flied. In the Geographical Section an inaugural address was delivered by the President, Sir R. Murchison, in which he described in his usual com prehensive and interesting manner the progress of geographical science. After referring to the 'vast advances in the trade and commerce of Newcastle and the great improvements in its outward appear ance since the last visit of the Association in 1835, and expressing his regret at the delay in the com pletion of the maps of the Ordnance Survey, Sir Roderick said,— VRITIQUES on the LEADERS of the NJ NE WSPA PER PRESS—Reviews of all New Books— English and Foreign Scientific Intorrnation—Extracts— G"siP4 &e., .c., in the LITERARY TIME, every week. Twopence. 80, Fleet-street. A great many special visitors have already in spected the foremost among the sights of Newcastle, the magnificent series of workshops and factories, which compose Sir Wm. Armstrong's ordnance works at Els wick. To speak of this series of facto ries—the casting, welding, fitting, rifling, and shell ma king departments —as the property of one pri vate individual seems almost ridiculous, for the magnitude and extent of these buildings, their im mense development, and perfect organisation make them rather resemble a great national arsenal than a mere commercial adventure of a few individuals. Some of the boring and rifling tools used here are the largest and most perfect specimens of their kind ever made—they may, in fact, be said to be almost automatic in the power and intelligence with which they perform their task when once they are set in motion. Everywhere throughout the long, series of factories is on the same perfect and exten sive scale, and some idea of the extent of the concern may be gained from the fact that the new plant alone has cost upwards of £200,000, and that recently, when in full work in gag making, 3,700 skilled artisans were employed there. At present the shell shops are almost empty, and nine out of ten of the long rows of machines are standing. The Govern ment having completed their full complement of field guns from Sir William's factory, have for the present stopped the manufacture of the large breech loaders, such as the 70 and 100-pounders, until such T " E 0 X F ORD, 6 , OXFORD STREET, W. TIIIS EVENING, will be performed Operatic Selections from Sir Henry R. Bishop's THE SLAVE and Halevy's MUSKETEERS (first time in England). Principal Artistes—Miss Russell, Miss Ell!son, Messrs. Green, Bernardi, Huish, dm, with full band and chorus. Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans. Flute Solos by Drew Dean &c. Comic, by UNSIVORTH ("or any other man "), Eugene, W. Randall, A. Lloyd, and George Hodson. Also, a Performance by Herr SCHALKENBACH on his wonderful instrument, the PIANO ORCHESTRE, contain ing a full baud of 40 instruments. The HALL has just been newly Decorated and Ventilated, and is one of the most Beautiful in the Metropolis. Open at 8 o'clock. Admission, 6d. ; stalls and balcony, is. ; private boxes, 105. 6d. p, and to 30s to 30:+ to 27 8 to 43s to —8 active. well. Eng tit the ffered. an last Oats Lew at CANTERBURY HALL " GHOST." —In order ‘,..) to gratify the curiosity of nightly-increasing crowds, Mr. C. MORTON has transferred the representation of Pro fessor Pepper and Henry Dirks, Esq.'s, world-famed spectral Illusion, " TIIE GHOST," from the picture Gallery to the Concert Hall, where a new and elegant stage is erected, affording a more ample view of the Illusion from Stalls, Bal cony, and body of the Hall. He has also arranged for Mr. A. Silvestar to give (with all that gentleman's latest im provements and effects), REPRESENTATIONS EACH EVENING, at Ten o'clock. All the other Musical and Pictorial attractions as usual, including Operatic Selections, &C. ; Ifesworth (the modern Demosthenes), Eugene, Arthur Lloyd, George Hodson, tc. NORWICH UNION FIRE INSURANCE SOCIETY. The business of the Company exceeds £70,000,000. The duty paid to Government for the year 1862 was £85,062, and the amount insured on farming stock, £10,086,332. A bonus of three-fifths of the profits periodically made to parties insuring, who have thus, from time to time, received sums amounting:in the aggregate to £#40,000; and the Society now holds a large Reserve applimble to a future Bonus. The rates of premium are in no case higher than those charged by the other principal offices making no returns to their insurers. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. The FAIRY FOUNTAIN..A Grand Divertissement by Signora Ilchele and Mariannina and Sio•norGuisepne Fran ce,co, assisted by a corns of Twenty young Ladies—The Conrads as the Original French Clowns and on the Corde Elastic/tie—Les Petits Monstres—Brian and Conly in an amusing and novel Burlesque —Mrs. Brian as Old Aunt S all y , `to. , &c.—Wood an d his Wonderful Son—Grand Operatic Selections :—Principals Miss M`Gregor, Mr. Albert , S i g nor Georgini (the new Italian tenor), and Mr. Vernon Rigby— Band and Chorus of Sixty Performers. time as Mr. Whitworth will consent to submit his guns to the long-talked-of competitive trial against Sir \Villiam's—a competitive trial which is appa rently as far off now as when it was first determined on 12 months ago. In the meantime Elswick re mains idle and useless to the country, for whose benefit alone will Sir William let it work, for we believe there is not a single Government in Europe that has not applied either directly or indi rectly for guns to Sir William Armstrong, but always applied in vain. A number of the new guns which Sir William has just completed are now shown at Elswick, in which the difficulties of the breech piece are, it is believed, entirely overcome. This is a side-loader, in which the breach is composed of massive wedges, working in grooves, which prevent their getting out of place or order, and in which, from the solidity of the wedge-pieces themselves, no crack or yielding is likely to occur. An exceed ingly simple but most ingenious piece of mechanism connected with the touch-hole prevents the piece being fired till the breech is closed, and on the whole this sdc-loader seems to combine all the ad vantages cnd none of the failings of the old 100- pounder. Its trial on board the Excellent has only rendered certain slight modifications neces sary, and the general opinion of artillerists leans strongly in favour of this new gun, which will soon be used in experiments at Shoeburyness. As a mat ter of course all parts of the factory at Elswick abound in beautiful examples of hydraulic ma chinery, by means of which all the heavy work of lifting and moving large masses about is performed through the agency of a boy who starts or stops the hydraulic cranes. For pro Tectuses apply at the Society's Offices, Snrrey street, Norwich ; and 6, Crescent, New Bridge-street, Black friars, E.C. A.D. 1720. ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE CORPORATION (Established by Charter of his Majesty George the First) FOR SEA, FIRE, LIFE, AND ANNUITIES. Offices, Royal Exchange, London. Branch Office, 29, Pall-mall. GEORGE OCTA BEMVIUIRE S B S WIGRAM, Esq., Governor. ARCLAY, Sir JOIIN HEN RY P ELLY, Bart. Es q ., , De Sub-Governor. puty - Governor. DIRECTORS. Henry Bainbridge, Esq. Wilmot Holland, Esq. Robert Barclay, Esq. Earl of Leven and Melville. John Garrett Cattley, Esq. Chas. Jno. Manning, Esq. Mark Currie Close, Esq. Henry Nelson, Esq. William Davidson, Esq. The Hon. Josceline W. Percy. Thomas Dent, Esq. Charles Robinson, Esq. Alexander Druce, Esq. Samuel Leo Schuster, Esq. Fredk. Jos. Edlmann, Esq. Eric Carrington Smith, Esq. Riversdale W. Grenfell, Esq. William Soltau, Esq. Pobt. Amadeus Heath, Esq. Joseph Somes, Esq., M.P. Wm. Tetlow Hibbert, Esq.: William Wallace, Esq. Jas. Stewart Hodgson, Esq. ; Chas. Baring Young, Esq. Medical Referee, SAMUEL SOLLY, Esq., F.R.S. FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected with this Corporation on advantageous terms. Li the Life Department, assurances are granted with par ticipation in Profits, or, at lower Premiums, without such participation. The Reversionary Bonus on British Policies has averaged nearly 2 per cent per anne.m on the sum assured. Equivalent reductions have been made in the Premiums faYable by persons who preferred that form of Bonus. The divisions of Profit take place every Five years. Life An y sum not exceeding £15,000 m ay b e i nsured on one . This Corporation affords to the Assured— Liberal p a rticipation In Profits —with exemption from the liabilities of partnership. A rate of Bonus equal to the average returns of Mutual Societies —with the guarantee of a large invested Capital Stock. The advantages of modern practice,—with the security of an Office whose resources have been tested by the ex perience of nearly a CENTURY AND A !TALI,. The Corporation have always allowed the Assured to serve In the Militia, Yeomanry, or Vol unteer Corps withi n the United Kingdom, free of charge. -IMMENSE SUCCESS of the ALHAMBRA GHOST, a highly comical and amusing - representation of the popular optical illusion.—EVEßY EVENING, at Eleven o'clock. ESTABLISHED 1833. TIOWDEN'S JERATED GINGER BEER, in glass or stone bottlos, warranted to keep good twelve months. Lemonade, Soda-water, votass, Seltzer, and every description of Mineral Waters.—Manufactory, No. 3, White Hart-street, Drury-lane, W.C. wheat, or new ms also TO ENGINEERS, ARCHITECTS, AND CONTRACTORS IN THE EASTERN, SOUTH-EASTERN, AND SOUTH-WESTERN rs. 5 to 400 to 33s ; to 24s to COUNTIES. GREAVF,S' BLUE LIAS LIME, 14, SOUTII WHARF, PADDINGTON, W., L. M. TATIIAM, Agent. Arrangements are now made by which this well-known BLUE LIAS LIME can be sent direct from the kilns in Warwickshire, in Greaves and Kirshaw's own trucks, to an y stations on the above-named lines, as fresh as though burnt upon the spot, Pnd at a lower price. ANY QUANTITY, of either lump or ground can be sup plied at a few days' notice, and trucks forwarded daily from the kilns and mill. Contractors will find this worth their notice, as they can be supplied at any time, in quantities to suit their require ments, from SIX TONS and upwards. " g. a .13 3 .17 ~9 .l 5 .16 9 .16 9 .16 ~ .17 6 .16 3 PAGE'S BRICK, TILE, AND PIPE MACIIINE , 4, for hand, horse, or steam power, are the most simple and eiliciant extant.—Ful: particulars and prices obtained of the makers, E. Page and Co Laurence Pountney place, Laurence Pountney-hill, Cannon-street, E.C., where they may be seen in operation daily. .Ipt. 1 8 . ;p t.l2 ept. 3 0 . 2'• TEA.—MOORE BROTHERS respectfully inti mate that their New Prospectus Is now ready. They especially recommend their improved Family Tea, reduced to is. 2d. ; Souchom.r, reduced to 38. Rd. ; mixed Assam, re duced to 3s. Bd. ; and the finest Assam, reduced from 4s. 4d. to 3s. lld. per lb. PRELIMINARY EXAMINATIONS, BEFORE ENTERING INTO ARTICLES OF CLERKsILIY TO Attorneys and Solicitors. tn• ug. ;4, ug. 2 5 ' ept. 1 ug. 2/. ug. 25 Tt. 4 , apt. 3 . ug. 25. ug. 21 ' ug. apt. 2 .us• ept . 10. ug. :7• ug. ;8' .ug• 28. he lad,' Lad! Nvale6 Peiee B ' -ed "horo bt of th e ,enelop ,,, , It•S'' o ne. Beoo , Sillier) k., Yob II let neat rtop' 9° 3to], 6' steds ll ' reef, ft'. he it(3l. Vill 9o, Do ane° ift.EVO No. DUUti -4i ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON, ROBT. P. STEELE. Secretary. CONTRACT FOR PROVISIONS. Royal Hospital, Chelsea, 14th Aug., 1F63. T HE RIGHT HONOURABLE the LORDS and , of HO PITAL, do OTHERS hereby give NOTICE, That COMMISSIONERS they ar t e his qady t S o receive TENDERS from and to treat with such persons as may be willing to Contract for victualling the in-pensioners of the said Hospital, from the Ist October, 1863, to the 30th September, 1864, both days inclusive, with the following, articles of provisions, &c., viz. :—Beef and Mutton, Bread, Cheese, Butter, Potatoes, Salt, Oatmeal, Barley or Rice, Pepper, Flour, Suet, Cocoa, Black Tea, Sugar, 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 of Tender, which may be obtained at the office of the Secretary any day between the hours of 10 and 3 o'clock, which Tender must be fill e d up and delivered, sealed, the Board-room of the said Hospital by the party or Parties tendering, or by an agent appointed on his or their behalf, on Tuesday, the Ist of September, at 12 o'clock. at Which time their Lordships will be prepared to take the same to consideration. It is to be observed that the Contractors will be required to f ind Security to the Crown for the due perfor man e of the Co ntract, and that no Tender will be received a ft er th e day Co hour above mentioned. The —c "nraisairmers do not pledge themselves to accept the lowest Tender. A. J. MOORITEAD, Secretary and Registrar. 11, ° YAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION .......:PATRONESB—Iier Most Gracious Majestythe (Incorporated by Royal Charter). Queen. ti Zslntr i of Northumberland, x— Vice -Admiral the Duke , Vtil a ,„ K.G., ei, tte e -1-itt'ts,ry..o—,4-4-11—Thos Ilaring,-Fsq., M.P., ,, F * II ',, S .I ? I' P v " ic, --''''RMAX--:Tliomas Chapman, i'Sq* , ' ''''''''' ' •••' • Me beginni The Committee APPEAL. in has the year 1880, the Royal National Li ebo b.. t 0i litanagement have to state that, since lishments on the £32,000 on various Lifeboat Eats The numb er e rirgta of England. Scotland, and Ireland. Society, and oth°-r mean save by the. Life-boats ot the for' which serricees since Its formation, Is 12,800: £16,480 in cash hay ?: pow Medals, 718 Silver Medals, and tion has also exp end : r= paid in rewards. The Institu- Transpoting-cull", 4674 00 on Life-boats, Life-boat The Committee desireatid Boat-houses. the generous support witi),express their grateful sense of 13ritish public durin g ti e l cui they have received from the has enabled them to est a ' h l n B 4: ew Years, a. support which of 123 Lifeboats on the sh r eiropresent magnificent fleet Deeply sensible, however, ot ° l e l ß t ~ the United Kingdom rests on them to maintain their :eat r esponsibility that state, and its Crews practised in the a thoroughly efficient boats, whi , h Cat, only be effected by a I na nagement of their annual income, they earnestly anpeßi toart% and permanent countrymen to aid them hi ti 1-, i..; p..0.,.,in and classes of their ationsl a work g eat and truly n . perpetuating so i The Committee gratefully acknowledge the following con tributions:— Her Majesty the Quea ~. Campbell, the Hon. 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The Committee rest their claims upon the ground that Stratford is int only the birthplace of Shalispeare, but the centre of attraction to all admirers of the great Poet's works, and that it was his home, the town he loved, and w h ere he lived and died. OYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail way Terminus, at Ring's-cross. Patron—The QUEEN. President—The Duke of BUCCLEUCTT, R.C, 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- Pulled by sickness and disease, and is now of sufficient maznitnde that, \Vi MI adequate sut.r Ott, it. rsay ire rendered capable of admitting - into its wards :t very lari.;'e proportion of the casual sick ot this great metropolis. 1 t requires but the funds in order to have 500 beds available for the reception of these the most wretched of our fellow-creatures. Moreover, i d t a_ gr uy atuitously affords medical advice and medicine to more, on the averagre, than 3,000 out-patients a week. ti lA' it N presentE 8 r' Ai ; themselves. l'Eit 1 t The Weekly Board feel it their imperative duty to make an the public for continued support, enable them to admit and relieve the distressing cases that Thm , sorn and aCnod. and' o. uout ributions are received by the Treasurer, Edward Master and Co. ;,, Co.. 1111ln:tan, Esq. Nieholas-lane; also by Messrs. Coutts and la ra co rn tt "d' and c o. , , .., Grote, and Co. ; Smith , HeIT iesan P d ay e n o e . , ; and Co. ;Gib, Co. ; Nithettalliarkill, Deacon, and Co. ; t tverend, Gurney, and Jones Loyd and Co. • Barclay and Co : ; Denison and tit the Hospital.nd CO. ; Messrs. J. Barned and Co., Liverpool STANFORD S. SMITH, Secretary,. ;4 Let us now cast a rapid glance over the pro gress of discovery in distant lands, and particularly where our countrymen have signalised themselves. In this wide field, wherein our knowledge has been extraordinarily increased within the last few years, I will limit my remarks to three or four regions; t h e more so as I have recently addressed the Royal Geographical Society at large on many collateral topics in a discourse which is now in circulation. Australia, scarcely known to the civilized world till after Cook's voyages (1770-75), has of late been so rapidly colonized by Britain, that before long she will be no mean rival to those vast regions of North America which were first occupied by subjects of the British Crown. At former meetings of this Association we have dwelt on the early discoveries of new lands in the interior of Australia, in which the names of Mitchell, Eyre, Stuart, Leichhardt, and others have been always mentioned with honour and respect. The later journeys of the brothers Augustus and Frank Gregory have earned for these good surveyors the highest honours of the Royal Geographical Society, for their extensive re searches and determinations of longitude and lati tude in northern, eastern, and western Australia. While more recently the bold expedition of Burke and Wills cost these noble fellows their lives, the latest researches of their successors stand out as in deed most singularly successful. M'Douall Stuart, after various previous triumphs, in one of which he reached the watershed of North Australia, has actually passed from Adelaide, in South Aus tralia, to Van Diemen Bay, on the north coast, in latitude 15 deg. S. Contemporaneously with this last expedition, M'Kinlay, proceeding also from Adelaide, reached the Gulf of Carpen taria, and thence travelled to the eastern shore ; and Lsndsborough, realising all the value of the dis coveries of Burke and Wills, and penetrating from the Gulf of Carpentaria, traversed the continent southward until he regained the noble colony of Victoria, in which the expedition was organised. As I have recently dwelt at some length on these bold adventurers in an anniversary address, refer ring also to some geographical determinations by Mr. Walker, of Queensland, I will now simply direct your attention to the huge map of Australia w hi c h hangs upon the wall, and on which all the routes of these explorers are laid down. The rapid rifle of the different colonies in Australia is truly marvellous ; and, while we have su ccess f u l ly occu pied all the available ports and lands along the eas t ern , southern, and western sides of thi s grea t continent, we are, I rejoice to say, now b eg i nn i ng to extend our settlements to the north coast, the y oc e c a u r r , otniopnopolitical of tiwhl asic which have advocated f or many a well as on commercial an d colo nial grounds. A few years only of p rac ti cal re searches have dispelled our ignorance respecting the interior of this vast mass of land, in which, though there are wild desert tracts, there are also m any rich and well-watered oases of fine pasture-grounds, through which the colonist may open out communi cations across the continent from the 'south and east to the northern shores. A short time only, I ven ture to predict, will elapse before towns arise at the head of the Gulf of Carpentaria, as well as at the mouth of the Victoria River of the north, whence, as well as from the new settlement of Cape York, Australians will have a - direct communication with our great Indian empire. In speaking of the pro gress of these remarkable colonies, it may be con sidered invidious to seem to select any one for espe cial notice, where all of them have such high claims to our n o ti ce . I may, however, i n pass ing men tion the last-formed of these wonderful separate Governments —that of Queensland, possessing a surface six times greater than that of the United Kingdom, and the very grazing grounds of which (according to its accomplished Go vernor, Sir G. Bowen) aro about twice as large as the British Isles,--to say nothing of large tracts peculiarly adapted to the growth of cotton. The progress which our enterprising Austrian colonists have made not only in wealth and material pros perity, but in all that ca n di gn if y a peop l e , wa s strikingly manifested at the last Great International Exhibition. In it we saw collocated not merely the gold and copper, with admirablech natural potor al o views t s of hich e ven ena bl e d us t o r ir uc imagine that wo had visited the mines of our anti podes, but we also had before us solid proofs, in the publication of excellent maps and the catalogues of the valuable libraries of Sydney and Melbourne, that there is scarcely any branch of knowledge or of industry which is not cultivittAal in Australia with <a. zeel rivolling that of the mother country. I: e - lying on the conversations which it was my pri vilege to hold with the distinguished men who re presented the several Australian colonies on that occasion, as well as with many personal friends who have long resided there, I feel assured that there is no part of the British doinittions where the people are mote attached to the Sovereign and the Btitish Constitution than Australia. It has always, there fore, been a source of pain to mu when some ',cr. sons have spoken or written of the coming of the day when these great colonies are to be separated Irom us. Seeing no cause for such separation, and believing that our Government and Legislature are much too enlightened to commit the error into which our ancestors fell when Britain lost her North American settlements, we arc, I rest satisfied, never likely to estrange our Australian colenist by simile r treatment. It has been well said by a late Govel nor of South Australia that the loyalty of Australia is an homage to the enlightened rule of Englar d, of which her statesmen may be proud. On my own part, I am indeed persuaded that if judiciously and considerately treated, Australia, which affords by far the finest possible field for the emigration of our superabundant population, will long continue to be a source of wealth and strength to the mother country, and will, I trust, for ages bold out a proof that the people which lives under a constitutional monarchy enjoys much truer freedom in its best sense than those which have formed part of any democracy, ancient or modern. And now let me say. a few words on the last grand geographical feat—the discovery of the sources of the Nile. The first act in this portentous operation was the discovery, by Captain Speke alone (when he left his leader, Captain Burton), of the large African lake which, in the year 1858, he named the Victoria Nyanza. Iu his late expedition, when ac companied by Capt. Grant, be has proved (as he said he would before he started) that this great bed of fresh water is the main source of the White Nile, and in this exploit we have one of the greatest geo graphical triumphs of all history. For age after age had rolled on—traveller after traveller, from the days of the 'Egyptian priests and of the Roman Emperors, down to modern periods, had endea voured to ascend the Nile to its sources, and all had failed! By reversing the line of research followed by all former travellers, and by proceeding from the east coast of Africa, near Zanzibar, to the central, lofty, and flat plateau-land forming in that meri dian the watershed between North and South Africa, these gallant Indian captains reached the true reservoir from whence the Nile flows. Thence they traced the mighty stream northwards into Egypt, and demonstrated that while the White Nile, which they followed, is the Great Nile, the so-called Blue River, joining the parent stream at Khartum on the frontiers of Egypt, is, like the Atbara and other waters, a mere tributary. As the outlines of the long walk of Speke and Grant across those vast interior and equitorial regions of Africa have been given to the public, first in my address to the Royal Geographical Society, and subse quently in various periodicals, it would be out of place to say more on the subject until their own full account, which they are preparing with many illustrative sketches, shall have been published. In the mean time it is gratifying to know that our gra cious Queen has shown by her own kind expressions how truly she is proud that two of her own gallant officers should have succeeded in performing what the people of many a European nation have failed to accomplish. We may therefore be sure that the British people will rejoice with all geographers, if the travellers should receive due honours and re wards for such glorious services. Among foreign Sovereigns the King of Italy has taken the lead in the desire to commemorate the great event, by or dering two gold medals to be struck on the occa sion. The first, which immediately after its com pletion was presented to the leader on the Royal Geographical Society's anniversary, had on its re verse the words, so well known to Englishmen as the motto of Nelson, " Honor a Nilo." The second, which the Italian Minister, the Marquis d'Azeglio, since put into my hands, and which has been de livered by me to Capt. Grant, has on it those preg nant words, "Al Capitano Grant, divine col Capitano Speke gloria e pericoli." Thus do these medals re mind us that, through the enterprise of her sons, England has won glory through many a danger at the sources, as at the mouth of the Nile. Among the geographical communications which have been already sent in to be road at this meeting, and of which I have any acquaintance, I will now allude to four only. Referring still to Africa, we hope to be favoured by Dr. Barth with a translation from the German of the ascent of the lofty snow-clad mountain of Kilimandjaro, in tropical Eastern Africa, as carried out by that energetic Hanoverian traveller, Baron C. von der Deck en. In relation to China, you will, I doubt not, be much gratified with the memoir of Mr. R. Swinhoe, a practised Chinese scholar, and formerly a British vice-consul, on the large, but little known, island of Formosa, and the numerous islets between it and the main land. tiV hile the publications of the last few years, including the "Narrative of the North China Cam paign of 1860," by Mr. Swinhoe himself, have ren dered us well acquainted with large portions of the interior of China—and whilst Capt. Blakiston has laid down on a beautiful chart the course of that mighty stream the Yang-tsze-Kiang to a distance of nearly 1,000 miles above the highest point previ ously reached by our countrymen--the great island of Formosa, off the eastern coast of the Chinese mainland, has remained comparatively unknown. Since the days when parts of its west coast were surveyed, the outline of those shores has, it appears, undergone a great change by the rapid increment of silt and sand washed down from the mountainous interior ; so that a new survey is imperiously called for, to render some of the ports accessible to com merce. Near the north end of the island, indeed, the port of Tarn Sui ifrnot liable to these dangers, and is indicated by Mr. Swinhoe as being best suited for commercial dealings ; and this part of the coast was so well surveyed by Captain (now Admiral) Collin son, that his charts thercot may be entirely depended on. In short, now that Lord Elgin's Treaty of Pekin has thrown open to British enterprise all the ports of China, it is to be hoped that by the comple tion of accurate surveys of the south-western coast of Formosa, its present unapproachable harbours will soon be frequented by British vessels. We learn from Mr. Swinhoe that these extensive lands are very rich in natural productions; and he will interest you much by a description of his personal adventures, and of the habits, costumes, and peculiarities of the Chinese occupants. The aborigines —a Malayan race—still occupy all the mountainous districts, or eastern side I of the island, and live among the great forests that yield so much camphor. The subject of Formosa is so novel that this communication will prove very attrac tive ; while you will, I doubt not, be struck by the coloured drawings which the author has made of the Chinese inhabitants of this great island, and after whom, Particularly the women, the Portuguese may well be supposed to have named it "Formosa." If, as I have been led to believe, my accomplished friend Sir Harry Parkes should join our Section on this occasion, it is certain that he will give us a lively and accurate description of the Chinese people, as well as a solid and trustworthy account of our poli tical and commercial relations both with China and Japan. Turning to Central America, you will have a very interesting memoir by Mr. Osbert Salvin on the physical geography of Guatemala, in which the author will particularly notice the geo graphical distribution of the various zoological pro ductions of that country. He will also give us accounts of its virgin forests, volcanoes, and lakes, as well as of the Indian remains and buildinga which he has traced in i t. Another American subject to be brought before us will doubtless bring to our halls man y persons interested in the triumph of mechanical skill when practically applied to the o‘ creaming of greqt difficulties presented be physic°. geogrw id e at features. Mr. te whe#-lwright has commenced the eereeation of a most important en gineering work, c alled the (ilreat Central Argentine Railroad, to which he formerly called the attention of the Royal Geographical Society, which is des tined to connect the great port of Buenos Ayres, on the Atlantic, with the c it y of Copiapo and the port of Celdera, on the Pacific. Stertieg from the town of Rosaria, on the right bank of the great navig- ea above the ablo waters of the P ara na, about 23G m city of Buenos Ayres, the first section traversed is tin* 2 4 7 milg, to the important city of Cudoya, Royal Geographical Society warmly supported a proposal by Dr. '\Vallich to effect a complete survey of the sea bottom as a precursor to the actual lay ing down of a cable upon the vast unknown irregu larities of the submarine surface. 'We naturally supported an effort like this, which was certain to throw much light on natural history end physical geography—and we rejoiced in the preliminary re searches which have been made towards the esta blishment of an electric line overland to British India; because, they, for the first time, laid open to European knowledge countries which, though un known to the moderns, were seats of war when Alexander the Great and his lieutenants invaded India. The soundings which ascertain the nature of the bottom of the ocean, not only give us the outlines and characters of various sunken rocks, sands, and mud-banks, and of vast and deep cavi ties, but inform us where undercurrents prevail, and where at vast depths the surface is tranquil and unruffled in some places, while in others sub marine volcanoes disturb the setnbottom. Nay, more, these submarine operations have taught us that animals can not only live, but flourish, pre serving even their colours at the enormous depth of one mile and a 'half. We thus see how the efforts of the nautical surveyors and the engineers to spread the electric telegraph are not merely destined to be useful to mankind, but also to elicit great and important truths in natural history, the deve'opment of which is specially connected with the pursuits of the geographer and the ethnologist. In adverting to the consideration of the other science which this section embraces it gives me pleasure to be able to report that our sister society, the Ethnological, is in a prosperous and satisfactory state, having within the last three years greatly increased the number of its members, and improved its financial condition. This satisfactory result is in great measure due to the vigorous exertions and numerous contributions of my eminent friend, its last president, Mr. John Craufurd, whom I am happy to she among us at this meeting. Under his auspices and in the past season the society held no fewer than 15 different meetings, at which 25 papers were read and amply discussed. They embraced such topics as the following :—The human remains found at Wroxeter, in the ruins of the Roman city of Uriconium ; the African cannibal tribe of the Fans; language as a test of the races of man; the aborigines of Australia ; on certain wild tribes in Southern India; on the commixture of the races of man in its influence on the progress of civilisation; on certain ancient relics from the coast of the State of Ecuador; the native tribes of the British Pro v!.nce of Burmah ; on the Jews of Aden ; on the psychological differences which exist between the different races of man ; on the history of the gipsies ; on the ethnology of the Island of Formosa; on the wild tribes called Yadis in the district of Chingle put, Madras; on the brain and skull in the various families of man; on the antiquity of man; on the native inhabitants of Vancouver Island ; on the wild tribes in the interior of the Malay Peninsula; on the institution and origin of the Hinds castes; on the languages and races usually called Celtic; on the ethnology of the African nations and tribes visited by Captains Speke and Grant, from the island of Zanzibar to the source of the Nile ; and on the pre paration of figures of typical forms of human crania. Among the papers which are to be cora muicated to the ethnological branch of our section, the following may be named :--" Cn the History and Migrations of the Tamil Nations of India," as communicated in person by that very accomplished Cingalese gentleman, Mutu Coomaroo Swamy, a member of the Legislative Council of Ceylon, rind now, I am happy to say, a barrister of Lincoln's inn. Mr. Joseph Craufurd will give us one memoir " On the Domesticated Animals, and their Influence on the Progress of Civilisation, and another "On the Origin and Antiquity of Man," both of which will attract many listeners. If time permits, the same indefatigable ethnologist will also give us his analysis of the so-called Celtic languages and races, and a paper " On the Commixture of Races of Mon in Central and Eastern Asia." A memoir "On the Tribes and Nations inhabiting the British Province of Burmab," Phayre, her Majesty's Com missioner in that region, promises to be of great in terest. As the Ethnological Society of London has had the good fortune to see the place vacated by the retirement of Mr. Craufurd filled up by th e ap pointment of so skilful and philosophic a naturalist as Mr. John Lubbock and as Mr. Francis Galton, the president of this section at the last meeting of the Association, has kindly consented to act as the Ethnological Secretary, we may reasonably calculate on receiving much sound support from men like these, who can so well connect the sciences which we cultivate with many other branches of human knowledge." This evening, when the business papers of the day have all been got through, there is to be a great soiree and con versazione in the Exchange news rooms. Both for its size and its internal architec ture this fine meeting-place would do credit to any part of the metropolis ; in truth, the metropolis has nothing of the kind like it. Built in the form of a large semicircle, and lit from a bove, with its flue is one of the largest, and ce c r ao t t r ad i l roof, supported on a series of handsome columns, it in Newcastl e . interiors to be found in any building Hero has been gathered together a s.crt of local exhibition, model specimens of mining rind St eam on almost entirely in and this town, and chiefly at magnificent f s o a s n s l i p ls le f s re o m f l t e h a e d certainly re and lierinf, cf art manufacture in aluminium, the ehymical pro cesses necessary for the reduction of which are car riedthe works of it s most popular mayor, Mr. Bell, who exhibi ted so l arg ely at South Kensington last year. Its ewe s a rich mineral district it is elu.ost un necessary to say that the selected specimens cf ores , are wonderfully fine, worthy 0? a place in any Ilft e:t ihticae:e worksest Pursuant to the Judges' Or the Preliminary Exa minations in general knowledge will take place on the fol lowing days, viz., the 27th and 28th Oct., 1863, and the 9th and 10th Feb. 1864, and w ill comprise 1. Reading aloud a p a ssage from some English author. 2. Writing from dictation. 3. English Grammar. • 4. Writing a short English composition. 5. Arithmetic —A competent knowledge of the first four rules, s imple and compound. 6. GeograPhY of Europe and of the British Isles. 7. History—Q u estions of Englis Hi s t ory . 8, Latin —Elementary Knowledge of Latin. 9, 1. Lain. 2. Greek. Modern and Ancient. 3. French. 4. German. 5. Spanish. 6. Italian. The special examiners have selected the following books, in which candidates will be examined in the subjects nun bared 9 at the examinations in Oetober 1863, and February 1861 : OCTOBER EXAMINATION. In Latin—Cicero, De Officiis, books i. and and Horace, Odes, book iii. In Greek—Homer, Iliad, book i. In Modern Greek.—Bcxxao" Ircin A 9 Btxripe trw , Xai llotviiiv tterockpacriLipov dirp rip IraAtxiie FX(Oe-erav 17-30 ; •o r, Bevrovris 'lcrropla 'Apteptx;js, f3tAiev Ci• In trench—Guillaume, Guizot, Alfred Ie Grand, ou l'Angloterre sous lea Anglo-Saxons; or Jean Racine, Phedre. In German—Schillfr u g rau von. Orleans, or Ges chichte des 30-jahrigen Kriege, 1 volume. In Spanish—Cervantes' Don Quixote, capit. or , Fernandez de Moratin, El Si de las Nenas. In Italian—Manzoni's Promessi Sposi, cap. ; or, Torquato 'LASSO'S La Gerusalernme, 6,7, 8 , and 9 cantos. FEBRUARY EXAMINATION. In Latin—Sallust, Jugurtha ; and Virgil,iEneid, bookvi. In Greek—Xenophon, Memorabilia. In Modern Greek, 'ABLxr)wi rcov Xat _ E xxaplOY erepi Iletvtev perackacrttivov ear 6 •r;ie 'lraittxiv I'Xceo - o-av, 1-12 ; or, Bevrorijs •leropla rtis. A FLEPtng, tsXiov C. In French—P. Corneille, Cinna ; Fenelon, Telemaque (Les aventures de). Liv. i.—vii. In German—Schiller, Don Carlos : Ist and 2nd Act. 'neck's William Level, books i.—iv. In Spanish—Cervantes' Don Quixote, capit. i.—xx.; or Dom Hartzenbusch La Coja y el Encogido. In Italian—Manzon's Prornessi Sposi, cap. i.—x.; or, Torquato. Tassu's La Gerusalemme, first 4 cantos. With reference to the subjects numbered 9, each candi date will be examined in one language only, according to his selection. Candidates who select Latin will he examined in kali the works above specified. In Modern Greet, French, Oerrnan, Spanish, and Italian, candidates will have the choice of either of the above-mentioned works, Candidates are required by the judges' orders to give ore calendar month's notice to the Incorporated Law Society, as r egistrar of attorneys, of the language in which they propose to be examined, the place at which they wish to be examined, and also their age and place of educa tion. All notices and inquiries should be addressed to the Secretary of the Incorporated Law Society, Chancery lane, W.C. E. W. WILLwisoN, Scactary. Lay Society's Hall, Chancery.lane, London, August, 1863. 1 IP 4 , „ J. So 7/ 7 set e E W S PAP E R or , ~ , r.rsrrrir,kir.7, SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC I)! AW€‘! '../A I 's' TIMES.—A short paragraph of .4 eyes? which we published yesterday otegt A RIS4r,„ P - 4r sPIKAW, unnoticed in the present condition .. oftA 6 ;>.._...› affairs. It is said that the Federiil GaQrnmat S have erected a new fort at Rouse's Point, fer‘ety-fi ye miles from Montreal, with magazines capable of containing supplies for 100,000 men and accomrno dation for a permanent garrison of 5,000 men. This is a position of great strategic importance, which the late Lord Ashburton unfortunately sur rendered to the United States during his mission in 1842. It would enable the Americans to collect a fleet and a force on Lake Chaplain, so that they might surprise Montreal. That the Federals should be strengthening an important frontier stronghold need not of itself cause any alarm. Their new-found enthusiasm for war and all things connected with war would naturally lead them to pay more at tention than they used to the mere outsides and munitions of warfare. The Canadians have no reanon to be alarmed by any such demonstrations at present. The two Governments have no imme diate cause of difference, and none is likely to arise ez ept by the wilf u l aggress i on o f t h e Federals • but for th e present they have far too much on their ' ishands cer certainly n e' ly au n oil themselves with us. Still, there uneasy feeling bet wee n th e t wo flat ions which ma kes with s it inevitable th a t th e Cana diansany other tim e need ha ve should v i ew n ome jealousy a c t s w hi c h a t therefore, announcement, excited no apprehenaion, As thiste is lik e ly to a tt rae t 4 some t Ot hout com mentto in some attention an d to excite h Canada, we are anx i ous to t the Canadians the true le sssons draw from it. From th e t one of feelingey towards to the Federal States which has b een growin go u p i, vrard s Canada during the progress of the Southern rebiJ lion, we have no fear that in the event of war the Canadians wculd prove indifferent to our alliance s Our Correspondent's letter from Niagara, which ese published on Monday, described the people as pos.. sassed by almost as intense a dislike to the Federal Government as actuates the Southern rebellion. They are just sufficiently near the Northern States to see exactly the character of the Washington Government. The Federal spies infest their hotels, the Federal refugees betake themselves to their borders, and every element of disaffection to the Federal Government finds a welcoma and spreads its discontent on their soil. They appreciate the difference between an equal, just, and steady rule, and the wild, disorderly, and confused domination which is ruining their neighbours. We are not afraid, therefore, that the Canadians will wil lingly 'se/Lye our empire, or that they have any other wish than to resist any possible attempt on the part of the Federal Government to force them from us. All we are afraid of is lest they should take the wrong means, or only take the right means too late. The letter of Mr. M'Gee, for example, though prompted by the ominous move , ments of the Washington Government, urges only the appointment of an English Prince to the Go vernment of Canada. Otherwise, in the day of need, he fears that England will give only a nominal assistance. Now we wish to point out that any such suggestions as this are in a totally wrong direction. If the Canadians are really afraid of the aggression of the Federals, and really anxious to avoid its consequences, they must prepare to de fend themselves. In former wars they always successfully repelled invasion. They are now stronger than ever. They have meets more to de fend, and they know better than before what would be their fate if conquered. They might, as we have said, rely upon all the assistance we could give Our the own them. Our fleet could blockade the Ameri ca n ports. power would be sufficient to distract the attention of the Federal forces. Oar trained and seasoned troops would form a steady nucleus for their militia or less disciplined regiments. They would have all the experience and skill of cur gene rals, and all the advantages which ready supplies of the best artillery and naunitions of war could give them, still, the real work of defence must be done by themselves. They must be prepared with tieuffi cient army or trained militia to oppose any invad ing force of the Federate. The supply of men, the actual fighting on land, the real struggle of hand to-hand resistance to the invaders must be done by themselves. POST. —The address of each successive President of the British Association is looked forward to not merely by persons aotively engaged in scientific pursuits, but by others—aud these the majority— who, having neither time nor opportunity for the perusal of widely-scattered documents and heavy tomes, still like to know, from year to year, what progress science has made. Sir William Arm strong's remarks on British coal prospects, how ever, refer to a future so little remote that even practical men interested only in what concerns the probable term of their own lives, may well pause and consider. It seems that at the end of 1861 the quantity of coal raised in the United Kingdom had reached the enormous total of eighty-six millions of tons, and that the average annual increase of the eight preceding years amounted to two and three-quarter millions. Start ing with these data, and assuming the same ratio of increase to be maintained, Sir William Armstrong addresses himself to the question, " How long will our coals last?" Assuming four thousand feet as the greatest depth at which it will be ever possible to carry on mining operations, and rejecting all seams of less than two feet thick, about eighty thousand millions of tons of coal are available in these isles, a supply equivalent, at the present rate of increased consumption, to only a period of two hundred and twelve years. This, in the history of nations, is but a short span—four generations sufficing to span it. Even on the assumption that we should pass from a condition of coal abundance to coal famine, it would be time that we were up and thinking of the future. The actuality, however, is even less favourable than this. Long before the available stores of British coal are used up, the cost will be enhanced, inas much as, with the lapse of every year, coal will have been raised from a lower level. England will —as Sir William Armstrong remarked, and as we believe Mr. Sopwith remarked before him—cease to be productive of coal for exportation long before the final period of exhaustion shall have arrived. For many practical pu r p oses o f lif e — espec i a ll y domestic purposes —it is not with the general ex haustion of British coal that one is so much inte rested, as with the special exhaustion of north country coal-fielde. So far as that district is con corned, two hundred years will have seen the end of the principal seams, even at the present rate of consumption ; and, if the present rate of increase of consumption be maintained, the duration of yield by these seams will be comprised within the limits of a century. These are startling facts, although not new to geologists; they have now been presented for the first time under a popular form, and we shall be surprised if they do not set many practical minds thinking on the coal prospects of futurity. INCONGRUITIES OFWESTMINST ER ABBEY.—Lor a Hanghton himself would scarcely like to continue the intrusion of such productions as the statue of Wilber force in a church, nor would his calm reflection desire to retain the grouping of seas, ships, sailors, anchors, nude admirals, pancake•like clouds, genii, sepoys, savages, lions, bears, Cupids, victories, battles, colunime rostratee, coaches, guns, flags, spears, galleys, urns, spades, skulls, skeletons, trumpets, drums, steelyards, and Heaven knows what, that now load the finest Gothic church in England. Pitt may find a better place to declaim from than the top of the western door of an edifice which, when it is used, holds an audience that turns its back to him. Poor Pitt I Vice-Ad miral Charles Watson may receive the obeisances of the Genius of Calcutta, and exhibit the humiliation of Chander nagore in chains, elsewhere than in the temple of mercy and of peace, or near the beautiful triforium, destroyed to give it room, of Westminster Abbey. " That amiable spy," Major Andre, might be commemorated in a better place than that which holds the monuments of New ton and a host of the truly glorioas dead of England. In many cases the monuments would be visibly improved by a Titer and properly designed loca tion. The splendid statue of Watt that now fills up the whole Chapel of St. Paul, cannot be seen as a masterpiece of its sculptor's genius, though it hides all about it, and presents the problem of how the egg got in the bottle—so much larger is it than the space of entrance. Banks's monu ment to Sir Eyre Coote, Flaarnan's to Chatham, that by Nollekens to the Captains of 1793, even the cumbrous slab that bears the monument to Wolfe, while it shuts off a whole chapel and hides the fine tomb of Sir Francis Vera —a great captain of his day, to whom England owes that Wolfe should not overshadow him, and a host of others, are of this class. These would find a fit place in a British Valhalla not far from Westminster Abbey. Such of them as are not of an eecksiastical character might well grace the interior of Barry's Houses of Parliament, while the spots in which the great English dead repose in the Abbey--might be marked on slabs in the floor, as was done by the grave of Newton and many more when it was convenient to re move the monuments from above them, Where would Mr. Gibson's statue of Sir Robert Peel look hatter than in the Houses of Parliament or a British Valhalla ?—Athencettia. 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